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_~ta ED I FIELi. ... 0 Ormocratic 3outrnaT, Webot, to ottti~ mngftr, , Soltt, turvaI titute, Eftetttre, Jtoralltp, nce, g "W Will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of ourMitiesy and If It must , e will Perish amidst the 1In52 FI. ,. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, lit VOL MARCHy 18D THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER PUBLISHED EVEtY THURSDAY. W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. ARTHUR SImKINS, Editor. TERIMS.--Two DOLLARS per year. if paid 1'. tuilvance-Two DOLLARns and Fwr Cr.Xrs if hot paid in six months--and Tuntr.r Dor...ias if not paid before tile expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinctly limited at tlie time of subscribing, will be considered as iade for an ind finite period, and n ill bc contidiued uintil all arr arages are paid, or at the option of Mie Publ is er. uscriptions from other States inst be accoinpanied with tilte cash or referetce to sotme one known to us. 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Althought I had enjoyed Intt a brief ae qnnintanee witlh the Calovicions, vet wol tlty Albert Dinsmore, I had conecived for him a deep and lasting attt tmetnt ; and w'hen the intelligence cante to tle, of hsis danttgerous illness, I experienced a painful shoek. I flew to his house. A servant told me itn a whiicr that tno viitor could be adttitted. Dinsmore, it was thought, was dving. Ftor three days I wvaited anxiously for a chage itn the m1iylaiv of my1 friend. All this tite he was sitking-siking sinkiig into the Lethe of death. On thle fourth day the news catte thatt he was worse; otn tie fifth, there was a slight v changc for the better; otn tie sixtit, that seert.smore so far recovered, that his phy linu no lotI ger objected to the vits of a few friends. I hastened to Albert's bedside. 1To mV stonishmentt, I fountd him sitting up inl bed, lookng p:le, itndeed, but so perfect. ly cotteted and happy, that I could t searcely realize that he had litely been ut the poitt of death. ti "Ali! A h m yid, i 1 -si glad you have c~mne!" hie 'aid, with a calm smuile, as pressed Iis feeblo hand. "I was just wishing to see Vout1 Sit dowo-here, Close to my side. I have something for your Car-a sitgular incident, which I (dare confide to V11u aoe0 You symTpa thize with tme and although you may be incretdiour, YOu catnntot laugl, at what 1 ai atxionls to tell YoU.~ , Mv dear frieid," I replied, 1 1hee we uileistand each other. Prceel without restraiit; nitd, as for itncre dulity, rest assured that I feel bound to put fiithi in a totive you know to be truth." "No! n1o! I cannot expect as much as thnt !" rejoined Albert, shakitg his iead. It is impossible for any m1atI to trust the evidence of another's senses so implicitly as htis own. I will tell yonuuwhat I have seen ; and you will wvonder at it, butt you will not believe." "Will not believe ?" "No-you wvill say I hav'e beetn de ceived. You will end~eavoer to explain ont natural principles that whticha I regard as a miracle." "A miracle! Hetm !" I looked to see a gleamt of insanity ina Diasmtore's eye. It was bcautifully se rene. lie stmiled cahlyb. "Well, well !" I said, "prroceedl. I ha~ve not a remtatkably large organt of mtatveloustness-utt go ott." portrait." Jie called nty attetttiott to a lrepe ture wich htuntg opposite lae ed. looked at it int surprise. It was thtat of a beautiful femtiale. There appeared to be an itntelligence in theo dark eyes, and the lips, seetted partinig to speak. The rosy cheeks-the ivory neck-the soft, white bosom and beatiidly rounided arms. possessed a wvarmth atnd lire-like tness such as I had rarely if ever seen be. fore on canvass. "What do you think of it ?" asked Al bert, with apparent interest. -" Wonderful! wonderful !" "1I ktnew you would say so." "It is perfect-beautiful !" I mutrnmuredl. "Why, itn the ttame of frienadshtip, Al bert, have you never shtowtinme this ex traordinary picture before ?" "Because," replied my friend, sadly, " it hats been the dearest object of miy life, antd I have felt more than a mtiser's jioy itt seeluditng tty idol from every eye." "Atnd who-who is the artist ?" " Alas ! this extraordittary youth, whose tatletnt produced this portrait died the day after its completioni. This in his only great work; and into this lhe itnspired the very life of his beitng. But you do not ask whose thte portrait is." "It is tnot thten its artistic merits alone whicht endear it to you ?" "Its artistic merits ! In the abastract tle- are nothting to ime. Itn effect, I see no art in this picture. It is ~life itself perfect lifle. Just