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VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, OCTOBER 1,1852. NUMBER 79. ' _ THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. i published semi-aveekly and weekly by l)' k THOMAS J. WARREN. ^ TERMS. a The Semi-Wkekly Journal is published at Three _r Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. 11 The Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars t'1 if paid m advance; Two uoiiars ana r my wins n j;.u ment be delayed three montlis, ar.d Three Dollars il'not an paid till the expiration of the year, v ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the follow- , ;ng terms: For one>Sqiiare (fourteen lines or less) in the c eemi-weokly, 0110 dollar for tlio tirst, and twonty-fivc P-*1 cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, let eeventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-se- ]q, ven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Sin- j gle insertions one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a sin- a|I gle insertion. ti'l ?5^The number of insertions desired, aud the edi- be tion to be published in must be noted on the margin of an all advertisements, or they will be published semi-weekly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly ' Cc - !>. For the Oamden Journal. u? YOUTHFUL HOPES. be The youth emerging from his schoolboy days, 111 Looks forward with high hopes to future life; Perchance he sweetly dreams of glory's praise, 1 Of gaining honor, renown, or?a wife, And deems but sport the world's arduous strtfe. jj. ^ He pants to begin a road, which begun, ?j, Ne'er will be ended 'till closed is his grave, eo) And finds that serious he deemed but fun ; alu In him he deemed honest, he'll find a knave, soi Aud whom he thought most free will be some pas- J tin sion's slave. SUI tin "Naught but disappointment's the lot of man," the So say the aged who have trode life through; po.' But what young stripling who the road ne'e ran, Believes what he says or deems it is true ? !}" He sees the wrinkles that from trouble grew, "But what," he argues, "will e'er trouble me? Stout is the heart that throbs within my breast, Ready is my hand and my spirit free; Cares can 1 defy, let them do their best, I'll take the world easy, to fortune leave the rest." tut False are his hopes, delusive is his dream, He meets disappointment in hoping ease ; sjn Things at a distance did pleasant seem, t],( On nearer approach not so much did please. tru Then with eyes opened to the truth, he sees mc That the rose of pleasure'mid thorns is set, ab< And though from his view concealed they had lain, w'l His fond, longing gaze they at length had met, S? "T, . , : pli wnen nis eager iieun iu &eiic n woo mm, , And found that the pleasure was far less than the j j/'J pain. _ M. I pal '? , ,1(?, [Extract from Byron's Xonodtj on tite Death of Sheridan.] j ^ Hard is his fate on whom the public gaze pol Is fix'd torever to detract or praise ; lln, Repose denies her requiem to his name, lin< And folly loves the martyrdom of fame. 1 lav The secret enemy whose sleepless eye . am Stands sentinel, accuser, judge, and spy, t'1' The foe, the fool, the jealous, and the vain, The envious who but breathe in other's pain, 1M* Behold the host! delighting to deprave, u j Who track the steps of glory to the grave, Uj. Watch every fault that daring genius owes C(J, Half to the ardour which its birth bestows, tnc " Distort the truth, accumulate the lie, ]no And pile the pyramid of calumny! t!i( ^ These are his portion?but if, joined to these Guant poverty should ijbuge with deep disease, Pa' If the high spirit must forget to soar, cni And stoop to strive with misery at the door, To soothe indignity?and face to face . l' Meet sordid rage, and wrestle with disgrace, t To find in hope but the renewed caress, jt The serpent-fold of further faithlessness,? w If such may be the ills which men assail, j^j, What marvel if at last the mightiest fail ? p],. A country school teacher, preparing for an ex- sta liibition of his school, selected a class of pupils, grc and wrote down the questions, and answers to 1110 I the questions, which he would put to them 011 life examination day. The day came, and so came On the vouncr hopefuls all but one. The pupils ob< took their places, as had been arranged, and all py went glibly on until the question for the absen- wh tee, when tiie teacher asked? ing "In whom do you believe ?" on I "Napoleon Bonaparte." qui "You believe in the lloly Catholic Church, do you not ?" "No," said the pupil amid roars of uncontrollable laughter," "the boy who believes in the >" 1 . church hasn't come to school to-day lie's at. home hoi sick abed." tioi A young man and a female, upon a time stop ? ped at a country tavern. Their awkward appearance excited