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'? |kilrtitnl JMnltrro. Jk?JLL : Prom tho N?v Or 1 unrig Picayune, Tito Administration and A Hext Congro.X , Tjt the last Congress tho non-slitveholding j States sent ninety members iofiiendty Pierce, aqjl fifty-one opposed to him. Tho Courier of New "i ork, commenting on tho result of the _ Congressional elections in Connetticut, and Rhode Island, which completed the list of those elections in tho Northern States, estimate, that in tho next Congress only twenty- . three will have been chosen who are friends of this administration, while the entire num- f her of opposition members will bo found, to bo one hundred and sixteen. Of these, many ^ were elected as members and representatives t of tho American party, somo as Free Soilers, , others as Whigs, and some others as Fusion ists?that is, men elected by a fusion of scvoral parties in one, for tho attainment of a victory over some obnoxious candidate. I Beyond nil doubt, the Nebraska question i cute rod very largely into (Lis general contest , for members of Congress in three Stales.? That it would do so, and that tho result ' would bo what^t lias proved, was anticipa- ' ted from tbo onset; for there has never been < any doubt that the sentiment of the North . was opposed to tho action of the hist Con- ? gress^on that qnostion. Ihit it was not 011 this.question alone, or mainly, that this wonderful revolution, upon which tlio Courier ' comments, was affected. The true cause lav farther down, at the foundation of this achievement. IIqd there been 110 agitation of or action on the Missouri compromise ! question, in the last Congress, this resolution 1 must have happened at this time and in this ' way. It has been but the inevitable result \ Ot me-wtjre well Wlrcn?taken upon nnnci- if plevcnrcfully concieved, firmly carried out, 1 and nfnde operative to the accomplishment of 21 %ed and settled design?a design as ' yet Iwrpartially executed, but still advancing ,1 steadily and surely to its fulfillment. And now turn wo our eyes towards the j Southern states and see what lias already beeu done, what is doing, and what is likely | tu be done therein, towards giving a coin-i1 pl&tion to the next Congress.. Again we ! take the C<Mi-icr's figures. VVc find that only four of tho slavehold- , ing Stales have as yet elected congressional ] representatives, to wit: Missouri, South i Carolina, Fforifla, and Arkansas. With tho ( exception of Missouri, which has elected one ' administration member to six opposition, they i have chosen cuti/e administration dclega- ( tions; yet, though the rest of the States', should elect entire administration delegations, the House of Representatives woldd bo decidedly opposition. But they will not elect administration delegations.; on the contrary, tuey will eontrib- ., lite very materially to swell the opposions to i b the administration. The result of the approaching elections in Virginia, iu Georgia, ; in Kentucky, in Tennessee, and some other t States wo might name, will, judging from re- i cont and present appearances, demonstrate this fact beyond gainsaying. Contemplating thus tho now well assured " fact that the Administration of Mr. Tierce' 1 will be in a woful minority, in the popular j branch of the next Congress, and comparing j ins position with wtiat it was but two briel ; years ago, llic cheering reflection arises that| ( the people, though generous and trusting to j those who promise to serve them and faithfullyjuid truly, will, at the sumo time, hold . '' them to a strict accountability for the man- jsi nor in which they use or abuse the .powers j si cot (tided to them, 1: lacked but such ait ad-' tJ ministration as this lias proved; imbecile,1.. time-serving and contradicting every profes- j ^ion with wliich it started ; to give fresh j ^ nerve and new vigor to a movement which ; li hadjts Hmt impulse in a distrust of exciting ' parties, of whatever name. Had this admin- ; (| istration realized the hopes that its first pro- | tensions in .pired, there would not have been i J1 so much cause for condulemcnt with it now. 11 liut as it has sown nothing but the wind, it1 a can surprise no one that is now reaping only p the whirlwind. >g ueorgia oasiimere w ool. si We saw yesterday in the Agricultural 10 liiire.au of the Pa tent Office, says the Wash- j ington Slur of Wednesday, a beautiful sain- 1 pic of the wool of tiie Angora goat, from 1 ' Air. Diehard Peters, of Atlanta Georgia.? j This specimen is very fine indeed, being j - flomo teu Inches long, as soft and gloesv | as silk, and pure white color. The goats i from which this wool came are the produce , of an importation made by Dr. .Tames B. l>a- j c; ^ vis, of Columbia, South Carolina, in 1849? : ^ seven females and two males. The flock is] nth/ owned by Mr. Peters, and numbers per- | " haps, sixty. Dr. Davis is now about cm- . ? barking for Persia to obtain more. The 's yield of the fleece, in this oouutry, is from j n four,to four-and-a-half pounds annually.