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MR' -'" - -~ -- : Y? "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple. uiLlbertlcs, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." lNS, DURISOE & CO, Proprietors. EDGEFIE For the Advertiser. THORNS AND R0SE. Swiftly, fleetly glide the hours, Dropping thro' y our dial, Time, - Strewing o'er some paths with flowers, While some with thorns you thickly line! Holding to some lips the chalice, Dregged with bitter drops of woe, . Tiring ne'er with seeming malice, While life's burning tears will flow ! Then the bright cup wreathed with roses, Culled from pleasure's flowery waste, Ever near some lives reposes, Naught of sorrow do they taste! Some upon life's breezy hill-top Gaily singing in the light, Fill up to the gilded tip-top Life's glad measure warmly bright! While in gloomy valleys lying, Pressed down by the weight of care, Thousands struggle, vainly trying, Life's geat load of woe to bear! Some with sunshino on each feature And life's canker at the heart, Chasing Hope, that flying meteor, That shines a moment to depart! Go thro' life still singing, sighing, - As the sun -or shades prevail, Grieving, smiling, laughing, crying, Thro' the sunshine or the gale! Let's tread the thorny path of sorrow Bowing meekly to the rol, Trusting that some glad to-morrow, We'll wake to endless bliss with God. *-. And in meek submission bending, Wearied hearts beneath the cross Bear it on until the ending Tells us life's gain would be our loss! Thenlife's thorns will bring us flowers Roses wreathed 'round brows of light, Where no storm of darkness lowers, Where glad morning brings no night! DAISY. From the Home Journal. IARRIAGE OF POCAHONTAS. During the lovely Indian summer time, in the autumn of 1608, there was a marriage on the banks of the Powhattan, where the English had laid the corner-stone of the great fabric of An glo Saxon Empire in the New World. It was celebrated in the second church which the Eng lish settlers had erected there. Like their first, which fire had devoured the previous winter, it was a rude structure, whose roof rested upon rough pine columns, fresh from the virgin forest. and whose adornings were little indebted to the hand of art. The officiating priest was "good Master Hunter," who had lost all his books by the conflagration. History, poetry, and song have kept a dutiful silence respecting that first English marriage in America, because John Laydon and Anna Burrows were common peo ple. The bridegroom was a carpenter, among the first adventurers who ascended the Pow hatan, then named James in honor of a bad king; and the bride was waiting-maid to "Mlistress Forrest," wife of Thomas Forrest, gentleman. These were the first white women ever seen at the Jamestown settlement. Almost five years later, there was another marriage at Old Jamestown, in honor of which history-, poetry, and song have been employed. The bridegroom was "Master John Rolf, an honest gentleman, and of good behavior," fronm the realm of England; and the bride was a princess royal, named Matos, or Pocahtontas, the well-beloved daughter of the Emperor of the great Powhatan confederacy, on the Virginia peninsula. 'The officiating priest was Master Alexander Whtitaker, a noble g~ostle of Chris tianity, who wvent to Virginia fo'r thte cure of souls. Sir Thomas Dale, then Governor of the colony, thus briefly tells his masters of the Conm pnny in London, the story of Pocahontas: " Pow hiatan's daughter I caused to be carefully in structed in thte Christian religion, who, after she had made a good progress therein, renounced publicly her coutry's idolatry, openly confessed her Christian faithI, was, as site desired, bap tized, and is since married to an English genttle man of good understanding (ats by his letter unto me, containing the reason of his miarriage of her, you may perceive,) another knot to bind this peace the stronger. 11er father and friends gave approbation to it, and hter uncle gave her to him in the church. Site lives emvlly aind lovingly with him, antd, I trust, will increase in goodntess. as the knowledge of Go:' increased ini her. Site will go to England with moe, and, - were it but the gaining of this one soul, I will think mty time, toil, antd p'resent stay, well spent." So discoursed Sir Thomas Tde. Curio.-ity would know mtore of the Princess and heir mar riage and'euriosity may here be gratified to the extent of the revelations of recorded history. The llhtger of a special Provideitce, pointing down the vista of ages, is seen in the character and acts of Pocahtontas. Site was the daughter . of a pagan king who had ncver heard of Jesus of Nazareth, yet her heart was overflowing with the cardinal virtues of a Christian life. " She was a landscape of mild earth, Where all was harmony, and caln quiet, Luxuritnt buddintg."-Bvnos. When Captain Smith, the boldest and thte best of the early adventurers in Virginia, pen~e trated the dense forest,hle was made a prisoner. -was conducted int triuntph from village to vil lage, until hestood ini the piresencee of Powhatan, the supreme ruler, and was condemned to die ! Upon the barren sand A siungle cap,:ive stood ; Around him caime, with bow and brand. The red men of tlte wood. Like him of old his doom lie htears, R ock-bonud on ocean's ram: The chieftant's daughter knelt ini tears, And breathed a prayer for hunxi. Above hisdend tn air The savage war-club swun: The frantic girl, in wild despair, - Her arms around him flung. Thean shook thte warriors of the shade, Like leaves Ott aspent-limib ** Subdued by that heroic maid, Who breathed a prayer for him. " Unbind him !" grasped the chief - He kissed away he tears of grief, * And st thecaptie ee 'Tis ever thus, when in life's storm, Hope's star to man grows dim, An angels kneels in woman's form, And breathes a prayer for him. GEORGE