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' * ill ........ -? - - ? ?'? - * ? -rr "-r* - .... ?..>.. ---->-, ? yv.- *-~vr.?*?- . -.'iJXm'i"Jj THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLKME XVI. ~ CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESI^Y MORNING, MARCH 2#, P5. - ^ ^ NUMBER | SBBjjFfBS? 'LINES- " WRITTEN IN A LADT8 ALBUM. :a? ' * - "The rose is fairest," sweetest when, " -^'Tis4iiiddiDg new " at mornBefore the rotroder's step is heard, . Or from its stem is torn. So is it, too, tyitb yrouthful hearts, Before the carea of time Spring up to mar their happiness, That hope is iu its prime. ; / * f Before the disappointed hotfr,. - \ Which proves tbat "mon betray And ere out garnered hopes have fled,. Or joys have passed aw&j. . Thfre is a'morning of (be. heart, . When fairest flowersare growing, When every- poise beats "Hill of life, And pleasure^ cup is flowing. But Time, its ?ignet seal shall set, Decay upon each treasure ; And every flower of brightest hue, * 'ShalT&de with every pleasure. . fMl O4i & S * ' ' v *' There is a place where flowers grow, Where pleasures never die; Thai' place?-the garden of the Lord, That home is in the sky. ' ' ' Whilst youth and hope are on thy btow 0 cultivate those, flowere; Which, nurtured here on earth, will bloom -In bright, celestial bowors. JtjririiltBtiL .. _n.. i ^ . ? - .Agricultural Societies. Of the benefit anil importance of associated effort in viniculture, the Cheraw (S. C.) Gazette thus discourses : " Jieceutly, we very briefly-called the attention of our planter friends to the importance of organizations to promote the success of agriculture among them. Aud in view of the importance of the subject we now take the tit :? T?? HUenjr w reiermig iv ji> n^?iu. juiprriruut; t very where M?ost conclusively demonstrates the value of such organizations. B-ven in old England, where the lights ??f a thousand year's ex|>erienue, are at the command of the pl anter, Agricultural Associations are still the order of the day?are still the cherished means of diffusing knowledge among their members. We have not yet arrived ntper/ectvHi in any of the Arts or Sciences, nor until we do so, can we Safely dispense with the practical vaults of (he experience of our fellow laborers. Precept without example, is like fait a without work*? It is dead" and valueless. " Suppose that'A.,,(and our readers ran at a moment's warning point to'many'such,') enters upon bis profession (planting) with moderate means, arid in the course of his life, by industry, economy and untiring perseverance accumulates * reasonable fortune. Now, isolated as most, of our planters are, we' would likd to know what use he has been to his neighbors and to the State, save in the amount of taics he has contributed to, the support of the government; Every beneficial result of his experience is locked np in his bosom and will, descend Into the.same grave with his body.? And this is owing to no particular fault of his; hat it is the natural result of isolation. Can oor planters he desirobs of winning such an inglorioOS distinction f We know they-ard riot. But if they "were animated by no higher motive, by no nobler desire, than the mere accunnlstion of'wealth, then the very best means (n nrainntK th*t nhieefc. would be ttf nroflt bv ? r J-^7. - r ?- * the experience and example of others, which are mostreasily affaiiiable through Agricultu rai Associations. These Associations afford the means of comparing the actual results-of the experience of their members, attainable in no other way." . . I Bean Haul* for Sheep.?Beans, it" is generally well known* are among the best fod der that can be fed.to sheep. They are renaarkably hearty, and exert a very strengthen iog and invigorating effect. Weak animal*, by. being fed on beans, are in a short time restored to health; and the .same resuit i* produced by I feeding on the pods and haulm of the b.