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2I)C Spartan. SPABIf . ~ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1856. "An Exception.? We gave uotico in our issue of Aug. 14tli thnt gentlemen wishing matter to be published in our paper must hare it published nt lilt) same lime it is published in other papers or it will not be published ut all. Wc make sn exception in fsvor of Mr. O. P. Kat ie, ut his request, (by publishing to day his answer to "Many Voters") owing to the position in which he is placed as a Candidate before* the people, togel/irr Icith the fact that he left instructions ut the Spartan Office for the ropy to furnished us in lime for it j to ap/tear nt the some hate in the Express, which was not done." Tito abort* paragraph appeared as editorial in the Spartanburg Express of the 4th instant, and demands ?onte notice from us, inasmuch us we are held up to the infliction of tin unpleasant implication. To save Mr. Karto the tabor of making a copy, we promised to scud lite original to the Express; but baring a long manuscript communication from lames Farrow, also to be inserted in tliat journal, ( in our desire to insure promptness in the greater | tlio less esoa|>ed our mind. For this neglect we . rendered satisfactory explanation to Mr. Eurlc? the oaly party whose right of eompluiut we nc"gniso in the premises TOWpKLECTlON. I On Monday last an c'ection was held for In ten- c dant and Wardens, with tho following result: 1 Intendnnt?JcfT. Choice, 141 ' Wardens ?J. 11. Cleveland, 139 I A. II. Kirhy, 134 T. O P. Vernon 90 ? ^ John Maxwell, 85 ' "No license'' was tho inotlo ol this ticket, and, I beautifully significant of the principle of the can ill- * dates, tho managers used a coffee pot for a ballot f box! ? THIS JAPAN*KXPB?ITION. We are indebted to the attention of our popular and esteemed Leprcsentativc, Col. Jas. I*. Di r. for the first volume of Coin. M. C. Perry's Japan Kxpedition, in quarto, pp. f>38. Ily Francis L. ? llawks, D. D., LL. D. Joined to most attractive I letter press, this work contains 89 beautifully executed lithographs, and 77 wood cut illustrations. r This is the most superb work we have yet seen ?i put out under the authority of Congress, and is a no- e bio appreciation of the wisdom and tact of Coiiuno- * dorc Perry in carrying to successful issue the great j. Japan expedition. t< AHBROTYPES AND DAGUERREOTYPES. Mr. Leonard has opened his Rooms over the of- 11 ficc of Messrs. Tltomson A Choice, and is ready to I ' give indelible Ainliro or Daguerreotypes to all who ' , may favor him with n sitting. Sec his advertise- n intnl. PORTER'S SPTRITJTTHE TIMES. ? W. T. Porter, editor and foamier of tlio Nric ' n York Spirit of the Time*, is about to commence a |, new weekly Sporting and Literary paper ill New n York. It will be of the name size and character as '' the old paper, and a brilliant corps of contributors .j and corres|iondeuts has already been secured. i( An experience of twenty-six years has made Mr. '1 Porter thoroughly conversant with sporting intelli ' pence, and his judgment is deemed conclusive on || all subjects connected therewith. Those who wish \ to keep posted upon the turf, au<l kindred subjects, a will do well t? subscribe for "Porter's Spirit." " LETTETFROSTKANSAS. The following letter, though not ns late as the public and published accounts, is important as a' coining from a former resident of our town and District, ami affords reliable assurance that fact? warrant the exciting news we have from Kansas: "Leavenworth, Auuvet 17, 1850. 0| "Maj. W. II. Teimmier: tl "Dear Sir: The excitement prevails to an alarming extest. Lnno is in the Territory, murdering the pro-slavery men, burniug their houses, and r; drivins their wives and children into the woods for i> shelter. Kxpiisi.cs have been sent into Missouri ' |, for aid. We expect a targe force fn?m there to- j (l! morrow. TIjc editor, printer, and <lcvil of this office j |!aa*<ii worth Journal} will march to morrow. j Consequently there will be wo Journal issued ; until peace is restored. We are going to cxtorini- x; nate every one of the villains from the Territory, giving no quarters and expecting none. r, J. T. IIUOWN.'' S NICARAGUA. I It appears from the advices that Walker continues to sustain himself, and that his forces and re ^ sources are increasing, A force of five hundred ! (i men from New Orleans had joined him. About 1 |, fifteen hundred men from the forces of I lie several i ai Slates that were in h-aguo against him have desert- J' ed, nnd j.tilled him. The feeling of the N icaragunnH | )>( is slated to be mure favorable to Walker than at ! k any former time.. I vv Walker seized and slurf a traitor named Salirar '' In retaliation the lev.is party at l*eon threatened to ? take the life of J)r. Iavingvton, yf New York. < fur <! minister threatened them with the chastisement of " his Government if any injury was inflicted ii|sni j IV. livings ton, au<l his life was saved. The purser of the steamer Calnwba reports af* , 'j' fairs in Nioiragna more favorable to General Wal k.r than lias readied us through other channels. ' v lie claims that the execution of Silizar and dis- j ^ missal of the English Vice-Consul have prod tic id a ji( go >d efTeet- , Padre Vigil was ciitliit*ia>ticnlly received on his (. r< tin ii home, and gave s > flattering an account of Ion reception ami treatment in the United States ^ tli.it some of the natives wi?h to visit the republic. Thk Rkoxn r Storm.? Wo regret lo learn,says , (| the AsgBsfa Chronicle of the 2d iimt., that much damage has beeu sustained bv the nlintiiiif inter i f (-Miain tIlia ami the adjoining districts, by tin- storm , | which passed ovtr tins oily on Sunday l.ud. We | have been informed that much |>ro|>crty iu nulla, dam* ami bridges lias been tarried away, ami the '' crops <u well an slock have been literally ilrownctl ; ami washed mvay front low lands. : fu Much damage has been sustained in this State. Railroads, biitlgi'i, dams, and crops have suffered. ' The Spartanburg nttd Union Railroad forlumtcly j . ^ escaped. Can si dates.?