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ED E DiL AD ERISER R I~tuiocratic 3ottruaI, Webottu to Mouttrt(jtv u gf, Ntus, 3jotitte Gettra Mtigente, 7Lfttattire, jioraittp, Esteante, Egviettittte, $ct. "'*e will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our bierties, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins. W. F. DtURISOE, Proprieter. EDGEFIELD, S. Ve, DECEMBER 4,1851. O .NO the honor and glory of your Divine Crea. tor. Joux McDoxoon. New Orleans, March 2, 1804. The conclusion at which I have ar. rived is, that without temperance there ih no health, without virtue no order, with, out religion no happiness, and that th< sum of our being is to live wisely, sober. ly and righteously. Trout Fishing. We have a friend who is somewhat ol a practical joker, residing in a pleasani country residence near the ocean. Some time since he had a visit from Professoi -, of poetic memory. The profes sor is a keen trout fisherman, and seeing a pond at some distance from R's resi dence he inquired "Can you fish for trout in that pond?' "0, yes," said R. " as well as not." "Possible !-where's your rod ?" "I have none. I'm no fisherman, But if you want to try, we'll go over to S--, and get tackle, and j ou may try your hand at it to-morrow. It was thereupon agreed to do so, and the-day was passed by the worthy pro. fessor in preparations for angling. The next morning early, R. drove him over to the pond, and he whipped it all round to windward & leeward and final ly waded in up to his waist and threw his flies most skillfully but never raised a fin. At length, as the sun grew tolerably hot, he turned to R. who lay under a tree solacing himself with a book and a cigar, and exclaimed: "I don't believe there is a trout in your pond." " I don't know that there is," replied R. imperturbably. "Why, you told me there was. "0, no," said R. leisurely turning and lighting another cigar, "you asked me if you could fish for trout here, and I said you could as well -is not. I've seen folks do it often but I never knew of one being caught here." APPLEs FOR 5HUXAN Foo.-The im. portance of apples, as food, has not hith erto been sufficiently estimated in this country, nor understood. 'Besides con tributing a large portion of sutar, muci form of food, they contain such a e combination of vegetable acids, abstr. c tive substances, and aromatic principles, with the nutritive matter, as to act power fully in the capacity of refrigerants, ton ics, and antiseptics; and, when freely ased at the season of ripeness, by rural laborers and others, they prevent debility, strengthen digestion, correct the putrefaic tive tendencies of nitrogenous food, avert scurvy, and very probably maintain and strengthen the powers of productive la bor. "The operators of Cornwall, in England, consider ripe apples nearly as nourishing as bread, and more so than potatoes. In the year 1801, a year of scarcity, apples, instead of being convert ed into cider, were sold to the poor; and the laborers asserted that they could stand their work on baked apples without meat; whereas a potato diet required meat or fish." The French and Germans use apples extensively ; indeed, it is rare that they sit down, in the rural districts, without them in some shape or other, even at the best tables. The laborers and me hanics depend on them, to a very great extent, as an article of food, and frequent ly dine on sliced apples and bread. Stewed with rice, red cabbage carrots, or by themselves, with a little sugar and milk, they make bo0th a pleasant and nu tritious dish. If your friends will only provide themselves with plenty of choice fruit, we w~ill ventnre that not one man, woman or child, in fifty, would care for animal flesh to eat. Who doubts, for a moment, that many scrofulous and other diseases are traceabile to a flesh diet? It is well known that much of the meat we eat is in a diseased state when slaughter ed, and its effects may he well imagined. Yet our fruit is always in a healthy state, and cannot generate disease in the human body ; 1>ut it has a diluting, purifying and renovating tendency.-Water. Cure Jour. " No :uAY," said Mrs. Partington, " was better calculated-to judge of pork than my poor husband wvas, wvhen he wvas liv ing; poor man, lie knew what good hogs were, for he h'ad been brought up among 'em from his childhood." A LAZY FELLOW named Jack Hole, liv ing near Covington, Ky., has adopted a way of spellinig his name which throws Fonotype clear into the shade. He makes a big " J." and jobs his pen through the paper for the " Hole." Goon.-A tutor of a college,-lecturing a young man on his irregular habits, ad ded wvith great pathos, "Your conduct will bring your father's grey hairs with sorrow to the grave.". " That is impossible," replied the youth, " my father wvears a wvig." NA TURAL DEATJ.