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~L eflcvftit30Utnfl, JOfxtdr to flye SOu1I ifin Soitttfn ai,084tot VORiS, ~eties ie~r, ~ ~ ~ vr~c,2rct .& "6We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our bertles, and if it m~ust fall. v w il ooaudtfu un. EDGEFIELD, ~ V S , ARCH 3, 1858. ___ SUOIMlS, DDJIISOE & CO.,, Proprietors. EDEFEL S, Jy1V "HALLOWED BE THY NAM-9" BY MISS ELIZA COOK. List to the dreamy tongue that dwells In rippling wave or sighing tree: Go, hearken to the old church bells, The whistling bird, the whizzing bee; Interpret rights and ye will find 'Tis " power and glory " they proclaim: The chimes, the c-eatures, waters, wind, All publish, " Hallowed by Thy name!" The pilgrim journeys till he bleeds, To gain the altar of his sires; The hermit, pores ab-:e his beads, With zeal that never wanes nor tires; But holiest rite or longest prayer That soui can yield or wisdom frame, What better import can it bear Than "Father, Hallowed be Thy name ?" The savage kneeling to the. sun, To give his thanks tor ask a boon; The raptures of the idiot one, Who laughs to see that clear round moon; The saint well -aught in Christian lore, - The Moslem prostrate at his ilame All worship, wonder and adore, And end in " Hallowe.1 be Thy name i!" Whate'er may be man's faith or creed. Those precious wo. ds comnprie it still; W, trace them on the bloomin-t mead, Wfe have them in the flowing rIl; One chorus hails the Great Supreme ; Each varied breathing is the sane The strains may ditfer, but the THEME Is, " Father, Hlallowed be Thy name !" THE DEAREST SPOT ON EARTH. The following little ballad was sweetly sung, by Miss Anna Kna), at Thalberg's concert, with gret applause: The dearest spot on earth to me, Is home, sweet home: The fary land I've longed to see, Is home, sweet home; There how charmed the sense of hearing-, There where hearts are so endearing, All the world is not so cheering, As-home, sweet home. I've taught my heart the way to prize. My home, sweet home; I've learned to look with lover's eyes, On home, sweet home; There where vows are truly plighte.l, e er rt - r,i tod -- All the world besides I've slighted, For home, sweet home. NAPOLEON'S MERCY. Napoleon was convereing with Josephine, when on of his officers entered and announced a young woman from Lyons. "What is her businiess wih ine ?" "Some petition," answered de Merville, the officer. The officer soon re-appeared, with a lady leaning upon his arm, whose face, as much as could be scanned through the thick folds of a i veil, was very beautiful. She trembled as she approached the door. " Mademoiselle," whispered her guide kind ly, " take courage, but answer promlatI:y every question the emperor proposes ; hie detests hesi tation." Then ushering her into the spacious apartment, he bowed and retired. The trembling girl, perceiving Napoleon, on whom her fondest hopes depended, forget her timidity ; she thought only of another. Throw ing herself at the feet or Napoleon, she exclann ed in a voice choking with emotion: "Mercy, sire ! I sue for umerey and pardon." She could articulate no more. Josephine stepped fronm her partial conceal ment, and then approaching, contrib:ated more! by her sympaaing words of encouragement to restore the e.>urage of the petitioner than even the Emperor by his gracious manner, as he bade her rise. "Your petition, Me:~moiselle," said be. Henrietta Armnend (for that was her name) looked imnploringly at thc Emperor, and ex claimed: " Ah hire. I ask pardon for Louis Del im-e who is condemned to be shot on to-mor wwtt. Oh, grant him your royal pardon !" A cloud gathered on Napoleon's brow as he interrupted her with, " A deserter, Mademoi selle ;. he has twice deserted. No, he must be mnade an example for the remainder of the regi ment." "iBut the cause of his desertion !" cried Hecnrietta, in agony. "lie was compelled to j.oin the army against his will." " What are the causes of his desertion ?" in terrupted Napoleon. "'Two weeks since," answered Henrietta, " he .received news that :an only remzaininag parent, a mothe~r, sire. was on~ her deathi-bed, and longed :cav manl night to l.'-holdl her son. Loui.' knew ' it relief or re'ease from his post was impossi e. Uhis mind was filled witu one tirnigt ihat she might close her eyes forever, ere they .,sted on a son she loved so fondlyv." "Did she die ?" asked the Emnpress4, with s'terest. "No, madam," replied Henirietta, "sheo at 'st recovered. But hardly hiadu Louis re .'ived her blesmg, been folded in her rams, me h~e was~ t' rn from her grasp by the officer of mstice, and dragged hither. Oh ! miust he die ?~ 'Mercy, sire, I be..eech you !" " Madremoiselle," said Napoleon, apparently sohtened, this is the second offence ; nume the irst ; you omitted that." "It was," said she, hesitating and coloring, "it was-that he heard I wa to beo married to ~Conrad Ferant, whom I detest as munch as he does," answered Henrietta, with naiveta'. " Are you his sistler, that he feels so great an interest in your fate," as.ked the Emperor. " Oh, no, sire," said Henrietta, her lovely cheeks assuming a still deeper hue of the rose, " I am only a cousin." " Ah ! only a cousin," repeated Napoleon, l1ancing at Josephine with a supp~re'sed smile. "Oh, sire," said Henrietta, " recollect the anguish of his widowed mother whlen she reeol lects that the affection of her son f'r her is the cause 'of his death. What," shie continued, "can I do to save him ?" and the poor girl, for-, getting the presence of royalty, burst into tears. The kindhearted Josephine glanced at the Eim peror with eyes expressive of pitty and symt pathy. She noticed the workings of his face, and felt at once that it was very uncertainI whether Louis Delmarre was to be shot the ...