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Ikntjjs & Jfarts. j It is cot easy to straighten in the oak. the crook that grew in the sapling. The Washington correspondent of,' the Mew York Herald, says it may not be ' generally known?but such is the fact? that the United States possess a greater . number of effective cannon, of the latest con- , struction, than all Europe combined. i We have recently returned, says the ' Warrenton, X. C., Flag, from a short visit! to the Valley of Virginia, where from our ! own observation, and ail the information we could receive, the general aspect of the wheat crop is more unpromising than it has been for several years Mr. WiMiam >1. Burwell, a member ' of the Legislature of Virginia from Bedford county, late editor of the American Organ 1 at Washington, and the author of the Doted ! *- A vJo + lV-rrr, I ? I CI sCCULiLl i U Hie OkLUCilvni panviui VI l>55, is in favor of the election of 3Ir. , Luchanan. A Toronto writer says that iarge j quantities of wheat are still in the bands of the Upper Canada farmers, probably not j loss than 5,000,000 bushels. They have not had the good sense to sell when prices were the highest. The extent of land un- J dor crop is greater than at any previons | time. We regret to learn though the Caro- : lion Spartan that a serious difficulty occur- j red in Unionville on Saturday last. The ! learns that Dr. Sims, ofPinckney j Foriy, shot Lawrence Goss, hotel keeper, in ! the breast. Rumor, as usual, is contradic- j toi-y?one representing the wound as mortal, i and another account stating the injury as I slight. We hope the latter will prove cor- j ?vct. Ti:e Carolina Times has been shown [ a counterfeit note, of the denomination of | t_.i dollars, upon the Bank of Georgetown, ! South Carolina, purporting to have been issued July, 1S46, aud numbered 4475 D.? The note can be detected iu that it is a quarter of an inch too short, and the vignette, a female bust, is very poorly eDgraved. The signature of the President is well executed, but that of the Cashier betrays a trouiulousncss iu execution not visible in the genuine. At the ratification meeting in Washington on Wednesday, after other speakers : Hon. A. G. Brown, of Mississippi, next addressed the meeting. He pledged James Bitchaunan to sustain the rights of every j section of the Union. Within the last six ! days he had himself heard the illustrious candidate for the Presidency declare that if elected it should Ic his aim to crush out Abolitionism. [Cheers.] Iu conclusion, he pledged Mississippi to roll up a majority of j not less than 10,000 votes for the Democrat- j ic candidates. [Applause.] Washington, June 14.?Dr. String-1 fellow arrived here to-day direct from Kan-1 sas. He says the reports from there are j ; rrnii y exaggerated; that before he left, the ; Free irtato men, who were the principal agifcih.-r.*, were lcaviug in large numbers, and that peace and quiet would very soca he restored. lie o?ys, further, that there had beau .sonic disturbances, in which a few persons had been kiiicd, but that the repoiis of fierce conflicts, in which large parties were eugaged oa each side, were utterly untrue. He called on the President and narrated to him the existing state of things there. Dr. Stringfellow is of opiuion that they will settle their difficulties, provided they cau keep out the outsiders, who, the moment they come into the Territory, invariably create au excitement. A short visit into the country duriDg the past week, enabled uc; to form some idea of the prospect for crops in the sectious through which we passed. Owing to the backwardness of the spring, they are ecrtaiu- j ly a little later than u-uai, but both cotton and corn present a very healthy and vigorous appearance, aud seem to le in a lino growing condition. The late refreshing showers, where they have fallen, and the warm weather, arc operating finely upon all vegetation, and at this stage of the season, we do not think that farmers generally have any room to complain. The prospect for J an oat crop i* very good, and we believe j that fair crops of early wheat have been made. The rains we understand have rather partial, and some sections of our District are still needing it very' much.?Lir.cas ' ter Ledger. The "Washington correspondent of the New York Times sends the fol'owing despatch : "Secretary Marcy has formally signified to tho Danish Minister the purpose i the President, not to make a forcible resist;, uco to the collection of the Sound Dues, at Elsiuore, for ouc year fro a; the litli iust., thus virtually bequeathing this questiou to the next administration. .ucaiiiiuic the Dues will le paid under protest?never to be recovered, of course, by our merchants.'"' The Sound dues question is producing a great deal of discussion abroad. A letter from Berlin, iu the Manchester Guardian, says there is a strong party in Prussia which is desirous that the Government, instead of J i ibving tho example of Itussia, Sweden and Oldenburg, in regard to the capitalization of the sound dues, should adstain from auy present decision, and should eventually take the same Course as the United States. It is believed that Prussia will follow in the wake of Itussia. "Pop goes the Weasel," has become the chorus of a thousand snatches of song, but not one of a thonsaud who sins* it ever . ^ heard its origin. But its parentage is as easily traced as that of an English baronet. A famous Methodist preacher by the name of Craven, was once preaching in the lu-art of Virginia, and spoke as ibilows :? Hero are great many professors of religiou here to-day. You are sleak, fat, good-looking, yet something is the mailer with you. Now you have seen wheat wuic'i \v:?. plump, round and good-lookiug to the eye, but when you weighed it, you found that it only came to ?Wiy-uve or perhap3 forty-eight pounds to the bushel, when it should have been sixty or sixty-three pounds. Take a kernel of that wheat between your thumb and huger, hold it up, squeeze it, and?pop goes the weevil. Now, you good-louking professors of religion, you are plutr.p and round, but you only weigh some forty-five or forty-six pounds 10 the man. What is the matter? Ah 1 when you arc taken between the thumb of the law and the finger of the gospel, held up to the light and squeezed, out pops the whiskey bottio.*' Trout "pop goes the weevil"' to "pop goes the weasel" the transition is easy Oe$otfiM!le($ttptrcr! O (_<0 ' FT>ITEi> BY SAIvrL W. MELTON JOHN L MILLER, i i VORKViLLE, S. O. -t<K IHU23DAY MORNING, JUNE 56,1656COTTON BLOOMS. V.'e have ou our table a bloom taken from the , cotton-ficld of Mrs. Sailje Smith, near Smith's j Ford, in this District, on Saturday morning the j 21st. In this latitude, trhere xc hare just reco7? ! ered from the Winter freezings, we may talk of t this as the "nrst of the season." I " i OUR KANSAS COMPANY. we hate elsewhere published several letters, ; giving accounts of the progress of the York com- ; pany in Kansas. From these, which contain the i latest reliable accounts, it will be seen that the , ridiculous rumors in regard to the company, which for the past week or two hate been circulated in i ?r?A rttctri.