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j 11 p| i ^ > V * ^ ' , *V * * N %gWf!gggggg|iMMiBiMMWMMMMMMMMMMWMMMMBMMMMMMMWi^ _ ijs^ 1^ IT I? \ ^JlNy TT\T Turn lo tlii* Prm-iti irrmiim Slims survey, T^V^ A T V\/^ A IV/ ^7 F?- I I^U xVi> 1> UiH ??? wlili the woMden. of each iwwiImk day. llN AUV AINlyiL rfi ' . - ... ?? ???,L???? asanas?^?L?????~ 3 >'amil(j nnil ^nliiirnl Straspnprt?I)rna!fi) !n tljt Aris, srirnrrs, litrrntatr, iftantiim, Ajrirnltnrf, Satrrnnl Smproananits, .#nrrigii nnii Itotstir Jjtius, nnii the jftlatktij. VOLUME V. LANCASTER. C. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY U, 1857 NUMBER*A J | i V O . - . I ?r**r. ? - STirrtra &l;rtrl)fs. Rich [From the Spirit of the Times. JVn-i DEER HUNTING IN WESTERN, j t NEW YORK. WIum AUsAIII.K, dan 1. I Yri m ruble "Spirit '?A ch ar Mini c .11 inor.unWilli ;? ?iirrit?jx hree*", Ir.on the North-east, vslicr* the New War in.? 'hese The Adirondack covered with n lio.it win- j, ter drapery which fell us a heimdicti- n ,,f fro.n the Old Year, spreading itself oYi H|l,. , hill .?11 1 dale, covering up the oi l minks, i r !|r . mil rendering ilm footsteps of '.lie iluniei llO'bClCSS. ( This was an appropriate day f->r a stili I ? hunt. Wo were up betimes, f. r nature ,f| j> seemed to smile propitiously. i ^ .-(| n.iglo golden rays the goigeout East suffu-r, wircl Verinilhon stieaks, unJ Mich einpu. [.led hues; i'ig A growing flood of splendor spreads mound, I Iris I And roWa in heavenly light the conscious <* win ground." .t'es'? Every preparation lining m nlo the night min i before, the smaller hour-, of niorii iouu I Inat, Us imbibing the best "Old Java." sucking 1 preso Imt, with "hi'J p?<rkv ui:d other subs hiiIi.i's , f' tiu iTlnsn we hie to the valleys aw ?y.M A- nuidt tin- sa i |Kvi M". above tim Kastert. hiits, I ojiuiug a tew iiuiuisitixe golden raj s I ftofnt ann.ii / the tall mhiiisw I ......1...1 I >? >>? lo?ty couch a nvbl; buck,who, wi'li wiu-*- tnch spread m 111It-r>, i-mt a dismal glance ht n.?", with gave one cliril. piping I re.ill., llun b um ?1 iflnr <io.l away. Ah! dear' Spirit," theic was I ful'y excitement then; sny rifle Imio upon liim \ as he limpid from tut*; i s sharp cinck re- Come vorberaicd through the forest, ami the fall Ami t of ,h .1 proud 'white ll ig ' betokened it.j. - \VhiJt ry. Stiil at a killing pace*' he passed from oj #|J( sight, inynell in hot pursuit; on stnkuig ; ?j-j the trail, I lnuinl thai the crimson tale )(|(r shot out on either side, leaving pad..ibie ' i t . . ? . tlowc evidence of a severe Int. An li >ur* tramp o'er 11 Kit i ti I it in am] valley brought me in 1 j |* ( the vicinity of a cedar thickot, which whs , I I . I l " cautiously Hppio-icheiJ ; . m -rving by I..a irregular footprints that the loss of blood ' j j was making a sensible impu-s on upon p ?,r lus miiscuiur energies, and believing ne 1 w~ Would hero bu found ; true to the thought , 7 nr.'! 1 Jie started from aii overgr<-eii top the wind ^ j had prostrited It whs the last <]es| era.e j effort ofixpirng nature. A "> ?ti-i.I and , he Ml; a * ain struggle io i?r se ag > n, then i hi* .-ve to yard nio, an I vol. a j.' tin- From t vc beat yie.ded his life l< tin* hunter'* * U?l?l knife: / j fn P' Afier a finC hot .-leak for d liner, tvi* ?l coiieoided lo tini-h '.lie list w>th a run of ITcco the hound*. Ae? ordniglv ' Our lick," a* ^ lul? lie is familiarly c*o?d, I. d out a fine brace Avcit of native fox liolimfa a* call be foiin i All sn among our northern hills, "with eirsliiMt Su sweep a\v:?y ilo- morn ng dew," in fine man ...... lo. ... .... I I' 111--.I nil-, dn'-i UM uir I li e. I 111- Illt-I t guide led 111 -111 i-tf for a distant *wamp, I H title wo w.-re phieed on n r? Ithat ! upon made (lii?p frmn h mountain toward a <|.-u neighboring pond?a iuii*h\, a* ii Wed- who ted. u-uahy when followed |.\ tin- : hmoi hound*, Ink* lo tint |.ioliat.lv ilia! *uhje tin*? mav not l>u surprised Sy the sudden i hpproach ot ili.-ir piir-u?-r*. Alivolu c qui- I et nle in ihilv iit'i'i-KMry to tins in.ale J of itun'ing. Hit*I ii i* no ea*v nor pleasant i itnttH ?o keep .piiet with the mercury hi j ^ fero ?nevertheless, it is imperative. V\ o | p )ti??l heen in position l?ttt a short time he i fore the hound* j(*v? tor.