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it J I . ; j THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL. 1 . . ' . .'' -i'V ' . ' ?< ... '' * % ______ . ' ' ? , ij VOLUME XVI, . CAMDEN. SOTTTH-CAROLIN-A, T(jj^PA-Y' ^RyivNGvMA^g. NUMBffiUO PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THOMAS J. WAP.REN. Porta). For the Camden Journal. MBSSACffi FLOWERS."* Lines written upon receiving a boquef of ftowexs by mail. . * ... - A spirit -comes -to greet me?. ???* ^ i A spirit'of perturae'j ' "'* " " . ' "* Brings(Vom'fhe bright and sunny south'. Flowors fn their freshest bloom. 7 .. Jbey wake in-,paQ a yisien ' Of the joys I may not share? The balmy breeze#-fhexsungy lawn," The flower-begemmed parterre. / - ? *? ? .... ' i'DOj near.me buck yi memory- . -. To when I wasa-child^ ' When Nature, like these violets, ." . "" : * Softly upon me smiled. \, 4 } As fresh; as'sweet", as "lovely, *. ** + My.life was tiler to me ;. ? . As blooming as these message flowers, That thus have coflie from tfieo. * .' ' \ r . . V*. \ If these swe& flowers sMHt'witfier" " I Like many-a flower1,.-wlty-me,' . Yet sweet in gratefhl mdraory . . . ' ' . . . Their "perfume yet will Ijo. ' .' Thjs grateful ett f-ew- *' 1 * Shall heap Within ,my vieWi? ' i ' It is like every acfo? thy*. v - Both beautiful Sad true. " ' , , . ^ " * W ?* w ' * , ^ Accept my thanks'?whatever . . . ^ . My destiny may be, .,. .. >? - ' ! I-shall not lose the message flowers / ' ''\ That thou hast sent-to raS. " . " x., '. ' 3P0isttl!nn?q]R^:^'3 The Policy of the South ill the Editcatiou of hef Sous. y 'g . The following piu j^apliJruu'i ojy tejefcraptiic despatch. qf ve&Updit.v is .full of meaning, and properly mider^hpid, v\ ill;. act as a -Useful warniflir to the South L . ' ?. r.v-'.-.- - 'Bostos, February 4C.?r At. a.in*etLu<x of the Board of Qver^ets-td" tLu ward Xlmvetsi ty yesterday afterguard Or?\vruur Gardinef\ in. the chair, the nominalist .<^ Jut^Kl^uiug. as law teacher of the university, wjtjt submitted for approval, and ydtfcuut debatei\ v/itjp ^i^ takytM which resulted- yea^ lion is in consequence* of I^ < ier^i apiyqr as United States poyinik- 0 / "in .tixarendK tion of "Burns, the fugUiy * ';?* \y^ -Ain : of some foreshadow* of ..i-.i. u;..-v:j,-roni tiie. judgeship by the Legishi'tiu-' . , . stand, to induce the L Judge - Luritig* fo.ti? u -in * "Mi***' wirfoh hp. has so welkfilfed. \VS,.-f v/jt- ha; may thus becomuTn yf*?rtj^i 3?y, jthe constifutii>n of his.^*oqjtt' af * vr^juv of "theInsane .fury-of ^uufe J>. Tomtit val is a question witji wrf^KaYr-iiytWng to do. Let "these* roadrritor^-aet -within <fhe. sphere of threfr- ldgitimittfe prt\ct>r, 'j?ndf.-\vf j^a? ' only.lament as men Midi stains ttj*h). Irthnaft-" ity, $e pariffot.as pi'-liticsjiijv.: strain their excess. Thur proppi^Qjidabpu?^ .will be in the reprobation oljidJ l'i/hI tuen,??iuj ^ in the anarchy which ^ their. t'otJy wilh^bwijj open tbemsei?r * . -v... *-- ><? - v*. But there is a vi%j? of^fliis subject in which we are personally interested: .We .trust inGod and in the good sfensex>fAhe people ?f the Sooth, that the, reject!? >n t)3F -slifdge 'J;oriti?^hry tlie Board of Overseers or^fluvard University will have its effect lii'preveiiting the dangerous policy of educatiVg"the youth, of the Spudi in the intemperate' latitude,?/ Boston. We ap peaf solemnly,, and. we trust not.-vainly, to dispeople of the South-. And in doing this,-we. disclaim.anyin/entioii;.to-J'dr) the-flaine.-of section strife. AVe d^lo/e xiu... existence,'and would be tlte firsts to restore upon solid atid permanent basis peace and good will between the Afferent sections of the country. But w;e speak for the defence of -lira - ^Snjuihi ?fWe de precate aggression/but ,we-urge?hei?* to. her own protection; ~ < The system which ha* uIT' atortg been pursued by Southern parent* <rf seodjjig tlTeir sons j to the North., to complete their." ^docation? isunwise in Its political aspect anddaygerg^s in I its social bearing. It is.but oiie of jthe.inariy ! modes that have been pursued of draining the resource^ of the South, and of pouring into The* firlHap of Northern enterprise- 'her weafilhrand the products of- bet inttustr/ Thu&, HiVpover fshed by her'own folly, the gratittide. yf these beneficiaries of her hount) is inanijWted-in- tjie unworthy taunt that' Snuthen) .tpen and South era institutions are inriddhupie. to the detrelopqaent of- the tnsourct^j of the country.