so," said Albert, wit enthusiaistic tenderness, " just so her sol eyes always beamed upon me ; thus sl always smiled ;-thlere was always tha same expression of goodness and love it her beauti fil fce-" "You are speaking or a person whon you ever loved." Loved! whom I adored! Yes mean my wire!" " Ah I had forgotton-that you ver ever married." "I never spoke to you of my domesti relations--it is time," said Dinsnore " There have been so many paiiifil asso, ciations conneced vith my marriage, that I could not hallude to it witliout ex. periencing a pang. But now, sjt down; it will make mie happy to tell you all." " This portrait is the image of my Evelira. She was the only Child of proud and wealthy parents, who looked contemptuously on me, dependitnt as I was oil my professioui for a livelihood. And when, unable to conaceal my intense love for the d-aughter, I betrayed my passion not only to her, but to others rhe inidignant ftiher banished ie from his house. But love like mine-love which Mas my life-could not be annmihilated bV intred or contempt. I grew strong upon t. .f ambrlitionr soated to a *sumimit ahiel it could never have attained, had mot my passion been treated with dis. Inlin."P " -V Evelina ?" " Ol; no! thank herven, no ! She was lot inidiflrent to me, even at tire first; aid wlhein she saw how strong my love vas, and how bitterly it was opposed by er parents, she formed an attachient >r me which nothing conld subdue. ' She e:as one of those creatures ina whom tiae ls'wver of love is never of such rapid and igoronis growth as when it is watered Iv the tears (if sympathy. I was iot long in learning the secret f Evelina's heart. I knew she loved ie. From that time, the inequalities hich interrupted the course of our true 66ns, proud nd &l.uiig, 'aitiied at Eve. ia's hand." And you wonl it ?" Yos-in tle face of all opposition. [er parents, perceivinag her inaclination, aghtily told her she Must .cloo~c bt veen thea anId e. A nife of a poor wyer, they said, could not be a daugh. -r of theirs. Shae chose contrary to icir expectations. I married Ier, and arried her in triumph to my Ihuible, yet omlfortable home." " Thel, followe'd dutifral, filial letters to le old people, I suppose." Evelina wrote, it is true. She (de. ired her parents to thinak kindly of laer, -tt she asked no favors. And it en ged the hanglhty ushmas to thiak at she was comfortable, happy, waiit lig nothing! They loved her-she had Ven tle idol of their affections aid of heir pride-but they would have had er snthifer for following rare. Several mouths passed without any oaunnaication between Evelina and her Fiareits. One day, however, a load of plenidid furniture arrived before my door. happened to be passing out at the time. What does this 1mean ?" I asked of he teamister. "It is Mr. Cushman's order," was thae "'Thiere maust be some mistake, 'said . " Mr. Cushani has no righat to send 'rniture to my door." "lThe an replied that there was no istake, that the furniture was intended or my house, at the same tiame shrowingr e a card on which my address was written lby Mr. Cushmaan's owin hianid. "~h Mh eart sweiled with prolud disdain. ri an iinperative tone I forbid the mani to place a sinigle article of the furniture within any door. "Carry it back to Mr. Cushaman !" I exlaimuedl, ad they carried it back. - Glowing ina tire thought that my ini depedence amuist enirage tihe hanghty old manua, I hastened to inaform Eveliria of what I had doane. To mya~ surprise, she~ burst into tears. Slae loved her p;Lenats, arid she had longed to kntow thaat they forgave her. I felt that she blamed me for repelliing the old man, w~haen he hrad miade the first advance tow~ard a recon ciliation, and at the same time I was coascious of haviang carried mny resett ment too far. "Believing that her parents wvould b4 mortally offended by my conduct, wi were both surprised to receive a visi from Evelina's nmothrer, on the following day. Mother and daughter fell ianto each other's arms. Anxious to make in' young wife happy I treated her pareu with civility, and left thenm to themnselver " My resentment against the Cush mans faded in the suanlighat of this appa rent kinidness. I gave amy full permissiol that Evelina should visit her family, an receive them at our house. I forgav their pride; I supposed they had forgive my independence. I was mistaken ! A he while I was chosinig my eyes to de signs against my happiness; I was givin scope anid occasion to revenge. I on day returned from a proloanged absenc to~ a neighboring city, whither I ha Igo., ar mient biusiness; I returnaed I - find myself deserted. Evelina was goine [ier parents had carried