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sah'x,. w.^^on, [Prop?etors. Aii iii(lc])oii<leiit Jouiiial : For tlio Promotion of tJie Political fisiil, Agrieutural and Commercial Interests of the South. | iewis m. gkist, Pubiuher. ' Voij*1* YOEKYILLE, S. C., THURsif, NOYEMBEE 29,1855. NO. 47. ,1,1 , I, i4' 4" 11 ' P? aMMMaWMTMMBMMBMMMMMBMMM???1?0^?? ? , - " - - - - * I . # i /i i ?v,n nnnnimmis and enthusiastic noroma i) omc-JOisf o r d . *sC- ^ REV. BR. AliEXANDER. r.v kks . is. v. ni ssr.i.r,. |" A correspondent of tho Spartanburg E.r~ !>. < furnishes the fol*ov.i;5;_f ibuiiniscences of' It'-v. H A!4KMANi?.:'t. I >. to whose eminent nin iiinchmjr put:: iti.-:n and exeat useful n<\?s iu his day we have in: tie frejUOlit alin.dou in the columns of the ii.\oi"ii:i::t :] \?./areth Church in Spnrtanhurtr I>isriict was organized 1:y 1 ?r. Alexander, ile continue I to J reach p."> their stnt**tl Mipply until niter tin- iCevolutioiiary AV?;r, I i?' was rueceded by Iter. Win. (_'. i>*?vw. The road that lead? from this place to hiiikneyviiie. cm llroad iliver. war. first opened by this conjrregath n, as a bridle way for 1 ?r. Alexander to trawl when be came to preach to them. For the follow in*; rxc Ucnt biographical sketch of Pr. Alexander; which I know will be road with interest, 1 am indebted to the kiudue-s of Hobort V. J'lKsi ll of York District. Of the nativity and early training of Dr. Alexander, we are not, at this late day, prepared to speak with certainty. So far as a irenoral impression remains upon the mind of the writer, he entertains the opinion, that Dr. Alexander was a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate of Princeton College. New.Jersey. V. hen young in the ministry, he located in Mecklenburg County, X. where he for several years performed the duties of his uiiiee, in the midst of a population, deservedly ranked amongst the most intelligent, virtuous, and patriotic, of the early settlers of the American Colonics. In so fair a lioM his highly cultivated mind, professional zeal, and ardent patriotism, all found ample scope for -u?-ec.-f 1 development. Cnder the mighty cause- then at work to stamp upon the American mind its permanent character, young Alexander felt the vivifying influence and soon becomeprominout, as a powerful preacher, and an earnest remonstrant against the oppressive measures, at that day. sought to be enforced up m the co'viiio.in America. However painful the task to relinquish a statiou of service in which he found so much that accorded alike with his tastes, and with what he had proposed himself as tlie great aim of his life, nevertheless, so urgent were the calls, that with distressing frequency fell upon the .Minister's ear. from hundred of Institute churt-lies and congregations. all over the Southern country, that our young Minister, lcit it impossible lon-jrer to resist the "Mace-i (Ionian cry.*' and in obedience to the siifftrcstions or duty, yielded the pleasant and tlourUh-' i 11 "_r tivld of his labors to other hands and removed with his family to South Carolina. About the year 1770 he settled in Bullock's Creek Congregation, York < then Camden , Pistriet of which he assumed the pastoral charge, and entered promptly upon the duties of his mission. lie found himself surrounded with a moral waste, stretching in all directions overall immense area, with here, and there, the eabiu of a pious Pennsylvanian, or a Scuteh-Irish Presbyterian. From these ltethels in the wilderness, the morning: and the evening prayer had come up in remembrance before < !od : < I nl and in answer, the dawn of a gospel day was now rising upon ihc darkness, which had so louor enshrouded the Broad Itiver Valley. Like Paul at Athens, the newly arrived Minister felt his spirit stirred withiu him, as he surveyed the wild and rugged field he had undertaken to cultivate. All his resources were taxed to their utmost to meet the exigencies of his people, hut implicitly confiding in the pledges of the Master whom he serve I, aud encouraged, and sustained by the hearty co operation of the few pious families, whose urgent appeals had brought hiui amongst them, he diligently persevered in his work, and saw it advance with slow but steady progress, lu the tract of country lie occupied, the forests abounded with game, and the streams with the finest of fish. Luxuriant grasses clothed the hills, and almost impenetrable cane-breaks darkened the creek and river low-lands. Hence with the exception of the labor required to cultivate a few acres planted in corn and wheat, to bread the fami- j ly; and a patch planted in tobacco, and anoth- j er in indigo (the commercial staple of upper j Carolina at that day) to procure a few dollars ; to meet unavoidable expenses, the settlers a- j long the Broad River aud its tributaries, com- j posing what was then called Bullock's Creek j Congregation, passed their time, iu what the { Mantuan Bard would have termed 'inglorious ! ease.". The amusements of fishing and hunt-; nig furnished not only a delightful entertainment to the pleasure loving lords of the forest and their wild growing lads, but at the same time contributed largely to the stuck of materials necessary to family subsistence, and were therefore looked upon as a commendable feature in their system of