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- .( t,,J T -i 4 J{j O** 4 4 0. "6We ilciitoteilasoth eupOO Liberties, andIf it must fall, 'viiPrsimdtteRis". ~~ A"F .CO.,P~ropritqrs. ~~m~mU~ D~RIL D. . EDIF LD ,31,4186 *~ Hoops oopn. Hoops on* iribkes-ana p "-Hoop oihdoe,tubS'ad-bles Ayelitidesindisp5enable B otsyeoiip aiy.'pifrot woman's dress, Mking theoa s o-dionless, 04no indensiblei kiopiiU. bq turdy jen e -oaka-the ri nPi~ - lobjects -airatio B-hoops as pttf woman's baggage, .Jike the *oopsof a painted savage, isi .i~serul, peitty toys, For aetive little girls and boys, But hoops on woman gbntle - tlingtonee at and to SeO Anid l~e.thewhoop of a whooping-cough, -Neitheriseful nor'ornamental - - Fora ea o'man 60. boer skirts, Ad- with a skelbton flaunts and flirts, -asow siiehto ait'y Man fldsigard with ber to talk, n1 harderstitositor, alk - ~- ~s'liiaest of-all to marry., - For hen A inittn wreteh has-seen, Am ii-th -lost in-iCinoline, Th o-.isleait-bolds/dearer - 0! what ai chilliordent pjaioi To-fee that th h'olIo hon Beie'ver han benear*er .That iitead yh zimidly ili'ing near. nd ousting'into. the thrilling-ear Ilie lood-of-his souPs devd gItu~st-stanandbefowsi-thudtAer es - chesalr5 ag sere skits and boute At if halia shi n.th e - 11And ifify h hlialtJatyWSherilOVC ve e, Andyir~e itcudseension-' 1y icaptures'a inu . ph sa rings, .Skeletonigboges asnd thdihing5, -Tohorrible to'mentio. .ihus lovely wdmanjoopsto'folly Aud drives poor man to melancholy By her gest 'fifzones - Then let ter heardiiOn - e ie h PSg an 'hAp; h er bones AN INDIAN LEGEND, We paused on the margin of a lake in the valley of thg Mississippi. It was near the hour of sunset, and a bright golden tinge fell.upon the waters, gilding the glossy sur face beautifully. " Look across in that direction," said my companion. "I see a precipice of imposing height," I replied. " There is a singular legend connected with the history of yon pile of jagged rocks; every foot of this soil was once trodden by red men; the original and just owneis of this wide and fertile valley," returned my friend: " Yonder was an Indian village, but no mementoes remain to tell us that this romantic place was formerly the home of a powerful tribe. The children- of Wapesha sported on these verdant banks, and the maidens bjathed in these waters,.and listened to love-tales beneath these sylvan shades. " It chanced that a young bunter became enamored of one of the fairest of the daugh-. ters of his tribe. He was brave and hand some. Trhere was none swifter in the chase or more cunning en the war-path. He was successful with the maiden,. but not with -her parents, for lhe was without rank; while a notable chief was his rival. Unfortunate Jy, the red men, like the pale faces, have re gard to earthly distinctions, and titles have charms for their ears. The untitled suitor wias bidden to go his way, and treated with marked harshness and contempthby the rela tions of the lndiiini damsel. She wvas close *ly watched to prevent stolen interviews, and every artifice was used to keep the lovers apart. " One day the hunter had the good luck to meet her in the forest, when he again repeated the oft-told tale of devotion, and she renewed her promise to wed him, or never become'the wife of wvarrior or chief. The shairp eyes of the bunter detecte-d a form gliding from tree to tree, and presently lie heard the click of a lock, admonishing him of his peril. A timely change of posi tion savedl his life ; a ball cut the air close to his he.ad, striking an oak beyond. " You do wvell !" cried the hunter, calling the young man by name, " to come forth to -shoot a neighbor as you wvould kill a pale face. What is my crime, ffiat I deserve to 1hunted like a buck ?" "You have lbeen told that my sister is promised to a powerful chief, and that you mlust have no more love-talk with her. You deserve to die for your audacity!" replied the gi'll's brother. "The hgjter had his gun in his hand, andl his knif'e anid tomahawk at his belt. " You are in my power !" ho proudly re p~lied. " I can kill you in a moment, bu~t I scorn such wickedness. Besides, your deanth wonkd distress the. maiden I love ; depart in safety, unpunished for your treaebery, and re~nmmber I have given you your~ife." "Iwill go, but my sister .shall go with pme, and you can go to your lodgp anid weep like a squawv;" retorted the young man.. "'Come, foolish one, your future husband 'awaits you at the lodge," added her brother. -"My future husband is before you, if I am destined to have one on the earth !" she exclaimed. "1I despise the man you name 1" "11er brother -laughed contemptuously, = and taking her bj the -arm, led her toward .his father's lodge. When she- was taken before her relatives, they covered her with reproaches, ae'eusing her of unmaidenly con duct. All her spirit. was aroused by their Uauns. "1 see plaiiily," she said, "that you are not my parents. My -father and mother and brothers must have died when