P. aMORRIS. * * * * * * * * How could that stern old king deny The angel pleading in her eye? How mock the sweet, imploring grace 'that breathed in beauty from her face, And to her kneeling action gave A power to soothe and still subdue, Until, though humble as a slave, To more than queenly sway she grew. WILL.u G. Sixs. The Emperor yielded to tho maid, and tb captive was set free. Two years after that event, Pocahiontas agai became an angel of deliverance. She hastene to Jamestown during a dark and stormy nigh informed the English of a conspiracy to extei minate them, and was back to her couch befor dawn. Smith was grateful, and the who] English colony regarded her as their deliverei But gratitude is often a plant of feeble root, an the canker of selfishness will destroy it alt gether. Smith went to England; the moral of the colonists became depraved; and Argal a rough, half-piratical navigator, unmindfully < her character, bribed a savage, by the promis of a copper kettle, to betray Pocahontas int his hands, to be kept as a hostage while coin pelling Powhatan to make restitution for inju ries inflicted. The Emperor loved his daughte tenderly, agreed to the terms of ransom gladly and promised unbroken friendship for the En-g lish. Pocahontas was now free to return to he forest home. But other bonds, more holy thai those of Argall, detained her. While in th custody of the rude buccaneer, a mutual at tachment had budded and blossomed betwee her and John Rolf, and the fruit was a happ marriage--"another knot to bind the peace with Powhatan much stronger. April, in the Virginia peninsula, where th English settlers first built a city, is one of th loveliest months in the year. Then winter ha bidden a final adieu to the middle regions o America; the trees are robed in gay and fra grant blossoms; the robin, the blue-bird, an the oriole, are just giving the-first opening pre ludes to the summer concerts in the woods, an wild flowers are laughing merrily in every hedgc and upon the green banks of every stream. It was a day in charming April, in 1612 when Rolf and Pocahontas stood at the marring altar in the new and ,pretty chapel, at James town, where, not long before, the bride had re ceived Christian baptism, and was named th, Lady Rebecca. The sun had marched half wa: up toward the meridian, when a goodly compa ny had a'ssembled beneath the temple roof. Th, pleasant odor of the " pews of cedar" commin gled with the fragrance of the wild flower which decked the festoons of evergreens am sprays that hung over the "fair, broad windows, and the commandment tables above the chance] Over the pulpit of black-walnut hung garland f .wTite flowers.gF . thoaxenlge9 scarlet berries of holly. The communion ta'l was covered with fair white linen, and bor bread from the wheat fields of Jamestown, an wine from its luscious grapes. The font, " hew; hollow between, like a canoe," sparkled wit] water, as on the morning when the gentle prin cess uttercd her baptismal vows. Of all that company assembled in the broa< space between the chancel and the pews, th bride and( groom were the central ligures in f and significance. Pocahontas was dresed in: imple timic of white muslin, from the looum; of lDacca. 11er arms were bare even to th< houlders; and, hanging loo-cly towards he feet, was a robe of rich stuff, presented by $i Thomas Dale, and fancifully enbroihered h herself and her maidens. A gaudy fillet encir cled her head, and held the plumage of bird and a veil orgaiuze, while her limbs were adornet with the simple jewelry of the native work shops. Rolf was :Lattired in the gay clothing an English cavalier of that period, and uln hi thigh he wIoire the short sword of a gentleuia of distinction in society. lie wvas the pmeroni lication of manly beauty in form 'itd carriage she of womanly modesty and lovely simaplici ty and as they camne and stood before the man u. God, history dipped her pen in the indestructa ble fountain of truth, and recorded a prophee; of mighty empires in the New World. Upoi the chance] steps, wvhere no railing interferred the good Whitaker stood in his sacerdotal robe~ andl, with impressive voice pronounced the mar rige ritual of the liturgy of the Anglica: Church, then first planted on the Western con tinent. (in his right, in a richly carved chair C state, brought from England, sat thme Governor with his ever~ atfendant halberdiers, with bra zen hemilets, at his hack. T1here were yet but few women in the colony and these, boin after this memorable event re turned t' native England. The "ninety youni woman, purec and uncorrupted," whonm the wis< Sandvs caused to be sent to V irginia, as wive; for thle p~lantrs, (lid not arrive until sever years later. All thenm at Jamestown were a the marriage. he letters of the time havy transmittedi to us the names of some of thiem Mistress John Rolf, with her child, (doubtles of the ftmily of the bridegroom;) Mistres: Easton aud child, and Mistress Morton am grandcild, with her maid-servant, Elizabetl Parsons. wh-o on a Christmnas eve before, ha' married'Thomas Powell, were yet ini Virgmnaia Among the notedl men then present, was Si. Thomas G.ates, a brave soldier in many wvars and as brave an adventurer among the Atlanti< perls of anyv who ever trusted to the ribs e the'ships of' Old England. And Master Spadrkel who had been co-ambassador with iRolfto thi cont of P'owhatanm, stood near the old soldier with young Ihenry Spilman at his side. Thmere too, was the young G.eorge Percy, brother a the powerful Duke of Northumberland, whoes conduct was always as noble as his blood; ani near him, an earnest spectator of the scene was the elder brother of Pocahontas ; but nmo the destined succsor to tihe throne of hi, father. There, too, was a younger brother c the bride, and many youths and umaidens fron tme forest shades; but one noble fgure-th< pride of the