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Mr. EDITon: send, FOR re publication, taken
from the files Of your paper, Resolution adopted
by the friends of division at meeting held by them
in the sauda Regiment, on the 2lst September,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-09-10
Edgefeld Baptist Association.

L. ". HORNE, Clerk.
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
Trial of Herbert.

The farce of trying this man in Washing
ton had, at the lates accounts, concluded in
the disagreement of the jury and was an
nounced for repetition, with little prospect
of satisfactory termination. 1t is Il mean-
choly spectacle to witness the efforts being
made at the capitol of a Nation protesting
to be republican, for the accQuttal of the
assassin of Keating The most prominent
of the politicians who have eXpunged pat
riotiSm from the creed of statesmen, appear
to have united their efforts for the accom-
plishment of this end The District Attor-
nev who conducted the prosecution shame
fnlly neglected his duty, and in the most bare
faced manner spoke of the criminal Congress
man as his personal friend" 1t would
seem as if a blight had settled upon all
branches of our government rs if the dem
ocratic elements in our Institutions were to
be utterly extinguished and that an ariStoc-
racy, composed of the most corrupt portion
of our society, had attained complete control
over the management of the affairs of the
nation 1t would seem as though the peo-
pie were subjects rather than the sovereigns
of those who should be our servants at
Washington and that every department Of
our National government, were as corrupt
as our State and city officials have generally
shown themselves to be since California was
admitted into the confederacy. 1t is our
firm belief that had Heating killed Herbert,
he would to-day have been under sentence
of death. But as the Congressman, and
not the waiter, was the assassin, the case is
materially changed. What is murder when
committed by one of the people, is highly
commendable act when accomplished by
the hand Of one of their representatives.
Shall we never have an end Of these damn
ing Inconsistencies in our admiration of law?
Is democracy but name, and did the spirit
of our fathers go down to their graves with
their bodies The experience of their
children certainly seems to prove that such
is the case The statesman of to-day will
have no claims on posterity for admiration,
for in their deeds they have not emulated
their ancestors God grant that in the
future reform may come with repentance.--
Vide Hest
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
Political Newspapers.

What Selfevident humbugS politicalnews-
papers are, any how ! Why, we would ra-
ther be Il Mormon coiporteur in the dOmin-
ions of Luciter, than the latter-day dissent
nator of political clap-trap. Reader, inst
look at the AmSy habliamentS of the polit-
ical organiSt !" Why, you can see clear
to the bone" He is bought and sold, body,
brains and all, for just as much filthy lu-
chre as his services to the good cause may
seem worth
In short, the political editor is mere hire
ling, receiving from his party the wages of
his toll What he writes must be for the
benefit of his employer, or he is discharged
as ali unworthy servant. Each political ed
itor laborS to sustain his own party at all
hazards-each accuses his opponent of false
hood, and each, in this regard not unfre-
quently tells the truth 1t is his duty thro'
the medium of his powerful organ" to mag
nifty the virtues of his own friends and lay
bare deformites of his enemies. Look at
our California political editors, and see of
what material they are made up. Broken
down lawyers, spawned politicians, lazy doc
tors ruined members of the First Fami-
lies, grcen-room plmpS, political gamblers
and literary lunaticsfnd profitable and genial
employment as editors of our party papers.
There are few exceptions, of course And
these are the mem who eXpound the princi-
pies of the several political platforms" and
tell us how to vote
Is it not monStrouS that such nuisances
should be allowed to exist Political news
papers are the greatest evils with which our
State is cursed Their contention engeuders
ilI-ieeling between father and son, prevents
the courtesies of social life, and eXerts per-
ncious influence upon the morals, manners
and dispositions of the rising generation-
Save us from paytVpapers and p0rtywritcrs
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
WEAVERVIILE TRINITY COUNTY, CAL SATURDAY M0RNIN
Goddess of Liberty.

