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1 THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. by cavis & teimmier. Dcvotttf to Southern tiigfyts, politics, Agriculture, unit iitiscellnnig, sbpebahhuh. ??????? ?= ? ? .. , VOL. XIV. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1857. NO an / . Jk . * . " . i .A . THE CAROLINA SPARTAN BY OAVIS <fc TRIMMLER. T. 0. P. VERNON Auooiate Editor. E Price Two Dollars per nnnam in advanoe, P* $3.50 nt the ?nd of the your. If not paid an r alter tho vo ir expires $3.00. L Payment will ba considered in advance if mn | withni three inontha. * w No subscription taken for less., than six rnontl 1 M ?i?v may b<^ reunited throft^h postmasters on risk. ' Advertisement* inserted at, the usual rn^p, ai eoatruots mode on reasonable terms. ? The SraajA* circulates largely over this ai adjo ning district*, on ! .nTcrs an admirable mediu to oar friend* to reach customers. J<>!> w rk oi uil kinds promptly executed. Blinks, Law and Equity, coutinually on liand i printed to order. CAROLINA SPARTAN t From "Porter's Spirit o( the Tunes." v THE HIGH-METTLED RACEI CHARLES J. FOSTEBi CIIAl'TKR II. **Owncr ahd trainer of a thoroughbred nicer." Several times Mr. Thornton proceedc to the rnilfer'a bouse, determined to hat n explanhtioA'willi Miss Henley, hut eac night he rettlrned-home from the inlervie ft without it. He was a ditftrent itulrvidu when on the hack of Smdeaway, iidin down Dobson, in imagination, and when i the miller's parlor, in presence ol the biigi black eyes and the long silken lashes, tl flowing tresse* and rounded figure of tl belle. Lie determined to jrostpone the e: planation until after the Ibtylown race when he confidently believed he could a| proach her in lite light of the facet's tr umph*. Two days before the races, Slrideawa in the highest possible condition, was ii tailed in a stable on the outskirts of Ba; town village, under the care and supervisic of Tom Thornton and one of his father men. Mr. Jo ly, John*, llenley, and ol Thornton, had be*, heavy -stints upon tl horse; indeed the latter had frisked moi than Totu thought prudent. Mr. Jolly ha de'tvered manifold instructions io theyoun farmer bef>rj he set out front'home, an solemnly warned him, "not to do 'nolliin without asking him." He would be i Bay town the night before the races, < by d. iybreak on the morning thereof.- Tl ^ Squire and Dr. Ilyder had al*ogiven joun Tiiornton a l?ice ami in-truc'ion. * At six o'clock in lite evening of the da before the race, Torn look his post in tl stable, to keejt watch and w ard over Sir id< hwhv 4>iilii twelve, when tie w.?s to lie r< lieved bv (lit) mail lie bad brought wil him. Leaning out of the window, M Thornton mw Mi?. I) l-s-.n siuil her daugt ter approaching. Ii was a gallant sight i see; as these elegant ladies made their wa among the grooms, loungers, and gij'sie who congregate ! in that part of thevillaa wheie the stable* id the running Iioim were. Lifting up their muslin flounce and carrying them with a stately air, the moved along with a slow, miiliil dancin sort of step, incomparable to behold. An to the intense admiration and delight < the grooins, gipsies, <fec., they exhibited liberal proportion of the pinkest of sil stockings, and the whole of their dainl kid ?lip|wrs and sandals. l'lte Ensign an the miller's da.'gliler catno modestly behin thein. Tom met them at the threshoh and invited them to walk in and see lit horsj. Miss Ileuley and the Etiidgn did s< while the ex barmaid and her daughu y remained outside, still holding up the skirls. It may have been, that Mrs. Dol son was unwilling to put an end to the er joyment which her fashionable toilet atfori ed to the grooms and gipsies. Squire ladies, baronets' wives and daughters, an - irch like, were plenty as blackberries i rpcfcs and racing stables. The grooms an gipsies had seen them often enough; the had ^?eu countesses and their daughter! nuJ :rt i?l of them had seen the Queen a \ Joliu Scott * siultle; hut they had never b( fore seen Mrs. Dolieon and Iter daughter? tile highest style of elegnoco and fashiot ?the ne plus ultra of gentility! "Neve aught like ti.isl" Miss i I nley surveyed the stable, whicl was . g ?. and airy, scrupulously clean, am newly whitewashed. Iler manner was coi dial; she laughed gaily, and chatted with out reserve, autl riore than all, she praisei Strideawriy in Duhson's hearing. Indeed fl alie lia.l he ird Iter uncle lately enlarginj upon the manifold excellence ofStrideaway the absolute Jolly, too, had delivered tIn indisputable fiat, in her hearing, that hi would win. "//e said it?believe it, Jews!' Ln-t'v, th" tiquire and Dr. Ryder, in thi J tile bur parlor at her uncle's, where tliet soirtr-iime* aat dawn to n cold lunclieon 11.id talked of Tom, in such h manner as t< ^ ,ounvinc6 hor, that there whs a vast deal o L honor nnd dignity in the position he occu f piei', .s "owner and trainer ot a thorough bred i;m or." She was convinced that Stride away was a good horse, D ilunn to the con trary notwithstanding. Mr. Dobson wa uncommonly diffident on this occasion; hi appeared to he somewhat agitated and il at ease. Perhaps the attentions the belli lavished upon the horse, and the manifes delight of Tom Thormon, unnerved