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~ DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS 3WI . FR.ANCIS, Proprietor. C ggg--.ggyt gOtte g[gg~g~ Ini AdvatSec V 0 ii . V I * S U MT E R V L LE, S. C., J U NE 2 2, .18 52.N TEMPERANCE, The Fire-Cure. -Y GEORGE D. CIIeF.vER, . D. There was once a Missionary of the cross (I give the story from 'recollec tIon, and therefore will ot undertake a literal accuracy in the detail,) tra velling in Africa, across a vast region of land, covered with tall dry grass, like the prairie in a scorching summer. Ills family were with him, in a wagon drawn by oxen, and as it was towards e.vening, they were about enealupiing for the night., looking for a spot nore 16 sheltered and favorable . for repose. Suddenly, at a great diseance, a cloud of smoke was seen rising, and sootn found that it was rapidly advancing towards 'them, and in the dud k, the red glow of fire and flickering flaiie became perceptible. Ilut it w as tra velling faster than the swiftest horse could gallop, and they speedily saw of a truth that the whole region of grass behind thema was on lire, and as the wind blew that way, the sheet of flame must, in a few moments roll over theni a and would certainly, if not averted destroy their lives. The ioIent the Missionary became aware of the <hmi ger, which was imminent, he seized his mnatch-box, and springing to the gronnd, gathered a hinadfll of stlbble a few yards from the w1agoi, belind it, and proceeded to set it on lire. li this way they might clear a sp'acee of the grass, by burning it over of their own accord, beginning frot tlhetselves onward, leaving the wagon anid oxen in the centre of it ; enoigh to atliord e them soime protection from the wa\ e of fire that moust otherwise have swept across them Uke a tempe:>t. It was their only refuge, the oily- expevdient that presented a possible hope of du li verance. But to this amaziement and dlimna , the Missionary foudtl. on opening Iliis box of -matches, that they wtre( I rt on! '1 hey had been heedlessly co;mustniII nlpihthe' y, and this was the last in the b x, bo that the lives of the whwe' a; t y hung upon that one, match. It it fabL.1 antd would not kindle. they we.re h- t; .r if, being lighted, the Ire wel. otL switliouL nplr'a-lding, they were est. tlr they had no means of renew:,g th. effort. That filrct and only t I al uo be successful, or they inust. pe i-h. Putting up an eareneti praver to God fur mercy, the lissitaimy dr. w the match a ross the eia;ltv h'.: a kindled, and hope revived. Ie applied it to the dry stubble, anzd that kindled :aimo.t lle a trlfai :' gunpowder, atd in three millute frlom that timle( a space was hitlt over, nill which the oxen couild stnd 'with stafety, while the ftinily con!l find ad ditional shelter withinm the w\agon. And. it was high time; te1 re leat been but room, even to a miultte, far the operat.on: a little Ilanger. an. it would have been too late. For the flame rose careering ilto the heavens, and it was on1y by tie meeting fire at a distanee hlom th n selves, with a large space around thema already bared of its combustible, iiaterials, thait they were preserveil from being entirely slceted in the conflagration. As it was, the hat was intense, and they were s a Tniy suffocamted. T h air eeloew, far a few m1omen~its, such ai glow'.inig fiei'y furnace thait they could se:iweel. br'eathe; but the 'ceani of fire idllil 01.it ithlout touching themn, and thaey -wer-e-te '.The gratefull childreni of' God fell on their knees, antd ieturnied thanks ihr so surpr-ising a deliv.er-ance f'romn so terrible a death. Now ther-e are mOrel things than one illustrated b~y this thr iling ill cident; but the point we wi.,h to dwtell upon is this, that, ill tile conflict with sin and temiptationl, fire luist mleet fire. The fire oflDivine muiist mleet thle fire of sini and Satani. W hat Dr. Chalmers calls the expuilsive power~i ol a new. aff'etioni, innst (comeli iln to drive out the enet it-s f' God Ifromll the heart and the hiabi ts, atnd to take such posssionl (of the man11 folr Chriist and virtue, thait telinptaiI t'ion