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We will cling to lte Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, fall,we will Perish amidst the Ruins."
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97 'The following gentlemen are announced
by their friends 4. candidates for the Ofice of
Tax Collector, at the ensuing election :
'Col JOHN QUATTLEBUM,
GEORGE J. SHEPPARD,
EDMUND MORRIS.
SA1M PSON B, MIAYS,
Mai. S. C. SCOTT.
LEV[ R. WiLSON.
JAMES SPANN.
0WE are anthorised to annonnee DAN
IEL HOLLAND. Esq. as a candidate for re
election to a seat in the House of Delegates.
( VWe are authorised to announce B.
C. YANCEY. Esgr.. as a candidate for a
seat in the House of Representatives, at
the ensuing election.
March 29 to 10
The friends of Col. R. B. BOUKtIGHT,
announce him as a Candidate for a seat in
the House of Representatives, at the ensu
ing election,
' We ate authorized to announce W. A
HARRIS, Esqr.. as a candidate for a seat in
the House of Representatives, at the next elec
tion.
february 9 tf 3
The friends of Maj. JOHIN TOMKINS an
nounce him as a camdidate for a seat in the
House of Representatives at the ensuing elec
tion. blay 3
The friends of Dr. JOHN LAKE;annuance
' Jisa adid t'r e':g -
UT Th fre ni as a candidate for re lec n to
the Legislature. UATTLE
Ttie friends of T a candidate for
3UM, Esqi.. announce hi Court of Common
the Otce of Clerk at the ensuing election
pleas, of this Dis tf 50
January 14 -
ads ofWESLEY BODIE, Esqr.,
7T mint as a candidate for the office of
anno' f this' District, at the ensuing election.
SI aryl14 - f 5
g yThe friends of 1ENRY T. WRIGHT,
Esqr., announce him as a candidate for the of
fice of Ordinary of this District, at the ensuing
election. may 24 tf 18
Notice.
T HE Estate of Marshal R Smith, deceased,
being without administration, and there
fore derelit:, all persons having papers pertnin.
iag to the estate, are requested to bind them
over to me by the earliest piacticahle time, and
all those indebted to the estate to make pay
ment, and those having demands to present
them properly attesteN.
JOHN BILL. 0. E. D.
june 14 6m 21
Hamburg Journal will please copy.
NOTE0 E.
BY THE CONSENT OF PARTIES.
T HE Papers pertaining to the estate of
SWilliam Fergutsott. dee'd., being ini tiy
hands all those indebted to the estate, by note
made payable to Ciullen O'Neatl. Ex tor., in
right of his wi-fe. are reqntiredl to make pay
ment. and those hiavintg demtanads to present
them properly attested tat me.
JOHN HILL. 0 E. D.
may 31 3m P9
.WrO TICE.
A LL those indebted to the estate of Bazil
Lowe, de.ce;ised, are requtested to make
payment, anJ these havinug demanmds to ptresett
them properly attested.
JOHN HILL, 0. E. D.
may31St 19
Look al this also.
ALL persons indebted to the~ estate-of B.
Wi.se, either by tnote or account. are re
quired to mta!e immedwaiate payment, and thtose
having dematznds to present them paropei ly at,
testedJOHN HILL, 0. E D.
may 24 St 18
e&giminislralor's N~oire.
A L L persons indebted to thne estate of B. M
I.Rodgers. deceased,. are required to mike
imnmedimite patynimt, and those havmg demattd:
reader them in properly attested, to
JAS G. O-. WILKINSON, A4d,'r.
may 31 3mt 19
ET The Hamburg Journal is requested tt
copy the above three smontths.
NOTICE.
M R. RO0FF, whos held conditionially ati in
rerest in the right of Edgefield District
to Hotchkiss' Reaction Mill Wheels. (Patent
has inever complied with said coindition, therm
f ore lie holds no interest, and has no right t
sell or nia e ant contract for said W~heels
We, the under-signed are ithe owners, of said
right, and'a- .ight purchiastd front any other
unless our agent, will not lie goodl.
- Mr. 3. T. WEBReR, we authorise, with fiul
power toact as onr agent.
* - COTrH RAN & MOORE.
March 1L 1847. tr U
require some higher evidence than the
bold avernent of anonymons Whig
writers. The feud of Burnburners and
Hunkers wilt end in the defeat of the
Barnbu ners, and their ebony docirines
will go down with them. The conflict
will set the folly of the Proviso in its
true light. ' 1825.
