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THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL, r " < : * - ; -.> .>:(*. " 1 1 ggBBggggggg?P? ??? u i ' ??mm?mm??????? VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY II, 1854. . NUMBE IW. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THOMAS J. WARREN. TERIQL8. Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cento if payment be delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following rates: For one Square, (fourteen lines or less,) eventy-flve cents for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for ench subsequent insertion. Single insertions. one dollar per square; semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the some as for a single insertion. ?y fhe aumberof insertions desired must be noted oa the margin of all advertisements, or they wfll be published until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly. Jfiisttllatirntts. Educated Mothers. . . There are man) considerations which go to prove the necessity of bestowing a proper education upon the female sex. It is woman's privilege to watch over the expanding mind of youth, to catch the first glimpses of the awa koniinr int*ll>-i>t. It is her hand tha traces the i first characters upon the pure page of childhood. It is hers to guard it from stain and blot?keep it unsullied and fair. She has the opportunity of moulding the faculties of the ; young mind in almost any form' her judgment may direct. Let woman be well educated,and a broad foundation would be laid of fultite prosperity, honor and renown. The seed of virtue would be implanted in the genial >oil of fresh young minds,.and those principles instilled which would be "u sun and a ^hit-Id" in the Battle of life. "What does France most need"?asked Napoleon ott a memorable occa.-ion. "Educated i mothers," was the reply from the lips of a true hearted and noble w oman. It is what every cotrrtry needs, in order that her g"ns may lie the "jewels" of the State ami Iter daughters the ornaments of society. lu history, we are told of a celebrated gene- I ~>t liu liftlp on tn the jiltiir of Jimiter. I I ai n iiu tvu ? v - - and caused him to 6\vear eternal enmity to u people who were then the masters of the world; I and the after life of that b>?y proved how well ! he kept his youthful vow. Mothers can uc complish far more than the father of Hunuihal, I even though their lot he cast in an humhle I home, and their influence exerted no farther < than over the youthful minds around them ? They can lead them early to the fountains of knowledge, and teach them to practice the golden lessons of virtue. Let it l?e remembered that "from a good home it is not far to Heaven,"?and thut the early influences of the Jr'ires'de are the influences which direct and ( govern the whole after life. I But woman requires education not alone on , account of the influences -she exerts in the , Home Circle, hut throughout all orders of So- , - - - ?? i ciety. It is true mat iiuiure nus im uwu muunu , ber attractions which fit for moviiig in n differ- | ent sphere froui that of matt,yet still -he need* j a well cultivated mind in order to enable her | to perforin her varied and important duties.? ( Her path through life may lead thro' ''flowery ( meads and verdant dales," yet it requites all | the boasted powers ascribed to man to enable . her to preserve "the even tenor of her way."? ( In the discharge of her duties, she has the same < difficulties to contend with, which throng the < pathway of man. And if it be t*ue that her < influence is felt, and deeply felt, through every , portion of society, it ought certainly to be sal- , ntsrv. In 110 section of the world are they | more modest, nioro nine and delicate than among ourselves; but if to these graces was added suitable mental improvements, the effect upon society in genera', would be most happy. A loftier moral feclir.g w-. uld be awakened, and we might hope t witness the punty without the extravagant"} of chivalry. I The cultivation of the female mind cannot | detract from the power, influence or pleasure of , man. It will bring no 'Wrival in his kingdom" | ?it will not render herconversation less agreeable?it w ill not render her judgment less sound , and practical in the management of domestic < affairs?it will not render her less capable of performing all the duties which may devolve , u..? .ftor runrs Let knowledge unroll i upwil IIGl am. ? _ ^ its ample page to her vipw?let her possess the j key to all the varied sources of information? let education enlighten and strengthen her in- 1 tellectual powers, and the harvest which would result would be one of abundant profit and . pleasuse. The fireside should be the throne of happiness, and an educated daughter, the brightest gem of the circle.? Georgia Home Gazette. , * Words Govern Mankind." Were Faust living at the present day among ' the scenes and circumstances that surround us, he would not find it so difficult to reconcile the word with the power. The maxim which we have adopted as the caption of our aiticle was one quoted approvingly by Allison, ?he ** * 4?