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THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL. VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MOtgHNG, OCTOBER 16, 1855. NUMBER 42.. Srlfftri JJoftrij. | From Sartairis Magazine. OUR BABY. BY riKEDE CARET. XVhen the morning, half in shadow, Ran along the kjUand meadow, And with milk-White fingers parted I Crimson roses, golden hearted: Opening over ruins hoary 1 y:tj purple morning-glory, An outshaking from the bushes Singing larks and pleasant thrushes; That's the time our little baby, Strayed frm Paradise it may be, Camo with eyes like heaven above her, 0, we could not ehoose but lovo her I Not enough of earth for sinning, Always gentle, always winning, Never needing our reproving, Ever lively, ever loving; Starry eyes and sunset tresses, White arms, made for light caresses, Lips, that knew no word of doubting, Often kissing, never pouting; Beauty even in completeness, Overfull of childish sweetness; * That's the way our little baby, Far too pure for earth, it may be, Seemed to us, who while about her Deemed we could not do without her, Whon the mortiinor. half in shadow. "* ? ?? CI I Kan a'ong the bill and meadow, And with milk white fingers parted Crimson roses, golden hearted; Open over ruins hoary Kvery purple morning glory, And outshaking from the bushes Singing larks and pleasant thrushes; That's the time our little baby, Pining here for heaven it may be, Turning from our bitter weeping, Closed her eyes as when sleeping, And her white hands on her bnsom Folded like a summer blossom. Now the litter she doth lie on, Strewed with roses, bear to Zion; Go. as past a pleasant meadow Through the valley cf the shadow; Take her softly, holy angels. Past the ranks of God's evangels; Ta?t tlio ?nints and inartyri holy To tho Earth-Born, meek and lowly, We would have our precious blossom Softly laid in Jesus' bosom. jllistfllonrnus. The Presbyterian ChurchWe find the following in the Spartanburg Express from which it has been extensively extracted in the newspapers. The vindication which it contains must he entirely satislactiory I to every candid and unbiassed mind, and the insertion of it is but an act of justice to one or the leading denominations i?? our land, a de nominatteui remarkable for its intelligence, for its uniform love of free goverment, (eminently displayed in the American Revolution.) and. at the same time, for it? total exemption from impertinent interference with party po itic<. We have beard it often observed and we think ju?t ly, that such a thing as Presbyterians uniting as a body, in party elections baa never been 'known in this country. I hey confine themselves; as a church, to their appropriate province of matters spiritual. Why, then should they be arraigned before the public? When they are thus arraigned, the following article hows how able they are. by a fair exhibition of facts to defend themselves. The calm and dispassionate tone of Mr liatro * remains is admirable: The Politicians and the Clinrclies. Te "heap your dust on quick and dead." suakspcark. Hon. L. M. Keitt, Orangeburg, S. C. Sir: The maintenance of t lie cause of truth and righteousness frequently imposes on men unpleasant duties. The application of this fact to the case before me I will now state: In comomon with thousands of delighted citizens, I had the pleasure of listening to the addresses delivered at the Complimentary dinner given recently in this village to tJol. Orr, the worthy Representative of this Congrssional District: When, that day, I took the position J of hearing nothing could liavd been farther from my mind than the duty which now devolves upon me?that of calling your attention, and that of the public, to certain statements made in your speech- Had you confined yourself to politics proper; or, as an episode had vou been content with the humane act of interring decently the remains of the supposed defunct Know Nothing organization, you never should have heard from me. With matters of that sorti have nothing to do. In the language,' - - .li ? co? i ?