her away! t " At first I was stupified with the'sud denness (if the calamity. As soon as t could realize the terrible truth, however I set out in furious pursuit. I was to< late I my wife had followed her parent to Europe. " It is impossible to describe to you m, grief. Had Evelina died before the eri influence of selfish relatives robbed m< of her, I should havo felt less sorrow The thought that she had deserted me that malice had extinguished her love drove me to the verge of distraction, Her fither had had his revenge! . " I cannot dwell on this period in m% life," pursued Dinsmore, wvith agitation " I loved Evelina still, and when fi news came that she had died in Europe, I forgave her for the anguish she had caused me. I preserved this portrait, with :ll the care and tenderness I should have Ielt fior it, had Eveline died in mv armns. " The artist had commenced his work immediately after our narriage, and af ter it was finished, my darling wife used to say, that should she die before me, she would come inl spirit and inhabit her pic. ture. The Cancy pleased me, and haunt. ed n; but I never thought seriously of it until about the time I heard of Evelina's death, I observed a' change in the ap. pearaice of the portrait. There was a life in it which I have never discovered before." At this point of the narration I could not refrain from examining once more the extraordinary picture. "1 From that time," pursued my friend, "I could never, onl looking at the por. trait, divest myself of the impression that the soul of my wife was regarding me throngh those beautiful eves, and this fitasV as on Will call it, grew up. oti me, and Ilight and day, I worshipped the livittg picture of mly lost, intgloried Evelina." "It is natural," said I. "You have a susexqtible imagwination-" trated with a fever, from which my re covery has been a miracle. 1"6 mean to say, it is not to human agency I owe the preservation of my life. It is to the spirit which inhabits hero-" Dinsmore indicated the portrait. " I know vou will doubt, I am sure you will laugh at what you will call my folly-but I must tell you wltat I have seen. That portrait," cried Dinsmore, with vehemence. " Evelina, my wife, catme and administered to me in my suf fering." " Tlhe portrait!" " Yes. It was after my physician had given me up. I know lby his face' that he despaired of saving my life. There, in the stillness of the itight, when my watchers thought I slept, in the ntight, unseetn by tlei, she, the penitent, started into life; ctnme out froi the canvass, bent over me and kissed me !" The speaker's manner was strangly earnest. I regarded him in amazement. " Yon mean," I said, " that such wIas the vision whch appeared to you." " It was a reality !" exclaimed my friend, soletmttly. " I had been delirious, but I was not so then. The fever had left me too wveak to stir. I was even too weak to speak. But I felt the khis.~ A joy stole ittto my soul. I looke~d into the spiritual eyes ; the angelic face smore 'lovely by far, freed fronm the dttsky can vats, yet the same as you behold them there !" "Atnd this," said I ; " wias this all your dIreanml" a .My dream! I tell you it was no dlream !" whispered Dinstmore, in atn Itm pressive tone. " TIhe portrait left its place; expatnded inito perfect life; hetn overtme ; issed me ; and spoke. ' Live, oh, my love !' said shte; my Evelina ; in a soft, tremfulouts totto ; ' live for me!' .My lip)s mnoved to repily ; lint no murmul camte to my relief; atnd the piortrait, thx figure of nmy Evehitna, vanished. "On the following morning, wvhen the~ strength of which the fever had robbed me, partially returned, I inquired of my watchers if they had seen any vision du ritig the night. They had setn nothing and then I knew that the miracle had beet manifest to my eyes alone. " Inm the afternoon the fever returned Delirium followed. It left me weak ; at most lifeless; as before. J'Ten agamin shen came and bent over me. The angel cam< out of the canvass, p)ressed warmt lips t mine, atnd wvhispered again ; ' live, oh, m3 love ! live for me!l' Then ; then I foumi astrength to murmur. -" ' Evelaina ; my wife !-it is you 1' t"'It is your own Evelina!' whispere< .he ksseld me, and-on turtning m: - eyes, I saw her lookitng sweotly dowv iupon tme from the canvamss. I " For the last four and twenty hours e had grown no worse. The visits frot a the spirit of my beloved had inspired mi 1I with new life, and I tnow began slowly t< - recover. g "On the following night I was agai e favored; the portrait camne down, kisse e me, and having called me by name, an d repeated the same exhortation to live, r o mm tune toihe canvass. Yesterday I wva a new man. Th rrqer had left me. There was no attack 0r- dlirium last night, yet the portrait can l my bedside as before. I "'Oh, my. na!' I said, as or awaking at midn it, I saw her angelic > form bending 'o me-sw her eyes s looking serenely, Iingly down into'my soul-'my deare viife! I know you! 0Tell me have ysu5d' 'nys loved me ' I "'AWeys! ydws!' murmured the 'spirit. 