-an.? In some sections, beans are sown broadcast on richly prepared soil, and pub^J or harvested while green as a winter feed for these animals. On strong, rich soils; the production of haulm is great, but (he crop rarely matures its grain. When the plants have put forth their foliage and the pods begin to rill they are pulled and stacked. This operation I perform by setting two strong stakes in the soil one loot apart, and securing them by a wythe, one foot from the surface of the ground. J-then fill in with the vines, placing the tops outward-, and brings ing the tops of the stakes together, secure them firmly with a band or rope. In this way. they Are suffered to remain till cured. No fisdde'r can be cheaper or better use than this. Qermantown Telegraph. SW*?t Potato Seed from the Bloom; ? CoHin Woodj in The Ploto, the Loom, and the Amrilf-eays that be has raised for three years past, sweet potatoes, of tatter quality than usual, in the IbJluwir.cr wav. viz:? " The yam-potato vine blossoms in August; jn about s mooth thereafter tfteyjorm a pod; the seeds, ate then formed of about the size of age seed, and. of the same color. The pod shoold be-noticed and gathered when ripe, or eJse they will soon drop. In the spring at the usual time of sowing seed, I sour them in the same way I sow cabbage seed. They will not coma up quite as sudo, hut wiU continue doing so through the spring The plant is sin all and delicate in appearance, and sl^d be drawn in a wet sewsop, with a little dirt attached to it, and transplanted. The leaf and vine have . a different appearaoee from' the potato usually, and the potato will be found to grow foger and smoother than usual. \ * u f prefer Ibis method after satisfactory practice, to rairfe the potato, than tnj'othpfc* - EisreHnnentis $ms. j I Cost of War. I That war?butchering inon by wholesale, ; sending the agony ot sorrow into thousands of 1 households, drawing men Troui the pursuits of 1 peace, inflicting an enormous increase oftaJtution, and inrtetrnpting the pursuits of trade? 1 that such a game is a most expensive one to play is evident. England is counting its cost. H'ei^Bourbon hisiiurty c<>st her "five itioosHtid millions of dollars in ditecl expenses, to- say | - - * ? . .. "i* -A! ?i\ ? *? nothing of the indirect taxes, in nign -prices and accumulating distress itn'id already'^nid of the clearest headed tJrierchants" <?f Eughm^, I Mr. Bright, has figured up the year's- c?W'of 1 the present struggle. Take-ilie Tmrtlvr'of crop*. 1 The harvest-of 1853 was the most deficient of" ( any since 1817, and then wheal 72<2d. a ^ quarter was higher than it had bfe.-n ifinrir 1 1819; but the harvest of 1854 was the most ! productive ever known; "filling every barn, every storehouse,'' and yet wheat is 73s 8d-.f ' or Is. 6d. higher than the highest before'known" 1 since 1819! He goes on and calculates that the British are paying one hundred and fifty I millions of dollars more for food on account of the war, while the gorerment are spending one hundred millions of dollars extra oa the same account | and what is there obtained in 1 return t He is not. sanguine of anything appearing on the othei side of the ledger. He goes on to show how six millions of quarter* of corn at e kept out of the country ; and after stating that three millions of laborers in Yorkall ire and Lancashire imxt have Cheap food, ho uses this remakable language: "From whatever cause it happens, if yoii have the supplies of food in the country for any longer period at 78s. jit'r quarter, it is not in changes of cabinets and prime minister; it is not in dreams of glory in foreign, wars; it is ' not in any contrivance of human statesman- | ship or human imposture, tliat the population can be prevented from sinking deeper and 1 deeper into suffering,-and if into suffering, then ' into discontent, and if into discontent, then at length into insubordination. (Cheers.) My , solemn belief is that if these six million quarters of corn are to be, by the effects of our 'foreign policy, kept out of litis country, before two years are over, yon will shoot your own fellow citizens in your own streets1 The Loudon Times devotes a column to this remarkable speech, but does not deny its , positions, although it regards them extrnva- 1 gant. It slates that a large proportion of the I six millions of quarters of corn M has been < shut up by our blockade of the Danube, a mere folly of war, done in the exuberance of maritime power, and all the more absurd as we have never effectually stopfied the trade of'Odessa and the Sea of AzofT. This blockade has been now withdrawn, and we trust-.tnat | Mr. Bright will shor|.