The following is portion of poem on - Patri-
otism, delivered in Washington on the Sd of Jan.
last by j. r. Thompson. of the Southern Laerary
Messenger. What ringing fullness in these lines,
supposed to be spoken by the Goddess of Liberty
in the Capitol
" All ! by the mighty shades that wander still
Where glory consecrated Bunker Hill,
BY those who sleep meath Buena Nista's slopes,
BY the past's greatness and the futures hopes
BY the proud memories and traditions all
That live forever in the classic hall
Where priceless pearls fell fast from Pinkney S
tongue
And Wits bright diamond Randolph round him
flung;
Where listening Senates owned the magic sway
And terrified to hear the clarion voice of Clay
Where Webster, through all seasons, grandly
strove
'Gainst Fraud and Factionwith the might of Joye,
And Reason gave You her divinest boon
In the pure logic of the great Calhoun
BY this august Triumvirate of mind
BY all the lessons they have left behind,
BY your loved hearh-stones and your altar fires,
And by the sacred ashes of your srcs,
Your angry strife and fierce dissensions cease,
And bless the country with domestic peace;
Guard we'll the Union Freedoms last defence
And only hone of FrcedOmS permanence-
Maintain the COnstitution-let to stand
And shine the Paas of this Western Land
SO shall Columbia act her destined part
As Patroness of learning Labor, Art;
SO shall she usher in the Golden Age,
When War no more shall stain tn historic page,
When down the glacis childish feet shall stray,
And little urchins on the bastion's play;
When. ivy DER each batllement shall run
And eOhwebs line the chamber of the gun,
While Loves warm beams shall gid the placid
isles,
And the blue seas forever sleep in smiles!' y
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
Touching Incident.

From the Fall River Monitor we take
thcfolowing account of touching incident ;
In passing down Broomfeld street, we think
it was, we met man in the winter of life,
his gray hair falling over his pale features,
and with staff in hand aboring to reach
his home. The bad work he made Of it led
the bysanders to think him intoxicated -
He would walk Il short distance in very
unsteady manner then pause and lean on
his staff, source Of merriment to the boys
and men, who, like the Levites of old wag-
ged their heads and passed by on the other
side
Pansing moment to look at the old
man, we noticed n little girl--God bless her!
--anxious y watching his movements, and
evidently desiring to do something to assist
him. She might have seen fourteen winters,
was eye full Of meaning, expression and
and SOUL with books in hand was probably
ON her way to school The little Samaritan
did not long remain inactive Approaching
gentleman (I) she inquired with falter-
ing tongue, while a tear was seen on her
fair cheek, Is that old gentleman sick or
intoxicated ~
Drunk, | guess p was the heartless
reply.
At which, with the soul of hero, this
little angel of mercy approached the old
man, and after a moments conversation, the
two We're seen vending their way along the
street, the little girl supporting the totter-
ing form of him whom the unfeeling crowd
had left to his fate. On enquiry, we learned
that the old man was a worthy person, and
having gone out on a morning walk, was
suddenly overtaken with sort Of blindness,
which was the occasion, though unconscious
of it himself of his unsteady gait. He is a
temperate man, and sickness subjected him
to the jibes and jeers of the multitude, save
that nobIe-hearted girl.
We tried to learn her name, but were I'M
able to do it. How like an oasis in this
desert, selfish world, such conduct appears
Whoever that girl may be, we say, God
bless her {!
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
Midnight in the Tropics.
nY CORA wILBURN.