I was an in. faqt- leaving me to the care and affection of strangersl -I will go to skeek -my relations in the land of 'shadows. They will- be glad to Isene, aid c6n'sole ie fr' the misery I have sufferei.7 " She ha45ned from- the lodge, stepped into a cano, and paddled swiftly fo'r yon der cliff. Her frie.nids watched .hdr move, ments with 'sileint terror, untit tbo saw-he.' toncli the shore and climb the jagged height* then they'cried'out in. renorse, and ran-to arrest-her purpose. :ut they were too late to reach the spot 'They saw her upoif the summit, and . the w ords of her death: song wresborne mouirnfoli to their oars. They sh6uted iheir sorrowvtheyaromisedin.vain; if she heard thei wild a.jurations, she heed. edthem not, but seorqed their late-repen 'tince.' She chan'ted he-wrotigs, called. on the- Great Spirit tosse4 her arms in tle air, and leaped from the.dazzy height. rho wa ters of the lake closed. over her, and her .conscience-stricken*: 'relatives sai -her no more." - AMES 'BUCHANAN lIt YOUTH. rbhe effort to liipresitbe public with the 4elief that- th Hon As R 'CA AI the President elect, possesses a cold and selfish temperament, from, the fact tlat he isfa bachelor, is defeated by the" eneral knovl edge of the high socialqiahlities and genial disposition of that acconip1isWed and' dlstin guished statesman,:and.by iie sadly roman-' ti,-and touching circumstances which closed to him the joys of 'connubial-life. These ate related in a late iumber o( Harper's Alagaziie; and-from which re copy tbe fol. ' e 'years ago. a member-of the United StatetsSenate,-distinguished not only for his tatents bbt.for his fine -personal appearance, was eated ig * .riohly-furifished parlor in the cfil Washin~gtoni, engaged in a lively. conirstion with: one of jhe most amfable and acedmplished married ladies that ever .hin'orider'national capitil'with their pres. eode. 1he aubje.ct was the comion and -ioit. gi-eeble n'"o f marriage; arfd th I~dy. witha bpautiful inthus/iasm natura -hereh4rAeter,: was pressingjupon the.n ce -5 e, --. 1 1 liberal education, eminently rendlered er fit to be the wife of a distinguished statesman, who had seemingly already spetit too many years without a proper companion to divido is honors and bear with him the ills of life The gentleman, who had for a long time entered with hearty good.will into the half serious and half playful conversation, sud denly became excited, and remarked, ihat he coulld on such a subject bear all that gas said in jest, but when serious arguments were brought to urge him io change his con. dition, then his reply must be that sugh a thing could never be-that to love he could not, for his affections were in the grave. The lady was struck with the Senator's manner, and surprised that throughout her long acquaintance with him'she had never suspected that he had found time, amidst the struggles of a biborious profession and a high political position, to " fall in love." With the blandishments only known to the sex, and wvith a curiosity prompted by the kindest of hearts, she asked for an explana tioni of this seeming mystery, and the gen teman, for the moment overcome by the eloquence of his interlocutor, explained as follows: " It was my good fortune, soon after I entered upon the active duties of my pro fession, to engage the affections of a lovely girl, alike graced wvith beauty of person and high social position. Hler mother, her only living parent, was ambitious; and, in the thoughtless desire to make an alliance of fashion, opposed the union of her- child with one who bad only his talents and the future to give in return for so much beauty and wealth. The young lady howeveri was more disinterested ; mutual vows of Rtach mnt wveie exchanged, a correspondence andl frequent personal interviews succeeded, and the future seemed to p~roisO a most happy consummation of all our wishes. At that time I had just commenced, under favorable circumstances, my pro'fession ini my native ton.; and, making a. me character, wias finally engaged as counsel in a suit of im. portance before one of the courts holden in the city of Philadelphia. *The opportunity was favorable to make an impression if I possessed the ability to do so: and I gladly accepted the position, and( bent my whole energies to accomplish my amibition. Ar ragn to write frequently to one who di vided moy heart w ith my business duties, and to receive frequent epi:stles in return, I set out for Philadelphia, exnecting to beabsent at most not more than two weeks. The la's delays, however, detained me a month beyond the anticipated time ; and, although I succeeded eyond my most sanguine ex petations, and established myself in a po sition before the highest court of my native State, my triumphs were dashed that in all the time thus engaged I had not received a line from Lancaster, instead of wvhich, the atmosphere was failled with rumors that the perso.m upon whom I had set my affections h:.d been seduced imto