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I ?11 j - ? -1-?-'? l .- ~ ? ?- ,.-, 11 .,,jl, .- ;... . , . ?. ,- t h- . - ,. 7 v .-" 3' .7mlf' " <^^xv ^ ^ ? ^ ^ * ' *~ ^ ?-? ?? ?_____________________^ sami^mbitoh }ProPrietor'- An Independent Journal : For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. |nwn *. grist, mkm. < . *% VOJL. 3. YORKVILLE, S. O., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1857. NO. 5. " : ! ? - ?? - 11 _j ; ; ^ ?_l?l7' Cjroitc Iflctri). r . <1 . . - . TRUISM. Time snccess crowns stern endeavors : Life we know is bnt a span, V One day less each morning measures, Wisely use it while we can. Every station has it.? troubles, - Murmuring o'er it will not mend : Meeting misery makes it double; Longest lanes must have an end. X sunbeams atter snowers are nngnteer, Seeking sorrow is a sin. Loving hearts are ever brightest, " Peace, that jewel, dwells within. Fretful fears in gloom repining Shade the heart with dark despair, See, there's light around you shining, And for shadows never care. Longest joys wont last for ever, - Make the most of every day; Youth and beauty Time will sever, - ? - But content hath no decay. pome Mairs. ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE BETHEL DIVISION, No. 37, . ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1857, . BY J. LHARRY. prBltSHRp BY ORDER OF THE DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen :?I am constrained to state, that I feel myself incompetent to the subject which has brought us together, as I ana unaccustomed to public speaking, and make no pretentions to oratory. You will,, therefore, please bear with me while I shall tell yon a few plain truths, in a plain way, and if I shall have done this so as to fasten the conviction of them on your minds, I will then have accomplished all that I design on the present occasion. We have not called you together that we might make a display of eloquence, with which we are unfortunately not gifted ; nor to tickle your fancies with finely wrought composition, but to tell you what we are trying to do? how we are trying to do it; to make plain what we think your duty is, by answering some of your objections, and thereby gain you over to our assistance in a great work. The sole object of the organization we advocate, is the suppression and extermination of -? the vice of Intemperance, and thereby rid the country of the greatest and most withering^irse that rests upon it. It is not our purpose to war directly and individually against the myriad of vices which are the offspring of Intemperance; but to strike at the root of the matter?to kill the pareut and 1 starve out his children ; or in other words, to remove the cause of vice, that the effects may cease. Our great aim is to place the rising generation in an attitude of defence against the /wAnrtrtM aim! ap tntumnomnna fn giumug Oil ui ? a feeling of disgust, at the use of intoxicating liquors 'kis a beverage " and to reform as far as we raff those who are hastening precipitately and unconsciously to a drunkard's grave. The majiner in which we propose to accomplish these great and desirable ends, is by an organization, which, for beauty and system, stands Unrivaled in the annals of Societies. v The organization is as purely republican as the government under which we live,* and strictly harmonizes with the purest principles of morality and propriety. You have been told that it corresponds in this respect to the government of the Presbyterian Church, and I can think of no other organized body by which its workings can be so clearly illustrated. It consists of a National Division, corresponding to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and made up of delegates from the Grand Divisions of the States; which Grand Divisions correspond to the Synod, and are composed of delegates from the Subordinate Divisions, which Subordinate Divisions, correspond in sovie respects to the Presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church. The organization is such, that uny member of the Order, with proper qualifications, may pass to a seat in the highest Division, and eventually become the chief officer, or president, as it were, of the whole Oislpr?onrrpsnnndinc* in this rpsnppt In nnr r- n ?t j - ? Republican form of government. Members have the right of appeal from a lower to a higher court, as it were, just aswe have from Presbytery to Synod, and from Synod to the General Assembly, or from a County to a Superior thence to a Supreme Court. We might enumerate various other features of the Order, but deem it unnecessa- 1 ry, being persuaded that you now understand its motives and leadiug principles. We pass on to notice some of the various ' objections which are urged against it. It has ' been objected by some that it originated at ! the North, and was therefore an abolition ! movement; by others that it is the offspring of Catholicism, and that its treasures all flow into Catholic coffers; but time and observa- | tion have sufficiently dispelled these un- 1 grounded objections. Had either of these i things attached to the Order, it would, long i ere this, have been proclaimed trumpet- i tongued to -the world, since hundreds of i slaveholders and men of the purest stamp of Christianity are now associated with it, and are