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ED G E.F IEL k- l D %ER TISER 2 Democratic l/ourual, Uebotet to sotttfjeru 3 fgjto, Nt, olte GeneuaI )uIgence, Elttrature, jjooritt, E peante, %gtfeuIture, e. "We will cling to tho Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Rbins. W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD S. C., JULY 3,1851. *' - * From the Daily Winnsboro Register. A FOURTH OF JULY HYMN FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. AIa-Scots whsa hac wi' Wallace b!cd. God of nations, Father, Friend, Unto The our prayers we send, On thy will our hopes depend And onr country's fate: By The all-protecting power, In the dark and trying hour, Save our much-loved State. When the storm of passion rages, Aid her counsels, guide her sages, Let them seek in thy blest pages Wisdom from Above ; Wisdom that may shed before them Light amid the darkness o'er them. Aid them God of love ! When, impelled by burning wrong, We shall bust the fetters strong That have thus enslaved us long, Help us to be free. Be thou Carolinas arm, Let not foes vindictive harm, Grant her Liberty. But, while for the right contending, Lives and homes and fame defending, Tho' t' opression never bending, If we perish all Let us' mid the scene appalling, Carolina's watchword calling. Write on Hist'ry's page in failing "DEATH oR LIVERY." TH3'- EROZNE O WHEELING. TlroroH we may sing of and tell about the hardy anc true men who fought so bravely and suffered so greatly to establish the prin ciples of that government under which we now exist, we must not forget those heroic women who, as mothers and wives, sent forth with eager hearts and cheering words their sons and husband to the bitter fields of strife, or as sisters aided to clothe and equip their brothers. Their aching hearts were silent, their burning tears were brushed away as. with smiles they embraced them at part ing, -and with high words of trustful faith, likethe women of Sparta, ba them turn no c urage woman; and were our own history more perfectly known, instances of female courage would be found to parallel the most wonderful of ancient chronicles. We have now to record an act performed by a young woman during our revolutionary struggle, which, for nerve and desperateness, is scarcely to be matched In the year 1778, Wheeling, Virginia, was besieged by a large force of British and In dians. At this time the fort, with an insuffi cient force, was under the command of Col. Silas Zane, a brave and meritorious oflicer. Distant from this about eighty yards, and outside the wall, was situated a block-house, in which was Colonel Ebenezer Zane, a brother of Silas, and the senior officer, with a few men. There were several women in the fort, among them at the time was Eliza beth Zane, a sister of the Colonel. She was a young woman of extraordinary beauty, having a tall and finely formed figure, with a head like Juno; a black eye, mild and firm in its expression; a voice soft and musical as a lute; and with an expression of counten ance as bland as Italian skies, though be. neath it might slumber passions as warm as the fires of Vesuvius. It may be suppiosed that nmany a soldier's eye followed her wist fully, a in days of quiet she roamed about the fort, or strolled f* a walk in company with Otto of her brothers. Many a proposal had becn made in vain. Officers of high rank had sued for her, and many a gallant enter prise was undertaken in her name, but all to no effect, so far as winning her afetions went. 'She was not one of those light-wit ted women to be caught by fine show and fine professions. As far as the heart went, she placed no difference between high-nod dinig plumes and the last man in the ranks the last man, not the least. She was above that age when young women are the most apt to be caught by fine eomphiments or dashing appearance ; but, plain and direct in her manner, it was her sttudy to give no en couragemenut to the attentions of her nuircr Otis suitors. Yet from this description the reader must not infer that she was not sus ceptible to the softer passion of love. Far from it, for her troth was at that time plight ed ;'nor could-the most ambitious thought in the world have tempted her to swerve from the sanctity of vows made to the lover of her ohoice-made, as all lover's oaths are, in the quiet evening hour, and witnessed by the moon, that lovers' planet, and "all the starry hosts of heaven." Among the soldiers in the fort at this time, none was a greater favorite wvith oficers and men than Ashly Harper. Bole, adventa.rous, and generous almost to a fault, nto hazardous expedition was projected in which he was not always ready to volunteer; and many a des perate adventuire, and many a forlorn hope had seen him