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IL 7A / a Demotratic Jottrual, vbote to Soutiull MfMJtr, T k)9 0 , olitic, ua *ute ti, ?)4teratte, Jneriotat2, geingranveugutt , &c. "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Libies, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, S. C MARCH 27,1851. VOL.xvi.-o.1i THE BLIND BOY. The day was bright and beautiful, The boys to play had gone, Save one, who sat beside the door, Dejected and alone. And as the tone of merry sport Came swelling to his car, le sighed, and from his swelling eye-lids He shook the gathering tear. His little heart was rent with pain Ie could not join the play ; He could not run about the fields, And by the brook-side stray. The rolling hoop, the bounding ball, The kite borne on the wind The acorn hunt-were naught to him; For he, alas! was blind. He could not see the setting sun, And watch the glowing skies ; The beauty (of the moon and stars Beamed not within the eyes. The rainbow when it spanned the cloud, Was lost upon his sight And waving woods and sparlking streams For all to him wps night. These truths came fresh unto his mine, When sitting thus apart; No wonder, then, the tear-drop fell, And heavy was his heart. Al! little did the youthful throng, Whose hearts were full of joy, Reflect upon the lonely state Of that poor sightless boy! From Nonli's Sunday Times. The Cross of the Seven Daggers. BY A TRAVELLER. After traversing the mountains of Galli cia, on a journey from Corunna to Ma drid, we came to a halt late one afternoon near a small town, which had once sup ported a prominent university, but which now bore the usual tokens of that drow sy decay maniested by every portion of Spain. There were several gentlemen of various nations composing our coinpany who, like myself, were always anxious to learn those passages of interest which al most every foot of ground possesses in this ill-fated land, so full of romance and folly. As the moon would give us a pleasant light in the evening, we conclud ed to defer our entrance into the village until after nightfall. Accordingly, wve gave directions to have our suppers pre pared where we were, for which we were duly provided with materials, as we gene rally found it to be our advantage, both as regarded pocket and palate, to prepare our own meals when circumstances would allow, rather than depend upon the mise rable posadas. While our repast was being prepared, we strolled about to take a view of the scenery. Observing a little eminence a short distance off, we ascend ed it, and found that it commanded a fine view of the town and surrounding coun try. On its top was a grove of trees, from among which flowed a rill of pure water, that added a sort of rural music to the charms of the scene as it rippled over its pebbly bed down the gentle slope. A little beyond we saw a couple of our intileteers who had come to the spring for water, silently gazing upon a cross that was erected over what appeared to be the ruins of a habitation, and on which seven daggers, with red handles, were strikingly painted. We inquired of the mnuleteers the purpose of the cross and the meaning of the dagger-s. " Hospita! and you do not know the story of the Cross of the Seven Daggers T' exclaimed one of them, thinking, as the conceited Spaniard alwas does, thatt a man is wofully ignorant who is not asfa mniliar wvith every object within their own observation as they are themselves. " Cant it be possible," contirtued he, " thatt you, wh-lo hiave i-ead so many' boo~ks, are iiot acquainted with the great event that took place here ?" We replied that our books had been sadly at fatult orn that subject, anid tiiat if lie could tell a story worth listeniing to, we would hear it w~hile supiper was pe paring. So we seated ourselves upon the ground, and at our bidding the most fluent talker narrated the tale, while his com rade went back with the water buckets. lie informed us that some half a cen tury back there lived in the southern part of the province of Andalusia an old anti p)roud fanmily of the name of Do Castro. One of the younger members of this fat mily, named Emanuel, had conceived a romantic passion foi- the daughter of a poor musician, a most beautiful and inter esting girl, and proffered her his hand in honorable marriage. When the matter became known to the friends of the young man, it occasioned great indignation, and ai threat of the severest vengeance fronm the old rich Doni, his father-, should he persist in his foolish desir-es. The result of the affair was, that the spirited antd in dependent young Emanuel gathered all the money he could command ; seeretly married the fair Leonora, fled withL her from his native province, and finally set tIed upon the very spot where we were then sitting. For three years Emanuel Do Castro arid Leonora lived in this i-etired place ats happily as two doves, cultivating a small farm and selling its products in the neigh boring village. At first, this mode of life