intimately acquainted with *all its operations, in all their public and secret ramifications. Can there be a doubt then, as to the groundlessness of these objections? We leave reason and common sense to answer the i question. i It has been objected from various quarters that the church is sufficient: that it ill j become men of the world to dabble in mat- : ters which belong to her, and to assume du- i ties which belong to her Ministers and offi- ; cers, and that therefore, there is no necessity for such an organization. * Do the experience and teachings of the past justify this conclusion 1 We are forced to answer, No ! Prior to the establishment of any temperance societies, this secret enemy and vile monster, Intemperance, under the dominion of tlx church a/one, instead of being suppressed 01 even crippled, grew with gigantic rapidity and threatened to devastate the fair soil ol the human heart and sap the very founda tions of Christianity. It was introduced a* a favorite and necessary guest, into the fami ly circle, and permitted to poison the breath of infant innoceney with its virulent matter, It was used on almost all occasions, and foi almost all purposes : But since the introduction of Temperauce Societies, and especially, that of the Sons of Temperance, its influence has been rapidly retrograding. The influence of these societies have extended to, and rescued thousands whom the church could never have reached. We therefore conclude that there is a necessity for this society. The Church has a great work to perform in evangelising the world, and needs all the assistance possible; and as intemperance is one of the greatest barriers to salvation, we believe that the Church should labor with, and encourage every proper means that may be eraployed to suppress it. Every one readily admits this, but you still object to this society as a proper means to bring about this great end. Men argue that we have do authority from the Bible for such an organization, aud, therefore, they oppose it. Have we any authority from the Bible for Tract Societies, Boards of Publication, and the various benevolent societies which have been organized for the purpose of relieving the suffering, instructing the ignorant and elevating ? degraded humanity ?"? Though we find none of these spoken of in ikitf AWAI-1 Hnrtlr *\A/III1 in w n /J O iiiat oatiuu JiUUHj uuuci tucdc pccuuai ??//ico and do not find the laws and regulations by which they are governed, written out word for word, yet we believe that the doctrines of that most sacred of all books authorizes them, and the most scrupulous among us would be slow to doubt their expediency.? We argue, then, that if it authorizes these, it also authorizes the one we advocate, as it is truly a benevolent society, having for its object the suppression of vice and the good of the race, "without money and without price," only so far as may be necessary to defray its expenses and keep it in successful operation. Away then with this crippled objection. We have slight objections, too, and principally from those plain, unsophisticated, matter-of-fact kind of men, to ouY simple, though beautiful and attractive uniforms. We consider this objection of very little importance indeed, but, as we wish to satisfy all cavils, we will give this a passing notice. You say that you can see no necessity for such a uniform. Admit that there is no crying necessity, can you see no propriety in it? Had we the time we might cite you to the various vestments, staves of office and badges and colors of distinction used in the ancient Jewish Ceremonies, and to the "toga virilis" and "imperial purple" of the "Romans in attestation of their nroDrietv. We read, in the i r J / loth chapter of 1st Chronicles, of David bringing "the ark of the Covenant" froui Obed edom, where "he and all the Levites that bear the ark, were clothed in robes of fine linen" and "David also, had upon him an ephod of linen," which was a kind of girdle, that was brought from the back of the neck over the two shoulders, and hanging dowu in front was put across the stomach, and carried round the waist and used as a girdle to the tunic. There were two kiuds of ephod?one of plain linen and the other embroidered, for the high priest. On the front of these were two precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. Every part of this uniform bears a close resemblance to our regalia. We might cite various other instances, where vestments of various colors and patterns were used to distinguish the different orders of priests, &c. And was there no propriety in these? Why is it that Ministers, even in our day and generation, choose to wear white cravats and sable vestments, if there be no propriety in such things ? It would be considered almost sacrilege for a Minister to appear in the Pulpit clothed in white, and much more so, if he were to appear in red, or any other color apart' from the one peculiar to his office. His peculiar dress is his regalia, and his Bible his badge of office. Can we see no propriety in the regalia of the village /up and city dandy? I think wp onn \Vlmn wp spp n vmmcr man nrnmi nading the streets with a kind of gobbler gait, or loitering on the pavement, the most prominent parts of whom are his nicely finished cane, kid gloves, "principe