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In the meantime, Emily, who had received minute information in regard to her journey, and who was, moreover, no stranger to the way, having been twice to Camden, struck boldly into the dense forest through which she was to pass, and moved along a bridle track at as swift a pace as the animal %he rode could bear without too great fatigue. The importance of the work upon which she had entered, and the enthusiasm with which it inspired her, kept her heart above the influ once of fear. No event of moment happened to her during the first day of her journey. In passing a small settlement know as Mor o'elock in 'he afternoon, she took the precau tion to sweep around it in a wide circle, as some of the most netive and evil-minded to ries in the State resided in that neighborhood. Successful in making this circuit, she resum ed the road upon which her course lay, urg ing forward her faithful animal which, though much fatigued by the rapidity of his journey, obeyed the word of his rider as if he com prehended the importance of the message she bore. Gradually, now, the day declined, and, as the deep shadows mingled more and more with erch other, a feeling of loneliness. not be fore experienced, came over the mind of Emi ly, and her eyes were cast about more warily, as if she feared the approaeh of danger. The house at which she had proposed to spend the night was still ten miles, if not more, in advance, and as the shades of evening be gan to gather around, the hope of reaching this resting-place was abandoned; for there being no moon there was danger of her losing her way in the darkness. This conviction was so strong, that Emily turned her horse's head in the direction of the first farm.house that came in view after the sun had fallen be low the horizon. As she rode tup to the door, she was met by a man, who, accosting her kindly, asked where she wvas from and how far she was going. "I hoped to reach Elwood's to-night," re plied Emily. " How far awvay is it. !" "Over ten miles-and the road is bad and l.onely," said the man, whose wife had by this time joined him. "You had better get down, and stay wvith us 'till morning." "If you will give me that privilege," re turned the maiden, "I shall feel greatly obliged." The man promptly offered his hand to as sist Emily to dismount, and while he led her tired horse away, his wife invited her to en ter the house. " Have you come fatr l" enquired the wo man, as she untied Emily's bonnet strings, looking very earnestly in her face as she spoke. Emily knew not whether she were among the friends or enemies of the Americain cause, and her answer was, therefore, brief and~ evasive. " Your horse looked very tired. You musi have ridden him a long distance." " I rode fast," said Emily. "But still,1 have not been able to reach the place foi which I started this morning." "It's hardly safe for a young girl like yot to takec such a long journey alone, in thes< troublesome times." "I'm not afraid. No one will harm me, said Emily, forcing a smile. " I'm not so certain of that, child. It's on ly a day or two since Greene passed here, ii full retreat, and no doubt, there are man straggling vagabonds from his army roamin: around whom it would not be safe for on like von to meet." As the woman said this, a chill went ove the frame of the young girl, for, in the ton of har voice and expression of her face, sht read an unfriendliness to the cause that was so dear to her heart. She did not venture a reply. "Might I ask your name ?" said the woman, breaking in upon the anxious thoughts that were beginning to pass through her mind. Emily reflected hurriedly, before replying, and then answered, "Geiger." The quick conclusion to which she came was, that, in all probability the woman did not know anything about her father as favor ing the whig cause; but, even if she did, a suspicicn of the errand upon which she was going was not likely to cross either her own mind or that of her husband. "Not John Geiger's daughter !" exclaimed the woman. Emily forced an indifferent smile, and re plied. "Yes." "I've heard of him often enough as a bitter enemy to the royalists. Is it possible you have ridden all the way from home to-day ?" Berore Emily replied, the husband of the woman came in. " Would you think it," said the latter, t "this is John Geiger's daughter, of whom we have so often heard." r "Indeed ! Well, if she were the daughter of my bitterest enemy, she should have food and shelter to-night. No wonder your horee is tired," he added, addressing Emily, "if you have ridden from home to-day. And. no doubt, you are yourself hungry