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Business Cards for the term of one VPar, will he charged in proportion to the space they occupy, at One Dollar per line ppacc. car For ?H advertisements act in double mliimn, Fifty per Cent, extra will be added to the above rates. DAVIS A II0LLTXGSW0HT1I, For Banner ; )A\V. ?S >Y JL^UA, F?r Pre**. MISCELLANY^ [K>>11 TI1F. INltKl'KXKKNT IT.KSS.] The Slavery Question. "TnitJi, like a torch, llie more it's shook, it Rhinos." "Truth is mighty <in?l will prevail." These venerable proverbs give us confidence yet, in tlie position of the South on the question of slavery. The truth on this subject was never shaken before as it is now. Error has had the ear of the world for a long time ; but the tables are turned, and the press now teems with papers, with pamphlets, and with books on the pro-slavery side. The intellect of the South is fully aroused ; the subject is discussed in every aspect, social, political, economical, moral, and religious. This conflict cannot fail to be of advantage to the cause of trutli, and to those who tlius assail hoary and universal error. One feature in the discussion is striking. Philosophers, Statesmen and Divines alike, refuse to stop short of fundamental prinei pies, and base tlieir firmest arguments on the Bible. The reasoning from the Bible is the strongest point in Prof. Bled roc's recent works on Liberty nnd Slavery. The same scriptural considerations form the overwhelming demonstration with which Mr, Stephens, of Georgia, concludes his able speech in the last Congress. The Rev. Dr. Palmer, in an add;ess, al the late commencement at Athens, took the same ground, and urged that the South should assume an offensive position, and require her assailants to prove slavery to lx 5f ^ey can. TPl'ms the whole l"uth is waving itsc! on the jplatform of the Bible, to on'y ?eeure standpoint on this vexed question. This gives us immense advantage of position. The Bible clearly sanctions the ineti tutioo jPthc world cannot long fail to see it^ 'When this is made plain, as it eventually will be, the North and England must admit <he justice of the institution, or reject the Bible. When forced to a decision upon . ibis issue, we are persuaded that (he chriS' fuui people of both hemispheres will main' tain tlieir faith in the word of Gocl. Wi venture the prediction that in the course o the next ten years, a great revulsion in pub lie sentimept will take place, and that th( principles of the South will be general^ received as truth. Then slavery will- be a indestructible as any other relationship o life; and abolitionism Will sink to a leve fvilb other species of gross wickedness, an< be every where ranked with the doctrines of Fourierism, Mormonism, Free-love and Woman's rights. Abolitionism is really a religious heresy, as well as a social error and a political lie. Fortunately, however, the scriptures so plainly rebuke it, that it must be abandoned, or retained as an infidel position. This was apparent in the recent conversation reported by Mr. Yeadon, as having occurred between himself and Parker and (ianison, in New York, lie urged the scriptural argument ; they endeavored to elude its Ibrce; Tailing in this, they renounced its authority. The triumph of Abolitionism would be the overthrow cf Christianity ; the rights of the slaveholding communities are in this great struggle identified with the integrity, of God's word. If it fall, we must yield, if it stand, we shall be victorious. This is a sublime position. We calmly wait the is- j sue. Clothed in this celestial armour, we j feel ourselves strong against the world. ***? The Crisis?Position of the South if Fremont be elected. Mr. Fremont's election 011 ant i-slavery grounds merely, will virtually exclude the South from all share in the Ececutive Government, since no man of honor can accept it? ?1.:?? ? ?1 iotni. 111 liiu viiiiinvi. wiiuu iiu condemns iiic election and the policy of the President No doubt Southern men will be found ready to talic ollicc under Mr. Fremont, but to consider them as representatives of the South would be about as reasonable as to have considered Benedict Arnold a General in the American Armies after he had deserted to those of England. To tell the South that she is represented by men who arc put in ofiice only because they are against her, is adding insult to injury. It is equivalent to notifying her that unless will adopt renegades as her representatives she shall have none. Mr. Fremont's election will, therefore, virtually exclude the South from all share in the power of appointing to ofiice, in the dispensation of fifty or sixty millions of the common revenue, in the granting of numerous