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? Wr"vtVSv J proprietors. Aii Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. J lewis m. geist, publisher. VOL. o. YORKYILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1856. NO. 22. (Original |Mni. |? For the Yorkvillo Enquirer. t THE ESTRANGEMENT. by howard u. caldwell. c Alas! they hail been friends in youth? c but whispering tongues can poison truth, 1 And Constancy dwells in realms above: . And life is thorny, and Youth is vain, And to be wroth with one we love s Doth work like madness in the brain!" 1 Colf.ridoe. } It was the golden summer-time, and o'er the fields around 1 Fair Nature smiled in beauty's prime, and many a s cheerful sound r Of bird and bee and hopeful man came swelling on the breeze, ( And far and wide as eye could scan, all spoke of 1 joy and ease. ] But near a gurgling brook I spied a youth 'mid | Nature's bloom From whom all Hope and joy had hied to watch ' o'er memory's tomb. ] Erewhile, I'd seen this noble youth speed o'er the | meadows fair, And thoughts of bliss and love and truth spoke in his face and air. < The bounding pulse, th' elastic step, the kindling cheek and eye And Hope's wild day-dreainson his lip seemed then ' too bright to fly! I But now, with languid step and slow, he wandered } sadly on?, , Gone was the flush, the fire, the glow,?the tales of Hope were gone. ? A heart too warm, a soul too true, to chill or change, i were his? i And ever to his raptured view hove seemed the perfect bliss. 1 And when the maiden loved so well seemed truly i all his own? Life'smusic, passing sweet,?then fell in witchery's wildest tone, J And their clasped hands and earnest eyes and beat- ] ing hearts did speak j To yonder placid, star-lit skies, a vow one -oarce dare break! ' She was not loved because the light of beauty lit I her face, . ] Although her features all were bright with Love's angelic grace! - ? She was not loved because her mind could grasp ; the sage's lore; j For oh! not these can lead or bind Love's strange , mysterious pow'r ! His mind was brighter far than her's, -for he was of ] the few j Who teach this stupid world of our's, the Fair, the Good, the True. He read, thro' clouds, to others dense, on Nature's 1 mystic scroll ] The wonders of the inner sense, the secrets of the ^ soul. Enough! he was to her the type of Qreat and Good I and Wise; And she, God's noblest workmanship seemed ever to his eyes And yet?a hasty word he spoke, and every tie was riven! The bonds of year? her anger broke and vcws breathed up to Heaven? All memories sweet, all hallowed tears in joy or absence shed, All hopes of bliss, all smiles, all prayers in wild i confusion fled. j He spoke his sorrow?prayed her yet to pause, | perhaps recall Her fearful words ere yet too late:?'twas vain, 'twas nothing all. Henceforth, their pathways lay apart. Well! Did the maiden die ? Oh, little pain was in her heart, small tears were in her eye. But then she loved him not" you say. Not so, this is the way That "women gives their hearts away" in this our modern day. Were I romancing now, in sooth the maid should surely die, But as this is to be the truth, I'll say not so? not 1! Young ladies now are trained to know that there's a proper wag To hare "heart-breaks" and "end/ess woe" and "feeling's dull deeag." Men mag be such old-fashioned fools to love but once in life, But girls are trained by careful rules to be somebody'? wife; "As good fish in the sea" they think, and some new lover soon Shall watch the bosom's swell, and sink to sighs beneath the Moon. I hope, oh friend of better days! that thou within the heart j Of some true woman yet mayst raise a flame that ! As for that callous, sad coquette, I hope she will j be paid By heavy retributions yet, and live and die, old ; t maid! \ $Storg of Bfitl Jiff. j THE SILENT HUNTER, j< FROM AUDUBON*. A rare fertility characterises the Iventuck- 1 ian State as it verges southward ou the land , of Tennessee. Here a sweep of the so-called ' ' Barrens" may be seen enameled with flow- i trs, numberless, and richly dyed, over which ; the south wind blows, wafting their frag- ( ranee, or clothed with magnificent crops of . the Indian corn, from ten to fifteen feet in 1 height, or of tobacco, or of wheat waving c and golden. This luxuriance contrasts pic- f turesquely with the northern portions of the 1 country. These, dreary and wild, present only hills of sand, or lines of rugged cliff, s amidst which here and there a torrent dashes 1 with menacing roar, and far winding gorges ^ dark and deep are suddenly disclosed by the 1 juttings of the crag, to the dismay of the a traveler. Savage wildernesses, too, terrible * as Dante's solitude, are there, which, abound-' 1 ing in legendary interest, are renowned in i f Kentuckian story, and from not the least at- j 1 tribute of these strange romantic regions. }c There it was that the Indians, driven from |1 their original territories or hunting grounds, js took up a position to wage a relentless war 11 with their aggressors, whose strength was j1 tested by many a fierce encounter with the j * swarthy Shawnces. Still to these memora- J ble traces does many a "sporting party" re- * sort, where the remains of rough built tents tell of the