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"To till no own nolf bo true, ami it nuwt follow, as lite niglit t*r?? <fny, (lion ctiu'it not tl??n foo fnlne to nny ?^{iii." ft BY HOB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JUNE G, 1857. * * ill.. VIII.-- NO. -<7. jf s is [lie ?TIE 1$ irosrav. To the Keowee.* Oh, Hirer! Iliou hast won inv heart With the sweet Dinsio of thy tide; Ami though too soon 1 must depart From haunts where thy cnol waters glide? A fond romombrnncu I shall hear, Of thee, and all thy beauty rare. Down in thy crystal depths are seen The pebbl? and tlie pearly shell, Or rock with velvet roue of green? Whose shade the bright trout loves so well, When in the suns unclouded benin? Like silver glistens all thy stream. Upon thy. mnrge the violet blow?, Tho lily bends its snow-white head; And high the lofty chesnut grows. And flings its shadows o'er thy bed ; "While laurels to thy tipples bend And to the ait* their fragrance lend. Thy banks along, of brightest green, ( When summer-skies above then glow,) The wild deer, in his pride, is seen, His image in tho wave below: And there lie pips thy crystal tick', Nor dreams of danger hy thy sido I Oh lovely stream ! each towering hill That sentinels thy peaceful UoW, My spirit with emotions till? That none save Nature's votaries know ; A strange emotion of delight, And visions of the Infinite! 1 have been where the tides roll by, Of mighty rivers deep and wide, On every wave nn argosy? And cities builded on cnch side: Where the low din of commerce tills The ear with strife that never stills. Yet not to mo have scencs like those, I, Such charms ns thine, oh peerless stream I Not cities proud my eyeean please? Not argosies bo rich I deem? As thy cloud-vested hills that ri*o? And forests, looming to the skies'. Thv virgin waves have never fled The rude embrace of monster dark, By flashing o.ir or sail un^ped? A firo and vapor breathing bark ; Nor have they yielded to the. prow Of white winged ship?when soft winds blow. The light canoc?a dancing shell, Alone may ki<s thy glowing lips? "When the young hunter, swift and well, fllis paddle in thy silver dips, And its quick plashes inako a chime. That to hia whistled strain keeps time. Would that m v life's brief course mivht flow. Culm and wccluded ,-u thy otronin ; Nor Passion'* rockn or tempests know, For fierce ambition'* burning drenin ! From voutti to age. I'd onward glide, "With Pence nnd Pleasure at my side. Oh, Tvivcr 1 nameless though thou art? Save to a few who love thee well, Thy beauty hath enthralled my heart, Ami charmed me with a lasting spell: And were the bard's high numbers mine, 'l'hy praise should vex the boasted Rhine 1 On ion is. * A beautiful stream in the upper part ot South Carolina. ' ??R&ESPQMDEWOfc Correspondence of the Jicowec Courier. Kingston', Ua. April 30, 1857. Mr. Editor : You asked in a recent number of your bigiily esteemed " Courier," 4> wbal has become of Hcttio ?" Well, pho | has been shivering through a winter tiint would by no means bo a dishonor-to ibe name of Winter, even at the frigid zones. 8ho kept tbinking that as soon as the snowy mantle, ioa-boll, and glowing clouds would pass away?and with them, she hopcd, her blankness, which sho confesses is rill lw?f Iaa ?ll '" ? CI? i MVMVI tuv *-?viii 111 w11 nu iiiu ni/'ii^uiis. OIIU vvoukl biing to an end hor already too long .communication to licr correspondent in Savannah. You know yourself, sir, that we / aro ever impressed with tlio objects that { .surround ua; and wipler correspondence f would bo too dreary to bo appreciated by tho imaginative?and so hor communication was doferred?for who would like to <?end icy thoughts to a genial spirit! or, who would love (o print them? and who $ ?would like to rend tlifim After they were ; -printed? Doccmbcr came in frcezingly, } iand went out in tho anmo manner; then | .January, arrayed in snowy mantles, came blustering upon us with its frozen breath, And chilled up every warm emotion that i- December might have left. And finally, ( ft I'P stopped rourimry, but it* approach was V g?utle a? ihe foot-fall of a* fairy. The Ew>right sun. now uriobscurctl by winter M'ploudi, ?he4 !