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"WE WILL CLING -TO THE PILLARS OF THE TEHPLD OF OUR. LIEERTIES, AND 17 IT MUST FALL, WE WiLL PERISH AMIDST TIE RUINS." SIMNKINS, DURISOE & 0., Proprietors. ' EDGEFIELD, S. C., MARCH 20, 1861. VOLUME XXI.---No. 11. PUBLISHED EVERY WEENEsDAY iORNING. A. SIMKINS, D. R. DURISOE, & E. ZEESE, PRO PR I ETORS. TERI.S OF SUBSCRIPTION. Two DOr..Ans per year if paid in advance-Two DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTs if not paid within six months-and TuaaE DOLLAR% if not paid before the-expiration of the year. Subscriptions out of the District must be paid for in advance. RATES OF ADVERTTSING. All advertisements will be inserted at' Osa DOL LIR per' Square (12 Minion lines or less) for the first insertion, ahd Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements from strangers and transient persons payable in advance. All others will be e insidered due when called for. 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" Oh. no, his character may be well enough; but he is nothing but a carpenter, and poor at that." "Is that all, Annie ?" said Florence, with a half drawn sigh of relief. " If you can bring no other argument against him, his being a poor carpenter, will have but little weight with me." "Florence, yon are provokingly democratic in your 'notions ; a girl of your standing in so ciety to throw yourself away on a poor car -Venter is perfectly ridiculous ; you will never be happy, I am sure." I think dilierently, dear Amiie. I know th.e~rankc i, *'you soy. t.or that :s when I becunme hik wile. I cannot live in the style that I now do but I have n1o fears that I will not be happy f..r he is worthy of any woman's love ; he is truly noble and.,good." "Well, you are the one to be sat.isfied but I am sure I could not be under the cir cunstances. Only last night George said he wandered at a girl of your beauty and wealth to marry such a poor fellow." Florence's dark eve flashed, a crimsoned spot burned upon her chck as she exclaimed: " Did George Linden dare to say that ?" " You need not get so angry, Florence. lie did sazy it. and it was no crimec," said Annie. The color had faded from, Florence's cheek, and the aiigry flash frnm her eyes. She laid her haud upon Annie's, and in a gentle tone said "Forgive mec if mny tone was htarsh, and al so ptardon~i what I atu abont to take~ the liberty of sayin~g ; but A nuie, dearest, I love you, and I canniot helpi it. You have spoken tn me o Frank's pove.rty, would that I lad nothing worse to complahin of in Geotrge Linden. You know, Anasie, that I have a dear brother whot is ont the broad road to ruin ; the path of vice, the ways of wicked are famoiliar to his f~et ; the destro.yer of that brother, the one who lirst led him astray, was George Linden. Oh, Aninie, befoire it is too late, draw back. H~e ha~s untol wealth ;ihe can give you every eart hly luixury whiht your heatrt can desire; biut hte loves the w'ne cup ; lhe frequents the gamning tate ; wealth canno't brinig you ha1p p~ine'ss wi-ih such a ma::n. I wtould riot have s.epken of.I: himt.4 to you fo worlds, had I l'ived you les.s t han I do ; hut your happinessi is veryv d.-ari to met. and I coubll not I.-ear to I s..e vou catst it fromi~ you by weddinug hiim wvho lam<' been such~ a curs.e to our homie circle, A titli, wa 4 -ilent fo:- nuize itointents aifter F1.'iiree ct a-ed sicakin~g, thben .he said " I ca:imiot believe whaut you hatve :- ldl met. Fl,rencer." SI never tol you v aii umruth, A i nie and I would no t hatve spo ken oughitttgainist him if I h:.d n.>t been bitt too sure of its tiruth. Let us say no mounre ab..ut it now ; think of what 1 have to'd you. and thtenit:ct as your heart dictates." Wh~ieni Fl r..iee rose to depart, Anniie laid a ret-tra8j inin:'. id upon hetr arm, andI looking into her de--p eyes, said '- Florencee, I knuow thaut you told ine what you di.1 out of Linmdn:-s, buit I would rather risk my happliniess wvith George, than marory a poor' man." " li> as yout pleat, buiit reminuber dearest Aunni.e-. v. ui saaw so si -!ly eaai cp.'' It was t i lhtst tiitt liorzeune ever spk on i l. - stilt jet, butt in afte.r years Ann.iie remnembered l evetry wordl she hal ever said. FIlsrence Elliott was tie only dau;:hte o . wealh y p,reti. haeautiftul and. :aiislnphibed, but of her manty <lharms she satiem.i st uneona1 iu. Pride she had. but it wa.< of that high noubie stn ilardl which instintctively shrinks front contact with antything which n does no't pose -e- pir:anda intrin-ie wurth- t A nuie Weston was Florence's dearest friend, but very dillfe.reitt was their ebarancter tud t disposition. Anunie hadtl n many ntoble traits in her character, bunt from etildhood the evil of 1 her ature had been inourishaed by a vain friv- I oh~ms mother,. and the~ esti:umaiion in which she held wcorth au-~l weaht h, imaty be seen fromnt her conver-ationm w.im ' Fhjieince. S&'ncne ~ moths : ft er t !.e cionmversuian reb tedl atbove, the t.ro girls sto od btefoire the :.l. tar as brides, and heard the wvordls which Florence turned away to scek the neat itle bone wjich Frank flaymiond had provided or her : and Annie went as the inistress of a stately mansion in the city of New York. Which would be the happier ? Which had -hosen the better part ? The sutmmer sun was calmly sinking to're iose, and the waving silver poplars cast iha lows on the sloping green, before a vinc en :timbered cottage. wuich looked as if the An ;el of Peace had folled his wings above it. rho evening repast wa slirvad, and after par aking of it, the gentleman walked out upon the lawn, and the lady took her little child, i boy about six years old, and prepared him Lr his night's repose; then he knelt at her knee; with clasped hands and uplifted eyes hie