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BY ?TO THINE OWN SELF BK TUUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. iummMmnmt?i?fm*?m)?mm i m j '-_ ^ M I I - - rn Milli II I I I I i i n II irn?ri?. m.mi mniii PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU NO. 5& POLITICAL. Gov. Perry's Second Letter. Wc extract the following article from thc Carolina Spartan :'' ji (luv. IVrry has written another latter on j I -the .imhjret. of thc reeonstruetion lillis, nd ? ?droFsed tOAho "Columbia Pheonix.,'' in which .he. iviterates his long and faithful devotion to \ 'tho Union, and that, ho had rained Ids warti liug voioc against secession and tho fat.d delu dion of'feruling u Southern t ion fedora cy ; and ?we know personally that bc had repeatedly vdeolare'd that tho extinction of thc Union .would bc the death-knell of slavery This i.s ?oil true, ai id if thc love of a Southern man for thc Union could entitle any man to the hon , -ors of maf.onization, universal Consent would -decree end award to Gov. Perry that saintly .honor. His elegant manhood and largo pa ttriotism is known of all men, and equally so are his Northern proclivities. Therefore,* II?. .one con doubt that whatever counsel ho may :givo, -lockington restoration of the Union, bia intentions are pure and his declaration* I .iire sincere, lint Mr. Perry's purity and sin ?ecrity, his love Air the Uni.m, his prophetic ircach, ids high sense of honor, his just indlg vnation against thc atrocities of tim military ?bill, his devotion to liberty and love id" South j (Carolina, cati not and will not save us in this i timur of trial. Hi? caustic utterances of hate /.V-and detestation are appreciated and felt by the ' {peoplei of (ho South as bc feels them, for. in i ?deed, tho destruction of the State Covern ' incuts of tho Knuth is t he most atrocious crime l ?that tho world has ever witnessed. Hut what \ then? What arc we to do ? Who is to de i ?liver us from this hateful Ihraldoui '{ dov. j l*erry deems it his duty to oller his counsels lo the people of this State in the emergency. I , "Wo know of no other lending mau of South Carolina who gives thc same advice. And chatis thal? Jt is simply that everyman who is not disfranchised should register his I ?lame; that when tho elections are held he should vote for thc best and wisest men, but write on his ticket " no convention." Well, what then? Wbv;\ytiit until something turns *ip, that's all. Wc think luis ir the substance of Mr. Perry's advice, and in bis second letter *^W}JitfS. "?-|id no moro than he did in thu ll rsl. ft Ho w tiitc. Tieout (H-.f t Uh ^t..<e ?>ppO*C ll ?11,11- I .tA??htt<mV it i's as'mueh'^Tto'sV?y to the. freed '?iton/?'You shall not have the tight of suffrage if wo can prevent it." No one can doubt, under theso circumstances, that every frc ?ul niau will vote for a convention ; he will not ?top to.ask whether it b?i constitutional or not, that ho should have the right of suffrage, \thoreforo bo will vote for a convention, and <1< legates, too. The letter states that there fe 00,000 col ?rod and only 10,000 white voters in this Slate It is very clear, then, that if every vote cast by white men in South Carolina bo against a ?convention, a convention will be called not withstanding, and delegates eh'eled. too. Howovor wiso and patriotic a candidate limy bo, it cannot he expected that the freed mon will vote for him if ho be opposed to the call ing of a convention, which he would consider nu effort to deprive him of a privilege already granted him. Instead of uniting with the white people to make the best selection of can didates for both race.1', it is move than proba ble that tho frreedmcn's candidates would be the vilestand most bitter enemies of tho South. The large majority of while citizens, and a unanimous voto of tho freedmen, for a con vention, is sure to prevail ; and Cor. Perry's plan only divides the white vote, whilst it unites tho colored voto. Indifference or aver sion will not turn the tide now rolling; over us ; State pride or Rolf* res peet afford us no forum where tho claims of truth und justice can bo heard-no tribunal to which we may appeal whose power can redress our wrongs mid re store us to our rights, Anxiety now marks tho features of almost every niau and woman in tho land, and doubt and uneasiness prevails everywhere, breaking up thc chan nels of trade, destroying comincrce and crush ing tho spirit of enterprise. Hov. Perry dwells much on thc words principle, honor, justice, &c, which is all very well. But, it