University of South Carolina Libraries
*-A* We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our L:iberies inust fallwe will Perish amidst the Ruins" VLJIKE XI. art 114h 88. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. BY WIM. F. DURJSOE, 1 DITOfR & PROP1RIETOR. NEW TERMS. TI'wo DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS, per annum, if paid in advance -$3 if not paid within six Months from the date of subscuiption, and $I if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions will be continned, unless otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the year ; but no paper will be dis. continued until all arrearages are paid, un less at the option of the Publisher. Any person procuring five responsible Subseri bers, shall receive the paper for one year, A DERTsEMEtTS conspicuously inserted st75 cents per square. (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion, and 37& for eaih cohtinuance. Those published monthly or quarterly, will be charge i $1 per square. Advertisements not b-ving the number of insertions marked on them, will be continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. Communcations, post paid, will be prompt. ly and strictly attended to. From the Boston Atlas. A GEM FROM FANNY FORESTER. We extract, from the proof-sheets of Alderbrook, now in press, by Ticknor & Co., the following touching stanzas, writ ten to her mother, by Mrs. Judson. pre vious to her voyage from this port, a few weeks ago: Give me my old seat, Mother, With my head upon thy knee; I've passed through many a changing scene, Since thus I sat by thee. Oh ! let me look into thine eyes Their meek, soft, loving lig'it falls like a glean of holiness, Upon my heart, to night. I've not been long away. Mother; Few suns have rose and set Since last the tear-drop on thy cheek My lips in kisses met. 'Tis but a little time, I know. But very long it seems, Though every aight I caue to thee, Dear mother, in my dreams. 'Ihe world has kindly dealt. Mother, By the child thou lov'st so well: Thy prayers have circled round her path; And 'twas their holy spell Which made that path so early bright; Which strewed the roses there ; Which gave'the light and cast the balm On every treath of air. en iii,, new budsPof hoec Ate hurrting at my feet. Oh ! Mother! life may be R dream; Beat if such dreams ate given. While at the portal= thus we stand, What are the truths of HIeaven I hlar a happy heart. Mofhei; Yet, when fund eves 1 ceo. And hear soft tones and winning words, I ever think of thee. And then, the tear any spirits weeps Unhiddeen tills my eye ; And, like a homeless dove, I long Unto thy breast to fly. Ten, I am very sad, Mother, I'm very sad and lone ; Olh! there's no heart whose inmost fold Opes to me like thy own ! Though sunny smiles wreathe blooming lips, While love tones meet my ear ; My Mother. one fend glance of thtire' Were thousand times more dear. Then with a closer clasp, Mother, Now hold me to thy heart ; I-d feel it beating 'gainst mmae ownc, Once more, befere we part. And Mother, to this love-lit spot, When I am far away, Come oft-too oft thon canst not come ! And Cr thy darling pray. The'Greenville Mountaineer 'of ihe 11th inst. says:-The Hon. John C. Calhoun. in company with his wife and daughter. arrived in Greenville on Wednesday evehing last, awl left the same~ night iu the Stage for his residence i'nI'endleton. It will doubtless gratify the frietids of this distinguished gentleman to learu, that he returns home in excellent health and sepiri:s, after his lung and arduous labors in the late session. Lagal Wight.-The following table of the number of pounds allo~wed to the bushel of different grains &c.,.may be a convenient reference to many: Wheat. 60 ; beans. 60 ; clover seed, 60 ; potatoes. 60 ; rye. 56 ; corn, 56; flasseed' 56 ; onions, 57 ; buckwheat seed. 52 ; sait 60 ; barley 48 ; castor beans. ~66 ; hemp seed, 44 ; timothy seed, 45; oaas, 24; brata, 20 ; blue grass seed, 14 ; dried pea. ches, 33; dried apples, 12; stone coal, 70 .Babies.