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VOLUME XXI. CAMDl^ 17, ESQ. ^ """""""~~ " NUMBER 2!). "* f A /vf I ?, ,,i J. / . . " "* />r' " * ?nt .1 p?MA<rni7>itw><) tuiiv OR-A-TIOiSr, DELIVERED BEFORE THE DeKALB RIFLE GUARDS, " AKD TIIK CAMDEN LIGHT INFANTRY. On Wednesday, July 4lli, 1860, BY COL. THOMAS J. WARREN, An Honorary Member of the Light Infantry. PVBLI8I1ED BT KEQl'EST. A distinguished American Statesman, whose splendid genius impressed his age and left as the record of his greatness (he defence of the * V'oint'tut'on, has remarked ; tii.it the melt of -Uie Involution went to war against a preamble, and fought seven vears against a naked, declaration. lie meant, that the Fathers of the Republic contended tor a principle which they considered of infinite importance, and that no -idea of mere expediency or temporary advantage which they conld possibly hope to gain, ?intinenccd'thein in resorting/ to the last and fearful alternative; ia sustaining those ceitain unalienable rights of lite, liberty and the pursuit ol happiness, to which they felt themselves " entitled by the law of nature and of natureV * "God. Nor was it so much from the absolute necessity which thov themselves felt in the practical operation of oppn.-w.ive laws under which they lived, as froijj the set led conviction that a predetermined sp rit to oppress and degrade them existed on the part of the British crown. It is ImrdJy to be presumed that the WritF raised l?y tlie SI mp \c- of the British l'nrhaiu.-nt, or ilio insignificant tax of threepence a pound upon , Were of themselves sufficient to produce a Revolution, which shook, *h?* civilized world from its centre to circumference - these idistractiy considered were not sufficient to make the American colonies feel j licit the burden was Am too intolerable to he c. J ort:e. They doubtless recognized in these and similar usurpations bat the Imgi lining',of the end, ami plaudt saw that if patiently submitted to, would .ultimately ai;d inevitahiy lead to . their degradation and ruin. The history of American Independence, front its conception until the day that it stood forth a full.orbed system, illustrating the id<'? that lihhrty w is not simply a creature of the * l.rain, hut u magnificent reality?is too fiuuiliar I to require more than a hurried synopsis ot a . few prominent points. A glance at a few* facts which it evolved may he -6t practical tu< mclit Jmportam.'e to us hot, ami may serve protra lilv to |n?nt a very sigiiiti. ant iw'nii in our ?> rn peculiar ca<e circumstances. Fellow-soldier*. Mtavy often in tuv more cull iisiiistie ami youthful hours,. dwelt with arvlcnt admiration upon the tragic sctyics of tlie 1 "~"v American KcaohiUon; many of its saddest, ret grainiest features to nty wondering boy* ? i.ood day# were revealed baptized in blood, vet presenting striking proofs of the character of the men who dared to be free, and of those fteru days that tried," through a burning ordeal, metal of mens souls. These am recalled * j^&g^jiiepiigcs of o;;r . oiuliiou history, lieforc US ntai?y?mal* hearts is touched .aJ^vihrate* "fW'-Wncnt. -rarctoa if' iii"nh- enthusiasm and far, !???l *njPF 1 shbafcL introduce soiue of tfic c-fcs and chani ters^fjha uictuo:aMc time, / ari*' you readily re. oguize^l. acquaintances in fipPv ti?w> r-prod need-; a TWrtVof July speech jr " ,?o ild be nu-oiiljjletv 'without thorn, and I re^>"7 joi^e that /hdfc hot yet !i? ed "lo see the time, -/^c when-a yay whose >un first dawned ujion the grave" ?f tyranny, and opened to the vision of S.'rSL ah oppressed world a way of light and glory, piJ^N'iid erased to !w> revered as freedom's nntui tfi -tloiy. Whatever luuvoccurred to mar theglori-ons harinony of this, day ils a I'lilted Nation's jubilee, "l hope w may never have cause to reflect upon ourselves as guilty in passing by audi a day with silent ind.fference. y It i? proper at this jmii.t to enquire, what the object ol the American Revolution was i why this war was eier fought ? It is hardly probable that a people living under, and rlain.ijng the protection of a government, elegant, * l * - 1 1 ? ? ? em'jjuivneu ana r-nnen, in>iii winen tliey |.u*l enjoyed many privileges and hem fits, wotsl-l j 1'HVf raised till- thijj of reb' ll on :or 1 ;>lit ami K transient eanses; ii??r is it likely thai that bloody tale would ever have heen written in the book of time, had i:ot our Iietolutioiiury Fathers felt themselves <Iiivet? to the l?itter end, bv the Men est necessity. With pr dent loresijth', they haul the wisdom to ijistou-r in the a- ts of the Mother (.'oat.try, the disj osatioii to oppress them, ut-c] they haul what was !ar wiser a j better, ami that which should always he iii-j /<? * a practi *al ami useful lesson - the manly courage, promptly .to meet the issue full in the face, wfiio.it tlntiht or equivocation, .ost what jt might. 1 hey claimed that the primal'y fights of eminent were vested in those who .created it. and that whenever any form or ?ov^ .eminent became st.bversive or destructive of (these ends, it was not onlv the riirlit. but it r-was tbc <b;tv, o! tin- purple "in jil ef or to .abolish it, and to ins'itutc a > < u government, laviue its foundation on su< 1i prinoipje?, and .oigat izii g its j oweis in sueh turni as to them should seem mo-t likclv to effort their safety aid !.:?[ pii;e-s." I\ !h?w.. itizei s, it is i o small matter t<> alter ,?>r at olish the tonus of government to which we late hern am stomcd, ixtt when any govert n.et t la.Is Jo /;>< I rl its citizens, it should y, he altered, or unproved if possible, or if Deed ft be (hstroyrd forever: and he is rern-ai t t't his 1 i!i:t; who withholds his r "lit arm in aiding to r; strike down any form of tyranny, who-, or' I ^ w herever presented. 