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*2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE 3 /amilj nab political jQrmapaptc?Scnntcb !a ti)t Irti, ititatH, littrotnrf, fiioratian, Jgrirnltnrt, Saltniil Suprascmtutt, /orrigii nub rumpstit jOttiis, mil Hit Blnrktts. VOLUME X . LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 20.1861. NUMBER 6. P.nnrt of ?h? RoorA of M?n?Mr? of ?!>< : * " the a- C Conference Missionary Society, rendered at the last Annual Session. The reports from the various missions furnihli the l.dlowiiig statistic* : there are thirty mis-ion* within the houmL of our Conference ; of these, twelve are (o the whites in destitute parts of ihe country, slid twentysii to the colored people In ihene missions there are one thousand four hundred and eighty three whites in fu>l connection, nod three hun dred nod three on probation ; colored in full connection, nine ihousand three hun dreil Mini ninety i?o; on probation, one thousand nine Itii <ire<l and sixty eight ; clitliiren tiiitlrr catechetical instruction, nix tliotm >ml one hundred and seventy eipht, Ttt supply tins work, forvy three genlou* nnd trail It !"ii I men linve linen tie tailed from (lie regu.ar pastoral work.? We feel ilinnklul to Ood tlint the lives ' of our brethren have been spared in these fields t.f exposure, nnd ilint their lahore linve been attended w ith encom aging success. The missionary work among the ne i grnes lots long engaged tlie pravuifu! at ] leiilion ami c? nerous support of Ih so* cioty. I he fi st to begin anv thing like j systematic effort for the tmproveiuent of the slave* hi the South, ours shall be the Inst Coiderei ce to desert the work. Ilav. tot; pas-ed through the period when out inoiives were suspected and our operations j? |ou?iy setutuuXed, no one can think ot * retiring now, when we nre everywhere flailed witli welcome by master and slave. Tim work is no longer an experiment.? The sucCes* has become inatierof history. The fum is abundant?-and "in rejoicing ia this ;' tin- poor have the gospel pre ?eh? ed in.to ttiein." In iIiih enterprise ?r have not sought the commendations of the irreligious world ; we have not waited the approval of conceited philanthropist*; nor Lave we courted a place iri theheraldi eel glo i?*h of a spreading Church ; hut otii hearts have swell* <1 with ai'eni jov, as we have watched the signals of divine | approval in the re igious iinproveineut of the negro. Our eyes tluuigii ofondun i. ? I with tears, have bei-n fixed on the * coining l>ar*t-*i, *'**licri they who go forth weeping shall dni|nt e*s c?<ine again re joining, bringing their shea* es w ith ihein." The mad crusade of Northern fannin risin stiall not abate our interests in these descendant of Ham, which Providence has coitiuriced to our care. Politician* ?i a* ftiitM t Institution*. and psuedie ph |auil..v?p>is howl over oc,r J *r regard not the ina ladiciion* of ti e 01 e, i or tlie <1 iv? I tig pity of the other. Oms ? shall still tie the pleasing task of hreaki ing the lire id t nfe 'o ihe eager hands , < f the negr. ; we shall (Rill weep Willi l.iui in (us penitential gr ef, and cheerful I* join in Ins hearty songs of j raise; snd i in the dying hour, when the glory of tlie iieaveulv wor d logins to dawn upon bun, ours ha the pleasure to witness tlie light of iinmortaliiy kindling upon i s dusky l.tow, and our* the privilege to see bow God can make the negro cabin ilia gate of heaven. We cannot close this part of our rei port without expressing the belief, ihst a brighter day is ab.-ui to open upon our ilomH'ie mission* All who have shored in lime lie tin, an well a* tin-He who have had nnv pastoral charge of our colored people, know full well llie embarrassment* wliich linve beer. ilirown in the way ol evangelising tbi* das*, by the fanatical agitation* of Northern politician*. Kx posed to the Wicked intermeddling of at* ?>lili<-ni*t*, we have been compelled to re strict ihe lihertie* of ihs colored people, and jven lho*e privilege* * hit b have ta-en given, had to lie ?o guarded and wauli d, a* to Allow hut an imperfect tlevelopi tnent of redeeming Agency. The poteicy of the Gospel has been but parttally exerted for the alvaiion of the subject race. Nor baa this been a fault of our home government, nor yet is i* an inbe. rent difficulty of slavery, but it lias been the necessary protection against an agi talion which ha* taken op passion* as malign as those which excited the inqui all ion. Mill) ID I*! tjr a n<f?? At delu dad a* that which guided the cruaadva. The f real, peraiatenl effort hat been to * rr?v lh? two cho-aee of our aocitl organ iSAiiotit tgHitmt ttcli other. 