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Although v in a hopeless minority, arid unable to carry i their separate State ticket, it is still pleasant c to see thej* repudiate affinity with Northern i Know Nothingistn or fusion?support the / Kansas-Nebraska bill, resist the re-enactment v of the Missoiyji Compromise, and assert ii the broad and saving doctriuc of State ji Rights. Let them hold to their principles ji and remain in a minority if success must be n purchased at their sacrifice. . b Another document of importance at this h juncture will be found in our paper this a week. Wo mean the speech of Presi- -ti dent Fierce, made at the Virginia White h Sulphur Springs, on the 21st ult. The ri guests at the Springs having heard that u the President and suite would arrive on a that day, organized a large meeting, and si detailed a committee of reception, among c whom we observe the names of Ex-Gov. b .jonn Ij. manning, non. i?. w. riekens j s< and W. M. Poreher, of our owu State. Ex-President Tyler was chosen to address c the President at tho Springs in prcsonce t< t if tlif> <?ifsls immhoritifr nv??* /-? >.* <1 - t>" > tS lltvu- | |.| sand persons. ! tl The remarks of the venerable Ex-Prcs- (; ident were a noble tiibute to the patriotism i & of Mr. Pierce, and were loudly applauded.! ir The President replied in a speech that u: challenges the closest scrutiny. A poru-! v< snl will furnish no point for hypercritical tl cavil. No fickleness of opinon?no im-|ci pulsive patriotism?no demagogical can t1S lurk in his words. Fully imbued with ven- m oration for the virtuous founders of it, he d< appeals in earnest tonus to a just spirit to D preserve the Union. " Su We do not hold Mr. Pierce up as a great Si man in the ordinary accoption of the term w ?no. But as a sound, safe and practical la statesman, wedded to constitutional oblige- w tions and preservation of State Rights, we m estimate him above many who rank higher _tw of his own day. Elected to his present high hf position by a party,?l>e lias always and stead- ze ily persevered in illustrating its principles, to " While doing so, however, bo has kept ur himself above the views of partisanship in j Iil the high attributes of government, and wield- di ed costitutional sway that has won.encomi- ti< ums even from tlio-e who labored for his de- of feat, and who do not approve the general in measures of Ins po'itcal associates. Mr. Pierce pi is a Northern man. Educated in the school hi of Woodbury, than whom our own Calhoun cx was scarcely a more staunch State Rights ct advocate, he has so directed the affiiirs of the er Government as to secure to each section a A faithful observance of constitutional iinmu- to nities within the sphere of executive control, in We know it is fashionable to denounce the se * General Government?and we have done so w when we thought denunciation deserved, tl It is not always the object of censure, how- te ever. When honestly striving to curb fanati- cl cism and purify the political atmosphere it jc should meet, as it merits, commendation. g; The long acquiescence of the South in the jn operation of the ordinance of 1787 and Mis- sj fiouri restriction of 1820, to the approval of! b which it is now made manifest Mr. Calhoun pi assented, rather invited than repelled en- it croachments, and it is therefore not surpris- o] ing that the government was warped in leg- es islation. But opportunity is now afforded as to restore and perpetuate original rights, vi No shackles of compromise exist. The ordi- t;i nance of 1787, from the erection of thet^rri- c< tory to which it applied into States, is func- at tus officio, and .the Misouri compromise, li< as it is unwittingly called, having been swept jo from the statute book, wc can fall back up- ti on the Constitution, and demand the ob?erv- jn V^.ance of its provisions. A steady union of in the true friends of the Confederacy, and a T persevering resistance to all compromises S of rights clearly defined, cannot, in our judg- n ment, fail to crush out faction, and make it the Union or the Statra what it was design- j ai ed to bo?a blessing To posterity. es ' Believing these ends can be attained in 01 no ou.er rC ,1Hve our purpose | to support the'Democratic party, all pres- t>i "ent combinations to the contrary not; withstanding, up to tho point of separation indicated.in tlie Georgia platform, - . ancl we adduce these exhibitions of Demo- % ,, xiratic sefttijnents in proof that our confl . "' 'dence is "not misplaced or unworthily be*tovad.