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...... .... 1 "We will cling to thc Pillars o. the Tcin It Iuust infell, I wrill Perish anmidst the Ruins." W.'F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELI. UARY 19, 18;53L1 UAY 9,183.m~m THE SE.C RET BENEFACTOR. .BY MRSI. C.L ,VF.I'. - "La-e you atteided to the business I Igke of particglarly, yesterd y '" asked Mir. LiabWrt, a 'akhy owner of real estate, tilaessing niiitekigent; lair looking young tWn, wi, sat at.. a desk, Wms the above named gentlenan en'tered his otlice. pCha,4s Durchard colored with embarrass. tient. For ininute his hand moved ner Vously itross lbrow, then rai.ing his andsoie ee~sthbis- eiployer's face, lie tcuisweredin a Frank, steady tone: 1I have negletied to ftllow your instruc " Sir!" e "1 am sorry *" S 1ry 7 -cried 1 I. Lambert, angrily, "sorrv' indeed ! and this is the way you at. tend to my. 4lijtrs! Yount man, if you think I- wil vs over this.arlessness-" I lheg jor -pardon, sanid Charles, with a luee like marble, but speakitng inl a cnan romt-ii" Iam guilty ol*'ino carelessness, Iave enldervored to do miny duty*" Sfour'.duty was-to foll*- my intructions. Number twenty-three n sgb.u-l siness for' 'ie long. enongh. miiily Slv~ had warning. 4.^eoul hae niilderstood. .1 ,told yo thnatif he Kent. was nt paid before tvave o'cl I N.ted the Imily," rejoined "and it seee'l.to de that had vou seena What I saw, ynd would not.have hatejip pi' the extreimity of the law to tieir miser. able case.' 'ihey are very poor'-they are sick-tTiy :Ie- suiffering. You VPuld not have had the heart to-" . "Oiarles Jiurchard," exclainied It:. Lam bert, jingri, "-you are fatghfui, honest, g1 gable-and I would not wiillingly part waha you; but sInce; Ao prefer your way of do. ing- business tp mine, andt presume to dietate, it is'not proner -that we should work togetluer any Yong-er." l'aver thoht myself," said CharlA, that since I cajnnot cofscientiously pursue the extrerftgs you hwe. necessary it will I best for n uit'yoursei-vie. I.api re Yead- iig his nnil eye-u P% yonr wages li.,........ Lambert, w-ho remembered his clerk's fididi tv and capacity was becoming solItened. "his is a new ting, however. But I pre. sIme you have been uinmg your money ad vantaeoIuslly V" I have tried to make a Christian use of it,"answered Charles, coolly. " Have vou been dealing in stocks!" " No sir." " Ah, you lost confhence in me, and thought proper to put your money into other lilands." I have neither made investments nor Ianus," said Charles, with a peculiar smile, - what sniu funds I could command I have "Yesu sir." "iliess me, Chiarles ! I thiought vou a steady y'ngz man ; anid how can vou have comnsum~ned your entire salary I am unnabIle to con:ce'ive." "And I presume I should be unable to expilain it to your satisfaction, sir. It is a subiject which it canm avail nothing to coni verse upon. ifi yu get a mamn in my pice - iimmnediately, I should lbe willing to save you the trouhle of instrul'.till' tu~n ml the state of 'your hru.ness." . "Certainly-if you pleaso-and you shall be paid-" "I (lid not make the offer, expecting re nmnerationi. I t rust that I have kep;t my aecemits in such a man'ner that it will niot requnire halft an hour to mnke ani intelligent marn nderstanid the enmt ire busariness." " Charles,'' excla~iimed Mr. Lmnhidert, " I di-elike. to part w'ith vou so.. We have al way s agree'd unt ii this~ time.' 's ix moniths aig.,'' re~plied Chmas. Burch-. nr,"this faunily in No. 23 couhti niot piay their quarter's rent. I had orders to turn thema into the street. I did not do it." "But-bitt the rent was paid." 'You permittedl me to give them a few day's grace ; you permitted this on my pro. mise to see thart the renit was paid. You arc right-it was paid; thme next quarter's rent was panid. At present, they cannot pay . iKnowing the condition of the family, I enn tiot follow~ your inistructins." "Wel," saidi Mr. Lnambiert, hamrdIening himnself, "' I have rules with regzard to pier Somms in my emploiy, whielh mm' thing can iin dneie me to break. JTusltir in mv mootto. It is a good one ; I shall stand hy it." " er is a better one, sometimes," re plied Chnarles, softlyv. " .1ustice is admiirat. ble ini all-but, mercy in the powierful is godlike." Thus Mr. Lambuhert partedi with his faith. ful clerk. Another tooik the phaoe of Chas. IUnrehamrd, and the latter was without a situ atio'n, A bont. thme firr~t biusiness M r. Carrol, the new clerk, attended to, concerned the poor family in No. 23. " hyvacate the premnises immediate. Iv," hue said to .