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EUGEFIELD, S. c THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1851. g' Our readers may expect in our next num ber the speeches of Hon. F. W. PzcxNs and of Capt. P. S. BRoous, delivered at this place on Sale day last. g'W are reqested tostate that A. M. PxalN, who has been acting as agent for the Bounty Land claimants of this District under the act of Congress, will attend the Regimental Reviews shortly to take place in this District, at the follow ing places, Richardsons, Old Wells and Lowes, for the purpose of attending to any claims that may be presented. He will also attend the Brigade Encampment, at Longmires, for the same purpose. EDGEFIELD SOUTHERN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION. As secretary of this association, we request those gentlemen, who have copies of the Constitution for signatures, to complete their lists as soon as they conveniently can and trasmit them to our ad dress at this place. There are 60 copies out, and as far as heard from, they average about 40 names to a list, some exceeding a hundred. From all we can gather, our Association will number at least 2000 citizens of Edgefield, perhaps 2500. We hope the members of the committee of vigi lance will all send up long lists at an early day. .+ . DROWNED. A young man named WILLIAM R. Pa:Nc:, while fishing his baskets in Big Steven's Creek on the Western side of this District, fell overboard and was drowned. This occurred on the 8th inst., His body was not found until the evening of the 9th. PaINcE was a promising young man, about 25 years of age. His habits were regular and ex emplary. He has left father and mother, brothers and sisters, and a numerous circle of relations to mourn his untimely end. FEMALE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. WE call attention to Mr. RAYMOND'S advertise ment to be found upon another column. It is full and explicit. We hope and believe that the most sanguine, expectations of those worthy citizens, who had been for some time endeavoring to es tablish a first class female seminary at this place, will now be realized. Our brief acquaintance with the Principal tends to confirm this opinion. All should strictly heed that part of the notice which refers to time of entrance. An even start, in the race of education as in every other race, is of great importance. "LIBERTY.". Tiat writer, in the present number, appears in his own peculiar garb. We have not taken the liberty to set "Liberty" right in respect to the many liberties he has taken with the King's Eng lish, because he enjoined it upon us not to do so again. The Transcript is at liberty to copy, as he was wishing for another article from that source. We give him to day the "Simon Pure." ---- gg"Wz observe an advertisement in the Mari etta Advocate, which announces that the Military Institute, at that place, is now open for the recep tion of Cadets. It seems to be in chargeof a Corn. pany of Stockholders. Like every thing else in the hands of our brother Georgians, it will doubt lesa prosper. We are glad to see the military spirit exhilt. ing itself in our sister State, in this use.j and practical way. Such schoole.;; destined to be ofE 5tP. 2 the South. It would be well for every Southern State to have its own Mlilitary Academy. Peculiarly circumstanced as we are, itis right that we should be peculiarly toelipreppr. ed for the worst that may befall us. Success to this praise-worthy Establishment ! We perceive it is remarkably well supplied with professors, three of them being graduates of West Point. Maj. A. V. Baoxusr, is the Superintendant. ---- ATTENTION, FLYING ARTILLERY. WE are requested to say, that the " BUTLER RrImas," a volunteer corps at this place, under the command of Capt. W. C. MIORAGNE, has been changed into a " FLYING Aa'rr.L.uaY" Compa ny--his Excellency,Governor MEANS, having kind ly furnished a battery of five pieces of ordnanee. In consequence of this change, the officers would be glad to increase their numbers, and hence ex tend the invitation to young men living beyond the limits of the Village Beats, to come forward and join the Company. Those desirous of becoming familiar with the most dashing and effective arm of the service have now an opportunity of doing so. Young men of Edgefield! you are especially favored in having this unusual privilege afforded you. Take advan tage of it. .We are glad to know that Capt. MoaAc'ut has been preparing himself thoroughly in this particu lar tactics. THE CAROLINIAN & TELEGRAPH. Wz observe that these two able papers have been united. If each one of them, separately, has been so effective for good, what may we not ex pect 0-cm a combination of their strength ! By their past career, the expediency of ueparate action has been clearly established. By their future course, they will, we eonfidently believe, show that the accumulated strength of united equals, is a natural consequence of bold, single-handed and honest maintenance of the Right. We wish them unbounded success. OUR EXCHANGES. GOnly's Lady's Book for August is before us -and fully sustains the uniformly high and finished character of that popular perio'dical. The "Masonic Miscellany" for July is also quite equal to preceding numbers, of which we have bad occasion to speak in terms of commendation. We acknowledge the receipt of the Huntsville Mountaineer (Arkansas) and the Southern Rights Ad'vocate (lagrange, Ga.,) both staunch State Rights japers. We place them upon our exchange list with pleasure. FROM OLD TIRGINIA. ALLr the good cavalier spirit of the Old Domin ion is not extinct. God send that it could rise again in its might and sweep away all traces of defection, all evidences of degeneracy. The fol lowing extract from a letter recently received by us from that State breathes a hopeful and cheering spirit. " I was much pleased with the copy of the Edgfild Advertiser you were kind enough to send me. It exactly suited, not only myself, but nny othess who have seen