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0 g3greflsionale Correspoindence of the Char. News. Wsamao-roN, April 11. 1n die Senate, to day. after the propo ,s .fome unimportant matters, the res 6l sots of Mir. Ciayton. calling on the President for copies of all the recent Ore gon correspondece. -was -taken.up and adopted by a vote of. Yeas 27, Nays 1.7. it is expectei that an answer will be re ceived early next week, after which there will remain no excuse for farther delay in deciding upon the question of notice. On, Mtion of Mr. Allen, a resolution was adopted. calling for further inform 'ation; and for copies of all correspondence with the Secretary of State from 1840 to 1843. Mr. Upham who had the floor on the Oregon question, being indisposed, the subject was passed over, and Ahe remainder of the day devotedr to f-w ntE' business. In the House, a personal explanation was made by Mr. Winthrop. relative to ,what he had, said yesterday relative to the charge that Mr. Webster had said, that this morning be desired to make the fol lowing statement by authority. "Mr. Webster does not own a single dollar's worth of stock in any manufac turing company whatever; nor is a dollar's worth of such stock held by others in trust for him or his family, or in any way to be beneficial to him or them; nor is he inter ested in any way, in any manufactory whatever, nor in the rise or fall in any sort of manufacturing stock or property; nor has any ttansaction of any kind taken place on condition of Mr. Webster's ro maining in the Senato or leaving the Senate. "Mr. Webster has disposed of certain valuable western lands at prices not ex ceeding their actual value, for which be has teen paid. An arrangement, intended for his benefit, which he regards as highly honorable to him, and which, I may say, is as high a compliment as was ever paid to any public man in our country-being tbe provision of an annuity for life-was announced to him here last month." . After further remarks, he said that this annuity was given by persons who felt grateful to Mr. Webster for his zeal in advocating the commercial interests of the country. Mr. Yancey asked Mr. W. o 'state the amount of the annuity and the names of the donors; but the lat ter declined trakittg any further explanation, as he had uo right to enter upon the private affai:s of any man. Mr. Yancey then wen' ,n to justify the speech he had made yesterday against Mr. Webster, and contended that the gentle pnan had not-mended the matter. The House then resumed the consid eration of the Senate bill providing for one regiment of mounted riflemen, and for establishing military posts on the route to Oregon. The Committee of the Whole had reported the bill with an amendment that all the officers shall be taken from the regular line of the army. in which amend ment the House had concurred. O.repleceof theChar oier. The House again occupied some portion of the day in a continuance of the Web ster and Ingersol discussion. Mr. Dickson moved a reconsideration of the vote by which Mir. Ingersoll's reso lution was passed, in order to make a speech in defence of Webster, and recrim ination of his accusers. Thej allusion to Mr. WVebster's war votes was unfortuna te, as Mr. D. said, for his adversary, Mr. ingersoll. had declared that if he had lived in tbe revolution, he would have been a tory, anid he had lately written a ictiotn called a history, to prove, among other things, that the Declaration of ludepen pence was .the result of accident, and nor wisdom, or patriotism, or any high motive. Nullilication, and other politcal aber rations, were discoursed of by .\r. D.. which elicited replies from M1r. Burt, aud Mr. Yancey, anid others. Mir. Y. alluded to the fact that .Mr. Webster was not a favorite with the whigs, aud that he had been supPosed to be the author of a severe attack on .Mr. Clay in the Madisonlian. He said too that whben he wvent to Europe, he levied a large sum on his friends, to pay his debts and ex - peuses; and, while in England, received a fee of 1,000 guimeas, for a legal opinion; also, that he rfused to corne to the Sen ate, until the sumt of a hunidred thousand dollars was made up for tiim. Finally, the subject was got rid of by laying tthe motion to reconsider on the table. In the Senate. .