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M VOLUME a CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA DECEMBER 14, 1852. NUMBER 100. riiwn m !?aanwc?aaa?ma?np? THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY BY THOMAS J. WARREN. TERNS. Tue Seiii-Weeklt Journal is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance, or Four Dollars il'paymeut is delayed three months. Tiie Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars If paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if payment be delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not mi id till the expiration of the year. ADVERTISI2MEXTS will be inserted at thefollowl on- trtiins- For one Souare ifourteen lines or less) in the Bcmi-wcekly. oue dollar for the first, and twenty-five _ cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekty, tscventy-five ccuts per square for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. Jjg~The number of insertions desired, and the edition to bo published in must be noted on the margin of ill advertisements, or they will be published semi-weeky until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly NEW CASH-STORE. AFTER returning my thanks to my friends, acquainces and the public generally, for their former liboral patronage, I ofl'er to them a variety of - Groceries, Dry-Goods Crockery and Hardware, At wholesale and retail, consisung iu pun U3 iuuu?9 GROCERIES. SUGARS?Muscovado, New Orleans, St. Croix, Loaf, Crualied and Powdered COFFEES-?Java and Rio I MOLASSES?X. Orleans, Muscovado and West India SALT? Constantly on baud TOBACCO?Yellow Bank, Ellis, and a variety off common, at prices from 12 to 75c. per pound TEAS? Gunpowder, Green, Hyson and Black SEGARS?Rio Honda Gold Leaf, Sylva, Palmetto, and a variety of common, prices from 6 to $40 peril, j CANDLES?Sperm. Adamantine anu iuhuw CHEESE?Goshen and English JiA CON?Sides, Shoulders and Hams LA RD?Constantly on hand FISH?Salmon, Herring and all numbers of Mackarel FRUITS?Figs, Raisins, Almonds, Currants, English Walnuts, Ac. SPICES?Allspice, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon, Ginger, Mustard and Pepper PICKLES?English and American, a variety KETCHUPS?Mushroon, Walnut and Tomato I PRESERVES? Citron, Orange, Lemon, Pino Apple and Ginger BRANDT-FRUITS?Peaches, Cherries and Limes JELLIES and JAMS?A variety LOBSTERS and SARDINES?Hermetically Sealed CANDIES?Of all kinds CRACKERS?PicNic, Soda, Buiter, Wine, Water and Sugar "conrpRV Assorted. SADDLES?Riding and Wagon WHIPS?Carriage,Jiuggy, Driver's and Wagon CARDS?Cotton and Wool POWDER and SHOT ALSO A urn and complete slock of DRY-GOODS, consis in part as follows; 200 pieces Prints, at prices from 5 to 15c. per pai d 75 do Long Cloths from G to 18c. 300 do llrown llotnespon, from 5 to 12c. 250 pair Negro blankets from $1.50 to $2 25 perpair 100 pieces Kerseys, from 12 to 18c. Oznaburgs?DeKalb ulways on hand ALSO?A VARIETY OK Muslins, Alpaccas. Irish Linens, Tickings, Apron n inrtltnmo T.insevs. Flan Checks, S tunings, uruuu^s, _ nels, Salicia. Serge, Cashmeres, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Cravats, Suspenders, Hosier)', of all kinds; Gloves of all kinds; Linen Shirts, llerino Shirts, Cloths, Cussi* ineres, Satinets, Tweods, <tc. Together with a largo assortment of Rcady-3Iadc Clothing. AI.PO Violins, Double barrel Shot Guns, from $11 to $15, niflua flint and Percussion locks $0 to $12 And a great variety of articles, both in UliUU&Uum ' and DRY-GOODStoo tedious to mention. will attend to the Receiving and Forwarding Business as heretofore, and I am prepared to make liberal advances on Cotton shipped to Messrs Chambers, Jeffers & Co., Charleston. I intend selling exclusively for Cash, and most respec thill}* invito any who wish Bargains, to give me a call, and they will find the cash system decidedly preferable. pg'Call at his Old Stand on the corner. B. W. CHAMBERS. Camden, Oct. 5. 80 tf FRESH Solar Oil?Received yesterday by Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN. SPERM and Lara un?r or huiu uy Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN. QAA LBS. of the handsomest Candies ever offered OU w in this market. W. C MOORE. Mexican Mustang; Liniment, IN Bottles at Fifty Cents and One Dollar. For sale at Z. J. DeIIAY'S. Mexican Mustang Liniment, IN bottles at 25, 50c. and $100. Received toby Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN, T EATIIER AND SHOE FINDING ' ' if ovprv kind, viz: Best Hemlock Sole; best Baltimore Oak Sole " Harness and Band?extra " French and American CalfSkins " Lining and Binding Skins " Sadler's Calf and Pad Skins Shoe Knives, Pincers, Rasps, Files, Hammers, Awl Blades, Shoe Nails, Tacks, Thread, Sand Stones, Heel Balls, Blacking, and Shoemaker's Tools of