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PRICE $2 PER YEAR In Advance POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MUMS, M Wh il UBLISHED WEEKLY.)- A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO rrr r T"r-rz; vz U U.l ., l .rtll RI FIS M. HERRON, P.blisker. "tfjjr tatfs---Wmrt Ofi tjie Biffa, but wt tfcM OfERT P. WAIIXG, Editor, j ' S : Ml ' NO. 41. 1 a. ?. WABXHG, ltlorny at EMW, ..... M . - A 1Vr ij umtrmoH i Lieu k liinum.z, wiunoor. ( niRLOTTE, S. C. ltinri T Sc. nonox, FACTORS & COMMISSION MRGHANTS, Xb. 1 :,,l 2 Afinmtie Wkmtf, UH AKM'-STON, S. C. Llhtful advanr.-s na -:e on Consignmrint. 1 j" SfH-fiul ullcnt'ioii gm i to the !!.; of Flour, Corn, tc . anl from o x 1 .112 expi-riutioe in tlie ,juh.iics!, wc ipI r.iifi.lfnt of t ivin - iliKh.t'ion. MWh 17. !$. IUa I Dry Goods in Charleston, So. Ca. BRflWWINCI A S.i: , IMPORTERS OP .V V GOODS, Nos. ami i'l I King Mract, onrtacr of Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Plaatttkm Wuolem, Rlo.k i, Ac, Tirpciinps nnd If irtain M ileriaH. Silk; and ICirh Dr -ss (! ot, I lunks. I.Miittillix and Sin wis. T.ri;i- t.as-li. On, I'rif, Ui.!y. Min li 17, 1 82 1 3 I If JvANICIN". PULIJAM & CO., Importera aii.l WboletMle Dealers in roKKien m d:ixkstic ktatvk am fvncv UM ASS OiC'i'EiliS, Mi. 3I KKTIJMJ Bl BR KT, pi 2, V,: I v i I II I.ESTOtN, 8. C. s Ha WlbllSl'MH h 00a. PANAMA. LIXJIlOliN. F( I .VI LK WOOL MSI j&V A a 3 (HT')'-lTr CIlAKLRSli'TC HOTEL, rp 23, ly CHARLESTON , S. C. N. A. COPKN. lIOl-iilP CUMR. N. A. COHEN & COHN, nil'.'IITKUS AMD PRALKKfl IN KORKU i.N ANIJ DOMESTIC DRY OOODS, n . l To m ist ba . (10 ly.) CHARLESTON, S. C. WHUlS.nv. W.1LEER & BI7RNS1DE, A ND COMMISSION M KRCIIa NTS, KORTO ATI.ASTIC WHARF. CHAKLESTON. S. C tl foaa'ajiiri) fnr s?liin Cortoii Fifty ecata iter Bale. S-pt A. 1M63. 10-ly. RAMSEY'S PIANO STORE. r.,..,.. inn mt-v, aj INSTRUMENTS. M'NNS & CO.'S P..tent ... . - --r Diagonal Grand I lAKO; Hallrl l'avi Go. 'a Patrol . - SosppHfion Bridge PIANOS; J BicRerines, 1 ravers ami other het mnkers Pianos, at Use r actor v Prices. Co'naahta, S. C, Sept. 23. 1853. 10-ly T FORNEY AT LAW, " 1 "It.t. practice in Merklenbnrg and t! e adjoi.iing connris and proeenfe Hounty band and Pension Claims. Oliice ia lohnston's brick building, between Kerr's Hot. I and the Post Olhce. Bp stairs. March IS, lS'.t. 35 ly C lKOLIIA 11 X, BY JENNINGS E . KERR. f.'JIerrfofa'c, .- January 28 lCi:. 28tl Mrs. A. W. V55i:AI,A, 1 A yr"T P ! La. j ... v . . i. (Reaisleere, on Main Street, 3 duors south of Sadler's Hotel.) CH RLOIT15. X. C. C7 Preses cat and made by the celebrated A. B.C. method, and warranted to tit. Orders solicited and pro i ptly attended to. Sept. , lrv.3 8-Jy. 15 I B.I K .V I. V ?1 DEBT, 210 kimi; strfi t, CHARLESTON, S. C, IMPORTERS h DEALERS in Royal Velvet, Tapes I try. Breseajs, Th ee plv, lagreie and Venetian CARPETINGS; India. Rush end Spanish M ATTlNdS, Ru;. Poor Mat-1, tc. ixr . OIL I" LOTUS, of all w i I tin. cut for rooms or entries. I lil LINENS SHIRTINGS, DA M ASKS, Diapers, i.on Lawns, Towels, Napkins, Doylias, c. Ar. aeteasiva assortment of Window CURTAINS, CORNICES Hi-., Ac Merchants will do well to examine our stock (before pa re basing elsewhere. Sent. i3, 18.33 10-ly The Americ.n Eolel, CHARLOTTE, X. C. j Itl.t. lo annor.nce to inv It it ml, the roi'.ln-, sn 1 ;rc eut natrons of theatx.vi II. .t. I, tti.it I bs.velc.-tai d il nhic mi i.-na i years irom in.- ii i Jaas irv nrxt. .Ai".-r arbieh Ii...- , the entire aeontilv will be tbonmrh- . ly n p iirvd and rcaovaled, ami the h i:s ki pt in ti.sl ; ehiatvlr. Tins- II tcl la near Ihe IX-pot.and pl.-aaant- , ly aitaetcd, renUcriug it a ilcaiiabic fa .use f.-r ueveUcrs . ud :a noi. -. 0 o 16, 1853. C. M. RAY. Baltimore Piano Forte Manufactory. rJ. WISE BKOTHER, SI .nariicMrer ot BuaaWir , ti.-nn.l amt Sqoire I'I.AXiiS. Thosra wishing a good and siihst niti.il liMo thil will last an ace, t a tair price, iuy rely on getting aaMb y addlnaiiog Ike MaeeCactaeetVi by mail or otherwise. We bare tin honor ol serving nnl n lerring to the tiret faaailira in I he Klil. I .. . . .. ,T- ii ' n M aefaeusrera, also, rescrto a iiosi o' Iha ir Irllow ciii in ui. i use ij. i. is;i iii.. i in nn in pnyiTinir. I lit I j I "n. J.J. WISE A uKornnu, Feb 3. if.it 9-faa Ib.ltiniore. MtL MARCH & SHARP, AUCTIONlLKS and t tM mission MERCHANTS, COLl JIBIA, 5. C , TTlf.L attend to the ae of all kind of .Merchandise, V Pro luce. Ace. Ao. a I a.. Peraonal Propeiry Qr purchase anil sr-11 ,,vcs. c. on i nssissjon. St.F.s II o:.t--Xo. t2 KicberaVsoa s-tiect, m.J imtr.?" diatr-iy ortposite the Unite.! States llot. i. Feb 3, i8.j; xuos. . ii.tRcu. j.m k. saaar. Liver- and Gales Stable, BY s. ii. nr. a, A I ine stand torsarrly oecnpted by R. Morriane, iq cj a aodah na i..r l. .vers. Tne cttatom hi., frwads ao'i tlie r-j!:i.. j. n. rally solicited. Feirsary 17, Iri j 1. 