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Scieuc^ttjad RevelationIt
13 becoaniiig^^alte common, among the
superficially enirgmeijed philosophers of that
enlig&Ieijeirlaird which lies.beyond the Potomac,
to display their independence of thought
in flippant assarts upon whatever is venerable
and sacred in the' institutions by which they are
\ Surrounded. .CA.h attentive, observer cannot but
^'perceive, thatln t^e midsYof&pmmunities more
distinguishecTthjtn any otherYm-the globe for
the prolific growth of religious sects, -and en
terprises ofrtru?'and fjit^tenevolehce, a marked?tendeney?to
skeptical and infidel opinions
has'been'becoming rnblf^and more apparent
for some yeare^ast^nifd that it is now quite
f i_? i:.l_ i.
iasnioiiaoie,^ur certain circles, pi eienumg tu
superior .mental cultivation. to array the; strp
posed developments-of modern science against
the positive testimony of the Holy Sculptures.
The t^uly n umbor of that tainted magazine,
which has/recently made the name of Putnam
so offensive to our Southern ears, contained an
article of the character to which we now allude,
based-upotv the new, work of Nott and
Gliddonr entitled " Types of Mankind and
within''the'Jast week we have been surprised
to find a Idriff extract.froirf the said article, approvingly
tttinsferi'ed to the columns of J;Ar
+. thur's Home Magazine," and introduced ^fith
v a serics~of editorial remarks, such as we never
would have expected to see in a periodical so
justly distinguished heretofore for itS:pure and
wholesome-morality. We do not itfnbateto
^lyi^Artl.ijr either the disposition* or the ability
to'Tnflict a vi&und udou the feelings or the faiili
his rcadeSjjMfcany'scientific deductions of
his own; but that iiis paper lias a
wide circulation all t),yer the.country, and that
it is an especial favorite with the purer and
ini&re conscientious, classes of socielg^ It was
tlierefoce wilh coi^derable suj^ise that we
found him, injj^ article headed, ?ls Man onr
or^kany V* endorsing the article in Putnam s
IVfapaiine, on that subject; although it contained
v*ws utterlyjnconsistfent with the historical
truth of the Olif i 'estarnent, and^lhe,
^._-*^er endeAvorS to reconcile Scripture with
theftfftto_ofv"pftietfce^uid archaeology, by the
supposjHg^fcHt^irarfisigtural .-accutqtta entire
Creatiofc arid the Delage are nothing-Abut 'shadowy
allegories; concealing some unknown
spiritual truth. Every day," says the editor
of the ". Home Magazine," "weca.n see the
opinion rooting ilsetf jnore and morerdecply into
thepopiilar minn^uiat ft is an error to look
? r*in ih/? Tlihlo -firw hiQirwirnl n* Qflipntifir nathrivi.
II?W mv liVVb yi/j inw#' < w vi 1/ v?/ Uww.?.^?u wtvt'lVf t
fy;"?Nor. are we 1 eft it^uut decided evidence
that this "popular.; opinion ' is his own,
aftd we are"-fully warranted in the inference
that, according to his view, tlie history of the
Jewislf"nation, as recorded in several books of
the Old'Testament, is no more to be relied
upon than the books of Livy or Herodotus.?
We seriously and honestly doubt whether sueh
sentiments can safely be admitted by religious
parents-juto the family circle,"-where reverence
' -t CTl -.1 p || ; "
lor me ocriptures is laiimuiiy mcuicaieu- upon
the minds'of .the young.
The nature of this insidious .assault upon the
sacred authority* of the Bible can Be easily
s!ated.in;>& (ew words. On the one hand we
have the htferaLtdift of what purports to be
the " Word of God on . the other,...we have
the "say-so" of^^ew infiJel savans, in regard
to the raeariingof certain phenomena of geology,
or the insignificatiun of obscure pictures
and characters discovered in pyramids, or on
the masonry" of ruins long buried under'the
sands V?3h$ desert' The-Ai*is gathered from
these.obscure";trices, are-elaborated in the
hands of such men'as Lyell, Agassiz, and Gliddon,
into a most .platisible-c\\i\\n of reasoning,
the principal object of which generally seems
to be.-to'discredit' all did* present sources of
knowledge, without substituting any substantial
authority in theirplace. The facts referred
to art utterly -beyond Ihe scrutiny of the "pop
ular mind/' , because not one man in a million
can examine for hitnsetf into the " dark places
of tbfc*"*earth" where this fragmentary 'revelation
denature and art lies'Concealed' from the
eyes of all'.tiut the privileged few.. The whole
question thereTore, rnb[oh arises from these
modern ^.discoveries, dopends*for -its solution
upoa the/flfmeaiSghh-which the" two convicting
revelations hiR^Keen interpreted fe^he
learned. The-cdntra'diction lies between the
interpreters of scripture and the interpreters of
the phenomena denature and art, ahdnqj, ^
has been-asserted, between the testimony ,oi
scripture.and that ofiiature. It is Mgbly pea,
sumptuous, the'refor^ln third parties, especial
ly in those whose kdo yledgMjpf geolog/Mand
pic tu rewriting, as well as their acquaintance
with theological learping, must be lighted to a
verj/MMrnciai aegree ui acquirement, w piunouncetKe
authority of the latter class of io:
terprete^^aperior to.the former.
