?CWrc*ponde?>eti <if tliwftew York llcrulJ.]
-. i W amusqto^, Oct. 20,1855. ^
Jfore Cuban Development*?A StartUna
Chapter Expected?A Spanish
Official Letter of Sale of the Island
?Terms Offered to General Pieroe
*>:' ?Secretary hfarcy's Ansicer?%lts
Effeci?2/Co Papers Concealcdfrom
the Peoples W - - >
Cuba is up again. A fresh chapter I
in her history, after more than a years
concealmcut, is about to become public
property. The particulars it gives
will be more than interesting, .tho
word startling might bo hero applied
with every . propriety. Betoro tho I
meeting of the last Congress, Presi- j
dont Piorco could have rendered the |
qnostion of Cuban annexation no longer
a doubtful one: tlio niaans for setuing
it were, indirect!^ within his
reach, and tlirpugh the government of
Spain came the proposal of settlement*
The suppressed chanter addresses W
self to "His Excellency, Franklin
Pierce, President of tho United States."
Before opening our history, a few
wordsMmtroductory suggest themselves.
The revolution that brought in power
the present government of II. 0. M.
Isabella, was for months forseen by the
Quoen mother, Christiani, and various
means were suggested to ward it off.?
Money could alone do it. The Spanish
treasury was exhausted, and the
critical condition of tho country would
not allow a public loan to be asked for.
Time was pressing, and the Minister
fur Foreign Affairs, the principal adviser
of Christina, was called into
counsel. Twenty millions of dollars
was the sum required; with it th^Tevolution
could be brought up, and tho
government, as then administered, continued
in power. The United States
had a full treasury, and circumstances
would justify an application being
made to it for that amount. *
The subject in this condition was
presented to Queen Isabella, as a mnttiki*
rtl* I'.iM.. nwyl 1
end,, and with an additional loss to
Spain of one hundred millions of dol- <
lars. This reasoning must have had t
its influence in determining the Span i
ich government in its offer for the sale 1
of Cuba, and that it should wish to ,
make a good bargain with the United 1
States was both proper and right, and '
could not with propriety justify these- *
vero and undiplomatic answer of Secretary
Marc}*.
A prndent policy would have kept ,
the offer an oi?en one, for the action of {
Congress, and Mr. I'iorco would doubt
less have found eupi>ort in that body, ,
had he closed with the terms offered
hv Spain. The paymant of the twen?ty-fiv?
millions was the only real obstacle
then in the way of tfie United
SfintM purchasing Cuba, but an ingenous
and honest ndimuistration would
have overcome that difficulty without
ft-nch trouble. C.mgfi!fla -would hare
Totcxl the sum, i%t all probability, with
vr. .w, .u, ?..IM .i.Arc?vu.? mji url?iuval.
It was thought best to keep the
resolution of the govcrifmeyt from tl?o
knowledge of out* Minister ; and a special
agent was selected as nearer of despatches
to Washington, with a copy of
_ ?the letter to the President, enclosed
with instructions to the Spanish Minister.
The letter proposed to the Uni'ted
States a settlement of the Cuban (
-question on the last and final conditions
made by President Polk, whicli
were more favorable to Spain than
~anv that had since been presented, by
:an amount exceeding fifty millions of
dollars. A condition in the terms proposed
bv Mr. Polk was the payment of
twenty-five millions of doll rs on the {
conclusion of the contract, and the 1
transfer of the island to the United I
State . 1
The Spanish letter was passed into f
the hands of Secretary Ma rev, and ,
through him an answer was returned |
to the Spanish Minister, purporting to
have been the President's decision to
the offer made by Spain. The answerstatcd
that the conditions of Spain, '
as put forth in the letter to the United
States President, could not be enter- v
tained, and that the terms were inpos- 1
session on which tho United States was s
then prepared to treat. It was plain- t
ly intimated that the Pierce admintra
tion understood the question of Cuba
and the interest of the country snffi- ?
