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JDGEFED .ADVRTE. a~~~~~~~~~~~~~iieaie 10wgrar $otuttali, Urot osutr itjO. KVOVlti*Ot "W will clinF to the .illaD of the Temple of E M E 11,1851. o- - I.F., DURISOE, Preprictor.' E G F LD S.CD VEMBER 11, 1851.oO.XI~-O~ EDGEFELDS. C, D) THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISEE .eUBLISHED EVERY TIIURSDAY. W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. ARTHUR SIIaKINS, Editor. T1ZRIMV.--Two DOLLARS per year, if paii n advance---Two DOLLARS nnd FrrrY CENTS i ot paid in six months---and TnREE DOLLARS i ot paid before the expiration of the year. Al ubscriptions not distinctly limited at the time o nbscribing, will be considered as made for an in efinite period, and will be continued until al arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Pub lisher. Subscriptions from other States must bq accompanied with the cash or reference to som< one known to us. ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously inser ted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or lese.) foi 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 oJ insertions marked on the margin, will be contin ued until forbid and charged accordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can dc 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. The Italian Flower Girl. On returning, after an absence af some years from my native city, I met, among other well remembered and cherished friends, my old schoolmate and college companion, Herbert Belrose. Most cor dially did he grasp my hand, showing that the fire of early friendship still burned brightly in his bosom. "You must come home and take tea with me," said he, as he stood holding my hand tightly in his. " Then you are married ?" I returned. "Oh, yes! I belong to the sober stay at-home class of citizens. So you must accept my invitation. I will call for you as I leave my coutiting-house this after noon. It will be delightful to have a good chat about old times." I assented, well pleased at the arrange ment, and, at the time agreed upon, Bel rose called for me. On being resented to his wife, I was surprised to meet a -with foreig n accents, and features. *There was something very striking in her whole aspect. Once seen, you never could for get her; you seemed to be gazing on some pictured form, a painter's dream of love liness. But if her face was my instant admiration, how much more charmed was I, after the reserve of our first meeting wore away, to note the simple but true grace of every motion, and to listen to the music of her voice, as she joined, with more than ordinary intelligence, in the conversation that followed. "Where did you meet with this lovely woman ?" said I to Belrose, at our next meeting. " To me she stood forth the embodiment of some beautiful ideal, long dwelling in the regions of fancy." " The story is a romantic one," replied my friend smiling. "Will you relate it?" " Oh, certainly, if you think you will feel interested enough to listen." " Let me hear it, by all means," said I. My friend then related the following story: " Three years ago, I went on the Con. tinent and passed through Italy. On the day of my arrival at Naples, as I was passing along one of the streets, a lovely young girl with a basket of flowers on Iher arm, approaching with a smile, pre. sented a handsome banquet, and in her musical Italian, asked me to accept it. Such a favor from a fair young stranger wvas not, of course, to be declined. In taking it I looked earnestly into her swveet face, and her eyes lingered for a moment or-two on mine ; then she turned, and was lost in the crowvd of people that filled the streets. " In relating this incident to a young Englishman at the hotel, he did not seem much surprised. His remark was ' one of the cunning flower girls. Howv much did your bouquet cost yout' "'Nothing,' I replied. 'Why should "'Ah! I perceive you don't under. stand these Italian girls. You are a fine looking young fellow and a stranger, wvith plenty of money to spend. You are gal. hant, too. All this a pair of bright Italian eyes can see at a glance. The girl was simply a flower girl, and by her little ruse expected to receive about ten times thet value of her bouquet.' "'Aha!' said I, in return. 