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P r * - ---.--~ g9u 1%i g g T$ N $$ " We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of 0 rtles, and if it must fall, we vili Perish amidst the Ruins." SIlYIIINS, DURI0E & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, -S -*DECEMBER 10, 186. MEN'S AND BOYS FALL & WINTER HATS, CAPS, &C. CLAYTON & KENNEDY, Auguda, Ga., respectfulle invite their country friends and customers to call and examine their LARGE and WELL SELECTED Stock of Ready Made Clothing, Furnishing Goods, fats, Caps, &c. domprising every variety and style that can be found in the Augusta maritet. They are determined to sell CHEAP, and hope to furnish good and well made articles that will give satisfaction. -I4f'Their Store is under the Auntusta Until. where persons wishing to buy will do w.ell to call before purchasing elsewhere. Augusta, Spt 22 15t 37 BOOTS AND SHOES, ESPECTFI LLY announce to the citazens of Edigefildand the adjioining Distri'ts that they have just received their Fall and Winter Stock, .---omprisig 10.000 Pairs Men's Plantation BROGANS, assort ed qualities: s 2,000 pairs ys ass. qualities 3,000 pairs Men's Kip c do. ,00 " " Calf Pe gg'ed " do. 500 " " Grained and Buff Brogans, as sotted qualities; -,000 pairs Women's Leather Bootees, pegged, as sorted qualities; 600 pairs Wom.en's low priced Sewed Bootees, assorted qualities 500 pairs \lisses' fine Morocco Bootees, assorted qualities; 500 pairs Misses' fine calf and Goat Pegged j 50 Boot'es', assort-.d qualities: 500 pairs Boys' Kip Broeanns, ass--rted.qua!it;es -50o " "' and Youth Calf Brogans,assort ed qualities; 500 pairs Y-uth's Kip and grained lBrogans, cs sorted qualities. t Gent'st Ladies. Mia-s.s. Yuth's and Claren* nOOTS and S1OES. of ALL STYLES AND QUALl TIES, received and fasr sale tow by tlit- loz.-n ei case. CLARKE &, ROYAL. A urusta, Sept 22 tf 3 1856-Fall Trade-1856 WEI 0. RRICE & CO. DRAPERS AN ) TAILORS, Augusta, Georgia, Are now WELL SUPPLI-E I) with a choiek stock of Sbfura lves. GntTemen avinag orders foar any * artiete of Clothingr uiiny be swured of gettinir FIN E and GOOD GOODIS, and made up in good and~ Fashidnable stvl-s. ... Wi. O; PRICE & C0., Drapers and Tailors. A ugusta, Oct 28 * f 42 PXANO FQRTW ! .p -ECES 'EtEDCyCED E T1lIE undersigned havin~g removed -a their stock of Sheet lusic and Mumical Instruments to 11one, Geo.. bea leave to return. to the citizens of Soutli Caro lina, their sincere thanks for the lileral patrolni1e bestowed, and to infoirpi thise still in want of Pianio that we ,till keepj ZI StocI of ian.1os in Aulgustn. whiep we will sell at unprece-dent ed low rates. Those wantin.g Pianos, wi;l find it greatly to their alvantage to wri:e to us, as we war rant to please in prices, and quality ol insti uients. IIT Orders or inquiries addressed to us at Aug'us ta or Rome, Geo., will meet with prompt attention A. A. CLARK & SON. Augusta Geo., .orA. A. CLARK&SON, Rome Ge-o. June 28, tf 23 'urniture! Furniture! B EN.I A MN & GOODR ICII.l, ronil it mt, op posite Lamba'-k & Coopers respectful atn nounce to their friends and the publie, that they :are now -ree.-iving daily a choice and well selected assotmnti oaf all kinds of FLT RNITUJRE, such as Tl.Tl.A-TETE>S, CENTRE TA 1LES. I11.) STE~AIDS, WINI)OW SlA DES. &e.. of the ha test and most fashionable designs, which they cuaan tee to ec-l! as low as can be boughlt in this city, and invite : who wish to purchase, to call and examime their stock. ALL WOR{K WAIRRANTED. Mattresses and all kinds aaf Furniture, manuface -tureid atnd repoairedl to order. with neatness aind dis patch. BENJA MIN & GOODRICh.I. A ugusta, A pril 23. tf__15 Watches, C ocks and Jewelry E. TWEED)Y & (0, NE~AIR TllE LOW ER .ll RET 110USE, Augstai, Ga., H \AV L receive.d their liew and beaut;ifu' 'lt t mentIi orf Gobal anid t.lvn-r lluit i~nila and ipx te JEWELRY OF THE NEWEST STYLES, Consistinig of Coral, Caml~eo, laa, Gold Stoune .nd all (Gold Setts: gaer Rings, lUutitons, &e: SiIle andl Plated Ta nd T.ible Spio'is. Forks. Lxdh. s. Sail spo.ous, Suenr Shiove's. &e ;. leitow, Pearl lad Tiort&ee shu I farel Cases ; Pa cket l4"oks. Portmionai.s, lI taves. Seissors; Waliking and 5word Caiies: Colt's Pistols, Rifle Pistils, &e. Aso A 1aree assorimenit if' CLOCKS, at ptrices vaivyly from SI and upwards. tai which we call the a:Ii n tion ofaiur Carolina friends andl the pubbe generally. Augusta, Nov 5 tf 43 Photographs. Tll beautiful style of Pieture iso popular ini botht Tthis country and Europe, enan be lhad :at LEIGH & CHAMBERS' GALLERY, Augusta, Ga. Persons haviig Danuerreotypes of themselve's or friends enn have them Phitographed from life-size to'the smallest mninitature. LEIliI & CIlALMlERS. Aurusta, Segottfr iWf. tf 38_ CocOa Matting. (UlT ABL E for Court I louses, Offiues. Pasitres. .J&e.-noted fir its durability and freedom of noise from the trend,-1 and it yds wide - 7 All-orders. must be uecompameid with dimecn alons of Room. - LALLERSTrEIT & IE11ING, Cornaer under Globe 1l..tel. Augusta, Oct 22 if 41 NEFeet Driuggiis. OEanda a half ys wide.nlanre beautiful in appenr O ne and durable thnut ordinary Carpesiing, all wool. Another lot just reeaived, price $I *5 pr. yd. --LALLERSTEDT & DEMJNG,. --Corner, under Globe Hotel. From Tll..u&s Dollar tagazines. AT THE ALTAR. BY RoLANTHEC. She stood there at the rltar, Briaht gsms were on her brow, And in a voice of musie She breathed the nuptial vow ; But yet she did not Inve him Who stood there by her side, ' And 'twas with deep reluctance She vowed to be his bride. But friends are rich and powerful, She doeth as theV say; And thinks, with heart nigh bursting. Of one n'sw far away. For, 0, how will he judge her, When hears lie she has wed ? That henceflorth he must view lws'r As one unlto him dead ? 