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EDGE FELD ADERSR nuoi tlix 3c0utxua, ait to $outI)cru i ~3)t5, $2vsa 3)mitic '~r ntligttt /itaue ~tlh &tpetfalt, Agrtictfilit &e we will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our net, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor.- EDGEFIELD, S% SEPTEMBER 29, 1852. - X--- - FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND TRUTH. WHEN Friendship, Love, and Truth abound Among a band of brothers, The cup of joy goes gaily round Fach shares the bliss of others: Sweet roses grace the thorny way Along this vale of sorrow : The flowers that shed their leaves to-day, Shall bloorn again to-morrow! How grand in age, how fair in youth, Arc holy Friendship, Love and Truth! On halcyon wings our moments pass, Life's cruel cares beguiling; Old time lays down his scythe and glass, In good humvior smiling: With ermine beari and firelock His reverend front adorning, le looks like winter turned to May, Night softened into morning ! Ihow grand in age, how fair in youth, Are holy Friendship, Love and Truth: Fron those deliglitrul fountains flow Ambrosial rills of pleasure; Can man desire, Can licav'n bestow A more resplendent treasure? Adorned with jenas so richly br'ght, We'll forn. a coriteltlatiton, Where every star, with modest light, Shall gild her proper station. How grand in age, how fair in youth, Are holy Friendship, Love and Truth! THE BRIDE. BY CHARLES JFFVFEYS. Oh take her, but be fiithful still, And may the bridal vow Be sncred held in after vears, And warmly breatlhed as now. Remember, 'tis no cornmon tic' That binds your youthful heart, 'Tis one that only Truth should weave, And only Death can part. The joys of chil.lhood's happy liour, The home of riper years, The treasured scene of early youth, in sunsitine and in tears The purest hope her boson knew, When her young heart was free, All theae, and more, she now resigis, To brave the world with thee. 11er lot in lire is fixed with thine, Its good and ill to share, Anl well I know 'twill be her pride, To soothe each sorrow there. Then take her, and may fleetii time Mark only joy's increase, And may your days glide swiftly on - it happino 9 and peace. THE WISH. COLD wishes bring you happiness, My hopes and wishes would not cease; Your life should be a scene of bliss, Your days should pass and end in peace. i'de wish a partner all the while, To share with you in each --uecess; I'de wish Hlearen's approving smile, Which smile approving can't but bless. I'de wish religion for your friend, Love and devotion your employ, Andi when your lengthened days shall enil, I'de wish you Ilearen to crown your jopys. A THRILLING STORY, PIERRE~ PITrOis, TilE DESEltT'ER. Ta1AYsLATED FROX THEF IRYC1[. in the year 1809, Pierre P'itois was Ser geant int the 12th regiment of the line, thent quartered at Strasbtrg. le wats a tnative* of that half satvage, half civilized part (f| JBurgndy, ktnowvt under the name of Mor- 1 vatt; andl his comrades ever spoke of him as "a tough customer. Alvays the first and last to flue, lhe had tile reputattiotn of liking but two thitngs in the world-the smtell of powder atnd the~ whistling of bullets. Now, otne day our frijend took it into huis head, to address a letter to his Colonel, itn wvhich he appliedh for leave of absenco to goI and seo an aged mother who was danger ously ill. le added that his father being Eeventy-eight years of age, and suf'ering tunder a paralytic al'etion, could not be of any3 use in nus-edn .h por woman, and ho pledged himself to return as sootn as the health of his mother should be restored. The Colonel's reply to Pierre's applica tion was-" that as the regitment might at any tmomnent be ordered to take the field, no leave of absence cotuld be obtained." Pierre Pitois submitted. A fortnight elapsed; and then a second letter was re &'eived by the Colonel, in w'hich Pierre in formed hinm that his mother had died without the conisolation oV giving her last blessitng to her only child, and inl wthich ho again solicitedl leave of absencee, saying that " lhe ,cedd not state his reason for this request At was a family secret"-but earnestly im. .plered dIe Colonel tnot to denty lhim this favor. Pierre's se'cond letter was na little success ful as the first. The poor fellow's Captain .terely said-" Pierre, the Colotnel has re .ceived your letter; lie is very sorry for thme Adeath of your old mother, bitt he cannot grant the leave of absence you require, as .the regiment leaves Strasburg to-morrowv." " Alt! The regiment leaves Stratsburg: and for what place may I ask you ?" said P'ierre. " For Austria," replied the