From the Savannah Georgian.
"THE CONGRESS TO BE TIE
GOVERNMENT."
Among the nost violent of the pro
Clay and anti-Taylor papers of the
North (and they were not few in nimber
or amiable in temoper) was the New
York Express. It warred with a most
deter mined and persevering spirit a
gainst the "spontaneous combustion"
movement ard grew iuore resolute and
boisterous to the last. It pronounced
the no-party Taylor-party to be the
most lying party that ever existed, and
predicted the certain defeat of the t
Whigs in case their Convention should
bestow the nomination upon Gen. Tay
lor. True to its party drill, however, it
has now come out in favor of the Whig
ticket, proclaiming that the Allison let
:er furnishes a stilicient phiiform of
principle to satisfy i:s wishes in the
premises, and contending lr Genrrol
Taylor upon the ginuttd that "C
CnESS Is TO nE TnF. GovERNMENT
UNDER 11131." " As Congress is to be I
he Government under G'.n. Taylor, to '
ecuring that Congress all our effort I
must be byent."
This, then, is the principle for which
he Northern branch of the Whig parly
will openly contend. They catch s
reedily at the pledge given by G, n. 2
raylor that he will not use his Vrto for d
he purpose of resisting the action of s
Congt ess. He will be disposed to de fer 0
his jndgment to the better judgment. u
)f Congress. If they pass a law, f+
shich is not to his mind plainly, clearly, til
mlpably uaconstitutional, or the result S
if precipitous action, he will be bound, L
is he is pledged, to sanction it. This is
i- S
ea vo teff dpiriIles fiom- t
klpha to Omega. It is broad enough se
ecause it will be applied to every great p
neasuie for wiich the Federal patty is f
truegling. Let a President take the g
)osition pre-assumed by Gen. Ta.jlur, i
end I{e is all that the most ultra Whig 6
:ould desire. Without a majority in f
Congress, the President, whatever his .1
lisposition might be, would be power. ti
ess to carry out a solitary Fedeal mea,
ture. He could neither raise the Tariff, (
stablishr a Bank, nor impose the Wil- tl
not proviso. MIr Clay himself, with- C
mat a majority of Congress to sustain d
rim, would be comparatively im,otent u
o do harm, except by his Veto Power.
Gen. Taylor, therefore, becomes all n
hich these ultra Fedcralists of the a
No th desire. They are willing to elect
dim President, they are content with his
nomination, understanding that Ie will
probably be supported by men of most
intaonistic views to their own ; but
their great object is to secure the gov- r
ernment of the countiy, by securing the r
ajor ity of Congress. " As Congress a
s to be the Government under Gen. t
Taylor, to securing that Congress all
ur efforts must be bent."
'rThe Ve:o Power of the President isi
hat arm of the constitution whtich is
esigned to protect the wveak from the 't
ppression of the strong. it has been
alled the roy'al p.erogaetive. ! Yet it is
he most Republican tea are in our con, 1
titution. The President is more im- I
tediately the repiesentauve of thtt'
whole people tha any Congressional1
majority can possibly be. His veto isi
the safe-guard of equality. W itihaut
t, whem:ver selfish interests conmbinte 4
together in the halls of Congress, unajust, i
antt-reptbican L-gslation muwst ,.nsure.i
Withouit the exerctse of the Veto Pow
er in the past, cant the mtost fertile
iagination picture the result of the
great system of internal improvements
by thes national government, proposed
by thn Federal party of the Northt and
West ? Upon this subject a degree of
corruption already exists in Congress
whiich it is alatrnting to contemplate.
Controlled rl3tne by selftsh, sectional,
considerations; looking alone to the
dollars and cents to be secured for this
or that State, district or vicinage, by
the adoption of a measure (it tmatuers
not how unjust or unconstitutionial,)
aiminig alone at the popularity to be
maude among the people who are to be
benefitted by thte improper disbursement
of mtone) raised by the commtton taxa
tion of* the nation, mtemube.rs of Con
giess are ever engaged in thte corrutpt
work of log-rolling, combining and
confederating together against the con
stitution of the country, and the rightts
of the people. There is no session of
Cngrnes in which. the work goes not
bravely during which the olject
of. miscly uld not be fully effected,
were itto ie conviction that the
Presiden" e United States, the
constitutt presentative of the
whole o sworn to protect the in.
