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41 "WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLARS OF TEE TEMPLE OP OUR LIBERTIES, AND IF IT MUST PALL WE WILL 131ISE AMIDST TEE RUINS." SIIKINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. ED&EFIEL S. C., MARCH 6 1861 VOLUME XXVI---No. 9 PUBLISUED EVFRY WE.NtSDAY MORNING. A. SIMKINS, D. R. DURISOE, & E. KEUSE, PROPR I ET OR S. -:0: TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Two DOLLARS per year if paid in advance-Two DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS if not paid within six months-and THREE DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. Subscriptions out of the District must be paid for in advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING. All advertisements will be inserted at ONE DoL LAR per Square (12 Minion lines or less) for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent Insertion. Advertisements from strangers and transient persons payable in advance. All othors will be o.insidered due when called for. Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on the margin, will be con tinued until forbid and charged accordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal terms-it being understood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the legitimate business of the firm or individuat con tracting. Contract advertisements payable semi. annually. All communications ofsa personal character, ObituAry Notices, leports, Resolutions or Pro eedings of any Society, Association or Corpora tion, will be charged as advertisements. Announcing a Candidate (not inserted until paid for,) Five Dollars. ' A Musical Instruient. What was he doing. the great god Pan, Down in the rueds by the river? Spreading ruin and scattering ban, Splashing and paddling with hoofs of a goat, And breaking the golden lilies afloat With the dragon fly on the river. H1e tore out a reed, the great god Pant, From the deep cold Led of the river! The limpid water turbidly ran, And the broken lilies a-dying lay, An I the dragon fly haud fled away Ere he brought it otnt of the river. High on shore sat the great god Pain, While turbidly flowed the river, And h'cked and hewed as a great gad Can, With his hard blead steed at the patient reed, Till there was not a sign of a leiaf indeed To prove it fresh from the river. le cut It short, did the great god Pan, (How tall it stood in the river !) like the hetart of a man ~i n b.J a ringE,- - - Then notched the poor, dry. epitity thing, In holes its he sat by the river. This is the way," laugliel the great god Pan, (Laughed while le sat by the river :) The only way since gads legitn To make sweet music they could :uceed." Then dropping his noith tia a haale in the reed. lie Ilew in power by the river. Sweet, sweet, sweet, 0 Pani, J Piercing sweet by the river! Illinding sweet, 0 great god Pan The sun on the hill forgot to die, And the lilies revived, and the dragon-fly Caino back to dream on tLe river. Yet htalf a beast is the great god Pan Taa laugh, as he sits by the river. Niaking a lanet out of a mant. The true gods sigh for the e.ast andl l~ain, Foar the teed that grows nevermaaae lagaini As a reed with thec reel in thec river. Softly into Hleatvtn She F aded. Softly into Heaven ,lhe fa-lead, As the star whetn tmein appaears, While we stood in eilence ronda lier, ; azinig at her tharaughi our ters. D~aitha, :the sail, hal ,t ai sha:dow ; All the yale was fuall or li'.:ht, And shte left, us. smiling sweft'y, Ilidding us a last gaaod night ' Saying, as she kissed us' faatdly, " Do not drop for mue oane tear Jesus. Jesus stlands hecide mae I am safe while he is anar . She is gone, and I am lingeritng In this weary worlad of oaurs, Ileairing~ on nmy heart the ashei Of ati.etion's broken fliwers; Ever longing to bec with haer, In tha:at better hiot;e above, Where the hear: re.'aices ever Ina the deathless biotas of love. For a moi~ment dleath divides u.-, it waen I laavvecrossed its gloom. I miball theta be re~ti:g with her, Ever, ever ta .re at hatme. Thae Higlanud Hertdsman. " h saummer idawn'.s relleetta hue Toa purle chaniged Laaebh Katriane blue; Mihaliv tad soft the westerni lreeze Jaast k'rised the lake', just stirread :hae trees, Antd the ladease I lake, like maideni aay, Tiremzbled, hut dliampaled nat fo.r jaay." It wvas mnidsummaer whent we reached the brought its to the bord~aers of tat sylvana itk of' whaicha the Scotish bard iazs given such m-i timitale descripatiotns. H avig sptent tan hour ont its calmt, sunnay wvaters, our party lande'd anid ptrocecded to Loch Lioond ;stume itt carriages, while others prefer red-4 to walk~ through the counitry wht ich wa.sonea the abo~de of. those proud amoun tiineers, thle .\hicgregiortS. Along the pastoral slopes anid motutaitouts ridges of ikenvenaue, I descriedl the wild goatz eripainig the fresh herbiae, while here and there, al,,ng the base (of the ravitne, half' haid by the foliage of the oak anid the hircht, stood hle hamtlaets of' the Hlighlatnd .shepherds. Front the lips of' those simp~le hierdsanat the stratnget may gather, if he chaoose, mtaniy incidetnts of local anad tradhitionttary iteres5t, and whicha serve, also, to throw light ott the ethtnographi cal history of the people. The f'ollowinig naar rative shows the truth of' thte remtark applied by a Gertmatn'author to the .Se.>tehmuan : " He is as grave as a Spaniard, as sly as a fox, tantd as slippery as an eel." Several years ago, a brIave'a, htady Hlighland er, whom we will call Duntcan, left his hotmte among the hills and gle.ns of .