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THE INDEPENDENT PRESS IS rUDUSIlKD EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. Individual*, like nation*, fail in nothing which they boldly attempt, when sustained by virtuous purpone, arid determined reeolnltoru?liKXiiY WAT. " Willing to praise, yet not a/raid to blame" Terms?One Dollar a Year, in Advance. ABBEVILLE C. H. . SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1854. Special Notice. In order to avail ourselves of the earliustt.denurture of the eountrv mnila wa slmll lir?nr?r?. forth commence the printing of tlio Press on Thursday, ot ten or cloven o'clock, a. in. The majority of the mails for the District leave on Friday morning, and if we fail to transmit nt that time, the opportunity docs not occur again for several days. As the ears depart early every morning, it is impossible for us to supply those offices on the railroad before Saturday, without neglecting those \fhose mail facilities are less, and hence domand first attention. Those wishing to advertiso with us will please hand in their favors by 10 o'clock on Thursday. This will save us inconvenience, and insure the . insertion of advertisements. An Omission ..^y^J^OocuEnED in the report of the Bible Society "(^proceedings last week. ltev. J. C. Williams was appointed to prcacli the next annual sermon ; Rev. B. C. Webb the alternate. \V. M. i Haddkn, Esq., to deliver the address, and l)r. J. J. Waudlaw his alternate. Discontinued. The mail route from this place to Edgefield C. II., I109 been discontinued. Post-offices on that route will now bo supplied by way of Greenwood. Governor of Nebraska. pnaxk Birt, Esq., of l'cndletou, s. 0., now Third Auditor of tlie Treasurj*, it is said, 1j?? been appointed Governor of Nebraska Territory. Whether lie will accept, is not yet known. Brilliant Entertainment. Ma. Waoeneuk, on last Wednesday evening, favored us with one of his brilliant entertainments. It is sufficient to say that he fully sustained the high anticipations excited bj' the very enthusiastic encomiums passed upon him by the Charleston press, and that ho is fully .competenI to entertain and amuse any audience. Fresideutial Messages. Two messages from the President have been submitted to Congress since our last issue. One of these will be found on our first page. The other is excluded for want of space. It is, however, a veto message, accompanying back to the House of Representatives the llivcr and Harbor bill recently passed and sent to the ^jrideut for his approul_ He remarks that it flPWgs to that class of mSBures known as internal improvement, and is therefore of doubt mi constitutionality. Tlie message is brioC simply alluding to the objections against the bill, and promising to the next session a full exposition of the President's views on the subject. Nota Bene. "VVk desire attention toxe directed to the :nctic?of.tbeiown lot to be sold next uak: day. Of course every bofly Vho Sim any idea of making a bid will like to see for thcmselvca. Real estate in Abbeville, according to our notions, is high; but so it is in evcrv sActinn roads, court-bouses, jail?, and printing-offices exist So don't allow a few hundred to a trade. After noticing as above directed, please go on and read tho advertisement of Mr. J. F. Bell. lie will sell you a "home in the countryas also some of tho necessary adjunct*. These two advertisements appeared last week, but coming in at a late hour could barely find a place for themselves alone, exclusive of a rvftptllol 1 * r -v. (lu agmpn irora us. There is tho card also of Mr. Crawford, who proposes to convey passengers from Greenville to Chick Springs. Oar wish is that ho may meet the reward of his enterprise. A large reward is offered for the arrest of Mr. Barmore'b slave, now at large. If dollars fail to catch him, thqn justice w? fear will miss her due?. Stat* Bight* Register. 