lnd thle fire of' sin shal11 hivl no)1 ininterired to w..ork tiponl, *o lon~gr' posIIble lodgmnft ini the soul. '.v.eni (Jilr natural painsii haive been1 knowii to burn ouit and( C cow~jler (onet oit iher; how nochel miore, it aL man1) erv eni estly to God, sh~allI the lirec of his grace purif'y and ceanise t m soual, so that, though Saitan shuld sweep 'ver it in a flarnaing~ st ormi of tempi tattin. like a tempijest of''fire in t he dry >nrehe should fimd notiniig Io ayhid pon, 110 lodginig pilace, nor Now, this is what we call the Frire cure, Ministered by the ll gr-ace of' Godh, y, it, is petifet aind eerlast ing. ji r-egarid to theo ic of int enpeinmee, it. is th only infilble cure't , aliwayVs eil'eet i Ve, alwa' iys succ(essful. I!'ive the pledge~ of atb'tinernce. may cle~'ar suh a sac sul the sol that the miost sweepimag fire olf tetitltioni shlulI keep itt a re'pett fial di ti lit i .a .eL ii ....ii c... .:.:i ig i it he 11he last one. aInd it siall gaIin him the victory; it sha ll not thil. The lire of grace defends the soul from every other tire; (ad's tire clears the way, so that Satan's fire shall find no elc muents to prey ujon. But this fire of sinful habit, sinful indulgence in aniy shape, especially sensual indulgence, is a fearful thing. Much better it would be, much safier it is, never to let it be kindled in the soul, never to have it set thiert', than to the interposition of i di vinie fire to meet and conquer it. after it is con firmed and strengthened. You are not sure tha' it ever can he conjuerCd, a= ter it has reached a certaini point. It begins by little and little. labit at first is like a spider web, bti afierwards it is the dev il's cable. Break it inl season, or rather, let it never be be gun. The only\ satety for the young is not to begin it, not to sullier it to be fistenled -t all. If it once gets hold, it grows. There is great danger in secret in dilIgenee. becrecy in sill Ilantluns the coiscielnce. and leads ii erep'tibly from11stej) to st ep, till j erllplj.5 Ihe yountg ianis relputt it'nl, cha ratter, antd .r os pects are I li.stet fur this world, and his lost tirever. Seceresv in sin at first. or suliPoel secresy, is lften the grteat est certainll I' sh-.. ,e anid ruin. The very in'iginat1itl of .seem-itv binds the 1u11au inllti foo t(4, over to the joiwer of the Iestrover. But Ither is Ilo suelh thing :s seeretsy. 'There is flo:h ing that otu ever siinfuilly! lCel ecret. but God has this pirliose respieeling it, Ilhat It :/!mill onn~teiI itro l. \\' 1 e i \e r teinpttatioll yout a re iinllgilng, wildCev el habit of sin \ on are IthI llin, the plrItsp t:t is, thlati even in this w%-r ill it will overtake yo.-u, anid comle abroad. Ev\ery"where the \e o of G.. . i tin vofu. Let that. be Iten erobeIred, wAhich'lone (of the grealte t llien 4, this, or :my11 age of the irl id, .T. (''tull ge, has talughlt u1: fromil his own'l e::,peri;u:-e.:11nd u\: 11wn1 lpseullya y.mvi r Il itus tratin , h .the p- . e t .,in m-e Iut the if A: (: lei... . r1 II t ni Ilr lib . .44'., v l 1. 1 t I 111l1,1 . .: t b 0 :.l: t Ali ,1 '' .. 1~~~ 1 . 1.i tll::I, rv. b :! tii nuin Ib. ;-, iiiv uiiI i~ :. : i i a I 1. i t . ftl1 . II:d'it ie l t el., 'i -r ; ii;I, onel.: d t .lie \ il t it;I , L1 i ti. a ':! p'Iiurce Sl ::lol o. ymalldy nuki Oteoary ti,-. lee:7 o.k t...l e, ona go-rme goe: d (b..C sh -t tireO fn Ith lleh . s i t hi te uThi ouy ifct Psecit ilyou:ha.4 utter rin by' icarh ei Ill eide tota abstluena, neve; 'tll ;' te i.: t begun.l And:1 th\ea~ e\"y imm ifo y gatli n n. lid 'h 1a:'b1 ' 1. ' ii ; ''t h..v everit had t e~o f;h .u.i lllI.il il:. t I 1 .'1:1 :ill 1.1:1 i ; l\it :Ii it It..\ 14' L- tiji. l tt ~ i I'' . ! i \ :;.e 1.1 i lite FL,--enre' in the lr w of Chri.