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jfeSl ftBR ANNUM. M'e'tleaTe to triitli'whcrc'ere'Ihricad!* the way. IN ADVANCE 1 NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME III. LANCASTER, C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING,SEPTEMBER 39/1864 NUMBER 31 nnramnv i limn th i mnnlh Sah ?1?a " I ?"-1'- ?1 ' ! ' 11 ruEiini. PRAYER FOR RAIN. AT J. 0. MILLER. The fields Me brow*, the glowing sky Now wear* a brazen hoc? The flower looks up with languid eye Uneheefed by falling dew.: The panting bird no longer sings, Bat sits *11 mate, with droping wings. The brooks, which babbled all day long, When fed by vernal rains, At last have ceased their merry, And creeping o*ver the plains Thev sofUv murmur, as they flow, la dirge-like measure, sad and low. it *' ' / IV : . I Vainly fly from ton to ahade, To anatch a cooler breath ; The air ia atill, the winds are Inid, The sephyra burned to death ; And like a ^aMe of desert sand, Glows now the parched and fevered land. Cotno spirit of the western breeze, And breathe upon me now ; Pott murmur in the leafy trees. And fin my burning brow : Coine, kiss tho dreaming child aaleep, Blest voyager of the upper deep. Ye clouda which float ao placidly A Ion ( the upper main. With golden brows and gleaming anils, I'our down the welcome rain : Now let the thunders er ah and roar? Now id the w cIconic deluge pour. Blow, breezi a of the sunny ?outh : The clounds begin to lower : Pour tempest from thy awful mouth The e?rth?rejoicing shower! ft sprinkles, potter* pournnntnin ? The beating, balmy, blessed rnin ! ttifr [Oho Fartn?r. AGRICULTURAL."" Work for ike Month. [ScmexBKn, now the niutb, ? w nn- 1 cienllv the tereuth mouth, ** is iiiJirntw! by it* name, wbith is derived from scph m. signifying term. It answer* to Tithri, or J?lhunim,(\ King* tiii. 2.) the Jirtt month ' of the eiril, and the treevth of tbo tarred 1 year of tl?? Jews, Our Saxon ancestor* called it Gcrvt-monath, or Jlarley month ' became barley r'pened with them at this season, and ?!m> Unrfcst-monalli, or Ilaraettmnmtk.] TUB I'LAXTATIOX. Set all band* vigorously at work pick- , ing cotton, an soon a* the lint is sufficient- j ly matured. See that the l:nt is picked j clean, and free from trash ; and do not gather it immediately after a rain. It , will dry better upon the stalk, than any , where else, and nothing Is lost by letting ( of it rest for a day or two. See that your , Gin and Press are the best patterns, and ( in complete order; and let all operations ( rtiniiiwi*! with the oiiminir. nrca.<iimr and getting ready for market, be performed j in the moat thorough end perfect manner, j After a ?ho?er, end while waiting for your Cotton to become dry enough to ] pick, eet the hand* to gathering, drying ( nnd putting I'aae en-ay. ttye, Clover j and Winter Oat* may be eown during the prreenl month. It he not yet too late lor Kuia Bayna and aom# other varietiea of ' Turnipe, but not a moment mutt be !oei ( if you deeirn to make a crop. Should ?mmi tu. k/?l nf fmlili-r rvitLa unmo liav from Sweet Potato vine*. Do not cut them until just before the first frost in October, at which time the tubers will probably have orated growing?core the vines well, put them awey under cover, and you will Sod that you oowa, mules and even, horses, will eat them with a good relish. Good bidder may also be made j from the tope of tbe Finder or Ground ( Pea, if cut or pulled before they wither. ( Pack away a pile of cut Potato rinaa, M ( an experiment, for my* years* planting, i. aa recommended in our July number, page j 928. Continue, also to dear up and dmia ( awaropy land, prepare woodland toe pas- ^ leraAdkc^ aa directed in July and August ( ana aibfftvtf J Twwm, of all kitula, K not already < arm, akoald ba put Hi wiiknut dilay.? | (Sua ^ogtwt ntnabar 5?r full dirrctiuao.) i A full amp of Oaraaa, to plant out *u Oe- I lobar, nay aaar to atAra. flow guaonia i fcryttt aaadtof Cawott nd How, My \ Cabbage need. Set out all the Brocoli for and Cauliflower plants you may have on LI< hand. Plant Snap Beans, and, if the ag weather is favorable, you will get a nup- an ply for pickles in October. Spinage, Let- hit tuce, Radishes, Cress, Mustard, Ac., may ad now be sown. Celery should be trans- tin planted, and in dry weather haul earth its to the stems of that which you have here- clc tofo?