repeats his evening prayer; the mother ays him in his little bed, and pressing a kiss upon his rosy lips she turns to leave him. rhat mother is Florence Elliott; seven years as wrought but little change in her, she is the same beautiful Florence, for bappiness has crowned the years of her life. Prosperity has. marked the steps of Frank Rayniond, the poor carpenter. Florence had married him becau.e she thought he was worthy of her love, and in every way he liad proved so. lapi ily they walked through'life together. les*ed with the approving smile of their heavenly Father; worldly honor they have .ot; but their riches are in the Paradise (if God, and in the realmi of glory they will njoy tlhe treasure that is laid up for them. Tiere is another scene in a stately city mansion. The shades of night had gathered iver the city, and dirkness rode upon the ace of nature. In a chamber where every luxury was lavished, Annie Linden watched lone beside the couch of a dying child. In the worn out palid face and drooping'frmn it ould be hard to recognize the light-hearted appy Annie Weston. She had drank deep >f sorrow's overflowing cup, and remembered Xften, with heart anguish, the words of Flor mce, ail f which had proved true. . She had every luxury which boundless ea'thi coul. lavish upon her, but that was iot all; she had no companion-no friend in he husband she had chosen ; day after day, iight after night, she was alone and sad while ie was amid -cenes of debauchery and revel -r. All her comfort was her little girl, she as the idol of her heart. and now in a new iotne among total strangers, the little girl vas dying, and Aniie went all alone. It wai in this dark hour that her thoughts -ent back to Florence, the friend of her early ears whom she had not seen fr a long time, mid her heart yearned for her loving sympa .<v, for she lad not learned to look from -ath for coifort in her many :iietions-She tever sought tile :nercy-seat to try the efli ency of humble prayer. What was. wealth o Annie now ? A1 that she possessed she vould have bartered for the humblest abode i earth if she could have had one hour pure ppiness. Among the gay circles of her ac Iaitances she was lo ked ijon with envi >us eyes, for they did not know that hidden ineathi her gay life was a he irt. breaking laily, hourly. The niorning stun dawned, and its radiant >eams t.amnied into that lofty chambl1er, but t brought no rayv of brightness there. The .iy hands of t he little girl were folded across ler sinless breast. ; her spirit was at pe e vi:h its Go,.d, and the sorrow.-strickeni mother vithi no source of comfort, bowed beneath the eavy stroke. She was kneeling, thus resis eg all th eiflrts of those around to rouse wr from her lethargy to a sense of her duty o her little one left her, when a hand was entlyv laid tupon her head, and a dolt voice aid 'Annie." A h.,rde of early memories rushed up to wr, and her heart seemned to have found its 'irk of itefuige, when she was clasped in Flor mec lhylmnd's arms. It was then that orece turined the thought tuf her early ried away from (arth. In that dark hour ie :aught her to breathe a prye of faith. (), what is wealth, that so miany should -.due it as they do; the riches of this world r all Can they binii peace to the heart which trn with anguishi ? Can they .omipenIsate or the mtanyv l'.ssis, the mny trials we en omuter here in this vale 4of tears ? Oh no0, vhen weighedl in the ballance, what is wealth hit we shoul desire it-earthlly riches that e h.,nld long so earnestly after thiemn? It is ni-t mm-h this ei-irth caln give, A nd :'l an.Ird ;r.-ma arile not the things, To tati.-fy the heuart. Itut oh. if thisei whio cluster round Th'ie alter umit the hiearthi, H ow beautiful is earth! low trite that is ? Many~ covet vealth aimi .1 s.ite of all obstaicles, obtain that which b.y desire ; buit it is not su flicient, and in *tter years, like .\inie Weston,, with br~cak g hearts, they will puie for love atnd symt ,vin thle midst of all the splendor which heir wealth ha~s iven thetm. Bjetter far, like -'lorence, choose a noble hert, atid d well con ented it .m himnble hiotne. The Cootlest tting on Record. As (;eeral Seoit's army, was~ miarchi:'g tin mphatity into the City of .\exico, say~s ani xcag, a pro(cessionI of mionks emterged rotm teu gate of a eotnvetnt ohini: t- d on the :tii:iene at the' right, atnd aidvancedl wit slow tad masur ed treaud utntil they' mtet thne army I te r'ight angles. The guild tir leadler of ie prJcssiont wasl a venierablt prjiiest, whosemi air was whiitenied withI the frost of tmtuny ,-inters. lie hield ini both ha~nds a cont ribu ia1 box, upon which there was a lighited can b, anid when withiin a few feet of the army ie prosssionl halted. As the artiy piroceed 11. nuoay a true hel-iever in St. Paitrick drop. ted so small coAin or other 2 ill 0 the old rest's box. A ti', when it was observed that sohir was seariniig in his p ekets for it-hing to be~ stow. thne old priest would t.-p rward' andi hiold his box to) receive the L'hI iinately thxi'e camte along a tall, gaunit, iher sided, gander-looking Yaniktee, who, into the very deptlis of- his breeelies pockets, is if in search of a dime, or something of the kind. The priest, observing this movement, at %dvanced, as usual, while Jonathan, holding re urtha greasy-looking . roll of paper, com menced very deliberately unfolding it. The bl >ld priest anticipated a liberal donation, and to put on an air of the inost equisite satisfac- de .ion. Jonathan continued to unroll piece es ifter piece of tri-twisted smoking tobacco. He n, aext thrust 'his hands into another pocket, wi ind dre'w forth a clay pie,. which, with the fo utmost deliberation, he proceeded to fill by ac inching off small particles of the tobaceco. ill When this was done, having replaced his to bauco in his breeches pocket, he stepped for vard and ligh ted his pipe by the old priest's W. :andle, ant making an awkward inclination ir )f the head, (intended perhaps for a bow,) he di; said, " Much ol;leeged to ye, 'Squire," and fil proceeded on.