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tI -- -- -.-- - - - - - .-... -----..* ---.-. . -. ~ 2 em~eratic 3 rld DJe1tehT t* dy 16t a Sentfjern 'aights~ podi~tls, Catest 3eus, Citerature, TrLit, REiperace, OtWulture, & s We will cling to the PilarE of te Temple of our CertlesO and uf It 1ust f 8 SJUI]NS, DURIISOE & CO., Proprietors. .EDGEFIELD, S. 04OCOBR14115. ,' FALL TRADE! H- L CUNNINGHAM- & 00., GROCERS AND PROVISION MERCHANTS, AND DEALERS IN. Si FOREIGN WINESB LiQUORS, RAMRURG, S. C. g ~~~~~ s~~~~ -- - -01 take this opportunity of returning thanks to our patrons and ft iends for the very liberal encouragement and favors we have received for sev eral years past, and respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. Our highest aims, and best endeav ors will be to merit and deserve the patronage of our old customers, friend3 and the public generally, by conducting our business as we have done hereto fore, and increasing our reputation for Low Prices and Fair Dealing, And making it to the decided advantage of all who favor us with their trade. The increased patronage we have received and are continually receiving has induced us to BUY A LARGE and WELL ASSORTED Stock (of Goods, in order to meet the growing demands and increase of trade. - The Superior Quality Of all Goods offiered to the Publie. at this establish meut, is so well known that very. little need b- said upon this subject. .But with the unity of LOW PRICES, and the VERY BF.ST QUALiTY OF GOODS, is the system of business tlvt subscribers are determined to carry out. This will be made ap plicable to every branch of their busintss. Our Goods in all inf tances will be what they are represented to be-and when so:d by sample, shall always be in conformity with the sample . We are constantly receiving and have in Store a COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of GROCERIES, -consistintg or LOAF, CRUSHED, CLARIFIED. ST. CROIX AND ORLEANS SUGARS, ORLEANS SYRUP & CULA MOLASSES, TENNESSEE ANI) BALTI.ORE .BACON, LARD,80DA.STA RClI, SOAP, CAN.DLF, WIlTE WINE AND A 1PLE VIN EGARS, &c. -Also A large assortment of WINES AND LIQUORS, Consisting of Pipes, Half Pipes and Quarter Casks of IMPOIRTED BIRAND.rES,A Of the following celebrated Brnds and Vintages, Otard, Dupy & Co.. 183. 1844, 1S,1. Alex. Signett, 1552, 185;. Nlartel & Co,, 1847. Azarat Signett, W49. .l.. Dupy, ] 1P. Signett 185 1 5. 0 t OLD BORDEAUX AND CIIAMPACNE BRANDIES. iso-|Q MADEIRA, ''AND SI1ERRY WINE-7, -A LTAN N,. . Ar GIBSON'S NAGLE W 11 S K B Y , AND Domestic Liquors of f lI ki:tf s! : Tie ARRANGEF3tENTs (f our Store are such :1s to make this Establishment in fiet the substituie of the cel!ar rof every eonsutner. lIOTELS and persons wanting sina'l assorted i lots of Choice Wines and 1.iqu'rs for special ocea sions, enn be su;..ied a, the shortet notice. COUNTRY TRADE supplied at the wholexsalc prices. FAMILIES can command the best lpble Wines at very low prices, as also the ebetnpest sorts of Wines and Liquors for culinary purposes. , 0 PHYSICIANS reIuiring line Liquors for medi cal parposes are particularly solicited to call and ex amine our Stock. We keep constantly on hand a Dc Of Saddles, Brid;es, Mtartingales, Whips, S Odle Blankets, Icd Ihnkets, several Cases of fino So Sewed and Pegged Boots and shoes, La dies, Misses and Children's Shoes, Fl Waterproof Ihunting and D2itch er's Boots, Boys andi Men's -Brogans from No 1 to 15, Fur, Wool and Silk l1:ats, - Clsrth, Phish and Fancy Caps, Osnaburas, Shteeti ties, Shiritingis, Stripes. * Georgia iPlains, Gunny and Dundlee Uagging, Uale Rope, Twine. &ce, &c. We solicit CASIL ORDERS fromt parties not visiting our Town, and iil end. avssr in all insta~n ees to satisfy in every particular, all who confide their orders to us.. Persons visiting this alarhet are earnestly solici-er ted to ;;ive us a call before they make their purcha- cra ses. We are determtinedi to make it to their advan tage by selling them their supplies LOWEfl than ti! they can buy them elsewvhere. ths gr3 We will give the market price for Cotton, the and every other kind of produce offered. 11. L. CUNNINGII AM, an. C. .J. CUNN IN~ilAh, ty IIENRY SOLO10N. cc Hlamburg,S rSt301857 6m 382t Cabinet -Furniture, . EDG EFIELD, S. C. a T 11~lE Subscribters take this .-thod of rs turning si their heart felt thanks to the citizens of Edge- I field Village and District foir the liberal pattroinage h: bestowed upon them, and hiape to merit a continus- thi anee of the s.:rte. We have and keer constantly in Store, at our old stand betwveen ?slr. Edlnund Penn and Jlohn Ir Colgana's Stores,'an F.XCELLENTi and VAIlIEL) sI assorusnent of to OfCABINET FURNiTURE, Ic Ofour own manufacture, which we are confldent h< is inferior to nor.e ever befor e sIfl: rd in this mtar- ty ket. Otur present stock consists of a lot of splieidid BUREAUS, WARDROBES, BEDSTEADS, 2 (A loarae and beautirul vatriety) Sofas andt Loun rs el BOOK-CASES, TABL ES, W ASIlSTANDS, &c. Of every style and quality, which we are nowv sell- i ing at reduced prices. REPAIRING! Old Furnitture of every description protmptly and properly-repaired-. a We arc determined to eive satisfaction tn all i who may favor us with their p)atronage, :.nd by t warranting our work to be p~ut up in a wonknian- t like mnanner anti of the best material, we hope to0 secur'e a reasonabfe share of putuiic encouragement. at . Julyl1 187 tf 55 I CORN SHIELLERS, i -A ND - - elf-Sharpen~ing Straw Cuiters I PENN, Acent, has just rs ceived and uslrers a .34 for sale a sutpply of the most approved atti- ti eie of CORN SO KLLERS. Atso,. a larire Stock t of those celebrated self-Shtirpenmg S 1' IL A V OCU'T.T E R S. 