-e transplanted. tip 8irewberry beds or patches may now wl be prepare J, and the vines planted at any in? time during the fall or winter. (A com- tin plete, and somewhat elaborate article on aii this subject, now unavoidably laid over, vit will ap{>ear in our October number.) A en coo), moist soil, rich in vegetable matter, of suita the Strawberry best, in our Southern wi climate. Sub-eoil the crround. or ?nn?lo lu? it thoroughly two spades deep, turning ?n under an abunduut supply of swamp much ca decomposed leaves, wood ashes, pulverized charcoal and a little well rotted stable lio manure. Harrow or rake the surface, 7 j making it fine and even, and set your G plants in rows 3 feet apart, and 1 foot to mi 18 inches in the row, if you wish to cul- ba tivate largely, and by horse power. If on no the con.rarv, your "Struwlierry patch*1 is p?> merely intended for family use, and to be as cultivated by hand, rows 2 feet apart, ha with plants same distance as above, will 18 do. If you can Lcate your "bod" upon ha a "spring branch" or at the nu*uth of a p?? rovine, so as to d un the stream and irri- ji gnlc it freely in dry weather, it will ox- Dr lend the soaaou of hearing and greatly in- of crease the size and quality of tins hurt.? a i Hpt we will treat of these and other mat- in tors pertaining to this most delicious and ih< indispensable fruit, at length, in our next. I lia TIIK fI.OVVEll 0\;:0KN AND SlI'trflJEllV. ite Remove layers of the Carnation. Plant ?' llulbous roots for early blooming, last of tlii-month. Plant cuttings of the Clrryr- &lJ anthetnum. Pant AtiHttotiea nlao.? cu Dress your lor era nnd trim and plant Mn edging*. Spade and fork river vacant "? places, and prepare for future use. Plant ne cuttings of Hearts Ei*o, and trim off dead leave* from old plan:*. Clip Unices of l,r< Privet, Ac. Plant our seeilings?also m< Polyanthuses, Ramiuiulu*es, Ac., Ac.? l'M Gather all seed* as soon as rija*, and store S.VI *wav carefully in a dry, shady place.? Southern Cultivator. W? __ tlx MISCELLANEOUS. llw Progreaa of the Republie. try Under thi* caption Del low'* review fot 8c,r August, contain* an extr<*mely interesting urtn-le from the solid and brilliant pen of it* editor. We glean a few item*of slrik ing importance. alr From a territory of lea* than 000,000 K|uare miles in the lime of the Revolution, em the Republic has swelled into over 3,000, Wr D00 of mile*, being nearly one half of the try whole of North America. Nearly 10 eil Limes as large as Great Britain, Ireland, ^ ind France combined?3 times as large j,,, is the whole of France Great Britain and nUj Ireland, Austria, Prussia, 9p .in, Portugal, Belgium, Holland and Denmark together ?one-and a half times as large as the wil Russian Empire in Europe?one sixth leas H* inly than the area covered by the sixty ret] Kin pi res, Staaea and Republics of Europu tlx ?of equal extent with the Ron an Em- Frj piro, or tliat of Alexander, neither of wo which is said to hare exceeded 3,000,000 del >f square miles. jetAs the writer conclusively remarks, up he potweaRtuu of so vast a domain wonld sw ilmost, under any other form of govern- doi neot than that which has been devised lilt ?y our forefathers, have been sa eleru nt snj if wtutltlMA and nrtnpuuMi in ee<Kae (Wan -fT""""' >f aircngth. But the happy idea of c!ua- eca lcri..g togrthrr separate eovereigntiea, each mr independent of the other, and legislating tb< lor ita own immediate wania, yet all of rer Ihero combined together into one, for oei? Mi lain domestic and foreign purposes, clear- wL ly defined by oompac), baa, f<>r the flrat it a time in the hiatory of the world, rendered at a Hepublicaniain compatible with unlimited in ixtentioo and liberty oompatable with of permanency and strength. At the aaine fin lime, we fully agree with the writer, that, at natead of eeeking for new empire, tare ye u the MM oi abeoluto MMMMjr and d?