officer. " We are to see Vienna, my tarave Pitois; we are to fight the Austrians. Is not that good flows to you I You will be in your elemient, my fine fellow." Pierre Pitois madeO no reply; heo seemed lost in dleep thought. T1he Captaimn caught his band, and shaking it heartily, said: " Why do you ntot speak, man ? Arc you deaf to-day ? I ant teling thtat, itn less - than a week you are to have the pleasure of ; a set to with thte Austrians, and you havel not one6 word of thanks for the good news; nay,-I verily believe you have not even heta'tme." " IndedA Captain, I ha... h.a eve,.y word, and I thank you with all my heart, for your news, which I consider very good." [thought you would," said the officer. " But, Captain, is there no chance of ob taining the leave of absence I" "Are you mad ?" was the reply. "Leave of absence the very day before taking the field I" " I never thought of that," said Pierre. "We are on the point of taking the field, and at such a time, I suppose, leave is never given 1" "It is never even asked." "It is quite right-it is never even asked. It would have the appearance of cowardice. Well, then, I will not press it any more ; I will try and get on without it." "And you will do well," replied the Cap tain. The next day the twelfth regiment en tered Germany ; and the next-Pierre Pitois deserted ! Three months after, when the twelfth regiment, having reaped on the field of battle ai abuidant harvest of glory, Was making its triumphant entry into Strasburg, Pierre Pitois was ignomnininusly dragged back to his corps by a brigade of gens d'armtes. A court martial is imnediately ctlled. Pierre Pitois is accused of having deserted at that very moment when his regi ment was to meet the enemy face to face. ie court presented a singular spectaclo. Ott the one side stood forth the accuser, who cried: " Pierre Pitois, you, one of the bravest men in the army ; you on whose breast the star of honor yet glitters; you, who never incurred either punishment or even censure froi your officers; you could not have quitted your regiment-quitted it almost on the eve of battle-without some powerful motive to impel you ! This motive the court demands of you; fer it would gladly have it in its power-if not to acquit you, which it ought not, perhaps, either to do or to desire-at least to recommend you to tile Emperor's mercy." On the other side stood tile accused, who answered : "I have deserted without any reason, without any motive; if it were to do again, I would do it again. I deserve death-pass your Ar isa I A on. d, i Iyl This alternative had very nearly been dopted, for there was not one person *in lhe court who did not consider the desertion f Pierre Pitois as one of those singular wenrrences leyond the range of humian 10ssibilities, which, while every one is forced1 n tdtiit as a fact, no onie cnii accoutit for, >r comprehend. The aceused, however, Al-ated tiost positively, atid was mmost per iacious in his deniand for the just penalty f the law to be inificted on him. le so oldlv and fearlessly avowed his crime, con inually repeatinig that he did not regret it, hat at lenigth his firmness assumed the :haracter of a bravado, and left no room 'or clemenev. Sentence of death was herefore pronounced. Pierre Pitois heard hissentence read wiih he most ntiflinching gaze. They wtrnmly rgd him to plead for mercy, but lie re used. As every one~ guessed that at thej sottomi of this affamir there was sorr u strang~e nstery, it was determined that the execus imn of Pierre should be delayed. lie was carried back to the military rison, and it wats annoncedh to hitmithatt, s a mark of special fatvor, lie hamd three ays given htimt to press for pardon. HeI brgged his shoulders and made no reptly. ita thme miiddle of that night on which wats o dawr' the day fixed for the execution, the loor of Pierre's dunmgeon turned softly otn ts hinges, and a sub~alternt oflicer advanced o the side of the camp bed in which the :ondemned was tranquilly sleeping, after ;azing ott himt some time in silence, awvoke nm. Pierre opened his eyes, and staring about tim 'said : " The hour, then, is at last come." " No, Pierre," replied the officer, " it is not yet the hour, but it wvill soon come." "And whatt doe you want with ine until then ?" " Dost thou not know me, Pierrei No matter-I knowv thee well. I saw thee atI Austeritz-and bravely ditlst thou bear thyself. From that day, Pierre, I h ave had for thee a regard no les wvarm than sincere. Yesterdaty, on my arrival at Strasburg, I learned thy crime anid condemnnai.ion. I have prevailed on the gaoler, wvho is a rela-. ton of mine, to allow mec to see thee. Atnd now that I have comre, I would say to thee, Pierre, it is oftent a sad thought for mtan about to die that he has not a frienid near him to who:tn he might open his heart and entrust hinm with some sacred commission to discharge wvhen lie shtould be no more. If thou wvilt aecepit me, I will bo to thee that friend." I thanik you comrade," replied Pierre. "Why, hast thou nothing to say to me?" "Nothinig." "W liat! not one wvord of adieu to thy sweet.heart ?