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Demormit 3vurnal, 1t3fte to tI)t 90MII) anli 510mflyrn Hig )ts, v5, -s catt 1IEWS, frtr 1al mtace iuii tiWe will cling to the Pillars of the Temnple of our berties, and if it snust fall, wewlveii nsdttm un. SIM , DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIEL D, S. C.,MARCH 10, 188" - THE EEAET'8GVET. When age has cast its shadows O'er life's declining way, And the evening twilight gathers Round our departing day Then we shall set and ponder On the dim and shadowy past; Withinthe heart's still chambers The guests will gather fast. The friends in youth we cherished Shall come to us once more, Again to hold communion As in the days of yore. They may be stern and sombre; They may be young and fair, But the heart will have its chambers, The guests shall gather there. How shall- it be my sisters ? Who, then, shall be our guests ? How shall it be, my brothers, When life's shadows on us rests I Shall we not, midst the silence, In accents soft and low, Then hear familiar voices, And words of long ago? Shall we not see dear faces, Sweet smiling as of old 1 Till the mists of that still chamber Are sunset clouds of gold! When age has cast its shadows O'er life's declining way, And the evening twilight gathers Round our departing day1 From the New York Ledger. ELIAH AND I. BY ALICE cARY. The house that you see underneath the great pine, With walls that are painted and doors that are fine, And meadovs and wheat-fields about It, is mine. On the stony side-hill of the woodland close by, In a house that is not half so wide nor so high, Elijah, my miller, lives, richer than I. When I go to the town to pay tax on my land, He sits by the chimney, his book in hand, And merry of heart as if money were sand. Of the meadows about him, lie owns not a rood, No stone of the-brookside, no stick of the wood, Yet ne'er lacked Elijah for clothing or food. IhtUM gQV ISW Q-M0,V 6&4 'TIs I that must pay for the mending-not lie. He laughs while I frown, and he sings while I sigh The pleasant love-ditties of days that are by, So Elijah, my miller, is richer than I. LIEUT. HABERSIAr'S LETTERS FROM CHINI. [We propose to publish, from time to time. extracts from the letters of LicUv. lIAIMS11A1.M on China, which are now appearing in the Phil adelphia Public Leger. From Letter No. 2. of the series we take the following passages:-ED. ADT.) When I wiped my pen after writing "Letter No. 1," the pilot was about to leave us ollf the Capeb of Virginia, and I was urged to a hurried conclusion by the messenger boy, who knocked at my door with the information that "the sail maker was wvaitng to sew up the letter bag." Nineteen days have passed since then, bringing us to the 30th day of Dccemiber, and to the volcanie up-heavement known to mnodeinis as the Island of Madeira. Three days since, after a passage of fifteen days, we let go our anchor in this half-harbor, half open roadstead of Fun chal, and before taking the reader on shore to mount one of the numerous horses that crowd the beach awaiting customers, I will give him a glance of our late passage. * * * * * * * * Two days had passed since leaving the Orlan do, and th'e commencieent of the third showed us aL strange light to be seen in these temperate latitutes-an Aurora llorealis the brillhaney, of thie coloring of which beggared dlesenpltmni. P os. s'bly as it wvas the first '- Live'' Aurora lBorealis thiat the writer ever saw, he may think too high ly of it. Let us see what his journal says: "It was the 17th Dec. Our latitude was 3 deg. 15 min. N., and our longitude 55 deg. d2 min. W.; the hour wvas 3 A. 3M., and the Auro ra'was in the shape of a mammoth bow. The string of this bow-a bow bent and ready for us-was a dense oblong blutV of cumnulous clouds that entended from N. E. by E. to N. W. From e ach end of this well defined blull, whose up~per e Ige was astreight line running~ parallel with the horizon, and abouit two dlegrees above it, and whose color was dark and leaden, the arch of the bow commenced to form. its highest eleva tion was attained immiedliately under the North Star, about 25 deg., and the space between the bow and the string was of a rich pink hue. The shades of this pink near the string were incon ceivably faint and soft, but as the eye raised it self toward the bow, they began to deepen in richness, until where they abruptly terminated at the sharp, almost black outline of its lower edge, the intense richness of coloring, combined with the suddenness of the contrast, resulte:l in a combination of marvellous beauty and of rare grandeur. I thought this was all very fine, but when a dozen or more columns of a bright white and phosphorescent light shot down, fan-ike, from the dark surface of- the bow, apparently converging to that part of the string where the arrow would fit as a centre, and when the cen tre of these lamblent and palpitating columns of Northern light grew and expanded until it ap parently absorbdhose nearesit it on either side, ad when, in addition to all this, a beautiful shade of greenish blue was suddenly observed to spring into existence and struggle, as it were, for mastery with the dlelicate pink, and phos phorescent white spot, when this had all occured, I looked upon a display of such grand and sub line beauty as swept the imagination forward to the end of Time, and showed it Hlim who is called 'Faithful and true, the Word of God' eted upon a white horse, with the 'sharp sword of divine wrath proceeding fronm his mouth,' and caused me to picture this glorious advent attended by a similar scene. For it was a scene worthy even of that coining ; this glo rious bleading of Nature'a arctic hues." Thus ends the extract. Admiringly I gazed upon its waning brilliancy, one, two, five minutesq. Then I turned with sudden thought to the Quarter .....r, -ad oedered him to call-the Captain, the ex-President, and the Surgeon. I thought they would gladly consent to have their rest broken to be shown such a sight. And I was right. But they saw only the shadow of what hadbeen -its glory had departed. So intense had been this Northern light that when I turned towards the Quartermast, and encountered the contrast ing gloom of the Southern board, the