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ORIGINAL POETRY. FOR TiE ADVERTISER. IMPROMPTU To TIE PIGEON, alias SEA GULL or THE FIRE. DEDICATED TO TIE " PIDGEOs PART.y Insolent! what didst thou there, Cutting thy antics in the air! Drawing attention from the fire, First darting down, then mounting higher. I did not see thee! but was gulled The nectared draught all gross thoughts lulledi For full three hours I racked by brain, For'pretty things to set en tram. From reelhnrs sliores to- Afrie's sands, Columbia's soil, or I1cathen Lands, I searched each noble bay or cliff, Or amber covo, or coral reef. But psbaw ! I am forgetting now What a poor senseess pigeon thou!. That knoweet not a glittering gem From being fresh from turrant stein. But thanks and blessings to the nine, That stronger heads were gWled than mline, For was it not that " incident," So " beautiful," so rich, that went To make me use pen, ink and paper, My drowsy eyelids, midnight taper, Of sentiment a piling measure, - That to a gull had been a treasure. For in a right ambitious mood, I tried to make it riry "good," But oftentimes when mortals set To council give-they council get. If thou hadst been a nightingale! Or Juno's pet with flowing tail, Or ehattering jay, or mocking bird, Owlet or bat, I had not cared. 1 gave three hours to the widgeon To you, three minutes, Mr. Piggeon And you will never more, 'Lis plain, A blockhead make of ine again. Ros COTTAGE. FoR TnE ADVERTISER. CHILDHOOD. Wamt I recall sweet childhood's hours, And think of what I once have been; In spite of time's all withering powers, One spot in memory still is green. Yes! still before my memory beam The joys of childhood, life's sole bliss: They pass before me like a dream, From which I wake, alas! to miss. Why is it thus on early years, The mind so often loves to rest? Or, why the morn of life appears In such bright colors always dressed? Is it that life is then enjoyed With keener sense and purer taste? Our pleasures then more unalloyed, Or are our feelings then more chastu ? Is it that time at each remove Gives to each scene a lovelier line? Like landscapes, will they still iml prove, - As further they recede fronm view ? To-day, and leave no'trace behind; .But images in childhood made, Like dreams of pleasure haunt the mind. Like shadow's o'er h-summeir plain, They still before my mind are east; Unlike those shadows they renmin Long after e'en their objects past. Correspondence of the .31ereury. \VASII1NGTON, Feb. 28, 1852. The passage at arms between .Mr. Rhett and Mr. Clemens commenced yesterdaiy, anid is continuing to-day. It has been a ve ry severe encounter, and thme Alabamiian, ass is almost universally conceded, ha~s come ofl' second best. Mr. Rheitt commenced very caimly and dispassionattely, considered the position assumed by the Senator of ,49-'50. and the Scnator of '52. HeI did not indulge in epithet of abusive termsi, but quoted largely from the Senator's own speeches, and more espeeially, from those in which lie assailed Foote~ for his apostamey, to prove, that if he (Mr. R.) were " a -traitor" and " a knave," then the assaihint fell under the same ban. He contenmded, and justly, that the position of Foote and' of~ Clemens was identically the same, in point of fact, only the fermer had the priority. That, therefore, in these expositions of thei position of Foote, made before his conversion to Comnpromis ing, Mr. Clemenis hand port rayed precisely his own present position. lie theni collated copious extracts from these full of bitter donunciation and withering invective, in which terms the most unmeasured were em-j ployed to signify his scorn of any thing likea the Compromise of principle which kormed the basis of the Compromise. These points were made so strongly, and the evidence adduced was so conclusive of : the truckling inconsistency of the man wvho now so fiereely assailed those who stood firm in the faihh he had apostatized from, tat the effect was crushing. Thme audi~ ce, f though unwilling to symipathize with ' the I secessionist," were compelled to admit the overwhelming character of the retort, and r the utter discomfiture of the newly fledged rm Unionist. He, himself; too, was conscious of the position in wvhich he had beent placed,a but strove to bluster it out. Unatble to an-t swver by argument, or avert the weight of his own admissions, falling like an avalanche on his heaid, he burst forth into a storm of fierce and passionate invective. Ribald ry,: ridicule and coarse scurrility censtittuted his reply; he sought to divert attention from < his own ineonsistenfes by making side is sues of a personal charnecter. Ini short he followed again in the footsteps of Mr. Foote, in making just such a speech as thatr individual was wont to make, wvhen in a par ticularly tight phace. The languagte enm pluyed was such as is seldom heard beyond bar-rooms, or such other places of pubhl I resort, and if Senatorial, why the Setnatea had better transfer its sessions to some such f congenial place.c The Southern Press, of this morning, a sternly reprobated the charaeter of that dis-I c ussion, and referrcd to the fact that such~ scenes wvould net be tolerated in the Coun-a cils of the Indian Savages. It further in- C timated, that if they wvere to be repeated, r lessons might be learnt from those aborigi-1 nal Legislators. it is to be hoped that this point may be serviceable; b~nt the press j throughout the country, would do well to stamp with reprobation, these pitiful resorts Il to abuse and scurrility, in def'ault of better materials for response. The apology set up by Clieens for his course, is, thiit Mr. Rhettt introduced personalities in his rejoinder, es pecially in referring to matters connected f wit his ourse at home, and charges brought I c RgAinst him inthere. The skirmish is to bere sumed again tcday. Mr.