(Jov. Aiken having declined a | re-election to Congress from the Charleston DieIriot, the following candidates arc in llto field: pt Gen. Schnierle, Col James Simons, Col. Johtt (Jim tiiugliam, Win. Wludey, Gen. James Gadsden, j(( Win. R. Tahcr, ami perhaps others. Ju view of the aspect of public affairs and the im <|t portance of the Representative office, the Cottricr " and Mercury recommend a convocation of the people of the District, with a view to llto selection i,r of a man in whom all can have confidence. Yki.I.ow Kkvek ?The deathe from fever in ^ Charleston from the 21th to the 30th idt. were 7. Since then the deal lis have ranged fiom 1 to 5 per ^' u, J Ion. Prvstnu S. ilrooks lias leached home. IIis reception in Columbia was wry cordial, and the Mayor, ou behalf of the people, presented him with " a silver goblet nn.I cane. At other points his rc- | '' option was cquallv cordial. ? g R. <!. Woodward has been decu-d Sheriff of I i\ K.frfield |)?tmt. ? THE ARMY BILL PASSED. We fiud the following account of the passage of the Army Appropriation ltill on the 3 Ut ult. in tbo "Ion" correspondence of the Baltimore Sun: "The IIousc yielded gradually Hud gracefully to the ueceeaity ol pausing the army bill. Tbo Senate, droppng all projects of coinprtimise, bud agreed, u|>on consubaiion on Friday, not to consent to the Icrniin lion of the session until tbo army bill should be The ami-proviso Senators, both democrats and wbigs, bad mutually pledged themselves to tfia course, and u|s>n the suggestion, it is said, of Mr Hell, of Tentiosace. The determination of tin- Se nate had its effect upon the House. ''Ht-s'des this,nurlvT"falswUfr lit?"l arrived, iml lutil clinnged the relative numbers of the two purlieu. Twenty of the absei tees were paired off. Duly six nieinb.'is, unpairetl, wo re absent, mid tlieso were equally divided on the (question. Tin* House ittemptcd t>> nave the first clause of the proviso, which prohibits the employment of the army in uid ?f the enforcement of uiiy law heretofore enacted >y the Kaunas Isgisltittiro. They first passed the liill with thin modilhd proviso, and having yielded jo much, they finally yielded the whole. Thus the irmy appropriation hill* was saved by a majority of our?just the same number by which it would lave fie. n s iveil at the close ol the first session, on Monday, the ISili, had another hour or two renamed." The South was entirely united, as were the noional Xorthei n Democrats, upon the final voto of 101 to 97. Mi vms. Harrison, of Ohio, Tyson, of i'eiiusjIvau'.t, and Iluvin and Whitney, of New Pork, Americans, afc?o vottd lor the hill :ts it passed. Oar impression is that this result was mainly irottght about by the aetioti of the President in dis:ontitilling work pertaining tlio army iu the arsc<nls, armu. ics, and worksliips, and thus throwing tut of employ, from the absence of uieaiis to pay Item, I.a go numbers ol mechanics and operatives, ["his outside pressure was creating a clamor adverse o the interests ot tbo Frcinonters, till even Ureccy, whose advice cheered li s followers almost to he point of disbanding the army, was forced to ltcecch the sjK-u.ly eHaetincnt ol the law that would tut bread into starving mouths at the North jlutulil another similar attempt he made, we think lie right screw can he touched to bring Northern tatriolisin hack from *.? transcendental flight. The Huston Times, in nn .vticle on the subject, ays: ''Among the most iinnortsnt items in the Armv supply I! II nrc those fur clothing and the armories. | "or the former, mcrehnnts in New Kngland are xlrnslvc contractor*. Hundreds of thousands of lobars reach the New Kngland States annually in eturn for the clothing which covers tlie backs of ur Norther n soldiery. Hlankets, canvass for tents, to., ?<bo enter largely into this branch of at my upplics. Anil there is not a person in tin' maiiutoture of cotton and woolen go-ais in the Mtistern States hut has an interest in keeping open this rxritsirc market for their labor?a market that is ore pay, and in good round gold eagles, too. "Those who have read the government ndverisemetila soliciting proposals for the supply of this escriptioti of goods for the army will have formed nme idea of the magnitude of the business, and of lie value it is to New Kttgland people. Scarcely blanket protects and warms a United States solicr but ot New Knglawd manufacture?scarcely a bread of cotton or woolen cloth worn by bint but ? of New Kttgland manufacture?and last, but not ast, the making up of scarcely an article of rniicnt ihat is worn by a United States soldier hut as given employment to in iustrinus and worthy ten and women in the New Kngland Slates. In lie aggregate, the number of people in New Kngmd employed in the making of garments alone is mnonsc. For litis labor tliese people receive pay, < not directly yet indirectly, froin tho IItilted States 'rensury, and the moment llic t nulls of that trenury are closed, because Congress lias refused to ass the usual supply bill, the incentive to and the respective reward for their industry censes. Vliere there is no money there is but little work ? nd where there is neither work nor pay, distress, ith its attendant evils, is sure to follow." IU!LBO\iT7oVVE\TI(?.\. Tito following resolutions wire unanimously dopted by the Railroad Convention which met at islieville, on the 20th: Retoicrd, That in tiio view of this Convention a Hiimunlcation by inilroad with the seaboard is ecessary to the full development of the rcsourci s r the country and the energies ?>f its citizens; and mt our desires are us strong and nrdeut as they ave ever l?a? 11 to have the work done. Kes'ilceil, That we have confidence in tlio integ ty and zeal of the "Greenville and Pre'itch Krond 1 l.ailroad tmnv." and that we urge tie in bv all niiorablc nit ans to press forward toilie Completion f ilie work which they hare begun. flmalml, Tlknt in tho judgment of this Convcn<ni the inti rml of the State of North Carolina, anp ipeciully the interest of the western countii s of the tatc, would Ik- greatly promoted hy an early cxleii- i on of some one of the public Works now in pro- I rss of construction east ??f the Rlue Ridge in this late, to a |w>int or points on the western borders of i iorth Carolina, ti enmicct with the railroads pr? eted or now being built in the State ot Tennessee. lir wired, thcreforr.'l'linX the people <?f Wcsti rn forth Carolina ask for nnlliiug more than justice lien they dt mand that the State ho required to ive her aid upon liberal terms to assist those of <r citizen* interested either in the Wilmington 1 ml Rutherfot<llon Railroad, or the North Carolina Lailroad west t'? the I'aint Rock on the Frem h (road river, with a branch leading through the fiantiis of llaywootl, .Jackson, Macon and Choroee, to soinc point iii Cherokeo eounty.to connect 'itli a road leading by ])uck Town <.'"l,|'<r Minis wards Chattanooga, in the Stale of Tennessee. Jtrxnlrrd, ax the serine of tin* Cnnrtntion, Tl.nt is but just to 4his * etioll of tlx State that the Iharler of the Greenville an I French IJ road Rnil>ad should he amended, s<> as to remove the re Fictions of the seventh section thereof. For the Carolina Spartan. 0 Till; CANDIDATES FOR TIIH LKUISUTtRK. As several questions have been put to you by nrious voters, we feel it our privilege to put certain 1 ucstions to piu, which of course you will feel utind to ansicrr . 