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ELI S emoCrAtic 3ourna, VIeotte io iIy 99dj an SotIjer flig!jt5, 4itis, CAteSt fetus, Cittroure, fly rait, aemperante, Souttbrn & "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of .k Liberties, and it It must fal, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." W. F. DURISOE & SON, Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, -C., JA JARY2 1 WiM, 0. PRICE & COT DRAPERS a TA,151,18 H AVE received their FALL AND WINTER SUPPLIES of the Latest Importations, and would invite the attention of those who want the best Goods to call and make selections. Clothing. 'OVER GARMENTS of all the newest styles, -brese Coats, Pantaloons and Vests; Office and Bu sines. Coats, Pants and Vests, and a General as sortment of Fashionable Clothing. Hosiery, &c. UNDER GARMENTS of all kinds, Dressing for the neck, Scarfs, Stocks, Ties, Gloves, and all other articles useful for dress and convenience. WMl. 0. PRICE & Co. Augusta, N".6 . 3m 43 Or1PTE MASONIC H.ALL, . ROaD STEET, AUGUSTA, GA. co Tja. 13 ! e31 bEL O'T'.A. T.i Are receiving their full Stock of BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES, CARPET BAGS, &c., &c. Our Stock will comprise all the most fashionable ar ticles, and those thatcan be recommended for dura bility. Also, a large and superior lot of Negro Brogans, Men's Rip BROGANS and Women's Leather BOOTS. We feel confident that we cani show one of the BEST ASSORTED Stock of Goods that has ever been in our City, and request our customers and friends to give us a call before .purchasing. Aog 29 3m 33 NEW CARPET STORE! JAMES G. BAILIE, (LATROFTHF.FlMOF BAi.IE & LAMBERT.) DIRECT IMPORTER OF ALL KINDS OF CARPET1N G, RUGS, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, &c., &c. L INEN GOODS, Curtain Materials and Trimmings, & c.; & C., & C. 234 EIG STREET, CHARTESTON, S. C. gW P. S.-Orders promptly attended to. Aug 8 6m 30 DRUGS, MEDICINES, &e, D RS. A. G. & T. J. TEAGUE, respect . fully inform their friends and patrons that they have just received their FRESH Stock of Pure and Genuine Drugs, &c. re A nd will be pleased to wait upon all who may favor y them with their patronage. of Space will not allow us to give a Catalogue in thsm place or our Stock of Drugs. Medicines. &e. Suf ice It to -V-- cT MO)S'i' COMP.L ETE stock ever S otlfered in this pl.te. Edgefleld C. H., Miny 23 tf 19 sti REMOVAL - Of the Tin Manufactury, a NEAR Da. R. T. DIthS' TA N YA RD 1 r 'HE Subscriber would respectfu'ly iifoprm the Lcitizens of Edgefield and the surrounding Dis tricts, that he ias removed to his residence, where I hw has recently erected a large and commodious at Shop, and is now preparel ti carry on the fi; WreXr 3E3-TTs NEM:S9 110 iN A LL ITS BRANC1I ES, such as Matnufactu- 1n Iing Tin Ware for Merohants, ROOFING, G UT TEltNG, and all manner of JOB WORK.- a Always on hand a general assortment of at TIN AND JAPAN WARE! 66 0- Merchants supplied at shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms. Orders solicited. S C. L. REFO. cc Octa tf 37 lil Pomaria Nurseries, S IMM19 ER & CRAIM11OND, I_ AVE fur sale a large and fine collection of thesi b1. est varieties of Consistina of PE A CillES, PLUMS. A PRICOTS, g; NECTARINES, FIGS, GRAPE VINES, PEARS g both standard and dwarf, A PPLES, standard and ni dwarf. CH ERRIES, standard and dwarf, ROSES, ja FLOWERING SilRUBS and EVERGREENS of choice kinds. Their Fruit Department embraces all the best nl native varieties, early and late, as well as all the i:1 Choice Foreign kinds, and the trees are of fine I habits and growth. d 17 Prce Catalogues sent to all upplicants. h Address SUMMER & CRAMMOND, Oct 31 3m 42 Pomnaria, S. C. b fc H ARVYL EY & MHA YS, H AMBURG, S. C. " NEARLY OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN HOTEL. I'1 ETHE Subscribers having entered - I nr into a Co-Partriership for the tran- s saetion, of a G E NE RALO6RO C ER Y BUS INE SS d Solicits the patronage of their friends and the public y generally. Having carefully selected a CROICE STOCK OF GOODS, and at loto prices, we are prepared and determined to sell as low as Goods of the same quality can be bought in this or the Au gusta Market. ki Our Stock comprises nearly every article usually A kent in similar establishments. We purchased our y Goods for Cash, and can afford to sell at VER Y LOW FIGURES. Our Stock consists in part of :SUGAS, COFFEE, N. 0. AND W, I, MOL.ASSES, MACKEREL, CilEESE, s Bacou, Lard, Flour, Il Candies, Raisins and Nuts, of all descriptions, y TOBACCO & SEGARS, Pickles, Pepper, Allspice, Blue Stone, Coperas, i A good assortment of Liquors, Also, a fine hot of Crockery and Glass Ware, Tin t and W ooden Ware, &e., &e. t JOIIN B. HIARVLEY, c JIoiN A. MAYS-. Hamburg, Nov 20, - hn 45 $10,000 Wanted for 1856, - TrlIE Suibscriber wishing to restrict his business ..exclusively to tho CASH SYSTEM, takes 1 this opportunity to inform his paltrons that ho will c open no. Books for accounts this year. It is useless to enlarge as. to the