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Dewctratic 3ournal, Devotet to the Soutj Anv Soutern igIts, po its, Cattet Jeus, Citeratre, 1oaith . Etmer e, 4xicuture, &c "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of o berties, and it It must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruin." SIEINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDMARCH 24, 1858 A WHOLESOE LYRIC. In storms or shine, two friends of mine Go forth to work or play, And when they visit poor men's homes, They bless them by the way. 'Tis willing hand! 'tis cheerful heart! The two best friends I know, Around the hearth come joy and mirth Where e'er their faces glow. Come shine-'tis bright! come dark-'tis light I Come cold-'tis warm ere long! So heavily fall the hammer stroke! Merrily sound the ing! - Who falls may stand, if good right hand Is first, not second best; Who weeps may sing, if kindly heart Has lodging in his breast. The humblest board has dainties poured, When they sit down to dine; The crust they eat is honey sweet, The water good as wine. They fill the purse with honest gold, They lead no creature wrong; So heavily fall the hammer stroke ! Merrily sound the song ! Without these twain, the poor complain - Of evils hard to bear, But with them poverty grows rich, And finds a loaf to spare! Their looks are fire-their words inspire Their deeds give courage high; About their knees the children run, Or climb, they know not why. Who sails, or rides, or walks with them Ne'er finds the journey long. So heavily fall the hammer stroke! Merrily sound the song ! HISTORY OF LE BY DaRY COnNWALL. Day dawned. Within a curtained room, Filled to faintness with perfume. A lady lay at point of doom. Day closed. A child had seen the light: But for the lady fair and bright She rested in undreaming night. Spring came. The lady's grave was green, And near It oftentimes was seen A gentle boy, with thoughtful mien. Years fled. He wore a manly face And struggled in the world's rough race, And won, at last, a lofty place. And thean he died. Behold before ye, Humanity's brief sum and story Life, Death, and all there is of-GLoza. THEECHO. A rider through a valley passed, And slowly picked his way; "Ah, leads this to my loved one's arms, Or to my grave to-day ! The echo answered, " yea, To your grave to-day." Then farther rode that rider on, His breast with gloom (oppressed; Ah, must I then so very soon Fall, in the grave to rest!" The echo said "'tis best In the grave to rest." The rider then let fall a tear Down from his brimming eye; " If peace be only in the~ grave, Then it is good to die." Deep was the echo's sigh, " It is go.d to die." FaoM 'rnE GERMANY or EIE A REVOLUTIONARY LEGElW. BY GEOnIGE LIPPAUD. It was in these wilds of Wissahikon on the day of the battle, as the noon-day sun came shi ning through the clustered leaves, that two men met in deadly conflict, near a rock that rose, like a huge wreck of some primeval world, at least onetundred feet above the dark waters of the Wissahikon. The mans with the dark brow, and the darker grey eye, flashing with deadly light, with mnus -enlar form, clad in the blue hunting frock of the revolution-is a Continental named Warner. His brother was murdered the other night at the massacre of Paoli. The other man with long black hair, drooping along his cadaverous face is clad in the half~ military costume of a tory refugee. This is the murderer of the Paoli, named Dabney. They had inet there in the woods by accident ; and they fought, not with sword or rifle, but with long and deadly hunting knives ; they go turning aind twisting over the green sward. At last the tory is down ! down on the turf with the knee of the continental upon his breast -that upraised knife quivering in the light that eye tiashing death into his face! " Quarter, -I yield I?" gasped the tory, as the knee was pressed upon his breast, "spare me I yield I" "My brother,"~ said the patriot soldier in that tone of deadly hate, amy brother cried for qjuarter on the night of Paoli, and even as he clung to your knees you stuck that knife into his heaat. Oh, I will give you the quarter of Paolil"' And as his hand was raised for the blow ad his teeth were clinched in deadly hate, he paused for a moment, and then pinioned the tory's armas, and with rapid stride dragged him to the verge of the rock, and held hitm quivering over the abyss. " Mercy !"' gasped the tory, turning black and ashy by turns as the awful gulf yawned below. " Merey! I have a wife, spare me !" Thena the continental, with his mnustered strength gathered for the effort, shook the mnur * derer once more over the abyss and then hissed this bitter snteer between his teeth : "My brother had a wife and two chaildron. The morning after the night of the Paoli, that wife was a widow-those children orphans ! Wouldn't you like to go and beg your life of that widow and her children ?" The proposal made by the continental in the, mere mockery of hate, was taken in serious earnest by the horror-stricken ,tory. He begged to be takena to the widow and her children to ,have the painful privileges of begging his life~. After a moment of serious thought the patriotic! soldier consented. He bound the tory's arms ..t tigher, and nplaed him on the rock again and then led him up the woods. A quiet cot tage, embosomed among the trees, broke on their eyes. They entered the cottage. There, beside the desolate hearthstone, sat the widow and her chil dren. She sat there, a matronly woman of about thirty years, faded by care, a deep dark eye and black hair hanging in a dishevelled manner about her shoulders. On one side was a dark-haired boy of some six years; on the other a little girl one year younger, with light