'That't the meaning of it? iI wish I had knowvr it before.' "' You will see her again.' "' Do you think sol' "' Without doubt. She will never lost sight of you. Walk out to.nmorrowv, an ore you are in the street twenty-mmnuteS you wvill receive- another and still riche bouquet from her hands.' " And he was right. I received, sool after appearing abroad the next morning another bunch of flowers from the same fair hand, and the girl was rewarded witl a gold coin. Sho took the money, ant as her eyos fell upon it, and she saw it: value, a deep flush passed over her face and droppitng a low curtsey, while he eyes expressed thankfulness, she turnet and was in a fewv moments host to m: view. On the day following, the r and the next, I looked for my beaul flower girl, but saw her not in the stre "One day, a week after my arriva Naples, I rode out to enjoy the chartr views everywhere presenting themsel f A few miles from the city, I stoppei f look through the grounds attached to old and princely residence, the prop< of a decayed Italian nobleman. R was upon every hand. The fine 0or of elaborately wrought marble had suf ed much from time and violence. Stat were overthrown and broken, founts choked up, and rank weeds were tower over delicate garden flowers, half hid their beauty and destroying their perful While wandering amid those fading dences of former wealth and grandeu suddenly perceived my beautiful floi girl, sleeping on a green bank. My fc steps awakened her, and she started with a look of fear. In a m'oment i recognised me, and recovered, in a m sure, her self-possession. She was mit changed. Her face looked anxious, P there was a humidity about her eyes, if the tears were just ready to gush for I spoke to her in her own language, a the real kindness and sympathy I I were understood in an instant. I so learned that she was nearly the last me ber of an old and noble family reduc to poverty. In one of the apartments this ancient ruin, she was living with E aged father; and she remained his s< support and comforter. As a flower gi she obtained the means of sustenance I her parent. But he was now very i For three days and nights she had wate ed over him, unwearied in spirits, thon her body had suffered from latigue. TI money I had given her had enabled her remit her efforts to procure means of su tenance for a few days; but it was no all gone, and while gathering flowers fi another visit to the city, she had reeline upon the soft grass, and had there falk asieep. " Affected by her story, so artlessi told, I asked to see her father, and si took me to the apartment where lay venerable old man, but a few paces froi the end of his journey. While I yet lir awvay, and pssed to nther and a b-ett4 world. " Thrown thus strangely and providet tially in the way of this innocent an lovely girl, in a far-off land, I could n( turn from her in her deep affliction. 0 no, that would have been less than huma All in my power to do, to make less crusl ing the surro"' that was pressing up( her heart, was done. Learning, after tI burial of her father, that she was the la of her line, and that she stood friendle in the world, I procured her a tempora home in a highly respectable Engli family to whom I had been introduce Here I saw her daily, and you will not I surprised at the result. You have m the Italian flower girl. She is my wife FIRMNESS.-Have a mind of your ow if you would ever accomplish any thin Be not acted upon like a weather-van which changes with every breath of a When you are convinced you are right your conclusions and purposes, adhere them at all hazards, and do not be ovc ruled by those whose interests are stake, whose judgments are deficient. What would the heroes, Napoleon, A drew Jackson, and a host of other ilki trious men have done, had they listen to and acted upon the advice of every o who thought different from them? T iron will and firness of General Andri Jackson is a bright example for the wor When he saw his country in danger fr< the avarice of designing men, lie had t decision and firmness to array hims against a great mass of the people wv opposed him, and were ready at~any ment to assassinate him; but he wvas t moved from his great purposes by fear threats,hle was firm as a rock of adama His gigantic mind was unawed by tb Liliputian wrath, and nowv that peo] have become convinced that he wvas rig and have seen from what an abyss saved his country, they united in payi tribute to the memory of the patriot"u quaikd not, though thousands were l in their maledictions against him. CORREC'T SPEAKING.-We advise young people to acquire in early life habit of using good langunge, both spe ing and writing, and to abandon as es as possible the use of slang words phrases. The longer they live the m difficult the acquisition of such langu will be; and if the golden age of yo -the proper season for the acquisitior language-be passed in .its abuse, unfortunate victim of neglected educat is very probable doomed to talk slang life. Money is not necessary to proc this education. Every man has it in power. He has merely to use the I guage which he reads, instead of slang which he hears, to form his t~ from the popular speakers, wvriters poets of the country; to treasure choice phrases in his memory, and ha Suate himself to their use-avoiding at same time that pedantic precision rbombast, wvhich bespeaks rather the wE I ness of a vain ambition, than the pO ofn a educated mind. There is no n iext however low in rank, who may not ma iful terially benefit