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Quarterly and Monthly Advertise -ments will be charged the Hanle as a single in -sertion, and semni-ionlily the sane as new ones Front the Columbia Banner. FIRST PRIZE 'ITALE. JYICIRA E L ALLSCOT ; -ont TIIE SHIOT IN TUIJE. A STORY OF MARION'S MEN. BY J. W. ElV IN. CHAPTE-R 1. "Our fortress is the good greenwood, Our tent the cypress tree ; We know the forest 'round us, Never fear for me, captain !" was the light and careless reply of Michael Allseot, as he reined in tar a moment lis noble steed on the banks of' the Black River, a few miles below the spot where Kingstree nlow stands, for t parting word with his companion: "Never fe'al"r thme; at fortnlighit atmong mny old friends ai.d I will return to our camp inl the greenwood safe, sound and ready for duty. True, it is an ugly tite fir a rebel like nys!f as the epauletted millions of Kiug George call me-to venture out ofour fastness in the swamp. I he cravena hearted tories are swarming through the country, and that last blow we struck them at Black Mings, has by no means appeased their rage ; but if a strong armti, a cautiots head and a bold heart, can aecolplish aught. trust ie to come out safely." " Mike, I know you too well," re. plied his comrade, in the same gay tune. " You are the gl catest dare. devil in the brigade. Trust you ? On mny life, I would as soon trust, a callow gosling to mtake its way in the world without the safe watehfulness of iuoth. er goose. I give you up, Alike, to your manifest, destiny, and will report at the camp in due time that you lave been swung up in the usual style by the rascally tories." " Vell, be it so, eaptain, since you will,' responded Mike laughing, "but pray God that it maty be in any other than the usual style. I have exceed. ingly nice sensibilities, and trust I may t, like poor Calwert, and many oth er f our comrades, be hung upon a rouog diM'rtpe vine. I trust, however, to fall intW, gentler hands than those of the tories,' Well, Mike," eplie1 Captain Can yers, his cominau r:and .rie ii, --I mam loth to loose s active a: :ielee.t but. since you will ',rterm your neck in danger, the fire lface aiu I brighat ayes of Dora Sinigleton defenid yout!" "A men !"' responded Michatl light-. ly. "WVhat would I not give,' lie coin tinued in a graver' tone, " to see the end ofl this bloody atnd harassing war! Were you ever ini Jove, captain,' lie asked int a, lighter tone. " Ay, Michael, but the grave is be tweent us now,' answered Conyers, in a grave and Sad~dened tone, while a cloud camne over his brow. " Two short yeats of' wedded hap piness, spent mostly in the pr'ivations and hai dships of thec camp, with brief and stolen interviewvs with one of' the loveliest and best of her sex. anud I was left alone, heartless, hopele'ss and comnfortless as now. You have known Ine Jong, Mike; yott havi hiain by my side in the bivouac, and gone shoulder to shotulder wvith mec to the charge, but yotu little know what wasting and con. sunmig thoughts go -with mne wherever I go. You know tne too well to dottbt - my courage or any honor, yet there -haive beea nmomnents whena I would have bartered away all-ay', even the hope of' muy country's intdependentce fu4rt peace, and the blessing of tmy own Jovdid firesi-le. It is a painaful, ay, it is -a hert-rending sacrifice, to turn away as5 Iiavu fromi the~ domestic hearth, 4tallowed and endeared by fond and islimust sniered a~sociations of' the camp *sad endure the panigs ot absence, with t(le hopei of' makinag outr couta'y f'ret.. S(ud grunt that thtose who oome after n iy failhull j'dufend that independ. T 1&' a at thme price of' a totge . ie."A edde bitter it is to turn away from the fair face of a loving wife, and undergo the agony ofra long separation, perhaps an everlasting one. The last time I visit ed my home, oh ! how the memory of it clings to inc now ! The very sun. light as it came down from heaven seemed to fall around my homestead with a softer light than elsewhre. My life was like a dream of boyhood realized. But the summons came to part, and more reluctantly than ever I tore myself away. Sad and gloomy presentiinents filled thu heart of both t of us. A las ! we met no more on earth ! Three months from that time having solicited a furlough, I sped I homewards with joyful anticipations. l I found my house in ashes, my children I iotherless, my fond, my gentle wife slept the long sleep that knows no 1 waking ! Dri ven from her burning house on a cold night of rain and wii- i ter, after having given birth to iy voungest child, she was seized wvith a levcr that carried her to her grave.