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in particulars. There are often facts and cir
cumstunces which might be happily employed in
private conversation, which would be out Of
place in the pulpit. Direct appeals may be so
made as to fall with power upon the heart.
These address themselves to the judgment, they
feel il i. to them, and they cannot transfer it.
| will illustrate this Soon ;fler the death of
that devoted servant Of God, Harlan Page, when
subscription was being handed round for the
benefit of Mrs. p and her children, young mer-
chant standing by snid, with tears standing in his
eyes, | wish to give something-here are ten
dollars; but for hr. P. | would probably have
sunk into miserable eternity" This young
man, in explaining the circumstance uaid, Mr..
Z. coming into the Church before the hour for
preaching, took seat by my side and said, Il
trust you love the Saviour The question i'm
mcdiately filled my eyes with tears. I had been
preached 10 al arms length all my days an Neu
Hampshire, 6ut This gas the first time in my life
that ever Christian thus kindly put such CUES
ton 10 my heari." These lines speak volumes
they unfold an important secret to the child of
God
While would not detract from the dignity
and Importance of our Heavenapponted minis
try, which is the bulwark and glory Of the Church,
yet the preaching of the word does not now
seem to have that happy effect which it had in
earlier times. A sermon on the love and death
of Christ delivered TO band of Burmans, would
tell more loudly for the cause of Christ, all things
considered, Than one addressed 10 a well inform
I'd American congregation. Robert Hall once
said, the darkest place in the room is under
the lamp" And it appears that those who re-
ceive the light Of The understanding, unaccompa-
MED by the love Of truth, have their hearts rem
dered callous to Divine impressions by the COM
m"nness Of their spiritual privileges; so that
Gods word becomes SAVIOR OF death unto death,
by SHINING witully after they have received the
knowledge of the truth Now, when one mode
of attack fails, the skful general will resort TO
another, and thus take his enemy on surprise.
So shonld We do 1t is true that ali efficiency in
our Divine work must be effected by the same
nstrument-truth-bu still, the instrument may
be welded in different ways-in one direction
we might strike shield or helmet and do no in
jury, while in another direction mortal wound
might be inflicted. As Gods agents, We should
WELD his instrument skilfully.
notice, n.the third place, the spirit and man.
ncr in which This effort should be made. Here
We must strive lawfully if we triumph. Love
TO Christ is alone capable of impelling man 10
the performance of works acceptable to God.
Twingle, The celebrated Swiss reformcr, says
Z" works done out of Jesus Christ are worthless.
Since every thing is done Of him, in him and by
him. what can ws-lar-el el-;..--i---ft.s- ourselves
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c., OCTOBER 10, 1854.
EDGEFIELD,

