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ABBEVILLE BANNER. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, " Liberty and ray native Soil." PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY F. W. SELLECK. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1853. VOL. X 7..NO.T. Tntl T1T"> T?Tnrf?T/-l I .. ? ? ... i /. .1 I ' 1 ' ' ... tlUJD fAUllXMU, Of every Description and in the bent stylo | EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE: < Kmlirucinjr suoli us . 1 BUSINESS CARDS, 11A M> 111 I.I.S, I11IV EI7.0, [ nKCKIITS, I POST^HB, " " 1 filLI. IIKADS, : IIOOKS, fAMI'IILKTR, ; SIUKKS. | III.ANK8 OK ALL KINDS. ( O'Tlie Proprietor of the Ahdkvili.k Ranxkr fissures hid friends and tin* pul?lic,thul llteirorders ^ for anything in I lie J<>!? Printing lino will lie exe- j . 'JIIUU 1(1 I III- UIM Ill'l llll?"l , illiu 111 un IUW I Ull O *?r? at any other establishment. POETUY. "The world is full of poetry. 'I'lio air Ib liviiw W"'1, '* spirit; and the waves J; ii 'o to "i . :c of its melodies, \iul - ? > brightness." i, ? Tear. Wher. shiporl.ovo f" Oir r.; ii. . en move, U 1. ; i lance should appear, Th? 11:.- . beguile \\ ,':ii a aiin|jic or smile, ' But tho test of uir.ctiousa'lVur. Too oft is u smile But the li|i|i<'crtt*8 wile, ' To mask detestation or fear; (Jive me the soft sigll, Whilst the soul-telling eve Is dimmed for u time with a Tear. ( Mild Charity's glow, I To us mortals In-low, t Shows the soul from barhaity clcar ; I Compassion will melt Where this virtue is felt, Ami its dew is dillused in u Tear. t Tlie man dilom'd to sail ( Win (ho la-tof tut: gale, 'lM-""'ii'li It How Atlau'i-: tostcer, ?. "?r tlio wave ?'VP* < ... t n 'l\ -I' I 'i .. |'j ( : .-II... . . i : , ' And ha... "a If with high-hounding [>nuc lie return to lii.s bride, Renouncing the gore-critnsonc'cl .spear, : All his toils an- r?-j?:iiri When, embracing the maid, ' From her eyelid ho kisses thy Tear. Sweet scene of iny youth ! Seal of Friendship and Truth. Where iov? chased ciicli faHt-fterting year, 1 Loth to leave thee, I mourned, ( Fur a luht look I turn'd. t Bui tlty spire wassuarce seen through a Tear, j Though my vows I can pour t To jny .Mary no more, ; My Mary to Love once so dear, , In the shade of her bowur 1 remember the hour She rewarded those vows with a Tear. By another powwst, . May she iive ever blest! Her nam still my heart must revere ! ^ With a nigh I resign 1 What I once thought was mine, t And forgive her deceit with a Teur c Ye friends of my heart, Iiro from you I depart, t This hope to my breast is most near : t If again we shall meet In this rural retreat, May wo meet, as we part, with a Tear. When my soul wings her flight j To (he regions of night, t And my course shall recline on its bier, As ye pass by tho tomb Where my ashes consume, I Oh! moisten their dust with a Tear. <. May no marble bestow The splendour of woe s Which the children of vanity rear: t No fiction of fume j Shall blazon my name, ( All I usk?all I wish?is a Tear. Bvron. _ t MISCELLANY. J Is an Abolitionist a Gentleman ? ' The New York Mirror, in an article 011 ' abolitionists, having used the sentence "We have yet to learn that an obolitionist is a gentleman," received next day the following 1 note: To the Editor of the Evening Mirror : ' Dear Sir : The above paragraph I cut ! - --from your paper of yesterday. It is either a sentiment believed by you or an unwar- ^ ranted slander upon a whole class of your fellow-citizens, induced by the sin, real or ! fancied, of one. If the former, your self respect would forbid your advertising for 1 ine. for I am an ''Abolitionist"?if the lat- * icr, my sen -respect loruius my advertising i? your paper. If then you prefer to let ! the rcinafk go uretractod, please make up f tlie bill of T. S. Berry <fc Co., to (late, for- < ward it for payment, and discontinue the ] advertisement. Respectfully, 1 T. S. Berry, 297 Broudway. 1 The Mirror jeplies as follows: As the above communication is addressed ' "to the editor of the Mirror," and not marked private, we taka it for granted that the ; writer desires the full benefit of a public 1 avowal of himself as an "Abolitionist."? 