the attention of one the mem- f}1 bers of the family, who commenced a con versa- ^ tion with the female, by inquiring how far they 111 had travelled that day. "Travelled !" exclaimed . tlie stranger, somewhat indignantly, "we didn't travel, wc rid!" oVC ^ eve ~ ? - eve Mistaken Courtesy,?We very much ad- ! CV(, . mire the cliurch warden's wife who went to on church for the first time in her life when her! tjin husband was chosen church-warden, and being j eve somewhat late the congregation were getting up j qj, from their knees as slie entered, when she said,; with a sweet and condescending smile: T'1;ra);> I livi keep your seats, ladies and gentlemen; I think ; n0 no more of myself now than I did before.' no "*** /?mi Complimentary1.?Mrs. Stanton the progres-! not sive woman of western New York, defines an ; jtst American to be ''a machine that squirts tobacco it; iuice for threo score years and ten." j (r]0 p?? fPwaBaa??? ? Obedience. A Discourse was recently preached in the Ci- > of Washington, by Rev. Dr. Dewey, enfor- j tig the principle of obedience.?This sermon j is been published in New York and Boston by j essrs. Francis and Co. The preacher devotes j portion of Ins sonnon to the subject of family I ivernnient, which he thinks is not arranged as j should be in this country. Wo quote from ! is part of the discourse : Let us go back then to the family discipline, i id see if we can determine what it should be. A parent is one, to whom is committed the (i argc of training beings, utterly ignorant, incable of reasoning?incapable at first, of know- i lge, virtue and happiness. To his care, to his j i ....a i.: :.i ,1 ?V miu LlftlUUI HUBS, IU lllo ^ICUuUll' tiuu UUIILIUI, i ey are committed.?Ilis very position implies ! 1 thority; divest it of that, and it loses all dig- : i ;y, fitness and reasonableness. It cannot have i ; en meant that his wisdom should be thwarted, < d his life distracted by the passion, caprice | d wilfulness should be subject, to his authority. 1 iuld there be any such thing as compact, in ; I .? case, we should say, it is but a fair compact < tween tue two?"1 will tram never meant, | < the ordinary course of things, that duties | < :>uld be martyrdoms. And yet, half a dozen j 1 :le, irrational beings, ungoverned or only half ! ( verned?wilful?freaking out constantly into j ] earns of passion, turning things into perpetual j 1 border and disarray, doing this and. that?run- 11 ig this way and that way, without cheek, or j 1 ltrolled only by momentary expedients to get I s ?ng?must make of the mother's life, or of 11 ne other person's life who lias the charge of , 1 ;m, a sort of living martyrdom. It is an ab- : r utc and enormous wrong in the nature of \ 1 ngs. It must be a sad teaching of right to ; f >se young minds; for it is a wrong; it is a j : sitive.unrighteousness, enacted into the very I \ vernment, or rather mis-government of afamiAnd there is no necessity for it. These cliil;n can be governed. Obedience, in some re- 1 sets is natural to them ; and they are trained, ' neglect or by a false system of treatment, to 1 lisobediencc, that is unnatural and monstrous, c child disobeying its parents!?God's law?na- t e's law is against it. Let the rightful law be s I upon from the very beginning. I am per- ( ulod it is a great mistake we make, in suppo- 1 ir that nothincr in this wise can be done, till t ; child is a year old. It would be nearer the g ith to say, something can be done when it is a ?nth old. Just as soon as it has a will, rising e dvc instinct?i. r. a conscious and persisting t I?that will should, on proper occasions, be h ntly and firmly restrained. And that disci- 1 nc continued, ever gentle but firm?ever loving, t isiderate and sympathising, but to its point, s n?from its point, immovable?will secure a 0 Lieut and perfect obedience. If the child is ,er permitted to disobey, it will soon cease to * nk of it as poss'ble. And it should newr be ' rmittcd! 1 say it is a sin before Heaven; jh .1 is no more to be tolerated than lying orsten- , v g is to be tolerated in the house. Such a j I r established, and the house would be bnildcd 1 o :w. Passionate sclfwill?the most hateful ;:1 ng, I believe, on earth?would be driven out | u it. The sweetness of obedience would enter j f It would be that peace, that family love, ! icli the Psalmist celebrates when he says j '' low good and pleasant it is!"' It would he ! v e that perfume of holv incense to which he ; 1 npares it. It would belike "the clew of Her- t m"'?like " the dew that descended upon the 1 inntains of Zion ; where the Lord commanded s i blessing, even life fur evermore." ?