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* DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, MORALITY, AGRICULTURE, LITERATURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ME* H. NORWOOD, EDITOR.] VOL. 1. To thine ornuelf be true; And it must follow as ike night the dag; Thou const no! then be false to any man.—li \m i.kt. DARLINGTON C. H., S. C., THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER 25, 1851. [NORWOOD \ DK LORVE. FI ELI: l:ER NO. 43. THE DARLINGTON FLAG, 18 rrHLI8IIRI> EVERY TiiliRSDAY MORNING, AT UARUSOTON, C. H., 8. <•., HV NORWOOD 6l DK 1,0HUI . TERMS OF 81’BSCRirTlON: . In advauce, (jMjr annum,) - - - $2 00 At the expiration of six months • 2 50 At the end of the year 3 00 ADVERTISING t Advertisements, inserted at 75 cents a square (fourteen lines or less,) for the first, and 3'F cts. for each subsequent insertion. Business Cards, not exceeding ten lines, nsirted at $5, a year. M1SCKLLANE0U3. ANNUAL REPORT, to sell them on better terms than those requirements of the Lngiucer. From [From the New York Spirit of of the heretofore disposed of. The company, the junction of the South Carolina Times.] if they deem it bosf % have a right to Rail Road, East, twelve miles of the A WISCONSIN DEBATING SOCIETY, sell all of the ImhmIs ami pay cash for track have been laid with the iron, and Wisconsin is a great Mate and Gen- their iron and locomotives. on ten miles of it a passenger car is eral Henry Dodge is her greatest man, In the month of April last the suh-! running twice a day,in connexion with in the estimation of her citizens. It the Camden branch. was a good many years ago that a 'I he contract for laying the track lie- horseman might have liem seen aligh- yond this is progressing satisfactorily, ting front his jaded steed, at the close and one of the Company’s engines of of a pleasant day in the fall of the over IGtoiis burden is now on the mail year in front of a snhstantantial miming the passenger car and tanspor- ing Tavern in the village of J- ting iron and mntetiuls to further the and State of Wisconsin. A fe scription in the town of Wilmington was formally made by authoiIty of the Legislature of North Carolina of $100,- 000 to the capital stock of this Com- pany, and the Imnds of the corpora tion at 6 |>ercent. interest, payable an nually, i«Biied and accepter! by the look- •w mo- Compaiir, in lieu of a subscription of work. Platform and Imx cars are al- meiits later he might have been seen that amount made by certain citizens so provided, and the business of trans- ! cnrcfullv directing the hostler to give of Wilmington, on condition that they imitation of produce and uierchandixe proper attention to his panting hoige; might substitute the authorized sub- w ill in a shot t lime lie commenced. and a few moments later still he might scription of the town therefor. About From the Crent Pee Dee liver to have liven seen devout ing with avidity half these bonds have been sold at par Wilmington, the grading is finished in the substantial meal spread before him and during tl»e winter it is believed the part, and in such a state of progress as in the dining-rooin of l.is host. All but hi* wi.e Cleoptra, being pleased with the promming looks of Mr. Col- limbus, actuated witli a magnanimity which is a eaiicntnre of her sex. pre vailed upon liim to giant Columbus’s rt • quest whereupon, providing hu vessels and men out of his own |ioeket, t <>l- uinbiis got ready, anil on a certain day ofceitnin month, and in a ceitain year he set sail from the Holy Sea of Rome, and after a long and tiui|iektuoii8 he set foot at Inst ujwi the Plymouth Rock, in the Island of Juan Fernandez; it was on that occasion that he exclaim ed—‘Breathes there any man wirhsnij so |H>rfectl v dead as never to hinlscl: has said this is my own my