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M ' >: / THE ABBEVILLE BANNER. W* TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, " The Union of Iho South, for the sake of the Union." PAYABLE IN ADVAKlf?* W- BY HENRY S. KERR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTII-CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1851. VOL. VIII NO. 4. Glorious Uncertainties of tbc Law. Tho most litigious fellow I ever knew, i : c was a Welchman, named Bones. lie liad " got possession, by some means or other, of ^ bit of waste ground behind a public house, VJr- wn Hog wash street. Adjoining this hind vjtff jj^vas a yard, belonging to the parish of St. I*' Jeremiah, which the Parish Trustees wero fencing in witli a wall. Bones alleged that A one corner of their wall was advanced about ten inchcs on his ground, and as they declined to move it back, ho kicked down the brickwork befor.t the mortar was dry. The Trustees, having satisfied themselves that hey were not only within their own bouny, but that they left Bones some feet of ?tno parish, land to boot, built up the wall again. Bones kicked it Sown Again. The Trustees put it up a third time, under the protection of a policeman. The inexorable ;n ?f..i e <i.:? *>viiva iu o|'iw VI viic aniui UICOCIIU; Ul IU? functionary, not only kicked down the wall * again, but kicked tue bricklayers into tbo bargain. This was too much, and Bones w*? marched off to Guildhall, for assailing the bricklayers. The magistrate rather pooli," poohed the cainplaiut, but bound over Bones , j. to keep the peace. The causa belli, the wall, was re-edified a foruth time; but when | . the Trustees re-visited tho placo next morning, it was again in ruins ! Awhile they were in consultation upon this hist insult, tliey were politely waited i upon by an Attorney's clerk, wbo served > ; them all with M writs in an action of trcsp&sa, at the suit of Bones, for encroaching on his land. Thus war was declared about a dirty picce of land, littcrally not so big as a door step, and the fee-simple of which f Would uot sell for a shilling. The Trustees, however, thought they ought not to give up him nguw oi icq par.3n to tiio obstinacy of flTperverse fellow, like Bones, and resolved i to indict Bones for assaulting the workmen. Accordingly, the action and indictment went on togother. The action was tried first, and as the evidence clearly showed the Trustees had kept within their own bounda ry, they got tho virdict. Bonos moved for . uaew. .that, failed. The Trustees now / dkf d into the Exchequer Court, and tied it up nearly two years, and in the meantime he forced them, nolens volens, to try the indictment. When the trial camc on. the Judcre sstid. that as the whole question had been decidied in the action, there was 110 occasion foi any further proceeding, and therefore the defendant had better been acquitted, ?nd so kS- ' m?l?e a'* end of it Accordingly, Bones . was acquitted; and the very next thing * ^'sBones did, was to sue the Trustees in a new H iljbdbD, for maliciously instituting tlie indict\ mcnt against him, without reasonable cause ! The action went on to trial, and it being > I proved that one of the Trustees had been . overheard to say that they would punish liim, this wr) taken as evidence of malice, h nnA * - -e * - . gui, ? vuruicb ui loriy snuiings % damages, besides all the costs. Elated with *4';:?: ? li^ victory, Bones pushed ou his old action *n Exchequer Chamber to a hearing, : but, the Court affirmed the judgment a*; gainst him, without hearing the Trustees' counsel. The Trustees wero now sick of y the very name of Bones, which had become Er a sort of bugbear, so that if a friend met a ! Trustee in the street, he would be greeted A with an inquiry of the health of Iub friend, I . Mr. Bone?. They would then havo gladly let the whole matter drop into oblivion, but S3;. Jupiter and Bones had determined other; wise; for the indomitable Bones brought a g; writ of error in thtf House of Lords, on th? S judgment of the Exchequer Chamber. The unhappy Trustees had caught a Tarter, mid follow him into the llou?e of Lords they Wiut. Accordingly, after another year or two's delay, the case came on' in the Lords. 