> i ; however, ot the "aeainiess onaitspeure ?uuu i I quote,from him as a compliment to yourself j and your honored compeers, tor I noticed that i several ofyou drew largely frorp his rjch treps- ! pres?in Ins language,! gay, ye ''heap your ! jlust on quick and dead." In other words, your statement respecting the Presbvteiian and the episcopal Churches as regarded their alleged ^connection with abolitionism, although wholly without intention on your, part to do them jnjustice qrjnjqry, ponsignetj tfyeir no\v strong Shd compact organizations tq a speedy djssyju 1101) II IIUI O" imaiiivus {?K?"C. You will not understand me to de?y either the right or the propriety ofieferring publicly to the Church in any of its aspects conditions or bearinnga even in political speeches, It was j your right. The Church also plants herself I boldly before the world and invites?ar.d chal- I lengcs?investigation of her character her con- ! dition and her works. What I regret is that you had not informed yourself more fully of r..??D in relation to the Churches of which M'V IflVIO ?ff V,..., _ you spoke. AncJ what I cprnplain of is that your statements, uncorrected, plqca those Churches jii a false H??ht before the world and thus ?j" them great ihjusfice and injury. ' Irt'support of your argument in favor of 3 Soofbefn organization, you pronounced (he ' of (|io population nor*, of tb.e slavery limits, with the rarest exceptions, "thoroughly and hopelessly nbolitionized!" stated that their conversation their teachings, their hooks and their nursery lullabies, were all deeply imbued with these excerable senlimeats that in consequence of this state of things division had taken place years ago, in the Methodist and Baptist Churches, Unit (lie Presbyterian and the Episcopal Churches were in a slate of deep agitation, were indeed on the very eve of division, and that division was inevitable! Now while I freely admit that the fanatical element in that region is large, that portions of it are so far gone that no reasonable hope can be entertained respecting them; and while I agree with you that their spirit and course of action arehighly censurabe, I dissent wholly from your inferences as to what must be the " ' * If inevitiibi result of their fanatical course ;auu i protest agaiimt the occupancy, on the part of the above named Churches, of tho position in which your statement would plcace them. You spread out before you hearers those loathsome masses, and represent them as abounding equally in all the churches. But the Baptist and Methodist Churches, years ago, cut loose from their portion of those contaminating hordes and of course have ever since stood forth before the world purged, commendable and glorious while the Presbyterian and Episcopal Uhurchca are still in the odious contact?still fraternizing or striving to do with those on whom politicians not always very fastidious in their moral tastes spit only venom, and from whose touah their purer spirits instinctively recoil ! This; sir, is the position in which you have placed us ! Now in relation to those divided Churches, I say blessing on them in their deed! They chose their own course?had a perfect right I to do so?acted no di-ubt from conscientious [ motives?pursued the only course which, as they supposed, could he taken. We took a different course ; and 1 shall show reached the same it'not a more desirable result. As ragards also the Episcopal Church, I have in the above mentioned respect, nothing to say.- Its proper defenders will guard its honor. Hut as a minister of the Presbyterian Church located also on the ground upon which you spoke, and in the midst of the Community before which your statements were made, I consider it incumbent on me ?due also to yourself?to state the facts as they are respecting said Church, and thus afford you an opportunity of placing yourself right with this 1 community, and also before tbe Church at large in the South. As long ago as 1837 the Presbyterian Church commenced it6 reform and made its division ?not by a sectional line, but in relation to doctrines and cliurch order?separating at one time a I ante portion cf that loose, floating fanatical element to which you have referred. Since that period our duty as regards that mat ter has been evsy, and generally pleasant. Here and there a few obstreperous spirits for a time remained. Most of these have since gone off?some in one direction, sonic in another ?thinking themselves holier than we. Others tt little fractions, have under conservative influences, been restrained. Thus has the process of reform gone on until now?ny, nnd for years past?we have, as a Church, been wholly fre>- from agitation on mat snnjeci, not ouiy in I he meetings ol our General Assembly, but, sc far ns i know, in all the subordinate judicatories! The tires within have died out for i wantotcombustible material; and all attempt* to introduce firebrands from without have so signally failed, that agitators have abandoned the hopeless task. There were two points to which \ou gave great prominence in your speech. 