as well as tired; so, wife, if it is all ready, suppose we have supper." r The movement of the supper table gave Emily time for reflection and self-possession. No more pointed questions were asked her during the meal, and after it was completed, she said to the woman that she felt much fatigued, and if she would permit her to do so, she would retire for the night. The young girl's reflections were by no means pleasant when alone. She thought ' seriously of the position in which she was placed. Her father was known as an active whig; and she was in the house of a tory, who might suspect her errand and prevent its consummation. After 'retiring to bed she taken, in case efforts were made to detain her, when, overwearied nature, claiming its due repose, locked all her senses in sleep. Nearly two hours after Emily had gone to h her chamber, and just as the man and woman r who had given her a shelter for the night, were about retiring, the sound of a horse's feet were heard rapidly approaching the house. On going to the door a young man rode up and called out in a familiar way " Iallo, Preston! Have you seen anythingr of a stray young girl in these parts" h Bill Mink!" returned the farmer. "What a in the world brings you here at this time of night ?" "On a fool's errand, it may be. I received a letter from Loire, about an hour ago, sta ting that Geiger's daughter had volunteered to carry important despatches to General Sumter; that she had been on the journey some hours; and that I must overhaul her at n the risk of everything." " It is not possible !" said the wife of the man called Preston. " It is though ; and it strikes me that she must be a confounded ('lever girl." " It strikes me so too," returned Preston. 1 4 But, I rather think your errand will be that of a fool if you go any farther to-night." { "Have you seen anything of the clever jade ?" asked Mink, in a decided tone. " Well, perhaps I have," returned Preston, lowering his voice. " Aha!" ejaculated Mink, throwing himselft from his horse. " So I have got on the rightt track. She is here ?" "I did not say so." "No matter. It is all the same," and hitch ing his horse to the fence, the young main en-1 tered the house with the familiarity of an old acquaintance. The sound of the horse's feet, as Mink came dashing up to the house, awakened Emily. The room she occupied being on the ground floor, and the window raised to admit the cool air, she heard every word that passed. It may well be supposed that her heart sunk in her bosom. For a long time after the newv-comer entered, she heard the murmur of voices. Thea some one went out, and the old horse was led awany to the stable. It was clear that the individual in search of her, had concluded to pass the the night there, and secure her in the morning. The intrepid girl now bent all her thoughts on the possibility of making an escape. An hour she lay, wvith, her heart almost fluttering in her bosom, listening intently to every sound that was made by those who were around her. At length all became still. Preston and his wvife, as well as the newv comer, had retired to rest, and the heavy slumber into which both the men had fallen, was soon made apparent by their heavy breathing. Noiselessly leavIng her bed, Emily put on her clothes in haste, and pushed aside the curtain that had been drawn before the win , dow Through the distant tree tops she saw He might fing wor 'ore befitting 1 iosition of his nob o lbrd I should thin eturned Emily, thill oeealed contem than making prisne 41young girls, wl rhile travelling the hi)h- ay, happen to o unfortunate as to fa with his scout "You'd better keep , ur saucy tong till, or it may get i Wner in a woi ouble," replied the promptly. "Y re suspected of bein, -e bearer of a mi ige from 'ie rebel Gen 1 Greene, and, r usiness is to find the despateh, if any exi pon your person." ' "You must think the-eneral poorly i ir men," replied Emily.7 "No matter what we think, Miss Pert.. ou are suspected, as Esaid; and I shou fer from your manner, not without goi L1 . Are you wiling that I should-seanr mr person for evidencelo confirm our su elon?" "Certainly; though I should be bett eased to see one of my sex engaged in ore honorable employntnt." " Be silent!" exelaimed-the woman angril she stamped her foot upon the floor. SI en commenced searching the young girl rson, during which operation Emily con it resist the temptation he felt to let a eu ig word fall now and en, from her read ngue; which was hardlI prudent for one i r situation. The search, of course, ieted nothing thi uld fix upon her the apieion of being ssenger from the rebefarmy. "Are you satisfied.?" - inquired Emily, e re-arranged her dresafter the ordeal ha en passed. She spAk.vith the conteil e felt. The womai *de no reply; bt mnt out in silence, tuci with her the ligt a had brought into t4,room, and leavin nily alone and in ness. For nearl If an hour, the latte-. awaiting her r< rn; but during that o one approacl her room, nor,.