9,y Their Lordships pronounced it tlio most trumpery writ of error they had ever seen, J .. and again affirmed the judgment, with, costs, and found that they had spent not less than five hundred pounds in defending their claim to a bit of ground that was not of the value of an old shoe. But, then, Bones was condemned to pay the cost. True; so they issued an Execution against Bones ; caught htm, after some trouble, and locked him up in jail. The next week. Bone* rmtitinne/l the Insolvent Court, got out of prison, and on examination of schedule, his effects )>eared to be ?0 0s Od! ,&,y ? Bones had, in fact, been fighting the Trus?teea on credit for the Inst three 3'ears, for his own attorney was put down as a creditor to n large amount which was the ouly satisfaction tho Trustees obtained for pursuing y his schedule. They were now obliged to r linye recourse to the Parish funds to pay f law ex^etace and were consoling iimpwiaya who uie reflection that these djd^taot come out of their own jwcfceta, V ' wlteu tjiev received the usual notification tti&s .Mlln Chancery had been filed against jB Nv fcJjepV at.Mr. Bones's suit, to overhaul th^ir with the Pariah, and p< event misHation of the Parish money to the pay. Hcf their law costs! This was the cli; myself a deciple of Coke, I ja^H notliing further of it, being unwilling "" < perhaps as unqualified, to fojlow the twflfl KlP'jiie fnbyrinthic vaults of the Court The catastrophe if this were i U*? ^ortoe. ^ Ll^JfimtrFwiWlP f iT^JM^M^^Mj^MIMnMjllwIPfc. flf JftTOOTcUflffJO n|HH^^^^HPH^|HH^HHpHnPldR^ iKEi ^ bemhhhmhhmhhmhhbh^ [From the Wilmington Journal, -ltli innt.] An Aching Void in " Memory's" Waste. 41 The Cut may look at the King," and even editors are sometimes so fur honored as to catch a glimpse of the celebrated humhugs of the age; and occasionally, though not often, to l>e slightly " taken iu and done for by them." Our friend of the Commercial, hi his Tuesday's issue, pathetically narrates the manner in which a ccrtaln professor of memory, named Mr. Tbeophilus Nixon, who delivered lectures here some time since on the science of "Menomonics," got into him about a feet for advertising and printing, for which he forgot to pay?a strange omission in the case of a professor of memory. Our friend of the VVarrenton News also dilated on the great honor he enjoyed by riding in the Cars on the lialuigh and Gaston Itoad with Madame Anna liishop, the chevalier Bochsa, and auother singing fellow, whose name we forget Bfct the Wnrranton man's luck did not end here; for lie actually lind the painful pleasure of getting the south-east corner of his left big toe smashed, mashed and chawed up by the rocker of Madume's chair. Happy Warrentoniaii! Bochsn he describes as most transcendency and sublimely ugly?and lie is. Ar for the other singing fellow, he growled and swore in bad English, until tho passengers forced liim to keep silence under pain of being put out. It would seem that this amiable party got into a squabble, all around at Fuyetteville, hist week, and would not sing. Unhappy Favcttevillians ! Oruol Anna ! Unfeeling Boclisa! Unrelenting 'toth cr swearing fellow !?But juRt ob?u>rv? the painful impression it makes upon the Caro li(iini). The sorrow and anguish which oppress the sensitive heart of cur romantic^ friend Bayne, find vent in the following strains of woe.?Hear him and weep! Got in a Pet for $5.?The celebrated and brilliant Madame Anna Bishop, and the no less highly accomplished (?) accompaniment placer, Monsieur Bocbsa, arrived here on Thursday List, and did not givo a grand concert as they advertised. It appears that tlieir serene highness could Mttiay to TbqffatojW they, ted to pay for ono! Clever 'inm^rnvwaft[4t; it,) they swore like the Oriliy in Flanders, and refused to vouchsafe a single note of bar- j mony, notwithstanding they had taken in a | nuiiiuti <ji notes ironi uie citizens tor tickets. It is said when they told Monscignor, Hans Von Busliaw that ho would huvo to pay teu dollars, he foamed at the mouth and swore by his mustaches that he would not be imposed uj>on in that way, particularly in a little Yankee country town, when he was from the European cities, and from the great city of New York ! Plioo ! lie was not to Iwj imjwscd upon. Five dollars was some in his estimation, lie said that in Raleigh the man promised to charge him nothing, or a mere trifle, for the room, and afterwards charged him forty dollars. It is outrageous that they should be charged for a room to sing iti! We hope Col. Brown did not charge them for board ! "What we consider the cream of the affair, is, mat the town hns saved alwut $200, just because the musicians wouldn't pay $5. We did think that there was gallantry enough about here to duck, or at loast to give a Calathumpian serenade to such unpardonable petulance and arrogance. Not the least amusing part of the business was the long faces and 44 Oh my's" of the ladies, and the s of the gentlemen ; the former that had sj>?nt two hours at the toilet, and the latter that had soiled their white vests and stretched their new kids, just to be disappointed. Fever And Cancer Cured?Great Discovehikb.?The Scientific American says:?The city of New Orleans has become not a little celebrated for two important discoveries made in it within a few years, by two eminent physicians,?ono is Dr. Gilbert. 