it. It speaks the 'i jt enintaccording to my view. Let Soth Carolina buckl. on her armor, and, with her noble motto emblazored on the Palmetto Flag, let her steadily advance. The day may come, sooner than some cravens expect, when our " Sic wemper ?yranni*" will be attached forever to her " Aninns oplusque parati." Go on firmly, and you will ope the eyes of she N'orthern Fanatics more suddenya~d more completely thart " throw ing overbor the Tea," did the eyes of the Brit tih. Success to your paper! A thousand times, success ta South Carolhna!" Oh! for ten thousand such shouts of applause fr~.,om e.ad of Henry. ef Jefferson sad of Raa OUR PETITION. WE have never before this, troubled our readers with any thing like a petition. They will there fore excuse the brief one we now nake. We do not deny that we are doing passably well-we ac knowledge the fact with thankfulness. But who is there that does not entertain an ever-lurking ambition to do better-better-better--until they reach the superlative, 'best?' It is just so with us. Nor are we selfish in this. An increase of means, while it adds to our store a little larger supply of the "creature-comforts," will also enable us to improve and beautify the sheet through which we hold weekly communion with our many friends and readers. With this view, we earnestly make the following request of our patrons-the first and last we shall make this year--W:Lt. each one oF YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO PROCURE FOI US AN ADDI TIONAL SUBSCRIaER? This simple and easy re quest, if complied with and carried out, would, at one and the same time, enable our folks to eat beef-steak and mutton-chops a little oftener-and render us able to present to our Dis'rict a News paper of the first rank. Think of it, friends. [N. B.] Tell all the residents of Edgefield that, by a late law, the District subscribers to the Ad vertiser are released from paying postage on it. DRY CREEK PIC-NIC. WE had the pleasure of attending, on the 10th inst., a Pic-Nic given by the Dry-Creek communi ty, in their church grove. As usual, it passed off in fine style. The dinner was exceedingly abund ant, comprising almost every thing in the way of good eating that could be thought of. Nearly one thousand persons partook of the sumptuous feast, and still there was gathered up of the fragments many a basket full. The young ladies turned out in beautiful array. The young gentlemen were gallant and gay. The married men walked about and talked together of politics and the crops in the most social and friend ly mood, The married ladies, seated in groups here and there, watched the scene and made their comments with matronly good-temper. Every thing indicated a pleasant state of feeling, and the whole scene seemed to echo the sentiment given at some dinner many years ago: "May the single be married and the married happy." It was intended at one time to have made this a political meeting. But upon more mature con sideration this idea was given up. And perhaps it was better that it should have been. We saw clearly by the under-current, which we closely watched on that occasion, that the work of har mony and union was rapidly progressing. Our citizens, have nobly set their faces against divi sion. All, but a deluded and misguided few, have come to look upon "Internal dissension" as a hate ful monster which, if encouraged, will tend to drag dow n our beloved State into deep dishonor and degradation. We were hilhly gratified to perceive, on the occasion we now speak of, a spirit of cordial friendship and unaffected confi dence between gentlemen who differ on some points of our present great controversy. There was, in more than one instance, a striking of hands on the question of our State's preserving her con fessedly advanced position, and of moving boldly on through her convention, when co-operation had proved a failure. We must take this opportunity to express the hope that those few individuals, who, from mistaken notions of independence and consistency, still persevere in the vain eflbrt to di vide our people, will take the words of brotherly kindness home to their hearts, turn frotm '.ar wandering and feel themselves to be, what they in truth are, a partr2 'paeel of the old South Carolina !kin'i ato return,---Two addresses were delivered by young gentlemen of Mdr. LECaoY's Academy-the first on the subject of education by Mr. BAInTLETT -the second on the question of-secession by Mr. Sutrts. The audience testified their approbation in both instances by applause. After these, a brief and pertinent discourse on the necessity of Mental Cultivation wasn delivered to the school by Dr. J. C. READY. The day was enlivened thronghout by strains of soul-stirring music afforded by the skill of some six, or eight young gentlemen of the Diatrict. For their kind endeavors to increase the enjoyment of the day and fur their well-selected and wvell-played airs, they merited and received the thanks and applause of all present. In conclusion, the day began, progressed and ended happily. IIOW SETS THlE WIND? WE have carefully examined the manifestations made at the late public meetingsf throughout the State, and the result is a conviction that an ovFa. wHKELSIINo MA JOaITY of the people of South Caro hina, are determined upon a course of manly re sistance. They are resolved that. wciihout ample redress of their grievances, they will dissolve this Confederacy, as far as it affects South Carolina, be the consequences what they may. There is a general, abiding belief, that no-effects which may result from this onward and righteous line of con duct can be half so fatal to us, as inglorious retreat. The public mind is evidently impressed with the truth, that tarrying longer in this unbalanced Union of antagonistic feelings and interests, will but render the design of "binding us hand and foot" more and more easy of accomplishment. It is be coming apparent to the understandings of all, that our best chance of escape is to fly while yet we may, before