appears to us that tho abolition of slavery, now and forever, and thc endorsement of tho oiv il rights bill, by n convention nf tho State of South Carolina, whiPt Mr. Perry wis Provis ional Governor, and in which convention and its ordinances he stood prominently forth ns thc leading man of thc State, incurred a re sponsibility as ruinous, degrading and dishon nulo ns it would be to adopt the reconstruct (ion bills. That convention entailed ruin and poverty, not only on ourselves, but on our children. Thc reconstruction bills propose lo restoro us to that Union Mr. Perry loves so woll on tho tortns of equal suffrage. Otu' frecdmon owo their freedom to tho (lonven tion of tho State of South Carolina, and not to tho Yankee. Helias been made legally and politically equal to Mr. Pony or any of us ; and Mr. Pony himself promoted and quietly submitted to tho usurpations of the President and Congress. --- j m?j? -j? m i AT best lifo is not very long. A few more smiles, a few moro tears, somo pleasure, muoh pain, sunshine and song, oloud and darkness, hasty greetings, abrupt farewells-then our Httlo play will closo, nnd injured and injurer will pass nwoy. Is it worth while to bato ?Mob oilier ? Reconstruction. [Prom tho Ri ch mond Examiner.] Snell of the people of South Carolina ns feel cn lied on to possess political opinions, nt this tillie, are dividing themselves into what may perhaps bo called tho Orr and Perry parties, upon tho question of reconstruction-both agreeing in tho indefensibility of the Polandi zing bills, but tho one counselling n co-opera tion with thc Republicans in carrying them out, while thc other-the followers of Gov cmor Perry-proclaim their preference for perpetual military control, over tho Ilnytian government with which South Carolina must bc cursed, under the practical workings of these nets. lt appears to us, with all deference to tho views of tho very distinguished leaders of these two parties, that they uro wasting their energies on a question that has not yet arisen. Wc ure called on to consider very variant propositions at different stages of this great political revolution-questions so entirely in? dependent of each other lint it is not only un necessary, but altogether inexpedient to con sider them together. A man may very well take the necessary steps lo insure his right af H tiffi agu without ever designing to exorcise it. Ile may re solve also to exercise it, wit bout nt this time determining whether he will vote for ur against a convention, much less for what particular candidate he shall cast Iiis ballot. And al though a convention be ?greed on, bo may very well reserve the question what notion he shall take on a constitution, tho provisions of which no living man can foresee Many rea sons conspire to commend thc application to our ease of thc maxim, " nuike baste slowly," and chief aiming them is tito very manifest re action that is taking placent tho North. At presen!, the people of the .South have but one matter connected willi reconstruction to con sider, and that is the propriety of tegistoring A natural indignation at thc entire system - the disgust which every freeman must fool at, its flagrant infractions of almost all the rights which the world has regarded ns pecu liar lo our form of political ltd ministra timi, and, lastly, a desire to avoid nil responsibility for the anarchy that impends, have driven ma ny men to Cte resolve to declino registration, and thus formally ?o?d finally sever their con nection with the defilements of ifiob polities. biston, ?t is worse-it isa disgraceful ono. lt is throwing down our imus in thc presence bf thc enemy, lt is a wicked abandoning of our friends, who huvo resolved to light, with what, weapons they have, for freedom. It is playing into the hands of Radicalism. Lot us bo admonished by thc case of New Orleans and Washington. In the former city the apathy of Ino people seconding tho "enor mous abuses of Sheridan's rule, bad given the absolute control of the vote of almost every ward to tho hincks; mid nothing but thc or der of tho President to thc burn-burner to pro long tho time of registration, prevented tho consummation of tho outrage In Washington, however, tho mischief is completed, and it is beyond thc power of any authority, RM it would appear, to save tho while voters of that city fro tn thc consequen ces of their foolish resolve to decline a regis try. If this is nol to be tho fate of the South, evciy citizen, old nnd young, who is'qualilied, should register, who is entitled hy leave of eur masters to that privilege. Register, nnd you are free to vote or notas you please, and have the further, the great freedom, ns time will show, to usc; your power when you desire louse it.