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-t' -' ' " ".I1 '-" *"-! !'1_".".-J'1 ! - ...-.ILL.' W..]-l.U!illJJU I1 ?fi-1-?" J.JJ- -U ?.i!Ji!!? >?'. ! " ! .' . " ...'.,l.l!l.L.i.i'.'... -.'!.! '."J1..1. Ill'.l^~ 1 1. J-L . ,^'iJ ' 91" ".M ' " L'- -' -! -?1- * ?'! - .'.i ?' ' '' ' ' ' 1 " -"1 -ii "TO THINE OWN 5JKLF rift' TRUE, AND IT Ml'ST FOLLOW, AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU (,'AN'ST NOT THEN BE FAT.8E TO ANY MAN;' ?* * * ? jj ' - M.V ;.y-. iy '_[/ .1 ' Vj r. ' -i * ' * - ; .. BY ROB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS CQUllT HOUSE, & C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3T, 1857. * . * vol.. iv _-vnJ i* . * - QEUEPYKE) ipoitmvtr An Enchanted Island. II* A hA&t. A wonderful fttro.iin is (ho river Time, A?i it run# through tho reulmy of tehrs. With a faultless rhythm, nnd a musical ihyiiic, Ami n bnmdor swcqjv and a surge subbmo, Andblcjids with oeuaii of Yisnr. ?. ..V .? iminicbi hid ll|l lliu river 111110, Where tho softest of air$ uro playing ; ThoiVa a cloudless sky, and n tropical ciimc, . , And a song nq sweet as a vesper Olilnio; And tho tunes with tho roses avo staying. And the name of this islo Is the Long Ago ; And we bury our treasure.* tlu'i-o: Thero are brows of boauty atul bosoms of snow) Thero arc heitps ot' dust, but we love them ao 1 There are tvidkets, and trcsuos of lwh\ Thero are fragments of song tbftt nobody sings, And a part of an infaat'e waver : Thcro'salute unflwoi)t,ftntl n.ha^h ..'ifhout string* There nro broken vowf, ami jiicccH of ring.s. And tho gnriaont alio U3Qd to, wear. Therb are hands tluit are w .veil whon tho fairy shore By tho mirAgo is lifted in nir ; And wosometimes Jicur,.through the turbulent uonr, ' _ . jjV"1'.] Sweet voices wo hoard in the days ftonfc before, AVhtfd thb wind down iti tlie riveV* in fair. ?Ob ! refttembor for aye b^tho blcssctV isle, All the day of life till bight; f Ajul when the ovcuing cvuium, villi Us bountiful J Smile. And ouroyoa arc closing to slumber nwliile, May thfit "greenwood" ,of woul be in sight I ' roil TDK K601VJEE COtltlKn. j Constitutionality of the Maine Liquor Law | HEI'IjV TO " VERITAS." Ma. Editor j " Veritas" commencos hi? i reply to my article of tho LUh July by saying wo porvo>tO<l bin nrgumout rebooting his prAving by bis bcliof thtvt vvo charged .mcti with want of common sciVsc. Btrango, indeed, " Veritas," that you would any wc pervorteil your argument on this poiut, when every person with the least discernment can perceive at a trlanco that thorn 5a no "i t, ?WH( it. It alhimounU uimply to thin. AVe affirm that th? opponents of a coercive law have used tho clause of the Constitution whieh guaranties religious liberty to prove itrsbuu<;piu>tU tutiouality, %'ou tirst believe they ha\c not used it for any such pUrpoKt', bcoause you can not uMlorafand why they glum hi: and ofineri- I I quontly upon you* first lioliofyon predicate a f-o^ond* !Ui<t declare that yoit believe any owo'sj using thin clause for tho purpose wo say shows that ho has not " three grains of com- i mon sense." Mow " Yovittis," whero is the man "with i three erains of coiQinoiV-sunso" who. duos not j know that the elftnso of the,ConstLtnli?m which { guaranties felijjipus liberty in its fmripfitft I si^ntication has 110 refereytfe tolitjnor or anything else exeftpt to that to which it in applied. ]?atasain,\vlHMeisthomafi"witlithreo'>-v!iiiimif com mem soiipo" oxicpt yourself wlio^ocs not know that thorc is a fundamental, uiiohanga* blo, eternal principle involved upon .which thin clause is hatred ; and that the opponimtn of a prohibitory liquor law, havg used, .and uro Htill lifting this* principle as iW basis for their arguments; Tints as a fuun canhbP h6 in ado religious by law It follows thrift ho CUnlnot be mntty moral by Inw. But it ia quite orident that in arguing this thny do not tii.th or understand tlnxxjosien of the lftgal coq?v cl on hits op o.lso thoy wilfully pervert it; for 410 one ha* over ureritu'.?inueli low afttyuifefl; that a coercive l&w would'"huyo *lio nod'Of1 l/> eradicate n* change the abstract, internal moral inclination whioh actuates the drtink*turd to drink, tho distiller to manufacture, or t^e retailor to soil ardent uphill Will the opponents of a coercive law say??ilo they think that the law against stealing, oVadicato's tho propensity to steal, and yet the State claims tno right?aii'1 no one ((tiesfcioils it to prohibit stealing. Therefore w.e^Qaolude that although, tho legislature htx.i not the jiowftr ta gradicnto or <;huiigo tlio propensity which net nates inon tf> fcitrry on tho liijuo): traffic, yot it has the po^oi" and tho right to prohibit tham from cuga^injr 'mor carrying it on, tho same us it-lib# the yr)pht .to prohibit ! imm from Hlcaling, countQrfcitMig,.