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MR. RIVES ON THE"SLAVERY QUESTION.
Our minister to France has written a letter
to a friend upon the controversy now going on
between the two sections of our country. Although
not intended for publication, his position
and connection with political matters i?*
1 --!-s :*i- M.otcrlif jinil tilt;re
vesr Ills opinigus WIU1 OUiuc vv.ys,..-,
fore we suppose his epistle has found its way
into the public prints. In this letter is the following
paragraph, and in connection with it
and another, we give some excellent comments
thereon by the Charleston Evening News:
"Absolute non-intervention on the part of Congress
should be our motto?no Wilmot proviso,
no legislation whatever by Congress, cither to
prohibit or to introduce slavery in the new territories.
Leave them to the natural and spontaneous
course of tilings, and to the people
who nay settle the country the unimpaired liberty,
when the time arrives to establish a permanent
Government for themselves, to exclude
or to permit slavery, as to them mav scorn good,
and as it will then he tneir unquesuun?u?vfreely
to dccido. If we go beyond this, and demand
of Congress any action whatever in aid
of the establishment of slavery iti any portion
of the territories in question, we abandon the
great principle of non-intervention, which alone
constitutes our safety and the invincible justice
of our cause."
" Now, non-intervention has been all along
the " motto" of the Southern States. This has
been their principle of resistance. It is to keep
Congress within the line of this principle that
all their efforts have been directed. The South
"""Of JnfimntoH n wish, much less a " dc
IIOO UVtVI M ? - mand
on Congress, for any action " to aid in
the establishment of slavery in any portion of
the new territories, against which Mr. Rives
warns them. The whole progress cf the controversy
shows that the position of the South
has been not to act, but to prevent action. Its
cry has been "hands off." Mr. Rives really
addresses a warning to the South against action,
when it has all along been on the defensive.
But suppose non-intervention not possible,
what then is Mr. Rives' remedy ? Does he
counsel submission ? Does he propose acquiescence
in a violation of this principle, in which
consists, he says, " the safety of the South and
the invincible justice of its cause I" lie proposes
nothing. But he condemns a Southern
Convention as a scheme of disunion. He affirms
that the Wilmot Proviso is " intrinsically
opposed to the just and equal spirit of our institutions;"
yet to redress that injustice and inequality
ho would set the mark of disorganizes
on those who oropose to meet for common
counsel in Convention; he goes further?he
hints an affinity of design between such a Convention
and the one having " the bad odor of a
memorable example in our history," meaning
the Hartford Convention. He advises the people
of Virginia to withhold any- participation
in the proceedings of such a Convention. lie
J?na nnnogle tn tHpir splfish instincts.
"She (Virginia) is geographically, as she
long was and inav again be politically, the
qentre of the federal system. The liberal and 1
enlightened policy of her legislators has, of late
years, been rapidly making her what nature designed
her to be, the thoroughfare and rcndezvousof
our great and united sisterhood of States.
Her great lines of railway, from north *o South,
and from east to west, already completed or in
progress under the noble and munificent p ovision
recently made by the Legislature, were
iutendod to be the avenues of n great constitutional
intercourse, both of travel and of commerce,
between the remotest extremes of an
otnpire extending from the lakes to the Gulf of
Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the I\ic:fic
ocean. Into what ridiculous hut costly and
ruinous abortions would they dwindle if Virginia,
instead of being the thoroughfare, and,
in some sort, the entrepot of the continent, enriched
by the currents of a free and unshackled
intercourse passing through her bosom, is to hecome
a border State, standing on the edge of
a divided confederacy, and looking out on the
contiguous territory of foreign and possibly
hostile States both to the North and the West?
< H.-IJ!41. L. _i?.1.
lor i iioiu ii iu ue nuauiuuri ) ?uiuu ..vu..v. ,
Maryland nor Kentucky can ever lie drawn in- J
to any scheme of disunion."