face the savage foe with odds agatinst him; and while powder flashed and bayonets gleamed, he was sure to be found in the hottet of the fray. On two occasions, had he saved the life of his superior officer, when the uplifted tomahawk glittered with the fearful expectation of its victim's blood. He had enlisted in the service a year previous, as a private; and although promotion to the rank of a non-commissioned olicer had been offered him on account of his good qualities as a soldier and intelligence as a man, he had refused its acceptance; declaring that, as his only desire was to serve his country, he was willing to serve through the war as a private, leaving all conditions above that to soldiers more competent and more ambitious. le was the son of a respectable farmer, whose industry had enabled him to raise up and re spectably educate a large family-a man of severe discipline, whose watchful eye detected youthful faults in time to prevent their ma turing to crimes. He had been intimate with the family of the Zanes, and, when Ashley expressed a desire to enlist, the old man easi ly prevailed upon Col. Silas to enrol him among his own men. Now we will not pretend to say that there had been any particular understanding be tween Miss Elizabeth and the young gentle man above spoken of previous to his becom ing a soldier, though such a thing might pos sibly have been in a mute way. Verbal de clarations certainly had not been made: for an owl told how, one moonlight evening, while he was sitting in the shady branches of a chesnut that stood but a few yards from the fort, "Considering, as well he might, Ways and means for a supper that night." he looked about with a solemn seowl,and be held coming from the shadow of the fort a lover and his mistress-he knew it was a lover and his mistress, they spoke so tender ly to one another. They came out from the fort stealthily, and stole softly over the green sward to the foot of the chesnut, and sitting down upon one of the knarled roots, said kind things, ut tered sacred vows, and breathed fervent sighs one to the other. They sat there an hour a good hour by the march of Saturn-talking and sighing all the while,.when, calling upon alt the stgto. ritness their oaths, and seal renc hat'the Beigesof Wheeling was com menced by the British and Indians; and al though the place was defended with zeal and an unlited amount of courage, the hopes of the beseiged grew somewhat dim as they looked forth upon the masses that surround ed them. A scarcity of provisions was not what alarmed them, for of those at present they had a sufficient supply; but alarm be came almost consternation when was an nounced, on the second day of the seige, that their powder was short. Several despera'e assaults had been made by the enemy to break into the fort, but Colonel Zane and his men repulsed and drove them back as vigorously as they assaulted. The Indians on two or three occasions attempted the des truction of the fort and block-house by firs; but in each ii s'ance they were shot down ere t'ic faggot and the burning brand could be applied. But ultimately those in the fort began to fail in their hopes of a successful defence, when the word was passed around that they were in the possession of a fewv charges of powder only. There was an abund ant supply in -the block-house, which they had been prevented from removing by th'e suddenness of the assault; but how was it to be gotten now ? Surrounded by the most inveterate of foes, wvhat possible method could be adopted to procure them a supply of ammunition? Their condition must be known to the enemy the moment their fires slackened, and then they could easily be de stroyed without the least show of defence. The second day of the seige had well nigh worn away-it was in the middle of the af ternoon. The last shot had been fired-the last gr. in of powder was exhausted. Now, what was to be done ? Make terms of capi tulation, or despairing, submit to fate ? They in the block house still held out bravely, and a little concert of action might save them, for the enemy already began to show symp toms of wavering. At this crises Colonel Zane called his men around him, and after describing to them the situation in which they were placed, he desired to know if there was any one among them desperate enough to attempt a passage through the enemy to the block-house. He added that it was in deed a forlorn hope, but at the worst could not remain in their present condition. No answer followved the appeal. The men gazed at their commander and into the eyes of each other with the most complete despair, and with faces blank with any ray of hope. Eliza both stood by the side of her brother, silent; but that silen~ce was more eloquent than the words of the