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e~~aiic k rnd, Vatf to tye 5OW4 rntb uyern aits, joiijo;ttUuCtt~iv,~~ii,~npr~c~~iutu, SVe will cling to the Pillars dl the Temple of our Liberties, and it it must fall, we will erish aridst the RtIns. WE F. DURIt &!6 B19, Proprietors, ED NELIEDL S. C., APRIL ,56. t9 ' GN'L TO TRY 0SBAND. ]Y MRS. B. r. ENOS. - e gentle to thy husband, Remembfr, all day long, .gid the din and tumult, He >attles with the throng. ed io wonder that the' noble brow Grows clouded with the care ,That presses on his heart and hands While he is struggling there. i And when the night has gathered home The loved one to his rest: e1 Be gentle-if no smile appears, at There's sorrow in his breast. gi iTis true, you miss the welcome voice. Whose tones are always kind, And long to raise the cloud that casts A shadow on his mind. Yet, never fear, that through it all te Thy presenee is not blest; For like the sunshine, through the storm, It brings sweet thoughts of rest. And many times, when labor-tossed, j The gentle tones have come, And made gh4 music in his heart, "Thanks be for thee-and home." Be sure, although lie speaks it not, h( Thou art the star, whose ray to Makes life, and love, and gildeth all In life's dark, rugged way. And so be ever gintle, th Kind words and deeds from thee u: Do more toward making labor light, Than ever thou could'st see. th lo A SKETCH FROM LIFE. 10 At 5 o'clock on thankagiving morning, deacon m -Wilson arose as he was wont, no holiday making w .any change in his hours. Yet now he no longer hi sprang from his bed with the alacrity which .changed duty into pleasure; he rose because imperious necessity commanded it. There were la: the cattle to be fed and watered, and the poultry ro to' receive the same attontion, and there was se moreover a fire to be made in the huge old w, kitched fire-place, for the deacon had now no th servant or helper, and in the gray winter of his jj life, the whole burtnen of managing his place had fanien on his 5houlders Fortunately they were broad and stroug-fortunately, his consti tution was good, his spirits elastic, and 'is piety b sincere, for his burthens and tryis weie indeed . Ji-.had been conpa kvely rich-he ha was now in embarrassed circumstances. tie -had looked forward to the time when a son to should relieve him of the tist laborious of his toils, while a daughter perfOrmned the samie"kind JO offiee for his wife. Both had been disappointed a .-and now the old cuuple were the solitary tenants of that lone farmn-house. The deacon went umehatinically about his morning labors; he drove the cattle to the wa- bl ter tank ; lie supplied them with fresh fodder, w tnd after seeing that t1iey ivere comfortable, re. turied to the old kitchen. By this time, the good wife had prepared a breakfast., and a genial er tire was diffusing its heat through the apartment. The old couple sait down to breakhast, after P a blessing by the old farmer, but the meal pas- w ted by in silence. It was foillowed by a fervent prayer and the reading oh. a portiuon of the -icripture. After this they adjourned to the siling room, where a good fire was burning, .an1d where the dame resumed her knitting, one those incomprehensible pieces of female Aidus- in try, which seems to have neither beginning nor C W',ell," said she with a sigh, " this is thanks- hI giving day. It doesn't seem like old times at 0 all. We used to have a house full ofl comnpany, ri frolicsomne young fo'ks, and cheerful old people; a and now we are all alone, alone." "Last thanksgiving day," said the old manj " there was one wvith usi who seemed to my old ~ eyes like an angel of light, with her fairy,gold-I en hair floating like a glory oni her shouldersi, and her little toot making music as she moved a -about the old house. But, even then there was ' a hectic flush upon her ebeuk, like the red upon v the maple leaf in at'tumn. When the January ~ snows lay deep on '.he hills and in the hollows, t we carried her to her last home-but God' I will be done." " You forget, we have another child alive." "No, I do r'ot forget it," said the old moan, bitterly. " There is one living somewhere, who - has brought disgrace upon onr name, who has I forgotten his parents and his God; who has I drunk deep of the cup of iniquity, and who has brought ruin upon his name atId tiamily." " Do not speak harshly of poor William," pleaded the mother. " Why should I not ? Was he not insensible to kindness-steeled against affection ? Did he Snot scatter my hard earnings to the wind? Is it not to him that I owe the prospect of beggaryI and destitution i Remember the first of Febru * ary. That is the last day of grace. If the money comes not then-and God knows whence it is to come--we are houseless beggars. Who * will eare for us then?" --ggwill care for us," said the aged woman, raising h'&ey'es'reverently to Heaven. The old man made no reply, for his utterance was choked. At that moment the old clock 'that stood tickingin the corner, struck the hour . 'of nine. The deacon rose.. -"aIt is time to harness old Dobbin," said he, " for we have a long way to ride to meeting. and the roads are in a bad condition." -Their preparations w~erg soon made, and the old couple poorly but decenttly attired, sallied forth to .heir puJ lie devotions. The services ~enp4, tpe' deacoi eng his 'wfe as they issued 'frcam'the" p'orel,'wei-6 kindly greeted by many told friendsA'nd- neighbors, more than one of whom presded them to come and partake of t'thiksgiVinig cheer. But the deacon shook ''shead " Man'y thanks, my friends," said he, "'but ever since I have been a householder, ( have )ept my thanksgiving at home, and shall contin ue to do so, so long as I have a house remaining *over my head." - so 'they rode home together. While theI eagon drove up to the barn to put up his horse, he o14 lady opened the back docor, which was etay n the latch, and entered the kitchen. As sh'e'did so, she started back. A stranger was seatied'b'y the kitchen tire, who rose on her en trance.' gje was a stalwart man, dressed in a - rough suit, with a broadleafed hat; his counte nance 'einbrowned by exposure to the sun and wind, atid" his upper lip almost conecealed by a heavy and luxuriant moustache. *"Good iMorning, ma'atm," he sid,- with some embarraastsent. - Finding no one answered my -knocks, I took the liberty of walking m.n. I bev I owe von no apology, for I have ogficia Ssi turnspit, and saved your thanksgiving rkey from burning." "1 am very much obliged to you, I am sure," swered the old lady, pulling off her mittens. 