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EDGf.LD 9 - De~Omorratir 3Nurnal., BrvotrV to iftsouff) -anv Sout1lytrn figljts isCte tpCtrtrfoaiyEmtaf ufr -We will, cling to te Pillars of the Temple of ourt--.berties, and if It must fa WF. DURI80E &SO.N, Proprietors. EDGEFIELI S. C., APRIL2,15.-xx-.g [From the Louisville Journal.] TBEOLD XAN'S DREAM. BY JeAXI4%. The old man sits in his oaken chair ]Ky the ingle-side to-day, With his wr'nkled brow and his frame so weak And his palsied limbs and his shrunken check And his locks so thin and gray. And he g:zes lon.' at the ruddy blaze As it curls, and flickers and glows, An-) he seems to see in its changeful light, The forms th it the years, in their rapid Right, Have borne to the death repose. There cometh the form of a maiden fa'r, With laughing, mischievous eye le hath never beheld such another pair, And the love-lights of -that he seeth there Seem borrowed fron the skies. And she wreathed a smile with her ruby lips, Such as ne'er another bath done, And she cometh again as she did of yore, And bendeth !ow o'er his forehead hoar, As she did Lea the days long gone. And sihe twineth her arns with a loving embrace, * Round his neck, and she preseth a kiss With her glowing lips on his aged brow, And the shriveled old man is young again now, Living over rich seasons of blits. Ad then there cometh a tiny form And shareth his kind caress, And his heart yearneth over the tiny one, As a father yearneth over -his first-born son, And prayeth kind [leaven to bless. And it changeth again, and a prattling boy Is nestled upon his knee, And other wee forms arearound him now, And pride sits entlhroned on the old man's brow As he lists to their childish glee. beautiful maiden with laughing eyes the wife of his early years, nd that tiny one was the eldest child, A nd that prattling group that his heart beguiled, .re the babes of his prayers and tears. But the fire burns low, and a dimness steals O'er the otd man's vision now, .And there cometh -he shape of the bierand pall, And his fondly loved wife, and his children, all Are shrouded beneath it now. --he flame dies out, and a stifled groan h awnke again A lonely old man, with anguish and pain Awaiting his call to depart. LET'S DIE TOGETHER! A very nawuing scene occured a few days ago, in a neighboring city, not a thousand miles from this, hercit a number of ithe fraterity were prminetia actors, abiut which we have laughed ftr a threatened attack of winter fever, and through the same means have lot a number of )uttoms frown our jacket. Our readers are hon .estly en:itled to have the particulars, and shall have a hearty laugh too. IHa! ha! ha! The editor, (which for short we will call Quill.) having business to engAge him much of .the night, had wisely provided a nice broil to .atrengthen the inner man, and having carefully stowed it away for future reference ,tepped ott ifor a shmort timne tto manage some necessary busi ,nems. The foreman antd a typo. (whom we call Quad and Rule,) soon came in, awnd chaniced to lied the steak.-What aw tine chancie for a joke on Quill ; eat the delicious morsel he haas prepared. and when too late, lzagh at him--that 's it bright ideas-ahl, we have hinm on the hip.! Th'le juiey steak is broiled and eagerly and hastily de voured. after htavinwg given it a flaws brown raat. Quill conmes in and go'es to hai~tlabor, suwpecaiwng nothing wrong.-Quid awnd Ruwle could ntot lonag ?etaint their mirth at the rich joke thecy had play ed ; the secret must out. Thanks to the careful, provident Qawill, " the steak was finec !" Quill, comaprehendingi at onace tbhe whole state of affairs, determined richly to repay the boy.' for their left-handed joke, so, instantly assumtug the gravity of an owl, and the solicitude of a matronly shanghai, with great earnestness, grasp ing Quad by the arm, exclaimed - My God ? Quad, you haven't eaten that poi soned meat 3". *Y.e.s,' responded Quad, whilst hais face as sumed awn ashy paleness, his limbs were seized with a trembling and his eyes stood out an iwach from his forehead. U Great God ! then you are poisoaned, and in wa few minutes will be a dead man. Strychnine was put upon that meat to kit wolveq. Every person in the officee knew that strych nine had been procured that day, tot allence, somne wolves, that with their nowlinags: made mid nighat hideous. Each, therefo~re, niow rushed for ward ton the scene of conyyrsation, everythmig in ~he shape of business was suspenaded, and each ywaited in breathless agony the termination of this trzagipatl scene. .' fojanned --strychinine ! !--death !!'--grnn .ed the thoroughly aifrighted Quad.-'Qh! .my God, save me,' nd he rolled hise eys beseezhmg ly an instat for the first time heaveniward, then gaatily placing both hands upon his stomgarwh, he hissed-'Alh, ye gods! i reel the death ~rlpe-the poison Ihas hold of amy vitals! O1h *h-h ! Save me-what shall I take ?' Quill suggested grease, oil, lard, soap, any thing as an anedowe. Devil jumped down to the press, and ini an instant returned with a large bottle filled with oil--the article use~d on the 'press. Quad grasped it spasmodically, disen gesgid the eorkwtmd placed it on his mouth. The jimpid stream rapidly flowed towwards its level, and the bottle would have been emptied had it not been arrested by the hand of Rule, whmoja quick eye measured the remains of the fast dis. appearing, life'-sating antidote. The remaindIet was hastily dispatchled, together with all then grease that could be fonnd in: the office. Consternation and fright now reigned in thai once happy ofie-prayers were breathed for then sinful souls of the two unafortunwates. The eri -sswas hastily approaching, when another enter ed and quickiy learned the awful state of affairs viz: that the young men had taken strychnine ' To the Doctor s! for God's sake~hasto! Acreasmed the new comer. This was something new and unthooglit Pf ii the bustle before. Quad sprang to the doa and-was aboutvavaishing, when Rule moanet 'out- .e. ' 'Stop a motnent, Quad-walt, I wrill go.