1. Arc you in favor of cslnldi&hing a separate : | l'H?rl of Appeals at an expense of $I6,()U0? \i. Are Jon in favor of a Poll Tax f il. Are you in favor of asking aid from the State 1 > cxl< lol our Railroad ovir the lilue lodge ? I I. Are yon in favor of ! -selling tho limits of the ir|Hii at c>ti of Sparialiburg village to one half of a ule ? ,1. Are you in favor erf the people in the country ! ' lilting Hp ata hotel whell tln-y go to the village I I. Are you ih I a vor of re|H'nhng the Homestead ' , w f 7. Arc )"ii in favor of a Penitentiary 7 8. Are you ill favor of having the buildings of ; ' ie Female College I egraliitized I | t> Are) 'ti in favor of repealing the usury laws 7 |n. Are )ou in favor of appropriations to \N id- j id or Fi male College 7 i 11 Are you iii la vor of Pr? sidenl Tucker's Fish ' miii nuu inmi vxuurvMi HRproKiiiwmi I ? 1*2. Arc you in lavor of tin* annual approprin- i ?n of.*5,00U to the State Aitricaltiirul Society? 1.1. Arc von in lavor of rain ng tlic pay of nrcm 1 m to 1 lit: Legislature f ' 1 I. Arc you hi favor ofulrohshing the -1 tl? July ? | i l.Y Arc you in favor of settling llic wife's pro- I , :rty ii|o .ii lu r separately T 10. if?will you go l?y tlic I aureus llnili.nl.or the Spartanburg and Union Railroad,lo Co- | uibia 7 17. If you say you arc in favor of any of these ( lestious, please statu how many, to what extent, | ul in what iiiauiur? ' Cnlcgor eftl, dogmatical, ami ratorical answers c requested ami expelled. ' < MANY NOTERS. j< Senator Crittenden, of Kentucky, in the 1'nited 1 tales Senate, during the extra session, refused to 1 icld the floor to Mr. Wilson,of Massachusetts, he- 1 I use lie s.rid the latter had not "heliaved like a gen- 1 i-man." The I amis: r ii a B .ptisl eontnins the following hy leuinl notice: Married, on Q'Jd duly, Mr iwepli Katehff, of Itienv.llc parish, Li , to Mrs. I larv A. Benson,of l'nion Co., Ark. Tliohride- j room has sixteen children ami th. Inule nine, J hough she is only 16 years <-M) twenty five in 1 ne family!" . COBRKSPOSDBNCK. Town of Staunton?M'opulaiKtn?Otnecolent Intlitution*?A Visit to thm Wtytr Cave. As n matter of coarse, what pertains to the town of Staunton must be local, and only interesting so far as the reader may, from description given, heable to generalise. Indeed, aside from natural scenery, and the adaptation of architecture to special localities, there is nothing remarkable about this town. Mind must ever govern matter. And when wo come to s|K-ak of the institutions, we may Jtrl a deeper sympathy with the place. Imagine yourself in n cur, llj'ng at llio rate of twenty miles nu hour, silting at your window looking on mountain grandeur. You arc told that you are approaching Staunton. Not knowing from which side you w.H get tlio best view, u shilling inclination comes on. At List, your informer, as if intending to prepossess you favorably, points out one of the best buildings in the place?the Asylum for I)enf and Dumb and the Dlind. This you see from the windows on the light side o( the ear. Hut before you urc quite satisfied looking at this s|X-cimeu of State munificence, you are told in a hurried tone to look at the Luuntic Asylum, tjuiekly to the other side the ear you spring, and as you pass round n considerable elevation, the whole view of a vast pile of buildings imprcssis the mind. Tho eye lingering, forgetful of the speed, a signal is given, and you find yourself at the dc|>ot. Carpet-bag and stick in hand, you make your exit now for the first time to gel a good look at the town. Iieru is Staunton. The usual yell of porters to get ynnr patronage to the hotel they represent almost frets you, and serves to direct your thoughts to the bnggags-rooni for your tiunk. "All aboard," jou are quickly borne o(f by a tiobic pair of grays, and if tho omnibus is pretty well filled, you catch a nmile on the lace of tho porter as he approaches ''Virginia Hotel," as much us to say "I've got em." A time yielded to the confines of your room, with necessary attention, you obey the call to the dining-room, I whero you have assurances that Virginia is at j home. All doubts thus removed, the evening funis , you strolling through the business pai l of the tow u- ; As you advance you rise gradual slopes, and still \ walking further, you rise higher in that portion ol ] me iowii inoro recently built uj?. Wltcu <ui tlie highest point, you have only to turn round ami open yjur eyes, to see one of the moat beautiful sceneries. Here l ea around you, much iu the aluipc of a horseshoe, the touu of Staunton, nu-1 beyond, iu every direction, oval-topped inountaiiiN. And by their deceptive influence on the eye, the town is made to appear much condi used?almost na one mass of buildings, exhibiting the varied furuiK of architecture, with here and there steeples Mailing ' up, as if to vie witti the aurrouuding mountains in cob-stint jWogrcMion*. At the toe of the shoe, as it sonic lion-conforming spirit had conic that way, n portion of the town ( ia bring huilt up in the direction of the western extension of the railroad. Standing here with eyes i { flood, as if taking pictures of the different points be- j foro you, or having your own taken, the shrill | sound of an approaching engine br?aks the charm, | mid while yet the echoes and reverberations play ( along the valley, a strtum of smoke is seen rising from behind some neighboring peak, the bellowing of the engine ceases, and a moment is given you to look upon the bird flight seeming s? II-piopeilcd train, Once again the ear is luterruptcd, and then all ia over. Turning llie eyes, a*, if to catch new ( ubjeeta of attention, the Town Clock reminds yon ; of w hat you can scarcely believe. The mind, but half satisfied with the sun-setting view, asks (or a j ( lingering here under the more feminise retleet <?n? of the nt-aolilight smiles. The festivities of the so- , eial to-'', stored away in unnumbered kind remembrances, and a strolling parly organixod, you again j find yourself looking over now silent grand- ur. j I touhly do you feel the position you occupy. And | if, {tcrchancv, the evening ha* bhsscd you with t' e j j fictjuaintn.icc of one of Virginia's lovely maidens ; ( or matrons, the ?up|>ort cho reviews lt< in your arm ia a thousand times repaid hy lor picst-ncc ' Iu iho lawn, wlu-re taslu has incorporated aits and cictiocs iu ratifying nature's dictates, the sympi j thy of kindred minds unites the joyful party in the observance of those more di l-cale entert.i uiin nls ICven the le-?< r ruouild, raised hy the hand >>' tiegardener, beautiful and beautifying, t!a in* its 110- . | lice in contrast with the lords of earth. The grav- ( eled wulkn and ever-green terraces perform their part in the records of the night, as by magic charm jour steps glow short an I slo.rtci si.'.., uul ) you find yourself in iinrnrihly reverie*. Nothing' luniks the stillness, but (lie beating of tlie heaits thus absorbed in id! that is noble, ill all tin.: is ' ! heavenly. The reverberations of the ton 11 clock ( close the scene. Meditatively all retire, and you liud yourself prepared for the repose of tenia uitig ! hours, conscious ol the growth *d the soul. I'.ut, Messis. Kditors, excuse my stinyings and liligrt illgs ol thought. t >f the population of Staunton f can say hut I : tie, as iiiv May there v\:w meessarily short 11 , numbers, I believe, something over three tliouvm I, ( and is rapidly increasing 111 e.