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The Veteran’s Last Words.
BY PARK BENJAMIN.
“ Let the drums beat! my knapsack is slung!”—
Last words of Gen. Hugh Brady , who died recently
at Detroit , Michigan.
Let the drums beat! let the drums beat!
I am ready ! I am ready !
Ready for the march with tireless feet
And a courage strong and steady.
I cannot do the acts of men
Whose arms and hearts are young,
Rut I’m ready for the strife again
And my knapsack is slung.
Let the drums beat as in olden days
When, with Mad Anthony Wayne,
I dashed into the thickest frays
Os that glorious campaign—
Whose deeds shall deck our country’s page
Till time shall be no more—
Oh it stirs the blood of feeble age
To fight such battles o’er !
Let the drums beat with incessant roll
Like a fall of summer rain,
To fire each dull and sluggish soul,
As they did at Lundy’s Lane.
I am ready—to the onset!
Let the charge be sounded free—
Bravely were British foenien met
By the sons of liberty.
Let the drums beat! I am ready,
Ready with my latest breath,
And courage strong and steady
For the solemn strife of death.
I have never been found craven
When the call of battle rung—
llo! for the march to Heaven !
For my knapsack is slung.
For the Georgia Citizen.
Is Dancing a Sin.
There is no doubt, that many persons commit a sin
in the act of and incing. It is an act, considered by some, as
not having God's sanction. It is found sometimes writ
ten in the catalogue of vices 5 and those of easy con
science, who are obliged to cross the line, that sepa
rates vice from virtue, to engage in it, commit what
they believe to lie, an ungodly act.
Now dancing, I apprehend, is placed in the wrong
list, it belongs to virtue, instead of vice. If so, and
were it universally considered a virtue, its immoral in
fluence, if any such, is attached to it with its power to
retard the progress of religion, would cease ; it would
shine bright as a virtue, and blush no longer in the garb
of vice.
There arc two modes of worship usually practiced
among mankind. One is an obedience to what is con
ceived to be God’s written or revealed law. The oth
er is an obedience to his fixed laws of nature. The two
codes from the same source, must of necessity harmo
nize with each other ; therefore an act found to be
congenial with the laws of nature is, virtuous, and of
divine sanction.
After asking one question, I might stop. In music
and dancing, where are the laws of nature violated ?
Does not the pleasure of the act arise from our natural
organization ? Man is endowed with five senses, every
one of which is susceptible of impressions, and so hap
pily constituted, that pleasure is the result of impres
sions adapted to their nature : cons tquently, a man may
indulge the sense of taste in that which produces the
most agreeable sensations, the olfactory nerves with
pleasant odors, and the ear with sweet sounds, and act
at the same time, in obedience to God's laws.
In opposition to music and dancing, it is urged, that
whatever we do, should be done to the glory and honor
of God. Now, who, how pious, soever he may be,
hesitates to indulge the taste in all the sweets the coun
try can afford ? To gorge the stomach with rich com
pounds, almost beyond the power ot the organs to di
gest! And for what ? For the glory and honor of
God ? Simple food is all the system requires. I men
tion this in order to show, that we are often mistaken in
regard to the nature of an act. We oftentimes, ignor
antly, cherish a vice that public sentiment lias clothed
in the costume of virtue; and proscribe a virtue, be
cause at some unlucky hour, it has been caught in the
company of vices.
The ear is forbidden to hear music, that is not sanc
tified by sacred verse. Yet the tongue seems to be let
loose to lick all the sweets of a land flowing with Milk
and Iloney. Is the tongue superior to the ear, that, that
which is ordered with impunity to one, is denied to the
other? Are music and dancing to be proscribed, be
caus ’ they form a part of the amusement of the wicked ?
The same may be said of all the senses of man ! They
are all indulged by the wicked. In dancing. I ask a
gain, wherein is God’s will opposed ? He who creat
ed the ear, created the susceptibility to be ‘moved by
the concord of sweet sounds,’ Dancing is the vsible
expression, of that emotion of the soul, and no more
sinful, I apprehend, than laughing, singing, or any oth
er outward demonstration of internal emotion, produc
ed only by some other cause; and were it erased from
the catalogue of vices, and placed among the virtues,
where it belongs, countenanced and practiced by the
good; it might cease to have its unhappy influence,
and all the virtues of piety and morality—might be
come its associates. God has given to man everything
conducive to his happiness upon earth. He is invisi
ble, and I ask, how can he be honored, but by a proper
appreciation of the visible gifts he has bestowed up
on us? These gifts ore cognizable only through the
medium of the five senses, and so happily adapted to
man, that pleasure is their result. Is the manifestation
or expression of the pleasure experienced from these
divine gifts, vanity ? Is it a vice or a virtue ? Is it to
the honor or dishonor of God ? W ho, in beholding a
pleasant scene, does not sometimes forget God, and
everything around him, save that which he is gazing
at? Has the eye in this committed a sin ? No, it is
the result of our nature, and an obedience to God’s
natural laws.
It may be asked here, how are we to distinguish good
from evil ? Are all acts growing out of the nature of
man to be tolerated? 1 answer: An obedience to
the laws of nature is virtue. Those laws are learned by
the pain, misery and evil consequences entailed upon
their violation. Therefore, any act attended and fol
lowed by pleasure and happiness, is an obedience to
God’s fixed laws of nature. It is in itself Godly ador
fltion, the end and aim of the divine lawgiver. And
”‘lto, with stoie scorn, shuts his senses to the things
around him, or disdains to manifest the pleasure he
feels from the divine gifts by disobeying the impulses
r f his heart, violates a law of nature, mocks Deity, and
* s guilty (though ignorantly I suppose) of blasphemy.
