Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 31, 1859, Image 1

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"WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLARS O THE TEMPLE OF OUR LIDERTIEBi ND I7 IT MUST PALL, WE WILL PERISH AMIDST TEEUINS." SIMKINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGE IE D. Ss C, 4UGUST 811 The Contented Man. FROM THE GnRMAN OF JOHANN MARTIN MILLER. Why need I strive for wealth? Iris enough for me ThatHeavenhath sent me strength and health, A spirit glad and free; Grateful theso blessings to receive, I sing my hymn at morn and eve. On some, what floods of riches ntow! House, herds, and gold have they; Yet life's best joys they never know, But fret their hours away, The more they have, they seek increase; Complaints and cravings never cease. A vale of tears this world they call, To me it seems so fair; It countless pleasures hath for all, * And none denied a share. The little birds on new-fledged wing, And inrects revel in the spring. For love of us, hills, woods and plains In beauteous hues are clad; And birds sing far and near sweet strains, Caught up by echoes glad. "Rise," sings the lark, " your task to ply ;" The nightingale sings "lullaby," And when the golden sun goes forth,. And idl like gold appears, When bloom o'erspreads the glowing earth, And fields have ripening ears, I think these glories that I see, My kind Creator made- for me. Then loud I thank the Lord above, And say in joyful mood, His love indeed is Fnther's love, He wills to all men good. Then let me ever grateful live, Enjoying all he deigns to give. THE CAVALRY OFFICER. Col. Eugen-e Merville ws an attache of Napoleon's ,taff. He was a 'soldier in the true sense of the word-devoted to his pro. fession, and brave as a lion. Though very handsome, and of fine hearing, he was of humble birth-a mere child of the camp, and had followed the drum aud bugle from boy hood. Every step in the line of promotion had been won by the stroke of his sabre, and his promotior. from major of cavalry was for a gallant deed which transpired on the battle field bener.th the Eiperor's own eye. Murat, the Prince of Cavalry Ofliters, loved him like a brother, and taught him all that his own good taste and natural instinct had not led him to acquire before. It was the carnival season in Paris, and young Merville found himself at the masked balleY in the French Opera House. Better ada pted in his taste to the field than the bondoir, he flirts but little with the gay figures that cover the floor, and joins but selom in the giddy waltz. But at last, while standing thoughtfully, and regarding the assembled throng with vacant eye, his attention was suddenly aroused by the appearance of a per son in a white satin dominoe, the universil elegance of whose figure,-manner and bearing convinced all that her face and mind must be equal to her person in loveliness. Though in so mixed an assembly,still there was a dignity and reserve in the manner of the white dominoc that rather repulsed the iaea of familiar address, and it was some time before the young soldier found courage to speak to her. Some alarm being given, there was a vio lent rush of the throng towards the door, where, unless assisted, the lady would have materially suffered. Eugene Merville offers his arm, and with his broad shoulders and stout frame wards off the danger. It was a delightful moment ; the lady spoke the purest French, and was witty, fanciful and capti vating. "Ah ! pray raise that mask and reveal to me the charms of feature that must accomspa ny so sweet a voice and so graceful a form as you possess.". " You would, perhaps, be disappointed." " No0, I am sure not." " Are you so very confident ?" "Yes, I feel that you are beautiful. It cannot be otherwise." " Don't be too sure of that," said the domi noe. " Have you never heard of the Irish ?oet Moore's story of the veiled prophet of IKhorassan-how, when he disclosed his coun tenance, its hideous aspect killed his beloved one ? How do you know that I shall not turn out a veiled prophet of Khorrassan ?" " Ah, lady, your every word Convinces me to the contrary," replied the enraptured sol dier, whose heart begun to feel as it had never felt before ; he was already in love. She eluded his efforts at discovery, but per mits him to band her to her carriage, which drives off in the dark.iess, and though h~e throws himself upon his fleetest horse,0 he is unable to overtake her. The young French colonel becomes moody, he has lost his heart and knows not how to do. He wanders hither and thither, shuns his former places of amusement, avoids his mili tary companions, and in short is miserable as a lover well can be, thus disappointed. One night, just after he had left his hotel, on foot, a figure muffled to the very ears, stopped him. "'Well, monsieur, what would you with m.e ?" asked the soldier. "You would know the name of the white 60mninoe," was the reply. - I would indeed !" reylied the o~icer hasti ly. " How can it be done ?" " Follow me." " To the end of the earth, if it will bring me to her." " But you must be blindfolded.' "Very well." "Step into this vehicle." " I am at your command." And away rattled the young soldier and his strange companion. " This may be a trick," reasoned Eugene Merville, " but I have no fear of personal violence. I am armedl with this trusty sabre, and catf fake care of my self." But there was no cause for rear, since he soon found the vehicle stopped, 'and he was led blindfolded into the house. When the bandage was removed from his eye, he found himself in a richly furnished boudoir, and before him stood the-dominoe, just as he had met her at the masked ball. To fall upon his knees, and tell her how much he thought of her since their separation, that his thoughts had never left her devotedly, was as natumral as to breathe, and he did so most gallantly and sincerely. " Shall I believe all you say ?" " Let me prove it by any test you may put upon me." "Know, then, the feelings you avor: are mutual. Nay, unloose your arm from my waist, I have something more to) say." " Talk on forever, .1ady. Your voice is music in my ears." "Would you marry me ? knowing no more of me than you now do." . " If you were to go to the altar masked," hie replied. " Then-i will test you?