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X VOL. 2. ' ijyjjj if A RBFLRX OF POPULAR KVKN'IU w wu&SJaa&aa ip. s>isa<K?, I aiA-ntr IDIT0R ANtt proprietor. f 1 SV Mjtbli la advance ; ft IT delayed. - OLOBSot FIVE and upward# $1, the tuoaay la mrr Instance to accompany tV?? order. ,'*e09 '^>YaiffftRM^ST8 ioecrtcd conspicuously at I the rate# of 75 cent# per square of 3 lines, and 9* cent* for each sulxsequent insertion. Co xtracts for yearly advertising made reasonable. I ^ ?mm ea a ' - ? - ^ - t? V*. WIHH, II. W. cop, of Walnut and Third-?t, Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent. 9AX ff. W. WALKER, JR., Columbia, 8, C.. PETER STRAOLEY, ESQ., Pint Rock, N. C. A. M. PEOEN, Fnirview P. O., Greenville Diet ' f. WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville ^ CAPT. R. Q. ANDERSON, Coder Falls, Greenville JMg > ! tH, Dm last Boatkarn Library Maacnger repubL> ii IUm* ? gem of true poetry from tho pen of T. B. L'-d Auwos, of South Carolina, entitled "The Poem ^ of a little life that was bat three Aprils long." We egies with the editor that if Mr. Au>aicu t"v writes nothing more, he will yet deserve to be -v*- ranked among the true poets of oar day for this sweet eeonception. Every line and every word is *>w*w|ieptoto with true poetry. It opens in this wise: , tc* "Have yr?u not heard the Poet tell How earae the dainty babie Bell, Into this world of oursf , Tha Gates of Ilea von were lall sjsrt. ^ With folded hands and dreamy eyes She wandered out of Paradise. She eaw 'his planet, Iflce a star. Hung ia the depths of purple even? * lit bridges running to and fro. O'er which the white-winged Seraphs go Bearing the holy Dead to lleaven! 1 She touched a bridge of flowers?those feet ' * So light they did not bend tho bolls ... Of the celestial asphodels! * ' They fell like dsw upon the flowers! And all the air grew strangely sweat 1 And thus came dainty babie Boll r ^ ^ Into this world of ours." The pleasure of reading such a production h 4 vrerth the whole yearly price of the Heaaanger. T 9 jUgeud of ElolridQ. vnrvnvnr?v riro V ** : ,Y mrnmmm^ y Dukiko the war of 1818, a voting man Paul Western, while out on nn exploring ex 1 V^peditich wandered from his companion* nnc tame to tho banks of Silver Spring, in Mari on county, East Florida. Ilo gazed cnrnp f tured into its silvery waters?where the pris malic colors mingled with its bright hue t Tho luxuriant growth around of msjesti< magnolias, kwhose deep green huo rival let even the myrtle, whose fagrance added t< the delight of the scene. Tall pines, who* long leaves were overspread by a graeefu canopy of mesa, which waved to and fr< * when agitated by the breezes that often vis ft this portion of Florida. The Palmeltoei 0- units with other evergreens in rendering i n most ravishing scene of beauty. Yet th< * . -^11 "wander to Silver Spring?which ri vnls nature's other beauties the world ovei -?fa Ha bed is a long moea?which appear? tiped with silver?shells with'a silver cast i ?? ? i ?:.i. A : IWH? VIuc, wiu green wivu uowvr*, mn aiara of silver. Trees, leaves and other ob jeetft, that fli! I under its water*, soon part*k< ?ithe ?i Ivory hue which ia attacked to eve e? rj thing under ita aurfaee. Cloud* of miini< e MMg and those Dow, Junior, speak* o when "tbe-dye pota of glory are overturnet in the heavens,n are seen in ita depths, tf* Paul Western while gauog, espied astnn) .^canoo.tied by a grape vine to a tree. He tool pMi?sion of it, nod each new stroke of hii oar discovered new beauties?until near th< I centre he saw an immense charm, where vol J nines of Water were gushing each moment . Peal ainoet thought himself in lairy land, ant f. ,??|rth*t peculiar fseeiuation which a graa Ifsjgb* generally exerts, aa at that motnen hit boot waa over a roek which looking dowi e |fjfHJ>dod him of craggy mountains, and h T3iaSha atom between two worlds. Tb shy o'erfcead and the great depth heneatli l^mft^Bmm?iiitnit a MniM sltrMtfti lit* Untfoft to the bank, and he beheld an Tndiai m*U, whoee foeo and form were iu uuiso with the beattt>?? around him. She gav hAeaaiertM Uok, ami ho icnmediatei . poAedto .bore, remembering he wo* i*in{ At **,?<*?.u.ibw>k?lb?o K jfi95iStCftttz-*i f I j^l J H I | 31 K j? ???* *.uioo^S,**!