every description, and of the very best quality. Just received and for sale by WORKMAN & BOONE. "^L^THERTLEATHER!! A LDEN & MURRAY have now on hand, a choice il lot of BAND, HARNESS and UPPER LEA1'JIER, of their own tanning, which will oe sold low. ALSO k superior lot of NEGRO SHOES, of their own manufacture, very heavy and warranted good, at prices from 50c. to $1. ALSO Expected in a few days a choice lot of FINE SIIOES, of every description, comprising mt ny new and beau tiful styles. Sept. 28. Woollen Goods, An assortment of ALL-WOOL PLAINS KERSEYS, LINSEYS SA TTINETTS, TWEEDS JEANS, &c. dec. dec. tDc. For the Plantation and House Servants. Purchasers will please call, as they will be sold cheap, by Oct. 21. " W. ANDERSON. Home. Sins a sweet melodious measure, Waft enchanting lays around; Home! a theme replete with pleasure, Home?a grateful theme resound. Home,sweet home! an ample treasure! Home, with every blessing crowned, Home, perpetual source of pleasure, Home, a r)ol>lerstrain resound. THE LETTER. It came to the merchant?and his heart Grew fad o'er ilf trembling page; For it told of disaster, and wreck and death, And the might of the tempest's rage! I j It came to the lawyer?he broke, with a siuile, | The seal, for he thought of his fee; j Eut alas! it told of the death of his wife, I And his little children, three! I 1 It came to the man of Gcd? . And he hurriedly traced its lines; It told of the death'of his brother abroad, On a miesiun to fiery climes! ! It came to the Stateman's desk? I m .. i _ t% ; j ,1^ / '-i :.,,.* io me rresiaem s vuunic-i ?u' i, ; He read ofan army lately raided? That army was now?nc more! It came to the Farmer's hearth, While his children were round him smiling In the joyous glee of innocent mirth? iJis sorrows all beguiling! And he turned to the sky as a hurricane sped? i And his children in harvest time murmur'd, bread! ' Cut, it came to the maiden's bower! As she cours'd its pleasant page, She thought that a minute was full an hour And an hourseemM an age; For it came with the forest leaves? With the birds of early spring? And more?it came ichen ihe heart was fresh 1 < And had not known sorrowing ! And it told of her lovers truth, And his fortunes far away? And she counted the44 leaden footed"' ho rs, And sighed for the happy day ? Tlie Valley of (he Amazon. HIE ATLANTIC SLOPES OF SOUTH AMERICA. , i We published a few weeks since, an interest- I ing article from the Washington Union, in regard j. to the trade and productiveness of the Amazon ! i and the Atlantic Siopes of South America, lie- i low will be found another of still greater value ( uj)on the same subject. It is mostly geographi- j cjiI, anil therefore, the more important, because i it supplies a species of information not generally within the reach of the newspaper readers. We i subjoin some of the most interesting paragraphs: i "The republic of Paraguay lies between the parallels of 22 dog. and 28 deg. South latitude. It may be said, therefore, to be extra tropical. < "The Brazilian province of M.itto ( rosso lies i between the parallel"ol' V d> grec- mmiui, and tlie Tropic of Capricorn. It is /n/er-tropical. Its j productions, therefore, it may be supposed, are ' different in many respects from those of Paraguay. "This rtrovincc. in its ?rrcatest length and 1 # ? t W breadth, measures 10 degrees of lat. by 1G de- ! grees of longitude. Passing midway through it on a zigzag course from ea>t to west, is the great 'div ide,' which so]> arates the waters of the Amazon from the waters of the ltio de la Plata. From one end of this ridge to the other, from the Atlantic to the Andes, gold, diamonds, and precious stones arc dug front its sid-s, or washed from its streams. "On the Northern slopes of it the Tocnntines, the Chinga, the Tapngos and the Madura, tributaries to the Amazon, and larger than any of the rivers of Europe, take their rise. Also the IV ranahiba, which empties directly into the Atlantic, has its sources among the uorthern ravines of I this auriferous slone. "On its southern declivities the fountain heads of the l'arana and Paraguay arc found sending forth bright sparkling streams,1\\ hieh, like threads of silver, are seen winding their way through the most luxuriant vegetation, and over sands of gold and pebbles interspersed with brilliants, to unite and swell out into the mighty "river of silver," as the La Plata is called. "Let us therefore leave the country of old Franeia for that of Matto Grosso and Brazil. ''The traveller leaving the republic, and ascending the Paraguay to the celebrated gold and di amond region of Matto G rosso, finds on oithei hand as lie goes up a charming country diversified with pampas and groves of great beauty and extent. "Turning up the Mendingo, which cotnes