1 Instead of retracting the expression quoted 1 from the Mirror, we unhesitatingly re-assert 1 the fact that "we have yet to learn that an 1 Abolitionist can bo a gentleman." We 1 will confess, however, that our personal ac- ( nuaintance with Il1l>n nf tlmt. /1f>?r>rir?fir>n ?a ) very limited, and may liavo been unfortunate. We have not the honor of knowing ] Mr. Berry ; but on inqury at the publica- , tion office of the Mirror, learn that he is an , agent for the sale of Pianofortes, manufac- , tured in Boston by Messrs. Davis <fc Co. ( In order to draw sharply the lino- of distinction indicated by the remark at which , Mr. IJcrry feols his "self-respect" imitated ] it j./? - - ib 10 .uvvessury uj uenue me meaning ot tlio , "Abolitionist"?a term, in our understand- ] ingof the word, of the blackest reproach. < i What then is it to be an "abolitionist?" | ' It ia, in the first place, to be a traitor to the Constitution, which recognises slavery. It is to be a violator of the law enacted for \ the reclamation of fugitives from service. ] It i? to be an instigator to servile rebellion ] ?ii meaier oi negroes?a uisturner 01 iik peace?a promoter of bloodshed?:i des trover of the the Union of the Stales.? Abolitionism lends directly to all these ca amities ; and there is no escape from tin issue. Can the advocate of such a cause hi i gentleman. We think not. Still les: an he be a Christian. And what are the habits and maimers o he Abolitionists ? lload their journals isten to their speeches ; look at their speck ed conclaves, where Fred I>ouglas, Abbj [\ el lev. and Iloraee (J if civ nonr forth Liu 'oiliest.slanders upon (lie brightest name >f tlie nation: traducing alike the desk "athers of the Republic and the living de V n do is of 11 io Constitution. Are these li jellers of Washington, Webster, and Claj ?these revilcrs of tlio Government am xmteinners of law?worthy of the mum >f gentlemen ? We doubt even if Mr. Her y, agent of Roston pianofortes, would b< b illing to class himself in surli category.? [flie still insists upon claiming the name o Abolitionist," we can only say to him a larting, c/iucnn a son goal. Such black jerries are not exactly to our taste. Treatment of Slaves. We find in the Columbus (<ot.) Soil o 1... C >1. il._ .. - - . >* .nv .miiui, uu: report. 01 a conillllliec :ij) >oiiitC(l to examine the essays presented to lie premium offered by the Southern Cent a I Agricultural Society, for "The bes lecepUililc essay on the management am ivatment of slave*." The committee repor hat they have decided in favor of the cssa; ?f the; Kev. Thos.F.Scott, of Columbus,(la. is the best entitled to the premium. The; hen proceed with some remarks which w< ojiy, because we think they should ho wide v read, especially by the people of the lion . -i, .* Vng States, to many of whom w< i<ve hi to ...... 1 ho. l'icayunc is i ' i-'i. . !v y . ' 'hi ' 1* - * > >.. v. ' i.-i. t.V: :> ' >: .. ? . M..?* :. <{ ' ! :1*y- " '! ' : . till I !" *vi:i : ? * *: ?v ;. devoid ol ah ciai: t, as a incline of the condition of the . \ n the Southern States, is that foul eo? ion of a fanatic's brain,''Untie Tom's v. uo n."?X. O. l'ic. "The committee nii^ht hero close their re )ort, as their prescribed duty lias been dis . barged by the selection of that essay deem >d the best entitled to the premium, but tin >erusal of the numerous essays submitted t heir examination litis so forcibly suggested i few remarks to their minds, that the] vould ask for them tlie indulgence of 111 . ...... ? iui'iciy. They have boon struck by the fact tha ilthough those essays have been written lii tersons from at least three oftheSlave, Stale he system recommended for the manage neiiL ami treatment of that class, issubstan ially tlr'S same in nearly all of them. Tlii rircumstauce proves conclusively that it i >ne of general acceptance and praclie hroughoul an extensive and important por ion of the Southern States. The leading principles inculcated by thes vriters are: That the duty of master am ilave arc correlative; that while the mnste s entitled to the obedience and fairservic ?f the slave, lie is under obligation to th atter to provide for his religious and mom mprovemenf; that in enforcing a firm ?li.s ipline, it should Vie consistent. mild !in< :onsiderate; tliat there should