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r.'w\t t j*. J* ^ -^K' J- ij15 j" I^ik . ^j itm , KiS??TID TO MTERATURB, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, P0MTIC5, &C., &C. ^Sjk TERMS?ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM,] "Let it be Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that tho Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your RightB."?Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCflfL. VOLUME 3?NO. 5. ABBEVILLE C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 1^^;.. WTOMW T A aw I ,i 111 .n n x . The American Question. Danville, Ky., April 28, 1855. Col. A. G. Hodges, Frankfort My Dear Sir : You are aware tliat I have received two communications, both of them signed by a number of tho most respectable citizens of your town, amongst whom I recognize many old persoual friends, urging mo to address tho people at the Capital of the State upon that great American question which so deeply engages tho attention of the whole community. I may add, that mnnj' similar invitations have been sent to uie, and still continue to be sent from various and widely separated portions of the Commonwealth, signed in the aggregate by a very large number of persons. And it is 110 doubt known to you that within this ' month I was prevailed on, under peculiar circumstnnf\As. in Kntli ' _ - ~7 .w vwb*? . IIOLCUIVCO, I.V ' on this subject in Cynthiana, and in Lexington. The object of this communication < is, in the first place, to say in this public ' manner, that it does not appear to be my i duty to accept these invitations; and in the j second, to perform the duty which they and 1 many other considerations do seem to re- < quire, in the distinct expression of my priu- < ciples on the subject itself. In doing this, i it may save the necessity of future explanation to say that I avail myself of the proof- ? sheets of an article written by me for a pe- 1 riodical published in another State, which > luie nr*t. unf Konn iooha^I *I -A * ...? ..wV J trvv.il IO-1UV.U , aiiu LU iiun liJUL II I supposed ther<! was the smallest doubt of '< tlie issue of this contest in Kentucky, or that < my services were comparable in value to the (t estimate put on them by impartial friends, t I should pursue a very different course from t the one I have now adopted. c Politics have assumed a new, and to the s old managers of parties and elections^ a * most unexpected phase. Many things have 1 conspired to produce this result; and men I ^vill, no doubt, give this or that explanation of the movement we are witnessing, accord- t ing to the point of view from which they * consider it. Many effects may be produced e by the movement itself; and men will ap- ? preciato those effects, and endeavor to pro- ^ mote or prevent them,, according to their I , vfew^f ^erteral politics, of theinteresS of f society, and of the proper destiny of our F great country. ,, * , ; > \ The iutense and pervading power of the t . movement Itself can no longer be a matter c of doubt. And to the calm observer various ^ elements are manifest which render its future f progress altogether inevitable. Amongst ? uiese uecisive elements may ue staiea uie i augmented force of the movement itself, I acquired by its own previous triumphs; and < the great homogeneousness of the spirit of 1 it, to the portions already conquered. It s will encounter no difficulty equal to the in- < tense Democracy of New Hampshire, Illi- i nois, Pennsylvania and Michigan ; the wide- 1 spread political immorality of New York, < the Democracy of Virginia, and the settled s anti-slavery sentiment of Massachusetts; i the hereditary Whigisin of Kentucky. Yet all of these are mastered by the grander 1 snirit of the new movement. What barn- < er remains to arrest its irresistible career ? < It is infinitely absurd for the opponents < of this vast movement of the human mind 1 to attribute it to unworthy or insignificant ] causes. It is utterly ridiculous for its friends ' to imagine that it can exhaust itself upon : subjects that are feeble and indistinct It ' may aim at what is wrong, or what is un- i attainable; but it cannot avoid aiming at I what is great and permanent any more than 1 it could have been produced by anything 1 that was feeble, indirect, or base. A great people does not receive such shocks from ' such causes; nor when received do they ter- 1 -*te W'thout immense results. mivvi ' we is a vast and apparently ' YVliat ..