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Spartan. . agAMHTAWBPBg THURSDAY.Al'GUST 14, 1856." ?? ""T IwiMWS ML!; Oar mails leave so early ou Wednesday, that we dh? aro compelled to defer a notice of the Ball at the ou" Palmetto House, on Tuesday night, till next week. a*? Briefly, we may say that the evening was full of Col! eujoyment, and everything passed oA to the satis- die (action of the guests. <||it n o JEFFERSON CHOICE, ES^. It will be seen from Mr. Choice's card that his in t nomination to tho Legislature was unauthorized- *'d We suppose his position to bo this: Ho is not a IU 1 candidate by his own act. And, while ho does not j seek the poeitiou to whioh his frend* would elevate ?(J| him, in the event of election lie would serve the dcopIo to tho measure of his ability. - <[t|t tlie SPARTASBCRGER IN AUSTRALIA. P la the Melbourno Weekly Age (for a glance at which we arc indebted to Mr. II. Mitchell) we no- an tiee that a comi>liiueutnry dinner wan given to the 1 011 American consul, J. M. Tarleton, of Alabama, at which Mr. Q. A. Gilkey, formerly of Spartanburg, presided. Mr. Gilkey ia associated in a large mercan tile house in Melbourne. m m tict, TUB ELECTIONS. North Carolina.?Bragg, Dem., is elected Pu*> Governor by a largo majority, and tho legislature is '' Democratic. wr8' Kentuckv.?lu 36 counties the Democratic W(U gain is 5,600. ' Arkvmsas.? Yell, American, has been elected nu>l Governor. 8?* Iowa.?The returus as (ar as heard from iudi- 10 u cote that Iowa has given tho Republicans 5,000 her majority. ?fP Missouri.?In six counties Ewing, American, has a majority of 1,007 for Governor. In five "?'v oouutics Folk, the Democratic) candidate, haa n ' majority of 1,000. ean CAVALRY MUSTER. th? Wo were present at Lancaster's on Saturday, and for witnessed tho oavalrv muster Tito regiment wan composed ol?the Glenn Springs Cavalry, Capt. G. A. Smith; Black Ruck ^ Troop, Capt. R. Gillman, Union Cavalry, Cnpt. R. Prol Macbeth; Brooks Chargers, Capt. Jas. B. Dillard, ^ and Buzzard RoostTroop, Capt. Wylio. nec' When the line was formed by Adjutant Sims * Col. Harlan assumed command. The regiment awe wits reviewed in line by Brig. Gen. S. R. Gist, with mot searching scrutiny and conferences with the Colo- ma3 nrl on deficiency in droits and equipments where * either existed. This formality over, Gea. Gist aiturned the functions of Adjutant and Inspector General, (Adjutant and Iu*pector Geu. Dnnovnut o being detained at home by illness in bis family,) and Pi < repaired to the headquarters of lha Commnnder-in- A Chief. Col. Harlan detailed a squadron of Cavalry bains escort to his Kxcolloiitjy, who soon mndo his ap- 3 pcaraucc surrounded by a brilliant staff, taking po- f'cn sition at the flag. Among these we recognised ^ Col. Sondley, Gen. lluut and Adjutant Sims, of Newberry, Maj. Baker, of Laurens, and other Di- 10 ' vision and Regimental officers. * After interchanging salutes in military faslnou, '*rK Col. Harlan put his troops in motion, and with admirtble address went through the oard of evolulions. It is no compliment to say that each move- ^ mcnt was executed with precision, and the per- (] formanccs exhibited the possession of rare military ability by Col. Harlan and correct training on the pai t of tho men. TO At the olose of the cxcroises tho officers were or- j. dcred to the front and the troops massed tolisteu to (|,e a speech from the Governor. lie commended their discipline, euforocd the uec sally of military knowl- |,.aj edge as the sure reliance of freemen, and exhorted ^ v proper pride in nil tlint nnnartnina in dm ?il - , . , , J W. the soldier. Adverting to tho Kansas question, and j( the issues likely to grow out of it, lie thought this (she was tho time, of all others, to maintain our military rosu system, and bo ready to vindicate the interests and ' integrity of our section. Tho speech was listened ^ to with groat respeel, and at its close wps hailed with j lusty cheers. Gen. Hunt and Col. Harlan were theD called out, who addressed a few words to the .j regiment', which was shortly alter dismissed. We understand the Candidates entertained the t0 j, people with specohcs after the muster, but our Inner j man plcud so earnesily for attention, that wo rode off |rtrg to Glenn Springs to appease tho importuuity. Jan- Coli ney wo found overrun with company. We could I scarce get a glance nt his hospitable face. After ' much watching and struggling wo secured a seat nt ?' *' his well-spread boar J, and passed a pleasant evening iu intercourse with the friends wo met there. ^ In the evening a quiet and cnjoyablo little "hop" lutv come off, during which we saw tho Governor led m"r through the mazes of tho dance by a fayte ladie o^ Pr,n the neighborhood. I<ong before the "wee hours" <"'oni the house and its inhabitants were in repose?tho 1110 latter apparently pleased with tlio sights and enjoy- l'10 rncnts of the day. We sought our anbury Cabin(thanks to Ben'* foresight and recognition ol an __ , old acquaintance,) aud never phrted eyelid till the Sabbath matins of myriai birds wore wurbled forih from nunc i> SCRApToITaBUSE. qoir There is an old Greek proverb which rays: "It Can does not become poets to abuse each other like ansv crones who sell cakes." And certainly much less 1' does it become legislators of a great Republic. ty hi The Journal of Commerce says in reference to Hlu< the Sumner and Brooks difficulty: 2< "We would be the lust to countenance the bitter rigli personalities and wholesale denunciation which Mr. Viol Sumner poured forth during two days, disgracing . himself and the Senate." | ^ "The wounds inflicted by the tongue oil the feel- ( ***' iugs of an adversary are often more cruel and ma- I Hcious tttnu the fiercest violence committed on the I 3, person." ot M "A civilized nation will aim at being respectable 0rea as well as formidable." . "Few are ignorant of the preoept among the Golden Verses of rythngnras?'But most of ull, respect thyself.'" ! A European writer says: neVi "I must confiss that I can hardly trust the alio" '',0 gAtionsof the man who lirst, by rancorousinvectivci (ran provokes a challenge to h duel; and when the ohsl- wj,:, leage comes, refuses to fight on the ground of rt-ligious scruple, or the barbarium or the illegality of the ordenl." hi YliLl.ow Fkvkr.?Some weeks since our Char- vor i lestou correspondent staled that several yellow fc-ver mor cases were reported as having occurred there, and much consequent alarm was felt among the people, C No official information, however, on the subject was given to the