3ut did you want to see me or the deacon?" "Both of you," answered the stranger. " You d a sun, I believe I" "Yes," replied Mrs. Wilson, with hesitation, d casting down her eyes. "I have seen him lately." "Where ?" inquired the mother, with increas agitation. " In California." "Was he doing well 1" "Admirably. Mother! mother l" he added petuously, throwing back his hat, " don't you row me-don't you know your William-l" He ru-hed into his mother's arms, and was tsped to her beating heart, while the tears reamed from the eyes of both. After the first eeting %%as over, the young man asked: " Whefe ls sister Emmy ?" Gone," answered the mother, as her tears wed forth anew. William sat.k into a seat, and hiding his face his hands, wept bitterly. The mother did it attempt to check him. She knew ihose ars were precious. "And my father?" asked the young man, hen he regained his composure. - He is well. But you had better retire for rhile. Go to your old room, my son, it is st as you left it, and wait till I summon you.' It was with a fluttering hear* that the over yed mother went about the preparations for nner; and when the table was neatly set, ery dieh In its place, and the turkey smoking it, waiting to be carved, she summoned the I man. He made his appearance at once, and ok his seat. Glancing around the table, he id: " What is this, wife, yot have set plates for ree 1" " I thought perhaps somebody might dtop In iexpetedly." " There is little danger-hope, I mean-of at," answered the deacon sadly. At this juncture, Mrs. Wilson, with a mysteri is expression, rang the bell, with which, in ppier days, she was wont to summon her rdy children to their maqls. It was answered by the appearance of the long it William. The deacon, who recognized him after a mo mt, gazed upon him with a stern eye, but ith p quivering lip that betrayed the force of ill-suppressed emotions. "So yo% have come back at last," he said. "Yes, father, but not as I left you. Father, it thanksgiving day I went into my lonely nin, and there, kneeling down, addressing my. If to Heaven, solemnly adjured the fatal cup iih had brought ruin upon me, and woo.upon is once happy family. From that day to this, ave not touched a drop. Is my probation ough ? Can you now welcome back your son d bless him 7" " Bless him I Yes, yes, bless you my dear, dear y I" said the old deacon, placing his trembling nd on the dark. lock L- ender1 ", Y . .Otool Will i;oi, tho gt-yvu come ,on y witness the downfall of our house." Not so, father," answered the young man, ,ouly, " I have come t.ack to save you-to ne fur my prodigality, for all my errors. It s this hope that sustained me in the lone art of Sierra Nevada, when I %as panting with irst and dyinfg with hunger. Thoughts of ne. of you and mother, and God's angel ena. d me to conquer fortune. I have come back ith a store of gold-you shall not be a beggar your old age father, we shall keep the farin." After this, it is untnecessary to add that joy terd tne old homestead. It was a chastened y, for the shadows of the past yet mingled ith the sunshine of the present, but the felicity rich attended the prodigald's return, was enough compcnsate for many sorrows. H.NS, TlE CRIPPLE. A Soldier's widow lived in a litle hut near a ountain village. Her only child was a poor ipple. Hans was a kind-hearted boy. Hie ved his mother anid would gladly have helped r bear thre burthrens of poverty, but that fehle ess forbade it. H~e could not even join in' the ide sports of tihe younrg mnounta'noers. At the se of ffteen years, lhe feslt kepoly the fact that was useless to his mother and to the world. It was the period that Napolean Bonarte as making his po'wer felt throughout Europe. he had decree..4 that Tyrol should belong to avria, and not to Austria. and sent a French id Bavarin army to accomplish his purpose. ti Austrians retreated. The Tyrolese resisted aliantly. Men, women and children of the runtmir land were filled with zeal in defence of ieir homes. On one occasion, ten thousand 'rench atnd Bavariain troops were destroyed int t ingle mountain pass, by an imimense avalanchi f rocks aind trees prepared and hurled upor hem by an unseen foes. A secret arrangement existed among the Ty olese, by which tne aipproach of the enemy wa: o be communiicated froma village to villago by ignal fires, from one mnountain'height to anoth r, and materials were ready to give an instan The village wvhere Hans and his mother live' vats in the direct line of the route the Frenet army would take, and thme people were full o mxiety anrd fearr. All were preparing fur th'e ex ected struggle. The widow and her cripple< ion alone seemed to harve no part but to sit stil ad wait. "Ah, Hains," she said, one everunm ' it is well for us now that you can be of~ littI use; they would else make a soldier of you. Thiis struck a tender chord. The tears rolle own his check. " Mother, I ama useless," erie Hans in bitter grief. " Look round our villag -al~l are busy, all ready to strive fur home an atherland-1 am Useless." "My boy, my kind, dear son, you are not usi less to me." " Yes, to you ; I cannot work for you, cannt support you in old age. Why was I mad mither ?" " Hush, Hans," said his mother ; " these repim ing thoughts are wrung. You will live to tin thre truth of our old proverb: " God has his plan For every maun." Little did 1-ans think that cre a few, weel had pssed, tire truth wars to be verified in a r< markable manner. Easter holidays, the festive time of Switze hand, came. The people lost their fears of inv sion in the sports of the season. All were bi sy in the merry-making--all but Hans. E stood alone on the porcht of iris mountain hit overlokinig