= -nnn. Napoleon approached the weeping girl. She hastily looked up and dried her tears. " Mad emoiselle," said he, " would you give your life for his ? Would you die, could Lons Delmarre be restored to liberty and his mother ?" Henrietta started back, deadly pale, looked fixedly at the Emperor for a moment, then turning away she buried her face in her hands. After a silence of some minutes, Henrietta looked up: "I am willing" said she, in a very low voice. Napoleon looked at her in surprise, as if he had not anticipated so ready an answer to his proposal. "I will see you again," said he, "in the meantime accept such accommoda tion as I shall direct." As soon aS the door was closed upon the fair petitioner, Napoleon walked to the window against which Josephine was leaning, and said; I see iow it is: Louis Delmarre is the lover of this young girl. True to woman's nature, she bas braved difficulty and danger to beg his release." " How strong must be the love she bears for hin," said the Empress. " Al !" returned he, "I have a mind to sub ject thi., love to a severer test. Much I doubt whether she will give her life for him. Never thele% I will see." " Sure," crned Josephine, "you are not seri ous-Louis can certainly be pardoned without the death of Henrietta." Napoleon drew near the window, and they conversed in a low voice. * * * * Henrietta stood alone in a magniflcent apart ment. Honurs passed unobserved, so intensely wasi she absorbed in revene; a small folded pa per w..s tightly grasped in her small hand. On it were traced these words, " A deserter is con deined by the laws of the amy to suffer death. It you wish Delinarre re-tore-l to liberty. the meaa-i akre in your power. Ere day dawns he mwiy I.e on his way to join his soother whoi he so mia-ick loves." Ah !" uitirnuired HIenrietta, " do not I love him too?" Prie.-ing her hands upon her heart, as if to still its tuinultuout breathi , sii paced the apartment. The door openet, Ihe Chevali. r de Merville enteraid. lie paused ere he articulated "Mademoielle." I am ready," replied Ilenrietta ; " my de cisiwm is made." De Merville appear'. to comprehend the imn port of her words. le looked uoni her wit.h re% ereitce as; well a-s admiration, as sIe tood with tie high resolve impressed upon her bcau ti:ul brow, "Follow me, Madlemoiselle," said he. Tnev traversed long corridors and numerous suits of superb apar tments; and descending a staircase, quickly reached an outer court com mmnteting with the guard-house. Enterin this, leinrietta was ushered by her guide into a small apartment, where she was soon left to hernelf. On a chair wa< flung a uniform of the regi mant. to which Louis beloumzed. On a table lai a large pluned cap. Henrietta comprehende-1 all in a iuoment. Quickly habiting herself in the uniform. she stanid Jefore the mirror, anti gathering up hei butiful brown tresses into a knot, placed the cap o n her head. She almost uttered a cry of joy at the success Of her tranmformation. She knew that she was to be led to the fatal ground at the morning's dawn. The bullet which would have siruck Louis to the heart was to be death to her own, but she shrunk not back. love triumphed over the timid woman's nature. " Louis's mother will bless me in her heart," she whispered. " Louis him!nelf will never for get me. And oftena has lie sworn that lie loved ine better than all else beside." Drawing a lck of raven hair fromt her bosom she pressed it t) her lips, and theu breathed a prayer to heaven.. Morning dawied. The sound of footmen aroused Henrietta. She started up, gras;ped the I baud of iair, awaiting his sumnons. The door rpened and two soldiers entered repeating the name of Loui< Delnarre; they suddenly led her irth to die. The soldiers whose bullet were to pierce the heart of Louis had taken their stand, and only awaited thc command from the Emperor, who was stationed at the w~indow, commanmdinig a view of the whole sceec. "01h," cried Josephine, who stood by him, but conce~'ded by the window drapery~ from the view of those below," Oh, sire, I can endure it no longer ; it seems so much like a dreadful readity. .Mrk the devoted girl ! No shirinaking bak ! See, she sents calmly awaitiing the fatal niment : " Stop !" cried the Emperor from the window. " Louis Dehunarre is pardoned. I revoke hisi sentnce." A lo'id burst of applause fronm the lips of the soldiers followed this announcement. Not one of them but loved atid resp~ected their comrade. The niext moment, ere they could1 press around to congratulate the supposed Louis, De Merville had cargerly drawn the bewildered Henrietta through the crowd, back to the cell from which she had emerged but a few moments before. "1Reume your dress agaiti, Mademoiselle ; lose no tinme; the Emperor wishes to see you. I will return soon." lienrietta was like one in a dream, but a glamn of de~licious hope thrilled her soul ; she felt the dawning of bappiness break upoin her heart. Soon again. resumintg her pretty rustic ineaents De Merville re-appeared, and once again she trodl the audience-room ohf the Empe or. Lilfting her eyes from the ground as the boiy door .owung open, she behe~d Louis. An exclatationi of joy b~uret fromt the lbps of boith, a, regardless of others, they rushed itnto each other's arms. Napoleon steppe'd forward. " Louis Dehnarre," said he, " you have just heard from my lips the tale of this lovely ::ir's devotion atnd courage. Do you love her as shte deserves?" - -- " I could die for her," answered Louis, prodlv. " W'ell, wa'l," cred1 the Emperor, thmi. test of one will suffice. So dutiful a sotn. so faithful a lover~, will make the bent of hutsb~ands. You, Lieut:ttt Louis Dehtnarre, are discharged from your regiment. Return to your native valley with Hetnrtetta as your bride." " IHere," said the benevolent Josephine, em erging from thae recessed wi~dow, " hecre are onte hudred louis d'ors, as the marriage dowry, A charming blush suffused the cheek of the beautiful