* Ifiir'i':'M HBPWISSilBSH!--"? fl#%< r-Tvoi r ^^j?' y '/? Lr *.,5f/r'>-i''lS * -' it' A $*> ' vUv ?' ?{> < ^t'Wtr.i i to yf- i.-f k J. -< ? * I IS?!??? flHEESmil v*tj ?ii ?;it: <tet?4viJt? rt*g<gfrrW|ftM then enquired, "Who ere yon, fair maid I*? She replied, 'I era a Seminole?my name ie Spotted Fawn?they sometimes call me Love-light end mercy?my Inst name Is given me because 1 plead for tho English when taken captive by our braves t Do you not ee thoso wigwams to the right, that U ray native spot; mnch i love It, yet I love pence more. Are you going to drive us hcoco!" "No Spotted, Fawn, your tribe nnd the Creeks are incited by the Spaniards to commit depredations on our citizens in Georgia. We prefer defending our rights here to having them cruolly massacred by tlie lawless of your tribe?your prophet, Francis, I am fearful, is not n peaceful one." "Yes, pale face; but he is not more so than these trading Englishmen amoug u?: they love money and urge the braves for the plunder of the white man." Paul Western gazed in surpiise at this maid of the Forest. She noticed his surprise, and said, "Mr. Leaiuan, the good father, taught me; yet he lias only made me more conecieue of the cruelties practiced .by lay own tribe and your pooplo too" "My name is Paul Western. Certainly Spotted Fawn, you do not think the enlightend Americans cruel t" "Yee Mr. Weatern. they trade lire water to the braves who, wheu drunk oommil horrible cruelties. You in return sometimes massacre whole villages with the bodies of 11 r\ tiuv *U\J ivinut^a WIVUIIVI. t/M Mf U IHIV suppose we look back with regret to lite day your race first lauded on own shores V* Are you not willing to divide this broad continent with us, Spotted Fawn! "Yes, but you are becoming so powerful that we fear our face will finally become extinct." "No, no, Spotted Fawn, with peace j*cro can inhabit the lands you now po.-wess, and we will etydety'pr to.improve your tribe more." Thus Paul and Spotted Fawn, of different , nations, yet hy culture, could have congenial taste. They sat and conversed by the mari giu of the spring, weaving many blight plans for the future, each moment increasing their interest in eachotlier._Paul then commenced describing his home in Tennessee to his companion, his mother and sisters, each moment watching her face, to note the iuter* est she took in his theme. It certainly was ' a l?enutiful face, which displayed each passing emotion. Paul then gently took her hand, and commenced earnestly persuading her to be bis wife, and leave her wandering life. Spotted Fawn, with childlike frnnk* nesv, told him she would bo bis. Over each " face bad lore spread a brightness, and mute ' expressive silence was rehearsing to their * minds that accidental meeting, and its prob3 able consequences. ' The maid awoke with nfright. "What ' causes that fear Spotted r awn 1 I will ever make your happiness my first thought." "Alas! Paul, our bright dreams have made me forget the terrible reality. One of the braves, stern,* and unrelenting, wooes mo for his bride, and all our tribe are anxious 1 should be his squaw, as they think I could curb his disposition and prevent his cruelties to the sqaws and children of our tribe." "Yet, Spotted Fawn, we can go to my friends, and when once with them wo can feel perfectly secure/* "No, Paul, many, many miles we must i travel ere we are safe from Jumper*#' veu geance." 1 Paul tried to soothe her, and partially succeeded. She knew the unrelenting diapoI sition of Jumper, and knew no appeal could c reach bis stony heart?that a life with hiut ? was a living death, and death from him 8 would in its most cruel form, as he - took pleasure in torturing his victims. So - with a disclosure of hor love for Paul Wes1 tern, her death warrant would be seated.? t Paul knowing most of the braves were on t Amelia Island felt pretty seeure in retaining it Spotted Fawn, but he, alns I as is often th? case with human nature, was too confident ? Soon a noise startled thara, and a find) ' built warrior, of firm tread, came up, hui - noticing faul Western bad poesostlon o a Spotted Fawn's band, his brow lowered ant u ""2 RnST7 potion was aroused. He stern 1/ btdo her to the wigwam*. She replied y "I promised Mr. Leaman some of those lilies,1 g and untying her canon she was, with a fev R strokes of the oar ovar the chasm of th >- spring. The two foes had been sUrnl; h looking at each other. but the phmge ?f t * body awoke them and seen the body o 1* Spotted Fawn waa floating towards them. Yp *ri~. 