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From the Uolumbia Telegraph, 1im11 mnt. SEVEN DAYS LATER NEWS. ARRIVAL OF TIhE AMERICA. The Steamer America arrived at Unli ax on Tuesdny mniuinig, and her news transmitted by Overland Ex press nd Tele graph. reached Baltimore at 10 o'clock on Vednes.Jay nighit. She brings fifty-thrue through passengers. Her advices are rrom Liverpnol to July 28:h, London 27th. andl Paris 26th. COMbMnRCIAL. For the week preceding 'tailing, Com mercial affairs presented no featuru of spe tial hovelty-tih prospects of rtrad gene. rally were good. The improved appear ance of things would seem to indicate that business will continue active. From the Mantiecturing districts the accounts were sati-factory, and a fair busi ness in Cotton and Woolen goods pro. gressing. The genrPral character or ihe market is that of confidence. wI'ich is entertained by Spinners and dealers. liusiness moderate. , Brokers' official quotatiors of last % eek eontinued, but ton sidered as not f1ully oitnined: Fair Upland Sd ; Fair Mobile 5tjl; Fair Orleans 51d ; Middling qualities 4j.J. POLITICAL INTELLIGeNCE. Franee and Rore.-Serinns dissensions have broken out among the French Assem bly. The Legitimists have resolved to vithdraw from the ranks of ihe Bonap.ar. lists, and form a separnie party. Suspi. cions are entertained of i extensivelv or ganized conspiracy among the Legititinisis to overthrow the rxisting goverfnmPent. Rome is traoqui!, nnd the French troops who had embarked to join in iho siege, have re embarked for their original desii nation. Under the Oudinot iiiis'ry all public acts are ordered in the Pepe's nate, he remain'ng still at Gaeta. whence lie n ill return to Rome to resume his tcimporal nod spiritual authority, after the acccouch ment of the Queen ol Naples. England.-A large and enthusiastic pub. lic reeting has been held iu London to express their sympathy with the Hunga. rians, and to regnest the English ministry to recognize the Hungarian government. Miany Quakers, members of the Peace Society, participated in the proceedings. When the speakers proposed it> aid Hun gary by takIg up arms, the meeting rose as one main, shouting out for "War," &c. The Petition adopted by the meeting was laid before Parliament, and produced an interesting debate on 1 hungarian affniirs. Hungary and Austria.-Accounts frog Vienna admit, that Jellachich has been defeated by Bern, who stormed his en catmpnent at the head of fifmy thousand men. After rour days hard fighting. the Imperialists have raised the siege of Pesih. (Here follows something unintelligible.) A bulletin issued by the Austrian Gov erntnent says, that the Hungarian Army on the 1tlh, marched upon Waitchen, but w-ere repulsed by the Russians, who fell back as the enemy advanced. The next day they attacked Georgey. who occupied 9,stronk posilin-I before Waitchen, with forty-four tho'--r.-~., -------- - and Pwenty pieces of artillery.-Caninoua ding on both sides was tremnendotns-the Hungarians remaintng masters oif the field. On the 16111. thle main body of the Russian Army was tbroughit up-ion the 17th, they attacked Waitchenl, and notwithlstanuding the desperate resistance of the liongari ans, they were comnpelled to evacua'e te town with thme loss of two stantdards, t wo ptieces of canntonI, anud five hudred taken prisoners. The Satrdinians are dhelaying a treaty of peace with Austria-and teir supposed object is to aid Ihungary by kceeping the tstoops in Lotmbardy. The Ausirtan comtmanider had1 demand ed a treaty in pierempijtory terms, giving them foutr days to tarramnge the de'tails. The Kinlg oif Sardinia hada appe-aled to dtre French President, to settle the diffi culty.. Venlice still holds out against fcai'fui odds, ih great resolumiuu. HosGantt.-We know nothuitng certain about the atffauirs of Hunigary. It is, how aver. evident -thatc both Dembintski an~d Gorgey hlave .adopted tile plan of decli ning a decisive bat tle. One0 obvious rebuilt of this plat) is that the advancing arrmies from thme north and west must be reduced in siren~gth by3 the gatrisons wvhich they will have to leave in their rear, and by the frequtent posts whmichthmey wiHi have to es tablish to keep up comnmutiearioa throauth ta hostile cottntry with their base of opesa, lions.. Gorgey. by declining a battle at R;atb, and continuing htis retreat to Granl, will impose upon01 the Austro-Rustsian atrmy the necessity of leavinmg at least 20,000) meni before Cotmorn. It is anl old maxim in the l'ong Turkisha w ars n hieb h ave fattmiliarized the military reader with the nme oif 11lun galy, that it was a country which was soon won and soon Insr. It *rs not at all tnlikely thlat within a mlonlth front the comntcemtent of the campa;ignt the whole eoumtry wvest of ste Thleiss maiy he subdued by the Imperialists. But the tug ef wtar will be found to thle east of that river. The country is thtere impracticable lhr heavy troops. Demlhinski antd Bern occu ply it with large fnrces, and there, it is pos silie, will be a most desptarate resistatnce, and thepnce, we tik, tile tide cf battle will be again rolled back bly the Ailagyars an~d their Polisht auxiliaries upon0 their Imtperial oppiressors. Nnr has Atustrin vet subdued Venice. 