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* ? v. jy -dT' *' N .1 A -* es* % ? * * . ** TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] "THE PH.IO]Q O F IIIBBHT-ST X? HTBHNAIJ viGnriAKrou." I PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, Tifr DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1857. VOL. Xnr.IZ.NO.? > -From the JV<^i York Sunday DixpatcJu SILENT LOVE. BY WITCH IIAZETi. Charles liorraine was a proud man, and seemingly as cold (is lio was proud, lie jpoved ahput tlie offices of his counting house, giving orders to his employees in liis quiet voice, with the same majestic, forbidding, yet mild, even gentle air, that lio ovor r\rAOnrt?A/1 ornAnr* K!t? ortrt!?l v ?vv^ <lll|vllg 1119 OUV/KII Rftd also.-toward Ins most intimate friends f-if those existed who could claim the tiof intimacy with him. An embodied . 8h#& .From the world of spirits, among, bat-not^efrthe embodied of enrth, could seemed more passionless, less of the forms and customs of social :Jife, thajj Charles Lorraine. Ilis nearest rela$rvest would have told you, had they fgpofcen the* thought of their hearts, that t^hajjes?they never called him Charlie? -f?yaft as cotd 'as tho Northern Lights, but upnght, andidownright, as inflexibly honorable lihd juBt as he was cold. ,.s"-Charles Lorraine, in a worldly point of viewy a man to be enried. Young, not .yetibiirtyi be )iad. stepped into his father's extensive business find property, the supreme master, with the full knowledge and Ability to carry on the former successfully, and enjoy the.latter?if such negativo happiness as he sought could . be called enjoyment If Charles ^oraino over showed anything like partiality, it waB toward Paul Moreton, Rfje of bis junior clerks. He had actually unbent from bis rigid hauteur or indifference so far on one occasion as to accompany Paul on a certain Christmas time to his ova hoqje up in the country for a few , weeks', enjoyment aud relaxation from the weary rounds of business. And sinee that time, his manner toward Paul had insensi- 1 * bly assumed a milder tone, at times even a tenderness such ns an elder brother might < manifest toward one younger, whose reliance upon hira filled Jiim witli solicitude. The family of Paul were of the better class of fanners, well-to-do without ostcutation, and living a life at once industrious, frugal, and bountiful in all that constitutes life's comforts. A week or so before that Christmas, wheu Charles Lorraine had, in his self imposed solitary life, thus stepped out of his usual custom of going nowhere, and taking interest in nothing, ho had been indulging - in one of his usual unsocial drives in his -^one-horse covered sulky, and jvas on his re ' 'fifth, and within a short distanpg of his onnntinnf rnnm wlmn nt. Qninn tinpnnflilv ...(J , ? ?? ? arranged cotton bales, his horse shied and ^ commenced plunging madly forward, unmindful of r^sffaiijt, to the imminent danger of the unruffled rider behind him. At this moment, Paul Moreton, who was also on his way to his daily task at the count- . ing house, saw the light carriage with its rifer dashing past. To think, to will, to act, was tbo work of a moment. Just as , the terrified animal was about to rush thfbugh a 'large plate glass show-window, Paul's strong arm had grasped the check- , . __ rein, and the pating animal was brought to | a sudden halt. IL rpi _ -Li 1_ i * _ 1 - xiiib uiigiii nave oeen a serious dubiness for both of us, Mr. Morton. You have ray thanks for saving so fino a beast. It is j liis first offence, and bis match for flectness . is not easily to bo found. It would have Tbeen all day- with him, however, had he , ?.^gone.through that window. I thank you Sincerely, Mr. Moreton. I am yours to compo&Qd.. Ask any favor you will, and it '* jft granted .before-hand." ZFhie w&s ?pbken in the usual calm, un-;' flitted man?4f of Jj|?_oxnployer, who seemed never to be thrQiVto off bis balance'by any QC^ftjtreqce, but there was an earnestness of ton^fcytepth of ipcaning, that was now to Paa^-and so forcibly wa/he iipgreased wit^ * ' " its sincerityhe caught both of Lorraine's bands on j? sudden within bis own, " "And shook (hem heartily " "PW* at/an othor time wOnbL fiavo rx.f6?tn?d:~t4'paui unwarrantable liberty, '*" ' t*^;Kke goito Uie President of thebaic of the Ru^ employer, be <yad etfigma fobjin;, His very cold* ^ ' introverted, !m movable stoicism, .."