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W. F. DURISOE & SON, Prprietors. . . . EDJ~rEFIEI)D, S. C., APR~.I 23, 1856u. .VLXLsJ
For the Advertiser.
SPrT 2ORMS.
Spirit forms are all in earth and sky,
Sa the night winds soaring,
With the storm king roaring, 4
And down the brooklet floating; *
Tea, they teem in wood, water, sky and air.
* es, with their voices, as they fy,
Keep up such a tingling
In the woodland singing,
And in the. mouitains ringing,
That here we are forever listening.
Listening to eternal harmonies
Which arise through the air
.% silvery and clear,
-That unto us they appear ,
As symphonies they've stolen from heaven.
AVith sunbeams, these forms are jpften seen
Through the ether riding,
Through wood and ravine prying,
Or in rose fower-cup, hiiding,
'Neath the perfumme in its chalice lying.
Upon thousands of rifted cloudlets
in the suzlight glowing,
You can see them moving;
Round and round they seem rowing, b
With their mimic sails turned to the westward.
Sometimes too, out of the clouds, they come
Down with the falling rain
To kiss the tiny leaves,
And-through the grass go creeping
Until caught by some gurgling fountain.
To snow storms they always go to play
With the feathery flakes ;
And each bough and branchlet t
'They hang with long icicles C
Till the wood seems deoked for some Christmas C
time.
Look now, in the great night-land, and see
In stars bright and shining
In cloud islands lying
And in the moonbeams flying,
Forrs, most beautiful, ef light and love. C
0, ye shapes of ethereal mould, -
In God's eternal fields,
Where he his power wieldls,
Our souls go forth to greet thee,
As embodiments of beauty and Truth.
CORNEILLE.,
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For the Advertiser. - c
Ma. EDiToR: If ever a man on God's foot- l
-tooldwas impelled by a pure motive to the per- b
- formance of a labor, and was animated by a de- o
sire to do good-a desire wholly unmixed with tL
ill.will or dpposition to any one, that man d
- was myself, while penning the two communica- 8
tions which haverecently appeared in your pa
per over my signature. I was so studious to
avoid even the appearance of wrong, or of an
intention to give my pieces an application to some a
individual, that I expressly and so!emnly dis- rf
claimed all offensive allusion to any member of c
the Bar. My aim was higher and nobler. It
was to vindicate the claims of a great profession
to the confidence and esteem or my Fellow eit
Izen.-It was to do my part towards rescuing (
the law and lawyers, from the load of foul ob
loquy, which it had almost become the habit of
senseless and malignant men to heap upon them;i
and because such a habit existed, it was only the c
more necessary for me strike the heavi r blows
to breake it down.-And my aim was to correct
public opinion so that it might be able to doe
justice to the" "law ;" which the great EDNDum
BUaRr. declared to be " one of the first and no
blest of human sciees; a science which has j
done more to quicken and invigorate the under- f
standing, than all the other kinds of learning C
put together."
I dealt entirely in argument upon general
principles, enforced and sustained by undeniablef
facts, and by the highest and most unquestioned
examples drawn from history. In support of
my cause, names were arrayed, that have done
honor to our country, honor to history, and hon-i
or to humanity itself. The meanest scribe, I
would have had better taste, than to injure at
cause of such dignity by resorting to personal
reflections, and by appealing to the sordid senti-,
ments and vulgar passions of the lowest of
mankind. It was agairnst these, that I warred,t
to prevent them from taking growth ia minds
endowed to be a blessing to the community.
Their is one thing, I may freely asiterL.-That
in writing the two earnest articles, to which ref-<
ference, has been had, I felt no unkindness, at
any rate, to the Farmers, among whom I classed
myself, or to any other class of the people, and
I exrpressed no unkindness towards them. I I
-neither desired to say - nor did I say, a single.
word, to which any living man had a right justly I
fo make exception, or for which he could be jus
tified in attempting to hold me up to public cen
sure and condemnation. The redoubted knight
*f LA MANCeIA himself, who could fight wind.
rnilis e'for lack of argument,' could have found,
~in my humble efforts, no cause for the exercise
of his esasily awaked wrath.
But a commnunicatios, signed MANY FaMan's
was published in the Advertiser of the 9th inst.,
in wjkjphu there is as evident attempt to assail me
personally. f inesd, the thing has any meaning
~at all. Argumnist,.thapre is none. Neither can
.1 di'seover in' the curious production, either con
rnection, point, or applichiity, farther than a
vague anfoffensiv'e allusion to myseif, and1
a patronizing allu'sion to some mem'be o~f the4
*r, whom ii seems, that ' the Juniors woul4 lay
~neth the clod for'his good Jluek, and man
terling qualities.' Now,'"when, tliere is 'no ques
'tion raised, [ cannot meet~ one in debate, and the
"peldar genius of MAar Fina.aas has placed it
'etirely beyond my power,' t, sifswer him wiih
' argument. It is true, he has sau h~t up, EngIsh
"ensigh, with snatches from S' iin'the
- ' Tethousand a year, to call nagneisupa'd sny If
- tii4s'necessary appendages of a' ciircus, whose
Uncle less vie*ed'all.theso.proc.edipgs, and
spite of the expense, roared out.
* Come in-come in! He'll kill the whole cus
i team of you! Ha, ha, ha ! Come in before
a rain drowns you, too, you tarnal fools, you '
A thunder storm had been coming up for the
evious hour, and It bursts over us the rain
ling i scattered drops, big as hickory nuts,
d the thunder began to roll long and loud.
ie sudden crack and roar of Heaven's artille
seemed to impress the bull with the notion
it it was popping away at him again; but
eing nobody about, he gave a valorous roar of
fiance, pawed up the litter, and strode off to.
