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isWe will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of I r Libertie, and it it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." SEIIYOI, DURISOE & CO Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, S. OC! AUGUST 1,. 1858. .-n -- Written for the Advertiser. THE HISBAND'S SECRET. BY RUTH. 0 "Mother! 0, my Mother! must it be? Is there no escape for me? Must I really marry Mr. Hasbrook 7" And Esther Lee knelt and threw her arms around as haughty a dame as e'er the sun shone upon. "Certainly you must marry Mr. Ilasbrook. How ridiculous you are Esther, puitting on these school girl airs and rumpling my dress. I can not imagine what objection you can possibly have to Mr. Ilasbrook. I am sure he has wealth, soci'a position', and.a fine turn-out, to say noth ing of his good looks and elegant manners, which are sufficient of themselves to turn the beads of half the girls in town." "Yes, mother, I know that all you say of him is true, b'ut then I do not love him; and, I am fearful that if I marry him, entertaining the sentiments I doat present, I shall hate him after wards and despise myself." " Well, marry him, and hate him as heartily as you please afterwards; but do have the tact and common sense to keep your sentiments a secret for the first year or two. And as for love, leave that to mincing Misses and flirting Fops-it is but a maudlin sentiment at the best, and not at all essential between married people, however much they harp upon it during court ship. Mr. Hlasbrook has. a princely fortune and requires a wife to help him spend the income of it. Now, money is a commodity that we cannot well do without, and one that I have felt the want of very severely for the past two years-in fact, ever since your father died, and that scamp Foster ran off to Canada with every thing he could layhis hands on; not even leav ing me enough to offer as a reward for his ap prehension. I have sold and sacrificed every thing, even to my jewelry and family plate every piece have I disposed of to keep up ap pearances in order to get you a husband who would be able to support us both. So take my advice, and marry Mr. Hmabrook; he says he loves you, and we have no ridht to dubt his word. You will have a splendid establishment -learn to do. the honours gracefully, and act as though you were confering a favor instead of receiving one from him. You will have unlimi ted command of money, and I will help you spend it; and depend on what I tell you, let. you do what you will or may, he shall never find fault with you.; and, I shofd suppose it would not take long to decide between Irat Hasbrook and starvation." "But mother, we need not starve. I can teach and make a support for Loh yourself and me." "Hush! never mention teaching again, unless you would drive me mad. You, the daughter of James Lee, turn teacher; sink to the level of a hireliug, to be told by vulgar upstarts what you are expected to know; to be ordered to favour the company with muzic and requested to speak French to Monsieur and Madam Frika zee. You had better offer yourself to do gene ralj house work or plain sewing at once. No, take my advice, and accept this offer, and we will ride over the heads of those who ha~ve slighted us in our misfortune. .After you are once married the game will be in your own hands-and if your husband rebels you can sue for a divorce, and claim a large amount of ali mony sufficient to support us % style. Even that will be preferable to the life we are leading now, expecting every moment to be turned into the street, or disgraced by an arrest for debt." "Stop, mother, do not say anything more. I have decided. I will nmarry Ira Ilasbrook, and I will make him a wife of whom, he shall be proud. I know him to be one of the very best and noblest of men, and [ re~apect and esteem him, and will learn to love him au lie deserves to be loved. All that he could wish or des.ire in a wife he shill have in me. I have a heart, and that heart's devotion I will lay at his feet, and if a life-time of devotion can atone for the great wrong you would have me do him, that atonement I will mnaice. I do not wish to up braid you, for you are my mother, though I am truly sorry that the relationship exists bet ween us. Yes, it shall be the study of my life to render happy the man you have chosen for me; :tbat is, provided he will accept of me after I have revealed to himi all that has transpired." " You do not intend to repeat our conversa tion ? You cannot mean to tell him that I advised you to marry him through prudential motives ?" " I must certainly tell him, else I should be deceiving him." "What! betray ~your own mother? Well, of all the scenes I have eve: passed through, this is the most trying and mortifying crisis," and Mrs. Lee put her handkerchief to her eyes and wept through self sympathy. " Well, mother, I wont tell Mr. Ilasbrook what you said. I will only tell him of my own misgivings and doubts as' to making him as good a'wife as he deserves.'' " You're a fool! I always thought you were and now I know it !" and Mrs. Lee swept from the room with the air of an insulted Queen. *There is an old saying that " eve's droppers never hear any good of themselves " and as a general rule this may be so, though it failed in this., instance. Ira Ilasbrook had reached the .entrance hall to Mrs. Lee's parlour, where