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if i THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, VOLUME 9. _ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 23, 1848. ' NUMBER 8. PUBLISHER EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY T H O M \ S W. PEGU E|s. TERMS. Three Dollars p?rannum in advance, Three Dollars an Fifty Cents within six months, or Four Dollars at the ex piration of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (fourteen ines or less.) for the first and half that sum for each subsequent insertion. The number of insertions to be noted on ail advertisements, or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly advertisements will be charged the same a? single insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones For publishing Citations as the law directs three dollars will be charged. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for public offices of profit or trust?or puffing Exhibitions will be charged as advertisements. Altl letters by mail must be post paid to insure a punclua attenioa. TO CLUBS. In order to place the Journal within the reach o[ we offer the following reduced rates to Clubs of new subscribers?payment to be made at the timeoj subscribing. For 4 copies for one year, ?10 00 For 6 copies for one year, 14 00 * For 8 copies for one year, 18 00 For 10 copies for one year, 21 00 - For 12 copies for one year, 24 00 Any one of our present subscribers will be conaidered as oneof either of the above clubs, by obtaining a sufficient number of new subscribers to make up with himself, the 4, 0, 8, 10, or 12. 31ISCELLANEOUS. For the Camden Journal. THE AMBASSADOR. TRANSLATED FROM TT1E FREXCTI BY L. A. R. Germany contains an infinite number of small principalities which furnish an ample supply of the items to the novelists of the day. Nothing is more agreeable to the imagination lhan these kingdoms in miniature, their king* r T. and ministers, causing neither more evil or ??' *~ *t-"? rrran* triune nrifl trrent ministers. P*nni iiima hit r?*- , Intrigues, revolutions, all go on al the same pace, and it is much more piquant to look on. as, in these States, there are few in point of population, and all the subjects, thus to say, are of the court. It is thus the Lords who sirup, gle amonp themselves, and who intrigue. If you wish if, the question will he this time, of a little Princess named Helen, who resemhled, as much by her beauty as by Iter name, the too sensible woman who lost Troy. The Princess Helen was eighteen years of age; she was very truly queen, by the grace of 1 her mind, the perfection of form, her dignity, and the lustre of her black eyes. A crown no. ver graced a more beautiful brow. It happened that one, day. the. Princess, seated in a grove of her palace garden, surrounded H7 the ladies of her court, felt thoughtful, sad 1 and wearied?this happens to princesses as well as to other women: ofrener sometimes, to them than to the others.?Wishing to be free from the chains of ettiquelte and make her escape, she profitted by the moment when the ladies were discussing with warmth, I do not know what fashion, that had been recently introduced in France. The Princess Helen chose a covered road almost inaccessible to the ravs of the sun; and alone, free, and breathing at her ease, the re. tired to tho most lonely part of the park?coming to a little glade she seated herself, like a simple mortal, on a bank of moss that dame nature had thrown there by chance, and was soon lost in thought. " - ? -1 ? t Hpr eighteen years, hpr neauxv. ncr mgn rank, tlie importance of her principality, caused her at this time some grave cares. Her great 4 aunt, the duchcrs of Holstien, and her subjects, pressed her to choose a husband, and it was for her, a great trouble. There was at her court three Ambassadors. The first was the envoy of the Prince of Kell, I a young Frenchman, Monsieur de Ce'bigny. * The second was the envoy of the prince of Hambourg, the third, that of the. duke of Kronstadt. The three came to ask for their masters, the hand of the Princess, who cared not the least for these strangers as husbands. There were two more admirers in her court, the Baron Muller and the Count ni? Rhim* berg. The Baron was handsome, gallant, intelligent, and perhaps had some chance of succeeding with the noble girl, but as yet this was verv ramie. The Princess, when she thought ^ W ^ " * * I of bim, hesitated to yield to the sentiment of