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At~7 -x -o -T+r We will cling to -the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if it mast fal, wePw Perish amidst she Eas." -VOLUME IX. *gene1 O urt Rouse, 8. V.1 beemb 8x. 1 1.8464 'EDOEFEELD AD VERTISER BY W..F. DURISOE, PROPRIETOR. NEW TERMS. Tvo DOLAns and Ftmri CENTS, per annum, f paid in advance $3 if rnot paid within six months from the date of subscription, and -4 if not paid before the expiration of the year. ' Ali subscriptions will be continued, unless otherwise ordered before the expirn tion of the year; but no paper will be discon ned until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Publisher. Any person procuring five responsible Sub scribers, shall receive the paper for one year, gratis. ADVERTISEMENTS conspicuonsly inserted at 62J cents per square. (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion, and 431 for each continuance. Those publish monthly, or quarterly, will ed4 per square %dvertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be continued until ordered out, and charge# accordingly. All comIQ ions, post paid, will be prompt. ly and strity attended to.. Greenwood Academies. T HE Trustees of the Greenwood Academies 1 announce to the community at large. that the exercises of these Institutions will com Inence on the First Monday of January next. The Female School 'will be under the instruc tion of the Misses LocIsA and SaiNa RICHARD soN. The former lady is the present incum bent, the latter recently taught air Edgefield Court House. where she is favorably known as a competent instructess Miss McNU.rr will continue in charge of the Musical De partment. The Male Department will be taught by Mr. JAmEs H. GILES, the Ipresent in. structor, who has the experience of eight years in teaching. In consideration of the pressure of the times, the rates of tuition has been reduced, and are as follows: TERMS: Per &cssion of Fire Months Oithography, Reading, Writing. Pri mnary Geography and Arithnatic, $6 00 'The above with Geography. Child's First and Second Book of History, G;oood's Book of Nature and History of U. S. 11 00 'The above *ith English Grammar, Miss Swift's Philosophy, and Com Imition. $12 00 'The above wi'.h Natural, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Chenistry. Nat ural History, Botany, Ancient His tory, Logic, Critticism, Butlet's Anal ogy, Algbbra, Gecmetry, &c., 15 00 The TFrech Language will be taught at an extra charge, 6 00 Instruction in Music on the Piano. 20 00 For the us rihiPaio, 2 00 Mathematics, the Latin and Greek Laugetages. in the male department. I6 00 For Contingencies, 50 Board may be obtained from 7 to $8 per month. The Trustees have also made arrangements to rocure stated Preaching in the Chapel. and viI re-organize the Sunday School, which has an excellent library of suitable books. E.R. CALHOUN, 3 A. WALLER, W. BLAKE, G. W. CURTISS, i IV]. HACKETT, f S. CREWS, T. CHEATHAM. Nov. 13 eowtl 42 Private Boarding school. T HE Subscriber informs the Public, that lie will open a SCHOj. at his- own residence, near Loundsville', Abbeville District, on the Second Monday of January next. in which will be taught the English Brunches, Mathematics, the Greek, Latin and French Languages. As he has had long experience in Teaching-as his whole attention will be given to a very limited number of scholars. and as the location is remarkably healthy and entirely remoyed from all scenes of dissipation and vice, he flatters himself that he will con tinue zo receive a due sharge of the patronage of the public. Tuition per Session of vge months, $18 00, payable in advance. *Board at $8 00 per month, payable half yearly-en-advanace. All lvho wish to enter should make appli. eution immediateiy as only a limited niumbe:u .can be received. 'J. L LESLEY. ' The Edgelield Advertiser will publish the above until die 1st of January, and forward his account to this office.-AbveceiUs Banner. Nov. 6, - t 41 VERTICAL RE-ACTIOlI ,WeJTER WH EIEL. ~E take this means of informineg the pub Vlic,'artcnlarly Mill-rights. Mill owv ners,'or those about engaging in either, thsat we hate puachased ofGideoni Hotchkiis, the ex clusive right of his Vertical Re action Water Wheel, for the State of Sooth Carolina. 