-to thy sister I" " A sweet-heart! a sister? I never had either. " To thy father ?" "lie is no more. T wo months ago he died in my arms." "'Thy mother then ?" " My mother !'-and Pierre, whose voice suddenly and totally changed, repeated "umy mother! Alt, comrade, do not utter that namte, for I have never heard that namte -l have never said it in my heart-without f'eling melted like a child; and even now, methinks. if I wvere to speak of her --" "What then I" " The tears would come-and tears would not become a mani. -T'ears! Tears !" omtmme he--tenrs, when!I have but a fewv hours to live ! Ah ! there wouldi not be much courage in that!" "'Thou art too stern, comrade. I think I have, thank God, as much courage as other people: and yet I would not be ashamed of weeping, were I to speak of my mother." " Are you serious I" said Pierre, eagerly seizing the officer's hand. " You, a man and a soldier, and not ashamed to weep ?" " When speaking of my mother? Cer tainly not. My niother is so good, so kind ; she loves me much ; and I, too, love her dearly." "She loves you? and you love her? Oh! then I may. indeed, tell you all.- My heart is full--it must hate vent; and, however strange my feelings appear to you, I am sure you will not laugh at them. Listen, then; for what you said just now is quite true. A man is glad, when about to die, to have a heart into which he ean- pour out his own. Will you listen to 'io and not laugh at me I "Surely I will listen, Pierre. A dying man must ever excite compassionate syl. pathv." " You must know that since I came into this world, I never loved but one being that being was my mother. But her i loved as none loved-with all that wa.s in me of life and energy. While yet a babe, I used to read her eyos, as she read mine; I guess. ed her thoughts and she knew mine. She was the heart of my heart, and I the heart of hers. I have never had either sweet heart or wife; I never had a friend; my mother was everythinig to me. Well, I was summoned to take up arms; and when they told me I must leave her, in a paroxysm of despair I declared they might drag ine limb from limb, but never should they take me from her alive. With one word spoken i-i her holy fortitude and strong courage, she changed my whole purpose." Pierre," said s'ie, "you must go-it is my wish." " I knelt before her, and I said, "I will go, mother." Pierre," she added, thou hast been a rood son, and I tl:a:ik God for it; but the duties of a son are not the only ones a man has to lulfil. Every citizen owes himself to his country: it calls thee-obey! lhou art - o nave never forgotten them. " Do thy duty," she said. Now, the duty of a soldier was al ways, and in all things, to obey; and in all thigs and always, I obeyed. It was to go straight forward-to face danger withiout Ie.-.tation, without steonad thought. Tisjose who saw me thuns, as it were to seek to iiieet the bullets, said, " There is a brave rellow !" They might have better said there is a man who loves his mother !" " One day a letter brought me the tidings sho was ill-my own poor mother! I longed to go to her. I asked for leave of ahsence; it was not granted. I remembered her last words-" If thou love thy mother do thy dhtv." I subnitted. A little while after I beard that she was dead. Oh! my senses orsook me; at any rik I determined to travel to the country. Whenceo proceeded so ardent, so impetuous a desire to see onice more a place where my nmother had just died ? I will tell you ; and as y'ou have a nether, and as she loves you, and as you love her, you will en lerstand meIL. "We peasants of Morvan are a simple and conflidinig rac~e. We have not received the instrueclion, inor attained the knowledge that they have in cities ; but we have our beliefs, which the townfolks call supersti tions. What matters the name I Be they superstitions or beliefs, we have them, and lever would be the man who could uproot them. Nowv, one of these beliefs to wvhich we cling most, is that which attributes to t.e first flower that blowvs in the grave mould, such a virtue that lie who gathers it is certain of never forgetting the dead ,and oif niever being forgotten by them. Belief