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^ - ' wi ~L DSV0TBD TO LITBRATURB, THS ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POLITICS &C., AC. / TERMS TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,J "Ii?t il bo I*?8tillod into the Hoarts of yotir ChUdren that the Liberty of the Press is tho Palladium of all your Rights."?./unite*. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY W. A. LEIi AND HUGH WILSON, JR.. ' ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY SCORNING. JANUARY 25, 18G1. - VOLUME VIII.?NO. 39. f???????????^ i KJtdLOJDES' SUPER-PHOSPHATE! T)LANTE11S pecking Manure*, will recollect J. tliftt RHODES' SUPER I'HOSPIIATE is tTlO Oniv Mnniirn ?lin lni? J ?V uuuiJIieUl Chemist, Professor Bickell, of Marylund, propounced Standard. 2 and which has boon confirmed by every section into which this Manure baa been introduced. ThiB Manure is sold under a legul guarantee of Purity and Freedom * 1111 A 1* I I T - CHUM ALL AllbLIUIAT 1(1 n! from tlie eminent manufacturing chcmists, Messrs. l'otts <fc Klett, under whose personal eupervisiot} 11HODKS' SUl'KUI'HOSl'lIATlS is manufactured. This Manure has been used in Bouth Carolina for HO.\crul years past, with great success in the culture of Cotton and Corn, ana is now thoroughly cstiihlislicd for ilieSt> important stnpica. bo not let t}:?i present 6casou pass without the experiment . Head the annexed letters from gentleman who have tried it the past season. J. A. ANSLEY & CO., NO. 300 BROAD ST., AUVVSTA, Gil. ATHENS, OA.. Not. 22. 1R5.0. Dear Sir : Rhodes' Super l'hosphale lri? been upplir J b\ me Iliis yenr.on 11 i>mall seiile, 10 both Corn hiuI Cotton. The result cxeeeilt-p my expectation, although tlx- experiments, tor ninny reasons, were not, ami could not lie c">ndnct;?d .villi due caution; Vet I am .entirely Milislied, thht the growth of weed in liotli instances, tlie 1 (init in corn, and tiie number of boils of cotton, u.-re fully double the yield in the |>ortt"i.s tin nurtured, and this when only a timle-Fpoonfnl ' of the super rhosplu.te wan applied as a top ' dressing to each hill of corn. mid <i ten-spoonful 1j ctolt wlalL- nf ' <l- 1 ~* ? 1 -- " - ... ?ii 11*1 iin.' i:ijfL iis ia.lt* III llie ?t*at?oii r.s I lie INlli ?>f .1 illy. Siune of thj? i ?r?.l grow tci iiiin* feel high, with fix fee* . Inuc'ie;-, e<-v.T<'?l witli holU, while tin: uutiiai.w?l was not half s>i u<iiiil. Ii is tny in ten'ion irt'. year. Io I?.-?!. it luily. j Very IJi*?i|>?*?'ifully, Your most oli't serv't, ' iSigned) M. C. M. HAMMOND. I'SION POINT, j[0. It. It.) Nov. 23, 1850. Unm ,1. A. Ansi.k* ?fc Co.: (inill?I lidimlit a ten of UIhmIcr' Sj;pt-r- j ? rb">|>batc in Italliiiinre. lust fcfprintr, Mr. 11. 1>.' f ti'aW. of Her^elia. to tc?t its value h? a inn- j pur*. 1 put about 1 '15 Ihs. on an acre ?>f cotton, ; 111 IU.V.H i I ii - , ..m.i i mil. ? mini imi, wiutii- over | 76 ti'lmi |ha. f.f see<l co I to n per no re, without: Mantti;. The result is outirely antiafnclwry. | I haitmaile at least fron: 4oi> to 5(?(l ILs. to the ; t pert on Uiis very poor land. I expect to pur- 1 j <:hafttu.m ;> to 8 ton* for piy Spring crop. M3* pvjertf.rwiflios me to put hi* name to thin pl?o. Yourp, hi irrmtlia?te, (Sigwl) I*. W. I'ltlNTUI'. t VILLI Ail FOSTER. j c D?- 24.1859 34 tf. ' ~ j r WraATED "(iCASO. I * No. 83 Second Street, ) . Vtisioue Jftnjtafy 28, 1869. } 0 JiEmr OF ANALYSIS OP 1 POBIXSte 1XIPILATED GLAXO I I FOE. 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It w ill, in a pliort time >ring on the monthly period with regularity CAUTION?These I'ills sh;*fuId not Lie taken 13* females that arc pn-gnanf, during the first 11 reu mouth?, a* they r.re sure to l>ring onviiinarriage ; hut at every other time, and in evey .other caec thev a> < perfectly safe. Ill ail cases of Nervous an^ Spinal Afifeetipns 'ain in the Back and Heaviness, Faigueoti slight exertion, Palpitation of the Ienrt, Lowness qf Spirjtp, ?jyst$ri,C9, S|ck lend ache, Whites and all the paipful diseases ccasioned by a disordered eystep), '^tge Pills rill effect a cure when all other meaps have fail u. run unceiione in the pamphlet ground each laeknge, which should be carefflHy preserved. A bottle containing 50 pilla, and encircled ?ith the Government Stamp of Great Britain an be sent post free for $] and 6 postagestamps General agent for U. S., Job Moses,Rochester Sold in Abbeville by Donald McLanchlin, )r. I. Branch, and C. II. Allen, and all Druggets everywhere. Ynu Schack Grierson, Iliarleaton, Wholesale Agents. *7, 13t SPLENDID FOUR-HORSE STAGE LINE FROM Abbeville to Washington, Ga., AND FHOM Ninety Six, S. C., to Augusta, Ga. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES/^ Leave# Abbeville at 9 o'clock, a; ra, on HON DAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS >n the arrival of the down Passenger Train rornGjreenyille, pad arrives alWashington Sana lay at 8 o'clock. w Leaves WaHhiiigton at 8 o'clock, n. m? on rUESDAYS. THURSDAYS A SATURDAYS >n the arrival of the Cars from Atlanta, and irriyea aX Abbeville same day at 1 o'clock. Leaves Ninety-Six at 9 o'clock, a, m., on rUESDAYS, THURSDAYS <k SATURDAYS fn the arrival of the down Passenger 'Train rom Green ville, an I arrives at^Ahfcusta same loy at half-past 9 o'clock, connecting imm-diitely with the Waiosboro 'and Georgia Rail-oads. Leaves Auguata nt 8 o'clock, a. m., on 1I0N< 5AYS. WEDN'ESDAYS and FRIDAYS, and irrivee at Ninety-Six same day at half past g /clock. Per farther information apply to L. H. EtUSSEL, Agent. Office at the Marshall i loose, ibbeville C, H., H. C., for Washington Line; >r to N. W. STEWART, Ninety-Six, & 0. igent for tlie Augusts Line. " ' J. P. POOL 1 CO. Jan. 11, 1860,87 ly. ' NEGROES W # Ji * aa apT>HE Subscriber will at all timet b? 'io t|<a JL nwrkH for Yonrtg ?nd . T.iVoW Yt/wi and flirli ?J- ? fom llio age of 1$ to 25. * i?J%SX!8S% IT****'**. * F<ib. 1st, 18?0, lSijtt. '* ?^9' Complimentary Banquet to the Hon. John B. 1 Floyd- i A number of tho friends of tlio IIon* | John 13. Floyd, desirous of publicly testify- | ing their respect for that gentleman, and , their approval of his cou ?, tendered him ) a complimentary dinner, which come oil < I at the Excluiiura Ilnii-I > > o~ """vv,? u,,? I UU I on Friday evening, January lUh. It was i an occasion yf great interest to all present. { The banquet commenced at 9 o'clock, | and the large company discussed with great i great zeal the substantial subjects placed 1 beforo them. G$n. A. A. Chapman, 3 of Monroe, presided?the guest of the f evening being seated on his right, '] Judge Ilopkins, one of the Alabama Com- ji n.isskners, on his left, and F. M. Gilmer, l I2*q., the other Commissioner, next to Gov. ] Floyd. While the festival was progressing, Gen. Chapman arose and reail n telt??rr.inlii? <= 0 -J .. dispatch, announcing that Alabama had . st-ceded from the Union, which was re- ( ceived with tremendous clietrs. ( At the appropriate period, the President ' requested the company to come to oriler, f for the puiposo of listening to the first v toast. lie gave: 1 " The Constitution as our fathers made 1 it " rM.Kip_Ii.il I..-1 ! ... L.? _ w.?.j To this beniiit.i'lit, IIou. Jus. A. Seddon x was invited lo respond. Get}. Chapman.?Gentlemen, we have ' met around the festive board to do honor ? to a noble son ?>f a ?o 6ire?one who na^ k received honors from the Government, bill ^ who has quit his position because lie could no longer hold it, as he conceived, with V honor ; for the pledge that had been given r by that Government was violated. I give 8 you? v The ffon. John B. Floyd.?The wmlliy ^ son of a noble sire. All honor to the Vir gitiian who spurns the trappings of a Fed t ep*l place, respect? a mother's rights and ^ I'PliAlltii U ITU ?l lu.f'u r M ? .. u ? ptjuaiu IUIU | ^ three cheers fur Gov. Floyd.] : t Mr. Floyd expressed .us deep syr.pp of | t, the Jiotipr conferred upon liiin. The cir- [ I cuiusiances of the election of Mr. lJuch- | n anan were adverted to, as well as his suh? J ?. sequent acts aa President. He alluded to ! ( the two policies set forth it) the annual j |; Message. Mr. Attorney Black said we | e must cxecute the laws. I, said Mr. Floyd, j n could not bow to that. Mr. Buchanan ^ said, litis question of the forts is a ques- t ?iot) of property. I agreed to that. I said t more. I said, 1 nm your Secretary, and j v iijive in my im;iu$ tlic property of the forts.