- t She died-died calling upon my name -died clinging to the last to a hope that I would vet stand beside her anid hear her last prayer and close her eyes I in peace. I found lily children-too, young to know their loss-houseless, a dependants, upon the charity of stran- t gers. Think you that I can forgive c those wrongs--that they can be blot- r ted frum mny brain, or cease to burn 3 or rankle in iny heart ? Think you I that a wife so kind, so gentle, whose I love was t h ,"g.h". ed to dwell, can so soon be forgotten ? T As God heis me, I will not rest until ( my sword is red with the blood ofher t destroyer !" t Never before had Allscot scen Con- d yers so completely master,*"l by fierce s aid vindictive passion. i is bosom heaved with tumultLous emotions, and ( his fiaie becaaine livid with rage, while d his dark eye gleamed like a diamond. a His voice grew Hoarse and hollow, and b his titteranceu was elikel by the ea;er nress with which hI panted for evenge. Aliseot looked upon him with senti ments approaching to awe while the a storm of passion shook his fraie and fixed its inipression upon his features. I Ordinarily as playful in tenl er as a i child, and of a gay and cheerful dispo- a sition that aproximated to levity, one t woul scarcely have dreamed that be- a neath se quiet and gentle an exterior s there slumbered deep and volcanic s pasiiuns. Usually his features wore a an almost enminine sofiness and geni tleness of expression. Even in the a wild and bloody melee, where the most i inlhumm passions are called into exer- t Vise, his features bore no trace of cru el or vindictive feelings. His dark, bold, lustrous eyes, fringed by long f slatering lashes, mum ls indeed flash I with a somiewhat intenser light in fball { View of the conflict, but his inely chis- f eled features were as inexpressive of s rerocity, and as unmoved by angry I emllotions, as the calhn marble fresh from the hands of the sculptor. i Capt. James Conyers, to whose c comnpany of dragoons Michael !..t. a was attached, was one of that bane of r partisan leaders by whose skill, energy and imvimeible firunness, the country t was redeemed from the yoke of the t invader. llis generosity and kindness 11 of heart, with his reckless and almaot z lesperate exhibitions of coura', . hal t r'ideed him the darling -\.r .i.s _ Brigade" nme which w.. applied to the bold : Ilowers a the M y parti. san, whether their number's amounted t to ten or a thousand men. In thos5e mioments of gloom anid desponideicc when the sufferings and destitution of their families, joinied to their own pri. vafions andl toils, caused the stout hearts of lihe soldiers to sink in dismayc he stood forth as thme Imnistering angel of the camp, and infused into their de. t spondemit souls the courage and the mnvmncible firmness and spir.it which I shone on his own unclouded brow. ,A bold and dashiing soldier, shrink. t img from no danger or toil, coyfident and sanguine wh'len others around him wcrc almost driven to despair, ever foremost in the fiamy an~d last in theo e retreat, he wvon the heart of every sol- t dier in the "brigade," and was regard-. ed as the right hand of the army. A dextrous and fonrless horseman, scaree- I ly equalled iindeed by the sanguinary Tfariton, in this manly accomplishment, I his position as captain of the dragoonsC gave hin amplle onpportunity to display to "the brigade" his qualities to the I best advanitagre; and often when de. feat seemed inevitable, and the battle appeared lost beyond redemption, from sonme unexpected quarter of the field lie burst ini view with his troop following at his heels, and bore down with his undaunted troopers like' aj hurricane upon the enemy, and by a< single reckless and impetuous charge I broke their serried ranks, and in a mo ment retrieved the fortunes of the day. Well known among the minions of the flritisli King as "tlie handsome horse. mngn1" his territ6 dring ca'sedith enejnny to quamke at 'yhtee tehe t1:de Ih appearatice, T ae thi~he the partisan brigade, his heart was a stranger to fear, and his reputation to reproach. Such was the man whose lips had just uttered a solemn