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i??????????? i 11 i -ii ii i lewis u.geist,proprietor.| An Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Jpterests of the South. {mperamuk.ih advaics VO%''i}: '; ". ? - vt--- YOBKVILLE, S.~C., THIJIlSDAY.'MAir 27,1858. * ;T.': I Cjwitt |Mr|. ? * > ? ^ . For the Yorkville Enqairer.. "THE HAVEN." The following is from a volume of poems called "Hoars of Life" by Mrs. Whitman, one of the most accomplished poetesses of our country. In her own peouliar sphere? subjeotive, ideal, passionate and yet 'still, hushed and yet intense?she stands unrivaled among the poetesses of our time. This poem, the reader of Poe will perceive, glances over the whole range of the Raven-Poet's wierd and thrilly dark domain : and hurries * one, breathless and listening, through a world un'ike all others?gorgeously mournful, hushed, shuddering, vast, desolately sumptuous, enchanting and dread, princely and doomed. oucn was xjiajah. JL VL o.uvuyu; world. This piece has been styled a subtle distillatiou.from his mouroful and splendid compositions?the quintessence of an essence. As a specimen, it does not do justice to the genius of the writer; and yet the admirer of Pox will feel a thrill at almost every line?the trnest and least fallible of all tests to determine the presence of the poetio power.-. Bead it slowly. - Winnsboeo', 8. C. J. W. D. THE P.AVEN. Raven, from the dim dominions On the Night's Plutonian shore, Oft I hear thy dusky pinions * Wave and flutter round my door?' See the shadow of thy pinions Float along the moon-lit floor. Often, from the oak-woods glooming Round souie grim, ancestral tower In the lurid distanoe looming? Some high, solitary tower? T can hear thy storm-cry booming '< Through the lonely, midnighthour. ?Miv When the moon is&t the zenith, Thon dost haunt the moated hall, .*< Where the marish flower greeneth - O'er the waters like a pnll? . - Where the House of Usher leaneth Darkly nodding to its fall. , . There I see thpe, dimly gliding? See thy blaok plumes waving alow? In its hollow casement-biding, When their shadow yawns below, To the sullen tarn confiding * The dark secrets of their woe. When the midnight stars are burning - In their oressets silver clear,? Wfteh Ligea's spirit yearning For the earth-life wanders near,? When Morelia's soul returning, ? Wierdly whispers, "I am here?" < Then, all night, I see thee wheeling Round a conch of India's loom, Where a shrouded form, congealing MM In the cerements of the tomb, Sleeps beneath the vaulted ceiling . - . Of Rowena's bridal room. Once, within a realm enchanted, On a far isle of the seas, By unearthly visions haunted, By unearthly melodies,? Where the evening sunlight slanted Golden through the garden trees,? Where the dreamy moonlight dozes, Where the early violets dwell, Listening to the silver closes . ^ Of a lyric loved too well, - ? Suddenly, among the roses, Like a cloud, thy shadow fell. Once, where Ulalume lies sleeping, Hard by Auberis haunted mere, With the ghonls a vigil keeping, On that night of all the year, Came thy sounding pinions, sweeping Through the leafless woods of Wier. Oft, with Proserpine I wander On the Night's Plutonian shore, Hoping, fearing, while I ponder On thy loved and lost Lcnore? On the demon doubts that sunder Soul from soul forever more;? Trusting, though with sorrow laden, That, when lire's aarK aream was o er. By whatever name the maiden Lives within thy mystic lore, ? Eiros, in that distant Aidenn, Shall his Charmion meet once more. iillagepfe. HASKELL'SIECOND WIFE. BY CLARA AUGUSTA. 'Gracious airth! what is the world comin' to ! Miss Perkins, have you heard the awful, awful news I' AuDt Sally Walker's green sun-bonnet popped through Mr. Daniel Perkins' doorway, and aroused that lady from a profound revery over a hot flat-iron, and a prim rose tinted piece of muslin which bad once formed part and parcel of her go-to-meeting cap. ?" ' * * 'Sakes! you liked to scared me out of my wits, aunt Sally ! My nerve has been rather week since I had the neuralgia. Dew 0 set down and take off your bonnet, dew ! I am in a flurry, you see ironin'?but what is the news ?' 'The news! I say it is shameful! He ought to be ashamed of himself!' <1 don't doubt it, if you say so, aunt Sally ; but dew 'luminate' me, as son Josh always says when he wants to find out anything.' 'Wall, Miss Perkins, it'll makeyour heart ache to hear it, but sooner or later evil must git out, and I might as well tell you of it as anybody. Our minister, Leonard Haskell, isagoin to git married again !' 