his financial condition, b 'ets. following this advice, and cultivating a in the same time such morals and manner, ing as correspond in character with goot ves. words. I to an EXTRACTS FROM TIE rty PRESIDENT'S ME SSAGE Mil FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE SENATE ico er- AND HoUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: nes I congratulate you and our common ins constituency upon the favorable auspicies ing under. which you meet for your first ses ing sion. Our country is at peace with all ne. the world. The agitation which, for a vi- time, threatened to disturb the fraternal r, I relations which make us one people, is ver fast subsiding; and a year of general ot- prosperity and health has crowned the up nation with unusual blessings. None ;he can look back to the dangers which are aa- passed, or forward to the bright prospect h before us, without feeling a thrill of grali nd fication, at the same time that lie must be as impressed with a grateful sense of our th. profound obligations to a beneficent Pro nd vidence, whose paternal care is so mani elt fest in the happiness of this highly-fa on vored land. ,- Considerable space is occupied in de ed tailing the progress of the revolutionary of expeditions against Cuba, with which the er reader is familiar. Speaking of 'those le who have been condemned, he says: rl, Althodgh these offenders against the or laws have forfeited the protection of 11. their country, yet the Government may, h- so far as is consistent with its obligations h to other countries, and its fixed purpose ;e to maintain and enforce the laws, enter to tain sympathy for their'unoffending fam s- ilies and friends, as well as feeling of w compassion for themselves. Accordingly )r no proper effort has been spared, and d none will be spared, to procure the re n lease of such citizens of the United States, engaged in this unlawful enter v prise, as are now in confinement in Spain; e but it is to be hoped that interposition a with the government of that country may n not be considered as affording any ground . of expectation that the Government or r se un er nyc ngauon ty ti tercede for the liberation or pardon of - such persons as are fingrant offenders d against the law of nations and the laws of the United States. These laws must, be executed. If we desire to mantain our respectability among the nations of . the earth, it behooves us to enforce steadi a ly and sternly the neutrality acts passed ,e by Congress, and to follow, as far as may st be, the violation of those acts with con 3s dign punishment. * * * * * y he Governments of Great Britain and France have issued orders to their d. naval commanders on the West India )c station to prevent by force, if necessary, Dt the landing of adventurers from any na " tion on the Island of Cuba with hostile intent. The copy of a memorandum of n, a conversation on this subject between the Charge d'Affiires of her Britannic "' Majesty and the acting Secretary of i State, and of a subsequent note of the for in ner to the Department of State, are to herewith submitted, together with a copy of a note of the Acting Secretary of at State to the Minister of the French re public, and of the reply of the latter, on -the same subject. These papers wdil ac 5- quaint you with the grounds of this in dterposition of the twvo leading commercial epowers of Europe, and wvith the appre heensions, which this Government could not fail to entertain, that such mnterposi .tion, if carried into effect, might lead to abuse in derogation of 4he maratime erights of the United States are founded fon a firm, secure, and well defined basis; othey stand upon the ground of National 10 lindependenlce and public law, and will . be maintained in all their full and just or extent. nt. The principle which this Government eir has heretofore solemnly announced it le still adheres to, and will maintain under hit, all circumstances and at all hazards. ie That principle is, that in every regularly g documented merchant vessel, the crew ho who navigate it, and those on board of ud it, will find their protection in the flag which is over them. No American ship can be allowved to be visited or searched all for the purpose of ascertaining the char the actor of individuals on board, nor can ik. there be allowed any watch by the yes rly sels of any foreign nation over American Ld vessels on the coasts of the United are States or the seas adjacent thereto. It io will be seen by the last communication uh from the British Charge d'Affaires to the of department of State, that he is authorizcd the to assure the Secretary of State that eve. ion ry care will be taken that, in executing for the preventive measures against the ex ure peditions, which the United States Gov his ernent itself has denounced as not be an- ing entitled to the protection of any the government, no interference shall take ste