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We will cling to the Pillars af the Temple of our Libe es, and it it must fall, we will Pers W. F. DULISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, S. Co FEBRUARY 9, 1853. - Xr.--- -. THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY W. F. D U RIS OE, Proprietor. ARTHUR SINKINS, Editor. T ER MS. ''wo DoLt..as per year. if paid in advance-Two DoLLARS and Fmnr CENTS if not patid within Nil montha-anl TniREE Dot..ARS if not jiaid before the expirat:on of the year. All subscriptions not distinet. ly limited at the tine of subswrihing. will be consid. ed si madie for anl indefinite period. and will be con tinued until all arrearage are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Supscriitions frot other States must invariably ie aeompanied with the cash or referenec to sone one known to its. ADVERTs.. ENTS will he collspicuotsly inserted at 75 cents per Sqnare (12 lines or less) for the first insertion, and 371 cents for eacli snbsegnent insertin. 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The Editor of the Mercury says, that on Thurs.day night at midnihlt, while he was vngatged in penning a paragraph ott the weather, in order to inform his readers how cold it was while they "' siumbered and slept," that the :her. omucter vas at 2S above zero, and failling. We never retntember to have experieneed at this sea sti, such t long.r spell of (Ir and i!tenitelv cold weatiter. We noticed a formation of ice this morning half an inch thick. A stitfand piercing North-eastern breeze is blowing, which seems to have very 'little respect for thick clothing. Wood is sern dollars a cord, and coal in pro portion. The spirit of progress and improvement is still zealously at work itt our midst, as is abunt datlv testifie-l by the number of new builditngs. tnd the extensive additions and repairs to old ones, which are goitng ott in every part of the city. The side walks in many parts of King and Meeting streets are blocked up with brick, mor tar ad u while he-towerin statelyT olumtn Are rising as if by margie, to deck and beautify her bus marts and crowded tho roughfares, Among the most prominent of the :late improvements is the large live story Hotel which is now nearly completed, ott the site of the old Mansion I louse, at the corner of Queen and Aleeting streets. This will rank next to the Charleston Hotel itt size and beatity of arehitee ture. A very large fonr story wing is also being adled to that already large and commodious building. the l'hmt:ers Hotel, which, when com ileted, will altnost double its size. The Hotel :ccottmmto41dations of Charleston will soon be qnal. if not superior to any city of its size in the Union. Ftiend Iluis-r of the American is G'some" itn his line. Negroes and real estate are selling at exhorbi tant prices. A store at No. 267, Kitng street, known as the " London hIoutse," which sold a year ago for $7,000, wvas atgain sold otn Motnday Iltst, for the enormnous sum of $13,00O0. A large gang of tegroes wa~s.sold a fewv days since by (ote of our Brokers, at an average of $1,000. A larger amtount of this kind of property has been recently thrown into tmarket, thant has beeni for mnany years before. The price oif cotton is also inprovitng: the highest price fo.r last week was 10 3-4 eentts, with an tpward tettdetcy. If the price of pruoperty gets much higher, so as to stimulate the spirit of wild and extravagatt speculatiotn, we ma~y expect another monetary revtikion, suchl as paralysed thte credit system, and shook the cotnt.nereial world sonme years ago. Thte lprice of rents are enortmous, and there is scarcely a roomt to be obtaitned for love or mnon cy. A large vacant lot at the corner of M1eeting nnd Society streets, the htouse on whtiebt was butrnt by the great fire of '38, was sold last week for $6,000. We had the pleasure, on WVedniesday evenitng last, of listetting to a highly entertaitnitng and ini strtctive lecftre, delivered at Mlarket Hall, before thte M1ercantile Library Association, by the Rev. 13. M. IALMtER (of Columnbit, Otn the subject of 3Mormnonism. The speaker traced the rise antd progress of Itis blinded attd fanatical seet, throtugh all its changitng phases of sunshine and shade, frotm the latying of the corner stone of the temn ple at Natwoo, to their finial settlemetnt in the celestial city on thte batnks of the great Salt Lake. A large port ion of the lecture wa taken up in drawing. a parallel between 31ormatnistt o nd 31ahometanismt, showing a striking simnilari ty, not only between the most prominent~ tenets ofC the t wo sects, but also bet weeti the originators and leaders thtemselves. The close was tmost beautiful and itmpt essive, beitng a fancifttl specu lation upon1 the probable consequence upon the people and government of the Utited States, of