Now, it very ill becomes Mr. Hives, who !
abandoned those principles lor which the South j
had for so many years contended against an j
interested majority in Congress?-who left his |
position in the ranks of five trade lor the smiles
and patronage of the protectionists?to offer:
counsel on this subject to the South or even to
his own Stale, lie was brought up at the feet'
of the Patriarchs of the Republican school of i
Virginia. He received his earliest lessons from
the teachings of the strict constructionists?the
statesmen of 98. Mr. Madison would have
taught him, if he did not choose to look beyond
the constitution for remedy or relief against agi
ii? e.?.. ?r a,.,*..,,..,,...*
grOrtSlOll UIKier UIU lurilis ill mm mw uiumi,
iliat a consultation by the aggrieved States is
not disunion, when he said, in the Federalist,
speaking of projects of usurpation by the Federal
government?"They (the State Legislatures)
can readily communicate with each other
in the different States and unite with their common
forces for the protection of their common
liberty."
But. if Mr. Rives had read the- address of
the Mississippi Convention, he would have seen
that the object of a Southern Convention was, I
in its incipient Btage, consultative and not of
disorganizing tendency. It was " to arrest the
course of aggression," and " if not practicable,
then to concentrate the South in will, understanding
and action as the possible alternate
resort, the call by the Legislatures of the assailed
Suites of still more solemn Conventions,
such as should be regularly elected by the peopie
of those States to deliberate, speak and act
- i '
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with all the sovereign power of the people."
It was to make provision in the last resort,
when it was not possible to " arrest the course
of aggression," that the idea was entertained of
a compact by the Southern States to protect
their rights. Now, would Mr. Rives advise
* " ' ? ? + <-v ilia nklinro.
submission, wnun oy iiu aj^voi uio
tions of the Constitution could the course of
aggression be arrested ? Would he counsel acquiescence
by the South, it" his motto of nonintervention
should be openly disregarded by
the North? His advice, in substance, to Virginia,
is union with the North against the South.
What is the purport of his apj>oal to her interests
to profit by her central position, but, in effect,
to place her, through a false neutrality, in
hostility with the South and in alliance with the
North if a contest should come, neutrality
would be impossible. A border State, having
common interests with the South, if not with it,
would add strength to the opposite side It is
an anneal to the selfish impulses of the people
of \ irginia against their patriotism.
Washington, May 5, 1850. ?Mr. Wilmot's
speech of Friday last, on the slave topic, was
a strong effort to the prejudices of the northern
people. Sectional and fanatical feeling may
yet be too strong for the tie of union. Everywhere
we hear, within a day or two, strong
doubts as to the course of the House of Representatives.
The plan is, when the Senate
compromise bill comes to the House, to give it
the coiiji <ie grace ut once, by laying it on the
table. That motion will be made, and the vote
will be a close one. If it prevail, the House
will pass the California bill per se, and the Senate
will again unite the territorial governments
and the Texas ofl'er to it, and thus, the subject
will be handed back and forth between the two
Houses. I entertain the belief that, after a
conference between the two Houses, some plan
will be struck upon which will prevail.
Mr. Winthrop has the floor for the next
speech on the California inessjige, and there is
much anxiety as to his views. It is believed
that he holds the balance between the* friends
and the opponents of Compromise. If he take
ground with Mr. Webster for territorial governments,
without the Wilmot proviso, the question
will be thus settled. Some say that he will
go for the non-action policy?that is, for California
and nothing else. We shall see.
The bill for the establishment of a Board of
Agriculture, reported by Mr. Sturgeon in the
Senate, appropriates for the object, the modest
A* Imncnn/I /IaIIum TllO Kill nrn.
bUIIl Ul blAlCCil UIVUOUUU UVUUI o. AIIV wiu |/I V
vides for a commissioner of agriculture, a chemist,
a secretary, a clerk, ar.d a messenger, and
it leaves a small snm for the importation of
seeds, 6ic.?Baltimore Sun.
Northern and Southern Politicians.?