hiin He looked pale and spiteful; there was i furtive expression in his eyo, and he nere Once looked Torn in the face. The belle palled tho rscor's hip, an< stroked his glossy shoulder. It left n< stain upon her white silk glove; his coa was as clean as that of her favorite whili cat, and as smooth as swan's down. Sin gathered up his skin, it was loose and flaxi Ule; she felt his flesh, it was hard as braes The belle Knew that these were marks o high racing condition, and she said with t smile, "You still think he will win}'' "I am quite confident that he will, bar ring an accident." a* "1 do hope you will not?that we shal not?be disappointed," said she; "th< Woodbourne people would be so sorry to have him beatsn.' " swayed the fat trainer. While Old Thorn* t ion antfctHenley plied hasty questions, h* J threw himselfbefore them, exclaiming. "Si* I lence! sildhce\*erybodyli Let me speak. I or I won't answer for the consequences." Having by ibis means quieted the others, 1 and got the course to himself, Mr. Jolly r asked, in a half fearful, half threatening > tone, "Now what does this mean!" "It means that Slriceuway is not well, 9 sir." ] "Not welll not well!" said the traioer, t with a sort of gasp; and with a blotchy countenance, in which sorrow and alarm f painfully struggled with the fiercest indignation. "Why, what have you been doing " to him? You have done something, withi out asking mel You Joe, you ?:llain! (collaring the groom) what have you been and e done to that boss, sir!" "Nothing at all! Let me go, I say! My J money is bet upon the Loss as well as yours." 1 "And a mighty pretty speculation it's go1 ing to be! Now, stand back everybody, f and let me see the boss!" said Mr Jnllv I . T.'W "He will be?most decidedly he will,' Mid Dobeon. "The horse will not wirt-^i will not win" he continued, m if hi? re pealing it settled the question; "he wil not win. It mar seem to you that be wil win, but. I assure you, he will not win." "It will take a rasper to beat him," sail Tom, with a smile. Miss Henley's manne de had put him in too pleasant a mood to die pute with Dobson then, even on thnl point at ^'Thornton," said the Ensign, with som< confusion," "the ladies wish to see Lort ad Baylo\n's horses. I am assured, that a your revest, his trainer will admit them. 1<J "He will; but how can I leave m< m horse!" V "If it is too rd^ph trouble, never mind,' or said Miss Henley, v"To be sure, Mrs. Dob son is anxious to seeiiis lordship's racers." 9 "It is not the trouble, but leaving tin horse. However, I will send for Joe =* Pet haps Mrs. Dobson will come in ant look at ray horse while we are waiting." "She has seen him," said Dobson. "Ant as the ladies have no time to spare, I wil remain with ycur horse, if it be absolute^ necessary that some one should bo will him." "I wouldnVhave him left alone half at hour this evening for a thousand pounds,' re said Tom. He hesitated as to leaving hiti :li in charge of Dobson for a few seconds, bu w a glance at the belle decided him. iil "Don't leave the stable on any account ir till my relttru," said he, handing Dobsoi II ilia key. ,t "Make yourself perfectly easy," teplict ,e the Eu?ign. ie When Tcm Thornton returned, Mr. Dob i son was walking up and down outside. Tht 1<s stable door was locked. !> "You have l?een longer than I anlicipa j. ted," said the Ensign, hurriedly, handing him the key. "No one has been li^re v. Good night!" ami he was gone befort j,. Thornton could reply. It was not tru< y. that no one had been there, ir, Tom unlocked the door, lit a cand!e, ant 'a examined the horse. lie was apparently |,| all right. Uis master thought of the belle )e Hu resolved to make a formal declaraiton re and propose for her hand, as soon as they ltl returned home. At twelve, the groon !g came to relieve him. He was to be bacl ,| 'At four, soon after which hour ho expectei g his father. Jolly. atuJ John llenley. H Each half hour of his watch, the grootr ?r examined * the horse, upon whose strong ,e thews and sinews, and unflinching spiiil. ta g much money was bet, or so many hopes de pended. Every time he saw him, lie he lV came more of the persuasion that all wa ,"e not well with Strideaway. lie was ie-tUv and uneasy, he was warm and fcveiUh e. sweating h? he stood in his l> ?. When I, me groom uamueu ilia water bucket, ilu r> horse turned, and whinnied painfully, crav , ing water. 0 " l'his ain't as it should he," said llu v groom, much a'.anned a d perplexed. "1 N i wouldn't have liiin amiss for a mint o j money. Tom knows mej but if this liosi | tu> tn> out amiss, and lose-., some fu.ks wd j swear I done it." v Locking the door, lie set off to tlie inn hi J, which l'oin was, at a swifi pace, llecallec J the young farmer, ami desired him to conn ,1 in haste: was back at the stable almost di H recti?. Tom drew on his boots, and slail k ed with his coat and vest in his hand v The groom inel him at the stable dooi j with a light. ,] "There may be nothing wrong; but I air |( afraid there is," said lie. "Whatever coine: u cf it, he has been watched all night by me y and nothing bigger than a rat has been in ,r the stable since you lell but myself. Yot )r know me, Master Tom, I think." 