the ambitions of her thoughtless parent, and that I had been dis carded--a thing I could not believe, and yet which ihe dreadful silence seemed to in dorse. " .t last, released from my engagement, I took the usual, and, in those days, the o y conveyance to Lancaster-the stage. The idleness~consequent upon traveling gave time for consuming thoughts, and my sus pense became painful to the last degree ; an, unable to bear the slow pace of my conveyance, I determined to anticipate the usal time of my jourley, by making the last miles on horseback. In carrying out this determiination, I~ mounted a fleet steed; but just as I reached the suburbs of my na epae- th kanimal, frn rsnme nnacconta be -c'ause, sprang from-e - road, 0 m.e with force, brealing my arm and ;otherwise injuring - my person.- Picked up by my friends, I was convayed .helpless and frll of physical and 'mental aony, to my home. Scarcely -bid tbe su~eons performed the necessary duties; than one, whoin I esteem ed a friend, annoiupeed to me, the, gossip of the village, and, among other things,. de. tailed the particulars of the c6urtship and engagement of the young lady in.,whom I .Oas so interested iith a well knownperson f a neighboring city a.peron ..whose ~claiz~sto regard . no one,, could dispitte. Thise-'things,.. stated with' such apparent good faith, connected with that fearful silence of six long. weeks, had no other efect'tha. to increase my anxiety tounaravel the mys tery; and'i;n ihe following: morning; con cealing myivouiided limb.under a cloak, probabjy paliand hagard, I presented myi self. at the mansion opmy mistress. I was received iftne presence of lhe mother. She confirmed a .sUOPIions. The-young lady stoad by-th " tuie of despair, yet silsnt as-thegray perate atwhat seemed thi P.ad- * urned to ayhouse; wrote a hasty let manding my correspotidence, .and.returning at the same time, eve'y..once cherished'token of iffectionI 'eI'drecale I sent f6r,- -save, perhaps,. some forgotten flower. "mThat night the young lady, accompani ed by a female servant left for Philadelphia.. Arriving at her uncle's house she complain ed-of being fitigued. with her journey, and retired to her room. Complaining of some serious pain, only soothed by narcotics, she sent her' faithful but unsuspecting s'ervant and friend to a- peighboring drng st0e. for lauddinum, received it, expressed the wishito be alone, and 'seemingly retired to sleep. The following morning, not making- her ap. pearance,. th' family became alarmed,: broke open the door,. and found- the young.lady dead-in her hand the little keepsake re. tained from my correspodence. 'heiincle, as if comprefending the particulars which led to this dreadfil tragedy, hadithe. :body. enoffi ned: and with' it returned. to Lancas ter.' -Placing all-that remained of this one lovely bein" in th rlor, he.-- b he* o- aS p sed' hrwork.e' I fas'sent.for, ahna arrived to witness the eloquent agony: of that mothsr' heart. Over the cold .remains- of the daughter sh4 reiealedthe particulars that led to the awful dustry', 6 c'mrM nd of large resodrces, and I paid agents, had been all intercepted. The reason of my prolonged absence in Phila. delphia had been. explained as the result of the fascinating charms of city belles; even an,engagement had been pronounced. All this whilethe victim had been full of hope. She had heid' of my arrival in Lancaster, but not of my accident; for long weary i hours she sat in the parlor waiting my pres- I nce, but doomed to disappointment. Here I was seeming indifference, a confirmation of all that she had heard. On the other side, I was made the dupe of thd mother's arts, and the fiend who had poisoned my ear was merely the agent to carry forward the great I wrong. The last interview I have described, which resulted in the return 'of correspond ence, was enshrouded in the consequences of all these plans. The result was death to one party, and the burial of the heart of the other, in the same grave that closed over one who could not survive the wyreck of her1 affections." Many years have passed away since the inidents detailed in the above sketch trans-4 p)ired ; many years since they were revived by the accidental conversation in a family cirle of W ashington society ; but the coun try strangely becomes interested iii the event, from the fact that the WVhite House will positively have a bachelor for its occupant ; but one, not so because of indifference to woman, but really from the highest appre iation of one of the loveliest of the sex. SONG OF TEE AXERICAN EDITOR. I'm of the Press ! I'm of the Press ! My throne, a simpale chair: I ask no other majesty Than strikes the gazer the-re. The horse of fire obeys my rod, My courii-rs take th'e sea; The lightning leaves the charmed cloud At Art's conmmand for me. Pin of the Press! P'm of the ZPres! Let monusrelbs wear a crown ; 1 wave miy pen across the pagde A aid crowns have tumbled down. . The world rolls on, the millions