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Qnuarterly and Monthly Alverti se tnents will he chargii the sate as a sittle ir. sertion. aond senti-tonthtly the saine as ne w unet For the Banner. To tle Citizens of Clarenudon Coun mty. A cotimmituiieation under the signa. ture of " Wesley " appeared in the Banner of the 17lth May, prnpo-ising a eries of questions to the candidates for the next Legislature ; and as I, among others otetepy the position "1of a can didate for your sufliatgcs and;I cotli. deuce," and recognize yout right to know my opinions tttot all inatters of political or district iiterest, I shal pr1o. eed to reply to the qu1estions prtoos et ; and int a way as 1it icf inid cmitipre. hensivu :s mry ability will allow tmc con idering their very w ide natitte, ani the great intricacies anld dillicultics whicb suorroun I them. As a citiz'ett myl i'self of the coutty I have lin- fet the necesssity of having oee or more ivorable and eligible places of tratsit to our markets acro ss the Santee Swamp and river, I ain nuare that Ihere is no sectiont olf the State so alt. tetly deficient it tit ins gr at convenience and necess:ty a: ().:r own. f> eep1t by lahilroat there is no safe and coitveni ent crossiig to t nr Iri:iket.s at a l sea sots of the year. frini tile town of Camden to the inouth of the Santee river a distance I believe oi not less that one hundred aid thirty muiles; st that a large po rtionlt of the State, as fertile and tiiviIg, as anV par t of it (if' not tnire so) is altogetber dmjteend utt uipotn the Iailroad fur all cotntiu. imealiatin direct or in Iiteet. with the seat of givernn it Uand th e nietropulis. 'ihe Ieaiirtatd owing to its rinittettess 1rtm mattny of the localities, retedies unly to a partial extent this great in. cotenience-an inottVeile. e so great indeed as to aitmoumit tV a positive evil ; to say nothing oftet itiposibii ty of the planters availinig th, tits'lves of high prices inl the tomat kets owing tm the teertainty and tardiness of the trtsission of thi ir prtduc: to tar kt ; under ciicumii-:tiices -m _-.net r: Is antd briefly stated, I -hai! f el i m,'I tinder the strongest obligations .id I he honored by your coutlienitc' to use all of the exertitions in mlly Iowe1'r, to remedy this oppression arid burt ien stpmle conditiot of things, by enideav~or ing to procure fromuI the State assistance to cus ruct, or it' practicable re cn struct, a highway wiich wtill at all times allow of travel across it; atid by latving renewed those ciarters for fir ries which have expired ; tid if the convenience of our people requires it to obtain charters for others. To the fitrst distinct questiotn, as to whether or not I amt in fatvor oft giving thte election of'electors for' President and Vice-PIresidetf to the peoplem, aind ini what moude, I beg le avie to answer that htavinig the highest respect anid v~tnerattion lot' t he pi cetent pliiticali or. gianization of ite State,. I ami un wilIling" htasttly to atdvocate anty mneasuire, which would tentd to dist~orb the balanme's of' governmrlent uinder' which we ate now so happily ruled, I att therefore OP. p'osed to giv'ing the elemtiont of electotrs by general ticket tot the people be eieuse I r'egard it as the first step to wards at radical ebtange in the whole system. Tlhfe qutestiott of' representta tion by population anid *xationt, is the chief gr'ound uipotn which the peopl of the Southern States areC(tt copelled to con tend for thiir euality by r'ept'esen tattiotn in the Federal counctii; and to abandon thaut principle ourselves is to abandon Otte of' outr chief' saeguards ir thte great queinstions~ now petnditng be tweeni the Northt amnd S.uthl,.I conttend thieref'ore that to give this electioni to thge peopie by a general ticke't will bo irtually to destroy the polhitical infi