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* "~We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of ou l~~,~4if it must fall, we wvillPeihadsteRin. W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, S O OCTOBER 13, 1852. THE SPRING OF LIE IS PAST. Tn spring time of life is post, With its budding hope and fears, And the Autumnn time is coming With its weight of future years; Our hears are diamed with care, And Youth's free dreanis of gladness - All perish darkly here, For earth is filled with sadness. Whi'e bliss was blooning near us, in the heart's first%:ooin of Spring, While many.hopes could cheer us, Life seened a glorious thing; Like a fvain upon the river, .Whert the breeze gos rippling o'er, These hpes have fled forever, To cone ti us n-. more. 'Tis sad, yet sweet to listen To the soft wind's gentie swell, Anud think we heard the umsic Our elitdhood loved so uell; TIP gaze out on the evem, A l the btundless fe!ds of air, A nl we feel agaiin our bovish wish To roram, like angce:s. there. There are miany dreamtsof gladmess . Tht eling arounl the pist, And fromn that tnih of feeling Old thoughts come thronging fast The forins n e loved so dear:v, hi the liapiy days nlow gone, The be:uti.'ul and lovely, to fair to look upon. Th.,se bright and gentce niaidens, - W ho seeimed so forined for bliss, Tio goriois and too heavenly, For such a world as this; Whose soft. dark eyes sena swimning in a sea of liquid light. An.d whose lck-i of gIld were streatniian O'er brows s, sunny brigit. Wiose stniles were like die tsunsahine, -. In the spring-timne of the year, Like hie .hangeftul g!eans of April, - They followed every tear; They have passed, like hope, away, All their loveliness has ile; Oh ! many a heart is mourning That ther are with the dead. * thebrightest budls of Suuiner," have fallenf (Cuy.the steUi, I .fade &rn ehi lik'e them: - .And yet the thought' is Isaddeini - To imuse on such as they, .i.And feel that all the beautiful Are paesting fast away That the fair ones whnim we love, Like the tendrils f a vine, (row closely to each loving heart, Then perish on its shrine. And we can but thiak of th--se, i the soft and gentle Sloring, When the trees are wavinag ',r us. And tiowers are blossoming! For we kii.v the Wint-r's comiing, With his col.1 and sturmiy sky, Aiid the :lahrious beauty around us Is huddiig but to die' THE YANKEE AT A MODEN HOTEL Somte weeks ago, a very long~, browtn, Down Eauster, attired ini one of those ccos tumies whieb atre nowhere to lie met ithl except omi the stauge, -a tatll bll-erowned enormous piewter buttons, a vest ams "yalr as a bar berry bIoassom1, and a pair of cor duroys whiose highest ambhitioni seemed to be to maintain their asendency over a paiir of einormnous cowhides tha~t hadl trodden many a hundred miles of logging paith " might .have beeni seen," jack-kniife and shingle in hand, winding his way up Long Wharf, in the realizamtiin of his life-loiig anticipations of "seein'" Boston. At the corner of M~erchants' Row, his pirogress was arrested by the Itumtberinig transit of a two-story house, on wiheels, th-awn by half a dozen yolk of oxen, with the people inside piursuing their usual avocations. " What oun earth is this 'cre 1" he asked of a bystander. "Oh, nothing," replied the " towiney," "the folks are onily moving, that's all." Whben we move downa here, we do itiaouse and all." "Jei.rusalemi! WVall, tha~t 'ere beats all natmur. Well cap'n, what's that 'ere big stun house over the left r" "'That's the new Custom House. It's a mighty bad location, but they are going to mfove it next week." "rhtunder and molasses ! It'll take all the'oxen in creation to start her." "Oh, they use elephants for such large buildings." "And how many elephants will it take" " Upward of a hiundred." The Yankee cut a deep gash ini his shin gle and walked on. Hie next inquired for the Adams' Iouse, for he had " heard tell" of that, and was dletermninedl to progress during juvenility, aware of the impossibility of doing so at a more advanced age. " He soon found the " tavern" and the "deacon," and ordered accomimodat ion, liberally "darning the expense.'' Having "'slicked up," a littde, he witnessed, with some amazement, the operation of a servant upon- the gong, simply remarking, that " ho know'd'hat .sheet liteniing wias, but this Wvas. the first time he'd ever beard of sheet thunder." He followed the crowvd into the dining hail, and was ushered to at seat, wihere he esconsed himself, tucking his towel under his chin with a sort of desperation, as if lie was going to be shaved or scalped. The sight of the covered dishes added to his amazement. "Dod darn it !" he ex clainied, "ecf I ever beard of cookin' on the thble! but here they've grone and sot tiin kitchens all over the lott. Whar's the fire to cone from I'd kinder like to know ?" He got along with his soup very well, 'nd was pausing for breath, before lie finish- ol ed it, when a waiter snatched it away and bi was running oif with it. s< Hello, you, sir!" vociferated the Yan- mt kee, "I see you. Fetch that 'ere back, g] quicker'n lightiing, or you'll hev yer head 0 punched." tr His plate was returned, and lie finished it! his soup with dignity. After waiting a st moment lie raised his voice again, and ci sununoned the offiending waiter sternly. 