'Git married again ? Leonard Haskell git married again ? Why, 1 shouldn't a been more surprised if the world had fell into the oshun! Poor Mrs. Haskell! Poor, dear, dead woman ! Ain't been dead more'n three years, if she has so long. Ah! dear, 'the heart is desateful above all things, and wondrously wicked, and who shall know it?' That means the heart of man, aunt Sally? not the heart of woman/ 'You might as well say so, Miss Perkins, you may as well call 'em desateful; and them as is rid of them folks may think themselves well off. I've blessed my stars all my life time?though to be sure, it's been a short one?that I didn't git tangmd up with any of 'em when I was a gal. It's a wonder, though, I hadn't, for there was Thomas Turpentine, as lively a feller as there was in town anywhere, a fussin' after me the whole time?ready to break his neck for me; and there was Sam. Henderson, run a mile through the snow-drifts to keep Bill Huggins from goin' home with me! But then the good Lord knows they didn't any of'em git me?no, no, indeed 1 Catch Sarah Timebuok in that trap if you caD. I'll wagger a little something she knows too much for that.' Aunt Sally paused, not because the fountain of words was drawn dry, but from sheer lack of breath to keep the vocal machinery in operation. Miss Perkins, delighted with the opportunity of getting in a word, hastened to improve the time. 'Leonard Haskell goin' to git married. It can't be possible. Git married ! I declare, I am so full of condigation at the thought, that I can't express my ideas! selfish onnateral creature. He ought to be hung alive, and then stuck full of blunt-pointed pins. I can't beep my temper -about it.?Who told you the shameful news, aunt Sally V ' 'Miss Watson was into the minister's yesterday, and Bridget, the gal as works there, 1 " TT .1_.11 1_- J kn.;nAca saiu iur. XlilM&Uli u?u guuc ayrajr uu uumuwo. Miss Watson asked what his business might be, and the gal said it might be to git married. You see these Irishers are cute people. Arter a good deal work at questing and teesin', Miss Watson managed to find out that Mr. Haskell had gone down to Lancaster to bring up his wife. 'My goodness! Then there can be no doubt of it. What is the bird's name 1 Hid Miss W., find that out?' 'Jennie Arlington?a mighty fine name ye see; and 'cordin' to the orders the gal has got for cookin' and a fixin' up, I guess she's a mighty fine lady. Ah! dear? strange, an old man, like Leonard Haskell, should go off arter a flighty young gal. How much better to have took some more experienced woman/ 'Yes, a woman like you, aunt Sally. I don't want to insult you, for I know how you despise the whole desateful set of mankind, but I have thought ever since Mrs. Haskell died, that you would make an excellent wife for our minister. Just the right kind of a person to understand the wants of the parish, and sympathize with him in bis labors.' Aunt Sally twisted her bonnet string, and , blushed scarlet. 'Oh ! Miss Perkins, you actually flustrate me! The saints knows I wouldn't of my own 'cord marry the best man in the universe; no, notifbe was made of solid gold; but if it was for the good of the people, and i I thought I migfht be the means of benefiting an unborn lexerity, I might, yes, I might consent to make a martyr of myself.' 'Just like you, aunt Sally, always thinking of other folks before yourself?and the very ? ? ??? AT 1* WUlJiau iui a i Li I u is lc i o nnc. Uiiaugt itn, Haskell can't see the good in his own congregation ; but he must be off arter a young critter all flounces and furbelows. Like as not she wears hoops too.' 'Not a doubt of it Miss Perkins, and I says its scandnlous. He don't git much money out of me to support her extravagance, I can tell ye. His donation party next week, shant be graced by my presence, that's flat.' <1 don't blame you, aunt Sally. You have a right to feel slighted about it, when everybody around here has fixed on you for Mr. Haskell's second wife. I think it's an anbominable piece of swindlin' on honest folks, and I don't keer who knows I think so.' 'Yes, it's all that; but I must be agoin'? it's nigh on to ten o'clock, and I want to call on Miss Baker, and Miss Kelley, and Mrs. Koberts, and Miss Giles, and tell 'em bout it. Such ongrateful works ought to be known, I think. Dew call round soon, Mrs. Perkins I'm always rejoiced to see you. Good morning.' Aunt Sally bounded down the grass grown path with the elasticity of sixteen, and soon lost her pretty form to view in the shrubbery of witch hazel, which shaded the road, while Mrs. Perkins, with a long face, and heart full of indignation against the deceitfulness or man, returned to her ironing. The day of rest, Sunday, came at last?a day most anxiously looked for in Tattletown, the day which was to afford them a view of the clergyman's new wife?the woman who tn in tho fpmalft r>raver meetings. "^ ~ I J? o / take the President's chair atthe sewingsociety, be first in all charitable moves, to assist the he&theu fourteen miles beyond tbe South Pole, entertain every wandering vagrant that chanc'ed to be perambulating the country under the disguse of a book agent, colporteur, or itinerant, and keep peace and quietness among the female portion of the community, without offending man, woman or child No wonder there was a great sensation on the appearance of such a wonder. ' Spies, who had been stationed at the railroad depot the previous