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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. i> t CBS ** 133 f n 3g XOT25C 4 * ' MHPBBBMSMPCSWPBUWBi j. i i~r r rTcnrni ! !? i i r?*g ? i, VOLUME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 28, 1848. NUMBER 26. - II ,, ggia II I I i II I III ! I I I ,,, I, I,, y_ . _i_ _?,v<wrF 1 I ??U f*-r iaev ^AjmM-^astrrnaKwrixmrri^.' zvwrr^rm* J-IUI >? j * rjuf.rra-j. u'.s.j:-n-Ltn?i_ Fi-ganTrr-Mi kxp?TI-.. - ., . ? .. ip > imL^ii^mui_uw ii III ! l LMJWI ^JKi^ngaa? '! ' ' mmmmmamB??1???? ' " - ~-- - - - .- L i ...L?? ~t?L.J i it i t 1* CULTS tIKD T5VBRY WnDNKjDAV MOItNINC. BY TIIOM A S W. P E G U K ?. TERMS. Tlir?-s Dol'ars p'ramn n in advance, Three Dollars and Fifty Cants within six uimtlis, or Four Dollars at the ox pi ration of the year. A ivertisemeats inserted at 75 rents 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 ntl a Iv-.-rtisemonts. or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. 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For 4 copies for one year, 810 09 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 ol our present subscribers will he considered as one of cither of the above clubs, by obtaining a sufficient number of new- subscribers to unite up with himself, the 4. 0, 6, 10, or 12. POLITICAL. +. . : *r; > _ . . MIL CASS' LETTER TO MRNICIIO L SON. Washington, Doc. 24, IS 17. Dear Sir:? I received your letter, and shall answer it as frankly as n is written. You asked me whether I am in favor of the acquisition of Mexican territory, and what are mv sentiments with regard to the YVihnot Proviso? ] have so oft-m and so explicitly stated mv views of the first question in the Senate, that it seems almost unnecessary to repeat them here. As you request it however, I shall briefly give them. [A paragraph having reference to the lion, gentleman's views in reference to the war, is here omitted.] The Wilmot Proviso has been before the country some time. It has been repeatedly discussed in Congress, and by the public i press. 1 am strongly impressed with the oinion that a great change has been going on in the public mind upon this subject?in my own as well as others; and that doubts are resolving themselves into convictions, that tlw principles it involves should be kept out of tlie National Legislature, and left to the people of the Confedracy in their respective local government?. The whole subject is a comprehensive one, and fruitful of important consequences. It Would lie ill-timed to discuss it here. I shall nut assume that rcsnonsib'c task, but sha'l , confine mvsclf to such general views, I , as are necessary to the fair exhibition of my J opinion. i We may regret the existence (if slavery , in the Southern States and wish they ha I , been saved from its introduction, iiut there it is, and not by the act of t he present generation; and we must deal with it as a great , practical question, involving the in ?<i momentous eon sequences. We have neither ( the right nor the power to touch it where it ( exists; and if wc had both t heir exercise, bv any means heretofore suggested, might lead ( to results which no wise man would willingly encounter, and which no good man could contemplate without anxiety. The theory of our government pre supposes that its various members have reserved to themselves the regulation of all subjects relating to what may be termed their internal police. They are sovereign within their lxHindarics, except in those cases where they have surrendered to the general government a portion of their rights, in order to give e.fToot tothc objects of the Union, whether these concern foreign nations or the several States themselves. Local inst unions, ifl mav so sneak, whether they have refer- | encc to slavery, or to anv otJicr relations, domestic or politic, are left to local authori t v, either original or derivative. Congress has no right -to say that there shall he slaver)' in New York, or there shall be no slavery in Georgia; nor is there any other power, but the people of those slates, rcspee- * tivelv, which can change the relations cxis t O ^ ting therein; and thev can say, if they will have slavery in the former, and abolish it in the latter. In various respects the Teiritories differ from the Stales. Sonic of their rights are inchoate, and they do not p >sse:s the pecu bar attributes" of sovereignly. Their relation to the general government isveiv imperfectly defined by the constitution, an I it will lie found, upon examination, that in that in ? r strumcnt I lie only gram 01 power concern ing them is conveyed in the phrase, "Congress shall have the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations, resecting the territory and