1 whose tame is now widely extended, as the successful curer oftliat hitherto impregnable and terrible disease, "Cancer." The other is l)r. Seat, who has cured some of our most eminent men, in nfew days, of fever. We have read in the New Orleans Delta, and have seen the moet respectable testimonials of the cures effected by Dr. Gilbert, in his hospital, Povdras-street, New Orleans. Dr. Seat visited our office last week, on his way to Europe to dispose of his important discovery to foreign governments. The discovery is a medicine which never fails to cure the most invetorate case of fever in a few days. Such disoovcries confcr untold blessings upon the human family. The good man contributes to the well' fare of others, not alone by positive act and instruction, but his life resembles a fruit-bearing shado tree, by which each passer-by finds shelter and refreshment, which disinterestedly and even involuntarily scatters happy germcs upon the surrounding soil, whereby it produces what is like and similar itself. Died in Charleston on the 7th ulL, in the 45thyear of his nge, Rohert H. Niciiolls, Rector of the Female School at this place.. Mr. N*. wfui a worthy member of the Baptist Church ;t>elongcd to the Oriler of Odjl Fellows, and was also a. member of Washington Division, No,7,oftho Sons of Temperance. ITa u'flft o na^itrh /v# is" V ' %' "' ?J ^ ' ?l^vVu,.\ , ;v \ Jy-. . t . ;*V'K' ; ' The Graves of those we Love. UV WASHINGTON IUV1NU. Tho grave is the ordeal of true affection. It is there ihe divine soul manifests its superiority to llie instiuetive impulse of mere animal attachment. The latter must be continually refreshed and kept ulive by the presence of its object, but the love that is seated in the soul can live on long remembrance. The mere inclinations of sense, languishing and declining with the charm that excites them, turn with shuddering and disgust from the dismal precincts of the | tomb; but it is thence that truly spiritu al affection rises purified from every sensual desire, and returns, like a holy flame to illumine and sanctify the heart of the survivor. The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to bo divorced. Every other wound wo seek to heal?every other affliction we forget; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open?tbe afflictions we cherish and brood over in solitude. Where is the mother who would williugly forget the infant that perished like a blossom from her arms, though every recollection is a pang ? Where is the daughter who would willingly forget the most tender of parents, though to remember, bo but to lament? Who, oven in the hour of agony, 11 / -1 AJ _ * * ' ' wuuiu lorgei uio menu over wiiicli lie mourns! Who, when tho tomb is closing u]k>u the remains of her he most loved, when bo feels bis heart, as it were, crushed in the closing of its portal, would accept of consolation that must bo brought by forgetful ness. No; tlio lovo which survives the tomb is one of the nublest attributes of tho soul. If it has woes, it likewise has its delights, n.? .>M??MMidielminy burst of grief is calmed into the gentle tear of reootiee-tion; wbon the sudden anguish and the convulsive agony is over, tho present ruins of ^11 that we most loved, is softened away into pensive meditations on all that it was in tiio days of its loveliness?who would root out such a sorrow from the heart ? Tlioogh it may sometimes throw u passing ,pv?r the bright hour of gaity, or the -boar of gtootB^yat?t?oivo*l4i?efc*t|pe:ii?reutoribe we tljhmm o&lktbmt <rfjrevihy #?Wo5F tfyr&ws sac* ?'w?4ho *t|&? uPjprn dt* -?ni limiw to vhlrti ire tatw ??on Aioat JhtoabanttaC thi living. Oh, tho gravo!?tho grave ! Ittmrifes every error?covets every defect? extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom springs none but fond regret and tender recollection. Who can look d4wn upon the gravo of an enemy, and not feel a compunctivo throb, that he had Vven warred with the poor handful of earth that lies moidcring before him. Tilit llm rrrttfa rxf ? ? ' 1 ?