1 Tub is the Dime of * new paper recently 1 started at Washington city, edited by O. C. Daylob, and devoted to fhe State Rights cause. The first number of the RegiaUr gires earnest of able advocacy in the eaoae it espouses, and is recommended to the public by a long list of distinguished congressmen, among whom the names of most of South Carolina's delegation' are fonnil : .v w>yrcpoMd by. the editor to pnb-j Huh during the year Che Virginia IUaolutioiu of '98, together, with' the iniwcn of several States to the Mine, u also ?o\ne twenty-lire or thirty other valuable, document* of thoee day* that tried the Government, We donbt not the re publication of.cpoh matter will be profitable ?certainly, if read. In this precocious age, we are wont too much to negUet the old (n ? Kcr iiMt- * ? _ ?wcmp tlx few. whieb U bow mu?Uy bo horrify ounuCMtured u Iojt*ot much of the weight andeoYUUfcy of tboee "olden time" i nrodaetiooj. . . uJ. 1 The K*gUUr U t>ofc ?i** 00 per ye.r; %\ Ml six montb?' $100 ttwwit**,. , . ^ <"* * i ' 1 ;/ . Tba 8UU OepMeL ' / tmCfttomW***? ~r-r?r> ^topMi Ui? " of Mr. Q. & W*una, of QbsrUetoe, Wl ud M i For oureilvc#, wo caro not to know a man's birth place, so tlint~hV&i3chargcs his undertakings faithfully and well, and demeans himself with propriety. And while we ourselves are proud to find native men of skill in all the departments of labor amongst us, we nevertheless believe in encouraging Northern men, when they are Industrious and reputable, to abide with us; for such Yankees innko good citizens, and tend to neutralize Northern mviii dice to Southern policy. Postmasters?A Contrast. Not long since a bundle of manuscript came through the innil, directed to us, with ten ccnt/i postage attached, unpaid. .Some liow our curiosity prompted us to trespass against our rule, "shell out," and take the package from the post-office. From tho name of the writer and sender which appeared in the communication, we were somewhat puzzled to account for such a breach of courtesy. Wo would have guarantied better thing* of liim. Next Jay, however, the postmaster from whose office the unpaid ]>ackago came, forwarded to us the dime, accojnjmiiied with a satisfactory explanation of the mistake, for mistake it was, he having neglyctcd to credit as authorized by the writer.? Such a postmaster as this we liko to contmciid. Errors, when so promptly repaired, we gladly forgi ve. Tliero are postmaster*, however, who are either so ignorant of their duties, or so utterly reckless as to the fulfilment of them, as to send a letter now and then to an editor (to whom they are always authorized to frank,) with the Government tax unreceipted upon it. If one ever speculates upon our capital in such n way, anil fails to repair damages, we shall commend him to the special regard of Mr. Cami-nku, or his successor, alias the Postmaster CJencral. Editors vs. Quacks. It is some consolation to know that our humble heads are not the only ones that now and then get. a thumping from some incensed titrrtir>j pugilist. The city craft "catch it" occasionally. A few weeks ap>, we clipped from the editorial columns of the Charleston Nnrx an nrticJe in reference to T>r. Hoiiknsack's Pills, with the thought of inserting it for the benefit of our patrons anil readers. Said article was n sort of analysis of the same said pills; and, from the operator's allowing, it seemed that one <>f the constituents of this nostrum wna artcuie! Ami the editor concluded by warning everybody to beware?it might fatten for a while, as it is known to fatten the peasants of Russia and the Caucasus, but would eventuate in a giddiness of the head, sinking of tlie heart, tottering of the kuees, and "kicking of the buekct" ! This article being laid over from time to time, was still waiting its turn when a second pill production in the JS'cws drew our attention.? This last brought with it as paternity the name ui me vcrnaiiic i)r. JIoiikns.vck himself. The Doctor in indignant at the sacrilegious handling of his luuitling by the Alio*, and talks about law, nnd libel, and falsehood, and such like, in connection with tho offender. He denies the existence of arsenic in tlicni, and insists that everybody may take his pills with nil safety. The editor, iu reply, admonishes the Doctor that "down South her<s when men talk too bohlly about bare-faced falsehood, there is a heanj pill which is sometimes administered," whose effects are similar to those of arsenic, ?xeepting that