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UOH WHAT A BAD REPORT"

A young man has fallen Not amid the glo-
ries of the battle field, or under the wasting
hand of disease Such falls produce sorrow
but never bring the burning blush of shame
He has yielded to The tempting wies Of the Rum
fiend and fallen from that high estate which
virtue had given him. What a fall was that!
In IN evil hour he sought the companonship
of the wicked and vicious. He learned 10 min
gle faniliurv in their obscene and unhallowed
revels-he tasted the wine-cup, aud the bright
visions which nope had created we're destroyed
With rude hand he broke the golden cords
which bound him to friendship and happiness
and pushed mady along the road which takes
hold on hell.
Is that young man your friend? Spread not
the report, if you joyed in proclaming his dis.
grace Run. fly 10 him, and strive with kind
words to win him from his fatal course. Lift
him from the poluling mires into which he has
fallen, point him to the bright path Of virtue
and peace; whisper in his ear sweet promises OF
forgiveness, and bid him hope again. Pass not
on The other side with Levile indifference, nor
raise the boaslful cry Of the Pharisee, I" | am
not rs thou art" You may encounter the Temp
er in an unpreparrd moment and fall before his
willy arts. 1t IS your duty--t should be your
pleasure, to lift your fellow mortal from the pi
of despair, and direct his erring Footsteps in The
pathway of virtue and hope. Do not, by rigid
code of morality, pass upon him too hasly
sentence of condemnation. Strive with him
long and patiently, remembering that it is IL
sish ut which the angels gaze with intense de-
lgh, 10 see the prodiga returning from his ways
and bowing in humble conlrition before the
Throne nf Heaven -CruSdder
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PAY OF MEMBERS,

The following is the eSnbstitute for Judge
Buffers bill passed by thsSenate:
Mr.. Hunter, from the C5mnttee on Finance,
TO which was referred thesbill to regulate the
compensation of membersSf Congress, reported
it back with an amendmeiF striking ont all the
enacting clause and substituting new bill.
This amendment provides that the compen-
sation Of each member add delegate shall be
$4,000, to commence fromand after the adjourn
meut of the present sessioh, and monthly during
the session until its coses The pay at each
future Congress shall commence the 4h March
of each year, whether members be elected be-
fore Or after that time, andihey shall receive the
pro rata amount, together with the mileage, which
may be due at the commencement of the ses-
sion, and the residue in monthly payments until
the close of the session. df member die du-
ring the recess the said pro rata pay may 60 to
bis heirs until the commencement of the next
session, after which it mays be paid on proper
requisi,ion, and il during the session, then the
pay to cease on the day Of the choice of his
successor. who shall receive his mileage and res.
idue Of pay to which his predecessor would
have been entitled. Eachfmpmber and delegate
shall also be allowed at each annual session of
Congress eight dollars forevery twenty miles of
the estimated distance by the most usual :cute
from his place of residence to the seat of gov.
ernment, at the commencement and end of eve
ry such session, when the estimated distance
does not exceed 1850 miles, and where it ex.
ceeds that distance the allowance is six dollars
for every twenty miles.
The President of the Senate, when there is
no Vice President. or when the Vice Pr. sdcnl
shall receive the office Of The President Of the
United Stnles, and The Speaker of lhe House OF
Representatives shaIl be entitled to receive such
addition to the annual compensation and milcage
allowed by the first section of this act rs will in
the aggregate equal the pay of The Vice Prnsi-
dcnt and in case Of the temporary absence Of
the Vice President, the President Of the Senate
pro tc,n. shall be entitled 10 receive ten dollars
per diem in addition to the annual compensation
If any books shall be hereafter distributed to
members Of Congress- by resolution of either
Or hoh lIonses of Congress, the price given for
the same shall be deducted from the cnmpen~;l-
ton herein provided Ly law; provided that this
shall not extend to books ordered to be printed
during the Congress for which said members
shall have been elected.
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HEALTH AND Long LlFE.-Socrates used to
say that it was pleasant to grow old with good
health and good friend; and he might have
rcason man may be content to live while he
is no trouble to himself or his friends; but after
that, it is hard if he be not content 10 die. |
knew aud esteemed a person abroad, who used
to say, man must be a mean wretch who de-
sired 10 live after three-score years old. But so
much, | doubt, is certain, that in life, as in wine,
he that will drink it good must not draw it to
the drcgs Where this happens, one comfort OF
age may be, that whereas younger men are usu-
ally in pain whenever they are not in pleasure.
old men find sort of pleasure when they are
uut of pain aud rs young men often lose or
impair their present enjoymen,s by craving after
what is to come, by vain hopes, or fruilless fears,
50 old men relieve the wants of their age by
pleasing reflections upon what is past. There
fore, men in the health and vigor Of their age
should enieavor to fiIl their lives with reading,
with travel, with The best conversation, and the
worlhiest actions, either in public or private
stations that they may have something agrcea-
bic left 10 feed on when they are lid, by p leas.
ina reme1nbrances.--Sir w. Temple.
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THE CouKTEsIEs OF BUSINESS LlrE.-Busi-
ness men who lay in q fair stock OF clyiIly, will
find i, as good an investment to draw, please and
retain ell. tom as they can make. The small
ciyi!i,es und courteses OF life are too often neg
lcc,ed by them We have been tainted as Il
nation Of shopkeepers, who. in our haste to be
rich, forget not on y prOprc'ies, but moraliIies
We have bccn charged with ido'airy, worship:
ping the almighty dollar, and the conduct OF
some among us has given color to the charge.
lie, not the rrprnach longer remain. A nation
immersed in trade need not necessarily, BIZ for
scliu of the requirements Of honor, uprightness,
and truth. man in trade need not bc poor,
nor is he, in anywise, exonerted from extend
lns towards his customers The same suaviies he
would extend to II guest in his house. to stran-
ger he is introduced to in company He need
not indulge in formal etiquette and pompous
ciyilities ior there is no heart in such manner
Lu, In the easv genial habits which speak kind
" feeling and recprucate respect.-Hunts Mer-
! chants Magazine.
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VOL. XxI.-..NO. 33.