-"A babe in a house, says Top per. "is a well spring of pleasure, a mes senger of peace and love, a, restitg flac~ Sfor innocetnce on earth, a link betweet angels and men.".. We have always been in favor of babules hut of ten doubted the propriety of havin; too many in one family. This paragraph however, removes all our doubts on. the stubject, and we can now aay to all if you wish to etnjoy a tasle of alpaven upot~ carth," get a house full of baies..,.s A Delicate ComplimeZn.Sibin 'bein1 asked byna lady why it wans reported dhu there were more women in the worlf tht tnen, he replied :"It is in contformfity wit t he arranigement.of ature, madam ; w -aays see more. of heaven thban .earth,. One of the greatest crimes of the clerg, is s4i0 to COnsisti ID eglecting to de Doune in the most pointed terms the sin of~cientia IMISCELLANEOU. COMMERCIAL TlMbs OFFICE. New Orleans. Sept. 9, 1846. lAtss of THE STEAwit' NAw YORK SEVENTEEN LIVES LOST!! The steamship Galveston, Capt. Wright, just arrived from Galveston, brings the melancholy information of the loss of the steamship New York, on the 7th inst., in a severe gale from the N. E. We sub join the account furnished by Capt. Phillips,seventoen persons were drowned. including twelve passengers and five of the crew; the survivors were picked up by the Galveston, Loss of the Steamship New York, Capt. John D. Phillips. Sailed from Galveston for New Orleans at 4 o'clock, P. M., on Saturday, the 5th. inst. At 10. 30 P. M., Sunday morning, finding the wirnd lulled in a great nieasure; We weighed anchor and proceeded on our course. At 11, 20. the wind increased, and finding that she made no headway against the wind and sea we came to anchor in ten fathoms water. At I the wind increased and blew a perfect gale from the North and East, a tremendous sea from N. E. At 12 (midnight,) vie commenced dragging our anchor, fired up strong; and got all steam and tried to keep her up to her anchorage. At 2 A. M. Monday, .he 7th the wind hauled to S. W., and bore her in the trough of the sea, slipped ;'ie cable and set the jib with the hope of getting before the wind; the jib split almost im mediately after being. set, and a very heavy sea struck her laboard gunnel car rying it away and strained the boat so much as to cause her to leak considerable. We let go best Bower, and veered away to seventy-five fathoms, in hopes to bring her head to sea, but owing to the violence of the wind, we found she would not do so. At 4 A. M., in a heavy squall, car ried away smoke-pipe and lifted the promenade deck, stove in the starboardI guard and wheel-house. causing the boat to leak in such a mannet as to extinguish the fires in the furnace ; all hands em ployed in bailing out with the buckets. and the pumps kept going with hope of keeping her afloat until the wind and sea moderated, but found it of no avail, for at 6 A. M. she went down in ten fatho-ns water-the wind blawin- a perfect hurri can .., - u tt ps, ap maii; Daniel.Phillips, Clerk; James D. Phillips. Mate; Gen. Minor Engineer ; Edw'd Conrey, Steward; John Conrey, Cook; M. Murphy, Peter L. Leases, Sea men; Win. Johnston, James Palmer, Goo. Saimways, Eiward Murphy, Firemen; Win. Larkin, Sarah - Chamhermni'l; Peter alnran; Win. Courey, 2d Cook; T. Parker. Carpenter. Passengers Saved.--Mrs. Follett, Tr. W. House, Judae Toler, McCormick, Jr., N. Stakes, Dr. Ponaans. Reppad, Capt. 'od. Smithis, J. W. White. Cahn, Ger man, G. W. Goody, McCafferty, Shepard, W. J. Hutchins. lefferman, Clermont. Passengers Lost and Missing.-Mrs. Wilson and two children; Miss Follett, three chilldren of Mrs, Follet's A. H. McCormick; Wm Armstrong; one cabin passenger and two deck, names unknown. Crew lost and Missing.-Phineas M arsh, 2d engineer; Charles Wilson. searnan. John Grogard, fireman; James Watson, 2d steward; Wm. McRea, fireman; one sea man, name unknown. Correspondence of the Picayune. CAMARGO, Mexico, Aug. 17. Editors of the Picayune :-I have already I observed that the present will hereafter be regarded as an important epoch in the history of the war. The army is hero brought together, and is, at this moment on the eye of~ making the first movement and for the first time in our history, to the iterior of an enemy's country. There is every reason to believe that a battle wil soon he fought, and a bloody one at that. It may turn out otherwise, but I can assure you that this is the belief artd ex petation of the best informed offiers-in fact, ef nearly all. This evening Gen. Taylor reviewed the regular troops. Thi.. was the largest body of regular troops that has ever been brought togetherer sinc'e the last wvar, there being about thirce thousand on the field. The scene was beautiful beyond description-beautiful, not because of any