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stratfiC 3Durtna1, DUcxwi to tru $3i15,~ 3IBr, Vhiitics trdi 2[attviigents, Cit fr1tu, tralty UTmptrants, 4kgritu n "We 'will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Lib eiyqs, and if it must fall, we will Perish anidst the ins. W. F. DIJRISOEC, Proprietor. EDGEILDJL, SJ. ?MARCH 1,il THE - EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY W. F. D U R IS O E, Proprietor. AETHIVR SIMEINS, Editor. T E R MS. Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in adtvance--Two DOLLARS and Fi-rv CrsS if not paid! within ,ix tnUnths-and Tat. Dor...ias if not paid before the expiration of tihe year. All subscriptions not distinct ly limited at dhe.dte of subscribiing, will be consid ed as made for 'il indefiinite period, and will be con tinued until .alt arrearagcs are paid, or at the option of the Pabtlisher. Supseriptions from oiler States mnust invariably be accompanied with the cash or eference to some one known to its. 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A F.wr About two years ago a young mechanic' a resident of this city, fell desperately im love with the daughter of a widow lady, re puted to be rich, and he was mtade to believe that this ardent attachmtett was fully recilp roc:ttd by the young lady-but. the.0tother would not hear of her' daughter inarrviug a tnau of no- fortune. Seeing h''w '.matters stood, and not wishing to place his beloved in a position below that which she had always held, he resolved to seek his firtune in the golden regions of California. With an am bitious spirit and almost broken heart he bid adieu to the idb1 of his sottl. She :tssnred hit that on his return, let hint be successful or not, she would still he his, and his alone. That she was satislied of his devoted love for ter-and a< that was all she asked from the min she would give her heart to, she would marry him if he returned in rags. He had not b'een in San - Francisco more than two months, qhentrhe received a ltter h 1 bisambui'i anad -asitin on a rack. The letter.atatedtthat the lady whom lie loved was a heartless coquette-that she was at all the ball. and r'tuts of the season-aud intimated that a certain voting merchant of Beaver street was a favored swain at the house &c. Her letters to hint, however, be. I trayed no falling off of attachment on her iart, hint breathed the sentiment of honest and pure love. Still lie was resolved to-try her taith, and be fully convinced of her love for him, and satisfy his mitnd as to whether it was his .. wealth he was accutulating there, that was to lead her to the altar, or a Iether she loved him for himself alone. He commenc.-d writing hotme disparagingly. Complained of bad losses, illnese, and assured his ieloved and her anxions natuma, that Califobrnia was not the El Drado that stanty stpposed it to be. He spoke of his undying love, of his inabihility to stay a way fromt all that wais dear to hint ott earth. Her letters grew like angels visits, few and' far between, and otne event hinted that New York was even -worse thtan Californaia., anid advised himt to stay utntil, as Macawvber says, somnethinig turns up. T'his rather convinced hinm how affairs .were. and itt a few tmonths after, he returtned. His looks betrayed care anid sickness, attd his frienids were all sorry to see him returnt so broken in spi: it and so low in pocket. Otn his arrival hie visited the hotuse of the woumatn who had pledged herself to lbe his wtife in health or in poverty-hut ala~s, his receptioni was atnythting hut that of a lovers. He felt it, hut urged his suit, spoke of hiontor able cotmphetenee beinig obtained by hard ha bor atnd ecotnotty-atnd aifter asstring her of his unaltered love, offered htet his hianid, - anti ittplored hter to remtetmber her protmise to bhtt, and becomte his wife. She refused ! liegged him to think of her nio more, antd tiold hint to finid someti one more worthy of himi than her, anid ini conclu siorn sent her miothmer to talk to him. Tihe mnother pleaded igntoranice of ever kntowing that lie aspired to her datughtter's htatnd, atnd conttetnted that the miatch wvould be prepiosterons, anid shte felt ceitaiti he could find girls etnongh ina his ownt sphere of life that would jumpj at his offer. lHe left thme house fully satisfied of the bteartlessniess of the worhd, andi womatn ini par ticuhtr. It wvas, a sad reality to hdit hut lie proved htitmself a mant under the tryintg .cir - cumnstantces. -What was the name of the youtng mn wvhto haad such a ntotioun aifter Carolinte, wvho wvetnt to Californaia two years ago, atid returni ed by the Ohio i . lHe was a tall, fine -look. ing fellow, wtith blue eyes anid light hair, rather florid emnpilexion. Wasn't hie ?" sisked the voumig lady's uncle, whlo wvas a broker in 'Wall street, onte evenitng while at his sieter's. " Why what of himt, the low fellow,,.to thinik we wvanted himt rags arid all ?" answ er ed thme mothier. "I donz't know,~t," retuirned the uncele, if lie be~ the ma~n tar niot, hut I wvas told rather - snee.rinigly- that it was. His namte, if you " Crnlis B - -" said Miss Carolinte " That's it-you have tmade a pretty miiis tnke here, tipset a ntice kettle of fish !" said the uncile wvarnmly. " Why. lie's rich-he's worth two hundred thousand dollars, arnd I - haive invested ntearly a hundred thousand for hint wyselt." They' were not as gay as usuail at-Mrs. F ' s for the rest ofrthatt ei'etmig. He did wisely to test the heart of her wvithu whom lie un s to share life's joys- and sorrows.