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(t!)f Spartan. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1856. ; GOVERNORS BILL ! Oar mail* leave oo eurly ou Wednesday, that we ( are compelled to defer a notice of the Ball at the * Palmetto House, on Tuesday night, till next week. , Briefly, we may say that the evening was full of ( enjoyment, and everything passed off to the satis- < faction of the guests. i JEFFERSON'cHOlCB, Esq. j It will be seen from Mr. Choice's card that his i nomination to iho Legislature was unauthorised' f We suppose his poeitiou to bo this: Ho is not a 1 candidate by his own act. And, while he docs not seek the position to which his friends would elevate ( him, in the event of election he would serve the * ( people to tho measure of his ability. SPARTASBURGERTN AUSTRALIA. i In the Melbourne Weekly Age (for a glance at ' which we aro indebted to Mr. II. Mitchell) we no- ' tice that a conipliiueutnry dinuer was given to the ' American consul, J. M. Tarleton, of Alabama, at ' which Mr. Q. A. Gilkey, formerly of Spartanburg, 1 Dresided. Mr GilU?V ! Am/u.inln.1 in A 1..^, in,.r. ' cantilo house in Melbourne. TUB ELECTIONS. North Carolina.?Bragg, I>em., is elected I Governor by a large majority, and tho Legislature is ' Democratic. ' Kentucky.?Iu 36 counties the Democratic 1 gain ia 5,600. ' Arkansas.?Yell, American, haa been elected 1 Governor. 1 Iowa.?The returue as (ar as heard from indi- 1 oate that Icwa has given the Republicans 5,000 ' majority. 4 Missouri.?In six counties Lwing, American, ' has a majority of 1,007 for Governor. In five ' counties Folk, the Democratic candidate, has n majority of 1,000. ' cavalry" mustbr. ! Wo were present at Lancaster's on Saturday, and I witnessed the cavalry muster. Tho regiment was composed ol?the Glenn Springs Cavalry, Cnpt. G. A. Smith; Black Rock Troop, Capt. II. Gillman, Union Cavalry, Capt. R. Maebeth; Brooks Chargers, Capt. Jas. B. Dillard, And Buzzard Roost Troop, Capt. Wylie. When the line was formed by Adjutant Sims Col. Ilarlan assumed command. Tho regiment w;t? rcviewea in line uy urig. L*cn. 8. K. Gist, with 1 searching scrutiny and conferences with the Colo- ' ur) on deficiency in dress nud equipments where either existed. This formality over, Gen. Gist assumed the fnnetions of Adjutant slid Inspector General, (Adjutant and Inspector Gen. Diinornnt being detained at home by illoess in his family,) and I repaired to the headquarters of the Comnuinder-inChicf. Col. Harlan detailed n squadron of Cavalry 1 as escort to his Kxcellenby, who soon made his appcaranco surrounded by n brilliant staff, taking po- 1 sition at the flag. Among these wo recognised Col. Sondley, Gen. lluut and Adjutant Sims, of Newberry, Maj. Baker, of Laurens, and other Di- 1 vision and Regimental officers. After interchanging salutes in military fashion, Col. Harlan put his troops in motion, and with admirable address went through the card of evolutions. It is no compliment to say that each movement was executed with precision, and the performances exhibited the possession of rare military ab'hty by Col. Harlan and correct training on the pan of tho men. 1 At the oloee of the rinrain-i ilm nffiivn ? ??-? .? dcred to the (rout and thu troops massed toliateu to t a speech from the Governor. lie commended their t discipline, enforced the nec-ssity of military knowl- |, edge as the sure reliance of freemen, and exhorted ^ proper pride in all that appertains to the efficiency of t: the soldier. Adverting to the Kansas question, and tho issues likely to grow out of it, he thought this ( was the time, of all others, to maintain our military r system, and be ready to vindicate tho interests and integrity ef our section. The speech was listened to with great respect, and at its close wps hailed with lusty cheers. Gen. Hunt and Col. Harlan were then called out, who addressed a few words to the ( regiment', which was shortly after dismissed. We understand thu Candidates entertained the ( people with speeohes after the muster, but our inner mail plead so earneslly for attention, that we rode oft" |i to Glenn Springs to appease tho importunity. .Ian- ( ney wo found overrun with coinpiny. We could scarce get a glance at his hospitable face. After much watching and struggling we secured a seat at c his well-spread boar J, and passed a plcasaut evening in intercourse with the friends wo met there. j Ill the eveuing a quiet and enjoyable little ''hop" j ' came off, during which we law the Governor led J r through the maze* of tho dance by a faytt ludic o^ 1 the neighborhood. l?ng before tho "wee hours" 0 the house aud its inhabitants were in repose?tho " latter apparently pleased with tho sights and enjoy- 1 nienta of the day. We sought our solitary Cabiu> (thanks to Hen's foresight and recognition of au _ old acquaintance,) and never phrted eyelid till the Sabbath malum of myriad birds were warbled forth from many s leafy bower. SCRAPS* 0N*Ab1j8E. q There IS an old Greek nrnwnrh mi "! ( does not bocomo poets to abuse each other like a crones who sell cakes." And certainly much less does it become legislators of n great Republic. 1] The Journal of Commerce snys in reference to I the Sumner and Rrooks difficulty; "We would be the lust to countenance the bitter r personalities and wholesale denunciation which Mr. \ Sumner poured forth during two days, disgracing (| himself and the Senate." "Tho wounds inflicted by the tongue on the feel* . mgs of an adversary ara often more cruel and mrt- ' Kcious than the fiercest violence commuted on the person." o "A civilized nation will aim at being respectable < 0 as well <i* formidable." | ^ "Few are ignorant of the precept among the Golden Verses of Pythagoras?'But most of all, respect thyself.'" 11 A Kuropean writer says: n "I must conftsi that I can hardly trust the alio* '' gatnmsuf the man who first, by rancorous invective* ti provokes a challenge to h duel; and whon the dial* ? lenge comes, refuses to fight on the ground of religious scruple, or the barbarism or the illegality of the ordeal." Ykli.ow Kkveh.?Some weeks since our Char- vt lestou correspondent staled that several yellow fever tt rases were reported as having occurred there, and much consequent alarm was felt among the people. No official information, however, ou tho subject was given to the public until the Oth instant, when the Board ol health authorized tho City Register to Al report one case in tho Marine Hospital. t0 The Carolina Times learns "through a private letter that the residents of the city are |>anic st ricken I" and already large numbers are preparing to flee to 811 the Mountains to avoid tho dangers to which they ac will bo subjected by remaining." 