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Correspondence of the Columbia Telegraph. Noijtii Mrssis?iri?i. May 25, 1851. The Canvass which is to seal the fate of Mississippi having now fully opened, I propose to renew my correspondence, which has been suspended for a few months. Southern Rights Associations have been formed In nearly every county in the State.? Eihcient public speakers have been actively cn? gaged in meeting ttie people and discussing mc questioiynvolved in (lie existing relations between the Federal State Governments. More or less speeches have been made in every County in the State during the Spring Terms of the Circuit Court. Nor have the efforts thus made to awaken the people to. a true sense of their condition been made in vain. The masses are becoming aroused to a sense of the injuries inflicted upon thcni by the Federal Government? the Free Soil Parliament at Washington. The first great effort that was made in Mississippi to vindicate the lights of the South lias signally failed. I allude to the effort that was made to unite the two great political parties in the State, and throughout the South, in , one organized and common system of vindicating the rights and avenging the wrongs of the South, as indicated by the proceedings of the 1 October Convention, and which led to the 1 meeting of the "Nashville Convention." I say that effort has proven to bo a failure! The Whigs as a party?particularly in Mississippi, have proven traitors to their then pledges, and , to the country. The zeal of the leaders to sus- j tain and perpetuate their party triumph, which , they had, in an evil hour achieved, in uio eiec- , tion of a Free Soil President and Cabinet, has , triumphed over their judgment and honesty, and their devotion to the rights of the South? if any they had;.and this good hour in the opinion of your correspondent, two-thirds of the Wings of .Mississippi are Fillinoreites and vile Submissionists. Under the mask of "Union" or "Union Party," they have sought to re-organize and so to recruit their party from the Democratic ranks, as to enable them to controll the entire State elections. They have already held their State "Union" (alias Whig Convention,) to nominate candidates for the various State Offices; and as bribery is a familiar game with "thorn as a party, they have exercised much liberality in that way towards their newly conconverted brethren. They have nominated the little traitor, Footc for Governor, and General Clark for Treasurer; both of whom have slufJkS from the Democratic party. " But no fears should be entertained by our frib'nds of the South elsewhere, in reference to Socrn Rignts in this State, in the coiuitig i j contest. The Southern Rights ticket will certainly prevail, and the State will as certainly pursue: an honorable course of resistance to ^ee Soil, Aggression. , ^ The gallant Jeff Davis, or the unflinching Quitman, will be the standard bearer of the Southern Rights party for Governor. Should the State Jitter?should she back out from her present position by the election of a majority oTSubinissionists to the Convention, the salra* f fion'ajt the .South will fall solely upon South ( Carolina. But a result so calamitous, a des- c tiny ;so degraded and ruinous to Mississippi is t scarcely possible?not at all probable. The < people-are becoming aroused, and whenever { investigation is had by the masses, their con- f victions are favorable to patriotic and manly c resistance to the usurpations and mal-adtninis- r tratiou of the Federal Government Suitable t resistance tickets are being formed in every v Cpanty in the State, as well for the Convention ] as for the Legislature; and that the Southern r Rights party will have a large majority in each r of these bodies we have uo doubt t ButI have said that in the event that Mississippi''shall falter in this struggle?a thing t scarcely possiblo?it is true the salvation of the t South will fall upon South Carolina. I will i hero so far digress, as to give the reasons why ^ I have so said. The result of your late elec- s tion for members of your pending Convention, f and the demonstrations of the popular will in * your -Sbiti; made through the late Southern t Kigttts uotrvention at unarieston, prove con- ? elusive]?, that efficient separate State action t can be had hi that State. The people of that State, always jealous of her rights, have been t trained for years past to appreciate and to de- t fehtl them. The siren song of "Union," which t demagogues and traitors to the South are wont r to Ikp in their hearing, cannot mislead the peo. i pte of the Palmetto State. The memory of a s Calhoun, and the burning eloquence of a Rhett, a Butler, a Woodward, and a Wallace, with \ hundreds of other like patriots and statesmen c forbid it. South Carolina, then, can act?she a will act. In and through htfr separate action, c the question will be brought?will be forced s upon the other slavehofding States for