Midnight, with its ocean hreezes and flow
cry murmurngS unhroken by the sounds OF
human rcvclry, spread its canopy of stars
around the mountains ever vcrdant heights,
the blooming valleys, the music breathing
oceans The angel of sleep has cast her
dreamy spells DER mortal eyes, and sweet
lips murmur loving sounds Of saddened fare
we'll or of joyful greeting invoked by the
drcamgod'S power Silent, solemnly bean
tiuI the green earth sleeps save where the
ocean zcphyrS thrill to an answering con
sciousneSs the dew-gemmed leaves. the rain
bow huod flowers, the dropping clusters of
golden and crimson fruit appearing dreami-
y enwrapt in shadowy foliage beneath the
moons Illuminating ray.
Tradition speaks not Of fairy meetings be-
meath the midnight sky of elfn court as
sembling, aud joyous rcvclry until the rosy
dawn. Their existence is unknown to the
children of the sunny soil hut poet hearts
have dreamed Of forms as beautiful, and i'm
agination'S charm has woven az deep ideal,
spells of haunting loveinesS, as ever North
ern fiction embodied, or ancient minstrel
sang. And the power of love and hcau,v,
the might Of patriotism and of freedoms IN
spratiOn. have stirred to uttcrauce many
noble heart, led many an aspiring soul to
endless fame, untaught by civilizations I'M.
folding bounlics amid the primitive simple.
ity Of still and dreamy life
Thus the midnight skies Of solemn beau
ty ; the oceans ccasclcss eIoqucncc the
golden moons reflected radiance DER wave
and orange bowers the fertile fields. Weld
ing their superintendent fruits the luscious
Vegetation adorning with varied forms Of
majesty and beauty, the mountains tower
ing sides, the silvery waters leHpinc Joyous
ly DER crags and mOSsy tanglc, the clear rv-
er shining with crystal purity, and the
balny airs of Heaven telling of eternity
of scenes far lOyelier still, of yet deeper
skies and musical waters and fragrant breez-
es--of blessedness beyond this worlds most
raptur0us maginings ! All tend, beneath
the influence of night and silence, to raise
the soul aoft, to endow with spiritual
light and glory, carths commonplace sur
roundings, and to shed the Inspirations Of
genius upon the watching soul the recep-
tive spirit watching the stars, listening to
the oceans murmurings in the midnight hour
Of calm and self communion
How beautiful it ito sit beneath the star
ry eXpanse, the gently signing airs of mid
night, with the deep blue sea in view, the
mountains glooming mysteriouslyin shadow
the pebbed beach bathed in a flood of moon
light, while rsrest flowers exhale their per-
fume and majestic cocoas wave, and plain
tain leaves are stirred by balmy tropical
breezes, how more beautiful than in the
crowded ball room, to gaze YEARLY upon ar
tifcial life and flowers bent beneath the
iron restraint of fashion, to watch the ap-
preaching dawn by the expiring gIimmer OF
gas light, and to feel wearied and dissatltled
by the requirements Of fashionable existence,
in place of being invgorated and lovingly
inspired by the soulful pleasures, the never
ending delights of nature.
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30

A LEGISLATIVE PRAYER,-The Chaplain of
the Indiana Legislature recently opened the
session with a general prayer, which closed
with the following eloquent and sensible in
vocation And O Lord have mercy on
our Legislators. BE with them and bless
them, even if they know Thee not Spare
their lives and teach them to glorify THY
name Hasten them to their homes, where
they may direct their attention to "c111' WORKS
ana g''"'~. ''.,. asolumess among their families
csilG neghbors. May the people resolve to
keep them there, and in future elect men OF
sound morals and temperate habits, so that
rood may hereafter result from legislation
Save the good people of the State from the
DISGRACE Which must follow if this same
crowd should come here again to make laws
Hear us, Lord and grant our prayer
Amen
One would naturally suppose that his rev
erence had also spent few months in a Cal
ifornia Legislature, from the above.
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30

WALKERS ToAsT.-Ata celebration Of the
" glorious Fourth" in Nicaragua, President
Walker gave the following significant toast {:
The ashes of Christopher Columbus, which
rest in the Cathedral of Havana-They
should belong to America and not to Eu
rope. Tremendous applause)
The reply, by a Cuban, Sr. Col. 7. A.
Lane
The words of our Commander-in-Chef
have touched chord in my heart that has
long been silent | was born upon the soil
where those sacred ashes repose, and many
a time, when looking upon their resting
place, have felt that in the eloquent ex-
nression of the sentiment, they belong to
America and not to Europe. Ies, Cuba
will be free, and from those ashes will be
kindled the sacred fire of liberty in the ,,ga,,i
where they repose
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
Webster on the Union.

