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?n; * Ml- > 1.1! 1 - 1 Pofrrav. From the Memphis Avalanche. Tho Boys with the Blue Cockado. ur 8ALMK ADA HKEPT. Th? South i* our hMiilifiil mnllwii- ? ? While womanhood flit* like a gem in her crcjt, The winds of tile North shall not visit her brow, Or wither one flower thnt blooms on her breast. Her sons they oro brave, anil her daughters are dear, And loyal the swords at her feet now laid; And 'twere a# a thing never born to know fear, Are the hearts of the boys with the blue cockade. Tho South is our home; on cach hearth is a flame That was lit while our mothers were meekly at prayer ; Ami ho who would quench it. must daringly aim His blow at the hearts who have kindled it there The Stranger who crosses our threshold must cou'.e' in faith that a Southerner never betrayed, For the South, the beautiful South is our home, And her pride is tlu> boys with the blue cockade. Wft'vo kindlod lior allnwi nn.l <a ?Ka ??%.! With hand clasped in hand wc will stand by her ' fires, As brother* united to guard and defend, Tho beautiful land where 'vo buried our sires. No stranger or insolent l'oeman shall trend O'er thc.grate* where the dust of our heroes is laid. Our Mothers and daughters?our living and dead ? We'll trust to the boys with the blue cockade. Memphis, December. 1800. VAmZY'V. South Carolina Conference The following is the report of the Committee appoiutcd on " tho state of tho couutry-" . .* The committee appointed to consider the duty of the Conference in reference to the interests of the Church in connection with the present condition of the country, beg leave to report, that we recommend to the Conference j the adoption of the following resolutions : Rcso'lveil, 1. Tlint the South Carolina Conference, while they feel that >the great work of the christian ministry demands, and should ever receive, their faithful and devoted attention, and should forever absolve them from \?ll J MOIHV, |MII tICI [MUUII III IIIC fill IM'ft Ul IIIU , political arena, nevertheless can never forget j the high allegiance which they owe to the claims of their country, the land of their birth. . 2. That while we deplore the necessity that exists for a separation from the Federal Union, yet in view of all the history of the past, the perils of the present, and the threat- I cncd wrongs of the future, we feel bound by ! honor and duty to move in harmony with the South, iu resisting Northern domination. 3. That as faithful sons of the South, and with the State with whose destiny we are identified, we shall ever pray for the guidance una messing ot the (Jod ot providence and1 grace, who ha:s so long excrciscd his gracious protection over the homes of our fathers? and that this Conference tender to the State of South Carolina, their encouragements, their sympathies, their affections, tln.'u- intercessions with heaven in her behalf, their all, subject or'y to the paramount claims of God \ upon them. Nicholas Talley, Ch'mn. Charles Betts, II. Spain, D. Derrick, Henry M. Mood, W.m. II. Fleming, Wm. Martin, i.v,^ Appoint mknts ok South Carolina Confkuknci:. CIIAKLKST()N I) 1ST\\ICT. W. P. Mouzon, IV K. Charleston?Cumberland Street, J. A. Porter; Trinity, T. II. Walsh; Bethel, W. II. Fleming; Spring Street and City Mission, J. W. Miller, W. Ilenimingway, sup. St. Andrew's Mission?To he supplied. "\\7..\i~.A r n 11 r /i _i n lrunuiuuru?o . i/. >v . v>ruoK, ?i. l'Giiuy. St. George's and St. Paul's Mission?A. Nettles. Pon Po? Mission?P. (r. Bowman. Ashepoo Mission?J. W. Coward. Coinbachee Mission?M. Ij. Hanks, J. A. Wood. Bamberg?W. Crook. Allendale?Ij. M. I lamer. Blaek Swamp?J. W. Kelly, F. Auld. Princc William's Mission?-W. W. Mood. | Cjnvannali llivor .Mission?J. 1(. (Joburn, 1 J. W. 31 cRoy. Beaufort Mission?T. II. Hughes. Bluffton Mission?S. Leard, N. K. Milton. I'Mis toand Johossco Mission?(J. Wilson. , Missionary to China?B. Jenkins. ORANGUmitG DISTRICT. P. A. Mood, P. E. Orangeburg Circuit?A. 1J. Stephens, It. 13. Tarrant. St. Matthew's Mission?To be supplied. Cypress Circuit?I). \V. Scale. Suinmcrville Mission?C. Mcleod. Cooper ltivcr Circuit?A. N. Wells. Cooper River Mission?G. W. Moore, J. i L. Dixon. St. Jamo's Goose Creek?To be supplied. St. George's Circuit?W. llutto. Blaekvillc Circuit?W. G. Connor. Kdisto Pork Mission?K. A. Price. Barnwell Circuit?W. W. Graham. Aiken .Mission?K. 1\ Thwing. Graniteville Circuit?M A. McKibbcn. Lexington Circuit?