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Being a Mechan 'ic himself, and havitng experienced, zood . workmen in nis employ, he flatters himsAelf that he will be able to give satisfaction to all those who may favor him with thdir 6ders. lie has on hand. and expcts to lIeep "a good assort. %ent of PA19L Do'ORts, SAsu, BLINDS, AND. MANTEL PEs. Also CABINET FURNITURE. . ith as Wardrobes. Sideboards, Bureaus, Book Cases, Folding Tables. c. !4c. Repairin2 done at the shortest notice, and on! reasonable 'terms. If desired, lie will go any 'ttnce under twenty.five mifeo, i Glaze. All orders thankfully received, nid pimtt. ally attended to. Address the undersigned. .Dintonsville.Edgefield District. S. C., or Win. F. Durisoe, Edgetield Court hlouse. WILLIAT BAYLFY. Near Gilgal, S. C April 30, ISO. 3ib -13 'rs'hi'inable Suusmner 1 Goads. ]3 Y. A " IN M .IN f 1 R. *-)ERCH4K.7VT TIL 011S, AVE just received a general assotnet of Goods for Gentlemens ware. of the! Satest and must fashionable tyle. C6otisiaing in tart-f .oCadon Cashmere, French and Thibet Cloths. French Bombazin Ganbroons. Honey Comb, Striped, and Ribbett Linen. Drillirngs, fpr Pantaloons. 'Loadon Weltings,'Challies, Plain and Fig'd -Satin Vestines. Acomplete assortmient of 'Gr.OvEs, HOSIERY, SToCKs, CRAVATs, SIR's, COLLARS and Boso.s. Also. agood assortment of FASHIONABLE HATS. with many other articles, too tedions to men tion. To which they invite their customers, and the public generally to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere. Edgefield C If., April 6, 1810. d 10. 11ead .quarters, Columbia, April20,1610.1 GENERAL. Onor.tts. N.1, NEw SEiaEs. HIS EXCELLENCY the Lieutenant Gov ernor in assuming the commuuandc of the 'miliitiat of South Carolina, under the Constitu-. lion. annoutnces to the Aids-de-Camup appointed by his predecessor, that lie desires themi to con .tmiue -in office duiring the r' mnainder of thme Gu bernatorial termn; and that tn iiiv appointmnet Wtill be made, except to fil the. vacanicies of ihose who may indicatte a wi.4h to retire fromn the inevice by resigniing their conimissions. By order of' the Commnander-in Chief. JA3I1ES JON ES, Adj't and Isp'r General. April 29.0 [Cl i 13 I WOULD inform moy filends and the pub lie, int I have added the HARD WARE 'Trade to my Tin and Shcet Iron Ivare Maufac 'ory,. and will be pleased to supply those wish ng articles of Hard Ware Also, just received Two Thousand pounds Goshen Butter and Cheese, aJfrat rate article. Also, For Sale a good Span of Northern bIORSES ; scald for tio fault, hiaving no use for themn: they are five. years old, ontly. All the aboave for sat/e loso for cash. to suit /he tim:es. N. B Jobbing, floofinug, and Guttering promnjatl attended to, as usuald. 'WSw,pleas'e icall andl see, Your umble servant. A. B. C. A. B. C HURCH. Ilamburg S. C., Miarch 19J, 1k40. di 8 ESTRAY. P URDETT CORiLr Y, living on th% Iiiin ~UBburg Rload one and a half mileA a'omn Huiet's ferry in Edgefleld District, tollsha re khe, aiS estray sorrel stud colt, thirteen iid a half haru'ds hi'.,. with a samall str'a.i of white in its foarehetil, fushr yuars bill. ii d<er marks paerceivable. \ppraised at fifteen doll:! r. GILES 3IAltTIN. 'April 6th, 1840 12 c Muli Bole Cotton ?eed. H!: ab'ove seecacn be had at the Store TofG. L.& E. PENN & Co. (an good terms. Warr-nted genuine. trh,11 NEW VOLUME. To be Publiihed Weekly! b'ilSPEd F' dF TH E AUGUSTA MIRROR. A Weekly Literary Journal. Br W. T. THoms1PoN. Contemplating a materia! improvement of the Mirroi.. on the commiieirerneqnt of the c Ating volune. we flave already 'ommnuced luaking the necessary irrai getwets for that purpose, and as we look with conlifidence to our friends and patroi.s for encunragement, we have determined to give them this early notice of our dsign. Though a semi-mnonthly issue was deeinied to be the most expedie'nt in Tfi coin!i;ce '"ment of the puiticalion of ie:Mirrbr,-: wheti the ground which'it occupied,"being ex clusively devoted to literature, wasyet 'untried. and when our domestic resooreeswere yet un known-we feel that the time haS'now arrived when a weekly publication isdemantded. -En teriaieing this conv'ictin,-we have resohed to issue tlexn.stning volme wieklv, a'nd to make such improvemtits in the appearance and plat of the work. as wil render it still more worthy