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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN^ by cavis & teimmieb. Dmotfli to Soul I) em tiijjljts, politics, Slflticnllur*, aniJ 4$tisccUnmj. $2 per annum:. VOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL IT, 1856. " NO. 8. la* UAtiULiWA SPARTAN. BY (JAVIS <fc TRIMMIER. ? be r * 0. P. VERNON, Associate Editor, hav< Trmn Two Dollar* jkt annum in sdvnncc, or {,r,l< at ilie cinl of tlio y.-ar. If not paid until ',RVl a he year expires $3.00. lion FnyiostU triii be y?NK Jrrvd in advance if made The within three months. j|,e No subscription taken for lew than six n.onths. , . Money may bo remitted through postmaster* nt v* }' war rink. i "*>'1 j tens Advertisement! inserted at the usual rates, mid , ??f|| -?sn tracts made on reasonable terms. | j( j The SrARTAN circnlati-* Inrgely over this nnd i . ndjem ins district*, and offers nil admirable medium j ' te onr friends to reacli turNncrr. : era Job work of all kinds promptly executed. i as tl Blanks, Law an l Kjuuy, eoulinually on hand ! suj| r prin ed to order. acct ^LEX\WETH\M[LTON. l"e The National Intelligencer, in reviewing ?f 1 the "Memoirs of Joltn M. Mason, D. I)., j l'''* 8. T. P., with portions of his correspond- I j nc?, bv Jacob Van Vochtcn," leaves the i t|,c memoirs themselves to givo prominence to j idei the following reminiscences of Alaxntuler , ^,e Hamilton miiiI llio elntitur u.ann. nf l.i, lit".. ftOII .". " * Feb Tli? whole paper is one of exceeding intei- .. I, an?l we have no doubt will be read the wilb much satisfaction by our reader*: I h? Leaving, therefore, his clerical repnta-,, wr" tion to depend on his published works, w',# (though these, we are told, afford a very 1 a,,<| inadequate con cpt ion of his real powers,) j Parl we have availed ourselves of this interest- j *cor ing biography of an eminent man for the i purpose of reviving a few of those reinini- j t',c sceiices which connect his name with that I W|*' of Alexander Hamilton. With thu single , ' JU exception ot Washington, perhaps no man j cnl1 knew ilainillon more intimately than I>r. j Mason, and no man Certainly estimated his | s'ro abilities more highly. Ilotli of these facts ' ?his intimacy with Hamilton and his ex- ' 'K,u ailed appreciation of the unrivalled genius 8t'P which distinguished that "wonderful man" HIMI ?will abundantly appear from the follow- Prvi ing historical recollections. dwji Associated with Gen. Hamilton hy tics ei1'' of intimate friendship, and almost trans ported with admiration for his talents and '' his character, Dr. Mason, say* the editor of ',nv these memoirs, lamented his loss, by an ,"lu \iutimely death, ns an irreparable calamity. ^nn T., ? I.. <... .1 I.... I .1.., . w v?M.vc|fVHMt 11b III yvvilllllllf IIIIMV.I UiUU of August II, 1804, lie wiiie*: es l' "Xews 1 have none l?ut what the papers % ill have announced before this reaches W',SI yon. Melancholy, most melancholy news ll?" for America, the premature ilealli of her v greatest man, Maj. r General Hamilton! 1 i l'0*'1 ay nothing too strong when I assure vou 1,101 that all tilings Considered, tho loss or ;,,"l Washington was light in comparison with i VJM* this. His most s upcmlous talents, which I alK' set him above rivahbip, ami bis integiity. j l''? with which intrigue had not the hardihood Conl to tamper, belli him up as the nation'-. Iio|k- j vv,:' Mini as the terror of the unpiiiiciplcil; hut it i ' ^,l ut irkiil him out, at the saute time, as a . "''l victim to tho disappointed and profligate w'1' nuihilion of Vice 1'resident IJurr, lly I 11 :l(| the most insidious and cruel artifice lie was entrapped, against his judgment, his con- | 1 aeieiuv, and liis dibits, into a duel with ' H,r? that de-|>erate man, and mo>tally wounded. The catastrophe happened on the 1 u' 1 morning of the I lib, and lie expired at 2 | -^,n o'clock on the 12th ultimo. The shock 1 ,ra' and agony of the public mind have never ' p':M teen quailed. * The cry of lamentation i Scn and indignation as,ails Ihur from every 1 '!vo point *>f the compass; nor can he tin a his vve any where without reading his own in- 'l"ti tamv in llie imnoi.t heaped upon llio illus- ^Ul trioiis dead. Tin. pamphlet which nccoin- JO 11 panic* this wil. .Iwiv what <J.?i t lias fallen , ''hi to myself.'' The reader should perhaps do Dr. Ma- ; n,Jl mii the justice t<? believe that in pronoun- I nov cing "the loss of Washington light in com- ^'a! poison" willi that of Hamilton he was ' chiefly influenced by a consideration of the l'10 finished life" which, in the ca?e of the one, J mel was "rounded oil"" by the sleep of an eu- j lon iIihiwmu, while the other fell in the very i mid career of his activity and usefulness. In point of mere intefUctuul greatness, it is ; * true, however, that Dr. Mason gave llatnil- 1 ,s lon the preeminence over Washington.; '"l The pamphlet to which he alludes in tho | v*n al?ove extract was a eulogy which he pro- : vu>l lio'tuced on LI iinillon before the Society ?l hiv the Cincinnati in the State of New York ? j , ^ it) Hi) address which rivalled by its elo 1 ,"s| rpieuce and popularity I ho celebrated ser- la' nmn of President Dwighion the same illus- c,,> trious subject. "',e Writing to a European correspondent art' who had taken some exce|?tions to portions M e of this Oration in Iioiioi of Hamilton, I >r. | ' ' *l Ma>on letuarks as follows in defence of the lM" high positions which he had ascribed to ,,,c the soldier-statesman of the Revolution: ',e "It