*? The experiment of introducing these goats i into the United States has boea entirely sue- i cessfol, the yield hero being much greater ( .A^jan in Asia Minor, where it ranges from one fb four pounds. The only embarrassment to f their rapid increase among us thus far is the ? fact that the male.-, borfi in tho flock greatly t outnumbers the female*,?Savannah Gear- t ... 6 Still More Georgia Gold. Wb w<ere%hewn yesterday, says the Au 11 gnsta (Ga.) Cottotitutionalifit tv Republic, j another Tump of gold, from' tho mine of I ^ Messrs. McCormick Utituer, Columbia I . county, of which we, would lik<$ to be the i * ' ypwner. " It wa* the prfctfucte IK" twenty-six 11 ? hands In pine workup (lays froth surface ore, I t some of which had "been thrown aside forflf- j I teen ycarfli The lump weigh* 1760 penny- r weight*, and Is worth about onethousaud six hundred and titty dollar*, "lliexET*."? A'cothmpornry ram arks that I c the new law put* an effectual damper on t anonymous letter*. Those who send tlicm ure now compelled Ur pay out threw cent*, which to such niearr *onU imparts a much ;1 greater pang than their effiudou* can possi- j ( hly infWcton anyone else. , t III SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. Friday Morning, May- 4,1855. AGK.VTf. i.VY. CARR, X. W. cor. of Walnut oud Tlurd-st. Philadelphia, is calf authorized Agent. /V. W. WALKER, Columbia, S.-C. . t, M. PEDEN, Fnirvicw P. ()., Greenville Dist WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. jt-grOun renders will observe that con:nbutora and correspondents have taken up much of our paper to-day, and trust that their nrticlos will suftice for tho mcrigerness if our own department. A portion of our forco being sick,compelled us to take the mechanical department of our paper in chargo ?118 no t'mft or inclination to do " tAWrhings at once." FROM CALIFORNIA. , # The steamer Daniel Webster has arrived it New Orleans with California advices to April 9. Tho general items are uninterestng. New discoveries of very rich diggings lad been recently made near Diamond Spring vhieli is, we believe, the place whero our bni^crtownsmen GCOULETTj DVUMIAM, Ppo. ;ins, Datt, and others, have located. We :rust that they are sharing tho treasures of, hesc ucw discoveries. COL ORR'S ADDRESS. Wk tender our thanks to Col. Our for a x>py of his address, delivered before tho Routli Carolina Institute Fair. Its length precludes the posibility of publishing it in our paper, but our village coutemporai ies lave each inserted it, which in a manner excuses our inability to do so. It is well ivorth a reading, and we would respectfully equest our readers to give it n perusal? I icy wilUiud it full of interesting fiicts and iiiggestions. A SAD OCCURRENCE. We regret to learn that Dr. E. It. Jones ind Mr. J. S. Fain, both of llcndcrsonville, J. C., had a difficulty on Wednesday of last veck, which resulted in the death of the later. Tbo former is well known as a gentleuan of intelligence, and of polite and ngrceble manners?the deceased was a person of udi'.strious habits, and much esteemed by | lie citizens of llcndcrsonville. A FAST TEAM. On Tuesday evening last the team of Mr. uieknfiki.d, consisting of four horses, aticbed to a large tin-pedlar's wagon, started inn the rail road depot, and after making uveral successful turnings on the opposite ide of the river, crossed over, and passed up min-street at full speed, without driver.? 