how dear, howv sweet! With it, death has no terrors-for death, without lorgettinig, or leinig forgotten, is but a sweet sleep, but calm repose after aL long tuil. That flower -I panted to see it bud-I panted to gather it. I abandoned my post and weont on my way. After ten days of long and wveary march, 1 reached rmy mother's grave. Trho earth seemed yet fresh-no llowver app~eared. I waited. Six weceks elapsed aind then oine lovely morning I saw a little blue flower " Forget me not." 4s I plucked it, I shed glad tears, for methought that little flower was my mother's soul; that she had felt that I wvas near, and that under the form of that flower had given herself to my heart once more. "There was nothing nowt to detain me in the country, for my father had sooin followed my mother to the grave, and I had plucked myl) precious flower ; what more (lid I wvant ? I rOeembered- my mother's charge-do t' *y duty! I sought the gens d'armes, and I said, " I amt a deserter-arrest me." . . And nowv I am to (lie; and if, as you assured me, I have in you a friend, I die wvithiout regret, for you will do me the only service I require. The flowver which at the risk of my life I plucked from the grave, is here, in a little case next to my heart. P'romise me that you will see that they do not take it fi om me. It, is the link which unites me to my mother, and if I thought it would be broken, oh, I should nlot have the courage to die-.-.-.-.-.--ay, do you promise to do w~hat I ask of you I" " I prondise," said the officer. " Your hand, that I may press it to my heart. You are very kind to rme; and if the Almighty God were in his omnirotence to give me my life a second time, I would devote it to vou." The friends parted. The next day had dawvned. They ar rived at the place of' execution ; and already had the fatal sentenna been read wihn the low murmur thataj 'through tbe ranks chnnued to almost/d ing shouts "The Emperor! 'Emperor! Long live the Emperor "; lie appeared, dism ted from his horse; and then, with his rt,- quick step, he walked up to the cond ned. "Pierre," said.4h him. Pierre gazed at him, and made ort to speak, but a sudden stuporseem overwhelm.him. "Pierre," contin l,.-Emperor, " remem ber your own wor last nighL God give thee life a second me; devote it not to-me, but to Francft, eha too, is a kind mother. Love he', u Qudidst thy first thine own." lie theM ed to depart, and greeting shouts of "d ng love followed him until lie was out o ght. Some years after dnW a Captain of the Old Guards fell mi6riai- wounded on the field of Waterloo. - Amid the did of baik, lie was heard to shout in his death p "Long live the 'Eij ror! France for. ever! My mother Vu" other!" It was Pierre Pi We take the follows mirth.provoking letter from the columns, the Boston Olive Branch: Don't marry a -wona. der twenty. "She hasn't cone to her wickedu before then." wood's Magazine. Well-! If I knew y bad words, I'm awful afraid I should sa em!! I just wish I had hold of the perpet tor of that with a pair of tongs. I'd.bottl him up in sperrits, and keep him for a terr' o liars, as sure as his name is Kit Norih. Set a thief to catch a Ref! How came you to know when thet.Isis in a woman's life occurs ? Answexm .at! I'll tell you What my opinion, is; an on't charge . ou any fee either! A .won u comes to her wickedness when she e es to her hus Iahd !!-and if she kne any thing good before, it a'l goes by the ard, then; its no more use to her afterw sa than the fifth Wheel of a coach! Don you know, you wicked calumniator, that under don't sour milk more effectually thaI atrimony does women's tempers. 0 , -+-i ndeed! Snow-. jubilee! because it would'. have already come. The world wo"ld be one universal garden -;f pretty, rosy, laughing women ; no masculine mildew toiar their beauty or bow their sweet heads,' the blessed year round ! Now you'd better repent of your sins, Mr. Whnt's-your-name; for as sure as preaching, you will go-where you'll have noihing to do but thinki of cm! and you won't find any women there, either; for they all go to the other placel FAxsY FL-ax. DiFFERENCE BETwEEN CAN AND CAN'T. --Some one has remarked -that lie does not know a word in the'vocabulary of languago that sounds so forbidding to the feelings, so stanant ii its effects, as the word c4n't. It is, i ronei;able toiany thing in morals or philosophy. .1t checks the current of life, and brings all the energies of body and mind into a state of lethargy ; makes tho present a cold winter's waste and desert of despair-the future an inextricable wilder ness, the entrance of which is but the open ig of an interminable labyrinth of dark. ness and woe. While upon" the word can, faith shines with the bright, diffusive, benign rays of the meridian sun--wakens aund cheers every thingt into active life aind ener gy-removes mountains-crosses trackless oceanis and continents into unexplored re gios-mnakes the desert teem with life and beauty-bui!ds states ani, empires-turns the -:irrent of n ighty streans-opens canals and builds railroads-erects temples, the spiritual guide-posts whose 'spires point to II eaven.