'Eve'w wfn I submitted to the power of the eneif s off Our peace, and left you, I loved ,ov Albert ! They filled my car with scan tal, they phyed upon my weakness un I believed you. un worthy- ujt still I loved you. I deserted your home- I leftour heart desolate but still I loved your And you; you have forgiven me!' 4 I have; I havewvith all mlly soul!" I murmured. "Blessyou! b106 you, dearest!" whis pered the angel - "She kissed.rme again; I raised my ars to clasp her to iy heart; but she was gone. I loofeill. The portrait smiled upon me , 'rs it smiles upon me now!" Dinsmore sank .ek on the pillow ap. parently exhnustet. Ilis earnest maniner had convinced moUt lie firmly believed in the miracle hegAad just related. To me it was all a mistery ; and I was anx ious to learn by ti strange illusions lie had been Ieguile4i f his senses; but be. fore I could quesi on him the physician entered. "I tuink it will b' safe now," lie iut tered. What will besafe ?" demanded Al. bert. "'To inform you of a singular circum stance which hIs talen place. Prepare yourself and do not suffer yourself to be agitated." t Be patient! Pshonid have permitted you to hear the ifttelligence before, biit I feared the shock .ould be fatal. As I understand iowevf;, that, contrary to my 'd en it m ; e - - " Who I not, it cannot be-" Your wife" said the doctor. "My wife! my Evelina! Oh, blessed heaven! is she," cried Albert; " is she alive?" " Yes; my own ALbert; r.y husband !" murmured a soft, fluttering voice. A light figure darted past me. Albert uttered a cry of joy as he clasped it to his bosom. For neaily a minute I heard only a convulsive sobbing and weeping; then a tremulous voice "I heard you were dying-I could keep from yon no'longer! Do you forgive ie will you own me for your wife (' " Forever! forever !" exclaimed Albert, in a choked voice. I glided from the room. Evelina's parents had caused a false report of her death to he circulated, and they kept her secluded on their return to America; b-it now%' their influence was gone forever. Albert had recovered his wife. A week later I was favored with a for mial introduction to the LIvINO PORTRAIT. IIrNTs TO A IIrnFIi..YI LAwru. The late Judge Pearce, of the Supreme Court of .the State of Ohio, was a nted wag. A y oung lawyer was once making his first ellort before him, and had thrown himself on the wings ot his imagination into the seventh heaven, and was seenm ingly preparinug for a highcr ascent, wvhen the judge struck his rule on the desk twvo or three times, exelaimiing to the aston ished orator: " Hold on, hold on, my dear sir~. Don't go any higher, for you are already out of the jurisdiction of the court." YoE: SrL-aus was of a melancholy turn of mind, his counitenance was so mourn ful that lie made ai splendid fortunte driving hearses, to make them look solomon. le was so sour in temper, that pickles be. came swveet when he looked at them. His thoughts wvero always upon grave yards, dea~th beetles, and rainy days. TIhe only time lie ever looked happy wvas wh'len his wife died; but even then he growled at the funeral expenses. ANx old fellowv, who became wveary of his life, thought he might as well comn mit suicide, but he didn't wish to go without forgiving all his enemies. So at the last moment, be removed the noose from his neck, saying to himself, " I never can or will forgive old Noah for letting the copper head snakes get into the ark. They have killed $2,000 worth of my cattle, and when lie and I meet there'll be a general fuss." A soLDiIER on sentry duty at an en e npment, stabbed a dog with his bayo net, wh'lo was set on by some boys. .Then owner came up and was much vexed to to see his dog lifeless. * " Why couldn't you have struck hin > with the hut end of your gqt?" said he " So I should," replied thiT sentry, "i n the dog had run at me with his tail fore imost." .WIKaT is the difference betwveen a pro . rms..o..l bout bacwk amd n black boot? Europe in 1851. The chronicle of Europe in 1851 must be very brief or 'very tedious; brief as it records only the general tendencies and few salient points of the year's history, or tedious as it expands in a wilderness of details. We prefer the former. In Great Britain, though some reduc tion has been made in the burdens of taxation, the