-[ N. Y.. Pic. Predictions for the Year 1854. This vear will be famous for a thousand wonderful things. From January to D.-. cember, the days will consist of twenty-four hours each, and there will be such a number of eclipses, that many wise people will be in the dark. There will be fogs in Maine, fires at Constantinople, and a lack of brains in many a fool's head. South America.this year, will not extend b -vond Cape Horn; and the North Pole will he exactly in ninety.degrees of latitude. Those who lose money will look sad, and those w ho are in %% ant of cash when they borrow will want it more when they come to pay. Wisdom will cry aloud, but few will re gard it. There will be long speeches in Congress, but for all that, Luke Superior will not be upset. Quadrupeds, this year, will go upon four legs, pretty generally; and cows horns will be crooked. The late of lottery tickets will be dubious; but whether-therb be a general war, or not, mortal wounds will be apt to kill and he that is sick with old age, will have a disease harder to 'cure than the mumps or chin cough. ;... The celestial aspects indicate that politi. cal parties will not agree. for some time to come ; but whoever is President, water will run doiwn hill and ducks will waddle as heretofore. Cabbages, this year, will lie rather round thanum thrt e.cornered, and carrots will be de cidedly red, Coals will be as black as ever; cats will love fish, but l.ate to wet their sect, and all on account of Klinkerfue's comet. The world, this year, will turn upside down, but not in conseguence of the Gov ernor's manguration.. The crop of hay will depend upon the weather; but whether it rains or not there will be plenty of sand at Cape Cod. -Whosoever sells' his house to buy moonshine will hardly get his money's worth. Whoever runs to catch the rainbow, will get out of breath for his pains. For all that, eastern ladies may be had for buying. Locomotives and auctioneers' tongues will run fast. There will be a mortal war between cats and rats, as well as between aldermen and roast turkeys. People will talk about the end of the world, but it is ten to one that the solar svstem will not run against the dog star bet cen now and next Decembey. Se.serpemts, this year, will be hard to catch, and none but a conjuror will be able to-gittggucart .snozaipinat= tr.l: 'Tho t ho have -wo.,den lezs will suffer litle when they freeze their toes. Wigs are expected to be fashionable among the bald, but. blind folks will have some difficulty in seeing. Divers steamboats gill blow up this year. Apples will ripen about- Octohea, sooner or later; but that is all one, provided we have ider enough. Foxes w ill pay particular at. tention to poultry ; there will be very few old birds taken with chaff, and wild geese will not Iav tame eggs. But, most of all, there will prevail this year a horrible epidemic, worse than the cholera, small pox, or plague, .for which there will be no core. The Italians call it oCO (irr'; the Germans kilen geld; the FrenchTfaute d'argent! in this country, it goes under various appellations, but it is most cotnnnily known . by the name of mply p:ockels. TnEia Wittsburg (Ark.) Messenger is re somible for the Itillnowing: "Good( mom ning, stramnger, whom e are you movimng to (" - o thme A r-r-kansawv." " lWhee didi you comle front 1" "From tihe State of North Car'liner." "Will there be miuch emigration from that State this vear ? -A migihty sight, I reekin-mnighty hard times this year. A heap of people is on te pint ofstri. SWhy so-what's the matterI" "lThe'sinmimn crap has failed, and I'm gwine to look for a btter country." C IIANCE OF GETTING M .ttmaliED.-Fann my Fermi samys she is ready to jump at the first offer of nmarriage, amnd plresents her qualifica. tions as follows: " I have very black eyes anid hair, and am very petite. I am as sensitive us the 'mimmla,'spirited as ami eagle, amid utamnable as chiain lighiting. Can make a pudding omr wite a mewspaiper squib, cut a capepr, amid ernwd moore happimiess or missery Iito ten miutes thanm any Fainy that was ever chri stetned." Famnay, saws thme New York Mirror, has beemn twice niaried, and omily quite recemntly un-miarried. So if any enterprisinag bachelom hs a luancy for. pressed "Fermi Leave(' hee's a fine openinag for himu. Cor N'-r H1 E L IT.-A lirutal teachea whipped a little boy for pressing the hand of a little girl who sat next to hmim at school after wvhich lie asked thme child " why lhe sqaeezed the girl's hmands 1" " Because,' said thme little fellow, " it looked SO pretty I couldi't hiep it." A MODEL SPaEECH.