other property belonging to the United States." Ccrta n Jy this phraseology is very loose, if it were designed to include in the grant the power of legislation, over persons, as well as things. The expression, the "territory and property," fairly construed, relates to the public lands, as such, to arsenals, dockyards, forts, ships, and all the various kinds of property, which the United States may and must possess. But surely the simple authority to dispose of and regulate these, does not extend to the unlimited power of legislation; to the passage of all laws, in the most general acceptation of the word; which by t he bye, is care fully excluded Irorn the sentence. And indeed, if this were so it would render unnecessary another provision of the constitution, which grants to Congress the power to legislate, with the consent of the Slates, respectively over all places purchased for the 'erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, &c,' These being the'property of the United States, if the power to make 'needful rules and regulations concerning' them includes the general power of legislation, then the grant of authority to regulate 'the terri lory and utlicr properly ofilie United Stales' is unlimited, wherever subjects are found for its operation, and its exercise needed no auxiliary provision. If,on the other band, it does nut include such power of legislation over the 'other property' of the United States, then it does not include it over their 'territory;' for the same terms which grant the one grant the other. 'Territory' is here classed with property, and treated as such; and the object was evidently to enable the general government, as a property-holder which, from necessity, it must be?to manage, pre serve, and'dispose or sued piopcny as u might possess, and which authority is essential almost to its being. i ut the lives and persons of our citizens, with the vast variety of objects connected with tlieni cannot be com l ulled by an authority which is merely called into existence for the purpose of making rules and regulations for the disposition and management of property. Such, it appears to me, would be the construction, put upon this provision of the constitution, were this question now first presented for consideration, and not controled by imperious circumstances. The original ordinance of the congress of the confedcra ? lion, passed in 1767, and which was the only act upon this subject in force at the adoption of die constitution, provided a complete frame of government for the country north of the Ohio, while in a territorial condition, and for its eventual admission in separate Stales into the Union. And the persuasion that this ordinance contained within itself all the necessary means o! execution, probably prevented any ducet reference to the subled in the constitution, further than vesting it) congress the right to admit the States funned under it into the Union. However, circumstances arose, which required legislation as well over the territory north of the Ohio, as over other territory, both within and without the original Union, ceded to the general government; and at various times a more enlarged power has been exercised over the Terfilorics?meaning thereby the different territorial governments?than is conveyed by the limited grant referred to. How far an existing necessity may have operated hi pioduciug tins legislation, and thus extending by rather a Violent implication, powers not directly given, 1 know not. lint certain it is that the principle of interference should not be carried beyond the necessary implication which produces it. It should be limited to the creation of proper governments for new countries, acquired or settled, and to the necessary provision fur their eventful admission into the Union?leaving, in the meantime, to the people inhabiting them, to regulate their internal concerns in their own way. They are just as capable ul doing so as the people of litis States; and they can do so at any rate, as soon as their political independence is recognized by admission into Hie U lion. During this turn, orary condi-: Lion it IS JiarUiV ? X{iC(i:e;u 10 c::n 11110 :ise a doubtful and invidious authority which questions the intelligence of a respectable | portion of our citizens; and whose limitation, whatever it may ho, will he rapdly aj?pruachiug its termination?an authority which would giv to Congress despotic power, uncontrolled by liso bye tlie constitution, over most important sections of jiir country. For if the reiaiion of master and servant may be regulated or annihilated by its legislation, so may the relation <>i husband and wife, of parent and child, and ol any ether condition which our institutions and the habits of our society recognise. What would be thought if Congress should undertake to proscribe the terms of marriage in New York, or to regulate the authority ol parents over their children in Pennsylvania. And vet it would be as vain to seek otic justifying the interference of the national legislature in cases referred to in the original States of the Union. I speak here ??