the above conversation took place between the moth er and daughter, and on hearing the supplica tion of Esther, was prompted by curiosity (the beseting sin,. of our first parents) to wait and hear the sequel. ie had known from the first that Esther did not love him, but he loved her with that wild fervent untamed devotion that, had she told him at the very altar's foot, and in *presence of the whole world, that she was about to marry him without one iota of love, he would stml have wed her. Such was the infatuation I have left, in order to get you a decent outfit. You ought to be very grateful to me, just to think that I am disposing of my last diamond to procure you a suitable wedding dress." "Keep the ring, mother. My white swiss will answer every purpose, and Ira will not love me less on account of my plain attire. I have plenty of clothing-all that I require is a pair of gloves." " I wish you had one grain of common sense in your composition! White swiss, indeed! You appear to delight in mortifying me. I shall certainly be disgraced by you yet, with your low notions. You must remember that you are little more than a child. So be quiet, and leave me to manage. Be in readiness by the time I return from Solomon's, and hereafter if you can not talk sense hold your peace. You have no time to spare, I can tell you, for a week from to-morrow is the (lay appointel. You are to be married in Church at eleven in the morning, and leave directly for some place of resort. I shall take charge of llasbrook's household, and have everything ready for your reception on your return, which will be about the middle of September-about the first of October we will give a party that shall astonish even Boston. While you are away I will make out the list of guests to be invited, and get things in-readiness for the occasion," and. Mrs. Lee left the house to dispose of the last gift of her dead husband, a diamond ring of great value-two hundred dollars was the price she had set upon it., but Solomons was a Jew, and would only give her half that sum; but on being told of the splen did alliance her daughter was about to form, offered to lend her three hundred dollars for six months, at fifteen per cent, an offer that Mrs. Lee accepted without the least hesitation; and giving her note of hand for the amount, left the store. It was on the tenth of August 1842 that Esther Lee became the wife of Ira llasbrook. A lovelier bride never .tood at the altar !-clad in a robe of white silk covered with illusion without ornament of any sort, not even broach or bracelet, the long full bridal veil but half concealed the superb form, and wa; looped back from the brow of marble whiteness with a half blown japonica. Esther Lee was beautiful at all times-regnantly beautiful-but as a bride, superhumanly lovely. Mr. lasbrook looked precisely as he felt, supremely happy, and would not at that moment have exchanged places with ay inortal living. They weremarried at eleven and started directly for Saratoga and the Falls, whither we will not follow them, but proceed vith Mrs. Lee to the residence of Mr. IIsbrook, where she installed herself as general manager, ad in her own estimation, mistress of the, household. She m:naged every body and every ting that came within Ler jurisdiction; slhe pve wrarning to some of the servants that they 1 mnust leave, while others gave her warning that they should leave; so that between the warnings an entirely new'set of domestics had taken harge of the premises before Mr. flashrook's return, which was on the twenty-first of Sel tember. And then began the preparations fur the paar ty. Mrs. Lee was in her elenment-now scold ing the servants, ;iving orders and spendling money. Mr. linsbrook was little more than a Cipher, and as for Mrs. Ifasbrook, why Mrs. Lee onsidered her fit fur nothing ini the world but o recieve visitors and ask her h~usb'and ihr mo e. Mrs. lasbrook became all of a sudden an bject of the greatest interest in the upper circle f Boston-those who hmad b~een thme maost distant efore her marriage, were the first to call-peo 1) who would not have noticed her as Esther ee, worshipped and idolized the beautiful Mrs., Ira Ilasbrook. Constance lienton could scarcely xist a day without seeing her old school mnate, nd the Whitney girls were overwhehning in heir attentions. The third of October was fixed upon for the arty, the entire management of which was left: o Mrs. Lee; and, she with her peculiar talent, anaged every thing to perfection. The enter tainment passed ofl' with the most entire satis-' faction to all parties concerned, without a mal propos occurrence or (what Mrs. Lee would ae termed) a mortifying crisis. Every body1 f any consequence was invited that they might ome and envy the bride; and almost all who ere invited (did come and many did envy~ the lovely mistress of the mansion, her wea.b, he establishment, and some even her husband. This party was composed of the very cream and lower of Boston society-its entire wealth and fashion-its formality and falseness. There was the usual amount of small talk and empty ompliment, and some good sound common sense withall, for be it known, people of talent were there-people not only of money, but merit. Mrs. Lee shone conspicuous in a brocade of silver gray. She was in her glory-party giving was her delight, andZ her look said as plain as looks can say, " all this grandeur belongs