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t + VOLUME 3. - CAMDEN^ SOUTH-CAROLINA, JULY 20, 1852 A'UMBER 58. I THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, ML published semi-weekly and weekly by P? THOMAS J. WARREN. TERMS. f t TnE Semi-Weekly Journal is published at Three ? .. , ^ -c ?-J sv*,,,. i |f" Dollars ana .rmy v^enis, u pmu iu ouvauvc, vi |,vvu | I, Dollars if payment is delayed three months. l The Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars > i if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if pay- ; 1 ment be delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not I & toaid till the expiration of the year. ^L. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the follow- j fog terms: For one Square (fourteen lines or less) in the semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, and twenty-five j K cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, | ^Apeventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-se- I ^Vren and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Sin- ' W gle insertions one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and ' W quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a sin- I I gle insertion. I yg**The number of insertions desired, and the edi- ! I tion to be published in must be noted on the margin of [ all advertisements, or they will be published semi-week' ly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly j ^ iWi fhj, TsniLiuitie Journal. IOO DREAM OF ME. Go dream of me, oh! at that haunted hour fr When midnight's dark and mournful eye Looks on the earth, and a silver shower Of light is sweeping from the sky ; Away, away, upon its viewless wing ^, Through the dim and shadowy air W To the land of dreams let ihy Bpirit spring, For mine will be wandering there. ^ A voiceless grief, a wild mysterious spell, A deep, unchangeable regret With a strange power upon my being fell I Long, long, ago when first we met, I was a child, and knew not then of love, } Yet when I gazed into thine eye The strong waves of my spirit seemed to move, And my young heart throbbed fearfully. Too well I knew thou ne'er wouldst turn on me, More than a passing, transient thought, While I could cherish but one memory,' One dream, with thy dear image fraught, anrt vet I loved to eaze UDOI1 X w on ? aim ...... ,J , ^Thy fare so radiantly bright, As flowers that turn at morning toward the sun And droop at eve beneath his light. j I But year6 fled on, and my young spirit grew Too proud to mourn thee in despair, And hushed the voice ot love, though well I knew, Its echo still would linger there; I crushed the genu but every fragment threw A broken light in memory's urn ? I quenched the fire, but where its embers strew My heart, a spark will sometimes burn. ^ 1 learned to smile when thou wert far away, it To breathe thy name wiihout a sigh, And schooled my tortured spirit to be gay H That none might mark its agony. l'he ciptive bird though pining seems to sing V Blithely as when it wandered free, ^ And he tints fade not from its prisoned wing? Vet that bird mourns unceasingly, I know thy waking thoughts are not for we, But when the hand of sleep has prest 1 [?h? thy brow, my heart prays silently Tnat dreams of me may haunt thy rest. vs a pale star will send its timid beam I c^s.eep within a lily's bell, , Oh! let my image wander as a dream v\ ithin thy slumbering soul to dwell. Up'?n rhy -hin?ng hair, thy broad, bright brow, Tuy deep blue eyes, I still may gaze, For olt we m?*t,) nor do I tremble now When near tbeeasin other days. Bu love for ibee my bosom may not thrill, ?ly life is qufet, and my heart is calm. Though memories ot the past are breathing still L Around me like a heavenly balm. I When first I dashed thine image from my heart, A coldness on ray spirit fell, > A feeling that can never all depart. Though lone ago, hope sighed " farewell," Yet now, that radiant, sunny smile of thine, Still sheds a brightness o'er my soul E'en as the Borealis lights that tv:inp Their splendorshound the frozen pole. 'Tis strange, that in my sleep thy voice 60 clear In murmurred accents deep and low, Thrills forth the burning words I pined to hear, When first I loved thee long ago. That time has past, and that spell is riven. Yet when the night winds sing to thee, My spirit shall come on the brea.h of heaven ^ Whispering softly, u Go dream of me." BATTLE OF FORT MOULTRIE. 