Ihe notion, that to indulge in pleasure is a vice, and
endure pain, is a virtue; is Aceticlsm ; and as opposi
tion to music and dancing, is a specimen of the stale
( h*ctrine, it is well perhaps to mention its origin. About
’hree hundred years before the Christian Era Xeno.
* Grecian Philospher, originated his etheria! doctrine,
he taught that there exists no relation, between exter
nal objects, and tfie mind, as it regards happiness.
That true happiqes connot be affected by them. That
pain is not evil. That pleasure is not good, &e.
From the proximity of the Jews, and Greeks, Judea
became tinctured with the Grecian Philosophy, and thct;c
arose among the Jews, in the first century of the Chris
tian era, the sect of Essenes and Therapctse, ethical sen
timents were borrowed from the Stoics or disciples of
Jeno. *
Some Christians of Syria and Egypt, now imbibed
the sentiments, and begat Asceticism, whose adherents
practiced the most rigid austerities, voluntarily suffered
tortures, debarred themselves from pleasure. In a word,
the doctrinal precept, was, ‘Punish the body, for the
good of the soul.’ After this Asceticism, became a
feature of Manaehism ; and developed itself in all the
rigid and absurd austerities of Popish monkery. It
originated in Paganism, and ended in Popery. Ended
did I say? Oh! no, Protestant as well as Catholic Chris
tianity is strongly tinctured with it. It is yet a stale
feature of the‘Spirit of the age.’ There are yet some
Christians (not all) who forget that God has enjoined
ttpon man n code of laws, called the laws of nature, to
whose obedience result, all the blessings this world
affords.
I now ask, does the vanity, proscribed and forbid
den in the new Testament writers, include an obedi
ence to the divine laws of nature, the pleasure experi
enced by that obedience, or the manifestation of that
pleasure ! Or lias it reference to the vices, viz. Slan
der, lying, taking God’s name in vain, exaggeration,
malice, envy, &c?
In conclusion I must say were Christianity divested
of its rigid traditionary rites, its unnatural requisitions
upon man : it would no longer stem the current with
Pagan Idolatry, but entwine itself around the heart of
society, and the world would kneel in adoration of the
Creator. L. K. B.
Americas , June 30, 1851.
From the Lafayette Republican.
Home vs. Foreign Patronage.
Among the many causes which have tendency
to retard social and individual prosperity, there
is none, perhaps, more susceptible of demon
stration, and at the same time which exhibits
more plainly the weakness and folly of human
ity—than the one we are about to consider.
Ihe preference usually given to all that is
foreign or not immediately within our reach, is
too apparent not to be noticed by the most cas
ual observer—whether in articles of utilitv,
fashion, or patronage yielded to trades and
professions.
In an enlarged point of view this subject be
longs to the science of political economy, and
becomes a question of great national interest
and importance. But as we do not choose to
enter into the discussion of the great principle
and utility of affording protection and encour
agement to our national industry—we will con
tent ourselves with merely making a few re
marks on a subject more immediately within
the limits of our observation :
Lafayette is a flourishing city, pleasantly sit
uated on the left bank of the Mississippi river,
in immediate proximity to New Orleans. It
possesses many and important advantages—the
citizens are enterprising, industrious and intel
ligent—anxious for the prosperity and growth
ol‘ their much favored city—extremely willing
to make all available exertions to forward its
interests, and to ward off embarrassments, both
public and private. Still, with all these advan
tages, with all these elements of prosperity and
progress, all this talent, industry and persever
ance —we have many complaints against that
broad-backed individual, called the “times.”
The question naturally arises, what is the reas
on of all these complaint? What are the
causes which have led to so much embarrass
ment and depression of trade ? We will en
deavor to point out one, which, though it may
not seem to be of much importance, neverthe
less, has a great deal to do with the evil com
plained of. The grocers say they keep as good
articles, sell them as cheap as their down-town
neighbors ; yet, those who have money to spend
go down town to get what they want—thereby
inflicting an injury upon the trade of their city
and keeping back, in a measure, its prosperity.
If a lady wants a yard of ribbon, a skein of
thread, or any other little article, appertaining
to her dear little person, down town is the place.
To think of buying a bonnet, a dress-pattern, or
anything of that kind in Lafayette—such an
idea would be ridiculous, quite unfashionable.
On this account we have but few well stocked
and elegant dry good stores in Lafayette.
Artizans, of all kinds, are numerous, and if
properly encouraged would be prosperous and
happy, and add much to the general welfare of
the city. The products of their labor and in
dustry are as good as can be had at the large
and fashionable houses in New Orleans—vet
they are left to struggle on with their families,
depending altogether upon the casual custom of
strangers. The crowd, forgetful of ail except
their own whims and vanity,go and spend their
money with those who have already made for
tunes, and who need not their contributions.
This is a draw back on the prosperity of Lafay
ette.