spoke about an hour when the case was sub
milted to the Jury. tf5r six hours an awful sus-
pense Of the final result touk possession of the
assembly. Hope, fsas and apprehension, sway
ed each boson-tbs Tay having been that length
of time in close consultation in their room. AT
length they came totkel clerks liable, with slow
and solemn steps, handing in verdict of Gully
Tie stern and rigids8rinciples of law and the
maric influence of s;a1cCloud's inexhaustiblc
wealth swayed the besler feelings Of The human
heart. 1t was evident the verdict had beeu
.wrung from them withmGch reluctance.
On the next morning, the Judge pronounced
the sentence of deaskFin conformity with t"e
verdict of the jury ;9and decided that in ten
davs Col. Van Dyke should atone for the mur-
der of McCloud bysMs public execution upon
the galuws.
The fatal day soopscame, bringing with it a
general gloom Epeathe elements above seem
ed conscious of theIBusice about to be inflict-
ed upon the noble Y.m Dyke. Dark lowering
clouds ob<curcd tho fsky-thunders pcaed their
solemn notcs-tIIeSligiilning's awful glare and
Quick f;IsIles struck terror and alarm anio the
sloulest hearts andFthe muilcd drum added
still another solcmnitg to the heart-sckening
scene I'housandsoftspcc had assembled
before the hour of execution. A platform had
been erected, and cs5thed in the deep habiii-
mcnls of mourning and death; and on this was
soon seated The youthful condemned telon, sur
rounded by some deyeIed friends of botI sexes.
The officer having eh5age of The solcmnhies of
that day arose and coalmandei silence, in order
that the condemned 6might be- heard. The
solemn silence of that3assembly which then en-
>urd fur, far surpasSad anything that ever
Witnessed upon any f@laer OCCASION
cit was so sulcmn, stiIiand dead,
Tia, YOU might hear, She frics lighter tread,
The spiders slcp aslhn woye his share
From tire" 10 tree, orfnais soft creeping there"
. II WAS Il mumrntof hreathlcss anxiety. until
Van Dyke stepped forward, in full view of the
uulncrorls assembly. His fine form, open coun-
tcnaucc, and diguifieaf lfposses.ion, won uni
versal admiration and sympathy. You are as
scmbled, lny flicnds.pg Said Van Dyke, con the
present OCCASION, to WRtass the degradation and
death of i fellow citizen, 1uucome 10 sec the
inliicion Of disgracstul punishment for mpu-
ted crime. But in theIhidst of death and in the
presence of holy Gddi and this assembly, pro-
claim that am no ullnlerer. 1t is true point
ed The pistol and direced the shot that killed
him. glory in thcs:c-I should lave been
lost TO the feelings ofa man. los, 10 every noble
impulse, had | acleda d:lfrrent part. My con-
SCIENCE acquits me. of. all crime, and feel no
fears in meeting the7jnd ge of the universe.
killed McClond in plptectings the idol of my
heart from the mcdiiaIe vengeance Of malice;
jealousy, ambition. disiFpoint-4-~ra-" I'D vim
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camc with lightning specu. -!
voice exclaimed, I" Not yet; oh, not YETI a
lovely woman, with 4 male attendant, rushed 10
the platform. She bore in her hand The pardon
of Van Dyke from the Governor. She went,
the grateful messenger of love and mercy, aud
returned in time 10 save her bencIactor and the
idol of her soul from an i!,nomnious death. In
al instant the lovely Mary Lawson Was in the
ar,us Of Col. Van Dyke md the crowd, by one
universal shout of joy and upprobaion eyinced
their sympathy for the lerosm Of Col. Van Dyke
and Mary Lawson.
Time rolled on in its mighty revolution, pro-
ducinr its wonderful changes. Years had passed
bv. / saw them again. they were Jasking in
earthly felicity asked them if any impedi-
mcnt had rulfled the crystal stream of affection;
and the once beautiful ,lary exclaimed, with
frrvor. "Nut yet; oh, not yet."-RussclivilIe
Herald
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STRANGE FREAK-PRov1DEScE Oct. 3.-An
old man named Lyman Hawes committed a
strange freak to day, which caused no sml ex-
element. He erected house of boards on
both tracks Of the Providence and Worcester
railroad, and placed within the same keg of
powder and then mailing himself in the house,
swore that if the trains attempted to run through
the building he would blow all TO atoms. His
wild and determined threats and the obstruction
caused Il detention of two hours to the trains,
but finally a crowd of about one thousand per-
sons assembled and smashed in the door of the
building, and seized Halves and dragged him
to Jail.
The police speedily demolished the house, and
the trains passed on. The excitement was so
great that it was with difficulty the people were
deferred from injuring Ilawes. The reason gi-
ven for the strange freak is. that Hawes former
ly owned the land through which the road passes,
and, conceiving that he had not been allowed
enough for it by the commissioners, endeavored
to revenge himself in the manner stated.
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A SECRET WORTH KNowIse.-Boi three or
four onions with pint of water; then, with
gliding brush, 60 over your glasses and frames,
and rest assured that the flies will not light on
the article washed. This may be used without
apprehension, and it will not do the least injury
to the frames.
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DIR. WISE ON SLAvERY.-A Boston clergy
man, who had spent some time at the South, and
learned no small part of the anti-slavery creed
to which he has bred, recently addressed friend
ly letter to the Hon. Henry A. Wise, of Virgin
in. propounding series of qu, slions concerning
the general subject Of slavery. nnd the African
race in the United States. Mr. Wise's reply has
been published, and attracts much attention at
the North. 1t is full of his own warm blood,
defiant, eloquent hcadlong sometimes exngge-
rated and confused, but abounding in original
and striking views He contrasts the condition
of The African slave in the United States and
Brazil in regard to religion, civilization and
physical we'll being, with the Africaa at home,
and vindicates slavery and the slave trade by the
good they have done.
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Select poetr1),
From the Southern Baptist.
LINES