***n*n'? cnpoaity, while it admiration. Lorraine was, stady-tn, liim, as moit . > " ^$fier?l!y uucht "w?pty undemonstrative natur& are to,jiose oLsfti endiuaiaitic, qjtdept the curl? am sure 11 %Uinly tlinwed /out rrtbat j ^^^'plidty^nd diree.tae^.' * * ... ' jr^ : , " She is liko me somewhat in disposition, but in outward action has schooled herself so severely that she might be taken for your own sister, Mr. Lorraine." " Older than yourself, is she, Paul ?" asked Charles. " Slio will be twenty-two on Christmas day coining, replied Paul. "Schooled herself severely, and only twenty-two ! She must bo an anoinalay in womankind," observed Lorraine. " She has been mother to tlio family, house-keeper and companion to papa these ten years," responded Paul. "You have no mother then f " " I have no mother," and Paul sighed deeply, as he seemed to ok back into the years of his childhood, *ere lighted by the 8iniles of the inotlu .ad lost.? lie simply added: " My mother was r}0 ordinary woman, Mr. Lorraine. She was very beautiful, and possessed in tho highest degree that uncom? mon beauty?beauty of tho soul. My father idolized her, and to us children, she was an impersonation of excellence?ono of God's angels." Pan! had never spoken so freely to his employer, nnd as he looked up into Lorraine's face, lie saw there an expression ho had never seen before, a softening of every feature that made him appear beautiful. " It needed only that," thought Paul, " a warmth, a life, the light of human love in his face, to make him glorious in human beauty." But, as Paul looked again, tho warmth had passed away, nnd Lorraine's faco was a&ain as cold as tliat of n Ink** nvpr wl>i<>li the sun had glanced, and left again without resting any of its geijial beams. Lorraine and Taul had by this time arrived at their rooms. The forrper gave his horse into the hands of a Bervant, and the latter went to his desk. Charles Lorraine had been at the home of Paul the few days he had promised, and these few days had lengthened into a week and tho week into two weeks, and still Charles was lingering with Paul, at the pleasant old homestead. lie had left his business with safe and sure hands, and simply remarking to Paul, " A little escape from the drudgery of figures will be of benfit to your eyes," he complied with the old gentleman's renuest. and dav nft<>r #lnw ? !!! w * / J ?J stayed on. There was tlint indescribable charm of homo in the old farm-house, which Charles Lorraine had never before experienced, and whether the bright, unfathomable eyes of Blanche Morcton, and her graceful manners, so easy and assured, and at the same time modest and dignified, had anything to do with the charming of Charles with the delight of tho home circle around him, he did not declare. Blanche was well read, and could ably support a conversation. Site was brilliant and witty too, and Paul saw, for the first tiiqo those qualities shining forth from his employer. More than once ho though in , liis heart, " What an excellent match they would make; both beautiful, both accomplished, both highly intellectual, both brimful of sparkling wit, and both possessing a deep, earnest nature lying back of the impenetrable mask they have each seen fit to put on, to hide perhaps the too keenly sensitive feelings of their own hearts." But Paul saw them still cold toward each other. Occasionally he detected a flash in the eye of one and a gleam responsive in that of the other, but like the meteor's glow, it vns gone almost as soon as kin-, died. ' At length the day came for Paul and Lorraine to return to the city. Paul watched liU-pmployer and his sister at the parting moment, but to all appearance their nart ing was as cold as their meeting. t A year had jvwpcd by. The Christmas time wns again at hflfid. Lorraine had, during the year, manifested an unvarying kindness towards Faui. But seldom did they spcajp/of-'JManche?Paul, from motives of delicacy, and Lorraine from motives best known to himself, spoke on all subjects but'tlie beautiful Blanche. -Upon the mqrning before Christmas, (Paul'came into the presence of Lorraine abjrHptly, with a flushed face and agitated manner? " Mr. Lort-ine," said he, f* I mqst go )iopie. Planche is dying." Cliarlcs started, the blood rushed