- - "For one year be faithful to the love you have professed, and I will be yours-as truly as Heaven shall spare my life 1" " 0, cruel, cruel suspense ?" " You demur." " Nay, lady, I shall fulfill your injunctions as I promised." "If at the exiration of a year you do not hear from me, then the contract shail be null and void. Take thi3 half ring," she ,contin. ned ; " and whenI supply the broken portion, I will be yours." He kissed the little emblem, swore again and again to be faithful, and pressing her hand to his lips, bade her adieu. He was conducted away again as mysteriously as he had been brought thither, nor could he by any possible means discover where he had been ; his companion rejecting all bribes, and even refusing to answer the simplest question. Months roll on. Col. Merville is true to his vow; and happy in the anticipation of love. Suddenly he was ordered to an embassy to Vienna, the gayest of all the European capitals, about the time that Napoleon is plan. ning to marry the Arch Duchess Maria Louisa. The young colonel is handsome, manly, and already distinguished in arms and becomes at once a great favorite at court; every effort being made by the women to cap tivate him, but in vsin, he is constant and trae to his vow. But his heart was not made of stone; the very fact that he had entertained such terider feelings for the white dominoe, has doubtless made him more susceptible than before. At last he met the young Baroness Caroline Von WAldoriff, and in spite of his vows she captivates him, and he secretly curses the en gagement he had made at Paris. She seems ,o wonder at what she believes to be his devo zion, and yet his sense of honor was so great thatthough he felt he really loved the young Baroness, and even that she returned his aff'eetion, still he had given his word, and it was sacred. The satin dominoe is no longer the ideal of his hearl, but assumes the most repulsive frm in his imagination, and becomes in place cf his good angel-his evil genius. Well, time rolls on ; he is to return- ia~ few days; it is once more the carnival season, and in'Vienna, too, that gay city. He joins in the features of the masked ball, and what wonder fills his brain, when about the middle o' the evening the white dominoe steals be fore him, in the same white satin dress he had seen her wear a year before at the French Opera House int Paris. Was it not a fancy ? "I come, Colonel Eugene Merville, to hold you to your promise," she said, laying her hand lightly upon his arm. "Is this reality or a dream ?" asked the ariazed soldier. " Come. follow me, and you shall see that it is a reality,'' continued the mask, pleasantly. " I will." " fav you been faithful to your promise ?" askcd the dominoc as they retired into a sa; oon. 3Mon.t truly in act, but. alas, I fear not in heart." Indeed." "1 is true, lady, that I have seen and loved another, though my vow to you has kept mne from aying so to her." " And who is this that you-thus love ?' "I will be Frank with you, and you will keoap my secret ?" Most religiously.' "It is the Baroness Von Waldoriff," be said with a sigh. And you really love her?" Alas! only too dearly," said the soldier sad Ilv. '-Nevertheless, I must hold you to your prominise. IHere is the other half of the ring; you can proluee its mnte ?" Here it is," said Eugene. Then I, too, keep my promise I" said the dorminoe raising her mask, and showing to his astonished view the face .of Baroness You Waldoriff! '-Ah, it was the symupathy of true love-that attractedl me, after all." exclaimed the young soiicr as he pressed her to his heart. She had seen and loved hima for his manly spirit and character, and having found by in qui~y that he was wvorthy of Ihem love, she had managed this delicate intrigue and hmad tested hint, and now gave to him her wealth, title and everything. They were married with great pomp, and accompanied the Arch Duchess to Pans. Nasoleon, to crown the happiness of his favrite, made him at once General of Division. First anti Last Visit to a Dram Shop. Timothy Truesdell is the name we shall assign to a very worthy, industrious, and thriving mechanic of New York, who became a burden to himself, a curse to his family, and a nuisance to society at large. A writer, in strong language, says of lhm, that during his devotion to strong drink " he would have uncorked the bottle amid the quakings and thuniders of Mount Sinai, and drained it by the crater of exploding Vesuvius."~ Yet this miserable and abandoned drunkard was cured -cured by a woman's love mingled with a wonan's independence. Timothy Truesdell had a wife and five beautiful children ; yet he neglected his work, squandered his earnings which daily grew smaller and spent his time at the put-house, till the night prostration all his faculties, or the distasteful words "nto more trust !" waraed him to seek the shelter of his wife's care and protection. His children could not go to school because learning was dear and rum was cheap; the landlord dunned for his rent, Mrs. Truesdell was obliged to keep at home, as she had no dress fit to appear in having pawned the last day to pay a fine im posed upon her spouse by the police court. Misery, utter destitution, and famine, stared the unhappy family in the face. It is impos sible to exaggerate the picture, even if we had room and inclination. Mrs. T. was a heroine, though not of romance. She loved her worthless husband, and had bone his neg lect.,.thc tears of her childron, the gripe of famine, and the railing of the drunkard, with out repining. Never had her exertions slack ened-never had a harsh word escaped her lips. At night when she put her children to sleep, she wept and. watched for his coming, and when he did come, drmunk, as usual she ua dressed and assisted himt to bed without a murmur of reproach. At length her courage well nigh exhaust ed, she resolved upon one last, desperate ef fort. A t nightt having disposed of her three old et children, she took the two youngest by the band, and bent her steps to the groggery her humsband was accustomed to frequent. Sie b~oked into the windlow, and' there he sat, in the mtidst of his boon companions, with his pipe in his month and his glass in his hand. He was evidently excited, thvnghm not yet drnnk. Great ws the astonishment of that bad coumpany, and enormous Mr. T.'s dismay and confusion, wvhen his wife, pale as narble, leading two tattered and barefooted babes, stepped up to the bar, called for three glasses of brandy toddy, and then sat down by his: side. " W~hat the devil brings you here, Mary 7" said he, moro.sely. "It is very lonesome at home, and your business seldom allows you to be there," re plied the meek wvife. " There is no company like yours, as you cannot comte to me, I must come you. *I have a right to share your pleasures as well as your sorrows." "liut to come to such a place as this !" ex pcstulated Tim. aN plae cmn be improee urhar my hue band is," said poor Mary. " Whom God hatb joined together, let no man put assunder." She took up the glass of spirit. "Surely you are not going to drink that ? asked Tim, in huge astonishement. " Why not ? You say you drink to forget sorrow and if brandy -has the effect, I am sure no living creature has so good an excuse for drinking as I. Besides I have not eaten a mouthful to-day, and I really need something to support my strength." SWoman I woman! you are not going to give the children such stuff as that !"