public until the 9th instant, when ^ lis Board ot Health authorized tlio City Register to nn al report one case in tho Marine Hospital. ' The Carolina Times learns "through a private letter that the resident* of the city are panic stricken PrcB< and already large numbers are preparing to flee to *mc? the Mountains to avoid thu dangers to which they acoot will l?e subjected by remaining." scent sis recle Task* thbis Skats.?Messrs. Brooks and Keitt have re-taken their seats in Congress. Everything '>r was quiet, and we ventnrs the prediction that their ptrtonal services will not he enlW for this tr??icn ton?1 by the Blaok Republicans. i bey TIB C0LLE6B. lie following paragraph ia pragnant with meanThe Legislature of the State have wisely approved seventy thousand dollars annually for the oalion of the poor, and they have appropriated ut thirty thouaaud dollar* annually to sustain the th Carolina College, where the eons of the ulhjr are prlutl|wii; educated. o'i here >? a midclass in South Carolina, by far the most nuincrcIom, who assist io defraying these educational mete of the rich and the poor, and whose sons deriving very little benefit from either the Stale lege or free school fuud. Tho sons ofthis mideloas are educated at auoh institutions as the trlcston College, the Furman University, the fford College, the Erskino College, &o. These itntions are sustained entirely by privateend?wtts. Is it not right and proper that they should, heir hard struggle for existence, receive some from the State, when they are doing so much ho cause of education for th j sons of the State." [Greenville Patriot and Mountaineer. t must bo well known that "aid" to tho sectarian leges front the State will of necessity involve inwed taxation. To stop popular clamor against South Carolina College, and retain tho appro ilions annually made to it, it ia hero proposed to s the private establishments with treasury pap, thus form a combination among the eduuoal institutions to (ox the people still more largeTho adoptiou of this unwise policy might iu present, aside front the unpopularity of inercosaxation, operate no special disadvantage. Rut know how dangerous precedents aro. A Rap, Prrsbyteriau, or Methodist collego of today f secure a Stato bonus, and no discord mark lio sentiment Rut a few years heoco?perhaps wts time?one or two Uotitau Catholic Colleges, uing equal claim, (and ccrtniuly no objection ild bo valid,) it| ply for a like gratuity?would it tecordedT We doubt it; and thus would be cointocd an agitation dungerons to praoo attd good erumeut. We hold that no State has tho right idopt any but a popular system ot instruction for children, so tlial those who would othorwise be rived of rudiuteutal education tnay be benefitted, ring tho wealthy to the facilities within ?I""" oh to provide education for their offspring, f the axiom bt true that government was institute protect the weak against the strong, surely the le rule should apply here?provide education for ?e who are unable to secure its advantages?not those who possess means and to spare. TO THE VOTERs'lV"SPARTANBURG. Et.Lotv-ClTiZK.N8: In answering the questions fioiinded to the Candidates for the Legislature, ho journals <>f this I tistrict, I do not deem it saaary for mo to discuss their several bearings, all therefore conteul myself with simply anring them as they appear, and give my views e at large whenever and wherever tho peoplo r desire. st Aro you in favor of further appropriationwld they be asked) lot' the Blue Ridge Rails Ins. I am not. d. Are you in favor of giving the selection of sidcnlinl Electors to the people? Ins. I am, upou tho ground that tho people e a right to said election. d. Aro you in favor of iacreasing the jurisdicof Magistrates? ins. By making certain changes in the Magistl system I think it would bo decidedly better tcrens# their jurisdiction. th. Are you in favor ol continuing tho present c appropriations to the South Carolina College? in*. With my present convictions 1 am not. th. Are you in favor of any practicable reform of present Free School System? Ins. I am in favor ofVper'y practicable reform ho Free School System. O. E. EDWARDS. TUB TOTERS OK SPARTANBURG DISTRICT. 'em ow-CiTiitsi: Recognising the right of people to Jtnow the sentiments of those who i to represent them in the legislature upon ing questions of State policy, I readily respond ?UT Il.lerrogaiorirs, wn'n as rauca directness as r nature will admit of: t. Are you in favor of further appropriations >uld they bo asked 1 tor the Blue Rnlgo RailI? ain not. I. Arc you in favor of giving the aelectioa of nidontial Electors to the People? am. d. Are you in favor of increasing the jurisdicof Magistrates? amj with a court m>organized and restricted as tsure justice to the parties concerned. lit. Are you in favor of continuing the present o annual appropriations to tho South ('-arol.ua ege? am not. th. Are you in lavor of auy practicable reform he present Free Sdiatil system? ain. 'cllow-oilizcns, you havo my reply to the above rrogntorios; and 1 will here take occasion to rek, that the opinions I now entertain upon the iciplcs involved are founded upon concluusious ic to whilst serving you iii the Legislature, and fully sublaincd by my votes, as they appear on Journal*. Fhspeclfully, J. \V. MILLER. rilK V0T1IR8 OF SPARTANBURG DISTRICT. .s several questions have been propounded to Candidates through the newspapers, and as I >ve in the right of one or ''many voters'1 to ree the opinions of those who offer themselves as Jubilee to repliant them, I now proceed to vtr the Questions propounded t. In 'he first place, then, I shall most ewtamis opjKiSed to any further appropriations to the b Ridge Railroad. 