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' . i v> itWfi f *?r ' Wr*? >?* 'f 5' .. . 1'v J . V'A'J ' I- nil i 'Vol i. ' ' ^Jujjt loutjient Cnfcrprist, A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. J?EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ... *1 50, payable in advance ; $2 if delayed. | * CLUBS of FIVE and upwards $1, the tnouoy ! tn eYcrv \nstniiee to accompany the order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at! the rates of 76'cenUper square of 8 lines, "and 26 cents for each subsequent insertion. Contracts for yearly advertising made reasonable. [w. r. Wick a brcmnciu^ rnirmiRs.] lunltaq JUuhing. For the Southern Enterprise. Jf 6 q b c i): IIkavkiJ affords a full supply, WhatsVr our want's may be; There wa may live and never die, Throughout eternity. Ten thousand forms of endless joy Pervades its whole extent, > Jfo enemy can there decoy, Or make us discontent. There sin and sorrow are no more, No tear can Btoin the eye: No brow of care, no heart is sore, No pain above the sky. "With friends we there shall reunite, And bask in God's own love, His praise Bhull be our whole delight, Throughout its blissful grove. The thought this bliss shall always last, Will double nil my joy; Millions of ages shall have past Yet still 'tis endleea joy. E. For the Southern Enterprise. fteto ilea's Tub old yenr with nil its j >ys and sorrows , has rolled into ??.! *? J? ? ""-j, niiu wr-uujr wo are called upon to remember, that the day of (jftace, through which we have been spared, is now consumed?that the season of Mercy for which omr Great Physician plead in our names lastNew Year, is spent, past recall. Let us call ourselves to account while we liave space for relloction. Have we accepted the f/ood that has been so kindly and perseveringly held out to us these past months! Have wo received the proffered grace and allowed the "continual dew of Ilis blessing" to come in and soften and vivify our hearts ? How many of us have made any sacrifice the past twelve-month for the sake of a good cause! How many of us have relieved with timely aud considerate aid God's special pensioners?the poor? How many of us have denied ourselvos 6f one dainty or lux ury that we might contribute somewhat more to the comfort and sustenanco of our: * 1/1 unweared teachers, who so untiringly be-1 , seech us every Lord's day to hearken to the glad tidings of the Gospel of Peace?Or.thati 1 the courts of His sanctuary may be bccomingly builded and adorned, to tha _ VMV MVUVi VI 1 j His narao among all people ? Not one, not even the best of us CAn an-! awer all this satisfactorily and honestly to ' his secret heart. Truly, wo arc all gone out i, of the way. Let us all, tliereforo, in view i of our own w eajuiess, have true charity each 11 for his brother,, ami with contrite heart and deep humility this day commence anew to (' strive to do aright. 'Tis a fitting time to , reflect and resolve in these calm hours, before |1 we are tairiy launched into the hurry of iifo i this New Year. To all 4vho thus resolve! and thtis strive, and who will believe the ' W /comfortable assurance of our Savior, " My i, words shall not -pass away," the rcmein- i iLranoe of theao sweet words of promise can- i not fall -to-bring largest comfort in the dark 1 hours of trial. " For a small moment in a ' little wrath,thid my face from thee; but .' with everlasting kindness will I have mercy t * ion thee," saith the Lord, thy Redeemer. i TT . ???.. ? * ? 1 CiiBBRroLNKBfl.?Doee it not seem sin go- 1 Jar that cheerfulness is placed among the re- , /pusitea tor ^ood housekeeping? But it f is of far more importance than you would at , first view irnagiue. What matters it to a j brother or husband, if the house be ever so ncat,qptke meals punctually or well prepared, ( if the distress of it is fretful and fault-huding , -fever discontented and ooinplaming. The J outside <4 such a house is efer the moet at- < tractive to him^ and.yif and every excuse , will be made for absenting himself; and the , pje^of business or engagements writhe made , to her who is doomed to pass her hours need- { lewy io solitude. , ' GREENY] ????? In JMstorirol Jfkctrl). [From Ballou's