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li Ca rs 31'r* a" -~mcrt jouna '4.tr to fl 0*'ut a.a Sot.r- * . g "IWe will cling to thme Pillars of tihe Temple of our Lhlims an& it It Must falliv WOl ch mdttmeRni. . SIMKININ, DURJSOE &Co., P~roprietors. V tT'Tb -VO.XL.@ E ~IELDa~ I,,, -JUNE17, 1857. A WE S THE VA= T ING. Oh I'm a poor unlucky wight, As ever there was born sir, There's nothing in my house that's right, 'Tis lonely and forlorn, sir. I've cash enough to pay it well To keep my house in order, But I ne'er can get a -decent meal, Though plentiful my larder; 'Tis overdone or underdone, Perhaps not don.- at all, sir; No man had ever such a home In all-this weary world, sir. My coat is at the elbows out, I ne'er can get it mended ; My shirts are scorehed in ironing, M) vest to ribbons rended. M3 stockings down unto the ground, I ne'er can keep a- garter; And if they e'er get washed at all It's sure In dirty wa-er. There's nothing done that should be done, And if it's done at all sir; It better rever had been done, Than done so very ill, sir. Go,.get a wife,-the old man said: Nor sithe: e complaining; Of wedlock never be afraid, A prudent wife's the main thing; She'll keep 3 ourliouse, she'll mend your clothes An, chat and sing the while, sir; And when, at eve. you hasten home, She'll meet you with a smile, sir; And all that's done will be well done And done without complaining; If e'er you'd ha'e a pleasant hojwe, A wife-a wife's the main thing; Jack quickly took the sage advice And wooed a farmer's daughter, And never di I he rue the day When, home, a bride-he brought her. Hi'loties are always clean and neat, Ilhouse is like a palace; His cooking, that a king might cat And do it with a relish. And now he is a happy man, H1 never goes eQuiplaining; Bu with a joye us smile declares A wife-a wife's the main thing. N. STo03E. BY CHARLES SUM3ERFI.LD. Hero worship is an instinct of the human hearL In all ages and iations and with every class of the species, it bravely commands the key whicn opens the door to fue temple of fame, and with its fierce hand writes the pas port to universal popularity. Prowess is the master-word of all history, and has the force o magical incantat.ion to move the mad or inflame the feelings of both'old and young. It is the envy of the one sex, and tue admiration of the other. It inspires poetry, eloquence and art, and forms the life-breadth and being of the po litical world. Some philosophers endeavor to degrade this glorious attribute by the contemptuous epithets of " mere brute bravery," as if the unreflecting ferocity of the-wild beast could be compared with the courage of the intelligent man. The lion and tiger, in their most bloody battles, have, at most, a dim perception of the fatal con quences to result from their encounters, and, therefore, their fury fluws from animal impulse. without fear ohnly because without thle sense of individual peril. But what we admire in the rational hero is the bravery of a soul acqulainte'd with the danger and yet defiant of death, though muarshalled face to face with that al mighty roe ; for in this case, the prowess must be, in a great degree, mental and voluntary, rather than physical-a pure manifestation of the will, far more than the eff'ect of orgazniza Lion. Nevertheless, there are strange. mysteries and caprices coninected with the subject, as* there are manhy varieties of human courage. Some heroes that can confront .the most awful peirils of a peculiar character, shrink like the veriest coward from othteis of a different and often less frightial description. The bold ora tor, whos-e unrivalled -thunders and fearless mannier litterally api~alled the fierce democracy o1 Athens, fled igrnoiniodialy froni the field of Chainroniea; and t he world's highest hero, who rushed through the fiery hail that swept the blood-stained bridge of Lodi, and gazed with a t.o-nderleiss eye on the carnage of a hundred bat tles, yet turned pale and trembled before the Co-micil of the Five Jiundred. Among th~e desper'madoes and duelists of the South West, I have never kinown one who did not have his "cowardly day" seasons-when he would use even dishorabiel means to avoidl the personal diflculties which at other times furnished his chief amnuseument and delight. Some men are hieroes only when intoxicated. Othiers borrow all their brav'ery from t he pas iions of love and revenge. AMyn lighlt well in the ranks of n army, yet fly in terr1or fronm an ini d1iidual foe ; while others display' thle most ree'k less dair ng an all ?ingle comb'ats, but run awa'y at th.e lire of a platoon. The muo--t zemarkable peculiarity and incon sidtenev of desperation mnay be fthund amonig the Mexican bravoes of th~e Rio G~rmtde. who -evince the utino..t fear at thpe night. of pistols, especially revolvers, biut shrink not from the mnostterrib'le combat with bowie knives; indeed .they never refus-e the chmalleng~e even of' aiq .Amerieani, provided thay can have their choice .of these their favorite weapons. As it may naturally be supposed, they become wonderful expert in .the use of their deadly %npliments. J have frequently seen them stand. and, with out a tremor or token of rifrightr., hew each other in pieces until one or the other of the -adversaries suink dead or exhausted. But woe to the unfortunate enenmy whlo did not possess their marvelous -dexte:'ity with the naked dagger. The first blow, one nuortal Mexican stab, always, in such cases, teraninated the struggle, piercing the comnbatanit's heart. Among the most notorious duelists in this savage species of conflict, Pedro Palacios, of Brownsville; was ahtogether purcenemmt. He boasted, and doubtless with entire 4rnth, of having slain a score of m. n on the Rio Gramde, -besides unknown nibers in other -par'ts ofI - 3exico. ie followed the pr feoiai of a ganm bIer, therefure, wandered from. thme .imouthI of the river to Larendo; and in every neighbor hood might be seen the graves of his vict ims, ....