their ac- t tion respectively. South Carolina will lay the 1 foundation for secession, and the other slave- i holding States will be forced to build thereon, t to co-operate with South Carolina, or emancipate their slaves. Rut few of the Southern [ States can or will adopt the latter policy. By t this paeans, then a full co-operation of the South- c ... i ? i ?i... . r:. urn uuu-ja win uc imjiuiii^vi, l.ju j'iuai'iit i<uiuii jdissolved, and a new and more perfect Union i and government of the Southern StaU'3 formed, " laying its foundation on such principles, t and organizing its powers in suc!i form as to i them shall seem most likely to effect their safe- t ty and happiness." This done, and the South- : errt States would rival the world in prosperity, t Relieved from the onerous burdens heretofore t forced upon tlicm, for the benefit of tlu'ir North- J ern confederates, in the form of protective tar- J ifla, with a commerce equalled by 110 people i upon earth, and with a staple production indis- ( ponsnble to the well-being of ''the rest of man- < kind," the Southern Confederacy thus formed, ] would be able to dictate her own treaties with f most of tho othor nations of the earth. i Bat I have been spooking of acts, (however t inevitable upon certain contingencies, and of i results however glorious to tho Southern"States, i were they to be brought about,^ which will t scarcely ever happen. What I have saw has i been based upon the presumption that the Fed- \ end Government shall pursue a course of ob- f stlnacy, and continue her reckless policy of ag- s gracious upon the rights of the South. This i presumption is scarcely reasonable, in tho event that South Carolina shall lay the plan of so i cession, rofefred to as her ultimatum, to be ex-1 t ecuted in the event that the wrongs of the South ( are not redressed, and her future rights ac- c Unowlcdged and guarantied by the Northern ( States of the Confederacy. The free soil Yan- r kees are our oppressor.?. Yankee character is \ as well dehncd as any trait in human affairs.? J They pursue that course towards others, and a in reference to the rights of others, that will v most promote their own interest, so far as oth- t ers will permit them to go. When the South c refuses longer to permit ihem to pursue their g former course of aggression and plunder, and t inasmuch as it will not be to their interest for ? the South to secede, they will court a coutinu- f mice of the present Union. All, then, in the ^ opinion of }"our corrospondcnt, that is ahsolately necessary, to muiutain the rights of the v South in the Union, is for South Carolina to ^ lay the foundation of secession. s I will endeavor to keep you duly advised of } the most important of Mississippi's movements, t Whitekn Telkouami. 0 P. S. Could you not induce the editors of the c "Southern Patriot," published at Greenville, in }| your State, to changejts name? It is a shame- j, ful arrogation for a common prostitute to assume the name of maiden, and a vile submission organ is equally mis-limned when it is called "Southern Patriot." W. T. ?<* <> J COERCION OF A STATE. 1, Mr. Webster in a letter lately written by him, ti leclared, in reference to the movement in tl South Carolina, that "secession could not be s accomplished but by war." From the position t occupied by Mr. Webster, it is presumed he 1< speaks the sentiments and policy of Mr. Fill- r nore's Government, and his letter may be re- o yarded as a declaration of war, in advance, s against South Carolina in case she should s ;hose to exercise the right which she possess of tl ;>eaeeably retiring from the Union. Theques le m-ncontorl line flin TTnif/i/1 S*t?iti?Q tl government the right to make a war upon a seceding State ? We shall not commit the pre- a sumption of arguing a constitutional question a vbich the "great expounder," we intend only a o produce authority. Mr. Webster is great n luthority, but as great as it is it is hardly equal fi o that of the frainers of the Constitution.? y I'liey, it is presumed, knew the Constitution L ietter than Mr. Webster. The following exracts from the Madison papers, an authentic ai ccord of the proceedings of the Convention hi vhich framed the Constitution, show that the L luthors of the Constitution, never contemphited he use of force against a State, and tliat they ai (xpressly refused to confer that power upon E he Government. The following was a clause pi n one of the resolutions submitted to the con-ention by Mr. Kandolph of Virginia. ir " Resolved, That the National legislature tl >ught to be empowered to call forth the force a! ?f the Union against any member of the Uuiou ia ailing to fulfil its duties under the articles there- ai ?f." S When this clause came up for consideration, g> "Mr. Madison observed that the more he re- a] lected on the use ot force, the 1110:0 he doubt- pi ;d the practicability, the justice, and the effi- ri : ...u*.. ... J,. ;ieutj ui J1, nuuii ctjij/iiwu itiv