the village. In the evening of Easter, after his usual ev ning prayer, in wich Ihe breathed the wish th the Fathrer of mercies would, in his good tim aflord imu some opportunity of being useful1 others, he fell into a deep sleep. He awoke ini the night, as if from a drsc: under a strung impres-ion that the French at Bavarian zrmy was approaching. He could n shake off' this irn'prssion; but with the' hope being rid of it, ire rose, hastily dressed himse and strolled up the mounrt.itl path. .The et air did him goodrand ihe cohinued-his walk he elimbed to the' ri nah pile.' Hanrs walk roid the pile; biut w rere Wet-e the watcher They w.ere nowhere to be seen ; perhaps th were busied with the festivitives of the villag Near the pile, was an old pine tree, and in ii hollow stem the tinder was laid ready. Hari paused by the hollow tree, and as he listened singular sound caught his attention. He hear a slow and stealthy tread, then the click of mui kets, and two soldiers crept along the cliff. Set ing no one, for Hans was hidden behind the ol tree, they gave the signal to some comrades i the distance. Hans saw instantly the plot and the dange The secret of the signal pile had been reveale to the enemy ; a party had been sent forward t destroy it; the army was marching to attack th village. With no thought of his own peril, an perhaps recalling the proverb his mother ha quoted, he seized the tinder, strUelt the ligh and flung the blacing turpentine brand into ti pile. The two soldiers, whose backs were the1 turned to the pile, waiting the arrival of the comrades, were seized with fear; but they soo saw there were no foes. in ambush-none but single youth running down the mountain patl They fired, and lodged a bullet in the boy shoulder. Yet the slgnal-fire was blazing higl and the whole country would be roused. ] was already aroused frott pountnin-top to moui lain top. The plan of thei advancing army wr defeatPd, and a hasty espape folhiwed. Hans, faint and bleeding, made his way to tl village, The people, with their arims, wei mustering thick and fast. All was constern tion. The pnquiry was everywhere heard, 'Wh lighted the p~ilo I" " It was I," said at last a faint, almost expil in yoice. Poor crippled Hans tottered anion them, saying, " The enemy-the French wei there." He falteted, and sahk upon the.groun " Take me to my mother," said he; "at last have not been u'seless." They stooped to lift him. " What is this they cried ; " he has been shot. It is true; Har the cripple has saved us." They carried fatl to his mother, and laid him before her. As sh bowed In anguish over his pale face, Hans oper ed his eyes and said 1 It is not now, dear mott er, you should not weep for me; I am happ now. Yes, mother It is true, " God has his plati For every man." You see lie had it for me, though .we did nt know what it was." Hans did not recover from his wound, but h lived long enough to know that he had been c use to his village and the country; he lived t see grateful mothers embrace I* mother, to he. that she could be considered a sacred and hor ored bequest to the community which her so had.preserved at the cost of his own life. Great emergencies like those which met Hani cannot exist in the history of all. To all, hoA ever, the Tyrolese motto may speak, and all wi experience its truth. None need stand useles members of God's great, family. There is work for every one to do, if he will but loo out for it. So long as there is ignorance to in struct, want to relieve, sorrow to soothe, le there be no drones in the hive, no idlers in th L- in-ntaMove nar~tiviie~1 i~ ~ i~ useful to his country, thf. poor crippled boy wh lighted the fire on the mountain top,-r a pommo ble-bodied solider ? 2. If any one feels very anxious to be useft in some way, and labors very diligently for thi object, may any one be successbl ? . 3. Shoild persons choose a useftil occupatio because they love to be useful, or will it answa just as well, to choose a useful employment bi cause we can make more money in such an en ployment? A COLORED DUEL A duel between two colored gemmen-a reg lar built affair, conducted according to the mo. strict and ppnctillious provision - of the code < honor-caum off last week. The ight too place with pistols of the most improved fashion at sunrisc, on a small branch of the' iltair road. We do not know what the origin' of tI difliulty'was, except thitt one of the parties, 1 use '~he phrase of one of the spectait(rs, " w crossed in lub by the oder, and dat him hiol must hab satistactioni." We have learned from one w~ho was prese at the combat, the paurticulars its tley transpire They aire substantially-as l ollows: After having taken their stands one thea co'ds niotied that, owing to their positions, Il suibeam set his principle to winking and rollil his eyes. This was sullicient grounid for int.t fring, and he calls out to the other second wi -1 say, I puts my weto on dat posi,bum agin de rules ob all de codes ob hona dat 1 si De traction ob de sun shines rader too sewei and makes my principal roll him eyes altogedd too much," " Wy, wy, look here, didnit huck up a dollar for de choice ob groun, a didni' I get him myself ? SYes, I kiiow you did; but den fair plawi jule, anid l'se no notion ob seeing my fi composed upon, and lose all de vantage." SWell, I s no notion as you is, and -sists settling de matter as we is-and-and-' At thisjunetuire a friendly cloud settled mtter at, once, by etepping in between the and the bellugerents. 