terests o i hole nation, is prepared
sternly the measure of corrup
tion: io is true in tefuteuce to
the Ban i atill, and all tither mea"
sures in% inonetaty influ:nces are
brought t r upon national legiala
tion. In nce to the W;lnot pro.
viso, we " that the principle hulis
good. To" " the South, the fvebler
)ortion of t nion. liable to be voted
iown ir. Co "s u,)un guestions afl'ci
nly our dea rights and interests, the
Veto Power lie-sheet-anchor of safe
y ; and n. n who is disposed to war
tgainst or andun it, be he as pure
s Wasg ,n all other points, he he
plain ) l nilitary hero, should
eceive ot _ port fur the Presidency.
From;u Charleston Mercury.
"G .TAYLOR.
We rxiaic iom the New Oileans
ica%une a teient made by 1l3-ie
eyton, Esq. to a Whig Rat:fication
l.eting, held n New Orleans on the.
5th ult., an.d Iso a crird, signed by that
rntleman and Irssrs. Logan lunton
nd A. C. Bt it, ;n which Gen. Tay
,r sanctions t submission of his namte
r the Whig_. wination Convention in
'hiladelphia:
Gen. Taylor. The undersigned w hose
ames are afri d to the card hereto up
t-nded, make this publication at the
peclal instanc rind request of Genetal
'achary TSy r himself. From sun
ry articls hieb hive appeared in
everal of the utlic journals oftthe city
f New Orlein Gen. Taylot is giten to
nderstand thi ersons claimingtospeak
r him. hav.Zr duced the impression
tat he isnb' 'sfied with what Judge
anders, 'an? ,other members of the
,ouiaiana atiton to the National
hig Conv wit ,.cted vi him,
esersinars an reports f6ect only hin.
If, Ginr4avl'or would not trouble the'
ublic coneirting'them; but as thiey at
ct, u hether so intenaed or not, the
,od repoit and candor of gentlemen
hose partiality for him has nade them
bjects of teproach andc suspicion, b
els constrained by a sense of duty and
istice to authotize them to met by a dis,
nct and peremitory denial.
A CAui.-V are authorized by
len. Taylor to ay that th,,- course of
te Louisiana 'ligation, in the Whig
'onvention, hat y assembled at Phila
elphia, meets % tth his entire, full, and
neq'iivocal ap obation.
That he not lv m-ver doubted, but
ever intim+ted doubt, that his honor
nd reputation -re safe in their hands.
B.LIt PETrN,
LOGA. IUNT-N,
A. C. Be'LLITT
June 25, 18
For the conv ience of such of our
eaders as may lot have the means of
eference at hat , we annex the report
(what the Loui na Delegation through
wir month-pi ., General Saunders,
id say to the \ ig Convention. It is
aken fuom the ubelishied proceedings
a the Katihnal telligenece of 10th al'.,
Judge Saund , of Louisiana obtain
d pe'rmission t ead a statemeont pre,
enied by the egation Taylor. Ile
aid, knowing n. Taylor as lie had
on done, and wing that his position
ad been mnisun stood andmiiscuonceiv
-d, he calle'd attenution of e' Con
!pention to the sti ment which lie pro.
osedl to read'
"This doru-n t went to show that
3'en Tayher haftaken no part in bring.
ng his nane be e the American peo
le. His fiied broughout the Unione
iad place lem p mi-nently beforo the
:ountry to ccup. hie high ofiice that was
mece h~eld v theLther ofhis Country.
Gen. Ta'or cnwijdered himself in the
iands o,f isfren and, under the cir
euntane in wvhih he had been brough t
rorward e did nt think it proper to
withdrashIimself'
"Ge.nTflylor ished it to be under
stood th; in his dyinion, h's friends
were bad to abin by the decisionaned
will of u Conven on, lie being impress
ed witie neces& y of a change in thme
adminiation, an thus of saving the e
countrronm its do nouard career. But
is frids would vithdraw his name
from 'canvass, bless lie should bet
the ninlee of the ojivention."
A'urvivor o the Bost on Tea
Par-The Chicato Daily Tribune
saytat Dsvid Ksh ison~, oune of the
surgrs of the fang s party wvho made
a d.of tea in 'Bost4IHar bor, is living1
in Ltcity, at thie ad anced age of 114
1 From the Charleston llercury.
QUESTIONS FOR THE DEMO
CRACY OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.