-K. J. Pennington, J. ' 11. Mnssabeau. MARION DISTRICT. A. M. Chroitzburg, P. K. Marion Station?T. Mitchell. Marion Circuit?J. W. Murray, one to be supplied. Georgetown?C. If. Pritchard. San too Mission?.J. Finger, J. II. Tart. Black River and Pee Dee Mission-A. Krvin, C. E. Land. Sampit Mission?J. A. Mood. Wacoinmw Mission?C. Betts, D. J. McMillan. Conwayboro Circuit?G. II. Wells. Uonwayboro Mission?A. ?S. l<mk. AH Saints Circuit?W. Bowman. Darlington Station?I). J. Simmons. Lynchburg Circuit?M. A. Connolly. Brownsville Circuit?W. L. Pcgues. Williamsburg Circuit?L. M. Little, J. C. Steel. Darlington Circuit?1'. S. Kistlcr, J. I). Carpenter. COLUMBIA DISTRICT. It: J. Boyd, P. E. Columbia?Washington Street, W. A. Gamewell; Medium Street, M. Brown ; Marion Street, J. W. Humbert. Congarce Mission N. Tallcy. Fairfield Circuit?J. W. Puctt, J. J. I Workman. Handy River Mission?W. S. Ilalton. Cheater Circuit?A. G. Stacy, Rooky Mount " Cauthen, K. T. R. Frippc. sgor. ' f 3a Watcfeo Mission?J. L. Shufford, W. M. "Wilson. Sumlcr Stotiou?H. P. Franks. Sumter Circuit?A. L. Smith, W. A. lIodgt'H. Sumter Circuit?M. Puokott. Manning Circuit?H. D. Mooro. Sunday School Socicty?C. Taylor. Columbia Female College?\V. Martin, President COKKSBUKY DISTRICT. W. A. MoSwain, 1*. K. Cokesbury Circuit?W. II. Lv.wton, A. B. MeGilvrey, S. B. Jones, sup. Laurens Cireuit?J. T. Kilgo, J. L. Stoudeniire, A. P. Martin,, sup. Newberry Station?B. Knglish. NowKi>rry Circuit?J. W. Wightsnau, one to do supplied. Saluda Kivor Mission?One lobe supplied, j Ninety-Six Circuit?J. M. (Carlisle. Koeky Pond Mission?G W. M. Creigbton one to be supplied. Butler Circuit?J. 11. Pickett. Edgefield Circuit?J. S. Connor. Abbeville Circuit?T. Haysor, II. J. MorSan* , Anderson Circuit?T. G. Herbert. Pendleton Circuit?V. A. Sharp. Pickens Circuit?F. M. Morgan. Willianiston (Circuit?J. L. Sifley. WADESBORO DISTRICT. S. II. Brow no, P. E. Wadesboro Station?L. A. Jobusou, II. C. Parsons, sup. Wadesboro Circuit?S. Jones, J. Hutchison. Ansonvillc Circuit?A. W. Walker. Carolina Fciualo College?W. C. Powers, Agent. Albemarle Circuit?.T. M. Clino. Concord Circuit?E. W. Thompson, 1*. Ij. : ITermon. | ltocky Hivcr Mission?O. A. Chrict/.bur^. j Monroe Circuit?B. (J. Jones, C?. W. i Dupre. Lancaster Circuit?Ti. Wood. Catawba ltivor Mission?A II. Harmon, I one to be supplied. Chesterfield Circuit and Mission.?Scarborough, J. F. Wilson. Cheraw?W. S. Black. Bcnncttsville Circuit?It. B. Pcgucs, B. B. Alston. Society Hill Mission?I). A. Ogburn. l'lVIVW XT'l'fWT liliiMUii'. i.n UU1VJUIK1 1U.1 J'lOi IVlUi. J. T. Wightinan. P. K. Lincolnton Circuit?CI. W. Ivcy, J. Hoover. Dallas Circuit?T. II. Edwards. Pincvillc Circuit?A. McCorquodalc. Charlotte Station?F. M. Kennedy. Charlotte Circuit?W. W. Jones, .1. W. Abernathy. Catawba Circuit?Win. Carson, .J. II. C. McKinney. Rich Mount Mission?A. P. Avant. Lenoir Circuit and Caldwell Mission?J. Watts, J. W. Itaby. Morgan ton Circuit?W. .1. 10. Frippe. Shelby Circuit?.1. S. Nelson. Yorkville Station?L. C. Weaver. llock Hill Circuit?I). May, S. A Ropor, J. W. North, sup. Davenport Female College?II. M. Mood. SPA ltTA X HI' lt( I DI ST It I ('T. II. A. C. Walker, 1\ 10. Spartanburg Station?J. Stacy. Broad lliver Mission?.J. Parker. Spartanburg Circuit?A. ?J. Stokes, A. W. \ Walker, sup. Rutherford Circuit?J. S. Ervin. Mc. Dowell Circuit?M Kaddy. | Columbus Circuit?T. J. Clyde. Hickory Nut Gap Mission?A. K. Bennick. Pickcnsville Circuit?To be supplied. Keowcc Mission?To be supplied. Greenville Station?S. .J. Hill. Greenville Circuit?10. A. Loniniond, A. II liflstor Union Circuit?J. IT. Zimmerman, J. P. Depass, C. Murcliison, sup. Goshen Hill Circuit?J. \V\ Cridcr. Pacollcttc Circuit?0. A. Darby. WofFord College?A. M.Shipp, President; W. Buiith, Professor; II. 11. Durant, Agent. KXTIIAOR DIN AIIY Dor IM,K Kr.01?KM KNT. ?The Holmes County (l)hio) Farmer tell.s this story of a curious elopement and its consequences : " On Tuesday of lust week, while standing . tri ?1.? c v.. wiu |M<tiiiuin ui iiiu depot ouiming ni Creatine, waiting lor tho train to start oastward, we saw a train arrive from the East.? The first persons we recognised getting from the train were W. K. Scott and tho wife of Levi li. Johnson, of Marlboro,' Stark county, They readily recognized us, came up to where we were, and after tho usual salutations inquired when a train would leave for Bellcfoutainc. At this moment Mr. Johnson and the wife of Scott also unexpectedly made their appearance. The women instantly recognized each other, and without uttering a word " pitched into" one of the liveliest free fights we have ever heon called upon to wit ness. The way the ribbons, bonnets, collars and fancy fixings flew, was refreshing to milliners and inantuu makers. This excited Scott and Johnson, and they were so sorely grieved at each other for running away with their respective wives, that they went into pugilistic exercise with a hearty good will. " A great many persons were gathered around, but no one caring much which of the parties whipped, they encouraged the fight and laughed at the sport. While the fights v>uii?l;i{J1U Ollillll KlOI>p6(i the fighting, anu took the parties before the Mayor, and his Honor fined each of them 85 and costs for breaking the peace. "Scott and Mrs. Johnson, who have for some time been suspected of being guilty o intrigues, had planned an elopement, and Johnson had also planned an elopement, to be carried out on the