>ns .jin nee of th - | railroad Ino. lilies which that plnee now enjoys. The , increasing popularity of the dillereiit Springs in that valley, earr ed up hy the furtl.tr ext. n- n ol , the Central Kaih >.t.|, inuslprox. ;idvaii'.a: .<ui 1" Staunton ill point of wealth and r< tiiieiiieiil. < n | the courtesy of the citizens to strangers I !..!> only to say, I have iicVt-r set II it sur|ia-M .1 Our (Jtiiiveiiliou is composed of working men , ?there on bus. 11 cos requiring mu h attention and labor. Consequently, the time nllolt.d lor as , tociatiolis with the citizens w.is limited. \irangc men's hail been made by the I >u <etors of lite Institution for Ileaf, humh an I lllnid, I >r tie , I Meg.ilea to ho aet'oinmodated cither at hotels r in private families. I chose the latter, and was II trod need to Kdwin M. Taylor, K?tj , Casliicr of , ihc "Branch I'.ark of the Valley of Virginia," . i\ hose hospitality I greatly enjoyed. Others it , aorted their situations highly satisfactory. D.iiiiiih > Were Attended by the lileiiibri t, by j? i.ilinnta iotw, nearly very day during t.ur stay; at sonie of j ivliich sentiments were oflfred and iisjMind. il to , uglify complimentary. In these a numh.-r of the , jitizens participated. And though, p .hi . -ally, in j iurmountiil>lu dittt relict? may have cxiMul, us men rum all parti of the I'nion tv.tn present, >:11i no , nlrutling remark of the kind escaped iliu lips of , uiy on 111ck' occaaibTis. Nor ?no our invitation* lo us many uncial len-partics less attended. Here kc in-1 more of the good ladies of Staunton, who ?y their grace* added much U? the reel-cations ami , ilcasurcs of the evening*. On Sabbath I attended twice* in the Kpiseopal Church, heart! mine go ..1 ittisic, anil n sermon by I >r. Sparrow, who scein* o he a gentleman highly esteemed lijf his church A* we passed through the siren's we hail only to i conclude, from the number* of people go ng hi , very dircctidM fo the different places of worslnp, ( hat tin y were a church-going people. Schools of . r?r|>ci i/Wlity are sulTicir fitly nuimroms.hcld nioxtlyi tml peHi.ipa entirely, liy the <1 df rent denoinuia- , lion* ol christians. The lictH'Vnlclit Institution* of Staunton are just | ly mlmire.1 liy all, ami e?ptc.illy are they ohjot ts of | ^tote pi i?lu in the estimation of \ rguhans. The institution for the Deaf. I > amb and tin HI,ml. as bo- | lore roninrketl, is first iruutily in vo w, ts you p.o into the town Its KltlMillOll IS l|ellht.l?t of lilt IwWIl | proper, with , i nipp . '1 "or irate ' m t?, and is bmit on a pretty tin, oc- , : i a !iuo view lo the traveler. It was opened for the tccrptiou of pupil* in 1838, unJvr the inetrucl'oii of Joseph D. Tjler. Tbo net oreatiug the institution provided for u building nt an expense of $20,000, and $10,000 aunuully for support. Slice tlu-n, additional building* liavo been put up sutlicieut for the department* of both classes, cciubiued in one institution here, us in our own State. The whole cost of the buildings and appointment*, including steam and gas work*, is estimated at about $50,000. The annual coat for support was over $2.',000 for the last year. One hundred and six pupils were in attendance at the close of the last session?seventy one deaf and dumb und thirtylive blind. Dr. J. 0. M. Merillat, the pi vac tit principal, is ft man of untiring energy, lie not only overlooks the entire concern, but is engaged iu extending the literature of the blind by panting new books, lie ( is of the riglyt tempera incut of mind lo be engaged in such a work. Penetration of intellect, high moral qualities, and bulliciciH enthusiasm conceit- 1 trnting ill a liberal education, he could be none other then worthy of the trust and aid committed to his care. All who arc engaged in the education of the blind will be rejoiced to know, that the time is uot far distant when an improved library may be had. It being vacation at the time of our meeting, and most of the pupils goiie, | had not opportunity of examining fully the standard of education. But judging from what I saw of the remaining pupils 1 and assistant (cachets, I conclude no fears may be , cu'.i rt.-lined in comparison with other institutions o' the kind. ' The "Western Lunatic Asylum," situated in the southeastern part of the town, and fronting the j institution for Deaf, Dumb and Blind,-on another j eminence, is certainly cqtial in architectural beauty, and far transcends the latter in dimensions. The ' whole cstabl shnient, comprising a number of , buddings of different siz>s methodioally arranged, ( I repeat, is impressive. I have oo means at hand . by which t<> s?'t down the cost of this estnbl shnient to the State?should suppose over a hundred thousand dollars. The amount for support of tlieasylum ( tins yeni is estimated at $47,500. Accord.ug to | the List biennial report, 5110 patients had been pro- ' , vided for, and I believe about that number are there , f 1 now. By invitation scut iu by the superintendent, , l>r. Francis S. Strilihiig, our delegation hail the , pleasure of dining with him on Fiidny Before i and after dinner lie conducted us through the dif- . fercnl aje'irtnients, making such remarks as time , and eireuuistauces would allow. j | These apartments as so arranged and graduated, ( ?nd tl IC pat ictits sit I'Liasifnil, as to make you hope- , ful when you leave. , The most demented, are on the first tloots of the , liuildings. 11 ere, on entering, a sad spectacle ap" pears. So far gone arc iu<?l of tluve, that their j .dot lie* are in in my instances imperfectly adjust- j, L'd. Scarcely any want* are manifested in this : , iparimcni. 1 speak Hi tlii in ilea, ni I ili.I nut n o , llic feinalo* of litis grade. Sumo may be booh ly- : , ng on their bed*, or if Imltcd out of their rootim , ying on the floor near tlu-ir doois; oilier* walking ' ; lie halls or reclining at the u ndow*. Here was , me of tile most pitiful objects toy eyes ever looked , ?n. < bilsidu the floor, and by the steps, nut a deaf, , lumb, blin.l, rn<l insane boy, M-ctniugly about grown. When only deaf and dumb lie wax for a , t time in the Pennsylvania Institution, an I horned sonic of the* pis, mid could s|m II a little oil li s v ingcr*. Mr tlilht, piineipal of the Illinois inrti- ; lltioll, had si i ll the boy I.. fori', nild at oliee Weill ( to him and touelud hint. He M-ctiicd lr< tin', and , refused to notice by auy u tin'.ii.o. Mr. < l!et rcncitihcled the s gn name of the b..y, wlneb wan s lie thiiinh an 1 fore finger passing il.iu n the breast. | It lievaig lie legaided u? as intruding ilia ill. H.alld | leliee l.i* pasMoii, Mr. ( lh t n.ug lit t<> all i st his illeiilion hv making I is (the boyV) ? ,u name ?>u , lis lot K* - tig I. :ii?i 1 Is lit down, t.?> miii h ; or the sign t > in i le as ihu il, Mr. ? II.