eame rather awkward to the young cou ple ; but Emanuel had a stout heart as well a fraem and, like a true philosopher, persevered in wnat he had undertaken. By degrees, aided by the instruction and advice of the surrounding peasantry, they became acquainted with the various fea tures of rural life, and their unbounded love for each other was strengthened and nade happy by their gradual and satis factory success. Thus, under their own fig tree, they quietly reposed ; herds grazed upon their pastures, and their fertile fields teemed plentifully with grain. Occasionally they were visited by stu dents of the university, who always found in their intelligence and hospitality the essentiads for making this abode a most agreeable resort. Among this sumber was one Velasquez, a youmg nobleman of distinguished and afiluent connections, generally of' genteel bearing, but perfect ly debased in his appetites and passions, and unscrupulous in the means of their gratification. His agreeable manners at first won the friendship of Emanuel and his wife, who little suspected that the brutal villain lurked under so pleasant an exterior. This man was the leader of a club composed of six inembers besides himself, who were organized as a sort of: baceliandian gang, and many a scen( were they the actors of which would make virtue recoil to witness. Their in fractions of the uni'versitV laws were fre quent and unsscrupulous, but their coili nation and the high standing of their families preserved them from rebuke. Velasquez and his companions were on a revel one evening, and, rambling forth without noticing whither they went, they came to the cottage of Emanuel. It was getting somewhat late in the evening, but being filled with wine, without any cere monly they stagger-ed into the house. Here they found no one but a half-fright ened servant gir, and to their inquiries for her master and mistress, she informed them that they were not at home. She was then ordered to bring forth the best that the house aff'orded of wine and re freshments, which she declined doing, whereupon she was treated with gross in dignitie.s ; and while they were engaged in making the poor girl tihe object of brutal sports, Emanuel returned. The servant soon made him acquainted with the treatment she had received. Burning with indignation, he ordered the scoun drels to depart from his dwelling, the hospitality of which they had so basely abused. Velasquez told his companions to obey, which they did with sullen looks. He then spoke of the matter as a joke; but Emanuel replied that none but a blackguard and scoundrel would subject a female to such treatment, and bade him follow his companions or be driven forti like a common dog. Emanuel seized a poker and pointed to the door. Veas quez obeyed the significant allusion ; but as he went out his eyes glistened like an enraged tiger's, and he threatened some terrible vengeance upon the low-born peasant who dared thus to t'e:at him. A few' dy assed alway, and Emanuel had occasion to leave home. In tihe eve ning Leonora wasstartled by the entrance into the cottage of Velasquez and his gang, all swaggering under the influence of recent potations. The servant maid had gonje out on some duty, and she was entirely alone. Where is the villain that dared to raise his han d against me ' shouted Velasquez, in a hailf' fren.'I "If' you call my- husband a v-illain, you utter a falsehood," replied the spirited wife. " Nay naynotluite sotesty,orw shall1 tolne thee," said thel dlisslute leader, seit~ing her armn, and eastingr on her a gaze of' hbrutal sensual~lity'. Leonor-a screanmed with affr-ight, and tried to dlisenlgage herself fr-om tile ir-on grasp~' tha t w'as fastened upon)1 her'. "Oh, do not Ilutter so, mys prietty bird, but come gnilktly to myi arms," exclaimied time fiend, endeavoring to embrace her'. The agony of the wi fe, as she called upon the others, as men, to save her, was greeted( only) by a hioar'se and1( mocking 1aug1h. "Oh, Emanuel ! Emanuel !" shle cied, "why are you not herec to protect ine C' and fainting, she fell heclplessly upon the lecher's breast. Late in the evening Emanuel returned home, gaily singing a ditty with which it was his practice to notify his wife; but Ishe did nlot run out to meet hlimi as was hler wont. By the soft light of' the mion he observed that the door of' the cottage was op~en. All around was quiet, and nothing distur'bed the stillness but the mmusic of his own voice. "She has gone out," thought he, as his heart beat quicker with slight forebodinigs. As he stepped upon the threshold a deep sigh fell upon his ear, anmd, fixed withi sur-prise, lie saw his wife lying sobbing upon the floor lie uttered an exclamation of alarm, and the prostrate form sprang to its feet. As the moon shone full upon the face of his wife, the light revealed to him an expres sion of' most unutterabile agony. Hie mrade a movement with extended arms towards her. " Approach not !" she shrieked. " De file not the purity