--, any movemer out the house ti4 ould interpret a ving ,referece At last Al yieard aseondin te <. i nd. "Lord Rawdon wishes to see you," sai soldier. Emily followed him in silence. In a larg im below, seated at a table with sever icers, was Lord Rawdon. Emily w: ught before him. After asking her a Yv ty of questions, all of which the wary gi mnaged to answer so as not to violate tl ith, and yet allay suspicion, he said to h " As the night has fallen, you will not, urse, think of proceeding on your journey Emily reflected for some time before ai -ering. She then said " If your majesty do not object, I woul e to go back a short distance. I hai ends living on the road, not far from yoi mp. "How far ?" inquired Lord Rawdon. " About six miles from here." "Very well, yon shall go back ; and I w! nd an escort for your protection." Emily had made up her mind to return w miies on the way she had come, and tl king a wide sweep around the camp, pr sted from observation by the darkness, r mec her journey, and endeavor to reach ti :ie where she expected to find Gen. Sui r by the middle of the next day. She hi .ed fresh courage with every newv difliet that presented itself, and now she resolvi accomplish her errand at all hazzard. hat she most dreaded was the pursuit e man Mink, from whom she had escape ad who, she dotabted~not, wvas now at -eat distance from the camp. To decli1 e escort, she felt, might renew suspici< Ile it would not prevent Lord Rawdi em sending men to accompany her. So si anked him for the offer, and asked to armitted to go without further delay. TI as granted, and in an hour afterwards Enmi mnd herself safely in the house of a friel Eher father and the good cause of the c 'y. She had passed this house late int Nernoon, but was so eager to go forwa: id gain a certain point in her journey tI ight, that she did not stop. Fortunate er escort had left her before she met any e family, or the surprize expressed on pearance might have created some n< ubts in the mind of the sergeant wvho: mpanied the guard. About half an hour after her arrival, a hile she was urging the necessity of depa g immediately and endeavoring to pass ritishi army, a member of the family cai ome, and stated that lie had a fewv momel efore passed Mink on the road, riding at f peed towards Rawdon's eenampment. " Then I must go instantly !" said I ourageous maiden, starting to her feet, remain here, all hope of reaching Gene lumter with General Greene's message is n end ; for, in less than an hour, an org ill come back for my re-arrest, and I w~ill etained in the British camp. Let me nd I will trust to Heaven and my go ause for safety." To reain the brave girl, under all the the newly risen moon shining feebly. As she stood, leaning out of the window, listening I eagerly, and debating the question whether r she should venture forth in the silent mid- " night, a large house dog, who was on the v ivatch while his master slept, came up, and s laying his great head upon the window sill, looked into her face. Emily patted him, and al 'he dog wagged his tail, seeming much pleased t vith the notice. a No longer hesitating, the girl sprung lightly s 'rom the window, and, accompanied by the b log, moved noiselessly in the direction of u he stable. Here she was, for some time, it a loss to desermine which of the half-dozen ft orses it contained had borne her thus far on ier journey ; and it was equally hard to find, Y n the dark, the -bridle and saddle for which in the sought. But all these difliculties were e. it length surmounted, and she led forth the y< >bedient animal. Making as wide a circuit pi 'rom the house as possible, Emily succeeded h gaining the road without awakening any p mne. Up to this time, the dog had kept in losely by her side; but, when she mounted he horse and moved away, he stood looking as t her until she passed out of sight, and then th eturned to his post at the farm house. The danger she had left behind, made Em- nc 0u v almost insensible to the loneliness of her ti. to ituation; and the joy she felt at her escape t eareely left room for fear in her heart. le )ay had hardly begun to break, when she anched the house of an old friend of her Co ither's, where she had intended to pass the m ight. To him she confided the nature of er journey, and L Id of the