+l s a m heamma a terror to tha whole It may seem strange to persons unfamiliar with the country, that he was doomed to legal p-inishment fur his deeds; but the singular fact admits of easy explanation. For two or three years after the war the courts were not organized, and, l'esides, homicides in fai fight, and according to the forms recognized by the code of horror; aid moveover, when prosecu tions at last assailed him, he ob ained security in the character of the jurors called to try the issues. It muFt not be imagined, however, that his countless quarrels originated at the gambling table or grew out of the questions relating jo his fairness in dealing cards; the enuse was both liore romantic and revolting. His wire, Juana, one of the iost- facinating women ever burn in Mexico, accompanied hitn as a partner, and bewildered the adverie player< as much I by her extraordinary beauty as .the husband did by will ; while on every occasion, and wher ever she went, ler charms inspired the behold-. ers with a sort of phrensied passion, that. in spite of reason, prudence and peril brought ad venturous lovers to her feet. But Pedro Palacios was jealous even to mad ness. and the slightest attention to his bewich ing siren, aroused his murderous wrath and vengeance; and he never failed to throw the onous of the challenge on. his enemy, or to pro- 1 vokethe first assault, when one blow of his I bowieknite usually settled the controversy, and silenced his rival's wooing forever. & In the month of September, 1852, the Dis trict Court was inaugurated in the town of Laredo, and a grand findango was'given on the first night in Lonor of the new judge,.and to the boundless delight of the lawyers in atten dence. The multitude assembled in the public square, and the full moon, in cloudless splendor, I rendered the night so luminous as to requtire no lamps or torebes. The entire Mexican popu lation out, be.ides the ei4ers of the bar, and all the youtig officers of the army from the neighboring fort. A scene of greater gaiety or animation could not well be pictured, as the merry dancers floated like fairies in the moonlight, and every face seetmed mndiant with smiles of love and happiness. But all did not enjoy themclves thus innocently. Near one corner -,f the old stone church, which occupied the centre of the .iquare, gathered a large circlo of both sexes i around that altar of Mexican worship-he t monte table. Juana Palacios was dealer of the cards, while her husband raked down the money won, or paid the lost bets. And never.. did a stronger contrast present itself.than .that which stood I retealed in the appearance -of the couple ju.4 mentioned. lie was a man of Herculean mould, with dark, frowning, ferocious features, mostly concealed by coarse musi.es of black hair, and a* long, bushy beard,-indeed, little of his visage s could be seen, save a pair of sini.,ter, fla'hing I eyes, and a nose resembling the beak of a hawk. His clothes were costly: and adorned with glit tering jewels, while the silver handle of hi., bowic s4own conspicuonaly above the snowy rufles of his shirt' boison. Tine rife vga Ir JgPder- wo n -of ex- a 'Nes bibc.. ali-ke full of grace-with'ain 11fetsb ! as the raven's hue, a face beamy andibeautful as a star, and eyes so large, dark, dreamy, ud overflowing with fire, th-t tLey seeme&every moment mlelting with the warxnest emotions oi tinutterable love. And this look of tenderet I paiAon constituted the magic of her oer- i the indeinable and resistless charin wiich en chained the gazor's hearti and fettered every thought to the footstool of the mightylenchan tress.' several officers wearing the uniform of the 0 t United States, and a young attorney, esteenied, tue niost handtome inan in Texas, one Elbert Wallace, approached the monte table, and ut teied,. iultaneously, exclamations of surprise, when they beheld-the lovely vision j:residing a V dealer at the game. . "She is an angel !" l'dded Lieutenant Tucker. The black whiskers of the jealous hubIand curled with ire, like those of an infuriate tiger: and such a terrib~c gleam shiot from liis diaboli cal dark eyes.. that a dozen of the spectators grew pa'e with friglit, and several retreated frm the circle in anticipation of an immediate explosion. - - lBtt the young lawyer, Elbert Wallace, who was himeself of a mnost fierce and irrascible dik position, and who felt insulted by the scornful glances of the gambler precipitated the~ cat as trophie by an act of~ ieckless audacity. Taking I t wo steps foaward, Le thrust his finger., playful ly into tihe sihower-.pf raisen ringlets, and ad dressing theelbeautiful Jueana ini tender tones,.I he said " Pret ty orne, come leave that ugly ble gras sier, and go hunte with me to Elrownsville. I will make you ndi.tress of a flne mianuion, and that will be better than following such a.mion key-like vagabond as the wretch beside youn1"1 She smiled aind blushed a look of nameless fascination ; and he was on the point of turgin..t his requezt in perhaps warmer and wilder words, when the impetuous husband snatched up a handful of silver from the table, and dash ed it in his face with such fury as~ to bring blood from his lips and nose, crying out at the same time " There, take that as an insult from the ugly greaser, and fight about it if you dare." Wallace returned the blow, and the men* clinched; but-the struggle, though- desperatte, proved brief for, the attorney seemed powerless as an infant in tiheherculean hands of Polacius; The fioes wer~e Soon sepairatedl, yet Ifar from be ing .,ati.,fiedl. The lawyer coniideredl himiself I orever disgraced by the humiliation ,>f his de feat, and shouted in accents of thmiader-*a "[Dog ot' a Mexicani ! I defy you to mortal combat. One of us two shall never quit this "round alive !' C" Do you ehalleuige me ?" inquired the gamn bler, in tones of