In these days Of sectional strife, anarchi-
cal demonstrations, andbigoted prescriptions,
when the integrity of our glorious Union is
threatened from without, and her dearest
rights assailed from within 10y the fanatcism
of party who look to higher authority
than our constitution for guidance are
bent on the achievement of power at all
| haZards-at all sacrilices-even of the I'm
ion itsell-the following from that giant of
intellect, the able statesman, Webster, will
be read with interest. 1t is from speech
delivered in the T. s. Senate, in 1850, on
Gen Foote's resolution, and we consider it
the crowning effort of his master mind
have not allowed myself, sir, to look
beyond the Union, to see what might lie
hidden in that dark recess behind ] have
not coolly weighed the chances Of preserv-
ing liberty when the bonds that unite us to-
gether shall be broken asundcr ! have not
accustomed myself to hang over the preci-
pce Of disunon, tc see whether with my
short sight could fathom the depth of the
abyss below nor could | regard how as a
safe counsellor in the affairs of this govern
ment, whose thoughts should be mainly bent
on considering-not how the Union may be
preseryed-but how tolerable might he the
condition of the people when it should be
broken up and destroyed. While the Tn
ion lasts we have high, exciting, gratifying
prospects, spread out before us and for our
children. Beyond that | seek not to pene-
trate the veil. God grant that in my dav,
at least that curtain may not rise. God
grant that on my vision never may be open
ed what lies behind When my eyes shall
be turned to behold for the last time the sun
in the Heavens may not see it shining on
the broken and dshonored fragments of
once glorious Union on States dissolved,
dlscordant, beligerant on land rent with
civil teuds or drenched, it may be, in frater
nal blood. Let their last feeble and nger
ing glance rather behold the gorgeous en-
sign of the republic, now known and honor
ed throughout the earth, still full high adj
vanced its arms and trophies streaming in
their original lustre.; not stripe crossed or
polluted, nor single star obscured, bearing
for its motto no such miserable interrogato-
ry as what is all this worth 7" nor those
other words of deluson and folly Liber
ty first and Union afterwards :" but every
where, spread all over in characters of liv
ing light-bazing on all its ample folds as
they float over the sea and over the land,
and in every wind under the whole heavens,
that other sentiment, dear to every true
American heart, " Liberty and Union, now
and forever, one and nseparable p"
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
From the San Francisco Evening Bulletin.l
Night.
by UNCLE MAY.

BY UNCLE MAY
Sweet twilight hour has come, the time how sweet I
The dewy nj ght and waning day now meet
And wander DER the hills. Thedrooping flowers
Fold up their leaves aud bless these witchiug
hours.
The stars resume their sway for TO- they come
The scene how calm. Naught but the insects hum
And gurglng voices from the neighborng ril,
Now break upon the air, The night how still
Come Fanny hy my side but speak not now,
Come lay thy hand in mine. while ON thy brow
These Starlit rays now rest, a halo bright
That flames around thy form-a hcavcnlv light.
With awe now gaze upon the starljt sky
As for its sweet repose we inly sigh
See yonder fields whore late the cattle trod,
No feet now wander DER the upturn,d sod
In yonder meadow rests the new mown hay
flushed is the fail aud huShed the robins lay.
No weary cattle seek this evening hour,
No roaming bee now seeks the opening flower
The cattle ON the thousand hills repose--
The roaming bee its friendly covert knows.
All nature speaks that night was made for rest.
The day is closed that all the hours had blest--
That touched the hills when all the flowers awoke
That hathed the wales till all their voices spoke,
When from her nest the morning lark did soar
And light sprang forth from out its vielcSs Shore
Now night, with dewy footsteps, round us crceps
While labor rests, aud like a giant sleeps.
Our thoughts. how busy now! O bless the Hand
That archcd the sky and built you starry land
That lit the stars and traced the milky way
That strung the harp the mystic moonbeams play
That built the dome above this rolling earth,
And gave each soul its mysterious birth.
Thy prayer now breathe ere sleep shall close thy
eyes
Angels are near to bear il to the skies.
Q Father bless the child who bows to thee,
From every sin now set my bosom free;
Each evil Thought now bansh from thy sight,
Opc wide thy gates conduct me hy thy light.
q bless thy children scattered far aud wide,
Those on the land and on the rolling tide
Rcmcmhcr those whose early choice are made.
And those still longing for the healing shade,
Where cooling waters quench the thrSting SOUL
And peace and plenty ON their bosom roll.
Remember those who long aud weary roam.
Seeking the path that guides the pilgrim home
And those whose hearts long bow d meath sorrows
weight,
And those long crushed by tyranny and hate -
A the night doth watt its healing dew,
Send comfort now, and sweet deliverance too -
And while by day walk as in thy sight
Grant me in peace tD bid the world good night
This prayer she brcathcd ere slumbcr closed her
eyes;
An angel near them bore it to the skies.
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
The Holy Places.