night, testified to having seen the clergyman alight from the cars with a lady closely veiled, clinging to his arms. In the darkness they could not tell whether she was hooped or not, but it could be sworn to, if necessary, that the lady's dress was "ruffled and trimmed with fringe.' Sunday morning at half-past ten o'clock saw the little meeting-house of Tattletown filled tA rwprflnwintr. Whitefield or Sour U,IVW ww v,v*"" '"""O ft geoo, would have been astonished at the magtude of the audience. Every eye in the assembly was fastened upon the door through which the clergyman usually made his entrance, and every face was drawn down by othodox precision. The time rolled slowly away?the little bell ceased tolling?the humble reed organ struck up a a voluntary tune, the closely scrutinized door opened and in walked the Rev. Leonard Haskell, accompained by one of the prettiest ladies it had ever been the privilege of the Tattletownites to look upon. She was evidently not more than twenty years old, small and light, with ohesnut > colored hair, whioh (abominable to relate) i she wore in ourls; deep hazel eyes, a pure red and white complexion, hands and feet like t.. mountain sylph's. She was dressed exquisitely in fawn colored silk, (her wed-1 ding dress, the villagers said,) the skirt of which was flounced, and encircled with a light wreath of psle embroidery. Her mantle was drab brocade, and her bonnet white crape, with feathers. The lady took the head of the clergyman's pew, and listened with the most devout attention to his discourse. Immediately on the close of his service, she took Mr. Haskell's arm, and, without stopping to be introduced to any one, walked by his side to the parsonage. Tattletown was outraged! Such a palpapie sight had never been heard of before ! Why she didn't stop and be introduced to her husband's people, and invite them to the parsonage to supper ? 'Agrand feeling, city highflyer,' said the ? !- 3 - woman lucieiiuiteiy. 'A deuced handsome woman! Lucky fellow that Haskell/ said the men, admiringly. The little green in front of the meetinghouse was alive with the ladies of Tattletown, gathered there to discuss, each with her neighbor, the astounding occurrence ! 'Good lookin', but proud as Lucifer,' said Mrs. Baker, the lawyer's wife. 'Dressed out like a wax doll/ said Mrs. Giles, the- store-keeper's wife. 'Curls! and a minister's wife, too. She ought to be ashamed of her sinful variety, ejaculated pious old mother Barber, with a melancholy shake of her venerable head. 'And a ruffled gown and feathers in her bonnet/ said the widow Crab. 'And a furbelowed white cape, s.U bows and tassels/ put in Keziah Goodall, the crazy woman, feeling the need of saying something. 'She'll run Mr. Haskell's income out in less than six months/ exclaimed a tall scraggy woman, with a drop in her eye. 'She ought to take lessons in eoonomy. Tattletown ain't made of gold, or bank bills either.' 'That's the truth, Mrs. Wriggleswhittam, and I think Mr. Haskell ought to be ashamed of himself?putting upon good honest people in sioh a way! For my part I ain't gwino to slave myself to wait upon a budget of flowers, feathers and ruffled silk, if jit is a minister's wife.' It was evident to all that Miss Perkins felt what she said. (A11 men is desatefal?'ministers as well as other folks'?simpered aant Sally, wiping a corner of her eye with a white cambric handkerchief. To this eloquent truism, the ladies could, of course, offer no disclaimer, and after a little more high spiced gossip, the separated, eaoh one, expressing a wish that Mrs. Haskell, No. 2, would attend the evening prayer meeting. Evening came and saw the prayer meeting fully attended. Old and young, lame, halt and blind, were represented, all on the qui vive to see how the clergyman's fashionable wife would acquit herself at a prayer meeting. By and by, Mr. Haskell and his lady appeared, much to the relief of the people, who had faared that the east wind would terrify the lady and keep her within the limits of the parsonage parlor for the night.. . Mr. Haskell went about shaking hands with his brethren, and the lady sat down perfectly at ease in the chair by the fire. 'You've got an addition to your family, ain't you,, brother Haskell ?' inquired a curious sister, as the pastor was shaking hands with her. * 'Yes, sister Reed, Jennie came up with me last night. I hope you will all like her. I assure you she has the disposition of an angel, almost,' and Mr. Haskell looked towards Jennie with a world of satisfaction shining in his clear blue eyes. The feminine portion of the assemblage, now that the subject was fairly broached, began crowding about their clergyman thick nn/l foof on?1 nnflfltinn nft.er ffllPStion WAS poured into his transfixed tympanum. 'How long have you been acquainted with this Jennie?' asked Mrs. White. 'Ever since she came into the world/ he returned with a quaint smile. 