preference that ho inspired her with. She wished nothing less than to be certain of being loved, and dreamed of unheard of things?a . citizcn-likc household where she would lie heloved, and love like a simple woman, unti'am elled hy courtly ettiquetle. She was in the most interesting part of her revery, when a light noise among the leavp? caused her to raise her head?she perceived a handsome young man of about twenty six years of age, with an eye full of fire, a beautiful smile, elegant figure, who inclined himself profouodly before her. ? It was M. dk Ce'kigny, the envoy of the Prince t>e Kf.ll. I beg par 'on, Madame, said he, for my boldness: I was far from supposing that I would find your highness alor.e here. It is that solitude is such a charming thing, replied the Princess, smiling, for those who can never enjoy it completely. But remain, Mon . ._r ftieur PE t^E KIR>Y?you are inn ui any wnm? T?u arc French, and a conversation with you bxs the charm of freedom, a frankness, which pleases me from its novelty. I am happy to have in my power to divert your highness. ?? Ah! you do not know how eagerly I eck all that can banish from my mind its painful preoccupation?on all sides, they persuade, they beset me, they wish that I should marry. Ills very easy for yod to satisfy this wish? the prince of Kell, Ah, do not remind mo that you are an Ambassador! behold three at my court. I readily imagine, Madame, how fatiguing for you this urging is. These Ambassadors, when the question is for you to determine your heart to make a choice?when the question is for you to enchain your lite?to take a husband ?a master! Eh! but what do you say then, Monsieur, the envoy of Kell? ? ? m-.i? itmt ;r ka,t X BUJl iVJUUClli i?.) MlUb It VWM MHU |MUUVU tl|\v high enough for me to aspire to the hand of ^ your highness, I would not have sent an AmhasI sador, but would have pleaded my own cause. The prince, your master, could not have * done better, for you have pleaded his well. Very badly, madame, since I have failed. But they say that you still hope, for you have not ieft. i thought it my duty to write to the prince, before demanding an audience to take my leave of your highness, and I await his orders. I desire that you wait, Monsieur de Ce'rigxv, said the princess in a gracious tone; they would miss you at my court. And I, niadame, if I have wished to see you marry my master, it is that I would be happy to serve you. Your devotion to the prince iorbids me from seeking to take away from him so faithful a subject; if it were not for that ???? If it were not fur that? The princess blushed slightly, and thought t>erh'ipc, it would not be so suitable to retain at her court so charming a cavalier. She did not finish the thought, but changed the convcrsaj lion. j Let us sec, M. pe Ch'rigxv, now that I have reinsert (lie prince 01 iven, you are enurely disinterested in the question, advise me; I wish to find happiness in the union they oblige mc to form, hut how to know Ah! madame, if you wish to he happy?if you have dreamed of love in the married state? ihc union of souls?devotion?do not marrv either the Prince of Hombourg, or the Duke of Kronstadt?can a politic marriage produce happiness? It is just what I have thought, and when I confided my fears to the Duchess of Holstein, my respectable Aunt, she would not understand mc. If I insist on this important poini. that I would at least k?>??v those that I must choose, she consents to my refusing the strange princes and speaks to me of the Baron Mcllkr. The Baron, madame, an old man almost foolish, ridiculous, miserly, thinking more, of your wealth than of your beauty, your grace, your mind!?much hotter choose eternal celibacy than such a husband! It is wha' I have said often. There remains the Count of Reimberg A light frivolous man; empty heart, and foolish head; a monstrosity in Germany, the country of dreamers, of philosophers, of pas. sionate lovers. You are very severe, Monsieur, said the princess with a kind of regret. It is because I do not know any here worthy of you, madame, said Ck'kigxy, with animation. The husband thai would suit you, is a young man, ardent, passionate; who, on a word, on a look, would he ready to yield his life lor ? *?., \ ?n.in wlm wvnild iw>illi<>r see vour - 7' ~ " I princely crown, nor your immense i iches, but your angelic goodness, your cultivated mind, your noble soul. A man who would refuse a higher alliance, a heavier crown, and who would come to