'The Quecn of the Adriatic, emo, tous of her bygone fame, still resists her beleagering eny ; anld, although we oc casionaihy hlear of a scarcity of provisiotns and, other dishleartening circumfstanlces. National ilt elligenicer. Fnon PonTo P'LATA.-Captain North atm, of the schooner. Camiilhi Scott. arriv ed this mraning from Porto Plato. informs us th1am a Dointiea~n man- 01 war bri' left titat place ott the 181 t ilt. froar St. IDom ingo, with 40 prisonters o board, taken at Santiago for re bellian. All was 'Ipilet tt Porto Plato. A great quatoimy of fo bacco wras constantly cominmg in frota the counmt ry. ALAnaMA E~r..c-rtot.-WVehIav-ereturns only fron Aloitsgttmery county, when lIilliard leals Ptrh ahmoni 200 voehs. The majotrily for Tatylorlin Noveiiber last, was 420. EDCEFIEIL D C. H. WIDNESDAY AUGUST 15, 1849. Volunteer Company, x The requisite nuiber for forming a VoInh noteer Corp. at this place having been obtin. Pd, the members will niect in the Colnrt Honse on Saturday the 25th inst., for the purpose of electing Otlicers and for other matters. The 25th will he lhe day fur lte ninuter of the Dent Compaies at the Village. It is expected that every one who has given in his name will attend. The list will continue to be kept open for additional subscribes. The Cholern. ABSENCE OF ELKCTRICTt. It is known that Dr. AsnRAUD of Paris, has -set on foot the theory that the want or Atmos pleric electricity is the cause of cholera. This theory is opprsed by Professor Olmstead and others. And the prevailing opitiioin seems to obtain that the ficts do not support-the theory, since in mnity places the cholera rages where there ie much thunder and lightning. As Morse has- ben fingering in lightning md has taught it to carry and write news, I wonder he does not say something about this matter. One thing is certsiin, too little Is not muic dangerous than too much, whent applied to living beings. One of our citizens lIst week had his horse killed. and two negroes knocked ont of their wis by this mysterious and powerful agent. We are informed that while the cholera was raging in Cmeininati and Louisville, the hands it, tie gus-works of those places, were not in a single intance antucked by this dreadful scourge. If this fact is to be accounted for nupon the score of the disinfectants,asuch as etlphur, carbot, aimmonia &c. which are set free Ar= coal, during tIhe making of pure hydrageit gas, or from the neutralization of ozone by the gas itselithenthe evil of the absence oii electricity in thi atinosphere, is not without remedy. For our part we would sooiier trust to these disin feetants. than to the tie of the battery with which to charge ourselves with the electrical fuid, since upon Dr. Andraud's theory, the bat temy itself might cease to operate. EV. OtO. T911. Europe, Evety lover of liberty cait but feel great in. erest in the political commotiotis of Enrbpe. Present indications certainly, justify great fears ofan ultimste failure on the part of France. It has been said with niuch truth, " that no peo. ple has ever gained personal freedom by the monarchy to democracy-fronm democracy to atiarchy, and from anarchy to despotism. Shte is mucha inclined eyen yet to such eonvttlsive and bloody revoltutions. The sword of France has in modern times donue wonders. ar~d might even tnow achieve any thing but iimpossibailities. To establish pe6.. manent personal freedom atnd political order by the swvort is an impossibility. To do this of fectually, theie must be on thme part of the peo ple, correct tnotions of a free government, and ia correspoandinig devotion to the principiles of nat niral liberty, restricted by constitutional regu latins accorditng to the clearest rules of rea son and equiiy, and biniding uipon all equally and impartially. In 182l. Mexico shook olT the Spanish yoke, and ec~tablishmed several itnde. pendent Staite, I.n Il@5, these States became aecnsolida-ted