narrow esenpe s lie had made. A hasty meal was provided be >r her, and ere the sun passed above the s orizon, mounted on a strong and fresh horse, W lie was sweeping away on her journey. A sh tter from this friend to a staunch whig, re- E ding twenty miles distant, procured her ha nother horse. tu More than two-thirds of the distance she e d to go was safely passed over ere the sun a ent down again, and she was riding along, h some doubt as to where she would rest h r the night, when three tnen, dressed in-the tim ritis upfr,:ao$ n nvie~di ould be of no avail. So she rode on, en- ha nvoring to keep a brave heart. On com g up with her. the soldiers reined up their th res, and addressed her with rude familia ty. She made no reply, but endeavored to ro is on, when one of them laid hold of her o ridle. Escnpe being hopelecs, Emily an- br vered the questions asked of her in such a rie ay as she deemed prudent. Not satisfied n" ith the account she gave of herself, they told hi r that Lord Rawdon was encamped about mile distant, and that she mnet go before co in, ns it was plain she was a rebel, and most robably a spy. On being brought into the presence of the ritish officer, Emily was interrogated close- l as to where she had come from. whither fri ie was going, and the nature of her errand. c' he would not utter a direct falsehood, and er answers being evasive, only created st ron er suspicions against her in the mind of ,ord Rawdon. se "We'll find a way to the truth !" he at mngth exclaimed impatiently, after trying in fe ain to get some satisfactory statement from ta he rm-~hearted girl, who did not once lose te er presence of mind during the trying inter- su iew. "Take her over to my qAnarlers at the pl am-house, and see that she don't escape to The officer, to whom this command was ty iven, removed Emily under a guard, to at ouse near at hand, and locked her in one of ~ he rooms. The moment she was alone, she ti ook from her pocket a pair of scissors, anid at surriedly rippir~g open a part of her dress, ~ ook therefrom a small piece of paper, folded ti nd sealed. This was the despatch she was ~ >nring to General Sumter. To crumble it ft n her hand add throw it from the window, tl vas her first impulse ; but her ear caught the p ound of a sentinel's tread, and that idea was bandoned. Ilurriedly glancing around in I he dim twilight, rhe sought, in vaim', for 0 ome mode of hiding the despatch, which, if ti ound upon her, betrayed everything. Thnt a ir person would be searchcd. who had good a eason to believe; and, in all probability, It wry part of the room would he senrched h lso. To hesitate long, would be to make t liscovery sure. Every moment she expected a ome one to enter. While she stood irresso. d ute, a thought glhmeed through her mind, e md acting upon it instantly, she tore off a part of the despatch, and thrusting it into her n mouth, chewed and swallowed it. Another ir nn another piece disappeared in the same 13 way; but ere the whole was destroyed, the hi door opened, and a woman entered. Trniing b her back quickly, Emily crowded all that rc- a mained of thme paper in her mouth, and cover ing her face tightly with her hands, held , them there, as if weeping, until the last patr- I tile of the tell-tale despatch had disappeared. s Then turning to the woman who had address- a ed her repoatedly, she said in a calm voice-. "Dy wvhat authority am I detained and d shut up a prisoner in this room 1"a " By the authority of Lord Rawdon," re plied thn woman, in a evere tne. From the State-Rights Republican. The Past, the Presentandtheruturo. Upwatrds of thirty years have elapsed since he passage of that unconstitutional nct, the lissouri Compromise. It was supposed, by nany, that the fierce struggle, between the forth and the South, which grew out of the ebates on the qnestion, would hare dis olved the Union. We cannot think, now, hat it was not the case. It was the begin ing of the end-the beginning of an unin rrupted onslanght (in the institulion of lavery, having for its object the destruction nd overthrow of the eonstitutional rights of lie citizens of the South. That the Union, mmed by our father;, for the mutual benefit f oil the States, could long survive the re cated and violent shocks to which it has een exposed. from that time to this, arising I om the arrogmnce, the avarice, and the ft. aticism of the North, was not to be expec- I d. and, with such elements of discord per ading the whole framework of American >iety, the dissolution of the Union, sooner I r later, has long been anticipated by saga. I ous men, both at the North and South. It I as impossible that the Union