-/'innr nf fliA nnirit nf A mor. i isrssEisrwas the restoration of l"BP)r,t ^ Protestant civilization, lu .' c'x 9?u"* try itse.'f was originally creau. V r *i beneath that we Behold the renevv l la'; _ profound sense of tlie overwhelming ne^?sity of our National Union?which was J 10 grandest outbirth of our National Revolution. These are the life and heart and soul d of this gigantic movement. American Na- d tTMiality, Protestant Civilization, Natio'nal f Union. The eOUntry believes all three of v these ar^ th danger. Men may say .the t country to deluded* Brit that does not val- c tor the <$>6 so long a* the country thinks t otherwise. The country is resolved that all i Bangor to a!! of them shall be thoroughly t Removed. " Mott may say the country is 1 misled; but what of that,, so long as the 1 'country- ia /esolved to be.National, Protest- 1 *nt and United i /<: .. i The conotry is]thoroughly convinced that cannot, tirflst the perpetuation of its Na- < tionality^ its Prt>test4nt civilisation, and its Diop, * ppf &9m> tWII|W ?o IUB r keeping of ontfeog ?artiea,in their ordina/ *7 action ; and so the countjy has, for the . HUe at least; set aside all parties. Men may ?y this js mere forrnticiem; but what the country eup for the -sayings of men .-J , -A tW&?, * - ' , - ?r'V - .-v.- - ?%*? L . v-^ nalely crushed. Tiio country determines that its Protestant civilization is its original, its mast precious, and its most vital inheritance; and, believing it to have been betrayed, it purposes to surround it with adequate sfaeguards. They who participate in these opinions will applaud this profound purpose; they who conspire to destroy that Protestant civilization, or who abet, or sell themselves to those who do, must abide the political overthrow which so justly and permanently awaits them. The country cherishes its glorious nnrionality; and believing it to be endangered, it has risen up in its majesty?to assert, to vindicate, and to develope still more powerfully the nationality without which the country itself has no destiny?no mission on the face of the earth. They who are so lost to every exalted instinct, as to be insensible to the grandeur of .. 1. 1 i ? siiuu nopes as *jrou lias set be to re us, may ulso despise all the efforts by which those hopes are to be realized. Nevertheless, the country will guard and assure its natioality in spite; of its recreant children as well as ts open Iocs. This is my version of this rand movement; one point of view from which its rise, its progress, and its aims arc listinctly manifest. Let the country execute such _a work in such a spirit, and she vill be launched anew upon her high career. It may he of less importance to deter-' nine by what means this great spirit has jecn aroused and concentrated. Vet this s not difficult. Manifestly whatever these ncans were, they must have worked l.*>ng md worked deeply. Was it nothing that n all parts of the country,and for v?\ars together, and upon the most opposite pretexts, he dissolution of the Union was constantly hreatenwl ? Was it nothing that political :orruption grown gigantic in the land had hocked all honest men. Was it nothing hat a stream of foreign paupers and felons lowed ceaselessly into (lie bosom of the re- < ?ublic? Was it nothing (hat millions of breign Papists and foreign Infidels, iuunda- i ing the country like a flood of locusts, | vere openly organized into political pow- , ts, directed against the Liberty, the lleli- , fion, and the Nationality of the people ? >Vas it nothing that political parties openly i ought and sold the support of the??? ul powers?contracting always for 6uch ayments in return, as were the most hu- ' niliating and the most fatal ! Was it nohing, that the voice of patriots, the power i >f the press, the importunities of the pulniti vere directed, each in his own sphere and , or years together against this frightful nnd snormous wickedness? Was it nothing hat at length, men could neither vote nor < >reach, nor speak, nor pray, nor teach, with>ut being liable to insult and violence?uness they wpuld do all in such a manner as , uited the tastes of foreign mobs, composed , >f foreign Infidels and Papists? Yea, verly, they were deep causes, and they worked J ong, which wrought the American people | :o that earnest and fervid, but yet calm and I iettled enthusiasm, which pervades the j lation. No doubt Religion is an element of this.vide-spread excitement. But it is not the! >nly element, nor with all men the chief j me. Either of the other elements, by itself, j tlite Attn Ktr /\n/?I?f ? * !?? ??? i j* king wuv kjj iov,n