enece of' a large pot'tionr of the State, arid place the potwer altogether ini the hiandas of the uippet' distr'icts. At the same tijne I f'eel the expense arnd inconivei e4neie resulting to tire Slate f'romn hold mgt' ani extra sessin of the Le'gislatur-e Once ini four' years for' the~ 1)1rp'ose of' castingm. the vote of the& S'tate. Tlo ob vite this objection the conitstituttiont nylgit be chtanged so is to convene the Leigislature earlieri thzofall andi thus eambrtace thn pet id appointed by law f' easmting the votei ol' the Stizite; nour g'UrN this bu objedtIosalde in other j~hdti of "vie w. '"Thlao nao& ext complaints of hasty and imperfet leg islation owing to a want of time to mature the bill beflre the house and pass them, into laws in a form as per feet as they ought to be ; and that much that is Uamandcd by the country im the way of Legislation is thrown aside *ir the want of' time to consider them. With regard to the election of' electors by the district system, which preserves the relative position of the upper and lower country, in my opinion it is too complicated and cum brous in its operation to work well ; and I am therefore at present not anl advocate for a change. To the second interrogatory I would reply, that except for very especial and cogent reasons in particular instances, I shall be opposed to the divisini mf' the large and populous districts, of the State into small election districts . involving in a very eminent degree the destruetion of time priesent systemn o checks and balances in the State which n i-w so h:ppily govern us, which are refered to in the answer to a prey i is interrogatory. :d. With regard to the present Ii nancial condition of the State it WouId be exceedingly di iieiult to trace out the incidental 11:md rem ote causes wi ichi have led to the present stringency in the Money markets, both in this State :md of the union. Perhaps over t radiig in the first instance and subse'quently the disti bed and unertain comndlitjiin of' Eturopean afleirs, in which Englanid with wihouim we hold the most exte siVei conniIrrcial rehations, is deejly involved have both contributed to pir tuce these result,. PIeIhaps al-o, we have ourselves inicreased the pressure as Ihr as t his State is concerned, by the establishiiienit. recently of a numnber of new ba:ks which creatud a nceessity 6hr the 11:aink of the Siate and the Jon, establIished and well eond ueted bank s to restrict their diseoints to siuel .n extent as to cut off the usual accii inluations from our own citizens and thlereby j:revent tine in 6ile~ill icilities for trw' Ic aini, basiiiess at iiaine, which are lecessary in older to licet engagenenmts entered into during a period of an abundance of ioney and great c 1nie rcial prosjerity. For this I know no ren mudy by legis. la titon. Prudence amid industryi are ini my judgrient the oinly re-eleial agen Is, to relieve us frum preseiint emii. ha;,rrassmients. I shall be tijioppoed t~ ally fu rt her incre&ase inl tle nlllniber of lBanks in time State, as danugerous to a sound clrrncticy, and to the true pros perity of the pe'jple. To lte 4th ilterrigatory I reply that I am :ligetiher indisposed to sat rifice the interest of the State fo0r the beielit of lRailroad tArporation.-i or an-, "tler - iii omopolies.'' I do not believe however, that the Legislative assembly is th' jr'per tribunal to judge of the m iingeiienlt, of ellan ters or ti t lIe x. tent of injury to life ;nId proptert), but that all these are pri ope'r y refera ble to the courts of Law to determiie the nature of, iid the extemt of daina ges. But I ant of Opinioli also that their charters shoul he so aiimenled under the Act ofi 1841 as to create greater securityv to lives mal propcrth cominiitted to their chai1rge il order to hold themi to stricter obhligationais, to discharge the duties which ther virt - ally promoise to the public; and ''Ihic are now greatly disiegaided ini the iiatnnter iin whiichi they ale ait i resent coinducted. Aimy wh lolesoime riniledlv ihr existing evils as connected witIh Railroads, wic iih shialI be biroughit itaoit ini conformfity to law .ant a proper regard for vested rights wiill receivye amy cordiaul support. 