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QA-^J. EN, J0UML* ^ VOLUME 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA. TUESDAY Mpjg^g JT [,Y 3,;. 1^.3. l'UBLISHED "WEEKLV BV < ? ,'" THOMAS J. "WARREN. . - ; TERMS. ^ Twp^ i^ollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and " Cents" if payment "be delayed three months, and rf jjjree Dollars if not paid till the expirat ion of the year. - A TISTRP-TT^RAr^XTTS will ho insarfod fit the ffol lowing rates:,-For one Square, {fourteen lines or less,) . serenty-five cents for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for ?acli 'subsequent Insertion. Single insertions^ one dollar per square; semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. . -\r i^The number of insertions desired must be noted on the margin of .all advertisements, or they will be * "publfohgd until ordered discontinued and charged ac'cordmgly. ^HiSffllanfons. - ' Frim the Southern Christian Advocate. Rides About Camden.?Hfo. 2. - r . MULBKKKY. When you pay your visit to Mulberry, you must take my carriage, which is larger than :? yours, so that you can tak& all (he children, said to, me a kind friend and neighbor. Ac- j "* cordingly,-her capacious carriage well packed, one bright and beautiful spring-morning, was seen wendiug"its,.way to Mulberry, the rurah] residence of Col. C. Mulberry, ^so called/ we presume' from the tree of that name so common in this section of country, and prized, nfore for its fine shade, than its fruit, of which persons generally, are not very fond. As we left the town, Tor our drive of about three miles to Mulberry, we were struck with the wealth of forest trees, pertaining to this region, lite environs of Camden, we think re markable for their prodigious and magnificent trees. . Our road was rich with them. The Birch, wi'.h plenty of switches to help " moralsuasion" in making the "young uns" better, and the Juniper with berries not used in helping any .on?, to make "-old tins" worse. No! trees, noble trees like these; should have " leaves only for the healing of the nation." They do always carry my eyes up, and tlien my heart right up,'to'Gi>d. Flowers are pretty, but, in comparison, they are too diminutive. Said the great Baseom once to me, " Give me a tree, none of your cut and carved and neatly trimmed-trees, but one just as nature made it; free", wild, spreading, shading, waving, rustling, floating, just as, fleaveij, pleases." When introduced to o'ur new home in Camden, said one, can you be happy.here, awuy from, familiar friends and places ? O, I cannot be unhappy, replied J, with that verdurous grove right ho fore my door,, to refresh, and cheer, and bless me. That tallest pine seems to be standing there my sentinel from harm. " llunor'd and blest be the ever green Pine;" who wantonly fell^one write him down Goth or Vandal. How f have been led out of my'path by the trees, instead of by thorn into it, like the forest's ohildrerv- But hgr? :i biTflgt. -^mss_tlie_roud_ _ completely "canopied by over-arching trees, aiiuT along the road, we have-an aromatic avenue of the Crab nearly ail the remainderrof our way. .The yellow jessamine and Cherokee rose also, entwining found every twig and'shrub, and po<t 1 -Oil? lanit <in <tripilf:)l ana pmur wumu men n>v?, >v? luxuriance of beauty and sweolne-s that one ; seems almost, as it were, lo Inthe in. with de - light. As we approach the house through an extensive lawn, we are greeted wt:h the sight of that glory of our Southern woods, the live oak?"so darkly, deeply, beautify.ly green." , . But here is the house?a substantial brick . one, handsome, capacious, massive, a house that is a house, 1i home for h large familyvone of the homesteads of the olden time, where home comforts and blessings cluster sacred alike, for its joys and for its Sorrows, ;t nucleus still Ibr the children of it gone off to themselves, who howeyer far removed*and separated, still send back their heart's affections to that home pf childhood?that horue blessing tliein in infancy, and now-, in blessing, following, them in age, by refreshing, preserving, influence. The birth days, wedding-days^ " merry Christmasses," -the paStimes beneath tliose venerable shades, the leaving home for school or college, the re turnings home again, the tears at parting, the smiles at meeting, all come up. O the blessed memories of such a home, sanitary to the pilgrim, however far removed from it! That 1 home we entered, 'rfie furniture was in keepJ ing with the appearance of things without, useful, substantial, good, nothing tawdry, no ginger bread gilding about it There in " the old arm chair," sat the venerable mother, (the father had taken his usual ride to the plantations, but would be io.preseutly,)?a