* ? ...v giM*v Vk mu.n; rtV3 IUVUU Wllill, a place of meditation ! There it is that wo call up in long review the whole history of virtue and gentleness, and the thousand endowments lavished njion us almost unheeded in the daily intercourse of intimacy ; there it is that the tenderness of tho parting scene, the bed of death ! with all its stifled griefs, its noiseless attendance, its mute, watchful :issiduities, tho last testimonials of of expiring love! the feeble, fluttering, thrill ing?oil! how thrilling?pressure of the hand! the last fond look of tho gazing e)-e, turning upon us even from the threshold of existence ! the faint faltering accents, struggling in death to give one nioro assurance of aflection. Ay, go to the grave of buried love and meditate! There settle tho account with thy conscience for every past benefit unre? ?? ? * * * ^m.ku, vtvij* jhioi/ uuueariueiii unregarded, of tlmt departed being who can never?never return to bo soothed by the contrition. If thou art a child, and hast ever added a sorrow to the soul, or furrow to tho silver brow of an affectionate parent; if thou art a husband, and boat ever caused the fond bosom, that has ventured its whole happiness in thy arms, to doubt one moment of thy kfndness or thy truth ; if thou art a friend, and hast ever wronged in thought or word, or deed, the spirit that generously contided in tliee?if thou art a lover, and host ever given ono unmerited pang to that truo heart which now lies cold and still beneath thy feet, then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentcel action, will coma thronging back upon mo memory, anu Knocking aololully at tliy soul, then bo suro that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repenting on the grave, and utter the unheard groan, and pour the unavailing tear?more deep, more bitter, because unheard and unavailing. Then weave the chaplet of flowers, and strow the beauties of nature about tho grave, console thy broken spirit, if thou canst, with those tender yet fertile tributes of regret, and take warning by the bitterness of this, by contrite affliction over the dead, and henceforth be more faithful arid affectionate in the discharge of thy duties to the living. A Roland for as Ouvrtu?When General Oglethorpe, (hen a youth of tifteen, ww serving under Prince Eugene^ a prince of Wirtemberg, who sat at tabic, took a glass of wine and tillippedsomeof it into Oglethorpe's face. Oglethoipe, on willing to bo thought hnBty nnd irascible, waited his opportunity, and then said, "Prince, that wq*? good joke; but we do it much better in England," and threw a whole glflsa in the prince's faoo. . i. )? -'??? ?T-*- u > * A Njcw feTAT?v-^-The Now York Express say?:?"There are movements now making in this part of the State of New York* to wards creating a new -State of this city, Kings county, Queens county, BuflWk* Ki^Okoiiid^ " "rt<" [From llio Edgefield Advertiser.] Fki-it Iln.t., March 20, 1851. Mr. Editor :?Will you l>o kind enough to publish a statistical sketch a little further, in relation to the Census matters of Edgeficld District. First, wo have over two thousand farms, each of which, produces to the annual value of one hundred dollars and upwards; many f il. - - ? oi mem amounting io very large sums? and'very many more of small farms, owned l?y merchants, mechanics, and poor persons and lieginners, all of which were excluded by the act providing tor taking the 7th census. Then, we have one hundred and ninetyeight, establishments of productive industry, all of which produce to the annual value of five hundred dollars and upwards?ninny of them having large amounts of capital, and paying handsome profits upon the capital , and labor employed. We also, have a great! many small establishments, worked by men whose interests and time are divided between their farming and mechanical pursuits, viz: they, or m:my of them, have small farms, and when they lay by their crops, they repair wagons, carts, buggies, <fec. Some own a small farm, and do two or three hundred dollars worth of blacksmith's work for their neighbors. Others have small turning establishments for making spinning-wheels and chairs; the same may be said of shoe-makers, tanners, tub-mills, ?fcc., all of which are excluded, because they do not raise annual ly by such pursuits, to the value of five hundred dollars. There is a fact in relation to the production of our lands, which, though it may seem strange, yet, is nevertheless true. They | are cut down and apparently exhausted, presenting a quite unpromising and worn-out condition, yet the crops upon the same farms "are i\rf?V?*y .aiid the yield greater to the land, than they were when I took the Census. And further, it was ex?A,Jinjr- I iy gratifying to find the citizens generally so well and so permanently settled, not only having tine forms rendering an abundant yield, but their finely improved and richly furniihcd dwellings. Above all, I was not o.iih; dI^jscU, but really surprised to find so little disposition id our people, to rw*>v?U> to We tW<3?M*>a-<*M Mked, -Wta* fctbe mO. Mk#A value *f yoar l?