Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, September 30, 1857, Image 1

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D1~emuocratic 3Lunan, Dernatei to, tte Snut) aw1X $Siirn fli!)ts~Vlits %test heuws, Citeturne, l*teradifh, muperatnee, AgrTCItuX? & "6We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of Li berties, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ru1ns. - -* SIMkINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIELDI S NEPTEMBER 30 1857 THE DYING WIFE. I know that I am dying, love, the dew Is on n brow; The hectie-flush is on my cheek, so thin and su ken now; There Is a trembling at my heart that whispers decay, And the light within mine eye, beloved, is fadir fast away. The hand which thou art clasping, love, will sot be cold and chill, The heart so faintly throbbing now forever mo: be still; And in one lingering, long farewell, will die awD the tono Of this faint voice that long hath loved to ecl back thine own. It minds me of the day, beloved, when gent1 ones and fair Were twining orange buds among the tresses 1 my hair When in my snowy robe I stood all blushing L thy side, With quivering lip but love-lit eye a hopeful, trus ing bride. And now long years have rolled away, but ecv kind and true, Thy love bath been the sweetest thing that o'< fond woman knew; But death is drawing near me now, and life hat well nigh flown, -- One heart must now be parted, love, and one mu - throb alone. But thick and fast thy burning tears are falling o my cheek, They tell me of the deathless love thy white lii cannot speak; Weep not,- my own;- A few brief years, and on happier shore Our hearts that have the same sweet trust sha meet to'part no more. But oh! I grieve to leave the babe that nestles I .my breast, 'Twill miss the mother's clasping arms that lulle it oft to rest ; And dimmed will be the sunny smile around youn lips that play When I have bid them all farewell, and passe from earth away. And shouldst thou win another bride, to smiili away the gloom, That soon may fling its dreary pall around th: .. oney.homp;. ... 0! may she teach my little ones their hearts wit] hers to twine, And ever may her love to thee be warm and trn as mine. But sometimes wilt thou steal away to where tlh willows wave, And think of her whose faithful heart lies in ib lonely grave ? But 0! the throes of death, beloved, within M, bosom swell, 'Tis sweet to die upon thy breasL-farewell, m, own-farewell! SOUN SENTIMENTS We commend the following extract to al who are about entering into business, as wel as those already engaged in it. The hints ar< of great importance, and the truths it contain arc irresistible in their conclusions: ParscirA L CAsr. or FAr tras.-.Surprise i often expressed at the number of failures occur ing every year in the commrercial world. I a rious reasons are given for this sad result; bu we think the great majority of these failure may be traced to one cause--ignorance of th value of money. It was lately remarked b' one whose business throws him daily amioni men of commercial pursuits, that he seldoni *knew of a house failing who had commence trading on its own small capita,1. The partner in such firms have acquired a lcuiowledge of, th true value of money, and while they contmnu yearly to add to their store of wealth, the; never indulge in extravagance, either in thei commercial or private pursuits. With young mcin who are placed in busines by their relatives nnd supplied liberally wit funds, there is in many cases discovered a wan of judgment in purchases, an aptitude for fas living, a willingness to take an undue beens< with the credit. system, and to barter fuitur< reputatiomr for present display ; in one word t live beqyond their means. A first success daz ales them; they think fortuine will always bet friend them; and that a fine house and fin friends are much butter than a quiet homet The first delusion is often most fatal to them~ for even while persons partake of their profu sion it is noised abroad that they are fast liver: and their credit already begins to suf fer. Payments fall due and accommiodation has t be asked; and the truth becomes pot:ent to th creditors that their customers have not mec with sudden lossess, but that they have expendJ ed in private extravagance those mioneys wvhit sihould have been treasured to meet their en, gagements. The first false step lums been takem and although it might be retrieved by ama: resolve, too ofteni the vqt.ries of the world rusi madly on. A ppearances must be kept up, the; exclaim; retrenchmnent is a hateful word I: pru dence will conic with age, and the enjoyziun of the present is voted to be the only maxim *worthy of following. But enjoyment has al ready fled from their path ; the consiosnes that they are committing a wrong every da; of their lives is continually haunti-ng them;i thme midst of sunshine they feel the conmini storm, and shudder at its coining ftry ; restle udays and iighits become their portion ; andl pit tul excuses fll from their l;ps whenever mone is demanded by their creditors. A t last, til dlay of' ruin comes, and the town talke freely a the men who have beenm full of faltse protonsion: and who have draggedl with thenr to the dus many innocent persons. A few simple truths well connccin might sai much of this misery. JDisplay never begets r< spect ; a fine house is a poor exchaarge fbr a haj py home; an elegant wife for a loving heart ; system of credit for a state of irrdependenc T1he value of money is shown in en ter pise, at in profusion, and they who would. ise in it world must know how to restrain present ei joymnents for the sake of firture su ecess. Fo: tune is not so blind as mortals have painted he -ad thosn who wonl win ihn hlonors of th world and gain a proud name among the sons of commerce must be very chary how they tri fle with her. _ The victory to be gained in conquering self is greater than any other; the triumph to be achieved in the commercial world by those who 1Y patiently struggle on true to themselves and their calling, is indeed mighty ; the earth grows