is very natural that readers on your !'"x ftido of the water should su-pcct the eulo- m''i giant to be overchnred. So do some among s"" ourselves; but not one who knew him. 1 unl knew liini well, and I assure you that what re,| i have said is sober, literal truth. Such a ' human being I never saw, and probably 'uc< never shall see in ibis world." S '* n (n another letter, soon after the calamity n,M it i - ? ui U"I|IIIIUII ? Ui'illll, lie WlllflS l'? "'I'lio greatest ctatcsmnn in tint Western 11,0 world. perhaps the greatest mail of I lie age, l'"' lias l?een cut oil* in lite 48th year of hi* ago by ilio murderous arm of Vico 1'iesideiil j ?' * IUirr. The death of Major (ieneral Alex- '|,<J ander IIainilton lias created a waste in the R,P' sphere of intellect and probity which acentnry will hardlyHII up. lie has left none UW! like him; no second, no third, nobody to s,i>1 put us in mind of hint. Yon can liavo no A conception of such a man unless you knew con him." add That the Eulogy of Hamilton as pro- ?am nounced by Dr. Mason was not exaggera- ' my ted in its admiring portraiture is the testi- and ra >ny of a judicial mind like that of John inei Marshall. In acknowledging the receipt j oorr of a copy of Dr. M.'s oration, that pme mni minded jurist wrote as follows. Wo cx-1 as t t.arf ftom a let'er found iu the-'* memo-iee; grn ^ * * ? [ lament sincerely the loss of the great | on i whose character you have drawn so i bt While 1 truly deplore his fate, I may . to terniiited to indulge a ho|>o that it may ni e somo tendency to cast odium on a j (i< :tice which deceives every censure you j nr e bestowed upon it. You havo men- 1 vc ed two facts of whi^h I had uevcr heard, of one is the part he took in producing ui commercial meeting at Haiti more in ch preceded the convention ul Phi la- i-? >hia; the other, which is iiu!.vd charac- o< -tic of lien. Hamilton, is his resignation lit le emolument* his iuilit..ry t?ei vices gave " I n right to claim." al t may he known to some of our rend ill thai Dr. Mni-on was originally selected m lie most com|>elent person to prepare a in able biography of Gen Hamilton, lie p> pled the tasic, and in his hands it at lid have been a labor of love to do jus- 1 g' to the pre-eminent abilities and virtues in liis illustrious friend. In pursuance of m object he spent much lime throughout j In ries of ycaia in collecting materials and in fying historical memoranda relative to ! st subject of his proposed memoir. Ilis I nr i of what such a work should be may ' tu gathered from the following extracts ; "n n a letter to I)r. Stevens, under dale of pv runty 27, 1808: to Hy the desire of his widow, and with m approbation ??f his most intimate friends, fit ive ventured upon the arduous task of ?e ling the life of Gen Hamilton. I feel In it boldness there :s in such an attempt, re am not in?en?i> le to the immense dis ! l?l IV between the powers of that trail- > idant man and his biographer. That ; cc work shall bu what every one who had K happiness of his acquaintance would g' !i it to be, a peifect jMiitiait of himself, vn n far from the vanity of supposing. Nor . lu it be rationally expected, as it would Ct lire a second Hamilton. * * * * Do j cc us of discharging the duties of my en- c? cmenl in a manner as satisfactory and l<> orabie as possible, 1 have i s ?|ved and j h. ulated that no restrict on shall be laid ' mi ii me with respect to lime. The nonum | ii< naiur in annum is a precept n?>t t>i l?e If ien-ftl with l?y works w liicli arulojiuve j ft< or great utility or |Hiruiniieiit reputa | cl j ??> L was not until nlrout ten years after ' In ing undertaken tlic task that Dr. Mason ! A id himse'f compelled to relinquish it ' .l< i i iiuiaii cd healtli. And l>r. Van m liton, in making this .statement,express- cl lie as?urance that "it would have sooth tl his griefs if he could have anticipated It it ample justice would at length he ?p e to tho character of his friend in cell as his friend's assailants.'' It ha> | la > eloquently said that distinguished 'h it will ever rise supotior to oppression t?? draw Instie front i< pioaclr, jn?t as the <? i?rs which gather at .mud the tiding sun ' at follow it in its course seldom fail at C close of that course l<> foitn a tnagndi a: L theatre for its reception, and to invest II i vuiiegated lints and with a softened tu Igenco the luminalv whivli they can >i iiide. 'I'llo sun of Hamilton went down | g< le it was yet noott, and ami 1 scenes ol la ;ic aspect; but the dense clouds of po il id detraction which h r a time nhscured I l" avs have melted into tliin and serene p< now that art iwlm.iing posterity has y < gned hint his appropriate rank as a st;i? in he tiist magiritudo in the galaxy of j I ericaii worthies. So ancient patriotism j?< tsfei red to the heat ens the name ami "< ;c of those who by their valor nr the'i ins had illustrated the age in which they hi d. Sic itnr atlusfra. ' ar V few mouths ago we published by re w >1 an account ? f the last hours of Aaron ; li rr, as recently given by a venerable clci '.I nan of New Yyik, who ministered to j "I t tire consolations of religion, and who | ti I survives. We have tliought it would y be unacceptable to many readers if we ' ll r reproduce tho following letter of Dr. w ton, in which lie recites -.he particular* it lis interview with (?en. Hamilton on tl day previous to his decetise, as every 1 *1' noiial of that great man possesses his- " V... ...MV. Nk\V \ OltK, Jl'LY 18. ISO-}. II the Editor of the Commercial Adrerli cr: ft 'lie Having read in your paper of iIn- u Ii a very imperfect account of my con- u onion t?eu. Hamilton the day nte- 13 nit to It in decease, 1 judge ii my duly to |? tlie following narrative before tlie politic: '? >n lite morning of Wednesday. tlie 1 1 tit A nut, fliortlv itfier tlie rumor of tlie (ieiie- ' s iiij.ny liinl created 11 u alarm in 1110 , a note from Dr. l\>si int??iiikmI me tln?t m i wna extremely ill i?t Mr. William lf.iv- b V, and expreK.su I a pellicular desire to i tl me us kooii gs possible." 