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vol. xvn.--so II.

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out distinction Of parties to mat1,re , and nre.
serve a separate, organization. at.Ieast while
the present state. of Gtbinps confines By
assuming this attitude they viii be Infinitely
stronger, as we'll rs more respectable than Il
they were to come into any Northern con.
vention. The Northis fighting its own bat
ties, not those of the South; and siif any
Northern candidate can secure his election TO
the Presidency by sacrificing the South, the
South will be sacrificed. By plnnoinys into
the whirlpool of Northern politics they will
only lose themselves By standing aloof,
thew will he heard and felf Their ahser,ce
Iiks;tbot of The bust of Cato.ot Cmsor,s fr.
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CHAPTER III.

The import of the hints that had been
thrown ont. by her friends, Miss Livingston
now realized but too scnsibly; and what be-
fore she had regarded sns SANDER, she was
now constrained to consider as truth, having
had the evidence other lovers duplicity from
his own lips. Instead, however, OF. mourn.
ing oyer.ithe event, las many females would
avesdone, she,rejoiced. Mt her happy escape,
and heartily detesting the betrayor, admired
the other more than ever. Happy the per-
son who can exercise such command over
circumstances.
---zIt now lacked but three days of the time
specified for tine wedding, which was to take
place. the village church, on Sabbath NOR
ing after service. Instead of revealing any
thing of what she had heard, she pursued the
prudent course of keeping it to herself, re-
solving to administer q pnngent rebuke to
her apostate lover, and at the same time re-
ward him who had exhibited so much inter-
est for her welfare.
z Atlength the bridalmorn arrived. twas
in the pleasant month Of June. The mir was
cool and refreshing, the sky upeloudcd, and
the whole appearance ofnature indeed beau
-tiful. The bells pealed merriIy forth; chi
ming larnonioasly with the gentle caroling
Of the wild, free birds, who seemed toparti-
cipate in the festivities Of the occasion, and
everything betokcned extraordinary prcpar''-
tions;
- The affair being regarded with great deal
Of interest, the. church was crowded with n
audience presently, after the
discourse was concluded, and while the spec
itators were on the pinnacle of expectation,
the fair bride md supposed groom, attended
blythe bridesmaid and bridegroom, (Which
latter Office was supplied by Henry, at the
request, Gf FL! .kaagdoa, and.he urgent desire Of
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ram is over aud guuc, lue ilo~crs appear ON tue
earth. the time of the singing Of birds is come,
and the voice of The turtle is heard in our land.n
We. have, 10 Teachers. THUS far 40 lave
entered our White School, and IS our Colored
Total ,s The average attendance has been
very good" hitherto the Lord hath helped us .
And with tho additions which We have made to
our Library aud TO our Books Of instruction, We
hope, with Gods assistance, to do some efficient
service to the cause Of Christ. May Ills blessing
be with us! Very respectfully yours, 49,.
&C. BRUCE WALKER, Superintendent
To tic Rev. R. GRAHAM, Rector.
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80 - 80 S.eis e'tnt''ihSS,
money it is You he would, marry-not me.'
The, scene, though rather, ,ludicrous, was i'll
crcdibly amusing and bore, at the same time
a serious aspect. .. Langdon was completely
confounded, and hung his head in, shame.
The man of God. betrayed establishment.
Langdon, though surprised, could moi refrain
from. smiling, and sounds. OF. appreciation
were whispered all over the house. - -:
After the excitement had subsidized, the
noble lady, still retaining. her; fortitude re-
q l. hope the levity with which the ceremo-
nyhas been conducted onlmy part, will be
excused, and the. affair viewed in its proper
light, am but too happy to be aolc thus
to. extricate myself from, the willy snare of
that william (pointing! to him who would be-
tray her) has laid for mo. Ihad always, re-
lied upon his honesty, and integrity but llav.
ing heard recently from his own lips his de-
ccitful purposes, am constrained to look
upon him as an. abject wretch worthy onlyof
contempt. ] have chosenthis method Of rx-
posing his; guilt, that he mightbe held up to
tho. execration of alright minded people,
and, thus receive ,nerited punishment"
.Langdon Mt this juncturc, like a condemned
criminal, and justly, afraid of his Alliance nc
cuser, sneaked away, and from that time has
never been heard of by any person who wit
nrssed the scene. Oh! vice, how sad are Inv
results Oh! honesty, how good thy policy!
Immediately, the mutual wish having been
expressed by both Henry Stuart and Mary
Livingston, and the consent of all parties OBJ
tained, 1.-The venerable oficiator performed the
marriage ceremony; and when concluded,
great satisfaction was manifested, and Mrs.
Stuart congratulated upon the happy termi-
nation of all her difficulties, Suffice it to
say. that the match. was good one. Thus
|. blanaished deception meta merited repulse.
and fidelity became justly rewarded.
:, MANY of our readers will remember
/ the account published in all the newspl-
pers, nearly two years ago, of aCalifor.
MIA emisrant, who crossed the plains Son
foot and alone," with a 1rheelbarrop con-
veyiug all lis earthly goods, that is; his
provisions, clothes, TOOLS. &C., in that
humble vehicle, and outstripping in his
march numbers who started for the land
of gold with more snowy and expensive
appointments. His name was Brook
lnire, and he an Irishn,anby birth. His
residence, says the Syracuse Journal, is
at Warren, in Pennsylvania, where he
left wife and family Of children in very
l,indigent circumstances, when lie went
over the Rocky Mountains to try his
fortune, Brookmire has lately returned
from California, with about $4,000 ot
the "dust," "sall of which he dug and
washed out with his own'hands. And as
Eitis very apt to pour when it rains, his
wife received legacies during his absence
to the amount Of $4,000, falling to hel
upon the, death of some relations in Scot
Land. i.,.. ,t:5.,a b - .r
Z, .,.,f, E.Es, =-T---.e-TT7------- s.s,.i, 49, J.
4 W., ,s n Non, vorl, !0n,nshuo lilo fbs
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TnE next question for discussion bel
fore the Shakerag Debating Society ISL
"iWhere does candle GO 10 when it,
goes out I" 1t is thought that tho qaes-'
ton will be decided in the affirmative.
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OuR CALIFORNIA "BoYs."'-A. letter has
been receiyed in this place, we understand.
from Mr.. Richard Sautvr, who in company
with some twenty oillers, left this place for
the land of gold some weeks since. Mr.. S.
states that the boys. arc :ll well, awaiting
transportation from the Isthmus to San
Francisco. There are A or 5000 others in
the same predicamcnt. He winds up with
the remark that if he was in Athens again he
would not start TO California for ten thou
sand dollars!
The Cassyilc Standard of last week con-
tains IN extract of letter from young man
formerly of that place, saying "for Gods sake,
tell the people Of Georgia not to came here. y
The Mountain Signal Of Il late date has a
letter from Mr.. Whelehcl, a; gentleman Of the
striclcst integrity, besceching his country.
men to remain at home.
And vet, in view Of all this, and thousand
other reasons that might be mentioned, there
are hundreds of young men, who are, and
might continue useful members of society at
home. dissatisfied with their lot, and anx-
iously watching for an opportunity to 20 to
California! 1t seems they will not be
warned seven though one should rise from
the dead" d."-Alhens Ga. Herald.
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From the Southern Press.
The next PresldeptIal ELECTION

