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VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, MARCH 2, 18.52. UMBER 18.
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FRESH GARDEN SEEDS.
TIIE Subscriber has just received a new supply of
Frexilt IViuter and Spring Garden
Seed*. As we test all our Seeds before selling them,
the public may purchase from us with confidence. We
sell nothing that we do not feel assured will grow if
the necessary cautions are used. Our supply consists
in part of
BE A XS?English Windsor, Early Mohawk, Early Yellow
Six Weeks, Large White Kidney, Refugee or
1000 to 1, Red French Suckled, Dutch Case Knife,
White Dutch Runner, Large Lima.
BEETS?Early Blood Turnip. Long Blood, white Sugar.
CABBA CAS?Early York. Large York, Sugar Loaf.
May, Early Drumhead, Large late Drumhead, Savoy,
Early Dutch, Green Globe Savoy, True Green Glazed.
CARROTS? Early Horn, Long orange.
CUCUMBERS?Long Green, Karly Frame, Gherkin. ;
LETTUCE?White Cabbage, Silesia. Curled Ice head.
ONION?'White Portugal. Large Red, Yellow Dutch.
PEAS?Early Warrick, Early June. Early Charlton,
Early Double Blossom. Codo Nulli, Dwarf Marrowfat
Large White Marrowfat.
RADISH?Long Scarlet, Scarlet Turnip. Black Fall.
SQUASII?Yellow Biuh, White Bush, Summer Crookneck.
TURNIPS?Large White Flat. Karly Spring, Early
^ Dutch, Yellow English, Red Top. Flat. Ruta Baga. 1
W CORN-?Sweet Sugar, Six Weeks. Tusearora, with
T Okr.u Purple BroeilL Cauliflower, Celery. Egg Plant,
: Kale, Nutmeg, Melon, Parsley, Parsnip, Peppers,
Tomatoes, Rhubarb, Spinage, Vegetable Oyster.
Also, a large variety of Choice Flower i
Seeds.
800 Asparagus Roots. For sale bv
FRANCIS L. ZEMP.
Jan. 9. 3 tf i
PATENT Meat Cutters and Sausage stufTcrs. Also,
a good assortment of Rocking and Sitting Chairs
For sale by E. W. BONNEY.
SADDLE & HAKAESS HAKIXG.
tTMIK undersigned continues his business at the old
J. stand, returns his thanks lbr past favors and hopes
for a continuance of patronage. All work in his line
will be done with punctuality, anil where the cash is
paid, at the time of delivery, a discount of ten per cent
- will be made.
Jan 6, [2-1 y] F. J. OAKS.
Teacher Wanted.
[ LADY is wanted to Teach in a private family,
J.'lL about tt*ii miles from Camden. uue who unucrstands
Music, would bo preferred.
Address the subscriber at Camden. S. 0.
Jan. 30?tf BENJAMIN COOK.
^"Charleston Mercury. copy tri-weekly for two
weeks, and forward bill.
!^??RO SHOES AT COST.
rpiIE subscribers will sell the remainder ol'tlieir stock
J. of NEGRO SHOES, at Cost for Cash.
January 27. WORKMAN & BOONE.
RobiiHionN Patent IJarlcy.
VX excellent, nourishing article of food, fur Children
^ and Invalids?toe we'll known to "heads of lanii"
lies.'' to require a minute description. Hies always
been kept and sold at Z. J. DeHAY'S.
Feb. 3?tf
IV AXTED.?A Child's Nurse is wanted by a
Vi gentleman living about 10 miles from Camden,
a girl from 10 to 1-1 years of age. Enquire at this
ortice.
Feb. 10. 12 swim.
rpEACIIER WANTED A Teacher is
JL wanted by a few Families in the country. For
further particulars, address the subscriber at Flat Ruck,
Kershaw District, S. 0. SEABORN JONES.
Feb. 10. 12 lnnv.
Clear the Way.
? TN order to make room for Spring Purchases, 1 now
X offer the following IVI NT Kit OOODS at prices unquestionably
low:
Ladies' inter Dress Goods of every kind, from 12e.
upwards
Beautiful Brocade Lustres, 25,31 and .'57, worth 50e.