display of gaudy uniforms, for every officer and man, was in 'sundress," of every day [workingl attire-but beauiiful in conse quence of the precision and promptitude with which every order was executed. There were six regiments of infantry, onie artillery battalion acting as infantry, and twvo batteries of light artillery. The Gen eral, of course, received a salute from the latter. These two batteries are com manded by Dunt~an and Bragg, two as fine officers as the service contains- The th Infantry, under Captain Miles, which is encamped in thepiaza, marched down and joined in the review. This a splen (id regiment, and is in the most perfect state of disciplin~e. It will be remembered thetIbeo 7ih was in the battle of New Or leas,'arid distinguished itself there. Its pesdat officers, though not many of then' personally acquainted with him, frequent. 1 l steak with great respect of MI ajor Ptere, of New Orleani;, who commanded the l egiment at the battles before and on ihe 8th of January. " Genu'ITayfor kiokedtbetter to-day that I evitnvy hhWlook befores H e was 01 his war horse, - ikiU. h rode ili ianori grace thabi'umuslrand 'hiieoat and foragt cm i wrrea ao a! -ie JNier h affort stranger would not ha ve been stirprited, as some are, when told that they saw before them the -hero of the glorious 8th and 9th. The more I see of General Taylor the more am 1 impressed with the conviction that he is the man of ex-raordi nary ability, and the very man to occupy the place he does. The regulars who are to operate agaidst Monterey, or rather that portion of the army on the Rio Grande, have been recognized as follows. Gen. Twigg's Cornrand.-First Divi sion-3d brigade, composed of 3d and 4th infantry, commanded by Col. Gardland ; 4th brigade, composed of Ist and 2d infan try,?under C'l. Riley, regular cavalry, and Captain Ridgeley's battery of light' ar tillery. Gen. Worth's Cornmand.-Second Di vision.-1st brigade composed of the ar tillery battalion, acting as infan'ry, and the 8th infantry : 21 brigade, composed ofthe 5th and 7th infantry; Duncan's battery, and Capt. Banchard's company of Louisiana volunteers attached to this division.-This is a bigh honor to Capt. Blanchard and to his company. I should have remarked that Col. P. F. Smith, of the newly made mounted rifle men (regulars) appeared in the review to day, in command of the 2d1 brigade. This command he will retain during the war. Alajor Saniford, in anticipation of his promotion, has been assigned to the command of the 8th infantry, his place in 5th being filled by Capt. Martin Scott. The first brigade will march day after to morrow, 19th, in the direction of Mon terey. They will establish a depot on the Mier route, at Seralvo, about sixty miles distant from Catnargo. Two companies of Capt. Wood's regiment of Texan horse will accompany the brigade, to escort the train of pack mules on their return to this place. The whole of Gen. Worth's divi sion will be in motion in the course of the week. CAMARGO, Mexico, Aug. 28. Editors of the Picayune.-Since my last communication, news has reached headquarters of a nature well calculated to excite the feelings of the army and to cause every one to look with great auxte ty for news from Washin-gtn. You have no doubt received this intelligence ere it- ad41 is 3ure, I seu.l you a translation of a hand bill, one copy of which reached here yes Terlay, from the city of Mexico. [Here follows an account of the revolu tion in the city of Mexico, dated the 6th inst., which we need not give.] The boat Rough and Ready is off. I have only time to add that Gen. Taylor will start next Saturday week for Monte rey, that being determined or.. 11. INw ORLEANS, Sept. 8. REVOLUTION IN TAlBASCO The Yucatan schooner Fernando, Capt. Pinson, arrived at this port yesterday from Campeachy having sailed on the 30tb August. She brought us no papers nor any verbal news of interest from Yucatan. A letter from Laguna, dated as far back as the 3d of August, makes mention of the arrival there of the U. S. brig Somers, for water and provisions. She ittimediately departed, her commander giving an intima tion that Tabasco would be speedily block aded, unless peace were brought about be tween the United States and Mexico. From Tabasco the news by this arrival is of some slight importance. On the 12th of August the garrison stationed at Sas Juan Bautista declared against the gov