ri rich at their bidding, where before were barren waste; the seas are covered with their sails, of bearing civilization to the furthest corners of the world; towns raise in grandeur where mean hovels lately stood; and peace and justice shines ig out more brightly on the path of commerce. How pitiful are the fleet pleasures which ex travagance offers to its votaries, in comparison n with the solid happiness which is derived from mercantile integrity and enterprise. S . From the Rising Sun. THE DRAMA. We have endeavored so far, and in as brief a manner as possible, to lay before our readers a 0 short' sketch of the rise and progress of the Drama; its opposer and supporters. We have acted impartially and candidly. However in 0 clined we may be in its favour, we do not, nor would not arrogate to ourselves the right of dic i tating a course which any should or must pur sue; neither are we disposed to wage war with the Clergy, or to find fault with him whose " "ricklings of conscience' are such as to forbid his counten'ancing the Drama, provided he keeps himself within due bounds of reason and " ren ders unto CMsar the things which are Cwsars." The man who attempts or presumes to direct. the public sentiment on any particular subject, as well as to sway and control public opinion by r abusing, censuring and condemning whatever lie may be opposed to through prejudice. without argunient or reason, is guil (y of an egregious er ror and only strengthens what he wishes to over throw. Thus it stands in relation toalinost every thing. The way to future happiness has been perpetu ally disputed throughout the world, and inust n be left at last to the impressions made upon every man's belief and consciencei, either by s natural or supernatural arguments and means, which impressions men may disguise or dissem I ble, but no man can resist. For belief is no inore in a man's power than his stature or his feature; and he that tells me I must change my I opinions for his, because 'tis the truer and the better without other arguments that have to me conviction, may as well tell me that I must 2 change my gray eyes for others like his that are black, because they are lovelier or more in I esteem. It must be owned that the favorers of the Dra ma are emphatically told, that they are wrong that it labours under heavy imputations. We are aware that it is difficult to eradicate preju i dice or preconceived feelings, but nevertheless we cannot forbear from expressing our opinion. One great difliculty which presents itself to the niild of the rigid christian opposer, is this: that the Drama is only a meAnus of luxurious pleasure, calculated to instil evil without yielding any benefit whatever, other than is transient and momentary. They.chei .this opnion-Lhis prejudice, without ballancing or weighing the matter properly. They forget, and what we e should say, most probably do not know that the "Drama is as history brought before the eyes." That it has existed almost from time e immemorial, protected by the laws, consecrated by the teachings of divines and sages, and ac D cepted as a model of instruction, as well as of diversion in almost all lands. It is a school ino-t important in its operations, most potent in its admonitions. The Drama is a branch of art. It has its evils-its good-its uses-its abuses. This we admit. Like sculpture, paiting, IUsic, history. philosoplhy, the poem and the novel, it can be converted into an i-trument of good or evil-b-t s!iall it be put down, crushed. ;nnilii lated, because occasionally it has proluced evil? 'looks, vicious books, are often printed, but shall we extirprate the press ? False doctrines have been, and are still preached from the pulpit; and many a villain in sacerdotal robles has proclaimedr the gospel. But shall we calumniate the church and the Bible? Corrupt Judges have polluted the ermine. Shall the bench be denounced ? -The most fiagrant violators of thme law have fre s quently escaped punishment. Shall thme law be banished from the land? Physicians have de stroyed life. Shall the science of medicine be laid aside? Forgeries hatve been committed. Shall pcmnmanship therefore be wholly forbidden? Steamn, that agent which has annihilated udistanmce and bound together distant sections-has de.. stroyed thousands. Shall the steamboat cense to piry and the steam car to run ? Now if' in rone case, abuse counteracts use, why not in all? The King of the Palatior's after interrogating Dr. Livingston, respectinig the arts in his coun try as well as their christian belief, replied after receiving the )r's. answer: " that as long as the steam engine did not keep men from labouring -as the printing press did almost as much harm as good--and as no man had ever returned from the spirit world-that there was no use either for the arts or religion--as it was all a hum bug." Such was the view entertained by an African King. ie saw but one sidle of thec sub ject. The denouncers of the Drama do precise ly the same. if there are abuses, as evidently there must he in every tiing used, does it hold good, as strong argument, for the violent de nunciations expressed against the drama '1 This [is about as reasonable as King B~ehzahm's objec tion to the progress of art and the spread of religion in his kingdom. For our part we nare disposed to think that the Dranma can be ma~de a supplemient to the -pulpit whose virtue, according to Plato's sublime " idea, moves our love anmd afirection wihen made visible to the eye, and inore-jer, that as intel 3 lectual recreation, it is needful to the well being and mental health of man. Thie soundest of t pilosophmers have pronounced the stage to be one of the highest sources of amusement. 'Rest and enjoyment,' says Pinmdar. 