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H - ? ;i_2"- ?h rtr- ... ??,1 '??CTCT?J II ? ??^?^w^???????MM?=??L I VOLUME XXI. ?5 | loVl I%cJ' CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1860. NUMLERA1. f EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH HON. W. PORCHER MILES, DELIVERED AT TIIE MEETING FOR RATIFICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE RICHMOND CONVETION?CHARLESTON. The great sectional strugglc'in wbich wc are engaged is not a thing of yesterday. It was inangnrated sixty years ago in the contest over ;| . the admission of Missouri. But the seeds of it were planted even before the formation of the present Confederacy. In 1784 Virginia ceded her immense Northwestern Territory. The ordinance for its establishment, reported by a J* Committoe of the Congress of the Confederation, contained a clause excluding slavery, and Notwithstanding that this restriction was at first struck out (every Southern vote except Mr. Jefferson's being cast for it,) it was finally adopted on the 13th of July, 1787. Here the fc*? ' South voluntarily surrendered an empire for - the Bftke of peace and the Union. Out of this domain nine States have ">ecn formed: Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiaua, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi. A decided preponderance was thus given to the ? ' North. In 1783 the South had 647,282 square miles of territory ; the North but 164,081. By Virginia's grant of the North westi . ern Territory, the North became expanded to 425,761 square miles, and tlie South reduced to 385,521 square miles. In 1820 Missouri applied for admission into the Union. After a severe struggle, she was Only admitted upon the adoption of the so-called Missouri Compromise, by which the South was to be forever excluded from all territory North of a geographical line (36 deg. 30 inin.) This was the most fatal blunder the South had vet made. It was a "compromise" in which the South yielded everything and the North nothing. The North gained territory for six additional States?Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon and Washington. The South got Missouri and Arkansas, and the Inr*C dian Territory?if, indee<l, she will ever be allowed to settle it. Here began the contest?partly the result of Northern fanaticism, partly of Northern Inst for domination?-.which Jtus since grown more and more virulent, until it seems now to tlireat en the inevitable disruption of the Confederacy. After encouragement had been held ont to Southern men (especially from Virginia and Kentucky) to settle jn Missouri by protecting slave property in the Courts, when they applied for admission they were insultingly told they must relinquish the right to hold slaves as a preparatory step?and they were kept out of the Union a year. Hut a few years before? - 'in 1814?in the Treaty of Peace with Great 0-. Britain, it was stipulated that "all slaves and f- -. other private property in the possession of either the belligerent parties should be returned to the other." ' And yet, by the Missouri Conigfc promise, the North assumed the attitude of a M^^jglligerent towards the South, and wrested Territory, besides diminishing the '? ^ns s"cct,<""i?i' I aiciocbliy British in- ^ ^P^Il^^^^P^iiTow^-tSe Mexican War, and ; ^^.^t^faBRntliciTi valor and Southern money ' mp^flRmmited their full measure to its successes , m^Wp>d t<Khe* expenditure which it entailed, yet fvvBfhe Wilmot Proviso was insultingly thrown in MSt^fcur fcccs, by wliich wc were to be forever cxfrom all the Territory which our arms jil^JitsiUcd to conquer. Sl^y-.Hrc'r the proposition made from the South ww$^?jMkeiid the Missouri line of 36 deg. 30 rain., :'<;Bigli the Tcrritory acquired from Mexico to 1 -1 fic, was rejected. JLiie i>orui ?w..? itg all. The South "resolved," hut ng. Oregon was first wrested from louth submitted, because it was North 30 niin. What followed.' By an led outrage Squatter Sovereignty was by military authority in California, niscuous handful of settlers were alcxclude slavery from its entire borders, ten of the Mixxonri Compromise line. admitted California with a Constituirregnlarly formed, and thus openly what the North now so sanctimonionsua solemn compact." At the same time other measures equally odious to the South, such as the abolition of the slave* trade ^ in the District of Columbia?forming together [ the so-called ''Compromise Measure"?were passed. South Carolina yow prepared for acrggc?* I'on. She was ready to try the "ultima ratio reyitm"?"the last argument to which gentlemen and kings," and may we not say, free men, "resort" But she found, that in spite of "resolutions," the rest of the South was not yet ready to move, and our State, purely in deference to onr Southern sisters, and as a matter of expediency, stopped short in her movement towards independence. But she is neither asleep nor paralyzed.? ^ n _ She js as keenly alive to Southern rights and Imnor as she has ever been. No sis can take a single step in llic defence Biy..Roe, or tlie vindication of tlic other, Q * R finding South Carolina by her side.? do I feel of this that it never seems tc R-T-'V' Ressary to ostentatiously announce it.? wmL ' 'tr" ? show. But when is that time to ar Since acquiescence of the South in "the i^Rpromisc measures" we liave had the Kan ' Rtroggle and "the John Brown raid," botl Rtnein signigcant indications of the intensi HBarowing spirit of anti-slavcrv fanaticisn North. AVe have had the split in th< H BRkston a,K^ 'n ''1C Baltimore Convention) Hpyy i of them equally significant; significant c R /:R>ct that the Democratic party, once th Bl/V si Rcr hetwaen the South and this fanaticisn R^yy^Bmoralized and weakened, and unable t Rwfgfti 'iff' l'ie wavc freesoilprejudice. It is in Byyj'"-Bble for the calmest and most impartial ol Rj^R^RKer to doubt this. Hp-I Be Democratic party is now, we may sa; Hpy ? disintegrated. Nor do I regret ita Part7 becomes recreant to tl ;'Ht)rinciples upon which it was based, it that it should die out and allow soul ' Hf better to spring up'in its place. For ISS^^^v-Rtiine past the Democratic party has be< ^:'r- | B sight of its old landmarks. It has