80 Takkn ti<kir Skats.?Messrs. Brooks aud Keitt liave re-taken their fats in Congress. Everything was quiet, and we venture the prediction thut their ^ f>trtonal services will not he called fur this irssion ,0 by the Blaok Republican* J'l zmBBs?mssmmmw?5s= TIB COLLEGE. The lollowing paragraph ia pragnant with minug. "The Legislalora of the State Lave wisely appropriated seventy thousand dollara annually for the rduoalion of the poor, and they have appropriated ibout thirty thousand dollara annually to austain the iouth Carolina College, wbero the aona of the wealthy are principally cducat--*?. wTheae i a midlie class iu South Carolina, by far the moot uumer>ua clnaa, who assist in decaying these cdnoatioonl rape nave of the rich and the poor, and whose aona ire deriving very little benefit from either the State College or free school luud. Tho aona or this midllc cloas are educate*! at such institutions aa the Charleston College, the Fnrman University, the IVofford College, the Erskine College, Ac. These nsiitnlions are auatained entirely by private endowncnta. Is it not right in J proper that they ehould, u their hard struggle for existence, receive some tid from the State, when they are doing so much u tho oauso of education for thj aona of the Stale." [Greenville Patriot and Mountain tor. It must bo well known that "aid" to tho aectnrian Colleges from tho State will of necessity involve in:reased taxation. To stop popular clamor against lie South Carolina College, and retain tho appro ^notions annually made to it, it is hero proposed to lose tho private establishments with treasury pap, ind thar form a combination among llio eduuoliotinl institutions to (ax the people still more largely. The adoption of this umviso policy might in ho present, nsidu from tho unpopularity of incrcaa;d taxation, operate no special disadvantage. Hut we know how dangerous precedents are. A Bap ;ist, Prcvbyteriau, or Methodist colh-go of todaynay secure a Stato bonus, and no discord mark public sculiment. Hut a few years heuco? perhaps n leas time?one or two Human Catholic Colleges* trguing equal claim, (and certainly no objection would bo valid,) n|ply for a like gratuity?would it >c accorded f We doubt it; and thus would bo coinm-nocd an agitation dangerous to praoo and good jovernmeut. We hold that no State has the right o adopt any but a popular system ot instruction for ier children, so that those who would otherwise be leprircd of rudiuiental education may be benefitted, caving the wealthy to the facilities within tlicmk-Ivcs to provide education fur their offspring. If the axiom bt true tli.it government was instilu?d to protect llie weak against the strong, surely the (ante rulo should apply here?provide education for huse who nre unable to secure its advantages?not or those who possess means and to spare. TO T1IE VOTERS IV"SPARTANBURG. Fellow-Citizens: In answering the questions ropounded to the Candidates for the Legielnture, n llio journals of this District, I do not deem it tecessary for ino to discuss their several bearings. shall therefore content myself with simply aniwrring them as they appear, and give my views nore at large whenever and wherever the peoplo nay desire. 1st Aro you in favor of further appropriationstuwlfl they be asked i (or the Hltto Kidgo lvails uad? , Ana. I ant not. 2d. Arc you in favor of giving the selection of 'residential Electors to the people? Ans. I am, upon the ground that tho people isve a rttjht to said election. 3d. Aro you in favor of increasing the juriadicion of Magistrates? An.*. I'.y making certain changes in the Magisterial system I think it would be decidedly better o increase their jurisdiction. 4th. Are you in favor of continuing the present urge appropriations to the South Carolina College? A?u. With my preseut convictions I ant not. 5th. Are you in favor of any practicable reform of he present Free School System? Ana. I am in favor of Jertry practicable reform n tho Free School System. O. E. EDWARDS. TO TUB VOTERS UPTPARTANBIIRG DISTRICT. Fkllow-Citizcns : Recognising the right of he people to Juiow the sentiments of those who ?4?k 111 i nam in * ? ... iiic lAgiauuul U UJHJI1 aading questions of State policy, I readily respond 9 :?Ujrro$jniorirs, wnn ns much directive** tin heir nature will admit of; lat. Aro you in favor ??f furtber appropriation* should they bo naked) tor tho Blue Ridgu Ilailoadf I am not. 21. Are you in favor of giving the select too of ; 'residential Electors to the 1'eople? I Mil). 3d. Are you in favor of increasing the jurudic1011 of Magistrate's? I am; with a court no organized and restricted a* u insuru justice to the parties concerned. 4th. Are you in favor of continuing the present urge annual appropriations to tho South Carolina a 4leg? ? I am not. 5th. Are you in lavor of auy practicable reform if the present Free School system? I am. Fellow-oitizens, you have my reply to the above uterrogntorica; and 1 will here take occasion tonsnark, that the opinions 1 now entertain upon the irinciples involved are founded upon concluusious onie to whilst serving you in the Legislature, and ire fully sustained by my votes, as they appear- on he Journals. Respectfully, J. W. MILLER. ^0 THE VOTERS OP SPARTANBURG DISTRICT. As auver.il questions have been propounded to ho Candidates through the newspapers, and aa I elieve in tho right of one or ''many voters'' to reuire tho opinions of those who offer themselves aa 'andidatrs to repio^nl them, I now proceed to i)?w(r the questions priqiounded; lat. In the first place, then, I shall most coilniuf be opposed to any further appropriations to the due Ridge Railroad. 2d. f am fully satisfied that the pooplo have the ight of voting directly for Klector*of Frcsident and rioe President; atid a* I gave my opinion At length, brnugh the newspaper* of the District, two years go, upon this subject, it i? only necessary to add bat it remains unaltered. 3d. I am in favor oi' increasing the jurisdiction f Magistrates, and am Inl y satisfied that suoh inreascd jurisdiction, properly guarded, would be eneficial to the community. till. I hare, during the period that I have had bo honor to represent you in tho State Legislature, 1 erer voted lor "the large annual appropriations to bo South Carolina College," believing that they rnnscended the limits of that prudential csonoiny ' rhich, as your representative, 1 felt it my duty to drocate. 