-^-" We have not* at.present-the means of making ? calculation - of the ftuunmt of .this iiiv tnense charge' ap<>n the JSrtutb, hut ?? will lit 90me future day take opcajmjn tc/ Vp" Some idea of the amount /nay, ho we*ev-be formed when we remember the number of stu-1 dents from Virginia who flock to the medical colleges of Philadelphia alone.'' it Jmay,, be' fairly estimated, that in this *iP}it%ry^ti4fV?ca!j nearly $50,000 are' lost, to tl testate- of'- Vtr* ginia annually,' v'' s. **- v-* It needs no profound political economist to convince a Southern man that.the money, thug year by year :ch fried' on t' of the SFate and tav [shed at the North rs as dlnrtluiely lost to her fllliMno a6 iflf nx^i'tlirnlvn flip *C,1 " Thfi ft* no It II, IT (4 0 Kill \l w l> ?. ?? .... . ^ unhappy conditn of Ireland wasted and (feso? luted by absenteeism, in an ilhjstVaiioii of the evij which must result fivni such a course. There the proprietors of the land reside principally In England, and lavish in the extrava ganccs of London life the exorbitant rents wrung from the n?n<ls.oi, uieir unhappy tenantry, Is there any-dUfereni-e in principle between such a system and* the. system by winch the products of. the labor of a State are expended beyond her borders. Surely not. Eve? ry farmer knows that thb first principle of ag ripulturo is to restore to the ]?r.d the elements which hi- has taken from it in the cultivation ,.ofa particular crop. And the saine'jninciplc is just as true in-'regard to political.economy. You must expend the money derived from a country or community among that eoyiuiuuity, else you soon exhaust the -faculty of production, and impoverish the entire country itself". .... - - : Of one tjiing. \ve are couviueed : the .South will appeal, in vain to hcir-cojistitati jifcd. right*, site will seek. m vata tor uer-pouiKjy equant-v, she will lament in vain tlujlussef -her federal, egnilibiiiun. so.lKng as uutrue to herself she wqstes her sylistanct; in the jehrouragemeiit of foreign ."en terpr|>e. Her best State-Rights' cUctrHie,-at last, is to educate hejr sons, at home, and to strengthen^ improve and jle*,elope her ??wu resources . llovtf iisany'^iiijesr?il r-oud could be laid bv J^he money whicb.is recklessly .fivislh-d by SoullKtrft yorntg tuyui.n jNorifeern colleges Jl-is scanty "hyj/eriuole .1[p say tbat they might, be laid wjiji gold ! _ .But. iTiere is i}-higher and. a Jiuljer.consKJqra. tion ^piiti^etl-\vUh this, subject-, The..io>s which the..-Squib sustain? in tnouey by tins systerp is not to be.cnin^rcd .jytlh the tlaiiger whjch sjiei iqcurs by,the ejltu-^tivn of ;b?^r;S0HS j in Nortljurji u cojleges,, The .plastic" minds o? youth are .easily :'Ubi>resse(f by.the plausible .sophistries of thuii. preceptors.. - And when they beootne hardened, by yeurg, bow difficult is it'tp x-fface tl?c deeply. grayc;) l??^iix'ssntn^ .Err??rv tyhen.once {xwsessed of the fortress of tfu* i?iii.d>,ilo?S not.easily capitulate Pride and. (jryndioe x'pnoe to. its aid, aird-earry the <layr against truth and reason. VVe. (earrJo adversaryjP'lWijkjipwiIy opppsed,.to .us-* Put tbe/nisidious iiQijeiices \yUicb are e.Ntrted over , ^Ley(nubful.jniiid,tjylien judgment i.? -isiiarcciy .ripened by experience, may. frequency result in.fh?- most seMpuj. i-flects. y , r- ' *fo those-aniuig as especially . w bo-nre so ready in popular meetings tq dvnqupce<NorthCm aggression tve would appeal.. We'.buvo \ntnyiisut h men who Were..sound aadxelhiblc on the seei'ioiial questions of thp.day, and wtn>, in ..the excitement <if their, feelings, we re almost ready for Immediate .dis>o(tHtoa of-the Union, wldlf fjieir ?ong'. y ore-,imbibing. the federal doopines of" thy,jDaiu? scbofp in (unihridge, or fijdigiiig t^pu; hie elwpumea of jui^abolitioa-' ist in i^anyujl HaJiC-i r ... *-' f *. With mJepiu -iai wt:s|uess, arising ,&otu the im| ortaf'iee^f J by intents a4-stake? wejappeul to th^Syrqlh con>idei-yuell. 4.be., ephject -towhich'we..(lave thus hritdly. /diuded...^Xrain your <<jns. at home: gap id (lpt .hist'Out'ioua under |_ which they mnq Jive, lyirl*. which. tjiey may.be summoned, t<? dyl'end. If-you wnuld ha.ve.t-hwr ^views' enlarged and. ciiit.fvatf^l intercourse with other {wctio.tw, (e Li hem, travel and Jv-am the gryitt.lwtjiuit Iroi^. tlujiivxHVii.ob^rc^ tjufi^/yh Motility, rirth(uuwb?rUiq lyctu.re. room ojf ?HJ. ai'oliiioii profesSou , -AbeJtti >?dL never let - it he. tsaid;, agai h- Jtha? ,-n Southern v oiiug man contributes- to the wealth of a ' mammoth corporation, which, in it> choiee of a; wUiraihsKar uf iaw*''" tffchsr.ja ' n<' ?.- ..i" . lImIm u.u iuk;v?.4. n 1 ifn ?\e"ffo* \vt>i itrt' yT> fVi rd ' MfwhrwSoF his clitthfry Against ihtj" IVf^V as sairl's of-a fanasirhl mob.? Washington 'S< r\.tint//* ' ' ' "* " * ? i ? How Jlticii ciii* CoHiitr'jr Otics. > ifr*ii '^ftrforiiV* biitist of 'ArrTi-rR^ria tfeut their Xiov'efrmitiit "Ks'i^irins-t tlif Y5"ny yiKjln the civiltzcrf".w?i"rUf;' w liicfi is "not, * deeply""}duiTgetl Tii' d^btr"' $t> fjjT a's-.this* b'oh-it relates.'tCF.thd" Ui'ifte<F-Stifle's, tn its - federal capacity, if is well' , fhrfmled.; Hiil ><o lat* as rf iVfrftes tit ihe.Tind arid * thirlvvfliiiT ConifcfOTnve&iltjis, of w hich the 'OAtioft'jseniKp<"?er1,1t is'aii absrdotb absindrlv-,* 'sihtier Hic'iii.tlority *<>f these litftTd'.frc deejify tf "p?t--in^xlirti Hhly--so "fn-q?elft|yV*rt?at'"i't rs . worth \rhilt> to devote a feuynumVuls to sliovv. 