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,, M|^ |! in THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. BY cavis ft trimmer. Dcuoieir to Southern iiigtyts, Politics, ^qriculturc, a nit iiliscflJamj. $2 pee anitumVOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C? THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1856. '"KO! ~wT THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. ? BY CAVIS & TRIMM1ER. I T. 0. P. VBBHON, AuooiaU Editor. a Price Two Dollars per annum in advnncc, or I $2 SO at the end of the year. If not paid until j Sl after the year expire* $3.00. ^ Payinunt will' bo considered in advance if made p within three month*. tl No subscription taken for less than six months. Money inay be remitted through postmaster* nt . onr risk. Advertisemonts inserted at tlie usual rates, and ci o intracts made on reasonable terms. j, The Spartan circulates largely over this and (| adjo ninir districts, and offers an admirable medium . to oar friends to reach customers. Jn1) work or all kinds promptly executed. tl ftlanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand v ?>r pria ml to order g, Inaugural Address. n Rev. Jits. P. Boyce, Theological Piofessor ,r in Furtuan University,delivered hisiunugu- ""j trI nt the late ComuKncetuent. The fol lowing report.of.it we find in the Southern u Baptist w After gUncing nt the /"act of there he- Cf ing twenty four Baptist Colleges and ten Theological Seminaries of the denomina tion, in"litis country, tlio speaker gave forth ^ his views on the subject ofThcological Edu l" cation, by proposing three leading changes in our Seminary system: First, A modified and eclectic course of study must be adopted to supply the failure (|1 -now and hitherto existing to meet the de rannd for ministers. This University, like most other denominational colleges, was w the offspring of the-pray eis of the church- in .es, and a practical Theological Education 1 1 .was always the mainspring which animated .our educational efforts in securing endowmen is. Some of the existing barrieis 01 should bo iciuoved?one of which is a uniform classical prerequisite for the theologi- tl -cal course. All other professions have ?J /modified and eclecric courses, aiming at an ^ education to adapt men to their limes. ni Thus we should have an educated ministry, AS distinguished from a ministry of educa- Cf led men. After all, a truly educated man sl .is self educated; and our system should be 1 capable of self adaptation for the mass and ?' -variety of our ministers. It was sin-wit l' 'that a coui-se of English studies can be pur fl' sued in theology, in connection with class es <>f a higher grade, in the same studies, s? Ht the same lime, and under the same pro l' ? lessor. The proper theory for Theological In a' atruclin implies that any young man who <an enter the Freshman or Sophomore Class 'in Coltege, has a basis fur carrying on bis m theological studies. if any preference should I" 4ie given to either the collegiate or the theo lv logical c mrse, let the academic course be '" shot tenol, and a substantial theological .ministry may yetbe trained on a plan which will give the same course in systematic di m it... i ,i. - ..iv iu^iivi **???? iuc n.mi-r " es in common. cl Second, An essential and additional elo N vatioii in the .nurse of study should also lie ?'l gtvea'Jor those desiring to ?tieel the higher '] wants of the ministry for our time-. We should have an extended cnuiso suited i at make scholars and professors, just as in lh some of our Colleges the regular course ha- I) been carried forward to a much higher de bi gree. Thus thero could he a tl?i? e years' **i course, in addition to which the same pro ? lessors could extend their scheme ??f inslrtic H' tion for those wishing to go further. No d .additional corps of professors would he b< needed up to an advanced stage of prog- di res#. An atdo plea was here enforced for the 'H high scholaiship which is justly due to tlie 1:1 history and the principles of the Baptist*. 14 Their literature has been looiuucb ignored.. The treasures of their martyrology demand a higlt grade of learning. hi A Theological Library of a high grade te was also urged as a great necessity, espcci- l" mlly-fur this institution. These views, thus tm-ii*ci uui, woiuu prouauiy give us every "? vyear an accession of a few thoroughly fin w ished men. who would he of great value to l|i the -denomination. They would suggest u " better preparation for tho Foreign Mis* le sionary work than has yet been aceured, w * especially for those looking to the interior w .of Afiica, a field specially laid open to Si -Southern Baptists. The Arabic, and other a slanguages cognate to the Hebrew, form the g; basis of all the languages in Central Africa; j 01 and such preparatory discipline in a semi- 1 injiry at home would be of great economy l'< (in learning native languages abroad. a< Third. The last change proposed was Hl .the necessity of adopting a declaration of doctrine or a systematic creed for those w .who assume the responsibility of professors 1 li' ,iu our Seminaries. A standard was plead | e< ,ed for, to distinguish against the cut rent t*1 r -tendencies to Campbellism and Anninian- ' di ism. It was suggested that the Confession ?