he a strict ol icrvnncc of the principles of justice in al he relations between master and slave; Ilia ndustrv and good conduct should be en :ouragcd; the taste for innocent amusement gratified; and that ample provision shouh je made for the physical well being of th slave, of comfortable and not even crowde< louses, good clothing, abundant and nut itious food, and a kind care of the sick, th foung and f.he old. The author of these essays, while rceoni nending different means for the accomplish nent of these ends, generally concur in th oregoing principles, and in the opinion tha he pecuniary interests of the master ar jest consulted by a humane and libers .i ciiLiuuut ui uu; si.ivc. That such feelings should ho gen end 1; mtertained, and such principles inculcatei jy so many persons from so extended a tei itory, is certainly honorable to the South )rn character, and where they prevail th mister may well pride himself on a practic d philanthropy, which, while it places th slave in a condition of comfort and happinea jnjoyed by no other laboring population c he same grade of civilization, is preparing liiin by a safe and practicable education a rapidly as his present state will allow, fo ane of greater elevation and increased use fulness. The committee proudly adduced this fac is a refutation of the wanton calumnies tha ignorant missionaries and malevolent fan titics arc heaping on a generous people, wlic placed under circumstances of peculiar an< ajreat difficulty, are earnestly and manfull jeeking for a rational and safe solution c ane of the greatest problems that can oc mpy the anxious thoughts of the wise, th jood, and the patrotic. An Austrian artillery officcr is said t liave made such improvements in the man ufacturc of gun cotton that it can now b made available for all descriptions of fire firms. The Austrian Government liaspui jhased the patent right. A recent French discovery, is an articl which take the place of Gunpowdei u s ingreuienis are umonae ot Jt'otflsh l<er rocyanide of Potash and white sugar.? [t is more powerful in effect than Gunpow ier, although it is susceptible of explosia jy friction and violent ramming. -*? ? Qubkn Isabella, of Spain, has conferrei lpon the Empress Eugenie, of France, th Royal order of the Noble Ladies of Mari Louise. 7 ivientai naiiucmauun. to ftlNtfULAK INSTANCKS. j?jo There is an <>1<1 proverb tliat 'Fancy is as good lor a foul as physio,' ami believe the tju | saying might be carried further still; for ^ j there is such a thing as corporeal disease, s ; depending entirely upon (ho mind ; and j that with very wise men loo. The ell'ect of j- mental remedies we all know, even in very . ' severe and even muscular diseases. k,, ' I have known several instances of men- j*,.0 , tal remedies applied with success; to say ?jv nothing of having actually seen the incis dent displayed by uld lhmhury's caricature jca l of a rheumatic man enabled to iuinn over f:,,, * 1 ii high fence by tlio presence of ji inad l>ull jUr _ I I will give you ono instance of ii complete, wc . ' though temporary cure, performed upon a Wil i : young lady by what 1 can only consider , jc, , ! menial agency. One of the daughters of a 5ltt ^ I Ionian Catholic family, named V , ;ui( , ! a very beautiful and interesting girl, had en oc.a ! tirely lost the use of her limbs for nearly USt f . three years, and was obliged to be fed and (hi ^ i tended like a child, ller mind was acute and clear, however, and as that time the 1,0; ! celebrated j'riiicc llohenloc was performing *U| ! by his prayers, some cures which seemed |:li : miraculous, her father entered into corrcs- tra f; pondctice with liiiri, to see if anv thing n,si I ,.,.,.1.1 1? .1 iV? .1 - 1 - 1 . '""'I - 1? . j wur.; ue uuim; lur uic (lau^uict. 1110 uis* j tance of some thousand miles lay between |,j, . i the I'rinee and the patient; but lie tinder- uf t took to pray and say mass for her on a eer1 tain day, and at a certain hour, and directed |,a I ! that mass should also be celebrated in the j|t.| y j city where she resided, exactly at the same to\ : moment. As the longitude of the two S{., v j places was very different, a great deal of (j j fuss was made to ascertain the precise time. str j All this excited her imagination a good WJ, . I deal, and at the hour appointed the whole he B family went to mass, leaving her alono and -m 'i j in bed. <.