should lie rpetual, or that it should last long, when rong doing, injustice, and a total disregard the spirit of compromise in which the onstitution was formed, and of the obliga ins il imposed, had gradalnly destroyed ill t rmony hetween its iembersand, for good n ill and brotherhood, had substituted feel- E gs of hatred, anger, and resentment. a No one, exempt from passion and pre. t dice, can contemplate the history of con- ( essional legislation in this country, for k )wards of a quarter of a century, without r reiving, that, not only has section been c rayed against section in deadly strife, but i at, from the moment of the passage of the issouri Compromise act alluded to, when a e North obtained the victory and acquired 1 e ascendency, the history of that legisla- e in has been the history of a series of per itluha 1n f uned aowe ,an Irmereift1 Northern n njorI tional rights of the South. Of these, the nited States hank, extensive schemes of iternal improvement, high tariff. for the pro etion of northern manufactures at the ex ,nse of Southern agrieulture, the reception I abolition petitions, and the gizantic :hemes of fraud, included in the inignitons mpromise nets of 1850, are notorious ex miples. To torment and persecute the South -iih herculenn exactions, to insult her for her DiMI institutions, while she was, in Large roportion, renping the fruits of our South rn industry, to t:ike every dvantnge of thei enerosity of a liberal and confiding people. nd to exult in every advantage she Feenred. s if she had obtained a victory over a hated ye, has been the hitory, in brief. of Northern olic'. What benefit-what grlorv, hove nc rued to the Southern States, from a union rhich has cmnferred on the North thi lion's hare of the spoils, nnd has bestowed a mis rable pittance on the South, which has erved only to irritate her by its scantiness nd injustice? And as to glory, we have et to learn that any governmient can become espetable, much less glorious, by the nv umpt ion of unnuthmorized power, tyr~iiienl y exercised. It would hove been far better, in our hum. Ice judgment, had the Union been dissolved n 1820. when the first bold attempt was sne essfully made by the North to destroy the onstitutionail rights of the South, and to ripple hecr powe'r in all time to conme. Con) fromises! Compromises of Constitutional ights! Did the C'onstitution ever contem late any such thing? Were not thme pow rs of the Federr1 Government strictly lim Led by the Constitution? Could it, in its 'ilation, right fully trainseend the limits of he fundamental hiw ? What has b)een the onsquencee of this original concession on le part of the South. to the North, of their ored constit in ionni rights-or, rather, what as been the comnsequence of her aubmuittin a have her rights wrested from her, whie ho still remaiaed in the Union ? Why, the istory of the United States Government, rom that time to this, has been the history f a series of compromises, whlich have be en uly so many fatal :asmults upon the funda ental principles of the Constitution. until he very idea of a Constitutional Government n this country has become a foree and mock ry. The South has graidally surrendered, ur, been compelled to surrender up one right ftr another to an aggressive, triumphant ~orthern majority. utill she has no rights etually left to her, or none which she can nforce against the wvill of that majority, and he is still hampered by the chains of this hmed Union, (whose greatest glory is its >rnggdocia s:pirit) against which she strug ~les, and can not extrieate herself. But the worst consequence of this spirit >f everlasting concession to the demands of he North. remains to be told. It has bro ten down the spirit of the Southern States. s.ta pride a nd State energy are grone. he cumstances, was to incur too great a respon k," sibility. After a hurried consultation, it was pt, decided to let her proceed under cover of the io, darkness, but not alone. A fresh horse was be provided, and soon after the news that Mink ;." the tory had passed on toward the camp of ue Lord Rawdon was received, Emily, accompa se nied by a trusty guide and protector, was :u galloping swiftly in a direction opposite to :s. that in which lay the British camp. A few iy miles brought her to a road that struck off it, towards the point on the Wateree which she was desirous to reach in a more southerly >ff direction, and which would take her at a wide angle from the point she most wished to avoid.. t - Of this road she had not herself known; but IU her guide, being familiar with the country d was able to conduct her by the shorter and t :h safer route. s- All