; i: . . 1 ....'. i - . -i ' . ) i uvj ' . - , ' I; a ' -: ; : : ..-.K; : t - i -Oo Dollar a aquarelfor rti first eoV, tuA . Twenty-fire Ctfnts for every week Uiereafter . irtt'en liflea ctt les will make 'a exjuare. . , Deductiona uxade i favor of staodii) mal terwfoUowa: . . ' : " 1 .-! - : 3 - 6 no. vl Wa.' IU&JENE B. DRAKE SON, j ' ' Editors and Proprietors. One square, . 4 $3.60 . ." $5.50 $ftjftO Two sqiiares,. . .7.00 -v. 10.00 I , 14J0O 1 Three squares . 10.00 . . 15u00 . . .2000 (l , Wlieh dirMftions are not pven how often1 to insert an, Advertiwiiient, it trill be pwblibfe '1 until ohlcml out. 1 OF THE PAPlR, Vol. III. $2 a Year, in Adrance. Statesville, N. O., Friday, February 24, i860. No. 12. , .. I -. t ' .!. ,' 11 , 1 f-r: 1 , r-r.;-r- r- -ir g, . .. ,. "T m .. . : .. ' , , 1 Li- , i . .a.i, I- V - '. r ' t . 1! 'I I i Gone. I ir ' When tlie place of our abiding 1 Is known to earth no wore, And the cold world harshly chidinz. Shall repeat our story o'er Far beyond their idle gnawing, " T Far beyond their praiae or 8corra, - r Reckins: not their blame or blessing Oh, my love, we shall be gone. "Wc thtll be gone, past night, pass day, Over the hills and far away." 'When tfce friend whose lore hath crowned us In the life we leave behind, . ' . And were wont to gather round us With (their welcomes warm and kind, Still our! memory brightly keeping For the ake of long ago, Shall repair with tender weeping --,Tb our gras?y pillow low, "We Bhill be gone, pant night, pat day, Over the hills and far away." j They shjall ask with pitying wonder, 1 Iti thfir niingled love and pain, "Shall tjie links death tore asunder jjeveij re unite again ? From the dark sen whither they drifted r To a 4 i rri . mysterious shore, Shall the shadows ne'er be lifted Shall ithev coine to us n more?" 'WL: shall be gone, past hijghu past day,5 I ycr the hills and far away." As the Arab in the desert, I Folds his wanilering tent at morn As the Indian in the forest Dims his camp-fire and is trone Js gonej and leaves no traces Save the ashes smouldering grav So from onr honseliohl places ye sjiall wander far awav ; JWp shjall be gone, past night, past day, O'er .the hills and far awjtv." .' . . .. . . j. ' Far in the infinite spaces. I'jast ihe broad sweep of the sun, We'ehall turn our pilgrim faces Wheile tlie new years are begun. .As (he farjth grows dim ami dimmer, Where the great Ilcreaftt er lies glimmer Wc shall cat-h the golden Of new stars in 'other ski "We tlnall lie gone, past n'gh, pa.-t day, ics : Over the lulls and far aav. The Oaks, Feb, If., 18G0. Your; note, kind friends; was dulv received juid you are entitled to uuiny thanks. Yon knonr.itj is proverbial tbsijt gentlemen flatter and; therefore I hesitate uife to credit all your commendations ; but if it is indeed true, thai mjj random shots at the follies of the ..day, arje as kindly taken as they are intend ed, it -will cmlioldcn me try again. And you tell me some curiosity is felt as to the aut lorsliip of the "Lettirs." I sadly fear if it were (known the intercut would case. Shall ijsketch my Krtrait ? but no ; I will e'en try to persuade myself that they wouW bejeqiially acceptable, whether written, by one voung and beautiful ;' or, as is alas! the cat c, written by one neither very young nor sat all beautiful. j My saster says, '"I make a deal of fuss over tuy visik to that loth oil Statt sc'tlle ; tho' Pa says, that whatever, it m.iv Ik; now, it never improceu ote s-ng'c bi Jur t etftf years. I tell her 'to remember that she was detained at home by irtdisk".sition. and that, perhaps 1 lil receive more attentioii, that my pretty t-ister wtas not there to monopolize it. She is younger and handsomer jthan I, indeed de spite thus somewhat unatuiable speech she is a little darling ; and her sifter dearly loves . to s-ec the admiration she excites. f. 1 Cousin Harrv is verv anxious forme to make nl second visit to your town, and prom ises to accomanv me at any time, You know he was with usn feAv days, and walketl ; up witlji us the day we. visited the College. He is a handsome boy of nineteen or twenty, and nod easily daunted liiy ladies' eyes ; but we saw so many bright faces at the windows, jtjwas rather to much for his equanimity. lie cleared his throat, took his cap off and replaced it, and for thefirsttimc I remember was thoroughly out of coiuiitcnance. Indeed it is rather a formidable atterv to face. He tf.-i Jd mt on our return, that, from a curtained ndow, he verv distinctly saw a lairv hand C'i t ;nd i 1 1 j . i 1 . . 