It appear to be a strange infatuation on the
part of mankind to always wish to patronize
those who have already amassed wealth, even
when it is opposed to their own interests. For
instance : a man sets out to buy a pair of shoes,
a hat, or anything else, it matters not what, he
passes by the humble and unadorned shop of
the honest and industrious mechanic, where his
wants would be equally, if not better, supplied,
and with the additional advantage of perhaps
putting bread into the mouths of a mother and
her children, to spend his money where heavy
capital make a greater display of paint, orna
ment, and luxury. Who are they that do the
work for these large houses? Who manufac
ture the articles there for sale ? Are they not
the mechanics employed? Well, if one of
these mechanics has the independence, industry
and capital, to set up for himself, will not his
work be equally as good, if not better, than
when he labored as a journeyman ? This ap
plies to all kinds of business. Let every man
have a chance to live. Keep down monopolies—
§loo,ooo will do one hundred times more good
when divided amongst one hundred individ
uals, than when only one has possession ot it
all. If you want, then, your community to be
prosperous and happy, let not your support and
patronage go altogether to those who have al
ready, but give it to your neighbors —those liv
ing in our midst.
Shakespeare’s Mirror for Women. —As
in the tall glass called Psyche, a lady gains a
full length of herself, so that no point of person
or dress may be disregarded, so in Shakes
peare’s mirror a woman may obtain a Psycolog
ical reflex of her nature which may aid her to
its spotless array, and to the utmost perfection in
adorment of which it is susceptible. She may
learn how to preserye its intrinsic graces pf pu
rity and innocence, at the same time that she is
instructed how to deck it with becoming orna
“!Meputbnt in all tilings —Jiratral in natjjrag.”
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1851.
ment of accomplishment and refining culture.
She may be taught to perceive how native
charms may be heightened by suavity of de
meanor; how a tine understanding and a capa
cious mind are set off’ by modest bearing; how
external beauty is enhanced by sweet manners
and cheerful ease; how intellect and good sense
consort with placability, forbearauce and affec
tionate submission ; how gayety of heart and
the gift of wit are tempered with gentleness,
how highest dignity shows itself most truly in
courtesy, generosity, charity, kindness. From
the lady of the highest rank to the humblest
among women—from her who is “crowned the
most imperial monarch’’ to her who “does the
meanest cares, 0 we all read in his respective de
lineations our feminine resemblance. From the
virtuous majesty of a Ilermione or a Katharine
of Arragon, down the coarseness of an Andrey
or a Mopsa, each essentially bears the generic
stamp of woman. His sceptered queens, his
princesses, his duchesses, his gentlewomen, his
yeomen’s wives, his young maidens, his serving
damsels, his country wenches, his hostesses; his
most delicate ladj, his most blushing girl, his
most reserved vestal, his arrantest coquette, his
wildest-spirited sparkler, his sedatest thinker,
his most loving and loveable female inpersona
tion, or his vilest and mo t odious one, however
infinitely they may vary, have all one feature in
common—they are pre-eminently womanly in
all they do and say. The wit of Rosalind and
Beatrice, the ambition of Lady Macbeth, the
conjugal faith of Imogen,the wickedness of Gon
eril and Regan, the constancy of Helena, the
reticence of Cordelia, the intellect of Portia, the
wiles of Cleopatra, the innocence of Miranda,
the charms of Viola, the gentleness of Desde
mona, the sanctity and moral purity of Isabella,
the anguish of Constance, the maternity of Vo
lutnnia, the shrewishness of Katharine, the af
fection of Celia, the flippancy of Lucetta, the
passionate love of Juliet, the sprightliness ofNe
rissa.the insanity of Ophelia, are all as marked
ly contrasted as day and night; but they are
all in themselves and in their action and cir
cumstances true to the spirit of womankind. —
Alary Cowden Clarke.
American Drink at Paris. —We go to Par
is for fashions of dress, but American drinks are
becoming the rage in that gay city. Sherry
eoblers, mint juleps, and brandy smashers have
astonished and delighted multitudes of the gay
Frenchmen. The Tribune describes the advent
of these seductive beverages in the city of follies
in the following rather racy manner.
“Sherry eoblers have arrived at Paris—direct
from New York. In fact they have been here
long enough to be quite domesticated, and to
have turned many an honest penny for the Case
where they are exhibited. Their successful
transplantation was for some time doubtful.
The French were shy and dubious. But the
Americans, true to the traditions of their early
years, and remembering that mint is a good
tilling in its way, and that ice, lemon-peel, and
sjlierry, make a fragrant drink, rushed inanmlly
to the rescue, till the French apostates to the
national derni tasse, and converts to the true
belief, took to the imported beverage with a
true Mussulman fervor. But they hardly un
derstood it at first. The predominance of ice
over liquid and the exact part to be played by
the straw in the mixture, were puzzling circum
stances. The other evening a Parisian, under
the guidance of a fellow-citizen of the sherry
cobler, seated himself at a green table, prepar
atory to making his first essay, seduced by the
placard of “American drinks : Cocktails, gin
slings, smashers, &c., forming altogether a va
riety of over a hundred beverages.’’ The French
man placed his lips upon his straw, in imitation
of his companion, and remained for a moment
in unbroken silence. Suddenly he spoke.
“Good God ! Look at iny glass ! The sherry
cobler’s sinking out of sight. Wait a minute !
tho’: yes, so it is! The liquid, in retreating
from the tumbler, glides gently down my throat.
