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6 ~ --~ - 'At V~ A. 2j 'Ii lree Dollg. Mtrhe end oie t1 earegg No paper Iscontinued util' r rei pmd o ness atthe oI t thiPiopet0f 7~dirtisemuents fusertedL 75 et*. pui half tha im foe 4ach subequtd 9EPThdurdber of iusertt6nsto ba1k& on allyAdvertisements or they will be liblish bd u114f-6dered to be digeontinued, and "leror uaro for.a elinglin. QArterly-and Monty1 Ad higo lentessill ba hargedithe siame a. a piigle insertion, and semi-monthly thgpaune , as w ones. - ' All Obituary'Notices'exceedingsix lin, and Coinmunications recommendmg Candi. dati- foZ Ob id offices or trust-or. puilg Ebxiih ),' l1'ibe charged as Advertse. - i letters by mall must be paid to id. ire p ltual attendance. 40atbibates. Theriends of Captain J; D, AsiMldRil, announcejhiin as a candidate for iepresentative at the ensuing election. J~ap 19, 1848. 12 tf M3Ir, Editor: Please announce Capt. T M. BAKER as a candidate for Re. presentative at the ensuing election. MANY VOT E RS. Jan. 1% 1848. 11 tf gjWe are authorized to an Pounce JOHN L. MILLER, Es 1. a chndi. date- for Clerk of the Court of Conimor Pleais, atthe ensuing election. Dec.15.1847. 7 tf :JWe are authorized to an nounce DANIEL 11. RICIIBOURG, a can. didate for the office of Clerk at the ensuing electon. Jan. 26, 1840. 13 tr 2ErThe friends of JACOB H. WIIITE. IIEAD, 'Eq, announce him as a candidate for Sh6ri i at the next, after the ensuing elec tion. .47We are authorized to announce JOS M. NETTLES, Esq., a candidate for the A flee of Tax Collector for Claremont county, at the ensuing election. , gyWe are authorized to announce WI1, LIAM G. BARRET, Esq., as a candidate for Tax Collector, at the ensuing Election. filistellaucotte. For the Sumter Banner. THE USE OF THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. "In contemplating th politicul institu. tions of the United States, I lament," re. marks Dr. Rush, "that we walte so much time and money in punishing crimes, and take no li:tle pains to prevent them. We profess to be republicans, and vet, we uieglect the only means of cstaiblishiing n ptuating our republican forms oi cit; that is the universal cdu. aon our youth in the princiiles of christianity by means of the Biblv; for this divine book, abovc all others, fivors that equality among mankind, that re ingees for our law.4, and all those sober and triaial rtues, which constitute the soul cif rep icanism." eT ove extract is from an essay on *h importnnce of "adopting the Bible a n 6dhool.book, above atj other composi. tins." The subject is, con fessedly. one of deep lnterest, and should claim;ithie at tention of all instructors of youtb. We ask leave to submit a few desultory re pnarks upon it. It is a pieM~ing circumstancc, that val uable school books are multiplying, in such'reaut abundance, in our country; and that the charactter of most of' them is such, th tt, they may be safely placed in thme hands ofyo'uth. But. it is no lessq to pe regrette~ that, the on/y~ book wvhichm poamiour: holy religion--the cha rtcr of our copnf'orts here, and of our hopes hereafter-should, as if by a common understanding,.be exiled from our schools and seminaries o'flearning. We are not unmindful of the fact. TIhat, In most, if dt, in all our colleges, lectures on the evidetdes of' phristianity, from a part of thei plan of instruction. This .is right. ~id 1s a direct acknowledgment of the divine origin of the scriptures. We are also aware, that, theure are school-books formed of selections from the Bible, end interspersed with explanatory notes. Theso.. however, are, for the most part, of sectarian character; and for this, if (ho other reason, are not adapted to a mix. M'sohool, as all schools, more --or less, are.