Pictorial.] Jtie dJDtf e\s Scb ice. DV Mn6. CAltOLlXR A. BOL'LE. Tall, bold, dark ami frowning was the outline of tlio old caMlc, as looinihg uj> against tho gray skv of a winter twilight, it tirst met tho gaze of the illustrious man who had been condemned to a fettered life. And as the drawbridge* was lowered behind his alow and weary steps, mid the ma*uvo doors swung to again when ho had crossed tho threshold, lie felt that he was indeed immured forever, that it was idlo to cherish the jKiinful hope of escape, that his dungeon was U living rrruro 1*1 The first night spent in Ins lonely cell seemed an eternity in length; In vain *lid he toss upon his slone-like bed, and strive to sleep; while his passionate paces between his narrow walls only tore knd bruised his'fect and fatigued his limbs, without bringing 011 nught of that wholesome weariness which dims the eye and 'benumbs the feelings. Never seemed sunlight so beautiful to liiin, not oven when abroad of a summer's morn I10 had watched its golden tides Hood the broad landscape that lay like pictured beauty before his vision, as did that first faint ray that streamed in through the grated window, and played amid tho furrows which anxiety had drawn upon his brow us with the rude touch of the torturing iron. Like the finger of Divinity writing there a choice and beautiful blessing, seemed that sunbeam, that 0110, stray, gold-colored ray from the fetterless world without. The pride and the majesty of his manhood camo back to the captive, hiq soul grew large and strong within him, his dungeon walls seemed to expand, its roof bore not down with that suffocating weight that had been hOeh an agony to bear, his pallet had a feathery lightness, his pitcher of water seemed a crystal spring, his crust of bread the marrow of life. God was with him still. Ilia mind and heart, all that makes tho true man, was free as tho singing bird of the forest, and though the door that had closed so harshly upon hitu should never swing open again, though the bolt that had grated so wildly should never be withdrawn, he was a captive ouly in name. More like royality, sitting in purple robes, to bo ministered unto, than aught else, seemed bo to the jailor, when a few hours later bo appeared to replenish the scanty table. He could not divine the cause of the sudden and mighty change ; he could hardly realize that the lofty and commanding form which now seeniod so proudly to tower al>ovo him, was 1 the same bowed and trembling one that ho j had half dragged thither a weary burden hut, the night before, lie did not know that (lod had spoken to the soul that stood enshrined in that human form, and that the breath which clung to every word was the breath of life. Nay, he knew naught of this ; hut lie felt that there waa a majesty about him as new as it was strange, as sublime as it was new. Well was it for the illustrious prisoner that his soul had grown so strong. Never elpe could he have endured tho severe and rigorous treatment which was continually imposed upon liirn, Never else could he have endured the separation from his young and beautiful wife, that faint delicate creature that had slept in bis bosom like a flower 011 a sun-lit hank, or a bird in a hidden nest, tilting his heart withN the fragrance and music of snnimer. Little thought ho of tho many dangers and toils to which she had subjected liorself, in pleading with his stem judges lor a home in that old, stern castle. Little j thought he that she was pciiHing life to gain access to him, not only that she might clioer | his lonely hours with tho sweet companion-1 ship of her lovinur heart, but H AVIhA tutmA stratagem that should carry him once again r>ut into the rude worhl, out under the Lluc sky, And to freedom of Ihnb ao well as freedom of m>ui. iiut nover yet (ii4^ron bolts or oaken doors: or grated windows resist forever woman's will. Never yet was heart so stern, but that nt s<wie moment it would have a kiddy mood. And through months passed on ere ihe gained her way, l*?r patient daily and nightly toil was at iftgth successful, and >no sunnjT morn in spring-time, when the greeting sunbeam had showed a broader, brighter light, the door of