>11 their return they found Mi<s j nu 3 | V , who tbr years had not boon able tin "''V hand or foot, up, dressed, and in the th< : . v-?- the time she was per- (}| r; -1 , . .. i that she on ! ;i 'ii?-iin; d< - :>< t . r J. li ?*li* Kl i-'-'H:, 5!i I nj I the yea. . ' 1 V.-Ji!. V... V *.<: i .. | vere ijuartan fever. I a ! ;ir - i t ! nU'llRt'lv ludivonn iltn t\n??nv?.ei?to ' . physician conspired with my friends to per- tor e suade inc I was quite cured. They went so Dc J far as without my knowing it, to put for- coi [ ward .1 .striking clock that wua on who man sol ^ tie piece, and when the hour struck, at which the fit usually seized me, without any th appearance of its return, they congratula- an I ted me 011 my recovery, and actually left me. iai f Nevertheless, at the real hour, the fevei for s seized me again, and shook ine nearly to aU . nieces. Neither is that mental medicine of . sometimes fails ; hut it sometimes operates he s in a most unexpected ami disastrous man- it s ner; especially when applied to mental dis- sat e ease ; and I rather inclined to believe, that act .. corporeal malady may often be best treated pi; l>V llieiltlll IMOillK llintlt-ll molnilu lxr *. t j j ii.umuj KJJ Wl- J\ I c poreal means. bei J A friend of my youth, poor Mr. S , 11:1 r lost his only son, in a very lamentable man- th< e ner. lie had but two children : this son tor c and a daughter. Both were exceedingly sot il hadsoinc, full of talent and kindly affections; wci i- and the two young people were most strong- sut I ly attached to each other. Suddenly, the w'. i- health of young S was perceived to chi II decline, lie became grave?pale?sad? ,n< t emaciated. His parents took the alarm.? bu - l'hysicians were sent for. No corporeal dis- hk s ease of any kind could be discovered. The stT 1 doctors declared privately that thero must He e be something on his mind, as it is called, cx< J and his father with the utmost kindness and tin tenderness, besought him toconfido in him, e assuring him that if anything within the jra reach of fortune or influence could give' i'1 i- him relief, his wishes should be uecoinplishi od, whatever they might be. bel e 'You can do nothing for me, my dear fa- cul 1 tlicr,' replied the young man, sadly : 'but eas ? you deserve all my confidence, and I will an not withhold it. That which is destrnvinrr ac< J " 0 ?A? me is want of rest. Every night, about an P liour after I lie down, a figure dressed in ^ white, very like the figure of my dear sister, w] glides into the room, and seats itself on the tin side of iny bed, where it remains all niglft. jts 0 If I am asleep at the time of its coming, u|, I am sure to wake, and I remain awake all jjj e night with my eyes fixed upon it. 1 believe f,.0 * it to be a delusion } but 1 cannot banish it; jrif and the moment it appears Iain completely s]/; ? under its iniluence. This is what is killing 0f( s me.' sc< r The father reasoned with him, and took <j0 every means that could be devised either by friends or physicians, to dispel this sad plian- jy t t 'luT' TliAir . *1- 1 1? - V.W,. gi..s |>ui?ra , tucjr out uji Ulll'j on 1 they clianged the scene ; hut it was all in gn vain. The figure still returned ; atul the |1G ' young man became more and more feeble. 0f ^ He was evidently dying; and as a last re- fio y source to a trick to produce a strong effect w) '' upon his mind. The plan arranged was to fts] dress herself in white, as he had represen- ru] c ted the figure to bo dressed, and about the u|] hour lie mentioned, to steal into liis room c],j 0 and seat himself 011 the other side of tho f?e _ bed, opposite to tlic position which the a c c phaintoin of his imagination usually occu- ;nj pied, while the paronts remained near the kn, .. door to hear the result. She undertook tho c|e task timidly ; but executed it well. Steal- wo c ing in with noiseless tread, she approached wj, her brother's bedside, and by the faint moon- or <. light, saw his eyes fixed with unnatural- t,Wl _ staro upon vacancy, but directed to the oth- nn, .. er side. She seated herself without making tb< ? tho least nni??