hair and blue eyes. The Bible-an old and venerated volume-lay open on the mother's knee. And then the pale faced tory flung himself on his knees, confessed that he butchered her husband on the night of Paoli, but begged his life at her hand I " Spare me for the sake of my wife and my child !" He had expected that this pitiful moan would touch the widow's heart; but not one relenting gleam softened her gale face. " The Lord shall judge for us?" she said in a cold, icy tone that froze the murderer's heart. "Look I the Bible lays open in my lap; I will close that volume, and then this boy shall open it, and place his finger at random upon a line, and by that you shall live or die!" This was a strange proposal made in good faith of a wild and dark superstition of the olden time. For a moment the tory, pale as ashes, was wrapt in thought. Then, in a faltering voice, he signified his consent. Raising her dark eyes to heaven, the mother prayed the Great Father to direct the finger of her son. She closed the book-she handed it to that boy whose young cheek reddened with loathing as he gazed upon his father's murderer. He took the Bible, opened its holy pages at ran dom, and placed his finger upon a verse. Then there was a silence. The continental soldier, who had sworn to avenge his brother's death, stood there with dilating eyes and parted lips. The culprit kneeling on the floor, with a face like discolored clay, felt his heart leap to his throat. Then, in a clear, bold voice, the widow road this line from the Old Testament. It was short but terrible ! "That ma, .diall die," "Look I the brother springs forward to plunge a knife into the murderer's heart; but the tory, pinioned as he is, clings to the widow's knees. He begs that one more trial may be made by the little girl, that child of five years old,. with golden hair and laughing eyes. The widow consents. There is an awful pause. With a smile in her eye, without knowing what she does, the little girl opens the Bible as it lays on her mother's knee, she turns' her laughing face away and places her finger upon a line. That awful silence grew deeper. The deep drawn breath of the brother and the broken gasps of the murderer, alone disturb the still ness: The widow and dark-eyed boy are breath less. The* little girl unconscious as she was, caught a feeling of awe from the countenance around her, and stood breathless, her face turned aside and her tiny fingers resting on that line of life or death. At las4giith-ering ctirage,- the' widow b6:st' her eyes to the page, and read. It was a line from the New Testament: " Love your enemies." Al, that moment was sublime. Oh, awful book of God, in whose dread pages we see Mo. ses talking face to face to Jehovah, or Jesus waiting by Samaria's well or wandering by the waves of dark Galilee. Oh, awful Book, shining to night, as I speak, the light of that widow's home, the glory of the mechanic's shop, shining where the world comes not, to look on the last night of the convict in his cell, lighting the way to God, even that dread gibbet. Oh, book of terrible majesty and childlike love-of sublimity that crushes the soul into awe-of beauty that melts the heart with rapture, you never shone more strangely beautiful than there in the lone cot of the 0Wissahikon, when you saved the murderer's life. For need I tell you that the murderer's life was saved-the widow recognized the finger of God, and even the stern brother was awed into si lene! The murderer went his way. Now look you h'ow wonderful are the ways of Heaven ! That very night as the widow sat at her lonely hearth, her orphans by her side-sat there with a crushed heart and hot eyeballs, thiking of her husband, who now lay mnoulder ing on the blood-drenched soil .of Paoli-there was a tap at the door. She opened it, and that husband living though covered with wounds, was in her arms. Hie had fallen in Paoli, but not in death. He was alive, and his wife lay panting on his bo som. That night there was a prayer in that wood embowered cot of the Wissahikon. AN ARKANsAs FATHEFR'S ADv~cE To HIS SoN. -Bob, you are about leaving home for strange parts. You are going to throw me out of the game and go it alone. The odds are agin you, Bob-remember that industry and perseverance are the winning cards, as they are the " bowers." Book larning, and all that sort of thing, will do to till up with, like small trumps, but you must have the bowers to back 'em else they aint worth shucks. If luck runs agin you pretty strong, don't cave in and look like a sick chick. en on a rainy day, but hold your head up and make believe you are a fhush of trumps; they won't play so hard agin you. I've lived and traveled around some, Bob, and I've found out that as soon as folks thought you held a weak hand, they'd all buck agin you strong. So, when you're sorter weak, keep on a bold front ; but play cautious; be satisfied with a p'int. Many's the hand P've seen 'em eucred 'cause they played for too much. Keep your eyes well skinned, Biob; don't let 'ema nig you ; re collect the game lays as much with the head as with the hands. Be temperate; never get drunk, for then no matter how good your hand, you won't know how to play it; both bowers and the ace won't save you; for there's sar-tin to be a "iss deal" or something wrong. And another thing, Bob, (this was spoken in a low tone,) don't go too much on women ; queens is kinder poor cards ; the more you have of 'em the worse for you; you might have three, and nary trump. I don't say discard 'cm all ; if you get hold of one that is a trump, it's all good, and there's sartain to be one out of four. And above all, Bob, be honest; never take a ma's trick wrot don't belong to you, nor " slip" cards or "nig," for