*to f ^m tuhter w* thfe**fh?, '"T I have not thought over the subject, as I did not desire or intend to sell." It was inore troublesome to get an answer on that than most other questions. The diversified interests that have sprung up amongst us in relation to new modes of agriculture, and in the various mfchanical i jiuicuiin, not oiuy gives additional employ-1, | ment to our people, but it seems to n.e bus aroused, aud given a lively euergy to tVieir I < movements. There is an exceedingly large amount of Mercantile intercuts in this District, viz: in Hamburg, Edgefield, Granitevillo, Vaucluse and Liberty Ilill, and also, large and handsomely furnished establishments almost in every section of the District. There are about twelve hundred and fifty chihlrcn receiving instruction at literary institutions. About four thousand seven hundred dollars of the cxjtenscs arc paid by appropriations, donations aud various funds; the balance of about fourteen thousand dollars is from private sources. AVe have in this District, thirty-one Baptist Churches, nearly all of which have large congregations, tho general deportment of which, is altunrftlior t?rni??wr?rfliw n??.l o ; i j w""""1 08 becomes u christian poople. Wo have twenty-three Methodist Churches, and though their congregations are not at all times very large, yet it is exceedingly pleasant to nny one to see the happy greet- < ings and the good feelings that prevails amongst them. Wo have four Lutheran Churches, and i though their number is small, yet ns a connection, it is not inferior to nny for honesty aud uprightness; for strict piety and unflinching confidence upon the mercy and i ! goodness of God. | Wo have but two Episcopal Churches in this District, with respectable congregations. Their meetings are impressive?solemnity and good order prevails during service. ( Respectfully, l Assistant M. E. D. i j The Jt"doer.?The Pendleton Messenger , ?Hy? ; - wo are imormcd oy Uol. liayne, | in his late 'pronuneiamcnto* to tho Southern , Patriot, that seven of the Judges of the State , arc oppoaed to separate State action. This , is not at nil unexpected to us and by no means ( surprising. Wo havegrent respect for those , gentlemen, and much confidenco in their ( opinions in tlieir legitimate suhere of notion, ( but they aro tho last men that wo would, , select to IiojmI a revolution; they are too much accustomed to rely 011 precedents, j and look too much to "tlio authorities," to bo proper leaders on such an occasion. Tlieir minds ure used to construe existing laws, and not to originate bold measures for J the deliverance of an oppressed people. A, 1 bench of Judges never would havo advised ' n : eti.-* i-i-?i ' - < uic Iiuuniii^ Ul mu u:n uvvrouwu 111 OOSIOI1 ' which commenced the revpfulioc that gave 1 liberty to our country; nor 'will the Judaea < now npprovo of any bold measure, which ' strikes for the eopfeHtation and our right*." 1 ^ ? < CrtoiCK ov Tn?A AW Tot k)ir?8.?lie 1 that is choice of htAtiitiewill also be choice < of his company and ehofce of tit* Actions. ' Idleness in the burial of ft living man.? 1 Jeremy Taylor. ! u ?' - " I A A Touching Incidknt.?I went one night to see .a comedy. The chief actor was a favorite, and the theatre, a small provincial one was very crowded. Tho curtain drew up, mid amidst a burst of applause, the hero of tlie picture made his appearance. He had hardly uttered twenty words when it struck 1110 that something strange was the matter with him. The play was a boisterous comedy of the old school, and required considerable spirit and vivacity in the actors to sustain it properly, but in this man there was none; lie walked and talked like a person in a dream ; his best joints lie passed over without appearing to |>erceive them; and altogether he appeared quite unfit for the part. His smile wits ghastly, his laugh hollow and unnatural; and frequently ho would stop suddenly in his sj>eech and let his eye wander vacantly over the audience. Even when, in his character of a silly husband he h:id to sutler himself to ncked about the stage by the young rake ol the comedy, and afterwards to behold that careless individual making love to his wife, and eating his supper, while he was shut up in a closet from whence he could not emerge, his contortions of ludicrous wrath, which had never before ailed to c?ill down plenty of applause, were now such dismal attempts to portray the passion, that hisses were audible in various parts of tho theatre. j.ne auuicnce were tairiy out ot temper; J niul several inquisitive individuals were par ticular in their enquiries as to the extent of potations ho had indulged in that evening. A storm of sibilation and abuse now fell round the cars of the devoted actor; and not content with verbal insult, orange-peel and apples flew upon the stage. He stopped and turned to the shouting crowd, i never saw such misery in a human countenance. HU fitco was worn and. haggard, and a large tear rolled down his painted checks. I saw his lips quivering with ??? 