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I TCflJUAJT iss payablfe in Two Dutl'ars ener&l I.. ALlibllv, fte&rates. - A ib- il&MrlRipbytefn.Gei5 Saturday i:ifcf,!,toaced.:tbt Rev Dr. MtSiKhJ:Pidfitithe follow: lBW furnish .i . l m ' trjust; , mat you ihe; sentiment enit body, the of the Presbyterian L&illrfsiisantreiTiinisceac iva-na-n pan oy in a Tie I fi r st - A ril eV i c an C o n r yfhMiffiirst con vocation in the !Oiyinited1States; Do not I iin m WPM Wf : ministers ot fipWrs h1 MaFisiiaq cnurcues,- riiif lte Vdur Excellency has : ' ' P- i 1 " - ;rv !' Hv n!---' 'f ' 1 1 , . v r , ! .. '.-:-:! !T I , , i. - . f" I'll"? - J. JrlBRltNRif i! J !'-- i iht! m: Miter 4" iyoprfcoj-j W -'11 1 EXP A CHECK Urov iLL TOC RULEKSi SALISBURY, ; h- ",aaPt",na!,0PiPritftltb religion. pentyf our common j country; Again thanking them for thWJriL'!.'.: hem a pleasant j sojourn, and a happy re turn tqheir homes. Hj ! 5 llJ 60 tms, asd Liberty is sxrE." ien l jiarriton. NEW (SERIES. VOLUME IX NUMBEH C. having unani. address ! the remembered your Excellency !)MVi$i-6uf frojfauhd res rf&UMMgMratie of this free, tef&znMipMtWt cpbnjr)V A self- ? I: kMUW irmh dsnu rrtfi nr. -of In vial. i texpoli lidfe inspired triuth,! we : q u 1 e t a n d ' j p e a c e a I j 1 e Jgo6(l rulers.' and; good 7ymm lheg;ratst bl& mm MM i A SPEECH OF MRi 'WEBSTER. rTip py QomS ' of mpusly rbvited Mr " Waster U people inJ Faneuil Halfflt wil lliS that a year or so ago, ib reflltea the Hall for that purpose,) he ceplld jjhi Illation, and spoke oh the 23d jult.,; at oidingf political sub. jectii Vetnake 4e (bilowin eliraeu J be Tory writers of? England, whose aim, as you-; well know, genitleinen has generally .been to show thaflbe pedple are best governed when they have liule or no shkre in the gov. ernmentj maintain that llose above can govern tltose below better than toose below can govern themselves. That;isn4ourthebryJ We hold jthat tberp is nothing abqe, jaridj nothing below -that all stand oi an Jequaliiyi pleach Enjoys his part of the pubjic prosperityand suffers his portion of the public adversity each at the same time bearing jhis prt,f and; exercising his appropriate right in the poIitickl lconCerns of his country. Dr. Johnson, one s oi the writers of this echool, says: 1 1 : j , Ilbw small of all that hqman hearts endure, The part that kings or laws cani cause or cure ! Now, the truth is, that kings or laws can cause orj cure most -evils belonging to sorial or individual life ; they can establish; despotism ; they jean restrain political opinion ; they can prevent rhen from espresijng their free thoughts; kings and lawsjcan impose intolerably burden soma taies ; ihey can exclude the masses from '-rt Id ess, that a ZTX Cf" vvlts call bi n Father- ? "jT ", a a,i,! lZluW. u ,u.wncn IDe 7:JTifl" iti'j if i m .1 , puouc gooa ana puonc liiDeities wul be destroy. WVWi ed aod Sodden do?n bl military power : tbey' mTmVr i " P" ,C' an Mruc--lh progress of education and wreM ff jo guide the swolleHj knowledge ; they can rfhdex men servile serfs; p4tiOJall grief into the chann and thev can darken, blind, land almosr fctim. 'sifUpfm'lihiyve ver ourselves Vguishth4 intellectuil element (of humanity. Is i(liot c4nibu$ness jf the ten- not this tnuch ? ; Are not the$e great evils ? no aoes not reel that jibe political institutions 4f his rpuntry, according as they are good or eiL are the very elements bf his happiness or misery t ' " i U : , It is true, it is very tfue, that a man's condi. tioima depend, iq maniy f4spectson personal circumstances, o bis hbialtbj, oh thfe state of his fankly, bn hi meahs rhe j educktion of his chil'erij but his fort urie, good "or evil, is influ enceil deepl)f, mainly and essentially by the Jaws ol his country. 0d that, I lake it, is the MWi ..'Pep,f t 4aveirved that lh4 remnants n!14n;prtees i arer accustomed to Mtlie rresRient gt t hie country as i1 .i.!i"r:i:3 ' - u.l.1' :i e6tyittpr6prr.ety ot ts respond the desig ns a body, . '-i te. . 