\r. Lambhert. " lIut there is somec mystery about flhat family ; they muade aillusions~ to yourself, wichel I wvas un-~ able to iiuderstand.'' 0 'To me ! "Yes sir; they spoke of your kindness to them-.. ".\v kindness !" Mr. ,:ambert colored. "The woman is an invalid," said Mr. Carrol. " The mn is a fine-looking, intellectual person, with thin cheeks, a broad pale fore had, and brighit expressive eyes. lie hias been fioj a .year aWwork on some meclanni Cl inventmu, which Ile believes is going. to be afvztst bettefit to manuflacturere." "I- have lie.ird Mr. Durchard speak of tiMat," replied M5 r. Lambert. " But what did thjese people .ay of mfe " That thdy had been iyebted to you for numerous favors-" Favors !" " Yes sir-at work a his invention, which of course, can atliord nifA -no-income until completed, Mr. Ward has not leen able to do much toward4 the support or his family. Mrs. Ward, as I said,,is an invalid. Their o:ly child-a daughter about eighteen, and a i l f oe accompulishments-has- dune -- ii I of so:m tdonerd coisiderabl toivards tLhir support-" " I have heard all this from 31r. Burchard. What did t!hy svy of me ?" . "That in these circumstances thev have receivetL'henielits from you, fur which they are very grateful." It is a mere taui-insolent irony," mut tered Mr. Liainbert. I assure you, sir, therewere tears in the poor wom'an's eyes, when 'she said t t she was sir-7ere." " Hlimph !" "They -appreciate~ttlese'favors so much the more," said Mr. Car4ol, " from the fact that .s M*Ward's inventioa is a secret, and as 1'lhis'instrumrents atnd contrivainces have bet n in the hoasgit wyoukf have been a sore disadvantage to 'eob iged to move. .1is itVent i ...eve of .cotpletioni, of ..O abl to iteres, ca imhert a ~reatly perpu xed by t iimxpliacabule 'conui-satin of his clerk; bu11t he. onicealed his feel s, and leaving Mr. Cariol to believe he is a man who dil a great deal of good in anqniet %way., went hiuaself to make na attem4t to ixplore the mystery, ly visitingiNi. 23. He found thei Wards making preparations to vacate t'e p/emises. To -heaatiful girl with a landkerief over-herlhead, who was C'irrying small articles of furniture to the h:all, he0 made known his wish to see Mr. Wa rd. - This lentleman was engaged in packing up his machinery ; bait oon coniimg o.it of his secret rogM 1iil loc ing the door hiind him, he apea'r I 6eftre Mr. Lambert. As these two- in iid.t -.never net, tie landlor 4fring il o iioweeiimself. tafel hildy honored-l analikfa of the patent right; but, sir a manulacturing company are ready to negotiate -ith me fir my machine, amid in a very sho'r time I shall be able to pay mily debts." Mr. Lambert had hitherto regarded his tenaint as a visionary. lie did not look like one ; he did not speak like one. The thought struck Mr. Lambert that lie might after all he ale to pay his rent. I have concluded that I might as well permit you to remain here a shot time longer-althongh I am myself pressed for mon'iiiey,"' he said, with a thoughtful air. My dear sir," exclaimed Mr. Ward, this is a f*avor I had no right to expect, ant withstaniding all you have done for us: bait I ain sincerely grateful. We are goinag intu a muiseralhe hoause, whlere we did not antiicipuate residinug more than two or three weeks, or until I timnd my funads coiming in; anid if we can remnain1 here, you salal be no loser y The operation. Your deb t I cn sider saicred ; thwo niany beniefits shtsllnever be tiorgotteni." " lieneufits, I am not awvare that you are mullch iundebted to me-" " You are pleased to say so-but for two quarters' renut you gave mae receipts in full, relyinga onl my hoo fr. pamn tsm future titme. I hmav'e also received sums to aid mae ini prosecutimng my invientioni. I have at no time dloubied bait theay caine from yout." Mhr. Lambert pressed huis foure'head with his hiands. After a pause lie sa id: ".