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~Tm aik m-301d%#$1, DryT t fly Seni) aut OS tulyTr Ui0!)ts ditics, Catdzt fle1u3, Cittrotitye, flyrit 5etut4ac, Lgeicuttre our 6 We will cli n to tlie Pillars of the Tempi our Liberties, and it it must fall, we will Perish anist the Ilnini." SIlKINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, S ., AUGUST 25, 1858.. For the Advertiser. VERSES. BY JENNY WOODDINE. Still, and cold, and pale she lieth On her couch of snow; Hushed the heart's tumultuous throbbing, Hushed to earthly woe Nevermore that pulseless bosom Bitter grief shall know. While the sun is setting calmly To yon cloud, capp'd West, Fold the lily hands so gently On the silent breast Tenderly, and kindly, leave her To her last sweet rest. Close those waxen eyelids softly O'er the midnight eyes, From those lips all cold and voiceless, Come no sweet replies; Love the last fond word has spoken, Still, and pale, she lies. Strew the summer-blossoins gently On the shroud's'whitc fold Clip one soft And silken ringlet From the forehead cold; Foe the graveyard now is claiming All those threads of goid. Lilies white, and violets purple, Place upon her brow, Like them she was fair anid fragile, Strew them o'er her now; Then beside her couch so snowy, Lowly, humbly bow. Bitter was her young life's morning But the grief is past; And upon the fair pale forehead Death's dark skade is cast Push aside her ringlets gently Take one kiss-thy last! Never more with sigh of anguish Shall those cold lips part; Never more from those closed eyelids Bitter tear-drops start; Nevermore shall blame, or sorrow Nestle on her heart. Nevermore shall arrows piercing Reach her bosom fair; Nor upon those chiselled features Linger shades of care On her couch of snow she lieth, Angels guard her there! When with tears of bitter weeping He shall come again, Tell him his remorseful erroit, Now, is all in mrin ; Tell him she is sweetly sleeping, Free from grief ant- pain. Tell him that in death she blessed him, Though lie dealt the blow; Which, in all her youth and beauty, Laid our darling low, Laid her like a faded blossom On her couch of snow. And when in the restres midnight Memories arise; And the watchful stars are peeping From the silent skies; Well I know he will be haunted By her earnest eyes. Ope-the window-shutters softly, Do not wildly weep Let the stars of heaven above her Lonesome vigils keep ; Draw the drapery around her Let her- sweetly sleep. On the morrow gently bear her Towards the setting sun ; And when all the lamps of evening Twinkle one by one, Lay her In the grand old forest, For her life is done. -.THE FIRST iCE CREAM. The following article appeared a few years ago in " The Daguerreotype," a periodical of short-lived existence, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Freeman, who died some time since, Bishop of Arkansas and Texas. "If we knew to whom, or to what, to give credit for the fojlowing hit, we would certainly do it. It comes to us without any imiimation of its origin, and we give it place as ludier-ously characteristic. It purports to be "Ain account of Ethan Spike's First and Last Visit to Port land." " Portland is the all-firedest plarce I ever seed. I was down there in '33, to see a little about my goin' to the Legislature, and such a time as I had you never heer'd tell on. Did I ever tell you about the ice cream scrape I had'?" We nawered in the negative, and he rcsumed: "Wall, I'd bin down thar two or three days, okin' in every hole, an' tho't i'd seed everything thar was to be seen. But one day towar's sun down I was goin' by a shop in Middle street that looked wonderfully slick-there was all maniner of candy an' pppernments-an' what niots at the windows. An' then there mer signs with gold letters on to them, hangin' round the door, tellin' how they sold Sodn, Me~ad, an' Ice Creami thar. 1 says to myself, I have hieern a good deal about ice cream, "and now itf I don't aee what they's miade of. So I puts my hands into my pockets, an' walkt-d in kinder careless, and say to a chap standin' behind the counter "1Do you keel) any ice creams here ?" "Yes, sir," says he, " how much 'Il youn have !" I coiisidered a minit, says 1-"a pint, sir." The young feller's facee swelled out, and he liked to have laughed right out, but arter a while he asked- . .. " lDid von say a pimt, sir?" " Sartin," says I, " but p'raps you don't retail, so I don't iniid takin' a quart." "-W'al, don't yout think the feller snorted right out. Tell yer what, it made me feel sort a pisun an' I gave himn a look that made him Inook sobi'r in about a minit; ain' when I clinched my fist and looked so at him (here Mr. Spike farvoreid uis with a most diabolical expression,) hi I hnnled in his horns .about the quickest, ain' handed mne a pint 'o the stuff as perhite as could be. W~tll, I tasted a mouthful otf it, ani' found it cool ams thme north side of o' Bethel hill in Janury. i'd half a mind to spit it out, but jest thein I seed the confectioner chap grinnin' behind tho door, which riz my spunk. Gall smash it all, thinks I, 1'lnote let that white-livered monkey think I'm afeared-Ill eat the plaguey stuff if it freezes my innards. I tell yer what, I'd rather skinn'd a bear or whipp'd a wild, cat, but I went it. I eat the whole in about a ninit. " Wall in about a quarter of an hour I began to feel kinder gripy here," continued Ethau, pointing to the lower parts of his stomach, "an' kept on feelin' no better fast, till at last it seemed as though l'd got a steam ingen sawin' shingles in me. I sot dwn on a cheer, and bentomyself up like a nut-eracker, thinkin' I'd grin and bear it; butI couldn't setstill-I twisted and squirmed about like an angle worm on a hook, till at last as the chap as gin me the cream, who had been lookin' on sniggerin' says to me, "Mister," says he, " what ails yer ?" "Ails me !" says I, " that ere stuff of your'n