uu^ll U u; uavu UCC1I 3UI* icient to have saved the country from the peril which now demands the power of all :hrce to avert it. Because it is an element it all, they over whom long delayed retribution is impending scream at the bare mention of it, as the demoniacs did wlieu Lhey saw Christ approach them. It is a persecution for conscience sake in their view, that we hesitate to surrender our Country, our Liberty, and our Religion to Lhe guidance of corl-upt men bauded with foreigners; aqd what makes it a persecution is, that these foreigners happen to' be Papists and Tnfidels. If they had happen-! ed to be Chinese or Mahomedans tho na-1 ItAtl tlinnl/1 kottA ? rt/1 I k,V" "VM1U ICYUJIUU lUUVyll &UUUUI* I And ypt without reason. For we and our fatbeis have an unsettled account with Popery, many centuries old. At first it was the Emperor and the Pope who trod us into the dust. Then it was Kinro and1 Bishops who burned some at the stake, and ! drove the rest oui of all lands into thiswili -ness. Now it is priests and mobs, and j ' -ogues, who have followed us into our dace of ,"efuSe~1na7? our last place of ref,rre?to ren??.w here the com,bat ?f. ccnt"fe, in a form av <*more degrading and letestable, and mero l,kelX f*M?l to utf ban in either of its prOc^'PJf lorr2t' ?'la" ve be driven into the Pflc - c' Shall we luccmnb? Or shall we turn' i-',no,n ou^ ,e* entless pursuers? They have folli^p" "lG ion to his last den, and brought bin.1 <0 bay 1 Did they expect him to die like a stag in his lair f :. j i TW revolt of the coflntry was wholly.nn-j expected by those who supposed U;ey bad already secured jta final subjugation; and like every other greater retribution, it takea those it falls on by surprise. It is not, therefore, to be wondered *t that they execrate with peculiar horror the special means of success against tbem which their*-own perfldity and ferocity bad rendered abso m't^iy indispensable, "The eodntry prgatv iies iteelf fot. the groat, conflict, xvhich, to thow whtii first; emb*rk$4in it, seemed.well ffe'K :?yg Hf'f.'.- " -*"T- ? . ' ,Z*t ? . . ! Hut the demagogues, the priests, the mobs, 11 the foreign papists and infidel?, are slioeked t beyond endurance, because the liandfuil of j devoted men who first combined to save t the country, if that were any longer possi- t ble, did not call the whole of them into u council!?For what? 1 ti order to be mur- li dered, traduced, and the very end tor which they were willing to be traduced, and if necessary, murdered utterly defeated ?? Were they called into council when their enemies bought and sold them 1 Were tliey notified, when corrupt bargains were struck ^ in which the liberties of the people were put b at an infamous price? Were they consult- p id when the atrocious schemes to break up ? the Union of the" States wero concocted? Were tliev advertised when the overthrow | b of our nationality, of our institutions, ami c of our religion together, was deliberately a undertaken by the I'opish despots and pre- n lates of Europe ? Was counsel asked of k them by foreign papists and infidels, when, it throughout the whole land, they conspired <1 with the full assent of demagogues to over- w throw the Protestant civilization of the h country Were the secrets of the confes- a sional made known to them ? Were the h secret oaths binding every papist ecelesias- ?' tic with unlimited allegiance to a foreign a temporal Prince submitted to their scrutiny ? ? The suj'cti>/ of the State is the supreme ti law. Ami surely it is the fii-st necessity of d a State that, is endangered, and they who ei would have it, must consult, must combine. sc If the perlidity and ferocity of their onemies compel them to observe unusual can- t* tion, it only proves the greatness of their ? danger. In point of morality, it stands ei precisely on the same tooting as vote uv pi ballot. The object of it determines its law- er I'd I ri ess; and it is its success, not its nature, Ir whicli makes it so hateful. si If the Nationality of America is to he. is< sustained ; if her Protestant civilization is tc to be perpetuated ; if the Federal Union is cl to be preserved ; there is but one possible tli method of dealing with the subject. The a organized power of society must be taken lit nut of the hands of jhosc who have betrayed II those vast interests, and must be put into nc the hands of those who will cherish them, vc v-? inMj-iyivnt . hy_ tei which this great change can be cISectedT That enliiditcned. tin* first, si en of the. mvn- of o ; ' "I" " lution is political, the second is legal. The rc first step involves the organization, and the he triumph of a party commensurate with the g' country, (he American Parti/: and that h* involves the overthrow of every party that sc resists iLs ultimate objects,or resists the nee- 'u pssnry means of obtaining those objects, er Indeed, if this step was fully achieved it w would be of less consequence to take a sec n ond one; since the laws, though bad, are di endurable; and society is safe; as soon as se it has finally put out of power all men and c?