-We coammend ~ followinig speech to the careful study of al candidates biefoire the people. It was de livered ini Illinois. by a candidate fmr the~ legislature, is brief amid pithy, amid thme moar who mnadne it was elected, as lie deserved t< be : " Fellow-citizenms; I am no speech mker, bait whmat I say I'l1 do. I've livec amonmg you tweity years, amid if I've showr myself a' elever -fellow, y ou knmow it withoul a speech; ilf l'in not a clever fellow, yom kowm~ that, too, and would'nt forget it witl a spech. I'm a candidate for time Legisla ture: itf you thimik 'm thme clear grit, v'o< Ifor moe :if you thminik Major I--of a bet ter 'strmpe thanm I am vote for himn. The ft is, thuat either of us will make a dev'ilisl good represe5CntativeC." " FArrlu," said asporinig youth to hi reverenid pareint, " they say trout will bitt -Well, well," wias time consoling reply "minid your iwork, amnd then you'll be sur they wonat bite you." GAM LING.-ihe maia for gambling in our city, at the present. time, is frightful. Everybody appears to be desirous of getting money without giving any fair and proper equi' a!ent therefore. To say nothing of the iiineinse number of lottery policy shops which are scattered under the disguise , brokers' officers all over the city, and where the hard earned pittances of the poor are daily and %feekly squandered, we have a new race of speculators in the fancy market of chance gift enterprise-a disguise to catch the unwary. It- is a fact not' genenily known to our fellow.citizens, thaw .femnles have been very large; and in. some.cases, the largest purchasers of tjikets at le-coun. ters of there new fashioned establishments. The poor sewing girl, as she returns -from the shop with a few dollars in her purse, sees one of the flaming advertisements of jewelry and pianos to be given to purchasers of tickets, and in a moment magnifieent visions of- wealth dance before her imagination. She cannot resist the temptation: it is only a dollar, and how splendid it would be to furnish her little parlor with a piano, or deck her self in jewelry, and be so much superior to her associates! She resolves, and it is done. iundreds and hundreds of dollars have gone from the poor and needy in the same' way. Some of the persons who sold tickets of this kind, it is said, cannot now be found; and the shareholders are anxiously inquiring the whereabout of these interesting speculators, but without the least prospect of success in -finding diem. We perceive that n',bill hais..been-iiiroduced in the legisla. -ture to meet Gregtiiementsof this "new dodge" ill: fit nceri4-ihd.'abvae-ope to see it -pass -as a protection to thew'dekmhtided and those easilyimp sed-upon.-N. Y.Day Book. [Tow TO ooIsO..A D;iksTic.-House keeping is not so.full.o.saanshine and ruse colored bliss asmalrytimagine, It is hardly possible to get along-'without couks, scul lions, and chambermidds;'.-and what with their waste, witles and inipudence, says Aunt Sally, they are plagued drawbacks on domestic peace and comfort. Old Pepper. grass was the customer far discriminatinmg between the useful and the careless. Pep. pergrass sent to the register oiice that he wmited a good girl fur general housework. About the time he expected an }applicant he laid a broom down in the yard, near the path. Prefently a girl comes up to the gate, opens it, and strolls up to the house, the broom being immediately in the path, Miss Betsy strides over it. The old man was on the watch, -and the first salute the girl got waglldommt wz:it you." Tlhe gi snped, and suddenly bullet-headed Nancy appears. Seeing the broom in her way, she gave it a kick, and waddles up to the house. " You won't suit me, that's certain, Miss Mlopsy !" bawls out Peppergrass. She disappeared in a hurry ; and finally, a third appears; open ing the "ate, and coming into the yard, she carefully closes the gate behind her, and walks up-the broom is still in her path; this she picks up and carries along to the house, where sht deposits it along side of the woodshed. Before the girl could explain her business there, Peppergrass bawls out, " Yes, yes, come in, you'll suit me." And she did ; for that girl lived with Peppergrass seven years, and only quitted him to go to housekeeping on her own hook, and a capi tal wife she made. Peppergrass was right. SAv.uas oN Goon Ltvrs.-M. Brillat Savarin wrote a hook npon eating. with the fanmciful title of " The Physiology of Taste." Of women, he says: " The penchant of the fair sex to gorman dize is inot unlike instinct ; for to gormandize is favorable to beauty." After a few rema~rks on the wonderful ef fects of good eating, "in keeping the iap pearance of old age long absent," the author goes on to observe: "It makes the eyes more brilliant, and the color more fresh. It makes the muscles stronger, and as the depression of the mus ches causes wrinkles, those terrible enemies of beauty, it is true that, other things being equal, those who know how to eat are ten years younger thani those ignorant of that science." PLEAsons.