&o. >" Veritas" blows n^aitt about (Mir "homo-, nnun Constitution" forcoUiu^ U would scorn that tho franterB.of the. Constitution hfVVQ dg ^viwv?m in mi) prwintoio t.o tins instrument that it wan gpvcnjbr the express purpose to >? aatnhlinh justice, insure uumohtic tranquility" &c., the vqry ideas couched in our language, which he denominates " homc?pyn XJynHtitd tion." Xtoncfl wo perooJvv tlmt to ortftnYijp justieo was the nnviubbjedt the frrtm^i^'orthe Yjonstltutron had iii view, the very thing for "which it wa* given. And does not engaging iu and cartying ou-an occupation whioh uudungors tho w olfaroof the community and tho. In toraSts of others Conlfii*. with and violate tlio j>n?v i))io9 otjugltoo Hording to ftohwnnUu; of the Constitution. fctory o'rtb knowifit dMi. '.Afrd do not the m'ftn who. oarVy on tin* !Utilov traffic do thi* vory thing. Yon kfttfw ?* <*ito^th^ do; * A nd yet yoto WjH cull jition your rondor^ to notieo our " hmnc^pun CftrtMttutlon/' whoh, in fact ctfory n.b? tfftu sea that our Iftn^u^o tonbudifti thu Vftry firrtiinnientol principle* or fcWunent* of tho ('onstiiulion, Uu.t it appears ty$t/\ VerUtw" munt Unvft % .specific chui-fo V?o ?nw>y worJa. j\V^y W v'MpMwuon 18 o^c t<yu uwK^our wR fttM liiblo if Vo#i i?Io(\hu nn^ori|>g too- mnjpto phtnriso Ve? twU hrf frScfS^p't of taw*to intact for the jSyvGrnmotU of the StAtrt, nrf the ChH* tiaii IHUo duo* lit ffivisg fc*ro??rfati?>n a? to what kind yf l?\v.s tU? mombors of tli? Clwuoji nhall Amuc^fo&U* (Kmmunwfc.. ,A?d aUho', thorp aiq many fW.W.'K&i&W denominate^ and dim?nuic<?I an tho JJibio, y<|t Ho CfmftJitw&ilxnticn of ihaui aftd prohibits th^ir eomriti tiny ni??<;ni?l?n W manna? thcfr* ftfh ihariy Kltuhi^fcwfcfciwWWi the Stat" piohibiW, jvMoh t?f<4 piw*pucJ|yttUy (lonmnmaUnl in ?li" < tri likrt nmnn.r^c St,,<<. k)u,u * Urn;CV,,, . ... . , ffti.,M ?...?*3f .., ' principle of Justice is an offence"nguinst the pen^e, JJrospcHfy Mul happiness of the Stab*, " Veritas" intimate* that Wo consider (Ui'iol Justice Taney's opinion " far superior to the Constitution un<l it* clumsy fnuuers." HatAve (lo Hot think unv mlnli W.. !...-i j ..V 01111(11* moan by adducing bis opinion as concurred in by tho associate Judges that, in so doing avo have the opinion of tho highest tribunal knbwiitoonr Constitution and laws ; and thai they understand (ho spirit and import of the Constitution infinitely bettor than wo, and almost, if not quite an well as he; for wo understand this to bo tho businossof thorto .1 udgos t<; decide upon just auch capos of legislation as this ; fur it is evident if'uo laws oopld bo enaettfd by implication-?that i.? if there had to be a specific clause in the Constitution for i ov?ry|la\v passed that then those Judges would lie useless : for every ono would know with?1 e 1 ' . ..v uiv ivooiniiinwti in ,|iimoiai instruction, whether thftlaw enacted was Constitutional or not; and instead of the Constitution's beiii{; a book from which to enact laws it would be a law bftpk itself; instead of its being the .basis' an<l the laws the superstructure it would be both basis and supcrst/ueture. Your argument is, tliab the absence of a specific ;olatyso in the Constitution winch in so many words prohibits the. liquor traffic, is etjuivalant to one which guaranties it; and vonscqueimV all things which arc uot specifically prohibited by the Constitution arc virtually guarantied. Whs there ever a creator absurdity bronchod under heaven. Was ignorance of our " Constitution Riwl ('miutiliit-iiiiOil Intvc" ovm* more conspicuously manifested by.dug calling himself intelligent. Hut this is not all, for ho goes oh to say that what Chief Justice Takey means when he says ftny State lias the right to regulate, restrain, or prohibit the liquor traffic altogothcr, is that the Statr has the-right to coll a convention ami instruct its law niftKors to umeu'l tlio Constitution in order that the State may pass a coercive law, without violating the Constitution, and that CUicf Justice Taney never intended lobe understood that tho State could doit otherwise, What, " Veritas," you such a pyofound politician that you regard it as the very height of presumption for such nil ii/miramn.t as wo J to contnufiot you. and yot toil an intelligent publio that 0110 State of tho American Confederacy has the power to