j'i&e symptoms are sooner developed 1 But lie icw me uoctor <jff Ojjs Lime without offering his Bcrvices in that way. Wonder if it isu't all a "aliam fight," after all, to draw attention to the pills? Will, we give thia notice, anyhow. Now, Doctor, send as an order, and wc will advertise for 3011 on easy terms; for wc have no doubt your qunck is as valuable as any body's quack. Regimental Reviews. \ It is our fortune to have been constituted by natural causes a beneficiary of the military exemption provision,?a fortune we would gladly exchange for the niit/ortune of the camp and drill,?and lience were not forced to take the dust and heat to and from the parade grounds on the occasion of cither of the recent Reviews I in 6ur District. . i Everything passed, it is said, about as usual ?according to tli? ?1 ? a ...- .rai?vj|n;u |irograjnmc. Officers and men performed their respective parts to commendation; and tlie usual number of visitors were out to witness "the pomp ami circumstance of glorious" muster. Gen. McGowan addressed the Regiments, we understand, fervently and eloquently, in favor of upholding the militia system ; deprecating its attempted overthrow ns indicative of decline in chivalry and patriotism. "Wo have heard his efforts highly extolled, by those opposed to, I as well as those acrrealnrr witli !?: *- ' ? ?? "?1 ? '?? wa have no doubt .fre acquitted himself gallantly ?nd well. The last Edgefield Ad**rti?er, while it refrains from an endorsement of bis position*, passes a warm eulogium upon a speech delivered by the General at a late Regimental RcvSqw in tlint I>Utr?ct. fiat with alt our confidence in his ability, we think the satisfactory rindication of the system U a task rather above his powers of performam??rather above the performance of any one. W# ean see no absolute necessity for its longor existence; and belisra that its discontinuance wcrnld be mere the removal of a naisanee than tha bringing of a calamity. The expediency of |||M?Hl ?' P*tro1 u about tho strongest argumeab we era pitreeive is extenantion of tho tjtbtm, knd thet en d era certainly be eceomplUhod U fully And efc lew actual expeoM after millU* trnjnlng>BBO?b?red eroong nonentities I In f?at> patrolling, ire believe, under the pre*1 ??i nrrragcment, U little toore then - farco?it 1 teald not be wom Under another, end *e tope fcp Jbrfier. And ?* ** should levy a tax of ovon one-third of the value of tlie tinio now spent in these exorcises*, (which would not be less than one dollar to each man,) and apply the funds to the erection of military schools, where a goueriil education couM be nequired, thus giving to tho country luunlrcila of soldiers alike competent 011 tlio iichfnml in the cabinet would outweigh a score of the one now existing. It docs not |ieihiij? hccoiuc its, in view *?f our personal exemption from the duties it imposes, to sjjy much in relation to the military system; hut careless'ns we may he, so far as our individuality is eoiieeriitrd, whether it he let alone or demolished, the foregoing, conclusions irresistibly possess our mind, and we express them because expression is our right.~ The sentiment of the people oti this subject is unknown to us, and therefore wo are not apprized as to which side we are on?the weaker or tho stronger. The "popularity-seeking ucdi tors" may perchance be better advised. /? Destruction of Ctreytown. The bouihardineiit and utter destruction of (Jreytown, by the American sloop of wnr Cy line, C'apt. Hoi.uns commandcr, is now llic staple of considerable nnd varied remark in the newspapers. Columns of official reports, rumors, editorials, and so forth, have been iuduccd bj* tlie occurrence. And indeed it is not strange; for the destruction of any town, however small and insignificant, is a matter not to be.pasfiHl l,y. (ircytowu is a little steamboat station at the month of the San Juan in Central America, unit exercises a sort of independent government, over a small territory around. The town is said to contain about eighty houses, mostly of wood, and inhabited by about five hundred souls, (if these ten or fifteen are from the United States, about twenty-live Englishmen, twelve or fifteen French