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ih? re"don't ^^HjH|ffii^i|Ptlliii| of pontry In the ^^^mnaH^itbtra le in tire touch ?ng tbo woidi frequently find "yearning tendtrnrM, fond ffiPfMBl'i deep sympathy of which they bej^gfelpfrthe imparfact Interpreters. H?# expejpj|l?&?? in the joetry of life end lore muet >frhere been barren indeed who doea not find three lines thrill, like the echo of eelhre Orel niurio, to ilia heart of hearts: A look of yOirnlng tenderness Beneath her lashes lies, And hope and iove unutterable Are ahadowed In her eyre. As in so roe deep unruffled stream Are elonds and summer skies. She passed to early womanhood From dreamy, sweet gir life, And crossed the rosy thieahold, hut To fird herself a wile ; Oh, gently should Its lead her steps Along the path of life! And aa she clasps her small, white hands Upon Ids arms so strong, llow often,, like a summer sigh, Or a sweet pleading song. She whispers, with a parting klae, " Be'oved one, doftVktay long." It's almost always on Iter Hp, Her geo^est parting woH#, Sweet aa tin fragrance from rose leaves When hy soft xephyre stirred, And lingering in the memory Like songs of summer birds. And in bis heart they nettle warns, When other femes amid ; He stays not till she weary grows, A ltd her fond syes are It id In tears which lie In bitterness Beneath each roiling lid. And oh, how many hearts are kept By that love-uttering s<mg 1 There's scarcely one, who on life's waves Is swiftly horne along. But what ha* heard from some dear lips Those sweet words?"don't st-ay long " Letter from Hou B F PerryTo the Editor$ Columbin PItccnix: It ta most extraordinary, indeed, and will bs as terrific in its results as it is now strange and wonderful, to aee an educated, refined and gallant people seeking repose and protection from apprehended political evils under the government and control of their former siavee-?-an inferior r.-.ce, ut terly ignorant and debased I There i* noth ing in the history of all lha nations of the earth, for the last six thousand years, comparable to it, in tolly and madnesa. Future ages will regard ?t as tho most remarkable fatuity that ever possessed any penple. W hat a change has oome over the spirit and feelings of South Carolina within the insi **ven vani irie renerai um*?n wa*? then benifkdent republican and constitu tional. There was not an Act. ol Congress, for eight previous years, which any one com plained of aa unjust or oppressive. We were 'as happy ami properoua as a people could be. And yet that Union was hated and despised 1 The people rose up en mow and solemnly determined to rid themselves of it, or die in the attempt! Now, that Union has trampled the Couatitulion in the dust, violated every republican principle, nnd heaped on us tyranny and oppression, which, its Chief Magistrate declares, no peo pie. speaking the English largo age, have ever borne, f.r the last five hundred years I And the people of South Carolina have so changed, within seven short years that they are now clamorous to get*back Into that Union, and hug to 'jranny and op proasion to their bosoms?to lick the rod that has smote them to the verth and des<> lated their State! In order to hasten tlieir return, they are not only willing to giv up nil the rights of their 8tate?all constitutional and republlean principles, and ?etfgovenmenl? bu. to transfer the Govern ment of their once proud and chivttlri* 8t I'e int., the h in.ls nf I tie neireneal liitellioenee * o - ? - ? a " - i virtue and refinement are to lie ruled by Ignorance and haecnca*! The wealth 'ol the <t?l* to be taxed and plundered by a race of panpera. who will portion out tlx land* and vote thetmelvea homestead* an whoae legislation will he ouch aa to bring eventually, rooner, or later, a war of rAo<-s In which on^ or the other must he eater minated. Whilst writing I have been toll that coiifittaliv* waa boldly avoaed by tin negro convention which ataembled it Charleston laat weeV. It la a great mistake to anppoae that, hi all thla humiliation and degradation, w< alt a 11 get bajk into the Union, or he relirv ad of military government. Congers ha given no auch guarantee, and leading radi call aaaert the eontrary. The Union wll not he reMorad till aPer the next- Preeiden Hal alention?tha votaa ot the Southen State* are not wanted lo that election. J military government, or a standing army in South Carolina, flfi?r the enfranchise inent of the negro, will