of your hands by touch ing your polluted wife~ !" TIransfixed wiith amazement, he listened as she huri'iedly narratedl what had trans pired. " And now," Enid she, in Conclu sion, "death only can spare us a life of cnntinand un-ctchndneea buht reinber. the blood of your Leonora cries aloud to Heaven for vengeance !" She then seized a knife, and, before Emanuel could stay her hand, she plung ed it into her own bosom. The soul of the wife passed away while her lips breath ed a prayer for her beloved husband. A long while did Emanuel stand gazing with horror upon the form of her whom he had so tenderly loved, till with a sud den start he turned his eyes towards H-eaven, exclaiming slowly and with fear. ful meaning-" Shc shall be avenged !" Taking up the body in his arms, lie laid it upon a couch, snatched one kiss from the cold lips, and then seizing a brand from the fire, applied it to the tapestry. Hastily removing some choice articles, he left the house. The flames communica ted to the casements, and soon the whole building was enveloped in one sheet of fire. Silently he gazed from a group of trees upon the burning cottage. His proud head was not bent ; there was no quiver on his lips, no tear in his eye, as he saw the flames revel upon what he held SO dear; but the stern brow and the fixed gaze told of a resolution that could only be thwarted Iy the arm of death. As the pile with a Uesh came to the ground, and the noise of gathering peasants fell upon his ear, he turned away. When the villainous gang left the house of Emanuel, they repaired to their rendez vous to keep up the night by an indul gence in their usual excesses. While they were pouring forth their hilarious shouts, the door of the room opened, and a man approached with a firm, quick tread to the table where they were sitting. " Who are you that intrudes upon our mirth ?" shouted Velasquez, and with something like fear lie started back as he rec ognized Emanuel and encountered his soul-piercing gaze. You will know who I am," replied the latter, with a stern calmness that made the blood chill. " Look upon these," said he, presenting a bundle of red han died daggers ; " there are seven-just one for each ! Expect no warning. As you struck the unsuspecting, so will I strike -thus!" he exclaimed with a frantic yell, at the same instant springing forward and plunging a dagger into the bosonrofn& of the rioters. The rest sprang for their arms, but with a bound Emanuel reached the door, and was gone. They followed, but no trace of him could be seen. They returned to the dying man, whom they found in the last struggles with death. As lie lay upon the floor, with the red handled dagger still in his breast, the six men looked on in silence, and perchance thought of the doom that had been pro nounced against them. Come," said Velasquez, the first to break the stillness, " why stand we here Let us call help and put officers upon the murderer's track." Three days had scarcely elapsed when another of the club was found dead upon the banks of a treami near the village, with a red-handled dagger in his breast. He had gone out to bathe, and while re turning was slain. It was not by a rob ber, f'or his person was unrifled. The remaining five knew well who committed the deed. A large reward was offered for the apprehension of the assassin, but nothing could be learned of him. Two wieeks passed awvay, and wvith them somewhat the excitement occasion ed by the murders. Two of the club w~ere out riding one evening. A horse mani passed themi ; but this wvas nothing singular. A t a turn of the road they sawv the man comning towards them at full spaed, with his cap partly concealing his lace. As he camne opposite, quick as lightninig he reinmed his horse, and with a blo0w strueh one of the two to the ground --thme fatal dagger remaining ini his bosom. Thus fell a third. It was now observedl by thme commnuni ty that thais assassin imed his blows at thie ganmmg oh whloml Velasquez was the leader ;and as Emanueh was known to have disappeared, no one knewv why or where, it was infeirred that he was aveng ing some deep wvrong received at their hands. T1hey w~ere knmown to be an un scrupulous set of fellows, and mnany hiad cause to detest them for their deeds; there l'ore people in generai were not disposed to interiere. However, as the gang hiad rich frienids, large rewards weire offered for taking Emanuel De Castro dead or alive, and oilicers hunted day and night. Meamnwhile, the four remaining onmes, urged by their fears, left for their homes, thinking thus to escape the avenger. One of them was travelling in a covered ve hiele. At the foot of a hill they stopped, and the two muleteers wvent to a spring to get water for their mules. When they returned they were startled by hiearinmg deep groans, and, on looking inside, they founad its occupant in the agonies of death, with a red-handled dagger in his bosom. WVheni the other three reached themir homes, they heard of the dheath of their