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THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

We have heard it asserted that no one ever
gave definite description of the sound of the
sea as heard upon the shore. Were we to give
our own impression, we should describe it as
series of constantly beginning sounds, each
lost as it grew faint in newer tones. The
roar of the last breaking wave is drowned in
that of another, and even the ripple at our
feet and the last wash of the water has no
end but dies in the birth of its rivals. Even
the vail of the wind, above all, seems but a
constant renewal.
Such is the characteristic of the events
which transpire day By day in all parts of
the world, and which, borne to Us by tele-
graph and steam, seem only to exist in their
freshness and novelty. If we reflect an in
slant on any event which was once startling
news, we shall wonder that we never seemed
to have fairly attained its end, and before we
have fairly mastered its sound, that of the
breaking billow was lost amid that of fresh
waves Or of some "high wind of politics. -
The war in the East has lulled ; but ere Sc.
bastopol is more than half finished there come
the endless whispers of busy diplomacy and
of peace negotiations from score of courts.
We listen to the rumors, but before they die
out there blows a gust from Nicaragua
which washes up little wayelets at our feet
in the form of Presidential proclamations and
Mr.. French, and all the while there is dull
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pound nature Of the atmosphere by Priestly,
Crawford broached the theory that the ami
NAL heat of the body is maintained at an uni
form temperature of ninety-eight degrees,
by means of liberal consumption of food
containing carbon in excess, as animal food,
where the cold is severe. The most beauti-
full and brilliant series of experiments prose-
cuted by Liebig, were those intended to es-
tablish this theory, which they do most sue
cessfully.;
In this connection, the experiment Of DR..
Kane and his party, in showing the kind and
amountof food required to enable the human
body to resist the depressing influence Of a
continued low temperature, for brief period
of time, longer than any other recorded, is
of the highest practical value.
We have in physical geography, as the re-
suits of this cruise, newly discovered land,
Aanked by lofty mountain ranges, a wide and
icelcss open sea, clearly pointing to an un-
discovered region Of large extent towards the
north pole, and immense glaciers, before
which those of Cyr and Chamouni dwindle
into significance.
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gnteresting M(isteAang
From the New York Evening Post.
COLD AND ANIMAL LIFE.

While we are waiting for DR.. Kane's Of
fetal report of his last expedition to the Arc
tic Ocean, there are some scientific results,
the publication of which we may be permit.
ted to anticipate. The first of these is the
conditions of animal and vegetable life in o
high northern latitude.
DR.. Kane's party succeeded in reaching
latitude eighty degrees, higher northern
point upon the coast of Greenland than had
yet been attained by any previous navigator,
He found inhabiting this inhospitable region
the Esquimaux Indian, the reindeer, and
many varieties of the floral world, principal.
ly of the Alpine species. The latter were
numerous, but diminutive. How far north
the human race and animals exist, it is not
known; but DR.. Kane's observations clearly
establish the fact, that the extreme cold Of
latitude eighty is not the limit to their north.
ern migration.
The habits of the Esquimaux are peculiar.
They are essentially migratory people, and
with sledges drawn by dogs, undertake jour
neys of hundreds of miles in extent, depend.
ing for their subsistence upon such nourish-
ment as chance throws in their way. This
the little party under DR.. Kane found to be
sufficiently abundant to meet their own wants.
During the whole cruise they were never
seriously in want of food but on one occasion,
which was when, on their return, they were
nearing Melville bay. Here, fortunately, a
fine fat seal presented itself, stretched at
length upon the ice. A boat was manned
to go in pursuit of it, and DR.. Kane desert
bes the excitement of the chase as so intense
that one of the most experienced gunners of
the party could hardly command himself
sufficiently to fire at it until the boat had
neared within few yards, and it was in the
very act of escaping.
The temperature at which the explorations
were conducted, was between seventy and
eighty degrees below zero. So intense was
this cold, that the alcoholic thermometers
failed to indicate accurately the temperature,
and even chloroform and the essential oils,
which resist low temperatures, became thick
and turbid 1t was only by a careful obser-
vation and comparison of many instruments,
that they were enabled to attain to any accu-
racy in regard to the extent of cold.