It will 6e:tui)e etttiagh tojgfcstion the twsth
of the Mosai04istory,;when ihe facts are* nof
only accariiafatedih s^cient force from the
mines andvfconnrhents'fiJf the world, but thq
exac^
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a), whether the interpretation would b?|favorable
or otherwise to "the Christian faitH. ~
Wo know that this predisposition, as it exists
in the minds of most of*tfe French and
Continental savans of our .day, -is decidedly
against the authority of revelation and we fear
that many of Our owi) scientific men have i?n?
bibed a^imilarspirit froilithe"influence pf foreign
ImHjfe and the fashionable free-thinking
which pervades theitountryj; but there are others
on both sides of the Atlantic, equally brila
4 UsvM*fr.i?-i ?/% in moltai'u n f* coinnon
I Mil lb MIIU auiliuillllivc III UioifcVio V.
whose fuith in the Bible has not been shaken
by the most profound, explorations of nature.
Surely, if Herschel, Brewster, Henry, and men
of their stamp, find no insuperable contradic'
tion between the two revelations, Mr. Arthur
and ourselves may well wait for further devel-,
^pments, before we jump'rashly to the conclu^
jj.sion that there never was such a historian- a?
s-"Moses.. In order to the formation of a sound
and correct opijiion upon a question of so
tnach moment, when once our minds are tempted
into doubt, n thoRougll investigation of io/fe
sides cd" the tjuest^n^wqiild seem J.0 be. absp?
lutely necessary. Tl??- distinguished modern
philosophers whose names we have mentioned,
like Newton, Boyle, and others of a former
day, are well known to have embraced both
science and religion irr the comprehensive circle
of their studies, aod have learned how to
reconcile the apparent differences of the two.
The same can hardly be said of the philosophers
of the school, who have generally
been as contemptuously ignorant of the
fecnptures, afethey hatft been profoundly versed
in the mysteries of scignce and the language of
ruins. ?.
We think we know a little df the cause of
this ingrafting of French skepticism upon the
treeyof.American puritanism. The Bible stands
stubbornly in the way of every species of ultraism.
Fanatics of every class have battered
it.and twisted it"so as to compel it, if possible,
.-.to} testify ig-tbeir favor; but it would not yield.
tJow, they are beginning to disparage its claims,
to cast suspicion upon Us authority, and substitute
other authorities to its place. In all such
cases, when the Scriptures conflict with their
own opinions, the former kick the beam. It
rom?fih?tb'bc seen how far the South will imitate
this irrrpious e^mple. Wo'.trust it will
be long-before her sons consent to abandon this
| great bond of social order, to which, more than
I to all other instrumentalities, we owc#.the peace
1 and harmony of the Union, and upon which
j depends the future weal of the republic.
| Tlic Young Lady and tlic Inebriate.
Xaa&ng lady who had often laid to heart
> tfhe iitquTry, "What can I do V' heard a temper
* ance-lecturer say thafyoung ladies- could do
much by their endeavors to* reform thct^poor
degraded inebriate: and in the fulness of Christian
love and zeal she hastened to the dwelling
of a miserable drunkard who lived near. He
was alone. FlP^vife being on a visit to her parents,
the wretched ragin had embraced ihe opportunity
to get thoruughly^iutoxicated. For
: three :dfcy* he-had given himself up to the influence
of strong drink. Now he was suffering
the effects: of his folly. He sat upon ^tbc
bed, pale and haggard, longing for help bu^he
knew not.whence to seek it. He then felt that
*'the way of transgressors is hard.'' As she
entered, he looked up in surprise, hut she said
i kindly, "You are very ill to day, Mr.;jD ;
. will you come over-end drink a cup of coffee ?"
They were the first kind words he had heard for
many a day. Accustomed toscorn and contempt
; j|ow soothingly they fell upon his dejected and
'cohscicnce-smitten spirit. He at first murmured
some objection, and glanced at his soiled.
>in^ f <i t rr?t*/nl irnrinnnk Knf Vtrx wmaimioa^ Fa
ailU IUUVIUU 0H1 IUVIIVJ j MUU HO piUllliai'll IV
. ccyrie. And when he at length made his appearance,
she was surprised to see what efforts
he had made to render his pers <n respectable.
