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if CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 15,1853. NUMBER ",
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From the Olive Branch.
MIILY GREY.
" Oh! ever let the aged be
As sacred angels unto thee."
"11a, ha, ha," cried gay hell Grosvenor, -'see
yonder country gawky; as I live lie is beckoning
the coachman; now if he gets iu there'll be
fun, I do so love to plague these green ones: why
Willy, how you open your great blue eyes; you
ain't frightened, are you ? look at her, Annie;
ha, ha, just look at her."
"But you are not in earnest, Bell," said Milly, j
* 1 1 "fAII VLVkllld j
timidly shrinking duck in uei scot,
not be so impolite, so?" s
"Our politeness is reserved for the city, dear,"
broke in Annie; "we consider such fellows as
that, nobodies; and if they don't want to be
laughed at, why they must take an outside place
with the coachman, that's all."
"Then you won't catch me sitting 011 the same
seat with you," exclaimed Milly with a look of
alarm, springing away from her cousins, and
ensconsing herself op]>osite.
"So much the better," cried Bell, with a merry
laugh, "we can have a good time with both of
you?hush! here lie comes, oh! Annie, what a
fright."
The young man unbuttoned the coach door
himself, for the horses were going up hill, and
spriugiug up the steps rather awkwardly, on accoudt
of a large portmanteau lie held, seated
himself on the seat near Milly. Bell and ^lnnie .
exchanged looks and bit their lips.
Milly hugged the back of the coach, blushing
crimson with shame for her cousins, and thecountrv
greeney, who wore a very much soiled coat,
, a shockiug cap, over which a light, thin linnd *
? ?1 iin,tii- hwdiin.
kerchief was tnrown, mm liWIVIiVU Uiiuvi .
looked up at them demurely. Once when lie
could not but notice that the object of their
mirth was himself, he suddenly put his hand to
his throat, as if to untie his uncouth cap string
?i. e., the"ends of the handkerchief-?but pausing,
he seemed to change his mind, and let them
alone.
"Won't you have my viniagreete, Milly dear?'*
said Bell, with an arch smile, aud a side glance
at the stranger.
"You do look pale," chimed in Annie, tossing
back her thick curis, and restraining herself no
longer she burst into a rude laugh,*for the poor
girl's cheeks were distrcssingl) flushed.
"Take my fan, coz," exclaimed Bell, proffering
it: "t he air in this coach isTcally overpowering."
and she- placed her delicate pocket handkerchief
to her face.
^ "I thank you," said Milly, with as much dignity
as she could assume, while her lips trembled,
"I do not need it."
"She certainly is fainted, Annie," said Bell, in
a low tone, "come Milly, you had better sit between
us where we can support you; you hav'ut
quite room enough on that side."
The thoughtless girl started, for a blazing
black eye flashed upon her; it was only for a
second though, that quick, piercing glance, with
the fire of tiftv outraged dignities concentrated
within it.
"If you please, cousin Bell," said Milly, with
more spirit than they dreamed she possessed,
"don't annoy me any more; I am belter pleased
with my seat than your rudeness;" and the
pretty lip trembled again, and the pretty face
looked as if it was going to crv.
The young man turned quickly; the hard expression
that had gathered about his niouth,
melted into something akin to a pleased smile,
while the two rebuked cousins were very angry,
as one might have seen.
There was no more comment until the coach
stopped again, this time to take up a fat old lady
with a well worn bonnet, loaded down with
innumerable bandboxes and bundles, most of
wbicb she insisted upon carrying into the coach
with her. Here was plenty of material for the
merriment of the thoughtless sisters. Bell declared
that the bandl>oxes must have once contained
okl Mrs. Noah's best bonnet, and Annie
persisted that if so, that identical bonnet was
before them.
No sooner was the coach door opened than
out sprang the stranger, and taking bundles and
sundry things from the old lady, deposited them
carefully iu the inside; all but one, which she
seemed very choice about; but just as she had
performed the laborious feat of stepping just within
the door, down rolled the paper with a crash,
something was destroyed, and Bell and Annie,
enjoying her real distress at the accident, burst
iuto another impertinent laugh.
The old lady could not avoid looking towards
them, and as her eye was a little awry and her
crooked, she presented a sight appear
0|?tVW?vrw 7 4 ^
ing to them so ludicrous, that they hid their
faces, almost convulsed with mirth.