place with the lawful commerce of any md nation. up In addition to the correspondence or bit- this subject, herewith submitted, official the information has been received at the-De md partment of State, of assurances by th ak- French Government that, in the orders lish given to the French naval forces, they a n-.,.. er . epress instencted, in an y opera tions they might engage iqjgto respect the flrag of the United Sth' wherever it t might appear, and to colit no act of i hostility upon any vessel r armament I underjits protection. A- - -0 By refirence to the re- of the See retary of the Treasury, *,ill be seen that the aggregate recei i'for the last fiscal year amounted to $ 12,979 87; which with the balance i. Tie sury on the 1st July, 1850, ga the availa ble means for the year, m of 858, 917,524 36. The total expenditures for same period were $.8,005,878 68. - Total imports for the year g 30th .Tune, 1851.............. $215 725.995 Of which there were in specie. $, 967,90C The exports for the same p~d were.......-.......... $21,517,13O Of which there were of defu' tie products....$17, 8,54 Foreign goods re-ex ported.......... 9,738 Specie.............. .29,231211 1.," 7,1517,130 Since the 1st of Dece last, the payments in cash on accou the pub. lie debt, exclusive of i1fii est, have amounted to $7,501456 , which, however, includes the sum ,242,400 paid under the 12th arti f the treaty with Mexico, and the " he'r sum of $2,591,213 45, bein &inount of awards to American citi s under the late treaty with Mexico, which the issue of stock was autho^' , but which was paid in cash from the r'easury. The public debt on tl*il0th iltimo, exclusive of the stock a;4oriied to be issued to Texas by the ac'o10th -Sep tember, 1850, was $62,54191526. The receipts for the i fiscal year are estimated at $51,60 000, which, with the probable unappr ked balance in the treasury, on the alfu e next, will give, as the probable available means for that year, the sum of 6t58,634 09. The receipts for post d'ing the year (excluding the foreig stage col lected for, and payable to British post office,) amounted to $6, 747 21, be. ing an increase of $991 '7P, or 18 05.100 pere over the eipts for ac o arc ast id no . e effect uim til the commencement of the present fis cal year. The accounts for the first quarter, under the operation of the re duced rates, will not be settled before January next; and no reliable estimate of the receipts for the present year can yet be made. It is believed, however, that they will fall far short of those of the last year. The surplus of the revenues now oi hand is, however, so large, that no further appropriation from the treasury, in aid of the revenues of the Department, is required for the current fiscal year ; but an additional appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1853, will probably be found necessary, when the receipts of thle first two quarters of the fiscal year are fully ascertained. In his last annual report the Postmaster General recommended a redution of postage to rates which lie deemed as low as could be prudently adopted, unless Congress was prepared to appropriate from the treasury, for the support of the Department, a sum more than equivalent to the mail services performe. by it for the Government. The recoimendations of the Postmaster General, in respect to letter postamge, except on letters from and to California and Oregon, wvere. substan tially adopted by the last Congress. lHe nowv recommends adherence to the pro. sent letter rates, and advises against a further reduction until justified by the revenmue of the Department. He also recommends that the rates of postage on printed matter be so revised as to renlder thenm more simple, and more uniform in their operation upon all classes of printed matter. I sub~mit the recomn mendations of the report to your favora ble consideration. * * *** * It is deeply to be regretted that in sev eral instanlces officers of the Govern ment, in attempting to execute the law for the return of fugitives from labor, have b~een openly resisted, and their of forts frustrated and defeated by lawless andl violent mobs: that in one case such resistance resulted in the death of an esti mable citizen, and in others serious injury ensued to those officers and to individuals who were using their endeavors to sus tain the laws. Prosecutions have been instituted against the alledged offeinders, so far as they could be identified, and are still pending. I have regarded it as my duty, in these cases, to give all aid legally in my power to the enforcement of tile lawvs, and I shall continue to do0 so wherever and whenever their execution may be resisted. Trho act of Congress for the return of fugitives from labor is one required and demanded by the express words of the Constitution. [The article of the Constitution is here quoted, and the President says:] .This constitutional