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new' strifes. GIVE ME THE LIBERTY TO R- I. WYNNE, Publisher. VdL. V. NO- 119. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1852. 7p C. C. RABOTEAU, Editor. 1 i i KNOW, TO UTTER, AND TO ARGUE FREELY, ACCORDING TO CONSCIENCE, ABOVE ALL OTHER LID ERITES. ' ' Miltox. TERMS. Th Times is issued every Thursday, and mailed to subscribers at Two Dollars per a.uuin, in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid in six mouths; and Three Dollars if payment be delayed to the end of the subscription year. O To Clubs, we will send Six Copies for Ten Dollars, and Twelve copies for Eighteen Dollars, when the money accompanies the order. ADVERTISEMENTS, Not exceeding fifteen lines, will be published one time for One Dollar, and Twenty-five Cents for each 2 it Viunn !i out in.rtlnn fViiirt nrili.rs miff JTndirMMl Ad vertisements will be charged 25 per cent higher. A reasonable deduction will be made to those who ad vertise by the year. Letters to the Editor must be post paid. Money for the Office may be sent by mail at our risk, in pay ment for subscriptions, advertisements, jobs, &.C. H r Office on fayetteviij.e sr., oxe door below rosT OFFICE. FILLMORE MEETING IN NEW YORK. Ai me great popular demonstration m favor of the President in New York city, which was addressed by Messrs. Hum phrey Marshall, Gentry, of Tenn. and Brooks, the following, Address was adopt ed : ADDRESS. Fellow-citizens : When on die 10th of July, 1S50, an inscrutable Providence removed the Ruler elected by the people, the nation was consoled by a thorough knowledge-of the ability, integrity, patri otism, truth and statesmanship of his dis tinguished successor. Called thus unexpectedly to the Chief Magistracy he found himself beset with difficulties of an extraordinary character. The whole land was rent with civil dissen sions. and differing1 oninions. not onlv as 7 O I ' Y between opposing parties, but also each of the great political divisions, severed by in testine conflicts all referring to the same all absorbing questions. The Great Leader of our Party, who may with propriety be called its Father, had enunciated a mode of settlement, and aided by Webster and other leading spir its of the Whig part , having theJiearty co-operation of Cass and other distinguish ed members of the opposition they a greed substantially upon the plan of Hen ry Clay. During the life time of General Taylor all the antagonisms of the various parties, cordially united in opposition to the mode of adjustment" known to history as 'The Compromise of 1S50.' It was well known that the Vice Presi dent gave to that Compromise his cordial assent and consistent support. Succeeding to the Presidency at that critical period when collision between the fnrrpa ni n fnrfMorn Satf and the army of the United States was impending, involv ing in its consequences, as was solemnly believed by good men everywhere, the ex istence of the Union, Millard Fillmore, passing thus to duties the most responsible, whose weight he felt to be almost crushing, calling round him able and upright States men, concurring fn his views, manifesting his own desire to have these questions set tled immediately, yet declaring before God and man that he would maintain the Con stitution and execute the Laws, by the use of every means confided to him by virtue of his high office. Under these circumstances the compro mise passed and instantly approved, be came the Law of the land. Tt.o afTcrt TimHiwpri. was.' as anticipat ed, blessed. It removed from the arena of partizan and political strife the question of Slavey, a forced issue, which not even the extrem est abolitionist, nor yet the most ultra Se cessionist, can make gcrmain to the Great Charter of our Liberties. It restored to the Representatives of the people more legitimate pursuits, directing their immediate attention to the vital inter ests of all the people, before neglected. Millard Fillmore found in his own breast and in the hearts of the masses of his countrymen his reward; Every eye in the Union- was turned to liini. He possessed the "confidence and the regard of his fellow citizens generally. Public sentiment centered to the support of his administration, not only in all the do mestic affairs of the country affecting its industry, its commerce at home and with the outer world, the improvement of our rivers and harbors, the diffusion of knowl edge and the peace and quiet which he ar dently desired, should be restored to every section of the Union, but in all its foreign