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GA RLINGTQN respectfully annoutice him as a Candidate to reprel sent the 4th Congressional District, at the election in October next. For the Senate. flios. J. P. C.\RIOLL is respcetfully anniounced by his friends as a candidate for re-elec tion to the State Senate. at the ensiiig election. CgTTE Friends of Maj. TILLMAN WAT SON. respeetfully notitnate him as a candidate for seat in the State Senate at the next election. For the House. 117 The friends of .10SEP11 ADNEY, Esqr. respectfully announce him as a candi;date for a seat in the next Legislature. t TnE Friendsof JAIMES CAMERON. Esq., respctlul*Y announee hii as a Cancidate for a seat in the next Leai-lature. announce him a Cantlidate for a Seat in the next hlouse of Representatives. t Tnte Friends of W. C. SlOR AGNE, F.sq., resp1ectfuly anntunce himl as ai cadidate for a Seat in the House of Repr-sentatives at the next election. -, . CAR WlLE is respeefully an nountee.-Yr ifffrietids as a Candidate for re-elec tion to the House of Represtutatives at the next Session. mgrTitn Frcnls of Mr. WADE HOLSTEIN, nominate him as a candidate for a Seat in the House if Representatives at the next election. irThe Friends of W31. B. DORN. Esq. respectfully announce himlt as a Candidate for a Seat n th.- next llouse of fepresentatives. V- Tis Friends.1f 1inj J. C. ALLEN announce him as a Canddate for re-eletion to a Stat in thte Legislature f South Car.dim: at the cn:u:n- ch etion. MR. EDtTOt,-Yotu wIl pl'ease announce G EO. E. 11ElN l). Esq., as a Can.lidate for a Senit itn "5the House of Representativt s at the next eletiton and oblige MlAM' ~OTE"S. 117 TnE Fri.-nds of CA REY W.StrIL ES, Esq.. respectfully announce im as a Catndidate for a Seat he next Legelature. rgTtE Frientd< of 0. D. TILLM1AN, Esq.. t respectfuly antnouncee hitt as a cantdidate for a Seat I -itn the Legi:lature at the next ele'ctiott. g Tur. Friends of G EO. W. L AND RU1 ant nounce him as a Candidate for a Seat in the next Legislature. . -- . .4. PEIRIRIIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ITILL practice at EtlgelitIl and the Courts oft OF Y CE.oi--h l'uildin, Law flange. EdgefieldI C. H., S. C. M1ay 18, tf 18 S. W . M IA B RY t ATTORN1EY AT LAW AN\D SOLICITOR IN EQUITY I a7 OFriCE at Edt1efitlhi Court Ilouse, (one door belomw G. L. PENN'S family gocetry. A pril 27. . tf 15 S. S. T O MT P K I N S, ATTORI\EY AT LAW. OF' t~pCE tN iEA R oC TitE CoURtT no00sE. Edgeflteld, . C., Feb 8, tf 4 Practice of Surgery! D R. ,IURNAII IIARRIIS Augusta, Gan., is prelparted to accottmodate with Loadeintg and Nursing, such pitients as ma:y be direeted to himn for SUJRGICA L OPER ATIONS or~ Ttreatmentt. g Masters tmay be assured that their Servants awill have every necessary aittention. Augusta, ay 26, y 19 D r, M W. A bn ey HJ AVING removed into the Village, for the J.Lpurpose of devoting himself. more exclusively to his profession, arid occupying the residence firs.t beyond thme Baptist Church on the right, and ad joining the Male A cademy, (thme residence formermly occupied by S. S. Tompkins, Esq., and Rev. C. A. Raymond,) mofhiers his Profesional Services -To the people of the Village and the surrounding country. Ia the day, lie can be fotund in his Oficee, adjoin ing the Officee of WV. W. ADnAIs, Esq., and in front of the present residence of' Mr. Ge'o. A . A ddison, and at nightt, he can be found at his d welling. He will give attention at sll timl.s most punctu ally, to all calls upon hinm, either for advice and pre scriptions, or for personal attendance. M. W. ABNEY. Jan 11 if 52 Fresh Flour. J UST received 5,000 Lbs. GOOD COUNTRY FLO UR, in Sacks, and for sale by r G. L. PENN, AGENT. April 4 'stf '12 Te Rent, rP fTE Room -t pr",stt :cttple.l b-; Mr. Lod Hill .-as a l iry '. Is durec. In my :1. ence app.ly to .L. A. Wilawis. S. CIU~In'I E. Dc n .r r n $xhrt P tti. CARE KNEW ME NOT WHEN YOUNG. TiiRE's naught within this dreary world Could 'tempt me here to stAiy, If e'er the future's portals op'd And bid me pass away. When snliLtry, oft I think How feeble I have glown; Of youth's bright davs, how they have fled Days that were once my own. That rain I wou'd call back aga'n, Those happy days of ytore; M'y schoilboy days-the days or youth, That age must now deplore. I find them care-free when I cast A single thoaught behind Which makes each hoary hair more gray, And racks moy wandering mind. E'en deeper wounds it doth inflict; (Near tears my lire apart ;) For reollection brings to view, The loved ones of my heart. The loved ones! ny, the loved ones gone! WVho've pri'sed deaths jo-tals through Who quit this lire fot life! beyond That vast spread sheet of blue. I do not crave them-No! oh. no! Earth could not call thm thence; For this proud world sum'd up is death, And death, death's recompence! I only wish that I were there, Unconscious of earth's lire; Where rests each offispring of my love, With blessings rich and rife. Ot muse! ca'l not age golden life, I know 'tis else tharr true; For youth 15 dreanless luniber sleeps, And leaveth age to rue. In- youth my glowing eyes ne'er dim'd Nor failed it speech my tongue; Not burned my heart, nor scorch'd my brain, Care knew me not when young! 