invincible hunter-warriors who once held them as their own. Dauntless heroes of a different race existed, however, ready to dispute the possession of every inch of Kentucky land with the tawny settlers.? Harrod and Boone were distinguished among them, but even they were surpassed in bravery by the men whose matchless skill in contest, whose ruthless ferocity and indomitable daring were so remarkable, as to be regarded by the savages as the result of some fearful supernatural agency. The superstition acted naturally to their detriment, and increased the power of Will Smith, the Foreit Chieftain, who, victor in epeated contests, they looked upon as the ivil genius of their race?an instrument of rengeance sent by the Great Spirit. Their imidity in facing so terrible an enemy was he cause of an irresolution in their attacks vhich usually brought defeat, and facilitated, if course, the means of escape for the concjuerir. Sometimes unexpectedly on the rear of lis enemy, at others ahead of them, or incomirehensibly in the very midst of the fray, it leerned indeed as though the warrior had a 'charmed life." True it was that a spell lung on the existence of this extraordinary nan, who lived under the shadow of a great ind inextinguishable sorrow. The bitter renembrance of this it was, which, inciting a jeaseless desire of revenge, was the secret of lis relentless and sauguinary career. The alight of misery as a plague-tiant separated him from his fellow men. Stern and isolated ho livod fnrovor hiintinrr tho wftv-nnth or the bunting trail of the Indians, from which their bravest leaders disappeared. Few among the Border people approached )r ventured to address the dreaded chieftain. A. mystery surrounded him, which was the ?ourse of perpetual conjecture, increased by the very circumstance which appeared to render it improbable it should ever be solved; for this singular being maintained a silence is unbroken as though he was dumb, through vhich he was commonly known as the "Sitent Hunter." This appearance of sullen reserve distanced all, and those who otherwise would have compassioned his sorrows, )r perhaps even willingly have shared his singular fortunes, now denounced hint as a ruthless and reckless adventurer. Very different would have been their judgment could they have penetrated the enigma of his solitary life, and known how cruelly scarred had seen a heart once quickened by the kindliest md liveliest emotions. Misfortune, which it one dread stroke had deprived him of his realization of happiness on earth, seemed to ba\e deadened every human hope and sympathy, and crushed every social instinct within his heart. The son of obscure emigrants from the Did World, his first unhappiness was to be left an orphan at an early age. The next, to be apprenticed to a farmer in North Carolina, a miserable miser, who not only subjectid the poor boy to deprivation and the most irduous toils, but proved a traitor to the ;onditions of the indentures by which he vas bound. These included the privilege )f receiving a general school education, intead of which young Smith was not taught ts merest rudiments. Will, owing in great )art to his capacity and inclination for study, :ombiued, doubtless, with the combative impulse often accompanying it, resolved nevcrheless to become a scholar. Happily, to lid his good intention, he found an instructs, whose amiability and skill rendered :he task of learning rather a pleasure than a ;oil. This was Mattie Saunders, the farmer's laughter. Often Will's eyes would unconiciously wander from the page to her earnest due eyes, and then would come such sweet ;entle tones of remonstrance, that he really iould scarcely be sorry for the offence. In his studious companionship, as time went >n, more thau letters were learnt, though ittle did Mattie or Will imagine how important an influence would be exercised on heir destinies by the hours which glided so iwiftly and carelessly by. They loved unsonsciously, and the sweet secret of their preast, first made known to them by the fath ?r of Mattie, who perceived the condition of iffairs, was revealed to their mutual misery. From the time of its discovery, direct tyranly, not to say atrocity, was practised by Saunders towards the poor boy. Deprived of the very necessities of cxis:ence, he was driven in the midst of winter :o sleep with but a single threadbare covering, on some hay, in a bam! Such was the mdurance to which he bravely submitted lor his dear companion's sake. His sole consolation was the sympathies expressed by Mattie during his stolen interviews with her. ^he, no longer permitted to sec poor Will, lad her gentle heart lacerated by the knowl:dge of the persecution he suffered, without ibility of alleviating the misery, of which ;he knew herself to be the innocent cause. Meek-spirited and tender, she was but little itted to oppose the unremitting severity of icr father, who, having amassed for her a :onsiderable fortune, imagined lie did suffi:i.at for her happiness by zealously guardng it. His daughter, even ou the approach if womanhood, was rigorously watched, for he idea of a moneyless suitor was distractng to him. Ilis malignity, awakened by the affection ubsisting between Mattie and Will, was nercilessly visited on