provisional economy. Mean- | while the cultivation 'of the mind, and the importance of subjecting the moral aud religious elements of our nature to the renovatiug power of the gospel, seemed to be matters that few - had bcttowed a practical thought upon. This ! state of things rendered it necessary for Mr. Alexauder to undergo immense labor, iu bringing the scattered materials on which he had to operate, within the aphere of his ministerial influence. No one who properly estimates the ^ ' 1 - i A I b A/1 unyielding nature 01 inveterate iiuuna, ivmutu by the native hostility of the human heart to the offices of religion, but will at once admit, \ that nothing short of Divine wisdom and power could have directed and crowned his efforts with success. To win this numerous class of the population to virtue and religion, he must first conciliate their attachment to himself, f which he accomplished after a time, by means k \ of regular family visitations. The familiar ^^and friendly intercourse established in this I Bjj^^etwceu himself and his thoughtless parH K'n eoon won upon their regards, and ^^H^BBed a patient ear to such suggestions as he ^P^HBto offer on the subject of religion, as he tWhy tW>ir fire sides, eucircJed with a listeulPfr twmcafnU/l Krelong, our judicious zealous pastor had the satisfaction to look down from his pulpit on a 8abbath morning and mark now one, and tlien .inother, and llu ro a third &c, of the I t< families upon whom he had thus bestowed, | h , his attentions an 1 his p1 tyurs, timidly entering' o . the doors of the church, and fearful of attract- : a ing the notice of the congregation quietly scat- p ing themselves in tiie nearest vacancy, to lis-, ii i n to the preaching of the (lospcl. From g witnessing the fiuit? of this Apostolic measure, 1 t-l air. Alexander was stimulated to ply his cn- ti rgies with an industry so u lit'ring. that in due j i: time a crowded auditory t!ir? ng. 1 the house i li of Worship, and gave evidence of their appro- c< : ciation of the g-.-pel at liis mouth, by a profes- p si ?n of their faith in Christ, and an exhibition d ! t.f ;!u! fruits of that faith, in a life of practical j b lioli.icss. Thus uudi r the early miui.-try of Or. i ii Alexander, was a ehmvli-alter erv'cd on l?ul- j ri I locks Creek, and a Haute enkindled upon it w which has not eea.-ed to give forth its liglit h through all the changes of well nigh a eontu- i y - i ? 1 1 ry, up to ti:o present nour. oo mug as was o ' iiblf t?? serve the church as a minister, he was s< ; careful to employ a v> ?rti??n of his time in f?-s- a tering the _! .wi!i of family religion, by going from house to hou.-e through-mi his congrcga- jiitins, conversing with heads of families, in- e< structing the youth and children ? f the huu-o- vv ! -Id. n?l uniting with them in prayer for the ii !'iviiu-b!< s-ii lie was accustomed at >ta- ti ted ] . rinds, to conduct catechetical examina- j p turns. hebl tm his own appointment in tin sev- ! era! ijuarlers ot h:- cotigreg.iiion. at which l?otii il i old and young wen' -trictly enquired at, cm- o eerning their knowh i?re of Divine truth. ami ! their experience and progress in practical re- tl ligioii. Those wi.-elv dire-,to?l lal >rs Were e productive of the verv be>t fruits. The eon- e> 1 1 * i * | gregations under Ins ran- a Ivanecl a pace ill ? the ae?jUtstti a. ot liible knowh.o .e. the ! a- si tor and K!der< were elieered with fr -puni ami sj large r.ece-sior,-, to the Communion of tin !i church, fnnn the youth under their j"ii.r care h and instruction ; and tin; several chutvh.es in p charge ot the beloveil minister.- became \e. ?r- .a oils and flourishing branches of the "True i Vino." clothed in beauteous foliage an i laden f with the fruits righteous. p Iti addition to the i-hureh of Ilu!" \? Truck. i: Dr. Alexander organized ias we have I t en in- e.< formed) Xazaivrh Chureh in Spartanburg District, and Salem Church in l.'nioii District?a a section of that day composing a part of Xinty- o Six?in each of which i.is minis'rv contrihu- u tod greatly to advance the cause of religion. w ami to further the inter. -ts of our National la- ?li depeudeueo. | 1? Ihiring the lapse < f l -ar forty year-. <m- t!1 . bracing the memorable \ ?.'ri.? I uftho Amori an i Revolution. Mr. Alex andcr c.iitimi. 1 t.> rvo t the churches. which L:- I-i!> >rs had b? cii ).<?? ' e l in planting ami rearing a;-, until within i the last three or fair years of his life, when |r , the infirmities of ago for>ed him to demit hi.- 1:1 pastoral charge, and to rest fore v. r from hi- w I ministerial toils. Vv'e have learned lrom' the nun who grew !' up umier his mini-try. that he .-'vie of preaeli- , i ing was hold and pungent, leading the under> -tanding captive to the demoustratiousoftruth, {" land in the applieatory appeals with which he A was accustomed to close hi-- sermons, terrible i . as the storm, scattering in fragments the strong- j! holds in which sin and impenitence seek she!- " ter an J repose. Fidelity to the character ami to the valuable services of this excellent man, demands that a note be made of his efforts in '' ^ ti n .-.-illen nf lii< nr.lintVV :iS Well as i;i tllat of ' : the Church and the Gospel. Of so ardent a upe was Dr. Alexander's!