the dungeon twang open, and the companion of his life find labors, pale and thin with weariness and tare, but with a spiritual loveliness that made her seem nmost angelic in appearance, tppeared before Ins astonished sight, ami ere ae could press his brow to know whether jt irere not the phantasy of a rapturous dream, the fell on his bosom, wound her soft arms ibout bim, and whispered, M thine, thine? iiey conld not keep me from thee." One* immured beside him, the same love hut bad sued to long and truly for that ami, ret blessed privilege, becamo earnest in en* leavers to set him froe. Thoy had friends mough outside the euttle walls to l>ear him it oAoo to a pl*c#of safety, but within thero were none but cold, calhnis-hcArtvd guards, whom she dared not attempt to bribe, leahu Jiscovery should' sentence them to a deeper ind darker cell. % ,-.g ' t ?Jl / ? ? ' ; II.LE. S.' C: FItTDA' But one da*, wben months of weary waiting bad gone by, she obtained permission of the jailor to examine ft large chest of boohs and linen belonging to themselves, the key of which had been cutm-ted to his care.? ITc tarried by her side as .she drew from?it one and another Article, I'll he-was"salidjcd that nothing had been smuggled into it that could cither aid to soothe or liberate them, and then went his way, without tho lei>st idea that through her mind had flushed a thought of freedom. At night-fall, when ho drew the holt, with matron-like anxiety upon her brow, she begged be would obtain' leavo for her to send to a friend just outside the oasllo gates, and have her take charge for a while of her chest of linen, for though, and she sadly smiled as she spoke the words, its owner grew white shut up within a dungeon, that* grew grnv and yellow, and would soon be ruined. It was sosimnle a ro.inoaf ir. .. i r 1?y w u">'i that it was granted witliovxt- the leaat ado, and early tlie ne?<t morning, (lie oaken client was borne away,?borne away, not with linen in it to xvhiten 111 tilt1 dew and sun.-hino, j hot with mouldering volumes, but with a i human form, crouched almost out of shape, I tlx thin while hands pressing conclusively j its beating heart, lest its wild, loud pukes I should eelio forth, its pale lips pressed with I frantic motion to the tiny breathing npcr! tures which luul been drilled with painful toil. . 1 ', ' j Who may picture forth the weary hours I of that long, lonely day, as tlio captive wife 1011 licnded knees and with streaming eyes poured forth to Heaven her pfnycrs of love, or who may tell how anxiously her bosom throbbed lost the jailor should discern her falsehood, and ascertain that the roll of linen covered up so carefully on the couch and called her sick and almost dying husband, was but a ruse to hide bis flight- till she could feel that he was wife. "The heart kuowetli its own bitterness hers had a gal!, no drop of which can be expressed hi words. Yet proudly did shedeinoan herself, when at length the story came to light, so proudly and yet so womanly, that the stern judges, who, when first they heard the talc, conIdemncd her wjthout a trial to an imprkonj from >np !iauTTTea TrofTiiihDuvU, relented oflhcir harsh decree, and gave her not only the freedom "which she-enhed. but a laurel wreath, whibh will 1)0 fresh and green so long as the name of wifo is a cherished and a hoiy word. I b c Choice Of ll)fqi)C(j. A child waft walking in a shady green wood, by the banks of a murmuring stream. Two anggls appeared to him, as ho played with the sunny llowers tliatgrcw at bis feet. Said one.? 'I am tho Angel of I/ifo.' ! 4lf thou wilt come with with me,' said tho j Angel of Death, as ho folded his snow-white I wings,'to my homo around the Utrono of I God, and dwoll, tho Saviourwili give tiieo a g )ldeu crown of everlasting life, and a licavJen tuned harp.' Then the Angel of Lifo said, with a smile i of heayen-horn beauty? 'If tliou congest with mo, I can hut give tho groveling things of earth i cannot i guard tlics? from vice, as my twin brother, the I Angel of Death; hut if thou goest with him, beyond the glorious stars, whero nil is love, ! sin nor vice will never stain thy soul. "Wilt thou go 1' 'T will go with thee, Death Angel,' said the child. 