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VOT.mfR XVI. QAMT>F,N- SOPTH-CAROLINA, TUESR^ MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1855. ^UMBERI.;
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From the Southern Weekly Post.
Condition of the Rich and Poor
Contrasted.
We have often thought the condition of the
rich man less enviable, and the condition of
the; poor less deserving of sympathy than is
generally considered. If we look abroad over
the face of society and study the conditions,
habits, and dispositions 'of men, and enquire
into the state of their minds, we shall find that
contentment and happiness is as often found in
the cottage of the poor, as in the mansion ol
the rich. We look upon the acquisition of
wealth as a laudable pursuit: provided no uninot
means nrf> nspd nor nr.v nerson iniured
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thereby. If a man, by his own honest industry,
and persevering toil, together with hi.-- economical
habits, succeeds in accumulating the
goods of this world, we consider him all the
better citizen, and-none the less a christian.?
It is true, we are forbidden to set our aflec
tions upon the things of the earth, upon the
Creation instead of the Creator.
But we hold that a man may desire wealth,
and yet not worship it, not look upon it as the
supreme good ; that he may desire it for good
and lawful ends The philanthropist may desire
wealth in order that he may aid the hungry,
clothe the naked, build churches, patronize
schools, send the gospel to heathen lands, and
for a thousand other good and useful purposes.
Such a man is a blessing to society, lie serves
his generation, he does more for the progress
of the world than a whole neighbourhood of
indolent drones who live in a hand ipid mouth
way, and care for nothing- beyond the present.
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tie realizes uie tact, uiat is mure umsseu iu
give than to receive. But we can only envy
him for the pleasure he enjoys in contributing
to benevolent purposes, llis life is one of perpetual
toil and care fur the benefit of others.
Why should we envy this man ? he has of the
good things of life, we grant, but he lives not
for himself so much as for others.
We readily concede that all who possess
wealth do not make a wise use of it. The
miser loves money for its own sake. But why
should we envy hint? he has money, it is true,
but it is a curse to him instead of a blessing; ?
he knows not the pleasure of giving, lie spends
none for the necessaries and comforts of life,
nor will any ever rise up and call him blessed.
Perpetual care and vigilance are bis portion by
day, and ideas of thieves and murderers haunt
his imagination by nighr. The miser is al
once the most miserable among men; and
never tube envied, but ever to be despised.
If we turn our attention to the covetous
man, we see him reaching after his neighbor's
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farm, or graomng at nis ox, or matting use ui
some umlawful means to obtain liis money.
-The covetous and miserly man is miserably
poor in the midst of plenty.
Dr..Ewell relates the case of a man that was
so basely-covetous that lie would go into the
stable and steal the oats from his own Imrses.
'Upon one occasion his horseman entering the
stable in the dark, found him there, and taking
him for a thief, gave him a good drubbing and
sent him away.
More than two thousand years ago the great
Hippocrates, the father of medicine, desired a
universal consultation of all the phvsieiansln
the world, that they might advise together, as
to the most potent means of curing this inveterate
malady. But Hippocrates, together
with all of his cotemporaries, and twenty odd
centuries have passed away, and no panacea
has yet been discovered!
We admire industry and economy as traits
of character, but a stingy parsimonious disposition
we heartily despise.
Liberality and economy are by no means
incompatible traits of character. A man may
t.o vorv ofunnmionl nnd ?r. the same time be
liberal where liberality is required ; and that s
the kind of a maD to accumulate wealth. We
know men whose chief desire is to be rich, but
they never amass wealth, because they are too
stingy; they will not spend a sixpence when
It might enable them to make a dollar. This
is what we believe Dr. Franklin called, being
" penny-wise and pound-foolish." Such people
are poor and miserable. Hut there is n
large class of poor who enjoy life equally well,
it not better than those that are comparatively
wealthy.
It is true they cannot have so maay of the
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comiorts, me conveniences uuu luxuries 01 me,
as those who are in opulent circumstances.?
But then their wants are less numerous and
more easily satisfied.. So that although they
have no inexhaustible treasury to resort to,
they are likewise free from wants which make
such a treasury necessary for their happiness.