^oe hM\\ ?v.tl) a n' ' seetuiriyj approach to n-. Expnt-latiou ' was on tip toe. when a flolhei's wliitlet, ^,u> 1 foursinw the adpioent hills, yelping on tin II??K track of a faMnt Hivurtini! bun fr- ni his. Audi proper course aloiijj the rt'Hej Now the A hounds t stirro 4,Do?,mnd thdr mouths: Echo replies. ||ol-|? k* if toother chase wu-re in the nki i " Here was exhibited a fin-st capital tii il of | ,M,rir ep-eil, lli (log* and deer in full view for |^ n-*Hrl\ a ni'le the former sensibly les?e:i ( *u,',,r the d stance between them at every ' "h0 jump; l.ul 'lie wood-* were gained, wlien the .leer had the advantage. For t wo luUim ' ' tho chase lasted, o'.-r In.' ami dale, the 1 haying of the boitud* heard at a distance faintly, anon more distinctly, as they pas Arr,,, se 1 ov.-r el. vat.nl ground, ..r approaching ',,'t U- kept up the igreouble anticipation of a ^usd. hot,hot we were doomed to disappoint- j ' ? ii i - 1A ?? item, iii* itjijifiri* i in mi^tii on ?> more, n ni ho ja**vil Jiron^h n turner's rartl m>?l C?*nu* now. The * "H? run* runmig a flock of ?hc?p, To in*k? tlie en.tiling liountU minuk* tlmir 1" ntell. ait ill , ? yh'iij For than hi* ati.all with others bei.ig ""'nj|1eU, Miok The hot *cout-rnuthng It >uu?l * h. a driven to luiaci Imihi, itss f Cmii,! tlioir chuun. uui cry Mil ih*y haestiii- it if. kI?I. "ill WiUi .ouch A'lo, '.h i col l fault < If.i 1? out.*' Hint, Ajt*ii>? *u< r circling tint liUtnni ti?*'<l&, in? lv ?rih*-H for 11ft w.*.<U, rcfuaing to run on "ffcr?! what wr coP?nUr? <1 I'gilintlltt- gicniiJ ',l* AQ'i taking ll<? buk trifk, woti' l hava l'rr"( Iho n k?*t i*? M* l.ui for tin. q.ii. k *\< of our guole, who tli*vov?r?ti Inm wlitl* erne. Mtiiflr h ravin?. A hullet from hi* unerring rirtn IraciuraU llm apma <4 ihu noh|? follow and gave vemtoii iu ihooilknce. All haini* wur? 1 hen "piped 10 quarters." rtr?-1 AI w?* flmehmi our da>'? ?porl />y drinking an h hualt h and a hupjiv New Year lo the Inm (tanr "Hpn itnUo, fij uuaniinoiia vyiie, to until N??ui )OU a quarter of "our beat." ilm \ ? Ever your*, Fro** .'pull -V * ?T? 9W>i: *.**? M.'AP ?>' 4**v U , r-aauwa, IN PASTLE PAINTING i'i content, in Nature's hourty rich, rljH an o fi nite whatever greens the Spring e licwr'n desccuds in ?Low'u or bends the tough; i bummer redden* and wiien Autumn tciinm; the wintry globe, whatever lies ud'd, and Uncus with the i idlest sap, are net wanting, is not often that we lmve the pleasure lling the attention of our renders to ivork? of art so very lusitttiful as the pictures, now <?n exhibition, in the r room of Ucskki. tk Jonkr. They on, the pertormutices of h native nr t la iy, who pa*sod the last summer, iris, for i lo* especial purpose of peri(7 herself, in the peculiar st\!e, in I. they are executed, the pastle paintAs far as we can judge, Iter time sett most ouectsstully employed, and i s.'tits ind critii s, xvl ose opportuniir deciding in kii. Ii mutters haveheen l e.tor than our own, are of opinion even in Paris, where this si vie is nl lit exceedintpv admired, and where ijueti'ly nil pr.s- hlu attempts are ? to cultivate it, these p ciures would In.ilti d among iImuc of tl e most eel 0.1 allots. 1 h? y are 'he lour seasons .7, Summer, Autumn and Wmtor, painting containing a female li jure a ehild, and the characteristic* of the cat tin i s of the year arc most gracennd happi'y pourtrnyed. Rt'lllNO. , gentle Spring ! ethcrcul mildness! coinci Vom the bo?om of yon drooping cloud, i music walo.s around, veil'd in a sliow'r. idowry ro.-es, on our plains descend, e fust .>f I lie serin-, Spring is a laugh point;* ir:rl, fair haired, blue pvpiI, rerofti ed, with tin in"?t exquisitely drapery floating around her; Iter Ian f b'ovsoma, ami holding ly the band iling child, who looking upward and irtl, h.llow* her to the brighter skio# idler year whteh she promise*. The s ate so light. fro>h ami breezy, that ' I the gales (bat around thciil blow every accessory of flower, line mi l i? most poetically ami delicately ir. ftl'MMKR. I>i ighf'ning fluids of ether, fair disc'os'd, ol the Sun, refulgent Hummer cornea, Ule of youth, and felt through nature'# leptli: tne? attended by the ult?y I ours, >, from his ardent look, the turning Spring ? her haslifttl fare ; and eaith and ?kie?, tiling, to his hot dominion leaves, miner # lepresented bv a lovely wo in i be pel feelnui and full devolon. if feminine hentltv? her half clo*er| ic?t upon ji sleep tig r??*v hahv. King a <iim*on scurf, which swiii* to rr.| tin? very iiir with its glow. Tin* i* pictme is one of repose si ml ui?