lucrative contracts, in the command of the army and navy, in the execution of the laws, in the negotiation of treaties, and, most important of all, in the veto power.1 And this will he Uone, avowedly, bceausc she claims ten out of the twenty-five States and territories added to the Union since its formation, and really, because she has re miiicu insuititions winch existed 111 twelve of the thirteen States when the confederation was formed. It is a penalty for not changing her opinions ami institutions in conformity with the eliangc of her progressitiveness. She lags behind what is called the spirit of the age; she brings disgrace upon the nation by clinging to notions that the North having recently shuttled off, has a peculiar right to denounce ; she may remain where ! she is if she behave herself ; but if she atj tempt to colonize one square mile of the; j territory belonging to her in part, if she pol-1 j lute its freesoil with her excreable and loath- j I mulitnliAn el?A 1.,* I ovsucv i noii biibiuiij 01.IV/ ouaii uu r? J J u u uuu Ul . j the government altogether. I Supposing the spirit of the age right,' anil the institution as exdcrahle as it is rep] resented to be, does that confer a right up' on the North to exclude us from the gov! eminent ? Was not that institution respected in the formation of the government, and its protection made a condition of the Union ? and if one of the parties change i its opinion with regard to it, and chooscs to to consider as wrong what the Constitution ireaieu asrignt, arc we to uc punished and degraded for insisting on the Constitution the standard of right and wrong, instead of resorting to the ever changing views of our s; capricious co-States ? No one disputes the j right of those States to abhor and execrate : slavery to their heart's content, and to break 'I off all connection with it. They may go ' whenever they please. But we deny that 11 they can rightfully remain connected with . j the institution, and condemn it as a crime, or j . l-numsh us for rntnininf* if. Tf f.bn Knnfli I submits to such treatment she will be deeply dishonored. We slmll be told that exclusion from the i Executive Government is no dishonor ; that must b? tho case with the minority j every ekftion, who are reprcsentI ot oil Persons differing from them. We do not complain d being :n the minority. We are ready to submi! cheo'rfiilly to that condition, when constitutionally ira. posed on us ' but wo do complain of a ulst? , which, in violation of the Constitution, excludes us permanently from the Govern1 raent, and subverts its fundamental princi" pies. We complain that the Government - is revolutionised ; that the institution of , slavery recognized by the ConBitution, as no p cause of exclusion, but, on the .contrary, as conferring the right to Governmental power, is now mAdobya coup d'etat tbf jpound 5 of banishment from the Federal lwKutfve. 7 The Union we formed wa^aUnion of slave j States. Mr. "Fremont^ election will cdnf vert it into a subjection of slave Stales to . the rule of abolitionized States. Can we submit with safety or honor to be conquer ed ? Fortunately for us, perhaps, we are not called on to decide on an abstract question of honor. Southern honor has been greatly derided of late. That it existed once, none will deny, and it remains to be seen whether it sleeps with the death of our 1 {evolutionary sires, or still lives among their sons. Safety, as well as honor, counsel resistance to the meditated revolution. We cannot submit without (he prospect of dangers, before which disunion and civil war j are as nothing. J The first (.fleet of the change will be the i annihilation of (he veto power, so far as the i .South is concerned. The next will be the I,i..1;.. l.\.I 1 : i<.iiiuuv.iiu^ ui inc rcueiiii .iiimuiiiry JIS vacancies occur, ami the introduction of Abolitionism on the bench of tlio supreme and inferior tribunals. 'J lie Senate will fall in tlio natural coursc of events, at no very distant day, and the whole Federal Government, in all its branches and dependencies, will become hostile to slaver}*. We shall tlien be viewed by this Government, as the London Star warns us the British Government will look upon us, when we implore permission to return to our former allegiance, we shall be considered as "a colony of lepers," and "a gang of convicted felons." Of course, our treatment wiil bo accordingly. lJut it will be said this is mere conjccturc?that we should not act upon uneor tain ties in so grave a matter, but wait for some overt act of aggression?that the Senate will l>e sound for a time at least, ami in the meanwhile reason an<l moderation may resume is constitutional and no ground of resistance, and that prudence requires us not to act hastily, but to try his administration before we condemn it. So wo should do, if the trial were safe and prudent. Hut we must remember that j the trial itself consolidates the power of his |: party !>y giving it time to carry out its policy. We do not suppose that overt acts of aggression will come first, no matter how violent tlie lenders of tlio Republican par- i ty may be. Tlicy are adroit piditicians, and : not sucb bunglers to resort at first to the vulgar means of force and intimidation. Much will be done to open the way for force before that is resorted to. The powers of i corruption will be first tried to weaken and < divide the South. Ktlorts will be made to 1 draw a marked line between the slaveliold- i ing and non-slaveholding classes, by con fining tliC favors of the government to the latter. Non-slaveholders will find themselves the 1 sole recipients of Executive patronage, and the eye of the man hath not seen the joys ' that will bo prepared for such of them as may become anli-.sInvcholding as well as ' non-slaveholding. Non-slaveholders will ' see themselves Mattered and caressed, anJ ' slaveholders degraded and submitting to 1 that degradation; and may well excuse themselves for taking up arms in defence of i men who will not defend themselves. No < eiforts will be spared to build Tip a strong ! minority in the South ; and it with chains 1 of gold to the Kederal Government. These * overt acts may begin to dawn upon us, almost imperceptible at first, but gradually | lootninir up into the dimensions of onen i W. ? 1 war. As matters now stand, the Army and | navy are weak, the fortifications in the | Southern harbors unfinished, weakly garrisoned, and many of them commanded by Southern officers. Of coursc this State of things will be quietly rectified. The forts will be finished, the garrisons strengthened, ( and entrusted to men who may bo relied on. j Such public property as might be seized in , the Southern States?arms, muhitions, the contents of sub-treasuries ships in the dock- j v?*rrl?; nnH flip litro?will lw? nniuilu drawn. ' Then slavery in the District of Columbia, in the forts and dock-yards, and the slave 'trade between the States will be abolished, Kansas-rejected if she adopt slavery, the 1 fugitive slave law repealed, and if the South be maddened'W^eftsistance the effort will be : made to "subjugate her to freedom." Is there any reason to hope for a favorable change in public sentiment at tho North ! on the subject of slavery ? Certainly, in the long run, as truth is greater than error, wo may look for such change ; but not in the brief breathing time the Senate will give us. Abolitionism, unlike other isms, is fortified by sectional hate and its consequent blindness. Nothing can bo more difficult than to get the North right with regard to slavery, for it hears unwillingly anything favorable to lis or our institutions, while the exaggerations of Uncle Tom's Cabin ard eagerly received as a true picture of slavery. Moreover the North, especially Now Eng land, ja much iuflueneed l?y tlio British press, and England must be set right before the North can become permanently composed. I'bis is the worlf of many long years, aud in the meanwhile wo may bo destroyed. Richmond Enquirer. Value oy Reputation.?Daniel Webster, tvhon a young lawyer, "was employed in a case- for which he received a fee of eighteen dollars. Later ia life be was employed in a similar case, nod received a fee of five thousand dollars, though be used the same brief which ho. had prepared for the first, cafcft. w ? v \ ?. > f Yi Forever and Forever. The subjoined sweet faucy is from the Dublin University Magazine: A maid reclined by a stream At fall of summer da}-; Aixl half awake and half a dream, She watched the ripples' play ; She marked the waters fall and heave, The deepning shadows throng, And hoard, as darkened down the eve, The river's babbling song ; And thus it sung, with twinkling tongue, That rippling shadowy river? "Youth's brightest day will fade away, Forever ami forever I " The twilight passed, the moon at Inst llose broadly o'er the night, Kadi ripple gleams beneath her beams As wrought in silver bright, The heaving waters glide along, ]>ut mingling with their voice, The night ingale now pours his song, And makes the shade* rejoice, And thus lie snug, with tuneful tongue, That bird beside the river? "When youth is gone true love shines on, Forever and forever." Anecdote of Hogarth. A few months before tliis ingenious ar list was seized with the malady which deprived society of one of its most distinguished ornaments, he proposed to his matchless pencil the woik lie had entitled a Tail Piece 1 ?the first idea of which is said to have been started in company, while the convi- < vial glass was circulating round his own i table. i "My next undertaking" said Tlocrarth. < "shall be the End of all Things." I "If that is the case," replied one of his < friends, "your business will be finished, for I there will be an end to the painter." "There will be so," answered Hogarth, 1 sighing heavily, "and therefore the sooner 1 my work is done the better." i Accordingly he began the next day, and < continued his uosiyu uith a diligence that ? seemed to indicate an apprehension he < should not live till he completed it. This, however, he did in tho most ingenious manner, by grouping everjthing which denotes the end of all things?a broken bottle, ' ;iu old broom worn to the slump, the butt ' und of an old firelock, a cracked bell, a 1 bow unstrung, a crown in pieces, towers in 1 ruins, the si?rn nost of a tavern called tho ' World's End tumbling, the moon in her ' wane, the map of the glob? burning, a gib- ' L?et falling, the body gone and chains which } held it falling down, Phoebus and his horse ' dead in the clouds, a vessel wrecked, time ' with his hour glass and scythe broken, a tobacco pipe in his moulh, the last whiff 1 of smoke going out, a play-book open, with ' 'exeunt omncs" stamped in the corner, an , . mpty purse, and a statute of bankruptcy ' alcen put against nature. "So far so good," cried Hogarth, "nothing 'email.s but this," taken his pencil, in a sort :>f prophetic fury, and dashing off the '' -imilitlldo ?>f ft nniiifor's nnllut tienl-nn ] 1 " r ? v,v"v" * , 'finis!" exclaimed Hogarth, "the deed is lone?all is over." 1 It is a remarkable and well known fact ^ that he never again took the pallet in hand. | It is a eiieumstrncc less known perhaps that lie died in about a year after he had Finished this extraordinary tail piece. Anccdotcs of Enylish Artists. ] Death of George Steers. XII13 eminent iiiivai iircil llcct met Willi a | sudden death on the 2Gth ult., and our coun- j Lry has been deprived of one, in the very , vigor of manhood, being only thirty-seven years of age, who has rendered his name famous throughout tho world. While pro- I cocding in a wagon to Long Neck, L. I., ( to bring homo his wife, his horse ran away, I and having jumped out of the wngon with I a view of stopping tho annimal, ho was i struck by the wngon and prostrated sense- 1 less on tho middle of tho road. In this < situation he was discovered by some per- i son who knew him, and who were riding 1 in a carriage; he was then instantly taken < up and driven to his house in Cannon St., ' this city, where medical aid was quickly i obtained, but-was of no avail; the spirit ] departed at 10 o'clock in the evening. < In 1853 the name of Georgo Steers be- 1 came a national thenrre of praise, on ac- < count of the splendid triumph of tho yacht i Amcrica?of which he was the builder? < in Kngland. It then won tho prize as tho i fastest yacht of nil nations in a contest < with the yachts of the lloyal Club.. Sinoe < then he has built the yacht Julia, which has carried oft' the prize in every regatta which she has entered. Lie was selected, ' from his known ability, to-build the great I steam frigate Niagara?the only one of the six new frigates constructed by private t parties; ho was also the naval architect of i tlio Adriatic?the new Collin's steamer, i Both of.these great steamers are splendid specimens of his skill, but ho haa not been 1 permitted to witness their full oompletion ; death has closed his eyes before they have bcon able to make their trial trins^ which < are, expected to come off this month. ? > Although*/out off so suddenly 'he-has lived long.enoogh to leave1 his mnrkon the pago of history?a nobler one than that of many distinguished statesrneh?he-was the * buildcr.of tne vacht Ameritm.. *^>'<1* - > 1 ' r ** '? " * I i An Incident. During Mr. Polk's canvass of the State, a rich scene occurred at a tavern in Franklin county, where he stopped. The son of the England Isle, late importations, having heard that Mr. Polk was there, wished to see him. Pat makes a wager with his partner of a pint of whiskey, which was readily taken, that he could not only see Mr. ]'oik, but dine with him. Pat enters the dinner room, meets the porter, and nsks to see that great man Mr. Polk that's going to he Governor of tho State." ''You cannot see him, for he and three other gentlemen are dining at present." Och ! I've come tin miles out of me way to see him !" "Von can't see him, I tell you." "Well just open tho door a wee bit yar, and let me peep in." "Well, there he is?that man with a lonir head at the end of tins tidily." As soon as tlio door was opened l'at ran up to the table, with, "How are yees, Mistlior Polk ? I'm pleased to see you, an I've coine tin miles out of me way to do it." "You aro very wclcome," replied Mr. Polk, and went on finishing his dinner. "What news did you bring from Ireland ?" "Well, yer honor, the latest news I know of was a cow that had five calves." "Well that's very strange, my friend, a cow having only four teats." "Ilow did the fifth calf make out ?" The lord love yer honor, it does as I'm doing now." "IIow's that?" "Standing here looking on, while the other four ol 3"ces is feasting yerselvcs." "Sit down Pat, you shall have some dinner." Of course Tat sat down and eat a hearty dinner, in the course of which he drank two glasses of wine. "Now, Lord love yer hon:>r, when I relum to ould Ireland I can tell the people there that I ate dinner and J rank three glasses of wine with one of .he greatest men in the United States." How can you say that when you have drank but two?" "Yis, yer honor, I know that jut I know you will not let me go home ivun a lie in my mouth." Of course Pat Jrauk the other glass of winesand then left, showering liis blessings on Mr. Polk till outside the door?St Louis ltcfmblicmi. Great Pedestrian Feat. Paddy Hoops, the celebrated pedestrian, mil better known at Lord's and the various Commons in the neighborhood of London is the "Ammersmith Antelope," is still carying on his Herculean feat of walking pound a lady in full dress one hundred times n one hundred consecutive days, lie is mu' in liic co<?Anil wA/il' ' ..vwnu nvti\, emu luwivo <i.i nusn j is when he started. There aro bets to a considerable amount that Paddy will never je able to complete his arduous undertaking. What makes it all the more difliculL is that i fresh lady is substituted every day. It lias been observed that the dresses of these various ladies, instead of decreasing, are ictually getting bigger almost every week. What the size, therefore, will be before the 90th, much less the 100th, day is complc:ed, the most elastic imagination snaps, like in over-stretched piece of India rubber, in its rain effort to comprehend. It is also feared llmt there will l?e no open spacc large inongh in the vicinity of tlio metropolis to ndmit of the experiment, as soon ns it lias expanded to its fullest dimensions, being fairly tried. In the meantime, however, Paddy lisplays uncommon pluck. Ilis unfailing ^ood humor and cheerfulness under his trying labors win smiles of nnnrnvnl r>vfn fmm lis fairest ramparts. We wish the brave "ellow every success, and shall from week Jo week make a point, or several points rather, of recording the onward march of his iron-tipped bluchers and undaunted perseverance.?Punch. A Cheat Ice House.?Any person, in .ho Countrv. where timber is nlionn. i?nn jrect an ico house at but little expense. All that is required is to put up a strong frame 'or the size of house required, and hoard it up close, inside and outside, withe a space between, all around. This space is stuffed ilosc with straw, or dry say du6t.?The roof is made in the same manner, and the house is then complete. Straw and saw :lust are cheap and good non-conductors. Die house souid be situated on a dry spoj, find should have a drain under the floor. It slrould also bo convenient, to. be filled ;asily. The walls of stone and - brick ice nouses snouiu oe uoihhp, as well as those af wood, Great care should bo cxercised in packing ice; all fho Mocks should bo jlear and solid, and about tho same tbicknesq, and frozen into a solid mass. In fa rornblt; situations good ice houses may bo excavated, like eaves, in. the face of n liiU. The Alabama Cotton Chop.?The Selma Reporter, of'Wednesday evening last says: < "It is now reduced to a certainty that the present cotton crop will be exceedingly ihort Notwithstanding the disastrous spring and summer which we bad, yet hopes bad beet) entertained from later indications that the crop would- be an averge one; but the early frost has tfow completely dispelled ever hope, and accounts from' overy quarter have now satisfied every sensible man that we are to b#vd the shortest crop which we have had for hiany y^ara past. Many dt'our .planters will finish picking this weoTc, and in the course of i& Tew weeks th^whold crop of'Alabama will be gathered." - ' *' " ' au & ' The Court and Judge O'Neaix.?Our Court of Common IMeas progresses with unusual dispatch. Judge O'Neall seems resolved to clear the docket if possible, llis energy and ability increases with his gray hairs, and evidence him one of the first Judicial Officers of his day. His honor was born for the Law, and would have adorned anv bnnch i? nnv xr? ? "J w?..wjr. ?UH sixty-three years of ago, lie is still untiring in the disciinrge of his onerous duties and more than ever, faithful to the almost unerring dictates of an enlightened judgment* A truer public servant, South Carolina has never had. lie h;is won, and wears with ?i.~ i.:~??* ? " * .....j.. buc in^iicsL iiuuurs oi uis calling. When we look upon his venerable mien and frosted locks, it is with regret that we remember any lightness of comment heretofore made upon his character and course by the press of his States. May he be spared many years, still further to enstamp his usefulness upon the legal annals of .South Carolina.?Edgefield Adv. How hr Looks.?A New Fork correapomlcnt of a Georgia paper says : T saw Fremont the other day?a dark complexioned, swarthy man of 43?though some seven years younger in appearance. I should say he is about 5 feet 8 inches in height, and weighs 140 pounds. His forehead is low, hut broad?eyes deep set and very close together?nose, his best feature, long and straight?and nothing, either in face or mnnnor fr> , .V .VTMKV* M M|t VKIUIVJ uplll" ion upon, in respect cither to character or talents. An inferior, or at least ordinary looking man?such an one as among a thousand strangers would he about the last designated as a candidate for the Presidency. The luxuriant, brigand development of hair and w hiskers which delight the Jessie Clubs in his pictures, are minus in the original nnd far from being abundant. His beard straggles thinly over a considerable surface, and his black hair un<|uictly parted in the middle, is manifestly beginning to assume the same consideration. 1>e Systematic.?It will add much to your convenience than you can imagine. x? ntiuo linn.-, Mtvra temper, saves panencc, and saves money. For a time it may bo a little troublesome, but you willl soon find it easier to do right than wrong, that it is easier to do right than wrong, that it ? easier to act by rule than without one. lie systematic in everything ; let it extend to most minute trifles, it is not beneatb you. AVhitfield could not go to sleep at night if, after retiring, be remembered that his gloves and riding whip were not in their usual place, where he could lay his hand on them in dark in any emergency ; and such men are the men who leave their mark on the world's history. Systematic men are the only reliable men; they are those who comply with their engagements. They are minute men. The man who has nothing to do is the man who does nothing. The man of system is soon known to do what he engages to do; to do it well, and to do at the same time promised ; consequently he has his hands full. Gen*. Lewis Cass.?A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, writing from Detroit, thus speaks of this veteran Senator: "Gen. Cass in jnvenizing. lie positively looks butter than I havo seen him for years past, though he is canvassing the length and breadth of the Stale, and speaking once or twice every day. He has just past his seventy-fourth year, but appears as vouthful nnd active as ever. All who hear him avow that he has never, on any previous occasion, been as eloquent as now. I was myself present when he drew a picture of the consequences of disunion, which would have made angels weep. The people sitouted, while the old ninn eloquent was himself moved to tears hy tho picture his imagination had bodied forth." Cask of Green* Color of the IIair.? M. Stanislas Martin has published in the Bulletin <le Thcrapetitiquc, Paris, the curiotis 6ase of a worker in metals who baa wrought in copper only for five months, anfl Whose hair, which was lately white, is now of ?o decided a green, "that (he poor man cannot appear in the street without immediately becoming the object of general curiosity. He is perfectly well, his hair alone is nffected by the copper, notwithstanding thd precaution he takes to protect it from tlie action of the metal. (Chemical analysis lias proved that hifl hair contains a notable -quantity of acetate of?oppur, and that it is lo this circumstance that it owes its beautiful color, which is i?_ 1.-UI uiuob Qiut^umi . IIIIU ii;iu<untiuiu. " m i ? &> Tim Shadow of the Willow.?:Tbe following incident waw communicated by Sir John M'Noill: "A Highland soldier had. * his nrm so severely wounded that it-was a atfjj^l to he amputated, when Miss Sight- < it^STfe-requested the operation delate,I, oa . sbe thought 'tliat^under careful nursing the . arm might be preserved. JJy her unremitting caro this was accomplished, and th?t . pobr soldier, on being asked what he fdt ,* towards his preserve!-, said that the or\ij^iU mode he h$d of giving vent tofbia feejiijgi,.. was by kissing her shjMtoip, when it fejl on u his pifibw as she passes through the.yard . on her nightly Visit" n