| .of Faith in the Charleston Baptist Assoeia- hi lion, rrindii Ila kiiiiIa ti.? 1- - i , _ ~ vv ^viiuiai. I HO ^p'ilHUr " .urged that a creed or formulary of doelivuo i w in some way is a necessity. It was plead- j ed for indeed as necessary for a church; 1,1 and the pleas were supported by scriptural w precept, by the example of the early Chris G tians, and by the best periods in the first S< three centuries. It was also said that ?f creeds have been gonorally recognised by Vf Baptists. 81 This address was two hours in delivery, hi and certainly made a marked impression. G It will be received, wo have no doubt, with a wide diversity of opinion as to its posi sti lions: but as to its merits, considered simply pi as an effort of mind, it will be regarded we ti< think by all as a very high production. Wo aro glad to stale that the Board of bt Trustees have secured the consent of Prof. P? Boyce for its publication, which we ^ope If will not be long delayed. We inuat ab- 8c statq from enlarging on several points; dc which we noted down for our readers.1 se> There is one intere-t which claims notice to especially. The Baptist Chu/ch in -Green-1 co ville have felt the necessity of providing a pa house of worship ample enough to accom-1 tic modato the great numbers of students ni low gathered nt that place, who in connec- fo ion with thoir own church And congregA- an ion will require a house of worship cost- Jc ng not less than #25,000. The Church an re able to build a bou?o large enough for rei heir own use; but when the denomination sa end two or three hundred young people to nc irecnvillc, and expect them to be properly a rorided for with church accommodation, ra hey surely should aid tho Baptist people W f Greenville to build a houso much larger ah ban perhaps they would need for them- w) slves in a long lime. We hope to see the pa hurch, tho walls of which are now stand ig, unfinished in a condition to boused by gii bo next commencement, and that ?5ur sis relhren in the State will generally give B1 leir aid to enable the church in Green lh ille to renew their effoits, now for sometime yi? jspended for want of funds. vo On Thursday night, instead of what ma y would expect at the close of a C m Sti leucement day?a reunion or a levee of Oi )cial and literary festi* ity? the president qu F lite Convention, Dr. Manly, gave a scr- Oi ion which was fitted to draw attention to de< higher and belter world. His subject hi: as founded on Isaiah C: 3: and the appli is ilion of the sermon produced a deep reli su< ous sensibility. The leave taking of dele- ui? ties and visitors, which closed tho scene, as attended with tender and sacred etuo >d< ^ns, which will long bo remembered. mt MR. BUCHANAN. "ui The following letter we received on Sal Pu J,.j: k "Columbia, August 10, 1850. ler "Du. B. W. Guides?L)eah Sir: You ill please stop my paper. One daily paper 0IM town is sufficient for my reading; and a* am no partisan in federal politics, I pre crjl r an ind<q>endent journal. Being an out dor. I confess that I am not scUiciently P'< ilightem.d to see what gain will he to the tbt juth in the election of Mr. Uuchannn to ''y le Presidency more ihnn thai of any other tin the contending parties. They aro all wi! orthern men, with their Frectoil senti- So lents or proclivities. Ono thing I feel ire of, and that is, that Mr. Buchanan tio mnot he elected unless his party agrees to it ? irrender Kansas to the Freesoil interest, tin hen what avails to us, even if Mr. Huchan sp< i is sound upon the great Southern ques- Th on? We get the Piesidelit, and the Noith fa* sts the Territory. It is a shameful sacri an of both principle and interest, for the Ui ike merely of being permitted to stay in ti\ te Union. d<"I would lake this occasion to say that I So n not actuated by the least unkind per >nal teeling>. Fours, respectfully, **' We tlifier with our late sulrsctiber in he g partisan, acting with a party from a irtial motive In tiie great contest he- ?f recti the North and South, there are hut ,ei iro parti??the t*ue sectional. marsh tile I 11 the North against fcouiLern rights under **x< ie Coiistituiioti, and openly advocMiing a" -union because of slavery in the cotifed Dc acy* tike other a gieat national party, in lt" uding lho wIm?I? So* lb and pail of the pH, orth and Northwest, united fur a vigorous an i'ort l<? upitold the Constitution and the glits ol tlieSoil'li iti tlie Union. The for- bel s:r embrace* all the elements of fanaticism. id abolitionism, and frcesoHisin, runt all "K eolher villainous istn- in the coiintiy open ol united f*?r disorganizing the government . destroying the Constitution. Tire latter ?> nbraces patriotic, conservative men in the th? e? States, w ho are true to the constiunion Ie* principles and the spirit of '70. uuiteo in s>ii ie noble ?tlori to uphold the fabric ol the tin 8*1 government the worhl lias ever seen, tin t>-piui our difference#. and perpetuate the l" icied bond ol union w hich the thirteen or C? ;inal sovereign and ind pendent States es tin ihlished on the basis of tryu Democratic s"i epuhlic:ui principles. mt 1 he former has onetilv avowed ? of oj position to the South, while the hitler ; j?|? us declared a national union for the pro- ; ar< cliun of its right- , a sacred adherence 1 li ' the Constitution. ! co1 The lonner hut proclaimed to the South, i hh hits far shall thou go and no farther"? I un Idle the latter in-ists on the equality of sic ie Slates, iu tlie Union and in the Territo- ex es. 