** nrtirclr without foundation. This ! gcssippinghas originated at home, and is not only : false but. in vicvr of the unhappiness it must i bring to the relatives and friends of tiic young j men. is utterly mean and despicnble. Wc trust [ that sensible people trill r.ct aid in circulating i such idle and senseless talk. DILLOCK'S CREEK BRIDGE. If there is anything troll calculated to provoke one to jump out of the harness of civil society, and assert sundry natural right", it is the being compelled, r.sur.c voir.:, tc rumble, at a regular i break-neck venture, over a rickety, old, troin-out bridge. We performed this feat las: tveek, while travelling clcng the HcttoU's Ferry read, in the cicsc neighborhood of Eullcck's Creek. A more dilapidated, fearfully dangerous and reprehensible concern teas never stretched along a public highway; Do the Commissioners knotv that they are responsible for every neck broken in crossing \ that bridge t We must beg them and especially j the particular member rho has charges of the | Bullock's Creek Bridge, to see to it. The district ' pays handsomely aud readily for such improvements, and let's have them. ItOCIi IIILL ACADEMY. T. km I li 1% ollrnrtKfmdllt tllfltf/llr friend, Gen. Alston litis takenclmigc of the Rock Ilill Academy, and will commence the duties of bis new situation on-thc second Monday of July. Our Rook-Hill friends bavo been very happy in their selection. If any honor ever comes of it, tho General has it of teaching our first idea "how to shoot," and we can speak from the record when wo vouch for his superior qualities as a teacher.? Wo may be somewhat partial, but wc think it difficult to overrate 6uch a man. Thoroughly accom- : plished in every department of learning; having < all the advantages of a long experience in and a : constant devotion to his profession; earnest, conscientiou3, and unremitting in the discharge of his < trusts, General Alston* has few equals and no su- ! pcrior as an instructor of youth. Our friends can- i not do better than cntrr st their sons and wards to 1 his care. The region round about Rock Ilill is occupied i by an intelligent, high-toned and moral communi- i ty, and affords but few of the temptations which J very often beset the way of tho school-boy. We trust their efforts to establish a school of high 1 rank will be successful. 1 'COMMENDABLE." " j After dcuiiig down this Wvid tu dm Lead of his article, the editor of tire Edgefield Advertiser proceeds to commcud the C>rd of our Candidates for the Senate He talks thus : "That's good. Why not do likewise all over the State ? There is one feature in this bargain that surpasses even the Clayton and Buiwer Treaty. Its retrospective operation is defined with a clearness that admits of no quc-stiou. Well dene, York!" Other papers in tho State have also noticed approvingly our progress in moials; among tLoiu the Camden Journal, from which we take the following:? "We find the following card in the last Yorkvillc Enquirer, signed by Hon. I. D. Witherspoon, and Col. R. G. McCaw, candidates for the Senate, in that District. The example is well worthy of imitation, and we should hail with great joy the advent of that day, when the glorious privilege of the ballot box shall be free from the dishonoring j and corrupting iufluence of intoxicating drink ? j It is n disgrace and an intuit to any man, when a I candidate employ? such menus to get ins vote. The people arc beginning to regard it in that light." Responses continue to conic iu to us from the most highly respected and influential sources, in every section of the District. We thought so; and we are now sure that the vast majority of the people arc ready not only to approve but to sustain the movement. Read the quaint but earnest episilo from King's Creek, and tuc equally truth- | fui response from Santuck." Verily, these are I lessons of the truth that the people will maintain j the right. - . . >? -< -? FROM EVROFE. The steamer Ailoitic rnived at New York on i tiie C??b, with Liverpool dates of the 11th instant, j The notin._ui.Kii .,f Mr. Cii.aMi-toKs dismissal Lau not been uuiciaiiy announced; i>ui u w?3 generally believed, and, contrary to expectation, had created but little excitement. The Lor/Jon papers ray the difficulty i.- personal; r.rJ that therefore there exists no necessity for the dirjaissal of M.\ p.al.'.s. From the ir.dicatior.3 gireu u: by the atri val of the steamer preceding the Alt* we were led to believe that the l.-salt .f our ciuplieatienr would pre e to be of a much mere serious in.pert; and before Indulging in i beat ty c.nigra; uUiurs we must therefore await the nrriv.tl of the details. Cotion, which hsdprevica-lvdu ituedan eight].* w&s still <tnil, but pricoa w ere c-tsir. S ilo: since the depaitmc of tic- America. 1-1.000 bales inclu \ ding ICOo to exporters r.n 1 peculator?'. MEREOIEXTIO.V. We are requested to give notice that Rev. S. C. Millen, of the Associate Reformed Church, will preach at Rock Hill, Sunday next, 29di inst. A company of fourteen emigrants, from Union and { Spartanburg, have left for Kansas. Their names are as follows: L. J. McKi-sick, Captain; W. D. I Camp, 1st Lieuteuant: V,'. L. Lipscomb, 2d Lieuj tenant; J. J. Brown, Sd Lieutenant; P. S. McMv J kin, Wm. N. MeArihur, Thomas W. Johnson, .1. ] J. Sanders, F. M. Annstrcng, W. L. Ferry, J. II. I j Austin, S. Jones, J. M. Mills, W. A. Lipscomb. j ! Hon. Lot Morril, Chairman ol* the Demo- j ! oiutie Suto Cmmittee of Maine, repudiates the ; nomination of Mr. Buchanan. Bad new?, that: j I Dr. A. B. Turuipseed, of Richland, who, 1 says the Charleston Coirier, was one of the young ] 1 physicians from ibis State that were attached to I i ibe meli.-al staff. t ?C'lr, in t!ie late war of 1 j toe C rimer, 1.23 u:;\ .el in iLlr ?.Ay, Plid is Stop- j j ping ai the Mill? Unu-.e. h o just returned j front Russia. Governor Reader succeeded iu | I running out of Kansas safely, and has tut tied up | in Boston, v.here he addressed a large eongrcga- j I tleu of People, li?t wee It, iu fiv;.r of Free-soil in i j Kama?. The Cheater Stmdurd tell? u.-; that : ! several pedlars bavo been arrested as vagrants, i I m Chester District, and lodged in jail fur trial.? | Their names file Vt'alth, Cunuaghaui, Guileraul I 1 Isaiah. A few of these peripatetic gentry made ! i their escape. Col. Jknj. II. Wilson, of George[ town, is the member of the Democratic National ! ! Committee for South Carolina ; Thus. D. McD<?w- i j ell. Elic i^etliiovn, f?>r North Carolina. The j Hazlewccd P-iiie Company, C.ipt. W. .7. Henry, j propose to celebrate tLe 1th of July, near !Vm. Caldwell's, 11 miles east of Chester, on the Beck haravillc rand The Declaration will bo rci.il by Dr. S. W. Douglas? Dr John Douglas- will address the Company : and the regular Oration Trill be delivered by our clever friend, J. L. Gaston, i c*q. The Sandy River E?iid rrili be there: a Fic Nic. of coarse, wiil be c?.