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ORIGINAL SKETCH. FOR TilE ADVERTISER. MY UNCLE'S STORIES. NUMBER TllREE. BY J. A. C. Os the morning of the 20th of January, last, when the mercury was down to zero, or there about. I was seated by my Uncle's pleasant fire side, utterly regardless of the intense cold with out; for we had a blazing fire before us and some of the best of cheer on a sideboard near us. You would have envied us, dear reader, could you have seen us. We looked so cozy, so perfectly satisfied with ourselves and with all the world. Indet.d, there are moments in every man's life, when he is, for the time, placed above fortune, when he may safely defy fate. So I felt just at that particular moment. ]jut just as we lad partaken of some of the produce of the best vineyards of France, in the form of Cognae, I observed a slight shade of sadness flit across my UeAeWs face. Knowing his generally genial good humor, and that he could have no cause of sadness in himself, I expressed my curiosity to know the reason. " You very well know," said he, " that I am not a total abstinence man, that I liok upon all who eschew entirely the use of wine and spirits as depriving themselves of a great pleasure. But I once witnessed a seene3 that produced upon me an impression so powerful that I can never forget it. Often as I raise the glass to iny lips I see that noble, but hale and sorrowful face-I hear those iart-rending sobs. ]But I will tell the story to you in regular order as it bappened. I was then living in the village of W- . a place not remarkable for the number of its drunkards, yet having enough to excite a few of the people of the place to do something for the cause of Temperance. It was during the time of the great Washingtonian movement. A society had been formed in our village; but seeing that its progress was rather slow, they determined to call to their aid sonic celebrated temperance lecturer. Fortunately there was one at that time in a neighboring District-one, who, by his eloquent appeals, had perhaps done more for the cause than any other living man. To him they immediately despatched a imessen ger, who returned with answer that the lecturer would be at W- on a certain day the ensu ing week. Suitable preparations were immue diately made by the sowiety for his reception. The. place of meeting was decorated with evergreens in token of the evergreen vigor of cold water-men. Preparations of a different character were made by a very few of the other sort, (tr there are rowdies in all places,) but as you will see their plans were not carried out. The expected day caie at length. Thel hall was crowded at an early hour-long. beft-re the time appointed for the leeture: for the occasion was a novel one, which was suflicient to fill tihe house without the great fane of the speaker. Many different emotions filled the mindls of the people. *Some camne sneerinigly, others to hear s'omething new and for amiuseinent, others again with a real wish to take part in the god work, as they Niemredit. But when the speaker made his appearance when he arose and glanced round thme assemably. every conflicting emiotion seemed stilled in a nmo meat-every eye was turned uponi hmim with thme most intense interest, nmot for his cause bunt for himself. Hie was in truth tihe nmost noble-look ing man I ever saw, btit so pale, so, sade i Ie seemed like some fallen but re~penmtanmt angel, striving to regain his seat imn .Jheaven. His large, dark, lustrou's eyes wemre as at ,jla.s through which you could see his soul, at soul of s trivinag and suffering evermore. Indeed, I cannot accurately describ~e himi,, for his appearance, his eloquonee prodmuced' so great an impression upon me that any deseriptioni would seem to you like a fancy sketch. Nor can I well describe his speech : but never. before or since have I heardl a voice so touchming. so thrilling in its tones. donme few amiusing imnci dents he told, but nmot amany ; for as lhe said. lie had suffered too shamrply from the fangs of the serpent to jest wvith him now. ];ut he used arguments the most convincing, anid elogiuence the most thrilling to exhibit thme evils of excessivec indulgence in spirituous liquors and thme blessings of teniperance. There was no vituperationi, no abusax no low slang to throw contempt upon mthe driniker: ; um an ardent yearning to raise him to the true dig. silty of man. At length lie spoke of higmself, fbr he said no argunments were so convincing as those drawn from the experienice of~a drunkaril, and he had been one. ie had sacrificed friendls, lie had sacrificed wealth amid respectability, he had sacrificed his own self-esteemi at the shrine of Bacchus, and he knew how bitter was the portion of the drunmkard. It was all pain anid no pleasure-all sacrifice and no retan bwt bitter disappointment ammd Jmu miliation. But more than wvealth, more than station, more than the kindregard of friendei, he had sacrificed. " Once," said he, " if ever an angel walked the earth, there was one by my side. I had a wife who wvas more to mc than all the world, yet her have I lost amid lost forever. A fter causing her long years of toil and suffering, I one night, in my impotent amid drunkeni rage, struck her to the earth. Yet still would she have clung to me, still wvould she have s~oughit to raise me from my degraded conidition. But her friends interfered, amid jumstly, amid rescued hemr from my clutches, for they thought there was no hope." - " Long years (if darkness followed-long years of misery, more bitter if possible than any before. At length I awvoke as from somne terri ble dream. I will go forth, [ said, inito aniothier part of the wvorld amid, by the grace of God, be a man again." " God has assisted mte-niot in vain have I called upon hiim-i eani now took imy fellow-man in the face without a blush-but Oh !.my wife, my wife ! 