4. "I would bet my life ujion you doing , the fair thing by mo and my horse, Joe,' }. said Tom. "but let us look at liiin. Is il so bad?" ,1 "So you are satisfied that I have beer tL true, I care not a rush what other folks say ,] but mind, sir, ihev will talk of me?per y haps of you. Who could get at the horse,' they'll say, 'without one of theni knowing?" s. "They won t say it of us, Joe." "Won't they? One half of the losers up on race horses and prize-fighters always r swear il was *a drop.' Did you ever lieai of a horse being taken sick the night before |, tlie start, and his backers allowing it wet j nalur? This is natur'; but not one in a .. hundred will believe it." h Tom was not quite so sure that it was to ,j be alltribuled to "natur." Lie had thought I of Dobson while Joe had been talking, y and ho had been examining the horse; he . thought of Dobson again, and muttered a g curse. Then he tried to dismiss the suspie cion of such mean villainy. It might be >? nature. Why not! a The racer continued restless and excited P till daybreak, when they began to look for Jolly aad old Thornton. To break the mat] ter to tbern, the young fanner fell would f be difficult. "Joe," said Tom, "if no one's money but mine depended on him, I shouldn't care so - much. lint inuoli money has teen bet?a . good deal on the strength of what I said, s I advised Miss Henley's father to back him." a "He'll say it was all fair, of course?that I fine old gentleman! He's worth his thou9 sands; and he'll make more of losing one I pound, than some would about a million." The voice of Thornton hallooing outsido, i and the indignant expostulations of the fat r t'aiuer, put an end to the Conversation. Thornton and John lleuley were at the 1 ; door wiien il opened, and llie puuchv train> er wus discovered coming up as rapidly as t his short legs would allow. 3 "I'm ashamed of you two; curse me, if I 3 ain't," Raid he. "To go a hollering and bawling up to the stable door of a ruuping , horse on a race morning! You ran't folf ler ine, and do as I do, you two can't! Yoii i must be shoving forrad.and raising a blast ed row right under the hose's muzzle. . ljow is he, Tom?" "Not right, I fear," said Tom. I "What the deuce ai|s him!" cried Old i Thornton. > Struck aback and fairly filled with con, stern at ion as be was, the ruling passion still ) With lantern in hand, he surveyed the ra cer, and felt his client and his ears. lie i then retired backwards, and seated himself " upon the corn bin, the imago of obstinate i despair, "Melt Egypt into Nile! and l kindly creatures turn to scrjxnts all!" Mr. Jolly didn't say this, for his knowledge of ,, the beauties of Shakspeare was not of the i laigest; but he did say, "Somebody's done something without asking tne!" ] Old Thornton and John Henley, now thoroughly cowed, watched the trainer with - fear and trembling. j "He can't start, you know," said Mr. Jol ly, with the air of the captain of a wreck, coolly announcing to the passengers?"we r shall go to the bottom, gentlemen, in ten . minutes by the watch. This may be tin 5 welcome intelligence, but you have no tight 9 to grumble. I shall go down with you ? you will drown in exceeding goo<] c^npa 1 ny! Gentlemen, look at me!" 1 "There's a good deal of money bet upon . him," said Henley. , "lie can't start," said Jolly, tersely. f "He shall start! If he breaks his heart i and dies on the course, he shall!" said Old i Thornton. 1 "You hail better start before the news is Mowed and lay all the bets you can agin i him," said Jolly, with some contempt, r "Tom, what do you think?" snid Mr. > Henley. "i wouia like to see the Squire and Dr. Ryder." "It will be of no use." Raid Jollv, to \ Thornton and Henley. "Bill go and tell , lliem. When did this come on himl" lie i inquired, after the oilier* had left, i "Aher I'd o'clock, while I had charge of Itiin," replied the groom. "You didn't happen to have anybody call j in a ftiendly way, to a*k you lo oblege Vin [ by drinking a matter of a pint of alo or a f glass of of brandv, did you'" . I "Nobody." I "Nor no female cuidns, nor sweetheart*. nor acquaintances, with g'p^y for'.iu' telL lend" I "Nobody at all. Not a soul!" ? "Joe may be depended on," ob.-erved Young Thornton. "Why, I know he may, and that's what . hot bets inc," replied Mr. Jolly. "If 1 r hadn't had my eye on him, and seen him bet his money on the horse, on the square, i I could explain the business in two words." i Mr. Tom Thornton resolved to say notli, ing to the trainer, or to his father and i John Ilenley, respecting having left the i hor*e with Dobson. To charge the latter with having drugged the racer was a very serious matter, lie could prove nothing; ' but bad he hinted that he had inlrusUd t the horse to the care of Mr. Dobson, lite only result would liave been, that lie would t have been denounced us a fool, and the . oilier as a rogue. Still, thought Tom Thornton, it is auspicious and iiuaccounta ) i ble. The racer, as fine as a star in condii i lion, and in the verv hiuliMt tuianf i??..iii. I _ J ( . - .V V. "C""" ! and strength, is suddenly seized, a few hours alter a |?erson Toin thought his ene my had heen with liiin alone. Truly, it i was suspicious; and Torn Thornton re j ' sol veil to tell '.ho Squire and the Rector all i about it. t When those