'Ilia Metho ditt Church wat made the pioneer in ihit work H ut lha effort to to proetitute it, rant it aaunder in 1844, othar ilanomina ti<me wara toiiuht at the itittramautt of ihit ftendieh iHtlc, hul the tpirit of South i em ChrtetiMiiiy tat too pura to ha to!d In abortion rwla Failing with the Church#*. lha Federal Government hut bean ee.aed ti|M>n aa tba only remaining power to destroy the negro and the South. While we leave to the leader*ol *ecaution to etato tba civil reaeoot which tut tain tliair movement, we helieve that the full development of Christianity among the negro** ??l the South, darnandt an immediate and final aeparatioo from a government which, eo far from quieting, hat (wen the willing agent of eiciiemenle t?d agiiaiione that have proved powerful ohalaclee in "the spread of Scriptural bo linatt through the land." The itcataion of Houlh Carolina will apt tie forever the qnaation of ela*ery. J*he vague dreams of abolition redemption will toon fade way from ibo mind of the alave, and leave him happy and contented. Salie fled with the conditio in which Ood haa planed him, he will thn morn cnruiolv and rap'dtr adeaace in religion# enlighten mmt and Christian movulkv. Then, too, the sens* of antire security, which will h? fall the m?ster, will awaken a kinder and mote considerate regard fee the elate. A two fold blwsing will follow? tto ae* gro wilt become mora oUdinol had *>) !, * ..... .,.r.o <o. iiiiik n listing HUH HlIVCllOIIHie, 'I his reciprocal itiier -at can.ml full lo work out h state of social confidence and order, in wliich tlie white man will he the more willing dispenser of the word of life, and the Mack man the more cheerful and happy recipient. For these and other reasons, *o rejoice in what we helieve to be the dawn of the brightest day in ?he annals of our inisainndiistorv. And now, while we can hear the treat gathering ol thin glorious Exodus that telle un the night of terror and suspense is well nigh spent, we i rasp with pleasure the pil, ! grim'* staff, and stand ready to follow i wherever Israel's Ood shall guide us. The M. K Church, South, has one mis i sion in China; two hundred anil forty\ six missions in destitute portions of our j countrt to the whiteR ? missions to iti? colored people, two hundred and ten ; tn the Germans, twenty , in all, four hundred and seventy seven?with An effective force of near fi\o honored men. Tlie M. K. Ctiorch, North, he* mission; ! in Africa, in China, in Smith America, tn German), tn Sweden, in Noiwnv.in l)en I mark, in Bulgaria, and in India. Tlieit | force, domestic and foreign, amounts ic j six hundred KngliHh Methodism, besides an efifectivr home depart men', has six hundred mini isters in foreign fields, and emplovs oik thotisand others, who assist in spreading I lie Scriptures. Other sma ler branches of Methodism engage ahoitl four hundred men in tfr* work ; ao tli->t the entire mitaionarv force of all ilie denominations who agree in the M-'ihodisl faiih and iractice. mav he set down at two thousand. Ill the com iniimon of these denominations, there are liftv thousand ministers, three millions of members, ami twelve millions of bearers. These are the results of our Church labors mi the past centurv. For, if the average time at which dieee deiiomina' lions began, shall he struck, we have one bundled vears as the age of Methodism. During ihi- period, we have had to en. Counter ilu* strongest opposition and the bitterest prejudices. All the ddfico.ii<-s and hardships f missionary wo k have been endured, aid the contribution of ih'efl iinhions of n e ribers ',e the Church of t hrist, mav he properly considered as the >e-ult of MetbSdikt luirsions in the lart < ei tury. Thesedenominations now constitute the inrt ini.lv of - l'rotestanla in the world. In si'lili'ion to number*, wealth mii.I edu> catiovnl advantage* nbound. Tlimigli the \W*!e\an revival beoati among the poor, Our* I* now >fli, ially repor<?<l to be tbe weali lii> at denomination in tbe United States. Tlie nieiiioer*of our Church are at work in every department of enter pftse ; in agriculture and commerce, in inainifacinrie* and navigation, on thenar lave of tin) earth and hi the ri?di mines of the interior, by land and by *ea, in citv and in the gorge* of the mountain*, everv where and in every thing that promise* a rii-h return, they now become as a budy, tbe longifahled, but real and powerful Briarine of the present generation. All t .e mean* neces*arv to the moat efficient organization of a foreign missionary oe partment are in our hand*,?number*. Wealth, and intelligence. In addition to this, the itinerancy ha* trained a cla** of min e er* peculiarly | adapted to the hardship* and labor* of the foreign tield. I'heae who are accu* tome,I to the malaria of the riee?field*, would not tremble hef?re the (ever* of At ?ic? ; them w ho have never turned their back* to the danger* of tbe Western ! wilds, would know no fear among tbe jungles of India ; these who are cheerful | and happv on the out pos.s of civiliz 'lion, wo uld ask no homes of luxury in Syria cir Japan, Full of earnest Z"ul, accna loiti*Ml Hi sell Sacrifice, Hflil II iw! H IIII CI 1 hv dangers, ii. wonlil ti? "victory organized" with these toldirn in the tie'il. 