-Nashvile Patriot. so .. . - th She Never Leaves Hi.i. Look at the career of a man as lie passes tri hro' the world a man visited by mislor enl .unes ! How often is lie le't by his fellow nei to sink under the weight of his affliCS a ions, nnheed-d and alone. One friend of P is own sex fiorgcts him, another abandons c -su bim, a third perhaps betray him ; but wom:.n, fithful woman, follows him in his affliction p ith unshaken affection, braves .thc changes o :f feelinig, of his temper emittered by the al lisappointments of. the world ; with resigned Pt patience iministers to his wants even when lie ier own are hard and pressing ; slhe weeps. itlhI him, tear for tear, in his distresses, and is th the first to catch and reflect a ray of joy, shouild but one light upon his countenance in 1 Ahe midgt of his sutierings; aud she never a aves hinm in his misery while there remains >ine act of love, dutv, or compasion to be ch erformned. And at last, when life and sorrow .d together, she follows him to the tomb ith an ardor of' ffectiou which death can- co ot destroy. J)" 1l.w dearly, then should nai love, how - ravelv guard the true and fsithful wife. r A newly :1arried pair are like two travel cr rs in an uIknown country, fresh views of ch other's dispositioms are opening out be 'ore them every day. soie beautiful, somne insightly, awl mostly unexpected. A breeze )casioially springs up, which may either of :liven the jOurney by c!earing the atmos here, or damp ie ardor of the excursionists >.ending in a thi.drstorm. to No mater hovr relig'o:s a man may b)e if he s natura'y weak, the narrowness of his in ellect is pretty sure to s' ow itself in some W oinit of conduct, :as surely as original ill 1 ireedinig, no matter .whit a persors, acquire- . nents, is cuanin to p1ep oti somewhere. Let us all be Friends. hU No sort of quarrelli g pays. It is always be more profitable to have the good opinion o sh L 11131 than to coumit him an eremy. The si bumblest man has so'e ilence, and it it; re l-t:er to L.atve that on our side than against el is-lie iiht have friends or relations whose hi iol wor.1 might one day- he useful. Or, if in e is such a perfect, outs'dr, as to have nei- ,< hier friends. re'atives, or inihtenc', it seems Cl ike a small business to quarrel with such a j,. orlorn idividunal. Amialbilit is so sturelva ot irtue that moan instinctively: admires its fior nate p)ossesor, and when lie comies in con- thm act with ai cross-grainmed, qunarrelsome inidi- tea vidualh, his good nature shines miore brightly Li y reason of the~ contrast. so We may safe'y promise largely increased te: ijoymmenlt to him, who beccomes reconciled to m i oh'l foe. It is not wise to nurse a quarrel 13 ul keep it warmi by brooding over real or Co maginary injuries. And the roaid to peace s very plaini and str;Lght ;if we have been o msty or unkind, or inconmsiderate, there is of' mot tinig so nanily and honorable as a prompt icknow'., Igeient of. our fault or fully, and in lone but a brute will refuse proffered recon- ;w ~iliation. Oni the oilier hand, if we have v ijred, let us remember that we also need de :race to a'sk that pardon, amid we will find it i iard to withhold that forgiveness. SIn s Sa s...m.i. ( nuet-ny.--The Ehnira 2mzet to records~ the folloiwing "se-if" perpetra- It ed on a groceryman in that place by one of th .ie "siieke-r" fraterity. Greeniway should iv , on the look out for hiimi. Euter a seedy adlividuial with red eyes and paichmed lips, or- gi lers a glass of ale and driniks with every 01 iymptomi of f.i; ht 'ul appreciaution of theI' everge; sets the emplty tiumbler oni the :ounter, and leain~ig forward, the following re onversation takes plac:R' Eedy-" Whose ale is this?" ~ ic Gocryman-" Greenway's, of Syracuse." Seedy, (wvith a patronizing air).--Greenwvay! hi: ell, I aim intimiately acquinntted with Mr. Se Jreeway ; I amr going down to Syracuse in ex tw t,.udas, and I will call in and pay him for co his glass !" tel Exit seedy. The groc-eiryman wipes the pr nmpty tumble~r, and gr'owls somiething about lho spoges." ly A son of Erin one cncosted a lieverend tes isciple of. Swedenmburg thus:b '-Mmr.----, you say that wve are to follow the ti a~ilmeibsiness ini 11eav-en tiimt we do in this Cl: vorld." "'s, that is in perfect aiccordar.e'e with 'eaon, for the Creator hinamielf is not idle, sh mdshulldii his creatur-es be?" ob 'Well, tlhen, yer honor, do people die fre~ here?" ini' 'Certainly' not ; they are as inuortal as ilh he Creator himself." du " Thin I thomuhl like to knouw, yer honor, we hat they'll fiind for mec to do--for Lmi a gr-ace str Ugger ini this world."' to 10 is hardly necessary to adid that the Rev- wC rend gentleman was coimpletely nonphussed, sti md discharged l'at without giving himt the fel euied informaiutioni. in A Ni:ctssaa or L.:t:.