and German, and the remainder Jamaica negroes and natives. Some say these inhabitants are of lawless charaetcr, utile ueiier man pirates, nml enlitUil t<> about tlic same respect. l!ut again wc arc t??l?l tlmt its independence had been recogni/"d by this and tlic British ( ovcriiiiicut". Thi?, however, - mailer of little moment in coiim?I< ring the i question of the propriety or impropriety of i(? dc-.slruetioii ; for if provocation cxigte*! sullicient to warrant such a procedure against a lawless community, the same would justify it towards ft recognized independent (iovernuieiit. The alleged nggressions which led t<? the filial result are briefly these: The Transit <\*npany accused certain inhabitants of (Jreytown of having unlawfully appropriated some of its property, and applied to the authorities of tlie town for restitution. The application was disregarded, and the authorities are said to have rather sustained the conduct of the trespassers. Xext, as Mr Amcrienn Minister to Central America, was on his return to the Unii. i 11... .... i 1.V.-W .juti.c.i, iiu kuuL'iicu ul ?iroytown, and whilst (here a difficulty occiirrc<l in the harbor in j which the captain of nn American, steamer; killed a resident^, <?f the town. Effort* wvre j niftde to arrest thocaptain by the authorities [ of the place, but~Mr. IIobla.M) forbade and prevented the arrest. Afterward*, whilst in, the town, at night, the house where he lodged was j surrounded by a mob who made fierce threats and ofTcrod itonlt to him. Those, as far as we are able to gather, were'the offences. Subsequently Ciipt. IIollixs was ordered by the Navy Department at Washington to proceed to CJreytown with the sloop Cyano and demand redress for tho insult and injury thus sustained by Mr. Uoni.AXn and tho Transit Company.? tl... s * - " ' aiiv uisiriicLions given m linn unpliid, nt least, authority to resort to extreme measured to force a complianco with the demand. I*n|?t. IIom.in? i proceeded thitlier; made the requisition as instructed; met with refusal; published a proclamation warning thein of his design to hoiiv burd tho town if tho authorities persisted iu their obstinacy, and finally, at the timo designated, the next morning, proceeded to execute his threat with dreadful precision. The whole town was rcdticcd to aslic;. No lives were lost however, as nil the inlinbitants had fled the placc on tlic opening of the assault. At this distance, and with the many conflicting statements before us, wc can scarcely venture a conclusion ns to whether these alleged grievances were of so grave a character as to I demand any kind of interference on the part of the Ui;itedStates Government or not; but wo cannot believe tbnt so extreme a penalty as the one inflicted, and that too at so short notice, was justifiod by even the alleged transgressions of the inhabitants and authorities. An insult to an American Minister should certainly bo a subject of Govern mental concern. But* it is said, Mr. Bubland was not in the cxercise of that offico when at Groytown interdicting tho arrest of Cnpt. Smith and receiving the compliments of tbo mob. And, if this Government docs recognize the existence of San Juau as au independent State; wo can see no propriety in prohibiting the arrest of a citizen of AniM trlinti lift uln1nt?? !?- I " .. ? ?v??vi in 111 wo* ii wc cannot risk the trial of an Amcricnn citizcn there, why rccognizo it at all, or have any thing to do with it in any way f It seems to us, therefore, that Mr. Bouland was not justifiable in tho course he pursued, cither as Minister or as a private citizcn?the independence of San Juan being conecded?nnd liencc bo bad no claims to redress on his Government The Administration is charged with tho responsibility of tbe affair, and wo supjKisc correctly. The Washington Sentinel, in strong terms, sustains both it and Copt. IIollhm, and denie* that San JAan Was recognized as independent. He says Oreytown was overshadowed by an Indian flaar not r<tancml?