into his ?9)0 face until it was as red as Paul's But in a calmj measured voice, he said? " Certainly, Paul. Go' to yonr sister, if there is anything I can do, remember, do not hesitate in calling upon me. I speak sincerely." ' * Before night Paul was athis sistor's bedside.' So wasted, so wan, so spiritually beautiful she looked, it seemed, to eyes of Paul, that she had already passed from e?rtb? That night Paal watched with Blanche. r?dt at ner earnest request mat he would retire to bed, be so Ut 'complied, a* t<? leave Iter unaware of his preset)co-Jfo her room^ Blanche w<mld permit no one in her root* at night. She wanted nothing, she always declared, and to please her, she %?? alone. Her faithful nnreo, or her however, hovered over and around^crTijipg down by turns at Inttaf^k in the next oorn within cal|. The disease of'JlWche was o? that slow, wasting nature, for which * ' * ' ~$V the doctors have no nnmo, but which for lack of nnrao thoy call n decline. It was in t|ic silent watches of the deep midnight, that Ulancho, awaking and deeming herself alono, poured forth her heart in prayor, and Paul, from the cushions of the large, old fashioned easy chair, heard the sweet tones of hor voice. Sho prayed for mm, ior ner iauier, ana ujej} ner wenK voice sinking almost to a whisper, she prayed iu fervent tones for ono who she there confessed to God and her own soul to be the dearest of all to her. She prayed for his well being, and that she might be permitted to see him, once, only once more before she died. So much she revealed that Paul, in breathless suspense, waited until her gentle breathing announced that she was once more asleep. lie then stole noiselessly from the room. The first streaks of the dawn were struggljng with the night, as ho made his way through tho old-fashioned hall and staircase to his own room. Sitting down at a table he hastily scratched off the following note: Mr. Lorraine?Dear Friend : Come to us at once. You told me to call upon you, and I obey you. Blanche loves you. She yearns to see you before she dies. She is but the shadow of her former Belf. You will be shocked to sec her. I discovered her secret when she thought qo one was near her but her God. Sincerely yours, Paul Moreton. It was Christmas day?the birth day of Blanche?her twenty-third birth day?and there she lay, so pale, so wasted, that the merest breath kept her bouI from wandering away to its homo above. A sleigh drove up in tho greatest haste to the door. A step sounded on the sfajrs. The sick girl bent her eyes toward tho door wistfully and listened. The door opened, her father entered, and closcly following him was Charles Lorraine. " God is good !" exclaimed Blanche, soft ly, " my prayer is answered." " My dear child, Mr. Lorraine would sec you," said Mr. Moreton. In a moment more, Charles was bending over that shadowy form, end taking the transparent hands of the dying Blanche, he said, in tones heard only by her? " Live, dearest! live for me !" Those palo feature lighted up with a sudden joy, and Paul, who had guessed at tho good imports of the words breathed by Lorraine, saw tho light of life gleam once more in the eyes of the sister he so fondly adored. Il has been several years since then.? Paul Moreton is now the partner of his former employer; the firm being "Lorainc, Moreton & Co." Blanche also is, and for several years has been, tho partner of Lorraine?not the partner of his countinghouse, with all its business, but the partner of his heart, and all its joys and sorrows. The ice that hung around them so frostily beforo their union, has been melted by tho sun 01 love; ana tney livo now but to shed tlio warmth of its gladness on all around them. PREPARATION FOB THE PASSOVER. The annual observance of this institution, (which the Bible reader need not bo told dates back to the period the exodus of the children of Israel from the land of tbe Pharohs,) commences this year on "Wednesday, the 8tb of April, and the Jewish population of tlio world are already making preparations for its celebration. The preliminary requisite is to obtain the " unleavened bread." Of thjs the Louisville Journal says: "This Matzot .cake is baked almost exclusively in thocityof New York, and then sent to all portions of the conntry. It iB made eolely of the best wheat flour and pure water. A certain auantitv of btaIot . A * is addod to a certain weight of flour. It is mixed up?not kneeded as tlie housewife or ordinary baker does common doe, with the hands; nor yet as the pilot bread baker does, 'with his fee??bj|t broken with a sojt of a lever, one end of which acta upon a hinge, and the other end is raised up and down very much as boys do who play 'see saw.