Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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While thus he reclined, A man who was blind, Came by and entreated his aid: " Deprived of my sight, Unassisted to-night, I shall not reach home, I'ma afraid." " Intelligence give Of the place where you live," Said the cripple; " perhapes I may know it; In my road it may be, And if you'll carry tue, It willgive tme much pleasure to show it. great strength you have got, Which. aelas! I have nott, IIn iy legs sot fatigued every nerve is : For the use of your back, For the eyes which you lack, My eyes shall be much at your service." Said the other poor t:t " What. an excellent lilut ! Pray get on my shoulders, gaod .rother; -I see all mankind, If they are but iuelined, May constumtly help one another." Pull TIhrough. Though da:gers rise your loath to bar, l'ull through, pull through Though dimly shines your guiding st::r, Pull throughi, .ull through For those who now your worth despise. Who celog your way with scorn and lies, Will haste tee Crown you as yel rise; Pull through, 1.ull through. YT.ur deeds let no dishonor taint. Pull through. pull through Though worn and weary, never faint, Pull through, pull through Gird on your a: nor for the fight, And nobly battle for the right, }1eeiieis of the irowns of might, Pull through, pull through. Theough bright eyes selotel on you gleam. Pull through, pull through Though vict'ry seem an eupty lireau. Pull through, lull through ; For if the lau-el you woule wear, Your heart must learn to do an.1 dare, The Martyr's cross awhile to lear: Pull through, pull throm.h. T II E D E A I) A L I' VE. -:0: - The subtjoined narrative; published ortgi nally in Chambers Journal, is stated to have been translated from a foreign newspap:er. It is necessary to remind the reader, that the Island of Mauritius, appertaining at this day to the Englishy was originally colonized by the French, and that the population yet con sists in a great measure, of persons of that nation, to whom, by a formal treaty between the powers concerned, their ancient laws and usages were preserved without any material alterations. Aboiut tw~elv'e years ago, the Sieur Clodo mir F"renteis, a rich merchanit of the island. was fotuund dead and frightfully disfigured in his own b~abitationi. lis body was discovered lyi ng ott the floor, with the head and face mu tilated by a pijstol, antd all doubt as to the cause of the catastroplhe2 was dispeclled by the discovery of the faital n~tealti by the side of' the corp~se, as also of t peiece of piper in the hand writing of' the deceased. This paier contind tile fllowing words: SI aim uie. A villin hias ubbedl me of twent v-five tho~usand livres ste.rling, dishontor inust be myi pocrtioni and I canno~Ct surlvive it. 1 leave to my wife the task oef' distr'ibuting atmong my cr'editors the means which remaint to us ; and I pray Go;d, my f'ilends, and amy enemnnes, may pardon myl: sellf destruction. Yet an other miinute andi I shall be in eter ( Signed) C t.;ie tt Fu mi. G;reat constterintiont was causedu by this tragic event~, which wans the mare t.netxpected. as the loss aih uh di to ini tl e abimv: ntei hadl neverclt'i been inad ie'ubie. The de'ceased hadl bteent h.1 ini g.-aet esteemtt over thle colony, ais a mnan ofl strie': holnor ande perehi:yv, andi was uniiversa.llyI la'entedi. lii; attaeceh i w idow. after end~eavorintg fi thiifu y tee 'idilill hi; t~ wiihes, !ibundi fer- gri1-f too overpower'ing to peermtit hter t.>Nf mingle longer. wvi:he th~*e erld. atnd look the reSAthitaion to coecraite her re It ain ing da.;ys to thme s i rvizers of re-higion. Twot mom'nt hs a1fter the~ s:mul end of hieri huasbanid, slit enite.redlI a coneit, leaiving te a t'ehe'w of the latr nwmrchant , a phiysiei:mt, theii chiarg:ee of ciim plaineg thie distri bm:ion of thIe ificts of Fri nIotS amtoeng il cditorS. A~ min ute examinattioni 0' t he patpers of theo defitnet, 1c.i to, the disco'every ofl the perioid at which the unfojrtuniate mterchant had1 been reeb! eed ; :nel this period wals l'utnnd tee core:)pond with thme date of' the edi-apeearance oif a manit, inoni(ed .1 ohnt Mt on, b~einlg ini thle 11 emplyin~enut of I Frenois. ('f tIt mtan, on whom~ti 5.'i-icin not iunattul Ily 1bi1, inothling coutldl be hearnedt ctn iiiry ;- buiit .htlyt af~tr tile div i-lonl t' the late tie'rchIant 's prertt'y. Mott r''epperd !tin1 thie linv. Whien takeun up and exmtuiitedi rLepeect itg the cauuse tof Ihis flight' he Statedl that he had] been sent by his to the nierclt flc-e,e. u h lieb miision hie badie beenu ua-'tecessfuh. Hei foruthetr av'erred,. t'hat itf C~tloorirt Fre'nois in his exist ing cor-1 re.'eponidtence hadl throiwtni ay imjlnotus .,suspi el:ons tuponi himi. (Moon) the whole w~as buit a pretext to cunillt for' te decficie,.cies of wh ich thle mercthaint himtslfI was t he cuise andI aulthtr. Tb!is declarat it'n, tade by at man who, seemtedi to fear' ne, inqutiry. andmi whose worldly circumnstatnces remat~ined to ap. p:atrance thle samte as they hadi ecer btein, had the effect tof silencing, if it did ntot satisfy, the examtiniatoers; antd the affaiir soont fell, in a great measure, out of theo putblic recollection. 