0 would that thou woulost receive mec again-Mly wife, amy wife ?r' A nd the stricken man bowed his face uim his hanmds amid wept. There was a sudden stir in the assembly. A lady, pale but beautiful, hastily approached the speaker, and with a wild sob of joy sprang for ward to embrace him ar.ml fell faimting at his feet. It wa his wife.' ie knmelt beside her he elasped her to his breast, and with eyes streaming with tears and face turned toward heaven he cri.d 40 God, I thank thee to I wept, we all wept. And if ever angels take interest in the affairs of men, they too must have wept tears of joy when these hearts, so long estranged yet loving, were now united and forever. The lecture was ovei for that day ; but many signatures were added to the pledge, and the cause of Temperance received an impetus in the village which is still felt. For all this, added my Uncle, I believe that wine was given to cheer the heart of man. All things may be changed into a curse. Yea, God's infinite and eternal love may be, to the evil spirit, an infinite and eterial fire. ]But if we cannot use anything without abusing it, bet ter turn front it forever nd seek other sources or happiness, for they are infinite as is God's love. Reader, I have not told you an amusing story this week. Life is chequered-we cannot al. ways laugh, neither should we always cry. A nd not to make you iad have I told you this story. I write to you as my Uncle talks to ine. Per haps when I see him - next he will be more merry-if so it isyours, and so, Adieu. EDGEFIELD, '1- C TlIURSDAY,.3IAlCII 18, 1852. +W E commend the touching "Tempe rance" Sketch*of " J. A. C." to our readers gen. erally, as being a pretty incident, well tohi. And we hope our contributor will speedily send on hi< " Number Fonr." If it be a merry one, so much the better-for " variety is the spire," &c. DIERCHANDIZE----FANCY AND STAPL.E. WE call attention to the new advertisetment of SUL.L.tv.u- & BaoTIsa. Their display of new and handsome Goods is tempting in the ex:reme, especially to the ladies. And what is more. the ladies dotn't seem to exert themselves to resist the temptation-they are already darting ahout from. store to store with amazing grace and celerit. Well, we can't say that we blame theim; for at. the establishment of whieb we are speaking. we have seen Goods chariming enough to-but hold our better half might get a sight of this notice. and then what! GRAr hnoretiMs. of Augi:ta, have also a fresh showing in the present nuimber. and. as we happen to know that they sell tany thigs very reason ably, we simply state the faict. VElNAL EQUINOX. W tave been visited. witiin tihe last few days. br a wet ad 'vindy season, which we take to be the "1 Vernal Ftquinox,'' inasniuchi as tihe 211st of March is near at band. And soon the davs will grmw longer and the nights shorter. To those. who " love darknets rather thian ligh." this change may not be entiitvly agrecable-neither. perhaps, to those who are di::posed to say, "1 a lit tle more sleep. a little more siimber. a little more folig of the hands together in sleep"-nor yet to those who dread the toiling troubles of the long stiumer days. But to the man, who is looking forward to the in-gatherings of the approachitg season with anxiety and hope. it is stimulating and ceering; fr he has passed tie first quarter of the amnual race, and eters upon the second atnd all-important one wvith delighted zeal. fairly opened, and itat too with unusually favor able auspices. OUR COURT. Tits Sprineg Term of our Court closed onS turday last. The numbaher oif cases uipotn the Ses 5ion's Docket was fewer thtan we hiave ever knownu; indeed his Ilonor. .Timdge Evaxs. cotmpli metted our District umpotn the tuntusttally small numbaer of bills preseneted to theO Gra:.dl .tiury. nndt pa rtienI!arly the very few indictiniets proseceted on behaulf of the State. The Issue Dlocket was, as ut-tal. very large. amil thle eases involved a great deasl of litigationt; but the perseierance atml despatchl of the presiding .Tndge overcame every obstacle. andI we leave. for once at least. the pros peet oif a clear Deicket. We cannott Sutliienttly amiire thme character andu abhility of huis Ihionor. A dignified coutrtesy. aumontitng aelmoist to affability, ever autedled his proceedings and tiecessarily gatve general sa:isfactiont. The otnly indictment for muerder was given out during the sitting of the Cou~irt. Thle Jery returtn eel a verdict oef muan-slaughtner, andI thle Prisoner was sentenced to one yea r's itmphrisonment and the payment oef one thiousattd dhellars. We sitncerelv trust that thi tmorali reform will progress in outr District. 110! FR~i FLORID1A. Ssevsens. of our best ligefieht fatm.lies hlave determinmed utpon removting to thtis landl of floewers. as early int the coumineg Fall tas the nature of the ease wvill admtit. There is a small mania getting ip on the subject, anid we wvotuld not he much stur prized if a little etmigrating colony were the resutlt. It is somewhat remarkable that, of all thce ac quitances we have ine Florida who removed frotm this State, there is not one of them whio lhas not becomte devotedly attnehed to his nlew homte. There really seenms to lbe sotme stranige enchlant ment in this Southern elime, which all feel and obey. - - - ------- HARD, IF IT IS FAIR. We had a few rows of httzuriant beans, in our garden at home, day before yesterday, which had alnost formed the third and fourth leaves. But yesterday, whlen we went to look for thtem. they were gonee. Some rascally rabbit had been feast ing tupon them the nightt before-and there was not a bean-leaf left ont its stalk, to tell wvhere ite bean-bed htad been. Butt what we arc after now, is to find out from some old gardener thte best plan of scarit,' awvay these big-eyed scampls. We pautse for reply. RATHER BE A GENTLEMAN TIIAN PRESI I DENT. Gas. W. 