^r-rCgrolinu Spartan. yi? ? . ? , . MBiiiopipT Episcopal Ciiuuch South. ?Ffom;.the general minutes of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, we gather the following facta": The number oltrav- ? ' filing "preachers is 1,012; superannuated '-r ... ^4^0; locil.4,359; whitatmomb??^28,511; oolorid l4ftS84Indiana 8,767 ; grand total i V 603,30?^ The increase during the yea^was steward 1" B^clnimed a fellow i) *;*in.coe of the steatriboata, after having re- t tirectto his Be&?'^Ha!k>o, steward P n way-bill.'* thea^feeij btigibdtdown ihei*Wpe* '#?. *?rtb before I did, . ,lf. I Dot, I want 'era tort? I vjircuiar. To the District Societies and Citizens of i the State of South Carolina : The undersigned, who were appointed nn ! Dxecutivu Committee, at the. recent meeting; if Delegates, from -various portions of our >tate, to form a State Agricultural Society, j rould respectfully suggest to you the imporance of such an object, and earnestly request J f you to call on tlie citizens of your re*pec- i ive Districts to unite and form District Agricultural Societies, that shall co-operate i k ith the State Society in collecting useful j ^formation and disseminating it among the ('Ople at large. We also propose to offer 1 nnually suitable premiums for the Kbst ! managed farms; for tlie most approved , reeds of stock; and for the implements of j usbandry best adapted to our agriculture;1 Iso, "for the mechanical, artistic and dotnesic productions of our citizens;" and we ope by the stimulus thus afforded, and the ivalry thus excited, to bring about a gradal and steady improvement, not only in | gricullural but in all of the industrial pur- j nits of our Slate; and we trust that every i itizen of South Carolina, from the hum-, lest to the highest, will zealously enlist in ) important and patriotic an undertaking. To accomplish so laudable an object it is k ident we must have the means, and those, >o, of a permanent character. We propose, icrefore, to raise, by individual subscription, ie sum of twenty-five thousand dollars j 525,000,) and to petition to the Legislature' ir a suitable amount of money, to be invested j i stocks paying regular dividends, and to j 5c annually only the income from siu-h in-j stment. To raise'the individual sub.^crip- i on it is proposed that citizens in the differ- j it Districts, who are disposed to join the late Agiicultural Society, shall become life , icuibers imon the navineni of iu.-i.nfv.fivo I jll.irs (?25) each, and that the different islrict Societies shall pay annually the 1111 of five dollars itito the Treasury of the Late Society. From these three sources e liojie to raise abundant means. At the te Agricultural Meeting in Columbia, there i ere ninety Delegates who became life > embers, and raised, in a few minutes, over ro thousand dollars (52,000,) and we ive every reason to believe that the citi- i lis of the District of Richland and the I wn of Columbia, will raise a like amount; < id that the Town Council will also make j; )cr?l donations to the Society, bv provi- j rig the grounds and suitable accoinmod?.- i >ns for the exhibition of stock, implements I agriculture, and the products of the! echanie arts. Willi such bright pros- j ;cts before us, we entreat every one to use i s exertions to form District Societies, to be- < >me himself a life member of tin Xrnw. AmL _ " ' I illuml Society, and to procure as many oth- < life members as can possil>ly be obtained, i bove all, we invite eaeli District Society j p send Delegates to the Agricultural Meet- , ig that is to take plnce in Columbia on tbe tcond Tuesday of November next; and e most earnestly request each member of ie State Society to be punctual in his ntndance?for it is not only by an intcrlange of feelings and opinions on the sub- I ct of agriculture that .we can hope to ive to it that importance to wli.ch it is so istly entitled, and to excite that laudable , ?irit of rivalry among our District Societies | y which they will become honorable comititors in advancing the prosperity of their , ssnective Districts, and the mean? nf rl..v?l- . ;>inpr and increasing the agricultural resourc- . ? of the whole State. We also propose, , i soon as a permanent fund shall he proved, to appoint a Secretarj*, who shall ike charge of all of the reports and other jmmunieations from the District Societies, id publish all that shall he worthy of pubcation in a weekly or monthly agricultural ( >umal, to he under the control and direc- | on of the Executive Committee?which urnal shall be sent gratuitously to each life , lember of the State Agricultural Society. ( husyou will preceive that the District and tate Societies will be made to co-operate ?ost harmoniously ; the one in collecting iformation, and the other in publishing ; rid diffusing it. We, therefore, most earnitlj appeal to you to aid us in carrvintr lit our laiuliible purposes. All of which is respectfully submitted on , jnalf of the Executive Committee. A. P. Calhoun, ( E. G. Palmer, . i J. U. Adams, R. W. Gibbe9, ' O. M. Da^tzler, R. J. Gage, _ A. G. Sl'mmer, Executive Comi^jttoe. Negroes Snor;-;-We le?rn that a opufcle F negroes were shot,on Inst Saturday night, i the suburbs of .ojfjr to\jn. We are not ? poscssion of the fact* "of the case, arid annot toll, therefore^, who shot them, who lioy belong to, what they were doing, or do wo Know whether they were shot tith i^ or salt. Ono Ibin^ we'do know, Sat masters |lad better orfer their slave* o keep away from this town during the igtygirAndtrsQn QauUe. ; . 'j. *.? 491 l! vl> 1 * 1^6^^ ^ of new cotton was re It is ImpOBaible. "It is impossible !" said some, when ' Peter iho Great determined oil a voyage ofi discovery; and the cold and inhospitable] region over which ho reigned furnished ; i nothing but some larch-trees to construct his 11 vesseis. But though J^ie iron, the cordage, ' the sails, and ail that was necessary, except i provisions, for the victualing them, were to ! be carried through the immense deserts of I Siberia, down rivers of diilicult navigation, i and along roads almost impassable,'.lie thing | was done, for the peiservaiice of the people 1 surmounted every obstacle. 1 "It is impossible S" said some as soon as they heard of the Scheme of Oberlin. To ] rescue his parishioner.? from a half savage * state,he determined to open communication s with the hitrh ro:?l to Sti-.ictir.nv,. the productions of tlie Ban de la Roche might <. fin?l a uiaiket. Having assembled tin; peo- s pie, lie proposed that they should blast the i rocks and convey a sufficient quantitv/>f ji enormous masses to construct a wall for a ! t road, about a mile and a half in length c along the banks of the river Bruche, and j ! build a bridge across it. ; f The peasants were astonished nltliis pro- j v position, and pronounce'] it impracticable; i a and everyone excused himself ou the ground j I' of private business. Tie, however, re Mooned i S witl^.them, and added tin offer of his own j t example. No sooner had he pronounced i e lIte?e words than, with pi< kaxe on bis slioul- a der, h<* proceeded to the spot, while the as- tl tonislied peasants, animated by bis example, forgot their excuses, and hastened with one c consent to fetch their tools to follow him. c At length every obstacle was surmounted ; si walls were erected to support the earth, which appeared ready to give way; moun- a tain torrents which had hitherto inundated t< the meadows. weic <l?verted iiito courses, or '' received into beds sufficient to contain them, ? and the thing was done. The b rid ore f till li hears the name of the Bsidge of Charity, ii "It is impossible!" said some, as thev looked at the impenetrable forests which covered the ruwed flanks and dee]) gorc-s of Mount Pihi'L.