ciently well not to require foreign ad- *
vice or suggestions, an unnecessary '
Siece of severity on the part of Mr. '1
[arcv, and which, it appears, the c
Spanish government properly appreci- i
ftted, by avoiding as far as convenient c
the subject of Cuba, when consequent-! fl
1V fA liDI* nah'/?a liif ahi? minicfoi* i
I have reason to believe that the ?
particulars of this important corres- c
pondence were kept secret from Mr. "
Soule. Tho twenty-five- millions of!1
money, in connection with tho autici- d
pated revolution, was not the only ar- li
gument for pressing the sale of Cuba t
at that moment. Many of the first v
atatesmen of Europe favored the imme- ?
diate sale and transfer of the Island to ^
the United StaU s as an act of true policy,
for circumstances thon justified a *
belief tliat Cuba was shortly to become
the property of the filibusters, then or- L
gamzing their co nfortable forces
throughout the United States, and that J1
once m their possession, all hope of re- 1
covering the Island would be at an J
' 7 SET"- ? ' .l/ 1 ' j. . ~ '
jgjt
' V.**T? s' - t' ' I . d
L----TOJJMHI1" ! 1111 fig*
out unnecessary delay. Cuba, however,
was not to become the propdfty of
the United States, unices she came in ;
' under tho conditions offered by Prebi
deut Pierce?an evettt which, from ap- \
pe.'imuccs, is a long why off. It will
remain lor tue new Gvpgrees to rentier !
more intolligible our recent doings f
with Spain, and many of the govorn-1
monts of Europe, by an expose of the
facts which the Pierce administration
have dishonestly labored to keep from
the attention of the public.
SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE
Friday Morning, Nov. 2 1855.
agents.
E. W. CARS, X. W. cor. of Walnut and Tliird-st
Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent
W. W. WALKER, Columbia, S. C.
A. M. PEOEN, Fftirview P. O., Greenville Dist
WM. C. BAILEY) Pleasant Grove, GreenvilleCAPT.
R. Q. ANDERSON, Codnr Falls, Greenville.
A MEXICAN MAMMOTH WHEAT.
A 8amtue of the above truly rare and
beautiful wheat lias been shown us by "Mr.
Jons W. Ghauy of this |>laco, who, together
with Messrs. Gowkr & David, hus a few
bags of it on hand. It was raised by Thomas
T. Patton, of Buncombe county, N. C.,
and claims many advantages over nny wheat
that we have seen or heard of. This wheat
ig not only large and clear with a snper^bun
dance of fodder, but it is very prolific.?
Three years ago Mr. Pattost procured ono
quart, from "vliicli ho produced forty. Last
season lie raised forty bushels to the acre.
A field of common lanil produced on an average
twenty bushels to the acre. The proper
time for sowing this wheat is from thfe first
ti!l the last of November. If sown earlier
thefiost is upt to injure it in tho spring. It
is highly recommended by Gen. Waddy
Thompson, who saw much of it growing
whilst in Mexico. Any one desiring to purchase
can do so by calling at tho stores of
Messrs. Grady & Gooni.KTr, and Messrs.
Gower ?k David. See ndvi rtisement.
JOHN B. QOUGH,' THE TEMPERANCE
LECTURER.