- ml fetKKi, Midi ? Cuba, our 4MM comm it "to "f jHipulnle end develop? the greM region* d reedy under our ling?the work of MR- of imrim to u* nnd our deoeodeate. Better m< i league of BnheerUnJ then nil the Arid H< pleiae tif Tartery. Utn not uavoii mn 1'iuijr uiui mmre WHICH 18 IIIUrKOU Ollt JU' 1 us, whether we wilt or uot. Under bci ?aven, as it was the deslir.y of the snv- wl e aboriginal, incapable of civilization po d with no law of progress engrafted upon in i nature, to fade away before the steady Bi vance of European arms and policy, so fat 9 angle Saxon element of America, by tei flexibility and its power, by the new fat invents which it has taken to itself in he e trying and triumphant scenes through an lich it has passed, will and must, in the in svitable course of events preside over 9 destinies of the continent of America to ling and directing them, adding life and ou ality, rousing dormant and sleeping qn ergics, and developing, upon the theatre It the world, movements, in comparison ha th which, ali that history can furnish ni fore the deluge, tarfore the era of Christ, pr d since, shall dwindle into insignifl- be nce.w It is shown tjjat the density of poptiU n in the United States docs not exceed persous to the square mile, whilst in w< eat Britain there are 234 to thesquuie op le, and in Belgium ' 35 Upon this ot sis the writer calculates that in the th xt hundred years, if tho increase of the be pulalion of tbe United Slates shall be fr? great as in the lusl 60 years, we shall pr ve 497 millions; if as great as between 40 aud 1 60, deducting foreigners that f?v ve come in and formed a part of the hi: pulalion, it would be 252 millions; it wi were no greater than the increase ofl to .lawnre, which has increased the least ch all the States, it would 48 millious. At th meat) of ibis ratio and that of the Union du 00 yeir*?a reasonable calculation? w< are will be, in 1990, 114 millions. We to ve no time to dwell upon the important -cm ins of the vast increase of the tonnage Tl the United States, (now equal to that ly Groat Hrilain.) of the home?or inter- ot ate trade of the Country?of the sgri- lo< Itural and manufacturing interests, ami d of the education of the people?there 't w being nt schools 2,130,000 boys, and (>f arly 1,900,000 girls, being about one I or h of the population. To maintain and ?crve this increasing greatness in liarmy aud safety, we must first maintain ?? a sheet anchor of our w hole confederated P< item, the practical working of Stale nT lereigntics, independently of the central 'n ad, This effected, we should carry out ** ) w ise and eloquent suggestions of tin- ro itor of the Review, who says: d: * Let us diffuse knowledge throughout 'g j length nun breadth of this great conn- MT ; multiply the means of information? "> id the schoohnastcr into every Imvel dot every hill with a school house snd <" lege?let the press, without intermission ni [lit and day, |?our forth its steady p' earns of light?foster Science aud the c* ts?let the civilizing and godlike influ- Wl m of machinery uninterruptedly ex- ^ id, Then will the future of our coun open, boundless and great beyond all w tmple, beyond all comparison, aud cl lullesa agem bless iu mission sad hc- *'< owledge its glorious inisstou.?Rich- hi nd Enquirer. Jt'Nics.?Who was Jltiiw) When p, II the world cease to ask iho question t 9X tve the " rappers" beat) consulted, and f0 guested to solve the mystery f Perhaps TA s individual who discovered that lien. th Kiiklin was "keeping a hotel in the other (]( rid, and had Tom Jetfer-on for a boar- or r,** might throw some light on the sub- ?d t. (lore is something that has turned if , and though itdt.es not exactly aw- ch er the time honored question, will eo ubl prick up a little the ear* of the vc rati. The Staunton, Va.) Spectator so ra: \\ A few days since, we saw, in the pos- gt sion of a friend at W ay nes bo rough, a tk muscript copy of llie letters of Junius, th I history of which ia interresling and oj narkahle. The manuscript belongs to to . J. II. Baylor, of Caroline County, Va. th to inherited it from his father, Mr. John h? tylor. The owner of the document sti tea that hit father waa aent to Bnarland t? the year 1766 or 1767, fodttie purpose or completing hie education. He went n* A to Putney and then to Caiua College, ih Cambridge, where be remamed thjp aif am, or through that exciting p49fe| tea the letter* of Juniua appeared in*?