1 Kalkerlate to starve me ?" w "No, sir." hi " Wall-why don' you fetch on some lo fresh fodder, darn it ?" "There's the carie, sir." hi "VWhre's the Cart ? And what in the a thunder an I to do with the cart when I s hev got it? Look out, yer pisky sarpent, fr oryer'!l kotch it." pI 1 The bill of fare." th ",I don't pay my bill till I've had my W fodder." of ie waiter hunibly explained his meaning. at " What's all these crack jaw namies m mean !Give tme soiething plain and of hena. tv-biled corn beef-and itch it about T the quickest, while I look over the paper, hr and see what else I'll hev." (i The meat was brought him. " Hold on!" in was the next order. " What's this 'ere? -, M-a-c-a-read it, won't you, sir!" is " Maccaroni, sir." th All'right, Canp'n. Hiurry it up. The dieh was brought. te Yer etard:1 cuss !" roared the down to Easter, " ef I han't as great a mi-d to ker. CC wholiop yer, and make an example of yer gl on the spot. What do yer iean by run- ev ning yer igs on me jist because I am a s$ stranger in these parts? Take away yer biled pipe stems anid fetch us soiie cabliage. 4I That's right. Ad now some vinegar" sh " Vinegar's in the cator, sir," replied the Io waiter, and nade good his retreat. so " In the castor is it- hey *" soliloiquised th the Yankee; and vihere in the thunder is the b. castor?" jJt The gentleman opposite pushed it to. Jc ward him. ie looked at it, and taking up Wl the castor by the bottom, turned it up1, but cc all the cruets manifested a devire to iluns. trate the law of gravity%', and leaped from itU their locations, and tie Yankee was com. ne pelled to set it down again. a ".-Je.rusalei!" lie exclaimed. "This co 'e*,is au is contrivapee pd rnonis- 19 take. Iw oi- ith an t' fO~et it that th tarnal vinegar! liIl try it once more." ca Again lie cantered the castor, but this In time all the stopples tuimbled out. by " Thunderation !" lie ro.ired, "here's a oi pretty iiess. Darn it all, here I've got the eastor oil iin my gravy, :ind the darned red ar lead on i cabbage, and the yaller on my lif tater. D:arn the thing, I say." on "1y friend," said the gentlemen oppo. b site, with a strong control over his risable t:0 munscles, it appears to me that if I were in th, want of viniegar, I would take the viinegar by einit out of the stand, and by that means of' should avoid all troubnhle." ou " Here the whiole company, waiters and a:; all, burst iiito a convulsive fit of laughter. ro The Yankee rose in a rage, upsettiig hi mll chair, and glaring defiance oii his neighbor. rik How ini the narme of all tarnal cnsses in creation," lie yelled, "should I know anything about the way the darned thing g wvorked, when I never seed one on 'emi afore? or You've' hatched this up agiii me-I know it. C' Whai~r's the Landlord I Fetch your bill on i"i -I'll gzet out of this. I hain't eat ten cents ai worth, butt I'll p.Sy up like a book, and( cuss lih and quit. Anid ii ever I set out to eat a di mieail of vittles ini Boston town again ; ye may~ take myv hide aind tatn it. D~arin your tl castors ike aind you t)o, One and all !" or Anid liingginig downi a dollar on the ta- 'V. ble, he seized his whlite hell top from the si hanids of a trembliing waiter and vamoused. ha Downi Wasinmgton and state Streets lie to streaked it like a comet, anid neverslaeked "r his pace till he pulled Up) on board of the "I Kenebeck. " Cap'n," said lie to the commander, "cast off your line just as quick as you're ot a mind to-and ef you catch me wanting to te see Boston agin, jist take me by the slack ' and throw me into that 'ere biler, hoots and ' all-by gravy." el - 0 b SPIRITUAL KxowLEDGE~ IN ltou PLacIS. c li -A short time ago, two of the most r'istin- se guished millionaires, in a flourishing South- ar era city, met in social chat, and discussed thi their miutual mierits. In the course of the th confab, the Judge hantered the Colonel, and oll'ered to bet live dlollatrs that the latter could not say the Lord's prayer. The Colonel jaf acceptedl the bet, and putting himself in a i social attitude, began to repeat, keepirg Ot time by theo swatying of his body, and pro, nit nouncing wiih