1 1 d, ami a nainty hi a tiuiniY 1:2111101 1- mum Ikerchicf unfolded and waved at him he said the odor It was in vain I of violrits filled all the air. scohUvll him tor ms elan.lier, and aouseu mm 1 I - 1 . for hisfvanitr, he averred he was not mista ken, arid when I'still shook my bead "Well Coz," he said,' drawing himself up to his full heigh tj and pushing bak the hair from his handsome brow, "it is not so very strange." "Xp," I said, --'nor yet j very proper." He , Irtia often told the cireumjstanee since, tho' he knows Sit provokes me ; jaiid tho' I remind hi m tluathe did nc knov a laM there. Xiglit, I have just remembered that this is Valentine's day, and have been rummag an old escretoire to finil some tokens that ,have not seen -the light for a longtime- It 6cems to me ,they meant more ia few years .ago tl: an they do now, jand were not sent , withoi t some real interest on the part of the giver. The first claimejd only a smile, the writer was a vain egotistical person, fully pos sessed with the idea of being perfectly irres t'le. To the next I gave a sigh his after Jife A'yi n,ot fulfill the promise' of his youth, je "Jiojbe up? flie -ihe when it was red," and fell he la ster's heart, and in a! veryj short time grief and shame lowed his i.a,ther 's noble form, and made his hair pre maturely grey; Tomvlast - Valentine I gave a tear- The writer was! cut off in his young manhood, with all his glorious hope and as mirations for this world unfulfilled, tW he vas enabled to yield to thekill of Ood wid "ut a inurmur. j. How vividly my fanicy conjures up the pcenea oflong ago how "all our sunshine trow strangely dark," and chill, and cold I Ji nrcda no hush of the pmvnt, ; I Tg call tack th rtill, ialqi, part, TJhe eligbtort mmwr nsirmuring, 7 : 1 May be bord thro' th wintry bUit. ' It is perhaps oftenest in, a crowd, in scenes apparently the least calculated to recall them, that the, pasf rises inost! vividly before me! 4 Communication My mother, oh my, mother! I may never meet another love equal to thine, a care and tenderness as cotistant and as pervailing-as utterly unselfish. Life must henceforth be, not for myowh ease or enjoyment, but ..for the good of others; a warfare with the .real and the present. O for a faith which more distinctly realizes that the Cross must first be borne, the Crown is only for those "who are feiithful unto death." -. ' I Late as it is I hear the door bell ring, and my maid lieckie brings me yourlitttle pack age which cousin Hal has just brought front the Post-Office. Many thanks to you and the kind donor.' ' I have been wondering since Beckie left the room, how much she and the rest of our darkies know of the present aspect of affairs Xorth and South. With what interest we watch the papers; and how it chills the heart, and checks its pulsations, when any one in whose judgment we have confidence, predicts the consequences likely to ensue from certain courses ofpolicy. Our -sunny land may be desolated, its fruitful fields laid waste ; but woe. woe unto those whose mad fanaticism will have brought it.about. Surely, surely, it were better that a-mill-stone were hanged about their necks and they were cast into the depths of the sea. The time may come, (I trust it is not yet when patience and forbear ance may cease to be virtues, but woe unto those men by, whom "the offense cometh. Then will our boasted and glorious Republic be a by-word and a mocking to the nations of the Old World. But I must not indulge this train of thought. Let 11s trust that, a wise and merciful Provi dence will vet bring order out of confusion and, that our United Country has yet a high mission to fulfil in the history of the world. For the present Farewell. :; Mrv L- . P. S. Beckie has just been back again, and after a good deal of hesitation, putting her thimble on and taking it off half a dozen times, and' twisting' the corner of her apron completely up, she took from her pocket a Valentine she had received this morning. "Its from Bill, Miss Mary, Mas Harry's wait in. boy; and I want you please to read it'.' Of course I complied. It was addressed "To Miss Iteleccie L." and contained a number of little devices, to each of which a verse was Appended. Beneath a painted ring was writ t, ' lloun.l is til ling which ban noonj. ) So is iy lore. .r yon my frieiul." Beneath a pair of hearts pierced by an ini- inense spear was, . , "If you lore I, as I loves you, Xo kiiffe dhall rut our lov-g in two." But the rem of the collection was the follow ing ; She's a Ciir as a lilly. And ml a a roec, ' Slio lia.i teotli like to pearl. And t beautiful nose. My fair maid will doubtless dream to-night, of rings, and hearts, and Cupid's darts