Ite recent meeting of the two anttugotnistie :ttd :mntip)odal extremes, the Asiatic and Anglo-Sax (ot civilization, uponi the golden shores of Cali fortnia. The great success of the 3Mormon cause was attributed to the zealous missionary spirit which was recogiied in all its brattches, and itfused itself itnto the life blood of the whlole system. I was somewhat surpirised to hear that formnanismo nutmbered its tmillions, andw thtat it hiad sent out its missionaries to every givilized na~tion under heaven. A RCHER. THE Governor of .Alabama has appointed Benjamin Fitzpatrick, to fill the utnexpired termi of H-on. W. IR. King, in the United States Senate. Hon. Samuel S. Phelps has been appointed Seniator from Vermont, in lie nlae af Mre Unham, deened. cd 2ja)ctcil. IN MEMORY OF COL. P. K. BUTLER. Wit England speaks ot fame, A nd tells her monarch's glory, Our gal:ant Butler's name Shall meet the Briton's story; Illis 1ion heart. iis lordly eye, Alas iare cold forever, Nor bugle-note, nor battle cry, Can fire or wake thei ever Col, cold on glory's bed, A wreath his brow entwiniiing, Low slees; the mighty dea.1, Ilis toile and cares reigning. There lived. since him who won The iame promil Richard bore, None worthier of his throne, Than our brave chief no more. Ile leaves a spaell to wake the prile Of those true hiarts that walled him, When, brIvely battlin., nobly died Their chief where duty called him. We plant upon his grave The laurel and the willow, For fame will crown the brave, Though grief may stain his pillow. His monument should be Upon von inghty mountain, Whose summit scans the sea, Where flows Saluda's fountain; Ay' raise it there. ad on it rear The banner of his glory, Awt let the granite tribute bear Devotion's manly story. And there the wanderer's eye May learn how fame will cherish, With love that will not die, The names that cannot perish. A nel let his marble slade, By that priud record staiding, Look down when battle's blade Glenus bright wlteje ho-ts are handingi leth.,iks tile eye of stonte won!dl blaze, Anl marble cheek would bo-row The hue his wore in those proud days That gave our foes to sorrow; Each warrior, marshalled there, Would swear by hin we cheriai, The stainless flag we bear 3lust conquer or weierish! J, I . HUMBLE WOETH. Tell me notthat he's a poor nmn, That his dress'is coarse and-bear, Tell ine not his daily pittiaince, Is a workian's seanty fare; Tell me not his birth is humble, Is Ie honest in his actioins? That is all I want to know. Is his word to be relied on? I as IIs cbaracter no blime ? Then I care not if he's low-born Then I ask not whence his name. Would lie from an unjust action Turn away with scornful eye? Would le, than defraud another, Sooner on the seatl'jld die I Would be spend iis hard gained earnings Oi a brother in distress ? WotlIl le succor the afflicted, A nid the veek otncs wrongs redress ? Then lie is a man deserving Of mv love and tmy esteem; Anal I care not nh-it his birth-place Iit the eye of tman may s'-:mi. Let it be a low thatched hovel Let it lbe a clay built cot Let it be a pairish workhouse In myv eve it miatters not. Attd if others will disownt him, As iinferiaor tat their caste. Let theim dao it-I befrienid him, As a brother to the last. JFrom the Brastoan Oiive liaratnch. THE DYING PASTOR. "Detter te weatr ottt thtan rust out, dlear lice," sid the pale yountg minister liftinig is face, on which was a sweet, sad smile better to wear out thtan to rust out." "Butt Ihenry, I cannot bear to see your halth failing thtus. What shall I say to ou, how convinice yotu that it is your duty > t give up this vocation ? it is killing you." " Ask me to resign all, everything but tat, Alice. Event if I went from my piarish s you suggest, my soul would travel back and linger here-I could ttot be happy. ut ini thtis glorious work, with you and our ttle ones hmysdfeeling as I do that od is abunitantly blessinig mty labors--" "Ileuiry," exclaimed Alice, tears cominig i her sweet blue eyes, for her husbiand had sddently contractedl his brow as if with a pasm e a. "you are ver~y sick my love -oh, do not try to conceal it from inc Do not tell me that, vour arduous labors are ot tatkiing the ligfht from your eye, and the loomt from your cheek. I do feel, dear usband, as if any other occupattion, some ting that you need not follow so absorb igly, would make you yourself again. ou must agree with me that the exerttn nd coutfitnment of study are sapping your fe away." "Sit dlownt by my side, Alice," said Hen y gravely and teniderly ; " I have long anied to talk with y~ou *upon this subject. rue, my health is failing-do not 'weep I eet the fact firmly and rejoice that I am oing where there shall be ino mmore pain. ut my duties, my pirofessiont! I should nk without the comfort they afford rme. o know that for the time allotted tme, I atn