\r. WVebster, in view of, a further discussion of the WVashington treaty, offered a resolution calling on the President for certain correspondence rela tive to the right of search or visit, which was adopted. Sorte explanationts were made by Mr. Fairfield, in reply to Mr. W.'s late speech, on the subject of the views of the people of Maine, as to the treaty of Washington, and Mr. WVebster replied. Correspondence of the Charleston News. April 13. In the Senate to-day, after the disposal of petitions, Mr. Allen again urged upon Senators tbe necessity of fixing some day for taking the vote on the Oregon notice resolutions, in order that the absentees might make arrangements to be present. When the proper time should arrive, he said he wvould move to lay on the table the resolutions reported from the Senate Committee on Foreign Afliairs, so that the vote on the House resolutions might be taken first. A fter some discussion of a conversation al character, the matter was dropped with the understar~din~g that the vote shall be taken en Thursday. This beinig the case, Mr. Alien will waive his right to nmake the closing speech.. Gen. Sam. Houston gave notice that he will give his views on the Oregon question on Wednesday. . Mr. Huntington having the floor spoke ~or an hour upon the Oregon notice reso utions, after which the following Message was received from the President of the United States~ - ~the Senate of the vitejd. tata : "i:answer. to the resolution- nfthe Sea .tt. brf.. 11ith instant. calling for " copies of any corresponaeuce. that-may have ta ken place between the authorities of the United States and those of. Great Britain, since the last documents transmitted to. Congress, in relation to the subject of the Oregon territory, or so much thereof as may be communicated without detriment to the public interest," I have 'to state that no correspondence in relation to the Ore gon territory has taken place between the authorities of the United States'and those of Great Britain since the date of the last documents on the subject transmitted by me to Congress. JAMES K. POLK. Washington, April 13, 1846. Mr. Webster said the Message did trot preclude the idea that there have been letters between the Department and Mr. McLane; but if there were such letters, they were clearly not within the terms of the call. Mr. Clayton said he did not think it proper to call for such letters. Mr. Webster said that sometimes there was nothing more proper than to call for such letters. The Message was then laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The remainder of the day was devoted to Executive business. In the House the bill to protect the rights of American citzens in Oregon, until the termination of the joint occupa tion of the same, was taken up in Con umittee of the Whole. Mr. McHenry moved to amend the bill, by inserting after "West of the Rocky Mountains," the words " South of the 49th parallel of Nortb latitude," upon which he made a long speech. Mr. Wentworth complained that at the last session when Western votes were wanted for Texas, our title to Oregon was considered good up to 54 40. He wanted to know what had occurred to re duce our title to 49. Mr. Mlclenry replied, and a long collo quy ensued between him and Mr. W., chiefly relating to political matters. Aflter a speech from Mr. Rockwell, against the amendment, Mr. Adams took the floor, and made a real gunpowder speech in favor of 54, 40. Mr. Burt made a pointed reply. In the course of his remarks, he asked how it was, if the gentleman had always 'elieved our title good to the whole, that when President of the United States, he should have offered to take only a half? The amendment of Mr. McHenry was then rejected, as were several others, and the debate continued without any particu lar interest, until the rising of the Com mittee. As an answer to Mr. Ingersoll's resolu tion relative to Mr. Webster, was expect ed to-Gay, the galleries were filled. No answer came, however. We shall proba bly have it in a day or two. Among the visitors now in this city is the celebrated Henry Schultz, founder of the town of Hamburg, South Carolina. He has come on to consult his counsel, who are members of Congress, relative to the Augusta Bridge suit. now pending at Savannah. The amount involved is half a millioa of dollars.. er aspo dencif the Chalsaon. Cosrier. April 14 The Senate have come to an informal understanding to take the question on the Oregon notice on Thursday. But I pre sume that when the form of the notice is agreed upon, there will be a further de bate. The late language of the London Times does not lead any -one to the conclusion that the notice will hasten the adjustment of the question. The mreasures which are with rapidity following it in the Ilouse, and wvhich will probably pass the Senate, will, according to the Times, be the sub. ject of remnonstranice, and ultitmately, per haps, of hostilities. Mr. McDuffie said, rightly, that thme question was now further frorn adjust ment thatn ever. The President has not yet answered the call of the Senate for the further corres pondence. It is expected beforte Thurs ilay. The Hiouse has taken up the Bill for the protection of settlers in Oregon, and the extension of thme laws of the U. S. uover them. The Bill leaves it in doubt whtether- we laim to exercie jurisdict ion up to 54 deg. 40 mimn. or not. It ap)pen1ts