- VIr,. .I..nn tka irroutoct greatest. <?I lories, mini unpi'icuii, uiv of conquerors; and if such be (he sentiment of men living under the narrow and constrained influence of monarchy, how much more strongly may we endorse that sentiment in our country ! From the time when the mask was torn from the hydra of liberty, equality and fraternity, in the French revolution, we might have had reason to hope that statesmen would Jook more to the great practicable idea than to tbe array of words in which it might be robed. But these hopes have all proved to be illusive, and we must acknowledge, witn pain, that even in the freest government of the - world, there exists a gross misapprehension of the true principles of -freedom. We have been led to make these reflections, * trite aa tbey may appear, from the unceasing attack yet made u|>on the South in regard to an institution which has protected her in an eminent degree from all the host of absurdities sprung from the prolific womb of that coarse old beldam " i?n," and particularly from a deliberate attack made in the " State of Maine" newspaper of the 14th inst., upon the policy of the South in regard to the extension ot slavery. The only view that it is necessary to take in relation to the subject is, that the recognition of the institution in our supreme law should shield it from the attacks even of its enemies, and that the right of the States to an equal participation in tl>e acquisition of uc.v j territory is a recognition of the principle of its ! extension. We are frequently called upon t<? H. |i|<-nthe scenes of riot and ihe tiiuuiph of moi> law in some of the Northern cities. Fiom these the South are free; anil we have no doubt that if the question were asked, as it was once asked of the church by the ap?>*tVa : " Fron\ whence come wars and fighting among you," the answer would he that thrynime from an absence of the conservative influence which slavery wields over a republican government. The necessity which exists of pHiiderinu to the depraved taste of the uneducated m<>b, must have its effect even upon the patriotic states- j men of the North. ! Radicalism is the result of a high state of civilization upon a weak and narrow mind, and where, from the daily emigration of a tide of bread-s? eking foreigners, und the dense popu I lation of our commercial cities, the weak and the narrow prevail over wisdom and conservn tisin, the result is inevitable. Sueli we believe to be the natural tendency of the masses when unchecked by the wholesome influence of African slavery, and we haw li tie hesitation in asserting that this element in our institution* has ofien been, and may yet be, the only safeguard to the success of the great experiment of free government But, says the Slate ?>f Maine, he (the slaw) seems very happy in (he Southern States, as the advocates of slavery sa\, hut whenever he has an opportunity he makes ha-te t<? escape from those blessings. To this malicious taunt we reply : Fi?*t, that if the slave he impatient of his condition a'i the South, it is due not to the rigor of the j Southern master, but to the < ffieiou- intermed ' dling of Northern Abohtionists. Second, that j '4" ' I ? ooo il,? ^ iiimItu liuuto fit PSfjlDt* II tJUUlllCill nin?vo ?I\? mv v - --jfrom the blessings of home.*' they are ailiired j , by the jugging gends of abolition, who k? ep , the word of promise to the car, and brink it , to the hope; and Third, that, if the argument | holds good at all, it proves the inferior happi- [ ness of the Northern freeman, who is too often happy to escape from the riotous society of fieesoil to the more genial and qoiet retreat of , Southern life. , We leave the .subject here, and end as we , began, hy the declaration that the tiuc idea of: liappiness may he sacrificed by the mere breath j uf freedom, and that44 words govern mankind/ ' ( Washington Sentinel. "There will be a Bill to Pay." So write some of the correspondents from Paris, touching the expenses of France and England in the defence of TiJBfey, (the sick 1 man!) fro it the clutches of his lmpeiial Majes I ty of Russia. Can Turkey pay ? No! Then ' what's to become of the bill? The two mgL i illies will soiin settle that. If Turkey h^^HI ? *-!? oi-jiWil fcllu line turiMlni'l' ultif U? VlVM'li w?? v una i?