'l'lie former is ag.uust its, and the hit tiv r adopts a platform of our principles. Can go e hesitate whi.h party to act with/ Are he e to stand idly I}, while all our sister let lutes of the South are acting together wi.h ; hrt great national parly for our cause?or cei inized upon our principles?figli tipg for j to tr rights! Sliall we be neutral, and refuse I an join the ranks in the great b.itlle of sec- | tin una? No! we are neither followers, nor sin iherents of the Democratic part) ; but wo up e partisan, acting with it in a gieat effort, IK r the Couslitulion and the Union. While tie e belong to the Union, and its Cons'.itu he on is violated, it is our duly to unite in ; at rcry effort for its protection and restota- p<> un?while tho bond lasts, it is a sacred soi ily to tight manfully for itio prii ciples tic ;>on wInch it was founded; and we would pai ? recreant to the spirit of our fathers, if we tic lowed that instrument to fcu destroyed I)t ithout aiding to save it. tin We are partisan, acting with a great na- tio anal party for the general interests of the tin hole confederacy in struggling for the to oiihtitulion and the sectional rights of tho for DUtlr under it. The permanent interests tin this Confederacy depend on the preser- he; ition of Southern interests undor the Con- of itulion. We would insist on our own ah< trerlies as essential to the prosperity of the sir nion, if it is to continue. set Never before lias a strictly sectional is- sid ie been preset) <>d for the votes of the poo- Un e of the North; <ever before has the ques tee jn of the equality of the States with the Go uie of the Union or disunion been placed ed 'foi6 them f r their decision. Upon the tic mding election will the case be decided. ! sectionalism, rabid opposition to the ( >uth and the Constitution, be successful, I ] >ea anv one tloubt the result? When wo ? e the leaders of former parties, opposed <jir us on other questions of political policy, (jr, ming into the ranks of tho Democratic' sjc rty to assist in supporting the Constitu-! j,0 >n, aro wo to bo independent, or rather 1 ca, lutrals, when our owe section is fighting I r our cause! Aio we to say to Douglas id Cass, and Richardson and Reverdy hnsoii, and Pi Alt and Pearee. and Cboato id Jones, and Stephens and Toombs, wo fuse lo act with you in a great effort to ve the Union And our rights? We think it. We would not be irwependent in such cause. We would take our place in the nks, and do duty with the rnnk and file. ru would not put ourselves forward to net une, but hold ourselves ready to follow ten others in the common eouse are prered to lend. We lose nothing In enrolling with Virnia and Georgia, and Alabama and Missippi?their stake is ours; and when the nek Republican party take possession of 0 government, they will not bo found aiding their necks submissively to the ke which may he contemplated. We are partisan with the other Southern utes in supporting the principles of the ncinuati platform, which, on the great estion, no Southern man can object to. 10 of the leaders of the opposite party has ula-ed that James Buchanan has merged 1 identity in that platform, and that he its embodiment?wo support him as :h, and go for the principles and not the in. We differ with our late subscriber in his ;n that Mr. Buchanan ha* freesoil sentimts. His Oslend letter, and views of the cessiiy of the acquisition of Cuba, are a licient protection to him from such im tution. He has avowed the platform, and s necessity of protecting our Southern in est from foreign governments wo have doubt, if elected, lie will give his inllu ?c to protect it at home. We would, then, a? partisan of the Demo it ic party, support their nominee-tin what believe is the most important issue ever jsented lo the people since the origin of > confederacy. If we fail in securing our hts. the Southern State* can take care of < smselves; and united as they now are, we I! koou iiave a convention to organize a uthern Confederacy. he whole South is uuiteJ in this secnal issue for the sake of the Union, and Joes not become us lo isolate South Caro a from her co States on account of any jcial adherence to a particular policy. 1 c Slate has declared, by a large vote, in or of co operation. We have it now in cfV.tlf ?A ne.iLiin'/. "lie i 1? ** vu-'i b i" |/avoiii IV %f>ll Cljll'llll) III UIU lion ? if it foil, we will have no alterna e hilt the ultima ratio. Equality or in pciulcnce will he the watchword of the ulll.?Sou th C'a rofiniau. TUt SOl-XU DI BS. The full report of tiie Select Coiuiuiltec (he English LI ->u?eof Common* has hcen reived. Tin-Committee did not consider theii jr vinco to inquire into the right urci*ed t?y Dciimmk to levy tolls on ships d good* parsing between the ,(rt>rtnan can and the lh?llic;.it \t a matter of bis y that England lias acquiesced in the yiueiil ot these dues for some centuries, d at this lime they are paid and regit la- , ! under engagement by special treaty Lweeii the two countries. I here is, how;i, no doubt respecting the mi-chief and :>-nvei.ieuce attending upon the payment ( the Sound D .tea, as appears from the oiig evidence of persont engaged in the illic trade. I'lie detention of vessels in Sound is a fertile source of e*il and ends expense, which Is not adequately meared by the payments actually made to j Danish Government. On the contrary, l L* charges or exactions ueiely incidental j the payment expected by the Danish ; ?v eminent amount to more than the dues I . inselves, and sometimes to double the in thereof. Strong and unvarying testi )ny is home to the mischief arising out the detention of vessels at Elainore. 