'iThings r'emained for ai shtoit titne in this coindit ionl, when one miornting, Mr. William~t Biurntett, princeipal creditor of the late Ciodo very early hour. Ite called up one of his ;erv:ants. who went down and opened the r loor, and immediately returned with the in- ' elligence that a stranger, who seemed desi- n ous of keeping his person concealed, wished r :o speak with Mr. Burnett in private. Mr. t Burnett rose, threw on his dressing gown, and c lescended to the parlor. Ile saw there a C tranger of tall person seated in an easy and : 'amilar attitude upon a .sofa, with a numiberr ,f the Morning Post in his hand. The back t )f the visitor was turned t. Mr. Burnett as d te entered. Rather surprised to see a strat .er conduct himself so like an old friend of i .he house, Mr. Burnett said aloud: "Sir, may I beg to know your business I ith nie T The stranger turned round and advanced to s salute his host warmly and courteously. Mr. e Curnett started back, and uttered a loud ex- L :laationu of suri.rise and alatm. Well ie t night for before his eyes stood his friend md debtor, Cludoniir Frenois, whom lie had t eheld nearly a year before, a mutilated t :orlje, and whom he himself had followed to r he grave? What pas-ed at that interview, betn een Mr. biurniett and his strange visitor, remained a e ecret. Mr. Burnett was observed to issue t everal till es, pale and agitated, from his bwelling, and to visit the magistrate charged c vithi the criminal proe of the colony. Ini .he course of that day, while John Moon was I rga;ing himself with tea under the palm t rees of his garden, a o: g with a Circassian i cnle whom he had bought sometime previ >usly. he was arrested and taken to prison by .he ollicers of justice. On the following day be was brought be. ore the criminal court, accused of robbing r ,he late Clodomir Frenois, the crime being :ojoined with breach of trust and violence. Mocd smiled at. the charge with all the confi lenee of a man who had nothing to fear. The udge having demanded of him if lie con essel the crime, the accused replied that the :barge was altogether absurd; that clear tes inmony was necessary to fix such a delict up in hit ; 'd that so tir from there being any uch evitlence produiceable, neither the widow )f the deceased, nor any one person in his ervice, had ever heard the pretended robberyt :Ve1 once tuentionedt by' Frenois during his ife. "go you then afltirn your innocence ?" -epeated the judge gravely. after hearing all ,hat the other had to say. I will avouch my innocence," replied Mon 'even before the body of my late master, if. :lat be necessary. (Such a thing often took place under tl Ad colonial law.) John Moon," said the judge, in a voit ,roken ly sone peculiar etmotion, " it is 1' r' your late must1 r th:.t pu will lave t sert your innoce;.ce, and may Gu od mal. ahe truth to aap :r!" A signal frmu the judge accompanied the: ,ord-, and itnmedia:ely a door ope-nerd, a:. lodomir Freniois, the suppoed suicide, em. ered the court. lie advanced to the bar with slow and deliberate step, having his eye :alnly, sternly fixed on the prisoner, his scr. -ant. A great sensation was cau-ed in court I" his appearance. Uttering si:rieks of alarm ml horror, t he fensles present fled from thle ;pt. The accused1 ell on is knees in abject error, amnd shiadderinag confe~s~ed his guilt. For a time no vo'ee was heari h ut his. Hlow avr as it beame appa:rentt that a living mi.~n t.od before the court, the ailvocate of the prisoraer gained courage to speak. lie de an iced that the identity of the merbant be establiebed, and thme mystery of his existence be xplhainel. Ile sail that the court must ot he biassed by whaut nmighit prove to be a miere accidental likeness be-tweeni a person living and une deceased ; and that such an mvowatl as that of the prisoner, extracted in a moment of extraordinary terror, was not to le held of much weight. "Belbre being admitted here as an accuser o* witness," continued the advocat e address ig the resuscit atedl mucehat, '" prove whoaind what you are, and duelo.-e lby what chanice the tomib, which so lutely received your boidy. mangled with bullets, has given up its tenant. and restored you to the~ world in life atid health." The tirm apia al of the: advocate, wlho conl tinemd ste o fam-t to, his duiy vunmder circuum stain-s t i.at w ould have cliosld the lipus of mst om.-n,. call.-d forth the folliowi ig niarra 4.\My story many saon be told, and will suf fie to es:abhm.sh toy idenitityv. W hen 1 dis ioveredi the robbeciy cotiamiittedl by the ae-. eusedl, he hail then flkd from the islanid, and I speedily saw thit attie mpjts to retake haimi wold prv fruitless. I saw ruin andu dis grace before ime, iad camea to the resolution ''f termtinating tmy life hefibre the evil day. cane. (in the night in which this dete-rmi ation was formedii, I wams teated alone in nmy pivate eh:tnber. I had written the letter which was founid i n my table, and had loaded moy pistol. This (lone, I praiyed for- forgive ness from my .\laker for the act I wats about to cornmit. The end of the pistol was ait my. bmend. and may finger on the lock, wheun aI knoc-k at the tuter- door of thme hottse startledI ne, I cotemale tomy weapont, andl w-nt to the loo. A man entere~i whomui Irtecognized to c~ the s stoni of tie yish in which I lived. i~e bor-e a sack on his .shoulders and in it the iody of a man newly buried, which was des inedl for mty niephalew, the physicaian, then liv g with :me. The rcrity of biodies ihr- dis e&etion, as the court is aware, comapels those h are anixious to acquire 5kill in the medi al profession to procure themi by any possi rle seera. mneants. The Sextoni v--s at fir.,t dlarmed when lbe miet me. '' I id nay nephlewt request yon to burinig thIis b.ody ?" .-ai 1. SNo," replied the oman; "hut I know his lxity to obtain one form dissection and took I it u~oiincm to offer himt this hody-."' " For I mruccy's sake," continmud the sexton, "(do not I betray meii, sir, or I shiall lose my situation and y l.itiil' s hi-cad." "Wlihl this man wais thus speaking a: strange idea entered moy ind, amid brought to uy despairinig bosoum hopes of contined ' I lif...nd honor. I[ stood for a few mnacts aay a paper bill. No excess of patriotist vill balance a payroll. Money is as mug teeded for these as it is to buy Minnie rifle ir Dupont's gunpowder.