beautiful old age is that mother's calm, serene, as a soft mellow day of our own lovely autumn. She Jiau come to the South from her native North, a beauteous young bride. We beheld her portrait as taken then, how bright, ho.w blooming, that carnation cheek, that cherry lip, those au born curls. You can scarcely realize, said the dear old lady, that I ever looked that way ; indeed we could, there was as much beauty, 'though of a different kind, now; the difference between Spring and Autumn. For my part, I have always been an admirer of old age, there is something so subdued, and meek, ami chastened about it, so unworldly, so spiritual, as if its beauty owed more to heaven than earth, and I look upon the time when it, so soon, shall have put off this mortal to.put on immortality, that, when it is christian old age, as in this case it was, it seems to me I already behold some of the celestial investiture about it, and I feel a holy reverence, for one so soon to be an angel. The angelic sweetness of temper of this lovely old lady has beeu a beautiful lesson to her large family. Said her daughter-in law to me: Never, in all the domestic trials of a numerous family, in all her different relations unto it, never have I seen her temper even ruffed. She was oneof the young ladies se lected to welcome Washington to Trenton; and to send him a written address on the occasion, which he answered jn a very complimentary manner. We walked through the rooms to examine the many fine portraits on the walls. That is General Washington's, said Mr. M.; No, it was replied, but your mistake is one that was very common in his life-time ; thiit is Col. C's. father, who so greatly resembled Washington, as to be frequently mistaken for him, or thought to be bis brother; tliey were very intimate and much together, but on comparing it with this portrait?a fine one of the General himself, taken by the celebrated Stuart?you will find the Likeness not so striking as you at first esteemed it. CoL.C. was a boy at school, in Philadelphia, when Gen. Wn-hington passed through to enter upon his duties as President of these United States, and saw him then. Here, then,.are a couple still living, who have both seen the father of our country. Soon those who can say this will have parsed away. Col. C. is full of interesting revolutionary incidents. He told Mr. M., 011 learning tiiat his grand-father was Capt. M., of Sumter's cavalry, that he had often heard of him, and of his being a large, stalwart, active man, that could jump over his own horse. How interesting become these items of those times from those tvlm a ra livinnr ovu *i!?l p;ir u'itnessps In theil* ",,v **"" * b "J" - ? truth. Col. C. is over eighty, hale, hearty, active, in the full possession of all his faculties. He bears himself erect, walks at a brisk gait, and needs not the assistance of. spectacles. He has been from the beginning, one of the most intelligent and liberal patrons of the Wateree Mission to the blacks, taking a personal interest in the matter, attending the Mission Church, and worshipping in the midst .of his people. May his children's children continue to see to it, that this holy charity be continued to their servants forever. So shall i they ever" rise up, as they do now, and call them blessed. ' . CoMFAGNOtJ DU VoYAGE. THE HOMES OF CAROLINA. The homes of Carolina, They bless the eye and heart, Willi beauty and with comfort, x>eyona me reacn 01 an, No castlo, with its turrets, No princely palace fair, Can with our plain, good homesteads In any wise compare. The homes ol Caroliha y Stand hospitality free, ; A shelter for the homeless,* " WJroever he may be; *. ^They're not too coarse for comfort, Tliey'ie not too line for use, And a warm and hearty welcome They know not to refuse. The homes of Carolina Refreshingly .they stand, Liko oases of verdure, They're dotting all the land^ 0, how their blessed inHu'encc Keeps the affections green, Or wand'nng. brings them back again, At thought of some home scene. The homes of Carolina ? In simplicity they stand. Teli nof of the pulazaos, So gaudy and so grand, Pompous pride inhabits In lands beyond the sea, Health, happiness, and comfort Make home enougli for tuc. ~~ ^eeTloiueMS iTicy are, Tbo' far our feet may wander, Our hearts can never, far; For to them they arc fasten'u I3y many a sacred tie, Tho' from them we at e call'd to live, Yet at thera?inaywc die. MM.. Camdm, S. C. s \ A VVsHxixo TO OiitLs.?" IJc has only a few faults!" Ilowm.