native land!” “Sir, Mr. Columbus did not long survive the hardships of that veil the poj illation, unlives, fort it Of the President anrl Directors of the other half will he disposed of on the t to lie ready when required, and the this might have been seen, and more ami was taken piisoner by the Kiiia of Wilmington and Manchester R. R. same terms. This snbscription was timber* contracted for and delivered too, if you gentle reader had been there the Cannon ball Islands, mid with all assigned to the purchase of 3000 tons where required, and the balance to lie of iron which was made during that so delivered at tliu direction of the En- month, deliverable at the Company’* gineer. That for the biidges over the wharf, in Wilmington, during the piincipal streams is delivered where month of January, 1852, at $t2 50 needed, and some of the bridges com- per ton. payable on delivery, all ex- menced and in progress. [tenses included. Proposals for Imilding the bridge Two cargoes of this iron are ex- across the Great Pee Dee have been [lected soon to arrive, as advices have | advertised for, according to the sfieci- ficatious, and it is experted that the Company Offick Wit. & M vn. R. R. C.) Marion C. H.. 26 Nov. 1851. $ To the Hon. Senate and House of Kejis. of the Sla'c of So. Ca : 111 pursuance of an Act of the Gen eral Assembly of the State, in Decem ber eighteen hundred and forty-nine. entitled “An Act to aid in the con stmetinu of the Wilmington and Man-' been received that they were at Liver cbester Rail.-oad,” the undersigned, in pool waiting Bhi|Hiient. contract will lie let before the end of behalf of the company, begs I >nv.* to 'Hie 3200 tons of rails purchased this year, and commenced ea.ly in the submit herewith, to your honorable bo- last year and referred to in the ie|iort next. die*, the third niinnnl report of t'u* President and Directors nt the W il- mington and Manchester Rail oad Coiiqiany, the report of the refi.lmt engineer, and tlie procoeiiings of the meeting of the stockholders in J.nma- rv, of the present year, to which time (ami to the first of January of each year) the accounUof the company are made up, which exhibits “ the condi tion and prospects of the company” at that time. As Important events havr> since then transpired in the affairs of the compa ny, it is deemed proper to make a sun- iiieinental report of them also. of J a unary last, have been received. Prospects of the Company.—Witli except one cargo, which is early look- the amount of woik done, of the capi- cd for in Charleston, and has lieen paid tal stock suhsciilied, the whole of the for ns well as means provided for that iron needed, as w ell as the numlier of which is to come of that purchase. locomotive* secured, the payment bn to see. j his crew, cast into chains and slavery, “Landlord,” said the dismounted where he died at an advanced age, igno- linrseman, as he pulled away at a Cu- millions natural death with his whole i#a short six, “any amusements in the crew, leaving not one to tell the tale.— singing P village to-night t—meeting, school, or anything ?” “Well no stranger,” said the host, “not exactly any amusements; if you’d only come a little sooner, now, lor we had Howe & Malms' Circus here a week ago and they had a first-rate Clown. But thar’s a Debatin’ Club over to the school house s|h)s’ii you go over i" to-night eace to his ashes and to their’n. “Fi-, the discovery of this continent was the greatest invention of the year 1462. Fernandez’s Island was the step| ing stone to the settlement of this country, sir. Look mound you and l»ehold tlie [Nipulated >vo; M, the I'uiled •States, North mid South Aineiica, (be gun and Asia, Ui'idostan and Bilor- cliistnn, England and Tin key, France Rejoiced to find anything wherewith and China, and many others too imme- to while