revenue has not fallen off. The decennial census has revealed facts of an alarming nature. The population of Ireland alone has fallen back to where it was twenty years ago; the decrease by famine and emigration being counted in by millions. People still continue to em igrate in vast numbers,a conclusive com. mentary upon the system by which the kingdom is governed. During the year the ministry have once resigned, on occa sion of a parliamentary defeat; but as no men could be found to take their places, they resumed office again. Tie World's Fair has been the great event of the year. This unexampled exhibition lasted six months, and was every way snecessful The United States carried off a full share of the honors of this great industrial tournament, it being adinitted that the most useful inventions with which the Fair made England acquainted came from America. At tihe same time the schooner A merica, a yacht built in New York, beat out of sight all the yachts of the Royal Club, and established the superiority of American ship-building. Shortly after the closinig of the exhibition, in October, Kossuth arrived in England. lIe was received triumphantly by the working classes, and the more liberal part of the middle class. His speeches, made at public banquets and receptions, were ad mirable, and produced a prolfound sensa ion everywhere. In France, the year has beei mainly occupied with the intrigues of President Bonaparte to procure the abolition of that clause in the Constitution which forbids his election, and in the suppression of those liberties yet remaining to the peo-. sage oi ' ,~'os proposed the restoration of universal suf frage, in order thereby to bring the repub lican members to the support of his scheme for his own re-election. This proposition was voted down in the As sembly, and then seeing that his ambition could not be gratified with any semblance of legality, Louis Napoleon deliberately executed one of the most atrocious schemes of usurpation ever recorded in istory. On the morning of December 2, Ie violently dissolved the Assembly, ar rested and imprisoned all the members who would not acquiesce in his crime, and, with a mockery of universal suffrage, called the wlole people to vote Yes or No on the question whether lie should be President for ten years with dictatorial powers. At the same time lie suppressed .l tihe newspaperE except his own oirgans, and declared not only Paris, but a great number of departments, in a state of seige. There were attempts at opposition in the cipital and the provinces, but a vast mili tary force put them down with bloodshed. Thie end is not yet. In Germany, the main fact is the con plete restoration of the old Diet at Frank frt. This body is to be strengthened by the addition of a federal police to its other machinery and means of suppressing anarchy and demagognism." The course of tyranny has been continued in this country, while the people have gemieraly fallen into a state of phlegmatic indiffer ence. Ilanmover and other States, which have before practised free trade, have come into the Zoliverein, and become pro tectionist. T1he question of thme succes sion in Schleswig-Holstein, on which the late war mainly turned, still remains un settled. Ini Austria, the Constitution of March 4, 1849, has been abrogated by a decree of the Emperor, who rules henceforth by his own ai bsolute pleasure, as lie did before the revolution. This empire has had to make a~ new loan, on very bad terms, and it seems impossible that it should escape from open bankruptcy. It is already bankrupt in fact. Prince Metterniich has returne & to Vienna. Kossuth and his companions wvere hung in effigy by the government at Pesth at the time that theyi were set fiece by the Turkish authorities, and allowed to go to Einglanmd and Amer ica. In Italy, the year has been marked by the dreariest tyranny, In Lombardy this has been exerceised Iby Marshal Radetzky'; at Rome by the Pontiticial government; in Naples by the Bourbon who reigns there. The prisons have been crowded with victims, wvho have suffered abuses almost incredible; and thousands, espe cially in Lombardy, have been put to death on offences that, under a tolerable state of things, would not be deemed wvorthmy of notice. Never w'as all justice worse out raged than in the proceedings at Romie and Naples. As respects the latter, in dignation has been excited throughout the civilized world by the exposure of the cruelties practised on men of venerable ago and high character, whose sole offense was belief in constitutional freedom and attachument to the constitution which the moarch himself had granted, anid swornm to