1st The imminent danger, nay, the certain ruin to Southern minorities, whenever Northern majorities obtained the sway. 2d. The utter impos. sibility of Southern men holding any sort of fraternal intercourse with men on the other side of the line! Well, I do not know what you politicians may find possible or impossible; but your Atuteiueiits have led me to look narrowly into this matter as I wished to he prepared to meet ths danger should there beany, and cut off also all intercourse, should it be found at once hypocritical and dishonorable. But on turning the historic pages, I find, 1st. That so far as the Presbyterian Church is concerned, We at the South have from the first been in the minority 2d. It appears from the Minutes of the General Assembly that of our present Synods? thirty in all ?only twelve are in the slave States, and one other is divided by the line. Of the one hundred and forty-eight Presbyteries, only fifty-eight belong to the South! Moderators of the Assembly have the appoint ing ot most of the committees?consequently they have great power over all the business transactions. There have been sixty-seven meetings of the General Assembly, and each has had its own Moderator. But of these sixtyseven Moderators, only eighteen have been from the South! All this looks very alarming in view of your recent picture! But yet it is also true. 3d. That instead of being overrun and driven out of the church ?they of the North having more than double our strength ?S'.e have, with lb* aid of good men and true <>n the other side of the line, turned out the fanatics! As reg.irtjs fraternal intercourse, I need only .u . r_?. .i.?? ? n. 1 \ 1.1.. IlieilllUll ujc lllii|? UUI wontitU .I^aaciuui* is the cummon bond of union among ail the churches. It covers the broad area of the United States and the territories. The dele gatiqi) is in proportion to the number and the strength of the Presbyteries. There may, then in Ally Assembly be twice as many members from the North as from the South. The meet. r.i ..?? i.^i.i ] lllgi Ul Wic i?#ac?in?ij ??io uciu ^ ituuuv io^^cu j to iatude. In 1859 it met in Charleston; and nevor, probably, was there a more harmonious and perfectly delighted company of men found on the earth, Dr. John C. Lord, of Buffalo? I oi e of our strongest defenders against rabid ! fanaticism?in the chair, as Moderator. I mingled much among the members of that Assembly and I know that their expressions of fraternal regard for their brethrn of the South and their grateful feelings for the warmth of their reception in that Southern emporium, were most cordial and profound?and that, not ftnly while they were in the South: for J saw pf tny excJmdge papers?for I was then editor of the Southern Presbyterian?a large number of letters published by the members of that Assembly, in the Northern and Western papers after their return home strongly expressive of the same noble sentiments. Even to this day also, there is a familiar and pleasing correspondence kept up between many of .! till tlioip frinlliU In* vvliitlll lb??V uiubc iiiviihm-io hum vuvm iiivi.mv ....w... ...v were entertained in that city. Since that the Assembly has mot in Philadelphia, in Buffalo and Nashville in all of which places there have been the same harmony of action end the same cordialty of social inter course. I was myself a member of the Assembly which met in Philadelphia in 1853. There were many delegates from the South and I deny that any discrimination was made against Southern men in that Assembly. I am persuaded also that no members of the Assembly from any other part of the country were more cordially received, more respectfully treated, or more kindly entertained by the citizens, than were those from the South. The same, I have been told was the case at Buffalo. A member of the Assembly which recently met in Nashville ha- related to me the Mowing incident, which occui red in that body, in direct conflict with )nur statements: An over zealous delegute from one of the Congressional Associations down Kast being admitted to ihe floor as a corresponding member, so lar forgot his whereabouts as to undertake to lecture Southern members upon their "sins and duties!' Instantly a dozen or more Northern members sprang to their feet, each eager to cast the first stone at him. And among them, they gave him very much such a ''letting down" n$ the old innu did to the young intruder whom lie found robbing his orchard. '*&lo.?t handsomely and ably," says my informant "were the South cru members defended by their Northern brethren, without the necessity of a Southern mail saving a word?sncli men as Dr. Boardmen of Philadelphia, Dr. Durnont of Newport, and Dr. Rice of St. Louis, taking the lead in the defence!" Instead, then, of its being true that we of the South are in danger of being overpowered, and driven out by these avalanches of abolition, of which you sjioke in so earnest admonition, the fact is w? have put them where they deserved to l?e? on the outside, while we remain secure within; have swept them from our whole arena and there they will be compelled to stay?not a fragment of that disturbing element left to annoy. In stead of ceaseless and intolerable dissiMi.