'and are prepared to hia' e the new improvemerit put up for all that desire it, or to disr'ose of Rights to indIviduals or clubs. Tlhe adaptioni of these WheealI'dasy, not requiring any very -great meobuinialfskill. The Verticallte-action Wheel is adaptidfo 'all heads, froti2 ty o feet .npwards-requires one ihird lessiatr to pern - .form one-third, half, double, and ini some iii stanees~three timies as inch as the old Flutter whael-is itot affected by -back whier-castsd placed on the shaft of a donimon Flutter wheel, .securinig uniform motion in all p arts -of each revolu son. It makes ,from 18!0 300 strokes in o inutes nhever frozen up. Some of these mills have b'sn kislow tot eut on an averap.e fronm F-ve t6UsV~fthoisand feet of plank en 24 hours -6ieasihi"'sTW ELVE 'IHOU-. SAND. With eqnal iV6r 'arid speed it wiil propel diny other kind-nl machinery- It comn-. bines stzength,durability,vehocity, and simplici -ty ofconstruction. - The use' of thle 'improve m*ent one year will in mopt-instacepifthe expens'e. A set of the W ekle nway .bsieta1 MoBee &.Irvine'iestore Greenville. 4W Allicommunications, addressed to eithseaf the subscribers, post paid, wvill be promptly at. :ondcd WILLIAM T. MOORE;4 JO HN G. AMOORE. Sinithfold, York Dist.. S. C. N. 'B. Johri Moore may beddreassed, or p~seers personally at Greenville C. H., till about Ch,,istmne. MISCELLANEOUS. From the Biblical iecorder TO TilE REV. V (lOOPER. D. D., OF COLUMI5tJA. S. C. My Dear Brother: That I may be better understood in the views that I am about to present, on the manner of conducting protracted meetings, and the unfavorable influence, irany, that they may be supposed to exert upon the general st ate Of religion in the churches, I must ask. your attention to a few prepar atory remarks. By tne law or our nature. excitement is made aecessary to our existence and well being There is. therefore, an excitability in our physical system, to which excite ment is applied, and the proper adjust men, of excitement to this excitability usually produces health. In health, then, we should avoid too much excitement on the same principle. that we. should guard against too little. For two much excite ment will indirectly produce the same ef fects. trat too little will, viz: debility, las situde, indifference. There is another law of our nature wor thy of attention in this connexion. lit proportion to) the height to which excite ment raises us, will be the depth to which we will fall, when the excitement is over. And likewise, that what comes suddenly to maturity, ts exposed io as rapid a de eline. If from any cause debility is hrought on, excitement is the remedy, and sometimes, it requires to be employed in a high de gree. B. when the desired effect is pro duced, the remedy is dismissed and ulti mately withd own, that the system may resume its ordinary course with the usual proportion of excitement. and enjoy its accustomed health. The priciples here" laid down in relation to the physical sys tem, apply to the intellectual and mIral systems, as the same general law pervades theo all. To proceed in the application of these precepts to our moral constitution, I observe that we have within us a moral principle, capable of betng brough out into high moral nelion, or of being depressed to a low, feeble state. To produce the healthful action of this principle, there must be a proper adjustmettt or moral ex citentent to the moral excitability of our nature. This moral excitement is provi ded in the gospel of Jesits Christ.-To this, then let us refer, for a knowledge of the manner. in whicr It' was used by tte ittspired men, who were conmnissiretd-to atpply this moral excit< ment to our moral nature The commission. given them by their divine Master, was their letter of in stnction. -Go, tetch all tiations, haptiz ing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Hlly Ghost, -teaching thent toobserve all thittgs. whatsoever I have commanded you."-',Go ye into the world, and preach the gospel to every creature, and he that believeth and is hap tizei. shall besaved ; bit he. that believ eth not, shall be damned." According to these instructions. Peter preached the gos pel on the day of Penticot. Many, prick ed in their hearts, enquired what they should do to be saved. Peter answered, 'Repent and lie baptized every one ofyou, in the name of Jesus Christ. for the remis. sion of sins, and ye shall receive the Holy Ghost."-"Andr with many other words did testify and exhort, saying, save your selves from this untoward generation. Then they that gladly received his word, were haptized ; and the same dey there were added unto them about three thou sand souls."