'I he long train of aliases atid usurpations, of which they so hifterlv aid ft.. j Justly complained, was only augmented bv ft their submission. and such is the nnture and pendency of oppression, that the longer it is bori:e the more exacting ai d inflexible does it become?whilst the oppressed is wcakei ed bv submission, the oppressor is strengthened by the oppression which weakens his vi tim. if-' J Jut, there is soimtinns a point at which re'"i pulsions occur, and woe to the tyra t who R Jiolds authority when the bayonet becomes the arbiter ol the jHople's tights. I j 1 It should ever he a grateful thought, mv com trvmcf.xtliat numbers do not always con 1'stitUte strength - lliat numerical majorities are , not iicei ssnrily right and obliged to lie ohcvcd ? the race is not always to the swirt, nor is the hat tie to the strong. The glorious experience of the past, and our own ohservation of the present; assures its that, "thrice is hf armed, wjio has his quarrel just," ?"where justice is the standard. Heaven is the warrior's shield, hut conscious guilt nnnerve* the arm that lifts jhc sword /jgainst the innocent." Constant in* ovations upon the rights of freemen will produce a terriiije retrihntion ; the vilest wo' in trben trodden on, will sometimes strike tbo heel of its oppressor. The blood of martyred freemen poured ont a* an oblation freely npon the plains of Concord and Lexington, or rising at incense from the smoking snmrnit of Banker Hill, only inaugurated moro cfFoctaally tho | jjjOfCtPSDt, asd eeoJod the doetiny of the Old ' and New Word, 'this was the genu of budding Liberty, which, plaited in the bosom of freemen, grew and strengthened until it became a living principle, and we need not wonder that a spirit inoculating itself upon a graft of congenial growth, should-have rapidly spread and flourished until its genial boughs were Rblc to give shelter and protection to its teeming millions; and now, all the combined powers of tyranny in the world, can never t heck its progress. Those who engaged in a seven year's war against n jnemnbl, have demonstrated satisfactorily the problem worked out on the black-board of the lb-voir t ion, ai.d what men have done, men may do again. Fellow-citizens, had the war of the Revolution proved even less .successful, it were better ' that it had been fought, for n spiel ?!id failure | in such 11 e;iuse is better ill it n a petty success better to light such a war against n pmtnti/'- , lortlie uiaiiitci.aiice of true principles, than j ever yield to expedient v, aid basely c oiiij ro- i mise truth and justice.; better that we should j make to-day of our Kit e's Mountain, Cumicr, and F.utaw, "proud eliarnels of Tlienuojiala?, j where the cxtit guished freeman still is tiee," j than basely yield a principle, and "crouch like j doga *t the tyrant's feet, and smile -on the I sword* that slay us." Is tli^it tmo-in'this assembly to-day, who" regrets that our Patriot Fathers took up arms against Fngland and asserted their independence, even at the point of the bayonet? Ave gentlemen, the last argument of Kings innst sometimes be employed when cannon become the orators and powder ' and ball' the arirninents. T his luxt on/urn- at I lias been found necessary more than once in ' our likory, and it may be so again. War is sometimes a necessary evil, and blood is said to be -a "g?KHl purifier of political sins and disease?. /l'hat was a nolle sentiment and wuvthy Leonidas biuiself, of the young heio-u.arty r, who, after his escape at the battle of Lexington, and upon a ami hurried visit to his maternal home, when about to bid a last adieu to an aged mother, who with the ii>tin> the tenderihis of a woman's heart, e.lii'g to her noble son, and beseeching him \y.ih tears 1 ot again to risk a life so dear to her and necessary to his country,? he replied, "wherever danger is, dear mother, then must vonr son he also; ? w is no time for oneof Amcri a's sous to shrink from the most hazardous duty; I will either see niv country free, or shed my last ' I drop of blood to make lu r so." Leaving Ids j home and hurrying to the field of action, wi,h I the noble bid i'litiiam, to whom lie voluntarily ! gave tip tilt- c nuiuaml, shouldering a musket, j and on the rampart ligigh*s of liunker 11 il1,! died like a aero, with the sublime sentiment i upon bus bps, that it was a pleasure, not a pain to dm for ones 10 litrv. It is tto disgrace, fellow-soldiers, to ,>e obliged to submit from physical necessity- hut less than ?his involves dishonor. "A people who surrender rights without resistance are unworthy of them. Ihey are fit. to be slaves ?the poor tools of a party?and the base in strumeiits of unscrupulous despotism." "7/oy who would be f>cct themselves muot strike the bio*? The war of the Revolution, fought seven years against a preamble, taught a womb ring world a very useful and important lcssoi,? that' altliough mankind are jit'iierally u.t ic willing "iQjhcnr.tlic ills they liivt'. than tly io j k^ngl?t^"^U;iiisdTi*s by aholWillg tlie^iniTs' :to which tliey are accustomed ;\)'et, it* is pos.s>ble-that a people, when convinced that lioiii *i>r, duly and interest demand the assertion and maintenance of their rights, will essay the task at any cost ?>r hazard. _\\ e see in .this blood}' contest, from its inauguration on the plains of Concord and Lexington, to the Vast scene of all" at Yorktmvn,. wl.i.di "closed this strange, eventful history," that principle impelled, truth and justice supplied the. cause, and Liberty was the object and result of our l'atrmt Fathers' struggle for Independence. To gain this, was the work of many yturso* intense 1 bor ami s tf..rii g. We It ivc all be. n accustomed to hear such glowing acco-.ti of the War of Ii.dcpci deuce, that our imagination mav not unfrequently have pictured as something of a chivalric holiday p stuno. liut this is a very great in stak *. it took men o j the right material and stamp tor that woik. Sunshine soldiers and S- miner patriots were | useless appeiuhtg 's in that terrible drama. 1 sometimes tear mill ours wotru sun . r oy com* purist>i! with that age of heroes htm} patriot'. Thi- day all swan too eager for a sensation t?? care about soli?l and' substantial facts. The Ko-rtli of July par', is more agreeable than tin*contemplation of what the declaration am! rights of Independence <ost in h'ood and toil. It is inueli more pleasant to rc^a'e. oneselt on the fruit produced than to assist in tlmir production to use the inherited gold than to delve it tfoiu its rocky I' d to o: jov rights and lihcl'ttes without the trouble of defendn g 1 Iii-iii * i'i:t. geiitleinei*, we may i.ot a'ways have our option; we must hear in mind tlu-t. "Eternal vigilance is the price of Libeltv ami we must do our own work if we would faithfully discharge this solemn responsibility, at d pio>e worthy ofouri.oble ttu>t. It is o r duty to transmit untainishwi. the priceless gun committed to our keeping, to those who in I in II i ill ii *?' I i< ?; ?** u>. I liiivc .feebly glanced at a tew farts pate t to all roMiiert.nl with the history of a:i .