Colonel. Perhaps, though, a slight pang might have fluttered her pulse to hear no one speak. Was there not one brave enough to peril life for the salvation of the whole ? Ammunition was5 all that was want ed. One keg of powder, and they were free ? At th~is moment avoung man stepped modest y forward and said: "Colonel, I will attempt the passage. If I His eye caught the expression of Eliza beth's features, as they glowed upon bin with unutterable fondness and pride, and fell to the ground. Colonel Zane stepped for. ward, and taking the young soldier's hand, said "You are the man I expected would volun. teer for this enterprise. Go, and God pro. teet you! If they see you from the block house, they will try to cover you with their fire. Self-possession is your only hope. Now away, while the enemy are partially with. drawn." But here Elizabeth stepped forward, an', addressing her brother said "Silas, let me undertake this enterprise." "You!" replied her brother, viewing her with astonishment. "Impossible ! Do you know the danger of the attempt!" "Perfectly," she answered. "You have no men to spare. Every one is needed in de. fence of the fort; and this is the only service I can render." "But a man would be more fleet, Eliza beth, and more certain of success," said her brother. "Still you have no man to spare; and a woman would not run the same danger in passing through the enemy. Besides, if I fall, I shall not be so much missed, nor your forces weakened." The Colonel was affected to tears, and, embracing his sister, exclaimed- - "Then go ! God's will be done, and may He protect you !" A dozen men now sprang forward, prompt ed by the devotion of this heroic woman; and Ashley Harper, more urgent than the rest, insisted that it was his right, as he wrs the first to propose. But Elizabeth would hear no objections for the enterprise. Par tially devesting herself of her clothing, in order, that her speed might be less impeded, she was let out at the gate of the fort, fol. lowed by the prayers and blessings of all within; while, from one of the embrasures, the anxious eyes of Ashley Harper followed her, as she fled like a young roe through the lines of the enemy. Now she falls! Twen ty muskets are raised bythe savg top MhMM b ouse in safety, aid is admitted ! A period of awful suspense awaited them in the fort. The men were anxious for re lief, the Colonel was regretting tiat he per mitted his sister to go, and Ashley Harper was breathing prayers for her safety. In the block-house the excitement equally as great, and astonishment was expressed'by every one at the intrepidity of the maiden. Her brother there endeavored to persuade her to stay with him, offering to send one of his own men to the fort with the powder. But she overruled his arguments with the same logic she had used with her brother Silas, and at last was permitted to return. A keg of powder was poured into a table-cloth and she again sal lied forth to run that dreadful gauntlet. In the fort, every heart was seating with the utmost anxiety, and as the dusky foe was seen gathering around scarcely a vestige of hope was left for the safety of the heroic maiden. Still watched her lover from the embrasure. and still prayed her brother si. lently. Forward she sped on her return with her precious burthen, as though hecr feet were winged, while the enemy, at length suspicious of her errand, were pouring showers of lead ater her. Yet onward she came unarmed apparently unalarmed-preserved by an Om nipotent power, and at length reaehed the gate of the fort, whlich wvas thrown open with eagerness to admit her. As it closed in safe ty upon the little band within, it was assault with a hundred bullets, while the savages around made the air peal with their demoniac yells of disappointment and rage.-The brother welcomed her with tears. All press edl around her to thank her for her bravery, all but Ashley Harper: his heart was too fall for expression. The result of this adven ture was the successful defence of the fort against the besigers. But ero the wvar of the revolution was ended, Ashley Harper slept wth the dead heroes of our country, having fallen at the battle of Saunder's Creek, in North Carolina. August 16, 1780. A GOOD Trnex.