An opportunity has thus been given Of
testing the ability Of the human body to re.
sist temperature of seventy degrees below
zero, for several months together. The Doc,
tor and his party were enabled to do this by
an immense consumption of animal food, the
ordinary daily allowance to each man being
six or eight ducks, or an equivalent in sever.
al pounds Of the fat seal.
Shortly after the discovery of the com.
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Dolititat
From the Charleston Standard.
THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.

To The Democratic Party
Of South Carolina
FELLOW CITIZENS AS the time is ap-
preaching for the meeting of the Democratic
Convention at Cincinnati, does it not behooye
you, who are really Democrats in feelings
and principles, to send delegates to that Con-
vention? The success of the principles you
advocate, and the alarming state of the Sla-
very question, call loudly, not only on you,
but on all true Southern men, no matter to
what party or State they belong, to come for
ward and enter into consultation and combi-
nation with each other, for the preservation
of the rights of the South. Know Nothing
and Fusionists Abolitionists have banded to-
gether, not only to prevent the extension of
Slavery to the Territories, but also practical
ly to destroy it where it now exists, by rem
dering slave property insecure, in repeating
laws passed for its protection, and enacting
others that will render imperative the provi-
sions of the Constitution for the rendition of
fugitive slaves. Some of the most promi-
nent and distinguished men of Georgia, Ala
bama, Louisiana, and other slave States have
given examples of patriotism, worthy of imi-
tation, by throwing off all old party distinc-
tions, and uniting themselves with the DEM
ocratic party, as the only resort that is left
to them, for the protection and defence of
the rights of the South, from her combined
enemies of Know Nothings, Fusionists and
Abolitionists. With such examples before
them, does it not also become the duty of all
true men of South Carolina, no matter to
what party they have heretofore been con-
nected, also to forget all old party considera-
tions, and rally to the support of the only
party that the South can look to for any sup
port or assistance? The old Whig party
died with its great leader and supporter, and
the Northern, and large portion of its
Western wing have become Know Nothings;
whilst one fragment, led by Seward and 9TH
era, have lost their individuality as party
by being merged with the Fusionists, there
is no position left for the old line Southern
Whig, that he can occupy with honor to him
self, and safety to the South, but in the ranks
of the Democratic party. Let all men, then,
Of the old Whig party, who are true to
Southern rights and Southern slavery initiate
the examples of those patriots of Georgia,
Alabama, Louisiana and other slave States,
ioin themselves to the Democratic party and
do battle manfally for Southern rights and
Southern slavery.
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cate that something is going on, though no.
body, unless it be the New York Tribune,
seems to know or care exactly what it is
At present there is an unwonted lull in the
sea of great events, and yet we know not but
that ere the ink with which we write is dry
there may be fresh vibration of the wires
a fresh humming of news from afar off and
fresh breeze of "startling intelligence"
bearing on its wings flying leavesin the form
Of telegraphic strips fraught with greater
and more wonderful meaning than is to be
found on the hieroglyphic marked foliage Of
the sacred tree of Thibet.
There are many portions, and these rather
among the learned than the illiterate, who,
arguingf the constant noise and press Of
new events az announced in the newspapers,
rather depreciate the Importance Of keeping
strictly informed as to all that is going on in
the great world. These are the men who
look down on life as it is, and the effect Of
their philosophy is found in want Of prac-
tical knowledge and of geniality. Could eve
ry man soundly realize the degree to which
the ful6lment of matual duty and of CHS
tian feeling is promoted by a knowledge of
current events-could people know how the
mind is strengthened, toned and invigorated
by such knowledge, we should soon find it
generally admitted that the press is Of much
account as the University and its daily les
SONS, as well worth careful study as any clas-
sic page ever written.
Year by year, over the railroad and tele-
graph, and in the newspaper, we see the
great problem being more and more nearly
solved, of making the individuality Of every
man of account in the great social body, and
Of bringing people more and more nearly to-
gether. There is no one possessed Of a
spark Of intelligence, or who has, either by
his thoughts or adventures, accomplished
anything worth communicating, who cannot
for once, at least, make himself heard amid
the great roar of the endless sea of life. He
may give way to new wave-but he has
been heard, and has contributed his share to
the wonderful music of life-or of history.