30-v - A. "lire. tip. ji a.- trd. 'or d imi .,,'1 (in d nr. 3iisinfss (Tnrbc. -Srr. From h- yew London Arttertiser. I .f the. S'ate in public life ? No one thinks of losjk Thn fidl...:.. m...... . ... il, ti.p firet lesson of iitir i,, them lor such servic s !is these. 11 dims , - - i, i I , ..... -. i . I which happened this, year the day after the news of the! tragi, di, teroftheL F.ancL reached our shores : ! I .m the Lord the God, that d.v.deth the sea whose j urz iiiuiiiiiij; ui nit: art vo'1" ouni.v nti T'r 9 . . . . . . . . - , i .. .......... .. tap I- nnanv ' waves roare) : i 'That hath m.ide the depths of the pea a way for the ransomed to pass over. lsa:ah 10. What horror rends the wintry air 1 Whence comes thrie shrieks of wild despair? And requiem on the arind is borne '1'he ztutlr and th" Innrt are gone ! Tried, gallant men, whose fame was sealed, On many a well fought batlle field, Left with high hope their native shore, To perish 'mid the tempest's roar. Their winding-sheet, the foaming wave The angry sea. their fearfin grave C'losins above each manly form, While yet the loving heart beat warm. Hnsband ami Wife um-pmrlrA sleep, Far, lr, beneath the Ocean deep Others alaa ! Life's dearest tie W as r-iit in lh"ir ileat h-anony ! Through the wild fury of the aie, Smote on theii ears the widow's wail, And loved ones bowed bv deep distress, They saw in sonow's loneliness '1 hen msf, nl'ur' 11 ui t-H'irKi's rar, One p. aver lor them, and all was o'er ! Mysterious God ! 'tis not lor man Thy wisdom, and thy will to scan ! F.Yn as 111 merry and in love, Thou send'st thy rhastenings from above As through th pathway ol the sea Thou makt thy ransomed to go free So thou wilt giacioiis aid impait To heal each breaking, bleeding heart, So thou wilt cherish, ikon will bless The Widow ami the Fatherless. And though the ever-changing wave Shull leave unsought hi hidden grave Sweetly the Soldier brave shall rest, No strile shall move his manly breast, As when the bat tie. shout ose He armed him for his country's foes, Oh, brave far w hen Heath d fied Beneath the raging, roaring tide, For when all earthly aid whs past, In life's great conflict, at the last tie had his christian armor on ! And his shall be the Victor's crown ! Jan. ISth, 1851. . H. T. l.t. Tol Washington, Major and Mrs. Taj lor, Capt. Field and Lieut. A. H. Smith were among the lost du ring the terrific gale Wi icfa wrecked the steamer San Fraicisco, when but a few days on her passage from I twelve or thirteen, supplying them even nt that discover not bine orthy of record, unless it he the ; '"sag. -New York to California, with V. S. troop.,. I ,.;,rlv nee with plenty ol money, with, u! teaching i s.pinfr of a few waterm. Ions at school, for which 1 A gentleman present, seeKing lor light, com- ! Hem how to use it.' At an incredibly enrly age WBS Dr,,fPn with' many stripes or the riding of Pj'mfnten the m. d.um. who, before the closed " I J I 1 I t . ' J'. 1 .v., 1 1 tin t noon From the New York Times. Our Ricti I'aoni Mleia lu Kvil to be Jii -t or sued. Special t fFir's are in progress fur rescuing the j Ubudrt-n t ihe IVnirlrom ignorance and vice, and j lor rudeiiiig them worthy and us--lul members I of Society. eSiuiil ir effor's, we ppreheiid, would noi 'io ion of ill ice. to convert Ihv JSins of ihe Rich j into rep et.ii.lc, useful, nnd honored cniz- n-s. Fr wc verily believe that n more aahsa and unproniiiug rlass of young persons cannot be found among us, ih n the Sons ufoui wealihv nu n. Lvcry one hn h is taken the trouble to r fleet ! upon tin- matter, musi i xperience a feeling ol pro ! loiind diSii.-itisfav.lion at ihe manner in which our j New York young men are brought up. Every j Americnu who feel whhiu him 'he conviction .it ! ihe glorious Inline for which tiiis countrv is d lined, n'.ust sorrow over Die waste of i hat vouth- I'd mi eiial, who e ladJi il abould b" to perfect ; what we h ive mi bravely b-gun. Our risini' Fen. e r I r tion is ol H iiaiure to inspire us wnh a uy lb ing j bo: hop.-. We eaumil expect firoiii statesmen, or j g- in Tal.-, or m.isi.-rs, of finance nut of youths that have wneked tin ir constitutions ere thev have1 i ... . . j ei a-i u iti i.e boy. nd whose minds are la miliar wi;hih" vices of maturity before their j.-ints have be. n well kni', or iheir cheeks lost their down. M are not so blind as not to know where ihe fault lies. It ia not with ihe young men them selves, lor unrestrained youth can .scarce he ex pected to be staid or sober; but it is with the ! lathers; the wealthy men of our City who spend 1 tl e.r lives in amassing gigantic fortunes, while i hey n'glect their domestic interests, and w ho will devote ill energies of soul and l-ody to elevating some particular stock, while they do not in the. slightest degiee trouble themselves as io whether th.