'I In* ejt liiSn of our strength t* not made to excite denomination nI pride or s^ctari an vanity, but to enable ua fullv to eati mate the obligations imposed b> the poa session of so many talent*. Of those "to wtiom much ia given, will tnucli be re quired H The Church ha* surely passed ua minority. It cannot, it must not be content wiih home evaft?e:isaiion How much, then, is tequired ol the Church for rn anions abroad f The answer is to be found only in the amount of our abdily. We are "accepted according to that we have." This is the New Testament rate of obligation . n >l the Jewish tenth, but the Christian's ability to give. Not only is this clearly laid down as (lie rule of our Isith, but the continuance of our present blessings is suspended upon coin phanre to the rule, "from hitn that hath not shall be taken even that which he ba'h." Present advantage*, great as they are. cannot long be ours without improve meut. We have tarried long enough at home. A new spirit must he kindled, new enterprise* mutt awaken our leal, an I new liberality will then sustain the work. No man can doubt the call of Ood to this work, who will look at tha opening fluids. Central and 8outb America, our aeeiineolal neighbors, ought to he made ir?M>rnni to women in ma iprwo cn ins gospel. beyond thn Pacific, China's mil linns snnii us. Japan cannot l?>ng resist lbs friendly intercourse so happily begun, and mvmty island of lbs empire will soon stretch ite hands foe the eord of life? A'ricw has long been a scene of heroic suffering, and still the half m not done that might be eCected for the redemption of its darkened children. All hearts ere note tafoiffiof at the brightening prospects of evangelical truth among the netionaof Europe. Here the mr* ie breast high, and muting to the reapers. The O'fo* mho Empire, long tottering lo lis fall, mutt noon tremble into nuns, mul leave ' c the crescent and unfeared symbol of pow : r er in Asia. The Jews, who tor ages liavo j i ; heen considered unapproachable, give ; j signs, in many places, that judicial blinds t ness is yielding before the gospel day.? . f The world is open to us. Turn where we 1 s will, and we shall see that "the harvest ; t is great," and the master is calling for ! laborers. To stand still at this lime, will n be to hesitate when the Lord is saying, \ 1 I "K? inl? h'. 1 the world and preach the , t gospel to every rreature." To stand still, I j will he to allow our prosperity to consume n | us, and our luxuries to destroy us. To c stand still, will be to allow seven hundred t I millnwa of niir ??< ? ? 1 ?1 *1 ' w?. . nvo t\? pcnnii, /A IIU lUIPf too, when we are bent prepared for action; t thin, too, when the promise assure* us C i that the "kingdom of thin world shall bei r ? | come the kingdoms of our Lord and his t j Christthis, too, when we are supporti t ! ed by fifty millions of the followers of i j Christ ; when the kingdoms of Chrislem f t : dom rank among the first nations of the I i : eanb, and its cities and towns are the I t richest in the world Sfuill it be so f? t J Duty to God, duty to ourselves, and duly ' j ) | to perishing thousands, says no. Anil | t may the praters, and zohI, and liberality 1 ) ot the Church, say no. I i In conclusion, we present the following * resolutions for your consideration : I ; Resolved, 1st, That our home and do> | mestic missions shall still command our | tenderest, cheerful support. I i i Resolved, 2d. That the time has conte i i when, as a Church, we must not be coin J tent with the work of hometevangelixa- < tion, but w e must move, with active effort I ami vigorous zeal, all the resources at our t command, for the conversion of the 1 world. t mm M i Important Speech of General Riley, ' of Missouri. ? We call immediate attention to the fob t| lowing speech. We commend the elo' t quent remarks to the studious perusal of tl all the patriots of the land : I After a !oni? and heated discussion on I she reference of a bill amending the chart I ter of the