the forlorn orphan boy. die patient heroism of love alone could have nduced Will, naturally of a bold and defimt temper, to yield to the degrading serviude he owned. But to break from it was o part with Mattie?that thought was more ;rievous than all. So he endured and hoped ong, till the increasing severity of the bonlage became unbearable. Incited by a burnng iudiguation, he resolved to escape, and dealing to Mattie's room one night, he told lis intention. The child lovers had little ,ime to indulge their grief?one burst of ;ears?one clasped embrace, and they parted: Mattie's only consultation, the last words of ler lover, that, ''when he was a great man, 1A ttTAlll/1 AAm A lio OA/1 rviftlfA li AW ViJ a ic TTUU1U vvmv MttVft U11U UIcWVU UOl 1115 1UUU rife." With a few crusts and some scraps of dothing, Will set forth on his journey to the imericantapital. Curious vicissitudes a waitid him. His scanty store was soon exhaustid, and he was compelled to beg his bread, ind seek some wretched shed for shelter at light. On one of these occasions it was hat he was discovered by the excellent Judge Campbell, who, an early riser for the iharitable purpose of looking to the welfare if his cattle, as well as of his household, or nsiting his stables, was amazed to find there i pale, miserable looking boy, emaciated rith deprivation and hunger. The good old man could not refrain his tears, as he exclaimed : "Never while I have a crust ruust this be." Bcmoved to the Judge's dwelling, for days the poor orphan vacillated between life and death, unable to explain his unhappy situation or express his gratitude to his deliverer. From the time that Will Smith was received in the Judge's fumily, he was treated as one of its members. Through a strange coincidence, the very first case met with by the Judge, on setting out for the Circuit, was that of the "Commonwealth vs. Samuel Saunders, for unlawfully making away with the indentured child known as Will Smith." Campbell, delighted with the idea of retribution on the persecutors of his, protege, whom he loved as a son, gave it his immediate attention, and compelled minute investigation of every particular of the affair. The trial was a singular and terrible scene.? Campbell, severe aud implacable, sat like another Brutus, resolved for the sentence. Mattie, too, the timid Mattie, was present, pale, heart sick, and agonized by conflicting feelings. The novelty of her situation, and ! its publicity, were sufficient alone to over wneim her gentle nature, in addition to which she had the misery to witness her parent's disgrace, and was distracted with the conviction that Will, her sole hope and ! only friend, was lost to her forever. Saunders, trembling and conscious, awaited the verdict, which came as a death-knell on his ears; as in a solemn tone of denunciation "guilty" sounded through the unbroken hush of the court. At that instant the sound of carriage wheels told an arrival, and sent : a niurmuriug agitation through the crowd. | The excitement was told by the eager curiosiI ty of the people's gaze, to learn the cause.? ; Kveu Mattic was roused from the stupor of ! despair into which she had sunk. A strange ' vague hope awoke in her breast, aud scarcely could she conceive the marvelous reality, as she beheld enter one whom she could not mistake, but so pale, attenuated, as to seem indeed rather a spectre, than a living being. I But it was the lost one, her well remember1 ed companion, whose sudden appearance j created a sensation impossible to describe. | His persecutor, horrified at the sight of what ! i ? j lie euiiuei\cu IU uu an ajtjjai uiuii? uwmeu, ; and was taken from court. I The result was, that the conditions of the ! boy's indentures were declared by the jury | to be forfeited, and?the sorest sting of ail ; to the miser?he was compelled to aid in the j support and education of the boy, until he I attained his majority. A new light thus I broke on the horizon, hitherto so dark and ! troubled, for Will Smith. Diligent in im-1 ! proving the advantages afforded him, before J i long he enjoyed the honorable position of a ; a successful young barrister, and the old | Judge, on his retirement, had the satisfaci tion of seeing his own career renewed in that ! of his adopted son, as he listened often in an j ecstacy of admiration to his brilliant, vigorJ ous oratory. But the most delighting trij umph of all to Will was, that he could now j claim his blue-eyed love, Mattic, as his own. j In dcliance of opposition, he took her for his J bride. Years of unalloyed happiness were the rej ward of his trials and his toils. Care, sori row, endurance, were forgotton, even ambition slumbered, while he basked in his new found joy. But changes awaited him. The noble contest for freedom and independence arose, and then all that was elevated and unselfish in his nature awoke. Wealth, ease, were relinquished with the ready consent of Mnttie, joyful if her beloved remained at i her side. Will's services in his country's j cause were unremitting and effectual. His I sincerity was proved by the sacrifice of his entire fortune; for the conclusion of peace ! saw him a beggar, the result of his hardly ; earned possessions flown. Energy and euj terprise he knew must open a fresh