girl as she received the purse front the hand of the Empress. " Long live Napoleon !" exclaimed' Louis, a< w:th a heart too full of grateful emotiotn for further miterance, lie took the hanid of Henri ett, and making a graceful obeisance, quitted the apartment. Ln TENTERnoN had contracted so inveter ae a htabit of keeping Limsclf and every body else to the precise matter in hand, that once, during't a circuit dinnier, htaving asked a country mtgistrate if he would take venicon, and re ceiig that lhe deemed an evasive reply-. "Thank you my lord, I tam going to take boil ed chike"-his lordship sharply replied-. "Tat, sir, is no answer to my question ; I ask yo aai 'yon take venison, and [ will trou le ou to ay yes or no, without further pre ngtjth). A PIThICIANS' EVIDENCE ON DANCING That beautiful, graceful accomplishment o dancing, so perverted by late hours and th< indecency of fashionable attire, has outraget many sensible people, and led them to depriv4 the young ones of the most simple and health ful enjoyments, because it has been abused. Foi myself, I can testify not only to its healthful but recuperative power. The fortieth, nay, th fiftieth year of my age, found me enjoying thii life-cheering exercise. It should be one of th< earliest amusements of children, and care bhoul be taken by parents that it is understood as at amusement. While I am on this topic, I wil mention a case that occurred in mny practice. A thoughtful, anxious mother, who had but threi children, brought to me her only remainmg child-a daughter. Her temperament nervous billious-the nervous fearfully predominant with great irritability of the system, peevish passionate, dyspeptic, sleepless; of course, ex acting, arbitrary, and uncomfortable; the pool child looked sad, old, morbid and miserable She had been to school, becau.-e her parent! thrught it an anusenent for her to be witl other children. Mter critically examining her physiogomny, I said to her mother. ' what is the temperamen of your husband T' " The same as my own, shereplied. "Then the child is doublystanped, I continued; "very vigoruus measures must bN used, if you expect to restore her to health Divorce her immediately from anything menta so far as inenurizing is concerned, then .4nd hei to a dancing school, that she may combine exer cise with order and melody, and thus some o her rough edges may be rounded." The child her large eyes open with wonder and delight interrupted with " dancing scouol ? 0, how1'vi longed to go; but inother says its wrong, am and leads to wickedness." What a dilenia fi a Child ! "Did you ever ntend your daughte: to play the piatio, guitar, or other nisical in strunient ?" said I to the mother. " 0 yes," w: the answer. " Why, I continued, " wly shov suci partiality to the upper extremities'! Tih hands are rendered happy as a medium of mel ody ; the feet are rendered equally happy it the same way." A iniee afternoon school re cive l the little girl, who grew in health an harnony every month as she folowed the hy: gienic rules prescriled for her. Dancing is IealthId, beautiful, graceful recreation, and i not, responsible for the abuses that luxury ha: thrown arounl it. The vulgarism ani exc:te nients of the ball room have no more to do witi the simple enjoyment of the dance than the riel wines and suap;tnons ainquets of the gourmand in whon they induce disease, have to do witl te temperate repasts that satisfy the naturn wants of the body.-Dr. Hw rrie K. Hut. A GO OLD STORY. There lived lately in one of the unm-tainou counties in Western Virginia many Dutchmen and, among then one named Ienry Syntder ind there were likewise two brothern, callet George iand Jake Fulwiler-they were all rich and each owned a mill. Henry Synder wa subjede '6 fits of deraig'meift, 'bdt thliy Ileh not of such a nature as to reader him disgreea ble to any one. Ile merely conceived himusell to be the .upremne Ruler of the Universe, and while unter the inltuation. had hinself throne built., on whicn he -at to try tie ealse of all who oti'ended himn; and i d tiemi o1l to heaven or hell, as his hiuior pro-AmItedl-li per.oionating bth JAlge and rulpnt. It happened on dlav that somea. dilielulty oc curred.between Henry Syndea1r;ml the Fuhril e), on account of their imll-; whe:. to b aenged, lenry Synlr took ailong wit h him a book in which lie recorded his i.. gmnt, al( muounted his throne to try their causes. Ht was heard to pais the followinr; judgments: Having prepared himself, (acting a< Jdlge and yet rlesponding for the accused,) he called Fulliwer. "Shorge Fulwiler, stand up. What hash you been don in dis ;ower world P "Ah ! Lort, 1 does not k-now" " Well, Shorge Fuhrviler, haas'nt you gota mill P" " Yea, lort, I hash." " Well, Shorge Fuhwaler, did'nt yo nevr tae too munch toll 7" es, I.ort, I hash-when der water wa~s low, and lmieni stones wash dull, I take a Ieetle too much toll." " Well, den Shorge Fulwiler, you must go ta der left, mid der goats" "Well, Sliake Fuiwiler, now you stand up. What youe been doin in dis lower w 'rld ?" (The trial proceeded thiroughout precisely like the former, and with the same result.] " Now I tries ,aieself. IHenry Shayuder! Ienry Shynder ! stand up. What hash yea been (loin in is lower world ?" "AAh'! Lort, I does not know." "Well, llenry Shaynder, has't you got mill ?" " Yes, Lonrt, I hash." ".Well, Hetnry Shynder, did'uat you nevern tak' too much toll?1" "Yes, Lort I hash.-when der water wasli low, and mien stones was dull, 1 hash taken leelle too much toll." " But Ihenry Shynder, vat did you do wid den toll." " Aha! Lort, I gives it to poor." (Pausing.) " Well, Ienary Shynder, you must go to den right mid den sheep; but ii i.e t(u tight s5jue(Z :e How TO TF....