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your slaves. Surely, you are unjust in thia case; you have punished him severe* ly enough by leaving him bchiud you, without hurting his feelings. " You ! have made tbo poor fellow cry, Mr. Kan- i dolpb." "What!" said he with true emotions, does be abed tears ?" i "He does," I replied,"and you see them i yourself." i "Then," said Mr. Randolph, "bo shall go with me. John takedown your baggage, and let us forget what has pass- j ed." "I was irritated, sir," he added, turning to me, "and I thank yon for the rebuke." -Thus ended the singular scene between Randolph and his servant. John instantly brightened up?soon forgot his master's anger?and, in a very few moments, was on his way to the boat, perfectly Ii?ppy. THE LEDGU. ? _ _ LAtiCASTEKVILLE. S C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1855. JOB WORK. Wo are now prepared to do any kind of Job Work at the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms. The patronage of the public is solicited. BLANKS. Wo hare recently had printed n supply of the various blanks used by Lawyers and Magistrates, which will be found at the Printing Office. PremiumsBeing axious to give our paper an extensive circulation, we offer the following premiums for new subscribers, to bo sent in by the first of January next; the Cash must accompany the names. For the largest number sent in by that time, a gold watch worth fifty dollars or fifty dollars in money ; provided they exceed one hundred names. p.. ?b* i iu?, ?. worth twenty-fho dollars, or twenty-five dollars in raeoey; provided they exceed eventy-five names. For the third largest list, twelve dollars in cash?provided they exceed fifty names. For the fourth largest list, six dollars in cash; provided they exceed twenty-five names. For clubs of five one copy of tho paper extra. &r Names may be sent in a few at the time, or many, ns the ease may be, a list ( of which we will keep, and on the first of January the aggregate will be cast up, and the premiums awarded to those entitled. Persons intending to compete for premiums, will please add a note to that cffec't in ' the first list of subscribers sent. In all cnscs wc must receive two dollars as subscription price. Wo could not afford to give premiums at club rates. Warm Weather. A remarkable change in the weather since our last issue. Four duys ago, fires were found quite comfortable; now, the 1 heat is oppressive. 1 Prolific Wheat. We have received from Mr. Burrill Bradley, a bunch of wheat containing < twenty-two stalk-', all well headed. For ' one seed to produce so prolific!)- is some* 1 thing remarkable. ' mm i ? * Court of Equity. i j The Court of Equity commences at tliisj I place on Monday next, Chancellor Ward-4 1 law presiding. We learn from the Com- I misaioner that there is considerable busi t ness to bo transacted. ? Before you read another line in i this paper, ask yourself the question? | Have I yet paid for it ? To CorrespamdenU \ Oftr friend A. J. at Richmond, Ala., is , informed that hie paper is sent regularly ? to the Poet Office every Wednesday. It , ie notour fault >4 he does aol receive them : ?? , regularly. So long a* God gives us health \ and strength, we will observe punctuality f in mailing our paper It is useless for , subscribers to urge a complaint against ( ?- ( BUSINESS NOTICES. "The lovers of fun and novelty, will be t pleased to see that G. F. Bailey it Cofe Circus will perform here on Monday nest, i the 25th inst. i By reference to our advertising columns ? it P$ll be seen that the examination of pu- 4 pile at Cane Creek Academy, will take ] A: place OP the 2.2th inst We dowbt not t but the anamination will redact credit up- e oi^^^j^al, Mr. We v Snuff-Rubbing. I '] We publish, on our first page, an hi- I con teresting little sketch on tho subject of le<'| SnuffRubbing. We hope that none of s?t llio young ladies of our town arcnddicbd win to this horrid, nboininablc practice; should rcq there, unfortunately, be any, wo trust that, tho after reading this sketch, they will at once the abandon tho practice. Just consider how ulti a husband would feel, wheu lie seeks his 1 young wife, keeping in mind all the while rap those ruby lips of hcr's which so often mo fucisnated him, just imagine bow be would par feel, to pounce unexpectedly upon her, cip and find an ugly black gum stick stuck cd. an inch into her mouth. O tempora! 