<i Kw ?j ______ 0 wj tj;in/.cu nations; tliat its people were A band of negro buoe?q<$ra, whoso conduct doscrvod no better urvuri. ' >>< I v United Stutos 06m-1 whieb argues tbo r^M^^ in COMMUNICATIONS. tl" - ' . - ' ' " - - ? ; frj [fortius inuefkndknt rnims ] A Card. Messrs. / Miters: Hold on, my, <!onr sir* I I jj liiiiI no idea of raising such u stir when I com- ? incnccd my poor article oil the "Kxatniifnlion." r< I frankly confess to you a strong dislike of tho . "villainous compound," uml us hrimslonr comes jj near enough to it to give ine tho alarm, I beg leave <6 say to you and your readeiv, that I'm oil'?good l>yi ! Anything but brimstone! I'liew! what a smell!! Viatoh. ?.v . ^ y [You-riii: i.M?i:rKM>k\r im:iws.] Trihuto of Respect. At a in*-*otii?j5 of the Ahhcvillc Light Infntil- I jry, at Morrows'* C?I<1 I'iehl, August filli, the fol-')( lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted: | Whereas, it has jan all-wise I'rovi- ^ dencfe<o remove from time to eternity Joiin K. i Ai.i.i:n? ami l.KWH W. CoantA.v, therefore he it : t| unanimously I Jitsoleol, Tlmt in the death of J??nx*Il Ai.i.kn j j ami I.iavis \\. (.Vn:iiiiam, the Ahhevillo Light Iii- j j( fnntry litis hei'it deprived of two useful ami 1 inueh attached DiemheW. I Jiexolvnl. That we .1.-ot.lv :??- I v?l "'-"jli the nfllicled familcs of the deceased. | h ItrKolrcii, Thnt a blank page of our iiiiimt?* j hook li? sot n|?arl for the inline* of the. deceased, j iiinl the ihitei of their death, ntid thw\ve wear ' the usual badge of mourning thirty iluyj, I ( I{ixoli'c<l, That n copy of these resolutions he | sent, to the parents of the deceased, and lie pnh- ' f lished in the village paper.-*. j ^ [lOlt T1IK INIiKl'ENM'.NT I'ltES!-.] ' Rev. E. A. Bolles. |> M<sxrx. h'<li(ors : Spending a very pleasant I and agreeable day, the first of this week, in ! the company of the Rev. Iv, A. I'ol.l.K-f, Agent j of the American Rihlc Society for this State, I . we learned a feiv items connected with his his-1 tory, which, in justice to Mr. I>ot. ?>: ?, and the L cause of which he is the agent, we think should j he made public. | i uere is mi impression prevailing lii':v, nml in other ii]ac>-!, as we hear, that. In* is a North- ' 1 , # ( I ern limn, which gives rise t>> prejudice against Mr. JJi'U.ks iiihI Jius harm lulliccaii^in which | lie is engaged.^ 'i'liis is a great mistake, ami ' should lie rectified. -isliop C.U'Er.s, a mini ' whose eminence in this State and throughout the South is truly enviable, married the parents of Mr. Hoi.i.ks, many years ago, in llie city of Charleston, Soutli Carolina, lie (the subject of 1 this notice) was horn in Charleston, nml grew | up a play-fellow nml companion of the amiable and talented pastor of the MethodisL Church ' in this village, l!cv. C. S. "Wai.kki:, ami the lie v. I>. McXcill. Tr?m:it, former pastor of the con- ' gregatioii at Upper Long Cane. Ho received 1 liis literary and theological education in this ' State?the one in the College in Charleston, ami I the other in the Seminary of the Kvangelieal 1 Lutheran Church, at Lexington C. II., and has ' i preached within the limits of the State ever since his graduation in Theology. ' Sir. Uoi.LKs. then, was born, raised and edti- ' eatcd, ami has always lived in South Carolina, ' and is to the core <t Soul/urn man. Wc have 1 never conversed with a man whoso love ami ' pride for his native State was more glowing " and clicrishcil. Let all prejudices, therefore, ' he dismiss*'.1 n,?l l..f Mr 11.....,= ?l ?.: 1 receive "tlie countenance and support of tlic ( christian public. Will the papers in the State, friendly to the cause of the Bible, give the above, or a similar notice, publicity ? I'* j [ron Tiir. iNDF.rF.snKXT pukss.] Ernkine College Commencement* ' Wk attended the comiiieiicoincut exercises of ' 1 Krskinc College, which were brought to a elo.JC 1 ' on Wednesday evening last, niul were so highly pleased and entertained, that we cannot refrain ' from publicly expressing our high appreciation ? of the performances. 