0, cruel thought antid bitter.: The crystal tear-drops start, And down her cheek they trickle, From out her pent-up heart. A tear unto his nenory: I ler love is not yet dead, Although she's now another's, And to another wed. A HOME IN HEAVEN. A home in heaven ! 0 the blissful thouglt, ow it shouli stir our inmost heart with joy; And a fret, gift, by Jesus' sufl'ering bougtht, What gratitude should all 'cur mind emniploy. A. hoine in h--aren ! it cases all our pains, To contemlate the glorioius, blissf'u I theme; Away. duil earth, with all thy soriid claims, With al; thy plasing seucs tlou'rt but a dream. A hotne in he'aven ! could hat' esire more ? To be with God in that ecle:tial land 0, bliss unspeakable ! .ny cup runs oer Gicat Father, take mie quick to thy right hand A h4me in lhbeavei, the eunitnit of a0 blies, Where God lte Father will ie all t a:, And le tri-it ho..e't'ihere Chris t the Saviour is. Belore whos.: thrun a riansetned world win ra . A hice in hemvie ! Ih.. ela~x of deliguht, Where ;il the biest shall jive and love forever, And our bri.it stn may neve'r set in ni.ht, "it tudkss day rol: on, and on forever. A homen in heaven! unspeakable reataey'! Submerged and swallowed up in God-above. TlHE ICII MlERCII.NT. It was late la,it night, md the slreets were eserted, the more e.pei..lly as it was .nowiing f-t. A sinor':e traveller, hoiwever. might haive been seet, wrappeod in a thick overeoat, uring is way againm% the tempest by the light of soie dim hmimps. Sudjcnlv, as he pa.td a mut ii- tenrentit, the ligttre of' a girl started up bef'ore im I Pl-ase, :ir," sd sie, "; if' its only a penny tother is sick, and we have eaten ttotnintg to day." 'he first imtulse of the tnomett was to got on; his second to stop. It looked at the girl. er fatce was tIiin and pat-, aend her garments canttv. lie was a ian (if imputlse. sit he pu' is h:aid towards his pock~et, inteneding to give er a shilling. She saiw thte net, and her lu-ter uss eve brigzhtened. But the traveller had for gett itat his overcoat was buttonedl Over hi, ocket. he - SIt is 105o#.eht Irottble," hesaid t o hinmself. atnd the wind is very cutting!. Be...des, these h-gars are tusuaclly ees--l'll warmrant this irl wants the monettiy to spend in at gin shop." id .eking~ alutd, he said rallher harshly: I i it'v tiot hing for you : if' youl are really deLs itunte, lthe guatdianis of' the poor n illI take care (if you." 'The girl shrank btack without a word, anid rwv her taut ered garments around her shiver ng form. Bumt ai tear glittered on her cheek int he light of the dui tamp. 'Te man paissed, anid turning thte next corner, oon kntocked ait the door of' a spelenditi nunattion, broughil wvhioe richly eurtueined winidows a rosy' ight strea:med out across the stormt. A servanlt >bsequiously gave him entrance. At the soutnd ,fi his footstep te parlor door was hastily hrown opjen, antd a bea u iful girl, atppamrenttly hout sev tetee, spr atng itnto his aans, anid kiss -d himt on each chmeek, aend thten begatm to assstt im itt removing Ihis oiverettat. " \hat kept you so long, dear papa?"'shte said. "If' 1 had knownt where yotu were, I would leave sent the catrriaige. You never stay o laite at the 'tlice." No tmy besve, I was at my lacwyr's-butsy verv hna.v. aned all foer you," and lbe kindly pat d Jwr c'heek. B at now, atry, canl't yout give mue sete suipper ?"' The datughtter rang thme lell, :mcd ocrderedCt sup per to be s'erv'eed. It was such a ott- as an epi ure mtightt dielighct itt, just thte suppeltr for a tray ellrm on a tnightt like Ithat. .-1t," said the datughter', wvhenu it was jnst hnitshed, "I htope yelu arie in gesod humor for I ae a favor to ask of' yt a, antd she threw hem rms around his neck utid looeked up into hii fe w ithI a witeniing smtile anid I thet bea ut ifult ark eves of lie's. "1 wi-h toe give a ball ont.mty bithIa v-mty sigheteeth briih.day. It will -~s:, oh ! a sigh: of' miotey ; but yocu are a kind, oed papa, anud I ktnow yotu have been success tl, or you would ntot hate been at your hew yer'.. " Ye's. my darlinig," he said f'onsdly kis" ing hter. the cot~nn specutlat&ion has turned toUt well. I sd all I haed orl the article this at'ternoin. re e'eied the mtoneey, took it to my lawyer's tell itt! imt toe imielt it, ini re'al estate. It hinuk I shahll totn give' tup busi :.ss." SOlh ! do. dis papa'i But youi will give me thi-, ball-wo:.'t 'in !" -*' ott litnic, te''aze!" said theit fa them. but lie peke smilintg~y ;anud pitting hi- htantd int his pocket be'sk. hec took scut ai no'e antd pltaced it it hs chtild's hatid. ' Take t hi--ifI it is not enon'tgh s ou miust hauve nnolher. I .-ieppose. lina do' t trouhie tie atbouct it tiny moreo." Thess next morigg broke clear, but the snow ws at fane deepi lis thi' level. antd lire uantd tihers, la ini hutgei drif'-s, bloekti.( ttp the dioor.way. At. t'el o'clock 'lie richb-merc'hat was ont his way to thte coumntisig rotem. lIhe turned dotwn the street up v. hisIe h Itad comue thle previous eve iug. A erowd gathettred rountd the cellar dosir of a ruinlous tetnemet. fTe muerchlant paused to inqu'e what au.s the m 'tter. ''A womanet. sir, has been found dead below t.