'Oh! lived in her neighborhood?nigh her folks, I 'spose/ broke in Mrs. Barber; 'but ain't she terrible extravagant ?' The clergyman' eyes flashed, but he restrained himself, and replied calmly : 'Jennie is not extravagant, J. can assure you.' 'Well, I'd like to ask one question, Mr. Haskell. Do you, a man so old and experienced as you, love this young and flighty critter ? This?this mere school girl, not half old enough for you, to say the least V It was aunt Sally who propounded this enquiry. Mr. Haskell's reply was brief and to the point, and everybody started back when he uttered it: ? 'As my life!' For"a moment there was a silence; then Mrs. -Perkins broke out with? "Well, if you love her, which is singular to me, I'll confess, and she ain't extravagant, and you've known her so long?I 'spose all we oan do is to make the best of it, and say nothin'. But whv don't you introduce her to us?" "With pleasure," returned the clergyman, walking up to Jennie, and, taking her hand, he led her into the centre of the room. "Brethren and sisters, allow me to present to you my sister, Miss Jennie Arlington, of Lancaster." Judge of the consternation which followed, if you can, dear reader 1 Judge of the different colors which flashed over different faces gathered there in Dea. Barber's "fore room." Hissister ! Yes, only Mr. Haskell's sister. His widowed mother had married James Arlington, shortly after the death of her first husband, and Jennie was their child. It is needless to say that Tattletown regained its equilibrium immediately?Miss Arlington was invited to tea, feasted and breakfasted so much that she was obliged to return to Lancaster, for fear of gout and dyspepsia. Mr. Haskell is a widowhr to this day, notwithstanding toe fitness of aunt Sally for a clergyman's wife j anff Bridget, the "cute Irisher," who set all lj&ttletown by the ears, still presides over his Ifcusehold. r gjWlaMs |leabiitg. THE BAB IE. Nae shoon to hide her tiny tee, Nafcetociing on hsr feet; Her supple ankles whiteas snaw, A 1_ LI A. * ur cany uiossoma Bweei. Her simple dress of sprinkled pink, Her doable, dimpled ohia, Her pucker'd lip and haumy moa, With nae one tooth between. Her een, see like her mither's een, Twa gentle, liquid things; Her face is like an angel's face? We're glad she has no wings. She's the budding o' our love, A giftie God gie'd us ; We munna lure the gift ow'r weel, 'Twad be nae blessing thus. HOESE TAMINGT Sir : This subject does not appear to be full; understood even by professional horsemen. The majority of horses which are denominated vicious, are on the contrary extremely dooile and possessed of gentle natnres, hut as these admirable qualities are always associated .with boldness and oourage, such animals will not infrequently retaliate by kicking or biting their abusers. They never exhibit antagonism unless punished or when made to perform some painful exertion, taxing them beyond their powers. The horse inherits a greater degree of intelligence than any other useful animal of the brute kind. His instincts, in many instances, compare favorably with those of the nobler animal, man. If, therefore, a horse is obdurate and incorrigible, it is because he has not been understood; beoause his genius is superior to the person to whom his early education and training have been confided. Ignorant grooms, in breaking colts, use coercive measures, where kindness and gentle treatment are pnly appropriate. The first impreBdons ot a young horse deprived of his liberty and the unrestrained following of hie own inclinations, are almost certain to mark indellibly his future career, and make biro either obstinate and intractable or submissive and affectionate. Thus, if he has been frightened and his nervous system excited beyond control, flogging or any harsh practice would confirm what originally was*but an impulse, and make it a permanent habit. Horses, like men, are more susceptible to flattery than chastisement. I .will relate * case in point which occurred last Spring by which a promising thoroughbred, three years old, was entirely ruinrdimdispoeition^ The animal in question was unusually intelligent, possessed remarkably elastio limbs and temperament, and was perpetually throwing uphis heelB and gamboling when not restrained by lack of space. A professional horse-trainer had contracted the job of reducing him to servitude. The first difficulty of catching the colt in an adjoining pasture was only accomplished after half & day's coaxing, and the ntter demolition of the patience of the trainer. This individual, thoroughly exasperated, initiated the mettlesome animal into the virtues of a black whip. His efforts at resistance were terrific; he kicked and plunged, and made fearful lunges at his executioner; he was in the most intense stat6 of excitement p the neck veins became gorged with blood, and his eyes were projected far from their sockets. So ungovernable did he become, and so mnoh was his indignation aroused by this surprising treatment, that after a period of a week had elapsed, the opening of the stable door where he was