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THE CAROLINA SPARTANBY CAVIS & TBIMMIER. D motet* to Southern liigf)ts, Politics, Silviculture, Attfr ittiSCrlJoUlJ. S2 PER ANHTOC* . ' -1 VOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1856. ' ^ NO. 86. THE CAROLINA SPARTAN BY CAVIS & TRIMMIER. T- 0. P. VERNON, Associate Editor, Prioo Two Dolum per annum in advance, $2.50 at lh? cud of the year. If not paid ui nfior the year expires $3.00. Payment will bu considered in odvaucc if ma within three months. No subscription taken for loss than six inontl Money may be remitted through postmasters our risk. Advertisements inserted at tho usual rules, n contracts made on reasonable terms. Tho SrARTAM circulates largely over this n adjoiuing districts, and oilers uti addM ruble medii to our frionds to reach customers. Job work of all kinds "promptly executed. Blanks, Law and Kijuity, continually on ha or prin od to order. .Front the Knoxville (Tenn ) Presbyterian Witne LETTER FROM DR. ROSS. IIuntsvillk, Ala., July 14, 185G. Brother Blackburn: I atlinnod, iu n Now York speech, that the slavery agit tion has done and will accomplish good. Your very kind and courteous disngre rncnt on that point 1 will make the occ sion to say something more thoreon, wit out wishing you, ray dear friend, to rega what I write as inviting any discussion. I said that agitation has brought ot and would reveal still more fully, tho Bib! in its relation to slavery and liberty?ah the infidelity which long has been, and now. leavcnitiir. with dcatli the whole Nort ern mind, and thai it would result in tl triumph of the true Southern interpretatu of the Bible; to the honor of God, and the good of the master, the slave, the st bility of the Union, and be a blessing toll world. To accomplish this, the sin per doctrine will be ultedy demolished. Tli doctrine is the difficulty, in every Nor I he mindy (where there is any difficulty abo slavery,) whether they confess it or u< Yes, tiie difficulty with every Northern mi is, tlint the relation of master and slave felt to he sin. 1 kow that to be (he fact, have talked with all grades of Northc men, and come in contact with all varied of Northern init.d on this subject. And know that the man who says, and tries believe, and does, partially in sober jud meat, believe, that slavery is not sin, y in hiefeelings?in his educated prejudiceshe feels that slavery is sin. Yes, that is the difficulty, and that is t] whole of the difficulty, between the Nor and the South, so far as the question is 01 of the Bible and moral*. Now, 1 again sn that sin per so doctrine will, in this agit tiou, be utter demolished. Arid when th is done, when the North will know, at feel, fully, peifectly, that tho relation master and slave is not sin, but tauclioia of God, then, and not till then, the Nor and South c it. and will, without aiigt consider the following questions: WliQlh slavery, as it exists in the United Slal< all things considered, be or he not a gtc good, and tho giealc?l good for a lime, n< withstanding its admitted ovibf Agai whether thesu eGl* can, or cannot lie, ntoi H>? 1 mill inmtived? Lrtsllv. whethor ?! ;ivi? itself can or cannot pass away from tl land and llie wo.Jdl Now, sir, the momo the sin question is settled, then all is pcac For llie-xj other questions belong entire to another category of morals. They helot entirely to the category of w/uit is wise realize good. This agitation will bring tl great result. And, therefore, I affitin ll agitation t<? bo good. There is another hict, also the result, great measure, of this agitation, which my view proves the agitation to havo bee and to be of great go d: I mean the a?to tailing rise and present stability of the sla power of tho United Stales. This fai when examined, is undeniable. And it equally undeniable, that it ha* b'jen caus< jn groat part by the slavery agitation all its bearing". It is a wonderful dovelo incut made by G d. And I must bulic ho intends thereby either to dostroy or blc this great Union. But as I believe he i tends to bless, therefore I nut fortified affirming the good there has been, and in this agitation. Lei me bring out to vie this astonishing fact: 1. Twenty live years ago, and prcviot Jy, the wholo slaveholding South and W< had a strong tendency to emancipation some form. But the abolition then bega and arrested that Southern and Weste leaning to emancipation. Many people ha said, and do say, that that arrest was, at is, a great evil. I say it was, and is, a grc ? good. Why? Answer: It was, and won now be, peimature. llad it been carri< out it would have been, atrd would now I evil, immense, inconceivable?to ninst< 6lave, America. Africa, and the world: 1 cause neither master, slave, America, Afric the world, were, or arc, ready for emnncip lion. God has a great deal to do before 1 is ready for emancipation. IIo tells us by this arrest put upon that tendency emancipation years ago. For lie put in the hearts of abolitionists