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5 found to sustain the The decis, ions of other Stales have no authors, L ty. If the acts construed arc similar to ours, then they arc entitled to consideration?nothing more. Often the - grounds of such decisions aro entirely ! r different. Georgia, for instance, has i [, a different constitutional provision, j . and t lie action of Congress upon that ! 1 constitution was different from that ' upon the constitution of any other > State. It is argued tlnit at the adoption of , our constitution, South Carolina was not, in the purview of the United .States Constitution ' a Slate." This 5 question has pawed the .stage of argn" ment, for the United States Suj>renic i Court has decided the precise point } in Texas vs. White, 7 Howard, p. 7-G. I would call especial attention to those words in that decision: "The obli' gat ions of the State as a member of j t the Union remained perfect and un. impaired. Jt certainly follows that i the State did not cease to be a Slate." J This decision must have escaped the notice of some of our judges, for they are bound by it. 1 Jl is argued that the homestead . provisions of our constitution are made t of force by becoming, by adoption, an act of Congress. Now, Congress could not give any State the power ' to do what the constitution has for1 bidden. This proposition cannot be . seriously controverted, and is conelu, siveofthe point raised. ]>ut Congress did not assume (as is asserted)

(VIIU iKlYliljL^ ht'pt 111111 to 111c self and his family on tenterhook hope, during dinner, simply through a lit o , and sulkiness. Ji'lio gels a bad hand a whist, ho flings down the cards in : r may passion, and goes oil'to his own room st dis- if he misses a favorite stroko at hil ['tests liards, he dashes his cue on the table ruth ; cuts the cloth, and sits down, mors* ,er of and red-faced. Ite makes no effort t< [ic cd- control himself; and in these childhJ i of a inoods beware that you do not spealns on to him of that f??sler in whom you arc } i interested, lie will toll the trull inien- about her, or. rather, he will tell wha rom a his ungovernable passion, venting it vever self upon every object of his conlcni ; but plat ion, would have you to eonsidei urate tho truth. 11 is a small matter whal tran- the boy says ; but it is a grave mattci look that such ungovernable temper! belli- should bo in a family. Insanity fas- scrofula, d'psomauia arc not the only vhich hereditary ailments which the mar hi be who would marry has to guard against uman Uesides the disease of an inllammablc v you temper, there is thai of inconstancy large- of the affections, which is as often a: ) has not a purely physical defect. Then

A German paper tolls an exlnu navy story of' a natural phcuonn that liar, occurred in Upper Au.v On the IDtli of August tlio soil c\. ing several yokes of land in the nc borhood of Moll, a few lengues 1 tlio Town of Stcycr, (suddenly fc with a crash liko thunder, and w the oats were waving a few Beebefore, there suddenly appoareu a lake. Tho water of this newest ad- "'aB dition io Upper Austrian scenery is clear, its toinporaturo is very low, and it is said to have much resemblance to that of tho glacier X/ftkcs. Through the Ilivor Stover posses tho place at no groat distance, it doos not appear that auy communication exists between thorn ; at all ovents, thero is reason to boliovo, that the lako receives no contribution to iis waters from the river, and tho waters of tho ?two aro chemically different. The attempts to explain this phenomenon aro not very sucocssfftl. Something unusual-i-indeed something unknown in tho annals of Pe- . terabai'g, Va. occurred on Saturday. A negro man and a whito woman ap,plied to tho Clerk of tho Hustings i Court for a license to become man and wifo. It was urged as a reason why | they should be married that thoy had i -j lived togothor fbr some time, am1 pro- -

io miiKC uio constitution of this Stale an actor Congress. Krai the act. XV., IT:iite?l States Statutes, p. 7!?, : and nothing can lie found therein in I tlic slightest .<o justify the as>:umption. The preamble recites that "whereas (ho people of South Caro" li.ia have framed a constitution of i i State government, that is republican, * * * * Therefore, 1 bu it enacted thai South Carolina shall bo enti.led to representation in Congress." After all the stress that ; has hern laid upon the action of Con? gress, those who read the act will he l" surprised to find that thero is nothing I else in it hearing at all upon thisqucs. tion, What, now, did Congress enact ? Nothing, beyond allowing this State i representation. And suppose wc call L the preamble an enactment, then what i follows ? Why, that the constitution is republican! Xolhing more. Will any .judge pretend that any legal > enactment is covered by the word . ' republican ?" Or to come more i closely down, that this sanctions the s homestead clauses. L Suppose, however, that Congress - had enacted, (as is assumed without i any foundation, in rat i.) that IhcCon. stitulion of South Carolina should

And tlinn oiidod tlio thrilling] iid rciiini'Rublo s???iy id life. ? -.**(>* Planters aiiu Merchants Association, j J Tlic combinations whieh large mon- I ? rings can bring to hear upon the ?lto:* market, t lie effects of whieji j o witness iii tin' Smith f'roin year to car, have bestirred oar people to j leasures of fiell-prolcction. There j :ive heen many plans proposed for , to amelioration of the farmer, but ' Diie of them seem to he available. *o hear of another sehome hruited 1 bout which has risen from the cincr- ! fneies of the hour and is the coneoe- i on of a practical an<l thoroughly! Kperienced business mind- It is pro- j used t<? form an Association of plant- ' rs jind merchants with a capital <*>f; iOO.O'lO or $.">00,000. This capital is j > he invested as the President and j oard of Directors (to ho elected) | mil deem hest for the welfare of the j mipany. The funds thus obtained ! ill he Hie basis for the negotiation o?'j loan in Liverpool at the opening "f| tell cotton season. Tim I'mtri-i

Onco More is blooming i'i our s*?uls, And, lurkdiko, swell tho songs of hope Your b'.issful bridal horoscope. O, Love, it is our wedding day? Yet say, did those fair Iiojks but sing, Lapped in the tuneful morn of May, To die or droop on falterinj wing, When noontide heats and evening chills Made pale Ih'j flowers and veiled the hills? O, Love il is our wedding day, And none t*f those glad f:op.>? ?>f youth, Thrilled to its height, outpoured a Jay To match our future's simple truth ; Though deep the joy of vow nndshiinc, Our w-dd-.d calm is more divine! (), Love, it is our wedding day! Life's summer wit.li slow waning beam, Tints the near nu'umu's cloud land gray To softness of n fairy In am, Whence peace by musing paUios hissed. Smiles through a. veil of g-ideu nil-t. O, Love, it is our wedding day ; The conscious wind- are whispering low Those pasbionatw secrets of the May Fraught with your Ui-scs long ago ; Warm memories of our yars rein ?to Are trembling in the mock-bird's throat. O, Lwve, it i.- our wedding ?lav?

In the lull of 18->(J I was traveling eastward in a stage coaeli lVoni P'ttsburg, over tl?omountains. fePow travellers were two gentlemen and a lady. Tlic oldest gentl .man's appearance interested mc exceedingly. In years lie seemed about iil'ty, in air and manner lie was calm, dignified and polished, and the eoutonr of his features \va? singularly intellectual, lie eonversed lrecly on different, topics, until the road became more abrupt and precipitous; but upon my dirccting his attention to the great altitude of a precipice, on the verge of which our coach wheels were leisurely rolling, there came ? marked change in his countenance, His eyes, lately tilled with the light of intelligence, became wild restless and anxious; the mouth twisted spasmodically, and 1 he lore head was beaded with a cold perspiration. With a sharp convulsive shudder, lie turned his ga/.c from the giddy bight, and clutching my arms tightly with both hands lie clung to me like a drowning man. "Use this cologne," said the lady, lmmliiiff inn a Iwiffin willi