the evil days come, when Consolida tion and Abolition shall have achieved their wick ed ends and shall exultingly cry aloud,"Ye are fet tered slaves and ye cannot avoid your doom!" The people are every-where buckling on the armor of Truth and preparing to make the great move, calmly but decisively. They are "setting their houses in order, not to die but to live." The at tempt to array opposition to the policy of separate State action, on failure of co-operation, backed as it has been by the power of MIONEY, has, in all qutarters, signally failed. He is either blind or wilfully perverse, who will now deny that the GENEaAL vozCE or oUst STATE I5 LOUD FOX AcTroN. In reply then to the question, "how sets the wind?" we answer, as truthful chroniclers of the times,-"Direct from the hearts of an indignant r-ace offreemaen, and FULL IN THlE SAILS OF SECEs slox. A WORD TO THE SOUTHERN STANDARD, WEsee an article in a late number of thispaper, headed "3Manufacturing Public Opinion," which is a very bungling tissue of errors. Statements are therein made, for the truth of which we would be glad to know the proof. The first, second, third and fourth sentences contain some of those state ments. It is astonishing that a calm, cool and honest mind can deliberately dubb the phantasies of its Imagination, "stabborn facts." It is singular that one, possessed of a Christian spirit, should be so uncbaritable as to accuse his brethren of "costbning" to perpetrate a fraud. It is unac countable, that, with all the facts of the day be fore him, undenied and undeniable, he should still persist in declaring, that two thirds of the quiet people of the State are opposed to separate seces aisn. It is still more strange that any one can have the hardihood to assume, that "to do as we In South Carolina have been doing for a few naouths" will break down the Southern Rights party in the other States. The whole article is (to us) an unpleasant ev-i political strife with precisely the opposite spirit to that which he promised and which others expected. We suggest to our new contemporary the propri ety of adopting a tone of feeling and a style of ar gument, better suited to his previous professions and to the beautiful typographical appearance of his sheet. THE SENTIMENT OF THE STATE. TuE Palsuz..-With scarcely an exception, are resolved upon dissolving the Union and plac ing South Carolina, on her own independent basis ---the basis of her uncompromitted sovreignty. Their voice is for secession. MIARLBORo DIsraRcT.---A large meeting of the citizens of this district was held at Bennetsville on the 4th. Genl. McQuEEN (member of Congress) spoke, besides several others. The General's creed is, "co-operation if attainable ; if not, separ ate State action." The current was strong in favor of his principles. ORAnGEBuRo DrsTarc'.---We have seen ac counts of several celebrations of the 4th by the people of Orangeburg. That district is out and out for separate secession. RICHLAND DsvaTRcT.---We have it upon the best authority, that an overwhelming majority in. this district approve the platform of the Charles ton Convention. BARNWELL DisTRrCT.--The clearest indica tions have been given, in the late meetings throughout Barnwell, that her people are prepared "animis opibusque" to sustain their State in the act of separate secession, on failure of co-operation. FAIRFIELD Ds-rvarc.--Fairfield is erect---her citizens have spoken in language that cannot be misunderstood. Almost the united voice of that district is for separate State secession as the right ful and expedient remedy. GREENILLE.-The cause of resistance is gain ing ground rapidly in Greenville, as we gather from several sources, despite the Patriot's terribly overstrained exertions. The loudly-prophesied Union Triumph has proved to he all in Mr. PEaRv's eye. No one else has seen it. The so-called Mass 'meeting, which was intended to revolution ize South Carolina, is said to have been a laugha ble congregation of men, women, boys, girls, ba bies, big niggers, little niggers, &c. presenting all the confusion of a camp of the old Covenanters, without their accustomed purity and enthusiasm. A VIEW OF OUR TOWN AND A WALK THROUGH IT. We stood upon the hill, on the Columbia road, alongside the premises of Col. F. A stranger was with us, and the following conversation ensued. "A pretty, quiet looking village, this of yours!" "Rather so"-was our modest reply. "I can but admire the taste which preserves so much of the beautiful forest growth, as I see has been done in your immediate vicinage. It in dicates a proper appreciation of the beautiful in nature." "Certainly, it is some indication ofcorrect taste." "Yours has the appearance of being a stragling little town, and, as I think, is none the worse for that. A village, without ample elbow room and abundance of shade-trees and ornamental gardens, is of all things the most insuferable. A pigmy imi tation of City regularity and City distances is espe cially ludicrous." "Your notions are very munh my -owi." "There to our 14 .'. a beautiful situation, and those I-I'' ..zen acres of ground in front of it, studded as they are with thriving oaks, will in time become magnificent. But oh! that hideous, sharp topped, red roof" "That, sir," said we endeavoring to prevent our tasteful friend's rising an athemas, "That, sir, was a sort ..Of a mistake of the builder's. The present owner will certainly amend it." "Well, doentreat him to do somsily, forthe crediat of the community. To surmount a large house, standing on a comminding eminence, with orie of those things, is like crowninga prince with a jester's cap." Although we felt the force of our companion's criticism, yet, being desirouis that all his impres sions should be favorable to the taste of Edgefield, we drew off his attention from the "red roof," by pointing him to the snow-capped cottage of Major 1B. on the opposite side of the road, perched, at the distance of a few hundred yards, on its lofty pin nacle. He was evidently delighted with