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- r:-;^.^..jrilyM?>????i.w?...?????????^.. '"j?."-' "jgg??a?"->-'"'jr"J ' '" _ 1 !_'_ J - i ; "-" ""g"-"."""11 _ ' IN. i j i jg? VOLUME XXI " ' CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1860. ' NUMBER 34. ^JMMM?Man?w?P???i*wita?yM^MUUiBBOr*w*,*~ * *mime&luHrM'*(96iakr*da0**m*?HA>*ab9m**9mamm??an >??? ' ~ ~"\'^Z.;Z\Z .nniwTon of m v situation, I not ten men living (until vcrv rocont!v, not btouglil tears from the hardest hearts. to look nt.their platform, which,, tl.ouarli intci.- shame for us alone. We would not have to " - a... History of South Laroltm. ded tor obvious reasons ot policy to appear pay any taxes, direct or indirect, to Northern *' "" ' 1 ,|1"- tliMl would 1*' ROII1C consols Glimpses of the Northwest. ]t! We have been furnished, through the kind- ^ ness of a friend, with a few extracts froul n very -j interesting private letter, written by another c highly esteemed friend, who has recently visi- s; te'd the great North-West, and whose impres- '' ' " ?ions may. be gathered from the" following, E "which we take pleasure in laying before our ^ Naders,?Ed. Journal. * ' norti. formed ' f _ Asa memoer omn uvuioivn r.v;, in commemoration of the recent connection Ix^ fr' tween New Orleans and Chicago, I purpose ( :giving you a few items of travel hy the way. ' ji Our train, which was separate from the reg- ! tilar train, moved on from the junction without incident or accident till wc reached Jackson, ! 7 ?Tcncn where a considerable accession was made to our number from the citizens of that Wnpi. mid nersons brought thither by the Mo bile and Oiiio road, which here intersects the Voad from the junction. We again proceeded y fc'n onr way, and though it was night, the I brightness of tlie moon joined to the purity w ttht) freshness of the air, caused bv a recent tail., gave us an exhileration and pleasure not usual to night rides. On reaching the Mississippi at Columbus, about 2 or 3 o'clock we toot a large steamer and enjoyed a pleasant river ride. The moon was just full, and shone i -vrith a peculiar brilliancy, shedding a mild radiance over the broad surface of the noble I river, and here and there tracking the path of j its reflected light with silvery points that tip- j ped each ripple of the agitated surface. I sat with a few friends upon the front of the boat, enjoying the feeling of subdued cxhilemtioii produced by the scene when Cairo loomed up in the distance. This town is built upon arti-. . . frcial earth, raised perhaps fifteen feet above the general level of the natural surface, but frequent overflows have produced an appeary since of waste and desolation over the whole place. About sunrise we "started upon the great Illinois Central Hail Road, direct for Chicago. ' This is a magnificent road, macadamized between tbe crosstics much of the way, whie.li ? cAliilitv and strength quite unusual. It passes first through tlic low-grounds of the o; fork, of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for about fifteen or twenty miles, where the land scape presented 'us with extensive forests of * swamp-trees of the largest growth, with often a.thick undergrowth of shrubbery. Alter this we came to a broken country of hills and valleys of limited extent, covered with a "drift" formation, made of earth and fragments of stone overlying extensive beds of solid blue limestone which cropped out here and there at * the surface, and this limestone itself rested upon - beds of soapstone of ten or fifteen feet thickness. The surface soil of this region does not look uniike the broken upper portions of South Carolina, though the presence of lime makes it more productive than a similar soil would be without it* This was a very unattractive portion of the country ; no evidence of thrift or c^pfort^^j^^^^^^nted^self.^ But these j - r;?? i ,g? away, and a^ter travelling through five or six hundred miles of the State, with feelings of disappointment, I must confess, traces of prairie lands began to appear, at firs t in small sections, Jlien opening to wider plains. The skirts ol woodland which divided these prairie tracks became narrower and further apart, the soil deepened in color, becoming a richer black, of greater depth in surface mould, till finally, the "Grand Prairie," as it is called, burst with all its unparalleled boundlessness upon our view. At first, at. long intervals the path of some winding stream would still be marked by skirting trees and shrubs, omitting which, this magnificent plain extends more than two hundred miles along our track, growing wider and richer as we approached Chicago. Now go with me to the platform of the'hindmost car, where I stood for hours as our train sped its arrowy flight across this sea of land. Look out; the air is pure ; fleecy clouds veil the burning face of the sun ; a gentle breeze sweeps across the waving grass that carpets the boundless view ; p far beyond tbc utmost verge of distinct human c vision stretches a deep Mucline of light, tnaik- c , ing a skirting wood of some passing stream ; a p moment more and-this is gone, and nothing c left to bound the boundless. We are out upon ? an ocean?our track is jus straight as an ar- ? row?our speed is fearful?our exhilarated t.| fcelines almost lift us from the earth. Thus we pass, mile by mile; again there appears upon the view a moving mass, sometimes just s, visible, sometimes distinct and near at hand? ,, 'tis cattle feeding in herds of hundreds that n roam to and fro. I often counted more than a hundred in a herd. But why detail ? there C( is nothing like it except the heaving ocean, t| and that lacks the life, the varying beauty, the ? evershifting panoramic views. No description j, can give a proper conception either of the prai s( rie itself or ol the effect it produces upon the. \ friind. It viust be one of the largest open rj prarics in the world. It stretches in some di- w ;.s rections between two and three hundred miles. jj # In one case I stood upon the platform while s] the cars ran an even hundred miles and no j ,1( where did wc pass a break in this vast pastur-j,.