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| Wat Canrastcr fthmx. . ? It") 1 > IT* I > A XT1\JTT\yT Turn lo (Im> twuiiiis S|io<>h mirvoy. 1 -jyy . , . . r ? XT | 1 i\* 1V A IN IN U lVI >*'? wi?li s?i?* wonders of cneh imtains (In). . XiN Ai J V N ( j* Lr il iuiuilg aai> political iiriuspafirr ? JifuutcD in iijr iirts, ^tirurts, litrrntucr, tfilucotinii, .Igrimlturc, 3atrrunl 3iiiprouciuriits, /nrrigit nuii Huuirsiic #cius, nail tljr ttlnrketn. ^ \ VOLUME VIII, LANCASTER C, H? SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG, 3, 1839. NUMBER 25? i hkil ^uftrij. Why Bj Unhappy? Wliul'rt tliu ii>tc to In* tinlia|>r>y. W lint'* tin* ihi* to fu no :nnl ir?'t ? \\ lint's tin1 tin1 to look licliiinl i on i Nursing up tin- vain regret ? W li.it it' lifi* is floudi'd out >tSvi|i its HurroWM <inik ami u iM ? W hat if fo'tuiu1 ilofx not look sternly? J latli hill1 lioipr xoni-'iuii i -iliil.-tl ? \\ hy. if VOU iiUl.Ht IAaIi* till' Uiitav, Will voi lling tin* *wett away? Fighting evVr Willi tin- itiwcn Tlial \ on meet from da\ today \\ I.\ ilj.ii lit I those unwind von .. . Willi n mplaints \ou *h uiM nj?j>rt-M? Wearv. those wlmm duty bids von Still to comfort and to lilt** ? I.ock ui yonder little insect. Sporting in tlie sun's bright beams; j Listen now. and hear the music M Of your laughing little slrenms, l.ook nt nature all around you. And above, w here'er you stray ! Jlllle ereation's ever singing! i lappy I ! it seems to say. What's the 11si* to be tinhnpp/ ? \\ iiat's (lie use to luiuu and Iret? I ii u ir- roiira^M*, Intiph at tritk'i*, Ami you may happy vol Blue Ridge Railroad, To the I'Mitor of' the South Carolinian : 1>kau Sin : In your paper of the 18th of J mi... 1 p? rc-tve no e 11 lor1 :tl giving a | verv I n >rnl>l * accowtil ot tins Hints Itulgo j ll iilini l. Now tins is graiil) in<r to lilt* * I f >1 f llie Slate in tho madness ol her fol 1 iV, will pei>ist in going "'ii with the work, U 1- *i*ll iii.it Inn niotif) should lie J ii-11 I io'i>|\ sj 1 nt ; t"r I feel assured t'uit, when tin; to t<i aim.I have I eeii completed; II w iii prove I lit a barren tritini|>li of skill an I -1 i ?!'- mer a costly and useless tin den king. When urn speak of the Stu : 111 House 1*111)111*1, lit the lion in the pitii. 'lie l ug t'ear with which the adver 1 * trie- o| tho road line enough to avert > tie s III pat lltes of t lie people ol tile Slate troui till lilt el prise, \ oil certaillit attempt t> make aii is-ue which neither ii)\Self, 1' or 1 tru-O tho-e who act with uie, ever e-gned to 111 ike. 1 he scieine it ml pr ?c lice ot engineering have 1 night 11- that ' lull " I*. 1 h" ileep i ills, htgli embankments j aid I. a v \ 10 k n.asonr), are onlv cosily j I 1111 til iiiul not iiiMMieraiile iihuta ' r ' ' i cle* ii I In* const ruction of a railroad ; <? tn 1 may kn swell up its cost as to make it tinproiitab e, or where there are contending unites, go fat to deterniine the comparative nierits of the two ; atul in this rebpect, the selection of Hluo Iiidgo over I ihat of the Fiench liroad, is an unfortu I nntn feature on the enterprise. Mr. Kdi F lor once for all, I shall endeavor briefly 1 to state the true issue between the fiieuds , and ih>* opponents of die li.uo Ridge 1 Road. W e ol'ject to the bonding of the road as being, not milv too expensive in i j ropoiiion to its benefit4, but wholly un. . necessarv, inasinncli as the Ceorgia and %1 l enne-H e railroads and their connect ions I extend into tbe very region of country proposed lo be penetrated by the Ulue Ridge, and already give us more business tlian we can expect from it. Charleston, at this time, is connected with Cfiattanoo* ga, on the Tennessee Ri??r, with Memphis, On the Mississippi, Willi Nash vibe, oil tbe Cumberland; and in a very few months, Will be with lcmi*vil!e. on (he Ohio ? one ol the termini of tlieever memorable niumvmo, vircinimii hihi imariesion ivw mail ; ami, within the la-t few weeks, the Citizen* of Nashville have voted aid l<> > ill'* extern of over iWOO.OOO to a railroad to la- built lo the North west; thus oiv- J ing you the commerce an area of coun A?v extending from the Western slope of the Aiiegbatiiea to the Mississippi and I Ohio Hi vers. What more can the crav | Jng appetite of a Suite desire ! And * here, Mr. Kditoi, note 'lie fact, thai our friends and neighbors, in carrying out I their own systems ol internal improve ments, have done the very thing for ti?, | and that, too, without charge o; cost, ,'ltiRt the friends of tho Blue Bulge wish , the State a linos I alone '.o accomplish, at jiu expense of $8,600,000. Why, what La gigantic scheme of wanton extrava ' irance' with which to saddle a State that lis* already the benefit* of railroads run niog throughout the li ami breadth