-vent the 84lh Anniversary of which we are here lllet to celebrate. It is obvious that a natural and necessaty consequence led to the rot fcdnr-. at.on of the old thirteen States, which stood shoulder to shoulder in that l.iijr-rmjr stru^'e. A rampant political heterodox of the day, is | the ridiculous assuinpt on that the men of the j lb-volution fonjjht for the ( ' <> . Nothins; could he ttiore ahsnrd. They oujjht for A l> I , aid they gnimd .t the I n on or emifcderation of the States was a siil>M-qi;cnt idea, liav- I injs t o part or lot in the Uevolatio", I.at which ; jrew '"ii ol the Mrujxtdc for Independence.? "Foreign relatio s, pohli al and commercial, as well as the interim! intercourse hot ween the . States, became ?o pressing in their necessities a> to compel the Union." *'j?],jccts of the Union heit'lf obvious, the terms and limitatio* s of the bond were speeifi and plain. All rested on the basis of equality." It is a modest assumption to say, that the Southern or slave States were rojjurded at that time as a' least fin; iqn?ls of their Northern associates, and the truth of history* will smtain us further in sayinir, that ftoin that day to the present, the Southern witu; has proved the r/j'H'l of tlio North in magnanimity, patriotism ami sacrifice for the pood of the whole. I would nor, gentlemen, insult your understandings and intelligence hv attempting to instruct you lipon topics so trite and well understood. Yon kwtc tliat. the South l as always contributed licr full sliare of men and money to support the honor and dignity of the Federal Union. You know that the South hns surrendered many of her rights to perpetuate the lw>tid of Union. Yon know too that the South hn? lu-en rohhed of lief rights to hol-ter up this magnificent structure, called a Union; and you know, gentlemen, that without tliu South thin r/lnrioux (?) Union wonld'nt last a single day. Where is that wide spiead Territory, which Virginia, for the sake of peace, ceded to tho United States in 1784, which1 added to tbe power of the North five frcc-wil, State??jft-Hi il tier ol lake States whirl hang like stoiiu-clouds on 1 lie bonier, instead of blight harbingers of mutual beneficence ami enduring peace ?" Where are your common Territories, acquired by the b!oo<j a id treasure of the Sou tli as well as the North? Undei Federal lock and key, .at the great National Bazaar, to he dealt out in lots and upon terms to suit ptirehasers, provided tliey belong to the Squatter Sovereign, ?//?/* free-soil faith, and to soften the disglace they have assumed to-rail themselves 'Topulnr Sovereigns." Ceiitleitien, the a jut* would be as tatal by auv other name. Will any sane man pretend to say that there is the same indtieen ei.t ami necessity urim foi a general government over States ami interestas antipodal as the poles ? I am glad to believe that such blind infatuation is decreasing. Will any one have the temerity to tell us thai the same spirit lives to-day as that which had its hirth in tin' purer days of t ie iTcpuhjic, when tin1 States were confederated ami united to a considerable extent in sentiment ami interest. Take,for example a single case. Wlm' is Massachusetts?once the very cradle of American Liberty?hut to-day the prolific hot bed of all. the isms and evils which curse and degrade our common country ??how great the charge from the time when her heroes ' fought and- Lied in freedom's cause, And when the storm of war was o'er, Enjoyed the peace their valor won 1" Hut there is no peace ??uj ! A ///'//At In id obtains than either that of the H bh- or Co a phrenzied, misguided zeal has seized hold of the public, mind of the North', and the gnat heart oi Northern Society throbs in unison with the sentiment that the South must he compassed aid ultimately made tint only as she now is, tributary, hut secondary in every essential cousiderat:ou to ati irresponsible, vulgar majority ; and fioin whence does this sentiment proceed ! It routes from the wry untitle o: things- tlicorgaiiisui of society; as Air. Gushing, almost the very last repiescntnlivcoi a race of patriot Statesmen, has well remarked, "all political influences dominant in .\ias.-achiiselts are founded upon the single eiuoiioii ol Imte?aye hate! treacherous, ferocious hate of our fJIow-citizeiis .in the South era States." Yes, gentlemen, this is the key note which setts ail abolition - and free-soil music; and where you arc able to find onetrue man at the North, willing to do us simple justice, you plight find multitude* who would 10I1 you of your property, and perchance apply the torch to your dwelling or move the assa* sin's aim to take your life. Gentlemen, do you want further demonstration, that tlnre is no uiiion of sentiment or interest between tlic conflicting wings of this .-onfedi racy ? If so, 1 will refresh your memories. A few striking and inmihar ill us rations may sufh'cc. The wisest and ablest Statesmen, North and South, hav?; lorewariio.l us of approaching danger. The great Calhoun, with prophetic ore, thirty years ago, predicted the very events which we have already witnessed, and are even now witnessing, lie died a desponding, broken-hearted patriot. Pardon me, gentlemen, in mentioning next, one who never was worth}' to unloose the shoes of the illustrious Southerner, but who, nevertheless, is one of the ablest am! wisest leaders 01 the Abolition cohorts. Mr. Seward says that the irrepressible conflict is i pon us, jjgltafcPui the question has he^g^Jeteimiiud at Trr-f, i ?ur- ixHuiuuyu a lit ooiiijiaiiioii tor Scwi".l and his ilk, lia> said in the United Suites Senate, I oldly and unequivocally, "1 am lor one, reailv to meet Clie question, to meet it now, and join in making uji the issue." ;\Ve will join that issue, however, upon the living issue of lite present; the actual, praetie..l issue ot our day and generation, which is, until settled, to override all otuer issues in this country ; and which tends to the so.ut.oii of the two great questions on the American continent, worthy of the consideration of American statesmen; one is the solution of the Anglo-Americ..u question, the oilier the solution of Uie Afr.cnAiiiera-aii question. In the soiuiiou of tliese great qicst.ops. the men ol our own inces. from the temperate zones of the old wor d mingling with us. mid being Amer Cainzcd. will hold, in the end, ojcc Usive posSession ol' the temperate y.i lies ol* the new; while toe d sevu lams of the man of the tropics of the old world x?.?w among us will llinl their homes iu the tropics of the new; and, sir, they wi 1 no go there as slaves, but as h eeineii, to live among freemen, where color is ho degradation. "i lay will t;o. un'er our instrumentality. not to ovoruu ii iiic Oovcruiueins to wliieli liiey emigrate, but to ai l lu developing U:e most produeiive regions u! tin.