the sim plicity and beauty of the view, and would doubt less have commented upon it in flattering terms. But. about that time, his eyes unfortunately alight ed upon Mrs. L's old negro-quarter, which stood full exposed in the middle of her field, and we saw at once that our friend's brow was contracted with unfeigned astonishment. "Good heavens !" exclaimed he-" What means that black, dilapidated collection of hovels, occu pying, as it does, so conspicunus "a place in the picture !" It is certainly an ugly blotch upon the fair tableau of your village scenery. How hap pens it?" We were somewhat stumped for an answer, but muttered something about a favorite old negro's superstitious dread of having a new house built for him and his mistress's good-humored compliance with his whims, which, from the incredulous look it met, wve judge barely passed current. Hard, that otur friends should put us to such shifts to ex cuse them! Finding that, in this locality, every beauty we could point out had its corresponding blemish, we proposed a walk down into town, which being ac ceded to, we walked on and as we walked, held converse together after this style. .Editor, "Here are some cottages, you perceive, at the foot of the hill." St ranger, "Yes-and neat enough the most of them are. That one, with the large hickory in front, would look much better after several good coats of paint. Its rather rusty at present. Ed. "Well, sir, that belongs to one of our oldest citizens, and a worthy old citizen lie is. Perhaps he keeps his domicil unaltered, to remind him of the good old times." Sir. "Perhaps so-nevertheless, a whitening up of the old house might "please the children," and I think he ought to do it.-But how's this ? See there just over the drain, on the left---a good lot, in towon, left uncultivated and neglected---and piles of compost, as I live, lying unscattered and grown over with grass ! very singular !" Ed. "It is rather singular, consideting that the owner of it calls himself "a model farmer." Sir. "Ah! these "model farmuers," sir, wont exactly do. They generally have corn to buy. There to the right is a pleasant, retired residence on the hill." Ed. "That is our worthy Baptist Pastor's." Sir. "Indeed ! Often have I heard of him and his works. It is thought thathe has sent out as ma ny truly well-educated girls, and has confirmed as many Christians as any man of his day." Our walk down main street was unattended by any severe criticisms, except upon the old Rookery at the corner, adjoining the handsome residence of Mr. War. B. Some one ought to take this old build ing in hands and remodel it at least. The beautiful enclosure in the centre of our large nd commodious Public Square came in for it's ull share of praise. Those fine flourishing water iks, the Pumps and the Clover plots, within it, rew forth from our companion the warmest com endations. One general criticism was made up in the houses surrounding the square. Most of them have the appearance of having been badly painted-whether the fault was in the paint or One other general remiirk was made, neither in the way of praise nor disapproval, and it was this: Every side of the square seemed to have its full quota of loafers. A peep into our different stores and shops, in passing around, called i rth from our friend the following observation-'Well, my dearsir, I have been through many villages-but I candidly say, that I have not seen anywhere better supplied or more neatly arranged estalshmsients than your merchants here exhibit." (A continuation of oar walk next week, pre. haps.) $| PTn Pendleton nger, speaking of the refusal, by an officer of ;e Federal Army, to al low the Moultrie Guardiof Charleston their an cient privilege of celebrating. their anniversary within the walls of the firt, say-: "When the time comethat the citizens of South Carolina are not allowedA ipeak the language of freemen on fields won bythe gallantry of their an cestors, it is time for thes to look to their inheri tance, and see what theyhave lost: let them ask themselves of what avail was the heroic courage of their fathers, if their sons are not free to go upon the same ground, and-dobotior to their memones. And what higher honor.eould they have paid to the patriots of '76, thanto pledge themselves on that hallowed spot not t 'submit to oppression." er - FASHION AND FORKS I YEs-Fashion nowadays must have something to do with every thing- en to Forks. We have no allusion now to pitch-forks, nor to road-forks, nor to WILLIs's "forked continuations," nor to fleshforks, nor to that praiseworthy description of forks used in "forking dar" the cash. Our allu sion is simply to Table-forks-instruments used to convey victuals to the mouth to be swallowed from which circumstance they may also be celled "swallow-forks." But this might be regarded im proper interference withIterm which strictly be longs to the ancient science of "Ear-marking"-(a science, by the way, which is almost the only remnant of Heraldry left in this Republican coun try of ours.) We therefore confine ourself to the word "Table-forks, and proceed to say that many empty-headed devotees of Fashion carry their craziness even to the extent of regarding the kind of forks they use and the maaner of using them, as essential to their reputation for good-breading. This little fact (it is very little!) is one of the many evidences of the declension of real gentility in our day and generation. Fishion has, in all things, become the touch-stone of propriety. Petty con ventional regulations have nearly frozen "the ge nial current" ofsocial enjoyment. Men and women are beginning to think that there is but one genteel mode of walking, dressing, talking or eating. How preposterous! And it becomes more so, when we see the idea fastening itself upon so small a thing as a fork ! Now we have no objection to any in dividual's using just suee a fork as he chooses ; nor ar, we now attacking the fashionable fork per se. The truth is, we -long since approved and adopted it. But we do. object to this way some peoplelhave,of seeming horrified at the bare sight of a good old-fashioned.knif. approaching one's mouth, well laden with-'iholesome hotch-potch of a mouthfull. 