1 rri&; ^ **23C3P!j A B, S. C,: THURSDAY Oricf made them forbear. Jumper slowly walked to hie wigwam, and Paul thus doe** ? the scene, and fecle much of earth's brightness is gone: Yea, my Ixrvelight has gone to her sleep, And if I had power, would her awake] From her drenmlcaa sleep in the,deep, And love and cherish her for her take.. Yea, my heart is in Silver Spring. With its dreams and memories past, Oh ! had T poetic pow'r I'd sing Of tire early loved and lost. It wnwl as bet body 'nealh tlie waves By silv'ry ripples were o'er cast, They mannered, the bright bright waves, We have thy cariy lov'd and lost. The waters were na silvery bright lined As when I first at their beauties glauc'd Noi e knowing or seeing I had wooed Would think ine with their beantics entranced. '* But now, like the whited sepulchre of ohl All beautiful, brilliant, the optside to bohold, 1 r In this beautiful brilliant ejwilchre lay, \iy beautiful lov'd one, lost of a day. Lu c a a Norman. ftiiartllnnrnns llrniiing. From the New Orleans Crescent $ c to 0 ? ibc 6 o s h) o oii jq n ?xcl)o iigc. . We linve several times, within the past week, devoted a portion of our leisure to the sights and scenes ot the Cosmopolitan Exchange, or World's Market, of our city. Other cities and other countries may boast their World's Fairs and Exhibitions which are gotten up in most instances at a great expense, merely for the empty name of the greatness attaching to them ; but here a* 1.AMSA ?a 1.1 -J LV! it .! 1 Ilk HVIIIV nu llixv till UIMIL'nilUVU EiIllllHIinil, which tho* it bo different in it# nature, is Mill by far a greater thing to see and to consider than anything that human capital or pom- j posity ha# ever yet achieve*! in any other part of the world. Our readers here will of course understand u# as alluding to "the levee" but as the word fails to convey to tho distant reader any sort of an idea of its real moaning, we prefer substituting for it something more approptintc and comprehensive. Our levee is a Cosmopolitan Exchange or n ! World'# Market, in the fullest sense ol either I term. It is difficult, in fact impossible at any j time to depict properly this distinguishing! feature of our city. Just now we may sayl that it is still more so ; for there has never been, sinco the foundation of the city, such a glut of commerce in its lap as at the present1 time. Our purpose, therefore, is only to sketch our Groat Exchange in a loose, ramb-1 ling way, for the edification of those of our readers who seldom or never visit the cilv. Our Great Exchange is a belt of laud about six miles ir. length, and of a breadth varying from a hundred yards to a quarter of amile. It i# serpentine, just like a letter 8, the widest part being in the middle, the same as In tho S. The front side of the S. is the broad face of tho cilv?a seemingly endless range of brick warehouses, their windows staring upon the river like so many unwinking eyes, and their lino of business proclaimed in stunning signs, readable a mile off. The rear side of the S is the mighty and muddy Father of Water*, whirling and gurgling beneath a chain of water craft so denso as to exclude him from nil sight of the shore, and tho shore from all sight ofhira. Tho upper and lotver semicircle# of the 8 biistle with the ma*ts of ships and other sail vessels, from every couutry of the civilized world aud some froin countries that are uncivilized, being moored r *? a * ----- -- ? Ill itcia IIUIII IWU \U Ml uce|! 