|o|. nt n?r, most happily in keeping with t}i?r vt. actcmx. Autumn haaks, with fruit tmpurpM I'-'P. pleasing theme, continual prompt* hit bought: lit* the dow ny peach tin* shining plum ; uddy ftacrant nectarine; ami, dark, Mil hi* ample loaf, the luscious tig, rine, ito, here curling tendril* shoot*: s out tier clusters, glowing to the Houlli ; scarcely wishes lor a wanner sky. Invc y (t ilturt liiftirc, wi'li gr ireful timing ?d fiint, mid an impatient ii locked child, reading for u cluster r|K", front 'lie gr tip representing atP i. t'intei conic* to rule the varied year i and .??<!, with all hi* rising train; urn and cloud* ami ctottn* * * > ? the fierce tage ot winter deep sufTur'dicy pale, oil shilling o'er the pool, he* a blue Sim. s?d, it; it* mad career,& te the liickeriug stream. The looeencd ice own the iiood, and half disroltr'd by day. ?* no mora; but, to the *c<igy bauk, pow*, or gathers round the pointed stone, ilal pavement, hy the hreath ot Heaven, nted fit in; till, ac:z'd, from shore to shore, t.iole imprison ?l river giowls below. WI.NTIH. winter perhaps the most artistic of ? represented a t)? auiiful woman cud . in l! o initial >! a i/itlilrs* tti.r.n ot The woman'* looV of <le?|?Hii and y, hs command with the *jtiiet mre i? *f of ilte child, U exceedingly loiithNo ui??. W45 ijnnjt, cnn fail to enjoy appmn rte the?e admiral painting*, it tho opportunity of seeing such truj work* of art *v?re more frequently <1 un, the tnsteof the CharieMou pop oii!<1, o\ necessity, be iutimtely un:d Htt'l ei<-VH.?<t. one picture* are, wo nnderatand. for arid if not disposed of within a made lime, will probably l? milled. Ckarlt%lon Coumr. it Trieli gentleman having pumhaaed Isrin clock, an *< qiiainlar.ee n>ked wbal hu intended to do will. it. *Ob?' lie, M,l'? llier.tori convenient thing in rurid, far I've liO'lnng to do but to lb? atrm^ and wake inyaelC ^ . Uj: & e*n.*-<e v? **; " A CHAPTER ON GEN. JACKSON | The following h a chapter troin Use I ?k now in press of the I a to Hon John 1 ?ainev, of M 1 r.;w for ilio first time, at a ball given at tlio Baltimore Assembly, in lHU, iti honor ..f?lir halo ot N.-vv ()rl? a*is the stern. I intellectual < nut. ten a nee, and w lien 1 lighted up by a smile lull of benignity and benevolence, the never to-l>c fo gotten I features of (Jen. An Ire.v Jackson. An incident engrossed the attention of ?d', the mail >lion retpiired six to eight li< u s J to tr irk its weary way from the capital to Baltimore. Ibtwn's early light was just gilding the horizon when it was announced that G mi. . 1 .acock, of pt-nnsv Ivan in, had that day moved in the Senate a resolution teutonit g, in strong terms, tl.e execution, of Ar btithuol and AtnbrUter. Fne tl uthed indignant from the eyes t?l the patriot. " B v iIt*1 Eternal, I will have ilic rascal'.e?rs till' bet ore twenty four hoursthen, with a bland and coutleous smile, he sain t?> the ii; an agent, " will either of you gen li?uicn lie mi kitid as to order me a carriage to take me to Washington I" His urbane, courteous manner was for tit with resumed, when he discovered the. itepuiu lion created hy his tiercencss. and lie re ' mail ed until tlie ( lose of the Jcte. I had many interviews Willi hint in Washington during tin (Jougre-s onai c?.n test for the Presidency, Interlopers would force themselves into his presence, telling htm that Mr. ('lay said the greatest danger to let apprehended to tin r. public was the accession of mi.it'.ry Chieftains to (power. He replied that the teal danger to tlte repul lie was to bo apprehend* d ' ir-mi political demagogues. 1 remarked, I ) > not Genera', permit yourself tub" excncd by designing men." Another would com? in ami imperatively ?*k, " How if the election going, Gene a! to which In- sternly replied, " I know nothing about it; I don't read the ncw>liMUi'li, lull if t nin^ l>o |>.> .>iiu<t in JiiO|fe from tin* decline in lite number of visitors. ; til) prospects ot success diminish in an . equal ratio" When elected to the lVesi ! dency up to the period of his arrival nt I'Vedefiek, he t xj rc?scd the 11 l friendly , fee ing tow r.u ,\Ir. Adams; he sent kind mevoig"* i > linn, sta.ing the se,iM>n was I So it cleiin-nl he hoped t.u would not re : move his family from t'>o White llmis* i iwitii milder weather, that he was an old i soldier, accustomed to rough quarters, was 1 now a'one in the world, and could be i comfortable anywhere. 