- 11 I will turn over to iny successor t^at prop- J; erty inviglale, I know these people of t South Carolina. I went to school amongst j: ^hetn. I know they ^r.Q nqt thieves. Uanc ? Hay ne, Manjgault \ aud Frank FJijfr6nB 1 Jfre' good uiep?tfrey" arp great m6n? ^ and I will back their honesty and integrity! p if necessary, willi my blood. But I can- c not consent that you place among thetn a 1 military power that would choke them to 8 the ground. At a subsequent interview e y?ith the President, he said to me : " Mr. f Floyd, what about sending recrtjils to Char- n lesion?'' Said I, "Nothing about send 8 ing recruits." ? Don't you intend to J strengthen the forts at Charleston 1" he ^ ftsked. I renlied. " I do nat." SW?i<l h? " T . would rather bo at llie bottom of the Po- 1 1 to mac to-morrow, than that these forts should be in the hands of those who inT v tend to take them! It will destroy me? ? it will cover your name, which is an lion- ? ored one, with infamy, for you will never 1 be able to show that you had not some ^ complicity in it." I said, Mr. President, c trust me, there is no danger. I will stake my j reputation and I will stake-iny life that the torts of Charleston will not be touch d." J I said this because I full it. The Prfcsi- 1 dent then said, " But, Mr. Floyd, does thai c secure the foruf" No, sir," said I, ''but 1 it is the best guarantee I can give you that 1 they will not be touched." He replied "I " am not satisfied." Said I, " It is yours to * command, and you will be obeyed. You- c can strengthen the forts, but it wlil load to ] the effusion of blood. "You can, howeyer, out an orderlv unre?nl there?a mnn with 1 ? 7 ; r worsted epaulette and willi a stripe op ( bis pantaloons. He is n representative , oiHn [laughter)?the representative of the \ fllurn unrl alrinoa ami u.;i .n,i 11 . Ynuke Doodle. lie can staud there and ! . ' 'i I 80 proclaim himself, and bis authority will be/esjxjctod.' Meanwhile, submit to Oon- , gfds this question of the secession to south i (CjHrt>lina. ' Congress raaysay a State baa * h rig* to wh^ri?Yf ortnay>ay/ w0r?pu." j diii#a^:rtJU? rigbc of secession?-we will send ( dd^Rmur HrnqiesjflfiSfe'ree you to submit j l3o jhis, a(4K?9*HI await tbe issue.' ] lffynyed *'TH cnfttfmtn vjlb puin au'U 1 sawpjtij^z I wanted I Culled for | belp'liipa Virgiou. old mother ' Uj$i gi*e jna birth, aati^fefed upon J<sfF. I r^PPJ4 Han*, '.] U-r, j>eQ*We<} applause,], sntj|$ie patriot* ; Af .-thm /tnnnfra . -?A ., I rt I"-*! "** J* ?M?U M I <# U/e Uotbw s9id, 1 j v >'iVi^i ? V Ah~vT . *>f ' " _ '*- **' ^", - ' I nm content Willi your policy?we wiil! send no more Iroopa to the harbor of Cli.it- j lesion." Then, gentlemen, for the firs-t .imo in three years*, I felt r sensation of leliglit in my heart. I thought the quesion capable of peaceable solution, and j .hough you may not think 'it worthy ol mention, devoutly return tjanks to Al nighty Gad. ? -it. > ? me 9|iviincr miU'lUU lo 11)0 CulirSC | )f Gen. Cass, then Secretary of IJtate, whom 1 le pronounced one of the noblest specitien? of mankind, wbose personal virtues ie bad never ceased lo revere, after four I rear's association. Gen. Cnqs aaid : "These oris must l>o strengthened?I demand it." Tliis, gentlemen, is the Northern sentiment, md in his position the Secretary reflected he minds of his people. And when the .'resident replied, with stern inflexibility, i i i - = j.... i -i i u.ivo uuii3iuercu mis question?1 am orrv to differ with tlie Secretary of otate ?but llio interests of tlie country do not lemand a reinforcement of the forts at Charleston?I cannot do it?I take the espotisibility"?then, gentleinn, my hopes or the future grew stronger. That is vhat lie said. The next day, this glorious Id