'are universal phy sicanms. ' Repose andl games,' says Aristotle, 'lnust suceed~ to cares andl watching.' "Whmen the necessity for daily labor," says Sir Waiter Scott, 'is removed and the call of social duty fumlilled, that of moderate and timely amu:=ement, claims its place as a want inherent tin our nature." To relieve this want and Jill up the mnental vacancy, games are devised, books are written, music is composed, spectacles and plays are invented and exhibited. And if these last have a moral and virtuous tenden cy-if the sentiments expressed tend to rouse our love of what is noble anmd our contempt ~f what is miean-if they unite humndreds in a syimpathetic adlmiratio:h. of. virtue;;hhr reuw-e, of vice or derisionm of folly, it wvill remam to be shown how fhr the spectator is mnore crimn inally engaged, tha it' lhe hadu spient his time in alle gossip, ini the feverish pursuits of ambition, at the card table, ait the exchange, or in the on sated and insatiable struggle after again. We have no sympiathty for a railwayspeculator who is reduced to his last shilliug. None for ani Sill temipered man with thme toothache. None for -a stout man running after his hat. None for anm it alerman who is laid up with the gout. None efor a dandy who is sphlished by a mund cart. i- None for a man who loses his umbrella. r Too much sensibility creates unhappiness; i's tmneauh insensibility creates crime. IBK DRIESBACH AND M LION. The Galena (I.) Courier publishes a letter from a correspondent in Potosi, Wis., who says: " Tired of this intinerant and Benedick life, about three years since, the Herr took to him self one of the most intelligent and amiable of the Buckeye' daughters, and removed to this place, where he had purchased himself a beau tiful farm, and where lie has retired to cultivate the earth and make for himself a pleasant home. Since thqt the Lion Tamer has visited Dubu que ; and the editor of the Express of that city gives the following interesting recognition: "Last evening we, with two companions, walked up street with a very worthy farmer from within one mile of Potosi, Wisconsin, who talked about his "pigs, geese, and ducks," and with what success he tilled his farm. As an in stance of his successful till he stated that he sold the product from fifty feet square of his farm, of which he kept an account, for forty-three dollars. Hence it may be seen tbat this farmer, Herr Driesbach, has some skill as well as pride in his farming. Our chief object in taking this walk was that the Herr desired us to witness a neeting between himself' and old pets of the menagerie, which he had not seen for more than a ycy , and which, of course, we were most anxiouis to witness, to see whether time,. travel and change had obliterated from their recollec tions their old master. On entering the canvass, which was before the audience began to collect, Herr desired us to stand before the cage of the Bengal tiger, he remaining at the door the while. This tiger, from some old score, bad just as old a grudge against him, as in days of yore, and managed to give a marked demonstration of the fact. This cage was selected for the first test of recognition. While we were stationed immedi ately in front, Herr came sauntering along care lessly, habited in a farmer's costume, and as lie neared the cage the tiger's eyes began to glisten with great brilliancy as they bore directly upon him, and at the same timo, 4 low guttural growl began to raise in his throat, which burst out into a ferocious howl as he leaped at the bars to get at 1im when he pasei by. This experiment was tried several times with the same result, and when at length Herr spoke to iii, his rage knew no bounds, leaping at the bars, he dashed his paws out to tear him, and only eased whon his old master walked out of his sight. 6' " The next place we were desired to remove to, was the large cage containing a large lion, two leopards and a lioness. We mention them thus as it is the order they stand in the cage, it being divided into apartments. As Herr ap proached this cage the lioness caught sight of him, and her eyes beamed with pleasure, while her tail wagged a glad recognition. On his coming up to her-she appeared frantic with joy, and when he spoke to her and presented his face to the cage, she kissed him and placed her paw in his hand with all the air of an intense albeotion. "Indeed, while he was in her presence, she did not know how to control hersell but would lick his hands while he attempted to, pat her, roll over, reach out her paws to him and press her nose between the bars as though she would like to have had-a closer presence; While Herr was t:lking to the lioness, the old lion in the other and of the cage began to get jealous and grumbled, for he too had recognized his old friend. Herr said to him $illy getting jealous ' and then walked np to himii, when the creature crowded against the bars to get closer to lii if it were possible, and kissed his faco and licked his hands with as great demonstrations of de light as the other. The leopards too, in the same cage knew their old master, and watched him as they lay with their noses close to the bars with evident pleasure, and seemed highly pleased as he spoke to thei. In all our (lays we do not recollect any exhibition that gave us so much satisfaction as did this enictinig of old friends, and while we watched thema in their congratulations, we could not make tp our mind which was the most delighted, Driesbach, to know that lie was not forgotten by these affec tionate creatures, or that they were once more in his presencee. While we were watching Iherr and his old companions the crowd began to gather in, and o'ur companions and self departed highly gratified at the result," LAST FON Loor.-When a lady (we are tlking~ of a lady in the full height and bre'idth of fashion) has got her bonnet and gloves on, and is perfectly ready with her parasol in hand, she always gocs back to the looking-glass to take a last fonid look. Upon our asking " a dear ha;lomec duchess if this was not the truth, she had the charmuing candor to state: " Yes, my dear P'unch, it is the truth, but not all the truth. No woman, take imy word for it, is satisfied with one look. At least, 1 know that I am not, for (and here our duchess laughed, as though she was pleased with herself and all the world) I do-t mind telling you. I invariably take four, four good ones. The first look in the glass is for yself, that's fair ; the second is for my hus band, that's nothing but just; the third is for my friends, that's only generous; and the last is for liy rival, that's hiuman nature. If the last look satisfies mue, then I know it is all right, nd I assure you I never take any more." [jLondon .',unch, THEa SroaY OF THE~ BATTLE FiS~tn.