0 the mores! he would no doubt exclaim. can xesuve .limes - wei By an advertisement in another column j. it will be s'een that the Masonic Lodge of our town, will celebrate St. John's Day ^ on Saturday next. We owo an apology to our Masonic friends for the uon-appear- j ance of the notice last week. By some mishap it wag overlooked by our compos- u i itor. We had no knowledge of the ad- ^ vertisement being sent to the oflieo until yesterday. ,(ig The I. O. O. F., will celebrate their anniversary on the 6th prox. An address will be delivered by W. A. Mouuk, Esq., m ^ a member of the Order. As will he seen. . . . 80,1 neighboring Lodges are tuvited, and also BOO ? SO? the public generally. Good Paper. .e For the past two years wo have been procuring our paper from Messrs Hoke, 80 Williams <fc Co., of Lincolnton, N. C., we ^>r have always found it good paper, and are lial particularly gratified in saying every fresh ? load proves 6till better. A part of our present issue is printed from a fresh supply, which will he found to be clear, white ' paper, and of a durable texture. lor N. 13.?Any of our merchants purchas- 001 ing rags, will find a ready sale for them ?'^ by applying to us. n0 S3T Cotton in Charleston, before the P news brought by the Atlantic?which will be found in another column?sold for 11 ' 1-2 cts to 13 cts. The rise in Europe will create a still bettor demand itt this ^ u>a coun'.rv; " m ? tic> Late News. &c. lhe We have endeavored to give the latest Pn items of news. From what we learn from sou our exchanges, a brighter prospect is be- ICC1 fore us. The grain crops in every section sw' promise an abundant yield. The wheat c0,, crop has come out a great deal better 8e?> than was thought. Bacon is also getting 'Sn cheaper, a load sold in our village last J?,( week lor iu 1-2 cts, three weeks ago we n<M paid 14. l'1? London Quarterly Review, pai From Messrs. Leonard, Scott ci* Co., Coi the publishers in this sountry, we have re- for ceired the April number of this well known in ] Review. The contents are "The Crystal des Palace," " Venecian Despatches," " Ma- ntt< dame Maintenon," "The Forrester,""Food froi and its Adulterations, <&c. T'rice $3 00 on 1 a year. Price of Blackwood and either tha the London Quarterly, North British, er t Bdinburg or Westminster Review ^5 00. coil Blackwood and all the four Reviews, his HO. esti ? .. 1 ord Politics and Parties. ma Many of our Southern journals, more jej especially, those who in Secession times ^ rejoiced in the prospective dissolution of j|]M the Union, either in the absence of any -ltg topics of more interest, or from a desire to keep the subject in a fermented state be- t|jr fore the people, are loud in their denunciations against the North, and strenuously recommend the necessity of forming a __ ? ? y * Southern confederacy. jn f We hare always maintained a consorva- w-(l live tone in the conduct of our journal, yet we never,from fear of reproach, shrink from ; in expression of our views on Federal or ^ State politics. Intc At this timo small clouds are over ^ yr?Jiug our political horison, which, HflM^parently trifling, may bcccme coj. signification. ,ea) ^HHBjraihcr matters, we might men- jn f E^^HRcure foundation upon which ilaviWM^ytahlidied in Kansas; the con- c inuejexpostulation of Northern Aholi- Q) f Zionists for a repeal of the Fugitive Slave ^ aw; the increase of political parties, Ac- ( At present Kansas is a Slave State,but kj)Q >nly nominally so. There is no certniuty tj0f hat she will be long. At the next elec- ^ ,ion the AbolitiouisU may carr/ the day. H 5o long as this uncertainty exists, ao long will Southern Slaveholders defer bccom- Wfl ng residents of her soil; in the meantime WO] lowever, Abolitionists at the North are tj|e Hflt forming the population. According p. j o the population, so, of course, will be the tj(e >olitics. Let Kansas and Nebraska b> ^ ?ma settled by abolitionists, and the pro- ^ davery question will be fettled and re- ?. . ? Bin :eive its death wound. We apprehend .hat litis subject writ be agitated during ^)e '.he nest session of Congress. "A Kingdom divided against itself 40m * tot stand." 