-Farmer and Mechanic, A SNAKE STon-BuT TRUE.-One of our most respectable citizens, residing with in the corporate limits of the city, has rela ted to us that two years ago a small green snake wvas discovered-on his grape arbor by somo member of the family. It was not disturbed or molested in any way. Little Stnky seemed to understand and appreciate this exemption from the. curse pronounced against the serpent tribe, and has ever since continued its habitation in the arbor. Du ring the time it has grown to quite a respect able length, and become perfectly domesti cated, and recognizes at once any member of the family; allows itself to be caressed: and in gathering grapes has not unfrequently to be pushed out of the. way. But let a stranlger approach it, and at once it mani fets displeasure, and will allowv no familiar ity. This is every word true.-Mobile Tri bune, 15th inst. NATRnAL COXsEQUENcEs-For a young married woman to fancy every body is dying wvith curiosity to see her- first baby. For boys of seventeen to fall desperately in love with blue gingham and bib aprons. For your umbrella to be missing on a rainy day. For aspirants to office to think the salva tion of the country depends upon their election. For every man (who has never tried it) to think he wvould make a splendid farmer or ani excellent editor. - For a man who- advertises liberally to succeed in business. For a mant who .pays for his paper in advance to live virtuously and die happy. mous for its swiftness, iniquired the name of the coach. A.felloir passe tger replied: "1I think it is the Regulator, for I observe all th othe coaches go by it." THE AGES OF HU MND AND WIFE. The writer of the following argues in fa vor of a custom which we fear will be un popular in this region. There is, however, sufficient truth in the paragraph to entitle it to a perusal: "There ought to be a disproportion be tween the ages of husband and wife; for allowing the years to be equal, and they too frequently are, the lady is virtually maiy years in advance. A woman, all the world over, is as old at twenty as a man is at thirty; that is to say, she has as much judgment, as much tact, as much finesse, as much judg ment of character, as much self-possession, as much cunning, we were going to add, but gallantry forbids. Now this want of dispro portion gives rise to many serious evils. The young women undervalue the young man with whom they associate, as inferior to themselves in tact, manners, and conversa tional power. Hence they form a low opinion of men, as men, and are tempted to value them only for their external advantages -personal beauty, skill in dancing, and, above all, wealth. Again, where the ages are equal, or the man is only a year or so older than the wo man, in a mere external and physical point of view, the first consequence is, that she is tn old woman, while he is in the prime of lire ; for the woman naturally fades first. The inconveniences, mistakes, mortifications, Mind jealousies that constantly arise from such a discrepancy, are too evident to re quire more than being hinted at. Again, in nine cases out of ten, the lady rules the roost. That cardinal duty of a wife, respect for her husband, is utterly ignored by her. lHe is regarded as little more than an upper servant. Now the main cause of this is un doubtedly the original inequality of ages. As the bride, we repeat it, is substantially ive years older in world knowledge than the bridegroom, she soon gets the upper hand of him. If he is a man of some character, the light may last two or three years; occasion ally be is drawn by his domestic troubles into evil courses, and goes to work with such earnestness and rapidity as to kill him self ofr in twelve months, and leaves his widow more triumphant than disconsolate. T'he wife in no case, then, should be less than ten vears younger than the husband. ing made precisely money enongn am, we printing business, the subscriber is satisfied to give up and retire to the poor house. Under these circumstances, he is induced to ofrer the printing establishment of the Sara. toga Republican for sale. The paper has a uirculation of about 1,000-one