<->*ed up: and folks intend to hare a good time of it generally. The Vnrk and Laurens companies held a meeting on the 26th of May, on board the "Martha Jnccit' and adopted a preamble and resolutions approving the conduct ot Col. Drool:?. Gen. Jones teas. Chairtnau, and T. B. Whiter.ides, Secretary. j The dead body of fl man was discovered, on the . Cth instant, on the summit of Xanthahala Moun- j tain, in Cherokee County. X. C., and from the marks of a pistol bullet in the head and a stab in the breast, it was surmised that he had been raur- | Jercd Tho name Ramsay was on his clothing; 1 r.nJ it is supposed to be the body of Dr. II A. j Ramsay, of Georgia, who was detected in defrauding the Federal Government several weeks ago, but made his escape. The Columbia Toneaunounces the d^eatb, on Sunday last, of Captain Joseph Matthews, the Superintendent at the Arsenal. Late advices soy that Costa Rica ha? acknowledged the government of Walker in ISicnrngua. and agreed to pay the expense? of the j war. Mr. Fillmore arrived from Europe in ! the steamer Atlantic, and -as enthusiastically re ceived by the city authorities and people of Xew Tcrl: Ti;e life of the Queen of Spain has 1 been again threatened by assassination, but the I murderer wa.- fortunately disarmed Terrible inundations have recently occurred in France, renduriug 40,000 pcopic houseless.. and throwing 100,000 out of employment. Answer to the Enigma, published in our last is- ! sue?"Tchilie Female Institute.'' ? - ? THE EDITOR'S TABLE. Our table has been plentifully supplied during last week with the periodical literature for the coming month. First in the bundle re take up Graham's i?Iagcri:sc. Under the auspices of Messrs. Watson Sc. Co.. ; tbis long established Monthly seems to have taken I on itself n new life as it has an entirely new face. These enterprising publishers have added a nor , feature, and in the number before us have publish- j cd several valuable papers with handsome illustrations, in addition to the usual number of stcelplutc engravings. Its pages, to which some of the best pens in tho country are in contribution, are full of choice things. Published in Philadelphia, at $3. Next wc come to our old favorite, Goucy's La'ly's Book, Which is replete to overflowing with all manner of useful and beautiful contributions to the pleasure of the fair sex. A charming picture, entitled "Hallowed be thy Xaine," begins the list, which io /.rtniinnod tir Roorps of illustrations affording a clew to all tho fashions which the Indies arc ex. pccted to follow in July, patterns for embroidery, dress-making, necdlo-work, hair-dressing. Theu | follows several clever storie? and a budget of poetry and music ; and lastly a valuable collection of receipts and bints for the household. No Mistress should be without it. Oodey is rapidly acquiring i more extended popularity, and has now a circulation which requires the constant use of scvcu Adam's presses aud the exclusive services of a mill to make paper! Eut in the way of circulation, the palm must be gi\ en to Harper's Mugaziuc. This wonderfully popular Magazine announces, | in the number before us for July, a circulation of j auc hundred and sixty-eight thousand! A casual j glance at its pages will explain the anomaly, how- 1 ever. Fii t, we have a finely illustrated copy of J Joel Barlow's quaint American poem of "Iiic j IIusty Puddingthen, an equally profusely il- j lustra ted description of 'NegrolauJ aud the Ive- I g.oes," from the work of Rev. J. heighten Wilson ; an illustrated chapter or. the "Great Seal of the United States;" "Lion Siayors and ManEaterq" also illustrated ; a {continuation of Dickens' "Little Dorrittand a number of other articles, all of which, with tLc copious labors of the editor, make up a number worth four times the subscription price. We send Harper, or Gsdcy, or Grsliam, r.n;l the ExQrir.cn, for $4. THE MEWS FROM KANSAS. Wo are still greatly at a loss what complexion to give to the condition of affairs in Kansas. By every mail we receive horrible accounts of rapine, murder, assassination, hand-to-hand battles, and every other kind of outrage incident to the progress of civil war; but at the same time, assurances ere brought that the statements are ail grossly exaggerated. Tiie parties seem determined to misrepresent the facts. To give one instance:? A telegraphic despatch was received at Washing- j ton last week, announcing that Col. Whitfield, in i command of the "border ruffians," had, a clay or ; tvro before, given battle to the U. States troop:- un- J dor Col. SfMXEn. Tho despatch found Whitfield in bis seat in the House of Representatives: and the truth is, he had not been in the Territory for several vreeksi When stories are manufactured at such ft vstc, tte can be excused for rejecting nearly r.il tuc statements that mny come to hand. All the rumors uuite, ho?ever, in representing the affairs of the Territory in a state of the utmost uncertainty and confusion. Many of the inhabitants are leaving their homes ; while others, entirely prevented from engaging in their accustomed peaceful avocntious, have tahcu up arms and ranged themselves with their respective parties. This condition of things will doubtless continue until the dispute is pevmnntly ended: and the duty devolves upon us, therefore, by additional contributions of men and money to sustain those wheal we have seat to the Territory, and who, while engaged in the wr.rfav, can n^t look elsewhere for an adequate supply of means. Wchnvo published in another column the address of Maj. \V:lkto the jvoplc ti' the State. Ilis statements may ho . -ii.1 on. i ...igi.t to furnish a suflicknt incentive to urge the poopl: of our District to a i litioiial efforts. Our Kansas Association should again take action; send delegates to the Convention iu C duniUa on the COili; mid, in fine, leave no expedient untried to arouse the public feeling to a point commensurate with the importance of the crisis. We have not yet done enough; and we may well have a care that it may not be said hereafter that we have met with d< lent because of our own lukewarmness. "Our brcthem are already in the fieldlet us not stand here idle?. The subjoined extract? comprise the latest ami most reliable account?. The first, which we take front the Carolina Times, was dated at Leavenworth City, June Oth. The frcCKoilcrs nvc still fighting whenever they can catch a small party out in the Territory. A party of six had a fight with about one hundred of ihem n few days since, at Franklin. Carrol, the young man who came out with tne from Chester, was one of the six; ho received a slight wound; the ball : truck liu powder flask and glanced ; ho is tijw with Gen. Jcr.e: from Lauren-, South Carolina). The Geneva! fins mounted all of his men ; he will be able to do a great deal of good in the Territory. The fight at Franklin terminated iun peculiar maimer; one pro-slavery ninn was killed, and one from Charleston supposed to bo mortally wowidctk lie was shot through the neck. The United States troops are all through the territory