path of ! progress for him. The glorious lands beyond the Allcghanies offered the best resource; and thither he resolved, if Mattie would accompany .him, to repair. He met i with no remonstrance from his sweet wife. Her whiteuiug check told the one pang of consent. The journey was long and arduous, but j the travelers found compensation in tbestim! ulus of novelty, as well as in the charms of i the lovely scenes presented by the new found j lands, already bearing a semblance of civilization from the numerous forts and settle] mcnts which appeared. Will, having arrived on the borders of the Licking river, deposited there his family, with a powerful j guard in camp as their defence, while he, careful to secure further supplies, pressed on to meet his friend Boone at a given spot.? Six days only he was absent, six eventful, ( memorable days. Doubly long seemed the separation to Will's loving heart, for it was . the first since his marriage. lie hurriedly sought the spot where all that was precious . on earth to him remained?consecrated as i home by one blessed presence. He pcrceiv| ed with astonishment the camp broken up and the few remaining emigrants retreating. ( Hastening after them, he sternly demandi ed his wife and children of those whom he ' j had constituted their guardians. "You will find them where you left them; j ask the Shawnees, they can tell you the rest," , j was the reply. "Traitors," exclaimed Smith, "you have < | neglected your trust; they are murdered!" : rtM M _ 11. . ? _ a i!. _ A1 A men wun a suaaen spring ai me tnroai i of the hunter who had spoken, he hurled him to the ground, and without turning to see the result, the wretched man turned to : the camp. lie was found there stretched i on the floor beside the lifeless remains of his Mattie and his children, whom he alternately embraced. He then rose, and silently and with an awful solemnity proceeded to work for hours, until a grave was formed, large and deep, in which he placed side by side his treasures. Their youngest born lay on the fair mother's breast; the eldest, with the death frown of a hero on his brow, still grasped the rifle with which he had vainly sought to combat the deadly foe! Magazine calls mm, is playing a lending iw in a drama of the utmost consequence to the people of the United States and Central Ainerica ; while the eyes of the statesmen and sagacious men in Kurope are fixed upon him with intense interest. We have regarded Walker from the first as entitled to a consideration far above what is due to a common filibuster, and have been able to realize none of that horror at his dashing career, which has been excited in the class of tight-laced old fogies in our country. It is not necessary to dive into the depths of Walker's bosom, for his personal motives, to decide that he is an instrument in the hands of Fate, or of Providence, to work out great political changes and social reforms in the drama of the " manifest destiny" of the North American continent. It is a fixed idea in the American mind, that sooner or later, our institu tious and laws arc to spread over and govern the whole North American continent and the island of Cuba?perhaps the whole group of the Antilles. It is not surprising that this strong thought and steady belief should manifest itself in the form of actual and adventurous effort among the restless and active spirits of our people, and that the people of the United States, with rare exceptions, should follow the adventurers with secret or open satisfaction, and with their best wishes for their success. It is a mistake to imagine that hllibusterism is au American peculiarity. It is common to all powerful people and nations, and has been practised from the days of Alexander and Cyrus, of Rome, and Carthage, of Julius Caesar and "William the Conqueror, down to William Walker of the present time. In the United States it only takes a different form. With us, it is the people who arc the filibusters. In Europe now, and in all past times, it is the Governments that are the filibusters. France filibusters in Africa ?Great Britain on a huge scale in India, and in every other part of the globe, where a ship will float or a fortress may be erected to extend her commercial dominion; and Russia filibusters?or tries to?in the Danubian Provinoes, in Circassia, and as far into Asia as her sceptre can reach. England, France and Russia do not send their people as emigrants, or colonists, on these expeditions, but their fleets and armies. It is the spirit of fillibusterism in the Governments, and not the restless spirit of the people that prompts, leads and executes in their forays. No civilized power in the world, then, has a right to cast the first stone of reproach against the manifestation of a propensity in this country, which seems to have been, in all time, an inseparable clement in the characteristics of men and nations. Gen. Wm. Walker is the ablest, the most daring, and, so far, the most successful of all the American filibusters. He did not carry violence and bloodshed into Nicaragua?he found it there. He found a civil war raging between the G rcnada and Leon parties. The former was headed by Don Fruto Chamorro, the President of the Government, which was at the time in his