^ 1 patriotism, that from the days when the Stamp ^ ; Act and Boston Port Bills passed the British j Parliament, until the hour when the smoke ' e cleared away from the last nun fired in dcfeuoe ^ of our National Independence, the glowing i fires of his truly American heart, impatient of ( , I control, burned with iutenscncss in hisconver: sation, and with the force of lightning shot ! ^ from the Pulpit, when on suitable occasions he ^ drew the picture of our Country's wrongs, and 1 j, in the mimes of humanity, liberty and religion, , ^ summoned her sons to the rescue. His unfalter- j' ing and spirited hostility to British tyranny \ P' and aggression, and to Tory butchery, arson and plunder, procured for him a prominence j that frequently perilled his property, his per- j son and the regular exercise of his professional j ^ functions. Buthe had with mature delibera- .jj tion, transferred his temporal all on board the j bark of the Involution, and resolved to share ! fortunes, and with her to sink or swim. j . In the dark day of Carolina's prospects, when ^ the British and Tory ascendency lowered like ^ the clouds of death over her sky, from the sea- j. board to the mountains, so fierce aud threatning was the storm that raged around the par- j tisan preacher, and so deep was his hold upon !t'1 the affections of his people that the few meu and lads of Bullocks Creek not out at the time ( ^ in the public service, habitually repaired to 1 ^ church on the Sabbath morning, with their ri- j fles in tkeir hands, and stationing themselves ! around what the next generation called ''The jtn old Log Meeting House/' guarded the minis- \ en ter aud the worshipping congregation while he preached the Gospel to them. On the very spot where thece services to God aud the couu1 ? -? - d onf ori/1 1 l CI _ cry were periortueu iias wic whkj out, ?uu *.otcued with spell-bound attention to the recital C( of these stirring scenes, at the lips of some of sa 1 the venerable actors themselves, as the tears ! shot down their cheeks, and told with an im- gr pressiveness still more forcible than their words J pn the price it had cost them to place in our hands ' cl: the charter of Freedom, and the unchallenged bj right to worship the God of our fathers, ac- ju cordiug to the sanctions of the Bible and the ti] dictates of consoierce. May Bullock's Creek ni preserve the legacy unimpaired so long as ci- ze vil liberty and sound Christianity are permit- es ted one acre on earth, they can call their own. se Emerging from the perils of the revolution ta South Carolina, from the peculiarly trying po- ni sition allotted her in the bloody drama, pre- w< sented a picture calculated to awaken the ten- h< derest sympathies of the human heart. Her g( farms and plantations had been burned with th fire?her factories, work-shops academies, and dj school-houses, that had escaped the vandalism m of the foe, were left to silence and decay?the gl sires and sons, the mothers and daughters who h< had survived the carnage and privations inci- si dent upon the war, were reduced to poverty? ai in a word, the plowebarc of devastation had di >rn through ami ruptured all tlio resources er formerprosperity. J Jut thanks to fleavi ver tlie dreary desolation, the voice of libci ml Independence now rung ".villi a restorali ov.er, aud awakened into life and activity t itelloetual, tin-moral, and the physical, cm it s of all classes, and immediately summon Item to the noble work of repair and inipr.n lent. Kvor ready to move with the Ibroun ) planning and prosecuting measures prou vc i fg.a.u to mankind at large and to 1 imntry.nen in particular, Dr. Alexander, i resscd with the duly of lending his aid tot imisioii of learniug throughout the State, e: arked with other literary men of the cuu'.fi 1 the business of opening schools nud somii .< s for the benefit of the children ami you', ho from tlio necessit y of I lie t imes had be iiherto almost entirely neglect, d. About i . re 17x7. he or.rned a canita! school near! ' ' i i \vn residence, situated :i Utile over a mi mthwest of JHillock s ('reek Cluuvh, and f vv months the infant nominal \ was thr?.1: I with yi.nntr men from his own and the a lining histriets. For a number of year> ' ntin;n 1 to di-chortle tin; duties of Precept ';111 eminent ability, and had tho Imp] iin i after years, to sea many of Ids pupils in si mis of honor, and usefulness. as eleraym hysici.itis, jnri-is. and statesmen. Many lv? \torian ministers, who from the bejiinnin^ 1 present century until the timoof their dea iititiiluited lartrely to ?i?.; strength and e .:isi?>n to tiiat arm of the r'.urch in Yi-rkai lie iv i'jlil-orin^ I'istriets. ha<I hoen in>t on la?ie :1 - indents of his. hut were also indtd d to him fur ;;? ir early ainments in 'i'hei (ileal ,-c.i li ?*. i he ;ate win ral.de t <ov. !oil n furni-he.- to tin; menioty of many id'us. ecimen of tli -uiid stamp of true South < a; na chara? terand earlyscholarship with wh: im.-elf ami n.ai:; otlicrs of I Jr. Ah'X.mdei upi!> were permitted during a h-;1.,' life, dorn - >ei. ty an i Knelt! te. Ko\* I .ii .11 i-Mcltailll'd white lie !iVr I. 11 l"i ?r !.i- vt-iu'tatcil I'iy.r. ami ke \vi riutf of his oil CO flourishing Academy stan ridge-land in the * ? Civli f? r. Fr-hu an intimate persona! a. uaiiitamv \vr number of the n!d men of i'uilm-Vs mgivgation. who had grown up fn<m rliii in tulor tin; i.iiai.