-Cass -will come in for his share after a while, but the contro versy with him will not be of the same charne ter as that with Mr. Clemens. Both of these Senators, in their compromise speeches, du. ring the absence of Mr. Rhett, took occasion to assail him and his course, and this is the first opportunity of rejoinder that has of fered itself to your Senator. The folly of provoking recriminations on the part of the leserters was signally shown i the case of lemens. With all his readiness nid au Jacity lie was reduced to a most painful and pitiful dilemma by the bare quotations from lius own previous speeches, when lie spoke floquently because under strong conviction. Alt his speecies since he deserted, have beea hiol1 % echoes of his former eloquence, as was signally shown yesterday iin couipar ing the bursts of indirnlant eloque(c quot ed bv Mr. Rhett, and his wasping recriuinma tions of yesterday. This;- however, is but an episode in the controversy, for the Coi promise resolutions has been discussed al most to deafit already, yet the principles underlying it have by iio means beetn settled or disposed of. Every day shows this, for like the heads of the hydra, so soon its tle vexed questions are "settled" in one shape, they show themselves in another. Either somie finality man, or some Union Democrat, or Adminisfratioi manl, tries to miake a little capital out of them, and lo, the quarrel all begins again. The finality of agitation on this question is very far oil vet ; 1and it be gins to be exceedin'gly doubitful whether it can be smoothed over even enough to nike the regular foirm. The sessions of Whig and Democratic National Conventions in full force of inmhers and formality, of omination is yet problematieal. Doubtless tile Democratic Convention will meet, but there are symptoms (if disaffctioun :nong its rauk and file. and it. will be tuch perplexed by double representations from Alabamn, Mis issippi, and elsewhere ; and there may also be a contest for seats at the North. If tile Whigs are wise, thev will dispense with a Convention. Gunpowder aind glory constitute their chances. The great Gaines ease will have its tinal decision on Monday. It is generally rumored and helieved that the decree is adverse to ier clanims, bv which she loses the large fortuiie in perspective, to obtain which, sie sacriticed a large one in possession. Tle counsel have swallowed the oyster. site is now awarded the empty shell. Her disappoint ment is very severe, as her hopes and those of her advocates, were very high. 31r. John A. Campbell, of Mobile, the unfli:ieliing leader of the State Rights host in Alabama, was here for several weeks in attendance on the Sulireeno Court, engaged ini this and other important eases. le delivered several very able arguments, :nd sust:iined his high reputation. Ile is a very intelleet uni look ing man, whose vital energy seems to be mental. not physical, in whom mlie braini overtisks and masters the body. f[tensity of will and directness of pirpose would sem to be his leading charaeteristies. It is a great pity that lie will not consent to take a more proiniient position in public life. Such men as he, combining talent and integ rity, knowledge and its ready application, are mitch needed in our Natinai Councils ow. 31r. Forsyth of Georgia, the able and fearless Editor o~f the Columbus Times, the uost " fire-eatinig" of the prinits, lhis also been on a visit. here-and t wo better speci ins otf Southern ext remnists in all respects it would be difliett to select. *Various others of the notaubles have been here to watchi the noints of the game, but all con ess to being miore miystitlled and perplexedl than before thev uamie. rThe fact is, the mighty maze at present is all withiout ai plin. |mdl no kntowing wvhen a plamn can be perf'et d. 3lr. Burt's announcement otf his inten tion of withidraiwing f'ronm Congress has been received with regret here, ams that gen. ilemaii is imuichl respleted anid esteemed by the members generally, lie hast uiniformly' coiucted hiimself' with courtesy and dligi tv. Th'le wholhe delegaution at this imle is lby n'o means so isolat ed as it used iii be, anll woil be placed nti:hiin thme pale of pairty it' they were to indicate thle de.sire. Nothing if' interest doing ini the Ilous~e. Mrns. GAINEs, whose case is n1owt finially :lecided rigainst tier, by thle Sr lpreime Court 'it WVashinigtoni,.commeiiced tice suit nearly tweity years ago, when'i .e was Mirs. WVhit. nr, to recover, n.lirge real estate in New Drans, heft lby Daniel Clarke, her fither. Lte possession' of which shte claiied as his legitimate danghiter and legal heir. General aines, her late lihbind, expeiided ini prose :uting the claiim, two estates ait the Southi, vhich lie sold for $ I 00,0n0. fl~e nilso spent uis par amid emuetst, about $6.000O a car. for the time lie lived withi aI'rs. Unines: tud her friends hid advanced to tier consid arabe sumis, which were :iho expend~ed in theo Pat terson suit. A trer Mirs. Gaines sue :eeded in the Pattersun suit bet'ore tihe bouisiana Court, thme other paurties offe red to -omromise, but the otl'er w~as declinied by 3en. Guiines. The Newv Orleans Courier ys, "temrtifietionu occasioned to M1rs. 3aines must be very great. Shte was coti lent of success, and tier ext ravagrant hopes md compl)etely got the mastery of her reau on. She even condemned thle coutisel on he other side for their zenit in behlflI of' their mlient, and thought that strong opposition uxong and oppressive. DE~itAND OF FRANCE oN 13cErLi:.