* The dough, after being f>joben, undergoes a rolling procesg, between two set of ro)lefB. It is then placed upon the feed board of an apparatus similar to a cracker machine, and it is thon subjected to another rolling, after which jt falls upon a linon duck apron, which carries it along under the cutter. Here, it is at one opera^qo, cut into round cakes, and at the same 'time it is perforated with small holes at equal distances. After the cake is baked', it is packed and Bont off in baskets. w the nuUot is very good and ploasant to the taste, but modern Ghriaiains could liardly reconcile tbe#iscl*QS tp eating it alalmost exclusively for the eight days ttfe Feast of the Passover continues " t ' ? \ ?'? .? L ' i'e*'" ' It is beautiful to behold at a wedding the sorrow stricken air,of the parent as he " givM the, bride sway," when yon know thni for tHe last ten yoajs fee has been tfyjnfc h>? ^ b^rods. ^ ~ * ? * iji From the Botlon Olive Jirnnch. THE LAST TIME, lie bade a pleasant good 'looming, and went away with a smi'.e on his lips. Thero was nothing unusual in his manner?he was always tender and gentle, always respectful and affectionate, lie galloped from the door, his bright curls nodding, his fine form ercct, and proud seemed the milk white horse of his handsome burden. Alas! it was his ride to death : that "good morning," that happy sunny smilo was the hist?and who dreamed it might ho so ? Now. how wc linger on tl:o rccolloction of that voiec ! IIow wo strive to think thcro was somo look, somo tone more tender than usual.? How wo press tho hot, throbbing temples, . is we cry, " Oh ! that I had known I should never seo him again." Hut vain tho wild wish ; it jars ngainst the door of tho sepulchre. Wo boo hor now, standing with a half mournful, half wilderod look on the platforijj of the crowded cars. Somebody jested with her upon the possibility of her obtaining a seat because she was young and handsome. As she entered, she turned oncc, and a smiio broko like a sunbeam over her bright face. " May sho havo a happy journey !" said one; " she is going to her bridal; George waits for her a few miles from here, and they will both be homo to-morrow. What a bright, beautiful glance sho gave us !?as if all the brightness and l?P!?llfv of Imr mii.lonl.n~l bined to make the last recollection of Mary, glorious to remember." It was tbo last, for a fearful sound shocked our ears?a cloud of dust and cinders, fire and broken wood?a heavy plunge?a cry of mortal agony, and whore was Mary ? Dead, under the ice of the river ; and when they brought her forth, the strange, mournful, uncertain look that first clouded her young face, rested there now?but the smile! that is imperishable while wo live, for it was her last. IIg littcl linpn ii! lint wic IwiH/if IIow glad you were as you took his cool hand in yours and felt the temperato beat of the pulse. Ilis smile was languid yet, his spcech faint. The locks hung listless over his brow, on which disease had traced bluer veins and paler tints?but he was hotter. The doctor said so, the nurse said so, he himself murmured, "I am better." So you parted from him with a light heart, looking back before you closed the door to add some word of advice. Tl>e white face answered your glance eagerly ; the largo eyes?you will never forgot their soul-language while you livo?it recurs again and again ; it is painted on the walls of night in fadeless colon ; it was the last time?the last loving, life-look?and how you will treasure it! 1 That laugh ! It sounds orer the bridge of death, till its.arches ring again. In that i familiar attitude, lie stood, one hand on tho marble frame of tho fire-place, one foot crossed over the other, his head thrown back, his brown locks shaken by the jubi- j lant glee to which the whole frame danced; i And you thought, what a happy, jovial, i handsome, hearty fellow he was! full of , life and wit?roaring his jokes, telling his i capital stories, making mother and sister : and