- e hIiu a df the sopetatore. *She star. ed to death, it is said, and they have sent for a coroner" Her daughter has just come back, after begging out all night. That's her moan ing." " Al !" said the merchant, and a pang went through his heart like an ice-bolt, for he remem. hered denying a pe~ion the night before. He pushed through the crowd and descended the cellar steps. A girl cowered over the emaciated corpse that lay on a heap.of straw, in a corner (of the damp apartment. It was the same girl he had feared it would prove. The merchant was horror struck. - "My poor child !" he said, laying his hand on her shoulder, "you must be eared for-God forgive me for denying you last night," and he put a bill into her hand. The girl looked up and gazed vacantly at him. Then slit- put back the proffered money. " It will do to good now," she said, " mother is dead," and she burst into hysterical tears; and the merchant at that momeil. would have given hal his f ortune to have recalled her to lire. The lesson thus learned he never f'orgot. The mnerclant personally saw that a decent burial iwas provided fir the mother, and afterwards took the danhier into his house, educated her or ;I re-pectab'le station in life, and, on her mar riage. presented her with ;a proper dowry. He lived to hear her children lisp their gratitude. From Godey's Lady a Book. THE ABORIGINAL BALL-PLAY AND DANCE. BY ELIJAH KEESE. It was a bright, lovely day in September; not a cloud obscured the deep azure of. the skies; Eurus sported in fitful dainces o'br.grassy plain and tangled thiciket ; the bowing forests were fi-led whith the harmony of mellow-throted birds, singing lite last song of departing sum ier. In the db,tance rose the cliffy heights ot the Albi-42-haides. upoi, the soft blue of which the eve iiglit re.L with delight ; near at hand were sighinig vales, pieturesqutn hills and flowery slopes. A glimpse of the Keowee's shining waters mit be ciught by an observer of the romantic mid beatuiful in natural scenery. The foliage of tree, shrub and creeping vine. so soon to be cut off by tie chitling frosts of winter, had assumed a more lively and pleasing hue than even youiga Sprinig, with her magic pencil, could possibly inpart-as little childien, about Io be tra.-lated - to Hleaven, are some times re in rkable for their endearing demeanor and the stiarlin-r brilliancy of their conceptions. But. Natir:'s. solemn loveliness" wa. unheeded by the curiiots crowd. which had been collected biy the attractive notice of' a "show--an aboriginal bail-p!ay awl d:ine having been previously an. iouliced with pompous formality. . Along the s reels. and ibtout the publie ,qjuare of one! of the m..*unet:in viliinges in the -"Dlny PaHm'tto State," lingered, in dejected and listles naitude'. a -olitary band of' that strange, mysterious peo pIe, about-whose origin there has been so mutch tiled eu O1iud'atitt P eulat 6. ; Litge liarlv itiohind in the mouritful fae of tIhe I,,. dians. The poiv oulea.st Aljorighies. on.e the proud lord., tif lie 4rozid Western Coniiiit, -eemii to ie, CIII.Siouspi of that gloomotny dio.1otlly iviica is i:et sweep.ing I teir tr'ibe,. inito the --breezeles4 sea of intioie ob!ivim." Sooin will.thie .,ad reiminnts of 'our red brethreii be tiatlhered to tile spirit-land (of their atinl r?, wnern tihe giorios ligiht. of pieaeeful blis, illuies 1hC Eilyiai girutesaeid liing streams! Toe liat of deenv and-ihinmate aiihilatioin h:s goone frth trom i!e ini.iertable cotmcils of the Gri-at E rieroal, ati soon the -- widowe d wild rosea" will bliooii over the lone itoim of the last Idati ! R- lection-s like th:.,e passing through the minds of the imor. mnedi.ative poriitin ot the specli. tors, were whell caleulated to Ujirow I 'chrmit of inter.t..i abt everyhig conected with thiose a. ild, tinttored s.avages, who had s;rayed fro heir secliudtd retreat in the tuonntaituns. "But to our tale." The ball-play, it seems, has ever been a favor. I it pastitmie with the Inidians of A.unirica; but whether tli or :toay otlier species ot gamtiing ws ini vogmcneoag thiemi h,.fore their aecaia tan~e' wvithi the pudefaces, is a question n hieb would probabhi'ly pizzle' thle iiitiqu1oary, with .nll his do 41v ttmes and my3st ical mel ies. TIhe blatz img sun' htd ca.reered tup t he "1.luin dg skies" to m~id.hien oen, ere thle watrisors of -sternt as peeLt' andt sca ni,antiqite garmb. had coinc~ied, the. exciting gamei of. tba!. LFor the performi-|I ante., a lbeatiful polat of ground, wi th a green., carpt-~Llike sward, haid, ittnimuch good taste, been! selected. At either goal, two slight posts, dis tat abotut len feet fromt e~ach other, wtere erect-I ed, througzh which the ball. so wondrously ptro dlctive of cotenLti on, was t~o be thrown. From te point s, t wo eqttal divisions of the actors in thtis norei play advaniced, wIth a loud whoiop fr omt the lea:ders, answered by a chtorus of fierce cnine yelips from the subordinates, to an inter. mediate positiont, wvhere the batll was tossed tip to be caugh~lt at by their spoon-like imupetments. But not onec of' either party could eteiget it witoout a teramble or it hard strttgglo. Antd even w~hten a swift-footed phiyer wa:s so fortuin ate its to get p~o:sessiont of it, some onte ele wsalways ready to intercphiorreshi arm int tie very act. of' hnrl ing it, in t riumpht, beyoind the apooioted mark. Any one wo uld to astounded toO betiold twitli what perfet tm uitiy anid nontchtahmeeic they, would catuse each other to faltl with the ut most violetice gnet tte earth. At, onte timue migh1lt be seent, itter spesed (over thie entire field, pairs of those 'ore-warriors, lfuriotushy grappled antd strug gig, ais though it were ani alffair of life an~d d'at hi; or, periehan ce, by mututial forbeiaimee, puietly and p::ssively contemlaut ng thie scette. At aino them, the whole trop, with hair st reanuniio bong atnd dark ini the breeze, might be seetn Lb ingeaross the pl.iin, like a herd of startiled deer which ht.'rs the oius sonitnd of the hunts-| :m's hortn int unisoni with thie prelonged bark j of thle purstning bounids. Anont, the conttest' grew wvell nigh "its terrible ais shortis," anid the, perhaps, a temtpioratry calim succeeded. In deed, few exhihitilona could be mmore eminently 'otiducive ho ex' itemnent and attnmatio n ini the behohuers' thinn thme Iladian bal l-play. But the anze tof the pohilosohher would not, alone have been tiveted to the seetie actings of' the bar harints. llii atttentiono woiuhil, likewise, have been arrested by the cirilized