cily of (Jarondelet to a standing committee of the House, Mr. Riley olt tabled the floor nod addressed the Mouse: Mk Si'kakkit. ? Everybody i* pitching i ito this mutter like toed frog* into a willow swamp, on a lovely evening in the balmy month of June, when (he mellow light of ihe full moon tills with a delicious flood 'lie ihin ethcria! atmospheric air. [App all*. ] Sir, I vant to pUt in a word r perhaps a word and a half. There set in* to tie a disposition to fight. I say, tf there is any fighting to be done, notue on with your corn cobs and light ning hugs'. [Anplnuse] In the language of the ancient Roman, "Come one, come all, this tock shall fly From iu firm base, in a pig's eyes." Now, there has been a great deal of bombast here to dav. I call it bombast front "A'pha" to "Omega." (I don't un derstand the meaning of the words though ) Sir, the question to refer is a great and magnificent question. It is the atlsnrbtiig question ? like a sponge, air? ' a large untrieasurahle sponge, of glnl>e 1 shape, In a small tumbler of water?it ' sink* up every tiling Sir, I aland here ' with the weapona I hara designated, to I defend tlie rights of St. Louia county, the I riglita of an\ oilier county?even the 1 county of Cedar itae.f. [Laughter and 1 applause J Sir, the debate has assumed c a latitudinoaity. We have had a little 1 black jack buncombe, a little two hit bun * combe, bombast buncombe, bung-hole 1 buncombe, and the devil and Ida grand 8 mother knows what other kind of buncomhe. [Laughter ] VVbv, air, just give some of 'em a little dou'hern a***p and a little $<>rihern wa l*r, and quicker than a hound pup can lick a skillet they will make enough bun* combe lather to wash the golden dock that roaiua abroad the azure meads of heaven. 1 allude to tbe starry Anna ment. The Speaker. Tbe gentleman is out of order, lid must confine bimae'f to die question. Mr. Riley. Just retain your linen if you please. I'll stick to the text as cloae as a pilch plaster to a pine plank, or a lean pig to a hot jam rock. [Cries of'go on, you'll do.] I want to sav to these carboniferous gentlemen, these ingeneous individuals, these detonating demonstrators, these per eginous volcanoes, come on with your coiiibuatibles! If I don't??well I'll suck the gulf of Mexico through a gooae quill. [Laughter and applause] Per lisps von think I am diminutive tubers and sparse in tha mundane elevation.? You may discover, gentlemen, you are 1 am though you had incinerated your inner treatment. Io lb* language of the noble bard, MI ?ii not born in a thick el To be ecart-d by a cricket." Sir, we have loei our proper poailion. Our proper position ia lo the tenith and nadir?our beada to iba oo?, our haala to the olber, at right angle with tl* borison, apandad by that asura are of the lue'roua Armament, bright witb tba cur ruacationa of innuuterabla conatellationa, and proud aa a apackalad atud horae on i county court day. "Bit ho* hare tba m?ghty fallen," in the language of the poet Sileerrmito.-? Wa bare I oat our proper position. We \ haea aaaomed a aloabindicular or a diagnoiogieal poeitioa And what ia tba oauaa f Scbo anew era 'buncombe' air. i . TD4 p?opi? h?T? b*M fed { I >n buncombe while a !ol of spavined, ' ingboned, hamstrung. windgalled, sweened, split hoofed, distempered, pole-cviled, tot bellied politicians have had their no- : es in the public crib until there Ain't odder enough left to make a gruel for a ick grasshopper. (Cheers and laugher.) Sir, these hungry brats keep tugging ; it the public p*p. They sav, "let down i our milk, Sucky, or you'll have a split ' >ag." Do they think they can stuff such ' luncombe down our craw f No, sir, you j night as well try to stuff butter in a wild i at with a hot awl I 7," "T v ?VVJ "??" er.) The thing can't be did. The public grind stone is a great insti ution, sir?yes, sir. a great institution.? )ne of the greatest perhaps that ever ose, reigned or fell. But, air, there is i oo much private cutlery ground. The I hitig won't pay. Occasionally a big axe I s brought in to be fixed up, ostensibly or the purpose of hewing down the jnarled trunk of error and clearing out he brush wood of ignorance and fully hat obstruct the public highway of progress. The machine whirls ; the axe is ipplied. The lookers'on are enchanted with the brilliant sparks elicited. The lool is polished ; keenly edged ; and while the public stare in gaping expec tancy of seeing the road cleared, the iin [dement is slyly taken off to improve the private acres of some "faithful friend of ;he people." What is the result I The nstruclions remain unmoved. The people curse because tiie car