advantages, both to buyer and I ,seller of this system. All acknowledge it to be the. best. II Intending to keep a good supply of articles in the j various branches of my business, l re'pec.tfully so- n licit a continuance of the liberal patronage so long, extended. Come oa now with your small change, r aind let us try il one year, and see how it works.1u G. L. PENN, AGONr.I Jan 1, 1855. tf 51t " Economy is Wealth in OOD 00)elean Rags of every dlescription will bee Jpurhatsed at thre" Ad vertiser O'lice."' Price, 24 ets per pond Now, here's a ebance for almos. every body, and old bltchelor's too, to make money. i Apr.l1 sofi 14 ' I THE VILLAGE. Oh, a pleasant spot is our village home, By the side d yon peaceful stream, Where the waters glide ocrthe pebbles white, Like thoughts through a peaceful dream; Where the wind sweeps by with a silvery sigh, O'er the rich unfolding flowers, And the wild bird singeth its sweetest song In our beautiful forest bowers, That stand all mantled in glorious green, Round this village home of ours. And a quiet spot is our village home, When the toils of day are done, When the wearied ones from work return To their-hearth-stones, one by one; No revel shouX on the air is heard, From taverns close and dim: No sound is heard on the stilly night, Save the villager's evening hymn; The wine cup stands on the shelf untouched, And dry is the goblet's brim. No marble mansion is reared on high, In this village home of ours; But burnble lowly.cots have we, Encircled with vines and flowers; The windows are mantled in roses bright, And jasmines pure and fair, Which the maidons gather at eventide, To wreathe in their braided hair. There are lovelier homes on this earth, I know, There are loftier cots than ours, There are richer scenes, there are softer winds, There are brighter and sweeter flowers ; But oh, though thier mansions may lofty be, Though their windows in grandeur gleam, Though the scenes around them be brighter far Than the poet's or painter's dream, No place to our bosom can be so dear As our home by the willowy stream. A LECTURE TO LOAFERS. Stand up here, you lazy rascals and let us son about your daily vocation. Hold up ,ur sheepish heads and say why sentence the most unqualified condemnation should )t be passed upon your conduct. How rethu r tazy ones-or lock up t eos ice door with your carcasses, to the no 1all annoyance of busy working people Ito are engaged in some useful occupa i ? low can you be contented to " pass vav time" in lounging around the streets ly shifting to avuid the rays of the sun company with your equally lazy and use s companions, the dogs, perchance once d a while setting your canine friends to t for the sake of gratifying your brutal e of fun I and how can you have the blushing impertinence to gaze under every dy's bonnet who is compelled to pass by, id just before she is quite out of sight ex. ess your vulgar propensities by remarking what a gait," " what big feet," or" what a uckup air," and turning to one of your mipanions, inquiring of him " how he'd ce to hitch horses with that female for ,e ?"0 You poor fools, don't know that her stuck air was caused by her having to pass h a crowd of human brutesi And don't know that instead of criticising a lady's tit you ought to be at home mending your irden gatei And that no sensible ferni ne wvill hitch horses with any of you as ng as you pursue your present business? Do you suppose that you were made for > other purpose than to "loaf," and hinder dstrious people by asking unmeaning aestions or standing in their way? And you think it decidedly sharp when you til a gentleman who is hurrying about his asiness and asking him if be is walking ar wages and you are loafing for wages hich you wiall get some day if you don't id your ways, i e, free boarding in the nor house, or you may be promoted to the igh rank of private in the penitentiary. ime may hang heavily with you, but you tay hang heavily in time if you do not be ir yourself and be useful. o you imagine that you were created to nothing, and that brains were put in our great pumpkmn heads for the poor use ou make of themi Do you think it hon rable for you to do nothing because your ither has enough to support you when you now what they have, they got by industryi Lnd do you suppose your mothers and sisters ,ere sent into this world to cook meals and rash shirts for such worthless beings as you And then when night comes, wvhat do we ee you at? WVhy about the grocery and quor stores of course. There you post oursef and make it a rule to ask any work gman who may chance to come in, and ho has earned a few shillings in the course f the day, to "treat," att the same time rgig~as a reason that lhe is the only man in te crowd that is making any money And ien after you have sponged enough of a lever fellowv to make night hideous with eastly shouts, you finally lay down in some utter with your equally respectable compan ns, the bogs. Now ain't you a beautiful cet of fellowsi ellons we ought to cull you Your faces ight to be covered with shame at the iden f degrading poor human nature in this man er, especially when you acknowledge that is an awful burden to do so. Then go to ork like men, or else take arsenic anid take yourself of some use by giving the rinters a chance to pulhish your departure nder the head of suicide. DAERo~s.