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THE COMMERCIAL TRANSCRIPT.

TIE IUHWEnVIhD INhHUVNIf II
We have received several copies Of this
neatly planned and we'll printed sheet. 1t is
published in Columbia. by Messrs HAIGHT
and BRoUGHros, and edited by Mr.. S. OLIS
TALLEY.
The editor is Southern Confederacy nd
vocate. So are we all, if there is any road
to its attainment that does not involve unrca-
sonable risks and sacrifices. If no such road
can be clearly seen, we suppose our new
brother of the quill will say "why, then we
are for South Carolina moving firmly on,
if it must be so.'' Are we right?
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HON. D. WALLACE.

THIS gentleman has defined his position to
the editors of the Laurensville Herald. That
paper says:
awe have received long, able and interes-
ting letter from this distinguished and faith
full Representative, in which he portrays in
vivid and truthful colors Abe. real position OF
the South, and imminent psril not only of our
cherished institutions butof our liberties and
independence as people if we remain in the
Union, and proves by arguments irresistible
and conclusive the absolute necessity OF
dissolution of this Union, or ruin and dis
grace to the slave States.
"The letter was written in reply to one
addressed TO him by US, stating that it was
rumored here he was opposed to separate
State secession, and asking his views on the
subject. He defines his, position clearly ard
forcibly, and rays he desires S. Carolina to
take such steps as will surely lead her out OF
the Union, in company if we can get it, '0ith-
out company if we can't get it."
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praise is due the efficient Committee of ar
rangements, in whose hands was placed the
control and direction of tSeast.
These anniversaries, aressgetting to be the
most general and agreeable public merry
makings we have. 1t is4g be hoped that
they will be continued. There is nothing
like drawing people toge on social occa-
sions like these, for the freoming OF mar
row and groundless prejudEes and jcalous'es'
There is nothing supcriofto them, for the
promotion of the blessings of q Friendship
Love and Truth"
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From the Columbia Telegraph, 2Sth inst.
Professor Thornwell's Resignation.

The following correspondence will be read
with regret BY all friends of our College, and
especially by the Alumni of the last thirteen
wears, who have enjoyed the benefit of Pro.
fcssor Thornwelrs Iabors, both pastoral and
professional, and have witnessed the self-sac-
rrificing and earnest spirit with which be has
devoted himself TO his post: The moiiyessA
however, which hnveiprompfed this change,
must be acquiesced in and appreciated BY all,
and Indicate that with Professor Thornwell,
duty and not inclination or interest, is para
mount. He will probably retain his prcfes-
sorship until December next-all designations
according to the College laws, being an
nounced six months in advance, unless par
ticular circumstances constitute an exception:
SOUTH CoRoLEA COLLEGE,
April 9th, 1851. 70.
Reu. James H. Thorn'cel::
Dear Sir: At meeting held by the Stu-
dents of the South Carolina College, the fol-
lowing motion was made and adopted
" Moved that Committee be appointed to
express our regret at hearing of DR.. Thorn
wells intention to resign his Professorship,
and to offer our solicitations for his continu-
ance in office; and that the Committee be re-
quested to obtain the signatures of the Stu
dents, in order thus to express more fully the
feelings of the College"
In the discharge of our duty, we, the Com
mittce, would say, in behalf of the College,
That we intend by this no empty compliment,
or parade of words, for we are not so blind
and ungrateful as not to perceive and feel
that YOU have faithfully labored for onr good,
and that the welfare of the College depends
upon your continuance in office. We believe
that your place cannot be filled by another
so able to cxpound the great Truths of reli-
zion, or so faithful and earnest in striving-to
impress them upon our minds. Being con-
scious therefore Of the loss, which we must
sustain in your resignation We have brought
forward this request with the earnest hope,
that YOU will be able to comply with it. But
should we be unsuccessful, we will at least
enjoy the satisfaction Of having paid this
slight tribute of our respect, admiration and
love, TO one who has always aimed only at
those ends, which arc "his country's and his
Gods. ga.
n U To~re
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EDGEFIELD, s. c.
THURSDAY, MAY l, 1851.

.B WE are requested to state that the
Southern Rights Association will hold a
meeting in the Court House on Saleday next,
and that political speeches may be expected.
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WASHINGTON, April 27.

PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT FILLMORE.
The papers of this city yesterday morning
contained proclamation of President Fill
more, warning all persons against prrticipa-
ting in an invasion of Cuba. The President
has reasons TO believe that military expedi-
ton is fitting out, composed principally of
foreigners in the United States, against the
Island of Cuba. lie forwarns all persons
connected with said expedition, that they be.
come amenable to heavy penalties, and will
forfeit the protection OF the American Gov
crnment. He exhorts all good citizens to
discountenancc such enterprise, and calls up
oncivil and military officers TO arrest such
offenders for punishment.
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monstrances-if all that we have said and
written has not been like
" A tale
Told by an idiot. full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing
then it is time to nerve ourselves and boldly
strike for our homes and fircsidcs, God and
our native land"
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w LARGE CLAM.-The Board Of Com
missioncrs on the Mexican claims have allow
ed the claim of L. S. HarGous, amounting to
twelve hundred thousand dollars, for supplies
of cannon, &C. furnished for re6tting the
castle Of San Juan d'Ulua.
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~ A FINE BuILDNG.-The Marble Pal
ace of Stewart, in New York, for the sale of
dry goods, is valued on the Assessors book
Of the Sixth Ward, for this year, at $29O,0O0.
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But have been longer than I intended,
and must conclude with the assurance that
shall only tax the patience of your readers in
future, as circumstances may require.
DECISION OF 1850.
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WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST d, 1851.

marvel, sometimes, when see mothers, who
will not be comforted, mourning for the deaths of
their children. They forget that the beauty Of
immortal youth is theirs they forget the fullness
Of sorrow that is in the world-the moaning that
runs through the universe, since the downward
beating Of the starry wings Of Lucifer brought
the echoes from below.
Sooner or later, We grow weary, very weary.
and oovet for our bleeding feet and broken hearts
the comfort of the grsve-for life has no good I'M
mixed with evil. The laurel tWines itself only
about hsggard and aching brows under the fame
that streams across the centuries lie the gray
ashes Of all dearest hopes; the great waves Of de-
spair beat ever against the citadel Of joy, until we
are glad TO fold the darkness about us as a gar
ment, and 20 down to the narrow house-there at
least, is rest. No troubling dream disturbs the
pillow, no necessity to labor, and TO wait calls us
away from the quiet, to front, with fainting and
failing powers the terriers of adverse fate The
morning goes, and comes again, and again, but
visits our eyelids with no unwelcome light. TIE
sobbing rains Of the spring-time beautify with
flowers the covering that is over u.s. the dry leaves
Of autumn drop down, and the white SHOWS Of
winter settle over the grave-mound like the sheet
over the newly dead but to the p4le sleepers it
is oil the same, for there is no work nor device.
nor wisdom, nor knowledge, in the grave
The shadows Of the midnight possess their repOse
For the weary winds are silent the moon is in the
deep;
Some respite TO It's turbulence the restless ocean knows
Whatever moves tolls greves hath Its appointed
slsepn
For myself, many that have loved have gone
from me to return back no more. The golden
curls Of childhood the dark, heavy tresses Of
mature life, and the thin, silvery locks Of old
age, have been hidden from my eyes by the
shroud-fOlds; but among them all there is not one
that | would awake TO take up again the burden
Of life Were they here, my weakness might
fasten itself upon their strength, and my tagging
footsteps hold them back from the aims of am
bition, the reward Of endeavor.
But to my story. Poor Mr.. Bates-when his
little farm was sold, his occupation was gone.
Teraptstio~ get and oxsrcama him The strength
and Independence Of the sturdy yeoman degene-
rated into the weakness and imbecllity Of the
Srssss-sA ~4A nr,ing r1t sOSse -.t4k ~ ~. x.
wretch, he died an outcast from the love Of his
own wife and children
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pleasures Of an immoral or doubtful tendency,
than can possibly be provided by attempted
restraints upon the exuberance Of feeling or the
energy Of action constantly and necessarily ex-
hibited wherever the creatures Of God, possessing
muscle, mind, and soul, are to be found II is
hence proper here TO express an opinion, founded
upon very long and very large experience, that
no better instruments Of instruction or Of enter
tainment can possibly be put into young hands
than "THI THREE TOOLS" for Juvenile mech
snism Their uses, though slightly understood
at first, will become more manifest the more they
are used
EXPERIMENTS boys, much noted as
truants, were not long since put in charge Of
lady, who provided for them various kinds Of
work, including both using and making the scale,
dividers, and triangle Ia that school not one was
known as a truant. Their drawing and other
work soon became the admiration Of their parents
many pieces Of which were contributed for send
ing abroad to let their light shine. These same
boys, on being transferred to another school
where /" Book LESSONS were only given, again
became truants-ra,her deserters from school
their parents entirely falling TO secure their
attendance.
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MECHANISM. NO. II.
BY JOSIAH HoLBRooK.