of compliment to me as man, as soldier and
n representative, could find no words TO speak
in the tumuIt of feeling which possessed MAJ
now request you to, tender my grateful ac-
knowledgements to those you represent aud. ac-
cept yourself assurances Of my profoundest es.
TEEN and affectionate regard. & 49, ~
Gen. Quitman, Present. s,ys,,,
His calm, dignifed and chivalric bearing
throughout the whole excitement, growing out
of the chastisement of Senator Sumner has
won for COL Brooks "golden opinions from all
classes Of people" but to retain the good opin-
ion Of his gallant chief in other days, who has
closely watched his evry step under these most
trying circumstances is the highest possible tes.
tinonial Of the correctness of his course. a;
His constituents have reason TO feel proud Of
their Representative. c. II. S.
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W. F. DUR1soE & SON, Proprietors.

had brought us to witness, that human nature,
whether in rags and wre,chedness, or futtering
in silks and laces, is after all, Gods own handi-
work, and capable of goodness and happiness.
Let US. then, give it the smile of recognition
"a word of hope and encouragement; and,
whenever we can, a strong hand to help and
protect it. God bless humanity, and lead it to
a due sense of its powers and its worth, OF its
duty and high destiny.
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PRETTY GOOD.

Who the author Of the following is we know
not. 1t was found in an old newspaper thai
looked as if it was printed when Adam Was i
boy:
Sunbo was slave to Z master who was con-
sidcrably addicted TO lying. Sambo being strong
ly devoted to his master, had by dlnt of long
practice made himself an adept in giving plausl'
bi;y TO his masters largest stories.
One day, when The master was entertaining
his guests in the usual manner, among other
marvellous facts he related an incident which
took place in one Of his hunting excursions,
al fired ut buck" said he, "at one hundred
yards distance, and the ball passed through hi
lef. hind foot, and through his head, just back
of his ear
This evidently produced some little doubt in
the mnds Of his guests; he called upon Sambo
to corroburate him.
YES. massa,' said the almost confounded
slave, after moments hesitatinn,-I see dc ball
hit i'm. Jes as massa lif up de gun 10 he eye
dc buck iii up hin !i;ue foot lu scratch him ear,
aud massa's ball @ clear through him foot an
head at de same time
The guests were satisfied with the expana-
ton, and swallowed the whole without further
hesitation; but when his guests were gone,
Saubo ventured upon his masters good humor
SO far rs 10 demonstrate.
For Cor i mighty sake, nassa, when you
tell anudder such L big lie, don't pu; um so
far apart; me hab drbblish hard work f:r gel
um togedder."
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THE SHADOWS OF CHLpHooD--God tlrss
the little children We like their bright eyes,
their happy faces, their winning ways, their rosy
dreams! Nothing seems 10 weigh down their
buoyant spirits long; misfortune may fall to their
lot, but the shadows it casts upon their liie-pat
are Aeeling as the clouds that come and 90 III
an April sky. Their future may, perchancs, ap-
pear dark to others, but 10 their fearless gaze
it looms up brilliant and beautiful rs the walls
of Il fairy palace. There is no tear which Il
mothers gentle hand cannot wipe away, no
wound that mothers kiss cannot heal, no an
guish which the sweet murmuring of her soft,
low voice cannot Soolhe. The warm, generous
impulses of their nature have not been fettered
and cramped by the cold formalilies of the
world they have not yet learned to veil hol-
low heart with false smiles, or hide the basest
purpose beneath honeyed words-Neilher are
they constantly on the alert to search out our
faults and fobles with Argus eyes; on the con-
,rary, they exercise that blessed charity which
I" "thinketh no evil"
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GROWING YoUNGER.-Last Monday. "Tom
Thumb" being examined as n witness in court
at Cincinnati Oho declared, under oath, that
he is now nineteen years of age. Many years