oath to the death ofan enemy who had wrong. ed him beyond forgiveness. " And who is he, captain,' asked Allseot in astonishment. "As I live I will labor with you unceasingly to hunt him from the fice of the earth.' Have you not heard of him?' ask. Ad Conyers, while his voice grew yet more hoarse with emotion. "have you iot heard of that bloody renegade, Robert Harrison, whose name is a by svord of cruel and hellish deeds ! But cave him to mc. Should you ever >ehold him, spare him for that certain our of reckoning with me which shall urely come. My heart tells me that have not long to live, that I must oon gloriously fall in the service of' ny country ; but I feel a presentiment vith mie, strong and unshaken, that I hall not sink into that welcome rest o which I go, before my hand has truck down that fiend in human form, vho has made me the heartless mourn. r that I sin. Twice have I sought in out in battle, and twice has he scaped ny sword; but when we meet ,gain, there is something in my heart hat tells me he shall die. The hope f that hour has sustained inc until ow. But for this, and the tender 'cars of my children, that claim a ether's care acid pretection, I would ong sir:, have laid down a li e which ii u ": e;r a . "J t -a -a " . 'I" like. I shall detain you no longer. od guard you, and restore you safely o the camp. Bewary. be vigilant, and brow not yourself into the way of anger. Farewell, my brave boy, 1 hall feel ill at case until you return.' Pressing the hand of his comrade, .one ers turned his horse's head and eparted. Michael paused and gazed titer him as he rude away, bearing iselt proudly on his bounding char er, , t ougah no ravening sorrow flew ith Li .l ot his course. Alas ! poor Conyers, nu'tered he s he turned to leave the spot. "As eitle as the dove, but as brave as the on; the smile of Eden is ever upon is brow, while its serpent is gnawing t his heart." Thus soliloquizing, he irned away with a saddened brow, rid proceeded at a quiet pace until ih ad cleared the crazy bridge that. panned the river, and picked his way long the rotten ani broken cousewav hich led tlhrough the oozy swamp; aid then giving the rein to his horse, e plunged into the long dense forest irough which his route lay. It was already past the hour of noon then he separated from Conyers, and aring lest, night should overtake hime etore he reached the end of his jour ey, he permitted his noble steed to measure over the ground with rapid trides. Iie had not gone flr, however eforc the heavens gave tokens of ap roachting storm, by signs which might ideed have passed unnoticed by a areless observer, but which oni so tte'itive as Michael could not but dark and interpret aright. Tho wind hich had slept for the last twenty. >,ur hours, began to spring up froii be east in .;bort fitful pullh, and casting is glani. : tO the westward, a dull pha. y at!amphetre just upon the horizon aughat him er ue many hours shotild lapse to louok for oneC of those violent ales to which the southernm country is o subject. abhout, the incoming of au umna. Mean time thec declinaing suan mss kinadling up one.haalf the heavens, "Nt irai norahtran climets obscurely bright. Butn ini one cloudlessi blaze of glorious light." lBut aaccus~tom1ed as he was to all the igns of' the heavens, the deceitf'ul glare I the burnuing sun dhid not lead htium to rr ia hais prognostications. Anxious oreach his journey's cnd before thec ntice pated stormu shaould burst upon iam, he chaeked not the speed of his villinag hio'se but suffered h'm, uncheack d by the rein noiselessly anij fleetly to cud along the narrow bridle path that round through the forest. The eye of the brave young trooper ;rewv brighat, and p~leasanat fancios nies led around his heart, as lhe hastened way fromt the toil anid confinement if the camp, to meet or~ee more the 'cantiful and idolized Dora Singleton. Lovely indeed wais the maiden whose cart followed the yotng soldier to the amp,_and whose joyful smile welcom-. d hit. glad returnings. A dark-haired, >lack-eyed creature, of scarcely the nedium height, with a complexion pale 'et wondrously fair and tranlsparent, md a form of more than ordinary grace mid of exquisite proportionts, she was he very being to bring a host of lovers o her feect. Cordial in her manners, roud, vivacious, and with that dashi >f' coquetry in her nature from which to really beautiful