G-4 English Merinoes, all shades, only 5Uo
French Merinoes, plain and tigured, at X. York cost
Mousslin DeLaines worth 37, lor 13, 20 and 25c
Beautiful fast colored Calicoes, reduced to 10c.
First quality Brencli Calico, now selling at 12c.
I White and Red Flannel at a shade over cost
White and Grey Dullil Blankets at 75, 87c. and $1
With a great variety of WINTER GOuDS, at prices
temptingly low. My ohjcct being to raise money for
my Spring purchases, 1 will sell fjhein oil'at any sum|
-jict of profits, rather than keep them over to neqt winter.*
Parties wishing bargains, will lind this an excellent
opportunity for converting their loose change into
f good, cheap' and substantial Dry Goons.
r t Jan. 2.1. JAMES WILSON.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
SINCLAIR and Moore's 1 and 2 horse Plows
_ Two and three furrow Plows
VvnnniliniF ( til 11 i v.ltrirs
i'lUlll
Single and double Iron spout Corn Shcllcrs.
The above will be sold at Baltimore prices, with expenses
added, to close a consignment.
Feb. 1. MeDoWALL & COOPER.
^Chin I'Wtral Vvaslitii;; Fluid.
THK Subscriber nrt^ivf :i ^ of thw invaluublo
labor saving Washing . .I,,u* ' inutes
the attention of Families, and Hutoi
Feb. 3 Z. J.
1a Bales Heavy Gunny Bagging, Ibr sale at a Bar
Ja gain by ' E. W. BON KEY.
SUPPER HOUSE.
TIIE subscriber lias made arrangements with the
Contractor to furnish SUPPER for Stage l'usscn*
gers to and from Catnden. C. II. NETTLES.
' " References-?J. W. Steoalr Contractor; Col. K.
\Y. Cuaklks, Darlington C. II.; Mnj. John D. Murray,
Camden; Post Master, Clicraw.
Mount Elon, Jan. 23. 7 8t
To Slie People of South Carolina.
The friends of femperance have, after great
deliberation, determined on forming a Temperance
Publication Society in which all pledged or
unpledged men can unite.
Its objects are two fold :?first, the publication
and distribution of books and papers on Temperance,
and second, the employment of Lecturers,
j The payment at one time of ?50, will coiisti!
tute any person pledged to total abstineiiee, a
Manager; ?20 will constitute any person a Life
Member, and ?5 annually, confers the privileges,
of membership; and ?5 annually paid by any
llivitttoti Ti.iit Seet.ion or Soeietv. will entitle it
to a doleg ttc tor every ?o so paid. The Temperance
Advocate iri// be furnished without additional
char'/c, to the wembrrs of this Society,
and to Associations represented in it.
All the officers arc obliged to be men j"lodged
to total abstinence.
Tins explanation opens the way to say to the
whole people of the State, that the object is to
I raise a large fund, which shall give us books and
publications, written at the South, and published
at the South, and which shall place Temperance
properly before our people. So too, we
will thus Ik* enabled to keep one or more Lecturers
constantly in the field.
That we are greatly behind our sister States
in the work of Tenijieranee, is true. What is
the cause of it ? It in that we have suffered all
other interests to have precedence of it. So too,
in a mercantile phrase?we are not posted upon
i this interesting subject. We have not that full
1 information, which we ought to have. The Tem!
perauce Advocate ought to be in every house.
15ut in fact, it is in many places a rare guest. In
(Jeorgia, the Temperance 1'anner has 3,000 sub
Ml ?? Hill lliiiui;ia \tm v um.v j ?
per, lull of tfinjioraiice and every other interesting
matter, fruin having as many ? It is because
our people are riot informed of what is doing in
j temperance. Mom/ soar at if as an exploded
humbug. They do not know that the world is
full of it; that in our sister States the liquor
traffic is yielding to its influence, and that sobriety
reigns triumphant. Many now uninlbrmj
ed of these matters, will, after reading books,
| tracts or papers, or hearing a Lecturer, be either
j strengthen* d for the work, or will be brought in
j as fresh laborers.