- ?n#1 wnitn/1 <-> "?? :f u ? ? " ?WM wr ovu U 1IO Otl would turn his eyes towards lier. lie did not stir, in the least, however: but lay as if 1 petrified by the sight his fancy presented. sa\ e At length she ma-^e a slight movement to ho e call his attention, and her garments rustled. bo< Instantly the young man turned his oyer. ba< j V - JnH uie icit, gnzwt at liei*?looked to the lit?gazed at hor again; and then <>ximed, almost with a shriek,'(Jood (?od ; :re are two of tlicin !" He said no nu>re. His sister darted up to n. The father and mother ran in with hts; but the effect had been fatal, lie was ne. Nor is this the only case in which I have own the most detrimental results occur in persons attempting indiscreetly to act (.Hi the minds of the sick while in a very bio state. Once indeed, the whole mc?jI men?and they were among the most nous ot their time in the world?belongj to one of the chief hospitals ofKdinburg, re at fault in a similar manner. The case s this: A poor woman of Lcith had mard a sailor, to whom she was very fondly ached. They had one or two children, il were in by no means good circumstan. The man went to sea, in pursuit of his jal avocation!?, and at the end of two or ee months intelligence was received in itli of the loss of tlie vessel with all on ;ird. Left in penury, with n<> means of spoiling her children hut her own hard ior, the poor woman, who was very atctive in appearance, was persuaded to irry a man eonsideahly older than herf, but in very tolerable circumstances. l?y n she had one child-, and in the summer the year 1789, she was sitting on the >ad, oj?en way, called Leith walk, with a l>y on her lap. Suddenly, she beheld r first husband walk up the street directly vard her. Tlie man recognised her in-.1 1 < ? ' - mi v, Hjtproaciicu, :m? i spoice to lier. l>ut j neither answered nor moved. She was uek with catalepsy. In this state she is removed to the Royal infirmary, and r ease, from the singular circumstances ending it, excited great interest in the dieal profession in Edinburgh, whieh at it time uuinhcred among its professors 5 celebrated Cullen, and no less celebrated egory. 'J'he tale was related to me by i! of their pupils, who was present, and ir> assured me that every thing was done " If! p.::r/trr-;f fill nil flie r-rl ?nn?*? 1 exbausteu. The In..... ^<>och or tiv?. t i.ts ; ,.'l '.s ' . i . . -wu ?)y: ' "' . e .. i. \ :ath was ineviu.^. t n.;* , > nld be devised of rousing ' me active operation on the body. From various indications, it was judged iit the poor woman was perfectly sensible, d at :i consultation of all the first physicis of the city, the first husband was sent , and asked if he was willing to co-oper , in order to give his poor wife a chance life. Jle replied, with de? )> feeling, that was willing to lay down his own life, if would restore her; that he was perfectly iflietl with her conduct; knew that she -ed in ignorance of his existence, and extiiied, that having floated to the coast of ilea upon a picce of the wreck, lie had L?n unable foi* some years to return to his live land, or coniinunieatu with anv one irein. In those circumstances, it was demiticd to act immediately. Tlie profes s grouped themselves around the poor iman, and the first husband was brought ldenly to the fuot of the bud, towards lich her eyes were turned, carrying the ild by the second husband in his arms. A )mont of silence and suspense succeeded; t then, she who had lain for so many days e a lying corpse, rose slowly up, and etched out her hands to the poor sailor. !i" lips moved, and with a great effort she :launcil, 'Oh, John, John?you know it it was nnc my fault. The effort was too much for her exhausted me, she fell back again immediately, and five minutes was a corpse indeed. This story may have been told by others fore mo, for the thing was notdoneina ner. Hut I always repeat it, when oesion serves, in order to warn people, against incautious use of means to which we are iustomod to attiibutc less powers than they dly possess. <? ? In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it icrever it is to he found ; like fern, it is i produce of all climates, and like coin circulation is not restricted to any partieir