that the .Judges are to decide for thetmselves upon the ex tent of their jurisdiction. It was comn plained that the Bill in this respect was tot candid ; but Mr. M-D~owell gave no ice, that he would move to insert 54 deg. 0 min. as the limit of our jurisdiction. The Bill does nut extetnd our laws over British subjects until the expiration of the years' noti~e. It was contended that the British had xtended their jurisdictiott, by the Act of 821, over the whole territory, and over all its inhab.titants, Atnerican as well as Enalishi. This constiuction was disputed y J.. R. Ingersoll. A miotioni wast made and lost to limit the urisdiction under thme Bill to049. Another otion is piending to confine the jurisdic ion to American cittzens, both now and after the expiration of the year's notice. This will not pass, because it is said thfe ilt be no British jurisdictionl in the terri ory. after the year. The British power ill cease altogether, and British subjects will have no protection of laws, and be amenable to no lawvs but ours. John Bull will, I suppose, have a differ et story to tell as soon as a process ts erved North of the Colombia, and upon oe of the Hudson Bay Company's people, e shall have an issue ; for compromise, in the mean time, is not to be looked for. Mr. Adams spoke an hour, in support f our title to the whole of Oregon. as usual, he was very forcible and eloquent. Mr. A. did not wish to proceed with this Bill, until it should be known wheth er the Senate intended to pass the notice, but he gave thmat body a pretty hard rub on account of their delay and hesitation. He spoke of the change of opinion that has taken place on the subject. It had been announced to us that the Senate and House, and nine-tenths of the people. were tn favor of settling the question by offering England 49, which she had so often rejected with contempn. He was ales afraid to say thathe was not in favor of .settin thisanuestna on A9, but he muss venture the declaration, 'rtVas-true. ie would vote to inserr54.4ig. 4Oaiin Mr. Adams Arg;ned theg 6fleov& for ced our exclusive claim to tiU atyj of 1819, with Spain. The reason for bis opposing 49 formerly, was thatwe-did not wish the country then, and now we do want it. Mr. Rurt replied to Mr. Aasanis with success on some points, but -f.. -will vote for tne bill. aril 15. The -Senate, on yesterdayreonsidered the resolution reportod by the Committee on Contingent Expenses of the Senate, in relation to providing additional aceoinio dations for the public in the Senate cham ber, and changiag the location of the ac commodations alforded to the paliie press. An amendment, providing that equal ac cotumodation should be. afford* to. the public press, as is now so afforded, was offered and agreed to. Tie Oregon question was takij upand Mr. Westcott spoke. He took the posi tion that the British claim to-Oregou was wholly founded upon the stipulations of the Nootka Sound Convention, and the Conventions with the United States of 1818 and 1.827, and that Great ritain had no just rights founded on discovery, ex ploration or postsssion, of anypart of the coast of Oregon from 42to54 dqg.40 min.; that her orcupt.t ion.was under,'aod there fore controlled by, the treaties above men tioned, and gave no right to Great Britain to continue it, or to predicate any claim to the exclusive possession of -any part of the coast within those limits inithe-intetior country, naturall) tributary tuthe rivers emptying into the Pacific on that coast; and be further argued that whebhthe-Con vention of 1823 was abrogated, when the twelve months after notice had expired, she was bound to surrender tie territory to the United States, as they had in 1819 acquired the paramount ti:lei of Spain by the Florida treaty. Though Mr. W. sustained the title of the United States to the whole of Ouegou, he was Opposed to the notice, as he believed it would lead to war before the year had expired.- He was in favor of coluuization by the United States of the co:Jntry, and preparing for war before the notice was givea. Mr. M-Dullie thought that thu Senator from Florida had misconceived some ob servations mado by Mr. Fox, in the Brit ish House of Coinmoniseiwhich he had quoted as asserting the goodness of the Spanish !itle to the Northwestern territory. Mr. M'D. read an extractrom Mr. Fox's speech on the ne.ct page to that which Mr. Westcott had gqoted,'ifhich led to a di rectly different conclusion. In the House, the Bill to proteit settlers from the Unitet States in Oregon, was taken up and discussed. Mr. Vinton, of 0., and'Mr. IHolmes, of S. C., opposed the Rill as a violation of the treaty stipulations with Groat Britain. The Bill, in theso particulars, Me. Holnes said, asserted the right of emineut domain. Mr. Holmes also took occasion to reply to Mr. Adams' argument in stipibort of the Spanish title. duties on imports, and for other purposes. The Bill is similar to that- framed by Mr. Walker. Gen. Houston will speak to-day. It is rumored that the President will not furnish the papems relative to the dis bursements of thu secret service fund. The Argunment for Peace.