to make the a rest. And IIo stopped the Southern raov inent, all the more perfectly, by perinittii Groat Britain to emancipate Jamaica, ar letting that experiment provo, as it has, perfect failuro, and a terrible warnin JAMAICA IS DESTROYED. And no whatevor be dono for its negroes, must I done with the full admission that what hi been attempted was in violation of tho el til Britain owod to those nogroe*. But her fa nre in seeing and doing her duty, God hi given to us to teach us knowledge; an through us, to instruct the world, in tho d monst ration of tho problem of slavory, 2. God put it into tho heads of Norther men?especially abolitionists?to give To as to tho South. Texas?a territory so va that a bird, as Wobstcr said, can't fly ov< it in a week. Many in the South did n< >vant Texas. But many longer-beaded on> did want it. A?ul Northern men vote and gave to tho South, exactly what thei longer headed Southern statesmen wanle This, I grant, was Northern anti-slavery f tuitv, utterly unaccountable, hut that G< made them do It. S. God put it into the heart* of Northern fl men?and especially abolitionists?to vote for Polk, Dallas and Texas. This gavo us j.u the Mexican war; nnd that immense terri- t|lc, lory,its spoil. A territory which, although (jieI1] it may not be favorable for slave labor, has wbic increased, nnd will, in many ways, extend the slave power. de 4. This leads mo to say that God put it in- ^ to the hearts of many Northern moti, ospo- |^ee cially abolitionists, to believe what Great ] a Britain said, namely: that free trade would gj Jvc result in slave emancipation. Jiut lo! the , n?l slaveholder wanted free trade. So Noi thorn tj,al abolitionists helped to destroy the tariff ^ -9 " policy, and thus to expand tho demand-for, j?uss and the culture of, cotton. Now. see tho ^ * gold of California has2*cr;>t7n?/rrf free trade, over nd by enabling our merchants to meet the tj,eir enormous demand for specie created by free mtM1| ? trado. Se California helps tho slave pow- jnt *" cr. But the abolitionists gavo us Folk, tho W( Mexican war, and California. laste* 5. God put it into tho hearts of the lv North, and espocially,abolitionists, to stiinu- ^ t| a. Into tho settlement of now frco States, and 0p jK to bo tho ardent friends of an immense for- ,jiat ,0. eign emigration. The result has beon, to s ?nn<! down to the South, with rnilroad speed ^9 , b- and certainly, corn, wheat, Hour, meal, ba- qq rc\ con, pork, beef, and every other imaginable nnj form of food, in qunntity nmazing, nnd so tj,eir ,t cheap, that the planter can spread wider Djv |0' nnd wider the culture of cotton. j^' >0< 0. God has, by this growth of the North- jn js west, made tho demand for cotton enormous caMj. b- in the North and Northwest. Again: lie pjQ( j,0 lias mado English and French experiments, jc.sc, >n ! to procure cotton somowhoic elso than from j-,4C( lo tho United States, dead failures. In tho a j' H. East Indies, Egypt, Algiers, Brazil. God has j1((W< [,e thus given lo tho Southern planter an abso- noi;? se j luto monopoly. A monopoly so groat, that [Q ^ al j lie, tho Southern planter, sits now upon hi. scvc, rn | throne of cotton, and wields the commercial j ul sceptre of the world. Yes, it is tho South- 'puij. ern planter who says to-day, to haughty ,nirc; ?n England, go to war, if you dare? Dismiss ! ' Dallas, if you dare! Yes, lie who aits on 1 the tlirono of tho cotton lianrhustiinmnbi.it . t ' o " i only Ht last over him who sits on tho throne of fot{u os the woolsack. Englaml is piostate at his r.lti?s I feet, as well as the abolitionists. neve t0 7. God has put it into the hearts of aho y g. litionists to prevent half a million of free tfl negroes front going to Liberia; and thereby Js tho abolitionists have made them consvt* nvui titers of slave pioducts to tlto extension of ,c tlto slave power. And by thus kcei?ing luari th them in America the abolitionists have so . I)i; increased their degradation, as to prove nil ^ '| .. tlie more the utter folly of emancipation in r ;x! the United States. s-im. Ul 8. Ood has permitted tho ami slavery j ?j men in tho North, in England, in France, wrcl 0f and everywheie, so to blind themselves in |j( ^ 2,1 hypocrisy, as to givu tho Southern slave jjlor; .1, holder his last perfect triumph over th< til. ^ | ,r^ For God tells the planter to say to the ^|,ro. j North, to England, to France, to all who ; * jS | buy cotton: "Ye men ofUo<tou, No.v York, al Lnxlon, l'aiis?yo byprocrites?ye brand I ,1. ! me as a pirate, a k idnapper, a murderer, a ?. dent >n, lit only for bell?mid yet, ye buy ^ ( jj. my blood-stained cotton. O} yo hypocrites. 0f t[. IV Yo Uostou liypoctilos?why don't yc lltrotv the cotton in tlto sea, as v. tit fathers did 1 i la t * ? even nl the teal Y? lioston hypocrites?ve say if ^ , >0 we friil been in the day a of oar father*, ice h j( |v ' would not haiw been par takers trith them In ( j ( ,"r the blow I of the slave trade? Wherefore, ye ((>u> , l,t be witnesses unto) ourselves that ye are the , i _t.:i i" .t -i- - * - it is (,s uiikiivii ?