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1 " *^^*1 I I * <P? a ? 1 m 9 ? ?? b , , ! t_ ? wi^memem w pb . ??? ? as aaa mb ??w?pi illiO I-T I? A IVIV T TAT " Turn to the I*rc?m?It* looming Sticotw survey, . 1\T i \ \TPT? flP*^ L^lm? iVli 1* U i'l llig w icli ilie wonders uf ciich jmvdiig day. 1 i\ J V 1 / I i\l\ VyJ J A /iiinily nail ^olitirnl 33ttaspnprt?Crnatrii to tl)t Arte, stiinrrs, lilrrjitiirr, i)ncntinn, Agrirultarr, 3atrmnl 3iii|iroo(iiirnts, /arrigit nnii Pnuiratir JO mis, nui) t|it 3l!nrl;rte. VOLUME V. LANCASTER. C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 17, IS50 NUM BER 31. / v it* -l !* (Milium kfimt. [From the National Era. JERUSALEM. Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Thy pulaceu 6hall rise! Jlcforo this generation pass, Thy poureis shall pierce the akiea ! - f ' '? .**. ** The finying* of thy ancient socra Shall surely couie to pa*s? Their people's sum shall be forgiven, Jtedeinption comes at lust! The promises lundo to Abtaham, Of tlieir Messiah's reign, Of Isiael's final gathering, Ami their being called again ! Jehovah is a faithful find ; lie never can forget }li* people and Ins nation? Their causa he'll 'staklith yet 1 His spiiit oti their offspring Unlimited he'll pour? Their bracts he'll soften?and Messiah Shall lie despised no more. Jehovah shakes the nations hound? Shakes terribly the earth? Prepare* the ?ay for Eastern king*, And gives to Salem birth? And, unto all eternity, * ri-niam *14111 piocutitit, Jci u?mli in! Jerusalem t Tliv oun Messiah leigus! 31 tdcrtrii THE ADVENTURES OF A BASHFUL ENGLISHMAN AS UKLATCU BY lllAlsKl.V. I labor under ;? species of distrcs v\ I lie 11 I fv-ir vv tli Ml length drive me uilci I) from thai society in which 1 am moa ambitious lo appear; lull I will give yoi die hutloiy ol my origin and present miu anon, liv which you will l>e enabled t< judge ol my dillu'iillie*. My lather was h firmer of no gren property, and Willi uo oilier learning bu vvliui be a- ijuirid Ml it chain) school ; bu my inolher being dead, and 1 an uni; child, lie determined lo give mo thai ad vmilage which he faneied would hav made ine Iwippy, rut a .earned oducnljoi 1 waa seal lo a country grammar sclioo and from thence to the university, with ; y:ew of pntlily iug me lor l.oly order*.? JI ere, having but a Ninali allowance Iron mv father, and beinir naturally of a timii mill >.ti?|ilul dNpoWlun, I liaii no oppoi I unit > of rubbing oil that native uwli vvardtns-* wliit-li is the fatal cause of a piy uu happiness, ami which I now begii to fear can never Lc amended. Vou must know thai 1 a.u tail and tli i iu tny prison, wivli a fair complex ion am light, Ihixen hair, hut ulUUcli extreme Siu icpliLiij.V <>f fhunn*, that on tlie siiimIIos subject of confusion my blooil all rushe 11.13 my cheeks, anil 1 appear a perlce (all blown rose. Tho consciousness ofthi unhappy fading nuiue me avoid society uUti I hccauiu epntnoml of a college ||(t paitivulariy when I reflected that ll.c ur couth manners of my lather's family wer little catculaled to improve inv out war Conduct; 1 ibcrelore hud resolved oil lit \ug at the university and taking ptipili when two unexpected events greatly alici ed the posture of my affairs, vix., my fa tiler's death, and the arrival of an unci from the Iodic*. This uncle I hat! very rarely beard ID father mention, mid it was generally be lifted that lie whs long since dead, who lie arrived in Kuglund only a week U late to clone his brother'* eve*. I ni yshltitK'U to confess wlial I believe lias o \en been experienced by those whose edi cation ban Ltcu better ihsn tbeir parent! that my |?of?F fntheib i^norai.c- niui vo'gn laLgv,a^'v bat often made me blush t think I waa his son, a ad at his death was not incoasolablo for tho hiss of on whom I wa? not unfrc>|uetdly ashamed t own. My uncle was hut liltlo affected, for h Iwfli separated (roiii his brother nior than thirty vwn, nud iu 11>;?t lime lie ha acquired a fortune, which lie it*e?l tohra Mould make a nabob lirippy. In aho*t h lad brought over with nim the enormon futn of tlnity thousand pounds, and upo ill in he built his hop** of a ever eiidin happiness. * While he was planning schemes < greatness and delight, whether the thang of olimate might affei l him, or a hat othr caus* I know not, hut he "?