wife proud of his beauty, his goniality, < his love. And you knew that beside that, i he wns gentle as tho lamb, true as steel, reveront towards all good, pure hearted ; and your pleasure grow as you saw him in . his young manhood, laughing the healthful i laugh of innocent hilarity. You left him still in the midst of his gay mirth?and there came a sudden knell; he was dead. < You eannot think of him pale, still, voice- < less?you only see tho full, rounded throat, < the shaking curls?you only hear the musi> cat, ha I ha I ha f! Oh I how littlo you , thought it was the fast time. Who docs not remember some last look ! Tho aged man pillowod in his chair, his Aavnn Ion nla'rlln frvll Atlfin/V illA .C 1.!~ inuguiuijf luuvnni^ um vujctk ui llltt dearest love?ibe mother wrestling with the anguish of bidding her babes farewell?the brother, unfolding new plans for life, even till tho death-grasp is on his vitals?the sister, frail as a beautiful flower and fading as surely; the wife lingering long on tfie brink, while the golden cord of earthly love unwinds with every slow pulsation of the <iving heart; tfce husband, with eyee fas#aha/1 Ia (Yia faoA tViaf lint Knnf avah 1*2m fcV MIU IOW vvu V WfUl HI 111 with ceaseless solicitude, and whose tears cool the hot fever of the brain?the little babe, helpless aa the violet crashed by the peasant?* Coot?we have all seen the last .look of some of these, and for what would we exchange the memory ? IIow we dyell upon it I and tho eyes long closed and sealed in the stumocr of the grave, beam with fresh lustre as wo think. The lips press ours again?tho smile brightens the lovely face. Lightly rings tho laugh through on soul's winding places } softly echo the words of endearment, thrilling with the charm of old, and we love to preface every mention of ih&'ltai with the words, " the last time I saw him." The last timet Each time may be the last. 'iHn gentle, be land, be laving, be for toVfoff, md fbqrejt swf part wjtfc ?iiy ,;,' , >_ ' ^v.-i. .,.. %*?-. A:.:^jiyib'^J.',iifaatom '!> " ? '"fr ""iY i- - ttesiy^ EGOS AND POULTRY. The poultry value of tho United States at this moment is not far from $25,000,000. The poultry kept in the Stnto of New York alone is probably about $3,000,000 ; tho city of New York expends no less than $2,000,000 per year for eggs. If every individual in this city alono would abstain from the use of eggs directly and in directly for the space of one year, and those nnrnrc ivnrn of A?mn ?>?! ?^* 1- ~ 1- - ? 1 .iv>v ow UHVV3 |'tlW iliiurr UK* JlUiltt JUKI hatched, not far from $38,000,000 would be added to the poultry value of those localities which send eggs to the vast city.? Think of that yo gourmands, who ask for rich pastry and cake. If you who merely visit, and you who icsido in the city of New York, and order the eggs you consume to bo placed in the hatching condition, this great addition to the wealth of the country would result. One egg dealer in Philadelphia sends 100 barrels of eggs daily to tho New York market. The sales in and about Quincy market, lioston, and by merchants throughout tho city, in 1848, were over $1,000,000. The consumption of eggs in Paris is equal to one hundred and forty por year lo each itnliviiliml Itn# in Vnin !.? , WMV A VIA ciio avcrayu is , about seventy to each person. At this rate of consumption it would take nearly 173,- , 000,000 of eggs to supply the city of London for a single year. We have alluded to the great poulterer , of Paris, M. de Sord, in a late number of , this journal. His yards furnish about 40,000 dozen of eggs per week. Ilis hens are never allowed to set; tho eggs are hatched by stoam, and every morning a swarm of chickens is ushered into tho world of the vast feathered tribes on his premises. The Chinese are prosecuting this hatching by stoam, or artificial heat, at Shanghai. The process they adopt is very simple but afficacious, and the heat j employed is rarely over ninety-three dc- | grees. At tho principal establishment tho proprietor?according to the work of an j Englishman, Mr. Sirr?affirms that he frc- ( quently liatchcs 5,000 egga per day. For ' some reason this artificial egg hatching has | never succeeded in this country or Eng- < land. I Egg testing is an important branch of ( egg producing, and the duty the dealer ; owes to the public should inako him an