The following extract is taken by pero4N?>n,
from the letter of a lady friend, now
in Connecticut. This celebrated temperance
eeturer has but. recently returned from Eng
and where he has been lecturing with great j
kucceas, and is now delivering tho first of a 1
now series of lectures in this country. The j
etfer is dated
"Nr.w IIaven, Oct. 10th 1855. ,
.?* * * i |,ear(j John B. Gouoh deiver
a temperance address to tho "Young 1
den's Christain Association." The building J
vas crowded to its ulinost capacity sor e two
tours ere tho lecture commenced. I had (
upposcd that-Temperance was an exhausted (
home; did not think I should hear one oi ig- f
nal thought or sentiment, but I never listen- *
c
sd to such a continued strain of eloquence t
md originality of wondrous conception in i ,
vliic-.lt the evil of intemperance was depicted, i 1
pi i'.- * ? ? * * '
i no auuicnce ?ni spell oouinl, enchained for *
?no hour nnd a half. I would have given him 1
ny undivided attention for the night without |
uicc manifesting any weariness. He deline- s
ited the death bed scene of a drunken clergyman,
who was hurled from a distinguishd
position in England by the bottle. Fokkbt g
night have equalled but not excelled him. c
le said whilst in England the Oxford stu- v
leuts annoyed him during his meeting, by i
lissing out questions from various parts of 1
ho halls. One cried out our Saviour drank ! |
rine, why cannot we do so!" Ho replied, 11
Yes, you can, if you will mako the wine it
roin water; as he did," and many others c
qually as prompt but I cannot write them." ^
ett performed last night to a | r
lelighted audience. He exhibits this after- I
loon at 1-2 past 2,' and concludes with a J
lerformanco to-night a
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North against the South.
The Philadelphia North American ofThurs- J
lay says : On'last Saturday afternoon, some (
Undents, hailing respectively from the North
ind the South, got into a wrangle in the
ricinity o? Jefferson College, and one of them '
was considerably maltreated. From this!
rre\v a division between the student* from
lie Northern and Southern Mictions of the
?untry. <
Y esterday at 1 P. M., * crowd collected in *
he vicinity of the College. (Jefferson Col- ?
ege.) and obstructed the footway. Sergeant i
Vvilhelm, of tho fcaglith Ward ordered tlie I
jrowd to make way for the pedestrians, j <
They refused, and began using the most 1
ibttaive language. Officers Humam and 1
Manreuvero were assaulted, but the police- J
men succeeded in Arresting John L. Branch,
William" Williams and Jamea S. Turner. <
life two first named were held to bail to 1
answer Uie charge of resisting the officers, "
and Tamer was held to beep the peace.
Apprehensions of a riot,.in the afternoon, |
wero entertained, and a largo police force ?
was detailed to peraerro the pence. But i
or.e rfolntion of the law occurred. ' |
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LU1JJLJ L-LJ . PI II' '."I'.
Acnes or Americans.?Tbe New York
Ejtprt #, in describing the recent great American
demonstration in that oity, in the Park,
where SO,000 honest men and true assembled,
says there werp "Acres of Americans." ?
Tlie Boston Bci skys there were about a*
many in that city on Thursday evening last.
The poople are with us?They are in the
wagon. Vft
?.rr,n - a '
nost cases, if (Iiey recorored. commixed sui idc,
for no human heart, unless elevated by
'hristian training, could after undergoing so
ruel an infliction, ever have more thnn two
eelirigs, that is death to those suffered front,
>rto himself. Accordingly, during our stay
here, many sprang over the dills, many buicd
tluv.nscb?i alive in the guwv*, and many
lid themselves in the caves to starve to
leath, their dead bo-lies floating all around
n numbers. In one instance, two, cmbold?d
by pity shown them hy a shipmaster, hid
hemselves on board hit vessel, one of whoin
urvives, and is now iu this country.
I Was Ojfcit Yoc.vo.?It is an excellent
hing for all who are engaged in giving intruetion
to the yonng people, frequently to
all to mind what they wore thennelvcs when
onng. This practice is one of the most
ikely Co impart patience ami forbearance, and
o correct unreasonable expectations. At one
>eriod of my life, when instructing two or
hree young people to write, I found them, as 1
11ought, unusually stupid. I Iiuppeno about
his time to look over the contents of 411 old
opy-book, written by^ne w]?en I was a boy.
The thick up-strokes, the crooked down
troke*, the nwkward joining of the letters,
ind the blots in the book, made me comlietciy
ashamed of myself, and t could, at
bat moment, have burned the book in the
ire. The worse* however, I thought of my*
>e!f the better I thought of my backward
.cholars ; f was cured of my unreasonable ex
vectalions, and became in future doubly pA
ient and forlnariug. In teaching youtii, renember
that you once were young, and in,
eproving their youthful errors, endeavor to
:afl to mind your own.*
A Large Invoice.