{ the inherent power of Cungrcss, and do not touch the question of such contracts, as may be formed with new States when admitted into the con colera cy. r)! :.II the nucstions that, can imitate us. v" ?" -? I ? those which are merely sectional in their character are the most dangerous ami the must t > be deprtcaiod. The warning voice of him, who from his character and services arid value, had the best right to warn us, proclaimed to Ins country in his Farewell Address?that monument of wisdom I u liiin as 1 hope it will be safely for them-how much we apprehend from measures peculiarly all'eeting geographical portions of our couairy-the grave circumstances i i which we are now placed,make these words, words of safety; for i a n satisfied, from all 1 have seen and heard here, that a succcssfull attempt to engrail the principles of the Wilmot Proviso upon the legislation of this government, an 1 to apply them to new territory, should new terii ory be acquired, would seriously affect < ur tranquility. I do not suffer myself to foresee or to forte!! the con>cq leuccslbat would ensue; for i trust and believe there is good sense and good feel iug enough in tne country, i > avoid "inein, by avoiiln g all occasions which might Icail to tlicin. Briefly, tl en, I am oppose ! io the exercise of jurisdiction by Congress over this matter; and I a.*n in favor of leaving to tjie people of any territory which may be hereafter acquired, the right to regulate it lor themselves, mi ler the genera! principles of the Constitution. Because? 1. Id? not see in the constitution any grant of the requisite power to Congress; and I am not disposed to extend a doubtful expedient beyond its necessity?the establishment of territorial governments when needed?leaving to the inhabitants all the rights compatible with the relations they hear to the confederation. 2. Because I believe llrs measure, if ad >plcd would weaken, if not impair, the Un on of the Slates; and would sow the seeds of further discord, which would grow - I ?- 4 L up and ripen into an al>unuani narvesi ui calamity. 3. Because I believe a general conviction, that sucli a proposition would succeed, would lead lo an immediate withholding of the supplies, and thus to a dishonorable termination , of the war. I think no dispassionate obscr; vcr at the seal of government can doubt this result. 4. If, however, in this I ain under a mis apprehension, I am under none in the piactical operation of this restriction, if adopted by Congress upon a treaty of peace making any acquisition of Mexican territory. Such a treaty would lie rejected just as certainly as presented to the Senate. More than one third of that body would \o!e against it, viewing such a principle as an exclusion of the citizens of the slaveholding states from a paitieipation in the benefits acquired by the treasure and exertions of all, and which should be common to all. I am repealing ?neither advancing nor defending thestviews. That branch of the subject does not lie iii my way, and I shall not turn aside to seek it. I Ju this aspect of the matter, the people of the lT. Stan s must choose between this restriction and the extension of their territorial limits. They cannot have both; and which they will surrender must depend upon their representatives first, and then, if these fail, upon themselves. 5. Hut alter all, it seems to be generally conceded, that this restriction, if carried into effect could operate upon any State to be formed from newly acquired territory. The well known attributes of sovereignty, reeogmzed by us as belonging to the Stale governments, would sweep before them any s ell barrier, and would leave the people to : express and exert their wili at leisure. Is the object then, of temporary exclusion (or so short a period as the duration of the territorial governments, worth the price at which it would be purchascdl-wortli the discord which it would engender, the trial to which it would expose our Union, and the eviis that would be the certain consequence, let that trial result as it might? As to the course which has been intimated, rather than proposed, of engrafting such a restriction upon any treaty of acquisition, 1 persuade myself u would find but little favor in any portion of this country. Such an arrangement would render Mexico a party, having a right to interfere ino r internal