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Nov.14 tf 51 A B N ELR P ERRIIN, AGENT for the Provecution of Claims f.mr Boun ty Land. Revolutioinary an.1 other Pensions Office at Edgehield C. 11. S. C. Feb 23 if G Savannah Mutual Insurance Co. ONTINl' to take FIRE and MIARINE RISKS on the moest favorable terms, at their tey in llamburg. E. J. BUCK3L.\STER, AGENT. Nov. 23, 1Z53. 3m 44 Etna Insurance Company, T IlkE Subseriber. as Ageit of the abmove Cm pany, will take FIRE ahd MARINE RISKS at satisfttry rates. E. J. B LCKNl ASTER, AGEN. ;o 23 3mi 45 National Safety Insurance Co. I NNSUR.NCE taken on Livts by this Company. TNI. Agency a t I abur: . E. J. BUC Fresh and Pure Medicines, &c r l1E Subscriber has just received a SE LECT T STOCK of 1 Family Medicines, Chemicals, &c. . . --cossisxG IN PAiT oF linte of Quinine. Pure Pill Mhws, up. Carbonate of S.Nda, Caloiel, Henry's Cal. Mlagnes a, Criam of Tartar, Epsi salts, 1"dine, Sulihate of Nlorphilne, Iml.ile m-f Pottasseui, Lump .Aagitesia. Strycline. ium's Elixir of Opittn, lFaliicstmock's Vermifuge, Tiomnpton's Eye Water, j.\leAlist.-r's Ointment, Cheesmn'is IBalsam, l:Evatsm' .aneects. Norwood's Veratrumi Viride. Ani a full supI.iv of Imst all the populr Patent licinmes of th .1 day, adl f whi It are warranted free from adulteration. G. L. PENN. A r.T. Oot 21; tf -1 .w R' ETrO A L I Boot and Shoe M~anufactory. H A \ING removeid to the Store adjoining Dr. A. G;. TEAGUF's Drug Stiire, as usual, I .am pre pared tm miake to order, Fine Dress, Double soled Water Proof andi 'uamp Boots and Shoes, Of thre very BEST AMATERIALS, and an excel kunt lit always warramntedl. Also. oni hand a large vairiety of BOOTS and SHOES of nmy owmn matnufature, which will be *disposed of oni rea'oniable termis. WM1. MlcEVOT. Nov. l6 tf 44 gg N. fl -Wanted. three apprentices to learn the Shoe-making bumsiness. P'lease apPly sit" Groceries! 50 IIIIDS. SL0.R, .Also 5L Darels STEW AR'S do 200 Un;gs COF'FEE. '25 Hlh'ds. MiOL ASSES, eent Cimils ROPE, iomec very snperior, it00 Bales Guniny and Dundee BAG6'INO. 30 WVhile, Ib-li and1 (enarter Ble. Nit 3. No 1. anid Mess MA CKbER EL, also Kits, 4 And we would AL~so state," that we have a fine Dasortment (if Blankets, Negro Cloths, B~edsteadls, Chairs, saiddles, Osnahnras, Stripies, iron, Nails. Oils, Wh'te Lead. Hibot, hJar Lead, Salt,'Cheese, Potwdler, Soap, Rice, Uncon. &c., &ec.. &e-, .Antd in facet, every article tsually fomnd in a Gro cery Store. J sIBLEY & SON. Harmburg, Nov 14, tf 44 Groccries and Statple Goods. W havet rnow on hanid, and shall conitinueiL to VVreceive additiomns throughmout the business reason, a COM1PLETE STOCK 01" GROCE RIES, comprising every thing usuially' kepit in a (Oroery Store. A mong whlich miay be etnumnerated thie following (Guniny amnd Dundee Bagging, Baile Ropje andr ' Twite, Jhacon anid Ilanms, Milasses aondl Surr of every description, Natils, Potty amndI Ghist. -Linseedl anid Train Oils, and White Lead; $~alt, Iron, Sloes a:nd I'anikets; Tobaceo, Leather. Confi e and Teca: Osnahurgs, Brown Shtirtinigs anid Cotton Yarns, Riee, Soamp, &c. For sale on the most rea sonable terrmm. LARK & BUCK3MASTER. Ihamburg, Nov. I1G 3m 44 Fire Works for Christmas I T11IE Subscriber is just, receivitig a large lot of ..the best No. 1 Gold Brand Fire Crackers ! A co~.ETIr .ssson-ratr tiTOP 'Rockets, Pin Wheels, Triangles, Miines of Stars, arnd every variety of SOrnamentaI and Useful Goods, Sultabre for Chiristmams presents. OT Call at Vanrie ty Store.- - J. A. - I UIiY Austan. Ga.. Nov 16 ~ *. f 43 NOTE THE BRIGHT HOURS ONLY. A leawon of itself sublime, A lesson worth enshrining, Is this-" I take no heed of time, Save when the sun is shining."1 These motto-words, a dial bore, And wisdom never teaches To human hearts a better lore Than this short sentence teaches. As life is sometimes bright and fair, And sometitnes dark and lonely, Let us forget its pain and care, And note its bright hours only. There is no grove on earth's broad chart But has some bird to cheer it; So hope sings on, in every heart, Although we may not hear it; And if to-day the heavy wing Of sorrow is oppressing, Perchance to-mo.row's sun will bring The weary heart a blessing. For life is soametimes bright and fair, A nd someti.es lark and lonely Then let's forget its toils and care, A nd note the bright hours on!y. We bid the joyous moments haste, And then forget their glitter We take the cup of lire and taste Ni portion but the bitter; Eut we should teach oiur hearts to deem Its sweet drops the strongest; A nd pleasant hours should ever seem To linger round u. longest. As life is sometimes bright and fa'r, Anti sometimes dark and lonely, Let us firget its toil and care, And note its bright hours only. The darkest shadows of the night Are just before the morning, Then let us wait the coning light, All boding phantoms scorning; And while we're passing on the tide (if -Time's fast ebbing river: Let's pluck the blossoms by its side, Ani bless the gracious river. As life is sometimes bright and fair; And sometimes dark and lonely, We should forget its pain and care, A nl note the bright hours only. offis Etit Mit ?aA.. THE HUCKSTER FMY The following strange inci ,vhile I was living in