he aheolutely d-ch eary. to preserve the peace and keap dow the opprewed white race. Nothing el* will till It. Inft'pfiil i%f K* iiitf Pwlioi-Ail Irru the opproeatone of Oongreaa and tblliUr rule, we ah all niv? called Into existence, b our own votea, a thitd power, mora odioti and revolting. mora gal ing and deairuclivi tlitn tithrr ot the other two. No on* who reflect* caii mistake the pni pose of the radical patty?the role purpon which they hare in view?and to aceon pliab which they are attempting to anov heaven an>l earth They have been in flneneed in their recent atroelone, barbai one leglelation much more bv the hope ? ennt'nuirg and perpetuating their power i the ^iorc.rnniont, and their esUtcncc a? the ^^^HHpPHPFn people. their IB^HNmppHPfolely revenge,they conld 1 over theoountry, proee HH^^Rrcinmn. end hv millterv oom HnflMkOr negro juries h??? brought any OpPttnent man to the gallows. For two or Hnfoe year*. they waged war against the Southern States without attempting to interfere with slavery, or raising a finger to relieve the poor Afriean from (lis thraldom. It was only when thev fonnd that the " Great Rebellion" could not be otherwise suppressed, and that they could successfully use our slaves against us, that they declared them free, and enlisted them in their atmies. This was a new element, and a most powerful one, whieh they brought into the cortest By it, thev increased their 'forces 100,000, and greatly weakened the resources of the Southern States. They oared nothing for the negro, except to tee him slaughtered in battle, instead of their own soldiers. This wss the extent of their love and philanthropy for the African race ?nothing more, nothing iesa. It is snp posed that 1,000.000 of this unfortunate people, who were happy and contented alav. s, perished during the war hy disease, hunger, cold, exposure and neglect, or were killed in battle. And no candid or impar tiis'- man can say that tho condition ot the survlvora. as a whole, has been benefitted. Time will prove that their destiny, as a free race in the Southern States, is sxiinction. A new vision has broke upon the wicked hopes and purposes of the radical Congress. They think, by giving universal suffrage to the negro, they will he aide to radicalize the Southern Nfatva. With tills aim, the military bill wae passed, destroying the Stat ee, disfranchising leading public men and enfranchising the negro. They were afraid to take so bold a step in infamy, and in violation of all constitutional rights hofore the elections, last fall, in the Northern States. Ilad they dene so, they would have been de posed in ail those Statea where the negro is not allowed to vote. The elections in Connecticut, this spring, prove this fact Largo Democratic gains in all the municipal elections North giva evidence of the truth of this aseertion. Kentucky has just swept the radical oartv nut of IhalStata. Everv whi'M. wo liear of a re action in favor of constitutional liberty. It we will have path nee, ami bear onr wtongt like Ohrialians and patriots, our deliverance will come; hut, for God's sake, do not let ua ourselves rivet the chains on our own hands. In order to radicalise the StoMth, and stir up antagonism hctween the two races, and set them to catting each other's throats, Republican emissaries, black and white, great and small, are travelling all over the Southern States, and making the most incendiary speeches, organizing secret societies, and forming ' Union leagues." Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, gave the people of Charleston, the other week, a specimen of his tactics and political strategy. Nothing can be more diabolical, or less likely to promote the true interests of the black man, than such a course. It wilt, however, go very far towards estranging the ftvedmen from ua, and building up a strotfk and powerful radical party in all the Southern States. If left alone, the negro would act in harmony with his former ownner. It is his interest to do so. Rut of this there is now little hope. Every dav, by means of this radical agitation and misrepresentation, ha will be less and less under the influence of Ids true friends and neighbors. At present, ont of the towns and villages, thn negro cares uolhing about bis right of suffrage, and know* nothing. Unless idflueuced by bad men, he will not trouble himself to register or vote. This, however, will not always he the ease. If, therefore, we are