now, to stop fighting runl maintain i? ? peace, vo. oh nun 011 ha j u: ued a proclamation ordering till tinned bodies to disband. This will have iheell'eot to stop the proslavery party, rud will induce the froesoilen which we hare run ovu of the Territory, to return. Many persons here arc apprehensive of danger, but I do not think wo arc in the slightest danger. V>'v have a guard out every night, and arc prepared for any of their tricks. I do net think though that they will make any 'demonstrations here The St. Louis Republican, of Sunday iast, hai an articlf in which it thus speaks:? "Since the destruction of the Free State hotel at Lawrence, and the dispersing of the Marshal's posse, the Free State party, the friends end sympathisers with the Tcpeka rebel" and traitors, hare organised numerous guerilla bands, who arc now, and have been since the 21 =t of May last securing the whole country, desolating it with fire and sword, killing innocent men. and driving women and children, helplcs* houseless and penniless, from their homes?men are dragged from their beds and murdered in the presence of their shrieking wives and children, at the dead hour of midnight : unarmed men are met cn the highway and their throats cut, or they arc "hot down without mercy and without provocation, by these prowling bandits. Such is the conduct of that band of traitors who pledged themselves last September, in the Big Springs Couvention, and at Topeka, to resist the execution of the territorial laws to a 'bloody issue.' Their practice is in harmony with the pvogramme there inaugurated. H C. Pole writes from Kansas to the St. Louis Republican, giving an account of a battle a company under his command had, at Black Jack Point, with free State men, in which five of his men were wounded, viz: R. A. Wood, E. McQoldrick, formerly of Gc-ovgia, Jonics McGce, of One Hundred and Ten Creek, K. T., J. B. Lambert, late of Richmond, Vn., and Tim Connelly who l.iil. 1 \T,. T>??n*n.Mc . iv.Tivn:.-r ugai niv uuiui; grouua. mi# j t*%v. umuc Wood was shot through the throat, the ball passing through the lung, and out under the shoulder blade; McGoldrick was shot in the mouth?teeth and part of the toDgue carried away. These two are thought mortally wounded?but are doing well James McGee wounded, but getting well. Lambert shot through the shoulder, recovering: and Connelly wounded in the thigh. When the fight commenced our forces were nearly equal, but I saw ibat reinforcements for the abolitionists were near, and that the fights would he desperate, and if they persisted not one would be left to tell the tale of carnage that must follow. Major L. B. Washington, who was slightly wounded in riding?"eff early in ihc engagement, was sent for reinforcements for us My object was to gaiu time, and if possible bars hostilities suspended for a whiic. With this view a flag of truce wa3 sent out, and an interview with the captain requested. Cupt. Erown advanced and sent for me I approached him and made known the fact that I was acting under the orders of the U. S. Marshal, and wr.3 only in search of persons lor which writs of arrest bad beeu issued, aud that I wished to make a proposition. He replied that be would hear no proposals, and that he wnntcd an unconditional surrender. Mr. P. goes on t? state that he, with his men. finally surrendered, and that they remained prisoners until released by Col. Sumner. lie also states that the free State men had three men killed and sis wounded. OTTR KANSAS COMPANY. We arc again permitted, through the Anderson Gazette, to catch the trail of our little Kansas Company. The subjoined letter, from Mr. Kice, is dated at St. Louis, Missouri, May ?3tb:? My LTah JbARLE:?mien i inst wrote you. our little Company of Kansas Emigrants were on board the Steamer "Rock City," cn route for the city of St. Louis. We left Nashville, about 0 o'clock, on the morning of the 21th May, anil reached the little town of Poducah, about 11 o'clock the next day. I'a lucah, in the State of Kentucky, is situated near the junction of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, about 22o miles from Nashville.? It contains about uOOO inhabitants, and is a quiet and orderly place. We spent our first Sabbath at this place. The ladies of Laurens had presented each member of the company, (myself among the number) with a Bible, previous to our departure. A reader was appointed who rend aloud from the scriptures, in presence of the company, each member with bible in hand, and thus was spent our first sabbath on ourway to the Western wilds! The sentiment, so aptly expressed by a member of the Company, in responding to the present, found a hearty response in the breasts of all of us ?"may the ruler of the Universe throw Li : tiding fh irm around the fair dmiurs of these Jloly Books!" I may as well mention that our company is composed of sober, gentlemanly and determined men. Wc have not n single disorderly man.? Tlu-y are all going with cool heads and stout hearts, with the determination to do their duty. Civil War has already broke out in Kansas, and if the worst come- to the worst, yon may export to hear a good report fiom (Jon I. Jones' company. But to return from this digression. AtPaducnh, wc fell aboard the Packet "Fashion," and landed her, at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. We have spent two days in the City, and have employed ourselves in making hostile preparations. Wc leave for Lexington Missouri, at 4 o'clock this . m *.? !?/? Cfnni^n'.* Ti'.lin T.n/*oo Wn lie rn been advised, by those friendly to our cause, that it will be more prudent for us to land at Lexington, about 45 miles from the nearest point in Kansas, and provide ourselves with provisions and all other "etceteras,and cur gallant General, I believe, haa determined to do so. Provisions, it is said, can be purchased at much cheaper rat03 in Lrxingtcn than in the Territory, and, besides, we will meet with worm hearted friends there who will willingly lend us every assistance in their power. We have Lad a most delightful trip thu3 far and save one little occurrence nothing has occured to mar our pleasure or ruffle our feelings. On yesterday whilst we were at dinner, an attempt was made by some cowardly assassin to force open the door of the room occupied by Genl. Jones. Mrs. Jones, however, always prompt and vigilant, returned from the table before the scoundrel had accomplished his fell purpose! To use her own language, had she been present she would have "shot the robber dead with her pistol,"?ond this is not the laDgungc of a braggadocio?She would have acted promptly and efficiently! Genl. Jones having occasion to be absent iu the city, on basil ncss for several hours, yesterday, Mrs. Jones, ! like a brave Reman Matron, sot in her room, with ! her hand on her pistol, ready for the approach of ! the robber or robbers. This Missouri hotel is a notorious hotel. Buford was robbed of two thous' and dollars here and Chapman's men?the Ricbj land company?were also stripped of a large t amount of property. Let Travellers beware of the Missouri Hotel! Our Landlord seems to regret the occurrence of yesterday, and I freely exonorate him from all blame. We were proposing to leave ' his house on yesterday, and he begged us to stay ' until to-day, gratis, and we have run the risk of being robbed and complied with the request! Our men have nil enjoyed excellent health, and ; are in the vciy best ol spirits. All of us are very i much attached to the Gen. ral and his iaJy, and will follow their, anywhere. I sec it stated that the ladies ol Lawrence in Kansas, arc arming themselves lor the conflict. The Southern j.oition of them could never find a more reliant ami intrepid l. ader than Mrs. .Tones, I have never known a ! lady in whose courage and patriotism I Lave so j much confidence na I dc in that of M.S. A. C. Jones. She i:= a prudent, brave and gallant help j meet nii't adviser of n brave and ge.llar.t General. Wi.li such leaders we hr.'