respondent* of the Charleston Mercury. Washington, Fob. 2, 1852. The grasp of the Kossuth grippe has choked off Tour correspondence for a short time pest, which, having relaxed its hold, attowa the continuance of that communion with your readers. The gap,howovcr,ha3 b?en by no means an important one, for nothing of much interest has transpired in the interval. The letter writers here, many of them, from ling habit, have learned to spin out very long yarns obout the most triding1 matters, and most vague rumors, to supply the usual quota of letters; for to vary a line of Byron's, "A letter is a letter although there's nothing in it." The diurnal labors of the two Houses have not consumed on an averago more than throe hours respectively, if so much, and speech-making, and sparring about resolutions, takes up much of that small allowance of time devoted to the public service. This Congress, however, has tho credit of good intentions in the matter of work, and when tho Committees have had time to carvo out that work which is lying in a rough shape before thom, an opportunity of forming a proper judgmont will be afforded. Thus far no great deal has been done, though some little headway has been made. Tho multitude of claimants here is very great.? Some preferring private claims, otlicrs eager to obtain aid from the Government in tho prosecution of some scheme, by which they claim to promote public and private interest. The Collins lino of steamers lias its busy agents nnd strikers, pressing on Congress tho necessity and propriety of further appropriations to aid it in breaking down the Cunard competition?nnd various other steam projects contended to opon communication with China, the Sandwich Islands, and innumerable other points, are either before Congress, or concocting. All of these projectors and applicants appear to think that the nublic treasure U suflTor. ing under a Plethora, which it is a matter of pure necessity immediately to subdue by very large depletion. There are so many new men in the present House, that the old hands at the "Jobbying" business (which Is almost the trade here,) have to commence their operations anew in first getting acquaintance and then exerting innuence. It does not follow by any means j that the intrinsic merits of any particular I case will always insure it a priority either in the calender or in the House, for management docs much in these matters, even without the employment of undue means. Hence it is that so many claims, the justice of which is indisputable, have been kept suspended in Congress year after year, while others passed through promptly. A knowledge of this fact, derived from dear bought experience, has brought into existence what may be regarded as a new profession?the Claim Agents who constitute a very numerous and a very busy class of outside members of Congress, their attendance being more punctual, and probably as well paid for as that of the re- I gularly elected members of that body. The political world here is still quiet.? ! All the Presidential aspirants and their j friends are keeping a wary and watchful ^ - * eye H*uc rivals and opponents. ^Each .^r "" roars to show hand first, Ut waits for further developments, as indicateil in the movements of the people in tlieir out me." Well, by this time she was very tired, her wings hung dripping at her back, wet indeed?but there was no help for it, and leaning on her sliver wand, site limped off to the Violet; and the darling little flower with its blue eye, that's as dear as a kitten's, saw her coming, and never a word she spoke, but opened her brood green leaves nnd took the wild wandering little creature to her bosom^ind dried her wings, and then breathed her sweetest perfumes over her, and sheltered her until the storm was clean gone. Then the humble Violet snokp. and tuiul 44 Kmrv On/v>n !? 5- 4? -1 t ??J ? "lm J IV w i/uu to flirt with manv, for tho love of one tme heart is enough for earthly woman or fairy spirit; the old love is better than the gay | complement of a world of flowers, for it will last when the others fade away." And the fairy knew that it was true, and she contented herself ever after, and made her downy power under the wide spreading Violet leaves, that sheltered her from the rude winter's wind and the hot summer's sun, and to this very day the Fairies love the- Violet beds. Another Revolutionary Soldier Dead.?Mr. John Funderbunk, a Revolutionary soldier died in this oounty, says the Rome Southerner, on the lath tJ Jan. nary last, in the 04th year of hw age.? Mr. Funderburk ww a native of South Carolina, and came to this country several fears ago, training a great deal of the vigor of manhood up to the time almost of lis death, being able to ride erect and read without glasses. A Tea ttwiannx.?