relations he preserved the dignity of his country, he caused her citizens and their rights to be respected in every quarter of the globe ; and while thus zealously watcn ing the interesfs of our people, he was e qually jusiin maintaining our relativedu tie? towards other nations. In all the relations of life, public and private, he has secured the esteem of good men by pursuing unfalteringly a just and upright course without guile, stain or re proach, that has advanced him continuous ly grade by grade to the higest station known to the Republin. He has dignified and elevated the office by proving conclusively that it was best virtue, honor and ability were, his attend ants and he has exhibited in his own per son and conduct the example ol the early Presidents that in the broad sense in which the fathers of the Union made man ifest the glorious meaning of our name pnd title that he was, although attached to a party the President of the United States, discharging all the duties and obli gations of his trust as a patriot and astales jnau and not as a partizan. From the Wadcsboro' Argus. THE PUBLIC LANDS. We desire again to call attention to the subject of" the Public Land3. The mon strous extravagance with which Democrat ic policy distributes the national domain demand a corrective at the. hands of the people : and it shall not be our fault if At be not speedily applied." By an official document commuuicated to the United States Senate, some time since, it appears that the Public Lands a mount to nearly one billion four hundred millions of acres. They lie in the States -and Territories, as follows : Statement of Public Lands remaining unsold and undisposed of September 30, 1S51. States and Territories. Ohio (1851)216 070 04 Indiana 1,002,665,40 Illinois 7 ,,996,757,24 Missouri 26,489,961,14 Alabama 15,426,566 00 Mississippi S,S41,39S 1 7 Louisiana 13,547,780 86 Michigan 19,932,179 96 Arkansas - 22,244,251 86 - Florida 32,S45,759 89 Iowa 25,474,607 4S Wisconsin 24,416,337 65 California 120,447,840 00 Minnesota Territory 50,064,148 84 Oregon Terriiory 206,349,333 00 New Mexico Territory 127,383,040 00 Utah Territory 1I3,5S9,013 00 Northwest Territory 376,040,960 00 Nebraska Territory 87,4S8,000 00 Indian Territory 119,7S9,440 00 Total 1,399,589,140 53 Making a grand total of one billion, three hundred and ninety nine millions, five hundred and eighty-six thousand one hundred and forty acres ! and to whom docs this magnificent whole belong? To the people of the United States of all the States of the old as well as of the new. They were purchased by the blood and treasure of all ; and all have an equal right to participate in the benefit derived from them. And equally divided among the States, according to federal population, the reader can calculate for himself what the proceeds of their sales would amount to for each. The portion that North Car olina would receive under such an arrange ment would enable her to hold her head as high as that of any sister of the Union. It would enable her to build her railways, open her rivers, improve her harbours,and furnish the means of moral and intellect ual culture to every poor girl and boy in the State. It would develope her latent resources, stimulate her flagging industry, and make her solitary places rejoice and blossom as the rose. Twelve or fifteen j ears ago that great and good patriot, Hemy Clay, seeing that the national domain might in time become a fund of corruption in the hands of gam bling politicians, matured a plan for the distribution of its proceeds amongst the States, so as to enable all equalh to par ticipate in its benefits. This plan " went into operation, and considerable sums were handed over to the States respectively. But in the es'imatit n of the Democrats nothing good could come out of Nazareth No measure of Mr." day's proposing, however just and salutary in its operations, could escape their carpings. They pounc ed upon this and denounced it in every form, manner and shape ; and the fourth instalment of the fund which had become due to the Slates, was withheld by Martin Van Buren (then the idol of Democracy) and his friends. Thus was North Caroli na prevented from receiving of her just dues, nearly a half million of dollars, by the Democracy, as the subjoined table setting forth what Avas due to each State will show: Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Vermont New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina Soulh Carolina Georgia Alabama Louisiana Mississippi Kentucky Tennessee Ohio Missouri Indiana