gentlemen reached the 6ta | i ble, Mr Jolly took them aside, with an air , of much mystery and importance, fust to . ? impress upon them the futility of starling ' the horse, and second, to inform them with , due gravity and emphasis that "somebody , i had done something without asking him." i "He's been made safe, you know and i that's all there is about it," said he, laying j i j a hand upon the arm of Dr. Ryder, and ' taking the Squire by the button. "He's i been inade sale and can't start. He may he well enough in a week, but lie's mado | safe for this lime." Telling Jolly and Thornton and Mr. Henley to go up to*ha inn, tho Rector came forward with the Squire, and both nodded kindly to Toin. Mr. Hamp*on was tall, thin and gentlemanly, with a dash of pride in his manner. Dr. Ryder, was also tall, heavily built, of large bone, and not much \ nesh. lie stooped somewhat, and carried Ilia head forward. Ilia countenance was broad, and his chin massive; his complexion dark, and his cheek veiny, as it with the Iiiil'o of rich old port. Ilia black hair had turned to nearly the color of his full, un flinching eye?a dark iron grey, lie, looked like a man of great firmness, per- { haps obstinacy; and of strong hard sense, if I not of brilliant talents. Such was the Hector of Wood bourne, a popular and respected man, with the great majority of his parishioners, though a standing mark for the pious denunciations of the very serious and godly for forty miles round?a model of the sporting parson of the old school. Take him for all in all, "he toas a num!" A learned Doctor of Divinity, and gallant rider, I, at least, shall never see his like again. Even in the rural vales of Midland England, his name is well nigh extinct. Once the stronghold of the old fashioned Tory Churchman; fortified, like Malakoff and Mamelon, against the straight laced ' doctrines of tbe times, ever in thee. Land of 0 the Turf and my falhersl the Erangelical n have set up their horn. Instead of riding w to the hounds, they leach that to follow tbe (| fox, is the way to tbe devil; instead of backing the running horses, they cover the g wayside with placards, saying, in the % mightiest of characters, "Z?on'< go to the races!" Instead of rejoicing, as of old, c they mourn it as a dire calamity, if, haply, |j the winner belongs to the parishl t| After they had questioned young Thorn- t| ton, and examined the horse, the two de- v liberated. u "Dead amiss, I fear," said the Squire. j] "It seems so. Hut I apprehend the fa worst is over. The horse has been under 0 excitement, which begins to flag. He fa wants rest. A few hours may do much for t him." r The young farmer then related the man- c ner of his having left Dobson to watch his c horse, while be attended the ladies to the fa Earl of Baytown's stables; and also, that the Ensign had always declared, in the | most positive and offensive manner, that v the horse was a had horse, and sure to lose. ' | The brow of the Doctor contracted, and an 0 ominous frown lowered upon his face. u "Young Dobson is no judge of a horse," ? said the Squire. -j "lie dosen't know a horse from a hen, c sir, in a racing sense," said Dr. Dyder. fa "But he may know enough to have prac- v liaaJ Un rn n ronl* tnllaimr 11 e% -/* " ? " ?- ?? * H ''Has lie bet heavily!'' said the Squire. r ^"1 do not think he has," replied Thorn- e t >n. t ' "Have you quarrelled with him! Are ? you upon good terms!" said Dr. Ryder. q "Well, sir, not over good, and not to say | had. I don't like him, hut I wouldn't in- { jure him. I have given him no cause to ? injure ine. But we have not exactly agreed t in opinion, when we have met. There i9 ^ but little love between us." f( TO DE CONTINUED. 'J Important Correspondence. We find in the Washington Daily Union ,] the following correspondence, which speaks J for iUelf. Tlie arrogance and impertinence c of the intermeddling Abolitionists are prop- ^ erly rebuked by the President, and in a J manner highly dignified and worthy of his ,, high office. It should satisfy ull that Mr. |, Buchanan is fully impressed with lii? senso i, of obligation, to the confederacy and intends 0 to act up to his duty: c To his Excellency Jama Buchanan, Preti- p dent of the United S talis. p The undersigned citizen-* of the United t; -States, and electors ut the Stale of Connecti /, cut, respectfully otfer to your excellency this t : their memorial: The fundamental principle of the consti v I tution of the United States and of our po c | liiical institutions is, that the peo|.l? shall 0 make their own laws aud elect their own (] rulers. 0 | We see with grief, if not with a>tonish c merit, thai (} >v. Walker, of Kansas, openly j| represents and proclaims that the President t, of the United States i- eninlo) ing through p him an army, one purpose of which is to n force the people of K uisas to obey laws not ^ their own, nor of the United States, bill | laws which it is Notorious, ami established 0 upon evidence, they never made and rulers 0 thev never elect&l. y Wo represent, therefore, that bv the fore- M ! going your excellency is openly held up and | proclaimed, to the great derogation of our y national character, as violating in its most ? essential particulars the solemn oath which h ! the President has taken to support the con- t| stilution ot this Union. *| We call attention further to the fact that d your excellency is, in like manner, held up v to this nation, to all mankind, and to all j, posterity, in the attitude of "levying war ij against [a portion olj the United States," j by employing arms in Kansas to uphold a 1 I* body of men, and a code of enactments pur- j ;i porting to be legislative, but which never n had the election, nor sanction, nor consent, | of the people of the Territory. g We earnestly represent to your excellen- j\ cy that we also have taken the oatli to obey |i the constitution; and your excellency may / bo as.