away the tedious hours nl runs to mention—behold these conn- night, our traveller assented, and to tries traversed by steamboats, rail ends, t ie “Debatin t lub” lie w ent. Hm 1 1 and telegraphs, and ask ynnrst I *. woul.I The stock of the South Carolina all of which is provided for, the means houtr* w as a country school house, and these things have been i, il hadn't been Rail Road Company which was set the Company can now emit.ol, to pros- 1 presume that you, kind reader, know br Columbus. Gen. Washington apart to meet this payment has not i ecute their work, and wkh an increas- how it must hare looked for been disposed of, except 400 shares, ed ,orce which it is inltnded soon to there in this “gieat and gel (125 paid in) which was sold nt $108, mbi to its construction, tlicy hope to as it was regarded the better policy to ! reach the Great I'ee Dee river, (65 apj ropdate the proceeds of the Com- miles ftom the Western terminns of p nv’s bonds, when not immediately i the road) in tiine to take tlie next cot- waited, to that purpose, ami hold tlie ton crop, or so much as may lie otler- •lock paving a dividend equal to the ed, to market; and as about 20 miles rate of i iteiest on the bonds, and bid- from Wilmington are wholly graded At a meeting of the eto-khol ler* ding fair to coaimand a lie!ter price and ready for tlie »u|ierstructure, which he! I in WHmington in April l ist, to which time the gene id meeting of the same in January had lieen regtila Iv adjourned, the stockholders, hv a vote required hv the Chaiter, authorized tlie I'resident and Directors to issue bonds i feil presentaH'iit oi l eminie Hauqiaon, and of “the prodigious” notoin-ly. in f.ont of tlie old ilnmiiiie sat the !S<‘cretn- some time hence. Of this stock the is provided for, as soon as the iron con- ry, as usual, w hile near at hand the Coihpnn v now hold 800 shares ($100,- tracted for arrives at that port, they de- d ( b iters for the evening occupied the 000 worth) h.iving receeived $50,000 sign to commence laying down their desks of the scholars hack from their since January, by _ ‘ ‘ g with the track at that jioint, about the first of Hue of desks the room was crowd* d; who is wouldn't have been born—but suppose loiimis i lie had, what then f What did Wash- ked’ntry" that has not Seen one?—| ington ever do that was a great bone- Tbere, mounted upon his throne in j fit to this country. There is much that that temple of know ledge sat the said about bis talents for war. To be village schoolmaster, exollicio, the sure he perfoimod st veinl inastedy re- President of the Sock-ty—'he counter- feats, but what’s that an evidence of? all -had gathered there her conditions of the act to’aid the con- the ensuing year, and to prosecute the stmetiou of the Wilmington and Man- i work on both sides of the line with beaut y and her chivalry, not exceedin'' 8800,000, bearing inte-' Chester Railroad to the extent required continued and constant application till The house w as called to order—the rest not exceeding 7 per cent., pa vabie in order to receive it from the Comp- they are united. “minutes of the preceding meeting semi-aunuallv, and redeemable at a pe- ti oiler General. The experience of others engaged were read and adopted”—the Coiiunit- At the last session of the Legisla* in similar enterprises, as well as that tee on “Hezediah Pitcher, with non- lure of North Carolina provision was of (hose in this, warn us that it is un- payment of dues.” was ordered and made to suhscrilie, on the part of that safe to promise its completion too State, for 2000 shares of the capital strongly nt any given time. All that stock of this Company, provided the 1 can lie fairly expected is, that the Company would accept 2000 shares of means and resources of the Company the capital stock of the Wilmington shall