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VOLUME u " CAMDEN, SOUTH-CARPIJNA TUESDAY MORNING JUNE 14,1853. " NUMBER 24^^ PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THOMAS J. "WARREN. TERMS. Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if payment be delaj'ed three nionths, and Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will bo inserted at the folio wins rates: For one Square, (fourteen liucs or less,) seventy-five conts for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions. one dollar per square; semi-monthly, month ly and1 quarterly advertisements ehargea uie same as for a single insertion. ?^*Tho number of insertions desired must be noted on the margin of all advertisements, or they will be x published until ordered discontinued and chared accordingly. N ^ iUisrelliiitfons. i I Improvement of the ITIind. BY T. S. ARTHCK. We often find two persons who have been equal!v well educated at school, one of whom is greatly in advance of the other in point of intelligence. This does not always arise from the ?k;i;?w ,\f ,ma lint l?pr*nnsfi one of them , bupcnur. (luiuij vi vuvj v*%v had read, thought, and observed more than the other. What we gain at school is only the means of becoming wise and useful. If we let it lie inactive in our miuds, it will do us no good. How quickly does a young lady lose her power over the piano, if she neglect the instrument i IIow soon is a language forgotten, if we do not attempt to write or speak it! And this is true ot nearly everything that is acquired at school. It lies merely in the outer court of the memory, and does uot enter and make many permanent impressions upon the mind until it is practised and made useful in every-day life. We often hear it said of a woman in society, that she is a well educated woman ; and the inference usually js, that she has received a liberal > .1-- 1. education at school om uie rnimu Itl'.'tUlC I something more; it means that she is a reading observing, reflecting woman. Hundreds have their memories crowded with the rudiments of . an education, that lie there as inactive as food in the stomach of a dyspeptic; and they imagine themselves to be well educated ; but it is all an imagination. To be well educated is something very different from this. All real improvement of the mind commences at the time we first begin to think for ourselves ; and this is after we have left school. At school we merely acquire the meatus to be used' in that true and higher order of education w hich every one must gain for himself. It matters not how many studies a young lady may have pursued at school,- nor how thoroughly she may have mastered all she attempted to learn; if, after leaving school, she does not read, observe and think, she will never make an intelligent woman. In every company a young lady will find two classes of persons, distinctly separated from each other. If she mingle with those of one class she will find their conversation to consist entirely of light and frivolous remarks on people's habits, dress, and manners, with the occasional introduction of a graver theme, that is quickly set aside, or treated with a levity entirely at variance with its merits. But if she mingle with tho.-n? of the ^ bther class, she will find herself at oucc upon a higher plane, and be impressed with the pleasing consciousness that she has a mind that can think and feel interested in subjects of a general , and more weigniy interest, nu uuur api-m. mm one class leaves the mind obscure and vacant; while an hour spent with the other elevates, expands; and strengthens its powers, and causes it to see in a clearer atmosphere. - With one or the other of the classes- a young lady is almost sure to identify herself, and rise into.an intelligent v\oman, or remain nearly upon the level she at first occupied. We need not say how important it is for h'er to identify herself With the right class. Of course her own tastes and preferences will have much to do in thi* matter. But, if she incline toward the unthinking and frivolous, she will bo wise if she resist such an inclination, and compel herself, for a time, to-mingle with those who look npon life with an eye of rational intelligence, and seek to live to some good purpose, The mental food received during the time she thus compels herself to mingle with them, will create an appetite that unsubstantial gossip and frothy chit-chat can no longer satisfy. The importance and necessity of reading need hardly be affirmed. Its use is fully unstood and admitted. But there is great danger of enervating the mind by improper reading. For a young girl to indulge much in novel reading is a very serious evil. Few of the popular novels of the day are unfit to go into the hands of a young and imaginative girl.? Apart from the false views of life which they nresent. and the false