The Union publishes the following letter
from Jerusalem, of the 18th of March
The Holy Places are now crowded with
pilgrims from all parts of the world. The
religious ceremonies of the passion week have
passed over without the usual Scandalous
conflicts between the LatnS and the Greeks,
owing to the crcumSpect conduct of the
latter.
The Duke and Duchess of Brabant have
presented everal charitable institutions of
the country with pecunary gifts, and have
sent handsome snuff box to the Chancellor
of the Patriarch, as well as other presents
to those who were attentive to them during
their late visit here. After the ceremony of
the solemn entry, celebrated on the 18th of
OF March, the greater portion of the Cath
Ollie pilgrims were present at the conSecra-
tion of the Marquis de la Marche, as Knight
of the Holy Sepuchre.
OF the ancient Orders of Knighthood,
this is perhaps the only one that has pre-
served "A strictly religious character All
eyes were fixed upon the sword which was
supposed to have belonged to the liberator
OF the Holy Scpulchrc, aud with which the
llutlHdItH SIuS Tue receiver, iIIcr HdNlhH
given him blow on each shoulder.
Among the members of the Order are two
French PrelateS, Cardinal de Borland and
the Bishop of ArraS
On Sunday, the 10th of March the ben
ediction of the palm branches took place,
celebrated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem,
on the stone which covers the Divine SepuI-
chrc
Mgr. Naerga distributed, with his own
hand palm branches which he had blessed,
to the regular and secular clergy, and to all
the European pilgrims. The procession of
palms has lost much, however, of its pristine
splendor On the afternoon of that day the
German pilgrims went to Bethlehem and
the French to Bethany, where they followed
the traces of our Saviour from the Scpul-
chre of Lazarus to the outside of the Gold
en- Gate. There are, at this moment, in Jc-
rhsalem about 500 schiSmatic American pill
grmS and TIM same number of Greeks
The Easter of these disSenters falls this year
a month after that of the l4atins
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
Ire Position of the Mechanic.

From Mr.. Williams lecture on Manu-
factures," we extract the following correct
views of the artizan:
We have been in the habit, too much
of looking at a mechanic as at II machine
to execute a certain task, to produce a GER
tain article This is thought to be the end
and object of his life, and education sufli-
cent to accomplish this is all that is neces-
sary to give him This is fatal error with
reference to the industrial population, the
effect of which will he to increase and per
petuate the intellectual, and consequent So
cal mleriority of the worker. To get u
living, to furnish himself with food and
clothes, to vegtate, and rot" is not the
true end and object of a mechanics life. -
His occupation is but the means to an end,
external and above his own sustenance and
qualification. That end ought to be useful
ness aud moral power in his day and gene
ration. | should, therefore, like to see the
mechanic reading, studying, rejecting, out Of
his work hours and 50 qualifying himself
for a broader, nObIer, more useful career
than his present education now admits
He should be acquainted with the ancient
architecture mechanics, manufacturing in
dustry, chemistry, geology, mctaIlurgy; he
should be trained TO enjoy the refining splr-
tiuality of music, andibe familiar in painting,
sculpture, and every other form of appeal to
mans sense of the beautiful Indeed, | de-
sire to see the day when man will require
a collegiate education for the foundry, the
factory or the farm as much as for medicine
or for law. If a mans trade does not re-
quire such education, then all the more the
man requires it. If you ask me the utilita-
rian question, Cui bono to what good ? |
answer, BY such means, and such alone, will
the true dignity Of labor be yindicated and
appreciated by such means, and such alone,
will mechanical employment be made and
preserved truly respectable Hhtg Press
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30

TIE growth Of Western cities is marvel
GUS. Twenty-Five years ago, Governor
Porter concluded the Pottawatamie treaty
on the site of Chicago, and now it is city
with a population of one hundred thousand,
with at least one hundred railroad trains
arriving and departing daily. Twenty
years since, st. Louis had less than ten thou
sand population, and now it am""".o a,...,.s 20 q
more than one hundred and thirty thousand.
The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30

THE Banner Of Libery is published week
ly at MddIetown, n. Y, by Gilbert j Bee
be, editor, at one dollar year in advance
Six copies for one year, 83 l3 cents each +;
ten copies, 80 cents each thirteen copies, II
cents each sixteen copies, Is cents each !;
thirty copies, sc 2-3 cents each forty cop
les 81 ID cents each.
We were reading aloud the above terms,
the other day, when our Eliza" nnocently
remarked, Why, at that rate, if they would
subscribe for copies ea0ugh, heg coud get Me
paper fur noth'ag." We relaxed our digni-
tY for moment and smiled, aud the poor
thing tboagnt she had said something funny.
-SaH Dpgo HerQW.