Lrds some of the -sooks' and abrindles,' under
iuge old white oak tree, near the road. And
i bullship must need have the tree to himself;
he intimated to his female friends, in the most
inted manner--with his horns-that, they must
de, and they did, leaving old Babecoek's bull
bbing his stalwart side against the body of
s tree. Again the thunder rolled and roared,
j agajn tlje bull looked around to see if any
p-ggns, dogs, Dttphmen or fences were sneak
, about rdy to be knocked into a cocked
L; satisfied that it was all pi, he resumed his 1
iusement, and gvp a inw, sullen roar to each
imble rumble of thunder. 'ut tiuw a ploud
black as ink lowered over the head of Bab
k's bull, and bursting with one of those aw
| and deafening peals of double distilled
3nder; the top of the gigantic tree cracked
is rent asunder, while a ball of fire seemed to
i down the tree, ripping its massive trunk,
I dashing the splinters a ut like chaff before
I wind. t
1 Thar, thar, boys, by Jim and Neddy, the. old
1l's got it!" roared Uncle Jess.
For my part, the lightning had blinded me as
tood in the piazza, two hundred - yards from
tree; but looking to the spot, there lay Bab
k's bull, stretched- flat a a hoe cake; knock
clear as a whistle through thebqavy and high
rmn stake and ridered fence, into the road.
ie Min was now descending in' glolion's style
it revived the bull, for he got up after consid.
ible formality stretched himself very leisurely,
mped up his back until he looked like a camel
mn up went his tail, perpendicular, he wheeled
;and to see what he could see; looked at the
ice, and then at the tree, smelt the earth, and
iking all round very vacantly, he seemed to'
F, after much deliberation;
'Well, I'll be darn'4 if you hadn't me that
is !"
knd then putting in his best licks, he cut for
me, over. fences, hedges, and ditches, and nev
from that day to this-two years ago has
becek's old bull ever come within a mile and
alf of Uncle Jess's plantation. The last fire
icked him.
THE SLANDERER.
What an unhappy, miserable, or wicked wretch
ts who, by the fiendish whisper -Wi-alumny,
kes still more wretched one who, if really
ilty, is sufficiently punished by his conscience
the laws of man,-and if innocent, creating
im an indignant grief, which cannot be des
ed. What punishment ought a villifier of
ather's character receive ? When will it be I
isidered as disgraceful to listen to slander as V
retail it? Not until the morbid spirit ofcuri.
ty, and a proneness to do a little tit of scan.
ourselves sometimes, is quenched, crushed,
ited up and out, and replaced by the kindly
rit of charity and truth. And, alas for human
ore! there are some who seem to delight in
turing the victims of vile tongues, by repeating I
them what they were in blissful ignorance of
the friend (?) enlightens them. And again,
ank Heaven for the redeeming few,) there are
se who, God-like in their acts, icreen those
om they love and the stranger alike, from the I
iwledge of Lhat, which, if known, would only
ng mischief and misery, vith no redress; for,
it is the blackest of crimes, it is the last and
st accounted for Gy any but the God above
,ext to the calumniator, stands he who would
Adlessly grieve a he.rt which was before un
.-ious of aught but good from its associates.
When there are no listeners to scaindel, then,I
I not till thein, will the miserable pracice
ite. How much of what we hear concerning
in demerits of another, i's true ? Not the one
ndredth part.
Dnre person speaks slightingly of another from
ity-they wish to be thonght betner than ainy
a else. Another from envy ; a degrading vice,
ich brings as much unhappiness to its posses
-as to those whom it injures. And so to the
i we will tine detraction is but a consequence
anger, hate, reven-ge, and a love of he.iring1
iself tailk, or obtaining the at tention of a person .
lo we wish to listen to us, and who will do
for the sake of hearing that auch and such a
rson is to be lowered in their eyes or those of
:iety. "So much the bmeter," cries the man1
to flatters himself ti at hie is above suspicion,
will seem the purer by Lhe contratst." " So
ich the better," cries he who has fallen himself
*'he is now oni a level with me." I grieve to
,that manlkind, (and oh, .shatne to what abould
tihe redeeming portion of-crea'ion !) womian
id, too generally speaking, toe, often rejoice
er ths fall o'f another, whether merited or not.
at slander is propagated by bad touignes alone.
proved thus: if a perwog commit ted ever so
nh sin, ai charitable nature would shield threm,
inrudenit tongue spare them, a goo~d heart en
~rage them to a better future. Hmow can any
rihile person be made tire dupe of a tale
atrer, when it is plain as the day they have
ne object in repeating or bringin to light theg1
lts or follies of another. They do~ not say it
-good. It must then be for evil. Scandal
spagated by a woman, is most disgnastinu and
grading-by a man, it shows hium to be desti
te of honor, self-respeet, and manliness,
Blacker than murder, baser than arson, worse
mn forgery or counterfeiting, more contempti
than theft, meaner than petty larceny, is the
e crime of detraciion. " My dear maidam,"
da lovely friend of mine, the other day, to an
uaintance whn had just.dro'pped in to retail
news and gosip of the day, (as scandal is
litely termed.) " My dear madam, if it will be
nil unpleasant to hear what you say you have
tell me, I would rather not listen to it." There
is more real sensibility of soul contained in
at little sentenel than in many of the fine
seches of our great orators; and as she spoke
leaven bless her sweet face.) there beamed
im her eyes suchl a holy charity that my soul
roluntarily bow.-d itself to do homage to hers.
Ly that such exceptions should be so rare ; but,
is found, prove as precious and priceless as
oasis in the desert to a parched and weary
weler,-" a sail"! toea shipwrecked mariner,-or
>rayer from the pure lips of innocent child.
od !-N. 0. Delta.