stride; Without, the tempest rolls Within, 1 brood :a quiet thought That changes alt the souls. - Pm of the Press ! I'm of the Press! My host emnbattled typta; With dhem I quell the tyrant's borde And rear the stars and stripes. -'I give my hand to all the race, My alter Freedom's sod ; I say my say and bend my knee Alone, alone to God. A funny story is told of a man who stole a five dollar bill out in Indiana. His counsel tried to prove that the note wans not worth five dollar., it being at a discount, in order to lesson tl.c crime. The prosecutor said lie knew the pri o nr was the meatnest man in the Statec, b~ut he did not think he was so all-fired mean as not to be wilmng to steal indiana money at par. A sweet countr-y home, with roses and honey suckles trained 'to climb over ; with good taste, intelligence, and beauty within; toil enough to insure health, and leisure enough to court ac quaintance with books and the flowers aind the loveliness of nature ; wit)) peace, 'plenty, and love; is surely one of the _Paradises which hea ven has left for the attainment of man. A G~hEN RosE.-At an exhibition of flowers which took place at Manheim, Germany, a prize was awarded for a very extraordinary floral ca riosity-thie most notale item in the exhibition -a green rose. The petals of the flower were green,. .ad ha somawhiat the form af leave. - AI :'1ADDRESS DELIVER EM4EER SOUTH CAROLINA PaES ASSOCr 'TUESDAY EVENING, DEC, 9T, BW QHNSTON. (Pubished -of the AssociationL.). I dare not ho ' worthy. co-laborer aid friends; th ' .the brief' address m li.rite ine ks mitted. ne pto prepare, caio Jusilee t. Assoiatiori or-o th ibject saa nate' t-o. the occasion UntiLrecentl e that, i. c'onsbquene of ani ayiflWt m ads wo-7ears since diur worthy .re eypected- an addresi t hii tine, 1, Iidier the impression oui idganiziion h. n abandoned. The du ties and. reslf [ties of an independen preis its use ,comprehendld at mifany'suggesti fts for deep and ma5tur t61oughti u such high literary qui ifications todis them properly, that'! approaci the C t with diffidence, an' reel thatT .can perfectly discharge.th dutyassignedAi ;kfr ai M egulated press- is ti ebiefgound upport or politica lierty. Wed b reas n to be grateful that nowh'ee ear ire. its blessing more fulljdal an'in the Unit'ed States There itno a tion in the land where its lin'ings .'~ot be enjoyed. Th strok6 of theri fs. axe scarcely eeasei to be heaidhii - P rearqd in the wilder nea, er 'virgi il received the first seedi fronm his.hinda e printer, with his types, begins toa telligence: around him Frci thedatli 6the Pacific, all ovei this ,ide-spia mdain' of- liberty, there i not A spo.t that ot -gladdened with the genial influip i an qnfettered press livery theie, irsy'mart or in the re tiremefihe ny, will we dispovei thereiide reo high estimation whiel the Amiriacr place on this mighty iiinent c tion and enlightenment. But whilwe good. cause .t.exult ii nd apprecia st- imprtanl ' nanifold. be -aig.press, it becomes hasetof niotediitlitaq 4 careflly,' honestly' and a 11~ fef ~ rivileges and responsi lties-to ee ut and become familidr with-the detail s ry to the fulfilment f 'itsstruo.missi tat we may...guide and ,ntrol it rdi .in erests of our coun :ry and sociel e mnfly wield its wihty ineiue a'iff.'f virtue and t;andl in1 se onttutionl h' defence of our rights against all en troachments from designing or ambitious ioliticans, and the fanatical assaults of mis uided or knavish philanthropy. Gentlemen, we are called to a high and esponsible station when ie undertake to onduct. the free press or free people. While he only restrictifis on this mighty engine ire those designed to prevent. its licentious lss, yet it behooves us to guard well its pu. ity and fidelity-to keep it strictly within ts legitimate sphere. We conceive the first luty of a press, under a government like ours, to'be. the inculcation 'of a reverence or.the Constitution and a strict obedience o the laws of the country. So long as the irovisions of the coiipact which associates he States in political union are jealously bserved, so long, and so long only, will our ights or liberties be sare. That masterly rodudtion of pure patriots has withstood nany a shock ; and although it may have >een deviated rromn in somle instanlces, yet haks to the indomnitable patriotism of the american people, it still survives-the f~ea. onlight to the people of every nation, kin. Ired and tongue who ask ror liberty. Trough. iut. the political history of the United States, am gratified to say, the reader will discov. r that the people or the South have been: ver found among its warmest supporters nd most vigilant conservators. South Ca. oina among the faithrul, wvll be found pre. minently devoted to the-preservation of the Hecr public men have been distinguished or their strict adherence to, and ardent de 'nee of, that magna chamrta or our rights md liberties. TVhe name of Calhoun is dentified with it, and the whole labor~ of his nilliant career-the highest aspiration of mis mighty intellect-was to preserve 'it in is original-strength, beauty and -vitality. 