-1 ye die, Ies', die together like men i' The officee of Dr. M. was reached jai a mc ...,,t-the einstens avanpd; spaia lharp wa little danger, the poisoned, if taken would have done its work before. Quad was not satisfied ; ie saw only death before him; could get no oil ; Doctor was out. Pale, buggard, and trembling, in every limb, he rushed out, follk,wed in the di.-i. tance by all the ' b-oys' front the iffice-breaking through two doors or a neighboring esttablish. merit, he shouted to the proprietor in sepulchral tones 'Oh. grense, lardi-quick-sirychnine! Oh I am piisoned! Haste or I die! Oh-h-h ah-h-h! The pains of death are severe -O-o-o-o-o ' The frighten--d keeper could only furnish th little amb grease on hand, and hastily put on the fire a pan of pork. The wretched victin, almnot in the agonies of death, his knees, like I Belshazzar'-, smiting together, seized a lidle, and with his breath half cooling the accumul a- d ting fia, rapidlly draik it us the sweete.,t morsel. a The overburdenid stomach could not endure e everything; a tenderness and upheaving ensued, , and the victim was lei back with dificulhy to e ihe office, physically prostrated. Quill wa ab- i sent-the secret had leaked out-the boys Vi couldn't hold-they tittered, Iaughed, giggled- u the thing was out. Quad and Rule smelt a a mice, very strongly-their strength and vigor Ia instantly returned. No oil, the press couldn't rt run that nigh, no tire dare mention the name of h it. Doctor called next morninie. bill was prompt. i ly met. Weather was exceedinigly cold, Yet b, that houses was too hot for Quill for a number Ii of days. The boys won't endure the sight of n pork, grease, or butter. tu On Saturday. Quaad. still pale, was passing b down street-a stranger called from behind, at asking where was a .rug-store, lie wanted strych- Hi nine to poison wolves. of With murder in his eye, Quad turned upon w him. Stranger took hin to be a madman, and en hastily fled hotlyipursued-hats flew off In the th wind ; still barehend d as for life, each nerved of imself-away-away, until lost from sight We en eave heard of neither since-meantime, Quill wi haq returned to the office. M: Oil has gone up in the city, but strychnine no te< sale.- Council Blufs (Iotwa) Bage. tal --4- ly AN AGED NIRDERER. tol HIS SPEECH BEFORE SENTENCE. . An interesting murder trial took place in el Burlington, Iowa, in November last. The accu sed, a wan named John J. Jones, was seventy- he, three years of age. He had been a soldier utn- lik der General Jackson, and was with the old hero Cal in several of his campaigns ngain.4t the Indians. a Jones was charged with murdering Horatio W. of bieCardle, a neiuhbor, some fifteen years ago. bec He made his escape and was not heard of unitil o a short rime before his arrest. Capital punish ent having beetn abolished in Iowa, the prisoner the was sentenced to hard lahr inl the penitentiary during the remainder of his life. . Jones, through his attorney, ihen asked if he a had anything to say why sentence should not be den pronounct-d, submitted the rollowing statement; 1, S"May ipleasc th T K-, - rhe'Trlsa eenty-tliree- witers, though c, ey have not whitened nmy brow, have wrinkled a e My rae and chilled nay heart with many surrows e!g ine has been a chequered life. And now, Is3r hen about to be separated from rmy fellows, j dint MaY give a truthful version of the Pait- . eat .: I had a fatily and a home-a rude home, it de is true. and a plain and humble family-but they are were my all. The deceased robbed ue of tlhe son one and invaded the sanvtiiy of the ther. Two sat small sons-a lovely daughter and wire-a N berished wife. bei "Or. returiing to that home tho-day of the for fatal deed deed, I learned the certainty of the by maddening truth, and hastened to the field my Ki; ie still in, hand. I kno w not why I went. I jea had no fixed design. He met te with a club; for -I ,hot him. And though I claim not to have acted in defence,.1 do asserl that there was mu- dar tial comaibat. You know the rest. I fled; my pe, rnailv followed. But for the fifteen years 1 have lived at iseliland, I made nu secret of the He ded I had done. ri , Now time has done its woark. The govern- ilt elf hIs changed. New laws are passed and ul ld ones repealed, atnd those who surrounded am aa have noisily passed away. A dit,renit peo- go, la are ini land-a dilferetnt coude of' moratls nio. prm :evails. 1 drank liquor, it is said, and true it is ei c drink it. Not to have dune ,-o theta would o have beeni the objection. Men in high stita~o"ru ~aed uipont the dram-shaop for support. T'o to tret one'si fellow to the poisonienp was y eeed proof prositive of genteel traintg- th: 'I may not be held responsible alque for the ly ies of society - it is enough that I have been lhe their victim. Th'ouse datys are past, anad that fr. loved one' is gone-borne down with tmouble- at she sank into an early grave. That lovely se aughter is now a houpeless cripple, wearing a aggard facee. Of those two buys-who should i, ee becen the prrap of my old age-the onme is cii gone to join his injured mt'- er, as5 witness pr gainst the dead destroyer or their piee-thec q other-anid my heart siniks wathin mnz when I ay it---lives-but tnt to mae--witl an ear denif to nay calamity: he comes not near me. But I tr "foie this hanonrbe court, the jury, and to the yo attorties and officers thterefure, arid tar the people de of this commtuntity. I return my haumble thanks p far their inapartial haearinig. .a -' lhatve never been a criminal of choice, but, le rather the creature of cirenoustantces, beneath the , w~iht of which far better men than me have Tr sunk. I may have been too jenrlous of maine , honor, but never but once proved faithleqs to at my trust. When my country's rights were in- ,e vded, I answered thenm, mand so did nanite hotnor. e W~ith General Jackson itn all hiis Creek cnm.t paigne I battled for my country anad its laws. n~ At the fast in the widerness, J was there; at the de fast of nera T was there; at Eumefa and i a Tuledegat, I was there; and whett the ushouts of di victory drowned the cries of thae dying at the *at btitle of Horse Shoec, in