- metals of their children are joi'im up or down Our men of murk here are fond of imitntinrr Trens-Atlantic customs. They have their Club after English m di Is ; ;h y copy English coats and Eugli-h hats, and are generally, in nine cases out of ten a grea deal more English in their habits I than they would confess. Y i in the m tter of training up J Io ir sons, they f;il f,,r behind the En- oli-i). ii,.. sons of a wealthy E-iglishnan, wh lh i r noble or n..t is irainedybar-pcc. He is reg ird- e ft tad t ' ' ' '" regard hiins.ll, as inlieri; ing great resp nsibilities wiihhis great advantages; ai.d sprc'-l p .ins nre taken to prepnre him for llu ir ' ii 1- eh a rj'e. II- II rill' 11.. I. f r ... ... ....I. I I . 1 ! well as in Latin and (. e. k. At a late sta?e. no in it'er w hat in iv I. his ' expectation." bo i nl,. f to the routine of business. lie either alud- 1 ---...-.-- u" ' prolVSSton, or goes into n Counting- house and is compelled o perhirm the latmr, and shoul der ihe resnoii-ibiliin-s which belong ,i. l, I 11 .. . . . o I 11 i In. s at n ores l lislness Ii , n s - not ... k. s - u unit, ii i 'may he his 'iiture fortune or position, he is al. ! ways able, and in nine eases nm of u-n he is dis ! p oS- d ! b.-ar a hand in ihe practical husii.ess of lib tin- ii cme that in Luol.m! i. I .(. rtn .,ii i ( , . . , . ' 1' I . , 1 Pi T -' C r' "''I ! ; r !' l! on'iby1 T.'Trn',C r"0" n" I h , ,1 I 1 nn We" bi"rln'l hu' b, caus'"' ! lia ino Hn-best onnortumiies nn,! il... ur.Tuo. ! te qualify tin ins. ives for high duties, ihey Jta vc aviiij. d themselves (,f ihem. 'J iie best lawyers . . 1 . . "h " I iK. be la s: merchants, the most thriving manufac urre, ihe ablest judges, thn most promising im m ft of Parliamenl, iu EnglanJ uio the sous of I Ihe rich ii Ul 1 1.1. n..l ,t,8 tl. llM ranks f.l S.isi- '. : ness proU-ssinns ol p-.ildic life, are fitted up r..ri every other close bin thai ? How m .nv ol , Mm sons of our rich men wili Ih- found among the ino-t promising young m- n of the d.v. in v de . .... .. - tori men oi aruoii s ob- for pro esnim nee Ho oi inn riar er prepari-or , - t- ... -, -1.- i;;ems. I., s t.. rarry into Mill wider fields anil i. I , ori-arer heights i,e commercial entcrp, ,, whirl, j i ha s 4tl .!.- I h. i r I .. 1 1. ..-K . ...I, .. ., ! . . j r i.: ., . ... irn cirn or ni- mr; iRcntrjeive t.. in- in.stnra. writers, the u-n 0rs anJ guides of public opinion, und the niilars j , t- - - j ... i" CI lf.fl.r( SIHjeCieiJ " r ... . i ct, ,11111 -r-u'ss iirre . to a rigid discipline, physically hardened by nth- J ,npv !,r noi hnrtliil members of society, ihou ! lelic ex. rcise. and .duc ued in ;) manlv arts as' sands and ters of thousands whose position and CHARLOTTE, 3V. C, FRIDAY t, , r il I .1 ............. ,.,.r.-o I r iri ri!lii-r !' 1 ! k S . Tr.r nil I I . . ii'iiiii I iiii'i n i. ' I 1 i ' i ... ..... - 1 I , js llw child rt n of the poor, r cla-se w ho st rug- ; gle upwa.d into honor and usefull..es-nnd .he chi,.r,n o ,he r,h,come nt-re ,d.e ctators ol i ;, .ii5v MrDe in nicn iney nvi no pan. llnse j.. e Inmenlalde but iiMUpoiatnu Theverv class of vouns men wbtchaavrtlW lurnirn ... . . - . hp l.ri.rhtpju nrnamen.'s and most useful numbers ' . r .,,,; ,0 m hoi hut useless drones men who live only to dissipab- tho fruils of an- , lormation ol ia general scope and plan, 1 b g to ccstral induslry, and who become mere hangers j refer yotrtoa circular herewith sent. Our por on in a state where intelligent activity is ihe sole I'aiis are. engraved on steel, by the first aitixts, so 1 1 a ,.i c.K,.rk!nt.r.f 1 lhat the likenesses are true and iife-lue represen- li ia Se;.rcelv nrcrssarv io sav lht this result is wholly due lo'the defective training they receive in eariy life. Their fathers are thp parties respon- sible for o empiy a conclusion of w hat miht u i i...;ii.-.,i ,or Thp mHif.nl iliiTieiil. IhlVr MU II it I'l Mlliilli tun i i, - ly grows 11111 01 inr kill luai piijiniMf m.-m , rioarchd and treated the great end of life: and these vounj rru n, knowing tU.it their fortune is al- ready a cured, naturally enoiigh see nothing h it wonh laboring for. Their fathers inspire and rherih t!ie mistake, not in words, hut by 'heir ncs and ihe whole tenor ol iln ir lives. They j tench their children, by th ir daily action, by their aoci'il habits, by the tone of their cinvera- j tion, bv l?i-it general hearing ai'd demeanor hich j exerts more influence in a family ihnn special ineuleatb-t a, that to I r ric h is the great ol j. el ofi jf, and ih.it to he useful, to lie honor, d, to be worthy of public trtis's, and to aid in the advance rent of aoeietv. nntl the enliglnenmeol or gnid- . ni ce of our fellowa, are seeond ry matters, in be left to thoe. whose poverty compels them int.. ome field of active exertion. Such lessons must inevimblvy produce the empty rr sul's w hich those 1 who receive them, anil society at larie. have so much reason to deplon Rut wors,. result than these are often seen to r 11 T'i ... I.;.l. ., .,.