1 lie paretuly aibitraiy rates at which the dues ; fixed is also a matter of complaint. ie Sound dues, therefore, as now levied, mhine in them what is most ohjeotiona i in taxes that fall upon trade?they ate equal in their otterution. and tliev occa i >t) great lo?s of tune and much needless penditure in the collection of a coin pain ely small revenue, ?nd, as far as ihe car- , e? are concerned, without professing to , raised f?.>r any service rendered in return, id to impede and harden an important inch of trade. Under these circumstan i, the Select Committee do not hesitate declare that those dues are the cause of noyance and injury to British trade, and ti they deetn it highly desirable that they uld he abolished. At the same time, it pears that care must ho taken to prevent ( nmark from levying countervailing dus on the transit of goods by land through r territories, for she has already indicated ir.iention to act on this policy; ?;;d she ?ses*es, from her geographical position, a t of territorial monopoly in all the prac ( ahle routes that could he substituted in ssing from the German Ocean to the Bab Sea, by which the payment of the Sound tes couhl he avoided. The Committee, jrefure, recommend that in any negotia n for the aholition of the Sound Dues a fullest consideration should be given the means of seenrinrr a like freedom trnde in the transit through any part of ) Danish Territory. Tho Committee forir to express any opinion on tlio merits tho propositions recently made for the ^lition of the Sound Dues, but they nngly urge tho importance of speedily tling the question, more especially conering the course recently adopted by the lited States of Amorica. The Committhink that the proposals of the Danish verntnent to tho different Slates interestin the trade and navigation of the Palshould receive immediate attention. [ Charleston Standard. DuecHtPiroN ok a Party or Phasukk. 'Wo wont out clean?we came home ty; we went out sober?we camo back ink; we went out well?we came homo k; wo went out laughing?we came mo crying; wo went out with cash ? we uie home moneyless; we went out for air we came home full of dust." Destructive Earthquakes in M'luccas. Tlit* Indian mail brings advices of nno tlierof those dreadful earthquake*for which Ternali aud tho adjoining localities in tlie Moluccas or Spico Islands are proverbial. An eruption of the active volcano on the island of Great Sangir, in Ion. 1U5 60 E. and lat. 3 60 N., has occurred. The northwestern part of the island of Great Sangir is formed by tho mountain Awn, wh'ch lias several peaks, the highest being about 1,000 feet above the sea. On tho west side the mountain runs very steep into the sea, at the height of the large village of Kandltar, however falling away to a low promontory. Between 7 and 8 o'clock on tho evening of the 2d of March, a sudden and allogcth er indescribable crushing noise was heard. ! which, indicating to the Sangirese an eruption of the volcano, tilled them with consternation, Simultaneous with this, theglowing ' lava streamed downwards with irresistible forco in different directions, bearing with it whatever it encountered in its destructive course, and causing the sea to boil wherever they came iu contact. The hot springs opened up and cast out a flood of boiling water, which destroyed i and carried away what the fire had spared. The sea, obedient to an unusual impulse, ; lashed the rocks with frightful violence, i dashed upon the shore, and heaved itself with wild haste against the land, as it strove to overmaster the lire stream. Scarcely recovered in some degree from their fright, the inhabitants of this desolated part of Sangir were again di?luibed by an eruptiou on the 17th of March, which des troyed many fields aud a great number of trees on the Tabukan side. iiu-au u.w riort , 1CMI.CU IHKBfl, WHICH, tre.aK i nover llieir t>:msoon proved a new source of de?truction. Tliis lusted some hours. About midnight j the raging elements sank to ro?t, but on tlic following day about noon they again began their work of destruction with renewed violence. In the meantime the fall of ashes continued without inlenniwou, and was so thick on this day that the rays <>: the sun could not penetrate thiough it,mid an appalling darkness prevailed. A number of other districts and places have hueii, some wholly, destroyed, others greatly, injured by the tire. i'lie loss of life has been great. It is es limated as follows in the undeimentioned districts: Tartunn, nu n, women and ohildren, 722 Kandhiir, do. do. . ! *? TabukAii, uv- do. . 