-A sol die~ was wounded in one of the banttles of the Crimea, and was carried out oJf the field ; he felt that. his wound was mortal--that life wvas quick ly ebbing away-and lhe said to his comrades who were carrying him: "Put me down; do not take the trouble to carry mec any further ; I am dying."I Tey then put him downs and returned to the field. A few mnintes after an oilicer saw the moan weltering in his blood, and aisked hinm ii lie could do anything for him. " Nothing, thank you." "Shall I get you a little water ?" said the kind-hearted officer. " o thank you; I ani dying." "Is there nothing I can do for you? Shall I write to your friends ?" "IT have no friends yon can write to. But there is one thing for which 1 would lhe much obliged ; in my kntapsack you will find a Teista muent-will yvou open it ut thme 14th of John, and near the end of the chapter you will find a verse that begins with ' Peace.' Will you read The officer did so, and read the words, "Peace I leave with you, my pieace I give unto you ; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not voim heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." " Thank you, sir," said the dying man ; "I have that peacea; [ama going to that Saviour ; God is with mne I want no mnore," and instantly ex Trv Dav.aM or Lr.-IIow few of us at the close of life can say, ".1 have filled and occupied the position to which 1 looked forward when a boy " In the onward progress of life, how often, in some stray moment of thought and re flection, do we not find ourselves inqmrig, "Is this as I hoped-have I enacted my dIream?"U The answer is invariably-No ! We look forward in childhood-and only look forwardwithouit reflection. We build uip gor geous palaces, we sketch a career of life all gold and sunshine-what are they, and where are he, when yeatrd sober us? From the Mar: j(ala) American. PALKEt!~J~IR BY ONE OF T .fW LNDRED. In June, 1846, a usiitioi was made upon South Carolina, for regiment of volunteers for twelve months "ce. They were not called for immediate i..rvice, but ordered -to hold themselves in inesi, and await the exi gencies of the war. ..service was not only immediate, but it w contingent; and few supposed that the r t would actually see service. The call -.re created -little ex citement among .(uglitary spirits of the State. It was for responded-to, by ten of the numerous militf onteor companies of the State. In November fbo , when the campaign of Scott ias project' aistthedityof Mexi co, a new requisitionlz made upon'the State, for a different -servi The .term 'of the first, service was-for twelv onths, -the term.of-the. second service, was efinite'inAtime -and ."for the war." How lo it;:2night..continue, no man could conjectu 'This. was ,.a severe ex action upon the patri i and chivalry of- the State. However. ' her jeople might be to perform their part- e dangers . of the war, yet none of them .enure with patience the probability of b 'inveigled into a service under a call which ght convert them into soldiers of the r army. It was a hard se and an. unreasonable demand upon such e, and I cannot. think of it without indi on. A husband could not offer his servi without probably a vir tual divorce from hii i o, a father wivithout-i long and weary sepa ion from his clildren or a lover without the 61nful pprehension that he would return, I ever, not to the arms of his adored, but to fdAer-a 'wedded mother, the wife of somec follow, Who stayed at home, and stole- -a bridp; Though not myself distressed y such. .circumstances, yet I had powerf*u; I-*ss to revolt at the ser vice demanded. I .heh 18 years of age, and a student in th ath Carolina College of the Sophomore cl 'I had still more than two years of my c. Miate cours 'unfinished. To fight a dozen b a if need be, in six or twelve months, a r hen refurn, honored if living, or mourned' sd,. would 'have been a welcome and pleasin $ervice; but to be made a maohine a rier, with no laurels to win, and to wear or ten years of my life, including the' .ays: of my youth, in a weary and unprofi eservice, was a perspec tive to which deat n@d have been a relief. Such were the ir hardships of the terms upon which the P ttoRegiment was called into service. Justi that Regiment requires that the country a aknow the extremeness and the harshness erms imposed upon them. But to ref infterms, - would have exposed the State dicule and imputations, and her gallant y 'men promptly answered the call. The first regin tof- June was disbanded, and a new one of - The second Regiment was infinitply s 'io the first -in all the qualities and elin isoldier; The- first, was c6m'posed ti ~n1isilegit the aggregate. The second was composed of individual volunteers. It was fortunate for the honor of the State, that the substitution was made. Notwithstanding the hard and chilling terms of the service, g!iere was enthusiasm in the ea or rush to arns. The call was not only fully and promptly met, but ti6- contest was, who should have the privilege of going. Express iders dashed in day and nighit, under whip and spur to the Governor, bearing the offer of com anies for the regiment. Martial music resound ed throughout the State, and the tramp of marching soldiers was heard on every highway. The ten companies which made up the complete nent of the Regiment, were received in a week after the call was made, and a supernumerary company was rejected. As soon as the call was made, I became rest ess in my college seclusion. I was constitu ionally a soldier, and had an irrept essible long ng to mingle in the smoke and conflict of bat le. In the romance of my boyhood, I was on he point~ of going to Circassia to fight against ho Russi:ums, And now that my own country as at war, and my native State was called to pove her chivalry, I could not allow others to o and leave mec at home. I threw down my boks, and ollered myself as one of the Pahnet. oes. I did this without the knowledge or con ent of my guardian, and against the fearful re nonstrances of my friends who looked upon inc as doomed to die. Two of my college friends, Iaywood Trezevant and Perry Butler, followed y example, and both of them fell in the ser vice of the State. They were both mere boys, ike myself, both brave and talented, and both f them fell in the line of duty. I walked ver the dead b. 