>i mem ?no, in fact, kidnapped, j,eco nml bought in blood, ami sold thu sluvo in j ^ ^ America! For now, ye hypocrite*?ye buy ' ibe blood stained cotton in quantity so im ; i , I * i * - IH 11 jn mouse, that ye have run tip the price of ? slaves to be more than a thousand dollars. ^ ^ n' the average, of old and young! U! ye by vo pocrites?ye denounce slavery, the i yo bid ct it live, and not die, in that ye buy sugar, rice, tobacco, and above all, cotton! Ye ^ L,,j hypocrites?ye abuse the devil, and then jI( fall down and worship him! Ye hypocrites y,,,) p. ?ye Now England hypocrites?ye Old ve England hypocrites?ye French hypocrites j. ,JS ?ye Uncle Tom's Cabin hypocrites?ye Woj|' ? Beech er hypociites?ye lthode Island Con* ^ jn socialion hypocrites. O! your holy twaddle | js slinks in the nostrils of God, and lie com I c p , 1XV mantis mc to lash you with my scorn, and i (,\ ( llis scorn, so long as ye gabble about the ' ^ |#. sin of slavery, and then bow down to mo, l|i" and buy, and spin cotton?and thus work j t jn for mo as truly as my slaves. O! ye fools ' ;* n and blind?fill ye up the measure of your - uv rn' folly, and blindness, and shame. And this . vo yo are do:ng. Ye have, like the French in* ltj "fidels, made reason your goddess, and arc cjrt.|, ,al exalting hor above the Bible. And in your j(1j|s jtj unitarianism nnd neology and all modes of jnljn fci] infidelity, yo aro rejecting and ciitcifying )0 the Son of God. shou ;r' Now, my brother, this controlling slave j ^ ,0.' power is r? world wide fact. I ? =r-it??-t r,<* of ? >ft) bales, counts bv millions. Its tonnage 0f'!^ H. counts by hundreds of thousands. Its manu- . |1C. facturc is reckoned l:y tbe workshops of \'U*' so America and Europe. Its supporters are , "n* t0 numbered by all who must thus be clothed lon' in the world. This tremendous power has act ' ,r. been developed in great mensuro by tho 0. Abolition agitation, controlled by God. 1 1" bolievo, then, as I havo already said, that ?"tH' uj God intends one of two thing-: Uo oithei 'j j a intends to destroy the United States I y this VC?|C g slave power?or he intends to bless my .PUk|j w country nnd tho world by tho uufoldings of t,(, r, ^ | his wisdom in this matter. I believe ho wo ^ lls i will bless the world in tho working out of jsn't tv ! this slavery. I rejoice, then, in tho agitaif. lion which has so resulted, and will so terr,s minute, to revoal the liiblo, aud bless man- 'pj ,j kind. Your affectionate friend, cussi o- ^ ROSS. whoi Itev. A. Dlackhurn. wich " We notice stlont in tbo papers what purports to *' be Benton's remarks upon tho nomination ??f Pro- inind st mont for the Presidency, in which the words "by bostci or God" occur. It is but jtut to Col. Iteuion lossy nil that bo nerer iwea. % ?neither does ho drink. marl f ;> Geo. W. DilUrd, of Knscx, V a., raised this sea. h-Hv> d? i sou 3 ttl bushels of wheat?69 lbs to ibn bushel off >'OU ' sc C sores of laud, and sold it at 1.85 |>cr bushel I do ,1. $640.10. i||lt Exc? "" The Tonga, or Friendly Islands, in tho I'acitio ?itb? KJ Ooeau, 150 in number, are inhabited by a nation of Metbodi-ts. The Kmg is a local preacher. | tie Traffic in Circassian Women. icro has lately been an unusually ) number of Circassians going about streets of Constantinople. Many of \ i, no doubt, belonged to tho deputation h cauio to petition the Porte that " country might bo taken under the P'lP ainty of tho Sultuu. A considerable air < 011, howover, of the Circassians now in quit npital have quite anolhor mission than lilical one to fulfil. They are hero as i dealers, charged with the disposal of numerous paroles of Circassian gir!u 0 n have been for somo timo pouriag into ??g market, Perceiving that when tho last ians shall have reoccupied tho coast of jzc<j asus this traffic in whito slaves will be the Circassian dealers have redoubled efforts ever since tho oomtnoncot of tho pence conferences to introduce Turkey the greatest possible number enni mien while tho opportunity of doing so tjic d. They bavo been so successful, notstanding tho prohibition of the trade LarC 10 Porto, and tho presence of so many S?0' :r Majesty's ships in tho Black Son, shnl novor, perhaps, at any former period, 0f tl whito human flodi so cheap as it is at tj moment. loro is an absolute glut in the market, Pasl dealers are obliged to throw away goods, owing to the extent of the sup- opei which in many instances has been be ght by steam under tho British llag. rincr times, a "good middling" Cir- 1'! an girl was thought very cheap at Poli; ), but at tho present moment the same nbo' iption of goods inay be had for Xo! in to p tlie creatures are eating their heads off, ^ul( must bo disposed of at any sacrifice, . . sver alarming. Independently of all 011 ical, humane, and Christian objections that o abominable state of things, there are subl al practical ones which have even