1. I sin fully satisfied that the poople have the t of voting directly lor Electors of President and ; President; and as I gave my opinion At length, ugh the newopnper* of the District, two years upon this subject, it is only necessary to add it remains unnltcrcd. I. I am in favor of increasing the jurisdiction lagistrates, and am fnl y satisfied that such insed jurisdiction, properly guarded, would be sficinl to the community. :h. I have, during tho period that I have had tumor to represent you in tho State legislature, sr voted tor''the large annual Appropriation* to South Carolina Collcgo," believing thai they scended tho limits of that prudential economy ?h, as your representative, I felt it my duty to >cate. ih. I have always been an advooate of the Frte ool ti/stem, and should most certainly he in foot any "practical reform" that would render it e efficient, Most respectfully, J. W1V8MITII. amr IIill, August II, 1856. >ino time ago the Greenville Patriot published Mount of a horrid murder having been commitiu n horrid place, iu North Carolina, near the -gia lino, wherein the body was described as niting a horrid disfiguration when found. It learns that the supposed dead man wrote the int to throw the Georgia authorities off the t. It was not so, however, and they have rrsurd him. yor, of the Enquirer, and Ridgcwey, of the g, Richmond, eichanged shots near Washing, an the Gth inct., but without damage to either, then resumed amicable relation* I HHflk. ? ?? SriiTuiiuRo, C. II., August 11, 1856. Ma. JLorroa: I was much surprised to sec in you last number of the Spartan my name announce as a candidate for the Legislature. The announce ment was made without my knowledge or oonscn I never had a thought of becoming a candidate fu that or any other office. Indeed, 1 have alway believed that n seal in the Legislature ought not t be sought or avoided?that it should be left to th people to call one to the seat; that being done, h should accept end fill the place with suoli ability i ho possessed and all the diligence its duiius requir? At this time I am overwhelmed with obligation which will uot admit of delay, and which put it oi of my power to canvass the District, even if wished to bo a candidate. Such being the ca?< you will do me a favor by stating t > tho | cnpl through your paper that 1 must respectfully decliu being a candidate for a scat in the Legislature. I am, vory respectfully, your obedient servnn JKFFBRSON CliOICK. RAILROTU*MBETIJ(6. In pursuance to n card through the 8partnu an Express, a meeting was held this day iu the villag of Spartanburg to appoint delegates to the Kailma Convention to bo held at Asheville, N. C., on tli 2Gth instant. On motion of Maj. J. 1>. Wright, Gen. J. \! Miller was called to iheoltair, and J. W. Cnrlisl< Esq , requested to act ns secretary. The object oi' the meeting was briefly stated I the Chairman; when, on motion, the following deh gates were appointed, with power to fill vacanciei Maj. Govan Mills, Simpson Hobo, Esq., Wn Walker, W. II., T. O. P. Vernon, J. I). Wrigh A. Tolleson, T. Stobo Fnrrow, Jason Carson, i Karle Boinar, S. N. Evins, Gabriel Cannou, I II. Thomson, W. J. Smith, J. MuMakin, Get B. IS. Foster, Dr. J. J. Boyd, A. T. Cavis, . Bankston Davis, Jefferson Choice, Dr. P. M. Wa lace. On motion, the President of thcSpartauhurg nn Union Railroad, John L. Young, was added to tl number of delegates, and requested e*|>ccinlly to n tend. Ou motion of J. D. Wright, the proceedings of tf meeting were ordered to bo published in tho Cnr< linn Spartan and Spartanburg Express. Tho meeting then adjourned. J. W. MILLER, Chairman. J. W. Carlisle, Sec. Aug. 12, 1856. Columbia, August 7th, 1856. Good Mr. Startam : I promised some lime ag to write you a letter occasionally from this beat i Government for the State of South Caroliun, sn now behold mo with a pen in my hand, and a thou and thoughts in my head, as I proceed to fulfil i port thi.-i "debt of honor." Like some great me who have gone before, I discard all |>aradc, and it troduco myself nnd subject at once. The glory < 111* rnino ..... I. r.. ? .1 < .! .... . ?. 0 -mm w mi jjir?uct iuau \uii 01 m<3 |>rcoi*< ing twilight. One of our steamer* liaa just arrived at Granb with a valuable cargo fur the morcbunt* of the cit; A few foots, and a sort of running continental upon them, maj be necessary to plaoe before yoi reader* the subject of these steamboats. Ft a long time thacitizens of Columbia nave complnii ed of the high freight* im|>osod on goods froi Charleston to this place?ranging from 20 to 10 per cent, over those shipped to ilumburg; but to t> these complaint* the Charleston lUilroad Cotnpnn lent ouly a deaf car. Deeming themselves instill ed as well a* injured, some of the prominent met ohauts <*IUd a meeting on the subject, which w* followed by the formation of a Joint Stork Compii ny,and the purchase of steamboats to navigate 11, water* front this to Charleston; uud the above res sel is one of lite boats purchased bv the company to which two others will be added by the first of Oo tober neat, la the meantime, the I hrcctors of th Charleston Ilailroad, nt a late meeting, have made considerable reduction in the r ft eights, and sa they will make a greater reduction us soon as the stiuii naro put more stock (motive power) on th road; so that it is likely that between the boats an the road a oompetiliou will nnse that may brinj down freights to tbo lowest point. Though the amount of ootion sold in Columbia i below what it used to be in years past, tbo cummer | ciul pruspcrily of the city is not thereby injured, j ! heavy retail business from the numerous mechanic : amongst us, as well .is a wholesale business fror the country, have more than balanced the losi I Many of our leading merchants sell heavy bills < groceries and dry goods to mercantile lious<* i 1 |Iih Mlnilrv. .nil t ..... I" J ?? ? J ' wv?m?i j I auu * am iiiiuiiiicu ^(xia auuiorii} that the sales of our shoe merchants for the |uu i year amount to mure than $150,000, (an hundrc and fifty thousand dollars ) In addition to nil thii ! anew business has been introduced intoColutnbii namely the importation of corn, flour, bacon an lard, from Chattanooga nnd other places; and mi der the o|K'rntion of this trade provisions are ubse lutoly lower here now than they are in ltallimoK Hut man livcth not by bread alone?let us talk ? something else. For a number of years past the Caadniates h the Legislature in Richland have disregarded a questions propounded to them in view of their fu ture political conduct; hut the silence of the past virtually condemned, and the Candidates now L< fore the people have s|K>kcn out and answered ho!.II the interrogatories put to them; and whatever ina be our opinion of the wisdom or necessity of si in of these interrogatories it is gratifying to see me coiue out fully and fairly on any subject, miJ lit remain dumb like an Kgyptian Mummy. Anothc subject of gratification, too, is so far discernibl amongst us?the tote market i? unopened Candi dates thus far being unwilling to purchase. As your renders may w'isfi to know whether < net the subjects of our solicitude be the same ; yours, I ant happy to be able to gratify them, hnv ing your queruo and ouis now IWore me; nnd, wi you believe it, they aro totally different; so true is (tint "every heart knows its own troubles." Wo worry not ourselves about the Blue Ridg j Railroad?we say nothing on the subject of Prtsi | dential Klectors. Wc leave the magistracy an it ii j the (College in the hands of the Trustees, and tli Free Schools to tho care of the Legislature. Vmph says one, what then have you to complain about Why, my friend, we are trouhlcd about man things. "We want tho river opened from flrnn i... ?