Pleasant dreams to you likewise, Messrs. Editors. From tlte North Carolina ITnivenuty Mstgnziw. A Biographical Sketch of the Late James C. Dobbin- '-' BY JAMKS BANKS, ESQ. The late Hon. James t. jouuin, the ehlcst child of John M. and Ahness C. Bobbiri, was born in Fayetteyille, North Carolina, in the year 1814, and was called after his maternal grand- father, James Cochrane, who repre sented the Orange District in Con gress, during, the war of 1812. His father, John M. Dobbin, was a merchant in Fayetteville for a period ofthirty years, and died in 1837 deep ly lamented. At an early age James C. Dobbin was sent to school in his native town, where he rapidly acquired the rudi merits of a classical education. He was afterwards sent to the school o MrJ Wm. J. Bingham, in Ilillsbbro' by whom he was prepared for College In 1828 he entered the Freshman Class of the University of North Carolina. "VVhile at the University he was dis tinguished. for ai prompt and faithful discharge of every duty imposed upon him, as also for a ready and cheertu observance of all the rules and rcgu lations of the institution. Though much the youngest member of his class,-he, during his whole col legiate course, was among the foremost in that honorable field, bf rivalry, and graduated with high , distinction in loos, in tne same eiass witn-iion. Thomas L. Clingman, John H. Haugh tori, Thomas S. Ashe, and other, now distinguished, gentlemen. Mr. Dobbin, while at College, was anluniversal favorite with the students and faculty, and his amiable charac ter and gentlemanly deportment so won upon the affections of the, venera ble! President, Dr. Caldwell, -that he hai been heard to say in the bosom of his1 family, 'it would gladden his heart to he the father of such a son as James CJ Dohbin. Mr.' Dobbin commenced the. study of the laW in the office of the Hon. Robert Strange, at that4 time ontr of the Judges of the Superior Court of North Carolina, and under his guid ance devoted two and one half years tri th maMttnt of that I science which has been denominated the perfection of reason. During a portion of the time" that Mr. D. read law with Judge Strange lie was an inmate of his house, and mem ber of his familyi and thus possessed the advantajre of the Judge a oral m struction, and also laid the foundation of that reciprocal esteem and affection gt)i5cclrancoii5. whichever remained .firm and . unalter able, and made them fond companions and bosom friends during life 11 " kMr. Dobbin Was called to ' the bar in 1835, and haying' talc en an office in Fayetteville, he devoted himself assid uously to the strict jand. energetic pur suit of his profession. Whether cli ents called or not lie M as, during bu siness hours, always in his "office, and ths remarkable regularity was in some measure the foundation of his profes sional success. . He did not, as too many young law yers uo, select a large cireuit in the outset, but wisely husbanded his time and energies for a faithful discharge of chamber practice, and in attendance upon the the County and Superior Courts of Cumberland, Sampson and Robeson. His theory was, 'let a man build up a reputation at home let it radiate and precede him rather than that he should precede it. Uy acting upon this theory, every extension ofl i-circuit more resembled a triumph tlmn an effort to success. The first capital case in which he appeared was where a negro was in- licted in the Superior Court of Cum berland, in 1837, for the killing of an other negro. He had the honor to be associated in the defence with the lion. lohert Strange who had just been e- ectcd to the Senate of the United Sfrates, and had resigned his seat up on the Bench. In the management of the case Mr. Dobbin displayed great ingenuity, and in his arguments to the ury gave eviuenQe of. those peculiar talents that afterwards ranked him a- mong the most successful criminal, ad vocates in North Carolina. We know of no lawyer's history so couraging and instructive to the young members of the profession than that of Mr. Dobbin. No accidental circumstance occurred by which he seiz ed on fame by a single effort. No one case can be cited as that which made the man. His practice and reputation daily increased bv his faithful dis charge of duty. 