lags?or, if it loes move, 'tis at the expense of a bro ten wheel and jaded and sore hacked earn. I tell you, the thing won't pay. I'he time will come when the usual pro nontories of these disinterested grinders arid be put to the stone, instead of tlieir lardware. (Applause.) I am miglitv ifraid the machine is going to stop. The jrease is giving out thundering f?st. It ? beginning to creak on ita axis. Gen lemen, it is my private opinion, confr lenlially expressed, that all the "grit is rettv near worn off. (Applause) Mr. Speaker, you must excuse me for iij muiuuinotmy aim circumiocutoritiess ily old blunderbuss scullers amazingly, ut if anybody gels peppered, i* ain't my null if tber nre in the way. Kir, these dandadical, supersquirlicsl, nal.ogany-fsced gentry? what do iliey ;now about the blessing# of freedom ! ? Vbout us much, sir, as a toad-frog does >f h'gli glory. Do they (hiuk lliey can scape rue 1 I'll follow them through utndamoniiim and high water ! (Cheers tnd laughter.) 1 These nre the ones that has got our 1 iberly pole off its perpendicularity. 'Tis 1 hey who would rend the stars and 1 tripe* ; that noble flag, the blood of our evolutionary fathers emblemed in its red. The purity of the cause for which they 1 lied?denoted bv the white ; the blue? he freedom tliey attained, like the azure ' sir that wrapes their native hills and lin jets on their lovely plains. (Cheers.) The high bird of liberty si'.s perched >n the topmost branch, but there is se ession salt on his glorious tail. I fear le will no more spread his noble pinions ,o soar beyond the azue regions of the >orelfl pole. But let not Mtsaiouri pull he ntst feather from his sheltering wing u plume a shaft to pierce Ins noble jreast ; or, what is the same, make a en to aign a secession ordinance. Ala% >oor bird, if they drive you from the ranches of the hemlock of the North, tnd the palmetto of the South, come tver to the gum trees of the West, and va will protect your noble birdship, vhile water grows and grass runs. (Ini nense applause.) Mr. Sepeaker, I subide for the present. A Parable O, dear! I am no tired of Sunday 1' M) said Willie, ? playful little bwy, who vhh longing for the Sabbath to be over, bat be might return to bis Amusements. Who wants to bear a story!' said a tind friend who was present. 'I, sir,' and I,' 'and I,' said the children, as they gathered around him. Then he told them i parable. Our Saviour, when He was >n earlb, often taught the people by par ihles. The parable tnld the little boys was of i kind man who had some veiy rich ap >les banging upon a tree. A poor man vas passing by lbs bouse of the owner, ind be stopped to admire this beautiful ipple tree, lie counted these *ipe. golden lippins ; there were just seven of tbem. I'he rich owner could afford to give tbem iwny, and it gave him so much pleasure o make this poor man happy, that lie :alled bun, and said, "Mf friend, I will give y< u a part of my fruit." So be held >ut bis band and received s*'X of the ap >les. The owner bad kept one lor himielf. * Do you think the poor man was grate* ui tor uis Kindness i no, indeed. lie wanted the seven pippins ell (or himself. \nd at lest he made up hie inind thet he sould watch hs opportunity, and go >aok end steal the other apple. 'Did be do that I' aaiu Willie, very in lignant. 'lie ought to have been aaham ?d of himrelf. And I hope be got well )uniabed for stealing that apple.' 'Ilow many days are there in the week Wili? t' said his friend. 'Seven,'said Willie, blushing deeply; or now he began to understand the par kble. And be felt an uneasy sensation n hie heart, conscience began to whisper o biro, "And ought not a boy to be labamed of himse'f who it unwilling on be seventh day to lay aside hie amuse nenta f Ought be not to be punished if j is will not remember tbeSabbath,day to j teep it holy f?Sundqg Stkooi Bmjxmt. I, Acts of the S. C. Legislature, 60?61. tli AN ACT to alter and amend hik law w in relation to the method of coun- ' ('c tino votes in all elections 1)y the People i l|' I. Be it enacted by tho Senate ami House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the nc authority of the same, That hereafter, in ; 'j* all elections by the people, the manageis 1 ' shall proceed to count the votes publicly, immediately after the final closing of the ! pt>lls at the precinct where the votes have j " been taken, make out a certificate of the I resuii, which snail lie sillied by ll?e ihhih agers, or a majority of them, and taken | to the Court House, or place now fixed j* by law for counting tbe rotes, on the day J next subsequent to the day of the said ' fclect'on, on or before the hour of four o'? ' ^)( clock, P. M., by one or more of the said i . managers : Provided, That nothing here- j in contained shall change the manner of | counting the votes in St. Luke's Parish. ' ,t| II. That the Managers of Elections, or j a majority of them, who may assemble, ! j)( hall proceed to examine the statement of the managers provided for in the lir.