then you can't look your man in the face, when that's the case, there's no fun in the game ; it's a regular " cut throat." So, now, Bob, farewell; remember wot I tell you, and you'll be sure to win, and if you don't it sarves you right if you get "skunked." Isn't it strange how circumstances alter cases ? When the price of flour falls, the merchants don't hear of it for a week or ten days after wards, but when it rises, somehow or other, the news spreads in half an hour. As old offender was lately brought before a learned justice of the peace. The constable, as a preliminary, informed his worship, that he had in custody, John Simmons, alias Jones, alias Smith. "Very well," said the magistrate, "I will try. the twn omen first; briner in Alic Jonne. gEUVITI5 FRuI- O[ ER IIERE. AN Irishman was toI bt a friend of his had put his money in'oo " "Well," said he, "I never had a fir in the stocks, but I have had my legs there ofn enough." If the light of God's co nance is withdrawn, there is a cause for it. id If the cause- is searched out, it will be fod to be in ourselves. The clouds which obs .",the sun come not from the heavens, but fio the earth. Parson Brownlow, of Knoxville Whig, says that "if he is deni the privilege of go ing to Heaven after de .his second choice is Baltimore." - PIETY A$D STQ 5s.-Xhis devoted city is rapidly rushing into a whtri of excitement in stock gambling and reli 'us revivals. Satan isjusy all the morning inWall street among the brokers, andall the afarnoon and evening the churches are crowdedt 'th saints who gam bled in the morning. So go.-N. Y. Herald. COMING TO THE Suppoi -. O LECOMPTN. The Indianapolis Journal ys that Hon. Wil liam E. Niblack, the mem r of the House of Representatives from t first congressional district of Indiana, has ' tten a letter to a gentleman in Indianapolis, ying he shall vote for the Lecompton Cons tion on the final vote. He voted, he says, r Harris' resolution simply because he was in vor of investigating the facts. "IoN," the Washington respondent of the Baltimore Sun, in his le ofthe 11th inst., says: " The report of te ity of the com mittee of the House on affairs has ap peared, and it is a very. ..' rent thing from what was bargained for b those who ordered the investigation. The re rt is the hardest blow which has been atr in favor of the ad mission of Kansas under e Lecompton Con stitution." SESSIDLE AT LAST.-A mber of citizens of Philadelphia have petition the Legislature to pass a law prohibiting I oes from com ing into that State. The say that they are subjected to trouble, incon nience and expen;e by such influx, including - negros, set free by their master., fugitive sla and other worth less darkies, most of wh : become a public charge or a prey upon ind dual charity. LOLA MoNTEZ AND M CUNNINGDA.-It is said that one day Inst; eek Lola Montez paid a visit to Mrs. Cun bam at her resi dece in Twenty-ninth tt t, New York, and had a long conversation her upon thd sub ject of the murder of Dr.. rdell. Mrs. C. on this occasion, renewed h rotestations of in nocence, and informed - that if ever the truth came out, it would ound that the real murder- was a certain n whose name has been I . -. in the courts. of the 3d of February report the saie or san, dull at eight cents per bushel. The Royal Gazette states that 21,000 bushels had been shipped away during a week, and that of lait year's crop there remained on hand several hundred thousand bushels, which could be had at very low prices. The salt pans at Inagua are said to be in a promising state. A large quantity was on band there, but no sale for it. Only three cargoes were disposed of in all the mouth of January. The wind it blew, the snow it flew, and rais ed particular thunder-with skirts and hoops, anid chicken coops-and all such kind of plun der. SALE OF NEGROEs IN MissmSSIPP.-Thc Ox ford Mercury mentions two sales of slaves which recently took place in Lafayette, at which one man brought .51,450, and four women with four~ children, .$5,800. At the second sale, one ne gro, a carpenter, brought $1'75 These are high prices. Were all the United States as den.ely inhabi ted as Massachusetts, it would have a popula tion of 440,000,000 souls, of which Texas would hiive 50,000,000, WIATr Nexr.-The bogs of Ireland are be ing made to furnish candles of as~ pure paraltine as our American coal. There are no less than 3i,000,000 acres of this peat land in Ireland, and the yield is as good as so miuch coal would be expected to give. The peat is from twelve to forty feet thick. The candles are found now in this country, and are said to be as good as wax. Dutchman-Coot moryer, Patrick, how you .Irishman-Good mornin' till ye, Mike..-think ye, will we git mny rain ? Dutcman-I guess not; we never has much rain in a ferry try dime. Irishman-An' ye're right there; and thin, whinivor it gits in the way of raining not a bit o' dhry wither will we git as long a~s the wet spell howids. John Mitchell, in a letter to his paper, the Southern Citizen, written from Vicksburg, Miss., in the following ~aarph shows the impression which the great bouth-west has made upon him: " How deeply and urgently this nation needs a good rattling war ! a war with some nation that is fairly its match-to occupy its mind and give a career to its craving and impassioned youth. 1 tell you it is like Carleton's tailor, 'blue mioulded for want of a baytin;' it will blow up, like any other high pressure steam boiler; and it is not insured." . A CarIOUS BUsmNss.