philosophy which they r ' ? - _ too often inculcate, they lift an experienced reader entirely above the real, from whence she has too little inclination to come down; and whenever she does come down she is unhappy because sho finds none of the ideal perfections around her, with which her imagination has become filled, but is forever coming into rude contact with something that shocks her overrefined sensibilities. Her own condition in life she will be in great danger of contra>ting with that of some favorite heroine of romance, i If she does this she will be almost sure to make I herself miserable. A young lady who iiulul-! ges much in novel reading never becomes a ; woman of true intelligence, ijhe may he able \ to converse fluently, and to make herself at j times a very agreeable companion, even to those who aro greatly her superiors; but she has no strength of intellect, nor has she right views of life. All works of fiction, however, arc not had. ! Where the author's aim is to give right views of life, and to teach true principles, if he possess the requisite ability to execute his doign ! well, he may do great good. The reading of works of this kind, forms not only a healthy mental recreation, but creates a true sympathy in the mind for virtuous actions, and inspires omnlation in irood deeds, It is by means of this kind of writing that tho broadest contrasts ! between right and wroi.g arc made, and so presented to the reader that ho cannot but love one while he abhors the other. Who can read one of Miss Sedgwick's admirable little books ?" The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man," " Live and Let Live," or " Home"? without rising from its perusal with healthier views of life, and a more earnest desire in all things to do justly and love mercy ? Of this class of books there are a great many. The novels and tales of Miss Edgworth, Miss Bremer, Mrs. Iluwitt, and Mrs. Opie, are good and may bo read not only with pleasure but profit, by every young lady. The time spent in reading them will not be lost. Indeed some por. tion of the time occupied in reading just such books, is necessary to a well balanced mind. In reading history we sympathize only with masses of people, or admire some powerful leader. Books of philosophy lift the miud up into an abstract region of thought; and?poetry warms, inspires, and delights the imagination and refines the tastes. All these are necessary to light intellectual culture; they form the very ground-work, solid walls, and inward garniture of a well-educated initid. But if readI... yw.tifinn/4 t(men nlnnn fliprn is d.'inrrnr |IJC> Wv WV'llilUVM *. v/ WUVWV ??v??V J v. w - ? ? ?of becoming cold and unsympathising?of livmg in an intellectual world, more than in a real world of people, with like thoughts and like affections with ourselves. It is here that wellwrought fiction?comes in with a humanizing tendency ; giving to man a love for his fellowman, and inspiring him with a wish to do good. In history, travels, and biography, we see a man on the outside, as it were, and regard him at a distance, as a thinking and effective being; but in fiction, we perceive that he is fashioned in all things, as we are; that he has like hopes and fears, joys and sorrows, and like aspirations after the good and the true, and we are gradually led to feel with and for him as a brother?we hold him by the hand, we look^nto his face, we see the very pulsaticns of his heart. All this is good?all this is necessary - c c -i to llie true luuuauou 01 uuuiauici. But for a young lady to limit her reading to .this order of books, or even spend a large portion of (he time allowed to reading to their perusal, will hinder her advancement in mental improvement. She will be very apt, also, to sink into the mere waste of sympathy towards ideal personages, without seeing in them types of real classes that are in the world, and all around her. All right improvement of the mind will depend upon the leading motive which a young lady bus in view, when she reads, thinks, or observes, with a caretuI eye, what passes around her If her end be to acquire the power of conversing intelligently on various topics, and of exhibiting an acquaintance with books, in order to appear well in society, or to gain the reputation ol being an intellectual and wellicad woman, her advancement will not be as real as she supposes. All knowledge has its appropriate sphere of action, and that is the doing of something useful; and until it comes into this, its true sphere, it never rises into intelligence. I', therefore, a woman reads and thinks merely to lie thought wise, she never becomes more than a mere pedant, who betrays, on all occasions, the shallowness of her pretensions ; but if she use the'ruth she acquires in seeking to advance the cause of truih for the" sake of the power it gives to do good, then is she in the way of becoming intelligent and wise. A woman of true intelligence is a blessing at home, in her circle of friends, and in society. Wherever sire goes she carries with her a health-giving influence. There is a beautiful harnioiiy about her character that at once inspires a respect which soon warms into lovc.v The influence of such a woman upon society is of the most salutatory kind. She strengthomc rliflit i.riiii-irih'C in tho virliimiv inr?It.