We find the following remarks in the Philadelphia
Spirit of the Times, headed "The secret
of Southern predominance."
' We have never found fault with the South
for its efforts at supremacy, however much we
may have excused the North of an uninterrup*ed
subservience to her men and interests. We
have always regretted the success of her
schemes, but have as constantly applauded the
superior fineness and ability of her statesmen.
'iu._ ;a liiiinilinliiirr hnt tho
XlltS ttUniJUV?*CWg?IJVilV imHiHM?.g,
whole history of the country demonstrates the
fact, that a comparatively weak section has always
managed to control the government, and
the emoluments arising from its administration.
There must, of necessity, be some active cause
for such results.
" It can be traced to one simple aud undeniable
fact. When a Southern community discovers
a man of true talent and energy, it cherishes
and promotes him, with a devotion partaking
more of persona! than political attainment
it allows no jKitty schemes to retard his
advancement In this way the ?outh always
has a Congressional delegation fully initiated in
the mysteries and intrigues of legislation, and
prepare for every political emergency which
may arise, iu the doufh, the principle of rotation
has no existence, 'i lie representatives ara
retained often lor a life-time. The most ordinary
mind can infertile superior tact of such representatives
!
" With us of the North the case is different.
We are constantly changing our delega
tion, ami too oiteu ior trio worse. >ve .".now
our representatives no sufficient time or opportunity
to prepare themselves for usefulness and
influential action. \\ e enter the conflict with
politicians who have, been trained to every form
of legislative lnancevre. Our representatives
are inexperienced; and, consequently, unable to
cope witn tneir Southern competitors. In this
way, we give tne JSuutli every advantuge, without
correctly appreciating the cause of its su
perior management. There is 1'ood lor reflection
in these lew remarks, which should not
he passed unheeded in a State which will soon
be called on to renew its Congressional delegation
1"
I'hkscnt Condition of the Jews.?A correspondent
ot the Jewish Chronicle, writing
irotn I'iedinont, under date March 8th, states:
" Vou can hardly imagine the miraculous
change which the social and political condition
ol the Jews has lately undergone. We enjoy
true lihertv: we are on a neriect eoualitv with
w. ? ? ^ ' t * i ^
our Christian neighbors, with tiiis difference
only, that our rabbles are not paid their salaries
by the State. Fortunately, however, our pastors
can be paid by their own co-religionists, they
having a budget of their own, and unite all
their interest in the cause of religion. At present
the Jews of Piedmont do not occupy many
public otfices, because there are notmuuy of us
capable of tilling them, but we have one Jew in
the Chamber of Deputies, and a greater number
in the Municipal Council.
Dklkgatf.s to Nashville.?Col. R. F. W.
Allston and Gen. W. J. Hatina have been selected
from the Seventh (McQueen's) District.
Drayton Nance, Esq., and Col. F. W. Pickens
have been appointed Delegates, and John
A Calhoun and Lieu. James Jones Alternates,
from the Fifth (Burt's) District.
%
Louis Napoleon drives an American buggy
through the streets of Taris. It is the only thing
of an American pattern that he seems to know
how to manage well. The rein6 of a Republican
government trouble him greatly,
TPIHIIE $6wmAJL
CAMDEN. S. C.
FRISDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1850.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
Reported for the Journal.
Charleston, May 9, 1850.
Holders of Cotton have adopted easier rates,
consequently the demand to-day has been better.
1200 bales changed hands at 10 1-4 to
13? principally at 11 1-4 to 12. Sales of the
week 3000 bales; receipts 5600. W.
55/"* The Junior Editor of the Journal has left
for Washington city, where he will remain for a
short time. Our subscribers may rely upon receiving
the latest Congressional News.
The Woather
Is at present very pleasant. We were favored
with a most delightful rain oil Wednesday evening
and night, which was very much wanted, as
the long dry spell of weather was seriously against
the crops. The prospects are now flattering, and
we hope our farmers may all realize better crops
than they have heretofore anticipated.