friend. Th'1ei r alarm was increased. Two of them proclaimed an offer of a large sum of money if their persecutor would agree to suspend his vengeance, but no reply was ever made to them. Six months passedl away and the three still lived. They entertained hopes that Emanuel was either in some wvay destroy ed, or had fled his country from fear of ihe ofirs of sustico. One of them. who had confined himself to his father's man sion, was in the dusk of the evening lying upon his couch near a window, which opened upon a balcony. He had rang a bell for a servant, who, as lie entered, saw an arm thrust throdgh the window cur tains, and heard at that instant a piercing cry from the bed. the alarm was given, lights were produced, and the young man was found to be 4ead, with the well known dagger in his breast. On exami nation, the brancheslof a tree which grew b~y the balcony were found distnrbed. The assassin had this reached his victim, but, with the utmostiserutiny, he could be no further traced. . Velasquez himsel(.and another were left. On hearing thf fate of the fifth vic tim, the latter of thetwo left in disguise, intending to cross Ithe Pyrenees into France. On his jodey he stnpped at a wayside spring to Af-esh himself, and was preparing to s. forward. Taking! the reins of his horsiin his hand, he put his foot in the stirprp and sprung to mount; but at the initant his body leaned over the saddle a djgger was plunged into his bosom. Wi4 the weapon still in his breast, he fell bjek dead. The fate of the sixth man wN immediately con voyed to Velasquezthugh some unknown agency, as had also een done in the case of all the others; an in hopes of saving his own life, he fled t4 the depths of the Cantabrian mountains. A whole winter p+ ed away, and still, with a couple - of ser ants whom ihe al ways kept armed as j ell as himseif, Ve lasquez remained in is seclusion. One day he and one of hiomen were pursuing a rabbit for food. T1ey came to a nar row gulf between t precipices. The rabbit sprung over, d was then killed by a shot from the n of Velasquez. The servant was sen und to a crossing where he could pass 4er and secure the game. Velasquez * standinv alone, and feeling a slight to ch upon his shoul der, he turned round' and gazed wildly upon the stern featur of Emanuel. "Do you kuow In w ?" asked the avenger. "Have you no T" gasped Ve el, his eyes suddenly gleaming with a frightful wildness: "she cried to you for nircv. You would not spare an angel, and I shall not spare a fiend !" Velasquez was not wanting in courage, and quickly drawing his poinard, he fell upon Emanuel. It was a fierce contest between two powerful men ; but the be. fore strong frame of Velasquez had be come emaciated by constant anxiety, and through his want of coolness and caution lie received two severe wounds from the ominous red-handled dagger. Still they fought-Emanuel acting only on the de fensive, and cooly watching the exposures of his antagonist. At length Velasquez, i rendered fierce by the smart of his wounds, raised his weapon with a last desperatA effort. Quick as lightning, Emanuel seized the uplifted arm with his left hand, and with a blow from his right, the last of the seven daggers was planted in the I bosom of his foe. As the body of Velas quez plunged down in the gulf below, Emanuel fell upon his knees, clasped his hands, and with his eyes towards heaven, exclaimed-"Leonora,thou art revenged !" After the lapse of a couple of years,I Emanuel returned to the place of his for-I mer- residence. With the assistance of some of the peasants lie raised a cross over the ruins of his cottage and the ashes of his beloved wife. He had always been loved and respected by his neighbor-s, and they would niot raise a hand against him now. A fter this service was performed, he left the country, and was never heard of more. "This, senors," said the nmuleteer- in conclusion, as we rose to go to our- repast, " is the history of 'PTHE C~oss OF TiHE SmvEN D~icACG! No TFDIE FoR HEsITATION.-A dis tinguished Connecticut Clergyman famedI for his witticisms, dined one thanksgivinmg day with the senior deacon, who was in the habit of asking blessings of a most wearisome length. On this occasion hme was particularly prosy, and finally was forced to pause to gain a newv suplty of breath and words. The instant he stop ped, the pastor sat down, and commenced rattling his knife and fork. The worthy deacon, very nmuch disconcerted by the conduct of his reverend guest opened one eye anid exclaimed: "Doctor! Doctor! I am not through yect, I only hesitated." " Hesitated," replied the doctor, "it's no time to hesitate when a turkey is coot ing!" A wAGGISHt limb of the law, in plead ing the case of a client in court, whlo was a carpenter, concluded his harangue to the jury by saying that he "plain-ly saw that the defendant's object was to chizzle his client out of his property wvhieb didn't augur wvell for his honesty, and for his part he wanted to see no gouging