>c thi? v...^ J y-yr ...v.vvw ...w selfish and indifferent to good actions, arid gives to even tl.e light und frivolous a ta>te for food more substantial than the frothy gossip with which they seek to recreate their minds. To give particular rules for self improve ment, and to specify the books to be read, and the order of reading them, is a thing not easily done. Indeed, what would be a right order for one to pursue, would not suit another, and therefore we shall not attempt to lay down any rules on this subject. Extensive reading is all very good ; but right thinking on what we read, even if the amount be smaller, is lar better.? The only sound advice we arc prepared to give is, for a young lady to suffer herself to be attracted towards the class of intelligent persons which s'.ie will always find in society, and to which we have alluded in this chapter. If she permits herself to become interested in the subjects that interest them, and be guided by what they mainly approve, she will find no difficulty in the choice of books. And if she seeks improvement more from a love of truth than to be thought intelligent, she will soon bo able to see truth so clearly in the light of her own understanding, as to be ut no loss in making l ight discriminations on nearly all subjects that are presented to her mind.?Advice to Young Ladies on their Duties and Conduct in Life. Ambitmcs Pig.?Every one has heard of overgrown pigs, and loud-squealing* pigs, and not a few may remember something of a striped pig which once had its day among us.? lint we will venture the assertion that no one ever knew, or heard, or dreamed of ail ambitious pig. Such an one, nevertheless, we have upon our cottage farm?a pig of most decided aspirations. He is a little fat fellow, some six months old, belongs to a class usually denominated " shoals." He has been without father 01 mother for some time, and lias thus been thrown, at an early age, upon his own resources. which fact may account for the eccentricity of his present habits. He sleeps in the cow pen, generally, near the bell cow. In the morning lie rises at the milk-maid's approach, and stands with as much gravity and indifference as if he were the veteran of the pen. When the milking is clone, and the bars are let down, out lie goes with all the solemnity of an ox, takes up the line of march for the pasture ground along with his more bulky fellow quadrupeds, feeds wherever they feed, lies down when they do, and returns home with them at night. lie lias, in fact, abjured hogdom, (for _ I .> I >.ini<ii r\ f Vi I ^ f-nnOlrtO li uililnli WO llu?U a jjuuu iiiaiijr t/i wo wilii wiutu ho might associate it lie chose,) and exhibits an invincible disposition to be a c^w. We expect every morning to hear of his being overlaid and crushed by some one of the herd upon which he lias forced his companionship, against the natural order of things. It will then require no iEsop to 'point the myral' of this strange fatuity.?Edgefield (S. C.) Advertiser. From the South Western Baptist. J T!sc Kingdom of Yoruba. s< This nation, improperly called Yarriba, is the fi most westerly country of the region to which tl Geographers have given the name of Central1 tl Africa. It lies between the river Niger and At- cl lantic ocean, about 800 miles East of Liberia.? Between Yoruba and the sea are the Iketu, Eg- a ba and Otta tribes who speak dialects of the same tl language. l> Yoruba is traversed by the Kong mountains, h which are here considerably diminished in height s< and divided into several distinct chains, with ter c< races of undulating table lands between them.? ai The rocks are granite with a little trap, white marble, <fcc., iron ore is abundant but 110 other B metal has been discovered. The country is gen- ii erally covered with sparsely wooded prairies, and ci watered by numerous streams. There is no a] swamp and the soil is firm in the wettest weath- e< cr. Owing to the elevation and openness oj'the oi Jnn.'nnt 'I'lift itini-nlftin. I n UUUUll^, LIIU I'llUmiC i?