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* - . . * f ' ht - _>*r v .. _ THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL ?*??? ????????? ?? ??' l;l | 1 ' , ?< * . ? * * .'- * .?.;*<> . fc,'.VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1855. NUMBER 26, ' Sflffteb fJflrtri). LOOK UP. I.ook up I behind the darkest storm, A thousand sunbeams lie, ' Which soon will pierce the drifting clouds, And gild the darkened sky. Thus when thy cherished joys are wrapped In sorrow's sable shroud, , x Look up 1 for Hope will fling her bow Of promise o'er tho cloud. Cook up I when anguish fills thy heart, And tears bedim thine eye; Remember there is One above, Who'll hear thy feeble cry. Cast all thy cares upon the word That speaks Eta promise true; Ko matter lfow the storm may rage, He'll bring thee couquoror thro'. Look op I when friends around thee fail, And lortnne'8 favors flee; Look forward to the promised joys, Held in reserve for thee. Earth may deny thee every bliss, That othors freely share; But richer joys will swell thy soul, 'In a sublimer sphere. v . Look up! there'8 many an envious heart, TTT?nl/l afiln tliina Vir\naaf famfi vr vuiu omiiu uiiuv uwuv?w tuuiv y And cast a blighting mildew on Tby pure and spotless name. But thou art like the antique tower^ That storms can ne'er deface; The billows only roll to break In bubbles round its base. Look up I thy purity will proro A tower of strength to thee; Thy virtues yet will shine as bright As sunbeams on the sea. vThe foos who seek to pierce thy soul, With euvy's poisoned darts, Will feel the power that justice wields, O'er sach degraded hearts. Look upl thy genius yet will mount The loftiest peak of fame; A thousand rescued sons of sin Will bless thy noble name. And when thy bright and useful life Shall reach its lengthened even, Look up I for purer joys awoit Thy generous soul in heaven. fflrflrtllniiflttfff VA^tAlVVUU?HV?lAi. From a South Carolina Temperance Trod. t 18 A PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW DEMANDED IN SOUTH CAROLINA? Is Intemperance an evil, blighting?blastingwithering as the Sirocco of the desert? Has a single district, community, or family in the State escaped its terrible ravages? ? I.A antiw AnfYtitiol AA/1A tnal'o n /*nt fi. ULflll IIIC ViHMV VJ lUiliim vvvavf itmnv ?? v?*w? logue of all the crimes enumerated in the statute book, and answer candidly?does anyone, or all of them together, pour such incessant streams of suffering, misery, and death upon Society, as this . hellish, bottomless fountain of iniquity? The extent of this evil is absolutely indescribable, incalculable astounding; and yet we stand still with arms folded?hardened by constant obs? rvati n and contact in the midst of surround-1 ing desolation?doubting the right or the expediency of binding the monster at once and for ever, in chains and bars. Have we the right to enact laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage? y "All power is originally vested in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and arc instituted for their peace, safety and happiness." (Constitution ofS. C., Art. 9, Sec. 1st.) The very object of government, then, is to prohibit, or suppress, whatever may conflict with the peace, safety, or happiness of the people, and the people bcingthe source of political power in all free governments, have a perfect right to demand legislative interference when moral suasion fails to secure to society immunity from insu[(portable evils. Persuasion and force, or legal coercion are the instrumentalities employed to restrain and pre? - -- j n . e i rent vice, immorality, ana crimes 01 every annuo and degree. Moral suasion is usually employed to induce men to receive or reject a belief?to do, what they are under no obligation to do, and to rect r?in rnon wKon t.bev iniura nnrui but them> -,7 -J?- ? selves. The habits, conduct, and acts of a man, however objectionable so long as nobody else but himself is injured?if interfered with and reformed at all by others?can only be properly reach ed by moral suasion. Legal Coercion, on tlie other hand must be employed to restrain men from indulging practices, or pursuing a-business which injures any other roan, or class, or community of men. The moment that we come where one man inflicts injury upon another, we have passed the line where moral suasion ends, and legal coercion begins. We have left the province of the one, t and have entered that of the other. Appjying these principles and illustrations to the liquor traffic of South Carolina, is it possible for spy oo? dirested of all prejudice, to question the right of our Legislature