tihrog which hung in heavy columns att the ouiskirts of' the grounds. There, at at glance, imight have beemn descriedI oho,t every piossibule comntrast 'anid variety of ebanracter-i le penisive beatuty amid the toothless ruone t lie totughitn fit 1udenot amnd the careless diol ; theu gigaitie iHe-ctor amid the mintikin dwarf; the faicineorious bacch~ihinal and the mante of the utost exem~lalry murals anid inceorruptible initeg ri my. Iistle-. I le aplanhitding shiouts which b .roke toib fiLromi the mttult iitude as the "~ pliot thikned," showI~ ed that, the striking origietal ty andu the primievitl wildness of the sport were fuly aippr'ciatied. A .solitary few might htave beni deorited, apart from theo crowd, imuenese ly regardinig the gymnastic movements of the Iinmins, mnd, douabtless, wantderiing uitder 'he guidance of IFancy "through vast of new mind sweet imaigitings." In about thes apace of siX tv miu'ea lhe g-itne termianated. 'Theo scemne coed like an eve ini spring, leaivitng naught be. htid save the soft,. din starlight of' imemuory. T 'he Chierookees betook thoemselves to thle dithier euot stores in the village, aued the Caroliniana .mired for a tme to their 'Met~evs how Pensivc eve bad t r lenf tlened -sAes .across'the fteln fieli ippling brooks. be. fore the sylvan danceieir gyrations aborigi nal had began in- a i' siapartment of oneI of the public yuil --:.The tigures were mostly circular, but (O f them were of the most intricate' nd maZ .Ancrer. The serpen tine sinuosity of o In particular, was curiously interetLing gh a mere verbal de scription of this dan would fail to-give any adequate idea of its e itng and enchantig novelty. To be real In 1.1 its strange idola. -trous seeming, iWhO ciitnessed. No se ries of words, howev seendent. the genius by which they might rshaled, could alto. gether representho -Fmystie. gestures, the noiseless, fairy tkad the "soft-eyed" and much less that wild Ichant, which seem ed the very echo of uncultivated for. ests. . CoSCERN FoR OTas & -Puring a heavy storm off the coast of Spai unasted merchantman was observed by a B frgate-drifting be. fore the gale. Ever and glass were on her, and'a canvass o n a deck almost level with the sea suggsi ' -idea that there yet might be life on bo ith all his fnults, no tman ts more tlive t nity than-the roughI and hardy maindet;- ..tlie order instantly soui.ds to put ths viii ut, .and presenly a boat puts off. with i."4 etions to bear down upon the wreck .* rt that/drifting hulk go these gallant menI gugh the swell of a roaring sea; they !34 ;hey shout; and now a strange obje ,... out of that canvass screen agniut the les ,1 of a broken mast. Hauled into the- boa -'Proves to be the trunk of a ihan, bent head kpees together, and so dried and shrivelled- 1 e hardl felt within the nmple clothes anii ght that a mere boy lifted ii, on board. I" .id on the deck ; in horror and pity the W -gather round it; it shows signs of ife draw nearer; it moves, and then mutter- "'in a deep, sepulchrail voice, "- There is anu nan." Saved himself, the first use the saV 9 made. of speech was to seek to save anotW learn that blesse.d lesson. Be daily pr 0 -it- And so lone as in our homes. atnohig Trinds, in this wreck of a world which isr hg.down to ruia, there lies an unconverted ere i r hnotherman;" lt us go to that ma 51isad for Christ; go to i Christ and plead for man, the cy, -- Lord save me, I pierish "' d to ne as welcome to the Saviour's c rd,' save iheum, they perish !"-Dr. G.ti ; NOT Toil BE IfM enati er.rrespnin.leni of a Boston paper, Pg from New Orlean-s 'ive!, the fulluwin4i e t: You cin buy no** I New Orleans (which is thte case I h-here '6st soult-rn and A eS tern cii~,) for le'01-1a " piecyune." one .'ixeenth of do :Coper- are hardly knowii; and mie..w BIst oil. elrrency I -aw on bcail one of th, we-tern bints. A 111i31 fron fh.- Norti tried t4, p.tas ten ciopor., upin a -- Sieker," ;I niative of lilinois. for J lim,. -' What he siy1?" inqu.red the :neker. turi. ing ov r ti. colip..rs in unltigi-ed igi..r.i'.e. I v.caleulie i iy ire eeiis,'' replied the Norhiricer. - Cani' you rend ?" -I reckeiti not," said the oither: "and what". mon-, old is.. I allow I don't want to. What t i-4 cents, mierV' ..I vow to the juidges," said the Nortihierrer. * you are wor-e tth:11 th1 ehe lthen ! Ceiiits is Moey, s:crtin ! Tlen ofr t hem are wrtih one dme. Can't von see it %ay-s I E luribn Uce cn," that's Ifie Lain for -- inil Culuia F and liwre it's inscribed, one cent." Lomik a here, siraniger," responded the 4nek er. puiting the thumb of Lis right hand into .is ear, ici icliIiining- his lingers forward, - you tmy rnic thiat %iaw nll a H '.,ier, or a Wolveri e, bit P'm did rot ed it' you Yankee tie with the coo tu...ve sluff." Aid it iiarched off to the social hall, to in dulge in a drink of corn whiskey, in couiplimeui to lhtscmwn ,.gnieby3. A Cumern--" Ohl ~uimbbe" galimn thi title tfromc tie int of his eni-niig a biunmble be mine dav nts hec wvas shinglinig his barn, cocct iiin I tteilme to die.iruy i le i.seet w ithi hii hatchit. eut tii the endl of' his t hum tainid fire liger, let tingcthe lin see gm uhnarmd. Oilier miioiip5 happ'ned tom thlie r-csme mld -codge'r ii, thet scame bairn. in oiie tof Is- abstactions lie shingled or er' his spiare hiatc-het ; antd cot tng a small aperture inc the building to let ac little day.' light in, this macn cceluaclly set in ac wocideni pane as being econtomical cand not likely to be brockei! Uncle T., in one of his obhivimmus freciks, naiiled his left carm so firmly betwixt two boards of ni fece lie wacs puccing up, itat hihid to calli help to get extriented frm his self-imprisocmett. ie once put a button ott the giate inistecid ofr the potst. But the racrest frecik of' all wacs when ie ruin throcughi the streets withI his haund.,, imbout tiree feet cisnider, held befoire him, be'ggiing the p c:-r-by not to disturb htima, as lie hiciu got the m esre of' a doorway with him.