same day with the other parties. Both guilty couples had clandestinely slipped ofT from Marlboro' on the same day ; one party took the cars at Alliance, and the other got on the same train though in a different car, at Louisville Station. Neither coiipio suspected the other until they met at Crestline, when the feelings they enjoyed may be imagined but cannot be described on paper. " After paying their fines, which satisfied them that fighting was an unprofitable way of settling the difficulty, they indulged in the II - -? - ? ? < l>jjuuiunmi ui ii gouuiy unmoor or naru words and names to each other, ?nd finnlly separated; Scott and Mrs. Johnson taking the H. and L. Kailrond, and Johnson and Mrs. Scott the P. Ft. W. and C. Railroad.? Since then nothing has been heard of their journeyinga." A HOMK without a girl in it is only half blessed ; it is an orchard without blossoms, a bower without a bird, and a bird without a song. Sonio dear good " man " wrote thoseni lln^cot|We " know ho did. ? Jfe&J * " -11 n i mi ii ii i m i unit win imiiiii' iir-itnnrrm i Qov. Pickens' inaugural Address. Ct'ciitlcmcn of the Senate ami Iloicse of Representative*: You lmvo called mo to preside as Cliief Magistrate ot South Carolina at a critical juncture in our public affairs. I deeply feel the responsibilities of the position 1 am I huuui 10 assume. jror seventy-tnreo years j : this State has been connected by a federal J compact with co-States under a bond of union for great national objects common to all. In recent years there has been a powerful j j party organized upon principles of ambition and fanaticism, whoeo undisgused purpose j is to divert the Federal Government from 1 ! cxternel and turn its power upon tho interi nal interests and domestic institutions of I these States. They have thus combined a party exclusively in the Northern States, whoso avowed objects not only endanger the j pence, but the very existanoe, of near one-half the States of this Confederacy. And in the recent election for President and Vice-President of these States, they have carried the election upon principles that make it no longer safe for us to rely upon the powers of the Federal Government or the guarantees of the federal compact. This is the great overt act of the ballot-box, in the i exercise of the sovereign power at the pol\ 1 1 .? ' ; irom which there is uo higher appeal roeog- ) nised uikUt our system uf govcrnuieut in its i ordinary and habitual operations. They thus propose to inaugurate a Chief Magis- ! trate at the head of the army and navy, with vast powers, not to preside over the common ] interests and destinies of all the States alike, but upon issues of malignant hostility and < uncompromising war to be waged upon the ! rights, the interests, and the peace of half ! the States of this Union. Ill thn Smitliorn XtnJnn flium r?vr? 4 tirely distinct and separate races, and one lias i been held in subjugation to the other, by | peacclul inheritance from worthy and pa- j triotie ancestors; and all who kuow the races i well, know that it is the only form of gov- ! eminent that can preserve both, and admin- j istcr the blessings of civilization with order j and in harmony. Anything tending to ! change or weaken this government, and the j subordination between the master and slave, not only endangers the peace, but the very existence, of our society itself. We have, for ; years, warned the Northern people of the j dangers they were producing by their wanton j and lawless course. We have often appealed I to our sister States of the South to act with us in concert, upon some firm and moderate system, bv which we miirht l>o ;>l>l/? t<i save ! ^ ^ o * "" I the Federal Constitution, and yet feel safe under tlie general compact of union j but I we could obtain no fair hearing l'roni the J North, nor could we sec any concerted plan, proposed by any of our co-States of the South, calculated to make us feel safe and secure.? Under all these circumstances, wo now have nu alternative left but to interpose, our sovereign power as an independent State, to protcct the rights and ancient privileges of ! the people of South Carolina. The State was i one of the original parties to the Federal compact of Union. We agreed to it as a State, under peculiar circumstances, when we were surrounded with great external pressure, for purposes of national protection, and to advance the interests and general welfare of all the States equally and alike. And when it ceased to do this, it is no longer a perpetual Union. It would be an absurdity to suppose it was a perpetual Lfnion for our ruin. The Constitution is a compact between co-States, and not with the Federal (jovcrnment. On questions vital, and involving the peace and safety of the nnrt.ii'S to I lw> oiunnunl IV,,m t l>? ....i...... ' J ... ?V v.aw VV/<II|MIV fc } llUlli IIIV 1 V,l J UvllltlV. 