the liberal p:atronagc of the southern public. . Firmly be Iieving that the otly means requi site to piaccour donmestic literature upon an eqality wit'ii ttt of anv-olh'er secti-m of the union. is the establishmei.t of a literary medi um1 at hlotne, oi sn!ilcictnt .staling aid charac ter to divert it itito its proper channel-we are resulh ed to render the Miiror eqtal in illappear an.oo with ,nv of the Northern jontrnuals of the same kisk. alid ifthe fiic'd.ofsotnthern liter atire will tuile in g vinA it the'reputation widch soml-hernt geaniis anid sotbern talents ate so e'miiienttly capable oh imparting to its pa -es. we dotho not that we .,hali be able to ren der the work nmch more acceptableto the .outh Cra public. With a view ofaccomplshing this design we stiall secure the assisia'nce 'o an able adjait in die editorial deparnihetit 'a'dsh'alrspare neith er 'iins nor expensecto give"ch'aracter'and in terest to the work. No material change will hie made in the'plan or arrnngementofthe Mirror, 'W.vih will still be devoted to general literatire. 'iceplt the in troduction of a critical department for the re view of now works. which will be in the hands of'agentleman of approved taste aud mateire judgeueit. The Mirror will be printea on st pemAr'papir with handsome new type, and will tie ixecuted M th thestri-istvstingid to ncitness and taste in iastvpolrapthy. 'igah tumber wid lie enveloped in t neatly printed cover, enti'ed -Augustag Mirror lNewms Shet." compiisingmw four c.osey printed pages. in whicli will be givein the NrWsoF THE w)xC. f.trei.rin aid dlo:istic, 'cdrefully comnpild frmmij at! etetisive exchian:e, togetir vith all:he matter of interest ustually contained in an ordinary weekly newspaper. By this arr angemient thli rea'ders oifthe Mir tor will. besid.-s hei-'g supplied vith a volimt of416 large, sniart pn- of choi. v :iteratir. reaeive as mll-n.it -n-c... m! course of the yn:a .aliaied in n', u.f nii' w. per- of the.- day, ain all lfr the 'nddiitiona -:ar.: of only t.vo dolits to our present s'ip serq-tion prce. We sinicprely hope the above plan for our third vtultme will ieet the approbation of every friend of southern literatte. We have always considered the Mirror, embracing a'il d'1 osinl its el'sin, thcbro'ad'roitdieofletters, best adap ted to foster our infanut literature. 3lore diver. i.ified in the character of its tonuets ltaint the graver and more dignifled magazine, ratging as it doestfroin the the lighter to the more ele valed tiranches of literary' comlibsition, ' From grareto ayy, from lirely to seere." it i# certainly best smited to the tastes of the greatest nutiber; and while it affords equally wholesome and refreshing dranghts for due well-read mind. it attracts and lures th-- vonng to drink of the Parnassian str am. We. have imtted in the adoption of the contem'plid1 In provenents to )lcace ite I irror upon an eqnai Rooting with our northern contemporaries in regard to cheapness; and now, all that n e ask is a liberal share of that patronage extended to them by our pleple, and we pledge ourself, to render the Mirror equally desetving their ebp pi. Ttrms for the third'volume. $5 in advance. Aliy peison obtaining five subsetibers will be entitled to the sixth copy. PI|IZ E T AL Ek. WVith-avieiv of exciting-i 'pirit of'i50mpoti tion ambdug oumr li'erurv liends, and calling forth'thieir pens in aid a' the cause to which wve tare devoted, we have determinued to offer thme sum of ONE IIUNDRED DOLLARS toble awarded ats prizes in the following mannmer: FWPTY DOFhAa. For the 1,lin.hest Tale. ronntded on incidenits connaected~kith the early history of'the Southern States. FIFTY DOLLARS. For the bmest domestic Tale, the anthor'to choose his inteidetis and loacalitv. TIh' cottnpetitors to fiaward tkeir tnantutscriptsa on or befoe'the 21nth of Julv.in ordertliMt ther may he stbihttted to a coutminittee of li'terfiry gentlemen. for their decisiun previons to then first ofAtignst eninttg. Thae succe-sful coin pctitors, antd also the atabors of stneh tale's as we tmay publish, will be entitled to the third voinute of the Miirror. We wvoutld remark that the trifling sunius of fered are not tenderedl as pecnniary co~npena.'a tin forthe pruodteuions which we solicit, bit rather as a prize ofamhlorshtip to be awar'dedl to the successful co-nptitotr. Shall