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n n h 11 An independent Family Jounial?PeYOted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence VOL. 4. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1868. NO. 2. ^B?Y HOYT & WALTERS. TERMS: TWO DOLLARS AND A HALF PER ANNUM, IU UNITED STATES CUEBENCT. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Ad-ertisements'inscrted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion aa4 Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions mad.2 to those who advertise by the year. Eg?" For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars in advance. ADDx-iESS '- ' OF GENERAL WADE HAMPTON BEFORE TILE f****- * -***-* r : * - ? r LITERARY SOCIETIES Of Washington College, Va. Lexington, Ya., Juno 18,18G3. To day "ushered in the most brilliant "Commencement Day" ever witnessed nt this time-honored Institution. Long be? fore the appointed hour the churchyard was crowded with clamoring applicants foi*"admission, and when thc doors were openedr-lhe.house was at once filled to its Utmost capacity, while many had lo go away. As soon us tlie .procession, com? posed of the board'of trustees, faculties qfthe college and institute, distinguished visitors; students and cadets marched into their places, quiet was restored, and the exercises begun with a fervent, appropri? ate prayer by the venerable Lr. White. General. Leo presided, and conducted the exercises with that quiet dignity und grace .so characteristic of the man. . Of cou i se tho great event ol the day | was the speech of General Wade Hamp l<jn,-of South Carolina. Being introduced by-Geneva 1 Lee, he was greeted with im? mense applause, and began his address as follows : Gentlemen: In compliance with the in? vitation your societies have dime me the honor .to extend lo rue, I haye come to participate in the agreeable ceremonies of this'occasion?an occasion which, fraught as it must be to you with the highest in? terest, is scarcely less interesting to mj* BeJi. Toyoutuose commemorative days ol your honored Alma Matti mark impor? tant epociis in your live*, ibr each one in its annual recurrence brings you one step nearer to that goal lo which youth look-. iv i tu su much impatience and willi such bright hopes?an entrance into the great world.' On each anniversary of this day ii part-of your number leave these bahs Jorevcr to assume, willi the lutja milius of ina ii hood, the grave diiiies and responsi? bilities of the citizen. ThcVe cireumslan ces cali notiail'to lend tb" this scene ab? hor bing interest for you, while in iny heart it wakens many and deep emotions. Looking un yobr origin atol j??yoi;s iii cos, I recall those of your kin-mian?iuy ? bronzed and bat??csi?ili?d comrades ?>i 'Virginia. Contemplating this" grateful j tsceuo,. over which peace and learning j ?combine to Iii row. their suilening ??kl be jiigu influence.:J co'ntrast it with that -Wlien. umhalllcd ho?ts confronted each other on ibis sdi!, und reni?MiibVrin??' wi?o it is that now directs your Kieps along the paths of virtue and knowledge, memory brings back the time wlien I, loo, In d ihe honor ,to serve under the same ?peal j chief Stirred by ?hese memories?siand iog in this presence once nguiu, on thc gronnd ot this grand old Common weall h -Aground hallowed by as precious bb ?od ns -was- ever poured ont hu* liberty nu IVattie-He?dor scaffold?surrounded ly t! e brave son? nf virginia and her lair datnji- j ters?need I teil you how. deep an inter? est this scene possesses for me. or how willingly 1 observed your call hither. Had any other inducement been needed to bring me here, it would have been found in the opportunity ibu? ottered l<< me ot manilesiing ni}- profound respect and veneration tor your iliustnrr.is i'.-isi . dent', wi) oho (reeds in war have shed im? perishable lustre on his country, and whose conduct in peace has shown that ' peace hafh her victories no less renown ed than war." You may readily under stand then how great a pleasure it gives meto respond tb your flattering invita? tion, and how earnest is my solicitude, not only to show my appreciation of it, . but to make the occasion as agrees.bio to you as it is to myself. Let me hope ton; my young friends, that the- same kind ness which prompted .the invitation may .