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Oct. 9 tf 38 FALL AND WINTER GOODS! h T RE Subscriber has receiveol at his Store, near the Court blouse, a large STOCK OF (GOODS sitable for the present and comcing season, consisting of a generaml assoortmnent of DRY GOODS, Hardware and Cutlery, Crockery, H ATS, C A PS, BON NETS, k Groceries, &c., &c., all of wthichm have been selecteod by himself with ~ great care, both in regard to style and price, andi will he sold at short porofits for Cash, or to pune. t ttmal buyers until first of .January next. Persons buying in this Market will loose nothi-a ing by exanming his Stock. LOD HILL. October 2. 1851. tf 37 1 Rich French Embroideries,a AND LADIES' DRESS GOODS SNOWDEN & SHEAR I AUGIEA. GA. Ip.' B received a beautifol assortment ot .French Emabreideries and Ladies' LussI Good~s, among which arc Ladlies' Enmbroidered Chimasetts, with Collars and Undersleeves. 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Deec4 tf 46 Y. 0. .)Folasses.\ 1 5 BLS. NE W CROP', a superior article, for Ssale by IL. A. KENICK. 1 1haanm Feb 3 tf 3 Ball-room Acquaintances. Mr. Henry Pringleton is a yonng gentle man of agreeable manners, good looks. am ihotiniable self-conceit; distingnished fo his gallantry, black whiskers, and aristocrath aspirations. It is well to have a good opinion of one'i 6elf; but there is a certain sort of pridi which renders its possessor contemptible. I is that pride which makes yqu bluh to b seen in the street with the noblest, best hearted fellow in the woorld, becnuse he inal happen to wear a seedy-looking coat or i hat of last year's fashion. With this sort of pride Mr. Harry Pringle tonl was severely afflieted. le songht t< rank with the muost genteel, With the nc k nowledged nrist ocrats of society. le aine< hligh, and on one oecasion he shut eun.idern blv wide of his mark. This is the way of it Mr. Harry was at a ball ; a rather recherch iffair, of course. Mr. Harry never patron. ized your ordinary assemblies, one is so ap to meet vulgar people in such places, that is. people who work for a living, shop.keepers itd shop-keeper's daughters. le was tit a ball. Magnificently had ht inmed, and innumerable hearts had h roken. in the course of a few hours. Yet ifr. Harry was dissatisfied. lie observed hat few-niarvellously few of the elite were >resent. Had he made a conqnest, at which ine of such lofty aspirations might feel rratifeil Alt, no! lie sighed, like Alex. mnder, for an object worthy of his prowess. " Who was that young lady you waltzed vith last 1"asked a sleek dandy. I declare I have forgotten her name. and -eallv. I think I neglcted to write it down,' -eplied Mr. Harry. " I thought she couldn't >e verry fashionable; I never meet her be. ore." "Whv," cried a enteel fellow, witin !lossy monstn.-he,'who had heird the ques. ion and reply "I that is Miss Bartlett, lang! ter of William H. Bartlett. Dan geti. e:' people. I know 'em. That's Eliza, the iretiestof three daughters." "Ah!" exclaimed 11r. Harry," she is pret. y. I was sure she was none of the crowd, hough I na'er had met her before." .ir. Harry gazed With admirat' hariing young lady. who to spen iad not appeared to him remarkal ul before. A Bartlett! What a ,'r 3Mr. Harry was sure the girl m rith him. "I must ettitivate hernequaintane During the remainder of the e% evoted himself exclusively to A :it, who received his atentiois gi. Perhaps you imagine Mr. Harry forrot the nor girl whose heart lie thus 'deliberately tbored to win. Not lie! lie had promised a ell on 3Miss Eliza, and ie remembered is eng.tgement: with it heart swelling wi;hi ratified pride aid lofty aspiratiomis, he went the address his charmer gave him. and mp roached the door, on which the dear nane Bartlett" shone engraved in silver. 31r. Harry was shown into the p:irlor. [e had ingnired for Miss Eliza, .but 31rx. artlett herself appeared. She was a fine 1oking old lady, with an intelligent eve, -hichrseanned Mr. Iarry's features curious "Did you wish to see Eliza?" she asked. Air. Harry replied affirmatively. "Indeed," said she, " I think there must 0 some mistake, sir. Perhaps it is Jane, or Iarv, you wish to see ?" "Oh. no ; Miss Eliza," rejoined Mr. Harry. "1I must ask, then, why you wish to see er," pursued Mrs. Bartlett, mildly. Harry blushed violently, perceiving which lie added quickly: "For Eliza is still so young, that I am ire you enni have nothing to say to ther hichi you would not communienate to me." " Younmg'" echoed Harry, conifused. "-Why, she is only nine years old