'The tirst two causes took their position, a all the little preliminaries beinig settled, e: one took his pistol, ready cocked, from his -I cond. Both maifested a terrible degree ispunk, although a sort of bluish paleniess spr I itselt over their black cheeks. , The second who was to give out fattal ori .which might send them out'of this world, n Stook his grounid. Rai.,ing his voice, he beg: I " Gentlemen, your ttme am cum." .1 Both aignified their assent. e "Ils you ready I Fiahi I one-two-three. I Bang, pop, went botn pistol. at once, one I raising the dust in the mindle of the road, wi -the other took a 'slanatindiculatr' course am. the bystanders, fortunately without hitting Sone. e It was now time to interpose, and one of seconds set himself about it. - After a little conversation the challen; darkey stepped forward and said to his al nonist: " Nigga, is you satisfied ?". " I is." es "So is I, and l's glad to get off so. 1 .time dey catches dis child out on such a foe exhibition as dis, dey will have to fotch me, -dey will do, for surtnin." ." Dem's my sentiments edzackly,' retorted other. " When your onmoral instrument of e wet off, I de'elared I thought 1 was a gon el t, bit J's ap happy now--gosh, let's shake ha and go back to our avocation." .In five minutes time, all hands--enen i blacki friends, white and all-were on the e, home to work, perfectly satisfied with the sa eo of the morning. n A lady in the County of Goochland,Virg ad recently gave birth to three living daughteri at of whom, as well as the mother, were d< of well at last accounts. It is said that du If, Monroe's Adminisitrationi, a lady of Loui' h gave birth to four sons, whom she named W~ ill ington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, al ~d whom li'ved to manhood. The same lady, a? e ore...'' ridath; was the mother of thirt S - IFE IN1SURANCE. Having cotisidered tlie subject of Life Ina rance in reference to it-nature and tendeney,NX * now propose a few remarks tUpon its imebance d ad ralue; and, indoing so, shall quote exteti. sively from the very exepllent pamphlet put forth by the - Manhattan Life Insarance Cotbpany, of d New York," the *orth ,resident of which in n stitution has made the sjbject so much his study. Its importance has been so long recognised in r- Europe, and they are so far ahead of us in this d country in availing thesilselves of its benefits 0 1 that it must appeat sfirange to Europeans at this e late day that It miay be considered necessary to d discuss its claims in this view-a view so long d estsblj.hed there-but the subject here is new t, o many of our people, aind I confess my surprise 0 in finding so many intelligent people who do not seetn to oinderstand its working. A system so n beautiful and comprehensive, so productive of ir good to the community as well as individuals, n that it may well be reckon6d one of the great a est benevolent projects of the age, although L abounding in so mnny institutions for the amel s ioration of the human rate. 4 In its personal relation to the Individual, it is ttruly valuable. ie is asisted in forming habits, of prudence, economy, sobriety and industry. It s fits him for discharging aright the duties of fath er, husband, brother and son, and inspires scnti e ments of peace, contentment and security of e mind. It even assis s to promote health of body, and is instrumdtal in prolonging life it, 0 self. "Above all, it not frequently places him in that most desirable position, the being able, while he is endeavoring to advance his own well being, to become a blesasng to others." e "It is not merely. pers al important, buit It is - relatively so. What is object contemplated by the little wonderful i ment called ' A Life Insurance Policy ?' Its *rimary and chief de sign is to furnish a provision for the widow. the " fatherless, and the destitute, It provides for s them against poverty, dihtress, indigence or dis. e appointsment; it protecttthem from the scorn - of the thoughtless, the.iposition of the frau dulent, the horrors of erty, the cruelties of Y the purse.proud, the n ect of the heartless, the humilIation of private charity, and the de gredation of the public ijms house." What are the advan ges of this principle t and Its application to thk whu are to be pros pectively benefitted ? 1t blesses the members e of the insured person's.f atily in a variety of f ways-the very knowledbof the fact produces o upon their minds and heaW.its most salutary r effects; it inspires the feei ogf gratitude and . love; it cements more closely the ties of rela. n tionship with confidence, injerest and gue sym. pathy. ,, Considered in a public 06int of view, its in fluence is Aven more salutory. It Is a powerful 11 lever to raise from the lo*est depths of degra a dation and vice to virtue; industry, economy, a sobriety an'd self-dependence. k "When age and infirmby, misfortune and dis . appointment-when sick and death have re t moved tojU li n'a pro nd the widdv's stay e -then the sous f. aan wse Q ine ~ 1VitonIialmiries to e 1tose wo might otherwise have been left desti D tute, and thrown upon the public charity-roll, ra victims saved from the ignoble prison of the alms house-the halp and hearty snatched from the i lanes and strepts, who would otherwise have s swelled the pnotly ranks of the vile and vicious" -tle 'young and thoughtless shielded from be. n coming the rpady prey of the depraved and har r dened in guilt. In a word, it relieves the poor rates, protects honest industry from an aecumu - lated taxation, already heavy 4nough ; lessons the tenantry of our poorlio'ues and prisons, and s:ves many a youth to be'an honor to his friends aind his country, who might otherwise have gone . down to the felon's doom. HOWARD. t ,f IN DEBT AND OUT OF D2BT, k Of what a hideous progency of ill is debt the s' father! What meanness what invasidnsr self i respect, what cais, whatdouble dealitig! How, e in due sehson, it Wilfearvi the fralak,' op'en faTe o into wrinkles ; how, likeaikgife',jt Will stab the - honest heart ! How it biaseenI known to change a a goodly face into a mask of brass; how, with the " damne.a custom" of iebt., has the nman be. nt come the callous trickstedl A freedom of debt d, and what nourishinig sweeness may be found in cold water ; what toothisaiaeness in dry crust ; e -what ambrosial nourishmnt in a hard egg. Be eC sure of it, he who dines et. of debt, thnogh his g meal be: iscuit and an nion, dines in "the r- Apollo." And then for rinient-what warmth Ih- in a thread-bare coat, if tb tailor's receipt be in 15 your pocket! what Tyriarpurple in the faded e- waistcoat, the vest not ond for! How glossy 5the well worn list if it coer not the aching of a er debtor ! Next the home awgets, the out door ve recrentiun