> J IIV I,IIV<imvim 4 eter ranges from 75 dog. to 85 dog. and seldom s< rises above 90 in the hottest times. There are a' two rainy seasons, one in the spring and the u other in fall. The summer is pleasant with oc- e casion^ showers; the winter months are the b hottest season of the year, and nearly destitute 1 of rain. From this cause vegetation ceases' to c< grow and enjoys a season of repose. The dry b grass on the prairies is generally burnt off in February. Rain begins to fall early in March. The animals of Voruba are elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes, antelopes, wild bogs, ?tc.? There are no deer in Africa. The domestic animals arc the same as our own. In that climate rt sheep have no wool hut are smooth as goats.? 1 The pigs appear to be the same known in this country as the Guinea breed. " L There is no tree or shrub common to Yoruba C( and the.United States, except the grape vine.? Some of the herbaceous plants are the same as u ours, especially in the farms and about towns, v where there are jamcstown weeds, purslain, crab- f( grass, <fcc. The products of the farm are In- a dian corn, cow peas, bonus, onion*, sweet pomms A*i> Whp.it. is unknown here, n but grows in Ilausa enst of the Niger. Among \V the ornamental shrubs and trees are cape-jcssv H mine, the true, jasmine vine, mimosas, oleanders, a and some others not yet introduced into this Ci country. n The population of Yoruba may be estimated b at ten persons to the square mile. They live ex- J; clusively in towns, some of which are great cities t< measuring from ten to twelve miles in circuit.? g All the towns are surrounded by walls, and the \ gates, are constantly watched. The houses arc p made of clay, one story high, very low, and cov- tj ercd with thatch of grass. The yard is in the d middle of the house and the doors ot the numerous (; rooms open into an interior piazzo which runs all ii round the yard, and is covered by the prejee- t< tion of the roof. The yard is entered by a huge n gate with heavy shutters. This gate is defen- ti ded by charms and amulets, and each room is h usually provided with the same means ol ob-% i, security. As a general thing the streets of Jtowns are narrow and crooked, but there arc C squares shaded with trees where the people hold C their markets. The Yoruba people have no science. Their q arts are rude and simple. Every man has his j, own trade or profession. There are iron smel h ters, black smiths, wood workmen, jewelers who <| make beads of cornelian and jasper, weavers, tail- t ors, fishers, hunters, <ire. But the greater part of the people are farmers. They have a good a many slaves captured or bought from other tribes, v and considering that the plow is unknown their c farms are managed with a considerable degree of rj olfill \\?..r>i/.ii /In liAt n'npV ill (Iinf'lPllli 'I lil'ir n business is to do house work, to spin tbroad, p which tlicy sell to the weavers, to make earthen a ware, manufacture soap and various kind of oil, f; and have to buy .and sell almost everything v which passes through the market. They arc t free dealers and sometimes get rich. As might f, be expected they are not a little respected by ? the other sex, and have their share of influence. The Yorubas have a code of morals preserved c in the form of proverbs, some of which are poe- h tical. Their government is a limited constitu- |j tional in anarchy, evidently framed with an eye p to a balance of power in different departments, y Of course their laws are oral, since they cannot *'| write, but they have laws both civil and criminal t which do credit to the nation; on the whole they f( are probably among the most houest, chaste and amiable of all the heathen nations. Withal they v are not blinded with self conceit, but feci that a they are ignorant and often deem desirous to ii i- ' i. !?.-?II II. iJ Tlie greatest siu of the people in this region p is a love of war. I have seen whole countries fi and large cities which had been utterly depopu- t lated by victorious armies. In some parts p kidnappers and rubbers are common. In one of s my journeys two parties of travellers were at- v lacked in one day not far from me by these peats r, (/ Africa. I have heard of kidnappers who tied c their prisoners and went on in search of more, n but afterward finding it inconvenient to return the same way they left their victims to starve in j u the woods. Human sacrifices arc common in ? some neighboring countries and sometimes occur a iu Yoruba. u For the most part the people are poor?too f, poor to sustain churches or schools even if they j ri were planted among them. Yet the country is i w not destitute of resources. The palm tree is no j y less valuable tlian the cotton or tobacco plant.? i g Africa may produce vast amounts of several oth- j er valuable commodities; if wars could cease and j o; an holiest traffic spring up, it would enrich the fi country and he 110 mean item even in the great commerce of England and America. An indus- j| trious civilized people would soon raise Central Afrir-n tn liirrli iiiwiiki'tlie rnmmeivial ll countries of the torrid zone. , Doubtless the Ni- s< gcr and the Chndda will yet be the high way ]\ for exports and imports which will amount to 0I several millions of dollars annually. At present s< the missionary impelled bv the love of souls is a] advancing far beyond the limits of commercial n enterprise, but the merchant will follow and com- ji mcrco will become a powerful auxiliary of the gospel and civilization. In Yoruba the people believe in only one Clod w but they do not worship him. Their sacrifices n and prayers and offered to idols and inferior spir- j)( its, which they call ori.iha. Their orisha arc regarded as mediators and sacrifices arc offered toooncilate their favor. The religion ofthepco- p] pie teachesthem few lessons of morality. Neither ocs it satisfy that longing after peace of con:ience which they sometimes feel, hence sacriees arc oft repeated. On the approach of death icy sometimes manifest great concern, begging leir friends to make sacrifices, and uttering cxlamations of distress. Since the Yorubas feel tliier need of sacrifices nd mediators they jue prepared to appreciate ic doctrine of Christ. Ilcnce there is no peole in modern times who have paid more deep ud earnest attention to the gospel, or where mie of them more heartily and utterly renounc.1 theiiLsacrifiecs and embraced the atonement nd mediation of the-Savior. The Foreign Mission Hoard of the Southern aptist Convention have resolved to send out nuiediately six Missionaries if they can be proJred. Three have been appointed, and the ppointinent of two others may be regarded as main. A. physician is needed and a mechanic r two would be an important addition to the arty. We expect to begin in Yoruba and hope >on to penetrate into other nations, or Niefi 111] llausa beyond the ATigcr. One of our ineasres will probably be a school for training tcachrs for future missions. A vast field occupied v races of black and red men lies before us.? 'lie character of the people and the circutustan es arc such as to warrant the hope that our lacrs will not be in vain. T. J. BOWEN. Washington's Courtship and Mar riage. Beautifully situated on the banks of the Paulunkev, is tlfb mansion known as the " 'White louse." It stands on the site of the one in 'hich Washington w:is married. From Custis' ,ife of Martha Washington we extract the aoount of his courtship and marriage : It was in 1758, that Washington, attired in a nlitary undress and attended l>y a body serant, tall and militaire as his chief, crossed the irry1 called the Wallianfs, over the Paumunkey, branch of the York river. On the boat touehig the southern or New Kent sid'e, the soldier's regress was arreted by one of those personages ho give the beau ideal of the Virginia ge'ntleiat) of the old regime, the very soul of kindness nd hospitality. It was in vain the soldier urgd his business at Williamsburg, important comjunications to the Governor, &c. Mr. Chamerlayne, on whose domain the militaire had just mded, would hear no excuse. Col. Washing>n was a name and character so dear to all Virinians, that his passing by one of the castles of 'irginia, without calling or partaking of thchositalitk-s of the host, was entirely out of the queson. The Colonel however, did not surrender at iscretion, but stoutly maintained his ground till Ihamberlaync, bringing up his reserve, in the ilimation that he would introduce his friend 5 a young and charming widow, then bccath "his roof, the soldier capitulated, on condiiou that he should dine?only dine, and then, y pressing Lis charger and borrowing of the ight, ho would reach Willihmsburg before his Excellency could shake off his morning slumbers. )rders were accordingly issued to Bishop, the Jolonel's body servant and faithful follower, who, ogethcr with the English charger, had been bcueathed by the dying Braddock to Maj. Washigton, on the famed nud fatal field of Monongaelu. Bishop, bred in the school of European iscipline, raised his hand to his cap, as much' as 0 say, "Your orders shall be obeyed." The Colonel now proceeded to the mansion, nd was introduced to various guests, (for when /as a Virginia domicil in olden time without ;usts,) and above all, to the charming widow.? Yadition relates that they were naturally pleasd, on this, their first interview?nor is it remarkable; tlicv were at an age when impressions re strongest?the lady was fair to behold, of iscinating manners, and splendidly endowed 1 ith worldly benefits. The hero was fresh from he early fields, redolent of fame, and with a jrm on which "every god did seem to set his eal, to give the world assurance of a man." The morning passed pleasantly away, evening amc, with Bishop true to his orders, and firm at lis post, holding the favorite charger with ouc land, while the other was waiting to offer the eady stirrup. The sun sank in the horison, and ct the Colonel appeared not. " Twas strange, Lwas passing strange surely he was not wont o be a single moment behind his appointment, .