*n j j who defend the rights of a coimtrvr n ud^^^M fair'equivalent for its domain.-' 'Jtwhcy 'all. if the allies conquer, it is still the s<-^H| ;o Tmkey? her fate is sealed. If Russia pers, it is no worse for Turkey. It will^HH Miriou-, at the end of the game, to -ec the allies will agree Jibout the divisjm^^H jpoils. They are the two generous an.' latiimous Knights of modern time< win* to disinterestedly for the right ofaimluHfl|[ Jcenr de Leon revived in an age of sU-ao^^^B Chevalier Bayard and Louis XIV. came l^^^B igain, in an age of gold! No! no! T^^^B will he no bill to paw Such nui>l' imI I knights disdain the idea ol " ratt>om," territory that a sense of justice induces to preserve from the lilnuijr henk of thel^Mfl ?agle. Yet patience may wi-ur i>ut ?cmnlH^R expenses may break down the generous >f the allies, should the war lie piotructet^^HH he indefinite tutur-; or should Attstriu^HH Prussia, distrustful of the affair of turn over to the side of the Czar. No wu^JH ?ver been more enveloped in tnist and uti^Hjfl tainty. How it is to end no one can siirn^HHj When, it is impossible to conjecture. DiBHH macy and the funds?Consols and Rentes h^^Hj a voice potential in victory and defeat. TE^W Majesty must " tto to market" and look to the ' main chance. The Jew banker mu*i look out ' tor his interest. Whether the shock of arms ' is to end the war, or a financial crisis, or a ' popular commotion in England and France? 1 11 a coup de etat," or a fall of fund*, is y et en- ; veloped in clouds and darkness, yet one is I about as probable as anot her. The people at ' home can only be kept in jp?o..| humor with the { war, by some brilliant and stupendous victory I on the part of the allies; and these must be 1 kept up, flash after flash, like a display of rock- 1 ets, to amuse the popular eye. English pi id* 1 and French vanity can't live on air, and yet it ! is hard to see how a diplomatique war can { a...... ..In.:,..<? r,... M...i < pivuuv.^ ^luiivuo ICOUIW IUI jirtui'imi *aunj, Mobile Register. A Scathing Rebuke. Judge Butler, of South Carolina, administered, on Monday last, a seveie, but jost rebuke to the Abolition Senator from Massachusetts, Charles Sumner, in reply to the latter individ Hal's remarks respecting the Fugitive Slave Law. Junge B.said that bis idea on this question was, that there ought not to be any necessity for a Fugitive Slave Law. Under the Constitution eaeli State for itself ought to provide for the rendition ofall fugitives from labor to their masters. This was certainly the de sign of the Constitution. He was surprised to near Mr. oumner inouige in ruemricai displays, which, conceived in bad taste, did no credit to his own character or that of the Senate. His speech was unworthy of the Senate and of a scholar. If he had kept it a while longer, and dressed it up a little, it might have answered for a Fourth of July oration in some localities. He would remind the Senator when Otis spoke in Faneuil Hall, when Hancock acted, and whem Adams wrote, they did so as the representatives of a slnveholduig State. The appeals made in those days of Boston and Massachusetts, were addresses to slaveholding States. The men of Massachusetts of thatday were slaveholders and gentlemen. He regretted much the character ?d the Senator's speech. There was a great difference between it and that of his colleague (Mr. Rockwell.) One was a calm, honest, sincere expression of be li- f Hiid opinion?the .other was a false rhe'or iral d? cTamntion. and Incentive to muse the win at p.-^sinris of the infatuated people ofcertail: localities. If the issue was to come, us was indicated, and the contest was tt? be be iwith the North and the South, let it come ami -he divided at once. Let it be considered, atgncd, and disposed ol calmly and without exciting appeals, without any rhetorical display, such as was made by the Senator to day. He would I ke to ask the Senator if Congress repealed the Fugitive Slave Law? would Massachusetts execute the Constitutional reqiremenis - J - t I 1. .L. . LJ _.U .1 ami -emi uhck iu Kit: oouui uiu au->twnu?