of the free ma. The street door uid falls not a knell on his hert ; the foot on the staircase, though lie live n the third pair, sends s a no spasms through his anmomy ; alt the rap of nd his door he can crow fortl "come in,'- and his pulse abill beat healthfull; his heatrt sink not in an his bowels. See him abarud. How lie returns look for look with any paaenger, how he saun he ters; how, meetig an acualintance,..he stands un and gossips! But then, this man liowe not debt-debt nd that casts a drug int.o La richest wine; that chb makes the food of the gaw unwholesome, iandi se- gestible ; thiat sprinkles ti banquet of a Lucul. of les with ashes, and dropsoet inito the soup of uad an Emnperor; debt, that ke the moth makes valueless furs and velvet:-inel'osing the wearer ier in a festering prisoni, (thehiirt of Nessus was a iiw shirt not paid for;) debt ut writes upon free In :coed walls the handwritirof the attorney; that puts a voice of terror in i knocker ; that makes the heart quake at the lunted fireside; debt, 'that inaviable demon th walks abroad with >all apman, now quickening h steps, nuow makinag iile ham look on all bides liki hunted beast, and >ng now bringing to his facois ashy hue of death my as this unconsciaous pasager looks glanciangly upon him. Poverty is ali tter draught, yet may the ..-and sometimes with -ivantage--be gulped down. Though the' drier make wry faces, ge there may after all, be aholesome bitterness ita- in the cup. But debt, wever courteously it be offered, is the cup of syren, and the wine, spied and delicious thou it be,is poison. The man out of debt, thoughmith a flaw in his jerk ext iii, a prack in hist shoe ser, and a hole in his lish ist, is still the son -of lilty, free as the sing dat ing lark aboys him; byte debtor, clothed in the utmost. bravery, wha' he but a serf out the upon a holiday-a slave-o be reclaimed at any def instant by his owner, thjreditor ? My son, if ild ; poor, see the wine runnirsprinag, let thy mouth ids, water at leaist a week's dhe, think a thireadbaire coat the " only wear," amecllnowledge a white ies, washed garrEt the fnest using plaice for a gen v~ad tleman. Dao this, and fidebt. So shall thy port heart be at peace and thoeriff be confounded. Douglas Jer-rold mini, THE Mississippi Leplture have adopted , all resolutions relntive to tire-opening of water i ng communication betweethe Mississippi river ring and the Gulf of Mexico;.way of Lake Pont ina charion and Lake Borgrand have requested ash- members of Congress tecure, if possible, an I of appropriation for the obj, The old channel be- was closed by Gen. Jaele as a military men psix sure, designed to proteche city of New-Or. lemt. against invain hab English in 1814-'15 AfRVAt 61 itfE RAtTIO. PEACE ANNOUNCED. The steamiship Baltic has arrived at this port with Liverpool dates to the 2d inst The conclusion of peace was formally an nounced on Sunday the 30th ult. in Paris and London by salvos of artillery. Paris was illu minated, and in England the church belle pealed throughout the day. Four weeks. however, from the time of the announcement will elapse before full ratifications will be exchanged. The details of the adjust ment have been referred to commissioners. The Paris correspondent of the London Times writes that a Ministerial Council was held at the Tuilleries on Sunday, at half-past 11 o'clock, which continued in in session till 12, the Empe ror presiding, and giving his last instructions. Count Walewski then returned to his official re sidence to receive the Plenipotentiaries. They tame at half-past 12, and the treaty was signed. The British Parliament re-assembled on the 31st ult. Lord Palmerston, in reply to a ques tion, said it had been determined that the terms of the Treaty should not be made public till ratifications had been exchanged ; and at the same time, expressed the opinion that the terms would be satisfactory to England and all Europe. Lord Palmerston said it would be found that the obects of the war had been fully accomplish ed. The integrity and independence of the Turkish Empiro had been secured by a treaty honorable to all the contracting parties. On Monday, the 31st ult., the Lord Mayor of London made official proclamation of the peace from the Mansion House and the Exchange guns were fired, and flags generally displayed. In other cities similar demonstrations occurred, but not much enthusiasm was manifested. Charleston Standard. I i LATESt If IAN NEws.-The following grati tying intelligence was received at this place, about seven o'clock, Monday evening; On the afternoon of the 6th inst., the Indians who attacked Dr. Braden's residence and planta. tion, on the Manatee, (seven in number,) on the evening of the 31st March, Were over taken by a party of Florida volunteers. They were en camped on the South bank of the Big Charley Apopka Creek, and appeared to be confident of safety. The party, it would appear from the report received by Captain Hooker, which is short and imperfect, crossed the Creek, and cov ered by a dense hammock, which extended along the bank, they Approached so near the enemy as to overhear their conversation, and killed two Indians on the spot. The remainder retreated to the Creek; two were shot while in the act of jumping into it, and fell corpses, their bodies sinking immediately. The remaining three es caped, wounded badly. They were pursued some distance by the blood which plainly mark ed their retreat, but were finally lost in a ham mock. The surprise was complete, as the ene my did not take time to fire a gun. The Creek is said to have been entirely clear, so that there was no chance for hiding. That the two Indians wh in it were killed there the negroes (eight) and the three mules were re-captured, One Indian pony and several rides were taken. The two Indians who were shot down at'the first fire, were scalped. One sealp was sent to Manatee with the party who conveyed the stolen property to its owners, and the other was sent to Capt. Hooker, at this place. The latter has been exhibited to all pertions having the curiosity to examine it.-Tampa Peninsular-Extra. SALE OF SHARP's RFLES.