-Newburypor't Herald. A ScGHT of A GRArr MA.--Goethe, like many othier celebracted meni, wais somiewhat cii noeLd by the visitS of strcangers. A studeti ne cailled at his house, and requested to see him. Goethe, contrary to his usual custom, usented to be seen; 'aind cifter the studenit hacd waited some, timce in the ciite-chamnber, hce up peired, and without speaikinig, took a chacir, and seted hiialf in the cent re of the room. The sltn dent, far fromu being emibarriiased with this un expected proceedinig, took a lighted wax ecndle ii his hanod, cun'd walkinig round the poet, delib erately vieped him ott aull bides ; atnd, setticng dowin the enntdle. lie drew (mut,. his purse, arid tkitig fromit ac small piece of silver, put it oct the iabh-, and wenit awaiy wiithout speaking ai wod.-Lewes. Etoas OF TTFE-Some of these " mistakes which will hicppecn in the best regulated" estaib lishments - tire quite amusing. rTe title of a once populatr song, " While all in tears we went on shore," was set up "c Whale oil in tierces went on shore ;" slightly alterinig the meaninug of thes author. EcsTATIc-An editor down South has been puflimg up his welt water. lie sinys: "Oh-, such wcter ! Cooler than the breath of sprinig, eh-arer cth crystcl; pure its wmanmi's heart, cand spark - ling as ebamitpagnte." Hie descends, however, frot the hitfhitin to the prosaic, when he re marks-" it is e-xcellc.nt to hoil potatomes in." GREAT MEN -Of four re'presenlative great men of the ea~rh-~Alexander, Hcianihal, Cescar, aid Ncipoleen.-thie first died of initoxtcaution. tte sec-ond coctnmit ted snicide, the third fell by the cssnaii's dcigger, anid the lust expired in ex ile. How unstable are humani power cind glory ! A pa'ent hcas beetn cak.-tn out in Boston for leciniig coid-fisht, by gicinig thIemt a pe-culiar .iul, whten they snteeze call their scales off. Singitcr isn't.. TO TAKE [RUST ('UT OF STEEL. -Cove-r thme steel with sweet oil w,-ll rubbed tin. In 43 hours rub wIth finely powdered uncalacked lime, .uil tiit, na di..ajinuera. . From the New Uleans De ta. EXEMPTION OF NEGROES FROM SALE. The South has been so much occupied with the extrane as agitation of the question of slavery, that her statesmen have almost entirely neglected thiowe measures which were calculated to fortify, extend and perpetuate it as one of her vital instituti..ns. Too much has been done in Congress, and too little in the State legisla tures, with referenceAo slavery. It is time now that Southern legislators should give wise con. sideration to stmbilitating an institution which is indispensable both to her social and political existence-in which either she must live or have no life. The exemption of negroes from sale for debt under execution, with ceriin qualifications and conditions, is a policy as wise in every point of view as it is humane and conasistent with the natural relation of master and servant. This measure, which proposes to create a species of luomestead in slave property, has been before suggested, from time to time, in various States, but in no instance has there been any specific legislation upon it. We learn, however, that the proposition %-ill be introduced at the next session of the Mississippi Legislature, and will be ably supported. This exemption of negraes from sale for debt would give a securiky and permanency to slave property, which would make it the most desira ble of all others as a faimily estate. If adopted throughout the South, it would withiraw from the banking basis of the North nearly fifteen hundred millions of dollars, keep the interest tn that amount at home, and counteract, to ihAt Extent, the concentration of capital at New York and Liverpool, which has been based so largely upon the security afforded by Southern slaves withoaut compensation in return. It would also make the owinership of a few slaveis more desirable than at present, and thus check he tendency to the accunulation of a very large number of slaves in the hands of a very small, umber of slave-owners, theeffect of whicl is to weaken the inA.itution of slavery by reducing the number and political influence of those who aa*e directly interested in it. as proprietors. It vould make it to every man's advantage to own slave, tand strengthen actually and politically Ae institutiofl as every owner would-vote, and, f necesary, tight foir hiN property. Not only would ucahi a measure diffuse andl hus a renirthen slavery nincric:tly. ht would owertully conduce to its territorial diffusion dei exlenasiin. 'The emigrating clas'.s is not the ecalthy. Tie rich and well to.dia seldlom emi rate, to new cour rics at least. Thereftore, the nore lavery is difinsed ianongst men of com .iratively -sIt:all capiltal, vA he c in alt'iord tio sawn ut a few -layes. the greater will be the r.umber f slaveholding 11tm1igrana int 11 new terrvi'.ry. Wilih the exempa ion ida once fix-d is an in. -eparable pard i.f the institutioin or segro -ervi u.te, fo f.natical madse.s or CaogreAsional aaurgaitn couhd indainger the exi-lte oif he md appropriattiig tier I6wful inherit.ance tan -rihi. ie tiwarly evey han-ilhol negr.r servi tide wioild becoime a peraiieni iut tre. am us ih ini idc.i. co nt aninllg wti it it in all it. etianaire's, aalltowmng it in, ..I vs w.a eriig-i, ad plam ed .lad ehteri-til w-.e.-' er it ll ate its h llia. las GI ailin-~I :.ble issiii . It) tie defenild Iy the alerfamailias wiln Ii, lifre ir niecesiary. and be. Inteniied aIts a lerleily ta his clilren. The t ranisgeat :awd wise.. policy oil the part ol ie Soui i.. tii..t wi el arges and ditfuses tie interest, of the whites in net'grro slavery. mid itt ie ,-aicm tim conducti ti~ iire.se ndti pr-. .erve the atha-utiion tof the ne'gro fair his masler. l'is mutiual hand of interest, and afeetiin, tof )rotectiol aid d: pendence, is truly one of per lurable taqughnie:s. 