for- 1 of o themselves on the Attention of the j nmj >. Willi low prices a low class of . Iinscrs come into the maikct. Former- 110 Circassian giri was pretty suro of bo- RCCn jought :nto a good family, where not brt* good treatment, but often rank and c]IO) no, awaited her; but at the present low | .she may be taken by any huxter, who ! r thought of keeping a slave before. i ?0111 noiher evil is, that tho temptation to j P11'* jss a Circassian girl at such low prices to o great in the minds of the Turks, that svve, y who cannot ntlbrd to keep several * have boon sending their blacks to ,n01 cet, in order to make room for a new- ',ev< ircluued white girl. Tho consequence wen at numbers of black women, after be j ered is many as eight or ten years in the f(1 hands, have lately been consigned t?? jroker tor disposal. Not a few of these i ,'1" died ciealuies are in a state quite tin hue r being sold, I have it oil the nil i of o ty of a respectable slave broker, that ?,ltj lie present moment theic have been j a ii on inaikot unusually large numbers I '' ?giesses in the family way, some oftmir i slaves of pa-lias and men cf rank. lan? in?them so unsaleable that lie lias ; had obliged to decline rvcei\ing any moie. agio obseivatiou will explain the reason . is, which might appear strange when , 10W tared with the value that is attached to an unhoiu black baby in some wisl countries. In Constantinople it is j antj jnt that tlicro is a very largo ntimlair j wj j ?gres?cs living and having habitual in- j urse with their Turkish masters?yet a rare thing to see a mulatto. What i hoti ine.s of tho progeny of such intercourse? hou io ii<? hesitation in saying that it is ' id of by infanticide, and ibul there j irdly a family iu Stamboul where incide is not practiced in such cases as a i matter of course, and without the i Spi remorse or dread. ! jroa I r,\r- ir? ^ v ? ^#viu4v? ?m// '""y / j l 1 'omen* ok Honor.? -*'I>cllo HriHaii," ^u'"" Newpoit coriespondent of the New deb c Mirror, who makes frequent effort* All 3 cmart, anil sometimes succeeds, says: ,j.ir] y the way and why shouldn't ladies as 1 , as gentlemon hold themselves accounta- { o the code of honor? It might bo consid- 0,1 1 verging a little upon tbe"strong mind- wot order; but 1 think the con verso of tho dili< naxiin is true, and what is sauce f<<r ,j n" 'under, is also sauce fur the goose; and . ere is any thing more saucy and insultlinn a jealous or envious woman, I have 1 o learn a now vocabulary of slander. I j in c two women kissing each other yester- j most voraciously; and half an hour af ards one of tho u WHt insinuating to a a of eager listeners, that her friend wi.s "'o eritniunlely fond of gentlemen; and mor luting by various nods, winks and how gs, that sho was "no bettor than sho p1|v, Id be." In other words, that, like a . imate dauglitor of Eve, (a woman tf 1 Y virtue,') she had an instinctive io\e or bidden fiuit." Now this is scanda A quite as much so as the "doings in jresb," and why shouldn't injured ti >r in petticoats have the samo redress rdeil by the "code" to pantaloons? 1 *uu >clfiilly submit tho question to Kannv ' , Mrs. I'rowitt, Mrs. Swizzl'm, tt id eacl ' ytnu$. tt|> ncai ic following dolectablo nolo reached us lts s rday through the Post Office. We > ibe ish it for curiosity's sake?verbatim tt ; ingitim. No name accompanied it, ami hJO| now not what the writer means, liut j it curious?this thing? August the 3 ?60 So Ca, *?' For tho Citiicn* sf Kilirttfiftiii i?;-? lum le subject to which you have been dis- , in nk up<>? 'I'0 Character of a Lady,, p0;, n i* my uonreat and dearest friend I now refer to I answer not a fool no- <L>I ng to their folly For and upright l',a' I can not be taken neither Can you <?la: w '? I atlei d so I conclude By making this lie- t ; that and individual that* n?>t woith ' is of the lowest degree and by this l,m' will tin 1 her Equivalent. at c not eagerly wish to retaliato as her com Hence is such as deserves or merit ;l r good or ill. Yours with respect _ , W In k > iO.- I*fonv". fKor the Carolina Spartan.] The Mountains in Midsummer. Woodruff's, August 7, I860, litsaas. Editors: Perhaps you are wca>f the click of scissors, nnd tho rattle of ers, and would liko to breathe the pure of the country awhile. So drop your I and join us in a TRIP TO TIIK MOUNTAINS nt midsummer, when the merciless rays n unrelenting sun inpinge with scorch* | violence upon the earth?absorbs its ' drop of freshness, and leaves it pulvor- j into troublesome dust. Spartanburg 1 srtainly the dullest placo in the world. I nature loses its last element of vivacity^ the citizens give themselves over to ui and lassitude. Tho best reception town can afford is a lazy smile, a don't- | i-ative nod of tho head, a half uttered i\ morning, nnd a dead mechanical i co of tho hand. But posessing a little i ic samo spirit ourselves, engendered by ! fatiguing and monotonous labors of the ' year, wo hoped a change of rcsidenco [ i tho "broad still country" to tho lively | oso.eity, which S is reported to would relievo us of our laziness nnd ;o us blilho again. But being disapited in this by the prevalence of the ro-ineulionod epidemic, wo determined ersovero in Hio pursuit of tho versatile erfly, Pleasure, which, in its wild wanngs, winged its airy llight to the laurel , decks with beauty the brow of the iine Blue Ridge. Whilst the iucidents ur first day's travel woro coinmon-placo, would prove dull nnd uninteresting to accustomed traveller, yet tho novelty of c around us?tho mingled melody of zo, birds and brooks- (nature'sself-tuned -istcrs)?the fragrance of wild flowers stood upon the way-sido, liko glittering is in a barren waste, redeeming it from r<jiivenom and lending it a charm- were all, ur .unsophisticated senses, sources of a et enjoyment. Ere these scenes grew lotonous and wearisome they wero rcby a perplexing accident. As we e wending our way, over a siump-cov I country road, towards the residence of end, we missed our direction, and found ? 'elves in somebody's plantation. We w not what t<> do?we were at the end nr row. . Hut whilst we wore Irving to e the Uordian knot of our confused sen a kind ".l/cxa>M/r? Mcamo fortunately to assistance, and sundered tlio mar.y enjlcmcnt, by piloting us through what it tit, but lams not, a load, covered with ' :i> trees, and unco gullies. At length, J ever, we emerged fiom this defaced an.l ; iken tiack into a passable road. Wo I i?*d good luck to attend our dtiskv guide. ' placed a remuneration in bis band cb made his eyes glisten more brightly i did our benediction. We reached the re of our friend at last, and whiled a few rs pleasantly away in converse gay and rful around the smiling board. Sunset id us safely and pleasantly onscoused in commodious boarding bouse at Chicks' ing*. This is a delightful summer ret. Tho location is beautiful, wild, ro- ; ilie?the water cool, refreshing, health- i -the landlord accommodating, cheerful, ' onair?the guests gav, jocund, vivacious. ; of which nre calculated to dispel the li di earns of the melancholy, revive the 1 nping spirits of the desponding, strength-' he weak, and heal the sick. And it the thy proprietor would secure a little more 1 roil CO and nrnmntiies!* In 11 .> i.in-.i.k I 7 r"~ i iiiom fastidious could tin J no fault, and cks' could boast of being favored in its .lily, blessed in its landlord, and unique very thing. ' ut our tickle gulden winged nllurer i grew wearied of this place, and cnteh- | the exhilarating fragrance of an early nitig breeze, just loosed from its reolian ie, its wings were seen glilteiing in the t beam of waking Aurora, as it Hew to j mountains away. Of course wo follown its wake. i few miles northward gate us a mag rent view of those mighty giants of nai which line the northwest portion of; ih Carolina. The scenery on this road eautiful and sublime. As we ascend i bill, the distant mountain comes rcr and nearer into full sight, until upon aimmit, base, and apex, clad in purple, soul is filled with awe. Then,descend ?the broad valley below, covered with i >:?rcl? oak an J rival ash?humble shrub propitious corn ? serves to let the iin ration gently down from the contcmplaof tho mighty and stupendous, to revel the fair ami beautiful. At length tho it of our destination came within coup ' >1 sufficiently plain to he recognised as bald old 7'itan 0/ the mountains? j wy Kock. Wo concluded, however, to nd to the demands of tho palate before crgoing tho fatigue ' f ascending so furable a height. Accordingly we stopped no of those neat, comfortable, shady ttry residences, whose very appearance' kind invitation to "light and come in" ailed the landlord?who, to .?ur do lit.vdonithment, a? well as diversion, ex claimed in stentorian voice : "I can whip anybody in that crowd." Wo thought this a strango salutation; but the tone, manner, and bearing of the man, forbade the literal interpretation of his welcome, and we concluded that it was tho unstudied out* gushing of pure mountain wit, which alnl ways makes 0110 "fell at home," though under a stranger's "vine and tig tree." This proved to bo true, at least in this instance. The sprightly turn of his conversation, and "tho right good cheer" of his board, forced a self gratulation upon tbe fortunate choico of our host. Aftor a hearty repast, our hero kindly proffered to pilot us through the crooked paths and over tho rugged fastnesses which must bo encountered in reaching tbe summit of Glassy Flock, ltut, by dint of climbiug, crawling, and slipping wc gained tho point. Here tho plain-view is splendid?tho hills below dwindle into nothing, and one vast unvaried plain is spread out, map like, so nigh boundless, that the eye grows weary in search of its horizon. Whilst we were admiring this sceno, we beheld in tho distance a great black monster floating iu tbo heavens, like au engine of terror and destruction?freshforged and hot from l'luto's horrid foundry ?moving slowly towurds