* wlm.e eailli. "I'lMt. question is pressing upon us now. You cannot postdate it long, if you wo lil. it js in t:tc projjivw of i-vciiis. anil it must come on, and for olio 1 day, let its il.svu.ssiott cuuie on." I ins, gc. tl.-iiiiM', is 'Im "lri'f|?ivssililo conti:cl" wst,. a vengeance, ami its little as sonic may l?e disj o-ni In /.../!/ these tie. Inratior-, yo., or y?i..r eh l*i>?-ti may lite to sue tlie dm wiieii Ui.s vciy ]>rngiammc wili In- cairied out in iis le.l. r ami Sj int. Why, g lillciucl', 1 lie lit-1 I o. gross lias i.tt'oiileil us a |ira. tie.al test ot iiie ".ii'.og issn.,"' wiieii So .tl ern gri-tlein. n sit oy ami allow liheilfis ai d villiai.s to trail ee their se?'t.0:1 ami her ii stitutioi s. I am atiahl lliat S> waul has rei honed hut too wisely, hi assuming that the discussion o; lh;s cj'.esiioii has heeii ti mistered from the Norm to tin* So .ili. It lakes our enemies sona tina's lo tell lis ttii|>ni:iiuh'u truths?this may I cone o; them. 1 tear it is. and allhoug'i I lami i o r niiiikabie jr..vers ot juoiiherv, vei 1 tear "//<?.. //> > ys#,.,/ tnere is trouhle ahead. Gentlemen,istaisalionientoi'theiii ng iialh n.' 1 think not. Your w is. st ami hest .Statesmen are w iniihjj vn i til ajijirttai-liin^ tlasijjer. Yotu own Si'liiiinr. uliiini we all tleli?;lit In lmi nr. l. lls r.s that ilie jmrteiits ol tlie coil injj storm a. - jja niy >i>-ln . "I have," says .Senator Chcsuut, ' lieretoSire indulged the belief taat tlie diUcrellcc of climate, soil, in Ins* tri..I pursuits, prisluelious ami cliarncier of labor, wh eh marked the two sections, gave (treat value to ihe.r connection; tii.it these import..nt d.fieri tu-es tunst.tilled, in f..ct u coin ii.'tnce of interest, and that I he Imsi.liiy grow.ng out of ignorance noised by a sickly sentiment..lity, unit blown into In.) hi. zc by ltinoug ami f.lse phuanthropy, wou.d consume its? If, ami leave rc.-soii live to point i nt and est a hi sh our true relations. lint tn.it be ief hart W.iUeil. Tim purely sectional p..rty winch has embodied itself hi the Northern [States, incre.ises every year, ami grows more and moro . bin-r and relentless, in the last Presidential elect.on it swayed a large majority of those -States, and now. with lecruiled ranks, and high-raised hopes, pants itself in the p. tli of the country's progress. challenging. not recognition but tue right to rule. If this par-' ty be not overthrown hy some signal and crushing ;; blow, i.i a lew years it will prohahy absorb the entire j political power of tli free-sod Stales; and. be const- ; quenev, toe po.ii.eal power ol the I'liiou. e hen ver ite-u eomiuaiid the mi livided patronage ami distrihii-; noil oi iiit- I'li'ii.c money, i?y ^cLSiujr on 100 Jvxee;mvi* as w II as tau Logis.ativo nrunuli of the Uovernincut, it call, and ill inv judgment, will combine those ctatcis | against us. lu biu'li event, what have we to e.\|nct ? ' We must have "die irrcprobsible eoiill'et" waged in hot earnest. 'the nuihor 01 that destroying tint, never tlreaiiieil. in his wildest revery that "the wheat Holds, and rye holds id^MasimchuseUs and New York ninst again be surrendered by their tanners to slave culture and to tiie production of slaves, &e." Oh. no! that I was hi ukm juliu-n?the announcement w s only to give antithesis to the other branch of the proposition, "that the cotton and rice tields of South Carolina, and j the sugar plantations of Lou.si,.na, will ultimately ho tilled by tree labor." (ieiitlciiici, tlie question is, what nre wc tn do? Submit until wo linvo no power to resist ? Or net as iicenieit wlio know tlieir riglits, j and knowing. dure innintHiii tliem. Every net submitted to on our part but i ivites hoicks ion and emboldens tlio eucmv for renewed and successful effort. Every martyr tnnde by pitta perrhn or heiHjt only adds to free-soil cnpital, utid helps to swell tie rising wavo of block fury .vhii-li looms up if a H,! angry f-ood, .vliicli i?, it' n?'t '""WMju U. k.al once, v distil til 1o toll tur j, i;s jt, :i ictiimon ruin. Gentlemen, the day 8H W]IUH every trite * friend of the 0 nstitutioBfij.(j ()f the Union } which "Ur lathers Uave gazeo I upon the proud eiiihlelif^ ,jic f " heart* hope <nd ,)0mP) ( By augel hands to v?!or ' ,md experience the lull ^ ation of' insulted feeling which every pat'^ ,m>t ft.e] when he sees a ray ot his country g!?iv stricken join her starry banner. J,t.t an arrogant, <upercilliotis, si f ri^ .teoiis"^f^:((lI ?f this once 1 proud confederacy assume t< ,)jvi,le our nation- ' :il insignia, giving the -torx {() tju. X<?iti and t the *t >j"x to the fcoutli! \*u have it ttill in I our power, >. - 1 With landom's soil fcenentt^ fect t And freedom'- banner ttreRr^ 0>ct llB ? 1 to claim and enforce ?< 1"^/ t.q,i?lity in the 1 Union or ird'jjewlrhc* "nt Nothing less than a'plain, niulisgitisedj um.qmvoeal ac, j * .? ...... .U.t.r - 1 Kiiow.eug., e?v ,, vV. ..s-.?, |der ?1U Loll. stitutinn, should pat.siy 21]l!gt ^ our rglit', nyemnnilm^, ^bwcitkcur, at every hazard. The" w.ir of the Rival ^ ^ f ht again* n preamble, and, eg. i|ity ftljd dencc proposed as the W'Tptf|HatI(lU for'lui| and Mood; the coufedera Ju oftI,e ,evcia| province* or Static was i a|]e a of rights which recognized tl.i f;mi,'gr,ut fun,|:l_ mental | riuciplc- as the 1> iig ()f ^ Umj. and we would be the ver ^ rewa?Ls l;poll ? eallu if we did not ?. he h .(||(] qmvo.ailv <<,?:?? to the h iot;| ot rights to which are j cJI|1Iot understand how ,t ? that , ^)tIe|lien flr, wil. hug !., coiupionnsi a just (Hnci|l!sf all<1 vio|(1 for present expediency or j< Mlc(.^s< n vital point which must nit 1, t * ... t. , . jinti-Jv w.aicer, it not destrov, the very sou . , ? . ... . . ; i ami oeii'i; of our sound at.d political rights. Jf , u|1jmt#|;d thy term ar*!.:, it strike n ; U.nt t? con.r,ro. ni.se a pn.ie.ply under m y |lti fo,.'lI(r cause whatever, is most #. . .. . , , * , . ,, JbVersive and de* triletive of nll that is imbicfl. . * . , i 'i! . ?iid maiilv in personal or political eliaractcl ?vi . '1 r . , ... , I. What June trr to compromise: Our noiul. ^... . . . 0,,.- home, ami *?! rights 1 ".,v t- .Bim-t', tins is me tender po.nt, and upon tLV solution of this question the rot must jf wc yield tin- question of our* P^'pert*'^,^ onr ]?