\rgle.,haire with a large herd of cattle, de'stinted fotr the sumn .ner fie.lds and more fertile meaadows of York With his uniform success, he soon disposed of his stock to the English graziers, and with a well filled purse he started on his return. He Ie: had nearly reached the confines of Scotland, when, quietly walking along the highway, ac- he companied by his faithful dog, he was overta- cli ken by an Englishman, well dressed and of Ib pleasing appearance. Ie drew near Duncan, tw and familiarly accosted him. an "Well, my good fellow, whither are you he bound ? You're a herdsman, I see." di, 'Yes, from Argyleshire, sir." "And do you not f'ear to travel alone, with on your wallet well filled, I doubt not, with Eng- yc lish gold." su "Not quite alone," the brave Highlander yo replied, drawing his dirk ; "for there's a real co Scotch blade that never failed me yet; and T1 here, too, is as fine a dog as ever roamed ge Highlands or Lowlands." of "A noble fellow, indeed; but is that really ha a true Scotch blade ?" inquired the gentleman, fu, as lie approached still nearer, to examine it. i " Sure, man, it is; take it in your hand," co said the unsuspecting drover, as he gave it to m; the stranger, who, as he walked along, exam- an ined its curious workmanship with apparently th great interest. Watching his opportunity, the br gentlemanly highwayman plunged the dagger dc into the neck of the dog beside him, and at he the same instant sprang upon the astonished kc Duncan, threw him on the ground, and plant. ing his knees upon his breast, held him firm- w ly by the throat." cO " Now," crir-d the robber, " give upon your af money, or I'll take both your money and your pC life;" adding, with cruel sarcasm, "you see how even a Highlander may be outwitted." fo Poor fellow, lie was in a fix. His faithful sa dog had expired without a groan, and his w trusty steel was now in an assassin's hand. It was all the work of a moment. Seeing no i possible alternative, lie very reluctantly gave up his gold, and was suffered to arise, the fe highw.yman still holding hii fast. of " Whiod believe," said the crest-fallen Scot, "that such a man as I, with such a dog, and with that good blade, could have been robbed as by an Englishian." "Don't give yourself any uneasiness on that score, old fellow," resorted the robber ; " for i your are not the first one of your countrymen that have made nmy acqjuaintance. Besides, j, I always give them a mark to remember me by." At the same time lie diew hi sword, ar.d leading him to the stump of a decnyed old oak near by. bade him lay his hand thereupon. Now, the idea of losing this useful and imi. portant niember, and especially by such an -imn'edssarv'iid ne. seieiille ain'utaitui 'as peculiarly disagreeable to the worthy Oeotch man. A bright thought just then suggested itself to his minmd. Without saying a word, he did as L.e was ordered. anl very meekly placimg als hand on the sti m p, eanl mly awataol the blow. The robber drew himself up to his full lengith. and lifting his swurd hiIi ii int air, brought it down with a thundering stroke. But the cunning llighiloandeIr at th:t very Ii-d stant, had slipped aside his hand, and whi!e the enrage.1 E glishnman was vainly trying to t witimdraw the ilade from the woo-l into which it had deeply penetrated, lie rushed upon hin, and locking i his sinmewr ar:ni5 about the rub. bier's waist, humrled him down, and held lhhn with as fieree a gipei a.s Roderick held Fitzt Jamnes at (.Coiantogle F.ord.t " Now, gmaat $:u enn, hohil thinme own! No miaiden's band is r.nne thee thirewn! That dlesperate gra.-p thy Ir:i ne nmiiaht feel h Through bars of braiss anmd triple~ ,teel." The brave Duncan soon had his foe coin pletely in his pow)er; but he would nout take his life. lHe, however, securely bound him, took his purse again, in spite of thme imipotent hreats and curses of the robber, and. hasten ed back to the house of the mi-arest inagistrate, a There he informecd the I ohice where th~ey Ih iight find "a rogue tha4 richly deserved the P gallows."i It is unmnecessary to a-Id that the lhonest " lherdsnman received ample jastice, and the si highiwayimani soon after incurre~d the punish menut due his~ cries. t Tini: Powvi On or Ibaa-r Lourrii:n.-The Ii following incident cornes to us thoroughly ii athnticated, although we are not at liberty di to pubhialh anuy names: A ,-hort time sinice, ti two individuals in this city were I) ing ini one b: room very sick. one with brain fever aind the ei other with ana aggravattd casee of mumps. e They were so low that watchers wer-e needed jr erv y night, and it was thought dotubtful if it the one sick with fever re~covered. A gentle- ri m.n was engaged to wateh onc iiht, his du- ei ty beinmg to wak the ::o'e whenever it be- .N camne receaairy to admni iiter medicine. In the course of the mi;ht both watcher and al nut se fe.ll a-h ep. The man with the imumtips bi hiy watchinmg the cekk and saw that it w:.s timei to give the fever-patient his potion. Hie ai was uable to .eak aloudJ or to miove any tL: pirtionm of his body except his arms, but, se-iz- a: ing a pilloiw, he ma~naged to strike the watch- o1 er ini the faice with it. Thus suddenly awa- tlI kened, the watcht r, .siranng froum his seat fal lng to the floor, and awakening both the e: nurse anal the fever I atient. The inidlent is strc'k both the sick men as v~ery ludicrous, ad they hanghed mnoht heartily at it for fif- he teenu or twenty miintes. Wh~en the doctor dII icame ini th~e mornming, he found his patienits yu vastly imprjiove--said he had niever knw vt so suddeon a turn for the bettb r-.and theiy arec now both out and n'ell. Who says laughter i not the best of mnediciiis 1--New llaveii ru P aladiuim. -hui ' " Si) yon are ging~ to teach a schmool," sad a young lady tio her obil maiden aunt. SWell, ftir my par t, sooner than do that, I wouldl marry a widiower with nine children." l "~ I should prefer that life'miyse'lf," was the er quiet reply ; "but-.where is the wvidower ?" 