MOUNfTAINS OF SILvER.-A letter in thre NeW
rk Sun, purporting to give .an account of a
sent exploraration in the Masilla Valley, says ;
We have seen and examined the "Silver
ontains of Arizona," r~n the line of 32g.
iy are bt ashort fifteen mites south of Gray's
es for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and I as
re you that for mile. tether the richest ores
riher and more abundant by far than those of
tosi-he heape up, and piled hills upon hills,
if Nature had there poured out her treasure
ons grand, overwhelming maas. I have seen
s best mines in Mexico, but nothing that can
mpare with the " Silver Moutaina."
nance, with insipid indecent jests, can do the
mame. A senseless parrot can learn to prate in
ibaldry at the passers by. .
This writer though, whilst levelling his attack th
Ltthe profession of the law generally, and es
secially, at three persons whom he has seen it pr
o cannonize, as ST. JOSEPH, ST. WL..AM,' and a
;T. MaRTIn, yet does have the grace to 'pat 0
in the shoulder, ",that limb of the law,". who ry
monopolizes the practice of the court," and th
'who, dares do all that may become a man. s
de
rhis carries us one step in our present inquiry. w
le tells me, " to indulge in no scandalous tirade a
gainst any individual," and connecting this with hi
he name Juniors mentioned by him, and with O
ome controversy in the newspapers, in which a
runior figured, T can detect the sympathies of the ral
entleman. Again, I think I have heard before th
f " Judas Iscariot betraying with a kis," and ali
ecognize the expression, and also the words, ml
brother chip." and "carry the case against ha
awyers by default," and "Quick, Gammon, and as
5nap," and many other sanyings, and odds and ml
ds of the article in question, to be the lan. a
col
nmage of a lawyer. And since he intimates, that fu
e has an impression of my identity, I am bound th
a conclude, that he has purposed seriously to w,
round me. ru
I own, that information has been communica- ah
ed to me by persons disconnected with the
reas, that the piece of MANY FARMERS was ac- bu
nally subscribed by five or six Farmers them
elves. But what quarrel have I with them?
have sought none. I desire none; and, if ca
ossible, I shall have none. Surely fire or six ed
,f my own kith and brethren, wi,1 be more chiv- I
Irous than to combine against one poor old fel- I
aw like myself. Now, my brother Farmers, I er
rill have no difficulty with you, unless you de- hu
ermine to deprive me of the common rights of a tht
itizen.-Even then, though you espouse the ar
fel
ause of another, and pursue me, I shall not loc
ght you all, unless I am bayed, when not only sa
iy own arm, feeble as it may be, with age, but
iose of my stalwart boys, shall beseen and felt tin'
i the fray. ho
In a word, if ths offensive communication, in er
ontroversy, was written and signed by Farmers, Ba
have in reply, no offensive comment to make a h
iereon. I will not, willingly be divided from kn
iy friends. They are mistaken. It is the poli.
y of my enemies to cause a separation, an.1 I
ill not play into their hands. But, if a lawyer is
rote it, or composed it, though it was signed mi
y others, to him individually, and against him- or
reiterate and apply all the denunciatory epithets in
antained in my previous writing against the ern
wyer who would traiterously assail his own an
coI
rethren, and recreant to every principle of ho-a- to
, would maligne the cause that gives him bread. osi
I possess not the courage, I can, at least, in. dal
ulge the pride and resentment of the bold rOc
cotchman- nat
" My foot is on my native hearth- tot
My name is McGregor." to
If the gentleman be offended, lie can inquire till
the Adrertiser office, and find a name ready to (th
spond to his honorable requirement,'if not
ivalry, yet with promptness and courtesy. kn
M. TALPOURD. bri
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ABUJLLBEAT. co
' Blast that critter !' roared Uncle Jess, as liea
spied old Babcoek's big red bull lumbering ab
ver gates and fences. and making a ' bee line' th
ir our cow-yard. 'Blast him I do say I-There hu
os two paunnels of the new fence, smash, and
us himJhere he goes r-i-ght over the grind- va
Ltone through the cabbage-patch-sm-m-mnash
ito the cow-yard.' t
' Why don't you set the dogs on him, Uncle w
ess?' I ventured to observe, as the whole e
tiily, big and little-Aunt Katyv and the whole
ofluke of the boys and gals thronged the door o
a see Babcock's bull perform his customary de
trction to get into Undle Jess's cow..yard.
'Dogs he hanged! They won't tech him; p
ard of him as death!'
'Sthoot the ugly cuss, Uncle Jess! !
' Shoot him! Hain'L I tried Jhat ? Peppered ,
im one morning with my double barrel gun- m
it of shot ; no use. thte cussed critter mineded _
.no more titan he does the fies; but hanged ef
stand it much longer; I've complained of him b
a Babeoek nigh forty time; so have the neigh'.i
ors; Babeock swentrs hte can't keep the bull tn o
-k n'cks doen' everytLhintg, and clears out jest ,~
I ie he's a min' to.'
'Uncle Jess',' says I.' I'll floor him, or put him i
a h trumps, if you'll stand the damatges' a~
'Damages ! Lord bless me, hain't I stood emaI
ese twelve monts? Damages! Ef you'll
rive him off, Dicle, I'll give you the sorrel colt be
nd a pair o' boots, Christmass, be hanged ef I
Lton't !'fa
' ll try,' says, I taking up my gu, and load- ,
ng it with a double hattdful of buckshot andr
owder, and calling the dogs, I started for thede
ow-yard, met the two gals, with empty pails' tu
leing like troopers, old Babe'ek's wild bull.