\nad why, may13 1 ak--why (lid you give mcecredit-" " Excuse mie for imntioing the sub ject," you pa~rted ini anger fromi yonr sister-" "Sir!I" exchtaimaed ~Mr. Laambert, starting land ehbaauginag coloar. "1 lers was a pardonuiable3 offence," said Mr. WVard. " She declined marrying the amian whoma you chose for her hausbanud. You dlisownled her; you have never met her since. lIut this was years ago, aand I kanewi you coutld not cherish resentmient so long" "My13 God," cried Mr. Lamnbert, " what dho you nmeanl? Ihave heard nlothaing of her for twenuty years. I knoew not what hans become her her."' Mr. Ward fixed his eyes uponi his land lord in specechlless astoinishmienit. "Is it possible ?" he murmured ;" are you serious ( " Upon any soL ! I have atmde inqutiries for 31ary, without success. I have supposed her dead !" " Thuen these beanefits have not been be stowed because-" "Sir, I knowv nothinlg of wvhat you say. I die with suspemnse ! If. you knowv anything of Mary, tell ine what has become of' her." Thae tenaits eye looked scarebuing ly aand earneastly into the landlord's face ; then taik inig him lby the arm, lie led lainm deliberately anad softly inato another room. Thiere was a pale, thin woman sitting in an arma chair. She started on seein1' the two meni enter, and uattered a faint cry of surpriso " M1y brother !" e "Mary !" gaspecd Mr.' Lambert; " can it lie my si.,ter ?" "Your sister and1( my' wife !" An hour later, Mr. Lambert might have buen seen entering Charles Burchard's lodg ing. Th'le young man was at home. With nrprise lie greeted his late enoplover. The latter was apparently excited by the occur rence of some recen~t eventt. "Youn mrant," said he,." 1 have learnied in what way yp have. used your salary for the past year." - ,"8.ir!" . .y ou biagegmpromised me; I do not vish to blaine you ; but you should not have left the Ward family to suppose the money they received came froim me. YoUa their rent, and ge'~t11iem receipts In my namne. ." And do they know it ?" cried Charles. "Why should thpy,nott Why djd yod not ict openly with theim fi " I had no thouhlit that you would h- in jured by being suspected of helping ,m, and I had my reasons for not wiyhing to be kinowil as the anthor of the benefits," said Charles, blusLing. I demand your reasons." The truth is, I-nust confess it, T-Ihope some day to marr:01ary Ward-' 1" She is a worthy girl, sir-" But this is'Oo reason !' exclaimed Mr. Lamhert. Well, then,'you must know, sir, had .I advanced mionne'v to the family openly," said Charles, redovering his sdf-possessior, and his face -beaming with frankness, " there was a possibility that I inlit be suspected of unworthy motives. An'd again, even had-it been otherwise, and I could have won Miis Ward, as I would hive wished to win bei, ishe might have loved me more from :L senai of gratitude than for myself; and I would not have bought her love. As it is, I hope she loves me for wha't I am, and that she will accept my hand, when I aiina po. sition to support a wife." " Charles." said Mr. Lambert, pressing the young man's hand, "I honbr you! You have acted. nobly. Return to your sitiditid ; you shall -have the entire control of my b1t. siness ;yQur salary shall be douhld lit Mr. Carrol-" lie is noi permanently engaged. I ivil procure a pl;ie for him. ChieI-s you madT. come back! I confess I have, acted wrongr i) this matter. To tell you a secret, Charles, Mrs. W" d ismy own bister Yo sister!" "!. do not.wonder at your astonishment but it c:Qlmiot equal mine, when I learned the fict this morning. I disclained all-.e'nnec tion witi her twentv vears wo. honesaa h. ...,au to ihank you for the bIeson in humniitv you have taught me. Wenlthy as I am, f shall never agaiin distress a tenant for rents, wi.hout aiscecrtainiing whether lie is deser'viing of' any favors." Mr. Lainbert was not permit ted to do :ll the good he proposed to his sister's family. In a few diVs, Mr. Ward's p:atent was de creed, and hiis fortune made. Thaiks to his noble invention, his fimily was raised to at fluence; but Mrs. Ward (lid not disdain the kindness of her restored brother. Mr. Lambert had lost no time in aeqtaiit ing his relatives with the nature of their in debtedness to Charles Burehard. If they esteemed and loved this generous-hearted young man before, what was now their ad. miiration of his noble qualities ! None, how ever, felt their influenice like 31 iss Ward. 