emphatic force alterniate syl- of lables, these lines: ni' Now I lay ime down to s'ecp, E I pray the Lord any soul t'o keep ; in If I sho~uld die- th "Stop, stop," cried thie Judge, interrupt- dt ing him, " that w ill do. I give it up, here's h< the V., but I didni't think you could say it." A LEARtNED Irish judge, among other pe- mi ctlarities, had a habit of begging pardon on every occaision. Once his fav~orite expres- oi sion was emiployed ini rather a singular man-ii ner. At the close of the assizes, as lhe was c< about to leave the bench, the officer of the court remiinded him that he had inot passed ai sentence of death on one of the crimitials, as I lie had intended. " Dear me," said his lord, it ship, " I beg his pardon-bring him in." " FATTIER, is there plenty of game up in 'r the sky 1" asked an inquisitiv'e child. in " No. Why do you ask such a foolish ha question I"r: " Cause you said there wvas a plenty of at shooting stars, the other night." in i i a Dow, Jr... somewlhere says that the rea- Ic son why man was nmade after everything else, was because if he had been created first be would have annoyed the Almighty iw with en.dless sugnnsiisa of imnrov'ementi th From Scott's Weekly Paper-Philadelphia. LIFE IS SHORT! Our stav amid the beauties and attractions earth vill be brief and transitory. Al !st we can live to see but a few short enes enacted in its busy theatre, before we ,e hurled impetuously into the grand and oiny gnif of eternity. Onward! Onward. N.wRD! is the march of time. Like the rrent of a mighty river, it moves along in i rapid course, sweeping al' impending ob. scles, and cariying them away with in eased, rather than diminished velocity. he tomb!-with what hopelets emotions do e contemplate its solemnity. How the art throbs with unutterabledaespair, as we ok in upon its dark and chilling recesses. To some it is a desirable haven of rest, it to vast numbers it is the gulf or terror d dismay. They behold its silent tenant >wly %% wting into dust, forever separated 11 home and friends; deprived of the easures of the world, and severed from all it earth holds d-ar. There are yet others in become so intoxicated wilh the follies life, so perfectly wrapt in its frivolities dI excitements, that they never for a moo. nit turn from their stupid trance, to think future happiness or eternal danmnation. icy continue on in the career which they ve commenced, never thinking in which ection the frail bark of pleasure is carry ; them. Ahi! could they but turn and ze, for a moment, on the deep abyss which yawning to receive them, quickly would -y retrace their way fromn its fearful brink 'T'hough that is the journey over the wa. -s of life, we are ofteui iscinated, and love sport on its foaming billows. We be me enamoured with its pleasant scenes and 3wing pictures, which surround us on ery side, and lovo to tarry amid their rosy 'ectness, and revel in the luxury. Among the pleasing ties of lif'e, there are no more endearing than those of Friend ip. Fiiendship is the communion of two Ig united souls; whose hearts beat in uni mt, and whose thoughts- are ever turned to interest of each other. It is sanctioned holy writ. We read that the " soul of nathan clung unto the soul of David nathan loved him as his own soul." But tat renders it of more importance, is its usecration by the lips of Jehovah himself. I incline to tl . ^ true ennobli cessary to m sublime stre nfidence in tI.-. . sternt realfit reful in the my have been cast into irretrievnaute aumt, placing their confidence in an unworthy ject. Thus, life is earnest, as its disappointments real. But why let the murkey clond of pass unperceived and unimproved over r heads, without accomplishing something eficial to mankind, or stamp some inpor it feature on the wings of time. And is, by perflormaig some important feat, or displacing some impediment from the road science Ind improvement, we may render r nones important in the annals of time, d not sufler them to go dowi to the nar w cell, and slunber with the countless nibers that have preceded them: inglo. us and soon to be forgotten. D. [1. P. THmE Two SExEs.-When a rakish youth es astray, friends gather around him in :ler to restore him to the path of virtue. mtheness and kindness are lav'ished upon ni to win him back again to innocence d peace. No one wouldl suspect that hc d ever sinined. But when a poor confi ig girl is bet rayed she receives the brand society. and is henceforth driven from Sways5 of virtue. Thew betrayer is lion ad, respectedl, but his ruinedl, heart-broken timi knows there is no peace for her this l of the grave. Society hacs no helping nd for her, no snmile oif pleace, nto voice of giveness. Tihere are earthly moralities known ini heaven,. There is deep wrong thenm, and fearful are the consequences. A SrsTER's LoVE.