'Thi relatian. wise.v cetr shed.is beaer thain - campronises." -'i liilies,'" ind t.at endles list of expedients whici have o ong been administered to the South by po. itica, pjraiciiiaotrs el that class, who lhiak spernmacetti all exceilent tthinag fur an inward aruise. Given the geaneral establishament of negro .xm 1ption, with such modificaliis ats might be emeda't just mint whle-lc,otme, and thec $outhearn taes, by the dlilias-t unaity of intterest (tf we any use the expreionii) thtus securedl, wvould resent sin unabroken friont toi every assaut, ill. ,id ar ouctside ot' legislation, thtat mighit be :ide upon their righits or domestic tranquillity md security. Wei. fear there ~i no such unity of interest at reanil, andl tough the South tmay bravely faee iter foeis, we doubt that she can do so with a erried fronit. JAILUR'E OF' A SoUrTHERN LECTUREt.-Wm 3ihuiore Simmtis. the S'u Ih Caroahina noavel ist, whio rcentt i' ' aon~aced a series 01' lee'iu aes in Newt Yourk,'hn lmeiat with Itoi little eincouraage neutt th at the has saban adaoned his project in refeir. 'lie to oter Northbrn cities, as well as New fork. At lie ereeinag appaointed foar his a'econd et'u re at. Dr. 1 hsapiai's 'churcb but thirteen per ions we-re preseant, antd the lecture was nail given. n wit hdrawingt his necempttnee tat an inv'itsationa 0 deliver the opentiatg lecture of the cour-e be are the Tlroy Young Mten's Assocmiation, hte "I greatly regret that I am compelled to fe're ro my etngagemlents as a lecturer in the 'North, t consequaenice of the singular tadiumn whic'h at .ends my progress as a Seauth Caroliaian, atnd he gross abuse which has already assailed my.. self, persoisally, and may pe'rfaarunances. Thte-,e roos have samistiad mec that I shouttld by no neas help yoaur inastitution by aippesaring be 'ore it. Self-respect anid eunscientiouasness alike equine that I should aaandon mny entgagemcants. 1 matter' at what sacritice to myself." Smec of the New York papers, however, al egt that thec lectures or Mr. 8. are exceedintgly lull and dry, and betnee his failure. A STATE WIIoUT TAXs-The State of Iexas is in a most enviable condition in regard to her finances. She is the envy of the country. Hen Comptroller, in a recent repo:-t, presents the followitng picture of hter condition: "a The State is out of' debt, with a surplus over a mil ion of dollnrs in thte treasury-a permanent five' aer cent. school fund of' ten millionis of dollars; m upproipriated public domain estimated at ne hundred millions of acres, which, it judi :onsly used, would subserve aill thte purposes of' interoal improvemaenits required by the State, mnd as tax ligiizer lhain i's impaosed oan anly other people, tand vihieht is ade'quaae to all the waints af th Gave'rnme'nt. The aiggregate anmount of taxable propIerty is vary nentaly $ 150.000,000, being an increase of $22,500,000 .over thec pre vious year. 15GENIOUS I'AINTE.--A l'amoius arti--t mtade m aitin inta h ih laall thae diff'era''it niations~ of hin earthI weri' representead int tie pecuimar dress of their cuntry'. In,.tenda. hoiwe'ver. of clothing the Freiaehunni, he drewv l.ima ina his shirt, wiithi bundle ot cloath tunder his aaamn Uaeing asked the reason. hae riepli d: "'I'he Frtench dre..s them selves sia umaay difl'erent wayis, tad chamnga t hetr fmahons so often, ahnat whuiever dress I shouldl put ta him. in'a shiart time he wc.ald not be knotw ; haavingr the stuff, he imuy taut it to his liki ng."-T'ribune. The beat wntt to di-.e'iptiine ones heart against senadal is to t,'lie'se all a'tories to be fialta that esmrk -a to laas THE liJETA PERCHI 0F THE PEN. Our gallant representative, Hon. P. S. Baoors 'dministers, in the subjoined letter, a castigatioi second only to the one he in'eted upon St CHARLES, of. Massachusetts. HOFFMAN, 0 Maryland, never havi'ng dared to open hisinouti about the matter in Washington City, goei home and in a corner among his conistituents villifies our member's course towards Summer as that of a ".blackguard" a-d a " ruffian," and Laps his wings uporrhis dung.hill to the tunt of "Who's afraid of you '" The Democrats re solve (to the gentleman's great dismay, we im agine) to advertise COL. BROOKS of the perpe tration. They do so ; and- this letter is in res. ponse to their information. While we admire the style in which HoFFMAN is hashed, we can but hope that our representative will hereafter, if possible, avoid noticing such attacks upon his course. He is in a position, now, to despise them.-ED. ADv. NisNETY SIx, So. Ca., Oct. '56. Nathaniel Sehner, Esq., Cor. Sec'y. of Demo. cratic Association, Hagerstown, bid. DEAR Srn :-I am this moment in the receipt of yours of the 6th inst., communicating the following resolution of the Demoeratic Associa. tion of Hagerstown, Md: 1 Resolved that the Correiiponding Secretary be requested to address the Hon. P. S. Brooks of South Carolina, in relation to the speech of Hon. Henry W. Hoffman, delivered in Hagers town on the 24th ultimo, in which he stated that in voting in favor of the resolution to expel Mr. Brooks from his seat in Congress, he voted to expel blackguardism and rufianism, and at the same time the blackest disuinonists in the land." The formality with which the language of Mr. Hoffman is brought to my notice, toegether with the fact that my. Democratic friends of Mary. land have left it to be their duty to lodge infor mation against him, make it imperative upon me to as formally repel his aspersions. The matter of my being a disunionist or not. in no wise touches the question of my expul sion, and I shall dispose of this point by fra'ik ly admiting that, until the South is permitted quietly tot enj.y entire equality in the Union. I am for independence out of it, and Mr. Hoaffman is welcome to all the political capital be can make out of L: at. As to the charge of "bickguardism and ruffianimu," by which. Mr. Hoffman attempt.