'in{ 'its follyv" *' *' ' '* v *"'i hr hop! and, Friru'ce, Austria and "altother j eoitso1idai d~narh>ns>ltiere is litittme exdlicjjuor; tormeet etfery wdi?t ofGiivernipejiti 1 Here is, tanspquunrly,' rmi one natfnalVli4>U When'wd sav that-Great Britain-'owes neiiy eight TTuIr- j dred riuiluind-bf pounds, or /btn'ihouKarvtf mil. , Hons of "Hollars'* 'ifce~whute stxrry "is tolth But if we should nS^ert that tlie'^ntirc'dt-bf of the ' United Statfs was* less than sixty millions we should he apt to misleatf-the reader. I'or the' Federal Government. which;is!-\vbat-?is hrclih.i-. cally meant by-the term -United States, Hiiv ingonly circumscribed powers; is not and (10- ' "tfer tfutfhe, made liable for the piifk-ipal klhiff' of ttai f'Xpeii.s'es'df maintaining w'riJer and* dffl* pending |a'\v among the pertple at- 'l^fg'^-most jTjfthis l?ordeii falling upon ih'e septate' nrvmI be is ot: the Confederacy.' ''IV giVen correct kkja'-of the real indebtedness of -'t-Ke tiAfron," therefore, we must- include tlid debts of -the' several' Sfatds. . v ' ** .' ' . . Now, tile total indebtedness ?tf vhe- various commonwealths fs- atiouptwd ' hiibdretl ami twenty one million 1 of ilotfarft, divided among' twenty seven States, font Being'sotitrtunHtPa* to o? e imthfnt*. vi?: New* Hal n fish ire. 'Ver | moot, Delaware Hikf Florida. 'Of these t Wolf I tji seven, The dfehts of seven are vmder n tnib* Ijon a|Ht?o\ Maryland, IV'Xas^llfilVois, Oliih, Virg'fliia* New Yroi-k and Pennsylvania are'the States most deeply'fn debt. The largest abao lute debt'.fs rh.it of IVmi^ylvanTji^tvlirch is over forty iirtHi-fus; the smaUe>t-i>' that of Nev\Jersey. wlneli i- bflf SdteiTr\"*th??usaud. . , <* The. .heaviest debi 'in ^piojuntiofip 'o that of the population, is ihe'deflt'of Mrirrybin'l. which exceeds fiftVep millions, in a population of five hundml' and eighty two thou^nd, bond and CiIma ? 'IWw, /iaKt f?f VI iriii iii fin hi ah htil Ifttlu I ( UUf 1 I#V W? * l/UI l^'MV greatemtumerii-ally* lliun -that'of New York^ t-ire one .being twenty six iniHioos, and the other twenty four?is'more'tbun twice as heavy relatively' the population being less t-hnri half," while-the general resotiFcefl of the State are greatly inferior." The entire deht-of the nation estimating the federal debt as well as that of the States, "exceeds two hundred lind seventy five millions of dollars. ;v < * But this still fails to give an neenrate idea of tho indebtedness of our.countVy. in Ehrope, if vve except England, mostof the public I a. X L __ 4 I /I . . . worKS are oniisirnciea ny me vivernnieiH, so that the national debt includes the cost of the .principal raileads', canals and turnpikes. ' But in the United Stutes, with the exception of the Pennsylvania Works, and those of a few otlier commonwealths, all such improvements are owned by private corporations. Now the aggregate cost of the principal of these works is compiii?d to Ijf ))? thousand millions of iloHnr>?."f' w hit-li six-hundred miliiiHis alone are ' invested Lu .railroads. < Consequently,. it we , would arrive at the trqe indebtedness of -these United States, we must add xhq amounted* this [.deswiplioft ?f seeuritiea to ll?e amount of the. i Stale ajid^FederaJ ones. -T-welre- -hun(f*ed* millions of dollars ate,-therefor*,. abocfwh it we. owe?a veijv ..re>fiecUihle sum. it njdst lie aekno.wledged,, especially for.a nation" btoi-. 8d rears old. .' ? ?*.- J K T" ali e?tfrely just i,*k?a iff the*siW?jeeC, hpvrcfer,* we nru.st (Vmind the* reade* that a chief part .of this debt is attributable to tbefect we are a tiew country,-three-fourths of tho.se millions have been spent it) developing pur resources. ' " ' " \ ~ ' '* * t' / Co'irsitfering the va<t rtimer af and tt?ncpltp"ral wealt h of America, considering also, flie judoniitable energy of our people, considering the favorable position we occupy for eoifduc* ting the commerce of" the world," this debt^ enormous as it appears, "U comparatively fit tie, "pr tf-nuld he, were we always afi prudeqt'rfnd thrifty.as jve Arfe enterprising., ^^ ^ < | ' Coinniou Courtesies. ,, (* It is the little every day courtesies of jife which betray lite true Christian aud gontleman ?those simple .expressions of. regard u?d interest, those little kiiidnesae3,.and forbearances, which he haij an opportunity do practice , every hour of his life. They are the unfailing ! indices of character. They are more ejoqoent oJ'virtue than all great actions or high aotind* .ing professions^ The -heart, from which 'they do uot continually fln\vr li fee epark ling streams adowu-tbe iuliside,-is-harrcn'0f. aHtrue excellence. Tbafc religion wbidi-C0UKH<ts.ir?e?elj:-in "Lit* U> the . church treasury ; scrupulous attendance. upon church - meetings ; unqualified adherence to creeds and cieed makers ; firm belief >n urigimd hm (which i'a not so original >a tbiug 4alki. aU ;)harsh 'judgment? of the wi< ke<l; and great devotion to- thd far off heathen-; hul which-sets at nought the-sweet charities of life, and makes no account of'the common amenities of'society, is but us sounding but-s and. tinkling cymbals. . The hearty "JHow .d'ye do ?' " I'm glad to see you,'' " Ih'a's your wife ?" " Good luck to you," and ad ilie oilier greetings which are interchanged by pa-sers by, fall .tuiojn tire heart dike goi d seed, and give guiwtnto nil- those gentle affections and bumble virtues, which are to the intufj what the luxuriant undergrowth oT sht'-Hba and do wets are Ur the earth, 'i'he. smile of-kuidncss which you be6towr upon the , care worn laborer, fails like sunshine upon his h$act and warms all his faculties into ne\v life And heatUy* The word of comfort which yoii 1 cua-iL tn llto IhmiimIssi wnnilurnr ?(im Hi>nn Inln v., ........v--. ?-r Jy$-.*-?ttl Ut'd kindles a new fire an?ong. its'deoaying. embers. The mark of esteem and reference, which you .extend to the ;*gvd man on whose brow is written, iu deef>?ehuracters, the bifjtory of many. *orrow8j_ recalls to. his tnind njidjoys oTy^iihrauti oansea eyes.to glisten wiih unwonted brilliancy..-.The of *\ inpalhy sited'upon (lie child .i?f son ix*w, or the word of consolation whispered riilo "tns ear, extracts the ppison front-his cup of sorrow; and tinges with the- golden hues of hope thq rkiud'Whieh. bouhndowp his path, - . ! .,;jii.th* (widowed precincts... of home, "how' uwclc depends upo*.|lu;'coyuile68 nod luunelesk jict* of a'khully ^spirif! ' JJow jJfSin a. kind word or a improving smile will extinguish the sjujrk. ,of harsli. Teelhig which else had been tanned k.\ the. rede luvalh of. passion into a *devuuMngwfU,ue! Uy warding off: ad-unkind expression of hasty wrath witil a forbearing and loigiving look, Irow easily we disarm all apger, avKl-,reslni;Q ihp.soui.te. sertmi ty't and Uiyp. 1?.. thtM-e .ii quarrel?n flewe disporte?a war /at' Words in the family .citable.; how easily oqe gentle. spirit wiij subdue .Ute,.rude ele* n^eNts,.ah(J moke th?- thoughtless of 'domestic.peace hang their Iliads aritlvshame.; Yes, It is those words of kindly- rwifetn. b ranee, sow n along the duaty thoroughfare of earlh, wjiu:,lr n\ake ,th? yo^try .of life, ami which, falling* upon a heart whkh .has been bfokeir up "by vicissitudes, t a 1< e^de e p root,th i d Soon garnish the ti 1 i 1 rd with flowers of'pcren nial beaiity."? rffi 'Clapp.-J'r. ' > a ? ' ' * - The Contrast and Its Power. Repining at the trembles iihd difficulties- *df one's- Ijjt fa n Common fault- of humanity. Every day we hear individuals, surrounded W I 111 . v* Mf ll?'I 19, OIIV1 niiucuanv nvuis,w? n vm winch hap(i?tiess may he drawn, compfyiirihg that they are otJfbrt'onateJy situated, and pointing to others of larger means as the object' 'df-their envy. rfhe eurd for this state bfniirtd i? easy bi'ttttaiitmentj and the mode may' -be" ilins'irated by - what actually occurred" to 6* friend of ours the other ' day,B?.had g<>t into what he esteeuiod'Mh -peek of trouble'"'. t'l wo "notes Imd fallen doe, and B ? -knew not where fo-'-get'the bard ;cash* money being the' 'vhwt MUbte in dwoandmi vhfeTnnrVi&V In &-^*b im'i.giimiiufr never was man so unfortunate. Although he had ac<>uiforiablehoiii6 of his own jhhJ numerous relatives and Mends, in whose >?>riely h? cojild find purd enjoyment?he could not, just at that time pay two simffl notes. and lifr was (he liiOst unfoftuate man in the world, on-the day bef.ire the notes fell due, B. in liq very comfortable sate of mind', in fact, tfltli niQfings somewhat tinged with depil", Was strolling through the lower section ot the fcity. It was a fine day, and the doors of' many dwelltyg* st<md open or ajar. As he reached a' row of miseraiiie, dirty, rickety shanties, about which the pigs and the children were placing in 'beautiful suc.ession'of squeak arid ,1 . L* ...J U,.?ul wiiiiow, iijs mtenwoir whs auracieu to uww.i :h'- do<?r of Which stood open, exposing the. wretched interior. A sturdy' shoemaker was Bcflted on his "bench working awity with hami mer and lapstone,-whistling in time with the beating of the former tool. B? paused, surveyed and mused. There was no carpet on the floor of the room}'In one corner was a Nlraw bed kept from lulling to pieces by a r??pe lied round it. A broken tableithre'e chairs and nofne dirty dishes^ completed the furniture. Three children, the oldest not more than tight years uf age, were playing upon the floor,-apparently very happy in their rags and dirt. B? stood at the door, gating and musing, apparently lost to every snnse of propriety, and,forgetful ?f ihe >vp;ld' outside. Directly the shoemaker looked up and soeirvg a stranger thus ?tanding?us|u:d Umj,?f i*e vyr?