171 the instrument each State uiust judge of the mode and measure of protection necessary for her peace and the preservation of her local and domestic institutions. South Carolina will, therefore, decide for herself, as she has a right to do, resume her original powers of government as an independent State j and, as such, will negotiate with other powers such treaties, or covenants as she may deem proper. I think 1 am not assuming too much, when I say that our interests will lead her to open her ' yunn mx 10 uiu lounagc iinu trauo oi ail nations, reserving to licrsclt* the right to discriminate only ugainst those who may bo our public enemies. She has Hue harbors, accessible to foreign commerce, and she is in the ecu tie of tlio.se extensive agricultural productions that enter so largely into the foreign trade and commerce of the world, and from tlio basis of those comforts in food and clothing, so essential to the artisan and mechanic laborers in the higher latitudes, and which arc so essential to prosperity and success of manufacturing capital in the North and in 10urope. 1 therefore may safely say, it is for the benefit of all who may be interested in commerce, iu manufactories, and in the comforts of artisan and mechanic labor everywhere, to make such speedy and peaceful arrangements with us as may advance the interests and happiness of all concerned. There is one thing certain, i and I think it due to the country to say so iu I advance, that South Carolina is resolved to I assert her separate independence, and as she i lifteednd sr>ii!ir:ilntii ?. tl>? o. IV vnvi w>ii|Mll/t VI UliK'M, so she w ill most assuredly secede separately and alone, bo the consequences what they may; and I think it right to say, with 110 tinkind feeling whatever, that on this point there can be no compromise, let it L" offered from where it may. The issues are too grave and too momentous to admit of any counsel that , looks to anything but direct and straight-forj ward independence. In the present cmerI gency the firmest and most decided measures I arc the safest and wisest. To our sister States who arc identified with us in interest and in feeling we will cordially and kindly look for co-operation for a future Union ; but it must be after we have asserted and resuni cd our original and inalienable rights, powers of sovereignty and independence. We can then form a government with them, having a Common interest with people of homogeneous feelings, uuitcd together by ail the ties that can bind States in one common destiny.? From the position we may occupy towards the Northern States, as well as from our own internal structure of society, the government may from necessity become strongly military in its organization IV).... I~~1. It... ?1 MUM nu IWIR Ui?uiv IIJJUI1 till) llllioriuuicu that wo, (is a Stato, luivc had in tho ooimnon !;lorics and triumphant power of tliin wonderul Confederacy, no language can oxpress tho feelings of the human heart, as we turn from tho contemplation and sternly look to tho groat future that opens boforo us. It is our sincoro desire to separate from the States of tho North in peace, and leave them to develop their own civilization to their own senso of duty and of interest. Hut if, under tho | guide ot ambition and fanaticism, thoy de| cido otherwise, then be it so. We a?e pre pared for any event; and in Iminblo reliance ' upon that Providenco who presides oror tho destinies of inch iind nations, wo will endeavor to do our dirty faithfully, bravely, nnd honestly. 1 aiu now ready to take tho oath of oflicc, and swear undivided ullegianec to South Carolina. Can the South Sustain Itself by its Own Resources 1 unuer the above caption tlie Wow York Herald taken a very sensible view of the ability of tlie .South to sustain herself in the ovent of accession, from which wo take the following paragraphs :?Abbeville Banner. "One of the arguments of Helper's book against the practicability of the independence of the Southern States is the poverty of thoso States, and the alleged fact that they do not produce food in .suilioient quantity to be self sustained; end those who believe in the gospel according to Helper are now putting forward the same argument, since secession has become imminent, and a Southern ('on federncy seems inevitable. ]>ut nothing can be weaker or more fnllucious than nuch nn argument. The Southern States, including Virginia, Kentucky, Tc.