Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?- - -y i 11,111 W| A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. Drooltfr to progress, tl)c Hij}l)ts of ll)t Soull), anfc tlje Diffusion of Useful ftnowleirgf among all (Classes of IDovhiug itten. VOLUME IIL - GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING. MAKCH 2G, 1857. NUMBER i $jlt Jmttjjtrn Cttttrprisf ? ISSUBD EVE BY THUH8DAY MORNINO, BY PRICE & McJUNKIN WILL IAM P. P RICE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. C. M. M'JUNKIN, PRINTER. TERMS. Os* Dollar and Firrr Cknts in advance; Tw< Dollars if delayed. CLUBS ?f FIVE and upwards, Oxk Dollar the money in every instance to accompany tin order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously a1 the rates of 75 cent* ner square of 18 llncs fui the first insertion, ana 87 J cunts fur each subsc qiieiiw mwi vivu. t s Contracts for yearly advertising made reason able. aoents. v,'. w. walker, Jr., Columbia, S. C. . pctkr str.vdlky, Esq., Flat lloek, N. ft. A. M. Pedes, Fftirview 1\ O., Greenville Pist Wiluav 0. iiaii.ky, Plen?nnt Grove, Greenville caet. r. q avdkrson, Enoree, Spartanburg. Iflcrtri ^ortrij. [From Porter's Spirit of tlic Times.] What I Lost by Kissing Kateby willie k. paboh. There were Lizzie, Kate, and Mauv, All three beautiful and young ; llul the name of Mary ever Lingered longest on my tongue. And L hopes in secret cherished Of a home where she was queen, But one day those sweet hopes perished, Anu lefl life a desert scene. They and I were once together, Frolicking beneath the moon. In the mildest of mild weather? In the odorous month of June, And sweet Mary said, "Since kisses In the moonlight time are due, 1 would take tin* nest of kisses From Kate's lips, if I wcie vou." 60 wcclv 11 ml tlio thought been spoken, Jve, wiili heart niul eye elsile, I had vlai11ii.1l the honored token From 1 lie honeyed lips of Kate, lhit. alack ! in thus obeying, 1 hail made a sad mistake; For in heart, the gill whs sating, " Kate will lo>e what I shall take " " fCist Kate /" this was what she told mc But its meaning was?K'** me ! Oh, vain heart ! and oh ! eves silly, Thus to fail the truth to see! 50 we parted ; I with sorrow. She with scorn, perhaps with hate, And my heart grows sad by knowing What I lost by kissing Kate. Harlem, N. Y., 1857. 1? - 1 ' .. . . . - -jl 51 |>i)Brt fclrcteii ftortj. THE BACHELO^STUTTON 1 ok, 1I0W A SIN OLE GENTLEMAN GOT INTO i DIFFICULTY, AND THEN GOT OUT. CHAPTER FIRST. what happened at the concert. fiome years ago w hen I was a single mat and dreaming some single inen, do) o double bliss yet destined to arrive, I went t< n concert at (lie Musical Hall of lioaton Music is poetically and proverbially " tin f?>od of love," and in my sentimental state consumed a good deal of it; not that I lia< any object in view. Mine was abstract love I cultivated it, 1 increased my stock, so tha I might have a good stock of tho tender pas aion in hand whenever 1 saw an eligible op portunity of investing it. Well, to return t< the concert ; it was crowded to excess, am the rush, on leaving, to reach cabs and car riages, was very great. I wore on that me morable night a blue coat with brass but tons, and I Battered myself there were wora< jooking men in the room. I tell von, can didlv, I admired myself; the other party was struck with was a fine girl, with dad . yea and black hair, who sat with som< young friends, a few forms distant. I Impct u ?i .... i I,I... ..iii. i ?uo nivsi atctj iiiu mm in v unio \i\m\, ?hh umk-i Button*. I looked at her often enough t' -attract her attention to both: nnd being &n my friends would nay, in rather i spooney stale. work"d myself, in a towerinj; passion?of love. But how was I to com< at the object of ;ny Admiration, for ! was a diffident as devoted?" as shy as I was vain,1 iu an over outdid friend once said. " llail Co lutnbia," width concluded the concert, stir prised ine, as unprepared as on my firs glance to "iuiprovo the occasion," nnd lh< company *er? shoaling out, while I stooi minutely gfzing after the object of my lovi at 8rst sig't- She and Iter party eddied fo awhile by I he inner door of the concur room, and kcre then drawn out into the ro tiring currnt, and iost to sight. 