Powhatan confederacy-the lathe of~ the bride was~ absent. ie had consented t the marriagre with willing voice, but would no trust himself within time power. of the Englib at .Jamestowni. ie remnained in his habitatioi at Weroworomnoco, while the Rose and Totut were being wedded, but cheerfully cs.mmssion ed his brother, Opachisco, to give away i daughter. That prince performed his duty we] and then, in careless gravity, he sat and listen ed to the voice of the Apostle, and the swee chanting of thme litfle choristers. The mnusi ceased, the benediction fell, the solemn " Amen echoed fronm the rude vaulted roof; and th joyotus company left the chapel for the fest: hall of the Governor.. Thus "the peace" w:1 made stronger, and the Rtose of England Ia undisturbed tupon the Ihatchet of tihe Powh: tans, while the father of Pocaihontas lived. MVonths glided away. The bride and groor "lived civilly and lovingly together," until Si Thomas Unale departed to England, in 1l1u wen they with many settlers, accompame him. Tonmocomo, one of the shrewdest< Powatani's councillors, went also, thathle migh reprt all thme wondrsof Earland to his imate The Lady Rebecca received great attention from the court and all below it. " She accus tomed herself to civility, and carried herself as daughter of a king." Dr. King, the Lord Bish op of London, entertained her "with festival state and pomp," beyond what he had ever given to other ladies; and at court she was re ceived with the courtesy due to her rank as a princess. But the silly bigot on the throne was highly incensed, because one of his sidjects had dared to marry a lady of royal blood, and in the midst of his dreams of prerogatives, he absurdly apprehended that Rolf might lay claim " to the crown of Virginia!" Afraid of the royal displeasure, Captain Smith, who was then in England, would not allow her to call a him father, as she desired to do. She could not I comprehend the cause ; and her tender, simple heart was sorely grieved by what seemed to be his want of afection for her. She remained in England nont a year; and, when ready to em bark for A merica with her husband, she sicken ed, and died, at Gravesend, in the flowery month of June, 1617, when not quite twenty two years of age. She left one son, Thomas Rolf, who afterwards became quite a distinguish ed man in Virginia. le had but one child, a daughter. From her, some of the leading fami lies in Virginia trace their lineage. Among these are the Bollings, Mm'rays, Guys, Eldriges, and Randolphs. But Pocahontas needed no posterity to perpetuate her name-it is imper r ishably preserved in the amber of history. " L WAIT TILL IT RUNS BY." Thf.usmidls of years ago a story was told of a stplji( t raveler, wko, on coming to a river, sat (down uipo ItLe bank. saying, "I'll wait till it runs bv." A thousand times since people have laugl:' t he simpleton, priding themselves on their own greater wisdom. And yet tens of thousands of times have these.people, in refer -ence to the general affairs of life, imitated the lazy ignorance of the fool, and waited for the river to run by. How often do parents, for example, when they witness exhibitions of anger, falsehood and disobedience in their children, shut their eyes wilfully to the consequence of letting the evil go uncorrected, and say to themselves, " He will outgrow it." What is this but waiting for the river to run by? The first lesson which a child learns should be that of self-discipline. No man can succeed in life, or win the esteem of his neighbors, or deserve the approbation of his own conscience, who gives way to petalence, duplicity or other vices and it is as much ea . sier to check thieve natural infirmities in youth. rather than in age, as it is to cross a river near the fountain-head instead of where it widens into an estuary of the sea. The parent who hopes that such vi6es will cure themselves, wait in vain for the river to run by. A merchant finds his trade declining, a ime chanic his business failing off, a lawyer his cli ents leaving-him, a doctor his practice ceasing; but instead of going to work resolutely to dis cover the cause and rectify the error, he sits % 46m ?DoIl~eg'c i et ceed? Have such men ever succeeded? Life is a battle, in which victory is with him who fights the bravest, perseveres the longest, and Ibrinrs the most ability to bear on the campaign. When the British marched on to Baltimore, did our fathers lay in their beds and trust to chance to save them ? No! they went boldly forth to meet the enemy, and the God of battles reward ed them with success. So, in the pursuits of - life, lie trinmplihs who deserves it most. Wealth and f1IIe are the prizes of those who struggle hardest thr them. The only way is to plunge oId1ly into the current of adverse fortime, brea i its waves, and buffet your course man fully to I lie other shore. It will never do to wai t till the river runp by. Ii friendship, if sonic unknown cause has I produced .6n1 alienaiLon. don't say, as too many do.." he may get pleased again as lie can," but find out the reaonI of the estrangeieit, apolo i,:e if vou nrC in the wrong, and expostublte amicalify if otherwise. If you wait till the r iveir runs by you ma~y wait forever, and also. fimnd the koniel you wait the current runs dheep cer. lIn your own filiy, niever wait till the ~river runs biv; but if a wifu's feelings are hurt. explain or nmake reparation at once ; for life is too short andl haippiness too priecAis to be wvast edl in obstiinacy, sullenn~ess or misurmderstanmdinig. when a few 'words will remedy~ all. Never stand on the shore, ini cold anmd suffering, while green and sunsiny fiesivt you across, in the idle hope " that the river wi1ll run by." fTim: Persians hold good-hersemnanship in such estimationi that they would have thought little of an ambhassador who is not at home in the saddle. A curious illustration of this occurred when Malcoln was at Blushire. The pursuer of one of the ships, Mr. W--, went on shore to see Mr. Snmithi, and was put on the back of a capering Arab, only to be thrown about very uncomfortably in the saddle. Thme bad horse mnuship of the sailor provoked sonme merriment on shore; but on the followiing day a Persian trader~, who knew a little English, haippening to o on board the ship, said to Mr. W-, when te .subject was rek-rred to, "yon need not be under any. uneasinmess. 