night the girl and her companion rode on, at a pace as rapid as the nature of the er road and the darkness rendered safe, and at a daylight they were far away from the neigh borhood of the enemy's camp. As the sun 1 came up from the east, the guide of Emily, t :e according to instructions, after minutely de 's scribing to her the course she was to take, s d left her to pursue the remainder of her jour- , t- ney alone. Without stopping to refresh either y herself or her tired horse, the young heroine , 11 pressed forward, though the heat grew more and more intense every hour, as the sun Lt swept up toward the zenith. Faint, weary, 0 a and almost sick from fatigue, hunger and ex- C citement, she was urging on the jaded animal ti s she rode, when, about three o'clock in the hi ai afternoon, in cmergir from a dense wood, I it she came suddenly on a file of soldiers whose j t uniform she knew too well to leave a doubt t of their being friends. "Where will I find Gen. Sumter?" was her y first, eager enquiry. "lHe is encamped a mile from here." p4 " Take me to him, quickly," she said, " ai t have a message from General Greene." tf s The excitement by which Emily had been l e sustained on her long and perilous journey tj now subsided, and ero she reached the pres- tf f ence of the -Aiedrican General, she was so ti - weak that-s4e.ad to be supptdn presence of Sumter, she id,~aid, us- u a tnined by a newly-awakening enthusiasm, t, delivered her verbal message to the aston- L e ished officer, who, acting in necordance with ir d the intelligence received, was on the march t, s within an hour, to reach the point of june- p - tion with Gen. Greene, which that comman- o rl der had indicated in his despatch. s c Two weeks elapsed before Emily got sanfe- e r ly back to her father, who was informed an a f hour or two nfter her departure of what she v " had done. Of his nnxiety during her ab- s - sence we need not spenk; nor of the love p and pride that almost stifled him as lie clasped e d her to his heart on her return. g e Of the subsequent history of Miss Emily a ir Geiger, we know little or nothing. She was a married to a South Carolina planter, some f years after the Brittish troops were expelled p from the country she loved with so heroic an c I affection, and more than a quarter of a cen- v tury has elapsed since she went down in s a pence to the grave. Doubtless, her memory is green in the hearts of her descendants, if nay survive ; and green will it be, for age, a we trust in the hearts of all who know what iit is to feel the emotions of geulne patriotism.r idCoUnTTN.-An institution made up of Iflutes and moonlight-a period that brings discretion to a full stop, and marks with a 1 star the morning of our hopes. Courtingi converts women into angels, mouths into d, honey-combs-the heart becomes a great 1hive of sweets-while kisses are the bees that keep up the supply. Again we aisk, didI iyou ever hold the hand of a blue-eyed girl ?r n "Mrs. JENKINs," said mine host of the ec Swan " as you always come in late, have you eany objections to this gentleman occupyingI Is your bed until the stage goes out?" Nott t~ he least. I will be infinitely obliged to you dif you wvill put him there, so that the bed-t abugs ca aetheir suippers before I conie." e ca ha...-e d, PEACE AND PLENTY.-The following po- I at etical product ion, was given as a toast, by , Madison Moody, at a public meeting in Char of leston : r Corn in the big crib and1 money in the pocket. Baby in the cradle and a prerty wife to rock it, wV Coffee in the closet and snurar in the biarrel, te. Peace round thec fireside, & folks that dlon't quarrel. A noY who had been attending a coloredl ad person's funeral, was asked, on his return, rt- where he had been, IIe replied, very qui lie etly, " [ have been a blackburying." its A couNTuT paper speaking of the blind iwood sawyer, says, " although lie can t see lie can saw." he A MtAN asked an Irishman why lie wore 'If his socks wrong side outward. ral " Because," said he, " there's a hole on the at other side." ler " I CAN'T DO IT," never did anything. " I be WILL TRY," has worked wonders; and "I 'wnLL DO IT," has performed miracles. 