3- hr is, living in the city of Phila- th ephia, a widow wvomani who has twenty-one is children. She h:.s never lost oiie. They are all tunmarried ; and not onie ever spenat a aight away from honie. She says, if~ one of themu C< is absenat at a mieal, she iises huimi terribly, mn :' Fra:.k, where have youa beeni? Yout. are ini a perfect glow." Oltmye been playing at an old gamne--cha. .T: .:..,.g a 'tUlCsntut Street." ~Y Amusing Love Aflinir. The London correspondent of the New Or' ins Delta relates the following: A good sell is related of a wealthy banker v re, who is very good natured, but is in- t ned tu be a trifle fist in his views of life. C had a favorite clerk, a young man, abouti enty-one, remarkably handsome, modest t a highly intellectual. For these qualitics, T was liked by every one, and the banker 1 not escape the general feeling of good will. c The banker,-on Sunds.y afternoon, when no e was expected, would occasionally ask the ung man to visit his young family at his a burban villa, as the conversation of the c ung man was so correct and so clever, it t uld not but be of advantage to his children. 1 iis was a mistake evidently, but it was a od natured error, and we can only wish, all us, that there were more committed. I I ve not mentioned that there was a beauti- t daughter, of nineteen summers; but that I ly always be understood. There were, of urse, no attentions on the part of the young in, other than extremely delicate, reserved d proper. The youth in spite -f two or rce days' invitation to the banker's seat to t cathe fresh air and clear his lungs of Lon- I 1n smoke, was evidently very ill, and though a declared himself well and robust, the ban- i r shook his head. " I cannot make out what is the matter th my young clerk-," said the banker to a < fifrcre, who was in his back oflice with him, L er the youth had just brought in some pa rs. Well, you are rather green, I should say, e a man of your time of life and experience," id banker number two. " Don't you know at's the matter 7 Ie's in love." " it love ! Ile is modestly and propriety "I tell you it is a fact, and with a rich old low's daughter, who would no miore think having him for a s'or-in-law than 3ou itld." "Oh, the laughty old foil ! My clerk iF. gooid as his daughter, and be hraniged to m! Thank you for the ihint." As soon as the banker nonlir two had sappeared, the clerk was 'alled in. So, sir, you are in love, and pitiing away r the object of Your alflecl ion-t hiat's yoIurl ciC u teriii ipon iis knee-, aiti was up I the 1:oint of making a cer breast of it, en the old man rose and lelt prtcipita:ely, , avoid a scene. The voni m111an consi.d, red .d acted, and the con' qunence was that the -xt day week there was no dauighter at the liner table of thre l.nker at the country ,use. The house was in ccunsterna!ion, and ie zearch made fir her in all directions. A Ate, however, was found on her dres.ing ta e, conveying the citaryiNV pirayel f*or fur veess, and a note, enclo.-ed from the voun(,tr rk, stauting th.at, b.elieaing t he banker meanot ~ive hima a hint with regrd to his dlaugh r. aiad wa' not able to give his public con n, owing toi nappearnances, he had actedl on aown suggemrstionr, and that ere " his father -lawn had received the letter, lie (the ek) would be his son-in-law. A smart Woimn. A nice, respected lady, not a thouscaud miles *vay, had long noicd to her dismary, that raworser halh" was growing foolishly sus eos and jealous of her. Sonie evenings ece, as he was leaving, she told him he mced > hurry hack--she would not, be lonely u wished her dueky to enjoy himself, ke., c. Benedict smelt inveritable ": mice" undtr e hypocrisy, aind resolved to he avenged. bout eight o'e!oek, " an indiwidual" about .s size igjht have been seen cauti'ously creep-) galong to the door, and noiselessly 1cene et peeped in. .J ust ais he expected, there e were-a pair of hoots-a coait on the ck of a chair, and a hat on the table. Ben lt shivdred like art aspen leaf as he .soopi , pulled off~ his boots, andi (drew aisto uom his coat pocket, with "i'resolutiont lush g fromi his~ ey e," he miade trrlk fhr the bcd aom. There hre was, krneeinrg at thre bedside, >it and vegi o!l, aid his head on the jpillow. .isrtble vilriin li~s tine had come. "Sary your prayers, villint, your time is trt!' and a 11aht aind report told that the llet haid sped on its fatal mis-ton. " Help!I murder ! waitch ! oh, is thal you ?" id madamne l~opped her lr tle head up fromt .e foot of the bed. Beunedict seized the body, id it ws-a miscellaneous collection of d coats, vests, pilbows, hanmrdlerchaiefs, and e like, mnrade tip for the occasiont! " I say, dear, what does atll this mean '' :elaiied the husband, with ai blank, shieep Wt look. "Well, dear," repalied the wife. " I did get nely, alter all1, and just antusedlt myself byv 'essitg up that puppet, and mnal:ing believe m were :.t hiome. I'mi sire I aidn't think m would suspect " " There, thtere," said the chagrineid htusband, eay nto moure about it. I thottght it wats a !hbor d;u deacreatutre, lim so glad it diidn't v oui.' Be.nediet repeartedl : Now lay tie,'' , atd wenit to betd, resolved tnot to watch yimore at pr~eent. He who is paissionaite and hasty is genteral honest. It is your old, dissetmbling hypo it o whom you shoutld be ware. There's deception itn a bull-dog ;it