1 told the people that you ride very well, but that you were very druk." - "WaLTm:'," said at doting piarenit, at breek fast-table, to an abridged edition of himself, and who had just entered the grammmar chtss at the high school, " Willie, my dear, will you pass the butter ?"' " Thirtainly. thir-.takthcs me to parthe any thing. Butter ith a coummon thubthantive, neuter gendler, agreeth with hot buck-wheat caketh, and ith governied by thugar-miolatheth undertho->d." A Mos-r.-A man died in H~ende'rsonm Co., Ten, recenth-, nmed Miles Darden, who was seven feet sixi inehes high, Hie weighed over one thousand 'pounds. It required seventeen mni to put him iimhis coilin, and one hundred feet of plank were requiredl to make it. So says the West Tennessee Whiig. Hie could swallow a common shoat whole, lie ate habitually a hush i of potatoes for his breakfast. A half acre, for ' one mecal did not supply huim with roasting ears. ie drank twventy-two cups of coffee, and ate one hundred eggs when hiunigry. He could shoulder two bales of cottoii, anid break the thigh of a horse with a single kick. Some other interesting' -facts are proised5 the Whig. A New York Lady has invented a unique contrit ance for applying to the present style of Sfemale dress. She attaches a frame composed Cof four circles of light india rubber tubes to the crinoline, at suitable dlistances, and connects Cthem with a perpendiculair tube coining up in .1front, aind terimiinating in a delicate mouthpiece, just at the opening of the skirt. When put on, Vthe skirt is in a collapsed state, but by applying ie lips to the mouth-piece, and blowing, any degree of expansion may be obtained. The a chief advantage claimed for this device is the r power to collapse partially upon an emergency, ,as when entering the narrow pewW.,f churches d and narrow doors; while, upon the street, the f~ Icircumference may be readily increased. T RISING. Th imjoined. p . from PoTsAx is ' down upon' the old advice ~early rising. Our lay-a-bed readers- wili enjIo' argument. It is given with point and-spirit. we confess we are still on the opposite side of- th tion. Par's poet is evidently a cit and. knowsli r nothing about a summer's ear ly morn in 'tho-cou.i , With its gray-streaked east, its glittering dewdrops, and, above all, its-pure and insI ting freshness. Cannot some of our early-rising fri refute the philosophy these verses embody. -e is S. A. L ? But for the pres ent hear .PuTsAx's. idedly clever contributor: "God bless.the m_ rwho firit invented sleep !" So Sancho.Pa4 ,said, and so say I; And bless him, -b aist he didn't keep His great dsso y to himself; or try To make it-as t.ucky follow might A close monopoly y patent right!" Yes--blei the i who first invented sleep (I really can't *oid the iteration;) But blast the man, ith curses loud and deep, Whate'er the . aname, or age, or station, Who first inven t nd went round advising, That artificial . rly rising ! "Rise with the I".. and with the lark to bed," Observes some imn sentimental owl Maxims like thes, very cheaply said; But, ere you ma -yourself a fool or fowl, Pray just inqu'iji ut their rise-and fall, And whether Iagei y any beds at all! The "time for:h folks to be abed," Is in the mo :if I reason right; And lie, who c6n k'eop his precious head Upon his pill it's fairly-light, And so enjoy his morning-winks, Is up-to knav prolse-he drinks! Thomson, who about the " Sensons," said, It was aglori ing to rise in season; But then-he said lying-ini his bed At ten o'el . e very reason He wrote so chi gly. The simple fact is, His proachingde , sanctioned by his practice. 'Tis, doubtless: be sometimes awake Awake to du d awake to truth But when, alas* - es review we take Of our best-die 'and days, we find, in sooth, The hours, thatl . the slightest caue to weep, Are those we p in childhood, or-asleep! 'Tis beautiful to the world a whilo Forthe soft - of the gentle night; And free, at la in mortal care or- guile, To live, as o the angels' sight, In sleep's'sweet n so cosily shut in, Where, at the ) we only dreami of sin ! So, let us sleep,1 :givo the Maker-praise; I like the la , When his father thought To clip his me 'nap by hackneyed phrase Of vagrant'w by.early songster caught, Cried, "Served ght! it's not at all surprising The worm was be, sir, for early rising !" From erley Magazine. TilE B ORNEY TO BEAVEN. A fairy cot estlis in a green and lovely alley; around white walls are clustered flowering vines -shrubs; in front a tiny rivu let murmurs.e entle and soothing lullaby, as, ng; esmooth atd shining peb s to.meet the distant . c- - d ll-imtains,-wer ing to the sky, form a most beautiful feature in the landscape. Upon their summits tall pines and firs lift their proud heads towards heaven. It is a beautiful spot, fit place fo: a fairy's pal ace-home. Are the inmates of that cottage happy ? Sure ly, in such a lovely spot they cannot fail of be ing so. But no! the -laughing babe, who, but a few short months before, was given to bless and cheer that heartstone, lies tossing now upon i bed of sickness. He is very beautiful; that snowy brow, shaded by raven ringlet-, like mid ight brooding over the water-lily, is indeed a lit place for knowledge and fmne to rear their temple. His rounded cheek ias a feverish flush ; his lidark, soul-lit eyes, his poutinug coral lips, all, all conspire to