-fty fair young-girls are deceived, or deceive..themselves by this specious reasoning ! - Ho only smokes a little, and chews a little, and drinks a little?never passes the bounds of sobriety. He is rather fond of amusements, what man of spirit is not ? True, he is seldom at home?but.the idea of a man sitting forever by the chimney corner?ridicu lous! He isdbrid of dress?but then he is so handsome. . All these little, straws that point the way the wind or rain blows, are regarded as trivial things?only a few faults. After marriage, when the smoking, the chewing, and drinking have become confirrhed habits, the foolish wife sings a sadder strain.* Then her children want for shoes, but her husband never for cigars and drink. Her own clothes are patched and mended?not so the broken windows and his wretched habits. The few faults, like grains of mustard seed, have grotvn and increased a hundred fold?due bills come in ? the rent is unpaid? friends forsake the drunkard's family. Then coines the miserable expediency of moving into a miserable house, minus all conveniences whore .the rain pours into the garrets, and the rats tramp, tramp all night?where the children get cold?grow sick and die with fever, and Lhe'beart-broken woman sits up till morning gray, to stitch her ill-paid work, turning ever and anon, with a stifled sigh, to gaze through tears upon the stiffened corpse. Sometimes she starts. The fitful winds drumming upon the blinds?was it his step ? And soqii she is childless, and sick and dying ?!inH kIh> rlnps hrpntfip her Inst, while he who hud once "only a few faults." sings and shouts j in drunken brawls at the post-tavern or the rum-cellar. This true picture has been a thousand times painted, and its duplicates hang up in the sad j chambers of how many thousand hearts? And yet the thoughtless girl, blinded by passion, heedless of consequences, reiterates : "He has only a few faults," and gives herself up to corruption more noisome than the grave, and to a j fate the horrors of which no pen can portray. o If there be a class of human beings on earth who may properly be denominated low, it is that class who spend without earning, who consume without producing, who dissipate the earnings of their fathers or relatives, without bringing anything in of themselves. "Dick, I say, why don't you turn that buffalo robe t'other side out??hair side in is the wannest." "Bah, Tom, you git eout. Do you s'posc the animal himself didn't know how to wear his hide? I follow his plan." Mkn and Women'.?Men jiro tlic most capable of <listinoruisl)iii? merit in women, and ladies form tlie truest judgment of men. The two sexes seem as spies placed upon each other, and furnished with different abilities adapted to mutual inspection. ? Onlthin it ft. ?H??B?MEM? From the Mobile Register: Letter from Rev* Dr. Hamilton. Hebron, Pal., March 25, 1853. My dear Sir?Here I am in qunratine/lodg ed in a cold stone vault, and surrounded bylofti stone walls?in full view of the Mosque buil over the cave of Machpelah, the grave of the pa triurch Abraham, and of Sarai his wife, anc around this Mosque spreads?on the sides of th< limestone hill on which it is built?the town o Hebron, where David- reigned seven years befor< he made Jerusalem his capital. After tbirtj days of camel-riding, through the dreary desert! of Suez, and of the peninsula of Sinai?after tin rude gigantic rocky mountains of Sinai and IIo 1 < ri,. tt ? A reo, anu men or jji. xxor, on wiusiia?i>'u.?. and of Patre, the ancient city of the Edomiies the city whose habitations, temples and tombs hetn out of the solid mountain,- most of then] still open to the inspection of the curious traveller, (t his whole rock city lies under the shadow of the gigantic Mount llor) after crossing one* more the Wady Arabah, which extends from the Gulf of Akaba 011 ihe lied Sea, to the very shores of the Dead Sea?aftpr crossing ovet Mount Saffa, (one of the most difficult mountains I ever scaled)?it was indeed a relief to the eye and to the feelings, to come upon tracts ol land embosomed among the stony mountains.or the south border of Palestine, exhibiting a scanty herbage, and now and then even tracts of cultivation. improving in appearance every mile, but still without shrub or tree?to come suddenly, on rounding a projecting point of one of these limestone hills, upon a small, auiphitheatre-like r^alley, green with springing grain, divided by stone fences, anil diversified' by olive groves and groups of fig trees; just bursting into life; another turn in the rocky path, and from my left seat on the back of a very tall camel, I had a full view of the ancient city of Horeb-?its fine large Mosque, with lofty minarets built over Abraham's tomb, its numerous substantial aiiii clean looking houses, all built of limestone, and relieved by contrast with the rocky sides of the hilltop beyond it?and with the olive groves, and the patches of grain of a deep verdure here and there around it. Were wc permitted to enter the town and walk or ride through