>ukl atep inside* Wihont replying, ff-> cU4 -enter, after looking around upon what l?e considered an^opartineirl. (d wretchedness he mtpured of, th?*ift)enmker how lif?"ocTuld w his (Ja in *u^h a acetic. ''What else should ~1 do ?" inquired the honest fellow. ?nyw my lot, ..ujijj.i'm tryihgto it as eoinTortabJe -as possible. This'looks life a Very VmSc fable jillite To a gentleman of your cloth: and if .you "had to" tub-o Aui'o .d'l hi'j,> mii'tliopkb^c ftliSMi-an nrid rrhi ' uiot Vf?t C w? 11J w 11 f v ( ly-^o ynuui OMj niivi jjvv Kre'rtd for four by' this kind "(jfwurfc,' 'in'* these hard (fines, you might know something more of frdoble I do it, and yet I can afford to'trbTstle-fls'l work.'' B soon took his departure and Jiis reflections rmMils hoirieward walk were suphhh.-tthe not rtnly becitfTid a'wiser man,1 "but , amoM fok ufqouiifafieos he tins become* quite Jjfteoterer on the [?o*t%r of-contrast in bringing about contentment of mind. -Whether he paid the note, or not wecannot stay, but he ha? Worn a cheerful face ever.since* . St*;, . Philadtlphia Amerieuh. * \%S ^ ' #* *? . Visit tu a Circassian Slave. . - The feet is probably welf-knoWn fo the-most of our readers that-the -best fortune a Circassian can have is & fanrily of -pretty daughters. -Fiona their earliest youth .the prettiest of these I girls are taught to look to.- Coiwtantyiopfe as .their future homes, and the idea is instilled [into their minds-, that- they may eye;itually. r grace the haretp of some pasha,.if not that of . the Ssdtan himself. They ure bwugJiMp in. all thrluxury and refinement their parents can -afford.-/'At ahept-the age of sixteen* tbey-are ' serif tb fhfe sea'coast, sold to the owner of some vessel, who; surrounding them . with every luxury cpuifbct*, sails ;\vjth'lhej?i forthe Capital of the East. On* their1 arrival, suiiifftiious Apartments are prepared, where, they' can be privately exhibited,' and teachers employed to finish their education. They are seldom sold under a.year after their arrival, 'unless tor the. Sultan who ulways has the first: / li-fj li'A " ' LieuleiiantV^V. D. Porter, in a commuiijaa. : tloti to the St. Louis Democrat* states thai he was once permitted to see a .Circassian before she was even offered to-the Sultan. He says;" We were privately notified that an ?xeeetL ingty handsome slave had lately, arrived iu thp city of Constantinople, and would shortly be visited by. the. Keis Effendi, and wouhl- probably be honored t?y. being placed in tlnr bargm < of the Sultan.. Cn the day appointed- fbr -us, privately and unknown to .gny-of-ibe liijllt iuuotioiiflriesof the State,, wo repaired to. thehouse of'..the Ciir Ciucassiauls owner. ^After : our reception, and setting the usual time over coflee aiid .pipe9r the girl was brongbt.in v'tpled. Site had.not?yet. adopted the Turkish costume, but 6till retained .her natural drese, which set off her slight figure much-'better than the cumwe. we red ""t1?^ijr o* ' In. therji'ril^^-'tri r r jd, for i i i'T..~ ~ i: i.^ . <ij.'j#t:circu tu uw unuuo luuiinru, wuii n but graceful figurej.jiud even fur a ghild site was somewhat belo.w, live,ordinary size. At asignal given she tlirew aside her veil, which was of muslin; nod gave iis'h full view of her luce, it was fair, very fanv'nnd bcr eves a dark bine, with features regular as if chiseled out of marble but site ^uul stairied her eyg brows and lashes with henna, that gave her eyes rather a languid appearance, and -thfere was in her countenance a decided melancholy, that is, when her face was. in- repose. ljer < owuer directed.,her to shavy her-.accomplishment in dancing, "handing the' pipe, etc., which was, ?o doubt, very well dnte, as he seemed to bo well jdeased, Injt to us it appeared nothing iporfe than a slow moving.of the form htngititlly around the room, but the cjiild was decidedly pretty, .and would have bcoii so es- teemed aily where.' . Still, it was .only a se.nsjual -beauty. There was nothing intellectual in her appearance, , and she appeared. U>. ..go through her drill (for it could bc_ called nothing eltife).languidly and without any. motion". " .Wji afterwards understood the^sultan ordered bcr ; ph'feliaBe, and niade her a tiift to his son tile present'sultan.1' r * . ' , - vr ?: /- . \ ; , v ' If 1. Were He. -4 .' - ;.'