-iucsscc, North Carolina and most of South Carolina, are the finest grain growing countries in the world, and were not cottou, tobacco and rice more profitable, those States might export corn, wheat and other cereals in large quantities.? The slopes of the Allcghanies on both sides are as fertile and as well suited fur the production of bread-stuffs of all kinds as any lands in tlic country. Tliey are covered with beautiful farms, the soil arid the climate arc alike favorable, aiul it is the height of absurdity to talk of the poverty of the Southern States. To some extent at present they cultivate other crops, which they exchange for food, bccau.se they can do so with advantage to themselves; but throw them on their own resources, and cut them off from Northern and Western supplies, and they can produce not only enough for themselves, but compctc with the North in exportation, to the serious damage of its interest. " In the interior of the Southern States almost every description of food abounds, and is far cheaper than in the Northern and lOastorn States. It is only a strip of the seaboard that forms the exception to the rule, and there the production of cotton and rice amply compensates for the dclieienev of the cereals. It is only because the conveyance by sea of fooil to the Southern ports from the North is cheaper than the carriage by railroad, from the interior of the Southern States that wheat, corn and other grain are shipped to any extent from the North in exchange for cotton, tobacco and rice.? But if the policy of non intercourse should prevail, the demand at the Southern seaboard would soon produce the ncccsMiry sup..i? c . . !.? 1.. .1.- - * JMJ 1IV~1 U1U lUlt'l iUl. ill IIIU L'VUlll Ol 8Ccession an 1 scnunite confederacies, however, the North would only be too glad to send its surplus food to the seabord of the South for cash, or for those productions of the South which the North does not yield, and which are better than gold to the Northern States. To use a homely proverb, the North will not always cut off its nose to vex its face, as it is now doing j alio' the great danger will be that the South wili wholly withdraw its trade and its exchanges from the North, and transfer them to Kngland, Fraucc and other Kuropcau countries. "Then, the South produces food of bet i:4_. ii ii._ XT *I. o ...ii ? i<ji ijuiiiiij mini uiu rtorin. ruumorn nour, for iustanee, commands the highest price in the market of New York. The average daily sales of Southern Hour in this market are from 1,200 to 1,500 barrels; and if \vc take into aecouut the quantity of flour and other breadstuff's sent here from Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and other slave States, perhaps the balance against the South on the score of food would be exceedingly small. " The South, inoreovor, cxcells the North in its water power, and teems with coal and other minerals. It has cheaper labor and a better climutc, and therefore can successfully compete with the North in manufactories. Owing to the mildness of the weather in winter, its factories can work all the year round, and tlic South mjuircs le-s clothing and loss fuel for lie population (two main items in the expenditure of the Northern mechanic,) and therefore n higher degree of comfort can be obtained .or the same labor at the South thnn at the Norib. , ' Xu a word, the South possesses all the ' elements and resources of a great natiu.i, and j can prosper perfectly independent of the ) North if a wall of brass Was reared between | them to the skies. As for coercion on the j part of the North, that is out of tho <jucs1 tion. Even the Tribune admits the abI surdity of such an idea. In yesterday's j number it "insists that the cotton States can| not be prevented from seceding, and that the I r.t nx.io* rt?kf V?.-> " A.wl It 011 to say : " ' Five millions of people, more than hall of them of the dominant race, of whom al | least half a million are able and willi 1 shoulder muskets, can never be subdued while : fighting nround and over their own hearthstones. If they could be they would nc ! longer be equal members of the Union, bui ! conquered dependencies. Suppose they coult j be overcome and their military forces de stroyed, what then ? Can you compell then to send members to Congress'{ Can yot j make them accept feilcral oHices? Can yo\ i prevent their tarrinir and feathering those win , they do? If not how idle to talk of subdue ingAthom V * | " That the South, therefore, can tr.aintaii her independence and sustain herself by he own resources does not admit of a doubt and we fear that tho North will too sooi realize the truth by sad experience. Kxcitino Conkmct Between a Surgeon ami a Maniac.?Professor 0. K, Weber, of th Ch;vi;hind Medical Coiloirft. recpntlv nni-formoi ' ft very painful surgical operation upon an insan ' man, and left him, an he supposed, doing well A dny or two ug<>, however, ho conooivcd th j idea that the operation had been a failure. 