1,?TflE FORTIFICATION. The wront, was a square with a bastion at each angle, sufficiently large to contain, when , finished, one thousand men. It was built of palmetto l<>gs, laid oue upon the other, in two par del rows, at sixteen feet distance; bound together at intervals with timber dove-tailed, and bolted into the logs. The* spaces between the two . line* of logs, were filled up with sand; and the ] merlons wejgj walled entirely by palmetto logs, < notched into one another at the angles?well ' bolted together, and strengthened with pieces of < ^ .timber. They were sixteen feet thick, tilled in ; with sand, and ten feet high above the platforms: < and the platforms were supported by brick pil- , lars. The fort was only finished on the front or ^ south-eastern curtain and bastions, and on the j south-west curtain and bastion: the north-eastern < .curtain, and the uorth-western curtain and has- \ ftion were nnfinished; being logged up only about ) .seven teet high. Necessity, however, devised an ^ .expedient for making the unfinished parts ten- | able against an escamae; oy placing inicK long i t planks upright against the unfinished outside wall, but inclined and projecting over it; \ hich raised the height to ten or fifteen feet mo <?? 1 and through which, loop holes were cut, fori'ie ] use of rifles, or musketry. The platform, therf, s fore, as finished, only extended along the south- 1 eastern front of the fort?and its south-western . ride. Upon these platforms, the cannon were | mounted. On the south east bastion, the flag ( staff was fixed, bearing, a blue flag with a white c crescent, on which was emblazoned the word ' f Liberty: and three eighteen and nine pounders I were mounted there. On the south-east curtain, i six 26 French pounders and three. 18 English 1 pounders were placed; and on the western bastion ] connected with it, three 26 French pounders, and < two 9 pounders, were stationed. On the southwest curtain, six cannon were mounted, 12 and i 9 pounders. Connected with the front angle of < each rear bastion of the fort, lines of defence called cavaliers, were thrown up for a small distance on the right and left of the fort; and three 12 pounders, were mounted in each of them. So that the whole number of cannon mounted in the fort and cavaliers on ea^h side, were thirtyone; of which, only twenty-five at any possible ^ time, could bear upon the enemy, stationed in < front of the fort, and even then, four nine poun- , ders on the two inner sides of the front bastions j could be scarcely used. Narrow platforms or l banquetts were placed along the walls, where . the plank was raised against them; for the men to stand upon, and fire through the loop-holes. Such was the situation of Fort Sullivan on the ^ 27th day of June; and its garrison consisted of the second South Carolini regiment of infantry, amounting to 413 of all ranks; and a detachment of the fourth South Carolina rgiment of artillery of 22; amounting together to 435: the whole being under the command of Colonel William Moultrie, of the above Second Regiment. Nearly midway between Fort Sullivan and ? Charlestown, Fort Johnson was situated; having 1 unwai'/tc nf fwnnfr lienvv cannon of French 2G 1 "J""""" .* J - ? . . and English 18 pounders. Its.garrison consisted ot'the first South Carolina Regiment of Infantry, amounting to about 380; and a small 1 detachment of artillery, commanded by Col. I Christopher Gadsden of the above First Regiment. I And nearer the town, on its left, was the battery j on James1 Island, mounted with about twelve j heavy cannon, which raked the channel, in ap proaching Charlestown from Fort Johnson: and where Captain Thomas Pinckney of the First Regiment with his company was stationed. 2.?THE BATTLE GROUND. On the morning of Friday the 28th day of June, Col. Moultrie rode t> the north-eastern point of Sullivan's Island to visit the troops sta tioned there, under Col. Thomson. When he arrived, he saw the enemy's boats in motion at the back of Long-Island; as if they intended a descent upon that advanced post: and at the same time, he perceived the men-of-war loose their topsails. This having been the signal of their getting underway the day before, he burned back |' to the fort; and on his arrival, immediately or- j 1 dered the long roll to beat, and the officers and ;Ji men to their posts. The guns were scarcely man- j 1 ned, and jiowder issued from the magazine, when j 1 the British squadron was perceived with their courses drawn up, bearing down upon Fort Sul livnn; and at the sanic time, between ten and j eleven o'clock, the Thunder bomb-shi|? covered ! by the Friendship armed vessel of twenty-six guns, anchored a inile and a half, bringing the I salient angle of the eastern bastion to near north by west, and began to throw shells upon the fort i ?one of wliieh fell upon the magazine, but did j no considerable damage, The flood tide ln-ing 1 strong, arid the wind fair front the southward west, the Active, '28 guns?the Bristol, 50 guns j ?the Exjteriment, 50 guns?and Solebay, 28 < guns, soon came within striking distance of thetbrt: when a fire oi cannon commenced upon them front the south-westcjn bastion. But the , Active, which w the h-adingship. continued her ] course, until she arrived within four hundred yards of the fort when site anchored with springs on her cable, and poured in her broaddd of cannon balls. The Bristol, Experiment, and Solebay, ranging up in the rear of the Active, anchored in like manner, leaving