~ , If I Here ft farjner.it appears, to. me I.tfoold-' dew>te piy u'liule afteujion to tjte caJtivjtfion.; of my farm, clothe and feed my 6ej yanta-.wflll;, t?kc carp of. iu,y;^t.cK^k,( meuU-tlm' {ioIcb ip ray. fences, lake n fair*price, for producc^md Me*erindulge in idleness and dissipation. . - ? J If I were u physician,, i coufd not-haw-tbe \ qonscieiJi^, Uncharge as tniichas they do for ; feeling the pulse, ext racting * tooth, letting a . little' bipod, >*r administering' a dose of Ohiomel and jolap. ' ' ~ f If I'wero a merchnnt, I wotlldhave arr.Cs- ( taldished price-lor my goods, and no^ under sell or injure my neighbors, I wrmild B&fl-ift ^ mr^nMrh f< mtfl nrioty <VrYnf? mAflVtlfft fTTJfl II UU tl Ol C pi VIII ^ (IIIU ?V ^wvu nwns'Mi V M I deal as honestly as possible; Ifi~*W'ere a mi-chanio/I would apply ;ny- ( self industriously to my business, take care of rrty family, refrain from visitjpg taverns ?iid grOgfchnps ) and when I .promised a man .to]' hii e Mr work done at a curtain time, i vvpufd, try and l>e punctual to the time. If I were a >oung rintn, I Would not cut so many ridiculous capers as some of. them do, playing with their watch -drains, flourishing with their, rata.ua, strutting and making a great noise with their high hcul boots? probably not paid -for-r-iuid making remarks <>? plain worthy people. They rendc themfcetve? oontemptible in the eyes of the se'iwiWe-and unassuming. L . . : r ' If lowers a lady I would not be seen spin ning street- yarns every day, obRglng' this' young fellow, nodding at another, and giving sweet meats to third. .A V Tf T li-opn o 11wtlir I urmilrl La trile tO til0 00 jeets of my affections,-treat her with tender, ness, and never Jet her conduct towards ano ther, excite jealousy in my. breast, but should she ever speak to me in terms of disrespect, or treat me with' coolness, I Would be off, like shot off a shovel, and all her arts should never again entrap me. If I were an old bachelor, I would make every exertion in my power to get married, or hang myself. .*** ' SfcJWvta r +rfi8?tk*. ?'.NI> institution cni?lribfltd?rtidh? to fhfe1 pda*o, prosperity, murals and respectability of a-'cetnmiirrfly than its Sunday echtaHs.' The law ran ouly. punish; while S<rt?tin tfu&Hmol s -prevent crime. (Jp/jegys, semiHade^jHtd public, sehoeh'/k is Awe, enligjijyn.the iw'ud.- and develop mental genius, but- the especial object of tlni Sabbath school instruction are - the heart, the life, the destiny-the-$qu1" The natofalNdemahd of thfcsoul for a .religion of some aoffcr-Jor*TKvhiii ly to do honrage tj>, as fity.greater ,th*t?. the ucnieuttiinj otto* l*n??n ap tuoohlt A Lin/) heart is more to t>e'desirod than-a'wise In-ad, where the two qualities cannot. be eombitwd. Tlie conquest: of' genius ure.asrthe flashing of livid lightning, that cracks iho gloomy thunder (Jloud and leaveg the' utirfd lo wonder jit its -pmvfir.*'- Rut the heiirt that feelsllip (thr)ll of kindness, that 'is good afidtrue, aqd jpureJ' beams'Wte the nnobstrfrefed'fa.fs" oT melloiv mooufighs, upon' the'\v'orl<fj" impnrthig j/fea.' stirej elevating the dtsife^''siihfiuing*(hl? 'passions, and leading thetr til imitate-fe.Virtues." Not ?;ven the lanirly circle Is so* we'll calctt latod to improve the heart of -a child as the", instruction of the Sabbath-school, for here greater truths- than erer parent uttered are taught, aod the child leirns, 'what nvany rtien never learned, * wJto.Humy neighbor V * IV a. faithful .teacher there.ts no more-delightful rmploy men t, than to leach, children : susceptible as they ahyays are,, the simple truths of" the liibleand. *e ..ooittetnplate the silent influence which .these Sabbath schoolinstructions have in forming the fufure character of mjtn.or woman, the position Jiecomea one of great in)-pbrtance apd re?b6nai.bi]ityy, Home.?A home ! it is the bright, Mo<sed, adorable phantom which sits highest on- the sunn) horizon that girdeth ljte ! When -shall it be reached When shall it. cease, to be-Ji glittering da; dream, and become fuly and fairly yours. v,.-k ,J > * . h ia T^pt the lipuae, though ' that may. hjve: its oKarins; .nor the .fields, porc/uHy tilled,. ap,d streaked with jjpur own foot paths J, nor. lhe trees', though their .shadow be to you lifce. that of a great rock in a we'gry land ; Dor yet is it the fireside with its sweet blazo-play ; nor the pictures,* which tell you of loved oues \ nor the cherished .books; hut, far inure than-all these?it is fhe Presence'! The lares of your worship are there ; the altar of your confident^ is there; the end of yiJyr 'worldly. Taitfi is there ; and adpiming rt nil, and pending your blood id passionate flow, is the ecfstacy of the eonvicthm thpt there, at least you are fi&ivocf; that there-yon nre understood, th.it there yotir* ferrore will meet ever with gentlest forgiveness,that there your troubles* will be sutilecl awnyt that there you may "unburden your'soul, fearless of bat'sh, uneyropnt-Msin"- *eftrs,'*ttnir'ttrat there-you may be<entirely atra-jAyfu'My?yb'dr* Self. i . 