'Glory he to God!' cried both the Angels. Then the Angel of Death look tho soul of tlm innncpiitdiilil nn<l .1!ooim.4u<-u.I ' ? miiu V*IKIIwi i?o uim the silvery clouds, but the body of the child remained on earth to bo unite'd with the body at the resurrection. Glory bo to God! Glory bo to G<>d!' cried the sainted choir of the Lord, as the Angel of Death thruatopcu the golden gates of heaven, and laid the untarnished soul of the child at the feet of the Almighty. The inotho- wept and murmured at the death ot her only child. 'Why woepest lltou V inquired the guardian Angel of the Threshold, of the mother. ? 'My ohild is dead !' responded the mother. 'Then weep not,' said the Angel, 'for when I gaze up toward* Heaven, 1 see thy son walking by the svtcet running waters of the Itiver of life, which j?roce<fd?:th from the Almighty's throne, singing praises to God. Is it not far better that he should l>e there than here V "Yes,' the mother answered, and she bowed Iter head, ceased her murmuring and said meekly? , ) "Lord, not my will, but thine be done." ~T. . oouni) and lmstanoe.?An .editorial paragraph in the New York Juuf$M of Commerce, Rays that Ebcuezer Snell, who in now living in the tojrn of Amherst, Ma?Hachu-, setts, lizard tho firinjjj^t th^battle of Hunker! Llill, when he was lri'Outmnington, Massa-j chusetta, one hundred miles di*dant therefrom, in a direct line, during the revolutionary war. A negro who was lying on the ground near him, lieard the booming of the guns, and said tuero was War somewhere, for he heard the cannons. Ifoell j?ut his ear to the ground And beard tbo' firing distinctly, and for u long time. ? jg } . tm ; ? i . ;v>.n , V . . km m@sf v?i >?< 1 . ; > ' iwrtU "p ....... ?^ . . 1 HORSING, JANUAl! - UK" '*?/.' j Siitating ffiisccllnm}. y o i p Eictiop. sxetch or EDGAH A. poe. It was a weary tale to tell how often lie i repented and wcw forgiven ; how ho passed from tho editorship of ouo mntrnzine to another; how lie went from city, to city, and state to state?an energetic, aspiring, sanguine brilliant man-?boaringtbo curse of irresolution?never constant hut to the serine ' live atid dangerous besetments of dissipation and profligacy; how friends advised him and publishers remonstrated; how, at one time, he had conquered his propensity so as , to call himself in a letter to a friend, a model ; ot tenij>emnco and virtue; ami how at another ho forfeited the high occupation (cdi' tor) which wns tho sole dependence of his 1 family, by frequent relapses into his former deaeolulo. habits; how he committed under the excitement of intoxication, faults aud excesses that were unpardonable ; how lie forfeile<l tho esteem ot the public, even whilst 1 his talents commanded admiration; how he I 4 succeeded in bringing many literary speculations into life, which his vicious habits and ! inattention to business murdered in their {youth; how he became a contirmcd inebriate, with only now and then a fitful hour or so with which to throw oll'on paper tho vn; garics of a mind rich with learning and inii aginative fancies ; how bis young and benutiful wife died, broken hearted, and how lie ! became so reduced in appearanco as no long* j er to be able to make bis appearance among his friend*; how his wife's mother,constant | to his fallen fortunes, and anxious to conceal I 1 _ . his vices, went witli ins manuscript from oCicc to office, and from publisher to publisher, in search of means to support him ; how, for a little while he shook oli the lethj orgy of intoxiention, and appeared in the ira}, aristocratic and wealthy circles of New , York city; how he was caressed,and admir| ed, lcted and congratulated by the beauty, fashion, and elite; how the efforts of his magic pen and touring genius were sought I by rival publishers; how lie was engaged I J to Ihj married the second timo to an acoom-1 j plished, wealthy and beauti/ul young lady; I and how the engagement was finally broken j oft' through his return to his pernicious i habits, it was a weary, melancholy tale indeed. The versatile, unhappy scones of Edgar A. l'oe's life were soon to close?snapped rudely asunder hy his own hand ? lie had partly recovered