you no0w." tarry wtas confounded; butt remembjering" thehdthe nmne of his charmer ontly otn iceauthority of Dick Stevens, he hesitated a explain maulters. "It must be one of her sisters, then I met i-Hltl, twvo nights ago." " There must still be some mistake," re 'lied Mrs. Bartlett. " Neithter of my daught :rs htave been to -Hall this witer." "I thaink I am not mistaken. This is the ddress shte gave me," said [larry, firmly. " Ott!" cried the old lady, " you meant our ursery tmaid! Site wits at - HIali two ights ago, and site said she expected a outng genttlemnn to call on hter." "Nursery maid !" echoed Harry, indignant y, " I don't ktnow any nursery maid !" " Oh, it is her you wish to see!" replied he old lady, good humoredly. "She satid 'on called herJMiss Bartlett, but she didn't tintd it, as a gre~at many call her so, shte ha~s ive'd with us so long. " I will spenk to her." "No-no-I beg-don't trouble youir elf," remotnstrated Harry, nervouslv." 'I vas mnistaketn. I-I beg your pardotn. Good bty mna'am." Harry left.; but the affitir got out and to his day, the thas not done blushing when genteel ball-room acquaintances" are men ionted. ----- A GREAT MAx's PREFERENCE.-I envy no uality of' minid or intellect in others-not ~enious, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could hoose what would be most delight ful, rEnd I eclieve most useful to me, 1 should prefer a rm religious belie~f to ivery other blessing, or it makes life a di-cipline of gnodt'ess, rentes ttew hopes whien all eaurthily hiopes anishi, and throws over the decay, the de ,truction of existettee, the most gorgeous of lI lights; awakens lire evetn in death ; atnd rott eorruption and decay, calls up beauty nd divittity ; makes an instrument of torture md of shatme the ladder of ascent to para. ise; and faur above alt cotmbitnation of earth y hopes, calls up the most delightful visions ahtns and amerunths, the garden of the >lessed; the seentrty of everlasting joys, ,where the senualist~nnd thte sceptict view on y gloom, decay, and annihilation.-Sir Huam ~hreyDav. Short Patent Sermon--By Dow. TEXT: If ye are honest, honorable men, go ye and-pay the PRINTER. My Hearers.-There are many seeming trifles in this world which you are too apt to overlook on necount of their apparent unimportunee, the neglect of which has plunged thousands into the deepest mire of misery, and sunk their characters into inex tricable degradation. Among these ostensi ble trifles that of neglecting to pay one's I honest debts, is the moist common, and at tended with the worst consequences. It takes off all the Ailken furz from the fine threads (if feeling. creates a sort of misan thropie coldness about the heart, skims off I All the creani that may chance to -rise upon I the milk of generosity-and m:kcs man look as savngely upon his brother man as does a dog upon one of his own species while enigaged in the gratifying enjoyment of enting his mster's dinner. One debt be getsanother. I have always observed that ie who owes a man a dollar, owes him also a grudge; and lie is always more ready to pay compound interest on the latter than o(n the forirr. Oh, my friends, to be over head and ears in love is as bad a prediecament as a person outghit ever to be in, but to be so deeply in debt that you can't. sleep of nights, without being haunted by the ghost of some insatiate creditor, is enough to give a man the hydraphobin-nike him bite a wheel 1 barrow, eause it to rimn mad, and crente gfen eral consternation among the limp posts. My friends-The debt that sets heaviest on the conscience of a mortal. provided he hs one-is the debt due the Printer. It presses harder upon one's bosom than the nightmare-galls the soul-frets and cbafes every ennobling sentiment-squeezes all the juire of fraternal sympnthy from the heart, aid leaves it dryer than the surface of a ro isted potatoe. The man who wrongs a Printer out of a single cent never expects to "njoy comfort inl this wot -1, and mn-ty well have doulits of 'finding happiiness in any o:her. Ile will be snre to go down to 111 grave ere time shall have bedecked his brow witi the silver blossom of age; and the green leare< of Hope will fall before the first bud of enjoyment, has expanded. It is true the mnshroons of pence may spring lip (Inring a short night. of forgetfulness. but they will all wither beneath the scorching ; understandine--dispelled the darkness of ig- i norance, and lit up the lamps of knowledge 'an-i wisdom. 