From the Southern Baptlst.
LINES
WRITTEN on READING AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF TIL
DEATH OF MONTGOMERY.
Another Pleads mystic flight,
Hath cast its shade o'cr Britain's strand;
A brilliant consultations light,
Is dawning on Il better land.
The Northern Lyre, one by one,
Has had its gold strings rudeiy swept;
In sweetest notes its chords vibrate,
AS if trembling scraph wept.
At hofy eve, when thousand stars
Have cast their glory o'cr the sea,
Thy numbers have my bosom stirred
To earnings, that it might be free.
And DER my soul thy influence threw
A pure sweet dream of heavenly bliss;
A look s. beyond the fight Of time"
Took all the pain and tears from this.
In sofrst cadence, low and sweet
"A requiem floats far o'er the sale
In old Westmnster's arches wide,
Do kindred spirits join the wall.
Though now thy star is set in mists,
Which battle Visions boastcd power,
Thy name will flourish as the oak"
That thou dds, plant in life's last hour.
Though Azrael's mandate stayed its fight,
Till fourscore lustres shed their rays,
Thy renovated form will live,
To chant in Heaven eternal praise.
S. A. LAKE.
Rose Cottage, S. C.
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RAILROAD Acc1DENr-We understand that
the Greenville train, in coming down yesterday,
run over two negroes, The property of Capt. T.
J. Robertson, of this district, one of whom was
killed instantly and the other left with no hopes
of recovery. The negroes were supposed to be
asleep.-South Caronian.
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A pretended fugitive from Georgia turned up,
a few days since, in Pennsylvania, Yates county,
N. Y.-wherc, by the way, abolitionists are very
numerous--and made enquiry for some aboli-
1ionists in the neighborheod. He called>at the
house of Mr.. Pulver, the family being absent,
and soon after gold watch was missing, as well
as the fugitive. Mr. P. offers a reward of $40
for his apprehension.
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They furnish lei.,"s -..-'n's ..r. ungn ,lg
depravity of these people, and would almost
justify the Association in Withholding from them
all charity. Such conduct certainly authorizes
them to change the form of their benefactions,
and to investigate narrowly the merits of every
case in which they are called upon for assistance.
Fl Saw. Georgian.
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CROCK Err & REES,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
iHtiGiHGT1 ANTS.

Jackson Street. below and the opposite side of
Warren's Block AUGUSTA, GA
TINE Undersigned would respectfully inform
4 their friends and former patrons, that they will
remove on the lst September next, to the NE"
and SUBSTANTIAL Fire-ProOf Ware
house on Jackson Street, below and on the oppo-
site Of Warren Block.
We will give our personal attention 10 all business
entrusted to our care, as heretofore, and hope to
merit continuance Of the favor of former patrons.
We are prepared to make, at all times, liberal
cash advances OF Produce in Store
Orders for BAGGING, ROPE and FAMILY
SUPPLIES will be carefully filled, and at the low
est market price.
JOHN R. CROCKER,
JOHN c. REES.
Augusta. Aug. 8, 3m 80
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w. c., BEEMAN, who has been for some
months inn custody on the charge of robbing the
mails, died in the Jail at Savannah on the 9th:
inst, Of yellow fever. He was to have been
tried at the November term of the U. S. Dis
trict Court of Georgia His death, however,
dispenses with the attendance of. witnesses. I
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The Boston Weekly Bank Statement shows
an increase of $4,000 in capital over the pre-
vous week, a decrease of So l2 5ss in loans md
discounts, and of $lo.795 in specie. n
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SONG.
THERE is dew for the ilow'rct,
And honey for the bee;
And bowers for the wild bird,
And love for you and me!
There are tears for the many,
And pleasures for the few;
But let the world pass on, dear,
There's love for Inc and you!
There's care that will not leave US,
And pain that will not flee;
But in our hearts unaltercd,
Sits Love, tween you and me!
Our love, it ne'cr was rcckoncd,
Yet good it is, and true;
It's half the world to me, love,
It's all the world 10 You.
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NOtiCe,