-indnce you io accept thc counsel I give in the same spirit with which it is uttered. The associations connected with this oc? casion have naturally called up the past (great history of Virginia, and it has st ruck mo as a significant tact, one well worthy of your consideration, that the men who made that history so glorious ?lid so not moro by ihe ?greatness of their actions than by the high principles which prompt .ed them. Jt seems to nie, therefore, thai no theme could bo more appropriate or more instructive, on such an occasion as this, and to such an audience, than one . which seeks to impress on our young men, by the great lessons und examples of thc past, that to achieve true great? ness, or to secure lasting happiness, thev must ?ido?>t as the principle to govern their lives a firm, constant and micom-1 promising devotion to duty. You. who are gathered here f;-om all I sections of tho country to acquire knowl? edge, to seek truth, and to learn virtue, as disciples of old, attracted hy the fume of its teachers, flocked to the school ol Athens, to listen to the words ol'Socrates, of Plato and Aristotle, ure soon to have J committed to .your charge the fame, thu honor, the wellare of your native land, and you will bc held accountable through all succeeding time, for tho manner in j which you fulfil this momentous trust. You enter upon the great arena of life at j a time of fea ri ni peril to the conn! ty and j nndcr circumstances of a most anomalous ? character. Short as have been your lives. : you have been spectators of mighty 1 events. You have seen ancient and time-1 honored constitutions swept away by the j storm of a fierce fanaticism which - fears not God nor regards man." You have j peen governments framed by the highest ' intellect, guided by the loftiest pntrioiisn torn down by arbitrary power, which Iii set uj).in their stoud others, that, like ll gourd of the prophet, have sprung up i a hight. You have seen great Stilt? blotted ont of existence and stripped eve of their names; names which they ba made illustrious. And you have seen a these things done in the name of (Jod an of Libert}' ! These grave scenes, whic have passed belora you in such rapid an startling succession, may well arouse yo to a sense of tho solemn duties you at soon to assume as citizens, and may we inspire an earnest desire to diseharg these duties so as to promote tho welfai of your cou n tl j-, or, at least, to rescue from the ruin that seems imponding Destirv has placed you upon the stag in the midst bf a mighty revolution, whit threatens to sweep away and oblit?r?t forever all that has been achieved hy th courage, the wisdom, and 1 lie patriotisi of your fathers, and it wilt be yours t arrest and rollback this fearfulavalanchi br to bc crashed into earth as it "sweep on in its direful and relentless progresi It will be yours lo repair the shatiere fortunes of your State, to heal the wound inflicted on her bj savage war, and t build up .and maintain new social and p( litical systems. These aro the grave at tics forced upon you by inexorable necei sity. at the veiw t hreshold ol your careel and to meet them as becomes men, ?pruri from the'noble stock you arc. may we demand all your patience, your fort i tildi vonr wisdom and your patriotism. Hom? while mistress of the world, was wont t give her sons as a solemn Ch argo in -'se that the rcpuluTc suffers no detriment. When yon assume the duties of citizen ship; let this order of the great repu bli be the maxim to grivcrn you in ail you relations to your Stute. Determine firm fy.that whatever may he your future pc sition. whether a public or a private stu lion, by no word, or thought, or deed, ti work detriment lo your State. lie tru to her. conic weal, come woe ; true to he material interests, her spotless fame, he unsullied honor, her grand traditions You ovrc -this duty to the-memory of thus in mortal men who made Virginia wha she was; you owe it to those who arc ti fume alter you ; you owe it to yourselves you owe it to'yuur State. She cannot now address her sons in tin proud language of haughty Rome, ant order them lo see to it that the 1'?pub?' su flers rio detriment ; for her voice, tba of old was s.) potent, is stifled, bul in rmi ti hir??nv, I o'ms io Uer he:Y?c ?-on-i ~ti< lias horne to teach heryotnrgur boru how {<> live for her, awl, if need be. how to du for her. As she calls lip her mighty de::r to stand before ,you, methinks I st e com lng at her summons an illustrious host o hcrnc?: sages and patriots. I .