( age of grass and prairie flowers. j j,| The roving herds of cattle, the flocks of prai- j Sj rie hens, rushing up here and there, interest- j j,, cd me ; tlie long unbending track of the road | il( (sometimes sixty miles without a crook,) the 1 n) ps cava ted coal mines, interested me; teams of at * ten oxen in cne plough. breaking the prairie to t| mowing operations, the large potatoe fields, j the liundreds of acres of corn in one body as i rc thick as a canc-hrcak and as level as the plain : w pn which it grow, all interested me ; but noth-! w ing more than the vast occan-like prairie itself, j> stretching out with its hundreds of thousands ?j -? of acres entirely unbroken by fence, or field, or ti, house. Generally near the depots there would ],j i>e some cultivated tract.*, and- in some cases ],j three or four hundred acres of corn in one j,, body. This corn is not higher than a man's j? head, but it is well eared, and has three and j t|, fonr and sometimes six and seven stalks in a J V{l hill. I was told that the whole of Champaign . pounty would make fifty bushels, on an average, per apre. These lands are broken up with ai from two to ten oxen attached to the plough. (* I saw as high as ten. I also saw one steam ,r, plough in the field in Champaign county.? tt Such lands, according to situation, in the wild r,, State, can be purchased at from $5 to ?20, 'Il( and in the cultivated state from ?15 to ?100. jr The great difficulty as you sue, is the want of {)j timber. The fences arc of plank and in some f? places they are using wire and live hedges.? al This last must be the final resort of this coun- C( |ry. It costs- about ?4 per acre to break up and enclose these open lands, and an ordinary jj farmer, in the best pait of the prairie, would ^ have from ouc hundred to one hundred and j fifty acres. Down near the Cairo end of the road ten to twenty acres are the usual size of ^ farms. The people there arc all new settlers and seem to be poor. The hay making is a ; ^ free thing; whoever has industry enough goes ' out on the prairie, and wherever lie finds good j grass mows and cures it for market, though icy do not seem to be as industrious as one n culd suppose, where the crass is so abundant. t> lost of it. however, looks too coarse for cur r >g, and will probably make inferior hay.? v "hey. seem to depend mostly on wheat and t orn, both of which this year are good. I j: uw frequently at the depots, cribs one hum \ red feet long,-still full of old corn. These t ribs are generally about twenty feet wide by ifteen high, and the neighboring farmers de- t Kisit their crop in them till they wish to send i t off for market. I was surprised to find so < nuch unoccupied land along this road, even ( he wood lands arc but little cut down except t >y the rail road, to fence in its track, which is ,'onc entirely through the prairie from Cairo :o Chicago: a long lane?three hundred and sixty-five miles long. Now what of this magnificent country ? Is there universal thrift and rapid growth of . wealth and comfort ? Directly the reverse, if , * - * P.V we may judge iroin [irotin , v the side of the waving cornfields we sec per* haps a small one or one aiid a half story dwelling, with two or three rooms, and out in one corner of the yard a shelter for a horse, and perhaps a small crib attached to it. This is the entire outfit of the great majority of all the farm houses seen along the road. Not a tree or shrub even gives promise of a future shade for 'he comfort of a family. Nothing to shield them either from the scorching sun of summer or the bleak blasts of winter, which must sweep with fearful fury over those exposed regions during the cold season. One great relief of the prairie, is the existence, particularly in the lower parts of the State, of cxhaustless coal heds, twenty, thirty and even sixty and eighty fee! below the surface of the soil. These coal mines are beginning to he largely worked for market now, and may be very profitable in the future. The country is new, and when the people get some successful and cheap method of enclosing their farms and supplying them with water, which is also very scarce, the resources of the cxhaustless fertility of this region may make it a marvel of prosperity. Chifii/o has 140,000 inhabitants. Seven or eight yeiirs ago it had only 4i),000. The first residence was built (and still stands) in 1831 j I saw to-day a granary which can take from j the care and transfer ?o a ship, 2200 bushels of j wheat in fifty two minutes. It does this by machinery. I saw, also, a mechanical bakery, where all the materials were handled by machinery. It can hake 200 barrels of flour, or con l,.i.-role of crackers in one day. It mixes up the flour into dough at tlie rate of ten bnsli els in ten minutes. Two hundred thousand bushels of one single grain, corn, are sometimes sent per day from this port. Such is the scale on which things are done here, and who can tell what these extended prairies may yet become ? I write in great haste, surrounded by the noisy whirl of the ball room, Very truly Yours, I). MISCELLANEOUS. F't om Hie London Morning Chronicle, 21s/ July. The American Dclcgatcjuul Lord easons l.eiv for my i-oe'isr, because, from what. v saw, I judged that they would not be .worth be paper on which they inigbtTe written. J 11 eserved tliein, therefore, for die own Govern- ^ oent. After waiting awhile to see what com- a aents the papers would make upon the open- } ng scenes of the Congress, I commenced mv 1 lispateh to mv Government ; hut a friend, iii 1 T i ... is.i , | ii Hiose opinions j nave great cuiuiuciicc, saiu ic thought I ought to address the people here 11 vindication of myself. Upon this intiinaion (for it was rather an intimation than connel,) I sat down and, amidst a thousand doubts ,nd interruptions, wrote the subjoined eoinlunieation. I was just bringing it to a close ?r the press yesterday (Thursday), when I re- ' eived the information that, at the opening o. : he meeting on the day previous, Lord L> roughm had explained his remarks at the first meet- 11 ng, as I would see in a paper referred to, and 1 he information came with the request that I c ronld return to the Congress. I read the exJanation in that paper and two others. They 0 inly differ in their reports of it, hut they ail 11 oncur in making his lordship disavow any in- l1 ention to show any disrespect to the