-Oh! tell us not of iers love, it canniot suppress that of a sis 's. What can be purer tihan her caresses, at can be more heavenly than her smilei e memory of a sister's kinmdness, and the nsciousness of her afection, have been a hum to our hearts in every ill. They have eered uIs in sickness, and sorrow amid ab ice; they have been to us beacotis of hope d happiness. And will continue with us, mk.God ! until wve shall have dotne with a toils of life. Socr. Kxsususs.-Ilow sweet are the ectiuons of kindness. hlow plmny the in ence of that regard which dwells around r fire-sidle! Distrust and doubt darken t theo purity oaf its brightness, the cravings interest and jealousy amar not the harmo of that scene. Paternal kindness and ail affectiona blossom there in all the fresh. ss of an eternal spring. It matters not if e world is cold, if we can but turni to our ar circle anid ask atnd receive all that our art claims. "Givc mue a chew of tobacco," said one an to anothier. SWill you have that which I just bought that whih'h know to be good C" " That which you knmow~ to bo good; of unrse," The mani took the quaid from his mouth d handed it to his frienid,saying: " There, know that's good, fur I have been trying for thme last half hour!" A PUFF FOR GiAmx's MAGAZINE.-A exas paper, in anniouncing the Whig nom ation for Vice-President, says: " Mr. Gra m is well known to the political and lite. ry world, more especially to the literary, having ror seome years back been engaged publishing Graham's Magazine, wvhich a. literary work, stands unequalled in Amer. " I'LLr tamko your part," as the dog said en lie robbed the cat of her portion of e dinner. sca1Grr1yAvE.. We haver previousintioned that com plaints were current iiringland of the in convenience- resultingi oen the want of silver currency. Inquiies "were made at the late meeting 'o (4proprietors of the Bank of England-; afitoer - any measures had been adopted-fon:re edying this scarci ty. The Governor ;oftAhe Bank replied that the hank had. urglgn the Government the necessity of a-Jrg addition both of silver coin and hal .sporeigns, and lie had reason to know tha lldifficulty of the nature complained offuld shortly disap pear. The London,' Ties of September l6th remarks: . There was never. nog#n for many years so great a scarcity of e. silver currency as at present, in coof the very large exportations of siver- t have recently taken place to P illip, Melbourne, Geclon"g, Sydney iii '%ther 'ports of our Australian colonies -the convenience of the adventurers at&th bid diggings. Not a vessel leaves thiofi of London, Ply. mouth. Bristol, Liveg Me., but takes out a considerable amouiig both of gold and silver specie, either . ~) peeildtors who are proceding to the aibovo'io onies for the pur pose of mnakin rge i rciases of gold from the emigrants nO bruing at the dig. gings, or consigned *rpitalists and bul lion dealers to their- a its at Port Philip, &c. for the same speciipurpose. It is with much didfialty that the bank. ers in the city and isat end can obtain silver currency to anf'4aumount either at the Bank of England. ogihe koyal. Mint to accommodate their. ,corespondents in the diflerent parts of the Aiited Kingdom with silver coinage. At idningham, .Manches. ter, Liverpool, and t1 large commercial towns, the demand fit various banks for silver is so great thi..they are unable to supply parties with ro. than X100 to X200, as not onlyd t.,,quantity being shipped off to Austrak and India, but the demands for silver.-bjipu, and specie for ranie, Belgium,- H pd *Jamburg, and the Continent, arecal ry etensive. III consequence o immense call for silver, it appears th autborities at the Mint intend having nsiderable amount I inimediatelv coined -ci, and likewise gold currenicy of'. - n- - 'sioner to whom- was referred: the- Methodist Episcopal Church case, for adjustment of I accounts between the Church North and South, by which it appeO4rs that the proper. ty, previous to the divisidn of the institution into two sections, was upwards of $562, 000. Tit profits froi.. that period, 1845, to January, 1852, have been over $255,000 ---varying annually from.: 8 17,000 to $us,. 