woman is wvholly ~xemnpt, the sphere in ~ wh she miov ad wasa delightful, yet a d.angerous ~entre of attraction. Her father dying whon she was a here-chld,. her mother, contracted a 9 i~~rmaal n ~ tQ 'wh and at the age of twelve years Dora was left to the guardianship of a moo dy and unsocial step-fiitlcr, with whom she continued to reside up to the date of our story. Inheriting- from her father an ample and even a splendid fortune, yet without relatives or friends in whose sy mpathy she could confide, the beautiful woman, now in her twen tieth year, felt all that utter isolation and loneliness of heart so painful to even the manly a'rl selfdependent, but especially so to a warm hearted and sympathising w'n*u. 'i whose heart yearned for the fricnr-b ' md afl'ee tionate companionship '.r sex, even as the dying gaizelle -u the sultry desert lo:ngs for the I , ng fountain and the grateful sht.i The mode :mnd circumstances o ': life had however, impressed upojn her charac ter sormewhat of the n ou!- and gener ous traits of the heroine. Naturally of a proud, though gentle spirit, her very habits of' seelusio in, which in an other might have produced painful diflidence and timidity, had added strength and selfreliance to her cha. racter. IIcr sorrows, poor creature, had of' late been greatly multiplied by the distractions which ensued from the contest with the mother country. Entering with all the ardor of a hero. inc into the feelings and sentiments of' the patriotic and old detfeniers of' libel ty, so son as she could compre. rend the principles upon which they I.; - ti; . ... '' :...: v lv ... . I coil,. try, she unfortunmtel', encounter ed the bitter oppjJositio: f Isaac \Vhar toni, her step-flither, w,. th ougmh de-ir. ous of remaining neutrad in th.- cus vet. at heart favored the cause of the royalists, and ridiculed and denouna.l what he considered the filly and crime of the Whigs in eatering into a contest with the mother country. The undis -uise.d se iii nients of hi fair step aaugter, who openly repsieedu at every discomfiture of the Uritis; arna but increasear his di. ikim anud It ;tre.. to the cause of indepen'Jenieo. (n all occa sinus, even in the presence of hritikh olficers themnselves, she feiarlcsly' and warnly espoused the cau-c t her countrymen, to the great mortification of Isaac W harton, an imperious and overbearing man, wihl) could not enduie such inllexibile Opposition in a memib'er of his own household. The visits of Michael to his house had long sine; been forbidden, and latterlyf he had tet. his betrothed only by stealth, sometiines at the house of a friend, and at others in the open greenwood-alhways app'rizimg her of his presene in the neighborhood by sonic preconcerted signal which sh'e readily recognised. Many a stolen interview had taken place between them, little suspected by her ungia cious step-lather, who little dreamed of' the artifiees to which lovers will resort to elude the vigilance of those who would sunder them forever. Michael well knew how anxiously Dora longed for his coining, and what. ever dangers beset his w ay, lie seldom filed to hasten to her side, when the pmblic service permitted his absence from the caup. .Soietimiies his si" nal greeted her ears from the forest near her dwelling, when the stul had but a few hours courernceld its imorn ing course, and again when it had sunk to rest, and the stars oh'f heaven were shiing brightly in the il.imiita ble vault some iiotc ttlei'cd f'r'on afir, uni'e gai'ded anid uiroCognized save by hmerself, would cause hier Young heart to flutter with that strange sensation of' delight, only fetlt by those who have loved passionrate'ly, and only to be expei'ienced by them w~hren after a long absence a husband or' a lover returirs to repay thiem for' the Iong vigil of' love.0 Th'Ie suni was within an hour of his setting, when'r the line of' hazy vapor which hrad long Iaiiinmotionless on thre horizon beganr to grow dark arid dense ais it loomed uip f'eartully in the dis tance, anid the wind, which had lulled f'or nearly an hiour, argaiin sp~irang up; but. this timne f'romi the thunder cloud mi the west, in fitful blasts, now suir charged with vapor, and~ now hot and suiphur-ous as thre re'eking breath of' a volcano. T.he mru ttered thunder began to groan aind growl in the west fearful. ly and deep, and with its wings wide spread, the cloud r'ode