is freezin' up my daylights," says I. "You eat too much,' says he. "I tell yer I didn't" screamed I; "I know what's enough and what's too much, with6ut askin' you, and if you don't leave off snickerin' l11 spile yer face." 6 "He cottoned right down, and said he didn't mean any hurt, ana asked me if I hadn't better take some gin. I told him I would. So I took a purty good horn, and left the shop." " Arter 1 got out," continued Ethan, "I felt better for a minit or so, but I hadn't gone fur afore the gripes took me agin ; so I went into another shop and took some more gin; then I sot down on the State House steps, and there I sot and sot, but didn't feel a mite better. I be gun to think I was goin' to kick the bucket, and then I thought of father and mother and of old Spanker-that's father's hoss-and when I thought that I should never see 'em agin, I fair ly Ilubbered. But then I happened to look up, I tell yer what, it riz my dander-that bad got down to nero-rite up agin. I sprung at 'in like a wild cat, hollerin' out I'd shake their tarnal gizzards out, and the way the little devils scamt ered .was a caution to nobody. But after the citement ov thevrace was over, I felt wus agin, and I could'nt help groanin' an' schreechin' as I went along. "At last I' thought I'd go to the theatre, but afore I got there, the gripes got so strong that I had to ..o behind a meetir house and lay down and hol!er. Arter r.while I got up and went into a shop and eat a half dollar's worth of biled i.+ ters with four pickled ::owcumbers, and wound up with a ghss of brandy. Then I went into the theatre and seed the plays, but I felt so bad that I could not see any fun in 'em, for I dontt think the isters and the coweunbers done me any good. I set down, laid down, and stood up, but still it went on, gripe, gripe. I groaned all the time, and once in a while I was obliged to screech kinder easy. Every body starred at me, aud somebody called out, "turn him out!" once )r twice. But, at last, just as the nigger Or thello was goin' to put thepiller on his wife's lace to smuother her, there cuni sich a twinge birough me, that I really thought I was burstin' ap, and I velied out-" Oh dear! Ot cizzors" ;o loud that the old theatre run again. Such a -ow you never seed ; the niggr' droliped the pil er, and Deuteronomny-or what you call her here-his wife, jumped off the bed and run, vhia everybody in the theatre. was all up in a nuss, sone larlin', some swearin'. The upshot >f it was, te iwrliee carried me out of the thea re, and told me to make myself scarce." "Wall, as I didn't fUel any better, I went into shop close by, and called for two glasses ot' n-andy ; arter swallerin' it, I went hum to the avern. I sat down by the winder, and tried to hink I felt better, but 'twas no go; that blasted >ld ingine was still wallerin' away inside; so I vent out and eat a qtarter's worth of isters and piece of mince pie. Then I went back and old the tavern keeper I felt kinder sick, and hought I'd take some Castor ile, a mouthful of old meat, and a strong glass of whiskey punch, mid then go to bed. lie got the fixins, which I ook and went to bed." "But, I tell yer what, I had a rather poir tight. Somnetimnes I was .wake groanin', and1l vhen I was a~ltep I'd better bin awake, for I tad such poweriil dream.<. i Sonetimes Ithought was skinnin' a he-ar, and thten by some lioeus )oens 'twouill all change t'other sideto, anid the arnal critter would he a skinnuin' mec." "Then, agin, I'd dream that I was rolling logs vith the boys, and jest as I'd be a shoutin' out now then !-here she goes!I" every thing vonlid get reversed atgin--I was a log, and the ,oys were prtyi' tie up) with their htandspikes. Phiei i'd wake up and screech and roar-then aff to sleep again-to dream that Spanker had 'an away with me, or that fathler was whipping ne or some other plaguey thing, till nmornitn'." " Whoa I got up, I hadn't any appetite for >reakfast, and the tavern keeper told me that if Lwas goin' to etarry on scrcamitn' and groanin' is I hatd the night af'ore, my room was better han my~ compainy:' "I hain't," said Mr. Spiko, in conclusion "I taint bin to Portland sitic, but if 1 live to lbe is old as Methusalem, I shall never forget that Ll-ired Ice Cream." A KISS -ruAT DiDN'T PA.-The Toledo Re :ord gets off a good one in regard to a citizen >f Iowa, whose wife, in his absence had been tissed by a drover, while giviing a glass of wa ;er. When he heard of the outrage lie started tt oncee in pursuit, found the drover after a har-d lay's ride, and accused him of the theft. 'Te drover admitted the truth of the soft mpeahmett-said he had been a long time rom home, was sorely tempted, and in an uin ~uarded moment of frenzy purloined the kiss, but that he had not damagedl the woman, in the smallest particular-was very sorry-thought it was no matter to make a great ado about, and therefore begged to he excused. The husband finally concluded that this was the right of the matter, anid agreed to settle it upon the receipt of $5 for his day's ride. This being sat issfactory the drover hanidod over a $10 bill and received $3 in chainge. Butt when the aggrieved benmed ict returineda home and consulted his detector, lie l'ound the hill a countterfeit. lie founid lie had suffered the inidinitty of having his wife kissed by a "nasty drover," passed one day in the saddle, and lost live dollars, aiid con eluded that it didtn't pay. "Did thee receive my remittance, Natthtan, muy soin?' -Yes, fiather-. "Thea why did thee not buy a new co4i-thy presenit onie is certainily very fragile. " Why3, the facet is, I lef t my motney itn the bank at New Orleants.'' " Alh I thy economy is certainily commendable -in whant batik?" " I do iiot rettembher in what, lather I know it was a very good otne, as it hadl a scripturnd nane. It was-nm! let tme see-it was thu P'hat-aohu baink, I thinik." "Soni, baniks are very untsafe' now, and