1 went inlinetely. The cxelninjfft of meluiioli'dy sulij oiis on entering tiie tieiieiai's apart- oi nt was succeeded by Ji Hiloiice which w broke by any in# that lie bad been ! " iou* to *ec ine-and have the sacrament c< Dmistered to bill), and that this was n bis wish. I replied that "it gave lite h itternble pain to receive from bim any lc neat to which I could not accede; that t; ho present instanco a compliance was I* rinpatible with all my obligations, as it *t principle in our churches never to ad p lister tbe laird's supper privately to any t\ son under any circumstances, lie urged h no furtber. I then remarked to bim l "the holy communion is an exhibition d I pledge of tbe mercies which the Soli ?od has purchased; that tbe absenco of sign does not exclude from the mercies t< tilled, which wyro accessible to bim by t| b in their gracious author/' "I am w ire," said he, "of that; it is only as ? il: i that 1 wanted it." ii , short pause ensued. I resumed the (lift- ? i?o by observing that "I bad nothing to b res* to him in his affliction but that i id Go*]ul r\f tht f/rnce of Gmi which it is tl oflice to preach to the most obscure y illiterate; that in the sight of (?od all st t a*e on a level, as "ryll have sinned and I tl ie short of His glory;" and that they it ?t apply to lliit) for pardon and life, d tuner*, whoso only rotugo is in jjis ; o reigning by right* rcisnen through <1 ir Lord Jesus Christ." "I perceive it to | i so," said lie; "I mn h sinner; I look | llis mercy." I then adverted to "the infi- : . te merit of the Kedeelner as thc/jro/nfia-1 |U m fur sin, the sole ground of our accept- tvt ice with Cod, the sole channel of llis la- ti(j >r to us," and cited the following passages Scripture: "There is no other name given p ider heaven among men whereby ?e, _ ust be saved but the name of Jesus." "lie i able to save them to'the uttermost who >me unto Cod by llim. seeing lie ever of ieih to make intercession for them." pr he blood of Jesus Christ cleanscth from o|i I sin." Tlii* last passage introduced hi] e affair of the duel, on which 1 to- wi indo I the General that he was not to be an structed as to its moral aspect; that "tho of eciuli? blood of Christ" was as effectual on id as necessary to wash away tho tinns- po essioii which had involved him in suffer- co g as anv other transgression; and that lie ih list there, and there alone, seek peace for Tl is conscience and a hope that should "not of* ake him ashamed." He assented with foi long emotion to theso representations, bu id deihired his abhorrence of the whole pr an*nclio . "It was always," added he, igaiusl my [yinciplcs. 1 used every ex- th dient to avoid the interview; but I have | wi uiul, for some time past, that my life U[ ust be exposed to that man. lwi-nltothe sit ;UI determinerl not to take his life" lie L* peated his disavowal of all intention to th irt Mr. Uuri, the anguish of his mind in ; d< collecting what had passed, and his hum- all e hope of forgiven-, ss fiotn his Cod. 1 cil I recurred to the topic of the divine di mi] (ossion, the freedom of pardon in the at etbeuier Jesus to perishing sinners. "That th nee, my dear General, which brings sal 1 pi ition is rch, rich." "Yes," interrupted to i. "it is rich grace." "And on that grace," m nilimicd I. "the sinner has the highest en- Cs lurageinent to rejiose his confidence, be- p i ni?e it is tendered to him upon tl e surest ex iindation; the Scripture testifying that'we by ive ri-demptioii through the blood of Jc er is, t!ie forgiveness of mii*. according ti? tin'* ti* .dies ot his gince.' " llere the General, on iting go my hitnd, which lie h id held I nil am the moment 1 sat down at his l?eJsidc. of asjied his hands together, and. looking up pr wauls heaven, said, with emphasis, " I ev IV n a t. tnler ruiimw.i ?.i? il.? ..f il.? l? Imighty, through the mciils of the Lord 11? ;sus Chiist." lie replaced his hand in ov ine, and, appealing somewhat spent, th used his eye*. A little after lie fastened em on me, and I pioceedcd: "The simple j ai uihs of tin* gospel, in* dear sir, which re- j III tires no nli*tiu>u investigations, but faith *t; the veracity of (.Lid, who cannot lie. are j l!i st suited to voiir piesent condition, and i>h iey are full of consolation. "I feel them ! * ' he so,' leplit d In'. I tin 11 lepoated these u| vts ol Scripture*. "It is a f.ithful saying, hi id woilhy of all acceptation, that Jesiis | *c luist cm lie into the woild to save sinners. ! In id of siutiers the chief. "I. e*en I, nttl ra In l! at hlotteth out hv tiaii*gic*sion* for ' cr line own sake, alid will not it member thy hi n*." "(.'utile, now, and lot us lea.son to to titer, saith the Lord; though your >ih> : la i as scarlet, they shall he white as snow; !' ; tough they l?c ted likeciitiisi.il, the* shall ; a* wool." "Thi?," said lie, "is inv sup | n* .ot. l'ray f. r ine.'" "Shall I prav with of ..ur "Yes." I piaycd with hint, and re i aid hilll whisper a* I went along, which to supposed to he his concuiicuce with the li* jtitiotift. At the conclusion he said, *v \iuen; (iotl giant it." ht living ahout t?? j art with him, I told p< im "1 had one request to make." lie tli ked "what it was?" I answered, "that g; loiterer might ho the is-ue of his atllic- ' at on, ho would give his testimony against a' ic practice i f duelling." "1 will," said he. pi I have done it. il tfnit," evidently an- | cinating tiie event, "if that he the i*?ue ea ... ...:iw;..i : - ? i>u n 111 HUM it hi Hilling, || n |)ic;i>o ' KMI i.