its streets, I dare say wc shall see dirt enough.:-But at this distance, and especially as contrasted with the dreariness of the desert, the town of Hebron, lying on the hillside, and showing olive groves an J greengrowing grain around it, looks beautiful ; and as compared with the dirty appearance of the miserable mud hovels, constituting the towns and villages of Egypt and Nubia,- Hebron seems peculiarly clean and bright looking. Tomorrow morning' our quarantine ends, and we hope, by sunrise, to be mounted and on our way to Jerusalem?the place where our Lord was crucified. To day, is what our Episcopal friends call Good Friday, and next Sunday is the Easier of the Latin or Pppish church ; and as most of the gentlemen of our large caravan (thirteen travellers, with their servants, ?kc., and wc travelMi to have our quarantine over, anil to be in Jerusalem next Sunday?the Latin Easter. The Easter of the Greek Church, a much more imposing celebration at .Jerusalem, occurs some where about a month later. At a future day, I hope to send you some account of Jerusalem, and the places of interest in and around it. Thus far ourjoiirncy has been prosperous, safe and pleasant. We have inet with no accident; with no annoyance from any of the numerous tribes of wild Arabs, through whose territories we have been journeying; and as to the weather, we have been peculia'rly favored. Since February -22d, -when we left Cairo, we have had no storm?not a shower has fallen upon us, for thirty-three {lays ; although twice, heavy rshowers poured down but a few miles ahead of us?but they had completely passed away, by the inue we came to the ground on which they had poured. One day only in the desert?the day after we had left Suez?we-were annoyed by the Kli.itnpsin wind, filling every thing with sand and nearly blinding and half-stifling us; a few hours only, it lasted. This .desert travelling is curious enough. The Camel is a huge unsightly.animal, travelling with long strides, by -which, even at a walk, it passes rapidly over the ground; they arc strong and enduring, but exceedingly disagreeable to ride, not only from tho uneasy jerking pace, but also from the ugly growl in which they often indulge, and from the sickening odor of their breath, especially at certain seasons?and more particularly while they feed on the strong rn i. klr herh.icre found occasionally in the IVV'I " - - J ?~ "O " desert. Usually we were astir before 5 o'clock in the morning, the duties of the toilet done, and breakfast over, apd we mounted in our lofty seats for the day's journey, before 7 o'clock. Tn my tent I have a curtain arranged so that.I have been able to take a cold water bath every morning, even in the worst part of the desert. About noon we generally rested for half an hour or threequarters, and took lunch, under the shadow of a rock, or of a desert mimosa if we could find one, j The baggage camels generally passed us while at I lunch. About half-post 4, or towards 5 o'clock our Sheikh would call a halt, and in a few minutes every camel was lying down to bo unloaded ?the tents were erected?our beds and tables arrayed?and in half an hour after stopping wo were at home in our own little apartment, the lent. By 7 o'clock, dinner was on the tabic? after it our journals all written up?thou a sin gle cup of tea followed, and before 10 o'clock wo were all abed, and probably sound asleep.? Though often excessively fatigued at night, ye! usually a night's sound sleep thoroughly refresh ed us, and we arose in the morning ready, cheer fully to renew the toils of the journey. Itwouh be impossible to convey to you an idea of tin lively interest with which I have passed over tin ground trodden by the I?raelitos under Moses noticing the point where they must have cross ed?judging from the sacred narrative, and dif ' ? i \\':il.!?ertn m fering from iiotn Houmsou ami ?? numw ? that point. I sailed across the lied Sea and line! again, where, I judge, the Israelites must hav< passed; but the Sirocco was blowing too strong for us to pass as far down the sea as I had in tended. I drank from the fountain of Moses from the well Marah, (still bitter and brackish. I stopped a night at Klam, where are still sever al wells and paltn trees, and at Mount, Sinai I as tended the lofty peak from which it serins tnos probable the law was given?uttered audibly ii the awful lone of Jehovah's own voice; and fron i that sacred spot, I looked abroad over the wid< long plains- stretching out from the foot mountain, and whore millions Of people coil, readily encamp, all ici full view of the mountai - and of its summit. '' % From Sinai, I passed among the wonderful d< files of these mountuin.inasses, down to the coas of the eastern arm of the Red Seaj reached Akf ba, at its northern extremity, and there saw an conversed in my tent with the renowned Ara Sheikh,' Hassien, who was polite and attentive andjwhoseson, Mehemet, magnificently attired i: scarlet silks, head "our Arab escort to Petra am to llebron. lie left us only two days since. Fo two or three years past, as it wiis formerly, bu few have been able to penetrate to Petra.