- But, what we contend for, is the uso of niot a part, or select portions only, buit of- the .ohaole Bible as' a school-book. Seydrilieasons might be urged in sup port of tIls measure-we iriit at present plron the followving-that charistian in-i ,t iyts, commnuniccdted to children in uthis ak great preventive of evil. It -11bp dmitted, we presume by every ~andid- ind, that man's mdrfal and mor ial fa ples aro greatly disordered. Notr a thn thn cffcct of mereacceidlent. occa. d n fn Ine Z nd mog A t i #.e r. i o WWO up..Ad~~r~gr s* thai, ..,' * rtiWV go alto, c iltilhe & *hysern 1edwim otngmoraksegenpy. "ovfths .b ywdeo it uhiconn, rt moraageney, to be fdund6' but a ochristiaif irsti? and In *whst,%vaycan. it- bobetteplfurnlshedi'than by te daily .use of th Bible, hw Iholc Bible, in our school4i the moral and intellectual'p havobeeniperverted and. prostrated Tby tho Influenco of.sin Wihat so calculate to give them a proper direction, and renew their digor and strength, asthe truth of God early cominiiu nicated to the mind? If sin has trown its midnight shadows over the soul--fthe moral feelIngs. ha been most sadly blunted; what IMectually dissipate that darkness( piiheulthy tone to the moral - As an early im. plantation in tol th i-principles of rectitude Inctile in te scriptures? And what can. so .thoroughly "remove from the soul those vicious propensities by whiah it is governed, as the salutary in flience of that t- th "nd grace, which a knowledge of th divine word; is adapted to communicate?" It may be objected, that, the business of christian instruction belongs to the parent, and the minister. This is readily grant ed. But, we may be permitted to ask, why not to the teacher? Why may it not be considered a -part of his business to improve the morals as well as the intel. lects, of those committed to his care ? No good reason can be assigned, why a teach. er should not feel interested, and aim to promote the improvement of both of the minds and hearts of his pupils. If this be admitted, allow us further to inquire what measuro can be adopted, so well fitted to secure these' important ends, as the daily use of the Bible in schools ?-. a book, acknowledged even by its avow ed enemies, to contain the purcst system of morality crcr giVen to man. And when it is reiemberd, ,that the youthful mind is so easily impressed...tht impressions made in early life, are the most perma. nent...and that these in a greater or less degree, determine the future course and character of a child; we see at once, the importan3h'of having them of a salutary and wholesome nature: and what so cal. culated to prduce impressions of this kind, as the holy instructions of the sa. cred volume ? These remarks are submitted with the desire of directing attention to this in. portant subject. It has been justly said, that, "the greatest moral poicers on earth are, the fimily circle and the common schools." The remark is pregnant with the weightiest truth in its application to this country. Let these two "moral pow. ers" become corrupted, and the wisdom of human legislation will be taxed in vain to check the tide of immorality and vice, which wil) sweep over fair Reiub. lic. But, let "the family circle, in( the commou schools,'- be preserved pure and unicontuminated ; and there will issue from them, ais from two great fountains. those healthful streams, which are to cleanse the community from every spe. ci's of moral freulence; and convey, to succeeding generations, our f'reo iu'stitu. tions, unimpiair( d, or untar'nishead b~y vlee. Pine Lercl. " J. D. THlE TEMPEST. flY GEORGE D. PRENTICE. I was never a man of feeble courage. There arc few scenes either of human or elemental strife upon which I have not looked with a brow of darinig. I have stood ini the front of the battle when swvords were gleaming and circlin~g a round me like fiery serpents of the air-I have set on the mountain pinacale, when the wvhirh wind was rending its oaks from their rocky cliffs, and scattering them piece meal to the clouds-I have seen these things wvith a swelling soul, that knew not, that recked not ofdanger ; but there is something in the thunder's voice that makes me tremble like a child. I have tried to overcome this unmanly weak ness-I have called pride to my aid-h have sought moral courage in the lesson of philosphy--but it avails me nioth. mug-at the first low moaning of the dis. tant cloud, my heart shrinks, quivers, Igasps, and die witin me. My invol untary dread of thunder had its origini in an Incident that occurred when I was a boy of ten years. I had a little cousin-a girl of the same age with miyself, who had been the constant com. panion of my childhood. Strange, that afler the lapse of so many years, that countenance should be so fatmiliar to me, I can see the bright young creature-her large eyes flashing like a beautiful gem, her free hooks streaming as i joy upon the rising gale, andl her check glowing like a ruby through a wvreath of transparent snow.