'The folk-the fork in mercy's name," exclaim they in affected agony of soul "how can you be so bar rous as to use that awful knife as you do?"' Re ember, affrighted ones, that your grandfathers, ;your fathers-aye, and your own selves perhaps have in times past, done this now shocking deed a thousand times over, with no injurious results.[ See ye not that ye are the tools of Fashion ? .But, although. Sterne himself essayed to write a chapter on Button-hoesprn did -not begin with the purpose of writing do6 lin forks. Our object was merely. to laf beif9 woitld-be fashiona bles .the followin . upon the sub ject, -whichewe p *for. notestso an old bdoit in our pos~sin. Perhaps a perusal of this extract may save some from expos ing theknselves, and lead others to give every fork its meet value and every knsife' its desert. "Forks did not- come iitto use till the time of Charler V., in the latter half of the fourteenth century. In France, .these instramnents, both in silver and tinned iron, are made so as to bear some resemblance to the fingers, of which they are the substitutes, and they are used exclusively in the business of co'nveying food to the mouth; while the knives, being narraw and sharp-pointed, can answer no purpose bnt that of carving.-In Eng land the case is difierent. The steel forks in com mon use among the people are incapable of raising thin viands to themoush; while the broad, round pointed knife was obviously intended for this busi-, ness. The mistakes occasioned by inattention to. these simple facts are laughable enough. Almost all classes in this coutry now affect the fashion' of the French in eating with the fork ; but only one class--namely, the rich, who can aflord ilver ----has thought of adopting the fashion of their in struments. Who has notseen an unhappy girl drilled into eating fish with a machine composed of three, or even twco, thin, sharp prongs, almost half an inch asunder? And, to excuse the barbarity of compelling her to the use in this way of so fright ful an - instrument, the sensible mother will pro test that she is terrified to see the comparatively harmless and useful knife near her daughiter's lips. CION1mUNICATIONS. roR TiE ADvEaTrmSRa. EDISTO MILLS, Mfr. Editor :-A few years ago, the farmer in this District had little encourngement to raise wvheat, the Mills in our vicinity only being able to turn out a very common artielo of flour; but the improvement of a few years past justifies us in producing it, if not for export, enough to sup ply thiehome demand. Being in the neighborhood, a few days ago, I was induced to call and examine the " Edieto Mills," owned by Mesers. W. L. & P. J. Cor.E MAN, and can say that they have spared neither pains nor expense in fitting out their Mills. Having seen many of the best Merchant M ills of the upper Districts, I pronounce it inferior to none in the State. While I was there they ground for a .customer eleven and a half bu shels of excelleat wheat, which after deducting one tenth for toll, left aount ten and three eights (101J) bushels, and after being ground and bolt ed, it yielded 448 lb. of superfine flour, 94 lbs of seconds.and 61 lbs of shorts, or about 431 lbs flour, 9 lbs o' seconds and 6 lbs of shorts to the1 bushel, which is, according to my knowledge of Mills, HARD TO BEAT. roR TnE ADvERT~sEU. Neighbors anda friends of Edgefield you re- 4 member last monday that the State wright partyi so called had a regular meeting end like all other I organized bocietri they played their part well I withr - any derangement at the same time some friend made a call upon us the many yes the - maJority of Edgefield and what was the result I why you all know that their was so mny that t they crowded the court House to great density this had never been the case before we all know that the so called state wright party has Jenerally I had verry small crowds we met them and was I not organised and what did they do why Sir they slaps their hands stamped. their feet and played thunder and turned imp Jack and advertised toi the world that Edgefield was united all this theyc did upon our expenses because we ware not an organised boddy but anough is said now Jentle- I men in the namof the goid of liberty ;anize yourselves into a regular party at Edge ield courthouse fur one year or for ever if it >lem you and you may call yourselves the lib rty party if it pleas you all sustaia yourselves rom bondage and secure your LIBERTY. FOR THE ADVERTISER. Mr. Editor :-Our village has lately been the icene of a fatal affray. - It is'sad to view a large md dependent family thus deprived of one whom God constituted its head and protector. It is still nore saddening to reflect that a human being, nade in the image of God, has been cruelly and muddenly sent into eternity. But is there nothing noro of intereatto our community in this shedding >f human blood? Is itclear that in theeye of God his community may not be implicated in the guilt f this crime? Is it not our duty to do what we ian to prevent such scenes ? Yet where was his tragedy enacted? Was it not in a place LICENSED to tempt men to drunkenness and -uin? Is it at all probable that our village would ave been thus stained with human gore, if ar lent spirits had not been kept for sale in our midst ? Could these spirituous liquors have aeen thus exposed to tempt frail humanity with put a license? Would our constituted authori ties have thus legalized this traffic, if the sense )f the community had been expressed decidedly against the granting of licenses? Certainly not. hey could not be guilty of any outrage upon the feelings of the community for whose good hey consult. But the past we can not amend. shall the future witness no exertions on the part if our citizens to prevent a recurrence of blood ihedding ? If the voters of our village will it, here can