0. Be-rt.Fat htas wvritten a letter to Msr. Faasets BLAta, in which lie speaks plainly and honestly enough in reference to his course, ais cadidatcetfor the Presidential Chair. H~e stands up squarely for tihe enforcement, fully and rigidly, of! the Fuigitive Slave Lawv, and disavowvs all afinity with Free.Soilers. Amotng othter things, tme old moan says, oI prize the character of a gentleman more than the officee of President." Good! THANK YOU, MRe PICAYUNE, Foa that polite invitation to attetnd yourr grantd Ball and Levee, in New York, on the 28th inst. but we cane't leave htome just now. Besides, onr old buggy is sadly out of repair, and our old horse Dicky is nearly blind, and wve fear there are too many slippery hills between otrr house and yours, atn so pray excuse us. Call down sometime your self and smoke a cigar wvith ut-be as glad to see you as any thing. Our respiects to Young Grimes and thte rest of thte b'hoys. . .. . . - @ --- --- gj7 Tura. IRevolution wheeile wan in progrest in hti li hs e uen steilprcened. THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SE CESSION. All questions, even remotely affecting the liber ty or security of a nation, are certainly highly momentous, and worthy of'our most serious atten tion and careful consideration. * Still more so are those, the immediate re'sults of which' are to in fluence so materially the future welireandrepdie of our State. We allude to the.questions that must and will be discussed aqd determined by tie appruaching Convention in 1852-a Convention, pregnant with issues of the most viial importance, involving in its decisions not only the security of our rights and privileges at home, but equally af fecting our honor and reputation abroad. Yet strange to say, the most painful and alarming in. diference is manifested in regard to the approach ing event ; indeed few, if any, know or care what those issues are, or those decisions will be. - This appe-rent indifference, we must confess, excites our surprise. Six months ago, our State was a scene of con tinued excitement and ngitation-her present prosperity and future welfare were the most com mon ihemes of discussion-the patriot and the detnaogue stepped forth together, and even the most illiterate, althu.gh ignorant of the real state of aflirs, knew that something was " rotten in Dennmark." Now, all is hushled in universal still nexr-the good man sp'eaks not, because his words will be construed as evil-scarcely a newspaper dares to break the silence, and even the " cacoc thes scribendi' of editors seems to have subsided. The Convention is app, - 'ing with noiseless tread-what its consequ..e.es and decisions will he seems an inquiry among the tonibs,'dr even in the shades teund them. We honestly regret this silence and indifference, und would innocently ask, what menus this mute discussion I What, this factitious dumbness! Thcre was a party, styling themselves " Seces sionists,' who first proposed this Convention. Where is that party ? For a long time they were considered victors in lite contet-their cause was the noblest tiat couli heat in human bosoms, the most animating that cotld burn uptn human tongues, and we conscientiously believe that at the first blush of the question, the sympathies of four-fifths of our people were enlisted on their side. Another party, called "Co-operationists" gra dtally grew into power. Wise and experienced, they looked mainly to the end, counted chiefly the cost, and finally out-numbered and overpowered the Seressionists. Both parties were anxious for the safety of their country. but diflered as to the means which would ensture it.' While lhe one contended that past issues had raised the occasion I for immediate secession from the Union, the other thoiught not, but wiaited for some more signal abuse. 'Ite former were for war, if necessary, oepen and undisguised-the latter equally so, " as not behind in hate," but maintained that what "was urged tnain reason to persuade immedinte war" dissuaded most. If Secessionists talked about rallying around their country's flag and dy ing nmid tie sacred folds, Co-operationists whis pered that the day had long since passed when the patriotism of a Curtius, or the devotion of n 1Decius, could preserve the liberties of their con try. If one party botasted of the honorand chival ry of their gallant state, and of their readiness to fall in defence of her altars and firesides, the other asked, " can honor set a leg. or an arm, or take away the grief of a wound ?" . For a long time it was the wizarl spenking to Lochiel, and, the indignant answer was, "Go Ipreach to the coward, thou death-telling seer ;" but at length " the field of ste dead rushed red on over their brave and gallant souls;.they showed it not, still, their swords hung 'idly by their sides, feelitng no initinctive desire so leap from their detested scabbards. They lad burnishied anew thec rusted helmets of their fore-fathers; bitt the. coeat of mail was too heavy for their unttriedi strength, anadfuike the gentle Erminia when clothed. in the armor of the war-like (lorinda, they tremn bled betneath its mtiassive weight. Shll we thent say thtat Se cessionists. like 11er cities. cotmmenced their laors in the cradle, but. smmnikethat Hlero. finished thsem there?! Or that, like the ni itty Knight on the field of Shrewsbtiry, they are lying aplparently life-less until the battl- be over, thetn to rush forth in all their original splen de'r i W'e sincerely trust the latter, and we hun estly helieve t hat they cnn yet occupy a protud anl conspienouts position before the counttry, and possi lyt even in the approachiung Convention. It may be, asked. what will this Convenition e-fli-et I Jendginag fromt the past, and particularly fromn the tntiversal silenee uipon this sutbject, we would s-ay, nthing. If it b~e triue that " cotmiing evetL cast their