'He was content to labor and. to wait,' and not ashamed to learn from Tooiner, Eccles, Strange iind IlenrV', who were the leaders of the Fayetteville bar. at that time, but with whom he was so shortlv to con tend. lie was frequently desired to repre sent his native county, Cumberland, in the State Legislature, but this he invariably declined, alleging that he was happy and contented in the dis charge of his professional duties, and experienced more real joy in the bo som of his family than he could ever expect from the excitement ol politi cal life. In the year 1845, he was nominated by the Democratic party as a candi date to represent them in Congress c it. iv:v. Tvri.. i rru iroiii ine Jtiueiiin 1'isn jci. j.ims nom ination was unsolicited and unexpect ed.. Considering his youth, his pre viously retired life, the District and the able men who therein resided, it was an extremelyflattering testimoni al of that high; esteem in which he was held, and after some hesitation he ac cepted the nomination and entered up- iOh the campaign. His competitor was his old class mate, John II. Ilaughton, EsqM an able and talented Whig. Mr. Dobbin was elected by a majority of two thou- sana votes, though in . the previous campaign his democratic predecessor had beaten his whig rival only about three hundred votes. At the commencement of the Twenty-Ninth Congress Mr. Dobbin was present and had the honor to be plac ed upon the Committee of Contested Elections, and took an active part in all their deliberations and reports. In the contested election from Flori da,Jbetween Cabell and Breckenbrough Mr. Dobbin was of opinion that Cabell was not entitled to his seat, and so voted. In the New Jersey contested elec tion between Runk and Farlee, he was chairman, of . the majority committee, and submitted their report. In this case he was active and zealous, and labored to have the matter "determin ed at an early day. For, having sat isfied himself that nineteen of the stu dents at the College of New Jersey had a right to vote, he was anxious tnat justice snouiu oe none, ana tnat by. declaring that Farlee, democrat, was not entitled to his seat but, that Runk, the whig member, was. A ma jority of the House finally sustained ms views, oi mis case. Unon the Oregon Question, Mr Dobbin spoke. He thought the time for 'masterly inactivity had passed, and that a notice to terminate the ioint tenancy should be served 'Upon Great iiritam. On the. Public Xand Bill, then be- tore congress, Jiet aeuverea an aoi ana eloquent . speeciu. lie rose aoove party trammela and said, "I am oppos ri to the policy ; of ee&inq. Xhtsp lands fo the State$ in whieh they tie ; that neither justice or any other considera tion rcquirod itand appealed to gen tlemen to strike that feature, from the bill "'- JIn this speech he advocated the re peal of the tariff of 1842, and after an elaborate argument' intended to show tnat it taxea every oiner. urauca oi industry for the sole purpose ' for en- ricmng ine manuiaciuTer,- ne proceea- ed to enforce hispositlons by reference to the conduct of England, in the' fol lowing beautiful and characteristic remarks:'- I' -.'! ': '1' "Jr. Chairman .'-It has fallen to our lot to become actors on the thea tre Of public life at a. most remarka ble era. in the history of the world. The human mind eyincing its mighty and. mysterious capabilities is achiev ing triumphs at ones wonderful and sublime : . The elements of nature are playthings for it to sport with. Earth, ocean, air, lightning yield subservient in the hands of genius to minister to the wants,- the purposes, the pleasures of man. Science is 'fast developing to the meanest 'capacities, the hidden secrets of nature, hitherto unexplored in the researches of philosophy. Ed ucation is exerting. is mild and refin ing influence, to elevate and bless the people. The control of electricity is astonishing the world. The power of steam is ; annihilating distance, and making cities and towns and strangers at once neighbors and friends. Amid these mighty movements in the fields of. science, literature and philosophy the liberal spirit of free government, in its steady and onward progress, is beginning to accomplish much for the amelioration of the condition of the human family, so long the hope of the statesman and philanthropist.. The illiberal maxims of bad eovernment. too long supported for false reverence for their antiquity, are beginning to give place to enlightened suggestions of experience. England, the birth place, is proposing to become the grave oi commercial restriction, in that land, whose political doctrines are so often the theme of our denunciation and satire, with all the artillery of landed aristocracy, associated wealth, and party vindictiveness levelled at him, there has appeared a learned,' a leading Premier, Sir Robert Peel, who, blending in his character much of the philanthropy of Burke, the bold and matchless eloquence of Chatham, and the patriotism of Hampdeny has