to enact prohibitory laws? Why, our statutes already abound with partial prohibitory liquor laws?restraining all from selling intoxicating drink* in certain quantK ties, who do not buy the privilege. If the State has heretofore rightfully demanded a consideration for this special permission?this license to sell liquors?ran^r it not go jr. step farther, in view of the admitted evils growing out of the' traffic?spurn the. paltry consideration?with-1 bold the license and prohibit the sale entirely! So much for the right. And now m to the of enacting this law. ? * ? j .t ^i. ... j_ r .4 \ Soil w*'said in Maide, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Near York, and other Stages, until a fair expression was obtained at the ballotbox, when overwhelming majorities declared in language not to be misunderstood?"we are fTfl2|tr * So it will be jn the oM, Paljijctto Stole. Tho people here are in advance of politicians on this question. Already most of the Road Boards, and Town Councils have decided to sell no more licenses?although authorized by law to exchange these guilty indulgences to outrage! communities for money?the virtue of the peo pie is above tLieir cupidity; ana nence we aenve the first assurance that our votes only wait an opportunity to declare frith the teeming millions in the States named above, " Down with the lit quor traffic." Twenty-five years ago, the trade was conducted by respectable merchants of character aud standing in the comraunitv. Every body drank liquor then, and of course, an article so universally used by the people, was kept by all traders who pretended to have an asortraent of merchandize. ' * v. . By dint uT persevering efforts, however, for a quarter of a century, the temperance reformation has gradually driven this vile stuff from nearly every respectable store in the county: and now it is in the hands mostly, of au entirely different class of traders. Could a trade of any sort, conducted by such characters generally, benefit the'State, and deserve the countenance of the people? Conducted by respectable dealers, the traffic is bad enough; but iu the hands of some men who now have charge of it?having for their prin cipal customers, our negroes, and the lowest, and most degraded class of white people?the slaves stimulated to clandestine acts of theft insubordination, and'perhaps to insurrection, whilst their boisterous white associates in the grog shops, are fast sinking into hopeless poverty, wretchedness, and misery; constituting altogether a group from whence issue swollen, turbulent streams of pauperism, crime and death. I say this despicable traffic thus stripped of its false alluremen's, and exposed in all its hideous, loathrliifAeniltl' ctflrulo Allf in Clink KaI/) 11 fl UVIVl MHWJ f IHUIIU0 VUU III tfUVil WVIU ! %? startling relief as the great curse of the land, it is absolutely amazing, that a free people who know and feel it all, should permit it to exist an other day in their midst! There was a time when moral, suasion accomplished wonders in the Temperence Reformation but now an entirely different form of opposition arrays itself against our glorious cause, and against the peace, safety, and happiness of our country. . , To use moral suasion alone with such characters as now chiefly uphold the liquor traffic iu South Carolina is to engage in the. old fashioned folly of "casting pearls before swine," I or "pitching straws against the wind." [ Opinion of Chief Justice Taney, of the Supreme Court of the United States. Every State may regulate its own internal traffic acording to its own judgment and upon its own views of the interest and well being of its oiti zons. I am not aware that these principles have ever be*n questioned. If any State deems the retail and internal traffic in ardent spirits, injurorious to the citizens, and calculated to nroduce idleness, vice, or debauchery. 1 see nothing in the Constitution of the United States to prevent it from regulating and restraining ti e traffic, or fr<?m prohibiting it altogether, if it thinks proper. Missionaries of tub Southern M. E. Church.?By the kindness of Dr. Sehon, we have been favored with the report of the Mis sionary.Society of the M. E. Church South, a clever hook of 186 pages. From it we learn thai lie total receipts of the Society last year were $164,386 71?of which the Bible Society gave in Bibles and Testaments $2,000, and the United States Government more than $19,000 for the Indian school*. There is reported from South Carolina $22,777 01 ; from Alabama $20,970 96; from Georgia $16,07642; from Virginia $14,600 41; and bo on down to Arkansas, which reports $429,75; figures which we hope to see largely exceeded in the next .._A A I A I A II a!