the front rantke of my1,1 country, I was there; and the tuippl of Jajm al whotm you now call John J. .Junes was another Ith word for deeds osf daring. .a " These are of the past. A long life is nearly p, spent-the sueias hats changed;, but He above a who reads the human hteart, as further thtan the al Iformal sentence of the law competent to judge Iudge Lowe, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, said: "It is pajjpffpl to reflect, in reviewvipg the lvi. I dene for and against you, the mind can rest q upon no one fact. oir pircumstnce that would a seem to offer the slightest, apology or palliatin s for your offence. The story of your Friws is a short one, and may be briefly thus :---Yout had i s-t up some kirad of a claim to hagd ocupied by I MCardle, upon which hae had raised a prop, and was enagaged in gathering the same for himself' and family. Instead of testinag youtr chaitsn the penaeful mode prescribed by'law, you iis- a ted upon retping where you had naoL sown. i And you atid to McCzar ile thaat if he should take 1 any more corn from your field that you would shoot him. McCardle, believing himself enti- I *tIed to the fruits of Iris owna labor, persisted. I You, brooding over that fatal menance a few days, walked deliberately into his field with your gp, and executed yotgr fell purpose, by sendIng a bplet to his heairt iQ thes presence of Iris sonf. - '1cCardIQ wpnt down ip the grarve, and you - a...ui., fejen. to pnrts unknown. Fiftepn yearpt has since rolled away, and a mysterious P: ience turns you up, and brings you withir urisdiction of that law whose majesty you I utraged." The prisoner was then sentenced to the P entiary for life. TIE BALNCES OF LIFE. From the Pennsylvania Inquirer we take illowing suggestive atiticle; We hOve often thought, in examining ca nd carefully into the various phases of hot xistence, in analysing the bilIs of mortality, omparing the changes and the chances that ur in the fortunes of the rich and the poor, rond and the humble, thak despite the br ontrasts that appear on thi surface of thing espite the fact, that the many seem miseni id the few happy, comparatively speaking, njoyments or this *orld are more nicely bal ed. more wisely and equitably divided, than tperficial are apt to imagine. We now sp i general sense, and riot with reference to it idual cases. The position, too, as it seemi i, is rational. Why should the few be favo the expense of the many ? Why should indful of human beings be selected out ns eipients of the high favors of fortune, Waith and happiness, to the neglect of ithe ins? Why should the rich by inheritance, r some sudden turn of pro-perity, lie emine contented in mind, and exempt from the or iry cares to which flesh is heir, and the mou de,tqually upright, intelligent and virtuo subjected to every species of anxiety a guish ? It is not so. Such a law would c et with the beneficent prin'eiples of the Auth our being, and the Ruler of the World. suid chill the heart of philanthropy, and dea the incentives to virtue. It would discourn e lover of this, and retard the onward mar humanity. But, we repeat, it is not so. T joyments of life are nicely distributed i sely balanced. However desirable weal y be, however power and plaice may be cov I-it, by no means follows that either is inei ly assouiated with happiness, And assure not. when the means orattainment have be 1itous, untair, unmainly or dishonest. We are among those who believe that whi lue has its own reward, vice is sure to be a npanied or followed by an adequate punis nt.-And thus, we hold the doctrine ih wever dizzy the elevation, or however Ulmsu D the wealth there cannot be ease of mint in of spirit and repose of conscieowe, if frai I treachery and crime have formed " the runt the ladder," through which the elevation hI m attained. Nay, in the very supposed hot enjoyment and of triumph, some unseel 3e unexpected calamity will be sure to trie footsteps of the ambitious and the avariciou kness will come with its debilitating and pa ing influence, the loved ones of the sUt I be born away in the arm-4 of deatli, a sud expose will darken and overshadow reputt but the pure in heart, the irdividual who is c eerful aid contented spirit. who i4 in the fu yment of healh, and of all is aficulties, wi egular in his habits, and correct inl his socii iplines, who has no gnawing adder of remors ing away at his com.-cience, whose sleep p and tranquil, and whose waking mtomen free from selftrepreach-surely such a pel , and there are thousands and tens of thot d of such in all the walki or humble life,i aphratively spieaking, a happy amd an envie ng. He appreciates his posialin, is graief the blessings he enjoys, and while prompte a landable desire to attain an indepeniident p on, he does not fiet his soul away in bitto lousy at tie success of others, and would n the mines of Golconda, wrong a friern lign a neighbor, defraud a fellow creature, ken his memory in :all time to come, by tI peiration of any base or unworthy act. l'rue, he may live for .years, and only li may find it difficult to save anything for y dauy ; and at times, for such is thme hoia ,lie may have his trials, his temptationtis, It tieti's nd his pangs. Bat, i ith at due re :e upon self and upon Provideuce, with 'isciue~stis t hat all is right withit-.withI ti 'ud satisfaetion that if the grave shson m him to-morrow, he would pass awvny wit ta dark spast upon his charaeter, a perpetui risline may be said to play around his hs4: etheriatlize his nimid atid 'spirit, and to ri en nre of its frown. It is thus, we conten it the hoppes and thp pleasures of lire are nie and wisely balanceed. On the other hain w many temptations is weatlth subajectedt in whtich poveriy is exempt-temptations housand form,, anmd which the tiffuemat ther [es do noit realize until too late.