203i) Total 280ft J he greater number met their death in the gardens. They fled in all directions, but were overtaken and swallowed up by tho fatal tiro Stream. Some tried to save themselves in tho trees, but were either car- . ried away with them or killed hy '.lie scorching heat. At kalougan and Tariang the houses were tilled with people who were stopped hi llieir flight hy the lava stioain ing down on all sides and tho streams of boiling water, and who met their death un der the burning ashes and tl>o tumbling houses. Manv who had reached thesh no, and thought themselves safe, became h prey to the furious waves, and manv died through sheer doanuir and agonv. A young lady of Gotnam, who is at the present summer resoiling at Newport, thus writer lo tho Now York Mirror: "This morning, I took my first l>atii in the sea, ami it made tho blood tingle from top lo too. What a funny sceii??a hundred la dies, more or lees, in a costume gayer than the chorus of an Italian opera. To see the belles of tho hotels minus their hoops and other fixings, nobody would have knov/n thorn, divested of their drawing room con ventionalilies, swimming about in white trousers and rod frocks." When the day "breaks," what becomes of the fragments! Since then ibe volcano lias remained cjuiei, and tlio only symptom of its working lias been llio sinoku ri>mg up in all diroc lions from ci neks and fissure* in the ground. The streams of lava on llio slopes are still so slightly cooled that people dare not ven- j lure to any great distance from the shore. i According to the accounts of the natives the top of tiie mountain does not appear to have undergone any noticeable alteration. Oc the other side of Kandhar, on the ex- j treme nortlt point of the inland, the appear unce of the devastation w Inch has been cans ed, is if possible even more frightful than j what lias taken place at Tartuna. For here, where formerly there were to be seen extensivo fields beating ail kinds of crops, and thickly planted, and endless groves of cocoa nuts, wo now Ond nothing but lava stone and ashes. The liquid tire seems at this point to have flowed from the mountain with irresistible force and in prodigious quantity. Not only has this feaiful flood us it were buried the whole district and all that was upon it, but alter having caused tins destruction over an extent of several miles, it was still powerful enough, on ! leaching the shore, to form two long tan j jong, (oapu-) at pUu-es where the depth yf ; water tormeily consisted of uiany fathutns. the tiiglilful picture of destruction, the j horror which was iucresv-cd by the shrieks ofuu-ii and I easts, the wild roaring 1 of the tempest, and the crashing* of thous- i snds of trees torn up and carried uv-av, wn? i followed about an hour later by peals of thunder, w hicli shook the ground and deaf- j L-ned the ear. A black column of st u es and a-hes then | shot up troiii the mountain to an iiuiuense height, and fell, illumined by the glare of the lava, like a shower of tire upon the surrounding country below, producing a dark | ncss that on:y now and then, momentarily broken by the flames of lightning, was so intense that people could not discern oh jects close at hand, and which completed their con fusion and despair. I.urge stones were hurled through the air, crushing whatever thev fell upon. Houses and crops, which hud not been destroyed by fire, sank and disappeared beneath the ashes and stones, and the hill streams, stopped by .1 i : ' ? ill i i . ' anger and shame was on his face, raised it. ' lie carries this answer to dale Castle,'' he -aid. "Men will her think of me as a whippen, beaten, di orable fellow, whom every otto may and insult at their pleasure!" This Year's Eclipses.?The Cine Enquirer thus serves up politics an tronomy: " There are to be six eclipses thiv y two of the sun, two <>f the moon, one know nothings, and one of the black i licans. 1 he las', two will be total. Ii neither body will ever make its upper again. The eclipse of the black repuh will only he visible in the northern i that body never having been seen i south. It can by seen without the * smoked gla-s. This eclip-e willcomi the morning of November 4?.U, c uing during a greater part of tbe reaching the point of total obscurity sunset, at which Mine the dumocrac thico out in its full glory." The editor of a paper in Schennect* describing the otl'ects of a squall upon nal boat,says that "when the gale wa< highest, the unfortunate craft keeled board, and tlie captain and another c | whiskey rolled overboard." The Jessie Circles.?The Me News says the ladies of the "Jessie C had better form rock the cradle-ant the-baby-with-a spoon-to- keep bio: circles Putting up Flour for Market. The following hints on the proper | ration of flour for market are worth j attention of manufacturers ami fai | Wo copy from the South Carolina Ag lurist; Flour, though not so important, is i tholes* worthy of some care ami atte The barrels should hare ten hoop-, a all other particulars conform to the inspection now in force in this Slate, for exportation should never ho s< market in sacks. The reasons for th so obvious, that they do not require lion. No fancy brands, such as sup and extra fllie, should he indulged i the miller, hut he should simply plai the barrels the name of his mill, w private brand such as A, It or C, to < nate its particular quality, to enable h invoice it to his factor, so as to recogn by him. Our wheat growers do not how much they lose, and how great I commerce of the Slate suffers, from i glorice in properly pr? paring