_ ^ ' A* L A _r A! report, noiwimsianuing me ugnmess or me times. Our .Missionary woik is as follows: In Chi na 1 Misssion, 6 Missionaries; in destitute portions of our regular work. 156 Missions, 142 Missionaries, 26,837 white and 1,385 colored members, with 61 houses for worship, 187 Sunday Schools and 5,526 scholars. This last item is vastly out of proportion to the number ot church members, ami shows that much remains to be done in these missions for the rising generation. Missionaries who neglect these schools are doing hut half their work.? Among the people of color, 170 Missions, 124 Missionaries, 46,577 colored members, with 43 houses of worship and 17,883 children under religious instruction.- The proportion of colored children to the membership, under catechetical instruction, is greater in these mis sions than m the last mentioned. Among Germans: 11 Missionaries, 483 members, 6 houses of worship, 10 Sunday Schools aud 244 scholars, or.one scholar to every two members. Among the Indian Tribes: 30 Missions, 28 Missionaries, 4,208 members, 18 houses of" worship,*38 Sunday Schools, 1,881 scholars, 9 manual labor schools, and 485 pup.ls. The aggregate is presented thus: 368 Missions, 311 Missionaries, 128 houses of worship, 79,050 rfVpmhers 185 Sunday Schools. 22.034 'eliil dren under religious instruction, 9 manual labor schools, 485 pupils.?Southern Christian Advocate 31*/ ult. " ' A Cuke fok Hard Times.?If the people were to attend less to politics and more to useful labor, they would have a greater abundance of food, and at cheaper prices. Nearly all the pop _r .i? J-.. war iuuvcmcuw yi. IIIC uatc icicicuuc wu party politics, and the elevation of some favored individual Co office, where he can draw a good salary ffom.tlre public without work. Were as much zeal displayed in spreadit g useful information among farmers, mechanics and manufacturers, there would be a much more profitable investment of labor, much moro prosperity and a greater degree of liberality and enlightenment mnnir tlip riponle. If somebody would start a national convention for the purpose, offsetting idlers to work, instead of creating useless public offices to withdraw them from labor, there would be a greater abundance of food for next year, and laboring pedple would not bo driven to the brink -of starvation, as they now are. f ? , ' Aa * V ' *L V ..?* ^ Clark Mills. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun gives ns the following information touching the estate of this artist: ; Prominent amongst the improvements of a Com u.opa mi fltn linn nf r?iilu-nv liotu-pfll til IS city and Bladcnsburg, is the fine estate of Clark Mills, esq., the American artist, renowned for his equestrian statue of Jackson. The spacious and handsome ucw building on the north side of the road is the foundry, which supercedes that destroyed by fire a few months since. With commendable energy this establishment and all its massive machinery is already in full operation. The artist is now engaged in casting the equestrian statue of the illustrious Jackson, which is to be elected in Nftw Orleans on the 8th of January next? and tor which the pcdestai is already laiu. On the south side of the road the new studio is nearly completed. There is a decided improvement over the former structure, which was blown down by a severe gale of wind. So soon as the roof is on, Mr. Mills will commence putting together several parts of the anxiously looked for statue of the Father of his Country, which is to adorn our city. In Ins design the artist has happily conceived the appearance of the illustrious Washington as, at the battle of Princeton, he pressed his fine charger immediately in front of the British soldiers, at such imminent hazard that even the noble animal recoiled at the effort?his head erect?nostrils distended?flowing mane?and every muscle indicating the agony he endures in view of the conflict. On his back sits the heaven-directed leader of the American forces, pos>essing a countenance as firm, courageous, cairn and dignified as he ever displayed in the ordinary duties of life. The uniform of Washington is purely continental, modelled from i . ? 