>? genial ray* on the dreary I' cni tii. Ice and inow noon disappeared,and .now and then might bo hcRrd the faint , jiu&notoa of the forest eongatere; but their Bmusio seemed to a*cetul from them who 2*iid not exactly know, wh'fithor it was n!Hftesethcr p'.odcs- to arrest the lilt wintii I month with Spring nalulations?but then, (ho sun ohono bo pleasantly tlmt hi* ray? **jot ploasure to their grateful heart?, and the earth, which had been no long locking liu'o tin ic?-burg and oongealing into ice, pvon tho very toafs that night bad (died pv?r her drea?ine?, waft now warin, and bonidea all thin, thov, (the birds) ?n\v the farmer go forth into tho fields with his hora$ pnd plow, ar\d whiitlo and ?ing the " Farmers Hope" as hfrwutchcd his olow, guided by bia, Strong arms, tyrns out tlie rich loofte noil as it wont burrowing thfpugh it like a mnin Wa I*nWa u ...---- - -' I,.. - - ~ ?? ?? HMV nQ|i? n nn?Hj( CHIHI* jdnr, H i# spring, for rog: *' the \oyd? af cren|ieri liftvo gone forth with their merry spring songs to prepnro ijjjHr fieltli far nootlier ^orojr! ?xo(n>iifoc| thqXid*, hud as \( jo^ had S m been made doubly joyful by seeing tbo farmers go forlb into the fields, their notes wero no longer faint and few, for soon the whole fields and groves wero mado vocal with those delicious strains which ever usher in spring. And with all tins to gladden her heart, cnirte forth Hetty?not with songs liko the biids, but with a head brimfull of newly fledged ideas, and hands filled with pen, ink and paper, all ready to transmit you a few of the glad thoughts that pervaded bor mind, for sho, like all tbo rest was cheated into the opinion that spring had indeed come. But, alasl how uncertain mo human events, for scarcely had alio laid her writing implements on her table, when Boreas, as if in great anger at this early appcarance of the flowery queen,sent forth his wind-god, who by the way of giving her a modest hint of her impudence, boro upon his strong wings tho furious winds?and O ! what a sad change. Spring instantly withdrew her lovely face, and re? treated to her abode of eternal flowers, if you know where that place is Mr. Editor? and poor earth, was again left to the mercy of Boreas, who seemed to have been at this tiino, stationed right on tho very tip end ot the North l'ole, as he sent forth his icy messenger lo ornament Iier again, with tci- j cles, and while mantles. And very Soon, the | liltle brooks and rionlots, which so short a i time since, had been rippling and laughing along, as if in symphony wit It the songs of tho bi>d?, were gemmoa with thousands of icy diamonds. Tho winds whistled keenly as they swept over tho fields and forests, and the majestic pino and sturdy oak, bowed their mournful greeting, as they went howling and sighing through their ancient tops! What become of them ? Ah, that wo cannot tell, but one thing was certain, limit* unnnru lmotwwl ??./! u na #1*^ song of the farmer, who, no longer was nblc lo pucker his mouth into a whistle, or guide his plough for llio cold went shivering homo, where, if ho did not meet with a warm reception, might at least, find a retreat from the freezing blasts. No kind sounds now greeted the car, nothing was to bo heard but the roaring of the furious j winds, and, at their intervals, tho solemn hootings of tho owl that had now set out in vain search for hidden prey. And lietlie?what became of her 1 Did she writo out tijc remainder of hor communication or not? No, sho did not?how could she ? I-ct mo tell you a littlo more about her, and then your inquiries will cease, if you are a reasoonblo person, and I know you arc. As I tried to tell you before, lJoltie was deceived into tho beliof that spring was in her midst, and she came forth with buoyant stops,and glad thoughts into her writing apartment all equipped tor writing; .when suddenly she was awakened from this happy situation of tilings by a tremendous gush of wind, which threatened to carry oil" ihe house top at leasi> if not the house itself. She ran to a window and inadvertently hoisted a sash, and the wind which seemed to have been waiting for tho opportunity, rushed in upon her, and, as if in retaliation that she too, should bo ri-joioing at tho appearance of spring, and by way of lotting her know that promature rejoicing was not altogether right, especially at this time, blew away all her planued ideas, and left her head as blank ?o o 1 v*? w_ I> ?.