*, in Switzerland, and hear- *v kened to the daring plan of a man named v Kapp, to convey the pines from the tops of ^ Lhe mountain 'a tlic_l*Jra_of T-^womo, a flk- ft Lance of nearly nine miles. Without being a list-enraged by the exclamations, he formed J( a slide or trough of twentv-fuur thousand ^ |iine trees, six ieet broad and from three to rt ?ix deep ; and this slide which was romple- ^ ted in 1812, an.l railed the Alpnach, d kept moist. Its length was forty thousand a English feet. It had to be conducted over rocks, or alung their sides, or underground, '' or over deeps, whore it. was sustained by scaffolding; and yet skill and perseverance ? overcame every obstacle, and the thing was c done. Ths larger pines which were about a hundred feet long, ran through the ?pa>-e, ? nbout eight miles in six minutes. A gentle- k man who saw this great work says, that ic' 'such was the speed with which a tree of | s' the largest size passed any given point, that i !ic could only strike it once with a stick n-. j " it rushed by, however quickly he attempted j 10 repeat the blow." Say not hastily, then, '-It is impos -ible." j ? 11 may be so to do a thing in an hour, a j Rl [lay, or a week, or by thoughtlessness, care- '? I ess n ess and indolence; but to ?ot with wisdom, energy and perseverance, is to insure success. "Time and patience," says a ;t Spanish author, "make the mulberry leaf ' satin!" and another remarks that, "care uid industry do everything." w Giants. 1 The existence of whole nations of gigan- i' Lie persons may be questioned ; but there can be no reasonable doubt of the reality . afcertain individuals whose stature has great- 11 ly exceeded that of men in general. The exact height of Og, kin<^.of Bash an, has been 0 variously computed; some supposing him (" lo be more than twelve English feet, 1 --.l i- i . - < ? niniu mui'ib uiiiik IMS blilllire (.IKI tlOt CX-! ' eeed eleven feet. In like manner, the is jiant Goliah of Scripture is.generally com- j1 puled to have been about nine feet nine 1 inches, but commentators have supposed he ? might hatfe been full eleven feet; J' Among modern instances a commissary P on board Le Marie's fleet affirmed that he -c had measured the bones of men in sepuluhres of South America, between eleven v and twelve feet high ; and Turner, the nat- 0 uralist, declares that he saw oil the Brazil coast a racc of gigantic, .savages, one of whom measured twejve feet. Tliu dcola- r ration of Turner is moreover rendered o.red- 1 ikU Ku .1 ^ IUIW M? 4UV4IJH.U# AllVfUV, T? IIU III II|P> UWnp tion of America, published in Paris 1678, & asserts tliat ho saw and measured the skolo- ? ton of a South American, then not many a years dead, which was eleven feet five in- '< ches injength; his'skull wae three-feet li and one inch in circuuifrentia, and the leg >1 bones fall jJjree feet four inches long. To & these remarkable instances ma^ be added a well-proportioned living man, whom Dimerbroeck saw at Utrecht, measured eight ^ feet six inches. Also a youth seen by Dr. t Becamus, who wm nearly nine feet high ; fc a roan almost ten feet, and a woman qtme tten < feet! Amongour countrymen may be named t Walter Paraona, porter to King James the a Firitt about seven fat aatittHnehea in atat- I are; altd Edward Malone, whom. Dr. Mol- c vneux and Dr. Musgr^e baver^iweribod ? height,'A. ffi ^ Nogro Disturbance in Mississippi. Th.j Marion (M iss.) Republican of tbo 21s. instant, giv?.-s thy following : Jadgo Watts informs us that a serious mid extensive combination or organization lias been discovered among the negroes near uariaimsville, Jasper county. It seems that an old,negro about C5 years old was at the !iea>^ vf it; ho sustains the reputation ofi being a conjurer, anil th% negroes were in lie habit of applying to him as a great phyMr.iaii or conjurer who could euro all iinds of diseases. The facts, so far as defeated, are briefly as follows: A trust-worthy negro on a neighboring plantation, after having received pledges of wivcy, revealed the existence of the conpiracy to an overseer and requested him to vpair to a certain place in the midst of a !.nk unfrequented swamp and see for hime!f The overseer did not go, but the next noruing he took with him some friends :ud went to the spot designated by the faithiii negro. There they saw every indication if a large crowd having been assembled *, icrses had been tied up, Sres kindled, and rom appearances they calculated that uprar's of one hundred negroes had there wiibled on the preceding night. They j ft \he spot and the neighborhood alarmed. n^nrrnno umro ?!"??? 