-People wvho don't like the eadAche should never undertake to come etwen man and wife while they are ex. hanging smoothing irons. We tried it once, d got a black eye that cost us six shillings EXTACTS FRM AN ADDuSS BY SANUEL McGOWAN, ESQR. As samples of this very chaste and sen ble production, delivered before the Litera Societies of Erskine College, in August la we have selected, somewhat at random, t" following impressive passages: "On the fourth of July, 1776, the pla where we now stand was on the very ver of civilization in the Province of South Car lina. A short distance hence-at the poi where the trail from Ninety-Six to the Ke wee crossed the Cherokee boundary-stoi a .small Indian tiading-house, known Dewett's Corner. Hostilities had then i ready commenced between Great Brita and her Colonies. Fort Moultrie, hasti constructed of spungy logs from its immed ate vicinity, and fighting under the famoi crescent banner of blue, had already driv4 the Fleet of Sir Peter Parker, shattered at defeated, from the harbor of Charleston, at by that heroic achievement had given renou to the' Palmetto and a proud - device to tl escutcheon of the embryo State. The Che okee Indians, urged by Cameron and othi British agents, and stimulated by the hope, plunder, and of revenge for all their hoard( wrongs, real and imaginary, had, in violatic of recent treaties, seized. the tomahaw. crossed the border naar this place, and rusl ed, with savage ferocity, upon the expose inhabitants of the frontier. Captain Aarc Smith's family on Little River, consisting fifteen souls, male and female, white ar black, had all been massacred, except tv sons. One of these had escaped to Whil Hall and alarmed that settlement; whilst t other hard pressed by barbarians thirstin for his blood, had succeeded in reaching th residence of Mr. Francis Salvador on Cori naca Creek; and there, holding up the bleei ing stumps of his mutilated hands, told tf fearful tale of sliughter, and roused t scattered settlers of that vicinity to rail. for the double purpose of avenging the murdered neighbors and of protecting the own fire-sides and families. T[his irruption of the Indians upon tb Western border of the Province, was doub less intended to be simultaneous with tb attack on Charleston and the Sea-board; an on the morning of the day rendered evi memorable by the declaration of America Independence, Dewett's Corner was desei ted-Major Downes, and the people of Ri bun's Creekweeesieedbt on and Mr. Salvador, with a mu ter of militia hastily collected, and still co lecting, lay at Holmes' field on Ilogski Creek. This little army of militia, soo afterwards crossed the border, and took an burnt most of the lower Towns, amon which was Esseneca, where the lamente Salvador fell and was brutally scalped b) the ruthless enemy. It also penetrated inI the middle settlements and valleys, and it ficted upon the whole nation of Cherokee including the Over-hills, such signal cha! tisement for their treachery and blood foray, that they sued for peace, and conch ded a treaty with South Carolina and Geo gia, by which they acknowledged themselv( vanquished' and ceded to South Carolina a the territory lying on this side of the Ocone mountain. This treaty was made by ti representatives of the different parties, i May 1777, and as if by a sort of poetice justice was signed at Dewett's Corner, ne; the place where the war had been commei ed by indiscriminate massacre and mi~ night murder. Seventy-nine years have passed and gon and how difierent the scene ! Howv gre. the change that has taken plaice I It is a most beyond the power of imagination compasis it. After the Declaration of mnd pendence, that struggle, in which our ane tors had been engaged, wvas no longer a pe ty defence against Indian depredations, merely the resentful rebellion of revolti subjects ; but it became a great wvar of di liberate and settled purpose; and in thi haracter, notwithstanding many reverse especially in South Carolina, it was wagi heroically, until our National Independeni was formally acknowledged by the proude power on the face of the earth, and recordE for the purposes of history in the treaty Paris 1783. " In view, then, of our great progress the past, and our high hopes of the future in view of the glorious mission set before u~ and of the high destiny which we may fai ly suppose is intended for us as a people becomes every man of us to do his duty his duty to himself, his duty to others, a: his duty to his country. That we may I enabled to discharge our duty, it is necessai to understand what it is ; and for this pu pose it is well nowv and then to recur to fir principles--to glance at the point fro which we