1 On Tuesday night wo heard a verv nilmiroliU I nd?lrcss to the alumni of tho College, by the c llev. II. Thomi-son Sloajj. Tlio Elements of 1 American Literature constituted the theme of a his discourse, whieh bore marks of deep thought < and Icnruiug, and was delivered in such a man- I ncr as highly to please and entertain a popular o assembly. Mr. Sloan is a rising man, ?nd we a predict for hini a lofty round in the ladder in coming time. Sl On H>/? s? uicuuijj tnu oociory uipiumns v were delivered to tlio graduating class, both n Societies being represented by a speaker; to h each of which there was a response. These ex- ci ercises wero deeply interesting. The young men discharged the respective duties assigned Ci them with credit to themselves. The subject of a Mr. Nanck's response to one of the speakers?the 0 Constancy of Woman?wc thought rather in- 8' appropriate upon tho occasion, but not out of tl tune wiih his feelings and the circumstances which surroundod him, he having been married 81 at 5 o'clock that evening to a young and blushiug bride, who sat within the sound of liia voice. n The aud.ence assembled to witn*?ui ?? ? cises was said to be mucli lnrger than usual.? CI Lindsay Hall, which is large and spacious, was 8' well filled, and yet there was many in the cam* w pus below. 01 On Wodnasdny, commcncoment <JKy proper, 111 a numbor of young men, selected from the m graduating class, delivered speeches, upon varlous subjects, to an ioimeusA audience, which re- IM fleeted crcdit and hoiidtiUpo'n tlioinselTCfs upon their nrofMinM. ami ttMn , _?<?9uvuHun from 'J which they were jiu>t parting. We will not nttempt a notice of each speaker, -with an analy- 01 sis of his spcech. Boffico it to say, tlmt from n tho character of tho oratory displayed upon 6* tho occasion, it'was inferable that tlii&nmpor- y? teat art received a duo proportion of attention intheColfoga. In After recesa, Dr. Palmkb, of Cgltuqbla, the eo annivoraar^ prator of the two Societies, ascend- ah - i - r JUUgO ior I til louiMlves. Of iho kind, (i wns one of th? reat thing* of tUo ngc.Wo were sorry that certain ndjtineU with hicli we woro encunibcred, forccd us from the all before the exercises were quite concluded. i'o did not hear the Valedictory or 13accaluu>ato, and cannot speak of them upon our own 4...I ...... ll-? ?> vuwuii onj tiiub nicy were very uttcrinuly alluded to in our ja-cscnce. Spectator. [Von the im?ki'ex6kst ?'ui:s?.] An Old Fogy Awake. Af'-xsr*. J-'ditor*:?llow you surprise mo! L'llU HI I* J I f I. ? -1 ...J , . JUH null! UTOlll I1ICII, niltl | uglit after houornbla associations in lift*; and hat. is this I hoc in the /Vu, n communication oiii "profundi*," (what docs that lifenu ? Is ly old dictionary right?) but I recollect myi?lf, this is a " progressive age," and words as ;cll as men bccomc antiquated. lint it must e so?your late correspondent talks about uerlin " unknown regions"?"extremesouthern" laccs?the "centre of the earth" ifcc. Why irs, wo thought your predecessor hot enough ii all conscience, but who can tell where you re to end after such a beginning? Allow an hi fogy to give you a little advice, and that is ? steer as wide a course as possible from all ueli doubtful associations. "An old fairy hiiii iiiisinjr, en f well, now thai is too much to bear outing from such a quarter, anil especially Her the lute .shock to my nervous system from lie hands of " Asutrs." Well, suppose that I'm.to has a hotter reason or keeping awake than he chooses to have ;onernlly known, lint, hits, I scornsueli mi oploncnt, :in<l be it known to you, sirp, Hint if you vi11 suffer sin-b disreputable correspondence in four paper, that you must suffer the consopieiir ej. As nn ?tdfoyij, you must know, sir?, that [ do not ridicule tlic idea of gliosis goblin?, iiul wizzards. J confess to a pretty strong laming to t lie belief in neeroninirey, and llic " black il ls." Siiv, the burning of witches at Salem j ins been too strongly reprobated by some wlio j lave suffered themselves to be bewitched by n noro. muuteinptible sorceress. The difference irs, between tlie witches of yore, and thopc of the present day, is precisely the difference between ?<jr and >/oul/i?>it/(i>tcxx niul fovrtiiicM? lint ri/'it and briyftt ci/rx. do you understand? mid while one poor fool has been ''hagridden" !>) the former, a thousand equally wise have been seduced by the latter. But ?/??r friend I'i.vto will call this "snorinising,"' 1 suppose, (well for liim tliat lie cnuM obtain n little rest,) and 1 sli:ill therefore dismiss so contemptible mi adversary, and turn lny attention to something more profitable. 