-hin the Lnited States enate, the othier day, wvhilhe the tar'itTrwas uni- s ler cosidleramtion, 31Ir. Collamo proposed to 'aise i~e duties on hanvana se-gars as luxuries. iheLrupon)i Alr. Se wardl reimarked'; "I desire mii o know of theo Senator from \'ermonit, if I atl -orrectfy unmdestand him, thazt he recgards se- is ars as luxuiesm ; lbeeinuse I have comec to ev ....... them a a noeesary of lifej ?" r General Beazuregard. There is no name better known for scien d worth among army men, than Gen. Bet gard. The histories of the Mexican War, favoi r as they have mentioned him, have fail notice two of the most conspicuous in, nts of his life, and which have gone far tablish his fame. We will relats them, pi sing that we were not in tb& war, aiid til repeat them fr.on memory on authentic 1 rmation. The priicipal facts will be stat eurately, though there may be errors in u portant details. The first occurred before Vera Cruz. Gen. B., then a Lieutenant of Engineei is sent out by his Colonel (Totten, if we i !mber aright) with 'a yiarty of sappers ; and prepare a trench, according to a pi a and plan prepared by the Colonel. I ner had Beauregard examined the groul in he discovered great objections to t in. To assure himself, he climbed into e, and with the aid of.the mariie glass, gineer's rude mecurn, he made a reconno cC, and saw plainly that the 'trinch, inned, would be enfiladed by the enem nnon. Here was a diticult position for baltern ministerial officer. He decid omptly, and returned to head-quarters wit t sticking a spade. The Colonel met hi d expressed surprise that he had so soi rformed his task. Beauregard replied th had not touched it. The Colonel, with t! tonishment military men feel in heari ir orders have not been obeyed, inquir reason. He was soon iiformed of it. I s incredulous-" the ground had been e ined'-" the recoanoisance was perfect The young Lieutenant was satisfie wever, that the reconnoisance of his o ief had not been made like his, "from i a trec.3 The Colonel, like a sensible ma neluded to make another examination-t in was changed in accordance 01h t] ung Lieutenant's views. The wt.:k do: im these trencbes.is a matter of 1. story t its pages no whei- inform us to- hom t] dit is due. Our. second- ineident oceurred -.fore t y of .1exico. A night or two before.the attalrl a couni war was held. TI.ierd were apiembled j L bi, ilk "- (n-ow) Lietit. Gener hprae.h "i. ., down flit otn f itioti. h'li') - e, had spoken, aud all e - -%Vs. The silent one das Beaurngad. t Gen. Pierce crossed over and said, " Y ve nut expressed an opition." " I ba' e i en called otn," said Beauregard. " Yi aill be, however," said Pierce; and soon i mitng his seat, atnoiced that Lieut. Ben ard La I not giv -n lis opinion. Being t I lied out, lie reni.arked, tlat if' the plan whii d received the as..eit of all but the cot inding (eneral was carried into effect, >uldl prove disastrous. It would be anoth tiruibuso all'air. Ile then detailed the C tions to it at length-and taking up t' wr, urged the rea.omns in its favor wi till earne-stnes. The Council revels air decision. Th'le City of .\b-xic~o wase *ed accordinig the plan urgedi by the youl eut ena t ; andl it wotuld seem thast his re is influe:teed thle decision. A few days 'wardb General Sco.tt, in the presence of ttber of gene'ral filieers, alludeJ to Liei mure'gar l's opini n at the Councnil, and sqtueneci s whiebf had t'ollowedl from it. We re'fer our reade'r< for farther infotmati< this point to "1'Te Li tiand Correspotnden Jolhn A. Qittman, page :0i. Some justice has beeni done to Beaurega the histories of the Mexican war-but in-om/eensswe have been reminded -ront's satire on iniilitary glory :" To be ah ad on the battle field, and have your nat sselt int the G'a:e/e.'' Thfe position noaw so promtptly assigned m. Beaure~gard is a just tribute to his wort is a great satisfitetionm to our peopale th~ ctnmy cani brinig no talenit against i-we catinot matchl with its equal in c utern landl ;ail amongst till thme brig~ lax, no one coutld lie more acceptable th. r native brn Louisianaa B)eauregard .-Ch: t i Mercury. Ai Nowrtin:as~ Cm~.un~t As's Or'iito.-V ently itotiicd amotng the late publicatioli bok entitled 4 Aitericati Slavery Juis J" by ll~ev. Dr. Seabuiry, of New York. After a close atid critical investigationi ini tory, law, thie priticiples of justice, and t i ptures, lie is led to " regard the slave ist ing in the Sotuthiern States as restinig itract, andtt to regard the relation of' nit -andl slavem as tno cautse of' shiame orr ach, bitt as enttitled to rispect, both ne and abramd. becatise legitimate, not c by the law of' t he piarticutlart States whi hold it, amid by the Conistittution of the Ui States' whtich gutaranltees its protectio t. also by the ptriuciples of utniversal ju e ; that is, by the Law of God."-Southei ristiant Advocate. Strolling leisurely about L-iele Satm'st pmyard, in Wmashington, the uther day, served a regular hard-weather sailor ch, m a mant-o' war, who, ini tutrn, was wate two meni drag a seven foot cross-cut sa -onghl a huge live oak log. The saw w 1, the log terrible hard, anid there th< ut, seesaw, puill, push51, putsh, ptulh. Jac died the niatter over a while, until lie can the conclusioti theiy were piulling to see w uld get theo saw ; and as one was a mow ous big chap, while the other was a litt low, Jacek decidedi to see fair play ; so ta ;the big one a clip uinder the car, that cai ed hm,, end over cnd, lie jerked the si t of the log, anid giving it to the smiall on g out, " Now you run, you btugger."' Woen amre said to have stroniger attae m;ts thtatnimen. It is tnot sio. St retngth .achmten I is evincted in little thintgs. A to often attached to an old liat ; but did yt er know of' a womtan having an attachme~ .an old bonni.? ' Flag Presentation. ce~ At the recent presentation of I flag, il tu Charleston, to Col. Pettigrew's regiment, w find the following interesting addresses. Tha -a. of Governor Pickens is important, as it dis ed closes the true and dilicult position of th Di- Governor at this critical time. It should b to copied extentively: ,e- Governor Pickens then advanced, and wa at greeted with cheer upon cheer, and when th n- enthusiastic applause had somewhat subsided ed the Governor spoke as follows: n- SOuLIs: I cou'd not refrain from sayini to you, on this occasion, that in the name v South Carolina, I return you my sincer ra, thanks for the very gallant and