| . = .
The Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, a dis
tinguishcd representative in Congress from
Georgia, and 4 staunch advocate of the "fnal
ity of the compromise" in private letter tt
friend, now become public, declares him
self"utterly opposed to sending delegates tc
the Baltimore Conventions" meaning. pre-
sumo, the Democratic Convention. In this
perfectly agree with him; but should have
been better pleased had he extended his. dis
appreciation to Wing Convention, should
such a one be contemplated. It is clear
from this letter, which is extremely well
written, that Mr.. Stephens is becoming aware
that the compromise is not exactly "fna!-
ity," and that a cooperation of either of the
Southern parties with either of those of the
North, must be brought about, not by con-
ccssions, or guarantees to the former, but by
acquiscence in new encroachments of the
latter. In order the more clearly to comprc-
hend the actual position of the South it
seems necessary to take a brief glance at the
present state of the two great parties, now
disputing the ascendency in the government
Of the United States.
That section of the Whig. party which
seems about to rally round Mr.. Fillmore or
Mr.. Webster, make ita sine qua non that
their candidate for the Presidency shall main
tain the "6nality" of the compromise in all
its parts: while that portion of which Mr..
Seward is supposed to be the head, MAIN
tainitis not final, either with respect to the
fugitive slave law, or against future aggres-
sions of the Abolitionists. On the other
hand, it is said that portion Of the North
ern Democratic party, i'll like manner, rally
round the finality Of the compromise while !:
is certain that a far greater portion called
Freesoilers are sternly adverse to it on the,
ground ofthe fugitive slave law, and espe-
cially, because 1t does not embody the Will
mot proyiso in SO many words.
As yet, no party, North, East or West,
has shown the slightest disposition to coop
crate with the South in defence of its insti-,
tutions. No party has ventured to come
forward in opposition to the settled, ayowed
policy ofthe Abolitionists and .Frecsoilers.
No Northern party dares TO do so; for these
two adjuncts of one and the same faction,
would ut once array themselves in opposition
to any, candidate who declared himself will
1ing to mata- tile slightest concessions tothe:
..;t: fe.,. I:i5s- iti,s iS; .;...
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CHAPTER RIIa