had the. moral courage and magnanimity ,to proclaim that lie can no longer re sist the convictions of experience and observation, and that the system of commercial restriction and high pro tection is wrong,- oppressive and should be abandoned. Already, sirr. has much been done already has the British tariff, so long pleaded as the excuse for ours, been radically reform ed and in obedience to the persevering demand of an outraged people, we hope that the next gale that crosses the Atlantic will come laden with the tidings of a still greater triumph in the repeal of the corn laws, so oppres sive to Englishmen, and injurious to Americans. . "And shall we not reciprocate this liberal spirit? Shall republican Amer ica, so boastful of her greatness and freedom, be outstripped io her career in this cause of human rights by mon archical England ? No sir, I do not, cannot, and will not believe it. I have an abiding, unshaken, faith in the ul timate triumph of so righteous a cause. "Mr. Chairman, 'we i may surpass the nations of the earth in science, in arms and in arts ; the genius of our people may attract the admiration of mankind may cause 'beauty and symmetry to live on canvas' may almost make he marble from the quarry to 'breathe and speak' may charm the world with elecant attainments in poetry and rning, but much, very much; will l: be unaccomplished ; the beauty of our political escutcheon will still be marr ed, while Commerce is trammeled, and- Agriculture and trade depressed by bad legislation. ' At the close of the session he; re turned to Fayetteville, and prosecuted ns legal pursuits with energy and zeal. - ' On the meeting of Congress he was again in attendance, and on the "Three Million Bill" he delivered an admira-" ble speech, which in its range embrac ed the"Mexican War" "Wilmot Pr(H visoj, and "Extension of blave Terri tory," that attracted the attention of the whole country and gave rank to Air. Dobbin among the ablest deba ters in Congress. This speech, which was much praised at the time as an a- ble and thorough vindication ot bouth ern rights upon constitutional grounds, was published in full in the Congres sional Globe, and to this the reader is referred for specimens of his power of argument, as well as for his grace ful and peculiar charm ot elocution. f Ha ving served out the term for which he was elected, Mry Dobbin declined to be a candidate again, and betook himself closely to his profession. His efforts m Congress gave very general satisfaction to his friends and to his constituents, and once more at the bar he added to his former success. ln'the legislature of North. Caroli na for the session of 18480, Mr.Dob bmJoccupied'a'deerTedly higb posi- tidn. He was placed npon the judi ciary committee, 'and took a prominent part in; all its licrtitioiasJ g 'i t V At this session 'tKe philanthropist, Miss '-Pbc, memorUliz;efibre .Legisla ture to erect an Asylum for the Insane. The memorial was reTerred to a select committee, .ohjer JpEn ; EJlis (now; Governor J oS&ojh 4 froIina,) was chairman,, and through him a bill was reported, iavorable to the prayer of thejnemoriallstt . In the mean tunc GpTerAor JS lof thej Bench, and having resigned his seat in the Legislature, thee Hon: Keneth Rayner moved that .the bill introduced by Mr. Ellis be taken up, and that one hundred thousand dollarsv be ap propriated to. its erection. This mo tion Mr. Rayner advocated in a speech of great power, eloquence and beauty, but it was negatived by - vote, ayes 44, noes 66, under circumstances which induced the belief that the bill could not pass. The amiable and beloved wife of Mr. Dobbin had, a day or two before Mr. Rayner spoke, been committed to her mother earth, and he was not in atten- j dance upon; the house. Miss Dix, anxious for the fate of the bill and having confidence in Mr. Dobbin's in fluence and pow,er before "the Legisla ture, had Jam waited upon, and remind ed of his wife's request that he would advocate and support the. measure. I he appeal could not be withstood, and he promised to try on the coming day. hen the House met Mr Dobbin was present.; " The bill had been re considered, and was then pending" on a motion to appropriate 25,000. Mr. Dobbin proposed a substitute and sug gested a plan by which, in four years, the State could raise 85,000, and in advocating this measure he delivered,, in the language of the Maleigh Regis ter, "one of the most touchingly beau tiful efforts," ever heard in the Legis lature of the State. The bill was pass ed almost unanimously. . . While Ave refrain from eulogy, (be cause of biography,) let us say that this, if