brave naunne re- in which you have executed every order tha to has been addressed to your very gallan -0 Colonel. To I came here a stranger to a certain extent ad as to individual men. It is well known tha he 1I had to encounter many difliculties, and i a great deal of confusion, and I assure you tha he I never, on any occasion in my life, met wit] is- more gallant, more prompt, and more soldier as. like conduct than has been exhibited by ever, r's part of this regiment called into service. a I have often, in late years, seen large bodie ed of well drilled and well disciplined troops. h- have seen between forty thousand and eight, m thousand men pass in review, and I can truth )n fully and sincerely say, that I have never sec at .any body of more soldier-like appearance, o e with a more thorough discipline than thes4 ig . rave, free and independent soldiers upoi ad . hich South Carolina relies in this, her da, le of trial. x. I remember when the sudden move wai 1," made from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, un d, der very peculiar and exciting circumstances Id :1 immediately asked who I could rely upon ip where I could get a man to execute order n, 'that might be full of perils and dangers be Your gallant Colonel was immediately point e ed out to me by acclammation, as the mat ae fitted for the occ'asion. I shall never forge that morning. I called him to me, and said ae Colonel, I want two hundred picked mer -for a perilous undertaking." It was then saii be there was danger, for these forti were said t< be mined, which might be sprung at any mo !il ient, and thatthey were full of danger. I asket LI 'him: "Are you ready T' lie was off befori 'al -1 could hardly give another direction, instant Ie. y, to do his work. (Enthusiastic cheering.) "'---- how it was executed. - 1ay, that whl-r su charge his duty, no. o in his path. his fine and noble . u Regiment promptly responded to the call. 'e. I take this occasion to return the thanks o, u. the State for the very gallant and precist n manner in which -every order was executed sh and every call responded to, by both regi n- meints. it I trust in God that you will not be callec er on for anything tore serious in its consequen b cas than th. se events whihel voul hrve so re e catly encountered. It may be that the coun th , cils of wisdom and of prudence and of inter :d est, may prevail. It may be that we can pas n. through our crisis withou-. an appeal to arms g and the shedding of blood. 1 trust in Gut a. that the country has so far progressed in gen f. eral intelligence and general civilization, ai a to be able to, pass thr.,ugh aud vindicate tri t. mplhantly our rights and ininependence with ie out bloodshecd. But it; on the contrary, man ambitioni prevails, or still biser, madder fa m naticism, it umay be the r.ave se, and youi may c at any omoment, be called upon not only ti sihed youir own blood, buit to drench tb rd land in blood, in defeunce of your chartere in, rights trauntitted fromi a gallant, gloriou of antcestry. ot. It is in no idle manner that I here say, le ue what will come, I may rely with pe~rfect eunfi dence on the brave and true men before nie to If that dreadful day does cotme (which oma: h God in his mercy avert,) and we have. t at comae to the worst, I know that theme lives not unor breathes upon the face of the earth, ur braver or truer :ran upn whoam to rely thai ht your noble Colonel, or a miore brave and sul dier-like regiment to execute hi4 orders uipot rthe field of battle or elsewhere, than thou' before me. Yes, sold:ers, I rejoice I see you what I de eon this occasion, because we are just at e' ritical point in our affairs. A few more day: twill decide the fate of this country, and if w are driven to the contest, I here frankly sa; to that the only way to guarantee the peinee anm eC freedom of this Southern Confederacy is t< rorganize itmmedmately a large and ellicient ar "my, to occupy the tieldi with brave men and s- brave officers, and show to the world that wn '- have not only the spirit to assert and defem, at otir independence, but we hatve the means anm "' time soldiers to maintain it Upon every battl P field they umay tender to ums. " This is the true and only way ini which thn " permanent peace and safety of this countr; can be secured. You have done it before, an< acan do it again. We ask no favors ; we sin cerely desire peace. .We hope that those-in gterests of commerce and trade, so closel' re identified with our own, and those productioni pwhich we peculiarly produce, and which th, h world peculiarly detmands, will perhaps gumar w~ antee our peace. We trust too, that the pea Sp'e of the United States have so far prgrs ed in intel ligence atnd civilization that the2 k will be able to avoid the last resurt, to savi ethis counmtry by anm appeal to armas and thn Sblood-shedding, which has heeni so often ap . peated to by thme Euro peani pleI int theii 1e rerolutions, which have led to independence k. But if we are tmistakeni in this. I trust that p.each freeman will be able to discharge hi . duty fearlessly, fait~hfully atnd bravely, let th, , consequtences lbe what they lay. Turning to Col. Pettigrew, the Governo said: h-. I rejoice through you, Colonel, to retort of my thanks to the people of Charleston and int the soldliers of Charleston, for the nob,!c ant a patriotic manner in which they have sustained tnt this cotuntry and this State, under the mzost t...:ng circumsannces thany pneonpnle we ever called upii to encounter. We have oc cupied the van of States in this march to inde a pendence, and we had to encounter, of courne t great difliculty and great censure ; but, under . all these trying circumstances, I have never made an appeal to the patriotism or spirit of a the country that has nut