1000. The aggregate value of the lBook Concern, at the commencement of this year, was 8608,431, the increase since 1845 being about $46,000. It appears, also, that the profits paid to the Northern beneficiaries, I sincee the division of the Church, have beent $113,000. The Southerners did not re ceive any during that period, the Northern ers contending that in consequence of their voluntary secession, they.were not entitled to participate in profits. Tlhe Southerners have taken exceptions to the report, and the matter is again before the Cireuit Court, and will not be disposed of for several days. Trhe Southerners con tenld that they should receive their share in monley, and that they are entitled to $70, 000 more than -is allowed them, while the Northerners contend that the sum due the Southiern church is $56;486.39, deducting $10,184.10, interest, on' the value of the three Southern newspapers-,.all the profits of which the South have retained, leaving duo' the South, for dividends and interest, to October 1, 1852. 646,302.29. The num ber of travellinig preachers- entitled to bone fit from the fund is 3,303 belonging to the church North, and 1,329 helonging to the church South. In relation to the payments to the widow of Bishop Hedding, it is stated that the Bishop bequeathed *10,000 to the book concern, subject to ani annuity of $700 a year to his widow, which has been paid, and should be deducted from the share of pro. fits due the South. BADo LtucK Bv D~coREE.-" Well, Peter, wvhazt news" I" Nothing particular, massa, 'scept Bob's "Bob lame! Whbat's-the matter with Bob? "lie hurt himself trying to stop do horses massa." I" Horses! what horses?" " Old massa's horses run away wid de carriage." "What started them 1 " Cannon, massa." " What was the firing for ?" "'To alarma do folks, atnd make umn conme to put do fire out." " Fire ! What firet" " Your big new house burnt dlown." " My new house burnt down !" "Yes, lie catch fire while we all gone to (he fun'ral."' " Funeral! Who's dead r" "Your .fathier dead, massa, 'cause ho heard do bad news." " What bad news" " Why, de Bank fail, massa, atid he loose all do money." " You rascal, wvhy'didn't you tell me this bad newvs at one?" "'Cause, mas,-I 'fr'aid it is too much for you at once, so I tell .you little at a time." " Miss BROWn, I have been to learn how to tell fortunes," said' a young fellow to a brisk brunette.. "Just let me have your hand, if you please." " La! Mr. White, howv andden yoeu are! Well egn anrd askr father." NEW MEXICO-ITS SOCIAL CONDITION. At the Baptist Missionary Convention re cently held at Cleveland, a statement wa made by Rev. Mr. Reed, who has been ii New Mexico three years as a missionary His account will be found interesting. He left three years ago last April wit] his wife, as a missionary to California After meeting with the many h:irdships trials, fatigues and sufferings, surmounting the ten thousand obstacles which at thal time obstructed his path, he reached SantU Fe, New Mexico. Upon his arrival he wa, visted by the chief men and women of tha city, and was sent for by the Commandei of the United States troops stationed there to visit him, who held out all the inducementi possible for him to remain there and labol in that wide spread field. After taking everything into consideration, and findin1 that the road there terminated, he coneludet to remain, as it was totally impossible foi hini to go on at that time. He found there some 6,000 Mexican who had never heard a gospel sermon There were numbers of American trader there, and a host of gamblers. The statt of society was most deplorable and alarm ing. It does not materially differ from th< society of some on the other heathen terri. tories. Ignorance, superstition and idol:a try were prevalent in such a degree as I never before heard of in any uncivilizet country. There never had been a school. house or institution of learning of any kind fot the instruction of the youth, neither were there any school books of any description Ile remembered, while in Boston, ol bearing a gentleman assert that there wa not more than one of every three person. in New Mexico that could read; but hi could tell them, with equal truthfulness, there was not one ont of three hundred thal could read a single word, or tell their owi age correctly. It was lamentable and de plorable, but such was the fact. The population of New Mexico is divided into three classes. There are about 100, 000 Mexicans, 200,000 [Idians, and a few Americans. The Indians were like othur tribes, uncivilized and warlike. He had had conversations with the chiefs of the tribes, who expressed a willingness to be ruled by their great father, the President.. He also ments, thinkig they wasi is 0....ett inl ta pilgrimage in the land beyond the skies. These Indians desire very much to hav teachers of the Gospel come amung them, and talk to them of the Great Spirit and o their Heaven. The Indians are more indus trious, and in soe instances inure intelli gent than the Mexicans. Their code o laws is of the simplest nature. If any in jury has been done to any of their tribe, ann a warrant is wanted, as they cannot read or write, the complainant