-Tn.N 'AY T tt[NTFIa !-Exchange. One Way and the Other. "Father," said a woman to her husbain ne morning, "the boys want some no' hoes." " Want, want-always wanting!" said th nan in a cross tone. " I've got no shoes; 1 -on want them, get theta." "I don't know who should, if you can't ,nswered the wife, catching the spirit of be tusband; and the spirit once caught, she cat led it down stairs into the kitchen, whir he quickly saw that breakfast was in a back yard state. " Sally," she cried, " why in the world i tot breakfatst ready? the mornings are lon :nough." "'This awful green wood !" cried Sally, wi intil now had been doing her best, out catch lg her nastress' tone, she quite lust her tano ter. "The wonder is breakfast's got at all he muttered, while her mistress went out tud little .Joe came in from the wood-hoits' "Tie my shoe, Sally," said he; " the strin; ms tripped me up awfully." " Go away," cried Sally, " and not peste e at breaklist time." " Cross creature !" cried little Joe, poutiu tnd pulling of his shoe, which for mischie >r not knowing what else to do, he swung a he cat lapping her milk. The shoe sent th at one way and the cup another, and th nilk in a puddle. "You mischievous puppy," cried Sally ;iving little Joe a shake, and then sending hit >fl to the sitting-room. Joe, in a terrible pet, fell upon his littl ister, who was playing with a woolly dog, ittle toy her auntie gave her. making it bar! n a wheezy tone no real dog was ever guilt >f. "Ga a it to me," cried Joe, snatching i 'rom her hand, whereupon Susy burst into al ingry cry. Joe's mothcr struck him for it mnd ie set a howl equal to any young cub ii bear's den, so that by the time breakfas vas ready the family sky was dark and squal y as it could be, fir crossness is catching tnd " the beginning of strife is as when on etteth out water."'-'rov. 17, 4. Tr:O-TIIP. WAY. " Father," said a woman to her husbandon nortng, " the buys want some new shoes. " Yes. I suppose it is most time," answer the husband, " but I can't so well spare th ......,., you, t m afraid." " Please, no," answers Sally, " i'll fete breakfast on the table in a minut e," and Sall stirs about with elaerf'ul brisk:aess, while li te Joe comes in and asks to have his shoe tie' " In a moment, deary," answers Sally Swhile I run do.wn and ge~t some kindlling: tour ma wants break fast." "Let mec go," saysS little Joe, "Il'll brin soe beauties," antd away' scamplers the littl boy, wh'lo sotn comes back with an armfu SThere, Sally," he says, " wott't that hel "Yes, dea-y," cries Sal:y, " now let muet our shoes," :andr while she do~es it, Joe ooking~ at Pusy lap'pingz her mxilk.. " Pussy's hadl her breaktast," said Jos andl ll take up her eup, lest somzeb'od hoth' stepa oat it adl brea.k it. Comec. puss ;o with mae," :and Ite carries her into the si .ig rootm." Putssy htas had her b~reaakfast, e said to sissy, "ntow will she thintk yoi ,olly do a real dog ? Let's show it to he Sissy paut down hter pilayahaing, a little woo y dog, and stare enoagh, pulss as soonr as sh ;w i Z, bansh ed up h~er tail aml,, backed tal ht sack, juast r'eadyv .>r a tight, but pret ty 5o( ;e saw lhe'ristake'. and ratn und, r the tabl if afraid t., be~ laughed at. hlow the chi~ rnt didl langh, and whtat a plecas .nt break fa: hat was where kinadntess was thec largest disl 'or'4 pleasant words are as a hxoneycom1 weet to thae soul, and health to the bontes."-. P'rov. dt;, :21. Onue methta.l ot' conataibuting Lto the cot rnon1 eause of the Southt, at thtis time, is ft hose whto harve pror'i.dons~ ta) sell, to sell thei t maoderate prices. I et thecre be nto exhaorb atant p~rices for the necessaries of life. :his should ananifest itself, then thte anthor ies must regulate the sale (at such articles. We oupe nonae are meani enough to atte'rp] o specuahte on thte exigeniees of the State A individutals. It there Ibe anay such let thei be frowned downa, or put down.-Richmon Whig. A SRtAP' FROM IllsvoTt.- is a ircu stance somewhtat remarkable that Virgini was thec eightha St ate of the thtrtceen to give i idhesion to the Fedleral Conastitution, in 17% ndl is now the eighth State of the Southi ecede from it. But what is more, her rece: relue'ace to leave the Uanion was only equa ed by he'r original aversion to becomIng a pa f it, under the Conastitution thtat was prose1 ed for ratification. VTe Convention of 17V was conaposed of anembers, a majority whom were elected to reject the Federal Co situti' n ; and it was ouly after the cluse d elaritg that um the power granted under tI Constittion, being derived from the peop of the Untited States, be resumned by thei whnasover the same~ shall be perv'erted their injuary and oppresslion, and thtat ever power niot gratnted thereby, remtains wit them at their will," was inserted ini the ord ance of' ratificationa, that six or more of tI naajori y opposed to the mecasutre conisetnted rote for it. Even with this accession trengtha, the Constituttion was carried oni by a vote of 8'9 to 79.