re public. Bntt under iheither her sepasrate or cenitral govertnmenit, do we witness senrcely atny blessings of a free people. They arm degraded in mind atid morals, and as a general rtile are poor and indoleiit. Whly is this? Ini a political view the~y are free. lin reality however, there are no encouragement anid protetion idoardedl by thme "overnment, or there is nothing for the goveritent to protect on the part of the mtasses. This is inaitly ow. ing to thie catllcistm of their cotintry, biut pert ly to their injndicious munticipal regautions. As it is,shte has the form-of political liberty withontt its substane,. bnr of religious liberty she las neither the fermn nor suhutance. Such may -be the case with Fratice. At present she has a republienni feinm of governterot-but her citizeits mtay be said ' to possess no civil lib ty or social welt-being. Trheonatn expedition of Louis Napoleon imdicates more of amubitious desigins, thtno of regard to peace and liberty. It was done we prestune to imitate the Egyptian expedition of General Bonapart, and with as little rason atnd justice. As the 'ate determitn ed the fate of Egypt-so tmay the other decide that of Rome. rTe pretext for this French in. terpuositions, theti plausible, is not satisfactory. At first it was thouaght that a factiorre m'nmity land ejected a liberal minded prince, four thte sake of~ a licentiotns dynesty and that upon the restoration of sneh onler as te majority should demand, the Frentchu army would be withtdr awn. [Dat the fact was a neighiborinig nation, after the example-of Franuce herself, hiad risen up, to establish an amneliorated and free governmenit, confident of the sympathy tand good-will of ev cry free people upon the face of the earth. Biut Franice, so far from sympathy, was guilty of the exerabale inconsistency of facing abont, to drive back Italy frotn follkwiug in the path in which she hersmelt had taken the tead to no tioanal inadepandence and greatitess. Was sihe jealous of Austria, antd did she merely desire tontmake secure what diphomatists call the " equiilibrium, .f power?" If so " tier place was ont the aide of free instittutiotns" where she should have reiined nevsrtheless. Toe this course ehe was bounid by the 'genitts of hter govertnment mid the lettor of her constitij tiont which for bid tmaking " war np~en the lib. erlies or any' people.*~ As Austria hind~ not in terferredl or even thtreatenued itjithe premise of this Frenci. idiplomnacy tmulst be abantdined,.and leaves the- whole moral ejfit of this e.peditioni to tell on the side of monarchy anid despotism Locni. Na*lenin diervrs thme hearty tlhnnks of Nickolasf*'ho in 1830 crushed the noble Polei anld who now is leagied with the Emperor < Ausitia in subduing the spirit of liberty amon the Ilungarians. May Kossuth and his brav cosuntryinen, imitee the spirit which actuate the Gr-els in ]8-21i When admonished h the neighbov nog monarchies to submit to thei fate, they replyed, "thitt although 200 000 olfr enonitrythen have ol'ered up their lives there yet remain lives to offer." Ev. PRO. vax. Honors to the Brave. , We are all agreed as to the justice, of hnol ing those, who nobly defended upon tihe pa ar of Mexico, our national honor-but we certair ly disagree as to the order aitil tme-with whic these honors have been bestowed. That.Lieuti WEAVER aud Svricsgrielily deserve lite hot ors which we haye given then, ill ate free I admit. But that Liedti. Wcatei-, should liar rceived his honor before his Captain wit trained and led him to the fight, or thnt Lien, Simkins shoild receive higher honors tha C(1l. DuNHAM, his superiorofficer, is not to b accounted for upon any grounds, of either ret son or justice, and wiU.be disclaimed by Licuti Weaver and Simkins themselves. Lient. Simikins has been velected oat of th 12th Regiment of Infantry, or whith Col Bonham was the commander, and hIs bee nade the recipientaf honors which lidtneritet bnt or wh ich ie was not more worthy than hi g3llant Colonel. At the Nationtal Bridge Ca Bonham with his mn were pnt friward t clear a passage for the Brgade of Gen. Pierc In the fight which here ensued, lie had his htor killed frnit% nuder hin and lost several of hi men. The biald- and successoit mainner wit which ie discharbid this duty. elicited the higli ct approhation and coufidence of Gen. Pieret With this couidence 'i Col. B6ttdaml's coun age, Gen. Pierce ordered himn with his Regi uent at the bmatte of Contrcrus, to support tiha portion of Gen. Twigg's divisiow, witich ha been commanded tv attak the front of the erl otmty's wo. In execntiug this order, Col Doiiham's command was e.:posed "fit three folarths of a nile, to a heavy gre of round shc and shells." Gen. Pieree int his. published report, an which is now become a part of the histopy o our coutitry, use-s the fulloiwing language. '' regret to state that Lient.