- Yea before last, Rev. Dr. Scott, of New Orleans, at tempted it, but did not succeed." Our party thi year was numerous, and we met with jio difficul ty, and truly'it is a wonderful place; a vast am phi theatre of sandstone, rocks, most beautifulh colored' and veined like -a mixture, of rusewoot and curled maple, with'veins of .ivory white.? TlUfft m.Mintnina orn mmiu'vi'liftl-o liovi'n htlf QfV excavated; exhibiting hugerhalls for apartments for tombs, or for temples. In some plaoes, for i long distance, the whole face "of the inonntnin i; i so hewn and sculptured as to present the front o f a temple, strongly resembling the Grecian archi i tecture, with its colunins^its ornamented* Capi tals, its cornices, &c. ?fcc. Tlic temple called E Derrt, plainly disceruable from the summit o , Mount Ilor, and especially another temple c'allec the Changa or the treasure hewn in a rockj i mountain defile, to the north east of the ampfii theatre, are peculiarly beautiful. The last nnmec is one of the most exquisitely finished pieces o architecture I ever beheld. Beyond Petra or the east rises the lofty range of Mount Seir, whil< to the west is Mount Hor, with its vast base anc its numerous spiles, some of granite, some-' o limestone, separate the mountains of Petra from the great great valley of Arabah. For fullei particulars, ns to Petra and Sinai both, I must refer to Stephens' Arabia Petra;, (by the way Stephens' dragbmarf Paulo Nutzio, is one of the .i_.? ? ...... UTit^UUlCli (tUUliuiw^ uui vaiamuf anu (.ainc uiuuu and well about Stephens and. his adventures in these regions and in Syria.) I refer you,-also further to Wilson's Lauds of the Bible, and tc Robinson's Biblical Researcher, but especially tc the 'Bible itself.^ ..." This whole region is well described in the sacred narrative; and the appearance of Petra, al this day, accessible only by passing through a long succcssioiLof mourning defiles, very steep, very dangerous, ml Uj)llble~bf being defended by asirfall force of resolute men against large armies; all agree well with the representations given in the Jewish history, and in the Jewish prophets of the stronghold of Edom, who made his habitation among the rocks, and sat himsell bights the stars. I am glad and thankful, that I have been permitted to visit and explore these wilnernesses so full of interest to every believer in revelation. Many passages of holy writ I shall be able now to understand, and to appreciaicuin a. wa\: that, otherwise, J could not have T have bohit this fatigiioing journey veil, aTJci am at present in good health and fine spirits. In Syria we may expect bad roads, and occasionally bad weather; but I hope that lie who has so signally prospered our journey thus far, will still .mercifully guide our footsteps. Wn lmnr >lii? moininnr that fresh disturbances have broken out in Syria. Should this prove true, it may deprive us of the pleasure of seeing Damascus and Balbeck, and fender it difficult fur us to reach even Beyrout?still we hope fot the best. Please to assure all kind Mobile frionds of my frequent reihembrance of them, and of my desire, now growing daily stronger to return, and to find myself once more.among tliem. / Jerusalem, March 27. Arrived safe in Jerusalem to-day. I spent three, days at Ilebron, visited the oak of Abraham on the plains of Main re; visited Bethlehem the city, of our Lord's nativity. This morning J attended to see high mass in the Latin Churcl: of the Holy Sepulchre, the Bishop of Jerusalem officiating in person. lie is a fine looking man about 40, and wears one of the finest beards ] ever saw. The cercmy was one of the mostsplendid characters, the costumes and sacred vessels were gorgeous to excess. This evening Lascended the Mount of Olives west of Jerusalem, and from its summit had Je rusalcui in full view on the east, and the Deac o .1 p;,.af. TXi-.tan fnr a vast extent, ful oeit cinu mo awnti vv>??.., ? -? before me. The mountains cast of the Deac Sea rise abruptly from the water's edge, and an very high. The same runs down east of Wadj Arabah, aH the way to Akaba on the Arabiai Gulf of the Red Sea. Adieu. W. T. HAMILTON. A Successful Domestic Searcfi.?Mr. II. a( , fronted his wife.