The scale, dividers, and triangle, are "rHE
THREE TOOLS" for juvenile mechanism. No child
over eight years old, either at home at school,
ought to be without them. They may furnish
more instruction than ten times probably a hun
dred times, their cost expended in books. They
also give to books value which they cannot pos
sbly possess by themselves alone. They render
books practical and entertaining, and schools
places Of delightful resort They are the instru-
ments Of SELP.INsTRUcTIoSA q
For young pupils six-inct Ie,made ofwoOd,
brass, or ivory, is fQnveniaG Many others,
varying in matters Bgth, graduation, and use,
may be hsd as DIVISIONS should call for than.
The dividers should be furnished with point,
pencil, and zen The triangle should have one
rigbt-angle, one angle Of sixty degrees, and the
ether will be necessarily thirty degrees as the
three angles Of trisngl6Bn all cases amount
precisely TO hundred and eiUhty degrees. Both
the scale and triangle should be marked with
inches and parts Of inches. The former should
also contain the line Of chords and the scale OF
equal parts ~
Such triangle Is probably the most compfe-
hcnsve little instrument that exists, or that can
exist II contains the elements Of the equilstersl
triangle and square and those two figures togeth-
err constitute the elements Of universal mechan-
ism, both Of divine and human origin. The
entire simplicity, with the boundless and endless
uses Of the three tools, Ats them for training
young hands and eyes, and for instructing, enter
tanning and refining young minds, 10 an extent
much beyond any book, Or any number Of books
which can be provided for them at the same time
greatly increasing the value of books. BY their
very great simplicity they can even be made by
the pupils needing them. Several boys, not long
since made some dividers OF wood, fitted with Q
point, pencil, and pen, which they found TO answer
a good purpose. ey making smooth and straight
a thin piece Of board, with inches marked on II
the scale Is provided. BY setting a pair Of divi
ders with the points distant just six inches, al
equlatersl triangle with sides Of that length car
be drawn In an instant, say on pasteboard "A
line drawn from one corner OF that triangle 20 thu
centre Of the opposite side will form two triangle
precisely of tho character proposed. The paste
board, thus divided by lines as described can b
cut by scissors into the very trisDgiss desired
each having one right angle, one angle OF dxtl
degrees, and one ofthirty
The variety OF work capable Of being executed
by these three Juvenile Instruments 10 literally
boundless and endless, and applicable TO ever,
human pursuit, whether connected with the high
est departments Of science, or the most common
operations Of the fsrmcr mechanic, OF house
keeper. They also afford TO the users p'essur
30 high and % pure, and usefulness 90 ilimitable
both pleasure and usefulness constantly increas
iAs = 70 afford sursr safeguard sssinss juvenil
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EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT OF THE ERA.
To the Editor of The National Era;

To the Editor of The National Era;
In your European Correspondence" in the
Era Of the 9TH inst, are these words, descriptive
Of Voltaire-athe sarcasm and ridicule which he
layished upon everything moral and religious"
NV aoouaintance with Voltaires works 10 some
what extensive, II have not read them ell but
have vet 10 fnd line Of his, sarcastic or rdicu-
ling against morality or religion. These delicate
weapons he most forcibly used against superstl-
ton and imposture, called morality and religion
by his country's hierarchy, whose revenge he thus
incurred. To dlaersdit him, and diminish the
number of hise6 M Is now the only means Of
defeuce that |Ie can WELD against the
d,ad Loa.p But Z ~ knows his sbstemiousness
and ysletudnsrI6n he, studious and laborious
habits bcuueathiog mine Of most varied, extern
awe. and invaluable learning 20 the world the
zeal perseverance,, and sudacity, with which he
espoused the cause Of innocence and justice,
scorning the smiles and defying the power even
Of Frederic the Great In such contest lavish
ing large fortune In defence OF the oppressed
poor-must be very prejudiced indeed IL he can
withhold his admiration from the great philan-
thropist. Remembering how he received and sup
ported for years the destitute fugitives from the
siege Of Geneva, his protection Of Martin, Lalli,
the Callas family, and others who were persecut-
ed by the Jesults, 10 whose sway he gave the first
eeectusl blow we should gratefully scout the slang
Of his interested cslumniators Your correspond
emit, sir must be some priest or else unscqusinted
with the sage whose memory he would vilify. Few
men have done more towards separating religion
from that persecution with which II bad 30 long
been dehled and misrepreseused.- Few haze done
more towards rendering religious liberation and
charity fashionable and widely difused. Few
have been greater instructors or benefactors OF
his species. Such, sir, 10 the Judgment formed by
q (once) bigoted Presbyterian, who has learned
20 Judge mans character by his scts. Nor can
see more fault than misfortune In one unable TO
comprehend mysteries, concerning which a thou
sand scots have been wrapglng for more than a
thousand years, without arriving at unanimity
among themselves The morality Of every TO
lgion Is older than the eldest Of them oil and ID
not an original part Of any, but plagiarired BY
each. That Is the practical part OF religion, a.
| understand II and a man who 30 widely prso
tees II az voltaire did, seems 10 me entitled 70 thu
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Tor the National Era.
TRUTH vs.. CUSTOM.
BY CAROLINE A. BRIGGS.