>r he was the most punctual of all men. Meantime the host enjoyed the scene of the etcran at the gate, while the Colonel was so greeabiy employed in the parlor; and proclaimng that no visitor ever left his house at sunset, lis military guest was, without much difficulty, crsuaded to order Bishop to put up the horses jr the night. The sun rose high in the heavens, he ensuing day, when the enamored soldier iressod with his spurs his charger's side, and peeded on his way^b the seat of government, .here having despatched his public business, he etraced his steps, and at the White House the ngagemcnt took place with preparations to larrv. And much hath the biographer heard of that larringe, from the gray-haired domestic who raited at the board where love made the festal nd Washington the guest. And rare and rich as the revelry at the balmy period of Virginia's ;stal age; for many were gathered to that mar1 tlm iri-not 11 hi irif*ti>r1 mill tllfV .iin niv. >r, ith juvoiis cxclnmotions, hailed in Virginia's outhiui hero a happy and prosperous bridcroom. '"So you remcmbei when Col. Washington inie courting of your young mistress?" said the iographer to old Cully, in his hundredth year. Ay, massa, that 1 do," replied the ancient famv servant, who had lived to see five generations; Lgrt*:it times, sir, great times?shall never see io like again!" "And Washington looked micthing like a man?a proper man?hey, Cul' ?" "Never seed the like, sir?never the like f him, though I have seen many in mv day? > tall, so straight! and then he sat on a horse ad rode with such an air! Ah, sir, he was like 0 one else. Many ot' the grandest gentlemen 1 the gold lace were at the wedding; but none loked like the man himself." .Strong indeed must have been the impression liicli the person and manner of Washington lado upon the rude, untutored mind of this poor pgro, since the lapse of three quarters of a cenirv had not sufficed to efface it. The precise date of the marriage, the biogralier has been unable to discover, having in vain isrehed among the records of the vestry of St. i Peter's church, New Kent, of which the liev. M Munson, a Cambridge scholar, was the rectoi and performed the ceremony, it is believed, abou 1759. A short time after their marriage, Colou< and Mrs. Washington if moved to Mt." Veruoi on the Potomac, and permanently settled then "This union," says Sparks, "was in every rt spect felicitous. It continued forty years. T her intimate acquaintances and to the natioi the character of Mr*. Washington was ever theme of praise. Affable and courteous, exem plary in her deportment, remarkable for he deeds of charity and piety, unostentatious, am without vanity, she adorned by her domestic vir tues, the sphere of private life, and filled witl dignity every station in which she was placed. Previous to his acquaintance with Mrs. Custif Washington had been pleased with otlrcr ladies The author, above quoted on this point says, tha in judo, \rinle in -new lork, lie was lodged ant entertained at the house of Beverly Robinson between whom and himself an intimate friend ship subsisted, which indeed continued wit'hou change, till severed by their opposite fortune twenty years afterwards in the revolution. I happened that Miss Mary Phillips, a young sis ter of Mrs. Robinson, and a young lady of rar accomplishments, was an iumate of the family The charms of this lady made a deep imprcssioi upon the heart of the Virginia Colonel. II went to Boston, returned, and was again wel coined to the hospitality of Mr. Robinson. II lingered there till duty called him away; but h was careful to entrust his secret to a confidcntia friend, whose letters kept him informed of ever; important event. In a few months, intelligence came that a rival was in the field* aiffi that tlr consequences could not be an-wered for, if li delayed to renew his visits to New York. Whe ther time, the bustle of a camp, or the scenes o waV, had moderated his admiration, or whetho he despaired of success is not known. lie neve saw the lady again till she was married to tha same rival, Captain Morris, his former associat in arms, and one of Braddock's aid-de-camps. "He had before felt the influence of the teude passion. At the age of seventeen, he was smit tan bv the graces of a fair one, whom he callei a 'low land beautv.' and whose nraises he re corded in glowing strains, while wandering witl his surveyor's compass among the Alleghan; mountains. On that occasion lie wrote a des ponding letter to a friend, and indicted plsyn'tiv verses, hut never ventured lo reveal his emotioi to the lady who was unconscious of the caus< of his pains." A Remarkable Incident.? In a quiet vii lage situated on the shores of a beautiful lake lived a man. of some wealth and independen manners. He-disregarded the Sabbath entire