be no license granted within our limits. If by our toleration of licenses in our midst another life be sacrificed, shall we be held inno ,ent by the Great Judge ? Let each concience answer to itself, as it must before long answer to God. W. FOR THE ADVERTISER. Mr. Editor:-It came within my knowledge, that a gentleman well known to a portion of this community, had been diligently engaged in the Investigation of the subject of our controversy with the Federal Government, for one or two years. Believing that his reflections might be beueficial to the public, I applied to him for per mission to publish such scraps and manuscripts, is he felt willing to intrust to my hands. I was gratified beyond my expectations; for he deliv ered to me near an hundred pages of foolscap ,losely written, and finished in a style, which, in my estimation. has some just pretensions to ele gance and argument. They are composed in the form of newspaper eommunications, letters, and public speeches. As I have permission to arrange them according to my own taste and judgment, I shall, for con venience, address them, as one speech, made to a great public meeting of the citizens of South Carolina, and they shall appear in short regular numbers, after the order in which- they were riginally prepared. If the matter [ shall thus present to you, be not altogether new, I have confidence, that the attractions of the style and manner of the speak r, and the sentiments of patriotism that breathe in his words will well repay every attentive reader. They contain the reasons that gradually inflenced their-authorbto become nadocateof scession. Some of them were written as as far back as 1849. Their .frankness, direct ness, and dispassionate temper will command the respect of all parties, and recommend them to gneral attention. In respect for a proud and noble section of the listrict, which can boast of many distinguished ames-of the names of BosnAM, TRAVrs, WAT moN, all the BuTLEas, and an hundred others as rave and true as they, I shall adopt, for this roduetion, a signature which has not yet ap ~ercd in the contest. I unfurl, to day, as gal ant a banner as ever streamed in a fight, or launted in the face of a foe. I hoist the Flag of Old Saluda--a time-honored flag, that waved lefiance at THE S'TAR BanouBT. OUR CAUSE OF QUTARREL. MaI. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: God knows my heart, and that I shall speak o-day the real impressions of my mind. To determine the proper course for the State :o adopt, in this critical conjuncture, this is a just ecaion to consider the true condition of the :ountry, in connection with our relations to the 3neral Government ;as also, to discuss freely, he exciting topics springing from the subject of ilavery. If it can be shown, that according to the natu -al course of events, and from a strict develop nent of the operations of our political system, his Federal Union is destined to be of short ~ontinunce, as a just consequence, our attach nent to it, and our confidence in it are, to that ~xtent, diminished, and our resolution to resist its surpaions is strengthened. It has been the conviction of my judgment, nee my earliest acquaintance with any part of ur national polity, that every acre of land ac uired by the government, except for mere naval murposes would tend to lesson its eficeiency, and horten the term of its duration. Our late pos esions have certainly precipitated the controver y, which now threatens the disruption of the ynion. If the grasping propensities of a portion of r countrymen be encouraged by the rulers of he land, it will engender, in their Ihearts, a spirit f greedy rapacity, which will involve us in per tual expenditure, war and -bloodshed.-We rll swallow up all the petty provinces thatliecon iguous to us.-We will ultimately absorb the nhole of Mexico.-We will then buy up or onquer the beautiful and attractive island of uba. From that, we will extend our dominion ato the South American States :-and we will ever pause in our career of successful enterprise ad plunder, until, like a vile and senseless gor and, wve become a mass of utter unsoundness -bloated, tainted, and poisoned to the core, by hat identical sustenance, which was appointed a give us life, and health, and physical tone, and ental vigor. It was never designed by Heaven, that any articular nation should monopolize the favors of 'rovidenc; and when our community attempt. appropriate to itself an undue proportion of the :ood things of the-earth, it is suro to be thwarted its purposes, and to be met by the indignation f man and God. We are taught, by all history, bat small and well-regulated States are more rsperous and more happy, as well as more pow rful, than larger, and apparently, more splendid .... .e and tat, nya eve mare sure from invasion and insult, than those which are the most dazzling and attractive, by the,magnifienee. and circurnstance. andi vastness of their domin ion. The nations that have required the most distinguished renown, for the prowena of their soldiers in war, and for the industry and content edness of their citizens in peace, have almost in. variably been of this class, ever since the world began ; and, when they have fallen, it has lbeen, by the weight of the crude masses, they have attached to themselves, by their grasping and in satiable ambition, and by their unappeasable lusi for power and rule. It is true, that Great Britain, the best govern ed kingdom on earth, has extended her Empire into all quarters of the globe. Her possessions are almost without limit; and she may be held up, with some plausibility, as an instance to con tradict the notion I have advanced. But Great Britain proper embraces only three or four small islands, and her government is wholly unineum bered by the provinces and dependencies she has obtained either by purchase or by conquest. Ac cording though, to the provisions of our Consti tution, and to the practice of our government, any territory belonging to the United States ham an almost