-it l recover, I shall do it in u inttnnor *n liiclt will effectually put me out of it- tli acli in future." I ru< n iotied once more " 10 importance of iciiouncing every oilier e; Bpendence for iIt*; etern d world but '.lie ill icrry of (iihI in Christ .Joils with a par- ct cular reference to the catasiiophe of the r>t lorning. J lie (ieiieral was nth cted, find w lid: "Let us not | uimio the subject any 'y it llier; it agitates ine." lie laid his hands '1 pon his breast witli symptoms of utienvi- v?f ess. which indicated an increased ditlicul- ci ! in speaking 1 iheu t??ok my leave. He ai icssed iny hand athdioiiaU Iv, and desir vv I to see mo again at a proper interval, t'1 a 1 was leiiriug lie lilted up his hands in hi ic attitude of prayer, and said feebly, IomI l?o iiu-icilul to IIis voice i m ink so that I In aid not the lost distinctly, c< ul understood hi ill to filiate the words oi | te ptildicaii in the gospel, and to end the hi nteiice with **itio a sinner." ' al I saw him a second lime in the morning re f Tlmr?dav: hut lioni hi- appeal mice ami hat I had heard, KiipjHwinrr that he could ||| ot speak without severe effort, I had no vnverftalion with him. I prayed for a pi ioineiil at hi- hedside. in company with ' e, is overwlieline i i nnily and friend*; and a >r tno ro t was one of the mourning *p?c t| itor* of his composure and dignity in suf p, ring. Hi- mind remained in its former (|i ate. and he viewed with calmness his up tj ronchiiig dissolution. 1 left linn between (>t velve and one, and at two; a* tlio public ci now, be breathed his last. ll I am, sir, with much respect, your obe it ient servant, J. M. Mason. I' To Kf.kp Moos.?During a long voynge ? South America, it was notice*! how iresh It ?? egg* continue*! to bo. The steward ti| us called <>n for his secret. He said that in s ho purchased his stock, packed it down i "I i small boxes?raisin boxes?ami after ??rd* About once a week, turned over eveiy j m ox hut the one out of which lie was using. ai his whs all. The reason of his success is, ,|, ml by turning the egg* over, he kept tho <?? oiks about tho middle of the albumen. It .ill the yolk will after a while tind its way irough tho while to the shell, and when j> does so, the eggs will spoil. Hens un- ii erstand this fact, as is well known, turn t) ver their oggs on winch tliov ?ot at i**;ut ii a:'v. ? ' oun/ry \ LETTER FROM EGYPT. The following letter from Egypt we fin the Baltimore Sun, and we copy it n :ll from the iuterest investing that At: [tie region as for the high terms of prais slowed upon ourfiiend nnd fellow-citizo Iwin UeLeon, esq., United Stales Const mend to Egypt: Mehemet Ali toutul Alexandria a tie: fishermen and pirates,and raised it toil e*ent prosperous condition. Under th presMve weight of 'Pinkish rule, from th gli "state of magnificence ami splendr tieli she attained under the Ptoloinit d C?*ar*, she had gradually sunk, to on misery ami wretchedness, Being tli ly harbor upon this coa*t, her unrivalle si lion must ever cause her to be the grei mineicial emporium of Egypt and ono? e principal depots of the trade of the lias ic modern city lies upon the narrowstri land between tlie old and new harboi rmed by the I*le of 1'liaros, and present it an uninteresting appeatanee upon a] oachiug it fium llio sea. Tlie entire eoast is exceedingly level an o most prominent objects aie a row i ml mills and the lofty light house bui ?>n the foundations of the ancient l'liari u a led on the extremity of the idam pon entering the hrtrbor to the left ai e palace and harem of the Viceroy, th >ck yards and arsenals; whilst stretchin jng the tight are the w hito houses of tli V. Passing through the narrow an rty streets of the Arab portion, wo arriv the Frank Sutiare, occupying the site < e ancient Juckk. This is a laigo obl<>n ace surrounded by tine houses belongin the foreign consuls and the princip: erchanls, and is dectdedlv the handsou t quarter of the city. The streets nre ui ive?l, and during rainy weather becoin cccdingly muddy. The city, surroiinde a ln??!i wall and deep ditch, all ol m?n n construction, occupies hut a small po ?n of the l'routid coveted by the anciet ie. Scattered over the unhuilt auifai id for utiles heyond the walls are hea| ruins and mounds of broken potter cscnting a most desolate appearance. .