ly, and pursued, his business or pleasure as bes suited his convenience. He commenced build iug a boat principally for pleasure excursion on the lake. While he was proceeding witl the enterprise, which, it was whispered abroad would afford opportunity for Sunday sailing, h was called on by a miuister, who inquire about the boat, aud expostulated with him, a the enterprise would increase the wildness an immorality of their village. "I am afraid, said the minister, "your boat will prove Sabbath-breaker." The man looked him i the face, and with much assurance said, "Ycj it will; that's just what I'll name my boa' I've been thinking what to call her, and yoi have just hit it. I thank you for the sugges tion. The boat shall be called 'The Sabbat] Breaker,' " As he said this he bid the minis tergood day, with a chuckle at his eviden surprise and mortification. The building wen on, and especially on Sunday. Shqjwas soo ready to launch, and was launched on Sutida) ' and named '"The Sabbath-breaker," amid th cheers of some twenty or thirty halfintoxics ted men. An old sailor or two shook thei heads at the way she struck the water, but th folly usual to such an owner hid his eyes t the truth. She was rigged aud fitted for a 'excursion. She must ggo out on Sunday. : general invitation was given, and number crowded on board. On the streamer wa floating the name in large letters, "The Sal bath breaker." She was put out. Severa seized by an indefinite dread us they read th name over them, sprang on shore; other would have done so, but she was off. Sh sailed well enough for a while. The timi felt re assured, and music aud mirth began.But scarcely four hours had elapsed, when th boat was struck by a flaw of wind, which cam suddenly upon them. Confusion reigned o board. Scarce an effort was made. She keel ed almost instantly over, and went to the bol torn! But soon all was over. Forty soul: mostly youths, had- found a watery grave, an just above the surface of the lake floated th flag, bearing the inscription, "Sabbath-breaker, proclaiming to all the passcrs-by that there i a God in hearen who judgelh righteously. California Christian Advocate. Comi'Leteia' Soaked.?Jones says he wen home one night with an extensive brick in hi hat, and not being desirous of calling the wrat of Mrs. Jones, concluJed, after some reflectio to get in bed without waking her. He succcc tied, as he thought, pretty well in so doing, bu after lying some time, lie imagined that Mn J. might smell his breath, and so concluded t turn over. Hut wo will give his own words " I had but fairly got over when my wif sang out, "Jones, you stupid old fool, you neei not have turned over? you're drunk all th way through The excavations of Nimroud have been re opened, and a fine bas relief has been found It represents Assyrian warrriors hunting a lion and is perfectly well preserved. Some head of ivory finely carved and gilt, have also beei found. It is believed that the very chariot o Ashur has been found ! The French are verj diligent in their researches, and the Turks havi also begun digging in the mounds of the pro phet Jonah, to the great annoyance of the mon devout Musselmcn. If your principles are false, no apology cai make them right; if founded in truth, no cen sure can make them wrong. ' I'll try !' is a plant that would flourish it the frigid zone; ' I can't!' would be barren anj where. I; ?eneral llras; -j|J I Uailuoads in trie South.?The pro'^rostf ), of the railway system in the South Is hrieffy..:9 i. yet satisfactorily exhibited in the following o Virginia i$ extending its line's fioni the sea- J[ i, board to the Ohio and the Tennessee; on a one hand by the Covington and Ohio Railroat^jB i- towards Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago atid'^B r St. Louis, and on the other hand by the \ ginia and Tennessee Railroad atid its corineo-'^H - tions towards Knoxyille, Chattanooga, Nasfi^ 9 >i villc, Memphis, and the whole South West: 3 Already its complete roads measures six Don-' -9 eked miles more. 'M >. North Carolina, too, 4s pressing on to wards *91 t the West; and forming connection witli the'ifflj J great lines of Virginia by the Roanoke Valley'^H i, Railroad, and with those of South Carolina - the Central Railroad, uniting with the Charon t lolte and South. Carolina Railroad near thecal s State line ; and the Wilmington and Manches'91 t ter Railroad opens to its chief port the rlchfe?$9 that cistwhile have raised Charleston to its e t y position. Hie completed lines in this Slate, . measure two hundred and eighty miles, aittf i9 a those progressing to some five hundred nfileS1.