-A traveller called at night fall at a farmer's-the owner being from haomel an l the mocther anid daughter being alone, the: refused to lodge the way-farer. " Ilew fair then, said he, " to a house where a preacher .ana get lodging ?" " Oh, if you are a p~reachien, s;ui the lady, you can stay here." Accordingly he dismounted. H~e deposited his saddlle-bags, ant lel his ho~rse to the stable. Meanwhile, th< mother and daughter were debating the plumt as to what kind of a preacher he was. "IH< cannot be a Presbyterian " said one, " for lie I not. well dresased eno.ughi." "lie is niot a Metho. dist, said the other, "for his coat is not thIi right cut for a Methodist." " If I could findl lii hymn book," said the daughter, " I could tel what sort of a pireaicher he is." And with thal she thru..t lier hand into thme saddle bags. ana pulliig out a flask of whi.,key. shle exclaimed " La ! mother, he's a hand Shell Baptist." C.R.FU'L Wr.-"Dlon' t, Charles, go t< Boston with that hole in the elbow of yom shirt." Ilusban..-" Why not mny dear! Caireful Wife,. 4 Because if the cars should ranr olf the track and youjm should get killed people would think me a very negligent wife. Humas band, bauttoninag up his overcoat.)-" Ahem yes, I dare may they wouldl.'' ON hearing Ike read that eighteen rams wern to be usedl ini launching tho Leviathan, Mrs P~rington remarked that she believed a fes yolks of oxen would do a great deal better that rmus. There is a local editor out West so poor, thal he never stands upon more than one foot at time, for fear that he may wear out his boota quick. If a small boy is called a lad, it is proper t< all a brbo a lad-der. A SAMPLE OF COTTON FEUFTHE GILa RIV f A friend has placed on oukttable a sample cotton from the Gila rivig oreceived by I I through the Hon. A. H. Sthens, at Washir ton. The quality of this Atton is very mu . like that known in comtin*p as Sea Islai r The staple is long, fine, .a9 silky, in appe; ance. We regret that we are noi possession of n facts connected with the cn aion of the sa ple before us, if any such fi tA exist. The Gila (or as some an-nounce it, Heel river is in the South-weste', ortion of the U ted Statfws, and formerly tituted the Noi boundary of the Meidcan te of Sonora. has its sources in the monn.ms of New Mexi< P and has on its banks a thi6. growth of cott wood. We are not preparto say that the sa pie before us is cotton fibi from the cutti wood tree, but in a letter frq* Thomas Sparagl the Commercial Agent ofl(e United States, La Paz, Lower Cafifornia, .1h reply to a circu issued from the Patent. Oe in Washingt< on the 29th of February, 1 6, we find the I lowing in reference to tha Uee. The letter written from the Gila regiof the country: " When this country w , icovered, the cott tree was found growing wi in great numbh over the entire land, an . ti about twer years ago, the inhabitan anufactured thre and many other articles home consuTmpti from the fibre it produ but. the Mexic orovernent then prohibi 4ts. manufacture the people, for the. sake the duties whi . might be obtainied on im' articles. If-. f attention were given to . eeting cotton fri these trees, maniy Tillior. f pouuids could t-:her1ed every yea3r; and trimming the ti and watering it during the season, tihe qt tv f the fibre miglht be ' .improved. It is my opiniomn that, Sea Island cott r of the United Statis can wrown to great i vantage here, and that th ands of this rei torv are unmirpassed for a cing sugar, ri coffee, and grapes. .A) gh the 1titude this phtee is but twenty; ,degrees North, t elimate is so happily tem by sea breez ithat labor cai be pierfur by any race of II withnot iIetvenieiIeC or'triment to healt Whether the cotton fibrbibefore nis i.<the silt of cultivation, or I- rdnct of the w cotton trees on the banks he Gilt, one ti IiA very ceftain, the cottod of a fie variety, long and strong staple, ilky in appvaran and entitled to the e'xa ation as well as flections of all men en' largely in the C ton eiture.-Auguist o tultionalist. ABOL181118N MEN. I )r. Iarriett K. Ilunt ltichni to her oi reg'ret, a woman. Sie is profession a phi eian, and reside.; in Bos - )r. Hunt is net of Lt zen women init United State.< who pie ' use Nature di4 1 make them men. This u inate circusm-tar is tihe tandinu, grievance heir lives. Wl avail the privileges, iiiU s. at.entions, advantages accorded to b the gallati of the rougher sex, so I -they may not, u -tUiogresarIts %b and constables, wtar pantah)oins, or even vot r Impressed wit-h an indgnant sense (if th, disabilities, Mrs.,mr. Hun is seeking legislati relief. Unlike lier compatriot, Lacy Stonme, does not despise the power of the State, or together refuie to pay her taxes. She bri her case before the Legislature of Massachuiqe That body has apipointed a joint Select Co mn.ttec to comsider and report whether or n .I lIarriett and the rest of wonmankind shall admitted to the ballot-box. This Conumitti as we learn from the Bobton papeinrs, has bel pumblic hear ing in tihe SLate Hlionse, where 1 linint "expressed her disgust at the freeth allowed to men to vote, while womii are harred the privdiege." In this "mbsgutu " s was ably su.stained by 11m. Sanmuel E. Sew andl Wendell Pnillips. The Comiimit tee ii,ten patiently, and appinnted anothler day wen will listen still mnore. I Mrs. Dm. Hint niistatk.5 the boeit w.iy to i p iroac|: time oiject she hmas ini view. instead desmuding the privilege of sutfrage, wiadch, go at once to the roomt of the matter. Letwoi o iefratrseh t |h sm| dlemmand the passasge of a hil11 in the followi words: " B.; ii enneed, That nil women shall h.:cot men ! thmis act to take effect immueuiaely." Nothing shnort of such a compmjrehensive a thorouigh proceeding will answer~ time expectamtim of Dr. Ilunt and her anmall band of 1etuale i formers. Nevertheless we will not promise to supp< the tueasure. To confess the truth, we du wish to see wonmemn abolished. We would ratli nota do without them. If they were all like hlunit and Lucy Stomne we might think diff'ere: ly. But the soter sex, we mare frhe to ay seems to us worth preserving aLs it is. We tihe fore call upon thme Massachusetts Letrislatmure exercise a judicious conservati..m. What wom become of us if there were no wonmen? York Tfimess. THE: FATE, OF A FLIa-r.