-ions as you stated?wc have perfect peace! Instead of impending and inevitable division, no such tiling is even in the distance contemplated. Indeed we have nothing about whicii either to contend or divide! Sueli are briefly the facts in relation to agitation, frater nizatioli and the prospects of division. But there are other facts. The principal religious newspaper of our denomination is published in Philadelphia?a large and ably conducted paper called the 'Presbyterian." 'I hat paper is liovT on tho 25th year of its age. It circulates throughout the United States. It is one of the most conservative and reliable papers in the world. I have never yet seen in it an "infected"' article, nor one in any other way, offensive to the South. We have aUo a book publishing establMiment, called the Board of Publication. The members of that Board are elected from year to year by tlie whole General Assembly. The majority of the members are always Northern men. Our Publi>hing House is also in Philadelphia?within that vast region whence you have supposed nothing " clean" could ever issue. The publications of that Board amount now to about five hundred different works.? Large and repeated editions of many of them have been for several years scattered all over our country. They embrace a vast variety of subjects, and are adapted to persons of all classes, characters and conditions?tracts, chi I - dren's books, and "nursery lullabies" forming no inconsiderable portion of their issues ! And yet, sir, if you c:m point out a single paragraph in any one of them which directly or indirectly inculcates abolition sentiments, you can do what it is believed the whole South has thus far been unable to do ! Indeed, it was precisely 011 these grounds that the " Simon Pures" who now constitute the "Free Synod" of the West, left UsS. Our Assembly was firm as Gibraltar against their seductions and assaults; and they could pour none of their lava streams through any of the presses of either the Assembly or the Synods. They left; and f?>r the " ieformatiou" of the rest of mankind, they aro now doing their own publishing. With little if any qualification, I believe that tiie same may be said of the millions of books published by the American Sunday School Union, the Anieiican Tract Society, and the Episcopal Church?ay, and of their newspapers and children's papers also, which linvo an immense circulation. And yet all these are published North of the line. Indeed, nearly all our books, of every kind, come from the Morth. Large, then as is the mass of rabid, fanatical publications, vastly greater is the strength, ai d incomparably more numerous are the works of those millions who have not bowed the knee to the modern Baal. Nor do I agree with you that in regard to any of these matters is there anything portentous cf n worse state of things in the future. So far as the Old School General Assembly is concerned, the South may have the fullest confidence in its future character and action. For not only are its spirits and its principles thoroughly conservative; but it is all powerful, as tegaids ability to keep out or suppress fanaticism or error of whatever kind or under whatever name. And 8<? determined have its members been that agiIntinti mi VftVttH niiil fruit l/wa cnhitwfa wh/mM hn ????*" ? ? excluded, that they have in several instances broken off all correspondence with prominent foreign bodies with which they formerly held intercourse, on accouut of their attempts to cast firebrands among our churches, or distract our ecclesiastical councils. The New School Presbyterian Churcli, a large and respectable body of christians, is also, from year to year, becoming stronger and more united. Their approach is 6teadily toward the position which Ufa /tPPiinv Ita mivtnru of iin/win<runitil furnirrti " V VVV-|/^ .Minvuivwi iw.u.