-, M.t.i .f : ...ia- -.11 ' J-.-I rUr ll I III? Ill II ft C I r, H'lsJJTl I i ' I fill I I r 111 I Ml I I tl foai.tal If lnHc llMm tT Rl iLM-Ot llMlVf Q I hfMTI t -. K-.i'w-iw.ri cniinrliliri t o flfiati dm e tn ticr nnd Phyefs 1.7 u-v.rc rr ...-,. 1 to society. J neir latners, wun little personal at- t n-ion and taking no pains to secure for them a .n . . them to a fashionable Oi-y School, until they ere ' K" UlSVll'I'IITf Kl llll'u in lonn in ar Brews di. on. 11.0 im t 11-niio 1 10 nini r f Gi t n rtrr hev find their way to bar-mom, end learn to smoke cigars, m,d drink brandy. At the m-.ture age of sixteen thev burnt all bond il ever -Ivre ,..r.. nh l.intm nn.l anoear in mannish nttire. show'.hemseltesatparties.andstay ontlate..tniV.h:. About ibis time their fmhers, tbmkins orobablv lhat their edeatton is completed, place them in some business not dificnlt of y r forma nee, and rr quiring pitmtty only pnneiuarl ntt-ndnr,r-e of reor nings To do our young men oil posit !- justuv. j they fulfill ihb; portion of their Worldlv dull piinc- i luallv enough. No inntter how I ite lie has been j up the previous niglit, no matter what species of d haucheiy or i iot he has been engaged in, the young man about town will always find his way. j with aching head and trend. ling hand, to hi- of. r . . . i f . ... . ..I uce ny a goon nusuiess mmr. Ami mis is all lhat his la titer seems in require. He never asks IIOW ine lloU WHS spent, or in what ropanv. or how came ,,ose bleared eyes and shaky hand..- il" Krmws trmi rufl son uops nm six-ml ma pvimiiiuts I i I .ii ... : t home, hilt he is tOO bltsy or too medleSS to ask beyond. Why should the boy spend hisivenings at norm : What is there to charm him tn that great man sion thai pulses With alternate lever and gloom 1 . I . ... i. j . ..... . r- i out- iit"in a noi, crowned party Ol rouoeU Woman and sillv iri-n ; the next a d-di, desolate array ofJ empty chambers, with the tired master of the hous" snoring on a sofa, and his nrririn ? latlv and . - 3 J daughters up-at a rrs dressing for another ball. No fireside comfort to tempt the young man to Ids home. Every-ihing is hurre, and splendid, antl dismal; and in swlf-defence he has to fly. He has not been taught lo love reading, nnd his frame has been too artificially reared to render him a willing gymnast. Jo, the billiard-room for him, where he plavs, nnd drinks, and swears with nre. cc - r ::ous gl.b.iess when he makes an ill stroke. From that to the srambli no-. house, where he de vours a luxurious supper, druikschampagoe gratis, nm' '"se9 'us twenty, fifty, or it may be thousand dollar, at f.ro. From lhnce to places even mote unworthy of mention, where the multiplication ' v'f' m n thousand cosily mirrors is dwelt on as an attraction, and vh?rn the youth learns the de- g rat ion of manhood long before he has become a man. All ihis is ve-y sad hut very true. It is n laithlul, but a feeble picture of the influences, the neglect of duy, the f.ilse training which are eon- V.-rlirnr in'n :t H . nlo ... ...... ... ,1 .. . I . ...I. opportunities would designate ihna ns shining . r'"" ,n5.,"? i"'u'u"s i,na "-c'-a ; .. .. :u r . 1 c -, , , ruters o tn.- busy miii,os, the sure reliance and My friends, ,,' , s,.CUre f.iV me the dis.in foremost champions of every good and noble cuished honor vou have so noliMv tendered, and. cause. Makr a Notk of it. The policy of every i fr the purpose of defraying the expenses oiten man in Bosinewt, ami who must live by the public, d ant upon thi; momentous affair. 1 allude to the is to let the public he.ir ot hiirt. His best aneafcitig J engraving of my portrait. They have already trumpet is ihe newspaper adv. rt's-ment. In I arnitnted a committee to see are the servi.v a of a SonS ot!,ifiniifiinQ NUMmniHlu .... .1.. :.i . i ... i " .mo ii i,iii(i ;ie iiKfl- Mils, VVy ,r ,!"r m,,s' m ,kp h-Hf heartland know,,, n,hrwise hp WW fail b"h"'d progress of Ins j t.eigh..ors. Re may be up rarlv in the morning i . ... . .wus anu i.iie at ninnt. and tax hiulitv hit mvtipnl .,,.p. " r- j V ? .-.v.-.. v gics, and eat the btend of ciretVilness, with hon- est intentions and a steady brain ; yet he is ever j open to the chances of failure for the want of that J Intel, eciunl sagacity those wide? views of ihiWo without w hieh no man can have a safe basis for his biiQim fli' t..-.. .lw..n a : ., ... .Inna .low Iv : wh-W.. ,l...,t.. ...... . u.,T - , - .... .......i, ..ill. II' ons- ifli -i r :it le w he--1, who tnmn t'.o I...1 at his ca! Chart j ng is Itnowingl steered 'o ihe track j i of the trnde winds rnd, w hile the former i- workmn heaVilv in the Cnlf R rem ! ,'.ii. .ill . ii ii. : f-ic .