Every year witnesses an improvement in
this development of individual power and Of
mutual knowledge. Every yearsees the news
paper more ahead and corresponding growth
in the vigor of the public mind. Events are
becoming better known as they transpire-
their Consequences are more accurately sur
missed comparison with similar events which
went before, and there are nowadays in the
humblest paper in this country, shrewder
guesses and more diplomatic discussion of
public matters than were evolved from any
save the highest minds Of a century ago.
Have the newspapers done nothing in effect
ing this? Let the press, the great fourth
estate, but once become what it is inevita-
bly, destined to be, sine qua non for every
mind and the perfected comprehensive medi-
um for all current intelligence and active
thought, and we shall behold an unanimity
and vigor of thought il all minds such as
were never before dreamed of.-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
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WORK Is PRAYER,


t"Work while it is day, for night cometh "
man can work"
Brothers be ye whom ye may
Sons Of men bid you-pray
Pray unceasing-pray with might;
Pray in darkness-pray in light!
Life hath still no hours to spare
Life is toil-and toll is prayer!
Life is toll I! and all that lives
Sacrifice of labor gives.
Water, fire, Dir, and earth,
Rest not, pause not, from their birth.
Seed, within the fruitful ground,
Insects in the seas profound,
Bird and bee, and tree and flower,
Each hath labor for its DOVER g."
Each the mark of toll must wear,
Toll ye, then for work is prayer!
Student in thy searching mind
Lo! the key of heaven thou'lt find;
Trim thy lamp, and burn thine oil
Through the midnight watches toll
Lay the souls great secrets bear,
Labor labor I! work is prayer!
Patriot! toiling for thy kind,
Thou shalt break the chains that bind
Shape thy thought and mould thy plan;
Toll for freedom toll for man!
Sagely think, and boldly dare,
Labor Labor! work is prayer
Christian round thee brothers stand
Pledge thy truth, and give thy hand:
Raise the downcast-nerve the weak!
Toll for good-for virture speak!
Let thy brethren be thy care
Labor labor work is prayer! - '..,s
Pray ye all the night draws near,
Toll, while yet the sky is clear;
Toll, while evil round ye springs;
Toll, while wrong its shadows filings;
Pray in hope, and ne'er despair,
Toll ye! toll yc works prayer!
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RELIGIOUS PROGRESS IN THE UNITED
STATEs.-The Rev. DR.. Baird has publish.
ed pamphlet entitled The State and Pros.
poets Of Religion in America by Robert
Baird. It contains the substance of re-.
port that was made at the Conference of the
Evangelical Alliance in Paris, some months
since. Many interesting facts are stated,
not only in relation to religion, but to the.
progress Of the country generally. In 1850.
the entire number Of church edifces in the
United States was no less than SO, 1873. The:
total value was ss7, ,446,3sl. The accommo.
dations were ample for IA, ,270, ,1se persons.
1t is believed that the condition of affairs at
the present time is equally favorable. But,
according to DR.. Baird, the gospel is preach.
ed not only in church edifces, but also in
many thousand Of other places, such as court
houses, school.houses and private dwellings,.
Nay, it is often preached in summer in the
forests of the far West. Thus, itmay be fair
ly estimated that the principles of Christian
ity are disseminated, if not every week, yet
from time to time in at least one hundred
thousand places every year throughout the
United States. The census of 1850 reports
the number of regular Ministers of the Cos.
pei to be 27,S42. Professor DeBow sup
poses that if we were to add the number Of
those who preach occasionally, it would in.
crease the number of those who preach the,
Gospel to 10000. But this estimate is evi-'
IDENTIFY too low.
The number of slocal ministers-that is,
ordained ministers who had not charges of
churches, but were occupied through the
week in secular employments-in the sever
al branches of the Methodist Church, and in
other churches which have such preachers,
could not have been at that time less than
$500, at the very lowest estimate, making
the number more than $4,000. According
to the census just referred to, the Methodist
Church, comprehending all its branches, had
church edifces which we're worth Sl4 $780,
148, and accommodated 1854, l0l persons.