Report of the Compromise Committee. j
We learn from Telegraphic despatches in the
Charleston and Columbia papers that Mr. Clay
made a report from the compromise committee on
Wednesday last. There was much Southern opposition
to the boundaries of California, and a
compromise was considered doubtful. It will be
seen by the letter of the Baltimore Sun's correspondent
in another column, that there is but little
probability of the question being settled at this ses
^ioti of Congress.
Our Mechanics.
It is strange that so few of our mechanics in
this country arrive at distinction in the various
trades and callings in which so many are engaged.
Comparatively to the large number thus employed,
few, very few, excel; by far the greater number
content themselves with " plodding a weary way,"
and never aspire above mediocrity. There are
reasons for this. It is not reasonable to suppose
that every artisan shall become a master workman,
but there ought to be a larger number of
professorso to speak?men of scientific acquire,
ments, capable of giving lone nnd character to the
various trades and callings. We need scientific
men of this class, as well as doctors and lawyers.
Let no mechanic suppose that h:3 situation is an
unimportant one. It is not the trade or profession
of a man which must give him character, but upon
the man himself devolves the responsibility of
giving standing and respectability to Lis calling.
However the point may be controverted, it is so,
that in our glorious country mind is the only ti ue
standard of moral worth, and mind only ought to
be the aristocracy known and acknowledged; for,
" Worth makes the man. tlie want of it the fellow."
Our mechanics are among the most useful msmbers
of society ; the services of any other class of men
may be as conveniently dispensed with as theirs.
There is too great a disposition among laboring
men to imagine themselves regarded lightly. This
ought not so to be: foi the upngnt, iiouesi man,
however humble his position, who requires no
law but his word to make him fulfil an engagement,
is a gentleman; and such only deserve the appeiation.
Our mechanics do i?o1 properly appreciate
each other: they seem rather to occupy antagonistical
instead of contemporaneous relations one
toward another. It is unfortunately too often the
case, that they are the first to rise en masse lor the
purpose of crying down one of their numbfr who
may happen to discover some improvement upon
old ways of doing things; and did the success of
. :?strio-mntmir with one of their class
?Miy J1IVCIUIVII V
depend upon their patronage, the man and his invention
or discovery would be suffered to die and
be buried, " unhonored and unsung." lie is justly
regarded as a benefactor of his race " who can
cau.-.e two blades of. grass to grow where but
one grew before:" so also ought the man to he regarded
who can accomplish as large an amount of
labor in less time, and with greater ease, than was
done before. The well-being and prosperity of
our country depend upon the encouragement giv
en to the arts ami sciences. Let us cautiously
avoid expressing too readily an opinion in regard
to any matter, until wo are sure of being right.
"Judge before friendship, then confide till death,"
is a wise and safe motto, and may bo applied with
propriety in this connection. "What every body
says, must be so," is a very erroneous doctrine,
and is capable of much greater harm than we at
first imagine. No doubt many men, at different
times, have been prevented from prosecuting ingenious
plans and ideas, or making improvements
and discoveries, for fear of encountering ridicule
and contempt. Wo are aware that we live in an
age of humbug and imposition?humbugs not
confined to patent medicines, improved strawcutters,
and such like, but humbugs in the
human form; yet the advice "think before you
speak" is the best that can be given now-a-days
We are led to these remarks in noticing the late
improvement made by a plain, unpretending, but
worthy citizen of Kershaw District. We refer to
Parker's Water Wheel, invented by Emanuel
Parker, for wliich he has obtained letters patent.
This is no humbug, but is the best water wheel,
we believe, in the United States. With a head of
ten feet of water, properly applied, Mr. Parker will
warrant it to grind, where the materials of the mill
are good, from twelve to twenty bushels per hour.