In New-York is published the Temperance
! Magazine: it .abounds in articles of great interI
est: it contains biographical sketches and portraits
of many of the old soldiers of temperance.
What hinders a similar work here? Means, is
the answer. A publication Society will soon realize
these.
Tracts are continually published, and most
advantageously so, at the North. Why is it not
done hen? Money i< necessary. The lectures
delivered More the Charleston Total Abstinence
Society has, 1 fear, subjected i?> President to a
heavy h ?ss. Is this tube always the case.' Are
j the laborers in the cause of T mpcrr.nce alwais
I to work and poo? Arc you not, my friends,
I pre par. d to help ?
I Many can spare or ?20. Certainly all
j can spare &}. Any temperance man saves a
great d-al more than that annually, by his hub
its and principles.
Tie- Constitution and names of the officers nccompanv
this. We hope every Division, of the
; Sons of Temperance; every Tent of lovhabites.
1 and every Total Abstinence Society in the State
i will, at once, take this matter under cotlsideraton,
and by appropriating the requisite sum entitle
itself to one or more representatives in this
Society. It is also earnestly desired that every
individual who is favorable to the cause, will instantly
on the receipt <4' this Circular, send up
whatever contribution In* can to the Corresponding
Secretary. Kdwin lb-riot, lwp. Charh-ston.
We hopethe Society will !? foi thwith in funds
to act; and that before the semi-annual meeting,
of the State Temperance Society at Spartanburg,
on the Wednesday before the fourth Thursday
iii July next, we s'l,:,II lmv a large fund U> report,
and thus be able tu say, the good work
goes bravelv on!
JOHN HELTON O'NEALL.
J'resident 1'. Society of S. C.. find of tin'
State Ti tape ranee Society.
Tine ArorsTA Hiiidoi:.?We extract the subjoined
paragraph from the Augusta, (la..Ifomc
Gazette, ofyesterday:
"The collection of toll sat the toll house in Hamburg
ceased on Thursday morning hist?a compromise
having been effected, as i< generally understood,
Is'tween (ten. Jones and J. J. Kennedy,
Ksij, and the President of the S. C. Railroad
Cum puny. \> * learn lroui one of tho jwiu*s
that the following are the conditions upon which
the collection <>f tolls has been abandoned. A
suit is to be mad up between the 1'resident of
tlieS. C. Railroad Onnpanv and the gentlemen
above mentioned with repaid to the legality ot
toll collections at the toll house in Hamburg
the suit to be tried at the March term of Edgefield
court. Until said suit is d termiiied, delendants
are to cease the collection of tolls, but
will still keep a memorandum of persons, vehicles
kc., crossing the bridge?the amount, whatever
it be, to be paid by the plaintiff, whenever the
suit he gained or lost. Such, as we learn from
the highest authority, are the conditions upon
which the toll collections are abandoned.
"His Honor, the Major, having learned the ahove
facts, promptly reduced the rates charged
at this end of the bridge, to the former standard.
So far as regards the expenses of crossing the
bridge, matters now stand as formerly."
Ui'as Tkke on the rsniMi s,?Til.. Panama
Star states that a man named James IJim, while
lmntinsr on the Gorirona road ?ri*? w tired and
I Jav down to sl.M-p under a tree. < >n waking he
fxiinl his i;;::hs and ImhIv swelling, and death
soon ensued. The Star says a tree grows
on the Isthmus umler which cattle avoid eating
i or resting.
An Essay on runners' Homo.
| J!V HON. GEO. M. FAIRBANKS, OF FLORIDA.
In the general ndxanceiucnt ol' iii^ricuhunil i
pursuits and improvements in tlio culture of the
soil, while we find everything to conunend. v.e
find cause to regret that our fanners' homes have i
received little or no attention. While speaking
daily of home influences and home associations,
li.nv few icalizc what a home should be, or in ;
what manner such influences or associations may
he induced and preserved.