-The historian gives us in the succeeding chapters of the Acts, a cheer ing account of yet greater, numbers being added to iheLord in the city of Jerusalem. We have here ant account of a blessed revival of religion for some days, in which thousands of souls were copverted to God. 'Let us call it a protracted tmeeting, and what were the exercises of thtis meeting, what wasn the instrumentality employed by tbe A postles? I The only instrtumentality of which wse have any account, is the preachihg ofthe gnspel, and exhortation iv sinners to believe it and save'~ themselves from an untoward generation.' Those, that w'6re converted and baptized, became knit'together in loses '-They conitinued steadfastly in the Apostle's doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread,1md in prayers." An'astonishing enlatrged ness of soul'id liberality of spirit' mark~ed their union and eondut For "'the multitude of them that helieved.'were of otte hieart, hnd of ohe'soul Neither' said any of hem,'thm aught isI the things,: whtichim p)ossessed, sa as hts ottn bittn they had all ihing c ommon." "Netther wvus thiere any 6-tlierm ithat lacked For as mnany ofithain~is :'ere possessenk .f lands, or house, u61dithem and biraught "the prices of thethitigs, thatfwere soad laid ib Iem daivad.ibeepostles' feel.' And'distribu tion*wViade unto everyn' 'eiiling as he ha~daed.'- .'And":4 ?'fihe dis ciples continin' h dutb etenilc6~ , in the Tempile;,ia GM ~liht and singlentes~4 0d; anti having favorer l' .Thi# accohnr is WV.ijght ecoun of a tost ble01O for such d~do &-io partichhire tli $-$ d ~reihren,. tcpiied r s ~4er aa ti & Iiesi Sri USnd is n oisIpiale ien de Yd hgappbihsj Apostles ~ ~ ythe -apostacy-of Thirdly. They were by the command of Christ, all with one accord on.. the first day of the veek (the day of Penecost) in one place. Upon them the Holy Ghost descended with his blessed and iraculou influences. The mul'itude being assem* bled, the gospel was preached, and the awakened were exhorted to repent and be baptized.-The results was. that thou sands were added unto the disciples in one day. And they remained steadfast in their duty, as mentioned above. Fourihly, On a subsequent day. Peter and John went up together into the Tem ple at the hour ot prayer. and performing a miracle on a lame man all the pdople ran together unto them in the porch. Pe ter embraced the occasion and preached Chrtit unto them. This excited the at teation of the Priests, before whom the Apostle preached Jesus again. They were threat 3ned, and being let go, went to their company, and they - put up a prayer of acktowlodgement and thanks giving to God Fifthly, Believers were the more added to the Lord multitudes, both -of men and women. Now in this brief history, we do not read of public prayer being made by any one in connexion with the preaching of the gospel, or the exhortation that follow ed. Neither do we read of an anxious enquiry seat, nor of persons being called upon to approach the altar and kneel for prayer, nor of two singing at a timae nor of any -,ne exhorting, while another was singing. orgoing about talking to those, who were on their knees. But we do read of the disciples when together, (but not before the multitude at the tineofpreach ing) engaging in fervent prayer. Not that they would have excluded the un godly, if they had desired to be present. The scenes. to which we have now re ferred, were all conducted by inspired A postles, fresh toom communion with their master, and from his holy instructions. Thousands were converted to God and ad rled to the church, of whom i wo only were found faithless, Ananias and Sappira. Were they right, or were they wrong ? Can tny one -question the correctness of their course ? Is that course a model for succeeding christians. or is it not ? I now add, that there is not a single instance of the preaching of the Gospel to the thoughtless and impenitent 'sinner ac companied with public prayer, recorded in ite New Testament. if tny memorv servee me. Tbere'is thefact: The rea son I apprehend to he is. that the preach ing of the gospel is a proclatnation of' ner cy to the guilty. The Herald, who pro claims the offer of pardon to the revolter, is the friend of his insultedI Monarch. He cannot go into any act of allegiance with the revolter. but as soon as the revol ter accepts the offer of mercy and complies with the terms laid down they can unite in prayer together, and thtts join in the' same act of loyality. In the case of Si mon Magus. Peter told him to repent and pray to God. Simon asked Peter