'Thie oiily way ini which she could express~ her joy, gratitiude and love, was by b~comn ing his wife ; with a dowery' whih relieved hiiii of the care of providing for the comforts - of life. Prosperons in butsiies, hiappy in his domestic relations, Charles Burchuard often had the occasioni to look back with a spi smile to the time wvhen lie left the service of an' Mr. Lambert " for conscience sake." is a DOUBTFUL THEOLOGY. in The Cleavehond flerald tells the follow- so ing: A triend, whom we shall call Pat, for an< short, tells a1 good onie upon himself. " When th:1 lhmt an idle boy ,"lie was called uponl one sta day, in a country school, and the qjuestion Iin sui(ddenly prou)nded~h' to him by the peda- thec gogne, "Patrick, how mai~ny gods are there I" it P'at was iot a dlistinguished theologian ly, then, aid years had made him " no better i very fast" in sueh matters, but lhe proimiptly wL respionded-" three, sir." "'Take your seat !" thundered the mas- w ter, and if in five minutes, you don't an- ca: swer correctly, I'll welt you." thn T[he probationary period passed, and Pat we takiung the floor, hesitatingly stated thle num- sam buer of gods at " fi-five, sir." ie received few the proimiised " welting," and a reprimand to in his seat for ten minutes further consideration. ins Ten minutes up, and Pat was up too, chi and, saitisfied that he hadn't fixed the num- pri her sutliciently high before, lhe shouted, " thr' e, sir !" lie sawv the ferule des. pri ceninmg, anmd, bolting out of the dloor, cleared an a five rail fenice, anmd broke like a quarter- en horse, acr-oss the fields.-Panting with exer- Ia I t ion, lie met a lad with a book tundeir hits ph arm, and with the look of onie who des- ph e ribed the " pursuit of knowledge under dif- ad ficulties."- lhe " Where are you going I" said Pat of " To school, yonder," was the reply. " You are-are you?"si Pat, quickly ; pr< "how many gods arec there ?" ke 'Two," ainswered the boy. ac SWe-ll, you'd bietter go dow-n there.- mi You'll have a good time with your two rei gods. I just left there with teni, and that m<c w ~arn't enough to save me fi-omt the darndest ce licking you ever heard of." pr ONT. N---ch Om Acquu3ArNesC.-A clergy. ac man a fewv days in the country, reading the foi burial ser-vice over a deceased corpse, whlen ry he came to the words, TIhis our hi-other, jits &c., foi-got wvhether the deceased wrs a man pr or wvomani ;-turing to oiie of the mourn- al, ers, who happened to be an Irishman, lie asked him is this a brother or sister I Neith- toi er one iior the other," answevredl Pat, "it a mI wanly an ncnnninitance, v-or hinnr "n t, Srrenemh Theo Ie, d T hen - -d. I rememb Iowt .7ilt iffyc ho Flogwe ho Ho#i4th Now it Yetzlith, ;ure, Would The heartiis it, The kittL '. The ploth is up Ht, The hot eakes And.nov I . As if thy we'lome step was nigh, .le crows exultingly. In vain--he finls the welcoin vain, A tl turns his glance -t ininie, So earnestly, dht yet again Ilis form unto my heart I ,truin, That glanice is so like thine. Thy t:ask ;s done,.we miss thee here; Where'er thy rotsteps rOan; No leart will spread such kinelly cheer, No wi-atin, heart, no listening ear, Like these will wait thee home. Ala., alarg the crisp walks fit, That well-known step doth come, The bolt is drawn-the gate is past, The babe is wild with joy at last, A thonusanid welcomecs homuje! CHARACTER VS. WEALTH. Vian in his persevering and undaunted rit, is engaged continually on one subject, I has for his aim but one obiject, and that vealth, and notwithstanding he may have Lracler pure as; the drop wvhich is cradled the bosom of the flower-a mind which .rs above the grovelling things of earth, I lodges itself in some hidden recess, bit t it may work r.he more silently-notwith niding he is the possessor of'all these, still, the eyes of the communnity, he occnpies same position, let his lot be cast where nay, as the ciph:er in mlathiematies, name - to count upon. if, in addition to these, lhe aot the possessor of that, ' the love of ich is the root of all evil.' Ever since the Almighty peopled this rld, wealth has;, ini comparatively every e, been the chief end of man. It is true t in a fewv instances, w'here fame and' alth have presented themselves at the ne time, that fame has been chosen; but are the instances wvhich can be quoted support of this assertion, and few are the tances where man has refused wealth for tracter. But when we reflect, our sup se or stonishmnent decreases. 