Illinois "'" Arkansas Michigan . $318,612 75 228,028 93 446,057 86 127,445 10 254,890 20 223,628 93 1,337,173 57 254,890 20 955,838 26 95,683 83 318,612 75 732,809 34 477,919 13 350,474 63 350,474 03 223,028 93 159,306 38 127,445 10 477,919 13 477,919 13 669,086 78 127,445 10 2S6,75l 48 159,306 38 95,583 83 95,583 83 $9,367,214 98 To distribute the proceeds of the sales of the public lands amongst the rightful owners, was, in the estimation of demo cratic statesmanship, a great outrage againet the principles of sound economy, and a palpable violation of the Constitution of the United States ; but to give them away to the new States in which they lie, or, in plain English, corruptly and meanly to truck them off for votes, by which the par ty may maintain its ascendency in the na tional councils, is all exceedingly right and proper in the eyes of the patent Solonsand Lycurguscs of Democracy. And accord ingly under the lead of Messrs. Cats and Douglas, two of the prominent candidates of the Democracy for the Presidency, the following grants have, within a few years, been made by the Democracy in Con gress:' : "...,--;. The grants made to Ohio are these: v Acres For schools colleges, fcc, 727,528 For internal improvements, 1,243,001 For swamp lands, 303,329 In all, 2,273,858 There have been granted to the State of Indiana: ' '"".. Acres For schools, colleges, &c, 673,357 For internal improvements, 1,609,861 For public buildings, 2.560 t or swamp lauds, 981,682 Making an aggregate of 3,267,460 There have been granted to Illiuois : . Acres For schools, colleges, &c, 1,001,795 For internal improvements 500,000 For public buildings, 2,560 For swamp lands, 1 ,833,412 For Central Railroad, 2,700,000 Making an aggregate of 6,036,767 There have been granted to Missouri : . Acres For schools, colleges, .&c, 1,222.179 For internal improvements, 500,000 For public buildings, 2,560 t or swamp lands, 1,517,2S7 Making an aggregate of 3,244,206 There have been granted to Iowa : Acres For schools, colleges, &c, 951,224 For internal improvements, 825,078 For public buildings, 3, ISO r or swamp lands, 33,814 Add Des Moines lands claimed, say vuU.UUU Making an aggregate of 2,713,595 . The figures are furnished by the speech of a Democratic Senator, asking for more land ; they show that seventeen and a half millions of acres, worth more than twenty millions of dollars, have been given to five States to say nothing of otheis that have come in for large chunks of the public loaf while North Carolina, that ceded her own public lands to" the general govern ment for the common good, has. not been permitted even to pick up the crumbs that have fallen from the table of their super fluity ! And this, according to Democrat ic authority, according to the resolutions passed at almost every democratic meeting in the Slate, is "a wise and economical administration of the public lands !" "Oh ye simple ones, how long will ye love sim plicity !" How long will the people of North Carolina, and of the other Atlantic Stales be gulled by the hypocritical cant of Democracy! ! We call upon the people to open their eyes ; to mark this state of things ; and, at the ballot-box to remember those by whom their goodly heritage is thus traffick ed away. We do not wonder that the people of the new States, constituted as fallen man everywhere is, should vote the democratic ticket for like J udas they get their leward ; but that any citizen of North Carolina should be so broken to the harness of parly as to be able to stand and look on with complacency while his State is robbed and pilaged in this style,is, indeed, remarkable ! But the end is not yet. It is proposed by some of the prominent leaders of the Democracy and by Mr. Senator Douglas amongst the number to cede the whole of the Public Lands to the States in which they lie thus giving tohis'own State eight millions more, and io California a hundred and twenty millions of acres, with all their silver and gold, and other minerals, and leaving the People of the old States to pay their portion of the eighty millions of debt incurred in the Mexican war and other transactions growing out of it. Yet Mr. Senator Dougfas is a candidate for the Presidency, and a marvellously proper man in the estimation of the North Caro ina Democracy : and if he should be the nominee of their national Convention, they not only support him but tell all sorts of lies to prop his rotten cause. Such h the force of discipline amongst those who, infatuated by a word, have given them selves up to the following of the spoilers