5th. I have always been an advocate of the Free ' 'cKool fyetem, and should most certainly be in fa- 1 or of any "practical reform" that would render it 1 lore efficient, Most respectfully, J. WINSMITH. ? Csxr Mill, August 11, 1856. Some time ago the Orceuvillo Patriot published l account of a horrid murder having been commit- ' d in n horrid plac e, in North Carolina, urar the ' eorgia line, wherein the body was described as ' eseiiting a horrid disfiguration when found. It 1 lies learns that the supposed dead man wrote tho ' count to throw tho tleorgia authorities off the ' ent. It w as not so, however, and they liavcrrsur- ' cted bim. Pryor, of the Rnquirer, and Ridgcwey, of tho t rhig, Richmond, eiohanged shots near Wnahing. I n, on the Cth inst., but without damage to either. 1 ley than resumed amicable relations I a Baggage ?m SriiTiNiuKo, C. II., August 11, 1866. Ma. j&orroa: I was much surprised to sua in your last number of the Spartan my name announced as a candidate for the Legislature. The annouuos- r mcot was made without my knowledge or oouscnt. t I never had a thought of becoming a candidate for v that or any other office. Indeed, I have always v be,:crcd that a scat in the Legislature ought uol to r be sought or aroidod?that it should be left to tho c people to call one to the seat; that being done, he 0 should accept and fill the place with suoh ability as a he possessed and all the diligence its duties require, fa At this time I atn overwhelmed with obligations v which will not admit of delay, and which put it out [ of my power to canvass tho Distriot, even if I fa wished to bo a candidate. Such being the case, ( you will do me a favor by stating 11 tho | coplc through your paper that 1 must rsspcclfully decline f being a candidate for a scat in the Legislature. t I am, very respectfully, ycur obedient servant, ( JEFFERSON CHOICE. i railroTd^mTetiYg. ; In pursuance to a card through the Spartnu and Express, a meeting was held this day iu the village . of Spartanburg to appoint delegates to the Railroad Convention to be held at Asiieville, N. C , ou the SGtlt instant. On motion of Maj. J. D. Wright, Gen. J. \V. Miller was called to the chair, and J. W. Carlide, Esq , requestod to act as secretary. The object of the meeting was briefly stated by tho Chairman; when, on motion, tho following delegates were appointed, with power to fill vacancies: Maj. Govan Mill s Simpson Hobo, Esq., Wm. Walker, W. If., T. O. P. Vernon, J. 1). Wright, A. Tollcsoti, T. Stobo Fnrrow, Jason Carson, J. Earle Botnar, S. N. Kvins, Gabriel Cannon, II. , II. Tliomson, W. J. Smith, J. MoMukin, Urn. B. II. Foster, Dr. J. J. Boyd, A. T. Cavis, J. ' Bankston Davis, JefTerson Choice, Dr. P. M. Wallace. On motion, the President of tho Spartanburg and Uuioo Railroad, John L. Young, was added to the number of delegates, and requested e?|>ecinlly to at- , tend. Ou motion of J. D. Wright, the proceedings of the meeting were ordered to bo published in tho Carolina Spartan aud Spartanburg Express. Tito meeting then adjourned. J. W. MILLER, Chairman. J. W. Carlisle, See. Aug. 12, 1856. Columbia, August 7th, 1866. 1 Goon Ma. Spartan : I promised some timoago 1 to write you a letter occasionally from this seat of 1 Government for the State of South Carolina, and now behold mo with a pen in my hand, and a thoiu ' and though'* in my head, aa 1 proceed to fulfil iu 1 part this "debt of honor." I^ko some great msn ' who have gone before, I discard all |>urmlc, and in- ' troduco myself and subject at ones. Tho glory of ' mis i miiijf sun is largrrviuir inau trial ol (ho preevd- I ing twilight. One of our steamers has jrst arrived at Granby with a valuable cargo for the merchants of the city. A few facts, and a sort of running oommcnuiry upon them, may be necessary to place before your ' readers the subject of these steamboats. For a long time th-vcitic-.-ns of Columbia have complainod of the high freights im|>oet?d on goods from Charleston to this place?ranging from 20 to 100 per cent, over those shipped to iluniburg; but to nil these complaints die Cliarlestou Railroad Company lent only a dual car. Deeming themselves insult- 0 ed as well as injured, some of the prominent mer- " chants (all?d a meeting on the subject, which was ; ?followed by the formation of a Joint Stock Com pa ' ny,and the purchase of steamboats to navigate the 1 waters from this to Cliarlestou; and the above ves- 11 be! is one of the boats purchased by the company, 11 to which two others will be added by die first of Oc- a tuber next. In the uioantimc, the Directors of the ' Charleston Railroad, at a late meeting, have made a H considerable reduction ill the r freights, and say " they will make n groalcr reduction as soou as they aiiaii naro put more stock (motive power) on the ** road; so that it is likely that between the boats and 8 die road a competition will arise that may bring " down freights to tho lowest }>oiiit. Though the amount of oollon sold in Columbia is i below what it used to be iu years past, tho commcr 1 ,l ctal prosperity of the city is not thereby injured. A ' heavy retail business from the numerous mechanics , " amongst us, as well .is a wholesale business Ironi ! tho couutry, have more than balanced the loss. I Many of our leading merchants seli heavy bills ol groceries ana ary goods lo mercantile house* ill | the country; ami I am informed on good authority, that tlic sales of oar shoe merchants for the past [ ? year amount to moro than ?150,000, (an hundred ' and fifty thousand dollars ) In aihlitiuu to nil this j ^ anew business has been introduced into Columbia, namely the importation ol corn, dour, bacon and ' lard, from Chattanooga nnd other places; and under the operation of this trade provisions are nbsu- , lutely Inxrrr here now than they are in ltai'iiiiore. Hut man hvoth not hy bread uloiie--Jul us talk ol o something else. ? n r or a number of years past the Candidates for the lx-gislaturc in Richland have disregarded all v questions propounded to them in view of their future political conduct; but the sihnoe of the past is virtually condemned, and the Candidates now Lo- ^ fore the people have spoken out and answered bolJly j the interrogatories put lo them; and whatever may be our opiniou of the wisdom or necessity of some u of these interrogatories it is gratifying to see men w come out fully and fairly on any subject, mid not ,| remain dumb like an Egyptian Mummy. Another e subject of gratification, too, is so far discernible n amongst us?the vote market is unopened Candidates thus far bciug unwilling to purchase. 