'The farmers will ptlfse send in their orders. t Sept 2 f lMakrelI! iiIackre1 !Z HOSE wishing FINE FlSI I, inspseet-ui and a pakdweete r cntmghtssf all sizes and h numbers, call on S. E. L'OWERS, Agent. . Uamhnrg. Jan, 6th 185i7, tf 52 'lj A SONG FOR THE TOMFE. - The following lines, although written some years uce, must have been penned in view of the Hard times" of the present day. The advice yen in the last verse we think is the best-the fly remedy. HARD TIMES. "Hard Times" is now on every lip, And breathed from every tongue; The banks are cursed by one and all, The aged and the young. The merchant has to close his doors, And throw his ledger by; Such ties he vows were never seen By any mortal eye. The shop-men quit the counter's side, For cstoners are few; The times are now so very " tight," It makes them all look "blue;" The citizen in vain essays To -malke more than his bread; A pound of which he now declares Won't weigir a pound of lead! There's not a day but some one fails, Soic house that goes to smash;. And names that once stood high on 'Chaige, Are out for want uf cash. Those whom we thought were raillionaircs, And rich in shares and stocks, Their "million hcirs" now disappoint; They fell, and. leave no " rocks." "lard tim.s! hard times Was ever seen Such times as hard as thicse 7" This is the cry from morn till night, In which each one agrees. A remedy we think we've found, Say, how do you think 'twill do 1 "P1u!l oli your coat, roll up your sleeves, And work these hard times through !" From the Waverly Magazin. THE DEVIL'S WALK. short time ago to the Devil.came Woe, And told him the earth was repenting; the Devil, says he,1 let us go up anbl ,Cec What the devil ou earth is inventing." the Devil, ivith Woe together did go All over the earth up and down it, IIl plenty he had to make hii feel sad, And plenty of whiskey to drown it. oth he. here's a chiurch-a moment I'll perch Da the top or its lifly steeple! ois4i: a ' wlnv' he whi4led, 'Owill do, Er it has a con:servative pteople. he the Domini.:* din about Scriptuira sin, [il no mdcun vice tonehe.; I.e; - k:-eeks, o.iLi'~te 4kin froi bd'.hn I i ha! he's tile 1reacher f'r meI. ir fear he may . wlmt. t::e peope wn't like, y4 w:'t-the -sins- 41' his hnes ponths lhi lie.t lead upon nges loniv dead, And talks about Abauetus. But to this i it, ecnte,' quoth the Devil, struck dub, When the miinigier leped of slaery, th a child of mine dare to sny its divine And heat his own father in knavery 1" back to hell went the Devil pell mell, Uocluding he'i nothing to :ar; w souls could lhe mniss when preaching. like this Broughtfour thounsand dollars-a year. Yax lcaux DUsstow. LOOK AT TIlls, .M0TiERS. Ao my early friends, some have already ssed the "dark river" and takeni up harp and >wni in the new .Jerusalem. One of them, alas! a rarely (lowered and beau 1dhbeing. has left no such joyous assurance to ise who mourn foi- her. " She wecnt away by dark road alone !f' She was the idol of' a large circle of friends, d the lighit of a prinevely home. Youth, beau and talent were her.; ; everything, indeed, ex pt the promise of " life eternal," and lacking it, even kings are poor. Her home was in one of the large cities in State of Newv York. He-re she was early ight to bow her knee at the shrine of fatshion d worldli pleasure, forgetfal or her God. At an early age .she marid and went to re le in a city not Ifar dlistanit from her home. er mother, alhhough not a widow, was so tin .ppy when separated from this beloved one, at she fintally made her permanent home with r child. At the end of a year a sweet babe was en uted to Burtha's keep'ing, apid, tho)ughtless as5 e was, her heart semedtouchmed into ratitude Godi ter his blessinigs and his miercies. It beene at dea.rer thing to the voting mother b alhowed to sit for hours with her boy in r armus than to shine in the: gathering of beau mnd fashion.' ThenC~ was the time, when her heart was sf ned andl tender, for a w;/her'u- hand to have her into the way ol' lii ! Hut alas.- I th:~ mo'ther's voc catlled her hie little \Willie was. but three months4 old. ten an invitationi camne ihr I-rithat to attend' lhat wams expeecd to be ant unsnally brilliatt ;sembly. Tis. Mr...Montgomery urged her to eet. " \ell," .ighed the young mother, wearily ats length she acquiescedt. Poor hieart! it wvas not wvell. Not well that ,e worhd should sweep over the "ganren spot" thy soul!I Not wvell that feet which wer~ eking lie "iarrow way" should be turiied iee! Not well thait lips whicht were learmitig hiess God ihr his mweies, shmould take up the urdens of earth ugaini. Once algain drawn in the whirlpool oif bewilderinig excitement, there mo rescue I Night after nu.~iht the world-spells er woven deeper. he babe slept soflyl in its cradle, while the other graced the midnight dance; yet, whose uoghttd eye benheldl the rich glow fade in mnor l paleness on that mother's checek, when the vl was dlone ? Not one ! Alas ihr thmee, young mother ! Alas for all hm', in the glittu'rinit ol' earth, forgot the glori. us ibings of heaven! A t lenth there maame a chtange. A fter a hitet n fravr revel itan usul, the qeent of it nall L. heanguidly uponi her coaIch, with ,thme dews of jz!h mu ont her broew anid itN iee in her veins. ' cr e layr dreaming of long life andj 0l happiness, while her feet were even now in th death-river . " Mother, will you raise me higher on the pillow? I wearied myself too much last night. 