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"TO THINK OWN SELF 1$E TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE NIOIIT THE DAY, THOU CAN'BT NOT THEN HE FALSE TO ANY MAN." BY ROUT. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 1851). V0L- N0 glSlLlSOYCS? IF?(STOYa The Light at HomeThe light at homer! how bright it beams Whon evening shades nround us full; And from tlie lattice fur it gleams To love, mid rest, und coiufort nil, AVIicn wearied with the toils of day, Ami strife for glory, gold, or fame, IIow sweet to seek the quiet way, Where loving lip* will lisp our name. Vhen through (lip dark nml stormy night Tlio wayward \riui<lcrer homeward hies, Iloiv liliflorlltg is the twinklinglight. Which through tlte forest gloom lie spies! It is tliu liiclit of home, lie feels That loving liearts will greet liim there, Ami softly tlirougli his bosom steals The joy ami love that banish care Tlio light at home! How still ami sweet It. peeps IVom yonder cottage door? The weary lahoier to greet When the rongli toils of day nro o'er ! Sad isthesonl that does not know The blessinirs tlint its himmu it.>?.?? The choorful hopes and joys tlmt flow, Ami lighten ii]? the heaviest heart. ?30tU.A8W. Eloquent Address. Yicc President llrcekenridge thus addressed the V. S. Senate just before they vacated their old hull, in order to take possession of tho new Senate Chamber: Senators i 1 have been charged by the com mittee to whom you confided tho arrangements o* this day. with the duty of expressing some of tho reflections that naturally occur in taking final leave of a chamber which has so long boon occupied by the Senate. In tho progress of cur country and the growth of the representation, this room has become too oontiacted f< r tho t epiescn'atives of the ihmv existing una soon to exist; nn<l accordingly. you arc about to exchange it for a hail affording accommodation# adequate to the p e.'cut and the future. The occasion suggests ninny interesting reminiscences ; and it nifty he ngrcenble, in tlie first place, to occupy a few minutes with a short account of the various place* at which Congress has assembled, of tho struggles which preceded tho permanent location of the seat of Government, and of the circumstances under which ifc was luKilly established on the hunks of toe Potomac. Tho Congress of the Revolution was sonictimes a fugitive, holding its sessions, us the chances of war required, at Philadelphia, ltaltiinoVe, Lancaster, Annapolis and York, Pa. During the period between tho conclusion of peace and the commencement of tho present (lovorniOont, it met at Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton and Now York. After the idea of a permanent Union had been executed in part by tho adoption of tho Artioles of Confederation, the question presented itself of lixing a seat of Government, and this immediately called forth intense in m;iumi iuiu rivtiuy. That tlio place fhnuld l?o control, linring regnrd to the population ntul territory of the Confederacy. was the only point common to the contending parties. Propositions of nil kinds wore offered, debated and rejected, Homotimcs with intemperate warmth. At length, on tlio 7tli of October, 17^11, tlio Congress being at Princoton, whither they had been driven from Philndelphia by the insults of a body of armed men. it was resolved that a building for the uso of Congress bo cvocted near the fulls of tlio Delaware. This was Boon nflnr mrulifln#! Im "J " OUHIIIJIV. buildings to be n'ao oicctcd near tlic falls of the Potomac, tliat the residence of Congress might alternate botween thoso places. Hut the question was not allowed to rest, arid <*t length, after frequent and warm debates, it was resolved that the resulenco ,>f Congress (diouhl continue at one place, and cominisMoners weroappointed, with fn'lpower to lay <>iiv u oiKinci ior iv reuoriii town near the lulls '>f the Delaware ; and in the menu time Confess assembled alternately at Trenton and Lnnapolis; but the representatives of other States wore unremitting in exertions for their sespective localities. On the 2?'5d of Pccembor. 