-t in ,.lted the sign d iwii h s hack. Tli with :!ie pre ^ viotu t il.u t. d .1 Hn st hiaattention, wlieu he i . s. .i lip iiiol spelt with em;-has . "go a>; ay." A'I at lelliptn I.I pae.ly ill" hoy tlirthi r f.> .ed. I )r S I ih , ling raid h se> in I ijili tat titiia. and lui .vi ] 1. lice of s in in ii I. M . I'-'t 'le b . ia.l 1 l. i not say with what degree ol I. via. Ill the ss o aid apal lnolit, : tin fra.inetila of , nii.d were discoverable, and niun w mt? . xpns- . I i bio in p irti. ul ir I tio'. -fd e.nivi ising, or lather , )u>ting, an 1 applying the Scripture*. Ties lie ' , won!.I do for a minute or nior. vv ill act-uisli ing nc- ( curacy, th- ii for a lew moments his mind would | lly off. Win ii e illoctod, lie w ml 1 i. sunie by rein.irklng,"l \va? going to say." and w >uid enter tin i Mine chain ol thought about nh re be 1. ft off. In j lite third i lavs, ntore mind dincov rable, and nine \ tmiiseinents w.tli drafts, car Is, & . S nn of these in lei work on the grout. Is and in the vegetable , garden. I''ciiiah * of thi>ct.t*s |? rforms into labor. Ain-.ug i the remaining an.I ii ghcr capae lies were foitll I ail 1 tirade* of lunacy some ol the la 1 ? helping their . rooms tastefully ad aril. 1, tv lh then to let* vv.il ar- j ranged. In each uparlimut a s. parale table or ta- ' nh s an prepared, niv. r allowing the diff. r. lit ' .lass.li. at.oils to meet. A s|mi it of It opt fulness is list.lied ill t-aeh depai tinetit lor promotion to tin , next Irghcr,wlicit improvement*willjuxtify. lulhis I nay many ar- r.-stoi i d. and selil holnc to tin e lit j jr.u-i s of their friende. lly sp.-e.alinvitation, my friend Mr. Taylor and IIIVMi-Si attended religntl* flel I I*t> ill the Chape | if the Asylum, oil SabUxtli liioroitig. Hie t mc iv as spec .lied by 1 ?r Ktl dditig. and oil apprisieh vv. Were shown to the *.tl lig-rooril, where I re. ived .1. liilr,..!., .. .? I . .1 I'--. M- I preach to tliu lunatics, ami tin* Superintendent , ( tIn* NLrylaiiil Hospital, wliu had iume our on i i vi?i| \\ i .ill w .ill.nl nit" (In- < lin|x I, mill i was t 1.1v.'ii.l with asi.it w In r<- I cool.J sec tlie faces of ' iu?t ?if tli in- present. l'rorn ntio hundred an I i Vi nt) the to two IiuiiiIiill aro ndiniss bli on must I'lMsimis, ami about tint number was then present I'lii'el ij?i I i" ili ii.itotl t \ tlie hands of tlie ladies, in-1 lin y m-i'iii proud m In ii v .tutors itotien it Tiny iave nil organ, uInch Mr. < 'ocbran presented tin in villi, ?i.itll H'llli rk vi li Iillnilrt-il dollars I was ml informed ulutlii'i tin' fliiiir was ciini|k*nil .1 * onat.es nr lint, but mil in. 1 in .I I i think otherwise , Many i't llii in held tlii-ir !>" I.-, in iimi of lams un* i xifjitamalil) . I lm ;t?'tmral il(')Nirttiicnt \vasei|unl ordinary entigrrg ileitis, if n it exceeding. I >uing the discourse I iii?tis*i'il evidence* of S|>iritkil { Vulahlp ill tlie CiitllllClianoca ?? lint U few. AtollO immeiit tin- tli"Mj?lit t'lit 1 a is iii i lunatic asv um, ami yet at tin prcM nee nf Ili">o ? impotent to iranc < iinl. aim n i vitemne me. Ketuining, I i included til try Slid lint be inure lunatic tlian iliist' MIOUIIil llie. 1 was sirHrk Willi tin appear.iii.ami giuernl ii'liavmi et a lady, s-cttiiug tn be nb uit twenty, t il ill i ? ?-oil, aii'l allow ug lrac? ? nf fain 1 y il.stale lion. Thought I , \i bat ili'inoii spirit coubl have t tills lilllllblt'il ntlC S'l lair. The maimer ol prc.ti !i ng is always iml e.iti .l by llie su|M'|-iilteliileilt hi llliwo niiuistem who kindly Hivi* tlnir nri vit ?. 'I'll " n? iK-jHifiil, fiicouuijjinu * lilt) p.itiriit-- l>y tin' prowum nihi love of (??hI, edi t) ' 'ully nv.' tliii(? any nml all tm.luu t'i itrnifiil. I1 fn le.ivni", 1 ?r. Sir i hi i up |>rt -t ntr<l imi one <>l " !i:? l.i?t i ' | >ii?, 111 which I find much important j v Id! i:e;>l nlfi'iiuiiioii. Il?' ' certainly mi aecutii * >iii|ir?l 111 It mail, .ml well |xnti:i| in .ill tli.it ptt < ..;ii!t! 'ru ' lie i? a'. I'liy an t" tlie A?y- t m N. J*. W ' For the Carohua Spartan THOSE IXTEKROnniUIKS AGAIN. Mrur.i. I .ihtoks: If uuy thing was lacking n tlio o!i.tin of circumstantial evidence to show Ilia the objects ol the questions which wcro propouudet to the candidates sonic -weeks n.:o was to bring u| the College question with n v ew to my defeat, i think that deficiency lias been supplied by the com munienlion of "One of Many Voters," which tip pcarcd in tiiu Carolina Spartan of thu 4th inst. Thii uidivitlual, who it seems had "sow agency" in pro pounding the above-mentioned questions, for the os tensiblc objeet of disowning sueli a purpose, writei (or procures to be written) and publishes the grow attack on my pos'lioti Contained in the last Spar tan. The most untural course for "One of Mall] Vitcrs" to have taken, had ho desired simply t? make a disclaimer as to his connection with tin questions, would have been to have simply publish ed the fact, without indulging in the inisrcprcsciita lion he has, in reference to my speech last i>a!cs day. Had he pursued this plan, I shnulJ have be lieved that he at least was free from the charg< which. I think, so justly lies against the intention of tlmse interrogatories. But I cnuuot credit tin (sincerity of hi* denial, .men it is accompanied will matter unnecessary for his disclaimer, and caleu latcd to hold inc out iu a disa Ivantageous light he folo his roftdt rs. ''One ol Many Voters" rcc-ms at a loss to con ecive "Slow the College question" could be used tc injure me, when, as he alleges, i have declarer lime after time, in my speeches, that "n/f the can didutes occupied the same ground" on the Co 11 eg < question as myself. I do not wonder at this ex prcssioli of liis surprise. And when i state tha no our of the candidates has ettr yet objected ti my placing them on thr some ground icith myself I think it will be diflieu'l for an honest man to con eoivc how, under these circumstances, I hnppcnc. to he singled out, in certain sections of the Mistriet uid represented to be the only Candidate not it fator of destroying the South Carolina College . Hut it he ng true that nil the Candidates arc upoi; the same ground icith myself, while til s fact is no' L- n..iv>. t.. ..II ..t !... . ! ". VI HIV j/mrii'i, ii :s very easy in |k.'rccivc how the College question is used again# tie ami not against the other Candidates. Ilui tli's is lint all?honest nu n will be surprised ;o learn th it skis same disinterested "One of Mali) Voters," who appears ill the Spartan to d;>cl;eii ?ny "purpnse" of injuring me, should, ill tins satin .'onimuiiicallon, in the gratuitous inforniatioii whicl 10 so oilioiously volunteered to give his readers ai 0 my priitiiin, w hile profess ng to give the subject! a Ini*li I thought were of gr ater practical imp..r inner than the College question?I say honest mei sill wonder how such a man, professing such iu ilijict. could have omitted the most important sub eel ol all?a subject, too, which ho must aeknowl dgo is, according to Ins own mode of measuring lie of "Iraiisccn.laiit importance,'' because it inlolves "taxation an 1 approprulininC"?1 in. an tin iuhji ct ot establishing a separate Court of Appeal* ivitb lour additional Judges, at an aggregate aiiiiu 11 espouse of Sixteen Thousand dollar*! Strowi ibow which way the wind blows, and th ?omi?aiui 1 UllotlleT prool of the real ohjerl of the ncc'li communication and of the interrogatories. The analogy winch "One ol Many Voters" cm leavers to draw between the opposition to tin South Carolina Collegen id the revolt of the Auuri rail Colotoes is supremely ridiculous, and exhibit i pitiable igiioiuiicc ol our country's history. Tin i.'oioliics I'eVi idled, not on a question ol the CX|?edl ney ot any ptrticular policy, hula quest on ol?? ?