6 ...; , iViiW -tnmlk rtfsJ lvt 5 mrhnr!f u I man T pa pi ft M jfithijrf! feitibo'-whilU juhites the ;6fhilbulrf to their chosen Pre- apit.e ri o verlpoked amid !jisipMryspii it :ut which we ovoetasfcnuitiivate and ex- Tbloga '.paMr our :lody- are lay- i, MitJ wMe .of ;thf flnr ha ve h!eltl or noivv iitemfilrc i tiosi lions as Go v. ;4B &Wsilluilges of line highest DelrsiorS.tatb;or National rff WWi ldy, ve have ho tt!riiM i associations. We pf?Qxfa between Church ?f1'iiit''ojt" e' Rresu mpt u -AErjkh4tour pecjuliar rela pflf 0vicitizejiis Imay exert nfpvl,?; Ml :uf pouniryKv we je- .. i.-.if I" ) "V OLD luailRIU IUI lit ilia cnn llflhpitn iiMn Is compos-1! Wfe:ilcjcftions of religious truth, iihr.fl ! Hifl virtn" 1 WiaiiaV-which are at fBlWSrifr proiec- fSt:hf Viit.rinnf irtfofocf (n t-nn 'Mnmrrnrlii t!hat.w rri. ?f Hil!4'D'l-e than fif- l,aau? :q?ces :irom correspona &f:ffr3tts;m4ni hundreds ffit jUiHon, ril fraterhal ne ttfbts of the; 4 willows jcputses,' j binding the great sdfut ion of the question now no longer a matter of doubt, but heretofore' a question sub sisting all over Europe the jrue nature of the happiness and prosperity of j the people of the United States. But "say to you and to our whole country, and to th) crowned heads and aristocratic powers' and feudal systems that exist; that it is to sel(governrnent ; the great principle of popular representation land admin istration ihe system t$at lets ia all to partici pate in the couiisels.tbat; are to assign the good or evil oj all that we 4,ay e Vhat we are and what we hope jto be. Cheers, Why, gentlemen, who does not see this ? Who supposes that anything; but the indepen dence of the country would jbave made us what we are ? Suppose, that,, mother England had treated us with the utmost indulgence ; that the counsels most favorable to the polonies had prevailed ; that vva ha4 Ibeen; made a spoiled child ; I say to yoti, a a; I; have said before, and shall continue to say tfll I the- time of my death, that it is hot in the nature of any colonial sys tern of government tolralse a count ry and raise a nation io the highesfvphchi of prosperity. It is independence ; Jselgjovernrrient ) the liber- . . t i f . i the people loimajKQ. laws loruaemseives, as elevated us Irotin tie suudued leeling ty of that has compac,t sod, cpn- to4a strong arid decided tET Wr. religious sy mpa- .'ill", iriHV'iv not appropriate bun ii-rn bam. . . . . . ' h .f -riiv.-jHUi '". 9 i;nsiruci oun It ivVaM-o a 'f, "v?- u iv i um a nut unsaic, td elevaffa mm W& ' VerV hibhest nbsiCiori " .V I, 1 with- returns thousands ir) ges, resorting to th lore tht ny i Uod upQt li4i TI Tsnui:4it utMivir priter id4nd Mthe hurddnf vm J of TMlS f 'I81 1"' ?i jJ'v-,:" - V w T MM as'rolJ mis .Kind receptiori. PKUlPfP1 thcrKslurances of f f SflVctibn.' f f.ntt': L Il k '' ' I I i: lflWr toth s PsucafKi;r La,,u .imposing an ec- 0IlQS!f! .exiiwd. hejdt, TO ,n rPgard to the tiki' tf m UfAdiof the in deed (is where we ol colonlM subjectjonlahd p -are.-', It? is independertcej.: !; , : : '1 I ' j ; - ! H . llailj independence ifball tliou next; best gift To that of. life arid an iim mortal soul! va?ftft ifVi"irr f oi the na- id t Itt r. '-it J . ' 4 v asiiuauon where lot l?and H4nd, it 'wis till wedfi ?llterslslNrsonaly Ifeefore left thp AA iGentlbmen, I havef said that our blessings grow essentially frbrre or form of government, from the satisfaction of the ; people with tha form, and their desiref to help on the general progress! ol the count yi iThejre is rio true Ame ricaii who does not rejoice la he general pros perity oi the couniry!; whbjjdoes jriol delight, day andrhighl, in eftecing;Jhat oiir progress is onward, that thej people are more happy, and more and more enjigitenfed,,jsuccessful and renowned every dajy4 bis ls a sotirce of par