1784, it was rowi)<_d iu k-niovoU the chv of X;:-.v Yvrk, ??m1 to remain there until the building on the J?olawaie should bo completed: and, accordingly, on the 1 lib of January, 1785. the Congross met at N'ew Yolk, where they continued to hold tboir scs.sioiiB until tho (.'onfeder ntiou gavo place to (ho Constitution guvc place to tlic Constitution. The CoimniiwionorH to lay out a town on the Delaware reported tlitfir proceedings to Congress; huttio further steps wcro taken to carry tho resolution into effect. Whon tho bonds of union woro drawn eloper by the organization of tho new Government under the Constitution, on the 3d of March, 1789, tho suhjoct was revived and discuseod with greater warmth than before. It was conceded on all Hides that the resb deneoof Congress should continue nt one Iilnco, and the prospect of stability in the loveimnont invented tho question with n deeper intercut. Some members proposed New York, us being "superior to nny place tlicy know for tho ordei ly nnd decent beha? vfor of Its inhabitants." To this it was anfiwered thnt itwa* not dcKirfthlo that tho political capital should ho in a commercial mo* tropolis. Others ridiculed tho idea of build ing paiaccs m tho woo<l?. Mr. (lorry, of M^seacliuNottA, thought it highly unreasonable to fix tho neat of Govornmont in ??uch a position us to hnvo nino Slates of tho ihirtfon to tho northward of the place: while tho South Carolinian* objoetcd to Philadelphia on account of tho mtinbor of Qiiaknm, vrho, tlinysn'nli tiHitlon^lly nnnoyed tho Southern members with Hchoniox of emancipation. In the midst of theso disputes, tho Ifouso of Representatives rosolvou, uthat the permanent neat of Oovernmnut mmht lm n? Homo convenient place on the Tanks of the 8u?(juolmnnft." On the introduction of a hill to give effect to thin resolution, much feeling wno exhibited, e-pooiftlly hy the Southern members. Mr. Madison thought if tho proceeding of that day had boon forenoon hy Virginia, that State might not have become a party to the Constitution. Tho question was allowed hy every momhor to ben matter of great importance. Mr. Scott said, tho futuro'tranqullity and well-loing cf tho United States (lopetided us much on this as on any I 1 ({uoxtton tliat ever had. or could, como before : <> Congress; and Mr. Fisher Amos remarked I that every principle of pride and honor, and ! v even of patriotism were engaged. For a time ' any agreement ??, geared to he impossible; ' hut the good genius of our system tonally pro- | ' vailed, and on the 28th of June, 1700, an act c was passed containing the following clause: r " That a district of territory on the river I ? Potomac, at some place between the mouths : j of the eastern branch and the ConnogochoR- | gue, be, and tho same is hereby, accepted, ! 1 j tor the permanent seat of the Government of : 4 ?U~ t'. VIId UIIIIVII 01I11CS." I Tho sumo not provided that Congress should hold its sessions at Philadelphia tin- ( til tho first Monday in November, 18U0, when ( the Government should remove to the disr ] j triet selected on tho Potomac. Thus was | settled a question which hud produced much I ' sectional feeling hotweon the States. Hut | all difficulties were not vet surmounted; for | > Congress, cither from indifference or the i want of nionev. failed to make adequate tip- I j propriations lor the ercction of public, build- , ings, iiiyl the commissioners were often re- j miccu u> great stiaits to maintain the progress of tlio work, Finding it impossible to * borrow money hi Knropc, or to obtain it from < Congicsf, Washington, in December. IVX. 1 made i? personal uppeni to tlio Legislature 'if | Mnrylnml, which was respouded to bv nn ! | I advance of &100.000 ; but in so deplorable a ! ; condition was the credit of the Federal Ciov- ! . j eminent that the State required, as a guar- , 1 I1 nntee of payment, the pledge of the private 1 credit of the commissioners. 1 From the beginning, Washington hud ad- I i voeated the present seat of Government. Its \ I establishment here was due, in a large mens , j lire, to his inllnooce; it was his wisdom and prudence flint computed disputes and settled ! 1 conflicting titles ; mid it was chiefly through ! ' hi* personal influence that the funds were i 1 | provided to prcparo the buildings for the re- I I eon'ion of toe President and Congress. i 1'lie wings of the Capitol having lieen suf- | { ttciently prepared, the Government removed f j to this District on the 17th of November, | IS00 ; or as Mr. Woleott expressed it, left I tho comforts of Philadelphia " to go to the * ; long name, in tho woods on tho Potomac." j ' I 1 will not pnufo to describe the anncarance. I I at that day, of tho plnco whore the city was ] to he. Cotomporary aco Mints represent it as t desolate in the extreme, with its long, nnopencil avenues and streets, its deep morasses and its vast area covered with trees instead J of houses. It is enough to say that Wash- ' ington projected the whole plan upon a scale ' of centuries, and that time enough remains to lill the measuro of his great conception. The Senate continued to occupy the Norlh wing, and the House of Representatives the South wing of tho Capitol until the 24th of August, 1814. when tho British army cnterI ed thecitv anil lnimnl ilm ? r- ...