-t u ll lii:_r. h eil out. Thle lifti of . i)ie1 gll! Im lii.!, l t-: i4.fit : i l' thl e liret i ':tlm t w;il Sweate pi over it, ultuechalWe 1nal tenmiiai. but to every mislJe cative of sinl andt Natanl, 'h:-i:,t ("ails to)-davt: Com.11e un o11 i ll ; .11 t11at. h:h r1'1 t ari' e heav W\ la re ir, il t i wtil ;e .1e t;I rt:,a fr i n-r aigry pi atin :, rest ir yri'r tr')il deel M~il. <!ciivet ;l:' fretini lite fever~ of ail. hlinell ..s ;nal : aivation11 for" ever'! POLITICAL, From the Southern Press. The Fortute of Sliavery. The progress of African slavery in the United States presents some of' the most instructive phenomena that. can have the attention of the states man or philosopher. Its introlue. tion into America was the work of one of the most eminent philanthro pists of that age, the pious and en lightened Bishop Las Casas. Its de struction is attempted by the profess. od philantropy of the present time. 1 Soon after the introduction o; slavery into the Southern colonies, they began to protest against it. and would have prohibited it but for the opposition of the British government - So that the esktblishmeint of slave ry in the Southern colonies is owing C to their union with the empire of Great Brita'n. Strange as it may appear, the subsequent preservation 1 and extension of slavery in the South. ern States are owing to the present Union. If the States, after their in- i dependence, had not formed a Union, each one woull have had its ow i large comiiercial towns and ian i- 1 factures; for New Yurk or Philadel phia could not have iti orted for i southern cities, since duties would - have been required at the latter as I mutch on imports from cities of the North as from Europe. And if the .South had thus become comnercial and iManufheturing to the Cxtent of 1 its own wants, it would have attract. t ed its share of European endgration. i The consequaence would have bewen< that with a hu-ge cornmercial, mann- r facturing and foreign popaulation, sev eral of the Southern States would r have aliished slavery long bef: "P now. Evei without such elements t Virginia came near doing sto in I 15,1-1, ; al if she had gone that ta r tae plia ical p owe r <.f toe NQuth t 1 oui I have been malatearialy weaken. ed. The:c carncst advocate of the Un. t i ,a ii men a- General Washington ( i,; .1r. JeiX St, exj ected at1 de. ! i.arel that tie Ut Lion would be favor ahie to eilaciprailn. a I } S1ch and1 so Lentelal was the Ct I Illlt .Solit!.; rnt stat esC5e in1 favor of 1 emala:ncijation, that ilp to 12U scarce- t lv a m1an)i could bie foud a in the .Soit t who d1id1 not profess ti, regarna a ce as a curse. At t.at ti:ne the tide of 1 flrtgn enii glatioa Set in so strolgly, t aS witlilln ithirty yt.aIs to add to the a arih s.-ine~ four taalilionstt of peope,ia j Anid It 101(111! !hi 111 ng hd ctau red to co-u < tet at it, eihet oil slavery, the latter wouaIld have fallet before now. For the South was ntilxiouS to seente a part of it. .lJlut tahiust exactly co eval with the sudlden anl ext rakordi n1av increase of forci;tn en.ipatt..it. has beet the su.ident atal wa:malterfui ex tCntsion of the c ttoln culture in the i Sauthd- a tiitig which is p erhIap s without a parallel in history. 'Tlhis at ociCC elevated the value and j cawet a of slavery, ald enabled it to stand t againist the rap id icase of thec Ifi the wars of lin ope had no t ini tervene-d bietween the close~ of ouri reo luttiont and 18315, atnd thus pre- - ventted Eauroapeai entigr~tlato ta this caounztry una tl the~ usa t ea cottonit inttet-est ini the aSouith, it is veiry dloubltfl wh letetr sla avr wo~u, haI i lotng survived the Ma1iss..u -iCunpro. ; imise. Evean the acqu1iisit itn of Louah isilaia noniial seaarcely have baeen I avilable to slaivery ; tnay, would hI ao < bhen dlestrauctive by opeiiga the wzay tao emtigrat ion ftromt the N-tha, aof a pl lationa un flaavoale to it. .];nt, ais at w acottn inot onily~ fou~inad em * loymentt~t for flte surlats slaves of~tal th ua tahaut tutrneda itasie the tide 4of haer emat:tian whlich hiada baeforte been se5-ttina ' steadily to the taew .North-a west .Stuces. It thtus appeiarst that whaist the whoI tlLen turrentt of aapit ion, for the pa haini.real yaras, oaf A frican slavery itan *fthis cuatrtiy has beenl againtd if, e venl anon a thlose w~ho wereO ic deely inateresteda mt it, thte currenlt af evenats has~ been itu ftaor oh it. WVitin Ite wholhe period to) whaieb we htave r luerred , the fore in opiniati wasa stil moaara htostile'. Fanatce