appearance, hut more thin fills, truthful and
honest in every respect ;;!and,it is almost
needless to STATE, fndulsed serious desires
for Miss Liyingstoi d s affections. (Ani here
it must be admitfad fIfat she entertained 4
deep regard for9ii6,, though her preference
was. given to anotaief. But finding he had
more favored tlisal; he terelinquished his
suit, and submitted to the afdeai with COM
mendnble resisnatI On. apparently ynotmind-
ing the DISAPPOINTMENT he had been subject
cd to, his love stf|il continued in all its fer
vor; and, knowing LING donis per6dious mo-
tivcs, (for lie shad Revealed them to him.in
confidence he ceasidcred It 4 dnty:to speak
with him on iheshbiecE and endeavored to
persuade him to act towards his aflianced as
her merits deserved
Accordingly, emo evening, q short time
previous to the time fixed upon for the nup-
tial ceremony to be}peffurlned, Henry invited
his rival, (for saest5we may term him. to
accompany hin Id ashort walk. After dis
cussing some important subjects, lie said.
{" Richard, Ihave a word to say on a very
delicate subject, fdr Which, Lsuppose, you
will not thank ma. But being a familiar
acquaintance, a,friend, and conscience with
its compuneiious tsrob bbings refuses TO- give
me rest, have been compelled TO undertake
the task. You recaliect yonI revealed to me
your object in se1saeing yourself to Miss
Livingston. AT TINT time, contrary 10 your
knowledge, Eehcfished some hope of gain.
ing her myself. and therefore did not evince
much anxiety bout the matter. But now
Gnnino t.r,,t yh,.,l. y <,ro.,, &c ,,o
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{ iW1rY is a. New York Omnibus like the
heart lof, a hirts Because there is al.
ways room .forone more to bp taken in.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-04-08

A country editor having received two
gold dollars in advance forhis, paper, says
that he allows his child dtoplay with other
children as usual.
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/, FLOYD IIAY.-A few days ago we saw
several bales of fine looking hay for sale in
The streets Of Rome, which was raised and
packed; on the :. Homcwood' farm, about
three miles from this place. 1t was very
handsomely put up, and looked as green and
tempting as any from the g Yankee Land"
Two tons Of this hay was probably made to
the acre which at IS cents per hundred
the price il now commands would yield a
crop worth $50 per acre. How much better
is cotton planting than this, with that sh,ple
down to 6 and Z cents !-Romc Courier,
&c inst, lf a.
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were directing their course to The Scene of
accident. All ms con nfasion-2the ladies
screaming from Asfrorsiand fright, and the
males desparing, from the excitement, of
being able to render assistance. utluckily,
a boat happened III BE- passing near at the
time, and a Young mai, ivlio was sailing
alone, rescued sboth from. tier perilous CON
dition before t6rsr ed amy material iniu-
ry, and conveyed tIism safsly 81 to the shore.
The rescued and He Tesener all rec ognized
each other, for their acquairt fences: had been
previous, and Henry Stuart received show.
ers Of heartfelt thinks for Ills gallant and
timely intercessioI .. q.
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IT is stated that an enlightened member of
the Tennessee egislature----one Mr.. Tlioinp-
son-dcclares himself opposed to alt rail-
roads. He regards them as injurious TO the
country and to the morals of the towns, and
is in favor of law directing the Attorney
GcucraI 10 prosecute the travelling orators
who 20 about the country to advocate them.
The member must be cousin of the
member in the Legislature of Alabama, who
made the solemn declaration that geology
is u hurnbug." 80
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COM N UMICATIO MS.
FOR THE ADVERTISER.
supERINTENDasI's MONTHLY REPORT