4 A(TOe? CACll tier of vessels a plank highway W elected for the use of all, with branch planks lending down to the'deck of each vessel. The middle, or thick part of the 8. bris tie* with the chimneys of steam bonis? the queenlike leviathans and clippers of the Miasi issippi and Oh o, wedged in tightly with the , smaller craft of the tributary streams, and the little runty things that labor through our Southern bajro us?their bows setting straight into shore, aud forming a gigantic saw of ' more than sixty teeth, and more than a mile j in length. At the upper end of the saw is , a clump of steamships, with an indentation, or basin, jammed tight with np-eountry flatboats ; at the lower eftd, another clump of ' steamships, and a dump of Oulf achocn I en, witu the chinks filled np bv oyster f smacks from liarrataria au?l elsewhere. I Thero are four gaps ai regular intervals in tbe S, for tke (Tift erci it lines of forry-boets that connect with the settlement* on the right bank; and in several places there are ' nuisance wharves or platforms, upon which v tbe filth of the city is oarted during tbe night e and early in the morning, and emptied into old aco** which, when mil, are towed out F Into the river and emptied by meane of traps in'tbelr bottoms. i Now for the 8 fee* or the filling of it. - Through oat its whole length, cotton is the , \ ' ."..... 1.j . -u. ,T-, ". "*'TT" > ?^ %"tT.tif; '"i'3V7.-1 y i.Tr.i' ! ? ? MORNING, FEBRUAR principal tbing that meeU,mid almost wearies tuc eye. In the shipping section it is scattered about in comparatively stnull quantities, and in ininil bales having gone through tlie cotton presses. In the steamboat section, it rci ily looks as if all creation had been raising cotton. Whole acres of cotton, piled to various altitudes, in'some places over twenty foot, loom upon'the vision ; here ranged systeiimtieaHy into regular SetautopoU, with their Malakoft's and Redans, and there reckleflslv liMIMil into A I Its nil til niinn fit or! l.v J ^ 1? ?v lUlIu particolored consignee-flags fluttering in the breeze. But, tremendous as is the Accumulation of cotton, cotton 1a uot all, by any meant. The tobacco hogsheads pud flour barrels, pork barrels and whsky barrel* of the West, constitute a mighty army ; and the nriny is defled in its might by the sugar hogsheads and molasses barrels of our own egion. But then the grain sacks of the "West give that section the preponderance in bulk. The article* we hare named constitute the great bulk of thechnosof produce that gorges the steamboat landings; but there are a thousand other aithles of produce or inanuf: c'.nre, from the thousands of farms and settlements in the Great Valley, that wo could not begin to enumerate, even if our readers would have Ttro pnttcncc to rm<l tho list. Three million dollars would not purchase the produce to be taken in a one sweep of the vision. Milch of this produce has been damaged by the recent rains. In ordinary seasons, there are cither enough drnys to house the goods, or enough tarpaulins to protect them from the rain. But latterly, under the unprecedented outgushing the Western cornucopia, both drnys mid iarpntiiiss have fallen immensely short of the demand. There are thousand* of drays that work from early dawu till night, hauling away produce; but no sooner is a gap made on the platform, than another mountain of cotton i* im>m coining down tho river, with tho chimneys of ?steamboat sticking out of it, or some lazy looking steamer wearing a double-breasted vest of grain-sacks or Inrdkcga, and a pauncli so heavy that she locks as if ready to take a dive?and in another hour the gap is no more. The tarpaulins are mostly engaged all the time, by either the coin mission houses or the tegular steamers, at fifty cents a day for each, whether there is freight to come or ; not, or whether it rains or shines. Each tarpaulin ia about the size of an ordinary carpet. During tho recent rains, the tarpaulins, of course, have been monopolized, cither by i those who own them, or at the standing rate, by those who always have them engaged. On Wednesday, thero was such nn amount of dry produce on the levee, when the rain caino up, that offers of five dollars a pieco for tarpaulins went begging. As the tarpaulins could not be had at any price, property was damaged to the extent of thousands of dollars. We have so far touched only upon the inanimate or quiescent scenery of the levee. To describe tho bustle that prevails at all times, would requiieadaguerieotypoapparat us rather than a pen. Wo will Allow about fifty persons to each of the seventy steamboats and steamship, and the two hundred and forty nail verwela that are moored along the levee making a river popmnuon of over fifteen