institutions : in questions left by the constitution to the State governments, and would inllict a serious blow upon our fuiidiinental principles. Tew, indeed, i trust, there are am mgst us, who would thus gram in a loreign power the light to inquire into the constitution and conduct of the sovereign Slates of this Union, and if there are any, 1 am not among them, and never shall be. To the people of this country, under God, now and hereafter, are its destinies committed; and we want no foreign power to interrogate us, treaty in hand, and to say, why have you done this, or why have you left that undone'/ Our own dignity and the principles of national independence unite to repel such a proposition. But there is another important consideration which ought not to be lost sight of, in the investigation of litis subject. The question that pieseuls itself s not a question of the increase, but of the dillusion of slavery. Whether its sphere be stationary or progresj sivo, its amount will be the same. I he rej ctiou ofihis rcstiictioii will not add one to the class of servitude, nor will its adoption give freedom to a s nglc being who is now * placed therein. The same numbers will be i spread over greater territory; and so far as compression, with less abundance of the ne| ccssaries of life, is an evil, so far will that evil be mi igated by transporting slaves to a new country, and giving them a larger space to occupy. 1 say litis in the event of the extension of slavery over any new acquisition. But can it go there? This may well be doubted. All the descriptions which reached us ofI lie condition of the Caltfornias ami .New .Mexico, t> t!iu acquisition of which our cllurts seem at present directed, mine iri represent iug those countries as agricultural regions, ' similar in their products to otir Middle States add generally unlit lor the production oi'the great staples which can alone render the si ve labor valuable. If we are not grossly deceived; and it is diliieult to conceive how we can 1 the inhabitants of these regions, whether they depend upon their ploughs or their .herds, cannot be slaveholders, invol' untary labor, requiring the investment of large cap ial, can only lie profitable when emp'oyed in the production of a few favored articles, confined by nature to special districts and paying a larger return than the usual argricultural products spreat over inure | considerable portions of the earth, j In llie able letter of Mr. Huchauan upon this subject, not long since given*to the pubi he, be presents similar considerations with great force. Neither,*'says thcdistingoi-h ed writer, "the soil, the climate, nor the productions of California, south of 30?.!l* ?., 30 ! minutes, im indcd of any portion of it, north or south, is adapted to slave lal>or; and hesides, every faculty would he there afforded, for the slave to escape from his master ' Such property would hernliicly insecure in any pan of California- It is morally impossible, therefore, that a mnj jrily of the emigrants to that portion of the territory south of 30 deg. 30 minutes, which will he chiefly composed ofour citizens, will ever re-establish slavery within its limits, j ''In regard to New Moxipo cast of the | Itio (hand, the question has already been ] settled by the admission of Texas into the Union. "Should we acquire territory beyond the j Itio Crande, and east of the rocky mountains it is still more impossible thai a un/jonh/ of the manic would consent to re establish ' 11 since rt/. They are. themselves a calami pop, illation, an<l among them the negro dues no! ! belong socially to a degraded race. With tins last remark, Mr. Walker fully coincides in his leiier written in IS 11, upon i the annexation of Texas nnd which everywhere produced so favorable an impression 1 upon the public mind, as to have conduced 1 very materially to the accomplishment of that great measure. ' Beyond Del Norte,' says "Mr. Walker, "slavery will not passnot only because it is forbidden by law, bit because the colored lace diere preponder ales in the ratio of ten to one over the whiles and holding, as I hey do, the government anc most of the offices in their possession, the\ will not permit the enslavement of any por lion of the colored race which makes and executes the laws of ihc country. The question, it will be therefore scm on examination, docs not regard the exclusion ol slavery from a region where it now exists, but a prohibition against its introduction where it docs not exist, and where, from the feelings of the inhabitants arid the laws ol nature, "it is morally impossible," as Mr. Buchanan says, that it can ever re-establish itself. Jt augurs well for the permanence of our confederation, that dui iny