intervals between each other; and the Syren and Aecton of 28 uruns, and Sphinx, of 20 guns, formed a line parallel with them, opposite the intervals. The example of the Active was followed by the ships, as they took their stations; and a heavy and incessant cannonade issued from their batteries: while from the fort a return was made, slow, but sure.? ;i When this severe trial of metal and skill was go- f ing on between the veteran shijis of the British 1 navy, and the newly raised troops of an infant ' republic, from a low fort of palmetto logs, the {l Thunder bomb-ships w;is throwing thirteen inch shells in quick succession?several of which fell 1 into the fort: they wore, however, immediately 'J buried in the loose sand, so that very few of " them burst upon the garrison. 8.?THE MORNING AFTER THE BATTLE. The morning of the 29th June, presented a humiliating prospect to British pride. To the south-west of the fort, at the distance of near a mile, lav Acteon frigate fast ashore on the Low- 1 er Middle-Ground. Below the fort, about two v miles and a-half, the men-of-war and transport 1 were ridimr nf anchor, onnosife Morris1 Iv'. .?*,,! * ?J, ? - - - I J - - while Sir Peter Parkers hroau pendant was hardly to be seen, on a jury main too,-mast, con- 1 dderably lower than the fore-mast of his ship.? And on the 'oft. General Cli'.iton was kept in 1 jheck, by the troops under Colonels Thompson ( ?nd Mehlenburg. On the contrary, how glori- ' jus were the other points of view! The azure v colors of the forte fixed on a spunge-statf, waved N, rently on the wind,?boats were passing and repassing in safety, from and to. the Fort and s Charleston; and the hearts of the people were ;h robbing with gratitude and the most exhileradng transports! From this time, in commoinnrition of the victory, and in honor of Col. Wil- I iain Moultrie who won it, the Fort was called af- ' x*r his name. The Bhave Man.?There is nothing which a fi ,ruly brave and perseerving man maypiot accom- v jlish. Heat and cold, mountains and seas, and 'I lunslnne, are alike to mm, wnon no is bent ujtou <> lis subject. lie pushes ahead?never tiring or r hinting?until his proud design is achieved.? c vViiether it be riches or honors, lie permits no t ib tacles to impede his progress. The histories t< >f R:1 distinguished men, from Alexander to Na- <5 )oleon, t.Lrw that it 19 perseverance that made ti \ them distinguished above their men. And you if determined in your course whatever end you have in view, shall be respected and honored.? Never permit your energies to slumber, but be Her active in whatever field you choose to labor. Io lag?to stop-to doubt-to hang your head in n fear, will prove diastrous to your best iLterists. " To move in doubt and fear And tremble at the shades of even? What is it but a tomb to rear, And stealing to it, turn from Heaven ?" The reason so m inv turn out miserable to->is ?without ambition, life, or even wealth?is, heir lack of courage and their fear of the world. What has an honest, man or a man of virtue ind integrity to fear \ All are but shadows that ook dark and forbidding before you?and these ,vanish before the light of truth and generous imbition. Let northing stay your progress vhen you are in the right path?nothing but the itrong arm of death?then you will accomplish four blight expectations while ' Shadows fly, And hope gleams beauteous from atar? A sea of glory fills the sky, And wisdom beams in every star." Husband and Wife.?Among the late deeiiions of the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania, sitting at llarrisburg, is the folowing: " The declaration of an insolvent husband canlot, under any circumstances, be evidence for he wife as to her ownership of property. When roperty is claimed by a married woman, she nust show by evidence which does not admit of i reasonable doubt either that she owned it at lie time of the marriage, or acquired it afterwards by gift, bequest, or purchase. If the husjand could create title to personal property in I he wife by merely saying it is hers, 110 creditor j vould be safe for a single moment. It is not i tasy to conceive how a higher premium for d is - j lonesty could be offered. The relation of hus-1 >and and wife is so intimate, and identity of heir inierests so absolute, that even the oath of iither is not and ought not to be taken in favor >f the other. A mulli fortiori, the naked declaration should be rejected. From the Boston Olive Branch. Advice to Young Ladies.?When the spirit noves you to amuse yourself with "shopping," jo sure to ask the clerk for a thousand and one irticles you haveno intention of buying. Never nind alxiut the trouble you make him; that's mrt of the trade. Pull the fingers of the gloves on have examining quite out of the shape; in[ 11 ire for some non descript color or some scarce ! tumber. and when it is found, 'think you won't 1 ake any this morning. Then keep him an hour j Hinting for your sun-shade, which