-An old man, who had been a close observer all his life, when dangerously sick, was urged by his friends to take advice of a quack ; b)ut objected, saying,-" I wish to die a natu. ral death." Every fool can find faults that a great many wise men cnt remedy. THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. ARTHUR SISIKINS, Editor. TURM5..Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance---Two DOLLARS and FirTy CENTS if not paid in six months---and THREE DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinctly limited at the time of subscribing. will be considered as made for an in definite period, and will be continued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Pub lisher. Subscriptions from other States must be accompanied with the cash or reference to some one known to us. ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously inse ted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less,) for the first insertion, and 371.2 for each subsequent insertion. When only published Monthly or Quar terly, One Dollar per square will be charged. All - Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on the margin. will be contin ued until forbid and charged accordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal terms---it being distinctly understood that contracts for yearly advertising are confined to the immediate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Advertise ments must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, in advance. For Advertising Estrays Tolled. Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. NO HEART ALONE. 0 SAY not, we through life must struggle, Must toil and mourn alone; That no human heart can answer The beatings of our own. The stars look down from the silent heavens Into the quiet stream, And see theniselves in its dewy depths In fresher bbauty gleam. The sky, with its pale or glowing hues, Ever painteti the wave below, And the sea sends up its mist to form . Bright clodds and the heavenly bow. Thus does eeh of the other borrow A beauty not its own, - And tells us that no thing in nature Is for itself alone. Alone-gnid life's griefs and perils, The stiutest heart may quail: i-to its own unaided efforts, Then let us learn to help each other, Hoping unto the end Who sees in every man a brother, Shall find in each a friend. -. A CHRISTIAN THOUGHT. I WOULD not ask a thornless life Fro-n every sorrow free. Did God in His kind providence Permit it so to be. For as the verdure of the earth Would wither and decay Beneath the dazzling gloriousness Of a perpetual day. So the green places of the heart In life's progressive years, Would cease to yield the buds of hope, If watered not by tears. I ask a firm and steadfast mind, My duties to fulfil; A cheerful and obedient heart To do my Maker's will. An humble and enduring faith, To lift my soul above, And in each chastening grier to see A Father's tender love. A heaven-born strength to follow on The path my Saviour trod, Through Him to win the meed of grace And endless joy with God. Rules of Life. The late John McDonough, who died wvith so immense ani estate recently in Newv Orleans, left papers, among w-hich was found the following. They are capi tal rules, if they do not lead people, as they did him, into the narrow path of the miser: R ULES FOR 3fY G UID ANCE IN LIFE. Remember, always, that labor is ono of the conditions of our existence. Time is gold; throw not one minute away, but place each one to account. Do unto all men as you would be done by. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do today. Never covet what is not your owvn. Never think any matter so trivial as to deserve no notice. Never give out that which does not first come in. Never spend, but to produce. Let the greatest order regulate all the transactions of your life. Study in your course through life to do the greatest possible amount of good. Deprive yourself of nothing necessa ry to your comfort in life, but live in an honorable simplicity and frugality Pursue strictly the above rules, and with the Divine blessing, riches of every kind will flow in upon you to your heart's content. But first of all, remember that the chief and great study of your life should be, to live hy all the means in your power to GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE, FELLOW-CIT1zENS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I congratulate you upon your assem bling to deliberate upon the aiairs of the commonwealth and to discharge the higl and sacred duties which devolve upon you Since your last meeting our State ha, been blessed with an unusual degree o health, and although, in some portions o it, a scorching drought has blighted tht hopes of the husbandman in a considera ble degree, yet in others they have beer rewarded with an abundant harvest; anc whatever deficiency in breadstuffs maj occur in one section, can be supplied fron another. A new spirit of enterprise ani improvement seems to animate our people and when the great railroad enterprises now rapidly progressing, are completed we may indulge the hope that a new erz of pro;perity will dawn upon us-neni life and energy be infused into all our in. dustrial pursuits. For these, as for all His mercies, we are bound to render ou heartfelt thanks to Almighty God, d61 Heavenly Father. The financial condition of the State may be put down as follows: Assets................