This is not guess work, but fact, the truth of which
has been and can be sustainhd by gentlemen of
the highest respectability. Wo regard tho invention
of Mr. Parker as a groat public honeflL Any
good mechanic can mako this wheel. Its simplicity
is its great value, and for durability and
cheapness, it is unrivalled in this country, so far
as we have been able to ascertain. All Mr. Parker
asks is a trial. Persons desirous to communicate
with him in relation to this matter, may address
w Emanuel Parker, Camden, S. C."
Later from Europe?Another advance in Cotton.
m
TJie steamer Niagara arrived at Halifax on
Tuesday last, bringing accounts from Liverpooj
up to the 27th ult. Cotton had advanced ?d.
since the sailing of the previous steamer, and the
market is represented as presenting a more favorable
appearance, Fifty-seven thousand bales
were sold during the week preceding the sailing
of the steamer. The total amount of cotton on
hand in Liverpool was 549,000 bales, of which
359,000 were American. The Havre cotton market
was also reported as being active, and an advance
of $d. had taken place. Sales of the week
14,000 bains.
Hen. John S. Richardson.
This eminent jurist departed this life at 5 o'clock,
on Wednesday morning last, in Charleston, where
he had been confined by sickness for several
weeks. At the meeting of the Court at 10 o'clock,
the Attorney General moved'an adjournment, to
afford the Uar and community an opportunity of
testifying their respect for his memory. Tn adjourning
the Court, Judge O'Neall said:
" It is unfortunately true. Judge Richard
son, this morning at about half-past four, at his
lodgings in this city, closed his useful life and
and entered upon his everlasting rest. Sad indeed
is it, and unusual that on two successive
d.ivs. we should be called on to mourn the loss 1
of two Judges. Hitherto our Judges have been !
preserved by a remarkable Providence. At
present, however, the chastening hand of God
is upon us, and as our ranks are diminishing
and the circle ol early associates, both 011 the
Bench and at the Bar, is narrowing, it behoves
us all, Lawyers and Judges to take the admonition
houe! We must die! How soon, we
cannot say! "Be ye also ready " is a divine
command, which it would be wise to obey!
Judge Richardson is well known here; he
was educated at your College; studied Law
here, and lived many years of his prime amoug
you. He has filled the highest offices with honor
and success. He has been a member of
your Legislature, Speaker of your House of
Representatitives, Attorney General, and final
ly a Judge. This last office he has held since
1818. In it tnv knowledge of him has been
long and intimate, and 1 am prepared to bear
my testimony to his great Judicial worth. Few
men had a higher sense of duty; he is now
gathered to his fathers, from persisting too long
in the dischasge of his duty. He possessed
firmness, courage and endurance, more than most
men. I have been associated with bim in many
trials; never kave I seen himfalterl As an advocate
he possessed unrivaled talents. As a
Judge, his opinions, forming a considerable
portion of our reported cases, will speak for
him. But I may say, that in the consultation
room, where a judge is more tried than any- {
where else, I have often admired his acumen
and readiness to start difficulties which it required
the strongest to meet*and remove.
But he is no more. In his seventy-fourth
year ho lias been called from us. We have
no right to grieve he died in the full triumph
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of a Christian faith, and we are jusnnea in oelieving
that he is in the placo of glorious rest
prepared for him. He has died full of years
and full of glory, and we can only say, it is
God's will!
The Judge said, to give the Bar, the officers
of Court, jurors, and citizens, an opportunity of
suitably testifying their respect to the deceased
h.o most williucrlv trranted his motion,
irivrbkAvif ? ? ?- ? ? a u
and ordered the Court to be adjourned till 11,
a m. to-morrow.
The mail from Newberry C. H., via Winnsboro',
arrived for the first time on Thursday, the
9th inst. We are informed, that tor the present^
tho schedule will be?Leave Newberry C. H. every
Wednesday morning, arrive at Camden next day
by 8 p. in.; leave Camden every Friday morning,
arrive at Newberry C. II. next day by 8 p. ra.
The Post Master General has not yet determined
at what point on the road between this place
and Winnsboro' he will establish an office?therebeing
several applications. We would suggest,
as the country is very thickly settled, the propriety
of establishing at least two new offices on the
route.