-iry of Pr. Alexander ;a ho were irii'il ami ].<>noivd .-ffin rs ami - iers of ill!* i,' 'Voiii'i'.n. ami member.- and I* >r> of tlio church. the writer ha ! an - pin iiii'y .if forming a t"l Ttbly aeciirate .'.-tin;:: ' tli-j mighty results, which aerue 1" :!i to 'larv-Si amilb Stat". from iho ; emuum bur- of an enlightened au-i faiilifui gu.-t. . iuisny. Tho r.-li_:i- u, the nioralitv. iho p iotism. am! the suued-coinm ;i -< n.-o. ma ]- or iho JJiblo, ha?i been kroughu lu In ;, ith a -toady and formative iiiliuoiiro uj < ,o youthful mind, in tin; oniigri gat ions. wii ho.-e interest and progros- the g'.vat* t part r. Alexander's lit'o had been : I'Utilicd ; an 0 result was, thai a generation of ?uen n: red under his pa.-t nal iu.-inotions, wine ortli to their country as soldier- in war. ait citizens and ehrisiisns in pom-o. i- lu-voi: 1 powers of appreciation. V.'liat these im id been on the lie Id of battie. Wi; could on arn from the pon of the historian, the .-oa hioh thoy carried on their persons, ami the vn reoita! of the scenes of moral strife throng hieh they had passed ; but what they we, lneu and as citizens ?/v Inoir, for we listei I to their words, and looked up their lives; ey passed with noble and venerable beam ?fore our eyes. As christians, they bowi ith reverence to the authority of the IIo riptures, in all they believed, and in tl itics they preformed. The family altar, tl lietity of the .Sabbath, and the House od, were enshrined in their hearts. The res were a lucid comment on the wisdui ie purity, and the strength of primitve Pre ,'terianism, as an embodiment of the doctrin ' Christianity, and of the elements of natio prosperity and greatness. Hut they h:o issed from amongst us, and with the veil ted man, whose labors and example conti .ited so much to make them all they wev ive gone into the communion of an iiuina ate and glorious church-fellowship near tl rone of God, and are become citizens of t ustrious commonwealth, the grandeur at irpeturity of whose honors and immunitie jre not won by the valor of the soldier c e battle-field of earth, but were achieved L e blood of the cross, and arc bestowed t e hands of Him, who is the Prince of tl ngs of the earth. Dr. Alexander closed his eventful life c e 30th of July, 1S09, in the 74th year of h ;e ; and was buried in the church yard i nllock's Creek. A simple stone taken fro e mountain quarry of our District, stands : e head of his grave, inscribed with his nami s age, and the time of his death, and marl e resting place of all that was mortal of th aiuently useful aud patriotic Divine. L. York District, July 24th 1855. SUPERABUNDANCE OP SKIRTS. Professor La Borde, of the South Carolir )l'.ege, in his recent work on Physiolog; ys: "1 know not whether it is a matter for coi atulation, that corsets, with their, accou iniments, within the last few years have d< ined iD favor, for they have been followe r a substitute, which probably is not less ii rious. This substitute is the enormous mu plication of petticoats, or skirts. These i nnber must reach from six or eight to a di n, and some of the higher models of fashio :tend the list to fourteen or fifteen. Thei ems to be a sort of notion, that the goo ste of the ladv is to be measured hv tli imber, and accordingly, many a poor, sick! oman is to be seen in our streets, "draggin it slow length along," under the weight of )od dozen. The reader will bear in miu iat there are no shoulder straps, as in tl iys of our grand-mothers, when honest w> en thanked Heaven if they could get a sii e petticoat. The uninitiated may inquii ow is all this weight of skirts fastened ar ipported ? It is tied tightly round the wai id spine, thereby heating it and oreating mgerous pressure upon the abdomen. ] of .ill this, less wisdom is exhjitcjn by the mi, hrute. !!o they cmj?lnv, sis $an. any rty artificial means iu inou!*i (jo 1'S of their vi you up', or to lii'i'iii/ throi (oh >er rlwpn? he Thouph many of these are o#ny delicate ?r- when they come into the woiVf'wo never ed iind them prow weak, or ?ro(eR?r want of 'c- swaddling bands. Wo take Jusiness out " fit I of nature's hands, and are ji iunishod for i t- aur arrogance and temerity..wiers should ?is attend more to the jdiy.-.vul'3l("U of their in- children, and especially, of'daughters.? lie j Sure 1 am, that mother vrmhink none the ''I .1 i? .1 in- I .v'orse of tlieui for it. !.i? U i'?-o i"C >5"" y. 1 -r of Charlotte Klir.ab"^! jv:s;- their aula | ilioriiy in nil matters aiicrtiu.^"health.? li. j l'lutarch tolls us that w'.utito governed on I Home with so much glory, Inttld <juii hi.In' , business to bo present when ikurse washet lis (nil dressed his children. in ^ ?rigmal Written li.r i!ic Yorkvillijuiror. <*- i MGNA-WAM1 l'n a i. i :<; r.x r> o r ti i)sm . ks. . S- ?? * 0j ; Th" >1111 is t'.i ling IV nil the vihvest. tJi j The ?vin<l i> sighing thr??' ilicir.i grove: g. j T iling Indian hunter! ':i> t'lOr ??:'rc>l. l1(] : I'm ii nic.var 1 y-.M tin I'eoi *d" not move. ,j. ' See, o'er thy ! t!:e Starm-'- tvnrniiigelnuii ! I.i '! *!iio" t!; w ..i.l tie* r-iuie:' >1 wind ! j j li.irM lio'.v tin* red .\i!;:iii>a unnirs Vud jj ' And ' : m iv y n .