-Blessed be the hand that prepares a pleasure for a child ! for there is no saying when and where it may again bloom forth. Does not almost everybody remnembler somie kind-hiearted man who showed him a kindness in the quiet days of his childhood I The writer of thisrecolleets himself at this moment as a bare-iooted lad, staniniig at the wo'oden fenice of a poor little garden in his native village, with longing eyes lie gazed on the ilomwers which were bloomring there quietly ini thme brightness of a Sunday morning. Th'le possessor came forth from his little cottage-he was a wood-cut ter by trade-and spemnt the whole week at his work in the wvoods. He was coinn into his garden to gather flowers to stick in his coat wheii lie went to church, le saw the boy, and breakimng off' the most beautiful of his carnations--it was streaked wvith red and white-gavo it to him. Neither the giver nor the receiver spoke a word; amid withi bounding steps the boy ran hiome ; aiid now, here, at as vast distane from that home, after so many events of so many~ years, the feelings of gratitude which agitated the breast of that-boy expresses itself on paper~ Th e arnation is long since withered, bul fnow it blooms afresh.-JRnuorL. 07IO~ THERE is a lawy'or in Dearbon coun' ty, id., known no less for his eccentricity thani for his legal lore. Many are the anee, dotes tolled of him. A mani once went t< him to he qualified for some petty office Said lie, " [Hold up your hand :ll sweai you, but all h-Il couldit't qualify you." A NEGRO wvas brought up before tla Mayor of Philadelphia for stealing chickens The theft was conclusively proved. " Wet T 1oby," said his Honor, " what have you go to say for yourself C' "Nuflin but dis, Boss I was as crazy as a bedbug when I stub dat 'ar puflt, cos I mite stole de big rooste an, I neher done it. Dat .shows 'elnsivelj dat I was laboring under de delirium tre mnndots. Death of W .inp-n, We find the followi interesting descrip tion of the death of W ington, in the New 1 York Courier and E r r, of the 6th inst., I which even at this dist4 day cannot fail to be of interest to the reas. : "Proceeding still fa.;7 r over a very bad i road, we cane stidden.i n view of the Poto. t imiac ; and Mount Vern; with its mansion- t house and smoth green.wi, was before us. e Having sent in our add s, we received per. r mission from the couraous branch of the family, who now held *e estate, to enter 8 and survey the interid We were struck s with its extreie simpli j the lowness of I the walls and ceilings, ud the bare floors a which were waxed not-s with us, carpeted. s " Passing through tlP. great hall, ora- t imented with pictures-- English hunting s scenes,. we xscendei to oaken stair-case, IJ with its carved and antii ue.,balustrande; we s stood at the door-we e'sed the handle- i the room and the bed 'iere he died, were d before us. Nothing ii'the lofty drama of t his existence surpassedt' grandeur of that ii final scene; the cold whiicb he aud taken a frona imsure, in over eing some part of t his grounds, .and whiteihad resistei the p earlier domestic remedigs'that were applied, a advanced in the course of two short days in- n to that frightful form ouf the disease of the throat, laryngilis. It became necessary for him to take his bed. Hiis valued friend., Dr. * Craik. wab instantly sujmoned, and assisted I1 by the best m.dical skillof the surrounding ti country, exhausted all tie means of his art, tl but without affording -Btzn relief. H a pa. s tiently submited, though in great distress, t to the various remedies-proposed, but it be- e came evident from the .deep gloom stting t upon the countenanceskf the medical gen. ri tlemen, that the case ws- hopeless; aivan- a ing insidiously, the disease had ftistened it. I self withgleadly certaiity. Lodking. with I perfect calniness upon 7the sobbing group h around him he said-" .Gjievo not my friiends; I it is as I -anticipated from the first; the debit ti which we all owe, is now about to be paid ; 0 I a resigned to the event." Requesting b Mlrs. Washrington to "briig two wills from d his escritoire, he directed one to be burnt, til and placed the other in her hands, as his It last testament, and then gave some final in. p structions to Mr. Learhis secretary and re- n lative as to the adjustment of his business t: affairs. He soon after~became greatly dis- h tressed; and as, in the paroxy:ms which ht became more frequent zid.violent, Mr. Lear, A who was= at his side, asistedhim to turn, he, ni with kindness but wj i culty,.articulated e ::::a Immr I-give v e. hole, sir=-but -is -perhaps it is a duty which we all owe to I one another-1 trust that you may receive ,t the same attention when you shall ro- it quire iL." ti " As the night wandd, the fatal symptoms a become more imminent-his breath inore ti labored and suffocating, and his voice soon a failed him. Perceiving his end approaching, g lie straightened himself to his full length, he i folded his own hands in the necessary atti. e tude upon his chest-placing his linger up- n on the pulse of his left wrist, and thus calm- M ly prepared, and watching his own dissolu. o tion, he awaited the summons of his Maker. C The last faint hope of his friends had disap. t< peared; Mrs. Washington, stupitied with a grief, sat at the foot of the bed, her eyes fix. a ed steadifastly upon him; Dr. Craik, in deep s lomin, stood with his face buried in his - hands at