your feet to swear to you, not to love, hut to adore you! hlli! Monsieur, where can such a <nan he found? In looking well, your highness will perhaps find such a one. Truly? asked princess with an air of Mirpri.se; hut rou told me that there was no one at my co?rt. It Uf necessary that you look a lit'lo lower. Lower!?hut Monsieur, you forget the elevation of my rank? I forget that?pride is oppose.d to the happiness of princesses. No, Monsieur, ii is not pride?very often we suffer first from the chains we ourselves impose. Chains very heavy?that the man of whom 1 speak to you will not give up even to break them. I low!?you know him? Yes madatnc, he has confided his projects to inc. Ah!?he has projects? One only?to make himself helovcd hy you. Kii! well, lliat becomes original. Yes, is it not, madatnc? lie, who is neither a prmco, or a <uiko or a count, mil ne wisnrs firmly, and ho holicves, that to have the will is to have the power. The Princess looked fir a moment with an expression of strange surprise at t lie young envoy of Kell, after which, she replied to him in a tone of cold gravity?Well, Monsieur, you can tell him that here the will is nothing, and that the Princess Helen can bo,', neither docs she wish to marry any man but one of her own rank. lie knows, Madame, the difficulties of the enterprise, and that does not frighten him.? You are a Princess, and alS-jjowerful; he, he is nothing, and notwithstanding, he does not think that they will suspect him of ambition. But?notwithstanding No, Madame he loves you so profoundly, and has for so Jong a time in respectful silence? and, besides, you have rank, ho has his love, you will add to his glory, he will add much to your happiness; you will be ever. And?he hopes? He hopes/ You must .nek now I edge that betrays a great deal of presumption. No, but a great deal of love! Hut, if all this is not a joke, have I not the right to he offended/ Does it off-nd a woman, when, on his knees, a man says: 1 love yon! Go away, said the Princess, in a light tone, with such folly, the wisest plan is to laugh at it, hut he had better tako care it could draw with his proud rivals, and make serious work. lie who would give up his life lor you, without ospecting anything, without hoping anything, would he fear to risk it to obtain you? What do you say, iMonsieur? asked the prin[ cess, quickly raising her head? That ahout three months ago, your carriage, one dark night, several miles from your residence, was attacked by bandits? It is true! it is true! Your domestics, the Count dr Rrimhrro, the Baron .Mult.Kit, who galloped at your side, had taken to flight. A stranger, a traveller rallied them. Ah! this too is true! lie defended you, and was wounded severely ho tell, uttering however a cry of joy, tor your coachman having been killed, one of the valets had seized the reigns, and during the fight vour carriage had gained a considerable distance. The lords followed you, leaving the fSI nillgl'l aillUllg ?IIV> ?? UUIIUVU, III llIVy IIIUUdMliav the bandits having lieen rudely repulsed had taken to flight, and found a refuge in the forest. In the name of Heaven, who was this unknown, whom I havo made them seek for everywhere. He is the one of whose sentiments towards you 1 spoke just now. Ah! cease this joke. It is not a joke, madarne, no more than the wounds (hat the young man received in defending you, wounds that he still bears the marks of, and which caused him to remain for a month between life and death in the hut of a poor woodcutter. But why keep from mo his name? At this time, he enjoys the happiness of his life. If he tails you will never know it; it he succeeds, You speak then seriously, said the princess with a little emotion. Very seriously, your Highness. For the interest of your protege, replied she with impatience, tell him then that he puts too high a price on the service that he rendered me; that if he comes near us, all that he demands, let it be the first place in our court, let it be part of our wealth, he shall obtain it. But our person Unfortunately, replied Cn'nroXY, with a smile hovering around bis lips, fortune, honors, have few attractions for him?it is precisely what you do not wish to yield, he wishes to ohtain. lie will fail, Monsieur. Perhaps. An angry light broke from the beautiful eyes of the princess; hut, at tlie same time, her ladies, uneasy at 1 ho long disappearance of their sovereign, approached suddenly. Ck'jikjxy bowed gracefully to the princess, saying: My friend owes me a great deal, madamc, for * i c I _ __} r <.,.11 it,. you will inuiK 01 mm in spin; m juui^h. ?