- Refuse to register, nnd you cnn never help yourself, your friends or your State. Tho time is coming, io the. progress of this revolution, when tho solid vote of the respectable popple of this Stntc tony throw on Congress I be responsibility of a perpotunl mil itary government, or practical disfranchise ment for Virginia. When that dny comes, every voice nod vote will bo needed ; but thnt is R question of tho future. Suffice it for thc present to nny, I lin t- wilho'tt registry you nre ns impotent as Ibo dogs at your doors to strike a blow for freedom here, or help the. friends who nrc battling for your freedom elscwbcro. Surely nodetnnnd of right or honor calls foi so fatal a sacrifico. - .- _4V ? The Republican Convention. Tho following is a copy of tho platforn adopted by the late Republican Convention u Charleston. S C. I. That in order to make the labors of al our loyal fellow citizens moro effectual for car rying o* t the provisions of Congress, for tin restoration (d' law and onlcr in our State, m well ns for thc peace and prosperity of our cn tire country, we, tho people of South Carolina do form ourselves into a politionl orgnnizntion to be. known ns tho Union Kepublican part; of South Carolina. II. That as Kepublionn institutions canno l>e preserved unless intelligence bc generali; diffused muong nil classes, wo will favor a uni form system of common schools nnd collogoh which shall be open to nil, Huch systoni to b supported by a gencial lax upon nil kind c property. III. That wo will favor a liberal systom c public improvements, suchas railroads, oanal and other works, find also mich a system < nwnrding contracts for t\v> snnio ns will giv nil our fellow-oiti/.cns nn equal and fair chane to share in thom. r wm mmmm ? ifc-i _?. B???_m_^. , , "tM , M " , , , tlJ , IV. That wc will also insist upon such mod ification of thc laws of tho Stu to na will do away with imprisonment for debts, ox sept for fraud, and imprisonment of witnesses except for wilful absence, and especially to abolish entirely and forever tho barbarous custom of corporeal punishment for crime or any other cause. V. That, ns largo land monopolies tend only to make the rieh rioher, and the poor poorer, nud arc ruinous to tho agricultural, com mor? oiui, and social interests ot tiic State, tho Legislature should oiler every practicable in ducement for the division nnd sale of unoccu pied lauds among tho poorer classes, and as au encouragement to immigrants to settle in our State. V I. That thc law of ejectment and distraint should bo so modi lied us to protect equally the landlords and the tenant. V.U. That provision should bc made for the exemption of the poor " man's home stead." YUL Thal the interests of thc State de mand a revision of thc entire code of laws, and the ro-orgn II?KII I ion (d'the Courts IX. That it, is just and proper that nil taxes should be ad valorem, and proportioned to thc property of tho citizen, and that no capitation or pedi tax should ever be levied in this State. X. That the ballot being the surest safe guard of the l ights of tho citizens, all officers of thc State should be elected by the people. XI. That thc nour and destitute, those aged und infirm people, houseless and homeless, lind past labor, who have none to care for I hem, should be provided for at thc expense jf tho State, and that in the reconstruction of >ur Government, we will seo toit that they ue not neglected and forgotten. Nfl. That we give our cordial and entire sanction to the action of Congress for the res oration of thu Union, and to the wise and inst principles of the Republican party. Xl IL Tba! we will not support any candi late for ellice w ho will not openly endorse thc uineiples adopted by thc Union Republican natty; and that we pledge ourselves to stand jy tlie regular nomination ol' the party with jut any reservation whatever. H. C. DKJJARO-E, Ch'rman. II. J. MAXWELL, w. J. PUIPPHR, K. W. M. MACKEY, H. li. CAIN. " ' I . feas^g?iff??^?Bpr^ ? ? ? .-n-.