-?n 1c wJrine-'irnke lined 1 T.'ie v :ee o : r:ai?:he wait |it'e|i.'ir". , V. - ihoii i n-.i. ,i :: ./ihg there "" ! .... , , i I iv iiiot11 i* - \v. *w.iin -ta: 'Iiietnv :r?:?\ ? !i I- in* !i"t waiting iiiot*''. iii hi. r*r ili?".' \i ' " !. [. i .nititi ii.li I. I ! ' 1 i r ! v.1..!:? , iuT ,ii:n fr*.\ I hv m'mi : . T!.r j A i l -In' v. iiu-i A .-I ii.r.i n- ** a i! - :?? :?*-t !* ? .I or ^n'lik. !! * iii iii-1, 'ir.it ii 1 lu'ff/f, i! ' ii i iii'.i'f iii.- -Su.il ; J "m" i'ii'-iifii ! ' in'^g^p- r."t liininl. t<? A t : V\ eK-z-'t''Sv 4 *V II i lifl'if*.* i^Vbk^v^l- "r^~ l> . V.'iifu !ii"i t ii?- w:t.T;orsjiiiR^^^^ it iy : ]j ' Vmiittr imiiKr. why so si -utiiijf tlifiv'.' ..,, 1 TIi<' -inr.mi is niy'-i, tiiv hoi is yet alar? Ii.i-t tliou n<>t -nun uii' s:o !ii -t:ii<'i an I Who.-c breath is taYnbv cud- that hide tin' "t; , ' .. . Whv art tlmu here V" Th!) >v replied. I <r j j With kindly eye and bluAig cheek? , , "To-day to this dark wood hied 1 Game lor mother here to'K-k: 10 > Fur sin* is old?her hair h:r.:v : i 1-or inc she now may toil i more: Iler food 1 liunt from day day II And never have I tailed bin-. 11' And now, alas ! how weak no grows S" When she can have no wlnosuinc meat, '2S Tier brilliant eye no loiigeuiows n" And lully now her pulses iut." ro " Hark tliec, young lad I Ie marked tiiec well Thou shall have game enodi to-night. ? Go homeward ; by the rook hill c_ Thou'lt find a deer and bca iu fight: The stag lias wounded tliafcu-o bear, (n The bear has almost killed lie deer; Hasten tliec now, thou'lt fid them there, And breathe no word T tell hoc here. Stay!" Down the strange rtuehtd hi* hand And dn u- the caps from ?ff s knees, ^ And bidding Mona-waxdai stand, J From his tired knees he drw off his ; 1C Then on his knees, he put tic lad's And put his knee-caps on ihtUn/'s; ,n A new sensation o'er ls Strength Mosa-wasdaii nbv enjoys ! " Now" said the stranger,'from this night 01 No bear shall o'er escape tfre more: Thy filial love I thus requi^? e> But stay! there's one conilion: Sure, JS Be thou sure, that ne'er iimhaso 13 Thou slay a young bear?l|:r to nie ! If e'er thou sbalt, this gif^hall cease? My blessing will not follotfthee." The boy looked up, the mahwas gone. Swift homeward, then, he b?nt his way, ,a And pondering on the wondir done, '> The bear and deer there womded lay I His mother cried with joy fc see Ilcr boy return with such t?h game, A* To broil the meat now hastfneth she 2* And tend the fire, and watch the flame ! d Longyeors have fled?our hero's locks are grfl Around him stalwart sons are hunters now ; Q And daughters dark-eyed?fair as maids may ^ Stand near to coax the proud smile to his brc1 Chief of his tribe, illustrious far and wide, ?D Sought by the timid, fearfjfcilyjie brave, j No earthly blessing seei]d^ft\,-.n denied All man could wish, graven gave Elate now \ wer ^ He thanked no raoi^^^^^^^^illweal, S And in one darkly, To all his greatnessj^^^^^^^feQj^ One day spied -p High on a cliff bes^ Rashly he smote And the yol^^^^^^^^Hj j^'^jlood No pang shot |,^at da >(^ No fears venge^^^^^^^^fwilHde He boasted, while^^^^^^^W his wa That ho feared not^^^^^^^Een|diould < One day he issued X ) game appeared, or else escaped him quite; t Wearied, at Inst, lie sat upon ft stone U As gently fell the earliest veils of night. 0 Twas the same spot where years before he .sat u An I mourned his useless hunt and had been hies- t sod; v Tiie b.eeze is rising thro' each dark retreat, Ji High in the clotlds, the lightning's path is traced. ^ He sat. for once o'ercomc with useless toil ( Again he leant his face upon his hand ; 0 i A step he hears, and coming up meanwhile, 0 j Behold the same grave stranger near him stand ! j j " Base Moxa-wajjiuu !" said the warrior then, ^ How hnsf thou kept the charge I gave to thee ? ( False to thy trust, thou ne'er shalt hftveagain j fhe wondrous powers thou once received'*! of me! j I j Amly.t I 'Ik rememberstill j _j Thy love for her who pave thee birth, < . j And for h'r sake, my vengeance will | Vet spare thee to tlii.; altered earth ! j / ?/; . Sj'iril who >rotrh | ' j Or,, //,< 1',-nr: ami here 1 take ! My pi ft from tliee?as thou art su^h, To break the rules which I may make !" ' A-rain he took his knee-caps ofF ( j Ami ehanpod them?Mo.v.v-waniiaii knew. | , lu one <|uick thrill, the potent proof? A thrill that shot his beinp thro'. j ( " \ .tlie Spirit sabl, "an I po; Ho to thy home ami there relate, ! 11 W / 1itf*r!iOhil i.* ,'/(? t-t fil (J wot. | Aii'l J'liih tin cniKf tif ''A'il fnU ' i Arose lie then ami .-lowly went Thro' the dark windings of the prove. 1 With aire ami all it- weakness in-lit, 1 Tlie eur-c ami cure of pride to prove : ?ti to lii- children Sold the tale, And tliein warniiip take thcivfioiii : Ami vet the ' Nape- recall I!'- ve. ni- mad pride, and hi- -boon ! (' I.L. ? \t'W .? !ry. oc;.IsV.. i iwihiib mi? political ! ^ ^ I' .in tlio IMir<"*lifi?l Advertiser. ^ " WHAT AP.E WE TO DO ?M Our friends of the .)/</ ' /// //" take us to j task, in most lugubrious strains, for suggesting 1 tin* feasibility of some agreement, by which j South Carolinians may escape a split among thciiiM'lves and at the same time prevent the j possibility of their State being alienated from j her Southern eon federates. Now, inasmuch j as we have never had the slightest affinity for J a National Convention nor the most remote j tendency to mingle in the Presidential canvass j except as thev might prove vaiuahlc incidents in uniting some at least of the Southern States, we know no reason why we should be called to , an account in so high-handed a way. Who I dues tiie I/- /' ?