1 tie. manifestation of (h >s? kindly fecdI ings appal.v'd bis nutiioruus disinterested, devote<l friends. On the one day's jour ney nis mind was poisoned i?uaiii?t Mr. Adams hy the inaiunal on that Mr Adams was the real editor of the , in which the sacicd name of his wife had belli grovslv slandered The chord was struck ; it vil rutcd it) discoiil through lit;-. ; the fell bosom I ?.?f jmity prost riptinn, commenced ; tbe j doctrine thai " to tlx; li tt? been the victors | Itelongcd the spoils" was conseeialed. ami i has I fen the watchword ever since. One solitary cxcfptioii was nixih*, in la ' vnr of J nines liealty, of Baltimore, hilt not permitted to consummated. Captain IsHi-e I'lniips, a worthy an I resectable j nlHvrr of Km naty, l>n?J been pert*uiptordy ; diamiwwd by the elder Adams, f?r permitI ling a Br.loh fripnte to musti r on deck ' the crow of an American atoop of w ar tin I der his command, to impress III lish sub jeets. lie applied to Genera! Jaskson to ap' point lotn to office ill consideration of his ! persecution by the elder Adams, and told I htm hat the gentleman now ho'dmc 'he appointment ol Navy at Baltimore had held it many years. "TliSt proves linn tS'Oilhy of cotdiileiiee," said the General. " I then told him," says captain I'tiilhps, ''that he wit' rioli, and del not require tlie [ office." '"Then," replied the hero, he ( Ins no inducement to be dishonest,"?tbo General all the tvh le calmly smoking hit pipe, his feet torling on ike mantle p.cLt*. | ' I was now," says th t Captain, "in des! pa r, and reso'ved to make one last des perate effort: " I have an aged wile,' lie pleaded, " we are fast declining into ttie v tl.ev of the shadow of death in wretched p >ve>t\ ; .h a lr.de >tii e would give us ttie | # >in for is of life. Mild Speed our down w aril , path to the totilh." The Getieral Ulopped his feel to the ilo.-r, ia;d his pipe on the table, called for pen and ink, wrote a nun* ami humid it t?? Unplnni I'Uil kj'H.? " tferc'* an order for your appointment ; take it to the Secretary o( the It thl* littlo nlUrt! M not iiCCftMMty to the comfort of mm p<xuicraor, ami will make \our-elf happy, you shall have u." ' 1 canted it," naid Captain l'liilijw, "to(iuirrnot iMtirh. He ?atd, " thank thai, you n.c loo late; Mr. lit-aiiy inm j Iwn recommended l.y General Smith and other |M?litioui friend* of die ndliiiliiMtiMtioii mm mr officer of unci integrity, indefatigable industry in every te?peet; hi* nnmiua* lion it now la-fore the Senwe of the Umlnl State* : you are too late; I won't recall it." I returned to the President and told hint lite result. 11m won't recall ij. I Then j by the Kternal 1 will. Mr. Secretary, till up % Domination for C apian Isaac l'inl? i up-; carry it to lite Bvnaio chandier, recall i I the nomination of Jame* Biady, ami stih- | ! dilute the one 'or I*aac Phillip*." Io a I *4 k?r ' vw ?te ir <* few minute Captain Phillips received his j commission. lit) presented li:m>e!f to (io>crm>r' Hrai.tlt to rctfivc Irs instructions, and t<> [ <-\ ro-s j|iH gratitude for lite, ppoii.tmenl. <"Youn.ve mo nothing," .cvd the (lover- * ?i*,r; "I < i?I all ii. mv power to pr< vent ' t n. (tciiorsii Jackson is omuil-ient*. he r'li *s i in Miid over nil. " i WHAT IS RESPECTABLE SOCIETY? \ We heard a mini, otherwise intelligent I 1 enough . lately stiver at atiollu r, 'becau-e,' i 1 said lie. 'one never meets hint in respect ' aide roc:el\ !' I lie Speaker did not mean, i 1 however, tint the person lie ullected to I 1 look down upon, was immoral, hut mere- I ' ly that his circle of intimates were not ' Composed of the fashionable or .he rich. ! This notion of what constitutes respect ' able society, is quite a tavuri'e one with ! J That elans of iudividuals whom Tliackery | 1 lias so sigtiificantly culled'snobs.1 Empty I pretence always making its own cliarae- ! ' teristics a slaidard, bj which it srhive*to! measure the respectahility of persons at large. In a community of a mere tuoiiev I ' getters, weaitli is the test of respectability, j ' Among the proud, narrow-minded, effete | ' nohililv of the Faubourg St. Germain, re- I ' spectability depends upon be.ng descen-j 1 danls from ancestors who have married 1 tlieir eon-ins fir so many centuries, that ! neither muscles nor brains are left ally longer to degenerate descendants. With 1 t lie dandy officers who constitute a con i j siderable portion of the Aineticnn Navy, I respect ability consists m having sponged j oil 'Uncle Sam,' in wearing gti*. buttons, ! 