and pillagers of the country. Sooner would we seek the grave yards and feast with the ghouls than join ourselves with those who are striving to despoil our State of its rights. But Democracy has no re gard for the rights of the States or the good of the people ; and its devotees would play upon their fathers' coffins or fiddle at their mothers' graves to secure a triumph to those chieftains of its faction under whose auspices everything venerable and sacred in the policy of the country is assailed. Now what is the proper line of policy to be pursued by the citizens of the old Atlantic States in relation to the public domain ? Why evidently to vote for no democrats directly or indirectly, not even for the office of town constable, until their rights are recognized and respected. It is vain for us to think about participating in the landed heritage of the nation, while we applaud, or in any manner counten ance, those who are keeping us out of that heritage. Then up and at them every where ! Pursue them to the gates of their fenced cities ; and smite them even unto Harosheth of the Gentiles! DOUGLAS IN A FIX. Our readers well know, that "neither Gen. Cass or Mr. Douglas voted for the Fugitive Slave Law the most important to the South of all , that constitute the "entire series of Compromise measures." In common with us, we doubt not they are anxious to know why and wherefore. Will it ever be known why ? Gen. Cass has deigned to tell the why- only to his friend Nicholson, and" Mr. Douglas and his friend, as will be seen from an extract below, differ as to the wherefore. In the absence of all positive information, we think that honest men- every where will be forced to believe that both the man who "voted for the Wilmot Proviso without in structions,"' and he who "prays for the abolition of slaveiy everywhere," were ac tuated by personal considerations solely. These two worthies, the Interventionist and the Land Grabber, have ardent long ings for the Presidency, and they were of raid to vote . Each argued to himself in this way : "It will never do for me to vote for this bill ; if I do, farewell toNoiv thcrn support ; neither will it do for me to vote against it, for if I do, good-by eto Southern aid. I'll dodge, and in that way, stand a chance in both sections." Out upon such a want of independence, such total disregard of right, and such de votion to self. From the Fredricksbnrg Herald. When the question was asked in Con gress why Senator Douglas did not. vote for that provision of the Compromise the Fugitive Slave Law Mr. Richardson of Illinois, one of Douglas's peculiar friends, answered, by sayiuc, that he was prevented from being present in the Unit ed States Senate through sickness. Two weeks afterwards Mr. Douglas himself de clared that he was in New York at the time the vote was taken. If in New York did Senator D. go there to avoid the vote? Which version is correct or who can har monize the conflicting statements ? Did Senator Douglas dodge the "responsibility until he saw "how the cat jumped?" Whethet it would be a politic move to sus tain or oppose the Compromise Measures. But this is not all. Let the Democrat ic Press tell us why Senator Cass did not vote for the Fugitive Slave Law. Mr. Cass was neither in New York nor pre vented by sickness. '.Mr. Cass was there, on the floor of the United States Senate, when the vote was taken, but he never even so much as said a word, when the Clerk called "Lewis Cass." The "noise and confusion" was not so great that his coiddgYPrtwcgisbecn ne.arffinout 3"et lie failed to vote for this bill. Here then, gentlemen, are two of your prominent candidates, both of whom had an opportunity to vote for this peculiar measure, yet the one held his peace and the other absented himself! Eiiher of these gentlemen you will support for the Presidency, and yet neither of them exer ted themselves for the Compromise, whilst the man you decry the loudest, General Scott, was their warm advocate then, and has never, to this day, made a recantation. If he has, produce it. OBJECTIONS TO THE LAND BILL The Homestead Bill is travelling at a very slow pace through the House of Representatives. The objectionssuch aoj law are found in all sections of the countsy, and among all classes of people. .With every desire to facilitate the settlement of (he public lands, to remove the afflic tions of poverty from tho industrious labourer, and to favor the emigrant seeking an A merican home, we are yetat a loss to see the good contemplated "by the passage of such a bill as that