Many of them are rich in the depths of pover
ty> because they seein to care for nothing more
than they have. Indeed some poor have advantages
for happiness because they are satisfied
with what they have got, have nothing to
take care of. are in 'no fear of losing anything,
and think the industrious part of the cuiniuu*
nitv bound to feed them.
We kpow some individuals who are so poor
and so trifling that they are perfectly hide
pendent, and seem to enjoy life abundantly.?
They have no property to lose, no character t<>
Jose, nor do they fear public sentiment, or the
laws of the. land. They would just as soon
be in the country prison or anywhere else, for
the reason, that they can be fed without the
trouble of borrowing.
There is another ctass of the pnoi*ho\vever,
that are highly respectable and deserving of
much sympathy.- We mean the honest, industrious,
liighminded poor, who have high notions
of life, and who in vain strive day after day,
and year after year in trying to better their
condition. Such poor are unhappy because
they desire to be somebody and are unable to.
This class deserves well of those in better circumstances.
They deserve their respect, their
sympathy and their assistance. What is more
affecting than to see an honest, humble poor
person toiling from year to year to rise in the
world and never ascend one step. This class
desires to live decently, respectably, and comfortably.
But if they had the necessaries of
life they would perhaps be but little better satisfied,
for man's desires are insatiable. Matr
is so constituted that his desires increase paripassu
with the means of gratifying them. The
more he acquires the more he .desires. The
man ic wm-tli nnn thousand dollars thinks.
th;it if ho were worth ten thousand he would
be satisfied, but when he has accumulated the
ten thousand he desires a hundred thousand,
and it fortune permits him to amass the hundred
thousand, his desires are increased a hundred
fold, and he longs to he a millionaire, and
soon ad infinitum.. This is the disposition of
men in general. There may be exceptions,
but we think they are few and far between.?
This is what we would bo led to expect from
the stud} of man's moral constitution; and
our experience and observation prove its cor
redness. Such is man, either a drone, a clog
upon society, or ever reaching after something
beyond his grasp. But you see my paper is
filled up. So good night. T. B.
Early Character.
" There is nothing 1 despise so had as to see
a boy with a cigar in his mouth." Thus re'
marked one of the wealthy and most respected
business men of East Boston, standing at the
door of the Post-office waiting for the distribution
of letters, as a boy walked in puffing a
' cigar. S; mpathizing with the gentleman, we
1 fell into the following reflections:
We imagined that, in the course of human
events, this boy might be induced to apply at
tho gentleman's counting room for employment.
The merchant's remembrance of his act of
youthful dissipation would probably not bo to
J the benefit of the applicant. The merchant
I would be likely to judge unfavourably of the
[ j young man's character as to temperance and
| sobriety, and would think himself justified in
j doubling the independence and stamina of one
I who, evidently, for no better reason than beJ
cause others do, and probably because he
thought it would give him a manly air, coiltracated
the offensive and unnatural habit of
smoking i:i boyhood. The very act would
seein to argue mental or moral deficiency, and
perhaps both. The merchant, like a majority
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VI w Vi I UICU I'CVj.MU 10 I.AV.VVUUIJIJ tu?ii"jr vm
with the stmll of cigar smoke.?He despises
tlie practice of smoking, and cannot help noticing
the hoy who exhibits if, or thinking in
such case, what the mental manifestation is.
Willi the ho.v, the act was a trifle, nothing.
To the man it was a revelation which told him
something of a youth of whom ho knew nothing
before, and that something was to his discredit.
?
How different would have been the result, if
' the first act of this boy, noticed by the merchant,
had been that as one plainly Gpokejof
1 integrity and good sense, as the art of smoking
did of w eakness and frivoltv of character. The
man would have remarked that boy; and if it
. should ever have come in his way ?to render
him a service, no testimonials would he needed
to secure his favor.
We would fain impress upon the young the
great importance of forming good habits. One
may forsake his boyhood's errors when lie be
comes a man; hut the chance is that instead of
l .f _ i- I .1.- Ml L. . ?_.l
ueuig iuisuhcii iik-) win ue uggi<iv;iu-u, cum
take on a rigidity which is like second nature
to the individual as he advances into manhood
Knowing this, people judge of young men by
what they knew of them when boys, unless a
subsequent acquaintance gives them better
ground lor the formation of an opinion.?East
Boston Ledger.