Anu!rian Minister or the United States; and they lake him say that he merely meant to call to otice an interesting or a statistical fact, viz : v liat there was a negro in the assembly. ;1 Now, I found myself in a very ticklish pre- s! icament. It was not his lordship's remarks , > mneli as the reception they met with by all IV associates of the Congress, that determined 11 le to leave it. The signs were infallible that i that body 1 could not he received as an jnal, eitlier in country or in cnaracicr, wnue K' negro was received with open arms. They ndcrstood his lordship as I did. All the pa- w ers understood liitn in the same- way, and !' >ine of tlieni glory in the exposure of the .meric/m Minister, and promise themselves a eh treat when the President shall discover in hat contempt his Minister is held here. All lis remains precisely as it did before his lord- tl lip's explanation. Of course, therefore, 1 can- il Dt return to them. They would receive inc )nrtcously no doubt?possibly, now, with ' lamiits ; hut why ? Not from personal re- . >e- t to me or my country, but to avoid sehisui j' i the society?to preserve its popularity. 1 ? 11 only tliree years removed from an English- 1 an (I date from the birth of my (iovcriiinciit,) id I have too much English spirit in me to irust myself into any company upon charity. Had the Delegates received his lordship's marks with a silent smile (ill-timed as they 1 ere,) and Dr. Delauy's response in the same !" av, I never should have left the Congress.? ltJ ut the plaudits came bike a tempest of hail J'j ion my half English spirit* Nothing, then, in ie piece needs (jualification but what refers to 1,1 s lordship's intentions. Learning these from j s own lips, I sat down to correct it in all that ! ipnted to him, directly or impliedly, wrong tentioiis ami wrong feelings; but I found w at they were so often referred t<> in a vast iriety of ways, so often intermingled with sen- al tnents void against the principal, but good " ;aiust the endorsers, and in ail respects good j j1 jainst the leading spirits of Europe and the ongress, and so essential to the harmony and -ammatical construct ion, that if I undertook l' ? correct generally, I should hardly leave it ^ intihle or readable. And yet the piece must \ M >w appear; for if not, it will go forth to all c: it rope that the Init-d States Delegate took a fence, pro-slavery like, at an old man's play- l" I remark, left the Congress at its la ginning, st id that neither explanations nor entreaties 1,1 mid bring him back. 111 1 1" l.i.i/. na. nnlimiAn 4,, i./.?../*.l..1 I IJUIlIll'l II'IIV IIVM l%# IVIIIVUVI ( niucli less to re-write it. I am called away -day ; I should have been off from London fore. In inv dilemma I have concluded to iblish the piece just as I wrote it; not now "! fairly representing his lordship, but as ex-1 :tly representing my understanding of him ||| hen I left the Congress, and the reasons. 1 " n at the bar now, and I am to be judged of "j the reasonableness of my interpretations, j id of inv conduct founded on them. I be^i.' | In A I?> IWI U.-MI ij') o indulge me in this. In return 1 beg the * cador to treat as revoked, and utterly null and i oid, every reference to his lordship that is in 1 lie slightest degree inconsistent with iiis exilanations. I am not very far hcliind him in cars; I have long been his debtor, and I eseem him almost reverentially; and if lie is not lehtor for his Judicial Reform Jiill to my naive State, there is the most remarkable eoincilencc between the two systems that eves oc:urred since the world began. If be is, lie night to esteem 111c for my State's sake. Re his as it inav, wc arc too old to quarrel. A. R. LOXGSTREI2T. TO THE PL'IIMC. Refore I tclTiiinatc my first and last visit to Europe, I deem it. due to my country and myself to leave behind me a word of comment up >?< ? nifwt Vi>ninrkable incident oflliut visit.. It may be of some service to tin* people on both sides of tlic Atlantic. England owes to my country much respect?to mv native State a little. I came hither as a Delegate (and, by accident, the only Delegate,) from the United States to the International Statistical Congress, now in session at this place. The appointment was made by request .of the ati tin in ties of this country. I am a native of the State of Georgia, the birthplace of two gallant Tatlnalls; the one well known to me, the other well known | to England. lie was that humane and chivalrous Commodore who, at the peril of his coinmission and his lite, rescued the captain and crew of Hope's sinking ship from a watery grave at Peilio. He lias icccived much praise for the deed, but not quite all that is due to bill), for in yielding to bis generous impulses lie forgot that his no less gallant brother was borne from the battlefield at Point Peter severely wounded by British muskets. What is done in war should he, but is not always, forgotten in peace. The Commodore's conduct was approved by bis Government, that Government which Jlr. Dallas represents at the Court of Sr. James. The Statistical Congress convened, a preliminary meeting was held to appoint officers and arrange the order of business. All the foreign delegates were declared to be Vice-Presidents, ami they took their scats on the platform with tlic presiding oiiicer. Mr. Dallas, a complimentary visitor, took his seat to the right of tin; chair; Lonl Rrongham to the lul't. AM things being now in readiness tor the opening of the regular meeting, his lioval Highness, Prince Albert, appeared, took the chair, and opened the meeting with that admirable address which has been published, and which carries the highest commendation upon its face. As soon as he had concluded, and the long resoeuding plaudits ceased. Lord Rioughaiti rose, and after a few remarks strongly and deservedly complimentary of the address, and after calling upon all present to testily tin itapproval of it by holding up their hands (!) he turned to the American Minister, and addressing him across the table of his Royal Highness, said, call the attention of Mr. Dallas to the fact, tlnt-'-^^^Trr '.It"1 1 hope he will l,V- ll-w" 1 \ t:\-i. This appeal to vus receivejd with loud applause! I Now il the iioIjIc lord's address to the Amor- i can Minister was nroaut tor pleasantry, 1 must ie permitted to say that the time, the subject < nil the plaet^ were exceedingly unpropitious o such sallies \ If it was meant for sarcasm | t was equally unfortunate inconception and leliverv. If it was meant for insult, it was i iicreilesslv cruel to his lordship's heart, refine- i nent and dignity, and moral sense. 