I" " IKE," said a rusty old heathen of the desk, "how do astronomers measure the distance to the sun 1" " Why," replied the :young hopeful, " they guesses at one-fourth the distance, and then multiplies by four." The old desk-wo;m fainzted. A Picture of Drunkenness. We make the fullowing touching extract from " A Plea for Drunkards, and against Drunkenness," by the Rev. Dr. Guthrie: " Give that mother back her son, as he was on the day when lihe returned from his father's grave, and, in all the affection of his uncorrupted boyhood, walked to the house of God with a weeping mother leaning on his arm. Give that grieved man back his brother, as innocent and happy as in those days when the boys, twined in each other's arms, returned from school, bent over the same Bible, slept in same bed, and never thought that the day would come when brother should blush for brother. Give this weeping wife, who sits before us wringing her, hands in agony, the tears dripping through I her jewelled fingers, and thu lines of sor row prematurely drawn on her beautiful brow-give her back the man she loved, such as he was when her young heart was won, when they stood side by side on the nuptial day, and, receiving her from a fond father's hands, he promised his love to one whose heart he has broken, and whose once graceful form now bends with sorrow to the ground. Give me back, as a man, the friend of my youthful days, whose wreeks now lie thick on this wreck-strewn shore. Give me back, as a minister, the brethren whom I have seen dragged from the pulpits which they adorned, and driven from the sweet man ses where we have closed in the happy evening with praise and prayer, to stand pale, haggard at a buplic bar. Give me back, as a pastor, the lambs which I have lost-give me her who, in the days of her unsullied innocence, waited on our ministry to be of told the way to heaven, and warned from that of hell, and whose unblushing forehead we now shrink to see as she prowls through the streets for her prey. Give me back the life of this youth who died the drunkard's death and dread his doom-and who now, while his mother by the body rocks on her chair, in speechless agony, lies laid out in a chamber where we dare not speak of comfort, but are left to weep with those that weep, "1dumb, opening not the mouth." Relieve us of the fears tiththsehtd wenpuih dusb,6o1ningE Maritne hea ffr hftfT i-~ acter and tie souls of some who hold p:rley with the devil by his fourbidden tree, and are floating on the edge of that ireat gulf stream which sweeps its victim, nwards to its most woeful ruin." HARK Y:, GIRL.-A confirmed blach lor has sent us the following: It is high time that somebody told you a little plain truth. You have been watched for a long time-a certain class of you-and it is plain enough you are trying to cheat somebody. You intend to sell chafl for wheat; and there is danger that some of the foolish "gudgeons" will be sadly taken in. It may not be your fault that you be long to the " one idea party"-tiat the single idea of getting a husband is the only one that engrosses much of your time or attention. But it is your fault that you pursue this idea in the wrong direction. Your venerable first mother of Eden memory, was called a " help" for man, and you are looking for a man to help you; to help you live in the half idle and h:f silly way which you have comnencedl. Men who arec worth having, want women for wives. A bundle of gewgaws, bound with a string of flats ad quavers, sprinkled with cologne, and set in a carmine saucer,-this is no thelp for a man who expects to raise a farmily of boys and girls on variable bred anid meat. TIhe piano and the lice-frame are well enough in their places; and so are ribbons and tirills and tinisels, hut you can't make a dinner of the former, nor a bed blaniket of thre latter. And, awful as the idea may seem to you, both dinnrrer and hed blanker arec necessa:ry foar domes tic enjoyment. Life has its realities as its fancies ; but you make it all a mratter of dlecoration-remembering thre tassels and curtains, but forgetting thre bedstead. Suppose a young man of good sense, and of course good prospects, to be looking for a wifea, what chance have you to be chosen?~ You may cap him, or trap him, or catch him but how much better to make it an object for him catch you? Render y-ousclf worth catching and you will need no shrewd sisters, aunts or cou sins to help you find a market. REPLY TO -1N INFIDEL.-Ani American traveller, being unexpectedly detained at the mole or quarantine of Odessa, was very civilly offearedl "half of his apart ments, and a sofa to lie onr," by a young Engishnment, who acted as translator to the rmohe. After they had formed an ini tinate acquraintance, rand one evening had retired to rest, tho traveller asked his friend how he could endure the blasphe my wvhich wtas so constantly heard therec. Thue young Englishman replied that, " as a-gentleman, these thin gs wvere diagreea ble to him, but as to their being intr-insi cally wrong, it was no matter to concern him, as he denied the truth of all revela tion." T[he traveller, without supposing the remark would be heeded, except by cour tesy, replied: " either Christ was an im poster, or he wvas not. If he was an iun poster, we havre the inconceivable phe DO.