<6 slHVf >? v Mr. Stunner?Do you ask me if I would send buck a slave? Mr. Bytler ?Why, y es. Mr. SmmuT?"'Is thy servant a dog, that he should d?? that thing?' Mr. Bulier?There lie i* again, with a quotation already prepuieiJ. H>* gets up here and spools it out with, as lie. doubt led* supposes, mote thaw Drniosi.heniaii eloqence and hei nty; but lie i* n i*takcn. (Laughter.) What have doys l>> do with the Constitution? (L-mghter.) The senutoi declares that he. would not execute lie Constitution, which he has sworn to siippor:. The Senator openly declares that it i-> a dog's duty to obey and execute the Constitution. The Senator has sworn to support it, and declares to do it is a dog's duty. a Mr. Sumner?I recognise no such obligations upon me. M-. Butler?Well, I suppose it makes but little difference what you consider obligatory uj sin you.-?Newark Eagle. "1 Hopkd On?Hopkd Evrr!"?Thus spoke one who bad reached the peak of victory.? Storm* iiad mine upon him ; shadows dragged l.nuftr eLlrt^ i.tOf tl?Q fl i (I 111 f 111 II t M III ?i dI his life; cares and sorrows lashed their hnr dens (I his shoulders; trials and vicissitudes n-sailed him; b><t amid them all he had kept his hope, and now, ere the middle watch was passed, the angels had set their seals upon him, fdessed him forever, and dropped upon his luow the wienth of triumph. The gloom was gone forever, and as he stood with his feet sel i-ure, the sunshine from the "Eden hills" felaround him and far out in the valley of the Futuie he >aw the fadeless laurel trees within whose shade his evening days should ebb away softly and gently as a dream ofheuven. "Hope on - hope ever!'' This is the true philosophy. If life is jchilled by woe or dimmed by care, Hope is a song bird in the heart, breathing hyinus continually. When Alexander, as lie was about to undertake his expe ditinu against Persia distiiliuted the estates of his crown among his country, lie was asked what he hud reserved for himself? He an to ourselves that we ought on such and such evasions to have been successful, when it so M|?|icii* that we have riot been so. Whenever we fail, we are paying both God and ourselves i suitable compliment, by admitting frankly oid at once that we deserve to fail. -This is philosophy, and it is likewise religion. We save failed ; well then, the wisdom is to take pare that we do not fail again. To fail, and fiil, and f.il again and again, is not to piove that, we do not deserve success, or that we. diall never obtain it. How often we fail mat ters not. We have not failed as long as our " ' ?I spirit quails not, but only grows stronger in me conflict. Our enthusiasm, if it continue un-' jaumed by obstacles, unsubdued bv defeats, is itself success, and the most glorious of all success. The blows we receive, however hard, if we receive them as ail true enthusiasts re reive them, are only preparing as lor future triumphs, for they only more closely incorpo rate the idea which dominates otir whole being with the affections of our whole being; they create within an intense and more restless enthusiasm ; they make more radiant on our brow the high title of prophet, so that the entire world may see it, and bow to its import. The AntiSlaverv College.?The Rev. Profesnor Goodrich, of Y?ile College, declare* that the members of the Faculty of that institution are a unit in opposition to elnverv. He takes occasion, too, to inform the 'South that Yale cares nothing for its patronage. It is evident, from the tone employed by this funatic, that any Southern man who sends his son to Yale College, will be subjected him to in fluences that must infallibly render him a Southern man with Northern principles.? Yale is now a hot-bed of abolitionism a nursery of fanaticism. The Professors are all abolition propagandists and employ the power which their positions confer in making their pupils a6 thoroughly anti-slavery as them-elves. In view of this tact, will Southern men hereafter send their children to Yale ? In the Ian gunge of Professor Goodrich, we say to the South, "the sooner you withdraw your patronage from Yale, the better."