-There is tater curse in this world thtan idleness-the no more miserablg man than an idler. I her is often the victim of batd habits, or t ey of morbid fancies. His imagination ick atnd active, he becomes miserable, and irely knows why ! The subject is a fruiti e, anid capable of many illustrations. T ic philanthrophy is to appreciate and enjoy mftorts we possess, the blessings thaut uched to us, aind naot to wander aftter forbi ni fruits, covet eur neighbors property, or re beyond reasonanble bounds. If we 1n nuind us,we will find that there are others is favorable circumstanced than ourselves, ai Ito et tare cheerful, contented atnd gratet here are certain laws which govern humr eiety, either of which if violated constan ad habitually will be attended witht bitter et qiences. This, all should remember wI :amining their own cases, atnd complaining eir own misfortunes. Thtus he who is hatbil ly treaschterous or false, cannot look for co nece and respect on the part of his friends a uoites. And thus again, he who is idle a ssolute, will be sure, sooner or latter to pity lequate penialties. Atnd so too he who is ea |a nd neglectful, may look for cnrelessni td neg~ect, with regard to his family, his frien is busiiness and his fort une.-Ench should :cording i~o his position, his mecans and his asibilities, and with reference. not emnly to ad to times, but to society, and a higher, ho ad happier condition in the life to come. " Act well your part, There all the honor lies." BrT LA tDo SPEeULATOU5S-An affidavit en sent out from the Lattd office bureau iring .dl those who entered lands at the re ed price of twelve and a half cents per acra wear " that they are now in the occupancy id land, and.ht.ve pultivatted a portion ofr pd also a aurrobairnting affdavit has to be mi y some friend of the person who enuteretd and, stating that he linows " ina) to be the ii ieni person whoe entspred said land, antd thal s ani has been rssigling Qit sua4 latid."1 egulation completely upsets the rnalculation urties who entered these hands for specuhl wrposes only ; who, thopglj tihey were ui he impression that the~y could mqalie the aflidl at the first place, canntot find it in their eiences to sweatr to those now sent opt by )epartmentt as necessary to the perfratiop heir titles. It is said a bill is to be sent to( ress which will provide fair refunding mu o those who hauve purchased lands of thise eter uid cannot comtply with the requirem r the nonnrtmenpt...-ouivihll .T0trna!. rovi- From the Laurensville Herald. I the THE INTERESTS OR TIE !)HAGE ANY COUP iave TRY HTUL, eni- We have ever consiered that whatever con. duces to the prosperity of our village must also affect tne interests of the whole Distriet, and cnitend that all classdk of our. people should the feel an interest in itis welfare. It is the market town of our' District, and the more business is ly concentrted ait thispoiit., the better market it 0. will afford the Farmernd planters; but; when and the peolple of the country vermit prejudices to. ward each other bias theia, they inflicit injuries the to the interests of each party, without either re Dad ceiving any benefit whatever. t is too common to find the people of the-country entertaining bi- prendices towards the citizens of the "Court the House"-but from what cause we calanot iman gine-which results ig their patronizing the an- 1rhnt anlriiin h thenrchants und staining the interests of other mak villages, by directing all their intercourse of idi. trade, anid sending their money to enrich the to people of owter District. A spirit of concili. d red lion should be fosteredenid every citizen of our District should feel lat'whatever benefits tine he portion of the District nust naturally diffuse its good effects, in soe itneasure, to the whole. i. Whenever any great enterprise is projected, for A or the benefit of the Ditricg ho but the villagers 4 are looked to subscribe' of the money and " di. provide the fountain to: sktin motion and IUS - tain it? Where, we ask would the farmers and t I planters have found i rkets for their increased n nd prodncts, if the villages that now study our r State had never been located, and men of busi ncss and public spirit had not been induced to t ot briig their wares, merchandize and money into b d- themi, to supply their frants and purchase their . - in eproductions? bi A The District villagels a nucleus, wherein is b he centered all the interests of the whole District, d and should draw aroad it-all the District pride d th and support that can be bestowed. We have e heard it foolishly asserted that " the village was no benefit to the District atJarge." This posi- ai d- is assumed we are glad to 1uppose, by such til m persons as never see anything or any ione be yond their own self 'Interest; who would be ne le willing to go back to the old times, when they p . travelled to Cohimbia, or Charleston with eight b- bales of cotton, behind the plodding mule team; he who think science a bore, high toned literature e a curse, or a luxury which none but the Giver. an nor or Membersot Congress have arightiindulge thi d in, or call appreciate; sand who see no good in ro r anything that does not put the "almighty dol- ro I lar" in their own pockets. An to newspapers, ir they never " take- them." Their benighted miida are shocked at the apparent innovations ve k upon the attributes of Deity, by the 'man of a science, when he attempts to peer int; the phe- t e nomena of the starry heavens, to direct the fork- doi L ed lightning, centrol the mysterious workings WO of electricity, or make then'tenseless steam en. gine perform funtions which they. believi can ea i r.. . i.s.iirits sidew - arpronounce f h o116d4hiA 7* orr Ilia i newspapers the prolific sourev of lying, sorcery bet and liuml-buggery. They think the lawyer a pro incubus onv soietv, and would have al tea yers, merchant~s, mechanics, and men of science and literature put between the plow handles and made to till the toil. They cannot see the necessity of appointing any particular locality fr thec public hnildings of the District, and hol. ding Court, but would have the Judges, Jurors, er d Otlicers. Lawyers and Witnesses ramble till over de the District in quest of the place, at each recur d ring time of uleeting. lat Away with such old fogyism and illiberality. u The bi-neticial effects of villages to the country go can be compared to the ripple of the sill waters gr when a stone is tossed into it; immediately e around a great emotion is felt, and as each ripple it r receds its infiuence expands, until the whole ly body is perceptibly affected. ly M terchans, illechtanit, lawyers. ano&all other sn c lusses, whose vocations are other than tilling l the soil, ar as essential to the welfare of the a -farimer avid planter as his products are to them ; wt and as necessity compels them to settle in the to amst p..ulus parts o the conry--thereby wE ae.,tabliaig towns anid villages, and contribu- ful dtang their laboar of head or ha.s to the pro.