been cheerfully re sponded to. And I now take occasion to say, that although South Carolina asks no favors, nor seeks to avoid any responsibility, yet, as far as I am concerned, neither the internal pre.sure arising from over.heated zeal or en thusiastic patriotism on the one side, nor f bullying threats nor denunciations frot abroad, shall ever drive me from the direct r path of independence and duty to my coun t try. While I shall endeavor to avoid both t extremes, I trust I shall be able to do what is right, without regard to consequences. Here is South Carolina on this day, repre t sented by as brave and gallant men as ever shed their blood upon the gallant battle-fieldd t of the past. There she is, (pointing to the I arms on the flag,) thank God, waving in the view of the brave soldiery, and if it should ever be unfolded on the perilous ridge of bat tie, the swords of the brave around it will I flash and gleam as high as they ever did in our brightest days of glory. There South Carolina stands on the outer battlements of our country's defence, encased in mail armor, I with her lance couched and not a feather quivering in her plume. Whatever may come, I trust we will meet the consequences. not as hired soldiery, but as freemen and as an in dependent soldiery ; as the representatives of the country, and of the peace and freedom of I our institutions, which, I trust, will ever be maintained under all circumbtances and at every hazard. At the conclusion of the Governor's re imarks, Col. Pettigrew proposed three more cheers for the Governor and Commander-in. Chief of the State of South Carolina, which were given with a will. Debate in the United States Senate. O the 7th inst., in the United States Sen ate, a spirited debate sprung up botween Senators WIGFALL, DOUGLASS and others whik-t the Inaugural address of Lincoln was under con-ideration. We herewith annex the remarks of Messrs. WIIFALL and DouG LASS, to which we invite the attention of our readers: 1FE.iLen oF MR. WIGFAL.L. OF TEXAS. Mr. Wigfall said that as Mr. Doug'ai yes --+ - rlmion of the give pau.. -- seven Stes have withdrawn troin w. % un, entered into a compact, and established a givernnent. Though the fact-is not offici ally announced the whole country knew that the Representatives of the Southern Confed erition are now here, prepared to be received at this Court. Waiving all questions of reg ularity as to the existence of their govern ment, they are here to enter into a treaty wi:h the Federal Government, and the mat ters in controversy must be settled either by treaty or by the sword. It is easy to talk about enforcing the laws and holding and oc cupyinig and posse'.sing the forts. W~hen you colme to this, bayonets and not words must .settle the question, and he would here say that Forts Pickens and Sumter ceenot be I held much longer. The present Administra tion will soo'n be forced to construe the inaug ural. Foirts Moultrie and Johnson and Cas ,tle Pinackn:ey are in the possession of the Con .federate States, but the Confederate States iwill not leave Fort Sumter in the possession of the Federal Government. In reply to Mr. D)anglas, lhe [Wi;;fall] denied that the Union Sas it was formerly, now exists leg-ally and -cntstititionally. Thle evil is upon us; the .disease is seated. A blue pill at night and a cup of cutfee net tiorning may relieve the liver, bunt when the disease is on you, blister ing and Ijloodlettinig is sometimes necessary; and when the patient dies it is necessary to ha've a cotlin, very deep, a funeral service, anld things of that sort. As he said the uther night, the only quuestion is, whether there shall be a decent, quiet funeral, after the Protestant fashion, or an irish wake. The plUnion is dead, and has to be buried. If you want a Protestant fuueral you call have it ; if not, you can have an Irish wake. Mr. Wigfnll proceedcd to speak of the difficulty of enforcing the revenue laws, adding that "troubles as to this will environ you all around." hand you not better deal with this qu.-stioni plractically ? Unfortuntate.ly Mr. Lmn. coIn will have but a brief period during which to decide the question. if he_ supposes the remforcemen~tt of Fort Sumlter will lead to peace, lie can make the <;xpeieniit, and so as to recapturing Fort Moultrie. If he should not remtove thte troops f rom~ Fort Sumter, they will be removed for him. The adoption of ,the Crittenden comnpronmise proposit1on might have adjusted the dificultie' of the country, but it only received nine~teen votes in the -enate. Thle Senator from illinois [D~ouglas] hitt said that " war cannot preserve the Union." The Union, however, is dissolved. Seven Southern States have formted a Con federation, and to tell, as the President has done, that their acts of secessionl are no more than pieces of blank paper, is an inisult. Hie repeated, there is no Union left. The sece ded States will never, surely, conme back. Thiey will not now come back under any cir cuistances. They will not live under this Administratiotn. Withdraw your troops then, make no attempt to collect tribute, and enter into a treaty with those States. Do this and you will have peace. Send your flag of thirty four stars thithet and it will be fired into and war will ensue. Will you divide the public prpery and tmake a fair assessment of the public debt, or will you sit stuptidly and idly doing nothing unitil there shall be a conihet of arm.', " because you cianot comtpromnise with traitors ?" Let the remaining States re formi their Governiment, and if it is accepta ble the Southern Confederacy will enter into you want pearo you shall have it; if you want war you shall have it. The time fur plat form.s and deiagogeism is past. Treat witli the Confederate States as independent ald you can have