1 j( As your renders may wish to know whether or ^ not the subjects of our solicitude be the same as yours, I am happy to he uhlo to gratily them, hav- |, iug your ijuerms and ours now before me; nnd, will ^ you believe it, they are totally ditl'crent; so truo it is that "every heart knows its own troubles." | c Wt worry no* ourselves .mout liic Blue Ridge | ? Railroad?we any nothing on the subject <>f Priai- | ? dentin) Electors. Wc leave the magistracy as it is; [ j thft flnllitttfl ?Ka T. .. ? 1 *1 ' n- " ? ?? i iubh ib, it ii* i Ml'* Free School* to tlio care of the Legislature. (j iaya one, what then have y? u to complain nlxiutf J( Why, iny friend, we are troubled about many things. "Wo want tho river opened from Granby to the old ford near tho Columbia bridge; w< : |( want the Kailroad bridge below Gadsden elevated ? much higher, ao that ateamers can pass under it. ,j Hid finally wc wish the Legislative Candidates t> i ,) ay whether they are in favor of Into and order or .( not; na if they were auch gumps to declare in favor (j if rowdyitm. Iln! ha! a pretty quoetiou that! The ievil himself preached good doctrine in public. Youra, tiuly, NICK BOTTOM. Tkmteranck.?Tho Greenville Temperance 01 L'onveution assembled, aa wc learn fro n the Kn- ' erpriac, on Wedneaday last, Judge O'Neall prow- w ling and Henry Bummer, Keq, ol Newberry, n icting as Secretary. Delegated were present from i ' Spartanburg, Union, York, Chester, Newberry, '< \bbcville, Cbarleaton, Marlboro, Sumter, Green " rille, and other Diatricla. Col. Humner, in diaperaing the bogus legislature '' d Kansas traitors transcended his instructions, and ' iaa been called on by tho President for explanation ; ,r iVe don't believe Col. Sumner would thue blunde; ol is to orders. i [For (lie Cardinu Spartan.] THE SOUTH vcraui ABUSE. The publication of the nrtiole inter ted below denands the following explanation: It U. ... .o to be reading public that the New York Observer, rhich boaata of being the iargeet newspaper in the rorld, ia a raluable storehouse of kuowl.dge on nl noet all useful aubjecta. It ia alvu highly evangelist in ita religious sentiments?opposed to the varius errors, iania and fooleries with which tho proent age has b?en ntllctcd. Of lato years, it has ecu decidedly conservative as regards the subject if chief agitation between the South and the North, 'or these reasons it has obtained a large circulation ti the South, as well ?? 'n other parts of tho He ublic. To the arnaxenient, however, of ita Southern l ienda, tho Editors of said |taper?notwillistauding he profesaed national character of their paper anJ heir experience of over thirty years upon the ripod?allowed themselves, at the outbreak of the Sumner difficulties, to bo borne wholly uway by the weeping torrcut of popular fury which devnsted he higher latitudes of our country. Their use of turah and coarse epithets?tho Bcvcrity of their lenunciations of tho South en masse?their failure o find anything to censuro in all of Mr. Sumner's ourte?their assumption of the fuct, that, instead if our suffering under grievou. wrongs and provo ationa, the South was wholly ill fault?their uptoldiug freedom of speech, even to unbounded liientiousncss as ess; ntia) to the cxistt-noe of our civil mtitutiona?and above all, thoir will upon tlie Kdiora of the South for information respecting Sou thro aeiitiincut?to let tlium kuow, in n word, who her we of the South are all "ruffians." anti-libertyit-apccch nun and club law udvocntcs or not! rhese several features of their course led mc to bo ieve that aomethiug iu the shapo of the following irticlu was anile 1 for as a correction of the abuses f such Jreedom of ?|>ccch as these men were ad vo- j ra.'ug?ay, putting largely into practice, it was eritteu and forwarded to a friend in New York, alio requested its publication in tbo Observer. The Editors declined. That friend then remailed it to I ne, with the request that I would i eniodel it?re- I neve from it all that had any refereuee to that pa- | K-r?make it a general article?reduce its length, j md send it back to the said Editors?adding that ie thought they would publish it. With llmt request, so far as practicable, I comdied?made it general?uo reference to the Observer's course remaining in it. And though I could lot rtdiico it mucli in length without emasculating t, / divided it into two articles, and remnilcd it lirectly to thein, n respectful letteiT no ompaiiyiug t. Since that I have heard nothing from either hem or it. Whether they intend to insert it or not oann t tell. Iiut this, to my amazement, I hare earned: that instead of inserting it, those Editors lave, in their issue of the 31st ult , taken largely tf the thunder of ihe article* tent them, and wo;en it into an editorial of their own?thus at >nce anticipating or precluding the publication of >iy article, and yet giving 110 reference whatever 1 o the source whence their new einotielis and ini-ulscs sprang! Their henry blows upon Mr. Suinler, and nil thnt "kith and kin," for their insulting btlse of their "privilege" of speech, 1 cannot but lighly approve. I must commend said Kditors also or the facility with which they can change both heir tone and their whole course of actum; also \ or the promptness and vigor with which they have onimenced the great work which I had pointed j ut to them ns their ineumbent duty?"Ike refoim : / the morale of public debate"?lor in good 300th, ^ hey have already taken the course which I hat e ' ndicnted.' Sidl, as I cann t but regard it uahcr 1 them thus to debar "freedom of speech" to me , 1 their columns, for the sake of using my thunder n their own, I am oonslrained to lay before the i ubbo the original article, accompanied by these Utcinents. RMllw it is inserted without the cri-ss | ig of a "t" or the dotting of an "1" beyond w hat had when forwarded lirst to the Obttrver. I o.i'.jr that 1 nix- "rte float no do ire to injure that liuln-r o noble paper ?one nUo rhich 1 trust will yet return toils (01 titer tin wrings nd ablv serve the cause ol truth ?n<l 1 glitcoiis tens have acted solely froin a sens ol justice t > mysell nd the Sou:hern public, which has beeu so luiiiieilly abut.nl, and yet could got no proper hearing i any of the Northern journals. WASHINGTON HAIItD. SrARTANsrsG S. C-, August 12, 1836. [Fur ike New Yoik <>bscrv?r.j SPEEl'll -ITS FREEDOM AND ABDSE. Mihii. I'Iuitor*. Your several article* ujhjii tlio Freedom of