now before the House of Representatives. In the first place, such bounties are not just to the old States, the old citizens, nor to any of those who have a common pro. perty in me Public Domain; and in the second place, the General Government, as the trustee of this common fund, has no right to appropriate it for the benefit of any class of persons who have no moral or le gal claims upon the Treasury of tire coun try. "it is believed by many that the granting of farms to actual settlers is a better dispo sition than the granting of them to soldiers, who have served the country in its various wars. We do not think much of such grants, and all experience shows that spec ulators are the principal beneficiaries of the Bounty System, but if it were not so, it would offer no inducement for doing a double wrong, by adding this bill to others which have passed Congress. Bounties in land moreover, have been granted to eve. ry body in the country who can w ell re ceive them, or who have rendered any sort of service to the nation. These grants, therefore, have about run out, and men have put their wits to work to see what can be made out of some new scheme of land leakage or plunder. Now, in reference to the Homestead Bill, before Congress, we desire to ask one or two plain questions. What is to be its effect upon the Agri culture of the country? What upon the prospects of the present farming population? If millions of acres are forthwith to be put into the cultivation of corn, wheat, sunar and cotton, how is such a result to effect the values not only of the product of lands now used for cultivating such necessities, but the lands used in bringing such corps to maturity? Is not something due to those who have spent a lifetime in making a. quisitions which we propose, and as we think without the right to do eo, to give away for the asking? One man ias labor ed for a long course of years to be able to purchase'of the Government his section of land, and. tne same oovernmem. gives a way as good oi a better quality of land to one, to whom that Government may be under far less obligation, and who may have been its enemy. And thus the value of the purchased property is to be deprecia ted by the very Government, yvhich is made to use its monopoly for private dis advantage. And thus, too, the value of lands generally are to be influenced by the Government. Again, such gifts as these are to oper. ate upon the country in another way. The foreign population are now coming into the country quite fast enough for their oyvn and for tha public good. All Europe seems to be in commotion by the disposition to emigrate to the United States. From the North Sea to the Dan ube,'and from the confines of Prussia to the extremes of Ireland, the cry is still they come. Now and then, as in the reign of Charles the First, yvhen Cromwell and Hampden and others had their eyes upon America, and were prevented from com ing hither by the Arbitrary act of the Crown, there is an attempt made to pre vent emigration, but such occurrences are not frequent, and the general desire in, (ihough we think it a very short-sighted one, for men fit to govern a free people,) to get rid of all who have a 'wish to depart. Now suppose there are additional induce ments offered of getting a farm , and every body in Ireland, Germany and from the North and South of Europe are to be told that they can get a farm in America, with out money and without labor, how will such a law affect emigration? Europeans are now literally pouring in upon us, and generally they are not of the better sort, to the tune of five or ten thousand a week sometimes; or from a quarter to half a mil lion a j ear, but will they not swarm, like flies in summer, when these free farms and free lands are to be had for the asking? Is it not better that they should be drawn' hither by the inducement of free principles and free government, by the assurances that they can have labor and good wages for their labor, than by the idea that wealth is to be rained down uponthem, inacresof land? This is a question which addresses itself not alone to the citizens of the coun try by birth, but equally to those yvho are made citizens by the forms of naturalization or who are in the process of becoming cit izens. Every intelligent foreigner, every adopted citizen yvho has a spark of patriot ism in his bosom, must feel hoyv necessary it is for the yvelfare of the country, fur all coming here to be Americanized as soon as possible, and this cannot be done in a day, uoi" any faster than it is being done