1 * - - ' "W uiavu up iiuu UUJUIIg limn the leader, or old coniurer. Tho greatH?-xutement was prevailihgin the county: council was held, and it was decided thai In* negroes should be hung immediately ; up- s were procured and the sentence of the ouricil was about to be executed, wiien the rc.vil relented, fearing lest the innocent licu'kl perish with the guilty. The negroes were then severely whipped, ml, th(^y confessed that the conspiracy exi tided throughout h lame section ?-> ' i;it Uiorcexist several other orgainantivyua, liH*h th'ey called schools, in the neighboroo3, and that their object was to organize 1 sufficient force, and march, increasing jeir force as they went, to a free State. No anna or auimuuition of any kind oti' J bo discovered ; but the negroes cou ssed that they were to meet at Garlandsilie next Saturday night, to take a start. Vhejfnsboii u'liv ihov si'lpflWl llmt ^'duzvous they would give no reason, nd the presumption is that they intended j pack ih? place and murder the inhabitants, 'wo while men, they say, have been awng*t them, but their names were not nown to the negroes, nor was anything Oveloped which could identify them. Anna nd ammunition are probably conceal^! jmowhere, a:i such a scheme would never ave bt-en attempted without them. It is supposed that such an organization r "school" exists near Chunkeyville, in this ounty, and we recommend that a vigilant yslctn of patrols heat once adopted throughut the country. Suspicious characters and nown abolitionists exist among us, and we fir.not be too vigilant in watching over our aves, awl thereby protecting theiu from j ic vile influences which are known to exist i our country. -0 . ? Railroad Poetry.?A correspondent f the Broome county Republican, derrilx's his jaunt over the Syracuse and Birlinghmn Railroad, from Courtland, in the allowing poetical strain : So much I wrote in Courlland's hounds? nd w ould have finished there, had not the own train's whistle loud resounded through rie air. So shaking Fairchild by the hand, dio said come up again, I bid farewell to very fear, and jumped upon the train, tushing round the hill side, darting o'er lie plain, over the rivers, under the road, ran Bergen drove his train. The moon iirew bright effulgent ravs on each small ipple's crest; the riv*r s-emed a riband l retched aeross the meadow's breast; the vening winds came stealing through the ar>\vith gentle sigh, and brought a cinder om the engine, spang into my eye; few nd short were the pravers I said, and I 1 _ 1 .f - ... 1 - T ? * |iUR.u uui a wuri.i 01 sorrow, oiu i ruoiXHl t my eve till I made it red, and knew would be sore on the morrow. We soon ;ot home at tlie rate we ran, at an liour list right for retiring, and down from his ost came the engine man, and the fireman eased his firing. And thus I too will ease with this, a moral to the tale?be al-| ?ays sure to "mind your eye," when ridingf, n a rail! ? ?l? Revival.?We are.pleased to state, that eligious meetings have been held in the 3apti*t church for several days, under the lireeijon of the Rev. J. Scott Murray, asistedvby thevRtfv. A. Rico. ' Much interest Jjai;.been rohnifestcd, and the attendnc?i has been laye. Numbem'. jare anxonsly inquiring the way to Zion; some lavo professed religion, while the interest n tHo meeting seems to increase. It is till going on.?Anderson Gazette. , -?^0. m ??? The First Bale of New Cotton.? Wejnderstnnd tho first l>nh? of new-cot' on brought to oilr market, was ihia day sold iy Mr. EliavMegee, of the Dark Gorner, in ?qr District, and purchased By our ntiffhiot|fc?Mesars. Engli?nd,r(V?Wkly Ofa it 10 Qentsj?er pound. Messrs. JJeoiyy ^Oa is an enterprising 'firm, and teserves a goodly ahnre' of patronage from Honoring Parents. As a strnngcr went iDto the churchynrt of a pretty village, he beheld three chil drenata newly made grave. A boy, nbaul ten yeas of ag<-, was busily engaged in placing plants of turf about it, while a girl who appeared a year or two younger, held in her apron a few roots of wild flowers, The third child, still younger, was sitting j on the grass, watching with thoughtful look t'ue movenrb'nte of.the other two. They wore pieces of crape on their bate 6nd other signs of mourning, such