-; to excuse his vote fPr the expulsion of a Soautlern man and slave owner who had infracted no luw, role or regul;aLinn :f the body or whicht,'h wa. and is a member, hi who was at the titme piur sued by ine& whiole kennel iof Black Re ublicans. wtlh ar. Holtffn in'yelping'.in te p ,.irJmus: he le-. general Ind siomiewhat more. impressive. M1Y associ:ttn in . -pg~r c~yhs.. I eliurse wills a s3-.ciey datingntihed- foi dee ianit refitenent aindt a ritid propriety. which i denioiticed an exvlh-ite by hase who are no idmitived witiii it- circle. My friendships as.h s.eial etngagement< tklt. ccasionamliv take i. in the teinpor ary resideices of some (if tO m.-t disttiagni-ti-d miet -.f the land. Soime Ames atil, I have imet in consultation at th, gn.artert of..our leAding stlae-menl, al I altos gethter fail to reieiber a sing.le oee-taon wh,-, Mr. lulolimn wa- present, nda no where have I enrcoUll na-red him but at such places as are openi to any blackguard. I have it ataiot remtembrance that Mr. Hoffmas read or publisthed a speech upon the rescolu. io. Io expel. Ali -.pporinnity was thus presumed for him to cimijin-i tipon my conduct from Iis p:ace in tlie Hou.e, in such terms as his judg. ment of the charncter of the act for which I was arraigned and his feligs towards me might hav, walrated. Was it delicnte or man. IV or honorable rfr Mr. Hifiain to -oppress his venom while I Wa. preent, and to give i~t vent in llagerst,.wn, %% hetre lie sulpposied there was no one to defend ite and as he vainly hoped no one to lodge iniforima~ti--n againist, him ? it paints me to belia vs that Maryland has giv on distinictionu to a creature wvho is " willing to wounmd arid yet afraid to strike."-it humables me to find treason to the instiittions of thes South takinig root in the bosoni of a Represen tlive from a Stnuthernt State; but it disgusts mue to see tha~t trensoni attemapted to be excused by 1he~ libelons defamnation of a gentleman's charnter-by a defamation us unniecessary an false,;mtd uttired by ifenry \vV. Huflfman, know ing it to be falke. It was bad entough for the Representative of Hagterso'an Distrtct to htard-nliliaited with thet t-enmies of the unli tut peopjlehle had been elee .ed ta representt truty, w'ithut usuper-addin'g falsehood anid slainder to the infamous poutationa which lie has since stirred asnd then quaffed to the very dregs. A man is said to be known by the conmpany he keepas ntod by way of teu;ing the truth of the praaverb, permit ume to refer anly onte debiring its formsatiaon of me personally, to my friends Set'a tor Penrce, hon. Reverdy Johnsaon, Col. Henry May, Cuol. Wit. Cost Johnson, H-on. Jacob Shower, uind the Maryland delegation in the Hosuse of Representtatives-Mr. Hoffman alone excepted. I hereby comply witit your request "to reply to these chairges early and by letter." and have the hotnor to be respectfully yours, &c., P. 8. BROOKS. FATIENNG T7tKEYs.--T'he alimentary pro. perties of chatrcual aire very g-eat; indeed, it hats been aisserted that domestic fowls may be fattened on it without any other food, and that, too, in a shorter lime stan otn the most nutri tious grainis. In an experiment made to test the value of the article, four turkeys were taketn and conifined in a pert, and fed on meal, boited potaitoes and oats. Four others of the same brood, were also confined at the same time, in another pen, and fed daily on the same articles, but with onte pint of very firely pulverized charcoal mixed with their meal and potatoeas; they had also a plentiful stupply of broken char coal in their pen. The eight were killed on the same day, and there was a difference of one and a half pounds eaich in favor of the fowls wvhich had been supplied with the chatrcoal, thtey being muchm the fatter and the meat greatly so pertir in pitl of tesaderness and flavor. This would apipear to esttabeh, beyond a dontbt, the bentetit of chiarcotal foar fattening purposes. A NAMwE FOR A ~OUNG LADY.-Thle infat daugthtter of the Duchess de Montpetnsier has the following names, enongh for a very large fiamily: Mlarinu de Reaini, Francesca de Asi.a, Amotia.lit Lutisa. Fernanuda, Anmtilin.PIelipai. Isbel Adeh~id, I;r~iaiaJosetfa. Jouqninn. Jutta. Rufina, Luurpti. Carolina, Bibinnuss, Pelonmie, Ga-pasra. Mielchtiorni, Bal ussra. Atna. Aueda, Lucia. Fran eisen de Pata. Ramnoita, '1 odos tos Sntitts, Bsi gida. Dioii. A truly gotod eye for coloars is not comon atmong the fairer sex. Maniy a lady's dress is jps-rftection 50 far as fitting and mt atking go, but ii thappy coambinition oif coluik we dton't, see in the costume of ones women-in a thousand. Pork is ssellinag in A tlantss,.at 6j cents. The E~wniner say. the supnis of hoax is kasap .. From the Savannah Georgian, Ded.2. " A DENODN' hUNT ON' Tfa4t JffNf. Messrs. Editors: A few weeks'inc-a frieni and neighbor of mine, Capt. Samuelg omeW.. with gun and dog, strolled out, not far from hi reaidence, for a hunt. His .dog pretty seedi started, and after following a while he diseov. ered two hair-grown tigers bp a tree,- which he1 shot and killed. Then* looking a little. farther on he perceived Ahe old tigress -also up-a tes.3 r To use his own expression, 0she'looked -like a cow." Being a hunter of undaunted spirit,:he advinced until the hugeareature began drouch. ing, with gleaming eyes and bared teeth,:ii paring to make a spring on him.