"Are these your sisters ?" she asked mildly,
turning to the gentleman.
"I hope not, madam," he answered in low and
measured tones, "my sisters resj>cct age, to them
grey hairs are too sacred for trilling;" he did not
wince in the least under the angry glances of the
mortified girls, now completely silenced; but
Milly had thrown her thick veil down, and was
weeping all to hcrselt.
"I am going to the house of Dr. James; do
vou know him sir ?" asked the old lady after a
few moments of silence.
"I should, madam, for he is rny father," said
the stranger with a smile.
The flushed cheeks of Bell grew instantly pale
?her eyes met those of her companion, on w hose
face a similar reaction had also taken place.
"My son, Professor L , lectures in Taunton
to-night, and as I have seldom the pleasure
of listening to him, he is so often and so far
\
s
away, I thought I would make an effort to visit j
your father?I am glad he is your father, young
man, you do liitn honor;" she continued with a
gratified look, "you have his eyes and his forehead?I
should know them"?the stranger had
lifted his cap, drawn off his handkerchief, and
was wiping the moisture from a magnificent
brow, above which the jet black curls hung
thickly?"I shall have the pleasure also of meeting
my son at your house, and acquainting him
with your politeness towards a strange old woman,
who was the subject of some not very flattering
remarks." She* did not glance this time
towards the young ladies, if she had she would
have pitied tliein ; they sat cowering down completely
crest fallen. It was indeed a pretty kettle
of fish they had prepared for themselves.?
They, too. were going for the express purpose of
hearing Professor L?; , one of the most
brilliant lecturers of the present day, and who had i
almost been bewitched by the sparkling beauty
of Pell Grosvetior when a guest at her father's
in the city: so much so that he had been heard
to declare lie knew not another woman who appeared
to possess so many desirable qualities for
a wife. And strangely enough tlicy were going
to the very house of the man they had so grossly
insulted, for they never could hare dreamed the
gawky to be theonly son of theirm^ther's friend,
the rich and influential Dr. James. They knew
indeed that he had been for some time expected
home from his tW* in Europe, but his travel
stained attire, and his silence had completely deceived
them.
Alflnnlimn Millr reovereda little from her
trouble; the envious veil was thrown back, the
two pouting lips restored to their equanimity,
the glad merry eye9, all the brighter for the little
wash of the tears, rested or rather danced
over the beautiful prospect of fields, and trees,
and rose lined paths, she, innocent heart, had
nothing to reproach herself with, and "gladly
would her cousius have exchanged places with
her.
* They sat very silent, trembling and almost
fainting, till the stage drew up near the broad
entrance to the doctor's grounds; they were still
undecided, when the coachman said, "the young
ladies are to stop here I believe and unstrapped
the trunk from the huge tongue.
Ilenry James after a moment's embarrassment,
stepped back to the door, and with a bright
smile at Alilly, said, as if nothing unpleasant
had transpired, "will you allow me to assist you
out, young ladies ?" How daintily he took Milly's
little hand, and how tenderly he conducted
her to the ground ; but as the others descended
there was a chilling reserve in his manner and a
*
painful confusion in theirs, that told how indelible
would be the recollection of that unfortunate
meeting.
Dell Grosvcnor and her sister returned tlfe
?
next day; thev could not endure to meet Professor,
L in presence of liis mother, but
they had learned a lesson which they will probably
treasure for life?not to judge by external^?
and to treat old age, oven in rags, with a "Vcverencc
as holy as though it moved about in golden
slippers. ' /
* * * * * / * *
"But Iain a jyort ion less orphan, lien ry."
^*1 tut S^otrivrc tTTerlanfe Mttly (ireyfTiat sat orr
tlic back scat of the old stage, and nobly resisted
the influence of wealth and fashion, when those
rude, proud girls would have laughed down the
unconth countryman. From that moment I
loved you; and still more when I perceive^ your
delicate attentions to my father's .aged friend.
Believe me, Milly, no true man.would trust his
happiness with one who would insult grey hairs,
there is little heart in such an one, however faultless
the exterior, and I confess I have such extreme
reverence for the ag?d, that a loathing
impossible for tne to express came over me when
I witnessed the behaviour of yourcousfns; they
may be wealthy, highly educated, fascinating,
but I would no mere wed one of them than I
would play with a rattlesnake. There! God
bless you Milly?look up, love, and let me tell
you that in my-eves you are worth millions?
nay, more than all the world."