*)nie* and our altars will Lie dc.-tr.^B^j. ^tir honor lie buried in the dust. ^V'Bleiueti, we can not ? we ,.ut compromise or wavering oil our part uow {,? jtlKnrc. .k-st ruction. ihe point iisis been -BL-|di-*it d w?: must i ow stand upon that ?""f efcjnciple, however abstract and iticonsidcrijtfj^B* ji,.jy appear in the estimation and wisdotMK- V ;oun)CV. i.? Bmon-Kivcw, ??? could'nt be pulled out of^? Union. Gentlemen, we have many fb-in^^ jltJ| 5t quite importent should belittj hl sa,rL.a r>,g;irJ, and when you are told thnt?^tljer titan i,e put to the trouble of defendiiigW^jc tlfo'tr(tri rights you had better let.thcinVjJ j tc]i vou l,c js not vour true political frie? ' r' routtsellor and guide, wl:<? can o*T * mh a(l. vice. 1 would ratlierst^^M^j.^, ^p'of^a sing'e f>t- n(V PCitemple of Liberty invad. <!jP; a treacherous ally and its sacred pi I he a K.rn from pedestal io tower, and itsell sliatterjl into a thousand fragments, and but a sjnglJwisintegrated truth remained, and feel that Ls&Jo..] upon the eternal principles of right aiii justice, though so i a it and alone, thanfdhii an unhallowed alliance or occupy a dishonorable position with tli in jsitcs of furinticor theuiyriiiidotis of power. fil l tlemef, it is lietter to throw the tea overboard again, if need lv, or resist l?v an appeal to "(lie last argument," than submit eVeti to yield ail <>h t r' rigl t. Mr. Clay otie.e said that /? would rather he '" .'lit tl.an he President; a nohle sentiment, ho .ever far short its illustrious author niav luve fallen of its exemplification. Gentlemen, I have t o admiration for any -man who is constantly on the wat. h-tower fw the strong si>le ? a political weather-cock whose faee is iinerringtv pointed in wliieli ever direct ion the curve! ! of popular s ntiment mines the strongest.: I like and admire the man wlto has moral a: d political honesty, and dares to do right. Siuh at. one I need not say to vo l jvasonr owe, our great CaliioI'N? whose uaiiic belongs to historv a* d immortality, and tho g'i dead, his imperisliah'e sentiuieuts live fresh, and will w.II continue t?> bloom anewvsl.edd.ng their fragrant inlhuincii over the hearts and lives of those who are yet to collie af.er its, ami a t life's drama in an age yet uilore. In noble contiadistinctio'i to the miserable time-serving I.- . .- . I I ... 1 I. .V . I. I I >< >' 11ICI :i 1 s "i nil; iihv mi ram i iiras m<imu ' As some tail clifl* tluit litis its uw'nl form. Swells from the vale an 1 nudw.iv i.-aves the Hturm. Tliot)>rii 'round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, j Eternal mmaliiiie Hetilos on its Ileal," Fellow soldiers, it' the ilsiy rnines, ami it must route, wlit'ti the rights am! honor of vour : State am! portion mttst l?e maintained. ami f need l?e the at Imminent of this ipnstio'i is to lie setlleil oil the Held ol stii:'.-, ;t is certain i that tlie basis of all o.ir military operations ami ileletieus nrtst he fotiml iii our present i militia system, and especially in that arm of it i which vo-t, mv fellow -soldiers have the honor 1 to ) present on this occasion. >-Slin:.M Ker- ; shr.w he ailed on for ln*r cj'tota ? </ call alone will he necessary, as in days o| old, her irallniit soi s will respited with a hearty good w ill that i thev .'ire ready, ..ye ready, ami around these 1 standards will gather the t ohle hearts rml , I stiorg arms iip?.n which ntfr eotiiitrv le.ii.tt' i lor support and defence. ( That 1 tanner* hears a talistnacie chaini, .'or hi'iieath its s; ken lolds were rallied on //?/ sacred co secrated spot, the brave spirits who < oheved their conntiy's call ami came up Moldy 1 into line, and when i pen a distant tied , amid ' the coiiii t r.f i'uuielihi g auwiTeh- whore tlie I l.iiitli. tide raocil ti. r, est. it was niomllv home I 1 t<> victory. 'J In- ??! ! Guards may well be proud of their J I record, tniuiberiig a- they have Mom-, many ' gallant spirits who have dim' itti-defeiine of t their i-oiiiitrv's lio' n>-; ami today as we recall I ll.e names of Jjj. k iison, Moffat ami Cniitcy, ! with others who were once marshalled under that old lain i r, is it t( targe that we should | feel that there is something still i"[n name I? 1 \\ hen the command was given at C.'oiitreraR 1 and tJhiiriihiisco ? 1'iilinettoV to tl|e front!? ' [lie summons was i adily obeyed, aijul amid the datk hut tie clord, lids pennon of liberty floated proudly in ilie breeze. When the noble , I t tier tell at the bead of bis command, covered witli the colors of his Jlcgiinciit?a fit winding sheet for a soldier? The stalwart arm of Dickinson Cair_t t the sacred trust. Era its silken folds were soiled, or it trailod upon the dust, And he horo that buniier woll on I Ihuruhusco's | plain, Liko u bold and fearless Knight 'luiddt lieaj>9 of gallant Bliiin. 1 After the brave and gallant Moffat had been Tlie Flag of tbo DeKalb Gourds, eai iod in the Mftxican War. P. lisnhled at ChiU'iibnsco, and his command d>- | olvcd upon Lieutenant J nines Willis Csiitey J when the heights of t.'hnpultepec were / tunned, and the breach in the \v:tll discovered, (, chat a spirit of noble hearing was there d>Vilayed *bv the voting hero and his spartan 81 miid, \\ ho, at their head, leading tlietu up the a tormy cliffs, was pierced by a hall from the ? meiniea' fire,' and fell ffitli victory upon j lis lips, and, Whose glorious death hath placed, another cherish- n ed name, vv On the marble pngc of glory, and of Carolina's fame, tl 'IV. vmi inv immediate cnmi>*nioti*.iti arms, c i would say, that tin/ young in organization, I -ave Ki li ars, should it he necessary to make ii lie experiment, but that your "place in the 11 ieture" would he "near the Hashing of the a jujis."' 1 set* before uie in the noble young p net*, and brave associates of mv life, those who si rill never bow the heck to receive the yoke, ? ivlio, "never unprepared," are ready nuw to "Striki?till the Inst ttrtn'il foe expires: n Strike*?for their ultara and their tires; r Strike?lor the grtefl pavee tf their aires, t Truth and their native land." I ?gta?m?n?a?? e MISCELLANEOUS. J Ron. IV. L. Ynncfj*. J, This distinguished gentleman arrived in our louu yesterday afternoon, and was escorted to . the Mansion House by.a large and respectable committee of reception appointed by a meeting . jf the citizens. In the evening, according to previous announcement, Mr. Yancey delivered an address in the Court House before a di nsely crowded . audience, among which we noticed u brilliant j { representation of the fair sex. } On Ins entrance into the Court House, hp was greeted with thunders of applauses; on the subsiding ol whidi lie was fbimally introduced 1 to the andietiee l.y Muj. S. A. Towr.rs. lie then coinnietieed his address by alluding ' in a brief at:tl hnppv manner to his first arrival | in (Jreenville, twenty-six years ago. whither lie j hud 1011 e for the purj use of entenrg upon the study of law. lie alluded !o the position of parties with reterenee to the recent Conventions, and complimented South Carolina upon the moderation and forb.