-" My son," saidl a father, " take that jug and ;fetelh me sonme beer." "Give mec the money,'then, fat ther." "My son, to get beer with money, any body can do that, but to get beer without money, that's a a trick.'' So the boy takes the jug, and out he goes. Shortly he returns, and places the jug l~ef ne his father. " Drink,' s td the son. "I-How can I drink," says the father, " when there is no beer in the jug 1" " To drink beer out of a jng," says the boy, " where then is beer, anybody can do that; but to drink beer out of a jug where there is no beer, that's a triek !" TiHE u ~r O MAKE AY I3PRFssIoN. -"Sammy, miy boy, what are you crying fort' "Bill hove the Bible at me, and hdt me on the head." "Well, you are the only person in my fanily on whom the Bible ever made the innast imnprnninnL.'" FOR THE ADVERTISER. Mr. Editor I herewith inclose a paper on the" R n RAPPINGs." It is taken from the New York Obserrer, of June the 19th 1851. TI* respectability and character of that journal is primi facia evidence of the authenticty d credibility 'of the state nent-either:.cfl be easily tested by addrer. sing the lady or tenterei named. I only hold myself res rsible for the accuracy of the copy. R. G. The flahester Rappings. As there are some who still try to keep up the idea that.thee spirit-rappings have not been exploded, .'e copy the deposition of Mrs. Noman Culver, taken at Arcadia, N. Y., April 17th, 18514 I am by mar a connection of the Fox girls; their br er married my husband's sister. The gir have been a great deal at my house, and about two years I was a very sincere b' ver ir the rappings; but some things whia I saw when I was visiting the girls at Roc ter, made me suspect that they were dee& ng-I resolved to satisfy myself in some- .y; and some time after ward I made a oposition to Catharine to assist her in pro cing the manifestations. I had a cous ' siting me from Michigan, who was going- consult the spirits, and I told Catiarine tli if they intended to visit Detroit, it would- e a great thing for them to convince him. I so told her, that if I could do any thing to h Ip her, I would do it cheer fully-that I sh ld probably be able to an swer all question he would ask, and I would do it if she wo show me how to make the raps. She said atas Margaretta was ab sent, she wanted mehody to help her, and that if I would jme a medium, she would explainit all to She said that en. :my couin consulted the spirits, I m it next to her, and touch her arm when t 'ht letter was called. I did so, and was to answer nearly all the questions cor After 11md-helped her in this way a fe es, she revealed to me the secret. Th s are produced with the toes. All the t re used. After nearly a week's practice, t Catherine showing me how, I could p : them perfectly myself. At first it was. lard work to do it. Catharine told warm my feet, or put them in warm. an ,itewould then be easier work to that she some times had to three or. four times in the a redan Tap nii cession.- I cai rap with all the fois on both feet: it is most difficult to rap with the great toe. Catharine told me how to manage to an swer the question; she.said it was genera-lly easy enough to answer right if the one who asked the questions callecthe alphabet; she said the reason why they asked people to write down several names on paper, and then to point to them till the spirit rapped at the right one, was to give them a chance to watch the countenance and motions of the person, and that in that way they could near ly always guess right. She also explained how theyheld down and moved tables (Mrs. Culver gave us some illustrations of the 1t icks.) She told me that all I should have to do to make the raps heard on the table, would be to put my foot against the bottom of the table when I rapped, and that when I wished to make the raps sound distant on the wall, I must make them louder, and direct my own eyes earnestly to the spot where I wished them to be heard. She said if I could put my foot against the bottom of the door, the raps would be heard on the top of the door. Catharine told inc that when the Committee held their ankles in Rochester, the Dutch servant girl rapped with her knuck les, under the floor from the cellar. The girl was instructed to rap whenever she heard their voices calling the spirits. Catharine also showved ine how they made the sounds of sawing and plaining boards. (The wvhole trick was explained to us.) When I was at Rochester last JTanuary, Margaretta told me that when people insisted on seeing her feet arid toes, she could produce a few raps with her feet and ankle. Elizabeth Fish (Mrs. Fish's daughter,) who now lives with her father, wvas the first one who produced these raps. She accidentally discovered the way to make themn by playing with her toes against the footboard, while in bed. Catherine told me that the reason why Elizabeth went away West to live with her father, wvas becauuse she was too conscientious to become a medium. The whole secret was revealed to me wihh the understanding that I should practice as a medium when the girls were away. Catherine said that whenever I practiced'I had better have my little girl at the table with me, and make folks believe that she was the medium, for she said they would not suspect so young a child of any