ago the show bills announced him as being
twenty-one. so that, unlike the generality Of
mortals, the General" is constantly growing
younger.
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TUE NAME OF DISTRICT IN S. CAROLINA TO
BE cHANGEp.-We understand that the Northern
Abolilionisls are about to petition the Legisla-
ture of South Carolina for the change of the
name of Edgeleld District TO that Of Canaan.
They consider ita land flowing with milk and
honey-lhey have tasted of its Brooks, and its
sugar cane-snd, judging BY these specimens of
lis productions, they think it must be modern
Paradsc.-Erchange.
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ExTRAyAGANcE.--At.a hop at Newport, R.,
]. a few evenings since, lady from New,sOr
leans, La, wore q bouquet of diamond. pearls
and precious stones, said to be worth $4,000!
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Gboiitt 4ostrg.
BALLADS FOB THE YOUNG SOUTH.
BY JOSEPH BRENNAN,


Men of the South our foes are up
In fierce and grim array;
Their sable banner laps the air
An insult to the day
The Saints of Cromwell rise again
In sauctimonious hordes,
Hiding beneath the garb of peace
A million ruthless swords.
From North, from East and West, they seek
The same disastrous goal,
With Chris. upon the lying lip,
And Satan in the soul;
Mocking, with ancient Shibboleth,
All wise and just restraints
"To the Saints of Heaven was Empire given
And We alone are Sainia!"
Men of the South look up-behold
The deep and sullen gloon
Which darkens DER your sunny land
With thunder in its womb!
Are ye so bind ye cannot see
Ihe omens IN Inc SKY
Are ye so deaf ye cannot hear
The tramp Of foemen night
Are ye so dull ye will endure
The whips and scorns Of men
Who hide the heart Of Titus Oates
Beneath the words of Penn?
Are you so base, that, foot to foot,
Ye will not gladly stand
For land and life, for child and wife,
With naked steel in hand ?
Sons Of the brave the time has come
TO bow the naughty crest,
Or stand alone, despite tue threats,
OF North, or East, or West!
TIE hour has come for manly deeds,
Aud not for pulling words
The hour is passed for platform pra'e,
1t is the time for swords.
And by the fame of John Calhoun,
To honest truth be true,
And Ly old Jackson's iron will,
Now do what ye can do!
By all ye love and all ye hope,
Be resolute and proud,
And make your flag Il symbol high
OF triumph-or shroud
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CRoPs-The corn and cotton crops in this re-
gion ARE uhquestionably bad rs Il general thing.
OCCASIONALLY good crop Of both may be found /;
bn' for good crop many bad uucs can be seen
The new cotton which has already found its
way to market, is no evidence that the crop is
either al early one or 4 large onc Because it is
u known fact, that this new cotton has been
gathered from stalks which have quit growing
or bearing, in consequence of dry weather, rust,
or some other disaster The late dry weather
has done immense damage. And even if rain
should now come, the planters think it will per-
haps do fully as much harm as good. Beyond
doubt, the present crop of cotton must fsllIfar
short Of the last.-Montgomery (Ala) Mail
l2h
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Poor Notwithstanding the witchcraft time
the English burned about 10000 women, gene.
rally poor, retired females who had no man to
defend them. The victims were bound hand
and foot, and thrown into deep water. lfthey
hoatcd, that was evidence of il guilty magical
power, and they were taken out and burned at
the stake, while the "rgdy righteous sang
psalms. If the accu+ed sank and were drowned
that was evidence that they were innocent, and
it was u pity they were drowned!
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D A writer in the Charleston Mercury
brings forward the name Of Gen. Daniel Wal
lace, of Union District, as a candidate for. the
gubernatorial chair of South Carolina, and says
"that as an honest, able ard fearless man, he
has not his superior in the State, TO meet any
emergency the ierils of our condition; may in.
yolve." - -, ::
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Crops IN EAST BATON RoGuE.--Thc Baton