--peri- we ty of all aru-ind them-it is but jutst to expect 1they wouid be .<ustainied by those whiomi they ha beniatfii, in preferenice to those who, when tliey Itt breceive their ioney, add nothing substaintial to h t heir wealth and prosperty in returni. r T Ihaere are minuual interests between the peo. ca pi.ecof the village and thnse <.f the country. th v ic:h should be fostered alike by all. Each is w. -~ da eindenit on the other, and it should be the p iipride of every citizen to build up anid sustain tt n- th ntrs of every portioni of the District W. rwethri the ilaeor country.m RELIGIONi AND RILES. is There was a remnarkable scene ennoted last; th hO Thursday evening, in the North Church, New ke l Haven, of whieh a Rev. .\r. Dutton is pas. s he tor. A eomlpany of a hundred meln, vwith their w he families, are prepiarinag to leave that ecity for Kan-. s re sas. and the object of the weeting in the saared te d-edifice, was, as far as we enir, gather from the re -port, to raise funds to supply the men with ri fkles. The Rev. Henry Ward Reeder was there, y ar and stated that he was opposed to all compro- a ndmssbtone, anid that was the comlpronose fr rul-ipsed bu Roibinson whoin Governor Stianimn,. an wenit. over tat Lawrence, and demnanded the rifles ly of Robinsont's companion: " We will keep the _ an- weapons ourselves," returned Robinson," but en give yout the contents." Aniother story was re- I If lted Eof Robinson, which livd gained the appro u- bation oaf the reverend speaker. Robinsoin and i- his tollowers, whetn in camp, had been ordered 0 nd to strike their tents by the Missourians, whenu nd otne of Robinson's men suggested the proprietyc he of shooting a yolley over the heads of the Mis- h re- soturians. " Noa," replied Robinson, "1I hold it a m to be an everlasting disgrace to shoot, at a man d, and not hit him." - h nect ~hen Beecher had finished his gunpowder I es speech, Professor Silliman, of Yale College, telf arose, for the putrpose of headinig the subscrip- u her lion list, and lie requested the chairman to wriae, oin the paper, S. Silliman one Sharpe's Rjfle. The Rev. Mr. Dauton said, as onte of the deacons of his chur-h was going, he desired to present to him a Bible and a Sharpe's rifle. ha. Great applause followt'ed this remark, doubt less,a re- tromt the sheep of this fiery shepherd. When du- the rifling bwsiness was beginning to flag, the Sto Rev. Mr. Beecher aga.in arouy, anid said if twen of ty-fire could be raised (ln the spoat, he would it;" pledge t~wentv-flv more fromn Plymouth church. ade IA main started ujp and statted he would give one. the On being asked his nam&., hae anniouneena himself I en- as a M1r. Kiltam. "Killem!" shoused the Rev. .ie. Mr. Beeher. in espstait.jes, at the singular appro his I prinateness of the eannmen. A younag man t of Ihving said that he wougld pledge one Snarpe's tve rifle from t he Junior Class in Yale College, Pro. der fessor Sillimnan stond tip, and sweeping the gal avit, leries, with his eyes, said ~rnrachfully, " There :n-~ are four classes in Vale Lullege." Otte was the pledged tromt the Senior Class, antd several other of persons having stepped forward, it was founid on- that twenty-seveni rifles had been suibscribed for, ney the cost (af which, together with the amount har- takien at the door, renehed onp thousand dnllars, er$s The desecration of !egiginn ly Beecher, and un., m .t ih vile tusts to which learnjng is ap. I to ( RESPECT OLD AGE.-We take the. followih ike p ithy remarks rrom the Cayuga Chie.and wou ich recommend them. to the earnest and careful a red tention o " Young America" in our own V ke Inge, and District. hinr "Come old fellow, give-t tlht seat--we wa id; to all sit together." The individual spoken t 4; was an old man, his'faded locks hang'ag thinl eir 'from under his- worn hat, and his hands resid ,er tremulously upon his polished cane. - The or, he speaking, was a boy or about-ten Yeas, havin tel in company three otherm of about the sme ag 4- -The 4ld chap did not like to, go, did tie Bill I broke in another of the youngtern an the ol man sl.wly arose and started unsteadily throug to the other end of the car. We tendered hit Id our seat, and semarkd sarcastically to the hoia -h 'Little friend. t well-bred boys ieverapeak ill s . old people, or ask them for their seat-," A In ' dy's face grew very red at the remark, and wi l learned that she was the belle mother of the lit a tie spokesman. iy It in most humiliating truth t6t age is treat r. ed with less respect than- formerly. Our childret id know more of school lore, go to college earlier 4, and, as the phrase is, are smarter than old fash. 3r ioned children, so to term those of years ago -v A hoary head is n'owhere %afe from insult. We 's have, in refined circles no called, seen youoi i gentlemen and ladies indulge the mont gros a- and ill-bred treatment of old people, their base b horn wit levelled at the tottering. step or.old. n fashioned speech. The children, in the streets, r. pre notoriously inso'ent and abusive. A civil h question is answered with taunting insult. A d deeripid form is ample food for wildest merri. a ment. D Tim FLoarA POTATo.