- .1 n ' -i -> ? ujr in me um iora near ino t'OlumoiM DrMgc; w ?v?nt tli? lloilroad biidgo below Gadsden elevate muoli higher, so tlmt steamers can pass under ii and finally wo wish the Legislative Candidates t say whether they nre in favor of Inw and order o not; as if they were such gumps to deularo in favo of rou>dyi?m. Ha! ha! a pretty question that! Th devil himself preached good doctrine in |?ublic. Yours, Unly, NICK BOTTOM. Temferxnck.?Tho Greenville Tempornuc Convention assembled, as wo learn fro n the Kn terprise, on Wednesday last, Judge O'Neull prosi ding and Henry Hummer, l?sq , ol Newberry acting as Secretary. Delegates were present fror Spartanburg, Union, York, Chester, Newberry Abbeville, Charleston, Marlboro, Sumter, Green villo, and other Districts. Col. Sumner, in dispersing the bogus legislator of Kansas traitors transcended bis instructions, nm tins been called on by the President for explanation We don't believ* Col. Sumner would thus blundc as to orders [For ..is Carolina Spartan.] i" >r TUB SOUTH vertut ABUSE. ^ The publication of the article inserted below do- " mande the following explanation: It ie known to l! ' the road in a public that the New York Observer, 0 * which boaate of being the largest newspaper in the ? ' world, is a storehouse of kuovrlcdgc on a. ' ? moat all aaeful eubjecta. It is also highly evsngeli- 1 6 cal In ita religious sentiments?opposed to tho rari- ' ? oas errors, istus and fooleries with which the pro- I1 u sent ago has been afthctcd. Of Into yunrs, it has 1 > beet) decidedly conservative as regards the subject 0 ' of chief agitation between the South and the North, J * For these reasons it lias obtained a large oirculaliou ' I in the South, as we'd * In other parts of U>o Ucf? public. 1 c To the amaaement, however, of ita Southern 1 0 friends, the Editors of said (taper?notwitlislauding ' the profeaaed national character of their paper and j 't their experience of over thirty years upon the tripod?allowed themselves, at tho outbreak of the 1 Sumner difficulties, to be borne wholly uwsy by tbe ' sweeping torreut of popular fury which devnsted ' tho higher latitudes of our country. Thoir use of ' w harsh aud coarse epithets?tho severity of their * 4 denunciations of the South en masse?thoir fuilure ' 0 to find anything to censure in all of Mr. Sumner*o ' course?their assumption of the fact, that, instead 1 of our suffering under gricvou* wrongs and provo- ' ' cations, the South was wholly in fault?their up- " holding freodom uf speech, even to unbounded ii- ' ^ centiousness as css'. ntial to the existence of our civil 1 institutions?and abovo all, thoir call upon the Kdi- ' tors of the South for iufortnutioii respecting South- * rrn sentimcul?to let thotn know,in a word, who 1 '' ther we of tho South arc all "ruffians," anti-liberty- ' * ot-speech men and club law advocates or not! ' These several features of their course led me to bo ' I' |leve that something in the shape of the following I " article was oalled for as a correction of tho abuses 1 of such freedom of speech as these men wero advo- 1 eating?ay, putting largely into practice. It was ' written and forwarded to a friend iu New York, ' ,e who requested its publication in tho Observer. The ' ' Editors docliucd. That friend then remailcd it to | 1 me, with tho request that I would tcmodel it?rc- ' ' "" move from it all that had auy reference to that pa- j * ' per?make it a general article?reduce its length, j 1 and send it back to tho said Editors?adding that i 1 he thought they would publish it. 1 I With that request, so fur as practicable, I corn- 1 plied?made it general?no reference to the Ob- ' server's course remaining in it. Aud though 1 could c , ( not riduoc it much in length without emasculating ' 'u( it, I dirtded it into two articles, and remailcd it ' , directly to them, a respectful letter* ao ompanyiug it. Since that I have hoard nothing front either ' them or it. Whether they intend to insert it or not 1 n I oann t toll. Hut this, to my amazement. I have J "i WASHI.VCTttN BAinn. 1 t | Sr.M?TANM KG S. C., Angutt 12, ISA'}. ; 1 jFor llic Now Y'otk < >b?ervi i\ j n : SPEEHI -ITS FREEDOM A\U ABUSE. '' Mzmus. Kditom: Your several articles upon the i "Freedom of Spccjh," an 1 the r< <lit ell - >!! b<* <| twccu Menrs. Sumner and Brooks, have boon read c s I with atlent on nttd with respectful regard for your- ? j | solves iih tlieir authors. Front some of those views . i | multitudes of your renders widely dissent, and not I 1 a few have ihoy filled with astonishment and pain I ; A nil, although I do not claim at your hands the i1 largo liberty of speech which you a I vacate for a others, I would inost respectfully reipn *t n hear t ing on several of those pjinl*,as an act of common ;l justice to a large class of yonr lellow citizens wh'isc ' views 1 know coincide with my own. t To my mind the inference is irresistible, front r ls ; reading your articles, that you regard all those who ? 1 differ from yourselves on that subject as enemies to t the "free-lent of speech"?plotters of treason agaitts ' ? . the highest interests of tins repub'ic?yea, of the ' ' whole family of iiiau?as "ruffians'' nlso, ulmse < " , wi?h is "to Mibstitute club-law for deltaic." If < those were your views, i atlirin that few men have I r | ever falicu into a greater mistake, and that the men * may he reckoned by millions to whom you have ? i done the greatest injustice. ' Freedom of r-peech" < | is the cherished birthright of tliu American people, i " You cuuttot find a ?<>n of Adam upon this continent * ls ?certainly Hot one that has au American heart in ' his breast?who desires to sec /rue liberty of </e '' bate, such as the Constitution contemplates, restrict- ?i *' cd?much less done away?and "club law" install- <i . ed in iu iootn. No! tun one. But I will tell you f, * what you may very easily find. You tnay fiud ? i millions who dissent front your definition of "Free j ' dotn of speech" and your manlier of advocating it * ' ?millions also who li.un. .lwnl? - 1 ? VJ " I tli.it the conductors of .1 religious journal so able ' <; and highly conservative as yours?