~ uu, ,u*r. I J This occurred during tlic recess, and tho i ] President immediately convened the Don- ' I gresH. Doth Houses met in n brick building I i known ns Blodgct's liotel. which occupied iv j , part of tho square now covored by the Gen- j ] oral l'ost Ottico. But the accommodations in that bouse being quite insufficient, anum- '' ber of public spirited citizens erected a moro ] commodious building, on Capitol Hill, and 1 tendered it to Congress; the oiler was accep- ] ted. and both llouves continued to occupy it xmtil the wines oftlm >n>?- ('-it.itrvi t .o- --.- 7 ?v" "v,v ! ( Slo.cd. This building yet stands on the brth Eastern corner of the Cnpttol Square, ntid lias since been uceupionnlly occupied by ' persons employed in different brandies of * the public t-ervice. On the Oth of December, lNlD, the Sc- l natc assembled for the first time, in this 1 Chamber, which has been the thrcatre of < their deliberations for more than thirty- ] nine years, and now the strifes and uncer I wiiiuiuMui uic past are timsheU, we see { around us on every Bide the proofs of sta- i tiili?y nnd improvement; this onpitnl is i worthy of the Republic ; noble public buildings meet the view on overy hand; treasures of science nnd the arts begin to accumulate. As this flourishing city enlarges, it testifies to the wisdom and forecast that i dictated the plan of it. l''uture generations will not be disturbed with (juestionw concerning the centre of population or of territory, Hi lice the steamboat, the railroad and the telegraph havo made communica- < titfn almost instantaneous. The spot is sa- ] ered by n thousand memories, which are i so many pledges that the city of "Washing- i ton, founded by l.ini mul bearing his rev- i ered name, with its beautiful site, bounded by picturesque eminences, and the broad < l'otomnc, and lying within view of his home \ mid his tomb, shall remain forever the po- < litical capitol of the United States. j It would be interesting to note the grnd- < ual changes wh'.eh have oceurrcd in the i practical working of the (government, since i the adoption of the Constitution ; and it j ma)* bo appropriate to this occasion to re- i iimi k one 01 Liic most strilcng of thcni. I At the origin of tlio O >vcrmncnt, tlic i Senate Bee mod to be regarded ehiefly ns an j executive council. Tho 'President often i visited the Chamber nnd conferred person- j a) I j with this body; most of its business | was transacted with closed doors, nnd it took comparatively little part in the legis- i lative debates. The rising and vigorous i intellects of the conutry sought the nrenn ] of the House of Representatives ns the np- | nrnnrititn fhnnJw ..1!..?1? it.:. r-,(?-? iui viiu wiojuuj ui inuir powers, Mr. Madison observed, on some occasion, that being a youug man, and desiring to increase his reputation. he could not afford to outer tlio fcenate ; and it will be rcmombored, that, so late as 1812, the great debates which prcoeded the war and aroused the country to tho assertion of its *?t. ?i?- ... i i?iuo, umjk ]hhuu in uio other branch of ] Congress. To such nn extonfc was tho dien | of the occlusion carried, that, when this i Chamber was completed no wonts woro prepared for tho accommodation of the pub- < lie j and it was not until many years after- t wards that tho scini-oireular gallery was ? ercctcd, which admits tho people to bo w?t-> i losses of our proceedings. But now, tlie i Jo11s11 o, besides its- peculiar .relations to tbc 1 ::;ceutivc department of tbc (jovcrnuiont, i issrmcs its full share of duty as a co-equal i >ranch of the legislature; indeed, front i be limited number of its members, and for titer obvious reasons, the most important |uw.-Miunn, c.