savage triumh. " Yes yes ?" replied Waikice in a wild phren zy of tungoverniable passion. "Iace.pt," st..id lhe other with ferocious joy. "1I ehioose bowie knives, a:.d will .4ettle the adYair as soon ats you like." " Let it be no0w, then-thuis instant !" cried Wallace. " Oh no my friend," remonstrated Capt. Brew ton. "Surel r you will not meet a Mexienn gambler, and'hn'f negro at that. on equalteorms'" - What else cani I do ?" demanded the lawyer fierci.. " No gentleman would advise mec to endiure .such .shame ?"' I- 'Take a pistol ail shoot the rascal douwn like a wolf!" .said Lient. TIucker. I"Yes that is the way to serve hiim!" e(-hoed twe*nty ton:gue.4 together. "Never!" ex.lauimied thehiigh-souledl attorney; " never will I shiy a human being, whiajever may -be the provoctioni, without giving himn a tir cacfrhis life. I would die- myself a thou sandc times rather than murdi-r ithP timeanest wretch ini Mexico!P In vain then judge anid all the meimbers of the bar essave.1 to shake tihe younig man's iron r-eso lution. tIhe prelimaina~ries werei spueedily arranged, and the two mortal antagonists a.sumed their stations3 at the1 distance of ten eet apmart, waiting *or the wordi to rush upon eacly other withe up lifted knives or advanco slowly as pleased them The countenance of each presented a very ifferent appearance. - The fair lentures and ivid blue eyes of Wal ace evinced calm, collected, chivalrous bravery -the ideal of honor and lofty heroism, without i touch of malice or token of revenge. But the bearded visage of Palacios, with those fiendish, uinister eyes, so ernel and gleaming, and those sneering lips, writhing in a murderous smile, ooked absolutely infernal in its luiid rage and inutterable hatred - while the naked knife of mch glittered in the clear moonbeams like a )lade of burnished silver, as a thousand specta ors stood around in a great circle to. witness the iorrible strife. At last, Capt. Brewton, as the friend* of Wal ace, gave the signal; and the youig lawyer eaped like a lion towards his foe, atnaimed mi awful blow at his bosom, which the*.. other as -apidlv parried anA. ret'rnedI with ' thrust like ihtniue. It-was the true Mexicaii tab-bne. >nly one. and neided hot repetition-for -it )entratedhe' heart of, the attorney, 'who fell ipnn the enrth and ex'pied withont a eroan. Palacinq held Pi the reeline knife in the moon ight, and nttered a loud laneh. so wild. fearful inl unearthly. tha't it sounded mere like the )ttlecrv of a devil, than angintonations of'er tman Iorgans! Pnt it prnved to he- hs 'last augh; for at that monfitt the pistol of a Texas tnger roared in the night air, and the Mexican ropped down on.the corpse of his enemy with b hullet hole through the centre of his fore-head. knd such nearly always is the. end of the des werado: SAADS OF COLD; Aunt Betsy has seI manK good tlhin.e..2 imong the rest, th'b a newspaper is like a wife. ecause every man should Lave one of his own. "Let us remove temptation from the pathb t routh," as thefrog said as he plunged into the vater when he saw a boy pick up a stone. Cultivate your heart, as well as your farm or arden, and remember that whatsoever a man oweth that shall he also reap. What a man has learned is of importance, but vhat he can do and tdil do, are more significant hings. Itfyou'wish to rise in the -world, you must, tot stop to kick at every 6ur who barks at you is you pass along. There is nothing like a fixed steady aimt, lignifies your nature, and ineures success, Salvation was first a purpose, then .aromise, hen a gift, at last a glorious possession. How to be rich. Havingfood and raiment. Lnd the favor-of God, be careful for no more. How to be poor. Do-nothing, just let estate, oul and body alone, and your.Vpverty will Conn ike a strong pan. armed. Praver was not'invented, it was born witi: he firl.t sigl4 the first joy, the first sorrow o. he human heart. The laboring man in-this age, if lie does bm ead, has more helps to wisdoum th.a Solumoi. Be gentle! Harsh words are like hail stone. a sunmner, which if melted, would fertilize thi eder-pl its they batter down. 'W hen a man has ju.t religion enough to nak' ii hate thoe who proless a different faith, ht nut nore than half converted. Young men in general, are little aware how Iuch their reputation is affeefed in Uhe publir -iew, by the -company they ke'ep. The charue ers of their asstciates are soon regarded a. heir own. .THE EXTRAVi&GACE OF TlE Aor--Price. nve ri-ei from tw-nty fire to thirty per cem rithin the past'two or three years and from alti ppearances it scemies that there is no prospec; 4 a diminution. The hotel keepers, actiu pon the state of their beraks, have held a meei ug and agreed to raise their prices fron.i j2 50 to .$3 a uday. No doubt the advance i untified by the increase in the market value c! et,; merat, veget able, grocerieL and labor. We most exp~ect that the advance will bt eneral. It will not be confinted to hotels, bu' nill spread throughi evcry class of sodety, ane very sphere of' labor. Every per..on who con ues is to say, every lerson living, wvill be ficted by the adlva::c6 in the valune of article f coisutniption? and, will .i.e. required . to' in ~rese his anmt~al income, or deprive him.elf one neces.-aries'oir luxuries Thus the tailors. hoem~aker.s, briuckhayers, j'rnter, hat man. Ineksuths, cearl enters; glaziers, plunmber.-, cum nehanies and i-al orer- of every class and kino iunst. be e'xI 'cted to strike shortly ior highe~r siupes. It cannot be s-upposed that ti'e e nmen rill t.ear i'ne tI.e inc: eated L.nethern of the -nhacet.d co~'t of eceCr-aieus ; th~ey will insi, .uponr sharing it with tf.eir euul~loyrs, and the atter La% ever m.willinig will be obliged to -ild.- -- Meanwhile the West is every day becoming n.olvent, rmnd I1.e cransh whichr t he l.re:-ent highe rices fi~fresl:an-w is .lowi ly api .reaching us. Rew York leendd. Hlow At.E S-rPENG'IHENEn ILIM.