But that is no more than just, since I am to
pay for it. Oh ! you Americans are a people
blessed by nature. The sherry cobler straw
grows wild in your wood'. I cannot doubt;
the ice is a product of nature, assisted by the
thermometer; lemon-peel is to be found on the
outside of every lemon ; and the sherry—oh,
the sherry you got from Spain. Heavens, what
a country! Mho discovered sherry eoblers,
by the wav ? He and the man that first inven
ted sleep, should have a column erected to their
momory. Here’s to their Manes ! Mint, lemon
peel and slumber!” (drunk standing.) The
Frenchman did not furnish Iris eulogy, till he
had discovered that Jupiter was a Yankee, and
that,nectar and ambrosia were the heathen
names for smasher and cocktail. The invoca
tion has taken, and the mint-juleps at Paris
may be set down as a fait accompli.
Motives for self improvement. —Lei any
man who mav happen to read what I am now
writing say within himself, upon a strong and
determined impulse, “I will be a speaker; not
that 1 may spout in public, and spilt the ears
of the groundlings, but that I may get a better
and more ennobling gift,—that I may acquire
a flow of language, a quickness of ideas, a poin
tedness of purpose, and a sustained tone in con
versation, together with the energy of thought,
word, and deed necessarily resulting from these
qualities.” Let him hut so say, and so do, and,
though he begin from ever so low a degree,
there is no power on earih that can prevent
his progress. The lower his starting-point the
better. He should set out again from the very
elements. In arts and sciences, as in religion,
we should receive our principles as little chil
dren, or vve shall receive them to small purpose.
Whereas the cry of most dullards, the apology,
for their idleness is this:—“l am too low in
the scale; I have no resources; I can never
hope to rise, it is useless to attempt it.” And
yet the same people, if by any chance they
should be thrown into a gutter, would hardly
acquiesce and be content to lie there. The very
consciousness of their prostration would be the
spur that would stimulate them to raise them
selves by ail possible efforts. And why not also
in the case of mental prostration? Would a pris
oner cling to his captivity, and hug his fetters,
because his dungeon was a low, and dark, and
noisome one? No; he would pant for “upper
air” all the more aspiringly. Besides, in such
cases, the greater the contrast between onr
past and present condition, the more our satis
faction at the change.
“The fewer morns, the greater share of glory.”
Some thoughts always find us young, and
keep us so, Such a thought is tho love of the
universal and eternal beauty.
Our globe, soon by God, is a transparent
law, not a mass of facts.
A Noble Example. —About the year 1776
a circumstance occurred which ought to be writ
ten on adamant. In the wars of New England
with the aborigines, the Mohegan tribes of In
diana early became friends of the English.—
Their favorite ground were on the banks of the
river (now the Thames) between New London
and Norwich. A small remnant of the Mohe
gans still exist, and they are scarcely protected
in the possession and enjoyment of their favor
ite domain on th# banks of the Thames. The
government of this tribe had become heredita
ry in tho family of the celebrated chief Uncas.
During the time of my father’s mercantile
prosperity he had employed severals luaians of
this tribe in hunting animals whose skins
were valuable for their furs. Among those
hunters there was one na.ried Zachary, of the
royal race, an excellent Ffjhter but as drunken
and worthless an IndiarMYever lived. When
he had somewhat passed the age of fifty, several
members of the royal family who stood between
Zachary and the throne of his tribe, died, and
he found himself with only one life between
himself and the Empire. In this moment his
better genius resumed its sway, and he reflected
seriously. “How can such a drunken wretch as
I am aspire to be the chief of this honorable
race ? What will my people say ? —and how
will the shades of my noble ancestors look
down upon such a base successor ? Can I suc
ceed to the great Uncas? I will drink no more!’’
He solemnly resolved never again to taste any
drink but water,and he kept his resolution. I
had heard this story, and did not entirely be
lieve it; for young as I was, I already partook
of the prevailing contempt for Indians. In the
beginning of May, the annual election of the
principal officers of the (then) colony was held
at Hartford, the capital. My father attended
officially, and it was customary for the chief of
the Mohegans also to attend. Zachary had
succeed to the rule of his tribe My fatherV
house was situated about mid way on the roadr
between Mohegan and Hartford, and the del
chief was in the habit of coming a few days be
fore the election, and dining with his brother
Governor. One day the mischievous thought
struck me to try the old man’s temperance. The
family were seated at, dinner, and there was ex
cellent home-brewed beer on the table. I ad
dressed the old chief.’
“Zachary, this beer is excellent—will you
taste it.”
The old man dropped his \nife and fork
leaned forward with a stern intensity of expres
sion—his black eye, sparkling with indignation,
was fixed upon me.
“John,’’ said he, “you do not know what
you are doing. You are serving the devil, boy !
Do you not know that lam an Indian ? I tell
you that I am, and that, if I should but taste
your beer, I could not stop till I got to rum, and
again become the drunken, contemptible
wretch your father remembers me to have been.
John, while you live, never again tempt a man
to break a good resolution.”
Socrates? never utteved Ynlualde pre
cept. Demosthenes couh’A- stave given it in
more solemn tones of elo*JL->. I was thun
derstruck. My parents affected ;
they looked at each other, at m<?,’ and at the
venerable Indian, with deep feelings of awe and
respect. They afterwards frequently reminded
me of the scene, and charged me never to forget
it. Zachary lived to pass the age of eighty,
and sacredly kept his resolution. He lies bu
ried in the royal burial place of his tribe, near
the beautiful falls of the Yantic, the Western
branch of the Thames, in Norwich, on land now
owned by my friend Calvin Goddard, Esq. I
visited the grave of iny old chief lately, and re
peated to myself his inestimable lesson. — Col.