ahao:ishdaa( slaverv ini Iayti--se dial thae South Amian tat e a, ofl Spaisht ori, amti Engal:ad itt .Jamaica, &e., atnd itt a-very case th~e result hats been deso latiota anda rutit. - rtazil alotne re-tain ed1 it. Tfhe tresulht is that the South ernt States of dais UionaI ail Brazil area tho mot flour-ishing of all the I coneinent nalteihti aichts, t~agel , >r with those of Cuba, constitute the )>rincipal part of the civilized com reree of the world. And now the tbolition of African slavery would iot only desolate the most productive gricultural reg ions of the world, but vould, in a far greteer degree, do troy that commerco which consti utes the principal trade of all the rcat civilized States, and would ab olutely prostrate the whole system t' modern civilization. These things ought to admonish us o beware of implicit faith in the coasted power and value of opinion. 3laverv has defied and triumphed ver opinion--the opinion of modern Jhristendom. And we think this fact Ieserves the earnest consideration of tll the young men of the South, specially at the preont time, when he shallow and flimsy movements of arty, as well as the designs of fa aties and fools, are disturbing the rgislation and the elections of the ount ry. What is the part which the South a to act with her institution of slave y in the present aid approaching novements in society and govern. nent ? We behold a powerful ten Iciley to clinge. The doctrine of imiversal equality is the favoritt -the equality of all men, without garl to their mnral and intellectual haracter. It is to this lrctrinc we owc most f the isnis of the day. Abolitionism, "reesoilism, Freefarmism, Interven ioiism, &c.--things which all result n anarchy ard babirism. These octrines are gaining ground in Eu ope and America. hey may yet ubvert society and grvermnent, in naiy 1 ortiuns of the q'vijized *iorld. ut Afdecan_rlagely%'folinded o he principle that the man or the ace which is iorally or intectually .ferior, tinst be subdihnate. This e hl ed to b. tih :reat o. nd l:uv V c':I his hhitlier to govrned the vorli, at i.)1 t a wa.s govern it, o". for tle gte *t bt hineIt of btrl lass s. ,l:y it lio t halp en, in the rOgreSS o' ct ror, that the ".uth hill yet b.compe the hart icr to the a'tlern anl fishionable heresy, and oil lack the tide of de"struction ? mlad when we comic to considler, what iu be a inrc sublime priicile thau hat of the suprcimacy of moral char eter ? What pricipei is more im ortanlt or elevatcd in all the rela ions of life tihan tle one which re uire every mhan to lok for liberty, tou' er, f('mie, ard gratness, in miioral xcel lene ? It is the oiJly principle f Iprogres., ani of stalbility. It is g wcli the title of the inuster to the lave, as of the cii'lidate to the great rists of legilative, c:cecutive, and Iuudicial 1~tuor!. And w: t :iinttain that so long as a 1n1ral supertim ity is m itie . .t every *ith1 ero m1:im1 therefire 'nisiler this great .rinciple, and act y13Ou it-LL hi:i ain at the highest levation, nimra'.ly and iiiilecetuall , I f hid race, ani Aiflet si Si very will vithstan i tiiriumhanitly all exterunal ,ssauliit--naiy~, thi e vr silaves them cilves w ill as s t in reping it. .For here is no allegiani :e so certain as lhat ublichi a subowrdhinte feels for ne really su perior; ando in coi-lilitin o ha'py f.,r a inan or ai iace of infe ior mi'ral attaiauent, as that of sub eet iin to th ose w ho hav e this~ indhe e'asible i h t to rule. Anid t his is the 'rinci ple which we hiave' seen has .een sustaied by.a irenk able eeni 'urren ce an tel u.ccess-i of evenits '1111linig stead ll against tlle err one 1u5 0i inion~s awil slart sijuted potlicy ,f pu.tiis ant idremaitis. Thle New Yo3rk pappra of Frniday noirniig cotains the f'a!winig very -tge nt addri ess from Alr. MIeajier ai i ly toi a Committee of' tim Com non Comiil of that citv. whoL ha~d vai ted uiponi him r to tendter himi a pub icieecep t in andi the# ho3spi talities5 of lhe eit v: (Gentlonen: -Ufd the elfor't in, hlieh I lost liy freedom'ii lieen sueo es.