-We believe reiave gothxold of an:origual anecdote that never ras printed before. A student ot one of our state Colleges hadl a barrel of' ale deposited ini its room--contrary of. course to rule and usage.. o received a summiluuus to appeair before the ?resident, who said: " Sir,-I am informied that you have a barrel if ate in your room." Syes, Sir." . "Well, -what exlilanuation can you umarke ?" "Why. the Ihet i.s, sir, ute pheysleian advises me o try a little car-h day aes a ieinie, aned not wishing stop iit the variOuis places wher..e the heveragi s retiled. 1 concluded jo have r. b'arrel taken ti. n room." "ideed. And have' you derived any benefit orn the use of' it 7"-^ "-Ah, yes, sir. When the barrel was first taken my room, t wo days sin1ce, 1 enki scarcely liti t. 'Now 1 eau carry it with the greatest ease." We believe the writty' student wvas discharged vithout sp~eial reprimcaid. A Goon O.xc...-A lhdeigh corrcsponden:t teIl. af ajoke that occuLrre~d in the House of Coin atolls (o the No~rth Car'oliina ILegislature. Somte women, (to lbe trictly Jikotonini) of' ratheer ly ptian hacbits, wecl'e mixed ti freely socially, w'ithI others of unblemtished r in);tation in the yller. The .,trdange admtixture of' pitch anid pur't soon caught thte pracO(ticed eye of the p ieakr, whio instantly ordlered nit irishd door keeper to neperate the goats from the sheep. T1e Irishmant .staited immie'dit~itely otn his nmis sion, but the house was soon counvulked with lauhter by tie troulIed phiz of P'at at the door, ande thbe f'ollowingp annmouncemenet in a round rich rogu1e; "Mr. Speaker, I havs indivered to the best of may ability to execute your order,. but the divif tear my jacket, it I can tell the la dies frome decett wromuenu." Pat was excuse-d from 'eporting furt her proegress... TuE e-ditor of the New York Mrror', in an obituary notice of the Hon. Ja noeu Bell, of New hampshire, says he was "a lawar by pirofession, ad an hvtwut man inpacQ' ,JLIIBIJ~II A*DU UIIOLHIJMlKUAA.. The numerous projects on foot in relation to air-line roads in different parts of the country to shorten travel and.inciease'traveling, render it important to Columbia, t4iwesliould renew the interprive of building a iailroad from Co lumbia to IIamburg.. Theusfibject has: been so fully discusse', and the advantages and impor tance so repeatedlj broughtlo'thenotice of the public, that it is useless to Aike* any repetition now. The necessity of this jipposed line is ad mitted by.all, and the. donp tion .of the'Vir .ginia and Tennessee Rail i fmm n O show us the value of.shortening the in 6 f travel be tween the North and South. - The only question f6r usd i"Cn webuild'tbe road? And the replyji, ,6 The estimate of th6etgiiger whose report was made to the citizen bf-Sdumbia, is tiat by the lonest ronte (the ridge)'the cost will be $1.105.025and stocking tnorornl with locomo tivec and cars $110.000 moro01,1215.000. . The subccriptions,maybe etmated a-follows: By Columbia......... . 00.0 Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad. 400,000 North Carolina.......,.. . . 75000 The ridge line......... 100.006 In work on the line.. ... 125'000 $800,000 '.he State has inauguntet a new- and -very proper pol.icy. towards rail!ds. in the case of the ('harleston and Savanir Railroad, whfebh of course she will extend toAother roads, viz: to advance $5.000 Pe'r mile for every mile reind to receive iron ; at this rat.-'tie Hamburg ud ('ohumibia Road 'rill irecei'e $370.000. making 81.170.000, nearly eiough f4 build this road. We throw out these ideasfor the reflection of the friends of this road, who, we believe, min, by a vitorous eilrt, 'carry, it through suc cessfully. We will recrt it again.-South Carolinian. ADULTERATED I.Q1UORS. The recent dettIl of ayfung man in Bramp ton, Canadt; fiom- tasting4 1essence of bran ly," witi winch he was mAnfacturinigcognac And the revelation of the fact that.-strmine is largely used. in the mainfy*ture of.wh'key, :as awakened aie attentiOn to the nature f'l the drinks which 'iresoJ~flar pure spi-iti. 3ran dy, giui wine and ihi:,kdj .re ko adulterated .iat comparntively little pare liqnor can he urchased. Mo.t of the brandies are a.m,ixture 4' diabolicol ingredients, catic enougi to burn .,ak chips, to say lot.hingQ ihlOAelicate tissues Of the human body. ..Thqjipgfield. Republi .:n says: "No secret is made 6fTlhis biianss. . The' Irng dealer of New York advertise&olienly the -:omniounds by meanls a'bich the" vile-imita tations of spirituous-liqurre 'made. A cir .:lar from one of th'e-e di* .houses informs the World that brandy numbeiiie-the Ciest sort, %ye take it-is nide of 'ol of brandy,' a poi -onous ether, o1 of bitter onds (as poionous t prussic acid) etheral w'pe alcolhol, sugar and .unlaga wine. No. 2 o-'f brandy, acetic -ther, tamarind-. chi ice , all colored - Athbua ._ 1q Oil Of .el oil, bitter a Teleflo1eray tannm. 91 4. Oil or6 iypaccetic ether,oil'peac. uid alcohol. nli-J aigelica, oil of juiper. :un, e.uence of leinon, salt, sirups, and w.'ter .f snokine;s ii required; and a few dropi ol -rcosute. add to ima'e it biting. upon the paite. uad some caustic" o:an4. - The circular advise, naitfactirers to use Iwith discrotioh' tama --inds, French plums, cherry, oak shaving, tine .ure of catecimu, powlilergdharcoal, black .tea. --round rice and other ordinarv materials, well :nown to ditillers and rectifier.;. - W' should idvise drinkers to use these villainous mixture vth diacretion--ud throw themiito the gut er" The adulteration of liquors is carried on &. ;argely abroad as in t his country, and the cii -om-house brand is nto guaranty of pIutity. hisusands of pipes of raw spirits are annuall? xported from this couniry to be returned in tse shape of wine, hbrrndy, &c. which contains lut a trace of grape juice. A LIN OF 'rE. I3E 'wEEN FniANCE AND haai .