A PPLICATION will be made to the next Leg
N slature of South Carolina, for an act TO ex-
cude the sale of Sprituous Liquors in Granitevle,
or any where within three miles of the place.
Aug % 81 %
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Groceries!
so IIIGDS. SUGAR, Also SO Barrels STEW
ARTS do
900 Bags COFFEE,
% Hhds. MOLASSES,
900 Coils ROPE, some very superior.
,aa 100 IS;iics Gunny and Dundee BEGGING,
80 Whole half aud Quarter Bhls No3, No l.
and Mess MACKEREL, also Kits,
And We would ALSO s,ate," that we have fine
assortment of
Blankets, Negro Cloths,
Bedsteads, Chairs, Saddles, Osnaburgs, Stripes,
Iron, Nails. Oils, White Lead, Shot, bar Lead,
Salt, Cheese. Powder, Soap, Rice,
Bacon. &c, &c. &C.,
And in fact, every article usually found in Gro
Gerry Store. j. SlBLEI d SoN.
Hamburg, Nov IA, # al
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In notice Of the Poets death it is stated that
he planted IN oak on his eighticth birthday, in
front Vi the nirmarY in the town in which he lived
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-03-30
Rag Money.

Our Democratic readers, and no doubt, many
others, will rejoice to know that we are likely
soon, to getrid of that disgusting currency known
by the name Of relief notes.
A bill has passed the Senate which will doubt
less become law, by which it is provided that
relief notes after having been paid into the State
Treasury shall not again be put in circulation.
About the dirtiest thing of which we have any
conception is one of those filth bearing rags now
current among US. Disgusting alike to sight
and smell, and so small in denomination that the
most loathsome beggar may have possessed them,
it is dangerous to persons susceptible to disease,
to touch them.
We are glad to believe that their days are now
well nigh numbered, for the additional reasons
that the progress of the influx of foreign bills,
which the enactments of the legislature have
hitherto been unable to prevent will be cut off,
and the millions of fspecie now boarded up in un-
productive Golfers will be forced out, and made to
answer the design of its making. As the cur
rency now is, every man is holding on to his gold
dollar, his halves and his quarters as if they were
only made to keep, and he will wait, and put off
his creditors, until he can obtain some twelve
square inches of maleable dirt in the shape of a
relief note, with which to pay honest debt
Millions of small coin annually struck at the
mint and put in circulation, yet what do we see?
Is it any pentier2 No, it sinks at once out Of
sight, to the very bottom of the pockets, while
the light refuse of paper, the unsubstantial cheat
the mere apology of money, is every where thrust
foremost. Our Democratic Legislature will make
themselves the more appreciated by the people,
the sooner they provide for the banishuent of the
trash
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PamnVals.

The moment has arrived for those that intend
taking advantage Of the first Of April 70 change
their locations to be ''up and doing" and we
would remind those who are subscribers to the
Democrat and Sentinel for fear through the noise
and confusion attendant on such occasions,
they may forget there is such men as printers, to
notify us properly as to their new location those
writing to Us will be very careful in making out
their address, so that there will not be even a
probability ofa mistake in entering it down on our
list. A great many mistakes occur in this way:
subscribers call al the Post Office and not finding
their property they bring charges against the
printers, when the whole secret lies in tie sub
scriber not having attended TO his duty properly
To those who have acquired the habit Of sub
scribing for new paper, whenever they change
their location, without paying for any, simply
by not lifting them. and the Post Master acting
in his official capacity, very carely returns them
marked conspicuously with the reason-not lifted,
because they have nloUed elsewhere to perform
the same man@uvre, we would say, in the Ian
guage Of cotemporary:
''ThoSc that move off in our debt will find
their names in print, in manner that they will
not admire; and the paper containing it will be
sent to the place where they move to- for the edi-
ication of their neighbors. All of YOU that
intend to leave the county this spring had better
take warning AN honest man is the noblest
work of God, and those that move off in debt to
the printer, are not honest. Remember this
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Liquor Law.