48' JO TEWELED BEAUTY IS MY LOVE. No jewelled beauty is my Love, Yet in her earnest face There's such a world or tenderness, She needs no other grace; Her smih-s antd voice around my lifo In light and music twine, Atd dear, Oh very dear to me, Is this sweet love of mine. UhI y~y to-inw ~there's one fond he:Ert Beats ever. true to me; It sets mine leap:ng like a lyre, In sweetest nelody ; Nly soul ap-springs, a deity To heiar her voice divine, A nd dear, Oh very dear to me, Is this sweet Love of mine. If ever I have.sigh'd for wealth, 'Twas all for her, I trow, And if I win fame's victor-wreath, I'll twine it on her brow. There nay be forms more beautiful, Atud souls of sunnier shine, But none, 0 none, so dear to me, As -his sweet love of mine. The Land Beyond the River. It wvas a lavehy day. Tit e balmy breaith of tie watfted the ricn fragrance of the sutmmner nwers, while .the warblintg songsters of the rove ehiatited sweetest mtelodies to thteir Crea r God ; .and ill their most mtelodious strauins, ted with all created Nature int renadering praise , thne Fountain of all blessintgs. The golden rb of day was just sinkmgt behtitnd the westernt ave, and its last iigering rays, as though Ioathn leave the sceane, 5till sheai their halotof mel w light upon it, lighttnin'g up the ircht of hen-. e, atad riiintiL lie fleecy clouds withI thle tints f P-aradise. fThe whl)e scente is one oft stur ositg lovelinuess. Butt, kintd reader, while otr heaaru i, tilled with praise anid love to the unatifiiul Giver of good. go with me atnd learn adore his riebner love. Little Ella was dyittg. Pain no longer rack. d her '-ary limbs. Under the totneh of thne y hanid of death, the fever that for datys had jeeni drying the blood itt her veints was rapidly oling, atnd thle flushl was fadttg fromo her thitn heek. The dyintg little one was dear to mnyt ears; theirs 'was the grief too deep for utter. unee, atnd itt the siletnce of bitter, tearless agony, hey stood arouttd lien dying couch, for they new that she was departing. Thne fathier and ie mothear and the kitnd phty-icimn stood bentding~ ~ver thne formt of thte lovely child, watchting hie abred bre-athnitng. Ian appanreint sleep, she htad 'or sonie titme been siletnt atnd they thotnut thai it mtighit be thus she would pass away. B~u udaenly her blue eyes opnead,atnd a smile o: eavenly sweettess rested upon her features. %e looked eagerly forward at tirst, thent turn. tg her eyes upotn'her mnother's fuce, said in a weet voice--" Mother see that beautiful coun try, beyond thor-e dark, rushing watters. Oh ow besautiful! WVhat is the niame of that. coun try, mnothter?". -caen see nothing, my child," said thme mother " Look there, dear mother," maid ~the child iointitg agatin, "can you not see it now 1 ee how those angry waves dash against thost rocks; atnd, oh ! what a beautiful countryi be. ond-the sun shines so pleasantly, and I set uch -.beautifuL flowers, and the birds sing.s weetly ; oh ! they ttre so near me now, I cat lmost touch them with mny hand, and the peopli ll oo1k so hapgu there. Oh ! paupa, can you nol see bteyond tiit river? Tell me the name o that land." The parents exchanged glances, and repliet together " the land you see is Heaven ; is it, not ny cild ?" " Oh, yes, that is its name ; thought it inns e Heaven. Oh, let me go. But how shall ross that deep, datk river? Father, carry me will you not'? See, the angels are waiting fo e on the other side ; they aire holding out thei arms for me. Oh, father take tue in your arms nd carry mie across the river. I must go." A solemn awe pervaded the room, as if they stood upon the very verge of eternity-as if thi :tirtain was about to be withdratwn that coin :aled the unknown glories of the eternal world " My child, will you not wait with us a littl longer," said the father; "stronger arms thai mie will sooan beatr you aeross tine river. Sta: wah i yoor io:her a little longater ;see how shi vepis at the~ thmoughut oh losing yon." "ar. .mot.....d ot ry, b. ta ,.ome with m and cross the stream. Come, fiatiher. come-an gels are whispering in my ears, and I sec a be ing standing upon the other shore who is smiling upon me, and stretching out his arms to take me. Now he is coming down the river to carry Ime aero.s. I nitist go-come with me !" and stri-tching out her little arms for a last embiace, she said, good-bye, fa ther-good-bye, mother. Don't you be afraid ; be has come to carry me safely across the river." And these were her last words. Gently did they lay the fair form back ng:,in upon the pil low. :nd kneeling at the bedside, those grielf stricken hearts thanked God for this lesson of love, :nd prayed for resignation, saying, " The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, bles. sed be the naic of the Lord." NEWSPAPErs.-The Federal (Ga.) Union has the following remarks: "lIi Georgia there are now forty-%even news papers, not counting the weeklies issued by dailies, having in the aggregate say sevenly. five thousand sub-cribers. Ihis is a liberal allow ance, as miiany persons are subscribers to thtree, four, or a half a dozeii *papers in t lie State. Of these seventy-five thoisand subscribers we may safely calculate that fifieen thonsanid tnever pay the publishers one cent. Here theti are sixty thousaid sub-cribers to keep forty sevei news papers alive; a number hardly sntlicieiit to sup port ten good papers. Is it any wonder, then, that so ia ny editoirs retire iii dignst from their posts. Indeed, were it not. for the patronage of advertisers, few papers could exist a year in Georgia, at the present rates. T*hese rates should be increased, as material is unusually expenive and wages exorbitant. And while we sec liitle benetil to be derived from a con veition of editors and newspaper publishers, it half dozen or dozei even of the largest, news papers in ihe St&e inight from a Print er.' Union, for tihe purpose er lessening the present high prices of paper, and firt ifyiiig themselves against imposiion by apprentices and travel ling printers. No business in the state is less protected by law than that of the newspaper no business is so entirely dependant upon the honesty of men. Where the law interposes for protection to other interests, it serves only to embarrass the pubtisher, and render him the focus of attack from hundreds, whose honcr is highly injured by such proceedings, though thety never have paid, and never will pay, one cent for the protection of their soaring pride." Loor B.FotnE You Kicx.