-An interesting com. I municution has been received from Wm. F. Rob. r erison, M. D., of Tallahassee, Florida, renpect - ing a spontaneous production of the soil in that 1 region, which, in the absence of any other name, he calls the Florida potato. tie says; "It grows in the sandy soil of our pine woods, - near the Gulf coast, is perennial, with a climbing vine and flower somewhat resembling that Jof the convolvulus or mornitig glory. It appears - to be very prolific, the root or potato attaining a growth in the first year of four or five Inhos in diameter and ten to twelve inches in length. A specimen before me has been -planted about three yearrs, and the root is more than thirteen inches in diameter, with numero us offshoots or radiele, and would probably weigh from thirty to forty piouttds. The taste is -quite palatable, resemb-lisng that of the Irish potato more than anything else. Swine are quite fond of it. It has niever been cultivated as an article of food, but from its pleasant taste and prolific qualities I should infer that it would prove a desirable addition to the list of our root crops. In their native or wild state both the Irish and sweet po tato were comparatively worthless and unpro. of the poor. and, from their exceeding produc tiveness, carrying plenty where perhaps gaunt ftanine would otherwise c:rry off its thousands annually. .May wte not be permitted to hope somethimg fromn this new epecies? * * * They should be planted in a light soil, in drills and about a toot apart, and sutTered to run on poles." IF half the discoveries reported to have bicn made in California during the last few years be reliable, the country must be, even exclusive of its gold, the richest in the world. Not knowing how true they may be, we give all the annoiunce. ments as they appear, leaving time to test the truth. The latest is that of a natiye silk worm. abounding among the San Francisco sand hills, aid feeding upon a plant which grows plente 41usly in every foot pissessng rmy isture. The discovery was made by lr. lehr, of San Francieco,a Man of high attainments as a natu ralist, and who has a practical knowledge of the ,mn:tn1gement of silk worms. He has named his v:Iriety Salurnia Ceanothi. Its buttesrfiy. cater piller, rnd cocoon are each about five times lar. ger than those of the Bombyineri. or European silk worm. The plant upon which it feids grown readily and luxuriantly from seed. A Cntiforrinin, named Seyd has take.n in hand the I renring of these worms for procuring silk. Hie -has gathered about three hundred enoons. . whieb it is ealculated will produee one hundred I thousaind caterpillars. HeI proposes to employ, e C'hinamen from the silk growing districts of I Chinai to ,tttenrd them. Some of the California a I o000on0 having been sent. to Europe, the cocoons -I have hepn there pronounced the fnest yet diu-, t. cnvered. It is highly probable that these worms r are not confined to the locality of San Francisco, but exist along the coast southward.-Charles *f ton Courier. -A " BORDER RUFFTAN."-We find the follow e ling in the Moi tgomne-y Mail, or the 24th tilt., e We had the pleasure of meetitg and convers e ingr, yesterday, with Silas Woodsorn, Esq, of I, issouri, the representative of the KANsas P'Ro sL.AvERY AssoctATtoN of t hat State. lie is on a tour through the slave States, obtaining subh scriptions foi- the association, which, we may re D I. mark, has a well digested anid most feasible plan It fof operatio~ns for saving Kansas to th... South. ir M Ir. Wooditon bears with him tesniiomials from it Gen. Atchison and Goy. Price, ameh place his chnrnrater and ability beyond the slightest doubt. 11 He is a prominent member of the Missouri bar, :-a man of talents, of very agreeable conrersation. . al power, and possesse" a minute kntowledge ol r Kanmsas history rand affairs. We hanve seldonm , met a gentleman of finer bearing-or one more is representative of thte vigorous, chivalric peorp'n a ot his region. He fills our idea of a "IBordet eRufflan," (an Greely terms them) admirably. d4 Mr. Woodson will, probably, speak here to. r night, and proceed hence to Atlanta, Mccon Iv Charleston, dtc." te SoUTHERN StGRAToN.-BY general consent u~ Atchinuson has been nettled upon as the head in quarters for all emigrants from the South. I atis expected that they will ship for thin place di >d reet where arrangemuents will be made to receivi a them. and assistatice. rendered in locating thee is on good eis. There are it punniderable rum er ber'of claims in Atchinson county held in reservy sa for men of the right stamp. and on land, toc rthat is truly valuable. We feel safe in ausserting that every acre of land in the county, in les he than five years, can be sold for ten dollars pe ag acre. The price in this immediate vicinity is al ~ready up to those figurer', atnd still tending. Uf x- ward. We hope wthen the emigration arrive sd, that our citizen, will all interest themselvesi ik assisting them to claims, and doing everythingi he their power to make their residence in the Tei of ritory a source of gratification and pleasur. emSquatter Sovereign. Sin BANxs.-Thore are said to be 1.300 baniks on Ithe Uinited States', which in last, January cire' Iv lated 31 17,157.412, while of coin int elroiiatii there was $185,109,605, showing actually 'g greater amount of coin than bank notes to 1 of' used in the business of the couthtry. The who ive amount of money in circulation was $359,261 ttr 017, giving to each individual an average rd I 13 3so, rand showing an incerease of about 386 n niin in the llaxt ten ifas. plied, by Sitliman, should offer a useful lessot Southern men. Yale College*and Pembr Church have been places ere now, in wh Southern youth have heedlessly been allos to wander. These Northern Ministers and ; ressors, who meet in churches to buy rifles, mt ;ery free with the name of liberty. They lie flames of civil diseord throughout the Ins hey are traitors to their counry and theirG hey bid men go forth rnthles--ly to shed ih irothers' blood ; they would renorelessly se he fitirest union that ever ave promise to 1 orld; and they are ministers of the gos nd instructors of the young !