-one doing so , v J 1 much alto lor tile promotion of almost every good i | cause?should have been able to find 110 dividing ] 1 line between proper "freedom of speech" and its I r ] unwarrantable and ruinous abuse?no opening of j f ' i the sluices of viIii|k ration and malignity ??ver which j ' | they would not throw the ingis ?if legal protection, ' j; r and around whieli set up their own stroiigcat moral j ,1 r | defences! l] e Vou lisie quoted the Constitution of our couu- e try, ransacked history, and?strangest of all--quoted 1 . the Him r, to prove tint no restraint can, without ; t; c criminality, bo laid upon the "Ircedom of speech!" j ii I sholl tiut traverse so laigc a held?nor is it necos- i e . sary that I should. All the tntter instincts of 11 1 man's moral natut* ??v against your position. The ti ? | "book divine," from the beguiling to the end, j ti 1 I teaches its very reverse. You have shown what tl . every one knew before, that on a sertain occasion b Paul was "permitted to speak!" Hut \ou hive t] failed to present- and you cannot find in sU the p a Hook <f (Jo-!-a I 1 ct permission given to Paul. 1, J or any other man, to <i?u*? /? ? /ef/ofc-rnrri, either tl for his own gratification, or the sup|?oscd promottoii ' 11 r of his cause, bo that cause religious or secular! On o ihI* enntrarv, the "bmllinc of tA/ /tn/r?n"- that tl learned: that instead of inserting i/, those Editors 1 ^ have, iu their issue of the 31st ult , taken lartrely , qf t/i* thunder of the article* gent them, and mo- ' " | ten 11 into an editorial of their own?tlius at ^ once anticipating or precluding the publication of ; ' v my article, and yet giving uo reference whatever ' ' to tlie source whence their new emotions and im- i * pilars sprang: I lieir heavy Wows upon Mr. Sum- \ )r ncr, and nil that "kith ami kin," for their insulting J shuse of their "privilege" of speech, I cannot but ! n highly approve. 1 must commend said Editors also i for the facility with which they can change both j II their tone and their whole course of action; also y | for the promptness and vigor with which they have _ 1 commenced the great work which I had pointed [ out to llieiu as their incumbent duty -"the re/uim is i ?f P"hlic debate"?lor in g?h! sooth, | they have already taken the. course which I huie o 1 indicated.' Still, as I calm t but regard it unfair j i in them thus to debar "freedom of speech" to me , , in their columns, for the sake of ua'ng my thunder _ an their ow n, I am oonstrained to lay before the- | I ubho the original artt /r, accompanied by these statements. Hf'iiw it is inserted without the cross a ing of a ut" or the dotting of an "i" beyond what y it had when forwarded tirst to tho Obs-rver. I if.ii tout i it wh - I. m w from no '?' I i sire to nijtiro that hither o noble paper -one al*?> which I trust will yet rctui u toils former moorings and ablv serve the cause of truth and t ghteous ess , 1 have acted solely from a sens of justice to mysell and the Southern public, which h.u? been so shame ^ fully abused, and yet could got uo proper hearing 111 an* of lb.- iiuinml? nhittion as may in any such case he tjprci v< on.; ;i- 11uiia.111 nature euiiMiu. * hu -nan ?mi 1. lh wrath begets wr.ith, and s. verc p. rson.tl im .vr ci.lis 1^ u:ui lit, it uci? the crowning ibcurdity t'< ?up|M?.- that the emptying of full t if doubly-distilled abuse could b dune with im iit\! Many aim. of the law abiding, pe*co-lav vadir.s i.l y.-ur nrt.elcs, d-prvcute your manor! idvocating ''fri i dotn of speech,as necrsM end tig to mere.we licentiousness?give obartt,'lits to tuul tongues, and of course multiply si uHict'.ons in return, as vast multitudes in al [ ; >t our country, although they objure the princi f retaliation, fully believe such heeiitiousuew rii y merits. And just here I take occasion to expresumy e ient "toto cwlo" from your exposition of the oedingly vague clause of the (V>u*iitution hi wit t tleclarvm of members of Congress that h/jr c \peech or delate in either House they shall I ie questioned in any other place!" You regard this as a license?nay, a sur* gui uitco for immunity in the utternuco of whate my foul-mouthed member of tho American Ci ;ie?s. however degraded it* character nny becm luill ple.iso t<> utter! You maintain also iliat t ?r:vil? j???tin* wlii>lly unrestricted license?"w rnhal to public freedom." Nny, you go furlli itui class with the most odious "tyrants" and " |ui*itors" all those who would in any mam vhalevir infringe tin* supposed secured right! I/H us now examine tins matter. The Const, ion, like all other great embodiment* of fun nentnl law, was, in the estimation of its autho minded on reason and Jt'STicR. Its supreme r >ect uImi was to the "Stilus l'opuli," and the gr Dterrst* of the confederated sovereignties. "l'r loin of speech," then, so far .'is reason, juslice lie puliha went demanded, they must have intei d to guaranty t > nil the members oi the Natioi .legislature. And front the propriety and imp nice of tins right and this guaranty, no man I ig, ho far as I know, d wsciiU. Hut I deny tl ithor reason or justice or the public weal ever i innds ah me . N'av, I maintain that abuse is rays violative of reason and justice, a* well as < imental to the public welfare. The intention he framers of that instrument niu?t then hi ecu, t.? guaranty to every member of Coiign lie right, tree Irotn molestation, to present, si ort, or discus* any ?uhj**et cr measure which i? lodgment the interests of his constituents he (siblie weal calls for; also to oppose by leg nate argument* whatever meiuires, proposed there, lie may believs detrimental. Thai, and 01 hm, could the t'rameis of that instrument hnvc DUich the present Senator so abused?that ! Webster, even whiUt i? the high conflict of Act vith one of Iter chivalrous sous, bestowed one n? highest eulogies, as the glorious colleague lis own State?fight ug "shoulder to should vith Massachusetts in the fearful but even urugglv* of the Revolution! * I mention these things to show how other i ;reater men?and I might extend the list to km lav hundreds, of the noblest who have ever be he public honor u|mn their shoulders?have alw egarded and treated their co laborers, their fell< ifiiciats, and tlie several co-ordinate -States, vaster Mi. S'linner fust?and his is yetlhesoht example?in his place upon the Senate floor, i n a deliberately written speech, to attempt to grade a State?one also of the old "Thhtccn" nortal States- to d<pths of infainv beneath name of "State!" V< s, this was J..ne by a S itor from Massachusetts?the direct su.-cesvur i >f Mr. W.bit r! And yet, gentlemen, nil I ?:iss s with you for nothing; nay, it must be ' ighl" and commendable; for you not only clTVi ill) shield it utidi r the p.