Looking over the fence I espied the bull amnus- th
ng himself with tfeats of jngglery, tossing up blI
Jntle Jess's hay ricks, unhinging barn doors, vil
d tossing thema tp on his broad horns as easy 1 ,
nd delighted as-a bay with a shuttle.cock.
'No~w old bull, I'll give you a merry pande- th
nonium in the rear, and then set the dogs on
ou, while cousin Jake and the Dutch boy" will a
harge with pitchforks and give you fits at once.'t
To make a sure thing of it, I climbed over
he bar'. to get nearer to the bull, who suspi- l
oned something was going on, turned his ugly
ace towards and came at me. I let her rtp,
rve him the pop battg I hatd intended for his (fr
ear, into his shaggy face. I expeceted of course i
had done his knitting-expected to see him fally
own; but. no, sir, he merely shook his head, the
ot rolled off like drops of sweat; he turned
p his wall eyes, cocked up his tail, and giving
mc roar and snort, he chargred bayonets at the a
tars with his horns; earried them easy ; myself, ha
ousin Jake, and the Dutch boy, with the two
logs were standing behind the fence, and before
non co'uld say 'smear case,' hme h-id .us. One Y
tog was knocked into the middle of last sum- re
nr, the ether scooted. Jake fell over the Dutch
oy, at~ 'I fell-very suddenly, over the fence ! M
Ba''eo'sa bull was master of the field and look- T
ngaloyt 'hrm, \vith th' ludicrous bravado of a lii
Irunkeln prizu fightfer ina Quaker meeting, he as
eemI'o isy: '~ -
' Well,'this is a deuced lightJ' P
And theni to assuage his irritate~d bumip of as
Ietructiveness, he pitched into the fence, and in
hrew it pretty much all oiver the cow-vard and thi
Frori tlk Charleston Standard.
BOu ANS&A-1z= noB A cARLnmR
We haye beedifavored with the following ex
.racts of a lettertwritten by Mr. Jos. P. Carr,
Formerly of -Chaileston, to the Chairman of the
Kansas ExecutiveGommittee in this city i
PLATTE CrrY, Mo., March 15, 1856.
Dear Sir: Yotir favor of the 27th ult. reach
d me on Saturday evening last, and I hasten to
.uriisli yot such hiformation as I have been able
o gather. In so new a country as Kansas,
Dach of what you desire to know is merely
natter of opinion,'and, impressed with the im
yortance of givifg you nothing but what has
>en well digested.and is believed to be correct,
I deemed it advisable to confer with---on the
ubjectL. HdisMiore conversant with everything
-elating to the political condition of the territo
-y than any one-iilthis upper country, and has
levoted much attention to the scheme of popu
ating.Kansas with pro-slavery emigrants. The
-esult of our conference I will embody in an
vers to your questions -in the order in which
rou have put them.'. Should my replies not be
Lis fall as you would wish them, you must attri
)ute it to your request that I should " write
mmediately," and to the importance of giving
he information desired at the earliest mQment.
1. CaR y4 give us accurate inforniation as
i the relative strength amnug the bona fdeset
lers In Kansas of the two parties I
I cannot tell with any precission the strength
f the tw- parties at;.this time. There has been
1o reliable test of the vote of either party since
at Ppring. The -returns of the elections of
Nhitield and Reeder cannot be taken as any
riterion of the tr66 vote of the respective par
ies. There being no opposition to Whitfield,
he vole cast-at his election by our friends was
rery light; .hile.at. Reeder's, there being no
egal restraints, the vote was such as the aboli
ionists chose to ia'ke It.
From the most reliable information I can get,
think thereis certainly a majority of pro-slavery
nen in the Territory, and, as they are not like
he abolitionists, coddentrated upon one or two
ioints, in an election for members of the Legis
ature they would, without aid from the "Bor
ler Ruffians," be able to carry a decided majori
y of representatives. We have the assurance,
owever, that the abolitionists will again make
he.most strenuoos.eforts to send out emigrants,
nd as Missouri bab ~ ready.contributed so many
ettlers, it is all iin tant that the other South
rn States should come to our assistance.
3. As to the possib lity of a hostile collision
cnnediately.
I think there i none, or Indeed do I believe it
ery likely there w illbe one at all. The knowl.
dge that Governaimnt troops will be used
gainst them will keep'the abolitionists in cheek,
nd prevent them again breaking "out in insur
ection; and unless Whitefield's election be set
ide and a new election ordered, thire canqot
veil arise any oec" ' - for a collision-at leost,
ntil next fall, when 6e eleation for members of
he Legislature will . held.
3. The possibili nt'gthening effetgally
he hands ottlp party ly the next
Lil elections. And -
4. What number of emigrants from the Soqth
ill be necessary to secure iq it political contest
t the ballot box the majqrity tq'thie prg-slavery
arty.
Time election for meqmbers of the Legislature
ill be held on the firit Monday in OcLuber next.
f the slaveholding States will send us two
housand enigrant-that is, two thousand vo.
ers-during the present year, our friends believe
he condition of Kansas will be definitely settled.
[is is, however, a mere matter of conjecture,
or, of course, we cannot tell how large the em
gration from the North will be.
From the most reliable information we are
ed to believe that we shall receive the number
tggested and more. There will also be from
il.suri a large emigration in addition to those
treadv in the territory.
* * * * * *
5. The parties who arrive by the first of June,
>ught to make by their labor enough to pay for
heir sub.,istenmce. Employment for all kinds of
aborers can be obtained at high rate. Mere
arm-hands will bring from fifteen to twenty
olars per month, with board furnished thema,
.nd meLchanies of all kinds are in great demand.