-The agent of the Sharp rifle nianufacturer in this city sold last week three hundred Sharp'K rifles to bne firm in St. Louis, ail for the" border ruffiiiis." Thus we see that whilst on one silde the Recerend (?) Mr. Beecher, and the Rev. Mr. Dutton are beg ging ind i4king up collections for the purchase of a dozen 'or two of Sharp's ritles to gice to their poor dupes and tools, with orders to go to Kansas and kill slaveholders, the people of Mis ouri, on the other side, quietly, and without noise or bluster send to the agent in New York for three hundred. In this way, and at the in stigation of these Recerend murderers, the peo ple o1 this country are arming themnselvyes agamnst each other and preparing for a civil and bloody war. Verily, the contemplation of the fatct is enough to rouse the indignation of every eon servative and respectable man in the community. When, Beeclber, Dutton & Co., get these mis guided men well at work cutting each other's throats, we suppose they will send them a hun dred or two Bibles and religious books to study the precepts and doctrines of~ the Savior of man. We would, in concltision and as a matter of kindness to Mr, Deeb.'er, inform him that mna who buy their own rifles are a little more apt to use them effectually thtan those who beg thetm or have them given to them, for whilst the for. mer can " plug" the bull's eye at a hundred yards, the latter cannot hit a barn door.-N. Y. Day book. .PoTsoY;NG ay STRYeHINs1E.-It is unfortunate for the purpose of the murderer, but favorable to the ends of justice, that strychnine should be selected for the diabolical object or taking away life. There is, perhaps, no poison which pro duces such characteristic symptomns in the victim while he yet lives, or which affords more deci sive evidence of its presence after death. Delu ded by imperfect knowledge, the murderer may, perhatps, imagine he has purchased immunity for his crime by the minuteness of the dose of the poison-by its umysterious effects, resemnbling those of natural disease, and by the supposed difficulty of detection among, the lifeless tissues. But the finger of science points to tle'defection of his crime, and dissipates his visiottary hopes; the grain of white powder, which lhe utnticipates will carry his victim silently to the grave, excites on the contrary, the most violent anud character stic cohivulisions; a minute fraction of a grain, liid ont the animal membranes after death, will exhibit, under appropriate tests, a scrits of rcs pfendent and iridescent rings of eni'di- to the uhemist's view ; and a portion of fiuid'from the intestineS introduced into the tissues of a living unimal will again excite the identical convulsions which followed the first administration 'of the poison.-M~edical Times and Gazette. LAGER BIER-LIQUID BRIEAD.-Lager Bier is a great institution1- It is no longer motiopolized by tihirty Germans, but has become the popular und fashionable beverage of all classes, without distinction of party or unatinlity. Between the first and second acts of the " Don Giovannti," at the Acadeipy last tiight, as the bar.keeper of the saloon informed us, rno less than three hun dred and sixty glasses of Lager were dratik, Nothing else is called for; and as this is a pure, simple, healthful drink, all the fimnds of tenm perance must rejoice to see it superseding the use of " the villainous compounds" usually sold in the dritnking saloons. It, is pleasantly bitter to the taste, and slightly exhitlaratiug to the " neryous system," but it neither fevers the flesh nor infiames the imagination. And now that we have no more " Prohibition'-not even an Ex ise Law to check free trade in liquor-we thiink it well tfor the friends of temperance to foster the popular taste for Lager Bier, which will soon drive rot-gum-rum, camphene brandy, and vitro lie liquoth generally, entirely out of the market. rew vYork Mrror. SPECULATORS IN TROUBLE.-Under the gradu ation law of 1854 vast quantities of public lands were taken up by the speculstors at extremely low prices, in some cases as low as twelve-and a-half cents per acre. The law required that the land should be sold only for purposes of actual improvement and accupation; and it made an oath that the applichnt at the land of flee desired it for such purposes a part of the process by which a title was obtained. Of course, the greed of gain frequently stimulated men to perjduty, and, by hook or by crook, hun dreds of thousands of acres passed into hands to be held for speculative purposes alone. The intent of the law was measurably defeqte4; and the good will of Congpss, instead of coinfeil iing benefits upon the landless poor, only helped to swell the riches of those who have enough and to spare. The Commissioner of the Gene. ral Land Offiee has, however, taken a step to wards rectifying the wrong, and, in a circular to the local land offices, directs that proof of ae; tual settlement and cultivation of each traCt shall be made at the office of the district where it was entered for the perfection of title-actual cultivation and settle'ment by the purchaser him self and not by proxy. In cames where prodils wanting the land reverts to government, and will be again thrown into market, -of will be come the property of the claimant upon the payment of 81.25 per acre. We are not in the habit of praising very high. ly any thing that comes from the Administration now in power; but this action of the Commis sioner should have the - commendation of all men who desire that justice should be done. He seems to be supported init by the Attorney Gen eral and the Secretary of the Interior.,-Chic go Tribune. FOUR AT A BrTM.