-Hecr voice had the melody and joyousness of a bird's, and whlen shea botunded over the wooded hill or the fresh green valley, shoutIng a glad answe'r to every voicoofnature, and clasping her little hands in the very ecstacy of youngt existence. she looked na if braking, away aWoi,6b to rttugrimeh I.er path a aerothwfitehlds and I gladly beoame the con)pfqin(60e',vIk. ieyie er' summeanrormng more bbautlM id tl1. Qnly, te. 1ittlo dfidd 0,iileditd that scemedag-ptire and .white,and i-aoef; as ifit had.been the inoenisesupok'ofhoe burning oensor olthe skIs.ThoeJesy. hung silent in thewc'ods, ho watersinthp bhy had forgotten their' uriduladons, thk flowers were bending their heads as-if dreaming of. tl rainbow ind dowj-nthe whole atmosphere was ofstcha sbf luxurious sweetness that it seemed a6 of roses,'scattered down bty the handjbF' a eri, from the far-off gardens of Para die. The green earth and the blue sea lay abroad in their boundlesness, and the pencefdl sky bent over and blessed thein. rhe little creature at my side was in a de. lirium of happiness, and her clear, sweet voice came ringing upon the air as .often as she heard the tones of a favorite bird, or found some strange-or lovely flower, is her frolic wanderings. The unbroken and almost supernatural tranquility of the day continued until nearly noon. Tben for the first time the indication of an ap' proaching tempest was manifest. Over the summit of a mountain, at the distance of about a mile, the folds of a dark cloud became suddenly visible, at the same in stant a hollow roar came down upon the as if it had been the sound of waves n:.rocky cavern. The cloud rolled out likd a bunner-fold upon the air, but still the atmos)here was as calm and the leaves as motioniess as before, and there was not even a quiver upon the sleeping waters to tell of the coming hurricane. - - To escape the tempest was impossible. As the only resort, we fled to an oak that stood at the foot of a tall and rugged pre cipceu. Here we remained and gazed almost breuthlessly upon the clouds, mar shalling thermsclves like bloody giants in the sky. The thunder was not frequent, but every burst was so fe-airflul that the, young creature who stood by me shut her eye convulsively, clung with desperate strength to my arm, and shrieking as if her very heart would break. A flew' minutes and the storm was upon us. Da. ring the height of its fury, the little girl lifted her finger towards the precipice that towered above us. I looked up, and an amethystine flame was quivering upon its gray peaks! and the next moment. t'o cloud opened, the rocks tottered to their foundations, a roar like the groan of a Uni verse filled the air, and I felt myself blind. ed and thrown, I knew not whither. flow long I remained insensible I cannot tell, but, when consciousness returned, the violence of the tempest was abating, the roar of the winds were dying in the tree tops, and the deep tones of the cloud, corming in fainler murmurs 'rom the East ern hills. I arose and looked tremblingly and al most delirouisl y around. She was there -the dear Idol of my infant love-stretch. ed out on the green earth. Afler a mo ment of irresolution, I went up and looked upon her. The handkerchief upon her nedht -is slightly rent, and a single dark spot upon her bosom told where the path way of her death hard beens At first I clasped her to my breast with a cry of lagony, and then laid her down, and gazed upon her face almost with a feeling of calmness. IHr bright, dishevelled ring lets clustered sweetly around* her brow, the look of terror had faded from her lips, and infhnt smiles were pictured beautiful. 