Gernn. In the neighborhood of Vienti onogli pleasant11 womuan, who supp< lie enltivation of vegetabales, w hit f in the Vienna market. She in.... uited a small oitise. :ttached to which was her vegetable gar It,-n. Yonng as ,he was she had been married ; jut her huband had died leaving her a little irl who %%as now just old enough to run about mud play wit h :he children in -the n-ighborhood. The iother was still handsome and desirous 'if a second marriage. About this time, indeed, here was visiting her a young man for whom die had conceived :in affi-etion, and whose pro iositioi of marriage she was'now beginning im iatiently to await. But no proposal was made. Ak dark'thought finally crossed the young wo 's tind, and that there must be some ob. ;acle in the wav, and that this obstacle was, in dil probability--the child. An unnatural rtruggle of je;lousy took place, cvhich resulted in a fearful determiination-she aoul d miake awwiv with the chaild! Benenath her h'on'e was a deep cellar, where ~he oenstionally stored her vegetables. Taking her child by thie hand one day, she led it down stair-, and thrustIng it inside, closed the door, locked it :and hurried up stairs. Thme same evening her lover came ; they sat eha:ttini!e toget her. but no mention was mazde of the little absentee. The next day after a de sertion of twenty-four hours, the mother went softly down and listen at the door. The quick ear of the child eaught hier mothers step, amnd she i;plored her to take her out of thtat dark place-she was cold and very hungry, No ant swer was returned, and the mother erept quiet lv tup stairs. *In the evening the lover came again. They took supper together, and passed a social eveti ing. After a second twenty-four hours had passed, the moither made another visit to the child. Again the little sufferer heard her, d with feeble voice begged fo'r a crutst of bread only one crust of bread. This ptulled a lit tle tip on the mother's heart, but-her purposes was fixed. Another day passed. The mother went quiet ly down stairs and listened. All was silent. Shie opened softly the door-the child lay dead. Taking swiftly the body up stairs, she laid it upon a bed ; and immewdiately making a great outery, called the nieighbors together, telling I them that her child hnad suddenly died. And so' it seemed. The day after there was a funeral. The child was lying ini its collin bestrewn with flowers, brought by the little lalymiates In the neighbor hood. wyho had come to attend the funeral of their favorite. The procession moved towards the gniet Gou.acker. (God'snacre) where was to be plainted this seed of an immortal flower. A clergymnan was in attendance. The mother stood looking down upon, the grave, over whicht the holy man wis repeating, wit h solemn voiice, " Onr Fat her, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom oeute thy will be done on'earth nis it'is in heaven. Give us this duy our daily bread A piercing shriek, and the mother fell with a groan to the earth. Lo~oking wildly around hier, she then, in erazed and gibbering accents, related to the shuddering throng at the grave the very deed her own hands had committed. She lived not long after. Crazed and smitten by the hatnd of God, she miserably died; a sig nal instance of the Great Revenger, antd a start ling lesson upon the words: Gire us this day our daily bread. Is Washington cIty, where a majority of the housekeepers in a square must sign the petItion of a dram-seller, to enable him to obtaini license, ns high a price as a hundred dollars has withIn a few weeks past been paid for a sIgnal signature. This is a profitable busIness. IT Is stated that wages on the Alabama and 'Bigbee rivers this season are for pilots $250 per mtonth : for first engineers $150, and for sets ond engineers $100, while the boys at the en gines tire paid $50 and deck hatnds $60 and $'70 ner month, SCHOOL-GIRLS SHOULD BE SCHOOL-GIRLS. The following well written article we copy alm the Southern Ladies' Companion, at the particular request of one of our lady acquain. tances. We commend its excellent observations to the attention of mothers. As girls are usually at selt o! from an early period till wi~in a short tine of thieir inarriage, it is important that they acquire habins of indus try, neatness and economy during the Lime they are at school, and especilly in the instances where they are from home at a boarding school. How are these important lessons usually taught in our f'emale colleges! Are girls taught to make, or even to mend, and carefully look after their own clothing? Are they taight habits of neatness ! Or ralier, is not the whole natter of keeping their apparel, their rooms, and other mAtters, in neat order, left entirely to servants or other persons ? As to economy, girls have a poor opportunity at many of our schools, to learn that the word has any practical use. The daughters of wealthy parents tire indulged by their parents and teachers in expensive apparel, jewelry and the rest. Those in more moderate circumstances, not having tlie courge to be placed in a lower caste, by living within their means, strain every nerve to keep pace with the wealthy in a career of extravagance. We have known the heads