to my daughter, and 1 am mistress here." When sup per was announced, and Mr. Hlasbrook gave her. his arm, as an honored guest, who could have supposed that any other sentiment than respect occupied his heart, and still what deadly hatred rtnkled there, eating into his very vitals-how he loathed the sight of her who should have been as a mother to him. And yet there was no outward sign of this--the greatest deference was at all times manifested toward her-if he was seated when she entered, he always arose to offer her a seat. lie had guarded his secret well, for even Esther never suspected that he had heard a word of the conversation between her mother and herself. And Esther was hap py beyond what she had ever deemed possible in this life. Time wore on, and brought only an increase of bliss. She was the most devoted of wives. Years rolled their ceaseless roundsq, and bright-eyed children were born to the hap py pair--two sons and three daughters have cemented the bonds of love more closely. Mrs. Lee died in 1854, from a disease of the heart. The event was very unexpected as she of lralissbrook, the whole-souled, noble-minded, high-toned man of five and thirty. What then wras his surprise and delight to hear Esther pledge herself to learn to lore him-to know that she respected and esteemed him was more than his most sanguino anticipation had led him to expect, and now to know that she would school herself to be every thing to him that he could wish or desire, he could scarcely believe his ears; and his happiness was so great that the sensation at that moment was akin to pain. And this was love ! The passion that makes strong man so weak, and weak woman weaker still; the passion that equalises the Prince with the Peaxant, and raises th' lowly to the lofty level of the great; the song of life; the music of the soul; the heart's happiness. After over-hearing the conversation above recorded, Mr. Hasbrook did got enter the draw ing-room of Mrs. Lee, as was his intention on his arrival, but stole off on tip-toe, like some guilty being, fearing discovery. le had a recret to keep: Esther should never learn that he was knowing to her high resolve; she should never even mistru.t how intensely he hated and loathed the'woman she called mother. He resolved in his own mind that she should remain in igno rance of what was imprinted as with a red hot iron in his heart of hearts, there to remain until the sea shall give up its dead, and the secrets of all hearts shall be revealed. The following evening he called on Esther and told hero.without hesitation of his hopes and fears, of his deep and overpowering love, and of her image ever present to his minds eye. " Tell me Ether," he said in conclusion, "do you think you can make yourself contented and happy as my wife ?" Esther's reply was frankly spoken, and her voice did not tremble as she said, " Mr. Hasbrook, before I can give you Ap answer, I must inform you as to the state of my feelings towards you ; and, to speak candidly, I am fearful that I do not love you as you deserve to be loved by the one you would choose from the world to be your partner for life. Then ou.know you have wealth, whereas I am poor, so tha:. Lam fearful I might be accused of mer :enary motives; and furthermore, you know my mother having no other child would expect to make her home with me should I marry." "I am willing to take you 'for better or orse,' Esther. Wealth would be but super luous with you-I love you the more because -ou have it not ; 'and, as regards your mother, est assured she shall be amply provided for. I lo not wish to seperate you from your only urviving parent, and shall be glad to have her ook upon my house as her home for life. Now, [aving I hope satisfied your scruples, I expect ou in return to appoint a very early day for ur marriage." "Oh ! I am not worthy of yony-indeed I am 'ot," and Esther burst into a passion of tears. "B.lieve me, darling, you are distressing ourself very 1unnecessarily. Iknow your heart etter than you do yourself, and have no fetar or the hfture. I am willing to trust my h:appi ess to your keeping, and it shall be the study f my life to render you happy in return. So lount keep me in suspense-say at once that 1 nay speak to your mother on the subject, and et us have matters settled without delay." "H you are willing to put up with miy thou and and one faults, and bear with miy muany aconsistencies. I will consent to become your vife, and I hope you many never regret the ~hoice youi have made." Mr. Hlasbrook was not a demnonstrative imanm -he dd not go down upon his knees to thank asher for her afflumative answer-but he took L,oth her little trembling hands in his and im rinting a kiss upon the pnure white brow, saidl 'My own, while life lasts !" Mrs. Lee was in her chamber, anxiously witing her summons to the parlour, when sther entered, "Weull, have you accepted him ?" " Yes madam," was the reply. " Does he wish to speak to me?" "lie does," and the next moment Esther Lee lay sobbing on her mother's bosom. " There, that will do child, I wish to go down nd speak to Mr. Hlasbrook. I declare you hve quite rumpled my cap strings, and turned ny collar awry. I cannot conceive how a child f mine can possibly be as undignified as you re at times. What a fright you have made ne," and Mrs. Lee walked to the mirror with he dignity of an Empress in anticipation of the osition