80 long as we ean exist as a [ tliu toiled Confederacy, enjoying the repuWi^flit tan privileges gnaranted to us byjMBvCbi Constitution, so long will ste prospjRPrf ble kit when there is to little affiliation be- M, ween the North and the Mouth, and whngrl red very day serves to inarease the disl^fifltobl re, for our port, cannot bnt see di*9HRdo o be the nUiuiete result. w3 ? I ['he North insist that she has made cessions?tho South justly ncknow- N< go none. Tho North, for instance, infor a repeal of tho Fugitive Slave law, en, in fact, she does not observe the th uisitions of tho law. These matters, * > ugh apparently trifling, nre ngitaling ^ minds of different factions, which may Tl matcly lead to discord and dissolution, The growing evil in this country, is the jiu id Increase of parties. The last and se st formidable is tho Know Nothing ty. We believo that the original prin- Wl les of this party have materially chnng- of Years ago, there existed a party at ^ North, known as the Nalive Amcrii Party. Tho . only circumstances to is racterise its usefulness [?] or power [?] e frequent rows and fights with tho th 'ign population. At first, they num- P? ed pretty strong, especially in Phila- ^ phia. They established newspapers in "ercnt places, which were devoted to ir interests. For a little while, only, C; s their power or influence felt. Grad- Ci ly they died out, until revived under ^ name of Know Nothings. Now we C: ididly believe, that Judson, and none of II adherents, in theoiiginal formation of A Know Nothing party, looked to the \N ects now aimed at by that party.? R? at they may acquire notoriety, or that J;i ae of the spoils might be their*; that \N iietlimg might ultimately grow from 1> i parent branch, advantageous to them, II re ostensibly their object. That they E, ectly loo'.cd to this party as becoming Jo formidable as to carry every thing be- J. c them, as to change the politics of the El Lion, as to revive under a new title, an Ji parly, hitherto considered dead to all J.i ?.nt? and purposes, we do not believe. A fact, what better evidence do we wish J< convinco us that the party has ma- M ially changed its principles, than the ~ lduct of men at the South. Under the 1 title of "Native American," there were followers at the South. When the cc rty changed its appelation, Kuow Noth- di [ism met with Utile or no favor below ison ifc Dixon's line. Hut, mark you, al cn they carried elections North, and pli teed old school whiff men into office; Ia en they sinister I y invited the co opera- ed a of Southerners, falsely repiesentinff in ir party to be antayonistic to Abolition th nciples, while, at the same time, Qarri- d? and many other noted Abolitionists, he e its prominent leaders, the b tit was bi tllowed; the Whig Press of the South th istdered it a pleasant bait. Those Pres- hj , which only looked to pecuniary spoils^ Gr orant, perhaps, of their own politics, ro- wi red at the opportunity of coming into pr iec. What ia tho con*c<j%?e???Ms) At i South, where it has ever been our fo' Jo to be fiee from the taint of isms, this di ty finds advocates in every State and an unty. Will they triumph) They may ps a time; but as sure as there is a God m Heaven they will at last la) their own ge trovers. Those delegates who have to mded the Convention in Philadelphia, be u the South, provided they are right ca the Slavery question, (and we pray God m t whatever may be their views on oth- an natters, they are right on this) cannot ca icide with such men as Garrison and in1 clan. Tho object of tliese men is to an tblitth a Government of their ow n, in mi er that their favorite schemes of policy po y be supported. We hope Southern iln egates win not oe caught in the trap. co When divisions arise amongst n people, gr ord and anarchy frequently follow in train. We have a lesson in the past to Lory of France. A Bourbon on the th one to day, would probably be an out- pr t to-morrow. These results have their ha fin in secret political parties; thebiato- tai of Franco has taught us this. Rome gr ill her power and greatness, felt the ha bering and corroding influences of se- ati . party associations. At present, the mi ited States of America is the most pow- tn il, the most prosperous, the best regu- ve id Government in the world ; but this at ,o of things may not long continue.? hu 3 various party association', neither foi iscingwith the other, may, in the end Bi J to a division. One