* snatch* from all hia dreams of joy by a short il new, of which he died, icftvirg me hei to all his property. And now la-hold m at the age of twenty-five, well ttocke with Latin, (ircek and mathematics, |?oi seased of an ample fortune, but no nwL ward and unversed in every gentletnanlik seromplishment, (hat l.aui pointed at h , all who aye me, as tht " 4 withy, Icnrnt' /fi^WhT i nave lately purchased an estate in the country, which abounds in what is called a fush'onahie neighborhood ; and when you reflect on my parentage and uncouth manner you will hardly think how much my company is emitted by the surrounding families?especially those who have marriageable daughters. Front there gentleman 1 have received familiar calls and the most pressing invitations ; and though I wished to accept their profTcre I friend ship, I have repeatedly excused myself under the pretence of not being quite settled ; for the truth is, that when 1 have J rode or walked, with full intention to re I turn their visits, my heart has failed me as I approached their gates, and 1 have frequently returned homeward resolving to trv again to morrow. llovever, I at length determined to^ conquer tnv timidity, and three days ago I accepted of an invitation to diue this day with one whoso open, easy manner left mo no room to doubt a cordial welcome. Sir Thomas Friendly, w bo lives about two miles distant, is a baronet, with about two thousand pounds a year, estate joining to what I have purchased, lie lias two sous and live daughters an grown up, and living with their mother and a maiden sister of .sir Thomas', at Friendly liall, dependent ou their father. Conscious of my unpolished gait, 1 have for some lime past taken private lessons of a professor, who t?aehe* "growi gentle men to dance," ami though 1 at lirst tound wondrous difliculty in toe art be taught, my knowieigeof the mathematics wa? of prodigious use in leaching me ihu eqiiilihriutu of my body and the due adjustment of the centre ol gravity to the live position. Having now acquired the art of walk ing without tottering, and learned to make a bow, I boldly ventured to obey the baronet's invitation to a family dinner, not - doubting hut my new acquirements would enable ine to see the Indies with tolerable J intrepidity. Hut aia-! how vain are all ' i the hopes of theory, when unsupported by I practice ! | As I approached the house, a dinner i bell alarmed lilV le.irs lest 1 lot.l si,...I...I 9 (lie dinner l?y want ot' punctuality. lit* prrssOd with I Ills idea, I liiudied lliodccp 1 est crimsou as my tiaitio was repeatedly t i uniioiineed by the soveral livery servants 1 who ushered me into the library, hardly -> knowing what or whom I saw. j At my first entrance 1 summoned nil t my Fortitude and made my nowly learn t ! ed how to Lady Friendly; hut unfoilu I Hate!}, in bringing hack my left foot to ) the thiol position, I trod upon die gouty 1* too of poor Sir Tiioti'us, who had followed e close at my heels, to he the i.omeuclator i of the family. '1 he confusion this occnI, sinned in me, is hardly to bo conceived, a since none hut bashful men can judge oi - inv distress. and of that description the ii number 1 believe is very small. . The bar* i| oiiels polifeuess hy degrees dhaipaleJ my concern, and I was astonished to see how ; far good breeding could enable him to II suppress his feelings, and to appear with n perfect ease, after so painful nit accident. The cheerfulness of his lordship, and n the familiar chat of the young Indies, in tl sensibly led me to throw oft my reserve i and kheepikh'.u*?, rill at length 1 ventured it to join in conversation and even to start a fresh subjects. The library being richly t I muishcd with boos* in ulegaul bindings, s I conceived Sir 1 tioiuas to be a man of , literature, ma! vtntured lo give my ojiin , ion co|iceiuing tin; suvcrul editions of the Greek classics, in which the baronet's u opinion exactly coincided with my own. ij : To this stiljeet I wauled bv observing an ' edition of Xenophon in sixteen volumes, which, M 1 had never before hoard of ?uch r t a thing, greatly excited my curiosity, and i- i I rovr up to examine whnl it could be.? o ! Sir Thomas saw whal 1 was about, and, as I suppose, willing to save mo trouble, y rose to tuko down the took, which made j inc the more eager to prevent hitn ;atid, n hastily lav ing <ny hand on the first vol* 0 time, I pulled it forcibly ; but, lo ! instead n of books, a board, w hich by leather and f. gilding had been made to look like six1 ten volume*, cnine tumbling down, and s, unluckily pitched oj?on a wtdgewood ink ir stand on tlio table under it. o In vain did Sir Thomas assure me there | . was no harm. 1 saw the ink streaming e from an inlaid table on the turkey carpet, o and, scarcely knowing what I did, attempted to stop its progress with my e cambric handkerchief. In the height of e my confusion, we were informed that A .1 - _ .1 ...? I I _:.l 1 (1 niiniw wm nri ? ni ti|?, nnu A wim joy g perceived that the t>eil which at Aral had e ?