--then retiredTI.c lbincess Helhx, rejoined her ladies;? could it he him! No! no?no?it fs impossihie!?swell presumption could only come from a fool?and would ho dare to tell it to me, that 1 will love this man?that I coulu?let mo see! of what am I thinking? In order to disappoint the plan of M. vf. CVriony. or those of his friend, the wisest plan is not to think of it. Cr'rioxv, on his part followed an alley ot the park, and found himself suddenly before the envoy of the prince of Ilombourg, who exclaimed on seeing him? Jh! Monsieur he Ck'uic.ny. conld you tell me where I can find the Princess? I have been seeking her for an hour past. It is an hour, Monsieur, that I had the honor of being with her. What! have you hopes? Perhaps. I begin to understand why the princess received me so coldly this rnoring at her levee. You have lost all chance. I)o you know it? asked the good German, quite disconcerted. Listen, replied Ck'juony in a confidential tone; I think it my duty to apprise you that the princess is furious against you. Against me! murmured the envoy of Ilombourg growing pale. Some one has tolJ her something about the prince, your master. Ah! my God? she knows All. And here is the letter that proves that 3"ou know it. My letter to the grand chamberlain! stammered the ambassador, trembling: how did you got it? The princess handed it to mo. and. I tell you it is entirely against yon that she is luriotis. Hut notwithstanding, this letter ought to prove to her also that the prinee has ceased to protect, and that I approve of it. Ah! well, hut women, are strange, I know well what reception she will give you. Then said the envoy, whose features changed still more, it will he perhaps wiser, to leave without seeing her? That would ho the most prudent. A woman, a sovereign, in a moment of ill humor might Ah! you are right?a thousand thanks for your wa iting. In an hour I will have quitted this place. Quite troubled, the envoy retreated rapidly: Ce'ktonv looked after him some time, and then hurst into a joyous fit o| laughter. The princess had not read the fatal letter, lost by an awkward valet, and which by chance, had fell into his hands. At court, necessity justifies many such acts? Ce'kiunv had broken the seal; he had read in the letter nothing that could render the princess hostile lo tlio project of the union with the prince ol Horrbourg, hut the means of making the ambassador leave in a Iri^hl. lie had judged well the nature of the couitier, obsequious, bonding down, trembling under the look of his master; with a weak mind, loose conscience, ready to play any part, not through devotion, but by ambition and fear of losing the favor of which he was in possession. Tlio success proved the correct observation of On'mow. He smiled again at the terror of the poor envoy of Jlombuurg, who was rapidly leaving the principality. (Conclusion next iccck.) Composition nv a IJbaf Mm:.?The fol lowing article, written by a Deaf.Mute in 1liis City, has heen handed to us for publication. It is from the pen of .Mr. Albright, one of I lie Teachers in the State Institution. Wc have printed it precisely as it was written; and tlie handwriting, as well as the terseness of style and correctness and neawy 01 sonutnem, wouiu do credit to many persons, who with all their faculties in play, have enjoyed the advantages of a good education.?llulcigli Standard. 'I'm: Pkkskxci: or Goo.?In all companies and in all places, remember the presence ol God. God is every where present. 1st. God is with us in our daily actions, to preserve us. 2nd. He is with us in our recreations, to restrain us. 3rd. He is with us in our public actions, to applaud or approve us. 4th. lie is with us in our private action, to observe us. 5th. lie is with us in our sleep to guard us. Oth. lie is with us in our watching*, to refresh us. Everything, wo sec ourselves, gives to us the presence, the excellency, and the power ol God. And it we walk with him in all his ways as he walks with us iu all ours, we shall bo happy to find good reasons to enable us to keep that sacred rule, "Rejoice in the Lord always!" A DEAF IMIJTE MAN. A bill lias passed the Senate of the Mississippi Legislature, imposing a fine on any person whr will endeavor, after the 1st Jan., 1S19, to pas; any bank note, being tlio issue of any bank in any other Slate in the United Stales, or any for eign State. The fine is to lie equal in amount to the bill offered?half to go to the informer am half for'tlio use of public schools. lie careful "outside barbarians."