11 ' removed the dressings, and tore open the wound placing himself in a horrible condition. Hi madness, says the Herald, from which wc cou dense this account sought vengemoo for tl.esu] posed ill-treatment, meeting the Doctor on th streot, announced his intention to return npoi the unfortunate operator tho injuries he 1ih< sustained. There hoincr no hnln 111. hand whm ho was grubbed by tho luinitio. Prof. Webo i walked with hiin round tho Park till the ! reached tho corner of Ontario ?treof on tho soutl side. Wore tho ProfflSftur decidc4. to mako i ! stand, which ho did, calling upon thobyHtan<l ers to help him Recur? tho mad-man. Numei ouh parties were in tho vicinity, but stoo<J caln ly by, seeing tho struggle between the docto and his assailant, without an attempt to aid him Tho lunatio bocamo furious ; being much stronf er than his opponent, ho hold him and poure forth a torront of abuse. Professor Webor stoo manfully to his patient, however; telling th crowd that tho man was a maniac, and callin for aid. At length somo porsonn voluntccic assistance, and ths lunatio was lodgod in jail, t 1 to awattjrentOTal to the Asylum. iigjr T " n > nut Viir _ . ( .n*.".1The $lett?ares of Xnowledgd tfaw charming in divine philosophy ! ilot hnrsb and crabbed. duii tools suppose, IJut musical no is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual fount of nectiued sweets, Where 110crude surfeit reigns." So sung Milton two ccnturies ago. aiul long before that date Plato had announced that " tho world in God's epistle to mankind."? It is the grand book in which nil may road, and whoso pages are so full of vnricd interest ana genial knowledge that the being who, liHving the power, jjcglects to study it, surely may be written down an n^s, for ho deprives himself of nn enjoyment sueh as no other pursuit can give. Wo arc awuctiuics inclined to be vexed with our own race wlicuwe find them all toiling after every vain fancy, some bent upon one ambition, son." another, and but a minority digging in the deep luiuc of the grandest of all possessions?Tvutli. Granted that its gold is 1111 ,.,.11..- ...... *? - *- * - ?w j v iv/it , iiv/i lioonwi w uuu, iur us u i'N cj have not the color of iimtorial wealth, but they are as gloriousnud beauteous as the sparkle of the diamond and as enduring as the hills. Science clothes not lier votaries in purple and line linen, but dresses them in lovely flowers or in indesoent shells, and gives as her reward a contented mind and a pure soul. The poetry of scicneo sometimes flashes in the oration of a professor or in the pages of a book, but her truest epic is wriiteu upon all materiality, which proclaims thnt in all things there is a law which, when known and ipplied, shall , make man happier, better, and more truly human. By the investigation of the laws which govern the objects that are all around us. the motions of the planets, tho relations of life and health, tho destiny of mail, and tlie glory of the Dioty, are bettor understood; and tho lighting of a cottage, the building of a palace, or tho cooking o( a dinner, arc better performed. Wecau never be in any position in which knowledge is not of value to u?, and wc can never prophecy the moment at which we may most require it. Indeed many of us only know that there is more to bo known than occurs to us in tho daily round of business life, by the discovery that something we ,l.t v- .1 ? < ? 1 ..v. .i\?i uiiuii is viiicuiuicu io 111 stkc us ncner or give us more ease. 41 liut," exclaims many n netulent person, " how shall 1 study without, nn instructor, or bow investigate without apparatus? Foolish notions! The best workmen always uses the simplest tools. Have you eyes, cars, nose, and hands ? Then you are provided with apparatus, and memory is the tablet on which to write down your impressions. Kadi one of us is better furnished than a college laboratory or a profes, or's lecture room, and all that we have to do is to learn the use of our apparatus; and there is no place in the universe where uian cannot lind some object to interest, some study to pursue. Goldsmith found time lo observe nature ar.d record lii.s thoughts, and in "lowing language he tells us "the blushing beauties of the roie, tin modest blue of the violet," are not in tho flowers themselves but in the life which adorns them. Odor, softness, and beauty of figures are their own, but it is light alone that dresses them up in their robes, which shuines the monarch's glory.? As a concluding incentive to our readers to study for themselves, as well as to read books and scientific periodicals, we will givea ^notation from a lecture, by Prince Albert of Kngland. " Man," observes this eminent tni'tint, ' is approaching a more eomph'to fulfillment of that great and sacred mission which he has to perform in the world. I lis reason being created after the image of God, he has to use it to discover the laws l y which the almighty governs his creation, and, by making these laws his standard of action, to conquer nature 10 ins use?nuuseii oeing a divine 111struuient. Seicnco discovers these laws of power, motion, and transformation ; industry applies tlicm to the raw material which tlie earth fields us in abundance, lmt which hecomes valuable, only hy knowledge." Oil! that all would study nature more, and think of themselves a little less; then we should indeed he n poople of kings, whoso empire would bcthe world, and whose subjects would be all created things ! Enthusiasm in Ttr.r.iaio.v?Yv e need . more of it, a hundred told m-.jro than we have. Knthusiusin in science, in trad., in polities, we have plenty of; and i.il that is done by T.tli.tsiastic men. T'.ij word needs to bo guarded, but the pruucnt reader knows that enthusiasm is not 'jnr.