ce< Igl'Vyy, fPhave any destinctly recognized principli >; no longer an anti-protective Tariff, or ; ^^RRH^Bintcrnal improvement, or an anti-conso ?Tariff uicn. internal improi fli pai vj men?men holding old Federal notic e theory of the government abound in i, in full fellowship, unrebuked and i ;nged. We must purify it?bring it ba true theory, and make it a State Rig, , if we desire to preserve it. Otherw perish; and let the South, ceasing at I >k to Federal parties for protection, r ' upon horself, and take her governm lestinics into her own hands. She has lements of wealth, prosperity and strung ike her a first-class power among the of the world. Why she should be I to put her fate to the touch, where 1 lose so little and gain so much, has been to me a matter of simple ami t to return to the Charleston and Jh more Conventions. The .North, and particularly the Northwest, demanded a man as ]'resident?"Douglas or nobody"?Douglas or defeat." The South refused to accept a man odious to her as the expound^?the very head and front?of an unconstitutional doctrine, which not only robbed the South of her lights, but insulted and degraded her. She asked for the elevation of 110 particular man to the Presidency. She was prepared to accept any one with sound Constitutional views. What was it then which she so inflexibly insisted upon? What did the Southern States demand in these Couventions ? The simple recognition of the great principle wnicn lies at tne loiuuiation 01 aii civil society, viz: 'he. duly of Government to protect the persona and property of its citizens wherever its jurisdiction extends. Would any publicist or jurist in any quarter of the civilized world dispute a proposition so axiomatic, fundatnfent&l and plain ? They asked that the party which had professed to he the peculiar guardian of the rights of the Stole, as opposed to the centralizing theory of the old Federal and Whig parties, should proclaim the equality of the States. This was refused them. The result has been that the South has separated herself from allies who .would degrade and betray her. She has drawn up her own forces in solid phalanx. She has unfurled her flag to the breeze, bearing upon its folds her motto?"Th? Equality of the South, or the Independence of the South," and she is prepared to do battle upon that issue to the end. ller warfare is for justice and principle, and her trust is in the God of nations, the truth of her cause, and her own strong arm. The black host arrayed against her has inscribed on its I murky banner "The subjection of I lie South I in the Union or out of the Union." Its motley ranks are filled with a heterogenous mass, but they are all animated by one common scntimeut vf hostility to slavery?the foundation of Southern prosperity. This scowling army of foes we must endeavor to drive back with the shield of the Constitution in one hand, and the keen and tempered sword of States Rights iu the other. We have every advantage over them except in numbers. But the battle is not always to the strong. A consciousness of the injustice and wickedness of their cause, may yet cause some of them, ere the battle is joined, to drop their arms and abandon the field ?or at least to strike such feeble blows that hands nerved by truth may prevail against them. No men fight well in a bad cause. And what cause can be worse than that which aims to subvert the Constitution of our fathers ?? If Mr. Ma<Iison's definition be correct, the Black Republican party arc, in reality, a mere faction. "A faction?' says lie, "is a number of citizcns,,whethcr amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by Fornc common impulse of passion or interest adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." Can anything be more doscnpt,vc of tiio Jilnck KeniiWieaus * But can wc conquer and drive back tlV's fac>en. There are various reasons, which it is icedicss to particularize, why this should be jo. But it is in the character of these gentle " mcp themselves?as individual men?that very much of their strength lies. They are pure, ( upright, bravo and independent. They command the respect and confidence of all. I know them both personally. Mr. Breckinridge . is a frank, gallant, genial and true hearted . man. He possesses a clear and vigorous intellect?admirable judgment?great strength ' of will?with a peculiarly engaging and courteous, yet manly manner. lie is still quite a young man?the youngest ever put in nomina-' lion for the Presidency. This, 1 coiVidcr?in one of his solid, well-balauc'cd character?a decided advantage. Wc might expect, in tne event of his election, a bold, firm and energetic administration, lie would do aivay, sis far as practicable, with "red-tsipe ism," and the "circumlocution office" system. There would he no "old-fogyism" about him. His political nninions arc too familiar "to the country to rc wr; quire me to say anything concerning them.? His Frankfort speech, delivered last December, jnst after his eleetion to the Senate of the United States, has been widely circulated, and shows his soundness on the great question of the day. His acceptance of the nomination on the platform adopted by the seceding Southern States at Richmond, proves that he is with us heart ami soul, and worthy to bear j the banner of the South. Gen. Lane is an honest, staunch soldier; a man without guile or deceit; of a large heart and generous nature; an uncompromising friend of States Rights and the Constitutional equality of all sections. With such leaders, wc can go with brave hearts into the conflict. The South can follow them to battle, knowing that there will be no base retreat from the vantage ground of principle?no igncblc surrender of lier rights ?no disgraceful betrayal of her cause. If, ill the coming contest with Black Rc' niililiennism ami sectional* domination, victory should perch upon the banners of iircckiurklgc and Lane, there is a chance for at least a tout* : potrary respite from freesoil agitation. The wave of anti-slavery hostility may be temporn1 rily stayed. lint what if they are defeated, 2 and Lincoln and his "irrepressible conflict," 1 and "higher-law," Constitution-ignoring partv 2 elected to rule over us? What then? Sotitl Carolinians, what then? Will you allow ; sectiotial, fanatical party, whose cracd is hatrei e of the South?the only cement of whose he ' terogenous mass is animosity to slaveholders? 