3hinging to it with a devotion wvhiich stamped us public career with the living, impress ol genuine patriotism, lie stood amiong his-corn eers the champion of the Republic, and ;truggled for its perpetuation, in the only say it can be perpetuated, by a rigid con itruction or its requirements, and an iunva ying adherence to its wise provisions [)own to his latest breath, breathed, as i Aere, in the Senate Chamber, that Consti ution was his guiding star. Nia is South Carolina now without her -opresintatives in this fidelity. That vene able Senator, whose patriotism and devo ion to the constitutinnal rights of the South o recently aroused the hate of tire aboli ion horde, and furnished a plretext rur tht irulent denunciation of a shameless slande orr--that statesman wvho bears a name indeli uly written on the historic page of Carolina': patriotism and valor, whose locks have be ome snowy-white in the service of his State s known at Washington by " the honorable listinction of the guardian or the Constitu ion." He has justly won the title, anc vears it deservedly. Before closing this di gression I may remark, and it is with prid nd pleasure i do so, that fidelity to the Con stitution and unwavering loyalty to th< South and their own State ini these days o wild fanaticism and fury, have characterize< the public conduct of all the representativei of Carolina in the concils of the Confede racy. Why is the Constitution so -carefull, guarded by our public meni Because the: know that itis alone under its saving influ enees the rights apd liberties of their con stituents can be secure. This is especiall; true with regard to the political interests c the South ; without the Constitution, its re strictions and limitations, they would be a the mercy of an irresponsible majority, rajority, too, whose aim and purpose whetaher Inspied h7, fanaticism, or dictate .by more unworthy and unpatriotic motives, s is their prostration and ruin. It behooves the Southern press, then, to the battle for the..Constitution, to be ever among its de fenders; and to cling to it with unwavering devotion, so that-in the day of the finalstrug 3 glewhich I believe from present indications r must.arrive, the people of the South may I come out of the contest "with their honor A untarnished, their rights and.institutions main tained and vindicated, and that in the forma 3 tion of a new Confederacy, they may still , claim: aA their own that unering chart of i republica 'iberty. r -Thee other duties devolvirrg upon the conductors of the press which more imme t .diately relate to the welfare, virtue and bap piness of the community. Editors, by all s means, should jealously .watch over their columns, lest the slightest taint of immorali. ty or impuiity should be found there.. The Iiewspapers once a luxury has become a necessity to every .family, and no matter how attractive may be the garb in which wrong 3 teachings are clothed, they should be rigidly I excluded from. its pages. Flash novellettees, highly colored descriptions of fashionable 5 vices, thnlling accounts of murders, robbery and other crimes, constant publications of the foibles and failings of human nature, all tend to the demoralization of the taste, es. pecially of the young reader, If-we desire to see our children grow up virtuous, the purity of our magazine and newspaper lite rature must be assiduously watched over and cultivated. Aod this must be done, for the reason that it counts its thousand of readers among the young, while works of a higher standard of literature are totally neglected by them.. In this respect, then, the conduc tors of the press have a responsibility rest. ing upon them which cannot be measured. It is reasonablo to suppose that in this day of universal reading the peace and hap piness of very many must be aff.ected and edspeby~at may be called their dai ly mental food. It is much easier to pull down than build. up, and all history teaches *Wthat-among the people who have.passed a'ay, theie&aaof decay first germinated. in the corruption 6fMilentiousniess, and that the first steps towardstho destruction and .downfall of ruined nations'fere those taken from the paths of religion ia pimorality. Then, as a brotherhood of teachers, e whose nfluence penetrates into the. domesticcircle of every fii-eside in the land; as patrigts, who desire to transmit to those who come Min_% ovit heritage-of librty-;- as men;s fathers, and as brothers, we cannot be held justifiable in the sight of God or man if we fail to discharge our duty in this respect with the utmost fidelity. Happily for the South, and it speaks volumes in Yer favor, the style and matter of some flash licentious prints we have seen emanate from Boston and New York, are not imitated in her lati. tude. They could not exist, because within her borders they would find neither patron