she would occupy in society when her aughter should become Mrs. Hlasbrook. The interview between Mrs. Lee and her fu ure Son-in-law lasted only a few moments. n returning to the room where she had left, Esther," she exclaimed, "I have triumphed at last. Now I will show the aristocracy of Boston ho they have slighted. There arc the Whit eys, the Bentons, and the Gregorys. PIl teach them to hold their heads above me; and there is that ugly little Mrs. Gracey actually turned her head away wvhen she met me in the street the other day, and Mrs. Livingston had the impudence to tell me that she would like to take me to ride sometimes, if it was not that her carriage was always overloaded with her husband's poor relatives ; and Mrs. Jenkins had the audacity to bow to me from her carriage window without even stopping to invite me to take a seat with her, and she the only occupant. But just wail, and see if I dent make H~asbrook get a carriage that will outshine them all-and P11 ride in it too, every day whether I wrant to or not, just to sapw it. Why do you sit there moping like a sick pigeon ? You ought to be dancing for joy to think of the establishment you will have, and the parties you will give, and how those proud stuck-up Whitney girls will envy you; and just to think of it, Constance Benton, with all her wealth, could not win the man that this day bent his knee to thank me for my child. Ah! I always knew that we should triumph in the end. Come,get ready to go shopping with me. I anm going to Solomons', the jneeer, to dispose of this ring, the only one MY PRAYER Father of all thinps. God of love, Uear ice fron thy throne above, And grant my bumble prayer! I do not ask foi power and wealth, For palaces and gold; I do not wish for serfs and pelf, Or grandeur when I'm old. But give me wisdom from above, And purity of mind; Truth, self-denial, virtue, love, And all that's good and kind. That man may love his fellow man, That knowledge may increase, That charity with broadest span May 'stablish us in peace. And when my race Is almost run, And dust to dust 's in view, 0, may I say, " Thy will be done !" And hope and faith renew. OLD FRIENDS. 0, time is sweet when roses meet, With spring's sweet breath around them, And sweet the cost, when hearts are lost If those we love have found them; And -sweet the mind that still can find A star in darkest weather, But naught can be so sweet to see, As old friends met together. Those days of old, when youth was boll, And time stole wings to speed it, A nd you ne'er knew how fast time flew, Or knowing, did not heed It; Though grey each brow !hat meets us now. For age brings wintry- weather, Yet naught can be so sweet to see As those old friends together. The few long known whom years have ah";ni With hearts that friendship blesses: A hand to cheer, perhance a tear, To sooth a friend's distresses; Who helped and tried still side by hide, A friend to face hand weather; 0, this may we yet joy to see, And meet old friends together. KING SOLOMON'S BLACKSMITH. - iid ithtW6 to pass when.Solomon, the son of David, had finished the Temple of Jerusalem, that he called unto him the chief architects, the head artificers, and cunning workers in sil ver and gold, and in wood, ana in ivory, and stene-yea, all who had aided ih rearing the Temple of the Lord, and he said unto them: "Sit ve down at. my table; [ have prepared a, feast for all my chief workers, and cunning artificers. Stretch forth your hand therefore, and eat and drink, and be merry. 1, not the laborer worthy of his hire ? Is not the skillful artificer deserving of honor? Muzzlo not the ox that treadeth out the corn." And when Solomon and the chief workmen were seated, and the fatness of the land and the oil thereof were set uIn the table, there came one who knocked loudly at the door, and forced himself even into the festal chamber. Then olomon, the King, was wroth, and said: 4 What manimer of man art thou?" And the man answered and said: ' Whcn men .,ish to honor me, ti. call me SEon of the Forge; but when they desire to mock me. they call me blacksmith; &nd 'eeing that the toil of working in tire covers mec with sweat anmd snmut, the latter amue 0 King, is not inapt, and, in truth, thy servant desires no bet ter." " Butt," said Solomon ; " why came you thus rudely and unbidden to the feast, where none save the chief workmen of the Temple are in vited." " Please ye, my lord. T came rudely," replied the man ; " because thy 'servant obliged me to force my way ; but I came not unbidden. Was it not proclaimed that the chief workmen of the Tepe were invited to dine with thme King of Israel ?" Then he who carved the cherubim said: " This fellow is no sculptor," and he who in laid the roof with pure gold said : "Neither is he a workman in fine metals" And he who raised the walls said : "lHe is not a cutter of stone." And he who made the roof cried out : "lie is not cumaing in cedar-wood ; neither knoweth ie the mystery of uniting pieces of strange timber together." - Thea said Solomon, "What hast thou to say, Son of the Forge, why I should not order thee to be plucked by the beard, scourged, and stoned to death with stones ?" And when the son of the Forge heard this, he wu in no sort dismayed, but advancing to the table, snatched up and swallowed a cup of wine, and said: "O King, live forever! The chief men of the workers in wood, and gold, and stone