|> be enabled to reduce by a good many millions, his estimate of the annual cost of w ar. ( But Hriiisli coiuiiictce ha* been checked. , Hundreds of sailing vessels add sixty or seven- j ty of the largest steamers, instead of carrying , passengers and manufactures to nil parts of the world, are now emp-oyud most unproduc- | lively in carrying so.die -, horses stores, shot | anthshell to the Crimea. So much fur B.itish ] estimates of the cost of war. The French , Conslitutionel lias the folK/wiug: I 4"A comparison has heen made of the nuin- ( ber of vessels which passed the Sound in 1853 ( and 1854, conveying to the Baltic the produc tions of the industry of the western nations, | for carrying to them the articles furnished byRussia. In the course oflast year there was J a Tallin off of 5000 vessels; about 5(1 per cent | in the English and nearly 90 per cent, in the ( Russian. 'The. vessels of the other slates have also suffered a proportionate diminution. Prussia has suff. red slightly; Sweden forum the on j Iv execution iler trade has increased, and 1 -" * - ? I it is supposed that this consideiaiion m?y have ; contributed to maintain Sweden in he: neutral ( ity. This falling off of 5000 vessels gives an , idea of what Russian commerce has suffered by the block de of the Baltic ports. Here is another estimate: The total of vessels entered at Russian ports , in 1852 was 8,615, of air aggregate burden of j,570,654 tons, more than.'half of which were to the ports in the Black Sea and the S? a of Azoff. -The total clearances were 8,407 vessels of 1,520 160 tons. Of this trade full) ( a fourth was carried <>n in British ships, 'Turk- . ish, Greek, Dutch, Swedish Sardinian, Au> trian, Prussian, and Danish coining next in | order. The mini important of any single point ( is Odessa, where the arrivals in 1853 amount- j ed to 589.178 tons, while the value of the , cargoes shipped and wliic.liconsisted principal j ly of grain wa- ,?5,627,500, ubout la# per s cent above their amount in 1852 , < Z'i i Baton Post. | .. .?? ? 1 .? . , A Case op Cosscismck,?Au old farmer? 1 .one who feared neither God nor- man?had ! hired a devout negro ; and to get some Sunday work-oQt of him would always plan a case of " necessity" on Saturday,'and on .'Sunday I morning would put tins point to the man's conscience. One morning Sambo proved refractory. "He would work no inore on Sun<!? ' " Tkn miaUp urirnuH u/ilh liim thul. if woe 'a case of ^necessity "-r-that tbe Scripture allowed a man to gjet out of a pit ou tbe Sabbath day a beast that bud fallen in. "Yes. | massa," rejoined the black, but not if he spent j Satuidy in digging forde berry purpose." . , K Nut pok YVine-Dkinkrrs.?Rev. T. P. Hunt, the great temperance lecturer, persuaded a dealer in Philadelphia who was extensively engaged in making wines, brandies,, etc., to , abandon his horrid traffic. He learned from j him one of the secrets of the trade, which was I that in older to produce the "nuttry flavor" lor ! urk!i>h MnHtiira ivi'iib u/mb bo much admired, lie I put a bag of cockroaches into the liquor, and let it remain till they were dissolved. ??? ? -r r The wit of Douglas Jerrold iV never eo keen 88 w hen exercised nn juvenile literary presumption. When M. L-nnartioe's merits were being discussed at a club of artists and authors, "0," said a clever young author, " he and I row in the same boat," Douglas JerroH, who was present, turned round an<| said, " But nut with that same sculls," ?>> * r The Winter ot the Heart* Let it never come upon you. Live, so that good angels jnany protect you from this terri- i F.la ovil ? thp wintpp nf lh? hourf I Let tiprt'hiliiug influence freeze up the foun- c datioris of sympathy and happiness in its depths r an cold burthen settle over its withered hopes c like snow on the faded flowers : no rude bltsls i ofdiscontent moan and shriek through itsdeso- s late chambers. i Your life path may lead yon amid trials t which f?*r a time ?een utterly to impede your j prin>ress"Htnl shut out the very light of heaven | from your atixioks gaze. '* j| Penary-may take the place of ease and i plenty ; your luxurious home may he exchang- i ed for a single, lowly iroum?the soft couch c lor the straw pallet?the rich viands for the t coai>e food of the poor. Summer friends may c forsake v??u and the unpitying vtorld pass you. t by with seaively a look or word of -compas' I tibu. < You may be forced to toil wearily, steadily < oik to earn a livelihood ; you may encounter I Ira'ud and the base avarice which would extort t the last Carthiiig, till you well nigh turn in die* i gust from your fellow beings. t Death may sever the dear ties that bind you j to earth, and leave you in fearful, darkness, f Tnat noble, manly boy, the sole hope of your declining years, may be taken front