cigar"? mustache of peculiar twist, and cocked hat, we are warned that he is a member of the order of coxcombs, minus brains, and had better keep clear of him. Can you, who have had the advantage of College training, see no propriety in the badges and regalia that distinguish the literary societies? which, by the by, are more strictly secret associations than that^of the Sons of Temperance. Who would pretend to doubt the propriety of the dress and staves of office woru and used by our militia ? No oue has ever thought of objecting to these things, and why then to the simple and beautiful uniform of the Sons of Temperance ? You say it looks too much like Free Masonry, and therefore you object. The fact, that it resembles Free Masonry in some of its external features, does not constitute Free Masonry. It does not follow, because a man favors an ape that he is therefore an ane. indeed. You mav be . * be assured, my friends, that this Order is not one of Free Masonry. Though I was once a member of this order of Temperance, for nearly four years, yet I know as little now about Free Masonry as I did prior to my connection with it. Suffice it to say then, that as the Free Masons as a society, claim no affinity for us, we therefore as a society, form no part of them. But you say, suppose we admit all you have said to be correct, we still have more weighty objections to urge. What is the use of paying our money and where does it go ? Iq answer to the first part of this question 1 wc might ask what is the use of pa)ing pub r lie tax on laml and other property ? Is it no , to support government by which laws ar f made to protect us in our lives and property - Why pay money to any benevolent cause * such as foreign and domestic missions Boards of publications, Education &c. Yoi i all understand these things very well, anu i is on the very same principle that you pa; your monev into this society. But wlier you ask does this money go ? This questioi is easily auswered. Five cents of your dol lar, or one dollar of every twenty goes to th< Grand Division of the State and ten cents n that dollar, goes to the National Division fo their respective support. Ninety five cent: of every dollar that, comes into the.Divisioi remains there until expended by a vote o the majority of the Division, for whatever he nevoleut or other purpose, they may thinl nrnner All share ennnllv in its henefits. a: i? r " ? 1 v - ? no officer or member receives any pay fo: his service. The quarterly dues are regula ted by each Division, so as to make them together with the initiation fees, if the msm bers see fit, barely defray the expenses of th< Division. So much for the money. The next and last objection that we pro pose to notice is the secrecy. This seems t< be the greatest hob goblin of all others.? Speak to men, who are not overly scrupu lous about, secrecy in other matters, and, es pecially, if it be for the promotion of world ly agrandizeinent, about, joining the Ordci and they very bluntly answer that they op pose all secret organizations, because the Bible says, that we must not. light our candle aui put it under a bushel-, &c.. My friends* die you ever think soberly on this declaration i Opposed to all seefret organizations? This i.? very broad ground. In thus opposing your selves, you are sapping the very foundation; of the government under which you live !? Our Legislatures and National Congress have their secret meetings in which business i; done, with closed doors, for the good of the State or Nation. Our Military and Navj have their secret associations, either which is more strictly secret thau the organization oi the Sons of Temperance. The Church ses sions, Class meetings &e., are, I was jgcinjj to say, as strictly secret, associations as the one we advocate; the greatest difference be ing that wc confess our secrecy and they de not. The family circle, that most, sacred ol all human societies,?organized for thegooe: of the race,?without whose benign influence1 all social order would moulder into confusion, and the whole race would be ushered inte ruin and wretchedness: this eheerished so cicty of so ninny subordinate divisions with the Great, I Am, and his retinue of angel? and archangles for its grand division or head; this organization, which we so much love and cherish, is secret from its foundation up. And the man, who becomes recreant to the graud principles and laws which regulates it* operations by exposing to public ridicule its cherished secrets, must inevitably suffer the consequences of his own folly. Many of the Literary Societies of the institutions of learning, throughout the world ; are more strictly secret than the institution of the Sons oi Temperance. In all of them, so far as I can learn, the Constitution,?By-laws, proceedings and other matters are srrictly secret.? Some of them go so fur as not even to permit any one, except members to look into their Halls,?thus keeping the society with all its appendages, initiation and other fees and ceremonies, a profound secret from the world. And who objects to these societies? No one. Many who strenuously oppose the Order oi Sons of Temperance are, not only advocate? of these, hut even founders and supporters of them They know the design of them tc be good?and that the secrecy is attached merely to excite an emulation for the promotion of kuowledge. If these things are all right, why cavil at. the innocent secrecy of a society whoso great and only aim is the elevation of the social, political, moral, and thereby, religious condition of "degraded humanity ?" You have been told that the only secrecy that attaches to the Order is its initiation ceremony and pass-word?which are perfectly harmless iu themselves. The pass-word consisting generally in a phrase or short sentence, as "peace is happiness," or "down wun too lujuor name, ,.