to be instrumental in saving precious, im lortal souls! Thils it is that makes me illing to stiffer. You are mistaken, my lve, when you think an entire change in y calling, my circumstances, would save e. It is a sweet ho pe, born of tenderness, ut a false one. Had I been a merchant, a hysician, a lawyer, I could not have lived even a long as I have. A heavenly im fluence i.s sustained me. Often when sinking under this wearing disease, the thought of my mission has poured life and light, and hope into my heart-and I have gone forth, mighty to do my Father's will. Alice you would not deprive me -of this sweet, this heavenly - solace. You wpsi4 not embitter my last days by causing mie by my strong affection for you to acquiesce with your wishes, would you, Alice ?" " Never, my hus'and," exclaimed the do voted woman, lifting her head from his shoulder; forgive me that I have so unguard edly pained you. From henceforth let me uphold you, strengthen you, if my weak will can do so; I am so selfish I want you all for myself; I cannot bear the thought-" Again her fortitude gave way, and she sank sobbing upon her husband's bosom. Presentily he lifted her head gently ; she looked tearfully upward-a holy triumph sat upon his face, a divine light shone in his deep, bright eyes. They were raised hea venward ; he slowly lifted his hand as he said with a beautiful, impressive manner " forever, and ever, there- forevcr and ever -my own, my blessed wife !" Everv Sabbath, Henry Warden entered his pulliit with a slower step. All his par ishotiers marked the change. His words spoken with such solemn emphasis, the languor of his manner, his angel-like sereni ty, the wrapt fervor of his eloquence at imes, as if he already saw the brightness of that upper world, prepared them for the dread and solemn mystery which was to make him immortal. At last he came no more; it was pleasant sunner time. Birds flitted through the in terlacing foliage, and sung as. sweetly in their Northern home as if the sultry breath of the South floated through orange groves. The skies were as blue as Italia's-the yel: low bee, the red iose, the loaded cherry boughs, the crims6n .elover and starry but tercup, each told the sweet story of the season. lleautv, fragrance and love nestled elosn together, and the sun shone over all and gathered-them under his broad, happy light. * Some days the young . inister moved )bout his little.garden, leaning on the arm of his guardian angel, his gentle wife Alice. But at last the coughI bocame so frequent that lie sat still all day in his great easy hair. And they gathered sweet smelling roses and brought him, till the room looked ike ah'Eden. Fresh fruits, too, laid always beside him, and a cage full of canary birds hung above his windowv. It did -seem as if heir melody was wilder, sweeter and softer in lis presence than it was wont to be; and every bod lowent to that sick chamber, Without a murmur sat the patient invalid, aiting.till lie should be called. When lie ud been well, the eloquence of his tongue uid chairmed thousands; now that lie was ;ick, the eloquence of his silence wrought a eeper work. None who called upon him were denied admittance ; and the youug, the thoughtless went from his presence to pray God silently, it may be, but fervently, that He would give them the grace to bear lliction that seemed vouchsafed to this oung servant of the Most High. Those ho had listened to him for years unmoved by anything like genuine contrition, nelted ito tears when lie took their hands in his; so thin and wasted, and burst out it, such xpressions of rapture, while from his face eamed forth a glory that was never of arth. "Put back the blinds, love, and let me see all of earth I may ; for miy Father will call me to-night. The bitterness has passed Alice, the exceeding bitterness of parting; eving you and~my precious babes. 1 am, s it were, almost transformed ; I seem to e bathing in an ocean of light, and the hole way of heaven thronged wi,th angels s open to my visionl. A slight sob was heard. "It is Mary," said his wife, " she has come to tell you~ that she has found peace in be ieving." A sudden joy flashed from his beautiful face. " Conic here, Mary," lie said ; " lamb over wvhom 1 have w~~ept and prayed, receive y blessing. Tfell pie what has wr-ought this clannge; you so gay, you who said you hated serious things, can it be that I see you thus ? Oh, God, be thankful !" "Dear minister," said Mary, checking her grief, " when I have heard you preach Sabbath after Sabbath, though your words often touched my heart, I would not believe that you did more than talk because it wvas 'our profession. I said, I thought, religion is nothing but a name: it bars us from plea sure; it makes us moping and sad; and while you have been sick, oh ! how I have wvatched that I nmight say you was but