4" That monster, Custom "-SHAEPEARE.
The Truth shall make you tfesn--GosPRLs.
As the wave that driven AndwArd rushes back upon the
main,
Only to be sent to grappls with the psbby shore again.
So the pulssidss Of my spirit reaching out Truth
alone,
On the cold bleak shores Of CusrOM are forever backward
thrown,
Where the monster iron featured sways the race from zone
to zone
Whence this rigid cold cOmpulsOnthis slow tyranny of
Fatel
Must learn from lips of others what to love and what to
hateT
Are there in my own true spirit no great voices may
trust
No dear thoughts my by blrthrght rising from it's
wrecks and dust,
That my will must bow forever to the worlds imperOus
"mustl"
Can the free soul brook dICatiOnI Wings hath to soar
away
From these flesh and blood ehraImens these world
aoles Of clay!
So the lghtnins chained and tutOrsd perform mans
lghtest will,
Yet retains within its mature all Ste ps~sr good III
ssii, --A'' - -Nai fn'f-'' 49, ''0htninE
Thus among my kind wander Outwrdiy content tn wear
ShAok custom forged and fashioned with most nice and
rigorous care;
But feel spirit In me, majestic than them all,
Rising its calm indifference able to Withstand the
thrall-
Strong to make it's own enactmsnts anst worlds OppO
sing call!
Truth and Duty are that should the world
alone,
Holding each the same good sceptrs-sittng the same
great throne.
Blind Oppression narrow Faction and the whole opposing
herd,
Holding mind in tangled msshss prisOned, like pinins
bird
God at length shall sweep them hsadOng with the bosom Of
aword!
God who called the light from darkness with simple Let
there be-"
he has power to break the bondage bidding all who gOpe
20 free.
Not forever shall the spirit struggling for dvner BIRTH
Feel the strong cold coils CUSTOM crushing close to
Earth,
Pressing out its very blood like vintage little worth
Not fOrevsrfOr already crmsoning the distant years
With the glory Of It's zenith that prophetic dawn appears
When the free soul crOuching hound like 10
others nod,
Throwing of each grooming shacks yields to th eternal
sod
Till the whole Earth stands unfstsred meath the perfect
reign Of God!
Marblehead, 1851.
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WHOLE NO. 242.

may the day be FASTENED when practical yodliaeIs
snan De preached from every pulpit, az well as
sound speculative divinity; when the Humanity
as well as the Theology Of the Christian gys-
tenn shall be insisted upon; when commercial and
political men will act ont the great principles OF
the gospel when editors shall cease 10 publish
ethics aud sentiments that would disgrace half
civilized heather; and when the majority Of
preachers and church members will not be as far
from the teachings Of Christ as q majority Of the
politicians Of the day are from the principles Of
the Declaration Of independence. LIT.
Mem York, august 9, 1851.
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That monster, Custom "-SHAKsPEARE.
The Truth shall make you fres.n-6osPBLs.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-08-07
Political Punch---T. p. Rcdfeld
in fix.

The old line convention for Orleans County H.
dopted the following creed
Resolved That among the principles of the
Democratic party, advocated and practiccd by
Jefferson. Madison Monroe, jackson and Polk.
under and by the aid Of whose respective admin
istrauons our country has progressively ad,an-
ced To- present greatness, q we re-aifrm with
peculiar emphasis, at the present time, those
principles which insist upon a strict construction
of the constitution, the non-assumption bv Con-
gress Of any doubtful powers, and a most unid
regard for state rights and absolute on-lnterer-
encc by the people Of one state with the domos-
TIC institutions OF another These principles are
so distinctly the principles of the Democratic
party, lhal we cannot recognize any mana Dem
ocrat who does not advocate each and all olthem
to the fullest extent.
Kesoved, That the principles of Democracy
nre based upon the Jeiiorsonian platform of equal
and exact Justice TO all, and If carried out in
practice by the Democratic party, we must be
victorious.
Resolved, That the school and license laws as
they now stand, arc an Infringement upon the
rights of the people, and ought to be repealed.
Resolved, That the principles of Democracy
of Orleans County, now laid down and adopted.
shall be carried out by their worhs-that our
principles and practice shall be measures and not
men, and we will show 1t by hereafter instruct
ing our agents for the altering or repeating any
laws thought advisable by the Democratic party.
when selecting agents to seats in the Legislature.
Next they appointed committee TO confer
with the Coalitonists and agree upon a county
ticket; and on the 23d ult. Ibis committee rcpor-
ted, and the old liners agreed To support the coaE
ton county ticket On the 10Th alt. the old liners
of Craitsbury met and responded to the demo-