-A minister in one of our oribodox chtrebhes, while ott his way to pre:.ch it funeral sermon in the country. called to see one of his members, an old widow lady, who lived near the road lie was travelling. The old lady had just been makinig sausages, and she fell, proud of them, they were so plump, round and sweet. Of course she insisted (in her minister taking some of the links home to his fitmily. lie oujected. on acconnt of not havinig his portminantecan a long. Trnis objee ion was soon oerruled, and the old lady, afrer wrap ping them in a rag. Cleruj I jUl4-hdle in Tnns equipped he started for the funeral. While ait.nding to the solemIn cerenonies of the grave. some hungry dogs scented the sausages. and were not long in tracking them to the pockets of the good tman' s oveico:n. Of course this was a gre.tt anio'y-aiice, and hC W.iS several titmes under the neceity ot kicking these whelps away. The obstqiies at the rave completed, the minister and congregation re paired to the church where the luneral discourse was to be preached. After lli- sermtion was ftiished, the minister halted to make some remarks to his coigrega tion, whent a brother, who wished to have ;in app,-intment given out, ascended the steps of time pulpit, and gave the minitter's coat a hitch, to get his attelnon. The divine thiniking it a dog having a desigi upon his pocket, rai.sed his foot, and gave a sudden kick, aid sent the good brother sprawlincg down the steps. You wil excnse me, brethren and sisters!" said the miniister. coanftsed, tid without looking at the work he had just done, f6r I could riot, avoid it. I have satisages in my" pocket., and that dog has blien trying to grab them ever since I catte uonl the the premises !" Your readers may jud:.ze of the effeet such ttn 'annoutnceinent would have at a funeral.-Ger mantowni (Pa.) Emporium. HO:UELY TR~UTHs Loat WVvES.-Althtough your luhusand may negh-ect to give you a good dres, do inot seek revenige by giving him a good d ressinrg. Do not hesitate between the choice of an ex plensive inantlec and your husband's affection; the former mta:y be dear to your back, but the hatuer anont!d be dearer to yotur bosom. Should your husband bring a friend home to partake of etme remnainis oif ye.,terd'y's beef, do miot be chturlish, but. let a warm smile season the coltd repast. Prefer country raimbtes to town lounges; the colors of the rose aire brighter than the lutes of silks, and the dewdrops outshine the jeweller's gem. Never deny your husbantd the pleatsure of smotking; the eigar by the fire side, is the do mes-tic calnumet. of peaice. Be careful in brewinig the enp which .cheers, but not inebriates; stronig ieit is better thtan Iweak argument s. T1he hanid which wa':s pledged at the alter is not disgraced in sewing on a buttton ; antd re member as you sew, so shall-you reip. AL1ONG .1MAN.-A Yankee met a celestial in the street of Man Franicisco. atnd with a ctharne teristic of the race, acrosted hima as follows: "Where are yout from !" " Hong Kotng." - Where are you .bound ?" " G.eolong." "W\hat tea are you most fond of?" " What kitnd- of fowls do you consider the best 7" " Chittagong." " What kind of grapes do you prefer." " Scoppernotng." " Wnat's y our name ?" " Ongolong.________ COULDN'T FoLLow.-" I am glad to find you are better," said John Hunter, the famous sur geon to Foote, the equaliy famous droll nietur, upon payinig him at professional visit one morn ing, "you followed ray prescriptiotn of coturse ? - Indeed, I did not, doctor," retorted Sam, " or Ishould have broken my neck." " Broken your nteck ?" exclaimed Hunter, in amazement. " Yes," said Foote, " for I threw your prescrip tioni out of a three story window .' " JOHN, I wish it was as much the fashion to trade wives as it is to trade horses." "Why so, Pete ?" " I'd cheat somebody most shockin bad afore night." _____________ A GENTLEMAN was prom 'nading a fashiona ble street, with a bright little boy at his side, when the little fellow called out, "0, l'a ! t here g''es in edio'r ! "1 lisht, son." said ilf fiat her ; "' don't mnake sport of~ thle poor tma-God only knows what Benton, ackson. Benton, in his b presents the character of Gen. Jackson in a agrecable light. We sujbjoin an extract fr isbook - "The first time '&General Jackson was at Nashville, Tenne in 1799; he on the bench a judge of tl erior 'Conrt, and I a youth of seventeen b th-crowd. He was then at remarkable M' nd had his astcendant overa:tll who atprna ti in, not the effcrt. of hihhjdiei1 sta7 nor of the senatorial his., high jud iil sta norftesntra rank which he had h nd resigned, nor of miilikary exploits, for ad not then been to war; but the effect o onal qualities-cordi al and graceful manne ospiable temper, ele vation of mind, undati 'pirit, generosity and perfect inlegrity. In. ging the jury