1 will be more carefulf in future." An hoar ensued of mute terror, and dismay, and mighty wrestling with the great destroyer. Bertha spoke, "Mother, tell me trily, am I dying ?" ", niv child, do not think of it !" was her reply broken by convulsive sobs. "Mother, do not deceive me!" and the des pairing tones haunted that parent's midnight couch for years. "Mother, 0 1 why have you never taught ine how to die?" Alas! she had only been taught the love of life, and the knowlelge of a crucified, and rizen, and pardoning Saviour was not here. A few days of dilirium and' unconsciousness passed away, and then death closed the scene. Berthas spirit may, indeed, have found mercy at the "eleventh honr;" but as her feet went farther into the death-stream, she sent back no word of hope to those who sorrowed above her pillow. 0! who would die like her, the gifted and idolized one? It was said she might have lived for years, but for life of excitemnt and fashionable dis sipation into which she was led, which thus pre pared her delicate frame ior quick consumption to do its sure and silent work. Dear unknown friend, who may read this true record of a wasted liie, will von not hasten to choose the Saviour for your everlasting portion ? that when Azriel calls for thee, his nessage may surel be "Enter thou itito the joys of thy Lord!" TICKLING A W10.I. . A few nights ago one of our citizens. re.iling in the southtmi part of th city. was arou.set frui his slumbrs by the crie. of* a winian. nmingled with e 'rain untranslatable oaths:, ut tered in the vernalular of Fdrler-aId. le has til drew on his inexpressibles, and thrui:ing his toes into a pair of sliiper. ran :a11ro5s the street to the scene oF dhe ditub:ie'. 0lacin1 his :choulders against tie dootr he le wd his weight (one0 hundir..d and i:-y i , :n(d 'Irmet whichl w:!s thle emhro..l in, around, he behi a ntovel sp-tacle. Be ihre ti.nood tie venieralh Grotleih. a mittnu tive figure, staninge about five feel oiur, without .stockings : a woollel night cap was dIrawn over hi. eaor. aid was the oiy warient it -t orna mntedtcl his perCon. except a hickory shi'rt. which was a world too wide for hi, Lillpmia pro portions. Gotleib held in his lut ,d a siont hickory hoop-pole, which was inised in the at Littide of striking. Before h imi was a wi-mian of the dim:nensionsl of a ha vslack. ,res'ed with sne a , WA wi.-git a ja'utyV foti:.-L onl the Iack of her head. This was LChristini, the portly frow of Go:t.ib GoeneeidiIr. Tears were couri.ing dliwi her fat racy chei-ks-, and she was talkiig low Dutch wvith aiazing volluilitl . Ilow i this ?" said (he (.I ii:--n, 1; have you hee!whit ppng your with again. 'ileib I i-:: I tell vol t h m-Itxt ti t.., 1ia rght you rk Inl, a. W01o1mn. Ird la V-,; out ol' soehos? ".\iiim C oil ! I C vip tmm*- .'.' :.ll. I -1......-!t~r1t::L L r Ii .ck to make h iii.e *- . - l.'r n : i t.r. " W11 it in w :itheihier do von wati to h.e fr, asyuii ca! it ? Wiat h.iu .he "V. vot see, mine vir. i.;hI ono Ihorst rate !t mutiw sht.:go writg; de debil gir ini h..r hvw.d on~li She nahew Ill evr,: :ad ii~ Ili-h'. I go -o m !ine op to verk. .1nd4 1 td! mli. frow to s trre anil k:,ep di-r hose. I I co .I;ak. sih(ie pi-s gnot. ail der fire ie all oi out toI: so I as III ter l-or h1:as :u-i lUre ilitis i i-ow drinl4ing l:-r p;:-vr ait von Am :ue'ricvan fe!l:-r v:lt von cali Shil.Kin<z ; hw run o nil p .A hI lc ver .i) m:mv-i. an he tai!:i to tia..I fr.el rn1 s. .. . I si-- stis I.uv- inI:ie Io orer to- 'a h ' tnid I nu otoi hc m a g , :eidhki he l' um ar 'c. fo-Jr timesc. anid it s;-ama.:k so I~ I 1d heeble inl per p-. er hans shmuy ri '-Ip.nd Ia d pleir piarrel islihilaite". De it I ii itn mm~li dat 1 te-lls my Christini :Vi to ol .tr:,i Xht home ; and Sin~kin:s he pic-ks up dier ie i and spls~ der- lager p~eer all in my vacc, and hi-s me int der panck mit. von ponet, and J. *o ouit. Christini she no conic hotme like 1 tell her;- so I goes to pet anid gets blitven der two li-dder pds, aind swets ever so mtoo-b I was so tal n miml. Den Chri.;t ini she comies, antd site mks Iin unt meand tells ine ap1olt Shinkings kic-king mline pack pelbre ine. faice miit his pionts. Deni I shitm up anid tickle iheri mtit dis stiek, and she feel sio trout she cr-y like von~ leettle papy." "We71, look here, you hairy specimnen of ho manity, if von t-ver strike her apin I'll maul vour: ea:rcasis intto sour krout. Dont you kniow it aint right to strike a woiman' " Vy- to pe shure I~ tos. andi I voul not strike Chistini lior de vorl-J'only tickle her ai hetle pit. I vill do so no more, anid Shinikins lhe may put his poet hefoire minie pack pc-hind sthust sol much as he like-i ino say ttniig. .EX1RE8$I1. LjIlIk. Girl, 2V I. (ed-'L /'pd.)-" (h. cdeir mec ! I hasve mifen heard that love wouald rob a 'younig hldy oft he r ajpi-t ileC, and~t grievouly~ nmar lie happ,1intess; at now, M'iairydear, I Iligini to learn hiv sav exper I~inc tia tis ii tn'. Lilib G, ''. 2, fir.:!! Imoj"I, bs.)-" A!h, vs. Saraht ! I have feit the e~ifeet< of th~e c-.'i sni:.hu fo~iI r tmany', manaty dreary month111. .\nd fuji loni' it will Ie befor we-!i eaa ~enn r'2 tiii Sarth,.0. um nine yea~rs of age. I am11 but eight. Lh. mv! how lon'g we have to wail! ikVej,._"- yes.ve !' Dut wem s 111ry~ and~ hei chei'rll, or thio's- Erirli' - . 1n -'-i m111 ina Jk"'y.-"YXes, indeedl th wi!. I cannit s1ee. fo& thet Jife of me, low theyv use t-i doi when they we-re chilidreni. Wh y, nma toild me the oter& dav, thait 'she iud to --o ba-r *fo01mdi aw:,l wear- a ho~ig apronl~, wiheni she was ntino yar. old. 'Xirch/.- 'Shi-eking! S-hoekin'! Arett yo~u go ingL to the pat V, l to-iorrownight, Mary?" Jfri.- WIv. I wish to go, buit recalIly I have nothitg to wear-.' It has bee-n a forttnight sinice I have got a new silk. The baren-ctal economy of i.hi; slow age is really disgusting." Sauh-41 Iagree with you perfectly. I do tot see what our pahrehnts have to do, butt thess5 their children. 