ernmemt of Paredes and itn favor oif Santa Anna. We are indebted to a coraimercial htouse for a copy of the "Acts," signed by Gen. Juan Butista Traconis anid other ofl cers of the garrison. It is not wvor th .tranzs lating, but we limay say of it tbat it follows fusnished by Santa Anna (rom~ HIavana. The evils of the country are attributed te the overthrow of the constitution of 181% and to the successive factions which have since usurped the place of a free govern. meat. The monarchical designs of Pa. redes are denounced as offensive to the nation and as threatening the destructiorl of the army. Six articles are then adopted of the following tenor : The first repudi ate's' the Congress summoned by Paredes, the second calia for~ a- Congress, the mem here of which are to be elected in pursuance of the law of 1824 ; the third provides foi the assemblind of Congress within fon1 months ; the fourth gtuarantees the existanci of the army ; the fifty denounces any op position to the Congress to be called or h< the constitution- which it may adopt ; anc the sixth proclaims Getn. Santa Anna to bi the chief of the revolution, antI calls hirr to take the command im-nediately upor his arrival.- Ia this last article there is nt implied censcre upon the former condue of Santa Anna, and in this it dsffers froa all the pronunciamentos we have seen madi in the other Departments. As. they knet wvell at Tabasco that thte revolution it Mexico, Puebla and Vera Crtsz 'voul' restose Santa Anna to power, we suppos they made this omission as their amehd'f'o declaring so late for him. - From the N. 0. Picayune, 10th instine. FeRTBen PARTICULARs oF TEEZ Loss o: -u TINy.* YORK.- -- We have had along'con~er5-satonWit Judge Toletr, who'was one of the passes gers on the Ne w York,-and the account h .gave us of- -the. wreek ad of- the'presbi Kvation of those who uscaped deathwas es trxeselysinteresting.- Th:e above'statemut mtade4?nth~elerkr isitonfirmed bsl'itir sav'inK inimpotCant particular rela tingto loss of one of the boats. The ap .of the Galveston certaialy ap pears t ave been providential. Had she left, or usual hour in the afternoon, sherwoul hve -passed the scene of the wrdek id e night, and the chances are (that she, ald not have discovered it. Happily e left Galveston in the forenoon, and: ba herself felt something of the violence" the gale and then noticed por lions ofa ' eck floating at intervals, eve. ry body- board was on the look out, and the sumo rs of the New York descried upon th arious rafts formed of portions of the wr . spars, &c. As fast a possible all were rescued, Capt. Wi bthnmanely exerting himself first to sa tiose whose support appeared most frail:; It. requiers but a moment td write of , but it was the work of hdure. The ps ingers speak warmly of the kind'ness prudence of Ctpt. Wright, as well'as f Capt. Smyptdn, a Galveston pilot, who as on board. The N-' York resisted the unexam pled viol of the gala much longer than could" ave been expected. and sank very grade lly. A little before she went down, the., otion of the boat as she fell over her -s e edused her bell to strike a single- s~ ke-be knell, as it were, of the noble sp. Capt. Phillips was calm and dete' ned throughout the dreadful scene, T passengers were apprised of their dan etimes. and the men amongst them'joidw the crew of the vessel and labored I and wearily in the execution of the orde -of' the captain, who availed himselfofe cry resource to keep his ship afloat, and ve the lives of those on board when the er Is came. The scenes in the ladies' cab' were of he most agonizing descriptio but it is idle to dwell upon them. It issup ed that from 30 to 40,000 dollars-in g ,silver and bank notes were lost in the y 1,belongiug in part to pas sengers, b principally consigne i here. There wer a goods in the hold of the vessel. The ptain lost from two to three thousand w h,he had in cash on board. Some draf~ n the Post Office Depart meut for ut the same amount. Wrere lost, but-no her inconvenience than de lay will r ; t from this. Washingta'let tersannou nce the death by suicide of Mr. McConnell,' member of Congress from Alabama. The corres pondent of the Baltimore Sun has the fulluwing account of it Washington, September 9, 1846. The telegraph will have apprised you of the melancholy suicide of the Hon. F. McConnell. The newssent a thrill of hor ror through the community, and