age nor encouragerment. A very offensive feature of the journalism of the day is tho system of universal and indiscriminate " pulling" of every person and thing for which sorge slight equivalent may have been given. The public are fast losing confidence in editors' notices of exhibitions, books, quack medicines, charlatans and hui bugs; and, un:il the press shakes off the habit, and abandons the idea that every thing, good, bad or indifferent, has to be commended, for a notice of which they have been slightly complimented, the rea ders or journals will thiink the sptace deo tedl to such notices very poorly occupied, and will v'ery properly give up paying any attention to them. -Another unfortunate characteristic of modern political journalism is a growing tendency to personalities, invective and abuse of those who diller from us. This is really injnrious, not perhaps so much to the pnblic, as to journalists themselves. Our own experience,-and that of others we have been racquaintcd with, teach us that, after cool reflection, departures from the true mission of journalism bring nothing but re gret to) the party who permits himself so to deviate. In saying this, however, I must not be understood as favoring any restric tion on the just and b~eneficial criticism-the free expression of opinion, whether of praise or censure, on the public acts of public men. If eternal vigilance be the price of liberty, it is-niot only ithin the legitimate proince of the press, but it is one of its highest and most sacred duties, to arrest the triumphant demagogue in his career-to expose his hiol low-heartedness and selfishness--and to point put the danger to public liberty by the ele vation of such uip one to any office of trust within the gift of the people. From this duty, fortunately for us connected withi the press of this State,. we are comparatively exempt. * There appears to be a noble gui. ding and ruling principle in the nature and composition of the men whom the people of Carolina hen or with their confidence, that prevents theni from becoming amenable to the strictures of a free but conservative press. Theo-public records of the State and of the country wiill hear me out in this eulogihm Ion the genieral rectitude and fidelity of the public officers and statesmen of South Caro lina. I But if a man'fpublic acts, or the manner -in which he discharges the duties lie as Isunmes, be legitimate subjects of editorial su -perversion, we niust never forget that his private character and reputation are exclu sively his own. They cannot be made the theme of newspaper gossip, or 'be dragged f forth to serve political purposes, without the I prostitution of that great instrumentality Splaced under our control. The publication - that makes its columns the medium through which the prejudices, spleen, or revengeful Sfeelings of its conductor may be gratified, i must soon become a wholesale slanderer. -Such a print should be stricken from the -roll of journalism as unworthy of recogni tion by its compeers or ecotemporaries. ( It is true that editors are men of like pas -sions and feelings as others around them, t but those of us who have had any enperi ence, know that one of the highest and most ,essential qualifications for the profession is I th abilitey tn control them when truth, han. or or virtue are to be sactficed. The mar who caqnot absolutely govern himself it this respect, is always liable to desdcrate one of the highest and noblest vocations and should never undertake to conduct z journal in a civilized community. The in. dividual who recklessly enters this profession most wofully 'mistakes his calling, and-w'ill eventually be compelled to retire from a field of labor for which lie is neither mentally-oi morally fitted or qualified. There is another .duty devolving upon those who conduct the press, which should justly -claim our attention. In -endeavoring to discharge it properly we should be gov. erned by the same general rule already men; tioned, viz: that the public good and wel. fare of society should be placed above all other considerations. The duty to which I refer is the exercise of a wise discrimina. tion in the publication of articles from an onymo'us correspondents. Indeed co cor respondent should be unknown to the editor. I do not regard a public journal as a sort of oninibus, where all who pay or contribute to its support have a right to jump in and ride, without any reference whatever to the wel. fare, comfort or happiness of others. I hold that no correspondent, even should he be my staunchest personal and p'olitical friend, and subscriber for hundreds of do. pies of my paper,'has thereby any pre-emp. tion claim to tLe use of its columns for the indulgence of private animosity or personal abuse, and I cannot think that one who thoroughly understands the duties and re sponsibilities of his position, as the manager of-a publis journal, would ever consent to sell his columns, be the price what it may, to