1 nm mi ohlfwjsi sir#, and glory in the title, tor the smile reasons thut General IIaurison and Lliu Whigs gloried in log cabins, and eider barrels in 1810, viz., they were emblems of rc roach, converted by his friends into symbols ?f triumph. Now, sirs, let me give you my rcitL Imprimis?I believe in the Holt/ Bible us tlie [!ook of Go,?, containing all tlint is neoessarj* or excellence in life, anil immortality in Ktcrlity. Now, sir?, as there arc many divisions of he great army of old fogicx, and as they imiluilly revile ami hate each other, I shall not (how yoiift^erM$#1i "or oWand imperturbable affi conceivc myself to jo, 1 have a dread <wpie "Odium Thcologi!Uiii," and for this good reason, having hurncd ny fingers in the nrF once, I have a mind to keep them out in tlic future. Secondly, I bvlicvo in thnt intcrprctntiun of lie liible, which honors God, nml gives a lovng reality io virtue?making it as distinct from iicc us light is from darkness?I believe in the 'rcedora of the liURia:: will, a:id in our personal | ind proper responsibility, before God and iuaD ; I have an utter abhorrence of that "dilcttantsm " which can vxrp over a fictitious hero, and tlecj) over the sublimest teachings of the Bible, ?r which can only pray out of a morocco bound jook with gold clasps, or listen to no other caching than that which has been steeped in lologne, or perftimed with "nttnr"of ro3cs. have an uttor detestation of that " traiiKctiIcntalitm" in religion whieh denies the facts >f the Bible, and feeds its votaries on the pyllniub of fine spun theories, which kicks Paul ut of tho door nnd crucifies, the son of God freali. I liatc nil flesh nurtured sj-stenis whieh makes in a misfortune merely, and not a fault; and . hieh sheds erocodilc tears over tlie fancied liseries of fanciful persons, and hardens the cart, and closes tlio purse strings against the alls of real suffering and wretchedness. 1 hate all now and specious theories of eduntion which spurns tho Biblo as a text book, nd would introduce tho vagaries of Aiict<$le, r tlio madness of Tom Paine or Voltaire. In lort, sirs, 1 hato the Devi), alios Pluto, and alt tat appertains to his " de profundis," and* I ope,'sirs, thatyou will liave no more to do with lcli suspicious characters. . 1 aui not so far asleep that? I cannot anticipate grin from yonr friend Pluto, and it ininginaon, hear him croalc opt, >* Ah yea, tbnt is the cod of an old fogy, sure enough, with a renI ? ? jvU uvHi, ?uw o|Kn ne repeata the ords halt, abhor ?fce. ? ^ "Wonder if en old fogy in do anything but hate!" Yea, sir, there aro any tilings which a ranch abused old man like e cpn lore. My old heart haa not boon bro:n up yet in all ita sympathies, and if it wero >t that I Aflte to follow such an example aa urro'a, I would giro a lino from Tkrence fnl oxpressive of my fooliiigs. I shall, however, J icline the aaotations. in?t?? ? -- ' f .- ? -- yr*pon p nkcs a great noiso ovor a rough road?Ptpro, J Latinistl! But, kin, in my indignation; ai iintt tninp enemy, I must not forge^td tell \ u, my fricqd, wbat I do love I love a 'government baaed on tlie eternUl a wi\of^right (tond BiW<?r 7 ^oy?* j mJm- ivwior KUC^flflTwr * - - T? 3= - ,...y R8 Molom or A? twwuti.u iA.i i _ - in.i.wiuir, yuk WWI1Iprove all tl?eir gifts of mind nnd heart;j^-'-vicw of life's responsibilities, and tlie aurflr'demand# of eternity?where there is 110 dogmatising, as to tlio minor points of faitli, but broud and comprehensive views aro cnforcfcd and illustrated. I love a family in which tlio authority of religion is distinctly recognized?it* sacred dti- ? ties performed, and its sweet and benevolent spirit exhibited in tlio smaller and more Important occasions of*domestic life. Lovk! what do I love? Why, airs, 1 think I have an eye fur all Unit is grand aiul snblima in nature?an ear for nil that is sweet and harmonious in music?and a heart, yes, sir, 1 have a heart to sympnthiso with whatsoever things are pure and lovely, whether in the ? kingdoms of naturtf or grace'. "Pretty well done for an old fogy1" says my cn?tny, " no doubt