1 tollowei quickly ufter, lest I should loa forever all opportunity of identifying mt idol; but, las ! the lights in the outer oom dor were f<* and so far between, thst u n? /< ftV? kf. 14* I k glimpse of my star could I got." I pusliei' ' and fiercely elbowed through tho crowd, wait the view of getting to the enter door b fore my fair one's party had emeiged, nnd ' thus gaining once more a sight of my sweeting. " Ilaug it!" I muttered, impatiently, as I felt a tug at tny coat skirt, and was instantly onscious of my hind buttons having hitched to some lady's dress; inv progress was suddenly atresled. ' Haw provokinir." thought I, its I whs brought to a btHtuI, for } I could not push on without losing h button or tenriug n dress; " how provoking the , modern fashions; a lady now has as many B hoops, as many tentacles about her apparel t as a sea anemone." It was with some irrip latum I stopped to undo the button, but my . hurry made the task more difficult, and in stead of undoing, 1 only bungled and more twisted the loop round the button, " Please to let me try," said the lady hetself, as 1 bungled over ihe business ; she ungloved her hand?it was a sweet white hand ; so I looked at her face. Stars and gaiters, but it was the very fair one, black hair aud dark eyes, I was in pursuit of. As she stooped over the entangled button, a slight flush tinted her cheek. Oh, it was delicious. 1 Imped she never would undo r the loop ; aid. indeed she never would, for her fingers were twitching nervously, and my heart was heating audibly. I tried to help her ; our fingers met. " Please to make way there," shouted a grutf voice behind. \Vc were blocking up the passage; was there ever such an unlucky spot for so lucky an entanglement ? " You hinder the people from going out. Annie," exclaimed one of her companions with some aspe;ity ; " plague upon the liresome loop, break it J" ami suiting the action to the word, the speaker leaned forward, caught the sleive of her beautiful friend's dress in one hand and inv coat tail in the : I .1 4>uciv ueciuea tug, severed us. The crowd behind bore on, and we were separated ; not, however, before I gave my 44 star" u look which I intended l*? speak volumes. 1 thought she did not seetn uu conscious of my meaning?our eves met, I know, and this was the only consolation h-ft me, for immediately afterwards I lost her and her paity to view in iho darkness oylside. CIlAl'TKlt 8HC0ND. now THE COCUSB Of TRUE LOVE DID NOT HfN* SMOOTH. That night I hardly closed my eyes, thinking of my " bright particular stni," ami . what means I should employ to find her out. ' t knew little of the town, which was a very large one, and to exjrect to know the name of my fair one by a mere description was hopeless, for there doubtless inu-t be a great many with (lark eyes and black hair within the " bills of mortality there as elsewhere. My love fit grew more and more violent in the course of the day; but tired out at length with my search, I returned to the ho' lei, and look out my dress coat front my Dortuiantcau to feed inv flame evpn uiih ili? contemplation of the inanimate business but" ton tliat had detained the " blacks-eyed divinity " so long. It was with no little delight I now discovered what did not before catch ^ my eye?a fragment of the silk loop of her dress still adhered to tl:o button, twisted round the shank- I pressed it to my lips; it was lilac in cjlor?and sloooed to gently disentangle it from the bit of brass nsgontly as though it were a tress of my loved one's \ hair, something clinked in the skirt pocket. I supposed I had left some money there, for y in my perturbation and excitement I omil' ted to search the coat on taking it off the ! night before. 