-A Philadelphia letter, of the 23d uIt., says: The following placard is conspicuously dis played in a show case, on Second street, not far from Chesnut: " Good imitation of gold coin always keeps its color-for sale cheap." We took a peep into the case and there beheld a tempting array of two-and-a-halvpes, fives and twenties, all well calculated to deceive unsus pecting individuals, especially at night. Bather a curious business to be pursued so openly. A Rmcu MA.-A few weeks since Monsieur Gref'ulhe, of Paris, deceased. He owns a whole street there, which he built, and called Rue Greffulhe, after himself. He is said to possess more gold and silver, on special deposits at the Blank of France, than any other banker in Paris, It is not known what is. the prosent amount of coin at his credit, but when the revolution of February occured, he had $8,000,000 in gold and silver in the Bank of France, His mania is to have his specie deposit in coin, while the Roths childs and other banker. keep their deposits in gold or silver bars or coin. pe' The young gentleman who was one heard to exclaim, " that he would cnsider it a disgrace to as sociate with mechanisf is now acting clerk to a ma ..... waonand we mighat add hardly fit for that. S hANDLOD PUIMSHED. A few days since an eminent artist at Lyons, while passing through the Rue de Terreaux, ap. proached a number of persons who were gathered together witnessing the sale of the furniture of a poor workman. . A woman was seated on the pavement with a child in her arms. The painter spoke to her, and was told that the furniture which was being sold belonged to her; that her husband had lately died, leaving her with the child she held in her arms; that she had strug gled hard to maintain herself by working day and .night, and submitting to every privation, but that her landlord had at length seized her furniture for some months' rent which was due to him. The artist was much affected by this simple recital, and inquired who was her land lord. "There he is," replied the poor woman, pointing to a man who was watching the pro gress of the sale, and he was recognized by the painter as a person who was suspected to have amassed a considerable fortune by usury, so that to make any appeal to his feelings on behalf of the poor widow would be useless. The. artist was considering within himself what other plan he could adopt to benefit her, when the crier announced a picture for sale. It was a misera ble daub; which, in the summer, the poor *o man had used to hide the hole in the wall through which the pipe of the stove passed during the winter. It was put up at one franc. The artist at once conceived a plan for taking revenge on the landlord. He went over, exaMmUed the pie ture with great attention, and then called out, with a loud voice: " One hundred fianes !' The landlord was astonished at the bid, but conceiving that a picture for which so eminent an artist could offer that sum was- worth more thad double, boldly offered two hundred. "Five hundred I" said the painter; and the contest between the two bidders became so ani mated that the prize was at length knocked down to the landlord at 2290 francs. The purchaser, then addressing the painter, said: " In seeing an artist of your merit bid so eager ly for the picture, I supposed that it must be vLunable. Now, tell me, sir, at what do you ca titnate its value ?" "About three francs and a half," replied the painter; " but I would not give that for it," "You are surely jesting," said the landlord, " for you bid as high a.is 2100 francs fur it!" "TIat is true," replied the artist, " and I will tell you why I did so. You, who are in posses. sion of an income of 45,000 francs a year, have seized on the furniture of a poor woman for a debt of 200 francs. I wished to give you a lesson, and you fell into my trap. Instead of the poor woman being your debtor, she is now your cred itor, and I flatter myself you will not compel her to seize on your furniture for her djebt: The artist then politely saluted the astonished landlord, and having announced her good forLune to the poor woman, walked away. PARABLE FOR BUS"Po' There was, once upon a ti a store, and sold goods, whc s.-~And.he.ecammelanoho were shy. and times were b And he said: Lo! I am sation is disagreeable. And my ruin is the m, because it is slow in progress, even aa ... doth gradually become hotter in the pot wherein the lobster boileth, until the crustaceous creature shrieketh out its soul in anguish. Lo! it is better to be ruined quickly than to endure this slow torture. I will give my money away to the poor man -even to the poorest, which is he that printeth the newspapers, and I will shut up my shop, and wrap myself in the sackcloth of desolation, and pass my days in the purliens of broken banks, cursing the hardness of the times and rending my garments. And the h->wlings of Rome shall be as the dulcet sound of dulcimers, and they who blow flutes and instruments of music, compared to the din I will make in the ears of the wicked-even in the ears of the bank directors. And even as he said so did he; for he was not as other meni's sons who are ifolish and know it not, and they say they will do so and so, performing that which is contrary. For the sons of men are fickle, and he that is born of woman doth spite hi~s face by dimnin ishing the length of the nose thereof. And lo! the printer-even lhe who did pub lish newspapers-was made glad by the bounty of him who sold wholesale aiid retail; andl he did blow the trumpet of fame respecting that man's dealings from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same. And he-even the printer of newspapers did magnify and enlarge upon the stock of goods which the trader had in his store, and did pub lish the variety, and the excellence and the new ness, and the cheapness thereof, till the people -yea, all of them, far and near, were amazed.! Andi they say: Lo ! this man hath gathered from the east