no other effort, should place Mr. Dobbin n the hearts of all good men, as one who appreciated intellect, and felt deeply for those who by mis fortune, accident, chance, or other wise had lost it. "lie prizes life, who knows its value he prizes intellect, who from experience and the workings of intellect, has made its power known.' These were truisms with Mr. Dobbin. The best monument for any man is that which commemorates his good deeds. The 'Dix Asylum' is Mr. Dobbin's monument! That, if nothing else, shows him to be the patriot and phi lanthropist. He Was a delegate to the Baltimore Convention, in 1852 was the leader of the North Carolina delegation, and after, the nomination of Mr. Buchanan had been given up . as beyond hope, he made a most gallant effort in behalf of .General Pierce, which was followed soon by the adoption as the choice of all the contending parties in this body, He was elected to the Legislature in that year for the, last time was nominated hy the Democratic party, in caucus, for the United States Sen ate, but not receiving two votes in open session,, from Democratic members, his friends had not the numerical force to elect him, and the State" from that time until 1854 was represented in the Senate bv the Hon. George E. Badger. . In the year 1852, Mr. Dobbin was khe State Elector of the Democratic party and attended several meetings to address the? people. After the elec tion, he received an invitation from General Pierce to become a member of his Cabinet, and after the maigu ration on the fourth of March, 1853, he was chosen bv the President for the Navy Department. From that time forward f to the incoming of Mr. Buchanan, the history of Mr. Dobbin, as a ptiblic man, is the history of the Navv itself. 1 How he bore himself 'in his great office,' is spoken tmmpet tongued throughout the landl, " Of his energy, his readiness, his decision, his incorruptible: integrity, his influence, his administrative capacity, his sug- gestiveness of mind, his unrivalled sue cessl there are witnesses on sea and land. None Was 'ever more beloved than he, whether jlie sat in office disposing or-withholding patronage, or in the do mestic and social circle, joyously par ticipatmg in the pleasures of life. He was firm in his purposes, decided in all his convictions of duty, and exact in execution, however pamiul; ye those who may have fallen under the condemnation of his judgement or his official policy are ready to acknowl edge that he was upright in all his aims not 'set down aught m malice. Broken in health, he retired from public service with President Pierce came home to receive the joyous wel come of the State to be fanned once more by the! breezes that he loved to repose for a time in the sacred retire-! ment of his own chamber, and there to die? ' 'I ' ' 1 " ' Translated from tbc " reach. An Overruling Providence- Father Beauregard had just preach ed in one of the churches of the capital his beautiful sermon upon Providence, whiciUke all his other sermons, had drawn ' together a considerable crowd of auditors.! Upon returning home, he had just disrobed himself; in order to rest after jhis extreme fatigue, wben rest axwrinis ff?7 stranger Wa8;announced desirous to a seehiuv 4 ?Ttking time pnlj to change his aress,t,nei at once, presentea . nimseii to the unknown visitor, whose manners and appearance denoted him: to be an artisans 'vh: - -- C ? What do you wish? sir? - said the venerable preacher. ,'1! jL-.-i To speak with? you W moment, re plied Ithe sttanger in 1 a' manner so agi tateu as ai once 10 arrrsi uw all;u.lLMLI.,1 llJ i'"To - v of Father Beauregard. ;V-. f-ic n-nlinfrlt' r f c?TT. fho nrrnihV' l am ready to listen. Sit down ... 'I have just heard your sermon, sakl- uiu ariisau. ; . 'Well, I am gh4 of it, for J, havej said some thinga which shbutd not he lost upon either ofi us.' ' , .Jjl . 'Oh! sir, you have certainly spoken beautifully. Nobp&y could have jdonoJ Detter- lou nave extolled the bene fits of an overruling Providence.' Buti sir, I do not believe in Providence. There is no Providence for me. Wait a minute, and judge for yourself, ram a carpenter by trade. I have a wife and three children. -We are honest working people vho never wrongedltatin,; fa It would seem surpfi any one, inquire s about,. me in my neighborhood, and everybody will ter you that N. is an bonest man, getting. I - I'-"' .1 ' . H I Bi '. nis living Dy tne jsweat oi ms orowt; hat he pays his debts; that he doeS,farrn!: that oneo vielded' bountifully not drink; that he does not play ; an3 that he takes good care of his family j x can easily Deneve an tins, myi ! 