you at length , eeollect you left at home" and depart without laving invested a solitary cent. When you en^r a crowded lecture-room, and i gentlemen rises politely, (as American gentle i)?'ii always do.)and tillers to give np his seat, j hat lie came an hour ago to secure for himself, ! ake it as a muttervf course; and don't trouble j roiiPH-lf to thank him ever, with a nod of your it-ad. As to ecling uneasy about accepting it, j hat's ridiculous! because if lie don't fancy staining during the service, lie's at liberty to no home; t's a free country. When you enter the cars, and all the eligible laces are occupied, select one to your mind; hen walk uj> to the gentleman who is gazing at lie tine scenery through the open window, and isk him for it with a queenly air, as if he'd lose astc instanter, did he hesitate to comply, diouldany peison seat themselves near you, not xaotly of ' your stamp,' gather up the folds of our dress cautiously, as if you were afraid of ontagioii. and apply a " vinaigrette" to your parician nose! Understand thoroughly the dextrous u<e of i sun-shade, in enabling you to avoid the inrticion of a ' bore' or an 'unpresentable per-oii,' 11 the street, avoiding under that shield the unidvlike imnronrietv of the "cut direct." (allow ibleonly in cases of undisguised impertinence.) Should you receive an invitation to a coiv-,,^ nauage to accept, conditionally; leaving. a if escape, should a more eligible offer present tself. \\ hen solicited to sing a party, decline, unit you have drawn are UU(j yOU t|1(, p,.0pCr nnin>er of entreating s'.vnins; then yield gracefully, as f it wore n grr at sacrifice of your timidity. Flirt w4?h an admirer till the last end of the and then?"bo so taken by surprise," ' aen he makes the declaration you were driving it! As 'practice makes jrerfect1 every successive ittempt of this nature will render you more expert u'angling for hearts, besides exerting a very beneficial efii ct upon your character. As t<J cultivating your mind, that's all waste >owder?you've better amunition to attack the >nemy; and as to cultivating your heart, there is io use in talking about a thing that's uufashiond)le! So always hear in mind that all a pretty voiuan is sent into the world fbr, is to display 'he ashions as they come out; waltz, flirt, dance, ing, and play the old Ilarry generally! Fanny Fern. Death from Drinking Ice-Lemonade.?Mrs. ietsey Grimes, says the Boston Traveller, who las lately been confined to her bed by iudisposiion, at her residence, corner of Ann and Meehan5 streets, died a dny or two since from the of-1 acis of drinking a quantity of iced lemonade, ihich sIk- drank while in a weak bodily state.? 'his should serve as a warning against indnl ing freely in the use of cold or iced liquids dn_: ing the very hot weather, wtili the idea of lnng thirst or moderating the terr- ^ lt,1re 0f lie system to a cooler, state. T !*'" ^ ?t o be remembered that i" At ri VR^? ystem requires less nr' .1 warm wen >' hat if the quantit- ^riment than in co of nutriment that * taUu into the disgestive organs is not modified, (lis ease will be contracted. This desire i'or cold drinks in hot weather is an artificial desire merely to gratify the palate; this* peculiar sensation of thirst in the mouth and fauces arises not from a demand for fluids to increase the serum of the blood, buterenerallv from a local disease of the parts connected with the throat, that may be allayed by chewiug some hard sul>stance. The effect produced by taking into the stomach considerable quantities of cold liquids in hot weather, endangers the health and impairs the general tone of the system, from a sudden abstraction of heat from the stomach. This immediately arrests the digestive process and causes the food to remain in the stomach longer than its natural time, producing irritation, and not unfrequently sudden death. Extraordinary Adventure. One of the most extraordinary adventures of a child of which we ever heard, occurred near Pawtuckot last week. On Thursday, the 1st instant, a son of John Keenen, of that place, aged only three and a half years, disappeared from his home, and no tidings eould be obtained of him by his parents. On the following day, bills were circulated soliciting information respecting | him. It was at length ascertained that a child | answering his description had been seen in an 1 . i* .1 *11 . .1 X? easterjv direction irom me village, anci an active search was immediately instituted for the missing boy. It appears that he was seen by several persons, but in one instance only under circumstances that excited suspicion that he was lost, and in this instance the person neglects to take charge of him immediately, and when followed had disappeared in the woods and could not be found. The course of the child was followed in part by the information of those who had s?.en him, but mainly, we understand, by his foot prints in ploughed fields and muddy places, lie