hands. He was a man of great energy and courage, but as stubborn as a mule. Grenada, a city of about fifteen thousand inhabitants, was the capital and headquarters of the Chamorro party. The Leon party, the result of a revolutionary movement against Chamorro's despotic J Government, had its headquarters at the city j of Leon. FranciscoCastillon, a man of education and enlightmcnt, headed this party, ; and thev called themselves Democrats. The I war commenced at Realjelo, a small town on ! the Pacific, which the Democrats took, and j proceeded to Leon, where Chamorro was de- J fcuted and retired to Grenada, leaving the j former city in the possession of the Demo- j cratic army. After spending some time in recruiting and preparing for a serious attack upon Grenada, the enemy's stronghold, the latter was invested. Chamorro was ready for them, and had fortified the Plaza with double and triple barricades, and such artillery as he could command?only some three or four guns ! The Democrats took possession of all the surrounding country and all of the city, too, except the Plaza, which had been converted into a Citadel. After ten months of trial, the siege was raised, the assailants giving up the hope of killing or starving out the Legitimists. On retiring, Chamorro pursued and overtook them at Masaya, where a bloody fight ensued, and some three hundred men were killed. The Granada party now regained possession of the southern part of the State, while the Leonites held the North. Meantime the Democratic party had been particularly solicitous to conciliate the Americans and American interests in the State. Being in possession of the Transit route, they sucoeeded in enlisting a few American The miserable father having completed his task, erected a small pile of stones where reposed the remains of his all of earthly bliss. Then snatching up his rifle in one hand, with the other he waved a farewell to his companions, and disappeared following the track of the Shawnees. He never left that track. For years he haunted the hunting grounds of the Shawnees, slaying them as they slept, or as they sat at their feasts, or as they groped in the paths of the forest. Gradually such numbers had fallen under his terrible rifle, that he was dreaded as the phantom of murder, and the Shawnees deserted their old resorts ou 'he banks of Green river. As the last of their canoes dropped down the stream, a bullet struck one of the crew, who fell into the water, dead. The others looked up, and saw their fearful enemy retiring into the forest. A simple sarcophagus, such as is common in Kentucky, marks the resting place of the "silent hunter," whose singular and melancholy history has more than once lent its romantic interest to fiction. Sfltri Mistdhtni). ~ Co GENERAL WILLIAM WALKER. This " daring fillibuster," as Blackwood's rifles in their cause. While the revolution was at its height and the State was into two armies, Walker appeared on the sceneat the request of the Leon party. lie landed with less than sixty men. His course and successes are familiar to the public. The result was the defeat of the Charaorro party. Cbamorro himself, in the meantime, had died of a disease under which he had been long suffering. A peace was ran^e between the parties?together they formed a new government ?offering to Walker the Presidency, which he declined, contenting himself with the command of the army. The new government was composed of men of both parties. Such is the history of Walker's fillibustering in Nicaragua. His rule is as legitimate as any that has ever been established in the State, and certainly more wise, firm and just. Mobile Register. From the New Orleuu? Delta. FATHER VIJIL. It will be perceived from a letter of our ! special Nicaragua correspondent, published j in the Delta of Monday morning, that Padre Vijtl lias been selected by the government of Patricio Jtivas to fulfil an important mission in the United States, for which his cni ergy, experience arid capacity eminently quali ify him. Iu plain words, we understand that j lie is the duly commissioned Minister of Nicaragua, replacing Mr. French in the duties and responsibilites of that office, and visiting Washington for the purpose of effecting a ' reconciliation between the somewhat .slow ; and deliberate mother country and herstrug; gling, froward, but chivalrous offspring in 1 Central America. Padre Yijil is a remarkable man, and enjoys a greater reputation, as a thinker and a scholar, than most of his countrymen, at home or abroad. Tie is now iu the maturity of his I powers, being about forty-nine or fifty years of age, and has improved his naturally acute aud searching intellect by comprehensive and varied observations of men, manners and things. He has travelled, struggled, talked and thought, and, like Ulysses, he has become a name? For always roving with a hungry heart, Much liatl he seen and known; cities, of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Himself not lenst, out honored of them all. In many respects his career has been adventurous, singular, almost romantic, and displays as his salient characteristics, prescience, promptitude and versatility. The Padre was at one time a lawyer practising in Granada, we believe, and enjoyed very great