r>f her territory, and whose population )ihh increased but little through a series of years ! Let us think well of these things before we lake a leap that will load the State with a debt that It may prove onerous to her to meet. Kernem. tier that we have a political enemy who, of late years, has made vast inroads uc> on our constitutional rights; an enemy who, through the action of the Federal (iovernment, has rohhei) us ol more wealth than even tiiu fruitless project of . the Illtle liidga can return to us. We know not how soor. we msy he called upon to resist this enemy. The times are \ ominous. I^t us, tjien, Jjushand our re V sources for the emergency, and not throw ifc them away upon useless and u u profit a'"I! e enterprises. Above all, let us rerr)<-<n Iter the language of onr sagacious status iftfe'i, Mr. Calhoun, when lien, brishano Iflat approached him upon the subject of t#? Itabun Cap. "Sir," was his grand inquiry, "have you not followed Mr Clay } hi* tour through the State of New L York ? Have you not, seen how ho,lias aroused the people?the yeomanry of that immense State ? It is polities not iitduMrv, that we must now employ our selves." Again, 'you take up mtlilRty engineering, instead of civil, and examine those wefck points on our seaboard, where the sovereign States of the Oonfederacv ha?e given up to the General Govern men! certain strips of land lor purposes of fortification ; we may want '.o recover these helore we ettlplov ourselves with rttilro ids ' These were almost the dv ing words of tins great man, and should he cherished as a precious legacy hy eveI V Carolinian, and go far to prove, either ilni Mr. Calhoun thought that the (ieoriu Sta e l\oad (known as the Western and Atlantic) had achieved all that ihn Unban Gap could accomplish. (o|* which I have the most reliable authority,) or that as great as the he lie tits to he derived Iroin the Kahun Gap might prove, they were not more than overridden l>\ the polilieal aspects of the times. Now. it is immaterial t<> me which horn of the pro position the advoca es of the IHuo li;dge may take. If they adopt the tiisi, then tliev must agree with ine that it is a useless and extravagant expenditure of mor ev ; hikJ if they choose the latter, then I sav it becomes us to lake care of our means, and prepare for the impending crisis. Hut 1 find I have digressed on 'lie political and shall return to the coiiiincr cial view of the uuestion. Mr. Kditor, I tlnnk I have shown in the Outset, that the Georgia railroads, with their connections, have already placed tis in p isseS'ion of the verv tiade which are eiideavoiing to ohtam at an etiorin tus cost. Ifut let us appeal to the facts.? Chattanooga is only 4.0 miles Jroin Char lest.nt I?v railway; while Kuoxvihe, if tiie I Hue Kidge should ever lie completed, w ill he 401 unies?the f.irnier having t!ie advantage of distance of lillccu miles.? Ijttl 1I> t* .\ di < 11 i II I" HIO OMII|rir IllVtJ illll Iillii of I u.-inrvs that tiuw comes over llie formei line, mi l what is likely to come over the latter, should it evei l>e completed.? liv the report of the olHeera of the (ieorgi:i I! nlroHi) for tin* past rear, a appears lliat tlie up alul down height over llial romi amounted to *755,000, and of this, the down fremiti is almost twice the a mount of the up and the Superintendent of the road sats that upwards of if.UUO ernptv on are annually taken o\or the load to Atlanta ; il n* proving most elcm Iv that the merehantrt of Charitatou have the ir> >?t ahundant means of getting oil their li Q li llid /', if they eould d Spose of it. tfue ot ilie tei mini of the (ieoigia Kali toad luting at Augusta, a large a mount of its down freight must find an outlet to market through Charleston ; and thin latter place, no doubt, furnishes a very considerable amount ot the tip freight for the road. And what is a little remarkable of the up down height over the (ieorgia li >ad, fifty thousand dollars of freight is delivered at and received from I >altnn, one of 111 ? termini of the Kn^t Ten11c^see mid < ieorgia Kailroad ; j?i? i tl.us allowing that a large suiouiil >! bus iness stow comes from the very region de.< lined, perhaps, i<> l>?