-Thle ield of' Waterloo, where the power of Na soleonm receivedt its final blow, is sutrmounted r'ithi the figure of' a Lion, and oithter mnoinu ental devices, placeediere by England, to ecord the triumph in which she performed o conspicuous ai part. Louis Napoleon, it ppears, has instructed the Duike of ilassaito, ie new French Envoy to the Court of' Bl ~im, to insist upon thie removal of the mon metail Lion, and the demolition of' the nound upon which it rests. The Lion had ready been mutilated lby French soldiers 'eturning from an expedition, who kinocked mt its teeth and paired his claws. A corres >oudent of the London News says: "Thme applicaution now made by Louis Na oleon f'or the demolition of the trophy, nakes one recall his laconic declaration be ore the Court of Peers, when tried for the editions attempt at Bloulogno. lie then mid: ' I represenit as principle, the sovereign y of the people, as system tho empire, and . actioti the retrieval of WVaterloo.' The irst two points have been carried, and it is ertin that no nieans will be neglected to chmieve the last." A CANNOs grape shot, weighing about halt' .pound, was fouiid in at maim's skull, wvhi ras throwii tip by a person digging a grave St. Andrew's Churchyard, 31t. Holly, N. J., .few days sinee. H is spa'de eame ini contact rithm tihe'skull, andl hearitng somlethiing rattle, e picked it imp; and fonid this ball, which nd entered just below the eye, anid lodged a the baick part of the hend. A sERYAs'r of Gov,. Means, attempting to 'et upon the plattforim of one of the cars, otn le Charlotte Railroaud, between this and Iolmbia, on Truesday even'ing, the 2nd inst., ull betweemi time ears amid' wats itnstantly EDGEFIELD, H. C. THURSDAY, MARCH II, 1852. ELECTRO-PSYCHOLOGY. WE are requested to say that Professor J. L. PENNINGToN, the renowned Psychologist, will lecture at the Spann Hotelon Saturday evening, the 13th inst. Lecture to be accompanied by Experiments. --- -e- ---- g WE call attention to the advertisements oF Messrs. SNOWDF.N & SHEAR, of Augusta, and of !Mr. SIEY,. of Hamburg-each establishment first rate in its line. 27' WE are indebted to the Hon. A. P. BeT LF. for the- speech of R. M. T. Ilr-Tza, of Vir. ginia, on the Bill granting land to the State of Iowa in aid of constructing certain Rail-RoadE Also, for the speech of J. 1. CLARK, of Rhode Island, on the subject of Intervention. t?' TUE Internationaliagazine for March is before us; and contains abundant proof of what we have befiore said, viz: that it is the richest com pilation of light reading that ever reaches our oflice. Dieis' Hlousrantot Woatn," as published by ANGEr.L, ESo;.L & HEwtT' con. tiules to) reach us regidarly with its cheerful and interesting pages of goio? reading. APOLEGETIC. Ota department is very meagre this week; but our excuse is suflicient. Our junior assistant had expected to supply the columns we have usually occupied ; and we had fully made up our mind for a fortnight's entire cessation of editorial labor. So much so, that when our junior was taken sick and unavoidably prevented from attending at our old sent, we could not shake off that feeling of splendid relaxation which had so completely taken hold of our editorial man. - 0. SPLENDID STOCKS OF DRY GOODS. Oua Merchants at this place are now opening boxes upon boxes of new and stylish Goods of every kind. They tell us too that their articles I were, in the main, purchased on good terms, I which %%ill admit of their being sold low. We hope the taste and care; with which the stocks of our different, stores have been laid in this season, will be appreciated and encouraged. AlNlSSI.TG. Oua esteemed eotemporary, the Marion Star, has not reached us for a month or more. What can the matter be ? We regret the absence of any of our South Carolina exchanges, and therefore n uotice this.occurrence. Will friend LAnoatm: see that we are not neglected hereafter! JUST TO HELP OUT A COLUMN. Tim following was written when we were in one of those peculiar moods (known only to an editor) made up of drowminess. disgust. despoin. dency and wearisomeness, combined with a reso. lute determination to write something " at any and at every hazard." We left the hist line of every stanza unfinished, to give sonic play to tile reader's imagination. Let each one supply the elypsis to his own liking and we doubt not he will find the verses woithy of being stereotyped: . Jhow terrihie is~ An editor's phaiz Wh'len the " Devil" calls for copy, And he has not. A single dot - To give hi Noobody knows Trhe sanctum's woes Butt he who wvell has tried them We'll bet our hat To the truth of that With a vengeance Especially now Do we avow This to be ouor opinion When news is stale As uncorked Ale Atnd politics dead To he sure its true, That the skies are blue, When thec clouds arc u Bitt what of that ! 5 T1o write it were flat - :2 As a pancake- - . It is also a faet W That sonie folks are crack'd A A bout humbuhogs and holhies to ride Butt the thinig has been said 4 So imuch,, that its dead ., lr As Hectr- n4lmx 'We know furthrmne Thlat Kotsutho and Co4 A re still in the bounds of the' Butt to take pen ini hand. 'To discurse of that band !