the fire ; his faithful black servant, Christopher, the tears, uncontrolled, trinkling 1 down his face, on one side, tuok the last e look of is dying master; while Mr. Lear, P' in speebless grief, with folded hands, bent Ci over his pillow oii the otther.i "Nought broke the stillness of huis lust r moents, but the suppressed sobs of thme af. a fectionate servants collected- on the stair- 1 case; the tick of the large clock in the hall ti as it measured off with piainiful distinctness, II the last fleetimg moments of his existence, t Iand thu low mtoan of thse winter wind, as it s swept through the leaf-less snow-covered e trees. TIhe laboring and wearied spirit drewv ( tiearer and nearer to its goal ; the blod lan- I gruidly cursed slowly through its channels- e the inoble heart stopped-struggled-topa't S - fluttered-the right hand-slowly slid from a the wrist, upon which its. finger had been a laced-it fell at the side-and the mianly t eligy of Washington was all that remained I exteded upon the death couch !" S. I A PICTURE FOR IIAUnELoRS.Ilf in that z1 chair yonder-not the one yuur feet' lie uipon, aut the other beside you-closer yet-were seated a sweet-faced girl, with a pretty little I foot lying out upon thie hearitha, a bit of lace< running round the throat, thme hair parted to I a carm over a forehead fair as ainy in your II damans, and if you could teach an arm] arouid that chair-back withaout fear oh giv iig offenice, and suffer your fingers to play idly with those curls that escape down the neck, and could clasp with yo'ur other hand I those little white taper fingers of ber's, which lie so temptingly withini reach, aid so a talk softly and low in the presence of the blaze while the hours -slip without knuowl edge and the winter winds- whistle uneared fr--if, ini short, you were no bachelor, but< the husband of such a sweet image.-dream : cll it, rather....would it not be far pleasant er than acold single night, sittinig counting Ithe sicks, reckoning thelength of the blaze1 and the height of the fulling snow ? TUNDERt MADE To ORDE.-The (Grand Raipids Enituirer tells of a man it themt " dig Igins," who being informed that thunder' was death to wvorms, and being munch troajhled with their works in his garden, and de:;pair ing too of any thunder of nature's mar ufae. tur, resolved to have some of domiestie production. Persnant to this deterntination, lie charged an old mjusket, muzzle full, took a pll water and a lantern, proceeded to the cabbage garden, rained on the plants copiously from his bucket made the lantern opeii anid shut scsame, by way of lightening, and then in hot haste let off'" Old Copen-. hage" for thunder. The worms " eut and ruit," while the manufacturer~ of the domes Iti article lay (vith his back to the eart, ob livious from the' knocks-caused by the re~ ... pe.ssv ao of the thunider machine. rrance anu unu . su. Tua following article, about Louis Na >oleon's leanings towards freeitrade, is from he illustrated London News, of January 7. 'here is mach force in it, and whatis said mbout French wines is no doubt true; and it s, indeed, a disgrace to a commercial nation o prohibit, by high duties, the use of a bev. rage, pure, cheap, healthy-and a 91ttle xhilarating, but hardly to be called intoxi ating-as the French light wines are, and rive its own citizens to nasty, narcotic tupifying, brntifying, adulterated liquors, .s a portion of those so prodigally imbibed my the English notoriouzly are ; as, for ex. nple,- spurious wines, spurious bran'ies, purious gin, and even spurious ale and por. er. The last, when pure, are certainly re pectable and unexceptionable beverages, ut they are, like the rest, subject to endless ophistication and counterfeiting. Free trade i French wines, or with a small duty, would o much in England towards correctinag the tional taste with respect to liquor drink ig ; as nmuch,,or more, than all the tempe nce and teetotal societies-good things in eir way, but not as ell'ctive as making ure beverages attainabje at the same price s bad, and which prove comparatively in ocent. The: unvnimity of feeling-with which the nglish. people demands a war with Russia ill greatly ficilitiite the labors of the up. roachini:session of Parliam ent. The na on has learned to detest war, and the au ors of war; but, with that innate cunnnon ise whieh.inspires mankind in the mass, it rels that the best way to end a war is to rry it on vigorously. It is quite certain at the nation will begrudge no sacrifice to train and punish ,the Russian agressor, iud to maintain the national dignity .and ulor, as well as the equilibrium of Europe. i prosecuting the war, the Ministers 'will ave no internal difficulties to contend with. 'he necesary funds'will be cheerfully vo. d, and as cheerfully paid: and the high. st honors that the country can bestow will e lavished upon the Admirals who shall estroy the Russian..leets in the Euxine and ie Baltic. 