shadows before.," It will niost certaitnly be vor el peractera nihiI. We sutppoise that Secessionists atd Co-oeperationtists will maet thcre, and what one party says is right, the other, oef course, nill say is wrong. Prhbaps some modi fied form 1sf secessioni will be presented, the policy ofr whicht movettent, to say nothing of its success, we very mutch doub~ht. Still, if thme wvisdom andl couraate. whlich wvill be asseumbled at our Capital on the fourth Monday in A pril next, shall decide with unaniinity that this policy shotuld be adlopted, as be-ing necessary to our preservation from the meshes of Federal control, we shall think is our duty to accept and, with our poor ability, to ad vatnce the scheme anid its eilkctvenet, Shloulid nothing be dotte, we stillthn ta, beyond the meeting anid existence of that Conven tin, there will be full scope for the exercise of whatever of virtue atnd of pirincipule has hitherto characterised the .Secessionistsof South Carolina. Attd we trust they will not ibe found, at any time, recreant to thte nobele school oif Politics to wyhicht they belong. The opportunity for a successful vetsure towards the maintainance of our rights, upon the powerfutl hasi' of State sovereignty and the Right of Secession, may be nearer titan many of uts in ste least itmagine. Let every man, who battled for the cause last ycar, hlcd himself pre pared to do ste same next year or in any future year, when ste " time and occasion" shall have fulhly come. In the mteanwhtile. let us do what we can to ad vance the present-weal oif our own beloved State, ad to overcome the prejudices of our tnatutral sisters of te South. This i4 not incomtp.stible with htoldinig ourselves ready to " strike for Caro hia and true liberty" whenever cirettnstances shall demand it of os, as a duty we owe to our homeus and so Hecaven. GURl EXCHIANGES. Wer take pleasure ini adding the " Musical World:' to ottr list of Exchanges. Our innate mutsical propensities would impel a to do this, indepetndent of thet merit which-characterizes thtis Jouitrnal of the Fine Arts. Thse number before us contains a portrait ofthtat remarkable and very popular Componist, Wt.rAx Vtseux-r WAr. i..sex. If heis likeness, as here given, be correct, hte is a fine lonkitng fellow. The compositionas wshiebt grace thte " Musical W~orld" for the first half of Marcih, are, "'rhou art gone frotn tmy gaze" (a very sweet, plaintive melody)-" Trhe tinitstrel boy to the war is gone" (an old bttt heart-stirring song)--and a " Welcome to Kossut," adapted, in part, to tihat " Old Huon direthi". of unsanctified Music, "God save the King '-which solemn measuire glides ittto "Yan kee Dioodle" (what a transition) anl settles dlown This paper is pubisnea semi-monthly at New ork-price $1.50 per annum. The " Water Cure;Jurnal" is also received and hereby acknowledged. It is published in he city of New York; nedat $1 a year. We. have also .receied the " Hcrald. of the risoise a larga and 'lejidly printed.slcot pub ihedlikewise In Gotham. of which paper Mr. :. wA RD LsTER is the-Editor, and who caters vell for his readers at iElow price of two dollars ier annum. Mr: La.s'rat. is a strenons aidlvocate f the finality of the Compromise of 1850. The " North Amricaji -1isecdUany and Dollar 1agazine," for March, has-also reached us from lie well-knowi establishment of A NGEL.. EFNcr.I k HEWITT. Its nane indicates both its charMe er and price. The "8Souhern- Ern"% heretoo-a paper pub. ished in Richmond, Va. It is a weekly slicet of >rdinary size, and centaini usually about a dozen :olumns of original matter-no lack of contribu tors there! . NEAT AND PROFITABLE FARMING. WE give below an accurate statement, miade by Ur. Wa1.. P. BUTLER. of this place; of.his man gement of a few aVe.of ground in the inme Liate viciicity of our village. ; This is iot pre-ented as a very extraordinary instance if excelleit farming; but as oneinh every way worthy of commendation and of imitation. We will state, from our own knowledge, a fact or two which Mr. Hurt.Eit has omitted to menjion. One is, that he srviant,'who'cultivated this field, attended to all the out-door work of Air. Btrr.a's ynrd. stch as hauling and cutting wood,attending to stables, &c. The other is that ihe land itself was origi nally of barely medium quality! We will be glad to receive similar reports, from thers, of the not. produet: if their farms. It would tend to awakei a very proper degree of emnulation. We have taken the liberty of copying and pub lishing the one fbelow of our ownaccord: IFMoaANDU3t oP PjOYUCE ON-- F.arM or 15 ACnFS OF JAND FOR TilE YEAa 1851-CuLTh VATED nY A StUX.E IAND. 15 acres of Corn avernaing 16 2-3 bushels per acre, producing9250 busliels Corn at $1.. - -. '. -' - -. - $2.50 00 The Fodder and Tops cured and housed valued at - -r -- 5 00 The Pens, Pea-Vines, Pumpkins and Shucks valued ate. - 50 00 325 00 Upon the same land from which the above was gathered. sowed as follows: 7:1-2 aeres' i .. 2 1.2 " Wheat. The benefit of Pasture4 worth all of - 25 00 ,i., $350 00 DaRo -. 7 bushels Rre, purchased $1 25 08 75 5 " Pes, " 80 4 00 Cash paid fur help. 7 00- 19 7.15 Net profit it- - 330 2. DOUGLAS DOCUMENTS. WE are indebted to- the lon. 31r. DoUGr.As, 01 llinois. for several of his productions. One is a speech delivered by him at the Democratic Festi. val, at Jackson -lall,'stnetime in January last, It was in reply to the fdlowing sentiment: " 1on. STrritr. Ai'DUGLAs: A nitoble speci men of the vong Democracy: the nrrhitect o his own fortune; lie wvi1''never forget first princi ples." ' 31r. Douar.As respondeif with "democracy' from beginning to entil Jte helieves in the com. plete adaptedness of- pur republican principles verment, thus; administered.