from his dangerous courses, | and was engaged in delivering lectures in ' different towns. They were unanimously attended; and it was with something like renewed confidence that the ardent friends of tho distinguished lecturer watched his ; conduct, which was now distinguished l?y | extreme sobriety. Tie even appeared to have renewed his vigor and youth, and it was with pleasure and delight that his friends and acquaintances received him into their ; society and homes again. %\.t the brilliant parties given at the houses of generous ac i nuaintances?at which ho was the lion of the evening?Mr. I've met with a refined and lovdy woman, whom ho had formerly known. Their friendship was renewed, an attachment was reciprocal, and thev wero'on<??i/ed to 1. * ' ^ o O # married. Every thing seemed to promise well j^the dawn of the bolter day appeared, . and the wishful reformation so long coining, ' seemed to have Come at hist! lint it was ' not to be. On a sunny afternoon in Octo! ber, 1810, he started to fulfil a literary engagement, and prepare for his marriage.? lie arrived in Baltimore, where he gave his luggage to a porter, with instructions to carj ry it to the railroad depot. In an hour he would set out for Philadelphia. ' But he ' would just take a glass before he started? for refreshment sake?that's all. Uli, fatal hour! In the gorgeous drinking saloon lie met some of his old acquaintances a;nl associates who invited him to join them in a social glass. In a moment all his good resolutions?home, duty, honor, and intended bride were forgotten; ere liie uigiii had i mantled the earth with her dark canopy, he waaju a state of beastly intoxication, insanity ensued; he was taken to tiie hospital and the next morning lie died a miserable, raving maniac. Poor, unfortunate, misguided creature! llo w;is thirty-live years old when litis last scene of his life's tragedy was emu-tod. i Kind reader, this is no fancy sketch oft drapery or fiction. No single Circumstance here related nor a solitary event here recorded, hut happened to Edgar Allen Poe, the Editor, Critic, and Poet, one of the most popular and brilliant writers in America.? Northern Organ. Pmtmtus and other consumers of paper may naturally expect a gr4nt rise in the price of- that article, for people in those hard ihms will ho oompelled to wear rags instead of selling tbctn. A l>rnus mercer, recommending a piece of silk to a lady for q, ?own, said? * *Madam, it will wear forever and mako a petiioMH afterwards.' Acknowledging the Corn.-^Crying 'Oh !' In a crotoa. # * * ,4 " .-v . n-. r. f < * , '? 4j.> '.' . - . . . m M IY 12, 1855. ih i* 0 J i hi c ?. b v alfred f. b v r x e t t. JTabd Times is now on every lip. Ami 'breathed from every topguo ; The Banks ore cursod by oue ami all, Th4 aged and the young. The movcknnt 1ms to close his doors, And throw his ledger by ; !' '< SucJj times he vows were never seen, By any mortal eye. The shopmen quit the eounter's side, For easterners are few, The times are now so very "tight" It makes them all look "blue The citizen in vain essays To make more than his bread ; A pound of -which he now ilectni-ee Won't weijt) it pound of bread! There's not n day but pome one fails, Some house that goes to smash ; And names that, once stood high on "Change," Are cut for want, of Cash. Those whom we thought were millionaires, And rich in shares and stocks. Their "Million heirs" now disappoint; They fail and leave no "Hocks." "Hard times! hard times! Was ever seen Such times as hard as these?" This is the erv front morn till night, In which each cue agrees. Aroiuedy I think I've found, Sav, how do you think 'twill do? "Pull otf your coat, roll up youmleeves, And work these hard times through !" Cincinnati Dollar Times. JLqOiesinlfabqoq. .. You encounter a lady whom you have never seen before, coming from her own house, from a church, or a shop, and about to step into Iter volantc ; you doff your hat, preseut your hand, conduct her to Iter sent, she thanks you graciously, and both of you go your ways, feeling the happier for the service rendered ami the acknowledgement made. A lady in Havana takes every proffered courtesy, and thanks you for it. She does not