-\vho, to punish him, resolved to 1> . dumb whenever lie was present; and so well di< i she maintain her resolution, that nearly a weel . passed away, during which not a word did sir , utter in his presence. She performed her house , hold duties as usual; but speak she would not He tried to coax her out of her whim, but ii vain.; At last he tried the following plan t< i overcome her resolution by working on her cm i i osity?the most ungovernable of female propen s sities. Returning one evening from his employ merit, his lady sat there as usual, mute. He im mediately commenced a vigorous search through ; out the room. The closet was examined, th - bed room, the drawers, boxes, shelves?ever L thing that could possibly be thought of was over - hauled. His wifo was struck with astonishment at hi 1 unaccountable behavior; and so he proceeds ii his search. She became very nervously anxiou ? to find out what lie was looking for. Wha , could it be ? She looked in his face, to glean, i . possible, from his expression, the object of hi - search; but no go, he was as sober as a judge.i He lifted the edge of the carpet, looked unde : the table cover, and finally, approaching lie > chair, looked under it, and even going so far a r to brush her dress partially aside, as if what h I-?..a.* i,n lii.l rtierc. She could stand i 9UM" lit UIIJ^IIO ^/vy ...V _ ; no longer. She burst out, "hob, what are yo ) looking for?" lie smiled, and answered, "You - tongue, and I've found it." t "Tf it was not for hope the heart would break, i as Mrs. Perkins said when she buried her seven I i husband, and looked anxiously among !ho funci ; al crowd for another. J ; A (jiortd lYewspaperV. n The Rev. Mr: Burnap ia his -'Lecture to 'ing Men,'" says f ?-> k = i- of p/haps I ought to'beg pardon of the shade?t yearly dotus-when I avow, that 1 consider-tbp i- more talukents ^ ?n<? g<??-d newspaper, as b< J reason for tfjf?han all he ever wi'ote." His ci b that the historj*'1 compliment ttf'the pressis fu J, in the-journals o&"n^ow" times, to be found fl 11 to him than histbryV^V1'3 ^9 important a! J tern's not without its l,e Past 'dSe6t Thc-laU, tl c though the history of th^qf imPortancef for p t remote,'may-be accounted l,<} matte^how it r yet it is nut merely so As gul*'OU9, reading, - 'fluid- alone, it is useful; but it &c'P,me ?r,the *- Ntbe lessons ti s -wnrcn it teaahes, the revelation^ 'G^haracter it - which it hangs out for -the guidance b>c;{ateg t] - showing the havCns to besought, an"d the sr. jg y y rocks, whirpools and quicksands to be avuiucv 1. that its greatest importance consist, <; Apart frorti these uses, the.'persuafcof thehis1 tory of the past is ho better'than' novel read- < i, iffg, but viewecf as an aid in sbaping^present i i uondact stiidied in connection.with current his 3 fory it appears to us hot Duly important but f indispensable to both the'Statesman and Mor- t - alist?to all whose position and abilities enable 1 - them to affect'the public mind and the public t 1 interests/for weal or woe. Arid'Ave have no f doubt, that* the reverend nuthoF himsell is of 1 the same opinion : wh'He we agree fully with I r him, that historical reading "should begin not : with the men ofour own times." Here then we c 1 are brought back to the newspaper. It were t f unnecessary for us to waste words in giving { i any reasons Additional to that mentioned by, f i the author, for agreeing irv his opinion relative I to the vaJue-of a "newspaper." Such a one? t f -one truly worthy of the,name does contain.the-'S i current history of its own times. To deserve c the character, it must be impartial,'industrious .1 < seeking-truth, and that,only, through every ac, cessible avenue. f s It must have no partial purpose to serve re- v i quiring the aid of sophistry in argument,, or the. e i perversion of occurring facts for its advance- f , moot. .It must consider itself as. lighting its I ? lamp not alone for the present time \ the minds a > formed under its guidance now, will be called, ii to act hot for themselves alone, but faj* poster-^ ? ty ; the future historrap;will look to it for illu-^ I > mination, to aid.in directing the conduct of his . i own times, by the lesson it may afford, and e i other lands will search by. its-aid for our presr 1 It ent conduct and character; how important S does it not appear, that its light, slfauld not be h false ! To one holding such views the oondt * tion of the newspaper press in the'country must n bring reflections anything but agreeable. He 1 sees both the past and current history of his own ( country dally falsified, while the passing events C of other lands are given with all*, fidelity to truth, which is afforded-by the means of ob- d taining information; and while ample justice is t done to the eminent men of other nations, 'ii the benefactors of his own are treated as if 6 " or the penitentiary.' lie is eoiiueui'ibu 10 uie- ? pain of bearing the odium