you, while I your spiiit cling-rto him with a wild tenacity ( which eveji the shadow of the tomb cannot j wholly snttdue. - t Hoi amid t.ll the e sorrows, do not come to \ the con.clu.Mon .that nobody was ever so deeply c afflicted as you are and abandon every sweet t anticipat ion of "better days1' in the unknown < future. . * i Do not lose yoqr faith in human excellence s because your confidence has sometimes been | 1 * l./.llA?tA tk.if rwiAttrlaliivi la Aitl u , ueuajtu, IIUI UCIICVC uuiv incuuoinp 10 W...J | ii delusion, and love a bright phantom which t glides a way from your grasp. i Do not think that you ritfo fated'to he miserable beeauseyou are disappointed in your expectations, and baffled in your pursuits. Do not declare that God has forsaken you when ( you way is hedged about with thorns or repine sintuly, when he calls your dear ones to the laud beyond.the grave. Keep a holy tiust in heaven through' every ( trial; tear adversity with fortitude 5nd look 1 upward in hours of' temptation ancr suffering. 1 VV'lien your locks are white, your eyes dim, and 1 \oiir limbs weary ; when your steprs falter on { the verge of Death's gloomy vale sVill retain 1 freshness and buoyancy of spirit which will 1 shield you from the winter of the heart. Olive Branch. 1 t -a ( Plcaaaut Thouctiti. ( There is a magic spell in piJeasant words to ( ...i# ... ?/i.. ctuifliii Aq am nuce fkriiiwtli , v.*if It'll III It! I'?" HO ? V Y '* ?"i ^ lile's rugged live ways we see the charm | smooth main a brow that is ruffled, and calm j many a spirit that is troubled as the' storm <. troubles the waves of the sea. Have you not j ceil the influence of plea-ant words in the humble home where poverty sits in the circle e and want at the board ? \ The influence of pleasant words is alike j inppy oti ml. The merchant when ho leaves <. iiis busy counting room, weary and worn with r lie cares of the day?with his mind perplexed t with the struggles of the present and the anxeties of the future, is calmed bv the utterance i :>!* pleasant words by a wife and sweet wee < ones around the cheerful fireside of his home, i 1'he farmer, as lie comes from the field with i lis team, where all day long he has turned the j swaid in prospect of a golden harvest,is made r the happier by the greetings given him when > liis team is put away and the hum of the day's < toil is ended. $ Do you remember the time when the fire of i four spirit was moved?when angry feelings 1 horned holly in your.bosom?when>ou began 10 feel ihat the world was your enemy and no man your friend f What magic spell was it that caused the storm to lull away into a calm, uid caused the (uihuleiit waves to sink to re6t? 1 Was it not the dulcet whisperings of some r pleasant word falling from the lips or some one " that loved you. that spoke 4" peace" to the 1 tempest that was beginning to rage in your a 'oul ? Pleasant w ords cost nothing; give tliern, * $ive them?give freely. r Mothers, speak kindly to the delicate flow- t jrs that, hai g around you; a harsh word may 1 estrange them from the altar of home and send v [hem adrift on the world's treacherous sea. Sister, husband, brother, friend ?if you would I iiave life to bo one golden day, bright as the s noonday in June, if you would gather in your c folij those who vyould comfort you in the dark " night of trial, let pleAsunt words hang on your li)?s and rhe taw of kindness guide your tongue; ? and \ our life will l>e one of jnyousness, your < words as the "dew of Hermon" watering the J' flowers of.'' Hermon" and your name<precious 11 ts the rubies of the mountain or gems of the s sea.? Spirit of the Age. ti ??l . '|! A Contrast;?Near the end of hi? days, rhe . licentious Byro i wrote the following lines:. ! ' My dava are in the yellow leaf, The flowers and frait of love are gone, ? The worm, the cancer and the grief Are mine alone." I Near the end of his days, " Paul the aged" j wrote to a young minister whom he gently ? loved,as follows: "lam now ready to be of- t fered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, 1 have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforUiTnere is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, t which the lighieous Judge shall give me at thai day," Is there not a difference between J him that serveth God and him that serveth him ^ not? All expeiJtiiiM'ej as well as conscience, j answers -Vits. ; /. * i ' :r i * ? I , The following appointment of Cadets have f