-aren :e o' he leaders. The opposit o i had hoped that South Carolina would have been hot-headed and rampant, ro that they might have held out the plea that the Southern n.ovi inert was all blister: but she aeted cooly and wisely, and rliey were defeated in their expectations. Mr. Yancey demonstrated the fact that the Union had -become almost entirely sectional. In the h dls of Congress, the North occupied j one side of-the House, while the South accupied the other; the Northern Christian worship at one altar, and the Southern Christian at anotlier; assembled in a national convention even, the same difference of position exists. There was but one tie left which had been j s-i . i..,? I sundered?that was list commercial ut, uuv .this even was snapping strand by strand. lie denoueed! the doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty, and showed it to he no meru-abstraction. It was throwing an enormous pow| er into the bandit of tlie rholitioti paity? that ! party possessing at "least tw o thirds t?ore ahlity | than the South to favor t'tuigraf^^^h^ wninrtne ?v';. "... .'^vas in u- niclUieiicy^^53IH slavery should he tolerated there e.r not. The emigrant from the Northern States had tioth- ' ing to trammel him it he wished to settle in ' the territories? picking tip a spade and an axe lie could imuv.li off without a moment's preparation. The Southern emigrant had a local habitation, and matters pertaini g to it had to ' he attended to before lie could leave it; he had a slave or two, perhaps, and thus trammeled if ' he desired to emigrate to the new territory. ! lint even if it Were an abstraction, there was a prineiple involved in it, and principle* should ' ever he defended. Ue then attacked the position of .Mr. Doug- ' las in asserting that the doctrine of squatti r sovereignty was upheld by the (tinoiiiunti platform, hv the Kansas Nebraska act, - and hv kindred n ensures in quicsrcd in bv the South, ' and provid eoin lusively tliut .Mr. Douglas pnsi- j ti<in was an untenable one, and could not be ; sustained. He endorsed h artilv tlie nomination of Ilreckeliridgc aiul Lane, and Lv a series of logical i onclm-ams, home out by fact" ami Gif1:res, jiaintetl the prospects of tlicir uleetion in brilliant colors, it' tliev wor- elected the Union might be preserved; otherwise, there was but little hope. The So t'i ha I never acted as the aggressor. 'I lie idea of t ot gressioi al it tervention was merely lor the sake of protection. She did not wish to legislate slavery into any of the territories of the Union; she desired that her rights in the territories should i ot be imparled. The S'-.Tith bad acquiesced in compromise upon com. promise for the sake of peace in the Union, lint what had she gained bv tlnse compromise Kmphati- alb. lathing. And the North had neither lost nor sacrificed anything by them. We regret our inability to report the address more fully ; and regret much more that we can i ot give it to our readers as if was delivered. Neither can we pretend that tiie above report Iocs anything like justice to the speaker. It was one of tiit1 strongest and ablest efforts we ever heard, and at every inti rval that occurred rounds of applauses burst forth from the dcath1:1. . l.u.l I.i-.iii..n..tf Iin.vnilii.l tlm HIV'* miiihu^ uim j ?v ?? . j ?..u t i jit*:NT. Mr. Yancey remains with up hut one day. 1 Hi.* is inw the guest of E. I'. Jones. We 8 :rist-that he mav fi id o.;ea-ion to visit Creeii- 1 villi- more frequently hereafter than he has 1 litherto tlotie, and that wo niav he p rinitted c K'easiimally ' ? listen to his masterly efforts in ' lefeuee of a Constitutional Democraci. c liktt'un of Mh. Yascbv.?Our di-tinguish- 0 ml fellow-citizen, lion. \V, V. Yancey, return- ' d to liis home in this eity on Sunday night ast, in the h-st of health and finest of spirit*. r It is, perhaps, superfluous for us to add that, v luring his ahseiten, he has ela-trifled thousands u liv his ehasteiied and impressive eloqiieiiee, and " i.e otii". if possible, more than ever distinguish u for his unseltish devotion to thosegrea, co: - il =5 tutional principles of equality which from ' die hasis of our (aavrimuiit. lie low fully v uistaiiii'd his well earned reputation as the ' Ajax of Southern Mights I 'eniocraey. Full of genius and patriotism, lie ha? received the well merited plaudits of tin; tnii* IJcmnerncy wtieiv. i ever he has addressed lliein. Long im.mv he 1 live to lead the vanguard of Southern Rights. '] [.1/ ')nft/ nurry Aih'ei ( !>{>' I Horrible.? A man with an umbrella in his c hand called at Senator Sumner's lodgings, a few days since, and inquired if Mr. Simmer 1 was in. Senator Wilson was immediately sent < foe, who, upon reaching the spot, at once, as- i ked the man standing in the entry what lie warned of Mr. Sumner. The man replied he i had a little hi'l against him for tapping a pair i of hoof. Wilson examined the hill, said it t was correct, and Simmer paid it, whereupon t the woit.hy eohhler spread his ninhrella and s left, liiirlington soon arrive 1, hilt found no j Mood upon the llore-. I I'. S. ?Another man railed the next dav ! Hut no danger is apprehended. JJurlin^auu! is there!?ilmtim J vsi. I';.; VI VU 'Vil . !/ L"W Ji ritled in the Com I of A ftjjfii/x, it / h irirxtov, Jonuory Term 18'JU. lly J. S. Iiichnrilaor, Stole JSjiorter. 1. A promise, iu writing, to pay ;? certain iiu of motiev to A., or otdti, at a rertuiu time ltd place, "with exchange on New York," is ot a promissory note within the Statue of .tiue.?Head vs. McXitltt/. 2. A promissory note must be for the paytent of a definite sum of money, or u sum liich, if not defined, .may l>e ascertained bv ic law alone, without resort to extrinsic ciramstancw.?Ih. Where the owner of a rait of timber puts it r possession of a bailee, with instructions to oat it down the I'ee Dee River anil delivered it t Georgetown to a factor tor sale, one who Itrehnsea it from the bailee representing hiiuL-lf to he the owner acquires no ^jt!c. ? Carlukupl vs. Jitirfr. 