pcupiv vuiiti* ively, and not individually. A Uunion of the ^ States, containing such an ingredient, seemed tl o provide for its own destruction. The use of S 'orce against a State would look more like a o leclaration of war than an infliction of punish- 01 nont, and would probably be considered by lie party attacked, as a dissolution of all pre- si rious compacts by which it might be bound.? C Je hoped such a system would be framed as la night render this resource unnecessary, and it noved that clause be postponed. This mo* ai ion was agreed to, no one dissenting." pi So the clauso was postponed, and never af- ti crwards taken up, or at least it was not inser tl ed in the Constitution, so that the conclusion b s irresistable, that Mr. Madison's suggestion \* vas adopted by the Convention and that such ? lystem was framed as withheld from the Gov- tc rnment the power to use force against a State. S I'his conclusion is strengthened, if possible, by ir ho action of the Convention upon Mr. Patter- S ion's plan of a Constitution, subsequently sub- ti nitted. That contained the following provision: v< "Resolved, That if any State should oppose al lie carrying into execution the acts of the Uni- S id States, the Federal Executive shall be au- si horizcd to call forth the power of the confede- v< ated States, or so much thereof as may be n lecessary to enforce and compel obedience to tl inch acts." d Mr. Patterson's plan was rejected; and it pi vas objected to in debate, chielly because it * :oinprised the above provision. Col. Mason laid "He was struck with horror at the prospect w if recurring to this expedient," (the use of force S igainst a State.) Col. Hamilton, in reference b o such a provision, observed: "IIow can W "orce be exerted on the States collectively. It C s impossible. It amounts to a war between tl he parties. c Thus did the framers of the Constitution exiressly and repeatedly repudiate the idea of employing force against a .State. How then v :an this power now he claimed ? Can it be ^ jiven in tlie Constitution in spite of the express leterminatiou of its framers not to givo it?? c 1'lie Union was plainly intended by its authors ^ o he a Union of voluntary consent. They left ll t to the States to decide each for itself whether K hey would enter the Union in the first instance, mil by refusing to grant the power to compel hem to remain in it, they in effect said to the r' States, "remain in tin Union as long as you ilease, but if you get tired of it depart in peace." liut it is now discovered that ours is a Union of ore "Ot of consent; a Union to he held togeth- h ;r not by a sense of common interest, glory a md happiness, but by the terrors of the sword. S Let such views prevail; let the doctrine tliut a 1 >%tnfo mmr Kn rl irli t ftl 11 V PfWTPi'il I?v> flin Knrlnt?'il t( iworti bo once carried into effect, and you erect c lie government of tlic Union into absolute ty- h anny ; you degrade the States, to a condition 'i >f abject vassalage; you establish a precedent is hat will invito aggressions upon the rights of he State, and in the end sweep away every restigc of their sovereignty. The South, es- a jocially, cannot permit such a precedent ufdess p ihe is blind, fatally blind to her own interest si tnd safety. P The hostility of the Northern people to the fr nstitution of slavery, connected with the fact o bat they have now the control of the General C Government in all its departments, loudly prolaims the danger to the Soutli of arming that Government with the power to coerce a State. I'he course of time, and indeed no great time, vill give an immense preponderance to the Northern section, already in the majority, and ind reduce the South to a despised minority, vhile in the meantime, the sentiment of hostili . i .1 _ i y, 10 slavery in me stronger section, wm oe:ome more violent and ungovernable. Under ucli circumstances, the only posssible security 0 the institution of slavery would be the right md power of the Southern States to separate rom the Union. But take away that right and ;ive power to hold them in the Union, as with 1 chain of iron, and to coerce obedience to vhatever laws the majority may dictate, and ou at once seal the doom of the South ; you ign the death warrent of slavery. We cannot lelieve the South will stand idly by and permit he government to assume a power that sooner >r later will be tu ned to her destruction. We annot believe that the South will, herself, put ritu the hands of her enemies, the sword that s to stab her to the heart. liome(Ga.) Southerner. +-++ :? OPINIONS ELSEWHERE. It is well for the people of South Carolina o be acquainted with the opinions of their fel ow-cittizens of the South, or at least that por. ion of them who watch with deep anxiety for he progress of events in relation to her preent crisis. For this purpose we are permitted o publish the following extracts from private Jtters received in this town. We hope our cuders will