$5,113,414 41 Liabilities........... 3,208,424 5( 81,904,989 '91 The Bank of the State during the pasi year has paid a heavy interest on its cap ital. According to a report made to me by the President, the capital in use may be put down at three millions three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 83,350,000 Deduct fire loan bonds...... 440,OOC 82,910,00C The entire profits, after paying all expenses, are. .. ... ..$300,000 Deduct interest on fire loan . - bonds ................. 28,OOC $272,OOC It.will be seen by the above stakmeni that the Bank has realized a.profit of something over nine per ceint on its capi tal. In conformity p a resolution passed at -.anr4LCst.gnetr g ,PpWit4Ian. agen to receive the share of the proceeds of the public lands assigned to this State un. der the act of Congress of the 4th sep tember, 1841. The amount paid was $18,214 90 Deduct commissions paid agent 700 00 $17,514 90 which sum is deposited in the Bank of the State to the credit of the Governor. I await your further directions as to its dis posal. The South Carolina College, which has been so liberally endowed by your en. lightened generosity, and looked upon as the pride and ornament of our State, is in a most flourishing condition. Under the auspices of its accomplished president, and able professors, its reputation is daily extending, and students are drau-n to it from nearly all the Southern and South. western States. Although the western wing of the North College was burnt down in April last, vet it caused no sus pension of the usual routine of duties either of professors or students. This injury to the building was promptly re. Ipaired and paid for out of the tuition fund. As this first accident admonishes us of the dangers to which so large an amount of public property is exposed, I beg leave to call your attention to the propriety of having all the College buildings insured. The important science of geology and mineralogy, wvhich for years has been so entirely neglected, is nowv taught with great ability. Thue cabinet of minerals has been considerably increased and al though it is still comparatively small, yet its elegance and propriety of arrangement not only present a most attractive aspect to the visitor, but reflects great credit up. on the skill and industry of the able pro. fessor of that department. I regret to announce to you that the valuable services of Dr. Thorn well, whose eminent piety and profound learning ren dered him one of its brightest oirnamients and strongest props, were lost to the Col lege by his resignation, which was ten dered to, and accepted by the trustees at their May meeting. It is also with pain ful emotions that I inform you of the heavy blow it is to sustain in the contenm plated resignation of its vener-able presi dent, who, wvith zealous fidelity, has dis charged the delicate and laborious duties of his oflice in such a manner as to give additional lustre to his already extended reputation, and to the brilliant fame he has wvon for himself in other fields. It is most deeply to be deplored that continued ill-health forces him to take that step which will deprive the rising generation of our State of the example of one whose commanding eloquence, whose pure mo rality, springing from a highly cultivated mind and heart, was destined to exercise such a happy influence over them. Jus tice requires. that I should mention, to the credit of the other professors, that the deficiency resulting fr-om the inability of the President to complete his course of instruction to the classes was promptly supplied by the assumption of additio~nal labors by them. TIhe experiment of our Military Aademies has suceeded beyond the most sangine expectations of thei early friends -The Cadets now number at the Citadd-. 