by the gradual but certain inducements yvhich seems to be dnuving the people of the old world into the new. Again. - Are the advocates of this sys tem quite sure it is to work to the perma nent advantage of those who obtain the boon from Government of a section of land? We think to the many it will prove rather a curse than a blessing. V iihout means, hoyv is the recipient to get to his farm74ioyv is he to stock it, to obtain his seed, and his log cabin, his barn, his enclosures, and to yvorkit five years, as he must before, being entitled to a possession under the law. . We knoyv of industrious emigrants yvho have gone to the far west, labored at the plough for one year and then earned and entered their quarter section of land. They have labored another at month's or day's wages, rand obtained money enough to stock their land. The) have yvorked a third year and leceived a sufficiency for houses and equipments, and they were then in three years fronithe start, indepen dent farmers. We commend such examples to the in dustrious and pool emigrant and cilizen here, yvho is seeking a home in the Far West. They . will find themselves better off at the end of five years, without the Government Bounty, than yvith it, and they will have the satisfaction, which is not a small one to a man of an independ ent spirit, of having earned by hard labor all that he may possess. There is in the West an unceasing call for farm and other labor, for men and for women, and for the services of groyvn up children, and yvith good land as cheap as it is, and labor as yvell paid for as it is, and in constant de mand, there is no necessity of applying to the Treasury of the nation for relief. The system in our judgment is altogether yvrong. Moreover, they yvho earn what they get value and enjoy it more than they who receive it as a free offering. It is al so for individuals to be bountiful with their oyvn property, and not for Governments to bestoyv on individuals that yvhich belongs to the whole country, and which undei any system of Bounties can never be equi tably distributed. We have not read all of the debate noyv going j?u in the House upon this subject, but our fixed conviction is that the evils of such a system of getting off the public do main out-yveigh all its benefits, N. Y. Express. Escape. Elijah Arnold, the boy sen tenced tc death for murder, in Columbus county, broke jail a few days ago. SUBLIME. They tell me that I am handsome yet, and all the ladies say j 'Do look at him, the dear old man grows younger every day: And when each friend asks: "At your age how came you tree from ills?" 1 always answer: 'in my )outh I paid my printer's bills." - V:. '.'"";- "SOLD FOR A GRIDDLE-CAKE." "I have a jest to execute that I canfi'ot ma nape a lone." Henry IV. "A little rionsehce now and then, la relished by the wisest men." Swift. ' , Many years ago I yvas art inveterate jo ker. For a hearty laugh 1 would incur the displeasure of half my friends, and more than half the time yva3 in hot yvater, set a boiling by the Wrath of some poor unfortunate who had been played upon. Like all of my species, I required the jest to be at anothpr's expense to make it at all leliehable. Vhenever most potent "IV. yvas il the observed of all the observers," -fthe galled jade yvoulu wince," and nev er see the point that pricked. But jolly Mom us, in spite of himself, would" often set the trap for me with' the same bait I had used fuf others. Happcniogo stop at the polished little toyvn of- I yvas fortunate enouch to be invited to pass the time at the house of an old friend. Nothing could bp.ve been more acceptable, for I had endured long enough the vermin and suspicious fare of hotels, and was delighted to have the op portunity of eating and sleeping in confi dence. It happened to be a kind of festi val yyeek in the place, and mine host, in common yvith his fellow freeholders, was keeping open house. There yyrere ahead)' under his roof half a dozen young people, yvho, added to his oyvn family, made a ve ry delightful party. As for fun, we were never at alossfortha'. It came in abund ance, and the yvalis rung with many a merry peal. Carriages, horses and Ser vants yvere at our bidding, and you may depend upon it. were not. permitted to just for want of using. Nothing yvas lacking io gratify our tastes for eating and drinking. The table groaned yvith every thing deli ciot s and tempting. Such figs, peaches, pea and melons never before provoked the appetite; and if not content to devour them in doors, wc had but to stroll into the