been iua>le by the President for 18^5: Alexa.n: ( der J. .nelutosJi of Georgi i, Win. W. Mc- ( ,.r* i~i.., u;.a.it ?r !M?u/ irci ij ui ' vumi utiunn, vi York Wm. H. Marriott, of Maryland, Dudley Riley son of ihe late Gen. Riley; Pierce M. Butler, sou of the late Col. Butler, \vb<} fell at i Chi>ruhu*cn; Frank Huger, son of Cot tidger, 1 U. S. A?ioy; Charles.8. Bowman, son of.Capt. < Bowman; R .heri W. Mitchell, of Pennsylva- ' ma, James P. Martiu; of^entucky. . j * \ ' The Use of Hate. , X 'Hats are generally worn urr the head, ahdnany persons are simple' enongh .to s'uppo&e ( hat the* opject s t.o "keep the head warm o!" lotnfortable. But this is the least use that is nadeof theni. Ornament is one object .of lourse but then, some of them are such "shock*- ' 1 1 1?*- " - -1 miiUa n npflKv iig oau nau$, iikh ii *%<juiu it^unv.? jnv?y itrong imagination to discover any greatornanent jn them. Some hat;s are worn to jhow lie wearers particular fancy for soma distinpiished foreigner. Some are used'as a hind of tolitical sign, to tell the; world thai tfie owner ?p>ws nothing. And'some are used instead of klawyer.s green bag as a repository for letters uid. papers. But it appears that a new and merely different use is now found for hats;' mil .we really hope that they will be used actordingly. . Churches are to reap the benefit of, ,hem not indeed by having them carried round jy the deacwns to collect the .pennies at a ^attribution for the minister ?c the poor but >r a much more important porpose. A church pis recently been built in Davenport Iowa and he following notice was appended to the adrertisement of the edifice:?"The chewers of ; obacco are earnestly requested to avoid the ise of the aisle in the church or else spit in heir hats?" That is an idea worthy of a true blue Yan. cee and we dare say that the originator hailed rotn away down east," though lie is now em- } tloying his genius in elevating the manners tnd customs of the pioneers of the west. We ike this hat arrangement and would suggest in additional improvement which would be iiiit'ed to other places as well as churches?viz ;very person, who uses tobacco in any way, limit have nis liaf, tied on to his person in front 10 that-.he can spit in it at all times and there>y avoid the present practice of defiling floors :ai pets furuitnre ladies &c. Such an arrange- . nent would be found of the greatest importance n the way ofcleaness, comfort, and economy. He Has Enemies. We never hear the remark made of n man " 'That' he has a or'eat many enemies,', without. feeliog desirous of his acquai ntance. We are aire to. find liim, in many respects,a sterling diaracter. A man \v!?o plods along, in the lame track of his forefathers?who never broke iway from the traces of expediency and error tnd who thinks nnd writes with the same pen trid from the same models that his grandfather ised seldom if ever gains an enemy. But he vho thinks for himself is something ofa genius . ind has talents of a high order, is sure to find ' memies at every corner. A truthful paragraph hat he has written?darling vices that he has lenounced?or a sense even of his superiority >ver themselves induce many to say severe hings of him and bring his good name into sontempt. When lived the energetic, active, alented man who had no enemiesf Even jerfection itself, in the life of Christ, was ridi-uled spoken against, abused, spit upon cast way! A man who has enemies need not relax his efforts, or presume that he is the worst person vho ever lived. If he is upright in his denlngs, kind and benevolent in his disposition, ibligiug and accommodating to all classes, he nust have the approbation of a good conscience j md liis sleep will Ite refreshing. We would not give a farthing for the nian vho has no enemies?who panders to the lepraved appetites of the bad and pretends to , lucommon sanctity among the religious?who j lever denounces sin for fear of a frown, or ex , iresses himself as a friend to virtue, lest he be idiculed. No?give us the faithfdl individual vho sustains the right at fearful odds and speaks J >ut boldly, when vice comes in like *. flood. . Such a man is honored and approved by Hea 1 'en, and we always extend to hiin the right iand of fellowship. ? ?l? # Jokes Upon Scripture. It is very common with some persons, says | he Christian Messenger, to raise a laugh by , neans of some ludicrous story connected with , itext of Scripture. Sometimes it it a play on , lie words, a