1.^. I saw In a iiutuin of suppressed emotion, andJhgj&ffi*- .1 betokened such depth of A^^sli and distress, that the mostruthless)i?&.-musthave throbbed with pity. The audience was moved ; and by degrees the clamor of invective subdued into a solemn silence, while he stood near the footlights, m witura p? dejection ? Wl*n' Wcriii, ESi^ii-'.vo^ brt*?n Ik fcilt'lfetl life fio. sort, proceeded to o*for bk little n,r4< tr** Tn?:r ^?t: j;?ftr- * {: '..* in my ncting^o^nlgt^T ahi cons^o^^ meriting your displeasure, in one thing you do me wrong. I am not intoxicated. Emotion alone, and tliatof the most painful kind, lias caused me to fulGl my allotted part so badly?my wife died a few hours ago, and I left her side to fulfil my unavoidable engagement here. If I hare not pleased you, I implore you to forgive. I loved her, grieved for her, ojvI if \,ui??y ami anguish can excuse a fnult I bear my apology?here!" He placed his hand upon Iiis heart and stopped, and a burst of tears relieved his momentary paroxysm of grief. The audience were thoroughly affected, and an honest burst of sympathy made tho walls tremble: Women wept loudly, and strong men silently : lind rltirinor llift rnm.iin/ln. ?I.A - J -J '"o viuuiuuui VI Mio evening his performance was scarcely audible, through tho storm of applause by which the crowd sought to soothe the poor fellow's wounded feelings. Thero was something very melancholy in tho thought of that wretched man's coming from tho bed of death to don gay attire, and utter studied witicisms for the amusement of a crowd.? Not one of them dreamed of the anguish that lay festering under the painted cheek and tho stage smile. And i n the great theatre of life how many aro there around us like that poor actor, smiling gaily at the multitude while at Itome lies some mystery of sorrow whose shadow is ever present with them in busy places, and in solitude revels ujiuu uieir ncitrus iirb a gnosi among me tombs! A (rood Anecdote.?The following is Raid to have occurred at Now Orleans, during the invasion of that quarter by tho British: After the battle of the 23d December, 1814, in which both armies received nearly the samo injury, a subaltern British officer was sent to the American line with a flag uf truce. Being detained a little, he began toconverso with a corporal in our service, respecting the probable issue of events there, lie stated "it was folly for the Americans to resist any longer, as they must eventually bo beaten?that the troops opposed to Uiein were the flower of the British army, who had repeatedly vanquished the best veterans on Lhe continent of Europe, and were commandfwl Ktr TParttinnlioni ?>?*? ? ? T ?^VI v* J nvnviiMmil) *A/?U A IVWII^ JJUIU Cochran, Kord Kean, and many others of J10 ablest generals in Europe. To iliis the jorporal replied indignantly; **On our side we have the Lord God Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ, mid tho Hero Andrew Jackson, ind ril be d??d if we don't whip you. . . ' > | ~ . . - i Pijnch'h IIouse-Protkctor.?The recent rruat increase of burglaries in the rural districts ha? suggested an invention to Mr. l*onch for tl?e protection of life and property Tom housebreakers, which l|e Iiereby gvrie onsly communicates to tl?o public. Tli4" letails of thd coiitrivnhce life very simple.' brings and wires are laid down in the premises, hs In "setting Rprinpj-guns. : Jknjj jnd'of these, on helmr touflhrn. ?r weight, which, in fhlRng.erptodei a detonating bell, Ignite# n blao light, Mti going kn tUrm beft, <?pen? ? henne^ *tid let* loort' my given ntpnber of large dogs, truiiiedfo told fet witbonl Whg>i4i?iwe*j f'UJri - <"VJtft4 Ifpfc -Xc-. ' ^ ' %h Natural History ok thk Sabuath.