-t j|( section of this Act, nod declare the result , of the e'eclioii. AN ACT to altkil and amend an Act j til entitled "An ac'l'to make malictol'8 1 til kb i' asses indict a ui.k." Ill I. Be it enacted by the Senate ado House of Representatives, now met miJ sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the first sec lion of an Act entitled "An Act to make malicious trespasses indictable," ratified ** on the twenty first day of Decendier, in the year of our Lord olio thousand eight j *' hundred and fifty seven, be altered ami i " amended so as to read as follows : '1 hat s' any person who shall wilfully, unlawfully aud maliciously, cut, shoot, maim, wound ?' or destroy any liotse, mule, neat cattle, w hog, sheep, goat, or other personal propertv, the goods ami chatties of another, shall be guiliy of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the es judge before whom the case shall be \ tried. . ' * fri AN ACT to increase THE towers OF fn Commissioners of Pchlic Ptildinus 0fl I. Be it e acted by the Senate ami House of Representatives, now met and go sitting in General Assembly, and by the us autnority ot the same, That if at any lw time the Court House of any District in wl this Stale shall bo in course of recon wi itruciicn or repair, or from any other fro cause shall not be in condition to he oc- soi cujiod, it shall he the duty of the Coin ca misfioners of Public Ruildings for such District to furnish suitable rooms for tli? ?h accommodation ol tlio Courts and public *! ' officers. be 11. That it shall be the duty of the tin Commissioners of Public Building* in p<? this State to furnish at all times, hi an mf kets and such other bedding as shall be at necessary for pii&oncrs confined in jail in tluur respective Districts, and for the pr purpose of enabling the Comiuissiot ers de of Public Buildings of the several Dis- mi tricta to execute the provisions of this th: Act, they are hereby authorized and cm am powered to levy such assessments on the *r' general lax of the District, as may be tic necessary to pay for the same. da AN ACT to i'kksckiuk 'i he foiim of Permits for Slaves to he absent , nn from 1iik owners premises. , vvl I. lie it enacted by the Senate and R;, House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, slid hv the ^ authority of the same, That no permit I tH shall he considered as authorizing the j absence of a slave from his or her mas (jt tem's premises, unless said permit shall (,r designate the place or plates which said | slave is allowed to visit, and the time du J c ring which lie or she is permitted to he ' C(l absent : Provided, That (hi* Act shall p( not apply to slaves resident in any incor , jn porated city or town, while within the |.tp corporate limits of the same, during the ^ hours when the municipal regulations do j ft( not forbid the free passage of sUves. to Iu Uie Senate House, the twenty eighth ,j< day oi January, in the year of our ni Lord one lliouaand eight hundred and w sixty one, and in the eighty fifth y ear of the sovereigns and independence of p, ii,. si... .iu i ' > ? ?u? umir ui OVHI If V/ftrOMTIR. HI WILLI AN I). POKTElt, ,M President of the Senate. , j, JAMEs SIMONS, ?|, Speaker House of Representatives. Repentance?The Longer Delayed the " More Difficult- j nr AN ALLEGORY BY ONK OY 111E FATHKR8. | w| A hermit wee conducted by An Angel pi into a wood, where he haw An old'men or cutliog down hough* to mnke up a hur1 in den. When it war Serge, lie lied it up in And Attempted to lilt it on In* shoulders ah end carry it awny, but, finding it very heavy, he laid it down Again, cut more ih wood and heaped it on, and then tried th ejHin to carry it off This he repealed in several times, always adding something eel to the load, alter trying in vain to raise it t>\ from the ground. In the meat, time the w hermit, aetonitbed a) the old man's folly, p) desired the angel to explain what this w meant. "Yon behold," said he, "in this pi foolish old tnsn, an eixet representation of thoae, who, being made urniiible of the to burden of their tine, resolve to repent, w but aoon grow weary, and inntesd of leta> jx e.;ing tlieir burden, increaso it every day. ai At each trial tbey find the leak heavier than it waa before, and to put it off