1 will have to wodt my white silk; lbut just to think, I wore it. at Mrs.-'s party, a week ago." JIiary.-" Oh. Sarah dear! Yonder they comIe! Yoder- they come! -Suara.-"Is it them? Indeed it is."' (At thtigpo1,int two y/oungif /entemruj, aged about tenl year-s, approachl, tip thecir hieaver.;, pas the compIl iietS iof11 $ithsason oller- their armis to Staah aml2 Mar-y, and b '-gin a conv~er'sa wininig gulnces, they~ pasis oiL, of 5ig.) S w.gs tho worl.-Darlingtont ihl. GOING TO NEW ; aISEING. It is astonishing -what- arm there is in tape, calico, cod fish and th like. Every boy in the land is turning ram t to get into a store. And mechanics, too o sooner make a few hundred dollars, than t y conceive a hor ror for the- implements of: or and take to shop-kecoping-they call it i handiseing. And what a business they make< 'it. They rent a house, buy a barrel of su0 one of cofl'ee-a kit of mackerel and a few . of homespun, that is me.:candiseing. Now there is a cause for is' mania for be coming a merchant. It is ething like this: The mechanic has learned. el himself infe rior to a counter-hopper. ety does not so dictate-but le forces socie by his own difll dence to avoid him. The en of the day are all taking to fancy men, d the wives of one half of our mechanics e the position of Mrs. Yardstick; and actually eel mean because their husband has a trade-. istotit arm, and plain, warm heart. So on&by one our me chanics are leaving their sholo and taking to 7 by 9 stores. And the young .men are throng ing eeryv place of business cept that desig nated shop. Offee is a chimed word, and oficees and -stores are fast ipoverishing the ou.ntry by their unprceden increase. Give s incehanics. There is roo for them every where. Mcn who begin a t e determined to live by it. Not one of your py fellows who i ashamed of the implemenl of his profession. t angur ill of a man to sc 'im weary of lis igurs; and he usually beco e5 a bore to him 4elf and to tie world. Our ores and olijces ire full. We.want manu tures. Georgia -ants more producers and l ide, proud, izy :o.1 1nm rs. . ... Cannot something practica Sdone to choke t this mawkish love of p --:-not cultiva ion-but of tinsel humbugge , wtich displays tself in a dread of dirt, a * of work, and a ').ion for professional lifo .Igusta Evening )ispatch. ProrrT HTAxnDCHrFts D- WAveH AND . inh Pulpit. A correspoident )fthe Christian Reflector is I.ing up a feiw )eit ures true to life, for the a -e of such of' his ari:d friends ns may have -o1 thei hoping I rA Zti di; d'no harni. .He says: I ntice in some cases a I k h i ha'I in he palpit, whic'h has led time t 'nqnire if the u:e that ver necessary article i p'lrt of the'olog Cal trail.in. I notice some inisters ta:ke it at 0 theo.-ir' pockets, as they d eir sertmon, and av it ,i tie pulpit. Some "p d it out length vi.s tro::gi the middle oftI ible; some roll it ip, and tuck it under the bibl some shake it -verv fwnu.moment over their .ds ;some Clench t in iheir hand, as, ifthey were ng to throw it at he audience: and some keep rowding it into hir pockets 1and pulling it again, With a wrvis mo1vemItIcit as i Lhey not know what iir use io mnake of their han ; 1 wenit once o hear a p.,pllar young prea and as mich Is half his serroIL was mad-. of >ocket hand i'rebie, and the most of th Uf'was gold vatIh and scrais of potlrf . ].3.N or Cmixoms.-IHas the qneslior: ver nnrto .1 laies wearing the pres-ent aima litide o litt rapy', expanaded by crinoline, r sort of hmp. wim t .onid hIppeni it the ius in :h11l e1d to tak f'r? Nonie of the -Ny ei1r!ri fr extintulishin..a lire wonhll beu trai1d 1' i.tinst .snuh a volumte of draperyv so dis ,01-"I ' to i T.u to. The dre could in4t he gatl .r-d : It is so arrangretd as to render that iips :ib :,m1l the .-' di.nt of Iying down and roll. t.- in a h:mbni , whic saied the lie of many L 111m01 her w i: introduction of* the1 prYeen -i.. n n ot avail arainst the resistane if t hr siiii.:ad frn of crinoliine or .steel. spreni ..t the hrini. urfaI'ce to the air. Shoul hI lies, .or inSim :ik., ixpose tlicsolve, to so -r~gia ti.: .- sap seem~s impowssible! if' te i-s ta!,s i. I- t r:n'er time. whena heoopl Ve worn. Ohi .. 'e of the dr;'s was sel htm of a na:tUr t ignite. he case is d i:C'erent ii;, awl' a sparkt' ii'enoughr tu set a munsin due.-s Lir':: a N;:ui You:i.-Thle TLimne.s thrinks that wo-th.ird oh lhe ani tous worin. cuaaver'on 'e:un, an'i o1 ihe-- days helon-'r to :ntn.wh rtin life nith one of Liwo great otbjets-to e Pre:.ii ent. ofi the 1...-nie States, or ts rich as hr. A'i r'. .\stuier canntot he morei' Lta tone I' ree of theried States at a tine, aind mounti~i of stock-jibbinir, the inajoitiy speabily Lbanonr allihopes ofi p'r'esi-hlng iover t he des iniues >f this great natjion, and tix their wlile adtten ion upon Mr'. Astor's fortune. Th'le first step is to get out of the boaruding ouse into one of otne's own, possessing a bro'wn toe front, andi furni lied wit h cor'responding maguilence. A laurge house is the god of a Kew Yornkeris idolhtry. The womien, fau- fromi standing aloof f'rm the trtgge, hallo their' hiusba:nids on to holder ven iures. They stake largely, too, on the result. L'ey' bLy' bholder at the milliner's and jeweller's imdt carIi'ngemiakeri's on the itith of their hums and's good lutck. If lie miakes a Lad1 throw, ro much the worse for the mrillinetr and jeweller, td carriagc-miaketr. Thletre is conster'nation in ie ilag, and baihli are in the hall, but the tri soon blows over, and tihe stars .sine out Not lon.g ago a good Presby teri-n pireacher, rho, like Presbyterian pirachers generarlly, hs ilhou long p~rayi:rs, went to a meeting at which Methdi.