fourth of which may be called paying, and the other three-fourths non-paying patrons. The of ice has a good variety of job type and a lir run of work of this description, provided the work is done at the redneed New York prices, and the printer will take " cats and dogs" for pay. This village is one of the Prettiest places in the world for a newspaper publisher. Every body will find fault, do the best you can, and the Editor who pleases himself will stand but a slim chance of pleasing any body else. The subscription list and good will or the office will he thrown in if the purchaser will take the type, press es, an~d materials for what they are worth, and pay for them, so that there will he no probability of the present proprietor being )lbliged to take the establishment hack and return to the business. 3. A. Consr. Saratoga Springs, July 21, 1852. BtVFFALO TEA.31.-The editor or the Texas Monument wvaxeth eloquent over the 'bought of using buffaloes as beasts of bur len on the prairies, lHe says: " It will really bo a glorious sight to see a ong line of buffalo teams coursing over our 'road prairies, at the rate of--we can't say iow many miles an hour. A teamster wvould be under no necessity of popping his whip md swearing away his breath, at these sort af oxen. Hie would not have to trudge 'long all day on foot either; we rather think e would find it necessary to mount his ve idee and drive stage fashion, ini keeping his team ini the road ; but in such a broad, level prairie country, that would hardly be ne essary ; and even if lie should occasionally strike a tree or a stump, and make a perfect trash of aiiythuing, it would be no wvorso than a common railway accidenit. So if wve can't have the iron horse in Texas, had we nt better take the buffaloi Perhaps, after all, he is the very sort of a horse nature ini teded for Texas." A wonrHY divine having wearied the pa ience of a portion of his congregatio nby a somewhat lengthy sermon, amnd noticing per sons step~ping out of the church very quietly, st down in the pulpit, saying, "1 will wait till the chaff is blown off." This made the people quiet. Wa are idebted to Mrs. Cudle, for the following lines t Men brandy drink, and never think, Trhat girls at all can tell it; '1'hey don't suppose a woman's nose ' Was ever mgmde to smell it. "I wonder wvhat makes my eyes so weak ?" said a fop to a gentleman. " Why they are in a weak place," replied the latter. Herl' YOURsELF, Sn.--The following choice morceau, of an editor's selection in the South-west, to entertain his readers, is given) ini the Home Journal, as characteris tic of Western country poetry: " Give me a kiss, my charming Sal," A lover once said to his blue eyed gal; "I won't," said shbe, " you saucy elf, Screw up your lips and help yourself." This slightly reminds one of tha roguish reply of a romping girl to a gentleman who said he wvas determined to lrave a kiss " You shan't, unless you catch me, and I krnow you can." OUR DELEGATION N CONEASS. A correspondent of the Abbeville Banner, writing from Washington, Sept. 4th, speaks in the following terms of our Congressional Delegation : " In the Senate, Judge Butler stands de servedly high. As a ready <'ebater and acute reasoner, and thorough lawyer, he stands in the front rank. There could be no higher evidence of his intellectual ability than the single fact, that among all his peers, in that august body, he stands at the head of the Judiciary Committee, selected as its Chairman by the voice of the Senate, as be ing better fitted for its arduous and abstruse duties, than any of the many able Lawyers and Statesmen who compose the body. Of Mr. DeSaussure, I know nothing, on account of his recent appearance in the Congressional theatre. He brings with him, however, a reputation for great abilities, which I cannot but believe will make him a worthy and acceptable Statesman. In the House of Representatives you are particularly fortunate in having an able and gentlemanly delegation, watchful of the rights, and devoted to the interests of their beloved South Carolina. I have not the pleasure of an acquaintance with Mr. Wal lice or Mr. Colcock, but these gentlemen are very much respected for their talents, and amenity of manners to their associates. Governor Aiken is a most perfect gentle man. He has endeared himself to a host of f iends, including all the officers of the House, by his uniform kindness to them, whatever their grade, which is a sure mark of the true gendeman. He is what may be called a uorking mnember. As a member of the'Committee on Commerce, he wias a fit representative of the commercial City of Charleston, and his prompt attention to the wants and business of his constituency is worthy of all praise; in this respect, others would do well, to make him their examplar. lie seldom troubles the House with speech e;; indeed, I recol:ect of but one occasion in which he occupied the floor, and that was in a matter that directly concerned his own p!oplo, in repelling certain charges made by Mr. Durkee in hiist speech on Slavery. The occurrence is so fresh in the recollection of all that I shall not enlarge upon it. Suffice it to say that by his firnmess, and at the same 6111P apotlP1,111n!V i~4-.