<? alarmed my fears, was only the halfis hour bell. n In walking through tho hall and suite g of apartment* to the dining room, I had time to celled n>v scattered sent**, and >f was drsiml to take my scat l?etwixi Lady c Friendly and her eldest daughter at the r lable. Sir e? tlie fall of the wooden Xend ophon, my face had Veen continually I- burning like n Krebrann, and I was just ir beginning to recover niyse'l, ami frol com? lortably cool, when an untooked for hcci d dent rekindled all my beat ami blushes, i Having upset my plate in bowing to Mia* 6- Hums, who politely complimented the o pattern of my wuistoat, I tumbled tho y tvhole scalding contents into my Ian. In U spite of au itnuivduits sopnly of a>ipKitiatti< w i^i the'of wyi-'fljH, mr Waek ' aiiik breeches were not stout enough to { I' j save me from the painful effects of this hid. sudden fomentation, and for some inin sent, utes niv logs and thighs seeiued stewing *' '? :t in a boiling cauldron ; but, recollecting ^ he how Sir Thomas had disguised his torture the. t when I troil upon his toe, I firmly bore undo my pain in silence, and sat with my lower M"*l ' i extremities parboiled, amidst the stilled '"g ' I g'ggliug Of the ladies and the servants. dowt 1 will not relate the several blunders sleep which I made during the first course, or Mi | the distress occasioned by my being de- f'lu j sired to car*e a fowl, or help to various H|"ig dishes that > towd near ine,spilling a sauce theui boat and knocking down a salt cellar; ?piali ; rather let rue hasten to the second course, Hair j where fre.-h disasters overwhelmed me been piite. . in dr 1 had a nice piece of rich pudding on sl'v v Mny fork when Miss Louisa Friend y beg Hair I ged to trouble mo lor a pigeon that stood diuus I near me; in uiy haste, scarcely knowing '',u ' i what 1 Old, 1 wtupped the pudding into hrigh my moulli, hot as a burning coal. It was his. | impossible to conceal my agony. M v c\es were staitmgfrom their sockets. At | r,lu' 1 last, in spite ot shame and confusion, I j adiui was oblige*! to drop tlie cause of my tor- t ducci mont on my plate. Sir Thomas and the 'Ires# ladies all companioned my nusfoiltiue, I g"1*! and each iulv.s?d a different application, j lencc One recoiumended oil?another water; 1 did t out ait agreed that wine wits best lor di aw- I 'he ? itig out Ulc tile, and a glass ul blieiiy wan but i brought rile from lliu sideboard, which 1 Miatciicd up Willi eugenics*, Lut,U, how "1 shall i It'll lliu M'liunl ! die?s \\ I.ether the butler by uccithnt mis- in 11 look, or puipose'y ucsigned to drive mo "Ni> mail, ho gave inn the strougitl brandy, )ou Willi which 1 tilled my moutli, already " lla^td and blistered. Totally unused lu j ?" every kind of indent spirits, with my teali! tongue, throat and palate an raw as beel, " what could 1 do I befor 1 could not in allow, and, clapping mv band hands upon in\ moutli, die cursed liquor "T squirted through my ncse and lingers like "nu ' l a fountain, over all I tie dislica, and 1 was dress | crushed by bursts of laughter from ail now. j quartets. In vain did Sir Thomas repri ^ ] maud the servants, and Lady Friendly bis w | chide her daughters; for the measure ol neat my bl ame and iheir diversion whs not yet IW Wl I complete. I strait To relieve me from the intolerable slate 1 w;is of perspiration which this accident had ; le:,i 1 l auscaf, vvilliolit considering what 1 did, 1 I with wiped my face with that iii-fated haudker | "icro chief, which was stili wet with the conse- I bis li I ajtienccs of the full of Xcnophon, an J cov- Al I ercd ail my leal urea wuli?ireaks ot ink in dowt every direction. 'llio baronet himself this, could not support ibis shock, but joined 'aeln Ids lady in the gotieral latiyb ; while I n?'<pi sprung Irom the table in despair, rushed couvi out of llie h<>u?e and ran home in an ago- *waj i ny of confusion, and disgrace, which the " | most poignant sense of guilt could have hioki i excited. inor. There, without having deviated from worh the path of morid rectitude, I am 8MflVr i ,l?ve | ing torments like a " goblin dainned."