-We have often heard of three, four and five children at a birth, and we have as often doubted the truth of such state. ments, but we lately received information which be can relied on, that the wife of Mr. Washington French, living in Attalla county, Mississippi, pre sented her husbandi on the 1yth of June, 1855, with four children-two boys and two girls-at one birth, and are all doing well at this time. The father of these ljtile responsibilities was born in the southern pitt of Greenville District, was the seventh son of Mr. John Peter French. and the brother of our respected friends, George and James French. He was 45 years old when he married Miss Eleanor Henley, of Mississippi, and had been married only one year when the above occurrence transpired. We can account for the unusual occurrence from the fact that Mr. French was born in Green ville district, where, according to the editor of the Patriot, it is not uncommon for one man to be the father of from fourteed to seventeen chil dren. At the rate they have cotrimenced, and if they live, we feel confident Mr. and Mfs. French will sustain the reputation of the District, and make up for lost time. We most cordially ex tend our congratulations to'the happy parents, and hope their prosperity in life will be commen surate with their prolificacy.-Laurensville H A=N.~ I. TRAITORS AT HoME.-We are not and we do not wish to be regarded as alarmists, but we consider it a duty we owe to the public to cau tion them against being surprised. We have been infgrmed recently by Influen tial gentismeri that 'thdra was some ground for the beliertliat thie exitt throughout the South ern States, especially' or the 1ine' of Railroad ommuniczation, a regularly'organized band of negro emancipators, who are engaged in negro stealing and furnishing means for thell' esdape to free States. When we received this Infor mation, we regarded it as mere conjecture, and sul'ered it to pass. but the letter of our Sumter. ville correspondent has removed every doubt, by disclosing the fact that a merchant at Sumter ville has been detected and apprehended for be ing engaged in negro stealing. The disclosure has created great excitement, and it is well cal culated to arouse the people to look about themselves, lest difficulties be forced upon them before they are prepared to meet them as they should.-Carolina Times. SHoOTiNG sTARs.--Thiere wvas a man in this city, who of clear nigh ts. used to rig up a tele scope wherewith to study astronomy at a aix penen a squint. Onc tnight as lie was getting under way I saw two Irish gentlemeti taking an observation of his movements. Both wsre policeanieh.: Jamcy, said one, what in the wvurriid" 'is yon fellow after with his machjinely !' WVhist, ye spalpeen, whispered the other, sure and can't ye see that it's an air gun cannon that he's got. He's afther shooting stars, he is. Hadn't we better be getting out of the way, thini ? inquired his friend. Sure, and it's not us, was the answer. Didn't ye ever hear of shooting stars ? By this time the telescope man had arranged his instruments and squinted through it up- at the stars. The policeman gazed up likewvise in wonder. Just then by an odd chance a large meteor shot down the sky. ]3edad, lie hit-he's leched It down ! cried both of the paddis, ih a breath. Sure, and that's the greatest shooting Nyer saw in all my life ? But a sensb of ilpty prevailed, and one of them at once'rudely acensted the man of science. Ye'll jist stop that now~, mister, av ye plase. The night is dark enough now, and an you go on shooting stars 'at that rate, sorra the man'lh find his way about the strate. And the teles cope man laud to pick up and be off. DEAD LETTERS.-The Washington corres pondenti of the Baltimore Sun, under datf of Mlarch 28, says: " The foreign dead letters mails coumposed of correspondence from distant cotmn tries, and not applied for by the person to whom addressed, were to-day made up in due form at the General Post Otlice, and returned as follows : To Enga'lanid 26,000 letters; to Bremen 4,000 ; to Co-logne 48,000; to Nova Scotia 500; to New Brunswick 250 ; and 75,000 to Canada. These letters had all been regularly advertised in news papers haing the largest circulation. So rapid is the emigration, however,' that enterprising adopred citizens, many of them with their fairm ing implemints, press thieir way from the West to the fair WVest, and thence to the far, far WVest, that seems almost impossible for the mails even at railroad speed to keep pace with them." TRADING WITH &LAvEs.-Trhe Gre'enville Pa triot and Mlountaineer says that " trading with slaves seemns to be a very common offence in Spartanburg," and designates it as a "nuisance anad a curse." Too much of this thing is permit ted in all the districts, and so long as slaves are allowed to hire their own time, become mfaster' workmen and contractors, it1is wuirse than follj to attempt tio carry the very wholesome laws'of the State into effect. T1he fault lies iith the slave' owner, and will never be correuted bntil the'present system of allowhidg slaves 'to comi pete with free white men in all' mechanicapur suits is abrogated.-Carolina Times.' IRELIGIOUS ToLER ATro.-A Protestant mianis ter was lately arrested itir Spdtin for pronaulga ting'doctrineai contrary to the established rehg iona. A judge at Biarcelona, however, has since decided thair the Spanish constitution establishtes religioue toleration, and -the minister in ques tion' tr ha discharged - - A HUMAN HoRN.-Dr. Porcher, of rtkestaft has in his possession a horn,~about'sevnn iidh in length, and in diameter two inches iid ihreel quarters, bearing a close resemblance to A ram's horn, which he extracted from- the head of a negress, aged about 52, born on a-plantation i#' St. John's Berkeley, South Carolina. The' ty mor'conimeneed forming some eight yearssned with a swirelling and discharge, and, after a while, a gtaddal increase' id size. During the four months preceding its ienodval, it grew some t*o inches, and having,in curving around, reached the face in the temporal region, just to the left of pne eye, and haying commen* to produd&kuj1 piration of the skin with'Which itbad e'mel chtact, its immediate removal was necessitate. Its removal, which was done in December, 185 in the presence of ]Dr. D. J. Cain, and seve students of the Charleston Preparatory Medie Behool, 4as accompanied' 'with comparitively little pain. It was fodtdd, tipon" examinatid aftetwards, that some femains 'of thh iigifaw - growth remained, and there is some probabilit - that it may Inctease in size and agair. require re. moral.