us, venting its wrath in livid lightning and terrific thunder. When it had drawn near and girdled tho mountain the scene beggars description. In attempting to portray its awful grandeur and terrible sublimity thought blushes nt its own unworthiness, and imagination folds its wings in weariness. Those who haro witnessed such a sight alone can appreciate it. 13ut soon tho dark storm-cloud, as though moved by some giant impulse of compassion, wept itself away, and left on me spot ot lis rnging a rainbow ot beauty Hnd brightness. What n glorious lesson is thus suggested? Though tho wickedness nud perrerseness of men may cloud tho brow of Jehovah with a dark, horrid frown of wrath, and the loud thunderings of his outraged law menace eternal damnation, yet a single 'tear of the penilen.H opens the gates of lleaven, dissipates tho clouded wrath of a (rod, and, radiant from his reconciled countenance, comes beaming a heavenly ray t f mercy, which lights up a brilliant rainbow i>f lu?pc in the hearts of redeemed mankind. When the cloud had disappeared the sun was sinking to rest in his ocean couch; and as his last bright ray seemed to liuger on its shadowy kiss of the distant mounL'lln.ftill?--'!? fliAUOrl* ritlnnl'int t.x lao. a >* I Ik we thought of two loveis parting. But soon ht> was gone, ami nothing remained to toil when ho had been save a halo of redolent light,'gil ling tiio western sky. We now had to wend our way downward by twilight. We would attempt a description of the liock, which forms the capstone to the mountain, but we will not do it the injustice. As you approach its base, you feel gradually dwindling down into insignificance, until you completely lose sight of self in tho awe inspired by the lutgo monster which bangs above you. You look upward, aud involuntarily shudder as the ponderous mass throws its head towards Heaven aud props up the skies. We could but exclaim: Ilow wonderful are thy works, old might/ tiod 1 Hut wo hastened to the valley below eio "night threw her dusky mantle round the earth, and found pleasant lodging with a friend of our guide. Next morning wo arose rofroslud, and ready to follow the propitious tliglit of the fair wanderer which had enticed us thus far, and wore early on our way to Caesar's llend. This road winds round the fool of tho Blno llidge?ovor tho hills?which look like the undeveloped offspring of the parent mountains above llieiu, whoso bases arc fringed with silvery streams thai seem to sing a merry song tin while to cheer lliu passing traveller, 'l'ho distance being only fifteen miles, wo were soon at the foot of tl is towering monument of the mighty dead, erected by nature's plastic band. The way of ascent lies along the banks of the beautiful Saluda, almost to its very source. This is undoubtedly tlio most picturesque stream we have ever soon?a tit retreat for fairios and mountain nymphs. We could hut think?as we beheld thousands of flowers bonding over to pay homage to the genius of tlio waters, as they dashed wih^ ly, proudly along, novwmingliiig their music with tlio sung of birds, and now bursting out in passionato tones as though bid ding the very rocks that lay in their course to hidu their misshapen heads?that could fair Proserpine catch a glimpse of tlio en chanting place, she would dosert the (lower clad plains of Knn-i and make her home by the stream of the mountains. And wo could almost see tho fabled quarto divine, accompanied by the golden-haired ocean nymphs, deserting the fatal plain of N'ysia, and joining in a heavenly song, gather the wild (lowers that bloom so sweetly here, where no noxious Narcissus, nor nought accursed, could mar their pleasure or change their happy fate. Wo wished often that our "/>?*<*" had been with us, for we J thought the inspimtion of the scene around ! would lend us an eloquence potent enough ~ | to force thnl long looked-for, but never- ^ come, little affirmative from her negative ' lips. Hut wo soon left the source of this ^ ( stream, which God has thrown like a silver ^ girdle around tho mountain; and, after winding our courso over a very serpentine S" road for a few miles, we rested upon* the ^ lofty "brow of Ctcsar." Here the world in miniature was spread in grand panoramic f j view before us; and mountain after mounj tain, vieing with each other, as they reach i after the Heavens, like a purple curtain, lK relieves the sight wearied of its wanderings. Wo will not attempt a description of the j charms of this place. Abler pens have nJ, j failed to do them justice. After spending u a short time very delightfully here, we left i its exhilarating atmosphere, pure sparkling l,< water, and mngniticent scenery, with a ! sigh?twin-sister to a tear?and directed P1 ! our course homeward. We hastened back with the speed we rc | could command, and night found us within lc | a mile of Wallace's Factory. We conclu- 81 Oed to spend the night at this romantic ?' place, as we had not enjoyed the pleasure w i of n "chaC