to pray for him, but we do not road that he did it. We see, then, that the preachiog of the gospel accompanied with exhortation is the manner, in which the moral excite tnent, necessary for bringing out the mnur al principle is brought out aright. that is. when a sinner in converted to God and baptized, then the further tmode of apply. ing the moral excitement of tho gospel, to the excitability or our nature is in the church relation. Meeting together on each returning Lord's day, the day'ofhisglo rious resurrection, his disciples are to -ead his blessed word, sing, pray, teach, exhort, exercise their gifts, .contribute of their substance for the poor, atd commemorate his sulferings. Replentished thus ih.r -The week, they go forth, strong in the~Lord and the power of his -night, to exercise the various graces of the spirit in t he social, personal, and relative duties of life. Belie vers thus using the instituted tmeans, will be found studying the.scriptures at home. faithful in their duties to all. roundl it zea lous for God's glory contributitng uf~ their talents, influence, and money for the pro motion of his cause. Thtey will he like minded with-the disciples gathered inl the proiracted tmeetings at Jertusalem. I shall pursue the 'subject in. my next, and i hopt- bring it to a close. * . Affectionately yours, - W-M. B. JOHNSON. Edgefield C :H., S.C., Oct.30tth. 1844. --A Neib Qanion on the Naual iza) ion Lasos.-.We see it suggested itttheNietio al Ititelligetcer- that -thie legality of the electorial!tei-s of licligan and Illitlois will.beidisptrad on -the ground thna'the Iawsif-tfias States have tnulified thd nat tiratieaiil laws of thbe United States. in perminig. foreigners to -- vote wiio have not desided the prescibed tdrm of years fa thfsonantry,; Whether this question may -hentooted at the next session of Congress ~ekaow not; but as a decision sagainst the lly-of the votes of Michigan and Illi n l su~ otyefeit a result of the lata aT on Wralli having a inajority withI ot theiter thihk t hat no object ion villM riud -' . Y'Sn. ~P~64txto~. 60i- kans a heaoais ~tae~ycoateed of-1:ni-se stealitig, end 1) iadeen adsee feedd: upn hith Ie odk itrve'y of the cEd'rt rooin, Iatid gav6 tait t6 bii feeligs, after the e !llow4ing ntanndrP:e"Well, this is rather Iiei -risks-aeple ver-did se'e." Tray, s-lde: fifteen nmiles thtis~ mortning-:stodd sh -men to be mnaintuieed at the iubilie ex - enense ton years." From the Churleston Courier. Our Relation with Mexico.-It has come to our knowledge, and] from a source on which we can rely, that our Minister to Mieiie [Gov. Shannon] has noticed the Mexican governmeur, some weeks since, that any attempt on their part to invade Texas by land, or any -ufensivn operations by sea (having particular reference, no doubt,'to the diovements of the Mexican Steamers recently repaired at New-York) would be consid-red by our government as just cause for armed interference; that force would. in that case, be used for the protection of Texas. It is further stated that Gov. Shannon was in expectation of the reception of his passports, as the con sequence of having made this communica tion, but had not received them, or and or any response to his official note, at the time our informant left. It is 'supposed that the bearer of despatches who recently piassed through the country on his way to Washington ,was charged with matters in relation to the subject. Since the above was written, New Or leans papers have been received. contain ing nc::ounts of t he arrival of a ' British frigate at that part, bringing advices com firmatory of the facts related, with addi tional particulars, which are appended, copied from the New Orleans Picayune of Wednesday. LATER FROM MEXICO. Important Intelligence.-By the arrival at the ou.thivest Pass of the English frigate Spartan. the Hon. Capt. Elliot, comman der, which vessel sailed from Vera Cruz on the 17th inst.. we have intelligence 15 days later from Mexico. - Capt Elliot, with several of his officers, came up from the Balize yesterday, and has taken lodgings at the St. Charles Ho tel. We understand that the Spartan brought despatches for the English Gov ertinent. and in the present critical state of Mexican affairs they are doubtles of great importance. The city was rife with rumors yesterday moranin, to the effect that our Minister to Mexico the Hon. Wilson Shannon. had demanded his passports and was on his way home and also a serious revolution iad broken out -in Mexico which