adhi a stranige, fasina ting beauty to his haby features. Tlie agonized mother bends over hiim, mnurlurilg fu6d, eni dearing words, which lie hears not. But see! even as we gaze, his eye loses sonic of its de lirious brighitness, and a look of recognition passes over his face. "2 Will not my babliv h 1" Ah ! duating nmother-, eveni now this chanuge is death. lIark! heai ye not the i-ustling of' the death-angel's wings. Yes; lie is bhere, and presing his icy finuger-s on those coral lips ; and.l even while it fr-oze the rgsy currenut in hsis veims.. they wrea~thed into a bright smsike, and~ the. fringed lids closed over the blaick orbs. "'1 lie silver cord was loosed and the golden bowl br-o ken." Listen to strains of heavenly music; nother of the little ones whom Uzirist has blessed has gone to meet its God]. Tihiere, while the grief-str-icken parents wepit over the beaumts-, ful easket, thme gem was being transferrecd to a better keeping. Together the angel and the babe floated on over dewy valleys, shady groves and glassy lakes; over snow-capped mountains, pleasant country homes and stattely mansions; over the dusty, noisy city, upwar-d, ever up)wardl, through the vast expanse of boundless ether: the wmig of the death-angel cleft the air. And niow the pearly gates are opened to receive them, and, gliding to our Father's side, he said "Holy Father, I found a tender- bnd, too deli cate for- earth's thorny paths; therefore 1 have brought it hither, that it might be better nour ished." Then answered the Father, "Go place it mong the other little ones whom I have bless ed." And as the angel lef t to fulfil its mnission, burst of heavenly music fr-om those golden harps told that another one was given to Him who lent it. .CLEMENTINE. AATATva or RunxA Monnoxs AT OxirAu . T.-We learn from onue of the oflleers of a steamer which arrived yesterday from the upper Missouri, that oui reaching Omnaha City lie was informed by some of the citizens that a party of sixty Mormons had arrived on the 2d inst. The party encamped in the town, and stated that they intended to start down the river by soni boat in a few days. TIhey were loud in their deniunciations of the ruling mn of Utah, and aver their firm belief that a large mtunuber of the inhabitants of the valley, as soon as they see a chance of protection, by the arrival of the U. S. troopsa, will gladly avail themselves of the oportunity of wvithdrawinsg themnselves from the yoe they are now groaning under. These per sona who have reached Omaha were a portion of the dissatisfied citizens of Salt Lake City, and their escape (that is the word they use) was the result of a wvell devised and cautious stratagcem. They left Salt Itakeabopt April 25th.-St. Louis Democrat. The grasshoppers that have threatened to de stroy the crops in certain parts of Minnesota, have been killed by the recent cold and wet weather. It is said tat bushels of grasshoppers, inmasses, may be seen on the pramres. CmILDREN sometimeS say wise thing:-for instance, at ani examination a little boy was asked to explain his idea of "bearing false wit ness against your neighbor." After hesitating, e said it was a' telling lies," on which the wor thy and reverend examiner said, " That is not exactly an answer. What do you say?" addressing-a little girl who stood next, when she immediately replied, " It was when nobody didn't do nothing, and .mbna, went and told of it." - From the Lancaster Ledger. U. S. SENATE. We, without hesitation, endorse the views of our' correspondent, below. in reference to the fitness of Gen. Pickens for the vacancy in the United States Senate. We do not believe it could be better filled; and we would make the same remark in reference to one or two other names that have been mentioned. We would be equally as well pleased, to see the position occupied by Ex-Governor Hammond, or Col. James Chesnut, Jr., either of whom, would nobly sustain the prestiqe of the States for intellect. It is not unlikely, however, that "Up Country " gives the general sentiment of this section. We would be pleased to have the views of others of our leading citizens. F. W. PICKENS. The vacancy occasioned by the death of the lamenteqJ Butler, cannot be better filled than by a man, liko his predeccessor, firm, fearless and energetic and at the same time plain, practical and sagacious, but above all by one whose symp athies, pursuits and interests are fully and com pletely identified with those of the largest and most important class of our citizens, the Plan. tors and Farmers of the soil. Such a man is F. W. Pickens. In him we have combined all the elements necessary to constitute him a faith ful and trustworthy guardian of our interests in the general councils of the nation. Birth, educa tion,. name, pride and historic associations, which enter so largely into the patriotism of all, are so many pledges for his unflinching fidelity to the State, and that his talents will always be usefully and honorably exerted in her service. If we are not much mistaken in our estimate of the man. he will not hesitate to refuse the mission to Russia, should lie be convinced that the sentiment so prevaleitt in this section, cal ling for his services at home, finds a response throughout the State. We'urge our right to his services in the United States Senate. Up COLNTRY. Lancasterville, July 8, 1857. A PICTURE of KASsAS.-A letter to the edi tor of the Columbus Enquirer, thus draws the t picture of Kansas, as it now presents itself to a disinterested observcr, in which we doubt not t there is more truth that fiction : I WESTPORT, Mo., June 12, 1857. 