* tlie termini of (lie Mine Midge Kailroad. Now let us cX.am me ihe amount of business that is likelv (.1 come over the oilier line of railway. And here, Mr. Editor, I mu*t invite you to turn to a map and explore the length and bread ill of the vabies of the i it tlf Tennessee and Us tributaries ? this modern Kgv pi the trade ut which is to enrich the Stale of South Carolina, to in ike a gieul city of Charleston, and, above a.I, to consunii mate that direct trade to Europe, which, like an igni* fatnus, we have fieeti pur suing for the last twentv yeais. Let this rhetorical flourish pass as the idle wind ; and to the facts. The operations of the East Tennessee and (ieorgia Kailroad amounted to $264,000 tor the Vear J y5H and of this only *134 000 was tor freight and it i* to (Ins alone dial we intisl look, as (lie exponent of the business that is likely to come over tlie Blue Ki<1g? Bail road. The Mtiiount of passenger fare must depend upon the character of the road, fts to whether it passes through a rich and densely populated country, or iiihv he <>n the hue of travel North anil Sooth, East and West. The general pov. erly of the country along this of rail?vay and it* position, answers the. question in stronger language than any that I Could utter. The East Tennessee and tieorgia Uailroiid is like llie top of the letter 1. It collects the products of tiie vallies of the little Tennessee, liolston and Clinch Bivers, and, should all of these products pass down the Blue Ilidge?which is the stem of the letter?the freight would only amount to $13-1,000 Hut you must hear in mind, that this road has two other out lets to market, besides the one furnished by the Hlue Ilidge. The one by l>a1ton to Charleston and Savannah, and the other from Knoxvtlle to liichtnond, (a distance of 450 miles,) and you inay rest assured that a portion of tho business of the road will take these lines. But let us he charitable?nay, even lilieral?and give it the whole income from freights, $134,000, and let us suppose that this mountain region along the line of the road hall he able to swell the whole income of the lllue Ilidge up (o $400,000, and even tins will not lie siifH.-iont in m?lre it a ?elf atmtaining ronrl. l,et <?* analyze the proposition. Of the $400,000 of i* com?, ?t least $175,000, or 45 per cent., mdat be nppropiiate?l to the woiltlng of the roa<J, ao that hut $2'26,000 will ro< main to meet a'l othri expenses. Of the 8.600,000 which die jqmcI in to coat, $5,000,000, will be in bonti loiifbiueaa; imil if ibe company should be ao fortunate mr t?> j(ot )ta bonii off At 0 per cent, interest the intents account alone will be - $.'300 000 ; ami should not a dollar be ap preprinted to anv oilier purposct; theie is a deficiency of ?75,000 to meet its antiual expenses. Who are to make jjood tins deficiency ? Tin- stockholders, un(jii? stionaby. Why, then, the first loss ! will he the least for all parties. And 1 can assure you that there are more roads in the United Sta'es in this condition, [ than you are aware of, that \oil need not sillier yourself to he any longer deluded with the idea that, because the South Carolina Railroad and the Ceorgia roads ' are profitable, that the Ulue Rid ire must necessarth he so. It i" just as logical to lei! die fanners of Carolina, who cultivate poor Ian-'", thai because they arc fartneis tltev must n tke the same quantity of cot I ton as those who plant the rich lands of Arkansas, Louisiana Hnd Mississippi ? { Common sense tells us there is as much difference in the productiveness of rail roads as there is in lliatcf farms. Hut it is said, admit what you state to be true, that we are {jetting a large and profitable business fot Charleston over the (ieorgia road>; we should he depetrflant upon them for it hat we must have a road of our own which we can control. A road I of our own! I'rav, tell me how many miles of the Mlue Ridge are upon our own I soil ? To the hestof my knowedge, theic are 64 miles of road within, and 14 1 lie vond (lie limits of the State, ami through i lieo-gta, at last, we are dependant for a j part of t he hue. Now, if that State, actuated by a spir it of jealously towards us, on account of the Pus'Iicns which her railroads take to ('hat'estou in preference to Savannah, w. re di-qi/std to adopt a discriminating turtle officiality in favor of the latter city , agrinst the former, in so doing she would have to tax the railroad stocks of her ow n citizens, which would he a gross act I ot injustice. And how much more prob able is it that, il she found the Hlut R dge Railroad inlerlering with the bttsiin-ss of her roads, she would lav the hn-i .if t!u? ro.nl, ami the mon* especially, as she w.iiii.I I?* taxing the nronertv ol lli?* cil'Z-'ns of another Statu ? ^ on have heard much of thin charter which tin' Statu c.| ti.. irnia has granted this coiiina I ny, that it is so favorable, that that of itself should indiuu us to laiihl the road, as we in iv never have the chance a^aiu of ihuntr it. I'or myself, I tli.ok the scheme one of iiiitut iiraled evil, ami tin* sooner it i? arrested the l etter for the State ami the other ?tockhol<l?'ih. Now, will you heli.'