\:c., and sitnilar in every respect. To the watch-word of the camp, given to scutinals and such as have occasion to visit the grounds, and used as a signal by which a friend is known from a foe. The ceremony is a kind of ritual which is as chaste as chastity itself', and is beautifully arranged and elegantly attractive in all its parts. Tts sentiments harmonize with the most refined sensibilities, and coincide with the strictest notions of propriety and morality. What more can we say of it? or how much more public can we make it, without repeating it "verbatim et literatim,"? If you are not satisfied with this explanation, we ask you only to be initiated, and if you are uot then satisfied with the truth of what we afhnu, you have the privilege of dissolving your connexion with us at once. How many of the very best men of America, numbers of whom are most strictly orthodox ministers, of the Gospel, are now, and have been, for years, co-operating with the Order? Among all these, we have never heard of one, who was, in the least, unfavorably impressed with any of its principles, after having become a member. This we deem the strongest proof of the puritv of the Order, and the unfounded objections to its operations. But still we are charged with lighting our candle aud putting it under a bushel! Permit us to say, without any disparagement to persons, or their opinions, that this charge is unwittingly false. If we have any correct idea of the interpretation of this passage of Scripture, we do not understand it to mean, that men are to go out into the streets and make long prayers, and do their alms to be seen of men; but rather their profession, character and doctrine render them conspicuous. "As a city sit on a hill they cannot be hid." "Men will look at them and make observations on all their words and actions in order to form a judge i- merit of their religion." It forbids those it whose minds God has been pleased to enlighte en, from retiring into cloisters, deserts, or ? anv secret, rpcesses, or from bringing themi, selves in obscurity, abd enjoins on all to fill i, up their stations in families, iu societies, and a in the Church, so as to "glorify God in the t sight of men." And as Christians are, in y this sense?which we take to be the true e spirit of the text?on the authority of no less i a personage than the Rev. Rr Scott'; we say - as Christians are in this sense the light of e the religions- world, in the same sense the f Sons of Temperance may be termed the r light of the moral world. Our light shines s transcendently elenr before men. Our Coni stitution; liy-Rawr, principles, doctrines, f motives; actions, words and works, are known, - and read of men, and are open to the scrulic ny of a gainsaying world. We are, perhaps, s more zealous in the cause we advocate; and 1 . A - 1? ?. I * I 1 /?. . r more reauy 10 expwin us oojecrs anu lea tares, than any others; still we are stigmati, zed with lightingour candle and putting it un der a bushel. If men were as strict to ob; serve all the doctrines and teachings of the Bible as they m-m to be in observing this, we would then have a much better world. The Bible says Love the Lord thy Clod with all thy heart, strength aud mind, and thy neighbor as thyself"?don't, covet, don't lie, don't swear, and don't drink liquor; yet men have no scruples in doing many ofthese r things. We believe that all the secrecy that, at> taches to the Order is justifiable, from the 1 fact that its design is for good and uot evil. 1 The ouly thing that, cau render secrecy per> nicious is that it is employed for pernicious , purposes- We believe, also, that there is a propriety in it, since it renders the associa, tion more attractive by throwing a charm of . enticing snspence around it?securing it , from the ridicule and imposition of the world, s and thereby rendering it more permanent. . Why was it that the Washingtonian and j other Temperance Societies were so short, in , their duration, and why was their influence C not extended so widely and felt so sensibly as that of the Sous of Temperance ? It was r no doubt, in a great measure, from the want 1 of system, beauty, and attractiveness in their mode of operation. The "modus operandi" j of the Sons of Temperance is a perfect symep try, beautifully harmouizing In all its parts, [ and we venture the assertion that it has done , more good than all the Temperance Societies that ever existed. It has gone forth , since the year 1842, the year which gave it birth, into almost every nook and corner of , a whole hemisphere, and has excited an in. terest on the subject of Temperance in Kurnrm nnrl ncnnr>inllv in ihot nmc , .VJ,.., ... ""p"""') """ , never felt there before. The Knglinh Parliament has once and ngairr, within the last , few years, proffered the hospitalities and ur. ged them on the acceptance of some of our , distinguished lecturers, to go there and lec, ture thronghout the kingdom on this mo, mentous subject. None can be ignorant of the fact, that, in our own land and country, it has exerted a wonderfully beneficial effect: p politically, socially, morally, and religiously. ( Observation and experience fasten the conviction upon ail, that various pernicious habits have gone into disuse, and that wholc. some customs have been established in their . stead, since the foundation of this Society. . Why then oppose it any longer? Every i one, even . the degraded debauchee, who is wedded to this false jade, Alcohol, readily admits that intemperance is..one of the greatp est evils that exist in the land. AmoDg all . the avenues of vice, none, perhaps, opens So . wide a path as intemperance. Kings and ( Emperors of every age, have drank the wine t of debauch, and as a subtle conspirator with the devil, it acts on every rank of man, from i the most degraded to the uiost exalted, and ever exerts a demoralizing influence. This influence, too, is felt not only by the individi ual upon whom it immediately acts, but also Lv those who are drawn bv its examnle. It is slowly corrupting, arraying vice in its , most dazzling colors, and luring step by step, iuto the dark mazes of that dismal night, in which the soul finally loses the sense of its , own high destiny. As the love of money is , the root of all evil, so the love of alcohol is the root of every vice. But while the one confers many advantages, the other is attended with none. While the love of money is often followed by blessings, the love of alcohol is ever a withering curse. Where money circulates freely, it is a sign of prosperity, life and business; but where alcohol circulates freely, it is a sign of adversity, death, arid stagnation of the general pulse. While the one procures the temporal blessings of a temporal home, the other purchases the curses of heaven and an eternal inheritance for a ruined soul. And can the good and wise behold it every where, the right hand tool of vice, carving its Hues of moral death upon the soul as legibly as the chisel traces its epitaph upon the tomb; an elixer, that fires every nerve and vain of the human frame into open rebellion against the warnings of the spirit, can they see all this and yet remain its advocates, or even lukewarm opponents, or yet fail to raise the hand and voice against the deadly peril ? If ?irnlaiif matter of merelv liodilv disease and corruption could be bottled up and distributed among numerous depots throughout every city, town and village in the country, and there uncorked to send forth its poisonous effluvia to infect the pure air of heaven, or in some pleasing mixture be sold as a "Cordial for the ills of life," the good and wise, nay, the overwhelming mass of mankind, would rise in arms und cry out, that some fiend incarnate had been sending forth the legions of hell to war upon the habitations of men, and exterminate them from the earth. But what is the practical lesson here taught? It is that men love their bodies more than their souls; for alcohol is that virulent matter, with one addition to its power. It is not only deadly to the body,but, it moreover, destroy the soul. Yet the vice of moderate drinking?as the the term goes?is that to which the world has been wedded until it has grown hoary with age. This perfidious bride is a sorceress, who has all through life, been mingling slow poison with the meats of her bridegroom, the world; and has brought upon him crippled limbs and mental infirmities, paralysis of body and blight of soul. Rut the confidence of the bridegroom in his perfidious bride is beginning to be shaken. We look with glowing hope and heart-felt pleasure to the developments and changes of the last <|uarter of a century, and anticipate with joy the period, when this false jade will be divorced and the world be freed from her poisonous blasts, which have, so long swept over its fair face like a withering syrocco, relaxing the nerves and deadningthe sensibilities of humanity. And now, to one and all, and the ladies in rmrHpiilnr top nnnonl fnr vnnr lipnrfv pn.rm. i ; *** **rr? ^v vw wr erution in this great work. Old and young ?wine-bibbers, moderate drinkers, total abstinence men, and all, we want your assistance. We want the Church, her ministers, officers, people and' all, to aid us in assisting them. Don't hold back to see what course the community may take with respect to this course, in order to determine on your duty. Don't read your duty in the physiognomy and action of men, but look rather to your Bibles and consciences, decide thereon your duty, "be sure yon are right, then go ahead." We would have you know that this great log of Intemperance is no ordinary log.? Every one is either an auxiliary or barrier to its progress. Every one, who does not assist in rolling it away, is a stone over which it must be rolled. There is no other means of getting cut of its way than to get behind it and put your shoulder to it. But the ladies 9ay "we are the weaker vessels and cannot assist in such a log rolling." You are greatly mistaken. Your influence is much greater perhaps than you think. Woman is the queen of this