eye was pained by the sudden change-it was like emerging from a brilliantly lighted room into a dark and gloomy night. These, the two ex tremes of light and darkness, flashed a continu ation of the picture across my excited fancy. I 1 imagined those effulgent rays as emanating from the divine purity of heaven's advancing host; and that lowering gloom as but the twilight shades of approaching night-that endless night C of misery and wo. In the North, bright forms I and celestial effulgiance and a mighty power I sweeping towards the last conflict. In the South, alarmed and hideous demons, and cold, a heavy gloom, guided by the all-but-Almighty -power of the fallen Archangel, rising in its I mighty despair to measure again its impious y strength with the god of its early homage. "Ahi! yes; that's really grand," said the voice of the captain, as he suddenly joined me, on the I hurricane deck, " I'm glad you called me." My waking dream was terminated abruptly. ' I turned again glowingly to the north, and be gan to fill up the dissipated portions of the pic- a ture as well as my imagination would let me. But I fell far short of doing it justice; I felt that I was' "daubing" it, and stopped Let us now turn to Madeira and-fa~cts, as I then turned n to the captain and a small section of carendish a -tobacco. b * * * * * * It was the morning after our arrival, and we t were eating breakfast around the long mess f, table. "Come!" said the two hundred weight sur geon. "Who's going on shore? I want to see Madeira. I w int to ride up to the Church of 5 Nossa Senhora del Monte' (our Lady of the , Mountain.)" This medical proposition to ascend 1800 feet above the sea upon an inclined plane three miles I long, met with very limited encouragement. A party, however, formed, consisting of the origi- I nator and the writer. We took two of the hard trotting horses that crowded the beach, and c c->nmenced the ascent. We passed over streets d beautifully and lastingly paved with thin, flat j tones set upon edge, left the town in our rear, d and were soon riding through, or rather ip, the country. Very little was to be seen of this country, however for the road-still paved-was lined on each side by lava walls, and it was only the old grape arbors, now used to support t pumpkin vines, that we could see over their tops. l "I rode over~these same hard stones seven- r teen years ago," I remarked to the Doctor, F "and then the grapes were hanging in clusters. Now, see those heavy pumpkins hanging in their c stead, almost breaking the arbors with their F clumsy weight." " res! it's almost melancholy," he replied. a ; But see also that grand bed of salmon-colored boney.e sAt DPtC been 0 prettier than that." c He pointed to In arbor that was onpletely hid by dense masses of green leaves and bright flowers, stopped his walking horse-it would 1ave been cruel to put our horses out of a walk up those fearfully steep roads-and called the attention of his horse-liy to several dry pods I that hung over the wall. . "By George! I must have some or those seeds to plant at Pen.-cola. IHey, John ! you sahe ?1 et. seed ! Confound the fellow, he's as stupid 0 AS a mu11le."1 A t hast hie called a violent panlto-| mine to assist his English, and got the seeds ; then we continued the clbh. There was n a level space, or " down hill spell," to relieve the d horse alter ascending one of tlo.,e hills; it was a 17%It all up, up, higher still, until we gained the erlianging clirch ntdi looked down from II elevation of 1O) feet. What a grand view I that was of the world below us. Ilills Whose whole sides were cultivated like guardens. dot ted here and there with houses and huts. and rising one above the ot her until they matde a pile that reached our feet. The narrow an-l U wlledl roads1 followineg their sharp ridges, the city at the edge of the sea, the churches, the [otthe fleet of shippinag tat tanchor miherod tead, the Powhmatan saluting the ex-Preident with 21 reverberating guns aLs lhe wvent on shore, and, finally, the mnisty and retreting horiz'on, where sky and sea became confused, and where the eve lost itself in vain imaginings-like the U mind'straining into futturity. And then "the U ride down ;" thtat also wvas grand, though on aL less poetical seale. We would not trust to our horses, sure-footed as they had proved them- ~ selves, but got itnto a basket sleigh with iron ruiners, and, wvith a fleet miountaineer on each r side, to hold it back and guide our rapid descent, I we commenced the three mi/e.e slide, and in fi teen minutes were again in the town. C It is the 5th of Jan. 1 will conclude this let ter with the sanme subject which pervaded my* first-our guests and their movements. D)uring our passage Mrs. Pierce was greatly prostrat~edl by sea sickness, but siince her residenice of a week or more in the palatial "Quinta," (country house) of Mr. March, she htas rallied greatly.C We hope that she will be shortly so restored as to enable Mr. Pierce to piroceedI to Europe in tle Spring, as he has all along conteniplated,. The English steamer Styxx and the two black sea gunt boats, already spioken of, sailed for the West Indies shortly after our arrival. With great difficulty here, we prevailed upon Mr. March to sell us a few quarter casks of hisr p~recious Maderia. We paid $35 the } ca.sk, and upon our return, after shakinig it on ship board for two years, will be among the few who ctn say with safety, "I am drinking Maderia which has not been doctered." AN UNFoaToUrsT Roosvamn.-There are ob jetions to Shiatighais, no doubt, bjut we had nier er thought of this: Mr. 5--, atn old resident in Stilhvater, on the tpper Hudson, introduced among his fmunily of~ hena a few Shianghanis. inchludineg a rooster of'for nidale dimensions, who bad " rnn to legs" a ' good deal. I his crow was peculiar, and easily1 Edistinguisied, from that of the other cocks. One monighe hdwaited to hear a repetition ofI teusual snumnons, after being aroused by the "shrill elarion'' once sountded, but he heard it 1 not agatin. The pre-eminent chiaiiticleer was still. Mr. S- went out to see whatt cansed the silece. H~e found the rooster lying on his back with both legs out ofijoint. After an exam ination, lie set both legs; the cock walked olf andi gtave vent to his saitisfaction in a lusty crow. In the very act lie dropped as if he had beent. Hie had crowed his legs out of joint again ! ' It wats1 too much trouble," said Mr. S., "to set himt up overy time lie crowed1 !"