wise in the coming election, true to ourselves, and have the true intcrnU of the negro at henf<, *e may <i?foat the eall of a convention, ami nave the the State from radicalism and agrnrianiam. an<l a war of race* in the future. It never can be done afterward#. It Is raid that tha adoption of the military hill, with all ita consequences, ia not more dishonorable than what the Southern States have already done, by abolishing slavery, and adopting the constitutional amendment on that subject. This is a strange assertion. What dishonor is there in setting your slaves free! Can there be any f Rut there is dishonor in placing yourself under the control and governmet t of those slaver after they are made free. Thesuirender ol Lee and Johnston was an acknowledgment that slavery was abolished. The Federal armiea were here to enforce it. The slaves too, had become so much demoralized thai almost every one was willing to give up th< institution, and no one now desires to see l' restored. But * this an argument for giv log Up self government, republican prlnei pies, constitutional liberty, the rights o the State* and placing ourselves at tin mercy of onf freedmen? Wha.i South Car lina abolished slavery, she had an assurance i too, I'.a! she would forthwith restore* , to ihe Union, with all her eonstitntiona 1 right# nninapaired. Now, we are told, al I ter all this humiliation and degradation, 1 i South Carolina will radicalise herself am ) elect BUck Republicans they may he ad I initios) In thaelr apaIa in f\tnt/r**?fll f W ll , wishes to be admitted into ilie Union o , tlifM> t'-rms f Ro act nr deed vet done ha aullied the (air escutcheon of the Palmett I State. It ie to be hoped that none will Ii in the future. I I have been charged with incnnslstenc in opposing the reeonelruction of the Unioi t I am not opposed to reconstruction. N i man in South Caiolina, or the United State more earnestly daairaa lo aee the Union r a stored aa it was before the war It ie t) nearest and dearest wish of my heart. Bt I I will not dishonor myself or my Siate, < i bring ruin on my country, to obtain such n Union ae ie now proposed. I have l>e? V charged, too, with inconsistency in goir , with my State after elie seceded. I c? ) only reply by saying that my notions i- duty, honor and patriotism, differ wide n front tho<? of my accusers. It is true tin ? I wa? a Union man, and did ail that I coa n to pr-eerve the Union. For thirty yeon y defended It, with my pen, with my speec y and with my right arm. But when Sou is Caro.ina seceded from that Union. I said r. Governor Means, who desired to know tl course I intended to take, 14 That the Ste r- was going to the devil, and I was goii is with bar." From that day lo the end I- the war, 1 was as seelous and earnest in h e defence ae any eon she had. I regarded i- my duty. Imposed bv honor and patriot!* r to aid 8,000,1100 of my fellow-aioaens, wi >f had united, whether wisely, or unwisely, n | thcif attempt lo establish that sacred rig a of self-government proclaimed in the I PC PSviLL^ SOUTH elarstloa of Independence. Sonllt Cirohn* waa iht land of my nativity, Um homt of my family, kindred and (ricnd*. In Her boaom r?)u?*ed I ho bone* of my forefather.*, and 1 should bate been a traitor to her Inter? ei e, honor and glory, bad I raised a par ieidal arm against my native State. A r*M, reluctant and unwilling, I did become. My father was one in '76. but a traitor I never can l?e. B. P. PERRY. German AgricultureEach German hat his boose, his orchard, bis roadside trees, so Ittden with fruit, that if he did not carefully pr?p up and tie together, and, in ninny pi* ces hold ibe boughs together with wooden clamps, they would be torn aomder bv their own weight. He has his corn plot, his plot of mar.gel-wurttel, f??r hay, for potatoes, for henip, <kc. lie is bis own master, and be. there fore, and every branch of his family, have the strongest motive for constant exertion. You see the effect of this in bia industry and bis economy. In Germany nothing is lost. The 1 produce of (ho trees and the cows is carried to mmket?much fruit is dried for Winter uae. You see it Iting in the sun to dry. You see sitings of them hanging fronrtheir chamber windows in the sun. The cows are kept up for the greater part of the year, and every green thing is collected for them. E.ory little nook where the grass grows, by road side and river, and brook, is carefully cut with the fickle, and