of female schools,-instead of restraining this tendency to extravagance, to en courage it. An examination or sonie other pa geant, is to coame off; and, for the credit.of the school, lie wishes the girls to show to the best advmtarge possible befilre the pnblic. The pa. rents are at a distane, anid the principal encour ages tle girls to make accounts and purchase goods for the occasion, on credit. Sugges tons of this kind are readily fiolloiwed by girls natin rally desirous to mate a fair show', and tihe fathers or guardians are run in debt withont their knowledge and consent; and We have known cases in which these extra expetses have exceed ed the whole cost of boarding, tuition, and all either regular expenses. Such a course tiy gtiin the principal favor with thoughtless girls but the father, who on coming for his daughter, with money enough to pay the regular school :hargre, finds as much more charged against htim| for what he was neither willing nor able to in dulge his daughter in. will fleel that lie has been imposed upon. not to say defrauded. One ex. :ellent means of counteraet ing t his evil is, by the establishing a unifurin dress for tile students, >f a plain ehenp, subsitntial character, rejeccing il jewelry and ornanciits, and aliowing then to ippear abroad in no other; and we are grat ifi-d o notice that this iourse has been adopted in Mine fof our fenalc schools.and with fine elrect. It tends to promote both the economy and re mtblicant equality, so essential to tile success of mch schools. And nothing c:in be more pro. tidicial to the prosperi!y of a school tian the oatering of cascs, r.- any kind of aristoerneyin hemn-cigenidering envy. jealousy. N nore. it wonuitii i . ar 1onum" en",eCKiog tle evil inder notice; l-or what good reason ean bI hown for bedecking a little girl of twelve or ouurteen in the gauil and trappings of an oriental ride, imerely to study in, or to appear in is a eCbool girl at churcb or ai examiatiliDn ? In the irst case, they should be apparelled in neat, ommon clotinliig-r, in Whieb, they wvotld be coil- t urtable and perfectly at case ; and in the secomi, hey should appear in the simple unifurmn of heir school. Scarcely, anythinig CaIn appear ore ridiculous, in the eves of a sensible person, han a girl at her books, laced, and dressed. and owelled ul like an actress. They are but chool-girls, and they ibould appear in charac er. Where the opposite course is adopted, -oung men readily take the very intelligent lint that these finely dressed little maidens are hus tnseasonably offering themselves in the natrimonial mart, antd are not b tekward ini bes owing ttenitions and miakingt idrs. Now, give hose vouing men but a restrictedl olportuity f access to the society oef the little ladies-they re dressed as "yotung ladies" from eight or teni ears old-and soon we have a line exhibition of rallantries, billet de u e, nntd the rest. Parents iress their children like brides, nnd so ad vertise hem as dispostible commodities ; teachers allow oung men to visit their girls, converse with hem, heair thetm play, aecomupanty them with the lute or voice ; perhaps ttmend themt to church md on their eveiing walks; and yet their pa -,:nts antd teachers tire utterly at a loss to ne-. :ount for the results which they have themaselves roduced; they cantnot imaiginec why their g'irls ill not study, :md htavt' n utter .'ersion to ooks-viilainot'. love-sick novels ailways ex -eted--why they are so fonid oif the companyiii of :me other sex, why they aire rendy to elope it i h worthless dandies and brainless fops. If piarenis .md teachers do not act in the piremnises with :ommnoni sense and discreetness, it is hardly rca sonable tot expect children to niet with pierfect prudence antd wisdomn. We aire nmuch pleaised o finid that some of our best female sclthol,and some too, in the most weailthy srections, ande pa tronized by the more wenithly elaan, tire rigidlly restraining all expenisiventess of dress, rejecting jewelry, anmd prohibiting the society of yountg men enitirely. Yet there tare eveni mothers to lie founid, who feair that, without mnixiing with the society of young men, their dtiughiters will faili to nequire case tand gracefuilness of manniiters, antd i are, therefore, willinig to pieril till else to secnre tese. For. the like grave reaison, there miustj also lie a daninig depatrtmecnt in mainy of onrt schools- in sonie entses publicly, in oithiers more or less secretly conducted, to teach the girls the Spoetry of mtotioni," ats if dancing motion haid. aything to do with impairting grace to the comn mnon movements of life. And wheni once you allow a girl's head to get full of fintery and beaux, and her hteels full of waltzes, polkus, and cotil lions, you may about .as well throw hter books in the tire anid marry her to the first simpleton who will take her oil' your hands-for hter days of study and improvement are at an end." Two Trishtmen went in a grocery store. One of them stid to the storekeeper. " Will ye be tafter giving me ai shilling's worth of tea and a loaf of bretidr' Thue storekeeper put up the articles, and hand ed them to Pt.L "Long life to your honor, much obliged to ye," said Paut as he turned to go ont. " But," said the storekeeper, " we want the pay." "An, shure I tnsked yer honor to give mte the things, and ye did, and Mike Mahontey is witness to it," and they left the store. A VERITABLE DOGBERRY.