'h:t iightV engine-the , press-is surrouided by the glo.ry, and its i effiulgence sprends over the broad empire of the nind, illmninatiiig the darkest avenines of the heart. And yet the Printer, the man who toils at the level of soul enlilitening instrunient, is often robbed of his hard- t earned bread hv those whom lie has delivered from mental h)imidiage and placed in a Parn dise to lay off and grow fat upon the fruits t of his labors. Oh, you ungrateful sinners! If you hive i hearts moistened with the dews of merey, 4 instead of gizzards filled with gravel. take f heed what I say to you. If there be any I among you in this congregniion whose ne- :i count is not settled with i the Printer, -o and c adjust it immediately.and be able to hold ill) your head in society, like a Giriff; he re- c spected by the wise and good, from the tor- % tires of a guilty conscience, the mortifiea. tion of repented duns, and escape from fal- I Ing into the clutches ot the lawyers If you are honest, honorable men, you will go f'orthwith anid pay the Printer.i Tint let me tell you, my friends, tha~t if yon don't do it, your pa3thwayt) to the tomb 'will be strewed wvith thornie you will have to gather ini food from bramblles ; your chiil dreni will die of the dysentery, and your selves will never enjoy the blessings of health. I once cenlled utponi a sick person I whom the Doctor had given tip as a gonec case. Inasked himi if lie hatd niade his peae wit h his miaker. ie said lie thought he had squared tup. I asked if lie ha~d forgotton all his enemies ? Hie replied yes. I then asked if lie had made his peace with the Printer ? Hie hesitated for a motment and then said he I helieved that lie owed him sonmething like I four dollars, which lie desired to have paid I before lie bid good bye to the world. His desire was iimmtediately gratified and from I that tmom(ent lie beenme convalescent. HeIc is now living in the enjoyment of health unid prosperit v, u'ays for his paper in advance ; Iat peacne with' his'own conscience, his God aiid the whole worl. Let this be aii exam ple to yon, my friends. Patronmize the Print ter : take the pnmpers anid paiy for them in ad vance,an your days wvillI be long oin theI eatrthI, and overflowing with thme honey of happiness. Mly hearers! Pay all your debts, and keep an honest reckoning with your fellow mien: but, above all, keep paying by daily instal nimnta, that everlasting debt of gratitudet which v'on owe to himi froni whom you ob. taintecapitaul sufficient to begini the first trains-I action of life, so that when you come to balance aecoluts ont the day of general set Itlemenit, all thigs may appear fair and above board ! So mote it be ! "My DEAR," said an amnxiouis father to his bnshmful da~ughiter, " I iintend that you, ysha bmrried but I do ntot intend that i~ wvild, worthless boys of the preseiit day. j Yon must nmrry a man of sober aiid maiture, age; one that enin charm you with wisdom and gooid advice, rather than with personal< attract ion. Whlat do, you think (of a fline,, intelligent, mature husband of fifty?" t The timid, meek, blue-eyed little daugh-< ter rooked in the man's race, and wvith the< srightert possible toucht of iinterest in her I voice,aiiswered, " I think two of twenty-fivo 1 would be 1bter, nn." A Father's Avice to his Son. BY- pOETHE. The time draiws4:jgh. dear John, that I must go the way fr* which 'none returns. [eannot take thee iJth me, and have thqe in a world where goo 'ounsel. is not supern bundant. No one i born wise. Time and experience teach to separate the grain from the chaff. I yave seen more of the world than thou.. 1 is not all gold dear son, that glitters. I la seen many a star from heaven fall, and y a staff on which men have leaned break. Therefore I give thee this advice, the reiIt of my experience: Attach not thy hea to any transitory thing. rhe truth comes n, to us, dear son; we mu.eek for t. T at which you see scru tifiz-earefully; andith regard to things inseen and eternal, l on the word of God. Search no one so Zel'v nas thyself. With. in us dwells the ju5 ivho never deceives, d whose voice is .Ire to us than the ap planse of the world, and more than all the 6visdom of the Evy iin't and Greek;. Re 5olve, my son, ti 4 nothing to which his eoice is opposed. hIen von think and pro. ect, strike on your rehend and ask for his ounsel. He spenksiat first low, and lisps is an innocent child nbut if you honor his nnocence he grad.ly loosens his tongue mad speaks more dtiactly. Despise not any r~igion: it is easy to de pise, but it is mneW better to understaind. Jphold truth when -tiou .ennst, and be wil ing for her sake to b hated ; but know that iv individual chusej$. not the cause of truth, ind beware that thig are not confounded. 