in from the east, and ascending the same for seventy or eighty miles, he comes to the village of Miranda. "The people in the neighborhood arc industrious. They raise large herds of cattle and great numbers of horses. They cultivate in great abundance the sugar-cane, Indian corn, pulse, manioc and cotton. The climate is salubrious and deinlfil.it itifu r^neliinrr tlie JI^IIIIUI IIIUIIJ yjl HIV IU1IUVIWIIUW ^ age of 100 years. * * * * it * "Ascending the. Cuyable, which is the princi]?al Brazilian tributary of the Paraguay, about 150 miles from its mouth you come to the flourishing city of (Juyabu, the capital of the province of Mat to G rosso. It has a population of about 7000. It carries on a brisk commerce with Rio i onn ann 11V cairavillis, liuiliuunil^ "UIU 4.VVJ w wj llliiivo I each. This commerce consists of hides. uar and deer-skins, go?/i dust, diamonds, ippe'cacuanha, and tne like, The freight to l{io is almost i ?15 the 100 lbs. "Here, perhaps, among all the wonderful things that are found in these great river basins ofSouth America, is the most wonderful of them all, a city, the capital of a province larger than all of the -'Old Thirteen Stntes" of this confederacy put together, and occupying on the banks of the La Plata very nearly the relative position which St. Louis occupies on the banks of the Mississippi, carrying on its commerce not by steam and water, but by the nude load, and over such a (lis lance from the sea-coast, that the time occupied l?v each caravan in going and returning, is from ten to twelve months. "That this state of things should, in the middle of the nineteen century be found to exist in the middle of South America, upon one of the finest of steamboat water courses in the world, whose navigable tributaries are owned by no less than five separate and independent nations, and which the "policy of commerce" has not yet demanded to be thrown wide open to navigation and commerce, will in after times be regarded as more wonderful than any other reality of this wonderful region. "Nay, Brazil has, within a stone's throw of this very capital, and by easy portage, the navigable ? - ! I ... 1. . _.~1 ...4 I \\au*r? ui ner own Amazon , sum >ei su luuuu lias she been that the steamboat on those waters would reveal to the world the exceeding gn at rivlies of this province, that we have here re-enactcd under our own eyes a worse than Japanese policy; for it excludes from settlement and civilization, the finest country in the world?a country which is larger than the continent of Europe, and in which there is an everlasting harvest of the choicest fruits of the earth. "Cuyaba is in the midst of the gold region.? The metal is found in veins, among the pebbles at the bottom of the brooks, and fine grains in the soil. After every rain the servants and children may be seen gathering it from the washings of the streets in Cuyaba. ''They gel in this city a drug from the Amazon. called auarana. of which the composition is enormous, and to which medical virtues the most astonishing arc ascribed. "On the headwaters of the Cuyaba is the celebrated d:amond district of Brazil; and though in this day of sober realities it cannot be said that the city of Dianieittino, the principal village of the district, has its streets pa veil with din munds, yet these jewels are found there mixed with the earth, like gold in the "diggings" of California. "Just before Castelnau was there, a man planting a post to which to tie his mule found a diamond of 9 carats. The children here wash the earth in the streets for gold, and diamonds are sometimes found in the crops of the fowls. "This stone is found in the bottom of the breams; and the most celebrated for it are the Onro, the Diainentino, and ihe Santa Anna, in their whole length; the Areias, the San Francis;*os?of winch there are three; abd on the l'aragnay itself for a considerable distance down the main stream. "The Sainidouro. which is on the Amazonian side of this ridge, is sai .l also to 1)2 exceedingly rich in diamonds. "A Spaniard, one Don Simon, wish his slaves, washing on the Santa Anna during the dry season only, gut in four years 7,000 carats of diamonds. "Ca^Ti-TEati ,-?