---4 Trust in Providence. At. a moss meeting recently held in Peters burg, Ya., Captain Johu Lyon, in tho course af a speech, made the following remarks : " No man, who has not lived in a slavehold ing community, can appreciate the sacrifico of feelings and prejudices, tho result of birth and education, necessary to bringa whole commu nity to occupy the position which we avow, mid the purposes which we declare to-night. We are not guilty of the folly and wickedness of declaring that we have preferred thc con dition of affairs thal now exists. Our short sighted wisdom, so-called, would have led us lo different results. Rut wc believe that there is. " A Providence that shapes our emla, Rough hew them as wc may." " And we profess our willingness to accept what is the result of what infidels call destiny, nod Christians dull Providence, and will try to exercise statesmanship enough to adapt our policy to tho actual condition of society, with a view to its highest, development, and great est happiness and na fly, " Men of sense, both white nnd black, hold in scorn blatant demagogues, who falsely say that they hnve always desired what, all men now recognize ns inevitable. With the ex ception of n handful of earnest and honest mon in tho North, whom it has been fashionable to call enthusiasts and fanatics, there is and has been no party, North or South, that intended, or Croll desired, the result which has so unex pectedly burst upon nil. The children of Africa have not to thank men for their free dom and enfranchisement. Their gratitude nnd praise uro due only to thc Most High, who (in tho language of thc Psalmist) has brought them up also ou', of nu horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set their feet upon a rock, and established their goings. They have found by their experience that " it is good flint n man should both hope nnd quiet ly wait for tho salvntiou of thc Lord." And ns surely ns the Good Father of us nil hath heretofore caused the wrath, of man to praise Him, so surely will Ile now nnd hereafter restrain tho remainder of wrath, nnd d?font thc purposes of wicked men who seek to sow tho seeds of distrust, suspicion and revenge in the heurts of thc two races. fiZT Thc "Louisville Journal" iays : " Among the odd specimens of humanity that como before tho Polico Court there wns one very singular case on yesterday morning. A woman named Roso Rnrbcr wns presented, oharged with drunkenness nnd disorderly eon duct. This woman lins hud ft singular histo ry. During tho Into war she served ns a pri vnto in tho Confodornto nrmy nnd took part fi: several battles, always serving with credit. Si.i is a woman of moro than ordinary intelligence and shows thnt sho has been woll educated. She docs not boar tho marks of a lewd woman nor is her conduct, when sober, nt nil incor root. Sho is a hnrd-working woman, but hat nn nppetito for liquor and frequently get: drunk. Judgo Craig took her own bond fe thirty days, nnd let ber go." --m-. The poid Placara of the South. [i'Youi ?Uo Washington Chrouiclu.] Not by legislation alono is to be worked out tho reconstruction of tho South. Political action nuuk pioneer the work j wisc states manship myst go before ; but business consid erations, trjido and profit, material and devel opment and growth must bring their solid '. blocks of living interest for place in tho eadu ring foundations upon which these States arc to bo rebuilt. All ibis South land is rich j in agricultural 'resource?: ; there flourish as ia no other r.o?\s the great staples of trude, the primo nrtioKv " fuod and clothing. Ilceontlv-our attontiou has been especially called to tho mineral wealth of tho South by conversation with several enterprising gentle moii'who have just, returned from extensive journeys through all that section, where they have been,to moko personal investigation of its mineral resources, with a view to largo in vestments, andhavo como back with tho be lief, as they nsauro us, that thc gold fields of Vorth Carolina and tho placers of Georgia five hotter'appearances of profitable returns han the mines of Colorado or California, with Me exception of a few especially rich districts. Wc hail this turning of attention to tho sold fields of tho South ns a happy onion for hat land-i-nn a new assurance of carly and en- , luring reconstruction-as a new bond of icaoe und Union ; and wo hope in addition to hese good'blessings for us all this new cnter iriso may prove indeed a source of wealth to ts active workers. From Mamo, in the Northeast, to Alabama, n the Southwest, tho whole country is trnv ?rscd by tho Alleghnny or Apulachian ridgo d' mountains, through which runs a belt of rom twenty to fifty miles in width composed >f micaceous and metamorphic sandstone and .nleiferous! sand-rook, taje?se, chloride silicc nis. hornl/lendic and iniouceous slates, ?.v.c., laving a gcnorul trend from thc northeast to he southwest, and forming an unbroken se ics of strata belonging to tho Tuconic, Pots lam, or sub-Silurian system. Amongst, this strata there arc found numer ius vcir.3 eff valuable ores, among which may ie enuniet'atcd iron, /.ino, copper, lead, anti nony niidi'bisniuth, silver and gold, thc latter teing principally found in what is termed tho ;old belt, or n series of strntn of from five to oven tniKia^'hi width, running parallel with bj%-V^\,^\V ?Od 'l?V?