1 I _ L _ ine identical coat ne wore, ana wiiicn is on exli bition at the gallery of the National Institute. Application has been made for a statue of Jackson, to he cast ofirou, for the city of Baltimore?and probably to be placed in the square given for that purpose by Robert Howard, esq. Other engagements, however, compel the artist, lor the present,.to defer tho lesponsiblity of any additional work. The agricultural department of Mr Mills' place also entitles him to high credit. It con sists of 120 acres, thirty of which is now covered with probably the finest wheat crop of our county, Corn, oats potatoes, '&c, are in fine progress. Curious Dying Scenes.?According to Fielding, Jonathan Wild picked tiie pocket of the rvwlinopv ivIiiIa Iia w.iq AvImrMnnr him in flip Mrt and went out of the world with the parson's corkscrew and thumb-bottle in his hand. IV tronius, who was master of the ceremonies and inventor of pleasurta at the Court of Nero, when he saw that elegant indulgence was giving place to coarse debauchery, jKsrceived at once that his term of favour had arrived, and it was time to die. He resolved, therefore, to anticipate the tyrant, and disrobe death of his paraphernalia of terror. Accordingly, he entered a warm bath, and opened his veins, composed verses, jested with his familiar associates, and died off by insensible decrees, Democritns, ?he laughing philosopher, disliking the inconveniences and infirmities of a protracted old age, made up his mind to die on a certain day, but, to oblige his sister, he postponed his departure until the three feasts of Ceres were over. He supported nature on a pot of honey to the appointed hour, and then expired by arrangement. Jerome Carden, a celebrated Italian physician, starved himself gradually, and calculated with such mathematical nicety as to hit the very day and hour foretold. When Rabelais was dying, the cardinal sent a page to inquire how he was. Rabelais joked with the envoy until he found his strength declining, and his last moments approach. He then said, "Tell his eminence the state in which you left me. I hid going to inquire into a great possibility. lie is in a snug nest; let him stay there as long as he can.? Draw the curtain ; the farce is over." When the famous Count de Grammont was reported to he in extremity, the khig, Louis XIV., being told of his total want of religious feeling, wltich shocked him not si little, sent the Marquis de Dangeau to beg of him, for the credit of the court, to die like a good Christian. lie wsis scarcely able to speak, but, turning round to his countess, who had always been remarkable for her piety, he said with a smile. Countess take or Dangeau will filch from you the credit of niy conversion." Females should have but one given name, and when they marry should retain their maiden name as a middle name. This is the practice among the Society of Friends, and were it generally adopted it would have many advantages. We should know at once, on seeing a lady's name whether she was married or single, and if the former, what the name of her family was. And it is further to be considered that the adoption of this rule of but a single first name for girls, would put an end for ever to the whole brood of F.mmn Malvinna nnfl FiinJinmiii TTnlrtn T.onmc and a style of nomenclature which is thought by most persons to be ridiculous in the extreme. Fon Editors.?In the Court of Exchequer, Dublin,on the 11th May, an action was brought by Mr. Charles Rousselle, a performer of feats of strength, agaiust the proprietor of the Saunders' Newsletter, fpr neglecting to insert an adver. tisement challenging another artiste to a trial of strength. Damages were laid at ?100. They jury returned a verdict for the defendant, with costs, holding that the editor of a newspaper has a right to exclude any matter he pleases. ?#< _ Grain in thk West.?A letter from Bureau couuty, Illinois, says that all the warehouses along the railroads are full of grain, and many thousands of bushels are piled up in* bags along the side of the track. Long trains of care groan u'hder the weight of grain with wjiich they are loaded. The farmers nlead with th? hnvam Fnr I more bags, arid the buyers with the railroad for more cars. All the farmers have planted from one to thirty acres .more than last year, and alb now lboks well for a heavy crop. mt-i. :Xr^ The Holj* Sisters. The Paris correspondence of a London paper relates the following interesting occurrence: 'Much interest has been excited by the departure from Paris of a sac-ed band of the holy sisters of Saint Vincent de Paulo to join the tioops in the Ej^L Amongst them were one or two of those ladies of the late court of Louis T>t.:i;nrv& xlmin man roaolvpri to on tort he order A WIIIV III AWYW VWV. . - - us victims of atonement for the blood shed at the Uarricre de Fontainbleau. One of these ladies, Mdlle. de R , is still young and beautiful, and .many among the idle crowd assembled to witness the departure of the littlf troop could remember when she shone amongst the gayest and