A house in this city received Inst week
nghteen thousand sacks of peanuts, worth
ibout $35,000. No danger of the dmnia
Inclining whifo this crop continue# so prolif
c ! Put the the use of this fruit is not con
lined solely to an accompaniment to melodramas
and pantomim es. They are rich in
Essential oil which is expressed in large
Quantities and used in the South both
lor illuminating and lubricating purnoM.
Fhe Israelites who eschew lard use is for
culinary purposes, and fritters and things tit
that ilk fried in it are extremely delicate and
well flavored.
Possibly there arc many who suppose the
peannt to be theproduotion of a tree; we
Mice thought tlds to he the case; but the
het is that they are root*, and are an under-1
ground crop precisely like pot.-jlows They
. v wvvn i< viw ASUUIUIBHUII^inOUgll
llio complete triumph of the American party
in the Union at large."ir.ny be detayod
for a short season by the' number and magnitude
of the liea published and spoken
against us by the Northern AboHtionistsjuid
their allies of the Southern Democracy, we I
will know no such word of surrender. Tho
American people are in for the war upon
that forcignism which demoralizes American
society aud subjects the^Americanj working
classes to so many primtions, and they will
persevere from yoar to year until, once
more,
"Tho Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall
wave
O'er tho land of the free and the homo of the
VaTo."
A New Slave Trade.
It appears from a Parliamentary paper,
presented to tho Hon*) of Lords, entitled
''Correspondence upon tho subject of Emigration
from China," that a new slavo trade
is growiug up in the world, and, it must be
confessed, under British auspices. The revelation
is frightful. A memorial from certain
shipmasters lately returned from the
Chinca Islands, details the cruelties practiced
on the Chinese laborers employed in the export
of guano, undei the authority of persons
responsiblo to tho Government of Peru.?
Those unfortuuate men are represented to bo
carried from China to the Chincns for tho
most part, if not exclusively, on board of
British vessels. No sooner are they landed
from lluMhips'ihnn they sco tall African negroes
placed over them as boatswains, armed
with a lash of four plaits of cowhide, iaid up
in tho form of what seamen call "round ?eunet,"
live'fect in length, an inch and a half
in diameter, tapering to a point.
Dllririfr tho frllftn.uvno f..- ~?v
..jj ...V IV.VMWUO, tvi IfcJjUliU UUCIIU^,
(or such as the overseers please to term such,)
this instrument was not much used ; but as,
a bout 4 o'clock in the afternoon, many of the
weakest had not performed t,hoir ta?k work,
the bontfWain freely used* to stnl t those behind
to bring the day's supervision to a close.
The slightest resistance was punished by a
flogging littio short of murder, as on many
melancholy occasions we. have witnessed, being,
nearer than wo desired. Tlie first six to
twelvo cots stilled the most agonizing cries
that rang through the lleet?cries we heard
day by day, but only then knew the full
amount of suffering that called them forth.
There was no tying up, the nearest Chinaman
being compelleil, by a cut of the lash,
to lay hold of an arm or leg, and stretch the
miserable sufferer on his stomach on the
guano. TheWcrc weight alone of tlio Iadi
inado their bodies shake; blackening the
llesb at every blow, besides cutting like a sabre;
and when a convulsive movement took
|tlaec, a subordinate placed bis boot on the
boulder to keep the (piivering body down.
Two dozen made them breathless, and
vhen released, after thirty-nine lashes, they
leemed slowly to stagger over, reeled, and
ell, and were carried off to the hospital; in
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.
are qpudeotcd hy very tough capillary fibre*,
so that ,ou grasping y?e tops the wholo roots
corns uptogether. The nuts are then gathered
\>y the oegro children and the tope rejected.
Thev are raised extensively io Georgia
And South Carolina, and also in Africa.