indefeasible right, with a certain num ber of inhabitants, and after complying with cer. tain named conditions, to become a member of our Confederacy, and to enjoy every privilege belonging to the Thirteen Original States. The English Constitution, in this regard, widely dif fers from ours, as transcendently excellent as we have usually found the workmanship of on' fathers to be. Her conquered provinces car never attain to the rank of "Old England" it the Commonwealth, and mongrel nations cat never gain an equal participation in her govern ment with herself. The general policy of Eng land in her control of the American Colonies was wise, though in a particular instance, unsuc cessful, and it was, perhaps, in strict accordanec with her duty to herself, though it was the duty and glory of the colonies to rebel. If we should continue to receive fresh scees sions of land, at every point of the compass, and to run, with such terrible speed, the course s< fairly commenced by us, the government wil finally lose its controlling energy ;-integrity ani good faith will be disregarded in the execution o the law ;-conflicting interests will spring up, it various sections of the country, and sway th different States with more potency than the Con. stitution and statutes of the land :-that section which has the preponderance of power, will ex. ercise it, to the degradation and destruction o the others-it will subvert there liberties, ani reduce them to shame: and the consequence will be anarchy-a miliiary chieftain-despotism and total oblivion. Affairs already admonish us, that we are ap preaching a dreadful, if not a fatal, catastrophe The lapse of a very short period will enable th West to dictate every law to the Old States, tha achieved our Independence, with the blood o their children. Her population is increasing sc rapidly, that, in the course of a quarter or hal of a century; her numbers will double those o all the other States taken together. The Presi dent is even now compelled to grant nearly eve ry appointment a Western man demands. .A targe majority of the oefleeri appointed by him, during the Mexican war, camne from the setting nating westward. The western horizon is alrea dy lighted up, with its resplendent glories. The West, at this moment, controls the patronage, and monopolizes the profits of the government, and governs the destinies of the nation. The Southern sun has been shorn of his beams, and his glory has departed. In the war with Mexico, the North and West gained all :-the South bled-She offered up, the purest and richest sac rifices on the altar of patriotism, but 'she reaped none of the fruits of victory. Of the immense territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of peace, the Southern States, in the indignant language of a distinguished Senator, have re eeived Esau's part. No.-! beg pardon of my noble-minded friend.-His illustration was not altogether happy.-The " blessing" of blind old Isaac was, surely, bestowed upon the younger born; but Jacob has refused the mess of pottage. The only desirable portions of the land acquired by the war, are the mining regions, and one other represented as exceedingly fertile, and well suited for the production of almost every variety of grain and delicious fruit. In the former, the labor of slaves would be of inealculable worth, and their price would be enhanced an hundred per cent on their first arrival in the eauntry. Yet, by executive interference, and by the sanction of a corrupt and tyrannical Congress, slavery has been prohibited from California, and the South has been wholly precluded from this ample and legitimate source of profit, and debarred from this noble field for the display of her enterprise and intrepidity. The other section adverted to, which is, indeed, a perfect paradIse-a garden of Eden transplanted into the New World, has also been placed beyond the reach of Southern men. They will not be permitted to emigrate to it with their property, and pay their money for a little corner of the garden, in which to fix their habi tation, and rest their wearied limbs; and they will be mocked at, and laughed to scorn for dar ing to presume upon an assertion of those rights, whioh were purchased by their generous valor, and sealed with their blood. To accomplish their selfish aims, and to delnide the honest part of the American people into their own monstrous designs of ambition, the advo cates of territorial aggrandizement have amused the country with argumnents and illustrations sin gularly bold and ingenious. Their favorite no tion, and the one, they advance, with most plau sibility, seems to be, that every additional State will serve as a cheek and eorrective on the ex travagance and usurpation of the others, and, while it will extend the area of freedom,' will give increased force to that principal of Union, with which its sisters are imbued, and which gives the only promise of the duration of our present confederacy. The constellation of States is compared to the great planetary system above us-all revolving about the Federal Government, as the stars move round the spendid orb, that lights up our heavens and makes the day-and all receiving from it, and imparting to each other, that health, and vigor, and support, which are dispensed by the genial rays of the sun, to every planet that journeys through the starry " firma ment on high." The gorgeous drapery of Heaven, ad the glorjes of the infinite work manship of God, are thus thrown around the imagination to dazzle, to bewiler. ad to betray. The illustration Is as inappropriate as it is beauti ful ant brilliant. The glowing luminary, that enlightens and quickens our earth, and possibly the Innumerable worlds, that float. beyond the blue. expense that bounds our vision, and our finite conception, whilst it borrows light and heat from no star or satellite within its inflanoe from none, but its oriinal-its grnd " Ari. teet divine;" of wham it presents a glorios type to man, illumines, enlivens, and chrishes a whole