-ured that we shall not refrain from H the prayer that Almighty God will make g your administration an example of justice h and beneficence, and with His terrible ina- |, jesty protect our people and our conslilu- I p lion. 1 s, N. W. Taylor, D. Smith. T. I). Woolsey, !t J. Hawes, II. Dulton, J. F. Babcock. (J. L. ft) English, G. A. Calhoun, J. II. Brockway, ! 0 E. It. Gilbert, E. W. Blake, L. Bacon, E- e, Ives, II. C. Kinsley, B. Silliman, Jr., B. Si I. c liman, N. Porter, E. C. Ilerrick, T. A. H Thacber, C. Ives, J. A. Davenport, W. P. M Enstis, Jr., W. Hooker, A. C. Twir.mg, P. t| Blake, J. W. Gibl>s, E. K. Foster, A. Wal- | ker. C. S. Lyman, J. Hrewster, J. A. Blake, S. G. Hubbard, W. II. Kussell, H. Olin- \ u stead, A. N. Skinner, S. W. Magill, II. j misnneii, a. Townsend, J. Boyd, T. Ed- ? wight, (J. lioliinson, 1>. M. Smith, II. Peck. 0 Washington City, August 15, 1857.? g Gentlemen: On my recent return to this d city, after a fortnight's absence, you memo- ii rial, without date, wits placed in my hands, ri through the agency of Sir. Horatio King, of ri the Post Office Oepaitmenl, to whom it b had been intrusted. From the distinguish- l< ed source whence it proceeds, as well as its li peculiar character, I have deemed it proper i O to depart from my general rule in such cases, u and to give it an answer. *< You first assert that "the fundamental T] principle of the constitution of the United ^ Slates and of our political institutions is w that the people shall make their own laws 11 anil elect their own rulers." You then ex- n press your grief and a-ton i shin en t that I should have violated this principle, and, e through Gov. Walker, have employed an tl army "one purpose of which is to force the b people of Kansas to obey the laws not their n own, nor of the United States, hut laws which h it is notorious, and established upon evi- Ii dence, they never made, and ruler* they never o elected." And, as a corollary from the fore ll going, you represent that I am "openly held o up and proclaimed, to the great derogation c B5S5HHHHaHSHHH-5H=BH55BH5Bf our national churiicter, as violating in its h float essential particulars the solemn oath ? rliicb the President has taken to support c be constitution of this Union. F These are heavy charges proceeding from t entlemen of your high character, and, if t rell founded, oqghtto consign my name to t nfany. But iu proportion to their gravity, * ororaon justice, to say nothing of Chris 1 ian charity, required that before making t bem you should have clearly ascertained e bat they were well founded. If not, they rill lebound with withering condemnation ipon their authors. Have you performed bis preliminary duty towards the man who, lowever unworthy, is the Chief Magistrate f your country! If so, either you or 1 are shoring under a strange delusion. Should his prove to be your case, it will present a nemorable example of the truth that politiul prejudice is blind even to the existence >f lite plainest and most palpable historical sets. To these facts let us refer. Winn I entered upon the duties of the rcMilenlial office, on the 4lh of March last, thai was the condition of Kansas! This Vrritory had been organized under the act 1 Congress of 30th May, 1854, and the [overntuent in all its branches was in full operation. A governor, secretary of the erritory, chief justice, two associate jusli* es, a marshal, and district attorney had teen appointed by my predecessor, by and villi the advice and consent of the Senate, nd wore all engaged in discharging their I j-.i ? 1?" ospvviive uuucs, j\ cuuo ui i?w? iihu ueen ' nuclei! by llie Icrriiorial legislature; and L lie judiciary wero employed iu expounding nd carrying these laws into etfect. It is [lute true that a controversy hud previousyr arisen respecting the validity of the elec ion of members of the territorial legislature nd of the laws passed by thern; but at the ime 1 entered upon my official duties Confess had recognised this legislature in difurent forms and by different enactments, 'lie delegate elected to the House of Repe-entalives, under a territorial law, had usl completed his term of service ou the lay previous to my inauguration! In fact, found the government of Kansas as well stablished as that of any other Territory. Jnder these circumstances, what was rny Iuty. Was it not to sustain this governiient? to protect it from the violence of swless men, who were determined either o rule or ruin? to prevent it from being vcr umed by force! in the language of the onstiluiion, to "take care that the laws be tilbfully executed?'' It was for