in the impending ca's, he co Lted a slight solecism in language, which _ d-on iv car and lod ged in my nenry, . bti derogating in the least front the respect$ ich he inspired, and without awakening th . test suspicion that I was ever to be enga ,smoothing his die tion. The first time I spno ith him was somc vears after at a then tron. r'own in Tennessee, wihen lie wais reirnint * )ia tioutliern visit, which brought him thro .ftlowns and camps of some of the Indi an t . It pulliig off his overcoat, I perceived oni e white lining of the sleeve i dark -pot whic ind life and mnotion'. I brushed it off, and put. heel upon it-litle I thinking that I was ever rush away front hint game of a very different d. He smiled, and 4 we began a conversatid .in which he very i quickly revealed a leadin rail of his character 4 -1 hat of encouragiog yo g men in their hiuda- I ble pursnits.. GetUig 'name, and learning 1 iny initended profes-vion, manifested a regard for ie-said tie had reepi iospitality at my ftoher's house in North C t-gave me kind inivitations to visit him, . pressed a belief ihat I would do wellat the r-generous \vords, I which had the efTect of pr Loting what they un dertook to foreltell. Soon after he had furthebpportunity to show I his generous feelings. I.-as employed in a :riminal case of great nitnizude, where the E oldest and ablest counsel pared-Haywood, Grundy, Whiteside-and tl trial of which Gen. t Jackson attended through 'neern for the fate t >fr a friend. As junior con tIel, I had to precede v iny elders, and did my best and it being on the ide ot' his feelings, lie flo d my effort to be d >etter than it was. He coo limented me great y, and from that time our 'itimacy began. * * * * (* * * His temper was placablel well ats irraseible, t ind his reconciliations co r4al and sincere. Of v hat my own case was a sin ,flar instance. Af- : er a deadly feud, I fecametis confidential ad rser, was offered the ftighie Inarks of his favor, y Vid received from bi dying bed a message of I rindship dictat'ed when life ias departing, and 3 vthen he was sirugl,,ing for ieuth. S lie was gentle in his hou and alive to the a enderest enloion. Of ths''ive atfi in-l tance greatly in constr., Iharaeer, and worth ." G?0 Lrrivea-iTisTiliiO~d one wet chilly evenio in o ehruary, and caine upon him in the twilight, I ituing alone by the fire. a lamb and a child be- I ween his knees. IHe started a little, called a ser- I ant to remove the two little innocents to anoth- p r room, and explained to me how it was. The a bild had cried because the lamb was out in the old, and lie had bronght it inl to please the child c -his adopted Loutlern nob two years old. F lhe ferocious man does not do that ! And though r lackson had ti, pas-sions and his violence, they a vere for tmen and enemies-those who stood up i i iist him-and not fy womert and children, t ) thec weak and helpless. flis hospitality was active and cordial. Of t Ihi I learned a characleristic instance in relation t o the son of the famnous Daniel Boone. Tche -ounig nian had come to N-tshville on hi; father's miniiess, to be detained some weeks, and took ogdings in a small tavern. Jackson heard of I T sought him out, found him, took him home < o remain as long as his business detained him t i taie country, saying: "Your father's dog < hould not stay in a tavern where I have a house." 1.'is was heart. The story was told me by the ong man himself, lonig after, when he was a State Senator of' the Genieral Assembly of lissouri. ________ The New Postage Bill. The following are the principal provisions of he new postage bill which hits passed the House. 'IThe lirst section is as follows: "IThat itt lietu of the rate of postage now stablishted by law, there shall be elmrged the ollowing rates, to wit: "For every sinigle letter in manuscript, or paper of atny kittd in whicb informatioti shall be sked for or comimutnieated in writing, or by marks or signs, contveyed ini the mail for atty distatnee betweetn pices in the United States not exceeding tthree thtousanid miles, three cents; and lor atny distanice exceedinig three thousand mites, ten cenits. For every sucn letter or paper when ~onveyed wholly or itt part by sea, atnd to or from a fereignt cotuntry, tor any distne not ex eeding three tttousantd umiles, ihr~ oceati postage shalli be nye cetits; aind for anty distance exceed itg three thousand mniles, sucn oceati poistage sital be tet cenits. (exceptinig, however all cuises wuere such postages have beett or shall be ad jtsted at ditfe'ret rates by postal treaty or convention rlready conicluded or hereafter to be made.) And for a double letter there shahl be carged double the rates above specified ; and for a treble letter, trable those rates; and for a quadruple letter, quadruple those rates; and every leuter or parcel Dot exceeding half an ounice in weight shalt be deetned a sinigle letter; atnd every addiuottal weight of haltf an ounce, or additional weighlt of' less thant half an ontnee, shalt be charged with ant additional sitngle pos tage; atnd upon alt letters passing through or in the mauil of the United States, exceptinig such as are f'romn a foreign country, the poslages as above specihied shalt be prepared ; and from and after the firet, day of January, eighteen hundred atid fifty-five, spech pre-payment shall be by stamps.'Atnd all dropped letters or letters placed in any post-office not .for transmission thirongh the mail, but for delivery only, shall be charged with postage at the rate of one cent each ; atd all letters which shall hereafter be advertised as remainting over or uncalled for in any post office, shall be cenarged with one cent each, in addition to the regular postage; both to be acsounted for its othter postatge now are." '1The second section -provides that the bill shall take effect from anid after the commencement of the next fiscal quarter, and that it shall not be lawfut for any potstmaster or other persons to sell any post office stamp or stamped enivelope for aniy larger sum than that indiented on the ace of suent stamip or envelope And any per sona who shall violate this provision shall be deemed guilty of a iidemeanor, atnd, on con vition titerof, shall be fined in atny sum, not less than ten or more thtan live hundred dollars. A LoAFEtt'S SolIHLOQUY.