5ith Qustion, I'ubl ie Educatiaoni, I hold1( to bec of' paramonunit, iiportanice, and no0 StaLte is iiijumred or inmpmi eri-sn cid, by atfhoiding [lie means of aeiiiring kiiowvledge to [lie poor. I aim iin fiivor (if t f:e ex peiiditure of the ha rgest a~lnounlt foar the educae~tioni if the ci ti. zeus of the State ; proividedt al ways that it is oxpendeid ini a mi annter so j dliciouls, as to produce results adei juate to the sum d isbursed~ I believe, however that, the present system is altogether delectivye, that the amioutnt of good re. sultimig from it is b~y no( mieans satis feetory. I shall feel myself call upon therefore to suifpport any palati by which the present free schlool systeii will be iimproved and miade to produce results which will tie more satisfhetory than at presenit to every frienid ofedu. cation ini the State. TJhme poe of a State is ini piroiportion to the educationi of all classes of her voung citizenis. The rich have the jiower to educate themnsel ves-thme pour are dleendent, umponi a proper systemi establ ishied by the State for [lieir benefit. No systeii now exists which can fu rnish a Ipropecr edcahiition for the poor. T1his ought not to be. 6th. With regard to a chango in the present Judiciary system I can only reply ingeneral terms. 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Anid lit( not Zi alldel tltett'il tilt WOc-i Oft L'racccee \\vlitterc upon tlie solar eclipse of* 1817i, wit th Ile dleath of athle Eiiipe. l't r of' A usil'i, anud ofC L ouis j'hifj ljj ;'!] thle ('(intu.-e inusu rrectionaR. i\a t. I linit, th 1 fl Iajisbu agl was W5old, orI the ()ieaus ga~atywill d u asieal or -hat the i u ! I oili gs- a l sr-cell sioli hard iieen Har~d ye'ars farevicai..y is the flowe'ry l~and a ul* at, but thatt ther-e e velt s wvere jli('giiost ic':ted by hilt stars and lore -iaacaia "~eud iniitlie- tetl ijse. lie wvarneid ; ..reloi-e !,) Z:cd kid. wviot has pacied ii~ aist itilulie t his lar-i tx het ise ve, aid thus read- the fate of :Amei'ca ini tle .laint(((o I clipsa' (/1/a' . nn, tII ii 'sv/c int/ba ill .ld1triC(t, : .8.t h.,; . 6.a., Maey 26a. 1 ,351./Jan i,,fl inl tat (Jdqy. p his IredI, defe.n'L of' the (t elta'r Li''ht of i leave((i Will lie of a marat I lalikie 'I au.;*:vr, for the v"et, ii' a'eiat (It the i'J ii a(c iS that cal tit' -'UitI"i c'lajyiliciaiii wia ti lthe evil 1a;iiht di ailu "11:wr suni, d1aoia, will Saituiri I I ii all thee lie i. mid" ill the lath .iii iit e of Lthe Gt Ii dlegree of the signi (.JL'iii ii, \ cicli 1.11! es A n erica. Sut at jpuaiaauaieiuai d. 'e, ;tut o~tcur ill ihlai', eeutl i ie..--pcti i:: js lhts lieve r I tfoic' tt~t~ ii 1a~ie ". At t he time we lines .rcutry rller ''t,!e eclipsre, illhi .' ca 4 C.Lraii ;t i)taR-!JI isajlare thctcea Iii''... the: il dL rtjj* e. v" Vi.,. A. tilt 't"i 1 itait'iL' tit eclifatie ea,'Iaiiae. taat. .1lj aaj'at~ hils "i1 till Itawar'1 anaeaii :111 txaaetLv, aind Vt'i'>s is f'iiutd dt'er'd-af ilug Ilualaa~ the \\ estei a iaoaizuto. tbria .l fi'aitlhl siajlaire taa tileg get aa"' faituzie. t.i iii".i:,e1'.'a.". liluaLtc t : tat tli' IleaL'vi: Izilets i tile saaVeiei-1 wvill (Greatiei. U rent CAlas! for the :tftaa ut a~ be v'i.t:.