is only the cur at stneaks up and bites yaou when your back tuned.1 he fulluwinig note, snays the Mariotn (Ala.) ,monwelth, wrts lately rceivedI by a gn m in this place, from his overseer: Detar lyoetor: Please setnd mec by the boy, pair of trauce chairse, and twit door hiiges, .e had twitns bast night-also two padlocks. Borrowing Trouble. A vast difference is made iii the sum of a iappiness one enjoys, by the spirit with. vhich he meets the e Vents of life. You may ake two individuals whose condition and cir:I1 :umstances are very much alike ; one of whom s of a cheerful, the other of a melancholy emperament. One hopes for the best, and nakes the best of whatever comes along. ['he other is filled with fearful apprehensionsi. if the future, looks on the dark side of the resent, and broods over the ills of the past, L'he consequence is, that the former is almost Iways happy, the other as uniformly wretch d. One makes those around him happy, and1 hereby contributes much to their welfare, rhile tlie other greatly detracts from the >leasure of his associates. Trouble we all have, and must expect to iave. It is the human lot. " Man is borni o trouble as the sparks fly upward. In the vorld, ye shall have tribulation." It is inci lental to our condition in this fallen state. !tnd the question is, shall we make the most >r the least of it? This is a question very, nuch for our own choice. True, constitn ional temperament has much to do with it, ut not near so much as the habits which we roluntarily form. Our disposition in this as' n other respects may be greatly affected, ,ven completely changed, by our own course. Consider, then, that a great part of the ills >f life are imaginary. Persons worry about i multitude of events that never transpire. [hey fear that they will come, but they do iot; io all that trouble was useless. Can we ot trust God? If we do our duty we are iot responsible for results. Our lives and he lives of our friends, our property, all our arious circumstances, are under His Provi lence. We ought to rest with confidence on his assurance. Consider again, that much of what we es tertl evil is but apparent. It may be a real, 'ositive good, though at the time inisappre jended. It may be a necessary and whole .ome1 discipline, through which we are pass ng, and so a light and transient ailliction >pening the way to an unspeakable weight ofr ;lory. The little child grieves over many things in his lot which he afterwards sees were inist judicious and salutary. So, too,. vith children of a larger growth. Few have -. cred mor- trail t -n-1 we broid over it, imagiiify its evils, disregard its al,viiatiois, we greatly enhance the evil. it if we put the most favorable con.struction up.n it, thinik how ,ueh worse it might have been, what, there is yet left fur us ; and es pecially make it. the icea.-ion of leading us to Atr true refuge, what otherwise miight have been a .avor of death unto death, may become A savol of litfe unto ife. Not that we are to lie inewnsible to calani. ity and aillietion ; this would be doing vio. lece to the nature God! has given us. It is our duty to exercise pru~deceC and forecast; tbe heart mayi be mehled un.'er the allotments of Providencee, atal we may be keenly sensi bl of the losse< we 5ustain. All this is eon sistent with Chisitian ma liness, and was il lu.st rated in the lifej ul .Jesus. Yet, in the midslt of all, it i.s our privilege andl duty to ma~ntainm a cheerful confidence in God, har e tht. hope wLieh is an anchor of the soul, sure and dteadtfast, and suffer no casential hartm. Mor.ing Star. Keep in good humor. It is not great ca lamities that embitter existence ; it is the petty vexations, the small jealousies, the lit tle disapp1ointm~ents, thme minor mieries, that make the heart heavy and the temper sour. Don't let t!.em. A.ger is a J.ure wa.,te ofC vitality ; it is always foolish:, anid always dlis graceful, except in some very rare eases, when it is kinidled by seeing wronmg done to another ; amnd eveni that, :.oble rage seldom nimends the matte ir. Keuep in good humor! No man does his Iest except when he is cheerful. A light heart makes nimble limbs, and keeps t I.e mind1, free anid alert. No mis frtune is so great as one that, sours the tem per. L'ntil cheerfulness is lost, nothing is lost ! Keep in good kumior ! The company of a good-natured man is a perpetual feast ; he is welconmed every where eyes glisten at his approach, and difficulties vanish in his prsece. Franklin's indomita ble good humor did as much for his country in the old Congress ais Adam's fire or Jetffer eon's wisdom ; he clothed wisdom with smiilesm, md softened contentious ominds into acquies. enmce. Keep in good hunmor ! A good conscience, a .ound stomiach, a clean .kinm, are thme elements of good humor. Get Lhemn, aiid keep them, and-be sure to keep n good humor. Patrnmal Duty. The father who plunges into business so leeply that he ha:s no leisure for domestic luties and leas:ures, and whose only inter ourse with his children consists in a brief word of authority, or a surly lamentation ver their intolerable expensiveness, is equal y to be pitied and to be blamed. What right 1as he to devote to other pursuits the time Ahiih God lhas allotted to his children?7 Nori s it an excuse to say~ that he cannot support1 s family in t heir presenit style of living with mt this effort. I ask by what rigbt can his amily demand to live in a manner which re juires himi to neglect his uiost solemn and mportant duties ? Nor is it an excuse to say :bat he wishes to leave theta a competence.1 [s he under obligationi to leave them that ompetnce which he desires ? Is it an ad rntage to be relieved fromi the necessity of ebor ? Resides, is money the only desirable >equest which a father ca, leave to his chil ren ? Surely, cultivated intellects ; hearts ensible to domestic affection; the love of pa ents and( brethren and. sisters; a taste for 6nd industry; hatred of vice and vicious men; nd a lively sensibility to their excellence of irtue, are as valuable a legacy as an inheri ance of property-simple property, purchased iy the loss of every habit which would ran ler that property a blessing. ATTEXD TO YOUR SIGWr.