1, 1840, the rillagc off Hluffiot: was laid out ito streets and lots, as a place for summer esidenecs. In 1852, it was incorporated, and lie Conned were inserted with all tire powers lommissiuncra offloads. In 1856, thecbnitcr 1 xpired. IfofJ, that tie streets of IUuffton,! lot being parts of wny. highways, were not, fter tlie charter hail expired, subject to the ii... I'utnniminiim a if Ruftdi? nriauiuuuii vi ?,v... Stuar ??.*. Coinmixsionrrx. 2. The streets of villages, where noicontinnaions of highways, aae cot, it seems, entitled to auk higher than private paths or ncighborioO'I roads, and as stic-lt must be kept in repair lot by the pnlilic at large, but by those who ise them?IK An indictment for tnnn'er charged that on lie 18th July, II. struck S. a mortal blow: hat 8. languished until the fii.-t of August, in he same year, when he died ; T. was present nt the day a nil yrur Ji-'xt moiwiitl, aiding and lhetting; "and so the jurors aforesaid, do my that the said II. and T., the said S. in nanuer and form aforesaid, tkn? and th*re &c., lid murder." II. was found guilty. //< /(/, on motion in arrest of judgement, that the indictment was good J that then ami their applied properly to the consummation of the murder, and were not confined in their application to the dav the blow was streek ; that if their application was uncertain, they might be rejected as surplusage.?State i>*. Huyyi im. 1. The subscribing witnes to a promissory note, several in form, but having the names of A. and 15. as drawers, testified that he saw A. alone sign it; that I>. was not present. Held that the Act of 1802 did not apply to the case, and that l'.'s signature might he proved by other witnesses.?Tnten v*. Stone. 2. Where there is conflicting testimony, the decree of the Judge on a num. pm. stand like the verdict of a jurv, aud will not be set aside, ?Ih. On proof that defendant dealt largely in hiiyiug, keeping in his store-house, and shipping to the North for sale, old metals, old i- in a. d rope?, rag?, and other Odds ami emis, nmi ui? Le was pronely convicted of keeping a juil shop without'liceuse,contraryjoacitiya^jjJ ? IJih' ('ouiicil v.i. GoUsgf^M I. In nil action on a ifl chase ir.ptiy of l.y a rfa<2 aeqirrre?rtixnrt?y S lfiscrfmmt-^Vcrao?prr^Kcssinn?ilv.ot l>ctng f'other shown that the lefeiulantV neglect to ^ue such third person ivas occasioned hv the obligee.?J'oi/as vs. W,Ho?*. 2. A conveyance hv one out of possession in not void for champerty.?lb. 1. H, gave to A. h:s promi-sory note ami mortgaged to him a slave to secure the payment. A sued 1J, 011 the note, recovered jnpgir.etit ami is sued am. so., under which I!, hiving hoen arrested, applied for the h -nefit of the Insolvent I)?l?tor?' Act. 1'ending li.'s application, the slave was sold as ois porpertv, iirnh'i a junior Ji and thereupon A. seized :he slave tinder his mortgage. 1>. was after ivards discharged tinder the Insolvent Debtor? Ac'. 11 U, that A.'s title to the slave and i:h . to seize him ttttdei the mortgag', was not iffectt"' hv the arcrsi of J!, under the nul his -utwjns'iit discharge under the Insu!cetit Debtors' Act.?JlmnHlmi vs. Z> r-fvmuo. 2. An arrest under a m. 3<. is no satisfaction >f the debt. It only snspeiuls nil other lejj.il remedies bv pincers of execution. ?//?. 3. A discharge ninl-r the Insolvent Debtors' Yd deprives the creditor of nil further legal emedies, but does not divest him of anv right f property w quired before the discharge, in fin ne of tlie debt. ? /' . 1. The Circuit Judge ha? the power, during he t- rm at which we verdict loss been render* rd, to set aside the order for judgement and xeciition of a writ of inquiry thereon, and give I... ttf lo'il'n f?? ttf.d.t 4 In) liio oohnti lit' ligiCliUHlik ? #? ntn hmild not ta di turhcd by the Cotit ??f Appeals .-.wept for gro?* almse of discretion.?^1/. tvj - . llili.f. 2. The facts of the rase considered, at!-! an mliT of tlie Circuit Judge, setting aside a;i irder for judgment and exocut'o t of a writ of tiq liry thereon, sustained, ?lb. in trespass cl uxiuu frei/if, o:> vcv light evidence, the jury found for the p'antitf. r/i /</, that, after the verdict, the Court would tot graiita nonsuit, though a new trial, if asked or might have been granted. ? .'/< '/lomUi ex. W// . . The Governor offered a reward for the apirehcusion and delivery t > jail of a fugitive !ave. A apprehended hint ami delivered him o constable, who obtained a w irrent and ouimitted hitu to jail. //. //, that .A. was ntitle-J to the reward and mi^ht recover it rom the (joveitor. ? H 'Wlum* vs. That a!I An ordiaiice providing a Court for the trial if free persons ot color, for violations of citv iiilinances, is not unlawful.?State vs. J/oyor / < h n l stoa. I. Upon questions of fact, the Ju Igc has the ight t-> a lvi.-e the jury, and aid them with his * ? " ..t?.?liUOAI? *l?o? ?K.. I.ll! I l(i\V% in H? ( l??nvnnn#il, Ull.kU ll^ mil" nate decision must he Ic.'t to their jndjjeiuent. ?St"tt Jw. Smith. 2. Upon t!io trial <>f an indictment of murder, t is competent for tliu prisoner to show in his Icfence that the deceased wa? ,*? tnrh ilent arxl ioluiit man, and carried arms alio it him, if it ic further shown that it was generally known. 3. So. also, it i? competent for the prisoner r? show that, n:i the day before the fatal iccmranee, the deceased linn had exhibited a inariplsoiiie violent disposition, had attacked a liird person, and upon tho prisoner's interferng to separate them, had tiireatned the prisonX.?I1'. 4. Tho general principle seem to l>e this : That if the general character and h ihits of the leecased, for turbulence vioieiice and treaehry vere such as might have hegotton reasouahle ippreheiisions of great hodily harm, that the)' nay he shown hv the prisoner, if it he further iliown that they were Known to the prisoner, r that there were sufficient reasons to suppose ihev were known to him; so, also, that threats itni particular arts of violence, known to the prisoner and reasonably connected in paint of lime with tho fatal rencounter, mnv la- shown. lh. 1. In teon rceogn'z mcc, an ohjection. that the paper produce] b, from matter appa made "re Units, and an affidavit of the defence is not necessary.?State v.