wildly down upon the gale, turning day into night as its black shadow roiled over the earth. In ant instant all natture wasB mmngled in conf'usion. The sheeted lightmings glimmered aud flashed meedssant~ly; .the -deep toned thunder. shook the earth with its terrific tonguec and thre tall trees of thme forecst bent, shivered arid snapped in thme gale-the crash of' their f'all swvallowed up and lost in the louder thunders of thne bel lowing storm. As accustomed as Michael had been to scenes of peniil and danger, a feeling of superstitious Ive camee9ver him, anid he felt like a frail and gelp. loygtereatyer of ihfd'ug in'tWn Cn ............1' a scene. The narrow pathway along which he rode stretehed away through a dense pine forest, and on every side the tall trees were broken and scatter. ed around him like stubble before the wind. (TO BE CONTINUED) From the Star Spangled Banner. IIYPOCllONDRIACISM : A NOVEL CURE FOR IT. BY K. M. CARLETON. " Good morning, friend Carter, how is your wife, this morning?" " Bad as ever. I am most discour aged, I assure you." "Do you still have a physician?" Yes, but he can do nothing for her." But what dces he say?" Ile says that it is the most awk ward case of hypochondriacism he ever met with. I am completely worn out. She insists that she is going to die to. day, and besought me in the most piteous accents to remain with her, but I have neglected my business too much lately, and can no longer indulge her with my presence, which only msakes her appear worse." " A hard case indeed, particularly for you, but what do you intend to do?" D ! f can't imagine what, friend Bush, unless I become insane and take refuge in a mad-house." Du nu despaie; such cases are by no means hopeless." I have done with hope." I am no physician, Carter, but I have n plan in my head which I think rannut fail to cure her." Out with it, at oice'. I am ready to gruai, a straw if it points out the slightedt hope." Sllave you a good sharp :.xe?" " I believe so." " It' you have not, purchase one by all means. When you return at noon, say as little as possib!e to her, but prtoceced deliuerately to cut down the heektea;Ll upon which she lavs." " I did not think you would make my aillictions a subject of mirth." " I never was more .serious in my life. Do this, and leave the rest with me; but if you do not agree to it, I wash my hands of the matter." "Since you are serious I will agree to anything, however ridiculous." It is a bargain, thenT?' - It is." The friinds parted. Carter pro eeded to his store, while Bush hast. ened to the residence of his friend. As he was an inti mate acqiuaintance, he was at once admitted. lie sent word to the invalid that he had some. thing of the utmost importance to coltimlulicate to her, and must see her without delay. Such a message roused the curiosity of the dying woman, as she termed herself, and she consented to see him. The nurse had evidently got her cue, foir she ma li an excuse for leaving huit, and at once proceeded down stairs. " Good morning, Mrs. Cartel, how do you feel?" "I a .1 dying," she said, faintly. " Then I swill not disturb you. He mo ed towards the door as if about to leave tIe room ' .Do not leave uue, Mr. Bush, to die alone; besides, you gavo me to understnd you had sumlethling imiportamlt to say to mie."~ -Trite ! but it is an unpllleasant task to be the mesasenger of evil tidinigs." "Evil tidings ! What do you mealn Mr. Bush?" "'lTo distress a feeble, fond wife with the irregularities of her husband is most, repegnant to my feelings. wish I had niot comel." "Speak," said Mrs. Carter, propin~g her head with an additio~nal pillow, "let tme know all." " When your husband left you this mnoring, where did lie tell you he was going?" " To his store, of course. W here should lhe go?" " injlured womtan-hle deceived you; for he called at the house of the younlg Wid'ow Smith, where ho is a constant visitor." Yuamaze mue, Mr. Bush !" The invalid had hastily thrust a shawl about her aind wvas fairly sitting up. " Tke care not to excite yoursolf, imy dear malidamn. I will not shock your feelings any further. I was~ about to sa ',-E4ut I cannot, dare not do it." *"1I roceed-tell me anything rather than allow me to remnainl in this cruel suspense. Conceal nothing, as yo-o value lfny friendship." " I believe you an injured woman, and I will frankly tell you all, al. though it will surely