thee had better senud fEar thy money immtieditely." Suit took a coughiing spell, A lawyer at Lowell foinid $953 anid returned it to the owvne. Onte of the papers says the net may he honest atnd hontorable but it is untpro iessional. A lady wished a seat. A portly, handsomie genitleman brought one and seated the lady. "Oh, you're a jewel." "0, no," replied he, "I'm a jeweller. I have junt st the jcwel." From the Montgomery Mail. "ANOTHER HAT-MLL, JOEL." A short yarn was spun to us last evening, of and concerning the experiments in milling of a couple of friends of ours, now or lately sojourning fur health and pleasure at. the Talladega Springs. It is unnessary to give the names of these gel tlemuen, but fur convenience we will call them, respectfully, John and Joel. They, it may be remarked, have great similarity of tastes, and among other penchants, are very fond of fishing: and every body knovs that the the vicinity of Tallade-ga Spriiigs offiers fine opportunity to the skilful knight of the fly. Thus, John and Joel-there being no religious services at the Springs that day-went out Sun day before last, to the niilLof Mr. P-, a mile or two down the creek, with a view to a dinner of small trout and bream. With them went their invited guest, Mr. Smith, and " Miles" "1 contrived" them down a bottle or two of wine. The party was snug; the wind was propiti tions: and the fish altogether amiable.-A cosy nice dinner of brown and crisp mountain fish was soon washed down with a few glasses of champaigne; and then eigars were lit. As the smoke curled languidly' about their noses, Satan, (who was invisibly present, without and invita tion,) suggested to Jiohn, that that mill was a " slow coach," and couldn't cut much lumber; and John expressed the same opinion of Joel. Joel thought differently, and so did Smith. " et's try her," said John. " Agreed," said Joel anl Smith. It was short work; a large pine log lay at right angles across the arrig:ie of the mill ; and it was agreed to " let her rip" through this. Accordingly, the gate was raised and im mediately the stillness of " the grand old woods" was broken by the rapid, sharp strokes of the saw. In a minute the log was brought up and the saw wient rapidly through. "Now stol her," said Joel-and Smith and John essaved to do so. But the mill wouldn't be stop1bed, but went clattering away as hard as ever! "Stop her, John, or by the Lord she'll split herself in two,"--shouted Joel. But all the fix tures were obstinate and refused to yield to the exertions of John and Smith. On went the saw, while John and Joel perspired. Presently the carriage presented somehnetalie obstruction to the passage of the saw, hut "true as steel," it went against the ob-sirucetoun-and then the lehjh lw. Some pieces of mill iron had been left upon the carriage. But yet it ceased not-up and down ! up and down! the true steel to the dull cast iron, until suddenly a malllaeic broke out among tie dust and splin ters near the point of contract. " Great G-d, John," said Jolel:" the infernal Machine is on fire. What shall we do?" " Run down to the creek and bring up your hat full of water," said Johi. Joel looked allec ionately at his handsome tile which is always kept neatly brushed; but submitting to a dire necessity lie straightway made it a fire bucket mnd commenced fighing the llaines. John and mith's straws were unavailable; nevertheless, hey did all those wild, inconsiderate things rhich most parsons will doj.ia case of fGre,wher ,here is ni possibifity of-di aly gooal. Still that toothless saw ripped on, singing a lemon song as it scraped against tle dull, cast ron. And the fire kept gaining a little. Joel labored faithfully, and every two minutes rought up his hat fl of water and threw it pon the fire. John stqpd desparingly h-aning uinst .1 y >st in the mill, anid hidl)oel t, his -riecnd, as he seemned to pause at the briak of the team "Another hat-full, Joel, for God's sake ! rhe ifernal thinig will cost us at least .$1200 apiece, f it burns !" " esdes mity hal." said Joel : but he brought.1 he water and pourel it on1. Un went thle devilish saw, raking, rasping and earing itself to pieces. . At this juneture, Mr. P., the owner of the mill, aving seen the simoke, camne down to the mill, ndil with great ditliculty the saw was stopped md.. the lire put out. Joel was grievously blown" with carrincg water in his liat, and Ihn was quiite ucsed up with excitemcent, while miih was b~reathless from his exertions at omne lev-er which lhe suppused mcighct have some ctluence ini qu~ietinmg the de~mon saw. "Gieineme," said the propietor very polite y, " it is easy eniough to see why you couldcd't atop the saw after you set it a-going. Thcis acill cs some now arrangemneunts which I cani easilyI xplain-" " For IHeavein's, Mr. P.," said Johnc, "no expla ai on that point ! lts the lirst imill 1 every iet a goinig, and I shaldl never start ansother ! J1 ust send us your bill for the damnage~s, acid let's say o moare about it." The " boys" paid $t0 for not knowing how to ttop a saw, and that night Johni, in a feverish sleep, (lie has that blessing, chills and fever) houted to his room-nmate n Jc natuore hcat-full, Joel !" Wouits Trm~ H~ Tr.