0 will you suffer such a party?such men?1< establish their dynasty over you ? Will yoi h thus allow the old Palmetto State to be dogr.i ded front her position as the equal of ever 1' other State ir the Confederacy} If so, ~~ would say to you : Forgot Fort Moultrie; fo '.e get King's Mountain; forget Entaw?the gli 1S nes of which my friend has so eloquently po c* trayed; for their memory will be a buriiin a weight in your hearts, and will coyer the fat * mantle of shame 1 01 your nuiiibii ???? * . IS* 1 am very chary of seeing the South pa us. "resolutions." They accomplish nothing.an Frequently mean nothing. .In truth, ha come to bo regarded very much like the cry :c~ *woin" Lei us "resolve" less und do more.'.ns I am sick at heart of the endless talk ami hh lts ter of the South. If we are in earnest, let !n" act, Above all, I am weary of these ctcri attempts to hold out the olive branch, wh . we ought rathor to be preparing to grasp t lsc sword. i But why should I say more I The questi c'y is with you. It is for you to decide?you, 1 cn^ descendants of the men of '7G?the count I men of the men who helped to frame the O >rt'1' stitution?of the men who more than once, na" "mere questions of abstract right," held out 1 so the North the alternative, "/Ac equal rir/lils s"e South Carolina or no Union;1' it is for you a'" decide whether you will be content to live ,zc" der a Government in which you would be jtyi c1uaki bin subjugated vassals! I_* - v POETRY. Lady Byron's Answer to Lord Byron's "Fare Thee Well." To the Editors of the Evening Journal: An article on the death of' Lad)- Byron, in your columns Thursday, stated that Lord Byron lived with his wire only thirteen days, whereas the separation did not take place until after the union of a year. I send you a copy of the London Courier oflSlG, in which you will lind the true statement, together with the "answer" to the celebrated ".Fare Thee Well," which answer, I think, has never been published in this country. * OH! l-OHGET ME! IS ASStVER TO "FARE TJIEE WELL." Oh! forget me; and forget The brightness of our morning gleam Of love and hope, which tinges yet The memory of tlint faithless dream: Oil! forget me?whether thou sail Lonely in thine jEgscun sea, List to the wildering Arab tale, Or plunge in nights of revelry? For'thee?whose stirring soul may rush Where joy spreads forth her trcachrous charm Bold in thy towering pride to crush The serpent head of earth's poor harm? If passion wiu thee to her.gusts, Let not thy thoughts to home ho turu'd? Bear not the doubting heart which bursts To think of peace despised and spurn'd? Oh! then forget me, and if Time l'iuck from thy breast this rankling smart, Uncheek'd by shame, unaw'd by crime. Cling to some warm and kindlier heart. For me enough those sunny hours, Tlio heralds of this night of woe? Which led me Mind o'er paths of (lowers. Breathing all sweets of bliss below; Though, like the violets of the spring. They open'd to the light and died? Though far they fled, on startled wing, When love shrunk back from iujtir'd pride? Still wore they sweetest, happiest, best, When truth and joy unite again ;? But?oil ! forget mc till that hour When a!) light worldly dreams shall fly, When (auie, and wealth, and rank, and power, And even genius," humbled lie? Then if one stormy thought gush in? If lost a flection still may live? Believe that torn hearts, purg'd from sin, May meet to love?ami to funjice ! MIBCKI.LAKKOITS. _ Letter froui Es-Prcsidflal Pierce. The Boston /W publishes the following : IIillsbuko, (X. 11.,) June 20, 1SG0. Mv Dear Sin : Yonr letter from Baltimore, directed to me at New Yorlc, and forwarded thence .to Coneord, has at last reached me hero, and I will not lay it aside without saying a word in reply. Y.nir rejection as.a delegate was, in my judgment, a clear violation of right, but it must, have gratified your friends* on the spot, as it has me since, to observe* the wrong perpetrated in your exclusion, was not jnore palpable than your vindication ofsouiTd princi pies rvnd of ybtir claims to .a-seat, were ct3:icli>-*.", ,'omentum as a bodyiJprfscntin^ the Demo- j nicy of the Union, and eventuate in the pre- . cut condition of *hc powerful ami patriotic j ngaiiization which has so long Upheld the j qua! rights, and vindicated, in peace and in ( var, thc coinmon honor of these confederated ( States. There has hee'h. in fact, no iminipation . nadc in conformity with the "established and ( ocognized usages of that organization, and ( lieitec sound and faithful men will find nothing in the proceedings, so far as the nominees arc concerned, to hind their party fealty. Under these circumstances, it would gratify mo exceedingly il our friends in all sections of the land eotiid unite earnestly and cordially in the support of Mr. Uroekiiiridgc and (feu. Lane, and thus insure for our cause signal victory; but this cannot even l?e hoped for. What, then, is" to be done with a result so repugnant to our wishes? It is of'ess conseijiieiice to dismiss who were right ajul who wrong upon the question of membership in the Convention, tliaii -it is to determine bow the Democratic party, which united is invincible, ear: avert the calamity of an irreconcilable breach. If division is at present inevitable, it may be well to inquire whether it is to he permanent. Is devotion to principle, to the equal rights of the States, and to the integrity of the Union, to be sacrificed to any object of personal ambition, or, what is worse, if possible, to the blind control of passions, of which we have already had too much ? Have the doctrines and sentiments of sectional fanaticism, which culminated last year in the armed invasion of a sister State with the avowed purpose of exciting insurrection, ceased to be dangerous ? Where is Hie evidence of change in the direction of sounder and more conservative opinions' I do not perceive it. It certainly is not to be found in tlie want of concert, so apparent, among the great body of our countrymen who are opposed to the principles and policy of which .Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Hamlin are now the representative men. While it would be culpable weakness to intermit effort for the right, there is neither wisdom iior courage in turning from a full view of - ' 1 1 - - ??-n- mill the embarrassments which ml".> ;ii uili j'mi i the dangers which threaten our country. The only manly idea on which to act is, "Thing? arc had and may he worse, hut with the l>lcss< ing of Goo we will try to make them belter.' I At all event.*, it i.s no time lor crhuination am , recrimination among those who expect here ( after to need and to have each the support o l the other. It eanno. mend the past, caniio j lielj) the present, and cannot /iiil to he disaslrou to the future. Ho who lakes a different vio\ and nets upon it will only ae.cuiindatc a liarvcs r) of regrets l>v ntteringsentimeiits to he explainei qualified or recalled, unless, indeed, lie is alrcad i at the "half-way house," (where so many hav v stopped temporarily before,) only to resit in j his inarch and take, his place in the ranks i those whose ojiinions and action have been i ^ direct antagonisin with his own. I am tu j. without hope that the sterling Democracy If the Keystone State will he able unitedly o S"PP01^ *'|(: electoral ticket, already uoiniuati by them, without regard to the preference the individual nominees, but with a saiisfneto _ understanding as to the manner in which l! shall, in certain coiitingeiicii rc VOWS ... 0f lio cast; ill id tluit their exam] >!e may he follow by other States, and tlius. something like 11 JS, annuity be yet secured. Should a policy li ns this, at once conciliatory and just, be pursue |;i| we may well be animated by fresh hope a pn confidence. ]|C I expect to be in J.oston next week, wl we can interchange thoughts more fully v on satisfactorily thau it is possible to do by letl llC> In the meantiine, if you sec the editors of r (especially Col, (.'roene,) will you expi to them my thanks for the well eonsidei on able and dispassionate article in which tl to grappled with the emergency of a divided ( 0j : tional Convention, and for the character]' to ! promptitude with which they assumed a j nn_ I tion, which 1 am confident more ample t ! for reflection will fully jiisfil'v. Verv tr j your friend, FRANK!JN riERCf i Hull. R F. II v I KIT. Boston. Mass. Our Own .Watering Places. Wo see from the papers that the jfirrent oi 1 travel has already taken a Northern-direction and that the trains on the North-cistern and Savannah route arc thronged with.^assengen going North, and that the steam packets from Charleston and Savannah are crowded with the vigor and valor of the South, Uiojchivalry with meditations full of retaliation hws, pjinds indignant at Southern wrongs, an^-pockets full of rocks and tribute money. Of all fashionable follies, that of jjtronizing Northern watering places in profereje to our magnificent summer resorts, is the Host monstrous. If the relations between tie sections '1 were of the most fraternal character it would then he objectionable: but in the present state of aftaii-s, it is suicidal. It in useRs for the South to lioid conventions, pars motions and enact retaliatory laws, until itbcgii?to practice the principle, vital to tiie success okvery community?self dependence. Is thcilany necessity for invalids and nleasnre-selrors rrninrr North to find health and recreatiofr-Have we not numerous health-giving fountals reposing in llic lap of our mountains, wlitiQ gushing waters, pure and limpid, if distribtjed through the world, would he for the loFing of nations I 1'liere is no place in America, ir the^svliole world, a spot that combines suclfc adr?i1lages for health, comfort and social enjfipmeiit "asthe White Sulphur Springs of Yin/iSa-, with its beautiful Italian villas and larguffjniug room i and parlor, near double the sizjof tlie "East room" in the "White llousc"; "Whilst the medicinal properties of its wakrs cannot be surpassed, its pure thin air is^ijjydcd with a conscious luxury which seldom accompanies the I process of breathing in the plain or by the sea ! shore. Where are there such lumiutans. such bracing air, and such variety ofmBicinal waters as are to he found in the njwpnntrj' of our own State? Its scenery cannof be surpassed for its variety, magnitude anddrcanty. The vale of Tempo, between 01ymp.<s"and Ossa, is wlierc the Grecian hards tuijSd their harpstrings, catching their inspimion from the charm of.its beautiful scenery aid the melody of its warbling groves, J lave we not in South Carolina a thousand Tempcan vales more luxuriant, more magnificent, imje redolent of poetic inspiration ? A"owhere will the olemcKlpirits serve their guests with such a feast oh^Weurand beauty as from the top of (kesar's IJjfc. It is worth a trip across the Atlantic t?c ; for no two hours is the panorama the s?; nun-light and shade, cloud and vapor pciEt to the vision changes and combinationsBs frequent and various as the groups of gMering objects in the kaliodoscope. Whilst J|nks of floating clouds and fillets of azure mvgive the zest of novelty and fresh joy to the'-holdcrs, the hills and valleys, mountain mf?, and headlong I, c/ltaeacts in tlic far distaiKBJp clothed with a transfiguring glor^^ffshmtic lines that give a fi^cination hnttfi jayiihat truly reaches | tltcjclmiax. r ' .-J iKse.itlpugifta'-hd}!!- Wsi brought ojl-by ( om-<* ttitig/onrsGfy^to cajUltcntion to the- j advertisements -of'tbe G^Ajprings and A\*iK j liainston Spriags'Iiotck Jke have pnbliAed' . ft'om^llm' (ruuricr ay* oUm|iI^n . ;o off during tlic Snmmcfflfonths, we bespeak t or these places their attci'ititfn. ' The hotffls are 1 arge, airv and coiwniodious/.nijil every comfort a irovidcd'and attention giv<n by their gentle- s nanly proprietors. The rc.Jon that our water- r ng places arc not hcttcrknown is owing to v .he indifferences of the prcik. We speak can- e lidly. If the South Carolina press would be i ilivc to its institutions it vvonjd soon he known S| throughout the Union tint wo have-places in j, our mountains as attract! vcai any in the world. ;i Clarcialon(S. C.) Bantur. } . I Spalding's Pkepauei: Glue.?Prepared . I and cnvenieiit article for ; IT,in; , , v._, " . 