^nccuuiy ot loreign policy, sire ipt to pass first under discussion in this )ody, and to be n member of it is justly egardedasone of the highest honors which ;an be conferred oil mi American statesnun. It is scarcely necessary to point out the uniscs of tliis change, or to say that it is a loncession both to the importance and the ndividuality of the States, and to the free md open character of the (Jovrriimcnt. In connection with this easy but thorough transition, it is worthy of remark that t has been effected without a charm- from my quarter that tlie Semite lms transcen- ' led its constitutional sphere?a tribute at nice to the moderation of the Senate, and mother proof to thoughtful men of the comprehensive wisdom with which the framcrs of the Constitution secured essential principles without inconveniently embarrassing the action f the Goveminent. The progress of this popular movement, in one aspect of it., has been steady and marked. At the origin of the (Sovcrninent no arrangements in the Senate were made ior spectators ; in this Chamber about onothird of the space is allotted to the public ; ind in the new apartment of the galleries cover two-thirds of its area. In all free countries the admission of the people to witness legislative proceedings is an essential element of public confidence; and it is not to be anticipated that this wholesome 1 principle will ever be abused by the substitution of partial and interested demon- i Orations for the expression of a matured 1 ind enlightened public opinion. Vet it j diould never be forgotten that not France, jnt the turbulent spectators within the Hall, awed and controlled the French Assembly. With this lesson and its couse- 1 juence before us, the time will never conic .vlien the deliberations of the Senate shall jc swayed by the blandishments or the ,bunders of the galleries. Jt is impossible to disconnect from an >ccasiou like this, ji crowd of reflections on i )ur own past history, and of speculations in the future. The most meagre account if the Senate involves a summary of the progress of our country. From year to unnw w?? !? ? -? ,v.?? juu iiuio oviuii juur representation onlargo; time and again you have proudly welcomed a new sister into the Confederacy ) and the occurrences of this day are a material and impressive proof of the growth md prosperity of the United States. These periods in the history of the Senate mark, in st 'king contrast, three epochs in the history of the Union. On the 8d of March, 1780, when the [Jovcrnincnt was organized under the (Ion *titution, the Senate was composed of the representatives of eleven Sti.'cs, containing three million people. On the Oth of December, 1 SI0, when the Senate mot for the first time in this room, it was composed ofthc representatives jf twenty-two States, containing nine million people. To-day it is composed of the representatives of thirty-two States, containing more than twenty-eight million people, prosperous, happy and still devoted to ennstitu tional liberty. Lot those great facts t>peak for themselves to all the world. The career of the United States cannot be measured by that of any other people of whom history gives account; and the mind is almost appalled at the contemplation of the prodigious force which has marked their progress. Sixty-nine years a<ro, thirteen States, containing three millions uf inhabitants, burdened with debt, and exhausted by the long war of independence, established for their common good a free Constitution All nriiioinlno ,mn. l , v/.. .wvijmvu i?v>r? vu u.uiimim, and began tbeir experiment with the good wishes of a few doubting friends nnd the iemion of tlio world. Look at the result to dny; twenty-eight millions of people, in uvery way happier than an equal number in any other part of the globe?the centrist' population and political power descending the Western slopes of the Alleghany mountains, and the orignal thirU-mj States forming but tho Euetcrn margin on tho map of our vast possessions. Hcc besides Christianity,civilization nnd tho aits given to a continent; the despised colonics grow iiho a power or tnc lirst class, representing iikI protecting ideas that involve tho pro^rcta of the hninan race ; a commerce groate** than that of any other nation ; every variety of climate, soil and production to inr tee a pceple powerful and happy ; free interchange between tho States?in a word, behold present greatness, and, in the future, an empire to which the ancient mistress of the world, in the height of her glory, could not bo compared Such Is oui lountry; nyc, and more?far more than my mind conld conecivo or my tongue jould utter. 