provision is equally obligatory upon the Legislative, the Ex. ecutive, and Judicial Departments of the Government, and upon every citizen of the United Staiteg. Congress, howgver, must, from neces sity, first act upon the subject by pre senting the proceedings necessary to as certain that the person is a fugitive, all the means to be used for his restoratic to the claimant. This was done by i act passed during the first term of Pres dent Washington, which was amended b that enacted by the last Congress, and now remains for the Executive and A dicial Departments to take care thr these laws be faithfully executed. Thi injunction of the Constitution is as pej emptory and as binding as any other; j stands exactly on the same foundation a that clause which provides for the retur of fugitives from justice, or that whic declares that no bill of attainder or c, post facto law shall be passed, or tha which provides for an equality of taxa tion, according to the census, or th clause declaring that all duties shall b uniform throughout the United States, o the important provision that the trial of a] crimes shall be byjurv. These severa articles and clauses of the Constitution all resting on the same authority, mns stand or fall together. Some objection: have been urged against the det:ils or th< act foi- the return of fugitives from labor but it is worthy of remark that the mair opposition is aimed against the Constitu tion itself, and proceeds from persons anc classes of persons, many of uvom de clare their wish to see that Constitutior overturned. They avow their hmostility to any law which shall give full and prac tical eflect to this requirement of the Constitution. Fortunately, the number of these persons is comparatively small, and is believed to be daily diminishing; but the issue vhich they present is one which involves the supremacy and even the existence of the Constitution. Cases have heretofore arisen in which individuals have denied the binding au thority of acts of Congress, and even States have proposed to nullify such acts, upon the ground that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land, and that those acts of Congress were repugnant to that instrument; but nullifieation is ow aimed, not so much against particu. arlaws as being inconsistent with the Constitution, as against the Constitution tself; and it is not to be disguised that a onary fathers. In my last annual message I stated hat I considered the series of measures vhich had been adopted at the previous session, in reference to the agitation rowing out of the territorial and slavery uestionls, as a final settlement, in princi le and substance, of the dangerous an( .xeiting subjects which, they embraced; r I rcconunended adherence to the ad justiment established by those measures, mntil time and experience should demon strate the necessity of further legislation to guard against evasion or abuse. I vas not induced to make this recommen dation because I thought those measures perfect; for no human legislation can be perfect. Wide differences and jarring opinions can only be reconciled by yielding some thing on all sides, and this result had been reached after an angry conflict of many months, in which one part of the country was arrayed against another, and violent convulsion seemed to be immi ent. Looking at the interests of the whole country, I felt it to be my duty to seize upon this Compromise as thme best that could he obtained amid conflicting~ Interest, andI to insist upon it aspi final] settlement, to be adhered to by all wvho value thme peace and wvelfnmre of the country. A year has nowv elapsed since that recommendation w~as made. Tok that recommendation I still adhere, and I congratulate you and the country upo)0 the general acquiescence in these mn sures of peace, wvhich has been exhibited ini all parts of the Republic., And not only is there this general acquiescence i these measures, but the spirit of con ciliation which has been manifested in re gard to them in all parts of the country has removed doubts and uncertainties ir thme minds of thonunds of good men concerning the durability of our populam institutions, and given renewed assuranc that our Liberty aind our Union may suh sist together for the benefit of this and all succeeding generations.. A Vrur TRUTH FUL A xswurn.-hunk u, in the old North State, is undouhted ly the healthiest spot on earth, and it wva on that account that some "lower coun try gentlemen" was surprised one day tc see a Bunkumite at work upon an omi nous looking "hole in the ground." 