'ake, for instance, a child, and watch its agress; its playfnlness, its gladsome gee, .1 londness for its; parents, coupled with its ning, wins the love of all- who see it. In tiw short years, thiok hours, so filled with yfulness and mai -tha, are no w froughit with asure, pain and trouble. Kind, maternal ice and a fathler's counsel are his, and sets forth upon life's vasty deep in pursuit treasure. Stealing across his mind, like angel's mptings, comes his mother's advice to ap untarnished ahd free from stain his char er: well, thinks lie, a livelihood must be tie, and I have aimed for wealth : my pa its, wishes for my prosperity ought to urge on, and I can tecome wealthy and re ye their approving smiles and earnest yers by so doing, without injurIng my tracter. And thus lie reasons, until char er, which had formerly been first and 'emost in his mind, now becomes secondai and, like thme rain after it has commenced fall, it falls, despite the obstacle which tsents themselves; wvhich now appear ori and ot a more common nature. What think you was the aim of Washing. a, who made for himself a name wvhicha is ich inheritance fc r the country--did lie fo(r wealthi Didl he spend his hours of toil and stuuy, his years of service for Ilk country, merely for the remuneration ? Did le accept and sho faitfilily perform is dnuies as chiel m-:aistrate of the most independent nation on the globe for vealthi ? No ! his motives were as pure as his precepts. and he lis left a name as pure aid as noble, and beloved, as he has a character without stain or blemish, a worthy example for all to fol low. F. G. L. From the Temp, rmiee A proente. TO THE FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE IN 8OUTH CAROLINA. A year ago the State Temperance Pib licatitoni Society was organmizLed. 'The object of this Society is the diffusioni of tempe. rance truth throughout the State. Arrangie. ments have been made fior the vigaorous pros eCution of this work during [he year upo: which we have just entered. The Tenpe raic Adrocalc has been placed under tile charge of an experienced and energelie Edi. tor-one w1ho has not only the ability, but the resolution, to make it Jll that is demand ed by the exigencies of the cause. The present number furnishes the strongest as surance, that in the hands of Mr. W.thunrx, the Adeocule will commend itself to the cordial and steady support of all who sin cerely desire the success of our principles. At the recent meeting of tle Publicatior Society in Columbia, the Rev. Jnes 11. Bailey, of Lexinigton District, was appoint ed agent. This gentleman, who is exten sively and favorably known in South Caro lina, will enter at once upon the discharge of his duties. It is his purpose to vi.sit du ring the year every section of the State, and lay before our fellow-citizens the claims of this Society upon their favorable con sideration and liberal aid. He will distri. ite, gratuitously, Temperance publications; receive subscriptions to the paper, and enrol the names of all who may be disposed to contribute to this Society, as members or managers. It needs no argument to show that, at the present time, there is an unconmon demand for exertion, on the part of the friends of morality and religion in the State, to stay the progress of drnmlkcnness among our people. No preceding period in the history of the temperance reforination in South Carolina has been so replete with dangers and ditlicultics. Lately the notes of alarm S---, h amnua-d through all our borders It is because the staneUi ecs om me 1 reorm have not been eirclated among our people, and by them carefully pondered. Vith this information it would be seen that this great movement, through all its successes and re erses-through dark days and bright days, has been steadily progres'ive; that though here and there the work has for a time been hecked, yet upon the whole it has ad vanced-that the current is still stronger than the ripple on the surface-that the broad stream still flows on with slow, deep, solemn strength. Why is it, too, that the great mass of our citizens remain so un concerned and inactivo in relation to this subject ? It is because they have formed, as vet, no just conception of the Imagni tude of the evil we are laboring to suppress. Let the eyes of our peCople he once openied to the workings of the unrighteous system whlich is dooming hundr-eds every year anong us, to all the mai~eries of a drunk ad's lifea, and to all the hopelessness of a runkard's death-let them take the fudl gage andl dimensions of the giant evil, and we believe it will be a ditlicult matter to put them to sleep again, while the soil of ur beloved State is polluted by the foul presence of the only enemy she