? i ,a 1 ho lower half of mo has been almost deatl i boiled, iwy tongue and mouth blistered, po?t i and I bear the mark of Cain upon my voua ! fore heed; )et these are hut triding considerations to the everlasting shame w hiclt _ ^ I must feci whenever this adventure shall inJ* ' be mentioned. reco' , often Jmarcllimeinis. cerel WHO IS TO BLAME! One evening, the fastidious Harry novo VYentworih, oti coining home tired and M ! depressed, found his wife in the parlor, firim I dressed in a soiled morning gown, and mem I wearing a pair of slippers down at the men heel. To increase Ins vexation, she was won! | sitting in an easy chair, with one leg cross then j ed o\er the other, reading a trashy novel. Mi* | "Why, Funny!" ho exclaimed in undt I amazement, for tliey had been married at th . only a few months, and hitherto he had ami ! thought her the pink of neatness. aetii " Well, what i? it f" she atked, looking I up. Then noticing the direction of bis e*?s, she usenmcd a more becoming posi are * lion. " You don't like my diets, per "I | haps," she continued, " but really 1 was " two tired to change it." hear I ?- tIM . I i - v? uni navo you i>?on doing nil day !" " I ] said 11 i*rrv. I ju " Oil reading this," site replied; she ilv. ' colored as she held up (lit: book, niul acid- " . fd, " and then il hns heon so wnim !" Low Now lier husband lutd been hard h( good work all through the sultry summer day, " and had, as was uiual with ltiin when bu*\, dined at his office. Yet his attiie !ittl? wits oust, and lev en his hair newly brushed; thin; for he had gone to his chanit>cr to do this K before coming into the parlor. It may man l>c supposed, there* re, that ho was annoy- " ed at the slotonl'ne** >f his wile, the more wha so, a*, on l'h>ktiig hi She novel, he found ,lioni it rjuile a worthless affair. Ile?aid noih- " ing, however, except, " At least change that your slippers, my dear. You don't know ; ma < how I .lulike to a?M> a lady slipshod." I>o you I how odd 1" an id his wife, " with u silly laugh, stooping to pull up the Ma > 11eels of her shoes. " 'there, that will do, you I think. I really can't walk so far tut the riagi chamber this wnnn evening. I wish you a an would ring for tea, the bell is just by you, * as T want to finish thS c!ifip!?*." tab it liushnnd sighed, but did as be was The tea came up, and lie took his A< but the chapter was not yet coiiclud- pay < nd so lie was coiupelled to wait.? Soul I u, at last, Mrs. Wetilworlb came to (?ovc able the tea was cold. The meal, who r those circumstances, was a dull one, iVath the husband, after tea was over, llud uplio lis wife absorbed in her book, lav legac i on the sofa and dually went to it to -onal r.?. Wentworth bad been tlie belle of j d< r town before Iter marriage. II* r turn, btlincss atid beauty bad been the we d e of constant admiration, liut these wo a ties would have failed to have won fee In y Wentworih's heart, if tli?*v iiail not c?te< sustained by a most exuuisite taste (It ess. See Faunv when you would, Culli vas always carefully atliied ; and a* ] at th y Wenlwortli was pailicularly fasti i liegi ion this point, lie thought liiins. Il' pe?J i happiest of men when Fanny, one j ccs.di it summer evening, promised to be l systc j were it unfortunately the bride had n<> j in ra habits of neatness, but only a love <.t ' tlian ration. li w?? vanity that bad in I word il lier while single to be careful of In i each ; but now ibat she was in.ur:c I >!: ; the t ually gave way to lior nalur.il indo one i The tiist occasion on which she the i his to any very glaring extent, was no el 'Veiling on which out slorv opens; 1) t was soon followed up by other c.\- ] s ly ions of slovenliness. j (juai do wish, Fannv, that you would nece: more neatly," said Mr. Wentworth, it co' vexed voice, some months later still, not lit alter night I come home and lind | subj<. m that atrocious wrapper." i no j Vou used to think me pretty enough I and iy urcss,' retorted Mrs. \\ entwortli, | lro:n y ! o;ij-r But I never saw you in < !?#? like that ' llier e wo were married," replied her lius-i bloc ' ot I'o hesmc not," said Mrs. NVenlwoitli, \\ u\ she laughed ironically. "I always |>; nil ed lor cumjiatiy then, am) I do so hers '' venti hat couhl Mr. Wontworih say? It j in C ifo did not think it iuc? ssary to ho j nuin in his presence?did uot consider him 1 tuntl orthy ?