-" Let's see where I am ? Trhis is coal I'm layin' on. Hlow'd I get heroe? (reflects.) Yes, I mitidnow. Was cout in' up street; met a wheelbarrow, was druttk comnint t othter way ; the whieelb.artrow fell over nie, ri. i ell 'vetr the wneelbartrow, andtt oneC f uts mit into the cellatr, don't. mind which now, guess it uitst a been me. Land Plunder. The House of Representatives have just passed a bill granting alternate sections of pub lie lands to the Mobile and New Orleans Rail road. .As we are not aware, and cannot believe, that the Government owns any land on this route, we suppose, by a fiction of law, it will be enacled that all the pnblic lands in Louisiana and Mkisissippi shall be deemed and taken to be adjacent to the Railroad, and their value to be increased by its construction in the same man ner, and to the same extent, its if they lay upon its borders. Perhaps even the pretext of a pub lic consideration has been dispensed with, and the lands made a plain gratuity by Congress to a Railroad Corporation. This would only be following the precedent of another bill whielh has passed the House, and I is now unler discussion in the Senate,-the bill to give 160 acres of land to every man who will ake the trouble to settle on it, commonly called i the Homestead bill. This bill, contrary to the < whole tenor of our laws on the subject of real i .tate, gives the same privilege to aliens as to I ;iizens, provided only tnat the former shall de- i :lare their intention to become citizes. We i ire not surpri!ed that Senators should have de :ared that the passage of sneh a bill would ,varm into existence a new spirit of Native t Atnericanism. Our laws surely are sufficienly i avorale to strangers. As aliens, they are pro- r ected in ine pur-nit of every branch of trade 'I md labor , antd ifI they desire it, a fi% e years resi- m lence gives them all the civil and political rights s if native-born ciiizens. That no other nation 'V iffers the same advantagres, is snflicient ly proved e iy tie fact that eimigration of foreigners to the p Jnited States is greater than the whole eol-ni- v ation of the rest (if the world put together. ,I 'here never was anything like it known in the f ide of time. h Have we nort gone far enough? Are not our e aws sufiicien! ly liberal? Are we now to break \ own all barriers bet ween a citizen of the United ti tales and a stranger arrived yesterday In a / tepublic, citizenship is the proudest and most ti recious of distinctions. Are we prepared to il trip it of its honors, to drag it in the dirt. and s tually offer a reward to strangers to induce a biem to accept the rights and privileges of, na- ii iYe born citizens? The thing is preposterous nd insulting to the pride of every ci:izen. We have sad misgitings that this bill, squan- ii ei ing away the public lands as a gratuity to it ettlers, will pass the Senate. At one time we i ad confidetly supposed that, at the worst, it a as sure to meet its proper fate at the hands of - ie President. But the Washington Union has ri marily supported it from the first, and it wll a e urged upon General Pierce's acceptance by a umbers of his strongest friends. It is not im- E robable that he may yield to their instatce:i, b ough all the principles of his admirable Veto sl lessage on the Insane Bill, demand that he a: ould set his foot on this. Jr lie signs it, the ti t will, in our opinion, greatly, if not fatally, ir ipir thie power and popularity of his party.- ft harleston Meteury. - ft r iniCNar- (rf :Hiic Vwo eor, i hi. letter from Paris to that journal, gives Ih e subjoined recipe for destruying vermin ont o nimals, plants and trees. The remedy is sim- i le, easy of application, and worthy of at least b trial: ti " The celebrated Raipial, well known as one n f the best Freich chemist s. h:s given an in- it or;an, receipe for destroying vermin on ani- tI t:1a, :intl al.o on plants and trees important, b t least, if true. The process he recommends t to make a solution of aloes-one gramme of 1: at guni to a litre of water-French tueasure- d tid, by meanis of it large bruh, to wash over r he trunks and brancles of trees with ihis solu- ii ion. This simple process, says Raspial, will E peedily destroy all the vermin on the trees,and t 'ill effectually prevent otlters from approach- d g. In orler to clear sheep and aniials witlh I otIg hair, they must be bathed with the stililion c r be well washed with it. Rasiyail mentions C everal trials lie has made witi this mixture. all a f whicth have been attetided with the most e omplete success, and he recommends it very e trIgly to general use. I can ontly sa' that if c imle solution of aloes aind water wdil kill or la Irive away ants from peach and other trees in t 'exas an'd oiber parts of theo South, the dis overy will be hailed with pleasure. At all vents there is no harrm in tryinig thte experiment. ~ French lire is a little less than three of our >ints-a gramme is the five hundredth part of a rnchi pound. A little aloes, if useful at all, vill thius go a great way. WVere I troubled vih iants or other vermin in Texas, I shtould ~ertainly try Raspail's solution." IHow To RAISE TURKIES.