ThePresbyterians all branches had church ed
i6ces worth SIS, ,62S, ,O49, which accommoda-
ted 2,419,+74 persons. The Baptist Church
or Denomination, had church edifces that
were worth ll,00l, ,l27, and accommodated
9,24S,5S0 persons. The Episcopal Church
had church edi6ces of the value of 81 ], 1884,
210 and that accommodated GA, ,59S per-
sons. The Congregational Denomination
had church edifces that were worth 81, ,970,.
1876, and accommodated sOl, 1886 persons.--
The Lutheran Church had church edifces
to the amount of s2,S54, 1856, and that ac-
commodated $751; persons. The Roman
Catholic had church edi6ces thatwere worth
SO, ,256,758, and held 675,72l PERSONS
The Unitarians, Universalists, Swedenbor-
gians, and some other sects, had church ed.
ifces which were worth s., 5,9ll ,294, and &C.
commodated 661, 4S7 persons.
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sar Men are like bugles, the more brass
they contain, the farther you can hear them.
Women are like tulips; the more modest
and retiring they appear, the better you love
them.
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@tiglnal 4o&trg.
Written for the Yorkyille Enquirer.

LINES.
She slumbereth long, the young Bstrothed,
All in her snowy vesture clothed;
So soft, so tranquil is her sleep
That all around dead silence keep;
Say, do they fear to break her rest?
Dare they not wake her to be blest?
To ope her sparkling eyes and meet
The glance of love, so dear, so sweet?
The bridegroom all impatient stands,
Eager to wear the silken bands
That bind him everto her side,
His chosen, cherished, beauteous bride.
The pure white robes lie ready there
To deck her lovely form and fair.
Why should the bridal be delayeds
Why wakes she not to be arrayed?
Alas! she ne'er will wake again
Adirge-and not bridal strain,
Swells through the hall, from whence bride
Should soon have issued in her pride! -
A hearse stands ready at the gate,
To bear her off in solemn state
Away to her ancestral tomb,
"With kindred dust to lay her bloom"
Oh, scene of grief beyond compare!
Not skill, nor love, nor anguished prayer
Could stay the fell Destroyer's power
Or put aside the fatal hour.
Most grie7ous is it to behold
The shroud that lovely form enfold;
Those flashing eyes forever sealed
Which so much life, and love revealed;
The darling sister, petted child
On whom oil faces ever smiled;
But, ah the stricken one of oil,
For whom unbidden tears must fall
Is he, low bending DER the dead,
With whom his fondest hopes have fed.
Behold his manly form bent low,
Crushed by the weight of speechless woe;
His bitter tears he may not hide,
They fall like rain-drops on his bride.
Within her marble fingers pressed
Upon her cold, unheaving breast,
Mark the last gift his love bestows!
His trembling hand there placed the rose;
The broken stem, and dropping head,
Meet emblemof the lovely dead
The last pale rosebud of the year,
The last sad gift to one so dear
How oft with smiles hath she repaid
The floral offering Love hath made;
With blushing cheeks, and laughter gay
The language read of rich bouquet
Now wet with tears in silence laid
This last, last Offering Love hath made.
Oh I! It's fearful sight to see
Stern man like weeping infancy;
Keen is the barb, and deeply driren
By which his fount of tears are riven.
Thou smitten one all hearts must feel
For grief which God alone can heal;
And long some comfort to impart
To thy sore, bruised, and bleeding heart.
Lift up thy tear-dimmed eye, and see
Him, who on Calvary bled for thee,
Who wept with those who mourned while here,
Nornow forbids fond Natures tear.
Not from the dust Affections spring
Oft sent our wandering feet to bring
Back to the fold, whence peace and Joy
Alone are found, Vithout alloy. X.
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ness better. This is but one of many insti-
tutions in this city, and the tiger is bound to
be fed though the people starve."
HAVING ENEMIES.