The migratory and homeless character of our
people ha> boon deemed by foreigners a national
characteristic, and by no means a favorable one.
The influence of a pleasant home upon the de- ;
volpnient of youthful minds is not sufficiently :
lieed-. d; and for the want of such influence attaching
the heart of nascent youth to the home 1
and pursuits of childhood, we find our farmers'
sous and daughters impatient of its confines, and :
ea^er to plunge into other ways of life, and seek- |
ing to leave the pure and noble employment of ,
agriculturists for the inure dependent and caresome
life of the town?exchanging the free enjoyments
of the lifo-giving air of heaven for the
reeking and stifled atmospliere of pent up cities.
j A continuous improvement in agriculture can'
not be expected amidst such constant changes;
the valuable experience transmitted from father ,
to son is lost, and each generation must learn j
anew. Nor can agriculture assume the station '
it deserves as an employment of the highest respectability
so long as fanners' sons and daugh- :
tcrs are everywhere striving to enter other em- j
plovments, and decked in tine attire and assuming
more luxurious habits, look down upon the
rural pursuits of their parents,
j Again, as respects the moral education of our i
youth, the influences of a plea-ant home, when ;
without and within, the heart linds satisfaction in
, the development of its aspirations for the beau- :
tiful, when the social glow of the evening lire- i
. side, and the climing vine and the sweet-scented j
flowers, the green meadow and the waving tiold.
the rustling corn and rippling stream, and home '
! the point of the greatest attraction, where the 1
lessons of truth atul morality w;is tirst imbibed, j
I will remain implanted and fixed with every tbud ,
; association of home, its affections, its pleasures, !
; and its interests.
The sense of beauty exists in every heart; but. j
lor want of the knowledge to produce forms of
! beauty, our agriculturists have been content to ;
i live in homes with which, so far as art was con- j
j corned, tln-re can be 110 association of comfort,
j beauty, or pleasantness.
Without litnoss of proportion, or convenience I
l of arrangement, thrust out upon the dusty high- j
i way, devoid of slinde and barren of the beautiful |
. foliage which nature so lVccly furnishes, a bold, i
| bald, disproportiotied reetangle or square, loo i
| large for a cottage, <? <>-mall for a mansion, paint- J
, id yellow, red or glaring white; we cannot feel ,
! that Mich residences tiro adopted to the climate, '
I the occupation or the convenience of the proprie- J
1 tor. Hut we would rather say a farmer's home j
| .-hould bo withdrawn from 1110 dusty t huiuugh- |
i tare, with \?hich he !i:i- little connection. lucau d '
with reference to his farm, embosomed in a sha- '
jd\ grove whose foliage should bo a protection j
j against the heats of summer and the blasts of
' winter, surrounded with an ample plat of green
'sward, with clumps of native forest trees, with !
' its garden tilled with fruits, and trellises covered
1 by the vine; it< plants devoted to simple flowers, ;
j ro^es and other hardy shrubbery, which seem to
i have a natural proximity to the presence of the .
j gentler sex. That the house should be, not an
I imitation of some showy village mansion, v.'ith j
porticoes and Ionic columns, or of some cocked j
hat cottage, all gables and no house; but should '
be moderate in proportion, colored with some !
1 Ii'i!iiiv> tillt. Slliti'd to the location ill !
which it i> p'.-if ?1; that its const ruction should i
evince taste and modest elegance, accompanied }
j with no expense for mere ornament; planned
within, not for useless show, with folding doors J
atid double parlors, hut every part to the convenience
and comfort of it-occupants; its veran- i
das covered with flowers and fruit-bearing vinos !
?its roof projecting for protection, audits chim- j
noys modelli'd with graceful forms, neatly eiiclo- I
scd by itself with a light paling, and a carriage- !
way sweeping across a lawn from the distant '
highway. Its out-buildings evincing the same '
orderly arrangement and convenient adaptation !
to their various uses.