-il,, the honor-ms now~i tenderedlCI 'IM hit wst'iC whriie. Frfo 'caiiieg, i eme i th hi eswhe ('.naie n. nshel it-eilingrr dnilyi) in dicourageimenot an d de eat. 'This the wide wor3Il.l knows. Thl'is 'ou yonurselve muV(s it inward ilyv i adut, hiouigh the goodnhess ofl our uintuore villI seal you r lips to the adisision, >einig fearf'ul of' the disparagement it vonld iiiiarv The gratitude of a people is most bounteous. It is quick to appreciate, to encourage, to reward. Never, slow or stinted in the measure it pours out, its fault is to be too pre cipitato and profuse. Estimating merit not by the severe standard of success, it takes motives into consid eration, regardless of the fortune uhich attends them, and, for whatev er sacrifices they have entailed, awards a great equivalent. In this, the gratitude of a people differs from the gratitude of kings. With the latter, success is an es sential condition of excellence. Fensions knightly decorations, or ders of nobility, these are "given by kings in exchange only for the tro phies which decorate their halls, or the acquisitions which widen the sur face of their dominion. Not so with a people as I have said. They do not barter and econo mise their gifts. Whatever the re sult, be the motive upright, be the deed honorable, and their favors are forthcoming. Moreover, it some times happens that where disaster has most grievously befallen, there their sympathies are most evoked, and their treasures most plenteously bestowed. This it is which explains the pro ceedings, in my regard, of the noble city you rept esent. I have sought.to savddny countiry. and been anxious to contribute to her freedom. 'T'his I shall not assume the modesty to deny. Long before I mingled in the strife of politics, it was my ambition to be identified with the destiny of my country---to share her glory, if glo woregdecreed her.-to share her, u i t huUJ tIon. For the little I have done and suf fered, 1 have had my reward is the penality assigned me. * To be the last ani huhliest name in the litany which contains the names of Enmet and Fitzgerald; names which waken notes of neroism in the coldest heart, anl stir to lofty purpeses the most sluggish mind -is an honor which compinsatcs inc fully for the priva tivins I have endured. Any recum pense, of a more j'iyous nature, it would ill become rime to receive. Whilst my country rcmaiin in sor row and subjection, it would be in delicate of ime tf participate in the festivities you plr.op'ose. When she lifts her head, and nerves her arm for a bolder struggle-when she goes forth, like Miriam, ith song and tinmbrel to celebrate her victory-I, too shall lift up t my head, and join in the hymn of freedou. Till then, the retirement 1 seek will best accord w ith the love 1 bear her, and the sadness which her present fate in spires. Nor do I forget the companions of my exile. Mv heart is with them at this hour, an i shares the solituie in which they d well. The freedom that has btee restored to me is em h~ittereCd by the recollection of ti.eir capmtiv~ity. Wi lst theLy are' inl pison a shadowv rests upo'iinimy sp iriit, anid the thoughts thmt might other wise be fr'ee, thn ob heavily within moe. It is p atinfulfor' me to speaik, I should feel happy3 in being ~erudited to be silent. For' thiee reasoins, yo'u will not feel d isjpleas;ed ni th me for declii ng the honors you solicit me to accept. D id l esteem them less, I should not consider miyself so unwor'thiy, nor' decline so cotnclutsiv~ely, to eujoy them. The privileges of' so eminent a city should be sacr'ed to those who personiy a gr'eat and living cause-~ a past full of' fime, andi a future' f'ull of' hiope-andi uhse uanmies are prom int and ilmperishmable. It pan hue deeply to make this replyv, being senusible' of' the en thtusi amlt whicb glows art'el d ue, aunl thie eagerniess v ith wh ielk a publie o0j 0r tunity of' hmeeting mue hIts beent await' ed. I know' it will disapjpoint a gen. erous anxilet:y; bitt the prieOl'Lty of' te decterminmation I have comne to is proved by i the inelliciency even ('f this cousi.leramtion to uver'come me, 1 know, too, that as it griev'es me1 it will grev othiers, antd that, perha~mps, the