1 thiust iny hand into the , jrocket. Gmciousine! What did I l oin 11, what did I take out?a gold chain bracelet. ' You could hate " biaincd " me with my 1 lady's fan. I saw at a glance Jjow matters stood?in the excitement and flurry of undoing the loop from my button, tlio lady | bad undone the cla-p of her own bracelet, ' which had not unnaturally fell imo the coat j skirt with which she was engaged, and doubt i less on missing it, instead of regarding me ! in a romantic lielit. she tnit it down ih?f I 8 whs of llie swell mot\ and hnd purposely en j tangled myself in her die^s to rob hei of her ( jewelry. B Ilere was an anti heroic position to find j one's self in, when I wished to b6 considered s the most devoted of knights, to be remem, bered only as the most expert of pickpockets ! Was ever an honest lover in such a 1 plight, and to make it worse, I could not see , how I was to escape from this inevitable di' lemma. I must go down to the g:avo re , membered only in the dear one's mind as the nefarious purloiner of her bracelet. To . find her out was impossible { but a bright .. idea struck mo as my eye liglited on ^ newst paper lying on the coffee room tahlo. I e rang the Ml and inquired of the waiter ] when the local paj?ers were published. 2 " Tomorrow, sir," he answered. I cat r down and wrote an advertisement; it was in , the following words : M If the lady, whoso dues# got entangled in a gentleman's coal button, in leaving the B concert hist Wednesday, will oall at, or send r to the Treinont Hotel, she will hear somo* . thing to her advantage." >f There, I thought, as I gave the advertise men I to llie bov, and five shilling* to pay for an insertion in the Traveller, theie, if thnt will not give me a cluo to escape from a very unpleasant dilemma, and at the same lime to know who my enchanter is, the fate indeed must be very tin propitious. My pluiiH being thus so far adopted, I ordered dimmer, and waited patiently, or rather impatiently, the ap|>earance of the ttewspaj?er next morning, (t was brought up to my room damp from the press, and then read, ill all the glory of large type, my int pros I mrr !>.- - .....vunvciiivuk uui, my stars: 'with what an advertisement was it followed 'in the very same column. 1 only wonder that my hair did not stand on an end as 1 read a? follows: Q'l UKWAUD.-Ti^IjOst or stolen, on the night of I tS** Concert, at the Hall, a Gold Chain bracelet. It is thought to have heen taken from the lady's arm hv a pickpocket, of gentlemanly appearance, who wore a blue coat, wjth brass buttons, and kept near the lady uii lea* i|!g the hall. Any person giving sueh information as will lead to the recovery of the bracelet, or he capture of the thief (if it was stolen,) will receive the above reward on applying at Ko. 7 Cantbridge Dace. CHAPTER THIRD. THE END OF IT. Here was a pretty plight?to bo advertised in the public papers as a pickpocket, when tny only crime was iike Othello's, that of "Loving not wisely, but too well." My determination, however, was quickly i adopted. I went tip stairs, put on the very I identical blue coat, so accurately described,) and with t ic p iper in my hand proceeded , to 7 Cumbiidge Place. 1 knocked at the door, and asked the servant, who answered, J the name of the family. Having heard it, j I said?" Is Miss Raymond in t" "Yes, sir." replied the servant woman, '4 who shall I say wants her ?" " Tell her," I repli d, " that the pickpock-1 et, with a gentlemanly address, and blue coat, with brass buttons, w ho stole hor' bracelet, is here and wishes to return it to! Iter.'' The woman stared at tne ?s though I ! were mud, but on repenting my request to I lier, site went in and delivered my message.' Soon there came out. not my fair one, With nil Unit's host, of dark and bright, Meeting in aqtect mid eye," but a stalwart brother. " That." said I. handing him the bracelet, ' is Miss Raymond's property, and though,! I as you perceive, I wear a blue coal, with I brass button*, and am flattered to think m\ j | manners ate not tingentlcmaiily, I am hound j |in candor to say I am not a pickpocket." " Then, sir, you vhall iiMvc the reward," said the brother, taking out his purse. "No," I replied, "for strange as it may j appear, though I am no pickpocket, I stole j I the ladv's bracelet." j | The man looked puzzled ; but when 1' [told the truth, and pointed to my advertisej metil in the same paper, ns a proof that 1 did not want to walk off with the property. \ he laughed heartily at the who'e story, and j not the least at his sister's desciiption of the j gentlemanly pickpocket, i " Well," said Im, "yon bad better walk in j and have tea with us, and my sistei will he able to say whether she can speak to your identity, after which it will be time enough to canvas the propriety of sending for a