Bell and Annie Grosvenor arc both wedded,
but neither of them has a Professor L or
a Dr. James for a husband. They are, however,
very gay and fashionable, if that is any compcn
nation : but .Milly, sweet 31 illy, lives 111 a Deauii
ful villa in a country town, as happy and devoted
a wife and mother as can be found in the
wide, wide world.
As.Good as if it.wrrk ASsop.?The
"Nantucket Inlander" says the following story
was lately told by a reformed inebriate, as an
apology for much of the folly of drunkards:
A mouse, ranging about a brewery, happening
to fall into a vat of beer, was in imminent
danger of drowning, and applied to a cat to
help him out.
"It is a foolish request, for as soon as I get
ycu out I shall eat you."
The mouse piteously replied, "That fate
would he better than to be drowned in beer."
The cat lifted him out, but the fume of the
beer caused puss to sneeze, and the mouse
took refuge in his hole. The cat 6allcd upon
the mouse to come out?
"You. sir. did vou not promise that I should
eat you?"
"Ah!" replied the mouse, "but you know I
was in liquor at the time!"
'Will you take this woman to be your wedcd
wife?' asked an Illinois magistrate of the
masculine of a couple who stood up before
him.
Well, squire you must be a tarnal green
hand to ax me such a question as that ar.?
Do you think that I'd he such a tarnal fool as
to quit the bar hunt and take the gal from the
quilting frolic, if I was'ntconscriptuously sartain
and dctarmincd to have her? Drive on
with your business and don't ask foolish questions.
One of our neighbors, not long since, who
has rather a pungent wife, said to her one eve
ning as he passed out of the door.? ' My dear
1 am going to spend the evening with my
friend Mr. , 1 shall return at ten but, if I
should not, you need not wait for me." 4 Oh,'
said the wife,' I shan't; I shall come for you.'
Our neighbor returned at ten, as any prudent
husband would have done.
Faco to face the truth coincs out.
Jlliscfllnncflits.
A Portrait.
I saw her in the beauty and pride of life, the
centre of attraction, bearing about her the *oft11
ess and peculiar mildness so characteristic of
woman's lovely nature. Iler form was a perfect
model for the artist; her movements were graceful,
and every thing in dress, manner, and language
indicated a well stored and cultivated
mind. She was the jewel?the idol of her mother;
her solace in hours of despondency and
her stay in affliction.
She had been instructed by the wisdom ofhor
father, who loved and cherished his only child,
and the gilded vanities of the world had been
unmarked and its emptiness exposed, in order to
prepare her for the stern duties of Jjfe.
Hut who can fathom the workings of the human
heart and understand its strange contradictions?
She permitted herself to be fed away by
the dazzling visions of the world, and forgot the
solid lessons of truth so tenderly imparted.?
With bounding steps and brilliant hopes she
swept gaily on in the path of pleasure. Happiness,
the most beautiful object that attracts the
young in the outset of life, wore to her a most
invitiug smile and she promised hcfself the fullness
of its enjoyment. Her eye and mind swept
the distant future, and it was clothed with the
most fascinating colors. The brightest imaginings
of bliss were hers, and no thoughts of coming
gloom cast their shadows over her mind.
Fascinated and charmed by the scenes thus
spread out before her, and led on by tlie4ueartless
tempter, she gave herself up to the "bewildering
phantom, .and through the mazy dance of
pleasures she eagerly sought for happiness and
fancied herself luxuriating in full possession of
the jeweled treasure.
Oh! cruel disappointment; it was the base
less fabric of visionary hours ! It vanished into
airy nothing. The blow came suddenly, and
she felt it deeply, keenly. "We cannot speak of
the anguish, the pain intense, that pierced her
unsuspecting heart. Closely closeted in the
chambers of the soul, the sad story now lies concealed,
and we dare not, we will not lift the veil
and- expose it to the light of day. To the hour
of her death will she remember the revulsion of
feeling, and the deep, sombre hue that settled
down upon all her fairy sceues.
Ah, human nature, how fickle thou art! To
what silly changes ait thou subject; how deceitful
and deceiving! She who treads on their air,
and builds glittering castles high up in the fleecy
clouds, and paints them with the reflected
lustre of happiness, and then lays the flattering
unction to her heart that fortune's silver)- smiles
are permanent, will fall back to earth again, a
miserable, crhshed, and forsaken being.