-d by t he a v(*4r 'a. 11.: c-u1. .. their iiatatiil iiaajat.ii V Is ilu. 1 ii! c" ' tof the cruii..a ;1i1.1 t' il. at'oa Iii ts Dll <ave liat; idaied his .Mtaier~ ! Il h "i hu-f arl S) 5;eii shal CeaISe ; (ii t. at wdlhie! ai ft:i fl straty. r.,,i.iit; ~villy, i Ii aa 1 e.. tlte uaIirhat\ ' \:(altei \' >ia..a', ,hlal tlcea!:e to pieces ;.its siaal i,i . gal J iiitl.aa~ ti' \Vzi,a tatolai, \t It l' the I atal (atitlt of sla-. .,1' hiis 'a u at- Citlti-vs iiItI'i~ui, -tit,; oil: iaajiaa'' ill tlt i iialastal lie I 6efi.tiaa. ii~t. \ ta faa-tao e thiis cte1h(:s A-1.1!1 en' it. r Ile--:., ? vur Sat;.an trVe ilt .'''-'~1 ealllutid slush if. aau I like~ n;tter-- it f l-r&c if a' stei ii .-!aaai Ihe tent .a-iaiile-----ttea taft. I il: alt litil I-C. 'j he ,'li:iI lat ii itii bled ad fiae'i cruelty la"ita i he 1. 'iler t.i , shall I. l Il e heel of' the a altr ar's-tor thear vaxiattel hia.aiciaa u , cutaL~l e:l--civil t ;it will rage!, ill.-' neta.II f.1'. silet',- !I1, lii~t v.- ( tit naiLrr tat the tL. han:. l lit' ' itae Wail d's !etiliaaia wi'.ll lbc. dla " t ite ah"tr"iif t of thle jacaw'er u! Ile; A llri.aeu lt a "a- bja. Loainits Itri arti a Pi'tI'.,x Na i!l :11.,a fr'eal t~atiai the stail of Diru1 tlttiL .Sa' '.c I 4,4a. 25a, Iif of1 Ulne, alid Os]'ce iatll thej 1 ",t ill :;itf'ttiu )i. ;, vi l I e I L j 'iri Is at haeli lieua et-u--a: \111 {l ,"-.. to \\ ore ; hlitn thief el:k ts wi I IIa. tc-l ill file sjie. of i ;. 'a aid Lt-'it l"eb 111:1 rv r:ieat ;trd -ill tI Ia the -eeiiac.,f" Ile~dtiaiitl ill that, tide. Nut till Itwo \a ears sall gi': t :oa ee I aef( faaIt S iI~ very many thousand, will it call to another world. I regret exceeingly to see that it is so near the birthday of t iniighty imionarch, England will have cause to weep ! I apprehenid also some nad attempt on the inviolability of old England's (onaOi., diring the reign of this eclipse, or other insult to the honor of Eng. laud's flag: it will be avenged. An. cient authors say that an eclipse of the Sun in the face of Geminui, "causeth dissention atong priests, inveterate hatred and seditions, and a contempt of both the laws of God and man." No'rthcrn Philanthropy. The outery raised by people in non slaveholdinug S:ates against slavery ulnposesi upon Ito ine but thernselves. Ale Noir thern mn bcit better than South ern '? Are they inore iiinnane, merel Iuil and generous 3 Is huran nature Notrth of \atlasi and Dixon's line a diflurentt thing froull luinaii nature South of it ? WVhv should people be 110re c0111passitiiate anid miore be. nevoulent t here thin: they are here ? \Vhat makes them so ? And how do they show it ? Did they ever hold slhves ? What has becoine of those slaves? Did they g'ive f them) away ! Not it bit of it. Beifore te iri law abolishing sla ver weVnt into opeiatiu-whichI ~'as nat till sla very cca-it. to be proftable tley stold evervitiig black in their 1ses:5,sion to the Southern States. \\'hat in illustration of disinterested pliilatntlepy. \Why did they nut set Us a better- examlfile. 1)id their peo1ple ever have any con nlexion with the slave trade '? ,lst uIndoubtcdly. They were the princi pal run who carried it on. They itade large fortunes by it. It is a cerious fact that, until the American .4:rnment passed laws against the ale trade, iNorthern philan;thropy was ne en excited i'onl the sulject of Southe:-nt slaverv. 1Lave they ever shown their exces sive eomipassion fur the slave by Con tributinig the noney imade in the slave trade, or inl any other way, to his emi .aincipat 0n N ut it all. Therv hale built up e'- is.:a fortunes andinmaul iioth eith- upon s'ave labor. But I.t keep a tight grip of every dine. I hey v Il not buy the freedorn of slaves. They will not aid the fugi. liye ngr''o who has escaped floun sla. V e ry. to escaple fa11n staryationi. They will not oshw ineicy to their own white peer, munieh less to the blacks of allot her se:lioin. Why, then. du they raise s'ch a fuss ath'ut. slavery I Not because they ire :more synlipaihising or iore hiumiane Ithat others. Ir true humt ianity and true Synip1athv show theniselyes in fruitful tetds, and