'urniiig the street at the drug store of Dr. Ivkle & Co., imd the sharp corner at the! IniApftiial nlniroli iliou * ^ 1 V Mill VII U1VJ i/BVV^IIV U|> ill lUt" evidence ot' Mr. Siibrmas?all in good or- J or, having ran the distance ot' a mile and n j uarter, over several diiliculL places, without j >jnry to wagon, harness or horses. It wn> j most wonderful escape?yet it may be at- j ributed to the great control which our friend I iANDV has over his horses. Finding him-! ?lf unable to catch up with tho team withut putting tliem to the trouble of stopping,; 0 ordered them to keep the road?and, j hi't/ folloioctl hi* directions f trra mm. ' % odvy'a Lady * Book. Thk May number of this superb periodial has been received. There is no publicaion which reaches us that is looked for with renter in erest. Its weleotno is that of an !d friends. Subscribe for it?the present 1 a fine opportunity. A new volume comnences in July. ^ 'h ' Southern Cultivator. We have neglected for some tima to noice the monthly reception of this yalnable' igricultural paper. Cutler tlte editorial nanagement of Dr. Lick and I). JIkHmond, he Cultivator sustains an enviable reputa-! ion .as an agricultural journal. Published tl Augusta, Oeo/?$1. por annum. MjP. -~m 'he V/uvCrly Magazine-Beaton. WR'fiave been favored with n copy of thi? nost excellent publication. It is decidedly he best literary paper we bare ever had the tlcasure of exchanging with. Will the edior be so kind as to conliuue the exchange ? Vrltlress, Mows A. Dow, Boston, fl2. por tnnutTK Cobi'limext to tub Press.?Thi Presi-1 lent of the North l^astern Railroad has! xfoght two new engines, which have boon tamed respectfully "Mercury" and "Cottier," after these two stauaeh journals of Charleston, May they never run off the racfc. .& ? . * it* . ; -*:? * ff: C . - s vii i , Com$poi)i<jfece of the ?rjtci*pK$e. LETTSR^TTBOM CHARLBSTOIC , CnAKLE8ioNj April 27th, 1854. tj W. P. pKit i, ICucron or itm Enturpris*. Dear jSir:?I am still in tho "QueenCity " of the South," ami. now resume my pon to 1 giro you some of the dottings down for the ^ last few days. On Tuesday morning I visited the Medical College, Marine Hospital,, 11 ! \lms )Ton?,o and Work 1 Ion?o Th?* * in the Hospital and Alms llou^c are welj attended with able physicians, and nre' ?ttr- . rounded with every o -mt" >. t tiletf. tgi their . wants and suliering e.uidi: i> >n. Connected with thfc Medical College, there is a splendid ' anatomical Mqseum, calculated, I should] j judge, to aid the Medical Student very much : in lliA fitnrlu nf nnnlnmtr *An r\f i I wv v* * * lvui vwv Ul ( (I this Collego aft extensive viow of the city | v anil harbour can bo obtained. It was i ^ through tlic kindness of my young friend ' ^ Mr. J. M. Field, that, I gained admission J into these institutions. Mr. Field is a Medi- i ^ cal Student from an adjoiuing District to j, . Greenville, and is attending a summer course! | ; of lectures. j On Tuesday night, in company with Lieut. J; i Davis of the United States Army, and otliJ crs, I attended the "Stato Institute Fair.*'?* j C Tho hnll of flic Institute wns brilliantly illu-| j. 1 minatcd, and the thousand and one articles , o on exhibition werd displayed to admirable advantage. There was a splendid baud discoursing sweet music to the crowded hall, and imparting a zest and liveliness to tho ^ occasion. In rambling through the hall, 1; I was pleased to see some agricultural pro- ^ ducts from the Rev. Wiiitekoord Smith, V. MoBer, Esq., and Dr. Ckook. My l)is- ( trict prido. rose when I saw tho handsome ; Buggy on exhibition by Messrs. Gower, ' ^ Cox ik Marklrv, and heard it so highly s spoken of as a master pieco of workmanship by those who examined it, men capable ofjudg- ^ ing of its real w*j|th and merit. This buggy was not made with the inteution of placing j it on exhibition at the Fair, therefore it t j speaks well lor the faithfulness wjth which j work is executed at tho Greenville ""Coach t j Manufactury. Why cannot Greenville com- ^ pete with any portion of our country in all f that pertains to mochanism or art, aiul in- ^ din-trial persuits in general ? Col. Oitu justly| remarked in his speech, the people of tho j ^ J South did not liko to venture into nuy en- j j terprise calculated to devclope tho rosoufcaes ' . 1 of our country, or advance her industrial j ! interests, unless they had an assurance tbkt j i it would make .a yield of severt per cent.? There are a few men of liberal views, how- 1 ^ 1 ever, among us who can look beyond pros- j | ent gain, and who have made some outlay j j! of monev not alone to benelit themselves.' - '111 but the country 111 general. i * Wednesday I went in a pleasant party to I ^ Sullivan's Island. The evening was clearly and the breeze brisk, cool and invigorating. We visited the fort and whilst tliero fancy invested the scene with the rage and tumult , h of battle. I thought of the horoos who fought .