Yet flic one of whom we write did not learn
a lesson of wisdom from the storm cloud that
brcke upon her. The tumultuous throbbings of
her afflicted spirit were stayed by the hand of
time ; the deep lines of sorrow traced upon the
tablet of her heart are now obliterated by the
dustings and gathered rubbish of time; and
again is she placing confidence in the promises
and enchanting prospects of time. We saw h^r
infrWoNTnings since, surrounded by thc-liglwh
hearted and gay; her countenance was lit up by
thc animated fire of hope that burped within ;
her conversation wrts buoyant and sparkling;
she had much to say, and she said it evenly, lluCI,A
c*;il lrv/ilritirr linnn lliA mirrored
LIIIM. UIJU nm oiiu iwmitp M|/W.
sea of life, and dazzled with tlic glittering objects
that flitted like meteors before her. We could
not make her believe they were deceptive?that
such loveliness would ever wither and die; she
seemed to think thev were all fair, beautiful, and
lasting as beautiful, but the rough hand of experience
will have to tear off their borrowed plumage
and exjwse their worthlessness and emptiness
before she will discover ilicir vanity and
spurn the deception. We could, if it were necessary
and proper, lift the veil and speak in
clever terms, but suflice it to say. that the moral
standing out on the page of every day life is this,
that true happiness is not to be found in the gilded
bowers of earth ; it springs not from position
or wealth; is not found in fame, or the honors
of this world ; but is to be found only in a wellbalanced
mind, stayed upon the principles of
truth, and that truth eternal.?Southern Organ.
Genealogical Sermon.
I had, at one time, for a co-curate a very impulsive
and rather democratic man. Our rector
was an aristocrat. On Sunday he had delivered
himself of a sermon in which he incidentally justified
family pride, and spoke in a manner that
must have been offensive to any poor person of
any intelligence or independence; and, as we
were leaving the church, my brother curate exclaimed,
with unaffected indignation, "Well, that
crowns 's toadying discourses. Such
flunkeyism is intolerable. But I'll administer
or* ontnlAto navt Qiin/lnv can if T /Inn'l T.iLr;?
Herod's worms, our rector's pride is eating hiiu
lip." I did not attempt to dissuade him. Our
rector treated both of us with a condescension
that was anything but flattering; and lie thought
more of being a "gentleman" (upon which he
was always indirectly vaunting himself) than of
being a Christian, forgetting what Coleridge said,
that there was no real gentleman without lie
was a Christian.
Xext Sunday morning my brother curate carried
out his threat, lie told me nothing about
how he proposed to manage or mould his course;
so judge my surprise when, mounting lh? pulpit,
he gave out his text, the 3(1 chaptei of Luke,
part of the 23d, and the whole of the 21th, 25th,
20th, 27th, 28th.' 20th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 33d,
34th, 35th, 3Gth, 37th and 38th verses; "in
which (lie continued) will be found the following
words;" and then, to the marvel of the whole
congregation, who turned towards the pulpit
wit.ii eyes and mouth open, he read right through
the sixteen verses, beginning with "Joseph, which
was the son of Ilcli," and ending with, "which
was the son of Enos, which was the son of Setli,
which was the son of Adam, which was the son
of Cod." Every one is familiar with the peculiar
and strange effect ujxm the oar of the repetition
of the words, "which was the son," when even
occurring in the reading-desk ; but in the pulpit,
as a prefix to a sermon in the shape of a text,
they sounded oddly. The rector looked at me
as if for an explanation, and I did not knowwhere
to look; while the principal persons of the
parish manifestly came to the conclusion that
my brother curate urns gone mad. I Jut, if he'
were, be soon showed them there was method in
his madness; for he ingeniously evolved out of
these sixteen verses a discourse that might have
served as an essay on the Republican legend of
"Liberty, Equality and Fraternity." The reader
has probably anticipated me in the use he made
of his long text.
"Here (said he) we have a genealogical tree,
not traced by the flattery of sycophants, nor the
uncertainty of heralds, but by the unerring Evangelist,
whose inspiration enabled him to mount
from branch to branch?a genealogy beginning
with God, and ending, so far as my text goes,
with a poor Galilean carpenter. Here is a lesson
and a rebuke for the pride of descent. The
poorest carpenter, in the poorest village of England,
can retrace his lineage through the same
unbroken succession ; and the proudest peer can
do no more, unless the latter, in his presumption,
should be disposed to ignore his uivino origin.?