pun ; at other time9 a blunder; ( tnd not seldom, a downright iinpiety. What- , ver b? its form even when ligteit, it is no ve- | lial offence, leading as it does to profane con- ( empt of God's word. Those who practice | his, have never been celebrated for genuine vit. The laughter which they call forth is J irovoked solely by the unexpected contrast , ictween the solemn words of Scripture, and ' \ ome droll idea. There is no real wit in the ase; andthe dullest persons in society are nost remarkable for these attempts. j The evils arising from this practice are great. , r than appear at first. It leads, in general, * n vt i j ! o irreverence tor scripture, rso men wumu ( est with the dying words of his fatlier or his , nother; yet the words of God lire qtilte as < olemn? When we have heard a comic or vul;ar tale connected with a text of SeriptuVe, uch is the power of association' that we never lear the text aft-rwards without thinking of a* , est. The effect of this is obvioos. He who b much engaged in this kind of false wit, will ( :ome at lengtli to have a large portion of holy. Jcripture spo ted over by his unclean fancy.? Beware of jesting with sacred things. Shun he cempuny of any one who practices this, as I fun would shun a loathsome disease. Frown ipon every attempt to provoke yohr smile by 1 luch means. Experience has demonstrated, that the best, >r in fact the only means'of preserving the eetli, is -to keep then? perfectly cleUn.' $o )erson should neglect, once at least in twenty* our, hours, to devote a sufficient time to the vork of thoroughly cleansing the teeth. A )rusb should be chosen that is. moderately toft, and us elastic as possible. A hard brush s liable to injure the gums. Without a strict idherence to this course, it is a matter of loubt whether any professional skill could se:ure sound teeth. Coinm n whiting proven an effectual remedy igainst the effVct* n|' the sting of the bee 01 vasp. The whiting is to be moistened with x>!d water, and applied immediately. It may 3e washed off in a few minutes, when neither pain or swelling will ensue. ' *?*$>* Treasures it'iUtoalPrlc(5. Man is prone to Esteem" WesStfrtj^,. according to cost, and suclr fts'coat notlmi^ ' Ve*i>r?e as naught. Tfie bletfairt&g of Hertv.e'if pro Tree}' slid poor, slior^ sictkteclj"1 them-' as trifles, i^heti rf ib^ were' the'pritfc'ftT gidd ; and of silvef they .wotffit be sought tiftisr r.a$ treasures. Glorious as the"".rwiug and settfnji* son may be, it <5osts oar nothing.* rfW qohle, arch" that scans the heavens is'a frtfc e*hiHitiSh,'-' and no ticket* are sold to wiltfe*# , fndvjng panorama: off- earrirj ^a- rtHcJ urs and paintings, ifrat a<Vofrfy^<T^'8em^frt? theheaveps above andyaftb berfrAtbt'^ri^^fefffP out'profusely, and we Iwve aigfft^'tb^efroid tlifein, hearts Kb throb *i(h delf^hfhn'd 'soufe' to'cohteroplate thertv-yritK vvcJider- arrdjdy;*^; But theorising and setting of^aily'iuYi*; fcti& wild majesty t)f the gthrrt*?>ittr tb?nid#r atf<f Hghtrring, and the :apangledheaven>lonv Hr^h,>. are all such *ommobethibitfah? thltf otfrfWl*e? seldom throb in Wifne&slffig them y' yW were only to be seen ;once in'jt ^fcnlury and a? price to be paid, a congregated wiirld WOnTd rush to the exhibition and behold the "Scedery* with rapture. ' We give our money,/our tirrte and labor dor thing's of little Value, and are content; but we have no " price of admission" to pa^frif fhd" i # i ?- .Li. ? U ,i.? cneenuj sumjcam ur mo suuwu , mo gray of the niornirtg or the purple of the evening ; the twinkling stars set in blue above or the little flowers set in green at oar feet; ffre' bright blaze of the summer's noort or the deep* dark silence of the winter's night/ Thank God the rich caonot buy up- these blessings of Heaven, and. the poor have them" without mor.fiy and without primal" C ' Spirit of the. Agev, * * - - , , r 2. < +C/-U'Brkton on the Veto Power.?' Hon, Thomas. II. Benton in conversation WitVafrlencj.ofonrs on Saturday last in'a very excited manner said", "If 1 were President of' the United States, sir, I would keep beside me & pileV of blank vetoes and as fast as the plundering bills passed Congress I would send'in a veto ! veto!! veto!!! sir, send in a Veto."