have said that I am not of them, and they have said truly. I anm their superior ; before they lived was I created. I am their master, andl they are all my servants." And he turned him round, and said to the chief of the carvers in stone, " Who made thme tools with which you carve ? Anid he said: " The blacksmith." And he said to the chief of the masons: " Who made the chisels with which the stones of the Temple were squared ?" And he said : " The blacksmith." And he said to the chief of the workers in wood: " Who made the tools with which you hewed the trees on Lebanon, and formed them into the pillars and roof of the Temple ?" And he said: " The Blacksmith." Then said he to the artificer in gold andl in very : " Who makes your instruments, by wvhich you work beautiful things for my lord, the King." And he said: "Thme blacksmith." " Enough~, enough, good fellow," said Solomon, " thou hast proved that I invited thee, andl thou art all-men's father in art. Go wash the smut of the forge from thy face, and come and .sit at ay right hand. The chiefs of my workmen are but muen-thou art more." So it happened at the feast of Solomon, and blacksmith have been honored ever since.-Lon don Magaziue. A Western editor having published a long leader on " Hogs," the rival paper in: the same village upbraids him for obtruding his family matters upon the-publiceI To Dcsvaor Riva.-Cateh thenm one by omne an fatten their hends in thme lemon sqnescer. had always appearedg enjoy the most perfec health until a few holrs previous *.o her death. Her last words were,I shall be better pres ently." How true tht "in the midst of life we are in death"' In the August of '#Mr. Hasbrook was taken violently ill from.exposure to the sun. He had left home at a very' y hour in the morning, in company with' y ral other gentlemen, to attend to the surveyigof some land he owned about five miles west Boston. On their re turn, when about t miles from home, the carriage broke dow ad the occupants were under the necessity walking the remainder of the way, exposed the most intense hea't, not having even an biella to protect them from the sun's ray'* '.r. Hasbrook reached home about 7 o'cl mplaining of a violent pain in his head, ;v et in, which terminated to the brain, and by o'clock he was delirous. It was during his del in that he divulged the secret lie had guarded carefully for more than thirteen years Esther was bathing is head'with iced water when he asked her v' abruptly how she could possibly. wear mourn" 'for such a fiend as her mother,-" To think t she could advise you to marry me and hae e afterwards, and sue for a divorce, or po me, for what I know. It strikes me as be very strange that you should be the angel u 'are, having such 'a mother." "You are sick y, husband-you will be better after a'while then all these strange fancies will pass awah Try to sleep now, dearest-you know t. Doctor said it was very essential that you shol keep perfectly quiet." In a few days the-.er passed off, and in less than a week Mr. Habook was quite himself again. The gentle ire pondered long and deeply upon the strangerevelation her husband had made during delisum, and finally one day repeated it to him anduppored an explanation. "Why, Esther, diuC' say that?" inquired Mr. Hasbrook. -1 " Yes, Ira, you said' hose very words, and I have been so miserabl*ver since." " Well, darling, I will tell you all about it. I did unintentionallylkerhear a conversation that passed between Mig Lee and yourself, and it has been a canker *emn at my heart's core ever since. I did notAsh you to know it, and still I have always feltiuiliy in keeping it a secret from you. I ot tell you how far' above all price you be&me -in my estimation. from thatifime' n y iik won sacrificed my life rather than have relinquished you. Arid, dear Esther, from this time let there be perfect confidence between us." Mr. Iasbrook did not love his wife the less for her mother's raults-and she loved him the inore for I is kind forhearance toward one he could not posibly respect. They have now been married fifteen years and if perfect happiness ever crowned the lot of mortals, that happiness is'theirs. This sketch, gentle reader, is no flight of fan cv. Either Lee and myself were classnmatas at school. 8TIRRIN THOUGITS. . writer in the. Wisconsin Chief asks the significant qjestion- Whoever yet, ou seeing a distillery, looked up and thanked God that it existed; and that it was pouring ont its streams of blessedness to cheer and i'efresh t 1e way worn traveller ? And thenrepies-No ! human nature is not so heaven-daring as to look up and bless Goid for this. But the gushing fountamn of pure, cool water, as it bubbles up, asks per iissionm to bless-and the weary, t hirsty trav eller, if ever his heart swelled with grateful emotions, will send up a thanksgiving to Heaven for a free, pure, cooliing draught from the bless ed fountain. Did you, kind reader, ever make' a complrison between a distillery and a spring of pure cool water ? If not, just dlo it for one moiment. Try to reglize -the blessings of the one, and the curses of the other. The one was founded by the Great Architect of the universe, to everythiing within its reach,, both -ainmate and inanimate. ]fow it beautifies and refreshes vegetation! How pure and invigorating the atmosphre around it ! And as it dances away in the lit tle rill, singing as it goes, there is