had re stited in the overthrow of Santa Anna. There certainly was some foundation for this starting intelligence; -but the news does not turn out as important as was at first reported. alhough still-of--momen .4tus nature. To a commercial house of this city we were lasi evensing inrlebied for full files of the Diaro del- Gobierno and El Sigio Diez y Nitevo op to the 12th inst. We give as much-of the news as we can find room for. It nould appear, from such of the pub lishedl correspondence as we have seen in the Diaro. that on the Alst uIt. Governor Shannon addressed a letter to the Mexi can, Government, protesting against the proposed invasion of Texas by Mexico, and especially against the manner in which the invasion was to be made. To this the Minister of Foreign affairs replied (we have not seen his communication) denying the right of the United States or any other foreign government to interfere in the internal alTairs of the republic. Gov. Shannon in answer, characterizes the Secretary's letter as being grossly of. fetsive, inasmuch as it charges the United States, its government and people wih falsehood. trickery intrigue and designs of the most dishonorable character, Gover nor Shanona alleges that the note of. the Secretary is so gross in its character, so ofensive that lie can only demand that it be at once withdrawn. 'Trhe Mexican Minister replies with the utmost warmih. , He treats the earlier part of \ir. Shmannion's correspondence as hei ng superacilious antd ofiensivejtustifies all that he hats himself wvritten, protests that the Mexican governmrent has done,. and is doing all 'hat it cani to prevent a rutpture with the United States, but tha~t it is-neces sary for his governmment to speak out plain ly before the world. He therefore de cittos to withdraw the note. Fromi the tone of his letter, it is evident enough that the Mexican Mtmnister.is -of the opinion thai Mr. Shannon does ntie [speak the sent imeritlof;*~.majority of the people of the United IStateslin relation to the Texas question. He considered,. too. that our recettt Presidential contest must have resulted in the electian of Mr. Clay, and bte speaks .of thai -gentleman, Mr. Adams, and the United .States Senat.e in termis the most daitnty..while he holds Mr. Tyler's administrattion talotie respionsible for the present coitplication of afiairs be tween the two countries.. What efect the result of Mr. Polk's :election; may have in Mexico, us e are unable to say.;..: From the officers..of, the Spartan: we learn that Gen. DulYGreen had art ived at Vera Cru, from thie city-ofI~ Mexico, with desptchei for our Government, and em barked immediately on -bodrd.. the editer a Woodbury. The W. sailed fo.Pensatcola on the 17th-the day of sailing of the:Spar ta.-The depatches .of-ea. G. are thought to be of the greatest- importance. So far as we can learn from a most hasty perusal of our files, 'disturbances have broken out in the- State of Jalisco, the capital of which is:Guadalajaru. Gen. Paredes appears. to beat the head of the movement, and the all'air is evidently re gtarded by hepssndby the-officers of singular .circumstance in the businebs is, '-that. Gen. Canilizo, the ''Provissional' Presidenst, -isyno'n giving orders to. thec .-Cbonstitutionatl" President, Santa Anna. The .latter having received notice to place hi.sel. tr ne adn~ of the raope cance.. turated at Jalappa, at once joyfully com plies. His orders were to marchptidde to Queretaro, a city three or idradays: -march from Mexico, and on th. road.'ebo Guadalajara, there to operate sthe igencios of the case might,&mand. Santa Anna put his troops at onA arnfotion, and I announces to head qua. .hbat he ias under his command O n1atry,.1500 calvary and 20 field- __ces all in the beat state of equipment, - From. Eucero tieof Santa. Anna's haciendas, near aitppa, where he met his new -bride-bi issued on the 6th inst., a brief and spirited address to ;he arm) He denouncdk.Aie conduct of Paredes, in stirring up li-eolution in Guadalajara, declares hi ,a traitor and the instrument of .a faction, and appeals to the troops by their forn expliots tostand by him. and chastise qiiiifamous crimes He calls him self the humbled Instrument of the Gov ernment,.' ready to do all in his power to preserve the integrity of the territory, and sustain the constitutional government Gen. Canalizo, too, issues his addresses from the Capital to the Mexican nation and to: the army. appealing to them to stand by their country and by Santa