-A baa of tea recent, ly pnrnhaaed a* aactiofl In New York, was | was opeaed at Leviavflle a few days ago aad ' brand to be ftUed with viae hulls and parti- | eles of burnt elay. The box fVeas every ap? ' pearanee, H is atated, has not bet* Mill! 1 since it left China, aad the fnmd was doubt. ' less committed by the Celestials. i Coct?ponAmoe of the Ledger. Grassy, Cues, Yunyon Kounty, ) Nonr Fkhlinar. j Dear Kuzen Stukely:? Sens yu went to Gorgy, yu don't no wha n fine place Munro in got to be. Thar in; heap of nu houzes maid thar lately. Th very spot wher Dr. MeC. .. yuaed to kill a many big turkiea, and whar Uncle Jerr; killed them blue bucks, ia got to be a righ smart town, and lookafuat rate. Thejale i a fine brick bildin', three stories high, am thnr's alters somebody In it. Meeater Hart' big house aint done yet: but he's got a steer mill that knocks a log into saw-dust quickc! and grinds 5} minutes into a bushel of men directly. It dus. Bill I'm tru'ino trt f?ll vn? I ia nf \C.w-to Major Kuvent iu's fine house, which I rekko looks liko n king's house, for I never so? any thiug liko It afore, nor sens, nor yu ne< thor. I cum in town wun day, thnt is Mur row, I did, nnd I looked down the strot tourds Kurnel Brume's Trott place, and sic a big white house was shinin thar; the Jor gladdy! 1 had'nt bin in town for 6 muna afore, I had'nt, nnd I was kprized to see th.i pallis looking place, I war, standing unde that apple tree afore Mr. Hcwy Hewsting' house, and I seed tha Major coming froi the court house, nnd I ses, " Major, kin body the like ov me go and see that fin house of yourn that shines so purty nn white f And thcnlcotched hold of m britclios, and looked at my fut to seo if 1 war fit to go in a fine place like thnt. Th Major ses, (for he is a a mighty cleacr mat ho is.) "Oh, yes, certainly. I'm gwinc hui now, will yer go along T" ses he. It w? about 10 or clock, and thinks I, a body ki look at it afore 12; so down I goes with th Major, I dus. And as wc went along, th Major looked at the strcte leadin' to th kort house frum hissen, nnd ho ses, ses h< that whar nn ugly place that he wonted t improve, nnd sieh a pile of broken bricks nn wun thing nor another as had been haulc thar to pile up. Ses I, " Major, you don pin yourself down to yer own house and lo but you're tryin to help the whole town, yc is !" Well, ses the Major, (for he is a ver modest man, he is,) "this strete, when mad good, is a finish to the whole view." An we went along till we got to the gate, an the Major put his finger on a trigger lookin thing, whack it went, nud the gnto fllei open, and in wo go; wc dus. We went o whar the (lower garden is to be w hen he ready to the house, and I looked up to th shed, and thar the ruf looked like ...... - - -ft nrd with white ribs across it, sich aw Aur llnklab yused to make on Christinas for th yung wnns. Tlie Major se? this is th Vernndinah where ono may sit in the heat c the. day and cool hiaself; and I swar it lool ed like a Dinah had bin a hold on it; ever thing was cut in a sort ov net work, out c wood, the posts war teetootally cheekere all over from head to foot; and then we wei to unother Pizarro looking place, tb?r had Melt floor, and flu post* wen* sot on roe pedisilh-s, and on wun pose thnr war a doubl hook. I axd the Major what it war for. 11 sed it was for hanging his coat when his bo brushed it; and I thought it wbs a fust rat place to hang his boy and bruah him, ef h did'nt do jist rite, I did. We did'nt go i the honse yit, but we goes to tho garde gate, and then I axes about the gardin. Tli Major then showed how tho gardin was t be fixed, for it was'nt yit done, they coodi du every thing that's to be dun in a year^in then I'll rite again, I will. A wide walk I to be cut across both ways, and in the ink die will be a beautiful summer house, wit purty shrubs all round it, and on the fur aid from the