9 )o good for thy owni. satisfaction, and care ot what follows. ause no gray hairs to I my one: neverthele' , for the right even I rrav hairs are to be 0sregarded. Help and ive vwillingly when i u hast, and think no i nore of thyself for it, and if thou hast . ithing let thv hand 'e ready with a drink a ,f cold water and e* -m thyself for that no i ess. Say not alva. what thou knowest, mt know alvavs v at thou savest. N-t if lie apparent devontb ut the truly devout t nnn respect, .1d.goin his ways. A man i ho has the fearof 4od in his heart is like I he sun that shines ind warms, though it loes not speak. Do.Vhat which is worthy of e ecompense, and ask none. Reflect daily i ipon death,and see the life which is be- C ond with a cheerfuljeonrage; and, further, 1 !o not out of the wiod without having tes. I ---Aled thy love and re rone in the hive or hnunstry : a moper in M he field of enterprise and labor. If such d ,ere the lot of the feeble and helpless only, r were less to be deplored: but it is ofteiier lie doom and curse of those who have the n ower to do without the will tonct, and who s ced that quality whichi makes so many a there, but the want of which unmakes v hiem-the quality of vigor and resolution. i-iness is the grand regulator of life. Tie prominent ebaracteristie of the female iind is ntfection: and that of the male mind a thought : but disparity does not imply in. uriority. The sexes are intended for differ nt spheres of life, and nre created in con- 1 armity to their destination by Him who d ids the osak brave tihe fury of the tempes, 1d the Alpine flower lean on the boomi of C ternal snow. If in the truth there is a good, or i good nd is in view, o:- ean li attained by it, it. is holesome food to the man, and his life; r rovided he believes it to be true fhon the eart. Misfortunes arc mornl bitters, which fre- t untly the healthy tone of the mind after , has been eloyed and sickened by the ieets of prosperity. Ie that goes to the tavern first for love of I onpany, ivill at last go there for the love 1 f liquor. Ilenmember that, young main. Evil spiri's exist, and dwell in evil men. [hey desire in them, urge to action, and both lot and contrive all the ineans to the coin dssion of evil. To be as nothing, is an exhalted state: the mipotence of the heavens exists in the a ruy humbled heart. FAstoxAnLE MAxERs.-There is a set of cople whomi I cannot bear-the pinks of shionaible property-whose every word ist recise, and w.hose every movement Is utnex eptionable; bitt w.ho, versed in all tho po ite categories of polite behavior, have not a nrticle of soul or of cordiamlity about them. Ve allow that their manners'may be abntn- t nntly correct. There may be elegance in very gesture, and gracefulness in every po. ition, not a smile out of place, and not aC tep that would not bear the measurement f the severest scrutiny. This Is very fine : tt what. I w.ant, Is the heart and gaiety of oeit initercourse, the frankness that spreads . nimtion around it-the eye that speaks tiability to all, that chases timidity from very boasom, and tells every man in the . ompany to be confident and happy. This 'what I conceive to be0 the virtue of the ext, " Be courteous," and not the sickening. ormality of the , who walk by rule, and ould reduc~e the whole of human life to a ystem of misery and constraint.-Dr. Chad ters...r A WVIFE.-Wheni a man of sense comes o marry it is a companion w.hom he wants, ot an artist. It is not merely a creature vho can painit and play, sing and dance: it Sa being who can comfort and counsel him, ,n who can reason and reflect, and feel and C iidge, and discourse and discriminate, one rho can assist himn in his affairs, lighten his orrows, purify his joys strengthen his prin.O ples, and eduente his children. Such is the I voman wh.io is fit, for a mrother, and the mis ress of a family, A w.oman of the former rescriptionm may occasionally figure in the a rawing room, and attraet the admiration of le company, but she is entirely unfit for a lelmate to a man, and to " train up a child a the way lhe should go." Fire Varnish.