-could with safet) riun over the Western' Continent, including the ilands. is sine, qna neon to this wondrous ex pansibility is " the-liitu of the States." These are rather mole enlarged notions than wa are. at this ime, pre~aredl to appreciate fully~ abhonghi we gladly recognise .3r.. Dotcu.As' Stics Rights principles. The next document is a speech delivered by ths honorable gentleman at the " Csongresiionial an quet to Kosstrna." We would say. judging fron thme remarks before uis, that 3Mr. 19ouicar.is was, ii principle, a rnon-interventiontist. Antd yet 1e abounds iti most eloquently sympathei expres sions towards Ireland,. lingnry. &c. llis feealing, would evidently plunge him int iar andl blood shed to affurd relief to the dsthwsedl advocates o democratic instil utions on the continenit of Eutrope Hut hsis caution preven'ts him from sayitig that hs woitd advise any such policy. M~r. D~oear.AS is a candidate for the Presidecy And as one, thu:s situated, is now-a-days coin pe~lled to lbe ''all things toall mnen."~ it willexplair 3r. D~om'ar.as's difienity of decision. Mr. D~ocra.as has also favored its with his .\d. dress delivered before the " New York Stamt Agricutural Society.";. This seenms to be quite . lever disquisition upon Cotton, Tobacco, Indiar Corn, hlice, Silk. Wool; Gropes, Timbier, Ihemp Sugar ntnd thme Smithisoitian Itnstitute. From the above-muentioned efforts all together we draw a single reflection, and ii is this: Howi cautiously comprehensive and compirehensively cautious must that man. he who aspiree to ihe Presidency of those United States. ----e. -- - DUCilANNAN QF PENNSYLVANIA, I-r is probable that this distinguishcd statesmnai will become a very prominent democratic camndi dlate for thme next Piesidency. The Dem'iocratir State Convention of Pennsyhvania have accom panied! his nomination .with very decided and, uponi the whole, satisfactory resolutions. Thtey set furth, as the prominent articles of the B3cc. tANsAN creed-first, a strict construction of thie Constitution of the United States--.secondly. the reserved Rights of the different States- -thirdly, absolute non-interference, 0n the part of the Gen oral Governiment, wiris the institutions of any indpendent mnember of'the Confederacy.--fourth ly, rigid economy in thie management of the Trea sury and a confinement of the appropriations. mae by Conugress, to national objects plainly tu thoried by the Conistitutlon. They further declare that the Democratic party is the truce Union party, and ilhat a perfect re-uniori of that party isnow-the political "summunm bon um." They asseverate that the Democratic part) of the old Key-Stone Commonwealthm will main tan, out and out, the faithful execution of thei Fugitive Slave Law, aryd will exert themselves t remove the hinmderancems~to said execution 'by the existant laws of their own State. The resolutions fur'ther suggest that it is noii Pennsylvania's time to furnisht a President to tha Union. as she bas yielded her claims to othiers~foi more then half a century. It will be observed that thme Resolutions dos no touch upon the Tariff question. This we do no like.s Ii smacks rather strongly of Pcnnsuylvanis iron, and has an unue appearance of dodging Hadl Mr. BuctnAxsax's-friends boldly repudiates all interference with the present Democratic tarifh as Gen. WV. 0. Bur:.En renounced the Free-soilers we shouldl have been amqch better satisfied. The Charleston Mecary is of thme opinion thia Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Fluridac and Naorth Carolina will take Beasa tup. So toco maa South Carolina, possibly. But thme thing is inixec up with a deal of doubts. -- -e-----. Tan' Kentucky Demoicratie Convention hai " THE DEPARTED SPIRIT OF CHIVALRY," A LIBERAL PAnAPInASst uros; OE OF THE STANDAnD's LATh INDIGNATION EFFUSIONS. They weep-the braggart band, who bore aloft Secession's banner, weep in sadness now, And deetn-that-Carolina chivalry 1-am paleil before the counsels of thie Standard. Old Lear could not have shown inure poignant ankuish, When tigre~is daughters tore hit, peace to pieces, Than these same self-created guardians, Of time Palmettp flag. do now exlhibit, Because, forsooth,. great Colonel Pressley tilted And vanquished all of them, in holy wrath. Now, lo! last year's alarums being fled, Pressley is but a modest Squire now And lo! this gentle Squire comes with comfort lie silent, for a knowing leader sqeaks: " They tell me tie Secesionists have fears That Carolina's lowered in the scale 'Tie no such thing-we tell you, 'tin not so We've kept the honor of the Strte untarnish'd! Call ye her' " coward'?" ponder what ye say Do ye not know our Standard waved on liigl, Emblazoned with a hundred glorious words All showing-that we would if we but could ?. And dare ye now accuse " we, us & Co." Of faltering in the least? Down,maniacs, down Ye know not what ye say !" " Don Quirote-like, Ye would have stormed the very Federal forts But we. who saw the danger great of bring Knocked on ime ]lead by our right valiant masters, Cried out and spared not-and the State was saved, Which, else, mi~lht c'en have dared to draw the I sword To guard herself 'gmfinst that dread Fed'ral power. (Oh! how we shmtder when we think of it!) Then cease your iailings! Banish every doubt! For lie, who speaketh, knows what he's about. IInstead of monninmg, don a festive suit, And with your trumpets loud, draw near and "toot" Trhe praises of those spirits choice. who 'nenth rhe shalow of the "1 Standard's". ILirel wreath, Are now enjoying all that bliss demure, Which Acqiieseence only can secure." AN ADDRESS UPON TIlE MORAL CLAIM1S OF TMAIPERANrE. THE above is the title of a stirring nml eloquent Address, delivered by 31r. RonnT W. BAR w'tL.L, jr., before the Charleston rotal Abstinence Society. The anthor was kind enough to send tis a copy last week. and we have been more thnn pleased with its perusal. It is full of fire and eloquence. yet at the same lime argumentative, forcible and perspieious. The author tieats this trite aid hcnkneyedl subject in a new light, pre senting it in altogether it diflerent view, and there by renilering it decilelly more interesting. True, we d-ei nit agree (that Is. practienlly) with Mr. IAttnawxi... upon thi.