\e me alien I tell you that 1 have i read that i ll irtcr carefully, and did not fine a restraining clause pmhihiting the State ol <ie?r_ia from taxing the propel ty ol the company at any tune, and to wliat extent she in i\ think til ? How verv net. pendent, then, have we made | ourseives of others, l>y undertaking to l.nii.l the road ! No, Mr. Keillor, we need not suppose, f..r a moment, that Heorjjia I will he influenced t?y any suet, pettv iu> . lions. *s||e has alwavv been guided by a bbeia! policy in her railroads, and they have I more successful than the r.'ids of ?n\ other Slate. She looks -villi complacency, il not with compassion, upon our Herculean and fruitless undertaking, remembering the Into id Horace : ".Ifonb* ]?irhirintil, rnlurulu* Mh* na*rilitr." In couHusion, permit me to any that tins ltlue Ridge Railroad is wholly tin necessary, bemuse produce can he i brmiohl to Charleston from the Mississip pi ami < thin Rivers h\ the present modes of cotnmiiiiic ilimi cheaper than it ever can he brought by railway Iroin Cincin tiati to Charleston, if one existed. I liave , examined the suhject, and I tind that ha 1 con and other at tides taken hy weight can he sent |>\ steatifvr from St. Louis to i New Orleans at 18 to 20 cents per 100 pounds, and from New Orleans to Char i lest on at ills mt 50 cents per 100 pounds. So. also, 1 know that bacon can he sent from Cincinnati by steamer, and hv the Haiti more and Ohio Railroad, and then ag iin hv g'eamer to Charltalou 65 cents per 100 pounds. Now. wall anv officer of the I Hue Ridge Road undertake to say that the same kind of produce could he sent from Cincinnati to Charleston over a railway, at any thing like the same price, or less than dniihle > VVhe .? !"> freight of bacon ov?r our own railroad!*. Tlie price is GO cents per 100 from Char lesion to Charlotte. *nd it is 80 cent* from CliHrlea'.on to Greenville. Mr. Editor, let un no longer he deluded by men who are honestly deluded themselves I know that you and others are alarmed at the idea of losing the (none) that has already been spent on this enterprise, and it is this alone that deters men from ar resting the work Hut reflect that a very large amount of this money has been expended on the road between Anderson and Walballa. If the company will not do it lei the Legislature grant aid to purchase the iron and lav the superstructure over the section, it can be done at rom parativelv but little cost ; and probably "will save about two-thirds of what has been spent. I say, then, unhesitatingly, let us stop the road here. At Walballa, you have a thriving little town to collect the trade of the surrounding country, and you will have passed through all that porimn of Pickens District that is likely to furnisli business for the road ; beyond lt,?! .1-- 1 ?Ml L . turn, mo rumi will ORVO IO ir?Ver?fl li wilderneaa for some diitanae, and more* over, Mr. Editor, wo wlinil have discharged a duty (.1 our citizens in having fun uiahed them with an outlet to market for their produce, and I have yet to be convinced that South Charolma ia under any obligation to build a road for the citizen* of Oliver tiuie*, the more especially when the building of Mich road will not only involve the contracting of a heavy dnbt without aqy corresponding l?cnefH, but if .<*> . /* ill d m I have been correct in my estimate, the road will become a permanent tax upon the people. liowAim G. 1'AI.MKU. The Great Irish Revival. The lav. ateainer brings intelligence of the continual increase and power of the remarkable religions revival in Ireland.? It is a prominent topic in the newspapers we receive from Great Britain. One number of the Banner of I'lster has four j columns in amall type of reports of the various Sabbath, and at its conclusion I i 11 HDolOiriy.es to it* rcnueia liv savilur! r? -' J " O * "So wide spread?we might almost sav general?is tlie tevival movement, lliat it ouiie impossible for us to present anv i tiling like ?? full detail of i! * progress and | results, or satisfactory notices of ati\ lint llie most proininet eases. I'll?- movement which must shortly art est national attcn! lion, progresses in a manner whieh is a subject of astonishment to all who witness it Tlieie are now comparatively f \v who are skeptical as to the serious and solemn i character of the manifestations, even a | moiig those who at lirst were skeptical.' , The Uelfast News Letter says ; "This extraordinary movement is ex tending itseifin 1 " ITi-t in the most rapid manner. I'rayir meetings are lo'ld almost eveiy evening, and are attended hv immense crowds, many amongst whom are allected with a.I the external ?vmp loins alieadv described. There is nn evr dei.t out pouring of the .-pirit of iod in answer to heiit ving, faithful prayer, d ue in.