-\Ti-iVi.YilliLH!?-??ir_0LLBRJ is New hampshire, where a minc is now?c ng worked with some promise, showing it lore upon thc Potomac near Washington, and n many motilities down through Virginia, but nuking its greatest development in South* ?venteril Carolina and Northeastern Georgia. ?Men familiar with gold mining in Califor nia recently returned from North Carolina ns on e us that, in their belief, there are as good mid mines in the latter as in the former State, f only worked with tho same skill and pcrse roranoo. There is hardly a strcntn in tho counties of Moore, Randolph, Montgomery, Davidson; Caharrus nod Stanley, in north western North Carolina, which will not yield .odd by Spanning'' the sands from its bed. And thesnme is true of parts of Mecklenburg, Union, Lincoln, Catawba, H tither ford, Burke, Henderson, nnd other counties in thc same jection of that State. Hut the great gold belt of thc Alleghnnies, io far nt present ns is kno.vn, makes its rich est, development in the northeastern portion of georgia, especially in those counties watered by tho Chcstntce River mid its tributaries, which, thus far, have formed thc celebrated jigging*, of Georgi'i, nod from which have been taken, within the last thirty years, ut least twenty million of dollars of thc precious metal, and which were deemed of sufficient importance by tho government to induce it to oroct a mint nt Dahlonega, a mining town sit uated within.three miles of thc Chcstntce River find between two of its principal tribu taries, Cnve Creek and thc Ynhooln, from the hods and banks of which and adjacent hill sides within an area of about fivo miles square the most of this immense wealth wns taken. Hut this interesting theme has lcd us along too far already for n single article. Wc will resume tho subject another day. Mn. DAVIS' RAIL.-lt will interest somo ol of readers to know thnt General J. I). Jack man, of Philidclpha, who is tho third on tht list, of Mr. Davis' bail bas purchased thc plant-lion, in St. Andrews's Parish, known at Holton, formerly belo' *ing to the Parker fain Hy, and is about. toV>econto a citizen of thi.< State. Gen. Jackman is a native of Nev Hampshire, nnd obtnincd Iiis title of genera by commanding tho Pennsylvania militia du ring tho wnr. His notion in thc enso of Mr Davis, and his investment of enpitnl in tin South, show him to bo n rcoonstructionist o thc right sort.- Charleston Mcrcilry. IN a western debating socioty, tho queatioi for discussion was af follows: if a fellov hnint nothing when l c gets married, and th girl haint nothing, irr her things hizzen, o bizzen bern ?" . TUB coat of a horse is thc gift of nature That of an ana is often thc work of n tailor. WHY is an author tho most peculiar of an imnls? BedttUSC his tnlo comos out of hi hoad. Wno aro tho dishonest people? linn ware merchants ; they sell iron and stool fe a living. A Singular Tragedy. A QUADUUt'IK MUBDKtt IN MEMPHIS. A singular tragedy recently occurred in Memphis, Tennessee, tho facts of which were substantially os follows :. Tho chief actor in ibis drama was a young man named Hubert Ferguson, a late graduate of the Medical University of Philadelphia, and who bore a reputation for mildness and good behavior, and who was fast becomiug recognized among his profession as a youth of grout promise. After Ferguson's return from Philadelphia, whtro ho had prosecuted his studies in medicino with great diligence, and graduated with first honors, ho becamo con nected in business with ono of our popular physicians, and was, to all appearances, ad vancing along tho road to professional renown with rapid strides. But it seems that good fortuno did not benefit him. Ile became .ccklcss, and finally it was rumored among bis nany friends that ho had become enamored vitb a young woman of great beauty but de ?rav?d habits, and hud neglected his business, o that ho could enjoy her society. She had ?ther suitors, among them a young man who vas considered a warm friend to Ferguson. Their meetings were clandestine, but ero long, ferguson became aware of tho false actions f tho courtesan whom beloved. A