HiS matted hair was combedjhis'beard cut, andhe
had even attempted to mend his clothes.
Gathering courng^.from her success thus far,
the young lady sat by him at the table to help
liiin to ^^refreshments, of which he eagerly,
partook, "and to watch a favorable moment tomake
serious impressions upon his mind! At
length it cauid.^'VViih tears in his bloodshot
eyfeSjlic thanked her for her kindness; but said
gdhe, " How came you to thirfk of such a mise,
rable wretch as I ? When you came to me, I
was so very wretched, Fifed even thought of
.titling myself?' " But y^u.^will not think of it
said she . and thcfijWith kindness and
'tifiielity she spoke of thrB&jwB^of his misery;and
its remedy, earnestly Entreating him to
attend the lecture the next, evening and sign
the pledge. This he promised. And therw
she warned hirp of Ids danger as a sinner, and
begged 'him to flee from ".the wrath to come."
" I thank you," said thafopoor miserable inebriate,
whjle the fast-flowwg 'tears attested his
sincerity',' "'I thank you fij^ybur^jriendly warning.
I nave often^wondered why Christians
did not talk to irwpd I yerily thought it was
b|)c^use.they considered me a lost man, that
.no one.mi this pjace ever spoke to me of my
.'SOul's'sfljgption. But ishidl remember what
'yskx have said me." And he-did remember
it. That night hp joined the Temperance So
ciety, and took the pledge, which he faithfully
kept. In a few. w(eeks he became a Christian;
and from that time.till His deal|>, hciiyed a
consistentChristiatfHife.?American
-A young lady having asked aaufgoen why
woman was made from fftyjjl rib of man in
preference to any other bone,v-he gave the
following answer:
'She was not, taken from the headiest she
would rule over him; from his feet, 1 eat he
should trample upon her, bat'she Was taken
from his sidfc'that she might be his equal; from
' under bis srm, that he might protect her,
nearJ|fcb&rt, that he might cherish and love
At a ladies'?celebration, one of them hnrled
the following anathema, in the shape of a toast,
at the Head of us unfortunates:
"Old Bachelors:?l)fny they lie on a.bed of
nettles, sit alone orf a wood stool, eat alone off
a; wooden trencher, and be their own kitchen
.maid."
That Jady must very much want to be married.
Will any fair reader show us thejeason
forH|hu8 heaping insolt and injury on those
: who stand so much in need of sympathy?
*
Extract from the Life of Jefferson.
MR. JEFFERSON AS A LOVER.
PERSONAL DESCRIPTION* OF,HIM.
With Mr. Jefferson, the lover succeeded the
6choolhoy in the due and time honored, order,
as laid down by the ' melancholy Jacques.'?
The only record of this affair is to' be found in
a series of letters addressed by him to his friend
Page, commencing immediately after he.left
college, and extending, lit intervals, through
the two succeding years. These are to be found
-4. Tnnl'Ar^o lifn r?f* him Qlirl
<IU ICII^UU III l i uivrasui ? utnv;i o jiiv wi uiui)
in the congress edition of his correspondence.
They possess some interest perhaps, in relation
to their subject matter, but most, as the earliest
specimens of their author's epistolatory writing,
which have been preserved. Though they disI
.play something of that easy command of lan;'.guage?that'running
pen'?for which he was
"afterwards celebrated, they exhibit no peculiar
grace of style or maturity of thought. Perhaps,
however, these would scarcely be expected
in the careless, offhand effusions of boyish
intimacy. It causes a smile to see the future
'.statesman 'sighing like a furnace' in a first love;
concealed, alter the approved fashion of student
life, the name of his mistress under awkward
Latin puns and Greek anagrams, to bury
n spm-nr, which fhc world of course wassUDDOS
ed to have a^vast interest in discovering; delightfully
describing happy dances in his 'Belinda'
in the Apollo (that room in the Raleigh
tavern where we shall soon find him acting so
different a part) vowing the customary despairing
vow, that 'if Belinda will not accept his service
it shall never he offered to another,' and
so on to the end of the chapter, in the well beaten
track of immemorial prescription. The object
of his attachment was a Miss Rebecca
Burwell, (called Belinda as a pet name, or by
way of concealment,) whom tradition speaks of
as more distinguished for beauty than cleverness.
'
Mr. Jefferson's proposals seem to have been
clogged with the condition that he must be absent
for two or three years in foreign travel
before marriage. Whether for this, or because
i Her preferences lay in a different direction,
Miss Burwell somewhat abruptly married another
man in 1764. .