?Richmond (Fa.) Penny Poet, Temperance mallei s. We stated some days sine* tha? a' llio re cent meeting of the National Division of tinSons of Temperance held at St. Johns, New Biuitswick, a silver gavel, the emblem of his office, was presented to Hon. J. B. O'Neall, of this State: The officer who presented it made a very pretty speech, concluding with the following sentiments: Few of us have had the pleasure of visiting your country on errands of benevolence; yet are we not ignorant of the fact that, the hearts und homes of our hietluen in the United States nave neett treely opened lo our delegates, ana that acquaintances have been formed by them that have ripened into friendships; and we should he wanting in respect for ourselves and burgue>ts, and in fidelity to the cause of temperance, were we not to attempt a requital in kind of \our gtMierou9 hospitality. May the re union of to day hind us still closer to our conioion cause, hik! add another thread t?? the woof which is lengthening day by day under the husy hands ol toiling men. Ami now, brother; be pleased to acccept this emblem of the trust and authority conferred upoti you by the five suffrages of your brethren the members of the Superior Branch of our organization?in token of our esteem for your self, and our chceiful obedience to its rule and government. That you will wield it with that wisdom and discretion which befit one. so highly exalted in the esteem and confidence of his brethren, is the merited trust of those by whom it is presented; and may the blessiug of Heaven rest upon your official labors. % To which Judge O'Neal 1 replied as follows: Guano Worthy Patriarch.?In the name ofmyselfattd my brethren of the National Division of Notth Ameiica, I tender you and your brethren our thanks for the very kind and flattering reception which we have received. No better testimonial of your good will and confidence could have been given than in the immense number of these Provinces wlu> are thronging our-^rder. Certainly nothing could have been more gratifying to our feelings as irien, as strangers, and as Sons of Temperance. . We are rejoiced, .as citizens of the adjoining republic, to testify on the soil of your sovereign our love for you, respett* f?r her, and our union ?it h you in this great work of reform. In this pat titular neither duly to ourdiffi ieut Governments, nor uny ri\ airy >>f interest can sep erate us. We are one people, having one great end in view?the go.-d of man. Wo feel as we stand alongside of you, in this your ow n beautiful city, that .we stand al a common altar, prepared to make a common sacrifice: "but at it, neither polities nor religion can or will have any power to affect our relations. The great work before us to make men sober, and in doing this, to in ike them better Members of society, and to prepare them to Rceive that instruction which sh-ill fit them to ? just, tiue and holy followers of the meek luf h ?wly Lamb of God. In thi-> we are sure Hill I'nlli* n it.mii ?inrl .hip (vntrariiriioMf jhIi.Iiii? il tn perceive that there is nothing inconsistit with duty to either. We have rej- iced to meet you, brethren, in le republic of which we are citizens, and we mil rejoice still more to renew and repeat rain and again the pleasure which we have ijoyed in this association. In common with you, we trust that to day rill be long remembered, as the glorious renionoflheStatesnr.il Fidelity to Temper, nee, and that it will ever be proudly retneni tered as one of your best days. I accept this beautiful gavel, in the full ac : now lodgment of the sentiment, expressed by roil. In my hands it shall ever be the syin>ol of authority and the means of order. It ihall ever tie used for the promotion of the jest interests of our Order. ' Finally, Grand Worthy Patriarch, be assurred that this symbol shall lie always treasured pis yonr.and your brethren's kind appreciation |of this annual session in your .city. , To you and your brethren and the people ail around us tender our best wishes for your and their health and prosperity, and for the extension of tern peranee throughout your borders. Follies. The young lady finishes her school days with the feeling of one who has escaped from thraldom. She has looked forward to the day with longing eyes and exaggerated expectations. Her studies have perhaps been pursued more closely, because the time when she could stop studying was so near. She has la bored, as if the whole education ot her mind must lie compressed into few years, at the close of which she would he done with books, except by way of amusement, forever. The day comes ut last, although deferred hy parental command as long as jmssible, at the age when the mind is just attaining that maturity of judgment, which would make her studies of real use, she passes in a month's time from the -i' A.