^l. elements is working off. TMr tpii(|enuy is to greater compactness and order. In their last General AssernWy theif qcdoq \yas decidedly conservative; and, so far as I know, satisfactory ! to their membership in the South. Even asj J regards that body tlieie is less probability uP | division than there was years ago. j No one. it seems to me, can douhl the con- { I servalivc spirit of the Episcopal. It is one of! ; the last bodies in which we should expect to ' find fanaticism of the rabid stripe of which you! spoke. "Order" and 4 unity' have ever heen i i their boast. And so far as I can learn, no di- j vision on the sniijoct ut' slavery has Ik en an- ! tieipatcd, or is likely ever to oceur. Hut those ' several bodies, taken collectively, con>titnte n! ' well oidered conservative phalanx of prodigious! I strength. And they are actuated l?v a spirit j I wliicli will neither Hag in duty, t:nr suffer itself I to l?e overborne. Thus ?ir; have I, as in duty bound, laid the facts respecting these several points briefly be fore yot|; nod hoping that it will meet your approval I shall through the press present them ] to the Southern public. It is due to all parties concerned that this !>huuld be done. Facts and investigations arc what good men always desire. It a (lords me unfeigned pleasure to be able in these disjointed times to present so gratifying a picture. And I doubt not that yourself and all other true patriots will rejoico with us, whose battles have been (ought and won, and whose pence now is like the placid lake. You politicians know best what can he done in the political wot Id; hut until 1 shall be convinced to lite contrary, j I shall indulge the pleasing hope that you may J yet be able to adopt and carry out the prittci- j pleon which we have acted?insteadof dividing, hold on to your Constitction, and send out from under it those who plot its overthrow ! Very respectfully, &c., WASiinvnTnv rtvinn Spartanwro. S. C., Sept. J. Ifl0f>. From the Carolina fyarU'.n. Loiter from Col. Koilt. Messrs. Editors: In your issue of the 13th instant I noticed a letter addressed to mc by the Kov. Mr. Baird, to which you editorially invite attention. My disinclination to eeclesi aslicai controversy arises from my studios, taste and habit, and I cannot be induced into it; but I will relieve myself from an erroneous position, Imvever unintentionally placed in it. An inference legitimately dcduciblc from the letter is, that 1 charged the Presbyterian Church South with lukewnrmnes" or indifference upon tho subject of slavery. 1 < mpliatically disclaim any such inference or imputation. To put myself right, I will re-state my propositions, and adduce a particle of testimony. I said that we were upon tlio eve of uncoiljeetnrabl-j events. That a struggle of unequalled fury was swiftly approaching us, and that if tke ties of the lTniou came out of it nnrcnt, they were made of sterner stuff than the history of the past assured. That the bands . of the Union had resisted political agitation, j but could they withstand religious fury ? That I ..i? : i.?a r. II MUIIIH'IIIMIJI 11?I vj iiiitviK'kl 11 w?11 |r'iiviw?u mi ion to religious convictions, ami had infected the whole mind and heart of the North. That under its palsying touch some of the strongest cords which held the Union together had snapped, and that others were assailed, and, I believed, would give way. I said that the Methoi (list and Baptist Churches had divided upon I the slavery question ; that the agitation was ! il.a Pi-mKt'O.rimi nint Uriiscnnul Iiiiinn.iiig ml. .1. --J-. Churches; and I believed they too would he I rent in twain l?v it. I alluded to the Presbyterian Church, as to other churches, because I know that the No thern members of that particular church were not beyond the reach of Northern sentiment, fthich I said, and which I now believe, to be radically abnlitimiizcd ; and because I had a distinct impression that it had not been intact from agitation. This impression I had obtained from passing events, and from a grave and specific declaration of Mr. Calhoun. 1 have just referred to the speech of Mr. Calhoun which contains the declaration, and find it ample and conclusive to my vindication. Speaking of the effect of the abolition agitation upon the religious cords which aided* to hold the I'nion tru'otber. lie said: - D J ' The first of these cords which snapped under its explosive force (abolitionism) was that of the powerful Methodist Episcopal Church. The numerous and strong ties which held it together are all broke, and its unity gone. "The next cord that snapped was that of the Baptists, one of the largest and most respectable of the denominations. That of the Presbyterian is not entirely snapped, but some of its strands have given avnnjP This was uttered by Mr. Calhoun in Ids dying speech, in