Not one of us passing by such a home but
would be delighted with its cheerful, pleasant as- j
pect?not one but would wish that his was such j
a home ; and yet there is scarcely one who could i
not thus make his home worthy of his occupa- |
tioii. A house constructed with elegance and i
good taste, C'?st< iu) more than one budly j?ro- i
portioned and badly located.
How often do we see a large stone bouse, costly
in its construction, without any thing better
than a rail fence enclosure, without doorsteps,
with upper rooms unfurnished, and looking cheerless
and desolate, when one half of tho money
would have built a snug, convenient und tasteful
cottage, peeping out of its leafy screen, and
denoting tin- good taste of its occupants.
A farmer's home, such as it should bo, placed
upon the thousands of beautiful farms in this
country, would elevate the character and ennoble
the occupation of agriculturists in the public
mind?would lead to a greater appreciation of j
its dignity and importance, throw around the i
voting, pleasant and cheerful associations, stop
the depopulation of farming towns, and raise up
an increasing class of fanning and good taste.
We lwdicve no more useful or acceptable seri
..........1.1 i.? pruwlniml f.i til.. ...iiuim*. than a
[ > 1U?* V I'UI'.I UVJ I VIIVIV.I \ \4 1X? v.?v vw,,..,.
j work devoted exclusively to t'.irni houses, which
should ifivc the j>l:ms, the details and arrange- '
inents, by adaptions and luoditieatious of which
any farmer could plan and build a true farmer's
homo; such a work, although as yet unfurnished,
it is to he Imped will be before long forthcoming j
from some mind capable of appreciating the
wants, the desires of the eulturists of the soil, j
aud it is to draw attention to this hitherto much I
' i it-glt ctcd subject, that these few hints have been
thrown together.
Aiuifhiai. IhtODLxiioN of Ice.?The art
of producing ice by machinery, on scientific principles
so cheaply as lo reduce greatly the Cost of
that luxury in warm climates, is about being put
to a ptacticnl t? st in this country!
1 >r. Clonic, of Apalachieola. (Fl.u,) a gentleman
of established rr-outatioii as a b arm d and
scientific man, is i lio original or ol' the process,
and has secured ;i patent for it.
The feasibility ?.?f the plan, and its cheapness
have met the approving opinions of many scientilic
men who have investigated the subject. Mr'
"William A. Wood, of Apalaehicula, is now here
on his way to New York, for the pur] use of
making definite arrangements for the construction
of a machine. He desires to make arrangements
now, or on his return from AVw York, for
the establishment of this machine here for the
ice manufacture. From the data submitted to
our attention, it would appear that no badness
now extant, can yield as large a profit for the
amount of capital employed.
Air and water, both very cheap articles, are
the only ingredients used. It is estimated by
] Yofessor Renwick, that the entire cost of manufacturing
Ice on this principle will not exceed
*:).50 per ton. Such a result would be an inclculable
benefaction to mankind.
The production of ice by the dilation of air into
which watery vapor is diffused is a common
and simple experiment of the chemist's lecture
room. 1 hit the application of a principle on a
large scale :ls the invention of 1 >r. Gorrie is designed
to do, is a startling novelty.
The cost of machine which will produce eight
t<?ns ot ice daily, is estimated at -58000. We
should he pleased to see the immense and increasing
demand at this point lor ice supplied on
the terms proposed..?J"y. Cvustitutioiialist.
A Swindle.
We have to record an instance of swindling,
which happened on the steam boat wharf in
Charleston, S. C. not of common occurrence in
the South. As the boat was about leaving for
this place, a genteel looking man stepped up to
oue of the passengers, a young gentleman of j
this State, and telling him that lie had been 1
imprudent and unfortunate by losing all bis;
money at a gambling table the preceding night,
often.d him a gold watch of the lepine make, at
a great sacrifice, as he said, say sGo. lie declined
the purchase, having already a good silver
watch. At this junction a third party stepped
up and otic-rod the seller the price for the watch,
hut his funds happened tube at the Hotel: bu.
if the party first named would pay the money,
he wvuld give him live dollars on bargain when
lie arrived in Wilmington, as lie belonged to a
inaivantile house in this place, and was coming
on in the Boat.