not inl barren words. It is easier to 1ick flaws inl your neighbor's character thau to refori your own. .i lorever, the outery against the ioti nal lavery of tile hIick labourer diverts at teitioin fit r1om the real slavery of the Nor't hierni laborer. .Nort hern aiolition ]s made up of faiiticism, en. y. hatr-d, and atl un chiai tab!eN. It is a thiniig of the hea.I and ft the iney. The heart has uiotliing to do with it, except in its u: "t passii'ns. Antip'atlhy to the iiiaster, not sympi athy wit1 the slaves, is its ruimg 1n inieildo. Again we saty i taec by pocrites impose upon thiem selve's, they impIj ose upon11 no tine e'lse. Ga vesi'S roa GAinnENiINC ltPflPSES. --This valuable fertilizer is not yet hal feupprecialted by sou thern gardenters As at i.nlnure for poor soils, it is valu less ; its chief benefit arises fromi its pow~er of holdi ng and fixing the anunto inia which uri-os froii imainure atlreadly inl the soil, and we look uponi any thing as mnanui e that is fibod for plants, wheitiher it. com es from the stable or the swai np. Fromii the sulphur in Gypsum, it. is a g reat pr-eventative o1 wormls ; g'ardenus well dressed with it will be exem pt from the cut. wormts. Young cabbages and t urnipis spink led with ini thir gernliuiatinig stalte will be exempf t fromi thie ravages of the green worlmm. (tuano is doubly increasied in value by being sowed wVith plaster. The paist dri suiunnuer has fully (level opied thie utility of G ypsumi ; whenever wet alpplied Gypjsumn to thie onions, E'nglish peas, potatoies, or muelons, there wo hauve had the finest crops not w ithstanding the drought. WVe observe when there has bein nO dew att night, andI atll vege-tationt looks parched and (I ry, eherie the Gy psumn has beetn fully used in the~ gai dein, there is a damp. ness ini the morning like a dew had fallhen. It is asserted by an eminent Northerin lil rticulturist, that. G) psoum is ptossiti vely injurious to stra w berries; we have iio doubt but, it stintulates the vinae into too rapid a growth, and as we of' the S3outh want :fruit instead of vine, it ithould be usedi cautiously. Hlut for garden vegetables, where those vegetables have any thing to feed upon, G~1psun is a- gret .promitor oaf appu t tita 1-v mnist in g i ht. lou m ua n~to . the roots to take up with their thousand moxuuths. SiIoshinng A bout. The Judges often tell stories on the members of the bar, albeit they are much oftner the subjects of stories themselves. We lately heard one of the fiinner illustrating the propriety of "letting well enough alone," by the following anecdote: An al'riay case was cn trial in the Circuit (urt of Pike county. in which some six or eight peace breakers were represented by almost as many law yers, each of' whom, in turn, put the only witness for the State through the tortres ofa tediouscrosCO e. nfination. Nat- , a well known Montgomery. practitioner, was counsel for a big black looking fellow in the croft d, who answered to the name of Saltonstall. As to this defendant, the only proof which was elicited on the exaritio 'n in the chief of ihe witness for th-- prin. ecentiol, was that-to use the peculiar piraseology, of the narrator--''while the rest on 'em a cussin'and cieliii' and pairing off for a reglar r'yal, Sal. tonstal jest kept sloshsn' about ." ''ire Solicitor and Nat both conistucted this to !mean that Salhotistall was only inovii.g about, druek among the con batants, and the foriiner lid not press for an explanation. I'resent ly, how ever, it cuame to Nat's turn to cro-s ex amine for his client; and as he had received quite a haundome fie, con sidering how things stood, he felt bouilnd to make sometilng of it 'demon. strattion.' So q1uoth he, with the air of the ave::ger of injured innocence. Come, w itniess, say over again in what it was that Mr. Saltonstall had to do with this afllair ?" " Saltonstall ? Why I've told you several times. the rest on 'en, clinched and paired el', but Salozstall, iest .yt .loshin' abo't. Alh, my good fellow,' exclaimed .Nat, quite tesi.ify, 'we want to know what that is. It isn't exactly Iegal evidence in the shine yon. put it. -Tell us wh:tt you rean by 'loshin' about.' Well,', answered the witness very deliberately. 