* so nobly and valiantly, and of a Jasper who | leaped over the battlements amidst the peal j of musketry and the booming of cannon to j ?' rescue the fallen Hag, and to place it whore ! '* it could bo seen to animate the* hearts and ! ! oi nerve the arms of the garrison to strike^for | victory or death. ^ Wednesday morning I visited tlicMagnolia Cemetery in eompany with a young ri friend, Cadet Thompson, of Greenville. 'litis , is a befitting place for tho repose of tlio dead ; hl away from the busy haunts of men, where | nothing is heard snve the voice of Nature, in i * the lashing of the waves against the shore 1 ^ and the warbling of the birds in tho close j ^ I woven groves. ' This motning I visited the Museum. It & is said to be the second best in the Ulilted 11 States. I need not attempt a discription, for s my pen would fail of the office. It is high- ? ly creditable to tho State and city.. This 11 Museum is in the Charleston College build- 11 ing and I am indebted to one of the students, n Mr. Buodie, for the pleasure of seeing it. " The Fire Companies are parading the Htreets this evening. They have just passod ^ the Charleston Hotel, and presented a beautiful appearanee. A company from Suvan- * nah had a handsome little girl seated cn . j their engine decorated with flowers. They j were some half hour iu passing the hotel and each company was headed with a splendid R band of music. ^ | The city fathers followed in tho truin and | presented an imposing spectacle. I i close asking you to cxcuso any imper- ^ factions which may be ceased by haste or the noise and confusion inckicrU to time, place and occasion, ft Your* Hosriajfiullv, * BbWTKOTON. ii Ordination of T. D. Owin. W? learn that Bro. Thomas I). Gttin Was 0 ordained to the ftospel Ministry, at New . Bethel Church, in York Disbgpt, 8. C., on Saturday before the 3rd Hnbbath in this f1 month. Mr. Owin is a young man of a*- $ eeHent abilities; he has Wen for several years d at the Fnrman University. We trust Ah at fij Bro. Gwin's advance to the ministry will prove a lasting blessing to tho canse of Christ ^ Maysd<*es*orown his efforts.? Carolina In f ' * '* ,*! ?' Ugl-L-lig'l 'j' '" TfcMb# Wpf?k?n SftMrprlio. c Attfb L!Cl8fc/T-*-" T Y 6 E R " ' Mf. Editor :?Portnit me through the ledium of your Enterprise, to say a fow I ords to thej^tt^ of the ujg^^try, rela-! vo to a cot^^^fcntionJdl knature f Tygor, pubraPfl in of I vv hifo allot men I oulBB^Sffii'3pR"^so ^ir ivh wc kaow i ii -wh^lo eBKtry, aro un?jfr thonecossi?riW?eaal^^refleeting and investigating, hwthey may become possessed of such iiiowledge) Is it- not important that we rho have strove for a series of years, with II our mental energies to furnish ourselves nth moral, political and religious creeds, o serve us during our pilgrimage as Amerian citizens, are yet entirely in tho dark, unil some one eiffow?d,*as Tyger seems to be, till condescend J.ofcbme4out with a flood of Ight, that wouluVif dispensed rnoro frequent y and more bountifully, answer afJ9o?Lpurv1 >0s08, and savo us the labor of conrow|i^l ho learned politicians of ancient and mod- { rn times, such as Solon, Lock and Pjtyley, 1 r more recent writers, such as the Fedora- i st, or tho writings of Mr. Jefferson there of our own countrymen of srryjwf j naracicr. Shall Tvgcr remain shut up in his don, nil lot all his fellow men labor nnd toil for lat light so essential to us as citizens, and hick eooms, as it were, to belong to him y intuition, and will ho withhold that light otn us all, and still subject lift to the drudgry of finding out that light for ourselves, hen lie might at once save us nil the (aor and serious investigations to furnish ourelves with this light? Let us thank Tyger for what ho has done, nd request him to give us more and as freuently as he conveniently can. Awny with jock, Payley, Jefierson, Franklin, Waskingon, Madison, Calhoun, and all others who tave heretofore given us what wo conceived 0 be light, and away with Edwards, 1) wight, /kftlmers, Clark and Luther, and all our anient and modern writers in philosophy? noral, mental, experimental and physical, nd call on Tyger to come for tic aad bless lio world with all the light that's in him.? low shall we all dispose of all the light that 1 k.r ? I.:? ?!._ --.I mi. ut vuunuiLiii^ mo iiiunors we iavo rend and digested as well as wc were ble, the segments aud science therein deeloped. Shuli all the Know Nothing army iC now disbanded, and all tho labor and exonscs that have attended all our organizaion and all our eflbrts, be thrown cntirc>r to the forcwinds ? Shall we get any lore light from Tygcr, to coinpensato us >i this great loss ? This habit of thinking >r ourselves, has cost us much, "and to bo ilicved from it all, is surely a great relief, 'an we conclude that we are not most highr favoured, and. most amply compensated, wo could but be assured that Tyger would jntinuo to enlighten* us by his luminous imitations. But, Mr. Editor, is it to be la icntcd, that all men aVo not like Tyger, in ossession of all ortliordoxy on all creeds, r is it right that wo all are (as we are.) not >any of us like Tygcr, but so constituted ?at we must labor physically for food and timentj'and mentally for useful knowledge. Although wc may nil think it a great blesing to be thus endowed, could we be so enowed, yet, may we not hope that all is for ne best, and thut the world is, perhaps, as ell as it is, as it would bo if all were like 'yger, filled with light so pure and boautful, fiat all becomes more light for a short period ficr Tyger let oft* his flood upon u?, and any wc not concludo that a continuance of noli light might bo more than would be ;ood for us if continued long, and might act tijuriously if continued too long. But let is request Tyger to remove from us the darkless, if indeed it be darkness, which acts ipon us in regard to the Roman Catholics. Ve have believed, and have deliberately oine to that belief, that Republicanism and tomanisin could not exist together, and rhy ? because the lifq and support of repubcanism is the light and knowledge, or the itebgence and integrity of tho people at urge who con&tituto the republic; and Jio nanism requires mental darkness with The uany and knowledge with the few, and the 3w must govera^the many. The I'ope nust exercise supremo authority, and whatrcr of tho so-called religion of the Roman ,'atholic is allowed tho many, must ho sold o them by the priest#, and tbey, the priests, ;ot the common peoples' nronoy for it? fow surely Tyger will.excuse us for gcting ato possession of some information relative 5 the Roman Catholic faith and practice, inee we got it from Martin Luthor, and there of a like- stamp with Luthor. We ave become iqfcpcent possessors of these icts relative, to the Roman Catholidl, 1 ioj*tf tdlVtUeee aotiuns of' ours touching iese things arifhe e ?(1 A.rwi lTygrr oond# j trflTw Show us flfce herecy, and also a pro ess by which we can bo rid of these hereies t It is n belief with many motestints, pd ju.rhaps with ill potestatnj^fhnt pic ' Ji Sh m. l -?J-L?JLL'U/niii ijieg lioninu. Catholic iiereciss nre a curs5b to any people, not only in ft' republic, he-tin any oountryT cither civilized or otherwise. It is a belief with many best citizens, that tho cnormitioj of the Roman Catholic popes and priests, and all in authority in the Iloiuan Catholic churches, have rend'ored I ilioin unpopular, nod not to bo endured, even iu some of the Thonnrchies of Europe, and that they havo set to work to fasten j themselves into our soil, and to rear their institutions under oiu^ree government, and be.ing tolerntod iima^R us, they are using all the means in their power to gain a footing hero, that may, they hope, result in a flpVor, that shall ultimately sway the,sceptre of the pope or popery in America, would with nil duo dcferqrence, ask Tyger a plain question or two. Dear sir, if tliore 1 wcro now, or should thero be at somo fttture period, a majority of Roman Catholic voters' in tho United States, would they not exercise the power they possessed, aud place men in ofllcc of their own faith? and second,ly, should we be as we now are, a republic {frith schools established aud establishing nit ov?r our country for enlightening the people? Would all religions be tolorated, and every I ^^^ ^Wwcd, as evory one now is, to wor iiaunuiice \vuu ific nictates ol . Ufl9HKM?6rice, and would tluyo bo none | WiPW^jPIWo prevent, or to attempt to prevent his so doing? Did not our rilgrim Fathers fleo from religious oppression, and did they not find religious freedom, and did tlrey not hand it down to us their docqn | dants, and nre we not bound to watch and to see that