-c nothing to fear. ! Ti:c next item we take from tire Ntwltrvy Sun J of last reel*, furnished te that paper f.om the j letter if Mr. W. IT. Maxtt. who rent mit rith j Gc.t. .To:;r^' company. They embarked at {St. j Louis, and rent up the Missouri in the boat Mar tin; Jciutt, experiencing much trouble en the route, j The letter says: " We are now at the McGec j Huiise, where there are about one hundred men . all armed and equipped for battle. I have never ; secnsnch a country for beauty nnd richness of soil, j I cannot concf ivc Imw any poison tiiat can get to I this country will lcmaiti on the pool and worn out j l.mds of Carolina. If you could see tLc beautiful ; fields of clover, the luxuriant prairies, and the j fine locking stock, you would he delighted. The 1 Missouriaus treat us very hospitably. There lias ! been soute fighting. Several killed, ami all arc in : arms. The abolitionists arc .-noaking on the pro' slavery mtu at night and killing them in cold blood. I t ,1! *? -- - -? ........ ..?! fnelRKrlnw ahIimaIm ; A Virginia compiiuy ?ns un ji.7.VIV.I.J (iiiuvi^ ! surrounded at Hickory Point by the frce-soilcrs. j C"l. Buford bus sent thc-m aid, but I cannot tell how they have come out, but I expect some have I been killed on both sides. Their motto is assassij nation, and Southern men arc beginning to kill ; them whenever they, meet them. They will not ; come out and tight in open day light, but prowl i around in the dead hour of midnight, and murder ' men and children. The general opinion here is i that there nill be hard fighting hef.,re the recnc I clones. We hope f-'.-ut!. t'arolina will rally to cur Assistance, for we will need it." I>e:vt, we nrc kindly permitted by our friend I Br. B.vrxcrr, to make the following extracts from | a letter written by the commander of our company, Dr. WniTESinn, dated at Wcstpovt, Mir-sonri, June otk :? "We landed at Kansas Cdy on the night of the | 3d inst., and marched out tc this town to-day, with j Gen. Jones and his company. We have supplied ourselves with tents, arms and other equipments j at our own expense?with the exception of proi -.isious and some ammunition furnished us by our ; Missouri brethren; and wc expect to leave in the ; morning, with a considerable accession from vnrij ens parts, to join May Eufcrd who is encamped j five miles West of this place Thence we stall . march direct to the scene of action, about 35 or j 40 mile? di>tant, in the region of Laurence, the ( liot-bed of Abolitionism in Kansas Territory Oar i j trip thus far has not been as expensive as vte an- j i ticipated?costing us not more than $40. each, j i "All is excitement here. We hear of nothing ^ i : but the horrors of civil war, mingled with the , . ] groans of Southern men slain in our common cause, 1 I battling for States" Right:- and the institution of i : slavery The plains have- been cri.nioned, and < j arc co~ running red with the mingled blood of s | the Yankee and the Southron. The infernal Abol- i itionists spare neither man, woman nor child? ! i They are stealing our horses, robbing our families, | burning our houses, killing all of every age, sex and condition, and perpetrating deeds shocking to humanity and unknown to the savage! They do not come out in open contest and decide the struggle in an honorable and manly way: but lurk in ' ambush and skulk about until they find a ?mall | defenceless party of our men, whom they kill, j mutilate, or take prisoner" to -atiate their thirst j for torture and murder in cold blood. "Wiuie such events arc going on, is there any i Southron wlio can remain insensible to the importance of the crisis'' Are you willing for those whom ycu have already sent?few in number and weak in resources?to fight these battles alone ? Send us more men and mon -y, and we will exierI minatc the last Yankee in Kansas Territory We j need twice the amount that has been furnished us. j and if wo had it we conld do ten time- the greater 1 good. We may be doing wrong ; but we under- ' stood when we left oar native land that we were ' j to fight if necessary ; and when, in the name ot 1 God. wiil it be necessary, if nc' now? Ob ! that 1 every young man in York disti.ct, and not; only ! there but in every district, were here with expe- ! rienced leaders at their head tc march with us tomorrow to "victory or death i" I know that my little band is inexperienced, tut our commander i iias known brave service in the Indian anuMcxi- j car. wars, and he docs uct dcubt or falter. Soy to ; our friends in York, if we fall to remember that , ,oc fell at the post of Loner and duty "If we are prosperous, wc shall return to this place in a week or two, when I shall try to give yon the particular: of ov.v trip. Say to the editors in Torkvillc to change my papeis from Atchison to WcJpoit. Yours truly, T. B. WIIITESIDES. SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. Wc continue to receive regularly the numbers nf fliio ffnvlinrr RnntWvn Afftntlilf. and WO ai'Olliph lv gratified to note the evidences of a gradual but ! sure improvement in the quality of its contents. The May and June issues contain a number of ably written papers, which, especially those bearing upon the discussion of the slavery question, arc iuestimablv valuable to the Southern reader. An i article in the June number, "The Country in 1950, j or the Conservatism of Slavery," presenting the argument in the only just and truthful aspect and demonstrating triumphantly the superior excellence of the peculiar forms of Southern society, manners, morals and religion, is of itself worth more than a year's subscription. Such articles, bold, striking and conclusive, arc the most potent weapons to be wielded at the present crisis. We have read v. it'i much pleasure the Poem 011 Patriotism," di thered l>^ the editor of the Messenger before tiit Delta Kappa Epsilon Society, at Washington. It contains passages of genuine poetry, full of generous, eloquent and patriotic enthusiasm, and glowing with the outburstings of a true heart and a dashing, brilliant imagination. We must copy the following lines, supposed to bo sp.ukeu by the O0tUv.:3 ot