-A Matyor of the one of the Commnonst in Fratnce ltetly made the following entry upon his register : " I, Mayor of --, found yesterday in the for est of -, a matn by the name of Rollin, comn mitting an act nigtinst thte laws. I comimanded him to surrender, whtereuiponi lie seL upon me, heaped me with insult, tmnd contumely callingr me a ragga-mulflin, an ass, anid a preeious dolt, andl a scarecrow---all of which s crtify to be true." RICES OF TE OLD TESTAmT. ''here. is scircely4 screr evidence of low attainments in reli?on, than undervaluin the Old Testanenoi The mature christian finds it rich.in the ue gospel as the New, and the New is the.ky to the Old. " If the Psalms," says Irviun7 :in his brilliant intro ductibn- to Horne, gontain not the argu. ment of the simple trines, and the detail of the issues of the* spel, to reveal which the word of God b me flesh and dwelt among us, yet now tat the key is given, and the door of s tual life is opened, where do you find suc spiritual treasures as in the book of PsaIl414wherein are revealed the depths of the soJ sinfulness, the stout. ness of her rebellio gainst God, the hor rors of spiritual dosivtion, tho agonies of cont.-ition, the blessedLss of pardon the joys of restoration, the cabstancy of faith and every other variety of Christian experience? And if they contain no the narrative of Me siah's birth, and life; and death ; or the la bors of his apostolic servants, and the strug glings of his iniant ch'urch; as these are written in the books ofiie New Testament, where in the whole scriptures, can we find such declarations of the work of Christ, in his humiliation and U glory, the spiritual agonies of his death amidglorious issues of his resurrection, the wrestling of his kingdom with the powers of dirkness, its triumph over the heathen, and the overthrow of all its enemies?" Pauonair.-Lord Byron remarked that "the more delicate people become in words, the less they are in acts."1 This is true; for the most meretricious minds seek the dain ti est garments of words t' conceal the moral deformity. Every man of experien.:e knows the most accessible ladies are those who make the greatest pretension to excessive delicacy. The blue-eyed; romping, frank, open hearted girl who speaks her rind free ly, without affectatiod is as secure against aatacks as the rock 'of: Gibraltar; but the lady who spends the Mio/ning in pantidettinzg the legs of the piano, and weaving apt ons to conceal the beauties of art inl marble Cupids and Physches, is sure to commit some devil mIeit in the dark before :night is over. Her mind is ever suggestive of some wrong. SAtnDwicn IsLAxD.4The ' Washington Union has an article on the recent movement A the Sandwich Islands iowards annexation :o the United Statesdnivh4 -- . . guverient nas had nothim 0 do in bringing about the state of things vhieh seems likely soon lo result in an ap >licati)n from the Sandwich Islands for an iexation, we are assured by the doctrines of President Pierce's Inaugn 1, as well as by he American sentiment of ae administration, hat the application will refeive prompt con tideration." TIE American consulie has been the ucans, under the intellig t managenment of h1e acting incumbent, of inging about an uterchange of seeds, pli, ts, fruits, works >f science and art, betwen Cuba and the United States, which ma lead to an inter-. shange of more social tentirneiits, while .. lantional interests are pro ted. I C The captain.general, a president of the "Junto de Fomento," pl -ed in cha.-ge of I Col. Robertson two or t ce demijohns of the best tobacco se'ed, t be sent to the e Patent Office at WVashin on, for distribu- a tion, in return for the pglished documents j: of that department, (lad volume,) which e have been transmitted to iim through the a American consulate. Tl e packagen left ' by the Crescent City fo~ their destination. t Shacts " bear he~in on theirwig; and~ prepare for still bettd things. Yt,c~o MIEN FOR OFrCEas.-One cf the a English naval newspapms thus expr~assest what hats gradually becois a prevalent opin- nI ion with the majority in tis country: "There can be no douy. that if the junior t oficers of the late expejion in search of ~ Sir John Franklin had anmanded, instead of their seniors, the northyst passage wvould have been made matiy y rs since, and per. I hapas some account gi $i ofr the fate of a Franklin. It is perhaps :j vore observation, but its truth cr.ust presaijion the mind of everybody who has wated the proceedinigs it of each expedition as osely as we have p done." LI d TnE FASTEsT PAeER I THE WORLD: NOT 1K DEAD.