In 1825 the Democratic Resolations
of Judge Smith were adopted, and the
Whig Resolutions of Mr. Prioleau re,
jected, and Snuth Carolina then became
a Democratic State. Is she now ready
to surrender all that th,- sttuggles n ith
Whiggery,even unto Nullifieation, have
gained? Was she ready to draw blood
tather than yield to Wtig measures
high tariff, nion of Bank and State,
National Debt, a system of Inteinal
Expenditures to justify heavy taxes,
division of the Sales of Public L:andr,
lest the duties might be lowered ? Has
all the confl'ct of the past produred
only the miserable abortion of joining
the very Whig party itself. because it
sets up a :andidate it would not select
unless it was well assured he could be
moulded to suit their views, because he
is so ignorant of politics as not to know
his own mind ? Hl- is boldly set up by
the VhiRs as no Whig,and by the Abo
li;ionists because he is a free soil advo
cate, and by the Slave' States because
he is true on the great question ! If the
less a man knows the more he is to he
trusted, he that knows nothing is Ih.
best President. Is not this "a King
who can do no wrong," at onc" ? We
want a President whose age and experi
ence on the subject of Republican, not
Military, Govem:eenm can be relied on.
To elect a man a President and then
send him to school to learn politics, is
supreme foily. If Gen. Taylor is not
ready to give alt the Abolition Whigs,
froni Palftey to Webster, the benefit of
the 47th Article of War, in true Jack
son style, he won't do for us. It re
quires a disinfecting perfume to cover
the strong savor of Fed""ralism he has
acqAired in the Whig Convention. If
he does hold Abolitionism and the Wil
mot Proviso " moral treason" to the
Constitution, will not the Northern I
Whigs be so abject as to give tp all
their principles but those seven precious
ones.. style.1 by. Randolph "two loav
ig -pr cp es ? r . ow'are "t
mighty filkn ! Old Clay, honest, old,
worn out Clay not to be allowed to set
in the big Chair and wander over the
White House in his last days, but put'
out on the commons to die forgotten, I
and his place supplied by one whose
stiongest claim is that no one can say,
not even himself, what his opinions are
upon the great political questions which
atitate the Nation ! When Napoleon
repudiated Josephine, his destiny was
fixed. He struck the heart that was
truly his, and leaned upon a stranger.
His fate was predicted and accomplished.
Thie desertion of Henry Clay has
blasted forever tho Whig party as such.
It is like a woman taken in adultery.
It has lost its character and gone aller
strange idols. No one will again be
lieve in Whig principles, when a Whig
Convention will seek out for a candidate
who shows the least possible attachment
fur them! who, in fact, is palmed off
on " Southern Democrats" as having
no Whig principles at ail, almost-a
ho-nopathic Whig-whom you cannnot
tell from a Democrat, but for his Con
ention, Phddelphia-endorsement. It
is impossible that the Democrary can
be chiselled by such a device by a party
afraid or ashamed to figh:t under their
old and venerable flag. Thete must be'
so'me way to keep thme great body of
R. publicans together. Let us try our
selves, and see if we have no Demoucrat
of our own-neither the B,srnburnems
nor Hunkers can adopt Taylor. Is
there no one whomi both would unite on!
another nomination all routnd. We
have two party candidates. Let us
have tnow a people's candidate-i un
Woodbury or Calhonn against Clay ;
and let Aonest Whigs *and Dem,crts
have a catididate of their ownt. If it is
true, that Cass is not to be ielied oti on
the siavery question, 'he South cannot
touch him. Tailor can not get the votes
of the Northern Whlig States if lhe filly
and unequtvocaliy sjvows his resolution
to veto any nmeasure of Congress in any
way controlling slavemy in the States or
Territories; anid if he does not, wvhat
inducement can South Carolina have
to abandon aill the principles she wvas
ready to maittain at the point of the
bayonet to vote fur him !
If Taylor loses the Whigs, who are
Proviso men, Cass must go in, or a
third and bona fide avowed Whig candi
date will get those States. The only
real qe estion. for South Card~ina is
Will Cass be true on the Constitutional
question as to the right of Congress to
touch the quest ion of slavery ? A t the
North he is as sold to the South. The
WVhigs here state he is a Pr oviso, or at
least a quasi Proviso man. Can any
one, speaking from authority, defmnitely
settl tat point!? The Demnocrats
From tue N. . Weekly Sun.