house thar will be a "Tarboro. (arbor,) with grape vines ail over it- W tiicn left tho gardin and goes round the hou* tourds the cook house; thnr I saw in on corner of the yurd a nice lookin pump jut finished, and I thought tho water must b good for it looked so nice; and thar was feller named Hollymnn diggin up stumps, swar, when I looked at the house, nnd the looked at the Major, and next at the ma diggin at his stumps, I thought how Co Hampton yuitod to dig stumps. Col. Hamp ton U a mighty rich man they xay, and th Major's rich too, ho is. After looking at th yard, we sot down on the back Pizarro, am a little yellow boy cum and got the paper and letters, for it was mail day at Monroe, i was- When the little boy went into th? house he told his missns that we war thai and then he opnecd the door, then the Ms jor ris' and sea, "lets go in," so in we goes and the fust person I seed was the Major*) wife, a nice woman she Is. She says, "Gooc mornin, Mr. Storrins," and scs I, wgoo< mornin," and hung down my hod, and kep rite on arter the Major until he got in a little room whar thar was a fire, and thar wi warmed a while. We sot by the fire a little asd then he ris, and sea he, 14 Now I'll show ycrthc house;" for I told tho Major,! heart twas a fine house, tad I wanted him to show me all about it, I did, so I could rite to yov in Gorgy. We cum out of the little room whar th< family staid, into another room whar thai war Dig uiDieft ana a cupboara in me wall full of glaaa, crokery* ware and ciuutey ware and fine thing* as ever you aeed in Gorgy 01 any where. It waa no more like Ant HaL dy's cupboard than a chicken coop ia like Mr. President Polk's fine carriage. Th? Major aed that was the dining rune?now mind thar*a a room in this house for ever) thing, one for eating, one for acttfa, and om for company and sich like. We then went into another whar the stairs war; this the) call the "Bostivule," which sans the plae? whar yen cum fan the house at, I spoae, tot thar war a deer on every aide aada stall ease, and the flora and stairs ware kivered with a painted truck called lis cloth. TIm door next town ia madr of yellow giaai cut in diwona. Ho eatehed hold ovahandU about as Mg as a. simblin and opened Um isoc into the Vtiranrilaah; and at one aids ol the dore thar woe another ahnbttn iaahis| handle; the Major gfaa it ajurk, and away hi the house madlkhi went jbgl*,#ngla. Thai now, aea I, yer'oe dun H, yer broke crockery a ware, yer is. "Oh, no," see the Major, "thai p wor a belt that poople ring when they cum." k I tell yer, Kuzen Stukely, you must'nt holier v nor nock neether when yu go to see this t house; jint pull that aimblin and it tells the v a nuso all over the house; and then a smart n 0 little sarvant cumes and looks at your feet t 9 and ef they are clone hell tell yer to walk in; t y buief they're mnddy, he'll say nothing, but fl t go back in the house, and leave yer thnr. So ( ft Vben you go y ou look on the end of the steps j, ^ and you'll see a thing made of iron to scrape c 8 yer feet on. t n We next went up stairs, and the stairs all the way up wns kivercd with that ile cloth I c j told yer ov. Thar war n heap of rooms up ^ stairs witli high beds, and purty quilts, and ^ purty curtains in the windoes, uid the flore ^ was kivered with a butiful ooppet. I could'nt ^ j tell yon haf I soed. A dore in the side of the t wall that led to.the "coop below" on tlio top of the house; but we did'nt go up thar, we * '* did'nt. We went down stairs into the Bcs? c ^ tivule, and then we goes into the room which . ^ I thought was tlie "Parley-voo" room, for ( niar wax no oca in it, nne goold. And the windor " e fixins was h<|il by a goold lookin thing * called corndishes. P 0 It was male day, r.s I sed afore, so I II seed enuf for this time. I bid the Major nnd P Ills lady good bye, and told cm I'd rite to n n you. . * J1 No mare till the next time. 0 IIOSHER STORRINS. c ? Mb. Buchakan's Letter?The follow. ^ 1 ing letter of Mr. Buchanan, was aent in re- ^ s ply to an invitation, extended to him, to be # t be present at the Mississippi Democratic f u Convention of the 8th of January. '? Wbcatlasd (near Lancaster,) n Dec. 34, 1851. si ' My Dear Sir: I am sorry I did not receive n | your letter etoncr. I might have then giv- ? en it the " oM fashioned democratic" answer k which ( ju