- . . - i. nnrl - ........ o i..- o un u. Ppilj furled in The following tontt was drank at a anrial nth, r . . - . n r i ins? in i i rimore. a in nvs since It :s In ri! IS b.'.tt : fn aM-r nding ihe tajy we never mct u fn. nd." fill prosperity . MORNING, MAY 5, From the Barnwell (b. C.) Sentinel. Rielicst t'rrepondiice of Season. 157 Broadway, Nkw Yukk. i r- I " i c 4 J. ' . ' DA Si. I W nn.ne h- Ijern ' Pd -VrrVr ..i,.,.3 Ui - ".u rnn """"' "" i- i f. . i. i i ... ..Mill , nsneu 4 ,,.s great worn 1 L I L nnA Ant.f.nnj miiriV f 1 1 flillf li . 1 V I 1 r l-VHri U t'l f. (Il l I.HIIIII 11.1 ittT the hrst names in the country For further in- ' !"Mons ol the originals, possessing greater value ! ro jhe puhjects and their friends thun the most j costly painting. j You are respectfully solicited to occupy a pee ! in t lie pnws of this work, fehoiild fui consent I r , ii ! Iwj rr nn rl 11 n 1 1 XJ f f 1I1114 crivintr to the I 3 - rr j " " j world n true and peimmient record of your j likeness, (a j and feature, please s nri me your ! good dneuern oiype of the same size as our por- j ' traits is best.) so that it may be handed over to our j . engravers. Please cause to be sent to me also a memoir of yourself, or such facts as will enable me to prepare it ; and I will not forget 10 say that the facta for the sketch should be fully and accurately r;vf,n J hopo you will &md both the daguerreotype and memoir at your earliest convenience, aa we L murine spu nuaiists memorial mi -n have a volume in progress. d wih to avoid ' obtain, d their s. ats by gross corruptions, but that delay: Hoping to hear from Von, I am, yours j they would, in the course of time. h..i:g their dt truly, JnN Livingston. j minisbed heads in shame, ond repair tbw wrong; rjp, TOBin Eq. nr ''le 'nftW P"Wt" was ex'ended to every neigh- ' boihood antl dwelling, demanding serious conid- 1 ' . n , . t 1 1 I I 'I... A Dkak Sir The above communication reach- i ed me Inst week, ant!, in replication I beg leave . -r 1 L .1... j 10 stale mat it l nave ever none nnymiog wmniy f the immortality your magazine is imeiv to con- I fur nnnn trf I nm mil r-onseions of it. However. ..,., u.mi..l,..Ji it ma v he to that 1 ana 1 1 - 11 1 t v an w s,... - VTW lllrll I llWfi 171 V 11)0 Dl IICP C t H events, ti d I nm 11 nx in 11s ihe. world al hi ran should know - . . ; .. . ,. I 1 1 . . 1 . r 1... r.. ..n.rl.1 u ; 1 nave noi soiion. mme, eut oioe- h..j ..g... j me. As Alexander Smith the poet would sny : 1 . 1 . . w-. 1 v- - - ' r .,fni.i 1 imi- : n ifd I I OlllC . 1 ailli: . Ill At yiilliio e ..in u . i Jn kim n retroenert of my early days, I can j frw qu-.n-r races for which I received an oe- j r;isi(,nil ;ilu oli,nry ginger enke, or adventures of ! sinar jmpnr(. 0 I a, 17 t f. ..r.o,nKl old mmr. ! .!$,. the R.-v. Hansford Dado Duncan, flonff life ! , U'.nA and v,mo,.d 10 :h ,rrr,.. far west, where I flourished for a short time, and a short lime mix ; and, upon returning. I lost all my money . ..i....riu i!,i ..r..-,i.-. r ' i ,s vi bifb r i ,i . . . V knefa iifc'UP-e. vou know not hi ncr. ) upon one ol Ine noats on the Alabama river. This wasahnut the time the Ren Franklin bu rated, and killed so inanv ; nnd had ! not be n standing near the s'ern of the ves sel, you would never ha'l the opportunity of handing my name, fee-simile, character! and adventures, dow n to nn ager posterity in the columns ol your ju-tiy eelebrated magazine. I returned to my own, my native land fundless, ! nnrl oVhHnM snn.Pwbal armlo m nnnrnrnnre. nnd ! rn f,lr fir, li,.,,m,.,n, in n dislino nUhed mi'itin i i.... ..r..-...i. i i k iK.. J.o i ' . i nfnl1n voto t.v n.v. worihv o,.mootitor. ' o ' iii 'io- .i i oi ".i i."ii ioi. iiiv iimisii nius i.. .i. r t i i o j r . ;!!.,...,,.., j r,ipm'. Thr-mas P Coi dv, gave me the office of j assistant deputy United States marshal for the die. trict of Barnwell ; nnd, while taking the census, I killed one horse and another ran away and broke my huggv, upon which occasion I rode mv horse bare-back fourteen miles in forty minutes, of which fact Colonel B. H. Brown is a living witness. Alter I had concluded this herculean under taking, a man calling himself '-C. Frank Powell," wrote me from Washington, that, if would for ward a certain amount of money to him, he would prosecute my claims for an increase of pay suffi cient io cover these immense disasters; but 1 do I . . ... ,- .1 ,: 1 ... ,1 giirvc 10 oiy 1001 iiuiii inr; uinc i oein uiu loout-v have not hf,nrtj a word from ,ie afnrrsoid an'd uever-to-he-forgotten C. Frank Powell, he proha- bty having pone to parts unknown, However, I still entertain strong hopes of seeing his distin guished name and fac-simile 'va your wiJely-circu-lated magazine, Last