103 (one hundred and three,) and at the Arsenal 27 (twenty-se. ven.) The in ng popularity of these Schools call f! in extension in the build. ings. At the hat annual meeting of the Board of VisI's, at least one hundred applications dmission were rejected, for the want o'0 eans of accommodation. If the buildidle were extended, and the annual appro'tion increased, the num. ber of Cades ight be doubled in the course of a Already sixty-eight applications been made for pay-pu. pils alone, an is number we may cal. culate will be . atly increased by the next meeting,' the Board. The Board with the vie 'receiving a larger num ber of Cade for an appropriation of $10,000 (te usand dollars,) for the purpose of *'ng the buildings of the Arsenal in C ibia, so as to accommo date the whol the fourth class in that place. By this, two hundred Ca. dets (200) received at the two schools. I th that the funds of the State cou1d e expended in a more profitablen m t inn to grant the sum asked for., glesee to call your atten. tion to anoth' tter connected with this subject. Th fessors in these Institu tions, althou eir duties are exceeding. ly oerousa' isicharged with great fi. delity by .thers, more poorly paid than any officeiso eir grade in the State. Their salarie scarcely sufficient to support them I have reason to believe that we ..can procure their valuable services muc iger at the same rate. If the number . adets is increased (and the popular vol calls for it) an addition al Professor e employed. I there. fore recomme further annual appro priatidn off t ousand dollars to these Academies. 1. less hesitation in re commending as the State has, as yet, done little or 1ng for them as institu tions of I Not a single dollar has been adde -the annual appropria tion, beyo was given originally to hire a guard i the arms; and it seems. to dMe Legislature cannot refuse to. 'Lso small to an in of the Itale, ,idsfir to rival in useful. ness any one of the kind in the Union. Already many young men, entirely desti tute of means, who might have ever lin gered in obscurity, have been sent forth from it userul members of society, exhib iting the practical utility of that mode of education they were designed to illustrate. Upon these institutions, founded in de signs of benevolence to the poor, as well as usefulness to all classes of the commu nity, I feel assured that I can with success invoke your liberality. I visited during the summer the Cedar Springs Asylum for the education of the Deaf and Dumb. This benevolent In. stitution, founded in 1849 by the enter prise of Mr. N. P. Walker for the educa tion of some of his own connections, has grown into importance, and excites the deepest interest in every philanthropist. The number of mutes is now twenty seven. There are many others too poor to pay their own expenses, who are now applying for admission, but cannot be re ceived because there is no provision made for them, by the State. I think that in steadl of appropriating a specific sum to this purpose, as is nowv the case, it would be better to allow one hundred and thirty dollar-s ($130) for each indigent mute (native of the State) that is admitted, with out regard to the number of them. There should also be appointed a Board of Visitors to regulate the admissions, and take a general supervision over the bene ficiary pupils. This plan wvould suffice for the present to secure the means of education to all the mutes in the State. As this subject begins to excite gmeat in terest in our community, I have no doubt but that some plan wvill be soon proposed by which this Institution wiill be put upon a per-manient basis, and this unfortunate class, who have heretofore been cut off from all the enjoyments of social inter course, wiill be educated as to be put in communication with themi, and thus not only rendered happy, but be fitted to act their parts in the drama of life. For the information of the Legislature, I herewith transmit Mr. Walker's letter on the sub ject. During the past summer, I visited offi cially the Lunatic Asylum. There are nowv one hundred and fity (150) patients in it. Fifty (50) have been admitted this year; nineteen (19) have been cured; seventeen (17) dismissed much improved, and nine have died. The male apart ments are now full. Justice to those to whose management it has been commit ted requires that I should testify to the fidelity w~ith wvhich they have discharged their duties. The cleanliness and good order of the establishment reflects great credit upon its excellent Superintendent; and the com plete control exercised over the patients, not only exhibits the skill of the attending Physician in the management of them, but his benevolence and kindness to them. I was greatly struck with his kind, pa ternal manner towards them, and their almost filial devotion for, and obedience to him. This Institution has been raised nde nurtured by the State with a munifi cence highly creditable to it. Although some alterations and improve ments in the buildings have suggested themselves to me, yet I forbear to say anything on the subject at present, as the Legislature at some future and more pros. perous period may deem it necessary either to remove them to some more fa. vorable location, or so to remodel them as to keep pace with the improvements of the day. The reports of