as others. Blut it has not been: so. Inm pain, that same light shone on your brow ;you praised and glorified God." Yon said-how happy-how happy beyond all power to tell, this beautiful faith makes mec ! You have talked of heaven as a reality ; your very smile wvas a sermon. I could not rest; I knew I miust die sometime ; l too wvanted to rejoice. I have given up all; my Saviour has accepted me"-and she bowed her head upon his hand and wept. Ienry turned to his wife. " These words make a pillow of roses for my dying hour," lie said, smiling faintly, " elh! Alice has my shor t life been in vain ?" " No," responded a manly voice, and the oldest of three brothers, stood before him "Dear Sir," he continued, if it will afford mmore peace in your last hour, know that my brothers and myself wvithm whom you have so often laibored, have at once and forever renounced our skepticism. We have seen 'your faith tested. Astonished have we en tered your room and listened, while you told of the eternal world. In your face wve have was secured by the Compromise, arid was so regarded by Clay, Clayton, Jackson, and other gr-eat meon of the day. M r. Stephens, of Georgia, said the poInt at issue was that Jackson put dhown nullifi cation, and not whether Jackson was a pro tective tariff man:. Jackson wtas a protective tari-ff an nd lna m ltougtf thatn lie so remain ed until his death. repeated that hi staItmIent was Jac ',did not put dowi nullification ; and. w 'or South Carolina was right or wrong,' ,ere was no giving way on her part. Mr. Stanly. . You sail more than that. Mr. -Stephens remakid that he had saik the Government gave way against the bil which South Carolina garded as odious He did not say that the $overnment entirel' abandoned the protect' policy. lie insist ed that South Carolina Iintained her posi tion until the Jackson p*ty here let go theil hold. If there was a3y9giving way, it wai on the part of the FdWeral Government. South Carolina, howevlr * much he mighl disagree with her in polky, never quailed; 1r. Stanly observed-te did not refer t< Sdiuh Carolina in his'arks about nullifi. cation. Jackson ian04? doctrine of protec tion never can be bf ' d. The amendmenoY nly was thea rejected. AlMCDOTE OF StEN GRARD. The following capitif-anecdote, illustra. tive of the late Stepheo irati, of Philadel phia, is from the New dford Mercury: Mr. Girard had a fav rite clerk, one who every way pleased him, 'and who, at the age of twenty-one years, expected Mr. G. to say something'of his fiuture prospect, an. perhaps lend him a helping hand in starting him in the world. BuM %lr. G. said nothing, carefully avoiding the subject of his escape from minority. At length, after the Iapse of some weeks, the clerk mustered-courage enough to ad dress Mr. G. upon the spbject. " I suppose,-sir," said .the clerk, "I am free, and I thought I wduld say something to you as to my future course." " Yes, yes, I know youp are," said- Mr. G "and my advice to you1s that you go Llnd learn the cooper's trade." This' announcement iell nigh threw the clerk off the track ; but recovering his equi librimn, he said if Mr. Q. Was in eariicst he would do so. "1 am in earnest,''-was the reply. The-clerk rather hesitatingly sought one of thl best coopers, and agreed with him upon the terms of apprenticeship, and went at it in good earnest,'and in the course of time made as good a barrel as anybody. He went and told Mr. Girard lie had gradu ated with all the honors'of the craft, and was ready to set up his business, at which the old man seemed gratified, and told ,him to make three of the best barrels e. ould. The young cooper selected the 'est mate rials lie could, and soon put into shape and finished three of the best l~rrets, and wheeled I u 1. ~ counting room. demanded the price. One dollar," replied the clerk, " it is as low as I can live by." " Cheap enough!" said the employer, make out your bill and present it." And now comes the cream of the wh1ole. Mr. G. drew a check for $20,000, and ha:.ded it to the clerk, closing with these words: " There, take that, and invest it in the best possible way, and if you are un fortu nate and lose it, you have a good trade to fall back upon, which will afford you a li ing at all times." MAD TanouCni EXCEsIvE Joy.-A wri ter describing the Lunatic Asylum at Miack well's Island, says: Here is a womnn whom joy has deprived of her senses. 