1 could | eadily have found an apology for it in his jrdship's locks and wrinkles, if it had not been i o triumphantly applauded. The European j lelegates understood it?the colored gentle- j nan understood it; and, from the response of j lie latter, we can collect unerringly ;ts import, i t was meant as a boastful comparison of bis < jrdship's country with tlie Minister's. It was I [leant as a cutting rcnucuon upon mat conn- , it, where nogres are not ;i< I in itte'l to the conn- j ils of white men. This is the very least and ( est that can be made of it, and the dignity i f the American Minister's character and ] (lice, his entire disconnection with slavery ^ ersonally, and his peculiar position in the as- i I'lubly, were no protection to his country i oin this humiliating assault ; nay, he is selec- i d as the vehicle of it before tlie assembled \ isdom of Europe, who signify openly their ] pprobation of it. All the eity papers 1 have , l'cii dilfer in their lepnrt of titis matter, but < lay all soften its rugged features somewhat.? j 'lie Times is the most-correct, but at fault in i lakiug Lord Brougham preface his remarks j > Mr. Dallas with, "I hope my friend, Mr. f hillas, will forgive me for reminding him," ; c., and in making Dr. Delanv (the colored i eiitlcmati) say to Lord Brougham, "who is ?l- J ays a most unflinching friend of the negro." | folic or the other of these remarks was made, . did not hear it; the Doctor would hardly t nve used the last. t Now, 1 take, leave to say that a Briton was I ic last man on cnith who should cast, con- ] mptuons reflections upon the Uniteil States, >. lid the delegates the lllKt men on earth who s lould have countenanced them. Not one of \ loin, not a 'iiuiu on all the broad surface of I uropc, can assail that country without assail- , ig some near home-born friend of his own i ntguage and blood, or some kinsman. by short i nengo Ironi a common ancestry. r>ne spi-caus \ crself out from tlie Atlantic to the Pacific, > (mi the (iiilf to the Lakes, ami, through all ,] er length ami breadth, she is one vast asylum v ir the jioor, the oppressed, the down-trodden, J le persecuted of the world. Jler sons arc a a ultitmliiious brotherhood of all climes, relig- t us, and tongues, living together in harmony, J ace, and equality, so Jar as these can possiIv prevail within her borders. Say what you ay, think as you may, sneer as von may at lt "peculiar institution,'1 she is, after all, the od Samaritan ol nations. J)o a people crv ' id waste from famine ! She loads her ships 1 ith supplies, ami lays them at the sufferers' Dors without money and without, price. Do i oppressed people strike for liberty ? Vou 1 ill find some of her sous under their flag.? iocs a wife's cry come across the water for idp to find a noble, loiig-niissing husband .' lie fits out her ships, her volunteers man them, icy search nearly to the Pole, learn the husimi's fate, disburden the wife's heart from ispctise, and then lie down and die fiom the d tpositre and toils of the search. Docs sin find | v nation's sloop-of-war afloat, still sound but 11 imiiiiiiied She puts her in decent trim and s lids her to her owner, in charge of her own t ien, and at her own expense. "|!ear with I i.'." If 11 am bceon'ic a fool in glomus, ye ,-i live compelled me, for I ought to liave been iiinneiided to yon." i' Such a nation is not to be tauntcdj certainly ? at by <?rvat IJ\*?tai 11. Her slavery is a berit- y je, not. a creature of hor own begetting. It as forced on her against hor wishes, Iter pray- i s, and her protestations?screwed down upon s r, pressed into her, until it lias become so 1 mipletely incorporated with her very being ' I lat it is ?ow impossible to eradicate it. The j 1 rin "-slave property" is borrowed, it is not of' i :r coin.yge. In all her slave Suites I here are 1 i 1 one.) who ever in'nue a siavy 01 a uet-mcm, counting the Hottentot a freeman. Their sin, then, is not in making slaves, but in not restoring them to liberty, in courtesy to the sensibilities of those who made thorn for us. Hefore they make this exaction of (is they surely ought to have the magnanimity of Judas, ami lay the pi ice at our feet. [Judge Loiigstrect. next glances at the immense loss and disaster, which immediate emancipation of the slaves in the Southern States would entail, showing that nine millions, at least, would certainly he ruined by it (tlic slaves and their masters,) as (lie first fruits of the measure; and hundreds of thousands, if not millions more, in the free States and kingdoms, i. r.. all who arc dependent upon Cotton, Kiee and Tobacco in any way for a living, as its ultimate fruits.] Whatever his lordship did not intend by the remark?and 1 am ready to believe that he did not intend to wound - lie certainly did intend to bring to the Minister's notice that England made no distinctions between men on account of their color. And herein his lordship * ' 1 <"'? the wlmlu was iamciiiaii.v innun..i,... _ scene showed that lint only lie, hut all his applaudcrs, niadc a marked distinction between | colors. Wonld not his lordship have had more respect lor the feelings of any white man, than to have made him the object of special notice, and such a notice to men gathered from all quarters of the worl<J ? Would his lordship's discourtesy to a white man have been applauded its it was by gentlemen of relir.cinent and delicacy ? True, it hit Dr. Delany \s scusihili| tics exactly in 'he rijjht place, for he returned thanks for i: ; but the chances are a thousand to one that it would have enkindled his indignation. "What,'' lie was likely to have said, "is it a boast of the nobility of England, that I am admitted to a seat among white men ?" His thanksgiving, too, was applauded, a tiling | not exactly in keeping with our ordinary dealings with white men. And when he proclaimed the indubitable fact "that he was a man," again ho was applauded, ll any other man i had arisen in the assembly, and said the selfi same thing, he would have been laughed at, not applauded. Again, his lordship pointed him out as "a negro"?that was the word?not as some of the gazettes have it, "a colored person," or "colored gentleman the Times lias it right. Now, if he had felt a due regard for the Doctor's rank, would he not have softened his designation, as the papers have kindly done for him ? 