1 and m jilting tailors. Everv conceited j fool think* himself, in like way, the only 1 1 iii iii really weighty, the only person who , ' is respectable. I 1 Hut true respeetability depends on no; atich adventitious circumstances. To l>e ' I respectable is 10 be wet by ?>f respect; and lie deserves respect who has most virtue. Tlie humblest man who does liis duty, is more worth; of respect is uti.re truly respectable, than the covetous millionaire among his money hags, or the arrogant iiionarch upon his throne 'Iho ti'ie hulv who hack-bites her neigh her, is Its* woithy of re-p.-ct than an i honest washer-woman, '1 he profligate noble, though lie may wear a dozen or- I 1 ders at his button bole, is not often re.iMy ' as respectable as the hoe black who cleans bis bo >ts Tliat which is called the world' ex.ills the one and despises the other, but it noes not make them re- 1 spcctid le according to the real meaning of that word. Their respectability is but I | a hollow sham, as they themselves fie- I | (piently feel; and those who worship them' bow down to a Fetish, a thing of leathers j and tinsel. The se'fidi, idle drone, w ho i 1 ( wastes life in his own gra itication. and ' d'-sipa ee ilie fortune of Ins progenv, is | o an c no o b r -pec able; but the bard-j itdl klllt'. Kl?!l lltMtV .Hi/ lill M,,rA" 1 'ill liin iile to hriiip uj liis childred is, | -%'? !? though he 'nit h d?v laborer. Noth | | in^t can make l>ivea til la lay an Abra-1 hum's li'xuxn *hile Lazarus in welcomed i : there, even with ilie sores the dops have i I licked. I 1 I This fnbe view of life, wlm would mess* I ! lire re*pe< tnl?i'ity I>v a conventionnl stun 1 j deed, is lolnilv at variHn< e witli our re- I 1 )>? lilit-Hti insiitminus. It ?testes an 'iin- 1 |<erinin in ioi|,er:o,' lor wliiin th? law d? . elates ail cit izens t onal, it erects a so ciul i standard which endeavors l<> i^nrre that j preat truth. The coarse, In iilish, knavish. ! prollipate criminal ?in short, nil who fall short of tluir ?! itv tb"?n-< Ives uml their ' fellow men : ar* ilmso who are noc 're I | speciafdo ;* and tlii?, whelliw *h ?y ai*.| j rich or poor. Wtiila ilio,e live hones'iy j : and sliivc to do what poo I they e#n, eoiii slituto in reiiltty the respectable class, ir j j respective of the fact whether thev e it with ?dver folks or steel ones ?Philadtl, l>hiu Jjfibjf. KILLED HIS MAN. La <1kano*, Georgia, Jan, 12. You hate doubt ess heard jf I >r.Thorn son, the waggish proprietor of ilie Atlauia Hotel, in Atlanla, in this Siate. Well, j 1 once upon a time, two gentlemen (ilteone | I decided U un?ler the influence of a spiritu j al presence, mid the oilier approximating | (hi* mint? condition} tiopjieil at the lJuc tor's ll itel. In consequence of vtmc extraordinary i?'U* on the pari of the "lighieHi" gent, lie soon f>?ni?*I hun.M*'f "nigh inin a moss'' with the doctor. II * j friend, however, rairied hiin ofT before matter* reached a crisis. After stowing him away, the friend returned, and aerouting the proprietor, Mid very emphali cn'ly : "Sir. you have Wen treading upon dan- | , ' gerou* ground, sir; that man is not to ho ' , tampered with, sir; do you know, ?ir, that he haw killed his man, sir I" ' Kilied hi* nnn!" say* Ihoinson, with a voice like a thunderclap, and a most in ; ten*? expression of contempt upon hi* ( phi*: " Itv .love! sir, let nm inform , you tliat ! h ive practised medicine for , twenty soars, and you imul'ni attempt to , frighten me with a chap that ha* onlv kil- ( led his oitft. Hah! sir, it wont begin to | do." j , The fellow 'collajt)?rd,n and forthwith j i set Had hi* bill.? Porter* t Spirit. | < .1 t* . ? i*.' . * latsurti^w MKintj m i ? ii i ?mmm mi ii mm ? wm mm mm [Fiona tl>? IFontans' Advocate CIVILIZATION AN7J V'G^V.N < -iviii/alion dees n H consist j?2 j, .libcnl >0'-v?t, or military prowess, or oxb ndirg onqutid*, 'uit in personal Hud such I cuitirt, .nt-'lig?nco nt. l roliiietr.cn. I'ivilijrti n 1% symbolized rad.tr l>v n sclmoueise than :i fortress; ijuIioi by a c??okng s'ove or a power loom, than bv a ?