Trumbull's Autobiography,
WH—HWI—K—a
Singular Bible Prophecy, Bearing up
on Mormonism. —The seventeenth chapter of
Jeremiah, fifth and sixth verses, reads as fol
lows :
“Thus saith the Lord, cursed be the man that
trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm and
whose heart departeth from the Lord.
“For he shall be like the beast in the desert
and shall not see when good cometh, but shall
inhabit the parched place in ihe wilderness , in a
SALT LAKE, and not inhabited .”
The above verses have a remarkable bearing,
to say the lcastof them, upon the great settle
ment of Mormonism at the ‘Salt Lake.’ That
country has always been a ‘wilderness, in a
salt- land, and not inhabited,’ until the folow
ers of -Joe Smith who ‘trusted in a man, and
made flesh their arm of support,’ settled there
&pm a new.start. Hence we concluded, with
their wanderings. The country for a great
distance around the present abode of these peo
ple, is encrusted with pure salt, of sufficient
thickness to bear the weight of man ; and the
lake whereby they abide is world-renowned for
its saline qualities. The declaration of the Old
Testament prophet is literally verified in the lo
cality towards which Mormonism, both of the
Old and New World, is now rapidly converg
ing.— Camden Democrat.
How To Make a Fortune. —Take earn
estly hold oflife, as capacitated for,and destined
to a high and noble purpose. Study closely
the mind’s bent for a labor or profession. Adopt
it es*ly, and pursue it steadily, never looking
back to the turned furrow, but forward to the
new ground, that ever remains to be broken.
Means and ways are abundant to every
man’s success, if will and action arc rightly
adapted 10 them. Our rich men and our great
men, have carved their paths 10 fortune and
fame by this eternal principle-r-a principle
that cannot fail to reward its votary, if it be
resolutely pursued. To sigh or repine over
lack of inheritance, is unmanly. Every man
should strive to be a creator, instead of inher
itor. He should bequeath instead of borrowing.
The human race, in this respect, want dignity
and discipline. It prefers to wield the sword
of valorous forefathers, to forging its own
weapons. This is a mean and ignoble spirit.
Let every man be conscious of the God in
him, and the providence over him, and fight
iiis own good lance. Let him feel that it is
better to earn a crust, than to inherit coffers of
gold. This spirit of self nobility, once learn
ed, and every man will discover within himself,
under God the elements and capacity of wealth.
He will be rich, in self-re source, and can
lift bis face proudly to meet the noblest among
men. —N. Y. Sun.
The revelation of the Iliad or the Transfig
uration, is as signs of power—billows or rip
ples are they on the great stream of tendency
—tokens of the everlasting efforts to produce
which, even in its worst estato the soul exhib
its.— Yankee Blade.
A Practical and Prosperous Man. —One
of the most eminent instances of energy, hon
esty, prosperity, and usefulness is presented
in the person of Zadoc Pratt, of Prattsburg,
New \ork, who a few years since was as distin
guished for his practical talents in the halls of
Congress as he was before and is since in the
pursuits of private life. He is a tanner and far
mer; and as a specimen of his energy in those
occupations, we will let him speak for himself,
as he did a short time since in an address before
the Agricultural Fair of Green countv, N. Y.:
“And now I will show the advantage those
dreary hemlocks have been to the farmers of our
mountain towns. Since I first engaged in
farming, it has been my lot to employ over
fifteen thousand years of other men’s labor—
an army of thirty thousand men have I em
ployed, and I have paid those mc-u for their la
bor alone, over two million five hundred thou
sand acres of land, used over two hundred thou
sand cords of hemlock hark; and paid over half a
million of dollars for it. Used & worn out five hun
dred horses and one thousand yoke oxen. Used
two hundred thousand bushels of oats, one hun
dred and thousand tons of hay, thirty thousand
barrels of beef and pork, and nearly one hun
dred barrels of flour, and potatoes without num
ber or measure.
I have tanned one million two hundred and
fifty sides of leather; my usual disbursement
is over five thousand dollars per day, and I have
used in my business here, over ten millions.
Every laborer received his money, yea, every
man his penny, in peace; and to the credit of
this community be it said, that I never had a
side of leather stolen, and was never made de
fendant in law on account of business transac
tions, during my residence among you. Tho
great object of my living is to be useful. Live
with your neghbor, not on him.
Mrs. Partington on the New Dress for
Ladies. —“ Anew custom for ladies,’’ said Mrs.
Partington, when a friend spoke to her about
the proposed innovation in dress. The sound
of “ costume’’ came to her oar distinctly, and
she slightly misapprehended the word ; “anew
custom for ladies! I should think they had
better reform many of their old customs before
they try to get new ones. We’re none of us
better than we ought to be, and’’ “Cos
tume, ma’am, I said,’’ cried her informant, in
terrupting her; they are thinking of changing
their dress.’’ “ Well, for my part I don’t see
what they want to make a public thing of it for;
changing the dress used to be a private matter,
but folks do so alter! They are always a
changing dresses now, like the caterpillar in the
morning that turns into a butterfly at night, or
the butterfly at night that turns to a caterpil
lar in the morning, 1 don’t know which.” “But,”
again interrupted her informant; “I mean they
are going to have anew dress.’’ “Oh, they are,
are they?” replied the old lady; “ Well, I’m
sure I’m glad of it, if they can afford it; but
they don’t always think enough of this; a good
many xan't afford it; they can’t! But did you
hear of the new imperial for wimmen thatsome
body is talking about ? ’ Why, my dear Mrs.