--A New Inven tion. The Paris correspondent of the St. Louis Republican says: An important discovery, even better than Mr. Phillip's famous extinguish'r, is the fire varnish, recently brought out by a Spaniard, Don Jose de Gueseda. It was first tried at Matanzas in the presence of the Governor and city authorities, and succeeded to the admiration of everybody. It has since been tried at M.drid. Five small frame houses, mvered with tar and turpentine, were erected on an open square. Iwo of these houses were re-covered' with the varnish and the rither two were not. The latter were re iuced to ashes almost as soon as they were set on fire, whereas the former, in spite of the tar nnd turpentine. remained perfectly uninjured to the end of the trial, which last d two hours. The trial was the most se rere as the five houses were close together, iad all of them were on fire inside, but the lames did not break forth at all from the tarnished houses; besides this, in the midst )f the conflagration, two gallons of some itrong essence was thrown into the varnish. !d houses and they were immediately en :irely enveloped in flames; but when the iquid wns exhausted, the walls appeared ierfectly in tact as before. Don Gueseda is tbout to got out a patent for this wonderful earnish, which he says is as cheap as it is ralnable, and lie can put it within the reach >f everybody. The same letter also coutains the follow ng notice of another invention: In this age of wonders we should be pre ared for everything, but really when we wtar a man proposing to extinguish all the ras burners in Paris, and to light the city to *a remotest corner by means of an artificial un which shall also give varmnth, we have it eems to me, a right to open our eyes a little v:de at least. This proposition has really een made to the government by a gentleman 'r(.im Lyonts, by the name of MSarrin, a e:p ain or artillery. le is now in Paris, dane ng attendance upon the Minister of the nterior, but that gentleman ias apparently nch a dread of new inventions of every de criptiin, that it is probable he will also re use Mr. Marrin as he has done so many thers. In this case, you may have this nost original invention tried first in the Ju.ted States. Miis, aluu. . .. - rawing-room. But these were trifles, com ired with the solecism committed at the ininer table. One of the guests occupied a little spare time between the courses in erping his nails with a table knife, talking t the same time to the lady next to him, ihile his vis-a-vis was deliberately picking. is teeth with a silver fork! - KEEP MoviNo.-Minerable is the man who lumbers on in Idleness! Mliserable is the vorkman who sleeps before the hour of rest, r who sits down in the shadow, while his rethren work in the sun. There are always cuties to perform and functions to exercise -functions which are ever enlarging and xtending, In proportion to the growth of our oral and mental station. lan is born to vork and he must work while it is day. Have I not," said a great worker " all eter ity to rest itt 1' CoNFESSION oF THE AdED.-In a serion o young men, Dr. Bedell said, "1 have now >een nenrly twenty years an thec mnistry of hte gospel, and I hecre publicly state to yout hat I do not believe I could enumerate three ersons over fifty years of age wvhom I ever eard ask the solemn and eternally tmonmen ous question, " Whant shall I do to be aved ?" Anothter distingulshted and still iving divitae of our country, has said, "I will 0t say that none are converted in old age, at they are few and far between, lake the cattered grapes on the otitermost branches fer the vintage is gathered! IRememb er by Creator in the days of thy youth." FAST RIDING.-An Englishaman, boasting f the superiority of the horses in his coun ry, mentioned that the celebrated Eclipse id run a mile in a mitnute. " My good fel ow"' exclaimed an American present, " that rather less than the average rate of our ommnon roadsters. I live at my own coun ryseat near Phailadelpina, and wvhen I ride a a hurry to town, of a mornmng, my own hadow can't keep up witha me, but generailly omes into the store to fmud mec, from a mi ite to a minute and a half after my arrival. )ne mnorning the beast was restless, and I ode himn as hard as I possibly cotild, several ies around a large factory-to take thec Id Harry out of haitm. Wecll, sir,hae went so ist, thiat the whlole time I saw my owvn back iretly before me; and was twice in danger { riding orer myself. SINKING OF A TEENESSEE MoUNTAN.-It stated that a few days ago a portion of Vlden's Ridge sunk, with a noise resemi ling deep-toned thunder, leaving a huge gap a the timber that fringes the sides of thae idge, extenading about two miles in a p~aral el direction with the top. Thme gap in the lense timber appeared to be about sixty or a undred feet in widtha, and the fissuare in tihe arth reached to an unknown depth, in whlicha rees of the largest size were torin up, and normous rocks, which had probably hin eon enled for ages, wvere rent from thecir primi ive beddings and laid bare. The fo.u adation n which the mountain rests is supposed to ae given away. UJSEFULNE.