-Augusta Chronicle 4- &ntineL ' GRAIN It Omo.-A' corresiondent of -the Cleveland flerald rites from the S6oto Vallef. as follows: "The wieat crop on the ground lool.s finoly. Having been odvered' *fth -di''-edp" 1 e, it now looks as though it had just leen' t'aken from a green house, and every appearance indi cates a large crop the present season. Oats are being sowed, and al through Scioto, Licking and Muskingum valleys, farmers are plantin- pota. toes. Every warehuse, bari, apid eVeA bdii churches, are full of corn. At Columbus theiW are 150,000 bushels in store ; Chillicothe 200, 000; Circleville 150,000 to 200,000 ; Winchester 150,000 to 200,000 bushels, ready for spring shipment. Receipts at Cleveland will reach 1, 500,000 bushels, via canal. A large portion of, the corn accumulated hits been purchased, based on 55 to 60 at Cleveland.' Canal boats in de.: mand-offers made at 10. to 12c. freight. One.: half of last year's wheat ii stil in the hands of, farmers, and will remain there until after seedind is over, then will congi oti. At LAncaster anA down Hocking valley a 'dut, about 20,000 bar . rels flour are ready for'Al4fAed North on the opening of the canal,'bealdes wheat and corn to quite an amount.".' THE INDIAN TROtsL' ix OREGON.-6Wase ington, April 17.-Amiong the official'document received from Oregob is the lettii reciveed froN loel Palmer gehi-rintendent "of IndiiV f'airt who, confirchig, tliistatements of Qo'v. Opijg says " the'prFsent'tiiculty in'Sduthbhr (.regort - is wholly attributale'td thett'( th6 i/lites - adding, "Fcannot but feel that it is ou/dlity to adopt such measures as will tend to seedie thd lives of these Indians and maintain the guaran tees secured by treaty stipulations. The futute will prove that this war has been forced upon these Indiansa)ainst their will; that too by a set of reckless vagabonds, for pe. cuniary and political objects, sanctloned ': numerous population who regard the -Treasurys. of the United States a legitimate object of plan.i der. The Indians in that district have been driven to -desperation by acts of cruelty committe( against their people. Treaties have been viola. ted and acts of barbarity committed by those claiming tio be citlsize that-would disgrace th most' barbroiis nations'of the''ehrth. If none but those who perpetrated such ais were to be affected by this war, we might look upon it with' indifference, but unhappily this is not the case.", A VERY NICE ARRANoEVENT.-Bimhop An. drei,'of the Miethodist Episcopal Church Sou'tli; (iho rd.an'tlv started on a trip to California.)' writes froni Panaina, to the Sothern Christiad Advocate, as foll6ws, eor1inrning the regulations of the connecting steamers on the'Pacific side ! "No permanent arrangements enn be made with the Southern passengers till those from' New York arrive, who are always expected td have precedence. I ventured to expostulate' with one of the officers on the injustice of this distinction. ' I pay just as much as these Neid York passengers' 'I know i:,' said he, ' but we' are obliged to make the distinction, as most of. our passengers come from New York.' On this same principle'otne of these Pacific steamers would wvait t 6 three days for New Yorld pa~grbut would scarcely wait twelve houri fo? thiosefrdia New Orlean .Y DECLINE IN FLourR.-The New York Journal, of C2ommnerce, of the 16th inst. thus discourses under the head of ' prices falling:' " For the first time in many months, we see that comimon to good New York State flour is quoted by wholesale at a fraction under six dol. lars a barrel. When the channels of communi.: cation with the interior are fully open, an ava: lanche of breadetuffs and provisions will be down upon s, and'un the demand from abroa( diminished; exceptat re'duced 'prices, there isd fairchiance that consumers will yet reap aomnd benefit from the immense crops of last yeari The farmers, millers and dealers, have had their' chance; the consumers will now have theirs. Much however will depend upon the prospects of the growing crops, which thus far, as we have learned, are generally favorable." RESUSCITA TION FROM APPAR EST DEATH.-'Ihe' Rockport Register gives the pai'tien'lars of a sin. gulair kase of resuoitit naftoi- supposed deathr in that city:." " A child had, to all appearance, died, and was laid ont in its little winding sheet upon a board in an upper room, while the ot her preparations were going fo)rtard for the funeral. The sex.: thn was notified, arid the gr'ate dug; 56me time aiftet'the father 'weht j'ntd the rb'um 'Where thd child was, and was astonished by its celling hini by name and complaining that it did not lie goodi - Of course the littlo sufferer was surplied with a. better bed at once. It had evidently fallen into a trance, from which it was awakened by a har - bed and cold air." RE~flIN.-Q(f all the amusements that cant pos'sibly be imagined ?i- a" working man, afteb daily toil, or in the intervalda, -there is nothiind like reading a newspaper or a flook. It callig for no bodily exertion, of whieh'thie mind has had enough-perhaps too much. It relieves his home of dullness and sameness. Nay, it accome panics him to his next daty's work, an'd give-a him something to think of besides the me mechanii cal drudgery of his every day* - ocupation1 something he can enjoy while abser.t'''nd look - forward to with pleasure 'If I~erb'to pray for a taste afWhwahid 'Stind by' me under every *ariel'y of 'circuntsne's, and be a sonurce of happinese afia cllerfalness to me through life; iind-h"shierd tgin't 'its ills, howeverthiag might go'amiss, and the world frown upon me$ it would be a taste for reading.-Herschel. ,' RaoLIFI.-A negre womani called Saly be. longing'to Mr. Grider,day'Napoled,Aftanh, gave birth a few days since ta fivb ehild'ren, thred girls and two boys. -:'1.. r ~. EXTRAoRDINARY.-A',egro girl in charge of Col. John T. Sloan, on'yeste'dan gave bjth to. three children, all of whonm ate alive, 1tcleipg,. and doing well. The iother is also as wellas eould be expected after this liugetpnt. -If wti might be allowed to pun, it amounta b-sulz