alter its Constitu| tion, " Which will you do now mount youj slide, squeeze inU> your half inch uuger hole, oi'.slip* into vour briiPh heap and hug for fire." I JJut to cap flic climax you tell 113 to not pretftndy we knew this because wO never said so, No " Veritas" and we do not intend to eav so; for wo kiiow from the Constitution itsefl tk?t u 1 -.1 t. -- - VI..?v <? ID MUt ^u. .Hill VI ?J IlilVU l|U?H?Y? JH'OWJ I from Chief Justice Tansy's own words, y<jr I from tho vdry sunwi paragraph, ami in iihmc I di'attl connection with that part of h'19 opin | ion already given in our last that ho means no such a thing. Mow " VoritaV' what we give in our lasl from Chief Justice 'J'.vxky, is onlv a part, ol thfv opinion he oxorensud wljeu dwidjng Upon I the ( onutitutionality of a law which the Stati jotA'Cw Hampshire lmd panned and whiol: prohibited tho sale of intoxicating liquor* til I tAgOth^r and tho wholo nah\jgt*iq>h rum thus I llvecy Btato may ragulato it*) Own interna' I traffic according to its own judgment, ami up gniu own viowri of tho interest and woll-be iijgofit* citl'/.pns. . If any State do-Miia th< rutajl and internal traffic in ardent epiritfl in jurions to its cifizonR, and calculated to pro dnfcc Idlohos*. virf6>?r dohauchicry. I secnoth 5ng in tho ConKtitution of tho United Stnto?t< prevent it from regulating, and restraining the traffic or from prohibiting it.altogether ij jt thinks jii-opor. Tho law of Now Hump shjro i$ ft vuliil l\iw: for altlio.ii^h thogth.auJ( wiis mi import Jfroru nuothor SJlato, and Con >Ve-R (in* already the nfjAfcr to ro^'ulato pud Tuip&rhitirfn, yet tin Con^ro?s hits made iu r^'jltliitlou iijfrm HKmubji'of, the traffic in tin av^iole may Ijc lawfully t>y the tttat< moiui n* it is landed'ih iti territory; and i tax impose! upon it or a liccimo required 01 tjio salo prohibited altogether according to tin policy which tho State may Hupposc to be iti mtftrcst or its duty to pursue!" And by Mn<lVng?hc1jMtofcfedf the ca^e w( fiml that all the KflBociate .Judgesagreed vritl the Chief Justice in his decision. Nuvr, fjif, what >vill you say to this? Wil yQii,?l?UHe Ohiof JuHtice T.?Nr.Y nnd call hiu " ;i "v :i fanatic," ?t<\, inti mhtftig that lie "Yntfkwith abolitionism fiurcljf.ribt; for this would l>o rath orinoon nib teftf; tor voir have already mud t\riUJio ia f man '*of'groat> rnsoafeh und groat legal trf ; uHiimonrs, nun omsnqtieoMy no lanuirq."? No, wq prv-svuno yoy. will abuWusfor tlih "long quotation," un>l for bolioving " Hick Pom. and Harry," forgetting tlm* you won the lifnt (hut brought '^LMck, Tom unci I lavrv' to tho 8tnn<h ft? ivltnoMsen to prove that mil liotin <liu tihoi'i of throe neore and ton Iron over eating. " Dick1, Tina and llurry" \vor< of uiuiuoKtionitbto veracity while testifying thiis; but when \vo call them to tho utanc atttl thoy testify that alcohol Us ml a?? bovor again any-quantity is injurious tu. health yon, fin fKUuni. prison, you at .ouoo <juos'/k>t 111< ii- vi'fivrity,;m<l call theni fanatics. Oousih toot, vor' i ix'ut if ? " VerltnM" uhj's his limited spfido *rill no purihitftlfrt to notice nil our igrforanco, bn lio \y*M notice tkJjno-nfouf Icitrnod Doctor* ii flliori, and u#k* why is toUoculo when DvCtor: ^viMfrco. \VhjV uiryth*y do not dimtzrco respecttu; tho poisonpii'j nuturo of (\lfioJiol; atui too onb rc.lMor? tnftt Jr ou fell the rfitUlor they do, i*'t>o rtnuna you do not oitljor if^doM'taod therii, oi do not ?l?h to; foryod hivoiihovmmoiitcon oltiHively that yoti <H> it,ofc understand then whoo Uiey ?pOi|^ of digOHtit u y Qv t-hnt yet .\vujb to uorvor^thQir nuHWiinp. Dr. Mvmsi Hay- r alcohol !h novov digested ftiid QO^ror fed into nmuisdmient." Ifonce \\<>. j)6r<JeiVi 111?it v.lmthiS and Uio otlior Doctors rnfan b1 ftltohtfl's bomg " indigostibV In ttuit It f novor ?l*ooiaj*wied, that it Id alcohol, a h*U1< trad Writating poison yrh'ou takon into th* ..llhkiitaXK ftlnnlml'iul.AH *Al?Ar\ ?? ? i??? Mvw.^.r/W, u?-vuui ITIIVM vuixvmi Ulf M J IDMM-" fWMpft uo?r?ove<J into tlie blood, atooUp 'iu,:;;^iS::!rh'twU;;ruii ;'::: alrtW of tWwhale body fintf'Htttiiildohol hft?t*vg ph*>ed ImM ait Mw ctrrt^flliont/^tu tftkott up by' iJ? fix polled ?n!? roisunce. Jfyf, went p? V?p9i'fo<5tly fqfcijimlatl ?i tfifc. ineou MSmI * t? I tientK. Now, ?ir, this in too ilimny nn<l puorilo to need cojumoMt. Does not tho M;it<jrica ' Mcilicft of the All gnathic Oovtora abotupl with i both voce tabic auu. initjcvlll poison rf. If yon i <lo not know this you huvo m"?t yet {jotton it l.vw-w..