0 course they enquired wvhat he was about "Digging a grave sir." " Digging a grave! Why I though people didn't (lie often up here-do they?' "Oh, no sir-they never tile but onice!' They never asked that question " bu once." Evr~uvnoD'v blackguards rich men, an yet everybody shows a vast amount o respect for them. Nobody uses a rie man ill to his faice, or speaks well of him behind his back. THEs heart never grows better by agc I fear rather worse; always hartder. .A youbg liar will be an old one ; and young knave wvill only be a greater knav a lie grows older. d Legislature of South Carolina 11 WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 1851. In the Senate, the usual business of t morning hour was transacted. Y In the orders of the day, the bill 1 it amend the constitution, so as to chant - the name of Saxa Gotha to Lexingto: t (whij:h had previously passed the House s and for other purposes, was read a secor time, and passed by a vote of two-third t by yeas and nays. s The bill fixin'g the fourth Monday i n April for the meeting of the State Cot vention was next on the calendar. The question on the second readin t was taken by yeas and nays, and resulte -yeas 32, nays 9. So the bill was oi ldered to the House of Representative . for concurrence. r The balance of the sitting was devote to subjects which will appear at the pro per time. In the Ilonse the morning honr wa occupied by the presentation of petitions 3; memorials, &c. The Speaker announced the followin! papers on his desk, viz: a bill from thi Senate to abolish Brigade Encampments also, a bill to afford aid to the King' Mountain Railroad ; which bills had beet read in the Senate twice and ordered t< the House. Read a first time and refer red. Mr. Leitner was granted leave to recort his vote on the report of the committee of the whole, on a bill to give the electior of Presidential electors to the people, and voted nay on the report. Mr. Preston, from the committee on federal relaitions, to whom had been re. ferred a bill to suspend the election ol members of Congress from this State un. til the representation of the State should be ascertained, reported the bill without a'mendment, and recommended that the bill do pass. The special order, being a bill to define the principles on which joint stock banks should be hereafter incorporated, and a bill to re-charter the Bank of the State, was called up by Mr. John liddleton. The House resolved itself into com mittee of the whole, Mr. Chesnut in the tioned bill. The principal features of this bill, and which Mr. Middleton ably advocated in his remarks, are 1. That the capital stock or any bank shall not exceed $1,000,000, nor less than $300,000. 2. That the stochholders of every bank slaill be individually liable for a sum not exceeding treble tie amount of his share or slares. 3. That n bank shall hold any lnd or estate other than that necessary for its business, or that which is bonafide mort gagedi to it as security, or purchased at ales upon judgments previously obtained. 4. Restricting banks to dealing in notes, bonds, bills of exchange, coin, bul lion, and limiting interest to 6 per cent. 5. Restricting bank issues to the de nomination of five dollars. . %4 L sio1)n of specie payments to vwork a eiture of charter. 7. A full statement of the condition ol each bank to be made six times a year to the Comptroller General and published. 8. No bank to go into operation until half the capital stock Ibe paid in. 9. No bonus to be0 required, but all bank property to be subject to taxation. 10. Restricting liabilities to three times the amonnt of capital stock, and if cxcesa should occur in that respect, the directora under whose administration it occurret shall bie liable in their private capacities andl any loss or dleficiency of the capita stock tihe stockholders shall be liable t< make goodi the same. 11. Shares to 1)e $25. Banking comn pniies now seeking a charter may aval themselves of the benefits of this act bj complying with its provisions. Considerable discussion was elicited in the committee on the provisions of th< bill, especially on that which provides: forfeiture of charter on suspension. Ar amendment of Mr. Trorre, making th< bank suspending liab~le to forfeit its char ter, and giving the Governor some discre tion in the modle of applying the penalty w~as finally adopted. At this stage of the proceedings Mr Owens moved that the committee rise anc report progress, and ask leave to sit agair on Fridlay at one o'clock, which was granted.. The speaker having taken his seat, Mr Seabrook offered the following resolu tions, which were ordered to be printed and made the special order of the day to morrow at 1 o'clock: Resoleedl, That the State of Soutl Carolina considers the past aggressions o the General Government sufficient caus< for a dissolution of the Union, and it is Iher conviction that it should nowv tak< place. Resolred, That she holds the right o secession to be fundamental, and is pre pared, and wvould herself be now willinl to exercise that right, but forbears to d< .so in deference to the convictions of he sister States of the South, and in the trus tthat they are true tai our common institu tions, and that in the' action