- 9 W e can't conme it So likewise 'tis cleanr, That Court-week is here And clients and cake-carts-a plenty But that would not do, Dear reader, for youo Now,wyould it ! As to Presiddntmaking~ Our State is not taking A place in the general sweepstakes So it are'nt worth our while Our bottom to spilc By starting-as yet In our dear little State All is quiet of late Except with our friend of the Standard But several have told us They'd he sure to scold its If we mentioned hinm again We heard 'tother day A n old customer say That he wanted to knowv what liad become of' the three hundred thousand dollars appro priated for purposes of State defence *But there are so few that care, Whether the funds are here or there, That we won't say a word There's the Rlabun gap Has distnrbed the sweet nap Of that good old lady, Augusta . But that's been gonie o'er So often before That wve gap at the very thougt So what shall we wvrite ? Will no one indite ? Who'll clear up thec mists that surround us ? Come on, one and all, With whatever scrawl, And we'll Finish the article for us, friends, for we're through, wce are. Whether you will pardon us for thec above per petrationi or not wve dont exactly knowv. In the favorite phrase of one who paraded our square last week to the great amusement of hy-stander W..-l bet you will or we'll bet you wont." . eCO-OPERATION." START not, listless friends-we do not propose to afflict you with any think like a discussion of -this thread-bare phantom. Our object only is to make a single remark to.a writer who appears to. day over that word as hisnom de plume. Our friend asks us if we are ready to come to liis "help against the mighty.?" We answer, yes-provided he will unfold to us, in.a distinct and tangible form, what.plan of work it is which he proposes for'the accomplishment'of that ." dar ling object," Co-operatiP- With our present no tions. we cannot say , relish the thought of setting the pages of our - ittle sheet "on fire," upon the subject of Southern Co-operation. It would look rather ioo much like struggling to reach a dark spot where an "1 g4nis Patuus" used to be. We say " used to be," because we had thought even its late iblends had efased to think about it as an enti'ty. But it appears that there i one who wilt still rase his voice for the "fallen star. - All we wouldsay to "Co-boPERATION'is-" raise it to the politics.l heavens again, and we know not but that we might kiglie a little flanie upon our atar in honor of its rescusitation." OUR COLLECTOR ABROAD. 1R. BRe.a? E. Srmvan, who perhaps is very well known to most of our Readers in this State, as the collector of the.Charleston Mercury, and we believe of the Charlestpn and Columbia Press in genoral, as well as o;tie -SentAcrn Press at Washington City, is berg on his tour through the State; ind as he nay see most of oua suliscribers out of the District on his route, who are in arrear, to us, we have furnished him With such accounts as may be due, and beg to bespeak for hint a kind and hospitable reception among tA. We pur sue this plan, because the opportunity presents it self to us, believing at the same time that it will be a matter of acconomoditioiin to many who are in arrenrs and anxions to pay, but lave not an op. portunity of a safe reittanee. le-sides, to recrive the anounts due to ts, thongh but small and seat. tering,would cheer us in our efforts to discharge the labors incident to the life of an Edlitorand en able us to keep square, which is no small desider alum: And last though not least, it wo'uldl con tribute in no small degree, to our individual comfort and happiness. _Under thec circumsttn ces, may we not be allowed to enter oir petition for the success of Mr. SEYL'S mission. in this State, and of his assistant, Mr.-SAmttrt. E. Betn res, who is now upon the same mission, in the States of Florida and Georgia, at least as for as iee are conecrned. DECISION IN AIAGISTRATE'S COURT, BEFORE C. W, STYLES, ESQ. Ix the case of R. J. BJk-rt.Ea vs. JAvr.s .loxes and J. J. KExNNry, (a suit for the recovery of 33 cents, demanded.nnd taken by the defendants .fromn plainti fras toll at the gate erected by the defendants near the South Carolina elnd of the bridge crossing the Savannah river between llamburg and Augusta) the debision was adverse to the plaintiff. CREDITABLE TO NEITHER. Wr regret to perceive that. a scene of violent personal altercation oecurred in the Senate of the United States, a short-time ago, between 31r. RtE-rr, of this State, and Mr. CL.itEMs, oif Ala bama. That body is certainly one in which it is peculiarly fitting anid proper that digtnifiedl calm ness should Ieign predonliinantat all tim~es. And notning to the fame of the great Assembhlage to whlich they belotig, nor to'tlie lustfe of their own particular re-ptatiton. We tidnk MIr. CL.NurNS decid~edhy in fault in the controversy to which we are now alluding. haut we could have wished that our own Senator lad not been even the, innocnt puricipator on the other side of the aflisir. COMMUNICATIONS. . on. TttE AJhvNRtTIsER. TIlE SUPERINTENDJANT'S Bl~lhTIILY' REPORT or -re. StenAv Scnoots ts coNxtscrmox wmts Tu'ttir Cem'nenm is 'rntS t.t.AaV.t JRererend aind Dear Sir :-ln tmy hitst. repoirt I ganedu cursorily at somec of the nlvaneitgese of 'arly.. pietyd ndeavodng .there~by to de-signate thebaysof- the.