deputizes a sherill on the spot, who takes a guld-headed cane, and travels through the streets until l meets the desperado, shakes it at him, when lie immediately turns on his heel, and in breathless silence follows the otlicer, and is put into the hands of the complainant, and dealt with as the tribe prescribes. The Indians have a tradition, which has been handed down from generation to gen erat~on, that white men would come across the big pinns and mountains, to teach themr of the Great Spirit. The Mexicans ure a depraved, lawless set of dlesperadloes. Gambling is a tiniker sal habit. I believe there is not a single Mexican, man or woman, hoy or girl, o1 the age of eight years, hut knows how to raumble. Mothers teach their children from infancy the art of gambling. They ar trained up in the school of dleception by their parents until able to dleceive, cheat and amble on their own hook. The most de praved and wicked are the greatest to be respected. Licentiousness in all its deplora b)1e malignity-in the worst conceivable forms-stalks abroad at mid day. Until this vice is checked, little can be done for the elevation of thre people, and unless mis. sionaries are sent there to teach them, their refortmation is hopeless. It is a lamentable fact that since thre conquest by the Ameri cans, their vices have increased. Thi Americans have been instrumenttal in carry ing among themi their cunning ; they havi imported liquors into that country in ai amount hardly crediible. Their chrristenings, their wveddings ,ann their funerals, are celebrated ini the maost debasinig and humiliating debauchery. CnRIOUS INCIDENT.-Somne few (lay ago, we noticed the fact of a young ladj risiding in this city being in a trance, sinci tho previous Saturday. At first we wer< inclined to treat the rumor a hoax, but w< have 8ince made enquiries about thte cast aid find it to be true in every particular Tlhe young lady whose communication with the world was thus cut off resides on Arthui street, near Centre Avenue, and is abou nineteen years of age. She became affect ed on Saturday night, and from that tim< till the Wednesday night, ensuing she ap peared as if~ dead, except at intervals, whei she wvould utter sonic incoherent senitences 11cr eyes were closed and her breathini sarcely perceptible. During her raving: she described where she had been ; said she was in lleaven, arid sawv her iiother there as wvell as in the lowver regions, wvhere shi described a meeting that took place between herself and some others of her relations She also said that she would " come to" or Wednesday night, at whbich time she awoke as if she had been sleeping but an hour This is the second attack of the same kin which the young lady has had withini short time.-Pittsburg Despatch, Sept. 13. nR. CAREFUI, having been told iv li physician that lie must take gentle exercise relied, that ho hand for seime time back prac t,.,.. ,.tt;ig his tno.nails twice a week. DUIE OF WELLMGTON. The foreign news which we publish thi s morning contains the announcement of th i death of Arthur Wellesly, Duke of Welling ton, a man whose name is known perhapi more extensively than that of any other o modern tines, and whose eventful histor) will fuinish to the biographer and historiar a topic of the most extensive and varie research, and of voluminous remark. We find the following sketch of thi veteran Genoral in the Baltimore Sun: The Duke of Wellington was the fourti son of the second- earl of Mornington, and was born at Daungan Castle, in the county of Meath, Ireland, May 1, 1769. He wa therefore a few months over eighty.three years of age at the time of his death. He wap educated partly at Eaton, and subse. quently in the military college o.f Angliers, l France. InI his eighteenth year he entered the British army as an ensign of the 73d reginment. lie advanced with great rapidity -and in five years was gazetted major ol the 33d foot, without having seen active service. Two years previously lie was re. turned for the borough of Trim, county ol Meath, under the patronage of the house ol Mornington. Thus commenced his military and civil career-the soldier and statesman hand in hand, and thus lie passed through his long and memorable career in the ser. I vice of tie British crown-now the idol of the British populace, anJ again loaded with execrations and pelted with mud. His exploits in India, the march to My. sore, the storming of Seringapatam, and thle inicidents of that cra, mark the com mencement of his active military life. His career iII Europe, full of the romance of martial life, and blended with the most remarkable events of the carrent century, intimately associated with the latter action and defeat of Napoleon, is familiar in the outline to the whole civilized world, and abounds with historic material. The fol lowing faets respecting the rise and titular dignity of the " Iron Duke" will be interest. ing at this moment. His commission of colonel was conferred May 3, 1796: that of major-general, April 1, 1802; of lieutenant-general, April 25, 1808; of general in Spain and Portugal, July 31,1811: of fi-i . 