started--to observe the directit in which we are tending-to examine ho far we have advanced, and the causes such advancement-wvherein we have beE retarded, and the reasons why ; and to dra from such views useful and practical lessol for our improvement and future guidane TIhis occasion is perhaps a proper oi for us to take such a reckoning-to examii the auspices, and interrogate the oracles to our reasonable hopes and destiny, ai especially to recall, if possible, our who duty touching the great subject of educatic Tihe first great king of Macedon, whi e had attained to such grandeur thatI was supposed to be in danger of. being cs red away by the adulation of sycophan and flatterers, and of forgetting wvho ai what he was, had the wisdom to keep servant in his employment, whose duty was to proclaim in his hearing, every da before he gave audiene: " Philip, remei er thou art mortal." In the samo we there are some fundamental truths, whic though they are neither newv nor striking, [is important to proclaim before the peoj every day. Among these, there is perha none so imnportant, as that the people und our form of popular government must edneated. This is not merely a trite coi imonplace, but a truth as important as o wmljrer and a abidingr as the everlastil hills. Volumes mi t be written, in (act this have been written, a the subject but it ano is a theme too vast *an occasion like the visi present ; indeed, it is. nnecessary to enlarge the ry upon a matter so o us, before an audience cen it, so intelligent as the one here assembled. thai ie We will, therefore, c ntent ourselves with woi assuming the truth o 'the proposition, and I merely stating that i is a truth so vitally inat important that it sho be proclaimed from of 4 the house-tops, not o yevery day, but, if min D- possible, every hour i the day. The very ture D College-bells, every e they call to the one lecture room, or reci. ' n, should peal out trg in tones unmistakea e, that our welfare, war s nay, our very exist in a state of freedom, festi in depends upon the ed tion of the people." and n "., Important as it is at our people should insti be educatdd, yet it is t the policy of our chal Is government to take t- children of the citi. less a zen and educate the in cnimon at the the d public expense, or ovej. to require them by spoi d law to educate them ves. Although popu. led, lar intelligence is m necessary for us, to b n than any other peo because of the pe. the culiarity of our politi institutions; yet our beg - government shrinks n the fearful task of con taking the custody youth, and of assu ming the -responsibir y of their education. In It is contrary to the a irit of our people, as Si well as to the genius f our institutions, to TI confer upon govern nt powers so unne cessary and so liable In their execution to TI cruel perversion and oppressive abuse. One Ei of our political maxims is, that " that gov. Ht d ernment is best which governs least." 'The 0 people now, understaiding the sources of A o power, are uowilling t commit to govern- O0 e ment, offices, which li their own individual exertions, and without any costly and op. g pressive instrumentalitj, they can better per. e form themselves. The spirit of our people r is so free, that they wodld not consent to choi receive even the boo* of education upon ing e compulsion. Liberty -is so dear, that they tv, will not deprive themaselves of it, even to tion secure that which is necessary for its pre. are r servation. The very lessence of liberty is selei r the largest personal fMee agency consistent part with wise government,, and the peace and sons good order of society. If such a system fron for educating the people as the Spartan, B d were not inconsistent.with the genius of our is n4 instittitions, it would hqutterly impracticable -tl here, from the extent 6f our country, and to e: the condition of our soeiety. A small State whe of antiquity, without ko ws.;knowledge of the Car, art of printing, and out the christian re. and instruct them in res and the use of thei black broth and iron money; but such an witb effort would be utterl Y futile and unwise in a eats n large State, and under a modern civilization." who " "The mind is independent of external shot circumstances. The man whose intellect is affe, enlighted, and whose moral sentiments have insti been cultivated, has within himself, and the V Y world cannot take them away, the elements tizai 0 of abiding happiness. To him the sighing al E I zephyr, the singing bird, the odor and beauty the - of flowers, the tints of the rainbow, the enui earth itself, and the grand system of which all Y we form a mere atom, all afford pleasure- fact pleasure in themselves, and further pleasure assu - in the knowledge that they proclaim the wis- belo s dom and goodness of their great Creator. and 'hough every thing in life should fail him- and 8 though summer friends should fall away from thos him in the day of adversity, he can still en- Rigl n joy himself at least in moralizing upon his i ,r condition, thus drawing a pleisure from mis- our fortune itself. Like the exiled Duke and his ded companions in the forest of Ardenness, he and can say : ofti " Sweet are the uses of adversity, tion 6' Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, suel t Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. -. And thins our life exempt from public haunt, o Find tongues in trees-books in the running brook, So .Sermons in tones, and good in every thing."