a lady or geuntlemnan be the tecipicnt of our niext prize! Angusta, Ga. 1d40 if 17 'k D eal ers i n D u s s, Me~dicinesi, &c. r B''H E Stubsacribershatvinig recdntly purchae'l I thme stiick of DRtUG8, MEIutCINE-.S, PAINTrS, OILS, GLASS-WAR E,&c of thme Estate of James Ldve.rich, deceasied. take this hinethd af iof'.rnming their frie, da ttu.d timd publicegeneratlhy, thau they have on hand tad are contaantly receiviing fresh suipplies of ta:l grticles usia'lly keitrin theuir hine of buisiness, w hicth they wi I dispo.e of'on reaisonabtle icerms. Ail order. addres-ed to ihemn will nm'et with piomt t attt nti'ua.; ahd exfented with iteatness and di.ptchtl P. S Puirchas~ers are jmai-utiularhy requested to call and Examinme our &ock andI Prices be fore purchaising eulse ~ lhere. SAMLTU:L I) CLARK, &Co. Ilaomurg iMaurchi t5,1Jil0. 8 Emi he Gr-enille Monut:,ineer and Pemidheton Mes-ehger wvi I publish the abuove oite n'otnth awhand forward their accoiuihs to this oflice. M Nxee IIa If eous. From the Charleston Mercury. MR. PR;ESTON'S 31ARTYRDOM, We have not put ourselvesi a hair's breadth out ot our way to meddle with the cIII se- of this, gei.t.emn-we hate neither made nor soug"lit oce..si-ns to speak ol his acts or the huiniliitin. poisition h has been Culteil to oc. forpy, or ears it;a regard 1t6 the Staite'yHich he marprie~ts. We have heen' colit.t' in geneieral to florget him-as hi: hias forg otten him. self; but leinz still in siome sort a pubilic mtane, we are compelled occa-ionaby to recogiize not only his exi-tence. but this Sinatorial charac ter, fhr he occasionally spealks of Sonth Cairo lina-aiiif-e biuf sotme connii 'vith it and some right7o link his egoiism with its dignity and interests, and we are sometiaes reminded by his votes or his indin'erence, that one of the seats of our State is the Senate chamber is filed either by an opponent or a negative. It is in inch -eases, or when oing anlread to the as o"F ir poliial eietiie-,; he;pr;fess es to thro .t to their ?eales sonic welihr hy'the Iledges oi' a S. Cairoi:a Senator. that we lare reht tantly compelled to chronicie his acts and sayings, [as part ind parcel of the omas.4 or hios. ility against which we have to cwritend. ..That such olIv Was diel'eht in which we iegarded himl w'e hahd siilpsemd lonig kno. n ind <quietly diaested in his owin minf. Sin .however, oir briefcinommntiary on his iailure to vote on IhI Beriuda iesouiionis, we atre somewhat seer prised to see that his trie,.ds in Wisiiiigton haive set ui the cry (of persecution in his ihvor -that fie is ' tIh'wal y of bei1g led t'lie stke Mr. idlotin lbeing ihe .relentless Ji!g'e. and the Mercurg tptointted to ..npp!y the torch to the t-iggots. Whether the Whips laive pppre hend:d ' r. Calhomi torturinig fMles im initation of yotng Nero. that they shoild have.. rought suchI a pharg...ngniust hMn. we ki'V .nt: but w'e utterly deny thencenenti.mi against onr selves. if w'e hav' ever afflicted 1 r Preston n ith the t''uch of fire, it was rather with that genLlerl puirpose fir which Sampsoii apiplied it to his Ioxes-it was to singe the enemy's fields aend not his own fl-sh. "Determined to hunt dowin Mr. Pre-ton," ti.t is .fim'acdmsqtion. Well. be is the T6ngest winded chase-considering that the whole State has been against him now ror near ture.' years -in truth more like a wild poose chase than any thinr ve have ever healrd of in the in atis of field sport. In December. 1837. the Legislamiare or outilh Carolina almost inani i inislv 'diehra'!in. Pavor of a complete and final 'etlarn*in of the Fe deral Government from n'i hal s-ani ordinary nan would have given up uder snch a till crv-Afbr. Proyt-n speens rather t,. have triumphed iii t:' tnmoioriety of suchnnetypl :sporl. At tll extii ses-i.n. n few niontLs ni"r. Ilhe chase was r':newed in the' smie wir. and vt we heard frm the prosent ede r.t.ar neit:er the r!nra smfrni risecrum nair -::v oth- I indi-ati-n that I, was hard run, tild niile t'-e nrao r 'si:i, u nas pohnrinig on i ----h .at lie w; :&h it 'tO drop i..lo hi "rci,.Te :ol-owi-1 Decenub r the Hiv;ss min'ja i - liil:. and woomd of Carob;. I'o rin'r wi;!. th.