trick. After I had obtained the whole secret, I plainly told Catharine that my only object was to find ont how these tricks were done, and that I should niever go any further in this imposition. She was mueh freightened, and said that she believed that I meant to tell of it, and expose them; and if I did, she would swear it wias a lie. She wvas so nervous and excited that I had to sleep with her that night. When she wvas instructing me how to be a medium, she told me how frightened they used to get in New York for fear somebody would detect them, and gave me the whole history of all thme tricks they played upon the people then. She sa'id that once Margaretta spoke aloud,, and the whole party believed it was a upirit. flins. NORMAN CULVER. WE hereby certify that Mrs. Culver is one of the most reputable and intelligent ladies in the town of Arcadia. We were present when she made the disclosures contained in the above paper, we had heard the same from her before, and we cheerfully bear testimony that there cannot be the slighiest doubt of the truth of the whole statement. C. G. POMEROY, M. D. REV. D. S. CHASE. Wayn is a horse the most mis 'rable of all animals. Because bis thoughts aro alam on ihn "InAeK." From the Mercury. The Hamburg Meeting. MESSRS. EDITORS :-It was to have been hoped that the late meeting held in our town so diametrically opposed to the interests and sentiment of the State in its object, and so insigi ificant in its nature, would have met with its merited contempt. But in confirma tion of the old adage "drowning men will catch at straws," certain journals in our State have seized upon this meeting as an evidence of the increasing strength of what some have been pleased to term a party opposed to the separate secession of South Carolina from the Federal Compact. Fearing that such may have the effect of creating false impres sions as to the political sentiments of the people of Hamburg in this crisis of our ex istence as a people, when every heart through out the length and breadth of our State should vibrate in unison, when but one senti ment should pervade our entire ranks, when but one object should actuate our every movement-the speediest and most effectual mode of extricating ourselves from a politi cal thraldom in which we have been gradual ly entangled, I beg leave through the medi um of your valuable journal, to make a few statements relative to this meeting, and the part taken in it by those who properly con stite the citizens of Hamburg. I of course exclude from that list those wandering hordes from other parts in search of gain, who un fortunately infest our little town to a conside rable extent, the entirety of whose patriotism may be summed up in their grasp after the all mighty dollar. I have been credibly in formed, it not being congenial with my feel ings to attend any meeting whose object it is to create division among our ranks, that after extensive preparations on the part of those who prefer the milder appellation of " wait a bit," to the more significant, yet not less appropriate cognomen submissionists. the appointed time arrived; when lo ! out of the "four hundred respectable citizens of Edgefield District," which number it was al lodged had called the meeting, scarce two hundred were found present to raise their feeble voice in opposition to the declared in tention of the sovereign State of South Caro lina. 'Of this number, not more than seven ty-five were from Hamburg, -the remainder were principally from Aiken, Granitecille and Augusta, Ga., many of whom were led to attend more through curiosity than a de. sire to participate in the proceedings .f the meeting, it aving been previously announced that Messrs. utler, Hammond rBut were' espee'to address:the es 's ,temle-anrelutios "ur porting to be the sentiments of the people of Hamburg. Never was a mistake more egre gious, never an injustice mere flagrd'nt. We are, as we ever were, fqr South Carolina, right or wrong. There is still to be found patriotism enough ii our li:tle town to ,epu diate any such doctrines as those put forth by what has been designated the " Hamburg meeting," which, had it been held without corporate limits might with equal propriety been called the "Augusta meeting," from the number of Georgians who attended. We love the Union as it once was; but detest it as it now is. We admire and adopt as ours the following sentiment of one of Carolina's de parted heroes: " When I hear a Northern man cry out 'glorious Union" says MeDuffie, "methinks I hear the bugle blast of the rob ber band; but when I hoar a Southern man cry out 'glorious Union,' methinks I snuff treason from the tainted gale." There are 1 possibly to be found in our midst a few wan derers from their legitimate sphere, who, not- 1 withstanding the wrongs that have been heaped upon us are still carried away by their veneration for the Union; but these, like the men of old, no doubt, will be seen 1 when the first Federal gun shall be fired, on ] their pilgrimage back to the Mecca of their fathers. But nil mong us, with a few ex eptions, who claim to be the first settlers of ur town, all who are identified with it by a ommon interest and feeling, all who are nited to it by the kindred ties of birth, and, n a word, all who love freedom and detesti sbmission, are for separate State action hat action to consist in the secession of South Carolina from a Union once the pride f America, now the curse of the South.