gardeus and pluck ihem from nature's own bountiful hand. Never yvas a party of young scape graces given such entire liberty to do as their whims dictated, and yve made the best use of our privileges. One pleasant morning, all hands yvere unusually merry in anticipation of an ex pedition to take place during the day, and so full yvere we of our plans that the bell for breakfast rang more than once before yve cared to obey its summons. If the reader has ever been a guest in a Southern mansion, he (or she) can imagine the plea sant picture which excited our morning ap petites when we reached the table. If not, (here's no use in wasting yvords, and "that's an end on't." I took my usual place beside as bright a pair of eyes as ev er set a bachelor's heart a sailing; their fair possessor being an intimate friend of the family, and taking upon herself to do part of the honors of the table. The cof fee and good things yvere soon passing a round, making the yvhole room fragrant yvilh their odors, yvhile 1 yvas doing my best to appear agreeable to my fair neigh bor, being for once in my life as much en grossed yvith good company as yvith crea ture comforts. In due time, the whole variety prepared for our gratification yyas spread before us, and, among other luxu ries, a spry looking ju venile darkey yvas yvns 'toteing' in from the kitchen, plate loads of smoking hot batter-cakes, and handing them in turn to each guest. I took my share and paid no. attention to yvhat became of either the servant or the plate, but continued my devours and de voirs. The young Ganymede, it after yvards appeared, had exhausted his store yvith the exception of one cake, as he come in the neighborhood of his 'missus,' yy-ho havinff served her jniests, was ready to begin her meal, and took both plate and cake for her oyvn use. In a moment, yvishinjr some butter, she sent the ser- vant yvith the plate to my companion, giv ing at the same time, I suppose, one of those expressive nods yvhich, yvhen com pany's about, so often pass between the family. I having finished my share of the cakes, yvas in the midst of some speech yvhich probably I thought yvas exceedingly fair, and seeing the darkey again at my el bo v with more cakes, naturally supposed he was carrying around 'another turn.' Stnisccremonie, yvith a cool 'thank you,' 1 helped myself to madam's solitary cake. The astonished nigger was tol ally over come, rolled his eyes in astonishment, grinned mechanically, and bolted straight yvay for his mistress with the plate cakeless and butterless. She took it and said no thing, but a knowing glance betyvcen her and rny companion showed me what 1 had done. The joke was ours and, for my safety, should have remained so j but for my life I could not contain myself, and roared outright, as loud as a Jerseyman at the circus. "Such behavior attracted the attention of all, and 1 soon sayv and repen ted my folly. The crisis yvas important. Without delay I scieyved doyvn the corners of my mouth, and tried to resemble an un dertaker at a rich man's funeral. 13ut I had only my trouble for my pains. The provoking creature on my right, in spite of entreaty, persuasion, promises and threats, yvould not be so cruel as to deprive the rest of a laugh, even at my cost, and the yvhole story yvas soon told with just such, embellishments as only a woman cani ve to a jest. In a nonce, the coffee became execrable, the bread sour, the rolls cold, and the company bores. I vowed revenge but never got it. During the rest of my visit, batter-cakes were ahvays prepared for breakfast, but yvhenever handed to me, I invariably said , politely but firmly not any for me, I thank you.' A REVIVAL IN.CCXGttESS.' It has been suggested that a day be es pecially set apart upon whi:h . Christians of every name throughout! the Union , yvill meet id their respective places of yvorship and pray fof God's blessirfg upon the two Houses of Congress now in session, that there may, b6 an outpouring of his grace upon the hearts of those yvho are legislat ing for the yvelfare of their felloyv country men and marrkin J. , . Christians, you should pray for a revh'af in Congress. Bap. Recorder. . fj- If the' editor of the Recorder had been as much about Washington as yve have,' when Congress.yvas in session, he yvould as soon think of sending a Mission ary to Hell," to convert the Devil's House hold! With but few exceptions, Old Master' has given over the members of Congress to hardness of heart he has left them to their idols, the eight dollars per day. lir'ou-nl'oic. A'Railkoad