-Sir David Brews. er, in the North British Review, says that no opinion is more common, and certainly none a more incorrect, than that it is prudent to 6void the use of artificial help to the eyes so ong as they are not absolutely indispensable. L'he human eye is too delicate a structure to )ear continued strain without injury; and the rue rule is to commence the use of glasses i soon as we can see better with them than without them, and always employ such as ill render vision most comfortable and >leasant. The spectacles habitually used for >rdinary purposes may not be adequate to ertain occasional demands, such as reading rery fine print, examining maps, &c. To neet these cases, a hand reading-glu, two uld a half inches in diameter, to be used in :onjunction with the spectacles, and never Oithout them, is strongly recommended. A imilar use of the reading-glass is also recom o short-sighted persons, in conjunction with ;he concave spectacles, when examining mi lute objects. MONTGOMERY, TnE PaOyISIoSAL CAPITAL )F TrE NEW CONFEDERAc.-The city of Mont gomery, the capital of Alabama, has assumed mch sudden importance as the provisional apital of the Southern Confederacy, and the eat of the federal operations of the new gov rnment, that a brief sketch of it will naturally )e interesting at the present moment. It is ituated on the left bank of the Alabama river, 131 miles by water from Mobile, and is 839 niles from Washington, D. C. It is the see ud city in the State in respect to trade and opulation, and is one of the most flourishing nland towns of the Southern States, possess ug great facilities for comnmunication with le surrounding country. Fur steamboat nav gation, the Alabama river is one of the best in the Union, the largest steamers ascending to the city from Mobile. The city is also the estern termination of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad. It contains several ex tensive iron foundries, mills, factories, larg'e Sumtur MKIWAcNruIX PaCTrue.-The New York Evenini Post relates the following: It is said that a -certain New York uer bant recentty foun.1 himelf in possession of a qunintity of lien wrnppers of very good piulity, but so short that no huian being, not eveni an Esquimiaux, could wear them with Lomnfort. How to dispo.e of them to adeu tage was a question diflicult of solution ; but his wits were egnual to the emergency, and he hit upo the following plan : Id ent a stra n ger to a certain retail stor:, with instructions to inquire fur slhort linen wrappjers. The mier Lhanst could1 not supply him, and the stranger iqred where he could find the artic'.. Next day another stranger was dispatched oni the samne mission. and the next day another. and so on until thme retail merchant became convinced that there was an extraordinary do mand foir short linen wrappers, andu b~egan to look about for a supply. He did not succeed until he came to the establishment of the mser chant first mentionied, where he bought the entire lot. It is hardly necessary to add that there has been no d'enmnd for the article since. T us GtaTr " S~umv" C Twrww~Ar.-Hall's Journal of Health has the following, which "speaks f.ur itself:" DsAIL Docron: I will be one hundred and eventy-fire years old next October. For ninety-four years I ha.e beens an invalid, unable to move except when stirred with a lever. But a year ago last Th'ursdluy I heard of the Granicular Sirup. I boughtu bottle, smelt of the cork, and found myselfn new moan. I can now run twelve and a hal, miles an hour, and throw nius teen double somersets without stippitng. P. 5.--A little of your Alicumnstone Salve, applied to a wooden leg, reduced a c'mnpound~ fracture in nineteen minutes, and is now cov ering the limb with a fresh cuticle of white gum pine bark. One of the curious facts revealed by the publication of the Custom House table is, that there was imported into the country last year 300,000 pounds of opium. Of this amount, it is estimated from reliable data that not more than one-tenth is used for medical pur poses. The habit of eatinig opiutm is known to be spreading rapidly anmong lawyers, doe tors, clergymen, and literary men, and enor mous quantities are used by the mnanufactu rers of those poisonous liquids which are dealt ut in drinks in the saloons and groceries that infest every city and village in the country. THE Comle'r OF SNI.ILs.