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Delegates to the Nashville Convention.
We learn that the Hon. Barnwell Rhett and
Gen. D. F. Jamison have been elected Delegates
to the Nashville Convention from the Congressional
District of Beaufort, Barnwell and Colleton.
We also learn that Hon. William DuBose and
George A. Trenholm, Esq., have been elected delegates
to represent the Congressii eal District of
Charleston. J
Gen. McDuffie.
We learn from the Edgefield Advertiser, that
Gen. McDuffie, in company with Col. Singleton,
passed the night in that village, on Sunday, the
28th ult., on his way to his residence in Abbeville.
Our cotemporary states, that though perhaps
feebler in health, his mind 6eems to have improved
since he passed through there in October last, and
that his recollection of persons and things is better,
and his conversation more connected.
The Blaok River Watchman.
We neglected, at the proper time, to notice the I
reception of this paper, published at Sumterville
by Messrs. Gilbert & DeLorme. It is of good r;tze,
and the mechanical execution is very n^'dt The
| publishers are both practical printers?one of them
1 /\fv ttracj AniMir 4kS?
""""V c"6?o?U J" MHO vukc ocinu
months during the past year?-we know him, and
recommend him as overy worthy the esteem and
encouragement of those among whom his lot has
been cast. The oditorial department of the Watchman
is under the charge of Messrs. Fraser and
? ? i . .1 i M-x j _ j A
iitrvui, ana jrom me aoiuiy ana mauairy caiuuubu
in the numbers before us, we hail it as a valuable
acquisition to the press of the State. *
The recent session of the Legislature of 01: io
chartered fifty companies for the construction of
plank roads.
Private letters which have been received at
Washington admit that the present Government
of France cannot stand six calendar months.
gaaaaeg??g???
Editorial Gleanings.
^ The son of a man worth wtwo hundred thousand,"
was found lying "dead drunk" in the .
etrf ets of Pittsburg. A few steps from hiin lay the
son of a man worth nothing, in the same condition.
Whiskey is a great leveler.
A party of Americans, travelling in Arabia, were
robbed by the Bedouins, and the Consul at Cairo
procured redress. ,v
The amount of domestic cottons exported from
Boston lor the last three months is $385^69; the
same months last year, $220,116; Excess, 9!65r
183.
From recent indications in our Legislative bodies,
we are led to believe that great statesmen
think
" Tins is no world to play wiih mam met* and to tilt with
lips: ,v
We must have bloodv no?c* and cracked crowns..
And pass them current, too " *
Cod Liver Oil is said to have iodine for its principal
constituent
Madame Anna Bishop will be in Philadelphia by
flie 1st of May. When about to leave Mexico,
she was recalled by the President, and gold, 8t?d
presents, and favors cf every kind were liberally
showered upon her.
Hir.n Rjvehs.?We learn from a friend who ban
just been on the Bigbee and Warrior rivers,that
the flood ia getting alarmingly high. The Ittnda
contiguous to both these rivers are completely
submerged, and the plantations have been eutirely
abandoned. The stands of cotton a short time
since were very fine, and the nroepectsof a good
crop cheering. The prospects are now blasted, for
the cotton plants are entirely ruined, and it is too
late for replanting. These rivere are still our the
rise.?N. O Bulletin, May 1. '
A Hint to Mothers.?Rising early is a habit of ,
high importance to fix in children, and. in fanning
it, there is far greater facility than in other cases.
They usually retire to bed sometimes before their
parents, and at daylight, or at least at sunrise, are
generally awake and anxious to rise. Many of
them are actually bred up with much difficulty to
the habit of taking a morning nap, which, when
once formed, generally prevails through life.
Good tor Evil.?A young man, wishing to
drown his dog, pushed him several tiroes into the
Seine, and the last time he fell himself into the
water. The dog seeing his master struggling in
the stream, held him above water till assistance
arrived.