-It is very reart that a confirmed flirt gets married. Nmnet nine out of every hundred old maids may attri ute their ancienmtlmneiness to juvenile levity. is certain that few men make a selection fri ball-roomns or any other plae of, gaiety ; at as few are influenced by showing off in t streets, or any othmer allurenents of dre Ninety-nine hundredths of the fmmnery wi which women decorate and load tii. perst o for nothing as far as husband-catching is c. cerned. Where and how, then, do men ti their wives ? In the quiet homes of their rents or guardins-at the fireside wheret doumestic graces and feelings are alone demt strated. TIhese are the charms which in surely attract the high as well as the hunmb Tus CArnoLC CnsuncH os DRUNEENNEss. Bishop Bayley, the Catholic bishop of Ni Jes~ey, has issued a manifesto, brmnging 1 -machinery of the church to bear against t vice of drunkenness. His letter on the subji < has been read in all the churches, in tvhich alls attention to two clases-the druka tihemselves and the dealers in liqumor. Leavi I to tme pastors the choice of the part icular tmed :to be used, he suggests that each .shouldl keel list of the dirunkards and liquor dealers ini] church. He says: I am determined to make use of the i severe measures against all whq are addicted this scandalous and destructive vice ; and they continue in the practice of it, they i do it as outcasts fronm the Catholic church, w have no right to the name of Catholic wh they lire, nor to Christian burial when th: die. RuNmwA SL AvES.-The Albany corresponde ofthe Journal of Commerce says thatho saw1 other day six runaway negroes marched throu the streets under thme protection of Stephen']i ers, a black man, who claims to be time Presid< of tihe " Underground, Railroad," an organizat wich occupies itself in running off' darkies fr New York to Canada. An eastern editor heads is list of Birt Marriages and Deaths, thus: Ilatchedi, Matel )and Dispatched. The rascal's face deserves be scratched. DOWN WITH TIlE USURY LAWS. of We would have .the Usury Laws abolished, im believing that it would make money cheaper in ig- Tennessee. We deei it a great misfortune that ch our State Constitution requires, at least by im id. plication, the enactment of statutes regulating ar- the rate of interest. The.se enactments make banks the only money lenders, and from the ny benefits resulting fron their exi~tence, the poor m- man is effectually excluded. We would have the unemployed capital of our people at their a,) own disposal, on their own terms. Money from ni- other States would flow into Tenne.-see till the eth supply equalled the demand, and the ruinous It rates to which we are now subjected in defiance CO, of law, will never again be heard of. On1 But there is another consideration which will m- at once be appreciated by every business man in m- the community. It is well known that the Le, Usury Laws are totally disregarded even by the at Banks in New York and Boston. The capital lar of all other Southern Banks, which can possibly n, be spared, is sent for invest.ment in home bills ol- and notes to these Northern Institutions. Last is fall we saw the agent of a Southern Bank in the city of New York buying Mobile acceptances on to the amount of .5300,000. But this is not the rs, only way in which Southern capital is taken ItY from our midst and accumulated in the city of ad New York. Amid the ceaseless, wild and reck on less speculations of that inflated, nefarious city an the demand for money is always great, and by Southern tradesmen are induced by offers of ch from one to two per cent. per month, deductions "Y to pre-p-ay their Eastern debts. )n To acitunplish thi-s end our Southern Banks le are coistantly besieged by our merchants for me loans that the money may be thus remitted to Li- New York speculatois. The merchant here gets - the moniey at 6 per cent. per annum and gets "t from 12 tu 24 per cent. fur it in New York, and tius our Banks in Tennesmee are depleted of their currency wh..-h draws out their exchange ec, and gold to giut the money market of New of York. The differiene in rates of interest im lie poverishes our b.king institutions to enrich CS, those of the Eat. It has resulted that half the emoney of the Union is piled up in the vault, Lh. of the Northern Banks, while our phleboto ij' mised, s ekly, wId cat concerns are still "sus pendled" between life andl death. " We wouli, thereblre, have the usury laws re pealed, tiat mir own money and the culital of '''ouir ow'n lanks might be kept at. hoine to build re- up the commerce of our own Southern cities, and that our laboring men may have the benefiW, to which they are entitled, arising from the use of the idle capital of the country.-Mmcplh is Ledgr. h-l T -. 1 V-il Si- Duits - -rm: A n.M V .A Nvv.- Aa hin toi cUrre.spowlent of tie /era/l, under date ot he the l9th. reports two attairs of honor a:nong lot distinguished army anid navy ogicers: Lee "It appears that a diliieiy o41 Ht Gen. liarney and Col. Suwmner, ,,d the court nartial of the ltter gen ry Leavenworth sone weeks ago, Col. o ing himself iisulteil by Harney. a gmir.tarrival here, SmiLiS addresse. e ? H ariiey, asking him co meet mihitu oute4 se District. (Gen. Harno .etii U.. a'. tu the ve retary of War, and at tme si.M time addressel lie note to Colonel Sumner, stating that ie intended al. to make it a imalter t&:- ftlicial anvestigatiun,and egn he has accordingly prefer-d etiurgres against is. Sumner. Col. Su:mner replied to Harney that .he culid have nothilig further to do with a nan )r who would screen himself by his oticial positon. b Thus the matter stands. Of course the arImy ollicers who are here-and their name islegion discuss the inatter in all its bearings. Buth )r. larney aid Sumner have left the city. ma "hiere is another bloodless aliair. A.C. Rhind, he. formerly of the navy, sent a challenge to Com hie mader Boutwell, in-cnsequence of false charges all mIde against him in a pamphlet published a oi short tie -,ince. Boutwell refu:sed toacept the it chali.nge, and conseIuently Ithiud posten him inl the Uld style, as folluws: '*ii;>'tir-Ib all rtom i i -.iy rcncern-jen ",j fLlneni r~'h ari .i particular.