ticular happiness jo j every ihohest! American heart. Whatever his individual condition may be, however fortunatf or untrtunaie ; in what ever! circumstances ojf elevaiioii or! depression he may find himself,? he still partakes of the general prosperity 'of the country.' Cheers. He hasjn short, 4 dividend (if Ijmay jise a commercial expression) he has ! a dividend, pavaldelhol quarterly but daily out of the! fuudf of eeneral bapptnesaTid prosperity; which the country jenjoys. J " , i ; j Rathe a curious" lincjdeiil happened lately, in l!rh i name! was enrolled fith those of m 0 n i nfiiinary. fbrtthere ''Mot. icodrW no end! to blunders. : Tbetefaftpead lan.trticle-jiii ,;the Royal Gazette of Madrid, intended to be civil to tile American SfcMry!.of State, in which he was declared to be the author off that great and illustrious production koown and honored in most countries kt Websiert iDiclionar of AhB English Language.'; Ye shades ofilV-ah Webster ! How jou liot jbej fiended by this intrusion on ypar rights! and your repose. He make mv jjtcfionary if bej wilt explain, be! never couldlhje, iijidinjrfpf! g kI And!thiwould hi jtrue1,; it must jbeg leave therefor' to discla m tlSo tbrripliment of the Royal iiouri Gateltie of! MadridJahd decline to be classed with mii of jlettejrsk J lb f bo litcraryr sense of that pbrase.Jcertiqly:amj nomaaof lelteVs il tttihougrWhW official; dW es require it; it is irue that I Mv! spfneftmf i Written a vv niBiucu, iiir, iJutKe cav mat limd i measured br the Dassaoe a! iAm tkr... raen minds. If jtbat be iotwpiVe a great while in a few revolutions of IheaVth1 around the son. If new ideas, new thoughts; new conL tpmplations, new hopes, constitute life, why then we have lived much, whether we have lived many or few years1, according as they ar usually estimated, j Tfae age i rerhlrkable.-l ew thoughts press, and new inventions crowd qppn Us. We used to say proverbially, that a hing was dor.e as quick as thought but that s a lingering mode of expression hwla .-dayi great many things are dona mach picker ban fome men's thoughts. "Though cannot ceep yp with electiciiyi While we are talli. ng, the thoughts cannot travel, as fast as elec ricity can give them to ihe world. While I am how speaking, the ' world which - last left my lips has already been seized by lightning, and before I can utter a few sentences' more, will bo i ead hot only in New York and Washing, jtonj but also in Savannah, New Orleans, Cin cinnati and St. Louis ; and my words will all be read with some interest, not because they are mine, but because they proceed from Fan eujl Hall, from which place all ktiw that ib iiiiponani perioas ot the past, no voice was heard but that of determined, resolute, nation al patriotism. ; ' -j in". ':, : I So, gentlemen, we live much, though our years may be few. j For my part i hardly envy the patriarchs for the many years of their lives. They neither saw as much, uur enjoyed as much as we see and enjoy. . In truth, 1 do not think very highly of the felicity of Methusaleh's lon gevity. ;; li;H ; ' j Fellow-citizens, let us be grateful for all our blessings, and perform our duties cheerfully and readily, as men, as patriots, and as Christians. We all feel that we have a county, not Bos ton alone, nor Massachusetts alone,: but com posed and bound up by that vast uhlon of inde pendent states which are united under a com Imon Constitution. The inhabitants of these, tates are all fellow cilizens, and he is narrow in his prejudices and his politics who would re-, jeel any of those citizens from the great Ameri can brotherhood. ; fs Wq see here, to.day, delegate mernbers from one of the greatest Christian denorriinations in the United States, coming from the 'North pro bably, certainly from the South and ; West. And who is not glad to see them? Applause. They f orne as friends, and who woitid ,. vish to see , bem in any