-A party of ne roes in Ithica, New York, recently decided o have a ball. It took place about six miles yut of the city, and they engaged a splendid six-horse team to take them to the spot. The >wnr of the team, a well-known white livery itable keeper of Ithics, not wishing to intrust ais team to the care of any one else, resolved o drive it hinself. After the ball was opened ue of the darkey managers politely invited he gentleman to go ini as a spectator if he ?leased, and he did so. After a while, the egroes becoming aroused by the dance, the >dor of the room became slightly objectiona ,le. As the ball progressed; the aroma be ame stronger and stronger, until he concin led to leave. Just at that moment bo saw a lumber of darkies in consultation, and one of hems approached him with much politeness, sd informed him that the ladies requested hat- he should leave the roomn. The darkey stated that he regretted to make the request, a that the ladies insisted, because, they said -he smelt too much of tha-atablef Cold Comfort. The owners of one of the vessels seized at Savannah, by Gov. Brown, having applied to s the Governor 9f New York, asking what they were to do in the premises, that functionary r replied as follows: a STATE or NEw Yoar, EXUOUTIVE DE'xNT, ] ALDAr. Feb. 9, 1861. f, GENTLEMN: I received this morning a C telegraphic despatch from you, stating that 3 your " bark Adjuster had been seized in Sa. t vannah by order of the Government of Geor- 8 gia, on account of arms detained in New 11 York," and asking to be informed " how to a proceed under the circumstances, in order to e avoid loss and detention." I at once replied i that I would write you by mail. In answer 1 to your inquiry, I can only say that your I remedy is through the United States Courts, e or, if you so elect, through the Courts of the State of Gebrgia, within whose limits the I offence of which you complain is stated to u have been committed. In a case of this kind t4 the Executive authority of New York can I render you no assistance, for the obvious 9 reason that no law of this State has been in fringed, and because the wrong was not perpe. t trated within its jurisdiction. If, as you e state, officials or citizens of Georgia have de. d tained your vessel as a measure of retaliation I for the alleged seizure of certain arms by the C officers of the Police of New York, the tri- l bunals of that State, or of the United States, g it must be presumed, will determine. the act as b entirely unjustifiable, and will afford you am a ple redress for any loss by detention or other. i1 wise which you may suffer. If your vessel is delayed for any other reason than the one i suspected by you, it is but fair to assume that t, the Courts of Savannah will examine into the f facts with that impartiality which should a characterize all judicial proceedings. It is t] but proper to add, that if the detention of a the Adjuster is the deliberate act of the con stituted authorities of Georgia, it is equally unjustifiable, and there can be no doubt that, no distant day, the Federal authorities will obtain full reparation for you for any damages a you may snstain ; if not, then the General Government itself, which owes you protection in return for your allegiance, is thereby under the fullest obligation to indemnify you. Very respectfully, yours. Royal Ilighness the Prince of Wales met with in that country. I am quite sure there is no one in this country who would view without interest and regret the disruption of a com munity, whichi, under various disadvatntages, has procured for its people a pr:sperity al most uipaalleled, and a personal liberty and freedom only inferior--for I think it i., intfrior -to thL enjoyed in this country. But you cannot look at this threatened disruption without inquiring to a certain extent its effects upon this country. A quarrel between the North and the Sth can only Aesult in the first instance in consequences the most disas trous to the interests of the South ; and un fortunamtely it happens-I trust it will not long be the case-that wo have beena for too many years looking too munch and too exclusively to that country for our Cotton. This crisis, therefore, will ntot be without advantage to thtis country if it leads those who are most deeply interested--for I do not think it is a question in which the Governmuent ought to interfere-to) a serious consideratio~n of the best meaans for pronotinag, on their own be half, a supply of' Cotton from other places. (Hear, hear.) Tm : C ,mA a. Rae a s Con Mrr-r City vmoa B.oa.-Judge Edmnonds delivered a lecture la~st night, before the Central Rlepubli can Committee, at lIope Chapel. II s theme was the presenat ditliculties of the Amricana peple and lhe concluded that it was better that the two sections should separate. lie would not coeree the South, but let it go in peace. 1 At the conclusion of his remnarks, the Pres ident of the meetinig, Mr. E. lehdi..Id Smnitth, took occasiona to re'pudiate such conaeiliattory sentiments. IHe said: "If this Government had been truly lion et and patriotic, secCssion would have been I confined to South Carolina. Thme horder States were for the Union. ie believed in taking I back those forts necessary for our foreign de- a fences [chmeers), and leaving the others alone, I collecting the revenue under the system of . Gen. Jackson. [fLoudl cheers.] Let the Gov- I ernent mind its own business, and sustain the flag of the country. [Repeated cheers.] It was a disgrace to .sepamrate the Unaion with out war. If. the worst should come to the I worst, he would unfurl the stars and stripe:. and make the Southern States do as our jbre- I fathers did-gain their independence by shed. I ding their blood. [Tremendous and repeated I cheers. Three cheers for the star spangle f banner.] Smith is the bloodiest-minded fellow the Republicans have yet produced. He ought to go down and relieve Fort Sumter.-N. Y. Day Book. A rather bold scheme has lately been orig- I iated in England. The project is no less than that of replacing the nsine thousand tons of coal now consumed daily in London, by gas, which is to be made at the coal-field, and con veyed in an enormous main, three hundred miles, to the great metropolis. The practica- a bility and advantages of using gas for cook ing and oth.er domestic purposes are now ful ly established. CnEIIT.IE -rO Paixn~as.