P.’’said she, smiling, “that is just what I was
trying to get your opinion about.” “Then,’’ re
turned she, “why didn’t you say so in the first
place ?” Well, I don’t know why a woman
can’t be as virtuous in a short dress ss well as
ina long one ; and it will save some trouble in
wet weather to people who have to lift their
dresses and show their ankles. It may do for
young critters, as sportive as lambs in pasture,
but only think how I should look in short coats
and trowsers, shouldn’t I ? and old Mrs. Jones,
who weighs three hundred pounds, wouldn’t
look well in ’em neither. But, Isay, let’em do
what they please as long as they don’t touch
my dress ; I like the old way best, and that’s
the long and short of it. She here cast a glance
at the profile upon the wall, as if for its ap
proval of her resolution ; and an idea for a mo
ment seemed to cross her mind that he, the an
cient Corporal, would not know her, were he to
visit sublunar scenes and find her arrayed in
the new dress, and her compressed lips showed
the determination of her heart to abide by the
old costume, and she solemnly and slowly took
an energetic pinch of snuff, as if to confirm it.
“'■■■ -v
The Growth of the United States.—The
census returns already received from seventeen
states of the Union, show on increase of popu
lation since 1840, of 3,130,898, which, added to
the aggregate population ten years ago of 17,-
093,353, would alone make now 20,214,2a1.
Estimating the increase in other State by the
ratio, the aggregate population of the nation in
June last, may bo put down at not less than
24,000,000, or an increase of nearly seven mil
lions in the last ten years.
In some of the States the increase lias been
very rapid, in others quite inconsiderable. In
Maine they have 612,000, being an increase, in
ten years, of 110,207, or over twenty per cent.
Massachusetts has 1,000,000, being an increase
of 200,172, also upwards of twenty per cent.
Connecticut has 386,000, or an advance of 65-
985, also upwards of twenty per cent. Penn
sylvania has 2,300,000, showing an increase of
575.967,0 r over thirty three percent. Ohio
has 2,200.000, showing an increase of 670,732,
or over forty percent. Wisconsin has 350,000;
she had but 30,000, ten years ago.
The District of Columbia on the other hand,
has gained but 7,000. She has now 50.000,
or less than twelve per cent, increase; North
Carolina has 800,000, being an increase of 46,-
581, or only about six per cent. South Caro
lina has only 639,099, being an increase of only
44,701 —less than 8 per cent. We have re
turns from only one other Southern State, that
is Georgia, the population of which is now
1,000,000, showing an increase of 308,608, or
about forty five per cent.
The ratio of increase in the whole Union, es
timated from tho returns received of seventeen
States, is about thirty per cent. That of Geor
gia is fifteen per cent, ahead of the average;
that of South Carolina is twenty two,and North
Carolina twenty four per cent, below the aver
age. In the Northern States heard from, the
rate of increase is uniformly over twenty per
cent. — N. O. Bulletin.
Open your heart to sympathy, but close it to
despondency.
If you do not “ mind the consequences,”
they will he very apt to re-mind you.
Every fool can find faults that a great many
wise men can’t remedy.
Ho that finds a thing, steals it if he endeav
ors not to restore it.
Mr. Conscience is the only one whose good
opinion is worth striving for.
He that blows in the dust, fills his own eye.
Every body’s business is nobody’s business.
From the Southern Standard.
Ship Building at the South.
One ot the greatest drawbacks to the pros
perity of the South, has been its entire commer
cial dependence on the North. Politicians may
argute that this has been brought about bv the
actiou of the general government, and may.
in some measure, have had its influence; but
the root of the evil has been, in the supineness
and inactivity of our own people, who have
been, “good easy souls,” content to raise their
crops’ of Rice and Cotton, for the benefit of our
northern merchants, Ship Owners and Manufac
turers. Our forests abound in the most unlimit
ed quantity of the finest ship timber in the
world, most of which is allowed to rot in its na
tive wilds, and what little is cut, is done bv
northern energy, carried to northern ports, to
build ships to carry our produce. What has
the action of the general government to do
with this most important business of ship build
ing ? What law is there to prevent our using
the abundant products of our own forests, aud
building ships tocarry our own produce.
Large fortunes are annually made by North
ern shipowners, in carrying the produce of the
South, and it may be estimated, that one-tenth
ot the Cotton crop of the South, is paid in
treight. The South furnishes Hemp for cor
dage ; cotton, for cotton duck canvass (now
most used.) Yet our Hemp is carried to the
North in Northern ships, manufactured by
Northern labor, into cordage and our cotton
into canvass. Is there any law of the land,
which forbids our manufacturing our own raw
material ? Is there any bounty allowed to
Northern manufacturers ? But, says your polit
ical philosopher, the tariff protects the North
ern manufacturer, by laying heavy duties on
these articles made in foreign countries. Gran
ted. But would not the same protection be
.afforded to a manufacturer at the South, as at
the North ? Our natural advantages for ship
building are greater than theirs. We have the
timber aud iron, the hemp for cordage, the cot
ton for canvass, at all our doors; but we lack
the energy and enterprise to improve the ad
vantages which nature baa so bountifully be
stowed on us,
Why should Maine, a cold, barren, sterile
country, half the year buried in frosts and snow,
monopolize a large portion of the ship building
of the United States? She has none of the el
ements of ship building within her limits but
timber, and that much inferior to what we have.