*i Ves, the children themselves would be incom- t rably happier in obedience. We do them the ; 2 iciest wrong, if we give them tip to their own f will. To give them comfits and sweetmeats, it make them ill, because they cry for tliein, c but an illustration of the evil and wrong which t do in this way, to their whole moral nature, i might seem at first sight, that indulgence ' uld make them happier; and with many a id hearted but mistakon parents, that is the t a; but it is not true. Wilfulness and alter- v rds, in child or mail, is the unhap]>iest of all j 1 tes of being. Ever in such state are things v nving worse?the craving for gratification I; ire intense and more unreasonable?the whole ' and being more distracted and miserable, i ly when living under law?only walking in f"dience, is child or man, family or State, hap- " and truly prosjierous. Selfish passion every- < ere is anarchv, begetting injustice, and bring- h ; forth destruction. The reign of conscience y is calm. The reign of order is " peace and i etness and assurance forever." & * J Death Will Come. o Fhc Rev. Albert Barnes, in an able discourse :i the October number of the National JVaclier, ] ds the following graphic language in illu>tran of the above declaration : 'Death will come; he will certainly come, o cannot bo evaded; he cannot be put back: b cannot be made to take his steps any slower. .1 , he will come! All that lives on earth will f? ?every boast, bird, and creeping thing ; the r< mining bird, the insect that flutters in the sun- '* im; every tree and shrub and llower; the c c, the pine, the acacia, the moss that grows v r the wall; every monarch, every peasant, >rv rich man, every poor man, every slave, tv master of a slave, every man, every woman, v ry child ; every old man that prides himself C( his honors and his wealth; every young man it prides himself on his talents or his strength; w ry maiden that prides herselt on her beauty. , all will die! 1 am in a world of death ; *I s; amidst the dying and the dead ; I see not a ng thing in all my rambles that will not die, man, no woman, no child, no bird, no beast, lc plant, no tree. The oagle that cuts the air o mot fly al?o\c it: the monster of the deep can- s< , dive below it; the tiny insect cannot make ti If so insignificant that death will not notice t< leviathan cannot, with great strength, strug- si against it. The Christian will die; the sin- tl ncr will die?yea, the sinner! Your wealth cannot save you. Death cares for none of these things; they are all trifles?gewgaws beneath his notice. He no more 'loves a shining mark' than an ignoble one ; he has no more pride in cutting down the rich man than the poor man? the daughter of beauty and fashion than the daughter of ugliness and sin. He loves to level the thistle as well as the rose-bud; the bramble as the magnolia; the brier as tbe cedars of Lebanon. Ho cares as little for the robes of ermine as for tlie beggar's rags; as little for the robes of richest v ^tiiu nts ::i:d g::w-1 apparel as for the blanker of tse- Yuii will ?5ir>. an<l the fear oi d?*af ill come upon t 1 )eath comes just as k i-?. >!. 1:1:1, fix? ?1, determined on his w.irk. Ji b ::<> ery for pity ; lie regards no shr'a < 1 t -nor. lb- comes steaJy. certain, unc'.ang d and unchangeable in hi* pur; ;to take y..u limn your h-.-d of splendid Jw hi: g ; to call you out of the assembly room ?taking you away from your companions, that tvill miss you for a moment and then resume * 1 * * - V Tv . 1 _ *11 their dance, that you may uie. jjeain win :0111c. lie has been advancing towards you :ver since you began to breathe. lie has kept ?n his way, always advancing to meet you; while you have gone North, or South, or East, ir "West, he lias always put himself into your iath, how near or how remote yon have never mown. Death will come. lie has always been idvancing, never receding; and soon his bancul shndhw will fall upon your path. And that hadow will deepen and become more chilly, ike an advancing eclipse, and then his dark brm will stand right before you, between you ind the light of the living world, and you will 10 in the dark valley. Deatl^will come?fear'11I iMinnrrli undor nnv eiroumstaneos. even if von ire a Christian?awful, unspeakably awful, if j ;ou arc not." < ?.> The Itiiiic in Schools. Tlic Bible is beyond all controversy the best iook of education in the world. It is the best >ook tor the formation of children's minds; the >est book for their acquisition and preservation ?fa pure idomaticstyle in their native language; he best book to promote and secure the purpoes of family government; the hot book to make mr children enlightened and good citizens of the Republic; the best book, in fine, to preserve hem from all evil and train thein up in all food. a powerful volume might be written on its xcellencc as a school book, and on the impor ance of still keeping it, where our forefathers [ iid it, as the corner .stone of our invaluable svs- : em of public education. If you take it away, I he system not only becomes worthless, but ab I olulely pernicious. Imbue a single rising gen- ' ration with the various knowledges of our duty, nd leave out the knowledge and the fear of od in llis Word, and you have already made iroad provision for your country's ruin. You ir.