- Vol. Bonham ton manding the 12th Inlfitiry wal severely woun ded in the hand by the accidental discharge o his pistol, in, consequtence of which I was de prived of one of my tnost brave and efficien officers duringcrthe ensuing engagements;" (i.e. tbe engagements of the 20th ; thte hatth of Contreras. in which Col. Bonlam was en gaged, was fought on the 19th.) Col. (anson of the 9th Regiment says in his report, -I ci not inl justice omit to mention as particularl worthy of cotnendation the natnes of severa officers to whose activity our successis inainl to he attributed, viz. Lie at. Col. Bonhatr 0 the 12th Infantry, who acted with is on thi 19th, and whose wound deprived us of his itn valuable services on the 20th-" We mnak' nntiy, because we iievethat the overwhel ning inutercat whtich. we felt itt thte cottductt an. lestiny of the Palmetto Regiment, so absorbe. rutr ninds as to- cause us to- lose eight of a fel lo w citizen, wvho though ttot conntected with on. regimetnt, wats nte ite less acti'vely engaged i; defending the honmor of ontr natton witth a piatri tism attd daritng, thtat shtould ntot be forgotten, ED. Pito. vi it. [FoR'H T~SaIvEIt'rtsER.1 Low's Old Field, August, 7th 1349. MnR. Ewrroa:-lelow is the dddress ol Capt. GyonGE. Us,0cKER~, upon thtcocca sin of the presentt ation of a silver itcher, bty the citizetns of the Dtt. Regiment, tc Capt. ,J. P. Nixos, of the Pah~neute Reg ietnt, in test imotny oft their high regatr: for htis noble atnd unudautnted courage int th< watr with Mex.ico, which you will give publhiciIy thtrougli the columns of yo.ur pta per. The occasion wtas ones of dleep inter e't. as evinceed by every one presettt, sanc tifl1ed tiy thte smniling coutentatces of sot of the fair, and rendered thrilling thrnutgl oratorical talent atnd happy ellort of tthe speaker, who seerned to.*feel wh~at hi said aud say what tie left.' A dd ress, I have bteen reqiuested by youtr Colonel and thtrought hint as ite organ of the Otd Regiment, to present to you, Capt. Nrxos this pitcher as a token of the high regar. whicht they entertim towards you for you services rendered during the Mexican war And I ssure you, sir, I feel myself honor ed in being chioseni as thte itnstrument through which this presentation is made for I am tnscioits that in so doitng I atn not bestowitng tbis gift, the gi of a bray and generous people who knows how ti appreciate your worth, upont one who doe not in thte slightest degree merit it. but up on one whio has htonorably achieved fe himself the glo.rious epithet of petrint ani hero. Proudly, sir, do wre regard you a beinig one of thtat gallant band, who exci ted by a noble spirit of zeal and emta tion to sustauit ntuufolly the unsullied puri ty of our coutntry's honor, remained firs atnd unshauken through scenes !he most ap palinig and terrifi. It is witht no ordinair feeitgs, then., that we, who haye been thl recipients of that fame whicst in establisli ing for yourself, you have permanently eu tailed upon us delight ini calling up thos reminiuscentcies connected with thte fateC thte galhanit "96 Boys." WVhilst thus am addressing you,. my imaginatiotn wit utitring vting, rushes throught that wid etherial space, that space through whit it was impossible for the eye of keen ati iety to pierce and singles out from amon those who bravely breasted the storm ti war, ite heroic form of a Nixor conspica otslg tingling with those whlo were ilt principlal actors in that fearful anid blood tragedy. Tht you frave more thtan egtua ed thte expectationt of those whto were mt erested in your fate, is contclusi9e. Wer we not thten, sir, to bestow upon yotu sorts token of regard, we would not oruly I treating ourselves *rith intjustice, but i wvauld be ruthlessly chirushing the sile:1 aspirations of a soul thatt once beat htighi the cause of just ice and honor. Well, sii do I recollect the feelings manifested by tl 9th Regiment, ne hoaring the gallatnt set vices performed by thosie who were claim .,dn us, iticteoninmg to this Regiment. , There was no loud triumphant applause, f such as was characteristic of thos. who fullowed ina the train of a pampered Xerxes or in the bloodier wakeof a merciless Cali gula. But, sir, it was easy to detert the vivid flashing of the eye, niade restless Y from proud excitement. and