flour for kot. Recently two Spanish vessels to Charleston to load with flour, an though there was an abundance i market, they could not procure five dred barrels in a fit condition for ox| tion. Flour in sack*. and ill oondit barrels, was selling for $5 50 to $5 7 barrel, and ?7 was freely offered by ships for cargoes in fit condition for c tation. They weighed anchor, and \ to Baltimore, took a full cargo for } So, the loss of over five thousand <1 was entailed on the commercial pro-] of Charleston, simply from the negli; of thoso who furnish her market with These are small details, hut thov ma] the vitality of trade; and if we wish to up prosperous shipping marts, and i active vigor in the producers of our si for exportation, we must not neglec requirements . f trade. We have not tioned rice and sea island cotton, for said, to the great credit of the produc these articles, that upon no other crop in any part of the world, is so much i tiou paid, as is bestowed upon their p preparation for market. The avidity which these products are taken by our pers, shows that careful attention and will always be more satisfactorily ren rated; and when the producers of shot pie cotton and flour bestow the same i tion on these products, they will find that proper preparation will enure m< their interest even than the pr<>ducti' enormous crops badly handled." Fighting and Provocation.?' men who Hud the milk and water elei of their tempers thrown into such vi commotion by theMBrooks and Sutnui tair" and its various consequences, i find a profitable moral in the folio scene from one of Scott's historical n liming the days of round head fanat in ineiry old Rngland, Geoffrey Pevc the l'eak, o He red combat to Ralph Bi north, es<p, of Moullra-sie Hall, bis neighbor, a I'uiilan, and late a follov Cromwell. 1 he message was borue t "Woibhipful Sir Jasper Cranbourne, k of Long Mallinglou," ai.J delivered ii formality at the point of his sword, i pie-cine of Rev. Mr. Salsgraco, a r: with blood sholteli eyes. ''Bear back my respects to Sir (ie< Poveiil," said Master -Bridgenorth. cording to hi? light, his meaning mi fair towards ute; but tel! him that thoi wish to be in charity with all tcanki am not so we Ided to his friendship break the laws of God, and run the r si.tiering or committing murder, in on regain it. And lor vou, sir," he c ?nti addressing old Sir Jasper, "mclhinks advanced years and past misfortunes i teach you the folly of coming on sucl errands " "I shall do your message. Master 1 Bridgenorth," said Sir Jasper, "and then endeavour to forget your name, sound unlit to be pronounced, or ov< in e inhered by a man of honor. Ii meantime, hi return for your uncivil ai be pleased to accept mine, namely, tl your religion prevents you giving a g man sat sfuction, it ought to make you cautious of offering him provocation.' So saying, and with a look of hat scorn, first at the master and then a divine, the envoy of Sir Geoffrey pi hat on lu> head, replaced his rapier i belt, and left llie apartment. Bridgenorth had held his hand up< brow ever since his departure, and a t A Koniauce of Crinoline. ^repn- While we are upon the subject of crin< y the ''ne? it ,nn)' M we" lo le" Jou the 111 iners ve,lture which ' forming the chief ainua merit of the Court Rt this moment, nn ptcul- w|,jch happened a day or two ngo Rt S Cloud. The Duchess de P., one of tl rover- most crinolined of nil the ladies about tl ntion. Empress, being in the fullest feather for tl nd in dinner to which she had been invited b act of her imperial mistress, was led into the sal Flour o rnanyer by tbo little C unt de M , a ma lit to of great renown, but of very small statur is are I he duchess is of a tall commanding figur men- "'id is besides particularly liberal of crirn eifine hue, which she is accused of exnggeratin iu by to most inconvenient proportions. TL co on doors at St. Cloud are not of the sari: ilb a might' dimensions as those at the Tuilerie lesig ami although the two battans were throw im to wide opeii^ it was with soine diifnay tli isable hide count beheld the work before bin know when be compared the width of the dor v the w ith that of the crinoline of the lady on h l'egli arm! Just at the awful moment of the pa inar sage, however, the lady unconsciousl came dropped her fan?the count, f rgetful i 1(j his perilous position confined between tli ii the doorway, having no other fear before h bun eyes but that of seeming to bo deficient i porta gallantry and good manners, imprudent! ioned ; stooped to pick it up. At that morueu 5 pee | the duchess was actually nassinir throiicr . , . - * o ? "*h these i door?in on br to accomplish this tliff >xpor ; eult feat, rIio w;?s just in the act of givin going that peculiar swing to the left which th main. disproportion of the dress of the present da ollars w ith our domestic economy readers access: >erity ry. w hen, to the utter dismay and constei genre nation of the whole assembly, the litll flour, count was missed, aim the duche?9 reutait Ice up fed struggling with some unseen obstacl build which prevented her advaucing. The ogi infuse crinoline had swallowed up the knight eve tuples ' more effectually than in the fairy days > t the ' old, for no traco of his former existence w men \ visible. Tlie company following in paii be it I