11er hus band and child were on board a vessel wvhiich was wrecked. Going down to the shore every day, as if the wish of being nearer the beloved ohjects that lay buried beneath the sea suddenly she beheld them handing from a vessel w"hich had picked them up and saved them. An overwhelming flood of joy pe vaded her bosom-and then reason was gomn forever. She never has known them since, but sits on what she thinks the samie rock, where she used to bewail their fate, wring ing her hands and mnoaning most piteously, while every week the husbamnd and ion corn' and gaze on her face, in hope to rouse one: gleam of memory-but in vain. TiiE New York Journal of Commere announces the (heath of Dr. Junius Smith, in consequence of injuries r-eceived ini the: assault made on him a year or two ago, on his tea plantation in South Cairolina ; a post mortem examination having shown that he~ at that lime sustained a fracture of the skull. Dr. Smith was one of the earliest and most vigorous friends of trans-Atlantic steami navigation, he having as early as 1833 urged its feasibility and ultimate success The latter years of his life have beeni de voted to the naturalization of the tea plani in this country, in wvhich enterprise he huad met with a degree of success that entirely sn'isfied him of its practicability. His dleath' or .urred whilst on a visit to his son at . :oria, Ne w York. A NATIVE African, called Uncle Moore7, resides in Wilmington, N. C., eighty-three: years of age-for forty- five years a slave. His time is chiefly occupied in reading the: Scriptur's in Arabie. He writes the lan guage with remarkable accuracy and beauty of penmanship, and his original version el the sacred text, is said to be highly instruc' tive. A CoUTERFEIT One Dollar Bill, purport' ing to be of " the Bank of South Carolina,' wias shown to us yesterday. On the lef hand end of the bill is a ship under full sail and in the centre are twvo female figures. Ii is signed "George Martin, President," and( " John Brown, Cashier." It is a miiserabk fabrication, there being no genuine bills ii any manner resemibling it; but it wias never theless received in, the hiirry of business oi Saturday evening, by one not readily impos od upon, and as other similar notes may bi in circulation, it will be well to look out foi them. 'InE Andersdn aeie learils that Aller H'utchings, convicted for the murder of Tip pens, at the last sesstorl of Cbtirt, aild sen tenced to be hanged on the first Friday ii February, has obtained a respite until thi 1st Friday in May. M STEPHNS UPON NULLCATION. WE commend to the perusal of Our read era the following sparring debate which re cently occurred in the House of Represen. tatives at Washiangton. The remarks which I feU from Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia, upor i the power and effects of the position assumed by our State in the memorable contest of 1833, will bs read with interest and satis. faction by a'. Coming from the source it does, this tribute 'is one of singular value and should be appreciited accordingly. Mr. Venable offered an amendment, ap. propriating 83,000 for the completion of tihe pedestal of the statue of Aidrew Jackson, and for enclosing the same with an iron railing. Mr. Stanly moved to amend this by add ing," and this apiropriation is made not only in honor of Jackson's military services, but also because of his devotion to the Union, exhibited in his patriotic opposition to nulli fication and secession." Mr. Dean raised a question that this was not in order, because it was not to carry out any existing law. The Chairman decided the amendment to be in order. Mr. Stanly said, though his constitnents had the highest admiration for that great mail's conduct in war, they look upon his military achievements as thrown in the shade by his ardent, patriotic, undying de. votion to his country, as President of the United States, in putting down nullification and secession. He (Mr. S.) shared in this opinion. If lie had been old enough at the time lie should have voted against Jackson, and never supported his civil administration. He thought that Jackson, as President, committed many errors ; but lie claimed his gratitude, and had it. He claimed the grati. tude of his constituents, both Whigs and Democrats, anil had it. When this Union was in danger, as lie believed it was, disre. garding every thing else but a sense of duty, Jackson gave ctterance to that noble senti ment, which has made him immortal, " The Federal Uuion-it must be preserved." He was warmed with gratitude when he at tended the inauguration of the Jackson statue oii the eighth of January last, and lie looked with a swelliig heart on the inscrip tion upon its base. All honor for the milita. ry achievement, but more honor still for his conduct in the year 1833, when the senti ment to which he had referred was uttered. Let Congress show, not a nere wild admira. tion for Jackson's military services, but gratitude to the man, who, as President, said that the Union must be preserved, and Mr. Jones, of 'ennessee, rose to a ques. tion of order, and appealed from the deci. sion of the Chair. [Cries, " Too late."] A man under that decision could make a speech after the debate has been closed. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, was opposed to the amenidment. lie did not concur in the remarks of the gentleman from North Carolina, nor in the sentiment expressed iml tie proposition. lie did not understand that Jackson ever put down nullification in this country. When and where was it done ? That General Jackson, as President of the United States, and as a citizen, was against the doctrine of nullification -as taught by South Carolina, he conceded, but that Jack. son ever put down nullification lie denied. Did Jackson ever silence it? lie might agree with the gentleman from North Caro ina as to the principles announced in the proclamation ; but if the gentleman wvould look to the history of the country lie would fid that thme principle of nnllification wais never abandoned until thme doctrine of pro. tection, against which South Carolina con tended, was abandoned. Mr. Stainly remarked it w~as never aban doned and never wvould be. Mr. Stephens thought that protection was abandoned by the Compromise tariff bill, as moved in the Senate. Mr. Stanly said that secured it. Mr. Stephens replied, the spirit of nullifi cation, whether right or wrong, was never yielded until there was a yielding on the part of the Government until the Compromise w~as passed. Whether right or wrong, this is :at tested by his, lHe was no nullifier. But lie repeated, history bore him out ini the asser tion that Jackson did nmot put down nullifi cati on. T1hme question was taken on Mr. Stanly's amendment, and decided in the negative aves 52, noes 72. Mr. Stanly moved to amend the amend ment of his colleague (Mr. Venable) by in creasing the appjro[priation for completing the pedestaml of the statue of Jackson from $3, 000 to $4,000 stating that the money would be wvanted next year. lie said that the gen teman from Georgia had remarked that Geni. Jackson did p~ut down nullification, and Mr. Hloustoni rose to a point of order. lie wished the gentleman to confine himself to the proposition before the committee. Mr. Stanily replied he would. . Mr. Houston ivished the gentleman to show wvhy the amendment should be adopt Mr. Stanily resumed, Jackson was against nullification as long as lie lived, and he put down thme spir-it of rebellion in 1833. Last y-ear he (Mr. S.) was elected with reference to this matter, when thme spiirit showed itself in his district. Though lie lost a few Whmig votes, he gained hundreds of Democratic votes, while avowing the principles he now avowed here. Mr. Houston again interrupted the gentle man, but The Chairman, decided that he w~as in dr ter, and had a right to speak of the public services of Anidrew Jackson. Mr. Stanly said thme country would remem er the public services of General Jackson tvith gratitude as long as they remember the aname of Jackson. Ever since hae grewv up - to man's estatej he was as much for a pro - tective tariff as Ufreene in the Revolution, ai d Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, Sand other patriots, wvere desirous of being r.. r.m n,-tih thraidom. Sustaianing hih proclamation against nullification, he deter i mined to have protection. He took issue with the gentleman from Georgia, that the Compromnise tariff did not secure protection. Home valuation was one of the plainest fea tures of it, as history attested, and if this had been carried out protection would have been given to American manufacturers. Protec. tion, so far from being abandoned in 1832, beheld a brightness and beauty that we knew must be more than mortal. Your very voice melted into our hearts; oh! sir, we knew that this religion could not be vain. And now with the help of God," lie con tinued, solemnly, " we will rest neither night or day till we too have an interest in the re ealed religion of the Most Holy Savour of mankind." Never was seen a sweeter smile than now played about the lips of the dying pastor. hlis hands gently unfolded, his meek eyes, closed softly and tremulously, his head 1 rested against the bosom of Alice, who bent, closer to that dear form. It is their music-they call-they beckon -I bear sweet news to them," lie murmured, and his lips were still, his heart at rest. The faithful pastor had gone to his reward. A long train of mourners wended their way to the little village church-yard. "There," said a pompous, world-wealthy t man, pointing to the hearse, " there goes one t who has thrown his life away; he was a t mininster-workced himself to death, and what reward has lie I" Readerjudge thou. X. A. D. . , c DR. GARDNER.