Liberty iii tiii! ( Ujil- I tol: ? ' Oh : by the mighty shades that wander still 1 Where Giory consecrated Bunker Hill, By those who sleep 'noath Bucna Vista's slopes, By the past's greatness and the future's hopes? By every honored, uuforbotten name, Linked with your dearest Capitolian fame? By the proud memories and traditions all That live forever in the classic hall Where priceless pearls fell fast /rem Pinkncys tonjuc And Wift Irijht diamonds Randolph round him | flung; 1 Where listening Senate owned the magic sway And thrilled to hear the clarion voice of Clay; Where Webster, through all seasons, grandly strove i 'Gainst Fraud and Faction with the might of Jcvc; And Reason gave you her dicinest boon In the pure logic of the great Calhoun : By this august Triumvirate of mind, 1 By all the lessons they have left behind, By your Jcved hearthstcue3 and ycur altar fires And by the saored ashes of your sires, Your angry strifes aud fierce dissensions cease, And bless the country with domestic peace; Guard well the Union?Freedom's last defence i And only hope of Freedom's permanence? Maintain the Constitution?let it stand And shine the Pallas of this Western Land. So shall Columbia act her destined part As patroness of Learning, Labour, Art, So shall she usher in the Golden Age When Y^ar no more shall stain tlr historic page, When down the glacis childish feet shall stray And little urchins on the bastions play, When ivy o'er each battlement shall run And cobwebs line the chamber of the gun, While Love';: warm team:; shall gild the placid islea And the blue seas forever sleep in smiles!" The concluding lines arc even more striking.? Let the reader observe the peculiar beauty of the j passage italicised: "Whoe'er has stood upon the Rigi's height And watched tne sunset fading into night, While every moment some new star was born From the.hald Eigar to the Wetter horn, ITas seen as steadily the airy tide Of darkness deepened up the mountain side, The glowing summits slowly, one by one Lose the soft crimson splendor of the sun, (Idle altar lights ir. some cathedral dim, F.x linguistic J singly icith 'he dying hymn) Till the last riush would lovingly repose Upon the Junrrfrau's pnrpel waste of snows; Thus nh ! mv Country ! when orimeval zlooin Sim 11 over earth it-, ancient reign resume, When Night Eternal shall it? march begin O'er the round World, at.d nil thai is therein. Ac dark Oblivion's rising waves absorb All human trophies, thus shall Glory's Orb Tii>* lone sr.biiii.ity the latent see, Ai.cl pour it-- parting radiance on thee!" t;;e republican nomination. The political world is, alive with stirring, allimportant eventj. Ne;cr, perhaps, since the formation of the government, have dcvclopement-j, bearing so directly upon the perpetuity of the government, been so closely crowded together and intermingled. The decline of the Whig party, which for many years had concentrated the elements of opposition to the Democracy, left large masses of our people without a centre of attraction and a rallying-cry; and, since, the party elements composing the opposition have clashed to- ; gcthcr with chaotic confusion, cleaving, now here ! and then tlmre, as fickle-minded politicians and iin- ! becile schemes might ch-tnee to direct. At length, j however, the successful expedient has been tried. An element more powerful than all others lias been J infused into the mass, and the process of chrystallization, sure and permanent, has begun. After ' throes and pains which are the types of death aud j re iiirectioii, the great Republican Party has been organized into life, having for its watch-word the j once feeble cry of "Anti-Slavery," and tending ! in its every movement to the enslavement of a Secj ticn, tlm annulment of the Constitution, and the ' * - rr_;? i >Pl.? n-ltinl. (Uh'SuJiuion oi uie tmuu . mv au.^ .....v.. | | have produced this ro.-nlt are not yet in perfection; | I but knowing the influences at work, wo onnnot j doubt that their foil consummation will he found ! j in the thorough organization of a tremendous po- ] J litical power j Our readers will remember that in our last issue I 1 we gave a concise account of the meeting of the j ! "North-American" Convention in New York, j I which resulted in the nomination of Banks and [ Johnston, and Stockton and Raynor, and the ap- I ' pointment af a Committee to confer with the Re- I jublicau Convention in session at Philadelphia. The last named body mot in Philadelphia on he 17th. and was organized by the selection as President of Gen. L.ojn, of Indiana. It -as made tp of men of every conceivable shade of opinion? ' Democrat-. Whig-, Know-Nothings, Fiee-?oilers, : Vholilionists, Woman? Rights Advocates, Free- , over? and. in short, the representatives of all the i nisei-able fanatical factions into which northern ocicty has degrade.!, if we were to collect together the discordant element-- into a ma??, we night not better call them out than dees the pcet i n Macbeth: . "Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and lake: Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind worm's sting, Lizard's leg .and owlet's wing. For a charm of powerful trouble, i Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. | Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf; Witch's mummy: maw and gulf Of the rnviifd salt-sea shark ; nooi 01 iicmiocK, uigg a 1 rue aart; Liver of blaspheming Jew; Gall of gnat; and 3lips of yew, Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse; Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips; j Finger of birth-strangled babe, Ditch-deliver'd by a drab, Make the gruel thick and slab: Add thereto a tiger's chauldron, For the ingredients of the caldron i" The overture 0? the North-Americans seemed to | present the most troublesome obstacle to the liarmonyofthis incongruous mass. The party of course desired to conciliate the vote of the American element which holds the balance of power in the Eastern States: but it desired also to secure the immense vote of the foreign population in the West, which is favorably enclined towards free-soilism, but cannot of course affiliate with the Know-Nothing faction. Thus the Republicans were called tc halt between Scylla and Cbarybdis: but finally determined the question by turning a coldsbculdcrto their American brethren. The overture was laid on the tabic for a time: but was afterwards referred to p. Committee of Conference, in whose hands it was treated with but little more ceremony. Finally, the Republicans refused to accept either of the j American candidates: adopted a thorough-going j _i _:<i. ? ...4:... ,i: I umi-aia.ci j piuuuiui* Hiiu a swuvu ui9uppr<.