- r'ed imrst of their horns. still :: e inm' ceoi e int he r. nebed. fit rot this strange! T,- Ituet is. that the huntinmr is ail a humbnit:-Tme Stvitlr nfter the first bound lie nade ont of' our territories, has nolt run a step. bnt has been ranging, nidistmi bed and as Quiet Is a calf in. the rie pastures of Kentnelky, where lie hoad taken refge. "-Hunt down 1r. Preston!" Why lie h:'s seen the tirceis of Sinth, Carolina advaicing in the op. posite hupb'. and with that self comiplacetncy which is the gre atest rinailt of sohie t,.a set down the wholus to hiis owni accounit-he and the State. firsoonth. are at acds! We did think It haytt lefi. him liweer. with such mno'e as his letter ) te pIiph orharles. ton has .ready ealed forth. but s :e ias led to sanacttitry ad el imed dip piiv ot the world on the g'ronid of persecution. we dn pro. pose to convi'ice him that we have used great foarbearance in criticising his condet, and that if we held wished to say all that roild he said his failing to sustain the St'n on lte aieat lie. casion aljnded to. mi:rbt have assumed far more troitelv~, :dipPCiIof premeditite defection. \'e inik- ino question now. ahiont the dignity or snflitelncy of his ecuse for being alisent oni that occasion: we have said what we intended i s-yi about tha. The real question is, wheth. er Mir. Preston had anyv jnst etanse of' compiir.t atthe constriuciion whbich the puzblie' mientm in thm' cit. pot ntpon list abseicce. lie contiion nied p'erflct~y indifferent 'to the ntice's of the press a' hon'e. and it ennot be forgtott',-n that a genttlemana of hisc pia3y wtum while in this city made .m~ ess.av to soften the aspect of Northernm Federalism o'n the lnrumuda v'ote. and whlo af terwatrds Wrote uli 'fhi Washiineton to set its right as to the wherr'ahonts of aMossers. Web. ster, Talmuadge and Soothiard, put Mr. Pres. 'on's absenice expresshy on the groundl that the 'resolutiotns wvere not1 thought much of there ev'en .Mr. Pr'eston. "des l'rcs ic plus brave." as h~e sen'id '16 contside'r him oin the islave qees tiotn, did inot trouhle himself to vote on themi We are niot inforimed whether this chjikkoiis con'empt 6f' the' resoluitioins nlrose from th~e faiet 'thmat they wsere otily aN so'n declaration of n tionial law ngainst time pra.-ticad etncroachamnts of a foreigmn power. or thatt they nly embraeed principales nCces5~eary to 51eenre thet nmlratinme rights of thea Slavehohldinti States, or that it was only Mr. Cailha'nn whom had lloved theIU i re.. thitn it iS, however ihali Mr. Preston'rs absence *tas hramb~t betfiro the pe~opte oh Charleoston, by 0ne whao teaeed to speak from amthorilt. s nitributab'tl.e to his indiit~irenmce about thme qttes tion. Thi< w as before. thme iueting. To whlat conld they attribute" this indilerentce of 't sin. gle Senair? There con'd the amo damnht of thme faetig that kept away' is Northearan allIes, was be treated harshly. who, aiting na ther nc ted, wa~s waus snpp~hosed to be ovedl by thmesame niotives! li had~a seeuan-h l pointed ont Jue umia mioexphinatiio-tr if the \beahingrton letter. was inatei died foir ehrlination,. it gave a conaartnction to his codnet hit'he diil'erejnt from dhett or thec niea'timra. ttio hase Mmr. Presona hereidfibr, so untiferilyh iacted n op to thin chiarne ter ot' ni Sonth Caroliai 'Senn' 'r. t hnt whatever lie does nowi. in maoist be held above suspicionx on the ::toimdu thait lie canniot dho wromig. hhe pinntts himusei' :leri' in hmi' lener, ve will ex. anmi.e' with wvhia right. On the. 2i7ah of i)eenmber, lF27. Mr. Cal. houi intro'diedi ai seri's ofRsti onsonihttgii m thae emil ect of Shaaverv. picain-r the d. fence ohf onr muuritmiionu' on highi c'ou.tii oal ground. T'he !as, oh tut serie's ii volvuah theu priciple mision* of Texas into t.-e Unmioni:aid aends thiis: Rlesolvedl, ha't the uimn maf these Sttrcs rets nn the qualitv of' sihis umAr mavme. among its members, and that whatever des troytltiat equaliy..teruis to destroy the Union itsel'f; and dit ' ois theoen'duty of all, and more especiatly of this body. which repre sens ate States in their corporate capacity, to resist all at"nits to discriminate between the States, in ext uditig the bei efits or the Gov erinment to the seve-ral portions of the Union : and that to refuse to extend to tky S(imbern and:he Vestern *tutes, any advantages \vhich would tend to streujtthen or render them more sece. or increasef.thir"lipiits; or. ppi'tion, by the annexation of neiv terrnoLry or.StAtes, on the asstption or under the pretex. that