yenr I ran for tax collector in this impor tant township, and was beaten so badlv by a base combination, of which 1 was wholly unconscious until a few moments before closing of the polls, , that 1 have not since entirely recovered my I p. rial mantle the hovel of the palace the mea rouanimi v. As salvo, now ver, to ibis disasiei.l ore food and ih aarnteni la.,,.ui ,U2 fr;. .a nnd jiisi at ihis crisis, mv dis'incmsi.ed but be-I nighled frtend, the Ucn. James Campbell, Post- master (jeneml, gave me the post omen at this place, the duties of which f may, without vanity say, 1 have discharged to the complete and entire sntislaction ol ihe it hole community. : s. r j as a reward for my various and arduous services, ! are now busily engaoed in raisin? a suhscrintion ... . .... a .11. i i - - "'""p Trw nra"i ior ine a n- uiirnini; ntTSSKHI, and. as o,n aa the picture is copJ!ed, I will for- ward it to your address, frr.ii me to express 'he hope that you will delay the publication of rib r J. . next number ol vnur maaarinp umi e rr,-. ... : - j fj - v .... .. advent. I avail myself of this opportunity to assure yon f 'be distinguished consideration with which I remain, dear sir, your grateful obedient servant, U F. TOB1N, Postmaster si riarnwell C. H., S. C. J' rr Livingston, Eq.. 157 Broadway, N. Y- TueOvsteh. Open an oyster, retain the liquor to the lower or deep shell, and, if viewed through a itMcroscone. it Will he found to eoor-..io nn.li in.rl..- oi K.n.-.'! r,, .tr . -...i .. ;.i. l . , miog nimbly about one hundred and twenty of . which ex'end but one inch. Besides ihese vouap- oysters, e liq ior contains a Variety ol animal cue,, and myriads nf thr.-e distinct species o w-. tins- Sometimes iht ir liht resembles a bluish atai ibom ihe t vr'n- of ihe sh. fl, which w;il bv boj. dully lumincus iu a dark room. 1854. Two Honrs Witl Hie SpirilMMlWs. ) n.. b'rhb.u veniiic we were present at a sp ril- ' s a v m a D I aas aa n not a sal il i L i n T be n attract) thither U.UlAi lUII," IIMVII( - :..i., - .. . ara fr rum ess bv cuviosi'). " . . , ' MI.ni , ... ,i rTni., Statea. askinc rp prrnra u uie iiuiiau i in. j !Ster memorial, aiguru u .... I t'CII UUXtUU tniJinio vi - ' " ; the nppo.nimeni 01 a st .ee. mnnni, . . I . . ! . ..(... In WHIPS I. . gate the phenomena of spiritualism, ana w , ten Senate, so infidel on this subject, laid upon the table, aher indulging in a lime sport com.. -B ... Mr. Talimadge, in the conclusion o. marks, predicted that the day won d come nen Conjirera would he more respect u tn meae pre- mises, as public opinions would demand, in tone9 : .i..j nr.n;,lerniion of not 10 te uisii'jfniu'u, c.-. j an extrnorainnry power nn ., T " , ri , " iiiiit .io.o m pn.rt ..1,1.. hflnunxp nn ihe no I II ICS MlU moiius m There were upwards of a hundred per. Pn,, j a;rivca n ,M including a number of ladies. r p ' roads of Nanpasakithe .Inpeneat) port at w4s 1 When we entered the room, Governor N. r. . d !he Dutch factorv-(ar.d were aH lyt Talimadge was addressmg .". Hendrikn hi. for .he lifelihia country, hatmnnizing discordant materials, : , . , rr . nl .,ai'd and producing a heahhfu, efiect 'PJ and confliiions 01 socieiv .1 im.-u " as we understood him 'he reign ol j-istic nno ove. No one. we presume, would w:f to en ter the breaking of a d.y so effulgent of joyous tun shine, 1 Next, a young man, who had apparently fallen j asleep, and whose limhs hd been nerviously I ..l..mt itu. n rt irii li re ol a ' 1 iwiitiling, iii'u (EHii'u .... .v -. - , j vision, Dl forget. ing to say that the Senators who j 1 eration. J3y litis means tne otinn nan neen gin- u with M"ht, the ears of the deaf unstopped, the dis eased restored io health, and the lame caose.l to leap for joy ! It was even irreverently said this was "the second Christ." When ho had delivered himself, (.overnor ; i ajimange BSKea mm wnt nau oeen aprammgoui t rr t l 1 1 - l I f I. . . .... .... .. i he replied. "Iord Bv ron .u... .1 ik...j i,. i e t ail Otllv S.tv Ul.ii inr tcinnni' u hoc cnangeu nis si u; ui iiiciaiii.t, cic rijw.g. i J i: . i . .. r i "... . .... . v .. .. m lit A in r i , i, k . u iti,i,,i ,.. i from i his specimen ol it Inrpugn the youtniut me- r ,.i . - . ! "noee aaoueniy wq.hu nniperwH mm iu w ., I "e enu.g pi "cm...,, ..-.u. ... . ... ; 8tP ',nri us a brltf address from the spirit j of Daniel Webster. ! A physician, from Georgetown, recommended ! ,hp fading of certain hooks and periodicals to all ; w0 are desirous of investigating the subject Ht said i was a science which required mouths ol clos. stutlv. Wf, laiimnoge reiaiea many mnrveis in sup- a. r . . , i J ,. 1 I ' . port tf the new ilevelonments, especially through : r i - e- the writing and speaking mediums, and threw out Inn's w hich may arouse reflection, even if tin y should fail tti increase the number of tlu.se who implicitly believe in the .'wonderful manifest.