the Senate Chamber, on the -Itli March, 1850. In this, his last legacy to the country, who will charge him with perversion or careless statement, or want of information upon the slavery question ? I have the. In-nor to be, your obedient scr T.WVftFACF M IvFTTT I ? Oranceuurc C, II., Sept. 18, 1855. A Carolina Quef.n.?Frequent rumors have reached us of late, from over the waters, of the people of Naples towards their king, and into such disfavor with his subjects has he cottio that j there is a talk of dethroning him and replacing i the Mural (Napoleon) dynasty. In that event Lttcieu Murat will become the king of Naples, an-l will seat beside him his Princess, a fair daughter of the Sunny South! The Mercury says: The Princess Lucien Murat, who is allu ded tons the "Yankee Queen." is an American. She however comes not from Yankee Land, nor tiio Everglades of Florida, but from our own city of Charleston Should she become Queen of Naples we are assrred she would grace the position and command the same rospect and admiration which is now accorded her in Pans, as the Princess Mural." Think of that! genuine Southern girl i fiiAin (hn rlamAneiilin inflnAi?nfte e%(* Ka ^lia/ltr || villi WIIV lllljUCIlVW4 V'l IIIU OHflVJJ gide of tftng Street transplanted to a European throne! A South Carolina Queen, with the overpowering- witchery of hprown home-graces winning the loyal obedience of the master and \yenriug the faithful allegiance of the subjects of an Italian Kingdoipl Qlear the way for the Universal Yankee Nation.?but alas for oitr rii{\pso(iy ^vho of u$ js out of danger? Yorh'IH? Enquirer. Senator Butler's Lecture on Slavery, The following passcil between the llisto-i i c ..i..i c,.,...t,., ,ti. I JUipTdllV V??MlllltMVV IMIVI UVIIlin/l i/u>?wi \f | Carolina, previous to the one in wlikh he sent the points lie wished to discuss, a copy of which has a I ready .appeared in the. Intelligencer: Boston, July Mth, 185.").* Slit: Nearly two month's since I transmitted ; to you an imitation from eight of our citizens, b 'longing to all the political parties ??f the day to lecture in this city, January 3, 1850, upon slavery, leaving it to your judgment to determine the doctrines that you might promulgate. To that communication I have not yet received a reply. An intercommunication of idet:s between different sections of the country will be likely to d i much toward lessening the ignorance I hide to prevail in dilivrcnt localities, each concerning the oilier. Our citizens would he delighted to hoar your exposition of the political questions now agitating the country, and particularly their bearing upon that of slavery, which now seems to be supplanting the others in the public mind.? You are looked upon in no slight degree as the successor to Mr. Calhoun, and an expounder of those views which, for so long a series (ti years, lie elaborately presented to the public. Hoping soon to roeeive a favorable response I remain your obedient servant, j ' JAMES W. STONE, j | To lion. A. P. ClTLKR. Itrpi if of Senator 1} a tier. EooKFiF.T.n, S. C. July 21th, I800. Dear Sir: My delay in answering your let1 ter inviting me to be one of the lecturers from the South on slavery, has not arisen from indif| ferenco to the compliment implied in your > 1 communications. I have been quite unwell | : ami a good deal absent from home, and have 1 put asido many letters, to be answerd at leisure I Among others, yours written some months I ago, has been placed in that catalogue. ! The frank and very cordial tone of your letter : I a?.stire you, is fully appreciated, and I am i strongly tempted to go to Boston and deliver my views on slavery^ and doing so I think I may say that I would not offend the audience j that would likely lie assembled to hoar me.? Taste and historical propriety would be guarantees that I would be heard. This will he answered by my npphew. I: am not well enough to answer you f.illy now. But I think I may have a right to ask vou 1 | ! one question, ,11111 a.? ? ??I.-III.,VIIMIU uiiiiitMig ...... | acting tinder sanctions of your represent.!I live position, I am confident of a frank an1 swer. Could I do any good liy delivering a | lecture in Boston on slavery ? Yours, most respectfully. A. P. BU'ILRR. To Die. J. W. S'Xonb. i j Mr. Stone's lie ply to Mr. Butler. Boston, Augu-t 4, ISJio. J j Dear Sir; In your favor of the 2-ltli ill t. you ! make the inquiry, "Could I do any good by delivering a lecture in Boston on slavery V I answer unhesitatingly, yes. In part you 1 I..,? ? .i?ni i<i..l n?' mu vi.tua nn thi,j ! point from my communication of the Mtli tilt, j ! Much of value and interest can always he said ' on holh side? of every important question.? ! Your audience here, though on a rough esti- j ! mate, composed of one half ami slavery and re- j I mainder of inteliigciit conservatives, together ! with many whose opinions are in a measure ! 