-- YJ ? ^ numi^u your jiorn dook ot science. Wlint think you of Mercury or Calomel. Do you not know that the Allopath* in the'r nractico in ninuy canes rely more upon this mineral poison as u mcdieiue than upon anything in their Materia Mndicu. Do tliey not toll you it is a poison ? Will you toll thoni you know better? for if so, why does it not poison and kill every ono to whom they give it. Hut if you tell them this, thoy will only laugh at your ignorance. You say " if wo have not seen monstrosities snakes, <vc.. nresfirvort in ul?\luil f..? ? ? ??? I that wo have not traveled fur." Yes, " Veritas," wo have soon those things , and liavo never mado the tour of the w9v.hi.11t [ that; and we have also Been the ilosh ofhogs uftor having heen killed preserved for years r in salt; and yet we have never hcoii a man r ?alt away his hogsalivo to koep theui from dying. \\ 0 have also seen oucun bornpresprvj Oil in vinegar, yet we have never seen people I nut their eililllinlmra in ? !? ? ?!"??' ? I *: ? '" fB"* "" the vino, and then argue tliat this would preserve their lives. " You also say tliat anything taken into the .stomach must be digested before it can have any eO'ect upon the system, and adduce ns proof, positive, the ouso of children's swali' lowing eoins, buttons, &o. This may bo positive proof to you, but we arc not quite so easily satinl'ted. \Vhat about . the dirt-eating child ? Wonder if dirt is digostiblj? Does dirt have no cfi'eGt Upon the i viuviui not mo cminrcn nwauowdirt J as rarely, and in as small quantities as it dodrf ' buttons and it would have no perceptible of- j fleet upon its health; but when it is taken re;?-1 ularly OVerj <l<vy it ochmI tolls uj>ou tlio eb'loVi hoftlth. " Veritas" *nvs, "Christ told his disciples to come out from tho world and bo separate, Ac.'.' Yes, " Veritas," this is what wo know: and ConaoquenUy, we ask which can afford the pures* associate, tho division r<"r?in, tho temi poranco hull, or the bar room. Although,you rwftiwl ifr imiomio ftvw - '* '1 L ' . -.. .1 iwi u UIVIUMUI' UI IIIU uiiuruii | to join a temperance society, yet you ban Bco t no impiety iu a mom' cr oir the church distilling alcohol, going into the grog shop ilrink1 ing, mixing artel commingling with the drun-J ken. profuno and ungodly. is it not this thej would and the very worst portion at that-,you<j r know it is. You any you nave known sever*' i t nl churches very much disturbed by teinpoV P ance men. Wc liayo known more churches i disturbed, and oftener too, by the demon in temperance than by the good angel temper - juico. And perhaps it would >ic well for you . t to inquire whether or not those ehureho* wore I disturbed in thosatne way us were those' t evil spirits whom Clnist cast out during his F ministration on earth, who cried out, ''Lotus i alone Jesus of Na/,aicih.'' ? " Veritas" tolls his readers that wo have i shown a narrowness of mind which ho did ' not expect in charging him with lieltoviug tho Uililo Contradicts itpolf. Bui savs he j I i i- ^ ? ' ' ! iiiigin Him- Hiiwn ii 11 ii nc oau retireniDcroii the pld negro Drencher's text. Now wo suppose lio did t'Qi^einltor this te*t, and endeavored to improve upon tiic sninn wheti he elmrged us with accusing Christ of practising mt imposition upon tho Gjvornor and guest at the marriage in ?!nna 9fQaIU.cc. > Hut finally, and above all spare us f-. oni his ' uttompts at criticism. Thcso arc the most I innpliCnlde of anything used by him in the " wbolocujitrovcvsy; for what do his classic and 1 scienliltc attainments, or our destitution of the " same, prove respecting {lie uneonatitutiomd1 ity oft no Maine Taqubr Law. lie Mtvs what > hurts us the worst, is, that iho fuiuior knows i and will tKlnlt fwi liiiu^clf. KOff, 8ll*, tills in all gratuitous. We only used ypur own lan1 gimgo; andyte never dreamt that it would cxr >.ito your irn as it lius. And tlio culy rctvori * thnt it did is tluit you imagine wo used it to 1 disparago you ; whoroaa, you used it for tin? purpose ufexoitiii.j praise or commendation. VlNWSJC. Mormon OuTitAOKa.?Washington Oct. ' If).?