-Charleston Couarier. The Manchester Guardian says that tl outhern Commissioners have had an inte .ew wiah Lord Jnhn Russell. bsorbed in thought, and gave to the resur ectionists, the sum which he had expected. eling him to keep his own counsel, and that 1 11 would be well. I sent hin away, and ear ied the body to my cabinet. The whole of le houehold had been sent out of the away, n purpose, and I had time to carry into exc ution the plan which had struck me. The ody was fortunately of the same stature as 'yself and like me in complexion. I knew he man ; he had been a pour offender, aban oned by his family. "Poor relic of mor ility !" said I, with tears in my eyes, " noth ag which man may do can now injure thee; et pardon me if I rudely disfigure thy life mss substance. It is to prevent the ruin of .ot one but twenty families ! And should uccess attend my attempt, I swear that thy hildren shall be my children; and, when my our comes, we shall rest together in the otb to which thou shalt be birne before m t" At this portion of the merchant's narra ive, the most lively intereat was excited in lie court, and testified even by tears from lany of the audience. Frenols thus proceed. d: "I then stripped off my clothes, and dress d the body in them. This accomplished, I hen took up the pistol, and with a hand aure reluctant than when I applied it to my wn person, 1 fired it close to the head of the eceased. and at once caused such a disfigure ient as rendered it impossibl', for the keen st eye to detect the substitution which bad een itna.e. - Choosing the plainest halit I could get 1 hen dressed myself anew, shaved off the hikers which I was accustomed to wear, ud took other means to alter and disguise ay appearance, in case of being subjected by ny accident to the risk of betrayal. Next rorning saw mne on board a French vessel, n my way to a distant land-the native 1 ountry of my ancestor. The expectation biclh had led Ie to the execuion of this chelme were not disappointed. I knew .JohIn Icon was the man who robbed met, and who mw star:ds at the bar of this court, and that ie had formed connections in this island, rhich would in all probability bring him back o it as soon as the intelligence of my death ave him the promise of security. In this I ave not ben disappointed. I have been qually fortunate in other respects. While uy unworthy servant rema:nud here in imag mars safety. I have bh~eii successful in discov. ring the quarter in which, not daring at first o betray the appearance of wealth, he had e stolen money. 1 -. ..0 itiL. N.L., rho bure it before me and which, please lod, I shall transmit unstained to my chil iren, and my children's children." John M.\on, whose guilt was thus suddenly nd strangely laid bare to the world, did not -etact the confession which he had madle iin he extretmity oif his teror ; and without sep rating, the courit senitenced him to confinet nent for- life in the prison of the colony. The news of Clodomnir F-renois's reappear ine spi-eadl rapidly, and the high esteem ini hichi his character was hell led to a un-i teral irejoicint g onm the occasion, ie was ae -opanied from the court to his haome by at lens-e multitude, whto wei.:omed him with ,rlonged shouts. It wotuld be vain to at emipt any descripitionm of thle feeling of the vile who was thus restored to the beloved be ng for whose sa't .- had quitted the w rld. he was releas. - :.--.m ecclesiastical uows atnd ejiined her li- -and, no mnure to part till ie grave - . - laimed one or the other of hem: as its due. owing pare-garaphls fro':, Dir. W. A. Cornelfs ate work, entitled 'low to Enjojey Life, ,esents a subilect wihich shoutld he unider-stod ,y* parents anid teachers of precicius chil Ire: "Thile prtematurte dlev-elopment ut mind il and teglh et of body, have lontg beeti prominent :a 1.I ini oitr edutent ional systemii. It is Ollitn ery pleasant to fiiind parents to see howr right, intelligent anid wit. their children Ltre, antd they otien finid great satisfaction in ho'wing to othiers tihe brillianciy andi menttal prighitl iness oif their parecociouts darlings. ;iu-h parents know not what they arc doing. .ll the praise lavished by sutch parental fully, nd foind auints and dlotinig granid-par-ents, and njudiciouis friends, tendi to il~ Lie~riouis iinjury ia abniost certaint destinction of their chili rei. Their keen thashes and sparkling wit icismns are but the indications of ant over tretched mind, and a nieglected body. tur many systems of education thus destroy many ch.ildren every year. This neglect of he phy~sical and stimulating the mtent:d man, the mnore to be deplored, fromi the fact that is early pre-cocity is wholly unntecessary., caise mtany of the hest educated and tmost use i men the world lhas ever seen, w'rzt very dull 0pils ini early childlhood. A ndlreuv luller, ir Walter Scoti, and Daniel Webster were er dull scholars wheni children, anid yet, rhoi has -v-r dlone mottre in thteological discus ion thanu the firmeur ? (Or whlo, in t he whole ror of intellect than t lie second 'I Ori, who t the Bar and in the Senate tihan the hatter ? lii other depaurtmnents men can take in sail, r cast anchor, until the storm is over. But newspapters there is no cessation, and no .iatemient of cash expenses, wvhile difliculties rc muiptjlied. So whoever yout may forget o pay, dont fail to pay the priniter. Don't rget if yotu pleatse ! We can't send our cof eetors out now. Nor can the people afford o let the newspapers go down. The press las a most itmportant functioni to per-forum in ie present cr-isis. Editors may give their ha ,r and their ime for the sake of the cause ; tt to pay compositors anid buy paper, reqjuire .oc. .. no amont nf zea ~re Virgin;a will n Starving us Out. h Our northern brethren and friends are muel s elated at the prospect of starving us out her< in the South. At first it was timidly suggest ed in only a few quarters; but now since their rage has reached its highest pitch, the whol Black Republican press comes, out in ful d chorus, and gloats