prestige as an accomplished jurist and skilful speaker j being almost as effective in court as in chamj bers, in pleading as in advice, lie became ponnootorl to5tTi <armio nf thp nolifinnl mnvo. ments which agitated Central America periodically, and had to choose between exile and death as the penalty of his patriotism, or his rashness, or his ambition, or whatever it may be called. Accordingly, he had to leave Central America, and was refused the privilege of returning in the character of a lawyer, or a soldier, or a politician. Only one role remained which he could play with any adequate chance of success, and in due time he resolved to perform it, and re-appear in his native country under the protection of the Church, and in the surplice and stole of a priest. A priest might act as a lawyer when occasion required, but it is somewhat novel to find a kwyer with a sufficient hardihood to become a priest. There is very little affinity between briefs and bibles, between psalms and forensio harangues, between the service of Christ and the service of an ordinary client; but Padre Vijil was able to reconcile both, and exhibited an equal amount of ability for fees aud fervor, for briefs and hnnrlc fnrtVin pnnvf nnd fho nnnfossiiniinl. fnr V"^ VVI"V W,V ?-Wcross-examination and the cross. In his new capacity the Padre won many friends, and rapidly rose to distinction in the ecclesiastical world, securing universal respect by his charity, his talents and his unquestionable virtues. There is no safer profession than that of a priest, and, as far as our experience goes, none so profitable. So the Padre found that he was secure under his surplice, and that one who cannot love his country as a lawyer with impunity, can afford to worship her as a priest. In diplomacy he soon distinguished himself as much as in theology, and we see the practical result of his sagacity and energy in fhe recent appointment which he has received from the revolutionary government of Nicaragua.? Personally the Padre is a very accomplished individual, with a splendid physical as well as mental organization. He is said to be one of the handsomest men in Nicaragua, and we presume is a favorite father confessor to the fair penitents of that beautiful and voluptuous landf With his fine well-balanced head, his stately bearing, his polished manners, his insinuating eloquence, he is likely to overtop by a head (if we may use the significant phrase of old Homer") all the diplomatists, foreign and do mestic, assembled at Washington. Of course Mr. Marcy will hasten to welcome the Padre, and oppress him with diplomatic attentions, for the purpose of retrieving his mistake in the case of Mr. Parker French, as well as turning the tables on Mr. Buchanan, who is said to have censured the administration for its non-recognition of the de facto government of Nicaragua. TREE PLANTING. We notice among the munificent bequests of Elliott Cresson, a legacy of 85,000 to be employed in planting in this gift. It is fragrant of good taste and friendly feeling. It seems to express gratitude for the comforting shade of some old tree under which the weary philanthopist had meditated his own schemes of usefulness; and of considerate interest for the health and pleasure of future generations, who are to people the city of his birth. And when monuments of bronze shall crumble, the broad arms of the elm and the oak shall stand out against the sky as the befitting memento of the liberality and the last of the tree-loving Philadelphian. Every one should plant trees. No object is more beautiful than a spreading elm, or a lively evergreen; none more productive than the apple or the luscious pear. Half the labor bestowed on a single crop of potatoes, would originate an orchard, the product of ' which in a few years would be equal in value anually, to the potato crop, yet with but little labor beyond the harvesting. A fortnight's toil in the spring or autumn, in transplanting choice fruit-trees to the roadside, or tastefully grouping them on the lawn will ultimately add more to the value of the place than twice the time employed in building fencing. For their own comfort, for the sake of their descendants, for the taste and improvement of the country, plant trees? let everybody plant trees. The bald, naked church, tasteless, treeless ! Who will have compassion on the worshippers, and surround it with trees?? That district school house, bare and unsightly ; who will interest the boys in planting and protecting shrubs and trees that will make it an attractive anil Deatimi spot r? Those verdurelcss villages, with their houses thrust upon the street?who will distribute honey-suckles, and Virginia creeper* and prairie roses, that they may be turned into civilized habitations? There is a softening humanizing influence in horticulture and tree-planting, that wi could wish were more general. There is toe much danger of the gross and sensual anc selfish in our national character; and whih our reliance must be on religious and edu catioiial influence to correct this tendency we believe that good and only good woult come of the love for trees and flowers, anc the cultivation of both. Tt may be blessec in leading the heart up to the love of thi Rose of Sharon and the