--GovenorWise of Virginia has been oldinig a correspoindence withI M. Lacontnire i, reference to a line of st eamshiip.; between Franice ad Virginia. Governor Wi.-e es.timeates the agregrate we.lIth of Virginia at eight lundredi ,ilions of dodlars. Hio rays it the Frenchcorni .any will mnke up a-cargo or French goods for me 5 teniner. and eire thirty dayvd notice of her .rrival iat Norfolk, the Virginia and Nor;i Carolina moerchantrs will purchase-the. goodlsand have a returni dargo.cof their piroduce..:gf til oie succeeids,.thie French line to and. fromi .Nor folk will be establis.hed. If it must have aid by contribution.. it will ahlnost be sure to have eoii tract under ajpropriistion'-by Congress; fer the Southern States will no longer vote for appro p~ritions to any northern line to- carry Eenrope an manils. tunle.,.s equal amomiits are volted to one or mor-e isomileern hues. Ile furth:cr l.roposes that it European eipitalikts will brintg their lnds to comnplete the Kanawha Canal and Coy ington andn Ohio Rtaih-ond, lie will re~~scmid to the General A,.,embl~y of Viriia toguairan .ee :i stipulated in'terest of at least six per cent., ad :he entire r-edemption of the debt in thirty ur years, and appropriati-on from the State treasury or two hundred thonusand doihdrs per annuminto aid in sustaining a line oIf steamiers of suficient class, or the Enmropeans to construct the works, andi take them for a stipulated period of time. lIr; Dn uxis !-Ilowv ominous that sentence f;Ja! How we pa.e in conversatioin, and ejac lte-" It's a pity " low his mother hopes ie will not when ine grows older ; and his sisters emuadle themiseives that it. is only a few wild ates that Ihe is eowmog. And yet thme old men shake their hetad. and~ feel gloomy wrben they think of it. Young men just commienichig ini hf,~ buoyant in hope "doi drink ! You are f~eighted with a precious cargo. The hopes of your 'dhi parents, of your stater, of your wiles, of your children-..-ll are upion you. In you tue ase live over again their young days; through yon only can the weary oiie obtaim a position in :(ity ; and from the level on which you pulace henm, mutit your children go into the great struggleu o life.-Kal4:om's E~:xpreus. As IbiowArT Porm.it.'. IUstso.-G reat Britain, even quite recently, in it-s judicial deci sis, acknowledged the bindinig force of the principle that British srbjets could not thmrowv oi their alleginnee, but were always subjects of; the Crown, to whatever part of the globe they went. This pirinciple hais been relaxed in a re ent inestanice. Mir. Lawless, a merchant. of Gren ada, anmd a non-combuut in u the late Nicaraguan troubes, was dragged oat of his honse nde Ishot by the Guatemailans, whenm they took Cren ad. Hie wats formerly a liritish suibject, but be cae a naturalized citizenl of the United States. His mother applied to the Blrit'sh Govenrmuent for compensation foir the loss of her son's life and property. The replywas, that he hadi renounced ins alleiance by becoming a citii.en of the Umi ted States, and was not emtitled to British pro-. teeton. The. decision is stated in a letter from Lord Claradon. This is the doctrina ofexar Im'iinuU;aitind. . - BRIGET BE THE PLACE .TY BOL Bright he the place of thy soul! No lovelier spirit than thine. . E'er burst from its niorral control, In thoorbs of the b'ssd to shine. On'earth, thou wdrt all bui iVine, As ti !oul shalhumutblye - And our.sorrow may.cease to"ieln When we know tht. t y.od Is *ili thee. Light be the turf on thy iombI V1jy its verdure like eineralds be; There should not be the sha'dow of gloom i anuht that ireinds us of thei. You'g flowers and an evergreen tree May spring from the spot of thy rest, But nor cypress nor yew let us tee, For why should we mourn for the blest I From the Au-reqta Constituriona'ist. GO. WA LKER'S INAUGURAL. In his letter to the President, acceliting the. oice which he hold<, Gov. Walker ann' unced that he ivould, in the exercise of -its functions, recrve a strict neutrality between tile parties, who,!divided by an irreconciliable antagonism ,f feeling and opinion, were struggrling for the astery in the Territory, over whoqe affairs he was called to preside. This declaration of neu trality, together with his talent, experience, and eminent adminitrative ability, made his apointdient aereptable to the South, (aIthough that vague, indfihaable shadow, which for tears has rested upon hischarac.ter,-prevented a hear ty, cordial, and undoubting endorsement of the tness and propriety 'of his roniination,) and the -h'ope-was generally indulged and expressed, that under his-' administration of its affairs the question of slavery -in Kansas would have a piaceful solution, satisfactory to all sections of the Union. This hope was short-lived, for very tonthere,were uministakeablelndications, that Lbe newly 6ppointed Executive of Kansas, wa jit impartial between the'northern'and south-' rn parties of that Territory, and'thatin the dpinistration of his ollie hewould'not observe fit policy of official non-intervention, which ie 'had prescribed for himself in his letter of ,cceptance. First came the reiteration of the eclaration made by Gov. Walker, in the last Presidential convass, and extensively published bhrotigh6ut the Northern States, that Kani-as, idei thbllawa of climate'and population, must nevitably be a free State-an unfavorable'in lication of the animus with which he would as unie the office of 'its Governor. Next came a nanifeto to the people from the Hon. F.P. itanton, Secretary of the Territory, who, in Ahe capacity of Iting Governor, had been sent :o Kansas as Walter's avant-courier, in which t is announced that the Constitutional Conven on, called expressly for that purpose, bthe ecgnized Le4islature of the Territory, will lt settle the questioiavf slavery,' but that its tion will be submitted to all the actual resi ents of the Territory, fir their approval or re-' ection. Next came a 'speech ri Qbv.'