-1 cry excavation broken columns and slia icd capitals ate constantly being dug ti| e very gtouiid sectns hollow as you drii er it, clearly indicating tho vast ruit at lie buried beneath. The two most prominent monuments i iliiiuity Still preserved ate lVjIlipcy's J'i r and Cleopalta'* Needle. The fomu inds on a considerable eminence boymi e city walls, and is colli posed of a sing aft of porpiiyty, surmounted by a capin the Coiiiilhiali order, llie whole re?lin )on a base of masonry which has an\ thin it a solid appearance. l ite pillar is sou ventv live feet in height. "Supposed I ue heeti erected by t.';esar to cominem to his successes over his gicat rival, it li; r??neoits!y been oalhd l'oinpcv'.s I'ili.t it from an insci iptioti discovered upon ; inutleru aiiti.piaiiaiis, it hat been a?o? ;tied to have been erected bv a pi elect i gVj?t ill honor of the Kuipeior llioclctia Standing near the sea and facing t! :w liaibor is Cleopatra's Needle, all obeli? red granite covered with hieroglyphic sting upon a base of w bite mat ble biotigl light by recent excavations. Near a another half bin icd in the sand. Th as presented to the Knglish goveininei ) Meheniet A!i, but the ?!ilHcuItv and e ?:ite attending its removal have dcterr* em from making the attempt. They 01 nally stood befoie the temple of the Se ileliopolis, and were brought to Ale idiia to beautify the entrance to the Ten e of Cawar. Near the Frank square some recent c vauons iiiiv** iIim'IomnI the rubied found t?s of an inum-iise building, which mar ipposu t'r 1*111 their size and solidity to I iosc of the ancient library. They a brick, so. sely cemented that it is luuii isicr t?> bleak than to sever th<*in; win! ic columns of granite and ma?blo.hein n*taiiliv dug up. lioin the beauty of the ylc and elegance of their finish, >ve oithy to have adorned a I uildiug so julolehraled its the i.ihmry of A e\atnhi is impossible to wander over these heaj ruins, these broken shafts and inulihiU ipitah, v'lhonl reeallino the davs of In icient prospeiity and splendor, wlo-n >1 as the centre of commerce and ei?iliz oil, her academies the seats of science, h hrarics the w .aiders of the world. Shortly after my second arrival at Ale nlria I had tho pleasure of beino presen I by our consul jjencial, Mr. 1 >e Leon, le Viceroy of K^ypt. The palace in wdiit ? tonally resides dniino his stay in Ale idria, and whetc ho receives the foreijj p'e entatives, is situate! upci the i-!at I'liaros. Leaving the iihiiow slicets ie Arab settlements, a spacious avetin laded by luxuiiant trees, lead* to tl incip.il gatew iv of the |>;tli?cc ground nubling of ? ina??ivc arch or it : inent<*< I I portico sustained l?v six immense 1 *01 i ii.ii) column* of red granite, no doubt l I'll from K?ino ancient building. Imni lately on entering I lie gateway. to tl ylil urn lite otliees of the governor at Iter public functionaries, presenting <1 dully a most shabby nope,nance; whilst le left, ami toward* the sea, :ne to lie sei 10 Ion}; low white barracks of ilie trooj assing n largo lino squato borileroil I cos alul used as a parade ground, \ ached the principal entrance of the pahu t front a regiment of soldier* were drav p to receive us, ami in tln ir wliite Kgvj at uniform presented a ne it ami marti |>|icaianco. The present Viceroy is decidedly a m Oinanja^t upon the suhjecl of slatidii rr.iie-; his whole ti.r.e ami attention a SVO'ed to his tio< ps. Kie-.il levies :< instant1v being made, now barracks erei I. ami the entire resources of the Colli,t plundered upon the army. Kgvpt, resent, with scarcely a population of t\ lillioms, has a standing army of til tomand men. Said J'asha, with not the of the talent of his father, Mvhem .!, rtj ] without h:? plea of neef.dty, I pursuing the nninc cruel and destructive j i policy in regard to his system of recruiting. 1 The country in being fast depopulated and 15 | vast tracts of land annually ruined for want i* ! or husbandmen, and all to gutlify the marc lial whims of the present Viceroy. Two n thing* constitute the constant dread of the . Fellahs?the sight of the tax-gather and 1 . the recruiting sergeant. From the cradle i to the gia.fc the?o.?tu the bugbears of their ?t j existence, and every artifice which low is j cunning can devise is rcsorteJ to to escape c ' their clutches. Mothers would even destroy e ] an eye or cut off the fingers of their cliil>r . dre.n to prevent them from being enlisted. :s Itui the 1'uhIia was inexorable, and his are ; my whs soon filled with maimed and onee | eyed soldiers d The method* of oo' -'nirig recruits is cerit tainly a novel one. in the s!;l|ness of >f night soldiers surround the Fellah villages, t. | seize upon am! carry off in chains all the p young men, and it not unfrequently occurs '? that whole districts are ruined by being Is thus deprived of agricultural lal?orers. Ho> fore the accession of the present Viceroy, the Egyptian, like the Turkish soldier, <1 wore the European uniform, at least a queer >\ imitation of it. Said l'asha has wisely di It , vested them of that nondescript dress, and >s . clothed thein in the ancient Egyptian cosI. tuine. This consists of a short jacket, full e i Turkish pantaloons and gaiters all made of io | white cotton, a sa-h of the same material, g and a fez for the head completes the unite form. d | The palace is a Iar.-o white building, e distinguishable neither for the stylo of its if, architecture nor the beauty of its finish, and g ' was built during the reign of Mcliemel Ali. g Ascending a broad marble stairway and d passing the anie-rooiti, in which, as is usual i- in the East, was a large collection of illy i drcs-cd and lazy looking attendants, we le entered the reception room of Zooflika d Hey, the minister of foreign affairs. llero J- wo whded away a quarter of an hour in r- sipping coffee and receiving and returnit ing Oriental compliments. After passing v through a large hall, wo entered a spacious is saloon in which we found the Viceroy. A v, broad low divan Covered with crimson it damask satin rim around the eutiie apartt merit, the floor of |H>lished ebony was dec|?; orated with a basket of flowers held by two e ' cupids all made of colored wood inlaid into is the centre. The furniture was chiefly European, and hv no nii>.in. r.