-A letter has been received in this city 1 from W. J'. Laiulon, one of the olerk.s whom tho 1,-ito Surveyor (.iuuoral, (Burr,) ' ta/t in cluirgo of tho ottico, vchert he for Ins I own (blfnl.V lrtt'f. fllA nf Utnl. l..n? .... .. i *v?v v..vt j Kfi. \ uui n*r*v '<{ ?5f>ring. He was, 011 the 18th of Septcin bor, lit Pluccr.ville, California. In giyfng ' an ooCoHnt of hi? escape from Salt Ijnko ^ity; he says that while chcfSjgdtf in cotiver*> Nation with a parly of emigrants, ho was . nssaulteil by a gang of Mormons, led on I y i a follow named l>lck Pcttit, and a ruffian i aswooiato, who, Without opuae, sovcrely beat J him with stones and clubs. He was scarce ' ly able-to roach home in consequence of lm wnuii'l-i. Tho fame ul'tiMiioou they at[ tacked the deputy surveyor, Mcgo, by . ittouiiig him. Lahdon was driven from JiiC hoirte at t night, leaving his wife and'child at Salt 1 Lake Oiijfr After adroitly <Bi)dinff bin 1 armed purrrtlWlw, fitf roaohfrd Plucorvilio fa H tho nioat dLstroFdinpr comlitiou, Ho i^iys , hp met o?. the,road tlu>, J.r>diun, Peter, who 4 tv tVri|;u'ii(ty v(ait $ho Surveyor (Jeu eruVfl Office. Pete* informed him that f ftrlghiun Young had sent him out, to get * hofaea ahd carbines, Tho Indian' flpiirqd 1 hifl nfb* beurtilsfi he had. on RftfrtWr r slotis, gfvfln him Vcd paint. L in.fun had y not long parted from him boforo he, Mne q Indian,) shot ft mlan with ftnir bulls; Tho, mat) CBCapod, though mttch injured. ^Uother dork, Mr.< Wilson, in tin SnrB voyor CJepcrars Office, was also nttaok'-fd by l tho MfinpoM*, , . W?> I tearing-him utfny from hi? family. They /f/ffiiMfttiiiflrkltlm h\ojlfcA uIah# onii niil/ik is no''<fW, or tl>oy V?uI<Fd?-n soon a^ow Mm , what thoy wort* going to do with him. 1 Nff/'Iiaiifiori'blartef giv^thopftrtfeulHrs 0 of |h<W 'otfepir'lrotVrAs.li? oonohulto by 1 fdw'tfto"<l!mfc '< nH tW Mo^om* hav<V toft. " tfMvilTo *n# Cfrtwiorr wi?t the ? l!#!** of' dofcndtfn* Kie* J*tl" W' . I-#Ti>4. (Jl Srtftt mai^UKl weH^ j j * * 1 Senator Douglas. ? l^Y A'N"-OVPOtflWN I'AI'Kk. The following sketch of llou. ^teplier A. DoUglus, by the editor of a p:iperk tin Ncwl)iiryp(jrt (?\las>?.) Herald, is graphic anil amusing. According to our policy Oi giving every sliado?of opinion a fair hear, ing, wo let, tlii# writer sy5a]^for himself, It appears .that he waa^'^jtovsengo;-* witlj Jud^e Douglas oh a trip ip .the cars-from St. .Louis to Chicntro. tit <*1 nsa of Uc celebration of*tho opening of tlyj Ouib and Mississippi llailroad, in Juue last. That little man, with a big, round head a brow almost like Webster 8, and a quick active oyo, that rolls under the heavy pr6 jeeting brow, watehing every other man, and not allowing a motion to escnpo him? with arms tOo short for bis body, which i.< full and round as though it never luokcd the juices that supply life; and with small duck legs, which, had they grown as thiol; his his back-bone, (and they would, probably, if Providence had not forscen tliat lie would want back-bone more than lcfrR in V p~~ his battle of lifo,) would navo inado him ol respectable filature; that little man is nc losh than the great politician of tlio West who hau attracted more attention in the last four years than any other man of tin nation, and has done more to give direction to public affairs than even the President with a million and a half of voters at liii back, and the army, navv and treasury ol North America at his command." It is the " Little CJiant," Stephen A Douglas, with whom wo parted company at Viuocnnes, and who l?as slowly eo'mo along, feeling tlu public pulse to learn mc put 111 cut lioauii ui tho " Suckers," up to Springfield, thi Capital of tho State. Tho means of success in Senator Doug las are very apparent. First, ho is really and intellectually a great man. Hasten poodle who view him only as u low politi cian, should disabuse thoir in roliv tion to one who is to cxorcisc a wide influ etice in tho a Hairs of the country, and von probably?for he is yet young?to ho tlu head of the Republic. lie is Massive ii bin conceptions, broad and coinprohcnslvf in his views, and in a good measure ;s en wiill Jill tl?r\un nou'/nHi ,\f i !%.?< - f .. - ? .... V..WW J-VHVIO VI Mmil \ Hill! make a statesman. Hut ho i.s greatou btill in ouorgy of elwir actor. There f\ro those who think that f defeat of him next year would he his deatl in polities; but the man that sprung,iron a cabinet-maker's shop in Vermont, flirt without father or friend, worked his way t( an honorable place upon tlu* benoh of judg tip, who entered illiuoid with Icbn tlian fift} cents m money aud not one ecnt iu credit and has acquired great wealth, aud tin highest 8t:ition and influence, is not e^isil} to he whipped out. But if he is trreut it mind, and greater in energy, he is greatcsl in those winning manners for which th< world calls him a demagogue. Scarcely i man, woman or child, in the cars oscnpec his attention, or was passed by unspoken to. At one moment he talks with tho bid wn-visagcu pojmcuiu, who na? occnsourci. by .1 thousand dcfcataaijd disappointments in