thing is certain, Mi ipite of concessions, the North and the ral un win never agree on the Slavery en tttion. Tbcro over will bo a feeling If inimoeity bordering on hatred, bet ween wi olitioniwts oftheNorth and Slaveholder! *e the South. Our policy at the South, Lai uld be, to be united in feeling and ac- cr< ). Let parties alone, we have more at en Ico than merely to raise a buo and cry tb poor foreigner seeks a home on our . Our interest is a common one, and be shoul4'fee united as ono man. If the bu rsc co.des to the worst; if the men of a V.s-.t. _:n ? . : ?uihi mil hui I't'iiiiiv im 10enjoy uur let it* m free citizen* of a free republic, in] n our only recourae will be to e*ub- an a Confederacy of our own. So long Er we can perpetuate the union of the th tea, let ua by all meana do an, for bo re ia truth in the adage: "In union th re ia atrengih." m ?ourt or Equity.?The late aitting of i Couit in our Dietrict waa interrupted Pf consequence of the indiapoaitioo of tta ineeIIor Dargan, who found it impo^W }* to preaide louger than two ch iinportaat bnaineaa baa been defer-T j until the aitting of the extra TcrfltaMj ich haa been ordered on the UitnnH nday in July next. [Sumter Watchman, I no The follwing items we tike from the >w York corespondonce of the Charleston >urier There is not tho interest taken in the now.Nothing Convention at Philadelphia, at was to have been expected. Every ing that is said nnd done there is daily iblishod, and it reallv seems as ifsecrecr d been done away with by the Council, hough some people are absurd enough to Ik about nominating George Law for esident, and others weak enough to think i would be a suitable canddiate, so'id nnd nsible men laugh at tho endeavor?of his dw to hoist him into so elevated a oosiin. A man should at least be able to rits a grammatical letter and spell some the words correctly before ho is mcn?ned in connection with the Presidential ccession. You will see that Barnum's baby show to bo continued another week. The mnrknble success that attended it last eek has caused its continuance. During o five days tho show was full blast 69,576 rsons visited it. The total receipts for mission are said to have amounted to 17,391. RECEIPTS. ipt. B. II. Massey, Feb. 19, '50 tpt John Stewart, Aug. 12 '55 rm. S.evens. Feb. 12 '50 Apt. Hugh Draffin, Feb. 12,'50 on. Dixon Barnes, Feb. 12, '56 . J. Thompson, June 6, *57 T. McK Mittag, Oct 4, '55 iiv. A. J. Witherspoon, Feb. 19, '55 imes Kinivr, Feb. 12, '56 rm. Ii. Clauton, Feb. 9, '55 . M. Crockett, Feb. 12. '50 . R. Maseey, July 1*, '50 L>. Crockett, Feb. 12, '50 tsse Catoc, Nov. 10, '64 M. Croxton, June 30, '60 li Twilty, Sept. 8, '66 io. Williams, jr., May 4, '66 unea DeLaney, Jan'y 7, '50 . Ingram, Jan 20, '60 ?eph llughes, May 20, '55 aj. W. N. Ilart, Ap'l 14, '66 The Know Nothing Convention. We extract the following from tho rrcspondenco of the New Yora Herald, ited June 10, 1855 : The session of yesterday was deviled moat entirely to the consideration of the aims of the anti Catholic delegation from luisiana, and resulted, after a protractI debate, and by a very decisive majority their full recognition and admission to e deliberations of the convention. This ciaion decides the vexed question; and ireaf er it must be understood that none it those opposed to the pretentions of e papal hierarchy will be fellowahipped r-the American party. I need not afin, tis presumed, that such a decision ill meet the cordial and concurrent apoval of the whole fraternity. The klaofbing top in here is tho pi it rm?a mfasufe replete with so much fficulty, that its early solution is most ixiously, and, I had almost written, imitientlv, awaited. To tho full extent of y observations?and they have been ncral as well as critical?I am inclined the belief that no platform can or will i erected upon which the entire party n or will stand. The distinctive dog. as of the North and South?the very mpoues 01 eacn in positive demands? 