a la little longer, in vain hope that they will en by and by be more-aide to aoeomnlMk it. m Thna tbey go on adding to their burden, m till it grow* too heaty to be boroe, and ou en, in despair of God's meicy, and itli their sins unrepealed of, they lie >wn an?l die. Turn again, my son, and (hold the end of the old man whom on sawest heaping up a load of houghs." lie hermit looked, and saw him in vain tempting to remove tho pile, which was >w accumulated far beyond his strength raise. His feehlo limbs tottered over eir harden ; the poor remains of his rengih were fast ehhing away ; the i irkness of death was gathering around I m ; and, after a convulsive and impor J nt attempt to lift the pile, he fell down | id expired. From tlio Fanner and Flanter. arly Culture of the Sweet Potato, Hot Beds, Sprouting, &c11 y sprouting ttie sweet potatoe in hot* <is and* protecting tlie plants under a ass cover, tliey may be prepared for set' ig out early in the month of April, and rgo tine potatoes obtained, with proper ilture, in early July. The best material for a hot bod, is fresh >rse stable manure, that lias not been tted, and if mixed with oneifourth of its itk of either saw dust, fresh leaves, tan ok or straw, the heat would be more ild and durable, and less liable to scald e potatoes. Karlv in this month, for this latitude, avil the materials for the bed and icix lent together in a ridge where the bed made, and as soon as it is hot, shake thoroughly, mixing the cold and hot, et and dry portions together, forming a ed on top ot the ground, which, when tiled w iili the fork, (not tramped) should e fourteen inches high, more or less, as icre is a grea'er or less proportion of tanure used, and six inches wider on all des than the frame which is to be placed rer it. Hot bed frames mat he made f inch plank, framed together at tlie ends itli keys, to he taken apart and D'aced the <1 r\- when not in use. They may i 20 feet or less i:i length, And for con mienco should not exceed 4 feet i n width In* front or south side should be 8 inchhigh, the north from 12 to 20 inches, cording to the slope of the ground on liich the bed stands, as tlio top of the imo should have a pitch of 12 inches, secure the heat of the sun, and shed f the rain freely. Cover the beds five inches deep with od ineilow earth, on which set the tmes, and proceed to lay the potatoes, 0 inches apart, tegularly, until the ioIh bed is tided. Cover the potatoes tl. three inches of good soil that is bee im foul seeds and will not bake?top 1 from the woods and around old dei veil logs would be preferable. During the fir-t ten days the beds ou!d be carefully examined, bv running e band down to the manure, and if it comes so warm as to he unpleasant to e hand, there is danger of scalding the tat'e*, and should be cooled by waterj, being careful not to apply too much a time. Pulling the plants before all are prop s ze, is the cause of thousands being ftroved, and to avoid this, the bedding iy be continued a week or ten da\s, at the plants may be pulled in sticees in. The beds must be covered at night 1 in cold and wet weather, and he par ulnr to uncover them every fair, warm v, to toughen the plants and inure em to the open air. Glass covered hot ds cause the plants to spring up tender d weak, and such plants do not grow, i ien set out, like those raised in the open The bent covers are made of common i irting, worth about 8 cts. per yard, i eked on a lath, so as to t?e rolled up nvenient'y. These covers will adopt e ligbt, shed off tbe rain, ami be cheap 111 the end than any other covering, id sufficiently warm, except in extreme Id weather, when straw or some warm vering should be thrown over them.? lie beds should be watered it) the even g with a suitable watering pot, to keep e earth in good growing condition. If iring or well water is used, it should and in the sun, or a portion made hot i temper the water used to a suitable ?grce, before using it. After the plants e up, they should, if the weather is arm, be kept tolerably mcist, to encour{e the growth of good sin rig roots, and ?h'., warm showers, when they occur, e better than watering; but cold and avy rains must be guarded against, as ley would injure the plants. Ditches lould be formed around the beds, and e earth thrown up to keep the water >m running under and chilling them. When the plants are three inches high id well rooted, they ate ready tc^ pull, hich is performed by taking bold of the ants with the thumb and fore finger of i6 hand, while the potato is held firmly its place with the other. Careless drawr. tvw ? t >- -I rr.ys linif the plants. If, hy bedding