>st skep;ic..l, who wni Imt attend one of these meetings now- held in any <>t the .chinches oi other places iii this town, Will he compelled to admit that the hand of ! the Lord is visibly at work, and that his blessing attends the means used for bring i ing sinners to seek happiness in a Sa. I viour's love. All evangelical denoiiiina tir?n< have joined in this good work, and success?marvelous success ? has hitherto i attended llieir elloils. K\ery l'rotestanl place of worship in this town is becoming mpnll) filled. There ;.re no cmptv pews now?no unoccupied seats. evening the streets areciowded with hundreds ami thousands who are wending their way ? not the placo of amusement? not In join in the giddy daice?not to at tend either theatre or concert ? hut with their ltililes. hv on. hoi.Lu book". in 111?. ir hands, erger'v pressing on ward t<> the house of Cod to endeavor to obtain admission in tune, so tli.it they mav therein hear instructions as to imw they "-hail escape from tlx* city of deslruc! lion, and at length reach tl e Celestial Kingdom. At tlx* services conducted in tlx* ilitlei nt illurelics many liave been , let! to seek pardon, and many piofess to liave obtained it, and are now going on tlcir way rejoicing." The Personal Appearance of Washington. I saw this remarkable man four times. It was in the month of November, 1708. I first beheld the Father of his County. It wa> very c?>ld, (lie northwest wind blowing hard down the Potomac at Cieorgelown, I >. C. A troop of light horse from Alexandria escorted him to the western hank of the river. The w.iVos rail high, and the hoal which brought liilli over : seemed to labor considerably. Several thousand peup'e gre-ud his ariivnl with swelling hearts and joyful countenances ; | tlxi military were drawn tip in a long 1 line to receive him ; tlx* oliicers dressed m regimentals, did him homage. I was no fortunate as to walk l?v Ins side, and had it full view of liiin. Although only hIioiiI ten yews ol age, the impression his person niui manner tlien made on me is now perfectly renved. lie was six feet Hint one incli high, broad and athletic, with very large limbs, entirely erect and without the slightest tendency to stoop 1|'inhis hair was white, and tied with a silk string ; his countenance lofty, iiihmcu line, and contemplative ; his eyes light I grev. lie was dressed in the cloths of a i citizen, and oyer these a hlue surloul of the lines: cloth. Mis weight must have been two hundred ami eighty pounds, with 110 superiluous flesh ; all was bone I and Sinew, and he walked like a soldier, hoover lias >een, in til? 1'aiefit Office at Washington, the dress lie wore when resigning his office as roinmaiiderdn chief, in December, 1783, at once perceives how large and*magniiicei.t was his frame. During the parade, something at a dis tance suddenly attracted his attention.? His eyes was instantaneously lighted up as with the lightning's fliih. At this moment 1 see its marvellous nrgmation, its glow ing lire, exhibiting strong passion, Of 111! ft >1 li*?l !?V ilislilisirtx f t? Mntnn Ill the umrTiT of 1799 I again ?n? (he chief. Hi* rode a purely white homo urentfen hand* high, well proportioned, of high spirit ; he seemed utmost con*:i' out tlmt h? hore on his back the Father I of hia Country. He reminded iue of the warhorse whose neck in clothed with thunder. 1 have seen aome highly ac compliahed riders, but not one of them approached Washington , lie was perfect in this respect. Hehiiid him, at the dia tanco of perhaps forty yards, came Hilly Lee, hia body aervnut, who had perilled Ihin life in many a Held, beginning on the heights of Hoatou in 1775, and end'tig in 1781, when Cornwall!* surrendered, and I the captive army, with udexpreaaible chagrin, laid riopn their arms at Yorklown. Hilly rode a cream colored horse of the Bneat form, and hia old revolutionary 'cocked hat indioated that it* owner had often heard the roar of cannon and small [arm*, and had encountered uiany trying scene*. Billy was h dark mulatto. Li is master speaks highly of liiin in his will, and provides for his support. Some time during this year, perhaps, I saw him at Seome's tavern in (icorge town ; the steps, porch and street were crowded with persons desirous ol behold ing the man. 1 viewed hiiu through a window. The most venerable, dignified, and wealthy men of the town were there?some con versing with him. Washington seemed almost a different being from any of them and indeed from any other person reared in this country. His countenance was ....? " l - lie . . uv/b o\r nillllliiU'll 'tM I It'll I 111.SI SltNV llill), t for t!ien his complexion was as ruddy as . if lie wero only twenty years old. A few months before his death I he held this extraordinary man for tbo last time. He stopped at tire tavern opposite the Presbyterian church iti P>ridoc-street, Georgetown. At that time a regiment of soldiers