Now TUAT we have acquired some
800,000 :quare miles of territory by the
treaty with Mexico, it may not be amiss
to know what are some of its natural
treasures. Sonora, produces goeld, silver,
and pearls ; New Mexico and Santa Fe,
gold, silver, and iron ; and Upper Catli
ornia, corn, wine and pearls. Quick
silver is also found in abundance in
Upper California. We have seen a
specimen of quicksilver ore taken from
the mine of Santa Clara, near the
Peubla de San Jose de Gundalipe, only
six six ntles from steamboat communi
c;atittn on San Francisco Bay. The
ore is excoedimgly pure and rich and is
"xtensive)v us.d in the silver mines of
Western M--xico.
The Santa Clara mine is owned by a
company in Tepic, Mexico, and two
other veins have been opened by Ameri
cans near San Francisco, and from
appeuarances, the supply of California i
quick-silver, when developed by Yan
kee enierprise, will be inexitau.table.
Contsideiing the arquisition of the bal
anre of M. xi'o, sooner or later as our
inevitable destiny, the value of these
quick silver mines cannot be too highly
e"stimated. Yankee enterprise too, will
soon unbury the gold, silver and iron
m ees that lie hidden in the mountains of
Sonora, New Mexico, and Santa Fe.
B,-fore a geenerationt passes, the iron ore
will be rolled into bars and laid on rail
tracks, and moulded into locoaiotives
that will go thundei ing over that vast
expanse of countty, fl ightening the wild
beasts from their haunts, and beat ing the
truits of American enterptise from ocean
to ocean.
The vine grows luxuriantly in Cali
fonia, and a few years hence will see
our vineyards there, rivalling those of
Bo gun !y and the Rhine. California
also prodi ;s all the staple grains, and
for horse ..,d cattle raising is unrivalled.
It has an unlimited supply of choice
timber, a luxury denied to many portions
of Mexico. he pearl fisheries on the
~~oicetrvenuet9,
"' onc=Prebiet
dily revived'by our advenrurous ivers;
who plunge alike into eartlr 'and ocbn;
where treasures are to be drattn up.
The climate of the country is fine and
will of course be still improved by the
clearing up of the wilderness. This
new territory will not be left long in its
present state. The slow-moving Cas
tilians will soon learn from our enter,
prise, as emigration swarms westward.
that they have been sleeping for the
last century. We have got the territo
ry, and -is it is wot lh looking to, let us
be up and at it.
GRANITE AND PATRIOTISM.
A very beautiful monum'nt has lately
been cut from Concord granite, at Mr.
Luther 11uby's stune yard, at the north
end of Main street, to be erected inI W.
Cambridge, Ms; on the spot where Ja,
son lussell and 11 other American cite
zrns were killed by the British army on
the 19th of April, 1775. It wa- comtpl.
ed on the Sd uilt., when all ih . wo k
men in the yard assembled around the.
nhli"k, and one of their numbe'a, Mr.
[I. Lawrence, an old wot kman, wh,o has
.tbored hard with hammer und chisel for
ore than a quJarter of a cenwtry, being
aled ttpon for somne remarks, made the
following:
"My friends and fellow tmehanics
P,efore us is a plain atndl simple, hut
eautiful and endturing monmumntn, des
ied to be erected on a hallowed spot;
spot consecralted by the bhood of free
omt; a spot whieb may well he styled I
he grave of oitr fit hers--the birath ace
f our liberties. This obelisk is to he
~rcted to the miemory of twelve men,
hado fell in thin ear ly part ofstrtuggle for I
merican [ndepetndence; men, who no.
y dared to oppose the gigaintic strides
f British ty.annv; nmen who in defence
f human rights stood forth erect on the I
alh-feld, undismayed by the roar of
ritishi thtunder, and atmidst thte red light
ig of the war storm; men who pioured s
mn their life blood for the political and mi
ligious liberties we now enjoy. Antdt
o., my friends, standing as we do a
ound this granite finger, which is to
oint fr9m the htero's blood stained graiver
the* hiro's homo in the sky, and pos- r'
ssing, as I trust, some small share of s
e patr iotism which animated the breasts <
if those heroes when at their country's
all they offered op their lives in defence f
f democratic principl-es, and in view of s
e glorious triumph that has ever at- I
eded, and which still awaits thte great f
rinciples for wvhich they fought and a
ied, I think it a suitable time and placei
> give three hearty chteers for demo, I
racy-for Cass and Butler."