too early or crowding, e plants should grow long and slender, ey tt.hv he cut down from two to three ches in length; 'not this should be avoidI bv giving plenty of room and air, and working the earth in among the roots itli the fingers, as it is lifted up by the ante, and settling it by watering, which ill insure strong, stocky, well rooted ants. It is a common error to lay the potatoes o close. A bed four by twenty feet, ill hold two bushels of medium aired itatOM. If potatoes are email, more, id if large, less room ia required. These directions are intended partieu rly for those who may wiah to grow irlv crons. hut will answer eniiell* ? I ell for bedding oat if deferred until next ontb, when poletoee ere ueuellj bedded it. 9 Printing Office Rules. 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Don't road the copy on the case while in the hands of the compositor. 23 Don't read the proofs and manuscripts hanging about tho office. 24. Let the "devil" aiono. 25. Be sure to observe these rules and you will please the printer. Gentlemen observing those rules when entering a printing office will greatly oblige tho proprietor, and need not fear the "devil." TlifV ?bni?!.l ?!? !" i,,............ give Itiin (the "devil") nis due. lite ladies, who sometimes biess us for a few moments with their presence, and 11?'t hut seldom, are not expected to keep the rules strictly, and indeed, it will he agreeable to us to have them hteak the ninth rule as often as they feel like favoring us w ith their sweet smiles and agreeable company. 13oya uncomprmied by their father are particularly requested to keep their hands in their pockets. The Fren?h Press on the Southern Confederacy. The Paris Pays, (the official paper of Napoleon.) of the 13 h uIt., contains a long article on the separation which has taken place from the American Republic. It draws a picture of the effects which would follow a stoppage of the cotton and tobacco crops were the North allowed to attack the South, and adds : % Let uh not he deceived ; the North ex' h'hits so much rashness and audacity only from the belie! taught it by ibe European press, tbat ilie inhabitants of the South, loo weak ir. numbers to resist ita attacks, will not find on this side of the Atlantic n single generous sentiment, much less a moral support. Wi 1 philanthropy so far blind European commerce as to make it forgetful of its own interests ? We do not tbink so, and al? ready England, profoundly moved, awakes at length to the reality ; she bepuis to measure the whole extent of the disaster which menaces her manufactures; she no longer disguises the fact, in spile of her abolition tendencies, that her co?o tnercial interests demand in a great rueas. ure on the prosperity of the South, which Europe has a deep interest in seeing pre served, at least temporarily, her inslitui tions, now attacked with so much vehe' inence. The question is a plain one ; we have previously said that the South, far from being the aggressor, as it seemes to be generally supposed, was the victim of Northern pretensions Those recent words of the Emperor a'so find an echo in the bottom of our hearts : "France lias no desire to meddle in any way where her interests are not at stake ; in fine, if she has sympathies for what is great and noble, she does not hesitate to condemn ever) thing that violates justice and the rights of nations/' Public opinion will annrt'ciste them on hath sidt-s nf the Ati Untie, nod wilt lind for tne great iuterens at stake in (lie American crista, h ro? lulion which may he satisfactory to all ? namely, an amicably separation, without conflict and without war, instead of a aecession by violence or a Union maintained by force. Power ok tii? South ?The following extracts is from the speech of Senator Hunter, of Virginia : "The seven secet ding States alone possess a territory more than three litres as great aa Trance; more than six times as large as Prussia, and nearly eix times as large as England, Scotland and Ireland put together; while the hallanre of Ihe other Southern and border States would increase the territorial extent of the Southern Confederacy more than one third. Can a country like tliia. occupied bv a neon!e who. from their childhood, havn been accustomed to the most manly exercise, and the tree u?e of fire arm*?hold, hardy, restive under unlawful control?and numbering within it* horde* 1,800,000 men capable hearing arms and who, with a f?w weeW warning, could be marshalled at every assailable point in hands ri. AO,000 and 100,000?can. I say, suab a country, ..J l _?-? ? # 1 ? ?v prvjiiwi, vc "Jr 'vrtjwu fo? t Tbf id?m i? x " L