Whiskey and Newspapers.?A glass of
whiskey is manufactured from perhaps a dozen
grains of crushed corn?the value of which is
too small to be estimated. A pint of this
mixture sells at retail for one shilling, and if of
a good brand it is considered by its consumers
as worth the money. It is drank off in a mill.
nte or two?it fires the brain, rouses the pasHons,
sharpens the appetite, deranges and
weakens the physical system; it is gone?and
swollen eyes, parched lips and an aching head
are its followers.
On the same sideboard on which it is served
j lies a newspaper, the new white paper of which
I cost a cent; the composition for the whole edij
tion costing perhaps ten or fifteen dollars per
| day. It is covered with perhaps a half a mil|
lion of types, and brings intelligence from the
' four quarters of the globe. It has in its clearly
printed columns all that is new or strange at
home?it tells you the state of the market,
gives an account of the last elopement, the execution
of the last murderer, and the latest
steamboat explosiou or railroad disaster?and
vet lor all this, the newspaper costs less than
the tilass of grog, the juice of a few grains of
corn. It is no less strange than true, that there
arc a large portion of the community who think
the corn juice cheap and the newspaper dear,
and the printer has hard work to collect his
dimes, when the liquor dealers are paid cheerfully.
How is this? Is the body a better paymaster
than the head, and are tilings of the moment
more prized than the things of eternity?
Is the transient tickling of the stomach of more
consequence than the improvement of the soul,
and the information that is essential to a rational
being? If this had its real value, would
not the newspaper bo worth many pints of
whiskey??Forest City.
At public school examination, one of the
visiting committee was asking the class the
meaning of certain words. They answered
well, until he gave "back-biter." It went down
the class until it came to ;i simple urchin, who
locked sleepislilv. and knowingly said, "It inn)
be a ilea.
Magnanimous Revenge.?The London
Morning Advertiser, in speaking of the expected
visit of Louis Napoleon to the court of
Great Britain, and his installation as a knight j
of the Garter, says: ^ c
"The insignia of the Emperor of Russia as a j
knight companion of this most noble and an- \
cient order; consisting of the banner, sword,
mantle, and helmet, retains its position over {
one of the stalls in the Chapel Royal of St. (
I George, hut it will no doubt be removed be- f
I fore the Emperor of the French is installed a t
knight companion of this order. Whether I
Sir Charles Young, as Garter-King-at-Arms,
will quietly remove the disloyal knighCs insig.
ilia, or whether, according to ancient custom,
as described hy Ashmole, they will be thrown
into the aisle, and swept from the chapel by
the choristers beyond the precencts of the castle,
is not yet decided ; but we believe it has
been determined to remove the insignia of the
recreant knight to make way for those of her
Majesty's illustrious ally, the Emperor Napoleon
111."
If tbo British cannot pull down the flag of
Nicholas at Sebastop<>], and humble his pride
at Cronstadt, they call at least sweep away the
insignia of distinction which they urged him
to accept while their guest, and which he is
not there to protect. Truly a sneaking retaliation
! We wonder which will enjoy most heart
ily the sweets of revenge?the English court,
in thus punishing a "recreant knight," who accepted
their baubles at their urgent entreaty,
or Louis Napoleon, who compels them to bestow
the same upon him at the cost of deep humiliation
themselves??Buffulo Democracy.
Fashionable life, as it exists in these modern
times, i s'a fountain of falsehood, corruption and
' J ..nn ?.l.il>r>r-itr> mi ntlipr nlsiti hv
Ul'urpuuil) mivail V(?M vm-v..uv J - J
which he could so effectually poison to death
t!ic pure current of generous friendship and
undefined truth. 13y the abominable system
the soul is chained down in fetters, the affections
smothered,and the noble impulses of humanity
dwarfed and withered. See two fashionables,
mec'. Such greeting ! They can find no words
to express their delight, and they strive hard
to make e tch other believe that they are never
so happy ns when receiving and paying visits
fruni each other. But when the door is closed
?alack-a-day ! the oily tongue is dipped in
wormwood and gall,and the worst invectives are
too good. The hypocrite^hopes 'to Heaven
she max* never set eyes on the old sponging hag
again?if it were not for her money and station
she would slam the door in her face.' Which
of the lies shall we believe?