->?* iwviuijr uuNoi. i cn, mi, rAiuor, uurt'Jis the old rogue lias cheated your readers out of somo of l lie very best ideas that were ever concocted in Bel lie's brain ; but. like all other .oblivious tilings, tliey will never appear to bo condemned by those who might criticize them, or to bo praised by those who might admire them. liettio looked the blankness f*he felt, as &he "stood in her room, the plaything of tho winds, robbed of all those ideas which had cost her full many an hour's reflection. And with a clouded face, and shivering person, she left tho fatal room and retreati?rl tn h*?t* luSnfot* nnni-t.ii-a n ** appointment. Hut amidst nil her troubles, and in spite of tho cold weather find builtin^ winds, the M,Kcoioee Courier" found its way to llettie, nnd, like a faithful messenger, delivered nil the intelligence that waa committed to it. The "Courier" is a great favorite of Bettio's?and why i Because | it brings her news from her native District; dear, sweet, romantic Piokens I Will she ever again mad your loved soil, and view j with delighted pride your majestic moun inins, murmuring streams, noisy cnscaucs and fertile green valleys, na she weaves a web of tlio pant and present, by which to conjocturo what will be your future. But to return to that old subject?the weather, which was no doubt a very edihmon topic of conversation with our father Adam, and mother Eve, and will be one, as long as any i ui turn uiiiiu'Vii Jviii<vi|| v/11 tuna uriiui,?March cnmo in as dreary ns ever a March did, and went out ditto. April, however, glided in like a spoiled beauty, all sunshine and smiles for a few day*, nnd shook from itn beautiful ringlets Uio icy decorations that Mareli had been pleased to beautify them with, nnd the enrtli was once more made lo rejoice beneath th? warming infills onco of the inn's rays. IStit Hotlie and the birds having been thanght by sad experic'nne that it was not best to bo too sine that winter had indeed passed away, and given plane to rosy spring, kept closo in their Winter ouartors and well ihov hifoht. fur scarcely iiad llio green burl* Appeared, anil tho fnuner returned fo hf* plow, when lio^vv (jost, n?t ret satisfied with tho mi?ohiul1 he had done, crept In like * ghoat, ?nd stealthily spread bis white mantle ove? the sleeping vegctHtiori nnd fruit. Flowery J.,,' . v.- * "> _ . . \ - . \ VlUl. . ... .... loaves, fruits nnd vegetables all again fel victims before his freezing breath, and poo earth was again robbed of her favorit dresfc, and liko a widow, bereft of him sh loved best, could do nothing but draw he sable mantle around her. mid wnoiinver ill ashes of licr departed troasnro. But like a great many modern widow slio did not lomr remain in moUrnin weeds, for Sol, becoming disgusted wit the caprices of winter, shed forth bis gh. rioU3 rays, and soon melted away tbo ic from mother earth's frozen bo>om, an chased away Iter congealed tears?just i the same manner that the smiles and insii dating address of your sex, Mr. Editoi drives, away tlio?I was going to say?at mini bio resolution of a young and beautifi widow, "That she would never astound ill remains of her dear departed one, by ent6i ing a second time, irlo matrimonial bonds. 