~ dele s. " Education exalts the mind, and puts us, iont t. as' it were, upon an eminence-upon a ' r mountain top, thus enlarging our landscape,wh d bringing into view the purling streams, the th - sweet valves, the waving forests and culti- per it vated fields of the world around. Bacon prej s, quotes with approbation the remark of the suce d .poet: "it is a pleasure to stand upon the . 'I e shore, and see ships tossed upon the sea-a hey< st pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, ac d and see a battle, and the adventures thereof melmi af below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the in o staniding upon the vantage ground of truth, end in and to see the errors, and wanderings, and The - mists, and tempests in the ,vale below ;" and clar a, the great Lord.Verulam himself adds: " Cer. Cor r' tainly it is heaven upon earth to have a mnte it man's mind move in Charity, rest in Provi- ceav -dence, and turn upon the poles of Truth." tioni d " It has been objected to the study of the into e sciences, that they have a t.'ndency to en- litic .y gender religious scepticism. We are taught at ti r- to believe that the foundation of our religion, ed t st the Scriptures, is true--nothing but truth- whc i the very answer to the question of the 13 in Tetrarch of Palestine, when lie asked, be w " what is truth I" We believe also that the any of ject of all science, though on an humble Sou n scale, is to discover and teach truth.-It can- rese w not be possible that the great source of truth part s -the great blaze of heavenly light,'from are a which all these sciences are mero sparks of gov temanation-can be dimmed by scrutiny. It muel e is not according to the nature of things, that wot as truth should suffer from investigation. It Corn d rather solicits it, and is confirmed by it. mer le ruth never wars with truth ; but however or n. different the subject in which it may be corr m . found-whether in the snow drop or the to s ie solar system-all are prin r- " But parts or one stupendous whole, " a ts Whose body nature is, and God the soul." of i ad " No want of religious instruction has 'the a resulted hero from the absence of a Hierar. and it chy esiablished by law and supported by last y, exacting one tenth of the fruits of the earth, I n~ or by taxes wrung from the hard earnings of seel iy the poor. Unlimited freedom of conscience wit! h, renders our wvorship somewhat various and Sea it multiform; but for the very sarme reason it is and le fervent and sincere. Holy temples, dledica- of i ps ted to the worship of the living God, greet tion r the eye in every corner of our land, which exp be are v'ocal, at least one day in seven, with it is n- songs of heavenly praise. Every branch of poli ir the church relies for support entirely upon her g the zalt of its members, and so seure is of ing a representation in -the-. Cincinnati C vention-a-let us say to Georgia, Alaba Mississippi, Missouri, and our other So ern sisters, we can hold no communion 1 you in political action or counse!-.we o posed to conventions on principle, not even now, when the common peril t< all is imminent, can we depart from time.honored policy, -or lift our voice stretch forth a hand to cheer or encours to strengthen or aid you. . The people of some of our neighbor States, Georgia and Alabama, have in t preliminary meetings or conventions, -r tive to a representation at Cincinnati, elated its importance, and have, with mar emphasis and with great solicitude, inv the people of every Southern State, asv as Northern, to send delegates. We our readers if there is not something du common courtesy to our neighbors; t believe.the approaching assemblage wil one of the most important in political res that has ever been .held; they feel that time has come to declare, %without equiv< tion, to the men of the North, of the sa political faith, that aggression must ces that if political connection is to contin the conservative people of the non-slaveh ing States must bertir themselves, and down the miserable factions which war ai the South and the Constitution; they that it is high time to declare the ultimal of Southern forbearance, and they b chosen to be present at this Convention affording the best opportunity of mal this determination known to their breth of the same household of political fa They have invited you, people of So Carolina, to meet them there, and it is you to say whether you will stand al and maintain a proud but profitless isolati or accept the invitation from those wh faith or patriotic motives