But it would be no use; by whatever different
branclws, they arrive at the same root; the noble
and the peasant, if both had the power of going
back over their ancestry, would both meet at
the 38th verse of the 3d chapcr of Luke, 'Which
was the son of Enos, which was the son of Setli,
which was the son of Adam, which was the son
Of CrQ#
"Lfefe (he continued, looking at the rector's
and the squire's pews)?here we all meet on
equal terms. Disown them as we like in other
degrees, here we arc brought face to face with,
and can no longer refuse to acknowledge our
poor relations."
Then, looking to some forms on which a group
of alms-house people sat, he added:
"Here, too, my poor friends, you and your 'superiors'
meet in the presence of your common
parent, the great God of heaven and earth, in
whose eye* the factitious distinctions of the world
are naught. Cold-shoulder you as they like
through life, they cannot ignore their relationships
when they come to this: they can no longer
speak of you, spurn you, as though you were
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king are one; and how little importance St.
Luke, who was no sycophantic genealogist, attaches
even to the regal office, may be seen frofri
the manner in which he passes through the 31st
verse, whore no pause is made to mark tin; proud
title of David, which was merely the son of Jesse,
which was the son of Obed, and so on."
In conclusion he urged the poor man to live
up to his great origin, and not disentitle himself
to that'grcat share in the inheritance of which
his heavenly Father had laid up for his children
who truly serve him. They need not care for
the proud man disowning them now ; th ?-thing
to be feared was God disowning them on the last
day. The rich he enjoined to feel for the poor as
for brothers, if they would not offend that great
Being who lias a father's interest for all.
I thought therector would never forgive my
co-curate; but the only notice he took of the eccentric
discourse was to cens? - for ever after
preaching to the "humbler orders," of the differ
cnco they owed their "superiors." It was before
so bad that a neighboring clergyman said to me,
"If your rector had to put on an eleventh commandment,
it would run thus: "Thou slialt not
neglect to tako off thy bat to myself and the
squire/1 ^
Southern Bacon.
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Gazette alludes
f'.ll/??"c i r\ t Vir? f\rnntinn ) lnrrro AQfnMich*
(13 IlJIIUn 3 IW IIIW I'JVVVIVII VI II nti^v Vw?Mwa>v?
ment in that citv, for the purpose of curing bacon,
etc.:
"Circulating about town the other day, we
took occasion to visit the large rmoke house
of Messrs. C. R. Greenville At Co. Mr. G.,
the active partner has taken great pains and
spared no expense to fit up a house every way
safe and convenient. Immediately adjoining
it is a large ante-room, with a thick floor for
receiving bacon and preparing for handling.?
A door leads from it into the smoke house.?
Deep vaults are sunk in the ground and walled
up with brick. At one end of the vaults are steps
to go downjwith wood?at the other is the fire,
which is covered over with grates, forming a
net work that makes it impossible for a spark
to get through. Green hickory wood alone is
used. An additional security against fire doing
damage is found in keeping a large cistern
full of water convenient for immediate use, and
Dr. G. informed us that he also had a small fire
engine, intended for his warehouse yard, ready
for use if fire was to break out in any of his
extensivo buildings. They expect to cure between
four and five hundred thousand pounds,
of bacon this season; having already upward
of 400,000 in store and engaged. This seems
like doing business in the right way."
We trust this enterprise will be crowned with
complete success, and that it will be the forerunner
of similar establishments all over the
Southern country. There is no more need for
*' '??*?OtnlAo /larvon/1 unnn flic
me siavenuiuuj^ utai^o iu uvjyvuu w^v*? ?MV
Western States almost exclusively for supplies
of pork bacon, etc., than there is for three
wheels to dray. Every cotton and sugargrowing
State could raise a sufficiency of meat
corn, etc., for themselves and to spare, without
any extra trouble, or without diminishing, to
any material extent, the yield of the much prided
staples. And suppose the yield was somewhat
diminished, an enhanced price for what
wps raised would be very likely to follow more
than making up for the deficiency of amount,
while the planters would save the immense
sums annually paid the Ohio, Indiana, and other
States, for indispensable plantation necessaries.
Thus, it will be seen, they would save
in three ways: 1st, in the enhanced price of
their staple; 2d, in raising articles of prime necessity,
such as pork, upon their own planta
tions, (which establishments like the above
could readily cure,) and which would involve
but the expenditure of a trifling amount in
comparison to the sums now paid for those
necessaries; 3d, in the diversification of labor
?so much needed in all of the sluveholding,
commonwealths?which would follow.