>t" pleasing j,s the comparative 1> g?*rs whom she oa! . ! <. tup my -it Line useless to argue with I.e.; so, H'.'terl ii.ed lie slipshod heels still annoying him, okiti a percoplihle hole ill the stocking to and use thai annoyance, lie moodily took men at and left the house. otirt L Hist Mr. Wentworlli walked up and Httes i the street, but, at last, 1'ii^unl with forth lie stepped into a debating room at to ki . d to a tavern. Hero lie met several in hi nintnnees, and gradually falling ii.t > an o ursHtiou, the evening passed rapidly glint i. I eve-. lien lie went home, Mrs. Wont worth, j tide tig very sleepy, and a little otit of liu- nam accosted hitn with?" Where in the I croal 1 ham you been I I finished ill) j suk! ! an hour Ago, and havj had nohoch \v >i Ik to ever since. I am moped to j ever It. Thcto was a time," she add d. fratii ingly, " when nothing in the world j theii i liuve induced vou to spend an e.'o avai away from me." i liavi er htishnnd was on the point of reply- { repu ti a similar upbt aiding style, but lie Stat looted that In* had expostulated too e.\p" and too vainly, and so he said noth- loon i 111 US' was a week before Mr. Went worth tang I another evening out. lie tried sin who V to stay at homo; but his annoy | W ill at his wife's slovenliness was too dixit I, ami at last lie hit her again to hei rum 1 and her slipshod shoes. B r. Wentworth has now hecomo aeon Kev< <1 visitor of the debating room, the m ti: hers of which are ehtetly married I as p ; ami if the full truth were known, if of a d appear, w e believe, that most of K in i, if not all, have wives resembling i 1 v s Wentwotlh. Sometimes there is ^n i scril ic quantity of brandy-altd w iter dr >iik Ti r\ ?-.>c meetings, so that some mouthers, (ion Mr Went worth among them, * * * doul u duuiit. the i I'oii Tommic, my son, what's that yr a of n ayingt" i all t La ! ira, I just said cftnfi und it.*' 1 tern Why, my son, mother's astonished t?> Hen you talk so. That's naughty !" j has I says worser than that sometimes. 1 Mini ist cusses right out?just liku anybo- and You know all men cusst s!" woil Ah, my son, gentlemen do not cun-c ! hav< trilling men cttrcc ; but gentlemen of the I manners and good sense don't." , pre) Well, anyhow, my pa docs it." sire Kun along to j lav Ti-mn, e, and lea cotif i man. Don l say such naughlv ami p r ' "! null nter Father?" T'a, nre you a gentle- hctti r of ii Yea, my son : I try to be one but bers t makes you ask such strange ques- utile i, ioiniuiel W bo says otherwise*" bet Nobody, sir, but I was a thinking prot somebody lolled me a story?yon or goe" ilte." ber ]'lmma?, ?lft do you mean V dim I jest means, Pn, tlint you cusses, and r.evt >ays gentlemen don't. And I know is si do ; cause I heard yon ens* the car- ami 5 driver t'other day, and I have bean best ying it aver since." (irs Peggy ! Peggy I come take this boy " In nd I'1 Sf'.Kitr Tri+vnt. t)j THE MILITIA SYSTEM. I Sin cording io promise we couie now to | ing >nr respects to the Militia system of; 1 i Carolina, which General Aiken. and doc rnor Adams anct most ol the others, less ride about \vit!i plumes, swords and ' elli ers, appear to solicitous to defend, difi lil, mainlaiti and transmit as a rich our y to posterity. And hero we desire ! trai be understood that we have no per- ! tha i interest at stake in the matter tin- kej discussion, for we have served our j the and become exempt from duty ; and I we es'.ro also to have it understood, that sou to prompted by no impulses c t" bad An ig toward any one person or impli- of! jde| in A'kon thinks that the fact that 1'e outi Kille tiuaids were not in being, : /<w ? time lie last met with the 2t?tli las tin nt, but now aie handsomely o.iuip- the slid .hilled, i- proof positive ot the tie mii ty for a continuance of the present efii m. Til's is about as logical as if he j"r to say, there are fewer numbers now | the nk and file in the Heat companies, me there were in 18.34 ; or, in oilier | du' Is, the present lyst. ni re.piires that | am Heat company shuil be kept up to fro lumber of 00 men rank and file ; not wril company in ten, is now composed of lie lumber the law i.ijuircs; thcrclore mi uatigo i requisite. i *el ill supposing the C?