more than half a century, which has elapsed since the cstab j lishnicm of this govcrnnjent, many serious : questions, and some of the highest importance, have agitated the public mind, and more than once threatened the gravest consequences; but that they have all in succession passed away,leaving our institutions unscathed, and our country advancing in numbers, power and wealth, and in all the other elements of national prosperity, with a rapidity unknown in ancient or modern days. In times of political excitement, when difficult and delicate questions present themselves lor solution, there is one ark of safety for us; and that is, an honest appeal to the fundamental principles of our Union, and a stern determination to abide their dictates. This course of proceeding has cairied us in safety through many a trouble, and I trust will carry us safely through many more, should many more lie destined to assail us. The Wilmot proviso seeks to take from its legitimate tribunal a question of domestic policy, having no relation to the Union, as such, and to transfer it to another created by the people for a special purpose, and foreign to the subject mailer involved in this issue, fly going back to our true principles, wo go back to the road of peace and safety. Leave j to the people who will be affected by this I question, to adjust it upon their own responsibility, and in their own manner, and we shall render another tribute to tiie original principles of our government, and furnish another guaranty for its p? rmanence and prosperity. I am, flea:* sir, respectfully; Your obedient servant. LEWIS CASS. A. 0. P. Nicuoj.scx, Nashville Tcnn. MISCELLANEOUS. Fur tin? Camden Journal. THE COLD WAFER ARMY. Oil, conic let us mingle our voices lo rai.-c To the Cold \V.vri:tt Armv an million of prai>c; Jyji^.iiijy I Ik- j-aiiM* flourish, so nolilv begun To Lee our loved country lYom tlie iullucuce of Ruin. What tin/ the red wine may be sparkling anil Iwight, II will make the hcurt sad, tho' the head may be light It will rob tho rich bloom front loud woman's cheeks When the bright rye of manhood its power bespeaks. Then take, lake tho pledge, ere her heart shall he wrung liv the bane of intemperance seen in tier son; And the Cold Water "Banner in triumph shall wave,' I From the grasp of the tyrant ils victim to sivc. ELLA. Written for the Cam Ion Journal. THE STEPMOTHER. ' )?M, dear Atinl, r:u coolly talk of this change,"?passionately exclaimed young Dora Uelamar, "thai is to aket our pleasant, quiet lile and malfo rne mo?t wretched. You will go t(; yottrlitlie cottage home, whilst 1 will be (loonier to he continuity under the eye of litis watchful stepmother. I would much rather my lather had written that he would bring home some wild mti.m il, and allow it to roam through tho ImiKi'. Take the letter. I will read no more." And with I lie temper of ;i spoilt child, she hurled her face in I In? cushions. anil gave free veul to the tears that she had with difficulty restrain ed. .Mrs. Selby quietly took tlie letter and placed it in her basket. " Do not, dear Dora, give vent to this childish grief I am lira id," sin said mournfully, "that I have been much t<i blame in spoiling you, but my own alllietimi rendered me unfit to take charge of one win was so dear to me. ' " Oh no ! dearest aunt, do not blame yotirseli for my wilful, passionate temper," and Dora with her beautiful face bathed in tears, threw her arms around her aunt's neck and kissed Iter several times. " \ ou shall not reproach yourself. ; flave you not been a mother to me, teaching ! me by precept and example, how to be good,ami ! which only my own wayward heart prevented ! me from piolitting by7 Hut I will not grieve i v?.u by letting yon know my sufferings." j ' \Vfiy, my dear chil l, have you determined j o be. unhappy? 'J'his lady whom your imugii ..- (i.in Iims ('i>nir>ii>(l more terrible than one ol those wicked lairies who change at will, the happiest homes into (lens of discord, and niiscI ry, may lie young and agreeable, and a more : pleasant companion lor you, than your sad, so' her aunt." " No, never !" energetically exclaimed Do ra. " Aunt, have 1 not heard and read enougl of stepmothers ? Navel not had a daily les son as to what is to lie expected from them knowing what a lilo dear meek little Julia Ar< den leads? Has she not wept bitterly, in tellin", me of tlie harshness and tyrany wliieh she, pom child, hears with the patience of a lamb? An; now her mother says she must learn eve.j thing so as to teach those little oranoutangi of hers!" Mrs. >So I by shook her lead disapprovingly and replied, ".Mrs. Arden, Dora, is a harsh, sel lisli woman, who married her husband Iron mercenary motives. (Jive this lady, (whim you should not judge harshly,) a fair chance he lore veil place her on the same li>l with Mrs Arden." ' Weil, dear Aunt, it must be so, but the plea sure I anticipate in seeing my Hither again, i coun'erbalanced bv the dreaded company h< will bring. When does he say lie will be here?1 "lie will give its a month to prepare, as hi bride will wish to remain in Paris it short time i? ?I ..... I. - - n/,r>/uriiin ii v her. whom rrrililjo uri si.