?N. O. Mercury. OMNIBUS TALK BETWEEN TWO OF THE B'JIOY'S. "Who's your boss, Ned?' 1 "Master Whipple." 'Is he clever?' "( lever! gorrv, I guess you'd think so. If he is not the crosscst critter in the 'tarnal world, I'll give up." "If he's crosser than ourn, I'll give in. But now, Ned, say fairly, did you ever hear of a right down clever school master? out and out clever, no mistake?" "Why?no?ves I recon I have; Tom Corners says his master is rcg'lar clever." The hoys do just as they like; play actor; catch flics and raise Bob, and he never (logs I've been coaxin' father to move into that ward; but he wont." (A solemn pause.) "Dick, did you ever hear of a school-master's dying, I mean a cross one?" "No-nor you neither." "No-'cnusc they don't die, ncvcr;'bul our master came plaguy nigh it once; by George, if lie only had. Last summer he was sick a few days, and stayed from school; and every body -else was sick, so lie coudn'l get no iKKiy TO irmnTTC usher ntdn*l hmnv how, so wc went it ono week, any how. We dnvc three pigs up stairs, right through ihe school-room: put crackers into the ushi ers desk, so they would go ofi* (he minit he i opened it; tied a dead mouse to Susan Tripps's bonnet, so that slic screeched hcrj sell'into fits; upset a bottle of ink all over 1 the school register, and 1 can't tell what wc j didn't do. One 'Saturday, artcr school, 1 j wassittin to dinner; father had moved back ; and was rcadin a paper, and I was tellin Ben what glorious times we was haven,' when al! ol a sudden father speaks up; and says; "Ah, Dick here's sad news for you" "For me," says I. "What's that, father?" says J. So with that he read out aloud; "Died, yesterday, universally regretted, Mr. Zedekiali W hippie late principal of the Pelton School. Funeral this altcrnoon from the house of his brother." "Father looked over his spectacles hard J at ine, so I darsn't laugh; hut as soon as I j could get out I streaked it for the mill-pond. where a lot of us had agreed to meet; cause | wc were plnnnin' a fight with the choakics." I As soon as I told 'cm the news, they sot up ; a witoorah! and then we all concluded to go I to the funeral just fi r the fun of it. So wc 1 fixed ourselves up with rope yarn for tnournin, weeds, and inarched ojf in a body for the house. When wc gof there, 'twas all still; no carriage or lieaise, nor nolhin,' we didn't know whether wc was too early "or too late. So we consulted, and finallv wc J agreed that we'd make out as though wo didn't know he was dead, and 1 should go to the door and ask for the health of the 'tarnal old dragon. So up I marched, as bold as a sheep, and pulled the be I, and, thundcratiord Who should r.otitf! to the doOl*. bllt 1 Master Whipple himself. I was so dumj founded, somehow, that I blundered right I out?"Why?why?we thought you was I dead, M aster Whipple." Willi that the boys ! set up a regular yell, and pulled foot. J leg- j ged it arter "em, like all creation. I run ' straight home and searched the newspaper! all over, and there wasn't the least sign of j such a death in it. It was a hoax of dad's, j Now,, wasn't that blamnation cruel! Next j week old cross bones came into the school | again." "What did he say to you then Pick?" "Say1 Why I don'lwant to say anything' 1 particular about that; but some of us did j I catch it. Now, Ned, I want to caution you. If ever vou hear of a schoolmaster's dying j don't you believe it?it's all gammon. ' Schoolmaster's don't never die!" MEXICAN HONOR. The Mexican olliecr who was recently executed at Jalapn, because he was taken with arms in his hands after pissing his j word not to bear arms against the Arneri-' j can forces during the war, unless regularly exchanged, ma Ic Hie following confession. lie said that after being thus paroled, he I was ordered by Gov. Soto to resume his I|JlilCi: III 11iv. .iiiii >, iiv; ii;iii9um, iiii'i u ua mr i prisoned. Again lie was ordered to lake up : , arms, under the penalty of being reduced to i I lie ranks, and treated as a deserter, 'i'lie i very words of his confession are these:? "I did not hesitate a moment, when 1 ! weighed the disgrace of serving' as a private I j soldier after having been an ofliccr, against ! j the forfeiture of mv word to an enemy. 