(;inntes tlie~wl:nln yi. Id of diamonds from llrazil to the end of 1849, at near &so,ooo;ooo. ''It is the mineral wealth of this water shed between the La Plata and the Amazon, operating with its gold and its diamonds upon the cupidity of her counsellors, that has been the curse of lirazil. "At first the diamonds belonged to the Crown, and no person w;is allowed to visit the diamond ilutrief unless under the strictest surveillance.? Military posts were established throughout the whole region to prevent people from gathering its mineral wealth. "Suppose the United States had established military posts in California to prevent the people from going there and digging for gold, what would have been the condition of that State now in comparison to what it is? It would have been like the interior of Brazil now is." The First Martyr of Freedom. Early in February, 1780, the females of Boston made a public movement on the subject of non-importation, and the mistresses of three hun .ltv.,1 families subscribed their names to a league. binding themselves nut to drink any tea until the Revenue Act was repealed. Three days after the example of the matrons, multitudes signed a document of the same purport. All classes were thoroughly imbued with patriotism, and even children were sturdy asse iters of national rights. Disregarding the expressions of public sentiment, a few merchants in Roston con timed to sell the proscribed article. Among them were Tlicophilus Lillie and four others, who were particularly bold in their unpopular conduct. To designate his store as otic to be shunned, a mob, consisting chiefly of half-grown boys, raised a rtulc wooden head upon a pole, near to Lillie's door, having upon it the names of other importA 1 ?' ?? - *? > if with tli A fnre crs. j\ naiiu wim au.11.111u i,vu finger pointing to Li I lie's establishment. The merchant was greatly irritated. One of his friends, named Richardson, a stout man, tried to persuade a countryman to prostrate the figure by running his wagon against it. The man was a patriot, and refused, and Richardson attempted to pull it down himself. The mob pelted him with dirt and stones, and drove him into Lillie's house. Greativ exasperated, Richardson brought out a musket, and discharged it without aim in to the crowd. A lad named Christopher Gore, (altehvayds Governor of the Commonwealth.) v?;js slightly wounded, and anothey, Christopher Snyder, a R0" 'n a poor widow, was killed. The mob seized Richardson and an associate, named ilmot, and carried them to Fanned Hall, where they were examined and committed for trial. Richardson ' ' - t . ..i ry was found guilty of muidor, our. weuu uuu-mui Hutchoinson refused to sign his death warrant. After two years imprisonment he was pardoned out by the King. The murder of the boy produced a great sensation throughout the country; and in Boston it was made the occasion of a most solemn pageant. His colBn was covered with inscriptions such as "Innocence is not safe," and others of like tenor; and was takon to Liberty Tree, where a large concourse was assembled. who. from thence followed his remains tc the grave. In that procession, about five bun dred fchool boys took the lead. Six of Snyder's ]ilay-fellu\vs supported the eollin, after them came the relatives and friends of the deceased, and near fifteen hundred of the inhabitants The ! bells of the city were tolled, ai d those of the , neighboring towns. The newsj apers were filled i with accounts of the murder and funeral, and little Christoj her Snyder was npotheutized at the first martyr in the cause of liberty. Napoleon EII. Anollicr Bonaparte reigns supreme in France. \ Louis Napoleon, the little shadow of the Greac l Emperor, has been called to the throne by the I voice of the Senate, subject to a decision of the peoi le at the bal'ot box. lie will probably be J crowned at an early day,?the Pope to the contrary notwithstanding. French Republicanism ' may not be dead, but it certainly seems to be ' enjoying a sound sleep. It may wake up amid , the horrors of another revolution. The match ' may be applied to the magazine, and the scat-! tered fragments of the Empire may overwhelm 1 I the usurper amid the ruins of his nobility. The ; ! Great Napoleon, after his return from Elba, en- ] ^ 1 1.. .1 -1 U?.l? Vn. I loyeu one IUU1UICU UilJO ui iuit, iuc itv ill ii?- | ; polooii may perhaps not enjoy many more, j We have b?'eii a>kcd several times how it hap- j j pens that Louis Napoleon enjoys the title of Na- j j poleon III:?and perhaps there are some among j our readers who do not understand the same ! thing. Napoleon Bonaparte, who was the First i Emperor, married Josephine, from whom he ' was divorced, and afterwards was married to j Maria Louisa. The son of this last alliance was Napoleon II; blithe never assumed the reins of govern mint. 11c was confined in an Austrian dungeon, and died in early manhood. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the present Emperor elect, was declared Emperor to the throne by the j French Senate in the year 1804?made two un- j successful attempts to gain the empire?spent his exile in the United States, in Switzerland and in England?returned to France after the expulsion of Louis Phillippc? was choscm member of the National Assembly, and, on the 10th I r f December, 1848, was elected President of the \ ! French Republic. I lis career since that time is! I r-niiWi-ii- in -ill TTis ovorv effort, since his elec- ! tion to lhe Presidency, has been to subvert the i Republic and restore the Empire. He is now in | the -loth year of his age?a man of great cunning, of respectable powers of mind, and perfectly destitute of moral principle. [Georgia Home Gazette. How to pkosphrin* Rcsiness.?In the first place make up your mind to accomplish whatever; you undertake: decide upon some particular cm- i ployinent, persevere in it. All difficulties arc ! overcome by diligence and assiduity. Re not afraid to work with your own hands and diligently too. A cat ill glove* ciitchw tiu mice, lie who remains in the mill grinds ; not he who j goes and comes. Attend to your own business and never trust it to another. A pot that belongs to many is ill stirred and worse boiled. Be frugal. That which will not make a pot will make a pot lid. Save the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. Be abstemious. Who dainties love shall beggars prove. Rise earI lv. The sleeping fox catches no poultry. Plow i deep while sluggards sleep and you will have corn to sell and keep. Treat every one with respect and civility. Every thing is gained and nothing lost by courtesy. Never anticipate wealth from any other source than labor; especially never place^lependenee on becoming possessor of \ an inheritance. lie who waits for dead men's j shoes will have to go a long time barefoot. Above all things never despair, God is where he was. Heaven helps those who help themselves. Follow implicitly these rules and nothing can ! hinder you from accumulation.?Dr. Franklin. | The Dutch and the Japanese.?The Dutch, j who have long held commercial intercourse ex-1 clusivcly with the Japanese and publish a journal in the Japan language among them, furnish all the information which this singular people possess of the Western world. The Editor cf the London Morning Chronicle makes the following remarks on a late number of this Journal which came into his possession. "There are many things in these singular publications with which we might be disposed to quarrel. We cannot recognize the claims of the great nation of Hollanders to rank as the leading European power, a doctrine which the zealous Dutch employees have from time immemorial impressed upon the Japanese public. Nor are we by any means satisfied with the insignificance ?.1.^ 11.,??l. irtiimnlwte imniltA t.rt WHICH LHU l^uitll uiu^mi jvui uunuw England and the United States. With some appearance of plausibility, it is stated that Great Britain is an island enveloped in perpetual fogs, incessantly vexed with political disputes, and inhabited by a race whose soundness of intellect is j - 11 mi . IT..:* i c*iA< j. , ! very questionaoic. ine <_ imeu oiaura uu nut fare much bettor: fur they are said to consist <?f communities of very garrulous inen, perfectly destitute of all regard fur ?Jae rigllt of property. But :t certainly is 'uV no means a logical inference. 'V,at tho natives of the countries thus discourteously characterized, are necessarily without power or influence to extend their dominion in the East." Energy in Adversity.?There are those who live nut only to see earth in its vanity but to experience years of misfortune. Adversity and ?nm fnded from manv a fair check the rose tints of health, and bowed many a manly form i beneath the weight of their oppressive burden. Unfeeling as to tho world is they have been left, i no matter of what merit, to toil, almost in \nin. amidst the glitter of wealth and the sunbeams of surrounding prosperity. Many minds are so gently and delicately constituted, that they yield easily to the wintry blasts of disappointments and ' the blight of faded expectations. While this 1 may show that they have hearts of keen sqnsi biliiies and refined emotions, it proves also, that ! physically and mentally they are not constituted | to buft'et the angry waves of fortune, or have cul tivated and slung to an undue extent those delicate chords of soul which yield melody to the breath of happiness and wail to that of misfortune and sorrow. While it is pleasing to see in any one the em* bh-ms of sensibility under danger, difficulty and mi>fbriune, it is admirable to show a tiue lieart, a sustaining energy, an unconquerable spirit.? Wen who display energy in adversity is far more certain of receiving the substantial sympathy and encouragement of the world than he who sinks under the sweep of the tempest. The man who defies the rage of the storm, who looks upon its rpproach with unblinking and shadfast eye, whose spirit never yields though the body may be crushed to the grave, is apt to excite admiration and sympathy, and may triumph over apparently insuperable difficulties and dangers. 