-Pressing and imposing reasons for a settlement of our differences with Englandi, seem to acco mnulate upon the two countries as if to comtimand Peace. In India, instead of a wenk, distracted and ignorant foe, Eng land has founid herself involved in bloody conflict with a gallant, determined and disciplined peuple, who can bear defeat. without scattering, and who can bring into battle all the resources of civilized war fare. It is no longer couinted the work of a d ay, to subjuga te the Sikhs, but promises to give hot empllloymnent to the British armies for, per-taps, years. The war with the Argentine Confederacy, is not platy, nor profit. hut a grave call for men and money, tmore than it may be conve nienit to waste or a quarrel without object and without justification, but fromn which the invaders cannot now withdraw. Why should England nv~ite more wars? The revoltutiotz ary movement in Poland, a struggle for pio itical liberty in the heart of Euirope, is something to make the mutn archies of Europe around it paeuse ere they add to the fiame which has already, as MU. Guizot said, set all Germany on fire. On our side. Mr. Slidell has returned from Mexico, without peace, or a promise o peace, and the armies of the two Re publies face coch other on the Rio del Norte. We have no need of other hostil ities, antl prudent statestmanship demands that we incur no other. But niot only the dangrers and the suffer ings that impend over the catastrophe of war, but the incalculable blessings that peace nw especially promises, command the t wo countries to make haste and cc ment it. The downfall of the protective systemi itn Etnglandf, and the promised tmodi ication of our own tariff system. open a prospect olf increasing prosperity sueth as even we have never witnessed, and prom ise to make these two nations the pioneers af a mighty movement that shall only end in establishing universal peace and the reedom of trade for all timne. Is it possible thiat all these mnotives of interest anti policyr and generous ambition, an be lost on us, and that in despite of them all we can -ush into a senseless and ruinous war1 We cannot believe it. Charleston Merca ry. The following resolution has been re ported in the Te sas -Legislature, and has passed the Seanat a: 'Resolved, That General James [Ham ilton, for his earlysupport of the cause of Texas, and defen:e of the character of her citiens in the Se-nate of South Carolina, ad for the zeal, ability and success with which he conducted her foreign negocia tions, in procuring thie recognition of her in dependence by thin leading Europeasl pow ers. deservemsthe gr-atitude of the counmry." He who pt'eac3eai~p war, iua fis chap lain fr ths dil.i -- - * 3Z ,fr J EDGEFIELD C. H. - WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22, IBIG Friday next the 24th instant, having been set apart by the South Carolina Couference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as a day of Fasting and Prayer, for the prosperity of Zion, there will be preaching in the Methodist Church, in this Village. on that day. Service to cow meuce at 11 o'clock. Died, on Saturday, the 18th instant, from a rupture, (it is supposed.) of a blood vessel near the heart, JOSEPH MooRE. Jitt., the grand son.of the Rev. Jobeph Moore, who has resided for several years in the vicinity of our village. The deceased, we lbarn, was chasing a rabbit, and while running with considerable speed, suddenly fell dead. He was an excellent and amiable young man, and promised to realize the mstsangnine hopes of his friends and relations. He had scarcely attained to manhood, and had just commenced his career of usefulness, when he was thus most unexpectedly snatched from amongst as. We have seen from the field of our friend, Dr. Goodwin, some stalks of Rye, seven feet or more in length, and having a most luxuri:ant and healthful appearance. The crops of small grain, throughout this whole. section of the State, are remarkably flonrishing, and promise to yield the richest harvests that have ever blessed the hopes of our farmers. Our fruit trees, of every description, are literally burthened with young fruit ; and ev cry thing indicates taut the abundance of the present year, will more than compensate for the deficiences of the last. The Yous1o PErLE's MAOAtZINE, and the LITERaRY EzPonaiu, published monthly by J. K. Wellman, New York, at the low price of one dollar for each, per annum. We have just been delighted with the peru sal of the March and April nutnliers of these beautiful and attractive Magazines. They ah stain