this pur>ose, and this alone, that I ordered a railimv foice to Kansas, to act as a posse comiitus iu aiding the civil magistrate to carry lie laws into execution. The condition of the Territory at the time, rliich I Deed not portray, rendered this pronation absolutely necessary. In this slate f affairs, would I not have been justly coneinueil had I lell the marshal and other fficers of a like character impotent to exeute the process and judgment of courts of n->tice established by Congress, or by the territorial legislature under its express au 1 liority, and lit us have sutfeted the govern- 1 lent itself to become an object of contempt ii llie eyes of the people? Anil yet this is ' dial you designate as forcing '"the people J f Kansas to obey laws not their ow n, nor 1 f the United Slates;*' and for doing which 1 ou have denounced me as having violated c ly solemn oath. I ask, what else could 1 ' ave done, or ought I have done? Would 1 ou have desired that 1 should abandon the c territorial government, sanctioned as it had ) een by Congress, to illegal violence, and * litis renew the scenes of civil war and blood lied which every patriot in the country had 1 eplored? This would, indeed, have been to ' iolate my oatli of office, and to fix a damn- r ig blot on the character of my adininiatraion. I most cheerfully admit that tho necessi I y for sending a military force to Kansas to id in the execution of the civil law reflects 0 credit upon the character of our country, bit let the blame fall upon the heads of the nilty. Whence did this necessity arise? 1 portion of llie people of Kansas, unwil- 1 ng to trust the ballot box?the certain j ' imerican remedy for the redress of all griev- j ' nees?undertook to create an independent ' c overnrnent for themselves, ilad this at- ! ( jrnpt proved successful, it would, of course, I ' ave subverted tho existing government, 1 ^ rescribed and recognised by Congress, nnd 1 ubstiluted a revolutionary government in s s stead. This was a usurpation of the *' tme character as it would be for a portion 1 f the people of Connecticut to undertake to " stablisli a separate government within its 1 ha'tered limits for the purpose of redress- i ? ig any grievance, real or imaginary, of ] 5 rhich they might have complained against ! ' ie legitimate Slate government. Such a | ' rinciple, if carried into execution, would i n estroy all lawful authority and produco i 1 niversal anarchv. J' I I ought to specify more particularly a ! c ondition of atfairs, which I hate embraced ' nly iu general terms, requiring the presence ' f a military force in Kansas. The Con- c reus of the United States had most wisely ' eelared it to be "the true intent and mean 1 tg of this act (the act organizing the Ter- ' itory) not to legislate slavery inio any Ter 1 itory or State, nor to exclude it the efrom, * ut to leave the people thereof perfectly free ? ) form and regulate their domestic inslilu- 1 ons in their own way, subject only to the " institution of the United States." As a 1 atural consequence, Congress has (tlso pre- * ted hy the same act that when the Ter- |! y of Kansas shall he admitted as a 1 late, it "sliall he received into the Union, 6 dlli or without slavery, as their conslitu- H on may prescribe at the lime of their ad- ' lission. 1 Slavery existed at that period, and still r xists in Kansas, under the constitution of ? ie United States. This point has at last eon dually decided by the highest tribual known to our laws. How it could ever ave been seiiously doubted is a mystery, f a confederation of sovereign States ac \ uire a new Tetritory at the expense of | heir common blood aod treasure, surely I ne set of partners can have no right to ex- < lude the other from its enjoyment by pro- \ ???? libiting them from taking into it whalst ver it recognised to be property by lb ommon constitution. Bui when the pet tie?the bona fide residents 8f such Terr: ory?proceed to frame a Slate constitutor hen it is their right to decide the impot ant question for themselves whether the rill continue, modify or abolish slaverj To them, and to them alone, does this qua ion belong, free from all foreign inletfei nee. In the opinion of the territorial Ipgish ure of Kansas, the lime had arrjfjM) forer ering the Union, and they acoordingl lassed a law to elect delegates for the pui tote of forming a state constitution. Tbi aw was fair and justjn its provisions. 1 onferred the right of suffrage on "ever >ona fide inhabitant of the Territory,w ant or the purpose of preventing fraud, and th nlrusion of citizens of near or distant Slate nosl properly confined this right to thoi vho had resided then-un three month* prt dous to the election. Here a fair opporli lity was presented for all the qualified res lent citizens of the Territory, to whalevt irganizalion they might have previousl lelougcd, to participate in the election, an o express their opinions at the ballot-bo in the question of slavery. But numbers < awless men still continued to resist th egular territorial government. They n used either to be registered or to vote; an he members of the convention were electev egally and properly, without their inte ,f - " eiiiion. i no convention vII soon assen rle to perforin the solemn