-ni!irL-?l.l.> ;?f for its elegance. When we entered tlio I- Viceroy was seated a la Turque upon the :*r farthest corner <>f the divan, tiom which ho -.I slided as wo approached, to greet ua w ith le a shake of the hand when presented. :?l j In order that your readers may not lag bur under the uptake in picturing to g theiu-elves a '* tuibitiied and malignant 10 link," with solemn tace and flowing tieaid, 0 as the gloat dignilaiiis of the Ka?t are usu ally represented by poetic tourists and imis agitrilive paitileis, 1 will given them a brief r; but faiihtul desciiption of Said Pasha, the it , youngest son of Mcheinel .\li, and the r picscul Viceroy of Kgypt. Apparently iif about lorty years of age, I am confident n. weie his weight acciualely ascertained it ic would not fall below three hundred and k fifty pounds. 1 hi quantity of flesh, tos, gelher with his low stature and the loose it ; stylo of his dress, gives hint, as may nalu11 rally be supposed, instead of a commanding is figure, lather a Mjuatty one; whilst his nt head, placed immediately ujhjh his shouldx crs without the inteiveutiou of a nock, by d no means tends to enhance tho dignity of 1 his appearance, li s f.?ce, which is as dcm void o! expression and as unmeaning ns a x- i mass of copper colored flesh can possibly ii render it, is coveted with a short wiciy red beard, and if hold Chesterfield's caution to X- his soli to "beware of a mail w ho coiistanti iy shuts one eye" he vuricct, one would i> ever he on his guaid against lite Viceroy, e for ho never opens one eye and always re keeps 11.olliei halt closed. Instead of at wearing upon hi> head the ample folds of *1 the expressive luihan, it was covered with ig a small ted taiboiish, scarcely concealing ir his bu-hy hair, vicing with it in the in brightness of its color. 111 > costume was t r.g\ptiaii, a small embroi led jacket, full a. trowsers made ot light blue cloth, a beautiful cashmere sli.rw 1 wound about his wais*, "d ami a pair of re<I moiocco slippers upon his '"r j feet. 'such was the appealanco of the Vice"" toy as he stood revealed before us alter 1 sliding from the divan upon which we C found him C-ilod. He received us iiio.t kindly, seated u? hv x hint on the divan, ami commenced a?king it- many ipieslions concerning America and to j Iter institutions. I was .sin prised to find, h that one whoso education had been tie\ glected, and especially concerning tho af ;ii fairs of tho western continent, should know id I as much as lie did. Ho was anxious to of know if the government of tho Tinted e, .states was about pin chatting, as ho had ic been informed, an island from tho King ol Is, liroece. After spending neatly an hour in >\ pleasant conversation, and sipping Mocha n- eoljee handed to us in small china fingans, a- beautifully encnMed with brilliants, ut o* took our leave. Though his mental capa ic city by n?> means corresponds with h s id p lysical developments, I was altogelhei e much gialitied w ith the reception lie gavt to us. During our interview he was exceed a inglv profuse in his thanks to Mr. I >e Iaj ?. on for two Minio ritlcs which lie had rc ?y centlv presented him. A few lays previous to my visit to lli< \ icoroy, 1 called uj?on the (?o\eruor o Alexandria. 1'niing my inteiview will >l him he informed me that in making sorni ;4' excavation* boliind llie palace a few dayi before, soveral ancient Egyptian tomb* hn< o be n discovered, and kindle otVaro.l not tlx ig *orvices of lii* Dragoman to point thomou in <1 i.l 1 wi?h to examine then), l'assinjj tin to palace am] proceeding toward* the sea. it :l tho mitUt of ettnd bank*, uacamo upon thi ry (oiiihs. i hey were three in number, nn< at about twontv feel Ulow tlio suifaco of ill vo j ((Iomul. Upon descending, I enteicd ; ;ty law vaulted chamber about twelve feet i, a length, and eight in width, tho wholo eov let ercd with a tine and highly polished stuc co. fl>e Ida* c 'ft1, d!??hc ! t linn paintings, tlic colors in the liigliea1 state of preservation. and representing fu ncrnl scenes, resembling those in llieinuin my pits tienr Memphis. This chamber i> separated from anuther and smaller one b\ an arched pariiiion. tu this, upon a siom j altar about throe foot in height, were tin hones of the person for whom the aepul | chral chamber was built. From their ap J pearance I should judge them to hav? (mm those of a female, though I was informer, no jewels or ornaments had been found ! They had not been disturbed, but were ly , ing in the same position as when ihe totnl 1 was opened, and were in excellent pre-erva I don. The skull was entire, and I could no ' resist the temptation of extracting a tooth | The other tombs though not so large o not so well preserver!, were built upon tin 1 same model and no doubt about tho saint j penod. Judging from the figures upon tin ! wall, the sty/o of the architecture, and ihci wlm.o appearand, they ar? doubtless o great antiquity, dating far bcyt od tho l"m< of the I'tolotnies. What add-, weight t< this supposition is the fact that since thr founrintion of ancient Alexandria, thrc< hundred and twenty three years be fori ; Christ, the Island of Pharos has never bcei userl for the purpose- of sepulture, and con sequeutly these newly discovered tomb were those of tho ancinet Egyptians, am are no doubt l'haronic. The Viceroy, understand, intends continuing ihese exca i valions for tho purpose of discovering, i | possible, some token by which the date o their construction may bo ascertained Though the island is surrounded by sal water, that which covers the floor of tin 1 tombs is perfectly fre>h. 1 have been thu minute in my description, as it is I believi the first that has yet been given of them but few having seen theiu. A few days since I had the gralificatiot ?