13' there; Ihe red rose tinge upon her cheek was lovely as im life, and as I pressed it to my own, the fountains of tears were op ened, and I wept as if mny heart were wa ters. I have but a recollection of what followed--I only know that I remained weep~ing anid miotioniless till the coming of twilight, and I wias then taken tenderly by the hand and lcd away, whore I saw the countenance of parents and Aisters. Many yenars have gone by on the wings of light and shadow, but the seenes I have portrayed still come over me, and at times, with a terrible distinctness. T1he oak yet stads at the base of the pareci pieee, but its limbs are black and deadh, and the .hollow trunk, looking upwards to the sky as 'if calling to the clouds for drink,' is an em blemn of rapid and noiseless decay. A year ago I visited the spot, and the thoughts of btygone years came thiourn fully back to mae---thoughts~ of the little innocent beinig who fell by side like some beatutifujl tree of Spring, rent up by the whirlwind in the midst of its blossom ing. But I remeinbered...and oh ! there w~alsjoy in the miemory---that she had gone where no lighmninigs slumber in the folds of the rainbow~ cloud, and w'here the sun light waters are broken only by the storm breath of Omni potence. My readers will understand why I~ shrink iin terror from the thunder. E~ven the consciousness of security is no relief to mne---my fears have assumed the nature of an instinct, and seem indeed a part of my existence. QUA LIFICATIONS FOR MATRIMONY. Tihte clergy of Iceland, hava the authority conferr'ed y law, to refuse to marry a womtnl unless she can read and write. The p)ower is given upou the sound prin ciple, that a woman must be qualified to instruct her oflrspring, before being per. mnittod to mnary "Joh. 61 71 aiV Y qg tutf .40 0 1' r1k ns aasot wJohpe,'eb isf sas isentV ad the trengthofij H1 -. sardcte strthe ofth isiungur.l "'aond moves except with theA itrtf-two sfti arvJngnsemn, %'n 'on feh uid6. HiiA wealth is literly bsyap eacia~n g ormibust for'ik is imosi ideas of the value of his m f 6 sources. FortyemillIon 6f dollarwou scarcely cover the worth of hisiealdad personal roperty tepheiiGirarjs es. tate, was ompared with Atb/sr' butledl. always farbldfiit Aht h'e innte pf thE former's'dettain ohitA b askd wihin r etein bnlliday was the reply. Thatwordo,'shaid the survivor, 'thaton't do. Sine Girardfil death, Astor's wealth has nearly gdoublid. Three summersago he made, in the profite or certain pochasers of:real estate wihin the city limits, for more than alhcay claya conscoutively, S40,O00 a day. The old mihllionarle is reputed to be rmean: he ii not so; he is merely particular..--He givges freely; he is moat bounteques in his private charities. -To his countrymen,: the Ger. mans, he has ever been nuuiificently kind. It is not to be denied that his ancient hab. its cling to him.--his habits of saihb, a dislike to pay out money.-.-Take a true anecdote as illustrative of thIT: Among the subscribers to Audubon's magrnificent work on ornithology, the subscription price of which was S1oo a copy, appear. ed the name of John Jacnb Astor.' Du. ring the progress of the work, the'prose. cution of which was exceedingly expen sive, Mr. Audubon of course called upon several of his subscribers fbr payments. It so happened that Mr. Astor (probably that he might not be troubled-abotit mall matters) was not applied to before the de. livery of all the letter-preps snd -plates. -Then Mr..Audubon askedsfor his thou: sand dollars; but. he was put ^of. -one excuse and another. 'Ah Mr. Audubon,' would the owner of millions observe,-'you come at a bad time; money is very scarce; I have nothing in Bank; I have invested all my funds.' At length, for. the sixth time, Mr. Audubon called upon Mr. As. tor for his thousand dollars. As he was ushered into the presence, he Tound Win. B. Astor, the son, conversing with his fa. ther. No sooner did) the rich man see the man of art, than he began, &A h. Mr. Audubon, so you have come again after your money: hard times,- Mr. Audubon, money scarce: but just \hen catching an inquiring look from hisb n, he changed his tone: however, MI.IAudubon, I sup pose we must contrive. to let you have some of your money, if possible. il. ham,' he added, calling to his son, who had walked into an adjoining parlor, 'have we any money at all in the bank? 