*i parties, hostile to our Nationality, to our of Protestant civilization, mid to nnr F<wl.>rnl Wi Union; out of power, with an overthrow in incapable of being repaired. H And this is the reason why this gscat cl movement excites such excruciating bitter- of ncss of hate, in its political aspect, on the tii part of ?11 against whom it is directed. Its th success is seen to bo a fatality to them, m For nations do not immediately incur the same peril twice, nor do profound national movements speedily exhaust their force. The Democratic party has survived 'J1 the storms of an hundred venrs. The American party, strong enough to swallow up not only Democracy itself, but every ? other feebler excitement, will live forever. The legal revolution, therefore, which will consummate political, will bo only hut nec- st essarily the outbirth of the spirit. Assaults ita upon the Union of these States, whether ni from the North or the South, must cease.? al Conspiracies against the Protestant civiliza- 111 tion ot tiio country, between demagogues ** on'tVne side and papal and infidel foreigners OI on the other, must terminate. Attacks up- rf on our nationality, by treaties made between 0{ foreign Despots and Prelates, under the ki sanction of the court of Home, and execu- ai ted by million.^ of foreign papists and infidels cast into our bosom, must bo brought Sl to an end. Foreigners must be content to rc enjoy here the blessings of freedom?do- Ir nied to them everywhere else; the benefits ai of a civilization more exalted than any they ai can enjoy elsewhere; the same civil nnd rc- t? ligious rights which we ourselves enjoy. w They mutt cease io rule us. Americans n must rule us. , . w I cannot be insensible that many virtu- ^ ous, enlightened and patriotic men View this n subject in a light widely different from that "] in which it strikes me. I have no allusion ^ to them, in anything I have uttered. I do not forget the blinding influence of party o spirit and party tie?. I admit also that not a few of those who are personally dear to e< me, are found arrayed against what I be- w Heve'to be tfre very highest interests of the ^ country Way make my duty painful, hut not uncertain. .Nor could I help being' ? fujly aware of tjie atrocity y?ith which the " public prees sometimes a&sail. those from ^ whom, it ia supposed, tio person*! peril is to n be apprehended. Bnt I npyd felt long:ago t)io wholn forte of Papal,and Infidel bitter- n pea*, andjiave.-survived all ttii&Hheir co- jK laborers could^personaUy attempt' For any f thing mor^ ^^uld oe strange Indeed; if I J I ; v f-> . . ' ?i> / is ? .' * -r r? ?> + .-j*L > - i?ngrr i iul more eagerly, and vindicated he most detested principles on which it iroeeed- more tenaciously than one in ten housin.] of my countrymen. All I ask is, hat \vh"ii that triumph comes, it may he ised as wisely and as generously as it was leroical'v won. Your friond and servant, Flour. J. BitF.CKExniDOE. ? A Iiearnod Oddity. The ffcaltiinore correspondent of the Vew Orleans Picayune gives the following rief sketch of a very singular and eccentric ersona^e whom he met a few evenings inco : "His name is Henry Ottmer. He was orn some fifty-two years ago, in Somerset ounty, Pennsylvania, of German parentge. lie came to Baltimore when a boy, nd served an apprenticeship to a watchmaer. Working in this city until his raajory, he git sick of city life, and retired to! ic com.try. Having a tase for study, and ! ith Oiiiy a rude education, he applied I imself ;o hooks. The taste for literature nd sciiiice grew upon him, and ever since o has 1 veil a laborious student. Solitary nd alone, he toiled day and night until he L'coinpli-lied a thorough knowledge of Lnti, Greek, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Gormn, and several other languages. This one, lie betook himself to historv, the sei-j s. 1 ? ? - 1 noc.