Every thing else she has got from the other
States. The secret lies in the enterprise and
activity of her people. Why is it that the city
of New York, with scarcely a stick of ship timber
within one hundred miles, sends forth the most
splendid ships and steamers that navigate the
ocean, whilst Charleston and Savannah, with
ship timber enough at their very doors to furn
ish navies for the world, are confined to build
ing a few wood sloops and coasting schooners ?
If we wish to shake off our dependence of the
North, we must first make ourselves independ
ent at home by making a proper use of the nat
ural advantages we possess. We must do away
with that false pride, which makes it less hon
orable to handle the broad axe and the plane,
than to superintend the raising of cotton and
l ice. If we want to prosper, we must strip oft’
our coats and go to work.
Ihere are many considerations connected
with this subject worthy the attention of our
people, which we propose to put forth, from
time to time, and it’, by pointing out our own
deficiencies and the remedy for them, we should
awake the slumbering energies of even a fi w of
the sons of the South, we shall consider ourselves
amply repaid for our effort.
pH:iM
South C arolina—Her Position & Destiny.
It is now sufficiently apparent, that if South Caroli
na secedes from the Union, she will be ‘solitary and
alone’ in her position. At one time, certainly, hopes
were cherished by the South Carolina Disunionists tliai
Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, would unquestiona- j
bly concur in her disorganizing and treasonable
ichemea ; but that hope is forever dispelled by the un
piistakeable indications of popular sentiment in the
States above named. No sensible man really doubts
but that next fall Mississippi will gloriously respond to j
tho Union sentiment of noble old Georgia. Jlio im
portant question suggests itself to the mind, h-w will
South Carolina act under such circumstances ? Will i
site persevere in her favorite theory of ‘peaceable se- :
cession,’ alone, and without the countenance of a
single sister State, or will she have the discretion to
wheel quietly into her accustomed |x>sition as a sover
eign State of tho great American Union? Is it possi
ble that our gallant sister will be guilty of the madness
and simplicity of attempting to convert her State Ter
ritory into a sovereign and independent Nation !
We confess ourself unable to make any confident
prediction as to the final course South Carolina may
pursue. The disunion feeling predominates in h. r bor
ders. Her people by artful demagoguism, have been ;
taught to hate tho Union framed by their fathers, and
to view tho sacred constitution of our country as a ter- j
rible engine of oppression, instead of the mild andbeni- j
ficent chart of human liberty! as ail patriots know it to j
be. The people of South Carolina tire proud, stubborn,
excitable and brave. They may, therefore, under the 1
goading of corrupt leaders, be induced to plunge j
headlong and recklessly into the yawning gulf of dis
union, upon the awful verge of which they have a'rea
dy been seduced by corrupt statesmen and evil coun- ;
scllors. Our own individual opinion is that South Car
olina will, at the eleventh hour, sullenly recede from
her Quixotio position, and with much grumbling, final
ly agree to wear the silken chains of Union, and enjov
the society and protection of her more considerate and
wise sisters of the confederacy. There is not, how
ever. any certainly ns to this.
Should South Carolina secede, what will be the outy
of the general government in such sn emergency ?
What course will the Government pursue ? Will the
President employ against our rebelious sister of the
South, the military power under his command, to vindi
cate the supremacy of the federal constitution and in
tegrity of the Union ? Or, will the general government
pursue a ‘masterly inactivity’ in reference to South
Carolina ? These are grave questions, assuredly, and j
require deep thought and calm deliberation.
It occurs to us, that if South Carolina will consum
mate her suicidal policy of secession, that the general
government should quietly permit her to go out of the
Lnion and enjoy, toher heart’s content, all the sweets
and glories of i peeceable secession.’ Let her drain,
undisturbed, that poisoned cup of treason ooneocted by
her deluded statesmen. Let her, as a sovereign nation,
‘chew the aud’ of reflection, and invoke her ‘sober se
cond thoughts.’ It would be the duty of the general
government, of course, in tho event of secession on
the part of South Carolina, to withdraw from her limits
the federal officers—remove the property of the Unit
ed States—discontinue the mail operations, so far as
that State is ooncerned—and, perhaps, station revenue
cutters off her coast, to receive there the duties to he
piui on foreign goods. It would be proper to cultivate
good neighborship with the nation of South Carolina
We might very well send a Minister of the United
States to the national capita! at Charleston, and courte
ously receive at Washington the representative of the
new-born nation of Carolina 1 Would not this policy
be bettir thanblood-shed ? Would it not consii ate the
most salutary rebuke that could be administered ?
Now, it is time, (judging Ly the past,} that the na
tion of South Carolina might very soon declare war
against the United States. In that event, w might, in
the first instance, throw grass at her, as a warning,
‘'nsdid ‘theold man,’ spoken of in Webster’s spelling
book, somewhere about the beginning of the ‘pictures,’
who found the‘rude boy* stealing hie apples,) and then,
if the belligerent nation of South Carolina would not
‘come down’ from her improper elevation, we might try
what virtue there was in a small army of fifty thou
sand men, wi;h spar’#*/ ‘tig guns’—pursuing the sto
ry of the.spelling bock, we might til row ‘stones’ at rbe
intruder. Seriously, we believe .that one year would
not elapse, after secession, before South Gindina, hotted
down in humility, and clad in sack-cloth and ashes,
would knock at the door, and with tears of deeppe.iir
ttnce.beg the inestimable boon of being once more a hap
py member of our glorious Union. Our erring sister,
like the ‘prodigal son,’ spoken of in sacred parable,
would very r-oou waste her substance in the attempt
to conduct her national affairs—she would become
so poor and exhausted, by riotous living, that she
would very toon conclude to ‘arise and go to her
father’s house’ And how should we receive the poor
wanderer ? Why, as the father received his prodigal
son. The sisters of the Union should run and meet
the penitent—throw their arms around her neck, pre
pare a seast —place clean garments upon the treason •
polluted exile, and receive her with joy and kindness
Vicksburg Whig.