'At such a time and with a sk before it, the nation will scarcely ex ct the Ministry to make any fisc:o experi ents,-unless with,thc object of increasing xation. Although such brilliant success is attended the consuercial policy of the st seven years, and although the results of Ir. Gladstone's admirable Budget-of 1853' ight well justify him in proposingja;further tension of free trade principles if1854, it probable that the uatibn will have to. wait ir more tranquil times for the abolition of me many impolitic taxes that still operate, juriously upon the trade, the health and I ie morals of the people. Yet, even at such crisis, it may be wise to make some excep ens in favor of the nations with whon we re at peace. A Russian war will not reatly interfere with our commerce, and y fiscal relaxations that shall tend to in. rease our trade with friendly or allied states may enable us to bear with gater ease the ar burdens that will necessarily be laid ny a us. For the first time in their history, 'reat Britain and France are cordially uni rd upon a question on which the symnpathies ud good wishes of the whole civilized world re with them. Free trade has answered a well with us, that the French Emperor -already more than half a convert-nedi ites its introduction into France. The rech nation is not so well informed as its ief; but Louis Napoleon has lost 110 O ortunity that oven presenmted itself to him f introducing thme wedge ot sounid policy ito the dense block of protection. The eduction of the duties on iron and coal is strong proof of what lie would do if the rench nation were suffieiently enlightened > support and follow him. ltf one thing lore than another has strengthened the pro. ctionist error in France, and kept up a lrit of commaercial hostility towards this ountry, it hats been the heavy imposts which ~reat Britain has laid upon French wines. 'rance, though an agriculturad country, rows no more corn thain she ineeds; but ho prdue the best, thme most abundant, nd the cheapest wines in the world. It is o exaggeration to saty that she could send this country an alnost limitless supply. ut unwvise legislation has forbidden the uglish the use of the wvholesome beverage. ld we traded wvith France for hecr wines, s we might have donme, both nations would ot omnly have bieen better friends, but each ould have beeni rioher; and the Eniglish ople would not have iincurred the reproach if being, niext to tlIe Scotch, the most drunk pe under the suim. !1'here cano, we think, ie sarcely a doubt that the aidmiission ot ~rech wines' into this coumntry, either free rn at a nouminal duty, w ould help to coin 'ince the French people of the fiirm friend hip of Enigland. Such a measure would irov to them the excellence of free-trade ar better thani any which their own Empe 'or caim adopt. A duty of 300 or even 400 er cent., which is levied uponi thme excellent in ordinair-which the Frenchl merchants :ould deliver ini the Tihames, all charges in :luded, at firepence or sixpence a bottle-is disgrace to us as a commercial nation. 1e prohibition-for such it is-has done t much to estrange. the twvo countries as all ,he battles that they ever fought against eachi other ; and its- removal at this time, wein a common cause unites them against ie disturber of the peace of the world, would zdd moral force to their eff'orts, and operate is heavy a blow againist the Czar as an ad :litional fleet or army. Experience has aml ply shown that the abolition of unwvise taxa. ion is no ultimate loss to tihe revenue. What we lose under one item is compensa. ed under another. Two such great and wealthy nations, separated from each other only by a few miles of sea, ought to have traded more and fought less. They would assuredly have done so, hald we been com;~ mercially as wvise in 1789 as wvewere im 184. Our own experience has been tardy. France still laigs behind us, but lien present eheif imagistraite shows, when ever ho ean, that he has not studied in vain the reeeni history of this country. It is not from any~ aherne~~ to the oid princinle of utectioli m aintainsed. i'he question is'one of revenue only ; and notwithstanding the demands which the war is likely to make upon us, the finances of the country are in so buoyant and prosperous a state, that a far more timid Chancellor of the Exchevuer than Mr. Glad stone has shown himself to be, might well be induced to give the subject his serious consideration. Even althouglh a temporary loss of revenue might ensue, the experiment would be amply justified, if, upon the ove of war, it cemented the friendship of allies, and led to an extension of commercial intercourse. between two of the foremost nations of the earth. How A MAN FEELS oN A SINKING BunoE.-The Cincinnati Commercial gives the following statement in relation to the feelings of a person in extreme danger at the timo of the falling of the Licking Bridge: "Taylor Keys, who was on the bridge at the time of the accident, and who was slight ly injured, describes his full in the most graphic style. During his descent, he says that every action of his life was recalled to his mind. The most trivial circunistances were remembered. The past was spread out like a great nmap before him, upon which lie could trace every footstep lie had ever taken-and the future, he confessed he had not much time to think of that, but, like a true Anierkan, he slapped his hand on his pocket-book, which was in his breeches pocket, and held on for dear life, and once or twice, during the frightful descent, won dered 'what the old woman would do for market money.' DESPERATE LEAPS.