Anna in this. moment when the nation, already involved in a war with Texas, 'is now threatened with new internal dissensions. he appears.to reget that the march of the army upon Texas should have been inter rupted by this last outbreak, but promises to mete out to the guilty all the punishment the laws will authorize. Gen. Arista appears to be all this while engaged in repressing the Indian ,utragrs in Northern Mexico. the accounts of which already given by us, have not been ex aggerated. The loss in the affairs of Los Moros are stated by him, in his official re port, in nearly the same figures as we gave. Want of time and room prevents us going more into detail in relation to the affairs of Mexico. We shall now look with anxiety for another arrival from that distracted country. The English News-Commercial Trea ty between China and the U. States.-T he most important item of intelligence which we have received by the last steamship. says the New-York Herald, is that which informs us of the completion, through the agecy ..of Mr. Cushing, of a conimercial treaty between the United States and China. This treaty is, in its general out lines, framed on the same principle as that formed some time since between the Celestial empire and the Kingdom of Great Britian. It is proper to notice how ever, that i-i the treaty with the United States certain valuable privileges relative to the importation of lead from this coun try into China have been secured to us. This intelligence cannot fail to be interes ting to all who desire the prosperity of this country, and the extension of its com merce on just, equitable and advantageous terms throughout the world. It has l4een said that 'he Abolitionists hold the balance of power in the United States, and this declaration may encourage them to persevere in their political organi zation. Nothing can he farther from the truth. A balance or power of deciding in favor of one oz the other side of a question, is a power which turns the scale. Now it will he perceived by the follo wing.table of Abolition vote throughout the Union, that the Abolitionists proper poll s very meagre vote, which in some States and in a close contest may defeat, but never can elect a candidate. Pennsylvania, 3,138 Rhode Island, 5 New Jersey, 131 New York, 1.5.000 - Ohio, 8,050 *New Hampshire, 4,000 Vermont, -4,000 - Maidie, :4,000 -Massachusetts, . 10,900 -Other States, -5,000 Total,. 54,224 Whar are 3.138 votes out of 300;000. or even 15,000, out of 500,000, the A bolition vote in New York atnd Pennsylvania; take the three great States. polling more than a million of votes and we find the Abolitioin ists in those St ares onliy 26,138. and seat tered .throurgh 180 or 200 counties. From' the noise--nade by the abolhtionists at home.and abroad, their presses, documents societies, &c. &c. they make in the ballot boxed a verg sorry show in point o nuavner ical strength, and are byno:means of that formidable bharacter scalculated to create uneasiness and-alprehension its ady quar ter. : N, Y. Su~in. The following morceau we copy frum the leading Whig organ in Maiacshusits, the "Boston Atlas," of the 12di ,sits.4i "Ward six,-thanke to our &Iored "Brethren in that Ward who honited "manfully for:the Whig cause, alid voted "almost to a man the Whig tickel % Southern-Whige, who so -much depe care the vote -of the poor foreigner. ill you look and enquire who lsimosr worthy: to be entrusted with the elective franchise,, the poor white mr an or the colored brethren, as this Whig organ calls the negro.--flo ridian, Teuiierance Among the CheAo b. Th'ere is a regularly organized tem" itice society in the Cha~rdklee inatiob.~ N'ai 2dOl Cierii114esliave enf6lled theia1 as memberW and taken thfpled ''hs 'ma- an exml4of the advance of'ue savi na that mieht put. whites to the -blush, 40*,Bad -ompan.-Thoeare4dand ,ious Sir :MatthewH tseeliayoth was too addicted:. to the societyo4anite Vicious peopleawhich-hpdiinolkreak fft till' an t alarming accidEntbrokie,,im ftm it. Being invited withiaesassier.youag students to a nerry-inakingtninifto4n, one.. of' them out of the-carouse called.for so much wine thit notwithstanding ;ail Mr.