CROPS IN EAST BATON RoGuE.-Thc Baton
Rouge Comet, Of the 18th inst, says:
The prospect for a full crop Of cotton and
corn in this parish was never better at this time
of The year. There will be very little sugar
made in Eas, Baton Rogue this season not half
Il crop. Owing to the severe weather, most of
our sugar planters abandoned the idea of cult
waiting more than ennugh for seed, and have now
their plantations in cotton and corn.
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A WlrrY REJolsDER.-"Pcle," comical
son of the Emerald Isle, who carries wood and
water, builds fires, &c, for the boys" at Ham.
illon college, is as odd speriman of the genus
tlibernian as ever toddIed in a brogan One OF
the students having occasion to reprove him
asked where he expected to go when he died.
Expect to 60 to the hot place. said Pete
without wincing.
"And what do you suppose will be your por-
ton there Z" asked The Soph, soIemnly.
ooh" growled the old fellow, as he brushed
his ear lazily with his coat Tail, bring wood and
walter for The boys!"
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STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

At the Convention of the friends of Temper
ance and the various Orders of Temperance, at
GreenvIe, S. c., on the 9Th and 7th August, the
Stale Temperance Society of South Carolina
was reorganized by appointment of the follow
ing officers:
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The crops in Texas are reported to be unu.
suully 6ne-cotlon, corn, wheat, and even mast
will be in abundance.
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CLASSIFICATION OF Hoops.-A correspondent
of the Petersburg IuleIligenccr at the Allegheny
(Va) Springs, thus clussities the ladies' hoops
"There is the hoop shy, fitted to the size of Il
very leelle keg--tl,en comes the hoop modest
adapted to quarter barreI-next we have tho
oop confident, which would suit n half barrel
anon, our attention is claimed by the hoop pre-.
tenlions, whose circumference would barely
keep tight" the slaves of barrel; and, lastly
lranslixed in mute amazemeIt, with eyes glaring
and mouth agage, we gaze on the hoop pompuus
and bombastic, wits circumference sufficient 10
grid about 1000 lbs. tobacco hogshead."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-08-27

A BULL FIGHTER GoEED TO DEATH.-A bull
fighter was gored 10 death before the eyes Of
the public at Beaucaire, Spain, on tho Gath. Two
men armed with their triple spears entered the
circus and began to provoke the bull in the usual
manner The animal rushed ut them with such
fury that he was not stopped by the prick Of
the spear adroilly pointed to his hostrils. which
is generally the case. His horns entered deeply
into The body of one of the men, who was car
ried off, and breathed bis last in few hours.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

huS lOoo'
Ny DEAR GEM could not trust myself
yesterday to reply to your kind and compliment
tary remarks upon presenting to me the beauti-
full cane which my friends of Holmes County,
Mississippi, had commissioned you to present
in their name.
Under ordinary circumstances would have
replied on the instant to your address. But |
was not ordinarily situated.
Yesterday was nv birth day. The morning
had been devoted to successful effort to res
tore amicable relations between two gentlemen,
each of whom have qualities which endear them
to their friends and make them valuable citizens
of any community.
My heart was full with the feeling that in
connection with others had contributed to do
good on day so interesting to myself. This
was the mood in which you found me, and when
"my old commander" under whose eye had
served in foreign land, presented a testimonial
Of approval from strangers and expressed words
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TRAGEDY IN FLoRIDA--At Ocala, Fla, on
the Sd inst, Dr.. W.. c. Rogers, proprietor of
drugstore, while quarreling with his wife at
The dinner, table, jumped from his seat and
seizing u loaded gun discharged its contents
into her side, causing death in two hours. He
was Immediately arrested. The unfortunate
act is attributable to the too free use of liqupr
bY her husband.
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TILE TRUE MEN OF TILE NORTH.