you must enti: confide in. Georgia, we believe, has instructed delegates; Florida will probably instr hers, and indeed all the Southern States ' doubtless give their delegates such prei and well defined instructions, that the act of the entire Southern delegation will unanimous. On such an occasion, v such an object to be attained, there must weighty considerations indeed to prey South Carolina from being present, not a leader or partizan, but as one of a comr nity of States, whose dearest interests at stake, and who, faithful to the insti then; and in the same effort, if possible, save the Union, and rescue the Constitut from the grasp of the reckless fanatics v seek to destroy it. This is the only consideeition we looli in discussing the question; we are no pa zan, we look upon all parties at the No as utterly unsound on the great questior the day-we have no desire that the St should enter into a mere Presidential sera ble; but we do think that at this time should meet her sister States in one mi united, strong, and perhaps final effort save the country; or, failing in that, ir cate the course the people they repres should adopt to save themselves from u ruin. Believing then that this same "Natic Democratic Convention" will have it in power, by a manly declaration of politi principles in the choice of the man for NExecutive office, and by a patriotic avei of its determination to abide by the Con tution in defending and maintaining rights of the South, to do more in putt down the fanaticism of the North than previous similar assemblage, we think I strong obligations of duty, patriotism self preservation demand that South Ci lina should not reject the invitation to present, or turn a deaf ear to the solic tions of those she indst finally act with. IVoMAN's RIGlHT -TO SBAwLs.-A Ii tern lady thus vigorously asserts the exi sive right of her sex to wear shawls. advise those for whom her diatribe is inten< not to read it, as its perusal is not likelj minister to their vanity. Others, howe may enjoy it, so here goes: I want to toll you what a woman thri of the shawl.wearing rage just now pos sing so many of our men. T'alk of a woman wearing the breedl The truth is, we will soon have nothing to wear from present appearances. next innovation will be to don our pettici and shifts. Now young gentlemen-im tors of the Beechers and other great fop don't you feel ashamed in your horse tels eta, or in the decenter old shawls of y mothersi The fools are not all dead y and I believe if you were brayed in a na tar the dust will be fool's powder still. For my part I hate these gawky hybri neither man nor woman. I cannot see u God designed them for, unless to make goalins and country gougers stare at unmistakable evidence of a saphead o snob. Throw away your shawls, young gen men. H ave a little thought in your bra and, independence in your lives, and di go about looking so silly, trying to be u Nature never made you for. Your moti need their shawls this wintry weather. 1 can show your folly in some other way t by setting a whole congregation to stare the holy Sabbath day at worship, and th by destroying the devotional feelings of fdgetty old women ; or by turning the. of all you chance to meet during the w upon yourselves, as if you were some gi shanghai escapet from Barnum's ani show. MARY 3 A CIVILIZED 'rRIBE.-The Seneca I ans have a lawv to the effect-that no treat valid without the consent of twvo-third the mothers of the tribe. A wag says that Dr. Kane tried to ge the Pole to deposit his vote; but the icel faction prevented him. lIv the bottle, discontent seeks for comi cowardice for courage, and bashfulness confidence. reliance that we may safely affirm, as ther has-done, that" with us better pro >a is made for,.and a greater portion of people attend upon public worship, do ly clad, well behaved and well seated, i in any other country of the civilized Id." is gratifying to see the different-denom ions of christians taking up the subject iducation, and undertaking to teach the I ~as well as the sentient and moral na . We would say, in the language of of the most distinguished men our coun Ias produced: "This attention to the ts of the intellect'and the soul, as mani d by the voluntary support of schools colleges, of churches and benevolent tutions, is one of the most remarkable -acterlstiqs of the American people-not strikingly exhibited in the new, than-in alder settlements of the country. On the where the first trees of the forest were fel. near the log cabins of the pioneers, are a seen rising together the church and school house. So has it been from the nning, and God grant that it may thus inue ! On other shores, above their moulderingtowns, sullen pomp, the tall Cathedral frowns; nple and frail, our lowly temples throw eir slender shadows on the paths below; arce steal the winds, that sweep the woodland tracks, is larch's perfume from the settler's axe, e, like a vision of the morning air, slight-framedsteeple marks the houseof prayer. t Faith's pure