< imiportant subject, our maxim in relation to wine being rather Iloratian. Indeel. the oild lines " If with trater you fill up yonr glasses, You'll never write anything wisc For triti is the lrsie of 'aronsine, That hurries a hard to time skies,'" imonishes us that the " old Falernian" is, at times, an assistance to the " Goowe quill fraterni. ty." Still, even apart from its intrinsic merits. the adhlress received i most hearty welcome, for we have long known Mr. BA wxR.m.L. and highly appreciate his worth and nhility. Te mostipro. fitable, if not the most pleasant, moments of our life, leave been spent in leis company, moments Itpon which we can look back with pleasure, for we spent them not "-in toys, nor lust, nor aeine." We are conf'idenmt that time temperancee cause will heartily wvish both himself amid his cause all imagin'able success. Correspontden~ce of thme Courier. WVAsutIa-roY, Mairebt 12. Thme Commit tee ott the Jnidiciary f the~ SJennte have reported a bill directing ;lhe aip *portioinmeitnt of represettivesc, nntder the sevenith cenmsus, to 1e itnade at on1ce. lby 1he Se'eretatrv of tluih ite'rior, anid assnming time pinptuhttiemn of' C.:mlifornmin 1cm ht te been ti 117,. 1)0.0 itt. the tinme when tihe cenisu< wats takeni. Tis giv.e Califrit liut one re'pr'eientative'. antd leaves~ for Sotith U;nrmmina~ thle benit oif lier f'ract"ion of' 47.000m. git itng her six repre setaves,~' as at pre.ent ; whetrents,shte wuld beet'un ailliiwed two. Enmt a minor ~ithe C'''tee dissetintg fromr time report, e'on sie ht ulforniia wa~s eti:led hbyt her po pnlatlion tim tiiwo represenitatives'. Th~iey esti mte iter' presenit pompttlitioni at 3010.000, annd at the tinme wh~len thet cenusnt wais taikent a near 200.0010. ]lumt, :ms thetre is donbt uhott the ttmtter, th1ey ceniede m mepiresenmtative tom Sonth I Cairolintn f'or let' f'ractiont, and1( alluowt tiro represenitatlives to Calif'oria~, prposing Iti mnd Ite censusi nett so as tin fix Ilhe whole nnmhier of' represetatives att 534. intsteatd of' 233. The Committeec also report tha~t, necord ingj. toi the Contiitutiion ntud laws, the P resti deni i.dl election nmtust take piine'e under the mnew :ipponrt iotnme'nt,nntd that ino f'urthter legis lattioni is -necessary ont tha~t subject.' Thnis is dreided. a gntestioni whih, plain na it is, eemits to have puizzle'd Conigress andlthe~ press fur a long timhe. Tme report of fte Commirittce fmni'y confirms thme views which I gave ytou a year algo, whten time question was first tmooted.I Thme next Congrcss mntet be elected tunder thte ntew opporttionmient, amnd thme States iebid gain or lose a retpr'esetatie umust ini duec time he districted auecordingly'. Th'Ie nuber of' ehectoratl v'otes of' eamch State for Presidentt anmd Vice Presidemnt mntst be equal to the number of Senattors amnd Represenita ives to whiiebt it is entitled in the Congress worsme legatl existencee commences on time 4th March, 1853. It will haippeni, therefore, that while the elect ion of'lPresident is governted by tihe new apporionment, the Conigress whtich is to make tihe choice of a P'resident, should lte electioni fall before the people, is 'elected tnder :another apportioinenit. itut time same thinig knijpened in 1793, in 1.813 nutd 1833. I IMEDtc.4L Cor..GE.-The Aniual Com meneent of this iin:ercestintg anid valttablle istitton wits hield last evenming att St. An. drew's Hall. Tme oeen:sion attracted an unusual attendance, so mnlieh so thmat v'ery' mny were tinable to obitaini enitrancee ito tie hUl. Tme exercises wtere uopened by an elogtnent and appropriate prayer by fte Rev. made a v'ery interesting expositioni of the state oft time College, from whicht we are gratified to learn th..t it was never bef'ore in so flourishinig a condition, time eiatss of this sasoti beingm tihe latrgest ever rceiv'ed, and tie inmber of candida~tes to whotm was awarded the~ degree of' M. D. nmotunted to one hundred antd two. Promfesesor Geddings followed with an admnirablie address. The Committee oil Theses reported tha~t thmey had with ditlietulty beeti able to decide on the co'mmparative merits of' the essays of' Mr. Gillaurd Thonmas, anid Mr. Jntitns Forher, bntlh of' thmis city, it aifter nmuch delibera tiotn they hiad awvarded the prize-a Silver Cup-to thle f'ortner. The imnterestimng ser vices closed wvith thme confetrring of time die. grees, and the Valedictory by time lion. Porter's Repeating Rifle. The Washington Correspondent of the gew York Journal of Commerce gives the ollowing imperfect description of a new in. rention in fire-arms, to which our attention iad been called before by allusions in the rennessee press, and the resolves of the regislature of that State, recommending its introduction into the Army. " Among the remarkable inventions lately brought to pirblic notice here, is the rifle in ented by Mr. Porter, of Nashville, Tennes see. 1 w'as present yesterday when it was e'xamitned by a scientific and practical man who knows a good deal nbout guns, and has made rifles himself, with his ow-in hands. Ile was rather favorably impressed with it, and intends to give it a trial. It will be submit. ted to a trial by the War Department. It has been nlre:idy patented in the ITnited States, in Englnrd and in France. It is a repeating rifle with a vengeance. It loads and primes itself; soleeism as this seems. To use the rifle as a rev:olver, you put on a cylinder with- eight loads, and dis charge them in succemsion. You may put on smother cylinder. No caps are used-the gun being primed on Maynard's principle. As a repeater, this rifle his another move. merit. Discarding the cylinders, you may drop over the lock wihat MIr. Porter calls the "Magazine," which contains sixty charges of powder and ball. These sixty charges, you 1111y fire as rapidly as a watch ticks. Mr. Porter is a modest and religious man, of the Baptist pesiation. ie was con cientirouslv scrupulous as to the. introduc. tion of so destructive a weapon into public use, and consulted the members of his reli gimn society on the subject. They enne, very wiselv, to the conclusion that the niore destrnetive wveapons of war were rendered, the shorter and the fewer wouldbe the con flicts of artns." We admire the philntirro'py. much more than the logie, of' the conil.sion of Mr. Poiters religitis friends. 