U can certainly procure employment until the
rst of December, and I am assured an ordinatry
vinters can labor conveniently out doors almost
he entire season.
* * 0 * *
in addition to-the matters suggested by your
nquiries, I would state that the territory lying
etween the Kansas and Missouri rivers is tiow
cepied, by a decidedly pro-siavtery population.
)n the Sout~h side of the Kansas river, and es
ieealhy along that, river, the A bolitionists have
nade their chief settlements. It has occurred
o our friends that it would be better, as a mat
er of policy, and as being more Southern, more
greable tb the Southern emigrants, that a good
urtion of them should settle South of Kansas
ier. By this means we will secure the South
n half of the territory .before it, is filled by
~boitinists; the Northern half will be saved
y Missourians. The representatives have al
edy been apportioned to the different-counties,
d adding to our numbers Nurth of the Kansas
ier, will not increase our strength, for we have
majority thmere now; but if the Southern men
ire distributed among the counties South of the
iver, their votes will tell.
The emigrants would still come up the Misa
ouri river, and land at Kansas City or Atchison,
a they might, determine on going to the Eastern
r Western portion of the Territory. Atchison
s nearer to Lecompton, the Capitol; and I think
he better portion of thme Southern part of the
erritory now open for settlement, can be
eached from that point most conveniently.
rmeseo are, however, matters for future conside
-ation.
I would suggest that you should seek, as far
ipossible, to indauce all who have a small num
en of s'aves to come 'ut. To such this is a
>euliarly desirable counutry, and they need have
o fear of their slaves escaping. The actual
resence of a good number of elav'es would at
>ne~e settle this question.
If I can be useful to you in any way in carry.
ng out the objects of your society, my services
tre at your command.
Very -respectfully,
*Your obedient servant,
. . P. CARR.
Win. Whaley, Eaq. Chairman of Executive
Committee of " A Society for the aid of the
Slavo settlement of Kansas," Charleston, S. C.
The Christian Index, copies the following
from one of its exchange papers:
" We learn from a New York correspondent,
that Dr. Miclay has resigned the Presidency of
the Bible U7nion, and disclaimsc any more connec
ion with it. The reason assigned, is, the heret.
cal expressions that are creeping into the new
ranslation of the Bible, and especially those
portions a bout to be issued from the press. The
representatives of eight different denominationa
are making a very curious Baptist Bible. It is
repiting, as we always suppose4 it would, fr4t
in d'q:' ls~qd second, in complete' faijire,
Wm (bli~s.1as'ualso resigned ttiea
uryship' f~b Scdt14 ,and We'jindie fo
the same cau~e.'- Where,"ho#b, tfW'ille great
lights of the'Bibps Union, Dli. Cond, Drn. M1aclay
RIC aIll POOL
it is undoubtedly true, ufter all, that very li
tie of the happiness of life comes from wh:
Most persons covet so eagerly, viz: wealth an
wordly consequence. The following thought 1
just:
* Rothschild is forced to content himself wit
the same sky as the poor newspaper writer, an
the great banker cannot order a private sunse
or add one ray to the magnificence of nigh
The same air swells all lungs. Each one pot
sesses really his own senses, soul and body
these are the property wiich a man owns. A
that is valuable is to be had for nothing in thi
world. Genius; beauty and love are not bough
and sold. You may buy a rich bracelet, but no:
a well turned arm to wear it-a pearl neclact
but not a pretty throat with which it shall vi
The richest banker on earth would vainly ofie
a fortune to be able to write a verse like Bryor
One comes into the world naked and goes on
naked ;-the difference in the fitness of the bit c
linen for a shroud is not much. Man is handle
of clay, which turns quickly baak again int,
dust.
Wretched Is the zuan who has no employmen
but watch his own digestion; and who, o1
-alking In the morning has no useful occupatio
of the day piesented to his mind. To such al
one, respiration is a toil and existence a contin
ual disease. Self oblivion is his resource, in
dulgence in aldohol in various disguises, his reme
dy, and death or superstition his only comfor
and hope. For what was he born and why doe
he live? are questions which he constantly ask
jimself; and his great enigmas are in the smil
ing faces of habitual industry, stimulated b;
wants of the day, or fears of the future. If hi
is excited to exertion, it is commonly to indulgi
some vicious propensity, or display his scorn o
those pursuits which render others happier thai
himself. If he seeks to relieve his insanity ii
books, his literature ascend no higher that.th<
romances, or scandal of the day; and all thi
nobler pursuitsef mind as well as body, are ut
terly lost in regard to him. His passage Aug
life is like that of a bird through the air,-and hi
final cause appears merely to be that of sustain
ing the worms in his costly tomb.-Sir Richar
Philips.
The Semsinae 1 1r-Reward ib Jiving Indians.
The Tampa Peninsular, of the 29th ult., a
hand, brings but little news from the Indiai
war. Lieut. Parker had returned from a sever
days scout on the East side of Peas Creek, bu
found no Indians, though he reports abundan
signs.
Corporal J. Moore, at Danatee, also report
Indian signs South and East of the settlement
Capt. Hooker's report concludes in the follow
ing language: " Doubtless, the Indians are seat
tered along our entire frontier, and we must bi
active in our duties, of the settleuents will auf
fer."
In the meantime we find in the Peninsula
the following official ann'buncemetit:
Capt. Casey, the Agent for Indian Affairs ii
Flor, s aritherizd.to effer ..capitat
ward, or premium, for living Indi-i who ma,
6e captured, or induced to come ip, for emigra
tion to the West.