confined was the signal for a continuation nf fVioIrintinoranr} cirri cralpfl whinh mftrk *""* v* ??'"b """OB? ed the day of his introduction to society.? At the present time this colt is the most furious and vicious quadruped I ever saw, which is entirely attributable to the brutal flogging he received when it was unmerited, and before he could understand its object.? Thus tho superior intelligence which might have been cultivated into pre-eminent virtues, was turned into a channel for the fostering and development of his baser proclivities. In breaking a oolt, we should first endeavor to make him conscious of what is required of him. Fettering him with a halter for the first time, placing the saddle upon his back, fastening the girths, are all matters of paramount importance, demanding the greatest degree of patience, perseverance, and an intuitive knowledge of his idiosyncracies. Before putting a halter upon a colt, he must be rendered familiar with it by caressing him and permitting him to examine the article with his nose. Then place a portion of it over his head, occasionally giving it a slight pull, and in a few minutes he will be accustomed to these liberties, and then the halter may be fastened on properly. To teach him to lead is another difficulty. Stand a little on one side, rub bis uose and forebead, take bold of the strap and pull gently, and at the same time touch him very lightly with the end of a long whip across his hind legs. This will mako him start and advance a few steps. Repeat the operation several times, and he will soon learn to follow you by simply pulling the halter. The prooesa of saddling and bridling is similar. The mouth of the colt should be frequently handled, after which introduce a plain snaffle between bis teeth and hold it there with one hand and caress him with the other. After a time he will allow the bridle to bo placed upon him. The saddle can now be brought in and rubbed against his noBe, his neck, and his legs; next hang the stirrup strap across his back, and gradually insinuate the saddle into its place. The girth should not be fastened until he becomes thoroughly acquaited with the saddle. The Qj-st time the girth is buckled it should be done so loosely as not to attract his attention; subsequently it can be tightened without in spiring him with fear, which, if fastened im mediately, it would most certainly do. It this manner the wildest colt can be effeotu ally subjugated by such imperceptible de grees that he gWes tacit obedience before he is aware of his altered condition. The recently introduced art of taming hor ses, as practiced by Mr. Rarey, and whicb has given him an enviable celebrity in Eu rope, is one which, in my opinion, will prove of inestimable value, not only in training colts, but in eradicating tbe vices of the matured horse. Mr. Rarey's method is nol new in this country, nor original with him, it having been practiced by circns riders io subduing and educating horses for their performances. The treatment is exceedingly simple, and consists in placing the horse in such a position as to render all his efforts at resistance abortive. Once convince hira ol your superiority, mentally and physically, and the obdurate spirit is permanently conquered. The older the horse, the more difficulty in vanquishing him, as he clings to his early impressions with astonishing tenacity. Last week I had the gratification of witnessing the taming of a horse by a confrere of Mr. Rarey, practicing in this city?Mr. Caleb H. Rarey. The horse provided for the operation was a most incorrigible brute; extremely nervous, and apparently actuated by a desire to taste of every person who came within range of his mouth. Mr. Rarey approaohed him fearlessly, and after a contested struggle of two hours, the ferocious animal was entirely changed in disposition. In fact he presented a most pitiful and forlorn appearance, and not only permitted Mr. Rarey, but also the bystanders to take liberties which, two hours before, he would have resented in the most savage manner. Suet was the wonderful influence of a few simple contrivances, by which the horse was effectually prevented from offering successful re sistance. The art of horse taming is to a certain ex tent known to the Mexicans Throwing this lasso and entangling the animal in its meshes, so as to deprive him of his liberty, will pro duce similar effects in caring His obstinaoj as Mr. Rarey's method, as the same general principles are involved. I am not permit ted to give the details of this gentleman'* practice, as secresy was enjoined upon all who witnessed the performance. Any know! edge of the horse that will make him. more useful to man can tyjt be tooi .widely,dissent ioated ; and I sincerely .hope that horse taming, with aH the details of the operation, will soon find its way into the pablio prints, properly authenticated. The introductioi of valuable thoroughbreds makes the sub' jpct of training an exceedingly interesting one, as in many instances