-t inini:ster wasO oliiiciattinig. He en .ered wit Ii h's overcoat on, as the worthippiers er~e abolit going on their knees, knelt hiardl by he store, whieb halppened to be pretty hot. it piaver commeni-icedl. The suppliant waxed armi't, and so did our Presby'terian friend 1by tet stov"'. Thle praiyer wenit on and on. aind the ser.i-:ration rolled4 down the faice of ine Prne yter'inl gentlenraan, who at lengthb aro.:e, delib -irately drew olf his overcoat, and thena wient Iown on htis achring m;arr'ow-bonies again, saiyimg in a low, hut vey*i. deterimined voice, as lhe did so, to his long-windedi Methodist brother, I W!l, &i I's 0' ; onitfr all -ig/'di." Te Duke of Marlborough was he.i ltting whether lie should take a pres-ription recoim men~tded hi the .l)ut chess. "Ill be h;agedl," raid her grace n if it does niot ere yo. .1)r. Garth, wiho was presemit, and to whonm the ixen character of the lady was well known, instantly exclaimed, " Tike it, then, your grace, by all means; it is sure to do good, aric or the other ar." Ax Ohio politician was boasting in a public speech that he could bring an - argument to a pint as quick'-as any other man. " oui cain brinig ai quart to a pint. a good deal q,;.ker,' replied a Kentucky edlitori. It is told that when Minister Miles, prayed for ri. lie lefi notin~ig iuieertaint. lie said : " 0, Lil tn know,-st we do noit wianit the to 'send a; irin wliceh shall pour downu in fury. andt swell 'iir :,iLaram. and sweepi awi'ay out' hay-cociaks, aid fences aind baridlges, lmt, Lordl, we wanut it to come dri.r.-zle, drox-zle, droz-zile, for ab~out a week From the Risiug Sun. THE DRAMA. Even if we felt disposed to admit that the Theatre was a source of the corruption imputed to it, we could not by any meals allow that the Thespians Corps was such ; neither can we ad mit that the patron-s in toto, of the Theatre or Thespian Corps are to be pl. ced upon an equali ty with those of the constant attendants at the gambling saloon and the Grog Shop, or that they would stand by with folded arms and see the last vestiges of religion destroyed, without raising an arm to resist. No, we cannot admit any such wholesale charges-such sweeping declarations. Nero, it is said, fired tbe city of Rome, and played upon an instrument while gazing at the conflagration. But few men are like Nero. There are hundreds and thousands of men who visit the gambling saloon and the grog shops, that yet would buckle on their ar mour-like the knights of olden time-and fight valiantly in defence of religious rights and religious freedom. There are high toned gentlemen, and refined ladies who visit theatres, that would scorn to darken the doors of the gambling saloon'or grog shop. Men who are learned, intelligent, brave and honorable. Ladies who are chaste, amiable and virtuous, and who derive from it lessons of experience and wisdom. There is, we conceive, a vast difference be tween the gambling saloon, the bar room, and a well conducted theatre. The first are places where vice is king, where crime is common, where hate, malice, revenge, murder, wretched ness and misery stalk in a living reality. Where the base and pierversely wicked, delight to con gregate. Where not a serwiiaent is uttered iot a thing is prescnted that is calculated to impress the mind favorably or beneficially. It ii the downward road to ruin. All, all is cor rupling, enervatinr and debasing. The theatre is diflferent. It has some redeemin- qualities. It. aIfrds us a renovated picture of lire, a com pendium of whatever is animated and interest ing in human existence. Jlcre are uttered striking sentiments, that can arouse the ener gies, elevMte the mind, call forth the loftie.,t as liratmins, and excite the purest emotions. I'lutarch relates that Dyonisus, tyrant of Syr etuse, on seeing acted a traligedy of &ophoeles, was so much Ioved that he precilpitately left the themtre; and that on bein; aLked the cause of 1is suddien departure, he replied: " Would it not have been a disgraceful thing if I who have remorseles:-ly slain so many of my subjects, should now be seen weeping over the sulerings of a lictitious hero." Even t he stern Crabbes..ys: Yet virtue owns the trade H-ue a friend, Fable her reans-norality her enl She makes the vile to virtue atied opphiuve, And own her !eptre whil they brerk her haws; And though it may occasionally produce evil, yet in the ganmbling saloon and the grog shop, it is noth:ng but evil, evil, evil cnntinually. " Look roundi-their wro-eks bwhld Estates disnemb.:r'.' mortgiged' sold --.sTheir -oiers uogvy,ty~qpa4i6Ap . Show cqua l poverty of mind." Thespians Corps, we contend, are placed on ti ditterent footing in comparison with a regular theatre. A., Athmeuminis, Debatin.i; Societies, Exhibitions, Lectumre', they are gotten up by young mien for the purpose of mental improve ment and instruction. The ga-abler and the drunkard are never to be found its ellicient mem bers-it is out of their line. Why then should ytmig men be deprived of this rational plan ? Must they abandon it because there is said to be evil existing? What is there attached to man t hat does not brinmg forth evil ? Men talk I as if the Theatre and the Thespian Corpse are the oily% places from whence evl'can originate. Where corruiipt men assemble, and were wicked ness abounids. With all due respect we a-k. if at the religions a.sociations and canpmneetinigs which :we held for the purpo-ie of doing good, if not wickei mnwi assemnble ? I ft here is no drink ing of liquor? If thcre is no iidlilgin- in al m_._1t everV -pecie. f vic 1 Do i- e prodce all good aind wor.k no evil ? We opine not ? To free oursc-. fromn evil, we muo-t pas.: from this stage of net'n to a ha:ppier iand betterm