\V6 have ridden through fields of peanuts,
, or groundnuts, as thev are there called, in
Georgia, when they were full blossom, and
the ground waa entirely buried beneath a
thick blanket ofbri?bty?llow flowers. With
i a burning sun pouring on this picture, nod
not a tree visible, nor a patch of shade, the
uninitiated can gain an idea of the beauties
of traveling in the Palmetto State. The
African peanuts, however, are the best Any
one so disposed can take a raisin box, till it
witMfb mixture of soil and sand, and grow a
quart or two of the rtlts. Only be sure those
you plant are not roasted, for of course those
won't sprout.?Neto York Courier.
Religions Test
Tho American party in some sections
have stricken from tho platform of principles
of the party the religious Test?that Roman
Catholics shall not bo admitted as mombers,
or be voted for by the American Party. As
far as North Carolina is concerned, wo hope
this test will be retained.*' Our revolutionary
sires adopted such a test and they seem to
have known inoro about the danger of Roman
Catholics than we do. They knew of the
proscription that drove tho "Pilgrim Fathers'*
to.I'lvinfinth Rwlc oi.J i! _> _?- -r
-_a j ?... MMM kllV MCGM/OIIUlililO v"
tho llugenots to South Carolina, nnd in it
any wonder that they should have their
Constitution so framed as to exclude them
from office in this State. We agree with
Mr. Woslcy, that inasmuch as Catholics are
not bound to "hold faith with hcrertica" they
should not be received in any community,
as citizens.
| Somo of our onponents say that this religious
test is in violation of tho Constitution
of tho United States. Wo givo tho clause
referred to below :
The Senators and Representatives before
mentioned, and the members of the several
state legislatures, and all executive and judicial
officers, both of the United Slates and
the several States shall be bound by
oath or affirmntion, to support this Constitution.
But no religious test shall ever be
required as a qualification to a*y office or
public trust under the United States.
What does this clause mean ? Certainly .
that Congress shall not pass hii) law requiring
any religious test as a qualification to
any office or public tru-t in the United 1
States, not that any individual if ho thinks '
proper, shall not make the religious opinion
of an individual an objection to his holding .
office, and a good reason not to vote for him.
We desire to see no legislation on the subject,
but wo do wish to see every man adopt
it as tho rule of his future action, not to vote
for any man who hold tho tenets of the Roman
Catholic faith. If Roman Catholics
wish to ho received as friends, bona fide, of
this country let thcin ronounco nil adhesion
to the Pope of Rome. Until they do this, 1
for ono, wo slmll never voto for a Roman
Catholic, no matter what may he his position
in society.? Charlolta Whig.
Mount Vernon Association. J
The Ladies of Virginia seem to ho deter- 1
mined to raise a sufficient fund to purchase <
Mount Vernon for the State. In this they 1
are to bo supported by ladies in other portions t
of the country. Philadelphia has made n ]
movement, and in the South the scheme is (
urged with all the elootionee which woman /
knows so well how to employ.
The chivalry of Virgi m has been aroused '
in behalf of the object. The Henrico I.ight 4
Dragroons assemble*! nt the Agricultural Fair s
Grounds on Friday last to have an oration
and tournament. John II Gilmer, Bsq., was 6
the orator, and is said to have acquitted him- t
self handsomely. The knights, seventeen in *
number, had a"tiltf' at a ring, and display- (
ed fine horsemanship; and the practical re- t
suit of tho entertainment was the raising of J
seven hundred dollars for the Mount Vernon 2
.Association. I
Though Mrs. Washington at one time con- t
sen ted to the request of Congress to have the
remains of her venerated husband removed i
to tho capitol, it is now well understood thai
they nro not to bo disturbed. Hence *
the anxiety of Virginians to socuro Nfount '
Vernon to the State, and to givo to the tomb
of Washington the care appropriate to the <
sacrea spot. They appear to bear in rospectfd
rcmeiQbrancc the concluding sentiment t
of Mr. Satnl. I.ivermore, the President of the I
Senate, when addressing the President of the
Uuitcd States in 1799 :
"Let his countrymen oonsecerato the mem- '
ory of the heroic general, the patriotic states <
man, and tlio virtuous ?a?re ; let them teach I
tlu'ir children, never to forgot that the fruit* 1
of his labors and his example aro their in- \
inheritance." I
The monument at Richmond is acquiring ,
u form And ftr.Uh quite creditable to the ,
State and to the arenitoots omplnyed in it*
construction. ,
PADDY's Experiment ron REDCCINO a
Kinp..?An Irish weaver, just imported from <
the Emerald Isle, took to his employer in i
Kiinarn ck (Sco 1 nd ) ia'o'y t n ?t clotb i
he hath woven since his arnvAl.
