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fpigmyiuiJ" j .jyp"' u1 |i ,.?T "fr""" i.1, 9 & * ! L ?' -^- '- " ' ?? ^ __ ?? tf>2 P ER, AWN I Ti\r Turn to tltv I'rc**?it* to? u?iiiu' Miiwy, |\T A I\Tr A XTp T71 *! -iViiii .1*1 Uijj n Hi! j||4. womler* ol ? ;?? ki |?uskin^ day. li\ J\ 1 J \ J\ \ j [4j 3 /ninilg noil ^ulilirul >JrtD9|iaprc?Urantrli la tlir 3r's, Jrirnrts, viUrutsrr, iftaotina, ilgrirultarr. 3ntrrunl 3iii|itUDtintnt3, /urtigu nui) Jtorstit A'ttus, niii) ljit Jihrkfls. VOLUME VI. LANCASTER. C. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 29. 1S>7. NUMIiERil. r 1 I*"' ?? . mi i II.H,,... i MM ttonj. THE FAITHFUL SENTINEL. \ " _ AN INCIDENT OK XATOLUON'S TIME. rJTic French army !:?v encamped only r?hoi)l ft day's inarch from Heriin. It was on the 2H<I of October. Tlie sentinels were doubled, and the nio.it strict orders given, for the Prussian and Aus tiiaa spies were plenty and troublesome. At midnight Pierre Sancoin was station ed at one of the outposts, lie was a bold, shrewd man, and a good soldier.? The colonel of his regiment was with the sergeant on this bout, having request^ to lie called :it midnight, thai lit; might visit the outposts, 'J'ierre,' lie 9?id, a'ier tbe man had been posted, 'you ?jui<t keep your eyes o|u?n, Don't let oven a stray liorse c? out or conns in without tbe pass. Do you understand i' 'Ay. tnon colonel, T shall be prompt..1 'The dog* are all round ih,' pursued the olh-'er, 'and you rannot be too careful. Jlon't trust men or brutes without g-.-od proof.' 'Never fear' was 1'iorro's answer, ns be brought his firelock to Ins shoulder, and moved ha< k a pace. Alivr tffis llii! i;ti ii'l inovo.l on to the next initl I'iene .Sanooin v??? Ici'i alone. l'ierre's post w.*s 0110 ol tliu most important in tlio ramp, or rather around it, ntlii lit* lia<l l.i'i'ii placed there for lliat remain. The ground over which lie had t?> walk was a long knoll, hounded at one end Uy a huito rock. kimI at tlio oilier sloping nwiiv into a narrow ravine, in which was a c >p<c of willows. Iti-votnl this copse the ground was low ami I JJV, sto licit a m in could not pass it, The rock iya? to tlie westward, ami I'ierie's wall} was on dm outer side. I III* llti'lit U li illliln ilult- lni r.. iivi.-... of cloud-* Hnithitj overhead, and s!nit(iu<* out the stars ; mi ! n sort ot lo?? nee tried to ho rising also front the 111 arSi. '1 n?* wii.l mouf-Kul through the copse in the 1 i 'V'iuo, tlxi tlio :?:r was damp :ui<l chilly Willi h fclovy tMeadv tread, tlio soldier > |> iu d Ids gntiid, ever an 1 nnoii slop " pin* t<< listen. n-< tlio willows in the r ivJ inn rattled their leaves, or sonm m dit r. liird started out w ith its qniek flipping. V,' z\i, Icuirliad passe I nwav and the m n k tine! ha i seen fmthin?* to e\eite his M!*I ? pn-ions. lie h id slopped f??l- a lOoiilelit < !<<*< l.v the rock, when lie *v ?s sj-irte I l'\ n 'ii'.'ek wild screech fnun the wood mi.I 111 u Tow tinm.'iiirt more a large hir-l lli-w over Ms head. !' he uttered, after I? night 1 hir.l had ||ii?n over ; emi'd mortal man | linvft AiHijinl that fellow from |>a-sing f I la -ati-fi i liini~c:f that lie had d< ii" ii< it 11 i t wrong in ntiflVritijj the Itird t<> I i*s lie had walked the length of Ills w iv two or three tiniea and was* just turning l?y l!i?' rook, w hen he wai atir.' In* saw iii'.ark ol>j a t crossing the line of lln* copse. "II 'II !' ho Tie.I, hritigiag his tmiskct I t<> his s!niii iler. 'Hold, or I fire 1' At-'l v. ith hi* pierc at uim, lie advanced tow ards tlwi ?p.>t, wh-ro the ohj.athr.d ntopnoil, I"11 as he eanic to within a fee/ k \ aids of i', it started to move on again 7 to a aid* t !? - eainp. Unable cried J'icrre, 'move a* v fir 11? r ami I tlr?*! What, 1 *urt|i?*n ! Lc l'niu'C ) Ho, ho; why, I'tinco !' 'I'll** animal turned and made a motion MS till ogh ho would lisip lip on to tlio sentinel's bosom, hilt the Holliei 1110 tioiie?l him nil". 'Itravo I'rinie.' 1'ierre cried, roachirtj foith his hand and patting the head of the J;iont slinky boast, which hail now M l 111ion its hunchcr*. Pierro recognized the inijudcr now hs h groat dog of th?' bread of iit. llernanl, which Ua>l boon oipvd in the regiment* for over a year. 11n.1l which h.'vl Ihhmi now missing for about n week. He had disappeared oao night from the picket-*, and all search for him had been unavailing. 'Parbleti, mon grande Prince,' Pierre uttered as though the dog could under, stand every word, 'the man will he happy to sea you ; where-have you been so Jon fif ?' Tl>e dog made no answer lo this save a low whine, and a familiar nodding of i . the head. Now, mon ami, yon just keep your ki sitting position tLeru till the guard OOflOM, yu.d iiiwit we'll ( !> l.i liiii i llup t'Jgi*ilu*i. f Si n. 1 that, will yon }' And with those words uttered with olernn emphasis, and due meaning.? Pierre started on his IkhiI again, lie Vad not got half way to the rock, when Hie idea of looking around struck him, ami lie did so. !.