as are sometimes worn by the poor who struggle between their poverty and their affections. The? girl soon began planting soms of her wil?J flowers around the head of the grave, when the stranger addressed thorn : '"Whose grave is tlii?, children, about which you are so busily engaged ?" ' Mather's grave, sir," said the boy. "And did your father send you to place those flowers around you" mother's grave?" "No, sir, father lies hove too, aud little Willie and si-iter Jane." "When did they die?" ''Mother was bur! * fortnight yesterday, sir, but father died last winter: they all lie here." "Then ho ?oid you to do this?" "Nobody, sir," replied the girl. "Then why do you do it !" They appeared at a loss for an answer, but the stranger looked at thorn 6o/krmiiys that at length the eldest replied, as the tears started in his eyes: "Oh, we did love thetc, sir 1" "Then you put these grass turfs and wild flowers where your parents are laid because you ! . % ? theml" ' Yes, air," they ail eaperly . "What yin - ocfftiunll than such au exhibition of children honoring deceased parents ? Never forget the dear parents tvho loved and who cherished you in your iufant days. Ever remember their paternal kindness. Honor their memory, by doing those things which ycu know would please them were they now alive, by a particular ret.r.rd to their dying command?, and carrying on their plans of usefulness. Are your parents spared to you ? Ever treat them as you will wish you had done when you stand a lonely orphan at iheii-graVe! IIow w'.SI a remembrance of kind affectionate conduct toward those depal ted friends then help to soothe your grief and heal your wounded heart! The Prosidoncy and Spoakerahlp. Thje Charleston Standard, referring to n letter from its Washington correspondent, r-Arnnrlri It will be seen, by reference to the letter of our Washington correspondent, that Mr. Pierce has given indication of Iris intention to become tlie candidate of the Democratic party for re-election to the office of President of the United States. For our own part, we would not be willing to tie the State of South Carolina to the head or heels of any great national party in this country; but we have little hesitation in saying that Mr. Pierc has been a most worthy and efficient chief magistrate of the country, and that, without the oc-j eurrence of circumstances which ?re now not certainly foreseen, we will heartily commend him to tho suffrage of the people of this State. It will also bo seen that, upon the occurrence of certain contingencies, Mr. Orr, of this Slate, will come to have very high claims to the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives. This is an office for which we think Mr. Orr most eminently fitted. lie has the firmness and address which will enable hiin to acquit himself in that position with great credit; and as tho office is the proper obj-ct of an honorable ambition, we would be greutly pleased if ho would achieve it. Fashion. Fashion rule3 the world, and a most tyrannical mistress she is, compelling people to submit to the most inconvenient things imaginable, for fashion's sake. She pinches our feet with tight shoes, or chokes us with a tight neckerchief; or squeezes the breath out of our body by tight lacing. Slie mnkes people hit up^at night when they ought to be in bed, and keeps them in bed in the morning when they should be up and doing. She makes it vulgar to wait on ourselves, and genteel to live idle and useless. She makes people visit when they would rather stay at homo, eat when they are not liungry, drink when they are not thirsty. She invades our pleasures, and interrupts our business. 'W* She compelapeoplo to dress gaily, Whether upontheir property or thatofothers, whether agreeable to the word of God o.r the direction of pride. She ruins health And produces sickness, destroys life and occasions death. She makes foolish parents, invalids :<ftf Children, and servants of all. . 