'Yes, father!' replied William B., aupposing thatlie was asked an earnest qustio, pertinent to what they had been talking about when the Ornithologist came, in, 'we have two hundred and twventy thou. sand dollars in the Bank of N. York, sev enty thousand in the City Bank, ninety thousand in the Merchants', ninety-eight thousand four hundred in the Mechanic's, eighty.three thousand'--That'll do, that'll do,' exclaimed John Jacob, interrupting him, it 'seems that William can give you a check for your money.' "i1t is true that Mr. Astor has laid aside nea'rly haif a million for the establishment of a free library ina the City of New York. Hie has wisely limited thc cost of the build. ing to sixty thousand dollars; so that is beneficence shall not, like Mr. Girard's, be thrown away on marble anad mortar. Hei has, in his will, appointed as librarian, Mr. J. G. Coggswell, a gentleman of pro found learning and varied accomplish. meats, the former editor of the Newv York Review, who has been for many' years an inmate of Mr. Astor's house. Hie has named Mr. Washington Irving as one o f his executors, which will, of course, ren. der the author of Astoria, prodigiously rich. Fitz-Groene Halleck is, and has been for many years, Mr. W. B. Astor's (who is said to ho worth five millions, -n dependent of his father) book-keeper. Isl it not singular that Mr. Astor, who is an illiterate mlan, should have gathered near him persons so eminent as acholars and authors?" UNANIMITY.-WhenI Curran wvas on circuit, lie was put into a bed, from which' 'Naturer's kind restorer' was completely frightened by the fleas. In the morning he complained to the Landlady, who, h usual, protested that the thing was simpos. sihle.' 'Impossible or nol,' said Curran, 'if the fleas had been unanimous, they would have pulled me out of bed.' A sensible writer saya. 'o rm eve prospered in the World, withotut (igho oration ofhisawife dV 04 - 4 - 88*T a e 7 1 8 y -hy r , - news oend o ?awI's it. Al'~~ Fei4 o n 4i4ca6 be, S'tents Rino less curous the state diournalhijust0a olutionin th E ii OLD. M AID'S AST PRAE - Jiropitious heave' oh len a or me in d u And humly fer my itin0 nW I askno thoi irrsweal , or fase.. -I Triflesiliko these, I Would-botttiame' *~ Nor splerndid'diceas nor ribhattire 1 'Tis n~,eof thiese trmost admire. Myr prayer is short,.ohl grant it then - 'Tie hutsa word-Gjye me ames ; Nordo are to pick or hooe,. He, who is sent; I'iL not refuae.j Tis not the, young, the -rich, thsb ye Doctor, L yr oPro ri But I'll be content-I know IC iad. With any cleve3 'ommnon nan. Theera.booonesed And every tongue proniounced my pralae Many gay. lovers made their court, -1~-v But-none could-mqve riay..hauty hesa II Ye e happyda nhow are c a - And Jbstlj-too,'foi I noglected Those whom I eti ht tdhine ested ~ - - But bfie kin e, Me a W What anguisfiin rneank ."e'e - - Oh! view-with propitieus oye my gtie- - Ands oh! sendaruantomy. elie, Orr BArcra. a Hewhrs ores...----Rit rffste c urer, writng at Hull, thus hu 6 Ql'tt5 - recent .correspondonce .ketweetioi 8peakerWinthiro and Re-'Mr. Pafrey Parson-Jack to Suipr-Bob.e .y Dear Boli:. It would give me grekt nleasure to poke you p to- the toW. ut may I r'sc tlelyt i n ie wetbe - * fyou got~p tru stipyur~ - So t!-onntote g put as toatop lobster cathing. 8o to-conatituto olam.digglng as not to 5 crack thesbells. So to constitute ecl-pota at let 14 b -okfish. - I am, dear Bob, Ydur shipmatentith a inarinepd a: Paaison~ Jacx Skipper Bob to Parson Jack. - S ear Jack. I have got your scratch and thank you for the offer tof that dig~ e - your boat- ook; but I miust candidyia that if s get upon theotrac, I the mast~wkhout any sali. I have not fishjed fb~ ihe ko r' man's boathook. Iwas only slaped-ove the shoulder by the boatawain Ua n told to "bear a hand," I have been seven years s aI -salt Junk before the moat, and iny for a Dutchman. Ifyou have gzy3t catch; bring 'em on.. I rmain, dear Jack, youp m y a oakub, Son -k very good boy, (said 16 old ladf hhe hatlitle failings, for we are one fs rfeet; he ut thupcat in the fire, "n his grandfathers wig down in thoittrn put is daddy's pqwder horn in thestve tied the coffee pot to Jowler's tail, sot o squibsinthe barn,took my o bobbi for fishing lines, and tried to atiol in his sister's eye; but those. aGoi? g - - iah follies. -. NONsENsB.-"Jea 4d~d"~ per makers mean woe~ cubbernant twixt M4Ofw 6 Sue Rie" Wiff -said a marriedsman, - his boot jaok anter abe .wa. I 2(4 have a ace-fbr all - ouhtkd i - -