-Hugh Sludden, the pugilist, who, on Friday, was placed by the Court in the hards of Sheriff' Heillefiuger, of Chester co., Pa., to be carried there to answer to the charge of being engaged in a .pugilistic encounter in that county, made a desperate attempt to escape on his way to Philadelphia. The sheriff'had at his request relieved one of his hands of the handcuff, not dreaming that he would attempt to move. However, he watched his opportunity about twelve o'clock at night; vhen about five miles from Philadelphia,~and the cars going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, and sprang from the train. The sheriff followed immediately after, and being but little hurt,. lie ordered Sludilen to stand or he would shoot him. Sludden yielded quietly and though lie was somewhat bruised, lie walked with the sheriff towards Philadelphia- The train reached Gray's 'erry, and the engine retdrned, the engineer expecting to see both men'dead, but met them quietly walking along. 'T'hey were taken up and carried to the city. Sludden when asked why he yield ed so quietly remarked, to the Sherii, that he thought if he. was fool enough to jump from the cars after him, he was fool enough to shoot. The leaps were desperate aid the wonder is both were not killed. so_ LARGE PchrCHAsF"s air CoRN.-The St. Louis lntelligencer of the 10th just. says: ' We hear of large purchases of corn in the cuntry above, generally from 30 to 35 cents, delivered pt the crib shelled. Sales to our knowledge, within a few days past, amoinpunt to 100,000 or 150,000 bushels, in St. Charles county at 30 a 32c.; 50,000 at Cincinnati, on the .upper Mississippi, at 30c.; and 25,000 at Jacksonville, Illinois, at 35c. We are told that large purchases have been made alung the line of the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad at prices ranging from 30 to 35c. These purchases, when sacked and delivered in this city, will cost on an average from 50 to 52c. Th'le article will therefore have to advance considerably on piresenit prices to pay much profit. ANoTHER GREAT SALE OF' NEGROEs. On Saturday, the New Orleans Delta says, 46 negroes, belongingv to the estate of the late D. F. Burthe, were sold biy Messrs. Beard & May. for the sum of $37,470. The sale was to close the estate, and consist ed of old and younmg women and children. The prices obtained for some were extraor dinary, considering the v-ery hards times. Oie mnaam commnanded $3,000, anther $1, 970, another $1,600, and $1,700. They were chiefly creoles, and had been with Mr. Burthe ini his brick yard and saw mill for nmny years. __________ TEIRIBLE.--A counvention of abolitionists at Boston, hur-led the foilowinig anathema against Piresident Pierce:. Resolved, That Franklin 'Pierce is guilty of high treason, against the cause of liberty -of trampling under foot the provision of te constitution, anid making it nmore than ever the guardian and bulwark of a forin of despotism toe revolting to be tolerated on the soil oh Esirope; and, therefore, lie is to be impeached and branided as thyilest of all the tyrants who nowv curse the nastions of the earth--anid as one upon whom Pius Ninth of Italy, and Francis Joseph of Austria, and Nicholas of Russia may look down with scorn and derision. A memorial is in circulation in New York asking the Legislature to pass an act giving [he courts the power to grant absolute di. vorces in all oases where either party shall wilully abandon the other for a period of three years, and refuse to return and fulfil Ithe obiigatioins of the imarriaige contract,-and always prohibit the guilty party fromi con tracting a future marriage. A good sug. gestion. Tag man who will ask for Information, and not pay his postage, has no0 more claimi to our consideration than a barbarian. A spECIxUN of Young America, the otber day, overtaking one of his companions, said to B~ Bill--.the old man's gone--d4addy's dead." Is ishe ? W~ell, I'm darned sorry, but he'll never lick us again for lathering the old at and shaving her- with Isis razor." Six MAuNE BOYS in Australia write bonn that they realized $20,000 -foim itheir -first six weeks' labor ini that land of gold. Lucky rellw-.lo anyn have rcalized nothingl The New York Natiopal Democrat.ne, Lice something new in- the way of- Raihoad' construction, the inventloui of 'Mr. Henry' Smith, of Michigan. Mr: Smith's proposi. Lion, as we lIarn from the Dimddit;ik' to; build Railways wholly' of iron,.elevatingthr tracktn cast iron colums, and suspending the cars from the track instead of. restinig them on it. 