St. Mary's beacon., 1858-03-25

REsouxcEs or ruK Eourn n.-Ciovernor Haas-
mOnd, Of South Carolina, in hrs late speech. Ave
the following giowing xleseriptien of she rssour-
ces Of the South
sssrAe Soush. !" he said sshas eight h,s,are1 una
ffty shoasand square miles ofterrihnnw w~~nH area
Al large as 80 <ossred BY Gfsas ID, Eranee
Austria, PrdsaSs md SraiB. tn #Hs*h even
after the admission of the ITO large Terr55ories
OF Kansas and Minnesota, win saiI one hz83red
thousand square mileeehort ofths Soafh. Tisis
aaee NOD incinde IN xEfory lying weas III the
ROcky Mountains, wiIzsh vii never cosslx into
antagohism with the South. We have ile hess
soil, the best climate, indispensable prodaesions
that cannot be grnwn elsewhere, sIsos& Esss Of
three thousand miles, ara % iadenfed ~itA bays
and crowded with islands m 70 make the Whole
measurement twelve thoazand miles. Thsoaxh
the heart of car ecantry runs the mighty Missis-
sippi. into whose bosem are poured 6ifsy~six
thousand miles Of tributaxy streams. ii the
great valley i drains win bs the sesE ef the
worad's empire. We have popnIas5on four
times an large as that which conquered 6ar IN
dependeace, and . thousand fold % strong
Upon our muster rolls we have million ofr1en.
Al any time the South can raise, eakip. and
maintain in the 6eldalaFger force skan ~ power
on earth can send against hev-men. toe. brought
up on horseback, with guns in thesr hnz1s. The
wealth Of a people is to be estimated ~ their
surplus productions. All tie enterprises of peace
and gar ardspend on what nation is able ls spend.
The report Of the Secretary Of the Treasury
show that the exports Of the Uniied States
amounted last year 20 $279 900 600, Exclusive
Of gold and foreign merchandise re-exported.-
or this amount the productions Of the south are
elS5, 600 900. In addition TO this w sent 20
the North S35 ,0O0, 900 Of our staple making
our surplus productions wczth S2E# 100, 600,
equal 20 I6 e6 per head .of our pop sap-
posing it 20 be twelve millsons "a Dividend Which
no nation On earth can show.
Rev. E. Fl. CaAPsH ON THE ERxvsvAls.--Rev,
E. II Chapins (Univefsalist.) ir the course Of
his sermon at New York, on Sunday, took oc-
casion 90 alsade briefly 10 the religious excite
ment nov prevailing extensively IN New York
Philadelphia and Boston. The speakers opin-
ion Of the excitement was, on the whole, against
any actual good resulting therefrona, inasmueh az
conversions. under such influences. were apt TO
be short-lived. 10
He did not believe il possible that q sinner
could be changed to a saint by any sudden shock
Religion was something 70 be acquired by daily
prayer by holding close communion with God
by acknowledging hum in all forms of Nature
IN She hours Of sorrow as well as In The hours of
joy by administering to the necessities Of the
poor, and by 50 letting our light shine before men
that others seeing our good works, might glori-
fy our Father which il in Heaven. The truly
religious man Ered his religion, practiced il in
his daily walks, in the family circle, in the marts
of business, and wherever he might be..plaeed.-
There was no excitement about such q man :his
life flowed gently NJ river, and his end was
peace.
The eloquent speaker, however would not be
understood az ridiculing tho present religious
movement. u had his best wishes thas good
might result from IL. II would, at any rate, ne
said, draw the attentions Of many to the subject,
and to the great fact that they possessed an i'm
mortal soul. At the present day there were very
few that ever thought anything about the DEATH
less spirit within them, and if tina movement now
in progress were successful in nothing else than
awakening those in the paths ofsin 20 sense of
their condition, IL would not have been in vain.
SINGULAR FAcTs.-The New York Evening
Post and several other papers have rscently pub
lished the following
A Countrywoman has recently arrived in Pa
ris from the department OF Seine ct Marne,
who should be presented to the Academy Of
Sciences. This woman was q short time since
walching;a COW in an open field, when a violent
storm arose. She Ierefage under a tree,
which, at the instant, was struck by lightning
Che COW was killed, and she was feIled 10 the
ground senseless, where she was soon found.
The storm having ceased with the fash that fel-
led her. Upsn removing her clothing the exact
image of the cow was found distinctly impressed
upon her bosom.
A correspondent of the ". Y. Independent,
says this curious phenomsnon in not without a
precedent. DR.. Franklin mentions the case of
man who was standing nm the door Of a house
in a thunderstorm, and who was looking at q
tree directly before him. when it was struck by
lightning. On the man . breast was left per.
fect tdaguerreotype Of the tree.
In 184l, a magistrate and a miller's boy were
struck by lightning near poplar tree in one Of
the provinces Of France, and upon the breasts of
each were found spots exactly resembling the
leaves Of the poplar.
HARD TO KnL.-The Charlotte On. C Dem
ocrat publishes the following. Our readers Will
agree, after this, that there's no killing hog by
starving it.
We should judge that hog was q hard ami
NAL 70 staEve 10 death from the following incident
related to us by gentleman in this place, for the
truth Of which he vouches. On the 18th Of De-
eember last drove Of hogs were put in q lot for
a few days. When driven cut one was missing
and could be fonud nowhere, On last Saturday,
il was found at the bottom Of an unoecuPied ice
house on the lot, supposed TO have fallen in there
by roofing under the Boarding. When taken out
il was alive, but vsyypoov. Our informaatthinks
there was no possible chance for it TO have got
Ten anytnluS 10 oFtnk 1oF tne space 01 be4y tnkee
months. There was little wheat straw around
IT which probably preserved iss life for 30 long
time. -
SPors on THE SUx.--The washington Union
has learned either from practical observation or
otherwise that 'sseveral spots on the disc Of the
sun are nov visible, three Of which are OF very
large size. They may Be seen by means Of Q
teleseope-of moderate power in the following
manner: direct the telescope TO the sun, and in
atead Of applying the eye to the aperture
let the image Of the sum fsll zpon sheet Of white
paper held q few inches from the eye piees.--
Then by pulling cut the eye piece eighty, until
the image becomes distinet, the surface Of the
sun in as plainly visible tkat of the fhll moon
On O fair evening. The image may be made lar
ger or smaller, the paper ID held further from,
OF nearer TO, the telescope. Spots have been
seen upon the solnr dise az upwards Of twenty
thousand miles in diameter. or nearly three times
the diameter Of the earth and the smallest that
can be dasesrnsd by good telescopes cannot be
much less than Eve OF six hundred miles 10 Diane
ter.s
PRRPARATsoKs voR FisaINe.-The river ROY
being entirely clear of ice, and tIse water st fair
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