-iiliAivd fuel of ambition and irreliirion. rliieh any l>uld mind may set fire to. If Lord lacon could not talk of knowledge alone, without the mingling of (rod's truth and love in it, s being a pernicious and dangerous ailment to Ider minds, much more is it dangerous and lurtful to the minds of children. Our education needs a religious element; for t is not nfuoilion alone that will save us, but vill merely train a skillful race of gladiators for he arena of political strife. The only source of hat clement of safety is the Word of God. And f you lake the Word of God from your common ckools, you arc teaching infidelity and practical theism to the whole nation. You are filling i he mind with elements that, without the safeguard of Divine truth, arc sure to become liery, ! itter, and poisonous. In i's: ariifml iiifliirnrp over the minds of Olir hildrcii ami over the whole business of edlicaion, the llible in our schools is invaluable. It > a constant habitual nourishment, an uniulerujited systematic influence over tender minds t the mo>t susceptible age,?as steady, as cheorul, healthful, as the light of the sun. In this tay a great many children are hl. s-ed with the rivilege of listening daily to the Word of God, rho, alas. would n-vr heat it ro:,<l in the tamiv; am! - < . imp-1 : I for nattitaini . i? 1 bring : children von of Ue al 1 the vi i >us, the tv< tilth ss -of unities wh> s ill ait n *>va ver do anted f?1-? i' 'y : .1? . a h.-walv Katllr, and ' : 1 . ch lie a- ] :* l.j- -i : : !!' s . ::is acting a. a) i': in" .-j a-!' '; 1 it-1 If. 1 his wiring sb- characters of Heaven upon the out deeper than ill succeeding impressions.? low beneficent, how salutary in 'all its en lightnod and elevating influences is the daily and Impropriate use of the ltible in schools!?Rev. )e. Checvcr. A preacher in?no matter where?observed no day that a striking proof of the wisdom and enevoletice of Providence was given in placing catli at the end of life?thus giving one time >r preparation. This was almost as profound a i .i?. < I. ,i .i.* mars as mai 01 anoiner person wuu muugm, it was lucky that Sunday way placed at tlio iid of the week, instead of in the middle, which rould have made a broken week of it.' 'J'laze, sir,'said ar. Irishman to a traveller, rould yoz be so obliging as to take me great oat to Hoston with yez?' "Yes,' said the man in the wagon ; 'but how rill you get it again V 'Oh that's mighty aisy, for sure I'll remain indc ov it.' I have seen persons who gathered for the par>r their ehoiest flowers, just as they begin to pen in full bloom and fragrance, lest some pasjr-by should tear them from the bush and desroy them. Docs not God sometimes gather in) Heaven young and innocent children for the nne reason?lest some rude hand may despoil iem of their beaulv? The Queen of Fngland recently received a bequest of half a wilion sterling from one of hei deceased subjects, a Mr. Nield. The N. Y. 1'osl thus condenses the story:? Nield was a barrister at law, and die d in Choi sea, agi'd 72 years. lie was possessed of anim mensc fortune, but was of very eccentric and penurious habits. At the death of his father thirty years since, he came into possession o abut ?250.000, which sum had not been toucher, up to the period of his death. The deceased was never known to wear a great coat, lie usually dressed in a blue coat, with metal buttons, which lie prohibited being brushed, as. ii would take off the nap and deteriorate its value, 11 I -11 : 1 1.1- l 1?1 V,..w n<- ueiu cuiisiueruuu: laauou property m jvciii and Rucks, and was always happy to receive an invitation from his tenantry to visit them, which lie occasionally did, often remaining a month a) a time, and lie was thus enabled to add to his savings. His appearance and manners led strangers to imagine that lie was in the lowest vergt of penury, and their compassion was excited in his behalf, an instance of which may be men tioned. Just before the introduction of the railway system of travelling, the deceased had been on a visit to some of his estates, and was returning to London, when the coach stopped at Farmingham. With the exception of our miser the pas ?n ,i._ t.... MTIIJjlTS illl HTUIfU IU UllS 1IIII. ^Uiontii^ iuvji coach companion, and recollecting his decayed appearance, they conceived lie was in distressed circumstances, and accordingly a sum of money was subscribed, and a bumping glass of brandy and water was kindly sent out to the ''poor" gentleman, which lie thankfully accepted. Many instances of