-As our female -enders are atll, no doutbt, anixious to learn how o raise turkies, we will give thenm a very simple lan, which has been tried by several very iel-< ent ladies of our District, and the plait sue-< eeded to their enttire satisfatction. Mix a small-. rtioin of Sulphur with their food antd give it, o them regularly. As we unider tand the pro -ess, you can feed them witth anything you I lease during the day, but bo sture und mimins er the suiphuraled food regularly oncee a day, viz: in the eventing. -Try it. We have great failth itt this process, as it has been succesnfully ti-ed by ladi'es who are renmarkatble fur thietr prulienc, ectonomy, and general domnestic mani arementt. To FATTEN PIGs.---y 'retual experiment it has been ascertaitned that 100. pounds of cornt1 meal will produce as greart gain as 200 pounids of shelled corn. Farmers wishmtg-to experi. ment can fully satisfy themselve:, of'the cor ieetness of this. StGNrFICAT.-The New York .Herald says4 tat the Secretary of the Navy has forbiddetn the departure of all vessels-of war under sailing. orders, atnd commands thein to be-in.reatdiness for imamediate service. This looks very much as if the Administration apprehend a rupture with Spain, and mean to be prepared for a sud den and decisive blow. The Japan squadron should be here, but its absence is not the fault of Mr. Dobbin. DEFA.LCATION AT THE UNITED STATES MUNT. -It is generally reported that one of the chief lerks of the United States Mint, well known as one of the most experienced in the institution is a defaulter to a large amount, which is vari ously reported at, from $15,000, up to 8100,000. The circumstances have not fully transpired, but it is understood the friends of the ofilcer will make up the losses. The alleged defaulter has heretofore borne a high reputation, and is a strict member of the chturch. He has been ab sent from thme Mint for two weeks. THE man of genius thInks for himself; his opinions are sometimes contrary to those corn monly received; hd therefore shocks the vanity of thte greater number. To offend nobody, we should have no ideas butt those of the world, as a matn is thien without genius and wtthout ene mies. .1 gib dlat tup. before y'ou ax it. - neca it rune on sleepers. American Progress. The tone of the Zritish press towards the United States has become much changed recent Iv, and among the most striking of these intances nrf change is that of Blackwood's Magazine. 'rhe June number has the followingecomplimen tary allusion to us and our institutiona: "Although the eyes of the world are just now ireeted almost exclusively to Eastern Europe, n which events are occurring or far more than iaional import, it may not be either ill-timed, yr uninteresting, to cast a hasty glance over an >ther quarter of globe, in which a development )f PIoer.is going on, silently but ropidl)-un ittonded by the startling incidents of battle by nd or sea, yet not the less pregnant with re milts which mar influeneo the destinies of n nrge portion of the human race. We need ereely ay that our remarks point to the Amer can Republic, nnd that it is that young giant of he West.whiose growth to maturity affords an >bject of contemplation infinitely more inslrue ive than any which barbaric Russia presents in ier frenzied struggle for territorial aggrandize aent, or the powers of Western Europe afford i ;h-ir ill-cemented and doubirul union to re el the 'aggressor. Until within the last few ears, we have been too much in the habit. of re:ing the necounts brought before us of niericn progress to greatness, as extravagant asconade. The governments of Europe have een disposed to ignore the pretensions which he has pui forth, until, from one after another, he has wrung reparation foractual or imngined rongs. Even when we saw her flag flying in very port of the world, and felt the active com eti:ion of her merchants and ship-owners, we -ere disposed to regard her rather as an inter >ing trafficker, with whoin, from her distance -o us and her isolated position,'Europe could ave little sympathy, than as the germ of a pow rful nation, with a mighty future in prospect. Vith a view to bring about a proper recogni on of the actual and growing importance of merica as a membr of the great family of na ons, we propose here to give a few statistics lustrative, not only of the innate elements of rength and progress which she possesses, but so of the genius shown by her people in turn ig them to profitable account. * * * * * * * But we turn once more, before concluding, to e great country of the West, with a view to quire whether its institutions, and their past orking, afford a guarantee of its permanence id continued prosperity. There was a period -in 1828, if we remember aright-when dis iption threatened the integrity of the Union, id it was prophesied that interests so different those of the Southern States and the New ngland and Western States, must, ultimately ring about their separition. EvAn now the avery question is provoking serious discord, id may have, to those who haye not