cost me Carter's friendship. ie is actually engaged to her. They will be married somne sixi months after your death, w~hich they have calcilato~1.Il isoonl oCU4 ,9 since, that she should never marry again, I'll soon put a stop to these fine doings." " But this is not all, Mrs. Carter, they have actually consulted Dr. Ioback, or some other humbugging astrologer, to learn how long you will live, and lie informed them if your husband could succeed in cutting down all four posts of your bedstead, while you remained in bed, you would not live four days." " Monstrous ! but this tale is in. credible. I cannot believe it." " You shall have proof, for your husband will commence operations this noon, however foolish it may seem." " But I will not remain in the house to be thus used. If I were not so ill I would return at once to my lather's." "Take my advice, madam. Rest quietly until lie returns, but partake of all the nourishment you possibly can, and when he begins his vile work, leave your bed at once and thus put an efletual stop to his villanous in tentions. I really cannot remain another moment.' He left the lady in a terrible rmg-, who, while reflecting upon her wr un:. entirely forgot her iliness. The u concious Carter returned, and without wasting words began vigorously hack ing at the elegant, mahogany bed-posts. The wife. with the fury of a tigress, leaped from the bed and completely overwhelmed the astonished Man with bitter and vindictive character. Ile thinking her insane, fled from the apartment, but she followed from room - to room, giving her rage full scope and denouncing him and the Widow Smith as the vilest aud most criminal of mankind. After a long and most ludicrous ste o! ltmeicstic coinniotion, matters were satisihetorily mphined by both parties. The lady was comnpletely cured of her fancies and becane r n excellent wife, but it was a long tinsu befbre shk forgave Bush. For the Banner. AN ADDRESS Delivered by the Rev. Robert V. Bur yess, before the - Lone Star L'ivis. ion," of Sons of Temperance at Con toagboro, S. U., on the Fourth of July, 1854. FELLOW-CTIZENS :-Yoh have as senble.d yourselves here to-day for an object truly praiseworthy, no less a one than that of celebrating the Anni versary of American Independence ; of preserving the memory of those de. parted ones who so gallantly achieved those liberties that we now enjoy ; and of promoting the Temperance cause, the cause of all mankind. You have a great work before you in resisting the current of intemperance which has set in like a flood-tide upon our other wise happy land. Every ch ristian should give this subject serious con. sideratiun. Every true patriot should give it that thought which its impor. tance demands. It is an awful fact to conteimiplate, that in the city of New Orleans, $20,000.000 are annually ex pended in ardent spirits. The liquors and wines produced annually in the United States amount to 42,133,955 gallons. You see I have only glanced at the importation into, and the pro. duee of liquors in the United States; nowv let mae give you a brief' sketch of the results. .in the first place, pauper. isnm in the year 1850, cost the State of New York $1,200,000 ; an average of' the other States wvould give the vast amount of 812,000,000. 'The cause is intemperance with a fewv exceptions. ".For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and dr'owsiniess shall clothe a nman with rags," Prev. 23 chap., 21 verse. Look at the tax that is thtus thrown upont the sober and in dustrious part of' the community. T1he support of paupers costs South Car'oli na alone annually 84I8,37. 'The ef fects who can tell ? How many die thie death of the dm'unkard it is almost impossible to ascertain, owing to inenuis being unwilling to ascribe drunkenness as the cause. It is sup. posed however that about 30,000 men annually fall into a drunkar d's grave, and their souls into a dirunkard's hell. But fellow citizens, making paupers ia not all of the evil. The followving statement speaks strongly in favor of' the temperance cause. Ist, Intemper, ance has cost the nation a direct ex pense of'$10,000,000, and indirect ex pense of *600,000,000. 2d, It has de stroyed 400,000 lives. 3d, It hias sent 100,000 children to the poor' house. 4th, It has consigned 150,000 to pris on. 5th. It has made at least 100,000 maniaes. 6th, It has been the cause of' 100,500 murders. 