The young man believing it a good opportunity
to speculate, oftered the seller *50, being
within -vd0 of all li" had with liiiu. After complaining
of the additional sacrifice, the distressed
seller consented, and the bargain was closed.
Through some mishap, the third party, the
mercantile gentleman of Wilmington did not j
Come on in the boat?got left, we suppose.
On arriving in Wilmington, the hero of our;
storv called at the store of Messrs. Brown and !
And erson, Watch Makers and Jewellers, on Mar-,
ket St. to obtain a key for Lis watch, and inci-1
dentally, as it were asked the value of it. Mr. j
Anderson who is a judge of such matters told,
him the watch was worth about live dollars le-'
ing a handsomely galvanized brass article.
The young gentleman who was swindh d on
this occasion belongs to the interior of our State ;
and this was his first appearance in the travelling
circle. He has paid a high price for "seeing i
the Elephant," and will, of course approach that
animal wiili caution hcreaft -r. The chief object
of this notice is to put others on their guard '
against those swindlers. It must be remembered
that robbers have the manners of gentlemen?being
very amiable polite and sentimental,
some of them are well educated. We advise
the reader to remember the adage, which is
applicable to men, to manners and to the material
viz: "All is not gold that glitters."
Wilmington Commercial.
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vUltKIA I iry ?-*4^
round of tin? newspapers staling tliat the answer
of lien. Lafayette to the address which as Speaker
of the House of Representatives, 1 made to
him upon the occasion of his last visit to this
country, was prepared by me, though pronounced
by him. This is a mistake, which, in justice
both to his memory and to myself, ought to be j
corrected. It was composed by himself, as the
style abundantly shows. On the morning of
his reception by the House of Representatives
he breakfasted with me alone, and 1 stated or
rend to him the address which 1 intended to
make to him on that day. The expression occurs
in it. that he was in the midst of posterity;
on reading which I remarked to him that it
would atford him a fine opportunity to pay us a
handsome compliment, which he might do by
saving: Xo.aud that he found himself surrounded
by patriotic men, attached to liberty, devoted
to free institutions, and with all the high attributes
which distinguished his llc\o!utioiinry
compatriots. The (leneral seemed pleased with
the idea, adopted it. and incorporated it in his
answer. This trivial incident could have been
the only foundation of the"paragraph.
Washington, Feb. 'JO. II. CLAY.
Prospect* for tlie Cotton Trade.
Messrs. Bourne, Latham and Co., Cotton
Brokers, of Liverpool, say:
"Seldom perhaps in tl??? annals of commerce
has a now year opened with a more favorable as- j
poet than that which now attends the cotton |
1 flM 1 .1 _ ... .1. . i
UiKlt1. 111011^111110 consumptive powers or me I
country have tor twelve months part boon stretched
to the utmost, there exists no accumulation '
'here of manufactures. The abundant harvest.
I which luts this yc.-ir been V-. ali.it <1 readers the
n. 0!-.?aii> - of life eh- a;>: the large incrtase of J>ulliuii
in iJie coffers of the Tank and the stream of
.-j ceil- coii-tit:u!y tLwing into this country give
promise of the cor.tinuance of art easy money
j market. The aggrvHo stocks of the raw muttria!
hold here, though r..'?t large, are sufficient for
present ] urposes, and the probability of an nbiltalcul
supplies fr? in lite United States, the
crop of which country is generally estimated at
2,700,000 bales, guarantees tho continuance
j of a low scale of prices, and the absence of injurious
speculation.
S The homo trade at present is governed by the
opposing influences ct prosperity among one op}>o?itioii
of the community, and the comparative
i, poverty of others: but upon the whole itmain'
tains a steady position; and there appears uothi
ing wanting but the establishment of permanent
J tranquility upon the European continent, to iuI
duce the hope that throughout the coming year
| this branch of commerce, the cotton trade, may
; be characterized by regularity and produce, and
< crowr.ed with prosperity,
j On the same subject Messrs. George Cook and
! Gairsay:
"The belief is general that the present crop
; of the United States will reach 5,SCO,000 bales,
I This beliehnay prove correct, but the realization
j of it will greatly depend upon the aspect of the
growing crop next summer. But if it should
| prove correct prices have already declined so
much, and the consumption so greatly increased,
that we s^e no ground for expecting that prices
will he permanently lower than at present, unlest
; political affairs should produce an injurious eff.es
! on commerce generally."