1 , housekeepers and others,.**] "Spalding's l'rc- | pared Gliic." It is one ,, those inventions, small in themselves, which,tevertl.ele.ss, go far ^ in the economies of houseold management, and are an ever-present id in saving time, expense and trouble. Tit numher of small repairs to furniture, pictuitfratnes, crockery, children's toys, leather, sliil and other fancy , work, with the almost inftincrablc uses to which in every household really good and 1 ever-ready article of this lcr.l' may be applied, will at once suggest thcuidvcs to the Indies. Damaged book-covers, Iooaicd leaves, dilapidated maps and herbariur, will remind the j student and book-worm of i value. This glue j is compounded with chcieals wldcli hold it j permanently in solution .it is applied, J without affecting its strengj'aiid which serve ' I to give the adhesive niniti ajirmer hold on the surfaces to he unitedjd'ter which tliey, | quickly evaporate, leaving i- glue to harden ( with rapidity and tenacity It is estimated i ]hat there are at least live iniuns of households ' i i:i the United States, and nt an outlay of j ; from one to ten dollars is aiyally required to i make small repairs to furuire alone, apart ! from the numerous neglccUuid make-shil's that are necessarily resorted-. j\rcw York Timexliirr. 0, 1S39. ' Death of Coj.. Jas. 1>. liiARnsox.?The 1 - -e .j, nvend anon snecds ] arrow t?i wc<un, its way to some shining nlc, lias t'allen in the midst of a social circie, our sister J )istrict of Clarendon, noted for iintclligncc, its : | refinement, its pleasant coninglings, and ; J taken therefonii an ornainent'j prized liicm I her. Col. Jas. 1>. Richard- was a noble ' specimen of the old Caroiinacntlcman. Of 1 gciienns and manly impulses, warm and con tiding friendships of bunya and vivacious I spirit, which remained nnahai by tiic minor t grievances of life, and with attire thoroughs |y imbued with a love of socitr, he was the v loved and revered head of liown domestic t group, cynosure of the frietn gathering and 1, the friend of the poor, y Col. Richardson died on Jiav last., at his e ; residence, near Munch stcr, Cendon District, 10 i after a protracted season of pical affliction, at lie had reached about his Ofoiirth year, in Sum, Watchman. jt ^ of CouoNKu's Inquest in Sr. ;n If ere lev.? to Magistrate Titos. \Y. leasing, acting as .,| Coroner, held an inquest on inlay, the 8th of .Ink, on the dead body of *>b J>. Meeks, i-v who was found in the woods, icsix or seven |,'c miles from his residence, lyW^ the foot of a A '>?<' Iicpii sre hv Ihrhtning. | OS, pillC-UCC mill _ r_ 0,1 The neck of the deceasec i broken and in- liis right shoulder dislocatei J marks of the Icc electric fluid were plainh \;>le about his :<1, body. 1 i n,) The verdict of the jury ws ttlhc deceased cainc to his death from le ccts of lightion iiiiiJJ. md Tersons slioiild be earn! ow they take tor. i shelter undor trees during, tinder storm, llio Chtlcul Mercury. ess -? 1j cd, | A hrcky Printer.?jbe^ondon Times liev ! notices the fact that a joivew^printcr, a Xa- j very steady, upright and i.ts old man, stic I lias recently become the piss !5200,000 msi- by the decease of an undo iflBralia. lie imc | had been employed in thee ^Berc he was illv, I working at the time he i*'e^Be news of 1.' j his accession to wealth Vj^Bthan fortv I vears without intcrmis^ior.. jjgg Death of Jerome BoiiApaMCt f The great age and physical infirmity o , Jerome Bonaparte and the recent account o I his illiness, have prepared the public for tin > announcement of his death. With him die i the last of the Bonapartes of the same genera tion as the great founder of the dynasty, anc though inferior to the other brothers in mos i respects, none of them?excepting, of course bis illustrious brother?has been regarded witl such interest by the people of his country. It is to bis American marriage and bis disgrace fill practical denial of it, that Jerome Bcnapartc owes his notoriety (we know no better world] in the United States. He was born at Ajaeeio, Corsica, on the 15th of December, 1784, and consequently was seventy-six years old at the time of his death. In 1802, Napoleon ordered Jerome to proceed to the southern coast of this country to cruise about for English vessels, France at that time being at war with England. In this enterprise the young naval commander appears to have shown more discretion than valor, for fearing to meet the enemy, hc"rctired to the port of New York. The fame of his brother ensured for hiin a warm reception, and lie travelled southward, mingling in the best society of this city, and Philadelphia. In Baltimore he became acquainted with Mis. Elizabeth Patterson, the daughter of a wealthy merchant of that place, and after a short courtship was married to her on the 24th of December, Bishop Carroll officiating. The alliance created considerable talk at the time. Young Jerome, then but twenty years old, after remaining a year in this country, decided to return to Prance and inform his brother personally of the marriage. lie embarked with his bride in an American ship for Lisbon whence lie hastened to Paris, leaving Madame Bonaparte on the vessel. Of course Napoleon had heard of the alliance was highly indignant, aad his reception of his votinrr brother was aiivthimr but cordial. The ' c* # " v- 3 - ; ?Lmpcror issued ;i decree annulling the limrriage, although the Pope, Pius VII., with conscientious heroism, refused to allow a divorce, notwithstanding the threats of the angry Napoleon. There is no reason to believe that Jerome Bonaparte married Miss Patterson.from other than motives of true affection and he visited Paris expressly to win Napoleon's consent to the union, which he did not then think of breaking, hut unfortunately his affection could not withstand other influences, and the young man consented to sacrifice his wife, and the chil 1 to which she had in the meanwhile given birth in England, to the ambition of his brother. This called "immolating himself on the alter of Niipoleou dynasty." Such was the influence Napoleon Exercised over the members of his family, that