21, -; I and -.a - :nighit com itdier gade, :astle, enaiil woriu of the Tower Hamlets, chancellor of the Universi. ty of Oxiord, master of Tri:iy louse, vice president of the Scottish tinava :md m .ilitary academy, and govenor of king's coege. England, says one, though pai ol:ue Im great mnci, has never produced a genieral capable of taking rank with the great names of the continent, before which the insular reputation of Marlborough and Wellington sinks into the shado. It is probably on this very account that England has lavished on suh as she had all the honors and wealth she could bestow; and in the case of Vel. lington, every subsidized European sovereign who furnished troops to oppose Napoleon, threw in some title or order to the Duke as a makeweight- to the bargain. Hence his contiiental titles, which are, Prince of Wa. terloo in the Netherlands, Duke of Ceudid Rodrigo, and granidee of Spain, Duke of Vittoria, Marquis of Torros Vedras, Count of Vimiera in Portugal; Knight of the Foreign Orders of the Gulph of Hanover, St. Andrew of Russia, the Black Engle of Prussia, thle Golden Fleece of Spain, the Elephant of Denmark, St. Ferdinand oh Merit, and St. .Januarius of the two Sicilies, Ma:imilianm Joseph of Bavaria Theresa oh Austria, tihe Sword of Sweden, of William of the Netherlands, Field-Marshal in the atrm ies of A ustria, Russia, Prussia, P'ortugalI and the Netherlands, and Captain-General of Spain. These titles, wvith sonme ships, islands, and colonies plundered fronm her allies, are all that England has to showv to balance the increase to her national debt, incurred in her absurd crusade against Na poleon and the democratic principles of the French revolution. Arid now, wvith the Duke ail the titles dlisappear, many of them having been dishonored by association with subsequent events. Sic transit gloria mundi. ANECDOTE OF DR. YoUNG.-As the Dr. was one dauy walking in his gairden at Mel. win, ini company with twvo ladies, onue of whom he afterwards married, a servant caime to tell him that a gentleman wished to speak with him. " Tell him," said thle Dr. " tht I am too happily employed to change my situation." 'lThe ladies insisted that he should go as his visitor was a man of rank, his patron anld his friend. As persuasion, however, had no effect one took him by the right arm, the other by the left, and led hits to the garden gate, when finding resistance was vain, ho bowed, and laid his hand upon his heart, and in that expressive mainer for whiiczh he was so remarkable, spoke the fol. Iowingt lines: " Thus A dam looked whenci front the garden driven A nd titus disputed orde~rd sent fro:n Heaven, Like him, I go, but y.:t to go am' toth; Like hinm I go; for aungels drove us both ; Hatrd was his rate, but mine still mnore utnkind; hlis Eve went witht himn, but mine stays behind." I I EXTRAORINARY, IF TrRUE.-According to 80ome Italian journals, a newv organizec being has been discovered in the interior of Africa, wvhich seems to form an immediatr linuk between vegetable anid animal life. Ti: singular production of nature has the shapt of a spotted serpent. It drags itself along -otn the ground; instead of a head has flower, shaped like a bell, wvhich contains I viscous liquid. Flies and other insects, at - rc b the smell of the juice, enter intt tefoewhen they are caught by thi Sadhesive matter. The flower then close and remains shut until the prisoners ar bruised and~ transformed into chyle. Th s inietbe potin such as the head an' ,wings, are throwna out by aspiral openingt -IThe vegetable Eerpent has a skin resemblin I lea.es, .a whitea ndn soft fesh, ..nd inse.a c a koney skeleton a cartilaginous frame, filled with yellow marrow. The natives. consider it a delicious rood. About half past eight o'clock on Thurs. day evening last, Mrs. Ephraim K. Giegg, of Stockbridge, was shot at her residence, a few miles east or Munnsville. She was stand ing in her pantry, beside her sister-in.law, in, front of the window through'which the shot came, entering her body in the region of the stomach. The murderer was so near the window that the smoke of his gun discolored the glass. Her husband being absent at the village, her sister-in-law ran a few rods to a neigh bor, and gave the alarm, and in fifteen min utes Dr. Treat, the Coroner, arrived and re mained until her death, about 