Mfc Jefferson was generally, however, rather
a. fayprije with the other sex and not without
reason. ^His appearance was engaging. His
: face;: though angular and. far from beautiful,
beamed with intelligence^;.with benevplence,
and with the cheerful vivacity of a happy, hopeful
spirit. Ilis complexion was ruddy and delicately
fair; his reddish chesnut hairjuxuiiant
and silken. His full, deep set- eyes, rather
i light in color and inclining most to u blue or
brown, according to the light in which they are
| viewed, were peculiarly expressive and mirror!
ed, as the clear lake mirrors the clond, every
emotion which was passing through his mind.
Ho stood six feet two and a half inches in
lieighth, and though very slim, his form was
erect and sinewy, and his movements displayed
elasticity and vigor. He was an expert musician;
a fbTe^cTanccr, a.dashing ride^.a.nd thfej^
was~no manly excreisp .in wTiich.be could ^pt
well' play his part. . His manners were usually
graceful, hut simple and cordial.
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ilia umiicismiuu .uieiiuv jjuoocoduu nv> mconsiderable
share of that charm which, in after
years, was so much extolled by friends, and
tb which enemies atiributed so seductive- an influence
in moulding the young and wavering to
Ins political views. There was, ii frankness,
earnestness, and cordiality in his tone, a deep
sympathy with humanity, a confidence in man
and a sanguine hopefulness in his destiny,
which irresistnblv won-' upon the feelings not
only of the ordinary hearer, bat.of those grave
men whose commerce with the world had led
them to form less glowing estimates of it?of
such men as thp scholar-like Small, the sagacious
Wythe, the courtly and gifted Fauquier.
Mr. Jefferson's temper was gentle, kindly, and
forinvincr. * If it naturally, was anything of that
U W v v w
warmth which is the usual concomitant of affections
and sympathies so ardent, it had been
subjugated by habitual control. Yet, under its
even placidity,-there was not wanting those indications
of calm self-reliance and courage
which all instinctively recognize and respect.
?$There is not an instance on record of his
hftVmg been engaged in a personal rencontre,
or. his having suffered a personal indignity.?
Possessing the accomplishments, lie avoided
the vices of the young Virginia gentry of the
day, and a class of habits which, if not vices
themselves, were too oftea made the preludes
to.1 them. He never gambled. To avoid importunities
to games which were generally accompanied
with betting, he nevhrr.-learned to
distinguish one card fronrvanotherjhVwas moderate
in the.-enjoyments of the table1, to strong
drinks he had ap aversion which rarely yielded
to any circumstances;/his moutH was unpolluted
by_paths^or tobafe'eb! Though he speaks
of enjoyihg.3ffife victory- of a favorite horse,'
arid the'death of the fox,I ho never put but one
horse in framing to never run but ^single
race, anace very rhrely joined in the pTeasnnt
excitement?he knew it to be too pleasant for
tha nsnirinor student?of the classes. With
such qualities .ibfjj^md wid character, with the
favor of gpwerffflT friends and relatives, and
ev^n ylte^royalty, to urge him onward, Mr.
Jeffe&w'was not a young man to be lightly
regarded/by the yoirog or old of either sex.?
lie becatne of age in 1761.
; Enduring Affection.
The following interesting incident is from an
article by *'W." a correspondent of the Journal
of Commerce:,
,?rhere^is.a-.memory of the old church in
whibh we worshipped yesterday,..connected
with the old man who will be buried to morrow,
that seemed to nre very touching when I
heard it related last night. Sixty years ago,
there was a?voice in^tho choir that thrilled his
heart every Sunday biorning, so that he listened
to it more than the words of the song. He
was a stout, strong man, and yet he was a child
in the presence of that country maiden, and
he loved her with exceeding joy. He served
her father, not So long As Jacob for Leah,^yet
with no less devotion, and for a while with no
more success. One day the farmer's family
had gone to.visit a friend, some ten miles distant,
and noV having room in their wagon, they
had returned, leaving Lucy to be sent for.?
And towards evening the old man, the young
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man I slould say? hoftjstrangc this tale of his
youth, seem to mo who have always known ,
him- as old?the young man was sent for her,
and having taken her into the wagon with him,
started to return.
Five miles of the road were accomplished,
when the gloom of a tempest surrounded them,
and a storm hurst on them with terrible fury.
There was'no better shelter for a mile, save
*he old church, that stood aloud"on the hill, and
thither he urged his horse, with difficulty and
no small danger.
They reached the door, which was never
closed?for the house of God, in those days,
u-aa nlwiiro nnon and ftio rrirl found
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while lie secured the horse in safety uuder the
shed, and returned to her. , S
Ho had never told her of his love,3^3; now
was a fair opportunity. In the wild flashes of
the lightning, the little church gleamed out on
the valley that itoverlookcd, like a silent, calm
mother, to keep all safe in the war of the elements.