the pure blood* defy all efforts at subordination. In conclusion, I will give a reoipe foi teaohing any horse to pace. Bookie a 71b. weight around each ankle of the hind leg] the weight should have two straps attached, so that it can be permanently secured. The horse should be ridden at a lively gait, and at the same time each rein of the bridle should be alternately twitobed. This will force him into the-reqnired gait. After driving with the weights for several days, thej can be gradually decreased at the rate of e pound a day until entirely removed. Sometimes it is necessary to repeat the operation. If desired to mako a trotter or pacer increase his stride, buckle a strap around each forearm. This plan is practiced by persons whc train for the traok, aod may be relied upon, New Fork Tribune. MITCHELL'S SOUTHERN TOUR. John Mitchell has been making a tour through the Southwestern States, and has published his notes of travel in a very graphic and able series of letters printed in the Southern Citizen. The last issue of thai journal brings the series to a close, and in concluding it he sums up his impressions oi the Sonth and Southern society in the following paragraphs: "First, then, Southern society, wherever its elements are in equilibria, or nearly? that is, where the slaves are numerous enough to ocoupy the field-of toil, or nearly?is the most perfect form of social polity now existing anywhere in the world. Those conditions are attained only in some extensive rural planting districts, and, among States, only in South Carolina, where the negroes arc much more numerous than the whites. When these States concurred in prohibiting the slave trade from Africa, they did it not for sentimentality, but because they then had slaves enough for the strip of land they occupied, and never dreamed of the boundless capabilities, of the Mississippi valley. Since then, a great influx of white immigrants, and none of negro slaves, have resulted in a population of 6,^00,000 whites to 3,500,000 slaves, and this, with the high price of negroes, has made it impossible to interest enough of the people in the actual working of the system, though they all, in fact, derive all their means of support from that system. The tendency, however, of this want of equilibrium, is to accumulate great estates in few hands, and to leave on the outskirts of society a considerable rural population, not artisans, not traders, and hardly farmers, who are of no use to themselves or to the State. This once rectified, or put in progress of rectification, and of all Republics and Monarchies on the earth, ancient or modern, I shall ohoose the Southern States. "Third. I noted, during my tour,?and, indeed, had often noted it before?a peculiar gentleness of demeanor and quiet courtesy, whioh, as I mid, was attributable to the institution of slavery. It is because the unquestioned possession of great power, involving great responsibilities?whioh responsibilities are fully recognised by public opinion, trains a man to habits of self-restraint. If a man be a brute, yet he has a strong interest in habitually controlling his violent passions; if he be a gentleman, he will control them because he is a gentleman; if something intermediate, he will find himself noted upon by the public opinion of hi8 neighbors aod equals. Tbe established ctwi torn is to speak gently to servants; and so - much ot the intercourse of the people is with ' their servants, that this has created through> out society a softness of manner aod. tone, which, in educated people, being united - with dignity and self-possession, gives me i the ideal of a well-bred person. I have seen the effect of this upon boys. You knqw ) it is a favorite saying of the Northern people ; and the English, that one evil of slavery is, i to make boys imperious and cruel. Tbe op : posite is true. Recollect, we are in a land , of rational and accountable beings?a Cbrisi tian land if you like, where certain maxims of kindness, and brotherly love, and obari' ty, and mercy, have not failed to penetrate ?and if a boy has ayonng negro or two of i his own to govern, he does it under the eye of parents and neighbors Over and above 1, the appeal which a sense of his power over the young negroes must make to the heart i. of every generous boy, he too, finds himself amenable to the force of public opinion, and i will defy it at his peril. While he is traini ing and governing his young negro, he is al so training and governing himself Be the theory correct or no, take it for & fact, that > the sons of Sonthern slaveholders are quiet > and courteous in their manners, both towards slaves and every one else. Of coarse, how ever, severe measures are sometimes needful . in subdning a yonng negro. What then ? Is a colt not to be broken because he is vi. cious? ? *rr i % % fi \T aV. "f ourtn. ioo nave neara itsaia?