- I We have been forced to adopt these senti ments as ours, beeause we aire sensible of the itter, burning wrongs that have been henaped 1 pon us by a reckless majority in Congress. " We've had wvrongs, To stir a fever in the blood of age, Or make the infants sinew strong as steel." I It is our honest conviction that- secession s the only possible means by which we can btain redress for present injuries and securi y against future aggressions; that the time has arrived when South Carolina must either protect her rights, and sustain her honor, by 1 he lawful remedy, secession, or sink into a state of infamy and ruin, from whlich nothing save the hand of resurrection can ever re eem her. The experince of thzepast teach- 1 s us that under existing circumstances we eed not expect co-operation on the part of the South ; they have listened so long to the: siren sons of peace and prosperity as to lhe ome indifferent to their most vitaI interests. n the opinion of many, nothing but the rompt and decided action of our own State can ever arouse them to a sense of the dutty1 which they owe to thenmselves and to posteri-1 ty. Let us, therefore, act, and act promptly ; in the language of the lamented Butler, " al ays remembering that we are Carolinians." Let us set the example by leading off glori usly in the van, and then, and not till then, an we hope for eo operation on the part of' the South. This course of policy, if adopted1 by the State, will ever be sustained, let what ome that may, by the citizensof HAMBURG. 1 AxOTHERt SUBTERFUGE.-The Fugitive Slave case in Chicago has been deck'e 1. The* discharge of the negro has been ordered by the Co~mmissioner. The proof of hi. identi ty was full and complete, but it seems the proof was at variance with the r cord. The Yankees are great adepts in overcoming the law. They have "wvl igped the devil round the sump" in this case completely. Oh, what.= n blessing is the Fugitive Slave law ! Even a shnado. di:Terence in the color of th- skin is* made a pretext when it can possibly be traced between the proof and the record to rob the Southerner of his interest. and yet Southern men point to the Fugitive Slave Law, saying, 'behold the recompense-the South should be satisfied!"-State-Rights Republican. -- Southern Wrongs and the Remedy. The Southern people, generally and the people of Mississippi in particular, complain of the action of Congress, last year, because it excludes them from a vast empire acquired mainly by the bravery of Southern soldiers, and by money collected from the Southern States. Those acs also manifest an aggres sive disposition on the part of the general government, which justly alarms them for the future.. Under these difficult and embarrassing cir cumstances, the question arises what shall we do. It seems to us that answer can easily be given. Let there be a demand for amending the territorial bills, by repealing the Mexican laws on the subject of slavery. This would leave Utah and New Mexico so that the emi grant from a slave State could take his pro perty there as well as one of the free States. We should also demand a division of the State of Ca'i'ornia, on the line of 36. 33, either by purchase or cession, or by asking the voluntary consent of the people of Cali fornia, and repeal of every law, that would prevent the existence of slavery, South of that line. This consent would be given readily as many persons in that State are an xious for such a division, because the State is too large. We should further demand the immediate repeal of the law abolishing the slave trade in the district of Columbia. If the South permits that law to stand, it will soon lead to the abolition of slavery in the District uid of the slave trade between the States. A Union of the South would obtain all hese demands. They would to some extent ndemnify us for the past, and give security ror the future and perpetuate the Union. We respectfully suggest these things to he friends of the South, in this and the other Southern States. If the -June convention of he Democratic State Rights party would adopt our suggestions as the basis of a plat form, we can carry the State by a majority >f twenty thousand. If this State lays down iirch-u.platform, other Southern States would to the same. This-would lead to a Union of .he South, which- is important and essential o success. - We shall close this article by asking the ttention and serious .considerationot t e iberties of the piople.