1 am told that the Doctor is a member of the Geographical Society, and a delegate from Canada. If so, I demand, by all the canons of courtesy, why lie was not called to the stand as one of the -V.iec J'residcnts, and nlaced light between Mr. Dalias and myself? I [ere would kivc a^sceyio representation of tl?rilliii?jf nforal effect, more eloquent of Old England's love of freedom and contempt of mastery tliaii :iil lip-conipjiments ??! all'iter nobles put together. Or if that seat was tfio low for the Doctor, wliv was lie not placed between - 'Lord-^irongliaiu and t ie ' 'hair J Had \ soon irs'V-i-j (there, verily my own heart would' have J" 11?1 with h compliment to noble Old'Etig|M^" ) have fiily ntteribl.? SSWHBIH ted fr either. To liofr many of the entei taiiiineiits has he been ii/viied ! Now. in all this 1 jdeteet a lurking feeling ever and anon peepiilg oat, wliieli convinces me that the. colored tnaii is yet far, verv far below the white man in public estimation*even injiuropei and, until this is comiaered, let not ' " * 1 *' ' Hie KiliropOiUl assume 10 jceiuro me amenrau upon ]iis duty to the slave or upon the equality of the races. Why, if the tiling is fated t<> us, like death, can anf- man of common humanity and generosity take pleasure in throwing it in his teeth ' Shivery is either a blessing or a curse. If a blessing, win* disturb us in the enjoyment of it ! Von Englishmen ought to plume yourselves upon it, for it is pour benefaction. Jfa curse, yon should not embitter it. Wo regard it a blessing: why disenchant us of the delusion ? You say "it is i sin." J doubt it, as I find it, and shall ever Joubt, while i'aid's Epistle to i'hilcmon is uuircrsally acknowledged an inspired epistle.? Out suppose it a sin; lias (iod commissioned rou to reform it? And do yon think you ever iv.ill i;oforiu it by eternally sprinkling vitriol ipou the master? As for your contempt, we >vould rather not have it to he sure.; hut if fun will he content with that we will live in )eacc forever, for it is an article in equal store )ii both sides. If von cannot condescend to )ur company, we will not complain at giving a llaee to Dr. Delauy, and we can beautify you .villi four millions precisely such. l?ut in your ntcreoursc with its do not for your own sakos, orget all the rules of delicacy, benevolence, ind humanity, for every adult of lis can stand ip and say, "I am a man !" Farewell to thee, Loudon, for a short time! One more brief ook at tliv wonders, and then farewell forever. \uothcr visit to Liverpool; 1 like her better ban London, because she likes my people bet* or. "Interest!" "Cotton!" It may be so, but am grateful lor love of any kind in England. Sever in all mv long, long life tlid my hearttrings knit around a fair one so quickly and o d.isclv a* they di'l round n lady in London, v|,o approached me and said, ".Mr. Loiigstreet, must get acquainted with you. 1 love your oiintrv,! have several kinsmen there." That's oitiir.il, that's woman-like, it is for mail to haw favois from a country and curse her.? iod Lies.* her! And God bless the family in vliicii she said it. As Abraham, Isaac and acob, slaveholders, are in lleavon, i hope to ret there too. May 1 meet them all there! ? Jut, whither am I wandering! Liverpool, Mother look at Liverpool, another benefice to he English Cimaril line, and then farewell to Curope forever ami forever ! A. P.. LONGSTKEET. P. S. I forgot, to mention many kind iavitaioiis that 1 have received Irom distinguished lersoiiages. I declined them .*dl, not indilFurutly nor disrespectfully, but because they rerc obviously given to me as a member <>f ho Congress, which I was not when tliev eaehud me, and never shall he. the Jlopkitixcille (A"//.) Southerner^ IHulii of C?l. Elaync, 11V S. c. MKIU'BK. Among tliedistinguishcd men that fell victims liiriiiL' the war of the American Revolution. i-;ts Col. Isaac llnvii", of South Carolina. a imi!, who, Iiv amiability of character and high eiilimeulsofhoiioraml uprightness, hail seen rial lie good v. ill and ntlectioii "fall who knew linn, la had a \\ ilb and six small children, fly eldest . boy Iliii'leeii years <>l age. < Col. Ilaync was taken prisoner hv the Hritish mres, iiinl in ;i short time was executed oil the ^ 'allows, undercircninstilncescalculated to excite >' leepest coinmisseration. S liis son, seeing liis lather in the hands ol'the ' xecntioner, and then struggling in the halter, toed like one transfixed and motionless with lurror. Till then lie had wept incessantly; 1' nit soon as he saw that sight, the fountain of H lis tears was staunched, and he never wept nolo. lie died insane, ami in his Ijist moments c fteii called upon his father in terms that ? ' f ^ "Nw )'/? ' ' ! -Ci J I ' **llrii:gr out the reliel to his ilooni!" p' Tliis was llic Briton's stern command; Willi mtifllotl drum, and fife and plume, w They lead to an untimely tomb The liayard of the Southern land ; South Carolina's noblest heart 11 Who long had played the patriot's part, Fighting lot life and liberty Against King fleorge's tyranny, Leading tlie Souths heroic sons Against his scarlet myrmidons? The lion-hearted soldier, Ifayne? '' Walks there such soul on earth again? ^ Long time his voice in council heard o The timid like a els rim i stirred. s Long time his un-dioathcd crimson brawl p Flashed like ;t meteor o'er the land, " And wheresoo'er his footsteps trod s Leaped warriors front tiic teeming sod, t And to each man he did impart s Something of that which tired his heaat. L' To give the haughty monarch's slaves ;| To shameful (light or gory graves. Like some portentous eagle llew His dentil-Hag in the wild lialoo. ^ ]>rop|>od dead the wary sentinel Xor tired his signal as lit' fell, ^ Dropped tlie red scout upon liis path The victim of an unseen vvrntli, For never did his rille's aim J