* t U/\ onaittinUn/l r\/> o I UlUCipiliie ui ymiiuuu iu mo icougnwou pvru.tion of a young lady in society. She is nqvv diligently prepared "to come out,"?as though the whole work of in-door education were Complete. The parents are given to understand that no expense is to be spared, particulaily for her first season, and that everything de pends upon a good impression being now made. The house is thrown open for company, atui the game of lite faiily begun. Cards and invi tations pour in and afford the principal reading and dress is the all absorbing subject of thought. Day after day is given to \i>itsof etiquette, to evening receptions, to prolonged consultations about the latest fashion, and to the other things which are as neHrly nothing as it is in the na ture <>t anytring to ne. ne ntgni is 1101 spareo but at nine or ten o'clock?a young person's proper time for retiring to rest?tbe elaborate and studied arrangeiueut of dress is complete, and the feverish excitement of the ball room he gun 10 be continued with increasing hilarity un til the night yields to morning. She returns home too excited to feel weary, but compelled to find, in the early part of the next day, the re* pose needed for a renewal of the like occups tions, which grow to^?what shall 1 call it Imp dissipation? In this wa> weeks and monthpass io alternating languor and excitement; h tbe intense purau.t of pleasure, which is iuor than half the time faLety ao called. I Now the first and must obvious fault to be found with such modes of life, is in the lamentable and destructive waste of time. If all this fashionable dissipation were in itself unobjec tionable which i9 far from the truth, yet is it not a sad thing for a women to give so much of the best part ofher life to trivial amusements? It cannot be called recreation, for it is itself a business which engrosses the thouulit occupies nearly all the time and leaves neither strength nor inclination for anything else. The young lady under sucii circumstances may at first have some vague purpose of self improvement and some general plan of reading, but she will'soon find it impracticable, and after a few well intended but spasmodic efforts, will defer its execution to the close of the seaSon, when she expects to have more time and less interruption But unfortunately when the time comes, the inclination is very likely to be gone. Three or four months spent in a continued round of company, are a bad preparation for the quiet hours of reading and reflection. The excitement of The mind- -su.. sides, as the outward stimulants are withdrawn, and a corresponbeut lassitude in the inevitable re suit. The body itself needs re?t generally speaking in the fashionable woild, everal weeks or months, and sornetimfe's the whole summer must be devoted to recuperate the energies and renew the flow of animal spirits, In preparation for another season, in which the same for lollies will be repeated. William 0. Elliott. Jr. The Nobleman's Son' In a stately castle overhanging the Bay of Capernaum, a child is dying. Unglazed lattices admitted the chill December air to wave the gorgeous hanging of Tyrian dye. Upon n pile of cushions, embroidered and spangled with gold, lies a boy whose blue eyes and locks bright as the spangles on his pillow proclaim his mother a daughter of the Egean That mother, leaning upon the noble form of her husband, gazes upon her cliild with un e) e of weary terror, and cries? "Alas, my lord ! what shall we do?" "1 know not," is the stern* reply. "Azrael approaches.' "If Jesus were here," says the little sister ofihe sufferer, "he could cure him?nurse Ju dttli says s?>. '"And who is Jesns ?"they demand of theaged matron w ho ju>t enters the chamber. ' A prophet," is the reply. "He wrought many mighty works at the Passover. He hys just t?? come Cana." "I have heard of him," exclaims the n0ble 1 mail. "What, ho! make ready my chariot J' and he hastens forth and presently the sudden ru h of wheels and the clatter of hoofg ring through the midnight streets. The sounds die away ; the dash of the water along the starlit shore is only heard. As dawn approaches the delirium of the little sufferer in* creases. His mouth is furred and Mack, the eye is sunk and surrounded by a livid circle, the skin begin to be spotted with black, an omen too well understood. As noon ap prouches, lie sinks rapidly. He extremities are co ti, bis pulse is gone, the sure tokens of dissolution. The watchers prepare to repeat for the flit ting