# %| 'ulilic Advertiser." " aa lie returned to Virginia in ti>e Bummer hi 177*. again vieiled Europe in 1776, of urried while lliere,*nd returned in 1776, b? brought with him, ou bia return, a fiae n< irate library, ami at hie death left, a- P ong other books and paper# the manuript copy of all the letters of Junius, liich we examined. lie also had in his session a copy of the Public Advertiser which the tellers were published. Mr. iilor slates that he has often noticed his ,her noticing the manusciipt with in- 1 ise interest. Mr. Bailor says that his ' ilier often spoke of the Leitor.s, whom i d<ncribe* as "a tall man in the Spring 1 d Summer season of life, never tiring ' the discharge of bis work." 1 What could have induced Mr. Baylor 1 undertake and carry through the ardu- 1 is work of copylftg -these Letters, is a lestion for the spoliation of the curious, is certainly a rare old document?proibly the only one of the kind in the Uted Slates. A comparison with the intcd letters shows the manuscript to i a remarkably accurate copy. The Illusion seen by Prof. Elliott. A* we promised our reaJers yesterday, 9 will now attempt to give an idea of the tical illusion seen hy Mr. George Ellit Inst Wednesday in his ascension from is city. In order to do so however, to i understood, we presume we shall l>e 'cly excused in commencing with a short efnee. After he ascended about three thousand ft, he discharged some five pounds of s ballast, when he shot onward and upird wi. h amazing rapidity till he began approximate the clouids. Ho then disarmed about fivo pounds more of sand 1 c remainder of the bag, when he again irted upward among the clouds which are so dense as to wholly exclude all rrcatrial objects from his view, and of or we he was lost to all observers below. Iiesc discharges of ballast were distinctseen by hia visit***, Jwul on the fiiat ension some one exclaimed that the Ba!r>n had bursted. While among the clouds, he says that seemed to him as if he was in the midst h large ground glass glolas some two three hundred feet in diameter, against e side of which opposite to the sun, the adow of the lady ISABELLA rested, me five or six times larger than the cor>rnl one. Al>out half way between him id the shadow which seemed as if re?tg on the glass wall, another balloon was en of size between the shadow and the al one, reeling as if in a vacuum, which splayed every color faithfully of the orinal. He then saw another Elliott, clad id with features like himself, and seemgly life-like. He then extended his own lgers, when he was mimicked by this iage; and whether he extended one or ore or whatever he did, litis figure duicated exactly like his. When he would his Balloon to oscillate, this balloon DtiKi move exactly HKe Ins. Wlien rew out more ballast to elevate himself, is figure sank down instead of rising ith Into ; ami when be arose altove the nuds into the rays of the unclouded in, he left the iniinick aeronaut below m. In the rnvs of the sun above the eloulds, i found it so warm aa to cause him to rrwpirn freely a state of heat never before perieneed at this height, nearly twentyur thousand feet, where the air is very rifled and generally very chilly. He en opened the valve for the purpose of ecending, and as soon as he sank one two thousand feet, which he aaoertainI by barometrical indication^ ho felt as he had entered an ice-bouse, and a cold ill seized his whole person. Here he again met bis mimic erial yager, whom he kept in company for me time from philosofdiieal motives.? Whenever he moved sideways, this mum ntlcman would move in the same dime >n. Hut when he moved up, or down, duplicate would move in a directly posit e way ; and when be concluded descend, the image moved upward until e tri-colored flask whs out of sight, when > could still sec the car and the acronnut ill standing io it m if in a baskst niched to mailing. He ati 11 kept looking itil hit head **? Robenpierred, and ft illy, piece by piece, bie body, and at last e feet and basket