-ce asseiii bled the sons of il e Old Dominion?met of heroic mould?and fro iii their'midst ] hear the voice of a ??forei-t-born Demos tuei.es," as bc exclaims, in tones thal roused America, and still find au echo ?1 the heart of every lover ol freedom- ''Giv*. mu libel ty or give me death." I soe Je* ferson. as with impressive solemnity lu presents lo the patriots (d' '70 what wa iMice "\\v Magna Charta, the immortal De clara* ion of Independence. I sec M adi son framing that constitution which lu. loudly hoped?hut, nias! in vain?was tt se? ure the blessings ol' liberty to his colin try. I sin* Mason giving to Ids Slate her noble Hill of rights, timi Marshall adding dignity to thc bellell by his justice and his learning, and shedding lustre on ho Slate by Ids virtue. Along with these I see a CoUntle?S throng of her noble sons "whose li?mes tho world will not. willingly let die,1" and towering above all I see ap? proach in awful majesty the man who was -fif-t in war, fi .->t in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." These mighty shades seem to adjuro you tn be true to your stricken and desolate moth? er, to cling to her with filial reverence, and to protect, to uphold and lo d?tend her against every enemy. Can you. dare you, sons of Virginia, with such exam? ples and such teaching belora you, bo lid tie to tue land that gave you birth? Your great countrymen who gave renown to their Slate were inspired hy nu ardent patriotism, and it is for ihe purpose ol keeping alive iii your heans this sacred fire that I cite ihem as examples for your imitation. Your first duly as citizens is to cherish constantly a pure and fervent love for your Slate, for without this you can achieve nothing great or good for her. Ambi'ion may kindle in the heart of ?ts votary n thiist lor lame, and rouse him lo the achievement of glory, but il is thc holy love of country alone that inspires the patriot's heart and nerves his arm, that makes lum happy to sailer in lier cause or die in ber defence j happier, in? deed, to give his life in the effort lo make her free, (han in live to see her enslaved. Napoleon alter conquering the world, fell before the great soldier whose sword was drawn only at the call of his country, and ?dui fought, as he did everything else, from a source of duly alone. It is the crowning glory of Wellingtun, not that he vanquished the greatest captain the world ever saw. but that he mudo tl uti/ the principle which governed his winde life. ^ Ile has himself left upon record a sentiment that shows how deeply this principle was implanted in his nature,and which I commend to you as ?me ol the noblest nt teran.-i-s over made. '-Some Frenchman," ho writes, "hassaid that the word iluty is to be found in every p???*e of my dispatches, and the word 'glory? not once. This is mount, I aili told r.s a re? proach, but the foolish fellow doc?s not see that if mere glory had been my object the doing of my dut}* must have been' the means." Thus spake tho hero of Water? loo, and you may learn from his example, no less than his words, that thc highest and truest glory consists in tho conscien? tious discharge of every duty. Patriot ism is the first duty of the citizen, bu fulfil the highest deatiuy of man on ea; your lives must be directed by, and voted to, that great truth announced Lord Bacon when he declares that ! duties ol life are more than lite.'' It 1 j this sublime truth that inspired the ht ol'him whose honored name your coll bears?that sustained him in tho dari hours ot his country?that lcd him or triumph?and that has made bim rove throughout the world as one ot' its nob and greatest benefactors. I'ollow as ch ly as you can in the footsteps of y groat countryman; and thoigh it n not be given to you lo reach that gr; height to which he 6oared, you can least, like him, walk through life in path of duty, and he supported ns he w in ihe hour of death, hy the blessed f;i which springs alone from the faithful < chargo of every duty to one's country his fellow-man, and to his God. In these days, when justice is forgott honor laughed to scorn, and truth scof at; when tho foundations of the gr deep of morals are shaken to their cent and when falsehood and perjury are < guised under pleasant names, wo n: well call on our young men, in whom 1 the future hope of tho country, to mo their being from tho noble model