-* .~-. a mmna peculiarly or a legal turn, is prone to objections, and that it once and awhile occurs that these objections, good in them selves, and irresistable in a judicial tribunal, are not always expedient or politic in the National Legislature. Mr. Woodward is an aible and useful member of the Committee of Foreign Relations. lie is a very close and logical reasoner, a ripe and thorough scholar, and I am sorry to know that he has express ed his intention of declining a further re. election to Congress. With Gen. McQueen I have a very slight acquaintance, and therefore cannot venture to say much. He is a universal favorite with his brother members, and is cherished by the officers of the House for his acts of kindness to them, the justice of whose praise in his favor, and respect for his character and bear ing, I have occasion to know, is wvell-merit ed. I am deprived of the pleasure of knowing your Representative, Mr. Burt, on account of the long, the lengthened indiseposition which constrained him to be absent from the Capitol for a considerable portion of the Session. He is considered as one of thre ablest men in the delegation, andl in Parlia mentary law is thought to have no superior in either branch of Congress. As a Presi ding Officer, I do not think he is surpassed in this or any other country. But it is a wvork of supererogation for me to speak of a gentleman who is so well known' by those wvho read your excellent paper. It is much regretted hero that he has decided to quit Congress. I turn now to notice one who is of the younger branch of American Statesmen. CoL Orr is not much ever thirty years of age, but he has in his short and brilliant ca reer in the councils of the Nation, marked his name upon the legislative history of the Country, in characters which cannot be easily effaced. His sun is but just risen, who knowvs but that when it shall have reached and passed its zenith, he may be the wvorthy wearer, in point of influence and ability, of the political mantle of the lamented Callioun. is course hitherto, his acknowledged infiu once over the legislation of his Country, and his weight and quickness in debate-indicate him as fast gaining the goal of an honorable ambition--the service of his native State, with devotion, anid the whole Country with honor. Col. Orr, at the same time he pro tects with a brave hand the rights of his own constituents, and guards with sensitive devo tion the position and honor of his own State, nevertheless, in my judgment, is national in his views, and looks to the peace and happi ness of the whole Country. In point of personal influence and popularity ho is se cond to nobody in the House, wvhich has been clearly demonstrated several times du ring the present session, in his success in most of what he has undertaken to carry through. I love young blood when it is tempered by wisdom. I like the confidence which youth and strength has in its own powers, and the generous confidence it be gets in others, and I have seen no man in Congress, of late years, for. whom, in my judgment, there is a better present, or bright er future tihan James L. Orr. WmKsKERETTs is the time of the " little John beau catchers" that the ladies wear on their cheeks in the place "Where the whiskers ought to grow." They are formed by drawing down a little tuft of hair from the temple, and curl. ing it up in the shape of a ram's horn, or a KOSSUTE. The star of the illustrious Magyar seems to be paling more rapidly than was antici pated. A passenger by the Europa states that the French, Italian, and Hungarian exiles, with which the British metropolis swarms, are less in the habit of looking to him for counsel and advice now than to Mazzini. Kossuth, they argue with .great plausibility, has so opened the eyes of abs lutism on the continent, that it is morally and physically impossible that any scheme for the revival of revolution can suceed under his management. His- speeches aud harangues in the United States, they.sf. have only had the effect to show kings'4n6 princes their weak places, and to -put them upon their guard against popular innova tions, as pointed out and enforced by Kos suth. As a leader, therefore, his prestigi. Iis influence, his name is gone. The London police, nevertheless, are in. - structed to keep a sharp eye on the- move ments of "the Magyar." But, so far, they have had no occasion to interfere with'him. taking it for granted that he is no longer in the confidence of the exiles in. England. It is believed he has means enough at his-com mand to enable him and his family to spend the rest of their days in peace and comfort -private residents of London.