A man that has soul worth sixpence must
expect to have enemies It is utterly i'm.
possible for the best of men to please the whole
world and the sooner this is understood, and
the position taken in view Of the fact, the
better. Even when pretended friends are
fawning upon you, seeking to gain some.
thing through your influence or your means,
it is well to understand whether they are noe
your worst enemies. There is such small
sprinkling of disinterested friendship in our
present competitive state of society, that
there is very little dangero Of mistaking q true
friend when you really look sharp aboutyou
Such an individual comes not with loud and
blatant professions Of good to you, nor with
the mask of dissimulation upon his brow, but
with candid demeanor, plain dealing, and
few or no professions. Unlike the ss.artful
dodger," who is your seeming friend to ac.1
commodate his own selfish purposes, the HON,
est man is chary Of his compliments, and
would mot aatter Neptune for his trident,
nor Jove for his power to thunder he Is
reader to grant your fayors than to receive
them, and bestow graciously his smiles.
Men must expect enemies just in the pro.
portion that they, are thriving Enmety, ha-
tired and malice, and I'll uncharitableness,
are weeds of rank growth in the soil Of the
present times. There are enough of mean
souls at every step taken in the path Of life
who would like to prevent your success and
they hate you SO long as you prosper; if for
no other reason, simply because they are not
excelling you in your labor and your prosper.
ity. 1t were Of little use to heed them or
their efforts; the sure and best way to tri.
umph is to live down their petty slanders
and calumnies. Such enemies are towards,
and they hate you because they fear you.
The true motto for life is, to do right, and
let the consequences take care Of themselves.
It is all sheer vanity to strive to accommodate
yourself at every point to the e.whims and no.
tions of some other persons, and try to square
your ideas to please this or that sect, or par
ty. On the score Of mere personal gain alone
you must inevitably be the loser; and once
losing sight of your integrity and independ-
ence, you become the slave of petty tyrants,
and make for yourself burdens heavy to be
bc-ue.
Do right-though you have enemies
You cannot escape them by doing wrong. =
And it is little gain to barter away your hon.
or and integrity, and divest yourself Of NOR.
al courage, to gain what? Nothing. Bet
ter abide by the truth-frown down all op.
position, and rejoice in the feeling which
must inspire free and independent man. )
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p6 The Kentucky Democratic State Con.
vention made choice of VIM. Preston and
John G. Breckenridge as delegatesa at large to
the Cincinnati Convention.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-28

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prices show great trmness 800, - .
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LINE-Common RocslArd is quiet, last sales s. So Lump
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Receipts yp EXPORTS Of NGrI Store at dad from 10
Pcrt sf heur York for he reek eSdisg Oct % lSS"
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WhaIers.

Arr. Edgartown 18th tchr. Delaware, MOne, froV'
dence. for whaling
Sid fun New Bedford Gath, chip Contest NEW, AL un'.
Ludlow, Pacific Ocean. - - o.. -
sid i'm Warren 2Sd bark Sea She'll Ware, Pacific Ocean
land anchored below. a. =, ,
SID i'm New.London 22d ship Benz Morgan Sisson, North
Pacific . =, ,
Arr At Angler, July 6, James Edward, Smith, N b. on
cruise 18th North America Lyon ~ b. do Goth, SePhs
MIA, Fisher y. B.. do.
Arr. a Mauritius Aug. 6, Pioneer LAMBERT Angler
sid TIM stoningtou Iist ship Cincinnati Williams ochosk
Sea- - 4.
letter bark Tcnedos King (o New Londonl reports
her at Faysl Sept L. with 20 bbls. sp oil.
Sept lat. 50 ~. Ion IL II w, seen an American
whaling bark showing blue signal with large white In
center, and red fy attached. ,
AT anchor at the mouth Of the river below Warren X L.
24h p Benz Rush Wyatt for North Pacific bark Sea Shell,
Ware. for Pacific Ocean, both ready.
Fa gal I'd ult schr John h. Smith Anderson New Ions
dor-had taken small 81. whale.
Bark John Cogsesls Of Fsihayen touched at Bourbon Juy
H. had bbls. sp $50 do VIII oil last from New'ioandi
bound 10 Madagascar 10 recruit.
spoken sept n lat 49, lon IS ship Brooklyn, of and from
Htw-Lond, for Pacific Ocean