'I'll try, You sce, John Brewer and S kes they clinclhed and fout. That's in legzal firn, ain't it ?' " Oh, yes !" said Nat--"gzo on ! " Abney and Blackman then pitch. ed ;ito .e!!e anvother, and Blackman bit ofl a pitce of t..bnev's lip-that's legle too, ain't it 1" " Proceed !" " Simpson and Bill Stone and Mur ray, was all together on the ground, a1 bitiin,' giougil' and kickiun' one ano ther-that's legle, too, is it ? " Very !-but go on !" " And Salt'nstall made- it his busi ness to wl:k backwards and forwards through the crowd, with a big stick in his hand, and knocked down every loose mhan in the crowd as fast as he Caime to 'eR! That's what I call 'sloshin' aiout." Nat is of opinion, now, that unless prima fac i case is made out by the prosecution, on tli. direct examination of their witnesses, it is quite a: well for the defendant to was e his right to cross exainille. IHOlnoRs OF Ut'ANO T.!1:.-We have rcceiv-d full confrnatioin of the horrors reported to be in course of per pet ratin 'a, in conni.etioin with lthe guano rayde, at the Chincha Islands. It is picked up aind wheeled to the shoots, it apphears, by contract. T1he contrate t.(r has imip. i ted Chinamen for this work, nearly six htuedred of whom are now on these islands. T1hiey are .hired for fhvo years, at the rate of $48 per annum. They commence work in the morning as soonl as thev can see to work. They have five tons of guano to dig avnd wvheel to a distance of one eighth of a mile. It, is all, or nearly all, so hard that it has to be picked up ; and if they do not accomplish thes.' live tons by 5 o'clock p. mn., they are Iflogged wvith raw hide whips, so~me five feet lon, reeivingr onie doze sipes, each of' which starts tho~ blood ; then they are driven bamck -to fiinish their work. The guano~ has a very bad ef feet upjoni them, swelling their legs and feet. Notwithistainding all theses how-' ever, iit they onvi get along, they are compelled to finish their task. Our iormiant says "I have known as many as thirty flogged in one day. They- have no Sunday allowed withI the excieption) of one in a year, the same work going oili onl sunday as -duiring the rest of* the week. Thec Consequence of this ill treatmnent is suicidu in varions fa rm such as leapiing -from the rocks onvi hvind red feiet high, cutting~ their v hi-oats, andl burry themselves alive. This last has actually been the case,- to ay knowledge. One morning, three yerno anmid who had so huriede themnsel es; Iwo were dead and one ahivre. The last recovered to prolong his miserable - xiste4nce fur a short time.". It is timie that. the voice of civiliza tion throughout the world was heard in 1 dienc~ian if such horrors as hs.-.0. Picavanfle 5t'tsrsni DELo DATION.-Th. have nout travelled in Spain, or w1. little aequinted with the ntniners eustons of the country, have all that all Spaniards are grave and-f like the Castilian.. - This, howe.v - far from being the case-:. The rec. of each provineu are aliost.as as different nations, having - Ia: and customs, dress and dialcat; p. liar to tremselves. This peculiarity I. doubtless owing to the isolat-ion of the chain of mountains Which intersect thr penisula, and cut off intere. .nnunica tion, as well as the-- fact that fur age'4 these provinces formed separate ani distinct kingdoms. The rude, boor!;.! Gallician ; the industrious Catalan ; it, idle, jovial Ardalusian ; the sly, vin.! tive Valencian ; and the