other capajy33fcndsas for my- self, gentlemen, I say t&them,!I bid you wel. come. Line memoerrot the Methodist Con ference now rose in a body. iji bid you wel come to Faneuii Hall, the birthplace of Ameri can liberty. Welcome to Boston, the seat of pMimitMce, enterprise, and literature, welcome o Massachusetts, the home of public education. V'e welcome, you for your many Christian vir tues, and for the good you have accomplished in this country and abroad. In the course of my life I have not been ah uninterested reader of your history. I know something of Charles Wesley. Dying at a great age,- shortly after our independence was secured, these were bis last words, " The workmen die, but the work goes on." Cheers. The . workmen who j framed the institutions and th Constitution of our country have passed away but j their work i ives after them. Those same institutions and 1 that same Constitution have been upheld by Us, and I trust will be! sustained jjby oiir children forever. Although the woikrben rjay die? yet may the work go on. 1 ffj - ; I I have read, many years since, the biography of John Wesley, an extraordinary person, the great founder and apostle of the Methodist so cieties, who diedj I think, in 1791i; al the ad. vanced age of 83 years; His last words were, iThe best of all is, that God jis with us." These sentiments have been wonderfully illus trated in the subsequent history of Methodism, of which Southey said i so stronglyUhal it was Religion in earnest." j' ' ;i I S Now. ffentlemen.' we must not 'prolong this C, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1852. preSSy&TanIe r- n ' ' - .-'is .1 . ! . 'I !. .1 1 in . i i J eP a- ! -. 1 r occasion further. lately quoted an Mrritten long ago My friend, Mr. Hilliard, has extract from some stanzas, and which I remember frhm may properly he my youth, although I had not remembered their authorship. These to ou (he present " Ye Bolid men of referred occasion, une nne is-r ! ' L, Boston, make no long orauons. This I take to myself, and am bound to obey the tnjuction. I he concomitant line iaus in remarkably with the prevailing spirit of these t mes and this place ; f " ;j " Ye solid men ,of Boston, drink no strong potatrontL" Let us all give just heed to these admonitions. Laughjer. : I? 1 ' i But no, gentlemen, we cannot scan the future, T?o some degree the past may? interpret it ; but ih its whole length it lies far beyond bur vision. We mustlcommtt ourselves and our country to I be hand of Providence. We may indu ge hopes, high and exalted hopes, Humbly and meekly before God. that the prosperity and hap p'iness which we of this generation enjoy, will descend to our latest posterity, with j ten thou sand times the brilliancy of yonder setting sun I The Jennings Estate in England.Mr . S. S. Jennings, of Mobile, (formerly lot ifork District) claims to be tbjej rightful heir io the Jennings estate, itii Bnglapd. He says that not one single link! is want ing in his lineage froiti Chares4of 1681, dbwn to the day of his birtb tbat he is tne eldest male lineal jdcswnidant pf Charles and Mary Jennings, : who came from England, and was clierk of the court oi town 1 UVUM uiv of Elizabeth City county, p HamDton. Va.. in 168 U i ti rlbw in the clerk's office at Harbpton, at which place 143 acres of land were grant ed to them as emigrants ! from England. Mr. Jennings estimates ithe ?estae to be worth from forty to fifty roilliona of dol lars. The real estate fori to ei last fifty tlvv.1 Wars has yielded! abbfal ;$ iOjOOO an nually. Lord Howe hasa lorticlrtlof the rroi)erty under his co'itrpl ijByjirusitce,:for wbich iie has gtyeii kpsixiy ! f Mr. Jennings place a leV uJS oce.-: A qt i 5 with THUisDAT IIOSXIXO, iu TWaSAT-SEVlKTH. 