with the Dr. for a long time. ,ri ! His kind welcome and generous hospitnlity made us glad of our conclusion, not to j inf.nlinr, llm r.li.niii-a rnn/ni'-.l ' ? ol tMV 1'IVIMIU W IVVUMUU III WlillVW : ing tlio various objects of ornamental and 111 1 operative novelty nud beauty about the te place. Tbe Dr. certainly deserves credit 01 for tearing down old fences and old bouses ' that ottce deformed the bill, and building 11 I new and handsome ones in their stead. May he prosper in his business. Tho next day, after a pleasant drive for a few hours, w wo reached Spsrlaubutg again. And now, c< ' Mr. Editor, we place you again iu the "old r( arm chair," hoping that you have enjoyed it I the trip ns well as MONTI-VAGUS. w Niour Scene ix a Yorso Lady's Bed ^ i Chamukil?Last Tuesday night, which w ill 31 be remembered as one of the warmest of ; tho senson, a young lady at tho "West R 1 Eud" was excessively frightened at a little w ! circumstance which transpired about the | hour of midnight. The young lady, whose q, beauty is only equallod by her modesty, and ? whose "eye's dark charm" has caused more to i than ono waistcoat to palpitate, had retirod of to her chamber, where, after laying aside I tho greater jiortioo of her wearing apparel, she committed herself to the tender em ry brace of Morpheus, whose soothing iufluenoes were aided by the cooling breath of Zephyr, who catne in at tho open window and fanned her cheeks with his feathery wings. I11 a word, she was snoozing finely?or, to use the language of a modern bard? "Slrcp ?u her nltet eyelids l'frhtly pressed, ol And dreamy sights upheaved tier snowy breast, Willie star beams, tliro' her window? sotily creep- u< ??S. b? Stole to her conch anJ trcnibiing tlu-rc ?to -d peeping." 10 It wn?, ns we said, about midnight when w the young lady was roused from her deli- ' a) cioua slumber by hearing a noi?o at the ^ w indow. Half unclosing her eyes, she w as stnttied by the sight of a corpulent form, c< ATlllfiraant \ u w! r tirvnr! i??r* l.? - l**! ?' ni ..j.j j ivr Kml1 ttuuiiiwsiuu lo her chamber through the open window, in It struck her at once thai the intruder had been caught by the roar of his unmentionable*, by a nail or some other sharp instru; ment, as he scetued lo bo struggling with ,l a stern determiuation to enter, ller first at thought was to faint?her second to give 01 the fellow a push?her third, to jump out of the window as soon as he jumped in? j : her fourth, to scream, which was immediately carried into effect. The whistle of ?' the locomotive on the Iron Mountain road, ll when it gave its find snort on the 4th of in July, was but a whisper lo tho screams of UJ the young giil. The whole house, and half the neighborhood, were awakened by the outcry. The old folks, three female ser- P( vants, and two big brothers itithed to the | w rescue, and brooifi.-ticks, mop handles and rJn bootjacks tla.-lied in the gas light, as tho i household entered tho chamber of the ' frightened beauty. An examination of tlio j ^ figure in the window di-polled the fears of | ^ all, and the screams <Y ihe young lady, into ; bt I shouts of laughter. The imaginary "fat' |)( man" was only her own darling hooped | ^ ' flirt, which she had hung on a hook near the window, and which tho wind had iufia- S' led and set in motion. There was no more c' sleeping in the house that night.? St. Louis as Herald. \\ IIai.lo! How's Tins !?The Orangeburg to ; Southron comes to us with the eudorscment j A J ?"Have the exchange stopped." Now, vor- | ft| 1 ily this is queer. Wo cau't believe our ! eyes. Why, what have we done, gentle i men of < >rangc, to be thus dealt with? We j J( are as blind as a bat in the premises. But fr if it must be so, even so let it be. Whulhor Cl it will be possible for us tosurrire this sudden abstraction of so much light, and beau i .* ty, and power,and heal, r< mains to besom, j lTape wo .shall?prafts nodi. ! L >! n wail within i>ur tumciuiu j rt Rims .lowly lo ihe ceiling? Ceiling dark with ru.iy eobwet*., j " Kuril n un cwnrrm clkl JUKI I U?t J . I [(] "Oouo's tl?? Southron," so the wail rwia ? "(lone ami left u* lone and dreary, *c "Glimmering in the swampy distance, pi ' Fleeting thro' tlio ilftrk inorusstk, "See tlt? light grows fainter, paler? 'Paler, fainter every moment? xr I "Till *. Ki?i 'tia out ent?r? ly; i "Out, and Wt us all ao chilly ? "Out, artd left as all so gloomy? oi ' Out, and kft as all ao stupid ? . "Loft us chilly,gloomy, stupid? "Guodur*s gracious, gracious goodness! j tc "Faust! p:v? rvo us 'mid the black ucm . L "Of thia direful deprivation." | Edgtjuli Adtertmr. Of The Boston Post h.u credit for the lost ni liquid remedy for baldness, as follows: "Use I* brandy externally until the bair grows, and at then take it internally to etriyh * . r?.