muotivyes t hat have led to it may he mrisundlers'toodl, miisconstrued , and censurted. But I alm conmfidlent that, atra little while, theo pubiic judg nmnt will sanletioni the act, which a due regard to what I owe my couta try, my comnpaniigns, and myself, se r'ioutsly dictates. YVet se" far as your invioltton re cognizes the fidelity with which I ad hered, and' still adhere, to a good and glorious cause, be assured that it has not been exaggerated or mispla ced. The feelings and convictions which influenced my career in Ire land have undergone no change. Still, as ever, I perceive within my country the faculties that fit her for a useful and honorable position, and helieving that they require only to be set in motion to prove successful, I still would prompt her to put them forth. Besides, there is within e' a pride that cannot be appeased. I desire to have a country which shall work out a fortune of her own, and depend no longer for subsistence on the charity of other nations. I de sire to have a country which I can point to with exultation -whose pros perity shall be my life-whose glory shall be my guerdon. I desire to have a country which shall occupy a beneficent position in the world, and by her industry, intellect, initegrity and courage, shall contribute, in community with all free nations, to the common happiness and grandeur of humanity. Ileopes . may have darkened, but the destiny to which I would see my country lifted, is be fore me still--a height, like that of Thabor, crowned with an eternal sun. It is a bold ambition, but in this fine country I could have none other. The moment we set our foot upon her shore, we behold the offspring of Freedom-the energy, the thrift, the apulence to which she has given birth -and, at a glance, we comprehend her fruitfulress, utility and splendor. We behold the wonders she has )Y o .0 o' trauformodt the robust proportions of an mpire which Alexander might well have sighed to conquer- the adventurous spirit of her sons compensating by -its rabpidity, in a little more than half a century, lr the thousands of years in which the land lay still in the shadow of the ancient forests-we behold all th's, aid the worship of our youth becomes aore impassioned and pro found. To this land I came, as an outcast, to seek an honorable home; as an outlaw to claim the protection of a flag that is inviolable. By one of the wisest and mildest of the ancient legislators it was decreed, that all those who were driven forever from their own country, should be admitted into the citizenship of Athens. On the same ground, in virtue of the sentiment of perpetual banishment which excludes me from my native land, I sought a quiet sanctuary in the home of Washington. To no other land could the heart which has felt the rude hand of tyranny so confidently turn for a serene repose. 1Lon may she prosper; continuing faithful to the inheritance left her by the fathers of the republic. Long may she rosper; gathering into the bosom of her great family the uhildrens of all nations; adding to her teriitory, not by the sword of the soldier or tho subtlety of the statesiman, but by tho diffusion of her pinciplecs, and the eecusonanice of her simple laws and institutions, with thec good sense and~ pmerC aspirations of mankind. Long may she prosper; ecah year adding to her stock of st rength, and' dignity, arnd wisdlom, and high above her countr~ess flects and cities, even to the last genera tion, may the monument of her liberty be dlescriedl! In the darkest storms wvzihi shake the thrones and dlynastics of the old wori, may it stanud unseathed! in the darkest night whieb fills upon the arms of a snmuggling peol.le, may it shine torth like the cross in the wilderness, and be to them anm emblem of hi pe and a signal of salvation! A um L.ENU :.