'When the judge. in a criminal trial, decides that the carrying Of deadly wepons is a provo'ative to strife, he seens to take a directly opposite view of lite question, and one which is mnch better justitied by experience. The really bene. ticent use of snch improvements iii %eapois of war, is to hasten the absolute domination of the civilized, over the barbauous races of meni. TH1E .lornmo, OUT1IRFAK AT SALT LAKE. We find the following communication in the National Intelligencer of the 6th inst.-l read the other day a remark of yours thait you supposed the late news by Iie way of Oregon, that- the Mormons had declired thlemselves absolved from and independent of the Uni:ed States, originated perhaps in the departure of the United States civil an. thorities from Salt Liake. In this supposition von are in error. I left California on the ilith of December lnst, mnd we knew of tlt rupture of the civil nuthorities wiIi the Mor. ions at least eight weeks bef'ore that. The trip between Salt Lake and Saernmento i. often made in less than two weeks. There is a monthly mail between Port lInd, Oregon. and Salt Lake; also bet" cen Sacnrmento and Ange'les, and Salt Lake. The conmnmu. niceti'n het ween the .lormon setilement in Los Angeles and SaIt Lake is kept open the whole rear round. Alt bbonglh the Delegate from the Territory of Utah i.,lclieves the statemeeit briouight bov the last steamer from Californin. yet I am stisfied that lie is in error. I believe every word of it. in fact, it does noct surprise thae -pea t-rs gou and.Capinenia. .JW had all been looking foer news of'open ddetmee on thme part of the Morumonslo the authority of the Unmited States. The great body of these people are Erg. lish chartists, nnd the rest are made up of fanmaties and enthusiasts of our own country anid other parts of thme world. I lhave not hesitation ini aying that thme, statement bronght by the List mail will be coinlirtmed, and that the gove'rnmecnt will lhave to taike somte v'ery dicied mneans to suaine anid re stain thmee people, or thmey will do immen'e damage to lifte and property. - Besides their ceent rel over a large numnber of warline t ribes of lndi.mns, their nuembers will he greatly augmntetd by emigramtioni during thme ennliig veumr. ITroRITANT FROMt FIAer..-3y the Ameri e, we have received the following imipor tant communmiment aion respecting lhe progress of' Unerepean nakirs, unader thme influence prevailingv at P'aris.. "Not withlstaendinig thle prof'sund dissimu-. Let ion of' Loneis Napjoheon and the three foer eign imnbassadeers whosee influence prevails in F'ranice, and the ellerts whieb are m~ai tainedi to conic'eal the treamtv which is maikina betw'een themi, I have been aebe tee di-scover wh-iit has be'en dc'idled upon hitherto. It has be'emn agreed that. Ruassa shall extend her de~miion into Turkey; Ausatria into Pied mnet ; and Prussia iinto thecantoni at Neuf catel. 'lin the meantime, the combined fleets of thee're-pectiye parties arc to nmainetaine such ant attitude withi respect to England as wtill pre'ent all interference freom that power. Whlat is to lbe thle reward of' France does inot yet appear, bnt Belgrium is the quarter to wards which leer ambition tends." SNS JUAN-MOR F. TROUBLES.-The New York Timmes, is infoermued by a correspondeLnt at San Juan, that the Americant residents at that phece held a meeting on the 24th ult., and resolved not to'pay thme taxes imposed upon them by the British Consul, as the agent f'or the Musqeuito Kinig. They then waited upon the commander of the United States sloop of war, laying ini thme harbor, andi asked protectioni ir, the evetnt of force being used by the British authorities to se cre the pnyment. Receiving a sa'tisfuetorr reply, they informed Her Majesty's Consul of their deteriniaution to resist future collee ion of the tribute. Int reply', lhe thre'atened compu~tlsory measures, and left at once for Bluelields, the residencee of his Mosquito .Mjesty. There is a secret orgaiz7ation of Amerienans existing at San Juan, termed *'Galliniippersi," whom are said to exert con siderable influenice there. CoNGREsoNAL BULLtFs.-When Foote left the Senate it was thought that the dig. nity of that body w~ould be relieved of rufl. anism-but it seems the mantle of time "little :gitator" has fallen upon Jere Clemens, who follow~s in the foeotsteps of his illustrious predecessors with all possible zeal and eon sistency. In a debate a few days ago in the Senate, on thme eternail Compromise, Clement attacked Rhett most furiously-r-meaing him from heaid to foot with the filthiest ema. nations from his puruhent voenbubiry. Rhiett replied with a temper amid spirit highly com mendable, acknowledging that. bt for his religious profe'ssions, he wvould feel bound to call thme Hion. Jere ont. Rheott quoted Clemens's disuniomn speeches prior to the compromise, timd, so far as arguments was concerned, got nmuchi the nadvantage of his enraged anitagonist.-Milldgevillo Union. A ntLL has been introduced into thme Leg. islature of California, providing- feer the re stertion of slaves brought intlo the State b...r.,.. ,t... a.1.,tin ot' the Constitution. osATHIERINGS. MEDICAL GRADtATEs.