crowds eagerly hurried to the body which but a short tine ago was bounding with the pulses of lire. - Oh, Intemperance ! ho'w numerous are thy victims. It appears that the deceased teruminated his existence by deliberately cutting the jugular veins on each side of his throat, and by inflicting deep wounds in his sides with a knife. Two of the stabs were per pendicular. The others glanced off from the bones, and made frightful gashes. His friends say that for about a week past he had relinquished drinking, owing to in disposition, and that the ubsence of his usual stimulus caused great despondency. He was in fact suffering the horrors of de lirium tremens. lie could not, as has been stated, been in great want of money, for I am told that he had not drawn his mileage. In addition to this he had his watch an'd valuable jewelry on his person, bsides a -sunI of money. A short time before he committed the deed, he called for pen and ink, for the purpose it is sup posed of writing' to his wife. A coroner's iuest was held on the body, at hiC room at the St. Charles Hotel, and a verdict was rendered in accordance with the facts. IT. S. Sld p Columbus--Raages of ike Ctera.-A letter' from' on board this vessel, dated Hong Kong, China; April 12, says: "I suppose that you have heard long before this, that the cholera haa 'ieen on board of us ; and has swept off many of our young crew. Just imagine me one moment talking with my merry shipmates, and, in two or three .hours more, called to witness them in the arms of that fell ty rant, D~eath.' But as you oftimes told me that God is every whee, s''now I' have reaotr to thinlr so. I htaie witnessed a seblhitt' n everusladl forget as long as I live. We sailed' rroin'Jacilla, one' of tho Phillipitle Islands- iWe arrived there in one day;-the next day wve had tvrelve men dead by cholr#.- Tirdoet'or seeibg the dagrordered'thle ship t'o leave again for this place ; and ,from ibe-time we mede sail until four dajs at sea,';he boatsman at every hour calling that melancholy summons, 'fall hands to bury the dead ! Sometnets-to the enumber of five corpe at a time were: brought up- and launched ibto' their deep and - Watery grave. God h ave mercy upon their-souls ! The dys enta-rf, that dteadftildise'ae in this cli mate, is on-boerd -oo the ship; and the Vicentes sloop of.s~t~ has lost' nearly al lif erew by the samtadisase. I am' nott on the lit ot -siekt'andelvery' bad." -lTridAi.--A cotemporary justly observei ...Alin-st the veryWatst thbing that-ean bh - said -of-a mani that bonhas'no en'emies.- Ie a nyouay undertake-to speak the truth, bu for-a single doy; and hiis enemies will mul - tily llmithe dropsof~ the morning. 'I dneesigestlietthO 'ssfety citbe -ti ANCIENT COURTSHIPS. In Various Ages and Various Coumiris. The Hebrews were a peculiar people, in all respects, and not least so id a matri monial view. The obligations devolving upon the Israelitish juveniles, before. at tamining to the joys of connubiality, were emphatically pecilier, For instance, when Isaac desired a wife for himself, fIs fatlier sent Elizur, his servant, to court a bride for him. Isaac did not say, "I will make myself beloved of a maiden ; I must en tertain her with fine discourses and offer engaging presents; I must incessantly praise he' beauty; I must odly go by night to see her; when a thing is known oa third person it never succeeds;"-not at all-neither he nor his father knew Re bebcs. But when Elizur made his pro posals, Laban, her brother, asked het if he would go with the man! and she an wered, 'I will go." We see that love was not consulted in this case ; this mar riage das rather a bargain between Abra ham and Rebecca. Nor wad it ettstodh try for the affections to rule, there being t often-times no consultation between the parties. It was usual for women to be eourted by proxy. Thus, Sechem, though strongly moved to love Dinah, did not fisclose it in the bosom of his beloved, bat made advantageous offers to he- btoihers. Ask me ever so much dowry, and I will ;ive accordingly as you will say tUnto me." lacob, however, made idnovation upon his custum, and visited Rachael himself; le drew near and kissed her and lifted up is voice and wept. Jacob made dnother advance upon the times. We Hlave said hat lave had but little to do with their varriages; wites were regarded as a spe :ies of gfaves, and not at all as compan ons; hence "filthy lucre" was the cb'erui which ruled the marriage ties. Affection ind sentiment gave Iplace to gold and foods. But Jacob was a sentimental lover, and when he found that he bad not the reasure equal to the price set upon Rachel. he condescended to purdllage her ay servitude, and manifested disappoint ment when (lre terrder-eyed Leah was faithlessly imposed upon him instead of the beautiful Rachael. it has been a custom, in all times, for the-declaration of love to fall upon he man. Whether this is proper or not, long usgbas given. it -an autborit not to he cepions to this' ruld. An Israelitishi widow hdd by Idw the power of claiming in marriage the brother of the deceased husband-and he in re turn. had the liberty to refuse-under the condition, however, that the woman would come to him in the presence of the elde'rs, and loose the shoe from his foot and spit in his face. A similar custom exists. among the Iltr rons and Iroquois. When a wife dies, the husband ir obliged to marry the sister, or in her stead, the woman whom the family of the deceased shall select. A widow is also obliged to marry a brother of her deceased husband. The same thing is practised its the Carolina Islands. In the Isthwia or I1arien the right of asking in marriage is lodged in and pro misenausly exercised by both sexes, with out the least hesitation or embarrassment ; and in the Ukrain the same thing is car ried further, the women more generally courting the men. When a young wo man falls in love with a young man, she goes to his father's house and reveals her passion in a most ten'der and pathetic m'an ner, and promises most submissive obedi ence. Should he make excuse she re solves to persevere, and takes uplodgings; should he continue obst'inaie the church takes her side, her kindred are ready to avenge her honor, atmf he has no other method but ta'bietalte hiniself to dight, till she is otherwise disposeid of. From the storyl of Deliah. it would seem that the young m'en of' Israel were denied the power of askiag a female in m'arriage Sampson saw in Simnah, one th'at was beautiful, and he said to his father, "1 have seen a woman~ of the datughte'rs di the Phillistines, nOW therefolre get h'er fos me to wife.', But his parentti objected; he, however, did not elope not threaten to go to Texas-but merely repeated, ."gel her for me, for she pleases me well." From the time of tlie na'tioa e-p'ken'ol to the Greeks, little is known of this mat ter. In the East the women being so lit te seen, the privilege of courtship was eagerly seized, and as there was often a plataality of lovers,.and it soon became fashion'able to fight for a "fair lady." A society impr-oved; this' barbarity deelin'ed, and instead of' fighting, a public exhib' tion in dexterity and itn arms was the cri teion ol' desert. But a's it gave rise to animoities, which werO handed from gen eration'to'geneiatiou, a'neth'od of' bargai and sale marked the further progress oi society. Thus it was among the Greeks, As a lover seldom had opportunity to die close his love to his mistress, he was ac dastomned' to' inscrtbe her namne on ;ti walls of his housd, the trees in the piibic walk, an~d .'to deck the door of his fail one's house with flower , and garlands and to make libations of Nvine bhfor'e it and to sprinkle theb entranco-with the sa'm liquor, after the manner that was pi-actices at the temple of Cupid. . Garlands wveri of great use among the Gy'eek. in .the af fairs of love ;-whbn'a'mab nibiidid hr'. g'ar Land, or a woman composed one, it wi ra confession 'of haviog been -subdued b; his piasslon. Their method of prosecuttmi their love affairs was still worsb. They resorted to incant ations ahd pWi .tres, the sale of which 'was ex'ten tivel I carried on ; they were so yiolfont as t6.de ie the-narsan who took~ithemodf8sens and not unicommonly of life. . They- nltlo used to melt wax images. befor the flrei bielietlidg ilie persod l-epresetedhy them would be.roportiodately wained.bj love. These and many other egaully.folish. were constantly practised. The RompiL. copied the Greb in these tinlgs, Pin car tells ui tha ucullus, a Roman gene ral, lost his sense by a love portiod ;raiid Camis Caligdld was tiirowd into -a git..of madness by one *hih wds given iIm by his wife, Casonia. Lucretius,<tdo fell A a sacrifice to the same folly While the Greeks adii Rans were found in these foolish jirdtices and