-South Car olinian. . DiFricUTEs wnTH THE NEGROES IN TL moI.-'The St. Louis Evening News says a gentleman from Carlisle, in Illinois, states that a few days since, a difficulty arose at that place between some citizens and a party of free negroes. It grew out of a fight that took place between a negm boy and a son of ex-Senator Breese. The father of the negro boy interfered, and gave Judge Breese's son a beating. Others in terfered, and party after party became ina volved on each side, until the excitement became general. The citizens took the negroes who had first offended, tied them up and whipped them. Three other ne groes who had somewhat signalized them selves in the difficulty, were served in ihe simo manner. Some of the citizens, in.the course of the excitement, loaded a cannon with several pounds of buck-shot, and fired. it at a negro house. There-sronoly te* ..l. a.a..tiwa1g. An their Admiralty "Maps of Arctic Discoveries" 'they. have actually stolen the discovery of "GrinnlL Land," claim it as Britisih, and call it " Albert Land." Peter Force, the distin. guished antiquarian, read a paper receuitl berore the National fustitute -in this ci. , rindicatiig the Americaan discovery of Lieut. Dellaven, the commander of the Grinnell Expodition in search of Sir John Franklin, and convincing the British Ad. mirality and map-makerr, out of the mouths of their own commanders, of the grossest and most unblushing robbery. The world is under additional obligation to Mr. Force for setting this matter right, on the instant,. before the British claim had acquired histori cal irrevocability." INDICTED FOR MANSLAUGHTEL-At N. York, on the 14th instant, the grand jury c-ame into court at tweclve o'clock, and, on being called, all answered to their names. The clerk inquired if they wvere prepared to present the court with anmy bills of indict ment. Whereupon the foreman handed in a true bill of indictment for manslaughter -gainst all the parties charged in tho Henry Clay aifltir, viz: Thiomas Collyer, part owvn er; John F. Tahiman, captain ; Johin Ger main, engineer; Edward Hubbard, James L. Jessup, Jas. Elwendorf, and Chmas. Mer ritt, all officers oii board. Thle indictment occupies twenty-six folios, and contains fir. teen counts,.charging all the parties in each c.ount, ini different form with the crime of manslaughter. There was no excitement at all about the matter; not more than half a dozen persona byond those engaged in the court being present.-South Carolinian. MILITARY ASYLUX.--Maj. General Scott, accompanied by General Wool and Surgeon General Lawvson, left Washaington ont Wed nesday last, for Kentucky and- the West, ,vith a view to the location of one of the three army asylunms authorized by law to be established. A site was some time since se lected for one at the seat of Government, and contractors are now engaged in con structing the requisite buildings for it. This trilp will afford the General an opportunity of electioneering a little. We notice that in Baltimore his friends wvaited on him, and~ that he was serenaded in the evening.-South Carolinian, 21st inst. CoUNTRziFEITs.-Counterfeit four dollar notes of the State Banik of North Carolina, have found their way into Petersburg, Vir.' ginia. The President's signature, D3. Cam. eron, is badly executed. GUAYO AT THE FALKLAND IsLANqDs.-a. The Valparaiso Reporter says that the co lonial authorities at the Falkland Islands have decreed that vessels of all flags may load guano in the Islands by paying 5 shil lings sterling per ton, asking for a license from government to do so. Tu: man who thought la -could learn to make boots by swallowing " sherry coblerij" has just got out a work in-which he attemps to prove that by eating hops you will adquire" a knowledge of waltzing. Queer old cus tomner, isn't he I A NUxERoUs FAxIIIL.-.-At Lexington,, Mass., on the 31st of Aug., died Miys.Anns Nevers, aged Sot years. Her -deiseend as were 138, viz:t 13 children, 61 gra~d dren, 50 great-grandeliilare* &!i1d fifth generation,