samo freedom preserved nud handed down to those who are to come after us, and who nro to iuherit the liberties ! we enjoy ? Our fathers bought them, and shall we not prescive them, not only unimpaired but improved, and sent to successors in better condition thau when wo received them ? In guarding these precious-. rights, which we consider the legitimate growth of die troc of liberty planted here by our Fathers, the Pilgrims, and our Fathers, the heroes of the revolution, we thiuk or wei have thought, that two much caro cannot ] well be observed in guarding our institutions ' from danger. \)?e wouJ4 opi'vejr our idea of duty in this case by a comparison. A inau, a stranger, is received into a weiPregulated family, with a hope and inteution of becoming a member of the family.^ In pou-1 sequence of the reputation this familyjiflj laincd for order, sobriety and good nrent, he, the new comer, wishes to iMlbntir one of the family. The good government was established, autlin operation before the stranger came, and he wished to ei^oy the : privileges enjoyed by the oth^r members ofj snid family, and wishes for no participation in the government itself, but to enjoy the protection afforded to all the orderly members of said family. STiould tho head of the family give a portion of the government of thigkfamily into the hands of the slrangor bcforfliUfc arood demeanor baa manifested i itself sufficiently to entitlo the new member to a participation in the government. We think if the new member's molivefor coming into the family were what ho declared them to be, he would not desire to aid in governing, but would be satisfied with enjoying the protection and the priviliges of the family government.. So our national institutions have been spoken of in foreign nations, and those who come here to set, each under his own vino and liberty tree, where none can oppress or molest him, is attracted here by the advantages he would enjoy here that he could not enjoy at home, under the government he'caves behind. We cannot see any thing like oppression in the exclusion of foreigners from our offices, until such time as we eon see them deserving of a participation in the government. LEOPARD. For tho Sonthem EntorprUt. To the People of Greenville: Fsllow -Citizens : Am our town is rapidly increasing in size, and ita beauty and convenience depend very much on tho uniformity of the streete,>.it is necessary that the, Council should have a rule to govern them, in preventing encroachments on ttie streets, that would be sustained by the community. ana Avoia tnc necessity of vexatious nndW dious law-suits. I think the Watson butvey, which was made with great care and labor, and I have no doubt ability, afford? the required rule. As 1 understand it, that survey secures to all at least the full measurement that their ^eeds call tor,1 giving, In some slight degree, a change ia location.? What I now propaao is, that the citizens should meet and ratify that survey, on tho condition thatal!Houses, fences and.fixtures, at present in existence, should be permitted to remain na they am until they are to be renewed. And that, hereafter, all buildings, whether houses, fencer,stables or other fixtures, shall be located in conformity with the Watson survey. If tho citizens will hold a town mooting and pass resolutions to th(s effect, th*fei]gty of Count il will be plain, awl, I liayq no doubt, will, be faithfully .?xccuU<j^^gj(^J jn thc^pd, we shall have tho streeto^flKti-' - - J or verii ion ^o'lltiy cuiitee^P^* | Mqto.respectfully, j A/^^DlldOK; Jntend:ittt> : The Teat* ef Ketdwr. ^ I Tuk gohts of tlie Kmrt'me commonly blacky Jf. 1 "i^-vtwjr ?um are m;u;<j irotn tlueir skius having.The same- color, ;Thist is Inn article co nil a only used by tho Arabs for oo/ oring their touts. In approaching Hethlcniem from the direction of iuo desort, I pasSed an encampment of this people, tv1?$$ "**" tents were all in ado of this black cloth, and ^ which presented a striking appearance, (.