world, ut whose shrine i-turday man is ever paying homage. Without her, the world would be a dreary waste, and men, beastly drunkards. Woman's umpire is beauf l f*ii 11 ir nr un ktt fko A I?1? tko Inn | iiiuujr j/i r;cr?cu uj uic jiuct j main. luc iauj guage: "The world was sad the garden was a wild, And, man the hermit sighed till woman smiFd." And we would add that, We have divorced the old alcoholic jade, And sigh for noble woman's genial aid. Select grafting. Correspondence of the Boston Traveller. THE TOWER OF BABEL. Tir.ir.OT, December8, 18">t>.?Tt is nearly two years since that I informed your readers of the grand and instructive discoveries in ancient Nineveh, made by Mr. Place, the French Consul in Mosul. Following up the researches of Botta and Mr. Bayard, he brought to light monuments of that long entombed city, which equally amazed and delighted the world. A man of genius and enthusiasm, he was encouraged by his success with an achievement which, if his opinions shall be verified, will add imperishable lustre to his name. The Tower of Babel was supposed to exist only as a Biblical souvenir a thing of memory and not of substance.? And, indeed, to many who contemplated it only i? its audacity and folly, it seemed a myth or a fancy only of Oriuetal imaginativeness or superstition. Besides, no locality was assigned to the struct, re, except the great plain of Shinar, and no debris or ruins remained as the proof of its veritable reality. How surprising, then, its discover)-, if discovery it shall prove?that Titantie structure, whose base was laid in the earth, yet soaked rrritlv fhrx nrnfovo aT tl\o AaaiI on/1 td}> naa on m. ; ?>ii ii iiit it a i<i, i u vi nit ii vuuj uiiu tt nvot ouai- i i mit was designated to pierce the very heav-1 ens! And why not discovered? Nineveh ! has yielded up its secrets after a burial of loug ceuturies. Babylon, once the glory of the Chaldean's excellency, has opened her gates again?if not to her Persian besiegers, i at least to the living generation of all races 1 ?and in her cylinder books offers her his- 1 tory to the world's inspection. What remained for discovery in the wreck aud ruin of the Old World but Isabel, that mighty 1 tower, which was designated to pierce the skies, and defy a second deluge ? If it seems too much for belief, what should be 1 thought incredible when Nineveh and Baby- 1 ; Ion are brought back to the land of the liv- 1 irig by a sort of resurrection, and their monu- 1 ; meats of art are travelling through the na- j i tions to amaze and delight mankind? | Besides, there is a providence to be traced 1 j in these discoveries. They serve not only to I arouse, but to instruct; they not only gratify < the curiosity, but establish beyond all doubt j aud controversy the veracity and inspiration ] of the Sacred Records. -The light of pure | Christianity begins to beam upon the early j seats of the human race; it is meet that it | should be met by the light of the remotest | ] antiquity. j The substance of the information which 1 has just been circulated relating to the dis- i covery of tho Tower of Babel, I will give in i a few words, expecting soon to receive fuller t details, at the same time remarking that the 1 French Consul General of Beirot, Mr. Les- j sops, has received various curious artioles t which were found in the tower, which I hope i soon to see and describe. I think my hand, ( if not my heart, will fairly tremble if once it f takes hold of the shovels, the trowels, and ^ the hods used by those old masons and builders. t The village of Arbela, so famous in his- r ..i ? % . i / tory for the decisive battle iougnt near Dy i Darius and Alexander, is only a few day's a journey from Mosul, to which Mr. Place, t wearied with the monotonous wonders of ^ Nineveh, set off with his accustomed enthu- r siasm in search of new discoveries, in a re- "1 gion celebrated in classical history. On his 1: way an incident ocoured, whioh proves to o what a degree the statement* of history re- r specting the locality are the simple truth.? a The escort of Mr. Place dismounted when p they'reached the field of Arbela, following a ~ r ' ". "V - the example of the Consul, who wished to study the battle-fietd; and this he was obliged to do standing, as Turkish etiquette permits no one to remain seated in his saddle. Soon, however, he mounted again, in order to scour the plain, and the escort did the same, except a single Turk of enormous proportions, who followed on foot, puffing and bathed in sweat. Mr. Place, pitying him for his sad plight, asked him if he did this hppnnap tip T>rpfprrp/t wnlVInor tst riftinrr ? r -ft "to" "By no means," replied the Turk; "but I am unable to remount my horse, because I need the help of a stone iu order to regain my stirrup, and who can find a single stone in all the plain of Gingarnella?" Now it is well known that I>arius employed three hundred thousand men for many days in levelling this plain and in breaking whatever would interpose an obstacle to hi? cavalry and chariots of war. In the centre of the old battle field of Arbela rises a hill of colossal dimensions, whose object the party vainly conjectured, thinking it might be a tomb, or a triumphal monument, or more likely both. Unfortunately they had not time to examine it, nor the appliances necessary