a similar character might be related. A few days before his death the deceased told one of his executors that he had made a most singular will, but as the property was his own he had done as he pleased with it. The executors "re the Keeper of the Privy Purse for the time being, (Dr. Tatlan.) and Mr. J. Stevens of Willcsborough. After bequeathing a very few trifling legacies, tlie deceased has left the whole ot his immense fortune to M Iicr Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, begging Her Majesty's most gracious acceptance of the same, for Ik* sole use and benefit, and of her heirs, tire." The property is estimated at upwards of ?.">00,000. For some years before his death, Mr. Xield scarcely allowed himself the common necessaries and comforts of life, and has left a poor old house-keeper, who was with him more than twenty-six years, without the smallest provision or acknowledgement for her protracted and far from agreeable or reinu iterative services. Varieties. The best accompaniament to man is a fond and amiable wife. lie that loses his conscience has nothing left worth keeping. l'ride and folly cost many persons more than their necessities. Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving wisely. The terror of being thought poor has been the ruin of thousands. Wine and passion arc racks often used to ex tort words fr?>ni us. Who cannot keep his own secret ought not to complain if another tolls it. Uo is no moan philosopher who can give a reason for a half of what he thinks. Interest speaks all languages, and acts all parts even that of disinterestedness itself. People seldom love those who withstand their prejudices, and endeavor to control their passions. Men and actions, like objects of sight, have their parts of perspective ; some must be seen at a distance. l*ew things are necessary for the wants of this life, hut it. takes an infinite number to satisfy the demands of opinion. Ditfcrent sounds will travel with different velocity?a call to dinner will run over a ten-acre, lot in a moment and ahalf, while a summons to return to work takes from eight to ten minutes. With every exertion the bet of men can do but a moderate amount of good : but it seems in tin.' power of the most contemptible individual to do incalculable mischief. 11 \mh iiiyton Irt'ilit/. I nh cm an* Acts?Cnoi.r.na.?The Mohawk (New York) Courier, in speaking of the appearance of cholera in that place, has the following: "A boy eight years old, and son of the O'Briens the first victims of the cholera in this village, was taken by a relative to ?St. Jolinsville; but sickening shortly after bis arrival there, the neighbors were alarmed, and one of them brought him back next morning, and (as is said) shut him up alone in the deserted shanty where his parents died! He crawled out of doors on Tuesday and was taken from a puddle of water into which lie had fallen, in the afternoon, and was carried into the house where just at evening he was found dead, and was buried before midnight." aitui'tir to Assassinate Lous Nvroucox. ?The New York Commericial Advertiser publishes the following extract of a letter from an American gentleman resident in Paris, received by the Africa: "An attempt was made some three days ago to assassinate Louis Napoleon on his way from St. Cloud. An individual tired a musket shot at him a trench on a route, and the ball grazed bis left shoulder. Seeing that he had failed in his attempt, the assassina immediately blew out his own brains. The journals have been prohibited from speaking of the matter." A.. 1) T? A . \js tub uk.m-hth or h1xekc18k.?as a man is a compound of sotil and body, lie is under an , obligation ot a double scheme of duty, and as labor and exercise conduce to the health of the body, so do study and contemplation to that of the mind; for study strengthens the mind A3 r exercise does the body. The labor of the body t. frees us from the pains of the mind, and this it is which makes the poor man happy. The - mind, like the body, grows tired by being too long in one posture. The end of diversion is to - unhand the soul, deceive the cares, sweeten the , toils, and smooth the ruggedness of lite. 1 As the body is maintained by repletion and 1 evacuation, so is the mind by employment and 1 relaxation. Difficulty strengthens the mind as ! labor does the body. Life and happiness con sists in action and employment. Active and masculine spirits, in the vigor cf youth, neither . can nor ought to be at rest. If they debar tbein, selves from a noble object, their desires will move i downwards, and they will feel themselves actuat ted by some low and abject passion or pursuit. : As the sweetest rose grows on the sharpest pricki les, so the hardest labor brings forth the sweet est profits. The end of labor is rest; what bright ; ness is