< '/' represent, or our humble ; self either? Are we the State? Arc we _ the exponents even of a majority of the State? Tin- last four years ought to have satisfied us that we are far from it. We both belong to a defeated party in South Carolina: and instill doing our best, as independent journalists, for the common good of our section, we should endeavor at least to heed each other's suggestions in kindly mood, remembering that we have had the misfortune of falling together in some of our highest aiius. The ijuestioii, about which we happen to differ with the ' .!/',at present, would seem rir- to resolve itself into this phase among others, viz : whether we shall at once put good and true men in such position as will enable them best to mature, on the part of our State, a full communion with those of her sister States , which are identified with her in destiny?or i whether we shall stand still and risk a partial representation of South Carolina in the National Convention, the effect of which may be to place the political power of the State in the ' hands of one or two skilful politicians. The ! views we have expressed in the matter have . nothing to do with the idea of affiliating with the general Democratic party of the North, but spring solely and purely from an increasing conviction that our best hope lies in concert of action with our Southern neighbors. If our Coventor, for instance, were to open a corrcs; pondence with Gov. Johnson, of Georgia, j Gov. Winston >f Alabama, and Gov. Wise of I Virginia, there is very little doubt but that ; much good might be done towards producing an understanding with the Stales they represent, previous to the election of delegates to the Cincinnati convention. And if we coirld get those delegates to act in good faith togeth1 er, this would of itself be the basis of future organization and power. Indeed any two South: ern delegations might either control the principles of the Convention, or, if that were impossible, overthrow its moral power. Lord Mansfield once observed that "as cir cumstauces alter things themselves musl change," and there is wisdom in the remark, Apply the truth to our own case. Heretofore it was we of the South who complained of the enactments of the Federal Government, ol the United States Bank, the Tariff, Internal Improvements, &<J. But now it is the people of the North who are clamorous. They are calling for a repeal of the Nebraska bill anc the fugitive slave law, and for a restoration 01 the Missouri Compromise. They are cryiDj out for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the regulation of the slav< trade between the States. The admission o iy' another slave State into the Union they declan they will not endure patiently. The grievanc* be' would appear to be now all on their side.? w' Lately it was on ours. When we, or any por tion of us, acted or proposed anything by wa; of redress, it produced division amongst our selves and our weakness was a by-word witl our opponents. But now they are compelle< to act and wo can take advantage of their di visions. They are on the offensive?we o the defensive. There is now no cause for di Oam?Vi nr>A flioro in rotillv nn ft' V1810Q lli tUC UVUWi^ uuu vuvftv iu ivwiij uv# ? , vision to speak of. In South Carolina at least we are all, Democrats and Know Nothing! ready to stand or fall by the Georgia platforn ^ The whole South, it is to be expected, will tal no lower ground. At the North, tho Demi y orats have gone down before the fusion of the ibide! ried political antagonists. The Democrat party being to a great extent without power 3 ;ouuiry uuu we 3UUU1U nut uiuivgx...... t >lc effects. We gain thereby the opportunity ;o strike, not for the "spoils of office" as the >Mrratry" charitably intimates, but for the power of the South in controlling the destinies jf the Republic ; or, if we fail in that, we may have at least secured a commencement for the after organization of the States of the South. What wc have deemed worthy of suggestion then is, that we look sacredly to a more perfect union with Virginia, Georgia and the other Southern States?and that we use the election of delegates to the Convention as a means of putting ourselves in direct sympathy with them. It would seem to be our duty to do this, if for nothing else than to prevent our natural allies from amalgamating witli the Northern Democratic party. To bring forward what is called a "timcIw.nnivd custom" is but a feeble argument af tor all, when viewed in contrast with the necessity of doing what the emergency calls for in the cause of Southern safety. Neither can the mention of the names of the mighty dead, whom we reverence and love, be accounted authoritative when we remember that they acted according to the circumstances that surrounded them and would doubtless have us do pre ri.M-lv the same in our day and generation. Ii should be borne in mind that we have nevi questions of great importance rising before us If ithe abolition returns for delegates to Con gross from Kansas arc received by the lowei House in delianccof the legal returns, we hav< at once issues that will change the face of ou political affairs. We will be compelled to am for the defence of Missouri and our brethrci in Kansas. We must place men and mono; under the flag and authority of that territory There is no bettor place to commence the grea battle for Southern Independence. In th meantime, by acting cordially with our siste States of the South, aud not even appcarinj to assume any superiority to them in politica purity, we may be able to assist in giving th right direction to Soui.icrn sentiment. An j this is or ought to be our present great object r .. niir ?