'y of Trezevant at.Chapulte e, nnd Butler died of the yellow fever. Early in December, the Palmetto Regiment endezvoused at Charleston, where they wer ustered into the service. The Regiment was ompsed of the following companies under the ebllowing Captains: Company A., from Sumter District, Capt. Trank Sumter, and 79 men. Company Ii., from hester District, Capt. R. G. M. Dunnovant, nd 92 men. Company C., from Kershmaw, apt. Moflat, and 83 men. Company D., from Edgefield, C apt. Preston S. Brooks, and 91 uen. Company E., from Abbeville, Capt. J. . Marshall, and 91 men. Company F., from JharIton, Capt. Blanding, and 93 men. Comn >an G., from Fairfield, Capt. Kenncdy, and 8 inen. Company 1I., from liichland, Capt. Dessaussure, and 88 mna. Company I., from ancaster, Capt. Secrest, and 77 men. Com pany K., from Blarnwell, Capt. N. T. Walker, d 88 men. These ten Companies made up a full regiment, nd the Company from Newberry under Vapt. James R. Williams, was rejected. This Comn pany however, persisted and made a special ap pliction to the Secretary of War, which was mecessful, and it was added to the Regiment a few weeks later. The eleventh Company then, was Company L., from Newberry, Capt. J. II. Williams, and 92 men. The numerical strength of the Regiment, in cluding Captains, Field Officers, Medical Stallf, and Musicians, wa about 1000 men. Rlegiments generally do not contain more than 700 men. The Companies were very full, and the Regi ment unusually large. It was composed of the best material in the *State. A majority of the men were less than 30 years of age, and many of them were less than 20. The Company to which 1 belonged, Company E., was reimarkable for the youthful ness of its members. They looked like beard less schoolboys, whose mothers probably, did ot know "they were out." Fifteen er twenty of us were lcss than 20 years of age. It was by vast odds the most youthful regiment of men in the army. One boy of about 16, offered his services, and he was rejected, on account of his age. He cried from his disappointment and begged the officers to receive him. Being pleas ed with his spirit, they waived the rule, and accepted him. IHe fought like a hero, and lost one arm at the Garita elen. I saw him when a cannon ball took off his arm. Somebody asked himhe wshurti and he replied with the utmost. indifference, that be bad received a "little scratch." Poor boy I He was aftr wa'rds fast rising to distinction, when his body and his hopes were buried together in a prema ture grave. This little incident will give an idea of the youthful ardor and diaractdr of the Palmettoes. Young men of wealth, of genius, of education, and o? distinguished family, com posed a great part of the rank and file of the -Regiment. They knew and they appreciated the responsibilities of their position, the char acter of the State whose hon6r was in their keeping, the high and confident anticipations with which their State looked to the day, when they should be baptized in the fire and blood of battle. Shch was the character of the men, and bra ver men never were led to battle by braver officers. Among the Captains was Frank Sum ter, the grandson of the patriot soldier of the revolution, and the compeer of Marion, who won the soubriquet in history of the "game cock of thd South." All the dictionaries in the language could not give Sumter the faintest ednception of whatfcar means. And then there was Preston S. Brooks, whose courage was equal to any crisis. And there was the gallant young Dessau.sure, who was wounded three times at Churnbusco, by a reckless exposure of his person, as an example to his men. And there was Dunnovant, always ready for the fray, and the foremost in it, and Walker and Williams, both' as gallant and true men as drew a sword in the war. Such were the Captaine, and rising higher in rank, was the heroic Col. Pierce M. Butlet, the intrepid Lt. Col. Dickin pn, anid the undaunted Major Gladden. No egiment in the army had three such field ofIl ers. Iii the staf was Adjutant James Cantey, the model gentleman and fearless soldier, and Sergeant Major Sabastian Sumter, a young "game cock (of the South," worthy of his great ancestor. LOIS NAPOLEON AND THE REV. MR. STE ART. A correspondent uf the New York Times writing from Paris, under date Augusit 3, says: Louis Napoleon has jus"t performed an act to ward an American citizen which gives one a etter opinion of his heart. You will recollect that some time ago, when it was the fashion in the United States for seekers after questionable kind of reputation to relate how many times they had seen Louis Napoleon drunk, or in quivocal positions in New York, or how'often they had chinked glasses with him, or lent him money (that was sure to be yet owing.) Rev. Mr. Stewart, a chaplain in the United States Navy, published a long letter, in which he dis proved entirely these reports, and showed from incontestible evidence that the Prince's conduct while in the United States was that of a well bred gentleman, and such as became a man in iis position of life. . Mr. Stewart is now in Paris, and a few days ago the Emperor, learning his presence here through a member of the imperial family, to whom Mr.- Stewart was known, sent word to bim from Plombieres that he would be glad to sce him. Mr.