-iekrboeker. " I love to look upon a young man. There is a hidden potency coneel within his breast which charms anid pan tme." Th le daughter o'f a clergyman hiappening to find the above sentence at the close of ai p~ice of er father's manuscript, as he had left it tn I his studly, s.ut down and added-I " Tem's may sentiments exactly papa,-all but the pains." JUDGE DOOLY AND TinE LANDLORD. Ilarper's Magazine has a correspondent in eorgia who overflows with good things. Ie ets off the following anecdote: Judge Dooly, an eminent jurist in Georgia brty years ago, was a great wag as well as a reat judge-wittyas well as wise. his gravity ave effect even to his jokes, and these were nore frequent than his decisions. One of his sacies was to " take people down" who were a the habit of exaggeration. The way lie used p Austin Edwards, keeper of the hotel at El erton, is a caution to all story tellers, of wholn Lustin was the prince. Ie always told the rhole truth, and more. "It was naternal," lie aid; " he liked uncommon things better than ommon ones-'twas a heap nore amusin' any ow." One morning at breakfast, this long-bow indlord had been relating one of his extraordi ary yarns, and Judge Dooly being at the hotel nd listening to tthe story, sat in solemn silence ntil it was over, and then remarked that he ad an awful dream in the night, and was very mch depressed this morning. The landlord rs awake in a moment, and begged the judge, it would be no violence to his feelings, to re te the dream, as all would like to hear it. The idge still declined, as it might hurt the feelings f others. "Oh, do tell it, Judge-we mut have it," rged the landlord; and the conpany joining 1, the Judge proceeded as if lie 'ere about to nitence a criminal to be hung: "Well, I dreaned last night, two lawyers and yself had retired to a private room to divide mong us a fee received fron a hard case, which ad been carried through with a miglh,.ty deal F lying on all hands. While we were set ling lie division in steps the devil, who, without any )rmality, said lie had come for us-we hiad told es enough, and if he left us any longer we light repent, anl so he'd lose us. We did our est to persuade him to let us off, but he was iexorable, till at last I ventured to ask if he ould take a substitute. "'Whom do you olfer ?" lie asked. "'Austin Edwards,' I said, ' lieeier of the lberton Hotel. " "' Good ! he'll do,' said lie. 'send him down. 11 take him for all three of you ?'" The table was in a roar, and the landlord was red, for a time at least, of his habit of over rawing. le passed away years since, and udge Dooly is gone too, ;o there is no harm one in telling the story. ENTERPHISING MN. A young man just liberated from the appren ceship of a common clerk, conceives the idea r becoming innensely rich in a few years. and esolvcs to open a wholesale dry goods store, or erhaipi a large banking house. From his late nmployers lie receives flittering lettvrs of re mninenation, just as quack medicines receive utfs froni newspapers; and from his nercantile cquaintance lie begs testimonials, just as bad tors beg applause from the galleries of theatres. Armed thus with both the sword and shield r commercial impostor, lie obtains credit; Lor ns- money-;opense-&splendid- establishment.; aploys a dozen dashing clerks; inarries a belle 'ho must be attended by a train of livered te ials; rents a first ciss house (.n the most fi"h1h nale avenue; receives on ldeposit the earnings labore.rs and s<-amstresses ; drivos a splendiid an of blooded horses; gives dinners, evening arties, and birth day balls; buys box tickets at m theatre; heads the list whenever a coiipli IeLEtry benefit is tenrlered to i favorite actress; eupies a front pew at church ; never oliers :ss than a huldred dollars at a donationi party ; ends the suimmer at Newpoart or Sand oga; rmounces his intention to visit Paris and lo1 - on the ensuing slring ; burrows, and borrows. id borrows, till lie can borr;n no more-and ienithere is astartling ruinraor that a ailure has curred, involving in ruin hiumiredCs of indu.+ ious and econoimiical pehl. The telegraph mds the astoivnding intelligenet all over the ,untry, elitors consult their dictionaries tr 'ords to utter their reret and astonishmlent, >nierial men t ender i heir symplati I and ex ress reniewedl conftideince in thle iiiegr'ity of :wir unfortunate brothier, amid thme c'heated hpoir ainm coinnionce their wueary journmey at the ottoum of t heir steepi anid rugged paIih of lif. Th~e author of all this waisteluh exvaga:: d this glittering falhsehoodl, andial l this pumn ois liberality, and all this snuobbtish wahniration, nd this unideservedl sympathy, and all thiis pite ashy abuseud confidence, absents himself fromt ublic assemiblies till the ninie dhays' temnpest has lown oveir, and then conmes forth to seek some ew field of operation, and plamy the saime gamne vex'gm.~ Tfhe shivering beggar who steals a web of flan el is pr'ompitly arrested andl punished. No sym tthysing crowd follows himi to the grimi en mee of the solitary and dreadeid abuode of ~unterfeiters, thieves, andl assa~sinms. No sor Lwful paramgraph reluctantly, tells how, in) anm vl hour, lie committed the tunfortuxnate (heed. ud yet how small his poor offense seema~ along ide of thme enormous crimes of' the wicked and eklss vagabonid who steals the value of many honsands webs of' flannel ; who, though he nmev r earned the datily food of' a starveling idog, yet f'ten squandered ini a single night's licentiiius it, mnore than a whole year's w~ages of an~ ini ustrious man ; who beggareda lhdreds of' fin ties w hose humle dwellinigs he w~as not wth'm' y a enter; and who-a bankrupt debitor. yet rasting the sub~staince of others wvit.iu the most ane extravagnce, and covered all over withI le recent stains of treachery, falsehood, fraud, ad extortion-goes off' the stage he disgraced,. Lot only unpunished, but with the sympathy of most whom he did not r'ob ?