stalk up to your seat in public places, and with sulky doggednesa, silently demand that you should give up to her what you have paid for and secured, and after you h'uvo given it, take no more notice of you than if you were a cur which had hocn driven from her path. She does not, if you offer your arm to assist her, shrink within herself, and look at you as if you were a leper or a branded felon, because you have never l>een "introduced." If 'she be pretty and you tell her so, she thanks you for admiring her, and I have yet to learn that this disposition on her part lessens her pleasure in receiving attention and admiration, of yours, in giving it. [Q p qpese ]0 o 11 i*(|. The temples at Scinoda, Japan, chiellv li...i .? i :A.n? - < .i i him/, arc uuuuimiiiy siiuuicu 111 uie suburbs. Tbe entrance of llicin leads generally through rows of elegant trees and wild eamelias. There aro large, plain structures, with high 'peaked roof, resembling the hous-' us pictured in Chinese porcelain. (11 the space immediately in front is a large bull for summoning the faithful, a stone reservoir of liolv water, and several roughly hewn stone idols. The doorway is omairtentcd with curious looking dragons ami other animals carved in wood. I'pon entering there is notli-1 ingspecial about the building worth noting, the naked t^des and'exposed rafters having a gloomy Appearance. Tho altar is the only objoet that attracts attention? It so much resembles the lioiuam Catholic thai L need not describe it. Somo of the idols on these i altars are so similar to thoso 1 linvo seen in I Italy that if they were mutually translated ; I doubt whether either set of worshippers would discover tho change. The priests ! count beads, shave their heads and wear :?pologoU9 robes, and the service is attended i hv the ringing of hells, the lighting of can-1 dies, and tiio burning of incense. In fact, except that the cross is nowhere to he seen,' ouo could easily imagine himself within a! Human Catholic place of worship. During tlie eeventeenth century Christianity was introduced by the Jesuits, and tor a time made mi * ii/i . i.,.f *1... ...nil - a iu v?n> ^ im.w inuiiKiiuiminuiated by success, became haughty and j?rcsutnptious, and beginning to interfere in jiolitics and govern incut, brought about a violent persecution, ho deadly a hatred waa conceived against the Portuguese that in the spaeo of forty years tliey and tlieir religion were completely extirpated. Even to thin day in certain parts of the pmpire, tho custoni of trampling on the cross is annually celebrated. To Mich a pitch were. the Japanese exasperaUd that none of the Koinish ceremonial was permitted to survive. Now the resemblance in the outward forms of tho two religions, as I have mentioned above, is strikingly remarkable, and is sin interesting fact in reference to the priority of tho ceremonies of tho Church of ltorae, as it is still undetciihinod whether they originated with herself or were borrow ed from Pagans. Groat liberty of conscience; exists. .Every Japanese lma a right to pro. teas whatever faith he please.-., provided onl*, ^7 7 r*mrT ' - "Vf * \ * % # - ' 41 . it>' ;: r ' ' Uf-M.Ui -t C1W viuVtiW} tW.>* < , * t . .* ^ *" r * 1: LuL&* ! '' ' < v ' '*> '.''i > T-' \'?^b Vy '." .' ff NO. 35. . % 1.1 it 1>0 not Christianity. Religious scots arc* said to be its numerous a* they art iu the United States. 'J ho chief among tbeui are the Sititoo or Buddhist, the former being the old national faith of (lie country, and as , resented by the Mikado or smr&uid Empapor, w^io is thought, io be the liu<j;i1 <k*>cen<)auL of the gods. They have some vague "notions of the immortality of the soul and of,a future state of rewards and punishments. Buddhism, the most widely ditVused religion of India, is supposed to have been introduced about the Gth century. Its principal 'tenet is the Meteinsychosis or transmigration of the soul. Tho Buddhists believe that tho spirits of tho departed enter iuto the bodies of animals, and there remain' passing 'from one animal to another, until their; sins op earth being purged away, they are received into the realms of everlasting happiness.