and the west costly merchandise' and wares of wondrous value-even the work manship of cunning artificers-and we knew it not. Go to--, then. We will lay out our silver and gold in those things which the printer print eth of, and that which he doth publish shall be ours. For this man's merchandise' is better than the baiik notes of those who pronmise to pay and therein lbe, even banks of deposite which beguile us of our money and swindle us like sin. But the trader was still sad, and be said: The money that these people bring me for the goods in my store will I still give to the printer, and thus will I ruin. myself: I will do that which no man bath 'yet done in my time or be fore mae. I will make rich the printer whom all men scorn for his poverty, and he shall be clad ini fine linen, and shall rejoice. And the sons of men shall seek him in the market place, and the shcriff shall shun him. and scoffers shall be rebuked, and shall take off their hats to him that was poor. And he shall flash the dollars in the eyes of the foolish, and shall eat bank note sand-wiches. Yea, even shall he light his pipe with railroad script, and cast his spittle on the beards of other men. For I will ruin myself, and he who advertises me shall enjoy my substance. But 10o! the trading man, even he who sold merchandise, became rich, and even as the un clean beast ieth in the mire, so stirred he not by reason of much gold. And the people flocked to his store from the North.. And from the South.. And from the. East. And from the WVest. And the printerrejoiced, and his fat didabound. But the trader could not become poor, and his melancholy ceased, and the smiles of happi ness were upon his face. And thus it will ever be with all who liberal ly patronize the Printer. A duel took place near Mobile, on the 14th inst., between Captains Mauiry and DeReviere. Capt. M1aury was the late marshal, and escaped unhurt. Capt. Deflevier'e is of French Zouaves', and received two shots, which are not consid ered dangerous. They fought with Colt's Na vis fifeen paces, advancing. IMPORTANT iATTERS REQUIRING ATTENTION. I It is earnestly to be hoped that Congress will make an early disposition of the Kansas ques tion. There are other matters of grave impor- ( tance pressing upon the attention of our gov- i ernment and statesmen; but it is impo-sible that they can obtain their due consideration until the all-absorbing question in regard to Kansas is first determinited. Although the pro babilities in favor of the admission of Kansas upon her pending application are so strong as to make that result almost a certainty, yet it is an objeUt of such par-amount and engrossing interest that the public mind can entertain no other until it is disposed of. It is desirable in the highest degree, therefore, that this matter be gotten out of the way, in order that our government and public men may give their at- V tention to other subiects of great nionient that challenge their consideration and admit not of delay. Questions of most grave and critical t import connected with our foreign policy in this hemisphere, and vitally affecting our na tional interests and destiny, swell up before us e in imposing and imperative magnitude, claiming our immediate attention. The condition of the several regions neighboring to us on the South presents many and serious questions for consid eration. To say nothing of Cuba. the acquisi tion of which is an object of absorbing interest, C the attitude of things in Central America and Mexico in an especial manner invokes the notice and serious counsels of our statesmen. The decadence and first approaching dissolution of the political and social organizations of these countries are about imposing upon us the ne- a cessity of decisively distinctly determining what is to be our policy with respect to all the parts t ot this continent and hemisphere. The predi- ' cament they must very soon reach, if they have not already, will bring to a practical test and determination whether the great Monroe doc trine, which has so long furnished a theme for patriotic declamation, is indeed a real and sub stantial-feature of our policy, or but an empty bravado-" all sound and fury, signifying noth ing." The time is at hand when this nation will be called upon, both by the obligations of humanity and of self-preservation, to go to the n assistance of " the sick man" in Central America and Mexico-to rescue these f.air regions fron r the horrors of barbarism, and save them to the domain of republican civilization, When she c addresses herself to this mission, she will un- r doubtedly encounter Great Britain, and must contest the spoils of those ef'ete nations with that rapacious power. The longer our govern nuent delays giving her attention to the appro- t priate measures of policy in connection with these countries, and n view of the event alluded to, the more formidable will be the resistance which we will have to meet at the hands of n Great Britain. There is no doulit but that unscrupulous em ;:. a,.;h:,,~ with all her available .roachment, to consoli al America, while en - to the persuasion that 0 ent -respecting that ob ngnes. to relinquish by v retensions~in-tbat-q'ur .ed hypocrisy." She hiw n the foothold she has it -rica, unless absolutely 1 ang as she can keep the a 0nd adjouirncl in diplomatic ti .h.he can palter and palaver C( ith us in ana-ry negotiations anal polemics, while, at the same time, secretly strengthenilng h her position and enlarging her encroachecnts, of course she will do so. There is but one line L of wise mnd eillcacious policy for our guovern ment in this matter, and that is, at once and without delay or further parley, to abrogate he Clayton Bulwer treaty, wid then insist