Ik* steadily applied to the con- and Raleigh Railroad, owned by the struction of tlie entire work, and in State, at its par value, therefor. The tins it is b lived the public w ill not be stockholders of this Company at their disapiioiiited. adjourned meeting, left the acceptance KifspeetfnHj’ submitted, or rejection of this snbscription to the W. W. Hakllkk, Pres, decision of the President and Direc- The Board of riod not exceeding twenty years, con vertible into the stock of the company at the option of the holders, and to mortgage the road, property and of- foots of tlie company to secure the payment of the same and the interest thereon, “ for the purpose of racing tlie moans for tlie more speedy com pletion of the road.” ^ In pursuance of this authority, the undersigned, under the instructions o r the Board of Directors, proceeded to execute the. 7 per cent, bonds of the BE GENTLENEN AT HOME. Tlie re are few families, we imagine, company for $'500,000. with interest tor* of tV Company. ■ • *• -i /■ .. IT octors on the 8th Ol vnrnnier I.IBI, I . . i - i i • » i ~ J . , .... .. anywhere, m winch love is not abused, m mow o ie iinpiom m*"* 1 !' ,n °. a 8 furnishing a license for impoliteness! the Wilmington and Ra e.gl, R.dfwul ^ husband, father, or brother will speak Company, its increased rece.pU f ,an ^ ^ ^ ^ |((V( . S local husmess, and the reduced expenses of the Company which must soon fol low the completion of laying the new and heavy rail which the Company have substituted for tlie one formerly laid on the table, whin the Chainnnu lose and said,— “Is the house ready for the ques tion t” “Aye, aye!” c ied a dozen voices. And the Chair proceeded:— “Gentlemen—the question for this evening is which conferred the grea test benefit on mankind, Mr. Chiistu- pher Columbus, or General George . Washington ? On tlie otfirmative, Messrs. Van Dreczer’ Lusonhury, and Penix; on the negative, Messrs. Foster, Milligan and Sampson. Mr. Van i Dreezer has the floor.” .8ir, it is that he w as a coward.” “General Washington a coward!” screamed Foster, the village doctor, in a voice of thunder. “General Wash ington a coward! who so base as dare say it f Look at him at the battle of the Nile, look at him at the battle of Wateiloo, the Cowjieiis, on the Plains of Marathon, at tlie Pyramids, at Still man's Defeat, at Bad Axe; and, sir, look at him at the battle of New Oi lcans!” “ General Washington at the battle of New Oilcans!” exclaimed a huge backwoodsman, gesticulating violently. “ Mr. Speaker, is there such an igno ramus in the house 1 Sir, anv school boy knows that the battle of New Or leans was fit before Gen. Washington was Imm. Let the gentleman read Plutarch’s lives, the lives of the Sign ers of the Declaration of Independence, or let him read Arkwiight’s History of the Black Hawk War, and he'll find that Genera! Henry Dodge ft the battle of New Orleans.’’ Here the noise and confusion became so great that our traveller might have been seen wending his way to the inn, and to those who love him the best, simply because tlie security of love and family pride keeps him from get ting his head broken. It is a shame that a man will 8[>eak more impolitely at times to his wile or Mr. V., tlie village lawyer, a smart a wiser man than when he nnived at dappei looking man. aroze, and after J . taking a sup of water from the tiu-cup —- which stood Izelorc him, did depose and A Word Fitly Spokex.—A stran- aay : ger, who was itinerating ns a teacher, “Mr. President and Gentleman and ■ called upon my father, and requested Ladies—I arise to advocate toe atfir- permission to examine some of the hoy«. inative of tliis question ; th it is to say, I was among the number. My Intlier, . ; >iiii»eiijmiimi, j-gc" m;l | 0 except a low and vicious one.