-Wal;' er hiiself,' delivered at a cOmplimentary din eiteriates and eiilorses 'the proposition of eea eta.-y Stanton, in lagiag Nzo dictatorial and jectionable, that we re-produce the passage ron his speech -entire: "The people of that Territory had a clear d unquestio'nab/cright toJecide for tlhem elves upon the adapiqiion of a Sir.ie Constitution, nd ahiy attemipt on the parr if any Cen tion. r any other body of vien, however respectable nd influential they might be tW inpoe upon e Territory a Constitution -not sanctidned by e popular vote, icuuld be a isirpain and a rou; r/hich cund 'nw be toleralfd thr a moment. 3o far as the utunio.t. excreise. of his 9i4cial mwers and his personal. influence would g to ecure that result, Go. Walker said he'was de enuined the people of Kniisas should haveln ippjortitaiity 1or a full, 'free and solemn expres on of their will, upon the adoption of any' onstitutin that might be fra'd," after a--fair ul satidfactory census of all the b'ana fsdl--in aitats who niighit be ini the Terrtory -i't the me. Ie coinsidlered it due to Itni. It waw ata of their inhereu and inatien~ane sor'reigntly. nd he shoul consider it, unot ortly a pohrt of a and o1. ffl.cial-. duty, saas an officer of the ergi tory, byt a pa "a i honors as a man and a ~enle:m,.to do evprythlamg mi his power to sene to then,.the 'I'ull, fair,' and undisputed xercie of thi fun~danietil rig.ht." This was certainly ,iuliicienatly expl:it, nit if nyi) doubt~S exi.ted in reierence to the policy mhich he would purde, alter' tlie delivery'-Ot his dinner'-speceli in hew 'Yoritthey lire el'ec paly rea,.oved by- his oilial i-in~ngural to the gople of K:maiaa. Ths.extracts fnnnm that ad Irss, refernng to the subject (f' slaty, which ndcy as that dis~closed ini the New York speeh .a poli of hjterventioni in. behalf of~ the free tate-mn of the Territoy-a policy antngo istic to that of the i re-hiaver~y uten of thie lerritory--a policy whicb, if it is adopted, nt make hKansas a free State. Thbe addr es is a free State document through mt. Fir.,t ther~e is a long, earniest, be-eechmre peah to the free State men to participate ini ;he election oh delepntes to the Conventnion Ibch wmill meet in Septiember to frame a Con atitution and State GJoverum ut. Then there .s a distinct assurance that the pro-slavery Con ~itti.n to be adopted by that Couv~enton will > submitted for ratification or rejection "i by a njority of the thien actual bona fide resideint ~etters of Kansas," coupled with the declara ion that, unless the Constitution is so submit Led, "it. wil be, anid ought tto be, rejected by ongress." Then theure is the suiggestion, that ave labor would be unprofitable in'-such a eli nate as that of' Kansas. Then there in the as umtion that Kansas will be a free State with ie ear'nestly expreseeda hope that it will inot be nero-dtcahnfg fre State; or as the Govrernaor ohitely phra.ses it, that it will, in its Constitu en, ".secu~re to the State of Mi-souri the faith ul performance of all constitutional guaranties." \ndi: thena, finally, thierwis a sugge-tiona that a ave State may hbe created out of the Indin teritory, on the Southern, limits of Kansas. hy shoul the Governor of Kansas go out of his way to propo-.e the creation of a Slave State out of territory south of it, it it was not to ive a sop to the South, and present this hope f a Slave State as a prospective compentsation Ibr the hosS of Kansasi? Why should lie recomi nend thie ac-tioni which K:mnsas as a free State hold take, if lie didl not believe and intend that as far itslie could influence the re.,ult, it hould be a tree State ? Why should lie argue against slavery, by' suggestinig that the cli inute of Kansas would render slave labor profitable there, if lie was not disp~osed o make Kansas a free State ? Why. should he uisist that free State men should abandon their Topeka constitution ad bogus State Govern-. met, and participate in the election of dekaa tes to the Constitutional Conventioin, if it was not to prevenit the South from profiting by the' olly of its enennjes ? Why, 'above all, should he urge that thne constituitioni to be adopted in Sep~teber shonuld be submitted to 'a vote of all Uo.e who. at the tinme of-Its adoption, are set ter of Knas, uinless it Is to give. to the free Stat me an itounit tongec th p. slavery constitution which. wil the1 be framed I The address, we tepeat, isafree 'State docta ment throughout, and pledges the personal ind official influence of the Governor of Kam to make it'a Free State. Hiw'?-' The destiny of Kansas, as free or slave, w'l turn upon the mode in which its Constitution is submitted --to the people, -if .it ix submitted. That Constitution will-allow slavy,. .and,the delegates who will frame it propose, that it shall be submitted -for-ratification- or rejection, their constituency, to the people of Kanus whoelect ed them,' to -those who by the census tlien un, -der the Constitutional Convention act,:.Xere ascertained tob.e, .actual bons fide 'residents of the Territory. This is the policy of tlo of. the pio-slavery men of Kansas, who yield the pointthat the Constitution must be submittd.' Tf this policy is 'carried out, -the Consdtutio' will lie ratifiedl by the popular vote, 4aid'hnsas will be admitted into the Union; as' a slkia State. But Governor Walker, dictates-a diffe ent policy, i. e., that- the Constitution 6ball be submittefl "for ratification or rejection, by a majotriy of heil&n actual bona fide-%identj settler.of Kansas," in other words, that it shall be submit ted to all the inhabitants of the Te ritory at the time of its adoption. There is- no provision. in the Constitution which reqnires that the people -of a Territory, met together in Convotion to -frame a State' Constitution shall submit their action b ek again to themielves-the people. There is no precedent which requires this, for it is a fact that nearly two-thirds of the States of thisr Union, are members