This was responded to by three as r
'ear ty cheers as ever rose from the heartsi
f an equal-number of New H-ampshtire's I1
rnitesns-Patriot.
THE ART OF LIVING WITH
OTHERS.
In the first plici", if people are to live
happily tcgether, they must not fancy,
because they aie thrown together now,
that all their lives have been , xactly
similar up to the present time, that they
started exactly alike, and that they are
t., be for the f ture of the same tind.
A thorough conviction of the diffe:rence
of men is the great thing to be .assured
of it social knowledge; it is to life
what Newton's law is to astronomy.
Sometimes mr-n have a knowledge of it
with regard to the world in general:
they do not expect the outer world to
agree with them in all points but are
vexed at not being able to drive rbeir
own tastes and opinions into those they
live with. Diversities distress them.
They will not see that there are many
forms of virtue and wisdom. Yet we
might as well say, " Why all these
stars; why this d:flrence; why not all
one star ?
Many of the rules for people living
together in peace follow fron, the above.
For instance, not to interfere unreason
ably with otters, not to ridicule their
tastes, not to question and re-question
their resolves, not to indulge in perpetu
al comment on their proceedings, and
to delight in their having other pursuits
than ours, are all based upon a thorough
perception of the simple fact that they
are not we.
Another rule for living happily wi:lt
others is, to avoid having stock subjects
of disputation. It mostly happens when
people live much together that they
come to have certain set topics, round
which, fro.n frequent dispute, there is
such a growth of angry words, mortified
vanity, and the like, that the original
subject of diffe,-ence becomes a standing
subject for quarrel; and there is a ten,
dency in all minoi disputes to drift down
to it.
Again, if people *ish to live .well
together; they must not hold too much
to logic, and suppose thatYeverytliagh -
p . be.settled ^n rirason.
- 'wou e t to pa.raW 3e all' -6iies i i.
wretclieIiness, who ,should;be doome
to adjuss by'eason every morning, al[
the minute detail of a domestic day"
But 'the application should be muck
more general than he made it. There
is no time for such reasonings, and
nothing that is worth them. And whcrt
we recollect how two lawyers, or .two
politicians, can go on contending, and
that there is no end of one-side reason
ing on any subject, we shall not be sure
that anch contention is the best mode
for arriving at truth; but certainly it is
no the way to arrive at good temper.
11 you would be loved as a"compa
nin, avoid unnecessary criticism upon
those with whom you live. The num
ber of people w%ho ha.ve taken out
judes' patets for themselves is very
Iar;e in any soci,"ty. Now, it would be
iad for a man to live with another who
was always criticisin his actions, even
f it wete kindly and just criticism. It
vould be like living b.tween the glasses
f a microncope. But these self-elected
u.lges, like their prototypes, are ver y apt
o have the persons the judge brought
iefore them in the guise of culprits.
One of' the most provoking forms of
lie criticism above alluded to, is that
vhich maty be called criticism over the
bioulder. "lHiad I been consuled"
'Had y ou listened to me"--" Btit you
Llways wil"-and such short scraps of
entences, may temind many of us of
lissertations we have suffered and in
licted, and of' whtich wve cannot call to
nind any soothing en.ff'ct.
Anothier rul is, ntot to let familiarity
wall->w Up) all courtesy. Many of us
rave a habit of sayintg to those with
vhlom we live such things- as we say
botut strangers behind their backs.
rher'e is no place, however, where real
olitetess is of more value tharn whtere
~e nmo,tly thinik it would be super fluous.
ot ma.y say much rru1h, or rallier
peak out more plainly, to your associ%
tes, but not less courteously thtan you
o to strangers.
Again, we must not expect more from
te society of our friends antd coinpa
ions than it can give ; and especially
tust not excep)t contrary things. It is'
amewvhat arrogant to talk of travelling'
ver other minds (mind being, for what
te know, infinite,) but still we become'
imiliar with the upper views, tastes
nd tempers of our associates ; and it is
ardly in matn to estimate justly what is'
imiliar to htim. In travelling along at
ight, as H aizhitt, says we catch a glimpse
ito cheerful-lookinig rooms, wvith light
lazing in themt, amnd wec conclude, itt
oluntarily, howv happy the inmates'
tush be. Yet there is hteaven and hell
those rooms, fthe same heatven and
elI we have known in others.-Priende'