most brilliant of her father's guests, a very star of grace and beauty, admired and courted by the whole world of fashion?holding influence over the circle in which she moved by the power of her * ii _: 1 _ K wit, as slie now does Dy ncr noiy example. u is said that with prophetic eye she had beheld for some time the approach of the great catastrophe which swallowed up court and dynasty in one hopeless ruin. The exertions of Mdlle. do R , now become Saeur'Ste Bathildc having been mostly direct to the improvement of the moral state of convicts, and there is scarcely a case ickwhich her influence has failed of success in reclaiming the most hardened culprit commit.1 L _l Tl,? A,aaa al.n lea 10 ner spiritual uiuugc. mc m j uiv?> wore, the woolen hood and serge petticoat, when ?he started on her errand of mercy, was woven by Pamard, the great house-breaker^ condemned to death in 1850 for the murder of an innkeeper at Cricl, near Poissy, and whose sentence was commuted to hard labor for life. There was no priest, no almoner, whose exhortations had any-effect upon Pamard. Pamard had read Diderot .and Voltaire until he had been inspired . ? .1 u -'..J ,i._* alike with contempt lor mis worm auu iujh is to come. lie lind no fear of death, and heard liis sentence without the slightest-emotion. He greeted the gentle sister with n..sneering courtesy worse that open hostility, and to her first appeal he answered firmly, 4It is in vain to speak to me in a name I deny?there is no God!'?'Na}', you cannot believe this, exclaimed the sister, rising with a sudden inspiration, for }*ou, criminal nud murderer, are here in this wretched cell condemned to die, and here I am kneeling beside you!' She sank U|>on her knees, and clasped his hands as she looked upwards in his face. The light shone upon her countenance, which Pamard has since declared seemed that of an angel sent from Heaven. lie hid his face for one moment and as he felt the soft pressure of her hand upon his brow, teaTs such as he had never shed before trickled down his hard and furrowed checks. Her gentle voice and strong persuasion destroyed in one night the arguments and doubts which a long life's 'study of philosophers had implanted in his mind, and the morning light shone in upon a repentant sinner propared to die, and r>r mnrov .of ilip handa of his Creator. .IV.,,...- .w, .~v. ... .... ... Tlie reprieve obtained in the meantime gave the sister t:me to pursue and complete her work. Pamard was despatched to Brest, where he has since remained, aud where by his history and example he is said to have done more good than nf miicinnoro nrincta Sfmt t.hltllfir llV tilt? uailll U? IIIM9IVIIWI J ?VM? WW ~J the Semieaire of St. Nicholas. He had written the story of the conversion. It is one of the mo?t noble records of the power of Christianity. Those acquaiuted with the history, felt no sur| prise at the burst of enthusiasm with which Saeeur Ste. Bathilde was greeted as she stepped upon the platform of the "railway when starting for Marseilles last Monday. ? The Law of Libkl.?In no point has the law been further removed from the boasted perfection of common sense than in all that rei-.* t- il?/v ) ?% * af 1!ka1 tto inaanolclinnv nn/] IUb&3 IU tlic llin VI 11W liiwr,.w>iu%v..vj ?.V* injustice in this respect has been exposed time after time, but they have been clung it to with a pertinacity that seemed to increase in proportion to the clearness with which their absurdity was exposed. Latterly, however, the dogma that "the greater the truth the greater the libel," has failed to be of universal acceptance, and liberal judges and intelligent, juries have proved that this musty legal feature was not impregnable. Another blow has rwentlv been struck at it by T-- 1 -? o .1. _< ?!../ \T JUUgO JOUSttV/rui Ul IIIQ HCI1 AVI a. wi.|n,.v. Conrt., who, in deciding a libel case against the New York Sun, laid down with gratifying distinctness a most important principle. lie said, thc'rule is that a party who justifies tlie publishing of a libel, by attempting to prove that what was published was true, must show that in its substance and meaning the facts were as an article states: and although every part of an articTe claimed to be libellous as a whole, is not proved to be true by the defence yet if what is inft tint of itself libellous, the defence is made MV? ; out. * * * * The law allows a man to publish anything of another?provided it is true?and it is complete defence that the article is true." Annihilating Time?The telegraph )inc which extends from VeraCruz to the city of Mexico and to Leon, is to bo further extended to the town of Manzanilla, a port