likewise to r detect the cheek colored to a crimson hue f from the flame, which, by your chivalry, - together with many others. had been kind led on the sacred altar of freedom. These, permit me t. say, were the iodest mani festations of thone, who, appreciating your generous magnanimity in thus offering yourself up at the htirinie or your COtt)4y, s were willing with out stciehed arms to re c ceive you among them again n4 titie who, It in the perormance of an irksoint dty, had . returned not only crowr.ed with glory. but . - it-h the conviction of having executed so fat as you were able, the isies of your country. In offering you this as a tribute O of respect, we would wish to increase not D only in your own bosom, but iln the bosois of all present, a zealous asid patriotic ar ' dor to the sustaining of our rights and in a tinittione. Sir, yriui modesty in not mia king known to us on your return, the envi-. able position that you occepied on the bloody plains of Churuba-snc, is truly cha acterisiic of your greatness. Had you, sir, lived in he tpmys.of aniiqnitii-had you perforned this feat of noble daring oni the ever- memorable day that covered the bat tIe fields of Poiciiers and Cressy, with glory ; you, sir, would have worn the gar ter, the badge of knighthood. Let every a eye then fellow-citizens, lie rivited tiponi him, who. n hen our gallant standard bear e er had fallen in the commencement of the s fight at (hiuruhuseo, bore that standahia aioA, resolvetd rather to perish than suffer it to fall into the hands of the enemy. Take this pitcher then. sir, aid preserve it as a memento of the high esthimation in - which you are held by your fellow-citizens of tihe 9th Regiment. The associations coniected with this toien will serve to awaken within you in your last moments, the conviction of haviwg faithfully dischar ged your diu' in your country ; .nd when your spiuit shall have goie up to mingle with that of your rave and heroic Colonel of the Palmetto Regiment, and those who fell with him, it will be as a talismiain to I those whom you leave behind, to eneour f age themouward in the path of duty and I hono'r. Capt. Nixox received the pitcher with every appenratice of that udeep and heart relt gratitude that is so characteristic of real worth, and replied in a short but appro priate address, which was indeed, multmn in pano-. FOR THE ADvERTISER. No. IX. Who is not a friend to the People. To be a true friend to the people, we have seen, that a man must keep himself in a- position in which lie can alway s net accnrdiong to the convictions of his uulg. Imenr. He inusi aliays have the candor and independence to combat error and to propagate truth and justice. lie must .atliveicrnJ. IS o I oad to his country friend to le people who voluntarily pinaceI I himself in at situation ini which lie muist iloose his inidependence; or who in any .way leinds himself to the excit ing of on .just pre-judice. or io the promting of er ror ; or who gives himself tip to the sup port of one interest of society to the exclu sion of till others. -The blind follower of his party falls within this. The man, wthi, ptursues' inva.. riably the wvill of his piarty, regardless oif hisi poliical principles. nt ill be obliged fre.. quenily to aba~ndon his judgment, anid to yield himself a pirey to ilhe rule oif passion.I No one: wh-len thrown uinder iteir doin. ion, can resist the influences of party zeal or enthusiasmt. TJhey tenid inevitably to rouse the ahTctions and to excile prejuuti-i ces. They destroy pure atid iridependent action. They hinider freedom of ihought. Anid mere trifles often form the links that unite parti associates. It needs not a commnniy of inleseuts; ! is suflicienit if 1 these exist a ':ommiion itupulse or pia'sion. (1 Flow often orenearlies carried away by the sound of a mter nael? or by the happy I: Ipoint of sotme p~sular phlrase ! And to i aidd to the ien~lsit. of this cabalistic feel- r ing it is nearly al-ays. accomnpanicd by b strung opp~ositi" Opipositioni, aill the ii Iworld over, greatly.aiiments party feeling, ti ,by exciting altra and ostinate views, deep a Sand ahidimg prejudices. he party zealot is ,is, the alare of party will, lie is complkte- ir ily enshackled. It is inl n-i's niatutre, thait di ethese thaigs should he. t'bje only tnay ri ,to pireventt them is to keept t of the heat- el .ed bed of excitemnent~ \Vh' once in self- - tcontrol is lost. Passion dleaue resn. ,The clear judgmreut of the . a .ru? fr Spure niflectuin of the heart canh1 operaite. & a Man is the creature of impulse d of p)as ,sion-thc slave of prejudice. 