*neral in ten (led to t lit that tlie!i a coinj anv us Cudioim tJi nls is .in ornament, a inodei and a ' ? ty for tlu* Chester Militia, and that uld not h.i\clu'(.n formed, and would ' exit hut for the [ rose-.I laws on the | bci :ct?I hell wo take issue with hiai on ""i K.int except the last. We contend 'it uiaiulaiti that the present laws, sof.tr So favoring Volunteer Companies, nro j ?p fsivo lo them, and, if en for. td in ei- : ie t. r or spit it, would most assuredly s.vs i. up every volunteer company? horse, , tlu and dragoons? in the I >:-tiut How} ha , niJ \ l>v keeping up the heat com- bin en to their standard and lawful uuin* ; to wit, GO taen rank and file. We 1 I'a lire there aie not two beat companies d<a hoster 1 hstricl, that have the requisite her. Away then with this ti.l ci/i ?? um. loti ul the Ccneral lolls us that now is the "? to abandon the | retotit and long | cy? sy ?t? in and substitute another. KeV- j iU1 Ii is doe.iti I. n ' oc on ..((.ft t.... t si ? wo may l>n called up* 11 at any 111..- j be to take llio field and do L:.ttlc for ; w,: loiintry; that I lie fields of Mexico will I'" t the value of the system, and so ! , and r-o f.irtli. Now we would like ! a 1 iow if any common man does believe l *di is heart, that going 4 times a year to | It i Id lie! I inmter, and draggling, tug- art ; and zigzagging about, in the usual I" witviee, pass time mode, adds any par- " to the in avert, skili or self respect, or err. ral, or provincial pride of a human sp< inc. If theie be any such, he most su< v must ho W'ifully deluded. In proof uii ippt al to the personal experience of dit y man. And, if men will only be ,UI !* and honest, we know what will be U?" verd'et. Then how can it be of any th< ! for emergencies I The fact is, we ,4 * heard one who is, with some reason, j *ht ;ed to he tlie licst dri'l olHuer in the ri c, and who lias a large active military J del rier.ee,say raw troops, who had never g? i called out to a jwtty or Regimental nit tor, were a great deal easier to he bit ht the duties of a soldier, than those rin had the ordinary old field training. " 1 the General pretend to put his i/ntc foi or opinion against the actual txpe- i" Y of this officer ? gir ut again?the General appeals to the pn 'lutiotiary spirit of "70 to fostei ana at itaiu the system. This sounds to us brt tire clap trap It reminds us forcibly we late enthusiastic w t iter in the cause of ha s.-.s, who " threw the fat in the lire," | cln tiginatizing all, w ho declined to sub- i sid means, as having a r< innnnt of the ' sti< spirit ol '7<? in liieir veins. If the i wl i/ r rl i I v :l. 1 ll/*t ul AI\?.?ol ol?/*? ' -v ^ ? ?? v? oiiwii, iiu ?hmiiu j Jilv.st have found himself iuvolved in < Tc san;o predicament. ! ba ?t the General a^ks by what system J an < Mm in' V is it propose I to abolish sn] hat is objectionable in the present svs- ' <lo ami still retain what is desirable.? a we confess we are at fault, anil he t to taken its bj the hip. We have never uo ied any "system of necromancy," j or are altogether incompetent to do any j a I k w here it is required. A lain, we an ; not tried to devise any substitute for po present system and hence we are not ) <?f >nred to elucidate the point,as we do 1 wi ; hut none of too other States of the ila ederaoy are regulated by our system j mi it docs not appear, from any tangible | ion tie source, that South Carolina is i mi t-r oil' in the military tac ami readiness i ?l er soldiery, than all the other mem* i -mi of tli? Union. Perhaps some titled I let er's loos.? opinion to the contrary may *01 old, the blood\ liei.is of Mexico mav lit e so and sr. Hut admitting all this, it so i a very short way to establish that th military pride and prowess would de- wl ? under a different system. We !>e- lei a th it efficiency on the field of battle, in iperinduccd far morn by State pride Its petsonal btavety, than by nny of the d< systems of tactrm in the world.? hi nt.ng. however, that good training is v.t df tho battle," wo should bo sorry fur ni mint who be'.ievuJ tbnl the present or itli Carolina system was a good trainHut we are digressing. iVe are not willing to subscribe to the i :lriie, that South Carolina would be i than she is, in pride, patriotism, or licncy in the held of af lion, under a '. rent .system. Wo are of opinion that! military schools will give her all the | ining?or straining?she needs, and J t our volunteer companies would he I u up with more pride and spirit than v are, if the present burlesque system ( re abolished and, the volunteers had , ne slight statutary encouragements.? j d we are of opinion that the chivalry j South