ascended oat of bia (lit. Professor Elliott aaya that be baa been a hundred and one times, but nerer w anything in the form of an illusion is litis before; and he asks the opinions the scientific and learned as to the proibte cause of, this remarkable pbenome>n, for the information of tbe public/? storduiy intMycmm. ANGLING FOE A HUSBAND. ? TRANSLATED BY W. B. !! Mme. I) , who resided at Chaton, was a lady of the stiictest character and of a heart proof against all allurement. She prided herself upon her great insensibility, and her profound indifference had repulsed all those gallants who had ventnred to offer their addresses. The conntry was for her a veritable retreat; she shunned reunions, and was only happy in solitude. The charms of a cho-t^n circle, the pleasures of the world, had for hor no attraction, and her favorite recreation was that of angling, an amusement worthy of an unfeeling woman. She was accustomed evry pleasant day to station herself at the extremity of the lonely island ofChathon, and there, with a book in one hand and her lino in the other, her time was passed in fishing, reading, or dreaming. A lover who had always been intimidatep by her coldness, and who had never ventured on a spoken or written declaration, surprised her at her favorite puasuit one day when he bad come to the island for the purpose of enjoyiug a swimming bath. lie observed her for a long time without discovery, and busied himself with thinking how he might turn to his advantage this lonely amusement of angling. IIis revet ies were so deep and so fortunate that ho at Inst hit upon the desired plan, a novel expedient, indeed ; yet thej are always moat successful with such WOlUeil a* nretend ? "> I... inmlnui-iil.U The.next day our amorous hero returned to the island, studied the ground, made his arrangements and when Mine had resumed her accustomed place he slipped away ton remote and retired shelter, and after having divested himself of his clothing he entered the streum. An excellent swimmer and a skillful divor, he trusted to his acquatir. talents for the success of his enterprise, ile swam to the end of the island with the greatest precaution, favored by ihe chances of the bank and bushes which huug their dense foliage above the waters. In his lips was a note folded and sealed, and on arriving near the spot where Mine. D was sitting he made a dive and lightly seizing the hook he attached to it his letter. Mine. D .perceiving the movement of her line, supposed tliul a fish was biting The young man had r?tireif as ho came; he hud doubled the cape which, exlendiug out into the water, separated dieiu from each other; and had regaine his pott without the least noise in his passage under the willows. The deed was done. Mine. D pulled in her line, and what was her surprise to observe dangling upon the barb of her hook, not the expected shiner, but an unexpeoted letter 1 This was, however, trifling, and her surprise became stupefication when, on detaching the transfixed billet, the read upon the envelope her name ! tliAIl llitfi Uttiir utIiiaIi atlii l?o.1 1 ? v ...... IV?WI nuivu ouv llWi IOUUU np wuw addressed to her. Thi? was somewhat miraculous. She was afraid. Her troubled glance scrutin ized the surrounding spaces, but there ?*a* nothing to t^cn he or heard ; all was still and lonely both on Innd and water. She quitted her seat, but took away tqe letter. As soon as sho w as alone and closeted with herself and as soon as the paper was dry?a paper perfectly waterproof, and written upon witi. indelible ink,?she unsealed the letter and commenced its pervual. A declaration of lore I cried sho at the first words. What insolence 1 Still the insolenoe had coine to her in such an extraordinary manner that her curiosity would not suffer her to treat this letter an she bad so many other*?pitilessly burn it without a reading. No, alio read it quite throngh. The lover who dated hie letter from the bottom of the river bad skilfully adopted the allegory, and introduced himself as a groterqe inhabitants of the waters. The fable, waa gracefully managed, and with the jesting too# which lie had adopted was mingled a true, serious, ardent