~ ayd&-eoel' d Te cer -- nedl. Lest, how ggP~y$ p11- ieotitiga nmere ab siamatstraio. advert to a few - . - ' ie, that amontng re no other eases cc tlmi those . It wtoul be Cr no( other in 'Ire-alites than the inspired 2 ie~ re tio ensecs those wvhomt the bit, Eisianemorates. ol Testamewnt we read of a child who was granted to hits pamrenits ini answer to earttest prayer. Ilis mother in thankfulness lent hinm to the Lord as long as he shoutld live. " When she haid weaned himt" she brought hitn to the house of the Lord in Shilolh, "and the child was y-oung," says the record, " and he worshippcd the Lord ~lhere, and the child did miniester unto the Lord beforeo Eli the Priest, and the c-bud Samuel grew on and was in fav-or both with the Lord atnd also with men." [See 1 Samuel, 1, 8 and 2 Chapters.] Is it in conformity with Scrip tural phraseology or truth to pronounice one " in favor with the Lord" who is not a subject of quickening and transfornging grace ? Is there any method by which sinftul tma can be -'in fhvor with" God, inteo as he is "nteepted in the Beloved 'C' Whether faitth look fo'rward by the help of the sacrifies of the law to the great atonement to be made for siim, or hackward to the precious blood-shedditng of calvary, thoet must we conclude that the Spirit of God here records an instance of piety in childhood. The succeeding life of the Prophet Sameuel accorded with this beginning. Josiah, King oif Judah, suceeded to the throne at eight years o$f age. We are told that " he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, atnd deolined nieithier to the right band or to the' left, for in the eigth year of his reign, while hse was yet young, ho began to seek after the God of David his father." Such expressions (connected too as they aro with a sketch of his life) indicate clearly that the ertal minid which is enmity againest Goan had been taken. atuy, and that in -its stead there ii as a supremte desire to conform to God's most holy In the New Tcetmnent we find recorded the prediction of tangel Gabriel, conucerniing the fore-runner of Christ. "lH e shall be filled with the Holy Gost, even from his mother's w-omib" To what can such language refer if not to that preparatione of the heart which cometh only from this passage, " Though conceived in sin like other men, yet a saving change would be wrought in his heart by the Spirit of God, even at, or before htis birth, which would appear from his eminent wisdom and piety front his earliest youth.of Yet another case of early piety would I point out-tit of God's " Holy Child Jesus." The Rible tells us of Him that 4 the child grew aid waxed strong in spirit,-filled with wisdom, ant the grace of God was upon flint." At twelve years of age we find Him zealous for the cause of Ilis Heavenly Father, sitting in lte Temple in the midst of the Doctors of the Law, " both hearing and asking them questions, so that all that hearl him were astonished at His under standing and answers." Yet after this we find Him, wiith beautiful humility acconimpanying his parents to Nazareth, and " &uject auto them," "and Jesus inereased in wisdom, and stature, and in favor with God and man." St. Paul assures us that "ill Scripture is giveu by inspiration of God, and is profitable fur doe trine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." The citations froni God's word just made, are then recorded for our in struction. The inference froam thlie is unnvoid able, that early piety is a blessed reality. They show us that it is possilde to obey the exhorta tion of God's word-"R eneiber now thy Cre ator in the days of thy youth." 'May I not therefore with propriety address to those labor ing in our Schools for the instruction (o the young? Be ye steadfast. imniioiveable, always aboundhig in the work of the [ALr." I would fain liope that ounr " Ibor is not in In A ngust last, 1851, 1 fund that a little girl was nisent fromin one of our colored chasses. She was only eight (or tenl years of age. As she had not atteiled School far several Sundays I inquir ed thecauseand learned to tmy great surprise that our little pupil was then dead. I have ascertain el upon authority, which I atm assured is alto gether reliiale. that this child in her sickness would constantly occupy herself in repeating antl singing the hymns which she had learned at our School. She told those around her, again anl again, that she was. going to die. Yet the " fear of death" seetned iiaver to disturb her. Site would say that she was "going to see Je sits," that her relations " Must not cry," but " must all meet her in heaven." Ier dying charge to her brother and sisters was, that they should regularly attend our Sunday Sehool. May we not hope that he who has abolished death " delivered" this young creature "frona the fear of death" anud took her to himself itn heavet 1 I low solemn the thiought, that any i lesson here given may be the last wbivhit aft hn mortal spirit nmay receive before it wings its flight to the eternal world I am glad to nention that several of our Scholars, without any solii4tatiou have brought their eontributions to the Missionary cause. May these oilerings froni'the young increase ! and may Jesus, their Lord;' accept and bless these gifts, to the extension of the knowledge of I his Sailation to the perishing Heathen! I make no retumn to-day of the attendance at Out~ennold-f,r th'e pft. nmath, bens(in 'iny reik-ated absences from sickness and other causes, no one has had the timie to attenid to this part of tmy duty. My thatnks are hereby ten dlered to those who kindly aided tue ini other respects. I report our presenat nntnber thie samte as it was a month ago, tnimely: in 'the W hite Sebmool 42; in, the Cushored School 77-Total 113. Ntumber of .Teachters 9 ; all of whom are punc tual, regular, and faithful in the discharge of thteir duties. - Very respect fully, ynurs. C. 1111l'CE~ W ALK lt, Sitperintendaut. To the Rev. Ibient~ray soGainaM, Rector. FOR 'rniS t5V.itTt5sER. Sin. 1Fnron:--I amt sorry to see, that the spirit, which appeared to aninmie .er citizen bitt a few weeks since,. itt th e cauwe of justice andl liberty, is now abioost entirely extinet. We, of the Co-operatiotn patty did not intenda to give otur birethiren of thme other patty aniniug mtore thain a miild dose of mioderationi. We surely dial tiat purplose tee extintguish life, hut t a extermnate a vialetnt inflatmmatorv disease. We onily strove to teimper the exci ed feelings of or fienids, in order to inisure greater siucers to the eila'rts ofl the State ina her opposition to the mtenssrcs of astr common enemay-the consolidationists attd abolitionists of the North. G'entletmein, we are Secessionists as well as yon; anid wve difl'er with you only as to yoaur plant of operating against our oepponets. We miaintaitn, that South Carolina has the right to secede, but we believe, at the samei time, that thme onaly meastire that enn ever save the South froim Northern tyratnny andl oppression, antd the whole country front tutter atnd enitire rtuin,.is a Southerit Confederacy. Thtis a thme only instrum ment with which we can hope suecessfuilly to repel the attacks of our ad versaries. Will yotu then, conie up to our help against the imighty ? Will you lend all your energies and abilities, and concenttrate ytour whole powvers botht physical and mtental, to second our darling object of establishing a Southern Slavehiolding Republiec? For the accomplishment of this no ble end, wvill you oinly nmanifest thme same zeal aind enthiusiamsm, that burnt in yaedr bosomt, but a fewv short months ago ? Will you eireulate panm phtlets, and seind themi to our sister States ? Will you again set the EdigefieLd A drertiser on fire, with argumients .in favor of State Rightand Republicain freedom ? If you will earnestly pur sue this course-resolutely engage in this great work, we are with you, mtind and soul, anid if the whole State will be united, in a few years, we eani have a gowernmnt, stronig and secure, wholly separate front the North, and inivulnera ble to the assaults of any eny. Much has been said about platforms, and niot the least by yourselves :let us then, all as onec, occupy .ilatform, that is broad and strong, that shall withstand all sectional disputes and politi eal ,eontroversics, anal, if necssary, shall firmly oppose, the sword, the bayonet and the cannuein. -Co-Orimnarios. 'DPIA RTt'R EoF Kos8UT H F R OM CtNCtNS Tt.-Gov. Kossuthi left Cincinnuati, on Thutrr day, for Madison, Iindiatna. The daiy pre vious to hisi leaving, a large meeting was held. at whlichl a commitittee of fifteen wvas appointed to procture 50,000 signers to a teimorial to the Senate -of the United States its behazlf of Internuatlonal Law and Order. A resolution was also adopted itt favor of the U. S. Government grantintu; Kossuth safe conduct to Europe 'under the American flatg when he desires to levev this Arrival of the Steamer Arctic. BALT1toRE, Mareh 8,1852. The steanmer Arctic, which arrived during the night, brings intelligence of the foriia. lion of a conservative Ministry to succeed that of Lord John Russell. Lord Derby is at its hend. Since the departure of the Ameriea cot ton has become more inanimate, and at prices a shade lower. Sales of the three days 19.000 bales. The condition of the imirket is attributed to the political changes. The demind for flour in Liverpool is better than when reported by the Amerien, and an A vnnce of 3d. is e'stablished. Corn advanced 6d. The decline in cotton was caused more by the political changes, than from any want of confidence on the part of consumers in the ptiesent range of prices, in reference to the probable future supply of the rw material. On the 2ist the sales were- 0,000 bales t on the 23d 6,000-all the trade;..on the- 2-ith 7,000 bales-2,000 to exporters and specula. tors; and on. .the 25th the market opened quietly, with a promise of moderate sales. at present steady prices. Orleans fair 5 1-8 .Middling 4 13-16. In Manchester the oxtreme prices of List week are freely given for goods and varns. The funds have fluetuated, but clused at 97 1.8 a 97 1-4. The following is the composition of the new 3linistry: Earl Derby, premier; Exchequer, DIsraeli; 11(IIme Departtment, Walpole Folreign See retary, Lord Wailmesburg; (Clonini Secre. tanr, Sir John Pakingtou ; Chtncelldr, Sir E. Suigden : Privy Seal, Lord Lindhtrst. It was a' subject of doubt whether Earl Derby would go on with the present HIouse of Coinmons, or dissolvo Parliament and order a new election. In France there is no cange of aiThirs. The alleged protest of the Emperor Nicho. las, against Louis Napoleon's tssutning im peral honors, is said -to be destitute of ifoundation. Brown and Shipley's circular quotes cot. ton quiet, but without the least ch:mtige of rates. Also qnotes wheat, flour, and corn in limited demand, at previous rates. M. CLAY AND KossuT.