prose ed by his. Let them learn from the stu ol his history that truth was tho ti basis on which his great character v formed; and let them remember tba the devil is the luther ot lies and of lia no true excellence ol character can be tuined where the corner-stones are i truth and honor. When Ko mc could i ply the epithet, "mendax"' to Greece a speak of'dying Greece," the land of Ai lidia and of Socrates was but astibjugat province,, whose people were sluves. was not always thus. There was a til when tho Greek thought truth csscnt to freedom, and when he regarded a v lalibn of faith as a heinous crime. Y remember than when the rebels head by Cylon had been conquered, and mn? refuge at tho altars of their gods, safe and amnesty were promised to them condition of their laying down their am Upon tho fintli of tho pledge given to tht by the government they surrenden and were slain. The rulers who had th added murder to perjury, were suhseqnet ly banished; and when their bodies wc brought back for interment, popular vc gen nee was not satisfied until their hon were exhumed and cast out of thc cnn try ?a unworthy to repose in the soil Greece. History, tr? ure told, is cn starilly repeating itself; and if a para'l should ever unhappily he found in tl conn try to thc broken faith of the rule ni Athens, let us hope that lhere will least be public virtue enough left among us to set the seal ol eternal infamy ?* tho?? who thus bring disgrace on thc country. The heraldic motto of tl Father of his Country was "cxiius nr ?iT?vqW How nobly the event prov? the deeds in ins ouse, the world know and ii should be your study to Iransm tn posterity a like untarnished rec ord. lt is true that Heaven grants to ht thc favored few to bc great, but it inert fully places it in the power of nil to I g Hid, and to do good, each in his allotlc -phere. "Who noble ends br noble means obtains, Or (niling, smiles in oxile or in elmina, l.itf? good Aurelius. Iel him rei"*;", or bined Like Socrates, thru man is great, indeed." Whatover maj- be that sphere in wilie your lot shall be cast you will there fin appointed duties and responsibilities, wide field lor tho useful employment ? every talent committed to your char-' wi I soon be open to you, and the pro; purity of your State in the future will ch pend mainly on the manner in whic thoso talents are used. How }ou ma In/st restore her lust prosperity is a que; lion that will demand 3 our earnest an patriotic consideration. You cannot loo] back to tho experience of your prudeces sors for the solution uf this problem, lo you will be required to inaugurate a ne\ sj'stem which revolutionizes the emir political and agricultural economy of yon Slate. Of the political aspects of titi system it does not become me to speak nor would this be a proper occasion lo tho discussion of tho topic; but I ma}' bi allowed, without impropriety, to adjun you, hy every memory of tho gloriom past, by every hope of the future, to dedi cate your lives to tho sacred duly of vin d icu li Hg the fame, sustaining the honor and piotecting tho rights of your Slate lt is lo make this lesson sink deep inti your hearts that f have dwelt so long or the obligations of patriotism as tho pam mount duty of the cilucn. Let me cn force that lesson by recalling to your re membrance the most sublime example ol this virtue recorded in tho history of the world. When tho great leader of the Je wi had brought his people out ol the laud ol bondage, as they were approaching that promised laud which ho was to seo but not to enter, he was called up to Mount Sinai lo hear the commandments ol'Jeho? vah, and to receive tho tablets whereon they weie inscribed by the finger ot God himself. Kelli rn ?rig to his people, he found that they had in his absence not only forgotten him, but their God, and they were worshipping tho golden calf, which they had impiously set up. With n heart full of shame and of sorrow, he sought again tho presence of Him to whom he had always gone in thc hour of trouble, and he cried : "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, yet now, if thou wilt forgive them;?and if not, blot mc, j I pray thoo out of tho book which thou hast written." Many mon have died wil ' lingly for their country, but Moses alone ol all mankind. Moses, thc friend of God, tho mun wini had seen hts glory, who had talked with him, face to face, amid tho thunders