peace. Treat them as Statel of this Union and you will have war. Mr Lincoln has to remove the troops from Fort# Pickens and Sumter, or they will be removed for him. le has to collect the revenue a Charleston, Savannah and New Orleans, o it will be collected for him. If he attempti to colh:et the revenue, resi-tance will be imade, It is uoeless to blind your eyes. No cuinpro mile or amendment to the Coubtitutiun, nc arrangement you may enter into will MtisfJ the South, unless you recognize laves as pr. perty. These States withdrew front he Unior because their property was not protected. The Republicans have preserved an ominouf silence on the subject of the inaugural. The speech of the Senator from Illinois [Douglas] was calculated to produce an impression thai Mr. Lincoln will do nothing. But the " mu. terly inactivity " policy cannot prevail. Ac. tion! action! action! us the great Athenian orator said, is now necessary. You cannot longer serve God and Mammuon. You must answer quickly the question, " under which King, Bezonian ?1" You must withbraw your flag from our country, and allow us to have ours, and enter into a treaty with us. Do this, or make up your minds for war ia the sternest aspect, and with all its accumulated horrors. REJOlNDER OF SENATOR DOUGLAS. Mr. Douglas repeated what he said yester day; that he had carefully analized Mr. Lin coln's inaugural for the purpose of ascertain ing distinctly and certainly what was to be the policy of the new Administration, and he caine to the conclusion that it was the wish and purpose of the President to pursue a peaceful policy and to avoid war. He was rejoiced to be able to arrive at that conclu sion. This was the whole substance of what he said yesterday, or desired to say. The Senator from Texas thought that the expres sion of the opinion or conclusion was calcu lated to have a bad effect on the country, but it struck him [Douglas] if the country rest secure in the belief that they are to have peaco, no oivil war, no armies mustered into conflict, it would have a happy effect. He was sure that every man who loved this glo-' rious Union-fur it was glorious, and even dearer to hiu now than ever before-that every man who loved his kind and was proud of being an American-ought to rejoice in vaIce Lua, sney could take their choice between peace and war, and that he did not care, but he [Douglas] cared. Therein con sisted the difference between the Senator and himself. Becau.se he was debireus of peace, he was anxious to anc.rtain what was to be the policy of the new Administration. le had arrived at his conclusion candidly and fairly, and had expressed his gratification at the result. It he had arrived at the conclu sion that the inaugural meant war, he would have denounceed it. IIe was with the Presi dent as fir as' the President was for peace, a- d would be against him when he departed from this line of policy. The Senator from Texas was right when he said words will not answer much longer. We may as well look at the facts ini the ca2. Ito feared that Forts P'ickens and Sumter could not remain in poa .'essi..n of the Federal Government much tlonpgr. Th~ere wa< a time when Fort Sumter could have been reinforced, ie believed i: could not be reinforced now without the use of at least 10,000 men by land and sea. There were but few men to serve the guns who would soon be exhairsted-and they had nut breadl and salt enougnh to last for thirty daty,. There must be prompt action in the .lirect ion of peace. llow shouldl it be done '? Ilie thought the President must mean peace. as it was' time for Gonagres, to be in seson. and two hundred thous~nd men in the field, ,ind that arrangements were made for war. If peace, we can all rejoice; but if war, he could not contemplate or predict what will he the state of the country. The Senator from Texas said he remained here because his name continues to be called, hut, according to his own doctrine, he is a foreigner. hIs iections were with his own country, while his [Douglas'j were with his own. wHj Y tR. WIGFA LL RE31A1I.. Mr. Wigfall expl.dined why he remained here wasi, that he had no oflicial information that Texas has abolished the office of United States Senator. When he should be so no tified, he would fille notice of his withdrawal at the desk, and if after being so informed his name should continue to be called, he should answer to it if it suited his convenience, and if called upon to vote he would probably give his reasons for voting, and regard this as a very respectable public meeting. As the Sen ator fronm Illinois seemed to be speaking for the Administration, and a-i "masterly inac tivity "would not do, he would ask whether the Senator would advise the withdrawal of the federal flag from the borders of the Con federate States, and that no effort be made to levy tribute on foreign goods?7 Mr. Douglas r'eplied that he was no part of ~the Administration and therefore could not speak for it, although he hoped he spoke the same sentiments which animate it on this sub ject. Yet, while he wvas not in its counsels or confidenace, he could not tender it his ad vice until it was asked for. (Suppressed ap plause in the galleries.) Whenever the ad ministration wanted the advice of the Senate, it would doubtless ask for it. Ie [Douglas] did not choose to proclaim what his policy would be in view of the fact that the Senator fronm Texas did not regard Linmcoln as the guardian of his section of country. It would hardly be the part of wisdom to state what his policy might be to one who may so soon be in th~e councils of the enemy and comman der of an army. THlE DOUGLAS SPEEcH AT NORFOLK. Mr. Wigfsll [internosingj said that the San ator from Illinois made a speech at Norfolk last autumn,in which it was reported that he remarked that lie would hang a good many people of the South. As the administration may be acti-g on this principle, and as he [Wigfall] did not believe that the found, gen. uine, simon pure, Constitution h,vIng and Conltitution understanding people of the South sympathize with any hiuch sentimcnt, and as " masterly inactivity " 'will not d", lie trit.