hymn, beneath its shelter rude, eathes out as sweetly to the tangled wood, where the rays through blazing oriels pour marble shaft and tesselated floor.' " From the Colombia Examiner. THE CINCINNATI CONVLITION. he Democratic Central Committee have en Cincinnati as the place for the meet f the National Convention of that par. vhich regularly assembles for the selec. of its nominee for the Presidency. We iot very much pleased with the city -ed; but we suppose if we were a warm zan we should have yielded to the res. assigned for transferring the. locality Baltimore to that city. t the object we have in writing to-day it to comment on the place of meeting at is comparatively unimportant-but amine calmly, and without prejudice, ther it becomes the people of South lina to seek representation in that body - sister States of the South, and unite them in council at a time when inter of grave import to all are at stake, and a the slaveholding States should stand der to shoulder in all political action Iting their rights, their honor and their tutions. re do not approach this question as par. is; we owe no allegiance to the Nation emocratic party further than that which principles of that party, as heretofore ciated, demand from us. We disclaim olitical connection with the Northein ons, under multifarious names, which me to be of the Democratic party; we ng to no party but that of the South, to no party here whose clearly defined a-owed principles are not those, and e alone, which are based upon State its and perfect equality in the Union, or pendence out of it. This has long been creed, and we are just as strongly wed. to it as we ever were, and just as ready willing to defend, even to the disruption be Confederacy, the rights and instifu a of the Southern States. It is with ia faith, and wvith such sentiments, that aow discuss the policy of the people of th Carolina, meeting in council with the gates from her co-States of the (outh. dis discussion we waive individual opin and look only to the circumstances by :hwe are surrounded, believing it to be part of true patriotism to lay aside mere onal inclinations, or long-entertained adices, when the general good demands Sa sacrifice. 'H UNIoN OF THE SOUTH is, as we be t all now will admit, the great end to be >plished; and whatever political move t tends to that accomplishment should, ur humble opinien, be seconded and yrsed by the people of our own State. y have in their sovereign capacity do ed it inexpedient to secede from the federacy ; and having thus signified their ation to remain therein, we cannot per. the propriety of maintaining a posi which isolates her from those whose ests, whose institutions, and whose po al rights, are identical with hers, and are ls juncture in the same peril and expos a tbo same fanatical assaults from those seek to overthrow us all. ut, asks the objector, What good can accomplished? We do not knowv of particular benefit that will accrue to th Carolina from her people being rep. nted in tl+;~ Convention. They are not izans-t:ai are not ofie-seekers, nor they v'ery greedy' for any portion of rnment patronage or spoils. In no spirit, nor actuated by such motives, d their delegates take their seats in that vention. They would enter it not ely for the purpose of nominating this that man for the Presidency; but in imon with their brethren of the South, nite in and set forth a declaration of ciples, or, in political parlance, to adopt platform," upon which the whole people he outh, and the Conservative men of North, if they chose, could firmly stand, make a noble effort--it may be the -to save the Constitution. the objects here named are not worth cing for; if free and full consultation ,the delegates from every other Sahern :e be not desirable; if to define clearly, with unanimity, the rights and interests he South, and to declare the determina of her people to maintain them, be in edient or improper; if at this juncture still the part of wisdom, patriotism or y that South Carolina should withhold influence or counsels from her co-States Ito South then let us abstnin from seek on. - ci IVR VA&W I.R * "oA9 QWTA 0b- ar~vs vuIP"sn amo - gr ANDm rith FoR OTHER aPuurees." :e.-: - Sr f. H it enaa*by the &at M d 501i and of Representatives, utne metMihd ueeing i*, US Gee-a AuenMy,- asid.1tl .aidlMibr our dha same, That d'e cbier'Qf the Si"-& or River Vailey lIailroad Company .be, and g, thesame is hereby altered and amended seas to atfiorbi dw UiN company to unfleet Ing with the South Carolina Railroad- inAugs' ieir to, and for that purpose to-ross;the Savin da. nab river at or above BuI .SluIe, -and 0t do. combine with any conlpany ineorpdrted' *d for the san* object, by the State of Geila ted Provide, aloweter, that the 'said'e , vell shall release all State aid ieretofors gw -. - Andprotidedfurther, That the Stockhodeus a of the town of Hamburg, and the eosprw ey tion of -the.town of Hamburg, ad-alsopa60 be other stockholders of said eoipany,- Alf ilts have the privilege, withii sixty