sen time ut, express id with beauty aad eloquence. The next day line D relumed to the Mead, act with, rmetloa aad some trace of fear. She throw her line without a trembling hand, aad nhwidared M, a >? .. moment after she perceived the movement of the hook. Is it a fish ? Is it a letter 1 It was a letter. Mine. D, was no believer in magic, still there was something Btrnngo and supernalural in all this. Phe had an idea of throwing back the letter into the stream, butrelinquishcd it The most stubborn and haughty woman' is always disarmed in face of that strange mystery which captivates her imagination. This second letter was more tender, more passionatet, more charming than the first. Mm. D re-read it several times, and could not help thinking about the delightful merman who wrote such bewitching letters. On the subsequent day she attached her line to the bank and left it swimming in tho stream, while she withdrew to a hi ding place upon the extremity of the island. She watched for a long time but ca IV n/-? ' ...... .lUWMUjj. UIIC ICIUIIICU IU II1U ])IHCV, withdrew the line, and there was the letter. This time an answer was reque sted. It was perhaps perinature, yet the audacious request obtained a full success. The reply was written after some hesitation, and the hook dropped into the stream charged with a letter which was intended to say nothing, and affected a sort of badinage, which was nevertheless a bulletin of a victory gained over the harsh severity of a woman until then inapproachable. Mine. I) had too much shrewdness not to guess that her mysterious correspondent employed, instead of magic, the art of a skilfull diver. Scruples easily understood restrained her from that portion of the bank where she was sure that the diver would emerge from the water. j Hut this game of letters amused her.? First it pleased her intellect, and her cur osity became i-o lively that she wrots : M Let us give up this jesting, w hich has pleased me for the moment, but which should continue no longer, and come with your apologies to Cliaton." The lover answered : ** Yes, if you will add : Ilope." The inexorable lady replied : " If only a word is necessary to decide you, la? it so ! And the word w?>s written. The young man appeared, and was no. a loser. The gift of pleasing belonged to his person as much as to his style, and he had made such rapid progress under water that it was easy to complete his conquest on land. I Thus Mme. L) caught a husband without wishing it, and in spite of the vow which she hud taken never to remarry. Holding the line she had been caught by the fish. A Geological Wonder.?Col. James E. Walts, of Gurlandsville, Miss, has been recently digging a well upon his premises. When it bad reached the depth of thirtyfive feet, a bed of oyster shells was discovered, fresh as when that came from the depths of the sea, but without the fishy food which is so highly prized by many. It may aid geological investigation of this marvel to state, that the well was dug upon the dividing line between the sandy and prairie soils. V\ e are aware says the Paulding Clarion, that discoveries of fossil remains have bocu made at Hn equal and, in some instances, a profounder depth in the earth, but the idea of finding the shell of the oyster thirtyfive feet below the earth's surface?a large bed of those shells from which somointel- ; ligent being, at somo unknown age of the world, extracted and devoured the fish? is oertaiuly a novel wonder in geoh gical i annals. Eating Meat.?The Americaus are the greatest eaters of animal food: The pork consumed in the United States ia throe times the quantity consumed by the same number in Europe, if statistical account* are to b* believed. Aninnd food is very generally set cm the tables three times a day m the Western country. An Irishman writing home and extolling the luxuries of uis condition in the new world, added by way of a clincher, that he commonly took meat twice day ; upon which hie employee aaked him why he did not state the waole truth. He repHed, that if be had said three times all his ^ friends would have believed that he lied. Tbis was going a little too tar for common credulity. Bu? after