% ^ pccially as contrasted with the white canvnJ tents to which I had been accustomed hithi erto, and which travellers do golWrally om- A \ ploy iu- that country. At Tokoa, Amo*' 1 birthplaciftix miles south of Bethlehem, I j beheld a giniilar scene. Tim settlement ,v J there consisted of two small groups*pf tenla^ ouo larger than tho other ; they were covered with tho blnck cloth before mentioned, svf|>ported on several poles and turned up in, ? part on one.side, so that a porson from willi* out could look into the interior. In .crossing tho mountains ofTiebanon, the path of tho traveller leads him Hong tho brow of lofty summits oaprlooking deep valleys, at I tho bottom of wmch may be seen tho long black tents of migratory shepherds. It is tbis aspect orf a Bed^niin encampment that . i supplies tho companion in Solomon's Song: [^"l am blaok, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents oflvedar, as tho cur- *. tains of Solomdh." "To the tents of the Ori- j entala, viewed singly^" says.a certain traveler, "it would b^ftcn difticui^^^cribs tlieepithet eomrily but arfonu^^Sart. of a pros1 pact, thev aro a very boaRR] object. I add, for "the sake of explanation, that Kcdar was tlsc name cf or Ishumoiiuw y tribo, who, like n091 ache wauderers in general, appear to havfliflKn different places at different times, are mentioned repeatedly in the Old Testament. Hie Psalmist for iutahco?rxx. to them in the expression, "Woe is mo that ? dwell in tno tents of Kedar." They socra to have % i had a had pre-eminence above others of their race as a quarrelsome, -beligercnt people.? [ Chris. Review. , I -Gen, Houston, in tho course of his lecture at Boston on slavery ; said : "In the part of tho country iu which I lire, , we liud the adoption of climate, s?)il and pro T:ii duction have demanded and commanded the labors of a class of lultorcrs who bad ! been dkpelled from this part of the country. ' Tho slave is not there doomed to a stnte of '<V nbjoct cruelty; he is not doomed to heathenisin. They aro-under the eare of masters, who see that on the Sabbath day tlio slaves . ^ 1 attend the worship of the Supremo Dying. - ^ LTbe word of God is either given^tflern by ffh of their ow n color, or l?v white preaoh??rl il.-" ? i?? ?..u vi.iiiv uiMiucnu in ino principles rof religion. Masters who mtfrightly consti- 4M tuted, loci anxious tli.it jflfelaves should ' ; bocomo acquainted with l^^roysteries, the' truths and the joys of religion. They do " ? not wish th/Mflfcto labor 011 the Sabbath day. I say it witn an Sincerity, that" I know but ^ two masters who have been charged itfth employing their slaves on the Sabbath, and their houses have become like infected pin- * ' ces. No one consorts with them?no one1 '*? would confide offices of trust or distinction to them. These I know pre statements which are not in accordance with the cxcityd state of feeling in certain portions of ourf country, but tfcy are nevertheless true; and' +T I feel called upon to state the truth in return 1' for thut respect with which I nm sure it # will be received.' (Applause.) An Elopemknt in IIioh Life in Ouanok N. J.?An unprecedented excitement has been created in the neigboring village of Or- r ^ angc, by the elopement of a married gentle- * man with a young lady of great personal attractions, ard the daughter of one of the rich- * est residents of that place. The gentleman ^ who has thus absconded has been doing bus- ^ iness in New York, aud has left a wife and *' child in Orange, unprotected and uiicarcd for. mtm Previous to leaving he borrowed of various * A businessmen sums ranging from $500' to V #2.000, in a^o the amount of #16,000.? . We understaml that since his Yeridcnce in Orange this gentleman has made great pretensions to piety, and has bogp a leader in evening meetings. It Ifrunkn'owrt Whether UJI eloping parties have gone to Etjrropo 9r wlicther they niv ."till in. this country, but wo learn that both left notes avowing their determination not to return.'?Newark Met- > cury, Aprit 23. * ?m Mathkw J. Ward.?It appears that Matt. J. Ward, who shot the schoolmaster Puller, in Kentucky, is the great lion of the streets of New Orleans. He sports a .beautiful span of boy horses, beautifully capar* 4^ iqgged, and a carriage that is brilliant with geutlemen, with bluo suits, whit* golvee, f ' Llaok hats, n green band around, and aainnll i feather jpon the upper edge. * * Signs. + "** To hear a death watch denotes that there a a little insect near you. Aft in ring in rotir cams a. sign that you haywt^KSjk a little cgl* To soo strange sighu, oq?ii*arJtief null sounds, is a sign there is somcthky. u> causo them, or that head or system is disord^flB^FoaAave dreams, is a signT^CjMjMpp much per. To see an 1 is an incontestable evidettXtthat you nj^ lacti^ng common sense. * ^ office, L tfcs Of*