of Sinai, offered for his people an immortal snub Standing before Him, who could read every thought of heart and in whose presence no hypoci could avail, he prayed if his people I sinned past redemption that he mi share their fate, even should that late I him forever out of the Book ot Li Could patriotism lay on the shrine country a nobler offering than this? such costly sacrifice can be asked of y and you will fulfil your duty to y country if you dedicate your lives to service. When England's great adm led his fleet against the enemies of country, as the battle signal was run and floated proudly from the mast-heai the flag-ship, there were seen inscribed it only the simple but graud words, "? laud expects every mun to do his dut So, too, may Virginia address her st and if they respond as becomes them, 3 will sec your State restored to her pi pcrity, her renown, and her rights. J while 1 leave all topics pertaining to yt political duties to your own able stai men, who have, with the right to adv you, fur greater ability to do so tl myself, let me urge upon yon the imp tance of developing the material resour of your State hs an essential element strength and happiness. "The lines lu fallen to you in a pleasant place and y have a goodly heritage." On no spot equal size on this earth can be fou greater natural advantages than are p sented by Virginia. With a climate unsurpassed salubritj'?with a soil tee ing with fertility?with an inexhauslii supply of mineral wealth?with medieii springs wdiose sparkling waters almi rival those of that tabled fountain whe taste conferred immottal youth?wi great rivers upon wdiose bosom the nnv of tho world might float, and wdiose v tera could drive ail tho machinery on t globe?with all the choicest blessings tl Heaven bestows on its most favor climes, it needs but your earnest efforts make tin's the richest and most prosp ons land the sun ever shone upon, lt true, that the resources of your State 11 limited at present and that its whole si tem of labor has been overturned; bi under the smiles of a beneficent Providern j'ou can yet, by energy, perseverance a sturdy toil, wake from your smoulderi ruins, your deserted fields, your pros titi commerce, all these potent elements whi make a people prosperous, powerful ai free. Shrink not from honest toil, frc any mistaken notion that labor is degi ding; seek employment in tho useful ? pni tmetiis ol commerce, of mechanics, agriculture. Curry to these avocatio not only strong arms and w illing hean but skilled labor, trained intellect, ince ruptiblc honesty, indomitable purpose, at you will dignity your calling, how ev Tut ruble, while you devalo thc honest I bor by which you live. Let mc not I understood as disparaging the learnt professions, fur such is not my inlentio fut? I wish lo teach our young men tin these do not open the on fy roads to us fulness, to success, or even to fame, wish to impress on them that labor is n< only essential but honorable. Nay mor it. is. in tho present condition of the coin irv. a necessity ; and to render it profit; bb-, yon must bring to it ali the appliance id' skill, of education, ot science. Brin these powerful agents lo bear, and con merco will lay her rich stores at your fe? ?the iron horse will traverse every snii ing valley, and penetrate every rugge mountain?the earth will yield up bc hidden and countless treasures?you streams will drive tho spindle and th loom, and agrien I tu re will make you whole land "to blossom liko the rose. Above all. you will have, throughout th broad limits of this fair land of yours, race of sturdy, self-reliant, independen men?men like those who made Virgiiii ?men like those who, as the Creek poe tells us. in his glowing verse, ro nobb paraphrased in our language, make j Slate : ??What conslilutcs n slnlp? Not high-raised b?illement or Inborod mound, Thick widl or nio;iied pute; No! cities lair willi .-pires and turrets crowned. No mm?high iii hided men, .Men wlio their duties know, Know to their rights.und knowing, dare mninlain Pr?tent the long-mmed blow, And crush thc ty raitt while they rend the chnin." Such wore your ancestors; such mnsi yon be unless you are degenerate sonso: heroic sires. With such incentives to no bio action as aro given by tho grand record of your Stale in tho past, and hoi sore need at present, can you provo recre? ant to thc patriotic blood that warm.? your hearts, unworthy of your gloriotn birthright, untrue to yourselves, false tc your State ? 