— which bonds they placed in the hands j would la- declared from ‘he profits of |t ^ ^ ^ of Messrs. Lanier, Window dz Co.,! ‘he Company (the first ever made to Rankers in the City of New York 'Hie sale of these bonds ha* been sister, than he w ould to any othei f* that I affinn that Mr. Columhus did hy way of relieving the feelings of tlie d" ,im vuious oiu. 1 „ beneht to mankind than man said—“'I’liat boy is very slow nt <— u — in order to more learning; I tear you will not Ik* able to coupons attacbed, payable on the fi-'st) IT cctnrs on the 8th of October last, I days of June and December of each i" vcar.itt the Merchant’s Bank of New York, redccmalilc on the first darn!' June eighteen Immlred nnd sixty-six, and convertible into the stock o( ihe eouAminv at jiac value, at the ojiti<m of tin bolder, nt any time liefore the Irst dav of June eighteen hnndred and six- , . . , . r ty-flve and execute.l a mortgage of «*ed, conelnded that it was letter for tin* road and effects of tlie com|aiuy to . the interest of the Company tn accept secure the payment of the same ; that subscription, as the dividend whiel. ' ,.».t i.i flio k iniU would Ik* declared from the profits ol , ..ri _ Gen Washington. sank, to have spoke direc- successfully by hypothecation when j Chiistopl.er Columbus! Sir, echo : head, ohscruerl—“This lad win make a lieen made Wl * fight la* required to do so. ■ | of (Ids mo ll -i a K' A '"'"B"""* ——-r-—. ... - small nient, and for the first time, impressed reiifninder of iKm reqiiin-d to liv the } that stock is now about 60, Laving ri- ^'[V^ U,; dreulaOng "mediun.k- « 0,w - *i‘oated on the upon my mind; a ray of hope sprang whole rand) 4500 tons delivered at ‘ sen to that price from below $0 in less | tweeo ^ a * d true ladies r ! v ** r l 'f r “ 8trl ' ;,,1, 'r.' 1 '" 1 ' | within me; m that ho,« I lived and la- Wilmington, ami 2500 tons at Chailes- than two years past, and is still unpro- t | IAmo nnd no |Kdi j, #x |,i|,ited in so- "I 1 ^ , ‘ U " , ' U ' 1, . " d | ,oro<1 ’ 11 to P 0 " < ’ r ‘ ton, during the-next year, at $11 50 ving in su’d, a way as bids fair to re a- "Jy can atone 1^ harah la„«— * ??*■**«*''? lnto w ere all commuted to memory per ton dn delivery, freight, duty and lize L — ... .. iiiswrapce iurltt^. be paid,for in t the I ff '^wsrvxns* mi iK>**vrv^ki f inn Irt IBl* , »s « a _ M a?.. ^ r u » J J I . ofhi* infancy in [tersuing books of tra- | and never paused. The same part effected hy their agents, for c ash at prices more favorable than was at one time anticipated by them. In UK* V.ninrmilV I»iH Iirp-I mauv mi • . i . vs iu«ii iiniu | a »a.-*it t/v <i f„r the stockhotJWifsA and the prospe'et of f HM * 11M ur ” P^ 0 ' 1 , * ''.f 1 ' / j! . ^ fully digest ttie interrogatory just pn>- do much with him.” My Ilea: t an early completion of tlie Wilmington J 011 * n, ; ' V | ' ■ ‘i '! pounded, to enter fully into the meiits I would have given the world to and Manchester Railroad, would in- ,nn ' n * ','1“" ■ ° • ^!' \’ ‘ l ( ' U of the case, I will give a brief, succinct been as some boys. The man " o „r woman usually is indebted lor the n(1( , n( . P((llIlt ( ,r M r. Collllll- u itii knuliiMWtt iruvcs ni<* annin crease tlie value of that stock to par, ! J v /* ,, . mn 8U '. ^ . ...• . and condense*! account of Mr. Cohim- with kiuduess, gave me some or snfticientlv to enable us to nse it L.n.hmss and H.teiws. ol I, e to th*^ |i:( , aml ^ sir w , to W!t8 lirtllg , and laying his hand up 1 — tliccathm when ‘« ^r own household. ( . (l|isU>I>|l , r C'o,um,,u. ( Sir, echo head! ob8eru«l-“This lad wi’l Negoti ifton* have also lieen made, | «*• might la* requnmi t*. do so. it w iU not 'be mu inlTTf a ' g ,KM ! * h ° 0, " r „„ 1 felt 86 ami the contract for seven thousand The stock was ciinsequenlly accept- hi . .n3 ! Nr C.dumhus wasthe off-spnng ofa , t raised my spirits; tin* pMsiMily inflicts his sfik-en and bad temper upon , , those of iiis own henrthstoue. is a 1 . ..... . -, value of . m .