#n ion or a banner; rufber by a poem or a victnte thaii by :?trophy. It d-vsnot con list in political forms or in iaw*; for these re but the outwaid shell and deposits of :ivi!izaiioti. The state of a people's nviltzation is to be Been the clearest n the spheres of private ami do nest.c life, in the kitchen, the parh r, the bedchamber, the nursery, the chaich, the tchool room, the arlgaliery ; in the shops, 'tores, ships, facories, dwelling houses, farms and gardens; mi a people's dress iinnsemeiits, and books. Civilization is Lite perfecting and beautifying of the Indiv ulual,?of the Untile?alid of that essential Society which exists independently of all political change and power. Ii is evident, therefore, that the very center and heart of civilization is the llotne; lor it is the llotne that enshrines private Ide, compose domestic life, .and g ves rise lu all social life. And It is woman that makes home ; without her there can be votio ; Iter condition is its condition. It die virtuous, intelligent and refined, the llotne is virtuous, intelligent and retiued. It she be happy, the Home is happy loo. rho more sweet, and true and elevated woman there are, the more diffused and lequently are beloved Homes, and ad the iiitmeles taciliues of Home. if, then, there be u test of the state and progress of civilization, it is the condition at lire leinale sex. T Ii is teal reveals Used in all history, and in all thought, lit every age and come, savage society lias beea I lie oppressive degradation ol women.? In every afeini barbarian's society, " woman has been onlv the toy and vassal of man. whs mil ot yciiileness, intellectuality hii'1 exquisite uimt-, lull of nature, grace, and deatitless beauty; hut it lacked Ingli moral tone ainfrever en I fueling, it was a civilisation of poetry, sculpture, art, fable, eloquence, and arms ; not ot philanthrophv, industry and religmn. It was inwardly imperfect, and tins imperfection is strikingly illustrated m this Grecian ideal of ?v iinan. Tl?e Greeks invest her with every dignity, and grace, and beauty of form and gesture; die is en hat.ting ,d the eye, and ear, and Sense; hut she 'acks the q ml tie* that appeal to the sou/. There is a marvellous want of Juciuf i.egression in tne Nlmeivas, Venuses, 1 lianas and Junos of the classic masters. The) had no conception of such a biev.' I, adored spouse and mother as entrances the gaze of tlie world in the Madonnas ot Murtllo and Raphael. And who does not recollect that the vigor of Roman civilization is significantly t'Xoressi'd !>v llie t'im.>il imriiu nf n.u - - I ------ - J-"".7 *>" her Komnn nations, the l.tieretins, Yoluin nias, Cornelias, Virginias and lurtias of iinmortal story ; and who does not know lliat the decline and fall of Koinan Civili z.ition are foreboded by degeneracy of the Julias and MessaliiiHS? Among the Eastern Nations civilizaliou is antique, partial, deformed, stationary, sentuai, mid superstitious ; without Itu manttv and without progroasivuto-s.? /Viid according!v oriental women are ooth iog more than the st iieKd tops of China, the stviiido i pi'sons of the Zenana, or t te sl.ixca : nd t d'U;-<ques of the II ireiu. .Superior to r'l other CiiiEHioi a is tin living, progressive, Chii*Jan culture of European a.id modern socieiy. And >t i!* in Eti'ope hud America, and :n modern history . It t'he female ?.xer? its chiefi s. n.'.ltionce, ..ttaios its highest .ipnere ox hil>i?s it. rare** lovbiies#, Al.d promises lis niv n- st development. l'rotil tiie San Krau<-iuco Herald Jan. 5. A SLAV/. STATE ON THE PACIFIC. Tlift democratic tneuibers ol tlio legisla tore owe it to tlie party and to the nation to require the most unqualified and unreserved pledge of soundness on the prme.i pie of tlio Kansas Nebraska act, t'r^ui those upon whom they confer the dignity of the acnaior&hip. We would be dero Iict iu oar duty it we did not, on ail senson ibie occasions, urge upon those having the public interests in their keeping the importance of precluding, for the future, a" far ?s may b?* possible, all chances oracci.1... ?- u.. ?-. ' .ii-ni* <>_> which me union or ttie llio righti of citizen* <?f the Unite.) State*, in any ion of the country, may bo placed in jeopardy. Wo have no hesitation in asserting the probability that fwdore I It a lapse of mix years, the Senate of the United States will l?e called opon f..r the practical naaerUon of the principle of tliat law l?y the admission of a slave Sta'.e on ll?e Pacific coast, north of 3d degrees and thirty minutea. Will the senator* froir. California he prepared to advoca'e with seal and energy, the right of I ho people of auclt a Slate to decide upon their own institutions, with out reference to geographical lines? This is a question for which every aspirant for Mtnaturial honors should have an unhesitating answer; and we confidently trust that tiiose only who give a prompt and decided affirmative wdl tie deemed to Ue.su tilled