1 I have been over a large extent of the Terri tory of Kansas since I came here, but am not. pleased with it. The lands are very rich the prairies magnificent, beautiful, picturesque and undulating, but entirely devoid of timber what little there is on the streams is held and I owned by the Indians. The climate cold, win dy and variable, unsuited for a Southern popu lation, white or black. The emigration from the North is immense, from the South and Mid lie States comparatively none-they have 5 to 1, some say4 I think, more than 10 to 1. Gov. Walker's presence has had no influence on them for good, but, on the contrary, they are more determined to resist his measures, and all law and-order-they are-insulting to- him and his officers-holding meetings to pass sentence on his message-refuse to pay.their taxes-in fine, they are traitors to the Government of th.e United States. What will be the result of it, time can only develope-much difficulty is ap prehended. It will never be a slave State, on ly at the point of the bayonet, and not then. Missouri will then have to lower her broad crest, and her adjoining sisters will have to bow their heads to the stroke, and the spirit of the South crouch lower and lower. The people of the South have been humbnigged-the whole country is a humbug--it is a mighty gaibling saloon, a speculating bazaar-the almighty dol lar reigns supreme. Tur C:..t MNusy.--Tlie monument to enry Clay, about to be erecteil at Lexington, K r-., eemeirv, is to be one hundred and eight feet high, wih: a sub-base, after the stile of the proposedlo Wa..,inigton: 31onumuent which it sone what resembles. Th. fbumhil:tion ofsolid Iii:istom mIasonrV 1bi.v feet sqIllar and fiiLi-e f'eet deep. ls ben laid' in hydraulie eett on three feiet f concrete or macaim izedl stone. Surmounting hei who'.e is to, lie aL bronze statue of Henry Clay, lev-n feet high. TPhi material of which the noumeniitt I is lio be i composed is a malignesin t imctone, testedl fhr durabfility, light frLestone COlor. and1 susttiniini( a brillianit polish. (in the la~undathmn is first to be ceted the , base of the moanument. foirty feet square and thirty-five feet high, of necat work, Egyptian: orde-. The " sfere(baite" will contain, in the. front, a: er-vfpt of- ruibbedi stone, aL vaulted chamn br, twentyv-six thet by eliveni and half f'eet, en tered lby a'n iroin gate, to lbe paved~i with polish ed Italian marle, in which are to lbe deposited the remains of IkInry Clay, in at sar-cophasgus, on one side his mnother, and( in good time, his wife. Provision is madae to light the crypt, in whih is at nichle for a statue, by an upper sky light. In the rear of the crypt, is to be the famnily vault of the Clay fbnihy, thirty-one fee-t fouir inhes long, with t wo nine feet recesses, all i. f-et eight inches wide. There will lbe a double pedstl of br:onze, on wich may be inscribed m eorble words aind emb~h~lmatic repreisenta- I thins, in hionor- of the Ann-riecan statfesmai~n and Kentukys fav-orite son. Including the pedcies- a tal, the column, of six feet ten inchies in diamne ter at the bottom, and five feet ten in diamnter at the top, will be ninety tieet high, surmounting whibl is to be at capital, the flutings to be thir teen spiked spiears ; rep)resenltiog the original States of the Uion.-.Bal. Amnencan.t Iro ar SrmN'r . -The following impor tnt statemfenlt apipears in the Northern papers. The National Intelligencer, a paperC cautious in] giving its credenice to rumors, has no doubt of its correctness: " A letter from Lord Clairendon has been re ceied in Washington, in which he remarks upon] the rumors, often repeated in the American press,1 concerninig arrangemients imputed to the British Government for obtaining a foothold in the Chin cha islands and island in the Bay of Panama, &c. "He says, in regard to these rumors, that the United States need be under no npprehension that the Government of Great Britain intend to add to their possessions on this continent ; though they would not witness, without concern, ainy, attempt to exclude Great Britain from the enjoy mnent of a common highway between the Atlantic an the Pacific Oceans. " This statement is very important, as it will tend to qjuiet the public muind on the subject, aid remove any obstacle to a final and satisfac tory adjustment of all questions pending betweeni the two Governments in regard to Central Ameri TRaN oFF YoUR GAs.-Recently a lady named ed Lanig and her daughter were found lying in bed at one of the New York hotels in an insen sible condition, the room being filled with gas. Medical aid was summoned, and after the lapse of several hours, the individuals were resusci tated. Upon inquiry, it was found on retiring to bed the evening previous, one of the pry iistead of turning off the gas at the stop cock had blown it out, which very readily accounted for the accident. Why are troubles like babies? Because they ....g:.- by-arfu nu rsing. From the Charleston Mercury. -THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN OREGON. We h'ave been kindly favored with a letter eontaining the following extract, just received rrom Oregon Territory. It is from a gentleman Df the highest respectability and position, and exhibits the views of the settlers in refer ence to Slavery, considered as a practical insti tution. As long as negroes rule at present high prices, we have no faith in their introduction into Oregon. But this statement goes far to siow the recognized advantages of the institu. tion, and the sickly sentimentality of its oppo ents. Northern men are not slow to see the truth and recognize it, when their interest does not lie in the opposite direction and their see *ional pr'udice is not stirred up. Here is a practicl demonstration of their sagacity. AsToRIA, 0. T., April 20, 1857. We shall have warm times in this Territory ntil we are admitted into the Union as a State. 