Dr. Treze. vant and Dr. Parker, on this subject, are herewith transmitted, to which I invite your particular attention. Ten thousand dollars was appropriated by you at your last meeting, for the pur pose of stereotyping and publishing the two manuscripts, works of the late Hon. John C. Calhoun, comprising a " Trea tise on Government" and a "Discourse on the Constitution of the United States." Gov. Seabrook very properly selected as the Editor of these works Mr. R. K. Cralle, of Virginia, the intimate personal friend of Mr. Calhoun, and the gentlemen to whom he had himself consigned his mann. scrips. The entire work was executed in South Carolina, except the stereotyping, which was done in New York, at the cost of about $227 20. These two works are comprised in one volume, which is now ready for distribution. I feel it my duty to call your attention to the fact, that nothing has yet been done by the State towards erecting monuments to Mr. Calhoun and Col. Butler. The Palmetto Regiment, actuated by a spirit worthy of so noble and gallant a corps, have determined not to suffer such neg lect to the memory of their beloved coni mander, who proved himself worthy of the appellation of "Father of his Regi ment," have taken steps to erect a monu ment at their own expense. This should not be allowed. Although it is a most pleasing duty to them, yet the State should certainly claim the right to pay the last tribute to the memory of one whose con duct during the Mexican war has added the brightest page to be written in her history. The stranger who visits their graves might well be struck with surprise, that no sculptured marble marks the spot where sleeps the remains of two of her trated her- glory in the Cabinet,teohe on the tented field. For the credit of the State, I trust that this seeming neglect be remedied at once. The work of indexing, collecting and arranginging the records of the State, re lating to its Colonial and Revolutionary history, has been pursued with much energy and industry by Mr. John S. Green, who was selected by my prede cessor for this important purpose. Many valuable documents, which have been al most entirely obliterated, have been suffi ciently restored by him to be copied. It will be seen by his report, (which I send you,) that certain chasms occur in the records, from the loss of documents. If it is at all desirable to preserve them, it is impor tant that they should be complete. I therefore recommend that you authorize the Governor to send an agent to Eng land in order to supply the deficiency. Since your last meeting, I have re ceived, through Monsieur Alexander Vat temare, a copy of the great national pub lication, "La Gallerre Nationale de Ver sailles," containing several thousand en gravings, illustrative of the historical events of the French nation, together with the Milemoriale de l'Artillarie, and other military works. The former was presented to the Governor .and Legisla ture, in the name of the Prefect of the Department of the Seine, and municiple council of the city of Paris, " as an addi tional token of the fraternal feeling of France for South Carolina, and their de. I ire to see this enlightened and most useful intercourse permanently established be ween the civilized nations of the earth." The latter were presented by Monsieur Vattemare to the Military Schools. Trhese compliments to our State I acknowvledge in suitable terms, and have sent in return all of our State publications. I trust that this kind intercourse will be kept up on our part [ received a short time since, a petition, signed by the principal Chiefs of the Catawba Indian, to grant them the means of emigrating to the West, with the view of settling near the Chickasawvs. Al though I felt much disposed to favor this scheme, for the good of the Indians, yet I felt that I had had no authority to act in the premises. This, as you are aware, is now but the small remnant of a once powerful and numerous tribe, reduced to penury by their roving and dissipated habits. I am informed that the whole tribe will notimake more than one hun dred bushels of corn this year, and there is no reason to hope that it will evcr be better with them, while, with their slov enly habits of tillage, they are forced to remain and cultivate poor lands. It is the opinion of Mr. White, the Indian Agent, that nothing short of emigration to a State more genial to their habits, will save them from utter annihilation. I am sure that lie is correct in this opinion, for the reason set forth more fully in his report, which I send you. I therefore recommend that means be given to all, or as many as wish to emigrate, to enable them to do so. By a resolution of the Geaneal As sembly I was instructed to- cause the Magazines to be removed from their pre sent location to the Citadel Square. The City Council petitioned me