1 flgr BY -reading wveenrich the mind, by ir_ conversation we polish it. They have degenerated into mere spunky resolves. The States have resolved and re solved to do something heroic andconsistent with their ancient honor, and have at the very ,first approach of danger, sunk down into a state of abject and unquestioning sub mission to the tyrannical 'powers that be.', What political somersetts have we not wit iessed, within the last two years, in Geor -ia and Virginia! What miserable backings )ut from an honorable position! What a ,plit of subservience to their Federal op. >ressors! What a truckling to political urn-coats in their own midst! Even South Carolina begins to be perva. led by something of the amne spirit. Sub. nissionists among us are becoming almost is plentiful as black berries in May. Party presses have sprung up, which as nil, with rancor and viru!ence, our long cher shed principles, and would, if possible, drag he State down from its high position, and ender it as contemptible, as it would be, if hey succeed, cowardly. Under the guise of 0-operating with other States, who have, fler all their fair resolves, solemnly declared hey would not co-operate with South Caro. inn, they would fain persuade our State to ie on her oars, and hug her chains, as other states have done, and wait till Divine Provi ence, or the Federal Government, which ex reises no just providence, destroys all the 'outhern States together. If this spirit rsknot met and mastered at ic beginning, vain will be the hopes of free. ien in all time to Come. State rights and tate sovereignty will be henceforth classed mong the dreams of the past. The institu ons of the South will be overthrown.-The lovernment of the United States will be Se nowledged to be, what it has for some time enlly been, a consolidated government with. ut limitation of powers; and South Caro na, who has hitherto kept her honor bright, nd her fame untarnished, will be set down a an insolent, bragging commonwealthwho ad neither the spirit, nor the strength to ecute her own high-sounding resolves.. Fromthe Charleson. A ome of those who now enounce sepa e ecession of South Carolina a absurd, sui idal and ruinous, to consider attentively the ist section of the Ordinance of.Nulification a 1832. It is as follows: "And we the people of South Carolina o the end that it may be fully understood Pv the Government of the United States and lie people of the co-States that we are de erinined to maintain this our Ordinance and )cclaration at every hazard. Do further leelare that we will not submit to the ap ,liention of force on the part of the Federal .overnmient to reduce- this State to obedi Tmee: but that we will consider the passage >y Congress of any act authorizing the em loyment of a military or naval force against he St:te of South Carolina, her constituted uthorities or citizens, or any act abolishing >r closing the ports of this State or any of hem, or otherwise obstructing the free in ress and egress of vessels to and from the aid ports, or any other act on the part of 'I General Government to coerce the State, hut up her ports, destroy or harrass her ommerce, or to enforce the acts herewith leclared to be null and void, otherwise than hrough the civil tribunals of the country, as nconsistent with the longer continuance of South Carolina in the Union; and that the 1eople of this State will thenceforth hold hemselves absolved from alU further obliga-. ion to maintain their political connexion vi the people of the other States, and will orthwvith proceed to organize a separato Governmnent, and to do all other acts and things which sovereign and indepenoent St ates may of right do." (See 1 stat. 331.) Here we have a conditional ordinance of separate secession, to go into effect upon the eommission by the Federal Government of my one of several enumerated acts. Bu even if it is to be regarded only as a declara tion of an intention to secede upon certain :ontingceies, that declaration carries with t all the moral force which the convention ,vbich made it could give. Among the sig. 1ers of the Ordinance we find the names >f R. W. Elarnwell,, A. Enrt, and Job John ton. TURKEY CREEK. Sot-RCEs OF NEW ORLEANS PoPUL.AToN. -We have often heard it remarked says Delow) that New Orleans was a most per ~eet medley of all nations and people under enaeei. The late report of the spperinten-. lant of public schools of Muneipality num yer one somewhat confirms the impressions. It appears there are 2,256 scholars register.. "Of the scholars, there arc 179 whose nother tongue is the French; 909, the Eng ish ; 308, the German ; 43, the Spanish ; 16, he Italian, and 1 the Polish language. 1; 163 were born in Louisiana; 306 in other States of the Union; 269 in France ; 22'7 in Germamy; 167 in Ireland; 69 in England 'md Scotland; 16 in Spain; 8 in Mexico; 5 in the West Indies; 4 in Cuba; 3Sin Canada ; 3 in Belgium; 2 in Swvitzerland; 1 in Poland, nd 1 in Australia." g I-r Ts a singular fact, that when the Idian swearsi, he swears in English. There tre no oaths in the Indian vernacular. nse A GOnanme wvill shine for ever.