No one who caught sight of it at that
nigiit, dreahued that it was occupied; hut there
were two Hearts in it that commenced to beat
in unison that night*.at the. altar .where^they
pledged their love & each other.. They, were
not afraid,; hot terrified, though the tempest
was fearful, and though every window gleamed
luridly in tlie constant flashes of the lightning.
Witir?rfhs folded around each other they knelt
there still. ;It was a holy night, to which in
after years their souls rccuired with never ceasing
joy. ' ; '
Yes?sneer?laugh?blaspheme that holy
love, poor miserable dogs of the world's whipping,
'wlio have never felt the blessedness of
pure, warm; woman love, but know that during
the sixty years of Sabbaths that man worship,
pied God at the same alter, he never forgot
that night, nor failed to thank God for that
tempest. \ :v.
And.to-morrow, when they carry hiui into
the church again, and lay him down prone at
the altar foot, whereby ho knelt with the ..maiden
be loved so long-ago, if his old bono revive
not atjthe blessed touch, if his old heart thrill
not with the remembered love, if his old-^heek
grow not*warm with the balmy breath, if his
toIcI eyes smile not with the old lo^c, if she be
ther^stij^jjcnlm, dead, yet I tell you there is
an nftar, 'a church, a land, where they two will
be kneeling together to-morrow, where their
eves will be radiant with love, where their lips
will be eoquent with rapturous song! 'Again,,
and yet ligain,1 saith Joe Willis, looking overmy
shoulders as I wrote?'I thank my God
for the i n mortality of our love.'
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Rocky ITIoniit
We extract the* following paragraph-fsom
one'-of s\i series of papers in the Fairfield lift:
aid, on the " Reminiscences of Fairfield District,"
which appear to be written by aw intelligent
mil well-in formed citizen of that District
As it refers to several notable points in
our District, it will doubtless be interesting to
our readers
" Haying spoken of'MonticellQ, ft is,perhaps
right to nvciition Rocky. Mount or .Grim-'kevfljejln
the ISmrth-easf coYiicFoT the'District,
as another small village. Of this place, Mr.
Mills in his Statistics of South Carolina, pub- ^
lished in 18*20, says it " must be a considerable
places some day."' This prediction is now
at the commencement of realization. Our es- '
timablc and energetic fellow-citizen Daniel
McCollough Esq., has within the last few years
erected a cotton-.factory at or near there, and
ia T no/1/irctnii^ n*r\rlr!n?r tlu\ cornn f/t oH t'nitfurrA
His laborers too arc negroes?thus demonstrating
the practicability of .profitably employing
slaves as operates in factories, the opinion of
several semi-abolitionists to the contrary notwithstanding.
At Rocky Mount,, .the United
States Governmetuonce had a military establishment,
but it has Jong since been abandoned 1
and ftlllen into complete decay, even if the- *
material has not been removed, and applied to
a better purpose^ than having a station of the
kind in the heart of a sovereign State. Here,
too repose in a spot which was once his garden,
the remains, of Col. Seuf, Engineer both
.of the Santee'ifiMd Catawba canals. Col. Seuf
was ? military engineer of considerable repu
tatiofr, and devoted to the cause of liberty in
the <!ays of the revolution. Yet no stone
marks the resting place of,the honored dead.
But it .matters not for " the trumpet shall sound
and the dead shall arise." Near this point and
in sight, is one of the grandest curiosities in
.1 _ it O1..1.. .I.- / II-. ./ ,l.Ah.i.L.L.
uie uuiteu oiaies, ine inns 01 ijr,B*jvniawu.'i.
These falls are in Chester Distric^hnd well
worth a visit from all lovers of the grand and
terrible in nature. Here the river is contracted
into one-third of its usual width, and is
forced through a gorge in the hills, over about.;
twenty falls, to the depth of near one hundred
and fifty feet. Mr. Mills remarks of this:?
" the wilderness of the steep and ruggid rocks
?the gloomy horrors of the cliffs?the water
falls, which arc heard pouring down in different
places of the precipice, with various sounds,
in proportk^r to. L^ir respective distances and
descents; the hoarse hollow murmuring of the
river, running far trelow the sun^mit of the
rocks, and" of the adjacent surface 6f the earth,
are objects well calculated to excite emotions 1
of wonder and admiration in the minds of
spectators. The sceneiy here is sufficiently
grand and curious to attract the visits of the
most distant inhabitant of Carolina." And
yet, sir, this grandest of all water scenes, Tal
lalulah and Niagaraalone excepted, is unknown
and unvisited, except by the immediate denizens
of its locality. Were it in New York, or
among the red mouthed Yankees of Connecticut
or Vermont, thousands of our fashionables
and would be fashionables, would make a year
]y pilgrimages thereto, Alas! for poor South
Carolina, when such is the spirit of the people."
Chester Standard.