1b there nn American who regrets the pue>?P Is thcro 0110 who will leride hie country's luws, pervert her Conititutiou, or alienate her pcoplo ? If there bo such a msn, lot Iiin memory dcsccnd to ponterity laden with thecxccrationb of all mankind. Ho happy is the political and social conlition of the United (States, and so acc?iHiomcd arc wo to tho socurc enjoyment of J? 1 -1 1 V i iruuumn einewiicro unkiuiwii, tnnt we arc i ipt to undervalue the treasures we posses#, I !?ml to lose, in some degree, the sense of ob- os ligation to our forefathers. ]>ut when the st strifes of faction shake the Ciovcrnhient, ro uul even threaten it, wo may pause with in advantage long enough to remember that of wo are reaping tlie reward of othev men's ai labors. This liberty we inherit; this ad- ih mirable ('onstitutiim ? 1 _ - , .. ...VII lino ruiYivvu ui pence and war, prosperity and adversity ; a this double scheme of Oiovernmcnt, State vi and Federal, so peculiar and so little undeiKtood by other Powers, yet which pro- lil teets the earnings of industry, and makes ie the largest personal freedom compatible ft with public order. These great results were not acquired without wisdotn and toil tl and blood. The touching and heroic re- (' Cord is before the world ; but to all this wv were worn, ami, like heirs upon whom | has been cast a great inheritance, have only j iU the high duty to preserve, to extend and to i hi adorn it. The grand productions of the j so era in which the foundations ofthisdov- '* eminent were laid, reveal the deep sense its founders had of their obligations to the 11 whole family of man. Let us never forget that the responsibilities imposed on this "V generation are by so much the greater than those which rested on our revolutionary u ancestors, as the population, extent ami i-.i power of our country surpass the dawning ' promise of its origin. It would he a pleasing task to pursue many trains of thought not wholly foreign ut to this occasion, hut the temptation to en- m ter the wide field must be vigorously curb- 11? i;d; yet I may be pardoned, perhaps, for tli ouc or two additional reflections. t'1 The Senate is assembled for tho last time }J' in tKis Chamber. Henceforth it will be converted to other uses ; yet it must re- I inuin forever connceted with great events, 0J ind wini'iitl !>? l.m...'.-!- L~ 1 w .uv mviiiwi as oi uiu ue.parii>d on*tors and statesmen who here engaged mi high debates, and shaped tho pol- 1, icy of their country. Hereafter the American and the .stranger, as they wander thro' the Capitol, will turn with instinctive rev- ?f crcncc to view the spot on which so many m and groat materials have accumulated fur i>< histuvy. I hey will recall tho images of the great and good, wlmse renown is the n| common property of the I nionj and chief- i ly, perhaps, they will linger around the | (11 neius once occupied by the mighty three, !V, whoso names and fame, associated in life, death has not been able to sever ; illustrious men, who, in their generation sometimes dividod, sometimes led, and sometimes resisted public opinion?for they were of that )J higher class of statesmen who .seek the right nt and follow their convictions. V There sat Calhoun, the Senator, inflcxi- Y ble, austere, oppressed, hnt not overwhelm- ! l' ed by his deep sense of the importance of I1' llis llllhlil' Cllll.'tinni! ?1.? hi 4 ...M. uouo , r\;ui\ili^ lllU H ULIl j tljcn fearlessly following it?a man whose unsparing intellect compelled all his cnio- ai tions to harmonize with the deductions of w his vigorous logic, and whose noble eountc- bi 11tinco habitually wore the expression of one engaged in the performance of l.igh !|, public duties. This was Webster's seal, lie, ton, was ,.{ even suoh a Senator. Conscious of his own ni vast powers ho reposed with confidence on 11 himself; and scorning the contrivances of ?' smaller men, he stood among his peers all Jj the greater for the simple dignity of his senatorial demeanor. Type of his North- )W era uomo, no rises before the iinaginatiou, ^ in tlic grand and granite outline of his ot form and intellect, like a great New Eng- en land rook, repelling a New England wave, so A8 a writer, his productions will he cherished by statesmen and scholars while the *" English tongue is spoken. Aa a senatorial orator, his great efforts arc historically as- (j sociatcd with this Chamber, whoso very air j w seems yet to vibrate beneath the strokes of | c< his deep tones and weighty words. 