*icism. The grandest subject of (lie soul ought to lill it with intense emotion. It shall profit a man nothing, to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ; and if we praise him who pursues business with so much industry and tact as to gain a million before he dien, shall we not much more admire the cuthusi1 asm of him who gains heaven ? ' The world is to be saved. We ought to be . in earnest about saving it. Our friends, children, neighbors, the heathen, and the per 1 ishing, wo can do something to save them.? ' If they were on a ship wrecked off shore, 01 in a burning lipase, we would be enthusiastic to deliver tlieni from death. May we not bi * enthusiastic in delivering them from hell ? j ThC npostlca were enthusiastic. The Sa viour nnnseii wns uiieu with zeal. All tlx best men, who hnvo been mighty in pulling 1 down error, or building up truth, have beci 1 enthusiastic, (lod Trant that tho (Jhurcl 1 may rise, and shake herself from the dust.? * It is a time to be up and doing. Let us worl while it is day. i Nkwly distilled spirits, of the commonest r kind, often contains salts of copper, of leaf , or of tin, derived from the condensers, ii i which the vapors are rcduccd to a fluid form The quantity of copper salt contained in tin bulk usually taken as n draught, is suftioion '! to produce the miaor effccts of inctallio noi ij Boning; the cumulativo character of thcai o poisons tuny oven lead to futnl cnnscquencoe; [Dr. lhty C8. c ? - o Aw Oi-iatb dpinkfno Wini\n?Tliefe i? i I, woman in Harnardaton, Mass., over fifty yonr 8 old, who drinks one qunrt of laudanum nni two (marts of edior nor week, nnd hue boon ii ?- tho habit of lining these stimulants to this on o tent for twonty years. Sometimes sho take n (Item separately. and Bcmetimos mixed. She i il dependent on tho town fur support, nnd th i) druggist's bill for the above article i? go tie rail r pain by tho town. Sho complains of norvout jr nesn. x AUftAUTirunSKNTiMKNT.?-The tu'Iowin, I* beautiful veroo contains a s?nt;.tisc:jt in whiol ' many will rccoguise a feeling they linvc n '* doubt cxpericuecd, but never known bow ? touchingly to express: Oh never breathe n lost ono'n name Jj When those who loved that name are nigh It pours a lava through the frame ~ That chokes (he breast and fills th# eye. It strains a cord that yields too much I Of picrclng anguish in itsbroath, And hardsof mcroy .,'nould not touch A siring made eloquent by death t i. iTTTmi'iiWiTi inY* > i , g^-7iiiii .V ... , ^ * What is the Price! You'rd jading to outer into tho uiatrimoiiial H state, aro you, Mr. Brown ? Aud you think. you're comiug iuto possession of n? angel't Yes, bui angels cost inouey. Did it ever oocur to you what an expcuaivc article your fushiouublc young wife was likely to prove '! Bless your unsophisticated soul ! you've no more idea of it than you have of the price of t "v ll.ii mnrlrnt vulim nf u wuull. t ill) ??. v...vu?, vy. v..~ You'll find out ouc day, hotvcvor, to your Two or three stout Irish girls to wait on her?a French maid to arranee her hair?fifI ty dollar silks and catliel'sdiuir shawls to ! make her female friends envious, and half-adozen bonnets per annum?white kid gloves H and silver card eases?otto of roses and hoquet holders?why, you deluded young man, she'll throw money out with hoi4 jitigeu and lily-white lingers faster, ly the bushel, than you cau si ? vol it in with a spade ! You don't believe it ? Let us moke a rough es| timate, then, of what she will cost in full promenade costume. Uonnet (u love ot a tiling, tne sweciosi | white chip, ftud such a bargain) lift eon dollars. India shawl (of course you won't be such a brute as to cxpect your wife to woar common caslnnere or biocho, just like the butcher's better half) only seventy-live, the cheapest thine in New l'ork ! Dress, an eleven flounced silk, forty-fivo dollars, including the trimmings and the poorly-paid labor of the hollow cheeked dressmaker j Valetici| enncs collar and sfceves, twenty live ; buuI ning little heeled gaiter-boots, tlireo; gloves ! out-; JCtruscan bracelet, fifty (you expect your I ? hi; IW UlU99l'U 1IK.U Ul IIv I WLMIIUll, UUU U you ? and every body has an I'^trudoan brncoi Ictj; brooch and ear rings in Italian cameo, ) 'thirty; enameled watch and chain, seventylive; card ease, twenty; a "duck" of u |i j Chantilly veil, ten; embroidered h: ndker! chief, eight; lace para>*ol, lined with lavender silk, ten ; crinoline, three ; and other )A | " belongings" laceedged and sumptuously decorated, about ten, as near as a body can venture to guess. -Now all this is an exceedingly moderate assessment?there are probably as many who exceed it. as fall short of it. 4 1 low much do yon suppose it amounts