-A5 there have he~ various rumors cir- si enlated within the last tpweeks, respincting cl the celebrated pacing hoi Hero, we give the si following upon reliable uination. This great a blooded animal was recEty matched against p the fast trotter, Prince, ta ten mile conitest, without stopping at eithielnt. As will b~e re- 13 collected, the pamcer gave e. on the eighth mite, and the wager of $10,00was won by Prinee. Th le second match betweithe same celebrat ed e~ steeds was for $6,000, 4 on the ninth mile Hero again failed, but exlited a most superior I blood and nerve, and probly could have wvon the race, had he been ur~i to his utmost by " Mr. Spieer, who at onceelined pushing him, si and gave up the contest. t .has since been re ported that Hero died frs the eff'ects of these two great heats. This, liever, is not, the case, 0 as the pacer is in fine ednion, and last evening 4 an experienced reinismasffered to bet from $2.000 to $5,000, that ro could go his mite tE in 2.40 La less than two sks.-N. Y. Express. ~ --- ,t YOUNG, A MElIeA.--J Pison," said a doating fattier who was about tpg his son into busi- I nesi, " what shall be thu('e of-tho newv firm?" " Well governor," said o one and twenty & youtt, looking up in theavens to find an an swver. " I don't know ;-; sajppose we have it9 ,John H. Samrplin and Far." Thie old gentle. Y1 nman was struck with. theiginality of the idea, " but could not adopt it. al "FELLOW ecTIZEss," d an Russell, re, p1 cent ly a candidate for rof public accounts in Slississippi, "you hatplled on me for a few A rematrks. I have none ako. Indeed, I ami Ino public speaker. If not desire to be a h~ WHAT S MODERATE DRINKING. ASwER.-It is the great deceiver of nations, promising health and long life, yet destroying more by its tendencies than war, famine, or the plague. It is a sweet moruel in the mouth, but gravel the stomach. It is the A, E, C, of drinking: the picture book, before the young and thoughtless to the worst of intemperance. It is a regular quack medicine,splendid promi ses, but performing no cure and yet demanding enormous pay. It is the starting point to the workhouse, the prison, the asyluni, and the gallows. It is the light fingered gentlemain, who feels every corner of the drawer, and to the very bot tom of his purse. It is the first step in an inclined plane of rapid descent, amooth as marble and .,lippery as glass, ending in an abyss of ruin. It is a beautiful serpent, whose fangs deadly venom are concealed by the dazzling of its enils. It is hypociisy personified, an alfected sobrie ty, while all is agitation and uncleanness within. It is the landlord's birdlime, by which he se cures, his victims, and fastens then in a ca. It is the entrance to a dliifflit fl avenue, linetd With deceitful flowers, charmiied with bewitelinmg sounds, but ending in caverns of tile dead. It is anl iguils faltunis, tempting its ated fol lowers over trembling b''gs. and tumbling them down a frightful precripice. It is the whirpool of ruin in which thousantds have sunk to rise no more. It appears as an angel light, assuming a smil- I ing countenance, but in reallity a demon of the bottomless pit. It is like a perpetual dropping, injurying man's constitution, far more than ocasionil: drunken ness. It is the birth-day and birth-place of all drtnk einess we have in the land. It provides an army of reserve, to recruit the ranks of the 60,000 who annually die by strong i drink. It is the body of union betwixt the drunken politicians, little drop niiisters, and all eneiies to the cause of teetotalism. THE PoWER OF A KIss.--We learni from a reliable source that a iarried couple were tra. veliig to an il) strean port, the man sickened I and died. When the boat tonrbed at 31emlphuis, the berieved and distressed widow landed there with the corpse; an undertaker was sent for, who came and took the measure for a collin. The collin was preparedand the body deposited therein, and all in readiness to take the mortal rema1ins of that dear hu.,band to its last, final resting place. The lady, with all the fond affec. tion and deep love of a wife begged'the privilege of taking one more look, a List parting L him wwll) n - r.. .sd U isia 1on. But for that fond loving wife, the husband might now be lying in a cold, damp grave. [Memiphi Whig. DocTOas.-If we examine the life of the prac. ising physician, we find it gilded and shining on I le surfnee; but beneath tile spangles how I inich pain and hardship! The practiing phy- t ;iciain is oiie of tihe martyrs of modern socitety ; % ie drinks the cup of bitterness, lie empties ito t he dregs. Ile is tinder the weight of an im nense responsibility, and his reward is but too often injustice and ingratitude. His trials leigin t the very gates of his eareer. IHe spends his uithful ;ears in the exhauwting investigvation Sanatonmy ; he brenthes the air of nutretction, ? nd is dat 'y exposed to all the perils of conta ion. Vitw him in the practice of his d:flicult c rt, which he has a.iuired at the risk of his Hite !( I saves ur cure his patient; it is the result of hanee, or else it is alleged tha't it is nature, and 3 atore alone, that cures di.e.s, and that the ti hiysiciani is only useful for form sake. Tihen, t (Insider the nmortificatiions lie has toi undergo, p then lie seen unbllushing ignorance wvin the suec- j ess which is denied to his learning .niid tatlents, J nd you will neknow'ledge that the trialh or the E hysician a-e not surpassed in any other buisiness f life. There is another evil the honorable phy ician has1 to contend with--a hideous and de- M ouirinlg evil, commenced by the world, sustnin d by the world, and seemingly forevermore des. K ned to be an infliction upon huma~:nity. This vil is quackery, which takes advantage of that eplorable instinct which act uailly seeks false ood, and pufers it to truth. How often do we t se the shamecless and ignorant speLenlator arrestk ie public attention, and attain fortune, while e-glect, obscurity and poverty amre the portion f the modest piractitioneir, who has emibrneed ie profession of medicine with conscientious ess, and cultivates it with dignity and honor. ____(Professor Carnochiau. A DEAD MAN AT DINNER.