13ut as I was going to sav, the earth soo appeared, decked in her livery of greenskirled with festoons, formed by thousand of flowers, the fragraneo of which, sweel ened her breath, as it ascended upward t Ilim, who created all thing* as a gift fror the wild altar ot' flowers. Each flower-trc nnd shrub seemed a music-box, for the birds no longer able, from very joy to keep hi in their winter homes, came forth, nkippinj and flying from branch to branch, and froc flower to flower, pouring out, in abundan gushes, their wild sweet music in soul stirring strains, that they awoke Ik'tti from her 'winter reverie, apd called he forth into tho fields and groves to salute scene that almost transported her. An again is sho seated at her wiiting table and if no more icy, dreary winds blow, sh will make a finale of her epistle to her Sn vnnnali correspondent. Hkttik. FOR the kkowijk COL* RI Kit. Is it So 7 We don't Believe It. Mr. Editor: A few days since, ns yo ave aware, we wet o commenting on tli zeal and enterprise manifested by the "pec plo of Pickens. Anderson, Charleston an other places, in reference to the BluoRidg Railroad ; and we went so far, wo believ< as to B-IV. that tho liluo Itidfo TJnilrnn ? ^ ft' v" was the ve ]>lus ultra of railroad enterpmt in tlie Soul ii; when our friend, "Mr. Manic, (or, as he is moro familiarly known by i!i namo of "Jr.") took occasion to respond, t us nt some Icngib, and as it was a soei; party, we did not deem it expedient to g into a controversy with him at that time but there are one or two things that h said which wo shall notice in this brief ai tidle. Now, "Jr." stated that tho peopl of Pickens, Anderson, Charleston, &c., wet entitled to tho honor of raising the mone injuioini iyj \.t\i I y (.in mm givut (MllUTpriZ< but the Northern people had the honor < prosecuting tlio work, and that the Soul I em people hail to go to iho, North to g< men capable of "punching a hole throng iho hill," before it could bo done. Wcl now \vc would, with all due deference, ii form "Jr." ihul wc don't believe it. And w would most respectfully refer him to tli case of Bangs Co., and ask him if thoi exertions wore equivalent to tlioso of tli people of ihc above named places. An WA ti'AnI/1 nloA o I (i I a I tif?. " <!...? /...-I ..v .ivuim iii.iv ouiiv w t?i, mat yunuo wo Imva been wrongly informed) Me.?r, Collykii Co., tlic present contractors < tho Tunnel, and under whoso aupervisio the work is going on with such rapidit and so much to lho satisfaction of all tho? interested in the great enterprizo, aro n( Yankees but Englishmen ; and we ai aware, and so is every ono that visits Tin nel Hill,that the labor is performed by Iiisl men, Germans, and natives, with perhaj the oxception of one or two Yankees. Nov if "Jr," can prove Collykii it Co. to I Yankees, wo have nothing more to say.13ut, if they arc not, then Yankecdom hi hilt little honor in the business, as wo don think that Hanos tfc Co, carried oil' an laurels t'roin Tunnel IJill, or from the Bit Ridge Railroad. "Vk^fuoci." Later prom Mexico.?Dales from Vci Crin to the Oth and Mexico to the 5th insi have been received at New Orleans. Thei was no positive information of the executii of General Crabb and party. Orders hfl been issued to bring tho prisoners to Mex co for trial, and it was believed to be tl intention to clear them if possible. letters say that fivo hundred more fill busters had entered Arizona and were ei camped in the region of Tueston. Jn the battle with General Crabb the I01 of tho Mexicans was heavy. Another conspiracy to revolutionise tl country was discovered on the 29ih ult. Tl plan was to seize tho person of Preside! Commonfort and then attack the city. Cap Noguera, n protego of Commonfort's w; to plunge a dagger into his-patron's brea and his doath was to be the sigm.1 for tl attack. The ringleader* in thin conspiracy had r heon arrested, and it was rumored that thi would he beheaded. Others had also be< arrested, said to be concerned in tlw? aflfoi It was reported that Ex-Minister Aquil was also implicated. Two^riiiuh and two French ships of w were in port at Vera Cm*. TJIK UKSriTTTIOM IN MlOIIIUAN.? Add (ion?l information from the northern cou tie-* of Michigan fully confirm the previoi accounts of destitution existing there. Co trihution* for llio relief of the.tiutterers, fro Detroit and th'?, 'nleiior, arc hecflg freely t ccived and forwarded hy the Kxecutl' Committee of Detroit. * II Pickens. r The clever "variety" editor of the Edge0 field Advertiser, who is now a resident of p ^ our district, is writing some interesting let- p c ters to that paper. In one of them he says : ti "Taking a "pcdeBtrinl meditation" the a other day, in search of a hill topfrom whence u rr ' a full view of tho