adept in distinguishing a good egg from a ' poor one. There is no difficulty in discovering good or poor eggs. Take them into J a moderately dark room and hold them between the eye and a lighted candlc. If j the egg be good the light will shine through c with a reddish c'ow. if otherwise- flm lr>r will be opaque or dark. Pii:kled eggs aro | excellent eating, tliey aro prepared by first boiling hard, and then divestod of their , shells, placed in earthen jars, and scalded c vinegar poured upon them, seasoned with whole pepper, allspice, ginger and cloves. When the picklo is cold, tho jars aro closed, ^ and the eggs are in capital eating order in ^ a month after, and will keep for b yo?r or more. The farm house epicures hold this j ilisli in high esteem, file egg comes into r market in another shapo also, in England nt this moment. It is called "condensed | egg." It consists of the entire substances of tho egg very delicately and finely gran c ulated by patent process, after tho watorv ?J I, property which tho egg contains has boon completely exhausted and withdrawn, with- c out any change in its remaining character. All tho nutrition of tho egg is retained, t ar.d in this state it is very valuable to shipowners, emigrants and others. A single ounce of this preparation is equal to three g eggs. The Chemistry of Common Life, by c Professor Johnson, gives an analysis of tho t composition of tho 'egg. Ilonce wo loarn Q that tho carbonate of lime 'of tho shell is ^ one-tenth of its weight, tho white, six tenths, and tho yolk three-tenths. Tho egg losses r three-fourths of it weight by the evaporation j of its watery particles. That this depart- t mont of rural' economy is capable of ex . r s tension far beyond its present limits, and ; may be exerted to a wide and profitable f range, increasing wealth without any ap- ^ preciable cost, is self-evident, and whether e conducted on a large or small scale, the t profits are considerable, an'd ttae risk and ] trouble comparatively small.?New York Day Book. ? "# #" j A sure Ctfre for the JBott.?In your pa- ( per of the 16th, I noticed an inquiry for a ( cure for the bote in hones. Here it is, sitn- , pie and as cheap as any one can ask. One , ounce of copperas, pounded and put into a ? junk bott)e, sfrith one pint and a half of , warm water; shake it* until it is devolved, f pour it down the horses throat, and the e hone will be well in two minates. ( I havo used this modicino more than . thirty yearfi; I have given it to more than f one hundred horse9, and never have known t but one case but what it cftred immediately; j then it was not given until tlie third after the. bots got hold; H mm then too late | ?tiioy had eaten through.- A hone that \ it apt to be troubled with" Che boU, should ( he fed one half a epoonful of fine copperas , in hi* feed, ortca iji tftf <x three week*.? , finery ijian that keep* a hewe, should jfoep H copperas on hart^. ' ' f V , < *-?<1>? ?? SOMETHING ABOUT OYSTERS. Look at nn oyster! In that soft an<l gelatinous body lies a whole world of vitality and quiet enjoyment. Somebody has styled fossiliferous rooks "monuments of the felicity of past agcR." An undisturbed oyster-bed is a concentration of happiness in tho present. 1 >ormant though the scvoral creatures there congregated seem, each individual is leading the beatified existence of nn Epicurean god. Tho world without, its cares and joys, its storms and calms, its passions, evil and good?all arc indifferent to the unhcedinir oyster. Unobservant even of what passes in ils immediate vicinity, it3 whole soul is concentrated in itself, yet not sluggishly and apathetically, for its body is throbbing with life and enjoyment. The mighty ocean is subservient to its pleasures. Tho rolling waves waft fresh and choice food within its reach, and the flow of the current feeds it without requiring an effort. Each atom of water that comas in contact with its dclicato gills evolves its imprisoned air, to freshen and invigorate tho creatures pellucid blood. Invisible to human eye, unless aided by the wonderful inventions of human science, countless millions of vibrating cilia are moving incessantly with synchronic boat on every fibre of cacli fringing leaflet. Well might old Leuwenhook exclaim, when he looked through his microscope at the hoard of a shell-fish, "The motion