-While residing at c .omne, I paid a visit to the lunatic asylum there, o id amongst the more remarkable patients, one as pointedl out to me who had been saved witha unch diffieit.y fromi inflicting death upon him- st tlf by voluntary starvation in bed, under an ipression tl:nt lie was defunet, saying that dead !ople never~ ate. It was soon obvious to all fa it the is-sun must be fatal, when the humane dc )ctor bethought of the following stratagrem. nc aif a dozen of the attendants, dressed in whiite p' irouds, andc their faces and hands covered wit h th malk, were marched in single file, with de:;d t'u lenice, into a. room adjoining t hat of the patient, m here lie observed thema, through a door pur- bt sely left open, sit down to a hearty meal. pt "Haillo !" said lie that was deceased, present.-w to an attenilant, " who be they ?" thm "Deaud men." was the reply. cae " What !" rejoined tihe corpse, " do dead men b t ?" CI " To be sure they do, as youi see," answered T e attendant. an "If that's the ease," exelaimled the defunct, lik I'll join thecm, for1'mi famished ;" and thus in- ye antly was thie spell broken.-London Laneet. C. COMPLMETARY.-A Lonidon correspondent the Courier & Enquirer, under date of the Sr bI of November, forwvards the following: wl " A piece of news that may not be pleasing Americans, is this: Twenty-six refmned ne 'iminaas have been sent to the United States, ta is week, as free emigraints, by the London Re- sui rmatory Institute. On Thursday, there wais a to nave taking. Speeches were made, and Lord lin laftesbury shook hands wvithi each of the emi -aints. This nobleman is very active in all chari ble movements, aiid seemsa to think the United I h ates a very fit place for the thieves and low Io hains of London. He has been instrumentalI sending numbers to your city, and whether ey be reforme~d or not, it is extremely doubtful >out their being a desirable acquisition to your wi puhation. They are sent becmause nobody hero ri ill give them employment, anid because the lv ustralians wont have them." PLACE a bone across a pork rind, anid you wve Bonypatrte crossing the Rhine. Thlis is in rmed " Illnstratedi Hietory." elh METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH PROPERTY. The New York Journal of Commerce of Fri day contains an official announcement of-the am ic'ble .settlement of the dispute which has so long existed between the two branches of the: Methodist Episcopal Church, North and South, in regard to the property which belonged to thtm inl common, prior to the separation. The terms: of the adjustment are withheld from the pnblic;' until the (courts which have long had the sub ject in charge) shall confirm their action to the new state of things; or in other words, issue a decree in conformity with the voluntary settle ment. The Journal says: "It is however safe to infer, that th adjust ment is b:ased on the principle of a pro rata-di vision of the property. No other adjustment - would be admissible, even if the courts decreed. some other, provided the two bodies are to con tinue separate. The Northern branch 'of the church never could feel easy in possession of thd whole property, because they know that the whole does not in equity belong to them. The effect of the compromise will be to al lay the bad feeling which. for some years past has existed between the. Churches North and South. We should not he greatly supprised to record, in the course of a few years, the re-union of the two bodies in one vast christian fraternity The friendly expressions contained in the certifi cates for adjustment clearly point in that diree Lion. It may even be possible tliat.the adjust ment is based on t prospective re-union, whih indeed is the most natural, as well as the most equitable course. " Messrs. Peck and Smith, the committee ap pointed to prepare a stateinent of the settlement for publication, say, niier a careful 'and most. friendly exantination of the whole question, the Southern Commissioners made a proposition. for a set lenent of their claim, which the comrais sioners for the New York. concern accepted. Nothing now remains to be done to consummate this desirable adjustment of a iaost troublesome - litigation but the - execution of the necessiiry papers, and the arrangements for the final decree of the United States Court for the Southern. District of New York, now in session in this eitv. " This settlement has been agreed upoi by the parlies without the arbitrament of a third part. y,l and is to each entirely satisfietbry. The 6om6ld sion of this sentiment was followed by thariks giving to God, and most. hearty exprea-ions.pf Christian 'ove and mutual confidence.:The feel ings,4 which prevail among the commissioners- of the two chur:hes, we may hope, is-a true type of that which will prevail hereafter throughout the bounds of our common Methodisni, North and South. - They conclnded by awarding credit to Judg 7e i. rency in the completion of the Z. J. DCII:y, of Wateree Division, No.