on the Pacific side. Vera Cruz is only throe dayB from New Orleans, and Manzanilla but five days from San Francisco, and thus the time from city to city, will be reduced to eight days. By the telegraphic communication between New Orleans and the Eastern eities, San Francisco will be brought within eight days' communication with nearly all the principals cities of ihe United States. In a few months then.we shall realize the advantage of a telegraph' to the Pacific. Bishop Ondecdonk, who is allowed a salary of $2,500, instead of 6,000, which was his salary before his suspension, does not give bis receipt in full, but on account, when payments are made. In the meantime, if he has a right to the whole former salary, the debt is constantly increasing and he or his heirs may bring a suit " * U mifk I n f nrA?af aw mw W ICW*Cl lWy null iuw Demanding Indemnity.?The London News, under the hopes inspired by ihe news from the Crimen, ur&s the necessity of imposing sharp terras upon the Court of 8t Petersburg- "Russia." says that journal, "must be made to gbre an indemnity, to defray all the expenses of the war. The Czar does not yet see the matter in the same light as tho NcW^ .. | A Novel Wooiug. It was on the return of Mr. F., a lecturer on Phrenology, to the city of, B., that one {burning, Harry G. entered his study, and after some desultory conversation, commenced looking over some phrenological charts, that were arranged oeiore mm. v> uue tuus engaged, uc noticed one of the Head of Miss Emily B., of C., co piously marked. He examined it, and became much interested, as it described a person of an original mind, and superior character. As he laid it aside, Mr. F. said : "The person there described I met during my absence, and she possessed a mind so well bnllanced, that I took a chart of her head. 1 consider her quite a model of female worth. She possesses all the qualities for a good wife and mother.' Now, Harry was a young man of fine intellectual powers, which had been improved by culture, but he was decidedly odd., lie had a i spice ot romance in ins disposition, and was a firm believer in Phrenology. He depended on that science mainly to give him an insight into the character of her who he should choose as a partner for life. The lady iu question seemed to possess all those qualifications which he bad been so long seeking for; and a most novel idea entered his mind. He determined to write to lier, and state his ideas upon the subject of matrimony ; acquaint her with the circumstances of seeing the chart of her head, and request a correspondence with the view, that if it resulted in the mutual satisfaction of both parties, they should meet; and if they could love, should marry.? He acted accord in or I v. and reouested of Mr. F. ovl --? l -( " # - i a note to tlie lady, stating the sincerity of his motive*, and the respectability of his character; which he enclosed in his letter, and forwarded, lie waited for a week in a state of feverish anxiety ; but at length an answer came, and the lady granted his request. The letter breathed the spirit of modesty and good sense. The lady stipulated for six months' correspondence, after which they were to meet. ** From this time, they wrote regularly, upon various topics; but the personal appearance of each was never once the subject of allusion.? liarry's high opinion of Ins fair correspondent was enhanced upon the reception of every letter, until he become thoroughly in love with his incognita; and he began most earnestly to long for the expiration of his probation. It was with a beating heart that he took his sent in one of the cars of the railroad which was to convey him to the city of C., where his fair inamorato resided. Now the question was to he solved, could she Iai'a i Ho iu.io nnt linnrlcnmn in Mm nnm. IU?C AJJIIJ I XXXJ IMIO uub iiUiiVi^vuiV} ???V WM* mon acceptation of the word, yet he had an intelligent countenance, a dark expressive eye, and a good figure ; but he forgot all his advantages of person or station, in his anxiety to create a good impression. lie never once asked if she were beautiful; for he felt if she was not positively ugly, he could love. After alighting at a station, and a walk of a few 'minutes he fonqd himself before a small but beautiful cottage, which bore marks of taste and refinement in its occupants. He knocked, and it seemed to him that his heart knocked full as loudly against his breast as his knuckles knocked, against the door. When the door was opened, our lover-hero was greeted with an unexpected sight of a diminutive crooked form, a pair of spectacles, and red hair, which were the principal feature in