uuty of frwmin t constitution for themselves and their poi ority: and in the state of incipient rebellio vhich still exists in Kansas, it is my ire rerative duty to employ the troops of th Jnited States, should this become necessr y, in defending the convention against vi< ence whilst framing the constitution, an n protecting the bona fide inhabitants [uaiified to vote under the provision of thi nstrument in the free exercise of the ri?h if suffrage when it shall be submitted t hem for their approbation or rejection. I have entire con6dence in Gov. Walk* hat the troops will not be employed excef o resist actual aggression or in the exect ion of the laws; and this not until th rower of the civil magistrate shall prov inavailing. Following the wise exampl if Mr. Madison towards the llartford Col 'enlion, illegal and dangerous cotnbini ions, such as that of the Topeka convei ion, will not be disturbed unless they sba uteinpt to perform some act which wi rring them into actual collision with tb constitution and the laws. In that even hey shall be resisted and put down by tb vhole power of the government. In perforn ng this duty I shall have the approbatio >f my own conscience, and, as 1 numb! rust, of my God. I thank you for the r.ssurance that yo will "not refrain from the prajer that A nighty God will make my administratio in example of justice and beneficence fou can greatly assist me in arriving ? his blessed consummation by exerting yot nfiuence in allaying the existing section) ixcitement on the subject of slavery, whic ins been productive of much evil and n food, and which, if it could succeed in a amine its obieet. would ruin iKa < veil hs his master. This would be a woi if genuine philanthropy. Every day of m ife 1 feel how inadequate I am to perfon he duties of my high station without ll oulinued suppoit of Divine Providene et, placing my trust in Iliin, and in Uii done, 1 entertain a good hope that lie wi inable me to do equal justice to all portioi >f the Union, and thus render me au hun tie instrument in restoring peace and ha nony among the people of the several Slate Yours, very respect fu 11 v, JAMES BUCHANAN, iev. Nath. W. Taylor, D. D., Rev. Thci D. Woolset, D. D., LL. D, Hon. Hej ky Dutton, Rev. David Smith, L>. L Rev. J. IIawks, D. D-, and others. Tijk English Dictionary.?Authors ai alking about a itew dictionary of the Etq ish language, which lite great publixhin touses in London are taking up "in spit longenial with the trade." A nobleschcir so it is called) has been made before tl tow and Albeni;arle-atreet, and the leadin inns are committed (o give us a new di< iouary, to supersede Johnson and Kichart on. We are to hear very little tuore < olinson'a Dictionary, or Richardson's Di ionary; and as lor Webster and Todd, the ire to disappear as authorities, and the qu< ation price# at which they will soon sell i lolbehy and WilkinsouV, and Willis an iotheran's will be lamentably low?a "fea ul saciitice quotation." Then the Phili ogical Society, with Trench, and Furnival ind Coleridge, have a propo-al with tegar o the present stale of iexicogra, liy. Tl society has formed within it~elf a specii Qmmillee, for the purpose of collecting Etq ish words and idioms hitherto uuregisteret The committee invite communications an listribute rules. They at first very prope y confine their labors to the less-read at hors of the sixteenth and seventeenth cei i r 1 ot> on/1 /soil a?? ?-%? ?. 'I - ' wiv*, >uiu micmiuii iu iiis unwurxe nines for dictionary makers of repute, lik 'hilemond, lioliand, Moore and Uisl p llackett. Thus some Competent perso s to read certain authors for words alon uid to extract such words with due altei ion to the passage and the page, and coi ribute the result to the society. The id? s most excellent. Take an iflktnnce froi heir illustrations of their plan. Thus tl larlieal exaipples given in Johnson or Kiel udaon of the word "yacht" is from "Cook Voyages;" leading the student to beliei hat a yacht was a novelty early in tf eign of King George III.?which, indee. i was not, for Evelyn mentions it in b 'Memoirs" as a yacht or pleasure-boat ju me hundred years befpre.?London Illu rated News. An exchange says, speaking of ft grar >all at Saratoga, "Miss M was superl y dressed in a white waist aud roses in hi la'.rt" A gentleman in ths full Georg ostume, vix: spurs and shirt collar, sboul isve been bar vis a vis, ? w'W V* 9BBB99S9SB99SSBHHBH Going Went. h A corresponded of the Independent (New i- Hampshire) Democrat, writing from Prince* >. too, Bureau count/, Illinois, gives the fol* lowing answers to senaible queatione, de* ^ aigned for persons anxious to go out West. i. bsrfjpg 4 touch of exaggeration, we bqvf r- no doubt that einigraqlf pepertinc* ail the discomforts so graphically described bj bin 1 as existing out there: The first question comes from Conoord. I N. H., and reads as follows: jB "Which is the best time fur going West ?the spring or autumn I" The best time for going West b when [ you have the most money abent yog, apq e the least fear of losing it. l? joq coips ip the spring you are sure to shake yourself ^ to death with the ague before fall. If yotf j come in the fall, you may live until springy , if you don't freeze to death before you