was stationed in their tents on the banks of Lock Creek, and fie I rpiently attended 1 >r. Batch's church, I 11r<-s*ed in their costume, and powdered after the revolutionary fashion. I attended their parade almost every day, and ' on one ol these occasions I recognised Washington riding on horseback, unacI coinpanied by any one. He was going out to see bis house on Capitol Hill, a- I supposed. Thev were burnt l>v the British in 1811. Mi youthful eye was riveted on htm until lie disappeared, and that forever. I was surprised thai lie did not once look at the parade; so far as 1 could discover, on the contrary he appeared indliferent to the whole scene. It lias been inv privilege to see the best likene-sfs of the Chief. The one ol an others most resembling hint is that pre j lived to the first volume of "Irving's Life of Washington." All the rest wanted j that animation which I perceived in his feat tires. i.. i - * * in | ?-1>niiiii appearance as'niigton has m-vet been equalled by any man in tin* I. nit<*?l Slate*. 1 agree witli |,nrd Krftkine, when lie said that tin* Father of hi* t "'(iiritrv was the onU man whose character he emild not contemplate with mil awe ami wonder. Sixteen Fugitive Slaves on the Back Track \ eMerday morning tl.e packet Union arrived fr>?m l'nrt Stanlev. Canada, wi.'h I sixteen fugitive slaves, who had escaped fr?'in tlie South at v.motis periods within i tlie tasi twu years, and who had been jiving at the negro settlement at (Jhalii am, Canada West. Becoming weary id Canadian freedom, which to many Maeks embraces tiie F\ t led liberty of going in e j dequateiy clothed, and of b<itig nearly (starved to death, they ,\ere about to teturn to tbe South, preferring plantation life to the tcsponsihililies attteiid.int mi a state of existence for which circumstance* have rendered then peculiarly dixpudr 1 tied. . One family consisting of a colored man, Ins mother wife and three childi-n, who escaped from near I\u K<-utuckv, ' about one year ago, after the experience 1 afforded bv a hard Canadian winter, ha1 gan to sigh for their *< >ld Kentucky Home,' and a short time ago they wrote I to their master informing him of their desire t,o return, and requesting him to | meet them at Cleveland. When they ar rived on the packet, their old master was iiktu i<? mut'i infin, :in<i they t\pres>oi! tlnor gratification ai tin* meeting in a niai^nT wliicli denoted a s.ir?c?-re regard f?>r liini 'Old Aunty,' a venerable negress, ? lio-e Mack and shining face stood out in strange ooi.slrast with hor hair, white ( as the driven snow, took occasion to 'Vpress her mind' ii. regard to Canada.? "Dey kin all talk shout their freedom over dar (pointing with a cane brake finger across the hlue water in the direction marked hv the f'nion's wake), hut I'd a heop leveycr stay with wo dem down in ! old Kei.tnck.' The entire party took tha 1 I..10 a. in. train for Cincinnati, happy in the thought that they were going home.? Cleveland ' (Ohio) Democrat. An Oi.tr Man's Skcukt. ? An Italian bishop struggled through great difficulties without repining, and met with nnn-L op' position, without ever betraying the least impatience. An intimate friend of his, who highly admired these virtues which ho thought impossible to imitate, one day asked tho bishop, if he could communicate his secret of heinor ???? * Yea, replied the oi.l mnn, 1 chu teach I yon my secret with ureat facility ; ii con aists in nothing more than making a right m?o of my eves. Ilia friend begged him to explain him ?elf. Most willingly, returned the hishop ; in whatever state I am, I first of all look opto heaven, ami remember that inv principal business here, is to get there ; I then look down on the earth, and <-a!) to mind how small a space I shall occupy in it when 1 come to he interred ; I then look abroad on the world, and observe what multitudes there are who are in all respects more unhappy tliHti myself.? Thus I learn where true happiness is placed, where all our cares must end, and how very little reason I have to repine or complain. ? Ex. A Kino Carrvi.no around a Si-bsoription 1'apeii.?The legislature of the Sandwich Islands at ita late session approprinted $5,1300 towards the establishment I of a hospital for the sick natives in Ifonolulu, and the King, yielding to the urgent requests of his wife, started around town with a subscription book to try to add to thl* fund. lie succeeding in awe!| ling the amount to $15,000. - ilijnrultural. From tliu Lanrensville llcruld. Planting ton Much. Ed. Ukkai.d?Sir .?1 noticed your appeal some weeks ago, and intended to have responded ;*but, really, wielding the t pen with stiffening tingersis no boy's play to me. Acain ? ] had nothino to tviim B to " ' "V about. Seeing and hearing of so many who liava been, within the last few weeks, j overrun with the grass, I will make this my subject. 