character abroad by 'o those who deduce the characters of the people 8 1 at large from that given to our most eminent e i public men by partial historians j)( the present h time, by men here who would traduce our r?a' tional faith, injure domestic business and ruin, 1 our credit in the eyes of other nations, if such a c ' course should seem necessary to the. advance- f ment of a particulyr purpose; such as the ob- ? ' tainment of political power 4iy one party or set of men, or the retaining of it by another.? a The public taste has been, and is fast be coming improved; and the time is not distant' ? I when a good newspaper," deemed by. one scho-, 1 lar or gentlemen at least more valuable than a all the wfilings at present. People are in- 0 1 creasing in the desire and rapacity to exercise- a their own judgment; and thfy cannot long con- 5 > tinue to purchase falsehood and dictation at a 1 ' dear rato, while truth and freedom in mind can j3 1 be had cheap. : * i ?? * , A witty clergyman had been lecturing in a [ country villago ou the subject of Temperance, - and as usual after the lecture the pledge was 8 s passed round for signatures. . "Pass it along that way," said the lecturer, f , pointing towards a gang of bloated^ red nose k - loafers near the door. "Pass it along,, perhaps 8 1 soine of those gentlemen would like to join our 1 cause." - _ * 1 "We don't bite at a large hook," gruffly mut2 tered one of the rummies. f "Well," replied the clergyman, "I believe } * * * * " * 11 ? l-S.? 1.1.-* A t i there is a kind ot tisli cniieu sucuers iuat uu uut bite." ia>| . A New Wav to Quench Thirst.?In a -cer- ' _ village lived a very honest farmer, who, having ( , a number ot' men hoeing in a field, went to sec ' I how his- work went on. Finding one of them , sitting still, he reproved him for idleness. The ' * man answered, "1 thirst for the spirit." "Grog, ' you mean, I suppose," said the farmer; "but if 1 the Bible teaches you to thirst after the spirit, it ^ j says also, lhoe ! every one that thirsteth.'" \ Force of Habit.?The following amusing ; story is u striking illustration of the force of ' habit. ! A blooming Irish lass entered the service of a ( ladv who was ill with consumption. A f.iend ' e of the invalid sent twice a day to inquire how ' she was?Ellon regularly brought down the ' [ answer? ' "My missus's compliments, and she had a very indifferent night;" or, "my missus's com- ' tl pliments, and she feels very weak to day." This went on for six weeks, and Ellen ( ( seemed more and more sensible of the kindIP ness and attention every time the messenger ' came. The compliments wero sent hack as 1 usual, but tlie intelligence became sadder and ( ?-i i__ Hnv when the friendlv ' suuiicr. jvl iviijjvn, "..w _.v . v inquiry after the lioaltlx of her mistress came s as before, poor Kllen crej)t to the door, with () swollen eyes streaming with tears, and sobbed t out the melancholy answer? Ll "My missus's compliment, and she died this r morning at eight o'clock." A EECLI NATION. ( A correspondent, something new h Transmitting, signed himself "X Q;" The Editor his letter read, And begged ho might be XQZ. ! The CroI's- in V i itG isia.v-Tlic Whea^kafrest H d ng."now-oyer, vw? art' enabled i oraay that tfio B op in Fredrick and the adjoining counties Is a JI averhge~on e-rthe. loss on some farms by ike fl v and- joint-worm being leas serious than was B riticipated,.and far frotji sufficient to affect thrf-sH ifi general result. The 'wheat ripened very ra*_ B idly, and ^hose, who had a large.breadtli to get-, B i will, of course, lose, something by shattering,, '.M I'n 'Shenandoah,'-the Tenth Legion says r - . "The crop is a muchheavier one than was an- I cipatcd a few weeks ago. Il is true, in many fl istauceSjJLhc jato.wrtWb wIicat, and particularly .jfl fid smooth vamdtfcpj: weio ?efy much injured* IB et the crop, as aw hole j: taking into considera- /^H ion-the superior;quabty ttf the grain, will not B dl far short of-ao average,one." fl Tht Martinsbilrg Republican states that "the! -jfl :rop w the county is Ti Toll ??erage, and the vfl ivheat superior quality." . The Msrfl^buqg pa'zett? says:~v "The wb?M Ixai s ost is endedv and the expect^wna of the mikbandtiien are lp'oro thaofrejjln^. L'hequantity l^eare glad todqarn, fully..eqtfaL' .* o that*of, last ycnr^nd the quality, .jtot. jate, \ rhe prospect, for agood.crop of coraia-feir.,The Komney Intelligeneer thus speaks'for iampsbire : . . "Along the Branch, .in county, tfte wbes& 1 rop is remarkably good, imd.-in t heather p<2iv j iQtis of the county, we .TieHeve, ; dentiful crop lias been.reaped A i>r early in the spring. "Tlin fnrn tlinnrrK" if."has Ruffered-severbl^-fdr he want of.'rain, is very capable of resu?tyE^ioti. Jeveral sbq>wers on Sunday last, aiid'ii vcrytioir" me during the same night, -have broken, np,-jVfc& ; tope finally?the'Jong drought." - , \A Detroit, July &?