the next to that well formed and geuia Ivontuckian, who has just sought n frci State; now ho sits down with the littl< girl ajiprrviohintr her toons, and asks of ho .school atudics; tuul ho pats tho littlo ho; on tho hcnd? and, in tho prcscuco of hii fond mother aud proud father (what fu the: is not proud to'sco his boy noticed r) Buy. a word about his mild eyes or glossy locks Again, tho lady is approaches! with u fail word and a bland smile, and goes hoint nloaml to tell her husband or father hnv he looks ami what he says, and then half; dozen are about him, all standing together I To can talk religion with t'.io priest as wel us polities with tho statesman ; he. c:ui cou gratulutc tho newly appointed Ruohamu ofrico-holdor, who haxsuppluutcdhis friend 1 ?ll it.. 1 1 . 1 C .1 ./ 1 wjii mi; ui.^piacun irieim 01 me "goou U1U< couiing.^.^'hon his wiug shall ho up ; #?r at every "sirdion, moro regularly than th< conductor, Mr. Douglas in upon the pint form, with a good bye to the leaving, anc a welcome to the departing tra^feilcl>~; .shake of the hand with ouo mat) that standi at the depot, ^nd the touch of the hat t< another. IJc knows everybody; can t<.'l the question that afleehs each locality j cal the n,imp. of every farinol* on the way ; tol .dl iraYdllors something of the homes thei left that they never know themselves, anc suggest wlmt they nrd adapted for in tlrf life, lll?d what place they deserve in heaven Npw, sueli ft man as that, in contact witl everybody, knowing everybody, and.cnpa ble of phjaxlnj? overvboily, find at the hot torn wrapped up with the one Idea \>f j>re ferment, pmtfet-, ana dominion ftmhtipr men is not cwsilv to bo nut flowu : and his on |K>ncntH nii^lit ns wi'll bfclicvc lit oncc, tha whda thtiy fight hurt they fight a GfroMj us.:?i>, a Kfctld giiint fridoetf. Mo. would hi poptiW in Huston or anywhere else, tint hfiif tho " -co tliouHnnd* clef<ryiu<Mi" h( denonnoeu would havo fchoir hmrts utolei if ho could ftpcuk to thorn a hhlf hour. iKtirCI ? jwr.if ?rv* ? ? r ii/i.jmiJriT'iVlilV lP\?WRol do F ah.-^General Walker ha# he?n viwit in<c the ?(Utoi'fj of tlioNow Of lean* papow j4ivij1g.au necount of hi* PUCoet^OH in on list ii.'lC ???n nut! a new {iUibtt?U;riuj c.^ipaip. Uo cU\hk- ip Ipavc. onr?ll<< thrflo thouf.irid men for his gwta an)iv, <?n< eollactccl funds to *,hp amount of 8ZU0,()(id The hffr.l <p?n?'torH' of tho n<*\Y <<'xpt (litiui rtj>ptnr to bw tv'hc'ttrfmfitiy of th rocrtfitH'^Smov - by Uin^J 'J|Nj *W ftlovy 0$ -lh(J <Ri H Mi?(| til mi<uey lawns' cortoirityu/'**<*' ,. ?j ? "* ; I . I . . JktfKof ft>P- t)te'finfts. " ? Doii't (ret ami become 'ngjt^nthroQiu, ;is i if'tlic \froro4' wiuugi?ij5 you. V^r ' condition {? ^ryiug epough, without adding ' (t/its iijlli^vjjj cortvcfUng vour tnoughtft ' into Atoms foi' inflicting sell-tortpent, It^ is true enough that tliQie arc tljvngs inouf social rclntiOiiH that (tfigl)t to'bq otherwise. i Jjyt they can't bo-gmdc so in * nir jnuwl 1 'lifcjdiner' '-TJie majority, however, *?Bpu-' ! tlu^e with you in tnc hnjfdncss of your Tot, ' ?nd almost as mwcionsly await aiv improvcmieut iff youi? circumstances an y<Tnrselvos. , It is of 116. use to. cnrse .1 particular clap# in > society, an tf-it wgro hostile to your inter ests, or imagine that the rich are devoid of 1 feollllg, and might find Inbor for tho j>oor if they wonld. In these times millionaires 1 are seeing their splendid fortunes slido from I beneath them, and are experiencing a disl appointment of which von know nothinir. j '2. Don't wsste your tuoney, by going I from pined to place in the vain pursuit of ' labor. There is as much work here for the population, as anywhere. Indeed the pressure does not yet so oppressively affect us as iimiiy other places. Probably too, we shall feel relief as speedily as any. Unless I then there is a very strong prospect of im [ proving your condition bv a c'hango you had better keep your money than expend it in travelling or moving. ??. Cut oil'all useless expenditures. Ue' i trin the nraetico of the mn?t ' nial. Lot the tobacco and eigarw, tho'drink 1 and private luxuries go to the bugs. Four i cents a day would feed a child iu hungry 5 times, and mauy a man toasts that sum ar way without accyn..?i..? '?* ? away from all temptation to Bpeud unnecessarily a single penny. 4. Don't be ashamed to resort to the ex' podients uf honest povevty to keep along. 1 Careful calculation will do wonders iu limiJ.