He that pryeth into every cloud may be stricken
with a thunderbolt. * '
Hard Cash.?A key to every thing in life,,except
L th and happiness.
Will some one explain to us the meaning of "im
rnense attraction?" '
rirtflii fv-? ic o tnnrn tn VnHmfrtiomakiro V.ntrlatii).
\juujaitj io a ivuii iu ivviwugiiaiiiauiiif
remarkable for singularly stupid men, aud hence
the phrase "the wise men ofGotham."
A patent has been taken out iu England ibr
fastening shoes to the feet of horses, by drifting
holes in the hoofs, and then fastening theeboeson
with wires.
" There is no little enemy.". A man either hates
you with his whole heart, or hie do^Y bate- you at
all. This hating a little, is like blowing; W a powder
mill a little. It's a feat that cauY be aicL , N
At St Joseph, Mo., on the 31st ult., there were
9000 persons waiting to cross the Plahfejo California
; gambling, to a great; extent, is carfiedjDU
among the emigrants.
Tliey are abot^redueing the postage between
France and England.
To whom you betray your secret, -you betray
your liberty. . ' '.
There are 300,000 Sons of Temperance, active
menmers, m me o,uuu societies.
Philip T. White, the celebrated temperance lecturer,
id delivering addresses at Mobile.
The Boston Traveler states that the small pox
I is raging to an alarming extent in tbateity. *
Idleness travels very leisurely,poverty
1 will soon overtake her. .Whata time they 11 have
when they come together.
The womeifwho regulady read the newspapers,
will be much the more suitable companions tor. a
well-informed husband, and exert more influence
in the family than she otherwise could.
Hiram Powers, the sculpto^ is engaged on an
allegorical representation of America, the design
being a beautiful female figure, sufficiently oyer the
natural size to admit of being placed in an elevated
position, surrounded and embellished with
suitable devices.
A lie is a breach of promise; for whoever seriously
addresses his discourse, to. another, tacitly
promises to speak the truth, because he knows
that the truth is expected. :
Ten cents is offered to the finder of the lost dignity
of the United States Senate.
The emigration to California this eeason will be
as three or four to one over last year. .
" No one is so accursed by fete,.
No one so wholly desolate,
But some heart, though unknown,
Responds unto his own."
[.Longfellow.
" Tm sitting on the style, Mary," as the lover
said when he seated himself on a bonnetof the
Intact Paria footiirm.
Cure for a Ring Work.?The. editor of the
Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil, furnishes the
following receipt, which he says is infallible for the
cure of tne ring worm:
" Heat a shovel to a bright red?co verit with
grains of Indian corn, press them with & cold Rat
iron. Thev will burn to a coal, and exude an oil
on the surface of the fiat iron, with wtuobi rub tho
ring worm, and after one or two applications it
will be kill as de?i as Julius Cesar,"
A Large Hammer.?The London Correspond'
ent of the Philadelphia North American write*
that Messrs. Nasinyth and Gaskill, the celebrated
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macnimsis 01 iuancnesier, are manui&ciuruig a gigantic
steam hammer for an estalJishtnent at New
York. It weighs six tons, and will be shipped in a
few days from Liverpool to ite destination. It m
the largest hammer that haB ever been made In
England. The machinery by which it will be
workod is brought to such perfection that a thick
bar of iron can he sundered by one blow of the
hammer, or an egg placed in a wine glass can to
chipped at the top, without hreaking the glass.
SnTTTH Pi?nT.TX?'? TonntTB 1Y1 *? W..n
wuw*u ??Aon?
iooton Monomunt,?"The South Carolina
Block for the National Monument," says the
National Intelligencer, " has arrived. It ha
beautiful specimen of the production of the
Palmetto State, being a gray and whito vetoed
marble. The name and Arms of the State ore
exceedingly well sculptured upcm die lace tn*
bas relief. The material and workmanship am
highly creditable to the State it is intended to
represent in the National Monument."
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