the institution of Slavery as it exists amo-g them is, immoral or sinflul or otherwise obnox ious, would be contrary to that cqtality of rights and advantnges which the Constitution. wasi i.r tfietuoeenre in'alli e nembers of the Union, and would -n eAect di*r6n lnze die slaveholding States withholding from them the advantages, while it subjected them to die burdens of the Government." Here are great principles-such as it should seemno Southern man could fil to find ample motiye for sppporting. Does Mr. Preston re persisted aga.n1t the earniedt regnests of' his col. memiber that he rose in his sent and m4iiVaid league in his monti, to lay this resolution .oir the table? Jr hg.has forgotteri, he will excuse the people, woere at leisAre for remembering. IV hait was hi motive. for tlium to appecirances directly and positively acting agnainst the South V by. lie hal it in meditation to miove ihr the adunisiie onfr Ttas into l the Union, as lie did soie days nf'ter the introdlction of 31r. .Cal hote's Resolutions. I id this inte fere 'witi his pian? By no mens. It looked to the satnction of a'general principle of which his in tended motion was. nt inidiviltial application. But it would.he seemed to thiik, take a little ol the gloss offotom his movement-so, 1. it ;Ip eara. frotin a little peenil vanitily. a speck of self titerest, he 6pposed and defeated a reso Iesticidftiimitg tfy- equal rights of the South ern Staies 'under the Cenestitutitn. Ilad we not a right to suppose that hietIight have an eqntni self-interest in pleasing Harrison and his northern allies on the Bunmida question, an-i if so. that a like motive iight possibly produce a like effect? There is one other instance which mny hnve been in the pings qf1hc qlirleston Mleeting when they mdulged .n a sipposition which 51r. Preston ' osi 3lirs so:deregatory to his well known and uimpeachable devotion to the Somth. The following paragraph -has to our eye the aspect of a very old and familiar ac qnnintance-bas'r Senator forgotten it? Ancdote of Mr. Clay.-In his recent speech at Philadelphia, Mr. Preston related the follow ing characteristic anecdeote of the distiguiish. ed Senitor flom Kectucky. ,.01 one occa sion said ir. P lie did te. the hotor to send for and-h contilvih'nie. it was in refference to astep he wansatt to take, aid which wid peth ps cUe tO vier minds withent nre diret aicons. After stating what le pro posced. I siggested whether thear would tnt be darni,-er in i!--wh-'t;er sich a course vonail ,Pt inire his own prospect as ' :lnl n.those of thec WhVigprnrty in gral., Iis're--v a "I did cnot sEmd rir you tdSk . -ut m.plit he th: ei'ects of the propcsed movcmuent or Iy pros. pects but whether it was rigkt : I nAD tATUER BE nIGUT. THAN BE PnFs3DENT." 'This Philadelphia speech of Mr. Preston's, was tiade on the I Ith of March '8-19-a copi (1n1s discription of it n as puiblishe.4 it) ilte U. S. Gazette. two daysarter,olwhich the aho.ve was one of the most shining paragraphs. The nn eedote wnsstraightway rcpentted with grentap plauase by the party every wlere-.it travelled to Chaleston und here net with a commentary Was it true-we asked. that a Sentator hrom S. Carolina lead been consulted by the gaeat lead er of the Whig party as to ihe propriety of :browing his intinence into the sente agninst the princilis anr.d designs of the Aholitionists, and ihialhlti hadadvised him to conteit iis prospects and the mteresta of a parly tritiumplh rather than the safety of dti onth? The In*ticle was pub. lished in the Globe. opd then. two week's aller the anecdote ComtIced its ruii, Mr. Preston .tiscovered that he had been very bndly used by the Philadelphia reporter and published the following card To the Editors of the National lnteiligcneer: WASHINoTON, May '28. 1839. Messrs. Gales and Seatori-I find in the G'obe ofyesterdy tWe followmng: (I'ere is Anoted at length the "Anecdote of .Mr. Clay'. and the coments of the Mfercenry. If the anecdote has been thus related by the Phiiladhelphin papers, thev misqnoted 5e. I did not state or ittimuate thai I hail entei tained the slightest dotnht : fthe propriety of .3lr. Clay mnakiug his cae1lgt'd /peeclh on Aboliion. Whlen he road chant speesh to mec (nmongst others) a few days before it was delivered there was somel cor.versstion as to the prohtnble efiect nponD the putblic mind; and it wvayrenarbyd clhat it might be ofl'ensive to the~ nIra of b'oth patrties, to thee great exci'tema nit which thea ex isted. 