-lJa itan MIssiss-rr.-The Southern rights nomi atingconvention of this Stateiias nominated .en. John A.. Quitman for Governor. It iassed a series of resolutions, Southern in one, denouncing the compromise, affirming he right of secession, and expressing confi fenein the State Convention already called ,o indicate the mode and measure of redress or past wrongs. The meeting was a very large one, num )ering 253 delegates; larger by 70 odd dole. ates than the Union convention recently net for the same purpose. Gen. Quitman md Hon. Win. McWillic addressed the con ention, and were greeted with enthuiastic applause.-Carolinian. TirE UroN ! THE UxroN !! TiE Uiox !!! -Win. H. Seward of New York is a masked attery man. lie says: "The union of these States is indispensa le, in my judgment, to the accomplishment f any good even in regard to the institution >f slavery, and the agency of the Whig party Lmd Whig administration is the only agency )y which it can be elfeeted. I am therefore, think, quite unlikely to put either into jeo ardy." Death of the Inebriato, IT IS A sAD DEATH. There is no comfort m that dying pillow. No sweet repose. No -oice of friendship bidding adieu. No light ng uip of joy in the depatrted spirit. IT IS A FREQUENT DEATH. Two every hour ~o through the gates in our owvn land. IT Is AN EAF.LY DEATH. Few drunkards ive out their days. IT Is AK U'NLAMENTED DEATH. "I am glad to is gone," is the common saying, as the >ll announces the solemn event. Even his hmily look for comfort, he is no more. Let it be soberly contemplated I 1. By the moderate drinker. It may be ns. 2. By the vendor. He has filled the bot he, and done the deedl. 3. By the magistrate. He signed the Ii ense. 4. By the heedless parent. It may yet be he death of his own son, 5. If not too late, by the drunkard him elf. And let him escape as for his lire. Ihnhit hturries him onwaid. Appetite Jhur ics him onward. Sickness hurries him on vard. But oh, his end ! Yes, his awful end. 0, reader, how can rou remain Idle and see 'your brother man pproaching that .awful end every dlay. By md by, these things wvill stare you .in the hec. If you have done your duty, and varned your fellow man of his danger, it nay be well with you ; otherwise, depend ipon it, you stand on slippery ground, and nay have to share the same fate that awaits h'drunkard. 0, professing Christians ! how ~an you remain idle for ono moment, and ~eo your fellow man dropping into a drunk rds hell, without raising your voice to warn im of the awvful danger and the final fate of lie drunkard. 0, that wve could be the hum te instruments in the hands of our heavenly athter of waking up the sleeping sentinels o a sense of duty ! Let us ask you in all ander, if you believe what the Bible says in ~egard to thie final end of a drunkard ? you nay you believe every word ; then, in the ame of heaven how can you fold your arms md remain unconerned ? WHEN a man has his mind once enlighten di and purified; when his moral and intel eetual facubmie~s have fairly gained dom-nion >ver the animal and sinful propensities of his aature. ho finds in the precepts of the Gospel, ..ecisTy what his own reason would dictate. Decision Under the Now Pontage Aet. POST OnFFcE DEPARTMIENT, e June 11,185T. The postage on all bound books and on all other printed matter, except newspapers and periodicals published at intervals not ex ceeding three months, and sent from the of fice of publication to actual and bonafid'e sub scribers, must be prepaid. If the amount paid and marked' on suefr printed matter is not sufficient to. pay the whole postage due, the excess of weight be yond that paid for is to be charged with double the rate which would' have been: charged if prepaid; and the- postage on such. excess collected at the office of delivery. If by the neglect of a postmaster such mat ter is sent without any prepayment, the double prepared rate must be collected on delivery. Postage must be charged on all letter,. newspapers and other matter, according to the distance on the route by which:they are forwarded; and this (unless otherwise-direct ed by the sender) must be the iroute by whiclb they will soonest reach their destination, al. though that may not be the shortest route... On letters to and from GreatBritiin (find the continent of Europe when sent oilirongth England) the rates of postage-and modes of rating