-nunuern writers admit?that the true Southerner, who is come of a race of Southerners, stands in the very front rank of manhood, is brave and generous, a mirror of troth and honor, candid, loyal, and courteous. It is true. The high-sooled nobility of Europe, while there was a true nobility (which there is not now), grew irom a spbsoil of. feadal serfdom and villenage, and could not have grown without it. Slavery is that subsoil here. Do you apprehend how it feeds the roots and radicals-ofthe virtues ?< Why thus?lying, auji stealing are negro trioks. To be a coward is unworthy of a white man. . ~ "Of course it b dot meant to deny that there is plentyjjf meanness, lying, and scpndrelism, in tbe Southern States, as elsewhere!. The de vil shall not be left without a man to witness Jfcr, him upon the earth. But I attempt to describe the favorable tendency of the slavery system, in forming individual and national character, were that. system once untrammelled and fairly developed. 'With this admirable institution in full, bloom?with the boundless resources, agri-. cnltural and mineral, in her possession, wejl worked by about twenty million negroes? .with her matohless climate and otheradvantages too numerous to mention, what doe*, the South want? A higher standard of education; and, as some begiu to say, a speedy, peaceful, and equitable separation from the North: for? "Fifth. Many of the most intelligent Southerners I met, said to me distinctly, that the Union is really and actually -dissolved?that the two sections are two nations, standing together not by vi* inertia; because there has yet been no shock sufficently violent to shake them asunder. - I begin to believe it, though reluctantly^ inasmuch as I have 'declared my intention1 td be a citizen of tbe United States, and when my citizenship ripens, how shall I feel if . there be no United States to be a citizen of ? inevermeiessj two uauuua uuw omuu ujjuu this soil, becoming fast even hostile nations. The point where they come into immediate > contact, namely, Washington?whatis it but i a sore and angry nicer ? Northern and South* . ern men meet there now almost as mortal i enemies. When the two nations come cas; ually face to face, as they flock in' to settle ) a new country (namely, Kansas), it is as if a war party of Choctaws met a cloud of Cal. mucd Tartars?seems as though they must fight it out before either can rest in peace, '? V , . 1 "A Harp op a Thousand Strings."? f From time to time, for the last four or five r years, we have observed going the rounds of the press, artioles ridiculing and blackguard* ing a large and respeotable, as well as pati riotio and pious church organisation of Christians, correctly entitled the Baptist Church; i but denominated, in these artioles, which amount to little less than impiety and positive ; blasphemy, "Hard Shells," "Tea- GUlloa ; Baptist," and the like expressions?expressions whioh no one having a correct knowledge of the oharacter of the church organi* i zation, combined with correct feelings, will use in the light manner they are generally spoken. And so far as we are concerned? though not a Baptist onreelf?we always feel hurt to hear this branch of the ohnrch of ' Christ blackguarded, derided, and persecui ted. It is stated?though we have never seen it authoritatively given?that the great apostle of American democraoy, the immortal Thomas Jefferson, said he owed his demoi cratic teaching and principles?his whole theory of republicanism, and his early love of the absolute and relative rights of man, to the Baptist ChHrch of Virginia ; and that the Baptists everywhere in Amerioan during the time of the Revolution, in accordance with the true Christian charity, benevolence and humanity of the church organization, and in democratic tendency, were patriots ?not one of them tories. This of itself ought to be enough to endear the "HarcJshells" (what unfairness and derision!) to every lover of his country. But there is another thing to consider. Not any of the epidemios of the country, which periodically agitate the publio mind and absorb popular virtue, shake this organization of meek and humble followers of "Him who spake as never man spake," in the same manner as ' other church organizations are shaken. And while we have the Methodist Churoh North i and the Methodist Church South, with the Presbyterian and other prominent denomina' tions equally divided, the "Old Hardshell ! Baptists" play the nrasio of patriotism and Christian unity upon their "Harpof a4haos? and strings." ? . We hope that would-be vita apd infidels will hereafter turn their ribald blasphemy, and unchristian sketches in another direotiop^ and that .those who .practice old-fisbiotpd * Baptist Christianity.sriH |j they have heretofore done, in thp way, light, and the truth, as they find |t.in Christ Jesus. And we promise that so far as we are coooerned, towards^them justice shall be done, though the heavens fall.?Wc&rrwldX Tan Daughter or Aaron , Bcnu.