The following rates will be paid, by him, fo
Indians delivered at Fort Brooke or Fort Myern
viz:
For each Warrior, from..,,$25 00 to $500 01
Woman .......180 00 to 200 01
" " Boy over 10 years.. 100 00 to 200 01
The highest rate, as above, will be paid for al
except the infirm, bed-ridden and helpless, il
which cases, the rate (not less than the minimuz
above) will be fixed by the Agent or a Board
The above announcement, says the Tampi
Peninsular, looks like the Government has somi
object in view. We will rejoice to see the In
dians removed from our State by the means her
indicated, yet we fear this policy, dictated b,
humane sympathy and justifiable when dealinI
with a rational foe, is reprehensible in this in
stance. Yet, we regard this as an importan
move, which, if (as we predict), it does not em
the race of the "red man" in Florida, will soo:
prove its impracticability, and Induce Govern
ment to offer a reward for every Indian captured
dead or alice ! This may sound harsh, but the
antecedents of this bloody race would justif:
such a course. Wnat lha the Seminole done ti
cause us to deal with him with such lenity.( Hi
has never spared the tomahawk or scalping
knife, when an opportunity offered. He ha:
smitten us upon the left cheek and we havy
turned the right, and we have been the recipien
of his death-blows, and now, with all the philan
thropy of a saint, our Government has exhibite'
its nether extremity ; aind, after the folly of thl
manmuvre is shown, we think the acme of~ bac
policy will have been reached, and that a chang
will be the result, which will soon eradicate thi
curse. If the Indians have determined to remai:
in Florida, they will not be taken alive, It is no
our object to forestall public opinion, but wil
await with patience the resuiL-Sacannah Geor
gian, 6:h inst.
DEsPERATE AFFRAY.-TFhe Chronicle & Senti
ned of the 11 inst.says: A most exciting a'n<
desperate affraf occurred yesnterdamy afternoon i
Broad street, which was well nigh terminatini
fatally. As we have ascertnined the facts fron
an eye witness, E. P. Hawes and Angustu
Cartledge, were promennding the street--th
former, revolver ini hand, d. fying the authoritle
to arrest their boisterous and riotous conducl
Oficeer Ford made the attempt, but they treatei
him with the utmost indifference.-In a few
moments, however, Marshall Christian arrives
at the scene, and dismounting advanced towari
Hawes, when H-. presented his pistol and threal
ened to shoot if he approached nearer. Carl
ledge immediately rushed upon und struck Chrim
titan, when Christian, in a well directed blow witi
his stick, felled him to the earth, almost lifeles:
He then advanced upon Hawes, who again pre
seated his pistol and threatened to fire. Christiam
nothing daunted, advanced and drew his ow
pisol, when Hawes fired-followed instantly b
a fire from Christin--neither ball taking effec
The ball from H.'s pistol perforated the sidec
Christian's coat, near the hip-Christian the
rushed upon him, and with his pistol, knocke
him down, wrested his revolver from him, an
arrested him,'when both the worthies were gatl
ered up and hurried off to jail.
R ELIGIoN AMONG THE CHINESE.-Religic
would appear to be at a low ebb among the Ch
nese. The priest sits down in front of au alti
with a small taper burning, and with a ama
mallet in one hand and a string of beads in til
other, he begins to hum or half sing a numbi
of words ; this appears to be all the worship the
have, and their belief is that the priest can an
must do all the praying. In this latter partici
lar the Chinese are not alone; there is a larg
class of religionists in our own country wl
look to the ministers to do all the praying.
ERRORs OF THE PR Ess.--Realder, did ?ou Ino
that every column of a newspaper containe
from ten to twenty thousand distinct 'eeces <
metal, the misplacing of any one of whice wool
easga lede o gh icl error ? Wii
thib bu~ikibofaldt ze fog, 't you. ondi
ingthiitdbe thefact; yod'Vill#1110fe dis%*
ed, ,we hope, to!ecuseJhan lidgnilly errou.
the nresa. - ~ ' ' : -4
TJIE GRAIN TRADE OF THE WEST.-SomD
our Western exchanges state that there Is e.x
paratively but little wheat in store at the stati
on the railroads and canals in that section
country.-The fall crop, it is said,' did not ti
out as well as was expected. A Chicage pal
save that there are only about 126,000 bush
of wheat, and 22,000 barrels of flour in t
market. There are not more than 240,000 bu
ets in Milwauklea, and the whole aggregate
Lake Michigan will not, It is believed, exc
400,000 bushels'of wheat and 60,000 barrels
flour. The price of seed wheat in the inter
of Illinois is considerably above the marl
spring wheat for seed and milling, bringing ft
t 81.20 to $1.50, and the supply furnished is ba
ly sufficient to meet home consumption. I
stock of corn on the other hand is represent
as being quite heavy. Upwards of 1,200,0
bushels are housed at the stations on the I
nois river and canal. The Chicago Citizens I
lieves that last year's prices would bring Ir
that market alone, the enormousamount of 2
000,00Q bushels. Prices range. now at 1
point, from 47 to 40 cents a bushel.
At Louisville we learn that the price of c
has declined materially, causing to speculat<
serious losses. Since the increasing of the cc
crop, says the Courier, dealers have been larg
engaged in mnking purchases all along the 01
river and the Wabash. They commenced ol
rations at comparative high figures, and-aoon t
river banks were lined with hugh piles of ca
in sacks, awaiting shipment. -Prices almost I
mediately declined, and holders have In a' gri
measure ceased shippin, as the price in forei
markets would not warrant the cost of transpi
tation. One house in Louisville is bound foi
purchase of nearly a hundred thousand bushlp
r at from 40 to 42 cents per bushel. Subsequel
ly they proffered the farmer ten cents per busl
to take the corn back, and rescind theircontrac
which they of course refused. Prices have i
elined to 25 cents, at which rate speculators i
again buying largely. The crop, it has be
generally conceded, is a large one. Last seas
the crops, owing to the drought, failed, and p
ces everywhere run up to 90 cents and $1 I
bushel, but from present indications there is
likelihood that they will exceed half those rai
this season.-Baltimore American.