studied c position of the country, a somewhat mennc g Aspect. But.since 1828 much has been ef eted to cement and strengthen the-entire eon deration. The various lines of railway and luntains, through every variety of clitgate and soil, from the temperate nearly to the tropic, ive created a vast interchange of the products, uth of agriculture and of manufacturing indus v, which no section of the great republic cnn ;' afford to forego, or to see diminished. The uportance of maintaining the condition ofbii ial dependence between the various States is ecoming day by day more acknowledged. The mineituring and the Western Stateswespecial r feel the a vantages afforded to domestic in ustry hy an increasing crop of the raw mate al, cotton, and the sources of national wealth, i the shape of exports, which the produce of the outhern States provides, whilst the latter, from riff reductions, and the great advance made in omestic, manufactures of every description, ave ceased to feel that they are taxed for the xcluive benefit of tho other States of the Uni . These considerations induce us to believe, nd indeed to hope, that the progress of the rtire people of the American Republic will ontinue, that the political compact of the vari us States which compose it will remain unbro en, and that, a high destiny for it amongst na tons is the future. From the Charleston Standard. 1ife nsurance-Domestic Trade &c, M Essas. EnITRs:-.I have noticed your re rarks concerning a South Carolina Insurance ;ompany with much gratification. We have a iced or- such an institution among us, and vhenever there is a domestic wang which we re able to supply ourselves every good south aroliian should favor and encourage the effort o supply it. In manufarctures we began with the coarser ottons and yarns, and bec-ause there was a homue emand we succeeded. The extension of our pinning to the finer numbers of yarns to be old at the North is less likely to succeed. The nan~uacture of papser for newspapers is succes ut at Graniteville anid Greenville, and at Athens *nd Columbus in Georgia, because all can-be old at home. In boith these articles and in hers, wve have a double advantage over the orthmern producer, the freight of the raw mate al to the North and of the manufactured pio let back again to the South, But in every -ase, where tnere is a want at home of any pro lution sufficeiently lairge to encourage a South ta company, we ougly, to have such a one esta ilished among us. In regard to Life Insurance the number of outh Carolinians already insured in the North aenough to support a company at the South. ot less than sixty persons at Columbia and 'orty at Camden, have taken out policies in for tignl companies. In Charleston the number is arge; and in other parts of the States a few can ye found. But the number who ought to insure their ives is.- far greater than the number who have lone so already. Our people are extravagant md - free in .theii expenditures. Hundreds of yersons might~ be readily found in Chatrleston ione, who earn a handsome income but spend t all as soon' as itbis received. The physicians mnd lawyers who are not yet in large practice, I'e numerous. The teachers and clerigymen io lay by nothing, are to be found in every District of the State. The clerks and shopkeep-. trs who are dependent on their salaries for the ipport of their families .may be counted in arge numbers in Charleston. The merchants who have not accumulated a fortune, and- who iave all at risk in a business whose final result ley cannot foresee, may be seen on every square nd in all our streets. All these and many >ther persons, if their attention was ealledto ife Insurance, if they were made to understand nd appreciate it, if they were acquainted with he men who manage and control it, if they had Shome institution commanding their confidence, would adopt this wise arid prudent means of se 3uring something for their~ families in the con ingency of their early death. This Northern companies charge us extra rates ror insuring in the South: They do not give us '. fair sare of the profits, since they mamke us n z diiknds on thleae extra premiums; they have the~ r.dvantage of nsing our mouney'to build up Ntmerncti. railroads and other public works. Why not take the matter in our own. hands and reap the benefits for durselves.. To do this, every man who has an interest in - Life Insurance must take hold of the new enter prize projected; he must seek the subscription paper and put down his name; he must gather his friends and recommend the subject to them; we must all go to work and try to wake up the interest and the zeal of our people; we must help ourselves if we expect to be helped'at all, for otherwise Yankee enterprize will continue to gather its harvests on Southern soil, and we shall be hewers of wood and drawers of water I for those who hate us and wrong us. - Sotor-CanoLMAi. Opium Eating on the Health. The effect of habitual opium taking on health and lengevity. has been a subject of leial con %idpration. A remarkable trial took place in relation to some assurances eficeted by the late Earl of Mar, in the Edinburg Life Assurance Company. The Company discoverel, onihe death of the Enrl that he had been in' the habit of taking opium to a large amount a'd on that ground, refused to pay the insurance. The case was decided against the Company on the pr. sumption that they- had not been sufdiciently careful in their preliminary inquiries as to his habits. Dr. Christison, who was concerned as a