-!- lions." Washington Sentinel. , j Bonaparte's Eaki.y Povehtv. M. Thiers, ' in his history of ihe Consulate, recites some ver irnnge and previously unknown n. cino tL. ;rlv l.f ;nd .u nf ,nn!Pn Ro. n narncuars rrs. e J i J rr --t It nMMI ihnl ,.fi,.r bo b.nd obtionod n B.ibr.1. . .. . :.. .u l- t. i. trni s l on i iii 153 mil 111 n if i i e ui. ii oeriiiH-, ny HIS , skill and daring at Toulon, he liv. d some lime in ! Pans m obscure lodgings, and in such extreme i poverty that lie was often without the means of' paying ten sous (ten cents) for his dinner, and I frequently went without any a', all. H ! der the necessitv of borrowing smalls '' '. ou""i "u even worn-out clothes, from his acquainiances . He and his brother Louis, afterwards King of Hoi- j land, had at one time only a coat between them, so that the brothers could only go out alternately, j time and about. At this crisis the chief benefactor of the future Emperor rend conqueror " at whose mighty name the world grew pale," was the actor Talma, who often gnveim food and money. N apt. Icon's face, afterwards so lamed for its clas sical mould, was during that period of starvation harsh and angular in its lineaments, with projec ting cheek bones. His mngre lare brnu"ht on an mi rdrns a nl nnd nrtawi hi I v r n in nnmic l!e.,n.a r.C r. j ..... . ,,v , uiom.-r, ui ivpe so virulent and malignant, tint it took all the skill and assiduity of his accomplished physician, Corvisart, !o expel it, after a duration of more than ten years. The squalid beggar then, the splendid Emperor . .. r afterwards the threadbare habiliments and tm Vliin of r,n.,r nrn.r. ih 1., .....,," r-Z r the world an exdn and a prisoner Such irp the ups ard downs of this chanceful life such are the lights and shadows of the great and miehty. The Circassians. They have nothing like a written law among them, but ate governed by a sort of common right, or what has become nn ea- tablished custom from ancient usage. The great bulk of the people assemble on important occasions in a sort of gem nil counsel, wb.-rw ib Prinn. always opens the business, and pr poses the meas ures he thinks should be taken for the consider a. fion of the aaaembly. The whole hrdy of lUtTj then deliberate! on what he has br uuht forward and ihe result is referred to a certain number of j grave personages chosen fom the people, who , ny ineir patriarchal I consequence and their eminent i viisuum, nave acquired tne title of Hitlers, selected on the -occasion by the various tribes. These venerable men then discuss the subject in debate, ana cacn gives bis opinion. If the thtee consul tationa are found to agree lor the measure proposed, it is proposed ; and if it is a question of social' right, decision become a precedent, nnd is binding as a national decree. The assemblages, whicn so o.uch re.-emble the Saxon Wjttenagemole, are held in tbe open area near the dwelling of the Prince. When has n man n right to scold his wif "bout his cogt-e T When he has alHinrlHm groinrls Hnwxo Lay nrr A Sopasx Acne Measure acn side, ar,J yon will hi lave the quantity within an mcb. iMtereKlluaT from Jauau. From Mm Java (I)uirh) ipert of December IT, . . r- . L t?.., i,t:.. P I,...,'. learn thut tuo u'tn ""i "" v"jrrrT. ' ship Hendrikn arrive U in 1 tie ronas 01 imi- . t . ! . l k 1i reft f r 1 ry T 71 flMfl. ; ?f"r. . .. r , I be 15:h of JJecemDer, tlirect irom jouo... pBC;!in (lloaie. a rorvetie. a icMlT... , r r r rapenoerg.; a uu.u.. J -.. . .....i k.n under I he romniund 11 ..... uv... ........... , . . Admiral Pontiaiitie, conveying a letter Irom of Russia to the Emperor ol Japan. On the 21st of September tins Adwinal. with a ; M . Governor of Nanjaaki. ( , . lhe received and forxvarded to the .,vr n, am denartnre of the m 1 a.Ta . 1 n . : h niiinft Inr AH I letiririKa, me kiiwh t. Of the American aflsir nothing fm-i Hyt : answer w as known than what we rin vo before siaftfTtn ; - J " ' ... ' m i. 1 m.'Vil l't " I II I I lit 1'Illti II kJ UiVO Wi'H"' 1 . 1 . . 1. 1 ...i..i Kino chine ni 1 II'MI Hiiuru in mmwrm ... " - -. coUrt(.0.,v r,crived ; having delivered a letter fef hemnnin of next year tor on ati- .1 1. . 1 . . . .1. ...rtii.a, iuro fi 1 si 1 n rr 1 e rtaU 5IT. J... rt-e n( ndrika confirms il he report, heretofore received by way tf China, ol the death ol the Km peror o! Japan. At the time she left bis fe jeceaeo, the Prince Hoyal, I. ad not yet been crowned. Ac corrthfg to this account Nf the Dutch, the Iti.fstan fi.