Carolina is hereditary, and not I lem'ent on such frail tenures as pitiful I at Company musters. '1 he fart is the | />lf consider musters as an irksome k, and nothing has ever peipetuated j in to the present lime, but the fact that! litnry chieftains who have climbed to j re from, by and upon tho titles ut Ma. Colonel or (ienciai have always had i control of our military a Hairs. These n consider it to be thoir interest and ly to support their "wedded love;" J their actions and decision are sent in the State Legislature to us, as the il ol (he people spoken through their proseutntivca. To this the people sub t, often with curses, supposing themves without remedy. Wo defer a furi consideration of tlie sui>jeet to a fue occasion.? Chcslt r Standard. [From the Wimisboro Register. Mil. EniTon: Having very recently il surrounded by tlie "gloiious pomp 1 circumstance of war,'' a few rellcclis upon tlie present Militia system of i nut c.arjiin!?, may not t>e counted in- ] prupl utc. Miuliha* l>cen said in defence of tin>0 in of n.i itary, so long supported by i Legislature oi this Stale, and incidents ; v o been cited as proof of the good it I s done, the most prominent of w hich, | the action and gallant bearing of the hnetto Kegitnent in Mexico. The most 1 ruled admirers, and strongest defendof our militia system, are those whose] jd fortune it is to wear cocked bats aud ig brass spurs, and to sit on horseback the shade, watching with the critic's i the evolutions performed by the rank d file, under a broilit g sun. This is niticant, for cc-itaiu it is, if tlie system abolished these ? cck halted gentry mid be thrown out of comtortable poains. The system is at best a splendid farce, naguiiiccnt humbug,and a gross inipo* on and a heavy tax upon the people, is nothing inure nor nothing less. Men i forced to leave their farms and rule L'titv or thirty miles to do duty in intisboro two days, and pay their tavi hills, to satisfy the wliim of some long irred, chapeaued gentleman, who do es to " show off." The " ceneral " istor comes, and the lino, after some Kcullv, is formed, anil the regiment ned over to the ollicer eomm indiug.? >. takes command, and the exercise in j manual ot arms is commenced.? iliouldcr a-r tn-s" is the words, and ailderiiig it is. You see guns on the lit shoulder, and guns on the left shoulr; guns with the cocks turned out, and us with the cocks turned in, with their izzli-8 pointing towards evtry itnaginai point of the compass. Some have nrods and some have walking eanes.? 'resent a r-ni-s comes next, and three irths of the 44 sodgers " hold their pieces such a position as to cause one to ima ic they were looking for some one to rsait them to ; others hold their arms, an angle of 4a degrees across their aisls, and some appear as though they re preparing to 44 take aim " at the II on tlie market steeple, while others p the barrels of their bird guns along e their noses, and allow the butts to i-k out about a foot from tho place ore they deposit beans and bacon.? iupporl a-r in-s " is the next com in and. n to one if some of them don't 44charge yoneis," while others will thin't their lis should mipjwl them, ins e id of they pporting their nrins, and ease thein wn to an 44 order." "Order arm h" comes at hist. Well, " order arms truni a " support is l exactly in accord mice with Macomb Scott; but down comes their arms,clap to rsp, liko rain drops, one at a time, d very often ilto butt of a fourteen uiiil musket will fall upon tho little toe the man on the right, and cause liim to xli his left hand neighbor was an inhale nt of a certain country, where the dine is said to be exceedingly warm. Now coines, * shoulder arms" and the irching and wheeling begins. Those 10 have corns and lender heels sutfei me about that time. Soine put theit i foot down at the flam of tho drum, me their right and some between tlx nts. St>m? step twenty eight inches mo thirty-eight, and others not nion an eighteen inches, and when they icel, you would imagine the right and t guides of the companies were about to n into each other, while the company is formed itself into files four and five >ep, and the General tells them he is ghly gratifies! with their performance ; jvcr saw bolter drilled soldiers in his life; usket nud cartridge box the life preaerv * of our country, pspeth d?r when hart died l?y sucli soldiers as they ?rc; bids them hii all'ectiouate farewell,mid the rank and lile retire to