3 o'clock the. following morning. No search for the murderer was made that night, but the next morning, it was learned' that a dissipated young man of the towvn% named Hadcock, was seen to leave Knox ville, the scene of murder, with a gun, and' pursuit being made, he 'was arrested in the' woods that day with the gun still in his pos session. He was conveyed to Morrisville, jail, whence he was taken back on Monday for examination. His dislike of the deceased was no secret. It arose in this wise. Sevroal months since,' and before her marriage to Mr. Gregg, Had-' cock and the deceased were at a social par-: ty in the town, where, in a spirit of pleasan try, it was proposed that they should be' married for fun. The sham ceremony was, performed, and Hadcock, either knave or, fool, pretending to consider the ceremony. legal, wished to assert his rights. The pro eeding was treated as a joke, and the lady. last Spring was really married to Mr. Gregg.' Hadcock took advice as to the possibility of compelling her to acknowledge him as her legal husband, but the plea not succeeding, he inquired her prosent residence, and about a week ago was observed prowling about the' house. The marriage joke has now been' ended by the violent death of one of the parlies, and the arrest of the other for her murder. Such is the account given us by the Coro ner.-Cazenovia Whig, Sept 29. DF.LEGATEs.-We understand that his Excellency the Governor, having being re quested by the "Southern Central Wrietul tural Society of Georgia".to send dele to a meeting to -be, .held' it - M the a1nWu.thibition o " the 19th to th'*2&'ofr purpose of organizinig-A' th nc. tural Congress," has, in conformity er.to appointed the following gentlemen as dee Igates: For the State at Large.-Hon. - Robt.-W. Barnwell, lion. Whitemarsh R. Seabrook. For the 1st Congressional District Robert J. Gage, Union. 2d.-James W. Harrison, Anderson. 3.-Wm. S. Lyles, Faireeld. 4th.-Thos. Smith, M. D., Darlington. a5rth.-Drayton Nance, Newberry. Oth.-Williamn DuBose, St. Stephens. 7th.-lon. Jas. H. Hammond, Barnwell. '..E L.incEST M1MCIINT SHIP IN THIl WonL..---.\m'. McKay of last Boston,is now at work upon a clipper ship, which will surpass in size and sharpness, every mer chant ship now afloat or known to be-in course of construction. She will be 300 feet long, have 50 feet breadth of beam 28 feet depth of hold, with three decks, and will register over 3000 tons. She will be diagonaly braced with iron, and built in every particular equal ini strength to the best of ocean steamers. Her model, in point of' beauty, is the wonder and admira tion of all who have seen it. She will have '4 masts, with Forbes' rig. Mr. McKay builds her on his own account, and wvill sail her too, it' ho dloes not sell her.-Boston Atlas. A paragraph is going the rounds, of time papers that a Southern slaveholder oflers to emancipate his slaves, to the number of sixty or seventy, on condition that the Mas sachusetts Colonization Society will furnish funds to transport them to Liberia. These people could be sold for $30,000 or $40,.. 000, and constitute the bulk of their mas master's possessions, The Society have pledged, or in the treasury, $1,200, and appeal to the friends of thme colored man for $900 in addition, for the above obiject.. TiH E Scott committee at Washington have circulated at the North, under Congression al franks, about a hundred thousand copies of an article published in the ?ra, the abo lition palper at Washington, to prove Gen. Pierce a pro-slavery man. The same com mittee have circulated at tho South as many- copies of the New Boston speech, and a document under the caption of' "Gen eral Pierce and his abolition allies," to prove him an abolitionist. Truman Smith, -of Connecticut, is the master-workman in this base business. A Tixry WruNN.--The senior'edi tor of the Amherst Cabinet, speaking of the rigid scrutiny wvhich the characters of the Presidential candidates are undergoing, very dev'ontly exclaims : "1How~ careful, then, we all ought to be as to wvhat manner of persons we are, lest we may some time or other become candi dates for the Presidency, to which we are all liable in this laud of liberty, obligation and responsibility." MONUMENT TO ENRNY CLAY.--AN ef fort is about being made in Washington to form an association having for its object then erection of a National Monument in honor of the late Henry Clay. The association is to be composed of member's in evety. section of the Union, and a number of'ment bers of Congress have announced their readiness to co-operate in the movemeot'at the next session of Congress. Powsnum JoaE.--A Western, editet~, thinks lI iram Powers, the sculptor, isa Sdler, because 'le Wiseled an