at his demand the husband deserted his bride and the father disowned his child. Jerome re-entered the navy, and Madame Bonaparte returned to Baltimore. Tlicy. never met again. , Over a half (Vntury ,has passed since that ' Lima, and both parties have lived uttlorlv estranged, Jeroiu'c pursuing the career marked >ut for him by liis ambitious brother, and his mured wife remaining in dignified retirement t - _ 4*ii ?. n tier native city, one jives mere mv i^r"onnded by friends, licr \single liope f jtfkJose the -exattatjO!) of per son (to o^Her"jjrrindson, \\ !"c) gniUunmfr ac * 'oint, ami is now* an oflicer in the French ( miy, has never been willing fo disgrace kimelf'by iinpcacliing ihc legality of his grand- ' nothor's marraigc, though temptca in various ' cays to an extent which no ordinary fortitude 1 onld resist. The fatlier, on the other hand ' icver turned to look upon his injured xvite I ifter deserting her, but, ragardlcss of every " iistinct of mortality and manliness, married ' igaia on the 12 of August, 1807, the Princess ' 'redcriea Cathcrina, daughter of the present 1 ving of Wurtemberg. lie was soon after 1 JCiiwr nf Wi'stnlialia. He had, in ' r vviniiiivsi "* ' " 1 - . lie meantime, done the State some service on 1 lie sea, as Ambassador to Algiers, and by 1 :apturing some English merchantmen in the 1 A"est Indies, for which he was made anjAdiui 1 al and decorated with the Cross of the Lcigon ' if Honor, lie, however, disliked naval life, 1 iceession to the throne of Westphalia, never 1 entered to ^cn again. His government of ' lie Kingdon, which comprised all the northirn portion of the Prussian dominions, and . unbraced an area of nearly eight thousand ( qnare miles, was mild and liberal, rather from 1 ho ensv good nature of the rider than from 1 my serious desire to increase the sum of human 1 iberty. At Waterloo Jerome had the work of ope ling that great battle, and the disastrous result- : if the conflict sent him to live with his wife's 1 elations, in Wiirtotnherg, but he soon left ' hem for Austria. The revolution of 1848 nought him into notice again ; for, though he ook no part in the couji d'etat ofl851, family wide induced Louis Xapoleoi; to invite his tnele to his Imperial Court, Since that time IVince Jerome has lived at the Palis Royal. The character of Jerome Bonaparte presents no features of grandeur. lie was the mere :ool of his great brother, and owes what little l.o mm- rtpfimv in historv wholiv to acci lental circumstances, which did not improve to any great advantage. lie was one of those many persons in prominent positions who would have been better and happier in some humble station, and his name will go down to prosperity only as a satellite of N:\poicon llonaparlo Personally his manners were pleasant and affable, and there are still living many of our old citizens who well remember bis visit to this country, and have met him in society or while travelling.?lYew York Post. 1845 anii 1800.?It is really painful to be obliged to record a continuance of the long term of dry and hot weather. Our farmers are very low spirited, in fact they have lost all hopes. The times are, beyond doubt, getting serious in this District?no rain for sixweeks of the hottest kind of weather, has narrowed down to a small point the prospects of the crops of the District for making bread. The grass is just beginning to fail, and a few more weeks of just sucli weather will cans..' the cattle to commence to suffer. The bright burning sun, like molten lead, lias during the heated spell baked down upon us during the day, and the reflection during the night, has kept up the temperature till the next morning. However much it may be regretted, still it is feared that the scenes which followed the dry j year?1845?in our District, may oe rcenncietl to some extent, in tlio year which will follow the poor crop of 18G0. Bottomland may make some corn, and also pieces of forward upland, in the case of no rain for some weeks longer. YVo hear of farmers flooding their bottoms by damming up the creeks which run through them. Rain, rain ! how famished and parched vegetation cries for water. Oh that we could once more hear it dashing in big drops on the window pane, "Upon the sun-dried fit-pis and branches hare, Loosening with searching drops the rigid waste," [Lmi re lis vi tic Hern /</, Discontinued.?"Highway" Post Ofliee, ii ' this District, on the route from Greenville t< Williamston, has been discontinued. Greenville Enterprise. h ):*i h; i j A Ularkcd Career. f A correspondent of the Montgomery At ,f vertiscr says: 2 The short history of John C. Bfeckiiiridu s is the history of the Democratic party i - Kentucky through the same period. It dates : i bout the time of the sitting of the Constitution: t Convention in Kentucky in 1948-9. At lea; ) while the Constitutional Convention was in se t sion lie was elected to the lower branch of th Legislature from Fayette county, and the fin . Democrat since the flood to represent a count > six hundred against his creed, and which thong I ai! thcdisastcrsofthe Whigand native America parties can give in 1860, four hundred majorit : against even a united Democracy. But itseeme to be the fate of some men to bring light out c i darkness and success out of severest trials. I was, no doubt, a better reflection to Mr. Brcck inridge, that his patrimony was too lifhited t( enable him to reman in independence amongs the elite of Lexington until experience auc appreciation of his merits enabled him to shari in the cractice of law?a natronao-e ennferrer x i O to a brilliant bar; many of whom, as lawyers were but inferior to Clay himself; yet Mr Brcekinrdige's battles with Abolitionism, ir Iowa, in 1842-3, was schooling that fitted liiir for the emancipation battle in Kentucky in 1848-9, and the stereotyped arguments ol Clay and Itobt. J. Breckinridge on the subject, fell before the quiet, given to the consciences of slaveholders by the manly demonstration and soothing eloquence of the returned exile. Nor was his defence of slavery merlcy polemic. During the same season he introducted into the'Legislature and advocated dissolution, which, under all the then existing circumstances, was a daring defence of the Constitutional rights of the South. We pass by his brilliant campaign for Congress in 1851, and his victory over a confident and well organized opposition. .Ilis second race with exGov. Letcher in 1853, is-well known. The opposition swore in their wrath that he should not represent any more the Ashland District, the Democracy decreed that he should ; every nerve was strung on both sides to its highest tension. Breckinridge won, and the opposition died from being over heated. On Marriage. 