-Chronicle entine. A CASE OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. The following anecdote, apropos of the gn iedals-soge of them of great vnlue-whi ie French government is distributing to t embers of the International Jury and othe related by the French c-orrespondent of t 'ourier des Etats !Jais. The scene is laid in rawing-roum in Paris. One of the conpai as showing a gold medal which had been aw: -d him, and which was worth five thousa: anes. The medal passed from hand to hai d when, half an heour afterward.., the owu ked for It again, it could not be found. Eve )ek and corner was searched, but in vain. Tit idden disappearance produced considerable ng tion in the company whih was select, but n erous, and finally some one proposed that ev one should be searched, the men by the me d the women by tlie womtn. All the pe ns present eagerly signified their assent, wit e exception of a single -individual, who ha en presented that very night for the first tim the house.-This man declared very calmtj t v,,ry decidedly, that he could not consent t searched. The effect these words produce v easily be imagined. It was no longt ubted that he wis the robber, and the genth in who introduced him was more dead tha ve. The master of the house was about turnin supposed thief into-the street, and thm ow r of the medal had already entreated the coin ny to forget the circumstance, when a lad ving risen from her seat, lo! the missing med uddenly fell out of one of the flounces i dress into which it had accidentally slippei I buried itself. The sensation pr.'dueed b) s sudden denouncement was prodigionu.. A or joyful surprise resounded throughout the m. The individual suspected of the thef a declared innocent. lenouncing thereupon the stoiCal calmness ging on indifference, which had hitherto char erized his demeanor, " This," said he, "gen nen, is the explanation of my conduct, which btle-ss seemed to you inexplicable. If I uld not consent to be searched, itwas.becaus as a stranger to every one present4.i ilh one eption, and because by a strange coldence "tynmr that tat no wanna imelle , would havi ruined him a quarter of an hour re. bit which was no-w but an ad-titiona of of his innocence. This incident, which I elf witne4sed. is but another proof of the ertainty of human judgments. From th -, Columbia Times. ifAKtso A WILL.-There is no duty more gen Ily neglecteit by'nen otherwise noted ror pru it miatnagement it their temporal ffairs, that L of making a will. If a man is wealthy, the r di-ploses (of his properly equitably enuougl, , where a man has but little of this world ids,.say a dwelling house and one or two lie es, while lie hats health and strengti tof bod. I mind, lie should make such a dikpoinion 0 Ls will best subserve the interests of his fami i such an estate is divided by law, his fiui may be homeless, and ach havitg but. all interest, neither of tc'hem be much benellt . For these, aid many other re&Aons tha I1 suggested themselves to the reflecting mailI would advise every man who has anythn; dispose of after death, to do, so at once. W re led to make these remarks by reading t lowiig in the Diie West Telescope, to waciel would cail public attention: i two instinnees within the last fewv days, w vo sat by the bedside of dear friends, reduce by sudden sickness, and seen titwm strug~ ng amidst their s~wiferings to make a wit are were important ierests inivolvecd icn ce e, such as could onaly be rightly adjusted bs sutl'erer himselt. Acnd yet it was doubt il ener the in.trumtent could be prap~ar.ed. It visionsC had to be hastily arranged. A que: in would remalin as to its validity. And as to be regretted that such a solemn hoc m be occupied by temporal busiccess., If a matt wishes to spake any disposition< property other than the law woutd make, Ic gut to keep a will by him, prepared and at entitcted wicile in health. It. might easily I pt pcrivate if desired. By such a course 1 k bed would be freed from distraction, il sies of the testator wold be best secure' d contentionis, -and even law suits most ce iy presented. 1FE' YoURt MOUTH SHUT DunmoG Cot SATHfER.-ln the .lotnrn of [-eslth, Dr. ti vises every person who goes into the open a m a warma apartmenct to keel) the mouth she hile walkiing or riding, lie says ; SBefore you leave the room bundle up wve gloves, cloak, comforter, shut your mouth b re you open the street door, anid keep it res tely closed until you have walked briskly E me ten minutes; thent if you keep otn wiatkan hcve reached your home, you may talk uh as you please. Not so doing, many art once happy and young now lies in Il aurch yard, tthat might have bpen young gi spy still. But how? If ytou keep yo ouths closed and walk rapidly, the air pan on nehi the lungs by a circuit of thie nose al ud, and becomes warm before reaaching tl tgs, acd causing no derangetment ; but if ye aiiverse, large drafts of. air dash directly pon the lungs, chilling the whole frame almns astant ly. The brisk walking throws the blo athe surfaco of the body, thus keeping u[ igorous circulation, making a cold impossil 'you don't get into a cold bed toco quick afi ou get home. Neglect of these brmcgs sickna nd premaature death to maultittudes every yea CAUTo.-,Jiohn Mtcfae, P'resident of j lank of Wilmington, has issued the followi ard to the public; "By thle 4estructionl of the car of Adams' I Iress Compatny, on the Portsmouth Railro he 10th inst., a ponsiderable amount of bla npresions~ ,or tqosigned blank notes, of I enomiatnans of g to and *5, of the Batik Aikuiguon, have been senttered, some of tht artially burned. The public are cautor against talking any of such ntotes without, sig ure, or witha forge~d signatures. Any per. letected in the attempt to pass atny of the abe atoes u ill be prosecnted." Ta, Richmond Despatch states that la aqmbers of these bills are in the possessi:1 yties in that city, and that some of them ht atually beetn passed icito circulation. ( nerchats would sjq Well tq be otj tijeir gt4: .Caroinan. ig STABUZLG. AmxA.-'Zbs. AUgusta Constits. Id tionalist, of tle-th -alt., sWv & diicekhyok place, on Saturday' nigt hast, at a::house of doubtful repute, occupid by, one Julia Ecadey, I uituated in that part of the city known a. Canana, beyond the second level of the Augusta CanaW, i hetween a man by the name of jbem Cooper i, and Freeman Johnson, which resled In Coop. V .e'a eting danieroe4y.cat ad stabbed in tI# g head, neok and shoulder. olawson Vin, shert e after. the oceorrence, arre-tjtd by polime oiers Ramsey and yrd, and commnited to sail fA* .further examinatio.