/, ?w is Je r a separate nil I distiuet eoaiuiouwealll diouid to allow i .1 t?i lax th in Without represent;.! oil Hole* I It 'ill tins, tile people w li i Wire ? ligagcd a Ills revolt, who waged the'war, ulu> aided in I In te'lili Vetlle III <d ourilldvpelidci.cc, Uli.1 M'liu iiuty hi >;esiiiueti to have known the cau>c of ilio re-volt, a east as w. II a-, and JK'I haps hetUr lb >11, "l Mie u \ 1 my \ ot. I ," Ilii III.a ives fouildi d and put ill opt I a .on th.t. rri >, .\nne College. but w." aiv tub! ?*'il ill. ? c iplist.oiis arc s.lly * ?"Audi ison, talgiliiid and haiitubl are involvn a h, .ii put, in tin. ? i-uid.l) '' NuW 1 sU"ul a., t I.... e ? I hie ol Many \?t.is'' authority lol my ug I..at t'o I ii go qui s! >11 a l> ilig Ilia te t v I ai those Distrn >. I <1.1.V Mich a alaWiiiel. in totu, ami e- til for the proof. In Anderson L>.s .. .et. ll IIIV I io!'.. vt . II. Imiii r.adin ? lli V o.t. < ' Ill pjpcis, M I V< lilt. anything like I gilt, little ait 'lint .ju^;n^ nurt pioiiiun-tit than that of tla Jo. -particularly the rrctuh-nti.il l-.icr lion au<J lu- hlii'iimi ul Mice tot*. That is inv imjirittma lu rc'i-i i-11cc t< I.Jgi-fiild ami l a rliclJ, I am fortu :ialj iliogh to lay 111) hall>! i>u toll to of the paper: torn those jistr.cts, from whit-h I t-o|>) the follow ng urt ch s. The first is from the "Kdgeliold In Iniiner," u hose ihi.tor is liiiiiscll one of the eainli lutes, and tlieteloro coinpeti lit authority. llesay? "Tiik L'vnusi?The canvass wuxis warincl tii.l nioi-e txe.l ii-.' as the time < I llo- election draw; :ie:ir. I lie t andidulis are ail stirring; tit the pres .111 juncture liny scein the most active number 1 sue at) o,, n i,c re you w.ll )oa meet theiiii tlnr. re a goodly iiumLnr ill the fie hi, and they scat e hciiiM Ivis everywhere. At the barbecues, the inus ;t-r ground, "when vor mi n do congregate," not for {clung the camp ground and the meeting house lliey are seen and hear i .1 -iii? u,' the three grou |Ue>tioiiM Ifivis ou, the lllt-cl.Tal t/ucatioll, am I'oil 1..X; the 1.Iietora! ijueslieii being the one o aranioiint importance, as not only Kdgeticld it.a net, *>ut the whole Slate is mil-rested in it." Iliie I itisiil the whole artiil-, so that tun i-a.lcr can see what res|teel "Ou.-of Many Voters* in* for truth ami justice. I'ii-low is a card which I take from a rcecn lumhir ot the Fairfield I'apt-r -to wit: "To rut: Citizk.ns or Kxirhei i) IMstmct.? I I.c under*giicd, eaml dales lor the l<eg sluture i.ive canvassed tin 1 hstrict sufficiently to be antisfiei hat the action ol tin- last Legislature upon thcuc oaid the lllue Midge Railroad in Mouth Carolini aiuiot h. made an issue in the pending election ii l iiii lit-IJ. ami coiieiir in the opinion that the contcs i.is r? s"ivc.l ti? If into one of | ersonul popularity. II II. ( MAMKK, II. It. H<> Yl.sro.V, .1. D. ST ROT 11 kilt, \V. M. HKATTO.V, 1IKNRV C. 1>A\IS. CoHi iiri ing as w e do in the above, and liavioj oiiio out ascandidates oil piniciphs alone, as oui - ads t xpii-s" y announced, and desiring to avoid al tsi-nal k iamble, we it-spccltully withdraw Iron In-cam ass. .1. I>. STRUT I IKK, HKNRF C*. I?A VIS. Tin * shows what dependence should be placed hi the stateiiients of "One ol Ma v Volt is." Hul ,.111111, lor till- ?ake ol al glilllellt, thai "One ol ilnny Voters" is currivt a* to Anderson?that lie ii* told tin* Initli in one c.iscoul of three alidad nit, furthe-r, that Anderson I >.strict mid Spaitanmrg should lioili elect liio most violent anti-Coli j?<- in*.-u: th< r comb iicd force w< ul.l be nine iicintx-i> out ot one hundml and twenty-four in In- I It >41 so and lico out of forty-three in the Scute! So tluit it the ?>|>|Mitieiits ol the Collle-go arc 0 be believed when they complain of "College inlaetioe'' hi the I eg.* nture, how co.ild S|?art.inburg ,nd A inii i sou bl eak down the usual aid to the Colige. The agitation of the College <pio?ti?>ii might ervt as a holdo/ to break tloirn n pai tieular man, ud rut. in h.? *t. ad somebody else, but it cannot irinluce aiiv practical result towards the prnfesteei bjrrl* of the agitator# \\ .11 not the l eader agree 1 th on, ih.it the (jue.stto ", though relating to a eiy important ultject, i practically uiiimpiitnni ud ought nut to be made a test in the coining riceion? M r. .1. a TiJe if Many \ oter?" doubt,e.a was, al tho favorable manner in which my spccc wits reocived by my fellow-citiaeus, and seeing tl , success with which I wai clearing up ilia obje< I lion* raised against nie through th? agency of thoi I interrogatories, il was but natural he aliould d< , vise some iru) to spit his venom at me. lleuc I under the pretext of Jiaowoiug a ''purpose'- to ii jure nie, lie dogs my footsteps throughout the er lire canvass dowu to the present time, nseniliti , uic through the public journals, which, to any tl leas! of it, is very unusual in our District canvas cs, misrepresenting my views, and showing, due , J to the last line of his communication, the real apii , j which originally prompted at le.vt hit i>agenry i propounding the questions." Hut 1 have n*surat . j ces from many portion* of the District that a spit ! of inquiry is being awakened on the part of the pei , | pie, which will discriminate L.Uvccn a man's prii ciplcs and tiie misrepresentations of his eacmie . And I have an abiding confidence that the grei . body of the people, who have a greater interest i tiie success of justice than in the defeat or elcctie . of any particular man, will dispel, nt a proper titn the delusion in which "One of Many Voters," on , some others of like feeling, would so foudly indulg and show to wiro-pullers and tricksters that a tnn . is not to be hunted down and victimized becnui he happens to have been educated at any pnrticuk j institution Myj udges are tho enlightened frccenc . j of the Old Iron District; to them I appeal from th , plottings of hark room cliques and their arum j j ' rnous scribblings. JAMEd FARROW. Sept. 8, 180C. ? SOl'TII CAKiiUxA COLLEGE. " To the Voters'' of Sjrarlanburg District. F*llow-Citiimi: In answer to Use iutcrrogi turie* propounded to the Cundidates for the Legs ' luturr, in the district paj?ers of the 4lli iust., I be ! leavo to say, that 1 am op|?osed to destroying tli ' j South Carolina College ; nnJ holding