I saw in the small component parts of it was so incredibly great that I could not he satisfied with tho spectacle; and it is not in tho mind of man to conccive all tho motions which I beheld within the compass of a grain of Rand." And yet tho Dutch naturalist, unaided by tho liner instruments of our time, beheld but a dim and misty indication of the cxrpiisilc ciliary apparatus by which those motions are effected. Now strange to reflect that all this elaborate and inimitable contrivance has been deyiscd for tho well-being of a despised shell fish ! Nor is it merely in tho working members of the creature that we find its wonders comprised. There are portions of its frame which seem Lo Rorvc no essential purpose in its economy, which might be omitted without disturbing ihe coureo of its daily duties, and yet so lonslant in tlieir presence and position that ive cannot doubt their having had their ilaccs in tho original plan according to which the organization of the molluslc was mt together. These aro symbols of organs ,o he developed in creatures higher in tho icnle of heing?antitypes, it may bo, of imbs, and anticipations of undeveloped discs. These aro the first draughts of wis to be made out in tlieir details elsevherc, serving, however, an end byr their ircscncc, for they arc badges of relationship ind affinity between otic ereaturc and anchor. In them tho oyster cator aud the lyster may find some common bond of symlathy and distant cousinhood. Had the lisputntions nnd noedlo-wittcd schoolmen :nown of those mysteries of vitality, how ainly subtle would havo been their speculations concerning tho solution of such enigr 11(13. But tho life of a shell-fish is not one of invarying rest. Observe tho phases of an udividuat oyster from tho moment of its nrlicst embryo-life, independent of material tics, to tlio consummation of its destiny, i'hcn tho knife of fato shall sever its musular cords and doom it to entombment in living sepulchre. Ifovv starts it forth into ho world of waters ? Not, as unenlightned pcoplo believe, in tho shape of a minite, bivalved, protected, grave, fixed, and | toady oysterling. No; it on tors upon its aroer nil life and motion, flitting about in lie Ben as gayly and Ijghtfy as ri butterfly ir a swallow fikims through tlio air. Its irst appoaranco is as a microscopic oystcrlierub, with wing-like lobes Hanking a nouth and shoulders, unincumbered with nferior crural prolongations. It passes hrough a joyous and vivacious juvinility, kipping up and down as if in mockory of ts hoavy and immovable paronts. It voyiges from bed to bed, and, if in lijck, so as o oscnpo the watchful voracity of the thou and enemies that lie in wait or prowl about o prey upon youth and inexperience, at cn&th, Having sown its wild' 'oats, sej.tj<? lown into a steady, solid, domestic oyster, [t becomes the parent of fresh broods of jystcr-cherubs. As such it would lire and lie, leaving its shell, thickened through old ige, to serve as its monument throughout ill time?a contribution towards the contraction of a fresh geological epoch and a lew layer of the earth's crust?were it not or tIio'gluttony of man, who, rending this lober citizen of the sea from his native bod, tarries him unresisting to busy cities and )io hum of crowds. Jf a handsome, wellihnped and well-flavored oyster, hoisintro luced to the palacos of tho rich and noble, ike a wit, or a philosopher, or a poet, id jive additional relish to their snmptuotks 'easts; if a sturdy, thick-backed, strong.Asted indiylduaU fate consigns him toihe mpaciooa tub of tbe street-fishmonger, from tvheDcc, dofced with' connw black pepper ^ pppgwrt>inogar, embalmed partly if WESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN INSTITUTIONS. ' A great mistake seems to prevail abroad, in regard to the condition of fowling in Western Toxas on tho .subject of Southern institutions. A more reliable portion of the Stale exists nowlicre in it, sis nil our experience shows. According to the census of i,l ?' 