has ever permitted " to trifle with the rights and lives f her citizens." It is to furnish this inifor mation, by the publication and distr-ibution f tracts, and the support of the period~ical press devoated to the advocacy of tem pe rance principles and the dissemination of athenticated facts, that this Society was or anized. And it is to enabale this Society tectually to carry out the important object ot its institution, that an earnest appeal is ow made to the friends of good order and sound morals in South Carolna, to aid in a work so fraught with blessing!s to the State. On behalf of the Board of the State TFem peranlce Pup~licatiaon Society. J AS. T1UPPER, CrAun'N. Charleston, January I, 1853. CUrID 1N T~loUBLE.-Mister Jonny O' Connor, w~as a man of no honor, wvent out with Miss Brady, a nice little lady, anid treated to brandy, and sponge cake anid can :y, and to more thlings as dainty and kisses so plenty. But at length the sa.d fellow, rrew artfully mellow ; and as lie was wvalkiig nd kissing and talking with piretty Miss Brady, the nice little lady, a purse full of rhino, (we wish it was our's oh !) lie whipped from her pocket, and cleared like a rocket. But soon he was taken, while tracks lie was makinig, and lodgings assigned him, where Justice mighit find him. But the maid on the morrowv, came forward in sorrow, her little heart-heaving, and tears her eves leav ing, and begged that " his Honor," would pitty poor Conner ; to which lie assented as Conner repented ; when off went the couplhe, with liimbs mighty suple, and left us presuming that maiden so blooming, herself to a life of much troulile was dloomiig; tor Jonny the blockhead who picked the uid's( pocket, when married im thinkinig will whip her like wiinking. "Mv sos, wvhat did you bite your biroth r for ? Nowv I have to whiip you. Don't you rememher the Golden Rule I taught you ? It you wvouldn't like to have y-our brother bite you, you should not bite himI." " Io ! mother ! get out with your whsip pin.' Remember the Golden Rule yourselt. If you wouldn't like for me to lick you, it. isnt igt for enn t ic6k mc." THE INDIANS. Repors lave been received here that Bowlegs has withdrawn to the Swamps, and broken off all further intercourse with the whites! A letter from Tampa, dated December the 12th, relating to this rumor and the removal uf the Indians, has been handed us by a member of the House, from which we make the subjuiined extract. The letter is written by one of the most intelli. gent men in South Florida. If this rumor shall prove to be true, it may devolve on the General Assembly the duty of presenting to tihe General Government the alternative of either employing force themselves in the expulsion of the savages, or the State will interfere and protect herself. If the Indians have withdrawn to the woods, it is t:nta mount to a declaration that they will not re move-in other words, it is a position at once of defiance, and the authorities at Wa.4hingtoni are bound to make demonstra tions to meet the new aspect ' the question thus presets. In regard to the Indians, the only infor. matlon we have since you left. is that very fiew have appeared at the Agency since the return of Bowlegs. Blake sent out the delegation t) Bowleigs' town, but they found it deserted and did not commumicate with an Indians-this is heresay merely. The pirecise psiition of the affair is not known. Mlake, Bowman, and Bridges, are still theme. I think the Governor is in correspondence with Blake. I believe that the natural pros. perity of this Peninsula depends, not indi. reetly, but u% holly and entirely, upon the remov.d of tile indians. I am not sure but that they will have to be driven out by force after all ; but I have confidetly believed that nothing short of a force capable of forcing them out, placed in a position to act, will induce them to remove peaceably. I have entertained this opinion since the out break in 184). In December of that year, I have no doubt but that the Indians might have been easily removed. Whatever Im linence the Western Indians or General Blake might have exercised over these In dians, is now almost entirely counteracted by the United States bMilitary, if reports are true, out of jealonsy of General Blake. It seems to me, therefore, that if the State undertakes anything in this matter, her plans should be upon a scale equal to the task to to be accompli.shed; so that, let things go as they ma -Y. failnro shiall hp impossible. I 11-Me 111IIL Mt:e buAUSU&... 