-Stewart accordingly repaired to Plombieres, was most affectionately received by is majesty, warmly thanked for his disinterest dbfeci6e'I f "16 dimnter ,a a-i -etamed- hun - in his society during all of one day. Mr. S. returned to Paris delighted with his reception, and telling wonders of his majesty's hospitality mnd kindness. According to Mr. Stewart's re port of his interview, Louis Napoleon enter ;ains a lively sonrrnir of his visit to the United tates, predicts the most Imgnificent destiny 'or the American people, hopes to remai in eace with them, and to be more and more con nected in commercial relations, and (let the >liee seekers take notice) expressed great ad niration for the present American Minister a aris, and hoped that no change would take lace. ' Tim: Loznox VmTos ox SuAVRav.-On the 1st ult., the following remarks were made in the ndon Times: The worthy men who extinguished slavery n Ad ruined our WVest India pos1e. i !s arc very ouchy, very obstinate, very inconvertib1me on hat tender point. It is not our business to deny hem much truth and justice on their side, or to stand up for the planters, who took a line wvhich epelled all reasonable advocacy. But, confes edly taking that grand summary view of the iestion which we cannot help taking after a uarter of a century, the process was a failure ; destroyed an imnmeme property, ruined thou sands of good families, degraded the negroes still lowver than they were, and ,after all, in :reasd the muas of slavery in less scrupulous ands. After nmany attempts at indirect dis ouragement, we have been obliged at last to ecognise and admit persistent slave owners to ni cqajil rank in our commerce. Everybody hvo comes fresh. into the question, uncomupro uisedl and unbiasse'd, adhnits the failure, amid isks why we did not attemupt gradual or sponta icos emancipation, if it was, indeed, utterly mpossiblc to iimprove the practice~ of slavery mto something moure like that we read of in ea :red as well as classical antiqluity. Nsew ReASON roa Daxersa.--Thme Florence ~orrespondent of the London Moring Podt, tells Lhis good story : " There is a story of an Imperial Uighness altzing thrice in the same evening with an nglish ladly at the Court of Berlin. She natu ally felt, and frankly expressed, herself highly flattered by the compliment. "I did not intend it as a compliment," was thme answver. " Thlen," mid the hly, somewhat rebuired, " your High ness must be very fond of dancing.-' 'I detest lancing," was thme still unsatisfactory respon-se. ndetered by her ill success, our fair country ivomn still prosecuted her iiuiries, " What, then, may I ask, CAN be your imperial high ness' motive for dancing?" " Madam." was the ealtd personage's reply, "I dlance to perspire I' As ECCEUTR1e FnzrNen Scvtroa-. PigalI sculptor of' some merit, and one of the bs nown-colectors of curiosities in Paris, has died at the ago of 67. His death was caused, it is stated, by the grief he experienced on discover ing that a specimen of a most valuable medal, which he had been long seeking for, and had re ently purchased at a very high price, was after ll only a well-executed imitation of the genu ine one. Pigal had reduced economy, or rather bsu:d sell-denial, to a system, to which lhe ad hered with const ancy thbrough life. In his youth his daily expeniditure, apart from rent, was threepence half-pmemmy lier, diem, hut in later yeas lie gave way to luxurious ideas, andl actu ally expended sixpemnc daily. All his money wnent in the purchase of curiosities, which, in the abiscnce of any heirs, becomes the property of governmncent. Pigal restored thbe P'orte St. Dennis, and executed the bas-reliefs of thme Madeleine, besides contributing to many other public buildings. A SAD ACciDENT.-Mr. dohn Oaston, an em-~ ployer of Dir. J. Togno, on last Saturday, was found dead. lie had been cutting timbher on Friday upon a steelp hill side, and was by acei dent caught and crushed under oiie of the pieces as it rolled down the slope.' An inquest was held on Saturday. The jury rendered a virdict that "thme deceased came to his death by mischance or accident."-Abbo ila Banner, 2tl inst. THE MERCURY AND ITS "NEXT FRIEND." I have charged the Mereury with an abuse of the power of the press, inconsistent with the freedom of the citizen and the right of free dis cussion. The charge was based, 1. On the fact that the Mercury, a political journal, claiming to be the exponent of certain political principles, and to speak for a party holding these principles, undertook to classify the voters in the recent election in such a way as to exclude from this party a very large num- t ber of voters holding the principles of which that paper claimed to be the exponent, and *ho had, in the last definite party issue hi this city, j belonged to the snie organization with the Mercury. - 2d. Oa the further fact,that afterthis statement, J the columns of the Mercury were closed to a discussion of the correctness of the lassifica- a tion on the part of its own political associates, a subscribers and supporters, whose position had, a as they conceived, been misrepresented by a pa- c per prolessing to speak for the party to which a they belonged. t 1 have purposely avoided definitions and ab. a stract propositions. In the case stated, the Mer- n cury, I have asserted, abused the power incident b to its position as a public journal; and, I now h repeat, that such abuse, if tolerated, is unjust , towards individuals; abridges the freedom of fo the citizen, and becomes "a hateful tyranny." . This charge tho Mercury meets bya "masterly" i, silence, a iavorite policy with that paper when i, donhtful of the effect of disdusssion upon the r opinion of its readers in regard to its own infal- c libility. The result is, that the major part of d the readers of the Mercury' are not in any way ti made aware that the charge has been nade. 1 " Audi alteram partem" has no part in the Mer- I cury's conception of fair play. The Mercury 1 seems to consider that its readers, like the Vir- .1 ginia Justice of the Peace, might be " bothered " by hearing both sides." Better, therefore, to play f, "Sir Oracle," and "cream and mantle like a v standing pool," in the self-complacent, yet cal- I, culating dignity of contemptuous