Speech," and ike recent collision be?vcen Messrs. Sumner and Brooks, bare been rea l ritli a: leu ton mil with respectful regnvd for your- , elves us tbeir authors. From some of t'uuse views lultitudea of your readers widely disscut, and not few have they filled w.tli astonishment and pain tnd, although I do notil.iiiii at your hands the irge liberty of *[K?ech which you alvocate for , titers, I would ini??t respectfully request a hearig on several of those |M)ints,as nn net of common i ustiee to a large class of yonr fellow-oitiretis wh'ise lews 1 know coincide with my own. To my mind the inference is irresistible, from ending yout articles, lliat you regard all tin *e who iffer from yourselves on that subject us enemies to lie "freedom of speech" ?plotters of treason ngains lie highest i lite reals of tins repub'ic?yea, of the I /hole family of luau ?as "i ufViuns" also, whose .i>h is "lo substitute club-law for debate." If (lose were yo.ir views, 1 allirm that few men have ver fa lea iuio n greater mistake, and that the men nay be reckoned by millions |c> \v 1mm you h .vr one the greatest injustice. "Freedom of speech" i the cherished birthright of tlie American p? oplt i'ou cannot find a son of Adam upon this continent ?certainly not one that lias au American heart in .is breast?who desires to see fro* iihrr li/ of de<?/*, sueli as the Constitution contemplates, restrictd?much less done away?and "club law" installd in its room. No! not one. Hut I will tell you rhat you may very easily find. You may find lillious who dissent from your definition of''Five oin of speech" and your manner of advocating it ?millions also who have deeply regretted to learn tat the conductors of a religious journal so able ' nd highly conservative ns you re?*one doing no iucIi also for the promotion of almost evcrj good i iusc?should have been able to find no divid Jig 1 ||?l llol k.'SI/lll ?.e/OVW?i 1 ' ? ' .v. ik-xkiiii (ii spcccn ana UK nwarrnulublc and ruinous abuse -no opening of ie sluices of vituperation and malignity over which icy would not throw the n-gis of legal protect-on, nd around which act up their own strongest moral cfcnces! Vou have quoted Uie Constitution of our coun- j y, ransacked history, and?strangest of all- quoted ie Itim.E, to prove that no restraint can, without rimiiiHlity, lie laid upon the "freedomof speech!" shall 11?t. traverse so large a field?nor is it necesirv that I should. All tho t- tier instincts of tan's moral nature ?re a~?tn , your position. The book divine," from the 'eginuiog to the end, 'aches its very reverse. You lias* shown what rery one knew before, that on a oertaln ooension I awl was "permitted to speak'" ]>u; jou hive filed to present- and you cannot find in aM the look of God?u direct permission given to Paul, r any other man, to abuse Air JrlloiP men, either r Ins own gratification, or the sup|?oscd promotion ' T his cause, be that cause religious or secular! On ie contrary, the "Andlinc o f the tongue"- that that clause. Uojood this there can ba r auy immunity. It ia certain alao that nofabut* they never intended to eaneinlaiu then that true constitutional?ay, ral?''freedom of perch" has never yet d in cur oountry, nor even endangered. bition or inslusaiivs iiui there are, either ih or any other portion of the Republic, deeire iu abolition, and advocate the em f foroo and violence for that porpuse, is urd and wiokod. There are thoee who, >untry'a honor?for the aaka of good d the public peace and welfare?h&7a tired loaee the abueee of speech corrected tt iu proper freedom should be restricthere you will allow me to say, tliat if to sac true scriptural principles establishulc of both public and private life, the al force of your able journal should bo rimarily and chiefly to that end?againet tee and in favor of their reformation. er'a rpcecli is before tbo world. It shows Aud it is just such a speech as nineteen of Adam's family this oountry over, und over, will, when the hour of culm refleci, condemn as not only beneath the digicuator, but as needfully, if not unsuflfervc. So loog theu as you uphold that oublic debate, and attempt to throw of defence around those who ein10 rcsulu of your efforts will bo to aeee of violence, relax men's hold upon plo of the Bible, and inetall in their code which you have ao eeverely deThis is just asoertain as that there is a jvc us. As proof of it I will give you it. That the idea of perfect immunity even timidity into audacity! It was rid had reached an eminence to which <>uld not climb that it exhausted its vo>f abuse upon its otherwise dreaded foe. the parrot when swung from the winxir-story house in the city, and surround' bars of its rich master's cage?its abuse African was unbounded. Cudjo'a sar( 'rn*??n <tnuriv?l if ??*? -- il- ? * * * < ui ?ina iri'niiiinii. j u uuuon n In this Hie ancient fable is realized ?the vast differ ( ilm* despil u?! shown bttwcru one's own ? * and any other ' vent the n man's rattle A moment's r< flection might, how- j fulm.nntioi ever, its*ure you, that there are m vast many citi- i them alter z<*ns of tins republic?those also ol *? high rcspeo- liut,aec lability as tea l juur p iper in .my part of t!ie Union i meut cann ?who have viewed tlio whole matter v? ry differ- j has lately ently front w hat you have done. They would scorn , Iron your the man of any State who did n >t I eel deeply such , w th ih *e ilishoiior done to I. s State and her also nt Senator, n insults. i Much more, then, mu-t iliey despise mid scorn the wit oh yoi inau. w ho, tab ng advantage of h.s supposed inrnu ! Houses of nity its a Senator, could descend to such treatment them ov< r ol ? tlier their own t-tite, or of any other member against li of tli confederacy. It m their settled convict on, review jou also, that even if the Sumner speech did not wholly . ner's spec* limit the Sumner casligution, / rtry naturally moral trea led t) $t. In other words, it irui just such re- use of epit tnhution as may in any such case be expected. With venou So unjjai human nature cout nues human?suiting j brood?arr as wrath beget* wrath, and s. vt-ro person.d invcc- 1 very found t.vc calls forth r -mmuui tit, it were the crowning of part, lnive i absurdity to sup|M?c that the emptying of full rials ?the rem of il ubly <1 stilled abuse could f> d<?ne with impu- follow. A nity! Many also of the law abidrng, peaco-lov.ng called for, renders of y ur articles, deprecate your manner of nod the sti advocating "frctdoin of sp<cch," as necessarily enhanced 1 tend tig to increase licentiousness?give chartered then, genii tight* to loul toiigu'*, and of course multiply such whole man iuthctions in return, as vast multitudes in all j?arls remedy fur <1 our country, although they abjure the principle j and the or >f retaliation, fully belie to sue1- liceutiousuess rich- ' case, can e ly merits. ' rrkorm ti And just here I tako occasion to express my dis- this, it seer sent "toto oi?