-et hid bep lying at Naimgaski from the 20m of August to the lfl:h d Novemlver, and waa atdl then; when the llcndrika felt. This would go tn show nn unusual consideration towards them by the Jipnnese authorities, antl an intimacy never before permitted to foreigners. How much longer " they stayed there, antl what their subsequent pro ceedings were, we have no means of ascertaining, but we next bear of the fleet at Loo Clmo, a de pendency of Japan, and in its immediate vicinity. The ship Robinn, w hich i.rriv. d yesterday lnm China, touched at Loo Choo, where the Hutana had been at anch-r for some time previous, but from which they had sailed on the yOlh of Feb ruary, t.n n cruise, but to what point waa unknown. It was without doiibi for .latum, 10 be at Jeddo ... a , ..i.:.u u. U,.. anoui e i :ne as aaienran am poian '. ti'..g . l. ...... ,1... ..,,,1,11., ..I I i miiiri 1 morlkt hi- lo.. io. io uir iiiiiiiii. .'. v i ....... . j ....f... - petted there to receive the nnswer of the Emperor to tlie letter tleliven d in June Inst. We may add bete in this connection that tae British have their eyes on this fleet of the Rus sians, and the verv moment war is di dared in Europe ihe news will lie expressed t (.'(una. und the Bri'ish cruiser on that station will sweep down upon it, and make prizes of the whole ex pedition bclore it has the least intimation of danger. Since the above was written we learn from thn captain ol the ship Robinn that Commodore Pev ry's fleet, consisting of the war steamers Missis sippi, Powhatan and Susqnebannn, the frnjirte Macedonian, the sloops of-war Plymouth, Van rial ta and Siirnfoon, and the store-ship Supply, Lexington and Southampton, hnd arrived at Lee-, j son,e li,r)e January, from flong Kong. aU we It will be reeollectetl the Commodore purchased, on his first visit to Loo Choo, n trnct of land for a naval depot, and lor such other uses as Ihw American government nniht desire to Pt it lo. : it . i- . . i . t ! T '7 ' " TtT " : a lori lias ueen erect tl hv ttie Americans. Com modore Perry has an officer nntl twelve men in j charge of ihis fort, and sailed again on the 17th ol Juiuary for Jv6(li. Loo Choo is shout half w , ,,eUvf.f, t!ntlf( Kot.gand Japan, jOJ perry pro!;,,v reached his dest o-.b of Jn'nnrv and Com mo llis destination shout j . More Im kkn i. Machines. In the London : n i .i AT.- is.n: ; v.oi n-sj:oiniciicc ui i in. uiioiiui inieuigrjicn wo find the following : "The Naval and Military Gazette has a dirmal account of nn infernal instrument of warfare in the possession of the Czar. We have bad rumors ol it belore, but it never rcc ivetl any specific t m bodiment until it was thus announced. A letter from Paris says : "'The inventor of the infernal submarine ms chines, stated to be in the possession of the Em peror of Russia, for blowing ships out of the wa ter by the agency of an electric wire, is a French man ; nnd when be communicated his invention i , r - ... . ; Kussian government for a consideration, hn ' "PrcM'y sl'pt.laled that, in case oi war between 1 f.rnnce and Kl,"" ,M5 ",,0,M " BRff g i . s OKn colltnry the benefit of his discovery. It j ' IUr'"er rrP.rreo ,"H on ry '"l bw gentle- mnn .....o .-n.. ....... I .. . .S... M . i .. 1, . . .. r A i - v. . i . u n i i oe- iiuiiiniry murine, nno, in the presence ol M. Ducos and a hoard of naval officers, explained the faerful means -ol destruction u bich he claims to have originated. I he board, ' ",crt'ni,,',u" '' first, closely examined the matter ' ",Kl ,n . rnd were v,"'v mueh 9 'be de m'-ris,ra,"". '' a little alarmed. SirCharleo j ""P,er. on ihe admission ol the inv-nior, was already prepared lir what he might have to eV counter. A telegraphic den patch was immediately i 8',n, to Admiral Parseval Deschenei. I j 8ive ,,,'!' 8,ory Mn ' have heard it from very rev ! "pectable nuthoriiy, but of course all accounts of j niyaterious Jong range' destructive inventions ! must be received wilh duo caution " Mac.mtide it Rlsma. Russia is the greatest unbrnk. n mpiie for extent that eer cxiaied i oc cupying vsst regions of Kun pe and Awn, and marly one. sixth of the habitable i-h-be. Ii ia fort v. oq times the si2) of France, and one hundred and 'hiriy-eight limes that ol England. Yet it was too small for the ambition ot Ah xar.der, who is re ported to have said: "I insist upon having to B.Jticto skate upon, the Caspian for a bathing place, the Black Sea as a wash hand basin, and the North Pacific Ocean as a fish pond." H "en croached on Tartary for a pasture, on Persia and Georgia for a vineyard, on Turkey for a garden, on Poland fcr a farm, on Finland and Lapland as a hunting ground, and took purt of North Amerhea a a plane of banishment for offend' rs. ,r i n . it. Hkabtws Bkpot. Sorao heartless see sap wrote that Mrs. Wilson, recently resetted from captivity among the Indiana, where her sufTetingt were dreadful, had, a abort time after, given hjnh to - a fin- little ludnm boy." Mrs. Wilson has published a card, indignantly rienmg the state, ment, k ing that t'ne child is while ami that her husband is the fiiiUur of a, rd 4i.