-cried Tim, as she handed each of them a glass of liquor. "Why not? Can children have a better ex ample than their father's? Is not what is good for him good for themselves also ? It will put them to sleep, and they- will forget that they are cold and hungry. Drink, my children; this is fire, and bed, and food, and clothing. Drink-you can see how much good it does your father." With seeming reluctance, Mary suffered her husband to conduct her home, and that night he prayed long and fervently, which he had not done before for years. The next evening, as he returned home ward with a steady step, be saw his oldest boy run into the house and heard him ex claim "0 mother here comes fathei-he is not drunk !" Tears coursed down the parent's cheek, and from that hour he has not tasted strong drink. He has never been vicious or unfeeling, and as soon as his emancipation from the thraldom of a debasing appetite be came known, friends, employment, and pros perity returned to him. As for Mrs. Trues dell, she is the happiest of women ; and never thinks without joy and gratitude, of her first and last visit to the dram shop. From the Richmond Christian Advocate. Do you Teach Children to Pray ? During the Summer of 1857, a glorious re vival of religion commenced in the town of C-, Tennessee. Never before, in the re collection of the oldest inhabitant, was such a scene witnessed in that section of the country. Business houses were closed, and the usually bustling little town wore a sober aspeet. Min isters and christians of every name united in the great work ; and the great Father looked upon the same and smiled and sent down " showers of blessings" upon the assembly which daily met within the walls of his earth ly sa etuary. There was an influential gen tleman, who had attended the meeting for several weeks but his proud heart rebelled against bowing in such a humble manner, to request the prayers of God's people. One evening while sitting alone in his chamber, his only child a bright-eyed boy of seven summers, entered and seated himself upon his father's knee, looked earnestly into his face, and asked : " Pa, what is a Christian ?" " One, my son, who speaks the truth, reads the Bible, and prays." ' Well, Pa," replied the '"-.." ."" ..""" M1i. anil tell the tri - litt I U: his prays a,.. house of God. When the invitation wa. given for penitents to approaeh the altar, be arose, and with a calm resolve depicted upon hs thee, walked firmly to the altar and knelt. Many eyes unused to weeping overflowed to see one so loved and honored bowing so peni iently among those holy me-i of God asking direction to the fountain of life. Before the mieeting closed, lie arose with the glad cry of a new born soul, and among the hosannas of Go'1s chosen ones, told what a "precious Savior he had found." Ali I methinks the angel of Love that hovered over the sleeping couch of that lovely child, sped its way back to the courts of glory, and wrote Willie's name along the side of his papal's in the Lamb's book of life. Upon awakcening from the sweet sleep cf childhood, the ensuing morning, little Willie's mother hent over his crib and whispered, "Pa's a Christian now, darling." " Oh I i'm so very glad," he exclaimed;, " why did'nt you send for Willie to see God make Pa a Christian ?" And again in that household there went up a thanksgiving to God for bringing the father home to Him. Oh may the light of Heaven beam lovingly upon the head of that sweet child, and may angels weve an immortal crown of Heavens flowers to deck his brow when he enters the glory land. Mothers, do you realise the responsibility of training an imnmortal soul ? Are you prayer ful ? Do you, when the sunlight fades away, and the little eyes grow sleepy, follow the little ones to their couches, and there bend your knee with them, and teach them to send up their pure devolions to the God, who has given such jewels to your keeping ? If so, you too may one day know of a truth, that " out of the mouth of babes God has perfected praise." Just here let me relate an incident that oc curred not many days ago. A lady sat in the dim twilight, in her home. By her side was her oldest son, a boy of eight or nine years. She had been relating a circumstance relative to a prayer of one of his little schoolmates who had recently died. The boy asked why his little friend prayed, and the mother ex plained ; then, looking into her face ,with an earnestness and seriousness beyond his years, he said : " Mother, vou never taught me how to pray." " But I will now, my son," she re. plied; and going to the stand, she took down the family 7Bible and taught him the Lord's prayer. 0 I what a reproof to that mother I Her son never saw her pray ; he knew not what it was to pray. A prayerless mother I 0 there is no sad der sight on earth. Think, mothers. think what you are doing; for if your children do not soudd the reproof now, the day is coming when your heart will be rent by the awful cry, "You never taught me to pray, mother I" Do no~t think it is enough to'pray for your children but teach them to pray. What Should be Taught. The Scientific American thinks our common rchols would have done a great deal more good to the people if they had paid more at. tention to the physical and mathematical sciences. There is a great deal of truth in the observation. Probably fourfifths of the pupils of our common schools are destined to make their living in some of the mechanical arts, or in the workshops of the country. Yet how-very little does the practical train ing they receive in our schools fit them for euminence in their professions. Natural phil. sophy is ignored just as much us if no such knowedge existed. Boys leave school te work at trades, knowing nothing at all of the principles of riiechanics, which lie at the foundation of their professions. Great care is taken with thema in elegant and ornamien tal penmanship, but not a single hour is de voted to the drawing of mathematical figures, or to making practical draughtsmen of- the pupils. Geometry is scarcely touched, gram mar and geography being considered more important. Hence much of the informatior which the pupil spends the earlier periods of hi life in leasning, is of but little use to hinm when he leaves school, and is fo. -- en en tirely, unless his after pursuits rernmre hina to keep up an intimate acquaintance with it That which would have been practically use f..1 hii- .ndwuhinhwun havn made hii labors in his profession a source of pleasure and of solid acquisition, instead of being a task to be got rid of as soon as possible and never thoroughly comprehended, is not learned at all. The true value