>f witnessing an impromptu demonslralioi I upon the part of the principal Cheek mer chants of Alexani|/ia at tlie residence u ' Consul General Mr. l)o Leon. l'erhnp ' your readers may recollect, that shortl; ' after the declaration of war between tin Eastern powers and Russia. owing to ccr tain difficulties arising from the l'bilodtus sian sympathies of the subjects of Kinj i Ollio, all diplomatic intercourse was sud dcnly broken off between that Court am the Sublime Porte, and the Greeks wcri compelled, upon the short notice of four ! teen days, to leave the Ottoman Empire ! Constituting, as they did, the principa merchants and tiro chief mechanics of tin towns of the Levant, this cruel and uncall ed for order was the cause of much miser i and distress, as it was impossible at so short i notice to wind up their affairs without bring ing ruin upon themselves ami their familiei Abbas l'asha, the predecessor of the pre sent Viceroy, a matt of cruel deposition was only too glad at finding an opporUiui I ty to display it upon the inoffensive am miproloeted Greek* in Egypt. Urdcis wer immediately given to h s brutal and fatial io soldiery not only to obey the spirit bti | the letter of the commands of the Port* and the in ?t cruel and revolting scene were daily witnessed in the streets of Alci andria. To put a stop, if possible, to tins barbarities Mr. l>o Leon at first mildl protested to the Viceroy, and invited hi colleagues to join w ith him in the protcs to which the Viceroy turned a deaf en Mir Consul General, indignant at the cot tinucd cruellies perpetrated upon th Greeks, with those feelings of hum .nit '! which should tvor prompt an America I representative, and by the right belongiu to consuls in the Levant, placed them ut dcr the protection of the United Stales thu This at once put a stop to the persecution: i ami the other consuls, who had at first stoo aloof, openly approved of his course an desired to divide these jtrotffjfti with bin Thus matters stood until the arrival her some weeks since of the Consul General ? Greece, when Mr. 1 >e Leon handed over t his protection the Greeks of Alexandrii To show their gratitude and to exprer their thanks for fhese signal seivices rcr derc.l their countrymen, the principal me chants of the city proceeded in a body t the consulate. The meeliiig was a trior alfecting one, ami it was evident from th deep and 1 cart felt emotion evinced b tlicm, how painful it was to sever the kin ; relations that had existed between tliei and our Consul-Gencral, ami how higlrl tliev appreciated his services in their Itehal I have been informed that in addition I lire marked attentions paid Mr. I>e Leo during a short \isit some mouths since I Athens, Loth l?y King < Mho and his Queei the former tendered to him the Order < a,, c....: .... .r.~ i-: ? ?? " . ',11 nun, mu in^iii'M jr. urccoc, it) > mark uf his esteem, which of course wi declined. 1 luring tlio whole aftarr of tli ( (Jrook-. the cour-e pursued by our Const , (ienvr.t! .. ..^ cci taiuly marked hy that tirn ne-.sitnd humanity which should ever char i acUri/.e lhc conduct of American rcprcsci tntives. It has rendered him exceodingi ^ popular here, whilst his kindness and ho pitalitv hav?' endeared him to Amcricn ( travoltars in Kgypt. S Tiu: >kint? a i..\ Moor..?Of ail otln p things hew ate how you touch them?son possess magnetism within their fields ati some contam something else?such i spi'iuging iioops and stripes of curious hue I'hes iiia however nil extensive-?cxtravj ' gniit, and so voluminous that wo could p? volumes ou them?hut sufficient for tl skiit is the burden thereof. Skills are almost universally flounce 1 and the flounces trimmed with ribbon : velvet or niosn trimming. We have mi s ?-oine most ex<|ui*ito pattern flounce* of tl ' most artistic designs; others with pin * graduated strij c* of a contrasting col ' ("rolli tint </r..nii.l iv.l.ii' nti.l I . n ""?v?" *' <? <? 0 feront *hnd*, of the same o?d?>r. The ntc ' popular number of tlouneea it three, tlionj 11 roiuo prefer two deep one*. 'Mia douf * skirt is a very pretty arid becoming sty c and we are pleased to ?eo its growing |?o :i ularily; the triple skill is almost too hi 1 ardous; wo cannot recommend it, except " la!!, s ight, elegant figures. The skirt* ? { worn voiy full?'that anomaly, the W 1 rend*" it impr ifi\ e. II ? III t i The Tyranny ot flu* Oppositioj. The "Press of llie Oligarchy" ill Soullr I Carolina clings to its aticient land-mark* '' with the same obstinate ami domineering spirit I lint lias ever characterized the "timea i honored conservatism" ot its stupendous ' | master; and in the present conflict of opin. ion about State representation in the Cincinnati Convention, it exhibits all ihecharI aclerislics of uu?poii?in that have, for half a century, suppressed discussion and stran "1 gled popular movements, on all occasitm* * i when great questions of State ptUicy ainj 1 State reforms hnve been presented for'popu| j lar deliberation. In its opposition to the' I Convention movement, line to its teach' ings and instincts, it indulges in paradoxical absurdities, and revels in fulsome de, nunciations of tliose who dare opjaise "the * powers that Ce;" nor is it scrupulously averse to follow ing tho t i at e path of perf; version and misrepresentation?clothed with the torn and tattered habiliment* of ? 