coldness nsued between him and bis friend. Oue light, they met in a drinking saloon. The Hooting resulted fatally to thc false friend. ferguson shot him, and was immediately nr cstcd, bat, through somo modus operandi, 0 was released on bonds. After bis release, e weut to Nashville, but a lovo for tho beau iful courtosau caused him to return to Merri* bis. Tho woman who, by ber beautiful person nd educated wiles, had caused him to forget is duties to society and his profession, was athering thc meshes of death around hun. die had loved tho man whom Ferguson liad 0 ruthlessly shot down, and thc sight of his end body bud aroused in her pitiless henrtnll ho pussions of desperation and revenge. She round thc coil, and ns she caressed her vic im, her eyes would seem to rend his hcarl. n her desire to fully mature her plans, sho icmiugly descended lower into the pool of ogradatton, and cultivated tho acquaintance f men who were noted for their desperation nd villainy. Hut in lier train she brought ?any youths of good family, whom, through *ood aattresnhno' U&hictiu?b1AM?A?rVtyohn_bailj cady to do ber bidding. Ferguson saw that ie was in danger from his many rivals, and nsistcd that they shouiddeavo for California. She made some trivial excuse, remarking, 1 You will go on a longer journey next week." .ibo spoke truly, but little did she know that 1er coils were enveloping, notonly her intended MCtim, but herself. On thc night of thc 18th >f March, she concluded to put into execu tion her fiendish object. Her accomplices nen of depraved nature-wcro instructed ns o thc t i ino when Ferguson was to bc assassina* cd. The courtesan made au appointment vi th Ferguson. True to his word, ho came. \s bo entered the saloon, he waa invite! to a private apartment adjoining the saloon, where Vnrtics were in thc babit of drinking wines, tc. Yonkcr entered, and was introduced by he woman. Ile ordered a bottle of wino. \s Ferguson was lifting a glass of thc spark ing beverage to bis lips, tho courtesan raised icr glass, Remarking, u Ferguson, this is thc lignai of your death !" and as sho drained ,ho glass, Yonkcr, with a gleaming Bowie {nile, made a lunge at tho breast of Fcrgu ion. His situation flashed across his mind ns tin ^old sharp steel penetrated bis loft shoulder With n quick bound, ho placed himself in i somer ot the room, nnd drawing a navy sizec listol, ho shot Yonkcr dend, just ns thc would io assassin attempted to lire, nt him with i Derringer pistol. Thc courtesan foiled in bc losigns, fired at Ferguson, who foll, covcrct ivitb blood, in tho corner where he stood n bay. Excited nt tho sight of blood, the wo man continued her shots, wounding ForgUSOl in four places. 'She then rushed upon him will ? knife, nnd just as tho keen jioint touche his body, ho fired a fatal shot, and tho womit fell upou her once loved paramour a corpse. The crowd broko through tho door and gat! ercd around tho forms of those who had fi? tired in this dreadful f-trifo. #6toro thc wi man, whose fiendish-like spirit lind cause this dreadful bnvoc, could bo lifted from tl form of Ferguson, be lind died. Dm r RATING.-The Knob.' Porcelain Con pany, of Augusta, Ga., is thc i wncr of one i the finest beds of porcelain clay in the worh It is located in tba Stnto of . South Carolin about six miles from Augusta, Ga. ftcsidi milking a grent variety of waro which is niue esteemed for its strength nnd beauty, tl Company solis n large quantity to Northei purchasers, of which tho Augusta press titi disooursoth : " This clay goes into thc Nort ern market,whore it is used fora great vari ty of manufacturing purposes-in candies, c papor oollnrs, in paints, perhaps in flour, nt tho Gotham!tes possibly drink it, diluted wil a little Croton water, ?nd a small infusion thc real lacteal fluid, in their morning colTe So while they surfeit us with political dil eating, it is consoling to know that wc furnii thom no little of the real stuff. --- -? ? -- HAPPINESS consists in a virtuous and ho cst lifo, in being content with a competen of outward things, and using thom tempera! ly L V KJlu, iSKJ. OU, The Bible. Who composed tlic fellowing description of thc Bible wo may never know. It was found in Westminister Abbey, nameless and date less I A nation would bc truly happy if it wevo governed by no other laws than those of thia bleeped book. It is so complete a system that nothing eau* bo added to it. lt contains everything needful to be known or douo.' It affords a copy for a kiug, aud a,rulo for a subject. It gi yea instruction lo a