of. the confederacy ,uner Constitutions which, ip' to fl'is'time, havriev6t been' submittsed to thieir'people for ratifca-. tion. There is no reason to ,jurtify the elleged nepsitv for such a submission, 'for in eve'y proper view of the nature op convention of the People called expretsly bj a competent au thorty, to frame'a State - c6nsfitutlon, it is an emiment of the sovereignty of the people it is the people, aid there is no reason in appeal ing-from.the people-to the people., But not ithstanding -there is no provisioq'of the Con stitution, no precedent, and no reason reqiring it, Gov. Walker asserts that the 'r Aht- of th' people of Kansas to pass upon the State Co, titution, to be adopted by the people of Kan-' ssin convention, is Ia great constitutional right," a " clear and unquestionable right," a " fundamental right," a " part of. their inherent nd inalienable scvereignty," .aidl. declares, if the people are not.permitted toezercise it, that, Congress will reject the Constitution, which the peQpip in convention shall adopt.' I Wal er's polidy is carried .out, if the Constitution is submitted ani shbmitted toall the inhabi tanti of the Territory at'the time -f its adop tion, the Constitution will be rejected, for the errit'ry in the meantime can be flooded by mignirants from the North, and Kansas will be tdmitted into the Union, if admitjed at all, as a rree State. Perhaps this solution of the Kansas question would strengthen the Democratic party of the forthern States, ps it would enable them to roi t the Fe6ple of those States to an exten tia f the "arer,.of freedo',' under the prac, ~ kind 9 OthekKansas Rpnblicans, V11 1 aI#l - contended-that. that bill- was practica assuruender-of the ter ritories of the muon tb slatery. Perhaps thoe ire men at. tpe South, conservative, - catons rnon, of that class wibo wouI. sacrifice a princi pl or an mnterest to shuf.fe off a gniLisne, rho would acept it as a final settlement of an rritating and andeying question. But no re iut could be morp, disastrous .to thd. interests f Aavery nift 3t~te South- and it'slieuld be resisted t a{hazards and to the laattextreit,y. rhere 'ire tio'ways in which it may b'avoided. rho delegates t4tie CoiwtitationalCConventftoi nay ref.tse to cary out thepolicy di-tated by gov. Walkei' or at the '0lvth houir, an In rundationof' Actual -ettlerg/from AIison ri may ineet the innund tion'of "actual-settler-from the-free Stales, and rescue th, pro-slavery Cori aitutionat the: ballot. box. THlE ifNCILLA E.ECUO10 N IOWA1 A correspondent of the*KNew York Tribume, writiig from Jackson county,. Iowa, .gives an recounit of the' recentiexecutioi's by mob in that couinty. All three o'f tJie 'victims liad perpe i-ted cold-bliG&ded nuirders, and it wais found ipossible to eit, a jury to convict thein. The comt tye pinnbdreds 400 'men. The corres Tnedent adlsi :.. '." " SThey..went to the' jail, nil armed, demanded Ifmi.t&ance,.~and on .refusal proceeded to po~und the doot gith a idgdgelhmmer. After repeated okiste~door andgc.ang~gave way ; they drew Griforsdlout, took.himtoatrenearby ,puta rope. irpuho bis neck, and a.,d' hipiif .he lied any thing tonay. ~b Ti or wrveh, no doubt in hope that confession maight save his lice, inade a seechi, ii~lidting two' other ni, 'and said hat. they, had mutually agreed 'to kill ingalls; that the man wiho did the deed was to bie paid $15 1by the others, and in ease of arrest help edto e.,cape. They told him they were going to hang him. ie called for a priest. A Methodist minister irayed with hn, and theni they strung him uip to the tree. Somie twenty men had hold of the rope and drew him ny, whbile the remainder of tbe Committee stood guard witir loaded arms. 'They suifered his corpse to datngle in the air for ee'ral hourse, then buried himi in a coarse coffin. For the last week or two,. rumors have been fiat that thia Vigilance Committee intended to take Barger from the jail whee e ewas own-. lined, and hang him. Our citizens generally thought there was no foundation for the ru mors; but last night several wagon loads of men, all armed to the teeth went to Deweit, where Barger and Carroll were in custody, took thea from the jail, anti, as I am informrted, without any 'resistance wn the part of the au thorities, piroceededl to Andrew this morning awi hung Enrger to the tree on which they bad' before hung Grifford. A large concour a of people were present some estimate the number at not less than one thousand-and, I blush to relate it, a portion of the crowd were women. Tho-prisoner Bar ger was very much affected, and said hut few words. The gaping multitude stood there with the utmost indilferenco, and suffered fifty men (for that was about the ninber of the Comn :it tee pre.-ent) to communit this horrible murder. A part of the Committee were boys not more than sixteen y'ear:, of age, armed with cocked revolvers in both hands. At a bignal given byi their captain, wv' ose name was Jacob Landis, the pre~sent Postmaster at Iron Hill, in this county, they drew him up in the air to die like a dog. When my informnant left the spot, the body was still su'<pended and the Committee had ad-, journed to dinner ! After the execution of Barer, a vote was taken with reference to' Carroll. Tfhe Committee voted to put him in jail, to take his trial in July next, with 1,he proviso that if he was not convicted anid executed ae cording to law at that time, they would take and hang him thmevsa all hazards. Ti HEUartford Courant sajs there is 'a babiy in thtt city only five mcats old, and weighing 186: pounds. Either the baby or the story is a whop . From the CbwIeston Courir. - . "'I~ lo. ... tIII U. J J -4a It is' g iiying to -the rumlfici this tiguishod gentlemen, who b h site 1 lg -fidit -rom thepblic Wad t "'the Goirmtientof-the'alue sible of his h'ighelai tts regar-wis-bsensie froinithe St~at atthe ~ as adisappointment'of theirhopes.. Th of mourning-for