constable." You may he assured I accepted the invi talion. Need I go further with the storv. The young lady (to use tlie words of the Advertisement) captured the pickpocket. Tim bachelor's button no longer adorns mv blue coat, ami I now have framed and glazed over the fireplace the Advertisement in which I am publicly described by nty own wife as " a piik]>ocket, with gentlemanly address." When I charge her with the libel, she always does what she has just this moment done, pay damages for the slander in j any amount of kisses, declaring though not a pickjx>cket, 1 was a thief, and stole Iter { heart ami pocketed her bracelet. So ends the story of " A Baouulou's Burros." - ? American Dbktists.?Mr. Walsh, the j Paris correspondent of the Journal of Com ' inerce, in n late letter pays : A few days ago I had occasion to apply to the principal bookseller ir. the department of medicine for soine recent, comprehensive and elegant woi k on Dentistry. He wrote to me at once, the following reply : " I regret that it is not in inv power to meet your wishes ; there is nothing recent, nor food, in France, on the art and science of ieiitistry. Oar surgeons are obliged to bor- j row from the Americans their proficiency' aud treatise on this subject. Acknowledging! that your countrymen are much further yd-, vanced than they themselves are in this jm-j por'.ant branch of the medical art. It is unnecessary for mo to mention to you woik* published fifteen years ago." Your Dentists may bo gruified by this testimony. The success of tho Americans of the profession, who have settled in this capitol, is strong evidence of the justness of appreciation. Wo can adduce the panies of Kvhiis, Horner, Fowler, as pre-emineut British and French practitioners seek Americans as associate* in business, not merely on account of their skill, but of American r?pnte. HSisrtllmtfDUS jRtnbrng. j Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet. The following sketches of the gontlemen composing the Cabinet. are taken fiom the Baltimore Son of the 7th inst.; SECRETARY OF STATU OKN. LEWIS CASS, OK MictuaAX. General Cass was born at Exeter,. New Hampshire. His ancestors were amongst the first settlers in that.part of the country, ainl his father l?ore a commission in the revolutionary army, ami was present at the battles of Honker Hill. Saratoga. Princeton. Trenton, Monmouth ami Geimantown. lie was afterward* a Major in Wayne's arinv. and died nenr Zane>vllle, Ohio, in 1830. His son, Jaiwis (Jass, was educated at the | academy of Exeter, and studied law at Ma- ! rietta, Ohio, under the late Governor Meigs. | lie was admitted to the bar in 1802. and in 1800, more than fifty years ago, was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature. In 1811 lie volunteered his service* in the force which was called out to join the army under Gen. Mull, and marched to Dayton, where he was elected Colonel of the third regiment of Ohio volunteers. He was the first man. with his d?tachmont, to invade Canada. He I subsequently, being promoted to a Htigadier Central, joined (Jen. Harrison, stud crossing Like Erie with him after Perry's *iclorv, wis present in the pursuit of Proctor, and participated in the triumphs of the Moravian towns. The Northwestern campaign hcitig happily terminated, Gen. Cass was left in command of Michigan and the upper priA'inces of Canada, llis head quarters were at Detroit, and ho thus beeam^the military guardian of the people over whom he was soon after (October 9, IS 13.) called to preside as civil Governor. In 1815, sifter the termination of the war, General Cass moved his tamilv to Detroit. During the time that he was Governor of the Territory of Michigan, he negotiated no less than twenty one ti en ties with the In dinns. In the expeditions accession ted by them, be encountered more peiils and bad occasion for the di-play of more firmness and intrepidity than anv man ever engaged in this service. In 1831, Gen. Cass was called to the administration of the War Depart........ i... /i . i- _ t~ nj w?;ii. iiiu'K<>uii. in io>io or iS'tu. in consequciue of ill ?:calth, lie retired f'oin this position, mueli to tins regret of Gen Jackson, who tended him the mission to Franco, where ho added to liis fame in de tenting the c|iiintii|>le treat v, ;Ji rough which Fuglaud dcsired to search (ho fesseN of nil nations traversing the ocean. In 1845, af ter his return from France, he was elected to the United States Senate from Michigan, and in 1848 nominated for the Presidency, but defeated, lie was one of the leading friends of the compromise of 1850. /ind sub sequent I v ably supported the Ka|isas-Ne! braska measuie. On the 4tb inst.. bis term ' expired in the. United States Senate ; ami I be was succeeded by a republican. AI I though seventy years of age, Gen. Cass is apparently younger than most men at sixty, ami there is no doubt, from bis intellectual ' and hodilv vigor, that bis administration ol the Stale Department will fully sustain bis previous high reputation. 8ECRKTARV OF TIIK TREASURY ? HON'. HOW ELL C'OUll, OF UEOUCIA. The Secretary of the Treasury was horn at | Cherry Hill. Geotgia. in 1815. He is the ! son of Col. John A. Cohb. who. when quite : a hoy, removed front Greenville. North Cjjroliiui, with his father. His mother, Sarah U. Cohb, was the daughter of the late Thomas Uootii, of Fredericksburg, Virginia. In the year 1834, when only nineteen, Mr. Cobb graduated at Franklin College, Georgia, and in the following year he married Mary Ann, daughter of the late Col. Znchariali Lamar, of Milledgeville, Georgia, bv whom he has had six sons, three of whom are dead, the two youngest dying at Washington city during the first session of the thirtieth Congress. It may not be uninteresting to mention that his uncle, Howell Cohb, after whom he was named, represented a district of Georgia in the United States dining the last war with Great Britain, and his cousin, Thomas ColJ>. was not many years since ft United States Senator from the same State. In 1 830, Mr. Cohb was admit. _ I I - ~ J - ieu 10 mo ujtr, ami ai once gave sucli evidcnce of talents, cliaracler and attainments ?rarely possessed by one of lii.s age?that in llie ensuing year be was elected by the Georgia legislature, solicitor general of the western circuit. Having early in life obtained political fame as a Jackson or " Union *' Heniocrat, in I64i, Mi. Cobb was elected on a general ticket to tbe Congress of the Uniteil States, it being bis first service in any legislative body. Since that time he has frequently been re-elected, lie lias served for one terin as Governor of Ids native State, and as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and in every position hu$ been noted for bis industry and ability. SECRETARY Or WAR? HON. JOHN BUCHANAN FI.OTD, OK VIRGINIA. The Secretary of War has long been a prominent politician in the Western part of Virginia, and is a Statu Rights Uuinocrat of the school of strict construction. He lias filled th? office of Governor of the Slate, and during the last election whs a Democratic President iai elector. Governor Floyd's public service has been exclusively confined to the Slate, and his appointment to the Cabinet is his first introduction to the Cahi net councils. Although, owing to the fac of his being Governor of Virginia, Mr. Floyd could take no part in the discussions of the compromise measures of 1850, yet he was known to he an ardent opponent of them, whilst he did not concur in the views of the politicians in South Carolina, who tdvocat ed secession as a necessary consequence of them. During every Presidential campaign since 1830, Mr. Floyd has been nti active supporter of the Democratic candidate. Personally, Gov. Floyd is exceedingly popular in his Statu. Ife is a fluent speaker on the stump, possesses considerable talent and versatility, and from his experience in various public offices, will, no doubt, be found fully competent for the duties of his new position. Governor Floyd js between 45 mid oy years 01 age, anu is. in wie unuimiiiisiieu enjoyment of physical health. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ISAAC TOl'ctf. OK CONNECTICUT. The new Secretary of the Navy is well known as the late United States Senator from Connecticut, and a* a sound national man. He was, for a short period. Attorney General of the United States, under President Polk, having succeeded Mr. Clifford, when he \y?s sept as Cmninissioner to Mexico. Personally, he is exceedingly p?pular and accomplished, lie is over 50 years of age. SECRETARY OF THF. INTERIOR ? HON. JACOB THOMPSON, OK MISSISSIPPI. The Secretary of the Interior has heen a member of the House of Representatives for Mississippi during several Congresses. Ikis an aide speaker 011 the floor and quite an industrious member in reference to every measure of practical importance before the I House, lie is a free trader, a State Right* Southern Democrat, hut by no means a secessionist. Mr. Thompson was one of the candidates for Congress 011 the State ticket in Mississippi in the contest between the compromise and nnii-comproini-e parties ofi 1850, which immediately succeeded that agitation. On that Mr. Thompson was defeated, and has never since been a candidate for public position. He is a man of some clo ! ipienco. good p actieal abilities, and is bej iwoen forty and forty-five years of age. I'OSIMASTER GENERAL AARON VENABLF. BROWN, OK TENNESSEE. The Postmaster General was horn in i Brtin>wi<-k county, Virginia, in 1 lie yea* 1795. His father was an old revolntionarx soldier, liaving enlisted at a very early ng< in the continental army, lie participated in the battle of Trenton, and encountered the hardships of tlie encampment at Valley Forge. Governor Blown was educated in Noith Carolina, anil graduated at Capel Hill, in 1814, in the same class with Sena j tor Matiguiu and Ex Gov. Manlv, of that Slate. I lie sat in the Tennessee legislature until 1836, when he was elected to Congress, and * held that position until 1815, when he de clincd a re-election, and run a successful race for Governor against E. II. Foster, a man of great popularity. Since 1817, Gov. Brown has held no puiilic offhe, hut was a Presidential elector in 1818 and 185?. IPwas also chairman of a coipuijttec oil resn i litiiotis in the B#Jt}iiM>rd Convention of 1S52. | am} he hijuj the honor to report the platform then and there adopted, lie is a fine stump orator, and a Slate. Rights man of the strict Constructionist school. In character, he is said to resemhje M'". Mason, who was Sccre' liirv nf the Nave nndi't- Mr T\?!Lr Ha nnm. bine* suavity of manner with unblemished chatacler, great industry and latent. DnrI ing the last campaign lie labored zealously j for tlie success of tlie Democratic nominees. ! It was to Gov. Drown, when n member of I Congress some twelve or thirteen years ago, j that Gen. Jackson addressed his celebrated j letter in favor of the annexation of Texas. Gov. lirown is in his 6*2d year, but owing j to his active and temperate habits, is gcner i ally taken to be ten years younger. ATTORNEY GENERAL?JEREMIAH 8. Dt.ACK, OK PENNSYLVANIA. The Attorney Generalship has fallen into able hands. Judge black is considered to be among one of the most accomplished and able jurists in Pennsylvania, lie was formerly one of the District Judges of that - .!.? I-... n i omir, viii v?i mo in? ivi|uniu?j a.i jii'i^KS 11) l>e elected bv the people going ipto cjJ'eet, bo was chosen one of tlie State Supreme Court Judges. He is in the prime bf life, not over 45 years of age. and tiniversa!iv es teemed for lite purity of bis public and private character. Mkn do not dance or sing through life, or an opera or a ballet would cpiy,o l.o the bosoms and business of men" in the same manner that a fragedy or comedy does. [Ifazlit. Cjjristun Loy*.?The more believers love God, the mors they love one another ; | as the lines of a circle, the nearer they come to the center, the nearer they coino to each ' ofhT. ? Charncck. gWKv JH|| I --UlilVU I III IP III?MMM 0 " Be Still and Know that I am Odd." Tslams 4(3-10, When lite calm sunny morning break* from nature's light, and t?r? worl?| in cl?