-On the 28th ult. says the Southern Standard, at the com mencement of the Philadelphia College of Medicine, the following sidents from South Carolinn graduated, viz: Robert Claybrook, L D. Hobbs and S. A. Haltiwanker. All these young gentlemen, we believe, hail from Edgefield. ALARMING AccouTs FRoM SANTA FE. The St. Louis Republican has Santa F6 dates to the 31st of January. The Apache Indians were committing great outrages, and several parties have been attacked and mur dered. A party of five soldiers were attnaked. of whoin four were killed at the first fire. Ont of another party who were engagbd 'it' ting wood. four were also murdered. Great nlarm existed in all quarters, -itf' many of the towns were guarded -and fori-j fled. The government troops'are :said f"i unable to check these outrages. Rumors of the discoveries of precious metals continue to be prevalent at Santa Fe. Tim SLAvE TRADE.-A letter from Ma. tanizas, under date of the 281h. uIt,-=syatht the American brig Hanover landed -eigh hundred slaves on the island a "shoit i before, having been brought from tho .W (f Africa. The Hanover wai fitted cut 1n the port of New York for the slave tradel, and the attention of the authorIties- was called io the fiet at the time, but no n was taken of it. A Cuaosrr.-We suaw a few diys si'e, one of the most singular specinens of~he horse kind that we ever beheld, except. thqe lair less horse from South Anerica. It was owned lv a Tennessee horse trader, and-ii, said to have been taken a niong the.'ic4k Mountnins. It is about the size of il cot. mon mule. and co.vred with long -woolly. hair resembling the fleece of a sheep.--It luk no h:ir on the tail, and none "on the: t'pif its head, the pie where the min iugtte trow." It is remarkably docile, and was rode by the trader's son.--Darlington Fis. CHEvmE.irt HVLsF.SMANX.-The Arctic brings intelligence that the Emperor of Au tria has conferred 'the order of the Iron Crown upon Chevalier H1ulsemann, as a mark of appr obation for his cours. at Wash. ington. TnE population of the world is estimated at nine hundred ani sixty millions. The amount of the precious metalA inl circulation is four hundred millions sterling, , being netrly two dollars to every man, woman a nd child. An:EST OF A% Ecu.Ts: FoRcErt.-Wn. Ienry Barrett, late SheritF of Gloucester connty, England, and a heary corn ietar, 1 was arrested at Richmond, la., last week, on the charge oif having ommitted foorgeriestis England to the anmount of $25.000. 'A' ward of $500 had been offered for his p prehiension by the Bri~ish Consul at New York. A DESTBt'CTIvF lire oenrreti in' Philadel phi.t otn the night of the 6th inAt., which destroyed a llock of stores on the wharf be. low Walnut-street. The fire in nitributed.to acids in the store. An explosion occurred, forcing tinot a part of the linwcr wall, but no one VAs1 seriously , injsured. Two firemen fell, from the.bren'king of a l1dder, het Mi' caped with bruises. TtH E Legislatnrc bf UVrmiit, at itideein sessions,,~esincted an'har f~rbilding the ct-t pluoyment of cotnductors, . engin'eeris, -br~sk'e. mecn, or switchnren, ",wao. ahnill makeopmsim intoxientinlg liquors as a beverage" ADDISOY l,:s left ont record the following imnpuortant sentence: "T'lwo pereents wlhd have chosen each oilher out of all the spe cies, with a design to be each other's mnutat cosmfosrt and etertuanoent, have in that ne' tio~n hound themselves to be good-humnoredl, :3 t'lable, forgivinig, p.etient andt jsyfnl. with respect to e:whl other's fraihies and- impier feetions, to the end of~ their lives." E Anrmx CoNTR.VTs ron Iloos.--The Lou isville .nrnal st:ates tha:t contraets are atl reayiaking for hogs to be p::eke~d tnext w int'er. One lot have been contracted for t100 head at S .5 net, nnd anothier for 106 hae:d ast $4 net. both lots to average 200 posund-, and to be delivered at Madison be tween the 10th and 20;lh of December nest. ITur. United States Navy consi~ts of 75. vessel,: 11 ships of the line, I4 frigates, 22 corvetcess and .-JOlp<, 4 b~ries, 3 scones 1t0 steame'rs, a:nd 5 store shsip.x, besides the vessls mplyedin the survey of the coast. Fors ipof the line and t wo frigates are on the stocks ; nine vessels are preparing fur sen, and1( fo ytw r i Viein ha:t 1" fleentse, my dear air, 3Mrs. B. vows she will not go out of the house nith :ne until I get a new one." Butler Lodge, No.,17;1L 0, 0, F, A Regular .icecting of this TLodge -will be held on Mlonday evening next 7 'chxek. A. G. TEAGUE, See'y. March 18 It 7 Masonic Notice. A Regular Comm~unication of No. 50, A . F M1., will be held at their Itall on Saturday evening, the 20th inst., at 8 o'clock P. M. R. SUI.T.IVAN, Srac'av. anrch 18 tf - 9 Land for Sale?! ' R. W ALKER intemsling to leave the State, .IJnffcrs his Planttation for sale, lying -in Chester Blistriet, near Catawba 1tiver, and cn taning 2t0 aeres. .2 He would particularly call the attention of Physicians, not yet settled, to the land now ol'ered, as it is a very desirable loention for a iledical gentleman ; being probably the best opening in the up Country. On~ the premises there is a good dwelling house., containing six rooms, with all necsary out buildinags; and a spring of superior water. About hsalf the land is untder cultivatIon, and well adopted to the culture of grain and cotton. The Recsidence is perreetly healthy. Landaford P. O.,;Chester, S. C. . Starch 10 6t 9 TIE beautiful and thorough bred Stallion ",S C 0 U T," known as Towles' Tlorne, will stand the enisuina season, at the following placas :--oleman'u X Roads, W. W. llavird's Store, at'or near HI. C. IHerlongs, Lr. Cooper's Store and Starling Turner's. -- 8. TURNER, B. M. SCURRY. . Mlarch 18 4t 9 Lampy and Train Oil. TjOR SALE at the Shoe and Leather Store I.of R. T. Muns, a first rate -article OfLA MP OIA. at reduced prices. Also, TRAIN.and. NE ATS FOOT OILS. March. 18 tf 9'