Editor? The ; editor of the Aberdeen (Miss.) Independent, recent ly addressed the following stirring Railroad appeal to his readers: , I "Look around you at the world' all go ing on the"yvings of lightning and the pow er of steam, at fh"e rate of thirty miles prf hour by the latter, and at the rates of thou sands of miles per second by the I former and you are here standing on the banks of a little, narroyv, cypress-kneed, ' snaggy, crooked, sandbarred, contemptible dry branch, yvith all your past year's earning, going to yvaste ground, you, yvaiting for rain! Look at yourselves, you men of en ergy, in everything but railroads why the yvorld yvill fun over you and distance you, leaving you in darkness, unless you co to work, talk with tongues of lightning and travel yvith railroad speed." I Female elcty j You know my opinion of female society; without it we sho'u'.d degenerate into brutes. This observa tion applies, wiih tenfold force, to young 'men, and those who a?e in the prime of manhood. For, -after a certain time of life, the literary man makes a shift (a poor one, I grant) to Jo without the aociefy of ladies. To a young man, nothing is so important as a spirit of devotion (next to his Creator) to some amiable woman, whose image may occupy his heartand guard it from the pollution that besets it on all sides. A-rnan ought to choose h:3 wife as' Mrs. Pfimrose did her wedding-gown, for qualities that will 'wear well. One thing at least rde, that if matrimony has its caresi celibacy has no pleasures. A Newton or a mere scholar may find enjoyment in study; a man of literary taste can rc ceive in books a powerful anx'liary; but a man munt have a bosom friend; and children around him to cherish and support the dreariness of old agr. Johx Randolph. i kindness cf Heart. Goodness, 6'r, in other words, kindness of lioatl, is the Tesultof early training, seconded by' book? companions, and judicious counsel. l!ov its In fluence brightens the journey of life, and makes smooth its rugged path. How the heart gladdens when receiving some little act of kindness from some real and true friend ; so-does 6ne feel the glow of pleasure thrill through his veins as an act of kindness is done him from the promptings of on' affected goodness of heart. Theil as it costs nothing to bestow kindj wofds, or harbor kind feelincs, let all cultivate goodness of heart and mind remembering that a kind word is as easily spoken as one that will cacae piitt and bitterness. Rural .Yetf? Yorker. ! A LAST LOOK. . j There is a feeling that resembles death irl the last glance that we are ever to bestow on a loved object. The girl that you hav e treasured in your secret heart) as she pass es by on her yvedding day -it may te: hap py and blissfullifts up her laughing ' eyes, tho svmhol of her own lirht heart, and leaves yn that look darkness and desolation to you . mi I . C 1, - . I -t . l-ina ollihrl lorever. me Doy your iauiei-oj.mii. ua vi""g to, like the very light of your existence, waves his hand from the quartet deckr as the gigantic ship bends over the breeze; the wind "is playing through the. locks ; VoUf hands so oftentimes have smoothed; the tcafd have dimmed his ee:5, for mark, he moves his finders over them and this is a last look. High Prices of Provisions. The peo--pie of Washington are complaining of the high price of marketing. The Clipper gives the pi ices of a few of the chief articles of general consumption in Baltimore, ! vizi Beef, 15 ctnts per pound; veal, 16 cents; butter, 50 cents; eggs, 31 1-4 cents; chick ens 50 cents a piece; potatoes, 50 cents per peck; sprouts, 37 1-2 cents per peck; asparagus 37 1-2 to50 cents per slim buncr J and every other article in the same exorbi tant proportion. j Mr. Macauly is preparing a neW edition of the two volumes of. his History of En gland already issued, and his publisher has called in all the copies of the first edition. This looks as if some important alterations yvere to be made in the work. j i ' It is proposed to hold a Temperance Ju bilee at Asheville, on the 2nd and 3rd day of July next. All Divisions, friends of Tem perance, and the public generally are invi ted to attend. f A cooler on Dauphin street, Mobile, who also professes to teach music, has the following sign over his door : Delightful task to mend the tender boot, j And teach the young idea how to flute. The editor of a western newspaper thus intro duces some verses : 'The poem published "this week, was composed by n esteemed friend Yiho has lain in the grave many year, merely for kii men amiscmeTit,' .