the tout ensemble of Lis fair receiver. Now, red hair was Henry's aversion.? The lady, for such she evidently appeared, conducted him into a pretty parlor, where music and books showed the taste of the fair owner. After a short scrutiny, Harry turned to the odd little figure beside him and requested to see Miss B. 4 She is before you,' said his companion. He was thunderstruck, and stood gazing at her wiihout motion, but at length collected his scattered wits, and tried to commence a conversation 4 under difficulties.' He introduced" himself as her unknown correspondent, and explained that be had come to make ? personal acquaintance. Siie answered him with mode ty and good scnie, telling him that their intercourse must be on the teims of friendship, until they became more intimately known to each other. They conversed long and pleasantly, and, he soou found himself admiring her voice, which was soft and sweet; and before he left, hey winning manner had so charmed him, that he had quite forgotten her red hair and spectacles.? Thus their intercourse continued for a week, at the expiration of which time lie made her an offer of his heart and hand. She hesitated ere she replied, hut smilingly asked,4 have you so far Overcome your aversion to red hair and a crooked form as to wish to mike 1 me your wife V , Ho replied that he loved her, and cared not , what was the color of her hair, so long as she would consent to be his. An answer was prom- , ised to be given on the following morning. As early as .propriety would admit, on .the next morning, our friend Harry again sought , his beloved, but was greatly surprised to be re- | ceived by one so like, and yet so unlike her to , whom he had boon paying his court. There she , stood with a sweet smile on her lips, and a laughing light in her hazel eyes, without those JiotinwniolinJ >na*1/a nf nniMnn find first uidiiuguiaiivvi uinino vi ^viwvm ??attracted his notice. He. almost doubted his , senses, until she spoke in her clear swfeet tones, when he sprang forward and seizing her hand, '< begged her to explain the mystery. r - j She smiled as she said, 'you must forgive | ray ruse, Harry; you said personal beauty had no weight with you, and I wished to prove you. i You see me now in ray proper shape auTl per- . son. Can you love me as well as -when I wore | specs and a red wig?" v( He could answer only, by gazing .admiringly | iinnn rrrnnoAil lift la firmro ?n ilalimtd vat an I U|/VII IIVI giuwiu* 44%VIV II^W vy l#V VtVUVIII V| J vw uw spirited, and those soft brown curia shading her face, eloquent with sweetness. . v v i Horry was of course enchanted. The sequel ] may be guessed? Harry is a firm believer in < Phrenology. , " ^ ' _ 1 "The Uses of Adversiti'.''?;A physician, i in large practice was asked . by 'a stranger, a. < fewdavs since, if New York was henlthv. He I replied, "Unusually so; the eitmvngant cost of 3 pgmsions has checked the deposition for over- < feeding, from which, ordinarily, Ke derive.most I , of our practice" ;-? j* , -W... ... ' The Democratic Position oufttt Slavery t|aeslioli." r An article under the above caption^ appear* in a late number of the Washington Union,. There is a disquisition of some, length prefixed, ? upon the difference of the North and South V. regard to the abstract question of slavery Thj, <. North and South differ on the abstract question"; therefore, says the Union, the Deiuocrntie party should have nothing to do with the question. of slavery, should lay.it aside. and unite on such principles and "measures as the North and South can agree upon. This looks like pulling party success fur ward "as the first consideration, and leaving principles in the background. It looks like saying let us unite our parly fWt, and get the victory, and then wo will consider of priu? UIJHUO* . f / ^ The Union needs not to be told that, all that it says concerning abstract opinons is qmjte "be? side the true question mere v?in word*. What does the South care for the abstract opinions of the North? It is only the putting those opinions into practice that concerns the South. The Uuion cannot prop up the Natio'nal Democratic party and make it to De relied on by the Sooth, oy putting forth such abstractions. What tjie South wishes to know is, what will your party do, what measures will it sustain on practical" _ mi 4 _ . /?. 