to postpone the matter until they could have an op portunity to lay before you the danger to the city, from having so large an amount of powder kept within its limits. AsI found the .apprehension on this subject very general in Charleston, and some portions of its citizens painfully excited about it, I determined to delay the work until the present Session, on condition that the city authorities would become responsible for the safe keeping of the powder during that period. I thought this course just and proper, particularly as the State could suffer no detriment by it. A more thorough examination of the subject convinced me that the necessity of removing the Magazines was not as great as was supposed, but that a small additional appropriation for building a wall around them would make them safe. For full information on this matter, I refer you to the report of Maj. Trapier, which I send you. I await your further instructions on the subject. By an Act of the General Assembly, Brigade Encampments were re-establish ed. According to your instructions, I encamped the ten Brigades of Infantry, and five of Cavalry in the State. The officers, generally speaking, exhibited great enthusiasm, and conducted them. sel.ges as soldiers and gentlemen. A high-toned spirit and patriotism seemed to animate them, which convinced me that they would ever be ready at their country's call, to " stand to their arms." Although encampments must be admitted by all to be excellent schools' for the train ing of soldiers; and although the good which has been done by them is already manifest, yet I am not prepared to recom mend their continuance under present circumstances. Where the immediate necessity for them is not great, I do not think the State ought to 'be subjected to the heavy expense, or the officers to the inconvenience incident to them. Where the Brigades are compact, little incon venience attends them; but where the country is sparsely. populated, and the tent or countrJVy thle dity of iittentidij them is exceedingly onerous to all the officers, and almost ruinous to those of them who are poor. Under these cir cnmstances, I recommend that they be abolished. The General Assembly, at its last meeting, put at the disposal of the Board of Ordnance in connection with the Gov ernor, three hundred and fifty -thousand dollars ($350,000) for the purpose of arming the State and putting it in a con dition of defence. What progress has been made in the matter will be seen set forth in the report of the Major of Ord nance, which is herewith transmitted. Resolutions, passed by the Legislature and Convention of New Hampshire, also by the Convention of Maryland and the General Assembly of Illinois, on the sub ject of the compromise, together with re solution passed by the Legislatures of Florida and New Hampshire, on the sub ject of the establishment of an Agricul tural Bureau in the Department of the interior at Washington, are herewith transmitted. On the subject of our Federal relations, I have but little to say. You are fully aware of our wrongs, and know that the Federal Government, which was instituted for our protection and welfare, as wvell as that of the other States, has directed all its energeis to the destruction of that in. stitution upon wvhich our very vitality de depends. Yon know that we have been deprived of every inch of that territory which was wvon, in part, by our blood and treasure; that we have been robbed by a tyrannical and unjust government of the very graves of our gallant country men who sacrificed their lives that the " Star-spangled Banner" might float in triumph on the bloody fields over whiclg it waved. You know that our equality in the Union has been denied, by the very act which excludes us from this ter ritory. You knowv that the tide of North. ern fanaticism must sweep over us, de priving us of our property, and desolating our homes, unless it is stayed by the bold efforts of freemen, wvorthy to be free. The noble attitude of resistance wvhich I suplposed the State was about to assume, and which I have directed all my ener gies to place her in, seems to .have .been delayed or abandoned by the popular voice as indicated by the result of the late elections. I cannot believe that this result has been founded in a willingness tamely to submit to our wrongs, but in a difference of opinion as to the best mode of resisting them. I know of no other mode to recommend than that which I have heretofore so earnestly advocated, viz: T'hat, as our equality is not ac knowledged in the Union, " we should assert our independence out of it." This course I think our pride, honor, and safe-. ty alike demand. Others, whose opinions are~ entitled to respect, think differently and it seems the popular voice has sustain ed thenm in their opinions. It remains now for those who have defeated