class. We are ignorant in youth, from eness, and we continue so iii manhood, >m pride; for pride is less ashamed of bel ignorant, than of being instructed, and e looks too high to find that, vliich very en lies beneath her. Therefore comlesnd to men of low estate, and be for wism that which Alcibiades was for power, lie that rings only one bell will hear onone sound ; and he that lives only with e class, will see but one scene of the jat drama of life. Mr. Locke was asked w he had contrived to accumulate a mine knowledge so rich, yet so extensive and deep, lie replied, that he attributed lat little he knew, fo not having been lamed to ask fortinformation ; and to tlie e lie had laid down, of conversation with descriptions of men, on those topics iefly that formed their own peculiar prosions or pursuits. I myself have heard iommon blacksmith eloquent, when weld; of iron has been the theme ; what we ow thoroughly, we can usually express arly, since ideas will supply words, but rdswill not always supply ideas. Therefore en I meet with any that write obscurely, converse confusedly, I am apt to suspect o things; first, that such persons do not derstand themselves; and secondly, that sv are not worthy of being understood by iers. Tub people of Delaware thought they v a comet last week. It turned out to bo wever a red headed woman chasing a ok pedlar down the road for squirting to:co juice on her Sunday .carpet tf ^ Virgin Mary and Eaviour. j ci Mrs. Jameson has given in her Legends r< of the "Madonnas," descriptions of the per- ?'J sons of tl>e Virgin and Saviour. The form- h er is extracted from the history of Nicoponns d Callistus, on the authority of Kpiphanius, ; w who liad himself derived it from more an- ' cient authority. 'J lie. latter is in substance j from tlio famous letter purporting to have j > been written by Lcntulus to the llomau Sen- ')' ate. It is very well established that these J b portraits are the works of pious monks of j the middle ages, descriptive of real or imag- j '< iliary pictures prevalent in those days. Even . 1" as sueii, however, they may have value, for , bi these pictures of the pencil or imagination tl perchance have authority from the traditions j b: of the chinch. However it may be, these : S1 descriptions are the only authority for the ' p portraits now generally received, and stamp- j tl I ml in liibles, ]'layer Hooks, <fcc." j xv "Tito Virgin was of middle stature; lier I : face oval, Iter eyes brilliant, ami of an olive I w tint; lior eyebrows arched ami Mack; her , al ! hair was of a ]>ale hrown; her complexion ; >> j fair as wheat. She spoke little, hut she : |l ; spoke freely ami affably; she was nottronb- , ,s ed in her speech, hut grave, courteous and " tranquil. Her dro.xs was without ornament, ^ and in her deportment was nothing lax or feeble. Mrs. Jameson mentions the general lelief, in which she apparently concurs, thai the Saviour resenibhd his mother in person; | for, she observes, ult is argued, Christ had ^ no earthly father, therefore, he could only j jhave derived his earthly lineaments from his j ^ mother." All the legends assume that the ^ resemblance between son and mother must t| j have boon perfect. Kugler, in his "Hand- j, ! book of Italian Painting,1' gives two descrip- j' I tions of the person of the Saviour?the first j ^ j is from ihe letter of Leutulus to the lloman j ^ Senate, originally written about the eml of j * the third century, but not found until the ; 1 eleventh; the second, by .lolin of Damascus, | | 1 . ? - ? uarcB irom tlio tftli century. J u the former Christ is describe! as a . ^ "man of slat civ form, dignified in appear- ' ancc, with a countenance that inspired vesi- | jt cratioii, and which those who look upon it i jj may love, as well as fear. I lis hair curling, ! |( rather dark and glossy, Hows down upon ! j ' shoulder, and is parted in the middle ^ ?: : !.' >r?i<ner of the Nazarcties. The *i.. '51. n ' very serene; the ?, . -i '""xleas- f; I , ' ? 1<1 ?" . . "... . 