1 ' at once reported to Col. Clcmacho, that I ; i was willing to run my chance of being J j caught again, and the chance of inild treat I incut as heretofore from your Government." The conduct of Gov. Solo, in insisting up- i i on an officer under him in violating his word j of honor, and tho- submission of the officer,! J rather than lose his rank, give a most eon- i I tcuiptible idea of the character even 'of the j higher classes ol the Mexican population. WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY. We oficn hear this phrase, l>ut very few comprehend its real meaning. Most persons suppose it means that a criminal shall have no spiritual adviser, or religious consolation previous to his execution. But this is a popular error. The dark cloud of barbarism which succeeded the downfall of the Roman empire having nearly effaced literary pursuits, the attention of the nobility, and the body of the people placed above labor, was wholly absorbed by military exorcise and the chase, while the regular and secular clergy became, for ages, with somo ex cepimus, almost uic soic depositories <o books, and the learned languages. As it is natural to respect what we 'do not understand, the Monks turned the advantage to i good account, and it gradually became a i i principle of common law, that no clerk, that ; is to sav, that no priest, should be tried by the civil power. This privilege was enjoyed and ahnscd without restriction, till the reign of Henry 1 the Second, when the council, or parliament 1 of Clarendon, or the sense of the nation, was , provoked by murder, rape, and other crimes, to set hounds to ecclesiastic licentiousness, by a salutary regulation on this subject, but a Jaw so necessary was evad< d by the insolence oflicckct, and the base pusillanimity of King John, and his successor. During a period equally disgraceful to the monarch and the clergy, a provision,^artful because it seemed to wear the face of a remedy, was enacted by which any person tried for felony and found guilty, was pronounced to lie exempt from punishment si legit lit clericus, if he was able to read as a priest. This lucrative monopoly remained, till it was provided against in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Edward the Third; but the noxious weed grew up in a shade of ignorance and confusion, during the bloody contests of the houses of Lancaster and York, till it received a considerable check under Edward the Sixth, when it was .determined that no person convicted of manslaughter shall claim the benefit of clergy, unless he is r - 1 1 I- ' I peer 01 wie reaim, or a ciem in priest s uruers and, l?y the ninth of James the First, it was entirely taken avvav from these delinquents. Gazette of the- Union. * " ltotit ix India.?"The Mission at Bombay" says the Missionary Herald, "for some time past, has had but two ordained missionaries. and one of these has devoted much of his time to the large and efficient printing establishment under its care. In the improveing condition o! education in that part of India the press is an in-trument of great power; and Bombay seems likely to be the chief place for printing and publishing books for the surrounding country. Rev. Mr. Hume mentions the singular fact that fifteen periodicals. most of them weekly, are printed at Bombay for the native population. Not to speak of printing offices, whether European or native, in which types are employed, he says there are forty or fifty lithographic presses now ennaged in pub'i'hing native works, which obtain considerable circulation. The books issued by the mission are put in circulation more by sale, and less gratuitously ^ than formerly. "It is a fact to be gratefully noted, that the entire Scriptures translated into the Mahratla language arc now in") a printed form. This work was completed on the first of March last. All the Scriptures which have been printed 111 Mahratla, with the exception of a single Gospel issued years ago, have liccn printed at the press belonging to this Board; and the New Testament, the Old Testament as far as Chronicles 11, with the Psalms, were translated by members of her mission. The scriptures have also been printed at our prcsss in the Goojrattee language." A returned missionary from India remarked to this writer some time since, that the into the habit ol copying religious intelligence from the New York and . oston secular papers, thus helping to extend a Christian influence around the globe. ALABAMA. In the House of Representatives of Alabama, the following resolutions were adopted: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of A'abatna in General Assembly convened. That the Government of the United States has control over the institution of Slavery, and that in taking, or attempting to take such control, transcends the limits of its legitimate functiotifc Adopted unanimously. 23x?r it further resolved, That under no circumstances will this body recognise as binding. any enactment of the Federal Government, which has f >r its object the prohibition of slavery in any territory to be acquired either by conquest or treaty; holding it to l>c lite natural aim mueicasiuie rigni 01 each citizen of each and every State of the confederacy to reside with his property of every description, in any territory which may he acquired by the arms of the United States, or yielded l>v treaty with any foreign power. Adopted unanimously. 3. lie i If mi her rewired, That this Assembly holds it to he the duty of every man in every section of this confederacy, if the Union is dear to him, to oppose of any law by which territory to he acquired, may be subject to such restriction. Adopted unanimously. 1. lie it fin liter rrsolvcrl, That the passage of the Wilmot Proviso by the House of Representatives, makes it the duty of every slave-holding State, and the citizens thereof, as they value their dearest privileges their independence and their rights of property, to take firm, united and concerted action in this emergency. /r dopted unanimously. 5. lie it /uii/irv tr.wired, That the act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed at its 'ast session, to prevent the reclaiming of fugi'ive slaves, and other acts and resolutions ol a like object and character, passed by other nou-slaveholding Slates arc plainly in violation of the spirit and meaning of the Constitution of the United States providing for the recovery of fugitive slaves, upon the pursuit of their masters. That the act and resolutions in question have a manifest tendency to defeat the title and possession of the masters, and aflord a direct encouragement to the people of those States to op. pose obstructions to the master in the prosecution of his rights?that said acts and resolution are not only in violation of the spirit and objects of the Constitution and laws of the United States, but they conflict with those laws of comity, which require neighboring States; to facilitate their citizens respectively in the ascertainment and security of those rights, by giving free access to their tribunals, and placing within their reach the process of their courts for that purpose. Adopted unanimously. 0. He if further icsolccd, That this Assembly consider the above mentioned acts and resolutions, which a portion of the non-slaveholding States have adopted, as an open declaration of hostility against the rights of the slave States, and against the Constitution ol the United Slates as guaranties for the protection of those rights. Adopted unanimously 7. lie it JurliLcr resolved, That the General Assembly declares that it will not regard with indifference the continuance of this legislation on the part of lheT non-slaveholding States?that it knows and appreciates the privileges that a citizen ofrthpse Slates enjoys before the Courts of this Slate and its laws; for the protection and security ol Ins person and properly, within th&viumu of this State, or as encouragement* to make contracts and maintain intercourse..with tiM* citizens of this Stale?and that this Assembly, if such course is persisted in byiUjp nofl*slavcholdiig Stales, will, after dne noticeV take such measures for the abridgement of those privileges and the removal of those en* couragements, as will show that it is pre-' pared to maintain terms of reciprocity between those States and the State of" Ala* bama. Adopted unanimously. ^ 8. Be it further resolved. That the act of * Pennsylvania, and other acts and resolutions t with like objects and character, passed by non-slavcholding Spates, being in direct violation of the most important stipulation in , the Federal Constitution in our ftntor, would justify us before the world .and in tlSc forum of conscience in retaliating, by setting aside and disregarding like stipulations in that instrument in favor of those States and among them free access of their ship and commerce from our ports. Ayes 60' noes, 24. ' 9. Be it further resolved, That this Assembly regards the acts of like character, passed by other non-slaveholding Slates, a9 palpable violations of the Constitution, and as dangerous in their consequences-as tlffe YVilmol Proviso; and that we should regard any compromise or settlement of the latter, without effectually putting down the former, as a most unsafe arid dangerous termma* tion of the question to the slaveholding Slates. Nay, 1. 