„ Kind tons T rail? signed, with the house of ; ed. on the conditions of the terms of j ^ 0 f ^ ^ hMrtlMo^ 5^ 11""" ^ t * M5 ^ wh ° ^ Wing aide to lean. was. ... Bailv, BroflierS 4sCo.. (which is the subscription. The market these Yionds, the Interest not to com- road Company, in pro|>oitioii to the mence rimning till 60 dnvs a ter *le- j amount paid in ; the stock of tlie latter livery, or in cash, at the option of the Coinpanv at the time of subscription compimy. Wa* s*-lluig at 62 (one hmidred p«i*l in.) At the same rale hi bonds, the 00m- 1 Thia suhsciqUiou, added to that previ- l>aiur have agree*l to pay fof seven fir-l ousl.y made, raiies.tlie amount of sbu k ' pomotives of T<1 tons Imrilen. on tlie lamks ol‘ the Company to $1, " 200,000. Ill so- qnite as maeh to o.,r Company as | ^.d-'disras^tful treatment tllToftfn Mexico. At an ea. ly ag*-, w ith ease and I could have doubled stock of the South Can.li.ia Rail- j il|(iu Ld a Mwee.i U»os*« bound ^’ ,u,,,bus f v " ,c ^. * ^ ,or j ** ‘ad't b«e.. required. Fr.w„ inuuigeu m »e* e*" “ the s<>a and occupied tlie (ensure hours-1 (hat iienod Adam never looked baek getlier by God's own ties of Wood and , :.. I 1.... i l. _ j 1 j -i *. vel and navigation, it was while en- Nomss dri4B«i»hers, Pliil idcloiiia nr ensli at the opti. 1 -> Progress of the Work.—Tnc grn 1 imadeipma.or . P . , - ^ j„ ncrion or ^ So.,1, , ed|y observed. “If that fellow bad on man was an uudiscoveivd ciuintry. the still more sacred ties of conjugal * ov<f ' ^ ^ j gaged in these pursuit.- that he inadvera A Good Oku.—Davy Crocket hap- tly met w ith tlie works of Robinson pened to be present at an exhibition of and Crusoe,and Captain Cook, ami animals, some time ago, in the city of the definition he imwle from them was Washington, when a monkey seemed that far away over tiu trackless to attract his attention, nnd he distract- ninin hitherto nut. oden by the foot ol quick ness of perception and t-naeily of memory, discoverable from the fir-.t dawning of intelligence as applied to other things, now accompanied his |»nr- suit of learning; he was no longer like tlie animal tampering around the same s|mt, in consequence of the chain by which he became like the racer; there STw. delivered rash prices .-ft the Carolina RMI Road to tb« Groat Pee* pmr of spectacles Iw would look like ”A* he approached iuanbo*Kt, he was - was progress m every movement; he and ,.rices wd.ioh are fixed i.y - Dee. is completed steady as to ena- | Maj..r Wrighh, of Obi...” IT** Major j « desire discover that s,^ over the BMrae with prodigious the contract. m . ?! ‘ : bb- the Crkn|mny to prmseed with the 'Hterenniudorof the bond*, ninnnnt laying of their track without interrup- ing/to lietweeii sorfle $50,000 and 1 lion. f ^ $rt)0,000, have not yet been sol 1. but t The timbers for tins porBmi of Uie the board feel 110 doubt but that, when , Road are also provided lor, and arede- ilivyrwl, u.’ nwziy (ak duLvury, 00 the e"err, nilssionaiies and all, to thrir fni*li. It i< not a little worthy of note, that wl ile in hi.glniitl and Fcotlmid they have made converts by ll.oosnnds, on tiauj.ii tiny have nut with no tucce s whatever. Rum niiiiTE. Rii'us is a | ictme to b.ok at, and a c.rowder to spout. He is about >even *•*1 six, or six leit 8*‘V**n, hi I.i- socks; -upleasan ed.and wi v as a roikseivw. r»is face is a eooipouinl of winkles, “yaller jajnlers,” and jin i*[iiu«leii*:e.— ile has small, keen, | jeii'iug (Jack e ves, and a head sbapeil like a iiiainiiml!i goose egg, big end up, Mr hair black .Hid en ly, uiueli resend.ling a brig of wool in “ adini.i.ble «!isoider," or a bmsh l eap ia a gale of wind, ['is l.ody has no [miti.