wa-i stopped as a matter of couise?thos ers of who bad gone on before had already react s, nor ed their seat* at the table, and turned i stten- wonder to behold the strange scene whic roper was enacting at the door, where the tal with majestic, and unusually dignified Ducbe; ship- do P. was capering and caracoling with labor scared and terrified countenance, and th uune- 'est of the c.unpany pressing forward to l>? t sta b?ld what was the matter. The confusio utten and dismay were at their height when th !, too, little man crept out on his hands and kite* >re to from beneath the mountain of crinoline an lhi of tlounces in which he had been envelope* all flushed alul discomfited, hut little dispo ed to smile, although the tittering of tli lhose con,jiany 80ou broke into a hearty laugl neoU w|len the Empress, unable to restrain h< lulent nijrth, gave the sigtial of a genuine ou ur burst of nreiriment, which enliveucd th n,o''1 whole repast, and rendered it one of tli wm? gayest which had taker, place since the d< ovels; |Kirture of the Emperor. Of course, th ic'.sm adventure hns given rise to epigrams an T, ? quolibets without end, and the p?ror Iiltl logo- coUnt has become better know n within tli "ear last week in the annals of the court than b ier ot the three years' good and honest scrvic '> 11,0 which he hns passed at the Tuilciies. Th ll duchess, meanwhile, lowers nioro inajesl ' cUw cully than over over her fellows; the inc " rh nt hns not a whit diminished the insi ruler, |t.,lC0 ,,f |)er crinoline, which, growing u?oi prodigious every day, completely extir J,lre> gui>hes nil the ridicule which the a Ivet c' tare of the little Count do M. would olhei *y 1)0 wise have heaped upon her.?Paris Co, Iffh I 1 < .1 - r j rco|A/n(im( iric i^uuri tSOUFtinh hs to ax Editor's Labor.?A gentleman wh i?k of formerly conducted a weekly paper, writr lor to to n friend v.ko baa recently assumed tli siued, charge of a daily paper, as follows: your "You must live in and for the pape night There is no escape from this voluntary an !i idle yet life-long slavery. For now nearly te years I have knov*n the willing, voluntas {alpl, unbroken service which the true servant ( shall a free press tuust render. My weckl as a charge h .> b.-en rnoie than I could bea ?n re and often, like the slave described wit n the bucli pathetic eloquence by Job, I hav Jvice, 'longed for the shadow' which tells the hoi uit as of rest. Feeling thus with respect to tli mile weekly press, how can I but fear for yot t very n?y brother, my friend, when you bin yourself in six fold bonds) How little d ghty the majority of readers of newspapers kuo ,t the of tho expenditure of thouglit?of the h it hi* borof the head and brain and hands, whic ti his go'-s to make up that which ministers t their highest wants! And also, how man >n his truths, thought out with the brain throe ear of pass unnoted, unobserved, even if not r< lis he ceived with relentless hostility! Neverthi Mar less, the true man mu<t work, and wor eaftcr too, in tho martyr spirit; contented wit slion- the thought that his mere relicts, when L baffle has laid him down in the dust, will const tute a kin?l of h ?i>p??r?t* net 11 ro and has' . 1 motit, upon which the glorious and etern; mn.iti jempje 0f truth shall stand." il as- ' A Good Doo Sioky.?The past winl 0RI I afforded the hoys and girl* tine spoit i l>^ l',e si turn fif or coasting, M the hills in the on epub- 0f til0 oily ear. testify. But it hi 11 ^c'' not been'confined to them or to the ch nance t|rt.n of a larger growth. Some time sine licans when the snow was covered with a smoo status, jCy Crust, u gentleman upon Prospect Hi " looking out of his window one inornin l' ' s .w a little dog sealed on his ham clicasli nonce jng down the sloop hank before bis ht?m oium- j gupposed the dog had slipped, and w day. compelled, as many of his betters of the h about mftn raC6( old and young, have this winti y * ' to illustrate some of the laws of motion up an inclined plat e. Bui the dog, as soon , ho reached tho bottom of the bank, ran i k again in full life to tho top, and aaeumii ? at its SR,nM position, again slid down. Ti t j ( was repealed as long as tho genilem; a k of '??ked willi apparently as much delight was ever expciiencad by a boy or girl tho samo amusement.?Lawrence (Mas mphis Sentinel. '/< ' S? Punch says what a blessod change I ' ,v0u ' society it would be if all the numerous ri 1 quiet J caia now upon the turf were under it i s?eu<3. The Present Queen oe Greece.?The 0> queen is a woman of thirty lire, who wll j not grow old for a long time; her embonpoint will preset ve her. She is of a powerfj ful and vigorous constitution, backed by an t iron health. H,-r beauty, famous fifteen years ago, may still be perceived, although delicacy litis given way to strength, Her face is full and smiling, but somewhat stiff and prim; her look is gracious, but not affaj ble; it would seem as though she smiled (j provisionally, and that anger was not far ' off. Her complexion is slightly heightened ' in color, with a few imperceptible red liucs which will never grow pale. Nature has provided her with a remarkable appetite, ~ and she takes four meals every day, not to sp^ak of sundry intermediate collations. One part of the day is devoted to gaining fj strength, and the