dure, inn i am compelled to r< leave home fcatnediu tely ; and if 1 nhould not f< write at thsr present time, it will be too late n for the 8th of January. I mast, therefore be a brief. U My WihUfefffo liefore the country; and ' it is my pridi sever to have evaded nn impor- :: tant political question. The course of dem- * ocrsey is always straight ahead, and public men who determine to pursue it never in- al volve fharuwdHns in labyrinths, except when g they turn to the right or to the left from the tl plain, forwaid path. Madison's report and al Jefferson's Kentucky resolutions are the sa- a feet and aurtet guides to conduct a demo- p eratie admirfatrutlim of the federal govern- tl men! It is the true mission of democracy r to reatat eewtmlisui and the absorption of an- g constitutional powers by the Praeieent and Con grass The sovereignty of the States * and s devotion to their reserved rights, ean h alone praaaaua and perpetuate our happy sy?> al ina af GavMimtt The exewtaa of doubt- a ful and eueati iStive powers en the part of Congraan has prodneed all the dangsroua f exciting qnaatUne which have has perilled the h Union. , The iademl Govern meat, never eonflned s within He stciet eonetftutional limits, mnet a neeeamnily esquire mere and non influence C fhmugfr Km laaeraaaed and incraaaing ex pear- I dHnre of pnhHa money; and tenee *he gran- * tar ntanahf for pnbtie ceonoany and watah a fid r^hlia. Onreoustitntioo, when It pro- a res dad iro^t Km hands of Me ftainain, ?> n i I L I ' impie system; mid the more fry* (mW4exity it remains, the more powhrftfl^eab rfhetorily, and beneficially will it of?|to rithln its legitimate spare. It in centralization alone whiemll^QM anted the French people frea uitiAL!*"] permanent republican government, and entiled upon them so many misfortunes. Had he paovinces of Franee been converted into eparate territorial sovereignties like oui Itate governments, Paris would uo longel lave been France, and the revolution at th? apital would not have destroyed the fedent ire republic. Hnd tho principle* I have enumerated beer ibserved by the Federal Government and by he people of tho Bcveral States, wo should inve avoided the alarming questions which lavo arisen out of the institution of dome*' ic slavery. Tho people of each State would hen, to employ a homely but expressive thrnso, have attended to their own business ind not have interfered in the domestic con. erns of their sister States. But on tho mportnnt subject I have so fully presented ny views in the inclosed letter to tho greal nceting in Philadelphia, held in November 1850, that it would be useless to repent them iven if time would permit. James Buciiaxax. Geo. R. Fall, Esq. HTnnrnstrr Mgcr. Lniira*lcrvllle, 8. C. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1852 OUR PAPER. Wo this day commence the publication ol he Lancaster Ledoer, and, ns usual in inch cases, we will briefly state the position >ur Journal will occupy. This the people >f I.nnea8terno doubt expect of us; and this ve cheerfully and willingly do. The I?an:astf.r Ledger will be an indrjfndml pa>er, devoted to News, Commf.roe, Literature, die.; advocating all measures which ve conceive will be of benefit to the District lisclaiming all connection with any party >r clique?firmly and zealously devoting oui sncrgies to those matters which serve to pronote the welfare and happiness of our peo>!c. Several years ago, the two prominent poli ical parties of the State were Whig and Dcro>crat?now Secessionists and Co-operationsts. The former advocating the sepantt mtionality of South Carolina; the latter, in uise of u division of the Union, to hnvo the :o-opcRition of nil, or some of the slave-hold ng States. Besides these two groat parties v? have in the State, although in the minorty, the Union party, who ore opposed to s-cession under nny circumstances. believ ng our wrongs arc vs**gger.itod, that wt lave no enwj to complain of the Federal iovurnment, i^djlut we had better remain ? ww arc. Tlien, ngnin, we hare a party, though, we are glad to aay, their number is matt?) w ho are violent Secessionists; thoir reed is Secession under any circumstances; tiey way they aru tired of the Union, and ever mind what concesaions the Ucncrai Sovcniment might muke, they would rather ? out of the Union than in it?that once louth Carolina