Its fated target fail to claim ( Or put. the marksman's nerves to shame; ( Knelt e:itie-brake and savanna green I lis lightning sally oft had seen, I And 'ncnth his sabre stroke hail drank j The Briton's life-blood as he sank; , Through wild-rice stvamp, and open plain Hurtled his storms of leaden rain, , Until to every foeiiuui's ear. I And every sipuidron far and ne:ir, The name ol Ihiyne was one offe;ir. I And now by Tory hide betrayed And doomed to uu untimely death. Xo craven fear his soul dismayed, But with heroic hope and faith Which man's nor demon's power could (ptell, A vestal liame nmpicnoluiblc, lie calmly heard The fatal word, While not ;i thrill Ins pulses stirred: ' To gallows let the rebel come With deatli-mareli and the muffled drum!" Xo paleness blanched the warrior's check, Xor iptailcd once with feeling weak: Calmly and smilingly he goes To death as childhood to repose: What reeks the upright heart and brave The gate it passes to the grave? Smite pitying angel from on high In kindness touched the chieftain's eye, And Hainan's dark, accursed tree To his rapt vision seemed to be The deathless palm of liberty; Planted by Heaven, foredoomed to stand *< f ,i... The prouuivi iK-iu.nn i? ?nv * Dressed in immortal pari) of green. Ami majesty's resplendent sheen, . j xsl by every freeiimn's tears, ?\ stronger with the tliglit of'vears, ' RBte nit sen thcJ- and storm The ruffian Rall'otir s eraven heart ^|, Skilled in inquisitorial art p.. To jmin the soul : could not ti.me, ' Kven by the menaced death of shame, c;( Refused the captive's prayer that he sc Might die the death of chivalry, |ji And to his native soil bequeath m His heart's blood as he ceased to breathe; tvi Might pour on Carolina's soil in The patriot's last appeal to Cod, pi And seal in death's dread consecration ta His liie with freedom's red lihration. wi To him a momentary trial, m The petty tyrant's liarsli denial, l'l A transient slioek, as you might deem Hi A truant's rock disturb a stream, <-'(j Which Hinging wave-wreaths to the shore, Wl Ci liitos unimpeded us before, " Onward into its initive sou ,s>c In bright nii'.l grand tranquility. w< lie liven generous focinuu interceded, j*u And matrons in compassion pleaded, vj Ami silvered heads, and tender years, And manhood's prayers and beauty's tears pibesought the hangman chief to show '|'| A soldier's mercy to his foe; us Their earnest prayers were all in vain, be Ami kindly tears which fell like rain? w< Like rain-drops on the desert sand I'm Which make no tender In id expand, .Si lint mock the wretch, who, self-accursed. l?V Dies 'ucalli the liery scourge of thirst. it" Like rain they fell?but not in vain; wl Returned to Heaven the gentle rani, wi And glittered every precious tear \f> A rainbow in the upper sphere, A bow of hope to span the grave 111 Of llayne, the faitlil'ul. just and brave. ^ wi No deaths-man his assistance lends, ^ As up the scatfoid he ascends; j|( Steady and linn his martial tramp, |(j. As when lie walked amid the camp, j>( And as delimit lii.s dark eye, j,e As iii the hour of victory. ,|c Unmoved he fell the fatal cord, Xor shuddered at the latal word? ail The stern command is given, cij And freedom's martyr claims a tear from Heaven, on To thy young heart the blow more dread 1" Oh darling boy, than to the dead! ! U 1 lcart-hroken and disconsolate, Tlic sou lie wails his father's lute; <Tries the turn dove beneath the falcon's beak, po tro falls upon the ear the orphan's shriek, jjWho I'e !s the sorest pang that hate can wreak. j A ml like Mimosa, beaten by the hail. I'ro-'ps to tho earth all weeping, liowcd and pale. , The <!reeian sage brealhctl out his soul Ni In rapture o'er the poisoned bowl, t'O And made the hetnloek's hated plant The holiest herb of the Levant: tin And one of yet more awful name vl* Kescued the Unman tree from shame. s:1' So freedom, in her highest strain, Trumpets the saered name of liayile ;. at"' With tears bewail his enrlv loss. in As one who in the crowning pride "c Of manhood and of virtue died, "? And made the onec ignoMe tree t The banner stall" of Liberty, '' ' A.id next in glory to the Cross. Jul ? -?- ? l|t: BiClier from Hon. IV. W. BSoyro. "" 111 S.vii1xe i'aum, August 3d, I tSUO. ||0 (Iextlkxjkx.?My high respect for you in- l'r nees iue to liasteii a reply to your note. bti If Lincoln be clcctedi I think the Soiillieru Xt Uites should withdraw from the Union ; all, uii Hot all. then as many as will, ami if no other, milli Carolina alone, in the promptest mamtor, eoi ml liy the most direct means. n? 'I'" the full siirnifieaiiee of I.bi. t.. nlu's .election, we must rouioiulicr the j?rinci- uu frs, tlio clinrucler ami the sentiment of the tcpuhlican parly. wi The vital principle of this party is negro vo ipialitv, the oHv logical linale of which is tin mancipation. .'< rcc t!;i . it i only nocc.>;.arv tct HiKcrvriiivc, vcl raisi*s mc >un ju pan* iiu.-< Intform says, "we liokl that nil men are created ti jiml, that they are endowed by their Creator ith certain inalienable rights; that among tl icse, are life, liberty,". <fcc., and this on the e< lotion of Mr. (biddings. This is intended to a ichide negroes. It follows, therefore, according fe ) Republican faith, that no one can rightfully g e held in slavery. J Slavery, then, is a great wrong. The Republican party are bound, therefore, h ) far as their constitutional power goes, to rc- ti iovc that wrong. At present their practical e oiut of attack is the Territories; when, this ti ucstion shall no longer exist, then the District tl f Columbia will receive their attention, and b o on with the other outposts o'"slavery. Sup- l? osing these outposts disposed of, then the tl lovcmciit necessarily must he directed against tl lavery in the .States.?The party will be hound c o exercise its constitutional powers tc destroy c 1 ' * 111 *1 ? invoi-v in me suites. :t womu uc cousiuureu v utircly constitutional by the Rcpublicaiip, to tl igitatc the question so as to iniiucncc the h south by moral means to abolish slavery. And \ is soon as the admission of new free Stales, 0 tiul the change of status of some of the border n states furnished the necessary majority to d ihange the Constitution, the Republican party p vould be sure to demand such