^, mm now laiiKs among uie ocsu sholars of tho ago. II is present favorite | inly is mathematics, and admits of but | vo problems which have given him pausej -squarl .g the circle, and the solution of ibic equations. lie is ?" astronomer, liilosophcr, chemist, pqgf. mechanic, mathnatieian, and somewhat of a theologian, i my tv?iole life, I have never seen such n ngnlar .personage. lie lives in a small ulated /Cottage, apart from society. Per the Hermit was not so thorough a reuse, nor Diogenes more learned. lie raicr eselifiws women, lives a bachelor, has fine liljfary of the classics and modern XTatuiv^ and is happy beyond measure. !is cxp:tssion to me was,, that lie would ) exoiTgnge positions with the most fa>red crgwned heads of Europe. "He pro1 ~ mviiu m-j *u>7 ^umu rtuu aiuiiuiirti morality. His personal appearance is markubly singular. Scarcely a hair can s seen on his head, which shines like a cased pumpkin. Beneath a high, intelutu:il forehead and a. projecting brow, is en a small, quick penetrating''black eye, II of character and intelligence. He lievshaves, has a fine moustache and ample liiskors, with a faee vivid in expressison.? 1 is entire costume would not sell for ten nies, if put up at public auction. A pasr-hy would suppose himH a poor mciulint, and be inclined to extend the hand ' charity ; and yet he is comfortable in the orld's goods?owes no man a? farthing, is dependent as a king, happy asaWd.? is food is literature, and his delight, tlir. o ",v assita ; is, by profession, .1 skilful repairer clocks; and after finding his funds gctng low, st-t-s out on an oxpedilion through c country, on a professional tour of clockending." A Singular Couple. Along with my brother, who was colleotg matter for a work he was about to pubih, I visited the interesting town of Hex*m?intcvestin^ at least to him, for it was fine field for historical research, although, r my. own part, I found little, to admire sides its ancient. church. The cireumance which, more than anything else, obined the dingy town a lasting place in iy memory, was our takinga lodging with 1 extraordinary pair, an old man and wolan, husband and wife, who lived by tliemilves, without child or servant, subsisting i the letting of their parlor and two b'cd>oms. They were tall and erect, though ich seventy years of age. When we nocked-at the door for admittance, tliey iswered it together; if we rang the bell, ie husband and wife invariably appeared de by side; all requests and demands were iceived by both and oxecuted with the utlost nicety and exactness. The first night,' rriving late by the coach from Newcastle, ( id merely requiring a good firo and our sa, we were puzzled to understand the roa>n of this double attendance; and I relember my brother rather irreverently ondering whether wo "were always to be aited upon by these Siamese twins." On' nging the bell to retire for the night, both ppeared as usual; the wife tcarrying the ftn n/l!ao4wiTr i liiloKnn/) b\t?vum uuiivii^oviva) mv> nuuumiu nvniiuui^ t the door. T gave her directions about reakfast for t)ie following morning, when 16 husband from the dqor quickly, anBwe'r1 for her. "Depend upon it, she is dumb," hippesred my brother. But this was not le case, though she rarely made we of tho iculty of speech. They both Attended me >to.my bedroom, when^the old lady, seo>g me look with some surprise towards her ysband, said?"There's jjo offence meant, ia'aro,-by my husband coming with me into #j0$ chamber?he^s qtono blind." ''Poor lart V' I exclaimed. ' "But why, - then^ ddes e not sit still I W,by/<Joea hie accompany ou. ?veiy where F "It's no use, nrn'aoi, our speaking to my' old woh)w,'' the usb^nd; "she can't hear yon;-'~?h ft <jtntG J Man and wife were indeed one flesh; for he saw with her eves, and she heard with his ears ! it was beautiful to ins afterwards to watch the old man and woman ii: their I inseparableness. Their sympathy with each other was as swift as electricity, and made their deprivation as naught. Pretty Womea and Politenesa. A talented lady who writes for the papers speaks thus of the city railway cats. The seats of tho car were all occupied ? crowded: yet the conductor stopped for me. Not wishing to disturb, 1 was intending to stand, but a gentleman up at the far ....,1 nr,w,. ..rwl ..." 