41i~ . ~ . . whel -lie ofthem, who was a trumpeter, drank so m1uchi that he could not stand upl). I1 is co 'mnions, not wattling him in the room, carried him out of doors wid laid him down beside the house to get cool and sober. The The trutmpeter laid there and went to sleep, whenI i 'hyena came along, and hinking him dead, bwgan to carry him away, so as to make a meal of him undisturbed. It was some time before the man awoke so as to know the danger of his situation. When lie did so, lie found himself on the back of a hyenia, whieh wa making off towards the mountain vith him as fast as possible. Be ing horror struck at finding himself in the power of the ferocious beast, his fear brought im to his senses, and seizing his trumpet which hung around his neck, lhe sounded a iialarm. Thei beast, thitnking lhe had only a dead mnt, was as much frightened at the sound of the trunipet as the man wvas at his situation ; so, droping his prey, they scam pered away from eaech other as fast as pos sible. It is tnt probable that any other tman but the trump~eter wouild have escaped so easily. THEm CAsE OF'rtE GENERAL ARMISTRONG. -.ly the late news from Europe, informa tion has been received of' the rendition of an award by Louis Napoleon, in the muatter of the celebtrated claim, made by our gmiv erment, aga inst thiat of Port ugal, for in emnification for the loss of the American privateer, General Armstrong, in 1814, and which award has beetn adverse to the claim, atd in favor of Portugal. The General Armstrong belonged to Capt. Reid, of New York who clainmed an itndenmnity of $100, 00, atnd in 18405 thme Secretary of State,.3Mr. Clavtotn, anti the Porintguese Minister, on behalf of their respective governments, agreed to submoit thme whole matter to the aritration of Louis Napoleon, the then President of France. That personage has sice then beeni made one of the reigning nonarchs of Europe, and his decision, as stated above, is against the United States. " I SEE," said a younig lady, " that some stationers adivertise bhan k declarations for sale. 1 wish I conld get one." "Why ?" askedi her momther." "1k-camse ma, 31r. Green is too modest to ask me to marry him, and perhaLps if I could fill up a blank declaration with the question lie w~otuld sign it." LorIs NA'oIEoN is saiid to he deeply fas inated wvith a beautiful Spanish lady of rank, whlo is supposed to entertain the am bitious hope of becoming Empress, instead ot the Princess Vansa. A piatch of cotton has been matured in the Sacramento Valley, daiifornia, in ninety-two days. Mr. Colby, who raised it, wilh, ini Fe bru ary sow a large field, and1( mauke it a permanent business. Tea, sugar-cane, figs, rice, and cotton have been raised thus far by e'xperimienit, provintg that the soil anud elimate are adapted to the cul ture of each of them. REMAINs OF M1hs. GEN. TrAYLoR.-TIhe re tains of Mrs. Taylor, who died at Baton Rouge, La., arrived at Louisville on the 21st uIt., in ebarge of Major Bliss, and wa~s interred in the family burial ground in Jefferson counuty. Ef LET your premises be sincere, and with in te cmpas ofyourabiit ME, CALHOUN ON CUBA. Mr. Venable, of N. C. recently delivered in the House, a speech g tinst the annexation of Cuba, in which lie referred to Mr. C.lhoun's opinions as follows: " And here. sir, I would with pious and reve rential care perform a duty which I owe to the memory of a disminguihed statesman, whose un clouded and unequalled mind constantly reflected upon and studied the interests of his country generally, and his section in particular--whose pure heart to its latest throb was filled will love to his country, and whose matured judgment made him the safest guide. I refer to the great South-Carolinian, who, but two days before his death, charged me, that should he he misrepre. sented upon this subject, to give to the world his true opinion. It has been said that Mr. Col houn was in favor of the annexation of Cuba; that lie was for annexation at all events. This is not true. I feel bound by a promise made to him to correct the statement. le said if Cuba ever comes to us, it must be by treaty, honora. ble and satisfactory to both countries otherwise it is forbidden fruit to the United States. This was said in reference to the indirect mode of ac. quiring it by annexation after a revolution, ren