to any consideration at U>a liands uf (tie democratic caucus. b -Oj v ? . ttw.t*# Mta . " " t : -w i\or.vi>ai i ! RATHER. STIC? CORRRSPf DTLNOK j The fo'lowing correspondence apt i in the report of Gen. Iiennings3n, ol l k^r'i. artm : I Headquarters, Grr.nada. Nov. 28, j To liie Cnrr mauder-iti-Chief of i I mains of Walker's forces, i Sir: Wo the undeis'gned G"ie ] the Guatemala, Salvador and the ? j gnu fun.os, for l.unnmty sake, now i you to surrender yourself and yo j diers as prisoners of war, before we | our respective forces to fall upon 3 ) which case very few of you might I ! chance to be left living, in spite c l best intentions to avoid blood being ! We must make you know that y? have no kind of protection from \> for he has been entirely routed at and Virgin Hay. Nor could the s! ever land a single man, all the beai ing covered with our troops. If yc yourselves up as prisoners of war, t ing all your arms, you have not I fear, for your lives wilt ho saved, hi will he very well treated and set a tv, giv;ng you your pass porta. \Y lots of prisoners in our hands, a them wounded, and the most pi touched, and we treat them as our own men, as the hearer of this one of them, will inform vou. We hope you will listen to our fi invitation, and if you do not accep have at least the satisfaction of I done all that laid in our power tr your total Destruction, giving y< hours time for your answer. Belu sir, yours, M. Prrkdks, General of Guatemala force Ramon Brli.obo, Gen. Com. Salvador and Nicaragua Titcs. Martin kz. General Commanding Nicaragua 1 1 P. Victor Zavala, Mntui o ' ? * To Zavala, Belloseo, and the othei and pirate leaders whose names not waste time to decipher: Sirs: I have no parley to ho! men who I know he. 1 regret good of the cause to he obliged t< ! vou, that if sou !av down your ai I .??. 1 I. , It IHl 11."? .. ill I I not, within six months i will, in ih I of the Goverment 1 rupreaeut, ha all as high as Li.tin.>n. Price, as I or, 1 enlend 10 detain and shoot, | return one of your prisoners, capiat I terday. <j. F. IIknningsk ' Acting in the name of the Comti in Chief ami President of the K of Nicatagtia. in his report, General llenningt I i marks : NViien the nlliedsGcnerals did their respective forces to fall u which tliev i.o doubt did to the their ability, I would remark, if admissibly in a report to beepigni that they fell back, fell ott", ami ac to last advices, tell out. A RTRANauerottir.?Tbo 0 of Lyon.-, has the following:?" A reamed woman of Calluire, near t! aitei being ill for some time, fell, c .ast wuek, into a complein sta.n ot | ibihtv, and was supposed to no de i medical man who aha c.?ILd in | ooiiiiiotie of the death. anil the woman was bud out, and, in dil fas'cued up in a cjtiin. in the omo women, who were sitting ! watch the deceased, h?aru subdued i ! and s.gba in the cdfii.. They tic may, and the neignbore, on beam | account of iho matter, proposed * i ihe coffin opened ; hut the hue'oau woman would not hear of such a l! i it would he, he aaid, profanatioi | dead. The toother of theyouiig howe ver, broke open the Coffin hatchet, and it then turned out the woman was not dead, hut had or in a lethargy. Medical assistance i cured for her, and in a short time covered perfect consciousness, now, we are happy to stale, gc i well." Kknsihi.k Doctor.?A handsomi 1 widow applied to a physician to her of three distressing complain which she was afflicted. " In the first place," said the, 1 little or no appetite. What hest to lake for that ?" M For that madam, you should and exercise." "And doctor, I am quite fidgety i ai.d afraid to lie aione. Wins! i take for ihat J" " For thai, madam, I can only n>*nd that you take?a ?huah?"C " Fie 1 doctor. Kill fr has# lh terrifdy. What shall 1 do for thi " For that, madam, you hare taking air, excise, and a hushaud, the * journal f Sensible Doctor, that. s? ?> . Wasn't it mrau in Powers to i poor Greek blare out o: a little t^arhlel . ^ e^i otf |sol use ,th m mms )N- TO DNilAHiilED LAOIV1S. The foil<>c. iu<> iiem* of ,-rlvi. i, u i'i <' peaked rema.uirg in.? statu >1 siogte bbv-ia f Wal* -fa?-* <1 fro a li e manuscript r. ,.i o'.?1 ilowuger : If you bavc b'ie ey?s, '..nguLL. ltf 50. ]; ,.ia J. ,.y( it aft'vtt SJ. .11 the to- i if ,-0l, j4 lVe y,retlv |ewf \Vo, r jf ^ u;_ eoav. JH s O 11" yOI? S.ro til? Id lStJ lubtflt1 ???' icnrr.- ^ p,,ir g .Voa? iIi-mii ?<"ig. ITU 1(0 If you 11!