'I'o this Mir. Clay replied, "I truist the senetiets and opinions are correcct. I had rather be right, thtan he President."' I bag the favor of the Chiarleston. Couritir unl the South Caroliniani to re'publish this note. I am, gentlemen, jouir obedietnd servant. W. C. PR LSTON. This hotter wvas at the time compared to Mir. W~ebsters famous "some Fourth of July" ex p)lanadti~ o in WrUdeni the Wholeo object'of it being apparenttly to show that the anecdote which ha been a "e great point " in his speech. lhad ini faict nlo point whate-. er. However, as the: exposittion spoiled the nnecdote, it was very mnech neglected by' all jearties; probably few p~erson~ssawv it, feiwer treasured it up.-tthe lVhigs we believe did lnt contribute to disseminate it. anad therme is no donbt bitt 'he anecdote was me mcemnbered long after thie espliiniitieon syas fr gotcte.- It might have been coin Chiarle'stoni, whlere there is as keen a symuptthy with ro manutic anid self sacrificing heroism, as any where. They mnight thnwe have reasoned. fAir. Preston cauitioned Mr. Clay or the danger to his prospects nt-d those of his party, frome of fending the Abtolitionists. AMr. Clavy tielected hisadlvlee andl destroyed his pros'ects. In sittn ilr '-ircumnstnnc, espreinlly- aute~r the event hadit pro'ed dlje policy of hissnireestion. wvould lie not ho srri to att 00 the samne sernceins foareent-t. Well tere conmes up ant onenasiont for .Mr. Pr--een tot decide for htimself. The Nor thorn Whairs showed that they consideredl the "pros!eCdt'" ol 'their party to dlepenid upjoni their reitscal tao oe withi the sonth. Ajr. P'reston i.- ,.bJen~t-inist.what he ndyised. a r. Clatv A fi w datys aller the vote w*e were in form-eeed that at tha Conivenutioni of "logroilers" lhe leadr ma::ne a speech itn which he dlediete cisi-ehlf, "his: timae, his thoneshts andte his purd''" to the candidate ol thh Abolitionuist-j for thji Presidency-to the man whose "policy" it is, Out of regard to "his own prospects and those of the Whig party" to give ins opinion on no question whatever. We no.w ask if'flie people of Charleston, considering these past tnc'idents in coonprtion with the number of suspicious cire'umptances tiat surrounded the vote on the Bnrmuda re solmions, with no shadow of explanatin' from Mr. Preston, were not fullyjastified in 'ittrib uting his'absenceto 4poktey." More of -That Policy."-Tibere are it seemsgtwo States in the Union at least where Gen Harrison is openly prpclaimed as an Aholitionist-Ohiu and Mas.achu selts. We publish the evidence ihat he had sent satisfactory assurances to 'the 'Aholirion Cin'vuition in the former State, thitt they Wdto~n'd '( ba'thifare a can didate of their own, as he %as 'Y1701 ee spects their man. The following state iment in the Bay state (Boston) Democrat of May 27th shows tha.t the snme alssu rances have been mate to the Aholition .Convemion in that city. Mr. Calho'sn is aVhig nemir of cc*)*g*oss fron Alassa chnsCus-The statement it % ill .e seen was published while the Convention was in session. Abolition Conrvntion.-Beine in the vi citti;v of the Melodeon iis aftertoon, wve droppbd 'into an Abolitiotn Convention, which is now sitting at hat place for the purpose of nominating presid, ntial diec ors &e.for this State. Amoing the speak ers was a Mr. Brown of Northampton. who stated that, wish refference to Gets. larrison's seutiments, on tihe the subj pt of slavery, he ciui inforn the-gentlernen of tie convention that Mr. Calhoutn, nimler of the Oresent Congres from this State, had written homo to his constitu that Geu. Ilarrison was tin Abolitionists of the first warier, and no mistake; that he (Mr. Calhoun) had his ilormaotion from a sorrce to be 'relied upn, And, said, Ar.'13. Cvho sedchie'd to.be.;siha'iedof the pitiful prolicy of Mr. Calhoun,) he says to. his constituents, "Youi may make use of this ifoirmation as you please, but be sure it does not get into the papers. tlere'r whiggery, for you, ir, Editor; truly, "hypocrisy is their vocation." The necing was also addressed by a Mr. Leavett. who among ather thitng stat ed that Gets. Harrison'in iai! his conversa tion with Abolitionists agreed with them in Eentinient-that he wa a consiant visi ter to the Anti slavery rooms in Cincinnat ti. So far as we can judge, the conven tion is composed entirely of persons op. posel to the Admiuistratiosn, and takett al Logether, rather a slim affair. IlARRISON AND ABoLTioN.