other to expending it. Io the morning the queen goes out iulo bftf ^ garden, either on foot or in a little carriage, ^ which she drives herself. She talks to her gardeners, she has trees cut down, blanches ^ pruned, earth levelled; site takes almost as much pleasure in making others more its in moving herself, and aiie never has so good | an appetite as when the gardeners are bun?7* After the mid day repast and the fob n lowing siesta, the queen goes out riding, and ge.ts over a few leagues at a gallop to J take the air. In the summer she gets up I at three in the morning to go and balltc iti i the sea at Phaleruin; she swims, without getting tired, for an hour together. In the ~ evening she walks, afqar supper, in her gar1 den. In the ball season she never misses - a waltz or a ijuadrille, nnd she never seems r tired or satisfied. j" Cnicfy?TANTlAL evidence not always le Ueliaule.?A man at Hague, becoming tired of his wife, attempted to poisoo her iu _ the following manner: n 9 j They sat down to dinner, and while she 1S had left the room or her back was turned, s he put the ftoison into her soup. Not daring * 0 to liust himselt into her presence he feigned . o me excuse and left the room. By a wonn derful Providence, when she came to the I, table, a spider had dropped from the ceil1 iug of the room iulo the soup plate. She ' was especially afraid of spiders, and her busi i r i - " ~ h uhuu uhu uiien laugueu ai tier lor it. So c she carefully took tbe spider out with the spoon, ami finding she could not bring liern self to eat after it, ahe in tbe absence of ber e husband, changed the plates and ate Lis * 8?UPj After a while he came bach and devourj ed what be sup|>oscU to be tbe pure soup. lie was i in nv.-d lately taken with convulsions Q and expired. Before death, be confessed , that be iiad poisoned tbe soup, and that it ;t' mnst have been p'ncod before him uniutentioually by his wife. Now how narrow ie was tbe escape of bis wife, not only from c being poisoned, but from being bung. If e. the mau bad died without a confession, tbe ;9 woman must have been immediately arj rested. Poison would have been found io le i tbe man aud in the soup plate. She gave c . bim tbe soup. Hero would have been cirI cum-tancial evidence strong enough to | hare bung ber, an innocent woman woul^ lC 1 have expired, but for the eoufessien. i I * j ' A Wool Story.?The following excel, lout story is told of Mr. Sbenfe, a grocer in -e Portsinoutb, X. H.: i- "It appears that a man bad purchased a \. quantity of wool from him, which had been r- weighed and paid for, and Mr. S. bad gone r. to the desk to get change for a note. Uappening to turn bis bead while there, be saw in a gl..as that hung so as to reflect tbe o shop, a stout aim reach up and take from >8 the shelf a heavy while oak cheese. Jn? stead of appearing suddenly and rebuking the man for his theft, as another would, |lj r- thereby losing bis custom for ever, the craf 1 ty old gentleman gave the thief his change u as if nothing bad happened, and then, under pretence of lifting the bag to lay it on a horse for bim, took bold of it; on doing y so it appeared heavier than be seemed to r! , exj>ect, upon which ho exclaimed, "AThy h ble->s me, I rou?t have reckoned the weight e wrong." "0, no," said the other, "you may ir be Miie o'that, for I counted them with you.' "Well, well, we won't dispute about the mailer?it's so easily tried!" replied Mr. S . d pulling the bag into the scale again. 'There? ? said he. "I lold you so?knew I was right NV ?made a mistake of nearly twenty pounds. *- However, if you don't want tho whole, you I' needn't hate it?I'll take part of it out?" ? "No. no," said the other, atayirg the har.dr >' | of Mr. S. on his way to tho strings of the*> bag, "I rather guess I'll take the whole." 5 , And this he did. pajing for his rascality by 8 i recieving skim tnilk cheese, or tap rock, at j the prico of wool." A good story is told of an officer in tho 1 American army, during the war of 1812 f>" i and 14, who was, and is still, more accus:l1 toined to the use of the sword than the pen. While stationed on the Lako frontier, two of his soldiers, brothers, by the name of 1 r Kennedy, usually called lvannadv, deserted. 1 he officer of whoia wo are speaking wrote " an order, and issued it to a subaltern, to tR lake a file of men, and proceed to a place ' named, and take the two Canadas. The order was peremptory, and not to be trifled 1 with. Ti?e officer looked at his instrue' tions, and prepared to obey them, but he . remarked that he did not believe he could take morg than one of the provinces vith1 out a r'imfcrctment! a.- u in. > Green Fruit.?Never permit green fruit ' to decay on the soil beneath the trees. In >n every apple, jKjar, plum, and cherry which MS is prematurely oast, there exists a minuto Jl) insect which eats its way out in time, and hec'-tnea the source of evil to tiie succeeding l,ft crop. Gather all up, and either feed them *n i to your domestic animal*, or dispose of I1* , them in aome way which will secure you against the results which must necessarily * ) ensue from neglect. Swine turned info orchards the last of dune, and permitted to P ( have access till ?he fruit is gathered, afford protection against insects by duln stroving the wormy fruit that produce* ' them.