01 On the outer circle, sat Henry Clay, with ! his impetuous and anient nature untamed JV by age, and exhibiting in the Senate the 15 same vehement patriotism and passionate () eloquence that of yore electrified t lie House o! of Representatives and tho country. H is di extraordinary personal endowment", his P courage, all his noble qualities, invested him with an individuality and a charm of character which innnvnw>: wrmlrl 1 , t j -n- ..mi w.mi.mv ^ luin a favorite of history, lie loved bis country above all eavthly things. Unloved P liberty in nil countries. Illustrious man J j ?orator, patriot, philanthropist'?his light, h| at it? meridian, was seen und felt in tho. ^ remotest parts of the civilized world ; and his declining sun, as it hastened down in ( the west, threw back its level beams, in j hues of mellowed splendor, to illuminate und to cheer the land he loved and served SO well. All the Suites may point, with gratified pride, to the services in the Senate oi* their patriotic bons. Crowding the memory, oome. tho names of Adams, llayne, Mason, Otis, Macon, l?inckney, and the rest?i 1 cannot number them, who, in the record of their nets and utterances, nppeal lo their successors togivetho Union a destiny not h< unworthy of the past. What models were ar those, to awaken emulation or to plunge in despnir ! Fortunate will he the American statesmen who, in this nge, or in succeed- N0 ing tiinos, shall contribute to invest the H11 ll_11 X- 1- 1 now 11 mi u> which we go, wun Historic m memories like thoso which cluster here. It< And now, Senators, wo leavo this mom- hj orabio Chamber, bearing with us, uniin- hi paired, the Constitution wo received from 111 our forefathers. Let us cherish it with J" prntoful acknowledgments to the Divine .. Power who controls the destinies of empir- p ami whoso {loudness wo adore. The j ruoturcs reared by men yield to the eording tooth of time. These marble w ills list moulder into ruin ; hut the principles constitutional liberty, guarded ny wisdom id virtue, unlike material elements, do >t decay. Let us devoutly trust that anher Senate, in another age, shall bear to new and larger Chamber this Constitution gorous and inviolate, .tnd that the l;.st 'iteration of posterity shall witness the de berations of the I'cpresontutivcs of Aiuoran States still united, prosperous and 1>C- . I 1 n execution of tlie order of the Senoto, ic body will now proceed to the new li amber. For Coxokkss.?We perceive from tho Orlgeliurg Southron that Mr. W. II. Barnwell is been nominated for Congress, as sueecs- j r to Col. Keitt. Wo extract the following1 ism uiai jvui Hill ill 1 Ullll I * > 11 UKTCIO : "Mr Barnwell in passingthrough, stopped j short time in this place lust week, and was patently in the enjoyment of fine health j id spirits. Having entered the field of poli* i :s, lie spoko freely upon that subject, and I elaied himself to belong the school of '32. [ e regards the Hammond platform a dangc- j us one. and, therefore repudiated it. In regard to the Charleston Convention, i 5 advocates the State's going into it, hut. [ ies in for excluding all such renegades and , aitors as Douglas. We might enter more 4lengh into a notice of the political senti- j ents of Mr. liamwcll, hut as he will doub- j ess. in due time, speak of them himself to j t: UUI7.UIII* 01 our uistrict, we will only sum iom up briefly by saving be is for Inning e Union restored lo lis primitive purity, ami that cannotboaccompilshed, then its speedy ^solution." AVn presume now that there will be three mdidates in the liehl. Hon. J. L. Okk.?In noticing the reception eenlly given by thceit/.ens of'New York to on. J. L. Ouk, the Philadelphia Mvrc.ury lys him (he following compliment : "The urbanity of this illustrious citizen South Carolina, his impartiality and firm i.-is hi character us presiding officer of the >|)ular branch of tlio National Legislature, s rare intellectual gifts, and his sagacious id far-reaching. yet conservative statesman ii)>, have won tor him universal prniso and ifepcct. In honoring such a man, we prove ir gratitude ami elevate tho moral worth >d dignity oftho nation." The Pkksident's Mkrs.wjk in Europe.? ho proposal of Mr. Buchanan to purchase uha, has startled all Europe. The French rcss is even more hitter in its censures than | .. i)..tii. h<i i*. -.