'Phora p.of ha-t.li/ie* nf nn.ar.n. mni.M id hhave soe.iu^bck erettuiu live ^bgtiiso " of"$a>. men?who will reckon ' theso feelings putting sentitiieht. Ciod pity rftem!-=^asr they have need of pity. t . u " , -r??That image by. the fireside?calm, loving, joyful, is there still.; jt goes. not,, however my aoirif tosses, because my jtish and ^very will, keep it there,' iineoriiig, ~ " 'j . The fire "shows Cfiixftrgh fhc screebw yellow and warm i.. a harvest sun. It Fs iu its ^est age, Atrd that age is ripeness. Bvaiilifut Incident.. Several years ago, the son of a merchant in Boston graduated'at" brier of tire 'Grammar school^ with the highest hond^} of his class, and received a Pranfclhi Irttd.-tf 'JVoyears later^ the same merchant Trad another son graduated' at the same school and with ihe same literaly distinction, 'TecoiVrd the "medal;"as bis brother had before bhu. In this second class there "Jras an Irish boy of ^oor pareotage^-but who was distinguished fy- hjs good behavjgr.ajtd finp at-: t'ainir\ejUs as a scffdfar, and whojor.a.^g time had been the .rival of tlic rrteiclmnt s son. S?_ver?i! flfrtoc Vt'oc^ trail fKaf li'n tirmilrl mifctrfn lira asAoc5Htir1n atuify, mid obtaiu ths prize.? These boys, though widely separated in their worldly condition * and prospects, and though they were4 competitors for the fiighest reward conferred in* the school, yet were fast friends. A few day/fcl^the-'jftfblitr ?x'nnrthaiion,.and thft award' !?fj tl? medal, - the i master of the school, r?peU.ed< a joint'-uoierfrguvtlfe two sons' of tji.e. iherchaatj.^ccloting^- -jifiy ddlfhrs, which they desired Mm tp appropriate to^be kiiie&t of their Irish frieud and rival, in such manner as ho should dcenQ.jqost conducive to-diis.- welptfe. 'iiwv thi&^pqpCj, bojv thpngJi-fiotJ.ibl^-ttf much connected in future djfe jii?hqV-< associates, will have a perpetual remembrance of the kind. and delicate aUtcidiotwd-bis-school :oynjN?niona and; friends,^.,... - ^ ,.... ?,z... It is one o?TUd* felicities of our^soQnj,state., that the ohildren pf the rich and the poor often ('meet together" in vUe stune .school* aC\d *it side by sicicTqh.tlie same seats,d-uring that .sua ccptible period ottheir lives, in which the^fmest attachments are foVrned. It is alsq one ol* the felicities of our political condition, that the highest hpnprs of the country are openjto en tdrjtrlse and rhcfft* afrd "accessible to'the pbOrest, asf well As the'HchWt. 'Tliisiii'cidehTthVbtvs a bearitifril tight iipdn' flie" ftfefthg* of ntanyrpf; the rich-fovvaojifthe less fnvoty? classes ofsbcfe ty, and shanraserve to teach tlje poor ttfTdvo and respect those'who move in the higher waj^s of life. Thus on both sid^, would be cultivated. thosif charities which are appropriate to their different conditions, "fhe incident sliotvs how injurious are the "base efforts whid) an-, trequently made to prejudice the poor against the rich and to disintegrate society instead of binding it together in the bonds of inutuarat' * /< A I -J.. ?i'u I.I I II _ll iHCmnenu v?u? uns uiiuiu ui uuu un?uw, an the. nations of the eHtrh, and every <vell Wisher of his race will do alt he can to promote union of feeling throughout the great brotherhood of man, and thus fulfill tho design of the benevolent Creator in making1 this world approximate as nearly may be to the social harmony of heaven.?N.<-Y. FvangtHst. T ' u rtl" *" v J~?K!nf niNiini>?r ' nf unver H.'Darire?j- wo ? the Pittsburg nnd'ConneiaviUe road, has been elected President of "that road in place of Gen. Larimer, resigned. Tub Economical Landlady.?Ore day,. 1 when butter was scarce aad high, Mrs. Wiggms hit upon the economiea|*plan of spreadfaffeito herowji eoonomical iwnds the better opoto the allowance of bread she doted out to her boarder* \ merely to save trouble! Mfi Jordan' earn* borne. to tea rather late on the first evening- of. i this new dodge; sat down iu presence of aft tjie oUter borders and received a slice from MrS. Wiggins, who bad.gone through the ceremony of but'ering it beiord his eyes. Jordan eyed 1 he bread inquisitively vtutfcgrfn . I to J urn it from side to sider and scrntinize 'It ekisely through li:s spefc tables. ^What l? tbe * ryatlvr wijy v?>ur brand and butter!" demanded Mr*.. .Wiggbrn. "^Nothing?tjo thing?