-Three A holition papers its the State of Ohio, the Elyra Atlas, the New Lisbon Atrora, and the Xenia Free Press. hoisted the name of Hlarrsson as their cndidate for the, Pre en'.v, tiiid ported Tyler for the Vice Presidency. A fourth, the Philatnthrsp ist, has three columns filled with eulogy of the old General, atnd reasons why the Ah. olitionists should support him; stastinig that loe was an Abolitionist many years ago, 951/1 BELONGED.-TO A SOCiETY AT TilE EIGITEENTH YEAR OF H IS AGE. This is unrfir in the AIholi tionists, while the Southern Whigs have cnthusiastically adoptei.their catillate, they refuse the candidate (ot..tlie 'Vice .Plrcsidency nominated.1hy ilhe Harrisburg Convention upon the nme tinket, merely to quiet the sernples of their Sotthern friends, though we think an unnecessary precaution, as they seetn to entertain no scruples about it.-AontgomerjAdv. Sall, Its uses-[s of the utnost impor tance to all rutminating animalk, increasine their relishl for their insipidl .food exciting the action of their membsransus and weak stotmachs, ansd prevetnting those obstruc tions of the initestintes which are produsced by the use of dry forage during the win ter- It is generally observed thtat those animnals are prefer~red in the market, whlicht have been pay~ii,tgllg. fpds 'pon. saline plapts, anid that their flesh is of a sttperior -quality. There is no farmier, who has not been able to see the diflerence, att the close of a wintter, betweens those animahet which have received their supply of salt, antI those that hsave been deprived of is; the first are well shaped, larg.e, ansd fat; their hsair is glossy, their eyes lively, and thteir motions prompt andt firtm; the second pre sent imagesof sull'erintg and rntsery; the shee p htave lost nearly all their fleece be fore shearinig time, and that which remains is faslling frotn thtetm in locks; the neat cat tle are lean and sickly, their orgatns of di gestion are itmpedled int their action, and .it is only after having browsed the juticy her hage of spring that they recover. Thse progressive steps int agricnltture are and ontght 'to bse,.shw; aptd t is, contrary to the counsels of wisdotm aW prudence. to~wigli to deviate fromt customs rendered sacred by titme, uti the new tmodes to be adopted shall have received the sanc tion of succeseftul experiment. The reproach,.which is every dlay made to the hutsbsandtman, of his indifference to wards ntewv modessaf culture, 'appeaes to mte not to be Well foutnded; he wvishes first to seeand crirapare thtem with the method to which he hsas been accenstomecd; he has nteither the kttowledge, not, the means of the advanttages which thev'ofl'er hits; he persevers5 the~n in his ohi contrse till <dnwe nteighbor, richer and tmore ensligI~iirned thtats himnself, i., able to present toIim. by rlh6 nsew niode, results ?snore advantageous thtan hc has obtained from Isis oi. Naamnbhi is thse only lessoni yrofitable to a bussihdmats whten one is placedl before htinee, nmi is rcnsu is -,vim...,d of its goodness, he is not slow to follow if; and by no other way than this, can im proved methods of agriclture be inittod . ced and propagated. .. .uttg is a valtiable article of food, and orms a-g'reat resource for. the inhabitants of the country; but on those regions where the extent and fertility of the pasture lands permits great numbers of horned .cattle to be raised, it is impossible for them to consume all the butter they make,.whilst it is fresh; and besides, as the qutintity.f butter made is not the same at all seasons of the year, it is necessary t hat some means shouIld be resorted to of preserving it from becoting iancid, and this is done by salt ing it. The.chice of a kind of *alt .suitsble ffr ........ ..* t ...1. pr.eseripjig butter'is 'not 'a malter of less inportance. ihan when it is used for -salt ing meat. Only such should be used as hll, by long expnsure upon the edges of the sail, pans, Inst all the deliquns ent salts whie-h comhined with it; sailt in this ttate is drier aid pitreiF, than the new salts ex tineted by evaporation . from sea-water, an(d has neither.the sharpness whibh char acterize Ilhese.. 