- .... iv; ioiunu. x nu lonner pour out tlieir anthcnms without stint or measure. Mr. 'alsli. the 1'aris correspondent ol' the New ork Journal of Commerce, thus registers ic impressions of this portion of Europe as to ie Message. Even the Russian newspapers id organs in Europe are aroused by the mguage of the document. The Journal des Dehats.the Constitutionel ud the Sieelo, have given only tlie portions hi'.'h relate to the foreign world?Spain, Cui. Central America and Mexico. The . iii-.njio |>u|ivr, Jiu ?>urvi, lias IlliUU IlCUl'IV I'O of its columns with the same matter.? he Debuts furnished a short editorial e.xpotion of the political purport, and finds the {presentation of the disputes with Spain tiie ostcurious feature of tlie documout. The epuhlieauSieclenbstains hitlierto.fronicoinentary. TheNord, Russian organ, remarks lat the manifesto Osten is transcribed utmost terully into the Message. That the friends 'peace will not be at all edilied or encourjod by the general cast of its views and igge.stions. On the whole, the message is the highest importance to the world, and mnot fail to excite everywhere an immense uisation." Much of the foreign p..iiey is attributed i the inspiration of Secretary Cass, whose leeches in tlie Senate arc not forgotten.? >ine passages may be thought enigmatical ut there inny be ambiguity of expression hen the real meaning is translucent. The .s< i? !.- * ! Mnjuoov wi uu niii ^vuiuriuivii jsumo* aiic L iiiou, i'kiou ...vr.Ucr.cd the Kt"fl|>"?in lvernionts to a lively sense of what it could jcomplish, and might, ore long, undertake >r unlimited aggrandisement. President uchanan realizes thoir alarms, and toachos icin the immediate necessity, ofcombination f sentiment, means and declaration, of the cfencc of their interests in Western hemishero. Qovkrnoh S- , of South Carolina _ i i:J ? __ i i t . <? . I ar? u lliwycr, ailU COUIU talK a JVly out oftheir seven senses, lie was esecially noted for his success in criminal uses, almost always clearing his client.? le was conw e! for a man accused of horsetealing. lie made long, eloquent arid moiling speech. Tho jury retired, bnt 1 Ji few niimiti'R niwl ivifh fnum !? yes, proclaimed tho man not guilty. An !d (io<jiiaintanco stopped up to tlio prisoner id said : "Jem, the danger is past; nnd now, onorbri^ht, didn't you steal thut horse?" To which Jem replied : " Well, Tom, I've all along thoi.ght I iok that hoss; but since I'vo heard tho ovornor's speech 1, don't believe 1 did !" [ Dwktou n ( Tnnn.) Kugli A Hindoo Stoiiv.?A poor Hindoo, havinc :on rolcascd from the euros of this world, id from ft acovvy wifo, presented himself tlio guto of Bmnmii'H paradiso. "Ilnvo you on through purgatoVy?" asked the gtw.? No ! but 1 have been married," ho roplicd riously. " Como in, then ; it's nil tli? inc." At this moment arrived nnothur nn, just defunct, who bogged of Braluna to > permitted to go in also. " Softly, softly ! ivo you boon through purgatory ?" " No! it what of that ? Did you not admit, a mo em n^o, one wno nn<i not been there anj ore than I?" "Married! Who nro you tlking to ? I hive l.oen married twice. ? 0, p^hftw !" replied Brahma ; " got away ! urndiso is not for fooled' My 8unday By Fanny Fern Sunday niorninir ajrain. How many pleasant breakfast tables it looks down upon. No need to hurry away to oftico, or store, or couutingroom. Fathers come leis mun uunii ill UIUMIII^ gUWIl Mill Slippers ami sip their coffee without danger of choking. Tlioy liuve time to look round and sco liow tall the children arc growing, and that nothing in this world is so beautiful an a rosy baby fresh from slumber. Mother, too, has the old girlish smile that comes not often on a weekaday, or if it docs, father lis.s not time to notice it, Mid that, perhaps, nftcr all, is the reason it comes so seldom. It is plcnpnnt, after eggs and cotfco, to sit comfortably down by the fire, the centre of a ring of happy faces, and hear the "hurch bells chime. Time enough yet to go, for this is the first bell. ('hurch hells are nnt. to mv ? nn i..i port i nouce. Ono is a free agent. lam free to go which I like to do ; you arc frees to stay, if you prefer; though! may think you make a mistake. I don't say that L should go every Sunday to hear a man who was always binding doctrines together liko bundles of dry sticks, and thrusting them at his yawning hearers. I want to hear a sermon that any poor soul who straggles into church tVum nnv liv