they' hav taken, tihev believed themselves to havy 1. been so, and will not finally desert and betray them. e Resolred, That she will leave the Union upon past issues whenever she has rea : sonable ground of belief that it will meet e with the countenance and support of any Southern States or State. Resolved, That as the harmony and d unity of the State are of the first impor 5 tance, and our unhappy divisions render us impotent for good, we 'recommend to n the people of South Carolina to forego all . party pride, to bury all party feeling, and discard all party organization, and come together once more as brothers and Car. olinians to vindicate her rights and miin. tain her honor. s Resolred, T1hat this General Assembly confides in the wisdom and patriotism of the convention to be assembled, and en tertains the hope that, guided by these sentiments, it will be able to come to such conclusions'as will restore peace withip our borders, and make South Carolina once more a united and happy people..-, Mr. Garlington offered a series of reso lutions in relation to federal matters, no ticing the'result of the recent elections, and to the effect that the Legislature had, by the act of last session, referred the course of the. State to the convention ; also made tiespecial order of the day for to-morrow at 1 o'clock. House adjourned. RECREATION.--Men need, and will have some kind of recreation. The body was not made for constant toil-the mind was not made for constant study.. God has not ordained that life shall be spent in one continued series of efforts to se, cure the things of this world. Hi has fitted mnan for enjoyment as-well asiabor, and made him susceptible of pleasurable emotions. He did not design him for a slave, to .dig the earth awhile aud die-to toil on until the hour of death comes to conduct a shattered system back to dust and ashes. On the other hand, he ha given him a physical system which, 1k9 the harp, may be . touched to any tune, He has made thd eye, the ear, the mouth all inlets of pleasure, and receive through -give mail Me nignest.Afljoymehu": fa~ God designed man for -ceaseless* labo I would not have given him such a body is he now possesses; he would have darken ed the eye, deadened the ear, and blunted all the nicer sensibilities, and made the hand as hard as iron, and the foot as in sensible as brass. But formed for enjoy ment we find men seeking it. After the labor of the day is over and the toil of lire is done, they return to every quarter to find some source of recreation, some I avenue of life which is fragrant with flow ers, and which echoes with sweet music. SALTING AND PACKING PonK.-Pork should not be cut up until the day after it is slaughtered, as it will take salt too free ly, and become too hard if packed the day it is butchered; then to one thousand pounds take half a bushel of fine blown; Iixed with an equal quantity of St. Ubes, or ground alum salt, and ten pounds of sugar or a gallon of molasses, and twvelve green peppers, such as we raise in gar dens, pounded fine and all mixed together, and well rub the pork with the mixture pack it dry, and let it remain three weeks in that state ; then make a strong brine that will bear a medium sized potato, and put over it, letting it remain in this pickle three weeks longer; then smoke it with hickory wood, and you will have a good bacon." The peppers not only keep off the flies in warm weather, but give the meat a fine flavor.-Dollar Newspaper. -A paper, published in Western Texas, speaking of the German settlements on. ISpring Creek, Spring Branch, at Newv Braunfels and Fredericksburg, and in the counties of Austin, Colorado and Fayette, Isays universal evidences of thrift prevail. Fine samples of cotton, unsurpassed by any, are brought to market from several Iof their settlements. 'The Spring Creek settlement is producing as good cotton as the State affords. Mn. DawSoN.-The Hilledgevil e corder of the 25th inst., says: " Our-Sen ator, Mr. Dawvson, has had a severe at-. tack of sickness; but wve are happy to hear that he is again on his feet, and hopes to be able to attend to his duties in Con gress at the commencement of the ses sion. His numerous friends will rejoice to know, that rumor has, as usual, gotie beyond the facts, and that their friend and Senator, is not dead yet." I-IAPPIESS.-Wherever lies the path of duly, wherever you may be useful,* there the Almighty ill make you most happy. Happiness is not the offspring and growth of indolent repose -mfl this wvorld: self-denying exertion is necessary to its production. Thle imagirration of a r state wvhere every thing will be to our -taste is pure folly. We must be content . to take our share' in the ills of~ life, anid look for our chief happiness in this world from seeking to .do our duty. - "Boy, you're not far from, a fooh" - " Well'ns wve ain't more than thrbefeet nnartI give in to thnit."