< Princfl was moving towards the camp again. 'Hi! Prince, that won't do I Stop J p stop! or I'll shoot ! Diabje, the colonel : was positive in his orders. I was to let nothing pass 111v post without the countersign. A dog is something. You can't go, Piinee, so now lie down. Down ! D??wn, 1 say !' With this the dog lay Hat upon his belly, and stretched out his fore paws. Pierre patted htm on the licit.t itfft.n, aid! linv ing dulv urged upon him the necessity of remaining where ho was, he resumed Lis march once more. During the next fifteen minutes, tku animal lay perfectly quiet and erer and L anon the sentinel worn 1 speak to him by way of being sociable. But at length ^^fefdiu dog made another attempt to go into ^^H,he camp. Pierre had nearly reached lock when ho btStd the INWNnl, W fnd on turning ho could just see his uti F ? " com(.?.non muiog on, >1 'J)ial?le !'the honest fellow uttered, 'I il?u*t obey orders. The Colonel's word whs plain, llere! I'aihlue! Come here ! Here, I'tineo ! Mon l>ieu ! \ oil nm-t die if you don't !' With a few quick hounds the soldier had <jot near enough the do^r to lire, and as the latter stopped, l.e sto? ped. 'Mon cher mm, you must stay with ino! Here ! Cmne hack ! I mint shoot if you (1 >n't I'.irbleu ! what a thing in M.irl tlio whole camp for, to shoot a d < >g !' i Kill I?y coaxing hiiiI threatening, the J sentinel got the dog hack to his post, and there ho made liiin lie down once more. Aim! thus matters rested till the tramp of the coming guard was heard. 'Ah, now I'riiiee will he relieved,' said the soldier, stopping near the dog. 'Von shall go and see your old friends.' The tramp of the coining guard drew near, and. 1'ietre \vas preparing to hai'< tliein, when the dog t<. k a new start, and in a new direction, this time Stirling towards the copse. Hack ! Iiaek ! Here !' i '(..rand lJifii !' This last exclamation was forced Iroin Jherre's lips, hy seeing , the dog leap to his hind legs ami run ihl.w i 1.1 "1"'" him. < > lick ns tliou^lit lio ol.ij>|?e? 1 liis ( oiin to liis sti-mlder itii 1 took iiim. lie I could j't*t discov.-r tho dim outlines no*, ' and lio lireI. Tltcro was a sliarp cry, nii-1 tli'.'ti I'icrie li id to tupi,lor lite ^uaid : fff-ffl iipjiroacliin^. *it> 'i ?*st 1 i 1' (who is there ?) lio cried. ; IJ-'liot jjnar-1,' was I lip answer. Ami hating obtained the e-iuntersijjn, lip inf'line.1 lite ollU'Or wliat had ha|> pencil. * 'A dojj i' cried lite oflieer. 'I'tinoo di-l ' VOII Riiv ?' 'He looked like I'nnce ; I11. dinl>!c, ton slunt l Iihvp sppn hint run oil' oij liis iiiti-l Icj-s | .i - i ii i i ivi u .mi : .V"*' ' I'lieu ennm i.s u lif-r.' ho was.' V, itli ".liis liio "lli '. r of iIim motiiiUl | jjiruJ |>tilU?l out !iV lantern from l.u j l?reji*l nn.l removing i!|(. t.|u lie Marted 1 'on. I'irrrc U'tl tlio way ? ? the <'Ojv->e, and l lie re the <loo was found in the I.lot j riio_j]e? ol tie till. I lie oJlK'er Mopped nil.I turned liiin o\ cr. 'tirand l>!cii 5* lie critvd, 'vxliat lo^t for .1 lll'lj, oil !* An.I no w..n.|i'r|ic vtid so. The Iti11< 1 !.?.?* .?i the nni.n il were t?o !. an 1 !ki.i every appearance of ih?i |<e i ?i e\:rctni of tin. ifenii- man. I'.ot nil don'iis were renewed very .p.ickly, for as the ollicer tnriie.l tlie l. '.it ae tin, a ^lo.an came up, ... I . I li O !.. I ' ... . .? > - MM, ""i n ? ? "? 11*?: . 111 ii;t' i 'i itssi in t > _T's *, f ?ii.>wi<l. '!? ihle ! hem's nil nhcntorc !' utter- ' the ? lli or, ami Ito mile I'.erio h<>|.I the i lantern v\ !ii!o ho r i pj-C*! open enough < f '.he ^ .loo's sV,i11 to 1 'i11 I face. Hilt 'Lev con in.li*i| n.t to -top there to mtesMoir.o; so lliov f >riu. 1 t litter l?y crossing their niu-k.'lt, jiikI ti tvir.o liftcl the s r:nioi! :i:tiiiinl upon i, the\ pro. < . !.-.1 on their way. Wlii'ii they reached the camp, ' s!i v found It i f tlio soldier* tip, Wititiiiir l il .? O i to lin.l out why tlio join was fired. 1,'^hls ?. il* I rou.:lit. ? ? ! tlio 1 ? Iv ji!.iooi; i? >ii tin' ^rotitiij. T!?o .loo skin . was removed, mi l within w is found a I'lnsstin Iruminer. lie wilt jy small t't I- , !<>w,though apparently some twertv )<ctts >>f itoo, hut lit; vvns den I, I'iorre's hull . h.ivino touch.-.I l.is heart, or somewhere ] very near it. lis pockets were overhaul- | 1 e?l ninl in one ??f them w is n cvpher, hut i i o one eon I make ?nytlrinof it. The . o'oncl took it, niitJ <liicote-1 that tin-hotly shou'J he place.1 out < f tiohl f>r burial i on the morrow. r>n! tins w is not the en.I. About four o'clock, just heh.ru <l;?