11 never l>e harmonised and converted [o a unity of sentiment and opinion, id the effort now being so sedulously ade by the intelligent committee ap lintod in this behalf must fail, as all aim,r ones have done, in the proposed rencillation of such uncongenial, inconnous and opposite principles. I am aware that the hope is held out the ear, and ought to be impressed on e heart, that the thing itself is not only acticahlo, hilt that considerable progress a positively been tnade towards the atinment?and in proo', 'tis stated that the cat and disturbing question of slavery a already found an impregnable contutional defence, and in terms not to )>e isunderstood and misrepresented. Tia te, the plank of the platform on this xcd question has, in the committee,and the suggestion of the District of Conbi>i, found a constitutional basis, and the time rests secn-e by a largo vote, it what of that, does the plsnk suit vssachusetta and New England genelly, and perhaps one or two of the Wesa States f Who will affirm that it does f ii su.iea, wiiv, as is now being made, is an effort instituted yesterday to conne a caucus on to morrow evening to ke into consideration the threatened attachments of "the slave power," and to uncials the New England ultimatum on e subject t Rely upon it no compromise can or will made, and the upshot of the whole isiness will be that all the d<ssentions to national constitutional party will have ive to quit, whilst those in its favor, bel free from til such entangling alliances, id aided by the national men of New tgland, of whom "more than aeven ousand can be found who have not wed th? knee to Baal," will constitute e great constitutional conservative A Brican parly. The deliberations of the convention will sent no striking or interesting features, tii the report of the Platform Cora me tb, when may be expected a most able, >quent and angry debate. jffhe South la moat ably represented, p I hut record the ownnws sentiment sen I make the statement. The North ia also ably represented, bat t generally by men of aucb marked a* bility m characterixe the general South- th era delegation. set A day or two at most, and the great wi body will have embarked in the war of ev angry words. The strife is inevitable, and ad must result in the entire excission of all th malcontents and factions from the body, (o The dividing question must be met, and Oi the issue joined. Ye cannot serve God til and Mammon. ag ev The Elijah Willis Case. Our readers will readily recall the cir- ne c u instances of the case of Mr. Elijah Wil- un lis, of Barnwell District, who a short time de ago fell dead as he was landing from the pli boat in Cincinnati, for the purpose of lib- an erating a mulatto woman who had lived 2i with him as his wife, and her six children; that he had, about a year previous, exe- ss cuted a will in Cincinnati, leaving to them tw all his property in South Carolina, to the ne amount of some $150,000, and that this pr will was placed in the hands of Messrs A. wi II. Ernest, Edward Ilarwood and John Li Jolifte, whom he named as his executors, w< with the power to dispose of his other ed property as they might think best. The th Elitorof the Elisto (Orangeburg) Clarion ke has lately paid a visit to Williston, in av Barnwell District, where Mr. Willis resid- vi< cd, and whence he writes to his paper as follows. [Ch. Standard. t* In this vicinity it appears there is a con- ed siedrable excitement and interchange of w< feeling and sentiments respecting the dis- co positions which the late Elijah Willis be made of his property. Mr. Michael Wil- ful lis, a brother of the deceased, and Mr. th James Willis, a nephew, have just rc- hi turned from Cincinnati, whither they had alt repaired to ascertain the facts and partic- ne ullars of the death anc Will of Elijah sci Willis. They procurod and brought back with thorn a true copy of the Will, and pli full reports of the particulars. We have sti not examined or aeen the Will?but ?n- be deratand that it was drawn up by tlint in* notorious abolitionist and distinguished wi lawyer of Ohio, John Joliffe, and in accor th danco with the council and advice of ilery fie Clay. The substance of this Will is, that said JoliflTe (he being the appointed executor (shall sell the real and personal cs- Wl tate of said Elijah, collect all debts due, Pr< and coming to him, and invest the proceeds in real estate of Ohio, for the benefit of Amy and her children. Joliffe nays Rtt that he is determined to execute the Will iy to the very letter and spirit?and if neces- coi sary. will resort to the legal tribunal of M? the United States to justify his claim C. and sanction his proceedirgs. The an other two individuals (names forgotten) 1 