1 suppose there is a modicum of romance in most natures, and that if it gather about any event it is that of marriage. Most people marry their ideals. There is more or less fictitious and fallacious glory resting upon the head of every bride, which the inchoate husband believes in. Most men and women manufacture perfection in their mates by a happy process of their imaginations, and then marry them. This, of course, wears away. By the time the husband has seen his wife eat heartily of pork and beans, and, with her hair frizzled, and her oldest dress on, full of she entcprizc of overhauling things, he sees that she belongs to the same race as himself And she, when her husband gets up cross in the morning, and undertakes to shave himself with- pnlrl watio- and ft dull razor, while his suspeiWers dangle at his heels, begins to see that a 1111111 is a very prosaic animal. In other words, there is such a thing as a honeymoon! of longer or shorter du^^^^nndvJiilc th<* When the honeymoon passes away, setting jcliind dull mountains, or dipping silently into he stormy sea of life, the trying hour of mar ringc-life has come. Between the parties, there ire no more illusions. The feverish desire of possession is gone?vanished into gratification ?and all excitement has rcceeded. .Then jegins, or should begin, the business of adaptation. If they find that they do not love one another as they thought they did, they should Jouble their assiduous attentions to one another md be jealous of everything which tends in the slightest decree to separate them. Lilc is too precious to he thrown away in secret regret, or open differences. And let me say to every one to whom the romance of life has lied and who are discontented in the lightest decree with their condition and relations, being the work of reconciliation before you are a day r\lili?r Renew the Attentions of earlier days. Draw your hearts close together. Talk the thing all over. Acknowledge your faults to one another and determine that henceforth you will be all in all to oacli other; and my word for it, you shall llnd in your relat ion the sweetest joy earth has for you. There is 110 other way for you to do. If you arc happy at home you must be happy abroad ; the mail or woman who has settled rlown upon the conviction that J10 or she is attached for life ; there is 110 etl'ort too costly to make which can restore to its setting upon Lite bosoms, the missing pearl. Timothy Titamh. Tiic Mn'lit of a Beautiful Blind <t*irl | lficstoretlby itlarrlasc. The.Cincinnati Press., of Thursday last says: * ! -? -! 1 <1 clirtvf fitnn i A pllVSIOIOglCni WOIIUUI ..... since, 111 this city, which will doubtless prove as interesting to our readers, as it already lias to physiologists and oculists. A young and exceedingiy interesting girl, residing 011 Eighthstreet, whoso tinmo we suppress from motives of delicacy, and whose amiable disposition, elegant manners and placid beauty of soul, had endeared Iter to all who knew her, was, a year or two ago, compelled to discontinue her studies and leave school in consequence of a partial loss of eyesight that threatened to become total. She was ontircly unable to read, and although she could sec well enough to enable her to walk about, visit her friends and entertain them when they called upon her, the thrcatncd loss of sight gave her much annoyance, and aroused the sympathies of all who became acquainted with the facts. A number of our most skillful physicians were employed bv the family, and she was even taken to some of our most noted oculist?; but all their loaniing, dexterity and management proved- unavaling. Hoc eyes looked healthy, were beautifully pensive in their expression, and seemed deep as her soul was pure, but tlicv wore, nevertheless, to her almost I T.onlncc \Y II Will (i?>v Notwithstanding this rather melancholv physical defect, a young man, >vl?o had long been devoted to her, offered her bis hand in marriage. She demurred, and through an ex cess of affection, refused to bestow it upon the man who had long since won her heart, statins that she never would consent to become a burthen upon the man she loved." For a long time he persisted in his suit, and at length, through his praises and sighs, made her be licve that lito with her, even if she were wholly blind, were better than a Paradise where she was not. A month or two ago her resolution was rescinded, and she became his wife ; and Strang* as it may seem, from that day her eye-sigh began to improve, and she is now able to rcn< the finest print by gas-light, without pain am without any apparent optical injury. The cas has caused considerable sensation among thos who are conscrvant with the circumstance* Apart from significance as well estahlishc 1 ocular fact, it is a practical illustration of wh:i ) has been cleverly and wittly said, "that Levis blind, hut Hyme is the oculist who a!on can open his eves." U Ztforc About the Zouaves. In view of the recent arrival of the celebrated Zouave Cadets of Chicago, at New York, !e the following particulars in regard to the origin 111 of the French Zouaves, that attracted so large a share of public attention, and excitc-d tho A admiration, not only of Europe, but of this ' country, through their deeds of bravery and s" their "brilliant achievements during the late c Crimean war, and still more recently during >l the Italian campaign, might be of interest to | many of our readers. n "When in the year 1830, after the recall of ,, Gen. Bourmont, the cor.querorof Algiers, Gen. j Claudzcl was appointed commander-in-chief of the army of occupation, the latter took at once j. particular pains to regulate the internal affairs of