Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 15, 1852, Image 2

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ETHIOPEAN MELODY. GWINE TO RUN ALL NIGHT, OR, DE CAMPTOWN RACES. Dz Camptown Ladies sing dis song, Doo-dah-doo-dah ! De Campton race-track five miles long, Oh! Doo-dah, day! I come down dah wid my hat caved in, Doo-dah-doo-dah! I go back home wid a pocket full of tin! Oh! Doo-dah, day! Cuoaus Gwine to run a I night! Gwhie to run all day! I'll bet my money on do bob-tail nag-Some body bet on do bay. Gwine to run all iight! Gwine to run all day! I'll bet my money on de bob-tail nag-Some body bet on do bay. Do long tail filly and de big black hoss, Doo-dah-doo-dah! Dey fly de track and dey both out across, Oh! Doo-dah, day! De blind hoss sticken In a big mud hole, Doo-dal-doo-dali! Cant touch bottom wid a ten foot pole. Oh! Doo-dah, day! CnoaIs-Gwine to run all night! &c. Old mutey cow come on to de track, Doo-dah-doo-dah ! De bob-tail fling her ober his back, Oh! Doo-dah, day! Den he fly along like a rail-road ear, Doo-dah-doo-dah! Ruimin a race wid a shootin star! Oh! Doo-dah, day! Cuionts-Gwinc to run all night! &c. See dem flyin on a ten mile heiat, Doo-dah-doo-dahi! Round do race track den repeat Oh! Doo-dah, day! I win my money on do bob-tail nag, Doo-dah--doo-dah! I keep my money in an old tow-bag! Oh! Doo-dah, day! Cnoaus-Gwine to run all night! &c. Home. "Iome, thy joys are passing lovely Joys no stranger's heart can tell." What a charm rests upon that endearing name-my home! consecrated by domestic love-that golden key of earthly happiness. Without this, home would be like a temple - stripped of its garlands; there a fthtier wel comes with fond affection; a brother's kind sympathies comfort in the hour of distress, - and assist in every trial; there a pious moth cr first taught the infant to lisp the name of Jesus; and there a loved sister dwells, the companuion of early days. Truly, i there is aught that is lovely here below, it Is home-sweet home! It is like the oasis in the great desert. The pas sing of our days may be painfil ; our path may be checkered with sorrow and care; un kindness and frowns may wither the joyous ness of the heart, efface the happy smiles from the brow, and bedew life's way with tears, yet still the memory hovers over the past; there is no place in which it delihts toiunner, as thme loved scenes of childhood's hiome! it is the polar star of existence. What cheers the mariner, far from his naitive * larnd, in a foreign port, or tossed upon the bounding'billows, as he paces the deck at midnighL,s alone-what togt 1 .Kiiaat4~Heas.thi.nn,pfabe ~ mind's eye he sees the smiling group seated around- the cheerful fireside. Inm imagination he hears them uniting their voices in singing the sweet songs which lie loves. IHe is anti eipating the hour when he shall return to his native land, to greet the absent ones so dear to hi~s heart. Why rests that deep shade of sadness upon the stranger's brow, as he seats himelf amid the family circle ? He is surrounded by all the luxuries that wealth can afford; happy faces gather round him, and strive in vaini to win a smile. Ahm ! lie is thinking of his own sweet home; of the loved ones assembled within his vwn cheerful cot. Why those tears which trickle down the cheeks of that young and lovely girl, as she mingles in the social circle ? Ala! shev is anm orphan; she too, had a haippy home; its loved ones arc nowv sleeping in the cold anid silent tomb. The gentle mother who watched over her infancy, and hushed her to sleep with lullaby w~hich a mother can only sing, who in girlhood days taught her of thme Sa viour, and tunmed her youthful voice to sing praises to his name, has gone to the mansions of joy above, anti is mingling her songs and tunes her gnlden harp with bright anigels in Heaven. Poor one! she is nowv left to trend the golden path of life, lonely, a homeless wanderer. Thus it is in thme chianging world. Thme objects nmost dear are snatched away--We Sare deprived of friends whom most we love, and our cherished home is rendered desolate. " Passing away," is engraved oii all things earthly. But there is a home thamt knows nmo changes, where separations never take place, where the sorrowing ones of this world may obtain relief for, all their griefs, and whlere the sighs and tears of earth are exchanged for unending songs of joy. In the shadowy past, there is one swveet reminiscence, which the storms of life can never wither ; it is the recollectidn of home. In the visioned feature, there is one bright star whose lustre never fades. it is the hope of home-of Heavenly home. THE SECRET OF LONGEvITY.--The means known, so far, of pronmotin'g longevity, have usually concentrated in short, pithy sayings -as "keep your head cool, and your feet warm "-" Work much, aind eat little," &e., just as if the whole scienee of human life could be summed up and brought out ini a few wvords, while its great principles were kept out of sight. One of the best of these sayings is giveii by an Italian in his hundred and sixteenth year, who being asked the rea son of his living so long, replied w.ith that improvisation for which his country is re inared: When hungry, of the best I cat, And dry and warm I keep my feet ; I screen my head from sun and rain, And let few ectres perplex my brain. . The followig is about the best theory of the matter: Every man is born with a cer tain stock of vitality, which cannot be in.. creased, but may be husbanded. With this stock he may live fast or slow-may live ex tensively or intensively-may spread his lit tle anmount of life over a large space, or nar row it into a contracted one; but whenm this stock is exhausted he has no more. He who lives extensively, drinks pure water, avoids all inflamuitory diseases, exercises sufliciently but-not laboriously, indulges no exhaiusting passidns, feeds on no excitiing material, pur sues no debilitating pleasures, avoids all la borious and protracted study, preserves an easy mind, and thmushusband his quantum of vitality..will live considerably lnge, than. he otherwise would do, because he lives slow: while he on the other hand, who lives intensely, who beverages himself on liquors and wines, exposes himself to inflamitory diseases or causes that produce them, labors beyond his strength, visits exciting scenes and indulges exhausting passions, and lives on stimulating and highly seasoned food, is alvays debilitated by his pleasures. KossuTI.