silence. h But to outside barbarians, who sometimes j, look into other papers than the Mercury, the tl Mercury speaks by its "next friend," and the "type and labor" of the Standard are taxed for h the Mercury'a defence. c How near the Mercury this next friend may 11 be, I shall not undertake to say; but one near I enough, it seems, to consider himself justified in o using personalities towards a writer who had c dealt only with the impersonelof a public journal. e What are the personalities suppressed or modi- c fled by the Editor of the Standard, I shall never l inquire; still less shall I question his right to suppress and modify personalties. Epithets, ad dressed to an anonymous writer, are very much a matter of taste; and though an editor may X not be as exact in regard to a correspondent, as gi when the language emanates from himself, he is di right to refuse to be made the. vehicle of what P is vulgar or impertinent. r( The Mercury's nextf-iend, however, has been p allowed the use of epithets sulficient to indicate the temper of him who speaks for the Mercury, el to th'e outsiders. " Cant and: hypocrisy," "ill o' tempered and flippant," "chicanery and dema- ei gusmti's"elqi of ignoranc' Yreten- fe tious ignoranef lmahgnant,- si y, ms-ti lence !" These are sone of the polite epithets b, applied to one of the Mercury's supporters, sub- Ii scribers and late political associates, who dares Of question its classification f voters in an elee tion where there was ?ounfessedly no party nomi nation, no party meetings, no acured party ae- la tion, and no distinct issue proenite,1. Is this Ic ciaste language mLteant to prove that the Jercu- c ry is no tyrant, and that the late election is the tr subject of free disenisson. provided that " type tl and lalor" are founid elsewhere ? Or is it meant W to intmatte that though the Mercmr, answers st not. as a Prexs, there is a power behind the 1n P1ress, greater than the 're;s. vhieh is deter- I mainet.d to force other an! miore ,rniidalde issues fu tha those of mlere newspaper controversy ? is I will intfrim thte Mreary amnd it. nextfriend, w that the question raised is, in lty opinion, one rt of putlie riy//d and, so far as my action is con- al eerned, I intend that it shall b~e settled by the reasona and the commonom senttimenctt of freemen, ad not by any personal issue between inmdividu- .p als. It may suit the purposes of others to di- ; ti rcrl the publlic mind to the consideration of stab- ti: jects more exciting and ab~sorbing. I hmave no :e such object. Whether I havec exhibited "cant !tlI uwl hiyp~oci s," " ill tem~per- and "/liippanacy,' at "chiemriny andl dematioiuismn ;" whe'ther I have| been " mnalignant and dily," anwl have uttered; only "eitsionms of ignoranec;" whether to ques- gi tion the positions of the Mercury be "insolence," at or whecther one and all of these pretty epithets ct might naot be as well applhied to the Mercury and ..: its " next fiencd," I Ileave it to the public to i determine. Neither "paper pellets of the brain," nor that " soimething after," of which such dread epithets ay be considered the dark fore sha'owin'gs, shnmal " fright me fromn my propriety." C h owever mnuch my articles may deserve to lbe ti stledl " elfusi ons of'igtnorance," 'they have pro- f vok'led reply. 1Inve tfhey been answered ? " A tI ahn and argumaentative reply," it is said, was a "miade by a Staites Rlights Demtocrat, presenting I the fat.t of the case ini a plain statement." Thtis statement was controverted, and a statemntnt ei submit ted, of facts supposed to be "notorious,- tI which has not been controverted, and which, it d is fair to say, cannot be succssfully attacked. IC A newv issue, htowever, hadl been raised, and ~ thatr, it seemis, avoiding te old one, is the sub ject of animadversion by the Mercury's friend. Whmen the Me~rcuary declared that the "result" 01 of the elction was looked to " in the State as determitninig the ihelings anal opinions of the C people of' Chiarleston, with respect to parties in 0 thec State andl the policy of the General Govern- I' mnt"-that thme moajority of 626 votes given al Mr. Whaley "setdled this'questiot"-that "' Mr. Wh-aley was notoriously the candidate of the al State iight Democratic part"-when the friends = of the Mercury throughout the State were " con- a grat-lated" on the " r.i"-whtat did all this ft mean? Surely this proclaims a triumph of ti " the Statc Rights Democratic party." Over sa whom ? Over those who were ntot of'the State el Rights Demnocratic party. Over those wvho voted C for Mr. Barker. If this is not "reading" the friends of Mr. Barker "out of the State Rights Democratic p party," so far as the Mercury had power to do t< so, then I do not understand the force of lan-. a guage. The abuse of the power of the press on the part of the Mercury, was thme subject of my first T article puhlished in the C'ourier. Upon the o secondl ploinat, that is the refuseal to allow its er- 1 rors to he corrected in its owvn columns, I beg t leave to revert to my former commtuniqations, a and ask whtether I have not avoided everything ' like dogmatism; whether I have not aivoided v any attempt to lay downa general rgies for the overnment of thte Press ? Whetlieg, abstrac-d ions htave not been studiously eschewei? Wase teeruyrighat in the case stated? That wasa the qusindiscussed. Now differ as we may ha the abstract, can any rule justify the courset ofitarit.I is in the concrete, as the logi ter considered.haetem Thme questions submitted to the press at large were these: " Is the freedom of the press con fined to eiosonly ? Is there rccggnizedsc . th na're disctussiobY the ctlizn? Doe . he authorized Atupession offree xtend so far as to justify a paperii = Drint the contribution of a subscribe it orter merely because -he questions tssumed in its dolums?" - - I shall not Som join issue. ii. a1s&t pa$, - ['he term " Freedom of the Press" hAe neanings according to the time aidp he expression is used. Its freedom 01n. rnmental restriction is not the aw re have heard of it in the last year in Oti&r1 on, and