of education is the uses to which it can be put, and that would seem certainly to be the best education, which enables the pupil to put the knowledge gained at school to immediate use in maintaining himself respectably and independently in society. . Not simply himself, but the world, would receive the benefit of an educational system which would substitute physical and mathematical science for a great deal which is now taught, or at least divide the time of study, so that the most useful should have a least as fair a share of attention as that which is less so. From the Laurensville Herald. Capt. Robert Cunningham. On Thursday, the 7th July last, this ex cellent citizen of Laurens, at his residence, Rosemont, closed his useful life, after four months' suffering from Dro He was the third son of 9a. Patrick Cnn nuingham, and was born at the residence of his father, on Saluda River, in Laurens Dis trict, on the 18th of October, 1786; he died, therefore, in the 78d year of his age, His father was one of the 'st and most aimiable citizens of Laurens, and although a ioyalist in the Revolution, his hans were unstained by plunder or blood. Like many other good men, he was mistaken in his duty. The people of his section showed their sense of his virtues by returning him to the Legis lature, as one of their first membeis under the Constitution of 1790. Capt. Cunningham received the benefit of a good.classical education under the teaching of Dr. Abner Pyles; he too possibly was for a time a pupil of Elisha Hammond, the father of Gov. Hammond, at Mount Bethel, -New berry. He studied law for a short time in Charles ton, under the direction of Judge Cheves. On his return home, he pursued his studies in the office of the Hon. John 0. Celhoun, to whom he became much attached. lie fin ished his legal course at the Law School of Reeves and Gould, Litchfield, Connecticut. He was-admitted to the bar in 1810, opened his office at Laurens, Court House, and, as the partner of Benj. James, Esq., attended to a few cases. He did not, however, reside at Laurens Court House, but, as was then usual, at his paternal estate. In June, 1812, came the declaration of war with Great Britain, for "Free Trade and Sailor's Rights." Capt. Cunningham, anxious to remove what his sensit.ve nature regarded as a blot on his name-the loyalty of his an cestors-applied for and obtained a Captain's commission in the'U. S. service. His com pany was filled in an incredibly short space of time; and in August, he and Capt. Robe. son, from North Carolina, reached Columbia with. thpir renective comDaniei, and were der Col. Newnan. This campaign of hardsup and difficulty, prostrated' Capt. Cunningham. He suffered a violent attack of fever at St. Augustine; his heilth was by it and previous exposure much iml5aired. His company was enlisted for eighteen months; at their dis charge he resigned his commission, and sought the restoration of health at his paternal homestead. On the 22d of February, 1814, he led to the altar Miss Louisa Bird, youngest daugh ter of. Col. William Bird, of Ogeeche, Geor gia ; and in this union sought and found that happiness which matrimony and home can alone give. In the quiet pursuits'of agriculture on his ine estate, called Rosemont, at the mouth of Reedy River, on Maluda, he enjoyed the bles sings of retired hospitality until 1820, when the people of Laurens claimed his services in the House of Representatives in the.General Assembly. During his term, John Cunning ham, Esq., of Laurens, was a candidate for the office of Treasurer of the Upper Division. Some malignant ones whispered that he was of the Tory family of Cunninghams, of Lau rens. It came to the ear of Capt. Cunning ham, and he arose in his place, and said the candidate, John Cunningham, is no relation of the " Tory family," in Laurens. Hie said, "I am of that family." Mr. Cunningham was tiumphantly elected, and Capt. Cunning *ham was honored and respected by the House, much more for his manliness and nobleness of character, than effected by his desdent from a loyalist. This, however prdyed so much upon his noble, sensitive nature, that he determined never again to hold public offie; and accord inhe never did. e a nUnion man in the storm of Nullifiation. Owing to a very .ungenerous fling at him, in a speech purporting to have been made by Col. W. C. Preston, (but which [ know he never uttered-it woas one of the embelishnents of the reporter,) he call ed the Colonel to meet. him in the field of honor. Fortunately, friends interfered and prevented two noble and generous men from attempting to spill one another's blood. He was then a member of' the Presbyterian Church, and as such was opposed to duelling for personal objects 'but he thought ho would be as justifiable in fghting one where the cause of his country was concerned, as he would a battle. On account of the health of isa excellett but afflicted daughter, Pamela Ann Cunning ham, the Regent of the Ladies' Mount Ver. non Association, he had for years traveled and sojourned much in the Middle and East ern States, and had found so much bitterness and intolerance on account of slavery, that he became Secessionist ,in 1851. Of late years, he however took little in terest in politics. He was preparing for his latter end. He joined the Presbyterian Churcn in 1828; it 1881, he became an Elder, and no more consistent Christian was to be found. He was the friend of the poor and the dis tressed within his reach. No kinder man, no better neighbor ever lived in Laurens Dis trict. From his youth, he was known as a high spirited, chivalric man. The Scotch motto of the Order of the Thistle, " Noli me Tan. gere," might well have been set down as his, as applied to the touch of his enemies; but as a friend, he was one " who sticketh closer than a brother." At his death, he left surviving him, his wife and two children--Col. John Cunning ham and Pamela Ann Cunninghain. To them this sad event carries irremediable affliction, unless it ho in the well-grounded belief that the husband and father has exchanged Earth and Mortality for Hleiven. and - Immortality. Still, the painful thought must be present, that the kind husband and the fond father is removed forever. O'N. QUSna EVrmcE.