<a J!' ? jum u.iuy uApuuuuurcH. .'V iew years " ago, over five thousand families in England - lived on an average ot' 2S cents a week per head. Tliia shows what careful method ! will do. Carefully reniember and practice 1 the " iirst steps in numbers.'* ; 5. Take hold of any odds and ends of la bor that may turn up. Don't refuse anyt thing in these times, even if you are not more than half paid. A dollar dearly gained is better than none at nil. Besides, 1 employment of any kind and at any p\ico, 1 has its advantages in correcting " the. j blues." , 11 KAItT ]vF.NJ?XNO A IT A IK.?-At this late . time, savs the York district (J/trtmirl/-. at 12 o'clock, midnight of. Monday lant, we stop the press to announce an occurrence, j most painful in character; our particulars , arc from .James Jeffreys, Esq., Magistrate, , and Mr. Win. M. lverr, the acting officer. l In ?i fit n(* nmynr nnn -T # >.? Von L " ""bV4 "uv 1 ^ iirmg uil . Bulloch's Oreek, in Yovk 1 district, :t few t dtiys since, 8>iot his mare, some crtttle and I hogs, nnd on Sunday (yesterday") he sot fire , to his dwelling, which was locked, and the key afterwards found on his person, in | which three of hu motherless children, aged . from five to fourteen years arc supposed to 1 hnvfl nor'iKliefl 1 ? - r. . 3 It, seems a Poaco Warrant had been w2 sued against him on complaint of a noighr bor; that wlien an officer wnnt to arrest ^ liiuj lit: it no oo?n A>?*^Uxo/l if. \vtSl*xO iu one of bin burns, armed with a gijn, and r swearing to shoot any who would approach , hun Tlmrq wore sixty cr seventy persons leaving the house when Mr. Kerr arrived, f who he summoned to accompany hiin to 3 the bar*, but the. cry was, " he will shoot r s*oinebody." So they refuaed with the ex, eeptiou of .rolui ilartncss, and brother; when they got to the barn stratagem had I to be resorted to, which was effectual in se . curing nun. i The Prisoner stated that the children ; wero nt a certain house, which was known j to bo incorroot??ho then said he had last | seen tlieni at ' the Spring," but the pre5 sumption iri, they have perished m- the . Huiqch. 1 The poor apology of "iniciupernnce," we. , 1 earil, cannot be urged in thi? instance; i Feo js wiid to bo a morose mau, one not . ' to fill* Unit. Mi\11 (Wuv initMiljnu i\f tin > j rv - - - .> v 1 turo; an onumy t<> the world, ho Leonine 1 so to fiM U(.:.?rc'dt njvd dearest kindred. Wc 1 forboar comment, as the matter must unt d< rgo judicial investigation, but wo regret, I that Ln'tUo savon |x\por v/e liovo boated ot' n ft'.r ompty jail', Vro hare to announce a tragedy so thrilling in ita detail; May ho who ) watches even the sparrows' fall1 have saved . tho little ones, is- o?r prayer. Death op a Dukmst.-?Kentn^ky pn . per;, announce the death of Harvod Holo> man, l'or many years the' publisher 6f a * newspaper in Krankfovt, and public printer f of tho State, and connected with tiro most I; stirring political event# of the State in for - ui<'.r dnya. Ho o*ico i'ofcgliJt a bloody :iimI ' fjttal Uuol, awf w?a hiinaejf ft oripplfc for litV n from ;Jt- Tlria duel took placo five tufed V thirty years ago. It grew out of a niilitin graining. Ilolouinp, wKp wap ooiummulfci 4 of a coiupany; was followed; whiToon duty. . by :i favorite dng. A siluordiuflte <>Hic< r, j who MriW offaideu Tiy iho antidA, drM ! hm sWovd nfnd ot! the innoeoftt tmimul in r twain.- Ifolouum roirtarked th?t whoevoi j would porpottato audi an wt Wh.s a eowani | ?ikVa wcoundro). A ehnlWgc to mortal i. coudr.it, was flu- eoiiPCf{uone<i. It 'fAn ac^ tft?nt?<L mid Hie. oartlrs ntet neftr the Statr o IIov*cafc I<Vnnk&rft, Kentucky, and fongld > flu* tvrt) froymrAnd ,ty\vni<dH; tfln <v anti>j?o?i>i*t of ffdirtrrtun vai* kiHod, and tlw . b<H?> >WV> UcfljCroto wotuidir.- , . r-i' vr; "i". . ? v ^ * '^ i-- -J'.- ..M-? > , V who,witnessed fhc Juol^worc ?y ""Ww* ifttV'y ^ny> Jolju .1. Ciltwrticlen, atiil JfcSsc t <J^rc(f?oe?the latter) theft* *mo of the rtiofct. % i ; i?i ' ** T' ' *? wiinxiuv nun uiaviitraiKMii.'u uraiora Ol 1VCH- ' tWky. Holeman was arraigned, charged , "i Hvitirihe orimc of wilful murder, and; after :+* fb. \ foug And 'excitiug trial, was ajquiit^cL-p ?, "Mr. Ola.Y and 4,'rilteiidcii espoused the, 'cause of llole'maji'^ * . \ ? r ~?r * i A a Jiutet shocKjn^tflfarftMW Was committed near "WhitO I'oir^ Oorden ^ j; on Sunday morning last by a.Jounfe moti . t la to of Philadelphia, *\>y the name of Sam'I C\ Coh?. From 'some papers found in his pocket, on which was written a few hastv and unconnected sentences, it appeared that- llC llH(rC011{Vlii|il?li'J miiuiJc for acloinl days, driven, in all probability to tbo rssh and desperate act by poverty and