>tntr> ? ILiCi us ursi pivaui \ u niu uunj v?> -?? Let us presume that those of our fcllow-cit ! /ens at home who differ with us are honest.i Let us then unite with such .Southern States.' maybe willing to act in concert with us an put instructions upou the delegates. If v cannot get any State toact with us, we canal stain altogether from the Convention. This j the sum and substance of our proposition ? j heretofore made. Our scheme is to propose joint understanding with the Southern State, j or any part of them, as to the principles upo which we may consent to go into conventioi We look not to the Presidential election, cj cept as a means of advancing that best hoj now left us, complete Southern organization. The destiny of the Slave states of this Unic may be called the great problem of America society. We of the South are convinced thi our order of civilization is the most pcffci the world has ever known. Andyctto|pr serve it, we may have to encounter some de perate struggles. Among other causes of a; prchensiou, we may well note the probable tui of European affairs iu the next few years.Thc imbecile and corrupt crown of Spain falling into the dust, and the giant arm of >T poleon, greatly strengthened by recent event will iu all probability be stretehed forth to pi< it up. Considering its capacity for concentr tion, he uow has the most powerful steam na^ on earth. It may soon be released from i necessity to remain in the Baltic and the Met tcrranean, and much of it may be thrown round Cuba and into the gulf of Mexico. T! defenceless condition of our coast in thatqus . ter should not be ignored, especially when 1 , call to mind the supposition that Napole . may use the nominal nationality of Spain . j open up all the harrassing questions connect . with Cuba. We forbear to dwell upon t results of such interference here. We or remark that there was never a period wh t high statesmanship was more needed in c Southern councils. It is no timo for mere pi vincialism on narrow views. It may be tt we shall require the united and organized i fluence of the South to force the power of t whole Union to meet the issues that may tendered by foreign governments. In view this probability, should we not do everythir but sacrifice principle, to secure Southern ui nimity ? To the assumption, that to go into the Ci cinnati Convention would necessarily exerc a corrupting influence upon our State, we rej with the enquiry, how could this be when c delegates go into it on principles fully defin on/i orifli instructions exDlicitlv eiven ? ] * wuu " *v" **"" MT V rj - sides, the proceedings would not be altogetl - new with us. On a memorable occasion y 1843, South Carolina held a State Convent - expressly to nominate Mr. Calhoun and p \i sent his claims before the Baltimore Conv i tion. This State Convention elected two 1- our most able men to represent the State n large, at the same time recommending the C i- gressional Districts to send delegates. Tr i- they did not send any. Mr. Van Buren b, the mean time came out against Texas, an< ?, was understood that the Convention of D i. would not nominate him. Pending the mi :e ing of that body, the two State delegates f] a- South Carolina were urged to attend by ' ir Calhoun himself; and it is well known tl ic to say the least, they did good service. W< in remember the influence they had in bring lie Northern States, tiie tjenerai iuuvuhuum icccssarily falls under the control of the South, uv strength standing unbroken aud perhaps uore consolidated than ever before. Under hose circumstances, to go uuitcdly into the neetingof May next may be the very thing for urmonizing the power of the South. It is ) 11 ? Hio state of things in Jefferson's! inio, when he organized caucuses of members ?f Congress to make nominations, calling tojcthcrthe Republican party as it was thcu stycd. He well knew that a large majority ot he party were from the South and would of ourse always control the nominations. So it s with the Democratic party uow. And a call or a General Democratic Convention is but ittlc more than a call for the power of the 5outh to be organized in the coming election, rhere is a change in the circumstances of the A 5 "" itiapoornrr] its nroba UUUUl c?i\> ? tion of Mr. Polk. Were these delegates corrupted by the prospect of Federal office T The State has enough of high-toned and independent sons yet left, to represent her firmly and on principle in any body. PisallTOus pairing. NICARAGUA. The following description of Nicaragua will, at the present time, be interesting : On the west it is washed by the Pacific Ocean, and partly