-Pra'irie Far'mer. Surn II--'s INDt(Gr.ToN.-Old Squire L-. was a very successful and substantial rmer in an interioi' town of Massachusetts. nd a niore amazing eater never lived in anmy uterior town anywhere. And esp#cially mnehl id he eat wheni fresh pork was to be his nour shment. Well, at a cer'taini time one of his ogs had been killed. The next morning there ras fi'esh por'ic for' breakcfast, and the old mua te most wondlerously. In the course oif the >eon, hu ate his luncheon, con.,isting of tread and butter', mince pie anid cheese. At oen, his dinner consisted of' fresh pork, pickles, nince pie, and the usual accotmpimenitts. H~is .fterno's Itucheon was like that of the fore-. toon. When lie came home to supper, his fa -or'ite dish had not been precpared as part oif hat meal. Th'Ie old man fretted and scolded ill fiesh pork was adided to the substantial<. he ate voraciously, as usual. In thme evening c toastedi some cheese, buittered and ate it. rust betbre going to lbed, lie r'oated a couplde of .pples atnd ate them. In the night lie was akenm with a severe colic. Th le doctor was vith him till mnorning, and near'ly wvrought a iacle in saving the old man's life. The next lay M. Bolles W-. one of his neighbors, 'etit in to condole with the "old Squire." Faithful Belles," said the old worthy, " I like o iae diedh last night. I'll never eat another osted aple as long as I live. I never did ve them very well, and last night I ate only w, and they nearly killed tme." Bolles never old this story without laughing.-N. Y. Mes enger. nreNone must be ,judge in his own cause. From the Now Orleas Deltn. AFRICAN SLATE TRADE OPENED AT TUE SOUTH. Some startling and insignificant facts have come to our knowledge. We have hesitated to disclose them, but after ini'qf, examination and consultation, we are conl e.ed that both duty and policy demand diselo re. The facts, we say, are starting; they are-1crucial. They will surprise and encourage ntuy in our counting rooms and offices, and many on the plantations and in the towns, but moit of all they will as tound the Cabinets of Wetdrni Europe, and emi nently assist to confirm.-etween the genial French people and our own Norman and Huguc not South, an unwritten bo hearty, magnani mous and unconquerable noe against the al. lied avarice and envy, cant:.nd rapacity of Eng land and the Northern St tes. Although the foiled and furious enemies-of our institutions may shake up, uncork andour out on our bat tered brows the foamin Ws of their wrath ; dthough the Presidentma e shocked and cm-i arrassed; and although great parties of the country may be .bitt disappointed and imbrangled, let it go forth t Southerners have aken into their own hand1 he law, and opened he African Slave Tradewj~h the South ; that Aricans are now imported nto Mississippi and ther seashore States; thartn Mississippi there s a market for African slav , and that on pian ations in that great and i epil State, negroes ecently imported from Af are at their daily Work. The authority on ich we make this umotuncenent is indispital. We even have idvices that in Mississipi . enry Hughes and soie of his party now pri ely urge the Labor hniigration movement. n4 to open the supply >f Airicans, bit to legitimate, moralize, regulate tnd equalize the supply alr4dy opened and im iossible to be closed. NFhave some further l-tails. Some ne'rocs a "isenharked (n the Ultantie coast and broughioverland to the Mis issipni cotton fields, but theississippi seacoasCs oeuliar Iheilities fur landi*ig and secreting car os, and the conveniencesof Pearl River as a hannel for distribution,~are'hot overlooked. The profits of the Missisppi slave. trade are N11rmous. We have been.go lortunate as to pro nre firon undoubted authogity some intieresting etails. They relate 'to t operCtcins of the Mississippi slave trade, and-.re authentieated by perators. It need not be-sid in the first place that the bark engaged in the trafliC to the South must be a fast sailer, for tljs is indispensable to .he security of the otlieers,.nd crew, the health f the cargo, and the rapidity of the pecuniary returns. For a trip fron. he Mississippi coait to Africa and back, there must ie a captaii, itipercargo, three mates, triee cooks, stewaril. inul between t wenty and thirty firt-Class sC1emen. Flie vessel must be well -icpplied with extra -unning and standing ri , and also sitierii merary spars. ropes, top , anti siits t sal s. An assortment of the laeg. all nations will be particularly desirible, but:, most useful is now :hie Frenihi fig. becatiig l-itisl cruisur. will tot verify the colors aid. the sanie lilerti cs i with tie United Stategi . The fire of the hip's crew must be thef est, and their good e ill must be e l X itd, because, dir. g-the voyage tid .. _~ d.r. he voyage, a. ti-eat irois or vi itve w)rma i-en is, to say the least, troublesiome and expen ive. To procure the good will of the tunn, nch depenids on the mates, over whoim the ecp aili oulght to k-ej a1 striCt Vatch. For the situ. isten11ce of the neg-os there must be a pletiful oipph- of hard bicad, corn meal, rice. and en thiiiancte of vinegrar, red pepoper, pure w:ter ind drugs. In istributing diet, the greatest -&.ularity is to be observed, andith e verv first ec.-mptomes of disease promptly treated. As Co e caiacity of the su-perior tilicer, it moay ie ;fely sail that n slaver repjires ill it more cur Vff. talent. ioeCetV. ielty, skill ami diSerelii, lian alny itther ship inl any oher trade. 1Ind4eed, lie eiptain ail siipereargo tus!, hetawien thi-i. tet ais ntvigatoir ant icval o'licer. iwrehat aidi >h1%Sic.iLJ. dhiplomaitist anid magtistrate. not to n,:1imioni tle flmctions of Chapliin. As ,o the expenses ail proits of the v'oytia-. e latest. wvi.es were from the caitain of a 11rk whiCh sti'ed from one of the puris. lie wt qileiC rtettendh r-eiurne-d. aind reports thatu oin eceunit of Cthe vigi lmce of erniise:s, neg:r s hadl cmnulhitedl on the coast, andl ini a maeit~r glut d tlw. matrke-ts, inal that ini conist-wi e o fi i. thi. he prie lhad Ialleni to imdetlr thirty doltaisp lead. Th-fe paymiienit, hotwever, nmiist Ibe iin ;reld rsilver, asthe head men will nlot, as ihrwry :mer fir mier-chlie. W e may estimiate a cargo to niim~!wri se-veni mdredl negros, although nmny more hctha that ire often carried1; but what ever thie minber. cne purchiasedl should be over- twny ve :crs >f age. Seven-i hundu-redl, at ain average cost of hirty dollars a piece, will amount to .