carried home on the heads of the women and children in hm-kets, or tied in latge cloths. Nothing of any kind that Can possibly be made use of is lost ? weeds, nettles, nay, the very goose I grass which covers waste places, is cut up and taken for the cows. You see the little children standing in the streets of the tillage*, in the streams ' which generally run rto*n them, busy ' washing the*<? weeds before they are ' given to the cattle. They carefully collect the leaves of the marsh grass, carefully cut their po- 1 tato tops for them, and even, if other things fail, gather green leaves from the wood lauds. One cannot help 1 thinking continually of the enormous waste of such things in Kuglatid*?of 1 the vast quantities of grasa on hanks, I by road-rider, in the openings of plan tations. in anes. in church yards, where 1 grars, from year to year, springs and dies, but which, if carefully cut, would inaibtaio many thousand cows for the poor. To put-Rue still further ibis subject of , German economy : The very cuttings j of the vines are dried and preserved for Winter fodder. The tops and refuse of hemp serve as bedding for tire cows?nay, even the rough stalks of the poppies, after the beads have been gathered for oil, are raved, and nil these are converted into mauuie for the land. When these are not sufficient, the children are sent into the woods to gather mors, and all our readers fainilinr with Germany, will remember to have seen them coming homeward with large f ?i # -i I * ? t onnutes or mis on tnetr nega?. in Autumn, ihe falling leave* are gathered and Mocked for the game put pose. The fir-cone*, which, with us, lie and ; > rot in the wood*, are carefully collected and sold for lighting fire*. [ In short, the economy and caro of , the German peasant* are an example to all Europe. They have for years, nay ages, been doing that, a* it regards t agricultural management, to which the r British public is but just now beginning > to open its eyes. Time, also, is as cure I fully economised at everything ebe.? They are early risers, as may well be \ conceived, when the children (many of t whom come frnin a considerable dis lance) are in school at six in tbe morn* ing. As they tend their cattle or their swine, the knitting rever ceases ; and hence the quantities of stockings and i. other household things which they ac I cumulate are aslonULing.? ffouilt. lf rlkascrr and l'lll i.OSOrillC a l NoNakksk.?Tk pleasant to watch tbe pale, o silvery moon, when bright clouds are n passing it by ; so it is to be born with ' a stiver spoun in one's mouth to eat su? gar and pie. It is pleasant to bear the ' sweet robin bird sing, hi* gay song to (he j rising son ; 'tis pleasant to taste (be i. keen pepper sauce sting, when eating O luiilait (ta.M nil t 'im fun Tin nleamnt , 'l?'< ? - ?- ? I -e' to ramble the high creek along, when ,? the freshet doth loudly roar; *? pl?a?it ant to watch at the sound of the gong, >r the boarder* all rush to the door. Tis * pleasant to sail on the Northern Ukes, !g in a Government revenue cutler; 'tis m pleasanter still to eat buckwheat cakes, <>f all covered with 'lasses and butter.? Tls pleasant to ramble the woods among, thro' glens and datk, shady , i cloisters; 'tis pleasant to list to your ti, sweetheart's song, hut my gracious ! 'tis 1,1 fun to eat oysters ! Hut the pleasure ^ of pleasures, the greatest of all, panacea u for minJs that are tick, is to sit in the ng sun by the side of a wall, and whittle of a soft pine stick. [Recorder and Democrat. m, ho NoTnixo can quench the fire that sin hath kindled, but the water which ?? repentance hath earned. I tSi XPTJI^i*, CAROLINA. MAY 23. I8( Importanoe of Politeness. It n never safe to be impolite. A Bo-ion manufacturer once lo?t some ex tensive orders from Kjsaia, by want of att ntion to visitors, and tbe following incident, said to be liteially true, is told of a Philadelphia trader, who subjected himself to great mortification by itnpu lileoes. to Washington living. lie had been much annoyed by many idle calls, and became a little ciusty. One day, the owner was standing in his door, wlion up came a rough-looking mnt. id a well-bundled over coat, wearing coarse, unpolished boots, and carry ing in his hand a whip, who thus accosted liini : " Good day, sir. Are you the owner of this establishrnerl?" * Well, I am," leplied the carriage dealer. " Have yon any fine carriages for sale?" inquired the stranger, apparently not heeding tbe boorit-hncss of the other. " Well I have." M At what piices 1" " Different prices." 