this opinio! ' ; I am, of course, opposed to "withdrawing all Stnl ' . aid from" it, because to do so would involve i j certain and immediate destruction. No literal 1 institution of any distinction, as a College for male ' ; either does or can snj>/>ort itself. All male Co ; leges, whether State institutions or denomination; 1 have to be supported, more or lest, by endowment ^ I either of the interest of permanent funds or nnnu; appropriations. The State has nearly half a mi | lion of dollars invested in the South Carolina Co 1 ! lege, the greater part of which is in buildings. I " . "* i library anil a chemical and philotnphicnl appari ' : to*, an I which would bo utterly valueless for nr 4 i other than it* present purpose. I am oppose! to ' ; course that would neoeaaarily involve the hwi ofr 1 this pr 'perty merely to save a few thousand dollar when hy eontiuu ng the College thin whole anioui ' ; is ma le available !ar the diffusion of education. Hi I above all would I be oppiscd to withdrawing a appropriations (rotti that institution, because to <1 so would bo a stop backward, instead of forward,] the great cause of education and civil cation. physical progress was tho only object worthy tl ' i attention of the legislator, then 1 could measui 1 every thing hy the squ we and compass of tradiu p hlieians?"taxation and appropriation*!" Hi ( what nu'ii y could buy front a South Caiohnin ' the glory which has been ma do to? ? .-irele the naif i of mir State by the brithaut neliioveuioiits of tl ; immortal Huthr and his gallant associates, wl yiel ltd tip their lives "in a hlaze of glory amid tl ^ thunders of Churubus<-0 nn.l Ch aputb pee!" < ' w ho that ever felt s glow of pride at the luentic of such names n? Calhoun, <>r Mcl >uffcrtnr PrinU t i or Ilajno, could measure the valuo of intellect, vi ( i tuo and [dtr o' sm, by dollar* aud cent*. As to how niuoh I am in favor of aid ng tl S uih Carolina College, 1 am not nli v in>w to s.-i i I e t any more detimtdy, than that I am in favor < ! gi ^ mg it ?tri ai l <i? it n( VHiiy /'<r it* snpjna ami hi moir No'i ly can judge what ihl amount would bo without jiny investigation of f.te ? not no.t w ih i; inv r a- h, but w'nah wo il l bo tvul ti th r< < h ol the no mix is of the legislature. , am of i'ie op ii'.ui, liowov, r. that the apptopii.ttioi , ' can bo r? luce I to ?jm event witlmut impitii the ia i'om an I usefulneM of the institution. A - a i-aui n irv , I w iuid sav tli.vl lam for itforu , in; t'oi College. hut nut for dritroying it. I bo leave here to refer tin- rc.ider t?> my ri ?|nHM- to tl li. ?t interrogatories on this suhj-vt, where I ga* y opinions on the College <jue?lioii more ulliugt than I can li re. And I would say- that a uumU of the oop s of that response can be ha I at an . |x?t idlioe in the District. Ill, l i. flPl? wtt^l . twullls mlu-li I ?*-- ... elude ill my first r>p>n?c without making it t*i Ion:; l<>r ik r publication. Tin*' points li 'jH) to bo able to present to my K-ltow -citrons pt-i sunnily in different sections of the District at n early d.iy. I *h ill spire no pains on my port to It my |<rineipk'9 be fully understood. I hope tlw . my fellow-cit-lulls ill the vicinity of the places ni .y npp . nt for speaking, will, as far us they ra . ' convcm .-ally, favor me with their presence ami ai ? It-Mtwn In conclus. n, : Uow-iritiscns, permit me to ?.i) that besides other times and places, when am where I hope to bo able to talk 'face to face1 mi , 'eye to eye' with many of you, I will address thus j of y?>u who will tavor me with your atU-ntion at th , Court Mouse, < n ii xt Sales-Day, at II o'clocl when 1 hope to have the pleasure of laying m principles beloro many of yon wliu were Uot lit th f | tlourt House on last Sales-Day. ' Sept. 8, is:f. JAS. FARBOW. t For the Carolina Spartan. To the t'undulate* fur the Legi*lature of S/xn tiinhurg Dutriet, South Carolina. W e, the undersigned Voters o( Spartanburg D i 1 trict, respectfully call upon the candidates to knot 1 w licther they will vote for r-pealin^ a part of an a< | of 18.'?5, (vix) t '''I'lint the charter of the town of Spartanburg h i so amended that the town council of said Kiwti sha lie entitled to have and receive aiiuually thcamoui of money paid by the corporators of said town ft roads and budges?to be expended by said tow council within the corporate limits of said town A ttreetroods and bridge -." W'c also wish to know if you will vote ngu'mi lli iiitir.,!.! jfn.ii tir lltii itf I uiiu'u. \ uuhw.1. . i ! ' r-*""' w .?ti"it, all an?l every appropriation, except i i much as is amply nutlioirnt to carry oil our Sia I Government. A categorical anawtr w requested. Martin Otta, J. W. White, ' I M. A. Moore, > Jim. Wofliird, f R. I.. Mayer, j Newton l-aiicnater, K Lemastcrv, I C. 8. Rear.I, K A. Catet, Wm. \\ lute, Win. F. Smith, M !>., i K Mi nus, R K. McMakin, 1?. G. Story, I. C. Ziminermau, Edward Carroll, G. Spark*, Samuel F. White, \Nim. 15i.nr.lti?, .1. W. West, Reuben White, ,1. E. Pruitt, Perry Wnt, .1.11 Cunningham, Ios. W. Montgomery, , Wm. .lame*, \V. 8. Ccetwell, Wm. C. Wollord, llarriaon Wyatt, .lohn Iteardcn. T S. Mean*, Mi wet fialcr, Wm. A Woflbrd, J.-tme* Guiiitigham, 11 F Melhowcll, T. 11. Zimmerman, T. R. Mulligan, .Ino. <?. Miller, Ruht. Walker, Dan.I II Soiiih, W. II. Grant, Il.ur s u Wh.ie, ' A. I.meaater, Hiram White, , j G. Firming, M. O'Shield*, i John W. Otla, 47 VOTKK8. 1 A correspondent of thu Y 11 raid, froi Wellington, Aug. 28, predicts thai the Aral hi portant inform.ttioa rce? v? 1 from Kan?.w cfli ...1 i ' will tx that Gen l?iue it in iron* li I For the Carolina ttpartau ? ! 1KB! VII!. j- { muui. roitou; Oar farmers and planter* " generally Lavs sutlVred serious injury from lbs s" depredation* of this destructive iasset. From every r? quarter we daily here compUiats against th'a little ?- worm, which is now scattered w ids east over ths ? land, destroying alike grass, fodder, peas, turnips, ig and lite other green products of ths earth. Their ?? appetite seems insatiable, as their uumber ie local * cu'uble, and in no inst.moe Is it pdtnihU to keep gr. m or fodder, or any green stuff grow ng in ths t field, untouched or free from their strange en. e oachmcnta. >- I When they first entered my farm, judging from it their insignificant appearance, 1 feared little in tha i> way of destruction. Hut a day soou rcrcalod to i>- my miud the power of the (be I had to encounter, s in order to save n Large field of hay I was endear U uring to cure. During that short period, they had n ' eotili up a great many blades of g'ass, and I saw >n ! if another day was given them, the hay I was cur'* j nig would unquestionably be destroyed, id Hut in regard to my fodder I felt serious injury r, ! indeed from tboir encroachments. Tlicy entered, n over n week ago, a field of late corn I bad planted, e and commenced immediate depredations upon the >r greenest blades of fodder. And so severe and n general was the