\li^ht nnotlicr nun whs lire.I on the same post where l'.erre had been, nil 1 ttiis time 11 man was shot who was trying to make his escape from the camp. Ilo v;as shot through ilic head. When the body wn* brought j into camp, it was found to !kj that of u Bavarian tmoper, who had been suspoct . wlef treaeliery, though no proof nad over i been found against liim. < ?n his poison was found the key'to t ho cypher, which had been taken from the person of the Prussian drummer: and now that (lie colonel had taken them both, he could l translate the my.s'i: scroll. It proved to be a direction to the Bavarian to lay his plana fur keeping as near Napoleon's . person as possible, after be should enter Berlin, and then wait for further orders. The mvstery was explained. The Bavarian had contrived to rail the great dog away from the regiment, arid delivered him up to tLe enemy,and his skin was to be made the cover for ? spy, to enter the camp under. And the spy w.,uld have got in, too. but for the sportive or der ol tl.y colonel, and the wilfully faithful obedience of VNerre ftalicoin. On the nex', day l'ierre was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and the Emperor said to him as he bestowed the boon ; 'If you only make as faithful r\n offtcer, as you have proved yourself faithful as a sentinel, I can n?k no more.' kfy a steamboat exp'osion on a Western liver (says an exchange),, a passenger was thrown unhurt into the water, and at I once struck out lustily for the shore, blowing like a porpoise the while. l(o reach- f ed the bank almost exhausted, and w;ut caught by a bystander and drawn out panting. '"Wei!, old follow," said his / I 111 ..I - I. I il...^ ?' H v. irifftjii, iinti n ujum unit , i iu'iw, nre-pretty liard, eomtideriti*. Wun't doin' it for myself, llioogli ; w># * worVin' for one o' ilium inetirance olflces in New York- Got h policy on my hf?*, and 1 wanted to ?ave ill era. I didn't care." ' v' k. K ' : u V* # . JtlkilTlllllUHllHi. F. .iiiiiIk' N> v Oikmih I'ioat utte. ENGLAND. COTTON aud SLAVERY. Tito oviTii'iworiii^ tu'cosiiios of labor, and ibo in* X'?r.tMi: ! ?ro?' of I"??: ?, aro work iiiif I't'in nk ibio oil an^os in tin; llionriot of Liritisli o o.iutnistt mi l at it<tsm<Mi.? Tiiore arc fixed natural laws wlticli c\u Iterant |<r jsp-i ity may taui|>or witli for a tiino, Init novel' fail to vindicate litemsolve*, mil] exact |k1uh!i'mm from tftose w|n? t 1.1 ill..10 \ r. y ... ..-j .... i - a hallucination wherein a fanatical philanthropy was Mended with false views uf inteicst, Knolatnl cmatic!] atvd her slaves. She ealeuhile I a "teat ileal <>n the productiveness of lo-e labor, atel indu'u in lire vision ?>l lice communities arising in the West lmlius to compete with the slave lahoi in the Lulled States, in the production of simar ami cotton n?r the consumption <>l the world , ami nroviditior f,,|- (Jieat lirit.tiii an independent source of supply of the i ov material which puts her \.ist manufacturing in.Ins try int < motion. The tiVeel has been to i win the colonic*, iinpoveri-h ami degrade the whites, and reduce the Macks, the ostensible ol jeets of care ami svmji rtl.ies, to deeper poverty J*': I luwt-r rb'^iadaliou. The pr idu. ts of the islands have fallen oil alarmingly *. ami Kn^laml, coiifexsinw the waste of Initi Ire.Is of tniiiious, direct* lv. on a ruinous c\p uintent, and the tot ui sinlcitio of a eapit tl of proilo Mix enes*, which ua.s worth 11i.ilions annually *. foi ever, is U??>!< ti-_j with alarm to the clVects of tho reaction i?pon her own future at Iioiiio, aiet ,> htraunno hei iiii.ntion am! tusking Imr res turce*, to li el for t!i in <!is|.ons:ili!e went* of tier o.vn iielnaliy, a *tll?lil::to fir tlie lahor she deliberately destroyed at so much o ?t. "1*110 cotton lit ui'lfuctoi v liis become her nmil interist, an! a dctHoiiey in her sii|i|ilv of co'-to-i her/re it !- ir. Millions of her fculj-uts lepeu'lir work ami bread on the prosperity of her factories, and w|iaft?vcr .uresis t!i spiemU misery; ami whatever material check* it, otidaueers Iter vvlinlu fihiie of Sbv'.trit)' and i;overiinie.nt, tin! *t ih.iuy of h-r institutions aie! her i ink am ?no nation*. I. i^hiiel is, tlou. i.?, concern.-.I an I excite I ale nil the c ilton wipph . Hiel m driv e.i to til,! ci's?ity of III -ellil^ the labor o.iostion l.x which lite supply is to he iletel mine. Iier tiien.es ol Afre-ill lhe: w 11?i therm t ohvn.ti iki ih i'.i'o and [IIHClit'.l! necessities I ! the peop e and (r<and their jirri>i?'\ities are extr, ?:;. ThcV wuil fin? ap cot t<>ii :uni nhnnlatico of cotton y?t it is d?-m nislratrd an I a t liut eonfe-sed, that cotton can lio oii'\ j?i own l.y slave lahor, and ill it all nttoinp's to obtain it from am o'liur source are failure*, and there are inherent causes which t,? demons'rule that thev will ahva\* pros e to he failures. The trials in India are j?>ven np, utnl the schemes uo.v advocated with most zeal Contain the principle of compulsory lahor, Itltle U.-a than positive slavery as it exists in the slave holding States of the I nioii. The Coolies tVoai A-ii ares'avir f<?r a term, with a lifetime after of he ple-s dej eudeiice, foi wh eli slavery wonh^ he a li ippv substitute ; and the Atneatt en _ji i. <.n, now so ijr it to he ?