premier sent in his resignation. Willi he respect I had entertained for four years, :.i r< A 1 - ??m, vjwu sjiueu you 10 your nomc in Uie 'forth. {_ Laughter.] Thus matters stood, when there came a reposition to send for Gen. Scott. I said did?gladly I said send for him. Gen. Jcott came. lie had other ideas, lie was i soldier. I had not thought what would ie the sent'meats of a soldier who had been vinniug laurels in the field y?hen I yvas in nv swaddling clothes. I thought of him ,s a man whom Virginia delighted to honor vho had tlic decorations of the Statu in n uagnifictnt gold medal dangling from bis leek, and a-*sword of hers, which I sup>osed was bfiglit enough and sharp enough o defend the liouor of Virginia. But he ind a programme?a plan to allay all these pettr?3 of disunion, and biing peace to iie country, lie laid it before me as Sceresry of War. I told him T did not like it. le laid it before the President, and he did iot much like it at that. time. I will tell on what it was. Fort Sumter was to be aki'ij possession of, and Castle Pinckeny ll*6U'icn TT?\rt \fniilt ima lx.. ~' In? v? > >U WC MlUiimU nod. The forls of Georgia wore to be rcupiod and held, the forls of Florida and Uabama taken possession of and manned, nd the forts of Louisiana} occupied l>y roops of the United State;. In addition o this, shins of war and revenue cutters ?ere to he sent to the waters ofSoulh Caroina. This was the programme and this the ilan. I had been Secretary of War for jur years, and Jiad not thought it necessary o occupy any of th,e&e forts. It vas not n the programme that any of the Norlhrn forts should be occupied. Nay, rpore ; roops were to be removed from thence and tationed in Southern forts. As a Virginian md a Southern man, T could not shut my yes to the fact that this was trampling on lurpouncHt ngnis, ana mat all tins mjlir arv display was lo wipe out ell our pretcnions to honor. J am afraid I tire you, ^.enilemen. [Cne9 of 'go on !' 4go on !'] ri -q was a corrollary to be deduced r vlj this. However right it might be is . positioo of a military lcader.it pjjeupposes a state of facts which I never ac mowledge. It is that tho confederation of he United States, which has been made by }ip sovereign States, should be endowed vitb poyer to crush that which created it. lere is the coercive policy. The whole Sortli instantly rallied to the point of coer:ion. Black Republicanism was infused villi new life. However, I determined to lay until the result of the mission from South Carolina had transpired. Mark ypu ; hat conciliatory speeches had been made >y UjTorthern men, and the Northern public vas fast rallying under the banner of anti'.oercion, when the announcement of tbis >olicy changed the whole aspect of things. Next came the unfortunate affair of Mnj. Miderson. The instructions of the Secreary of War did not authorize bim to :hange bin portion, for he wrote to the Secretary of Wnrand said he could change >is position if he had authority to do so. had pledged my hnnor to South Carolina ?and although I will not swear it, I think he President said so, too. South Carojina with twenty men, could }jay<? gone to |?ort Sumter any moon-light nigjit and taken it. But there was an insurmounjahje farrier? hot* liail nla/1 ffrtrl iKh? !* IJ lot he. [Applause.] Mhj. Anderson, for yjiat reason God only ^kr.owp, saw fit to ;bah?e bis-position. Soutb Carolina said, ?ou bave Violated your pledge, J said jentlemen, 1 bave not. All I cab do is to resign my commission into t|ie (lands of lie President. J did so, gentlemen, and uere jam. [^rolongetj <}]ieer?/J Tbis brinirW us io.ttie la*t topic tobeoonlidered in tbis prolix and I fear tiresome tpcecb. [Go on<] There is a policy of coercion on the one tide, and anti-coercion on the other, 'fhe Utt? question. It m pence or waj. And tlio quwtiqn comes ud?shall the pretext of holding the fortMUp the Sooth he made the pretext of ae^ngonen and arms to coerce the Bomb ! I t?lhyd)? jhaf }?' the plan on foot, an?d* you taitrt got to rooet iu Tbe slujrRiir^ tfce?