-mii linn | J no (lonli! Dura, you will find a pUrasant cunipa nion." > l)aru sjjrhpd, and looking up wun ner sparaling blue eyes fixed on her Aunt's face, shook ^ her head. "It the news only of my having a stepmother, has the ofleet of saddening me, what will her actual presence do! Why, dear' ei.t aunt, it has already had an effect in chang' | ing the aspect of this boudoir, how lovely it looked when [ first entered it, the flowers look' ing so fresh, and the motes dancing so merily I in the sunbeams! now," and a smile dimpled the corner of her small rosy mouth, "each mote i is a miniature resemblance of my stepmother ? i "Well, what does she look like?" asked Mrs. , Sei'by smiling; "your father is something of a i judge of beauty?he speaks of his beautiful , bride." "t'o much the worse, as there would be more chance if she were plain, of her being good | j and amiable. J cannot finish this little apron ! for you now, Aunt; all my industry has evapo 1 i MI i._ i ... . i? i raicu, ana ui-iiuiiior, nas laneo ua juai-i-, * ./ i will go down to rlntne Goodrich's cottage, and take the tilings thai we liavo finished fur the children," and she left the room, not with her 1 usual bounding step, but slowly and sadly. She did not observe as she left the room that Susan, I her maid, had cho>en an unusual place for tying her little Greyhound in ribbons, as she was seated on the steps near the room that she had just loft. In a few minutes, she re-appeared with her little gipsy bonnet placed above her curls, utul was soon tripping towards a small cottage at the foot of the lawn. As soon as her step was heard a group of children rushed forward, some seizing her hand and all making demonstrations of joy that was quite stunning, but which Dora seemed to enjoy amazingly. 4 God bless your pretty face, i\Iiss Dora, you grow more and more like your blessed mother every day," exclaimed Dora's old nurse advancing, and laying her hand caressingly on her sunny curls. The remark brought a shade | over her tester child's bright face, as it remindi ed her of all that had passed that morning. We will now leave Dora di.-pensing her little gifts among the children. In the meantime, Susan had returned with ; almost telegraphic despatch, to the housekeeper's room, had thrown herself back in an arm chair, quite oveicome by the importance of the communication she had it in her power to impart, and quite divided between the fear of losing her consequence, by allowing Dame Sybil , j to be as enlightened on the subject as she was j herself, and fear of death by suffocation if she retained it till. Thinking however, that the d.unc had the. same means of hearing, she accordingly determined to let her know. "Ju?t to think," said Dame Sybil, with arms akimbo, and head on one. side, "as if the master could not have got any of the ladies near home, bless him! why lie is the handsomest gentlemen here abouts, with blue eyes, for all the world like .Miss Dora's, only according to my opinion more suppressive (dame Sybil pri1 ded herself on her superior education,) but he must go to these fitrrin parts. Now, it will just cap the climax, if she turns out to be some dowdy turriner, setting the house upside down. .She will soon find out that 1 for one aint to be imposed upon."' When the datne dclived her sentiments in an imposing manner, Susan had become quite lachrymose, in thinking, site said, how deceitlul men were, Ibr wlm would have ever believed, to see the master so grieved, that lie would ' ever marry again (Siisati just then caught a glimpse in perspective of the waiting maid i from I'a.is, who would accompany the furri > t tiers, and who would entirely eclipse her.) and i she threw herself back, and burst out alresh. ' We will turn now to the unconscious cause of the commotion that prevailed from parlor to j kitchen of "Delamar hall." Mr. Delamar had married very young in life, a poor but beautiful orphan, and losing all his propetty by the tailnre of some wild specula, tiou, had been thrown on his own resources, , which, fortunately Ibr him, were extensive, anJ 1 --I....i- ..I.. ..I fnr -in ornn. , mo lutein. wiiiuu ii'iiii^ii) o> i. w i mi'iit, now served to support his wife and child. I His writings wore highly extolled, and he soon !