'he slavery question will swallow up every other onsideration, and you need not be surprised if Dregon knocks for admission with a pro-slavery :onstitution. The difficulty of obtaining labo -ers and family servants, is working a great hange in the feelings of even Northern people ;ettled here, throughout the farming portions of he country, and the mining regions are almost inanimous for slavery. There will be some owling done by the negro-worshippers here, be ore we get through the fight. I shall go for uavery myself; for I, together with my wife, inve become tired of doing the work for which iegros only are by nature made and constituted. ['he present price of labor here will keep us lown for a generation, unless we are permitted o purchase slaves from the States and hold hem. In such an event we will mnake Oregon hove ahead, and soon have a better state of ociety than we now have. CHAMPAGNE.-" THE REST BRANDS" MADE IN Ew YoR.-At the present time in New York here are thirteen estabishments, which mainufac ure champagne, or, in other words, convert still ines into sparkling ones; for no process has yet een discovered for producing an artificial wine hich possesses the flavor and other qualities'of he product of the grape. These manufacturers se for their purpose a tight French and some imes, if sparkling hock is to be proddeed, a Ger. nan wine. The wine, after being prepared by recipitating all substances which would, when barged with carbonic acid, be deposited in the ottle, is subjected to a high pressure of carbonic ,cid by machinery, such as is used for the manu icture of soda water, and, after being well gitated in contact with the gas, is bottled under ressure with a very ingenious machine. At a festival given in New York to a distin -ished statesman the wine furnished was all ade in this city, and was pronounced of excel mt quality by numbers who imagined they were rinking genuine " Heidsick.' Within the past iar vast improvements have taken place in the Ianufacture of the article.-Journal of Com. lerce. A ABLE. I saw two'lambs try many-a-time A mountain pathway steep to climb, To reach a grass spot fresh and new That smiled above in tempting view. One gained, at length, the height so fair, And cropp'd the flowery herbage there; A wolf in ambush near that lay, Leapt forth and seized it as its prey. Then seemed the lamb that Inissed its aim, In gri-ateful accents to exclaim "0 now I bee, by Ileaven's direction, Miy want of power is my proteciion." For lack of foresight, man denies That Providecice is just and wise, A nd blames the hand, not understood, That's working out his own best good; At disappointments slight he grieves, Unrcconcilcd, till lie perceives That in the seeming evil lies His grealest blessing in disguise. Fon-ry-Two YEs 's Co nirsiH1P.-We find in he New York news, the following marriage no "At Wilmington, on the 29th Feb., Asabel S. meeri ofAiay, New York, aiid Miss Ann Ri leTerunited ages are 12-4 years, and the ourtship comneiiced 42 years since." A forty-two years courtship ! Why during int time we had concluded one war with En" iand. almiost lhad two more ; have invented rai onds anid stea printing prsss had a war with lexico; invented the electric telegrap ; brought mt spirit rappings, and discovered the north vest assage ; annexed Texas, and brought to ight he guld of Californiia :hav-e extended our mational area two or three thousand square miles, .rrived at such a point ofeivilzation, asto appoint p-cial corrup~tion committees ini Congress. ht great results have bineen attained all about is, during the forty years it has taken the mod st Mr. Beer-s to " pop the question." Su-se iN TI:xAs.-G. W. endall, editor of le New Orleans Picayfnec, who lives on his plan ation in Texas, and devotes his energies to the aisinug of sheep anid cattle, writes to his paper: Meanwhile cattle in this particular section are rivig well eniough, more especially such as can et at water handy, and never has there been uch a year for sheep as the past. I can speak romi may own personal experience in relation to his matter. During the last thirteen months d a half I have not lost one in every hundred my flock-even old sheep, that should have ied' by rights, have lived on and grown fat. inie French merinios that I purchased at Ram ouille.t, have "roughed it" during the past win er, and with no other than the commnou grass of he prairies, and have kept in good condition. :we can have just such years as the past has ieen until1 1860, the stranger will see the hills imd vallies in this region whitened with sheep. BAcKinRRY WINE.-Now is the time to make t. There are plenty of black berries at five :ents a quart. You have only to mash thje fruit, add a little water to assist in expressing the juice, a little sugar to improve it, and after allowing it to fer nent, it is ready to bottle, and will be found not bad to take in small doses about next February. We believe in wine, as a substitute for "in fernal whiskey." If all the berries and- fruit which are now wasted were converted into wine we should see much less drunkenness than now exists. TnE LETTER AND) T'uE Srrurr.-A country editor received a remittance, with the request to "send the paper as long as the money lasted." Ie indulgecd in a hit of a "spree" the next week, got broke, and respectfully announced to hissub scriber that, according to his own terms, his subscription was out. GOOD ADVICE.-It is better to suspend an opinion than to be compelled to retract an asser VER LovING.-A couple in Yirginia lately eloped, and walked fift miles to be married the gentleman's arm encircing thne lady's wais the whole distance. COUNICATION3. 