mentioned in the Will, have positively ?'n declined having anything to do with the affair, and uritelt/ we opine. Joliffe, however, is a lligh Priest among the Abolition, Freesoil, Mongrel Fanatics of Ohio? mr his reputation is at stake, and he must wi push matters as far as the rabid hellions ani can desire. If he recoils his name is ru- *1* ined, his unsullied philanthropic charar- f'( ter forever tarnished?the lustre of his ' former glories obscured?and the anathemas of Abolitionism heaped upon Lis re a)| molest posterity. These considerations if, weigh heavily with him, and therefore he for comes op in a few weeks to execute the hm diabolical Will of a man, whose better fin judgement had forsaken liim, or who must Pai have been laboring under mental derangemont when this unjust, unreasonable and fVl disgraceful instrument was concocted and consuroated. Joliffe, a rank abolitionist, ^ comes to Barnwell District, in the State mi of South Carolina, to carry into effect the ({? Will of a simple old man?which Will in sp< substance conflicts with the dearest princi- aw pies and most cherished institutions of our already insulted and injured Stale. Horrible Harder. I.h Wo are indebted to our kind friendi P? Andrew Bigeam McKeown, of Intercourse, c'" Sumter Co., Ala., for the following par- *a ticulara of one of the m.^st brutal and shocking murders we have ever read of, mj which was perpetrated in that connty on to Sunday evening, the 29th April last. It i(.v appears that aa an only daughter of one |jg James Thornton, aged about 14 years, of was walkinor out alone nnt far ftlu in. a 1 ? "v... ?>? ?bouse, ft negro man of Mr. T. seized her, and putting one hand over her mouth, * carried her aorae considerable distance to w* an unfrequented place, and there attempt- m< ed to accomplish the hellish purpose of violating her person. But her cries for help alarmed him, when he deliberately struck her a blow on the head with part of an old stump, which knocked out one of her eyee and deprived her of sense. He then placed a stick across her throat and cboaked her to death, fhie being done, be took her some two hundred ^ tarda further, and, to make sore work, pressed the stick across her throat a second u time, laid her in a drain of water, and kit having procured a hoe, covered her over ret with greea sod in such a maaner as to be make any one believe that nothing waft a* bidden under them. At night, however, * rite waa missed, and the alarm being '* given, the neighbors collected, aw) made diligent search and neat morning she wee found. Suspicion immediately rested on this negao, Davie, and he waa arretted, when oa be made a full confection of his guilt lie Fr waa takea to Livingston Jsii, where Court ta wae to he held on the following Monday, tk [ which waft the first Monday in May. But qt m 0 State docket was not taken up till tbe rond week of Court, and Wednesday is appointed as the day of trial, when ery one expected justice speedily to be Iministered. How great, then, were e chagrin and disappointment of all find that he was to be removed to reen county, there to await his trial unOctober, at which tifne justice might ;ain be thwarted. This was more than en law abiding men could bear. A public meeting was called on Wedsday the 2'd May, and a resolution laniuiously entered into, that the murrer should be brought back to the see where he committed the crime d there burnt to death, on Fridav, tbe itb. Accordingly about seven me/i went that me evening to Livingston, a distance of enty-two miles, and carried another gro of Mr. Thornton's with them, under etence of committing him to jail. It w night before this party arrived at vingston, and the Sheriff and Deputy ;re absent. The doors were soon opento receive the supposed prisoner, and e party, taking possession of the jail i? s and doors, carried the negro Dave ray with them, without committing any ->1ence or disturbance. On the day appointed, between one and 'o o'clock, P. M., the prisoner was chainto the stake over a large pile of dryxxl and shavings, before a large conurse of some 2,000 or 2,500 persona of >th white and black, lie then made a II confession of his crime snd guilt, said at no other person was implicated with in, but that be alone was to blame. He w> told where he had hid the girl's bont, which had fallen off when be had ized hole of her. Everything being ready, firo was apied to the wood and shavings, and ange to say, while it was kindling he can to nincr* huf in famt ....... " ? D Bl ? - ?" ?"