13n t whaiever salh is used, it is advisable that it he whitened and pu rifled by the ptoces commonly made us*q of in our kitchens; it must he dried in. ap oven, and afierwards pounded in a'marble or wtoiotlen toriar. Nothing tore is requisite in salting but tcr. than to work it well, so that the sa~t may be equnallydistribnted, ani then to put it down in clean and dry stone jars. Ifit shlould.he. perceived, seven or eight (lays ;fter, that zhebu1ttm5 kias shrunk sons to leave a vncticy around the sides of-ibe pot, a brine mtitist be prepared by saturg iing hot waler with pure salt; and this, when cold, mtst be turned gradually upon the bttter till every part of it is web cov ered: the pots are then to be set in a oo place till the buter is takrn qip,,nd made ,into imps for**mairketor ioime consump tion. Another way in which butler may be preserved a longtime, is, by melting it in a pot at a very low degree of heat. skim ming from the surface a thin layer of curd which will form upon it, and when this np longer collects, witludfawing it to cool and hardeb. From th Farniers Cabint% FRUIT TREES. Shame be to hin who planteth not fruit trees. Those who love good fruit shoild an nually devote a small portion of their tn to proilucing aid.perpetwa.tin.g, ,htIrreeA the, prodoce it. T'hcdpefihy.Ofrrmany .10 bhi. very inierestit.g subjeet can.. sexrcelf he accounted for, on any other principle than that of excessive laziness or. extreme stupidity. Where the iale portion of a fai'ily can't muster coura!eor inds.Itry eno-tah tpgige rpqsngble qstemion to this imporlatt matter, it is hopeO .tlie. females will look to it, and then the tres will .poj hegin to blossotn and bring forth fruit, forI linve seldom seen an intellient, active fo table undertake anything useful, without the frtui of her labors soon beconiing ap puireni. Isaw the present season a num her of flotrisbing fruit trees which were engrpfregl by the wife of the "good na' nf the. farm, reflecing great credit on her for her industry. perseverance, and skill as a cultivntoi-of fruit trees. The siones of peaches and )Itms, anu the seeds of apples or other fruits shou'l. lie platited either in drills, or in the places they are designed permanently to occupy, before they hecome dry; they vegetate bet ter and more certainly than when kept o.er wi1dier to be planted in the %.ripg.* The right season t) plant the stones or. seeds is when the frutit is ripe, atnd it wilt be found they will more certainly vegetate, and acquire a larger growth the fast sea son Plant a few stocks each year, be care ful to engraft or inioculate thema wvhen of proper size, withi the best varieties, p~ro teet them from the cows and~ hotrses till .they crow out of their reach, and you wvill not have to complain of a Jack of good fruit MA RRIAGFE.--.3Ian atnd wife ar e eq0 ally concerned to avoid all ofences of eacha ot her in the beinn ftei ovrain every little thing can blaist aln itnfatnt blos somni andl the bireath ofthe soutth can shako the it tloe,rjugerQ the vine, when first the'y begit to curl ilike the locks of a newv-. weanedl boy; but wheni by age and con solidation they stiflen into the hardness of a stein, and have, by the warm emubraces of the sun and the kisses ofhoaven, brought forthI their clusters, they can. endur.. the storms of the north, and the loud noises of a tempest, and yet never be broken: so are the early utnions ofanunfixed marriage:' watchful and -observant, jealous and busy, itnqutisitivenand careful, and apt to take .a. harm at every unkind . word. No. madl can .ell but he that loves his. chzribiren, how mnn delicious accents mali. . matn'sheart sance in. .:ho. the. pretty con versation-of' those deoar pledges; their chtils dishiness. their little angers, th.ir inoocencj their inmpe.rfeetioni, their tnecessilies; .rc so..irjmty.liualce.manations of joy and ennm fortto~iim that dlelights in~ their person( atntl ociety; but he that loves not1 .fiis wife and obildreni, feeds a lioness at hoine, and broods a nest of sorrowS;. and blessing itself cannot mako him happy ; so that all the commtandmnents of God enjoininig a matn to "love his wife," are nothing but so many necessities and capacitios 6f j~y. "Ilam light beaded," as the fellow'said when his hair wvas on fire.