3 ' long line of ofd&t/y +nn!l?menf it disgrace* ' tho untarnished mantles of the honored \ ' dead by priestly invocation's to obsess and resnoct the sanctity of its "time honor* ^ tiara. The rights of minorities have ever bceu* s respected and defended by statesmen of j South Carolina, and whether in Federal or I State affairs, tho protection of ininoiities against the aggressive sj iit of majorities t should constitute a cardinal itrinaiitht of political elliics: And while wo admit and approve the doctrine that in domestic legillation, with n people liomogmiotwin interc?t?commerce, agriculture and clneMioit r ?majorities, with the appliances of proper safeguards and restrictions, shall rule; yet it would be monstrous, to hold that paity' i action, in a system like ouis, having iw ( foundation and perpetuity in the existence, i j elements and operation of parties, should be subservient to the will of local inajori* I ties. A party to control this vast Repubs lie, and to preserve its power at homo and k. its pre tige abroad, must ramify throughout e I the length and breadth of the common! wealth and establish its banners upon every hill-top: and while in some States, or parT ticular localities, it may dwindle into small * minorities, the right of such local minorities I to act with their party and aggregato majority is none the less a right, nor rendered less sacred by ovcrw helming local opposing majorities. The right to 'think, sneak j and act,' and even to l?e rvpicsented in Ccne vention, is still a right, even though the party should number but half n score ofinp dividual*; nor would their bold, manly and | independent action ? if they saw proj>er to , | exercise the right?be susceptible of the vile interpretation that they were acting in derogation of what is "right and just to| | wards the opinions of their fellow men." There is something noblo in the spirit of j the party, which, when borne down by ruth' less and unprincipled majorities, still hold* out its banner and struggles on amid the t sneers, vituperation and calumnies of intla, ted loud mouthed vicloi*. And such it s the course pursued bv parties and individni uls who really have the good of their couue : try, or the cause of truth at heart; because j principles aie eternal and immutable, an<l :s are unatfecteil by the defeats and reverses t , of political revolutions. Nor are they less r'( worthy tho stein and unflinching advocacy j , of devotees because repudiated by the tn.v e v : Thcso reflection*, have been induced by "n an obsorvanco'of the cour*e pursued by the ? journals opposed to stnto representation in ? ! the Democratic Convention. They not on' , ly abuse tho advocates of the measure,J , and heap calumny and villainous reproach j upon the party w ho espouse the cause, but have gone so tar as alr-olutelv to deny them , the right of doing as they please in tho e matter, and deiioiiuco them as jKtlitical ,j- gamesters, and presumptuous disturber* of 0 tho "tinio honored" policy of tho State. From the nealioard to the mountains they " l....... i i ?i :?..*? !? ~ truu.lCU , at the old conservatism Stake of tho Olir gnrehy, and still the storm* of \ iloporntion, 0 insult aiul objurgation progresses w ith unabated ferocity. 1C Tln-re may l?e two parties in every dis.. triet in the Statu?a Convention party, anil )l an Ami Convention party. If so the, for? nior. however few their miinl'ou, have the v inalienable right to send delegates to lite y May Convention in Columbia, and to be> u represented jtt Cincinnati though the world ? should oppose it. It i? the Democratic o l'"rty ,rt the State, who tb-sire the nomina, lion of Mr. l'iero? or s-one other sound ,j- Deinitcrat, that is - .tight to l?e represented, ;i and rot the Store as a unit. A pirty in a State's not iht State, and when assembled ie in Convention can only represent tbe ,1 strength and views of ?ueh party, not the strength and views of the whole State. Yet | the tight to he thus represented ? * Somh ?. 1 Carolina is denied, and hence the uittct iy sirue in.ii nun me ponnca! waters, H.} < [ lUgfirld Informer, Tin; l>isrt*te with England.?1f tha discussion of our difik-ullies with England ?r in suspended f??r a moment by Ilio prc?, 10 and (hero seeras to la? a inert' pacific dispoKj 1 sition in the public mind, it is net the lee* M likely that Mr. Marcy and lx>rd Clarendon !S are engaged in an energetic interchange of t notes, Mini that the contending governinents contemplate each other in no amiaJ0 l>le mood. It i?. rash to infer frora civilities to our Minister that the controversy with Croat Britain wear* a less menacing is. o*p?ct. n> Tuci we have positive intormn?n lion that tlie ditln-uliy. so far from seeming* ,e to approach a fiiendlj adjustment, was jn 1 i.ever more embarrassed than at ihia very or moment of apparent eoiuialily and goodif i n lerstanding. >.,11 The President may consent to arbitral* ,|, j the dispute touching the construction of the *|? Clayton-Bui wer Treaty, For the inaull to |e the country, in recruiting tiro Hriliah army p.' on our soil, he will accept no otl??r atone|Z ment that tho recall or dismissal of the lo British Minister. This is the alternative ire which Mr. Marry submits to tiro TWrtUb r Ministry; and there will be no cornpromtee 1 of the demand. ? li hwn-1