- 9, G. seritbe. G. S. Bower, of Taylor Division, No. 8 G. T. Ebenezer Thayer, of Palmetto Division, No. 1, . C. Hugh Miller, of Fairfield Div. No. 13. G. ent. Rev. John R. Piekett, of Old 96 Div., No. 3, . Chiap. z GOLD DBsCovERIES ix TuRKEY.-The fame f the Pactolhs would seem to be endangered y some recent discoveries. Engineers have een lately going to and . fro among the vales nd hills of the classic regions, looking into the inde, pounding roicks, Climbing peaks, find ex loring mines. Their first purpose has been a urvoy. of the contry for a contemplated rail. 'ay; btit they have'kept their eyes. open to very sign of uliyical wealth in tile soil-and leir diligence is said to have been rewarded by e discovery of gold, silver, m..rcury, lead. cop. Ler. antimony, arsenie ati iron, as well as silt, ilphiur, alum. co:tl and saltpetre. The river rda, flowing from the ridgecs of the Rhodope onnans towards Adrianople, is said to nmoro a~n rival the ancient Paictolus. T1he. greatest ines are reported to hive been found in Thesi dly, on the slopes o'f Moant Pe-ijon and Mount ssa ; but these are of leaid and of silver, rather an of gild. Should these reports prove true. icy will ren~der all the more fierce anid intorest- . gthe contention now raging for the possession the noble country ini whlichi the mines are said - be sitinated.-London Athienxam. GOLD ThiIN ix AiIE.-Tle gold mines tely discovered in Franklin county, Me., it is id, promise well. The original discoiverer cotn miplates mining with lifry hands the comitn ason. A boarding hoinse is being erected in e vicinity, andi the builder ha~s engaged to board e workmen. It is rumored that $800 of gold' ve been takeni from these mines the past sea. 'i1. NEw YoaK IoTEL~s.-Thte .Mirror of tihat eIty ys that, contrary to ge-nerat expdetation, the tets there are overfiowingly full. -The places the thousands who have left for the South ye been instantly taken by permanent, guests r the wititer; and the tab/e d'hioles are as uiwded, atnd tihe drawing r.>onms as gay as Sara. ga in July. The landlords, it would seem,-are iking foir:unes. The proprietors of the Metro titan, the editor says, show a clear profit of' le hundred and twenty thousand dollars in eir hir,-t year's business. AR FJVAL Forl O1 ITeniEL AT NEW YORK. ie U. S. Mail Steam Ship Prometheus arrived 'rTue.,day at New York, from San Juan, with L,750,000 in gold. A mong her passetngers vras John Mitchel, the sht exile. There was great excitement ont the inrf to see him, and the steamer was sun unded with boats. Mr. Mitchel, however, is quietly conveyed to his mother's residenco Brooklyn. He was loudly cheered at the rry, and serenaded in the evening. TtrE followinig ancdote is told by the Chijea. Joturnial of Gov. Reynolds,. whom they call "Old Ranger " in Illitnois, when for the first tie in his life ho visited the seaboard ats a rep rentative to Conigress- from the back settle.. mi s. " Upon reaching Baltimore the Governor rose rly itn the mornling and patid a visit ro the ship tr at the docks when the tide was, full, and ain at ntoon, whetn it was at ebbi, and, not mit-. ied wifth the sudden change that had taken ice, again in the evening, when the tide was in. ~retofore he had resolved to keep e&ery thingn himself, and go in piursuit of knowledge undey. lientities ott his own hook ;- but now his aston. lent brFoke over it~s bounds. As he returned a old Raniger remnarked~ that this was the great country lie had ever seen in his life-1ed shels in one day anid nary dropgf rain !" StaL.Ittiant TEMiPLE safs, thatbte first in. edient in conlversatlion is-truth ; the tnext. good use ; thle third, good htumor.anitd ~the four FROM CHINA-FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR. A friend of the Editor of the New York Com mercial Adrerliser, has placed at his disposal, a letter from Dr. Parker, Secretary to the United States legation at Canton, of which the follow ing Is a copy: "1 1 have what I am assnred is contained in a private letter from Peking, that Heen Fung, the p -esent Emperor on the 2d of August, fled to Gebul, in Tartary, and that Prince Wei Chin, fifth brother of Taou Kwang, was left in charge of the Empire, and that the insurgent troops were within six days of Peking at that date. " This news bears marks of probability, and the source of my inf'ormation is as reliable as any we can ordinarily get in China. " In speaking with the British consul this eve ning, lie informed ine that he heard the same news two or three days since, which corresponds with the time my infornmantstates the intelligence reached this city. " Mr. Robertson seemed to receive the intel ligenee with some doubt. I can only say that I think it very likely to prove true, and that Prince Wei Chin is the man of all others who would be most likely to be called upon to take the reins of government. lie is the man who is said to have wiitten Taou Kwang's answer to the President's letter, dvlivered in 18-14 by Mr. Cuslhing. Dr. Paiker's letter is dated at " 19 minutes to 12 o'clock," on the 3rd of September, and was addressed to a member of the branch house of a large mercantile firm in New York, in response to a note despatched to him at half-past ten the same night. IM'oRTANT FROM Mrxico.