our deceased, SAEi1. heard, in the indulgence of the peopleW4 e r for the.death, of a great, and .ObW states man; yet it is only. naurai~bat' consideration of their los,they ber one w san beat supply hpae. puiblEtimpt instinctively tunis ~to Pickens, while tcontemplates-'the.great cl a, A acter iics.9f'JudgerButler. It is true t here ar ninny among us whose abItA p lionouSt4Lt iji iO ajjjl there is no one W ' ,, em 'bnfidence Of t Cwh6tr Coin shown .reafer dvqo to h ests,.and her liodor;,wohasaorgeanim hiedl dur Fedeai affair ' luitl li r l he nii ultiversally. accetatbleie s1 than Mr. Pi4es. No one known amnondihb cde ofth q* t inaence.Jt Wg sington, t e tional,,Democritic part h signally exphis Pponi an ambassador to the Tmpeiial C o' u Itmay be .requig too mu" ;IK Pickens., that heaould reno position in order to. '. i .at hoie1 but it,will noP.th be ~ shown his'generous' aflggrandliemen; whi 4'-a i aeState. -A ted -by his native State. An opporat,1,' length 4aoredto his fellow cit s u lug theirsense of his high-aund lflt ier; and t will be aproud'day f tao when her peple show to :the world that 0eiod of antilpated trial ind dangero na l , If mentsof offie can Induce our, truly . to forget their. first s nlegie. Mr. no ambitions patisian politc , A eloqunt a statesman 1 culivated mi'n ind'a gent] teorth,and lofty Jatrlotisna' come for schi a. mal ot0 , * nd I expectation husi.long - % . d our future'Senator. No beTte r ribute paid to the,;menpry of our, lament than selectig air Pickens aC8 s se' M s1r41 What. iatoto R , is eign-antshim at shigton. *THE CIOPI , -. CaorstJNUma GoiGIA.-EXtri4of1; 106 ter froidIa gentleman in Marietta to'the editor of the Shiater Republican,' dated, MtrETTA, May 26, 1857.-But the #4 news I can tell you is, that .the wheat crqpof upper Georgiais the swtP pmnmalinge had in.maniy years.. Ideed ate v ra anore flattering:ppspectirepatinTO . Theioat.cropi too is -repreented as cow searcity-as w'e arenow e "cng. -- The.LaGrange Reporter learmnafirn a letter, that tho crops in.* Madison countysare.looking.): r very fine end:that the wheat mropwill , all. that can.be'dsired. -.lt learns .fom..:thespaa.. 1 source that corn is very scareehinthat. county,. and is selling at $1.25 per bushel. - - ' .r A aRssm ExtrictoEa letter dated.Browns ville,.Ark., Ma'y14th. . a After'aircuit of fifty miles-in the tat of r Arkansas, I have arrived at this place. The 6rop here are ve good-wheat has recovered' from2its drawbac, rye very.. fnev ata goodfi corn late but fair with good standsihad timpro- - ving every day. - Mssesii'r.--The Jackson (Miss.) Un'in a ,. the midst of the cotton-growingregioiahskt .. the injury to the cotton crop-is overn-stimatedi It says the main loss will arise from tho-atenidiit%0 of the planting season, andl a defiienc ~sed.t in some localities. A larger amnountrof::oij however, has been-plantid this year U~at which will make some compensati a~rte shortness of the growing season. To!Wh anticipates an average crop. Tm PROSPEcT BixnniticA-The iof short cropis which was set-afloat a tfe week ago, is becoming exceedingly faint as moi-e fesorable reports come crowding in from thbe graiui growiog. regions in alt di.-ections.. Even .from Illinois,-~ wtere the cry was first sated,.and whereli tod$ tl failure of the wheat crop watipredictednibi , tellidence is ~received .givting.:.quitelaudde4aflzt color to the picture 1.The-local pressathrough-4 & out the State, with few 'exceptionm,'apeakbf the: grain j.rospects as most tncouraging.. A gentle-.. manl who -lis traveled quite . extensively over theo We.terni States, writes to the Cincinniti Gzette, that ini his judgment, in'Ohio, Indiana, Illinaois and Kentucky,. there will be a larger - crop~ of wheat harvested the comuingharvest than ever befojre. . CoRN AND Corros.--The New Orleans Cres cent of the 30th May, says: The receipits at this port yesterday were lit; bales. TIhe correspond ing dylast year they were 41820 bales. lelearn that all the corni in market has been purchased for a rise. In fact there has been several operations during the past itwo months in hay, oats and articles of breadstuffs, provender and provisions generally. Wecll, we su m e it, is all right. Each item, one and all, are legitimate objectsi of commerce, and if speo ulators desire to make consumers pay high pri ce, there ought to be a corresponding increase. in the returns of industry and occupations. There is one thing, coal and wood at this ino ment would not pay, mnd we shall undoubtedly in a few weeks have an abundance of green food, but that will not answer for distant muarkets, and plzanter.s rpiay havo to pay one dollar and filty cents to one dollar an4 seventy-fivo cents per bushel for curna in the market before many days. There is an Cenous demand for Ala bama, Florida and Tlexas; also for some see tions of our own State, and higher. prices than for ear< past are inevitable. Under the present price.s for pork, bacon and corn, our I lanters ought to realize fully twenty cents per lb. for cotton to enable them to balance accounts at the cloe of the year. Qrciuts ExTCaxJNATED.-In several sections of the Northwest-we trust it is not universal-the race of quails is almost extinet. 'The causes for this mnay be found in the severity of the winters and the'rascality of troops of fellows disgracing the name of sportsmen, who know no better than to shoot a quail with sixteen eggs in her nest. Regions where these beautiful birds were abundant, two years ago are quailless. Not a whistle enlivans wheat field or meadow.--Ci cagn) Jomcrnal. A Fac-r WORTN Ko*-rNo.--Hourekeepers should know, now that tLe Feason of pies and -puddings is approaching and sugar inordinately dear, that the acid in rhnbarb, geo-elcerries and currents may l neutralizcd by paun a thirdi of a tea rspoonful of soda 'n fruit and witbcut f ecting the flavor. A less quanitit~ of sugal. will then answer to aweetena.