to rust, labor is to idleness; idleness is i the rust of the mind and the inlet of all misfor - tune. Diligence is the mother of virtue. When it is known, says Plato, how exercise produces digestion and promotes health, comeliness and strength, there will be no occasion to enjoin the use of such exercise by a law, or to enforce an attention to it on the candidates for health, vigor and personal charms. A March Across the Desert.?A correspondent of the Providence Journal attached to the United States Mexican Boundary Commission, in a letter written at the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, gives the following account of a march across the desert: "It is only by actual experience that one can form any idea of the utter desolation and barrenness of the desert extending from the Colorado to the coast range of mountains. When we crossed it in February last, we had no water for about 80 miles, though now, thanks to the labors of Capt. Davidson, there is a well opened in the arroyo of Alamo Mucho, and the longest Jornada is 45 to 50 miles. At the few watering places the supply is scanty, and wc were obliged to keep men constantly at the wells, dipping up the water as it oozed through the sand. The water at all the wells is hard and brackish, and seems to create thirst rather than allay it. There is not n spear of grass for about 100 miles, nor any herbage upon which animals can subsist, save the foliage and fruit of the mezquit. At present the leaves are in perfection, and the animals get tolerable good browsing, though the young beans are too acrid to afford much nourishment. "The intense heat renders travel by flay almost impossible. We usually accomplish our march between sunset and eight o'clock in the moritrng, ~~ laying by during the day, which is almost as intolerable as travelling; for with the mercury ranging from 112 to 120 degrees in our tents, sleep affords no refreshment, food is disgusting, and reading a fatigue. Generally there is a strong breeze, which, coming from off the heated sands, burns and parches the skin, if it does not bring a cloud of dust to add to the general discomfort."' Poet'i.ATiox ok California.?The California j papers received by the last steamer say: " Statistics show that 51,000 people have arrived at San Francisco since the tirst of January last. It is fair to estimate the arrivals by sea during the remainder of 1852, at 35,000, making SG,000 increase of population from that source for the current year. From present indications, the overland immigration cannot be less than 40,000, which will swell the number of people who wiil visit California during the season to 126,000. Allowing for the number who will leave the State, it will he within bour.ds to estimate the increase of population the present year at about 100,000. From a recent estimate it appear- that there are 4330 houses in San Francisco, which are presumed to contain seven persons each?making the population of the city about 30,000. Five years ago the little, town of San Francisco contained a few houses, built of sun-dried brick, and had a population of less than four hundred. Four years ago the population was still less than one thousand. The bare mention of these facts is the most appropriate commentary on the unparalleled progress of the city?a city whose commerce is felt throughout the world?whose exports are more than $75,000,000 per annum. According to a provision^ the new Constitution, a new census of California will be taken this year. Agents have been appointed for each county in the State, who are now performing their labors. The census will be completed before the bulk of the overland immigration reaches the country, and must fall at least 50,000 short of giving the actual number of inhabitants. The population of California will nrobahlv reach 350.000 before the 1st of January next. The number of French people in California is estimated at 22,000. In San Francisco, they are numerous enough to sustain a tri-weckly newspaper of fair propositions to the French language." Mu. Cabell's Position*.?Mr. Cabell, of Florida, has issued an address to his constituents, in which he says that "the clear and explicit endorsement of the compromise measures by the Whig National Convention and subsequent events have to some extent modified the views declared in my speeches of the 3d of February and 12th of June." Put though his views arc thus modified, he still declines to vote for General Scott. The following verse contains every letter in the SSfifh*'1 alphabet, except "E." ft is a question whether any other English rhyme can be pwSfueed (in print) except the letter "E," which is a letter employed more than any other:? A invial swain mav rack his hrsiin And tax his fancy's might, To quiz in vain, for 't:s most plain That what I say is right.