-d that the Senator from Illinois would give thei a new reveaItion. The revels:i..n on Mount Sinai, amid the mnutterinzg .4 ti n der andl the flahing of lightning. rec. gnized slavery. (The chair made a remark having refereLce to slight disorder in the galleries.] Mr. Wigfall remarked : You will be fo.rtu. nate if the galleries do not clear the Senate before long, and this is one thing which re. conciles me to a change of the government. Would t'.e Senator from Illinois support the admiinistration in withdrawing the federal troops from Forts Sumter and Pickens? It would, no doubt, strengthen the backbone of the administration. Mr. Douglas. As to withdrawing the troops and arvi.iing the Presideut whut to do.. I should have t.o hesitation in answering, if the Senator from Texas, like nself, felt jiuself bound to support the Constitution and pro tect and defend the honor of the country, in stead of wishing to become possess-d of -in formation which mnight be used against uv. As to my November speech, I see no reason to change or modify any sentiment expressed. I believed then, :s I do now, that I expressed the sound constitutional principles on which alone the Government can exist. As to hanging the Senator, he is under some mis apprehension, or his mind seems of a ebar aeter which magnifies one man to two men. I only spoke of hanging one person, and that in a certain contingency, and I did say that if Lincoln should be elected President according to the constitutional forms, he must be inaugurated, and under my constitutional duty I would sustain him in the exercise of all legitimate duties of the station. I then said if after he was elected, he. should vio late the laws of the country, and conrin t. crimes against the laws of the land, I would be for punishing him according to the laws ; and if it was the penalty under the Constitu tion to hang him, he would hang him higher than Haman. I would have said the samo thing of any other man who might thus aLuse the trust reposed in him by the American itn. uuji5w. I Deg pardon. The speech was reported in the Norfolk papers. I said no such thing. The alteration was made for partisan purposes at a dietance'from where the speech was made. I am certain there was no such report uitil I saw the perverted extracts from the speech. But I will not en. ter into any controversy as to the Norfolk <peech, nor with regard to the late canvass. I have long since repeateIly said, " lot by. "nes be by-gones.." I am only looking to i).e ine of po'licy t. s'-ve the country frcon, civil .var atnd confilet, and I amn pressing on both sides of the chamber and on the Executive and on every citizetn whose lheart atnd mind I catn reacha, the pur.4uit of such a paci~e policy acs w Il arrest any further destruction of the .iovernnmnt, and pirevcent civil war, and 'ead to a re~uion e'en of those States which have withdrawn fta~m the Union. Mr. Wigfall was hziapy that the Senator was willing to let " by-gones be by-gones," of whlich the Norfolk .speech was one. Hie was willing to nmeet thme Senator as. to the future. Mr. Douglas replied that he had no other m:>tive than to deal with the future without -riuuination or recrimination as to the past. For the future lhe advocates a pacific policy. Mr. Wigfall. .\ll I wanted to say was, that I .il not desire the. Texas should be put in1 lhe false ps(Iwition of making a war, wI. an she za not doing it. B3a, Guts.-Two large Columnbiads passed throaugh onr city on last Friday. They were co asignede to Goav. A. 11. Moore, M.umrgem, r.. Ala. Also, a large lot of halls. Shell and -,oiwder accomaapanaied thbe guns. They weigh. :d1 sixteetn thousand poutnds apiece. They were, itn fact, the strongest "persuaders" tl.at we have ever seen, and, in the hands of Jletf. Davis, they will he such an argument lgaainst coercion that Mr. Lincoln and his lfack Republican minions will be likely to a spect, itf theyv are so lost to all sense of jus tie and equality as to attempt such meas ares oft oppres5sioni on a free and indepen. lentt people-a peole who know their rights, -and knowing, dare defend them against at ntks from atny and every quarter. We hope that our Southern neighbors will not be b'ronehit to the necessity of protecting their liberties by force of arms, but if they are, Southtern blood has never yet proved itself recreant to the duty of defi nding its honor or its libeurties, whether the contest came off in council chiamber or tented fi-Id, and we hare tno fears as to the result, if blood aloue will satisfy the appetite of the vampyre of aboli. tionism.-Knoxville Register. -- -. I - WhA-r is " Cat. TRaTarENT TO A WF7 -In a late case at the Macon term, the Su preme Court had before it the question of the onastruction of the words "eue treatment," as applied in our divot ce laws to the con Icet of the husband toward the wife. It made a decision which is an honor to itself and a triTbute to the civilization of the age. The Court held that, personal vilence was not ne essary to constitute cruel treatment, but that the cruel treatment must be considered by the jury, and it was the province of the jury to determine whether under the circumstan ces of -the case a total or partial divorce should be granted. If the Supreme Court of Georgia had no other claim to the public respet and grati tude, this decision alotie should endear it to the hearts of every honest family in the lanad. .-aannah lRepablican.