-This gentleman, whose d name has been so extensively published in connexion with the awards of the Mexican Commission, in the papers of the country, e returned to Washington on Thursday from r a visit to Mexico. It is stated lie is in full * possession of the facts proving beyond con- v troversey the existence of the silver mine a claimed by him near San Duis Potosi, of t] which he alleges lie was dispossessed by the p Mexican authorities, and for which an award 1 was made in his favor by the Board of Com- v missioners, under the treaty. The editor of c the Baltimore Sun had on Friday an inter- b view with Mr. Henry Mary, the chief officer n of the commnission, and learns from him e that all these publications are unauthorized, and that none of them eminate from the a members of the board, who are under strict I injunctions of secrecy. Moreover, he inti- o mates very properly that, whatever evidence n may be in the hands of the commission, Dr. 9, GardiTer is entitled to an unbiassed public opinion, in the position he occupies before - the country, as an individual awaiting a d legal investigation before a proper tribunal. - ers wo wentoutoLOII eLIX1UJ9 mines, contradicts -the report published in d the Providence Journal, that the Commis- I sioners were attacked by robbers in Mlexico; ti and lie also asserts that it. is untrue about c their having said the Gardner mines were nnt found. The members of the commission are all ti under injunctions of secrecy, and the re- ti tuit of their labors will not be known to the si public until officially promulgated. li n IF IT WASN'T FOR PRID.-But for pride, 0 many a man who sits in the poor-house g porch to-day, might have rested in the b shadow of his own house-hold tree. But t, for pride, many a miserable woman in the purlieus of vice might be now a happy and e respected wife and mother. But for pride, that youth who snecers at patches and lets a his niother carry his bunidles, might grow te up a useful member of society, instead of f, dragginig along a wvretched life, and dying a' infamous. But for pride, that foolish girlv mighit be the companion of a man, a high souled, intelligent mechanic, instead of the worthless, brainiless creature, with his mious tache, his airs, and his ignorance. But for pride, the inhlabitants of yonder princely dwelling might pay their honest debts, quar- ti rel less over extravagant bills, eat more r wholesome lood, sleep sweeter, and liveJ longer. f But for pride, the consumptive girl, dying as it were by inches, worn night and day by fi a rackinig cough, might be healthy, hearty and happy-loving life, enjoying the soci ety of dear lfrinds-but those thin shoes! Ah cofort, and love, and joy, and every thing that makes life beautiful, does pride strip from us.- Olive Branch. Ba CoMP'REHENsvE.-TIalk to the point and stop when you have reached it. Tihe faculty that some possess, of making one idea cover a quire of paper, is not good for much. Be short and comprehensive in all you say or write. To fill a volume upon nothing is no credit to any body ; though , Lord Chestorfield wrote a very clear poem on nothing. T1here are men who get one idea into their heads, and but one, and they make the most of it. You can see and almost feel it when in their presenice. On all occa sions it is produced, till it is worn as thin as charity. T1hmey reniind me of a twenty-four ~ pounder discharging at a huming-bird. You hear a tremendous noise-see a volume of fimie, but you look in vain for the effects. c Tne bird is scattered to atoms. Just so d with the idea-it is enveloped in a cloud and ot amid the rumblinig of words and flour ishes. Short letters, sermons, speeches, anid I paragraphs, are favorites with us. Corn mend us to the young mani who wtrote to his father, '- Dear sir, I am going to be ritar red," and also to the good old gentlemani C who replied, " Dear son, go ahead." Such are the men for action. They do more thian they say. The half is not told in these cases. They are wvorth their wveight in gold | for every purpose in life; Reader, be short, and wve will stop short wvith thme advice. TiHE small pox Is ragIng to an alarming extent at Marshmallsville, Ga. TIhe South- I western Rtail Road Company give notice to I the public that they have suspended comnmu nication with the place, in order to allay the apprehensons of travelers. A false friend is like at shadow on a dial, it appears in clear weathei-, but vaidshes as son a a cloud appears. VOREIGIF TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. Ve copy the following from the New York Economist, a paper edited by one of the most able financial writers in the coun try The actual existing trade between thin Dountry and Great Britain is immediately in favor of this country. For the year 1851, the apparent balance in favor of the U States was $12,262,754, yet there was a. balance of specie setiL tu England. One muse of this was the fact that our exported produce realized less than it was invoiced it. Another cause was that the balance of rade between the United States and France, Spanish West Indies, Brazil and China was. igainst this couttry-these bills were to a rery large extent, running on London for ;ettlement. At the same time a great many West India and provincial bills on England . ire sent here for sale, according to- the. >alance due from the dependencies to the nother country for goods bought, as well is for government purposes.