observe... This exposure was made b3 Mr. Gladstone; an eminent member of theC British parliament; the Napolitan govern. ment attempted to confute it, but failed. The government of Sardinia has alone remained faithful to constitutional princi. pies, and Sardinia has enjoyed through the year a degree of internal peace and prosperity unknown to -the rest of Italy. The arrangements for the complete an. nexation of Tuscany to the Austrian do minions are said to have been completed. In Spain, a concordat or treaty has been concluded with the See of Rome, by which all other religions than the Roman Catholic are interdicted in the kingdom. The affiir of Cuba has produced a gene. ral fermentation. It is said, on good aul thority, that Bravo Murillo, tile prime minister, is in favor of selling Cuba to England, or even to the United States. The Queen is about to give an heir to the throne, whereat great expectations are excited. In Portugal, a revolution has occurred, whose -only efl'ct has been to send off Count Thomar, the head of the ministry, and to put the Duke of Saldanha in his place. In Sweden, an attempt has been made to reform the national legislature, which now consi, ts of four houses, the represen tatives of the knights, of the clergy; of the citizens, and of the peasants. The' reform was defeated. In Russia, one or two conspiracies have been detected. The railroad from St. Petersburg to Moscow has been opened, and another to Warsaw begun. The former occupied eight years in building, and (lie latter will require tell. The revolutionary elements of Europe ave been active, under the guidance Liefly of Mazzini and his associates at London. The influence of these exiled eaders of the people has been devoted to -estraining. all merely local demonstra ions, till the time when the great uphea P-1 of France, Italy, Hungary, and Ger or the whole continent to begin. CoNSEQUENcEs oF ADVERTISIN.-A ondon paper not long since related the ellowiug case of a great rush of widows, n answer to an advertisement, to the reat consternation of a staid and re pectable citizen, and the amusement of he rabble : " Mr. Stroud having occasion for a iousekeeper to superintend his domestic wrangements, advertised for a widow, or i widow and her daughter, to take -harge of the upper part of a trades. nan's house, and to cook for him." The ages were stated to be ?30 per annum, with coals, candles, &c., and application as directed to be made between eleven :and three o'clock on Tuesday, at No. 68 Tower street. Before the clock struck leven the widows began to arrive, and oon the street was rendered impassable b)y the number of fair ones crowding to wards the house, and in a few minutes Mr. Stroud's shop and parlor were filled with women, struggling to gain the at. tontion of the advertiser, and clamorous ly setting forth their qualifications for the situation. ",A report soon got wind that Mr. Stroud had advertised for a wife, and people had flocked from all quarters to see the ladies ini search of a husband. The widows, young, middle-aged, the thin and stout, the dark and the fair, some in their weeds, oilier gally attired, and many 1 0 >rly but decently clad, con tinned to aurive, and wore greeted with laughter and shouts by the mob, who gave free vent to their jokes and ribaldry as the widowvs arrived and departed. At length the confusion and noise became so great, that a 1posse of the police wvere sent for, who preserved a little bettor order, and afforded free ingress and egress for the applicants." A PLAIN TIIUTIr PLAINLY ToLD.-iflr. Cohbden has recently written a letter, in which lie utters the following truthful words: " As a people we hlave failed to respect the rights of property of weaker communities. No conqueror ever re turned to our shores, after enlarging our territorial sovereignty, without a trium plhant welcome, and no questions are ever asked as to our right to the con quered territories. Even an individual may engage in wars, and dispossess rulers of their sovereignty, and dub him self " Rajah" in their stead, and he will be loaded with honors, whilst we stigma tize as pirates, American adventurers, who, without a flag, made a descent Upson Cuba." A nues, while being measured for a pair of boots, observed: " Make thoem cover the calf." " Heavens !" enclaimed the astounded snob, surveying his customer from head to foot, " I have not leather enough." A LOAFF.R on hearing that they charg ed five dollars a day for board in Califor nia, said lie wvould go there and live, as he wished to get in some place where he could get his board charged to him. Hi is not narticular about the pnee. THE DESTINY OF SLAvERY.