thousand souls; all of whom are ontho levee at tome time or other during the day. Then there are several thousand drnvmen ; several thousand longshoremen, or laborers, negroes, and Irish, who work in gangs, loading and unloading vessels by the job ; every man having a cotton hood in his belt; and indefinite thousands of travelers, immigrants, merchants,clerks, woigheis, inspectors, policemcn, cabmen, loafers, pick-pockets ami scavengers?a human menagerie, with specimens from every clime under the sun?those of Ireland, Germany and Africa, furnishing the larger proportion and each individual pursues his palicular line of duty, regardless of the multitudes around hiin. Wo inny thus safely estimate that our Cosmopolitan Exchange is daily attended by at least fifty thousand people. To make one's way along the levee?walktag, as it were, through a vast human haleid* escope, in which every step presents a new combination of faces and co-itur.<?. *, with'civ responding changes of sound and language to the ear?squeezing through the narrow lanes in the freight, seating the freight pilewhen the lanes are choked, jumping ever dray's tails, under mule's necks, and out ol i.. 1.1: i._i i n: i iuq a* t\y ui luuiuiing Mini ruuiiig warrela?noticing the currents of commerce as they minglo and intertwine in every direction ; the boies, barrels and cratos of foreign countries clashing with the boxes, barrel* and bales of our own country, and exchang iog places iu store-houses, and on ships and steamboat*?constitutes n physical and men tal exercise, the like of which cannot be ob mined elsewhere in the wide world, in Chris tian land or Pagan. To the masses win daily throng tho levoe, such a journey is j labor and a fatigue ; to citizens like ourselves who rarely bare occasions to go beyond tin brkk-aad-snorUr precincts of the civy, it u an agreeable and exiting variation from oui ordinary pursuits; whilst to strangers, it is i wonder that they scarcely know how u grapple wish, tad cannot folly eomprehetn m lose than a wank. Whether the aewooto i er be from the green forest* of the West, o I A LY 28, 1856. . III'I! *m l-L'.LIf*' ?J1 * . " the classic shores of the Levant, Ms woftder nr.d admiriuicn are the same. And then, to mount the hurricane deck of ?ime majestic steamer, or the upper story of a warehouse?thereto tirke in a glance all that we have been describing .or as much of it as possible, say the steamboat section? and reflect that but little .more than a century has elapved, since the muddy steaitt At bur feet was navigated only by the red man in his ennoe, and skirted by moss dmped forests, wliose solitudes were awakened only by the song of the frog ami (he whippoorwill, and the bellowing of the alligator! Shade of DcSoto I What a change I Quarterly Report of W Thurlow Caaton, G- W. P., of the 8ons of Temperance of South Carolina. 7V> ItretJuvn of Grand Division : Oi'K niiuti.il meeting in Columbia, has been held so recently, it cannot t?e expected tlmt tins inv first Quarterly Report trill crouton information t r suggestions cither full or in terming. A very extraordinary inclemency of the weather continuing For many weeks in rain, snow and sleet all over the State has very : much interrupted the regular meetings of our Order. ..^et it riflbrds uic sincere pleasure to report, that the weekly meetings so far iu I have learned, have been wonderfully sustained, and many 'of the Deputies at great sacrifice and exposure dm ing the first week of this month, promptly attended nnd installed the officers. d. o w. r'a. The eoips of D . G. W. B'e. is not q?site full. In addition to those published with the minutes of our last meeting Bro. Moses Alexander lias been appointed for Yoik District. The instructions for Deputies piepar ed by my predecessor, and so generally approved nt our annual meeting have been us ed, and printed copies always accompanied the commissioners. The following Deputies have reported: Bro-'a Gardner for Sumter District,, LaMottc for llichland, Towers for Anderson, Wheeler for Marion, Ciiiighman for Lexington, Thayer for himself, for Kunhardt ami Bel. for Charleston, Walker for Chester, Holmnn for Barnwell, and Barton for Orangeburg. DEOKKH8 AND ADMISSION OF FEMALES. The subject of Degrees is attracting the :J? .A'o. I i?