...
Unappreciated Politeness.?A droll story
is related of an honest farmer, who, attempting '
to drive home a bull, got suddenly fisted
over the fence. Recovering himself he saw I
the animal on the other side of*the rails, sawing'the
air with.his head and neck,and pawing
the grotfnd. The good old man looked stead*
ily at him for a moment, and then shaking big
6st at him, exclaimed, J'Darnyottrapologies-;-^
you needn't stand ther?, yon tarnal critter, a
bowin and sorapiiv?yoddid it a purpose, darn
your curl^ pictprel!V4 - ^
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Our Stcaua Wavy.;/ *33
1'he Journal of. Commerce pays to Secret&f
Dobbin a well-merited-compliment ip the.kfo
lowing interesting article on our steam n.avj
No department of tho government has.Jbpf
mnmiged with more marked ability and
eess than thojiaval, and we have every rcaSti
to anticipate that Mr. Dobbin's exertions I
give that arm of 'the public service eievatjo
and power will prove eminently succes-fuH-l
He devotes himself with untiring vigilance an
energy to the duties of his station, aud is. a
ready receiving the reward which is sure to.d?
bestowed by a just people upon official fideiit
and ability.: ,
" Oun Steam navy.?It is a reliefvto:bc>b1
to discover any signs that the steamchiavy <
the United States will ever bt extricated froa
the shfirfreful position which it has herctofoi
occupied. Almost every successive atten>|
to establish its good fame has only served tt
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ueiract irom wnai u nuu iureaujr uiwiiyu. vc
eral good hulls -have been constructed, vftiil
the engines, inmost instances, have pfoVe
unmitigated failures. It is'said that this re^jl
was not so much the fault pf engineers, njajji
nisls, or'rfTivafTcensti'cfcrtort'/as of 4 old-fegfei
who, by their intermeddling, spoiled whdteve
they endeavored to improve. Secretary Do!
bin, in adopting measures for the constructio
of the six new steam frigates pursued a cours
very different from his predecessors, having ii
vited plans from experienced engineers througl
out the country, and, as a conseewenecj is enii
bled to avail himself of their combined talen
We are assured by a well known scientifi
gentleman, just returned from Washingtor
that there arejjeasons for confidently believin
that the proposeS steamers will be model spec
mens of naval architecture, and not inferior t
anything now"to Jbe found in the navies of Et
rope. The contracts, were awarded on Fridaj
and will very soon be made public. Thcs
ships are to be of 3,000 tons burden, 255 fee
in length, 51 in breadth, and will draw 23 fee
lit extreme lend line. All of. the machinep
will be below the surface of the water, whic
plan was first introduced in steamers intende
for war purposes by- Mr. Ericsson, in the steam
ship Princeton ; .but which has since been a
most universally adopted in English and Frenc
vessels-of-war. Of our own naval steamers i
is claimed that none h*i? proved more success
fiil than the Erincetorfcr"During her two-year
cruise in the Mediterranean her engines re
Quired no repairs whatever, and her perform
anccs attracted much notice. It was durin,
this cruise that all the measurements of he
engines were taken, and subsequently reprc
duced in Franqe, on the steamer Pomone, am
are now, as' before observed, in almost univei
sal use. We are informed that in all prcbabili
ty one, and perhaps two, of the new steamer
will be furnished with engines on substantial!;
the same plan. Mr. Ericsson had with him a
Washington a beautiful model, with importaji
improvements. He terms it the * vibrating lc
ver engine?the principal feature benjrath
application of n-rotary motion to thepropbllei
similar to the Princeton's., Vibrating piston
are done nwa?witb,_and the ..'ordinary piston
introduced. It is exceedingly simple and ver;
compact. The engines of the famous Englisi
steamer Ajax are on mucfl-the same principle
hut. a larger number of cylinders are employee!
all working the sanio shaft, .necessarily o'cbt
pying much space, involving many complic.i
Lions, and consequently more liable to need fre
quent repair. It is said of Mr. Ericsson'
engine, with -all of its simplicity, that th
amount of-, power exerted will exceed the pow
rof the Ajax."