-P.'Yousy has been os trial for horse stealing in Kentucky. One part of the evidence was a piece oFhis finger, uat before he stole the horse his finger wan taken off by the knife of a cutting box, and Mr. Young got possession and has kept it foi more than ayear. At the trial Young pro d.ae i pia.ni of auner and isfitted exactly .I he Barbecue at Tunnel Hill. had the pleasure of attending the bar bee ;at Tunnel Hill on Friday, 19th inst. It ' spirited affair. Persons were in at tendce from different portions of the State, the Aovernor, Representatives and citizens. Theffwere also citizens from Georgia, Ten. -ness~ and North Carolina. The number present- may be safely estimated at three tho d. In the village all was life and aui on. Flags were suspended at various po'n whilst banners with mottoes were nail. ed the shafts.. Hundreds of persons visited the Trance of the tunnel and the different a . fom 1 to 4, of which number 2 has bee unk the deepest, it is two hundred and fifty t.deep, and the tunnel driven like the letT inverted, six hundred and seven feet. Sha umber three has been sunk two hun rd& a thirty-seven feet, but the tunnel has bee ven only thirty feet. Shaft number ibeen sunk two hundred and ten feet and,' ).-tunnel driven a distance of nineteen hun *and fifty-three feet. -At shafts num ber and four persons were continually des g and ascending. At the eastern Onde tunnel. where the work has been commenced, the mountain has been cut to a, im ee of 87 feet in height. The exca va ents a section of 20 feet in height by et in depth, and has been driven to a ditif 1570 feet. At a distance of 700 feet rin the commencement -siaft No, 1 ds flood of light into the tunnel; depth 180 - - 8tmp House Tunnel 'is 5,864 feet in len 4,163 feet of which has already been driv 1- ing, therefore, 1701 feet to be now lked. The tunnel is cut to a grade of 60 I the mile. The middle tunnel ano th on the line of the road is completed and Saddle tunnel is worked one third thro Fifteen months work with a full com ent of workmen, we think would ac con all the tunnels and the road ready for k. .one appeared anxious to gratify his curi The Governor visited the tunnel in the ',tart of the day. A. ng came off about 11, a.m. Col. A. 6 ihoun presided over the meeting. HoniBA, Perry, of Greenville, orator of the daydea forcible address and wAs listened to miarked attention. Hon. J. F. Marshall, of .beville, J. F. Allen, of Barnwell, T. C. Pe Presidentof G. & C. Railroad, J. Reed, of Ade"qn, also respectively addressed the asebii -armly espousing the enterprise. AAdrthfe speaking was concluded the crowd rep9&WNo the barbacue ground. In the eveanthere was a - bountiful supper to whii -tose who remained were invited. Thuiclodsed the proceedings of the day which we iopewill be attended with success. We havno:space at the present, to offer our vieisipn what we heard and saw, but of one thing~we'are fully satisfied, no opposer of the. measurea, reasonable being, could visit Tun nelilllsee the amount of work that has FUS) ?r, &.-,....... men in business, and much of the discontent and disappointment that renders life uncom fortable. It is a very common thing for a man t, be dissatisfied with his business, and to change it for some other, and which seems to him will prove a more lucrative employ ment; but in nine cases out of ten it is a mis take. Look around you, and you will find among your acquaintances abundant verifica tion of our assertion. Here is a young man who commenced life as a mechanic, but from some cause imagined he ought to have been a doctor; and, after a hasty and shallow pre paration, has taiken up the saddle-bags only to find that work is still work, and that his patients are no more profitable than his work bench, and the occupation not a whit more agreeable. Here are two young men, clerks-; one .of them is content, when his first term of service is over, to continue a clerk until he shall have enough to commence business on his own ac count;, the other cannot wait, but starts with out capital, and with a limited experience, and brings up, after a few years, in a court of insolvency ; while his former comrade, by patient perseverance, comes out at last with a fortune. The young lawyer who became dis heartened because briefs and cases did not crowd upon him while he was vet redolent of calf-bound volumes, and had'-mistaken his callinw, and so plunged into politics, finally settleY down into the character of a meddling pettifogger, scrambling for his daily bread. There is an honest farmer, who has toiled a few years, got his farm paid- for, but does not grow rich very rapidly, as much for lack of contentment mingled with his industry as any thing, though he is not aware 'of it-he hears the wonderful stories of California, and I ow fortunes may be had for the trouble of picking them up ; mortgages his farm to raise money, goes away to the land of gold, and, after many months of hard toil, comes home to commence again at the bottom of the hill for a more weary and less successful climbing up again. Mark the men in every community who are notorious for ability, and equally notorious for never getting ahead, and you will usually ind them to be those who never stick to one business long, but are always forsaking their occption just when it begins to be profitable. Yodang man, stick to your business. It may be you have mistaken your calling. If so, find it out as qjuick as possible, and change it; hut don't let any tineasy desire to get along fast, or a dislike of your honest calling, lead you to abandon. Have some honest calling, and then stick to it; if you are stiek ng type, stick away at them ; -if you are sell ing oysters, keep on selling them; if you are at law, hold fast to that profession; ;pursue that business you have chosen persistently, industriously, and hopefully ; and if there is anything of you, it will appear and turn to ac couit in that as well or better than in any other calling ; only, if you are a loafer, forsake that line of life as quickly as possible : for th* longer you stick to it, the worse it will " stick" to you.-Hunt's Merchant's Magazine. Advice About Teeth. AN eminent surgeon-dentist, residing in London, gives the following useful hints about the care czi teeth. They are simple, timely, nd deserve attention: In the first place, the teeth should be fairly used. By this I mean, not made to perform the duties of crackers for huts, experienented on to ascertain their strength, Cr, by ladies, to rival scissors in cutting thread ; for, rest assured, in every case, more particularly the last, the party having recourse to suc~h prac ties will surely some day rue them; the teeth, so unwittingly injured being always first to part company with their fellows. Those who indulge in such or similar habits, may truly be called the dentist's friends. Cleanliness is absolutely essential for the pre servation of the teeth, and they should be well brushed at least morning and evening, that any feculence which may be attached to them, either during sleep from the stomach, or by day from meals, may not be allowed permanently to adhere, causing,. firstly, dis coloration, then-tartar, and subsequently, if I may so exress myself, undermining the oanstinin 01a ne@ morej as (imm their post tion they may be more or less liable to cor rosion. . In order that the teeth