-Somel years ago as Capt. B., of the steamer Waiter-W itch, waspain own the Arkanisas River, they had pressing eed of an axe, and not havicng one on board, at the first landing the boat rounded to, the Cap taini dispatched an Irishman to the nearest cabin n quest of one. Pretty soon Patrick returned with an axe; but whbecn, after having used it, the Captain ordered hiim to return it, he refused point blank. "But what is the reason ?" urged Captain B--. "Sure then an' I'l1 tell ye. When I went up to cabin I saw a white woman, an' I axed her perlitehy for the loan of an axe, and she telled ne to ax her huasband in the corn-field. So, yer honor, I went up to the corcn-fiel, and I saw a big blaek nger a standicig there, and I ses to hm, ses I "ant' where's your muasther ?" Ses he, "I'm thme imasther;" an' ses T, ".'m c afthier hav ing the loan of~ an ax .for -a few mninutes." Ses e, "go down to the house aid get it," Well, I got the axe, Captain, an' us I wint by the dour e I to imyself, " bejabers buit I'll give her a small bit of mny mind." So I poked mny head ini the dour, acid ses I, "'ain't ye ashanmed of ver self to lie hiavinig a black nager for a huisband !" A' ses she, "Law, no ! I hadh a sisther donce worse than that;" an' ses I " what was that shure ?I" anm'ses she, "Shec married an Irishmcian." At' lie dad, I'll be afther spaking no miore to the baste, Captaiin, buegginig ye-r hoinors pardoni." Thce " Caipt'iig" laughaingly excused hinm fromt so unapleasanit a dutr. A QCuIn Joacu--A correspondent sends the Ruffalo Express the followinig good thing for the hot weather: --K, the Qauakei President of a Pennsyh vaca lI ail Ro'ad, during the confusion and panaic ast fatlI, called upon- the W-, with which ~e load1 bad kept a large, regular account, and akd four an ex~ttnsion of a hart of its paper fladling dlue ini a few days. 'The Jiank President dieclined rather abruptly, saying, iq a tens comn mo with that fraternity " Mr. K. your paper must be, paid at tmaturi t. We cannot renew it." "Veryv well," our Quaker relied, and left the Bank. But lie did not let the matter dIrop hoo Oni leaving the Bank, he walked quietly over to thu denpot and telegraphed all the agents aad condnetors on thbo hund, to reject. th0 bills on the W-.--Bank. Inc a few hours the trainis be.n to nrrive. full of the panic, and brinmging the news o( t of the W-nank all along the line e Road. Stockholders and depositors loc Into the Bank, making the panic, inquiri W hat's the matter?" "iTs the Bank bro A -little inquiry by the offi cers showed t be trouble originated in the rejecting of ills by the railroad. Tite President sci hat and rushed down. to the Quaker's office d came bursting in with the inquiry, "Mr. K. Iav ou directed the refusal of our curreicy by y nts?" " Yes," was uiet reply. "Why is thi t will ruin us." "Well, friend ,I supposed thy Bank was about to fal- thee could not renew a lit tle paper for us morning." It is nee I say,-Mr. L- renewed all the Quaker 1 pa d enlarged his line of dis count while th' ic wires carried all along the roavl to eve nt-the sedative message: " The W- B is all right. Thee may take its currency." i WHAT DON'T BELIEVE. He don't believ hat a man is any wiser for havi-ig A. S. S. o" y other letters, attached to his name. le don't believ 4a lawyer is any keener be cause he wears a of spectacles. He don't belie hat schoolmasters, physi cians, and minist ,like!. to be contradicted a whit better than. er folks. le don't believ t'all lawyers are rngues, any more than be-, lieve an eel is a snake. He don't belie hat the most industrious man likes to wor- ceptwhen he can't help it. le don't believ 'at two young lovers like to be caught with: ir arms around one anoth el*- waists. le don't believ ?hat a young lady ought to be married bef 1hu is twenty-one at least. le don't believe t young gentlemen should marry before they J"" able to support a wife. He don't believ o getting up early in the morning without to bed early at night. He d't believe an a fool because he can't make a speech. le don't believe t because both wise and windy begin with ;-that they end in the same thing. He don't believ4. at a lady is much the worse for wear ing a tie, though he decidedly prefers coffee bagsd. In fact he don't -blieve in a great many things that others believe k"and the result is that he is voted an oddity ied a bore. Some newspaperspeaking of the light lit. erature of the premm-. day, says-"I ou may read the New Yorkg ger for a year and scarce y find afie whielt make you wiser or bet er-all fictidi, roiP es, lies in velvet and 'eathers, little frig6ds; equipd in smiles and :rinolines, big scouflp mu epauletts, and with D. love of ioustac ' turning the brais and tealing the hearftk simpering inaidens, the very-day historfJm hiegeniously plied and gen eelly outrged 1 t it always ends beauti And et hundre ds of persia, who neve thiink if taking a home paper, spend ihrge or four imes the auinount in this vapid, abominable rash !-a species of reading that, instead of ben liting theinsolves and families, is absolutely a urse to theim. And are nut the Editors of ofr honie papers reatly to blame for introducing such papers to heir readers I They will insert flaming adver isenments ofsich papers as the New York Prize, kc., for which they will never get one cent, and lins help to starve themselves out, besides being uilty of' recomumdi ng injuriois literature ong the people. Let the press of' Georgia look o this, andi retirmn I '*e notice that the agents for northern publi ations manage to gyet the recomnenidation of ome promiment man, a 'in ister' for inslL'ance .nd with this they go to work and solicit sub eribers. Miinisters ought to be careful to what. liey' subscribe their names aiid thus endorse. GT iNTr Tro -r WooD.