4* Ah 1 yes. Can I look at tliem!" " You can do as you please." The stranger bowed politely and pass eJ in, examined the vehicles a few monifIlia r<t!iirna/l ?t\A su 1*1 ** There fa one I think will Answer my purpose," pointing rowAid* one; * what is the pi ice ! ' " Two hundred dollars." " Is that the lowest ?" * Ves." " Well, sir. T will call to-morrow and give you my decision," and the stranger walked away. " Yes, you'll call to-morrow ! Oh, jes, certainly," replied the owner in a lone of irony, not s? low but the Strangsr heard him; hut he kept on his way, taking no outward notice of it. " Fool me, will you," and the owner whistled. The next day came, and with it the stranger. *. I have come according to promise 1" 441 ?ee you have," replied the owner, a little abashed. " I will take that carriage, air," and In tho astonishment of the owner, he pulled out an old wallet, well stuffed with bills, and counted out two hundred dollars. Tho owner was completely staggered. There was something new. A cabman with so much money?he looked at it, then at the stranger, eyed hi in from head to foot, and even examined his hoots attentively. Then he counted his money over, and he'd up each hill to the light to see if it was coumeifcit.? A thought struck him?he would find out his name. " I suppose you would like a receipt, sir !" t-aid he to the stranger. " It may he as well." *' Yes, sir. What name!" " Washington Irving." 44 ftlr *Al?l 111a nlliMr tlrtrt ing bnck with amazement. " (lit! 1 on ders'and your name was?" ' Washington Irving," replied the other, smiling. ** Washington Irving, sir?my deai sir," stammered the owner confusedly " I ? I?1 reallv, sir, beg ten thousand pnrdons. sir, but I mistook you for e cabman ! I did. indeed." " No excuse, tny friend," replied Irving. " 1 am no better than you took me for. You acted perfectly right,' and having at length succeeded in gel> lit g bis receipt, amid a host of apologies lie politely bade the carriage inakci "good day." and left him to the chagrin that be had mistaken for a cab man a man whose ! fly genius com mamied .be admiration oi the wholt wot Id. WoMKti Doctors in England.? The London Spectator says : We hav< heard the opinion of one ot the raos eminent cf our living physicians thn one of the new lady physician* is do in;?, in uie in >si aumirame manner, i woik which medical men would neve have had (lie chance of doing. Moth era biing their children to her in hun drens to consolt her on really import ant points, on which ihev freely ad mi that they would never have thought <j taking advice at all had the not bee accessible to them. And we bIiouI< not be surprised to find that even i law, as certainly in literature and ar special fields of exertion quite consider with feminine instincts will spring up, they are only looked for. Spkcimsns OP THK Minp.UAI.ooicA Risociickb of this Statk may t>e see Ml our office, in the shape of samples < the coal taken from the pits of Cheslei field District, and of pure, fine soapstoi taken from a quarry near Cheraw. '1 Major B. D. Townseud, of Mailbort we are Indebted for these favors. Tin are placed on our tables for the inspe :ion of those who are skeptical aboi tbe wealth of our State iu these at similar natural resources. [Charleston Courier. Foil tub Fbontieua?Tbs Montgomery f pers not toe the departure from that plu of a00 reeently enlisted colored troop*, I the far West, whither they go to ecr | sgajjsl the Indian*. EVENTS >7. _l_*..LiLLL_ LI. ? i The Example of Wade Hampton. The following tribute to Oeneral Hampton is from the Richmond Time*: Light upon the intricate problem of ''how to denl with tlie freedroenf" bee broken in upon us from n most unexpected quarter. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, that Chevelier llaya-.d of the late civil war, is destined to become as distinguished as a sagacious, practical statesman, as he was a hero when a member of (bat intrepid band of great warriors, whose sabres once flashed in the van of the Army of Northern Virginia, i Comprehending at a glance bis duty I to the whites of South Carolina, he has sought to rescue the frcedmen of that base class of while men who are intent < upon degrading and dirfiancbising their own race. W'itL that promptness and sagacity, which wcre his distinguished characteristics as a Soldier, he has recognized the vital importance of (be negro being advised, taught and guided by those who are still his only sincere and tine friends. Calling to bis aid the gentlemen of the highest social position near Columbia, lie is reported to have addressed the freedmen of that section with greHt effect, and has forestalled that class of wretches who are giving < us so much trouble in this State. In consequence of the prompt action of Wade Hampton and of the respectable planters of South Carolina, the most friendly relations are said to exist be tweeu the whites and blacks, and the latter have declared tbeir determination * not only to support for office the most 1 respectable candidates, but also to peli < tion Congress fur the restoration to the disfranchised classes of all their civil rights. This happy result does not at all 1 surprise us. W henever the men of 1 character and substance at the South 1 have acted as General Hampton has < done, they have routed the " mean < white?" who are now corrupting the < negroes. 1 As eaily as the 10th of July, 180-1, t this paper commended the example o( 1 Mr. J. L. Marye, of Fredericksburg, I who pursued the course which Hampton ' has jti?l taken. The influence of his < timely address and example is still felt t in its conservative effects upon the | blacks of that place. They are said to , have recently rejected the advances of , the disfranchising w hite rem gad a. Thk Working Tkopls.?The eight i hour laws passed by Illinois and Missou- I ri, went into effect on May 1st, and were celebrated, as ha# been before announ* ced, by demonstrations on the part of the laboring classes in both Chicago and St. Louis. In Chicago over eight thousand men walked in procession, embracing all the piiucipal trades iu that city. Each trade association carried on trucks drawn by horses, and the emblems of tbe trade in practical operation. A full rigged ship with men a*, work upon it, i a steam engine in motion, and a shoemaker's shop were among the features r of the procession. There were also ban , tiers by hundreds, bearing characteristic I mottoes. In Chicago, however, the t eight hour system meets with much op position. It is announced that the boil ' er manufacturers will adhere to tbe ten hour plan, and close their shops rather ' than yield to the now movement. The sash and blind makers refuse to pay , more than eight hours' pay for eight r hours' work. The owners of planing mills have determined to discharge the - eight hour men. Plumbers and tnar ble workers will make no concessions to i : their men, and tanners will close tbeir I establishments rather than pay more j wages 1'ainlers have agreed to pay " nine hour*' wages for eight hours' work. - The rail-road companies, without excep 1 tion, aie united in saying that they 1 connot carry on their business with * j eight hours, and are discharging every 9 mun who dttnands that basis. r ... St'fFKtiiNo in Alabama.?A despatch from Montgomery, says : The destitution is yet great among j. the poor. Between here and Atlanta n I I have seen people selling their bedding I i for corn. Gen. Swayoe is doing what lie can; but more help is needed. The II civil supetinl< ndeni of bureau distribu| tion, says the destitution in Alabama i- j as great now as at tho surrender?daily intions are served to 00,000 of the most neecdy. In addition, he says , there are about 20,000 who are on the i verge of digress. The military super Df j intendent, on the other hand, think* lh> I piesent system of charity liable to ie i abuse. Counties refuse to pay tbetraus ?0 poiiatiou on the corn furnished, and order the agents to sell part of the foreign * charily for the put pose. Again, some of the agents are accused of prostituting ul the charily to polities, these agents held 'n8 e'v" appointments. Hon. Elijah IIizk, who has been recently elected a member of Congress, >a- fiom the 3rd District in Kentucky, comee milled suicide, leaving a note stating for that the condition of the country, and his advanced age, leud him to scik refuge in death. % % / ' I ? jpBWB NO. 52. IjMfl Commchcial Tritium, o?. i*RS8 M Dbummbss."