7th, It has caused 2000 persons to commit suicide. .8th, It has burtied or otherwise. destroyed prperty to the amount of*1O ,Oo0O retail system has been the prime mo. - ver in all this mischief we believe it to be the duty of all good citizens to join heart and hand against this cnminoh - enemy and to continue these exertions until our land is treed from this noi some pestilence. Whatever the uill mate object of temperance men mar be in carrying on the great principle of reform, their present one is to -pih down the retail system, to put teroj.ta. tion out cf the reach of the n eration, as we daily see our boys .bn. coming drunkards and lillh into drunkard's graves.- The next-cbnsid eration is to remove urdent spirits beyond the reach of our slave popul b q lion, as it is evideat to all the evi - them is a very great. or 5 ~ :. their masters. lii this imatter peranee men, whether "ons , perance" or not, should c.,om lii -t~ put - down the evil. It is tht impjriau 7 duty as we:1 as interest i !. 1 to suppress traffic in ardent when they consid'.f t heir re and accountability to their well-being of' the r aves, perally and < a iitu:dlly. 1es,, A Lite power of their t Cemen claim x trcctm L-.t dir motto be down witA / nitui Ih c vii be erawicated fror moLutntal s '0 the sealbo-. .: u loved land. But son: 'i is to biecome 0)' lhe .in d istilled T o s luch I ' , n . - tlt tiling question. Aie you willin tor mn to iuaa szvoua tUe expense of your :mnmiortal soul ? But if there has ever been any grounds for such an objection ats that, it certai.;iy wiliuepyunw Loka urp;an :. help you now. Look at Europe, d Asia in a blaze ..f war. V htre Jo they expect to get food for L.wir s=ldi" From America. Then v. ti. not rescue every-grain of produce fr-oani the stills and send it to feed the hungry soldiers. In all probability before the struiwle is over, you will see two m11illon r diers looking to N ou for bread. thera was no demand abroad i th o iiarketsuppJled : Are h dL - titute? What but sheer avarice duces the vender to deal out death b the half-pint to his fellow creatures when he sees daily what an effect i line upon the community. He bes the orphan's rags, he hears the widew's wail as the chords of her affections are cut one by one, until at last all that she once loved, is laid in the silent; tomrb, unloved and unwept, save by that heart that has clung to him as he ivy to the oak. It is against theyp der, that we now would direct the thunder of our artillery and tell" }ii with an unblushi-g front, tbat he is cause of uim-tenths of the crimes thet are committed in the land. The ebn. sumer comes next, and against hii sonic have be.n very bitter, and it is true that he will have an awfil accouht to render at the judgment seat .o Christ, whether he be' the drunken wretch that dies in the ditchre - millionaire that sips his costly wnea-aw lordly palaces. There .s one P!ass however in favor of whom my syma thies have been, and I hope ey 'afrall be enlisted-i he unbirtunate youth has fallen a victim to the fiUI letroy er. It is to him that you, fellow cit" zens, should extend your symnpaties. And let it be of the right sort; lrii ";g it to the ballot-box ; let fredien have a freman's right; let reform be the watchward until the widow's hearth'eat for joy over her techaimned soti Ler your motto lie "to the rsoiie. Let us test the right of th- liquer seller; as it is independence day4 ZL t us observe that we do not trepns u, Snuany moral, civil, religious, or polui cal rights, But as we have madclegu dry sore thrusts at the trade of auders laim class of meon, hIt us see'if W weat. vindicate our character: as liers of -9 American freedom. Every mf#Iowes something to society in returt1e the protection that the law throits -around him. The Far mer, ( he Meehan~c; rid~ the hierchant, all connribute snmcthij, to the good of society. Now (Jhserye the bearing the ruumntarf hts upoi society. Could you sec withan1ne eve the desolations it lhath wro. * you would say, -'putI it d says. the rumselle. in h-.r~k~.. government to interfere yu a r4as jri vate business. A gr t t wheni that businiess ine hic good. And pray tiv 6 o' terfeiter and gamble I hio same plee? .Uut sii -"~ tempt to carry on thii~~~ the lignt of the noondayehj ' would they be hurl.~ h~ ploy ment1 and their efi*r And why thisproedur~ P ro ervatiokUl demand theisupgressl trfif. en