poremp- h torily uponi the innmnediate withlrawal of Great Britain, in every shape andl forin of oceupation U and pretensiion, froM Uentral America. This wonla cut the gordian knot of a coitroversy which can never be terminated by a less e.pha IC and categorical mode of dealing with it., andI the adljisiiment of which can not longer be de ayed without the greatest prejudice to our national interests.. W~ith regard to Mexico there i~s :alreadly anal important question directly claiming the atte;r- k tiona of our govermnent-alreadly ana occa~ion for our interventiona which demaands at oncee toa be coansidered anal acted mpon. It is in regpraa to Yucatan. There is no doaubt bait that the whbite people and legitimate auathoirities of that province have made an appeal t-> our govern met to comec to their rescue aini save them from the horrors of the Indhian, insur'rectionma5 which threatens to rodluco thaeir coumtry to bar barismn ini a very sliort time. Great Uritaini ast also complicated with this quest.ion, anid hi r connection with it evidences tihe aggresmive paoh- s y she is resolutely pursuinig in all throse connt tries. [t is ascertained beyondl :dl q'mestai"a that British agents have stimualated anal sis taned this war of races in Yucatan. T1heyv have armed and ineitead the indian against t he hite, and are responsible foir all the atrocities nd bloody horror., that have m:rkead thi~s de vastating struggle fur upwards of ten years. Their policy has, of colurse, been to reduce the country to ruin; when they could step)i miand establish a protectorate over it, whicha wouild lie equivalent of course to its acquisitioan. T['ie condition of things thev- have been striving to bring about is accomplished. The Yucatecos can no longer protect thmemselves. TIhay must - find saifety in foreign intervention. It is a quei- h tion whether they shall be protected by us, or_ the British, or some other foreign power. If tl we do not take them under our protection, their country must soon fall in the hands of some European power, most probably Great Britain. We are bound to protect them, or surrender the Monroe doctrine entirely.grv These are questions of very grae nportance, and demand immediate attention. There are other important subjects in our internal policy requiring consideration, which cannot longer be delayed without serious detriment to the pub lic interest. In view of nll these considerations, it is greatly to be hoped that Congress will at once admit Kansas into the Union, and haveC done with that business, so that it may turn its attention to other momentous matters which so seriously challknge its deliberations.-Mobile 1 Register. CHicKEN Fimmo.-.-Theo Selnma Sentinel , gives ana account of a great chicken fight be tween Georgians and Alabamians in that city on the 22d ult., in wvhich the Georgians were beaten nine lights out of fifteen. The same result happened in a number of private back fights. Th'le Sentinel regards it as a triunaiph for Alabama, while weo consider it a great comn-a piment to CGeorgia. In " the first fifty years of the lRepublic," Georgia beat th~e world, in gouging, cickefghting, gander pulling, 4-c., btteshol-manster and the preacher have. been abroad, anal left behing thaem the heavenly impress of Christian civilization, in a partial do gree at least. If Alabama wants a foeman wor thy of its steel in this cruel sport we would advise her to challenge California or Utah ; we. think shne would find a different result. Georgia; is too old, not to say too refined, to excel in such buccaneer amusements; and we hope, for the credit of both Georgia and Alabama, that chicken fighting will in all future time be num-| ered with the things that were.-Spart~aEx. ARIZONA. Having recently published a letter of a cor respontent of the Charleston Mercury, giving an unfavorable account of the Gadsden Purchase, we give place to the following reply to that let ter, which Lieut. Mowry, the representative of the people of Arizona, at Washingtoi, has ad dlressed to the Nalirma2 Iukt ' ecer 'l'1 the Editors of the National Inelligncer: In your issue of yesterday appeared a letter, copied from the Charleston Mercury, dated at San Diego, California, in which the writer re vives the exploded story that the Gadsden pur chase (Arizona) is a worthless and barren coun try. It will be noticed that the writer's expe' rience of the country is limited, by his own statement, to "shooting ducks in the Mesilla valley." Against this extraordinary knowledge of a Territory containing more than thirty thousand square miles, I beg to put the opinion of the lion. John R. Bartlett, Col. Jack Hays, Gen. Joseph Lane, and A. H. Campbell, Esq., all of whom have traveled over the whole coun -try, and who express the opinion that it con tains thousands of square miles of the best ara bic land, is immensely rich in the precious metals and in copper, and has all the elements of a thriving and populous State. The impression that irrigation is necessary for cultivation, is not correct. In the central valleys of Arizona two crops a year are raised, one by the ordinary method of cultivation, the other by irrigation. I shall publish in a day or two letters from several of the gentlemen above named, expres sing their views in regard to Arizona, its great value both as a mineral and agricultural State, needing only the protection of the laws to become at once populous and productive. The immense emigration which this spring will seek in the fertile valleys of Arizona a new home will, within a brief period, demonstrate that the new Territory, like California, has been misrepresen ted and condemned only because it was unknown and unprotected. Tho last mail from the Santa Cruy, valley brings theintelligence that the Sil ver Mining Company at Tubao are shipping al.. ver ore to .in Franciaco to be amelted, and that tho yield on the ore i paying all the eXpense - of the mines, and will, within a fsw months, pay large dividends. No mines in Mexico have been made productive at so small an outlay of capital. Those who doubt the great wealth i4 silver of Arizona, only confess t hemselves igno, rant of the early history of the country when it was a thriving Spanish colony, and of the undoubted statements of Humboldt and Ward. Very respectfully, SYLVESTER MowRY. Willard's, March 9, 1858. SExAToa J. H. H-iArMND.