-inoplv of oinstitulic iroti-etioii, hut 3011 loft-1 withsev.-re epithets, i odd iiji'Viiixr^iiriirvs" in terrorein.o er those \ inve felt tliems. Uea aggrieved ut this trentm* di this the ancient fable is realized?the vast dif uoe shown hit ween one's own ?>x an I any et nan's rattle A moment's r? flection might, In v? r, n.^ure you, that th?-re are a vast many i .' us of iIns republic ? those also ol s* high resp ability as lead )uur p iper in any part ol the L'ii ?who have viewed the whole mutter wry dif ntly (r.ini wli.it yoj have done. They wouldsc lie 111:111 of any State who dal 11 it I eel deeply s dishonor done to Ins State and her ak-i lit Siiia du ll more, llu-ii, mu>t 1 h*-y despise nnd scorn 11.ui, w ho, takng advantage of his supposed inn my as a Senator, could descend to such treatui if e.ther tlieir own State, or of any other oieni if the confederacy. It i? their settled convict tl*o, that cVcu if the Suniuer ?|>ceeli did net wh< in lit the Sunnier oastigat ion, it rrry nature ed f> it In other 1 ords, it teas just such i, the t entraining of it from all manner of ? peaking?is Dot only strongly enjoined, but oo tended as one of the fcighcii attainments in cii csd life and christian character. As an exam; no out of u thousand of like import, I select i blowing: utte courteoue." Also this: liI-et hinge hr done decently r.r,d in order." i toi sin also that thcso injuuolions uro of universal i dieaUon. Can any mau |>oiut out either til dace or state of tilings in which courteousnes: lot obligatory; or in which anything uneourte an bo done or said without criminality? The unction also that "all things be done decently i n order" is equally without limitation. I hold, moreover, that outside of the pulpit i he grcut councils of the church, there is no pL u which gravity, dignity and decorum should icld in higher requisition than in the Senate of United Status?that place of high honor and fi ul responsibility, in which not ouly the highest crests of our own oountry, but the destinies >tber nations, arc the grave subjects for discusi and decision! In reviewing also the recent tri lotions within those walla?part of which you icvercly censure?I hnvu thought that if that clia ovcly uud Heavenly minded genius which >orn to patronize and preside over the "deceneie ipeech" and thu "order" of public affairs, bad b levering iu Iter place during the delivery of ipeech which caused the cosligatioii, her fine eel lililics Would have hvcu deeply Wounded ? the bi if tnodcsiy and deeeiicy would have glowed u ier cheek, and in her agony of spirit she would h exclaimed, "?/ tu Sumner ! Alas, that my efT n your beliulf should have been so ill-rcquitcd ; *> utterly lu vain!" To say the k-aat of it, t was a very "indecent" speech. There ore i ions of people in this country, as well as in ot > rts of the world, who will so regard it. Its ah ilso was ns much out of "order" as it was irri ng and offensive. iVomoa hae any right to ah iis felloir rww under any sireumelancee. \\ lion shall we think of a man occupying the hi st (Mwition of legislative dignity?a member of t noble embodiment of the rights, the interests i lie national honor of the several confederated St: if this Republic? so far forgetting or wilfully < 'aging all the proprieties of such official btal iml all the established usages of such bodies, a< >ilo odium up-hi one of tho State* of the Uni ep resell till upon that floor on a footug of per -quality with his own? Nay more?to apeak in exceedingly offenaire manner of her ole irid moat venerable Senator in hia ahaance, inly fmmhia aent, hut from the city! I >.11 tVeliater, the illustrious prcdecessoi of Mr. Sunn irould have hu<1 his tongue cut front Ins head rat han to have been guilty of such outrages! It \ ils<> upon South Carolina?the same gallant Si ???PM ?i( tended by that clause. Beyond tliia there can b in- oo need of any itnrauuily. It ia certain alao thai ril> the freedom of abuse they never intended to eanc ?le, lion. I nuiutaio then that trua oonatitutional?ay the uud acriplurul?''freedom of speech1' boa never ye nil been denied in our country, nor even endangered w i The U|>|M:iiiuu or inaittuauoo that there are, cithe up- I in the South or any other portion of the Republic nc I Jioao who deeire its uboiilion, and advocate theein I . j ploy meat of foroe and violonoe for that porpoee, ? t . - at once abeurd and wicked. There ore thoee who in- for their country'a honor?for Uic aake of go*x tnd morale and the public peace and weh'are?liuvi greatly dceired toece the abueee of apeech corrects tud ?nono that ita proper freedom ahould be reetriot ace ed. And here you will allow me to eay, tliat i be you deaire to eee true ecriplural principle* establish the cd as the rule of both public and private life, thi iar- whole moral force of your able journal ahould b in- directed primarily and chiefly to that end?ago in* i of thoee abueee and in favor of their reformation ?ion Mr. Sumner1* rpccch ia before the world. It ahow tna- for itaclf. Aud it is just such a speech asnineteei i so twentieths of Adam's family this oounlry over, an< ate( the world over, will, when the hour of calm reflec wo* tion comes, condemn as not only beneath the dig e of nity of a Senator, but as needfully, if not ansufTer cen ably nbusive. So long theu as you uphold lAa the kind of public debate, and attempt to throv Qui- bulwarks of defenco around those who em usii pioy it, the results of your efFi.ts will be t pon multiply caeee of violence, relax mcn'e hold upo ave the principles of the Bible, and inetall in thei >r's etead the code which you have so eeverely de and nounced: This is just as certain as that there is ; hat heaven above us. As proof of it I will give yoi nil- the fact, 1st. That the idea of perfect immunit her emboldene even timidity into audacity.' It wa nee when the kid hod reeohed an eminence to whic! lot- the wolf could not climb that it exhausted its vu uee eahulary of abuse upon ita otherwise dreaded ftx hat And so ol the |>arrot when swung from the win gh- dow of a four-story house in the city, and surround hat ed by the bars of its rich master1* cage?ita alius and of the old African was unbounded. Cudjo1* sar tes onsm of: "Craven coward, if you w?|c in the. bue >ut- where your father lived, you would not talk so t on, me1' wa* not only what ho knew fn be the truth to but it wae only n part of the rettibutice juetie n,u, which he had for it in etore! These fables ar feet true to the life of other nature* tl.an the brute crea in tion. Their ptnin English is, lli*t in ignoble minJ Iret abuso naturally, il not necessarily, results from im not munily ! Rut 1 infer from you late articles thai aiul yourselves being judges, coBgrctsmen are not a icr, noble minded. 