Garden of God.? A mrrican Messenger. EARLY MENTAL ACTIVITY. " Experience," says Dr. Spurzheim," de raonstrated that of any number of childrei of equal intellectual power, those who re ceive no particular care in childhood, ani who do not learn to read and write until thi constitution begins to be consolidated, bu who enjoy the benefit of a good physical ed ucation, very soon surpass in their studie: those who commence earlier, and read nu merous books when very young. The mini ought never to be cultivated at the expensi of the body; and physical education ough to precede that of the intellect, and thei proceed simultaneously with it, without cul tivating one faculty to the neglect of others for health is the base, and instruction the or nament of education." Let parents, then, check, rather than ex cite, in their children, this early dispositior to mental activity, or, rather let them coun terbalance it by a due proportion of physical and gymnastic exercises ; for it is not somuci the intensity as the continuity of the menta action, which is injurious to the constitution Let them not cause the age of cheerfulnes: to be spent in the midst of tears and in slave ry; let them not change the sunny days o: childhood into a melancholy gloom, whicl can, at best, only be a source of misery anc bitter recollection in maturer years. Physical exercises and the cultivation ol the perceptible faculties should, with th< reading of morai and instructive books, fora the principal occupations of children. Thei] expanding frame requires the invigorating stimulus of fresh air; their awakening or gans seek for external objeots of sense; thoii dawning intellect incessantly calls for theaction of their observant powers. This is the great law of Nature. She has given to the child that restless activity, that buoyancy ol animal spirits, that prying inquisitiveuess, which makes him delight in constant motion and iu the observation of new objects. II these intentions of Providence be not frustrated ; if he be allowed to give himself up to the sportive feelings of his age, he will hhv nntvef if ntinn and n nh-psi. ? J ? ? r~j~ cal aud perceptive development, which are the best preparation for mental labor. Of the men who have conferred benefit on society, and have been the admiration of the world, the gieater number are those who, from various causes, have in early life been kept from school or from serious study. They have, by energetic or well directed efforts, at a period when the brain was ready for the task, acquired knowledge, and displayed abilities which have raised them to the highest eminence in the different walks in life, in literature, the arts and sciences in the army, the senate, the church, and even on the throne. The history of the most distinguished among those who have received an early classical education, sufficiently proves that it is not to their scholastic instruction, but to self-education after the period of school, that they chiefly owed their superiority. David, the sublime author of the Psalms, followed in his early occupations the dictates of nature; he had, in youth, muscular power to tear asunder the mouth of a lion, to resist the grasp of a bear, and to impart to a pebble velocity sufficient to slay a giant. Napoleon, when in the school of Brienne, was noted in the quarterly reports of that institution as enjoying good health; no mention was ever made of his possessing any mental superiority; but, in physical exercises, he was always foremost. Sir Isaac Newton, ac cording to his own statement, was inattentive, and ranked very low in the school, which he had not entered until after the age of twelve. The mother of Sheridan long regarded him as one of the dullest of her children. Adam Clarke wascalled "a grievous dunce" by his first teacher; and young Liebig a " booby" by his employer. Shakspeare, Moliere, Gibbon, Niebuhr, Byron, Humphrey Davy, Porson, and many others, were in like manner undistinguished for early application to study, and for the most part indulged in those wholesome bodily exeroises and that of freedom of mind, which contributed so much to their future excellence. Marcel. W&" There is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he hath her. . SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Not being a graduate of this institution, we may be allowed to say a word or two in its behalf, without laying ourself liable to the charge of undue partiality. Attempts are being made to work its destruction, we think without any just cause. True it is, that occasionally there may be just grounds for this course, found in the outbreaks of the students, but who that has ever mingled with a body of young men has not witnessed similar outbreaks, no matter where the College may have its location ? They are peculiar to the waywardness and recklessness of impulsive youth, and for one, we should be surprised did they not happen. It has been said that f 4Viia Prtllnrvo nnfliimv tKel *4 rla. ..?? " f3 7 serves the patronage of the State for having furnished to the couutry that master mind, that unequalled statesman, MeDuffie. But it has done more. Tt has filled the bench, the pulpit, our Legislative Halls, and has ; sent forth men who, preferring a more secluI ded life, have