spirit the confession of faith for the dying Israelite. The mother and si>ter are led to an adjourning apartment. The mansion grows stiil as the grave, save when breaks forth that mother's sob of irrepr essible anguish. All wait to hear the loud cry of the watcher. Hear 0 Israel, Jehovah, thy God's one God !"' and the reply, "Jehovah, he is God!" But that dirge comes not. Moment pass like hours: Anguish heightens to agony.? When, hark ! from the chamber of death, instead of a funeral cry comes forth the musical voice, "Mother!" She starts?she screams?she rushes toward the door? when gliding, white-robed, like a spirit to her embrace, bis long black, locks floating hack, his cheek, lip, and eye radiant with health, comes tne angelic figure of her son. She clasp to her bosom, cool, nervous, clinging though weuk, her child, her pride! Across the fair plains two chariots rage fiercely from opposite directions. They meet the panting coursers checked suddenly in headlong career. "Thy son. livcth !" is the thrilling repiy. "Since when?"gasps the toil worn father. "Yesterday at the seventh hours the fever lejt mm." "The same!" exclaims the nobleman., And without another word, followed by his retainer, thui. I away to Capernaum.? Independ? ant. Mann Bit 3.?I make it a point of morality never to find fault with another for his manners. They may be awkward or graceful, blunt or polite, polished or rusric, I care not what they are, if the man means well and acts from honest intentions, without eccentricity'or affectation. All men have not the advantages of "good society," as it is called, to school themselves in all its fantastic rules and ceremonies, and if there is any standard of mangers, it is one founded in reason and good sense, and not upon these art ficiul regulations. Man tiers, like conversations, should be exteinpo raneous, and not studied; I always suspect a man WIIU llieeu uic Willi uic eauio |/cium smile un his face, the same premeditated shake of the hand. Give me the lieai ty?it may be rough?grip of the hand-?'he careless nod of recognition, and when occasion requires, the homely salutation?"How are you my old friend !" Shop Keeper.?"That's a bad fifty cent piece, sirI can't take it, it i9 lead silvered over." Customer?"Well now, admitting such to he the fact, I should say the Ingenuity display d in the deception might induce you to acept it.? Admire sir, ihe devotion of the aMist [ <? the divine idea of liberty. Liberty,?the Jul of us all! He, h-.ving wrought her effigy ii lead, resorts to the harmless expedient ol ilvering it over! And shall we harshly re mliute his work? oh, no, sir! you'll take it i know you will." i Silistria. * The attention of nearly the whole civilized world appears to lie concentrated oij a {own on the right bank of the Danube with between 20 and 30,000 inhabitants, but as SilistrU forma the centre of that line of Danobian defences that fir?t arrests the march of the invader from the North into Bulgaria, it baa always been regarded as a stragctical point of the first importance. The plan of operations by the Russians varies somewhat now from what it | presented in 1829. Then Silisfrin was secon| dary, and Sshumla and Varna the chief points ?f attack, because these carried, it waa then easy for the Russians to mask or subdue the . fortresses in the rear, having entirely cut off. the communications between them And those which formed tliesecond lineof.defence, Schumla, Varna, dec. In the campaign of 18*20, by ft blunder of the Turkish Commander the Ras. sians were permitted to occupy Pravidi, a post between Varna and SchuinU, by which the Turkish line of communication was completely intercepted. , .Varna having fallen Schurala followed as a mat er of course. It would not do for the Russians to venture on so bold a plan of operations us leaving the first or Danubian line of defences unsubdued, in the rear, w hile they attacked the second Hue* In 1829 the important post of Brnilow was entered by a golden key. It, as well, as the other fortresses on the left, bank, are now more fully prepared for resistance. The Turks being better organized and beeping the communicaLion open between tbeir chain of posts, there is 110 room for such skilful manoeuvre* as those of D ebitich in 1829, by which, having destroyed the connection between the Turkish posts, be was enabled to pass the Balkan*. It would seem, however, that the object in subduing Silistiia is less military than political with Russia. She cannot have the smallest hope, bav- / ing encountered suph determined opposition on ihe outer line of defences, that she can expect to force the second line formed by Schurals, Varna, Tirnova, <fcc., much less, having passed these, to overcome the barrier of the Balkans, and the final position at Adrianople. 