on the east by waters of the Caribbean Sea, the Mosquito Territory forming a large share of its eastern boundry. Honduras borders it on the north, and Costa Rica upon the south. Its area is about fortynine thousand square miles, and the population is estimated at two hundred and fortyseven thousand. The females are said to greatly exceed the males in number. Not more than twenty thousand of the people arc on/1 whites, the rests being negroes, XLIUlUUo, auu mixed races. Most of the population live in towns many of them going several miles daily to labor in the fields. The plantations are scattered pretty equally over the country, and reached by paths so obscure as to almost escape the notice of travellers, who are thus liable to fall iuto the error of supposing the coun1 try is almost uninhabited. The dwellings of the people arc usually of canes, thatched with palm, although the better classes construct their residence of adobes, and by the help of fruit and shade trees, planted in the court yard render many of them exceedingly pleasant. A range of mountains extends along the west , coast of the State, at a distance of a few miles from the sea, but attaining no great elevation until they approach the confines of Costa Rica when they reach the height of five to eleven I thousand feet. In the central part of the State is an immence level tract, known as the plains of Nicaragua, comprising in its area the ^ lake of that name. Numerous volcanoes exist r along the Pacific coast. There are a considerable number of rivers, but none of them, except the San Juan are navigable in a comr mercial sense. Veins of copper and silver oro 3 of exceeding richness are found in many parts, ,. but they remain almost all of them either unj explored or only superficially worked. Gold, , also, is said to exist. The climate is healthy, y though various. In the interior and mountainous parts the temperature is more dry and , cool than on the coast, where it is hot aud ape ; proaching to humid. The greater portion of r j the .State consists of plains and gentle slopes formed of a rick black loam, of which but a 1 J small portion is made available. The produc * - - r c tions arc indigo, sugar, cottce, conou 01 supej rior quality, corn, rice, wheat, &c., besides t oranges, lemons, and fruits of various kinds. _ The great banc of the country has been in civj_ ft wars, and it was one of these which enabled _ Col. Walker to achieve his almost bloodless ls conquest. d CONUNDRUMS. rc } 'Talking of 'conundrums,' said Old Ilurrijs cane, stretching himself all over Social Hall, and sending out one of those mighty puffs of Havana smoke which had given him his name. ' 'Talking of conundrums, can any of you tell ^ when a ship may be said to be in love V } 'I can tell?I can,' snapped out Little Tur. tie. 'It's when she wants to be manned.' "T "OM TTiitri/iona 'tiusi uusseu 11, ijuym viu ?*? * *? *V; ?j a mile. Try again. Who speaks first ?' <1 do, secondly/ answered Lemons. 'It's when she wants a mate/ at 'Not correct/ replied Hurricane. 'The ( question is still open/ 'When she's a ship of great size,' (sighs,) modestly propounded Mr. Smoothly. 'When she's tender to a man of war." said f the Colonel, regarding the reflection of his face in his boots. 'Everything but correct,' responded Hurri^ cane. g~ 'When she's struck abuekby a heavy swell/ ^ suggested Starlight. " 'Not as yet,' said Hurricane. 'Come, hurry ry alonB jj 'When she makes much of a fast sailor/ jj_ cried Smashpipes. Here there was a great groan, and Smaahpipes was thrown out of the window. When ir peace was restored, Old Hurricane 'propelled' we a6aiD' 'You might have said, 'when she hugs the to wind/ or 'when she runs down for a smack/ e(j or 'when she's after a consort/ or something of ke that sort. But it wouldn't have been right. I, The real solution is?when she's attached to en or a buoy,> ur 'That's it, is it ? said Smashpipes, who had rQ mysteriously re-appeared. That's whrft I just . stepped out to tell the ladies. Now, some of j you tell me when a ship's beloved?' ke 'When the carpenter re-guards her/ quoth Meister Karl. 'Smashpipes you must find the cigars.' U1 And Smnshpipes brought out his box of Regalias, and behold there came a great cloud ia over Social Hall. in* Meershaum is a mineral of white earth* ise ly appearance, and composed of sillenahd carJly bonic acid. It is found in Piedmonte, Wales ?ur and other parts of the world. When first dug ed up it is soft and greasy, and lathers like soap 3e- and on this account is used by some Tartar >er tribes for washing their clothes in place of soap, in The well known Turkey tobaoco pipes are ion made of it, by a process like that for making re- pottery ware. The bowls of the pipes are pre* en- pared for sale in Germany by soaking; them of first in tallow, and then in wax, after which i at ft pa nnlished un. ?MVJ T* on- 'mi uc, Right Road.?English Traveller?Hi in air, ham I on the right road to 'Artfo&^^^H 1 it Jonathan?Well, you be. ^ B 344 Traveller?'Ow fax shall I 'ave to go^^^HJ set- X get there ? . :om Jonathan?Well, if yeou torn reou^fE^H Mr. go t'other way, may be yeo'U have bat, abeout ten mile. But if yeou koep?-. j all way yeou are going, yeou'11 have to go abeeat pug twenty- four thousand, I reckon. > "*? <- i_ Xft. * I