over the spectacle whied they think they will soon see, of millions 0 men, women and children throughout th< e whole South, perishing from fan.ine. In case the starvation process should not work to their satisfaction in the States on tht Lower Mississippi, then they are to fall baeld r upon another expedient-that of cutting tht levees of the river, and drowning us out, it e the elegant language of the Chevalier Webb of the New York Courier and Enquired "like rats in a hole." Some of them advocate s both prescriptions sin.ultaneously. Our sup plies of bread are to be cut ofl; but our sup ply of water is to be inconveniently increased 0 It is consolatory to know that thirst is not tc be added to famine, and that however short we are to be of rations, our drink will be more abundant than ever. But we have the satisfactiou of informinf our human and Christian friends at the North that their kind intentions towards us, in re spect of starvation, can never be realized r They may stop supplies of breadstuffs to u: from the States nc.rth of the Ohio, but in s< doing they will only injure themselves. The f South has heretofore bought from the north western States some of the provi ions we hav< e used ; but it was not because they could no' e be raised upon our own soil, but because wi found it more convenient to employ all oui . labor in producing cotton and sugar, rathei I than corn and potatoes. This year, bein; forewarned, we are forearmed. In the GuIl e States, by proper management, two crops o1 a corn can be raised in one year from the samt k soil. In Southern Texas the new crop is al 3 most ripe, while at the North they have hard t ly finished planting. Texas alone has th< n term itorial area to produce all the breudstufil and provisions that the Southern Confederae. can consume. She has the soil and the cli t mate as well as the territory. Every South ern State, in point of fact, can produce it: ' own provisions within itself with entire ease e But several of them-Virginia, Kentucky Tennessee and Mirouri-are especially grail growing and cattle-raising States. Northeri e malignity cannot avail to cut us off from food because a beneficent Creator ha; ordrre - otherwise by giving us the soil to produce i C for jnrqolvva Tr ;. --" '''".- .^.._ ' the ehances are that if tl;ey mnake more cor I and less cotton, the supply of cuttan will fal y so far short of the usual productim, that th< t denantd for it will put up the price, and thu i. bring in as unmcl muney as a larger oro , would have dne under the old system. Lei , Olid A be, therefore, go ahead with his emabar go, anid sta p breadstufir frm coming down ti g s as muchl as he chlooises. Hie is o,,Jy injur e ing" his own p eonie therebyV. atnd not hurtini . u-. ie is injuring his own people, becatusi p, brcadstulIfs and sal t-provisio ns contstit ute al that the N.,rthwest las to seil, anud if thei: u nmarkes lire taken away from themn, not is dollar of money can get into their pockets. Thiis ques tion. ah-I he u:ost otLers, ha; Stwo sides to it. 'Tl.e New 1-'ngand States no y onlyv iii not, bullt ear.m it, Irn d ue fromi theci y* own soil enough to fera d their dense phitml~ t- tin. They huiae to buy breadstutis and meat: "in large qpuantities. T'heir princiaul produc r tions being onions, pumpkins, squash~les, eod . l-Ih, ginsenig anid grindtones ; they are d - pendent uploni other States foir cairn, when and meat. And miost of their suppalies c -rthese are aure noIw, and have beeni all thme t ime~ m derived from Marylaned, Vmrgineia ad Nort! e Carolina. 'The cost of carriage froml the - West bmy lahes, railroads and canmals, miae st esternm provion hig'her ini Maine and Mas i, sachunsett s than Sut hernm l~ruvisionms. Shinp b arc conistantcly loadinlg in amll the bays, inlet: . and rivers of Virginmia anmd Nort h Carlinmi freighted with bareadstufrs foar Northern ports and it is within our kunowledgec that these yes sels car ry grain from the Virgtinia waters t< lBoston at from six to eight cents freight pe butIshel. and ma" e money by the operationi But a bu~shel of corn from Chicago, transport ed to Boston, costs, in carriage, at least fivy times as much as a bulshiel oh corn or whea from Virginia. Suppose, then: that the South ern States refus~e to send provisions to Nev 1-l:ngland. They arme not, like us, able to pr d duce food enough for their population fron their own soil. They will then have to pa; the heavy cost of W'esternm provisions, andi ~will be difhicult for them to do this, because a having no Southlern market for their mannufac stures, their principal sources of revenue wil ' he dried up. o This tLing of starving the peCle of the t South is. therefori, perfectly ridiculous. Thb -laws of ptpre have first to lie repealed befori rt such a thing eman be clone. A great many ig norant people in thle North may think so; bn thle leaders do niot, else they would not under take to accot'npiish, by b ullets and bamyonmets what. they mnighIt do so much inore easily h: starvation, if they thought the latter possible e --N U. Crescent. a WAriTm'RPooF CI.olTi Folt Sol.nitmms OvrltR to i'o^cs.-Tlwenty thousand tunics, rendlere< -ywaterp~roof, andi yet piorous, were served ou hto the French army during the late warc wit! _ lussia. 