not a man, woman, or child; there is not a beast, bird, fish or insect ; there is not a tree, a shrub, a flower, nor even a tiny blade, within its infln ence, but what raises--unconsciously perhaps blessings riclier far than the miser's well filled coffers can purchase. Can as much be said in favor of a distillery ? A fountain of man's creating ? A man did I say ? Can a true man, one of God's noblemen, engage in such a work, now in this nineteenth century, when the light of the temperance gos pel is shining all around ? No, never ! A dis tillery ! what is it? A fountain which sends forth streams of liquid fire, that scar andl blast all that comes in contact with them. The at mosphere around it is a stench in the nostrils. Its polluting influence is discernable everywhere. And oh, the disease and sorrow, and death, that emanate from this accursed fountain ! ~I wonder if those engaged in this~ work of death ever stop to think of the sighi and tears, the broken hearts, wasted energie, and ruined minds they are preparing. for th'ose, who sacrifice at this dark and hideous altar? For, when such a temple is erected, there is also an altar, on which costly, precious sacrifices are laid. For tunes, homes, reputations, buoyant hopes, lov ing hearts, and even wives and children, are some of the offerings which' smoke upon that cruel altar ; not to appease an offended Deity, but to call down God's vengeance on the man who causes all these woes. Who then, on pas sing one of these half-way houses on the road to perdition, can look up and ask God's bless ing upon it ? Ah ! who can do it ?-Spirit of the Age. ~SHORT TIME SvsTrcx.a-An Eastern editor, speaking of the credit system, says there is a merchant living near his .offiee, who insists oni giving him credit for whatever he wants, and frequently sends the boy to collect the bill bes fore he gets home. This he calls credit on the short-time system. A farmer who had employed a green Emeral der, ordered him to give the mule some corn in the' ear. On his coming in, the farmer asked : " Well, Pat, did you give the corn ?" " To be sure I did." " How did you give it ?" " And sure, as ypz tould me, 'in the ear.' " But how much did vou give I" " Well, ye see, the cratgr wouldn't honid still, and kept switchin' his ears about so, I coaldn't get but about a flutfull in both -eara?" 1OUENT TO PRESTON SM50018. W ; The New York Tribune says: " We are glad , to see that common decency, and the sentiments h of civilized society, are beginning to re-estab lish their supremacy,- even in South Carolina. d We judge so from the reported inscription on u a monuipent about to be erected over the grave g of Preston S. Brooks. Had that inscription 5 chimed in with the ideas proclaimed by so ma nf ny public meetings some two years since, and, e apparently at that time the almost unanimous ' sentiment of South Carolina, the murder6u as ai sault upon Mr. Summer would have figured in ,IBrooks' epitaph as an act or singular merit and - a glory. As it is, the monument, though it men - tions his election to Congress, observes a dis 1f creet silence as to what he did there. It mere ly mentions that he died at Washington-of his actions there it says pothing. It does, in i deed, speak of him as ever able, manly, just f and heroic; but lapidary generalities of that ) sort are ngver understood to mean anything in I particular. We conclude, therefore, that Brooks' - friends are already beginning to look with so t eret shame and regret upon the.conduct which, while Brooks was alive, they so Iudly applaud ed.? This New York traducer of the dead is mis i taken. Preston S. Brooks, though dead, yet lives in the memory of the people of Virginia, as well as South Carolina-indeed, the sentire South admires the noble and gifted Brooks, and deeply laments his early and untimely end. It is with pleasure that we hear a monument Is to be erected to his memory; and Virginia, if . mitted, (and we suggest the idea,) would glad ly contribute a stone to mark her app ation of the manly herdism of the gallant Brooks. The "lapidary- generalities" that may 'adorn that tomb will not require mention of the deed in the Senate Chainber-that lives In the hearts of true Southern men, of all parties; and there it will remain, untarnished by time and unef faced by events. We say, then, let the monu ment rise, by the voluntary contributions of the - entire South. And], since even death has not silenced his enemies, and the sycopantic whine of the caned hypocrite is daily seeking to bring olium upon his memory, let those who approv ed his deed, and admired the man, attest their respect for his memory by contributing to the monument. " Brooks' friends" will never look "with se cret shame and regret upon the conduct" of the gallant Carolinian. No-they approved what She did, while alive; they lament his death; and will ever continue to approve his conduct and revere his memory.-Richmond Enquirer. From the Sonth Carolinian. SEMATOR IIIOND'S TIEW. Ma. EDITOR: The recent speech of this gen tleman, at Beech Island, is a tnasterly perform anite. Bold in tone, candid. in expression, wise in couisel, eminently practical in suggestions, it is destined to produce a profound impression upon the pdblic mind. The conclusions to which t speaker came, shoild,' therefdrerbe - kept strictly in view, 1. He believes that the battle of the South may be successfully fought in the Union-that the South may by unanimity rule in the future as in the past. 2. That a dissolution of the U nion per 8e is not a desirable thing. 