-lOn of a base man r-actisine Vir. ture, self-denial, charity, forgiveness, of injuries, through his whole life, in spite of scourging, contumely and even cruci fixion. Is it philosophical to suppose that a bad man would take so much pains to make men good I But if lie was not an imposter, then he has told the truth and we must believe him." "Is it impossible that I have never seen that before I" was the only reply of the young Englishman; but the argument sunk deep into his heart, and when the traveller had arrived at Alexandria he received a letter from the former skeptic, acknowledging him "as the best friend he ever had," encouraging him to be equally faithful to others; and praying him not to forget his Odessa convert." -American Messenger. A Terrible Sceno. A passenger who was on board the Au tocrat at the time of collision with the Magnolia, one hundred miles above New Orleans, has given the Louisiana Courier a brief description of the scene. The collision was at day break, weather clear, and the whole wide Mississippi for a chan nel. All the deck passengers, thirty in number, one engineer, and three cabin passengers were lost. No names given. There were eight ladies, all of whom were saved. The Autocrat sunk in five minutes, in deep water: " A Mr. Ferguson, we do not know his place of residence, but understand his rather is landlord of the Gayora House, Memphis, snatched his child from the arms of his wife, and ran to the forecastle, leaving his wife, in the wildness of his larm, in the ladie's cabin. He stood by is a moment, and made such appeals to save himself and child, I trust in God I ever inay have occasion to hear again. We got him somewhat calm and quiet, ind for which he stopped to thank us; ut the next moment the cry that 'Ce are os/' was heard, and indeed it was cruelly rue with them, for he attempted to leap o the Magnolia, and fell with his child nto the pitiless element to rise no more. Blis wife was saved, and as she stood on he shattered wreck watching with the wildest eaaerness for. 'the hasbnad vater whom she supposed to be him. By maniac yells and distracted appeals she nduced attention to the drowning man, ind by power almost superhuman he was rescued, and when he reached the boat the lady fell round him with her arms, and thanked God for the salvation of her usband. Poor, helpless, widowed wo man! she awoke from a sad and cruel :ream, clinging with phrenzied tenacity to the neck of him who was another's. You may Mrially imagine surrounding scenes when the gentleman thus saved remarked that lie almost wished indeed it had been her protector instead of himself." South Carolina Shoo Manufactury. We had the pleasure, a short time since, )f recording the determination of Messrs. Carew & I1opkins to enter upon the experi mient of manuffacturing Shoes for Plantation Ise, and their intention to erect, at once, suitable buildings for the purpose. Their raetory has since been located at the corner if King and John streets, near the Rail Road Depot, where they have commenced opera tins. The Proprietors have been fortunate in securing the superintendence of Mr. F. M. Bartlett, whose long connection with both the sale of the article in this city, and famaili irity with the details of manufacturing as :arried on in the largest establishments in thie Union, renders the selection a very judi alors one. The buildings on King street are to be greatly imp~roved and enlarged, with suitable oflices and work rooms attached. Dn John st., a large and commodious build ing of 3 1.2 stories is in course of crection, BO by 25 in dimensionsm, containing two exten sive aprtments on eamch floor, to be used for Cutting Rooms. A large number of hands, among them some sixty or seventy boys and girls, are engaged in this operation; and ar rangements are. in progress for increasing the force employed in the Establishment, on a scale commensurate with the extented accom modations fur work rooms, now nearly comn pleted. Our planters should bear in mind that this undertaking is a prae:ieal response to the spirit recently manifested, in various sections of our State, to give the preference to articles for plantation use manufactured at home, to the exclusion of those imported from the North, and that they have now the opportunity of rigorously carrying out in practice the resolu tiomns of non-intercourse adopted with so much unanimity from time to time, at various meet ings of this influential class of our people. They have very appropriately taken the lead, in measures of reform of this character, and it now rests chiefly with them to determine whether the movements they have recomn mended, and the labor and capital which has thus been stimulated into active exercise, shall prove, in the end, to be attende d with promising and profitable results, to all con eerned.