The South should not permit itself, in its nat.
ural excitement at the injustice and wrongs
which it suffers from Freesoilers, to do injus ice
10 that large and conservative portion Of the
Northern community which has always been
true TO the Constitution and to the rights OF The
States. IL is grave mistake to suppose that
the whole North is enlisted in an anli.savery
crusade. The best portion of the Northern so.
ciely never were and are not now tainted with
Abolition. 1t may be th1~ueY are unable tn
arrest tn mad tide of secionasln and lana:i-
csm. but let Us at least give Them credit for their
good intentions and their moral courage.
II is alsu Il common mistake that all Of the
religious organizations Of the North are actively
engaged in the anii-slavery movement. This is
not SD. The CongregalionaIiss, genuine inheE,
tiers Of The doctrine and blood o. the old Puri-
tans are The chief ecclesiastical agitalors OF anti
slavery in the North. They have the support OF
some fragments Of other Denominations, bul
they furm the main body Of The spiritual nulIi-
lers-The majority Of them are Uni'arians
though not unirequenlly, rs in the cases Of Par
krr. Beecher, and others. they are scmi.infdeis.
On the other hand, the Episcopal Church Of the
North have ever stood in Il solid phalanx in nppu-
silon to Abolilionisnl. even in those portions of
the country which are The hot beds of that pes
lilent tanalcisn.-So thoroughly from IT'S high
eSi TO its lowest orders, is that church arrayrd
against Abolition. that in New York, negro
minister OF Black Episcopal Church refused 10
read il notice which had been S"rl to him, invi.
ting his congregation to allcnu al ant-tugilivc
slave law meeting.
The Old School Prcsbylerians occupy like
conservative grounds, and in apublic address in
New York, the venerable DR.. Sprigs declared
that If by single prayer he could free the slaves
of the South, IIe would not offer thai prayer.
The Roman Catholic Church stands on the same
patriotic platform, and among the three lhon-
sand singers of the remonslrancc against the
Nebraska bill, there was not the name Of a sin
gle Roman Catholic clergyman. The New
School Presbvterians have not embarked in this
crusade, and declined, at their late General As
sembly, to embark in the anti-savery agitation.
When we consider Tho vast amount of wealth
intelligence and numbers represented by these
denominations, We must be convinced thai among
the most influential classes of Northern society
there is 4 strong eaven Of patriotism and COM
mon sense which, possibly. may yet pervade the
whod ss.-Richmond Despatch.
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DREss OF THE QUEES.-Qucen Victoria lately
received the returned Crimean regiments. Her
dress is thus described
Her Majesty was equipped more 4 Ia mil
iairc than ever we remember 10 have seen her
Over her riding habit WIS the shurt scarlet Goa.
tee, smaller, yet embroidered in tho same style
as that of :. field marshal. Crossing the left
shoulder was n generals sash and the ribbon of
The Order Of the Garter; and she wore a small
elegantly shaped riding hat, ornamented with Il
generals plume Of red and white feathers. She
rode her favoriic dark grey charger, which WAS
superbly caparsoned and her whole appearance
was both striking and beautiful"
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FATAL EPIDEM1c.-A letter in the Richmond
Dispatch, from Green county, Va, says:
For the past two weeks our county has been
visited with malignant epidemic, which the doc
tors call typhoid fux. 1, has proven fatal in d
great many cases-some thirty or forty have
died with it, 1t is still raging, though supposed
to be on the decrease"
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GRAIN AT THE WEsT.--The receipts of grain
Ut Chicago, ILL.,, for August, promise to be
among, if not the largest ever known. From
all parts of the West but one account, is stated,
is received and that an exceedingly favorable
one for grain. The quantity and quality are
alike good, and the addition to the wealth of
the country by the harvest of 1856 can be esti-
mated only by millions of dollars.