10. Be it further resolved, That oar first fluty is allegiance to tins state, ana we are ^4 bound by this allegiance to oppose in any < and every mode any infringement of the rights of this State. 11. Be it further resolved, That, in the opinion of this General Assembly, slavery# as it exists in this country, is not, of necessi. tv, a moral, social, or polititical evil;end that we believe it has resulted, under Providence# in the ameloration of the negro race. Adopted unanimously. 12. Be it further resolved, That in the ownership of slaves, we are not only exercising a constitutional, but a humane and moral right. That we allow no power* under heaven to dictate the terms 4>y which we shall be deprived of this right; and that the exercise of sacb power either by the Fcdei al Government or by any of the States# wo stand prepared to resist at any aod all hazards. Adopted unanimously. 13. Be it further resolved, That as one of the means of protecting the institutions of the South W3 pledge ourselves not to support at the ensuing Presidential election, any man for the Presidency or Vice Presidency# who is not avowedly opposed to the princi- % pics of the Wilmot Proviso, andwhowitl not previously pledge himself to veto any law repealing the act of Congress of 1793, providing for the restoration of fugitive slaves to their owners. Navs 39. 14. Be it further resolved. That the Governor of this Slate be, and he is hereby requested to transmit copies of these resolu* lotions to the Governors of the slaveholdinz States, with the request that they be 'aid before their respective Legislatures. Adopted. unanimously. * Ml Novels and Insanity.?Indulgence in reading works of fiction is assigned by the intelligent Physician of the Mount Hope institution, Boston, as one of the causes of insanity. The perusal of works of fiction, by the young, particularly females, is hurtful and dangerous to a degree little dreamed of. Parents owe a stern and solemn duty to their children, to watch their reading, and to preserve their opening minds and hearts from the vitiating influence of much of what is called popular literature. The opinion below is worth pondering: "Another feri> source of this species of derangement has appeared to be an undua indulgence in the perusal of the numerous works ofJirlion, with which the press is so prolific ol late years, which are sown broadcast over the land, with the effect of vitiaiin<* the taste and corrnofin? the morals of the young. Persons cannot too cautiously guard their young daughters against this pernicious practice. Wc have had several cases of moral insanity, for which no other cause could be assigned than excessive novel reading. And nothing is more likely to induce this disease than the education which fosters sentiment instead of chcrishingTeal feeling?such as rcsu'ts from the pcrformace of active benevolence, and the sacred duties of oidinary life, and of religious obligations.. IIoNon to the Army.?The editor of the .91311111011 (Va.) Advocate, now at Saltillo?. writes homo as follows;?"A lady in SaltiIlo?. /'.?? a Inttnrj lotolir Atrnrlioitlorl kt* 4Iia ?? ?l_ ^111 9IMIK; ItUV/Ul IUIV/I* WTVIIiUUIV^U Uf lilt* **-?thon itios hero) writes to a friend in San Louis that she need not think of leaving her home in rase our arn , advances; that there is no danger to be ap; rehended from us; that she feels much safer in walking the streets of Sallillo now than she did before we came! A NEW WAY TO KEEP DRY.?44I 88V, Jim,' said a plougbboy to his companion, 4I know of a fashion to keep out wet.'4 What's that?' Why, if you cat a red herring for brerlrfast you'll lie dry all day." An Irishman went into a cooper's shop and asked for on cmpfj barrel of flour to make his dog a hen coop. Unproffitatu.e Voyage.?The ludicrous activity of the acquisitive spirt of our countrymen is thus illustrated in a London farce. A Yankee lands at Portsmouth, and an English lady who understands that he has been an invalid, asks hiin if,ho has been benefitted by hit voyage. "Benefitted!" ho exclaims, "no, not ; at nil; I haven't made a dollar by it."