1 1 " iJ 1.-1 T-i1 T) . 1 neiiu, ,, liuerrupien xainer jeaui- gard, much touched by the heartfelt words of his visitor- 'but to what dogs all this leadi and1 What connection is there between these details and your unbelief in Providence?" -;-! " Youshall hear: yon see before you, a man resolved to throw himself into the river ?" ! . ' , " Good heavens !" cried Father Beauregard, justly jalarmed at this ac'-i knowledgement. f 'God preserve you rom such a fatal $tep ! You not odh! y kill th'e body, btult you peril th saM! vation ot your own soul. What has: given rise to such a jdpeadful thought?" r i ! J . 1 "Sir, a nave lust met witn a neavy. oss by the failure of a debtor. I have iabilities which become due on th& 30th of this month, and I cannot meet" them. It will be the first time my sigf ; nature has been dishonored, and I cans' not bear the idea bf this disgrace. It is after having in jvain solicited assis tance from my friends who would be glad to help me if! they could, that I' determined to drown myselt. . .' . " But, my friend, what will become - of your wifej who loves you, your ehil-f dren who need you, if you drown your-: self?" " The poor man's tear$answefe"d; to these interrogatories, but he. replied, after a moment's pause, "When I rm dead the world will take pity on them cannot live to sete them bear the bur den of my shame. 1? " How was it then, with such 4 frightful plan as this in contemplation; you came to hear me preach ?" f "It was only bf chance, sir; 1 hacf no intention of doih? so. - I was in thcl neichborhood of' the church and no ticed the crowd entering mechanicals ly, as it were", I went in with the resj;f 1 asked whq was going to preachy they; told me a celebrated priest. Pre mained and 5 heard you through f all you said was very good, very fine, but 1 was still m the dark ; 1 could see no" Providence for'inel!" "' ' What, to hearlmy sermon, to come? and see me,' to confide in me, and yefc 11 , 1 " i : . t . : i - in an tnis you ao noi recognize a rro videncc?" - 'j .iC1 For a moment the man was silent; and then replied : ! .. "It is strange,! sir, very strange, still I see no way for me to pay. my. debts." During this interview the heart 'of the good priest wa$ deeply movea ; ije had heard the unhappy man's story whose manners andlanguage sufficientv ly attested his veracity. Without turf ther investigation fye resolved at onc 10 act m ms ueimii. . Listen, my friend' said he to him? I believe you to be an honest man; unfortunate through the agency 'of others, and I wish I 'eould help you ,ou of your trouble. How much money will cover your debits ? I am not rich still I can contribute-something "tb wards making up Itljie sum. 'Oh! sir, you are too good ! Les than three thousand francs will, suffice" me. Father Beauregard rose, opened Jus secretary, and taking therefrom a huhf dred louis, returned to the poor:ar'ti san, and said: " My friend, here ar a hundred louis. I should not hav been able tohaveklpne this myseTf; bu a few days since the princess Clotilda after haring ; heard ine preach on chariS;; ty, sent me a largo sum 01 moneys begging me to use ', tt for the benefit of?. the untortunate, land to dtstnbute w to any whom I shptkld jdgeworthy .scrtjJ the tricl euiiianiou of his bosom assistance. It has already done nW fer sorac iairer ami deceitful coquet, good softened the ills of many ; Mionc wJli win no longer be available, my friend, your-v,Sit here, at ttoyi haye t0 t entirVnew. cnticalguncture ptj ana rs, is view, a stream of light upon the .waj of God to man. j lake this money, pay your debts, and belijeve in an over ruling Providence." j " - . Full of surprise, and j overwhelming trratitude, the poor carpenter fell' on his knees at tlie fet of the good fath-? er ; he could not . speak a, woruV raismg.his streaming. eyes. to, leavcii in a language m0re powerful - than wd5 expressedlhd joi' of bis delih ; " - , M 1 " Bnoreeuri Froac Jesuit jincWr, Av&rA ia. GmoMnj la 180t. !' J ' i- .-, , . .;Tjjf- If yoa fall into misfortune, diseuv gage yourself as well as you : caii!. Creep through: 5 bushes that have ihe fewest briarsi "" ' ;,-Some people use one-half, theiR ia genuiiy tdget int debt, and theoth At The Fxhaustion of the SoiL I The idea extensively prevails (says th ew lUrleans Bulletin,! among those" who are not in the habit of think ing closeljf upon any subject, that jthe soil is inexhausible ; that they'iaay continue to dfaw Vfrom- it crdjp 'ker crop in perpetuity, and it will still con-.