1852. A resolution wai adopted, declining sincere thanks, Pn account of the pressure of businesl; tne invitation of the Committee of arrangements for a steam boat excursion. Thelforenoonjwas chiefly occupied Jwith the f cplort of Committees on synodial recordsft jThe unfinished bu siness being the !reot of thejBoard of Pubhcatioji was taci up and discussed without fipal action The resolutions on the raemdjrial of ib jCharlestion Union Presbyterian were lext considered. A motion was made tc recommit for further informaliori. Aftersdme discussion the - '. j C ' .... 1 motion was rejectedj and the debate on the resolutions was suspended. The Com mittee on devotional exercises reported the order of exercises of becoming Sabbath adopted. The election to fill vacancies in the Bpard of Education was made the 2nd order of the da" for Friday, and elec tion to fil) vacancies n the Directory of Princeton iSeminary-was made the order for the afternoon. 'jRbe following was the action of the Assembly : 1. Resolved, Tha the claims of the home and iforeign fiejuVdemaud a large in crease in the miriistfy of the Presbyterian Church, and thatjatfa iime when the can didates seem to be decreasing instead of increasing in numriri and death to be multiplying its ravages in the ministerial ranks, it is especiaiyl incumbent on the Church, tp use 4ll $criplurai means, to train up her youth wth more direct refer ence to tbe preaching of the everlasting gospel. : 1 1 j 2. Resolved, Tha,tbe Assembly recog nise with ratltudeh(e goodness of God in pouring oht bisgrajce upon several of ou rj nst i t ut ionV of learning during the past year ; and whilst t hefjctj u rches are i n voked to pray without ceftsing to the Lord of the harvest fur the continuance of his fa vor, the las$ Thursday of February next is recommended toU general "observance as a day of special grayer for the Divine blessing upon the youth of our land, who are pursuing their studies in literary insti tutions, and especially j that many of them may be called, and Qualified by the grace of God, for the work of the ministry. 3. Resolved, Thai this Assembly re-affirms its testimony fli regard to the impor tance of establishing education, upon a religious basis, as irecommended by pro ceding Assemblies J and viewing the church as a party interested in education, within its' sphere itlritfites its judicatories according to their wisdom under their va rious circumstances to see that the youth within their boundathaye-access'to institu tions of learning, vyhere the truths and duties of religion shall be assiduously in culcated. .-' i-r ! ' 4. Resolved, Thai the Board of Educa tion in its important departments of be nevolent operatiojir be recommended to the patronage of our churches, and that the Presbyteries &nd Synods endeav or to have its objects annually presented in such manner, as fuay be deemed expe dient with a view tp; increasing the means of educating ious ypuiig men for the min istry. ' : ). -jj ; '-j I . Afternoon Sesssbn.ti- The vacancies were filled in the (Board of Missions. The Committee o foreign Correspon dence reported a lift of Delegates to For eign Bodies. TheJDommittee on the Re port of the Directors of the Union Theo logical Seminary, reported A resolution commending the fithfulness of the Pro fessors, and recomftiending to the Synods of North Carolina and Virginia increased efforts to add to trfe; number of students adopted. The Committee on Bills and Overtures reported various matters ; tLose of chief interest re fated to the erection of a Presbyterian Church at Washington city, and he expeiehcy of exerting an influence in securing the rights of con science to Americkn. citizens in foreign counties. On the latter subject a debate arose which was arrested by the hour of adjournment. Char. Courier. the miiddl : and seventeen men to let down this reat sprinkle of humanity ino its last home on this earth. His Weight was not known Mobile Tribune. ' NEW FLUID. An emineht scientific man. 7?., rnn ff.