will be the sat as heretofore,.exeept as to letters to or from California and Ore gon, in respect to which special instructions will be hereafter given. On all letters to or from the continent f Europe, not sent through England, the Un . ' 4 ted inland and sea postage will in all cases be combined, and will be twenty cents the single rate, without regart to the distance the same are carried within the United'taths The mode of rating will be the same iishere tofore. (Full tabular. statements in reard to the rates of poste, both foreign and in land, will soon be published) Subscribers to periodicals, to obtain the . benefit of the provision in regard to prepay. ment, must pay the full' quarter's postage before the delivery of the first numrnwhuiren there are several numbers to- be delivered' during the quarter. If, by reason of any in crease in the size of the periodical, or other wise, it shall appear that the whole quarte s - postage was not: so paid in adviancet4i 41-. scriber will aspe'the benefit of - and the nunmer-'reoeved .during quarter will beeharged with t ouhlevor unpaid rate, and the subscriber wlbe credi ted only the amount pidsii edance.< Under thep r On of the .ofi be-: . lig o y~ 3m the eon ties were published. The o e .ofpublica tion is the office. where the newspaper is ,printed. In determinin newspaper postages, the distances are to $e computed from the office of publication, and not from the couinty line4 of the county in which the paper is publish c, and the distance is also to be computed over the route on which it is carried. Newspapers published weekly only in a county adjoining tjie Canada line may be sent f ec to Canada, provided ihey do not leave tl e county cf publication until they cross the line into Canada. Newspaper publishers may send and re ceive their exchange newspapers to and from, Canada free of charge. A newspaper is not a periodical within the meaning and intent of the provision which requires the postage on periodicals to b.e paid; in advance, and declares that the postage thereon shall be one-half of the rates previ ous~ly specified in the second section of the act. All subscribers to newspapers we and still are required by the provisions ofthe ir tieth section of the uet of MarjL825, to pay one quarteI's postage in-'adwiee; but by soi doing they arc not entitled 'to have the pos tage reduced below the established rates. Pavments in advance on newspapers and. periodicals can only be made by the subseri bers at the poet office where they are to be delivered. The postage on newspapers, periodicalis. and other matter not chargeable letter-poe tage, when sent out of the UTnited States, lie prepaid at the full rate. Publishers nmay pre pay postage on their issues, but can have'no deduction of postage on account of such pre payment. "When a periodical only quarterly, thes'. tual bona tide subscriber for such periodisaaD may pay in advance, and have the benefit of' the advanco paymnent, provided lie pays -to the postmaster at the office where ho is 'to receive the periodical before its deliv'ery. If a periodical is published less frequentl than. quearterly, the postage must be prepaid and at the full rate. Letters mailed before the first day of July, though deliver-ed after, will, in all. cases, be charged with postagze at the rates in Anseoas the time of the mnailing- thereof' N. K. HALL, P..M. Gen. THE PATaROT AND TE: SPAR~ar.-'The Patriot refuses to exchange with the Spar tan," is the title of a spicy editorial in the lat ter paper. The Spartan, of the 5th Instant, wvas, it seems, returned, and- on it was writ ten, "Excbange discontinued, Southern Pa. trio!." Non-intereouse, then, exists between the papers, and the Spartan is placed under emnbargo. The mountain editor will hearaf ter be relieved of the necessity of replying to the arguments of the Spartan, and the Spar tan will lose the chatnce, it has heretofore en joyed, of exposing the anti-South Carolina fallacies of the Union editor. WVeave sorry that Mr. Perry should be disposed thus wil fully to shut out the light; or, if lhe thinks his own paper is full of light, that he should not be willing to let the rays oft it fall upon the optics of his Spartan brother.-Is he afraid of the truth ? Is the Spartan brother too strong for him ? Let hrim bear in mind the old motto, "Mana est reritas et prexaic biL." "Stop your paper,." will not stop the truth of the paper from spreading with more than rail-road speed.-Go ahead, Doctor? State-Rights Republican. A god book shouldbe so readand studid,. that the leading and prominctnt ideas may be incorporated into into or made part of the rzeaders, intellectual self. as physical food by the process otf digeistion becomnes part of the 1o10 into which it is received.