1.his situ, Ti Sation caninot labor with ellect ~lihe true -ititerests of his country.T rTo adhere then to party longe-an~ it i-n I keeps within boutnds, or is dispostraij- wi a rully to carry ot the principles on hich se .. it is formed, is to deviate fronm the p' fwi .the patritut. A man is not a true frit o ke - the peouple if lhe does tbot leave his ito iwheni ii deserts its true postiton or ,-s th . evidently into error, and uuite with his, it. ponents if lie consider themt in the right i Tlhe same rule applies as to edheri ho . to the majority. Some have the easy eosio science t-o believe that the majority is neve , wrotng. Rut such a helief, if genuine. f shows littekuowledge of the human mind, I or of the history of the world. No human. a tauthoiiy is infallible. AndI what power. * ini what ntssociationi of mten is more likely a to commit error, than a dominnt party, - exevelidng free scope of will ? We do not, , we believe. hia-ard too much in saying that f the majority oftener tacts wrongfully tihan . the tminority ;for the latter is most usually c hecked in its action, whiJle the former is gen y erally unrestrainted. He, therefore, who . always follows the majority is sure some - tittes to fall into error. And if atman, a knowinig himself to be wrong on a great a national question, thtouyh lie he witht the a majority, does not abatndont his error, and a use his efforts to correct it, he is net a true ifriend to the people. a So is lie not, whot caters to the ignorance , and prejudices of the mitltitude. It is no e uncommtnon practice with designing men tot - countenanee and secretly to encourage uni ,just ptrejudices among the people, anid io _ flatter the ntenie's vanity hvy extravagant encomiums upon their virtue and inelli gence. Fellow-citizens, let us not he de ceived by complimentary words. They are troihing hut flrttery. These men dol not believe what they say. Ar heart they contemn the intelligeace of the people, or they would not endeavor to deeeive and delude them. Tne course of ilte true pat riot is diaetntrically opposite. He has a genuine feeling for his countrymen. Ile really desires their happiness and prosperi. ty. lIe. therefore, frankly warns them against their errors, and points oit ti themn the path of duly and honor. Where a prejeidice is encountered, likely to all'ct injurionusly the interests of society. lie will openly combat it and labor to correct it. If he have to stemn the furious tide of pop. ular ill-will, lie will regard it his duly to btruggle against it. Instead, likewise. of trying to excite in the comnunhy f-n imaginary superiority of virtue and intelligence, which is rost genierally domne for purely se!fsh purposes, patriot will consider it his iperative dlumy to poilta otit lefects in public instruction, and to labor with hotest zeal to increase the stitrces of itformnation and to add it the stock of -general knowledge. a is a nistake to suppose that the vir-t ous atnd] intelligct people of our couhtry are to sensitive to-view their reatsitniation and their errors, or are averse from receiv. inag instruclion. Such ia nut their charac, ter. They are troo intelligent not to n ish to see their fatlis; and too virtuous not to wish to correct them. The only h4pe for the stability and pernanency or our Republic is t-, presime and act upon the virture and intetligence of the people I but ibis very presmiptao implies the necessi ty of pro-ressive improvement in the peo ple, whi'?h canl he achieved only by expo sing to view their errors and defects, and ly introducing ihe mean.- of further en li;;ltening theit mii-s. The patrios, ther fore, feel, it his duty always to plead the cause of truth, and to inveigh agauiet error and prejudice. O NE OF TiHK PEoPLIE.. Fron the Southern Christian Advorm4e. PIKESIDENT PIERCE'S ADDRESS The following is the conclusiomn of Dr. PixtcF.'s Speech to the graduating class, upon their leaving Emory College, (Ga.) My work as an officer of tle Itatsiirbarit is ,isaw done. Let ay last parting wyords come upon your hearas as from a minister of the Lord Jesas iad a personal friend, who would fain conbine the authority of religion and the tenderness of friendship, io give emphasis to his farewell counsel. The.most of you are members of the Church of Christ. Would tt God that all were not only almost. but altogether, Christians, inelligett-spiritual-ealouss. bly heart's desire anl prayer to God is, that you may be holy tmet I believe in education, but I glory in Christianity. I admire know ledge, but I.tritumph in grace. Propheies shall fail, tongues shall cease, atd hitow ledge shall vanish away; but grace sur vives thecharrt of youth, ite eares of manhood, the infirmities of age, the deso mnost murpassmg st ta rtW ngirs of enarak are fled.. and eternity coamprehendis tus all. The worfdl is full tof sntates, and you will neced its illumninaaion. Life, tooa, tas it s said anal sorroawfuh eveats ; amid n lhen yotur sareng'th is all wveakness, atnd yotur sotul wvihin yoau is bowinrg arn the blasr, to whorn shall yott Iook but to the Man of Sorrows, whlo drieth the mnou.