THE EXFPOSUE.---A lesson may be dral
from the proceedings of yesterday in the Senn
that should be duly reflected.on by honest pi
ple at the North, who have been led to sym
thize with the so-called Free State party in Ka
sas. A few days ago General Cass presented
the Senate what purported to be a petition
memorial from the abequatulating mock Sts
Legislature ol Kansas. It was referred to I
Territoriep Committee. As it embraced t
usual arguments of those who sympathize wi
the Abolition party of the Territory, specion
set forth, of -course an effort was made to sup
induce the printing of a large number of exi
copies of the paper at the cost of the natloi
treasury, for circulation throughout the Nior
esterday this-motion to 7
In the course of the debate, it becaite sio ma
fest that the paper was a forgery, embracing
r gross a fraud, that the vote to commit it was
considered by a vote of thirty yeas to three na;
a political event unprecedented in the history
the legislation of either branch of the Congr
of the United States. So indignant were i
Senate, that instead of either laying it on i
table, or " chucking" it under the table, it m
determined to return it to the person who har
ed it to Gen. Cass for presentation to the St
ate. Or, in other words, to kick it out of th
chamber.-Washlngton Star, April 11
Ho, roR KANSAS.-A patty of twenty you
gentlemen, under the direction of Capt. R
,Jones, left our city this morning, for Kan
Territory. They are all of the right stamp
such an enterprise, and whatever station Iii
may occupy in their new home, will be fou
good citizens, true as steel to the South and I
institutions, and willing to meet, if need l
treble their ntumber of enemies of the Consti
tioni and the country, come they from what qu
ter they may. The party is to be joined
Marietta by ten or twelve others, and will pl
ceed directly to Kansas, with all dispatch.
wishi them success in the various objects of th
miso. Capt. Jones promises us a faithf ul
con ftheir actings and doings, and a tr
picture of the situation of affairs, as he fii
them. We have no doubt it will be intereati
to the public, and the many friends of hims
and his party here-Atlanta Examiner, Apri'
NULLIFCATION IN Omo-The " Republies
majority ini thie Ohio legislature have passe
bill to amend the habeas corpus act. The C
cinnati Enquirer says:
tif we understand its provisions correctly,
Igives to abolitionists the right of replevying
.gitives from service, by a process, from
State Courts, which brings themi, as well as
IMarshal, before it. The sheriff is emupower
.to take the slaves from the Marsha 's jurisdicti
iby force, if he resists. This law is a clear in
sion ipon the sovereign right of the Unit
rat government. Its only effect and tenlE,
, will be to bring Ohio in nullification collisi
with the authorities at Washingdon. It is ad
a honcet effort to evaide, upon the part of1
.State, its solemn compact, upon entering
iUnion, to deliver up to their owners fugitil
rfrom service.
I .
SRANDOM GEMS.-A wise man will stay fo
. convenient season and wIth bend a little, rati
. thiin be torn by the roots.
,When once infidelity can persuade meni ti
they die like beasts, they will be brought to I
like beasts also.
Heaven and iminortality are themes for profi
1ble discussion ; but, unfortunately, many persi
Sthink more of new dtresses and late fashions ti
~they do of their future destiny.
Whatever children hear read cr spoken of
Sterms of approbation, will give a strong bin:
Stheir minds. Hence the necessity of gard
Sconversation in families as well as exclud
Sbooks and companions that have a tendency
.vitiate the heart.
Chief Justice Williams, President of
n Tract Society, decides that the SocIety al
i. not publish anti-slavery tracts, because il
er " American"-it is National, coverlbg all of'
ll States and Territories, and its Constitutlot
e made to protect the feelin~ and religious Ini
ir eats of one section au muc as thtose of anotl
y He says that neither law nor eonscience
d permit the society to publIsh anti-slavery trin
. Evangst.ical christianity will not permit of ai
e & disturbing policy, and It shall not be permiti
An exchange, noticing the present of a sil
cup to a cotemporary, says: " He needs not
w He can drink from any ve.el that containe
d quor, whether :he neck of a~bottle, the mont
f a demijohn, the spite of a keg, or the bung
d barrei."
ir St'MMEE CoMPLAINT.----.Witll the Womgen
!- teanys a desirue tq sppd two hundred dolha
r- MWeel it~athe fa eqab le waterina lace.
if breatks out tIout iddlM4e~bf ,-8
of The range-of wcold ide hied
8- in any other yearos~recorde
inug up-e- fourinobesAhick forme-nh4A
or ver at Austin, Texas, inAbinflatitude 30142,
" or only five degries northc of;-theei -
era The efect on vegetation, athe South rti.g
Iat #larly,is bad. loridat qra
sh- it id feard' 1re 'd . .4 fi
on of Louisvi y.tle'P o
ed trees have been kille4 byh . I
.*Of Carolina, thousands of dliars4it i
ior been lost by the injury doie to the pi e
of that region." In rginia,!tlie
have been almost 4ntirely disdI111
'he Boston, the cold weather was o e
ted the linden trees whilja a'nm itei
00 split with the frost as if-a wedige had
driven into them.
Ito During last year there were ,O8 .ai agai
0e in the State of Kentucky. The njorJty.~o'f
t m.trimonial alliances were 'fr'ined during .the ,
winter months-December taking thk.lead. -
" Most of the brides were btween 16. and 9
ra Veas of age, and. most of the grooma.eweu
n k And 95. Two ladies married at 75 years
.! one girl at 12, and several under 15. . Three
1o hundred and forty-six boys under 20 taru. of
age were married during the year -
he
'in ADv5sTIsFNT stck up at .lAncaster, Pa.