J.mn nil.... - "'V understand, and carry home with him to his collar or garret; and a sermon that comes not on chariot wheels, but afoot, and with a warm, life-like grasp for every honest?aye, and dishonest?hand in the assembly, defaulter or Magdalen, for who bade you slam 1 leaven's gate in tlieir facos f I want a human sermon. I don t caro what Mclchisidek, or Zerubbabel, ofKeronhappuk did, ages ago; I want fo know what I am to do, and I want somebody besides a theological bookworm to tell me?somebody who is sometimes tempted and tried, and is not too r,,.,.. ' ?v *'/ v/#" |* it, somebody likcino, who is always sinning and repenting; somebody who is glad ami sorry, and erics and laughs, and cats and drinks, and wants to fight when they aro trodden on?and don't! That's the minister for me. 1 don't want a spiritual abstraction, with stony eyes and pctrcficd fingers, and no blood to bat*'o with. "What credit is it to him to be proper ? llow can he understand me? "Were there only such ministers in the pulpit, 1 wouldn't go to church either, because my impatient feet would only beat a tattoo on the pew floor till service was over ; but vnank (!od there are ! and while they preach I. shall go to hear theni, and come home better and happier for having done it. So 1 pray you don't abolish my Sunday, whatever you may do with yours. Don't take away my blessed Sunday breakfast, when we ;ill have time to love one another. Don't take away the Sabbath bells, which \ so love to hear. Don't take away my human minister, whose Clod is no tyrant, and is better plonsod to see us go smiling homo from church, than bowing our heads like a bulrush, and groaning back to our dinners till all you anti-Sabbatarians arc made iifiiuuiimi ounuay?:inu no woutfor.?jY. J. JjVthjrr. A Goon Idea.-?-Under the head of "Ilow to (iot Cuba," tlio llichtnoiid J)isp?t??h publishes the following. Wo hope u bonus, to induco New England to sell herself, may Ijo offorcd her by Congress?and that Mr. Iluehanati be authorized to appoint some shrewd Yankee to enter upon negotiations. Of" course, the inducements nf "mnkimr ? g.iod thing out of it" must ho extended; Under this head, tho Cleveland Plain Denier lias an article recommending to "swap New England oft'for Cuba. We of the West," says tho Plain I>ealer. "are sufficiently Yankeeised to get along without any farther helli from that Land of big onions and white beans, Of short but sweetest kind of grass. Of iiitwd* who ore they rcr.ch their iesi*?. Uun make the best of pumpkin suss.' " The South lifts had enough of her, too much iu the shape of Abolition lectures, antislavery agitators running off her niggers, disturhing her pence and spoiling her temper. Siie is ripe for a trade, and inasmuch as New Krigland lias twice triod to pet out of the Union, once by a Hartford Convention and latterly by resolution, " Let 'or slide," wo say. Old Spain needs lier. She is in the lust stages of chronic consumption, and a Utile New Hnglnnd vesist would mako her rise, and perhaps leaven the \vhole lump. This is the host disposition that can be made of Yankee uoouicuom." Tiik Modioli World li<?s an occasional touch of keen satire that is quite refreshing. Describing what it e.ills a national disease, it saye: " Throughout North America the universnl morbid appetite for patent medioinos i* a regularly constituted disease. It is prohahtv transmitted from parent to child, ns insanity, and nervous afFoe.tions, descend through families. To see a inert or woman who never purchased a box of Brand etli's I'ills. or a t>ott!o of tho Balm of Voi y Fine Fluwors, would lie equivalent to seeing fifth wheel of a conch. "No such phenomenon exist*. Mother* usullay oonnnoncc with Shermnn's Vermifuge Lozenges. Whether they'll ftTO worm* or not, it is judicious to commence drugging tlio little creatures early, by wav ofaocu.<Liin in# them to move potent articles when tlioir ntrongth will f?H?" thoni. Spring physio uhually follows. It is a dVme ?r; to keep off tdeknoss hv seasonable dose* of wuAething that is good fortho bhxxj, At fourteen young porMiiiH begin U> purclmHe for thftmpolvew.? I'ho latest advevtismentH should nlwnvs bo the guide in the selection of patent medicine*, on ncuount of the respectability and rwponsibilitiosof pavties oiloring them fur sale.? This is a great country ; ovory one has *? perfect inalienable right t* kill hiui6oll'witb lift-preserving nostrume." ... , v 41