1 unsettled upon this subject, yet would necces-j I sarily he of those who have heard chiefly but : one side of the Question in full, viz., the anti slavery one. I will not conceal from you that 1 believe this side of tl.c q icstion to be the cor rcct one. Hut it seems to me that no one can , ever fail to bo benefitted by a thorough investigation of all sides on every important and living j controversy. Many here are not sufficiently familiar with the views which the inteliigenco of tho South takes of this topic, vital, from its influences, to all parts of the community. None better than you as a representative of that inteliigenco and more especially icprcsenting a commonwealth I exerting 110 slight degree of influence upon its | sister states can exhibit ??? us the true basis on | which the defence of slavery is founded To 1 such nil exposition your audience would eager! ly and respectfully listen disirous of gaining 1 information from every source, and especially ! I from one whose associations and facilities linvoj I enabled him to be thoroughly versed on the i I 0 " j subject. i I rejoice that yon have favorably, received j ; the invitation, and will endeavor to make your | i visit to Massachusetts a pleasant one. Ho so J , good as to favor by informing me of the par- . ' ticlar branch of the subject yon would propose ' to present. With an earnest desire that vour health may be reinstated, I remain your odediont servant, j ! Jam kg W. Stoxe. ! Hon. A. P. Butler. I ^ I j Dvisa fhom Emotion.?The father ??f Tucker 1 man the Boston defaulter, was well known as ' n gonad man, with a sinilo ami a pleasant word j for every one. Since llio news respecting nis son's swindling transaction was known, all joyful expression left liis face and his stolid features'his eyes fixed on vacancy, and his ghastly pallid color, all showed that deep grief had taken possession of him. Some ten days since, without any inaiked cause, ha died from shame? the viction of his son. There may have been no rupture of the cardiac organ, bat tho world recognises it as a broken heart. If the son is unmoved by the thoughts of the orphans anl ?' ?? wronnreiL will bo touched bv tbe WIUVM-7 m. . patricidal results of his wilful wrong-doing? The death of Mr. Hellioker, .1 well-known ' merchant, who resided 011 Monday, under very peciiliar circumstances. Ho was in perfectly , good health and had just returned from the country where he had left his wife, who was re covering from a recent illness. |Jc had but reached hoifle when a telegraphic massage was * -* < -- '-e .1 brought to lijlll announcing ins wires trenui. lie ^nuk i?t? U ch.qiron renting t!io sad news, said he felt very ill,and requested that a |ili)*si caq -should he sent fur, and died immediately. The influence of the body ever the mind i* mysterious, and its effects are startling. The above intar.ces are not untisal, but none the less note-worth v.?X. Y. Heal J, Sympathy Seeker*. By this torm we chose ta designate h class of jh-ixous who make a business of disclosing ihe long-.11 id doleful story of their misforltfhfw in the bu mess relation* of life, and in the yractico of social and moral \ irtin*s. It is :t uatnral characteristic of the human family to desire llio sympathy of otir follow creatures ; and many of the class to whom wj allude may lie so very tiucero ill the manifest:! lion of their desires in this respect that it would be unkind to speak discourteously concerning them. 13ut by far the larger portion, we fenr arc actuated oi.l v by a mot bid desire to l-c c?>usi tie red frank and open hearted ?among those who consider concealment n negative virtuo as though a tilent tongue concerning our own; private atfairs and internal conflicts were a posi tivo evil that needed a speedy correction. The ? ..t IJicaciiiU ??l nuv.11 |wj??c in "uiuiij uiAfV'ii" They are the must unmitigated bores, not easily shaken off. They care little whether you have the faculty of keeping secrets or not; if they Cf?r; only detain you as a listener they will unburden themselves of their mountain of sorrow and penitently look lor a cruntb of condolence. With all our hearty hatred of the Katuhil-mongers, we can but believe these wretched egotists sincerely desire aid to vivify them in order that they may bo considered greater objects of commiseration. But