'They were prepared after the fol 'Take 2lbs. 40oz. of alum, and dissolve it hi 10 gallons of water; in like manner dissolv the same guantity of sugar of lead in a siimi lar quantity of water, and mix the two to gether. They form a precipitate of the sul e phate of lead. The clear lignor is now with r- drawn, and the cloth immersed for one htou :.. th mi.,tin, ..hen it t taken oan, drid it the sthade, washed in clean water auu urieli agrain. This preparation enable; the cloth to repel wvater like then f-at hers of a duck-. back, amil yet allows the perspiration to pass someniat i 12ecly throngh it, which is not the case with r gutta percha or India rubber cloth. From the Charatston Mercury. The Southern Baptist Convention. REPOnT ON THI: STTn: oF THE CoUNTa . We present below the report of the Special Couumittee of the Southern Baptist Conven tion upon the State of the Country. Itcomes t from the pen of the learned isivine, 1r. Ful ler, and, as an able expression of sentiment n from one of the largest religious de:nomina tions in the country, will be read with peculiar interest. The Committee on the State of the Union reported through their Chairman, Rev. Dr. I Fuller. REPORT OF THE SPECIAl. COMMITTEE ON TilE STATE OF TIE CotNTRY. We hold this truth to be self-evident, that Governments are established for the security, prosperityand happiness of the people. When, therefordit any government is perverted from its prop;r design, becomes oppressive, and s abuses it's power, the people have a right to change it. As to the States once combined upon this continent, it is now mauifest that they can uo longer live together as one Confederacy. The Un on constituted by our forefathers was one of co-equal sovereign States. The f fanatical spirit of the North has long been seeking to deprive us of rights and franchises t guaranteed by the Constitution, and, after years of persistent aggression, they have at last accomplished their purpose. In vindication of their sacred rights and honor, in self defence, and for the protection of all which is dear to man, the Southern States have practically asserted the right of seceding from a Union so de.generated from, that establish.:d by the Constitution, and they have formed for thenelves a Go-.ernnent t based upon the principles of the original coin pact-adopting a character which secures to each State its sovereign rights and pr:vilegCs. This new Government-in thus dissolving former political connections-ceks to cult: vate relations of amity and good will with its late confederates and with all the world, and they have thrice sent special comtnissioners to Washington with overtures fur place, and for a fair, amicable adjustment of all iifileul thus array2d agam L-. ...._., naturally have been hoped that at least the churches of the North woull interpose and protest against this alppt al to the swerd, t:is invoking of civil War. ti-i lllelagi:;g the coUn try in intricidai ilood ; but with astonish ment and grief we find churches and pastors at the North breaithing out slaughter, and clamoring for sanguinary hostilities with a fierceness which we would have supiposed impossible among the disciples of the Prince of P'eac.:. In view of sneh prei~ses, tihis Convention cannuot keep silene. ltecogii zingr the necessity that the whole mnorul in-. ince of' the peopile. in whlatever caipacity or organita tion, should be enli-ted in aid of the rulers, who, by their sulfrage-s. h.tve beenui called to defend the endlangered initerests of peirson andi~ ;.er'y, of lhon'or amndl brr y. ii is b.imiid to titter i:s voice distine: ly, dlecided-l. ly, emuphatically, and your Commni; tee recon miendi. thlerefo re, the subj. ine.l re.-oluationis: J:.solvedi, Thlat impa wrt ial h i.tory cannotl cha~rge uipoui the SouthI the diss;ol ution of' lhe Union. Sh l was foreiiiost in a'dvoca :i'ig ande 'cemeniing that. i ioti. ToX t hat t 'nion .sh eloing throu~t~ I .hang years of cal uminy, inIj Iri and inisn'.. She has niever ceased1 to, r~dse her aritn~.( ai~peals atgainist the taniatici :n wvhiech has obhstinatclv and intc...asit ly warred agaitnst that Uio.ii Raedl'I'(. That we mlost eiordially applrovl. of the~ foriimtioni of the G ;overinent of th Confederalte States of A mrica, andii ad mire and applat.t thie noble conrSe of th~at Go vern meunut up to the present timne. esoulred, That we will assiduously invoke the Divine direction and favotr in behalf ofI those who bear rule am-ng u;, that they may still exercise the same~ wise, pr.:mpt, eleva:tedI statesnmanshipI which hasi hit herto ch-traeter iz.ed their mecasures ; that their eniterprisesa may be attended with success, and that they may attain a great reward, not only in seeinig their " Confederate States" p~rosp~er under their admitistration, but in contributing toi the progress of the T1ranscendanit Kingdom ofi our Lord .Jesus Christ. Resolc-ed, That we most cordially tender to< the President of the Confederate States. to I his Cabinet and to the mnembiers of the (on - gress now coniveneCd at Montgomery, the as- f surantce of our sympiathly and entire coniti deisce. With themi are our hearts and hearti co-operation. ResolredI, Thiatthe lawless reign of terror at the North ;the violence committed tupon t unotleniding citizens ; above all, the threats to wage war upon thet South-a warfar e oft savnge barbarity-to devastate onr honmes and hearths with hosts of ratlians anid felons burning with ust and rapine, ought to excite . the horror of all civilized people. God forbid that we should so far forget the siit of 1 Jesus, as to suffer mali~ce ande~ vindihctiveness 1 to insinuate themselves into our hearts ,lbut every principle of religion, of patriotisun, of humnanity, calls npon us to pledge our fortunesi and lives in the good work of~ repelling ani in. vasion designed to destroy whatever is deaur in I our heroic traditions, whatever is sweet ini Our domestic hopes and enjoyments, whatever I is essential to our institutions and our very l miahood--4hamtever is worth living or dying I for. Ii 1?csor .,awdono