entered upon that of the far mer, and have succeeded in convincing the . world that Agriculture is a science as well worthy the attention of the intellectual, as i any of the learned professions. In a word, 1 the graduates of this institution have given tone to society in every quarter of the State. ! We hear it sometimes urged as an objection > to this institution, that unless a man is a > graduate thereof, he need uspire to no office [ within the gift of the Legislature, and it is : to give our views upon this precise point, - that we commenced penning this article.? , We would most respectfully inquire who 1 elects the Legislature ? Why, the people 1 to be sure. Who, then, but the people is to 1 blame for this state of things ? Let an eleci tion for members to the Legislature be about - to come off, and the people invariably prefer voting for a man whom they deem most ca* pable to represent them. They cast about them to make their selection, and in nine e* i ii :t - - cases out 01 ten rney conciuaetuat 11 a ujuu ) bad sense enough to graduate at South Car oliua College, he must certainly be qualified 1 to represent them anywhere. Thereisaeer3 tain nameless, indefinable something about t one of these graduates which insures success, - and thus every year the Legislature is filled s with them. Is it a matter of surprise that - they should select from the Alumui those 1 who are to fill the different offices. They too e reason as do the people at home, that he who t has had the opportunity of procuringas good a an education as can be obtained in the Col lege, is better qualified for an office than one i; who has not, and this view, together with - their College friendship, induces them to give their vote for an old classmate. If this is to - be an objection to the College, we think the ) people ought not to urge it, for they are the - individuals who bring about this state of I things, and if they really desire to have it i stopped, they should first change their course. 1 But would this be right? We think not.? . A man should not be put down simply be' cause he is a graduate of any particular Col lege. If he be otherwise qualified for the f discharge of the duties of the station he i 9eeks to fill, he should be elected. We canI not alter what seems to be inevitable. So long as South Carolina College continues to f send forth graduates, we may expect men to i come among us qualified for the discharge i of all the various duties of life?men who r will be appreciated by the people and who ; will receive their merited reward, and if so, we know too much about the friends of r school-boy days, not to admit that the friend ship of youth will oling to them through life, > and cause them now and then to bestow ups on a friend such favors as it may be in their ! power to confer.? True Carolinian. ; TO CRYSTALIZE FLOWERS. r The experiment is simple and can be tried without difficulty. Dissolve eighteen ouu( ces of pure alum in a quart of soft spring water, (observing proportion for a greater or less quantity,) by boiling it gently in a close tinned vessel, over a moderate fire, keeping it stirred with a wooden spatula, until the solution is complete. When the liquor is almost cold, suspend the subject that is to be crystalized, by means of a small thread or twine from a lath or small stick laid horizontally across the aperture of a deep glass or earthen jar as being best adopted for the purpose, into which the solution must be poured. The respective articles should remain in the solution twenty-four hours; when taken out they are carefully to be suspended in the shade until perfectly dry.? When the subjects to be crystalized are put into the solution while it is quite cold, the crystals are apt to be formed too large; on - the other hand, should it be too hot, the crystals will be small in proportion. The best temperature is about yo aeg. 01 r anrenheit's thermometer. Among vegetable specimens that may be operated on, are the moss rose of the gardens, ears of corn, especially millet seed, and the bearded wheat, berries of the holly, fruit of the slowbush, the hyacinth, pink, furze blossoms, ranunculous, garden daisy, and a great variety of others; in fact, there are few subjects in the vegetable world that, are not eligible to this mode of preservation. The fitness of the solutioi for the purpose may be ascertained by putting a drop of it on a slip of grass, and seeing if it crystalize as it cools, if so, the sola-. tion is sufficiently strong. Then twist around a sprig of plant a cinder or wire ornament of any kind, some cotton, or still better, some worsted. After being immersed, as already directed, the surface of the whole will be found oovered with beautiful crystalizations.' The effect of the above is very pretty; especially adopted to winter boquets. Jt&~ Though sometimes small evils, like invisible insects, infliot pain, and a single hair may stop a vast machine, yet the chief secret of oomfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex one, and in prudently cultivating an undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few great ones, alas, are let on long leases 1 19* Experience is a pocket-compass that a fool never thinks of consulting until be has lost his way.