should look natural, that is, retain their natural color, a dentrifice, free from the smallest particle of acid, should be used at the matin hour, and the mouth rinsed with tepid' water, for ex tremes of heat and cold are most highly pre judical not only to.. their color, but also to their durability; and I know no method so simple of converting a really useful and orna mental set into one of pain and subsequent extinction, than the use of washing in either one or the other. The person who habituates him or herself, to any extent, to hot soup, tea, or other drinks, assuredly rivals the friend to the dentist just named. Brushes for the teeth should be of medium substance of bristle, and those made on what is called the penatrating principle are best. I would also observe that children at an early age, should be instructed in the use of a tooth brush, and taught the value and. importance of the teeth, in order to inculcate . habits of cleanliness, and a due appreciation of the or naments of the mouth. A brush properly selected. (not too hard) may be used by children of five years of age, every morn ing; and by being part and parcel of the general ablution, nad thus directing habitual attention to the teeth, a useful and cleanly habit will be engendered, which will proba bly insure for them proper care through life. A Heartless Creditor-Mournful Suicide. The Chicago Journal records the suicide of a baggage master on the Central railroad, named Griffith. He had failed in the drug business, and was somewhat involved in debt. The Journal says: Soon after he obtained his new situation at a salary of sixty dollars per month, one of his creditors, .who held a note against him to the amount of one hundred dollars, .iought him out and requested a settlement, proposing to accept monthly instalments of twenty dol lars each, until the whole could be cancelled, thus leaving him forty dollars per month upon which to live. To this Mr. Griffith would not accede, and no arrangement appears to have been effected between them. Subsequently his creditors sued the note, and getting judgment garnisheed his wages for the past month, so that when pay day came he found himself penniless, and utterly without means to support his family for the oining month. And to add to his difficulties, he received notice from the company that they would not be annoved with garnishees, and unless he could make- some arrangements to prevent their recurrence, they should fill his place. In this dileuima he sought out his creditor (or the attorney) and requested him to be content with $25 of the money, and leave him $35 balance to support his family. To this the creditor, in turn, refused to asseut, expressing his intention to keep what he had got, but offered to accept $10 per month for the balance, and not trouble him any more with garnishees. A a~. int.. new he anneared very des The Administration ann u. ... Trade. WAS1IrGTON, Aug. 23. The administration has bestowed upon the subject of the African Slave Trade its earnest attention, and, with a view of suppresaing, as far as possible, this traffic, has initiated meas ures more efficient and extensive than ever before for that purpose. The squadron for the Coast of Africa, as arranged by the Secretary of the Navy, will consist of the following named vessels :-the steamers Mystic, Sumter, San Jacinto and Mohican, and the sloop-of-war Conistellation, (the flag ship) Portsmouth, Marion and Viui eennes. The most oflicient oficers are as sined to their command. Those of the stic and Sumter are, respectively, Lieut. .E. LeRoy and i:eut. J. F. Armstong. These gentlemen were, at their own requost, ordered to this service. Their vessels, being of light draft, can penetrate wat'era too shallow for those which have heretofore been on that coast, besides having the advantage of steam. Hence slavers will be more closely pursued. The joint treaty with England requires that the United States shall keep there a force of eighty guns ; but, by the recent arrangement on the part of the Administration, the number of guns will be one hundred and sixteen. Mr. Birney, who succeeds. .Mr. Morse as Naval Storekeeper. went out in the Consteila tion, with instructions to remove the naval depot for the African Squadron from Porto Praya to San Paul de Loando, which is three hundred and -thirty-six miles South of the Congo river, or about twenty-five hundred miles distant from Porto Praya. This new depot will, consequently, bermuchi nearer than the former to the principal points of traflec on the Coast, and will in a great measure, obviate the necessity oflong cruises. On our own coast, too, there is to be an efficient naval force, composedl of the steamers Crusader, Lieut. Moflit; the Mohawk, Lieut. Craven the Wyaridotte, Lieut. Stanley; and the Fulton, Commander G. G. Williamson. They are to cruise in the neighborhood of Cuba, for the purpose of capturing any slavers which may by their expertness, escape the vigi lanc of our naval .pohece on the African coast. These arrangements will soon go into full op s.tion, and the Secretary of the Navy is no .v hurrying the preparation of such o f the vessels as are yet in port, for this important service. FGHT oN A HoUsE ToP.-Two masons who were employed in building a chimney on top of a new house on Congress street got into a quarrel yesterday,, in consequence of too free indulgence in intoxicating liquors. Tiiey maintained their precarious footing and carried on the dispute by holding td the half finished chimney and striking at each other with trowels over the top of it. This method of fighting being rather slow, one of them snatched up a brick, and, heedless of conse quences, hurled it at the other's head. The unfortunate individual who received this sa lute toppled over and rolled off the roof, while the victor coolly resumed his trowel, and added a few more bricks to the chimney. Hearing no noise below, his curiosity induced him to slide down to the eaves and look over, when his gaze was greeted by the sight of his late antagonist scramnbling up a scaffold pole, with vengeance in his eye and no signs of a broken neck, whereupon he took to llight and slid down on the oppoaite side, believing his enemy invincibl aftr undergoing such a tusmble.Detroit Free Press. The brine in which pork and other meats have been pickled is a deadly poison to horses and hogs. This was urged several years ago by Mr. Reynal, a distinguished veterinarian of France, and last'week, says the Kentucky Turf Register, we were a personal witness to its practical demonstration. A gentleman in the village of. Lawrenceport, Ind., emptied brine froma pokbarrl into slot. Afock of hogs, as also oie horse, partook of it, and the result was the horse and seven hogs out of nine, died in loss thipn six hours from