-Here is good advice rom the Noithi-Western Christian cocate : Get into the woods. Go on purpiose, ye hot, ~rowded, dusty denizens of the city. Come ~ut of your piles or brick and miortar and reathc pure air, see the gr'een gr'ass, sit down mnder' thme shade of tihe oakof the foliage of the eauteous mapfle. Go where the roses bloomi ~r have bloomed, and in one of God's pimiitive emples, worship the All-Father. Tfake your' blildren. If you belong to a city Sabbath chool, gather it up-big and little, great and small, high and low--take your baskets awl uckets, your swing ropes and balls aiid bats ln't stiffen thenm with fancy " Sunday dresses," oo fine for ronmpiing, but let them go ini rngged tyle. Find a good shade and good water, and hen turn them all hoose. Let them halloo and augh and romp. Away with your cold dignity, our primness, your stiffness. Surrounded by he scenes of nature, give swing. to nature for once. Hark the merry laugh ! List that ring ng halloo ! When did you hear aught lili'u it n your crowded Babel? That is no town augh. Then gather in groups upon the grass andl pen your baskets. Hlow sweet the boiled haum! ow excellect the biscuit and butter ! Then, efore you separate, gather in a circle and sing. Send the sweet strains of Corrith, Duke Street, pundee, arid even the plaintive sounds of China, p through the arch above you; then, alto ether, sing Old Handred to the poxualogy while the birds sing their anthems, and the trees clap their hands, let all voices sing: " Praise God from whom all bless nas flow, Praise Him all creatures here below." Sms~K KINDLY TO YoL'R MioTIIK.-Youilg aii, speak kindly to your mother, andi courte usly, tenderly. to her. But little time, and ou shall see her no more forever. 1Her eyes is im,. her, form is bent, and hier shadow falls to ward the grave. Others may love you fondly ; but nevei' again while time is yours, shall any ne's love be to you as that of your old, tremb ling, weakened maotlier' has been. Through helpless infancy her throbbing bi'east. as your safe protection and support; in way ward, testy boyhood, she bore patiently with your thoughtless rudeness ; she nursed you safely through a legion of ills amid maladies. Her hand bathed your burning brow, or moistened your pazcd lips; her eyes lighted up the darkness af nightly vigils, wvatching* sleepless by your side as none but -her could' watch. Oh! speak not her name lightly, for you cannot live so many years as would suficee to thank her fully. Through recklessnmess and impatient youth, she is your consoler and solace. To a bright umanhiood she guides your wayward steps. Speak gently, then and reverently of your mother; and when you, too, shall be old, if shill, in sonie dogfop, ightpii tlyi em~ors~P which shall be yqqps fump other sis to know that never stantenly Waye you ogtfagpd the res pect due to your aged maother. IRE-APPECARACE.-Bedf'ord Brown, who has just beeni elected to the State Seniae of' North Caroina; from Caswell county, was a prominent meiheO!lIp of' fhe Vqited States. Seinte t'romn that State during uearly the entire administration of Peidents Jackson and Van Huren. POLITICAL MIATTERS. MA. EDTOR:-By publishinlg the following extracts you will oblige A Suwscaiusa. EXTRA'TS FROM TiH. SENATR KANSAs BIT.,., AS IT PASF.D -Ir: S. NAT 2.0n MA a.ne '58. " Whercas, the people of the Territory of Kansas did, by a convention of delegates, called and assembled at Lecompton, oi the 4tth day September, 1857, for that purposo, forn for themselves a constitution and State government, which said constitution is republican, and said convention having asked the admission of said Territory into the Union as a State en an equal footing with the original States Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri ca in Congress assembled, That the State of Kansas shall be, and is hereby declared to be, one of the United States of America, and ad mitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever. And the said State shall consist of all the terri tory included within the following boundaries, to wit: beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the east ern boundary of New Mexico; thence north on said boundary to latitude thirty-eight; thence following said boundary westward to the east ern boundary of the Territory of Utah, on the summit of the Rocky Mountains ; thence north ward on said summit to the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the State of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said State to the place of beginning: Provided, that nothing herein contained respecting the boun dary of said State shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertain ing to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such In dians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with such Indian tribe, is not without the consent of such tribe to be included within the territorial limits of jurisdictionof any State or Territory; but all such territory shall be excepted out of the boundarie, and constitute no part of the State of Kansas, until said tribe shall signify their assent to the President of the United States to be included within said State, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulations re specting such Indians, their lands, property, or other ights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to make if this act had not been pissed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the State of Kansas is admitted into the Union upon the express condition that said St ate shall never iterfere with the primary disposal of the publ;c lands, or with any regulations which Congress nay find necessary for securing the title in said lands t6 the bona fide purchasers and grantves thereof; or impbie or levy any tax, assessnent, r imposition of any description whatever upon them, or other property of the United States thi StAti naluki a' rny iiglt of theple asserted in the constitution 2f Kansas at all times to alter, reform, or abolish keir form (f gocernnent in such manner as they nay think proper, Congress hereby disclaiming any ruthority to iate:fere or declare the construction of he constitution 1g' any State, except to see that it be republican in forin, and -not in conflict icth the onstitution <* the United States; and nothing 1n this act shall be construed as an assent by ongress to all or to any of the propositions or laims contained in the ordinance 1nneed to the said constitution of the yoople of Kansas, aor to duprive the said State of Kansas of the ame grants, if hereafter made, which werecon Laied in the act of Congress, entitled "An act o authorize the people of the Territory of Min iesota to form a coustitution and Stato gOverniI neit, preparalory to admission into thi Union In al eujial iting with the originial States, pro~ved Febiruary :2G, 1857. Sections 3 and 41 pertain to the Riepresentative, udiciary, &c. RoM1 T CalTTE.