gef j. there. II you potqe at all you bad bettsf ir 8el y?ur stomach lined with mitter proof . cement, so as to be able to digest corn j bread, bacon and whiskey?for this is all 2 we have to eat, except a few French frogs }l and bilious looking tadpoles, which wq 1# catch when the river runs down. s. Second question: "What part of the j West is the best to emigrate to, taking into > consideration the healthiness of the clir! mate!" A variety of opinions about that, ray dear ? fellows. Our Senator, Mr. Douglas, says s. Nebraska is the best. So it is if you want q to go into the slock business, raising an unruly kind of mixed colored cattle, tnat will .1... n j- ' " - 0 .?n; UU IV vannua in spile OF lilt compro4 inise of 1850 and 1820, or Senator Dougv las. Or if you want to (peculate in papj pooses, white scalps, and get you own scalp ? taken off scientifically, go to Nebraska by |9 all means. If you want to play poker for lt a living, and set up whiskey drinking for * 0 business, living on corn bread and bacon week days, and slippery elm bark and tad!r pJes on Sunday, come to Illinois. If you )t want to go where they don't have any Sundays, nor anything to eat only wheat they 6 brought from the East, go to Iowa. Or if e you want to go to grass, to go on all four* le and do as oUier kind of cattle do, go to j. Salt Lake. Third question: "Does the fever and j. ague prevail much in Wisconsin!" II Of course it does. Nobody out West ie II fool enough to ask such a question. Every,e body shakes?even the trees shake. Yoq can't ooax a crab apple to stay on wheu it ,6 is good for anything. It will shake a man j. out of bed, kick him out ol doors, and shake |Q the bedstead at bim till he gives it up. |. Fourth question: "Is land to be bad in the northwestern part of Ohio for per acre, and is it good!" [. That is all fudge; got up by speculator n to gull some greenhorn like you or me; for, ? to the best of my knowledge, Ohio was Ll worn out ten years sgo. The whole bosi,r ness of the railroads, in warm weather, is tQ il carry back persons who have been fool# h enough to come West. All that the rail|Q roads did last winter was earring dirt into , Ohio from Mirhiimi ?a ?? -- - r L ?V laitm m IBW UCttlM u and oats, to keep the folks from slurring to \ death this summer. As to the land in lb* j northwest part of Ohio, it is eighteen ini) ches under water most of year, and will ,e probably be worth $1.25 ger acre when e-t water snakes and copper heads bring aa it, much per barrel in the New York marked || as potatoes are worth per bushel in Coots cord. a. And lastly, he wants reliable information f. ?a short article in some paper, relatiog to ,3. the subject; and he wants to go to a healthy location, decent land and fair water. Exactly; why, my dear sir, there is no such o, thing as reliable infoirnation out West, unless you pay for it. A lawyer won't tell >.t the truth unless you give him five hundred dollars, and then you can't believe half he says. A witness won't tell the truth in re court unless you first scare him to death, t and make him swear he won't lie, and theu g neither himself nor anybody else knows it whether he tells the truth or not. The I readier* all call us an inveterate set of ie sinneis; but from what I have written you, rr you must know we are a pretty good sort c. of |?eople. J. On the whole, if you feel obliged by our jf "short article," so do I. Jf you want to go c. to a healthy l^nd, slay at home, and don't iy be a fool like myself and come out West. [>. And as for decent I. nd, my dear fellow, what do you mean! You inual know tha? J all our wild prairie is very indecent, espe r. dally when it is burnt over and left as na> ked as it was born. Tis true nnture weaves li, a sort of fisr leaf apron every summer out (J of a coarse kind of grass; but it soon gets burnt ulf Anil i* ? ? >n. 1 r.? ? ? k - IW ?? * ...?wv?ifc nry K> ?V? ..I for fair water, we have none?it i* ail a bit* >. ious compost of liquid mud, dead buffaloes J. and rotten rattlesnake*. Our eommof j drink, when we can't gel whiskey, is oner. third coffee, one third prairie mud, and to. |. bacco juice. Upon the whole, if you have ]. good water and get half enough to eat, stay d where you are. ;e " * j Anecdote or x Railroad Conductor. lQ ?A writer io the post tells the following e story of one who for 22 years was a con' ductor upon the Lowell Railroad, and it now a depot roaster. "A lady who bad f ,H boy with her considerably above the norv u paying age, attempted the rather difficult ie esplot (in the anti-crinoline period) of hi[J_ ding her precious sop under her skirta. ?, Uncle John, who saw more buljk than be ' could account for by an ordinary theory of ,e personal enlargement, carefully reconnoiter* j ed tbe pile, and guessing the secret of the ? ladv'e extraordinary expansion, proceeded, without saying a word, to ooilect fare for s one passenger and a half, and gave the lady her change, which, without looking it over, she put in her pocket. By-and by, id observing that the boy was still kept in da* t>- ranee vile, Uncle John humanely whisperBr ed in her ear, "You may aa well let niap ia out, you've paid for both!" The tradition Id is that there waa some fun on the road when that child was delivered "