'The design of the Czar in his persistant attack on Siiistria is plainly to recover the prestige ofhis military power, somewhat impaired r by the gallant conduct of the Turks. Having effected this, at almost any sacrifice of life, be will wait the result of the subtle negotiations he is carrying on, to completely detach Austria and Prussia from-the other Western Powers, by holding out the idea of bis desire to make peace by abandoning the Principalities, knowing that England and France cannot make peace without obtaining those material guar-. antees for the future, the policy of which divides the councils of the two German from the other two Western powers.?Charleston Eve. News. Heavy Business in Peruvian Guano.?The l.ist Norfolk Argus states that a very large amount of this immensely valuable article is being received in the Norfolk market, and ?tored for the fall trade. The Robert Harding has recently discharged 1300 tons; shortly before which 1000 tons had been received.? The ship Lorena will shortly finish discharging ,?* 700 tons. Messrs. Hardy & Bros, are tbet principal dealers in this commodity^ and at soon as they can make room of procure another warehouse, they vill be ready to di*;l>arge another large vessel load. The demand comes from almost every section of Virginia and North Carolina. Large quantities are sent to Richmond, Petersburg, Lynchburg, dec., to be distributed in lots to suit along the different railroad, canal and steamboat lines, and to fertilize the soils, fill the granaries and enrich the farmer The demand for the article is increasing in all the agricultural districts. Its utility is becoming more extensively known, and it would be difficult to make a proper estimate of the astonishing productiveness it imparts to the s >il. w e regret to learn that considerable dissatisfaction is felt in some parts of the State with regard to the manner in which the buaineig is conducted. To Drow.v Trouble.?It is a sad notion . entertained by a numerous class, that intoxicating: liquors will banish trouble and sorrow from the mind. They afford no permanent relief, but only stupefy the faculties, ahd blunt the sensibilities of the inner man while he ie under their influence; he may be emerged for days in the oblivius sea of intoxication, and may not be conscious of the world and what isgoi:<gon uround him; yet when he recovers from his spell of maduess, the poignancy of his regrets and bitterness of hi* feelings will be doubly intense. He who resorts to this remedy to cure trouble will never be relieved until it lands hi.n in the grave. It is an succeeding! y strange infatuation that prompts men to this destructive expedient. We ace it exhibited in the young man who was born to riches and luxury, and whose very existence is a burden which he can scarcely endure.? II .1 I L (_A. !Jl . __X ! _ ne i?a ? neen orougni up in luienes-s ana rain* ous indulgence; and finally when hev comes tn grapple with the world he finds it too rnogh and irksome for his easy mind ; he falls back into a tedious lethargy, and at last betakes himselfto drinking, that his mind may be a ' little benumbed as t& his trae relations to the world and his' Maker. He goes on worse and worse, adding-fire to fire, until he is consumed. Thus it is with great variety of men. The unfortunate business man, and the disappoin- ^ ted politician, are very apt to resort to the f*? In I antidote. Wo think that any one who Is at nil sagacious can see that although it may be pleasingly nnroctic in its effects at first, it is not lonsr before it "bitieth like a serpent and siingeth like an adder.1'?Nat. Organ. The yonth who follows his appetites, too soon seizes the cop, before it has received its best ingredients, and by anticipating his pleasures, robs the remaining parts of life of their share, so that his eagerness only produces a manhood of imbecility and an ageof\pain. The man of genius thinks for himself; his opinions are sometimes contrary totlioae.com rnonly received; he therelore shocss we vanity >f the greater number. They offend nobody, w?? should have no ideas hot those oftbe^iiPfld; -i iih h mun is then without genius and wlntout * i enemies. ' - - v-".' -j? -