--Athough the anti-African slavery sentiment llas been largely developed in the last five years, and has been largely supported by sectional cu. pidity and ambition, the results have, in'iome respects, completely disappointed-the designs of the fomenters. The denunciation of slavery, and the professionj of great sympa thy for the fugitive'slave, but above af'the aslertion of the equality of white.and black, caused inevitably a greater migration of free negroes-and fugitivesffrom the slave-holding States to the North, but this alarmed ,te Northern people. The presence of a -iarge population of this color does not 'vindicate the doctrine of equ:lity, by increasing the value of property, and the tide of prosperity. Quite otherwise. And so they have taken the alarm,.and free negro exclusion is the order of the day now over the North, by the most rigorous penal enactments, and disqual. ificat ions, and prohibitions. This, of course, has turned the attention of the Anti-Slavery men to colonization in Liberia. But we have received several Liberia papers recently, that present rather a gloomy picture of the affairs of that colony. The Liberians had assumed a control over the native tribes in the interior, quite incompatible with the doctrine of equal. iUy, even between people of the same color. The trade of nations was cut off,'or restricted, at the pleasure of the intruders. At last the native chiefs have determined' no longer to submit, and have formed powerful combina tions to assail the new settlements. One of the Liberian towns has been attacked and destroyed-and the whole colony involved in % dangerous and expensive war. Now, if negroes cannot be tolerated in the Northern States, and cannot remain at peace with their )wn brethren on the coast of Africa. we beg lo know what is the next project of Messieurs, ho Abolitionists.-Southern Press. JusT RETuMUTIox.-The Petersburg Dem uenoutenigwer er Ilabama, and Soloinon Downs of .Louisiana, mnbsequently, they'became the apelogists'of ibolition, and the meekest of submissionists. .oalescing with Foot., they aimed at self lggrandizement by means of the Union par y. Their apostacy to the South has been properly rewarded. Clemens'only hope of a return to the Senate was extinguished by the postponement of the election by the Ala bama Legislature until its next session. Downs' apostacy was still more interested ani shameless, and his disgrace has been the more cutting. By deserting the South and leaguing with Clay, he calculated to propitiate the favor of the Whigs of Louisiana, who being predominant in the Legislature, held iim at their mercy. And, indeed they did [nduce him to- believe that they would return him to the Senate. But their promises were false as fair, and after securing his services, they coiteniptuously kieked him aside and elected a Whig. Treason never prospers. Honesty is the best policy. The way of the transgressor is hard. INrAN MAuntTIAG PRoXIsE.-A young Indian, failing in his attentions to a young squaw, she made complaint to an old chief, who appointed a hearing or triaL. The lady laid her case before the judge, and explained the nature of the promise made her. ft consisted of sundry visits to her wigwarm, nmany littlo "undefinable attentions" and presents, a bunch of feathers, and several yards of red flannel. This was the charge. The faithless swain denied tho " unde finable attention" in toto. Hie had visited her father's wigwam for the purpose of passing away time, when it w~as not con venient to haunt; and had given the feathers and flannel from friendly motives, and nothing further. During the latter part of the defence, the young squaw fainted. 'The plea wvas considered invalid, and the offender was sentenced to give the lady " a yellow feather, a brooch that was dangling'from his nose, and a dozen coon skins." The sentence was no sooner concluded than the squawv sprung upon her feet, and clapping her hands, exclaimed with joy " Now me be ready for another sweet heart ?" Ax Irish sailor, as he was riding, made a pause ; the horse in beating off the flies, caught his hind foot in the stirrup; the sailor observing it exclaimed " how now Dobbin, if you are going to get on, I will get off, for by the pow~ers, I will not ride double with you." Wr rn a true wife, a husband's faults should be sacred; her bosom should be the tomb of her-husband's failings, and her mind the tablet whereon they should be engravenl with the chisel of affection ; and when the grave closes over him, she should then let the past be a guide to the future. CoMrcA:.-To see a mvallet-bettded lawyer trying to make a bullet-faced client believe he can win his case without wit