*1,C)00. ud thueii-price in~ tis countr-y or- Cuba will rnige romth 8.15' to $ 1t0. But if suehl tfer 8.-Mi. say,; he cat-go will icet $:;50,000t. l'eiely alloewing," he, $15C0,000H lari the enitire expecnses of .tlwi ovge aend all possible loss, Chi eirotits of cite oudi voyage will aemount to $2tio,tmttt. Whieri h- piroliis ared so exoirbitanet, we Iicn well mnh-r-. iadt whli th~e buisiness has hbeen i-gun ini thue Snuthc. Wec can well ianderstiud the impous-ibili I of closinug the ti-adem now b egunc, andi moei'st of il e ncow c-an understacd that the gr-eat ipws t~iiin is not whe-ther- there shalh he iir thei Soenh a suppejly of A fican labor, becauise thatt is nowt -tit led, and the gr-eat and absorbomig q inestion is wheihlee, accerdinig to Hughes's un-thid, thec sill p1c shiall be- so modilied as Co Ibe h-gitimuace, thir, regihimr acid equal. T EX AS.-In relatione to agriculteeral oper-ations rnd prospects in Texas, the Galveston News " Accounts from the interior indicate a gene ral activity among planters in loinge and piut ting in thceir spricng crops. In Easternc and North ernc Texas the gronued is still too wet to admit uf much progress, but the weather we arc now haviig will sumn putt it in good or-der. We-tern exas and the coast. counties were never in a more promiisinig coneditioni at this season of the yair than at present, and large crops of every lesciiptioen arec now confidently anticipacted. A lacgee br-eadth of lanud will lie devoeteid to corn id wheat than ever before, aind we think the ame may be said of the cultivatioen of cotton, esecially thme Sea Island variety, for- which the oast lands are believed to be peculiarly aidapjted. In a word, if a merciful Pr-ovidencce will pro erve mis from late frosts and ravenous inesects, we shall be able to obtain more from outr rich md generoucs soil this year than ever before." Lady Na pier has met with a serious lo.ts in the lestru~tioni of her wardrobe. While at dinncer, a few days since, a tire broke ouet ini her ladyshuip's irssing" room, where were all of hei- dresses. Be foree thlamues could he extingnuishedl, the whole nflamable euaitter of' flounces, silks, brocade and imuslins, was reduced to ashes. Theo less in lresses amiounts to somue twenctydtive hundred dollars. Ax inveterate bachelor being asked why lie did not secure some fair one's conmpany in his voyage on the ocean of life, replied: "I would if I were sure such an ocean woueld be pacific." Prudent old batch. Ax old lady told leer son to list the door, in order to keel) the wicnd ouet. " That will miake it wose, mohe, he replied, "for you kntow, the wind blowoth where it listeth.," 1[ON. JAMES h. ORR, SPEAKER OF TIlE HOUSE. IT is a coincidence worthy of remark that both branches of' our National Legislature are pre sided over by ciomparativelv young imn. ile subject of* this sketch. ti, H ot. dlames L. Orr, Speaker of' the House uf liepreseitatives, is in his thirty-sixth year. Mr. Oer is of' Irish ex traction. His paternal nucester emigrated to this country, itl settled in Pennsylvania about 1730. His maternal ancestors cane also from Ireland about 1786. ills grandflather. Jehu Orr, a native of Wake County, North Carolina, was a brave soldier and true patriot in the Revolu tionary War. Christopher Urr, his father, was a highly respectable and successf'ul merchant, who devoted his means liberally to the educa- I tion of his childrenl. .lames L. Orr was horn on the 12111 day of Mar, 11822, at Craytonville, Anderson Distiict, Soinith Carolina. Le began his studies when quite young at a country school, from whence he was transferriel to an academy at Anderson. andl while there, engaged in the ardent pursuit of' leariing, lie still found time to assist his father as a bnook-keeper and sales mnan, thus early bleniding habit.s of practical in dustry and tusefidness with those of' research and study. in his eigliteenth year he was sent to the University of Virginia, where, by constant application, he acquired great proficiency in the higher branches f learning. laying deep the foundations of fiture knowledge and usefulness, while! at the same timn. hei won ani enviable repu tation aimng his felbiw-studeits ly his manly, generous, and honorable depurtmeit. lie left college in 1811. and devoted two years to gen eral improvement, by mingling in society and pursuing a juliciutis course of reading. Ini 1812 he entered the law-ofHice of JuTdge Whitner : and in 1843, after passing a highly creditable examination, he w a amitted to the bar. Ile began the practice of' the law at Anderson, and during the first year he also established and edited a IeWspapihier called the A ron G.,zel/, thus pursuing his fivorite system of full mental occupation, to the exclusion of idle frivolities. Mr. Orr still ound time to mingle with, and beeame thoroughly known to, and nppreciated by hisfelluw-citizeis. As I prouol of their regard ainld conifidenee, he was elected, in 18 1, when a little more than twenty-two years old, to the I.egislature, from tite I'nlletoin District, by a larger vote than any other candidate inl the State reeeived. His career in the Legi-lature was distingnihed by uselithess through the exercise of sound se'nsc and good jutdgient, rather than by any attempts at brilliant diplay; and yet his very first speech. which was in opposition to a mioveimett intenidel to cointnt South Carolina to the doctrine of Nillilication in regard to the tariff of Is12, gav. him at once the reputation of an eloIient ant able debater, and pilaced himn in a leading position. Hlis spvech was received with appLIIAse throughout the State, and ebarac terized as "onme of tlie hlejlest. plainiest, and most sensible of the whole discussion." Mr. r. a'so alvoet d with great earntestness and ab)liy the choice of pres-nti al electors by the people-the practice being then, as iow, in outh Carolina, to elect theiim by the Legislature ; thivS, in deflimic" of cistomi .it01 portejudice, giv ing a pledge in the beginning of his career of In 181. Mr. Orr became a candidate for Con gress. 