- ... D* ? ? ttiicnuuii in ^.uuurumaie l/i\moiift, ana ino brethren who have token them teem well pleated with them. They are not however, generally appreciated or understood. The admission of Females visitors is growing into considerable favor throughout the State?and the highest benefits are confidently expected to those Divisions that hnve adopted this interesting feature. I trust every Subordinate Division in the Stnte will very soon invite Female* to meet and mingle with them in their regular meetings, elevating the brotherhood by their puiifying associations, enlightening them by their smiles and approval, and cheering them on in their joint labors of love and benevolence. It is certainly a defect in our system, that the powerful, irresistible influence of woman could uot heictofoie bo brought to hear directly upon our regular meetings. This feature, so recently introduced, measurably sup plies the want, and if generally adopted and AlltAMil f l rtAlt in nvr< >/l on i om ? K*? /v.?o ? iy.~""T" ~r~\' ~ 17 v... friends, eye hath not seen nor car heard uei ther has it entered into the hearts of the brethren to conceive the ejood to he derived from it, and the success that awaits our Order. Lot roe commend these suggestions tc the favorable consideration of the brethren TRACTS. I would earnestly urge upon the attention of the Grand Division the tract enterprise Our worthy P. G. W. P. Townesend, who is chairman of the committee on tracts, informs me that funds are still wanting "to reproduce exhausted numbers of the series,1 which however,'Van be derived, from s.ilet of the stock already on lmnd, if the Divis tons will only send in orders immediately 500 or 1000 copies ordered at once by sucl Divisions m are in gopd working order wil put us in funds to goon with cur operation! efficiently. A suggestion so reasonable am proper surely will not bo permitted to pas 1 unheeded. A little extra effort now sine the fountain is opened will keep up tin stream of tract issues, constantly pouriiij > over the Stale a flood of temperance truth ' and argument*, destined to bear along lh< public mind of our people, surely and stead 1 lly onward to Prohibition, and eventually t( total abstinence, morality and viitue. Mj oncrsrclic nrededfeasor also stales, that at h i i solicitation His Honor Judge O'Neall ha. .! prepared a Digewt of the License Law* of ou | Ktati sftnilar tohi* Digest of our Negro Law* ' ' ' give'you hi* own word*, "I think the puh i ligation of this will \L> a great deal of gon . i juit now, and I Would like to have your ad vice and the advico^>f the Grand Division 1 as to how it ougftl to bo published?whetli 1 er aa a tract or in a pamphlet form. I an inclined to tho opinion myself that it ougli to be published in pnmphlet form, and pretty large edition struck otf for general cii culation. I find the laws already quit stringent on tho subject of retailing, ami I the people only understood them, [ thin . there would be a general deposition te er r force fbera. Tho Digest alluded to, wil # it X r." A a$ *?& J&l. mm&mmmmmmsm&memtBBts b2? ** aPiKP<? NO. 42 MMMNMMoaiMMMMaanMMMkMWMMlr' 1 ?- ' 1 ' ? ? - ?* - make a pamphlet or Intel of about eight pa* g??. Il is now passing round to the tract a committee." I cannot endorse time views too etroAgff, and heartily commend them to tlie careful aiteution of the Grand Division. PRINTING T0X JOT ft SAL. The committee appointed At our last meetin jf to publish the Journal of the Grand Di* vision from iu institution until the present time, have found it impossible to mace progress w?fti the work during the winter, ft is not cortnin,* however, that the Grand Division expected a final report until the next 1 ^ . i . ?i .? ? - niinuiti meeting. Al Mil event* mo COflflfflfl'f-' teo have concluded to give attention to the subject in llie Spring and Summer so as to complete their duties thoroughly add satisfactorily duiiug the yenr. r. m. w. p., samcei. r. cart. At request of the Grand Division, I fo warded eirefflam to all the V. 0. W< P's* Hnd also to uiuuy other eminent gentlemen of the State and friends of the cause, relative to raising funds to defray the expense* of Gen. Gary's \isii in case lie find it