their homes >fully satisfied that every word the "Chloral" said was " nd/.acly " true, and that Napoleon's Old Cuards never saw the day when they could beat them a mustering. It is a mistaken notion, Mr. Editor, that the high and enviable position, which the Palmetto Regiment took in Mexico, was owing in a great measure to the fact, that they were drilled at home before hand.? When the Regiment was musured into ; service, nine tenths of the cilicers and men knew no more about military tactics, than Itilly Patterson knew of tin; man who | struck him, ami i: was only tin- severest sort of drilling, that nn.de tin ;m '-.hat they were. Their gallantly v a- in iih?r lei sened nor increased by tiieir knowledge of inditary tactics, for bravery with them was an inherent principle, a trait inseparable from the character of all true South CaroI i i ti i a lis. | The military has long become, in our | State, nothing more than a stepping stone for political aspirants. Look at ottr Legi islature; almost every other member is either a Colonel or n General. The Mili| tary committee, in the House is iuvariabiy I composed of military men, who frown i down any attempt to change or abolish I our military system, and charge those who wish it abolished with a want of patriotism. W'o I.one the rank and lile will tako this thing in hand and demand that they be freed trom the present imposition practiced upon them in the way of petty atul regimental mtiMcis. A Sl'FKKHEIU I m mi We learn from a gout lei -.an who arrived l>y the ears last evening, that a very serious disaster came near happening to I the Mississippi train yesterday morning, about live miles this side of Lauderdale SpringR. An Old lady who had the luistortune to loose some ol her cattle on the road, had piled up a parcel of blocks and stumps of trees on the track near her premises, and stood by with arms a-kiinho to witness the result. The cars came lumbering on at the usual hour, and dashing round a curve, ran into the old woman* trap, without more serious damage than knocking one.of the freight cars otV ; the track. The danger was imminent,as there was a steep embankment on both i sides. I 'lho old woiuan seemed greatly delighti ed, and sail to the men ootuing up toiler, | "I'll teach you railroad men to iuii over my cows." | To ihe passer gers she apologized in the i politest manner, saying she hadn't lho slightest intention of injuring any of ilu-nr; ! thai it was the lailroad men she was after I for killing her cows. The passengers and officials, we learn, were very much exasperated against her, but left without violence. I Later in the day another freight car of this train ran off the track, but fortunate ly without any serious danage.?31 obiU Tribune. REGULABLY SOLD OUT. During the month of January 1850, while stopping at the i*entor House in Sacramento City, California, 1 accidentally I overheard a conversation between two | gentleman, on** of whom was from New j York city, and had been in the country | nearly a year, and the other one, had just J arrived. , The new coiner wa? lamenting his condition, and his folly in leaving an abtin, dance at hoino, and especially two beau-. I tit'iil daughters,who were just budding into womanhood, when he asked the New Yorker if he had a family, Yes, sir; I have a wife and six children in New York?and 1 never saw one of them. | After this reply the o utplo sat a few moments in silence, thou the interrogator again commenced: ' Were you blind, sir 1 No sir. Did you marry a wilow, sir ? No, sir. . Another lapse of silence. Did 1 understand you to say, sir, thai ) ou had a wife and six children living in | New York, and had never seen one of ! them. Yet, sir, I so stated it. Another and longer pause of silence.? i nen 1110 interrogator inquired : llow can il be, sir, that you never 5aw one ot ihein. j Why, was the response, ono vf them I was born after I left. 11 Ob, ah, aiui a general laugh followed ' I and after that tho New Yorker was especially distinguished us tho tnan who ha<l > six children and had never saw ono of 5 them. I j ? - [ We have no desire, says tho New Lon> don Cfvonictr, to injnre the molasses .| trade, but wa simply state *he fact, that Mr. Richards, who keeps n store o? tbo i Hartford road, a few days since, found in i one of his empty molasses bogaheads, rv I human skeleton, tho remains, no doubt,of a O'gro, who was probably asleep in lho> . hogshead when tl was flllrd on the piarv