leaving this class of persons, with little hope of their amendment, we will conclude our article by offering a few words of advice to those who sincerely yet indiscreetly seek sympathy by unburthemng their troubles of sou I and body to nil. We have no desire to wound their sensibility, yet we must say that trust persons, except! it 1* n near and dear bosom friend consider them vexatious intruders upon their time and patienc* and that many, philosophers even, class thenn along with those whom <>ur Irish friends denour. inate "little innocents !" We ndviso tliem ;u all candor to be cheeiful and dignified?self-reliant and bravo even in the fiercest storm of adversity?always wearing an undaunted front that does not seein to oeg sympathy of any. Such a course woulJ not be the occasion of losing a true and generous frienJ, indeed it would gainninnv. v/hile at the same tinn. it, would be a protection against the insults of enemies. Let all such refrain Irom relating their crosses promiscuously, since few will be found to lend an interested ear to their recital?the best of one man's friend can always stand in one spot (f sunshine ;whiist on the other hand those bitter enemies? and they arc too often in swarms liku locusts?who envied them in prosperity will be ready to fall upon them, now that they are feeblo and crush them to the earth with the very int.. plements which their own openness supplied. Ay freo aft-ham' yer Biory tell, When wi' ycr bosoin crony, II... -.Ill I e/.n uuu mill auvji nuiiii'imu iu h'ui cv??j Ve scarcely tell to ony. Conceal yer' soil as weil a' ye can Fra' critical dis?se*tior, But keek thro' every ither man, Wi' eliarponccl, sly iti?jrction. S > said Burns, and po say wo. Spirit of tl<Jt Agt. ? (,'hkap and FxfELi.nsr Candlks,?The' following recipe 1 Iihvc tried twice, nnd find it' nil that it is cracked up to be. I have no doubt that it would have been worth more than to me if I had known it twenty years ago.Most farmers have a surplus of stale fat and' dirty grease, which can be made into good cutu dlus at a trifling expense. I kept both tallow and lard candles through the last summer, the lard candles standing lho heat best, and burning quite as well, nnd giving a9 good a light as the tallow oner. Directions for making good candles from lard:?For 12 lbs. of lard take 1 lb. of snlfpctre at d 1 lb. of alum; mix them and | ulveriz ? them : dissolve the sslrpetre and alum in a* gill of boiling water; pour the compound" into the lard before it is quite melted; stir the whole until it boils, skim ofTwhat riser; let it simmer until tho water is all boiled out, or till it ceases to throw off steam; poor off the lard as soon as it is done, and clean the boilec while it is hot. II tlio candies arc 10 ne ruii'n you may commence immediately, if to be dipped let thj lard cool fir>t to a cake, ial then treat it r.s you would tallow. Co're*i)on(lcncc Xcw England farmer' T?? Pkeskrvk Sweet Cohx.?Allow the fcer nel to assymc pulpy state; do not pluck toosouir then the kernel is watery, defer i??.t too long? it will be too hard and dry. When plucked ar. the right point of growth, boil on the ear till tit fur table, remove from the cob with a tables knife, and spread them on a sheet, in a good sunny exposure; ascalFold of clean bright board < is desirable; stir frequently for one or two day* keep from the dew or rain and when well-dried hanir up in bags in a dry place. It will be almo-t as good as when served up in the regular season if care is observed in dressing. It should stand in water over night, and be boiled gently until. soft nnd plump, n:ul served tip acoording to taste It is n palatable :n tide, exceedingly nutritious, and serves to enricli the table during thb*; months in which the good housewife is put to her wits' end to know that vegetable beyond tlio potato, shall adorn her table. American Aoricul(uriat,Srpt. 2d: . A Good Reasos.?A grand jury ignored ii bill against a huge negro for stealing chickens, and bebwe diseharg'ng liiin from custody, and Judge bade him stand reprimanded; he concluded as follows. t "You may go now, John; but (shaking his . finger at him) let me warn you never to apj?eur ?? IICIU John, with delight learning from h'w big white eve.<, :ind with :i brond grin, displaying a, row of beautiful ivory, replied: "I wouldn't bin dio time, Judge, only the. constable fotch tnel" ??_ Tiik Mayor of New Orleans has directed th? . e !...? tli? most riffiil i'OIICU UI llliU *'IVV iu riiivuc r, manner the law pawed at the last session of the Louisiana legislature prohibiting tbe<;n? rving <>f concealed weapon.^