the tm the harml'werumtied. The Culture of Ruta-Jsaga Turnips Super-Phosphate. We n.ote with pleasure in the June number of the " Farmer and Planter," Columbia, an interesting article on the culture of Ruta Bagas-the important adjunct to plantation economy-and in- the same connection .re cbmmend the use of genuine Super-Phosphate; which advice we heartily approve of, and, in deed, emphatically endorse, as it was owing to. the extensive cultivation of turnips and other bulbs in England, and to the truly miraculous effect of Super-Phosphate on this kind of crop, that this manre so soon won the favor of the English farmers, who are now quite familiar with its chemical character and mode of ac tion on different crops, as recommended by Baron Liebig in his great discovery of ren dering phosphoric acid (the indispensable nutriment of plants) soluble. To planters who are not already aware of the fact, we have pleasure in noting,.that Messrs; Rhett & Robson, of this city, are sole agents for South Carolina of Rhodes' Super. Phosphate, a manure which is attracting the attention of dhe agriculturists of the United States ; and'being a southern enterprise we feel, naturally,'a greater interest. Hence wn extract from the report of' Prof Samuel W. Johnson, of Yale Analytic- School, made last year to the Connecticut State Agricultural Society, on the subject of artificial manures, in which he says of Rhodes' Super-Phosphate: " Making comparison with four best English samples according to Prof. Way's analysis: " The only specimen of such a Super-Phos phate that I have analysed is that made by B. M. Rhodes & Co., of Baltimore." He far ther says: " The mechanical condition of Rhodes Super-Phosphate is unexceptional." The same eminent authority says: " Super Phosphate scattered on the surface is unatfec ted until a rain falls upon it; then the Super. Phosphate dissolves and trickles, or soaks down into thd oarth, meeting here with a par ticle of potash, and depositing a particle of bone phosphate, travelling on a little way and depositing another, and so filling the whole soil to a certain depth with this precious fertilizer." We are. confirmed'in our own opinions by observing in the June number of the South ern Planter, Richmond, Va., a highly lauda ble position the manufacturers have taken, in which the editor of that journal takes part, and which we subjoin: ro THE PLANTERS OF VIRGTNIA. "After several years' experiment with our manure, we are fully confirmed of its value and importance. The only difficulty appear ing to exist in the minds of planters is for its continued good quality. Now, with this view of removing this impression, and making Rhodes' Super-Phosphate a-standard manure, we do now warrant and agree that Rhodes' Super-Phosphate shall be of a unifoinm stand ard, fully equal to that heretofore sent into market, and give warrantee to this effect, and make the same legal and binding upon us; V hue traveing througu tue IaId1a W u.j on their way out, one of the company, a young man of desperate character, from the vicinity of Grayville, named Haynes, declared his determination to shoot the first Indian he me.t ; and unhappily,. during the day they overtook a defenceless squaw, when he in ere wicked wantonness, leveled his gun and shot her dead. His companions were horror stricken at the blood-thirsty deed, but felt that 'they had no power to punish him. The tr-ibe to which the squaw belonged was not far distant when the deed was perpetrated. They dis covered her lifeless body, and saw at once the manner of~ her death. They pursued'the p arty of Illinois Pike's Peakers, and in a few hours overtook them and demanded to know who had comnmitted the murder. The company of five or six Peakers found themselves surrounded by nearly two hun dred enraged Indians, who threatened to im molate the whole party if they did not pint out and give up the murderer. To save their own lives, they gave up Haynes to their ven geance. He was taken by the Indians to a distimee, while his companions tarried on their route to see what would be his fate. After a while the I- 'lians returnedl with their victim literally flayed alive. they had skinned him from head to foot. The wretched being was still alive wheai bro'ught back to his companions, but ill to~rment. He -lived in agony long enough to tell how he had been tortured, but was soon released by death! from unspeakable sutferings. From the Orangeburg Southron. The Southern Field & Fireside. This most excellent paper published at Au gusta, Ga., cornes to us as regular as it is issued, and never fails to find a hearty' wel come awaiting it. In a former number of the Southron, we took occasion to express our admiration for the Field & Fireside as an admirable family paper, and feel now that- to speak again in its lavor, would be but the pay ing of tribute to merit where IL is most rich ly deserved. As a paper for the general reader it cannot he .surpassed. A number of our friends whom we induced to have their names entercd upon its mail book, and who have expressed themselves as greatly pleased with it will bear us out in our estimate of its value. Its aims, to use its own language, are to refine, to enliven and to instruct in litera ture-to bring out much of the now hiddevn wealth of Southern intellect and cultivation --to shed the light of agricultural sCiene upon the waste and desert-places of the South, and cause them to teem with renewed fertili t'-.and to open up to view sources of agri ultural wealth hitherto undeveloped and unnoticed. That they have been so far fully accomplished, none will deny after. reading the Field & Fireside. Should any of our readers desire to become subscribers to it. and we advise them by all means to subscribe if they have not already done so-we will take great pleasure in sending on their names together wi+.h the otlier thing needful. Sub cription price is only two dollars per an num. RELIEF OF NEUaAmLGJA.--As this dreadful disease,.says an exchange, is becoming more revalent that formerly, and as doctors have discovered no method or medicine that will permanently cure it, we aimply state that for some time past a member of our family has sffered most intensely from it, and could find no sure relief from any remedy applied,, until we saw an article that recommended the ap plication of horseradish to the face for tooth ache. As neuralgia and the toothiehe are both nervous diseases, we thought the remedy for the one would be-likely to give relief to the other ; so we made the application of horse radish, bruise, applied the sides of the body where the disease was sealed. It -gave also inst.nt relief to the severest attack of neural gia. Since then, we have applied it several times, and with the same . gratifying result. The remedy is simple, cheap, and may be within the reach of every -one. So says the tmitAdn scr " SIGNS OF THF Tim'.IM."