reflect on these things. Our State ccupies a posiiion of vast importance, and no on of hers, we feel sure would be willing that he should shrink from the responsibilities irown upon her. The first extract is from a letter from a geneman residing in Alabama: ' The Southern rights men of the west are nxiously looking to the glorious old Palmetto, 3 the bright cynosure of the republic. If she ct not, she will be covered with eternal iufa. iv. In her hands are deposited the vestal res, which alone cau redeem the South. When ou get ready, come out from this infamous fnion, and wo shall Sustain your arms." "At the tap of the drum, we will march to your id a more enthusiastic army than Peter the iermit or Godfrey do Bcuillon led to the Holy ,and." The following are extracts from a leter from tiothcr gentleman of Alabama, now in New Ingland, where ho has been lor some time ast: "' '"The yenkess here consider the effort makig now in South Carolina about the last kick lat will be made for slavery, and they say it is II blaster there, and that the South Carolinins will back out. They say that Georgia nd Virginia both backed out, and that the outh will give op slavery before they will ive up the Union. Really I am becoming [iprehensive myself that the South are a doomed eople, and not fit to protect and defend their ghts. If Mississippi and Alabama would obly come out now, and back and sustain outh Carolina, it would be quite an easy ling. But I fear that the other Southern tates will interfere, so as to induce South Carlinn to submit, and the abolitionists calculate a that." * "But let me tell you once for all, tlie only lfely for the institution of ilacrry is in South aroliiia. It seems to me she is the only and ist hope. Let her move on slowly but detcrlind, and never give one step backward. Just i soon as you ascertain that neither Mississij>i nor Alabama will lead off, you then have 110 me to lose, and the longer you delay so much ie worse. South Carolina'has nothing to do ut to secede, and stand up to her position ith firmness, prudence, and caution, and she 'ill bring the abolition members of Congress > their senses. And let me tell yoa again, if outh Carolina backs out and submits now, the istitution of slavery is gone forever to the outh. If the South submits now, the calculuon here is that in less than ten years a con;ntion of the United States will be called to Iter and amend the Constitution, and then the outh will lose her representation based on aves, and in less than ten years another conintion will be called, which will abolish slavein the United Statse. I tell you these are ifir calculations, and your only safety is to efend and protect your institutions and proL-rty now while you have it in your power." * ? "I fear that some of the Southern politicians 'ill be bribed to use their influence to induce outh Carolina to submit Every means will e used, and they will do all they can to operte on the fears of the timid, to check South !arolinn; but 1 hope it will be all in vain, and mt South Carolina will do her duty, let the onsequenccs bo what they may." Greenville and Columbia Hail Road.?We ,'erc pleased to learn, on yesterday, from Capt. irillin, one of the engineers, that the construeon of this rond is progressing finely. The ars are running to Bush river, and the track is eing laid on this side. The bridge across iSa* ula, which it was feared might delay the proress ot the work will be in readiness when le road reaches that point. It is doing a good usiuess, and Newberry is already reaping a ch harvest of prosperity from its results Greenville Patriot. The Charlotte Railroad.?We are pleased to jam that passengers will be convoyed to-day nd hereafter, by this road as far as Cockrell's tation, eight miles above Winnsborough. 'he work is progressing rapidly, and according ) the most reasonable calculations, will be omplcted to Chestervillo in October, aqd pcraps by the first of that month. The travelog and freight patronage enjoyed by the Road i also encouraging, and is steadily increasing. Female Medical College.?The second nnual catalogue of this institution at Philadelhia (Pa.) shows that it now has forty female * < ? ? 11 -1* it I _f <* tuaents oi Medicine, au 01 mem oeing irom 'cunsylvauia, except six, one of whom hails oin England, two from Massachusetts, and ne from each of tho States of New York, >hio and Vermont. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, THO. J. WARREN, Editor. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1851. Our Market. Cotton, 5$ to 8} cents. Corn?no change. Warm Weather. We have had sirme warm weather. On Wednesday last the Thermometor at 9 1 2 o'clock A. M., stood at 87, about 2, at 98, and at 5 P. SI. 91. Rain. We have been favored with refreshing showers of rain, which will prove very grateful to the crops which have needed it so long. The showers have generally been very light, sufficient however to afford us teinpoary relief from the heat and dust. Wateree House. We call the attention of the Travelling Public, to the Card of CapL Ilolleyman, in to-days paper. He has recently purchased the Planters Hotel in . this town, and at considerable expense refitted it. He pledges himself to (and we believe he will) make his House in every way acceptable to the Public, giving at all limes, the best the Market here and elsewhere affords. Camden Hotel. This large, commodious and comfortable Hotel, has recently undergone thorough and complete repairs, and is now fitted up in first rate style, anJ ready for the reception of visitors. Mr. Wilsor., the Proprietor, whose card appears to-day?pron ises to render it in every way acceptable to the patronage of the Public. The Travelling community, can now be amply accommodated in the town of Camdon, in the line of good Hotels. -r " The Camden Journal Comes to us now without A. Price, but is still I Warren-fcd to do valuable service in the right cause.?Laurenscille Herald. We hope our friend Wright of the Herald, may always be, as he is now, on the right side, and in the right cause. The Hamburg Meeting. The proceedings of this body, if forwarded to us have not been received, and consequently, wo cannot correct the errors which may have occurred in the printed copies, as requested by the Secretary, C. W. Styles, Esq., in bis Communication of the 4th inst. Large Dividend. The Directors of the Planters Bank of Savannah, have declared a dividend of eight per cent, on their profits for the last six months, being at the rate o( sixteen percent, per annum. Home Products. A first rate article of Spirits Turpentine can be procured at the Factory of Cr.pt. V. D. V. Jamison, Orangpburg, at 35 cents per gallon by the bbl. Those who are in need of the article would find it to their advantage to give him a call; and whilst upou this subject, we take pleasure in again referring to ('apt. Jamison's Steam Saw Mill, which is capable ofcutiing ten thousand feet of Lumber per day. By this we do not mean the average. We would be glad to see these useful Enterprises more common in our State, believing as we do, that they must prove in every instance, a source of profit to those who are engaged in them. Large quantities of Lumber is constantly being shipped to Charleston, and ready sale is found for it, being immediately upon the Railroad, there is no difficulty in getting it to market Vast amounts of unemployed capital, we believe, is suffered to remain unimproved, because our people are absolutely afraid to engage, as they think, in speculations. It is high time that the people ofSouth Carolina should awake to their true in. terest. Every Southern State is far in advance of ours, on these important matters. North Carolina after a good long nap, has at last awoke, and is now going ahead in improvements, which must result beneficially to the State. And here we are dead to our interests, careless and unconcerned. Unlonville Journal. The first number has been received, and judging from it, Mr. McKnight must succeed in his enterprise. We wish him all possible success. The Journal is a Weekly Paper, well printed, and of good size ana appearance, published at Union C. II., S. C., at Two Dollars. We are Opposed To that spirit of selfishness anil proscription, which some have evinced who are against separate State action, indiscriminately classing those who are in favor of such measures, as bankrupt speculators, Fire Eaters, &.c. Those who have nothing to lose in this matter, while they who own a thousand slaves, have all to lose. Such a disposition is unworthy sfid inean. Men may have honest differences of opinion ; such a thing is even possible in these latter days of political degeneracy and it betokens a weak and puny judgement, to exercise opposition to measures by such unworthy means. It we cannot all agree, let us in the name of reason and common sense, agree to disagree, at least upon honorable terms. Not So. A mrrpsnondent of the New York Herald ?,ri ting froni South Carolina, says that strong oppo. sition will be made to separate Secession in this State. And that a paper is to be established at Orangeburg, to favor the watch and wait policy. There is not a word of truth in the statement, so far as relates to Orangeburg. This District is as true on this question as it is possible to conceive, and how the writer caine by his information is quite a mystery. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. *1 From tbe Charleston Mercury. ^ Arrival cf ths Asia. Nkw Yohk, Jane 4. r?M ?. ? ? * j ne steamship Asia has arrived from Liverpool, with dates to the 21th. Livkupool, May 24.?Cotton lias declined 1-4: Fair Orleans, 6 1-2; Fair Uplands, 53-4. Sales of the week, 41,000 bales. To-day the market is steady, and the sales are 6000 bales* Trade at Manchester is dull. Parliament is still engage in disenssing the Ecclesiastical titles bill. In France the Legiti* matists openly declare their intention to restore the monarchy. The Dresden Conference dissolved without effecting any tiling. 