system of spheres, bestowing life"auid blessings innumerable on all, without favor, or partiality to any. But the great sun of oe system, whilst It derives its radiance and gly from all the States, of which it is the centre, re fleets it back, with the distinction and s affection of a capricious and wicked ty'rMt-' Whilst, some, it fosters, and encourages,and ani. mates with its beams, there are others, which It blasts, and withers and-destroys.' - The'ieral Government, whilst it obtains its power andsnp. port from the whole country, notoriously show. era its favors and sweet influences on -.the West and the North, and blights, and beggarsa insults, and degrades the South. Mr. PassIDENT-does your heart not fell-yor that you are enslaved ? Can you, as a reasona ble man, feel any security, in the enjoyment of your rights and your property, against whieh aw endless warfare is waged by a majority of your own brethren, under color of law, and even-b false interpretations of your eonstitutloa 1ifs Are you not assured, by the elearest and m'est unmistakable indications, that yoaare.doomed fp be disappointed in all your fond hopes ofa .o stitution, which was bequeathed you, by the ge nins, the gallantry, and the,herolsmof.your fathers? Are you not excluded, byany'afeel. ing majority recklessly bent on yourdestraetim, from all the benefits of a.Union,'conseerstedb . - the sufferings and sacrifioes of our anoestois,and cemented by the blood of the stoteetharb --- noblest men of the Revolution?. .1 bad~w not, what a stock of patience you may possess; .but, by the gods, I can almost -feel- the manaeles grind on my limbs. The -resources' of my phi. losophy are exhausted-my hopes of the gov-.. ernment are extinguished-and my only real anee is my trust in God,-a heart tobrave death, f and a land to strike for liberty and honor ! - If all the States were actuated by the same spirit-prompted by the same feelings of venera tion for the Constitution, and love for each other, and animated by the same desire to perpetiste the high privileges and the free institutailw4 f they have inherited from the illustriousfomnide. I of our Republic. In a word, .if all'the State P had in pursuit, the same laudableobje yth same laudable means; and, having one cozma interest. were indissolubly connected by the ic of fraternity as well as of eonsangusity, indeed, every new State would be'but ano . pillar of the great temple of American 'blibq, and would only contribute tothe grestrseu r of the vast structure against the wn an storms of the elements, and the 1u{ri. e,, f events to be developed on the mighty oontlnet - of the West. But if the opposite -of thise.pi ture be the truth, and..eey additional Stge shall have now interests..to defend, dreeg. - .confiet with the interests~pf~ita.aistens, aqdnw institutions-to proteet,:amdee-iiciples toed-' voeate, 'wholly at vaisanselrithithe C to the condition of our country,-n- ~ sui happiness mnd destiny. Thle miallestipatieod of matter; that have an affiuity -foresehihzer, may be gradually united, and ,their mutual~at-. traction will grow stronger as their generalbulk increases, until -the solid mass shall resist the fury of the tempest andthe lightningsuof Heaven. But, if the atoms to be joined in one, posses properties in harnionious anad reputsie to E other, the greater the number that are pfle4 f6.. gether, the weaker 'will be the- Unidno ike whole, and the greater must be either de. en tripetal force, or the extern~al force to preserve its consistency, and to prevent. its erumbliing to pieces by its own wright. A body thusi formed 'will be shaken by the gentlest breezes of sum mer, and will be utterly dissolved by the rg rous blasts of winter. THlE STAR REDOUJBj THE MEETING ONl MoNDoAT.-The mneetinu of the Southern Rights Association of this District on Monday Iast was-attended-bfa large concourse of, citizens, and was full uef interest. Speeches were delivered by Meisre. Noble, Calhoun, and our immediate represen tative in Congress, Hon. A. Burt; and a few remarkcs were made by Mesats.--hoso and Livingston. We have not .room for.sa accoiunt of the proceedinga of this weekibut shall attempt, in our next issue,. to -give a true aind faithful account of all that was said and done. We will simply atate that Mr. Burt felliar short, even in the estimation of- soeeof.his friends, of satisfying the public in 'regard to the conaistency of his course.-Abberville Banner. *Conrow TRNasFOEMED INTO FLAx..-TIte foreign journals-hare teemed with the process for turning flax into cotton. The Paris corn. respondent 'of the New York Journal of Commerce thus announces the reversenof that process: "At the moment we are celebratingtie transfoliniation cotton, it is announced, not less authentically, that cotton is transfoimed -into flax. The editor of the journal-of Reasen states that he. has seen a etuff maddefelt ton exelusively, which has all the aggpermee .and external'qualities of linen cloth. A4 young manufaceturer of Moulins devtpto it many years of sacrifices' sudlabr; e -u result requires tio extra riaryproiids hao ', workmanship. The tissue becoms tb'e~flr. mer asit is waahcd. It may beaffotdecdatihe price of calico of the same width.". paper states that D. Muzzey was oney last week called on to perforuia in operations upon the head of a younr l~ y living on John street. - I appeared -t ~e had been in the habit - of. twistin' and tying her hair so tightly that :the sap--hade be. come parted from athe. skull, and it was found necessary to open the scalp to remqve the mattcr.which had "aceuiulatediueneathu. This is the first case of the kind we hare ever known. gCoasxononz STOCETON ok-BrLLvarr. -Con.Stoekton deliveredaspeeih at ' -m bethtown, N. J., on. the 4thiuist,.weni said, in allusion to new territory: " That the citizens of the seuthuN a perfect right to caryY theirtlave lyrsoety upon all such acquisutionsimnd-that:- any~at. tempt oftthe general government ten-'tlsd that right was anggresson .ujeaSe ar aioan o ate cousti.a ti.u~