4, She is tormentor of conscidtfce, despoiler of morality, and enemy to religion,, and no ouc can be her companiop and enjoy ei^^j u Always .bo prepared for deaths Thj* wan- th? adrpoi)itiop of a Missouri eldqr? plaped b bir Wa beji tlfo Bom tfi - A Lump in the Side. I Rev. John ?.bbott, the sailor preacher, relates tlie following good story of ono of , liis converts to temperance : .. Mr. Johnson, at the close of a cold water lecture, intimated that he must sign the ple'lgo in his owu way, which he did in these words: "I, William Johnson, pledge myself to diink no more intoxicating drinks for one year." Some, .thought he wouldn't stick three dayfc; other# ..."M^ed him a week, and a few ga?e him two weeks, but the land lord know him best, aud said he was good stuff, but at' the end of the year, Bill would be a good soaker. Before the year was quite gone, Mr Johnson was asked by Mr. Abbott: >' "Bill, ain't you going to renew the pledge?" ' * . "Well, I don't know Jack brut what I may; I have done pretty well so far; will you let me sign it again my own wo.y ?" ' 0, yes nny way so thafc you will not drink rum 1" He writes: v s "I, William Johuson,- sign this pledge for cir.e hundred and ninety-nine years, and if living at the end of that time, I intend to take out a lease for life." A day or two after, Johnson went to y see his old landlord, who eyed him as a "hawk does a chicken. ^ "Oh, landlord!" whined Bill, accompanied by sundry contortions of the body, as if enduring the most excruciating torment, "I have such n lump ^flfttF^rtjppocT , . JiTwon't live two years longer at this rateI" Ar "If I commence drinking do you think r i the lump will go away ?" "Yts. If you don't you'll have just such a lump on the other side I" "Do you think so ?" 11 know it; you will have them on your arms, back, breast and head; you will be covered with just such lumps." "Well, may be I will," said Bill. "Come, Uili," Paid the landlord, "let's diink together," at tbe same time pouring the red stuff from the decanter into bi? glass, gug, gug, gug. "No," said Johnson, "I can't, for I've signed tbe pledge again." "You nin't, though ?" "Yes." "You're a fool." "O, that old sailor coaxed so bard that I couldn't get off." .. "I wi3! 1 th6 devil had the old rascal*! Well how long did yon go this time?" ''For niuo hundred and ninety-nine veara." said Bill. "You won't livo a year." "Well if I drink, are you sure that the Jump on my side will go away and not corae there again." ' : Yes?' "'Well, I guess I won't drink; here'a the lump," continued Bill, holding up something with a hundred dollars in it: "Rnd you say I'll have more such lumps?and , ? that's just what I want." Tho Hard Dnmocratic Convention; No Southern man can fail to appreciate v'\.. the high position taken by the New York Ilards, in tlieir recent Convention at Syracuse. s The following is the resolution referred to ; , r: in our editorial, which embodies the setatiment of tlie Convention ou. jhe slaveiy question: Resolved, Tbat we insert, as an hrticle'ofS^^ our creea, upon tno well estaousued JJOlO-V'4**" oc-ratic doctrine of 8tate lights, of,'n strict \r. construction of the Constitution <^ind; the principles of non-intervention upon all domestic State questions; and that the jieaco and quiet of the country demand that It should be left to the people of1 the Territories, a3 it pertains to thes people, of the ~ States, to determine ail local questions, TtK'V eluding the subject of slavery, fo.tho end that a subject so disturbing in its nattfre and1 "* influonco may be wholly excluded from the . action of the government of the Union. Satisfactory as this should be, coSfnih^- - -' <S?5 from a purely Northern assemblage, an a- * " ' jpendment offered to it, placiojS4t^.^|^'>k. meaning beyond tho reach of cavil. '' as follows, and was carried by a largeTna* jority: ' Resolved, That the Kansas-Nebraska bill be approved, and all efforte to re8jypfov'3:tfo Missouri Compromise be di *caii$t$n anceck'. In what proud contrast ,U)is staodjato the conduct of those Southern men Philadel-''^ ' pliia, who, to conciliate their abolitbrftthrerft were willing, to rejj^Vjthe Kansas-N braska act aird^'aenouncifeffie aBfogation of the Missouri Compromise t?Caroiinian,. ' I'i * ? - ' " ftm ' -** * Luckt.?In the days of^tbe bf' >New Englartd, a shoemaker watf-bepden^ped tote banged for dflgjTyjfr but on the day . s r* ' ihey discovered that Hlfit' Tnaker in thq plao^v'^'j^py.'bttog^ 1,4 in his stead; forHlpf TW tnd^i^wrera