for exploring it. Passing on, Mr. Plane and his party at length discovered what they believed to be nothing less than the veritable remains of the Tower of Babel?the wonder of wonders, and the grandest spectacle which the eyes of men can contemplate in this age of the world. The proud tower, which was built in defiance of Tleaven, and aimed to pierce the very skies, has lost, in the course of ages, its cloud reaching elevation. Six of its eight stories havo fallen and crumbled into dust; but the two which remain are so high that they may be seen for fifty or sixty miles round. The base of the tower is quadrangular, and each oiilo oViAiif oSv V\ n /lfAm Oiug UUUUb IIUUUICU Ittl) lUUgt - XliC WTT" er i9 made of bricks of the purest clay and of a white color, which is a lit,le shaded with a yellow tint. Under a clear sun, and as a whole, this ancient monument of human skill and daring presents a fine blending of colors which sets the painter's pallet at defiance. Before being baked, the brick had been covered with characters traoed with the accuracy of the hand of a writing master. Near the top of the letters the straight strokes were adorned with flourishes resembling the heads of nails. All was neat, regular and severe; and indeed those who saw those specimens of ancient calligraphy affirm that the fathers of the human race wrote a better hand than their children. Another curious fact arrested the attention of the exploring party. The sacred record runs thus: "And it came to pass as they journeyed from the East that they found a plain in the valley of Shinar, and they dwelt there. And they said one to another ?Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly; and they had brick for stone, (or instead of stone,) and slime had they for mortar." Modern sceptics may* ask, where could these builders obtain all this bitumen? ?for a vast quantity must have been demanded to meet the wants of so many trow els. It is a singular coincidence that Mr. Place discoverhd a fountain at a small distance from the tower, whose waters flow in such abundance as almost to form a river.? The stream would force its way into a river in the vicinity, did not the people haston to stop it by setting the bituminous flood on fire, when they tranquilly wait till the fire is extinguished for the want of aliment. Thus the old fountain still pours out ioexhaust-< able quantities of bitumen, or slime, which supplied these old builders in their vast enterprise. Bitumen also adds to the durability of bricks, as well as firmly consolidates them in masonry. Could anything be added to the marvel of the coincidences ? Thus travels and expeditions in Assyria become Biblical corollaries, and new proofs are never wanting of old truths. Among the interesting discoveries of Mr. Place were certain inscriptions on fillets of gold, silver and copper, and also upon a metal now unknown, and which has somewhat of the appearance of ivory. It has been submitted to the experiments of intelligent metallurgist, and its qualities will soon be ascertained. Some very curious patograpbs, taken by the expedition, completed their labors, one of which was of the ruins of the palace of the famous Queen Semiramis. This ancient monument, situated on the height of a mountain raised by the hands of men, overlooks the awful solitudes which surround Lake J Van?a body of water six or seven times larger than Lake Geneva. # It is not strange that a gentleman who had i een and handled some of the articles brought < from the Tower of Babel by Mr. Place should < be excited as he says he was: "In relation 1 So archaeological news I take the liberty to \ inform you that I have just seen the oldest I Shings of the Old "World. Indeed, I do not < know that I should be more surprised by see- I ing the fragments of the ark itself; Taney i x> yourself that I have just touched and held i n my hand, and turned again in every way, 1 1 little morceau of the Tower of Babel! This i irinket of moulded clay, illustrated and ba- < fed by the sons of Noah, has passed from the t flain of Shinar to the chapel of St. Mesmin, ind is the fruit of the strokes of the hammer n the hand of Mr. Place, our learifed and j mterprising Consul, to whom I am indebted } 'or a sight at this precious little relic, about ( yhich cluster so many grand souvenirs." j I will only add, that if your readers wish ( o obtain a distinct and acurate idea of the j egion referred to, in which lies the battle ( ield of Albela, and the plain of Shinar, they z hould open their atlas and survey the conn- z ry between Mosul on the Tigris, and Lake r 7an, southeast of Ararat. It was very natu- j al that the sous of Noah, descending from f Ararat, should commence their agricultural a abors in the fertile and well-watered plain i f Shinar, lying to the east, where, in terible remembrance of the flood, they vainly nd impiously attempted a work which should irotect them from the reeurrenoe of the dis- u ster. Recently, I met ah English gentle- h man, Major Frazer, who belonged to the staff of General Williams, the hero of Kan, who with three or four other Englishmen^ had gained the summit of Mount Ararat? the first feat of the kind since the children,of Noah descended from it. Thns, by a singular coincidence, about the same time, the 4a* cred summit was reached