-Botb* .iug," salfl Mr. Jordan, sLili turmng* the -piece over,.and .persisting in- bi^ secutiny^HjWpbn^ . .live). Mr. Jordan, that you ^ojsae aormrlMOtt. . Now, I uani," raid Ml r Wi|giaf. becoming flushed with, excitement,?!' ?jin .my J>oard*?? to .tell tne right ool whaOvtfcl%r . vittles doesn't ante! Nov, Mr,- JorfaviMi ^ is it?" Mr. Jordan laid down tbe sbafe voftoa * his plate, raised bi? spectacles .to hfr Cm dip id ;indreplied,, with great deliberatioa.vS^Nh .Wiggins,'there is nothing tift injMter vttfa.jfo firead. I'assiite ydo?but, M/u Wiggio here Mr. Jordan glanced. U)iscfogvoqdjr- fa<p the vista, oi attentive fares, "l',bave live^A fills >pr1d eight and ffiiVJSk myself this evening such sunpletoflu can't tell (oNlny life whjcb side of at*' " ' r ?"?-M ' <1 * fvrrvr^ Thr CT\wnLKE.~Rey. Mr..Co?drluv^eflSfJ?r vide lice, in a recent sermon on tered'tlie following: ./ .; >> ?? Every gambler necessarily b*CQljfeMLji Jtftfe dened wjctcli. I|is cpnscieqoe .is *6*9dr'cbii sympathies dried up, and be m.capable of qiofet desperate" If is course leads to dent e$<?ry furin of bad habits. Uriiiktn^it a. pact of the system ? drunkenness'f, oonseqoepo6k-rffe wears.out life fast? perhaps-fa billed im* quarrel over'the card taide,.or as frequently true, dies a suioide in some 1U of desperation 07 wild insanity, induced by a loss afgiiin. <H* goes\Tnto eternity a miserable wre^^bodjr and Soul . J /frtUE, Pjnipaorny.?One graft- fecrft #> domestic enjoyment, is too mocb .?ffjHookedi Ir lie* in, hrki/rinf wants down to ehxBmsbiBw ces^ instead of toiling to hiinjr up to our wants. Wants will always Be ahead of rpe^ns, and there will be no eod to timefuse if yop spt the latter to ebbing Jh& tfie joke of selKdenial on dedfl$; "PPfj the spur of industry to energy, and (bafr nYM'bt* ter does not overtake the format wilt fl les?? come in sight of It. *. V-r? ^ correspondent of the St, Louis PresbyU^ nan says thatrPresbyterlanlsm Is growings vjjigp rapidly in the west. In Iowa, Whoonsl^^N^ Hoithvui itHii onffer Presbytery, ftimr noiwfater^-twenty-ffify churches, and ninety one commoni<amtfc'^o#f on the same' ground, there aro two Synods, and material for a ,third; 8 Prefbyteftes;'-^ Ministers, <08- churches; 8,600 communicants.'" In 1844, six dollars were contributed to bettSf. 'volent objects; last year $5,1^2, J The Expected Great Court.?The eminent astronomer, M. Babinfet, member bf. theFrench Academy, of Sciences, gnreasOme veryinteresting details relative to' the return of that great, comet whose periodical oouraeis? computed by the most celebrated obserrerjii three hundred years. The result;of his irwei*? ligations is, that it will appear in Augo*, I8?$ with an uncertainty of two years, more.o'r'lesfc? so that between 1856 and 1860 thoso whom then living, may hope to see the great luminal ry which in 1550. caused Charles the V, to alh. diQjit^ . * < * ?* t - *?* ; ' f' - ? Defence of Ltv&apool.?It is the intention of the Englfdf Government to construct another Targe -battery on the Cheshire-tide of Hie * Mereeyr immediately on the site of the ol$~ powder magazines at Liscard. This, witb'tfcs. old Rock Battery, at New Brighton, ahdtfed new one.North-of the Husfeisson Dock, oo tlftf Liverpool side, will* make three defensible batteries; and an application hat also fctft made to'the Liverpool dock committee lor sfaa for three additional.batteriet on the Lancashire side of the river. j i. vr.-_ ~ . ";n -The Mails.?We are gratified at beta* abfe* to state, through the in t erven tidh. of oor intta**; diate Representative in Congrea*, there fa eve*, ry- probability that the difficulty-antidpftflb#from the schedule adverted by the Post Q(V Hsu Department, for the mails between King*- * vllle ,nnd Augu?ta will jbe obviated. Mr, An "jcen x* entitled io much credit for bb prompt attention to ti is matter as It waa, emphatieal {vs ?mj' of.. those oases where an evil is easier 'prevented.than .cufed. HnavY 'ftotrBBity o* Goib.?TVo boxes ofgotd-shipped froth California, by the* Northern r' Light; to P^ge, Bacon at New York; It * wfts ascertained','on Thursday;'had beenstqfrt. They i-oirtained f>ty Xhot|send<MM?rvfrf(lb ef'the precious metal. It it opposed that"fhe , robbery took pjaoe whik) or"*ita? tho'btimm* . it was not known until after the arrival h> Wearr Y'orKv'wheti npofr the boxes being tipCned Hi/the parties, they were found to ebntatn iro?'bPj* 'stead of gold* **V '' ^1 Tuofcbts '^Rnhriye.-^-A lata letter Runic says' ^Tlicre are two great events talitor" place at this'moment; Franoe and Aosttia aft* ' withdrawing their troops, ai>d symptoms ofreW- ~ Intion are appearing in die Roman State and ia Tascanyi- Meanwhile, the Italian prrncekeaf4cially Naples are trailing'largely in Switzerland i at a ruinous, cost.". ... ? s~* ?1 mim, - V ' a II,.... ..n i?nn Aniint f* out it * nnfod niit to ' VV?..V. ? T-, a spnii-e looking' specimen of a genuine snob at * die railroad depot, last week. "Wrl^extfate)* * ed the indignant swell, "who are you, and wbjr * do you call me countt? 44Why, I law you-' counting oysters in New York lmat week, stuff' * ! supposed yoa wtJre of roydblood" rctnrpeC^ the wng. Vi ^?eS|