change, and t dsolish slavery in the States. The Republican c sarty has but one stopping place?cmaneipa- t ion. Mr. Senator Wilson of Massachusetts, p me of the ablest men in the Republican party v mmprchcndcd the mission of bis party, when 10 said in Boston, "I tell you here to-night, v :hat the agitation of huinau slavery will con- <J :inue while the foot of a slave presses the soil v :>f the American Republic." t By the character of this party, I mean its 1 sectionalism. It is a party confined entirely t to the Northern States?both its candidates are n Northern men. The idea of the majority sec- f tion banding together for the purpose of seizing t upon the Government is at war with the spirit < of the Constitution. The great idea of the 1 Constitution is the equality of the States. The seizure of the Government by one section is a : practical revolution in the Government. The t Northern States then become the master States, i and the Southern States sink into an inferior t condition. This is not the Union into which 1 our fathers entered. I I was ushered in by the s administration of Washington, a Southern slaveholder, who had humbled England. The new order ol tilings which me ucpuuucnii party propose to introduce would l?e inaugurated by the administration of Lincoln, a Northern Abolitionist, who would humble the South. between these two administrations what a profound gulf. The first represented the perfect equality of the States, the second would represent the domination of the North and the subjugation of the South. A half dozen unsuccessful campaigns could not put the South in a more abject condition. 1 iy the sentiment of this party, I mean its antagonism to the South. It requires no elaborate proof to show that the feeling of this party is that of hostility to the South. The tone of" the Republican press, the temper of public f " ?'.'hes, such as are delivered by Sunnier and e great passion on which the Republican irty rests is hatred to the South. Such being the Republican party, for the ^ Mith to consent to its domination, is to con lit to death. Not that 1 apprehend anv startlg measures of aggression by this party imcdiately. Ao, its policy is too obviouslv a isc moderation, and its leaders are men of too ^j( uch sagacity, to be diiveii ahead of their J ngramnio. but the mere fact of such a party r Icing possession ol the Federal Government, |n, ith the acquiescence of the South, will be the t',!j ost fatal blow the South has ever received, lie whole power and patronage of the Govern- r cut will be placed upon the side of ncfi'o t-*'1 - f.., I|V Uiimjk | uii; Aiurnv;i 11 iu?ij"iiia> uv* xs> ,.(f ill bustimulated to new life, they will feel the ultation of being the master States. TLe 0f xitliel'ii States on the other hand will be j mnded in their prestige, their cipiniitv gone, ipulcss of the future, they will be prepared r defeat because they will have despaired of 1 " . no Great as are the moral effects, important aetieal results would also speedily follow. [u le patronage of the administration would be n ed to build up a Republican party in the inb r slave-Slates; and tli? Federal judiciary (j add be remodeled, so that tlie dogmas of i(f| natieisin would heeoine the decrees of the ipreme Court. Nor eoiild we obtain peace w; an abject submission, if so ineiiued, the Station would go on with increased volume 0j. icu it was found not to be hazardous, and tji( . would ultimately he forced to yield aP, or resist under eireiunstanees infinitely more j scouraginglhaii exist at present. To acipiiesce j(1 the vast powers of the Federal Government ^ ing into the hands of our would-be masters. tli the intention of resisting at some future . .... i... ,1.:: ..? Ul i' Xumidinu King, w lie delivered his treasures, J > arms. Ins and liis deserters lo tlur ^ )iiiiins and then renewed the war, having t>i; edlcsslv deprived himself of the means of l',L'nci'' on If the South ncipticsecs in a Ilcj.11KIica.11 ministration, I think the ipiestion of negro uality is settled against lis, and emancipation ly a ijticstion of time. I have regarded this estion in the same litjjht for years, and 1 have tig nsidered the success of the Republican party de the Presidential election as involving the P'li cessity of revolution. So regarding it, I have ST alight the great paramount object of out* lie)* was to let this Republican success occur, li" it must occur, under the most auspicious thi en instances for a disruption, and those anspi- b!:i us circumstances I thought wouhl consist tai incipally in the largest attainable sympathy ae< rili, and the greatest unity South. These pfi nditioits I thought were most likely to he lb iclied l?y a wise and prudent moderation 011 tin B part of the South. And I accordingly ad- <]" ied and acted in that direction, and I am ani ;isfied I never gave wiser counsels. 1 said do my constituents last summer, that we must bet t with the most eousuuimate prudence then, the order to profit by the most desperate bold- j" ss if it became necessary,?prudence to give 'u' pretext for the election of a Republican, I.Iiimss to relieve ourselves from such election ;l * it must take place. Mv policy was a cottsisit policy, prudence, when prudence, might "" advantageous, boldness when nothing else ?l' s left. The time is now approaching when im my opinion the only alternative will he hold- C01 ss. If the Republican party triumph in the sl" evidential election, onr State has no choice c,?' t to immediately withdraw front the Union. >r is this so hazardous an undertaking as a''' ght he conceived at tirst sight. 