>ward may hug thedeluaive liope ogMlror liii.<*. hot tliero will be no better h ybrtt you have got to to you as Virgioihave don?'so much for thi* glorious Union?YirgtoUbs, whodiblood *Jone of ail tlie^ State*, WHS BtrewKfover every SetiMira? Qpf bee toJS?U?w, (j?pu robase oar In the money scale you stand slill higher. ! Never was so magnificent a {.u-rami given to the children of Israel as yon gave ! i in territory to tliis very freesoil principle, j , This power now turns upon you and savs, j We demand llii* of you; or wo will coerce 3*ou into obedience. Look at tlio history j ' of the pa=>t. The speaker referred to Alexander . Hamilton and .John Q. Adams? | generally regarded as the great arch ene- | mies of republican freedom?yet they repudiated as monstrous the doctrine of coer 1 cion. Adams, when President, said in the ' case of Georgia, You cannot coereo a Stale. < v..? : ? ?? t . .1 * uuw it i?i nut oiny uoiuiy proci nrncti? ! | but carried into actual operation. Mr Floyd'1 compared the colonial wrongs with tlie pre- | scut, and asked, how incomparably great are the wrongs of this day above those 1 which prompted Patrick llenrv to pay, i 'Give rno liberty or give me death!' if, ] with all the liylit before you, you still lu-si- j tate, I can only say that ho who dallies is a dastard and ho who doubts shall be damned, i [Loud cheers.] If you are willing to wear | i the bad?xe of inferiority, I shall quit my na- ! < tive State and go wjtb the master race. t Are vou ready to stand for your equality? rv *i . .t *t -i . 1 [ u's i yes jj now is mo nay and now 13 1 the hour to occupy a position of secunty. ' It's a long time since I ceased to hope to meet ihc approbation of everybodv. I < know it cannot be. 'J'he history of man? kind shows this. But this I can say, that I am the first Secretary, for years and years who lias administered the Department of j ' War upon the estimates and within the j < appropriations made. I never asked for a i | deficiency bill to meet expenditures. I 1 have expended over sixty millions of money and only ask, that in your investigations of 1 my official course, you will not resort to I forgery or perjury. J have been true to you I and, iu conclusion, permit me to say that, ( as a private citizen, I came only tq g'.ve you the information I have given, and to proclaim to you, that as oyer a hundred years ago my procenitor noured out his n life Hood in vindication of the liberties of | the country, so I am ready, after the lapse | of a century, to pour out mine in defence of Virginia. Gov. Floyd took his seat auiid almost ' deafening cheers. I Our Volunteers. The District of Abbeville had a fine Company in the Palmetto llegimant, and ] the same gallant District has contributed to the defence of the State one of the best Companies we have 6een. They miiBter " ?. ?-- > - * ' ' ' jur n an una strong, anu unving " red coats," am very conspicuous. \\re are informed iliat the material is the very best? 1 much of tho best blood ami many of the best names of tho District being in the ranks. They were ordered to the Island on Saturday, and as they passed down Meeting-streej, they halted at tho Charleston Hotel, and through their- Captain, James M. Perrin, paid their respects to ' Gen. McGowan, one of the Representatives 1 from Abbeville, who~inade them a spirited ' address. Among other things he {.old them that they had toils as well as glory before them. ' That he knew something of the hardships 1 oi a soiuiers itie. |L^n ope poKl, raw, wintry day in December, 1846, he stood precisely in the same spot, where they then ' stood, a private soldier in the rar.jcs of tlie ' Palmetto Regiment, mustered into the service of the United ?tatQ8, to serve " during the war with Mexico." llow well the 1 Palirjetto Regiment discharged all its duties ' towards tii.it Government, which is now our enemy, let the pages of impartial history relate. He said that the company be- ' fore liiin was here for a purpose- far different, and upon a principle much 1 higher. The State of South Carolina found her?