-Charleston Courier. gr TuE Buffalo Mrcury says that ague has been so bad in " them parts," that a per son afflicted with it actually s.hooks the nails Gatherings. THE CLIMAX,, REACHED.-We clip the- fof lowing adverfisement from the advertisng columns of the N. Y. Tribune of Marb 8th; " A Protestant young lady, genteel and tidy, can, if disposed, find a very pleasant and a greeable home with a genteel colored lady, lately married, living in a very private man ner and having no company. Her clothes will be found, and pocket money oceasionally, with the privilege of learning dressmaking. Address E M., Tribune Office, or partieulars can be had by ealling at 114 Nassau4.(base ment.)" ETTIQUETTE.-It seems by the-iflowiing. that the lady who sweeps the the sidewalks has rone to Boston. A fashionable lady recently made a morning call on a friend in Mount Vernon street, Boston, and such was the oon. lition of the skirt of her fashionable new ?laid rilk, cwing to the condition of the pavei md the length of her dress, that the servant showed her into the kichen instead of the Irawing room. There is nothing like spring nud to disgiuse a good sized ankle. IT Is estimared that there are no less thair en thousand daguerreotypists in the United tates at this present time. It may be hc ught a little singular, yet it is nevertho. ess true. that the best daguerreotypist in, ?aris is an American, a Yankee from Boston; amed Thompson. So great has been his uccess, that at the very city where the in ,ention was first made, the Frenchmen go-to d r, T. to perfect themselves in the art. In. Gondon, also, the first daguerreotypist is an. kmerican, and he is overrum with customers.. PROTECTION TO BAGGAGE.-Senator Wil iams has introduced a bill into the Senate of qew York, which provides that every person ravelling in steamboats (other than ferry )oats) shall be entitled to a check affixed to iis baggage and a duplicate delivered to him; md when presenting his cheek to the bag. rage master or any other proper officer, or lemanding his baggage, if it be not delivered: o him, lie may himself be a witness in anj uit brougkitbyhim~t e pi96 L SLAVE TRADE AT HAVANA. earn from a letter to the New York Tribune;. lated Havana, February 15, that at the close >f the previous week six hundred and tem iewly arrived African slaves were landed east >f Cardenas. They were sold at the rate of hirty ounces each, realizing an aggregate inm of 18,300 ounces, or $311,100. Cg Ax "indignant Southerner," in-speakl ng of Maine, says that one half of the farms Lre so barren, that you mow them with a azor, and rake them with a fine tooth combs mnd yet not get enough to fodder a grasshop >er for a month. BosTox BOO AND SHoE AfAREET.-The xports of boots and shoes from Boston last reek to Southern markets have been largei mud the total exports to all places since the irst of January, show an increase of 8,721 !ases over the corresponding period last year, 0% SENTENCED To DEAT.-I-enry Car. ial, found guilty of the murder of Rassean S ew months since in Dey street, New York, vas on Saturday morning sentenced to be langed on Friday, the 2d of May next, ggr THE Great Tunnel through the nountain on the Nashville and Chattanooga lailroad, near the former city, was coma >lted on the 22nd ult. ggr COAL IN IowvA.-It is stated that coal >f an excellent quality has been found in Ce far Township, twenty-twvo miles from Fort ~Indison. It is some sixty feet below the urface, and the vein is from four to six feet hick. A company has been formed to work t.-Detroit Advocate. ai THE Catholics of [reland and England myve commenced a formidable agitation against the ministerial measure in reference :o their religion. Meetings have been held ns Manchester, Dubling, &c. g 7 AN APT RePL.-" Husband, I don't muow where that boy gets his bad teraper mot from mue, I'm sure." "No, my dear, for I :on't pereeive that you have lost any."' A THooranJ PaOTESTANT.--AI el derly lady of our acquaintance has such in extreme horor of Popery, that she has renounced the cardinal virtues. THE man who cheated the Printer, re ~ently made his escape from the Ohio Penitentiary, but as soon as he was out ~o wvent at his meanness again, and was aghst yesterday stealing the clothes off i scare-crow, wvith wvhich he expected to rake a respectable appearance mn socie ty. Poor fellowv, we are sorry for him. A STOuR is told of a hypochondriac gentleman of rank and for-tune in Ireland, who fancies one of his legs is of one re ligion, and the other of another. He not unfrequently puts one of his unf'ortunate legs outside the bed to punish it for its religious errors. THE Pope Claims from the British Cabinet, for the use of his church, 1,006~ square miles of territory in Canada, here afore the estate of the Jesuits. As OL rADY who sells eggs in Cin :innati has over her door1 "New 1aid