was at length found on Saturday evening, at half-past five o'clock, near the boundary line between Seekonk and Rehoboth, five and a half miles in a straight line from his homo, and fifty-four and a half hours after his disappearance, and fifty-nine after he ate his breakfast on the previous Thursday morning. He left his home barefooted and very thinly clad, having nothing on but a thin calico dress and an apron, and these were wet when he was found. In this condition he had wandered to the place where he was found, through ploughed fields and woods, and across ditches and swamps. So far as is known or believed, he t * . . I /? I i* t* J +\ nnd notear.cn a inouumii OI ioou since me previous Thursday morning. Two nights the little fellow must have slept inthe open air on the cold, damp ground, and ihey were cold nights, too, there being a fryst ori each, if our memory is correct. His feet were badly lacerated by stones, briars, <fcc., and much swollen, but he awpeared to beotheiwise in good condition, and is doing well. Ili? greatest anxiety on being found was to be taken to his mother, for whom he said he had been looking. When asked if lie did not sleep cold the previous night, lie replied that he did. The latter part of the strange adventure of this child was in and through an extensive swamp in which people have been lost, and where, some fortv years ago, a woman, unable to find her way i out, perished, and her body was not Ibund until nine days afterwards. In this swamp is a stream j of water five or six feet wide, and of considerable depth, and the mud in its bed and on its banks is so deep and soft that it is difficult to cross it. 13ut this child did cross it! how, every one who has seen it is puzzled to conjecture. From the appearance of his tracks in this swamp, it is supposed that he wandered about therein se\oral miles. lie was found on the margin of the swamp, but was supposed to be in it, and between one and two hundred men were engaged on Saturday in searching for hir,i. \\ ! question whether tlieio another instance on record in which a chit*.' s0 tender years survived so much ta;ig-,U!< privation, and exposure. It this little Keenen lives and does not make a tough si'< cjmcn of a man, hisage will " belie the l,rul'.'iise of his spring." Trlkgraphs Fou Railroads.?Mr 0'Roily, the telegraph constructor, has for a long time urged upon railroad companies the necessity of estab lishing a line of telegraph upon their several lines of roads, to facilitate business and prevent accidents. In n recent circular upon this subject, lie says: "With n rightly arranged 'railway telegraph system,' in full operation, there is not a man tit for the re pmwhle duties of engineer or conductor? not a clerk, overseer, or a station man, worthy of employment on any railroad?not a man qualified for such riilroad ditties, (and upon whose faithful discharge of duty depends so much of life and property as well as the character and value " < !/ ??i 11 .. . i... a oi ii io railway use it. ;w no couiu uoi i>u iipu mnu quickly to m ike telegraphic signals from any point and at any hour of night or day which wot Id alarm and inform any or all stations along the whole extent of the line, about any delays, accidents, or other matters essential to the safety of passengers and property. Indeed, not only every station or office, but every train while acactually under swiftest headway, may ere long be alarmed and cautioned, whenever necessary, l?v ringing hells or displaying signals along some of the posts between the stations, to warn engineers and conductors about any difficulty or irregularity which might produce accident along the track: "Though the system has not yet been carried ont K> this extent on any railroad, it can be donr aiy.j when it becomes generally known that it can be. done and done promptly, efficiently ami I nni-.nmniftMllv oublic sentiment will powerful!} . ,v? y , combine, with a sense ofself-interest in railroat companies, to require that it shall be done; ant done too in a manner most effectual for protect ing life limb, and property against the increaset dangers consequent on the increased and stii increasing average velocity in railroad travelj ling. "A review of circumstances connected with delays and accidents upon railroads generally, warrants me in expressing a belief that, by the adoption of this system, a large portion, a very large portion of those difficulties might have been avoided miir>li limp pviw?iis/>_ and ronnf-lti/in cot.