mountains mirrlit l>e nh ct 1, tnined, I came rather unexpectedly upon nn w >- npplc orchard of considerable oxlont, which t> o J seemed once to have known the fostering tr tl i <*are of an energetic and experienced farmer, ri n Pursuing my course a few minutes longer, m i-'i 1 caught the glimpse of t farm house in an c r. } "'Ivanced stage of dilapidation, but whi<*h '1 1- spoke of former comfort and gentility. The n il ] out-huildings, as well as the Antiquated and fa q untenanted mansion wore that lonely aj> 'I ' DOarailiM' lluit. ?ir nf " lirnmlliw. ' "1 " . choly"?which is peculiar to all deserted ?l ii places, and which is so well suited lo fill the m - ' mind with pensive nvHngs. This being h< a ; one of the most elevated points in the vicin- hi I age, I could hut admire the scenery. Wood- In D j ed heights, drermy vales, meandering 0 u | streamlets, and several pi city residences le c | calmly reposing in the haze of distance, f' ?, | were all spread out before me as in n pic- e( tl | ture. Looking to the North and West, I j e< g saw the Southern peaks of the T3luo Ridge n standing out in bold relief against the nz tl t urc skies. I have intimated that the "ge- ol i- nius of decay" seemed to have breathed In o upo?i this homestead and all its immediate ui r ' surroundings; there was 0110 exception.? >c a | Tho "domtis ultima" (last resting place,) w d allows no signs of neglect?is noi left with- hi ; out the linndiwoik of the artist, and bears fu e tertimony to the pious regard of surviving tl i- kindred. On the four tombs erecied here hi within the neat enclosure of stone isinsciib ed the n .me of Perry. This, as I lie reader e( mav aiitirin.ilf is tho nnliv<? M . rv . j .1 - v:~ f""" " "" j"' 1 Perry. In the midst of these scenes, at t! " once picturesque and Arcadian, that able hi c Lawyer and distinguished Editor passed the bl days of l is early youth, and imbibed that le j iron strength of constitution, which enables : a I him to pei form an almost incredible amount I cl c of mental labor, and yet retain a remarkably di youthful appearance at tho age of fifty." ol rn *** oi s | 1 IIK PALMKTTO HkOIMKNT IN N.BXIOO.-? nj " j Gen. Quitman, not long ago, expressed ? (| o ' wish that the history of the service? of the e, o j Palmettos in Mexico, should be written. 1 <1 unvc ru-iiru oincr expressions ot interest in ! w o behalf of such an effort ; and, as one of the n ; two hundred survivors of that regiment? n" o an actor in all its battles?a partaker of all fc r- its hardships?nnd, as one who fired the s( o first and last gun on the Vera Cruz line of |( e battle?I shall, in about two weeks, com- C( y mence publishing a history of that Itegi- f)( 3, ment's services and sufferings. ni )f It will be published through the columns i- of the Marion Amoiican, and will run over j] :t a peiiyd of tliree m?n'h* in its publication. y h which also embraces the summer political 1, campaign of tliis year, in the most ably and j, )- nobly contested District in the Slate. tj e 1 will send the American to subscribers, ^ ? fr... 11>-?~ .1? .1-:- i-: . ivyi viuw iiiwiiiii9r u'Miunum^ tins msiory, i ^ ir j nnd also the argument on ihe American side j, e j in ihe pending campaign, til the fallowing ,| d i rales : f, is Weekly *1.00 it f. Tri Weekly $2.00 j( >1 All papers, especially those of Alabama n ti and South Carolina, nree. /nestly requested y to copy. r so Subset ibers will address ,1 >t BEN LANK POSEY, t( re Editor American. Marion, Ala. c | Two Uaii.koai) Accidents.? One of the " ' .cars on the Chattanooga and Nashville Riil- li v road, coming from Memphis, ran off the ^ truck,'wulve miles beyond Chattanooga,near j 0 _ ] Stevenson. Some of live passengers jumped j 8 1R olf nnd wore injured. Mr. Moore, of Mem- . phis, was killed, and :? son of Mr. Samuel 11 Walker badly cut in the head. One other 1 ii} person had an arm broken. No one else *sciiously hurt. n The other accident occurred this side of c ra Atlanta by the breaking of the axle under 1 t., the Inst car. There was no bell rope run* fi re ning through, and the car was dragged a '' )? mile and a half in this condition before the ^ id accident was known to the conductor or en- p i- yineer. Some of the passengers became ie frightened and jumped off. One of I lie f German Rifles was so severely injured bv v li the fall that no hopes nre entertained of his ^ ii- recovery. Another dislocated his unckle. 