1 road your answer in your glowing cheeks and in your kindling eyes, and know only that you aro the sons of the ?'Mother of States and statesmen." ] cannot doubt that tho honorofyour State will be safe in your hands. Tho object ol the counsel I have o fie red to yon, niv young friends, has been but poorly accom? plished if I have failed to impress upon you thcgrcnt truths which inculcates that thc only safe and sure guide through life is to bo found in a conscientious and en? lightened sense of duty. The motto of the great Frederick was that "Lifo itself is a duty." Take this as your own, hut remember to adhere more closely to th;s almost divine precept than did thc man w ho seized Silesia and partitioned roland. Tho solemn and sad truth it embodies will sink deeper each succeeding year into your hearts, arni at the close of your pilgrimage hore yon will find all earthly consolations but vanity, and you will turn to the consciousness of duties discharged, ns tho only hope of happiness hereafter. Nor will tho consolations which spring from this source be wanting to yon during your lives; on the contrary the}- will sus ? tain you in every trial, cum fort, yon under j ovory affliction-. Even beathon philoeo ' phers inculcated virtue as the only source of happiness, and heathen poeta strung their lyres to sing in their lo strains its praises. If those who had not tho Christ faith to direct, nor the Christian's to sustain them, could so justly apj: ate the charms of virtue and the ol tions of duty, how imperative is it o whose hearts have been illumined bj Divine light of Revelation, to govert lives by the great truths it teaches may be that in your passage throng! when you see the good man fail whih wicked prospers; when you ses ti justice, piety, trampled under foo falsch' od, injustice, infidelity ; when see a brave and gallant people, who ? their all for liberty, crushed to ea rt I despotism, pure faith in the justit God may be staggered, and you maj tempted to call in question these jj truths. But it will oe not only a nat view of the great system ol' which Creator is the center as well as th? thor, but a fatal delusion if you yiel these doubts. If this earth was ir J only abiding pluce, if after his nile space here he waa to pass away fore sinking beneath the boundless occa Time, as a pebble sinks beneath the ters of the sea, leaving ord}- a rippl their surface, then indeed might wo peet to see Ibo hand of God i?terpi to reward virtue and to punish vic this world. But when you reflect I this is merely it place of probation tc you for ant thor and a higher life; w you consider how short is thc lite of n or of nations, in the eyes of Him in wi "sight a thousand years are but as tc rd a}' ;" when you contemplate grand scheme of the universe unfolde all its vast proportions, you cnn rea comprehend what would otherwise s< dark and incomprehensible. You then understand how vice so often ? apparently unpunished in this wo while virtue bows beneath her heavy I ot sorrow; you can understand how good man is called to bear bis cross earth, whilst the wicked has his bea desire; you can understand how the blest c:.use that ever roused a people its defence m:ry seem lo perish, lor ; know that not until the last great < will tho final reckoning come, when will be weighed in the great scales I hy the impartial hand ol a just and mighty God. If your faith is steadfi reflections such as these will reen you lo many things which would oil wise appear inconsistent with thc per! justice and the infinito mercy pf thc mighty, and lliey will teach you that } should not rashly presume to quest His wisdom, nor call upon Him to "Vindicate tlie ways of God to man." It is not for me, however, to venturi tell you of your duty to Heaven. I lu spoken or your obligations as eitize but I leave it to your reverend an 1 lu teachers to point-out to you man's prin duly?that, to his God. From their 1 and their lives you must learn the di vi ?truths ot Christianity which teach y your dui j* to your -Maker. Mine is t tho humble'* task tu urge upon you t faithful performance ol those daily <j lies lu man and to your State which w meet you on all sides in your joiirm i brough life, and to caution you not bc led astray by the glare ul success, n tu allow yourselves fur one moment