-tmue 1 to yield" the precious products tnat clothe and "support .man, Xet every farmer knows by experience,' whenever lie does think of it -'that this . is far from being the facL He , can call to mind many an "old field," even jn this- new country, that is already f'Worn out as the phrase goes, and vVi?h trill jrt rf-n'xxr for ihft lnhrtl ff 4ng that in the United States, millions of acres'of j whoso virgin sou have never been disturbed by the share of jthe plowman, there should already appear which have become utterly exhausted,-, and , are in consequence worthless. Yet such U the fact. The quantity of land that has been robbed of a portion of its elements, and thereby beenmidC useless, is greater than many psripto are awar? of. Sucb lands exist in al most every State in 'the Union, buV more especially in the South. InY-. ginia, tlie Carolinas and Georgia, there ' arc great quantities of Vueh worn out lands, and they may be found even in the new and rich States of Alabama,' Mississippi and Louisiana. There are "old fields," within :ight of tho Mis-; sissippi river, of which the planter and his1 family and hanlls have taken leave, gone to find new lands and rich lands, io be subjected in turn to a -like pro cess of depletion and exhaustion.! iin many ot the fetates, tne routnern States included, the lands yet tilled in many places yield diminished crops,. and every year witnesses a smaller re turn for the labor spent upon them. The evil is becoming one of great mag nitude, and already is extensively pre valent. It is beginning trj excite at tention, Ave might say alarm, in many querters, and very justly; for if -tho. Jsame evil process of taking from (the soil and returning nothing to it,,which has hitherto prevailed almost univer sally throughout the South and Yest, and to a considerable extent through-1 out the whole country, should continue unabated for a few years longer, a large proportion of the soil at present in cultivation would become exhaus ted and refuse to yield its income I It appears by the census returns that the wheat lands of Alabama, as well as of other States, have become impoverished to such , an ex tent that the vield per acre has already greatly diminished. The same thing - is true of other kinds of crops inmanyof the State's of the Union. -The same truth will hold good in reference to cotton and tobacco lands, and the time has fully come when public attention should be every where , directed to- w,ards the growing evil. The South ,is a peculiarly agricultural regional and she is therefor peculiarly interested in this subject. Yet hitherto "it; has never, so to speak, been ' thought of. W hen. the . fields have given out, as they have not unfrenuently done, in many quarters and in. various, if rrtt all ot the pouthern States, what has been thepractical consequence? Did tlie owners ever tninK ot repicnisning them by artificial means ? Not at all. They went" to Texas ! Or if not to Texas, they'moved where the lands were "rich. Tho old helds, like a traveler robbed of all his plunder," were left to take care of themselves, and they Invited the weeds and briars to come and cover from mortal gaze -the cruel spoliations to which they had been so remorselessly subjected I It must be evident even to the su perficial observer that this exhausting process 'cannot . -.go on ,forever. j The " rich Jands," will all.be taken up af ter a while, and what is worse, they will In their turn become, poor. ; And then whaf 2 . The tides of population , have already overflowed the nibun taius,jind joined hi the, lullaby which the placid Pacific sings to the . setting sun.. Thenceforward, they must flow back with an ever increasing Impetus. f The. new States will .soon be peopled an d the nch lands taken up. , lho. people of the: " old States" will there fore find the old custom of robbing 1 their lands and running away ifrom , policy. They will hare toinaugui igurate the policy of compensation; .that is, of returning to, , the -soil the elemcnU which are. indispensable to the produc tion of the crops whieir they require. The phllbsophy of old and worn oMi fields is very, simple and easily undeisr j?isltbod ji. vegetable production sijcU i I ai corn or cotton, requires certain ce . thcir pWth. These elements exist m tbe od limited quantities, and when they havo been exhausted by constant repetition rofycrops,j without, any return atttn elements in question, tne sou 01 courso gives out, and .crops fail because! their elements arc no longer found in it. In order lo restore to f&rtility, these elementsrmust be brought back in ?a .rious kinds of fertilizers, such as hones, guano, the offal and sewerage of cities, allies, st aide manure, t tc, ec, Tho t - 4 A, -'I-