1 ' a . * .?w quusuuDs 11 win noi oesatisnea, or ougnt not to bo with vague generalities, with insane andV ambiguous declarations, that may be made to mean anything or nothing. The Union quotes from the fast Baltimore Platform the Resolutions upon this subject. These resolutions avoid, carefully avoid, any definite ground, in regard to the great practical Siuestion that has so deeply agitated tlie countryor several years, viz: the question .of the power of Congress over slavery in the territories. The question was smothered up in unmeaning generalities. The object was the success of the party, and to this eve ry thing else was sacrifice ed. 1' It is to be hoped that Soutl Carolina, as taretofore will have nothing to do with Baltimore uonvcnuons. un otncj states, it tney ctioose continue to countenance these self-constitutional bodies of politicians whose object is power, for the hands of them. It is these conventions and caucuses that have tnado allegiance to party stronger than allegiance to country, that have divided the Southern people against themselves, and prevented their concert and union in self-d^ fence against the free-soil and abolition schemes of the North.?Newberry Mirror. * ' . *V . . . f Sevastopol and the Weatuer.?A French' chemist, M. Lo Magut, has started the tlieoty that the cannonade at Sebastapol has a great effect on the weather. In an article which- he publishes on the subject, on the 5th of May, he savs; * - ''Tho whole course of nature is affected by. this cannonade. The, residue of the combustion of the powder is dispersed in the air by the wind to q distance of more than one thousand leagues and afterwards falls in rain or snow. It has changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere air by causing a greater quantity of azoto and carbon to enter into it. It maintains the sky in a constantly cloudy state, as was the case last year during the bombardment of Silistria it causes rain to fall in abundance, it produces violent storms of wind and extreme cold, and considerable lowers the temperature of the atmosphere, and consequently makes the barometer rise. The weather, which had become much milder for a week duriog the temporary suspension of the bombardment of Spbaslopol yesterday morning (Saturday lajt) underwent a comDlete chancre. The barometer, which had been falling, suddenly checked its downward progress and began to rise; heavy rain,' accompanied by a violeut gale of wjnd, commenced at daybreak. Thi9 complete change in the weather leads to the idea that the cannonade recommenced with violence on that day, or that there has been some new affair." Important Mission to Florida.?We hudx the pleasure of an interview yesterday afternoon with Mr. Townsend Glover, an enthusiastic ar tist and naturalist of distinction, commissioned by the Patent Office to investigate the natural history of insects injurious and beneficial to crops in various sections of thoUnion. Mr. Gioverspent the greater portion of the last year in Carolina, Alabama, aud-tho interior of our own State, watching the habits and operations of insects known to cotton and rice planters. His observations are of the most minute and accurate character, made wttli microscope in hand, and cannot fail when published, as they soon will be, under the patronage of the Government, to contribute greatly to a most important branch of knowledge. They will be accompanied with. illustrations drawn with great accuracy, and engraved on stone, that the student or planter may see at a glance the history, nature and peculiar habits of the insect whose operations, perhajs, have long * been a mystery to him. Mr. Glover is now,on his way to Florida, wherewe bespeak for him that kind reception which his mission demands, and winch our neighbors t.f Lhe "Land of Flowers" know full well howjegi\e.--Savavnah Georgian. "All visiters to the United States,^ says an English paper," agree that there is, a great difference between the Boston und Newt. Fork ladies. The former are inclined to be attend anntomioal lectures and dissections? prefer a new theory-of geohigy or religion to a new fashion of dress or croohet'Woric. ^The New York ladies, on the contrary, have' no tendency to blue-stockingism, and quite dread the char, ncter, professing that there is nothing wortfi living for but halls and operas!. The fair denizens jf both cities, however, agree to drew as genteelIT7 oq nnssihip!" *> ' Thr-Clat Moxvmbst.?Eight sections of the iron columns lmve been placed in their proper position. The cap ofxhc column, and the iron stntueofMr. Clay, alone remains to be raised. [>n the coming 4th of Julv (less than a month from this the loonumcntwill be fully completed Aid will be' inaugurated with very intemting ceremonies. It is a notable and creditable fact that on the 4th of July, I860, rottsville will be the ohlycph^fe iu,tlievtJuited States powming.a. com plete monument to the memory of the jUt*triona deceased. - -v