- il ly n - , , . . ' vuriM run neicnenoacK, Haj.Iately published a learn ed work, which has made some noise under the name of Dynamics of Magnegim. He be. lieves he has discovered a new fluid,) or dy. namic element in nature, distinct from" mal netism, electricity, light or heat, though somt what resembling ihem. He gives it the sin gular name if Od. Those who are subjeci to, and perceive its influence, he calls sensUiti buch are capricious and whimsical, bard io bp pleased persons, easy to be put out of h.,mirJ Phe phenomenon may be manifested tnus. Lay a natural crystal as large a one as possi ble, horizontally across a table, or the arm of a chair, so as to leave the extremities IVee.-i-Let the sensitive person hold the palm of ihe left hand towards the ends of the crystal, at a distance of three, lour or six inches. In the course of a minute, he will acknowledge, thil from the apxof the crystal a cool current strikes the hand ; but, when the band is held toward its bjise, a sensation of lukewarmness is experienced. The first feeling is pleasant !; the other, disagreeable, and accompanied by almost a nauseaiing sensation, which, if the hand be continued in the same position, seizes on the arm. and produces a feeling 0f fatigue. Persons nosensilive jxerceive nothing ! These opposite effects can be produced with out touching the crystals; and with very seri sitive persons at a distance ot several feet and therefore Reichenback was of opinion, ih something emanated, or radiated, unknown tp physical science. Iu darkness, this fluid has become visible of various colors, and bell shape, now sparkling, then disappearing in sort ol fine mist. The same force may be found to eminate hjom other sources. Experiments made with ai magnet are beautiful, and light and color are emitted. Od may spring from a common source with magnetism and electric! ty, light and beat ; but their common origin cannot be proved; and so, at present, Ihey must be treated of as a special group of phe nomena. Xeirark Sentinel. ! I! Touching lncidenl.--The Louisville Zem ocrat relates the following touching incident : " An aged mother a woman of seventy years left her home in the Emerald Isle some teu weeks ao, lo seek Ihe abode of herchij. dreh, who are now resideuls at Louisville.-4-Afier a ledujus passage, and he trouble inc. dent to a long journey, uhe reached this city from New Orleans, last Monday night, on board the Alexander Scott,, and soon she was sur rounded by her children. Her son was the first to see her, and he hastened to inform his sister of their mother's arrival. They met the mother and the daughter in one long em brace, which only ended as the iufirm mother sank with excitement to Ihe floor. She had swooned away in the rapturous enjoyment ot beholding once more a daughter so long lost. She pronounced a blessing upon her children, and lainted away. Whenever restored to con sciousness, the sight of her children, and the pleasing recollection of their presence, would overcome her with emotions, and again and again she would faint in their arms. Physj cians were called to her aid, but could afford her no relief. For two days she coniinued in this condition, until worn out by latigue and excitement, exhausted nature gave way, and the mother how sleeps well' in the new greeh earth of her new made home. How strange, how sorrowful, and hbv touching are the iuci- - 114 VI IIIVi A WONDER. j According to some Italian journals, a new organzed being has been disco vered in the interior of Africa, which seems to form anlntjermediate link between vege table and finimal life. This singular pro duction has the shape of a spotted serpent. It drags itself along bn the ground, and, t instead of a head has a flower shaped like I ... : . i . . .. (. a. bell, which contains a vicious liquid. Flies and and other insects attracted by the smell of the juice, enter into the flow er, where they are caught by the adhe sive matter. The flower then closes arjd remains shot until the prisoners are bruised and transformed into chyle. The indigestible portions, such as the head and - I .1 .' 