nar row opinions, the barbariads, the dteteis: Gauls and Gerngans, dltboigh tbelfaiyvea were a species of slaves. had arrivedlat*, much superior point in the revelations aif love. They regarded the *ives withies . pict and veneratidn-ihdy mere jdllanc: and sentimental-and desired the afectioas and heaits of theit mistresses. Scandi davian womid wefe clihstr podd and icareely less emutdos o gloff ibai die men, add cndseq'denilj demanded lovers distinguislied in the field. Tie Sacred had a custom, when a young ldd.giid fiis addresses to x lady, Mdr himf te sgae fier in single combat ; if li vanquished, h led her o id tridahi, it shie coidrsd; Hie di her husband and siats. Such are idrlie of ItI dfindei of Edicent cdurtsiig; a ftf d6toddi of which ould form an idteresting and idstrutie tliar acter.. .. CAdtaNa CHANGEs: Tlie Washington Union of Wdnesdaf night announces the resigtiation of Mr Bancroft as Secretary of tlhe Naff, ad' his appointient as Minister to England& Mr. Masod takes his place in the Nav' D'ep:rtadent. and will act as Attorney Gey neral dd insrIjnt, till ad dppoianniedt shall be made. We see no suggestids as td who will get that place. Mr. Baneroft has been unpopular in office, but the pub lie have snall means of adgiag W ther desefvedly at adc. J.r is probale Jidu with all his ackdowedged. ab'ifd scholarship, he was not exactly suited for the place he has decupied, aed tha' ititd new duties .assign'd him, fll.. be ttuch more congenial to his faents- add ithe habits of his life. .- ."'~ SteamnoaLt Falos i.--'The ftetidb6dt Excelsior, a new and .handsonde b'oat, pl.g ing between Nev 'forli nd Cdsaekte,. (about 70 miles beldw Albiny,) burst tier: boil6r odt Tlidriody dvening. last after leavidg th'o w'bart o'die North River. There Were a large number of passea gi . on board, many of whom' only escaped by jumpingoverbdaud, as the boat Was almost immediately edielop'ed in flames. It is not knoWo how many lives were lost, bat it is feared tiat th'e ndmb'er is not less than from 14 to 20. The boat itself is d comd plete loss. The Shori Cut.-A countryman, hav ing to go a distance of rome miles in a parish where he had never been before] kept ptdddng dlodg the idrdpike till he had got witbid a mile of the house he tad to call at. A m'an id a smock-frock, of whom he inquired the distance, told him "to take the short cut as 'oes the fields. and he would cave half .. mile by it." The short cut was taken ; but presently. he came to two paths, and no\ kdowing Which to choose, he prodeedbd along the wrong one. goon' a'ftet this' he came to a lane Which' branche off in' opposite di rections, sad he m>ade matters still worse. by goiug father astray.-At last. aoming. to'aico'mmon, he' was stoppbd and obliged& fo gro all the' way back again to the. a'rn pike road, saying to himself,.'''Catch'use in' takldg a short 6ut' again, it fo'n' can'. [ am' but a' fool for miy pain int leaVibg the turn lke road th'at I knew tolod ht, for the path which has led me rg. Th'ese shoii ents':n-ay. d6 *ery #P61 for -thzosh wtho undetrstand the'm, but f'dithoid who do not, th'ey are the lon'ge't' thbat dab' be taken. Dep'ind upon it,.yo' n'ill', tk the poor countryman, find it thW s'afesi way in most thingsj to takb ili tant thd' to obtain yo'tf endtwh'ch e'sieride'e. haa most' approved. Bsaaye of "short idts," unless you are thoroughly satisfied abont. them ; but above all things,' beware of attempting a "short cat'' heafdn'. The' good old way, desdi-ibed in th'e Bible, is not only the besl, bift'the only ay. lb tbdi Way ol' holiness "a way faring mang th'ough'a fbol shall' nbterr.-S. 8. Jot-f n." Dear' Dealing.-A' yo'ung' id jiisttf girl stepped into a' ah op, wher'e a spruce' jionag'a, who had lodfgbeen enamored' but dared not speak, stood behind the' counter sdlln'g- dry ,gdi' fri ord'er to' remain as long af possibre,ahe dheapened every thing ;'at last she~ sailI," belive' youz' think N am'eheatilig you." "Oh, no,"' said'the yobanister,' "to me you are alwaysJai'." -; aeshe laid'an' erd asis ob the void,4 would not stay so' long bargaining, if you were not so dear" .ASwise uhn will-speak wdll'of his neighd boi., love his wife, ahd piay for hit news Spaper. rReal friend. ar'e wont to viit't~Irohr'o prospiity only when invit'ed ;i in advir .sity theycome of their' tn'esdo'. ' IGbod'lesuens sie or aqrie~ K -formiinga good ckar ~ egankEbd nt nua~eiir~i