Advice Fok Tiie Times.?In these times of
financial embarrassment, a great many people
are learning that it is not what they earn, but
what they save, which fortifies them against the
rude blasts of adversity. The man who earns
five dollars a day and spends every cent of it,
discovercs, perhaps, for the first time in his
life, that he is nut so well off as the poor laborer;
who earns but one dollar a day, but who lays
by five cuts a day, or thittv cents a dav, or
thirty cents a week, for future need.
Almost every mechanic in our city has been
heard to say, that if he had saved the money !
lie had expended without any valuable return,
he would have enough with which to purchase a
house and lot, the furniture for a tenement, an 1
acre or two of land in the country, a share or a
aozen shftios of railroad or bank stock, or at
least a suit of broadcloth. Instead of this he 1
has not a cent with which to face the hard '
times of the coming winter. lie has neglected
to save his smarll sums.. lie has spent them in
the purchase of things of tio real value. He
has drank brandy when lie ought have drank
wntor; hired horses when lie could as well travelled
on foot, and sppnt innumerable small sums
in frivolous and unprofitable amusements. "If I *
I had a hundred dollars," lie will sometimes say,"
I I would desnosit it somewhere, but with only ten (
dollars, or as many pennies, what can one do?"
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The Honey-Moon.?Why is the first month
after marriage called the " honey-moon ?"?
Doubtless on account of the sweet lunacy .
which controls the heads of the parties during *
j that brief and delightful period. What a pity ^
that they should ever get quite rational again!
that sentimentality should give place to senti- (
ment, sentiment to sense, love yield to logic, 1
and fiction to fact, till the " happy pair" are
reduced from the Eden of romance to the Sahara
of reality?from Heaven to earth?and
perhaps a peg lower! Strange as it may seem, !.
there have been couples who have quarrelled
in the first month of matrimony, and have got 1
back to their astonished parents before the '.
good mother had fairly done weeping (and re- J
jeieing too) at her daughter's departure. Their 1
"honey moon" soured at the full of her horn, and
became a moon of vinegar instead. A bad moon 1
that! There was much sense and propriety in 1
the text which an ancient clergyman chose for
! a wedding sermon. It was taken from the '
Psalms of David, and reads thus: " And let n
their be peace while the moon enduretk." a
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Attak of Rosses?How it is Made??The n
roses of Ghazipoor, on the river Ganges, are Q
cultivated in enormous fields of acres. The e
delightful odor Irom these fields can besmelled ()
at seven miles distance on the river. The
valuable article of commerce known as attar |f
of roses, is made here in the following manner j(
On forty pounds of roses are poured sixty w
pounds of water, and they are then distilled
over a slow tire, and tnirty pounds 01 rose water
obtained. This rose water is then poured
over forty pounds of roses, and from that is
distilled at most twenty pounds of rose water; a
this is then exposed to the cold night air, and
in the morning a small quantity of oil is found
on the surface. From eighty pounds of roses, 1
about 200,000, at the utmost ati ounce and a
half of oil is obtained; and even at Ghazipoor
it co^s forty rupees ($20) an ounce. S(
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A .poor mechanic, residing in Cincinnati
named William L. Walker, having received intelligence
?<f the death of an uncle in Baltimore,
by whom he was left property worth $9,000,
came to Baltimore, and. to obtain cash, sold
his claim for $8,000. returned to Cincinnati, tl
where, entering one ol the hells of that city, he $
lost the sum of $0,000 at cards and billards, H
m
M. lit; vumiiit/iiiai m~mu%ur??
A STORY OF THE REVOLUTrON.
When the American Army was encamped
it Valley Forge, a British officer, who was
[uartered upon the family of a gentleman in
Philadelphia, had occasi >n to visit the camp
vith a message under a flag of truce.
The lady of the house determined to acsompany
him, for the purpose of taking a suit
)f regimentals to her husband, who had been
"or some time with the Continental army; and
is it was necessary to conceal her desire from
he officer, the matter was accomplished by
irtifiee.
Having taken the stuffing out of the cushions,
)f the gig, the regimentals were inserted in its
ilace, and things went on smoothly, until the
oughness of the road suggested to the gentleman
that his seat was none of the softest.