'Hie Emperors of Russia and Austria and the King of Prussia are holding private conferences at Cracow. Much damage has been done in the vicinity of Vienna by a fre3het. The French army has evacuated Rome. CROPS? Ia Florida.?The Tallehassee Journal of the 7th, states that the cotton crop of Florid* is at least three weeks behindhand, and add?4 At this time last year there were bloomy _ while at the present writing many planters ar9 JP not yet through chopping out. Between a snc" cession of the heaviest washing rains withiit the memory of the oldest inhabitant, and cold days and nights the young plants have received a chock from which they wilt require the tnftsV ? < favorable season hereafter to recover, have conversed with several of our most rfitefiigent planters, who agree as to the unottas! backwardness of the crop and itrptesent Uifavorable apjwaranee. What Rail Roads EjfrcU?Passengers ?t? the Ohio Rail Koad now breakfast at Cincinnati, dine at Collumhus, and sup^tt Cleaveland. Quirk passage from San Francisco.??f\tt brig Samuel French, (of Eastport) CapL Brown arrived at New York on Sunday, 105 days from San Francisco, including five days detention in the port of Albahos, Brazil. ^ ^ f i 9 Dktroi r, May 30^" Arrkst ofCharlks Masox.?Deputy Shroff Berdesley has just arrived with Charles Mason alias Charles W. Barnard, the Torpedojt&n, with his machinery of Torpedoes for blowing up cars and depot buildings, tie was one of the gang of incendiaries recently broken ap* He was taken at White Pidgeou after an exchange of shots from Pistols. The trial of thoab in custody is progressing to-day. ? ?> There is one piece of experimental legislation of which the State of Wisconsin is said to be heartily sick, viz. the abolition of any limit on the rates of interest. It is said that ugtJest than one half of the best land of the State it mortgaged for the payment of money borrowed at not less than twenty-five per cent, interest. j - ^ # - - r Death of a Coroner while >W ling an inqtted. t * ? .v day or iwo since, *.v?ue coroner-vogtan* ? ley of Keunebiink, (Me.) was holding an Inquest upon the body of WilHam Tenari, ofKennebunkport, who bail committed suicide, and while eftgaged in empamielling a jury, he suddenly fell from a chair and thought a surgeon was called, died shortly* afterwards. ??***&- Memphis ami CI*%rlesU>n.?We had iiH*h? Charleston papers of Saturday au able report, from a committee appointed for the purpose, oa the importance of extending railroad communications from Charleston to Memphis. The committee recommend that the City Council be authorized to subscribe $250,000, on certaia conditions, to aid in the construction Offth* Memphis and Charleston railroad. A Sud Case,?The St. Louis -Intelligencer of the 21st says, "Three thousand five hundred dollars in American gold, the property of an elderly gentleman named 1 lines, \va&|j!ole& from a state room on the steamer Dr/Fraa*lin No. 2, yesterday. Mr. Mines, with: wife and five daughters, had taken passage upon the Frauklin, with die view of locating in the vicinity of Rock Island. While xS dim?e% yesterday, his state room was entered' (join die guard, the trunk containing his' nioftey Broken open with a chisel, and the abase amount, being all he possessed, extracted therefromw. This loss reduces the unfortunate olii man and his family to almost utter destitution. Mr- ^ Mines recently emigrated to this country, and \v?ic if is c-iirl fr.it frmt in mnlriiur known iiia> amount of money he possessed to strangers. Governor of Virginia.?It is a smjular fea?ture in the present constitution of Virginia, the powers of the Governor' cease the moment he passes beyond the limits of tfie citjr of Ilielimond ; or, in the language of the constitution, so soon as he leaves the "seat of Got* eminent." r Georgia.?We learn that Gov. tf?Dbnali& was nominated the Southern rights candidal for Governor, by acclamation, at the convention assembled at Milledgeville, on Wednesdi* last, l'ifty-four counties were represented* A* better selection could not have been madeBy a new law of .Massachusetts, truants absentees from school may be brought l>efore*a justice's court A few days ago a lad abodf ten years of age was proven to have played truant several times. His master testified that wife in school he was a very good boy, but he had; absented himself so frequently that his name? had been stricken from the roll. He toass&gr . ,j.>? ; iJw rtisuM'. F(l Kt wic i/ium/i o ir/ij/i io(//?/#* &? ? ?*? ??* M , ^ 0/ i?r/?ge. ??.??. A-lass! a-lass! as the old bachelor sani whttfr he felt n desire to marry. lie made the same* exclamation after marriage, but spelt it differently. mxm ^ " :* *4 Amongst the contributions sent to the hihition from Switzerland, is a watch from Geneva; which is set in a broach, being only -L*l- -1- !.r.ila'mainr nrross the fafleci rigiuu ui an men in uiauftw It u valued nt 5,000 Cranes.