becomes n separate and inependent government, at one** tommriiin or prosperity, her greatness, rnd her power. i beautiful law of Political Economy is, that ecording to the supply of en article, so will e the demaud: and according to the labor 0 will bo tAe cost; thus, by a nice distribuon, each one who labors, never uiind what is labor may bo applied to, so will be bis ?muncration; directly us the remuneration 1 not sufficient for the labor, the laborer aeks some other branch of industry to sply his labor to. It is impossible for man to regulate the rico to be paid for the labor of n blacksmith, carpenter, or n field hand?it is also nburod that any man can say what the price f com will bo next year. No monopoly mi place a fixed price upon the productions f the earth. Now, we are inclined to think u?t so much that U said in relation to the ithdras-ing of 8outh Carolina from tho Inion, and ria rrrta, do*** but littlo good, nd ia productive of much harm. We ore n excitable people, nn hereditary gift derived om our Anglo-Saxon ancestors: and b tatters involving so much as this does, tiould be left to the calm, sober, reflecting lind, unaided by the excitable snstheman f hot-headed politicians. Our poopie now if they are wronged ? if they m>1 that they arc?seek redress, and if aatistction ia not given, then consider well the ext step. But this running blindly into any ourse which party spirit would induce others ?lead you into, is worse than foolish, and uch impetuosity ia always attended with Injury Patience is not an beatsion; enthusiasm ia not patriotism. It Is but right and proper that the people hould have all the information which can be iven b relation to our national matters? bis we will do. All the light we can give, kail be given. Nothing will be withheld rhksh ean in any way instruct our people b oliUcal affairs Prejudiced in favor of nettier party, we will carefully lay before our seders all matters pertaining to our Federal rievaneee, and let them Judge for t hemelves. If they believe it better to remain as re are, fearing we may make bed worse, so e It; if, on the other hand, thev And we hould nctdfl from the Union, then lot Una o jwfck Although the agitation which ha? existed or the put jrtar between the two pertire no now mtmtded, and although H ia the gen* ml epinion that the forthcoming Contention rill not recommend eeeeealon In dlroetoppo* ttloo to the declared voice of the people In httober loot, when the election hr nmhwre *g eeeitwtan; etiH, It la not onrpnrpoooto dvosate the peHey of either petty, and wa motion tide that In aana the Conventiea dene at*, nd mo fkStf . Morion, have much t? d?> besides to | gegiag tnft>litfc4 tho Novation of , that which leads to ohr *x d, piyaldst and r mora) ad varment, thouW bo our chief r thowffit. anflht us exemplify by our actions , that firmnJ^tvhleh is theb se of patriotism. No one loves lib native 'itnto more than we do. Bom and bred hi South Carolina, wo love and vonerato liertsoil, and all our I r efforts will be exerted to oroinoto tho welI faro of our country. If loreaftor?and by i so doing wo bellovo wo an doing what duty . prompts us to do?should to soo fit to dovntc I our energies to tho advmccment of an) ( cnusc, the people may rosVuwurod our energies will bo exerted to pomote the cause toe believe to be right. Ve are bound to no ( party, and whatever we dl will be done soloI ly from patriotic principle. We cannot clone l thin article without *avm|, wo do not believe any pure, patriotic citizt* desires to see this Union dissolved, if such rent can be avoided nnd our just rights hoc trod. These States aro linked together by to common tie. It was eleven years beforo the representatives from each of tho then thirteen States could mutually agree to throwoff tltc yoke of allegiance to the mother countryrand declare war against Groat Britain. 