-^Ae1 item of news just now going thh rotft^s relates that a sailor who dfedreCentfyin Tfern confessed on his death bed that he was odo - - * - ^ , \ * imJt of & crew or mutineers woo some rorty yetxv ago took possession of a brig, on its' passage from Charleston to New York, *aad-caused all the officers and passengers to walk the plank. For forty years -the wretsied> bad carried iboot with him the dreadful aopi oret, and died at last in aowgony of deak pair; - ? What gives this story additional-iuteris* is the fact that the vessel referred toittbt( one on which Bin. Theodocia Allstiforti* beloved daughter-of Aaron Barry tookpftK sage for New YOrk, for the ptixpqKofoiefet ing bet parent in the darkest days of hit e? istence, and wfaiob/ never having beeaJiefclid of, was supposed-to bave foundered arse*. The dying sailor proteased to retikbbefi* her well; said that she was the last Who perished, and that be never forgbt.h^Jeok, of despair as she took her lsst step'frwa the fatal plank. On .reading this account, I re? garded it as a fiction; bet, on convening to day with an officer, of the navy* he. assure* me-of its probable truth, and states 4hafr op one of his passages home some yeti&gn bis vessel brought two pirates ipiropa, who werg snbseqqpntly exeooted at Norfojk forrfioent offences, and who,, befbre their1. ejArafiet, confessed that theyhail beenmefobers of the same crew, , and participated in tW ma refer of Mrs. Allston and her companions. f What obieffy caused rqy'skepUci^p on tfiV subject was the fact that Mr.-Paiton, {be recent bjograpbej of fate of fliA /Ifcriofjior AnMlnnM ifl M&rWf)nii closes the record of her noble which he deolares been iiealra I am Tit a lotf how to undented, if confession alluded to, by my naval friAd <"S was mdde pobHc,. as it Mhdonbtedly >;was, J how Wr. Parton eonimveitfltf, *t*6ttg 1 his extensile and indnstrions researches, to discover the ihct. Whatever o^ib?n:i&jr the jtovetiesf and excellent1 of American wothen, and thV revelation of 1ier antfmefy fate can only serve to invest' that inemoty with a'more tender andmelancholy interest. ->* * --- Penntylvanui JEnqnimgr.*- r - Haii . .hx'W >1 _4jy how (%e88 hllpbd CottTMBtTi to Dig. cover America.?According to the old Spanish tradition, Cdlnmbus' discovery of America is mainly daetoafafrd foaghtgame of chess. -?erdin*nd of Spain waisted the latter hoars of the day over the eheqnered board, his principal antagonist being'aft old graadee, whose skill pnt the monarch's powers to a severe tost. Perdinaud,was one of those matter-of-&9t men, who object to furthering the schemes of enthusiasts, and withheld his consent to 49few World expedition being formed, a t . , The dav arrived when the great navigator was to receive his final answer; be weeded his way towards the padaoea^gbtfell,.?!#? with the intention of bidding adieu to hie royal patroness, than ftroiaJraopt'of sne0688 with Ferdinand. Isabella, had not, how? ever, resigned herself and OoUudbn* to de? feat, and orTthe letter's arriving, she immediately sought the King, when Ferdinand told her that her protege should be snoceea* fol or otherwise, aooording as the game resuited. She immediately bent all her energies upon the board,>nd so the garaewentpa whioh was to debidejfce disoovery-ot * new world, until Isabellai^aned towa^h&^fenjtband's.ear and whispered, -'yon An. check mate -hiya in four moves." The JKing rc - ex amined his game, found that his wife'^ si1 sertion was correct, and apnonnoed a few minutes subsequently that Columbusshould depart on his voyage of discovery. ^ m . - I !>!? I ]'.< -'It Pkbsiyxbikg Suitob.?An Ohio paper tells a story of a couple of lovers whose onion was objeoted to by the young lady's father. While "Robert" was waiting for the old man to become reconciled, sne accepted a tempt* ing offer, and was married, bat ia three months her hasbaod was killed by a kick from a horse., Robert waited fifteen months for deceney's sake, and then offered her his band, batfonnd that she was already engaged; in three months she was married again, and in two years her second husband died of Cholera. Robert now thought he would only wait a year; but at the end of that time he received an invitation to her third wedding; she was about to be married to ber late husband's partner; andshe was. This husband was lost on a steamboat; she was saved, but ^fore be had time to claim ber, she married the preserver of her life. In the oouise of a year or two Robert come into her husband's store, in time to see him just crushed to death by the fall of a heavy cask, which he was hoisting. Resolved to lose no time DOW, be started for the lady's house; but the tnt olerk was ahead of him. A toll-bridge was before them. Robert paid toll by lbs year the cleric had to stoptomake change. Rob- ert won the race, and the widow, who at (he end of the year?which was reoaaily?gave him her hand, and with it the aocnmohitod fortunes of four husbands, all of whom died rich. ' " * ' ' . The late Rev. Sidney Smith obaerrod that the railway whistle seemed to hia-toho . . something like thesoreaman attorney would give when first the devil oaughihold of him. ?? a? dM?d