*lo" from your exposition of tho cx- i nud rtfiniu oeedingly vague clause of the Constitution Hi w hich use of nbu: it declares of members of Congress that ''for any moving all speech or del itr in either House they shall not conduct an br questioned in any other place!" ' as thr lav You regard tins as a license?nay, a surr guar- | tens. An antee for immunity in the utterance of whatever no privilege any foul-mouthed member of the American Con Here, th gicss, loi-.Ve.cr degraded ii* character nuy become, i ons field f klull to utter! You maintain also iliat tins christian * privil.g.?tins wholly unrestricted license?l'isei- ' conservativ xrntial to public freedom." Nay, you go further, and unrcm and class with the most odious "tyrants'' and "iu- no uw for i quisitors" all those who would in any manner ! capitol! ft! w hatever infringe this supposed secured right! support ami Ix t us now examine this matter. ThcConstitu- " sentiment, lion, like all other great embodiment* of funda- i either the | m.nlal law, was, in the estimation of its authors, man, the h< founded on rkaron mid jrsncr Its supreme res- ***?" demat IH-ct also was to the "Sains l'opuli." and the groat , . , , , ... Kama) < intercut* of tlie confederated sovereignties, 'rrec- . .... , 1 ,Mt ivrnnn dom of speech, then, so far as reason, justice or j ^ ^ the putiho weal demanded, they must have intend* I . ... . . ' The commi ed to guaranty t > all the members ol the National j _ .... . . , . i (,en- *v lA-gislatiire, And front the propriety and impor j j ^ut ^ lance of this light and this guaranty, no man liv ! ' U . . i i, , > L . on?an<* a? ing, a? far as I know, dissent*. Hut I deny tha< ] ^ either reason oriusticoor the puhho weal ever de- , ' ' , , admit Itced maud* anutt. Nay, I maintain tfs.it abuso is always violative of reason and justice, as will as de- ^ Prbdi trimental to the public welfare. The intention of j prcjiCfc t|,s the fratners of that instruinont inu.t then have ?n^ been, to guarai *y to every member of Congress (Jonnietiou the i ight, tree liom molestation, to present, sup- |ow? unj | |>ort, ot discuss any subject or measure which in 5 his judgment the mlerosts of his constituents or The civi the (siblic weal calls for, also to oppose by logiti j passed by 1 mate argument* whatever nieasnres, prop.is.-d by moneys shn othi rs, he may twlicve detrimental. This, and only lion of that 'hm, could the frame.* of that instiumeut have in lions foi tro is, the -Mtrtioing of it /rem all manner of evil tended by 1 epeakmg?is nut only strongly enjoined, but oom- no need ol mended as ouo ol the highest nttaiuinents in civil- the frsedot ized life and christian character. As an example, tion. I ma one out of a thousand of like import, I select the uudscriptu following: "Us courteousAlso this: "Let all been denie things he done decently and in order." I main- T!:t Kpps tain also tliat thcso injunctions ure of universal ap- in the Sou' plication. Can any man poiut out either tiinc^ those who placo or state of things in which courteousness is ployment ? not obligatory; or in which anything uncourteous at onoe abt can be done or said without criminality? The in- for their ct junction also that "all things be dune decently and morals an in order" is equally without limitation. greatly do I hold, moreover, that outside of the pulpit and ?none tin the great councils of the church, there is no place cd. And in which gruvity, dignity and deoorutn should be you deeiru held in higher requisition than ui the Senate of the cd an the t United Status?that place of high honor and fear- whole mot ful responsibility, iu which not ouly the highest in- directed pi terwsts of our own oouutry, but the destinies of thoee abut other nations, are the grave subjects for discussion Mr. Sumu and decision! In reviewing also the recent trans- for itself, actions within those walla?part of which you so twentieths severely oenturo?I have thought that if tluit chaste,! the world lovely uud Heavenly minded genius which was tion comer born to patronize and preside over the "decenciee of j nity of a E speech" and the "order" of public affairs, had been ably nbusi hovering iu her place during the delivery of the kind of j speech which caused the castigation, her fine eensi- bulwarks bililice would hare been deeply wounded?the blush ploy it, ll of modesty and decency would have glowed upon multiply ? her cheek, and iu her agony of spirit she would have the princi exclaimed, "e/ tu Sumner Alas, that my efforts etead the ill your behulf should huvo been so ill-requited and nounced! so utterly hi vain!" To say the U'.asi of it, that heaven nb< was a very "indecent" speech. There ore mil- the fact, 1< boas of people iu this country, as well as in other emboldens p TtR of the world, who wilt so regard it. Its abuse when the I also was as much oat of "order" as it was irritnt- the wolf c ing uud offensive. No man has any right to abuse eabulary < his felloic man under any circumstances. What And so of then shall we think of a mail occupying the high- dow of n f< est |M*iiion of legislative dignity?a member of that ed by the noble embodiment of the rights, the interests and of tho old the national honor of the several confederated States otism of: " of this Republic?so far forgetting or wilfully out- trhere you raging all the proptieties of such official btat'on, me" was i and all the established usages of such bolius, ai to but it wa> pile odium upon one of the States of the Union, ichich he , represented upon that floor on a footing of perfect true to the _....-i;?-. i.:? ? *.