-X" Cll-ive' V ot'^a li/.ed, is laVefV without its i.v-jiiu .ii'.ut.> (. or an\ of its ?afeoiiaid,s an I hen, li ? It the dive.? I lie labor sought i? iMiiimhMiiy mi I act, and lacks on! v those ij i ii. s!aver\ which make il nn-st productive to the \vo|I<1, and iixm iiciicli i ll to the laborer. I lilt Coolie of A'riem tabu i<> the demand and the ncccssitv f-r Kiiglami ; mid in tlic-e schemes and the imperious necessity which dictates tliem, she practically condemns the ? hole Seiit-a of ciuat cipation measures with winch she iiad desolated the West Indies and heaped up to herself saciitices, iut!,sriiigs and late repentance. KJic mike*, too, the important eonfcs.s'nii that free labor, such as she has delighted in Iter theories to uphold, is incompetent to do the indispeii sable labor of the world, nnd that tlt3 material progress of civilized mankind, depending as it does on tropical products can only be improved or even kept at its piesent advance by cmpnUorv labor.? There are, indeed, numerous sophisms by which this deduction is sought to be denied, and Coolie and African importation* made to be consistent with emancipationist doctrines?but to these plain conclusions, f u*ts brim? lis irrevocably and una Voidly the great present :uia greater prospective want of England is cotton ; tlio production of cotton is by slave labor, ami no prospect exists for the Hading of a substitute at any time, and certainly none which lessens the dependence upon America now for her slave-grown products. 11 ritisli economists and statesmen, merchants, manufactures ami laborers, are unanimous in calling upon Government to omit no exertion, at any time, for the increase of the souree*fr?tn which cotton is to he derive!, ntnl the preservation against fluctuation or check from tsny esnisi- lit ilia ?>v ti 11 <y sources of snnnlv. ^ ? # ' r? ---f, \ J All this indicate*, that, for the immodi h to and urgent want of Epgjish industry and Knglisb political stability, wine It | is lier manufacture* and Iter commerce, there shall bo no interruption which it ia possible to avoid, in the supply o| slavegrown cuton from America. All enterprises which look fir a substitute are doubtful experiments where they are not ascertained failures, 'this i* the present practical urgent want. A deduction inevitable from these facts and concessions cinwot long fad to make a lodgment in Rnglish mind*, that, so long as the products of African slavery ar?; each itulis|>cnaHlilu elemet Is of l'.ritisli prosperity and to make war Upon it, la seek t'? destroy or cnleelile ir, politically <>r otherwise j '.o riienntscialio Us area, or to crush iu value l>v weaken ino its see a ri iv?is to create piemen s ( !' uncertainly ami disorder, in tie: ]>ro iaction of cotton ; and to 'ho extent that scheme* having that o'-j -t are success till, to hring distress and prospe r'.ive rain on great llrilisli interest*. In tlie discussions wliicli li.ivo already grown oat of Il.e sal ject, in Kngland, t'm to . has turned decidedly against tho Kxeter ilall crew of AI>oliti?n tanatic*, and lliev are ilenoiiiKvtl (is the worst enemies of Uritisli pro-peri'V. Tlio Contest is assuming :i new shape; and, after a \v 1?il??. w,> fcli.'kll lo.-k to sea ih? ah >nt ah oiitioiiisin transferred t<> Ktio| iisil, Mini made a domestic ipiestion then-, ;?l <>nt labor and exutiaice to nt imi??tin id viiii.'u or the t illino aw iv ol Kn^ii.-li nicalt.i ss as a nation. It is a bavero ! ?-.>u of rooaniutioti ainl restoration llir??iiy;li which Knolainl is ?lealiiie<l to j^o, with what ultimate stn ce.-s, or to what ?*xt?*i?*, we shall not v.mtitre to pronounce ; leit at ail tine's, ai .1 with whatever issn?, i' is a lesson for nan inlerh ronee with Aaieiiean J slavery, which is imposed upon her hv a bit'i-r exptaienoo, hii<1 an tir;_;out and imperious sell inter* st. | ' 4^, THE BURNING OF THE UTICA LUNATIC ASYLUM - -AFFECTING , SCENES. . i The correspondent ?> N ov York i ; i iii"*, in jjiviiijj an m-cuillH "i Ino litlillir?(if ilio S'. itv- L'lnaf.c n*vluin at I'ica iiu the 1 4tli itinl., tbus rcti-t i to <!.<) appearance and cm duct o! tin mil' r111n:itc Lunatic*, who were re.*uied an i taken in an adjacent throve ; 1 11 ?j>s liftj patient*, all wonu-n some .n straight Wai.*teoal*, ami others \v t:i their han Is Pod lonelier, \m i - i. [ rod :ii "roups aliuut, and aii In a lii^Ii Mate f i"\i- icinont, conscij uuit hi" tin i ^hi of the fno, and their uuwon.nl siui i; n in tin- oj.cn air surrounded l?y a ij.in^, kinchin/, ji'frintj crowd, N.? i f.at* .! the keepeix could keep the poor v atuio* *ti!i ; ih" most that could bo done, w is to prov ?i,' ti.fin from i nnnin^ away. Hero fat a Woman of blovei.lv :i?jn\t. II.