3. That there is at this time no significance 'in the distinction attempted to be drawn be tween "National" and "State Rights" Demo crats. 4. That the South pow stands redus in curia before the world-that her peculiar institution at this time occupies high and secure ground, under the egis of the Government. 5. That cordial affiliation. with the true men of the North is our policy and our duty-that with them we should stand "shoulder to shoul der." ti. That it is Southern policy to hav6 naught to do with filibustoring schemes. 7. That the revival of the foreign slave trade is a project of doubtful expediency, and alto get-her visionary ald impracticable. i. ANOTHER C-E 'Foa Cox~.r'ro.-Tho French physicians are at present interested in a new treatment for consumption, introduced by Dr. J. F. Churchill, an American physician in Paris. Dr. Churchill's theory of conmsumnp lion is, that it isz owing to an undue wat or anm insuflicient supjply of phosphorous in the system. To supply thlis wanut ho administers the hypo phosphatesi or lime andl soda, in doses of from live to twenty graini. daily in a small quantity of swetenmed water. lIn a paper by him before the Acadiemuy of Medicine at Paris, he gave an account of forty-one cases treatedl in this way with success. 'lie insis.ts that the cure of con sumption in the second and third stages (at a period consequently when there can be no un certaint -as to the nature of the disease) can be obtaine in all cases by this treatment, except - when the existing lesion of the lungs is of itself sufficient to produce death. He also says that these substances have not only a curative effect, Ibut will, if used wherever there exists a sus picion of the disease, prevent its development, and thus act as a preservative with regard to consumption, just as vaccination does with re gard to small pox. If every one of the prominent public men in~ the United States should be swept out of ex istence to-morrow, they would not be missed a year hence. There is obscure ability and learn ing enough to fill the void instantly,, and the stock of ability and learning Is increasing year ly. The packet ship Hlelvetia, when on her last voyage, was spoken by a bark commanded by a son of Germany. "Vot ship is dat?" asked Hans through his hailing trumpet. The answer came back, " the Hcl-ve-tia." " To h-I mit y/ourself; tam your eyes," growled Hans in-re sponse. The vessels parted, and each skipper went on his way with a very flattering opinion of each other's politeness.. JusvicE.--A poor man - in England sued a wealthy knave for the seduction of his daughter. .The suit failed by a nmol pros., through the neg ligence of his solicitors-. The cost fell on the plaintiff-three pounds eight shillings. H~e was thrown into prisonm, where lie remained seven years. An old Dutch tavern-keeper at the lower end of the borough, had his third wife, and being asked his views of matrimony, replied: "Vell, den, you see, de first time 1 marries for love dat was goot; den I marries for beauty-dat was goot, too. apout as-goot as de first ; but dis timie I marries for money-and dis is petter as poth!'' Old Cooney took a practical view of thaings. A M1oDE.5 young gentleman at a dinner party put The following conundrum;- " Why are most people who eat turkey -like babies ?" No reply. ,rhe modest man blushed, and would haive back ed out, but finally gave the -reason: U Because they are fond of the breast." Two middle-aged , ladies fainted, and the remains of the young iman werearredat byth cooner. THE LADIES AND ODD FELLOWSHIP. The following is an extract from an addres delivered in Washington, by Mr. W. if. Youn at the celebration of the Order on the 15t Jene: " And now a word or two to you, ladies, an I have almost done. You are on our side; yo will give us your sympathy ; and rour blessin will rest upon our institutions. I kow it wil for when did the cause of humanity appeal i vai o your hearts? Ah, but you tell me w are not permitted to participate in your pre ceedings-true, my countrywomen, but yoi i are largely participants in the benefits, mor and pecuniary. of this Order. You are in al esperial degree objects of its solicitude and ten der care; we teach and enforce the lesson o protecting and preserving you in your appro priate sphere. * * * * * " Mother, is not your heart glad within yot that the son of your heart has united himsel with this great brotherhood ; that friends ar standing close around him, ready with wor and deed to help him in his great early strug gle with the trials and temptations of life; thal with tens of thousands of true men he has re corded his solemn pledge to be worthy of the manhood on which you now so. proudly look and which has cost you so many an anxiow fear, so many a burning tear. "Gentle wife, feel not aggrieved and angry at us, that your husband stays out too late on lodge nights, and will not reveal to 'you the mysteries of the hidden areana; he's a bettei husband for that he's an Odd Fellow-take my word for it.. Keep him united with the order ; encourage his efforts in its good works; listen kindly when he tells you of the pleasant meet ing with the brethren. His heart is all the lar ger for his visit to the Lodge. ils love for you and the dearer ones