[iV. 0' Bulletin.
A Nkw Liquor Law i.\ Florida.?Though
.. i i 1:1?:/i? ?
tllC legislature ui riuiiuo iuucu iu tuun u
Maine liquor law. it lias done the next thing to
it. According to a bill just passed, all licenses
hereafter to retail spirituous liquors are to pay
a tax of 8200; and persons offending are to
be fined 8?*>00 on conviction. This tax, it is
thought, will operate to prohibit licenses to a
lasge extent, if not altogether.
?fitfral Items.
Australia.?The advices from Australu
continue to be of the most encouraging charac
ter. The produce of the gold fields become*
more and more extraordinary every day. The
yield of-those in Victoria to September 24th
was at least 2,898,G15 ounces, equal to JEIO145,152.
The total number of diggers \va;
upwards of 80,000; the average earnings pei
man an ounce per wecHr. The rate of pro
duction in September last was equal to ?21840.000
a year.
The wool season at AdelaiJe was at its
height when the Australian left that port, (4tl
October,) and shearing was proceeding rapidly
wages were very high; the wool was in bettei
condition than usual. The prospects of the
harvest were extremely favorable; nearly *90000
acres were under cultivation, two-tliird:
of which were bearing wheat, barley and oats
At Melbourne (Victoria,) the wool shearing
had also commenced; the wages paid were dou
ble those of former times. It was feared then
would he a difficulty in bringing the wool ti
ti.o rm-inrr fo i h?> bi.<?h rates of carri
I il.S 0 a
I AgeIt
is gratifying to learn that despatches twisre
sent by the Adelaide steamer, to the authori
ties in New South Wales and Victoria, author
izing the Legislative Councils in both thost
Colonies to form themselves each into a Par
liumcnt of an upper and a lower house?the
Crown having determined to concede to therr
the management of their own afiairs, including
the entire receipts from the public lands, so at
to assimilate their condition to that of Canada
The transportation of convicts to those coloni
es is also to cease in?a short time.
The lfew Empress of France.
Wo are indebted to an esteemed 'friend, u lic
was formerly resident in Spain, for the following
sketch, which seems to explain the family origir
^ the new Empress of France very satisfactorily*
ller history is 110 less romantic tuau unit owm
Empress Josephine:
''By to-day's advices froru~E*i6pe we are tolc
that the Emperor Napoleon III. lias espoused 1
Spanish lady, .'whose grandfather was Britisl
consul at Malaga, and whose mother was an Irish
lady by the name of Fitzpatrick;' also, that this
now Empress was in her own right, Countesi
Tcba, although, bearing the name of Mad'lh
Montego. Thus much by-telegraph. Now the
plain English of all this is, no doubt, as follows
"A worthy Scotchman, by the name of W'jl
liain Kirkpatrick, was for some time the Ameri
can consul at Malaga, and, failing in business
was succeeded by George G. Barrel as Unitec
States consul at Malaga. This was I think, un
der President Monroe's administration.
"Mr. Kirkpatrick's eldest daughter, Maria, 01
'Mariquita,'" as she was familiarly called anc
known by all Americans there, was a very fine
dashing lady, and married the Count de Teba
a younger brother the celebrated Palafoix
who behaved so gallantly at the siege of Zara
gosa, and who in reply to a demand of surren
dor, declared he would continue the defence
'War to the .kuife/...^ ^
"The Palafoix family 'embraced numerous ti
ties, and was singularly brave and noble.
"This husband of Maria Kiikpatrick (Count d<
Teba) was a gallant soldier, and so cut up b}
' klc llANA WlfK,
wuunus H"? LU uc UIU1UIC IV/ ujvuhv Uio uv>uu ...v..
out aid, and wlieu in the saddle looked more as
if lie was hooked on than seated there.
"The new Empress of the French is no doubl
the daughter of this Countess Teba, 'Marquitr
Kirkpntriek,' who was the daughter of William
Kirkpatrick, late United States Consul at Mala
ga?not British Consul?not Fitzpatrick?anc
not Irish.
"The British Consul at Malaga was Williair
Laird, another eld Scotch gentleman, and he was
followed by Mr. Marks, an Englishman.