the proposed mode of action, and who have proclaimed their unalterable purpose not to submit to our wrngs and degfradation, to point out a better course.: I, myself, have none to suggest. Whatever is the action of the State through her constituted authorities, it is my duty to obey. ut I solemnly call upon you, as the representatives of the people, and as the guardians of their rights, to remember -that since you re solved upon resistance, and ordered the State to be-armed for defence, no single wrong of which you then complained has been redresied; no indemnity has been offered for the past, no security forthe future. That, under the vaunted4fugitive slave law, it has cost, in some instances, the owner four times the -value: of the slave to recover him, and ii others his life. But, above all, I call upon you to remember that the soldiers of the Federal Government ace now stationed on your cost, either to overawe or to coerce you. That the guns of Castle Pinckney, and even of Fort Moultrie, (which your fa thers so gallantly defended,) and which were ceded to. the General Government for your protection, are now frowning upon Charleston. Surely this monstrous insult, added to our injnries, will rouse the pride and patriotism of our people. The dangers which threaten our country call upon us-to bury the party feelings which have so unfortunately divided and distracted us, and to unite all our ener gies against the common enemy of our insiitutions. The taunts, the insults the abuse that is heaped upon our State, should cause every true son of Carolina to cling to her with an allegiance still more unfaltering. Gentlemen, the honor and safety of our beloved State are -in your keeping. May God direct you in your deliberations. JOHN H. MEANS. - THE DRUN3ARD.-Poverty, in- itself is not a crime. No disgrace be'longs to the man, who by reverses in' business, is led down from affluence to destitution. The poorest man who -walkthiseArthof sorrow, or who-toils in vaii td -clothe and feed his children, can stiadd in the pre sence of the manin niilli*Os, with no 1 consciousness of.infetiiny-11 when poverty-is-the reslt oeitjcomes shame. -Under any -circumstances it is exceedingly unpleasant and inconvenient to be very poor, and by most men, pov erty is dreaded as one of the worst of evils. Now poverty is as sure to follow a course of intemperance, as light and heat-to follow the rising of. the sua. God has so ordained. In his word he has de clared that the drunkard shall come to poverty, and wherever, we behold drunk enness, we also gaze upon squalid misery. Go into any community and you will find affluence to be the result of sobriety, and destitution the sure attendant of dissipa tion. You will expect to find in the neat, vine-covered cottage, a frugal temperate man; and in the hovel, unpainted and desolate, the windows shatteted, the doors unhinged, an intemperate man. EDUCATE YOUR DAUGHTERS.-A wri ter says: "When I lived among the Choctaw Indians, I held a consultation with one of their chiefs respecting the successive stages of their progress. in the arts of civilized life; and among other things he informed me at their first start they fell into a great mistake-they only sent their boys to school. They became intelligent men, but they married unedu cated and uncivilized wives, and the uni form result was, that the chilcfei were all like the mother; and soon / tialher lost all interest in both wife an- lrn " And now," says he "if wve could ed ucate but one class of our children, we should choose the girls;-for when they became mothers they wvould educate their sons." This is to the point, and it is true. No nation can become fully and permanently civilized and enlightened -; when their mothers are not, to a good degree, qualified to diischarge the duties of the home work of education." FAStrDrous TAsT.-An amusing little incident occurred at a city hotel a few days ago. A verdant looking chap sat down to take "some -filln," as the im mortal Joe Lawson' would say, and in due time a waiter presented himself at the back of our hiero's chair and inquired: " Tea or coffee, sir?" " Tea," he answered. " What kind of tea, sir?" Greeney looked up in the waiter's face, and, with considerable emphasis. said: " Why, store tea, of course; I don't want none of your blamed sassafrac stuff. A genious out west las ineted a nlew kind of dwelling.. They bMe made of india rubber, and are so poi-table .that you can carry a row of tlire4tory houses in your hat. Wonderijrthat's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing else but tlie truth. Doubtful. "MOTHER, send me for the doctor.": - ." Why, my son." " Case that man in the-parlor is ago~j. ing to die-he seid he wiould fssfr Jane would- not marry him-end Jane said she wouldm't. " Trust not the praise -f- adiend oor the cntempt of aenemy-- -