senate, outhority and direction to a magistrate. >. It cautions a witness, requires nn impartial ?' verdict of a jury, and furnishes tho judgo with his aontencc. It sets thc husband as lord of thc household, nnd wife aa mistress of thc table-tolls him how to rule, and her how to manage It entails honor to parents, and enjoius obe dience to children. It prescribes and limits the way of thc sov ereign, thc ruler, and the authority of tho uinstor-commands the subjects to honor, amt the servants to obey, and promises thc bless ing and protection of thc Almighty to all that walk by its rules. . It. gives directions fot wedding and luir?ais. It promises food and raiment, and limits tho usc of both, i lt point* out a faithful and eternal guardian to thc doper ting husband and father-tells him with whom to leave his fatherless ?bil flren, and tn whom bis widow is to trust-and proiuire a father to thc former, nnd husband to the hitter. , , , , . It teaches a man to set his house in order, md how to make his will ; it appoints a dowry for his wife, and entails tho right of the first ;3 born aud chows how tho younger brauohc3 diall bc loft. It defends tho right of all, and reveals ven geance to every defaulter, over reacher and ?ppressor. It is the first book, thc best book OTU! tho jldcst book in tho world.. It' contains the choicest (.matter-giy/^s tho best instruction- -afibrds.yic greatest pleasures ind satisfaction that. wof^ovOr enjoyed. It contains the best h.;vs, and;tho mosturo found mysteries that were over penned*- it 'ct brings tho best of comforts to tho imputing ? nnd disconsolate ( "^11 ox\.\1Jl\?j.V<SaaA?^?*>^c^alitYjpm nycr lasting, and chows tho way to glory: lt.is u brief recital of all that is to come. It nettles all matters in debate, resolves all doubts, and cases thc mind and conscience of all their scruples. It reveals thc only living and true Clod, and shows the way to him, and sets asido all other Gods, and describes tho vanity of thom, and all that trust in such ; in short, it is a bot lc of laws, to show right and wrong ; a book of wisdom, that condemns oil folly and innkes thc foolish wise ; a book of truth, that detects all lies and confutes all errors j and a book of life, that shows tho way from ever lasting death. It contains tho most ancient antiquities, strange ovo'ntsj wonderful occurrences, heroic doods, unpnr'allod wars. It describes the celestial, terrestrial, and in ternal world.!, and tho origin of the angelic myriads, human tribes, and devilish legions. lt will instruct thc accomplished mcohanio and tlic most profound artist. It teaches thc best rhetorician, and exerci ses every power of the most skillful arithme tician, puzzles thc wisest anatomist, and exer cise thc wisest critic. , - It is the best covenant that over was agreed on ; tho best deed that was ever scaled ; tho best evidence that ever was produced ; tho best will that ?vcr was signed. To understand it, is to bo wisc indeed ; to bc ignorant of it, is to bo destitue of wisdom. It is tho king's best, copy, thc magistrate's bc3t rule, the housewife's best guide, tho ser vant's best directory, nnd tho young man's best companion ; it is tho schoolboy's spelling book, nnd thc loamed man's masterpiece It contains n choice grammar for a novico, and n profound mystery for a sago. It is the ignorant man's dictionary, nnd tho wisc man's directory. It affords knowledge of witty inventions for thc hunvorons, and dark sayings for tho grave, and is its own interpreter. It encourages tho wise, the. warrior, tho swift, the overcomer ; and promises an eternal reward lo tho excellent, thc conqueror, the winner, and thc prevalent. And that which crowns all is, that the author is without par tiality, and without hypocrisy " In whom there is no variableness or shad ow of turning." DON'T STAND S'rrr.i..-- If you do, you will bo run over. Motion-action-progress these aro tho words which now fill tho vault of heaven with their stirring demands, nnd mnkp humanity's henrt pulsate with a stronger bound. Advance, or stand nsido ; do not block up tho way nnd hinder tho career of others; there is too much to do now to allow of inaction any whore or in any one Thero is something for nil to do; tho world is becom ing more and moro known ; wider in ningnin i ludo; closer in interest; moro loving and moro eventful flinn of old. Not in doods of during; not in tho ensanguined field?, not in chains nnd terrors; not in blood, nnd toms, j and gloom ; but in tho lenping, vivifyiif, ox I hilarftting impulses ofabsttcr birth of tho soul.