-The New York Tribune has received private advices from the city of Mexico to the 17th ult., to the efteet that letters received there from Tepic, dated on Nov. 12, state that two hundred armed men from San Francisco hadjust landed from the brig Caroline, at the port of La Paz, Lower Oaliforain, and had taken possession of the town, put the coui manding general in prison, and declared Lower California independent. They have a flag with two stars, which is suppose-d by my Mexican informant to mean Lower California and Sonora. Great excitement prevailed at Mexico, on the 17th ult., when the news was received. It is likely that Santa Anna nny take advan tage of this circumstance and of the agitation it cinses anongr tho Mexican people to proclaim himself Emnperor. Inl addition to this, we notice a despatcli of the 6th Dec., which states that a bearer of despateh es from Col. Gid.1den, dated M1exico, 18th, has, arrived at Wasington. They confirm the inva sion of Lower Calif ~ '.ha - -.... irum the laiuage of the oflicial iris journls-is beginiirg to assume a loftier one than it has held hitherto upon this subject, Ind to denounce the conduct of Russia in terms vhich have clled forth the emphatic reinon trances of the Russian Ambassador. The Eii ish Ministry will hold themselves aloof to the Itest mo'.ment, but the popular feeling of the ountry i-4 far inl ndvance of their action, and ill speedily ho inflamed by the news of' the bat les lost and won, to a pitch of' indignation which ,ill no longer allow the Government to remain lactive. IPORTANT RUarons FRO-r ELroPE.-Theb ew York Times mentions a rumor that Louis :poleon is convinced that t war in Eastern urope is inevitable, and that France will be Ilied upon to re.,ist the encroaehments of' the 'zar. It is also said lie invited Kossuth to a -eret conference at Paris, for the purpose of certaining definitely from him tie extent of ec military force which he could Lring into thet bd, in case Htungairy should have another opi ,rttnity of contending for her indep~ende.nce. id that Kossutht actually spent two or three yvs in Paris in close consultation with the t inperor up~on this stubject. In Is A3tEatCAN INGENU'ITY--MATTERS TJIAT AL- ( asT TmNsix.-Amnong the multitudinous objee:s tI the patent ofilee at Washington, and which is t idencte what skill can do, is an invention that ir eks up pins from :a conftsed heap, turns them o I aroun I with their heads up, and sticks them t papers in regular rows. Another machine goes. rouigh the whlole process of eigar making, ta rig in tobacco loaves and turnhing out the per- Ii1 et article. One mnachine cuts cheese, amnother st ours kiiives and forks, another rocks the era- t e,and seven or eight take in wa.9hing and iron. s g. Another patent is for a machine that counts tI e pnssengers in an omn'bus and takes their tI re ; wvhen a fat man gets in it counts two, nindh arges doubie. Tlhere is a variety of gunls thats ad themselves, also a fish line that adjusts its vn bait, and a rat-trap that kills arid throws .'ay the rat, and then baits arnd sets itself, atnd a inds in the corner for another, hi ELEVATION OF TilE SURiFACE.-WVe have been vored with some observations made by Blaron Terloc, a Bielgiran naturalist arid traveller. er w residing in otur city, showing that an im riant change has taken place ini the level of e ground ribout the mission. During the last enty months the surface of the earth at the 0 ssion has been elevated about eighteen inchestn t the change was not accompanmied by any reeptible qake or subtu'rranean noise. It is* T *ll known that very remarkable changes of or s kind are constantly going on in South Afri .In the Straits of aingellan, the earth has en raised rmore than 16 feet; thne islands of Ir niloe and Madre de Dios have raised 10 feet; w llenhuano 17 feet ; Virna 12 feet ini 12 years, r d Cobijnr 5 feet in t wo years. The earth l.as ewise been percepiibly raiised within a few a irs at Panama, Viejo and San Blas.-Alta F liforuma. MAcrtsE POETRY.-A Virginia paper Is re ansible for the following machine p)oetry, lI rich we have niltored to suit this rncridinn:I til Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who re ver to himself hath said, I will the Advertiser,m te, both for my own and family's sake ? If ch there be, let him repent, and have the paper ea him seint; and if' hen'd pass a happy winter, lhe advance should pay the printer !" ist NoRTri CAnoLTtA.-It is said that North Car- p1 na produce within its boundairies the staples H every other state in the Union, arid is the to ly onie that does. dil ' ' isl Mes. PARTNGTON says she has noticed that th tether flour was dear or ceaep, she had inva. es bly to pay the same money for half a dollar's fri A unfionlT countenance brought dowvn stairs g the mornuing,.rmakes a little in-door stun tha'ts eers mus through the day. ...