-Und6r the avovo caption, the Darlington Flag names the fol lowing journals published in South Carolina as being opposed to the nomination and elec tion of the Hon. S. A. Douglas to the Presi demoy of the United States: "The Charleston Mercury, Charleston Evening News, Southern Guardian, Sumter Watchman, Camden Journal, Pee Dee Times, Cheraw Gazette, Unionville TimesNewberry Conservatist, and Walhalla Banner, have spoken out in opposition to Senator Douglas, candidate for the Presidency, and have no idea of trying -even one Black Republican administration." We doubt very much whether the Flag, if it were to push its inquiries, could find one decidedly in favor of Mr. Douglas, against all odds. Some niay be willing to accept him f nominated, but those even would prefer that'tlie Democracy select a gentleman less objectionable to the South. However, the opinion of the iress in South Carolina is not a fair interpreter of the will - of the people. In 1852, the entire press of South Carolina, (ave, the Charleston Stand ard, the Greenville Patriot, thbe Columbia Republican and the Columbia Transcript,) were in favor of and urged the propriety of dissolving the~ Union; but when-the vote was taken to ,end delegates to a Southern Con vention looking to action, with or without co-operation, the party was routed and was shamefally defeated. Does the Flag wish to see the second act of that farce performed? Charlotte Bulletin. Dxru.-The article on "Death" in the New Cyclopedia has the following: "As lite approaches extinction, insensibili ty supervenes--a numbness and: disposition to repose, which-do not admit of the idea of uffering. Even in those cases vihere the ac tivity of the mind remains to- the last, and where nervous sensibility would seem to con tinue, it is surprising how often there has been observed a state of happy feeling on the approach of death. -"If I had strength enough to hold a pen, I would write how easy and delightful it is to die,"-were th last words of the celebrated Win. Hunter, during his last moinents. " Montaigue, in- one of his essays, describes in accident which left him so senseless, that e was taken up for dead. On being rettored, owever; he says: " Methought my life only hng upon my lips; and I shut :y eyes to felp thrust it out, and took a pleasure in lan ;uishing and letting myself- go." A writer n the Quarterly Review records that a gen eman who had been -rescued from drowning leclared that he had. not experienced .the lightest feeling of suffocation. " The stream was transparent, the day brilliant, and as he tood upright he - could see -the sun shining, rough the water, with a dreaniy conscious els that his eyes were about to be closed on itforever. Yet he neither feared his fate nor ished to avert. A sleepy sensation, which oothied and gratifled- -him niade a-luxurious e seen in tcne newspa s. . cricket matehes, base ball playing, and other ausements, he wonld take it fbr granted that ors is a country wherein people can live without labor, or that one-third of our popu lation toiled for the other two-thirds." This is very true, and if to these we add yacht and horse racing, picnics, military and firemen's excursions, musical out-door festi raLIS, processions, and all the other various modes of spending time in amusement, we ertainly cannot with truth declare that we ave not eungh holidays. Some mnay nout :ave as many holidays as are healtuful, but. v far too many spendl a great deal more time im.reration than, is either protitalel to them selves or their families. TnH Lossms zN TH E LATn WAn.-The Paris Debts publishes a table showing the respec tive losses of the Allied armies and the Aus trians in the different combats and battles high tock place during the campaign in taly: "& At Montebello: Allies, 7,000 engaged, 850 killed and wonnded ; Austrians, 13,000 engged, 1,150 killed a,d~ wounded, and 15U) prisoners. Palestro: Allies, 21,000 engaged, 1,400 killed and wounded ; Austrians, 24,000 engaged, 2,100 killed and wounded, 950 pr'is oners, and mix *pieces of ecannon. Magenfta and Turbigo: French, 55,000 engaged, 4,4C00 kiled and wounded, 200 lprisoners anad one cannon; Austrians, 75.000 engaged, 13,000 killed .and wounded, 7,000 prironers, and four cannon. Malegnasn; Fremich, 16,000 engaged, 900 killed and wounded ; Austrians, 18.000 engaged, 1,400 killed and wounded, 000 priaoners. Solferino: Allies, 145,000 killed and wounded, 350 prisoners ; Austrians, 170,000 engaged, 21,000 killed anzd wounded, . 7,000 prisoners, and thirty cannon." According -to this statement, the total loss in killed and wounded of t! e Allies was 24, 350, and of the Austriaus 30,650, making a difference against the~ latter of 1.4300.. The nuber of French taken r"-'oners was only 300, whilst the Austriana I 16,000. The French took forty pieces of cai;>m and the Austrians only one.. How To Tswr Esos.- -A <orrespondent of the Springfield Republieni: says: " There is no dillieulty whatever in testing eggs; they are mostly examined by e. candle. Another way to tell good eggs is to r ut them in a pail of water, and if they are good they will lie on their sides, always; itf ~ad they stand on their a nall end, the large end al. ways uppermost, wnles they have been shaakeil considerably, when they will stand either end up. - Therefo~re, a bad egcan be told by the way it rests in water-awasend-up, never on its side. Any egg that lie flat is good to eat, and can be depended upon. An ordinary mode is to take them into a room moderateiy dark, and hold them between the eye.. and a candle or lap. If the egg be good-that is if the albumen is still .unaffected--a light will shine through of a reddish glow;, while, if aiected, it will be opaque or dark." A cERTAnr official connected 'with -the cus tom-house did not hesitate to availbhimself of the advantages offered by-his position.- The master of a merchant vessel, heivin'gneed of of his good offices to reduce some heavy fine to a nominal one,.sent in to him a bag of cofee. The servant ~laced it before his mas ter. " What is this ?'-"A bag of -coffee, of which Captain A- asks your acceptance." " Good,"? replied his master; "leave it here, and go tell Captain A--that I never take my coffee without sugai-." The captain took the hint, and at once despatched some sugar to sweecen the'coffee. A TRAVELER says'that if he were aked to describe the first sensation of a camel ride, he would say: "rTake a music-stool, and having wound it up as high as it would go, put it in a cart without springs, get on top, and drive the cart transversely across a plowed field,' and you will then form aoine notion- of~ the terro- and uncertainty you would experience th first time you mounted a'eamne!.'