ID
SupERINTENDaST'S MONTHLY REPORT
OFrrE SUNDAY Schools CONNECTED WITH TRIS-
NarY PROTESTANT ErIscorAL CHURCH FOR
shlARcH, 1852.
g Reverend and Dear SRI have heretofore
noticed very briefly the great benefits of carly
religious instruction, and somewhat Of the scrir-
sarlfwarrant for believing that youthful piety is
possible. ] cannot think That nop I an assert
ing too much in saying that institution, which
directly aud chiefly contcmrlatcs the spiritual
Improvement of the young, such us is The Sun
day School, deserves to be styled a good insti,u-
tion.
tits GOOD III its AIN. 1t proposes IN impart
religious truth to the opening mind. Itsceks to
guide theyoutlful in The way ofsl life. Its object
is not attained until the scholar is Experimental
fy acquainted with the blessings of the sospelo
Jesus, until the hcarts renewed by the Spiri, Of
.,r,l Il o. ,..f .
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Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-04-10

~ We respectfully call the attention
Of orr readers TO the letter of ouf CORES.
pobJent E%NaINEEn, which Describes a ace.
lion of country which Il but little known.
bt,t which, ia fast growing into notice and
one that win prove advantageous to the
prosperity Of Baton Rouge. il the proper
steps are taken to direct the trade this
way-it eau be done. and " Engineer -
points to the scoys and means; We feel
that our enterprising merchants will take
this in baud aud will not permit II to drop
for the want of aid from the city Of Ba.
Rouge. We expect o to see the
whole Crosse Tete trade find is way Ia
Baton Rouge, by means Of n plank road,
or rail road, we do not know or
wl,ich-bnt certainly by one or the
other. We shall recur 10 this subject al
an early day.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-04-10
Convention or No Convention.

Ere another issue from DIR press, the
people at the ballot.box, will lave decided
this Important question.
We have more than once expressed
ourN.lf In favor Of this measure, and we
Do lIot for y moment doubt that an cvet.
whelming majority viii pronounce In it,
favor on Monday next ; the Only danger Of
its failure might be an over confidence in
its success. VIZ are convinced that the
vote will be an unusually small one, in
deed, we understand that Iii soiDe parishes
no election will be held ut MI why the
people should manifest SO little interest in
u great question of such importance, is
more than we can understand. We be.
lieye that the present Constitution IL anti
democratic and opposed TO the best inter
ests Of ouf State, we believe that article
ia, which authorizes the legislature TO res
woke the charters of all corporations
which shall not have expired previous 10
the month Of January 1890, as dtnlllecessa.
~. end articles i22 aud 1873 are %restric.
upon tile rights Of The people which,
tall fer nn Immediate repeal, and which
ire calculated TO cramp the public spirit
our citizens and crush every attempt
It Improvement we feel that IL IL snper-
for ts to repea, tile objections TO
he present Constitutions, they are to be
ouud IN almost every article of that pre-.
ious document, aud we trust that the
will he true TO themselves aud Oil
next, declare that a Convention
be called iuto existence, to ~abrogate
he whole concern, aud to adopt one more
accordance with the spirit Of the aye,
nd better calculated to promote the hap
mess aud prosperity Of the people Of o~r
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-04-10