* - - * n.m umuniii a* ay more lOspeaK tri lion. lilt an exceedingly offensive manner of her oldest abuse natu and most venerable Senator in his absence, not munity ! only /mm his seat, but from the city! I >aniul yourselves Webster, the illustrious prcdecessoi of Mr. Sunnier, noble mi would have had his tongue cut from Ins head rather hoped, cea than to have been t?uilty of tu h outrides! It was multitudes also upon South Carolina?the same gallant Slate ijuiesced" which the present Senator so abused?that Mr. Mr. Sumn Webster, even whilst iu the high contlict of debate j that you si with ono of her chivalrous sons, bestowed one of ply becaus Ins highest eulogies, as the glorious colleague of ?not that his own State?fight ng "shoulder to shoulder" are the dei with Massachusetts in the fearful but eventful "there ar< struggles of the Revolution! * sense of h I mention these things to show how other and civil zalioii greater men?and I might estend the list to scores" strain the I nay hundreds, of the noblest who have ever borne the absent the public honor U|h?h their shoulders?have always abused??l regarded and treated their co laborers, their fellow- Thus you i officials, and the several co-ordinate -Slate* It Sumner c was for Mi. Sumner fust?and his is yet the solitary up until d< example?in hi* place upon the Senate floor, and such prove m a deliberately written speech. to attempt lode- wasted in 1 grade a State?one also of the old "Thirteen" iin l-shment o m utal States?to depths of infamy beneath the overthrow! name of "St*t?:!m V<s, thi* was d->ne by a Sen- j defines it, i ntnr from Massachusetts?the dan t 8Ut*cvshor uUo Rut secun i?f Mr. W< lx t r! And yet, gentlemen, all this abuse, and pasn s with you for nothing; nay, it must be "all the fouudie l ight" and cnmini iidable; for you not ouly efTectu long as sue ally shield it under the panoply of oonatitution: I "nil ritrcii protection, hut you load with scwre epithet*, nud order ot th hold u|i"roinrftirnrr<" in tcrrorem, over those who the day bo have tell thellMeUea n in* J I ' vw??i?, ?i jvi* in inr. uuMn r father lived, you would not talk ao to not only what ho knew Id be the truth, ? only a part of the retributive justice had for it in store.' These tables sre life of other natures than the brute crea ir plain English is, ihftt in ignoble minds rally, if not necissarily, results from imItul I infer from you late articles that, being judges, congressmen are not all ruled. 2d, Now that you have, it is sod your heavy denunciations of the vast who, in many parts of the country, "soin the retribution visited upon the head of ler fur his abasive speech, it is proper tould know ithy tiicy did ao: it was sime they believed it "rt merited retribution" they sanctioned the principle! These idarations of thousands: "II," say they, ; tio laws to restrain abuse?if neither onor nor regard for the decencies of or the precepts of christiaivty will refalsc and foul tongue?if the innocent and are to t>c thus wantonly assailed and I is the only course that is left us." ?oc, gentlemen, how your upholding the otiduet?while your denunciations, kept >.>m?lny against such assanlts, so long as icatioii* continue?will be nothing but iguation and labor?tends to the rstnbf the very principles which you aim to "Freedom of soeixh." as your article is syn Hijrtnosi with freedom of abuse e per<?-ot immunity to the freedom of you o|>en sluices which must sweep away t oiis. For you may rest assured that so h licentiousness of speech as was eLi'tiud led in that Senator's late spoeeli is the e day. bo long will the second order o! as it then was. In oilier words, the n? i fjihc violent bimpc will follow, and ie whatever Uwi may bo rnacttd lu preivjurreitoe of such scenes. or whatever is certain public presses m.iy alter again*! t!>?y have transpired! or.ling to your owu shewing, this governdI endure many more such shocks a-> it received ! And yet I wholly dissent assertion ih.?t the w hole criminality rests who resent the hko gross and intentionTho Constitution, in the vety article i have quoted, makes member* of bjth Congress liable to arrc*t?ay, delivers to thu hangman's halter, for plaiting gocernment. I invite you, thru, (o ir own pictureol the results of .Mr. Sumill, and ask yourselves if there be no ton mi the intentional and unmeasured hett% such as must fill millions of heart* it?cacite revengeful feelings of demon ay Slate ngainsl State?yea, subvert the ations of tlie republic! Such results in ilready been wituesscd from that speech aindcr you seem pi apprchcnJ may soon nd yet, not a toord of that abuse teas ; nay, both the lorce of his argument*, rcugth of his cause, would have been by n more courteous maimer. I trust, cmen, that upon a calm review of this ler, you will agree with nie, that the the evils which you so deeply deplore? ily remedy which, in tho nature of the iver prove effectual and abiding?it: to ie morals or rust.tc derate! And lis to me, will be best done by elevating g pubtio moral sentiment as regards the sive languago in debate; and then, r* ! other shields and defences from the id the persons of legislators than such s of the land throie around other citilerirans waut no hconscJ slanderers? ed class of abusers ol their fellow men! en, you have a noble cause, and a glori' >r effort Knr tlml ?I? tin j iiouUl most devoutly pray; and every C and patriotic proas should zealously ittingly labor. That <fr?ne, there will be either ' body-guards" or "canes" at the loirs own character, and the omnipotent I protection of a strong and united pubi c will then afford all the immunity that >ersonal independence of the individual onor of the State, or the publio interest ids! Yonra, ttuly, NO A RUSE. Oontzstki) Klkotion.?This case has at atcd in Congress, by ousting Gen. rom his seat as Delegate from Kansas ttce on cleoiious declared both delegates, [field and Gov. Reeder, illegally elect* for red Reeder, and moved to oust the nut the other. The vote agaiuat Whityeas 1)0, nays 92. On the motion to ler?yeas88, nays 113. iction.?'The New York I>ay Hook it Huchauan will carry every Southern Pennsylvania, New Jeracy, New York, J t, New Hampshire, Mains, Michigan, ] llinow. I and diplomatic appropriation bill, ss the House, contains a proviso that no II bo applied to Kansas till the paoifica* Territory it complete and all prosecuaron arrested. V Hicm.?We notice aorravpoddfe in the AelteviQe Nee* ef Aag. 1r whirl i$ ipitieMy rich. 8. C. Bryeon, it aasmn, had iadelged die paraging language of B. O. A. Uft, of Hey wood oeunty. The letter met hie* In Wayneerille and caned him. A challenge nee the nsinn The time, pi*ee, end weapons are thee apeeiied in the acceptance of Mr. Lore. They certainly are unique: " Weapons?caure of the name sine and qnalflj ae that used by me on the 15th instant? net to rears d one half inch in diameter, nor to weigh mare 0tou two ounces. If you deeire U, sir, 1 wuS famishthe csnes and allow you choice. The eede that too reooguise aa binding on you gives roe the priwigi as tbe challenged party to select the weapons, dke.r and as it wss a cane tlmt gare the oflenoe, I here determined that we shall end it a ith canes. "T.ms sod pUce? A ogust 2d, at Oroam'a Cabin, la Cocke county, Tennessee, at the terminus ol the Jonathan's Creek and Teoaeaeee moun| tain turnpike road, now in progress of construction, ; a* soon slter breakfaet as it may be convenient far the parties to appear. The point I designate ean | be cosily and oomfortably reached, as yon are well | aware, and besides that, no one will be there to prevent us from fighting as long and as hard as we may wi?b ?o. When men put themselves to so much trouble to get a fight, they ooght to select a I (fiNtH hlnnn mw\A l?a?