-Thae Missouri =a Legislature recently adopted a resolution that b the public printing be done by convicts, but S the resolution fell still-born from the table, v because it was ascertained that of all the tV criminals in the penitentiary not one was al e . :. n..r ' Ia xne souuciU um- -, Were we to venture a prediction, we would Ly that we here have the germ of a Repub. c which history, at no far distant day, will .eurd as the most powerful and wealthy of ncient and modern times. It will grow, and int too, rapidly, by additions from the Nor'h, -on the South, and fromn the West. Its overnment, purged of every notion of con lidation, no State will hesitate to take shel r under its wings from any fear of losing its vereignty. Thu burdens of that Govern ent will be light. It will be administered ncording to the Southern idea. In the ex reise of its powers it will be confined within e legitimate sphere of the Constitution. It ill not be used as an engine of corruption. will not be used as an instruient of exe eting those projects which belong only to tate governments or individual enterprise. will build no rail roads and canals. It will ndertake to build up no manufacturing in rests at the expense of other interests. [ence its burdens will* be light, and conse uently the trade will be nearly or quite free. Capital, which has for the last three-quar irs of a century been aggregating in North. rn cities, will begin to turn Southward. By egrees, the trade of Boston, New York and hiladelphia will decrease, whilst that of harleston, Savannah, Mobile and New Or ans will proportionately increase. hnmi ration will also turn thitherward. The North as lost, irrevocably lost, we fear, her largest ad best customer. Our future we maj read the past of Canada. Negro sympathy, hich has of late been so active with us, will, a few months more, be like a tale that is Ud. We shall hear no more of slavery in ie South than we now hear of it in Cuba d Russia. From New England, at least, ie scepter of empire has departed forever, ad that through the fully of her own sons. angor (Me.) Union. A Desperado Burnt. We learn from the Hamilton (Ga.) Enter rise, that on the morning of the 4th - inst., bout three hours before day the dwelling of [r. Lac N. Middlebrooks in Harris county, 'as entered in his absence by an unkmown erson by battering down the door with an e. Mrs. Middlebrooks and three small Ildron w..re alnnn in tho hanso.. The noise en-tlie only persous on the prenises ex ept Mrs. M. and her children-being aroused y her cries, caine to her relief, and the fiend ecoming frightened, be.t a basty retreat. The alarnn was immediately given in the eighborhood, and the lady being questioned -t to the identity of the perpetrator of the led, stated that she believed it to be a negro aedw George, the property of Mr. Abel elson, Sr., and who was hired by Mr. John didldlebrooks. Dogms having been procured, hie track was pursued to a nei;hboring house vhere the boy Georve had I wife and thence o the residence of Mr. John Middlebron~ks. Jder .these circunmstannces, it was thought nAvable to arre~st the negro, which was -done, nd after an investigation before a Justice of he Peace. be was duly committedl, and placed n the jail of Harris counnty to await is trial Lt the April termn of the Superior Court. The boldniess of the atrocity so incensed Ihe people of the neighborhood that thney :.,Idl not conntennt thnemselves with the laW's ely, amnd onn Monday la~t they aesemnbled in narge nunmbers at Hamilton, broke into thne al and took the negro therefromn and car id him abou'. two miles in the country, hlere they fastened himu to a .-take and burnt i.-Columbus Sun. A Patriot. Ex- Secretary Thlomp~so~n concluded his peech, at Oxford Miss., as follows: " But, my friends, Mis-issippi has acted. ine hnas reunmed~ all thne pnowers heretofore lelegated to thne United States. Shne assumes Low to be a soveregn, inidependent State. Ine is now engnaged with .-ther neceded States n forming a new Cn-'ederacy. May God end hner prosperity and happiness. But sup nose an ellart s.hould be umade to coerce Mis imsippi by force of aim' to return to her for nr positioin in the Union 7 Supnpo.-e the ucatinl of A frican slavery should be for the resent waived, and the question should be aised of muakinig sl.ves of onr white meni lgv Ic sword and bayonet ? What then is to be -our feeling and p)urpose anid mine? I speak .r myslf, and I verily believe you will re cho the sentiments : That sooner than Mis issipi should annul her late ordinance of ecession anid return to her former position in he old Union, at the mouth of the cannon, I r-ould prefer to see Mississippi, with all her brave sons and fair daughters, and her rich lelds, sni to the bottom of the deep sea, and Ler name blotted from the map of the earth 3reVer." The young King Francis Sec-onid, is by ro means a coward, but seenns to possess quali ies that have invested the old knighterrantry dith its charms. Walkiug in the streets of laeta, unanttended, lhe wits met by a man who iresen~ted a pistol anid announaced his inten io of shooting hnimn. "~ Be carefunl of your .inm, frind," said tihe King, folding hie arms, for if you nmisms fire, I will have you shot in h morning." Overcom, by such bravery, e man threw himself at the feet of Francis, d craved a pardo'n, which was granted. CoPYwRon-r.-Some enterprising individual might make a fortune by reprinting Northern pyrighted works at the South. We depend Imost wisolly upon the North for our ooks, and there is nothing now to prevent onthern publishers from pirating Northern !orks, as the Northern p'ablishers have pira ad from the English. Any one disposed to inbark in the businem should do so imamedi Le.ly, inadamnc of sny couvright law. tion of his Friends. The Washington corresponldent of the New York Expren writes: " The mortiflention of the R.