1lis oppoinent, who took the field some mIIonths in advance of' himut, was a lawyer of groat talenfs and high reputafion. They were ioth Ili'mrats, and the coutest resolved itself inito one of per'inal potilurity. After : an ani ma.1-0 tee I and xcitingl f (111Vass .ir Orr wa% Ihleu'tedL liv 700 moriy tv- i flatteriig proof of' the appreia ion iIll which lie was held, andI a hli.I ti'ibiiut to his ability andl worth. Front tat tinte to the present lie isi cnutiiued to hold hik seat. being re-eh-eied at the cleme of each term withusut opposiion. When i.\r. trr entered tlie irty-lirst Con -t:ress that boldy presetedil at brIillianit array. of' Iltili. lit the Seateit wore Calhmm, Wehisier, t. 1, iingh-s, andi lientoi: inl the Houise Win thliop, Toimbis, Steplieus, M'Dowell, Bayley, aid oers of emineent abIiify. .\mong these the vta sta e..im:i s001 astinmeld a p ,itution w i clI ~etaIdiiitidil both re5p1ect ainI -steem. le spoke seblo~mi hut was ahvarvs listened toi with atten-.; tioni, andi raidily woin his way to distinction. Thme prncipal spte]h im:ie liy him in this Con rWiS asii thle aitni ion ot' the Sinevery Qiii. tiuon, which lie earneuestly dleprienated. lihs speech~l iii;m rked byv a hi ihl te iii-. rahnii, ciigeiit reason.ii mise .lfa.,nrie's wer'e pamssed. -\lost of their l'ea iiinr i'( w ~ee ppoede by .\r. (Orr. ont what he eonii siered Contstitiutionual gri~onds. Tlhese minas ure'.4 were mnetih contden nedl in his State :and wten lie retuirined homiii, in Mairebh, I10i1, lie ftaol a miditeabele pity ortganiizi-l ini favor ofl e'es5.'i.mi fromt the t.'ionui lby Sietih Carolitna a/an -. .\ C st ~ ti utal C. iivintin i hado bieen ealed. aiti a iimijuity of' the dielegaeis el'ctedl weriie 1.l-dgeed to voei Iir si-ession. .Mir. I rr h:il b,:'..n o~ pposedi in the begining to thei call for is Convii entm. tainig giundttiefit, if' wrong liao been doni' ii tie Suih. it was impililiie for any ion' Statfe fo aileomplt e'in erees it. 'Theo deegates elected frtom ii his o wn Conugre-ssional dstri't to this Convenitioni we're two to onte in favor' of' secessiaon. e dlid tnt huesitamte. nuevet' thless, to piroclaimi henldly his noiesition to their' Poliin a, in i a peulic si'a'ch aLt Piekens. a fhw das'afi -r his r'eni ra. lie wanuel his coumnstituiet<, elcie intly andi iarnt'itlv. aginist ft' disatster's wha'i h wonide incv'iialy fiheiw. The " .'tiuthert'i lighii. .\sso'iaitioiis"~wibiil hand li-u firmiial the pevmions witier determiiiined an hohlinhg a guniral convention ini Char'leston, wvhich conven ion Mr. Orr attended as a delegate from Ander son. T his body was distinguished f'or its intel lignce and moratl worth; anid it was believed that the extretme opitnjins of thme ultra party were largely in the asicendency. Mr. Urt' intro duced the r'esolotion uponm whmich thec mninority founded their repiort, ande sustained it ini a patri otie, fearless, anud manly speech. Only about /hi/y meemtbers, oitt of' 410, supported his iews. He did not, however, iquail before merue numbers, or shrink fi'omn his honiemst conuvictions. He mitained his positin ;his speech wvas piub lishedl by thle co-operationu party, anid circulated throughout the State ; it pirocedtii the nmst poerful eff'ect ; antd ini fOctobe.r following. Mr. Or and his colleague, Colonel Irby, were elected to the Sotuthern Coiigress, which had beent pro posed, by ani overwhehnting miajority over two taleted and popmular gentletmen, the candidates of' the secessioni pam'ty ; the tmajority in the State fr Mr. Orr's party being over 800t01 The wel f'are of' thte conutry was at stake, and the occa sioni cahled foirth all his energies and self-sacrifi cing devotioun. Trhat thme crisis was onue full of alarm and dan ger mumst be admittedl evemi by those f'arthest from the scene, and imost disposed to deity both the right of a State to secede ; amid th'at Mr. Or, in thme very~ iopening of a brillianit political career, hazarded his future hopes and prospects to a setise of' right and idut, enititles hun to the egad ol' every true lover of' the Uioni. IHis triumplh was hiighly honorabmle to himself, amnd fixed him muore firmly than ever ini flue esteem and affectinus of' his conistituients. Thme Cotngressional career of' Mr. Orr', which a wanmt of space prevenits us from noticing miore in detail, lhas beeni both a brilliant and a usef'ul one. Always sustaining his positions with elo quence anmd force3 ofl argutmient, amnd exhibiting great firiness in debate, hue lias commnanded at ti..tiit aud exrcised a nowerfiil iniluenice over the questions 6f the day. His habits of tho rough investigation and analysis, and his tena cions adherence to his convictions of right, have frequently placed him at the head of im portant committees; and his reports are among the ablest in our legislative records. As chair man of the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, during the discussion of the most important and exciting measures, he dis played so much promptness, firmness, and intel ligence in his decisions that he won the confi dence and respect of men of all parties; and at the commencement of last Congress he was al most unanimously selected by thF Demoorats as their candidate for speaker.. 1His party were, however, in the minority, and his election failed. When the present session of Congress opened Mr. Orr was nominated, without opposition, and elected its presiding officer. So far he has jus tified the expectations of his friends and of the party which placed him in the chair. In the fulfillment of the duties of his present position Mr. Orr will doubtless add honorably to the repu tation he now enjoys. ie is too wise a man not to perceive that while fidelity to party was the best ladder for him to rise to his present height, impartial neutrality will now serve his fame and ambition better. The personal appearance of Mr. Orr is bold and striking. He possesses a manly form, a dligniified bearing, a kindly and courteous ian nar. and a cheerfil disposition. His counte nalcie is open and intellectual; and his phre nological dev-lopients indicate promptness and CleciSion of charad-ier. combined with considera ble powers of analysis. Colonel Orr mar'ried, in 14.1, Miss Mary Jane Marshall, daughter of Dr. Samuel Marshall, of Abbeville District.