WnAr is TmE MATTER WITH THE posr
OFricE.-We were mortified upon learn.
ing that or subscribers at New River
and Live Oak received our paper very ir.
regularly. This is TOO bad aud we respe /.
fully call upon the very worthy Post
Master at New River to give HE deputy
a talk. We stepped Into the Post Office
OH Tuesday last and found one Of our
papers, directed to n subscriber at that
place, careIessly thrown upon n side shelf
q nong old wrappers, etc, aud we knew
that the subscriber sends to the Office
upon the arrival Of every up mail, and
doubt, for his not receiving this paper,
the diress maledictions were vented upon
us for our neglect. Look sharp I'VE j; we
can't stand this, the Gazette il of too
much importance, thus carelesslv 10 be
aside, especially when our sub.
pays for it.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-04-10

u The crops III the p~arisl,es of Baton
ttotge, Ascension and llerville. were
never more promising III this time of year
than now, mud the planters are in high
spirits, especially rs there appears to be
no danger Of erevnsees, the river being
within its banks, aud the levees being
better than was ever known. The ruin
Gus erevasees Of the pastsasis years. have
taught the planters n lesson which we
trust may not 0 lie forgotten.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-04-10

~ Fielding Mnssleman has just fitted
MP bis beautiful IcE CREAM Saloon, ia q
manner that does credit to his taste mud
which entities him 10 the patronage OF
the public. We have tried lns Ice Cream
aud Soda, aud eau safely ray tl,atit is .ffM
rate. Onr readers will be glad TO know
that the ordinance OF the 13oari OF Sc.
lectmen, does not apply 70 this establish.
ment. and they will find i, All excellent
place TO while awny a Sunday evening.
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Spiritual Knoekines Scientifically
Explained.

That the mysterious and wonderful
knockings aud fappings OF the .spirits'
at Rochester aud Else where would some
day be exp aiDed, we never had the least
doubt, bur we did not dareslo hope that
tile eiucidatlon aud clearing up would
come so soon. Ia these progressive times,
however, science seems TO o silod with
the !. uilie league boots Of the fairy tale,
aud the gigantic stfidesaf her votaries ill
us with emotions in which awe, wonder
and establishments are so intimately con.
glomerated and linked up" that we can
hardly tell " which from other, or t other
from which = OF the labor,ons and dill.
cult process by winch the scrisntitic cor
respondent Of the Cincinnati Commercial
arrived at the following CONCLUSIONS, we
can say nothing; bur the precision, Gle
eance and lucidity of the explanations
must make itself Obvious 10 the " meanest
capacity" In allusion 10 the tappinus.
this profound philosopher beautifully oh.
serves:
The only true and legitimate manner
OF accounting for the taps is The pllysioio.
g.cal defects OF the merEbrnneous system.
The obtuseness Of the abdominal indicator
canses The car,ilagineons compressor to
coaeulate INTO The diaphragm. aud elepres-
SEES the. dltoden.nn into the flainIapgo
Now, If the taps were caused by the yoaa
ton Of the electricity from the exlre,nities.
the fyM3k1num would also dissolve n,o
spiritual sinctmn. and the olifac DRY ossii.
Gator would fprnr Ut and become Identical
with the p%igmentun. Now. This III no,
ilie case Ia order to produce the taps. tile
spiritual rusnidnm must be elevated down
10 The spiritual spero. Bur, as | said be-
fore, the inferior iigaments must moi sub.
lend over The %diyitofnn sufficiently To dis
organize the ~tercieleinm.'
A friend Of ours, WHO graduated = with
distinguished holiors' a, one If the North.
efn Universities, says thar he must dissent
~ tot0 from the idea nm, The "dppres.iou
OF the dnudenum irso the f~andango Z
could. by any possibility. cause i the 81
factory oSsiiicator to tsrneu. aud become
Identical with the pigmentnm." He says
the thing ca,l,lot Be done ; and. after quot
several learned authorities on iilessul,.
jec', Winds up his argument by lIe remark
. The vibratory motion communicated
The tuliica albngenia by the partufision
of the aiveoia process ef7rctually d~i-enfe-
the pefica,d.ac influences 81 the
epigastrinITi, aud produces q compound
:orpnscHlar movement Of the l~yanliiafic
pIafidx uhsirh nlannr.ns1 ard 1sxx,A<Mfy.af