-publlienns at Mr. Lincoln's recent speeches increasem with every fresh emanation fron the 'reidentiA tripod. They begin when it is too late to re alize the truth of the allegations of the Union men of Ilinois as to the incompetency of Lincoln fur the Presidency. During the can vazs, his supporters appealed triumphantly to his published speeches as proof of his abi'i. t. It now appears, as suspected at the time, that these speeches were carefully prepared by Mr. Judd and other friends of Mr. Lincoln, revised and re-revised, polished and w ritten, to such a degree that they hio hetrd ih 'a on the stump could not recognize them in print. This was a part of the game of de ception played by the Republicans upon the people, to fuist a man upon the country for its chief magistrate who was never rt garded, by his most intimate acquaintances, as any thing more than a jocose, cunning, country politician. I am assured by those who know him well, that a more illiterate man it would be difficult to find, even among the se'f-made lawyers of Illinuis. His chief characteristic is an immense " gift of gab," and a wonder. ful command of language, unaccompanied by a corresponding copiousness of ideas. TI.e election of such a man at such a crisis is un. doubtedly the greatest evil that has ever Be. fallen this country. But the mischief is done, and the only relief for the American people is to shorten sail, caulk the hatches, put in the dead-lights, send down the topmasts, and prepare for a hurricane. SoVTrza.V'NAvY.-Among the subjects which will engage the early attention of the Southern Confederacy is the establishment of a Navy. It is fortunate for them that, in ma king this start, they have before them the exp~rience of the world as to the best mode f constru::tion, equipment and armament of ships-of-war. Great Britain has been put to enormous expense, first, in changing her sail ing veelis to steam vessels, and next, in the adoption of a defensive armor for ships which the inventive genius of Louis Napoleon has i..t accomplished, and which rendeis one ship r-anal to a dnom nf the same size not same class unpL-oviucu .. it would be wore than equal to the largest squadron the United States ever had in the Gutf. vne or two of tbesc iron-plated fii ;ate.<, ae~d a few iro::-plated gunboats, ougl.t tu be Luilt by the new Government as soon -A posible.-Richnond Dispatch. EXPorT DcTY ON (orros.-rih. paicy of s1 export duty on Cott.m, whieb is said to be Contttephilted by the Congr'ss of the Confed eration South, is mtiisappr.hended in its r i.:ets by the N>rthern press. They suppet 'hat it will 1ali .t- 'l imr.< bit the phante-. Whether it will f.111 on the planter or the man nfactur'hr will depend on the state of the mar het. if there shosuld be ::n asccss in the sup ply, the duty would hasve to be pasid by the alhnter. If on the contrary, there is a defi ciency in the supply, tho duty would have to be paid by the masnafactuarer. Under any state of circumstances it would be an injudi eions tax, and i.s almost universally discarded i:, the fiscal econ'omy of St.ste.--Charleston News. A Tartass CouacN v 55 RgArLtsIs. iowasrd Paul, just before he last went to Eu rpe, being asked by a soci, ty ..f youtng ma -n in 2ew York to contribute money toward "a fund fur promoting paremeditaited or extempo raneouis .epeaking'~," de clined, an~d amnong his reasonas for to doi ag s: id1, " Ga~b is the fatal epidemic of lt--pub'li' . What distracted Greece ? Gab! Whntflctionised Rome? GabI Anarhised France ? Cab!' The etersa pno pesity of gabbing upon all occasions and at all times is the curse of the country." Tuai " Kiss.ts F~suntx'' HORnOR A Swas a:.i.-It appears, by the i::y v 'a orth (Kan sas) Ieraldd, of February 10th, t':at the heart rending stories of " fifty thous.-nd stargng people in Kansas," "cattle and hogs starving to death," " women and children perishing for want of money and means," etc., etc., js a -' gigantic swindle," and the erald, in a column of facts and specifications, argues that tse real object of the money and provisions obtained from the East is to influence votes in favor of Geni. Po.nseray, the leader in this movement, who is up for ollice. Such is the Ierll.s statemenst, and that paper r,-pie.1te it and chiallensges dlenial. TuE REAu. SUFFEREss.-The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia 1.edg'er. in speaking~ .f the eri,.is, says: " The severest sufferers are those who at tract the least attention and make the least noi.e in the world. I mean the poor work ing girls, employed in book binderies, prin ting establishments, type founderies, straw goods mianufaactories and wholesale and ready mand.. clothing shops. Thoussands and thous ands of these during the past fortnight, have been working on half tinme ; now they have no work at all.' A 8Srsios A'r . PuLmli.PHns BAL.. Quite a sensation was cre ste d, a few eve nings since, at a private fancy-dress ball in consequence of a young lady, appearing in a dress representing the State of South Carolina. She had on a white satin dress, on which pal. met leaves were sewn. Her head-dress had a single star in the centre, and she carried in her hand afac simile of the State flag adop ted by South Carolina.--Philadephia lInquirer. Nouonv Hua-r.-One hundred failures tooc place on the 9th inst., in th - city of New York. Many of these fallen houses were of high caracter and long standing.