-o ? ? ? ' r w R.IM U 0 DUIUUIC uvy 01 time to knock it out. The place you will be pleated with, and at for time, I bare no doubt we will bare plenty of it." NMETY-D1Y?W1IBAT. In the tpring we d'stribaird among oaf agricultural friende twenty-odd papers of 90-day, or Span is!i Wheat, but hare had no reports of tlio yield where success followed the planting. Am it peered to bo a bearded rariety, our farming friends eeunot take it into furor. We hope, liowerer, to hear their experience wiih tbe article. A correspondent of the Keowee (Pickens) Courier girss that paper the following naeonnt of bis experiment: "I suppose 1 had about at much seed as would fill a common table spoon. It was planted on the 96th day of February last, and gslbcred on the ?tb July inst. Thus you observe, mine required about four months and ten days to mature. It was planted in rows about 1 foot wide and the grains dropped about four inches apart. The location wes the northeast corner of the garden, in a good, mellow, lot se soil, without uuy msnure, although it had been rery well manared the year before. The straw grew to the ordinary size and height, cash head being arrrf.-d with a number of small spears, usually called beard. I gathered a little over one quart of clean wheat, after tbe birds and chickens had taken their part. The grain ia light colored, fall and plump, indicating a good kind of wheat." On tus Stomp.?a notice appeared in late Lancaster Ledger that Rev. J. II.Thornwell, D. D.t yielding to the earnest solicitations of the people, would 'deliver an address on education and the South Carolina Collect, on Monday Last, in that village. Pretty direct interference?an hx-President of tlio institution! Tlis New York Oh??? session of Congress has llian far been marked by more iti.it it offensive to the moral acute of the country than any otLar in the hietory cf the Repebtic." Reason: There never wae eo many Black Republicans in any former Congress! The Commencement of Furinan Univcrsity took l>Licc last Thursday, Iter. Mr. Brantiy delivering the address to the eucieties. Rev. James P. IJ.?yoe delivered his inaugural, which the Patriot highly buds. Up to the 4th instant Gen. Lane and hie abolition army had not entered Kansas. Gen. Smith threaicne to dt-claro martini law should they do so. The lax aJmiuiairat on of law in Cincinnati threatens to give birth to a vigilance commutes like that at San Francisco. Something <ot of the common order will take place at Concord, N. II , on the 3d September n< xt. A convocation ol unites is to assemble to see an oration delivered by Laurvat Clcrc. Mr. Gnllandet is to interpret to (he heaters. Uu the 13tli July the eu>prvss of Austria was delivered of n princess. A salvo of 21 guns proclaimed the joyful uewi. The Knipvror granted an amnesty to political offenders, and iorfciW-r ostatve tu Hungary and Trans) Ivaoia were restored. Horse meat has been used for three years iu Austria. In that time 4.923 horses Itave been slaughtered, yielding 1,902,U00 pounds. A late Freuch jourual speaks of a new religions sect sprung up us the United States, winch it calls "adorateurs des negrts.1' This is the Freocb for "nigger- worshippers." t Senator Pratt, of Marylaud, I Whig,) is out in a L-tttr for Mr. Hochauan. Ilia colleague, also a I whig, coincides with hint. According to the reasoning of a cotcmpornry Huchanan must be a whig The lower Hoove of Congress (we are not certain but ho Zoic house would bo the better term) passed n billon the 6th givmg Mississippi 1,500,000 acres of public lauds for railroad purposes. The Union District Agricultural Society held its < hist (air uu Wednesday lust. The Jourual speaks encouragingly of the dispby. Ttie Congressional I).strict* represented by Brooks and Keitt contributed $' ,000 to pay the hoe of the former. A company of fourtocn emigrants left Sumtervi!lei on the 4th for Kansaa, armed with?Bibles! Eqcivocai. ?The Conference Committee on the Spartanburg Female College, in their official report through the Christum Advocate, promulgc llie following sentence: " We are happy to be able to any that Professor Taylor will most likely remain with the Institution, as Mrs. T's. health will not admit of his return to i China." We suppose the Committee do not rejoice tket I our popular professor's lady is in such delicate i hculth as to preclude her husband's return to China, although it reads very like it. I A oorrespondent sends to the Pes Deo Herald the following cure fot snake bile: A lump of alxtm j the sixe of a nutmeg, either dissolved in water or ' chewed and swallowed. It has cured in several known cases. Yule College has conferred the honorary LD. D. upon Sumner. We ptcsnme >? initials mean latc licked defamer. Tiik Bali, at Sparta nblro,?Tbii great' ball coines off on the 12lb instant. Trie i Governor and suite, the Generals and suites, > the Colonels and Captains, civilians and i ladies, beaux and belles, will all be there; while wo are held at home in duress vile and cannot be allowed to participate. We thank our cousins of the Spartan for their caro of us. Nothing would afford us more pleasuro than to be present on the joyous , occasion of the Governor's Ball. But know ye, that we have an extra equity court for next week?yes, an equity court in the midst of the dog days! Think of that, Tom Vernon, and pity while you excuse us. [Ed <jefield Advertiser. Mr. Brooks at tiik Springs.? A cor; respondent of the New York Herald wri*? i ting to that journal says : i "While at the Virginia White Sulrtiur Springs, Col. Brooks was quite a lion, hawing to undergo an introduction to several hundred guesta. When leaving he called for his bill, and was informed that his financial matters had been attended to by the guests, and that a private carriage and an escort nwaited him without. The ladias waved their handkerchiefs in honor of Mouth d Carolina and her "chivalrous represent | live." 1