-larper's Weekly. Tit: MoaMONs AM) Tiua POLic.-A cor respondent of the New York Times, writing Fron Sacramento, gives a detailed review of the 'Jorman discontent and its origin, down to the present time. Ile was for many years a resi dent of Salt Lake City, and only left it when the Gentile population were driven out. iHe believes that tin wise and ill-judged appointments by the Federal Government first excited Brigh un Young and his followers to ebel, and that to the excesses committed by Col. Steptoc's command when quauted in Salt Lake City during the winter of 1854 and 1835, is to be attributed the present hostile attitude of the ormons, and their determination to allow no more troops to dwell among them. It is his opinion that the Mormons, if driven to it, will oppo-e by force of arms the further advance at the United States troops, but in the sunmer they will migrate, either to Sonora, or Northward toward the British pos.esions. The latest advices from (tah, exhibit two important facts Col. Johnston, who comimauds the United States troops, has avowed his determisgation to take no step back ward, but to carry the war directly into Salt lake City, should the Mormons nanirest a dis po-ition to resist, and with arms in their hands. And, in the second place, Brigham Young has intimated a willingness to permit Gov. Cum iings and the civil officers who accompany him, to pass quietly into the city, provided the Uni hU teinyn. p i be acceeded to, and if, in conformity with the opinion expressed by the above writer, the Mor mons will oppose by force of a-ms t-e further advance of the United States troops, a conflict would seem to be inevitable. The relative forces mnay- be estinmated at about 2,500 on one side, agalinst at least 12,000 Mormons. But the toriner are regular troops, thoroughly drilled and disciplined, while the latter, however full of fumaticism, enthusiam and fight, would, in all proibability, sulfer very severely, and after one lor, two skirmishes, either vield or retreat. Sremu Ur WVATn FROM SAM.-Livinmgstone, he Afrieun r.wveller. deeribes an ingienious me ti d biy which the M\fricanIs obtain water in the desert "Ihe women tie a bunchm of grass to one end of a reed aboult two 6Cele long, and insert it in a ho!e tiug L.- deep as the arim will re teh, then r.uni down the wet sand' firmly airm nud it. A pply ing the mot:th to the ft ee end iuf the reed, they fo a vaene in the grass hbeneamthi, in which the w:mier colk-ets, and in a sI o -i time' rises to the motth. It will be perce-ived tha:t this simple, bit trulv phli!oso1gluical anid elbeetual method, might have lbeen aplied in mmany cast's, ini dif ferenit coutntries, wvhere waler was greatly need ed, to the saving4 olMife. It seems womnderful that it should have, bemen now first mtade known to) the world, anid that it shouldl have beeni habitu ally praicticed itn Africa, probably for centuries. It seemns worthy of beinig p~articu'a~rly noticed, that itL'. no longer lhe neglected fr.>tm igmn rac.It'mtay be highly important to travellers on our We.<terni deserts and prairies, in some prts of which water- is known to exist below the sutrface. L-tryers, says Sam Slick, have gr'own so gen teel, Ithey have altered t heir very nmamne anmd very- nat ,tr.' (Once uponli a timne t bey used to lbe cale att torneys, niow, lorsoothm, thiey at-c s'hici ters; formerly they wet-e sty-led lawyers, but now imothing lint batnnisters wtill do; antd nice hanmiiters thtey are for a feller- to leani uipon that's going dlown stairs to the deuce! A P1 e-rArTCA. joike was4 once atllempted't to lbe pha-ed1 on Mr'. Mr.,kmit, as hte wen-tt omie day to We ist min-tet I hall, wit his ampl~e b ag crantaned full 1f b'' riefs. Smei waggihm barr-tister hired a Jew's hoy to go and ask him if he had " any old clo's to sell 1" "No, you little imp," ex claimed the indignant counsellor, " they are all new suits." CL'R . ron Ooj~ms.-It is said that forty-eight hours of total abstinence from liquids of all sorts will kill a cold entirely ; and he who tries this remedy niay go out into the air, and thme more tue better; for the more he walks and creates exhaltation from the skin, the more lie rolis the blood of water, and thme tmore thorough ly be breaks the Irnnks on which the nose and throat antd lhmgs rely for the imeaus of making themselves tronblesome. LIFE OF NO CITIZF.Y SAFE..a.A Cincinnati "local," the other day, sadly in want of an item, annoneed that three policemen had killed a Muskrat on the levee, whereupon a German contemporary translates: " Herr Amos Krat was yesterday fiendishly murdered by three scoundrelly policemen on the levee. The life of no citizen is safe." Of all the mean and contemptible men-or persons calling themselves men, in this world, he that. sneaks through life on tip-toe, with his ear to the key-hole of every body's business but his own, is the most to be detested. A WKsTEnN Smtu..--A WesternCollege Pro fessor thus "illustrates" an important branch of a young lady's edntoation-:i 'Besides thlis, there is a piano, .where the fin gers are compelled to travel more ini one day than the feet do in a wvhole term ; and the mind must be kept on a stretch over spider-tracked music, till the reasoni reels atnd the brains swims, and the notes on the page before her carry no more idlea to the mind, th an so many tadpoles ..r:nay tould, orer afize-bar'red rail fence. SOUTIERN PORCELAIN UANUFACTURINi CO It will be remembered that a company was chartered about a year since under the above name, and immediately commenced operations at the famous porcelain clay bed near Bath, in Edgefield. Very complete works have been erected, machinery obtained, and extensive ar rangements put in operation to furthe..the ae comnplishineut of the desired object. By active and etficient exertions the company have already attained a success beyond their most sanguine expectations. Contented at first with a limited scope ofopera tions, and desirous of fully testing the experi ment, step by step, from the lower to the highe grades of its execution and accomplishment,-the \ company at first confined its efforts to the manu facture of earthen, stone