entirely from sectarian controversy, and from party politics, and contain as well select ed and pleasing matter as any works of the kind we have lately met with. They are neatly embellished and illustrated with elegant steel engravings, and delicate prints of flowers. We heartily wish ,chem a.good circulatina-for t "fan*csishadiP68tfat fi fium and sickly nonsense which so much imnpairs tlhe value of the periodicals of the present day; and they are also calculated to exercise a truly wholesome influence on the tastes, morals and manners of all who read them. The Young People's Magazine is edited by Seba Smith, a gentleman well known to the literary world. RELIGION IN CIIARLESTON. We learn that there has recently been quite a revival of religion atmongst the Baptists of Charleston. Seventy whites have already been baptized, and there ir a strong probability thut many mere will be added to the Chturch. We also learn fmrom seome of our extchanmges, that a new zeal seemus to be burning in the hearts of almost all the Protestant christians in the city. We say, God speed the good work. True christianity can do-no harm ; but it way do all the good in thme world. Evenm if it were the greatest humbug on earth, it would be a most glorious anid inestimable humbug; for it dues purify thme heart, elevate the aoul and regener ate otur whole mural natu re. M1enm, sometimes, wvhte ini the tull tide of prosperity, are dispos cd, notwithstandinmg its tmanifest benefits to their kind, to speak lightly and Ioolishly of reigion; but when thme storms of adversity are showered upotn themn-wvhen man deserts them. and when friends betray, they instinctively fly to it as their only source of consolation and encouragemnent in this life. It is then. tha they catn fully appreciate amnd apply to them selves, the beautiful admonition addressed by Burnms to his " Young Frietnd" Whea ranting round in ptensurc's ring, lteligion may be blinded ; Or if bshe give a random sting, It may be titl minded: Buit when on life we're teompesit driv'n, A conscienco but a ':anker A correspondunee fis'd with I~cavca, is sure a nobte anchor. Fair at Washington Ciy.-A project has een started, amid generally appruved, to hold a reat National exhibition, at Washington City, f the various articles of A merican m-tnufac ure. The month of May is the time desig ated. 'rhoeschema, was broached by several nembe.-s of Congress, whlo though diffeting n politics, thought that such it fair would rove an excellent meants of comparing our ome tade fabrics, anid other manufacture8. ith the speczimetns lately sent from Enigland, nd now lodged iun the "rootm of the nm mittee onm the Pest Office and Post Roads." A curd signed by several members of Cont gress, has been published for thme artisans, mle shanics and manufucturers of the U. States, to send specimens of the various productions, ith the prices attachied, to be compared with the British manufacetutes, sent from Man hester. The object, it is stated, is to itnflu. ence the action of Congress. in relation to the proposed nmodification of the tariff. A company has been formed in 31i1 ledgeville,..Ga., wvith a capital of' $50,000, for te purpose of mannfacturing cotton. THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The news brought by the packetrship, Northumberland; and the pilot-boat Ro mer, is rather unfavorable to the'settle ment of our controversy with England. The English papers are making a hide ous noise about the rashness of our Go vernment and the tertible prowess of the British arms, but we can very readily in form those warriors of the quill, that if boasting is the game they go for, w2 are disposed to yield the precedence to no peo ple on the face of the globe. In a war of the tongue, or the pen, we are perfectly unconquerable-,We are equal to any two nations in Europe. Some of the British journals deprecate a war with us as being rather uncivilized and unchristian, but as for the danger to 'which their country would be exposed, they treat it as the lightest matter in the world. One odd paper goes on to enumerate with great precision, the whole of our strength, both by land and sea, and comes to the very correct conclusmon, that by a most heroic exertion, we could probably raise nearly 30,000 land troops; and as for our poor little Navy, he says that would be crushed by the most mighty and invincible fleets of Great Britain, like a bundle of pea-hulls in a threshing mnachine, or that in a fort night or two, it would be completely kicked from the fitce of old Ocean.' If we should be so unlortunate as to be involved in a war with England, we will teaeh these European braggarts what is the true e'xtent of our resources, and what is in reality the might of our arm. We will teach them that the chastisements we have hitherto so mercifully bestowed upon them, was but a tender admonition of what thy may expect from us hereafter. We were never in half sr good a condi tion for fighting, as we are at the present. 