nae in preyer itizen soldiers, who have left their homes to n forth for the defence of their ftmilies and rie'nls and all which is dnrrest to the h. tan hieart; and we rimre 'n] to the Churches epresented in this 1i.y that t y con.;tly avoke a holy and nre.'ili Gul to gurard them romt the temptations to which they are ex ",.ed, to cover their heads in the day of battle id to give victory to their arrms. Re.wired, That we will pray, for our enemies n the spirit of that l).vine Master. whor, when he was reviled, reviled ' nt again,'' rusting that their pitiless purpors m-tv ben -utrated; that God will grant to them a tore politic, a more considerate and a more 'hristian mind; that the fiuatical strife rhich they have decideand upon, notwithstan ing all our conmmirMons and p'eas for prace. iay be arrested by that Supreme Power who aketh th, wrath of man tot praise Him; and tat thus. through a divine blessing, the pros erity of these sovereign and once allied tates may be restored under the Govern ients to whiih. they now and henceforth espectively belong. /JCsolLed, That we do recommend to the bristians of tire Baptist denomination in the outlern States to ob crv the first and cond days of June as days of humiliation, isting and prayer to Almighty God that he ay avert any calamities dine to our sins as a cople, and may look with mercy and favor pon us. Jaesulred, That whatever calamities m:ry Dare upa. a:s, our firm trust and hope are in ;od through the atonement of His Son and 'e earnestly beseech the Churches represen :d in this body (a constituency of six or even hundred thousand Christians) that they e present. and importunate in prayer, not sly for the country, but for the enterprises f the Gospel which have been committed t-, ur care. In the war of the Revolution, and a the war of 1812, the liaptists bated no jot f heart.or hope for the Redeemer's cause. 'heir zeal and liberality abounded in their eepest tilictions. We beseech the churehr-s > cherish the .pirit and imitate the example f thi. noble array of saints and heroes; to be )llowers of' therm who through faith and pa kence inherit the promiises ; to be steadfast. inoveabl n. always abmnnding in the work f the Lorl, fbr as mnuch as they know t.at heir labor is not in vain in the lard. ie'le',', That I hese resohritions be comn - tunicated to the Congress of the Confedkratr hates, at Mintgo:nery, with the signaturc, f the President and Secretaries of the Con. :i'papper, Dargan and Duncan, of S. C. )aniel. Evans, l1 %i'ards and Caissidy. of' (; hi. )ndh . ,f K:.. il;w1;:L of Tenni., t. ii. Tar or, of Va., and others iarticipatel, the rc >ort was a-nlted unanimously. Pendi;r tli liseussion, the Pre'ilent. of the Co'nventior It1er. Dr a. Far ler) offetred rii m.s! i mrert siv. ra'e'r. Thre er' tot' the North; is for wn .r ! W''ar t ite the Union, to odefenad thre U.'niteda State. lag, ' to show that we have a governnr:enit.' hese are t he po't~retce of a sheer hypocrisy, they are theo pa-rionec gloss given to a fanlst anrrse. Tem ccremnt thrat unites the North i' -aige at the' inevitarble rilchaief that hasi- baeen onera tro Northern p~ropei ty by the 10.4.s of the~ rdoe and t~rrte (of tori, penrap's tuelve o lbe. riche .t, andro nrrost jorol ier ve State. of' tiv ..te' Uirioon. 'Ihey wol wip itese State. ra'k ad cormel lay forc'e, a conitinirnan'e 0.l ber tri burte volunrtrar1 iy poad wiie theyr~ per. iit 'tedo us to live wvith t hemi as countilrymein md a br'othrers. F~or th is, t'ey re arminmg thIr rgbnrds arndI thieve's iraed upI fromr the bark pohi . oft their groat ci;ties, aund sendirlig hein Sourth to :dan;:hteor t pople anad pl.unr ler and buri n hur porfe rt nuii we are, r'ea-' submniit to theair' wilt. Foils! ;o think thrri Conrideant in therr puowen'rt of o'erwh'ielmrirn, unnbzter.'4, theoir' pe'ople varinily be'lie've that~ .hey haoni' rly' tin preciipitaite two or thnr~t undorefI tirotisrand vagnabonrds ruon u4 to corm e1 irs to obedienmce. T1hey' f->rget that the >atttl1e is nrot aiwnyvs to thre -trongi~ nor the race ) thre swift. TIhey' l'org't dhat l.orats of men.il )adly supplied with couira-sariat andt trains >orai''ioni are lby thre urmneing law.' of war, veaknd fr'oim their v'ery rrunmbers, anal alv;-ye he victimsu of smaller arid comipact aries. hey forget that vagabjinds fighting for breadl, ore no match for the citizens of' the Sout mb, vo have rushed to thea fielal, eceh mnanr feel' ig that in tire cause' is inv'olved his personal aniror anal Iris civil f'ree.doni. There can be no houbt of' the issue of suchi a comibat. Numin rrs under the sectional banner of ty'rnnry annot resist the imipetuouis Valor e~t'freem~en ghting in t he holy cause'of'homnes and hearth' toes. While ruthless, brloody, e'xternui natinrg war are is thus pro~claime.d against the Southli the v'ar policy of our governmenrt anid people is 00 clear to be doubted. If they waint war. nve it to thremi to their hreart's conrtenrt-to) he knrife' rand the hilt. G ive themr battle very mrornaing' andr every eveninlg whenrerr'ar 'e can wrarshiall ra force for the fight. Nor orrld we stop to receive it. It ourghrt to be ought fojr arid inivitedi. Nor wait to drive emn frorm Confederate soil, hbrt force thre war t heir own bordlers. Wem hold tient the enemy htuld1 be driven f'rorm Washington--not her aiuse we want Washington, hut because it is r a slave State, 'and because our brethren in laryandu shouild be r'eleasedl fr mi tire iron ea of mririrary power that is upon their nreck hose blood does niot boil to read of the road men of Mary'landu overrun and suiblued y thre oruteasots of Massacbusetts. under tire ad of thait scoundrel, General Buttler, who layed his part in the political disturbances .at were Lrn immrliatn canne of' thins revohu hazards aid the enemy driveii beyond ih." Sunprehanna. 