<l in llie glory of tlio early morn, and soft zephyW float over tlio bright face of fair creation, the whisper falls softly upon the heart and soul, ' He still and know that I am Qod." When the smooth ocean lies wnveless upon its coral bed, and stillness abides upon the slumbering deep, there comes a whisper upon that breathless ocean, " He slill and l^ipny l|pit I it in uuu. \v nen the va-t wilderness stam)? it> the mute silence of tiie starry night, and no breath of wind breathes upon the sighing pine, there comes a whisper ujhmi the .tin hush of the wilderness, 44 Be stiil and know that I am God." When Lybian deserts Httd Arabian sands lie slumbering upon the bosom of the earth, there breathes a whisper upon the sinking sand, 44 Be still and know that I am God." Upon the countless "cities of the dead " who sleep under the soil we tread upon, there break* * whisper, " Be still and know that I am God." When nation tises after nation, and kingdom after kingdom, and sink again to rise no more, then there breathes a word npon thein, " Be still and know fljal I am God." When war, pestilence pervade the earth*, and treachery and destruction lurk upon every hand, the good man "shall not he afraid for the terror bv night ; nor for the arrow that llieth by dav ; nor for the pestilence that walkclb in darkness; r.or for the destruction that waste'.h at noonday," for there is a voice that says to the trembling heart, 41 Be still and know that i am God." Look upon the expan-e of the Universe, and see the countless hosts of the Heavens, all upon their trackless courses, with uneiring precision moving, there bieathes a word from infinite creation, 44 Be still and know that I am God." When 'lie 44 ti tup ?*t coinea from beyond the wilderness," and 44 earth end skies are in wild confusion mingled," and the boiling ocean heaves up lie,r fathomless depth-, and the thunders d ive their tiery holts deep into the trembling earth and ri veil ocean?even then that whisper comes I from the trusting heart, '4 Be still and kuow that 1 am God. ' Medical College of ths State of South Cauolina.?The annual course of teenies in in is institution terminated on l It? ttli instant. The rejx rt of the Dean is as follows : The ;Cj>.s in attendance on the lectures the pa$t s?*hs n amount'd to 245 students. from ihe | S ales of South Carolina, North Carolina, | G oroiu, Atahaiiiu, Florida. Louisiana, Missi si|i|>i, Virginia, and t ie Island of Cn'oa. The nuinher of candidates for the Decree o' Doctor in Medicine was ninety nine (99.) and one graduate of the Suiuuer Schoo. in July last. The condupj, of the Class has been such as to have merited our approbation. Of so j large a number collected together, we have I not been apprised of any disturbance it) I which they have been concerned?of any I interruption to that harmony which should | characleii/.e those engaged in the useful and i laudable pursuits of science?of any departj inent to their im-lruclors otherwise than respectful and becoming. The intelligence of the class, we have reason to think, equals the average of former years. Some are graduates of literary instijutionc, and nearly all have receiied libeiui and cl..s i a! educations. Several are and have been engaged in the arduous and responsible duties of instructors, and there has been presented a number of well prepared dissertations. [Charleston Courier, ? ? Simplicity of Faith.?The late King of Sweden was greatly exercised upon the subject of faith some time previous to his death. A peasant being once on a particular occasion admitted to bis presence, the king, knowing him to be a person of singular pie| ty, asked him, " What he to<>k to bo t|is true nature of faith ?" The pcnsatjJ, entered deeply into the subject, aji,J much to the king's comfort and satisfaction. The king, at last, on his d^'h bed, had a return of his doubts and fears as to the safety cf his soul, and still the same question was perpetnally in his mouth to those about him, " What real faith?" His attendants advised him to send for the Archbishop tfUpaal, w ho. coming to the king's bedside, began in a learned and logical manner to enter into the scholastic definition of faith. The prelate's disquisition lasted an hour. When he had I .l.vno tin-, l'iliiy cni/J u illt tniii'l* o?>Aerv?. """"I "...v.. . " All this is 'ngenious, hot pot comfortable ; it is not what I want. Nothjng put the farmer'* faith will do for mp.}> J __J_L It is stated that nine out of the ten of losses by the mail, so far, have been registered letteis, and in no instance lias one of them been traced up. Ose stn.?The devil will suffer ns, n*yf if it wcr.e possible, he would help us to put away every sin hut one, if he could bo su e \v,o would keep that one. It ever is tbc maiked propensity of restless and aspiring minds to look into tlnj 1 stretch <f dark futurity.-- J ;o>u Jj>nh'e}