1 1.1 ; ' Coloi as of stately gro\?i... together; beautiful eyes, lai'm*. .. hair; somewhat stooped: in tlic bloom ot in*., ^ I his beard black; with long lingers, ?te. The _ j description given by hen lulus agl-ces with im tiiu jiijrsuii 01 (1 the Virgin. It is the European, ami one jt might almost say, the (.iicek type. Mrs j Jameson favors the fair type, ami in this she j, has the sanction of the m eat masters of art. ? ?x r. Pout. : Southern Literature. ^ The manifest improvement which is con- u stantly making itself visible in the periodi- tj cal literature of the South, is a gratifying evidence that the public mind of our section . is waking up to a sense of its needs and ; ^ its duties. No one, who possesses an obser- f) vant eye, can have failed to notice the progress which lias recently been made in the Magazine and Newspaper Literature of the j, Southern States. A few years since and there were but two or three monthlies devoted 1 1 ? hum uui <1 ningi? paper ior mc ^ fireside and Iioinc circle, Political papers were in abundance, and conducted with spirit and ability* hilt none which conld ^' occupy the Held of tlie Northern weeklies, for general miscellaneous reading and the cultivation of literary tastes. The case is {.j di tie rent now. Several Magazines and jy Family Journals have recently >j>rnng into ^ heing, and their establishment placed beyond j, the reach of douht. The older monthlies ^)( have suffered by their growth and progress j ?they have rather gained new .strength. j,, This certainly is gratifying to every well , wisher of Southern literary progress, and is but an omen of the future which opens be- w fore us. e. The "Southern Quarterly Review" and ' il. ? *1 T j Vf ? mi? -v?uiuiicni j?iicrary .Messenger," are sj tlie oldest Quarterly and Monthly in tho ef South, and are both in a prosperous cowl ition. The '"Southern Kelectic" and the y "Southern Ladies' Hook" arc young and t0 tender plants in the. Southern garden, but we hope the day is not far distant when, under the sunshine of popular patronage, ig they shall become thrifty, and vigorovs, and in fruitful. Each and all of ihese periodicals is deserve the most generous efforts of the "1 Southern people in their behalf. Their cir- ar culation should not be counted by hundreds, ns but by thousands and tens of thousands. \v And there is no good reason why this should a not bo the ease. Let them enjoy tho pat- th ronagc hitherto extended to foreign period- h: icals, and they would possess the power of ce making their pages glitter with the finest b< thoughts of tl.e finest writers. All they th need is Soutfiern support, to inako them W worthy of the section in which they arc pub- "I Jislied. "I And the same iniglit bo said of tlio Lit- af erary aud Family Journals now in existence lu throughout the South. The "Weekly Post," at Raleigh, N. C.; tho "Weekly News and Literary Gazette," at Charleston, S. C.; the ar "Family Friend," at Columbia; S. C^ tho fo Southern Star," at Jacksun, Mi9s.; and tho lai "nftAPnno IIAmn riuvoHn " of A fl* * AJkViiiv/ Ml* XlUgllOl(?y UO.j IU ?here are no less than five journals of this character, laboring for the cultivation of a taste for literature in tho South, and devotr l<y ed to Southern interests no less than South- ca ern letters. ' de Tho day will come?of that wo feel well ch assured?when the pioneers in the great pa * * iuse ofSouthern Literature will reap their . ward.?Iii that l'aith we have a full and hiding trust. The laborers now in the eld may have to endure. tlie heat and buren of the day, but they will "watch and ait" not in vain. A word in reyard to the imwsiinnpr tiros* o ---- I---| -- | ? f the South generally. The great difficulty i the way of building up literary magazines lid journals in our midst, has arisen oil) the course pursued by the conductors t' many of our Southern newspapers. Wo peat what we have said before on this uilit: the indiscriminate commendation ivished by the Southern press upon Noricrn publications, is the great cause of tho iickwarducss ami slow growth of a literary lirit in the Eolith. So long iis our news;iper press continue to favor and fawn upon ie literary monopoly of the North, so long ill Southern literary enterprises dwindle, I./i .1:., r.i... 1 ? ..... wiiimuivii hi in*.- -UIIUH.TII J?rC?H, e appeal to you to cease this suicidal policy ml give your aid, all-powerful as it must cetssarily lie, in bchalt'of your own section nd her native enterprises. Not until this done, will we have a '"name to live" in le literary history of our country.?