1 will not do my young ! friends the injustice to suppose this is from want of industry, or of skill ; but | rather fiom theirhaving planted too j much. Julius Cresar no doubt had this in his mind's eye when ho uttered that rimarkable expression, "Fes Una \ linta," (make haste slowly ; ) and ! yet a greater, Solomon, when he re ] proved being "in haste to he rich." To plant too much, is not only a very common, but it is also a very great fault. I wish I could carry this truth home to my young friends?I wish I could illustrate i so that they would see and believe?it '? would be doing them a great service ; ? and I suppose, by this time, they are satisfied that I write for their good. Reader, t when you were a school bby, do you not ' remember to have seen h school-mate standing in the mire ? As fast as he would draw one foot out, the other would sink, .lust so it is with a man overcrop ped. While lie cleans one field, another i- being overrun with the glass. You have lately seen evidences of this ; they have stiod out m bold relief, and have imiuessed vour meniorx more th*n ?nv tlr.ni: 1 can nay. If ret ling and fuming and hard blows wore I lie order of the dry. Negroes and mules, and even the "eiide wife nt home," have felt its direi fill itl'ects. Tending a crop?instead of being what it should be, a pleasure, a da'iv pleasure? has born wading through a lid of nettles; for I maintain no man ; can keep hi* temper and enjoy himself I fully, who is overiun hv the grass. He will push his negroes, lie will push Ids mules, and lie w ill be very apt to lose his elf control. N >w this is all wrong, morally and pecuniarily ? it is wrong in every | sense of the wi r I. A farmer's life is made up of a succe-si.ui of lending crops; . ih a is his daily business an l in this mainlv he must find his enjoyment. And wlii sliou'.it In; not if lid it lieru J Of him it inav be as truly said as of any oilier, lie 'To nature's voice attends from month to month And day 10 day, through the revolving year ; Admiring, sees her in her every shape ; Keels all her sweet emotions at his heart ; Tal.es what she liberal gives,nor thinks of more.' lint this is poetry ; life, loo, ha*, or ought to have, its poetry, ils ninth, its Song, us well as work a time for all tilings, frieudj ship, reading, work and leisure. Hut 1 have tint room to dwell on this | art of ii.y subject, (f.,i it really belongs to the subject) and must return. The advantage.-, of planting no more than you can tend, are various : 1. You can leave oat the poorer poitions of your land. '2. You can manure a larger portion of wh.it you tend. 3. You enii tend it hotter and tliuc increase its product 4. You may enlarge your pastures by throwing your poorer lands into pisture, and thus raise more stock; with more stock you can have inore milk, butter and beef, and what is equally important, more manure. 5. It will rcouire fewer mules. G You ' need never ho in a hurry or fretle 1. 7. You can enjoy the sight of one of na Hire's greatest beauties?a luxuriant field 1 of corn, cotton, &c. 8th and last, though I not least, you can inako more. I'.y planting loo much, every day you I get farther and farther behind ; every l day your work is more and more difficult; every day you get over less and less land ; every day the crop suffers more and more; every day you enjoy yourself less and less; hands and mules are hurried and jaded, ami to crown all, at the end of the year you will find you have made less. rKAl>!\L.iH. UscsirTH for Tkktino Hour.?There is no ditliovilly in testing eggs; they are mostly examined by a candle. Another way to tell good eggs is to put them in a pail of water, and if they are good they > will i,.y on their sides, always; if bad, they will stand 011 their small end, the | large end alwavs uppermost, unless they have been shaken considerably, when they will stand either end up. Therefore, a bail egg can be told bv the way it rests in water?always end up, never on its side. Any egg that lies flat is good to eat, and can be depended upon. An ordinary mode is to take them into a room mode rately dark, and hold them between the eye and a candle or lamp. If the egg be good? lliftt is, if llie albumen is still unaffected ? a hgbt will shit e through a reddish glow ; while, if affecteJ, it will l>e opaque or dark. Springfield IltpuLlican. (/Hima Trick*.?The Tribune learns from a citizen of that city, that the China tree was introdnced into this country hefore the revolutionary war, bv a mercantile firm of lMiiladelphia and Katonton, North Carolina, which traded with China. The first tree was planted in the former city, but under an apprehension that it would not live in so Northern a climate, it was removed to Kitonlon, wheie it grew spare, and was greatly admired.? After it commenced blooming, the people m %nuiUjr ??IfI II|ir|l llllivra to see it. From this single tree, it was propagated through the country. The tiret tree was still vigorous twenty years ago, * V* Jv. .? In kdj? K h . 