<1 arrived liereji^t n^ght- 1 rom the interior. Farmers are busy now putting vhcat . They have had cool, ' r to begin with.- The crop -wiljt turn; ou^iitre rom the thrashing machine. The straw issjwri, * ?ut that is- of no value here. _With yoursjersey ,nd Long Island formers It1 forrps'au important? , torn. -The-prjcq,wil] {?<^bly range from 75 to " 10 cents. Good-'.crope for several years have lad an. effect -upon the priqe of Janifc^ ~^A ' . Lexington^ July 9?The best cropofw'beAi ^ ver grown'-in Kentucky has .just been .housed. ;he season bes? beem exuctly^8uiti^t.t^at;omp< I lome Australian wheat grown by,John L?Ll-< ? ?ert, is much talked of. ' ' " . ] - r Chicago; July-8y?Such argoodcrpp of vyh#tt > ever gfrew before in this great .wheat region.? "he yield per.acre is great and quality-excellent Jorp is everywhere backward, and .Hay short; bits do. ' - Ottawa^ 111., July 9.?This is aypar of abun- c a'nee araqhgjTarmers. They are now busy cutiftg Wheat. The crop is better than it has been ^ i years. Oats pre justheading?the straw is y J hort. Recent rains have improved' Command " * i 1111 ' 111' ^ 11 n i j ' ~ * I ver; the yield is beyond precedent; the berry ~1 ;ood and uninjured by flies. Corn never look- jJ d better. Oats are short but head weH. Gr?ss . . " ; . - r* Hourible l?Two men in -Illinois, near Lecon, ?me to ' a terrible death last week. ianion had stolen a bottle of Hquor, ris me sup- j iosed, which he handed them for a treat"! They . ioth drank of it in'such haste; tbatits,/pungency ; nd deadly power were not discovered until too ite to avert the efil. It turned out'to be oitrip cid, diluted in rain water, said to havou-beOu irocured for the .purposes" of galvanizing. "B6t .moment elapsed before they fell to the "earth Ver whelmed with tlie most intense and excrecjting pain. They rolled and. tumbled,r and ' l!iwed their faces and the earth with both hands,ndicating, by the contortions of.their bodiesand ;roaning, all that agony which would-enSue^if y hey had swallowed red hot co.ils. Death soon ? nsued. / ~ ! ." *' r ? - - "J Death of a Beggar.?On Monday morning, x v aye the Perthshire Advertiser," a "miserable Old nan named Wilson, who earned a-lfvelihood by >ublic begging, expired at his residence in South itreet, at the ripe-age of 95. .Although hie sub- % isted eutirely on The alms'of the charitable, and tad a sufficiency of wretchedness in his appear ;nce to stir up the sympathies."of "the benevolent, i he whining ago stricken. mendicant was, fn a \ en so, no proper object of commiseration. For ears His ueare-t neighbors knew - that he was he proprietor of the house* in which he lived, tnd some of his more confidential acquaintances vere even aware that, besides being a laird, he md "lying money;" and now that he haa-thrown iff life's "mortal coil" the extent of his accumu- * ations has been in sorao measure ascertained. We are not properly aware how the fa<$ has jeen come at, nor can we vouch for all that has oeen said al>out the matter; but report has it? md we believe pretty accurately?that the chest which contains bis stoics is too heavy for the strength of a single man, that he has left no less hail 35s. in farthings, upwards of ?30 in pence md hall pence, about ?40 in silver money, and wnk checks to nearly ?400. Wilson was not \ native of Perth, and nobody knows where he Mine from, nor can any one sav whether that is !iis proper name oi*not. In other places lie had borne other names, while', not being communicaLivo, all knowledge of his original habitation had lied away long ago. Occasionally, however, lie was vain enough to tell that he once had a 19 -> gears' lease of a grazing farm near Dunoon ; but $ bcyoncl that, or whether lie was fortunate or oth- ? 3i*hmca ill Ilic cnniAiil-iti.m n? nun mw lnvn.l - ",ov " y?, w,7 ^,v-' lie never claimed kindred with any; bespoke :>f no old friendships, or even tried to conjure up . the memory of early days. To him the past nev? ^ 2r appeared worth thinking of, and the only .-a :harni of the present was the hoarding up of the t pittances he whined out of the pockts of the kind > hearted. ? A young boy of Marietta, about four years of age, we are informed by a gentleman of that ^ place, who bad been in the habit for some time 3 past of procuring bread from bis grandmother to i feed his "long-tailed monkey," was recently dia-.^ covered petting :i snake, holding its head in one 'M hand, and dropping crumbs of bread into its . 1 mouth. Of course his pet was destroyed, but lie alleges that he has "another long-tailed monkey wliich they shan't find out." I '*^1 -- - - . .