- ' self in a fixed minority in the Union upon 1 a vital institution. She 'outid llie Govern- 1 meat coalesced against lier, and animated *' by a spirit of fanatical haired towards her. Sho thought it necessary for tier existence to secede from the Federal Union, and has resumed her sovereignty. That last right of self preservation has been denied her, and she is threatened with coercion by the strong arm of Federal power, and themin tons ct consolidation. ?ow|er briatiing ! fort, standing in the liarbor of Charleston, and looming up out of the water like some grjin mobster of the deep, full of munitions of war and of armed men. which was built with'oijr and for our protection,'is "proclaimed our enemy, and points her guns upon us. An effort to reinforce that fort ha* he?n repulsed by South Carolina, breaking in tbunJer tones froiu the mouths of her caution, whose eehos have reached you under the mountaiu?. We liave deelarpil gu'ulh"'Carolina to lio a free and independent State. We Iiave pledged the lives of every son of here to maintain it.' We are united as n band of brother^ and you are born to assist in the glorious achievement. You are now on your march to yoVjr position in tho lines, and t'lio smites of woman and the blessings of nil are upon you.? Oo, and may the God of Justice and Litany, as well as the God of Battles, go Willi yodl ' Yho Cotftpany then marched to the boat, 4 ?,?,! -*U- '-ii ? ---' " ??? tuvj "cio un uunru me tten. Clinch were addressed by Col. Marshall, Senator from A-bbeviile, and also an old l?alm?ito, In a favr appropriate remarks.? There wm also on board the sArne boat > ? fina Volunteer Company from FafrfleW' commanded by Captain Davis. Lteu<; Co'. Gladden, just returned from New Orleans. WOtlt over to th* Ialnn/1 -wnth Ihptu - Chitrk-tw^^ ( u ' ? w? j GUNNERY ANJP FORTIFICATIONS. At this lime llio following extrncta from in nrlielo in llio Boston Courier will bo read with interest. Tlie writer doea not I believe that r.ny fort is impregnable.? | spe^King ot X'or Sumter lie says : It is constructed of soliil masonry, octagonal in form, v/itb n double row ot port lioles on all sides for heavy ordnance, and s said to l>e bomb proof withal. The ar mament of the fort consists of 1^0 guns 15 jf them being ten inch 'Coluinbtads,' which liave a wide range, and throw cither sliot ir shell. But with all its perfection of bomb proof casemats, improved guns and latural advantages of position, it is not impregnable, especially to attack from the i.. _-.i t. t - .... itiiu fine. 11 can do smrcessiuiiy shelled Venn temporary batteries on Sullivan's | Island, anil Mount Pljsnut even, which is j ibout two miles distant, and where the besiegers would have the advantage of elevaion. With the heaviest ordnance, it could probably be successfully breached by batcries on James Island, and then easily carried by storm. Here, then, arc three points if attack. It is well known by military men tlint, jv a combined, direct, vertical anil enfilade Ire, the guns on the faces of defensive ?vorJcs jven when well traversed, can bo silenced "rom a distance; for, in the attack, the jesieger occupies to great era of a circle, ind the besieged a small era within it; fo Lhat, as the former has a choice of position lie can aligiie himsblf on the prolongations of the faces of the ravelins and bastions, where he can erect his enfilr.de batteries, una ostaiiiisii his direct and mortar batteries j in situations best suited to assist them ; so 1 [.bat guns on the terre-pleins (top or platform) of tbo defensive works, aro exposed to a combined fire, that soon produces the effect of slackening their fire. Engineers have endeavored to remedy this serious disadvantage l?y making vaulted apartments af masonry for the guns, covered on top so ;is to be proof against the bursting of shells. There aro two kind of bomb-proof buildings ; one being isolated, that is, covering detached |>uihlings, poweser magazines or hospitals : and the other covering the whole mass of ramparts; in the latter case