any writer who has no higher object in view than those just mentioned. In times of high- political -excitement this evil in the management of -a paper. creeps in unawares, escaping the vigilan6e of the most experienced editor; but whinthbe boisterous claims-of party do not dim his usual clear iiightedness, and when the public, good can not be subsprved by the free use of.the pen and pungency, -satire, or' ridicule, he ought ntever to permit a writer to. wantonly assai an opponent, or-to tear him from theretire ment and endearments of social and domes tic life-to hold' up to the rude gaze of a censorious orld his foibles and' weaknesses, that private taalice may be gratified, or tb petty triumph of-a party. or clique secured. It is proper to 'remarkk however,'that a just discrimination between- theaddacy of 'political prinzci le.in-thie ieebraingfor party ascendency, 'should always be exer cised. The public good is involved. in the legitimate discussion of principles; but the disputes of party have seldon any higher aim than the elevtion of its' members to office or power-they are generally mere squabblers for the spoils. Principles can be freely, firmly and thoroughly discussed with out affecting the private character or repu tation of those whole hold theni, while the wrangling over the trumpery issues of mere party soon degenerate into personal abuse and scurrility between the opposing fac tions or dliques. No press that has any respect for its own character, or which fully appreciates the dignity of' its high position, can lend its influence, at the expense of truth and decency, to aid in the elevation of any man or set of inen who can thus prosti tute principle and talent. There are many bright spots, and there are very mnany pleasant associations, found in editorial life, and we could earnestly de sire that it was all made up of friendly cour tesies. and kind reciprocations, both among its conductors and their readers. But we regret to say it is not always thus. A few les written in haste, or during an excited political campaign, have too often separated best friends and brought trouble and sorrow to many a happy household. W~hat is writ ten, arid printed and distributed car.not be erased : It is not like a word spoken in anger or haste-roon forgotten and forgiven7 The printing' machuine haas'given it such a permanency aind currency that time itsell can scarcely effect the one, nor extent of coutry limit the other. It n ay be written as pleasantly, or be deemed justifiable re tort, yet that sentence may wvound an afflic ted spirit or goad to anger a proud and scn. sitive nature. Its consequences may be such as were never dreamed of by the wvri ter, an'd may return to himself with such an accumulation of evil as he never imagined he would be called upon to suffer. It was a principle of an eminent statesman of Ireland that no political advantage was worth a crime, and this priinciple applies with as much force to ihe conductor of a public journal as to the statesman. We may pro perly labor for political victor$', and the best feeling of our nature will induce us to seek the approbation of those around us, but both will ho dearly purchased if acquired by~ dishoorble means, or~if they bring with thim the knowledge thuit they have been gained at the expense of other's peace, haps piness or reputation. Th.yt knowledge will assuredly 'throwv a blighting influence over ourselves, even in the 'brightest hours of our tri~uph and rejouicing. It is true that the stand point from which an editor looks out on the busy world, and the actors on that stage, affords him many advantages, and supplies him wvith peculiar facilities to be of service to his fellow-men ; but at the same time it invests him with a responsibility which requires a souud judge. ment, and a living active moral principle to rightly discharge the duties under its con~ trol. We may not be able to say wvhen we come to lay down our penus that we never wvrote a line we would wish to see erasedi for that perfection can scarcely be expectid amid the cares and labors of a newpapem office: but we may have the satisfaction el knowing; when we come to-lay aside these cares and labors, that honesty of purposE and purity of motive 'have ever guided out pens and dictated our compositions. 'If we can say this conscientiously, we must havi '-been .instrumental in' effecting 'much good Ad if all who have nogw the charge of 'the public journalsof the country were to cleavE to this rule-of conduct, who dare not believe that we would be more successful in accom p.ishiogthe gr'eat mimsa of die press? Whc -can measure %. etent esutPo~ne cieij-ind the.countr e 6" purged ofijver uyoith . trolled& qnaly , - h moral- firqAness,w atida Whetbatday in tbesPal is aryives,.thd counr ad make more ap rg of secung the. s 4 r tutions than she had years of heoiad p A few wo . odical itead, - that of the Sduth be-66 a r people. Numekoqsatesi6itasti and much money expende, pa lish:Southern literary pape ridJperisdials, but where, throughout the reioMd to d fat be found en e did T Southern NQ"teryRevie lb ts t e publishes a soaaap and.the public frti ,support'it.sar ly deirves. The Sout ir r seugeralthough'oniofthe olde thi best conducted iorihlies&1 "ll ceives, a very'naqui tng'a' orL Ltera paperi. have been atrted-r.mC' W Augusta and Columbiagbat they hadi% - brief and .poverty.st'icken zseuc4us0, now dead ind forgotten. 