Upon examination his employer detected j
two holes in the piece, within htlf an inch
of each other, and told hiui ho must pay a
fine of a shilling for each hole.
MAn' plate yer honor," said Paddy, "aise 1
it the number uv holes, or be the six# uv
them, that ye put the fine on ?" <
"Uy the number of hole#, to be surei
"And it big hole And a small hole U lite <
same price ? -itr^
MYea, a shilling for every hofe, big or lit*
tie."
"Then give me a houltl ur the piece," re*
plied Paddy. - <&M
' It was handed to him, wbeft with his fin- '
vers be deliberately tore the twosinitfl holes
into bt)?w triumphantly exclaiming,?
"i*, the pipor o' an' that'll save me
OneRhttlingrany h<m? i
The good-uaturCt! employer laughed 1
Iteartily at thjf odcl experiment, and forgave <
iKwr VarMv tbeflne. |
% ^ *
Got ftoodor, tho AintoxmmSk ni
OongrtM. ^ *" .
Two delegates b?<re bteft elected to Con?one,
Whitfield, i^.tk? frfrfiffjiy party,
and tbe other, Reader,'by the free-roll *onatters
of the Territory. Both will goto Wash- i
ingtoo, but aa only ene delegate > Jlowed
from a Temtbry, either Whitfield or Reeder
must be rejected. Now, we understand that
he administration intend to etnnd by Whitfield
; but we venture the fettpction il<?i
unless Geo. Jeff. Daris kcepe a close watch
upon Mr. Pierce, be will be carried over to
Reoder through the influence of the Kitchen
Cabinet and uis inherent proclivities for free
soil. The issue between Whitfield and
liecdcr may be said to involve die whole is
sue between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery
parties in Kansas; and the decision of the
House in this case willjmostprobably determine
the manifest destiny of the Territory,
one way or the other.
We should not, therefore, be surprised if
the election of Speaker, upon this very lest,
were to keep the Hotne disorganised for
days and weeks, inflaming a state of sectional
bitterness bordering upon dissolution and
revolution. The House is the judge of the
election of its own members and delegates;
but still, the position of the administration
and its partisans in reference to Reeder is of
some moment. Can tho Cabinet organ, or
anybody, for the benefit of Mr. Buchanan in
Pennsylvania, or for the advantage of Mr.
Wise in Virginia, give us any light upon
tlris subject ? Is Mr. Pierce for Whit Held
or for Reeder f Who w?vs Whitfield f We
say he is for Reeder, and that Reeder* removal
as Governor was all moonshine.?
New York Herald.
Calhoun's Works*
The fifth and sixth volumes of Calhoun's
works have at length appeared, ami we take
especial pleasure in directing public attention
to llicm. Volume fifth contains "all the report*
of general and permanent interest, made by
Mr. Calhoun during his Congressional career,
and wbilo Secretary of War." Volume
sixth, "such papers as may, in the main, bo
ranked under the head of Political Essays."
We have no hesitation in saying that
these volumes will add much to the reputation
of our great statesman, and strengthen
the foundation on which his fiune rcatSr
I'liey will be perused with no ordinary interest
by the niauy uumifcr* of Mr. Calhoun *'
*nd although many of tho papers have appeared
before, it is gratifying to find them
jollected hi a becoming and durable form.
tu. lie. i 1
a uv ma itnu nui K cm mis great mnti arc,
indeed, the most valuable he could have loft
to um, ivho held him In such high esteem.