-ners tears. Anmd when dhealth comres, atnd paitn and at ;nisha take hld apaon yoau, whoshiall resolve foutr doutbtst. dlispel your glotom, andl poima hte parting sul on its upward way ? Pi osophay is dumb int that lone htour w.hen nate mttariality wails andr pleads for help. Vatuare, bereft, atad stricken, tosarng upon he wiild ,lark sen, stagaering with terror. urns atn iampltriag eye upon ahe awfttl Joom, and faint anidgaasping as ahead dee ents itnto despsair, cries out in hear last gony ! hatt esar th still is voicelese, and till risdomn mutte. But hark ! Thae Bible ath litatd n tongue. "O ye of little ~ to wttly, thle truath, the life." 'Tis Jestas. ae nitt afrind-arise-comear, hte calleth for ace-ay bo bials you comte, while yet the aseate (lush is upon y our cheek, the blend unding in yotur vejna, and life is sltitn ithiin ymt, befoaae the evil atys come, and te yeatrs draw nuigh, when ye shall say a have :ao pl'easore ina thettt. Tihae world utnwaraty oaf ynaur hearts-they belone God. Make him yattr friend; his Provi. tr ~nce i's the hest inheritance ; hais smile te tI chiest, brightest laron ; and hi. grace the tarm otf youth-the gutardiana of maanhotad' -the stiall'tf age. Linve may grow cold, endtshigi decline, riches find wings and C eo away,d Yhent famne's loud trumpal fith llown. its no.t bient blaogt, 01 iottgh hung the souand--the echo sleeps rn t bec onlly treasure which never fluetu.fer t's vialre, which grows dearer wirht aget,- it ai'c is stronger thatn death, anal deties til P~araritan, consecrating the tabternacfe it '1 nech at dwells, even whten it lies a d'ay. thi necd ruin, and kears the ejected tenant Vai a better hotuse above--is the religion of it) l Bibhe. Emnbrace it?, enajoy it, m'anifest ft'r 1t will keep you hiitng, bkess vo ch eta dying, atad whena gone from ea~rth, vi waver haumble your lot, tranasform you th~ nars, and fix yotr in heaven, ve pti )rEATata FROM LaonTNayo----..The Lao.u sville iterald of 3rd says: We regret an ean, that Dr. John N. Yottg, an es. medl cilients rof our District, has two toble negarnes killed bty lighatting, dtu bma a~ thunde~r slinrm of Isast lutonday., One hti mt waq n very likely man, tlte other- tip a ebout fifteen. Whent struck, they viel1 a iorest of Dr. oug's hlands, but of r tat Idacrf h aance, were to wrn from the field in whtich they were Ge towardis ana old house in rhe ad- inl ihge for the pJurpose of sheltering 'ra the dis from lbe rain. Scarce htalF ly ever, je htad been accomplished, ho w- hti. thm . ihtigels overtook dee b tese r'vo outright.-prostra-. Wer tagatrely1 stunting five others. n, Drt5inuuIsaxoD Sox..D1ER sovy 1812. ad a distimguished soldier -in loss mer. 'Va.. d.ier psostmaster at WVinches- titan TI'e derCcate 15th,- aged 80 years. are dotlc, Va., lsas at te timte at Gaynat- hant Fron el Now York Ttibine. LIFE 1.N UPPER CALIFORNIA. Ex-tract of*a Letter, dated SUTTr's MILLS, 250 miles from Sau Fraucicu, A pril29,IS40. Dear Birolher: We left San FranciscP ir.~n small ethinner fur Sutter's Landing, 200 inites, paid $30, slept on deck. found out provisions, hold paid $5 per cwt. for all bnezace over 75 Ihs. From tile land ing 25 of us started on foot, with an or team carrying oro baggage a disinnee -*' 50 miles. for -which service we paid 2a cents per lb. Gold digaing wi'l tint commence in ear nest till the rivers fall, in July ineantime we mnake about an ounce of gold dirt per. day. Ffty of us have forned ourselves ima a company to.turn the course of lbe middle f.