espewjive inteniperaneo. lie was a carriage painter and trimmer, and had been in Charleston but a abort ihue* lie nppeatfri to be. about thirty years of age, and doubtless had Been better days. A kind and affectionate mothef may now be weeping tho losa of an only son. lie effected bin purpuso of sell destruction by discharging a pistol in his mouth, the bail coining out at tho top of his hpad.? Cor* Carolina 'limes. A Happy Kditoh.?In the last iasm? of | tlio West Point Ifeacon its editor thus con' soles himself. j There is some consolation in being am j Editor in times like these, for there is r>(y class of the community?they always having loss money than any burly cleo?that j will suffer as little; All the money Wo I nave 111 two worm is a one auu.n v?hi a** | (,'ity Hunk of Augusta, and for once wo i foci comfortably o<cr an empty prrrso!? ! Blessed is ho who hath no papor dollars in | thesobank su^ponsion times, for the pauio shall not hurt nor make him afraid. National Productions:?Nations are ' characterised not movh by thoir people thai* J by thoir other and iwforior productions.? i I lore aro some of the most notable "specij mens" offered by several countries: China I hasten, porcelain and King t4iil?d mandarins;: ! Guritaauy, clocks, printing, ^host stories,I lager beer and transcendental philosophy; i -> 'i-- i u, vuijibivi.1, II^IUJJ ilim Villi IV. IIU11L J Franco, coo'xs, capons, compliments and . crinoline; Austria, carpets, diplomacy and two headed eagles ; Prussia, Frederiok the threat, schuolin.ujlers and tall grenadiers; Switzerland, vriit'ohos, wnnden tovu nrtd (la^r. vinlsm; Italy, popes, poisons, paintings, music-grinders and revolutionary manifestoes ; Spain; chivalry, court etiquette, Oortea, Columbus and Cervantes. JSngland has produced statesmen, poets, orators, generals, roast beef, the " Times" newsna I per, poor laws, taxation, fogs, spleen, grumblers, colonies, cockneys and " Punch."? America has produced Washington, a model republic, the elcftfvic telegraph, anaesthetic other, flciieral Jackson, and several thousand "live Yankees"?who produoo every ng thst is worth producing, and something over! F.N.sTT.-r-Ninc-lcnths of tho miseries and vices of mankind proceed from indolence and idleness. Persons who have naturally active minds, whose "quick thoughts like, lightning ivru nllve," ?rii xri?s>t porui. ciously H?fect?vl by tho evils of sloth. The. favored sons ot gepius, qmlowed with great original powors, were nut made for repose ; indolence will quickly "freu/.o the gonial current 01 me soul, and tt lelt idle long, thoy perish from inaction, like a HCiinlter corroded and destroyed by rust. But the active o.ceupntiion of our faculties is a safeguard against these grent eviln, vico, penury and desponding gloom.- Bays Colto'n,"ertiiui hart made more gambler' than avarioc, more drunkards than thirst, and moro suicides than despair/' If we would be both useful aud happy, we must keep ourselves industriously and virtuously cmploy ^cl, Old DuYuboidikcfl Was Wise in charging his son to " be avo sticking in u tree when ho had nothing olse to do." Count do Unylnfc, n French tfofdaiqan, hein? bom to \Vealth and princely idleness, turned his attention to qnj?rttving; and made many f\n? flOpics ot* antique gem*. One of vhe nolnlity demanded from him t reason tor thix procedure; and \vnf? told by thfr iut i??tritms i 'ouivt. " i engravir that 1 may not vnng myself." -u?.? ? - ?? OxB of tho.no inconsistent fellows, of Whom we have soiuff, qven in this duelling fbgiow, who think H nw sin" to afcnsc n mair ever m roytafJfy wfth thorp hrit a : grout. nit) to fight, received! a watikueritod robufce, the other day. Ilia ?;ldUi>an was up, as it often wa?, and ho woond up his nb?if>? by adding;. J I.vwowld give you ' what jrou uoed, hut yoij know my hand* ann im?>? ?; i '* i. I iiitii, naui wie inner, " yu? I outtlit to Your Ipnuue tied." We ! think ho too. 4 fit (le the lii'ennf&f pi no out, is one Vflio jiretondd to be ?o religion that 'h^ cannot fight; brtf Fihs nrtf religion enough -i*! roMwm hirii from influlting bin ysfghbor.?~jJxi'h<* ny*. v. sj When* wk."po n man ,<?ittina on a corner. 11 on a moonlight night, trying to ebuvinco ', Kg own bhatjy^ llwt i? is ni>}\ropor to follow I! a person, w? o?w?lly fct him down a.s ? ! ! good pjihjoct fof ? nt a whi?k* y shop. | 1 PXt>T |yivcH a good hint to loV*r?? "Ofi.. : Abu Hotlavolv, lot Wf infoAfe evfei* Athes [ | /Int' sin ' 4,"A *" 1-v. i y .r^ V..WV tunATHTTil 1IMT) inCTHIW j UHH 1?, com? not ototfy <lny. +*n.i# nry ret not** *.