May the youth of Carolina especially study
thcin faithfully to the end, that they may
Ix) led to emulate the virtues of Culhoun,
ind to adopt those elevated principles, per- i
lonnl and political, which illustrate his career,
and inveal his nuine with enduring
glory!
We see by the advertisement these vol
iimoti are at Mr. Bryan's.? Carolinian.
Kinney's Government Kecogniskd
)y tbk United Stated?An official !
ettor acknowledingg the authority of
rJoloncl Kinney's government, on bolalf
of the United Stats, was addressed
o Colonel Kinney, it seeins, very short- *
y alter his election as Governor ot
jreytown, by Mr. Vason, United
stats Vicc-Commercial Agent at that
jort. The Commercial Agent, in concluding
his letter, takes it upon him to
ay:
"For my own individual part, I have
ecu this movement in favor of agovernncnt
and the establishment of law
vith great satisfaction, and am confiIcnt
that it will bo productive of great
ijood to this place; and I cannot refrain
rotn congratulating you, and the citiums
through you, thht this has been
Drought about with so much harmony
ind unanimity. Should you go on as
fou have began, I believe that Mr.
Everett's prediction, inado in the same
ipeech to whieb 1 liave above alluded,
hat 'San Juan in time will be a great
American city, inhabited by Atneri
;ans cnieny,' will yet tie fulfilled."
The report that Kinney had resigned
;ho office of Governor is said to bo un
mo.
^ ?'?? f '?
Conscience.?Gonsoiencc is the inborn
mediator in evory man. It is
Gbd's vicegerent upon earth, and is
therefore regarded by many as the
highest and the last. Conscience is a
man's most proper essence completely
transfigured-?the celestial aboriginal
man. It is not that, or this, it commands
in general propositions, it consists
not of single virtues. There is
but one virtue?the pare earnest will
which in moments of decision resolves
and chooses immediately. In living
and peculiar indivisibility it inhabits
and animates the delicate symbol oftho
human body, and avails to call thespir
ituol members into truest activity.
Do you mean to challenge the jurr?"
said a'lawyer^to his Irish client m Cal
iforuia. 44 Yes, be the holy brogues of
St. Patrick," replied Larry *i? they
don't acquit me, I mane to challenge
overy spal pane uv' ?irrt I wants ye
give em a nint oil it, too."
A yonth asked his father's sanction
to his project of marriage. The old
gentleman, requesting his son to pray
with hip, prayed, that if the matct*
was aginst the will of the Lord, He
wonla throw obstacles in their Way
and make it ^im))OMib^ Tlio ^cm^in
B
"
s: "MEirair nw*'T,n
llfcfW?rtewhid*? 1
save hira labor, such as may fill a plaee in
ed np." lie is a lam fellow.
Hw detestation of a long badly written
manuscript, Wmch may have a grain of interest
ita blots and scratches,
and which, therefore, he feels it his duty to
read, lias never been expressed in words,and
never can be. lie is an irascible person,
rather.
lie likes to receive s letter from-a- remote
place; telling him that his paper is the best
In ll?, world He i. ? riicfj ni??.
He likes (that is the young editor,) to go
into a handsome apartment Titthi house of
'one of the first families,' and tee a lovely
woman sitting on a magnificent sofa, under
a resplendent astral lamp,' so deeply absorbed
in the perusal of the last number that
she does not notice his eritorahce for five
minutes. How he blushes. Forms a high
opinion of her moral, social artd intellectual
worth*
lie likes, when two hundred miles from
home, to see a backwoodsman Bitting on a
stump in front of his log cabin on a fine Sunday
morning, lost in the colums of his fncomaparablo
sheet?aay for example, the
Enterprise! This gives him an idea of the
universality of his genius.
lie likes all those exchangee which have
tho discrimination to copy anything from his
colnmi.s, particularly if file article is proceeded
by hoi. ?* commendatory observations.Hut
He abhors an exchange which copies with
out credit. He has a good mind to censo
exchanging with such a fellow. But magnanimity
forbids.