--Whereas, lIComideer E. B. lio~utwel , in a pamiphlet pub id hed by him, has miadle certain t'alse chaarg~es aganst miie; and whereas, l have demanded sat iled to give, I herebuy proclatim him a coward iand1 a liar. A. C. 1IRisi."' ne "Wasington, February 19, 188. .At M'me Gazainiga'.s btenefit in Havana, the theatre was so fall that the authorities forbade rthe further sale of tickets. Hecr appearance on )the stage was the signed for immlenise chteerintg, >rt at thi presentatio o a gold Cup, with hun 'l rd floqut.pgos oves, canaries, &c. ir Sonic barbarian, however threw her a garlic )r. rown. Great eilbarts were made to ascertain it the authoitr of~ the insult, hut iu vain. After the it, opera was over, the stagze was illuminated, and shte was crowmied atuidst a shower ot' fire armns. to he presents .she recived and the tickets sold inetted the sum of $it,000i. In addition to all et this, she was conveyed to her hotel in the car riage of one of the titled fimilies and serenaded by the artillery batnd, the whole winding up w nith a grand supper. LIb- Arat.x I~Mtiarios Tr) TUE Soc-ru.-BillS It have been ititroduiced in the legislatures of Mis. n sissippi atnd Loui.,iana incorpourating comnpanie. id to pr.'eure the voluntary itmmigrationi of Atricanis he e ontracting to labor for atermi of years, tl I War bietween Brazil and Ilaraguaty is itow con Ssidered very probable. In view of this distur mbance, Paraguay wi:1 be in a rather bad conidition ad to resist the demands of the United States for the moutrage to the Water Witch, and the offences ie committed against our countrymen. " 'PracultrsE OF Motnwr1 txaos.--The Grand a Lodge of Masons of Virginia have adopted a l.plan of co-operation with the Ladies' Mount Ver. non Associaton in the purchase of Mount Ver. --- no. It is by a smiall but adequate assessment aon each mason in the United Suates, (ne dollar ie [each) with the single condition that they shll he have full liberty to occnpy the premised one day 3ct each year, Tfhere is stated to be an aggregate ie of 3:0,000 members of the fraternity in the -ds Unilted States. " The Southuern Matrutn,- as Pres ngident of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association, I hais graceftlly acceptad the proposition, and a a circular on the subject law been sent to each tis Grand Lodge in the United, States fruom the Grand Lodge of Virginia. to A SurTrso FCA.-On Thursday afternoon, a if young lady atnd gentleant skated from Bangor ist t~o llamnpdcn, Mainet, on a trial of speed. The ho Whig says " the youing genitlemani had the Ion ile gest legs but the lady spread must canvass, and yIthe witd hbeing fair and freshi she beat him by ey 2fr minutes; and the t'hat was performed in half an hour. So exhansted were the parties, howev ut er, anti so strong the head witnd to skate back, he that they were brought to the city in a carriage." y.Tm Naw S-rrTE lloUsE.-The editor of the nt North Carolhna Whig has recently visited Co on lumbia, and among other noticeable things m speaks thus of the new State Ihouse: While in Columbia wve visited the new State House which is in process of erection. It is ia, certainly a Herculean job, but every thing ii ied. conducted with perfect system, for there is such to a large number of hands employed, if this was I not te ae nery little would be done. Som of the rock used in the building will weigh 12 ton, but the machinery used for their elevation is so complete that they can be hoisted to their place with very little trouble. All the work is put up with the.utmost ca& and every means are used to prevent the corders from being mu tilated and a guard is on duty night and day to keep persons from mediling with or mispla cing any article used. It is supposed that it will take several years yet to complete it, and when finished it will be the finest building of the kind in the Vnited States except the Capi tol at Washington. Its cost is estimated to be about $4,000,000, but in our opinion it will reach .$5,000,000, if npt more. *so A ROYAL BEIDE~IROOM'S PRESENTS. The nuptial present given by Prince Frederick William to his Royal Bride, consists of a pearl necklace of unusual beauty and costliness. The necklace consists of thirty-two large oriental pearls, pronounced by connoisseurs to be remark ably pure, and the larger of which, those to wards the centre, are of the size of a hazel nut. The cost of this little connection, which has been completed only by dint of great diligence during a lengthened period, is stated to amount to 28,000 thalers, (44,000.) For sixladies, who have been the companions and friends of the Princess Royal hitherto, the Prince brought with him six golden bracelets, consisting of a broad rich band of gold, bearing a shield, on which is mounted a Prussian eagle, the wings of which are encrusted with diamonds. The Princess of Prussia has also had a set of dia niond and turquoise ornaments arranged with excellent taste, as her present to the Princessi Royal. Another pre.