6 For the Advertiser. REVISION IOYENEN EXPOSED. MR. EDITOR:--Having in the preceding number proved that the new version was designed from the first to be a sectarian one, notwithstandinehe.'de. nial of many to the contrary, we now proceed to show what " tactics " are being adopted to mis- - lead the public in reference to this point. Mr. EDXo Xas says, "every man is at unite in the work whatever be his denomin connections." Again, "scholars from n ferent denominations are engaged In thW ork In the Bible Union Reporter for January.8 is the following statement: "Distinguished ucbl ars, holding their ecclesiastical connections eight different denominations, are engaged In t work." - These statements are so made, as to make impression, that these Pedo-baptists revsorsO employed, not upon their Individualresponsib1YY but by the approval of the Churches to-which belong; and this is done to show that t o6 ment is not sectarian. Ignatius Loyolo himself never countenanced otspracticed a more unsCrup lous aet of Jesuitism than this. It Is well kn6W3 that one of the chief objections urged by .th 4 visionists neainst King James' Veilon is, was made by Pedo-baptists. The Board of Mala gers in their annual report say, "It is well known that there was not one Baptist 2mong the forty seven translators appointed by King James,-and that we have never acknowledged that their veral of the Scriptures was in all repects:.fathful'. Dr. MCCLAY. says, "We (Baptists) had- no hand in making our Engksh Version, it was imade loru by Episiopalians, and though we consider It10 the main an excellent version, yet, we believe that much injury has been done to the word of God,b keeping the true meaning of baptize from the-un learned." What refreshing consistency I this, c -10 that there were no Baptists among ihe fort and that the word was translated incorrectly but now, when engaged themselves In preparing an immersionist version, they boast that these "un faithful" Pedo-baptists are doing the most ofthe work - There is very little discernment required to that the employment of these revisors from " different denominations " nid not, and will not away with the sectarianism of the movement..It would be a very easy matter to commit thatPO tion to them not involved in the real issue, aio give to immersionist translators the part that isfo - be rendered "dip and nothing but dip." Thl there is no mistake in this being the case, - seen by referinglto the (Ift . American BibiiHi- "Every Testament has been revised by scholars, and the manuscripts are in the possession of the Board, still the work is by no means done. YourBoardhave directed the Committee ~on versions to examine carefully each manuscript. and to recommend none for the press, unless they are satisfied that the re-, vision possesses such a degree of merit, that its publication will do honor to the Union." " Here we have it," says a reviewer "in language that ad mits of no mistake." The Scholars have done tieir part " the manuscripts are in the possession of the Board, but still the work is by no means done." The Board have yet to revise the revision, and-pass their jugment upon it. Now who is this Board I What denomination do they belong to? Is there a Pedo-baptist among them ? We answer, not one. Emot ons of indignation, contempt, and pity are called up by such a statement as this. They make a boast that the best scholarship in the. country is employed to do the work-men In whom they have the utmost confidence; and whenit is done, it has to be reviewed by a Committee on ver sions, who of course must be better scholars, than the best sc.holars in the country; and if their scholarship does not possess sufficient merit, "it must be given to other revisors." If this is not " humbugging " we should like to know what Mr. EDooss will call it. The New Versionists complain of the arbitrary power exercised by King James ever his transla tors, but when did he assume the prerogative of revising their work ? or wihen did he appoint a committee to do it ? Let " E. L. W." prove lt.lf he can. Mr. EDMxDBo considers It "a ludicrous speci men of unmitiglted nonsense for the most talented and pious among them, to employ thirty or forty scholars for a dozen years at an expense of half a million of dollars, for the purpose of substituting inmnerse for baptize, when any printer could effect it in five minutes, at the expense of five cents." Does not Mr. E. know that thinking people can see the reason why this is not done ? Does lie not know that this would be making their "main de sign" too palpable ? That it would be depriving them of all " moral motive" for their scheme I And, to use the language of one of their brethren, "bring other denominations dowen upon them, with tremendous power ?" The thousands of errors which they have found in the old version, and which they propose correcting, specimens of which are given by Mr. E., and " E. L. W." (and which will be duly noticed) are only Intended to divert attention, and "'wrap up"~ or conceal the "main design" from the people. As the new version is tobeppaduonI mersionist principles, why are Pedo-baptists em ployed under " written contract" to assist In Its preparation if It is not to deceive the people I for they will hardly admit that there Is a scarcity of learned men among themselves. -A little reflee ion will convince any one that the employment of such men is an argument against the work, rather than in favor of it. If they are true to their res pective Churches, they are morally unfit for the business;-" professing to be Pedo-baptists, and. yet secretly engaged in making a transiationof the Holy Scriptures on immersionist principles, which shall (according to the assertions of the advocates of the movement) overturn every principle which they profess to hold sacred, and which In their. vows of ordination they have solemnly premised to vindicate and teach." Men whose views asire so defective, or whose consciences are so elastic, are not the men to be trusted -ina inatter of so much importance. And yet the revisionists treza pet this thing to the world, as a proof of the nsse' sectarian character of the worki, and wt~ pres< assurance, ask the prayers and. money of pie to help these very worlmy and conit) gentlemen In the work .they are jierforming4.~--~