(Jvoryia foinc Gazette. ProgTena. The following is from the April number f the Knickerbocker Magazine : llere is a "scribhlemcnt" entitled, "A ketch of 'Modern' Improvements in 2012," ?r which wc are indebted to a "llapper," ho can "call spirits from the vast deep" of ic Future as well as the l'ast. Perhaps le "Spirit," is a little, "cracked," but that's is business. This is a progressive age.? Ivory body says so, and it is an old maxim iiat what every body says is generally true, lany and great improvements have been uule in every tiling in the last fit'tv or one undred years, mn.l many more will probaly be made lim ing the next century. One unfiled and iit'ty years ago, it would have iken from eight to sixteen months to go round the world. One hundred years ago . could be done in three months : in 1!)G0 , was accomplished in three weeks; but ow, a traveller by taking the 'Lightnitig>riven l'Mving Machine,1 can sleep at l)eroit, and by starling al sunrise, can brcakist at New York,dine at Jeddo, sup at 'rancisco, and be at Detroit again at bed ime. Thirty thousand sheets wore once constitute a good hour's work ; t.. * now two hundred orking," ka. ^ ' 1 ositioiis ns tibl a.1 iif ":.\k nere are no more oceans lountains now-a-days, the mountains nr.* igbeen levelled, the oceans partially filled i with Ihem, leaving nothing but largo dand seas where Were once the Atlantic nd Pacific, thus greatly increasing the land rea. Winter is no longer the cold season . was in the olden time, even at the North 'ole. Immense furnaces have been built ndcr-ground, and the fire being let into lein from the centre of the eailli, the heat . conveyed in every direction by large pipes inking winter nearly as warm as summer, afety-valres have been put in every volcao, and they can do lio more damage. It as lately announced that a Japanese hilosoiiher. whose name is unsnellablc. as discovered a means to prevent earthuakes, which lie will soon make public.? he universe, in the night time, is now ligh;d by gas, procured From vast natural resrvoii-s, a few miles below the surface of the urtli. The whole world, in short, is ow one vast republic, of which Detroit is ic capital, and a Sandwich Islander tlio resident. Slavery was abolished when Afca was annexed, and every body is now ee. 'Woman's rights' have had their day. lie cause lost all its male adherents when was found that the trensuress who had een elected had appropriated four millions f <i.? i i -i* i mi; jMiinit o uuil.ur> IU KV.TJI IltTdl'll IN idf-dresses. All these improvements, how,'er, are nothing to what are expected to l>o i a tie in .1 few years. We arc looking forard to the day when the circuit of tlio irth can he performed in four hours; hen the press can strike oft' one million icets an hour; when grain and vegetables in 1)0 manufactured instead of grown; nl, above all, when we can annex Mars, enus, and Mercury, which we are 'hound do.'" Parking.?'"Miss Sally, you seem to bo norant in geography ; I will examine you grninmer. Take tlio sentence, "niarriago a civil contract." "l'arse marriage." Carriage is a noun bccause it is a natner id though Shakspeare asks what's in a une, and says that a rose l?y any other ould smell as sweet; yet marriage being noun, and therefore a name, shows that . c rule established by the Bard of Avow is at least one exception. For marriaga rtainly is of very great "importance, and ;ing n noun, and therefore a name, ergo ere is something m a name." "uoou :? fell, what is the ease of marriage ?"? Jon't know, sir." "Decline it, and 6ce." i )on't feel at liberty to decline marriage ter having made Mr. Jones the promise I ive. I'd rather conjngnte." I A Pcksteb says 'my name is Somerset, I 11 a miserable bachelor. I cannot marry; r now conki i nope 10 prevail on any young jy possessed of the slightest delicacy to rn a Snnnnerset. . ' A portable spittoon, in the form of ^holly walking cane, with a silvaporgold screw p, fa recommended by an exchange. as a sirable invention for those gentlemen who ew tobacco in churchoa, concert * rooms, ' triors and such places. . ' . , ' *?/>. -y ... " , >' > . C} .IK i jfc'- ? f ' .