"If the new Empress of France was Countess
Teba, as stated, then her mother is dead, as alsc
is her father, and she took the title of her moth
er. The name Montego, under which she pass
ed in Paris, is perhaps one of the family name*
or titles of the Palafoix family."?N. Y. Com,
Advertiser.
Steam and Caloric.
" thy arm, unconqucred steam !'r
The recent discovery of Capt. Ericsson i:
undoubtedly one ofthemost importantand valu
able of modern times. Our readers are al
aware of the success which has so fully atten
ded the trial trip of his Caloric vessel, whicl
moves without sails or steam; without any signs
~r .w/vfii/o nmver exceot in the revolution of its
wheels. Twelve miles an hour was the speed
accomplished with ease by this noble ship?th<
usual time of fair sailing steamers. Taking in
to consideration the fact they were mere
ly experimental trips, the triumph may be look
ed upon as a complete and gratifying. A ship
200 in length, and 40 feet in breadth, capabh
of carrying over two thousand tons, moving,
majestically on with nosails and with no puff:
of steam, a mighty breathing engine, as spee
dy as the steamer and far more safe;^it seem:
to us that the glory of Fulton must be some
what eclipsed by the star of Ericsson. Th(
"Breathing Ship" must take the place of th<
steam ship, so far at least as respects safely
and cheapness. Further improvements may
give, the new discovery, a superiority in res
pect to speed. As yet, however, steam will
best suit those who are fond of/<zx/tnnd danger
ous travelling.
This new motive power is now a "fixed fact.
Few believed that the experiments of the inven
tor would end in anything feasible; and ti
those few all the more credit is due. They en
ablcd the Inventor to proceed with his experi
ments and to succeed, in his enterprise. T<
them, as* well as to Capt. Ericsson, Is grea
credit due for the discovery.
This newly invented ship is moved by tin
air. Not by the means of sails, however. Th<
air is headed, expands, and operates upon th<
I machinery. The supply of luel required is ox
cectliugly small and only one fireman employ
ed whoso duty it is to supply coal. Seven toni
of coal are consumed per day, while in th<
steamship sixty tons at least are required fo
consumption. The engine also costs less. Ii
all these respects, the Ericsson ship is superio
to the steamship. High honor to the Inven
lt>r. Viipu Ul IVOOUll IO uou?v vtAJVu -wur
the New World will have the honor of his bril:
liant discovery.? Geo. Guzetle*
From Hunt's Merchants Magazine.
i Tbe Opinui Trade.
! "We published in the numbers of the Mer- M
> chants Magazine and Commercial Review for .
? July and August, 1850, two papers under the ti- ^
5 tie of "The Opium Trade: as carried bu between 18$
r India and China, including a Sketch of its llis"
tor)', Extent, Effects, <fcc.," which were prepared
> expressly for our Journal by Dr. Nathan Allen,
o Massachusetts. Opium is, as is well known,
J a contraband article among the Chinese, and the
1 I trade is prohibited under severe penalties. It is, .gji
i i however, carried on bv the East Iudia Compauyr
r under the direct suction of the English (loveru}
raent; and is forced upon the miserable aud en- .
> slaved population. It is estimated that/otfir ; f
! hundred thousand human beings in the Celestial
Empire are swept off annually by this pernyaous '
> poison, the consideration for which are somyjnil- 9
lions of dollars to the East India Company. t.
The Bombay Telegraph reviews the articles ua
? the Merchants' Magazine, and fully concurs iojL
the view of our correspondent, Dr. Alien. The^ljfi
reviewer says
5 As an article of Commerce, opiutn stands out
without a parallel. From the skillful manage- - \
meat and cultivation of about 10(^000 acres-of
' land, the East India Company produce an arli- i;
tie which, sold at a profit of several hundred per i
' cent, yields to them a net revenue of nearly three \
' millions sterling. We do not here include the \
1 Malwa opium?a seventh of the whole revenue
J of the country, raised from an extent of more
than a million of square miles.