Ho likes excessively to see an article of
his in the London Timet, credited 10 an
American paper.
Why couldn't they pnt tho credit propor
ly T is what he would like to know.
He likes to see himself copied into John
O'G root's journal, Oregoninn, or the Melbourne
Argue. Ho is making himself fe-l
nt the antipodes! His voice has gone forth
to tho ends of the earth.
Uo likes to l>? the first to ftniiowacs- aurthing.
liut?.
If in his eaperMss to d<> so, he has made
a man dead who is only sick, nud is iguoniiIiiously
corrected by a rival, and obliged
himself to acknowledge tire error, be 'don't
like k.
lie likes?Oh Acer Ire likes it ! to get out
the best number he ever issued, lie has this
happen very frequently.*He
dislikes? Oh how he dwUke* a l>'PfVgrnphtcid
error in the best phrase of tho best
sentence of the best article iu the paper.?.
Typographical errors generally occur in that
very place.
No Minister of the Qospel at Portsmouth.
There is not, at this titae, in the city f
Porthsmoutli. Vs., a single minister of tho
gospel, of any denomination whatever.?
The Rev. Messrs. Wheelwright, of the Methodist,
and Winglield,oftbe Episcopal Church,
left at an early stage of the epidemic, from
prudential and necessary considerations.?
The Rev. Mr. Taylor, of the High street
Presbyterian Church, was -obliged to ? leave
on account of his uflheted wife, who has since
died. The Rev, Thomas llume, Baptist, after
considerable activity among the sufforcrs,
and having himself been sick, was compelled
to leave. The Rev. Messrs. Eskridge.
Chaplain United States Navy, Cbisholin, of
the St Joint's Episcopal Church, and Handy,
of tho First Presbyterian Church, all remained
visiting the sick and dying until they.
could work no. longer. The two former, after
a laborious and active service, were c?t
off by the impartial scourge. Mr. Handy is
still living, alter having boen oxtrMMly HI
of the fever. His whole family, consisting of
seven members, were also prostrated by the
fever, and yet all have been strangely preserved.
IT? 1* nnuf --t. 5.- '
_ _v. vj !<) nunso ui |)DJI1*
ciana and friends absent for the beuefit of
hit health.
The Rev. Mr. Dehin, Catholic, after n
faithful discharge of duty, ha* also fallen a
victim to the destroyer. Thus Portsmouth
is, at this time, wlioly without the preached
gospdlf There is no one there to break the
bread of life.
No hiHn has been more active during'th?
late epidemic in Portsmouth, than Mr. Samuel
T. Hartt, Naval Constructor at that station.
In all tba affairs of the town lie ha*
been amongst the foremost; whilst from
the first he lias unweariedly waited upon
the sick and the dying. ? Frequently ha* he
deposited the dead in their collins, when no
other person could be found to perform this
sad duty.?North America* and United
Stake Gazette. ill *
Vagabond Politicians.?As certain
fishes are said to thrfte best in muddy water,
so certain vagabond nolitloians live by excitement.
They induenoe the passions of
reckless individuals, and glory when they
have induced them to commit some excess
?for it affords them a theme for lying and
the lowest and most scurrilous abuse of their
opponents. The foreign organ of this city
stands pre-eminent in this line; and, if the
nmt *Winn in #f??? ?! >? ?-? *a
...?> viii ?uuwu im? tin Willi'
out disturbance^ it will hot be lor the want 1
of exertion on the part Of that fnetiounand
unprincipled print to produce riot, wery 1
day it contains account* of attacks said to j
have been made by American* upon foreign- !
ere, or endeavor* to hold up the police a* de- j
serving cbaAtieement at the hand* of rofljaas.
In feet the f hole tenor of its nrtiol.ee, edito- j
rial and local, i# to produce invorate hosteli- '
ty against An^iicane^ aiMj to excite foreigndefending
thenisclvc/^AookfthCt b? attack*