they ure called casemates. To thisrclass belongs Fort Sumter. Now, although the theory lhat such fortifications are impregnable is very good, practice has shown serious objections. Id the first niaee. the eaKpm:itf><; batteries weaken the ramparts under which Ll.ey are constructed ; and when thtir arches ar.e ruined by the breaching batteries of tlfetinaailanto, the whole mass of tho rampart and parapet sinks dow/i into the casemetes jipd expose the inicrjor of the works, [n the second place, if caseinated guns can command tho country, they can also b? seen from a distance; and as the choice of position is with the assailant, he can readily find situations for batteries, whence his guns cau see the cheeks of the oatematea pmbrasures, though the guns in these casemates cannot l?e brought to bear upon him; the assailant can thus batter the cheeks with shot that will bound or Reflect from the embrasures into the casemate to the destruction of the guners. This evil was especially noticed by military men in I he capture of the castle of Scylla, in Sapin ' > in 1S00. Qp examining tho interior of ihese casemates after the surrender of the castle, the English officers were surprised to observe the mischief which had been pro?... -L??._? t__J J 'a . r juwu uy &uul iiiiii. iihij ueii'-cieu irorp we cheeks of the embrasures, and entered the uncemates. It showed that a direct fire into a casemated enijar^sjjre must render fucIi batteries untenable^ The only remedy for this is to place the batteries in such' a situation that the embrasures can only be Fecn in the direction in which the guns they shelter cau be pointed. It is only necea Bary 10 give somo examples or the ettects of shells and the force of heavy balls, in order to show that the roof of blinded butteries cannot resist them for any great lenghih of time. In low situations, however on a riugror on a coast,'they are efficient to prolectTho gunners aojainst the fire from ships'tops in passing the'Lattery. t-, . . ... rroro ur. iiuiton a experiments in Uie pnrapblic theory, of gunnery the following prominent facta .appeared: An eighteen pounder discharged successively with 3?, 3, mid 2i'pounds of powder, at a bull'formed of English-oak planks, bolted firmly4t$g?lh-> er, furming a ?did mass of 32i inches io thickness, perforated iho butt each lime, driving'great quantities of splinters before it. The lowest charge, 2? poinds, occasioned '.he greatest destruction,-for it separated the ptaoks and broke tlie insidje one siicrt in two. Another bott formed' in the same mat tier, firmly, bolted wit^ifop bolt? l jriochoaia diamelor, forming a mass H feet thick, WM penetrated by bails from an 18 poander, firty) with six pounift of powder, from 87 to 46 inches, Wilb (hfeft pounds of powder the penetration vm 36 indies, and with 2*pound*, Minehes. To gain an increase if range or penetr*tioti,or to augment the force of t^e blow* with \tbicb shot strike, bail* inn lo gf .iicavicr * - '-V' *' yv . ?JBSHrcw-* ^' vv ? / vr . matter may bo urfed with advantage. A shell filled with lead will produce a greater Mow than an iron shot of tho sumo diameter, dischared with the same quantity of powder ; Tr may also lie made to range further, from being better able to ovcrcomo resistance to the air. At t! c siege of Cadii tlio French used shells filled with had, which, disciplined with a velocity of 2,000 fe?*t per second from howitzers, ranged to a ']ii-uu-v.v yj i IIIIVU ill Ilk.-?. .'Ill IIJMilllCU OI. tlie rapid and terrific effects of bombardment took place in India, in the reduction of the strong fortress of llattrass. Tlio Bengal Artillery had thirty-two mortars in battery, and expended upwards of 3,000 shells. They opened fno at 0 o'clock, and scarcely ton minutes had elapsed when several fires were discovered in the fort. At 5 c . lock the great magazine, containing 200,000 pounds of power, blew up, wiiii nil inviui i:.\j?ios>!