medical witness in this case, was led, in the course of his investigation to some interesting data, both in respect to' the frequency of this habit, and its etect on the duration of life. - It must be confessed that, from these in quires, opium does not seem so destructive as might be supposed; but there is no revelation made as to the misery in which life was pa.sued and, in all probability, a vast number of fital cases have been in more than one sense buried in oblivion. However, Dr. Christison's cases are replete with interest, and will be read by those who are concerned in similar ir.quiies with the greatest advantage. He gives a Shdrt statement of the ages of the opium eaters and he quantity of opium taken. It would appear that many reached advanced periods of life, such is fifty or sixty, after fifteen, twenty, or thir - ty years of this lamentable practice. One old woman, who died at Leith, at the age of 80, iad taken half an ounce of laudanum daily. for aearly forty years and enjoyed tolerably good 4ealth all the time. Another, who died at seventy-six. had taken ibout the same quantity, and for the same time. Very many such statements are made, but I con :eive they are exceptions from a general rule, mnd that the health was by no means .4 good is represented, for in some instances these pr ions are stated to have given up the>. opi i'nfor ntervals, which they would scarcely have done f it had contributed to pleasure without.i ing the health. Dr. Christison must be tware that a long list of drunka -be nade who had escaped the ev- osequent on heir habits, and who e at an advanced ta-e. -,Such if 4 tbmi , enl in.the b YALE CoLLEGE.- 44..54s 'to b eral .onceded, that the Faculty onm t iave become so thoroughly fanatic and so zeal Dus in the propagation of their fanaticism, as to forego no opportunity either in private or public to dissemminate it. Hence, recently, it is quite common for the Professors to figure in fanatical meetings and take part in their ciscus sions, evincing. a zeal wholly incompatible with their positions as the instructors of Southern youth. The Richmond Dispatch, a neutral journal, has the following pertinent remarks in relation to the subject, which the South should reflect upon: "The Rev. Prof. Goodrich, of Yale College, declares that the members of the. Faculty of that Institution are a unit-in opposition to slave ry. He takes occasion, too, to inform the South that Yale cares nothing for its patronage. It is evident, from the tone employed by this fanatic, that any Southern man who .sends his son- to Yale College, will be subjecting him to influ ences that must infallibly render him a Southern man with Northern principles. Yale Is-now a - hot bed of abolitionism, a nursery of fanaticism. The professors-are all abolition propagandists, and employ the power which their. positions confer in making their pupilsas thoroughly anti slavery as themselves. In view of this fact, will Southerners hereafter send their childrett to Yale? In the language of Professor Good rich, we say to the South, " the sooner you With draw your patrunage from Yale, the better." " TAKE care," recommended a father' to 'his children, "wvhen you find yourselves-'in 'the presence of persons who see you for the first time, to display the best qnalities of heart aind'. mind.-They will always judge you under-this first impression."__TIhis father knew the world. LITTLE TO DO.-The Cleveland Phaindealer. says an athletic specimen of a man from E~mer aId Isle called into the counting-room of one of our River street merchant. He took oir his hat to make his best bows. " The top o' the mornin' toge, MIisther P-. I've been told ye're in want o help I" " I've but little to do, replied IP--, with mercanile gravity. " I'm the very boy for yeesl It's but little I care about doin'-sure it's the money I'm afther." The naive reply procured him a situation. REsTITUTnov.-When a Tennessee girl is sly-. ly kissed, she puts on a frown and~says:. " Puf that article right back,usir, where you stole it from.". SuaE, and I'm heir to. a splinded estate under my father's will. When he died, he ordered-my elder brother to divide the house wid me~; aid> by St. Patrick he did it-for he tuck the inside' himself, and gave me the outside. TOOK THE WHOLE Los.-It is relafed~ of of Elder Richards, of Salt Lake, that he-beame violently enamored of two fair ddunghters ~6f.s widow lady.- The mother, who was 6n thin shady side of sixty, objected to being sep rated from them. As the Elder was' determied toi make a bargain,_he took the whole lot! - NEW POST OmeE.-A now post offie hsr been opened in A bbeville District, to be known' as " Mount Carmel," and 'Mr. Sandford Hliel has been appointed Postmaster. A woman named Ann..Hall, of aboat-thirty.. four years of age, was carried over the Fallgt;' Niagara last-M[onday. She was -seen loatinj in the river above the falls, and while ,p'h'parag tion's were making to rescue her, waseaiti over the cataract. She had been marrid-y few days, aud from her rather singla manner it was supposed'she was-deranged. SOMEHOW So.-She's beautiful, witty refinedr full of music, poetry and feeling-it' eN married. Talking of'-such a being ,is-lii e o~.i. ing a ticket in the lottery already iawn. Moany, like beauty, is gr'eatk dispaae i egrly sought. while poverty is highy'-pr'ised& and carefully avoided. It is like a case ,Vhiels. oftcn happens in society-that of' etilogr people whom~ wed ould.t associale withio sneerin at otliers whom won't' e.are to', ut,