1 No one else sciiouslv hurt. v "Trn Fights to thk BauRki,."?A very |i )0 sedate gentleman from the rural districts 8 e yesterday passing through one of our warori( houses on Market street was nriested by ( . the large number of barrels of " red head, ? ?*? - u .i ._.i 113 vu|'pvi umincu ? .nun ousiruuicu inn uw o si " How mnny barrels of whiskey have t ie you in store?" inquired our friend of an u attarhe of lhe house, wilh ?tn nir of grenl e (jl : interest. "Three thousand," piomplly re- i ! plied ihe interrogated." " Three thousand c ^ j barrels," repealed the countryman, speak- ) j,. 1 ifg very deliberately, " ten fights to the \ ar *>,,rn'' 13 11 '"w eaiimnte?and how many f, I fights is thai V " Thirty thousand fights," j _r promptly icplied the mathematical clerk, c Thirty thousand fighls barreled up in one \ house ! Heaven*, what a war is in pros- v li- p?*ci, and he passed on in a very hrown <, n- ludy.?flashyiUe lianner, f n- * PaihiV," any* ft jokor, "why dori't yon a in your car* cr?rppc<l?Ihoy arc Entirely j o- loo long for a jtmu V "And your*,'' r?- | te pMe<l T*ni, '* ought to he lengthened--thoy } ?ro too short for nn as?." , f.* . 4 > an MM +mym mi mi Disgusting Praotices in t.ho ChurcU. Tlie New York Times of this Mowing uhlishes further demits of the lioriililo indices in the {kformon Church. We ex- I net the following : Facts constitute the most effective modi* m of giving you n realizing sense of our | rid it ion in this Territory?so I proceed 1 ith the re I Hi ion of further incidents illus- j ntive of whot is going on about vis, to the j uth of which I am able to hear ample tes- j moriy. On Christmas night, a young wo- > ixn who had recently arrived by the band- j nt train, committed suicide bv cutting her i iroat. She h?d travelled thousands of ii!es on fuo', suffering great privations and iiigue, l>u' cheered on the tiresome path by te confident expectation that when her umey should be ended she would find nindunt consolation in the millenial pleas'es of this "/.ion." L ain thousands before I r, whom religious zeal had led lo forsake j ame, kindred and friends for this distant j nd. she had honestly "abandoned all lor j hrist's sake," assured that she could here | ad a pure and holy life, safely removed om the temptations and cares of the wick1 wot Id. IIow sadly was she disappoint1 ! On her ariival she was taken in'o one of le Mormon families. Pleasing the fanny ' its besotted head, he proposed to take j r>r for one of his "spirituals " Being nat- | rally modest and e i lnwcd with the self- j ispect and delicacy 1 ecoming her sex, she | as unable to oveicume the prejudices of ?r early education?and so positively re- i ised the insulting overtures. She was len informed that she could remain in his mtse on no other condition ; she chose lo 1 innclnn it. but soon found every door clov 1 ngainst her. What could she do? Here as she, homeless and friendless, beyond 10 possibility of escape from her pursuers, or joyful anticipations of n life of piety nil lasted, and the future presenting1 not the ast invitation to hope. There seemed no tentative but pollution or death, and she j lose the latter. Weep, mothers and fiughters of Ameiica, over the cruel fate f this unfotInnate sister, and let her memry nerve you to such aid in the quickening ' public sentiment as shall force the au ioi iiics of Washington to prevent the repition of such wrongs n9 these. Mr. Sutherland, who wns killed last your ith Colonel A. W. Babbit, former Secreta- , of State for the Territory, came out here Mormon, and was employed by a disaf- ; cled Mormon named Howard, who was | .ripped by the church of all or nearly all is property, sometime. Subsequently, he j lufesscd his sins, resumed (he Mormon | .ith, was re-baptised into the church, and dw wants another wife. Mr. Sutherland WW H?1 lliv VJiniUO Ull UU3IIH 1W| lllin , toward, very