-The special ttel graphic Washinmull, inrv.-monk,* 1 +0 -__ Yot;. side. tatio. -- an ar - - - rior i WO set ,v the I borers the blat ment it - .. - 4vAcj. Paomiarnrrv IS A SEVERE TrsT.-The human heart. i like a feather bed-it must be roughly handled and well shaken to prevent its becom ing hard and knotty. With prosperity.comes the withering dice.,very that opulence is not happiness. lor the shadows around us are the dirke-t when the sun of our fortune is biightest. Very ofteii, too, we are oiilyst he more rilicu nins :,.; well as unhappy, for being tossed in for iune's blaiket, and having our heads turned, .v being tims elevatedl above iise of our fel lows. I. :matters little Ito he worth InOney, if we are worth nothing ele. Er.nien .Jones was not remarkable for his elo quence, wor was he a remarkable good reader, .specially minong the hmrd names. But he .<aid 4all Scripture is profitable," and thierefoire he nevr. selected any portion, but read the first capter he openedl at, after ho totok the stand to pireachi. One day he stumbled in this way upna chapter in Chronicles, and read, "Eleazer begat Phineas, and Piiineas begat Abishu', and A ishua be'gat iBukkie, and Ihukkie begat Uzzie," andt stunmbling worse and wor.,e as~ he proceeded, he stopped, and running his eye :.head, and . seeing nothing better ini proslieet, lie cut tho matter short by saying, "mi so they went on and begat one another to the end of the chapter." WX.;Eiar.-Sonme time ago, on thme Sabbath . dy, wo wende~d our way to one of our churches, a'd ins4tead of a sermoi'n heard an address upon somei mnissionmary or other benevolent subject. .\fter tihe wildress was concaded two brethren. were sent rou.ndl with the bamske~ts for contributions. Pron 1---- whot was one0 of the b~asket bearers taking the side upop which he sat. Immediate lv in our iroat anidjypon the next seat negligent l reclinied our frind Bill H--, a gentleman f inlinii e humor and full of dry .hokes. Parson i- extemds the bas.ket and Ilill slowly strook his head. " Come, William, give us something,"' said the Parson. " Cant do it," replied Bill. " Why not? Is not the cause a good one ? " Yes ; but I am not able to give any thing." " Poh ! PohI I know better, you must gice a. better reason than that." "Well, I owe too much money'-1 must be. ist before I am generous, you kniow." "But, William, you owc 'God a larger debt than any one else. " Tiimt's true, parson, but then lie aint a push' ing ime like the~ brdanace of amy creditors.' The parson's face got into rather a curiots condition and he passed on. GIVE r. Tr-O 'E.m.-Dr. Andrews. of the Geor gia Citizen, is down on those editors who have been publishing part of a story from the New' York Ledger, at .3 cents a line. We are glad there arc some editors who refuse to deceive~ ~heir readers and advertise for a Northern man, for nothing. We notice the stories in nmny Southern papers, and we'll wager our best hat that not one of them would advertise for us at that price. Yet this is nothing, more nor less tian an advertisement, which they publih for. about one half what they would charge their neighbors and friends ! We would be very glad to get even 3 cents a line for our readhing mat terIbit we prefer to make our own selections, adt not snmggle in an adlvertisement fora Nrthiern man, where we should put something~ iteresting to our readers. Them's it !-Suth en Mercury. ISWEET Mi..-There is as much differehce 4 between milk from cows fed on cooked corn meal slops, and that from cows fed'onraw corn meal slps as there is between good flhilk and oor milk; the former is very sweet to the'ta ste, and of a yellow color even in winteri'.. CoUon . lanter and Soil. From the Charleston Mercury. RAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMAlSONS OF TIlE NTATE OF SOUTH CAUM1NA. SHAn LEST, S. C., 10th March, A.-. T.-., 1858. r1o the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Breth. ren of the Sudordinate Lodpcs of Ancient 1remasons of Soulh Carolina: BaETnntx: At a Quarterly Communication f the Most Worshipflul Grand Lodge of An ient Freemasons of South Carolina, holden on he 2d inst., theM:. V.-. Giand Master, Brother fenry Buist, having called the attention of the rand Lodge to the subject of the purchase of ont Vernon by the Craft in the Union, on lotion of the Grand Secretary, seconded by Iro. V. D. V. Jamison, W.