destruction, added to that of tha ie fnshct which soon followed their appearance, that f I have very little fodder wortli eollectioo. Knowing llieir greedy nppcliteond curious to oh* servo more particularly their actions towards on? another, 1 placed five otie morning on a table, covering the it with a common house tumbler. After a short time tin y begun to fight with one another. growing fierce a ud fierce in the conflict, uuiilone lay a lifeless victim to the wrath and hunger of the n remaining four. Jmmvd i.tvly th<*y b?g..n to devour it. nixl soon nothing 1?it the increased stxc of the survivors told that the decerned ever lived. Thie I repast apparently appeased their appetite* fur a short time, and again the fearful war began and ended as before in the death of another unhappy victim. So on tlf-y continued to fight, and bat one fat ' j fortunate li-ro of four hard-fought battles rej mained. It seemed dt stilted to enact a drama J more fearful and extraordinary than nny in which ^ it had previously taken part. Stung hy hunger it I wandered through in el we confinement, seeking s hut it could devour. But nothing ooulJ it dis cover to ..lake its thirst, nothing to satiate its hunger. At leuglli, reduced U? the hut extremity, it began the work iA sclf-dt-slrnction. An J so wildly ' ly did it perfoi?i its part, licit soon it lay a lifeless victim to its own hunger, destroyed by it* own self ^ to satisfy itso-vn craving appetite. V BR IT AS. at TV 1< graph. d to the Carolina Times. " FROM K \NSAS. lo Untile between Sontberner* and Frerioilen. " Sr. Lotrts, S-pt. 5.?Advices from Kansas state '' that a battle was looght on the morning of the 3lhh ie of Augu?i,nt Ossiwittlntnii',btrtwivii three hundred ,c pro-slavery trm>)? under Cnpt. Heed, and about the same nunil? r of Kiee-Sbilem under Captain Brown. The battle lasted an liour, wlu-n I ho *t j Free So lera were routed with a loss of twenty kill)ii | cd and several wout?de?l. Cap;. Brown, (ol the llt-r|( : aid ol Freedom) and his sou nre both reported kill ' ed. Five pro-slavery men were woundi-d. All the i provisions and ammunition were carried aw ay from "O | Ossawattomie and the town burnt, i, i Governor Ge.iry, the new Governor of Kansas, j arrived heru to day. lie will proceed iimrwdiateiy j to Kancis. Washington. 8?t t. 5.?The correspondence belli twrecn the Territorial officers ol Kama* and tl.s r. General Gov or nine nt will be publsdcd tomorrow. It i? a very lengthy nud inier?wtiug resume of the ad'airs of the T?rr t??ry. Orders have been transi mittcd to Ciov. Geary and G> ti Sin th to take mere y. i edicieiit moassr, s for cflcetuolly enfuteing the laws and suppressing metpiotu treason. , Washington, Sept. 5.? A letter from Mr. Mar' ey, of Septem' er 2d, to Mr. Geary. iti?liu*-t? "him 1,1 , to have the in liiary of th- Territory cumpKt?ly cnl? rolled anl utgniiinil, to the rod that I hey may at short notice be br-'U'ht into tlic r?-rvivc of the I l.nit.-d State*. It also .1 recta him to famish Geiv. era I Sin ih >oeh a number oftronpsas nny brdrrn1S cd n.c?-sKary for th enforcement of the laws of the ig Fated Slat s and the maintenance of public ordir and civil loYcrnment in the Territory. ii,.., 1. tv ...... i......? es ... oa r>? .... ... ..x . w. " hhi^ l?i. *u ?u v**"ir. Smith, informs liiui of she instruction* sent to liof. ' i i}?ry, ind nuthiiriui him to draw on the Govii cni.-r mieh a in ihtia force ?? utny he r?vjuired c pronip |y and *D?c--ssluliy So execute bis orders and . | ?ops?re?a iusorrect'on. ' lie al o inf ifiim hint that if such force* arc not f ! sufficient, such additional noinbcr of militia as may y be- nei-iimsrv may he drawn Iroui the Slates of II! liuois and Kentucky. Mr. D.tv?, on Sept 31, to t!:c G-?Tcrnor* of Kert'* ' lucky and I Ik no.s, makes a requisition in the name ? | ol the President for two regiments of foot tnibtior ] when called for by Gen. Smith, v ] From the Charleston Standard. ? St. T.or?s, Sept. 6-?Another rumor is being circulated la re to the effect that llie Abolitionists hare been driven from Iasavcnwnrth at the point of 11 the bayonet, and that their property has been deI stroved ami confiscated. ? The Iowa rond to Kansas is said to be closed by armed bauds of Miss- ur ans. Forty Alioiiliouist sufllrcrs hare arrived in this1 city, entirely destitute, f. The I'res.dent has ordered the Goreruor of Kao,j i sas to enroll and organize nil militia in the Territo1I ry. Regimen's have also been ordered from Illittois ami Kentucky, o It is reported that the Pro-Slavery men and e abolitionists had 200 men on each side engaged lit t!i?- buttle at < ssawnttamie. The Abol tionists fired firet. which was returne-l b\ the Southerners, kill. y ing thirty Abolitionists. Tlie Abolitionists then c attempted to escape by swimming the river, by which moans a ntimber were drowned. PREPARING FOR BATTLE IN KANSAS. Sr. Eons, Sept. 5.?Dates from Kansas up to the 2'Jth ult. state lhat fifteen hundred pro-slavery men under Col. Atchison had made preparation* - to attack Lawrence by the 1st of September. Tito free State forces were there to the number of between 1,500 and 2,000 melt. v BLACK REPUBLICAN MOVEMENTS. *l Rostov, September 4.?Th* President of th* ! Fremont American State Couueil has issued a call1 tor a Convent.on at Worcester, Man., on 16th Seo]| tamber, on the ground that JuHbkmi, tho North lt Amrrii-an Candidate tor Vice President had gives ?. notice that he shall decline running. The Kepubli? t-an Slate Convention of anti-Gardner Fremont ,r A mericans meets on the same day at the same place. WASHINGTON ITEMS. Washutoton, Sept. 5.?The purport of the inn structions sent by the President to California is a ? n (to matter of c?nj? otnre, their contents being lc carefully concealed at the Department of State. They, however, relate more particularly to the Army. New instructions will *w>n bo issued to the Govr rnor and commanding genera) in Kansas. Official advices Imve just been received from Mr. i I in I las, which give repeated assurances that a treaty relative to Central America is progressing with ; every prospect of* satisfactory adjustment. N'rw Yomc l)*v Gooim Msrkct.?The Jonenal of Commerce says the total imports of dry good* at New York since January 1st are competed to bo $.29,963,398 over the corresponding eight months of 1855, and $5,001 ?96 greater then for the Kiine time in 1854. It thus swnw up the oonse'pienocs: ' His market is glutted, the auctions are crowded, and all but the roost desirable of the stash meat b. hold at or below cost. iltere is oo? cetnfort in tins, il the goods are to be crowded upon the user ki t, a Urge portion of those who will sutler meet are on foreign account, en that th? kws wtf gw abroad, while the consumer here wj here all the benchl." __ The Washington IuleWtgeneee regards the retiren uicnt of Mr Aikew from Goagieas a pebbe kss The Chsrleeteo papers aunooeo the death ?4 James Msrtin, couniMsewnt imNiheat, teeeweti ef I Columbia.