* o additional. ? In South Carolina and Georgia, from CbarleS-V ? e ton towards Mobile and New Orleans, and to* e wards Nasbville and Memphis, "the lingsi.withwf gj 1 tills State are complete. In the northern y of this State but few places are wanting itf". J 0 railroad accommodation. Soon she will scale.' ? e the Blue ltidge, Georgia has two lines crossing- M e the State and uniting with the. ro#ds of .Ten- '-J - ncssec and Alabama, and two others are id ? progress; the one from Savannah to^ Albany!* r on the Flint river, and the other from :Burns* j| r wiek to Tallahassee and several points in the J t Southwest portion of the State. "{ v e The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,* ifl Fk'rida,' * is a grand conception, and will form the high- -3 r way of a commerce aow endangered..By the 3 " treacherous shoals and rocks of-her Southern 1 1 point. Other railroads will seek her harbors,, a - -from Montgomery, from Oglethorpe and other 3 h" points north of her Western territorial exfeCf* J Y sion. . | ^ New York Exhibition.?The Director*.^; , the Crystal Palace Association ghre.notice that 1 their Exhibition will open on the 16th,of July. , | The building has been enlarged 6y'.kddlhg* 4 . nearly one-fourth to its area beyond whiat was. 3 originally contemplated, and now covers five," 3 ' acres of ground. The Ne>v York Journal 6f J Commerce is very severe upon the exhibition ana its managers. 11 says f * ' This affair wus conceived iff fraud (for all ^1 dishonest speculation is - fraud.;) it has been 1 ,3 carried through by deception, for no "promise fj I ever made by its managers has been kept; arid" ' the show they will make of the wared and( * trash, will not half equal that of the Annual. y Fair of the American lustitute. We do meet- S ? sincerely advise all not to ber gulled--^y: the '-J ,, humbug, for it is one too small and contempt?-, u a ble*" ' II Shameful.?The rowdiesin Cincinnati amusii 1 t' themselves by cutting the dresses of ladies iff a the street. Several rieh' dresses have thi^s been: _j 5 ruined within a few days. The court, in -'sen.' 1 tencing one of the perpetrators last week, ye- - J marked that it was an act of the most o'utra- 3 geous character; combining a depravity an<f v despicable meanness unparallel in the history jl ' of petty crimes. There beiiig no law definthj^ tho punishment of such a crime, the court was , 1 J compelled to sentence him to the extreme pe- ii , nalty of . an assault:?a fiuo of $25 and costs; and to be confined in the dungeon o? the coon-- ] g ty jail for ten days, to be fed with bread andt 1 u water only, and, at the expiration of his term * of confinement, to stand committed until tifd ij ^ fine and cbsts are paid. He got his deserts:' .vj s The present area of the city of N'ew-ON j leans will hardly fall short of forty square miles, being double the area of the incorporse ted limits of New-York city, which embraced s the whole of Manhattan Island, and presenting e a surface greater than that of . the present are* d of London. The present area of New-Orleans f _ may without difficulty, and in the ordinary j e course of human affairs, comfortably contain ' e 2,000,000 inhabitants. The present population 1 n during the business season may safely be esti- , I Of n/.f n- < irr.T nnn [. umtvu Uk 1IUV HS3 mail 1 IO,\jyj\J. 5, The New-York Spirit of the Times arid nounces a grand running match horse race bee txveen two large operators in cattle, iu Califor-^ i " nia, to come oft' before the 10th of June. The s distance is nine miles without stopping,- over a ^ level country in the vicinity of Monterey. The horses named are Black Sican (from Syd- < ney) and Fred Coy, a bay horse from Kentucky; ^ t and well known in the States as a vj;ry fast |s mile horse. The amount of the match is as "> jj follows: 810,000 in Ash (a side,) one thou-" n sand head of cattle (valued*at 823,006,) and* ? ,, five hundred young mares, valued at 87,000.)" making in all $80,0d0, $40,000 a side. ^ >. 0 Good Shots.?Wo learn from the Tuscom: bia Enquirer that on Friday, the 20th ult., an ":fi e unfortunate difficulty took place at Courtland i. d Ala., between J. Bynuni and Ale*. Wall. On % e Thursday they had a dispute, and perhaps came & to blows, and on the next morning they metj * when a word or two passed and each drew his p - pistol and fired, ?so near the sarpe time that the I. reports could not be distinguished apart; The Lb i, contents of each antagonist's pistol entered the '> s forehead, and both of them died the same day; ' 1 f A large spotted Shajk, measuring 11 feet' ? 4 inches, was harpooned and captured by a 3 party of gentlemen yesterday afternoon. Af- w ter being landed, she was delivered of twenty- .1 3 two young ones, and after she was cut open* ' ? was found to contain twenty-one more. Char. Courier; i -??*> ."2 The Ventral Georgian. of the 31st ult., an* i nounces the appearance of thefirst cotton bloom i in Washington county. It is, however, not re- 1 i garded as any indication of the condition of the crop which is verv backward ar?d unorcmlainp. J