to my good Mr. Brown? Well, your angel, in tho simple matter of plymago for this one occasion costs you not far from four hundred dollars ! Yes, you may open your eyes and twirl your moustaches in that incredulous sort of way ; Mo you suppose wc don't know ail about it? Yes, and when the bills conic in, 1 you will remember our words of warning ! You're doing a remarkable foolish thing when I you marry one of these camellia japouica divinities, white-handed, helpless, and knowing just about as much of real, cvery-day life as a canary bird might be expected to un; dcrstaud. If we were a man, we should us soon think of marrying a frail hot house plant as one of these delicate sprigs of the ornamental Give us the apple-blossom type of wo j man?sunny, cheerful, and u.-oful?something equal to every emergency, from wnshingilay t?> a Fifth Avenue soiree?.something that understands the handling of a broom, and knows what the kitchcn-poker is made for, and can calculate to a nicety the amount of mincemeat requisite in a model pie, besides liking a bit of fun as well as the next woman, and possessing a pretty weakness f'.," lively books and spicy newspapers. That's the article for our money. A wife who would se- ! lect gingham instead of silk, when she went shopping, and freshen up her old bonnet with a bunch of satin violets and a new ribbon, in stead of paying uii oxtF<iVHgimt price for tliu latest Parisian foolciics, not bocauso alio I hadn't n woman's natural penchant for such things, but because situ wanted to save niou'-y I ?bccausc lior little liend was full of schemes some day to contribute something toward releasing her husband from the bondage and dru Igorj* of desk or counter. IK? you suppose the value of suuh a wifcean be counted in gold pieces i Let your satin-robed doll sweep contemptuously past her on iiroadway. Mr. liiuwri?time will prove which is the better | instrument. ) Only, before you purchase the useless, jeweled toy, think twice about it. Ask yourself ! soberly ami reasonably. " What is the price?" land "Can 1 allbrd it?'' or it mav hu tlin dearcnt bargaiu you ever ninde in your life.? [Life llluttiittcd. A witnk8s called to give testimony in :i ^ town court, about a shirt, camc to the j?oint very abruptly as follows : " Mother said that Sal said that l'olly Said that Tom told her that he seen a man that seen a boy that seen a feller that run through the street with ii red striped thinned shirt of a white color all checker, checker?and our gals won't lie! for i the old woman has licked 'cm a hundred j times for lying 1" i | A i.ittIjK child under four years of ago , wanted to tell that, among other presents, sho ! had a fan, but had forgotten what it was cull" I cd, so she described it as a thing " to brush ' the warm all off of you with !" State of Moiidi Onroiiiin, IX OIUHVWtY?CITATION, , y VIIEUEA8. u. v. OiUiland and Nancy K. 011r T V liland iinvo applied lo mo for lot lord of nd1 ministration upon all and singular tho pemoniil 1 estate of David Gilliland, dec'tf.sod. lato of llirr i District of I'ickcns and State aforesaid:" The kin - (Ircd and creditors of suid ilocooscd. ><ve, therefore, . cited to Appear before ine nt Pickens ( . It. on Mondny tlio 7th day of Jnuuury, 1801, to shew cause, if any Ilicy can, why said letters should not ho > grunted. Given under my hand mm seal this 12tl? , : Decomher, 1800. ? W. R. UOLCOMRK. o.r.n. 1 T11K ST AT K OF SO'Til OA IM >1.1 N A; a VICKKNH?IN OIIPIXAHV. t Jnineu Ilogcru, Ad.n r, |rcU?oft for finn, 8t(llo. - Kdwixrd Rogers, et.u'. J 0 IT appearing to niy satisfaction that Tempcronce I Mow hotter. Jolm MeWhortcr. Hugh Hoger*, l'rudonce Drennnn, Ktlender llobinson. an J thehcira I nt law of John llogers, deceased, (names ?nd utiniI, I bur unknown,) defendcptfl ill thin case, re?iile with, out the limits of thiaStato: It is ordered, therei fore, that (he said absent defen'inut* do appear in the Court of Ordinary, to bo holdcn at Pickens 11 H., on Friday the 8th day of February next, to hIicw caus?. if any they can, why a final settlement of 6 the Mutate of James llogora, Hcuior, deccaacd, H should not be made on that day, and a decree had ij 0 thoreon; nl?o, to rondor their advancements, mid ' y receive their diHtributive shares in said Mutate. ? W. K. HOLCOMDK, o.r.o. Ordinary's Ofticc, Oct 2ft, 1800 3tn J K STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA". IK KO^ItVy-PICKHXH. Iji W. S. & T. P. William* ) I 0 > l'etitioi for Relief, &o. f,< O Ooo. W. McKinney, ct.als. ) IT appearing to my satisfuctiop I lint flcorge W. McKinney, one of the defeat nts in (his chsc, rexidcs without tho llmiu of ttyMHlate: On mo- <H' ' tion of Norton, pro pet: H i* ordered that tho said nbsont defendant doappe*rin <lti? Court, jud plead, answer or demur to Me petition flloMpft ^ this ease, within three nibnth* fron? the sB [hereof, or it will be takon/w con/taro as to hfcgk, ROB'T. A. TWMPSON. ?.*.*. ' Oct 20, 1800 / It 8m ^ ^