? WaihiHgtSn Star. ^ /Mr. Benton is right. Any President who should set upon his principle-would make hfs Administration the most popular of .any;we have had for years. There are numbers of schemes lor plundering the public treasury., which come up regularly every year. Some-, times they are successful as the appropriations for mail steamer service. If so the amount asked is doubled next year, and.so^on in proportion till public patience, exhusted by such pitiful beggary such shameful rapacity and 4ba corruption which it engenders in Legislativehalls insists that the beggars shall be* kicked out of Congress without a single penpy. Those who are not successful are by no means discour-* aged. They .concentrate . their energies for operation at the next session wid even make the refusal of one Congress to grant ijbeir wishes (a strong presumption that they did not deserve any such favor,) and additional, argu-. ment to eufocce a prompt acquiescence in their* demands at the next succeeding session. With the constant and persevering assault upon the public treasury and this increasing disposition in Congress to listen to the appeals of>interested lobbeymen it hecon>es the duty of the Executive to ioterpose its power to prevent these scandalous impositions of the people. The lobbeymen have become regular fixtures at the Capitol batching all kinds of schemes of public plunder. Whenever one of these schemes passes throughCongress-the President should clap the Presidential veto upon it.-r-Philadelpkia Ledger. V; England- Counting the Cost. Wr. Bright. a clear-headed merchant of Encland.' O ' ~ "? ' ^ , r? . w and a member of Parliament, has been figuring up one year's cost or the war. He calculates that the British are paying one hundred and fifty-millions of dollars more for food on account of the war, while the government are spending one hundred millions of dollars extra' on the name account; and what is there obtained in return? Wheat is selling in England for 73s. Id. a quarter or Is. 6d. higher, than.' the highest price ever known since 1819. >.Yet; the harvest of 1854 in England was the ihost' productive ever known. He gives it as iris solemn belief that if the foreign policy keepa food up so high sit- million quarters of corn, being kept Out of the country by war, before'; two years are oyer the Government will shoot' Englishmen in the streets.Hundreds of sailv ing vessels, and sixty or seventy of the largest; ? n o o oanVSo l< O ~.+ r\A Steaiucror?nnKT{Hj v?# i manufactures td all parts of the world, are now ! employed moat tinproductively in carrying soldiers, horses, stores, shot and-shell to the, Crimea. In the; trade of the Baltic there i*,a. falling off of 5,000 vessels about 50 per .cent., in the English, and nearly 00 per cent, in the, Russian. The vessels of the other State.haye also suffered a proportionate diminution;, Prossia has suffered slightly; Sweden forms the only exception. .. . . . Seeds fuo* tub patent office?for/a few weeks past we have noticed in almost every one of our exchanges of this State acknowledgments of favors from (rtir Senators qnd" Representatives in the form of s'bedsTrorn tftr Patent umce: lhese seeds are very valuable, and the distribution of them is more ttinn fr personal favor conferred but in many instances they prove very beneficial to whole distiicts of country by improving the quality of their productions. Laurens, however has been overlooked in the distribution for which we are sorry an our district is the greatest wheat grower in. the1 State, and in that respect deserves to reoeive all the. lights and assist ances tnat can ue untamed. rerxonauy we have no broad acres to sow not we have friends and good fanners they are too to whom ?e should have banded them mid who wy?ld delight to test anything that pjroniiae* ti> beneficial to the agricultural interests of ojtf. District and State. We .do not rwah totj.be, understood as grumbling at our-Senator,*., bit only wish to remii}d - *li? in ,tbat. La "on the map,'' and is on,...': o t 4i*? South Carolina,?HerulJ. W^reque.ted * since to furnish u* witTr only that it chodd be er-t?^ 4oHg Inor'too 'tshort:. Drt- etrtthrfng; ?W office a week afi?rwards, a small paragew?* ^ - - . . . v r&A -a h an<Ied us, logetlier, with -a no* on recognized - the chirography of our eipectfd ^contributor. W-e tumecfthe n?ckaffeo?et'4tt?d ?; it-*???^^ a pea?or a duc^ahot, or* bioe pll ; ' j events it-Ay ay something small and round. At UiSwe xffccrd^f {& thfl 18. ^lir eyes tti & aid of our digita, and (lien w<? prf^itq^r^ Opening now our friend's ifotty w^rtjdv.* fijlows':J =*;W '?. 