lie will soon to make us believe, that, he is a love sick swain, or a "half and half widoweiv" one hnlf tears for departed- worth, and the other, larger hnlf. admiration fur ?nr-' viving loveliness." Not so fust mine enemy?I have lived to hoc an end of nil perfection. No, nil's, ns an old fotjy, I have cherished the memory of depnrted joys, until it hns become the business of my life to search thc*rollcclion of their image amongst objects which survive, nnd if I li ivc my dislikes, niul th?s should be strong ntid uncontrollable, there is still enough left to love, nnd through that love to keep the licnrt from .smothering in the fumes of worblliiicss nnd selfishness around me. ' Uut denr mo, I am sure I shall bo snorhuj presently, or what is worse reduee my renders 10 ft stale or somnolency, which would be absolutely alarming. So for the present, gentle readers, I must bid you adieu. An Oi.i> Fogy. ANOTIIKIt ASTONISHING CUI1R? | Highly appreciated as Stablrr'a Anmli/ue (Slurry \ I'Jrfactor mil is, wherever known, too much praise cannot lie bestowed upon ti .medicine j which will accomplish such cures as that of A. i (!. 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IL; iriVir avt\ iunn" * " < IK11.1I/, liniuutu ?K V,t>., Wholesale agents, Charleston; Ami 1>y Merchants ceiicrally. <# Aug. 12 -14 oSlTUAltlf] - " , Dkcautkij this life on the 28th, July, 185-1, Mr*. Nancy Dkooks, nged about ninety years. Slfic wus n mother of licr country, amother in.* < the Church, and ft mother to her children. For , more than hnlf a century, she lived a consistent. member of tho"linptf&t Clinreh'of Christ r j She died at the residence of her eon, .Stun- I more Butler Brooks, surrounded by liercl|i!drcn nml grand children, who -with strong nflfectipu 1 soothed ber dying moments, and watched-wit?*- . | enrc for 6onie weeks her every.wanty, Jfdjj^;- ? under the sickle of dentil, the harvest, no fears of thefuturi 'Vslittijtf liassnirft. she wished to depart and bo in p~eacj<??jSf JM the mansion prepntc<.\ f??r ber, by l?or btc-33cdp -JB Redeemer, In \rhoW she (rustrl Slid loaves to mourn lier departure, ai^ cbit- H dren, forty-three grand-children, fifty-one groat- H grand cbudreu, and three ffreat-?rponf.??n~.'i _ - ^ o" "wv fc>* wiivt* H children, who,have all more pr lesa l>ccu bene- K fitted by lier maternal care, and lessons of mo- V rality and religion, and tho taTes of practical fi life, which were over exemplified in her lifr, K and scaled in her death ! But they ' mourn ^Kr not as those without hope," for alte-dicd with IB that moral courage^ which the religion of-Jesus J3? Christ can alone bestow. Mrs. Nancy Broolts, whoso maiden name was Nancy Butler, was identified with Cftrolina'a^B-' troublous times. When the' storm-cloud of rc^H^ gal vengeance was bursting in all its Airy ovet^^^p mvollltinnnrtr ?1 ' vvwmn, mien j#w ana i (inlci^y nnd society were in' a fragmentary: CotiditioiqfB rendered still more appall iug%ry bnndsof toriei\^w who reveled in tlio confusion which necessarily? v distracted tlio country on the destruction of vc-jR gul sway And English rule in this British colu^B nics of North America- Iler father, Jamefl| Butler, was among the ftremftBtto resist tho ty^K ' ranuy of the majthcr country. Wh$n that iuflB? burn prineijilo of the 9(i*on was exalted inJHt activity, and the banner of freedom flontqH.; though bnt. feebly in tbo brecso, James stood under its fold?, ready to peril all iu tflK' cause pf Uictdown-troduan libmti***# try. 1'iitriotisin was with thin family a hutSE holdf#deity, to them the word liberty hadMK moaning, rational liberty was a principle, thy the struggle to assefr its value. Tlio peaceful arts of wp'ieulturfi.aud the co^Kjs. forts of home, wero abandoned, fathers njMRl* sons harnessed for th* contest, nnd with rifiojMife han'd^jmiiedthfctoatriofc band, unapplied the fearful <Sdd? that th?n attended tlierai home nifd abroad. That band who had (letcflB mined ,to ^jwcj^^gy^^^f goy^ turo of man as a rational heiogv*4ta> fallacies and^arrogafct^ nonterffcA of th^^H. ^ contrivances of Je^ts, to. enthrall bv its tlmiri toiuKmiJo? 1 thin father ar^npw eliowing their ?9 |' ^'WthV^nnh',1^ six $ B&t.;