- Hale - could-do to.prevent it, he-svent on his ecess tillihe fell;down as dead be fore, them., All present were not alittle terrified,-, and did.all: they coul4rito-briag him to hi nself again. This particularly affected Mr. Hale. who weabinto-auother roomf .and-shutting the .door. follon his knees. . and prayed earnestly toGod -both fbr his friend, that he might be restored to life, and that behimself mighit be forgiven ror having countienanced '-such - excess. Moreover, he vowed to:God that. he would never again keep in bad company in that manner, nor drink another health while he lived. His friend recovered. nud Mr. Hale most religiously observed -his vow till his dying day. It was this great wan's resolution drawn up by him in.writing-for his awn private use, with regard to.com pany (among other articles of conduct) to do good to them, to use God's name rever ently while with Ihem, to beware of leav ing an ill example among them, and to receive good from them if they were more knowing than himself. Thriling Oratory.-They have some very brave orators in honsierdom; that fact there is no desputing, if we admit that the reporters translate then uright, and of iourse they "don't do anything else,". as the following specimen of lofty and burn ing eloqnence will testify: "Ameri-ans! This is a great country -wide-vast-and in the-southwest un limited. Our Republic is destined.o 're nner all S. America--to occupy the Rus ian poisession. and again to recover pos session of those British provinqes.. *on by the prowess of the French on the pains of Ahraham ! all rightfully ours to reroccupy. Ours is great and'growing country Fn euil Hall was its cradle-ht wair'har will be found-timher enough for its coffin ? Scoop all the water out of the Atlantie Ocean. and its, bed would not 'auf)rd a grave sufficient for its - corps. And yet America has scarcely' gfio'wVi''o6tof the grisilo of boyhood. Whereds 'Europe 1 Sie is no whar : We have rfster Itetim oats. swifter locomotives, louder hnnder, rorkeder lighiening. braver men, handso mer women and more money than England dar have! [Thundering applause.] Who is afraid. Robert Dale Owen.-The Cincinati At las of the 18th says: -The venerable Rob ert Owen, who has just arrived from Eng land passed through our city yesterday, on his way to New Harinony. where his ihil dren reside. Though rising eighty years if age, he is as confident and enthusiastie in his views of social reform, and a new organization of society, as ever.. He is still hale and aetive. and seems to possess his marital faculties in full vigor.- H~is phil anthropy and disinterestedness are almost without a_ parrellel. He describes his community a, New Lanirk, in Scotland, which has been in existence a great many years, as in a happy and prosperous condi ion; remarking, ihat in a population at 2,500, not a single individual. child or dult, had ever been punished, or threaten d with punishment, nor-a single arrest of' suit at law against any member of ..the !ommunity, during all that time.. Elk Suckled_ by a eatan. -A gentle nan, and an old citizen of this city,*in lirmed. as a day or two ago, that abot twenty-five year's sinechle was trasellrng in the theti Territory or Mlissouri sioj th. .Missouri River, when: he hsaltedata cabin occupied by a birdv pionseiand his wife, with a growiing fai'ily of childi-edi among whom was an adopted..foujr.-leggetf child, viz: an Elk. The woman infortnid ourgtraveller thathe said animal .ias: eanghtiwhile 'ydoing froditemother a'nd -io .a a -depiived ormilk,- o-1sppl whichshie-taughsi: to dratvlir oton breast gad' thdat it had continued. thriveitinder uch' treattit. until it had grown tethe size. ai'd- perfeatiou nearly appiroacbiti iditfib theecet aniinaL as jdesc~ribeddi history, ehiel6 allgk'nqEsarg ad..beat 'iish' tio'Elkt i& it 4o from"t'he b6ist. -asdescribedl to us wvihinue 600b stinding. the anjmals head anIi bac, fo ming a parallel liine .,ith tha omn head; andfit yonedy at u pon. a; sewihfl -- as the setteghng gapw, so oa"cbidt the ..parties .-We give this a'aious and interesting fact norty ofiecod in the - events ial cuatomsofths earker'iR of the-great west, which, as we'havibefore- - hinted will one day form a book of rare interest. - - -- - - . Sutcide us becoting quite fshintable~s tbese days, end mnany are the plias bit opon to destroy li'fe. Therlatest we hire noti ced~iod which provei effeitbal asid no douh gae entire'satifctwon. is tisp fot joig rrom an exchange paper "En - inbis n of St. Deniscomtattted icide latelf~by filling an egghebriwth guapow der, placing it in his inolith, addthen ex . plodtng it withb the lighted end of cigar". Sid oftnona. -ehcty or IL on. 'hiohi covers only 50' square mdiles, has more inhabitants ta an Maine.New Ham ire. Vermont, Massachusetts'anifd eb~ isn,t which occupy 6@,751seqate nitids