| acquired great celebrity. In the circles which he had formerly illumined with his wit, he was now enthroned as an idol. He turned from its plea-tires, and toiled on, and assiduously pursued 'j his task of coining his biains into that which . would furnish comforts for his family. Iiis wfe's :< health began to decline. ?' grew daily thinner and paler. Just at ibis time, riches and prosI pertly llowed back upon him. A very rich old I uncle in India who (unlike most i///-ioiis, cop> per coloied uncles, who make fortunes and have their hearts frozen in that very warm cli mate.) was generous and dearly loved his nei phew, with the same kindness that characteri ized ai! his actiotts, died, leaving William DeI lamar sole heir. The old family mansion was fj again fitted up, and Mrs. Delamar, to nppeari ances, restored to health, but the bloom on Iter j cheek was deceptive, and when Dora was ' " - i... .1.,. ?:,t? ,.f scare.- it'll yosus oiu, sue a.uuu n..> ... . her (lying mother. When they came to remove ; all lliat remained of the adored being whom J I aim had loved with all the intensity of a Heel ion J I that a creature so impassioned could feel, it was > like rein ling soul and body asunder. With tho same passionate vehemence, she threw herself h on the body, declaring she would be put in the i ground with her mother, and was removed lainf| ting. ,Mr. Dciumur was ill, but recorcrcd to II know his loss. . J His widowed sister left her home and came i i to rcsiJo with him, and take charge of his little ! girl, fcihe had lost her husband and two beau. I t i I'd I boys in rapid succession. She soon became fondly attached to the warm hearted imi 1 petuous child, although she noticed with regret . her independent, sell willed temper, an I made , ' feeble ellbrts to subdue il, but with all her faults, ; was obliged to acknowledge that .-he was a liis' cinating little creature. Her lather devoted jo r; himsell to her improvement, and with the as I I sistance of masters, she iiijuJo rapid progress ;1 so that tho old housekeeper, alter taking a Mir. < vey of Dora's study room, returned and informed tho servants, in a mysterious whisper, that , they were making poor little .Miss Dora a "blue shoe." The servants taking it uipon faith' that i it was nothing good, groaned whenever they i saw Dora enter that room, and Susan went so . far as to shed tears. Mr. Delamar. two years . previous to the opening of this history, had liceii ordered hy the physicians to travel, and . leaving Dora with her Aunt, he had wandered > on the continent, vidting all that was most wori? thy of note; many days were passed in sketch. " ing the moss covered ruins of Pompeii and Hers cu'anenm; he did not, like the delicate young . lady, find lau't with them for lining "such old i, dirty looking places." It was at li iden-lladen, that his attention had j been attracted hy an invalid, an old gentleman ' w(??c untili uau ueuu ruiiKu irorn pia.ce iv place, and who was constantly attended by his two daughters. In al! the gaiety and dissipation oi the place, they alone took no part; but demurely walked with their large bonnets, almost concealing faces, and arousing the curiosity of all the young exquisites who were on the qui .'ive to get an introduction?they however unconscious of the attention they attracted, and as their father was getting much better, some limes roamed about the grounds, whilst their old valet trudged at a little dis'ance in their rear. On one of these excursions, as one siater read from a letter, and the other l ad her attention so arrested by the content?, that they did not notice the approach of two or throe young men, whose steps were a little unsteady, and who appeared to rely upon the mutual support system, unti' one of them esc'aimed, at the same time putting forth his band to raise her bonnet, "My little bird, it is rot kind to obscure the sun, allow it to shi?," I ut he did not finish his sentence; for while petitioning to see the sun shine, a blow from an unexpected quarter caused him to see the stars, and he was confronted by Mr. Delamar, who had been walking slowly at a little distance, with Lis friend Count Sosia, and had sprung eagerly forward, in time to chastise the offender. The count followed his friend as soon as ho discovered the cause of his leaving him so suddenly, but was only in time to offer his arm to one of the ladies, while his friend offered his to the one whose bonnet had been assailed. The old valet, wboso quality as one of Shakspeare's "buckram men," had just been displayed, was fast recovering h's courage, which he had an unfortunate knack ot losing whenever it was required. Upon their arrival at the cottage occupied by the English gentleman, (whose name was Furleigb,) his daughters gracefully introduced their companions and acquainted their lather with the circumstances, which had just taken-place. After lavishing a few inverted blessing on the impertinence of the monkey iaccd dandies, and a movement that seemed to imply a desire to have his chair rolled to wherever they were to be lowed, but which a twinge in his back forced him to acknowledge would be of no avail, he contented himself with warmly thanking the two gentlemen lor their prompt interference, and inviting them to be their visitors whenever the gaiety of place allowed them leisure; which invitation, was thankfully received and accepted. 