-r ?on;f was change Icaa botii in toman 1 wool*, but w.i* interrupted l.v fro ...I ..r -..t?i.. -1 t I-." Sim seemed to think liiiv*'. I!.e e\fto.siiro of a I o\es, ;*i>< 1 ivc, ^ a Miiiiii ! the til most Near 1 -r groveled on the ground a wo. man, with a Konaii n m l with a tig uiv ai nittch |>->rt.:n?*s-. She kept uj? n sort .>f a n-r, with her month agape ;111 1 r ' iiog tioni side to side, striking ivI'O'it w id? her linn ln. Site was n< t long allowed to lav ll.tss in the tlirt ; It being f*v>111it 1 iin|t issi!>Io lo iiniiitt. her to set up. 1 took hul l with MiiiK'j't n-r g'ntlemcn and laid Iter on the hod which had heen produced, and spread un h i t tree. Paring jfant.lv to ami l'r<?, with a book ela'ped m her hand, a ! ill, thin lady (-he corrhl H"t have hveti ovei twenty tire) tvas talking to the unlieedirg crowd in a tone w host! touching, kindly, ntfevtiohnte earnestness, 1 have n?*vi-r Inard Oi|italivd. I ho patient pathos with which she warne I ti.e laughing c owd to l? warn of the , jnd-mont which dela\r 'h n<>t, ami tlie tin .Iwlorl,...! ? ......,;...".l"e 1.,!. ?t . l. . ; i ? -in !? ! on, in the five of in lenc-s "".niuh< ! I'd' nenih."' I In* kin*.. < rea' t'.i was tulT;:i';f to mi'.oo hlllc l. i\, who had, in the sliillino i't the crowd, fo in I t!i? i?iselves before li?-r. Sto >pinjf over, she saiu lo a fino look. ino little fellow?"Y "I love to O.I to Soil- ; bath school ilon'i voif!' Tho hoy said, ] j"\es. I do." She seemed d> iy_'hted at i the response, and encouraged to a mani iTestation of In r all- ii.ni for t!to little fel( low, for the tears spruuo into her laroe ' j eyes, and she laid lo r hand upon his head. The hoy removed los cap ie\? renilv an ! looked up unshrinkingly into her faee.? | I lien she sho >k h s hand, j?r< ascd it in Iter own, mid stooping inpinted a kiss upon his forehead. I -aw the tear* Countmijj down hor si ill calmly sinihno face, as she. turned away to conceal ilium and 1 walked nlF. Tne next one who caojjl.t inv eye spo- 1 dally, was as strik.no and Inuiildo a con- [ tra?t as ncihat s could ha\e heeii nroduc 0(1. Slid stood ii living embodiment of rage :ud pns<i??n, of tierce, soul l?.nrUig anger. Ilor hands were tied behind be?, and a keeper was on each side of her.? ! W it li teeth sunk madly into her not her op, wiili features w.oking convulsively, and Iter eves glaring fiercely, she stool and looked about upon th ; crowd. ller eve met mine; it lighted up with a vet wilder frenzv ; a stream rung from her lips, an<| she undo a spring towards inc. liut her keepers restrained her. 'Ihen who raved 1 Hods! w hat oaths, what billingsgate, wbat tilth from those bloated lips. Near her stood a woman with a folded newspaper over her eyes engaged in fervent aa I unceasing prayer for deliv orauce from tho impending fhniea. Slio was praying when I tiist entered, and she , was in thosniue position when I left.? Standing alone by herself, apparently neglected by her keepers, a woman was en>?Hr?e.l in hustilv niriivinrt ln-r?'!i in r> - * "V V " O "v' "ascension robea" of white. lMCATIt VKOM A S.NAKK litTK.? Wo leant that a negro boy,belonging lo James A. Dojle Esq., wm bitten by a Katlle snake, 0110 day this w?vk, wh'ch proved fatal in a very short time. The l?oyt a* we learn was in the wood* hunting cattle at the thno of the occurence. Too much care cannot ho taken ti> guarding against exposure to the fatal fang*, of this dtuigoroui reptile.? Ktoxcct Courier. , 5 ' A. ^ KANSAS AND GOV WALKER. 1 lie S uithern press is so octipied wiili Kni>as tli at wo most s .j' a few word* iu no oit the sul^cct, as wo wish to bo dwily inidcrsto nl in our position. Wo think Gov. Walker a?mined too much when lie was first appointed Gov- < ornor, and by his letter published at the i time, appeared to de-ire that the iinpres- I >i-?n vhoutd be made that ho was prescribing t? nns and conditions to the adminis- I tration before he would accept. lie and ' hi* tii.mi 1* li id it published that the 1'res idetit must come to his terms and give I him a carte blanche?unlimited power to settle everything before ho would agree to take ofllee. There was, upon the i .. i. a i i.. . i- ... ?? n>ni?, an amuiiii'iii ptiaue ui nsmiliil tiuiis power. When he went t<> Kansas,ho courted the 1 ! in soil par ty by demagogucical speech '< os, ainl was extra ollicial in assuming to I declare that the Constitution should he ' defeated by Congress unless it were first I submitted to the p >ople for their vote up- ' on it. In all this ho deserves our deepest < censure. When t!ie Topeka Legislature 1 assembled and laid olV the Territory uu iri their authority, and assumed to elect I a'i I appoint the dill'i-rent ulliccrs, and re fused to pay taxes or to vote for members to the regularly called Convention, that he ought to have repudiated and de? , ' lied them. lie declared the regularly constituted Territorial Legislature i should bo. sustained, and