A bill on the principle of the Prohibitory Liquor
Law has passed the House by vote Of so to 43.
The bill provides for the submission of lht mes,
tion to the vote of the people at the election next
fall. 1t restricts the right Of search vithia rea-
sonable bounds, and hile it takes from the State
the revenue derived from licenses, it allows the
unbounded domestic use of the fluid, the spirit of
the law aiming at the demolition of all such un-
slightly appendages to real estate, as sign posts,
aud convenient bars. Well the Toor drunk
ard'' will no longer have the landlord to
blame, and the landlord may walk abroad re-
lieved from the load of damnation so often
heaped upon him heretofore, guilty or not guilty.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-03-30
EXECUTION OF DAVID JEWELL /!
For the Murder of Samuel Mitchell, on the 5th of
July, 1852.

AuIOoI Ol 0ILuESi 4aitS1.oA OiI t+AS GIL u
July, 1852.
The execution Of David Jewell, for the murder
of Samuel Mitchell, on the 9Th of July, 1882 took
place at o'clock yesterday, in the jail-yard, in
the presence of deputation of several hundred
persons.
At about eight o'clock in the morning, two Of
our volunteer companies, the jackson Indepen-
dent Blues, under command Of Capt. Alex. Hay,
and the Duquesne Greys, Capt. Campbell, assem-
bled at their respective armories, having been
previously commanded by the Sheriff to attend
the execution, and at o'clock they proceeded to
tke jail-
The crowd was so dense at the back entrance
to the Jail, that portion Of the military had to
be stationed there to preserve order, and keep
the way to the door clear; and it was only by
charging upon the crowd, with arms presented,
that they at length succeeded in preserving Or
der
At about halfpast eleveno clock, guards, COM
posed of squads from each military company,
marched into the jail-yard, and formed
lines along the yard on either side in front of the
gallows, whose office it was to preserve order,
and keep the space in the vicinity Of the gallows
clear.
At II o'clock the deputation were admitted to
the yard, who were formed in position along
the walls, Immediately in the rear of the militia
ry, which position they occupied with but little
interruption, up to the hour of execution.
Having followed the guards and the ticketed
deputation into the yard, we now leave them in
their position and turn to the unhappy prisoner
in his cell.
On Wednesday night, we are informed that
Jewell slept but little, and during Thursday par
took of very little nourishment. In the after
noon of Thursday, his wife and child, his father
and mother, and other members of the family,
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Whiskey Pool.

Shortly after the Canal Commissioners had left
No. 4, on the A. P. R. R., on Friday evening last,
as two sections of boat were descending the
plane at that place, the tugs, or chains which
fasten the trucks to the rope, gave way and the
sections were soon made a singular wreck at the
foot Of the plane.
The boat was loaded with whiskey, gin, dried
beet, apples, crackers, &C., all of which were very
carelessly poured and scattered, libation and
offering to the beautiful earth. Such the
food of spirits, that the like has never been
known before, even in the history of the Outpour-
ings in Maine.
A pool was formed in which the lame and kalt
might easily have bathed and come away reoic
ing. The meaner animals soon came TO claim
their share, and all the drunk pigs and fowls that
feasted around have not yet been numbered. 1t
is not true that all No. 4 was drunl,-that the
for whiskey, the good creature of God, has never
been SO far away, that our citizens of the plane,
became disused to the vapor, or could be effected
by sudden inhalation. ETHEREAL draughts never
effect the neighbors of the senior Editor.
With what depression of heart will this event
strike the sons of Bacchus throughout our good
nation, when it reaches their cars z1osg xii lost
foreyer-in the deep bosom ofthe earth now bur
led We presume however, that ike Bishop
Brunos arrival in hell, it will be evidenced by diff
better in Gods earth than in his image.