Whiggery as it Was aud Is.,
When the forces of whiggery were led b;
their great captains. Clay and Webster, thi
democrats had an enemy worthy of their stee
?men of gallantry to contend against, whon
it was an honor to overcome, and no disgrac
to be beaten by them. Then was carried 01
a war of principle?measure against measure
lusty blows were given and received in fair am
open fight. In many "a hard fought battl
and well contested field the whigs under thei
gallant leaders manfully disputed every incl
ground, and were sometimes crowned witl
temporary success. But defeated and drivei
from position to position, they reluctant!
abandon the field to the victors without a ves
tige of those measures for which they so. nob!
contended remaining. Worn out by ageandcoii
tinued service, their gallant and honorable lea
ders are gathered to the tomb. The grea
conqueror, Death, marks them for his own
they sleep with their fathers; they ho longe
appear in the stormy arena of political strife
Their graves are beweded with thejears of sin
cere sorrow, and their virtues are.embalmed it
the memory of those against whom they s<
lately stood in hostile array.* ^Brave men la
ment the brave, and do not refuse the tribul*
of a tear to the niemorv of air- honorable foe
What h spectacle does whiggery present t(
the world at this time I Bereft of the .comi
sel and guidance of their grcitt champions, J(?ei
principles exposed and derided?defeated, iiral
their measures they no longer daro meet tin
democratic principles, or those great measure
which are conducting our country with - sucl
rapid strides in tho career of gloff and pros
perity; they are content to meet in secret-?i
band of midnight conspirators, plotting de
struction to our glorious constitution. Steal
ing "the livery of Heaven to serve the devi
in," they appeal to the religious fears <>f tin
weak and timid, and endeavor to stir up i
spirit of fanaticism against a portion of our fel
low-citizens, and hy combination deprive then
of constitutional rights.
They bow'once their pr.oud heads and sub
mit to tho;yoke which abolitionism chooses t<
put on their necks. Every liair-brained enthu
siast or crack-brainedinimtic that desires to be
c^de thee leader of a new party orsect, wketh
er in politics or religion, counts with certaintj
upon thef sympathy and cooperation of whig
gery. Haying no fixed national' principles 01
which to stand, the ohf patty of Clay an<
Webster*make terms witp every adventure
who proposes to use them. The. wngbtnea
of these remarks was frilly illdstrated^in th<
late combinations and'coalitions and>fu?ohi
whkli haV^niarked the late career of potion:
leaders in'the norlhern^States. ;jWe are no
Surprised to see t^thd s^thwO ^igs are be
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,N r*?:l*r p -,
y *TS h? reP"d,'"te onI'
" ' 1/10 Crimea cxpediUoii.hn.aaiUd*, fcSJ"
? """"I ?*?*Ww in the
e, and coiisfetoj of 700
0 at 01106 74,000 11101), with horses,
i) toons, gabiotips, touts, provisions, at
'f The fleet/misters 25,000.soldiers,
1" cannon, while the land force .comprises S^jOOO.'/^"
English, 135,QQ0 Turks, 10,0(1^ Egjrptiatjst^^^HH
j* 5,000 Tunisigte and 4,000 of other natioxijffijB
r? On the 3d ult. the greater-part of the BriittBa|^B
Jf squadron with the English troops on board,'. w
1 deft Varna, and on the 5th the French General1
h St. Am;iud. and the Turks left to join theBpi. tilt
ish at Fidonisi or Serpent's Island, at llie;?pytjir
h of the Danube, opposite to EupatO^^^h^
b 'I he debarcntion will take:
d Bairn, near 'he -mouth of the rivert^w^W&fi-;' ;v~
It where there is near fiftqgn fathomipf waten-j^
i Once landed, the allies will entrench /- 1
? selves. The RiiBsinii-arinv. must.next.be
tr en in the or the allies will occupy1 the,
?| heights above fit)-. From the sea . Fort
i 811101) lias been discovered Whence the y
i- fleet can enfiladed, and either set on 6
i* the harbor or he Icorrtpefled td cbme out
t. fight. Not much is known of the Jftissian pre^-f f'.
), Prince Menschikoff personalty''<?op<facUjtlie
g defence of Sebastapol. He attache?
i- pnrtance to the fortifications of .Oczakoff antfcp^BRc
0 Kherson, and some .thousand men ftre/occu-^ jfifc- ^
i- pied in strengthening those places?.. Cjotithniaf^M^S-:^
r, reinforcements arrive at Odessa and.pass on.jfe;-*'
c G0,000 men are said,to be in camp, beaidei^ql^^it
full garrison in the city. A number of
st are being converted intodfireship's.
y A .new levy of tan inen-.in a-thousand has ; " h
been ordered throughout the \V4^erh*,|}<^ionF ~
d of the Russian empire.