1-: nioioivu U|WII IIIY Ullvlllir II seat. Being very tired, 1 thanked him and obeyed. Presently a lady much younger, much prettier, and much better, dressed than myself entered the car. IS'o less than four gontlemen rose instantly, offering her a seat. She smiled sweetjy and unaffectedly, and thanking the ^onfieman who urged the nearest seat to h$r she seated herself with a peculiar gra^S of manner. She "had one of those faers Raphael was always painting?toupWngly sweet and expressive. A little after this young beauty liad taken her teat a poor woman, looking very thin and pale, with that care worn haggard look that poverty and sorrow and hard labor phvays give, came in. She might have been one of those poor seamstresses who .irfirk like slaves and starve for their labor. I She was thinly and meanly clad and seemed weak and exhausted. She had evidently no sixpences to throw away and came in ! the car not to stand, l?ut to rest while she wjis helped on in her journey-. While she was meekly standing for the moment none of the gentlemen (?) offering to rise, Raphael's angel, with sweet, reproving eyes looked on those who had so officiously offered her a seat and seeing none of them attempt to movo, and just as I myself was rising to give the poor old lady a seat, she j arose and insisted upon the woman taking her seat It w.is all the work of but a n.sjtnent; and the look of grateful surprif^jrae old womrfh gave her and the glance ijffivect piety the beautiful girl- bestowcj^Jon the woman as she yielded her seat,4i8ir {be evident consternation of the bijdncloth iudijfrct to-r*ame' ?all \Vott to mo irresistibly interesting and instructive. One of these same broadcloth \vehrers apparently overpowered with confusion, got up and left the car and Raphael i.:~ - - - - * luuu ma vacant, neat. "Coras thiB Way, Father." During a short visit to the sca-slioro of our. State a few years since, with a party of friends, It was proposed one bright afternoon that we should make up a fishing party and go down to the harbor on a fishing excursion. Wo accordingly started, and after sailing about three miles, a young lady of the company declined goiug farther, and requested us to land her on one of tho small islands in the harbor, where sho proposed to remain until our return. My little boy, then about four yearn old, preferred remaining with her. Accordingly, we left them, and proceeded six miles further. We continued out much longer than 'we intended, and as night appcpaclied, a thick fog set in C .. ? ? .... - iroia mc sen, cuurwiy enshrouding lis. Without a compass, and hot knowrng the right direction to steer, we groped our way along tor several hours; until iinally yre distinguished the breaking of the spi t Ott*he rocks of one of the islands, but were at p Jyss to know which oue of them. I stood 'dip in the stern of tho boat,' which I had beep steering, and shouted' With all my strength. ?I listened a moment, and heard through the thick fog, and above tho breaking of the surf, the sweet voice of my boy, calling? "Come this way father!:?stiier for me? Fm here waiting for you 1" We steered by that sound* and soon my littlo boy leaped into my arms with joy, saying : "I Knew you would bear me futher!" and nestled to sleep on my bosom. Tbe child and maiden are botb sleeping now. They died two short weeks after the period I now refer to, with hardly an interval of time between their deaths. Now tossed on the rough sea of life, without a compass or guide, enveloped in fog and surrounded by rocks, I seem to hear tho sound of the cherub voicf, calling from the bright sliQre?"come this way, father?steer straight for me !M When oppressed with sadness^I take my way to our quiet cemetery; still as I stand by one little mound, the same, musical voioe, echoes from thence, "come this way, father, ?I'm waiting for you!n ' Bain.?On Wednesday evening last W0 were blessed, with, copious' and .refreshing showers. We think tbe rain has been general throughout bur'fcibtfict; 'This was the first thorough season we nave naa in our immediate vicinity since the crops were planted. < . Since writing $^, ahore.Wf> have-bad; another Wiower,. here, and learn that the rain. ori'Wednesday e?ehin? was. accompanied by a s^ore baH storm ip many pot-i tions' of OHTv -X>i?Uiot., (Th^fWttn of. James B|>fln,. Esq., oo)y S npiles north <jf4Uis plj?ce? has been damaged;. We are..t<&L to-tt?e <sxtcntoftf ,000. We ; ^ - >' ' i - ' >\Si ? t Extraordinary Occurrence. ?