0therbrtWOW still being made to bhiillup a Wpri louiasH ature of 'our ow time alone can deterane.a Not this condition of 'iffairs our pope reading. people.. Harpe* 3 Grahan'is" 3Mazineaidai hst t11 and so.'ealled "family5IW~; the North; coun! ir ousau ngo*tli sands of readers. in. the Soithet Stea'ti . Indeed it would appen' that--thsAi-WC1&r "Soither'isibed ouiitheAttlt1pg) of-a perio'dical 'oriOeO j~Iaioffijent to essif its' failure- bWheaui 'A fste ' whi-exlaijhyis sytaged an aisteny 1I is not beauaishh ale ii4itingor. the that-comoditfit the th. a th of one- cauief r our periodicilublicatio a' if is is that talent is-not fre en iifstA i tieefforits "of-t tiW er; It may be said tiletit i it the' Notth than he th i well-established pay better.thn Ao tedbua'r~r ai tire fin th thianterprising, t stiuyli publisher, and relibve him tosome .extert from the necessity of going toother sources to procure litdrary matteoror hiipuicIilon. Let our native -talent arouse'from IAs cnpa triotic indifference,. dnd give a hearty co-op. eration to every deserving effort put forth to build up a literature of 'our own. Let that literature bear the impress ..of Southem ge. nius, thus giving it, aye, a sectional tone and character, and we'will then be relieved from an entire dependence on - that of. a secilon, whose press, as a whole, is inimical. to;us, g nd whose voice as a people has so recently dnd so emphatically pronounced against us and our institutons. But literary contributions alone will not insure success. The brightest. intellects of the daf may' enrich the columns of our periodical press; but if the means to secure such talent, or to give, the literary effokits now being made, a fair trial to' atain per manent vitality be wanting, then 'vill all'be in vain. Where a literary journal"'of tlie South has one subscriber it oughj to have a hundred ; and instead of a Southern' Rievs or Periodical counting 'its subscribers' by hundreds, it should npmber themn by thoui sands. With proper fort .it can be done. Let the duty of extepnding the circulation of these publications. be felt by all,. and. sere many years elapse we can. point to a periodi cal literature which wvill equal, if not exceed that for which we have been so long paying tribute to New England and the North. Let those who have the means contribte out of their abundance to .tbe good,. w~ork, and they will do as much, for their sectio'n, for their children, and, their familycirclea-as they could do ini any other servioe Ghich patriotismp may claim at their hands. I do not deem it inapprdpriate ln the' pr - sent occasion to linger a few 'moments at the t6mb of a rriend and worthyco.laboier. 'Tho brilliant intellect and distinguishied' tal ents of one of 'the most gifted of! 'our corps no longer illuige the jouzrnlisIin of Souhh Carolina-they are quenehed' in the 'tomb. He 'has fallen in the strength oL early-mi.n-. hood-but he fell, with the harness on. In his death the South has lost an table, earnest, and eloquent advocate, arnd the press of this State one of themiost brillint stars in the gallaxy of its contributors. ;fossy has al ready wvoven . many .beautiful garlands.,to adorn his tomb; but let his memory be en-i. shritied in ouir affections apd perpetuated by some testimonial of our appreciation. ofliis lofty talents and his unwavering devotiaon to Southern Rights and Southern Institutions. In conclusion, my co-laborers,, ' would. say that it was not my mntestion in prepar ing this address to awrite. a .hiomij or in de livering it, tapreach you' a sermon., Those with whom, tam~more nearly connected the members of this Association, the editors of South Carolina-need. no.lectures 'fro~m me; 'but it behooves us allato-a ustain, the well-earned reputati'n of'the South Caroline - press.:': Let truth, honor and. integrity, be our watchword and motto-let the..promo tion of virtue and the suppression 'of vice be our highest aim-let strict fidelity to the best interests of our State, and niot loyalty to party. or faction, be the rule of our coil duct. -We will then--hbave fuliled' our mis sion 'with honor'to nurselves 'and with advan tage' to' our country and commonwdalthi. A press so conducted is' one of..the greatost blessings under Heaven -aspeopleecan enjoy; and, in the language of 'an orator and states man, it T' will shake down;lrom'.-its height corruption, anid bury~fbeneath the ruinis-of'" the abuses it usammeant toshelter." alg- DoMsrdTOhSrr-Mayren orL40eeu nd the slanders against you beereral eeithout ~