1. by a German who lost his horse, in 1854. -He
,at Is run aIt aysgin, mine little black Hoiss- i
gn him two days in te mittle op te6'0t . e
>r he vill not be stumbling-He a att.
r a DeGl vas in it ven he trew met he not
19. sich fal sinca kefrp a '
t- I pye him hof un Jacob hiatei Cly.ner,
el It have five vile feet pefore-mit von .plA
ts, snip on his nose; von eye will look.pl06 life
le. Glas*-he is pranded mit John Keiser.Siangei
Tre on his be d side, by his tail, whoever- viil-'
en dake to sai Horse und pring me top on min
on House near Koestooka-shaIl pay .twg :opa
ri- reward, un if day vill not prn mine hor" ag
ier I vill put to law in free h J ,o e-ee'I
no 14ohn ico ieslt
MAN RzPUiATzs TE MAit IJQuca LAW2
Speaking of the repeal of the Maine Liquor Law"
vn by the Legislature of Maine, the Uartford Time
t, remarks, with great force:
. Thus has Maine, the State- that
. the liquor law to which it has given P name al
n. notoriety, repudiated the ultra' statute a deM
to cided vote. The action of the legislA ths.
or respect seems to reflect thie poplar m l -
Ite throughout the Stat -, and it is iot liet
he any'future legislature will restorethe ai0'
he to the statute book. Maine, the first Stasi.1
ith try the Maihe Liquor law, is the first to u i
Ily back upo 'it.' Its unconstitj ' 471,0
er. ana -t' Pi ringenient of indiip
r b a haracter too flagrant to red
al eVen In Maine. -
th.
so planter of parisfo r ciiitg the i4Asj gf
re- In applying itfor this purpose, ooht of o
Yr, of zin g mixed with size, and made qWiike' i .
of is first laid on the wall, ceiling. or wainscot, an
48 over that a cost of chloride of zine is applied
he being prepared the sameway as the first wash.
:ie The oxyde and ch!oride effect an imnediate
'As combinatioin, and form a kind of cement, smooth
id. and polished as glass, and possessing all the ad.
mn. vantages of oil paint, without Its disadvantage
sir of smell, &c. The inventor further sugge t
the employment of oxychloride of zinc as a pain
for iron, and also to stop hollow teeth.
ng DEBARTURE OF KANSAS EMIGRANTS FROM CoI
LUMBUs.-Major Buford's Company left Colum
ror bus on Friday morning for Montgomery. His
colonists numbered about 140 or 159, of whom
some 40 or 0 joined him at Coldmbus, 3d
r came from South Carolina under the dir.clion of
r Capt. Bell, of Edgefiel4, aid the balance were
bl ght up by Maj. B. fron 'Barlq; qfd othe
ar- coantles in Alabama. About 81,100 were sub
atscribed for the cause in Columbus. -
rONR LaToNiNS IN KANSAS-The Charlestq
. E~dard says: " We are informed that thle fles
eir party of emigrants to Kansas. which left this
scty, (under lead of Brewster,) reached Atchison
ua on the 24th alt. There was some delay expe
arienced in ascendmg" the Missouri, on account
ogof the shallowness "of the river.'
9. SIGthatt CREDULITY.--A& Christiansba
Montgomery, Va., on Monday last two polie
aof them a woman, upon a charge of defrauding
in- in old man in that State out of the sum of31,000,
it by pretending to tell hisi fortune. The prisoners
itwere aknback to tite *tate in wil the offence
ro- was committed.
he -. ---
he EirzonisNr IN THE CRIMP.A.-It Is qa4 th'
ed there are two hundred Methodist soldiers in the
on Briih army in the Crimea, that meetingars
ra- hold regularly on the Sabbath for worship,-and.
ed in the course of the week as often as possible.
ie- The soldiers ocupy- for this purpose an old
icy Greek church. A missionary han b en sent te
on them, and they contribute out of their pay to
is- the support of missinns. Protestant worship-s.
he also held among the French Protestant soldiers
rca The East Tndia Trade of the United States,
including the African 5ud Pacific trade, emplo!
at the present time 400- ship. and 150 las
r a greater proportion of which are ou~ n' Bsh
ter ton and New York. Fifty years ago a 'few 300
atton ships and brli controlled the East India bg
asiness.
The A'zt on the suhep 'o qsgry In Louisiapa,
ta- which has just incoj. aaw,does not,in termis,
ns abolish the qaqry l'y, bu it is a great step in
an that dIrection, l1y abolishing the penalitied for a *
in vIolation, qad enablidg the lender to recover in.'
interet to the amount of eight per cent, oni is
Ito loan. -
mug -
l"g The total White population of thedepartmen ;;t
to of blatanias, Cuba, as given by the stati
published In the Aurora of that 'city, iis
lows of natives 13,543 males, 18. '
the of foreigners 5.910 males,'and 6 4
till making a total of 35956,(
,sAercn.The whole r ,
the of Matanzas, includin- '~
ter- "DOCToR KrN~
aer- with my chiil 'I 4 v ; tijo
4i 6 Yes .6n -, Ojeeps aipiceh'.
ets. gastrie 'Arob ;ly an irriation f~ '
uth gatrhe,.'nes thg.rano communicating - y k
ed, tleid',mi o the epithielluga oI h.r
Ie "h Thar how, tat's iest what I tole _
hot 'rdy ~nIfi~n ~they! muered .
ofa hPI atp;.b~ *fgr a~ee s vetw j