From the Gre.e.ntille (S. C.) Patriot
The County Seceding from ibe State.
Messrs Editors-. —Will you please give room in
the columns of your paper, to a few words from tbo
District of Horry ?
Has a State the right to secede from the Union, is
the qu'-stion of the day. And not only a majority of
the so called /i ee presses has decided that she lias that
right, but ibe body politic, recently assembled ia
Charleston, called and known by the name of a Con
vention, has, after due, deliberate, and careful consider
ation, come to the conclusion that the State, to ail m
tents and purposes, does possess that right.
An argument used to sustain this position, is that the
States create the Federal Government, and as a natur
al consequence, the creator must be gr,ater than the
created ; therefore, the State Government being greater
than the Federal Government, a State lias the right to
secede and the General Government has not the right
to interfere or molest in any way whatever.
We take it for granted that these positions are ad
mitted for truths. And if they are admitted as facts,
the consequences naturally follow that as it is necessary
for States to constitute the Federal Government, so in
deed it is equally necessary that districts and counties
are very necessary ingredients in the creating of
States.
Therefore, having admitted the fact that Slates may
i withdraw from the Confederacy at their option, without
harm or molestation, we assume the position that dis
tricts have equally a perfect and guarantied a right to
withdraw, or in more fashionable terms, secede from a
State, as that State has to secede from the Union.
You now see the position we occupy. We claim the
privilege of secession, and onr interest demands that
we withdraw from the State of South Carolina. Not
with the vain and presumptuous expectation of becom
ing a mighty republic, feeding the starving nations of
the world on the surplus revenue collected by a duty of
10 per cent, levied on the imports of ail goods brought
into the Republic of Horry. No, we arc not so ambi
tious as to seek to make, the world quail before us, but
we will be content to be admitted as a county in the
State of North Carolina. Yes, we will be in favor of
immediate annexation.
Indeed, we assume the right that the State now
seems determined t* adopt for her future course, vis:
to choose protectors for ourselves. And who shall
this protector be ?
The State seems to prefer the protection of England,
but our father, Peter Horry, fought, and that rr.anfullv ,
too, to deliver us from that tyrannical power, and with
pride we record the fact that we are not anduliful sons *
and still wish to preserve our inheritance unsullied ; for
this reason we prefer seeking the prelection of North
Carolina. YVe were once all under the same coloni
al government, an-1 will again be proud to be adopted
as her son. Besides vve believe our persons and pro
perty will be more secure under her protection than
the protection of Great Britain. There are other rea
sons which cause us to look to North Carolina for pro
tection : We are closely allied in a natural sense. lUr
coast borders on nearly one-half of ours, and if we are
annex and to her, the Great and Little Pee Dee rivers will
most effectually divide us from the Republic of South
Carolina: our products are nearly or quite similar; our
forest growth the same; and already her industrious
sons are coming in among us with their property, ex
tracting the tarpeßtine from our trees, and causing us
to become apt in this art, thereby revealing to us the
hidden wealth of our land, and causing us to become
more rich daily. We are more prosperous than we have
ever been. Why should the State seek to drag us in
to utter ruin with our sister districts ? \\ r e most so
lemnly and earnestly protest against such proceedings,
and say we have no part in them.
\Y 7 e do not think the State will doubt our courage,
and say we are fainted hearted aud fear the eon test that
may come. No, we think the noble spirit Unit animat
ed the sons of Horry in the time of the Florida war, is
yet with them, and North Carolina, we feel happy to
say, if cause should be given, would fed proud to own
us as her sons.
YY'e are fully alive to ihe fact, that in certain places
we are looked upon as being degraded to such an ex
tent that it would seem a disgrace for a man to lower
the thinking powers of his mind to such a degree as to
comprehend our degraded position, and why is this*
Because we did not send delegates to a thing re
cently held in Charleston, eallea a Convention.
Because we are content to stay at home and attend to
our own business, and let other people's alone.
Because we don’t get up Southern Rights Associa
tions, and excite the people to blind madness.
Because we have elected delegates ot to attend the
Convention provided for at the last session of the Legis
lature.
Because we do not believe that certain republican
editors are capable of governing our affairs, and, coun
selling the nation, when they are not capable of taking
care of their own fortunes.
For these reasons, gentlemen, and various others, we
are denounced as blind, stupid, and incapable of seeing
“Y>ur owu interest. YVe have set forth our position, to
sustain us in which we appeal to the intelligence of the
world at large. SONS OF HORRY.
The Best we can Get.— The following humorous
paragraph, from the Aberdeen (ML) Independent, oc
curs in an editorial reviewing Judge Gholston’s speerh
at a late secessionists’ protracted meeting ;
The Judge sneered at the ‘best-we-can-gef policy.
Well, we think it is just the thing. The Conatitution
is the beat we can get; our God is the best ws can get,
our Bible j§ the best we can get j onr children are tit
NO. 15.