1 / iLnuitonut'j. A fop, having just returned from a ooiilincntal tour, was asked how he liked the mines of Pompeii. | 'Not very well, 'was the reply,'thev aru j dreadfully out of repair.' | 'Will you have it rare or well di acj* j said an Englishman to an Irishman, a j few days ago, as he was cutting a j ; I of roast beef. 'I love it well done iver since 1 .1 a | this country.' replied Put, 'for its r;v " ! enough we used to eat it in Ireland." An Ohio editor askR : 'What can !>" more captivating than to see ,i beatritu' woman, say about four feet eleven incl high, eleven feet four inches in a Innn ter, and thirty four feet in cirenu : m i. | passing along tiie aisle just as divine - I ship commences f j A wag says in journeying lately he was i put into an omnibus with a do?.11 persons I of whom he did not know a sialic me. Turning a corner shortly alter, however, the omnibus upset. 'An 1 then." ;r 1 m?, | *1 found them a'.l out.' I A druggist sent his lr; it p [darkened cellar; so?ai after. ;..-i"ng a 1 noise, ho wen! t<> the openn and called out?Patrick, keen your . \^ |. Och ! devil an rw roared I'.r. hut it'v mv nose that's skirt ire!v. 1 A 1 >tscJt*STrn t'ooncic. '1 In . a-a m<"ts of a certain <%in a ! " ' \\* . ' caused liiui a va-t deal < '. v- \ >'n 1; b\ 1 the'r shaving h ibi'.s and : getting hI( tin- r 1 M tubs vaired. nml l?n?1 ' "1 , ^ . . ,. -\ w ? !;. 'I stood ii, however.' ^r?: I I,. . 'until <u e day o ! Sam <.'nihil- ! ' t bung 1 I" which In* | new bar lei made. Ti.e'i I < pi i iibusiness.1 ** msm~A IIkai itK't < ii?ci-.? IV i r t"ii -a ' an I hea lli and puntx ?who w ike tsleep, at l.ilteli o! moiibi: , (lowers do, will* a cheerful _-i ,<e ; wi.<_ lirst tones, like those I the i irds, are tin j most musical of tl.e day from v. ho: I brow every trace - ! y -si.-id iv'- '\-ai :.n j last night'* care i> swept n?-a\. eve.. . llie lace of nature is renew e I and la. .. ! ened by. tin? smii'iicr dew worth the winning. I Some one says : Insects eeneiailx must load a truly jovial life. T:ni k win.' i it must he to h ige in a i. v. Imagine palace of ivory or je.iii, i ll-js <|? n-r and capitals of erold. a ! ' I perfume as never arose from item; | ser. Fancy again the fun < ! luc* ing \ . 1 sHf isp lor (he night in the t< ! ! < I i-. rocked to sleep by the gentle - ? ?.>t , ' summer's air and nothing to do . i. : | you awake but <vasli yourself in a << drop and fall t<> and eat your bid '1 i! I 1 J j An Asi'Ikaiion.?'Sally, IV sweetheart ; such a nice young .n ! ? | lie's in a profession.' i '< Mi, Jemima ! Don't use such wn?.<. words.' 'It aint a wicked word, Sally ; business ?' 'business, Jemima, what bus . I 'Guess, Sally, what it is, it bee ho.' 'I know, Jemima, its a Ik flicer.' I 'No it aint ; its something tin ?h 1 U " ! than hoifliccr.' 'Then its a hnmrwre n%..i.< i ? r? <~>h, jou hateful thing, to t!i t !., i any tiling so vulgar ! He's a Ii<--tw Our Natural Boundaries. A Navai. Offickk'h 1 H rtsii . The following story, in the New ll.unp shire Patriot, is from the pou .,f . " ? 1 dent Pibrok : Capt. , of the United States \ \ , was equally distinguished ;. > In.tricity of manner and f(>r I. ; ' if? seamanship. On one ocen.? ? . in r a cruise in the Mediterranean, he quitted himself as to induce - -n ? 1 . 'i anil French officers, who wet.j ei.g.gcd upon siin ar senires, ( u J him a complimentary dinner, i .n ev; i dance of their appreciation i L ; r?fi ! sional skill. At the time 1 -,i t;e.d, many were present. t'ti-: sies were being exchangi i tional toasts anil son ;n-> tr 'liberally indulged in. ae^o-; ;I |,v corresponding potations. ?b?n on* < f the officers in her Majesty's having 'become somewhat oblivion*- rem irk- .I with characteristic brusipn n : 'Captain. I have but <'ii" grea; ; < . tion to your country men ' 'Alt !' naively said the C>p'":,t ' l a j ift i n HI f 'An intnt'.nhle desire f. r t' > of territory.' Then, he. ri. r ? i v hi* subject, lio continued- 'I on sa' -li <i | Captain, there will he no m l fr> it i 'Oh, jim,' quaintly and c.v l\ r-'p I 1 the Captain. I 'For Ood'e hhIcc, when I > mj i. inquired the officer. , 'When,' responded the Capt.i.n, prcser* , ring hit equanimity, 'we re i,1, n i i i ' ral uoondario*.' Will yon please inform me where those mrty he ?' interrogated tire F.nglith officer, earctelicany. M\ here t'??id the (' ip'" i. ;i. u i. ; an inimitable manner, 'from I 1 '< ' Aurora Hurrah* !'