13ut the proud spirit of man shouid rise in dignity and unbroken strength, though adversity, poverty and neglect should surround it? though even human love itself should falter in its idolatry. ''Heaven help those who help themselves.1'? But Heaven will help those who do right. Integrity, energy, and a proper dependence upon the supreme ruler of the world give the talisman of success, and scatter disappointments, misanthropy and despondency, like mists before the morning sun. If then the spring flowers of hope have seemed to wither along your path, if anticipated success and triumphs have vanished as summer night dreams, take courage, look up, depend not upon vain hopes, fruitless lamentations, but upon integrity; for they are linked with the most valuable gifts of fortune. If they fail to bring success, they cannot fail to bestow the consciousness of having deserved it.?Georgia Home Gazette. It has been the Wisdom of experienced minds, that a young man makes a great mistake by entering into business for kimslf too young. Of the number who begin thus, how few succeed.? They launch off upon an untried sea, without a compass, a rudder or an oar, and they are soon tossed about at the mercy of every contending billow, or finally dashed in ruin upon some rugged peak r Tn fslPP fhft wnrld mil mnof Irnmtr >Vin The youth who pounces bv a single bound into the arena of commercial contention and competition, finds himself outshot by old marksmen, in exciting contests. He may bet upon the ;ssue, and with each loss be ouly the more excite J by laying down his stakes, but be soou dies forlorn, game to the practised artiste. Proper ambition should not be checked ; but let the youth learn of the world, ere lie undertakes to be of the ffQiJd._ (Jet. its_ wisdom aye,get Its worldly wisdom, for it is necessary to carry you successfully over the ocean jf adventure. More young men are ruined by rushing too precipitately into business, getting involved in debt, and finally breaking down under the load, than in any other way. They are apt to go too fast for their prospects, and then their prospects go too fast for them. They should be enterprising but not fool-hardy. They should aspire, but not ascend at ouce to the clouds, for terial voyagers are apt to float as mere " castles in the air.' Woman's Lacgii.?A woman has no natural grace more bewitching than a sweet laugh. It is like the sound of lutes on water. It leap, from the heart in a clear, sparkling rill; and tin heart that hears it feels as if bathed in the exhilarating spring. Have you ever pursued an unseen fugitive through the trees, led on by her fairy laugh?now here, now there, now lost, now found I We have. We are pursuing the wandering voice to this day. Sometimes it conies : > us in the midst of care or sorrow, irksome business; and then we turn away and listen, and hear it ringing through the room like a silver bell, with power to scare away the ill spirits of the mind. How much we owe to thnt hllinrh I Tr tnrne tlio nrnea r\f l!f? in to poetry; it flings showers of suoshipo over the darksome wood in which we are tiavelling; it touches with light even our sleep, which is more the image of death, but gemmed with dreams that are the shadows of immortality. A Beautiful Figure.?Life is beautifully compared to a fountain fed by a thousand streams that perish if one be dried. It is a silver cord twisted with a thousand strings that part assuuder if one be broken. Frail and thoughtless mortals are surrounded by innumerable dangers which make it much more strange that they escape so. long, than that they almost all perish suddenly at last. We are encompassed with accidents every ?..y to crush the mouldering tenements that we inhabit The seeds are planted in our constitutions by nature. The earth and the atmosphere whence we draw the breath of our life are iuptegnated with death?health is made to operate its own destruction? The food that nourishes the body contains the elements of its decay ; the scul that animates it by vivifying firo tends to wear it out by its own action ; death lurks in arabush along our paths. Notwithstanding this is the truth, so palpably coufirmed by the daily examples before our own eyes, how little do we lay it to hoart ? We see our friends, and neighbors perish among us, but how seldom does it occur to our thoughts that our knell shall perhaps, give the next fruitless warning to the world! . Bishop Doane's Case.?The Episcopal Convention of New Jersey has adopted, almost unanimously the resolutions expressing their confidence in the integrity, honesty and morality of Bishop Doanc. The North Carolina House of Commons, fey a large majority, has passed resolutions in favor of a distribution ot the proceeds of the public lands. V