'ihe National Democrat says : "Such a road can be built for less than the expense of building aground road, it wil be infir.itely .more durable, is less liable to' get 'out of repair, and secures a deg 'ee safety, -with twice the speed,.jiotyetdreamed - of by trallers on our best managed roads., The idea is a novel one. and from-a. prettyt thorough examination of 'the- plan, we think it entirely practicable, and one adniirablsh suited to the exigencies of the tims: "Eve one feels the necessity of securing griat.e< safety on our railroads, and there is a xapid ly increasing demand for.this nide @f: con-. veyante. Railroads are sprinngingsrp..as if by magicin all sections- of the world; and hence the great necessity for those engaged in their construction to encourage over idea that tends in any wayfivards en6 my, durability, facility. of construction an transit, and, aboye all; to insure safety. A' these, and more, are comprehend in. an emi.. - nent degre in the Elevated Railway~ W - possesses a vast number of advantaged ov ei any railway now in opeiation on the:fac the globe. Aside from its cheapn tus bility, safety, etc., it can be'iun throgh the thoroughfares of our cities and.villages; cars at full spe'd) without obstruction .or annoy, anee, an air line can be more easily pursued, while curves can be turned-with no-kind'ofi fear of the cars ever -runningoff the. tWck," far heavier grades cri be ascened ;ill ,ease; it cuts no man's'farm in .two, in . no. iay endangers travel on our highways, and... is impossible for the cows to get on.the trac while it looks down with contempt oa the snow banik." ~ WAu.-The intelligence received by the Baltic, which .ere bhy before our readers" this morning, though not startling i vi6W'.e of the preceding events which havd; stepi step, led to the result, yet'as it reveals 1l beginiiing of a great and terrible cofli~ci. calculated to awaken the highest interest and-:' solicitude. At present, the prospect--seems. certain of a -general war in Europe. --Fi' not to mention the various elentienta-f ' sr cial and political character at' work in almosti every nation in Europe all :iending ti wildestienvulsiois, the 7skrfo indiaites the almost inpossibility of leses.; States staniing aloor when' the migbter -anem in the field.. We shall not, therefore, be surprised, if the first:broadside vhich ~ake " up the' echoes-on the shores of the Blacl Sea, is the signal for revolutions in Hunigar and ltily. The position of Austria in ta case, would be pitiable and hopeless in the,. extreme. With her only ally, her Russian master having his hands full of quarrelse of' his own, and Hungary again striking forih.' dependence, what of good does- the war por. tend to her? In our judgement there is.. but one hope of avoiding a general disturV; bance, and perhaps subversion of existing. things in Europe, and that is in the vigorous: prosecution of the war on the part of Eng. land and France. They have hitherto acted meekly and passively enough; a speedy ter mination of the conflict demands'a different' and more energetic system of tacties. " A HAan CAsE.-Somne three years. ago, a~ young man, aceompatied by. a young lady.- to whom he was devotedly' attached, stopped at, Springfield while on a travelling excursion,.and engaged a horse and buggy at one of the livery stables there, to be aubsent some days. The. stated number of days having gone by,'and the: young man failing to appear, caused the owners~ of the team to be alarmed, anid they immediately issued a hand-bill headed " Stop thief!" In-the meantimne the young man made his appearaned-; and jndge of hiq suIrprise to find himself at once& seized by the officers of jistiee. Hie endeavorrod. to reason and expostulate wvith the owners 'of the horse and caIrriage, assuriing them that he' wvas wholly innocenit of ay crimiinal intentiatin4 and offered them the full price of the estabMh'.. ment to be releaseil. All this proved unavailing: to the hardenod wretches. - Rather -tih suffer' the ignomuiny of a trial, which woulds have resuhr ted in the exposition of the young lady iis. highly respectable connections, he gave an' as, sumed name and plead guilty. ie is now~ in til - Massachusetts State Prison, sick and emaciated serving out his sentence, which expires'iabou& twenty days. ieI never disclosed tho'above facts until lately, nor would thicy even nowb. known but for his being in such' a debilitated state as to make him feel alarmed for his life.' ExrssroN or A BOUNTY LAND AeT.--The time for' isskuing and Iocating' eitaindnty land warrants for military serice in thea war f 1812, under several acts of Congressy' having expired on the 26th of June last, an act hjas been passed by both Houses gi'arting a'furthicr t9 of five years for inatisfying the same.-Tliisn. ~i As En-on somewhere out west, bai b come so hollow from depending oii the prnt in uiesalone for bread, that he. priopo sesto ellhimelfto some gentleman, to be used as a stove pipe. ' WnrsiBY DRMINIG never conducte~ wealth into a man's pocket,'happiness to his family, or respectability to Tiis,. character therefore whiskey is a non-eonductor,:awlds is best to let it alone. A FEMALE writers says: " Nothing looks worse on a lady thani darned stockinigs.~ We hope she will allow us to observe ta stockings which ineed darning look isch worse .than. darned ones...darned if lie don't! IN the ehdice of a wife, t* e the-obediost daughter of a good mother'A7 IF a Small boy is a ld i1 * ~~~ boys make a ladder.