world. What is mor'e pratisewor'thy, anore deservin.r of cemnm nda:tion, than ownleavore to sto~re the ndn. with uiseful knowledge ? and yet the spri of Pnit ainim prevailinig, is against every t hing that cionllicts with its~ n:;rrow views. Rationi:d and istriuelive recreat ions are damned, and mecn :u-e reemuired to iniieit upon themmelves dami Il penance nnd to. her:omoe mzonks, rigid and n'netere. This is higidy cont rary to the natural e4itv of the erentture man, and~ conseuiiently to the wisdomnn id goodness of the -reat Creator. Man is a being whose nature is such that lhe requires relaxatioin and anmuseiment as well for his mind, as rest and exercise for his body. All nations, in all ages, luld their gamnes, their exer cises. their sports. The rehined Grecian, the warlike Ibumnan, the laxurious P'ersian, the tin tutored Savage had anid have their respective ways of recreation. It is indispensably necesary for'health, happine.<s and .peace. The warrior becomes sated with dleeds of blood. ThmeStates mani with concocting plans. The Philosopher with devising schemes. The professional man with his ardtuous diuties. Thelm mechanic with his constant labour and toil. They seek for something by which they can retire for a while from those sterner duties and relieve for a time the anxieties and cares of the mind. Ts it not then far preferable to have some rational mode to present to their view ? Some mens by which they can he gratifled without having recourse to the grog shop, the gamnbling saloon, and the billiard tible; whore vice is ex hibited in all its protean shapeis; where the mind is corrtupted and the morals debased. Is it not better that the D)rama should be uphel? That Theatres and Thespian Corpis should b~e supirtedl and encouraged. For here virtue is sustained and vi'c meets with its proper reward. l]mit why need iv phikisophir-e on the neces sity' of recreation atnd amiusement! It is so; tnd doubting Thomas' cannot controvert it. It is daguerreotypied ont the pages of history ; it is illustrated in the actions of moan, from tihe king upon his throne to the boor in his humble cot. There are those, it. is true. who seem to have forgotten in their asetic notions, that man wazs jorn to enjoy rational amusement. They have a gloomy cast of coumntenanuce, a jesmucal spirt, a meaniiotus form of manner, thought and tone. They are icebergs drifting in the realms of tropical luxuriance and beauty, frdiezing and withering every thing around. They are dis posed to crush and b lihe hopes and innocent pleasures of the most cheerm:1 and lively. They assume superior wisdom. They wrap around them thme garments of dignity. They set down -they talk-thef get up with dignity. They eat and they breathe with dignity. Thecy rail at everything that is not dir?:, dingyj, simr and mrose, (for it is nothing else). They forget that they were young-or rather hate to think of it. They scoli' at- the animation, flowing spirits, liveliness and freshniess of youth. Tfhey st rive to niake them assume the coldness itnd stoidness of' blunted age. They speak with de liberation and soleimni ty, and pronounce an anathema against every thing (without a reason,) dihering from their views. What crime is it to sit down and enjoy an in telectal diramatic feast ? What crime is there TM TE PLATFORM As having a bearing upon the Kansas ques. tion'and as indicative of the creed of the State Rights party, we ask the attention of our reAd ers to the following noble sentiments, which were published in the far-flmed address of the Southern members of Congress of 1849. The' address was called forth b7 the question touching the admission of California, andit was penned by Mr. Calhoun himself, signed by such men as Hunter, Mason, Butler, I. W. Johnson, Jeffersorr Davis, Jacob Thompson, Baruwell Rhett, Atchi son,andWm.R.Kig. Readit: "We hold that the Federal Government has no right to extend or restrict slavery any more than to establish or abolish it; nor has it any right whatever to distinguis h between the domes tic institutions of one Stite or section and sa other. As the FederAl representative of each and all the States, it is bound to deal out within the sphere of its powers, equal and exactjustice to all. We ask not as the North alleges we do, for the extension of slavery. That wouild make discrimination in our favor as unjust and uncon stitutional as the discrimination they ask against us in their favor." The Paducah(Ky.) Herald says: "This is the standard by which we shall judge the Adminis tration of Mr. Buchanan. This is the test which S .Rights DemQeqats will apply to it. If, at ,*"-end of one year, the glorious old patriot is U, lacking to this standard; we shall not be slow (o denounce where we now defend." WIL. INDIA BE RE-CONQUERED BY THE BRrT IsH '-In'answer to this inquiry, a foreigncor respondent of the New York Times writes: India will never be re-conquered by British arms. The war will be carried on for a time, say two or three years, with varying sqccess, but withput a decisive result. Th'e necessarily enormous increase of taxation, together with the drain of men and forced~ enrollment of the militia, will, after a while, raise an opposition at home as powerful as the now prevailing thirst for vengeance. The Government and army in India will then be illy supported. The pro India party; already existing among British residents in India, though now weighed down by the humiliating ferocity of the Sepoys, the nurslings of the company's civilizing care, will soon be raised again by the worst barbarities in contemplation by European vengeance. They will be joined by the European residents of other nations, wh6 are all opposed to British misrule, and by the daily increasing number.of all who are oppressed by the unserupulldus ty ramy of the East India Government. On the first sign of weakness on the part of the Gov erinent, this party will openly espouse the cause of the natives. The hostilities will then assume tle character of d civil war, Which can not, dare not, last. It will be ended by a com-. promise, the nature of which will depend in a great measure upon the -momentary strategical positions of the two armies, but which will de stroy forever the rule of the British Govern ment in India. Englishmen. will thei,. for the d, c perate and assimilate with the nativ India will never be re-col'queeby sh arms. GALLANT ACTION BEFoRE DELHI.