grave, digni fied sons of Castillo, differ from each other as much as the inhabitants of dis. tinet nation;. In traveling over this htmeutiful country. upona which tin:t: has Invished the choicest ihvors, an which under the rule of R.nns :u Moors, was a land . flowing with siii... and honey, the tourist is struck with scenes of desointiun that every whert meet the view. le roams over wild unpeopled wastes, treeless and arid, where the imelancholy pictuire is often heightened by ruined eastles and villa ges, the signs of former prosperity passed away. The towns -through which he pas es, are too often ';he abode of Poverrty and wretchedness' andu an air Of gloom and sadness per*v:t des their silent str ets. The scapco. have lust their tornCi comtmuercial in portanice, and the silenut guays, on*,: thronged by a busy- crowd, atle the decayed condition of the land. And wherefore,it may be asked, is ti., poverty, dcsolatio n and .wretchediei. so visiLIe i. a countrv which : esse" advantage tnsurpassd by any in Clir tentdomn ; where a fertile Suii and ve variety ot climate- admit of the prdttltm tions of tiopical and temperate ZiM. wheLre the bowels of the earth y. precious metals, coal and quirarries innmi'erable viiariety of mali ble fine, with a posit ion m..it fvi e: Curinerce,-aid a line of.'an'eo ding in tne harboIre I Ye". is this beautiful and once land so -fallen ; 'uer- pe.ople ignorance, and se far eti... , er civilizel iatio an in arts . _. tore ? The atswer in Ib these words.-bad gover t.:-;. . els in Spuin. AN EXaMPLIE FOR oUUNG . - The M'.rs. hharpers, of Nev who recent lV lost aiont A 1,000,i. fire, but who are still in indept e rctunstanees-able to re-cume: operations on an extensive scale rnenced life jinor boys. - The York Times furnishes the fol!h brief history of the career. of the pers-: . . "The establishment .of the was founded by Jamutes Harper oldest of the four who nowen: the firm. He cattle to the city in - a lad fifteen years old, and see apprenticeship of si* years tmidc & thomas, the leading printoes - day. 1His brother John soon. tfi him, and learned th.' trade of Mr. S ymour, a Printer in John street. . 1819, with a capital James-ha t saved, the brothers opened a smnall book a.iJ job oflice in Dover street. The first book they printed was Seneca's Mur. als; the second was an~ edition of the Methodist Catechism.> Tih66 frst book they published on their own account was Locke's Essay - on the - Humn Understanding. They toiled with un. remitting industry, and maintained the highest character for enterprise nd integrity. In~ 1820 the th r'd brother, Joseph Wesley, joined them, andl six years later Fletcher became a member of the firm. .From that timie till now they have carried on the - publishing with a degree of well, directed e:nergy which has few~ parallels. - They -r ittoved to Clifi' street about 1820, and have adds d one buildinig after another to their establishment as the demands of' their business required. PTe amnount of books they have issued- is almost iaculable. Fur the last, few years they have publishted, otn an average, twenty.five volumes amlinutte, for ten hours a day-atnd from three to four thousand persons have obtained a live ihhood fromt t heir employment." fTe Hlindeooidea-. 'nf hell.is. to ta)-~ thme least, -suiliiently terrific to arrest the attenition of' sinne's the no st incor rigible.--"So/ne'say, they,.aru amade to tread on burnting satids, ort shlp-i--' god t-tonest thers aro rodlled' amne' thorns a-id spaike~s anid patr~ifieri fle : othors dragged aleong the rtghest t ccs by cords passed thrtoughtl the teetu . parts of the biodey ; sonie are a~tuck. by jackala, tigers and elephante ; othe are pierced with Arrows, heaten w elubs, pricked with1needles,nSeared* hot ire'im, a'.-i .n-emneui(ed biv i liquid firc or builiuo Oln.