In vain were two unoffending coat tails conlimned
to eternal punishment, and rudely
jerked from beneath their owner, who believed
' " * ' - A- A ' ' 1A?? " v. d In Mnin *? APrt
mat iney were me cuijjiii&, uuu m v?iu
I)is pockets searched, in hopes that the removal
of a stray key or penknife would alleviate his
misery. .
Perceiving the trouble, and knowing the
langer of discovery, the lady taxed her powers
)f conversation to the utmost, in hopes of diverting
his attention from so pressing a subject}'
but the gig would bump on, and the Continen;al
buttons obstinately insisted on avenging
their country's wrongs upon the person of the
enemy doubtless "whispering in their sleeves,"
"Sec his posture is not right,
And lie is not settled quite;
Look now at his odd grimaces?
Saw you e'er such comicfaces?"
while he, poor fellow, inwardly cursed the
primitiveuess of Yankee cushions, and sighed
for the luxurious quarters that he had left behind
him.
Weary miles were traveled, the captain still
suffering the penalty of his loyalty, when suddenly
the truth flashed across his mind, and
memory recalled certain mysterious conversations
lie had overheard in the house, ahout
broad cloth and embroidery. The secret was
then discovered but his troubles were not yet
over, for he now found himself in the horns of
a dilemma as uncomfortable as the continental
buttons, and he rode on perplexed between his
duty to his Kingand his obligations to the lady.
Too n;uch of a gentleman to betray her, and
yet too loyal an officer, willingly to carry "aid
mid- I'l.i.iforil'J-"- ffhtils^Jie hesitated long
as to the course he should pufsrrej-fc^t his gallantry
at length got the better of hitn," "trmiImively
submitting to the stern infliction, he
concluded not to verify his suspicions hy ocular
demonstrations.
A significant smile and gesture alone informed
his companion that the artifice was discovered,
and the rebel garments were suffered to
reach their destination unmolested.
Posterity may settle the question as to whe?
titer the energy or ingenuity of the young wife
deserves the more praise, and whether the duty
of the officer should have superceded that of
the gentleman; but one thing is certain, the
rebel gentleman received a uniform which he
eo/lt? imri/lnrl' > ?ul f Iin momnn; /if f ho liirlv ic
mire fondly cherished hy her descendants,
whenever they think of the "Continental Button*."
JiiU D'Espiut,?Founded on certain coinei:leices
notiecahle in contemplating the names
ami lives of the first seven Presidents of the
lT. States:?
Washington.
J. Adams, Monroe,
Jefferson, J. Q. Adams,
Madison, Jackson,
Ut. Four, of the seven were from the same
3t?te (Virginia.)
2d. Two others bearivg the same name
Adams) were from the same State.
2d. All of them, except one, were GO years
)f age on retiring from office.
4th. All these last mentioned served two
onus.
5th. The one who served one term only, had
io served two terms, would also have been GO
I'wirs ot age on retiring.
Gth. Three of the seven died on the 4th da}'
>f Jul}-, and two of tliein on the name day
incl year.
7th. One (?nly of the seven had a son, and
hut son was one of the seven Presidents.
8th. Two of them were of ihe Sub-Comnitlee
of three that drafted the Declaration of
iidependence, and these two were they that
lied on the day and year, and on the anniverary
of the Declaration of Independence, and
ust a naif century from the day of the Deduration.
9th. The names of three of the seven end
n son, yet neither of these transmitted his
mine to a son.
10th. One difference as respects the elder
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UlUMS ana Hie j'?'uugur ^IIUI wuriu nuuiiuy vm
ny other occasion) was that the latter sported
, Q. in his name. But the elder the Cut on
lis back, as an appendage to his Head Dress.
11th. In the respect to the names of all, it
lay be said in conclusion : The initials of two
f the seven were the same?and of two othrs
that they were the same?and the initials
f still two others were the same. The re*
milling one who stands alone in this particuir?standr
alone also in the admiration and
sve of his countrymen and of the civilised
rorld?Washington.?Boston Transcript.
Childhood is like a mirror, catching and reeding
images all around it. liemember that
n impious, profane, or vulgar thought, may
perate upon ayoung heart ike a careless spray
f water thrown upon polished steel, staining |
i wito rust that no after efforts can efface.
? ?