-ul.ir shape, and l.is w it and legal “ dodges ” have s* t many t judge i.i a slacker, and so confounded liie jn:or» as to make it idmn.-t impus- -ible Idr them to speak [lain laiglisli, >r tell tlie truth for the rest o!'tb«ir na tural lives. Rii'us is great ou twi ting md coiling kim.-i I up, squi oiiag a- ouud, and prancing, junq i ig, and kicking iiji a «hist, wh* , n Mccm’s up. iiiso'utoiy is lirstiTile, and I.i- argi • ment- i i.rci.jiis ami !« «-if|.-. I’o erali v makes a ten strike—-judge and jury dow n at the end ofevcrv sentenec. He ia great on flowery expi ess ions ami ! igh lalootia “ flnli-diihs.” Mrangeis mostly tkiuk he 4 era/y. and the re; t scarcely uudei>taiid what its all about, lie iovoiees l.is time and elocution foi r thousand per cent, over mtiiiuity cha.- ges for having oin-V si I pul {lirougli a course o| iau. Ruins Choate is uIhh t fifty years o! age, [a-rliaps over. He is coorideicd the al lest lawyer in N*w England, or perhaps the Lnitcd Flat**'. His hand wiitiog can’t la* *leci|>her**1 without tlie aid ofa pair of compass* s and a ([UsHtiant. His antogiaphy som< • what resend les the map of Vliiio, ai.d looks like a | ieee of crayon skHcl.iug, done in the dark with a tliree-pn.iieed o k. lie has lu< 11 i 1 ti c F'euate : 1 d may be if he has lime to fish for i , I'rcridciit of the L'nited States. mini* Til GI ILK A HU NG KAN. Keep good company or none. Never Ik* idle. If your hands can not Ik 1 iiseiully enq loyed, attend to ti.t* cultivation ol your mind. Always speak the t.uth. Make lew promises. Live up to all your engagements. Have no very intimate hi*mis. Keep your own secrets, if you have any. When you speak In n perron, look him i.i ihe face. Good coinpanv and good conversa tion are the veiy tiucw> of vi tuo. Good character is above all things 1 Ise. Never li -ten to any loose or infnlil conversation. Your character cannot Ik* essential! v injured except by ow n nets. If any one speaks evil of you. let your li!e be such that none will believe Lini. L)i ink no kind of intoxicating liquors. Ever live, mis.bitune excepted, with- i 1 vour i.ieom*'.* W hen you rcti:x* to hod, think over what you have been doing during the S' 00 day. Never speak lightly of nliginn. Make no limte to be rich, if you would prosper. Snu II and steady gains give compe tency witli tranquility of u.bid. Never | lay at any kind of game of chance. Avoid temptation, through fear that you may not witin-tami it. Earn 1 Finny before you spend it. Never run in debt, unless you see a way to get out again. Never lainow If you can [ossiblv avoid it. Do not marry until you are aide to suppoit a wi e. Never s|K‘uk evil of any one. Be just before you are generous. Keep yotusi I. innocent, ifyou would | lie happy. Save when you an* young, ‘<1 spend i when you are old. Never think that which you do for religion is lime or money nr.ispent. Alvvavs go to meeting when you cm Often tunk of death nnd jonr ac countability to God. Read over the alanc maxims at least once a week (Sunday night.) The project ofe.i-di ig Philudel rti ig a s Idpl.i.y L -| vie imm under happened to be just behind Davy mid | county which he so often saw in his tness, and he felt the pleasure of it opera-house in overheard the observation, and gently youthlol dreams; actuated by this «le- | himself.—Adam Clark. consideration. tapped Crocket an tlie shmiMer, when he petitioned the great Pontificial * ■ — 1 ^ , , he, (Crocket,) very formally remaned, Pone of Rome to give him three yawls Mokmox MissioxaRika.—Ten Mor- Foote’s majo ity for Governor in “ i’ll iw banged, Mojoeifl know whose and a jolly boat to carry out his derign. mons are laboring 011 the Sandwich Nlssukippi is about fi.teen huudred panluo to ask—yours or the mockay V* I 'that disUn-uiahed utau at first rajMod 1 lalaada, ia ooni'rsmoa at two, to eau-, votoa.