much dissaffeeted towards !oi monism when in- left. His wife, who j Mimincd liero, has never been a Mormon. ^ lit has constantly rejected its teachings and i octrines fcjhe was very anxious that her j Usband should not return to Utah, and rote to him in the States nfier he left, egging him not to come back, and stating mt she would join biro there. I( is doubtil whether he ever received the letter, for is well known that a'l such documents not 1 the Mormon interest, if sent through the Dill npvnr rnnrh I lioir flticlinnlinn When she received tidings of his death lie was overwhelmed with grief. Some of lie old Procuresses (I can use no milder frin) called the next day, and attempted to onsole her hy telling her that he was an postate, and had met the fate tlirtt all apos ites must expect ; that his friends ought i rejoice, for his blood had been shed as an lonem ?nt for his sins ; nnd he was thereby aved from eternal perdition. She was fur- I liermore exhorted to give herself no linensless,nnd assured that she could find nnolier and bettor husband in the church.? inch language in the hour of her sorrow early crazed the poor woman. 8be was onsoling berself.however, with the thought hat she had a friend in Mr. Howard, but oon found (hit thin last resort had failed er. Howard did not hesitate to assist the lormona in robbing her of what lin]e prop rty her husband had left? anil added the ist drop to her cup of wretchedness by im lorluninj* her to become one of his spiritual rivea. Among the influences brought to ear to obtnin her consent to (his proposi ion, wan that of the Bishop of the Ward fhocameto her, inquired her means of ubsistence, and then significantly advised icr to marry Howard. Nor did her perecutlon end here. She had s >me business with n gentleman not a Mormon)?recently a merchant in >t. Louis, and now connected with the firm f Gilbert & (ierhUh, of this place?relative o some of her husband's nffair?, and whs mder the necessity of visiting his store sevrn 1 limes. Tlic other day h? carried her he distance of several blocks in a sleigh lo all on Mrs. Babbit, and from thecw to her touse. The next day the "teachers" of ttie Vard (under-overs?ei) call, d upon her and or'hade her going out vviih or receiving vis. t* from Gentiles, intimating that il she faild to comply she could not retrain in the Yard. The object of this and similar menuires wns to reduce her to despairing suhju;ation. rtnd to such extremity as might force ler to consent Co he 'sealed* to Mownid or w.i - i? ?i - i.i - -? ! nnie oiner immner 01 me environ, Hiinougii lie ha* never ueon herself a member. Failing to intimidate her and lo'? fleet heir purpose*, Ihe nr*l slep was to traduce >er character, brand her with opprobions pithcts and 60 endeavor lo make life n bur. S % , ? -mden except at the price of infamy already demanded The poor woman is quite destitute, mid ihose who linve dared nfford her shelter have been robbed and nlmsed, nnd their houses have been fired. She is thousands of miles nway from her relatives, without means of communicating with them, and those who woulJ befriend her hero know that they do it at the risk of their own ruin. What wonder that sho is nenrlv crazed with her troubles ! We are truly realizing a " rei^n of tenor." for the best fiierids dure not perform a friend's oflice.% mid the father is compelled to refuse sanctuary to hia child who has fallen under th<? displeasure of (he authorities of the church. Some two or three weeks ago I met, by accident, n very interesting girl, apparently I 0 years of age. I was Informed not long afterwards that firlghim Young had sonf. for the girl's father, directing him to como at a specified time to his office. He went, and found with Drigham h man by the nnmn of Mcltay, who has several wives already, Brigham said to the father: "You hav? two daughters; what are their ages ?" Tho father replied that one was 10 and the other sixteen years of age. Young then told him ihat he must give the eldest to McKay.? The father, not daring to give a flat refusal, put them off bv saying he believed she was engaged. Subsequently Ileber C. Kimball, vno suinris ne.