-I must tell you of a noble actioi of Hills, of the Artil lery. He was in my terin at Addiscombe, and one of my greatest friends. Three days ago he was on picket with his two-horse artillery guns, when the alarm was sounded, and an order sent him to advance, given under the impression that the enemy were at some distance. He was supported by a body of carbineers, eighty, I believe, in number. He advanced about 100 yards, while his guns were being limbered up to follow, and suddenly came on about 120 of the enemy's cavalry close on him. Disgrace ful to say, the carbineers turned and bolted. Uis guns being limbered up, he could do noth ing; but, rather than fly, he charged them by himself. He fired four barrels of his revolver, and killed two men, throwing the empty pistol in the face of another and knocking.him off' his horse. Two horsemen then charged full tilt at him, and rolled him and his horse over, lie got upl with no weapons; and, seem:g a man on foot coming at him to cut him down, rushed at him, got inside his sword, and hit him full in the face with his fist. At that moment he was cut down from behind; and a secohd blow would have done for him, had not Tombs, his captain, the finest fellow in the service, (who had'been in his tent whei the rew began,) ar rived at the critical moment and shot his assail nt. Hills avas able to walk home, though lis wound was severe ; and on 'the road Tombs saved his life once more, by sticking another man who attacked him. Tims " Queen City of the West," not only manufactures good wine, and brews oceans -of lager, but outdoes all creation in the whiskey line. Think, ye teetotalers, of sending out in one year the enormous quantity of toentgforr million gallons of unadulterated "red-eye, *Jhe proinet oif eight million buskel. of grain. T hat is the amount which Cincinnati supplies in this line. A NEw WINE.-The East Tennessean says: "We have had the pleasure of tasting (to us) a new wine, made from the juice of the tomato. We consider ourselves a 'good juge of wine,' and pronounce this a first rate article. It is made with no other ingredients than the pure juice of the lomato and sugar, and very much resembles champagne, a light transparent color, with a pleasant, palatable flavor. We believe it can be made equal to the best champagne." AnUNDANcE AT THE WnsT.--The Chicago Press says the western harvest is completed,' and more abundant than ever. Corn, barley, oats, buckwheat, hay, fall feed and- potatoes are all secure and good. We quote: A large store of choice butter will be added to the dairy products of the sunmmer, which were never equaled in quantity nor exceeded in quality. All kinds of roots and garden vegeta bles turn out well. We never saw so great an abundance of fine cabbages, and there are on ions, beets, turnips, etc., to-match. And toethese bounties are to be added all sorts of fruits in profusion. A little girl, after attending a party, was asked by her mother how she enjoyed herself, "0O," said she, "I am full of happiness. I couldn't be any happier unless I could grew." No man is so stingy that he will not freely give advice, and few are so needy that they will consent to take it. Yet the article is not a drug, for drugs are not given gratis-and people take calomel at any price who went take counsel for nothing. A learned young lady, the other evening, as tonished the company by asking for the loan of a diminutive argenteous1 truncated cone, coaa vex on the summit, and semi-perforated with symmetrical indentations." The poor creature wanted a thimble! --2 A poor shilor, wreecked on an unknown roast, wandered about in momentar apprehension of i I.mna Civilised country." in a Thespian Corps, orderly conducted7 What crime is it to listen at the performance of a comedy, and to laugh at the foibles of men hu morously represented ? There is no improprie ty in this. It injures not the mind. It corrupts not the heart. " There is a time," sayeth the preacher, "for all things. A time to singl a time to dance, a time to work, a.time to play, and a time to laugh." Why should not man enjoy himself and laugh? The world is full of laugh ter. It gleams in the .sunshine. It twinkles in the distant stars as they mischieveously wink at each other through the lonag weary watches of the night. It chuokles in the pattering rain drops.. Its music is in the summer wind and-in the the trill of the waters. Every leaf and blade smiles with joy. The flowers bloom with laughter. The blue sky laughs down from abore. There is laughter in the singing bird, and in the sweet bum of the insect; in the flood from the mighty Leviathan to the tiniest of the race, that sport and gambol and leap like chil dren at play. Why, oh! why should simple scenes which afford amusement to man. be construed to be so terrible and ghastly ? fs the out gushing of full hearted mirth a sin? We think it is a sad mistake. And now in copclusion permit us.to say, in our sketches we have hastily thrown together snch