where the srk rested, and the tower discovered which was er rected on the plain at its base. ' A THRILLING INCIDENT. \ The tragedy of Nacogdoches, and-.tin* romantic incidents which lead to the Texan War of Independence, find their parallel on- - ? ly in the Roman history ef Lucretia and the elder Brutus. Juan Costa was a person of influence and bravery in the wild forest, but he fell under/, the displeasure of Santa Anna, and his min-. " _ T>.5 ,1_ _f> %T ioo, reams, ine commanaantoi nacogaoenes, was sent to arrest him. He arrested the. father at the sapper table, attended by hi* only daughter, a; yonng girl .of surprising beauty and intelligence. He loaded him with chains, and cast him into prison, notwithstanding her prayers and entreaties^ Finally he proposed to free the father if the^ daughter would consent to sacrifice her inno- . cence and honor. She rejected the infc* mous proposal with a blew in the face. The armed ruffian swore a horrible oath to ex& cute his will on both. . . > With dark eyes, tearless, fixed as those of a corpse, yet flashing a double portion of luminous fire, she mounted a horse and hurried away wild around the country.; She halted at every house', no -matter whether Mexican or American, and rehearsed, in thrilling horror, her father's wropgj and her own. All timid modesty, all weakness hidvan-' ished from her tongue, utterly consnmed.by the scorching thirst for vengeance. She painted, in passion's fiery language;' and with awful rainuteless, the fact of. the damning deed. She bared her virginbosom,'Mid:' showed the livid marks of the rayifcber?r fingers among the azure veins along the su^ face of snow, now so polluted and .toiled, but before so pare as the gleam of an angeF^' wing. -. : And still, wherever the beautiful ' maid wandered,a deafening yell of wrath and Vengeance rose up against the tyrants. Th^Tpeo^' pie of both races and all classes flew to arme, appointing a general rendazvons for the 14th of June, at the residence of the absent and; now imprisoned Juan Costa. r -.* * It was there debated by the people the mode of attack, and who should be their leader; but nothing being agreed on/the whrfp assemblage bade fair to break up in oonfasion, when a tall and powerfully-built strarfger, who had just entered Texas from the States, came forward and addressed the titude. . "I am a stranger, and also a man; and I owe my life, soul, body, health.and happiness, all?all to wopan?to my motherland if I turn a deaf ear to the prayers of "aninnocent woman, asking my aid. Against a:villian, may she and ay God curse me 1 Tf yoft" stay behind, I go for one to fight Pedrajt^ and his well armed ravishers of ' you wive#and daughters!" The speech was received with tremendous cheers, and a general shout, that seemed to shake the solid earth, uttered th^fiwtpeal to the revolution. "We will go! Death to the tynbts'rr1 Freedom for Texas, and the gjo^shall be? our leader!" And then for the first time was-bearif -Hr the land of Texas, the name destined to become an echo to the pulsation of all hearts ?the name of Thomas J. Rusk. . The next day he led his raw recruits to?. the attack of Naoogdoches, and stormed tejfr, ry position against immense odi^aftera|r assault of four hours, the carnage- being dreadful on both sides. Fortunately among the slain was the dead body of the atrobiejurT Podrns ~ , " ? Facts about the Tbesidents.?Foat of the first seven were from Virginia. Two of the same name were from Massachusetts,and the seventh from Tennessee. Ail but one were sixty six years old on leaving officii having served two terms; and one of them;* who had served but one term, would ha^h becn sixty-six years of age at the end pf'another. Three of the' seven died 'oa tjiie: Fourth of July, and two of them "on the 3ame day and year. Two of them were on: the sub-committee of three that drafted the^ Declaration of Independence, and these two died on the same day and year, and on .the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and just half a century from the. day of. the Declaration. . The names of three of the seven ended in son, yet neither of these transmitted his name to a son. In raspeot to the names of all, it may be said, in Contusion, the initials of two of the seven were the same ; and of two others that'tjiey were the same. Therremaining one, who standi done in this particular, stands alone also in Ire love and admiration of his countrymen urd the civilized world?Washington _ . _ . _ Jf the first five, only one had a Bon, and1 hat son was also President v . ;/ The Muck-Bed?There is a "placer" oo often un worked,which contains untold. veal th to the farmer. It is a well-establishid fact, that two loads of mack, which may . >e generally had at the cost of draining, somposted, with one load of animal manure, iirnish three loads of fertilising material jqual to barn yard manure. Let not this . neans of increasing the product of the farm emain unemployed. Add muok to the mamre from the stables, spread it over the rards, use it freely. If sufficiently. dry, it orms a capital bedding material for stabled nimals, absorbing the liqid manures, and lecoming thoroughly inoorporated with the olid,?Ex. Honesty.?Obsolete; a term formerly sed in the case of a man who bad paid for is newspaper and the coat en his btok.