lie ought to have 1 boldly stoo I by it. Hut if the local authorities sustain him as tiiev appeal l<> I", ami tin* ' onveiition at which J ndoe Ivmore, a brother of our own J1'. II Klmore, presided, seems to have ' ! sustained him by in unanimous vote, 1 then we infer there must he something in ' their loea! polities we do not understand I ami are not hilly informed upon, I'nder I -a h eirouinst inoes, we tliink it more pru- ' lent to wail the meeting . f the t'onven- 1 lion ; ami we have always suppose.1 that ' the South was willing to ahide 1>V what- ' ! ever that Convention shonul ?lo. lis members i present the sovereign authority <>f the pe?.p!e an ) are elooteil expressly to Conn an organic law for their government, ami are, in Caet. to tri'ike <t Slut).'. 1'he only ]> over the Federal Covorninent j has iiii.h r i he t 'onstitntu>u, is simply the power "to admit new Slates." This is the language > I' the Constitution itself, and the otuv power given. 1 hov cannot make or mould a State; that is an emanation of sovereign newer, an ! belongs to the j>* ?>j !?.; alone. The power "to admit new States" is nil tin; power the government lias. It cannot iook beyond tin; records 1 iliat in ike litem a political being under the stv'o aiul title of a State. I bis being tlie case, wo wait the action ot tlio Con- | ventioa, ami whatever they ! > we are bound to abide by it. If it rofiues \osub- , 1 nut the Constitution formed to the peo|:!n or constituted voters for their appro- 1 ha'ion or vote, wo will stand bv it, even iflbc Ailmaiistratioii oppose tin* adoption of Mich a constitution. lli.it it is the dn ty ofovciv State to do. And if the Ad iniiti~tralien oppose the adni'ssion of the State beejiiiso the Convention rjfuses to submit the Constitution to the adoption of the people, then will be the time to oppose it. Hat because a federal agent lets down ?lu? 'rue dignity of bis otliee bv extra of liciu! acts, it is not of usel' sullh iciit cause to cut loose from tin; administration altogethcr. Tliev may e uwnit a blunder ? tliev nt iV In- III advt?ed? lf.it under rxi>tis^u circumstances, ?>< mimj?1 y prefer ti> await events. We hill abide l?y what il?*? l 'o.ivention docs. This is our t?-xt ? this is our creed?this is the doctrine of the So ith Carolinian. The whole course of Mr. Buchanan for thirty years?his great experience, hisexemplary character?all justify us in rolaining confidence in him, however much | we disapprove of any amlctious oflicial he may appoint. We cannot think il the interest of the South to l?e split up and divided at the very commencement of an Administration thaflhcy have just united in putting into power. Our own special preference was for I'ierce, hut we did not object to Buchanan. We have s>>mo slight personal knowledge of hi in, and he. gave us the evidence then of a disposition to do justice and to act for the true interests of the (iovernment, an.! we have over respected him f >r his independence and sense of duty. We know and e-cl that thrre nregrcU and vital issues that must he forced up in ui<! music, union win require I in' whole strength ol tin' Soulli unitcJ to meet aiul master. If the administration bo sound ami faithful on those special am! mighty issue*, we desire their power to he with lis, and do m>t desire to he drawn off at present, or collateral questions made before the Convention in Kansas acts, and before the final issues are presented. Our policy now is to l>? forbearing on minor point*, and firm on vi'al ones. The Governors appointed for Kansas by President Pierce acted infamously and outrageously?)?t there was no open rupture or war made upon the administration by Southern presses for it. Why do it now ? ? 1 Ilia Villllinut sat I/.II \ ??u n f ? I?v .M?A out " ** " WW I chI g?m? to play than the last. The questions aio now beyond compromise. They must bo niot in their final issues, Ih)!(Uv an.l fenrlessy, or iho AlminUtra-; lion will be over whelmed, and the country brought to a verge of convulsion.? There is no alternative and if tho time should come, aud it shall be our duty to strike, perhaps those who are the calmest and most moderate now, may he, in that trying hour, found with a (lashing scimo tar, grasped as fir inly as any who may now he esteemed the foremost in the fray. South Carolinian. A THRILING INCIDENT Returning from a via'' i" Now Orl....... ?... 