-lon. Henry Clay, in answer to an invitation to attend the late Congressional banquet, thus refers to Kossuth and his doctrines: '-Ve have seen great principles laid down by Washington for the ndministration of this Governtmeut, especinly in regard to its ror. eigrn policy, drawn in question, his wisdmn doubted, aid serious etiorts made and mak. ing to subvert those nixhis of policy by the conformity to which this nation h:1s risen to its present unpuiralleled greatness. IWe have seen serious attempts to in. duce the United States to depart fran his great principles of peace and neutralitv, of avoiding all e'nt;mglinmg a lliInecs with frigt powers. nd of confiniingr ourselves to the growth, improvenenit and prosperity of our new country, and, in pince of them, to plungo ourselves, by perilions proveedings 41nd insensible degrees, it the wars of E.n rope. Under such circumstanees, it is right and proper, and usefil, to repair to the great fituntaini (if Washington's patriotism, and drinking deep at it, to return refreshed and invigorated by the draught." &A P1.mCK?95.-'riC Darfington Flugof~ Thtursday says: A negro by the name of A llan. belongjing to 3Mr. Christian Tarrh, in this vicintity, refused a few days since. to to obey a very reasonamble commiand of his owner,and nabused him most unsparinmgly.. T1wo frienids were requested to arrest hinm, wvho,'on approaching near him. were assauilt ed in a muost fuiritius matmler by the negro wiith a drawn knife, whu s-.ore ho would de or kill oneo of them. A combat with sticks, on tihe part of the white meni and witth the knife on thme part of the negro, enstued, aend one of thme men, Win. Pricer, re'ceived a slight wound from thme kifeh 1n the shotulder, and the other Wmn. 31. Allmani, had his coat severelv euit inl several piees, and would have been serioutslty if not danmgerously wounded, hamd not Is pocket book warded ofy thei feorce ot one'of the stroke~s. Rumor sn~.i s that the s.aid negro is in the habit of readig and eirentlatineg :anli-slavery sent i m ientsamnong his fellow servants ini thlis coimunity. lie had one leg broken itn thme contest. and was fintally overcome, though not subdued. IANOTDER J1TRIOL OyTrAt.-3fr. Lewvis lBeebler, of the tirnm of Dyecr & Beebier, Piiladelphmin, wnait terribly burned with tit riot, on the~ evening of the 28th alt., by a young imaried woman, the wife of an appretite to the firm, from revenge. The apprenttice was named Kellet, and the wife was de sirouis that her husband should be freed frtm his indentures, buit the tirm were not winhing, :nd neither tiid the young nman ask it. Tlhe wife. had instituted a suit agains~t tier hus. hand for her ma:intenecnce, and lie was thrown into prisoni, but released by his em plovers who weiit his bail. Last night she elled at the residence of Mr. Beebler, aud on his coming to thme door, inquired wvhenm the .trial would come on. lie replied that he did not know, when she threw a qtuantity of vitriol in his faee and esenped during thme confusion. His right eye is entirely de stroyed, and it is feared that the sight of thto other will also be ruined. His mouth andl nostrils are also burned. The author of the outrage wastakenm before 3Major Howell, and comtitted for a further hearing. THlE RIGhT WAY.-The~re is daily to be seen in our towvn, engaged in hard manual labor, a man, who, it is said, was a Uaptain in the Hungarian Army during the struggle in that country for Independence. W hat person but must feel more respect for one like him, laboring honestly to earn :a outnfor table subsistence, than for those thousands of his compatriots, and other Europeanis, from Kossut h downu, wvho roam over the land, iving off'ofceharity- and by their wits. We do at least, and should rejoice to see such a man prosper in his exertIons, and enmabled to rise above his present lowvly fortune.-Wilminfg ton Herald. A SHORT STORY wiTII A MORat.-A oung~ Yankee had formed an attnehment f'or a daughter of a rich farmner, and after agreeing withm the "bonnie lassie," wont to the old man to ask consent, and during tihe ceremony-which was an awkwvard o with Jonathan-hie wvhittled away at a stick. 'lTe old man wvatched thu umovemnent of thme knife, at the satne time contIned to talk otn the prospects of his future son.in.law, as he supposed, until the stick was dwvindled down to nought. Be thon spoke as follows: "Y'ou have a flne property, you have steady habits, good eniough looking; but you an't have my damughter! Had you made something, no matter what, of the stick you ave whittled -nway, you could have had her; s t Is, you ennot, your property would go as the s'tieck did, little by little, until all is goe, and your family reduced to want. I From the Mobile Tribune. A Fair Proposition.. MOBILE, March 2, 1852. To the Gorernor of the State of Massachu selts:-St: I observe that one branch of the General Assembly of the State'of Mas sanchusetts has thought fit-to appoint a com mittee to institute enquiry as to what action shall be taken to procure the restoration to freedom of the three negro men, who were a short time since sold at Galveston, Texas, under the laws'of that State and purchased by me. I happend in Galveston at the time these three negroes were detected in the act.of kidnapping or abducting slaves from ther owners. They were tried under the laws of Texas, found guilty and of course subjected to the petialty imposed by the ltw of hat S8tate. In the execution of this law,'they' were exposed to public sale and I became the purchaser. If the Legislature of Massachusefts..or the abolitionists, are really sincere in their disposition to restore to citizenship and liber ty these negroea,, will afford theqi 'an op. portunlty of doing so. I, therefore, propose to this committee,.or to the abolitionistagenerally, if they will pay mne the amount of money it has cost totp elaim a fugitive slave in Boston, they can have these negroes. This proposition I con sider fair, liberal and just; and it will be regarded. s a test of the -sinoerity of those ilo manifest such a lively interest in the welfrare of this peculiar people. My place of ree'denee Is Mobile. . I am, respectfully, your ohfedient-servant, SAMIUEL QUARLES. FRANCE AND EsaLAND..