1 . i I thrown out oy two aspired The vegetable serpent has a A Great Man. John Schafer, of Mont gomery county, who died a few days ago, aged sixty two, is described as follows by the Rev. Mr. Rinefiatt : The deceased was the largest mafi ye ever saw. The coffin was sufficiefllly largo to contain five men pf ordinary size measuring in width' three feet fourJnches in the clear and three, feet neight. iThrce men oould have workedpn it at the same time with convenience. Ijlt required six men to take him from the bed on which he ex pired This was dpne by raising a plat form, removing the fcead- board of the bed stead, and taking bfm out end wise. They could not get the coffin into the house, but by taking off the door facing of an old vacated bouse tha stood in tire yard, they got it into that, aha ;carrieed the corps thither on three empty bags. A wagon and four horses stood prepared, and ten meti placed the coffin and its Contents up on It. In letting dbwn the coffin into the graven they had twp lines doubled one at each end, and iarge i well tope in wings, are openings. skin resembling leaves, a white aad soft flesh, and, instead of a bony skeleton, a cartilagenous frame filled with yellow marrow. The natives consider it delicious food, at leakt so says the paper from whicjh we copy the above, but we consider tne whole story a fabrication. j Commencement ai tMi Universily. We copy from the " (JniversiiyLMagazine," the following announcements in relation to the commence ment exercises . i The sermon to the Graduating Class will be delivered 'by-Rer. S Slilton Frost, a member, of the Class. - The Address before the two Literary Socie ties will be delivered Wednesday forenoon, by Thomas S. Ashe, Esq. of Wadesborougb. j The Address before the Alumni Assoeiatiln will be'delivired Wednesday afierooon,y Hon. Abraham Rencher, late Charge d Affairs to the Kingdom of Portugal. ! The Alumni Association cbose their orator from ihe class thai graduated thirty years ago. Mr. Renehef graduated in 1822. j I- A wit beiner told that an old acquain tance was married, exclaimed, ' I am glad to hear it" But on reflecting a moment be added in a tone of compassion and for givnss, And yet Ldon't know why I narm. should bey he never done me any LIFf: AID DEATH OF AN OY; . Toe liife of arshell fish is not one varying rest. Observe the phair individual oyster jrom the momrr.: earliest embryo life, independent . ternal ties, to trie consummation of i: tiny, when the knife of fate shall s muscular chords, and doomlt toe;: ment in ai living sepulchre. How it forth into the world of waters I as unenlightened people believe, L shape of a minute bivaldd, pre: graverfiied arid stcadv ovslerlinr. it enters upon Its career all life a n ! tion, flitting about in the sea as gay! lightly a a IbuClerfly2 or swallow through tne air Its first appearan microscopcyst-cherub, with wi: lobes flatfkTnJj a mouth and shoulJt . encumbered with inferior crural pre! lions. It passes through a joyous r. vacious juvenility, skipping up and i as if in mPckery of its heavy and ir.i: ble parents. It Voyages from ojit; : and, if in ;uck, so as to escape the v, ful voracity of the thousand enemic ; lie in wait or prowl about io: prey v youtn and! inexperience at Angth. L v sown its jwild oats, settlesglown i : steady, solid, domestic oyster It bec the parent of fresh broods lof oyster c ubs. J As such it would live and die I ing its shell, thickened through old a serve as its monument through all ti a contribution towards the const ri; of a fresh geological epoch, and a layer of the earth's crust were it ti t the gluttony of man, who, rending t!.l ber citizen of the .sea from ii'is native carries him unresisting to busy chit ; hum of crowds. Jf -a-hatidsomc, shaped and well flavored oys"ter,hc i troduced to the places of the rich ai ble. like a wit, or a philosopher, or a j to give additional relish to their su : ous feasts. If .a sturdy, thick bac strong.lasledindividuar.