~OEN MONTf.oM1ERY AME.ND .NT- AS 5DsensrrUn:Dl FoR -rim: S1i..'rA-: !ILL. BY TIlE IloUsE', 1sT APRIL '58. That the Stale of Kansas be, and is hereby, dinitted into the Union on an equal Iootinig rithi the original Stnte<, in :1l respiots what per ; but, ina.nmachi as it is greatly disputed hether the constitution (fam ued at Lecomp1tii, n the s eenh' day ud ZKoebe last, iadu nw enduing tsftire Conagres.s) was fairly made, or ~xpesed the will oft the peop'lle of Kansas, this dolision of her into the Union as a State is ere dleclared to be upon thais fundamnentad con ition precedent, namely, that the said consti utional instrument shall he first submitted to a ote of the people of Kansas, and assented to y them, or a majority of the voters, at an elec ion to be held for thbe purpose; and as soon as uch assent shall be given, andl duly made known by amajoityof the commainioners herein ap. ~oied,to thie Fre.,ident of the United States, e shall announce the same by proclamation; nd thereafter, and without any further proceed ngs on the part of Congress, the admission of he said State of Kansas into the Union upon mu equal footing with the original States, in all espects whatever, shall be complete and abso ute. At the said election the (rote) shall be by allot, and by endorsing on his ballot, as each VteV may please, "fur thoeopstitution," ot' 'against the constitution." Should the said :onstitution be rejected at the said election by a majority of votes bcing cast against it, then, and in that event, the in habitants of said Ter ritory arc hereby authorized and empowered to orm fur themselves a constitution and State overnment by the name of the State of Kansas, ccording to the Federal Constitution, and to hat endt may elect delegates to a convention as ereinafter provided. Sections 2, 3, d, 5, 0, and 7 pertatin to the lections under this bill, &c. Sse. 8. And be it further enacted, That the ollowing propositions be, andl the same are ereby, ollered to the said people of Kansas, for hir free acceptance or rejection, which, if ae epted, shall be obligatory on the United States nd upon the said State of K~ansas, to wit: First. lhat sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six n every township of public lands in said State, ad where either of said sections, or any part thereof, has been sold or otht3;WIsp been dis posed of, other lands, equivalent thereto and as contiguous as auy be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools. Second. That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the use and support of a State uniersity, to be selected by the governor of said State, sulhject to the appr'ovajl of' the Coma oissiuniw 'of tfie Q eneral Land 0llice, and to be gpprpiated aend a pplied in such marnner as the lgislature of said btate allay prescribe for the purpose aforesaid, bqt for no0 other purpose. Third Thattea entire sections of landl, to be selected by the governor of said Staite, in legal subdivisionls, simil bo granted to said State for the purpose'of completing thme public builings, or for the erection of others at the seat of gov ernment, under the direction ol the legislature theeof. Fourth. That all salt springs within said State, not exceeding twelve in number with six sections of land adjoining, or as con tiguous as may .be to each, shall be granted tc said State for its use, the same to be selected by the governor thereof within one year after the adinission of sain State, and when soselected, to be used or disposed of on such terms, condi tions, and regu.rlations as the' legislature shall direct: Prov'led, That no salt spring or land, the right whereof is now vested in any individ ual or individuals, or which may be hereafter confirmed or adjudged to any individual or in dividuals, shall by this article be granted to said State. Fifth. That five per-centum of the net proceeds of sales of all public lands lying within said State, which shall be sold by Congress after the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State, for the purpose of making public roads and internal improvements, as the legislature shall direct: Provided, That the foregoing propositions, herein before offered, are on the condition that the people of Kansas shall provide by an ordinance, irrevocable with out the consent of the United States, that said State shall never interfere with the primary disposals of the soil within the same by the United States, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in said soil to bona fide purchasers thereof; and that no tax shall be imposed on lands belonging to the United States, and that in no case shall non resident proprietors be taxed higher than resi dents. Sixth. And that the said State shall never tax the lands or the property of the United States in that State: Provided, however, That nothing in this act of admissian shall be so construed as to ratify or accept the ordinance attached to said constitution, framed at Lecomp ton; but said ordinance is hereby rejected by the Untted States. Fao.s THE CoNFERENC BIi.LL AS IT PASSED THE H1ousE 30rui APRIL, '58. Whereas the people of the Territory of Kan sas did, by a convention of deleetes assembled at Lecompton, on the 7th day of November. 