-? They abstain from animal food, and llieic priests art* under a vow of celibacy,, Tlio great majority of the temples arc Buddhist. In addition to thc>e, there are sects of philosophers who bold the morality of Cnnfn. cius in grcid estimation. Tire whole tenor of their doctrine is to.rcnder mankind viituous in this life. They endeavor to preserve a good conscience, inculcate lilial affection and a due obedience to the laws of their sovereign. All these different, faiths have become so mingled and blended togeLh- * e>-, and their doctrines have so penetrated each other, that scarcely any religion preserves its original purity. , , *\Cor. of Journal of Commerce. q i I) o u r) i) r\ d $ e 1) f o p. '1 u~ favorite weapon of attack by the Benton party on Mr. Atchison, in Missouri has always been his attachment to Mr. C'alhoim, and his firm adherence to tho cause of tho South. To stigmatise, him as a Nullitier and a Secessionist, and to put these charges forward, in every imaginable fonn of abusivo and.scurrilous epithet, have constituted tho great resource of the lb-nton party in they I contest with him. A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican makes the following pungent retort to these malignant attack?. It involves an indirect' inquiry into (lie j public career of Mr. Benton, which that vonI nmKln ?nvli*Ia-? I 4 ,m 1 " v..?v.w |/?/iinv?n Miiiimi is nut jiKeiy i'") ui* vor; v"It is well known that Mr. Calhoun, during his life, characterised immy of the* "fused" gang now engaged in blackening and reviling his memory, in a vefy plain manner, described their union, or "fusion.'* ..us i\ mero interested 4<cohcsionn for purposes of "public plunder!" He knew that . those men aspersed his motives, and slander- * ed his objects, namely, to obtain -contract*, jobs and cdTUe.s! Hmio one or nnotber'of tlietn grasped for everything, from the public printing down to the furnishing of necessaries for the army and navy, lie despised the whole of fheso bruits erf ftiny, and attacked and exposed theni without iho'tdightest regard to tlie injury their nialiojorta tusks might intlict upon himself, lie knew, but disregarded, their inlluence with poliliciana. Mr. Calhoun lived and died an , honest man. llis soul abhorred treachery and deceit. Not even those whose speculations lie thwarted and exposed, charged him with dishonesty, or with a desire to plunder' the treasury to benefit himself or to enjit-h his children. - - * * 1 * " 1 le never was guilty of charging and obtaining large sums of money in payment lor using his influcnco wfth Departments (t> favor large claims; he never was guilty of intluencing for money Boards ul't lotnmissirtn ers, when they were noting upon large claims for money; ho never udvLqd,.?fM? tlio indictgicnt'ol* Dr. Gardiner, the tfoUlm- * ous procurement and destthctiun' of papers in Lbo State i H'partimiRvlf which might, if undertroved, prove n eli nl guilty as the said (iaWiner, and place his attorney in a scandalous position; he never toadied to Companies to pay members of his f.unilv 10,000 or 12,000 under the pretend^jjjfcat, they could usefully and beneficially engrbre in the business of lobhv jewmfs grOOO^ Ills HCVlT, <iaU;! lob.)",' agent before Oongi\*s?fiViporlinetly rItawiu</ both report and hiil hi favor of lIk? claim for wliich ho had boon retained; he never oncd?fur less for a series of yjnrs, aclAcl, for inon.-y, as a Claim Ageht before ,He Department, nor beforo the still morsd?j#r>dant Jlurcaus and to crown all?Mr. Calhoun, when old, and (hrrrrouhdcd l>v enemies, had thb courage to have defiantly offered the.ni un opportunity to prove tl?c tiHtli ' of charges against him before a Committee 1 of Congress, had they dared to have natde any,instO;ul of holding bnck and putting them in the altitude of seeming to attack an ohl man?he did not thus quell investigation. One of our exchanges, in noticing the lecture of a blind man, any* he spoke far t\vo hours and did not reti r to his hote* during the whole time. Wonderful institution, that I mdh. 4-Fatuk?," said a juvenile to his paternal guaixlism, who liad the had habit of nlternatihiffroin piety to profanity, '*1 do think you otfcht to stop psayiug or ^wearing?1 don't jjtaire which." Mk