-. Alums. *2. A paper not appearing upon its face, in any recital, or in the attestation clause, to have heeii taken l>y any officer, or any hody, having* authority to take recognizances, held to Iks invalid as a recognizance.?lh. 3. a recognizance oeing in tne nature o? a judgement confessed of record, cannot be executed bv attorney.?lb. 1. Goods seized in attachment by the Sheriff aiv in the custody of the law, and are r.ot liable for rent not due, but growing due.?Dawson vs. Demon. 2. Service of attachment on a gurnishee is not equivalent to seizure by the Sheriff.?lb. 3. Disputed questions of facta proper to be submitted to a jnty, will rot be decided by a Judge upon the return of a rule on the Sheriff to show cause.?lb. 4. Objection to a Sheriffs return to a rnle that it is informal should be made in iimirr? it cannot be made by appeal after a decision on the merits.?-lb. 6. An objection ton J udgcV decision, in general-terms, as that it "was otherwise erroneous," is in no sense a gronud of appeal.?V>. Where the Court is sitting, and the Clerk is ' engaged in Court, lie in absent within the meaning of the Act of 1839, authorizing a Magistrate to hear an application for the Ix-nefit of the I'rison Hounds Act, if the Cletk be interested, sick or absent.? Wallace vs. Taylor. Where a check is diawn l y a depositor on a bank having sufficient of 1 is funds to meet the check, the holder, on giving notice to the bank, has the right to be paid, and if payment be refused, innv maintain an action of ass-m.sit against the bank, on the implied promise which the law raises in his behalf; and this is esj>ecially true where the charter of the bank declares that it "shall receive money on deposit, and pay away the same to order, free of expense."?Foyurties <fc Stiltmun rr. the State Dunk. 1. A. was the owner of a plantation on wliicli was a private wharf and landing, from which -? g lie derived large profits. The Legislature an- J thorized a public wharf, landing and road tube m* made on A.'a land, and directed an assessment to be made "for the value of the premises taken for public use, as well as for damages generally to the same." lhlJ, that A. was entitled Jo no more than the valne of the land taken for the wharf, landing and road?to compensation for such additional fencing as the making of the road rendered necessary to his plantation, and to compensation for such inconvenience to the plantation as the road occasioned; and , that lie was not entitled to coinper .tion for. the loss of profits arising from his private wharf. ? KJiugs vs. Sm'too/c. 2. An acre was taken for the w-harf and landing, and its value was assessed by'-the jury the that the land was worth about sS acre. // /(/, that the vedfl glj^ncc to sustain it ? //?. Bkdlthc circumsJi^H ByidH a broker for safe, the broker is not entitled to commissions unless lie makes the sale himself; if die sale be made by the owner, he is not entitled to commissions.?t\ford rati vr. Jttrobi. 1. A. sued Cn as drawer, on a promissory note, drawn by R., payable to the order of A. and endorsed by C. The proof was that B. bought property from A, and was to give him his note, with security. The note was drawn, signed bv R. and delivered to him, who took it nff and returned it with C.'s signature on the back. firlJ, that C. was liable as drawer.? \lcC ctnj vs. Bird. 2. A. after making of the note, in order to negotiate it, endorsed it by writing his name above C.'s. If rid, that A. did not by such endorsement discharge C. from his liability as drawer.? Ib. daarauctive Hail SroiiM3.?During the last week several portions of tidgefudd have been visited by very destructive hail storms. In tlie neigliUorhooJ ot .Mr. James C. I?n>oks, 'apt. Eugene iJurt and lianiel Holland, Esq., tlie efforts were disastrous. We have l?efore us samples of Corn and Cotton irom .Mr. Hrooks' plantation, as they appeared after the storm. Hie Corn is riddled and tlie Cotton literally stripped to the stalk. Mr. Ii. has lost a large part of his crop. Capt. Hurt has also suffered seriously ; and 'Squire Holland's losa is estimated at some $10)0. In the neighhorhoo 1 of Cheve*' Creek a similar storm did great injury. Mr. Samuel Gardner, quite a large planter, is said to have lucfr It in Otlfiri> on 1 11/%f_ '? '* '?> 'J V v*v?^/ VI VVI II uuvi vuw tun. These arc severe losses; our sympathies are with the sufferers.?EdtejieU A.tiertistr. Rain aso IIail.?Since onr last, the sweltering heats of ninety-five, six, seven and eight degrees, have been succeeding by a mnch more pleasant temperature. Withered vegetation an I the burning earth has a!.-o been relieved by gracious showers. A few miles Kist of oar town, on Friday night last, the corn crops were nvich damaged bv wind and hail. Previous to this, great injury was sustained from want of rain. This want for rain was generally felt and the most promising prospects of a month ago, for a yield of corn, has been sadly blighted We believe that some sections are stil1 suffering. ?Sttm'tr W'i'ckntii. ? ? Cautious Men*.?Some men nse words as i ille-men do billets. They say little. The few words nseil go right to the mark. Thev let von talk, and glide with their eves and face. in and on, till w nit you s:ty can he answered in n word or two, and then tlicv launch out a sentence and pierce the matter to the quick, and are done. You never know where you. stand with them. Your conversation falls into their mind as rivers fall into deep chasms, and lost from sight by its depth and darkness. They will sometimes surprise you with a few words, that go right to the mark like a gun-shot and then they aresilent again, as if Uiey were re-loading. Twenty Days to California.?It is hot twenty days now to Oaliornia, in a newspaper sense, by the overland mail route. This improvement in time results from the extension of the telegraph lines to Fayettevilie, Arkansas. It will bo seen that the mail which left San Francisco on the 15th of June, reached Fayettcj ville on the *?t!i of July, and that it is the larj ges mail yet brought by that route. Now that i the I'onv Express is disorganized bv the In| dian disturbance?, this telegraph extension will lie appreciated. ? Phibt fefphia Inquirer Gov. Moore.?Wo learn that a gentleman of Lowndes county has just returned from the Montgomery White Sulpher Springs Virgnia, and states that he left Gov. Moore, of this State, there in a very precarious condition, j having lost the use of both arms and legs, i This is indeed sad news to all here. I Mont joinery ifetV, 1th.