?Prior to BmmHH troJuclion ot rail rood*. oountn^HSiSHfllfll chants made their regular Iripa York, spring and fall, and not purchased at thaaa timet purchased at all. After this carui intffll HVHtero of " drumming," by mean* traveling clerks, and this has given way to the new system of making tales en route. The great warehouses in the city are now rather depots for goods than places for trade, and the business of many of them is done altogether by sgAnts. The commercial traveler takee Lis samples with him?or if the article be crockery or chairs, he takes pietures. Hi* photographs album, instead of oon* taining uncouth gentlemen and stiffly* dressed ladies, shows an attractive array of tea pots, coffee enps, easy chairs, etc., and bv means of these samples he makes sales from one village to another. As fast as the orders are received they are dispatched to headquarters, and the agent moves on. A good traveler will sell enough to pay $2000 expenses, and make a large surplus for his house. It is only by adopting tbia system that Boston keeps other eities from robbing her of her Western trade, and 8000 commercial travelers represent the " Ci? ly of Notion#." Chicago employs 2000. New York, which from its supremacy has less need of extraordinary effort, sends forth 0000 commercial travelers. Taking other cities in their relative pro* portion, we may reckon that about 20,000 men are employed in a system which thirty years ago was hardly dreamed of.?Nru> York Letttr. Tnu Lsvr or tab Mbucax Empisk.?Polowing the late news from Mexico?that he imperial army under Miramon had been itterly defeated^ and the eity of Queretaro aken by the Liberal*?we have now advises from Vera Cruz to the IStb, stating that Jen. Benavedca, on the part of the Liberal, was about to assault that city. Ho sai ooly waiting to reeeivo artillery for "v f'"* rv"r' u?i ir|WIV IVVbUSIrUlO Emperor MuinilUa li*d been Mplartd, ?ut this does not appear to be tollable.? rbe previous accounts stated that when Jueretaro bad been taken, it was found Lliat Maximilian had mysteriously dissppeered, and there la now no circumstantial lccount of his having been pursued or discovered. It is probable that the ex-Emperor will endeavor to make his way to this country, and he may avail himself of a United Statos gun boat now lying at Tsmpico.? W hatever may be his fate, it is evident that imperialism has made its last stand.? It Is now said that the order of Juares, tha Republican President, is, to take him elivo end respect him as a prisoner of war. In view of all this, Mexieo would deserve congratulation, were it not that the old eontert Is likely to be revived between the adherents of Juares and Ortega, or other chieitaios for the mastery. | Daltimor* Sun, 4fA. The following abort paragraph from a Sermon recently delivered by Rev. A. Wiight, Pastor of St. John Methodist Church, in Augusta, contains m great deal of sound wisdom. We commend it to our readers as a good moito with which to begin and end the Now Year : " Owe no man anything, is alike the lesson of observation and experience of reason and observation. Debt is the inexorable tyrant of the poor and the rich ; the serpent of Paradise, the tel.eel of [xion, ever revolving its weary round of wretchedness. 'Keep ont of debt' is the maxim of wisdom and philosophy, of God and religion. Thus we shall have strength and health, a cheerful temper, a good conscience and a tinnquil close of life. Giving Calomu. to Fkuit Taaaa.?The Charleston News says: A gentleman in Saratoga county, New York, has lately "doctored" a sickly appla tree, with most excellent results by boriog a bole in the body of the tree and inserting a few grains of calomel into it, and we notice it because this same experiment we saw performed in our city some twenty fire years ago by the late E. W. Bonnetheau, Esq., on an unhealthy pcach-iree, which recovered and afterward# boro moat excellent fruit. Mr. B., who at that time was tnuch devoted'to horticulture, endeavored to impress upon hia frienoa the * use of this medicine as a most effective one on diseased fruit trees. Tiik pitch lake in the Island of Trinidad is one or two acres in extent, and consists of a penetrable but tenaclMM pi'ck of uncertain dep'.h, being tooJen*e for any kind of sounding, and yet not hard enough to auatain excavation. '1 be pitch is mined out and shipped in large f|uantities to Europe, but clones over the chasms aa fast as they are made, and appears inexhaustable. Tiik Southern Baptist Convention has convened. The liev. P. U. Neil,of Ga., is President, 18 Slates are represented by 200 delegates. The foreign board of missions reported their expenditures at $22,000. The dometiie Board at $44,000. The latter board employs 124 home missions, also sup* p<jits 10 Indisn mixtion*.