- , * * -- y -* '.s ^ :* OT d mjLr TT,Bm [For the Carotin* Spartan.] ) the Voters of Spartanburg District. Certain queries having been propounded rough the District Papers to the Candiites for tho Legislature, I proceed to an* rer theui. I am "in favor of giving the election of residential Electors to the people-*1 I am "in favor of any practieaUe reform the prwp.t Free School System.11 Iain "in favor of increasing the jurisdio>n of Magistrates," of course under proper ?trictious. I will not say that I could, if ected, volo for every bill that might be lined a "Hill to increase tho Jurisdiction Magistrates." 1 am not "in favor of further appr.<pria>ns (should they be asked) for the Blue idgo Railroad," but opjxwed to the n with esent lights. And in relation to thia retter kuown as the Rabnn Gap) Kail ad, I beg leave to say, that hnd my efforts > arouse tbe attention of tho people to this ihject, made when I was editing the Cur* inn Spartan two years ago, been seconded itli anything like tbe seal now displayed i 'crying over spilled milk,1 tho committal ' the State to this wild speculation might nvc been averted. Many of the readers ' the Spartan will remember the impofluity with which I then begged for the at* ntion of the people. Being at that time ne of the editors of the Journal named, ( owded into its columns editorial after ed* orial, in endeavoring to expose the folly ad injustico of tho Rabun Gap scheme, or over three months I waged a constant ar upon the pretensions of this powerful >rporation. And so tired did some of my laders become of the subject, that I found necessary to make the following apology, I f I -a i % ~ men was puousucu, and may be round in ic files of ihe Carolina Spartan, of Jfot, Dili, 1854, to wit: "A Wosn tq Out Suncuttu.?When Uw nbun <M?p question is determined, which most bo itliin three weeks, (if u?t two,) we will endeavor make ameuds Utr having devoted Lately so rge a space to this wubject. But whito tks ication is upon, we think we cannot better re* your substantial iuUrasta than by endeavoring enforce n proper economy in the administration the State Funds. We might give yog a great*.-? irioty of iiitttter; but shoald the advocates of tba i-ther State aid desred by the KabunGap Com par succeed in their altt inpls nn the pablio treasn, in after years, wAes ear immense Slate dek.9 iall double or treble your taxes, and drive off >u neighbors and sons to the far distant West, iu will appreciate the zeal with which we Aaw.* esscd our objections to thai most ruinous p?Jicy." In relaliou to the South Carolina Colleges nin free to any, that after repealed, frouent, and mature reflection, I nra clearly : the opiuiou that this institution ought i)t to be abolished for anything that haa een made to appear to my miud. Justice i those friends ibtough whoso influence I its induced to become a candidate, and so to those who subsequently havfe ao indly manifested an interuslwi my suc**s - many of whom, for nught I Lnow% ay differ *ith me?required that I should mko a h:icf exposition of my view* on lis subject. Toe charges against the College are, that s benefits are exclusively for the wealthy, id that it eiereisea a corrupting influence j the Legislature. I deny both charges. As to the exclusive benofits of the College, must be excused for preferring theevidence ' fuels eom in jr witbiu mv observation ?o w ? mrm' ie opinions of others. Over three veers' itiinnte personal acquaintance with this lUCh-abused institution brought within my now ledge many, very many, instances of mniloss boys reaping its benefits equally ilh the rich, ami bearing off its highest Diiors. Among otheis, I have seen the x>r boy from Spartanburg District entered, lucated,:?nJ graduated tliere./ret of chargt, gain: I have seen the emigrant orphau jy of the Emerald Isle, a lio with his own utids, at his trade, made part of the money i bear his expenses, not only educated and radualeJ in this identical institution, but tot-en unanimously by his follow students \ their orator for their celebration of Washington's birth-day?a post of Uonoti which there are usually many aspirants, nd I deny that students in this institution o ranked by the amount of money they end. I have known - - - v?* v? ?* in * WIV.M >ung inon have graduated with distinction, cnn both faculty and students, who work1 out their tuition fees to the institution y ynanual labor.' I hare boou credibly ittrntod thai o?o, whose name is now fantilr to the people of South Carolina?who :Cfciv?d At his graduation one of the high>t houors of Lis class, and who, previous ? hi.* graduation, was chosen by his fellows ? an otiice of high honor among them?? rcpared his victuals iu his room, and with is own hands, to enable him to get through nh his small means. I'his snow young man, I have the be*i r reason* for believing, was, while a Coiigo student, as much respected and eaterned, by both faculty and student*, as r,y member of the institution. As a geoid rule, men givo most credit to the tasliiony of those who have had the best op>rtunity of learning the facts relating to ly subject of dispute. And I think I mays ithout arrogance, claim that f am at least