>rk of the Sactanento, so that we may get at the river's bed; if we succeed, a handsome sum will le relalised. The Ildians will. It is thought, he troul blesone ; they have killed a number of Americans when they bave caugkt th'et alone. Seven Oreguil men were working on a har tip flhe river, of whom two left to- look. out for bncier diggings: in their absence the Indians killed tWo oftbem. A Company,. chiefly frotm Oregon, left the Mills. re solved to kill etery Ind.an they could find,. and on their returih, a few days since, they brought in 40 prisoners, afier killing 21. Of the 46, they lillerated 33; and Captain Sutton, the Indian Agent was sent for to try the other 7, but he*fused, saying that the lndia-ns had atcnsed him of bringing ite whites after this yellew dirt, ani tht-etened his life. The seven Indians were broug-ioat and requested to take sea.ts on a log and await their trial . they soon attempted to escape, bi the stekafv aim of the Oregon riGes bwought downi five of them. We have sent a petition to Gov. Smith for a small force to be stationed here to administer civil anti military law-- I fear no danger so long as lifty of us Iteep together. Mr. D-;- of New York is getting up a suebamarine dress : an old mine, who is making $100 per lay, says that if it will uperate thirty feet under water, there are placers where any quantities of gold may be had, so that we can return in the Fall wile enougb. One of our company has just purchased 12 cWt. of flour, fr $9.7 per cwt.-a great hargain-as it usually sells for $50. and at S91 per lb. by reiteil.-They are going to. set up a post office here. The gold I send to meither I dug myself last week. I'd sooner live on a cracker than turn hack now with the war half ever; the ground is a comfiortable lodging-place when necessi ty requires, and1 (lee hour of rest is as pleasatt after n hard day's dig as on the ilowny pillows of New Yoerk. I never shave, but I trim my whiskers. tustache ard imperial with great regulari. ey. It n ont pay to shave here, From the- Auigusta Constititonaliet. ATHER MAThittr.-The suhjoined lef ier of this di-tinguished temperance ad vocate is a reply to an invitation. extended sephW 2er LumpkinTh'efriends er - l'emperatnce ated heutmarity will greet, withi hearty welcome, this apostle of Ite. revoladlee. this beat friend of Ireland--thi. - liend ttf man. BosToNr. 25th July, 1849. Alf TEJt&n IreND :-I ter grateful for hte kined sentimzents conveyed in your :steemedl letter. To leave the pleasure of mtjnying thte peersonal acquanintlance ofrso -ealotns and distinguished a fello w-labourer tn the catrse of Temperance, is to mue ane edditiote inducemenet to visit Georgir; tesid'es, I eel'ighly cornflienned by t he nvitatioen, through yout, ofmty frientds, atnd haell, God willing, avail myself of the rivilcge of mteetineg thema at Augusta, as non as ptrior egagetments will permnit. it a feture period, I hope to be able t.o ive timely inftiermationt aft the time that I au haee rhis gratification. Presentinug 1y sincere acknotwledgmetnts to the memn erc ofC youer soeciety, and with sespeciful emplimcts to your family. I amI in haste, A ear Mr. Lumpekin, yurs devotedly, lIon. Jos. Henry Lumpkin, Adteus, Geo. Fromn the Clrarleston Courier, 11th insat. Extra:-t oef a forter from Capt. Hameil. Itn, olf the ship Souf4-Catelinaa, to a gen emeen. of tlus city, dated. SAN Fnaacroco'. .Tuly 1, 1849.. "1 arrived here yestleeday, in the Sqth.. arolina, all wel, eiot cte slightest acci ~nt havitng oecurred since leaving, ated ejpassenegers tall in gonod heaclth,. altheoughi r paessage wa.4 rather a long one. I epped at Rio and Juan Fermeandes Uo t a stepply of water and haid 31 days. >ms Faulkiand Islande rnned Cape Horn, * blowing a gale of wind ntearly all the ne; after that, fine moderatte weather.. entre is tnot theo least exaggeratione in all. a .gold stor ies. Goeld seems to be of little lue lhere. as mines can make on an. eenge SWE a day. and common labtorers. m S ro 510. 'All kind of goods are as cap her-e as they are with yeu., and prod *kn's will e nt pay t1:e e.mpensbe of geten me on uhtore. The commtunity hlere is. ry orderly. Goods of every kind are ed up in thce stree's and'nebody steal. veral vessels arrived with choice goods, I sold them at a great sacrifice.4' IJuansa~ AND Svee:DE.--The - Winns n [eratld -of 3rd inst., says-:. A mosa -rid murtder and suicide occurred' int tihe ier pars of this dlistrict., tear Feaster e, on Tuesday last, $im civcumstances. thte easer as far its we have becen.nable aseertain, seems to be. thee a Mr. arge Dye, on the 31st uIt. for ecauses owin to the public, shot his wile, who. instantly killed, then delelibernte -e-loading cte gun and put an end to, rwne miserable. existeeive. We tun itand that the childern of the parsies e eye witnesses to'this.deep. tragedy.j 'hee city -of Cineinnatti has auf'ered 'rely from the Cheelera, rot only itt the of its inhabitants, but in the interrup of business. It is stated that there aol less than* twenty-five hunadred tea to let at thtis time, the intha~biants ti. fl.d fro, the nrevailng .eaidbe'