-fate cbnsi-t : to the capacious tub of the street fis!, ger, from whence, dosed with coarse 1 ' pepper and pungent vinegar, emb .! partly after the fashion of an ; king, he is transferred to the hungry :.: ach of a costermonger. Qudr. Rlii. TOLITJCAL MAXIMS. Politics! used to be a science, it i: ; nothing more than a game. Cbnsistfency used to bea je'lvel of ! value ; itjis now generally regarded thing not worth wearing. Every c:. illustrate j ibis by examples Pccu;. within bis own observation. ; Trickery used tp be regarded as spicable expedient to gain t positi trust, honor or profit ; now it is the expedient to which politicians have course. ' ' Integrity and ability were once 're ed as a necessary prerequisite for r." r didate asking office to possess; no frontery and presumption, based u broad foundation ofj ignorance, nr. most successful competitors for plac profit. j :--!:i'-;Wi.':i.;i;-- Duplicty and deceit in tlie ordinary fairs ol life are reprehended las thry serve ; but in politicians deceit and plicity have become characteristic butes. : ' -j; Vrv p" l -" Principles were once regarded r. test of a man's political '(standing ; i political principles are themselves j : by private opinion, and every man: so is a standard, i' :ii'f.'y ,:r:: The first principles of every scienc as immutuable as truth itself ; yet in science of politics but few seem wi!! to acknowledge the immutability cf principle. As soon as any doctrine conies expedient, it is at once adopl; a principle until expediency makes it cessary to make a change. I Principles before Men .was one? popular motto of political parlies ; : Men first, and Principles afterward the basis of party organization. In theory thejpeople are acknon k as t!lie bisis anil source Oif; political j er;in practice they jare regarded as necessary lo ratify. and confirm the i nations riade by political: tricksters. Political, Faith irij certain prir.c! was once a test of good "standing i:. party ; now the most heterodox r::; ' posite opinion are held by men cjai: of jmenihf r ; freqfien'! depart e;! the rights arid privileges in the sain. party; and i curs that they who hav most distance from political orthodt they who we honored with the gifts v. were once bestowed upori fidelity to ciplp.' 1 1 l.vj-.:U;:;:ij..: ''( ''M "-.'! -r H- " L 4 f - ! Amendments iby the Legislature. "I connection we Would remark!, that the C tut ion of the United States provides two : of amending ibat instrument, one by . lire enacjlment, .the other by a jConvej.;; that jrAireenafriele's or, amendments hav; addejj lo the Constitution since its ado;ii that ijheseiwerexarried through by the fi r t ; the same! mode by which Democrats f r to establish Equal Suffraze. We have yet beard! any man, Whig or Democrat; ( to this mode of amending the jConstit' ' the United States." Republican 4 i't-'. Nor have we ever heard any objection -1 mode of amending ihe Constitution of tl ted States nor do we tee how aay one c ject to tt.j But what bag all teat to u amending our State Constitution by Ler enactment ? We tave heWrj heard tl Stale Government of North j Carolina Federal Government, In any seme of i) i We have al ways supposed ihMjthe Sir.': ernroent proceeded from ihe people exc! and acted upon. the people in their c !! capacity, exclusively. We have never 1 contended that the counties, or District-, c distinct (divisions of the State, made r venience and political purposes, have l v relation l the State Governmnti as h . States of ihe Union have; to ihe; Gene r 1 ernment.i The State Government acts, essential particular, upon the bole r. people composing il.--2acbernian. iTOUcdaiUsUevolvtd. -: 1 ; I f Vi ii 1