2d, Now that you have, it i her hoped, ce.ised your heavy denunciations of the vai v.-ts multitudes who, in many parts of the country, "ac 'ate ijuiesccd1' iu the retribution visited upon the head t tlr. Mr. Sumner for his abesive speech, it is propc .ate lli.it )ou should know t$hy they did so: it was sim i of ply because they believed it ''a merited retribution' i of ?not that they sanctioned the principle! Tbcs cr1' are the declarations of thousands: "If,11 say they tful "there are no laws to restrain abuso?if ucitlie sense of honor nor regard for the decmcir* ? utid civilization or the precepts of ohristiauily will re r<s> strain the false and foul tongue?if the innocent am irnc the absent are to lie thus wantonly assailed an< ays abused?it t* the tl.ly couree that ie left ws.' iw i inu* you sec, gentlemen, How your upholding tli It Suimit-r conduct?while your denunciation*, kep ary up until doomsday against ?uch assault*, so long a and such provocations continue?will he nothing bu do- wasted indignation and labor?tend* to the cstnb iin l nhuK'nt of the very principles which you aim t the overthrow! "Freedom of iiukxL," as your articl en- defines it, is syn wymous with frecdoui of abuse iNo Hut secure p?*e<?-ct immunity to the freedom c this abuse, and you open sluices whioh must sweep awn; "all the foundat una. For you may rest assured lhatr tu long as sueh liccntionsmss of speech as was elnimn m; 1 and esiTeised in that Senato-'s late spoecli is th tnd order ot the day. so long will the second order c vlio 1 the day be as it then wsi. In otlver words, the ri i nt! i trihution in some violent shape will follow, an< r, r j that despite whatever laws may Ik? ciia<-t?d to pre her f vent the recurrence of such scenes, or whaler* iw . folm.iiHt onvcertain public presses may alter agniui iti- i them alter liny have transpired! icc- j Itut, according to your owu showing, this govern uon mcut cannot endure many more such shocks a> i ler- | ha* lately received ! And yet 1 wholly dissen urn ] front your assertion that the whole criminality rest uch | with th so who rc?cnt the hko gross and intention tor ui insults Tho Constitution, in the voiy srticli the which you have quoted, makes members of ball ou - Houses of Congress liable to arrest?ny, deliver cut them ov< r to tho hangman's halter, for plotting iwr against the government. I invite you, then, t on, review jour own pictureol the results of Mr. Sum illy , tier's speech, and ask yourselves if there be in illy moral treason in the intentional and unmrasuret .k? iy gum m uiusi mi miliums <?r lii-urli ird with venom?excite revengeful feelings ??f dcmoi ! br.HnJ?array State against State?yea, subvert lie res - ' very foundations of the republic! Such results it (j of part, hare already been witnessed from that Mpeeci uls ?the remainder you seem t*? apprehend may soot (u- follow. And yet, not a ward of that abuse iro, itig called /or; nay, both tho force of his arguments r of and the Mrcugth of his cause, would huve beet riiy I euhanced by a more courteous manner. I trust red then, gentlemen, tlmt upon a calm review of th'u ich wholo matter, you will agree w.tlt n?e, that tin irts remedy for the evils wh'ch you so deeply deplore? pie , and tho only remedy which, in the nature of tlx ?h- ! case, can ever prove efTLctual and abiding?is: t< rjckorm tiik moral-8 op niuc dkbatk ! Ant lis- this, it seems to me, will be best done by elevating ex- aud r. fiuini! nubtio moral sentiment as reenr,)*. tl?. icli iiac of abusive language in debate; and then, re my moving all other ahielda and deftnrea from thi not conduct and the persona of legislators than rucl a* the lava of tha land throw around other citi ?r- sens. Americans want no licensed slanderers? vcr no privileged class of abusers ol their fellow men! ?n Here, then, you have a noble cause. and j? gl?ri no. otis field for cITjU. Fo.- that reform also ever; liis clir stian should m<rat devoutly pray; and ever; et~ conservative and patriotic press should scaIousI; ?r, and unremittingly labor. That dbne, there will b in- no use for either '"body-guards" or "canes" at th< tier cnpitol! Men's own character, and the omnipolen support and protection of a strong and united publii 1U- sentiment, will then nfTord all the immunity tha |;i. either the personal independence of the individua irtf man, the honor of the State, or the publio intern cs. ever demands! Yours, truly, NO ABUSE. Kansas Contested Election.?This ease has a ( last terminated in Congress, by ousting Gen ^ Whitfield from his sea; as Delegate from Kansas ' i The committee on elections declared both delegates Gen. Whitfield and Gov. Rceder, illegally elect ed, but preferred Boeder, and moved to oust lh< ono and admit the other. The vote against Whit j field was?yeas 110, nays 02. On the motion l< admit Reader?yeas 88, nays 113. at- m 'c' j A Prediction.?The New York Dsy Bool predicts that Buehanan will oarry every Southerr IVC i State, and Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York '** Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan 'P* Iowa,and Illinois. in .???? ? ? or Ttie civil and diplomatic appropriation bill, ai iti- i passed by the House, contains a proviso that ru by moneys shall bo applied to Kansas till the pacifiesvly (ion of that Territory is complete and all proeeeu in- ' tions for treason arrested. C Kich.?We iHtict a "aadr" oarMpoliMti is I the AeheviBe N?m #1 A?g. 1, wiitft it afmiaMj . riob. S. C. Bryaoa, it mm, hi indulged 6m, paraging language of R. O. A. Low, of Haywood ( county. The letter owl Mae la Wayncovillo ami caned bim. A challenge wm (be sonaaiiiwn* r The time, puce, and waepoas tboa ap*pli*| in , the ooepunoe of Mr. Lore. They oertatnly are . unique: ( "Weapon*?cane* of the eamc aim an J quality at tlvat used by me on the 15th inetest? tot to caased ' one half inch in diameter, nor to waif h more than 1 two ounce*. If you dceire if, air, I wUI famish the ) cane* and allow you choice. The cede that row ) reoogoise aa binding on you girea me the privilege aa the challenged party to select the weapon*, ha., r and aa it was a cane that gore the offence, 1 have determined that we shall end it with cane*. "Time and place?August 2d, at Groom'# e Cabin, in Cocke county, Tennessee, at tha tsrmi0 nus ot the Jonathan's Creek and Teonamce mountain