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1UK 1 HESIDliM i .? 1U? ?W WlieailS orfJ\
scent thus holds forth in relation to tome of the
; Providential aspirants:
On the democratic list, there are Cass, Houston.
Buchanan, Douglas, etc. The first and the
! last named are the only two upon the list who
! appear to us to have any chance lor the nomina!
tiotiiand the last is, we think, the only man who
; could under any circumstances, heat Millard
1 Fillmore. 1 >ouglas is a young man; self made;
! full of energy; warv, and yet not wanting in a
certain boldness: laborious in details: fluent, and
i sometimes really eloquent ir speech, and with
many distinguishable marks of statesmanship in
1 his career, llis speech at Chicago, in vindication
of the Fugitive Slave law, is the great point
' in his political history. A large slaveholder,
and yet U. S. Senator from a free State, he has
1 useful material out of which to manufacture
popularity and \otor.
i
" Soldarite."?This is a favorite word of
Kossuth's. It is French, and has not yet found
its way into our dictionaries. It expresses generally
that the life of man is not exe'usively the
lifo of an individual, but a life which he possesses
jointly with his race, that men live in sol'Jo, soldered
together in one. if we may say so; that
each man is indivisible of the life of men, and ail
j men are indivisible parts of each man. St. Paul
I gives its meaning thus: "For, as we have many
' members in one body, so we, being many, are
one body in Christ, and every one members cne
of another." See also Fphcs., iv., 25, and other
places. No word in English conveys what is ex
pressed by "soldarite," or "soleianty," as it is
now generally printed. "With this definition
the reader will readily understand what is meant
by the soldarity of nations, now often used.
the Preacher and the Lawyers.
Jesse Lee, one of the Methodist preachers in
New England, was a man who combined unresisting
energy and tenderness of sensibility with
an extraordinary propensity to wit. Mr. Stephens,
in his new work on the " Memorials of
Methodism,gives the following specimen of L's
bonhommie.
As he was riding on horseback, one day, between
Boston and Linn, he was overtaken by two
young lawyers, who knew that he was a Methodist
preacher, were disposed to amuse themsclveS*
somewhat at his expense. Saluting him, and
ranging their horses one on each side of him,
they entered into conversation something like
the following:
1st Lawyer?I brieve you are a preacher sir J
Lee?Yes: I generally pass for one.
1st Lawyer?You preach very often, I suppose
'
Lee?Generally every clay :?frequently twice
or more.
'2d Lawyer?How do you find time to study,
when you preach so often \
Lee?1 study when riding, and read when
resting.
1st Lawyer?But you do not write your sermons
?
Lee?No: not very often.
2d Lawyer?Do you not often make mistakes
in preaching extemporaneously I
I o.i t f1^cnni,.tiiniK
2d Lawyer?How do you do then 1 Do you
correct thorn I
Lee?That depends upon the character of the
mistake. I was preaching lie* other dav, and I
went to quote the text. "All liars si; '' have their
part iu the lake which burnetii with orimstone
and fire,'' and, by 111 v mistake, I said, "All Lawyers
shall have their pail?"
2d Lav. ver, interrupting iiim?What did you
do with thai? Did you correct it?
Loo?O. no. indeed! It was so nearly true, I
did not think it worth while to correct it.
" Humph!" said one ol litem, (with a hasty
and impatient glance at the other.) "1 don't
know whether you are the more knave or tool."
f "Neither:" lie quietly replied, turning at the
same ins nitsemwous eyes irom one to uie
other, " I believe I am just between the two."
It is stated that the tare on the Pennsylvania
| railroad, after the first of March next, will bore*
! ducv'd to 2 1-2 ceuts jkt mile.