-1s confind to "no statrion, .nd it is astonishing how much good may be one, and whtat may be effected by limaited eans, united with benevolence of ficart and etivity of mind. WE n,-ie a thinrr when it is lost [From the New Orleans Picayun'e.] Later from the Rio Grande. By the arrival last evening 6f the schoon er Coraleis, Capt. Porter, from Brazos Santia go, we have received the first number of the American Flag, a paper published at Browns villeTexas. It is dated December 10. This paper revives the name under which the Rio Bravo was formerly published. It speaks condemnatory of the ievolution in Northern Mexico, denounces those enanged in it, and advisesall Americans to abide by the laws of their country and take no part in the movements of CArvajal, for whom it predicts a speedy overthrow. We extract the follow ing from the Flag: The steamer Camanche arrived here late on Monday night, bringing accounts of the recent battle at Cerralvo, between the forces of Carvajal and those of Gen. Jauregui. It appears that Gen. Jauregui had 220 men and two pieces or artillery, while the force under Carvajal amounted to 350 men, without can non. Carvajal charged the guns of Jauregni, and succeeled in diiving him from his posi tion, capturing much of the ammunition and many horses, saddles, wagons, and small arms belonging to Jauregni's camp; but, from sonic unaccountable cause, failed in securing the large guns. General Jauregui took shelter in a large stone house near the edge of the town, with his eannon. There lie held them at bay for two days, using small stones instead of shot, with his large gus. At this juncture Carvajal rcceived information of the near approach of a large detachment of Gen. Urega's force, and lie at once broke up and commenced a precipitate retreat. We are informned that his forces became much scattered in ther stampede, but the most ot them, with their leader, reached Guerrero, and immediately crossed over the Rio Grande, thus putting that river between them and harm. They are thus driven out of Mexican territory, and have found a re fuge on American soil. All . e.:ou:ts agree that the late battle at Cerralvo was a very severe one; that Gen. Jauregui's men founght with as much deter minatioi and valor us could be expected from any people, fighting for their houses and their country's honor. The little band nun der Carvaja;l charged the shotted guns of their opponents with bravery and perse verance characteristic of veterans, and in a good cause would have deserved, as it would most likely havt: secured, success. tair. is we can see notuung desirable to be effected in no hopeless a strnggle, we sin cerely trust it will proceed no further. The Flag annoiunces the return of Ge-. Ilarney to Ringgold Barracks, and evys that lie is determined to enforce the neutrality laws so far as lies in his power. TJHE CALCULATING MACnINE.-WO used to think it was a jest-the idea of a enlcn lating maebine; but we have seen it and its ingenious proprietor, Mr. Fuller, who is now stopping at the Irving [louse. The rapidity and accuracy wi:h which all business pro blems are solved is truly surprisinog. It needs only to be seen to be admired. Al though an American invention, it has been extensively sold in England, France, Ger mnan1y,and Holland. Upwards of thirty of the principal London bakers have it in use. It-computes interest at every pos.ible rate per cemit., upon any sum (of money, for any length of time, both at three hundred and sixty and three hundred and sixty-five days to the year, and has a most perfect time telegraph to compute the number of days amny note has to run. To work equations of payments, or average or accounts, is one of its conveniences. eCopies have been pur chashed in Washington by all thme depart. mnents, for use in thme public ofliees, as well as by the p~rincipall bankers, merchants, and mechanics. Less time is required to obtain an answer to any business question than to prepare the statement. Full printed diree-I tionls accompany tihe work. It is learned by one or two hours' study and prnetice. it occupied a prominent plnee ini the Crystaml painece.