From the transport of this drng by a few vessels
uamed opium clippers, a few mercantile
houses are also rcaliziug magnificent profits,
I i m. .1 , ni i.i i m * rlfUL
wnnc 1'ie v^imiese ujeiuneivus, w^wu voimr
> iners of the drug, part^kky^Sra of six million -J
r pounds sterling pjffiamtm.
| Thc_ uiobf'astoUndir,g fact of the opium trade
. ue<^ j^Ft'o he specified, viz:, that christian sen?
sibilitics have not yet been adequately roused in
relation to its ii iquities and horrors.
| That a professedly Christian government
t should by its sole authority, and on its sofc re,
sponsibilisy, produco a drug which is not only
i contraband, but essentially detrimental to the
j best interest of huinauity; that it should anuu5
ally receive into its treasury scores of rupees, >,
. which,' if they cannot, save by a too licentious fig,
ure, be terimd "thfc price of blood," yet are-de- ~
: monstrably the price of the physfed waste, the ;
. social wretchedness and moral destruction bf the
. Chinese, aud yet that no sustained remonstrances 3
from the press secular or spiritual, nor from so- A
|' cietv, should issue forth against the uqpghteouf (
. system, is surely an astonishing fact in il# his- jvi
tory of our Christian ethics.
r An American, accustomed to receive from o? ' . I
impassioned aiguments against his own nation, V'i
on account of slavery, might well be pardoned. y
' were he to say to us, with somewhat-of intern- .T\
' perate feeling, "Physician heal thyself," and to f~Z
! expose with bitterness the awful inconsistency of f
.. Britain's vehement denunciation of Ameri??n /
. slavery, wliile, by most deadly measures, furthering
Chinese demoralization. /
The Reww, in referring -to the hnvooofittjL. 1
man life, closes as follows:
; AY hat unparalleled destruction! The immO]
lations of an Indian Juggernauth dwindle into
. insignificance before it! AVe again repeat, not^5
ing but slavery is worthy to be compared for ita
horrors with this monstrous system of iniquity.
t As we write, we are amazed at the enormtty pf
t its unprincipledness, and the large extent of is
, j destructiveness. Its very enorminv seeins in
. some measure to protect it. AATere it a mipor
I evil, it seems as though one might grapple with
it. As it is, it is beyond the compass of our
i grasp. No words are adequate to expose ita
. evil, no fires of iudignant feeling are fierce enouglrv
to blast it.
. The enormous wealth it brings into our coffers
j is its only justification, the cheers of vice-enslaved
. wretches its only welcome; the curses of all that ^
. is moral and virtuous in an empire of three imn.
dred and sixty millions, attend its introduction;
the prayers of enlightened Christians deprecate its
course; the indignation of all righteous minds
is its only "Goa speed "
It takes with it fire and sword, slaughter and
death; it leaves behind it bankrupt fortunes, idiotized
minds, broken hearts and ruined souls.?
i Foe to all the interests of humanity, hostile to
J the scanty virtues of earth, and warring against
the everflowi ng benevolence of heaven; "may we
' soon have to rejoice over its abolition.
' Bloody Battle in Mexico:?Late accounJ*~-w^
? fiom Mexico, state that the attack, made by i
Gen. Minion on Guadalajara througj^vCry apir- 4
' ited, was without other resul^ Uian the effu- J
sion on both sides of %^reat deal of blood.?
Fifty pieces of artillery played from each army
during the space of two hours. "
' This wasjpllowed by a sortie from, the city
' by Gen. Blfincarte. Une ot tne columns oimi'
non, seut to.arrest its progress, was completely
5 defeated, with a loss of 300 killed, and woun"
ded. i
5 A second sortie from the city following half
of Minion's troop* to San Pedro and attackiug 4
! the other half at Hospicio, defeated both corpa
1 entirely. The survivors dispersed.
Savannah Xews.
IIahd Times?Tariff of 1846.?Speaking
of the new manufacturing town of Lewiston,
(Me.,) the Boston Journal says:
, "Several large mills are in successful operation,
and others are in progress. The Lewis- ' *!
ton YVatec Power Company have thus far
} been remarkably successful, and the prospects
are exceedingly brilliant. A dividend of forty
percent, in stock ofthe Bates Mills was de'
dared in 1852, and the position ofthe compa^
ny warrants the expectation of large profits
from the growth and prosperity of the manu- -<
2 facturing business.*'
; There is a flourishing branch of the Reform
ed Dutch Church at the Cape of Good Hope. '
- There is one Synod, composed of thirty-five or
, nhurohns. This bodv holds an annual
9 lliwi u ^ ^ ^ - ?
3 meoting, in which its business is transacted in 1
r perfect decorum mid amity. The last Synod J
i) numbered sixty-six ministers and elders," and
r claims to be the oldest and most numerous re- a
. ligioos body in South Africa. 1
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