- The sales of mr produce in England alone pay that vhich we buy of English goods, pay for he purchase of tekitn China and coffee inl 3razil, as well as goods of the state-, of 4'urope, through the intervention of bills. 3enco the old theories of an unfavorable rade with any country, because official re urns show an apparent amount to be paid o her, have long since been e;ploded. The export of farm produce, cheese, hanis, bc., to England has increased 'vithin ten 'ears near two millions. This forms a redit against which long bills may be rawn and transmitted to Canton, and iven in payment for tea. The tea merchant ays them away or sells them to the pur haser of opium from the English East India ierchant. In the hands of. the latter, they re the best remittance to London, for hich there is constant demand. On their rrival in London they are discharged with se avails of Western produce sold to- the eople of En'laud. Similar bills are run ing upon London from almost every point 4ith which the United States hold inter ourse. The effect of this is to extend the asis of our credits, and to improve the eans ofi buying from all the nations of the arth. What London is to the commercial world s the common centre of exchange, is New ork to the United States. All the bldances f the trade of all the ,States are hiere ulti. vately -settled; and from this pointthe final ettlement with Europe takes plaiiea. ..Akt the' resent moment,there is nothing dae Europe - -that is, the supply of bills is equalu the emand, and the rate is- at par, riving engines by caloric. The Lynchburg irginian ascribes the invention to a man by ie nanme of Prouty, born and raised in the ity of Richmond. Slie learned the gunsmith business in the rmory, removed to Augusta, Georgia ierd he constructed and put into operation 10 very engine about which there is at pre ent so much noise. His machine was pub. cly exhibited at the Bell Tavern, in Rich iond, in 1852, at which (late a patent was blained, and an engine constructed in Au usta, which drove a pair of mill.stones; ut for want of capital the contrivance was mporarily made and had to be abandoned." We have an indistinct recollection of the ngine spoken of above, and we will take ains to inform ourselves on the subject. hr. Prouty was a highly respectable and en >rprising mechanic, and resided in this city >r several years. If any benefit is to be erived from this discovery, to his family, it ill lie gratifying to our citizens, Uis widow Sstill a resident of this city.-Augusta Con titutionalist. THE Solution of Citrate of Magnesia, chieb is no~v rapidly growing in popular es mration as a mild, safe and( tasteless aperient edicine, is, as we learn fronm the Amecrican ournal of P'harmnacyi vol. XVI., prepared as >llows: First prepare six twvelve once bottles, and t to them corks of the best quality. Trake of Citric A cid, six ounces; Carbonate of Magniesia. four ounces. Lemon Syrup, twelve fluid ounces. Water, as amuch as may be required. Dissolve the Citric Acid in two pints of ater, previously heated; add to it three unees and a half of the Carbonate of Mag esia, and as soon as it is dissolved, strain r filter, as the case may demand, distribute ;equally between the six bottles, and add >each two fluid ounces of lemons syrup. 'he remaining half ounce of Carbonate is -iturated smoothly with sufficient water to ake six fluid ounces, and a fluid ource of e mixture added to each bottle, which ould then be filled with water and imme iately corked and tied over securely. Iit e course of half an hour, with occasional gitation, the Carbonate will be dissolved, nd the eliminated Carbonate Acid retained y the solution if the corks girove good. Tusm American Colonmizitionm Society have lected the lioting Vice-Presidents in ad. ition to the former ones; which remain early the same as last year: lion. Edward Everett, of Massachusetts; on. Washington Hlunt, of New-York ; H on. orat io Seymour, of New-York; lion. Jos. a Wright, of Indiana; Hon. Jos. C. Horna lower, of New Jersey; Hon. Geo. F. Foot, f New Jersey ; Gen. John S. Dorsey, of (e Jersey ; H~on. Ralph J. Ingersoll, of Jonnecticut; Benj. Silliman, L. L. D., of Jonnecticut ; lion, Joseph R. Ingersoll, ef 'ennsylvania ; Hion. Edward Colesi of Pa,; er. Howard Malcolm, D. D., of Pennsyl ania ; Rev. J. P; Durbin, D. D., df Pennsyl ania ; Edward McGee, Esq., of Mississip. >ii; TIhomas llenderson, Esq., of Mississippi; aniel Turnbull, of Louisiana; Hon. Thos. I. Seymour, of Connecticut; and the Hon. amuel F. Vinton, of Ohio. IF a Nieek's board comes to fiive doIIarso ahat will a load of plank amount to t