*?iu^ of the Americans' first-love; and close .1 their herculean labors l>y the nomination of Jons C. Fp.emost, for Tresident, and William L. Dattox, of New Jersey, for Vice-President. After receiving the report of their Committee, the North American Convention rnj" uracil. in no very amiable mood towards their Republican allies. IIow far this source of dhcord will affect the objects of the party, it i3 impossible at present to determine. With a singlcdcvotion to "measures, not men," which we of the South would do well to imitate, Mr. Panics will certainly refuse to accept the nomination; and the North-Americans will probably divide their forces?the rabid antislavery portion declaring for Fremont, and the remainder returning to the Fillmore ranks. This, will strengthen the prospects of Mr. nilmorc in the Eastern States, and endanger Mr. Buchanan's power in the Western ; while it will tend for a time at least, to diminish the enthusiasm for the Republican ticket. In the end, however, the great body of the Northern people will succumb to the potent energy of the anti-slavery idea, and ; well the ranks of abolition to the proportions of a dangerous foe. We do not for a moment despair of success in the contest; but it is folly now to suppose that Mr. Bnehanan will be permitted to "walk over the track." Col. Fnc:aui.i'5 letter of acceptance has not yet OCuu published, ami we arc nut iclibbly informed 13 to his position. The Free-soil journals, Lowiver, say for hiin that "he recognizes neither the American or Anti-American, Whig, Democratic or Abolition party in the approaching canvr>3, tut iirnply a uuiou of the people for freedom in Kansas, and the arrest of slavery extension." We subjoin a pithy biography of the individual, furnished us by the Charleston SianxIarJ:? Mr. Fremont will be destined to play a distinguished part in the drama, and his history and character therefore will, doubtless, become sublor-tq of considerable imDortance. He i9 cenerallv regarded as a native of Charleston, but of this we have occasion to doubt. Many gentlemen here, who knew him in early life, concur in saying that he was born in Savannah. Up to within a short time prior to hi9 birth, his mother was a resident of Norfolk Virginia, and it is generally asserted that his parents resided in Savannah before they became settled in Charleston; however this may have been, it is at least conceded that he first came into notice in this city. His prospects here were not particularly promising, but he attracted the attention of some philanthropic gentlemen, who provided the means for Lis entrance and instruction in the Charleston College. His progress there was not remarkable, and when his class graduated he was not considered entitled to a diploma.? He was afterwards recommended as a proper person to take charge of the night-school of the Apprentices'" Library Association ; but, though his attainmeuts were sufficient, and his address particularly acceptable to the Directors of that Institution, he was not as attentive as he might have been, and the school fell through. He afterwards procured, through Mr. Poinsett, a situation as instructor of .junior officers on beard a vessel of war bound to the Pacific, and in this condition is said to have acquitted himself well. He afterwards acquired some knowledge of civil engineering, and filling unimportant positions in connexion with one and anotherpublic work, was at length brought to notice and distinction by his connexion with Mr. Nicholetin his Survey of the Mississippi Valley, and from that marched steadily on to the Rr.cky Mountains and a renown that has placed his name before the country. From the records of his early life, it would seem that he had talent, and was quite addicted to nat-ni mn.linrr. hut was wnrward, and it" not indolent, '? ' v""'"0' ? was inefficient in the task.? undertaken at the instance of other people, atul up to the time of his entrance upen his duties as instructor in the naval school, had hardly made up his rnind whether he would be a nran of character or a blackguard.? lie was fetid of dress, however, and the records of the court 3till show that he wove a suit of clothes, which lie was afterwards compelled to declare on oath his inability to pay for, in order to avoid inconvenient restrictions upou his personal liberty ; but chance gave a proper direction to his abilities; he had the latent energy of character to act up to his opportunities, and he has really presented a career which any one might regard with satisfaction. It is certainly to be regretted that he should lend himself to the uses of a party so rcckle.-s and subversive, not only of the Union but of the rights of that section to which, if capable of sentiments of patriotism, ho might Le supposed to feel attachment; but the prospect of the Presidency would be a sore trial to the probity of most men, and we find nothing in the antecedents of Mr. Fremont to enure a feeling of disappointment that he should yield to the allurements of power. SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE. The subjoined paragraph gives us the intelligence of a movement on the part of Southern men in Washington, which looks like an approach to Southern independence in the right direction. It is high time to change our mania for Conventions into the more practical policy of Action; and the formation of a Commercial Association promises a good beginning. Let it go on: Wasiuxcvton, Juno 20.?There was a preliminary meeting last evening of the Southerners to take into consideration the formation of a Southern Commercial Association. The members were to pledge themselves to give the preference in the bestowal of Southern business patronage to those only in the >ortli who woum respect wiu suereu rights guaranteed to the South by the Constitution ftiitl laws of the United States, and that they would withhold the satvio from abolitionists, considering ilicin as em iui - to the best inleiests of the common country, as far as practicable. The influence which lucrative commerce always bestows on an agency, should be opened in New York this season for the fall trade, and the Southern merchants should discriminate between friends and fees. It was proposed nlso to establish a prosl ivery journal which should be free to the members. of the association. Circulars would shortly be sent forth, inviting . the co-operation of the South, and means frtiild be taken to bring the subject before the JJctmiern Commercial Convention which meets arSjjvannah in December next. / 4 For the Yorkvilie Enquirer. TREATING?A3 I3DIC TABLE OFFE3CE. Messrs. Editors? The accompanying sections of an net of the Legislature of this State, passed :a 1831, have been brought to my notice; and I request the publication of them for the information of those, who have no knowledge of the law. ' If any person shall, directly or indirectly offer, gi ve, or engage to pay, any sum of money or other valuable consideration to any other, to induce such other person to procure for him, or for any other person, by his vote, interest, influence, or any other means whatsoever, anyoflF.ee of honor, profit or trust, within this State, or shall offer, give, promise, or bestow, any reward, by meat, drink, money or otherwise, for the aforesaid purpose, and be thereof convicted, he shall forfeit the sum of not less than one hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars, and ?uffer imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. If any person shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, of another, any money or reward of meat, drink, or other valuable consideration, for procuring or assisting to procure, by his vote, in terc-st or influence, any office of honor, profit ur trust within this State, for any other person whomsoever, and be thereof convicted, he shall forfeit the sum of not more than one hundred dollars, end suffer imprisonment at the discretion of the Court, having cognizance of the same; and if such offender be in any office, he shall, on such conviction, be disabled from holding the some If either of the parties, offending as aforesaid, shall give lufprraation, upon oath, ugninst the other offending party, and shall duly prosecute such offender, such offender shall be free from the penalties aforesaid. All offences under this act shall be heard, tried aDd determined before the Court of Sessions and general jail delivery, in the district where such offence is committed, and the pecuniary penalties accruing thereby sball go, one half to the informer, and the other half to the commissioners of public buildings for the district where the offence is committed ; and snch informer shall be a competent witness, notwithstanding bis interest in the event of the prosecution." This law, now of force in the State, requires no lawyer to expound it. It can be comprehended by any ordinary understanding. Not oniy the candidate, bnt every other man employing meat, drink, Tncnq:, or o'.hcr valuable consideration fcr the purpose forbidden by the statute, is punishable by fine and imprisonment in the common Jail, like him who trade? and trnfficks with a slave. The man and every man, who receives snch | rr.cat, drink, moner.;, &c., is in like manner nnnish able, en indictment and conviction, by fine and imprisonment. The law is a {rood one. It is emphatically the poor man's law. If wealth bo permitted to buy all the offices in the land, L:w can the poor man, or man of moderate means, ever obtain an office ? This law clearly favors equality and merit. If the law be violated, the interest of the poor man requires?the interest of the decent citi2en requires ?the interest of the whole country requires, that the offender and violator of the law should be punished. Is it to be tolerated, that candidates for office, and some of those to make laws, shall commence their career by the violation of law ? Let the Magistrates examine their book, the "Law of Magistrates," p. 174, and do their duty. cirrus. For the Yorkville Enquirer. FROM SAKTUCK. Friend EnquirerWe hail with joy the dawning of a reformation in our District. There is perhaps no one thing so demoralizing or degrading as the method of treating in electioneering campaigns ; and we must congratulate our friends, Col's "WixHEnsi'OON and McCaw upon taking such a bold stand-in putting a stop to the pernicious practice. We hope, as they have put the ball in motion, the other candidates will not shrink from shewing their hands in the game of reformation. (We Jo not speak of the Temperance Reformation; but of reform in our elections.) Certainly Messrs. I. D. WixHEESPOOsand R. G. McCaw have shewn a very high degree of moral courage in placing their namca to such a Card, and publishing it to the world. Let not other portions of the District neglect to speak out; and let our friends know that their course is not only approved, but highly approved. This is just what many have longed to see?the day when wc could say that our District TV WUiU UtUVtlWllU UC iicc A1V/U1 OU lUUlU^UUiC tt practice, one so much out of keeping, cot only with good morals but, with the best interests and the principles of our Republic. SANTUCK. June 21st 185G. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. FROM KINO'S CREEK. Messrs. Editort:?Allow us to solicit a place in the columns of your worthy paper, with a view to express the opinions* of persons in this section upon a subject.which has created considerable excitement lately in our district. First, let ns correct a mistaken notion with regard to the authors of a few articles in your paper, on treating at elections &c. In place of examining the import of those articles and adhering to the truths therein contained, people commence a guessing-school, and in searching around some of them even anathemati7e and denounce the authors and their articles. When ''Juvenal" opposed the treating policy, the enquiry ran thus: "Who is 'Juvenal' that he dare write against a long prevailing custom and 1 say such hard things against high-minded gentlemen?" And, again, when a short article appeared in your paper of the 29th ult., from Antioch, thegucssing was resumed, accompanied with both praise and censure. Some thought the writer was Rev. Wade IIill; others A. Hardin. Guess on 1 it was not Rev. Wade IIill, nor was it A. Hardin ; yet neither of them will not shrink one whit from the avowal of the sentiments therein contained. We are sure, when those men, or cither of them, speak out, they trill oppose and expose the evils growing out of this custom of treating with strong drink?that order-rending, peace-destroying, appetite-degrading, soul-benumbing thing called WhUkty?the devil's bait, the candidate's treat, the drunkard's cwect and the youth's cheat ?the foe alike to moral, social, political and religious good. When "Jttv.-r.nl" shows yen the evils of this treating practice?paints the degrading policy of selling your birthright for a drink of whiskeydocs Le furnish you a cause for hunting him out as a foe?for seeking after him as for wild game ? If you still insist on knowing who he is, we tell you it docs not matter who he may be, provided < what he says is truth. However, lest you keep up the inquiry of Who? instead of What? wc will let out the secret, He is young Wxcsttrr?the morning star of the much desired reformation.? He has fortunately made his appearance amongst us, when most needed, that we may become conversant with the principles of moral and religious reform, without going back to the Fourteenth Century to 'earn them. Get acquainted with him, for be is a fast friend to the Republic. As for "II," wbo was taken to be Rev. Wade Hill or A. Hardin, and abused in their names, he wrote a short but firm epistle, setting forth a few facts which the world cannot gainsay. We offer no other eulogy for him, besides calling him our home and modern Huss, who Huss-like is carrying out the views and doctriues of Wickliff! As this seems to be the commencement of a new epoch, let us examine the nature, the cause, the "why and wherefore" of the movement. Ninety years back, our forefathers were under the law9 and groaned because of the oppressions of Great . Britain. They petitioned, remonstrated and protested against the unjust tyranny. They at la9t fought and bled and many of them died to pro- ' cure for their posterity the liberties of a free people; and through the persevering energy and the patriotic spirit of both men and women, and under the blessing of Heaven, obtained the great