4VMII-, ? V? V. v iwivmi \\Ki \ li MS1. I\J ?cniri' a passage in a lino steam-. < itli but few passengers. Among the Indies one especially interested us. tShe was the widow of a wealthy planter, and was returning with one only child to her father's liou>e. I lor devotion to the child was very touching, and the eyes of her old black nurse would till with teaia as she besought her mistress 'nut to love that l-oy too much, or the Lord would lake iiiui away from her.' We passed through the can a! of Louisville, and stopped for a few moments at the wharf, when the nurse, wishing to see the city walked out on the guard, at the back of the boat, where, by a sud leu effort, tho child snrnnrr from tier tiiii8 into the terrible current that sweeps Low a r<i s the falls, ami disappeared immediately. The confusion which ensued attracted the attention of a gentleman who was sitting in the fore part of the boat luietly reading. Itising hastily, he as <ed for some article the child had worn, rim nurse handed him a tiny apron she liad torn oil in lier etl'orls to retain the bubo in Iter arms. Turning to a splendid Newfoundland dog that w:.s eagerly watching his countenance, he pointed first to the apron, and then to the spot where lite child had gone under. In an instant the noble dog leaped into the rushing water, anu also disappeared.? 1-j litis time the excitement was intense, and some persons on shore, supposing that the dog was lost as well as the child, iney procure.] a ooat ami started ott to search for the body. fast at this time the dot; was seen far away with something in his mouth. Ifravely lie struggled with t'ne waves, but it was evi<ient liis 'strength was failing fast, and more than ono hreast pave a sigh of relief as .he brat reached hint, and it was announ :ed that he had the child, and that it was itiil alive, 'l'liey were brought on board ? the dog and the child. ' Jiving a single g! nice to satisfy herself that the child was really living, the voting mother rushed forward, and sink ing beside the dog, threw her anna around his neck and burst into tears.? Net inanv could view the sight unmoved, and a- do- caressed and kissed his shaggy head, she looked uj> to his owner and said : '< >, >ir, 1 must have this dog, 1 am rich ; take all i have?every tiling?Lilt give me my child*!) preserver.' I'll3 gentleman smiled, and pitting his dog's head, said, 'I ntn very glad, in idurn, lie has been of service to you, bat nothing in the world can induce tne to part with him.' I iie dog looked as though he perfectly understood what they were talking about, and giving his sides a shake, laid himself down at his master's feet, with an expression in his large eyes that said plainer than words, 'No, nothing shall pari u> !' APPOINTMENTS. Washington', Jci.y Id. The appointment of the lion. Richard K. Meade, of Petersburg, Virginia, as Extraordinary Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil, in place Win. Trousdale, Es?p, removed. is confirmed. Benjamin E. Angel, of New York, as Minister to Sweden, in place of Erancis Shrocder, tocalied at his own reuuest ; Miraheau 1). Lamar, of I ..V.W ..?* .1.., \i v... feneration, in j.lace of J unes A. Pedan, removed; Wynian B. 8. Mooiv, of Maine, a.i CoimiI General of the British North Ainerican Provinces, in place of Israel 1 >. Andrews, resigned ; \\ in. l'revilt of Ohio, as Consul to Valparaiso; llenry Owen of Calaforuia, as consul to Tahiti, ill place of Win. 11. Kelly, removed ; John F. Porter, of South Carolina, as Consul to Oporto, in place of N. Pike, removed ; Charles Giants, of Pennsylvania, as Consul to Ste'.ten, in place of Frederick Soliil lard, removed ; Samuel 10. Fabens, (' instil to Cayenne, and Francis W. Weems, of Florida, as Consul to Santa Martha ; James C. l>ickiiison, of Marvtand, as Commercial Agent to Apia, Navigators Island ; Moses Jesur.u, of Now Vork as Consul to Curacon. THINK BEFORE YOU SPEND Uo you really need the trtiole? It is probably a petty tritle in dress, in furniture; but what solid benefit will it be to you I Or is it some luxury for the table, Ul.U ^ 'Mi t ill Ml \H'il ^ lUIUllv J J II lit U therefore, before you upend your money. < >r you need a new carpet, new sofa, new chairs, new bedstead, new dress, you are tempted to buy something a little hand, somer thai, you had intended; and while you hesitate the dealer says to you, "It's only a tritle more, and see how far prettier it is." Hut, before yon purchase stop to think. \Y 1! you be the bettor a year hence, much less in old age, for having squandered money \ is it not wiser to "lay by something for a rainy day ?" All these luxuries gratify you only for a momcnl; you rooo tire of them ; and their only permanent effect is to consume your means. It is by such tittle extravagances not much separately, hut ruinous in the aggregate; lliat the great majority oi families are kant comnarMtivoU' nnor ? -? ?r - r -v i Tho first lea9on to learn is to deny yourself useless expenaea, and the first stop towards learning this lesson is, think before yon spend. A jolly doctor of this city, told us the other day that the people who were prompt in their pay nionts always recovered from their sickness, as they were good customers and physicians could not rctford to lose them. f , iiarirhj. The'most remarkable case on record is lb at of the Yankee Soap man, who, in a violent storm at sea, saved himself from death by taking a cako of his own soap and washitiy himself ashore. "I suppose," said a quack, while feeling; the pulse of a patient, "that \ on think mo a humbug." "Sir," replied the sick man, 44 I perceive you can discover a man's thoughts by his pulse." Satxskactoiiy.?" Pray, Mr. Professor, what is a periphrasis}" "Madam, it is simply a circumlocutory cycle of oratorical sonorosity, circumscribinnr jip Hlnm <?f idnntitu Ir* ? -?n iv.vnv.ij I tvo v ??