-WVashington Teiegraph. THE San Francisco Iherald, speaking of the subject of slavery in California, says: It may startle those who happen to be nervous on this subject to be informed that slavery now exists, and has always existed, in California since the adoption of the Con stitution. In thie mining counties, and even in San Francisco, there are many slaves, and yet there is nmo manifest deramgement of the public morals in consequence, nor do the people generalhly seem to give themselves such anxiety on the subject. There is no attempt to incite the slaves to ran away, and they themnselves, catehing the healthy tone of public sentiment, never enitertainl a thought of such a thling. WVe know some of them whose earnings amount to as much as the pay of a post captint in the navy, antd who enn purehause their freedom at any time, but are perfectly content with their presenmt con dition. These frets go to prove that it will be difficult, withlout persevering agitation, to generate bigotry in the minds of thme people of California on the slavery question, or to convert it into an element of discord; and such persevering agitation we hopo never to Bee. hREXCeH men of color having been ex cluded by a Sp:anishl local law from the Is land of Porto Rico, a complaint was recent ly preferred in the French National Assembly. Thle Minister of thle Marine replied-includ ing a reference to thle Southl Carolina hiw against the admission of free negroes into that State-that France must submit, like Enlgland, to the domestic legislationl of for eign countries, wvhethier Spain or the Uaited States. Br good nature, half the misery of hu man lif'e might be assuaged. COUNTING HOUSE1 NAR 18528 - J Ni'XY. .. I 75 8 10 11 -~ - 21314 15601718 '. FEBRARY 19221 22 4.25 126 22 0 31. -1161718 1.20121122 j23 24 2 ~28229 MARCH.......... 12 34 57 8 9I10i~2|!13114 - 15 16 17J 9!-0"21 29 30 31 i. .... . .. APRIL............ ..... ..2 2 4 12 131411 1617 18 19 202 2123 24 25 26 27l28l9.30.. . MAY............ .. .. .. 2 10111 12 13j14 15 16 17j18 19 2021 22j23 2425 2627 28 2930 JUN ............. I 2 3 415 JNE.......71 8 9L11 12 113 114 1516 17 1~~b9 20 -.L 222324j. 27 Itz .0 28 29 30 3.1.. AULY...... . I 12 3 14 167.8 9 10 1*3:14 15 16 17 19201 22 23 242522728129 SEPTE31BER.. . .. 23 4'5 6 71.1 011 1112l 1:-14 I 1 I8 19 ,27I28I30t.O. .. "NOT HING IN IT !"--" Nothing hi kt !" says the forwarder, thirowing dowvn the paperC1, which costs boars of Lhor, whien he, perhapjs, was asreep. Veenase it con tains nothing of freights a. prices "be low." "Nothing in it !" sneers: the politician, who dreams that the ce'mtry can't bie safe without him, when he~ #nds Witle in the paper01 in regard to thec natins. "Nothing in i!" fanguid'y says -the maiden, who sought the paets corner, and found a homily, the miscelamyv,. and dis covered an essay on~ wooli-growinig or Guano. "Nothing in it!" dechires the actor, wirling fromi him wiithi mock heroic air, the paper that contains not a paf er praise for him enough to wafl a Nautilus. " Nothing in it!" cries the man wvhose. communication to grratfy a private pkine was rejected by the editor,. because ho dleemled himselt soir~ething' better tlin an old muskiet primed for every mrruksman in ambush. "Nothing in it !" says the lady of fash ion, after a "mistletoe" search for thee last ball in Newport, the last fete in Newv York, or the exact longitude of the Turk isir costume. " Nothing in it !" asserts the believer in spiritual rappings, as he finds no confes sion of the editor's faith or belief. And so it goes day after (lay, all the year long, A sheet that has cost much care, much toil, mnch thought, is thus tossed about, sentenice passed upon it without judge or jury. T HE most important characters that von will see now-a-days are little short tellowvs, about as broad as they are long, just beginning to pay attention to the girls. They absolutely forget that there is any body in the world but themselves. THE old gentleman that invented leather bed posts, is now busy getting up a gnm elastic cooking stove. His india rubber gimblets did not answer as wll as was anticipated. "Kossern Pudding" is the name of a dlish placarded at one of the eating houses in Nassau street. It is supposed to be a very good sort of a pudding for Hungary (hungry) people. OccurAtroY eures one lhalf of life's troubles, and mitigates the remaindEr, A manacled slave working at the galleys is happier than a self-manacled slave with out employment. A LEADING medical practitioner,, at Brighton, has lately given a list of sixteen eases of paralysis, produced bysmoking, which came under his knowkdg within thme last six months. 6.57