>ion. i ne iony anil massive walls in comparison willi which the walls of our Toils are mere shells, ceased to be impregnable in less than twelve hours and the garrison sought safety in tlighI that ni<;ht. The more recent siege of Moultan, in the I'nnjnub, in 1819, is another example of the power of artillery iu reducing on |?uivi?. It) breaching, no gun of less calibre titan 24 J c; n .ler shou'd h- used. The best method of forming a breach is, first to cut tho outer wall (revetment), which supports tho embankment, towards the bottom, by a horizontal line, and at various distances by vertical line?, to shake afterwards each portion of the wall?, "between two of the vertical lines, to cause it to crumble into tho diteli or water at the foot. Tho destruction of the outer wall being thus prepared, it is only necessary to break tho macs betwen the vettical lines ; to shake theso parts and .. disunite them; and the tumbling to pieces win soon laue place. Unllcnes to breach fire as quickly as they can with precision? about 25 or 30 rounds per hour. At the biege of St. Sebastian, 3,500 rounds were fired from 10 guns in 5* hours great accuracy of range being at the samo lime observeed. An exposed wall may bo breached with certainty at distances from 500 to J000 yards, even when elevated 100 feet above the breaching battery. At the siege of 13*dajoz, a breach of 100 feet was made with 9500 shot, at a distance of 530 yards, through a caser.iated wall. At the siege ofcCiuilad liodridgo, the main breach of 109 feet was created l>v G,100 shot, at a distance of 5G0 yards, through good masonry. It appears, from a series of nino years' experiments made at Metz, Strasbourg and La Fere, from 181G to 1825, that, at a rango of 1400 yards, the drogability of bitting with a twelve pounder and s x-poundei ia as 8 to 3 ; of the eight pout der and 6ixpounder about the poportion tf 3 to 2. This practice shows the superiority of the heavier guus in point of accurr icy. We have endeavored to show in the foregoing that fortifications*, however scientifically constructed, or of whatever matsviol si/Act ?< ?# n?i?l.o???wl UI VI vvn?| U4III liv/v niuioirtilU, IWI HIIV UUIJ" siderable time, the effects of tho sliot or shell. There aro iimes, however, when ihese fcroit cnn not be brought to bear ex'cept at the expense of grea*. labor anil time; but oven a fortification so situated has not been foniid able to hold out against the desperate valor of disciplined troops. Fortresses perched on almost inaccessible heights have been stormed repeatedly ; surrounded by water, they have been scaled from boats. The sacrifice of life is?omo* iiiuen^awiui m sucu cases?wuoie companies*, and regiments even, being swept away in the discharges from the fort; but tlie dead bodies of the advance serve us a bridge for the reserve over which they rush to victory. The Peninsular war, and, later niic Aiun fr/^nrvo in \f <>v i/?/v -A vui v.* ?iVV|/n ill AfAX/AKUl/y J ?J 111# Chepu!(ep<?, llie English and the French iif ttio Crimen anil in India, furnish many examples of tbe weakness of the most powerful lortifications when nssailed ty determined men. It was one of Napoleon's maxims that a fortified place could only protect a garrison and arreet the enemy a certain length of time. Gibraltar and CronBtadt will one day be added to the examples ot litis rule. * I|ot, but Good.?A good deacon recently, addressing a Sabbatli School, mado a point by tlie following anecdote 'Children' continued the deacon, 'you al| know that I went to the Legislature last j*earr the first day I got to Augusta I took dinner At the tavern; right' ^>?eide ir.e hi me utuio, sal a member from one or the hack,towns, that had never taken dinner a tavern, afore, iu Li? life. Beforo his plate was a dish qf peppora ; and bo 3r*pt ibokingjind looking at them j and finally as the waUera weru mighty blow bringing on tb>wg*he up jwUU Lis 'fork: and -Jit J** than no time sotttfd down on it, th? leant came it?te^i*?ja*,^d-b? seemed hardly , ^.Wir iiAij.? .1 of bis plate?and with a voice tbat B?t tho whote table in a roar, exclaitnc4, Ji*t lio Ihwr ard covt.y ' i ' , a| ' - -i* ' -j* - 0 .'' . .. . ' - " "'H.x-',