11 11 ?1 1850, tliero were more slaves in Woslcm' than Kustern Texas, and the number has steadily increased. When the Know-Nothing party canvassed Texas, they soncrht to maka minlfa! mil of Rome freak of a few erratic and visionary Germans of San Antonia, and to charge their opposition to slavery against the wholo German population. It happened, also, that a German paper in San Antonia was in the hands of a man imbued with t\ie wild notions of the few freesoilors among his countrymen. Yet lie did no more than an American editor is now doing in Eastern Texas?that is, claim the right to discuss the slave institution. He was no sootier engaged in it, however, than the mass of the Germans were at work to counteract his efforts, and tlioy succeeded in forcing him to abandon his paper and transfer it to II. Krod Oswald, Esq., the present worthy proprietor, who suppressed the slavery agitation and made the Gazette a National Democratic paper. The Germans of Western Texas shown their fidelilv to Snnil?nm ? -J .IIHHUHUIIB by a firin support of tho Democracy i every issue involving tho prosperity an perpetuity of slavery. They are a peapei ble and inoffensive population ; and when . as in Gonial county, they are found in larg > numbers, we see them eiigngeu in indusir ons pursuits, attending to their own bus ncss and seeking the c-ducation and advance mcnt of their children. In all Indian'en counters, they have aided in the protetftio". of the frontier; and in the war with Mexico, not a few of them enlisted in our nr mios and did good service under the flag c { the United States. We have been led to theso remarks fron a perusal of a letter from an old and re spected citizen of tho West, in which ho says : " There is one subject to which T would call your cspecial attention. I founc^, in conversing with various persons of botb parties, that the letter of Col. Wilcox, published in Mississippi nearly two years ago, lias made an unfavorable impression against our German citizens. Moat persons there regard them as opposed to slavery, and the impression is that we have some fifteen thousand German voles." "We commend this subject to the notice of our Know-Nothing cotemporary of the State Times. As the organ of his party lie has clone as much, and perhaps more, than any other Know-Nothing in Texas, to create the impression abroad that Western Texas is unsound upon the slavery question, owing to the freesoil feelings of the Germans. Now that the battle is over and before the O. U. A- ptrdcr is established 'in nil the towns of the State, let us sco if our cotemporary will do the justice to the natu ! ranzcd citizens of Texas to say that, so far , as liis experience goes, thoy have at all I times discountenanced every attack made by their countrymen or Americans in favor of frocsoilism ? It is due to tlie prosperity of Western Texa-*, that this blight of Know-Nothingism should be blotted out, and that tjietrue condition of our beautiful country should be correctly conveyed to the minds of tho j thousands of citizens of other Southern States who are ready and willing to bring their property to our State and settle araon& us, and only held back and led to settle^ perhaps, in Arkansas or tho Mississippi valley, from unfounded prejudices which they have formed against us by a perusal of tho State Times and other Know-Nothing organs in Texas.?Austin State Gazette. Is there a Maelstrom t:?f lijs question is thus answered by a cotcmporary : "Every school-boy of the last century has f>een taught to believe that there is 9 wonderful vq/tei oh tho coait of Norway^ with an eddy several miles in diameter, and that ships, and even liu^e whales, were sometimes dragged withfn (u terrible coils, and forever " in ocean'sawful depth*." A correspondent of the Scientific American says: 'I have been informod by an European acquaintance that the maelstrom has no existence. A nautical andscientific cbmWV soin went out and sailed all aroun^ ao<| all over whero tbp. maelstrom was said to be* but could not find it; the sea was aa smooth whero the whirlpool ought to be as a^? other part of the '(jfertrfan ocean.* " ; . - - " Wq presumo the above is correct. Hie latest geographers and gazetteers barely air Mlt' lo the mnelstrom. Colton; in his Urge litfoa, gives ijie site upon his mnp/hntdoca not allude to it in hi? description of" JJor.'to! s' . ?? 'y;'V ^ Gazetteer, m his article on Nor^y, ';^aya that, 'among tie v numerous islands on the wes( eoi?tt>-tl>)?J'0 ^*4 ar? Violent and irregular caimnlA, render the Coast niivigfttion dAn^roos.? Among tW fa or Meskenaes Strom. l?W -P \... .' ?f ' ; 'ivj^v *wi?'. ' -t > . [!: '. a ri ''*;iw <n *ir ' - . ' V?