?*> ,,,v' enta he was enveloped in flames, and th a few shrieks died, having suffered ejust penalty due to bis brutal and ndifeh crime.? Chtiter Standard. The Mnino Liquor law furor is reacting th n vengeance. In Illinois the antinhihitionints have recently defeated their poncnts by a large majority. An anti ohiliitioiiiat mans meeting was held at nennter, I\?., on Saotrday. It was largely ended. The delegation from Berks counand the upper townships of loncaater unty exceeded a mile in length. In iKsachusetta, R. Choate, Elba Merwin. G. I<oring and 8. B irtlett, have delivered opinion that the liquor law of that State unconstitutional in its moat important >visinn*. Tlie Maine lawites .ire unforlate in drafting their statutes. He has Enemies. We never hear the remark made of a in "That he has a great many enemies," thout feeling desirous of his acquaintre. We are auro to And him. in many rerets, a sterling character. A man who >da along, in the same track of his forehers?who never broke sway from the eve expediency and error and whotbioks 1 writes with the same pen and from the ne model, that his grandfather used seldom sver gains i n enemy. But ho who thinks ' himself, something of a genius and i talents of a high order, is sure to d enemies at every corner. A truthful ragrnph that he has written?darlirg ice that he has denounced?or a aeoee i?n of his superiority over themselves luce many to any severe things of him d bring his good name into contempt, hen lived tho energ etic, active, talented in who had no enemies! Even perfection elf, in the life of Christ, was ridiculed, oken against, abuaed, spit epon, cast ay! A m?n who has enemies need not relax i efforts; or presume that he is the worst rson who ever lived. If he is upright in i dealings, kind and benevolent in bis diesition, obliging and accommodating to all sea, he must have the approbation of a od conscience sod his sleep will be re hing. We would not give e farthing for the in who has no enemies?who panders the depraved appetites of the bed and preids to uncommon sanctity among the re ion#?who never denounced tin for tear a frown, ex pre*# himself a friend to vlr\ lent he be ridiculed. No?fire us the thful individual who auataine the right fearful odd# and apcaka oat boldly > icn riee comee in like a flood. Bach a in la honored and approved by Heaven, d'we always extend to him the right nd of fol lowahip. A Cnxar I.uxunr.?Ae a weary traveler ia wending hie way through the mud, oat far weal region of country, he discovered red a young maiden standing in the door a small log houee. He red) up In front the house and naked the maiden for a ink of water, be drank U, end ehe being ? Aral woman be had seen fur several day a ?r?d bar a "dime far a kiss." The yoeng tidea accepted the offer,and received both is and dime. The traveler was about to tame hie journey, but the maiden never fore having seen a dime, ashed: "What i I to do with the dite?r "Yon may nee In any w?y yoo wish," be replied. "H yours." "That being the ease," aba idled, "I'll give yon back the dime end is another kiss. K??ir Vo*feing OWtnatfon. Phii.adrli ma, htm 14.?Fifty-throe t of cighty-hMf delegates (mm twelve ?a State* have steaded from the Amor in Cvnvcnrion, on account of the adapxi of n national platform on the alavtvy -* A MmoI Incident. la my early year* I attended tbe pub lie schools la Roxbury, Mass. Dr. Nathaniel Prentice was our teacher, but his patience, at tiroes, would get nearly exhausted by the infractions of the school rules by tbe scholars. On one occasion in rather a wralby way, be threatened to punish with six blows of a heavy ferule i the first boy who was detected in whisper ing, and appointed some as detectors.? Shortly after one of these detect ore shouted: "Master, John Ziegler b a whispering.* John was called up, and asked if it was a fact?(John, by the way, was a favorite, both of the teacher and the schoolmates.) "Yes,* said John, "I was not aware what I was about 1 was intent in working out a sum, and requested the one who sat next to reach me the arithmetic that contained the rule, which I wished to see.