*<? * 4 . Considerable sensation bra been catraetf in tho towns of Topsham, Lympstone^/Exmouth, Teigmouth, and Dawlish, id{ that south of Devon, in consequence of theydiscovt-ry of a vast number of foot-tracks o^rJk most strange and mysterious descriptiOifc^ The superstitious go so far as to belierw V. that, they are the marks of Satan himself; and that great excitement bss been produced among all classes, may be judged of< from tho fact that the ^object has been fcanl?;d on l'rom tbe.pnlpit. If appears tttat, on Thursday night last, there waa a #ery heavy full o? snow in the neighborhood of Exeter and the south of Devon. OnTthe following" morning the inhabitants of the above towns were surprised at discovering the f.)ot-rnnrks of some strange oud nijrpturious animal endowed with tiro p^wer-jof ubiquity, as the footprints were to be seen in all kinds of unaccountable places?oa tho tops of houses and narrow walls, in garv dens and courtparks, enclosed bv high wall^ and pailings, as well as in open fields. There "% was hardly a garden in Lympstone whero these footprints were not observable. The track appeared more like that of a biped than a quadruped, aiK.1 tho steps were generally eight inches in advance of each other. The impression of the foot closely resembles that of a donkey's shoe, and measured from an inch and a-lmlf, in some instance? to two and a-half inches across. Here and there it appeared as if cloven, but in " the generality of the steps the shoe was coilmuous, and from the shoo in the centre remaining entire, merely showing the.'.outer crest of the foot, it must have been convex. The creature seems to have approached the doors of several houses, and thon. to have 1 retreated, but no one has been abte to discover the standing or resliug point of th& I mysterioin visitor. At present it remains a | mystery nod many superstitious people ia 't| the above towns are actually afraid to ga outride tbeir doors at night. jEnglish Paper* 'Kansas Territory?Its Progpeots. We had the pleasure of mooting witb Col. Crosson during the present week, and" frum unearned many particulars concernC. was lately of Newberry Di*trict?. and Editor of the Sentinel, and is a man of high character and intelligence. He ia just from Kansas, and says that the proapects for maintaining the vantage ground now held by the Southern States is dqcided~ Kansas will be a Slaveholding State, or no ci?i? .1.;. it-! " mi -j- > - " oimu ui mis union, iiiey are determined on it. He says that the Northern abolition papers have grossly slandered the Missourians. That notwithstanding the great excitement existing in Missouri, they nre determined to carry their point orderly, though with unflinching tenacity. The lands are represented as very fine,, and the country is well adapted for a slaveholding State. Col. C. remarked that one of the most efficient men in turning thetido of opinion in favor of slavery in 'Kansas, was an emigrant from Massachusetts sent out by the free-soilers. He and many others discovered, on reaching Missouri, the rrrr\<aa 1i/>c oK/vlIfiAn Nn/1 ft'""" ?' "IVU I?UVJ>II1IVU MftU uiu^ilt tuoiil in regard to the condition of the negro, and the institution of slavery in general, and they hate wisely determined to go for a slaveholding State ruther than a freo-negro State.? Greenville Mountaineer. Shocking Murder.?Our district, oa Monday last, was the Rceno of an awful -tragedy, the facts of which are these: Hoiman Smith, residing near tho Rolling Mill, was correcting a negrc? girl'for misconduct, when the. mother interfered for her protection. A summons from Mr. Smith for .assistance brought up several of the boys ?fid the woman's son among the number. She then struck Juer master with a hoe handle, and the son followed it up with five blows upon the head of Mr. Smith wit^ythepott * of no axe, crushing in thehead at each blowv reducing it to a shapeless mass; In theConsternation and alarm the boy escaped* but was speedily arrested, and both secured to await investigation. * - Magistrate Pavis Moon, acting as coroner* summoned an iricjuest, and the finding was in accordance with the facts. A' colirt of freeholders, was convened on Tuesday,^ and the slaves were found guilty; TheyVere brought to the village and lodged iri tho , jail in the evening, to-' await execUtipri on Friday, 6th of Xu\y.--Carolina Spartan. .: -?. -i'* : v" M' ... A Goon J&irti 0? Corw Bbbad.?'Take one quart of corn meal, three eggf. ono > tahl^-spoonful of lard,'a littleyeiyit and salt: mnkA it nn tnlflrablv stiff! ftfbpf it. Km hbah pot a small table-spoonful of sbdrfandlfc > tea-spoonful of Biigafr ?d a little1 ^ - * stir it:iD, .tljo' quantity qf milk on bow voti wflnt to bag# it, i?Jgkf6jp^8vy little, ft may bo thick enQngjjffito drop fa spoonfuls into an oven andj^??ytfti'a Jid; or made thfo-WtoffKWat -Witter. - > i breakfast timea;||^rfo-f6rdiiirS, *heri it P-y - i: b mistakes sttalriag^t?' m'g$ ? : m w. . V -0, ..,: