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ALLEN COFFIN, Editor. "First t>h?.Uiac?o, thou the ear? utter tlij.it the trill edni in thu our."-Paul. FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. "Vol. I. SOUTH CAROLINA LEADER. PUBLISHED ON SATURDAYS. At 430 King-stcoot, cimrluaton, S.C., liv T. IITJKXiKV cS? CO. Subscriptio*' -I'riee:-Four Dollars a year, iiivu rlably in miranee. To A i? vKitrisi-.jts.-'|"ue LK.lliKll ii is tlii- larges! rirc?lntinn af any Weekly paper in lin. fStmllit-rn Stairs,-ciniil.iiiiig extcii.?|vi:ry in s?itit|i Candia i, North (.'?rollita. I icurdii, ami ITortda; thereby reii dering ii ti valuable ur. dunn for tho.-c lint lug (?ooild to dispose or. Huies ol" Ail vert isitig : For one Square of Ten Lines, une insertion, $'?00; fur each iuibacrpiciil insertion, $1.00, ' A liberal discount marie lo yearly, balf yearly, nul quarterly mlverll-ers. Adnui IM ment H mii-phin i.-ly display eil Iii special ugreemr nt. PROSPKOT? S rot: rm: South Citrblina Leader. A. Weekly Jonrnnl ol' the 'rimes. .Tits LtCMiKIl will la- devoted tn Hie lill crest ol Free Lidio r timi netnrrnl reform. TU j! Federal Government ?iii be sustained at ?.'.I bain ni s and wo luipi* (lint its till ininti- policy towards tit ii. Slate will ensure peace, prospcriti , mid domes tic tranquility. Thal self evhliriu tntlli, ciiui.iliied in Un l)f?-larii Hon of lililupcudeiice, " l luit all men nie creale,I ?qu;.!,"' will be islcnlfutdI? iidliercd to. lu maller, el local concern, i' will give .ti. rariicsi support to ?ll unpin taut pilbllc iiu a-uiv- unit priicti cul improvements. VVIiiie'fcarlcss in it- advocacy of tlie light. nail frank in Itis deiitlliciatioil Of the wrong; its culiini wlll never he made a ch inn,1 nf cu r-,. pct.-mia ahu-c. It Will deal willi principles rather thin nit- II . nuil allow the free and ri lilli-) di-iii-sioii ul* all -nh jects pertaining to tin- public, gund. Ill striving lu m lists tills euipliatieallt a p-ipiT Im thc peupl?, ive i-outldcutiy look m tl., tu Lu 11., utiiouut of ?ubsclptioil and nd vei l i-iii;; pat l'image, iv li U h its worth deni.nuls T- 11 Ul. I.KY L co T II ti L Ii V I) B: Il J0P> PRlXTIMi OF PI CK J'M) King Street, LiV;kcr. bntU,?|Us. *^r>4?iW.. Kook, Job, and i\m\ Printing. in lite liiiilh .' style <it i be nt', ?ititi upon th tuciM siiti-l'?vtory ii un-. Uni nun.i- fm ml who have not htte'nloir bt-ep hide '.. tdlU-t; their wink from lill- tdlicf, ?viii no"- lit ?I on facilities . qual "il ut.y i nu i gi nev. FANCY PRINTING, We have ililli? alli d ?l iv niiage- f?.i j.liieilii elegant ?? ork in Gold, Bronze, Velvet, nm) till it,e varied colins that may ph-u-e il. fancy and attract the beholder. (ard .Minting. We shii\i itu'te .-pi rmi . florta lo ' J.a. I in tin departiiieiit, and eoniideiitly anticipate u libeilii binnu of the public pillroiiu^e Bl LL-H E^DS, CIRCULARS, CHECKS,.NOTES, RECEIPTS, CARDS, LABELS, HAND-BILLS, PROCRAM?V1ES, POSTERS, ETC., MRS. T. W- CORDOZO "D espeetfullj IIII?IUIIUCCH tu ber friends Iba; she is prepared lo give LKS.SIJNH'O.V THF IM AXtl-FoitTR . At Itessonable Huies KNipilT ?ft ltANDOLPJI, Photographists & Ainbrotynists nooms, 330 KinK Street, "\"t^ILL take all kinds of Pictures nt lin ? * cheapest rate?, and enlarge uti kind? of snuill Irturt-H lue ..'L'llll.l Ilt'oidencc - Charlotte St., one door east of Alex auder Street. i Nov. 18-'tm ". WI G G ?St CO., RE S rV A TJ lit A. IV T . No. 55 Ma'rkot Stroot. Cliarleston, S. C., Where the I'uhlie will always timi on bund, ni got Up t?i tinier, every vaiieiy ol Dishes ni tlie shortest notice. A. lt. WK;?}. | J\. li. ?VKJO. Vf (ii?e UH a Call, and you ?viii lind (JIU- Terms mod ?rate. Jjfr 3m un ?\ j To thc ftkirnj I'wjplf of Siirtb firuSita. ATTENTION" TO A 1,1, 1LHBKT WA Ll? KU i* prepurrfl tn receive V.? sud sell all kinda of COUNTIlY I'ltt>IU!L"K, and liny and Ship |.l< nf all dcscriptiuns to any part of this State ?villi promptness and III M, .tel,. Adrdcsa GI Lit FUT W A LK KU; " L . Clinrlealflii I', ti. icc fors to Char lei Wilder and Israel Sud Ut. Cubim U.S. C. Oct.'.'s-j LAWRENCE & FAULKNER, GK.\K|.AL NtOlllTE STOltE, 180 King iSti-eet, (ttclo.v Horlback Alley,) ?hai'leistpri?, fes, O. ,?n? Nc? i-fi TO MISS MARV V. WKSttyN. HKsi'iicrriiLi.T ot.inc.iTbu ur THU AI'TIIOK. Hist, sister! hi-i ! ilellghinil song I li .nr. Mi'litiiiU's 't s grief commingled ?vi? lt lug'i fear; l'ion? cumliniis. ihanktol. ilioiigh I lie stroke Ul (?oil lias deeply pierced. 'Twas tints slie spoke. Thc youno, nii\nl fair; whih: in lier eye ii tear, Witl< .. .ii .v nrighiucss, gleauieil, which >uon ncr dour Ibo) nie'.- existence quickly saw und kissed nw uv, j As t..ei holli how vii, fresh vows their LUPI to i l,!,.v' . . , . In iel ..o as punic Adam with fiiir lave. Our ancient dum, ci? they dui sm pei eel vc. Now nearer swells ike solemn, mournful dirge. Mme luann mun dt?.-i seUlom io .-celie burge. A- .-o.tl theil eyes liebelt I, slow, wiliillllg doWu I lite sloping sticet, on ciloet' side, tor ng-boiiiiil j l in lo1, cly hearse, expressive in the dead ! l ia :; eyes lir.-t mei. Uii|ui-s.-iiig lieaiil and hctld j With kimv\ ledge nibil illipoi'liiul, hut uh.ci linds 'Too on n sislaiu'c in the well toned minds, j Dein li, II it lui lining',! ii Miuinl.. ala- iou true ! I Al list colin- alike .ls well to un- and you. ; f?a? e. like these tub tai ones, hu Utid ?te live ; ! l'"or tney di .nb's happy sleep e ui ucvci' griete. Ibu loi|i|cr bursts thc lieitt'L-n tityakcnin:j strain. ! What narin di tullun lin- thc solemn ir.un ' The choir while ion:, the LUI sc seems loll lo b. ar I I'o ?li. le ?ts Mill! ll .ll ll'glit look lino- Illili ail ; I Hut xvhu teiis hutt, tvitii pare angelic throng, ' I.o.? lu e led ut Li ul .? tliione, list uni:: no., s.Oii-*. Au. yes! tor (.?<.. I loves noulai being-' pr.use, i When ot au humble muni partake t..cir lays. I Toe helliers ->:.\. ?i'll .-calls. I ct?!l'c the heat sc iVibi si.t-'lili slatil'lj steps appeared next ti st l-'or prime in thc. tau the loiig-li'icil aCi'vailt : lOUlf, I'lu- mousier in '.o their souls lor good, .li- ?ho hoi; s.ioV I.HU" heart- lo -wall ot sill A nd i ed's di ep ha ., and uti tv ci o? its mir io ? in tmt di pi i.e. a ?oil; don il,, li.e.l lieiiind, l akc-'il,! lim chorus lie . ii coils thiotl^ll the line. I ?icy al. doih glim it un Iii e. .-om- m >t ni g sound, emili .asl lo li.si celestial 'strains rcbniiii.l, i ul next im- uer, lim neiett, joined thc lound. .Now m. lust giaVelv lil li cia d lo t.icir sweet ?low )? he.II ll' lt love, ?li ch made the air echo flic ililli.my suaiid- b .ck tiiiijugii Hie ic ria I space," I.', .-i.ine Ira gran ti garden spiced with rich Illa. C, ',. i'r ima ?.- ila- nimo.-plii.re. iii! zephyrs' gales, ?tv.iki uui^. sweeps along ; a- titsi cMiaics i'n? g o. rou- i ml.- the tideiiferoua gilt. I -? n so lliv> tu.I liiiiiii i'llll I ?vo wo li-fti i illlil?g ito. High ultoVe Hie Hill, l.d pis-, il, A nicii i..cv had hce'tl, l.ioo^.t teats bathed um* lau lace. 1 nuce," soe stud " ?I lend r m ilbei" knew, .'mi. o.. ! 1 pi /.eil uri liol eooii^.i I iou lett lia tell a ino;ncr'- win io ni ?he i:<gd e ! i lien. inc.i dui.i '.i.c cai iii lu. k like li place for? loin. \ Ino lilt ile-erl. Vt-S a -.unit it lisle, V and, no Iii, II i in lia I lire nor to ; i.ire. ilui n m,n sis st -. III io i,o,\ ,i au -nie- around, -o ul .er lo.e. ll -e. 111.-, cia lie.il toe ttoillill. i nul thc CyC I- lu ned .Hune, ttl loll, And tte -IO tey .Jeiiov.ih', lut e. What -ill, ? ??al many siiis. he overlooks thi'liie I'll li tviii a jin fui heall tte all resign. I. ff. WHY Nor I'liu-T Tit a SOC III..US I'KOI'.I.K? : le ill Ol ill Se ttllil ale ttllXlull- I.? |. lieW l)li i hallet- Ot milking Coppei bend cipttaj lit Irish V linnets liiilween the poliiu-.il .iri.-iii^raey of ihr ..so o i h mu? tb.-pol Meal iirist.ivt ticy <dy the N rm. I in- nu.-Wei to tin- uri' i-, non i l y olij els inti tl-1 big the Southern peuple, except the traltoiou ,'liivnlry und theil tuen.I-, who ucvci lr.isled le.-II.-didn't ililli, io triist the n to vote even ? m Ijhe q ic-iion ol' secession. The Sombr?o I.pb- propel ly approached nod pinpi i ly tl. nh - nd. tit ii: ty m.tl kindly II cn I ed, inn i-iisily lu ..com tl, d in I'.iue, niiil in no long tum- tutti. 0 a ne? nuil ti oly di tiioeintit.Ki ul ihiiig.-. K .i nilly anil politically-brought lo n Ci pt Iii e lillor and honor ll-the lie. s- hool ai ,1 -lipp.it! . t -Iree institutions gent nilli . und i no less tin n a ?ir > ll ui.ke to ihc while niau mid ilic colbictl -min, 11 y ititi until r icu.il lu MS, mu! tiijitiiie ' 1 y i, ;7?" T ' . ?put! tigiiis, us citizens, Hm it i- not iliese .soin lu i ii people foi tt hum the Copperheads usk em hil. in c. They >\ niit ibis fur t?i? old bpprt-s ?oi? of these South? III people. Note, bj regard tn lin- el.ts-, at the feel ol tile nation which '.hey tried to destiny, whiningly si-eking palliou und mel cy, Ol ilse still illllllg tiing l?o-ir conqticroiK, ami exacting their own innis of reconciliation, - in regard lo ibis cia.-.-, .ti'liiil lins the cull lilly dunc in thc past, except them, lo its tembl? cost : They lind almost a monopoly of the billet's ol the arin y und navy ; 1 hey lorded it at Washington hu y ??ut a and y rai si ; they ciiiricd thc plantation whip inti th? .dudgeon imo Congress; they uullilieil, tiny ' secede , iluy stoic, tiny committed pei ju ry, ?they lind bli lin ling that iievt-i Inion- has bein jtrnmplid upon, and plunged thc land into nil du- bm rots of civil um; i ht') did this iv bene vir 'lu ir sch? nies were thwarted, their nillihiiimi da? feiltet), tiieii exactions or thur uncoiislitiilionnl ami ii ul i? republican Ihcniies refii.-cil as the pol icy of thc (Jtivcriiiiient. Tia ir honst WUK that they it bu Ul rule or ruin. Tiny I ii i lcd nt last to rule, anti biought nun upon thein-elvcs. Are we to rescue them from the const qm nee -of their ottn nm liie.-sr. A'?" tn- io trust them htdl lon ger, lo h ? V*i th ni ic-ciuici lin ir old roles of marplots and conspirators i|Viiiii-t tin- present interests and ihe fm ure prosperit y of nil the people of all Sections?-Huston Transcript* ?.It rs with the greatest difficulty ibm I -it? tempt to -epartiti- policy fiotn justice. Ju- ice is itself ilii* tirrill -landing p?du-y ol ci vii society , mid iiuy evident departure ft nm it, limier any circumstances, lie- under tnt- suspicion o? being 'no policy at al).-Jadmmd Burk?. ArilclB.' Inserte! unti".!'.''1 ,x' Wkkk,?v * Coi it*-pi in < Leii t We shall . l'iimtti'iittuii? bf"morll; I*tai il?",. ?ipolisihli: loi their seutliu.-i.t-.. _ uicrlcan luslitu '.Agricultural Kepi. PO WE H OF E?UC/V1"1 . '''ir'" lu?scrlpr "' ' _ ' -ils ?ny? : -Seare'i witdiII, v<- Jni? in \\ ll honl,-all is?< nih .nimmt . 'Tl- ' ?'klc inline wi.lt lin- present, ..ii'!, in turn, '.ii-li Fia s tile linutivry " Mn. Hoi ron-In viewing this tno-t interest, inj siihjoi t. we ra ii not hut conclude that it is a p iwrr, a mighty engine lor g.I or evil, a source of develop,-nu-nt nf human greatness ami hitman depravity, hi- m. .loss lo du Oil lip?n man's depraved nature, sime history proves most eon elusively tiitit mankind lias bei. ii tniujt, gravciv oppressed; through a long sciies tit age*1, by the mighty influence bf ti false cdtieaiion. Thc pe rind known as the ?1 irk ag.'s is not by many, even j at ihis la o day , recognized ..s snell in thc world's history, not wi ll: landing thai there lave been g?vat revolutions io the Church, demolishing every vestige of heathen rite-, ai..! relies, and ahbuunable prat tit es Hut a few hundred years ago the habitations ,,f men wete Iii Utter gloom, - mental darkness-ivhcii kings ?nv briituli/cd and the whole ol ('IIIisteniloill rendered imbe cile by il crufty Ililli ignorantly edue.ii' I priest hood; for then iViis (he lnqui .i,i,.ii. w.lli its elds . hooded molisteis, who delighted at the sound bl* crackling ?in s, ur the blood which flour ed fluni the mangled bodies of the wretched vic mn- hy olle r mittles of tortur?. Yet Hutt man ivus liumd ihat teared hot the strciigtb ol ?jecr?l Inhib?ais, mid, in the vi.ry face ot his enemies, broke the up?!I which 1 ouiid men's ninnis timi bud ic; \\ith the. iron I'm ks of isla very, thus re st. ?ru;;; truth io religion, the lumber of liberty. I'lie persecutor then, like lin: persecutor now, pr ..tends that be is an u.geiu binn heaven, wheii die t: u: ii is. thal he bas bill ti p.itcitl-righl fnwn hell, ll Liberty! thou iiiesliuiahlc gem, whose true value worlds nf diamonds and rubies caunoi equal, As revolution overthrew the slavery of the minti, so int- revolution overtltr?iv? tho slavery of thc body ; as oppression and ignor .n c- eas nurtured in the Church to thc destruc tion of thc soul, so wat its spirit as ot a. ucees sity infused into polities, to thc destruction ot the laidy. Henee the connection. The erecting ifj " Klug Cotton " as ii god, singing psalms ol prai.-e to his glory und majesty. siirjily ridi en tons in bini who "(tf.'t Vrar-^ lu sro? -ibi'mlen ..t a pilgrimage to Meela,'lu the justification ol t llhuloo suttee ; ami jet, with all hi.- pretended intelligence ami virtue, tl. re is lint to he tumid 0 hi vot'uhulary a word ol' eilci irngcmeni lor he Still lait..till sons of Hain. ? luise ai ats ninia ntiild. tl up bis au lid majesty-not even thanks : 1 ty, more, in yU?ling rat cfo I ness of hiscorrupt eat linre's tunight but hate. Whit a lu ari nu t not that tine he, where, without interest, .lopped lh< la-i drop nf the l.ulk ol human kimi 1?7S. leaving nothing but lin- black, singing, -ea ?i wrath, where pent up chaiiticls expanded hy he idfei-vcsi-eiice Ol' ecrlain neids (.be Ingie ni lim-) mis nidely iolroiliiectl into the inner m.st ii;eetses ol ;h it chivalric,bearii hui-ling m 1 pevt-r-eiiiling streani nf liqui I lire upon the de "hil heal ol' lim pool negro-; sparing neither niiiul.eys nor inockiiig-hirds. 'Thc mulatto, it io, lillies in tor bis share of abuse, is physical.y ?Vilk?r limn Hie negro.-'.bein!-carries Iiis u'tiins about the middle of his head. Ab! llickl i is ti int itu-v are not all alike, as it would '.lien ?0 a very haul matter to timi oui the exact loca .uni of their brains. .. Shine mit. fair Min. till I have bought a fcl iss, I li.il 1 may see my kllDilOW nt I pA/n." As the last vc.-tige of Aincrlc.il) inj 'Mice fl iru-l) iv I ll so-ti bc wiped away, in spile of ititi j Hellish M-lietiies ol' designing men. it heroines . mr duly (ii avoid the 1 tenke s of fais, ei?ueasloil. As we arc not only responsible to. posterity, which is the least cumuli. 1 .ilion, hut iiUii tb Cod; hy au adherence to truth ami justice, appr?ci?t tig du- hlesisings wliicli lu- luis coiilcrcii upon its; he i?iii nug the idle vapnrings ami bombastic cgtiiisiu of antiquated '. 1 huilerais," as we would du- presence of some extraneous fossil amongst a collection ol native curiosities of greater ex cellence. '. ti Jealousy ! thou aggregate nf ivurs, We're lhere no hell thy un menu would create otu.'." I'KTKII. 1*. S.- I baye a few more nails to drive. Any one wishing to l'uni the scat cf his brains, can just pre-cut thc supposed par! and have il hoted. I hupe that you can spine a little space in the Lra<ier to insert thc few line:} timi I may writ? in regard 10 the colored folks. I feel like say ir.g soincth ng lo hoi li colored and while pcoph, for 1 Hunk sometimes that thc ?hole world hus la en chang, d mid nindi- new. I thank (iud foi hts loving kindness winch he has hastened upon our race and our entire land. We ure free Cl Oin bondnge, hut not from sin; mid now tliiit we are'.ree nun and women, let un improve the tjio?io?s oppot'.unity of showing lite planters those ulm have Ll le red us nilli our fathers that we ure mor.illy belier in freed O lil than III slavery, ll (he government bf the United Sint is will only give us a chance wc tv ill show that the black utan can du something for themselves. VYhite nu n who say thu! we will not work v. 11 boin the lash, tell that which they ought lo know is false ami tl ere ts nu troth III them, Sollie said '.lint the Ni gio ioidit rs M nulli not light, hui ninny u man who tm I them in thc brid kilowa better now. Those white people whit have snul tluit there was no difference between a Negro anti a mule ought to retract. Fm if Ficsideiii l.i icoln had given the muskeis m? (I lite (lag to mules, I iliiiik he would ha ve soon found out the till - fi lenee. 1 will write again aa sonn n? thc paymaster. gets rou ni timi I cnn buy some staiioneiy.If I you sec tiny euell (linn, you cnn tell bim thut Co ll bud miller pee him than nny other man. J i.y s M MOORE. 35th Hcrjt 1'. S. -A* I have not lourd ft om my ?vjfe or mother for a long nm-, I hope this may meet then eyes. My wife's name is Ami lia Moore, alni my mother's was il numb Stand, living in North Carolina. Direct to me. Company ll. 3-0 h U. S. (J. T., li listo I-lund. S. C. JOHN H. MuOllK. PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TEACH hi HS. M;i. ti tit Ton - I humbly beg thc ilse of a "iniill space in one of your columns through I which to give my opinion of public schoolsi and I their ti liehet Ki In my npin. ni, public schools arc among the j must useful mid must essential ilistiilitioi.il in this m any other country. Without them the .venue of ?ducation wiiuh} bi* eldsed against tht i e-liiurths ol a nation'.- population and blind? el ignorance thc in?vitable consequence and re ligion, pibspertiy lind civiltzitioii greatly im peded. Such i- my opiniuu ol" public schools gi ueially alni such uri- the opinions 1 hold iii lu public >i In: 1- ?if our city (-o far as the in stitu icu itself H concerned), second only to the church of Ulli ist. Am', as to the teachers of the public . Imot.- ; I entertain a special regard for them generally. I consider their, worthy ol thc respect lui lippi I'ciiitiuii of pu rents, guardians, laud community at large. 1 look upon I bein as laborers in ? tic lil of usefulness. 1 cotisider j them second onlv to the minister of tiiogo-p?d: i Siic'l are aie my dispositions toward public teachers Keiierally. Hut I inn ex trent -ly sut ry tu suv ttiiit I entertain those dispositions toward tiie yuh ic si 1.1. .! teachers nf our city only in liarrl??tKiiw I do not wish to cast a iv ri llection upon 'any otu- undeservedly. I entertain the highest rc.-pect (.ir the worthy hupertytciidan'. Mr. K. L. Cardoso; I consider hun an aecotn piish?d gentleman. I also have a special regard for itiany of his teachers. Dut there really are -onie teriehrrs in our public schools that ere. no nuire tit for the position than a heathen. They ure better suited tor a place in Durnum'* iir suntu other museum, to tame Wild beast?, I tim naturally interested je education of the vfusiiui and I ?ni ii ??h ' -ver ot the courses that ure bei lu; pursued loivardi them. Several grievous casi's have come under my di serration, 1 have ?cen cases of boys with swnl j Icu knuckles uiui hands i'roih l?.-iur; Ivut willi thc ruler, sud some with bumps on their heads; und Une eise I have seen of a boy being struck in the hue with a ruhr, which tu.ide hjs fuete black ?iud bice, end leaving a most tri g ht ful bruise, and the ICM norning his eyes were completely closed. Now, I know iba proper corr dion is necessary tor luivs, but to beat them in the liynd and face Milli i ruler is entirely out of the way of civili ?'.muir ami I hope will liol continue long. I hope the evil w;ll soon l*e remedied, and suyevis atol prosperity attend our cch'xds. ?lost respectfully, Hour. II. AVTSOS. MSCKLLANY. THE JAMAICA MARTYR. Asdemn and impressive lesson is contained in the o?owing I iogrtiphy of thc martyr of Jamai ca, .et white men wdio have owned slaves read it. .nd profit by us teaching. I tin- person nf ih? late Gceygc William Gor do: Jamaica has just added n nb tho-name to the list if those who h.i vc scaled their devotion to Mitttv ?iib their live.;: another victim to t?ic.nc jciiiedspirit nf ncgro(shivery. (Jordon ?ill yow j'tiilf rntk with thc missionary. Smith, who ?triy vi'trs ito perished miserably in a dungeon in lic?enla, in which he had been incarcerutyd by ihup'arVrs for thc crime of preaching the gos ? pel of s,ritual liberty to the black slaves of that col'iny ;with John limwn, who paid with Iiis life thc pendy ol his noid ' devotion tn the cause of negro fii dom. A brief .-ketch ot the .lam.ma niHtiyr ill. we ure sure, he perused with inter est by outillions class nf readers, f?corj William Oordbn wai at thc time of his CMcutii chi-c upon ?0 years of aye. Me was a native't the island nf Jamaica, ami ivas boni ?ti S'iviib', lus motlier being a mulatto ?jaye ivom'enilis 'ia iii er ?ian Scotchman, a "plant iiW^^Wy." or agent of absent?e proprietors. ^MBB but 'be scantiest en mentary educa ving discovered ii remarkable apiti I i^jffirn?,lr,k' ,"' w?i placed liv his faiher in ?, .^Bn'.itig-house nfs wia'.lhy Jamaica plum er* JH'he remained for a few years. Ile then ' cotnmeid business on his own uccounl, and by bis tl, diliigence, promptitude, and pur.e ! tu ali tv, on raised himself to a lending pondon among ' mt reliants of thc connu y. Having. Iiiiw?ve?mbalked lurgely in sugar cultivation n short ic previous to the triumph of thc free itude pry in Knirhind. the p't-sage of the s i gar dut bill nf IS IG. w hereby the differential dunes fuvur o! the products of fr.'e labor were abnliidicauscd bun severe losses, from the ef fects ofhich, owing to ihr progressive d?pr? ciation Jiniaiea property, h s fortunes never i ntitclecovi red. About three years ago he was ( I'd Member of Assembly for one of ihp rural ishes of the island, his constituents be ing pfipslly black people; nod he bud no s it ntUeicd the legislature than he took his Hand '?u nwowed opponent of the policy whiclns al (he supremacy of thc plainer clnss in thdony, at th>: expense of other interests of v importance to thc public wea*, nnd .provbimsclf a formidable opponent of thc Government. Ile lost n?, opportunity of de n auueing that partial and unjuil system of leg islation which hu?* been thc carne of Jamaica, fi net' emancipation, and advocated with all hts powers, lind with iincotntnoti enerby und teal, ihr claims rif thc free bl ii;ks to u larger ^hr.rc of Consideration mid respect than they lui vi; yet rc c- tvcil nt lin- l?t li?is of tho governing class in J i? - tunica. Ai tiiiivx; indeed, his 4 -ul, KO ardent nus ita ipiiility, outran hts discretion, end he wu? hurried into th?; use of language sori.cw-hut tm; strong for the ?onveiitiniitilitic?i of the legi liittvt! arena, and it is not surpt?sing thal h? nindi! tunny enemies- among the dominant cluss, who delighted ni heaping opprobrium upon him. But with the lovers of liberty' and justice hts evident sincerity of purpose, and hi? nobie ?elf abnegation, caus-d thisoccai iona,', in temperance ol' ?peech to bc overlooked. And the blacks ol Lirhuicii FOOII cuni'1 tc regard him us one of their wu' ni?si (fiends nod IIIOHI devoted champions. Gordon wu* executed for the tillered of renee of inciting the hi'groes to rebellion, but it turns otu that there hus been really no rebel linn. His real crime in tho eye? ol Ins murder: L?Vs - .lu- er.ti," f ir which they ICcJt bli life - icu? thu', his course of political action was cal .'itl.tted ti open the eye.-, of the black people a ?hey hilve never yet been opened to lbs tru< riiari?cter uf that system of legislation by whicl I . ir rinitis ''have been Hilled with, their -.titer' ..?ts Mtcidiced, un i their progress retarded. Titi [>rinci| u! evidence uptni which he vvascoiivictct liv th-.- court-martial thu" tr;?-d Ima waa a un nilled seditious placard wit.ch be hud eau set ?0 be published; addressed to the blacks. Tin: document hus been reproduced in the Knglis) newspapers, und un extract or two from it her' ?viii >how how little reason tin. re wa? for ri|(ttnl .rig itns lin incendiaiy publicalinh. .. We know,' iii y s tlie address, " thal our beloved Queen i Ln> noble-hearted to say uni'thing unkind i-yei :o her most humble .sulj -ct?, and we belicv ; int Mr. Cardwel! und lit r M ij.-sty's othe Ministcis are gentlemen too honorable an uouesi lu their intentions wilfully to wouu .he feelings of lier Majesty's colonial subject; sut we feur they have been deceived and mulet inti the const qucticc is a serious ?4r1evup.ee t mr pe?:;.iie; but we advise them lo be pr?den Lei tli tn, in i?--?r remonstrance*!, and we ha\ 10 doubt thal tifr.?i??i-'-?" ill ultima te.'; preva;'1 \valri; . !?-np!c'cf tit. Ann, poor . <-.nuirr . rueiliais, ?it. Ann, you who haye no sugar estate* t ivork on, nor cnn find other employaient, w .all upon you to come forth and proton agaim lie unjust, representation* mude against you b I.iv. li vi ? and lus amid of custode* (the chit ntigistrtttcs of the d.li'.-ri nt parishes]i You d ? it ri quire custodes to tell your w-oes, but yo vant men lice of Government influence. Yo vant honest men. You wan: mea with sen* f righi anti w i ung. and who can appr?ciai -.ii. Cull on your milliliters to reveal your tru oiiditinu. and then cull on Heaven tn witned nd haye mercy;" Gordon's unhappy fat roves ttiat this laiig'ige -this impeachment t. ! .v. livre and Iiis painters-was int foritotter ml ?.ts not forgiven ; hut we think the re.tdi ill agree wuh us that this is not the langung either <>f sedition ?or treason, lt is said thtt th -r evidence against the accused was produce i hU trial, c insisting of certain expressions i .ttl r-. c ti business written to his overseer in Si liotnas-in-ihe-lvist, but it is sighiSctint thu >t a line of th:? evidence has been Riven to th oild. His merciless enemies dare not pub!i> ie letters , hot they must some day - and thu v 1 on?;-si e the light. Gordon was tried on Saturday evening, nn uti ne; :l to be hanged ; but owing to. tito late .ss of the hour ut which the tr 1111 terminate! e sentence vfiis not carried in;n effect till earl i Mond iv mort.ni',', nor wa? be informed < .? fute tul mie hour before his ?ICH th. C)Jt learn g thai he was doomed, he asked for writin iterutl?, and penned a most touching letti r I ? ?i(?, of tvhi?h the follow.n?? is sn extract L tlo not deserve this sentence, for ( never mt ?cd nor took part iii any insurrection. All er did w as to recommend the people w hi mplaiucd to seek redie** in a legitimate wa) d if in tin-, l have erred or been misrVpre itcd, I tlo hot think I deserve the extrem itcnce. lt is, however, the wi,U of my Hen lily l-'albur that I should thus III obeying 1 i il m und to relic ?e the poor and needy and ti Heel, as far .1-. ^ have been able, the opprs-s And glory be to his name-I thank hut il 1 sutler 111 such cause. X caa say that it ii real honor thus to suff-T, for the- servant can t heit, aler than his Lord. I can now sav lb Paul the ajed, " the hour of my depnrtun it hand, and I am ready to be otferetl up. re fought a good fight, I kept lite faith, ant icefortii lhere in laid up for me a crown o liteousness which thc Lord, thc righteoui Ige, shall give mc." [''ic Idler bas a. ring about it that bespeak, lal nf t-'te. genuine stamp, Gordon met hi; th with true heroism. All honor to his mein ! Ko mere Accident ol shaine attending tin mer of his neath can lat nish thc luster ol' Iii: y nob e martyrdom. 'he Jamaica martyr was a man of remarkahh itv and energy, and prent decision of oharac He possessed an intellect of no commot ?r, rind bis eloquence,-lor, ns a speaker, lu cloiiuent, - though rough and unpolished of ti most effective kind, ns bis opponent ncntly found ti> their cost, He was 11 matt o tn heart und generous impulses, ft shicer ?Blinni pntriot, .ind philanthropist, ever rend ssiRt in e very work of benevolence. He wa ic Baptist permaiion. but not rt cWgvrn.ui a ima been represented, although he Q^asitmaJIy preached. We cannot better conclude tbit sketch than by giving the following testimony to hi? word-, borne, ?ince li:? death, by the Her. Dr. King, the eminent I'rcsbyti tum minister, of thc city of Glasgow, who visited Jamaica many years apo, atm wai Mr. Gordon's guest during a portion of the time li? i-pcnl in that island " i'Vriiii tin: reversos of the colony the father (S. \V. Guidon;, fnun being very i?ch, came lo lose nil and thc colored sou bought the estate, not however, to deprive him of it, but to leuve him an occ ipancy sto-roumled by the condor lo bc had been ncuu -ioiiieii th enjoy. S- acted the soo of I tliv boiidswuuiiui when the feelings of the ! fail.er's white wife and her children nould sot I permit hi u tu enter the paternal ab ide. Yet ha j always spoke to me with de fer en t?a", regard for I his father, and never uttered u disrespectful word reg.irJi?g Mr?. Gordon. He vrt?s tenderly sen sitive. One day, a? wc were walking together, he became penni ve and absorbed, anti, after ceas ing for a littic while to speak or listen, hi re quested mu to step asid: with him. He stopped i before a slight elevation of the grass, and said to inc, with much emotion, " My mo/hcr is burird i there; she wus a negro und a slave ; hutt, she was j a kind mother to me, and I loved her dearly." ? As he uttered these word, his tears trickled down upon lier grave. Tue efforts of tho son could not make the impoverished lather happy in Jamaica, where he had lone; '"eld a high position : sud ? waa. arranged that Mr. Gordon, SCI}-, with U'ufi: tnily, should leave for the mother country, ch*fly or exclusively by thc aid which Gordon's dlial tniinifii'ehee provided. When the day ofdep-?f tuie was ut hand, the sou ?.-.id to mc : "You know that I am not permitted to give my father vale dictory attentions. I have promised him that you will do so Eur me, and will accompany him and his white family to,the ship.' ,; These affecting t?iainh.ceiiecs of Dr- King'? show w hat manner oj uian, Gordon wai, and tend to deep?ri our regret at his ujuiinely end. Un timely, we say, but only lo human vision; for, I " being dead, he yet speuketh." HON. WM. D. KELLY.. A Washington correspondent nf the Richmond f?tpublic. in speakitut ot the debate upon th? bastion ?f.aNvpl?f K-T^xi?N ; *' * ?uJ il is often a pcrf-ct cure for \lm. D. Kelley, o? l^imnsylvania .. Judge Kelley is one of the very few men in, the Hbuac naturally un arator. Tall and sont? what spare, hu figure just suits the role, and bu biuhy hair, growing low on hts forehead, and his full beard growing high up on his fs.ee, giytj him something of the leonine in his appear ance that is no mean advantage. His voice ia full, sonorous, under perfect control, and ia all it? cadences clear and ringing as the tones of a perfect bell. Judge Kelley.is a Radical, and glories in it. He has studied much, bul thought more; baa them ?zed to some extent, bul has practiced to a much greater. He is politically ^ cross between Sumner and Stevens, hairing tte phdanthropjr nf the first and the prnci icul political ability of the second, without the abstractions of the for mer or the vindictive venom of the latter. He ha? ukin up the cause of the negro, and ia sus taining it with rdl of his ?real ability and ex haustivas energy only because he believes it to be right, and without reference whatever \o po litical expediency. His speech to-day was great Doth in matter and delivery. It wa? not ivril i n, and, consequently, was hot rend, a circum itancethut greatly heightened its effect. He paid nirticulnr nu-ntion to his colleague Boyer, and, ii the estimation of the entire, House, effectual y disposed of that gentleman a??d his argument*, 'nor Hover grew; restive under the treatment of io- fiery colleague, and attempting to bptter his ast, by rereading a portion of his speech, made natters worse and gave IC-11 y a tighter hold up . ii him. Kelley coin ba tl ed the idea of negro lepravity and ignorance, and saying it was pos?. ible for some white men to be ignorant, citedj be Democratic majority of N'ew Y->rk city. 1?re he trenched upon the manor of John W. IhatulVcr, one of the representatives of the mod ?n Sodom, who excitedly sprung to his feet andj ?ked. ' AMI the gentleman from Pennsylvania How me." Hut the gentleman from Pehnsyl a e. i a wouldn't, and Chandler, persisting in his ideavormg to gel in a word, the Speaker's ammer fell fast and furiously, and the ncene, together, grew exciting for a moment. But handler ?ave it up. and exclaiming You dare i>t, you dare not," which apparently ?'Little meaning, little revdanev bore." thc matter in hand, subsided into his seat, id Hover I? fore this having been demolished ul Kelley happening tn tread on nobody's toes, i nt on to the conclusion of his speech with it further intrrrup'ion. lt was a great speech-great in matter, great manner-that everybody admitted, and that had a great effect opon the House and will ve n greater upon the country, is impossible deny. Judge Kelley made two telling ?nts : First. He declared that the President had as red him that he (the President) was in favor negro sulTrngc in the District of Columbia. Second. Judge Kelley declared the power of ingress over th? whole question of suffragan B State as well as elsewhere, and quoted from D Madison papera in support of his positions, irre Madison afhrms the full and unqueatlon po ty, cr of Congress in the premises in a Ult? M,onroe.