- At 'this,ritW ci moment he discharged his piece, roudif'di her badly in the head. She began i hurriea' descent, uttering all the while the most awful - and terrific screams he ever heard. When with., in a few feet of the ground, he lodged - the coli tents of a second barrel in her back, whe en5 ded her further movements. We describes hee screams as resembling those- of a terrified- W6:7 man, only much louder and shriller. He sid they caused his hair to stand on end. Having dispatched her, he pursued his dog. who was all this time chasing the -old malertigr. He came in sight of him of several- imes, -ut owing to some disadvantageous cIrcumstances he would not shoot,' fearing he 'would onl wound him, and in that case he knew'he" woil4d, lose his dog, ana perhaps his own life. He'e. scribes him as being much larger 'than the tigress. As night was fast setting In, he went' home and returned in the morning to take ofU the skins of the slain. Beside them was the bed of the old Tigez - where he had spent the night with his 'dead' family. The Tigress measured eleven feet six Inchis from the end of her tail to tie tip of her nose, and it is supposed would have weighed from. three to four hundred pounds.. Yours, &L., E. B. BAiEE. Mill Cove, St. John's River, Fla." TuE IST RMUs-Its Cession to the'.UhiS States-The Aspinwall Courier indulges in soine spculation as to the result of the negotiation between the irovernmonts of New Granada'aid the United Stiates in relitionI to-the Panama ri ots. He says: The general impression seems to be, among natives as well as foreigners, that. the Unt. led States government will make short: work of the settlement of the question. The prese'nt position of Great Britain towards New Granida, and the difficulty sure to be'had in the setle. ment of the matter, will undoubtedly have 5such weight among the existent inducements' for thb former to rid itself of lsihmun difficultisA -per-. manently; And this new feature in ihe 'present aspect of her goveIrnment * afftirs'strengtieno -he opinion of manywho ipedict that there nults of 'the istia bewee the United States ad dd i TI P TaiL PISTOLetidOTutGor Hay' of 'the Brlilh armny, ricently~Wied -hi hand with .t0 " VialeaAic Replening P'isitol, a Yankee invention. Te pistol ised on the oce-asion was an 8 inch iarrel, which di.hargen nine ballsin' rapid suc._% cession. Tie C'olonel fired the arm -27 times, making a number of shots which would do cree. it to a rifleman. lie 6rst fired at an 8 inch di iametir target at 100 yards, putting nine. balls inside the rine. He then moaved back to a dit. lance of 200 yards, and fired nine balls more hitting the target seven times. He thin moved back 100 yards further, a distance of 300 yards from the mark. and placed five of the nine balls - in,ide the ring and hitting the '1bull's eye". twice. The man who beneni that may brag. Ax APPALLING STATEMENT.-A ragged school assoeihtina. in a public appeal, state * that there are in London 1.400.000 who never attend pub. lie aor.,hip, 150,000 habitual drunkarus, 150,000 ,open profligates, 20.000 professed beggars, 10,-. 000 gamniblers, 30,000 destitute children, and 31.000 receivers of stolen goods. a Iore than 10,000 young men, under eighteen years of age, are annually committed fo'r theft In Great Britain.. OIL FaoM CoA.-A company of geptiemen, from 11aysville, Kentucky, are erecting a factory' on the Camel coalh farm of Col. A. Stockton, ina Fayette county, Virginia, to produce oil from' coal. Recent experiments show that 'one ton of Camel Coal will produce 40 gallons of oil at. ti cost of 10 cents per gallon. Besides the oil, the coal yields a valuable wax, from which candles are made. . THE BEST AUTHORITY -The NEW York Tribune iis relying cniatinenily on some passages f'rom Weem'is lite of Slarioni, in proof of the. imnbeeility and inefficiency of South Carolina in the Revolution. The Briti.-h were perhnils competent judges, and they deem.-d it prude--i, aifter the expieriment, at Fort Moultrle, wherin South Carolina, in' action and command, was represented by her own' sons, to let her alone. Tuaey did, four 'years later, take our Aletropolis, when entrusted~o a Northcrn commander.-Charleston Courier. A DESERVED COMPL.I.ENT.-A riter in the' Carolinian alluding to-Col. WarrED. Wilkes,' *iays: "tIe is an honor to the State, and the day' will come when she-will honor him. We are gratified' to hear of the compliment paid Coi. Wilkes by the Hon. A. II. Stephens, at a public meeting last week. He said that Col. Warren' D. Wilkes was the Brutus of Carolina in the Kansas struggle, and merited honor from her und from-the South. --I. A GLEAM OF HoPE.-The leaders of fashion' in Paris are getting tired of hoops and extended crinoline. By way of bringing down the great circumferences gradually, however, they are'be.. ginning to flatten the hips. The next new dres. see, therefore, instead of puffing away from the waist, will, shed the silken torrent down in a direct line, so that the flow of .the lower circle must be considerably reduced. We are thank.' ful for this gleam of hope, at last.-Porter's Spirit. SMALLr FARMs-We desire to impress on the. common-seline reasoining, of every man, the great importance of hawing .no miore land in' cultivation than eiin be well cnltivated:"'-By no' means attempt to manage more than you-edin manage well. Be a farmer, not a mere .scraper, lazily scratchaing up sufficient earth to destroy the face oft lhe soil, and throw seed away. or 'von will always have to scratch hard for. a livin . Bnt make' your farm a source of--pride, indit surely will become a source of- profit.. Maket the objset to be. not to have many,. but r ch. acres -Plongbmani. The Southern Mutual Lif'.Insura'nee Co~. ny of this plac~e declare~d a return" 'distiendo t'en-per centi., en the busiegif.hept v. The profits would have w~antt"id'agri dend.-but' the directors 'have prudentlj 1the surplus 4o meet' leosseas which'im kcM thhe of the 'eurrant year.' Theii uslif Ii company should secure.th'a esni~diehe ara pal. routage orallbwhoaalirbeited lilli* fnknamit