1) 'ensive agrls t'..n is the Sul e"rn iolb-y in:12 : ih war T: 0" .:re"- :.<it'a C" :&, na to de'i ; ut .om , ius: I" o ;..t"" f 1!a ene vI' atr. a dittance fr a t hem --toi keie.p an ay thlie Iavoc and devuc!.t tit of coi iii':t fril inlur w.,rmen and chi!ren as far as possible. I'h' North ht- iis mder:aken to c.: (p.4r the ,oth. We im-t make ip :fur iiris Ino cntl:er th. North. at least so ftar as to .h:'i:ate sthe ter''s of peac'e. ''o t his er;l, cv. ty m:n Ini .t devte L 'i:i It' t ormins. Nh.; ii- else i- oi '~tli., no'thinig wuorthy to be thiunglht of ill coml:arison to the sacred dut y of dfe ndin the liberties of our colunl r:" in this atrocions war We munct bwI 'one a G1' I16n1 of s'b.lufieri and every tia;n ready to take the fi.:bl wu ien called upon. All active aid a d!esperate -.:ar is awasa short one. We ca mit.t uatokh ti: war too b!o;d1 or desp:ratet .-..labi!e lRe"i_. r. Soldiers' health. 1. In any oCr finary cam Ii)dgn. .iekniess dis ab!es or dietro u;I bree :ime<s :t, unii us1 t!:he swvrl. 2. On at,ar.h. from A1.ril to Nojve.mble.r, thu eni'-e clot Iing sLi.oul I.e a coloredai ti nel shirt, with a loo sely.Iu:tur.e.l co!llr. cut to". dr:'a 1. wot :n panI:tIl'n)f shoes ani stockings, and a light-colorel felt hat, wir ii broad lrita to protect the eves and face from the dlare of the sun, and from the rain. and a suibstantial bint not heavy ct:at w henI off dity. . Stn stroke is almost tdflcum!ly pi even ted by wearing a silk handkerchief in thi'o crown of the Lat. 4. Colored blankets are best, and if lined with brown drilling the wtartath and durabili ty are doubled, while the protection againLst dampness from lying on the ground is aiunost j complete. Never lie or sit down on the grass or bare earth for a moment: rather use your hat-a bandkerchit f even is great protection. The warmer you are, the greater need for this precaution, as a damp vapor is immedi atelv genrrated, to be absorbecd by the cloth ing, anti to cool yoal oF too raphtilI 6. While narchinig, or on other active lut.. the more thirsty you are, the more e--cntitl it is to safetr of life itsel.f to rin.,e trt to mouith twou or three times. and /,,-r take a swallow of water at a time. wi: i short inter vats. A brave -'ren-:h general. on a force i marcb, fell dead en the instant, by driniking largt.!v of cold water, when snow wa ii tihe. ground. 7. Abundant sleep is essential to bodily Ilr"_ar,:mt. i.rn, as nitte a< poss;bWe Iof even coll :atr. '. \ fter ;ny .y r tci of d.a2tingi eft . a tn; oft cfee. hot or told, is an amliiirald. listain(-r of the si.igth. Ountil n tire bhigii 'o recover herelf. l1t. N..en'r eat ! e.iutily ju-t ha'orei a great? .r.derin ;:i. bctian-' ihene 1VOuIs power is irresi-!ihly', drawn to the stomaleb to mnange thle fi'ud eaten, thus ditawing off tiat suplply Iwhich'l then b~raiin::nd muscles so much need, I I. If personsW n ill dlrink branldy, it is in c* mp rarably safer to do so after an ellort tf.an lefore : for it cn give only a transient strenigth, lac~:ing but a few' miniutes; but it can ne ver be known h~ow long an~y given eclurt is to be kept in cointinuance. and if longer thitm the few minutes the body becomes more : eelh e than it wo::ld have been without the stimouhs: it is clear tl.a1t its use before an etu't t ilhvys hazL~2.2dous anid is ahvays mi. 1:' Neve ~r goi to sleep etjpeilly af~ter a g'reat effort iven, ini hot wenuiin.r, withomui I1*. L'tuder1all cirenmiiitancesi~, ra ther than2O i l'e' on on the barnc g rotund. lie inil t ~h . olw .,f twoj lhgs placed to;.e'ther. er aer'toi severial smt dle.r piece~s of wood, laid sid~e b.ide: '! r ' sit 4 n you'r fhat. lea ring :a;;ain~st a tree. A :nap, of teni ..r fifw'e niii.m...,. ini that fo.-ition vnil r f'reshi weu mo'r,- t an :..n hour .nIi the of' pertect .:afety. 14. A eut is less dang~erous than a bullet wound,'! and hen Is more rapidly. 1->. i' tromo any wound tihe blood spurts eut in) jets instead of a steady .streatn. you will die in a few mnintues ui~ne it i'inwidiedi: beeaninue an a;rttey bie. Le..n) divdle-d. anid t hat takes the blot' direct from t he fo'unain of' life. To stopl this inzstaimly. :iue a hanikeicif' or other cloth very loosely betwteii the wound rnd bteet rt ; ptut a stie'k, b::vnet, or riani rodbeteenthe skin and thie ha~ndkerchief' ando twist it around utili the leledling case's, and14 keep it tus until the surgeon) arrives. Idis Jourrnali of IIealth2. SAry t'zyer UOuer." I ince the beginning oft he war cectemtit it is iiot ecstravaCgan)t to saty the above .pu..s tion has be*en propou~nded to its live hundlred ties. We have submitte.l to the~ imposition of newspaper begga'rs long enottgh. Thosp who want a papier to read, eatn get it by hav' ing thieir' names enteredl upon the .Uni.book' and11 paying thne mon:ely. What woul~d these li,'end wi.,.le.u' pple tink oft 1s it we hoh pi'ist in asking themn every week if they had 4Ary bushel of' cotrn over :' or it' tfey SCouln't give us a spar hog ?'' It costs is lbhor anid monley to print newspa'fpers as wellI as it cotSs them to produce corn a'nd bacon. Live( and lot live. Single copies of' the paper price five cents. Briing the chainge with ye~mu.-.\hens Baiimer Gr~. H.tnnv has surrounded St. Louis with a line of' militairy pote the ob1ject Leo ing to prevetnt hostile forces and noitiions o~f war from entering the e ity. and to prcservu the' peace of thme city. Tlhirty-f~ve persons have died from wounds received in the colli aSio between the troons and the ponulace.