suppose that it ia of itself an evidence right. AM history, sacred as well ns pr fane, would coull avene any such doctt ii as that success is the criterion of rigl You yourselves have seen the wie kt prosper and the evil cause triumph, whe in the inspired language ot tho Psalmii -?the vilest men ure exalted." ?salu: herself works bj* violent revolutions, ai il is from chaos that she evokes orde Storms purify the moral as well as tl material world, and i rom the wild conti sion ol' the political elements now prevai ing wo may hopo to see eliminated thor belter principles which will give new lil lo the country. Be not dismayed, thei because in ibo great upheaval society hu undergone you see tho dross now uppei most, nor bo misled by those false light which arc hung uut by worldly prosper; 13- or unworthy succors. Your historien researches will have mado \*ou familia with the wondrous story ol that spode child of fortune, S}*lla, who gained, fron his uninterrupted career of success, th title of Felix, and you will remember th remarkable words with which ho closet his commentaries just before his death '?I saw in a dream one cf ni}* dead chi! j dren, who gave nie his hand and exhorte? mo to. a bandon tito affairs ot earth, tun ! to como and enjoy eternal repose ant peace. Thus I terminate my days, as th? Chaldeans predicted, who declined to mi i hat after having overcome crivj* bj* lbj glory, J should have the happiness of dy ing in the flower of my prosperityi" Thc."? were the almost dj'ing words of < nc win was, perhaps, the most successful man using tho term in its more worldly neecp talroii, who ever lived?who. satiated with success, disgusted willi pleasure, rtsi?ghis very vices as ihe means of his promotion, arose to bo dictator of the Roman Repub? lic; who having crushed all his enemies. emancipated the slaves and trampled on the freemen of his conntry, died laughing, surrounded by buffoons, in thc arms ol profligates, the wonder, the admiration and the terror of his agc. Turn tro m thal disgusting picture ol thc man who was called tho '?Fortunate," and look on another of fur different composition. In a dungeon of the Bast ile reposes on his pallet of straw an old and leeble num. whose sole crime in the eyes of his perse? cutors was that "after tho manner they culled hores}* so ivorshipocd ho tho God of his fathers." Jt is Bernard do Pa Missy, who in spite of all tho power wielded by tho bigotted and bloody Catherine, and I her weak san, refused to abjure hi? faith 1 j Tho intelligencer Job Oiiiee* JJavlng recently made eon?iJ?r(?blo additions fo this department, wo are prepared to execute JJdDS TOSS (DJ &M* KERBS In the neatest style and on the most reaeonable terms. Legal Binnies, Bill Heads, Posters, Card?,' Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact crery ' style of frork usually done in a cocntry Printing Office. figg"" In all oases, the money-will be required upon delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied with the cash, will receive prompt attention. Tlie King of France is standing befor bim, trying to shake that faith by pei suasion and menace. He is telling h ir. that be bas been bis friend, but. unless li abjures bis religion, lie will now be col strained to deliver bini up to hisenemief io be burned on- the morrow. Bowinj before bis sovereign, touched by the kind ness he bad shown, but grieved at tb weakness he displayed, the old man, in flexible-in his dut}*, replied in these meir oviible words: "Sire, your Majesty ha often said that you pity me. For m; part, I pity you for pronouncing th words 'I nra constrained.' This is no speaking like a king; but let me infbm you, in royal language, that neither th Guisar?a, your whole people, nor yoursell shall constrain a poor potter, I can die? I cnn die! royal language, indeed, for'i \ i* the language of truth.of'faith; of duty ; "Which of these men, Sella, the fortunato or Palissy, tire martyr, is the greater ii the sigh*, of wisdom?which the mos sue essful, if this question is to be an swered. not Ivy time, but by eternity ? It is my earnest counsel to you to mak< a firm and abiding senso of duty tin great aciiV'J principles of your lives, j (io not tell 3*ou to do this, because it ii expedient that you should do so; I d< not promise that by so doing you wi? gain renown, heap up riches, or esoapt sorrows, because no such false and illuso ry hopes can be held out to you. On tlx contrary you may fail, as many-of lb best men have done, in accomplishing tlx objects dearest lo you on earth. Yoi must look for no carl h ly reward if yoi adopt this principle, and-*}*?.?