'J'he younggirls had disembarrassed themselves of their immense 'scoops,' which concealed two countenances us lovely as any at IJaden, and joined in a lively and unaffected ! ? it? - TU/i viait n'Ot manner, in uie iuiih imuum, j uv <io? prolonged to the limits of good breeding, but visits, whether delightful or disagreeable, must have a termination. When our friends returned to their rooms they were not surprised to find one of their morning acquaintances, who brought a challenge to Mr. Delamar from the ~ O gentleman who preferred the sunshine to stars. A meeting was settled to lake place at day break next morning, and Count Sosia agreed to be his second. The result of the meeting was two shots?both were slightly wounded. The challenger declared himself perfectly satisfied, wished to apologise to the lady for his rudeness, and said although he resented the blow be bad received, be was aware that his opponent had only acted as lie, (had he not bowed at the .shrine of Bachus) or any gentleman would have acted, placed in a similar position, and with many bows he left the scene of action, having given an additional charm to his antagonist,?for when, some lime after, on their return from paying a visit to the English cottage, Count Sosia, said "Delamar, 1 quite envy you that wound; your sling." said he laughing, 'will prove as powerful as the one David used when he slew Goliath." Do yon envy me if I lave the good fortune to succeed?" Oh, not in that quarter; the blue eyes of the fair Katrine have proved as fascinating to me, as the 'dark flashing orbs' of the sparkling Lillius hare to a certain friend of mine; but do you know that the letters they wailed to receive have arrived, and that soon we will be left solus." That I will not be," said Delamar. (7o be concluded next tccek.y Proposed Growth of Indian Corn in. England.?Mr. Ilenrv Cansdell, an Arnerican gentleman of scientific agricultural pursuits, has lately arrived in this country from Wisconsin, Upper Mississippi, where he lias for several years been making experiments in the growth of numerous varieties of Indian corn or maize, in a climate, the mean4 temperature of which, during the summer months, varies little from that of England. With the hope of being able to raise a crop from the hardiest sorts in England and Ireland Mr. Cansdell has brought over nearly^ 100 d. lie rent varieties, all grown by him last year on his estate in Wisconsin, and has the honor of a private audience of Prince ^ Albert, to present the collection for his Royal llighness's inspect'on. His Royal Highness entered minutely into the merits of the subject, and finally directed Mr, Cars fell to form an Amc icrn plantation, and make the ..n l<is ?-!<?, nnln nt necessary cxpciiim-ma mo . Windsor. Mr. Cansdell states that, should the grain become acclimated, it will be possible for a poor man to raise, on one rood of land, from fifteen to twenty bushels of corn, without in any way interfering with his ordinary growth of potatoes cabbages or beans, besides finding nearly enough fodder to keep a cow in winter. Should the experiments be successful, it will in England be the greatest agricultural achievement since the introduction of the potato, the repeated failures of which render it essential to supply i s place of poss.ble. Ac<i>knt to Mr. Crisp.?We r'gret to learn tliat a severe accident occurred to this gentleman at the Theatre on .Monday evening. Whilst playing Robert Macairc, it became necessary in the business of the piece to shoot at him. The pens <lc arms who fired, from down right carele>nes?, aimed at Mr. C , anil fired at liini, the charge, a heavy wad, hit his 1 'ft arm, about four inches below his shoulder, penetraterd to the bone, ami passed down two or three inches under tlio flesh. Notwithstanding the wound and the burning wad, in his arm, Mr. C., finished the piece, and after the wad was extracted he went in and played the fir :e. He has been confined since, but under the care of J. B. Brown, is doing well, and intends playing St. Pierre in the wile for Mrs. Po'.ters benefit for to.morrow evening.