-T.wo) or threz-e lBos ton ship-owniers have sent a eballenge to the ship-oner oft Great liritain, soiimewlhat to t he followvig effet: Tlhe lI Istoni pati ISwill prothuic4 a ship, not less than~i 800 nor 'over 1 ,00t tons register, capabh-' of' stowing 50 per cent. ov.er heri register, to comupete ini spe w~i any vessel of the sanme (apiityV, now~ built, or whlich niny hsereafter' he bunilt in Great liritain. hii othier words, (the registeir limits specifled abiove, taken into corn idera Lion,) thme object of the challenge is to dlecide, wvhich of the parties can obtaini thie highest rate of speed from the same cubic capacity of niodel, the win ug nprt to1 recive ?mOar0O -. The Best Time for Cntth The following remarks a letter of Mr. Willian Concordville, Pa., to .tle Thomas Ewbank, of the a > r: flice. ,r . . "buring MY' etperknee ot woe than forty yearsas a plai:: farmer, I have taken muele in ascertairiing the best f g e6ino6 felling timber, and I new staf. confidence, that fencing tim r age* as all kinds of oak;; ehesnit*c hickory, and walnut, eut froth!'. middle of July to the last of A I. will last more than twiceo-taoj when cut in winter; or c barking time in spring. "For instance:--cut a dapligj? five or six inches in diameter;., a lever, in the month of Augut another of similar qualitys a di' in winter or spring. I- S IT the first is stripped of its bark'('-' at that time runs well,) it will as a lever twice the weight tha be raised by the latter. "Another great advarits o derived fro m felling timber 11-he last running of the sap (the, tiV4e hove specified) is that it is, noiti6e subject to dry rot nor, injn, worms; white oak, cut at'thiwse if kept off the ground, iI son thro' two feet in diamete's" remain perfectly sound manyV whereas, if cut in winter or Sr g will be perfectly sap rotten In:1 than two years. "For ship. building - h purposes, where groat e"pnos incurred in: construction he' r; monse advantage of pre ber t a rpr.e "I have no donbt, aehip built timber cut between the middle0 July and the last of August, woid last nearly twice as long as. oat1 built of timber cut at the usual tiinei and would bare infinitely more hard& usage, as the timber seasons more perfectly, and is far harder. "A few years since, one of them large government ships, builti Philadelphia, of the very best mg terials, but several years in eorr struction, when ordered to be finish ed and launched, was found p inspection to be entirely worthlessy ; many of her timbers (though .kept under cover) of dry rot. "In all my building for mang years past, with large timbers ef white and other oak, this has -over occurred, nor are they subject tb be worm eaten. Even fire wood cut at the prope season, is worth from 30 to 60 per cent. more than when cut in tbt. : spring or winter. "If the above facts are considered, of any value, picase make use of them, and if those learned in sucly matters can assign any plausible re son for them, the theory may bt of value to others as well p4 thy friend.-Union Artist. National Agricultural Convention. Tfho Darlington Flag says, Col - John N. Williams of Society HilP~ has plnced in our possession a ctrW cular from various Agricultural Asi sociations in, the United States, re, commending a National Agriculturgt'~ Coinvenitioni, to meet in Washington on the 24th inst., andl earnestly 'se. lieiting delegations from the various States or other organizations for the promuotion of' Agriculture in the seva eral States and territories.--T'he following extract from said Circular states objects of the Association: "The objects of this Convention are to organize a National Agricul-. tural Society; to which the various Agricultural Societies may be aux.' dliary; to consult together upon the'm * general good, and to establish, by this Society, or such other means as the Convention may devise, a miore cordial and widely extended inter course between agriculturists In out own country and in other lands;. to create additional facilities for the acquisition and diffusion of knowl edlge, by books, journals, seeds. and, other objects of interest to the Arne erican Narmer and Gardener; tnd act on such other matters portaining to the advancement of agriculture as tho wisdom.of the .Convention' ay judge appropriate.. "Societies will please . transmi a an early date a list of; tIe. delegates they have appointed to Daniel Lee: M. D., Agricultural DepartmeLt?' Patent oflice. WVashinigton."