*/>d lives and much property rescued from destruction. As these various objects can be measureably accomplished it remains to be seen bow far and how fast the railroad companies will avail themselves of the advantage; and also how far the public and the courts will hold any company blameless that fails to adopt measures for preven ting the recurrence of calamities, which occasion' ally happen for want of such well arranged telegraph facilities along even the best conducted. ' railroads. From the Savannah Republican. The Crossing ok hie River at Augusta.? We are enabled to state, that the negotiations, so long pending on this subject, have been closed, i : and permission given by the authorities of Au! gusta to the Charleston and Hamburgh Railroad, j to bridge the river and establish depots within the corporate limits of the city. We presume ; that this result has been hastened by the acquisition of ground without the limits of the city by the President of the Company, whereon to erect a bridge, the proposals for which, as our readers mar rpmemher. were advftrtispd snmA ' time since. i Two propositions were offered to the city of Augusta by Mr. Conner?one iuvolving the payment of ?100,000, the other of ?150,000. The ; latter was accepted, and it gives to the Charles; ton Company the right to establish a bridge at the distance of one block or squire above the one now used, with a passenger depot, machine shops, warehouses, <kc. <fcc, on the bank of the river, on the Augusta side, at that point. The J Company has also the privilege of establishing | another "depot just about as far distant from that of the Georgia Railroad as the Waynesboro, j depot will be, and to traverse the streets between the two depots with cars drawn by horses, not i more than two cars in any one train. It is presumed that the whole cost of this I connection to the Charleston and Hamburg Railroad Company will be about ?400,000?inclui ding the sum paid to the city as above, (which ! is partly in lieu of tolls collected on the old bridge.) the cost of the bridge, of the land which must all be purchased, of buildings, <kc. <kc. We infer from the amount paid to the city, 1 as well as from the character of the negotiations, , so far as we understand them, that the design I of the contract is to place the Waynesboro' and I the Charleston and Hamburgh Roads on pre; cisely the same footing. Both their depots will be, as nearly as possible, at the same distance i (some 500 yard-) from the Georgia Railroad ! i\ _ a. rni " f__ i . . _ _ _ 3 1 xi . uepot. lneoiny advantage enjoyed oy me Waynesboro' Road?that of reaching their depoi by steam?flows from the feet that their road approaches the city without having to pass through freight, before its transference from the Georgia to the other roads, and it may be inferred that if ever one of the tracks is permitted to run into the Georgia Road, the same permission will be extended to the other. General Asskmulv ok the Presbyterian' Church.?Statistical Reports have been received from all the Presbyteries belonging to the General Assembly, with the exception of Angelica, San Francisco, Kalamazoo, Medina, Elyria, Lexington, and Newton. No change has taken place in the number of Synods. Present number. twenty-one. The number of Ministers is 155? ; an increase of thirty-seven. During the year twenty-one ! Ministers have di"d ; a decrease of ten. The churches are 1002 ; an increase of twenty-three. The additions to the number of Communii cants have been 10,256 ; an increase of 374 over the additions of the previous year. The additions on Examination were 5616: an increase of 137. On certificate, 4,440; an ienrease 237. In no previous year since 1837 has so large a * number been reported. Yet seven of the Presbyteries and a large number of churches have made no returns. 1 lie whole number of additions, therefore, must have exceeded 11.000. The number of communicauts is 140,000 ; an increase of 576. The Contributions to the fund of the Assembly have been much larger than usual. The whole sura reported is 83,473 28; au increase of 8727 45. For the expenses of Commissioners , to the Assembly ; 82,956 02 have been contributed ; an increase of 8589 96. Of the whole sum, only 81077 88 wore paid into the treasury o the Assembly ; the remainder, 81877 14, was paid to the Commissioners bv their respec* 1 1 Presbyteries. In a tew cases no return nas oeeu made of the sum thus paid. For the continoj-fiit Fund *518 25 have been contributed, and, with the exception ot' 84 25, paid into the treasury of the Assembly. Hydrophobia.?A son of Mr. Waite of Cincinnati as we learn from the Gazette was recently seized with hydrophobia, but by judicious treatment he has entirely recovered though a running wound is intended to be kept up where the lad was bitten in order to prevent the possibility of a return of the. symptoms. The vasicles which formed under the tongue rapidiy disappeared under the administration of Lachesis, a medicine prepared from the virus of the lance beaded adi der which was given as an antidote to the poison ' and the spasms were prevented by the use of bellal donna and other remedies. | "The sun is all very well," said an Irishman; 1 "but in my opinion the moon is worth two, of it 1 for the tnoon affords us light in the nigh" times, when we really want it; whereas, we have the sun 1 with us in the day time, when we have no occa 1 sion for it."