1 e may quarrel and squabble with our selves about our little domestic concerns, when we have nothing else to do, but if we are driven into a war with a foreign power by the haughty pretensions of Great Brit ain, or even by the rashness of our own rulers, we will demonstrate to the world; that where the honor or spirit of the na tion is involved in the contest, our whole country will be united as one man, and every citizen will be prepared to die in the discharge of his duty. The U. States were never so able-never so"proud never so full of war-mettle, as they are at the present time. -. But we do not think that iehave aby' serious reasons for apprehending a war with England for some years 'et. The news we have received lately has corne from th -, l:uglish' newspapers not from ment will probably speak-rin the next steamer, when in our opinion, the whole of this war bubble will entirely vanish. 'rite news from Ireland shows that op pressed people to be in a state of great fermentation and distress. An Irish Co ercion Bill has been introduced in the British Parliament, to authorize the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to proclaim whole Districts- to he in a state of insurrection, and to forbid any of their population to be our of their hourcs front one hour after sunset in the evening, to one hour before sunrise in the mornind. The latest accounts fronm Intdia are rather unfavorable to the progress of the British artns. rThe deterinted and hardy Sikhs had defeated mbe last force they liad met with, atnd they i' ere still rallying their people, and still tobly stru ggling to defend theiir country frotm the domintion mf Euro pean invaders. They may be successful, for they have proved mlhemtselves to be am fearlees race, arid they have arms in their hands. The Poles have made another effort for freedom. They have organized a govern moent, and raised an armty of about 12,000 'menm. Their chances of success are doubt ful arnd gloornmy. for- they have to cotetnd nith three of the greatest nations itt Eu r-ope. That gallant people cling to their national existeuce with a tenacity, which, if nations htad souls, would excite the cortnmiseration, and command the hearty sup~port of all Christendom. A Kentucky Giant.-A cotemporary says, thtat there is tnow livitng in Kemttucky, a tmtan whokeeps a public house, otn the biatnks of the Ohio river, amnd who is a sort of human mastodon. A correspondent of the Chris tiatn Wvatchmttan. lately paid him a visit, atnd sja that lie is a perfect wotnder in humatan. shape, walking like an elephant, atnd lookitng like a man from another world He mteasures eight leer antd six incites in heightt. This story is said to be tie hoax. Death of a Great Counterfeiter-A Phi la delpihia paper attnotunces the death, by con Bunpion, of Dr. Charles F. HitClmeil, a no torious countterfeiter. He was said to be one of the most expert counterfeiters ini the coumttry, especially itt any executiomi reqtuired by the pen This mart spent tmany years in prisont. Hieseduced many men into crime, and em- I ployed them to uttem his bad money, whilst hte himself frequently escaped. Melancholy Accideunt-Thle South Car- I olittiant, of the 16th instatnt, says: A son of Mr. McAndrews of this piace, about I four years of age, while playing Ott a8 passing wvagon, gotisl entangled ittE the spokes of otne of the wheels, and was instantly killed. -The acciderit occurred on Tnesday last.C SOMNAM BULISW-A ilf P -R Ifoks. Editors : Shea fllowiug story -wil. 'aa Ilustrarinu of a must singuldraniie irar inary phenomenon thit: is'sowehOIuO ti within inlividual, and isil, at iLeeam' lim show'how' is' fr o be imposed upon ibyexcessi er edic and an 'unii'e love-for ile inas i T'hero are mna ny persons, ;at present day,"-"o i: are line to berev that the disembodied spirits irdead erf_ lions are pertiitted it: appear at certain times in sensible shapestifad;ididifsr2 Win circumistaricei. to liau tthosl who. bove been instrumental in t'eiendat their earthly existen'ce.AdilPa no of us listen to the most exaggeratd kle based on this superstiuous beliefKyzba degree of interest 'which argil erable credulity, notwithstadiiig' ihco' victions of our' mindidisto'th6" sibility of such phenomena. Tha'ee=?or of the christiau wo'rld are in tb habit of invoking the 'aid aid'pr of saints that have ~been dead~or;p centuries, -which impliesabeli( e that the disemtidied spirits o ceased sai.lts are capable ofigltii sible shapes at pleasuie, and by laIsaii'' making themselves visible to ahe s cants, or that they are'c'bie of ing them the desired assistace asauuing any particular'foring or else,zh invocanous themselves are entireyn 'Aghat i tory, and nmeaning. And