dered successful chiefly by adventurers from this country. The conversation related to an in terview with certain persons, inhabitants of Cuba, who called upon him a few days before. A gentleman now present in this House was with me when they called on Mr. Calhoun; we rose to leave the room, he reqnested us to re main and witness the conversation. They spoke to him of the expected revolution and the opera tions of General Lopez; he said what we now all know to be true: "Gentlemen, you are mis taken; Cuba is not ripe for revolution ; her peo. ple are not ready for such a state of things, and if Lopez invades Cuba, the enterprise will be a failure; and I tell you, that under no circum stances can this Government be complicated with this revolution." He often said to me, Cuba, from her situation, can never be alienated to any other power than the United States, and Spain, the owner, is the best stakeholder; best for us and best for the world. Nothing but un. avoidable necessity could justify force in taking it. The purchase is improbable, and we now have most of the commercial advantages without the expense of administering the government. the -'e Commissioners appointed to value the Methodist Book Concern; nnd they have, consequently, ordered the points on which they differ to be sent up to the Supreme Court of tn. -cted States, for deciion by that tribu. nal. A final deeree cannot be entered in the ease until.,the direction of the Supreme Court upon the points certified to it, shall be sent back to the Circuit Court. Nor can the defendants, shouli they elect to appeal from the decree of November, 1S31, deciding the main question of the right of the South, take such an appeal, until the final decree in the cause is entered. h!PATIEcCa,--Ve never could inderstand says the Fay:'etteville Observer, why it is, that Members of the Legi-,ature and of Congress in variatbly become so impatient to get away from their duties just wvhen those duties most require their presence. Be the session two months, three months, or nine months, the members will cheerfully stay one month and twenty.five days, or two months and twenty-five days, or eight months and twenty-five dnays, during which but little is done except to prepare business to be acted on; but it requires a cart rope to keep them in their places for the last five days, in which the business is actually perfected. Now if they wvould absent themselves for five or ten days in the early part of the session, perhaps nobody would be a loser. But a member who consents to go to a Legislative body at alt (and we admit thait it is a great tax upon any one who is fit for the place,) should make up his mind to stay till the work is finished. An bIronrasrT DiscovERY.--A scientific cor respondent of the New York Courier has made an important discovery in voltaie electricity, which may be practically applied to the cure of weak nerves. It is this! "If a cylindrical piece of zinc is placed near the top of a broom-handle, and another about fifteen inches below, connection being made be tweeni the two by means of a wire, a person taking hold of the top piece with the right hand, wvhile the left Is placed on the copper or lower piece, forms a voltaic circle, wh~ich becomes powerful the more the broom is used. The hands must be without gloves, so that the metals are in contact, and the windows of the room should be open when the broomr is used, so as to admit the air freely. The discovery is invalua ble to females in a wea~k state for waxnt of active life, and for males it can be applied to axe handles3" Fur.LiNG 'tEf! OvER EXPOsED NERVES.-Dr. S. P. Ilullihen, of Wheeling, Virginia, has dis covered a method wvhereby the eaivities of teeth over exposed nerves mnay by successfully plug ged. It is this : The diseased parts of the tooth are removed to make it apparent that the nerve is exposed. The fang is then perforated through the gum into the nerve cavity. The opening should be of about the size of a smtall knitting needle:; its obje.ct is to open the blood vessels of the nerve, whuich will at once be known by the flow of arterial blood. The cavity of the tooth may then be filled without the least fear of pain 1or ill consequences. The plan has been success fully practiced in a great number of cases. Hith erto a tooth having an exposed nerve could not be filled and prevent pain and toothache. So I..... te entif.ic5% Aeran.