the newly conquered colony, and to effect a 5 better understanding between the conquerors t and the indigenous, by making those barbarians I acquainted with Euroncan in?nnm ?n,i One of the. best means towards the accomplishj incut of tliis end, lie thought, would be th6 establishment ofseveral battalions ofindigenous ' troops, and accordingly orders were issued to | form two battalions of infantry and two "csca! droas" of cavalry, from the latter of which, at a latter day, the "Spain's" originated, a cavalry r corps consisting of .Arabs, that through their acquaintance with the country and the inhabitants, proved of great service to the French. The two battalions of infantry above mentioned received the name "Zouaves," after an independent tribe of "Kabyles," in the province of Constantino, called "Zouavnas," one of the most war-like and formidable tribes, that, in former days, used to sell their services to the Turkish rulers of Algiers, and constituted the terror of the plains during the invasions that the "Deys" would undertake, year after year, for the collection of forced contributions. But the French, instead of really negotiating with' these war-like tribes and of recruiting the two battalions above mentioned from the warriors of the same, enlisted a number of vagabonds picked up in the streets of Algiers, that weregood for nothing. The French officers who were charged with organizing those battalions saw with dismay that their recruits, as soon as they had been enrolled and received the earnest money, deserted in great numbers, and when at ' the same time the war assumed wider proportionsand r-rtininom-irfl k<> ??> ! ' 1 *' wnnucivu, on me pan of the Arabs and Kaybles, sis a holy war against the infidels, the idea of enlisting indigenous was relinquished, and the places of the deserters in those battalions were filled by Frenchmen* The name "Zouaves," however, has been retained* up to this day. The formation of a corps ofinfantry, consisting entirely of indigenous, was, however, at v latter day, accomplished by the organization of the "Tirailleurs indigenous,'.' and these under the name of "Turlcos" given to them by the French army, have played a conspicuous part in the late wars of the French, especially in Italy. Among the Zouaves there were even ? fifteen veal's ago only a few, if any, Tirail-Arabs. Tlmi corps lias been recruited since that timeand over these, l.'ggings of .yellow leather, that covered the legs from the knees to the ankles. For a lieaiKcovering they used the Turkish t "Fez," which by means of a green shawl wound around it, is transformed into a "Turban." jneir arms were uiose 01 me rrencli infantry, musket ami bayonet, and tlieir exercise the same as those of that body of troops. Recently however, Louis Napoleon has done a great deal towards the perfection .and still greater efficiency of the Zouaves. The muskets has been disposed of and the ritle taken its place, and their handling of the bayonet is truly marvellous. It is. principally their skill in the use of this weapon that makes the Zouaves so formidable, and during the kite war in Italy their attacks with the baronet proved almost invariablv irresistible. Flannel. Flannel worn next to the skin, in addition to ordinary doming, is or very great service in preserving the health of the inhabitants of all rohl mid temperate climates, more especially where the vicissitudes of temperature arc frci|uent ami considerable, and during the seasons of spring, autumn, and winter in our own climate. It produces a moderate warmth of the surface, promotes perspiration, readily absorbs the perspired fluids, and easily parts with them again by evaporation, on account of the porous nature of its texture. These important advantages render the use of flannel at ail seasons of inestimable service to the valetudinary and the aged, and all those subject to disorders of the chest, bowels, A:c. Ilufcland has justly remarked, that it is the very best dress for those who have begun to decline in years; for all who lead a sedentary life ; for individuals subject to cough or frequent colds, gout, diarrcen, and tho like ; for all nervous patients, and convalescents from severe chronic disorders; to persons who are too susceptible of the impressions of the atmosphere; ami lastly, in such climates and pursuits of life where exposure to sudden changes of temperature, and to wet or moisture, is unavoidable. Flannel is also well adapted for infants and voting children, especially in autumn, winter, and spring. Older children do not require it, excepting during the seasons of greatest cold, and all persons under forty in good health should reserve it as a resource for their declining \ cms, (hiring which it becomes every year more and more useful and necessary. Flannel ought not to be habitually worn at night. By far the best practice is. to throw it off i n bed, unless, from great debility or age, sufficient warmth cannot be insured by a moderate quantity of bed-clothes.?The necessity of frequently changing the flannel in order to preserve it strictly clean need scarcely he urged, as it must be apparent to all. Such persons as find flannel too irritating to their skin may obviate this by having it lined w'tli thin muslin. The health of females would . ?l.. i ?,??.] k., ?,i?? i? Ill OS I cerium n uc ucik-uhuu u> ?iuujjliii?9 uuring the winter season at.least an under-dress , of flannel. We especially recommend to them the use of flannel drawers. , A Xcw .ffaiMMicae Enibssy | The arrival of a Japanese merman is an' nounced in the San Francisco papers, as one of the passengers, by the last vessel from the land of the XoKamis.?Ife is a skurmy, innrmy-looking, gdv customer, according to j the description given. The body, legs and ] arms arc long and bony. The creature is proI ; viib d with hands something between the human appendage and the flippers of an otter? ami terminate in three lingers and sharp efows. The libs, underneath lite skinny covering arc j apparent, and look like those of a human being The head connects with the bo'y by a narrow, lt skinnv neck, and it is shape is like that of the ^ mermaid, but out of die top of it grow two. j veritable horns.