d Won' the the first day of January next, after l as ca- sage of this Act, to' withdraw tteir st k.En me said company,if they coose so to do: d, s; proide also, That the retiring stothloer ae, shah .first pay their rateable propeKom- of ld- any expenses incurred by the said co"ny put before they had retired: And o fi$ )n ther, That the connection with the Souti. reel Carolina Railroad company be lawrfully ii; an tablished, by steam commuaieatiot, or o er ve locomotive -ower, and a common (rack and' .2s depot in'thi city of Augusta. ing 2. That the company shall be anthoiibed ren to construct a branch road from some con. ith- venient point on the main trunk of said bth Railroad to' Abbeville Court House;.andWt for unite at that place with the Abbeville Branch o0f of the Greenville and Colombia Reioa,. on, and also to build a branch from the saie D" point on the main road, to and across Savan ely na river, at or near Vienna, in the direction of Washington, Georgia, with.fhll power te her connect with any railroad now chartered, or' uct hereafter.to be chartered by the State' OF vill- Georgia, to extend from Washington, Geor, s gia, to the Savannah river at or near Vienda. 'On - 3 That the name and style of said como .be pany shall be changed to the "Savannah ith Valley Railroad Company. be 4. That the exclusive right to'build, keep ent up and use the said railroad and its several 3 a branches, and the conveyance and transpord In- tation thereupon, shall vest and continue in' are the said company for and during the term of ctslb"A& jzi-ud after theIs of tW to nah Valley Railroa 'A o02 oni remain incorporate, and be vested with all 'ho the rights, powers and privileges as to their' own works herein granted and securei, ex to cept the Legislature may authorise the for. rti. mation of other companies, and the construe rth tion of other railroads, for the trade and of intercourse contemplated therein; but the' ate Legislature may renew and extend the ex iM- clusive right of said Savannah Valley Rail-' she road Company upon such terms as may be re prescribed by law and accepted by said to company. di- 5. That the said Savannah Valley Rail ent road Company shall be and is hereby ew ter empt from the provisions of the forty-firat section of an Act entitled "An Act to iwr nal corporate certain villager, societies and-com its panies, and to renew and amend terfahi' cal chatters heretofore granted, and to establish the the principles upon which chartera of incor al poration will hereafter be grantedj..rat1e sti- the seventeeth day of December, in the year the of our Lord one thousand eight hmded and ing forty-one. ny 0. This Acet shall be of no efreet Vetf s hat direct comniunication by'steam, or othe Jo nd comotive power, and cars and a consuon 10o- track and depot between. the Georgia Rail. be road and the South Carolina Railedad be. ita established or secured. - 7. That the Savannah Valley Railroad -Company have full power to connect with e-the Blue Ridge Railroad, at Andersonf s and lW- nothing in this A ct, or in the originial charter, e shall prevent any Railroad in SoUth Caroll-' 'na from connecting with tire said Savana toValley Railroad. And the Directors elf the er said company may re-open the books to kreceive subscriptions to the capital steek at ssuch times and places as they shall see St. e.In the Senate Hoese, the nineteeth day of December, inthe yearto~f u or-n re and in the eightieth yeer of thie sbter h eignty and independence of the iunited als States of Amnerlea. ta- Rowr. F. W . ArLSroY, P esd n o 'Senate. ok. yJMxEs Szxo3s, Speaker Hduat f'&spf6. or- A MAGarN OF lEAI.--lIe gtounN belonging to the United States Arsenal at is; Baton Rouge, La., embrace an area, of 27 hat miles. In the three magazines thete ate 30, the 000 pounds of powder, and 9,00,00 rounds the of cartridges for small :arms ,and canrnoh. r a The storehouses contain 35,000 utdskets, rifles, carbines, and pistols, 2,5d0 sabres, Ie-- 100 cannons, 600,000 cannon balls and ins shells, 30,000 pounds canister, and accon m't trements for 10,000 men. The total value hat of the lands and buildings with their con era tents is over *1,000,000 ian A GOOD BarLr..-A gentleman, whose on house was repairing, went one day to see ire- how the work progressed, antd observing a the' quantity of nails lylng about, said to the yes carpenter: " Why don I you take~ care of eek these nails? they'll certaily be lost.". " No," eat raplied the carpenter, '"yet'il and them in al the bill." 'THEREt are two things wvilch 'opgbt to .teach us to thinkc lnt mneanly 'of human 3d,. glory; the very beat have had their caluamni y-s ators-the very worst their panegyriats, e of e A horse dealer who lately effected a-sale, was offered a bottle of porter to confess the a animal's fallings. The bottle was drank, rand then he said the-horse had but two faults. When turned loose in the field he was 'had .' to catch, and he was of no 'use when caught. for j To what eye is everything invisible? To the eye of a potato!