couveni* ent to come to our Stato. They were requested to report to this meeting. I regret so few have reported, yet the desire to sterner the services of this eminent Lecturer in Sorrth Carolina so far as 1 can learn, is strong and Very general. The Deputies who lmve reported, use very strong language and mailt strong arguments >n tho way of handsome appropriations to defray expenses, 6sc. Nearly one thousand dollars have been reported, and doubtless when it becomes certain ire will vkit ns, that amount, if necessary, will bo considerably increased. At our last interview a ith Gett. Gary, i# Columbia, it whs still uncertain whether Ire could visit our State, llis engagements ir? North Carolina will certafifclv inteifere with his coming until the Spring, by which time ho promised to Write and give us certain information* In the meantime tho D. G. W. P'a. in their various District* should make such efforts to ascertain the wishes of their people, that the committee appointed to nrrange time* and plaees of Gen. Gary's visit*, upon receiving from him information of his coming* M..U J wuiu uv uiiiv |nubceu mj ninge proper gm~* tribulion of liie labors, and judiciously tf v range his visitations through the State. 1 again urge upon the Deputies and all the brethren throughout the State to eaest themselves in their respective sections, to secure the services of this great light of our cause?should he visit us?that the darkness of error nnd prejudice may be driven away, and the beauty and force of tr&th may be seen, appreciated nnd embraced. Having no special reason to despair of out ultimate success, or fa lose confidence in the working order of onr Divisions, 1 commend to your serious consideration the Vast and gi owing interests of our cause?and especially the srtggcstious herein contained?trusting that our meeting may provo not oady harmonious but highly conducive to the spread of every good and virtuose ptineiple. I All of which is respectfully submitted, in L I P. nud F. W. THURLOW CASTON, O. W. I>. lilackville, S. C., Jan. 23df 1850. I The Stagnation Period of Liftf. Thk following txl;act is frotu the 1a*4 wsue of the American Review : \ ''And if, after ten or a dozen years of severe professional toil, men still in health would journey to preserve the blessings they ' enjoy, it would prolong lives which fiver ' years more of equal labor break up beyond tbe/power of travelling restore. There ie % i malady partly mentnl, partly physical, which . often assails the constitutions of men of fine > lt?-ivous organization and hiirli intolWiMt mul moral activity in mid lie life( for which a year or two of transatlantic exile kcem* the ' only fl'lemtado remedy. The French e*U it > lit inalaiaie de quarante ana. When f>v in crs-ant toil and unsparing painra, the thought' ful and conscientious spirit has won that i high table land which a fixed po-toiorty com1 potency, and settled relations tor life may bo ? said to form, the stimulus whivh has arnimn1 ted the journey thus far suddenly looses it? < power. A breathing space is allowed to> e look about?back upon the t&OUfeiarttonn e way that has been etimbed, forward frpon thcr r monotonous plain in view. The sensitive, s ambitious, und thoughtfni heart f MrUiWrs, a ' And is this all? l? it for tins prosper! 1 - have toiled so long, and is this dusty, easy t way before me the great reward of my strivings and pains? World vrearinesa, sadness i of heart and countenance. counts 'i# the play bo worth the candle,' impatience and restr I ens n ess, seise upon the void, and spread out. ward to the sympathizing body. 'i'lie world - looks dark, ath-ctums grow cold, and the I cho'eii profession of one's life iw stale and - Hat. Then is the time to break foot* from i, the country, calling and borne, and, in a per* feet vacation from accustomed duffee, feces, t and arms, to give one's self np to the novelt tics, incitements and refreshings of travel. It a cairies the soul over the dead-point in its r* revolution ; it gives the heart time to? adjust e itself to a new order of circumstance*, to lake If a fresh start, with new and higher motive*, k and to recover a youth ami a goal which no h future ajtperteacs can take tv^t, or wwkr II umnriwig." *' * . o- '?