I never knew one who was in the habit of |
folding, able to govern a family. What makes (
eople scold ? The want of self-govermeiit.
low then can they govern others! Those
ho govern well are generally calm. They
"e prompt and resolute, but steady and mild. ,
The public printing of the United States for i
ic lost fiscal v ear cost 8544,944, of which I
102,407 was for the Lenatk; $821,510 for the c
louse, and $840,444 for the Departments. i
^The fate of this beautiful and fruitful island
is a subject of deep interest. If we consider
how great an element it is it) modem commerce,
we cannot but hold it ns one of the* wonders of
the world. And then its contrast with the
mother country: the one teeming with the
riches of successful industry, peaceful under a
rule almost desuotic. not only meeting the exi
gencies of a costly colonial government, but I
pouring millions of money yearly into the Boyal
Treasury ;?the other decayed overwhelmed
with debt, eaten with vices of Couet and conn
try, shaken with revolution, gasping for nation
al breath, and finding in its throes only the al
termite elevation and depression of rapacious
factions. No one can help feeling that the
bond between the colony and mctiopolis is a
strange, and, apparently, an unnatural one.?
But to all sentimental speculations on this conclusion,
we have the strong reply, that Cuba,
as it is, is advancing in wealth, in population,
in attractiveness; and that her population is, on
the whole, cheerful and satisfied.
Is there any revolution which we have assurance
would improve this condition ? There
have been three sorts of change in the condi
tion of Cuba anticipated and discussed: 1, A
transfer to England, or France, or to some
mongrel independent government guaranteed
by both; 2. The emancipation of the slaves,
with the continuance of the government of
Spain; 3, The acquisition of the Island by the
United States.
The two first involve the same horrible re
suit: the Africanization of Cuba, and its redue
- 1 _
tion, alter a series ot uiooay struggles, iu uic
condition of Hayti. Its commerce would perish
rapidly and surely ; its white population
would desert it; and the dark cloud of barbarism
would settle over the ''Queen of the Antilles."
We have no need to prove this result.
Nature and time have worked out the problem
to our hands, and if we do not accept the demonstration,
it is simply that having eyes we
see not, and having ears hear not.
The third proposition we have on various
occasions discussed at length. Reflection has
only streglhened our conviction that the acquisition
of Cuba would be a perilous experiment.
There is no question of the vast worth
of this Island, or that if it could glide easily
into our political condition, there would be
speedily a great expansion of its industry and
wealth. Rut what proof have we of the possibility?
The South American and Mexican
Republics have had every trial. They have
j had endless revolution in obedience to popular
"ms-pises, and to patriotic leaders,?they have
been governedl)y^r4i!?_and by moderate and
feeble men; and the result liaTaitt'.'lWLheen the
same,?that the public peace and the secunTJi
? - 1 1 .. .. I
ot property coma oniy oe maniuuneu ny an
.armed force,?that they would submit to no
government which could not show its title engraved
on steel. The Spaniards do not love
our form of government, and it is mockery to
maintain the contrary. When Florida was
acquired, nearly the whole population emigrated
to the so called harshly governed colonies
yet remaining to the mother country. Perhaps
the Governments were bad, but they were
their own,? they were Spanish, and not AngloAmerican.
Has this feeling changed ? We
have no evidence of it, but plenty of evidence
to the contrary.
Then if we hold Cuba, it will be as a foreign
power?as the Austrian* in Italy?hated because
we are foreign ; because we are heretic;
because we are conquerors. The Government (
of the United States lias no trials of such a position,
and 110 man can say what fatal influen- <
ces it might have to attempt to maintain it.
But is there any pressing need of such a 1
fearful experiment? The argument of the approaching
Africanization of Cuba, is one that '
all cmii understand. If there is danger of this, I
the issue ought to be met with a determination
to drive hack the danger. Hut have we no
other resource but in destroying the Spanish
dominion ? Cuba is not only the m >st attrac- I
tive, but the most valuable, of all European
Colonies. Spain has far more need of the i
riches it pours into her lap than of the dignity
it adds to her crown. Spanish statesmen 1
know well that both the one and the other must s
be sacrificed by emancipation. They have I
every motive of honor and interest to retain i
Cuba as it is. And we ought to remember, j
and burn it upon our minds, that the Africani- I
zation of Cuba, has been only the defiant echo '
of our threat to tear the Colony, by fa r means 1
or foul, from its lawful possessors. Filibus- i
terisrn is the true parent or tne iiuimaucns ui
emancipation and barbarisation in this beauti- 1
ful Island. If its noble industry shall perish, t
and this garden of delight* shall become a scene i
of desolation, and a possession of savage c
hordes, it will be Cuban refugees and their r
American sympathisers, who, by destroying \
its value by incessant revolutionary enterpri- t
ses, will be the real cause of so deplorable a f
change. Let it be secured from these mis
chievous outrages, and let the Government 'of i
Spain be assured that it has in that of the i
United States a true friend, not only against t
these piratical invasions, but against the bos- tile
urgency of European powers, and we shall ?