tbhee ana little doubt that the habit of invofi saints has duii'e more to keep'tlig ; stitious uotioins in the cbrisian.worl sthan any otlier causo. Chldren, aidypg persous especially, listen withrds aessa to stories of ghosts, .and haun'ted houI and their minis are more or less iiied with a belief in the existence 1f su ati'spa-: ritions. And I have heard evenggreytt persons say that they cannot avoid think.:= itg of the stories they bail. heard,.we young, from supersthious old womian,fvi some norror, if they happened to pass.hy a grave yard after night without copa Aud who has not fet his hair rise on en, at the consciousness of being alonue.in ab dark on the very spot where ghosts are said to have been seou ? This is tihe Neo - of imagination, and I beliere there arai few persons who have not felt eatmdionk.of horror under such circumstances, in-con sequence, perhaps, of impressions. made upon their minds. while young: 1Juto our story : l the vicinity of Baltimore, a,.ahort. time after the tevolution, there liveda, respectable and wealthy family byihe name of M-1 in a large and comfortaole( though somewhat aeitiqsated buildin which had been the .sceue of a, oifjbl and bloody murifersdmabme pr yousyi its being owned by this atmily, soon alter it cgme into 11t..p 4 the family of M? -a partiulea b f the housi~gained t' repulati l haunted. 'This room.had if'etilsehp a sleping ap~artmenii ud Utoughi a not used by any of the family for this pur, pose, and notwithstanding .the 2 'wRas, carefully locked evergbighiz e'hbediiore= the traces er.or Inorutg of havngeen reds an the s No..ue ou rowever, who alept on i. .It happen ed. un one otcasion that a party of.rind Lame from a distance on a visit, o this. family; and around a cheerful fire on al winter's evening, the party were interest; ing themselves, as is common in jsuch. :rcles, with diffreiit kinds ni torisand at leugih the haunted room,. naturaly enough, became the subject of cooversa-. mion, anid trom that, one story. after anoth er was detailed about ghosts and goblins, &c., till hed time, when a controversy Srose as to who suould sleep in the hauint-. ud room. A t length, however, a young. mn who was some what imore heroic thian the rest of the panmy, consented to risk a uigiht's rest itn that room, and was accord-. ingly coJnducted to his quarters for the uight. Ho was left alone; and the idea ul being all alone in a room of such dubi ~uscharacter, was any thing but agreeabfe. The wimd blew violently without; the oldl window blinds creaked upon their hinges, wihile the rat. and mice acted welt their part in the ceiling above, and the crickets i~tuped maournfully on the hearth below. T'he old faily cluck struck~ i2, the hour it wnich ghosts are said to visit .the earah, mi visible tormis, to do their devoirs to those. aver whose destiny they are supposed toe vaich. iBut this hour passed away and Juttling occurred/io disturb the equanimnily if our iaero's miud, and be began to flatter iimusetf that hoe would not be trouabled vith nis ghostly complanion that. nignt. lIts imaganato, however, was excited, and tie felt little inucination to sleep. -He ieurd the clock strike 2, and s~he bad icturcely settled himself on his pillow for lie last tunte, preparatory to rest. swheuas ie heard a kej turn in a lock ; andadoor A hich led from his to an adjoining room >pene~d and a tearful appariin appeared :o his astonished vision. He fancied be. tawt a giant-like figure, clothed ist raimient >1 snowy nhttteness, and his .terror. was aot in any wise diimiished when-be-peri :eived that it was approaching the bedon which tho u as 13:nga. All the ghost stofrics ie had ever heard rushed like laghmuin - hrough his tmeamory, but he had.pvr aeard of one tike that. It came up tophe~ ied, and without seeming to be conscious if the presence of our hero, lay .dgown. eside him. In all the agony of~suspen0'p and terror he lay half unconselous ofthis' :ionditioui for somec considerable liine...,li a us, mauwever, a brave young -man,-a me began at length to recoginoite hista ition. le first listened attentivgly, end ancied ho could hear.a deep brealhing.as r a person in a profound sleep..a H0se ipphled the sense of touch, and wrasptis ied tuat his nnceremonious. comn.paniomr vats itideod flesh and bloodenuad.4ouget hat waus nut the stull'.,thataghosts, aretf nade of. lHe felt ihe hand,.Jasofr, tnd smooth, and Jhere was a diamond ring mi one of the fingers. He thought thact+ ing woutd perhaps he altey to the gsbole, nystery ; so he slipt. i off' ottli ingeraf he miysteriousstranger asqguajtly as posg ible, and putjt on his own, intcnding-t1 elate his udvenature the9 next moraing aud: ivei clue to the mystery of the hanated: gom, if possible,'by~discovernin e owo-i r. of the ring.. lie had just go pabsioas f the ritng as the clock s~truck r at=wich