4^Vhen Thomas Jefferson had pr^tnred the IraB of the Declaration of Independcnco, anl when it was submitted to tho delegates frjm tho Statcs^very word was deeply thought over, and maturely considered. Tho mcmlc rs from the different colonial States we|e from three to four days attentively considtring this document p before signing it, and we should not forget that the member from South Carolina, Mr. Edward Rutlbdoe, refusod at first to vote for tho resolution declaring tho colonic* jn( dependent States. Can any ono attribute this backwardness to a want of patriotic principle! No; it was n subject of such vast importance that he did not like to assuine such a responsibility, nnd nt his request the question was postponed to the next day, ' beforo he would vote for it, which ho then did. We should not forget that our troubles then were great, the yoke was heavy indeed, no concessions were made, wo were slaves; ?nd, again,then- were thirteen States united. 1 his unity was waited for. patiently waited for. beforo action wns taken, and not until each State could act in concert with the other, was this important question decided. It was owing to these important facts, and our severe struggle afterwards, that induced George Wasiiisgtos to say in his List letter to his people: u The unity of government is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence ; the support of your tranquii lity at Uo^aaunD ?bro??i, ' union, thorcfors,jou should cherish a cordbl, habitual and immovable attachment, accustoming yourselves to think and apeak of Has of the palladium of your political safety nnd prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even u suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to nlicnato any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the altered tics which now link together tho various ports*" Disclaiming as we do any connection with nny psrty, our columns are open at all times to correspondents from either aide, and w? sincerely trust that whatever course our Stat# will ultimately pursue, will eventually tend to her benefit Our Term*. On the outside of our paper will be found our terms, prioea of subscription advertising Ac. In order that we might not bo misunderstood, we now state in a more eoinpreh'-nsivn manner the erodit nnd cash price of subserip tion. The prico if paid in advance for one year is Two Dollars, if three months intervene from tho time of subscribing, and not more than six, Two Dollars and fifty cents will be charged, and Throe Dollars at the end of tho year, or after tho expiration of six months. No paper will be sent out of tho limits of the State unless the price of subscription is paid first or soine person here takas tho responsibility npon himself, Although we are anxious to get as many subscribers as we can, still tho publishing of s newspaper requires no little outlay .and these terms will be strictly observed in every easeExchanges. In consequence of having no exchangee to select from, we trust our re-den wfl net consider this as a specimen of Uai Utw Led jfcr win nwiyi oe. We intend to give the In test newa nhsaya. Our paper ia printed on Wednesday night, after the arrival of the Charleston mail, and every effort will be made to make the lodger a paper worthy of the Diet riot that gave birth to the Hero of New Orleans. Advertisements. Attention ia direr ted to the advertisements of onr friend, J. A. llaeaaltlne, end aleo to those of Haanrltinedc. Hagion. Theae gentlemon have a tare* and well eefceUxl atook of all kind* of Groceries and Provisions. We apeak fross o?r own knowledge as to the selection, a* we have tiled a few. Mr. Crokett ndvertos a Garden Seeds sad , we would advise our Mends la the Dbtrftet to delay no ttmo to pwehsaing u H la time meat seeds should he pleated t The Blacksmith Mr. Beyd aivattleee we ?* teld Ism exeeUeat head. py A Haagarfsa oAreri**,.^ May tot* > ly killed hhaaelf si Cuanf li#(,pie hy tying s sheet aaeaad Me imSf mm setting it en flee. - Tb? HfiMnl IAI^ ; At the last Sea^&the I^fUUfc .4 ? 5 ,Uwwmpassed exempting from Wy andmk I the dwelling mod fifty mm of land of thr Hj debtor. TUe law to to go into eficcttho fret 9fl of next March, wo think, and doos not a&et H the citizens of a town or village, but merely ^Ej thoao of the country. Owing to U10 kind new of some of our friends here, we luive noticed gHj in many of our State papers loaned us, that they aro all mostly in favor of this law. From H the first we were opposed to it, and agree H with the Southern Patriot, of Greenville that it is one of the political quackarics of the Bj day. In fact, we look upon it as very much akin to the Bankrupt law enacteds few years fj|? since, and on aceonnt of' the itncon*litutie-na wish to jhm the Ledger on nny oae, but rtULwimhi ra?j n.lh.r ...ill. a(?MO)blttfromaa*fe