turnpike rood, now in progress of construction, a? soon alter breakfast aa H may be convenient for 1 tho parties to appear, 'rim point I designate can a be easily and ootnfortably reached, m you are weB (l aware, and beaidce that, no one will be there to prevent us rrom fighting m lo?? and as hard aa wa may wivh to. When meo put themselrea to ao much trouble to get a fight, they ooght to select a . good place and have a sufficiency of time to knock it out. The place you will be pleaeed with, and aa t for time, I hare no doubt we will bare plenty of it." NIJIBTY DIY^WHBAT. In the epric- we distributed anu.ag mu agncuio tnral friends twenty-odd papers of 90-day, or Span* iah Wheat, but have had no reports of the yisM r where success followed the planting. As it proved - to be a beardtd variety, our farming friends can't not take it into favor. We hope, however, to hear u their experience with the y A correspondent of the Keowec (Pickens) Cou8 rier gives that paper the following account of bis h experiment: "I suppose 1 had about as much seed as would fill t. a common table spoon. It was planted on the 96th day of February last, and gathered on the 7th Jsly inst. Thus you observe, mine required ab?r;? four months and ten days to mature. It was planted c in rowa about 1 foot wide and tho grains dropped . about four inches apart. The location wae the ^ northeast corner of the garden, in good, mellow, hxee soil, without auy manure, although it ? had been very well manared the year before. The i, straw grew to the ordinary size and height, each e head being arrrf.-d with a number of email spears, e usually called beard. I gathered a little over one quart of clean wheat, after the birda and ehickena had taken their part. The grain ia light colored, 8 loll and plump, indicating a good kind of wbeat." i. I Ox tin Stump.? A notice appeared in a late || ILancaster Lodger that Rev. J. II. Thornwell, D. D., , yieldtng to the earnest solicitations of the people, ,t would 'deliver an ad dross on edscation and the South Carolina College, on Monday Last, in that q village. Pretty direct interhrence?an Kx-Preeir dent of tho institution! The New York Observer says: "The prt sent session of Congress has lhas far been marked by r more that is offensive to the m-\-al sense of the r country than anyotbor in the history cf the Repabr lie." Reason: There never was so many Black ,f Republicans in any former Congress! The Commencement of Purman University took j pLice last Thursday, Rev. Mr. Liranlly delivering j the address to the societies. Rev. James P. Lh?ycc delivered his inaugural, which the Patriot e highly lauds. lt lip to the 4th instant Gen. Lane and his abohg |ion army had not entered Kansas. Gen. Smith , threatens to declare martial law should they do ao. The lax nJmiuisirat on of law in Cinotnnatt ? threatens to give birth to a vigilance committee p like tluit at Sau Frnwcwro. S'unct^in^ out of the common order will take ,f place ut Concord, N. 11, on the 3d September ; n>xt. A convocation ol mutes is to osseniblc to 0 tee an oration delivered by Laurent Clcrc. Mr. j Cijllondet is to interpret to (ho kettrert. " ' c Ou the 13th July the impress ot Austria was ,< delivered of a princess. A salvo of 21 guns pro. churned the joyful newt. The Emperor granted J an amnesty to political offenders, snd lorlciWr oststes . in 11 angary and Transylvania were restored. r ilorwe meat has been used for three yaars iu ,l Austria. Iu tliul time 4.923 horses have been slaughtered, yielding 1,902,000 pounds. A late Freuch journal ?|?ouks a new religious sect sprung up in the Dinted States, which it calls "adoraieurt des nrgres." This is the Freocli tor '* "nigger-worshippers." " Srnutur l'ratt, of Maryland, (Whig,) la out in a Utter fur Mr. tiuchauan. Ilia colleague, also a " [ whig, coincides with hnn. According to the rea1 soiling of a cotciupornry Buchanan must be a whig * , The lower Ilourc of Congresa (we are not certain > j but tie low house would bo the belter lertn) passed ? a hill <>u tbe tith giving M ssisaippi 1,500,090 acres * j of publ<c lauds for railroad purposes. ' j The Duion District Agricultural Society held its ^ I first (air ou Weduesday last. Tbe Jourusl speaks I encouragingly of the display. Tne Congressional D.strict* represented by Brooke B ! snd Keiu contributed $' ,000 to pay the fine of the 1 former. A co-iipany of fourteen emigrants left Sumter1 ville on the 4th for Kansas, armed with?Bibles! ' Equivocal ?The Conference Committee on the ' Spartanburg Female College, in their official report ' through the Christian Advocate, promulge tbe ' i following sentence: * I It iv. L 1 1' - ... ? - |.f? v imppj i?> uc auio vo mv mat i'roiessor Taylor will most likely remain with the Institution, as Mrs. T'e. health will not admit of his return to s China." > We suppose the Committee do not rejoice that 1 | our popular professor's lady is in such deiioale ; health as to preclude her husband's return to Chi? na, although it reads very like it. A correspondent semis to the Pes Dee Herald ; I the following cure for snake bite: A lump of aluut i the size of a nutmeg, cither dissolved in water orchewed and swallowed. It has cured in several - known cases. Yale College has conferred the honorary LL?. D. * upon Snmcsr. We ptcsutna the iuili?i? rnt-au low y licked defamcr. [. Tub Ball at Si'artanblro,?This grea;' i ball comes off on the 12th instant. Tb*e s Governor and suite, the Generals and suites, t the Colonels and Captains, civilians and c ; ladioe, beaux and belles, will all he there; , 1 while we are held at home in duress vile I and cannot be allowed to participate. We thmiL* our mii.int of lb? ,'JnnfliiM f?? J .... ? ?. ?..w -t WW? (VI IUOI f care of us. Nothing would afford us more pleasure than to be present on the joyous t ! occasion of the Governor's Hall. But know i. ye, that wo have an extra equity court for i. next week?yes, an eauity court in the i, midst of the dog days! Think of that, . Torn Vernon, and pity while you excuse us. ? [ Edgefield Advertiser. Mr. Brooks at tub Strings.? A correspondent of the New York Herald wrh? ting to that journal says : j , "While at the Virginia White Sulphur , Springs, Col. Brooks was quite a lion, baring to undergo an introduction to several hundred guests. When leaving he caller? for his bill, and was informed that ffriartcial matters t>e?n attended to by the i guests, and that a private carriage and ao ] > escort awaited him without. The ladiea . waved their handkerchiefs in honor of Kouth A Carolina and her "chivalrous represents ^ tive."