1857, for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and State government, which con stitution is republican; and whereas, at the same time and place, said convention did adopt an ordinance, whfieh said ordinance asserts that Kansas, when admitted as a State, will have an undoubted right to tax the lands within her limits belonging to the United States, and pro poses to relinqnish said asserted right if certain conditions set forth in said ordinance be accep ted and agreed to by the Congress of the Uni ted States; and whereas the said constitution and ordinance have been presented to Congress by order of said convention, and admission of said Territory into the Union thereon as a State requested ; and whereas said ordinance 's not acceptable to Congress, and:lt is desirable to ascertain whether the people of Kansas coneur in the changes in said ordinance, hereinafter stated, and desire adnission into the Union as a Stato 4s herein proposed: Therefore Be it cnactet by the Senate and House- of Rep . tives of the Unite&States'of-Ameriz Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever, but upon this fundamental condition precedent, namely: That the question of admission, with the following proposition in lieu of the ordinance framed at Lecompton, be submitted to a vote of the peo ple of Kansas, and assented to by them, or a majority of the voters voting at an election to be held for that purpose, namoly: That the fol lowing propositions be, and the same are hereby, oflred to the people of Kansas for acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted, shall be obliga tory on the United States, and upon the said State of Kansas, to wit: First, that sections numbers sixteen and thirty-six in every town. ship of public lands in said State, or, where either of said sections or any part thereof has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands c~jnivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools. Second, that seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the support of a State university, to he selected by the governor of said State, subject to +.he ap proval of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and to be appropriated and applied in such manner as the legislature of said State may prescribe fur the purpose aforesaid, but for nu other purpose. Third, that ten entire sec tions of land to he selected by the governor of said State, in legal subdivisions, shall be granted to said State for thie purpose of conipleting the pulic buildings, or for the erectionm of others at the seat of government, under the direction of the legislatu.-e thereof. Fourth, that all salt sprigs within said State, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to said State for its use, the same to be selected by the governor thereof; within one year after the admnission of said State, and when so selected to be used or disposed of on such terms, conditions, andc regulations, as the legis latgr~e inay direet i 'rovided, That no salt spring or lind, the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may hereafter be confirmed or adjudged to any indi vidual or individuals, shall, by this' article, be granted to said State. Fifth, the five per centum of the net proceeds of the sales of' all public lands lying within said State, whioh shall be sold by Congress after the admuission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State for the purpose of making public roads and internal iimrovemnents, as the legis lature shall direct: Provided, The foregoing proposition herein offered arc on the condition that the State of Kansas shall never interfere with the p~rimary disposal of the lands of the Uniited States, or with any regulations which Congress may find neessary' for securing the title in said soil to bona tide purchasers thereof, and that no tax shall be imposed on lands belonging to the United States, and that in no case shall non-resident propriutors be taxed higher than residents. Sixth, and that sid State shall nev er tax the lands or property of the United States in that State., At the said election the voting shall be by ballot, and by endorsing on his ballot, as each voter may please, proposition accepted, or pro position rejected. Should a majotity of the votes cast be for proposition accepted, the Pres ident at the United States, as soon as the fact i duly inade known to him, shall announce the .emme by proclamation; and thereafter, and without any further proceedings on the part of Congress, the admission of the State of Kansas into t~he Union upon anm equal footing with the original States, in all icspects whatever, shall be complete and absolute, and said State sh~all be entitled to one member in the Ihouse of Rep resentatives in the Congress of the United States, until the next census be taken by the federal government, Ilut shiouhld a miajority of the votes east be for propdition rejected, it shall be deemed and held that the people of Kansas do not desire admission into the Union with said constitution under the conditions set forth in said proposition ; and in that event the pee ple of said Territory are hereby Rantheriged and empowered to form for 1ibwmseves a constitu. tiom an.d state government. by the name or tah State of Kansas, according to the federal Con 'stitution. and may elect delegates for that pur pose whenever, and not before, it is a:eertained, by a census, duly and legally taken, that the population of said Territory equals or exceeds the ratio of representation required for a memt her of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States; and whenever thereafter such delegates shall asssenible in con vention, they shall fit determine, bya vote. whether it is the wish of the people of the pto posed State to be admitted into the Union at that time, and, if ag, shall proceed to, form ag. constitution, and take all necessary steps for the stablishnfent of a State government in confor inity with the federal Constitution, subject to such limitations and restrictions as to the mode and manner of its approval or ratification by the people of the proposed. State as they may have prescribed by law, and shall be eptitled to admission into the Union as a State under such constitution thus fairly and legally made, with or without slavery, as said constitution may prescribe. MINISTER TO SPAIN.