- may cvei expect to suffer on its account; but in lix face of this expectation, I still conjure you to cling to it, for it is the right Perhaps as you walk toiling and painful 1}* along the straight and narrow way ol duty, where difficulties meet you at eve ry step, where dangers appal and tempts' tiona allure you, your strength may fail and you will long to follow the alluring but crooked paths of sin; if so, think ol Him who crowned with thorns trod with naked and bleeding feet the road that led to Calvary, and from his example learn to cleave to the right, even if thus doing so leads you too io the cross. Perhaps when yon see vice flaunting by in her triumphant chariot, crowned with thc laurel of victory, drunk with power, rich with spoil, seductive in her meretricious beauly, pressing on swiftly in that bread mud which seems to lead to fortnno, pleasure, glory, while virtue, sad -and afflicted, with weary steps and slow, pur? suing ber lnnel}* way on that thorny and rugged path which ends only tri tbs grave, your hearts will sink nnd yon may be tempted to forsake the true faith, to worship at the shrine of the false. Should such temptations arise, should you be dis? posed for the sake of expediency th sac? rifi?e duty, go to yonder quiet cemetery, and, ns you look upon the grave of Jack? son, think of that groat moldier, pure pa? triot and humble Christian, ??Who taught us how to live, und ol?, toning]-, fur such ii price, who taught us how to die." Should any further incentive to confirm vour wavering faith' be then needed, turn from tho grave of tho dead hero and Christian to contemplate the living ono, and learn to live like him, whose inspira? tion has been patriotism, and whose pole? star is dutv. ?-<>-:? John* Quincy Adams.?A Washington dispatch to the Louisville Journal says: A letter has b< on received by a promi? nent Democratic member of Congress now in Washington from young John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, from which I make the following extracts : "I can say," writes Mr. Adams, "in respect to tire men? tion of my name in connection with the second place on the Democratic ticket to be selected by the Fourth of .J uly conven? tion, that I am an applicant for no office under the si.n. Jly course at home has been dictated hy the most disinterested obliga? tions of duly and preference, libel that the accident ol bil th has thrust me upon the public attention rather before my time; and also that this prominence, con? nected with thc accident Of birth, involves a great deal of a certain kind of responsi? bility. If 1 can acquit myself creditably under these circumstances, and come off with all tho old family honors free of tar? nish. I shall be content, and the vice presi? dency may find some one worthier and moro anxious than myself." lt is the gen? eral belief that Adams will be nominated by acclamation if Pendleton is nominated for the first place. --? Butler and Gxust?As Alluxce Of? fensive ami Defensive. ? There two worthies, says the National Intelligencer, after a biief and unnatural extrangemonr, have, we hear, at last coalesced, like kin? dred streams meeting into ono. The re? conciliation is said to have hoon of tho most affecting character, and healths were drank with much enthusiasm. Tho condi? tions of tho alliance are matters of conjee* ; turo. It is reported that General Grant i makes the amende in the matter of Butler being "bottled up," the gun-powder experi? ment at Fort Fisher, and the other allusions which Wost Pointers are so apt to ranko in reference to volunteers. General Grant also certifies But 1er to bc a skillful soldier, and Butler slates on his personal honor that Grant is a man of luminous intellect, a groat strategist and statesman, and that I the difficulties in the way of an exchange sprung not from Grant, but from the rebels. 1Jis card some years ago on this subject was written nuder a mistake. "How pleas? ant it is for brethren thus to dwell together in unity.1* ?"Why did Joesph's brethren east him in t.h*? pi* ?'%r*rr*keil a ?v-hnol ?rnov>"r of his. class. "Because,*' '?id ayoiinti Indy, "thev thought it. ft g?"M ottenir? fbi & yoong sm *