hear no more of projects of emancipation.? t
All thinking men know that this is the simplo a
truth. , s
The fact that the Spanish Government has h
recently refused the pressing appeals of the (
British Minister to declare the slave trade pi- c
racy, is a strong proof of their disposition to. a
resist tlie affected philanthropy of the great I r
apostleof international Pharisaism. We ought, v
to sustain them in this resistance ? it will not
cost a hundred a millions, but only a small
modicum of good sense and sober statesman- v
ship. VVe ought to feel that to make this con- d
tiuent prosperous by a wise and determined Is
nolicv. is a far surer way of sealing our own n
ascendancy than by any amount of successful 1
buccaneering, which carries with it the certain o
:y of destructionwith only the faint prospect <>
>f repairing the ruin of its own lawlessness. f?
We find too in the whole proeedings of the u
present'enlightened Governor Genral ofCuba, b
Gen. Concha, evidences of a domination to ai
iirow ofT the British influence' that sat brood- tl
ng over the administration of his predecessor,
rle has labored in many ways to improve the
iondition of the people, and of all their great ,01
nterests. He has swept away all the polition- ! hi
stability find security,'to the sog^^istittrtioj^j^
of the Island. In this ho lijj,s. "4^fiearty's vm- >
j atliy,'? we o[>e he- lias that "of'the whole
Southern people.?tCharlctton-Mercury.- -&*,. ''
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Revelation of'tlie Baf^jnffil&r;
The following interestingcnfnrfinhicatiou was
recently addressed to the French iVtinister^of. . War,.by
M. Le Maout, a cbemUrbf' St; 'Briennc:
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S-r. Bhibmne, Oct. 27, 1854.'
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1UONSI K.UIl LC iUlASTUK,;?I liitvc ut;uiipi?uv>
myself; since tlw commencement of'the Eastern
War, with observations on the mocftfidte;^.
tions which the 'atmosphere experiences. Tro'nrthe
cannonades that took place. Those ob^
servations are made every tlirec hoars.
I have collected on the effects of cannon^'
facts of the highest interest, which T relitjw^
intelligible upon paper by the aid of figures, V'
specimen of which I send yon, extracted liSl?:*'
tily from the results of my observations, and
which represent the comparative effects of the1,
cannonades of Odessa, of liie battle of Alma,
of the day of the Gili of October, (cannot! "
fired at the Invalids,) of the opening oFj^V *
bombardment of Sevastopol, and of the day"-^,
of the 25th of October. rT*jB
I hope to be able to establish that the bar
rometer is not, as is commonly thought,' atfjo**
strumint merely intended to indicate raftf' ana;
fine weather, but a mobile apparatus^ C3cc>b^.!<:
sively sensitive, which places us in obm^'n^iw^. |
canon wiin an great aimospnein:ai puciiwmciio.-What
is remarkable in this instrument
that at from GOO to 800 leagues of-dista^etirpf .
impression is produced on it in a few botits^rgj
the discharge of cannon. Observed \vltlr*6i$e
and intelligence it cannot, fail, in certain'^irj'
cumstances, to become of the highest utility- in
the time of war. .