-. Master of Orange urg Lodge No. 28, the following resolutions rere unanimously adopted: Whereas, the people of the United States eing actuated by a laudable desire that the mb of the venerated Washington shall no lon er be continued in the possession of an individ a], but be forever held as a public domain, the nmon property of the whole nation, are now iaking every effort to purchase Mount Vernon y small subscriptions from all those who are isposed to favor the enterprise. Thwefore, Re~olced, That the Most Worshipffl rand Lodge of Ancient Freeniasons of South arolina, anxious to demonstrate to the world .3 urofound admiration of the character of ashington, and its grateful appreciation of the valtable benefits that have been conferred on [asonry in this country by the example and dluence of their illustrious brother, who on all propriate occasions was wont to exhibit his evotion to the interests and his admiration of 2e principles of the order, will take an active rt in the accomplishment of the noble object r securing the purchase of his home. Resolced, That the Grand Lodge will appro rate the sun of one hundred dollars, and that ie subordinate Lodges in this juriadiction are irnestly urged to co-operate in this praisewor iy design, and that for that purpose the Wor iipful taster of every Lodgo is requieted to ivite, at the regular cminunication in April, a ibscription of one dollar from each of the lembers. leoulied, That the Masters are requested to nit forthwith the amounts so collected, to the [ost Worshipful Grand Master, to be by him mveyed to the proper depository of the gene 11 fund for the purchase of Mount Vernon. Resolred, That a Committee of Five Master [asons be appointed by the Grand Master to irry these resoltions into effect, and to address ie Subordinate Lodges on the subiject. Reso-led, That the Worshipful Grand Secre iry be instructed to communicate a copy of iese resolutions, and the addre. of the Com ittee, to the Southern Matron, and to all the -rand Lodges of the United States. In compliance with the third of the.'e resol ons the undersigned, as the Committee ap )inted for that purpose, now have the peasure fraternally addressing you on this important id interesting subject, and of cordially inviting ur co-operation in the glorious task of con )r q homgetead of ourillustrious lothdi lCcikai* nSMS e Of.t'e large sum tilat hasjen dua.d d fY s present proprietor as an indemnifi. tt n for is relinquishment of his ownership, a p: - ready been secured through the active % !r ons of female patriotism. The women of the mntry have nobly qntered on the work, and 'e now laboring at the task of securing the illowed shrine, with all that indoinitale ener and perseverance -which, in the pros.ecution every generou.s deed, is the character:stic 'their A.itance has already been 'nted to then in various ( reclions, and the ogress nale in colletlug the padI'lL.ze nloney Isa nuot been dIscouraging. But all las not been >tainedl. lount Vernon is not yet the propler of the nationi; and our wive<, ori. Imothners id our sister-, under the l:a':n1-e '.f ofne who herself a M.OICAs d:imghter', have inve ekei he [oic frateriiity to lewl their pi'fil nti, i have called on us to show, . eed, the - ing tetmn of l.n' hart felt pride tht asintgtoni was ou rte.Shalli the appeal the women oaf .\muerica lie unheard or un .eed by thle Craft'? We trust not. We now that it will not. A s'ingle diollar give'n by~ chl of the two hundred anod liity thon-andl ::t iated Masons oft the United States, wo dd ithi whbat lias already beeni collected, be moire an sulicient to accomplish all that is wanitedl. It would, indleed, be am gleioleuii reomniseeneee r tile trder, in l'uture timei.<, wer its chil dren tepresent day to baequzeath to those who mal come after themi, this te-,imony of thei: e for their great ande good hr. tber, that by er willing and fraternmd aid, his htomie and his mbt~ had been givenm to lie liepulic, and a irine erected, where the pe eple might a.semnble ieach recurring ann~iver'ary oft his birth, to vere is miemtory and to pondler on his v'irtues. There are many reasons why Mounit Vernonu ould become thle piroplerty ofi tihe aion, most which will at once suggest themtselves5 to thte art of every true patriot. But there is no son wihy 'an .Americain citizen should take rt .in the grateful work of puirchasing it, hiih will not apply with far mrnite force to the mericani Maison. ie wats the Fathter of his ountry--the leader of its artmies in war-its inselor int pee---e-thie worthiest jewel~s in its ittering crown of worthies-an-l these are for rer Amterican to boa-1st as ls. Bitt to the la..om he was mo~re. lie was onr BROTut tz ond to uts and we to him, by no commnon tie -kneeling at the same altar and illumined by i same mystic light. Let us come, then, to e task with willing hearts and liberal hands, ad aid in making Mount Vernon another Mecca ir our common land, where Washington's mem ' shall be the kaaba stone of our veneration. *ALBERT G. MAUKEY. V. D. V. JA MISON. Z. W. (CARWILE. JNO. A. BO W1E. FLEET'WOOD LANNEAU. Amorawt.u-x Lm.--American life is but the rig tny of a fever. There is no repose fotr us. We 'sh on in frenzied excciteent through the rows, thie noise, the hot glare and dust of the ighways, without turning for a moment to re resh ourselves in the qjuiet and shade of the by aths of life. We have but one object in our, apid journey, and that is to get the start of our 3low.travelers. Our political equality, offering a all a chance for the prizes of life, and thus 'neouraging every-one to try his speed in thie 'ace. is no doubt a spur to the characteristic trry of' Ainericans. Our institutions, however, e not responisible for the prize we choose to trive tfor. There is no reason that we know of' rhy a republicant shoul lave no other elm in ife but to get richer than is neighbaor; but hre are a thousand good reasonis, if' we value ecalh and happliness. why we shioul pursue ter and higher objects. W~hien the pursuit of vcalth is the great pturpose of lif'e in so rapidly progressive state of' material prosperity as ex~ ts in our comimerciail comminities, it requires ~xcisive devotioin and the highest strain ot' the Peulties to succeed. A fair competence, how. ver, is easily reached; and if' we had learned to :re for better things, we should not strive for more. g|' "No man can horrow himself out of debt,"'is -a ol1 .aying, bnt is neverthless a most truthful one.