i* There are strange ru mors Mat '.the -Frcftch:? *?$ v _
1- Admiral Hameliu strongly oppoi^d thei^etii^^aMBB
h tapol expedition, ihat St." Artiaad .tah^ijBwp|ffi*H
it sole responsibility) and that sealed orders wiire^Sjj
; on the way from France to stop it' when^^H
1 Must have . sehastotnl.?The . ;Loricfott.sj^^a
g Times indulges ill the following refle?ienr>:?^i?S3H[
r "Until we lmre taken Sebastopol we bavrn<Mfl|":
right to assume that the power of Russia iaX^HBH
3 the Black Sc* is ^jpnihilated; but wberieveib'yi^*^
that great and necessary measure -is - accqra-r Ajfl
i- plished, we may lie disposed to hope that Rus- 3tI
s sia will yjeki to the irreparable blow, and'a^ J
Y cept the conditions arising out of'the u}S^t*Tdt*
t results of.tlie war." :
t Sensible Bull! We have not the siigbtfeg
>- doubt of Russia-yielding " U^the irreparable :
o blow" as soon as Seba&tapol is Ulfen-~Jin'6j>of ^
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s * Tuirep More Territories.?A plro fv -i,
v said is on foot for organizing three.ncw territo-^ ""V
ii rial governments in the Indian ty'u?tnj|feuth
, of Kansas, to consist severally of wS^
^ kces in one territory,. tbq^Creeks
ii. and the ChoctAws and UmbkasawS^a
i- This plan has been sent out to be canvasawlp?? .
>. by the tribes concerned, and, who/jander it^nre^ ,
s to be constitute*! citizens of the United -SbftMJffi vA*
o At the last session of the Senates Mil; was .y,
- presented by Air. Johnson, of A rkahsas^^qhy . '
embodied the feature of this scbeine^Tlie
first territory will be Cherokee, aiid willijte!ude
the Cherokees, Osages, Sen'ecas,SbawneesifKMErerb.
y \?Uiip?IWS , II1U Druuiiu 13 tU UCziwiue gcv,^,<i?rv?.
e will include the Creek aricj Semino1^i1p^|:
j and the third named Chah-taand-':MfiU ancliyP^V'^gtr
j the Ch'octaws and Chickasaws.e
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i Rdm Bbxmit#, a Sham.?Its. effects (those
; of the irito.xitaifng cap^ are a conlanual^frattd^
1 upon the understandin^^j^nts to*fcM?0i&
e the physical and ttiental's^ohgrffefe^he ftw
r of the social feelings; ^wben-in truth, 9?^ .
h-. only anticipated, sqaaWeretf^and^n.^llfc'^:' *
h pressed farther beIo\vt/than they
a elevated above a heirfthy^stendard: ?Ity sberi^^ *
y for a timelo improve the physical;healthy
. it is planting in the constitution the-seedajamK^'^ '
y incuraiile dijease. It sometimes elicits -brit-!^,i
liant flashes of intellect, which prove >
. merely the light of that flamerb^\vhicrh.'lhe injy^
t teilect is itself consumed, and sooner./or^fttfe..'"* '
; reduced to a blackened ruiq. It enters ^. ?
r tnestic "circle, and appears/ora season^ to stir
up hilarity and er^oynient^-m^finally^pjjltte-^ '^^
- rates conjugal vowa and natftraj affections, '
i verts the father into, a fiend the mjjjfci||* fc*f.opa;.\'
) fury, wrests away the children's/^e&d-'andj. f
ogvers them.with rags and wretchedness, A ^
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1 A modern writer says: "1 kno.w^nothinjft^^Ajftfa
3 more touching than the effort of eelf-grMtfljuBR
- meut of which little children are eapableJwj?b>,
r the best parts of their nature ^^gro.wii^vig- /
1 orously v under the warmth nniTTigh'tof
3 tal lov.e. How beautiful is the se 1 fcont
s the little creature who stifles hi^sohs^of pnjn.y
r because his mother's pitving eye^'ia uppn him
ill tender sorfowI#or that of the babe^yh&ab-.
t stains from play and sits quietly on tnefl<&r,'
f because somebody is ill! Ihave known a very :#
young child slipover to the oold-ajde of^^^fcjp>'-:,
1 bed on a winter's night, that
? might find a warm one. I hare known
i girl submit spontaneously to hourt ofioftiSB;
restraint and disagg?ftWeemploynjeut, nae*6>y
f because it was rignt/ Such wills at these?-BO
strong and yet so humble, so nptient and eo
- dignjfied?were never imparted by fear, bpt
> flouri.sited thus under the influence of lQ.v*,~4^tk
its sweet excitement ancKholy'supports.**''
It is a gloridoffigbt to see two old people, ?
y who have weathered the storms and basked in
- the 8W^hin6jfJRIfe together, go: Ttfnd in hand,
i lovinglv ?nd; thonght!'ully together down the v
1 gentle "declivity' of time, with no an^ef.aor
r jealousy,#* h^red garnered up agtiwieoch ^
b utiiw^o'd'-looking with hope and joy to thr
3 'ftverlustin/^youth of Heaven, where theyt#>
s shall be one forever. That ia a tru? * *
i :for lt,t8 a marriage of spirit with apirkiV Ttofr
t love ia woven into a woof of goW, tbatriwAor
Xtife, nordeath^tor eternity can sewer;
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