the expression 'here, and.' duris ime, has been confined to the. new 'ape - [his freedom, define it as you may; isife - y, I have said, if it can be 6 con - ustify the course of the Afercurij whi& ew dverted to. .n The proposition that " the ael ti i 3ction of all matter necessarily rests ' t ditor, determines nothing. Thi "discretis uthorizes him to reject. articles ud sustaining hitown position as well aS questioning or assailing". them. Budsi itor exercise a sound discretion when hereji4:' n ariiele inerely and excksiely on' :at it-questions his position? Let , nswer that question-tse.l who eithei by the esprit: du cor f te --, y fear of,'6r hope from, the , as an absolute'discretid in ma here, should he b ma nifestly no y tar, favor oy affection he woila n - r the bench, and utterly disgra'cehisl; ig. A jury has poier to render: :er vt i a criminal case; and it is decisiVP' dditb ght of appeal or supervision. Biit ifi ue [early against the law and tie e e 0. ubts. thatthey have vioaidieir' dh -3e emsilveS, to the country, and to-the irZXod r either Judge or Jury-absse the ith which they are invested, they u yred th ibjects of public -censure-- and. eod .dmit then that ii *as legitihately .*i a... discretion" of the Mercury to have-astet - Lsed action in regard to the matter if&tr, irsy, if it has exercised this disceretionin tion of those "public nsi si1ies es" conceded by it adnocates to be . - pon it, then the public have a right t id te course pursued. . . . Thai these "public responsibiliieand dids". 2ve been tiolated in the late edurse Of tVii r try, I have' endeavored to prove. The'ar&n. ient, I submit has not been met, either by fercury or its friend, and it-shal not beAevade4 r avoided, by the use of personalities. ,t i iarmed circle of the Aercury's exclusiveiead. - -s cannot be reached, a portion, at least 6f --o tizens of South Carolina shall be furished ith facts, which are facts. - THE PIKE COUNTY PoisoNING.uAG. is.- o [ontgomery Mail, from a conveistidndwth a - ,-andson of-old Mr. Frazell, at whhiouse-the readful poisoning case recently.: oecqreddIt ike county, Ala., is enabled to make somewor tions'of the account given of tlie affiliabthit Lper a few days since. Only four persons died- from the poion Tis: d Mr. Fraze"jhii ahth rseer's lwffeai &eid:- Therest w1er-rco f ing. The -four We'stioned aboveal;died4. ~ernic'h~er irnt, but had been sent to Troy jail. Theapel ag of the prisoner's name is Camiski, instead Comiska. He iN said to be a Russian. S1lTING THE ACTION TO THE WORD.-The tec.t pulpit anecdote we have seen is the fol wing, illuitrative of the manner in which the lebrated preacher, Spurgeon, in London, at acts attention:-" Upon one occasion, he told ic asserbled multitude that the 'way to hell a smooth and ea.sy, like this,' said he, and he raightway opened the pulpit door, put his ot over the banister, and slid down, as you trc often scen little boys do. Hethen stopped r a moment, and said, 'But the way to heaven hard, like this,' and pulled himself up again, hich was rather difficult; but the congregation ceived this practical illustration with great ,plause. BEEF PAcciNo is CureAco.-The Chicago ress predicts that more beef will be packed in at city this season than ever before. This es inate is predicated upon the fact that veryr large >ntracts have already been mnade,. and, also., at the grass on the prairies is very luxuriant id water abundant, thus increasing both the ality and weight. It adds: 0O. those already contraeted for we hear of 10 head at 3.1 cents, gross weight; 2500 head 3 cents; and 3000 head at a trifle below 3 nta. There is little probability, however, of y further contn ets being made this season ~lw 34-perhap. ne below 34j. Tru MovEENT.' IN CAYDA.-The people of inadla appear to lbe getting tired of receivng e runaways slaves of 'the United States. They id them to be an unimiprofitable addition to ir population, and are endeavoring to devise oans of obtaining relief from their presence. is proposed to have them sent to the British est India lslands, which are already overstoek with idle and worthless free negroes. If seT ere, they will only add to the already had con tion of those Islands, for they will not work r a livelihood, and must depend for support ainly upon ppbhlip charity. A C.Ioun ircnE.-Throngh the attention a friend engaged on the South-Carolina Rail oad, we have received from Holman, Cps o., of Augusta, Ga., a pitcher from the factory 7the "Southern Porelain Manufacturing Coin my v" whose works have been lately established liaolin. The superior quality of the materials furnished that vicnity for fine porcelains at.d earthen are has long been known, and has been made railable for factories located elsewhere. It af rds us however, peculiar gratification to note e successMu application of manufacturing re urces on the spot, and we tender our best wish for the continued success of the enterpnise.e harleston Courier. LoUNGItS IN A EnKIG OFFIGS.-The com* osing room of a printing office is nlot the place tell long and uninteresting stories, cr argue bstruse points in metaphysics. Read, ye lounu rs, and be advised: A printing office is like a school; it can have o interlopers, hangers on, or twaddlers, with t a serious inconvenience, to say nothing of >ss of time, which is just as good as gold to ho printer, 'us though it metalically glistened 1his hand. What woul be thought of a man rho would enter a school, and twaddle, first rith the teacher, and then with the scholars terrupting the discipline of one, and the stu ties of the other'? And yet this is the precise ifet of the loafer in the printing office.. He eriously interferes with the course of buine=, istracts the great attention which is necessary o the good piter. No gentleman will ever ner it and presume to act loafer. He will eel above it, forno real man ever sacrifices the terests or interferes with the duties of others. rhe loafer does both. Let him thinkr, if he ver has, that the last place he should ever in sinuate his worthless and unwelcome presence, in the printing offie.