and Rockingham ware, but within the last few weeks China ware has been undertaken, specimens of which are now on exhibition and for sale, which are considered de cidedly superior to the best English article, and will compare favorably with the French. An aent of one of the largest China houses in New Y ork, who lately visited and examined this man ufactory and its products, expressed his astonish meut at what he saw, and took away with him a sample, which he pronounced equaf to anything of the kind he had ever seen. The works are yet in an incomplete but pro gressive state, and in a short time they hope to be able to improve the quality of their work,-and turn out a superior and highly finished article of gilded and ornamental ware, which can be sold twenty-five per cent. cheaper than the French China. The manufactory is located about five miles below Hamburg, and near the South Caro lina Railroad, thus affording every convenience for safe and speedy transportion. R. H. Gard ner, Esq., is the President, and .!essrs. Hohnan,, Custis & Co., are the Agents at Augusta. The establishment is in the hands, and under the control of men who possess the means, energy and enterprise to carry it to a successful termi nation, and the public should sustain and en courage them in their praiseworthy efforts to give us a home manufactory of this important article of commerce.-Ciarleuton News. THE POSITION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The Charleston News in its issue of Thurs day contains an article on the unity of senti inent in South Carolina; and the idea of some, that there is any serious division, it repudiates. [t says, " past issues 'on either expediency or between men are buried in the question of the day, and will be unavailing. The exigencies of the future can and alone should define positions." There is liberality in the above sentence. The .ews has differed with us on issues of expedi ency. But we have always believed that upon the principles of State-rights in Federal politics, the people and press of this State have been as nearly united as posibl-. The vote of our members in Congress illustrates it. There has been no issue of late in Congress, involving any cardinal principle in the State-rights.ereed, upon which our delegationha*.:notav 4 4a ani mously. We do not believe a member could.rep atg An:M iif Dist nation did not force ln to resign is term expired. The same unity' of sentiment prevails throughout the South--and South Cirolina is fully prepared, and willing in all confidence, to identify herself with the South in a common cause. The ability of the South ern leaders in Congress is unquestioned. There is scarcely a Southern State that does not nun ber in its delegation one or more intellerts of a commuanding order. The tritnuph of the Demo cratic party throughout the South has brought about :nn intensely united Southern sentiment and a harmnonios action a nong Southern repre sentatives, anl if our leaders continue under the influence of an exalted patriotism that ob literates all peronal jealousies, an-1 harmonize for their country's cause, the honor and inter eats of the South will be borne triumphantly thro' the trials of the pr.-sent and the dangers of the future.--Winnsboro' Register. A woman called at a grocer's, and asked for a quart ot vinegar. It was mieasured out, and she putt it into a gallont jug. She theni asked for another quart to put into thesamie vessel. And waly not ask for half a gallon, atnd have dorne with it ?' inmatiently asked the grocer.-" (Och ! bless yer~ lit tle soul," answered Bridget, know ingly, "ian't it for two that I want it ?" Some one recently made the discovery, that the disagreeable aroma of the onion masy be so neutralized as to, allow of eating themx without any danger of beitig detected. Young ladies who are fond of onions.-nnd most of them are -mamy now freely indulge their appetites. Thei neutralizing agent is a small piece of awafetiila, placed ini the mouth directly after eatitng onions. A fair damsel of Metropolis, Illinois, has in stittutedl a legal action against a truant beau in P'adneah, Ky., for not making lher a wife as lie piromised. She charges $6,000 for the disap pointmienit, which, if she obtains, will, of course, soothe her blighted heart. It ought to, in such times as these. Ho~w -ro Rkrv Torra HEuALrn.-Punch gives the- tbllowinig rules fomr ruining your health: 1st, stop in bedl late; :.1, eat hot suppers; 3d, turn day into ntight, night into day ; 4th, take no exe'r eise; 5th, always ride whena yon can w:dk ; 6th, never mind about wet feet; 7th, have half a dozen doctors; 8th, drink alt the medicine they send you;- 9th7 try every new quack; 10th, if that does'nt ktll you, quack yourself. A Missout SPUGsoNo.-During a late re'fIvaI in the Baptist Church at Lagrange, Mo., a lad 17 years old, who had acquire 1 sotnO notoriety. in the town as a theatrical performer, joined the church and pre-pared himself for the ministry He has rccently been licensed, and has entered. on his clerical duties; and so wonderful are his powers, that the whole community na in ec stacies with his efforts. When he p reaches, the church is crowded ; persons fromn all the country round about flocking to hear him; and the oldest veterans declare that they never before listened to such thrillinir eloquence. The name of' the ' boy preacher" is J. B. Fuller. Ana-r or THC LANDLORD AND WITeHXAN OF taF S-r. Lottis HoTEL.-A despatch from St. Louis, dated Feb. 25th says :-Charles L. Taylor alias Sanders, has been arrested for setting fire. to the Pacific Hotel and murdering Ephraim Doanef one of the inmates. Dr. Strader, the the landlord, and Charles Waldruf,the watchman of the Hotel, have also been arrested. The ex anmation will take p lace to-morrow, when a ~ development of one of the most diabolical acts ever perpetrated is expected. " A Journalist," said the great Napoleon, "is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a re gent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a. hundred thousand bayonets. 3W It is said that there were to be a larger num ber of marriages In England on the bridal day of the Princess Royal, than were ever known to he celebrate4 in one day before.