<ent, destined for the Bish op of London by the Prince, is a copy of the New Te-taient printed in folio, by the celebra ted pinting firm of Decker, in Berlin, which forimerly enjoyed the monopoly of printing all State documents. This work was got up by the above lirin, in 1840, at the fourth century of the invention of book printing, celebrated here in Berlin, for the purpose of showing the world what Prussia could produce in this branch of industry, an. was admitted to bear off the palm from all the other competitors for fame, on this occasion. The types, which are of unusual size and elegance of form, were all founded es pecially for this work, and the initial letters of the chapters are decorated and illuminated after designs by Kaulbach. As yet, this work stands unrivalled as a typographical chef de'enrre, but the triumph has not been obtained without a great sacrifice of money, as well as time and la bor, for, although a single copy of this one vol ume is not sold for less than 300 thalers, (445,) the printer still makes a considerable loss on it. The copy destined for the Bishop, is bound in dark blue velvet, and mounted with massivesil ver clasps, &c., richly chased, so that the hook in ;fa ,ound ,sah --ehs seventy-seven exj U~ttle hare, an. ......i wne midst cf my counmymen-my dear countrymen-na .ives of the State which was the cradle of my :rst hope.i, mny first ambition. In my long career -more remarkable, perhapsi for its length than its brilliany- have ever felt the responsibility I inherited h my birth. I have always said, what will Vir'gini'a say of me; and when, in the course of my public life-, I have always remem bered at itsi most imiportaut points that I bore a portiuu of her honor on my shoulders. I have sari that if I prove recreant, I would be doubly dainued in her estimation and that of the coun. try. It was in th.e school in Virginia that I im bibed those principles which have guided me through lite, ad it is by the example .of her Washington, and the other great h rginmans, that I amo inspired with the detsire to be rememn beLred by my State. That desire has been ae comnplislied'fair beyond my most sanguine expec tations. Honiors upon honors she has heaped upon me, and I could not, if I would, ever for. et her fatvors. At the end of the war of 18 12 ~15, she presented nie with the sword I now pos sess. She has given my name to one of her counties, and after the ltae of a third of a cen tury, when my little services miight be supposed to have been forgotten, she honored me with a vote of thanks and a gold medal. I allude to these things in a spirit of gratitude, nd not ot vanity. The time has passed away for that. I have'arrived at that age, when the passions are mellowed, anmd the imagination enses to be fiery and irregular-an age of quiet and enjoyment, and the scenes of tiius day will fill mec with grate tl memiories, and 1 will boar its recollections wth me to that linal resting place to which, in the course of nature, I aim rapidly tending. With a Virginia heart, I tenider to all Virginians my gratitudfe and my affection. WnrT Mat. llamas, OV ILLINois, Tuot'GuT EauT Yss Aoo.-The Washington Union puts Mr. Thomas L. Hairris, of Illinois, in rather :mn uneitnviable predicamnt, In 1850, when Caiforni applied for admission into the Union, that gentleman warimly advocated her applica tion. Addressing the House on the subject, he said: "'Jr. Chairman: I am for the admission of California as a State into this Union-California as she is, with her constitution and proposed boundaries, I wish her to be admitted now; I wish no romianding--a thing that never was done at all, and never ought to be done, in auch a case as this. * * * * * It is objected to the admission of Califor nia, that the President has improperly inter fered in its orga'riization, and that without his interference through a certain gentleman, late a member of this Hlouse, she never would have applied for admission in the manner she e, and with such a constitution as she has presented." This declaration is in striking contrast with his present position in respect to Kansas; but it is, perhaps, expecting too much of latter-day poiticians to hold the same opinions on a grave constitutional question for the space of eight years. lnconsistency seems to be their cheif merit. A NOVEL rAaTs Dasss.-At a " fancy dress party" in Hiartford, Ct., the past week, one lady apearedl in a dress ornamented with hundreds of little bells, not much bigger than rain drops-af. Ifording music of the fairy kind in the dance. In some of the Eastern countries dancing women wearells on their ankles which tinkle in time with the music of the dance, and, perhaps, this cus tomn suggested the more conspicuous display of this musical ornament. DANGEns OF THlE RED Prnrrcoa.-Three ladies were last week walking on the Newmnar. ket road, two of them exhibiting the favorite under-garinmnt of the day, when the ire of a passing bullock was excited by the glaring color, and he made a dash at the party. Thie offend ing ladies succeeded in evading him, but theit companion, though in a more sombre garb, was lifted upon a gate by the beast, but sustained .n nur beynnd the fMat.-Baron Post. TAB ISLAND OF CUoA. The following information respecting the ex tent, population and resources of the. Island of Cuba, we extract from the Washington Glob: Cuba is the largest and most important of the West India Islands, and commands the entrance to the Gulf of Mexioo, wbence it has been called the Key of the West Iadies. It is about seven hundred miles in length and seventy in breadth, and contains, with its dependencies, 32,807 square miles, being nearly equal in extent to Great Britain. The climate is delightful and very healthy, for which reason it is a favorite resort fur invalid. Even on the top of the Grand Antilla, the chief range of mountains running through the Islands from end to end, there has scarcely ever -been ice, and then only a few lines thick. The seasons are not distinguished as summer and winter, but as the wet and the dry, though the periods at which