\v* good teeth,'! .1 i->? - i t ur 8' laugh, row and then, i order i, you have bad ouca, von nus ?>r 1 \* "> sinimr. rave h While you are young sit witn y<ur !a~? .OU,r to l'ie ; shed. When you are n li'tlo ndvauc-J, bit ?U.JV' will' your buck to the window. i> If you have a bad voice, always peak VHS in a low tons. Learner jf g j8 acknowledged that you Lav a . line voice, never speak in a high w?n?. |U give j, j.yu jMnc,, W(,|| JH|,oc Sehi.nl,. leliver- jf yOU j,ince j|it never dance at m.i. nng to If you sing well, make no pur'le ex amJ -vou set. t liber- jf you sjrtg indifferently, h?6't"H'MiC' e UHve moment, when you are asked, for |.er j, oine of >ong nro cmpetont judge-* of art un- glU everv OIl0 jH n^nsible of i 1 ?r? t > w?'' please. " wno is li in conversation, you iiii il* a r>e. wrong, rather hint a differr-n e y - .n . . riendly d an offer a contradiction, t it we jt is always ia your j. >.\er t?> m h . )a\ing friend by siniies: what lol.v to ! ? ?vo,d inies by frown. >u two When you liavo an ojpoi'uu i\e me, prHjse^ with a1! your hesu. When you are are forced to *>'. n e, it with relucteiice. is* If you are envious of atio'l < .. man, never show it lea hv r'-r i , k forces, "verv good nnalily ami per.v. tliose which she realty pos>es??'s , I! >ou wish to let Uie world ki.?"v . ?. orces. ;ue jt) |oVw with n particular r nil ti .. Iiiin with formality, and every oi.o , >?* * "* ?l> o?m ofwl frvt-dom. 11 )"> ! ura Miai^ncPil In hit i>ui i. . f j, r rebel* solent, it is belter to ex-reisc ; om :! i. i I can- m,>r your dog, or your cat, r yur . rant, 111it 11 on your trend. If you would preserve beau v, j i-e Id witu | J 1 t " the If you would preserve esteem,'.*?? i, > otu-r jf t wou|(| obtain power, it (>,.. "ua ?' Keend'iig. ireo , il jj- j.ou wou),j b? happy, dei r e m.iue promote lh?. lint-i ines- ol el; -r> J'o tr'* Spirit. a trait ed\e??- A " milky way" at s.ka.?A tier voyage to Calcutta, wiitcs ti..? . *s, ing:?"When in the gull of ..v-.e!', .? .< lender- *** " v*r> remarkable sight. It n? * epublic rough nnd blowy evening tliut w. v er I called un tleck to see the " i'?I ay \? -If .* which is only seen in lids region. ! .? stiil undecided whether the i-tiect > p?o I order duced by electricity, by aimot-piu-ic"' cun pun us, *es, or by animnlculte. Instead of water, best of it seemed as if the vessel were ^ ni.g' -r .1 ....i. ? .. u. e ... ... ti. . 11 were w?m?u^ii v*i ill'* sji nuun , : iic matical pearance extended even to iho I cording and if the air had been col ? r, m- I I could hstve caught the some' u s.fS'id. hells, 1 shoal.1 iiav#? lost all . ha of *1 ? f ourrier and imagined myself ??> j*-> :**i' 11 ' 1* 1 y?l,,r? cent sicigh ride. It was a sjm.no .is city, and it it> rery rcmarkith.u that v . . >no day ^al analysis can detai l any jj. ui .eas- iu the \\?U?r; and as aon.i r.a ' ; ao. A coiiiva i' v.wishes. Tiie n?: .,?* vv.. , (,?*>' si el for three nigl.u?, ??r.d tint . yous.g btopyoJ; itntl r.ery ev_tiu.g *f <s tmi-j, the water was as usual." ~y. 1 of . ' I C*r^a;.s A I,a"BMU' "? * "" r ' ? '? I in d s bot?.* whiclt be had io?: s? i, ic their " !V wa?h v*'fV at -act .. is . ' m .' j have '.v r'^ JTU>' ^ n>- .'u, d of the both, ^ could no- el. i?..{?- hem .. c?> , hing ((S when I went alter de one I .aw ys ? .gnt j of i|,e t*'e ?'le.r, and I wh'j?t the . .* nrc.a to woman depth he-jam.? de odor ktekol i ? k/ with a l'ins deseiibes nil sci li mi? 5 you air "Vonce, n king ago. I vert *!/? inir >?* dv la?en ^'e ?rr'"?"l to cl'inb a Itoar 'roj g? -v?8 pro t'ome beeches to make mine '.rr .v : h niu i she re- budding mil ; and ven I gem or r'a 5 berShe is "10Pl branch I vail from de. inv., rm.-n ring on "?nb. lnil one '*fi on ''oth ?idc of <h Unc^ f d like to stove my outside in*" 9 young Johnson rei?>?rke<1 t'vul h. *>rv^it of relieve looking on the best vide of u* ,\ c '< u? u is, with better than a thousand pound* a ?*.- When I" ftiwicuV Urgfy was >? f "O I I h?ve be praised," be exdt.nunl,, t'w * : soi >ul?i be 'l,e dweliing of >omn poor i us." lake hit qtorw to rend *li <-.*?.c' Iv.ib* I. . , Kurootf than it dot's to St..-i * si'ek u u/"?Sj fl.ur *ba|l I, ^ ^ recoin- ^ Cl"wv for the heart ? v. ; II truth, innocence ist.ci lo'-'v , . i e blue* flower a men can * M?r n ci . beside* I'm going to draw this Vw : ? . ; |l??ke knot," a* the hidy inul wh<r?t*i? a* the hymeneal altar. chisel a There wn? once a m>r ?? : . ( piece of lite, that, at ha ? } -. .. , .. b? iaKlj " iHdl't me, lift'ittie1 -H ^ t* 9m*>