* Tbe doctor regretted his hasty threat, but told John he could not suffer him to escape the punishment, and continued: "I wish I could avoid it, but t cannot, without n forfeiture of my word, and the consequent lose of my authority. "I will,* L- 4sl J* - I wuiiuucu iiv( icave 11 io any urM UCIIOI* I lsrs you may choose, to aay whether or not 1 shall omit the punishment." John said he was agreed to that, and immediately callediout, O. S., T. IX, and ' D. P. L>. The doctor then told them to return a verdict, which they soon did, after consultation, as follows: "The master's word must be \ept inviolate?the threatened punishment of aix blows of the ferule must be given ; but it must be inflicted on volunteer proxies; and we, the arbitrators, will share the punishment by receiving two blows each." John, who had listened to the verdict stepped up to the doctor, and with outstretched hand exclai ned? Master, here is my hand, they shan't be struck a blow; I will receive the punishment." The doctor, under pretence of wiping his face, shielded his eyes, and telling the boys to go to their seats, said he would think of it. 1 believe be did think of it until bis dying day, but the punishment was never inflicted. Iimerx Adam was a farmer while yet in Paradise, and after his fall, commanded to earn his brand by the sweat of hia brow. Job, the honent, upright and patient, warn a farmer, sad his end a ranee has passed I into proverbs. Socrates waa a fanner, and yet wedded to his calling the glory of his immortal philosophy. gt. take waa a farmer, and divides with Prometheu the honor of subjecting the ox I for the use of man. Cincinnntus waa a fanner, and the ooblI eat Roman of them all. Burns was a farmer, and the Muse found him at the plow, and filled his soul with poetry. Washington was a farmer, sod retired from the highest earthly station to enjoy the quiet of rural life, and present to the world a spectacle of human greatness. To these names may be added a host of others who sought peace and repose in I the cultivation of their mother earth; the 1 enthusiastic Lafayette; the steadfast Pickering, the scholastic Jefferson, the fiery Ran- ? oiph, all found an Eldorado of consolation from life's cares and troubles, in (he green and verdant lawns that surrounded their homeateabe. ^s, ,,, Jtt* A Hail *or?. We find the following description of a remarkable hail storm In the Southern Christian Advocate: Mr. Editor 1 send you an account of a severe hai! storm that passed through our neighborhood about two o'clock on May /1th. The storm lasted for fifteen minutes I m tKiftlr mm nva# mU fall - bail tone* were Urge aa my hat! the moat of them were fie site of fowl*' ryp. My whole place ?u u while M I ever eaw one after a snow storm. The level ground was covered six inehee Ihirk and on ooa side of tie palling* and in the corners of the fence the hail was ever a foot deep. It best hole* la through ^he ahiaglea of the bonaea. 1 thought it waa the last day for every thing that waa out of doom As soon aa U stopped I hastened to ay pasture, expecting to Aod every living thing I bed in the world dead; but to my astonishment ' I only found one-calf aad six huge killed. One had its skat! broke. We have lost all tba poultry that wao oat, end a dog waa killed;- squirrels were knocked dead out of the tr,e tope, and dead birds can be found ell aver the fields. My wbele crop is beat ta pieees; the very bark ef the trees waa knocked off in pntatn a the six# of a dollar. The whole forest is trimmed wherever the ksil.saruek Mr aeigbboaa north mIHL of aa fared aa badh m uysslOflHMbe east ' aad waa did not fkia qiiun|M.?finch a storm, I think was sever seen befort. > Home of poor reedemmay think this a tough tale; bet it la power of pee, ink aad paper to pai^HMtena hslfao had as it really waa nothllRut eipeviaaee of it 1 can convey the true Men. Iim earn pelted to phtat my torn ever; ay sate are lest aad > I rice nar eoaae. Mhe turm Iwppeeei in Um ibiuity of P?jf*bwgk, lowor f?ni?fSt Peter* P*rbte? ^ Jom P. Moruoom, Paryeteorgte, Maj 3S. AteiMrt of Mafblrolr* ?Ml Prv?bo!iem mv?m4 In WUIUtt?borgh l>UtfUt * liter Mi of UM* antkf fteb'l PewtU, fret ten of wMUiodaiMtoMivMlod of teartlrf. ' Taw pmofwoo fury emiluln agteliwt tto . frtoMcr, and fo mm mntwd tie be Imf M en (he fOUi Joty Mil, it tke ?fot *fcm fl thin dbWiNnl Ml of teM bloorfod tUldir w*? jv^fttratcd