* n tcii'fti jirofun Jitv." "Thank yon, sir." A young miss having accepted the offer of a youth to gallant licr home, afterwards fearing that jokes might be cracked at her expense if the fact should become public, dismissed him when about half way, enjoining his secrecy. "Don't be afraid," said he, "of my saying anything about it, for I fee! as much ashatnol it as you do." The late Commodore Stephens, onco published the l>.'lowing advertisement: "For sale?The bay gelding Powhattan. lie was sired by his father, and damned La the man who last owned him. He is true in nil kinds of harness, providing it don't make him vicious. Terms, whatever he'll bring. Parties applying latest will got the greatest bargain." Lruirrxur.?The mill of Mr. McBeo, in this town, was struck by lighning last Monday, in :i most extraordinary way.? The electric tlnid came in at the window, struck down two negro men, passed uj> the screen pipe, sat lire to some otl'al about the room, broke open several boxes of wheat and passed out of the roof of the house! The report was like the firing of a cannon, and one of the men as soon as lie rose up,enquired who fired o(T that gun. A hog in a pen, thirty yards distant, was struck d'i\vn and unable to rise again.? . (il'Ldloi lie Patriot.. A I'kg too 11 ton.?A facetious gentleman, travelling in the country, on arriving at his lodging place in the evening, was met by the ostler, whom ho thus addressed : l{??y, extricate that quadruped from the \<diieh\ stabulate him, devote him an adequate supply of nutrious aliment, and when tbe Aurora of mom sira\l again illumine the oriental horizon, 1 will reward 1 you with a pecuniary compensation for your amiable hospitality.' The boy, not understanding a word, ran into the house, saying : 'Master, here's a Dutchman wants to see you.' Many years ago, in the city of Providence, there was a large audience collected within the walls of the old theatre (now Grace church), The performance had reached the crisis wherein the dreadful villain of the play was to he shot?tho fata! pistol was even pointed at its victim, the house was wronght up to the in* tensest excitement, and all was still as dca'h. At this breathless period, a highly respectable citizen in the stage arose, and addressed the hero of the pistol, while his wife sat by his side, her ! cheeks ashy pale, and a thumh thrust into each year, said : "Mr. Duffy, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Duffy, don't shoot tho villain just yet! For love's sake desist! Mo. hi table's afraid of a gun ! Wait till wo retire front ilie theatre !" The gun didn't ; explode,but the audience did Duff wait* e<l, but they could not. A Hkactifi'i, Iiika..?Awhv among the Alloganies?there is a spring, so small that a single ox, in a summers clay could tlraiu it dry. It steals its obtrusive way among the kills, till it spreads out iu the beautiful Ohio. Thence it stretches away a thousand miles, leaving on its banks more than a hundred villagdS and cities, | and many a cultivated farm, and bearing on its bosom more than half a thousand steamboats. Then joining the Mississippi ! it stretches away and away some twelve hundred miles more, till it falls into the , great emblem of eternity. It is one of the great tributaries of the ocean, which, obedient only to God, shall roll and roar till tlie angel, with one foot on the sea and tlio other on the land, shall lift lip his hands to heaven, nnd swear that time shall be no longer. -So with moral influence. U is a rill?a rivulet?a river?an ocean, boundless and fathomless as etcr* j riitv. TAKIXO Ol'T AS KVK TO MeKQ. iT.? I.eipsic Journal of Literature, Science and Art, publishes an account of the wonderful discoveries of l)r. (irftctr in diseases of tlio eye, and the wonderful cures he performs, lie has found the ball of the oyo to bo transparent, and by an instrumant, examines rninuiely the interior, takes it out, ft VI ci | H* I I v.'? III" Wlljr UVUVBMirjr nuij;it<n ration, and replace# it without injury to its appearance or vision. A young girl had long been ntUicted with the most exI crucialing pain in the loft eye, the cause i of which the most learned could not understand. Dr. Graeff found in the centre : of the ball a little worm, which he removed, and restored the poor creature immeIdinteiy to health and perfect sight. Ilia oftiec is thronged all day by the poor, praying for teliel ? ? %