they begin and end are not very well e- - fined. The raiy seasons commonly begins in May, but sometimes in April, and occaionafy not till June. . The soil is very fertile, but, as in many other tropical countries, the people are too slugish to cultivate it to any great extent. The chief agi cultural productions are sugar, cofie, tobacco, manioc, and maize. The work on the planta tions is done almost exclusively by negroes, whose condition is far worse than that of the slaves in the United States. The whipping post is in constant use. As an instance of the great fertility of the soil, Trumbull states that, in the district of Sagua s Grande, a cabeleria of land, which is nearly equal to thirty three acres, has been known to produce two hundred and eighty thousand unds of the fair-colored Muscovado sugar of a country, being itearly equal to four moderate sized hogsheads per acre. The population is made up ot Creoles and ne groes, the latter forming about one-third. The Crevies, like their Spanish ancestors, are intelli. geut, but indolent; the negroes are not allowed to be either. There are in the island several exeilent cop per, iron aud coal mines, which would be very productive if well worked. Small quantities of gold and silver has also been found. Siie the introduction of bees, between sixty an I reventy years ago honey and wax have been important articles o? trade. Manufactlies have been much newlected. The island is divided into several jurisdictions, - civil, judicial ecclesiastical and military. Thd civil jurisdiction consists of two ptovisions, with two distinct governors, entirely independent of. each other; the supreme military chief of the whole island, with the title of Captain General, being the civil Governor of the province only, .called San Christopher de Ia Havana; while the other, Santiago de Cuba, has a separate Gover. nor, who, in affairs pur~ely political or civil, le not in any way subject to the CatairGaal color, not negroes, 48,u. inie u..~ V! slaves was 286,942, of whom 183,290 was males, and 103,652 females. Since 1827, the popula tion has, of course, greatly increaed, as is shown by the amount of imports since then, and the constantly increasing production of the island. It now amounts, probably, to about 1,500,000. The trade of Cuba is excellent. Its situation, the fertility of the soil, and the short distance not more than thirty miles-froi any poist in the interior to the sea shore, all tend to give it great commercial proaperity; and, if the many injurious restraints now iuposed upon its trade we: c removed, it would soou become one of the richest. spots on earth. Wiihin the last ten years the interior of the coutry has been much improved, and the means of comnmuniication increased by railroads, &c. The first railroad ever laid in the island, running from Havana to the most important ot the sugar districts, was constructed by Alfred Crugor, at the United States. A LOWES IN THE DESERT. Here is a beautiful incident related by an officer at Matamoaros, in a letter to a friend ia Providence, which reminids us that In the desert there still is a'ounitain, In the wkde waute there still Is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing ! Our army was marching into Matamoros, and the otticer writes: "There was a little incident occurred which contrasted so forcibly with what was goin urn around me, that 1 could not but be struck byit. " Under a tree just on the river hank, an at the point where the bustle and throng of the passage was the greatest, a family of Mexioans had taken shelter, who had recrossed to our side . the day before, anid had not had time to move to their houses. There were somne six or eight children of various ages ; one of these a beau tiful, black eyed, graceful little creature of five or six years. I saw her, while the tumult and toil of all desdriptioni rang around, while arms were flashing, cannon rollhng, men hurryni(g.So and fro, horses dashing at wild speed, the' air illed with shouts and oaths, and all was as if quiet and peace ware banished from the earth, half sitting, half lying ujpon a grassy knoll, he, head resting upon a white get dove, antd one little arm thrown around the bird as if to protect it from all harn." W~hat a lesson is taught here! What a picture for the painter and the poet!i See Innocence per sonified in that sweet child! See peace repreumne ted in that beautiful deve!l How they stand oat the bright, the glorious dgatfes is that scene, where war, with Its array~ of banners and mnar shaled inet, and gaudily dressed officers on en arsoned horses, fresh from the battle field, Itheir hearts filled with the swelling thoughts of the victory they have won, and all glowing with the tambitious desire that becomes the heroes tehaesown themnselves to be-how that teet hiave beautiful dove shine with the light, that is from Heaven, in that scene, where war fills up and darkens nll the back ground!i NOVELa Liwsurr.-Duing a revival in the 80 end Methodist Church of Lancaster, Pa.. less week the Rev. Mr. Walters,pastor, peremiptorily or dered "those persona who did not wish to comply with hisrequest (to eneel during prayer,)tcleave." . Mr *er ileof that city, refused to do eiht either,werenpon Mr. Waltera ;istituted asuit against Mr. Miller, before a magistrate. A cler gyman of the same church appeared as a vit ness, testifying that it was not compulsory with every one to kneel hut simply enstomary, when judgment was given in favor of defendant. AnorLrrioSIS3.-Hall'a Journal of Health. is responsible for the folllowing: " We have offern gone to hear Abolition 'stars' lecture-maessa line, feminine, and neuter;;.but sever sw s much spontaneous gladness in the face'of the whole of them, as may be witnessed in any half hour on the Levee, at New Orleans, atnong- the negroes who are loadintg and unloading Ia e el