all, tii? Americana are a spare, hungry-looking people, not appearing as if well nourished. The inhabitants of Northern Europe and Asia are physically and morally weak, though living mostly on fish and flesh. The Scotch and Irish who eat but little meat, are strong, capable of great labor and fatigue, and more able-bodied men than the English, who are more addicted to animal food. The strongest men in the world, of whom we have any account, are the porters of Smyrna, who never taste flesh. The South Sea Islanders uro very powerful men upon a diet mostly ot vegetable" and fruit. It is said that the soldiers of Greece and Home seldom tasted meat, though qualified by physical courage and endurance for the conquest of the world. The suspicion is quite strong that Jonathan would gain flesh and improve his geueral appearance uy me suustitution of bread and vegetables as a part f f bis diet for animal food. SUNDAY READING. ) One Step the Eight Way. A literary Institution in the slate of Georgia has recently, after mature deliberation, expelled from its list of Text Books Waylaud'a Moral science, a Hook which j is but loo commonly used, we fear, in our Southeen Colleges and Literary ius'.itutior.s This is at least one step made in the right direction. It is in vain for us to warn our people against Northern emissaries and altoliiion scoundrels, when we are silently instilling the reeds of national ruin, into the minds of the youth of our land, from earliest infancy. W ay land, in his Moral science, has taken occation to set forth some of the most erroneous doctrines, wo have ever known a man of sense to bo guilty of?ho has traveled out of the records if wc may so speak, and set forth dor trine, in reference to personal libefy for which he can find no shadow of proof in the word of God. But, it is now granted th it the Book referod to,contains unsound and pernicious reasoning, and we hope it will soon be expelled from fill of our schools. Our people at the South are alwa\s talking about the ruinous policy of purchasing goods at the North,and spending the Summer at Northern watering places Ac. hut it becomes us to look to a more formidable evil, which is threatening the safety of our domestic Institutions, through the agency of, false doctrines instilled into the minds of Southern youth. Lot our school books be closely examined, for some of tliern, now in dailv use contain tJi? plainest abolition doctrines, and they ought to be banished from among us. Tub Shadow okLifk.?Wo liavo rarely met with anything more beautiful than the following which we find in the New York Mirror of a recent date : "All that live must die ; Passing through Nature to Eternity." Men seldom think of the great event of Death ur.lil the dark shadow falls across their own path, hiding forever from their eyes the face of the loved one* whose loving smile was the sunlight of their exist ancc. Death is the groat antagonism of Life, and the cold thought of the tomb is the scelelon in all our feasts. Wo do not want to go through the dark valley altho' its dark valley may lead to paradise, and with Charles Lamb, we do not wish to lie down in the inouldy grave, even with the kings and princes for our bad -fellows. Hut the Hat of nature is iuexborablc. There is no appeal or reprieve from tbo great law that doom* us ail to dust. Wo flourish and fade like the leaves of tbo forest, and the fairest flower thru blooms and withers :n a daj, has not a frailer hol l on life than the mightiest monarch that has ever shook the earth by bis footsteps. < Generation* of men appear ; nd vanish like grass, and the countless multitude that JjO swarms the world to-day, will to-memow disappear like footprints on the shore:" "Soon as the rising Udo shall boat, .^8 Eoob trace shall vanish from the strand." In die beautiful drama of Ion, the in- * stinct of immortality so eloquently utterly by the death d i voted Greek, ({tide a deep response in avery thoughtful soul. It is j naiurctt pruptiecy of life to com*. When about to yield hi* yovng ixiataace aa a a rdk* to Fate, hk betrothed ' Cleman- | the" aeke if they ahatl oot meet again To wblcl) be replies : "I ba?? asked tie ?