-It is reported in, the Northern journals that the President has offered the Spanish mission to SenAtor Stephen R. Mal lory, of Florida, and . that he has "so far' de clined it. The New Orleans Picayune has reason to know that the report is correct. Mr. Mal lory, has not decided to accept, for private rea sons, which it is to be hoped will be overcome. The Picayune says that the main purpose of, his mission will be to carry out the President's plan for the acquisition of Cuba by negotiation. and Senator Mallory is particularly and eminently qualified for the trust. He is an enlightened, able and discreet man, a very thorough Spanish - scholar-not only familiar with the history, ge ography, resources andeapalilities of the island, but from his residence at Key West, within a day's sail of Havana, personally aquainted with the people, their dispositions and opinions. It would be an excellent appointment, and we be' lieve it is one that personally he would bh glad to undertake. We hope the difliculties may be surmounted that obstruct his acceptance. FinE.-The Par Room and Eating House on Ellis street, between Campbell and McIntosh,' known as " The Shades," was -destroyed by fire on Sunday night last. The building which was owned by Mrs. Ann Anthony, leased for a term of years to Me;sr. Heckle & Wilson, and rented by them to E. D. Myers, was valued at about $1,500-insured for $1,000. Mr. Myers' loi in liquors, furniture, &c., is estimated at about $1, 000-no insurance. J. H. Alford, occupying a room in the building, and asleep at the time the fire broke out, barely escaped, losing money, watch and clothing, to the amount of about $,00. Columbus Alford also lost all his clothing. The fire first broke out about 10 o'clock at' night, was subdued, and again broke 'out about two o'clock in a part of the building which had.. been left standing, destroying theaccount books &c., of J. McDade, elerk for 'Messrs. Rekle & Wilson. ~11fy~ii8 eefii*n thrastfivl '-; Avgusta Crrce 7hmt . TOLERABiY LrBEnA.-The whole amount of money for charitable purposes given away during his life time by the late Amos Lawrence, of Mas sachusetts, is said to be six hundred and thirty nine thousand dollars-a fact which rests on the most positive evidence. Ti PaosPECTs of TExAs.-A correspondent, who seems to be rather enthusiastic, writes as follows from Houston, (Texas,) under date of July 22: Texas never saw brighter prospects than at present. Out of debt, and with a full treasury, taxes merely noininal-lighter than in *almost any other State-a full crop of corn and wheat - already realized, cotton and sugar cane promir. ing aid abundant yield, railroads progressim rapidly, the cause of education receiving a go share of attention, and the whole State is rapidly advancing in all that makes a great, good, hap. py and prosperous people. Acaarcur.TLTnAL Pnosrzc'rs.--Reports from all quarters, North, South, East and West, speak of the promise of the harvest as something splendid and prodigous. We do not hear of a failure in the wheat crop in any direction. Al ready the sickle is at work in many districts, and with a few wveeks of fIe weather, the stack yards will be filled with an amont of golden grain such as they hwve seldom held, and the laud blessed with a plentiful supply of home growth rarely seon and iiore rarely surpassed. Most earnestly do we hope for fair and propi tious skies that all this good promise may be fulfilled. A rich harvest makes a happy and contented. It is good for the grower who finds himself repaid by the abundance of his crops for all his outlay of time and labor and money. It is good for the consumer. It gladdens the heart of the laborer--..it fills his cottage with joy. And it is good for others beyond the grower and consumner. The interests of all clas ses are so) bound up together in a trading and commercial country like this, that all flourish together and all suffer together. We have, in deed, as it were, but one interest, although with muany branches and subdivisions. Touch it in any part and every nerve in the whole body thrills and is affected. We have not a doubt, then, that the glorious harvest upon which we have just entered will help greatly to place the trade of the country on a sure and firm basis, It removes all distrust on the monetary part of the question. There will be no sudden rush upon the banks, such as in years of scarcity often shakes the trade of the country to lts've ryv foundation. On that point we sall be guard ed against...danger, and most thankfully ougLt we to be for it. THn E ArsaruaaR--t is really amnusing to note our exchanges and observe the variety of questions whieh arc agitated in the various por tions of the State. In no two districts scarcely is the samte question under discussion. Mem bers elected will go, each one, with the intent of carrying his hobby in the Legislature. If a.uch could bo done what a vast amount of Leg islation and Laws would flood the land. We thank God, however, that such will not be the case. Many a fellow who is expected " to play the devil and turn up Jack" when he gets there will be as mute " as a church mouse," and you would not know lie was there if his name was not published in the Newspapers. Now in seome districts the Legislative test is the Banks. In others " Whether trading with negroes should be a whipping offence." In others " The giving the election of Electors to the people." In others " The re-opening of the Slave Trade." In others " Usury and the Li q uor Law." In others the " Militia Systemn,* t'he Penitentia- systemi, and so forth and so on ad infaitumn. 'Well; we suppose, when they all meet, they will cast the subjects altogether in one ple,tand ohoose such as aiman can make a speech on both sides, without exactly saying which he goes for.. Well, we5! see' what'we will sco, but we.- don't believe there will be as much done as many folks thinkfor~eAsber ry RsingSun2s