-TI New York Albion, a pap'r.that pays tineh attention to British affairs, ridicules the deel.tration iti relation to peace, made by Louis Napoleon, to the tirty-tive Etiglish gentlemen who dined with him oi the 28th ult. The Albion remarks pithily enough t - " A few sitaple persons have quotedtliis declaration, as a proof that no such foolish schmemnei is lurking in the semi.roval breast. Now if the project were a mere question of time, we should have taken this announce ment as direct evidence to the contrary, and have expected a declaration of war to follow immediately upon it. Did not the arch hype. crite smileiin his saloon, on the evening of the ist of December, upon some of those who on the following tmorning were prison ers under his charge ? Pity is it that we -have not the names of these famous forty five guests. Perhaps they will yet leak out, .,inec the vulgar parvenus who could not re %ist the teplitation of being feasted by a Prince in a palace are of that vain breed who rejoice to see- their namnes in print. We re !rvt that so many En.tlishmen of the upper clases could ha've bee n found in Paris, wil ling to necept hospitality from a blood-stain ed hand, and must presume that, in addizrov to the set just hinted at, the paNy was made up of' hoartless roues, thoassoeintes of Louis Napoleon's debaucbery, wi.h perh ips hero and there an honest, nible, clever, but most creduldi's old gentleman of the school of Sir Francis Bond Head." MoNTGoMERY, March 5, 1852. The Southern Rights Convention adjourn ed this evening, after a session of two days. A series of resolutinns containing the usual genteralities were paisse.l, thte sixteenth .f icensdair aniwatedan3 The resolution was in subskhnce tt'fil laws: That in consideratiotn of the fzetib~t the penple of Ahahoima atnd the other South. ertn States laid declared against resistunce to the Compromise Acts, consequemithy tile Southern Rights party would not press the issue, but gunpl against the fut ure. This was earnestly opposed as being tah tnout tn a dissolutioni of the. Southem't Rights party, and an adoption of thme Gear gia plat form. It was .supported bty Mlessrs. finford, Yney, Ehtnore, anud others. Ulti, mately, howeuver, a .substlttte was areepted, which miodilied the languaurge in some re spects, almtkogh it was considered tonmuoutt pract ically to te samne thing. A4 resoln! ion agnintst thet doctrine of Inter. vent ion was also adopt ed by the Convenition. Thme ot her proceedings were unimpjortant. Two 311LitONS OF'DOLARs ORT.iNED FRtO't A BANK BY FoaGER!-T he .National Banitk :tt Buenos Ayres recenttly paid out two milions of dollars oni a forged order. It appenrs thatt to int thte evening a man named Andres Villegas, of a respectablei family, piresented :m order purportinag to be from the Governor, for two rmitlons of' do) Lurs. Thte forgery was so anmirably perpie trated that notne of the officers fur a moo nent suspected it, and promp~tly paid hint the motney. Subsequentty they sent woyrd to the Govertnor that they ha~id enmshied his order, wvhenm to their nmzement they~ we're toHl it wvas a forgery. Th'le police and other authorities wvere immediately cnlled into re quisitioni aind the whole city raunsaeked ;:nnd eni the next ay the forger was found at the Globe Hontel, with the batnk ttotes (sonic of which lie had exchanged for gold) itn his possession. The evidence of his guilt was so overwhelming, that he. made a prompt cotfession, and on thme next morning lhe was takeni to the court-yard of the public prison, and summarily executed. SoUTHIEU LrrIER ATURl E.-The Mobile Trn. btine has the followimng pithy paragraph on this subject: s' There is a great deal said in this world about Southerni Lite'ratture-much of it very bld blather, that any thoughtful man may langh at. The reason iwhy this literature is tot better paid for, is beentuse it is mainly not wvortht better pay. The popular literature at the North is htarily superior, but there it is got upj in a more attramctive style by expe,. rienced, noney-miakintg, business men, who by adjuncts make attractive what otherwise w'onld have no attraction at all. TIro South has higher duties to peform titan flooding the country with such stuff, and our young meni can find more manly pursuits titan thajt of supplyitig a demaund for it." HoRACE MANN thus sums up a few of the advantages of qmodern htiventions. " One boy, with a fourdriner machine, will nake nmore paper in a twelve month than all gypt could have made in a hundred years uring the reign of the Ptoletmies. "One girl, with a power-press, will strike ff books faster than a million scribes could4 .opy them before the inventtionu of printinig. "'One man. wvith an Iron foundry, wvill turu mt more utensils than Fubail Cnitn could have orged had he worked diligetntly till this time?' A PROFIT4BIE RAu-Ro4D.-Thie net prt its of the Southu-Wegaern (Georgin) Rail Road, for the last six months, wvere $49,509 2;. at thme end of the year the company ex et to declare a dividend of not less 'than 3ight per cent. The road was opened on tlho Ith of July hast, from Savannah to OgIe horpe. ARKANSAs ISs aid to be the onilv Staite n tlIte Union where the miiner'al called apis lazuli is found. -It is worth fqur. imax.c jts. ei i;tt ; o., M