matter as we were able to obtain respect ing the Drama. That in some respects it pro duces evil, we candidly admit; we believe, however, that this can be remedied, and lies in a great degree with the manager of theatres. We are persuaded from what little we have seen, that a r.,ore careful elaboration of the means which they possess, a politic division of their furces, an abstinence from unfair and ex pensive competition, a stricter discipline of their companies, and a more systematic regard to the ethical qualities of ti-eir productions, will do much towards winning back to them the edu cated and intellectual classes of the community. We have happily not arrived at an era of such corruption or degradation as stilled the theatres of Athens and Rome. With a literature Nthich still commands respect; with a press umshackled, yet for the most part salutarily controlled by public opinion ; with mnch that is imaginative and lofty in the character of the age ; with an alnost incalculable diffusion of our masculine and harnonions langage. We have still a lively and steadfast faith that the nineteenth century will even yet develope among its befitting expo nents, an intillectual, moral and vigrous national Drama. Srr..ur ox Coxiox RoADs.-A common road !ocomotive, built by Mr. Richard Dudgeon, of Goerck street, has for several days, says the New York Ereniing BastI been running in Grand street. Broadway,-and other thoroughfares, and has munade a trip to Harlem and back. Its speed is about equal to the average speed of horses in stages, and it seems to be equtrolled with as much case, and with more certainty. The popu lar notions that horses would be alarmed by such vihices, and, that they cannot ascend hills, by114 the .ti ea met with no case of difficulty of this nature, although it has run for a considerable part of several days in crowded - streets, followed by crowds of noisy boys. Mr. Joseph Battin, of Newark, N. J., has re cently built a steam carriage, on a dilfrent plan, which he has run successfully on several short trips. The performance is such as to cor roborate the view that steam may be used with advantage, even on a small scale. II.usosE PREsENT FO3I PRESInENT .' CrIAxAN.-The Norfolk Day Ilook says: A mlagnificent gold pockel chronometer and chain, has been forwarded to Samnucl T. Sawyer, Esq., collector for this port, by James Buchaman, President of the United States. to be presented to that noble veteran of old Ocean, Capt. A. Johnson, of the Norwegian harque Ellen, who so gallantly went to the rescue of the passen ers of the Central America. SThis magnificent watch and chain is said to be one of the best th~e world can produce, and oiminlg as a present from such a source as the Pro.id1ent of the United States, imumst make an indelilbie impmression up)on the mnind~s of future geeration., of the heroic behavior of Captain Johnson on that perilous occasion. It is sup p"'ed' that its cost could not have been less Ih~:m.:mEl:NT or .A Dis-r(~imsEi CITzE. Wi- lanrop fromi the Tmennesee piapers that Gen. W~m. T.HII.I.u, ofthat State, has become hope less!v. insane. This gentlenman fought bravely in tli .\lexican war, particularly distinguishing himself in thme battle of Cerro Gordo, where his regimenmtsulfered severely. He was subsequently promim-mut ini a controverey with G'encral PILLOW, that redoubtable olileer being c harg'ed with an unecessary exposue of thme 'f'ennessee volunters, and imbuee.le conduct. 1[Asmr~. then entered the politienil arena, and became known as an eloquent and effective orator. His name was mentioned as a candidate of theo American party for Governor of Tennessec. Lately huis aberra tions of intellect has caused much anxiety to his friends, and thov have now becomeconvinced of his complete derimgemnent, and will place him in an asylum.-Charleston Courier. A PROFITATIE BUSINss.-About the best thing, it would seem, that a man can do in these times in the way of providing for his family, would be to get killed on a railroad-taking' pans, however, to choose one which still re mains solvent. We observe that a widow in Massachusetts, thme other clay, recovered eighteen thousand dollars~ damages against-the Worcester railroads for having killed her huslband. EDticATION IN A.in..-The whole tumber of public schools in Alabama is 2,260. The av erage length of time during which-the schools wre taughmt, a small f'raction over six muonths The average daily attendance is 37,203. There r embraced in this report lui private schools, havinig :1,774 pupils ; 74 academies, with 9,0 pupils, and 20 colleges, with 1,6910 pupils. These times lead everybody to preacheconouiy; onem writer says funerals mniglmit be condueted much cheaper than they are. Anmother calcu lates that if all personis in thme United States would wear their elothes an extra six months, for one year, $250.000,000 might be saved-or if each Iamiiv would omit the use of meat one day inm every week for a year, $125.000,000 more might, lhe saved-but these calculations must stop or we shall be too rich-in rags, empty stomachs, and shabby hearses. A lady neighbor and acquaintance-the do tiing mnother of a waggish. lad-having bottled a lot of nice prsrvs labelled themi,." Put up>.by Mrs. R-" (her name.) Johnnid, her promising boy, having discovered the " goodies," soon ate u pthe contents of the bottle, and then wrote on .1 botto'm of the label, "Put down by Johnnie An Eastern editor announces the death of a lady acquaintance, and touchimngly adds :" In hem decease the sick have lost an invaluable friend. Lonue will she seem to stand at their bed-side, as was liner wont, with a balm of consolation in one ha nd a cup of.rhabarb in the other."