at home, is all the warmer for the sympathy that has gone from him to ward some brother in distress, or sorrowing widow and her fatherless babes. You will feel this, if he shall be taken from you, when your tears shall be made less bitter; and your chil dren shall be fed and made glad by the minis tering hands of fraternal love. " Fair young sister, upon whose fresh charms the rosy blush of maidenhood sits like the qiueen of beauty upon her throne of flowers, we -rave thy loving smile, for thou too art ours in holy hope. Behold! thy lover is with us, and rejoice. The wisdom that we teach will make him more worthy of thee, and bring him e'en . .oner to thy feet in sueing tenderness; and thou closer to his manly breast, in the hallowed embrace of an unselfish love. * * " Brothers, go forth to your work of love and humanity, visit the sick, bury the dead, relieve the distressed, and educate the father less. Be in earnest, be in life, and your march shall be onward, and the measure of your use fulness no man can tell. And for your reward, look to the grateful face your goodness hath made glad-to the tears of sorrow turned into drops of joy. Hark to the widow's blessing that.goes swelling up from her heart to the gate Of Paradise, to the young orphan's whis pered prayer that is heard in Heaven, and in your heart of hearts ye shall find h reward richer than words can speak." PEDLAN' LAW. New Hampshire, at the'last session of the Legislature, passed a Prohibitory Pedlar's law, like the one in force in Maine, which cuts of! merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, and far miers, from other States, from selling any of their manufactures or products in New Hamp spire, even by sample. The above law seems to be very rigid ; but still the principle is eminently correct. Resi dent mercia.nts in any town or city have to pay a pretty heavy contribution to the support of the State and'city in *hich they may do busi. ness, yet itinerant merebants, pedlars and tray elling agents manage to effect considerable sales of goods, either by the delivery of the mer chaudise itself; or sellingspecilied. quautities by samples they carry with them. Ilere to-day and away to-morrow, they escape any taxation whatever. T'here is neither right nor justice inm per-mitting such surreptitious traftic to thme detriment of those who piay heavily towvards the support of both city and State governments. And in this connection we may remark, that of all other commouditiL-s, knicks-knacks and Yankee notions which stock the shelves of deal ers and are supplied to Southern consumers, there are none which are so justly entitled to be taxed, and taxed heavily, as the patent gnuack-medicinies with which the South is flood ed. A nostrum, coating -perhmaps ten cents per bottle, bedizzened and enveloped in showy wrappers, is sold hre for a dlollar or twvo do1l lars. This species of merchandi.se, we submit, ought to be heavily taxed. A tax of Iiity or one hundred per cent. could be easily pa;id by the patentee, nor would the supply be dimin. ished. We hope yet to see the Legislature take this matter in hand and make these dele terious compounds, so freely distributed among our people, pay something towards the revenue of the State.-Southern LGuardian. BONAPARTE's Wousns.-Napoleon showed mae the marks of two wofinds-one a very deep cicatrice above the left knee, -which he said he had received in his first campaign of Italy, and it was of so serious a nature, that the surgeons were in doubt whether it might not be ulti mately necessary to amputate. He observed that when he was wounded, it was always kept a secret in order not to discourage the soldiers. The other was on his tsie, and was received at Eckmul. " At the seige of Acre," continued he, "a shell thrown by Sidney Smith fell at my feet. Two soldiers, who we-., close by, seized and closely embraced me, one in ifron t and the other on one side, and made a rampar t of their bodies for me, against the effeiot of the shell, which exploded and overwhelmed uF. with sand. We sunk into the hole formed by bursting; one of them was wounded. I made them both officers. One has since lost a leg at Moscow, and commanded at Vincennes when I left Paris -when he was summoned by the Rassians; he replied that as soon as they had ser~t him back the leg lie had lost at Moscow he wc aId surren der the fortress." " Many times iu. my life," continued he "have I been saved by soldiers and officers throwing themselves before mae when I was in the most imminert langer. Al Arcola, when I was advancing Colonel Meuron, my aid-de-camnp, threw himself before mc, cov red me with his body, and received the wound which was destined for me. Ie fal at my feet, and his blood spouted up in my farce. He gave his life to preserve mine. Neir yet I believe, has there been such a devotion ahewn by sol diers as mine have manifested fo r me. In all my misfortunes never has the soldier, ever when expiring, been wanting to me.--never hai man been served more faithfully by his troops With the last drop of blood gushing out of their veins, they exclaimed, *"Vive l' Em)iereur" An exchange tells of an editor wto went sol diering and was chosen captain. One day al parade, instead of giving .the order:, " Fron tace, three paces forward, he exlaim d, " Cash two dollars a ycar, in advance." A For, is like -a cinnamon tree-f he bark I worth, more than tho body.