1,11 Suppose we have done this. Then only two ('N| arses remain to onr enemies. First, thrv ist let nsalone; secondly, they must attempt eoerccits. Kitheralteruative will accomplish !,ii X purpose. "0 Suppose they let us alone--very good. We wa II have free trade with Furopeand get along ry well in our happy mediocrity, far heller an as a degraded c'-lite of a gorgeous sys- mi ii, who e ;;!oiic- v.C.' 1 he lot" utilei , whose pi T ' f ik r Oil. Suppose they undertake to ooercc us; them ie Southern States are compelled to make jiiimoii cauje with us, and we wake up some loriiing and find tlie flag of a Southern Conidcracy flouting over us. That wo old be a rent deal better than paying tribute to the ohn Brown sympathisers. The Soutli still has splendid cards in her ands it'she will only play them. The constiition of Northern society is artificial in the xtrome. Immense wealth has been accumula;d there. A few arc richer than the Kings of lie East; the multitude labor for their daily read; much of this wealth is breath?the rcath of credit. A civil convulsion will bring licir paper system of credit tumbling about licir ears. The fir-' gun fired in civil war will ost them Co00,000,000, and strikes will not be onfined to the shoe-makers, but will become pidcmic. If Lincoln is elected, let us put lieni at defiance, and if they incline to try the ist argument of kings against us?very well, vi..... d,.!.. 11.^ i..tm l,.ci isfiii nnn . . ..V,.., Ill -I.VIJ .WW Vt/wv,vvv, 00, ami hear the curses of their unemployed 10b, demanding bread or Mood, perhaps the oetrine of negro equality will not be quite so opular, and the beginning of a powerful rcacion may take place, the harbinger of long years f peace and fraternity. But if no reaction akes place, and our Northern tyrants persist in uitting us to our mettle?very well. If nothing rill do them but the sword, be it so. Let us show that we can grasp the sword as rell as they can, that we arc not degenerate k'sccndants of those glorious heroes from whom re draw our lineage. If the worst comes to he worst, we can hut fall, sword in hand, ighting for all that makes life desirable, justice, [quality and our country. But I have no fear is to the result, if it comes to a question of inns. We can give blows as well as receive hem, and we are as apt to have our winter punters in the city of New York, as they theirs n New Orleans. But we do not desire war. "We wish peace ind fraternity in the Union if possible; but one liing there is which we are determined to have, ii the Union or out of it?equality. Woe to hose who would rob us of tbis, for they will >ring great calamities on their country, themselves, and huinauitv. WILLIAM W. BOYCE. Messrs. D. L. Uuove.vce, W. S. Lyles. The Last Survivor of Bunker ISilL The statement lias frequently been made by the newspapers. and endorsed by Mr. Everett iii liis late fourth of July oration, that there is no one left of that band of heroes who Bret? withstood the shock ol British aims in the open field. Eighty-five years having elapsed since that world-renowned struggle, the bunlm^^ of probabilities would favoi^uoh?^^gjtf| vet the statement is not^| , that took part iu th'it^B in subsequent eventj^ moral worth as wclllB sir.ices. $?5 In the town of ridge of land, situated a^H II- stands :iiee of ii very respectable antiquity. The sser b} will often notice , a grey-haired man ading attentively by the window, or walking out with a single cane?perchance engaged the ordinary labors of the husbandman. ic stranger will perceive nothing very rcirkablc in the thick-set, slightly-bent figure, d well preserved, swarthy features, of this .1 man of apparently eighty; but the residents the adjacent country involuntarily bend with vcrcnco as tlicy pass liiin. And well they iv?he is the last of the Bunker Ilill paots. David Kiimison, who long survived his conleratcs of the famous Boston Tea Party, was ing in 1851 in Chicago, at the extraordinary c of one hundred and fifteen years. Lie has icu j>;i.vcu anav. iiaipn rariiiiam, tlic Jast the Hunker Hill heroes, still lives, although has nearly attained a span and a half of the ace allotted to man. llis one hundred and irth birth day was celebrated at Milton Mills the 7th. We have already given, front the n of a correspondent, some notice of this investing affair. Although no pains were taken extend a notice of the event beyond the iin;diate vicinity of the veteran's residence, a ry large concourse of people was in attcn.nce. The features of the occasion were an dress, and one hundred and four greetings mi a twelve pounder, and a dinner, enlivened tli toasts and speeches. Mr. Farnliam, we learn, was not in the midst the battle. Having been enrolled only on i day previous, it was his lot to be detailed ioug a guard to take charge of artillery and ggage, at some distance from the redoubt, so close proximity to the principal scene ot ifo, the observations which he made, and tinctly recollects to this day, are highly investing, and we trust they will be given to : public by some competent pen. When we lect bow fc.v persons living can ever remcinr the event itself?as a child of twelve at it time would now be ninety-live years old? living actor in that bloody drama becomes at cc an ouji'ci oi nueresr, respect ami vencran.?/}wt"H Journal. Bloxmx ox l*ihe.?Blondin, the celebrated ht rope performer, met with a serious acciut a few nights ago, during his exhibition at liilicothc, Ohio. The Ciuciimati Gazette ? :s: After dusk lie gave a performance of trundg a wheelbarrow across a rope, and to make j feat more terrific, lie encircled himself in a izc of fire works, which were ignited simulicously with his starting. Before lie had :ompli?hed half his task, one of the pieces maturely exploded and set fire to his clothing. <! peril of his situation could not be seen by thousands of spectators below, in conscL'tice of the continued emission of sparks, d the adventurous Blond in had nothing to 0 but walk the rope jyid suffer the torture of ing slowly roasted. Having accomplished distance, he, by his own efforts, succeeded extinguishing the flames, but not before his :k was very badly burned. , . The rope was stretched across the street, at listancc ol^T-Vjiot from the ground, ar 1 none. i! Bloudin could have withstood the pain he ist have suffered. We are inclined to the inion that the Mons. will not attempt any ?re tight-rope performances with pyrotechnic ncoinitants. It is very well to hazard the ging waters, of Niagara, in hand-baskets, fee sacks. Arc., but shrouded in a sheet of inc, with a chance of burning to death, led to that of hilling, smacks a little too ich of the dangerous to he much relished ii bv the intrepid Bloudin. M \NNKit.?There i? no policy like politeness; I ;i >?nod manner is the best thing in tlio irM to get a good name or to supply tho nt of it. I )|vidkni).?The Commercial Rank of Wil te'ton, X. lias declared a dividend of 5 ' > ? A