The object.to which I venture to direct your,
attention is this:? b . ~
I have no occasion to "apprise yott of the
bombardment of Sebostopol, as you have^AK" .
ready received the news'of it officially r butf
can announce to you with a certainty whfcli
will not be belied by the facts, that .tlfe <3)iy. *'
before yesterday a cannonade such;as has fitffe ,
taken place during-tlie year which is about' to5:. u
elapse, even comprising those of the siefcesot,
Silistria and of the bombardment of Odessa^ *
commenced in the morning before SebaStopoHv
Be good enough to cast your- eye oyer-' thet .?
table that I send you. You will see thlirt^lniv ;
in 48 hours the barometer arose 30 tuiinmett^B?
and that the figure which represents this nise^
comparatively to those produced by the .otfer
bombardments, is almost "vertical, 7
with the other signs by which it is acebiTijfftv
ftj'-d^ nMhe ^ntensity of the action 6f the.*
tniiiiuiiuuc. A
In a few -ynffHidll receive frorn
topol news of the ?**h nivC^OU,
full information of what occurred oil inltNeyf
which has proved, I have do doubt,.one of JustT*^
most memorable of the whole campaign.-^
In the meanwhile I remain-&c. dce.V; 'S*:?>*
Cn L& Maoutv_
It is scarcely necessary for ua jo arffifflhat
the information contained in this
subsequently confirmed by the fact|. " .
The End ok a Kentucky Huxtkr. ?On
Friday October 27th, Isaac Slover, and a
young man named James A. McMinds, went
into the mountains of Cajon Pass, (California)
on a hunting excursion, destined to be the lijst
of one whose life has been spent in the wood*:
In the afternoon they met a very large bea/,
and supposed that they had killed it Oirap
proaching nearer, they found that*it still breath.L'd;
whereupon Mr. Slover. disniounced.and
was creeping around a bush, to get a fair view
before shooting, when the bear jumped upon
bim, breaking the right thigh in two places,
badly crushing the bone, also biting a piece_
out of his left thigh, and severely; wounding
liim in the left side of the head. McMiifas
fired, and the bear, left Slover, and -'cfiMetl
McMmds a few yards, but instantly returned,
and lay down within five or six feet of Slover.
Afraid to slnmt ngaiii, lest it should seiie Stover,
McMinds crept up, and carried Slbve/xiff
some distance, and put him on his mule, and
he actually rode a quarter of mn^u tnit
condition ; and complaining of being tocHkint
ind sick to go any farther, a bed was'tna&e
or him of their blankets, and heje^the two renamed
till daylight of Saturday, when McVlinds
started with the sad'news- to his fahriht
ind neighbors. - -v
This place is some thirty miles 'fromSan
Bernardino, and ahout.l5from therqathtRfoiJgK
he Cajon Pass, and in a country the rbugme^t
imaginable': so that relief did not fead^Kirn
intil late 011 Sunday morning; 'He .halt renamed
more than 20 hours with'oidy a^ittjp
vater, which his faithful friend had.been able
0 iret in a powder-flask. He must"'have-s'uf
ered n great deal in descending the mountain.
He died about 1 o'clock on Monday .morn- -
ng, shortly before the party got to the mouth
if the Cajoti, retaining his senses, measurabiyto
he last. Mr. Slover was oyer 80 year's "bf itge
?a veteran huuter, and even" in his old hge of
["rent bodily vigor. He was a native of Keuueky,
and "bad bunted buffalo," as he uaed to
ay, "from Kentucky to Missouri and A?kanas,
until the bark'of his neighiiohs'HogVdrove
iim to the prairies and Rocky" Moutitafris."
)!d mountaineers will reeojl'efet hirtV^?t(. He
ante from New Mexico to California in-1843,
nd has resided on the Los Angel3? fa>rftier9,
cgnrded in a manner as a "host- in hinjaeff'*
vith his trust v rifle against hostile Indians. ,
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A French exile, Mr. Antoine Fournierfwho . ..
(nun Prmii'P l?v Lotifs Philinn?
?<?:> CAJJI-IH u j --r - ?vni
icd a short time since atPIaquemine, Lar Ihe
Jew Orleans Picayune isaVs:' "His tfarae is
lentinncd in Louis Blanc's "History of Tey t
rears," as having been accused ^s a promoter
f a conspiracy against the king. Ihe poor
id rebiihlican, who once moved in the most
ishionahle circles of Franpe, died unwept,
nhonored, far from his country,. in a .state
ordering on indigence. He once had hundred* jt'
id-thousands at his disposal. How sad is
te.eud of that <>ld man. ' J . >
?
Why does an aching tooth impose silence
i tho suflWei? Because it makes biro bol^
sjaw. ^
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