-? The following just view of the Sabbath, in its adaptation to the condition and wants of man, are from the North Hritish Review?a periodical which stands pre eminent among works of the kind?and we command tbern to the careful consideration of everyone who would regard the laws of this mental and physical organization. Aside from the iiatnra! period allotted to us for rest, growing out of the succession of day and night, man, as well as animals of inferioi kinds, evidently requires seasons of longer duration for the rest and renovutioo of his mental and bodily powers. Whatever may be his |?owerof endurance, he is incapable of sustaining continued action of any considerable duration without becoming fatigued and exhausted. This is what every one knows from experience; and hence may see the necessity of some stated period for relaxation from toil, and fur the recovery of liis enfeebled energies. The Sabbath supplies this want; and in its adaptation to our condition, as clearly shown by experience, it is reasonable to conclude that the Creator of nian is "Lord also of the SablHitli." The Creator has given us a natural restorative?sleep; and a moral restorative?Sabhath keeping; and it is ruin to dispense with either. Under the pressure of high excitement, individuals have passed weeks together with little sleep or none; but when the process is long continued, the over driven powers rebel, and fever, delirium and death coine on; nor can the natural amount be systematically curtailed, without corresponding mischief. The Sabbath does not arrivo like sleep. The day of rest does not steal l:i.? ,i._ ? -I ? I T? J? VI *51 un IIIIO ilic liOui Ui it "WS not entrance ub almost wliether we will or not; but addressing us as intelligent beings, n??- ^-iitor assures us that we need it, antt * --n and court its reno " .4?1U><., .... nf tlie \ going in the face kindness, we force ourselves to work all days alike, it is not long till we pay the forfeit. The mental worker?tlie man of business or the man of letters?finds his ideas beaming torpid and slow; the equipoise of nor by a plastic and tuneful touc^mou'ld dead matter, or wield mecluuinc power; but mingling liis life's blwd in his daily drudgery, bis lock*> are prematurely gray, his genial humours sour, and slaving it till be bas become a morose of reckless man, for an extra etfort or any blink of balmy feeling, be must stand indebted to opium or alcohol. The Literature or Distinguished Men of Soutii Carolina.?South Carolina liai been distinguished, throughout the whole period of its history, bv some of the moot striking and brilliant characteristics that ever belonged to a nation. Fonnded in part, by the best blood of France, the Huguenots, who ntranpd frnm flm *K-* _-* ?uv |/VMn.vuwuu UJdt lujiuueu. the revocation oftho edict of Nantes she lias afforded ninny brilliant examples of successful achievements in arts, in letters, in statesmanship, and in arms. Bringing with them from France, as the?arly settlers did, tlie spirit of heroism which seems to be inherent' in tlie French character; a love of personal' independence, for which no nation was ever more distinguished than the Huguenots; a spirit of liberty and of aristocracy, (that aristocracy which is natural to heroic aud splendid nations}?these qualities were infused into the body of tlie people; and long before the American revolution, many noblo examEIe? of lofty character wero exhibited in the istory of the State. It was, however, at the period of tlie American revolution, that the attention of the world f...i i ???i- *? * noo liuiciiuu p?mcuNirijr lijxjii uie pari SIlQ played. South Carolina was the field of one of the fiercest and best fought struggles of that bloody era. We neod scarcely allude to what took place there, for the events are engraved so deeply on the pillars of the republic, that they can never be blotted out. They are fresh In the recollections of the present generation, for they have served to embellish the brightest pag#-s of our history. Sumter, Marion, Moultrie,* and boat of others, are names which'will never die. It is singular to see what a list of name* that have become illustrious in the various departments of life, can be arrayed in the history of South Carolina. But to come h> vw won iniHiugwu) iime#; we recall will) great vividness, the moment our eye turns in that direction, Hayne, WcDttffie, Calhoun, llamiuond, and others, illwtiiott in eloquence, in legislation aad statesmanship. We remember i horuas tirink^ Hugh S. Legare, aud others of the like stamp. And particularly, in literary aspects, have *9t tuueh causo for admiration; for the conlfik^, tions t;hat hnve been made by the 8oqtfc OnrolinianH to the litcruture of this country havo exceeded that of any other, ami, wa h$ almost said, nil the SoKHbem StaUa. Thn speech^ of Mr. Cslhofln fill *Ye as Jang, ns (he English' language . *-*!*** TMf ** , modelf oTpnrs, ^v^ch^^ ^lo^uejMa,, asmvHf&mSSk * ! H? wha k*oWi the Wort* 4?*>4 Wfeo ' i ?iiff?i - .mi< Sn Bt jmmm T.? nv wqviwvw ? Li?y ?v?H nm ^ ^^ ^ "? ' laK ^ 'fifi