\i to 1 onngin the I'ncslhoocl, offered a yoke of oxen and wagon for thw girl. This puruhtsing of young gitls from their parents is not uncommon here ; and if, in such enfes, lite father refuses either to pi. ? or sell the giil (o some one of the band he will soon he cut oil from the church, and become a target for every species of outrage and oppression. Tins McKay to whon I have alluded, is the Territotial Marshal. Gen. Walker. Fuller advices by the Prometheus show the rumor about Walker's flight to havo been ut let ly false. There was no news from Nicaragua by the l itest anival at Aspinwull or Havana, and this storv has been f.ibricn? ted to discourage, and if possible, to prevent assistance to him We hope most earnest ly tiiat (he Administration, as soon as tho demands upon its time huveslacki-ned a littlo and opportunity is allowed for considering the subject, will take such a course as will place Walker's success beyond doubt. Wo have once already recognised his govern* men', and the propriety of such a course is therefore settled, for it cannot depend upon the fluctuations of fortune which may attend his arm-*. His government exists dc facto until some o er is substituted for it with greater clam 'rom its strength and duri?bilitv, to recogi .tion. The English interference with Nicnragu* nn affairs, through a naval force stationed at Sin Juan, has hern endured by our gov* frnnvnt, no doubt from a belief that nil these subjects would soon be settled by friendly negotiation, and it wns thought unnecessary to interpose. But since this hope has ceased to exist, we cannot suppose the Adiuinigtra* lion will be a quiet or passive spectator of such proceedings. Walker is certainly more entitled to the possession of Nicnrneru? than Uosia Rii,*, o. OuatenTJl1n,or San Salvador, or Great Britain, and if wo arc driven to choose between ihom, the selection will bo easily mado. We have submitted to their interruption of the transit route tor> long already, and wo venture to predict, if Walker can nhdntain himself for a few months, communication between the Atlantic find Pacific will be re opened, and supplies of men and munition amplv sufficient to reinstate his authority, will bo speedily placed at bin disposal, To the friends of Nicaragua, theicfore, wo would say, cheer up! The rejection of tho UflllHP-Ulurewlon treaty has relieved our nntional conscience of some troublesome scruples, and policy nnd principle join headtt to help lhe cause of Nicnraguan Americanization.? Cnrollha Times, 21th. A OlIBAT Coi/NTKT KOU TUK LADIES.? The lime for marri'iffo in Sparta was fixed by statute?that of the men at about thirty or thirty-five renrs; that of the women ?t about twenty or a little younger. All men who continued unmarried after the appointed timo were liable to a piosecu ion; nnd j nil old bachelors were prohibited front hi injx present at the public exercise of the Spartan maidens, nnd were denied tlit nmal respect and honor* paid to (he aged. "Why should j I give you place," 01 ied ? young mnn to an unman ied genci?l, "when you hnve no child (o give place to me wher I aim old ?" N<? I marriage. portions were given with any of ! the maidens, so that neither poverty should prevent a gallant, nor riches tempt him, to marry contrary to his inclinations. Ti e pn-? . rents of three children enjoyed considerable , immunities, and those with four children pnid no tixes whatever??. reguhilion which h 11 married men \\ith large families wilt ; readily admit to be most wise nnd eqniiable. J It was customary for the biidesmxid to cut ofT all lite bride's hair cn lite wedding-day. ko tlm(, for some lime nt lead. h?*r personal III tract inn* should inereftpc with her yenrt. Life and Travels of Herodotus. Wiiks Fentdon was Hlmnner to Louis ' XIV./ his Majesty was astonished to find | ojm.' Sunday, instead of a numerous congreI Ration, only,him and llw piiest. " WliAt 1 a.. -f <i i i - ? .<7 ?u^ kiibuii (ii mini 8shco mo kinjj. "a cnnu'd it to he given 6mI, sir?\" returned FenHoO, "ihnt your Mnjeaty did not nttend i chapel lo day, that you might know who | cnme to worship God, nnd who to flbtlcr the king."