'rf d ^'t IS-'J" ail L^LLUa nc^royect t? jt M tor it is all spice! V oucatmt >4afit?ra too Jong or tooshort? for^M select a specimen that it> {**kctly glob^. neither length nor ahortnea^ffrf of it- Your last stipulation,, that U be poiuted, has given m^,; thji ing. I Succeeded in fipdinga s^inpletja ir||ie&, aVI WnV, theW:?B. side does not conflict 4Vit,b the ^cii^fil M&&' SPJWK :v X v4s-i!4k'; Now we pidhthisa small joke? . article certainly is, though it cannot J>e afcorfeil * We shall laj aside this "specimen of pi&i&tr nigrum, as a Memento nigrum of.Ottr 'tfsjffii turpitude. We do not wisb^^ " bro.ight up" some day, with, a under his ears-; but 'habit of play ing hia balls in tfir* way, that may meet with some one who.will beat him wkh ttemace. . Mr. Growler was reading an advertisement, the other day, of a coUple of snakes now oh exhibition at the uip^euqy one of whom vm captured while.attempting to awadofr* ttyftfe* He,had forgotten to take the mon'a boot*-oC until the tops caught in his teeth. : Mr. & declared that he did not know which, roo^ tlfe admire; the gullibility of the man who swallow .#* story, or the gi/Z/rt-ibility oftW snake who could swallow^ the map. Re al^o that if .two anch swa 1 lows won't jnak#f * P summer, it isn't from aqy laeK<>f :g^^ ^ #, i r.i . ? a M.v'rir s^arjrjijhjte ^ Speaking of the Cheraw and Darlington Rail Road, the Cheraw Qazitfr of the MtM ihfct, says: " "It affords us no little pleajun to be able-fc ahnoonce to the friends of this ehierprto*fn<P the public, that Freight and Passenger^iraM^' commenced - running on ' Mbrtdeyx las^ bn?f lower dtvision of the read<rom;'BBifl8glai?. ?r H. to Florence.; We understand thhvpos)Miir of the road completed; is a moil -SiMfot)t|# superstructure. The other sectioas of She road are progressing to completion; villi as-, much expedition as the otgMacleS'ie^.4>j?il# come - will perrpit. From Darlingto?L.f>b?M& House to Society Hill the mad is ready for th* track layers, and the iron haajfeenpstthssstTaiM . is inoonise.'of delivery, so thatthe cars wilJsoon reach the Iptte#" point. From Society... Hill tf this place,, the gradifig, bridging and trestle, work are so far. advanced. ss to offer ao delay to the.jrack layers.., y..-' , -7v v?;... ;?jgT War- * A, Joski'H Hujik, M. P., whose death: is re. corded in the English Journakwasfr natifewfli Montrose, Scotland, And was born in PITT: He .was.educated* 6>r a surgeon,- aiy^.ee^ttB? the naval aervice of the East Indiareoo)paM&$ft 1803. He was soonafterward#- placed Bengal medical establishment, m4 . afofeji during the Mahralta war. Ha returned to England ins IMS, and spent several year* in travelling over the United Kingdom a* well ?a the different countries of the continent. Hi was elected.to Parliament from Weymej^iyi. 1812, and from 1818 to 1830 he repMtfjjjig| his native borough, Montrose. He returned as member for Middlesex, and in 1831, for Kilkenny. In 184*2 he wafc,aj{#in electa^, a number from Montrose and has cver..1?ie|^-' represented that borough.. Mr. KuM Mr longed to theradical reform ssliool of ?qgy?|; politics. c; ?* > ' r S? f&has UNiTsn Statra Senitom ?Im BMt sion of the United States &~nate is show less than the usual, number.of ,?enaUtfi^ unless die State Legislatures shall niter their modes upon the subject of their election of*. Seit/ijtor fifl January next foar weejks attejr jjtt* ns-embling of Congress. Missouri has pottgoned the election ?f a Senator from that tatetFU next November, but. M tSe Leguda., tare will be composed of (he present member^ there will,be the same difficulty , to encounter; at tWnext session, Indiana is under *wfailar difficulty. One House refuses to meet tha. other fur the. purpose of electing a Sfepator.. ' '$?1* ?r >. Died in Chdhch.?r Au-old Jadjr MetdMfK Ti :j: i_ nu..LM* .?MI. U?a? 1 Tl'muyig IU wrcmu.' York, attended divine *( ihrjoa Jj J&JlS&ifc Church on Friday ^rnihg! Jtjt suppose*^ 08 she. was late, that she fatigued herself, (t)f on.entering the pew she knell down, apparentlv nxiqk exhausted, and while doing So fetr. I read fell toward in % matter to excite thp alarm, of a lady in the adjoining pew who weet fik her assistance and found, to her horror old lady was dead. It is supposed that ah* died of disease ol the heart, induced by ftug"n ^ . V *"S As a general rule it will be found tha^otjr greatest sources of qn happiness are wiihin our selves, and if we fail to live tumnonioiiil^j^i others, we shall net more wisely to set jiboot cnn eetinir our own ?u>lt?than In niA ls?M tn i' " th "f^o bu , ^ 4