~ A NEw Gur,--A new.,re-arm has been Ilk tented by J. W. Post.. It is a repating. rifle which calk be loaded and discharged tirty tima - a minute; io light and cnveaient, has blaose dischargiaw htui and does ot revolve. Unde. the barrel.4n place of the ramrod in other lgan-mia a tath -which receives thirty natr shaped, water proof balls, oneb containing withia' tselft powder and percuessns for propasisig, .The act ot uaekisng the pieceu places a ball in the breach, and the whisle thirty'may be ;disartgkd In the most rapid succesian. Ata late-trsJ, he gun was discharged ten times in ten secon4 The ball is shaped like that of the Ainie rie, and the gun'itelf is ealiulated as well fo 19n distances as rapid Aing -WastaomoT, March f-' KASAs, AFaRs.-A getlemae justtarr .' 0 from Kansas re is' that b6venw;r 8sannon, 1% veturning from Vashington, was oedpied twilve days in reaching the border of the Territo - from St. Louis, irt consequence of-the Obwiva, tion to aavigation by the lee. le 'was full days detained on the river baa. The State Legislature had' assembled before she Governor reathed the place of meeting, and oer- - informant says he has no doubt, jridging. .rns- - the information he obtained there. that beore' - now the officers of the new governmentha4 been arrested by the'Federal authorities.. NEGOR SUFFRAGE.-The Colored citiin6 ot Pennsylvinia are again petitionng ths-Legisla tare for the right of suffrage. rhe.Philad a' phia Times, in referrnoe to the matter, say.: I We would prefer to see women vote, at onpe, to bestowing the ri 't 'f sufr.eI aon colored people ; and we a ould la son elihee as the aeomplhlhment of one of thoe absubai no. tions that haunt rialy eff'-niuate add morbid poli. tical imagination, When thwse thing.. -ake p.aee we "Iall indeed consider that our pomnry haqio its precocity, gone etgeamturely' into dopsid become the laughihg stock, instead of the admir. ation of the world." ADVICE TO. TE Guats.--Dr. Beeswix, is . admirable - Essay on Doinestis tifk V to young ladies after this fashion: . ris, you Want to get naarried-..and du vosQn od huobandm if s#), Mem"o a you go shopping nevel take yonr mother with you to carry the bundles.-Don't be afraid to he seen in the ki!chen eooking stuak." BIBLES IN TURKEY.-A bo of New Teats. ments in Turkish, that were to be hipped to Thessalos ic, were recently saunt from the Bible depot in Constantinople to the custom house. As they were books, some copies had to be sent to' the government pensor to be examined before they sould pass. They soon came back with the government seal o' the firt blank leaf authorizing their free circulation in Turkey. TJJE WnIEAT CRo.-The Spartanburg Ex. press of the 13th instant says that the severity of the winter is not injured the wheat crop as much as it was feared by many. The farmers or Spartanburg give more cheering news of the wheat prop than could have been expected from the unfavorable season. Corn is selling -t tifty.ive cents a bushel, and from present -di cations it will experienoe a still further decline. THn. Secretary of War, in the ooupe of an ord,-r bearing upon a reset, court martial, takes ocen.s,n to rebuke those. offieers who are in the habit of treating the soldiers under them hanrshly. fle tells ti.em that they have nso mnore right to trent the enlisted soldiers usnder them in an i. suling and abusive manner, than have their supusiur ohnera to trent themt so. BROOM-sTAW PAnER.--We leran, says the Raleigh Sta.ndard, that Mr. Benediet is experi. menting isn nking~ paper from broomeatraw; at his mill on Crabtree in this county, and that he has suicreeded in making quite a respectable artIcle of paper. 'With further effbrts he may be ennbled to produce good pasper. We hope he will, for there is an abundance of the'a raw material." THE' Abiani Slu'e Trade. notwithstanding its prohlibitioni seems to 6. steadily persisted isn by many persons in the United States. Accor ding tu the Tribune, no less than thirty vessels are annually fitted-out in New York r thu in- . famousn traffic every year, thsa rt being welt known to the United States sodicers, who do all in their power to break up the busitness. PROFANITY AND IL.L-BREEDING PUNIsRIEP..-At the Mayor's Court, Savannah, on thse 24 th alt., John Tanner, eontractor for sweeping chimneys, was iined by Isis Honor fity doularu and suspen, ded from his. contract, for using violent and pro fane hinL'uage in the presence of ladies. A good lesson, and it is to be hoped Mr. John Tannif will profit by it, A~aoTsR OLD SOLDIBR Goua.--Hamiltonl Carroll. over Eihty years of age, departed this life on Wedne ay the 6th inst. AMr. C. was a native of Ireland, but was In the United States service in both, the Revolutionary war and the war f 112, ndror many years a oitiasn of this THE SOUTR CARotIA 00:4t9GE.<=-Thrc in. atitution was re-opened last week with about forty students, Considerable accession.. have been made to this number since then, and it is to be hoped that the insstituationt will reoover Its. former prosperity before next conmenuemen. Columbia Is4nuiner. r TMR GaEAT Fis AT MACAO.-.We lean by -. the China Mail that two large fires broke out sin -the 4th and 5th of January, at Macan, and de e stroyed the greeter portion of the Chinese.town, " ,inehnding te hazaar. Upwards of 1000 housse a Iare aid to have been destroyed, and .preey lust to the extent of smore than a million dlm TvE New York Express says that Garriap.a and oth-er " friends of freedom" haye i*ued a n call for a convention in that city,.to gmset in May m. next, "to dispute the divine authority of the n Holy. Scriptures." W~hat, next will these fans a ties seek to ailish~ Tuss Unitesd Stae Enate havaeonlleeiftbe ti ominations of George ButlesrTieq., of Souith ~ Crolsaaiobe Indian agenot fur the Cheroskess, ~andi .li~ .~ Sinmons, of W in n~ samk eit5. b lindian Abant of