-The Charleston Courier of the 12th inst. says: " The distinguished Hunga rian patriot, with his lady and suile, arrived in this city, via the Railroad, on Friday after noon last, and took lodgings at the Charles ton Hotel. No excitement or public demon strations attended his reception or brief so journ among us. On Saturday, the Mayor of the city and a number of citizens waited on him, at his lodgings, and tendered hint the hom:ge of their respect for his character and lofly endowments and expressed their sympathy for his misfortunes and those of his oppressed countrymen. He conversed freely with his visitors, on the subject which occupics his mind ; but the intervention doe trines of the great Magyar, even when en forced by his rare eloquence, have made no impression on a community whose hearts and minds are too strongly iimned with the wise and paternal lessons of Washington, to be led astray by the sophistry or enthusiasm of the gifted foreigner. The conservatism of our people furnisidng no motive for his pro longed stay, lie and his party left, on Satur day afternoon, in the Wilmingtoun boat, for the North. We learn that at Augusta, also, his reception was very lukewarm ; and that, on his arrival there. finding no preparations on foot to receive him vith " distinguiuhed honors," he concluded to proceed at once on his journey. THE CONVESTioN.-A writer in the Daily State Rights Republican nominales lion. Langdon Cheves as the most suitable person to preside over the deliberations of the Con vention. Gov. Means is also incidentally alluded to as being most likely to meet the suipport of the secession neiimbers of the Convention. W1hatever niy be the final ac tion of that body, we think it most proper that the Presidant should be one whose views accord with those of the majority of the Convenlion. Under this view, our w'or thy Chief Magistrate would be admirably tit ted for the ofilce; and while his courtesy and abilitv will enable him to discharge the di ties of that post with eminent success, his generous disposition, and hightoned liberality of character, will lead him to treat with cour tesy and respect his political opponents, andl yield to the voice of tIhe majority. We know no man, pnblic or private, whose qualities of head amid heart so eminent ly qn;.lify limit for the oflice of President of tie State Conven tion as Governor J. 11. 31ins.--Unionville Journal. GA TH ERI N G S. TiHE Pit ECEPT OF NVASmNGToN.-The fol lowing sentence is from a let ter addressed by Washington to Lafaiyette and dated 31t. Ver non, Deic. 25, 1798: On the polities of Europe, I shall express no opinion, nor make any iniuiry who is right, or wrong, I wish weil to all nations and to ll mien. My polities are plain and simple. I think every natic n has a right to establish that orm of govermnent u nier wvhichi it conceives it, may live most happily, provided it inframcts no righ t, or is not dange rous to others; atnd that no government ought to interfere with the internal concerns of another except for thie seurity. of what i-to themrfiE E ese stated in an Arkansas Journal that Ross, the chief of~ the Cherokees, has ascertained that the survey of the line between that termitory and the State of Arkansais was eit her frauudu lently or erroneously surveyed, which de prives the Cherokees of au strip of land comprising a population of 9,000 persons, and is wvorth a million of dollars, riumming along the whole breadth of the State tromt the Missouri line to Red River. Dn. JUYIL's SuhrTH announces in a com mnunication to the Greeaiviile .\Iountaiineer, that he haus just received a fresh supply of Tea Nuts, and one cause o f Tea l'hants from China. The Tea Plants that have arrived were shipped from Shanghai i October, and all are supposed to be of~ the Green TIea species. The Dr. hopes, lhe says, yet to se the hills and valleys of Grteenvillhe clothed with Tea Plants, "and the Railroad cars freighted with Teas. LmrERATION or THlE Il.CHu STATE Paisox Ents.-The New York Tribune is indebtedl to the editor of the Irish Amecrican for a slip from the D)ublin Freemian's Journal, of Mlarch 20, containing t'ic followoing iumportanmt an nouncement, which is believed to be relia ble: "It is reported that orders have actuailly been issued fronm the Colonialh Oflice, or shortly will be issued, directing the inmnedi ate release of the Irish exiles, snbject to the condition thrnt they arc not to return to auny port of~ the British Islands. Ai r. White~ide haud been an active intercessor for liberation." THE steamner Glencoe, of New Orleans, while making her landling at St. Louis ont the 3d inst., burst all lher boilers. She had 150 passengers ont board, a large number of wvhom were killed. TIhue steamers Cataract, Geor gia, :mnd WVestern wvere lyinmg alongside, and sustaimed considerable damage. They haud several men killed, but the niumber 'is not known, though believed to he large. The Glencoe took fire and burnt to the wvater's edge. A MAN named CRAWFOnD, ehtarged with having killed a man namied Du.LoY, at Car tersvihle, on the 24th of December last, was arrested yesterday afternoon by oflicers Hiar bin, Sistrunk and Byrd, at the Georgiai Rail road Depot. lie wvas about leaving in thme Cars. A rewvard of $300 wvas offered for his ar- I rest.-Augumsta Constitutionaiilst.t GooD B3ACKRs.--The Rothschilds are said t~o have been the support uipont which Louis Napoleon rested in his late financial move ment ; this accounts for the confidem-e with which the operation has been effected, and in its first success. Ma. Swisshelm declares that " the coil of an anaconda wvould make a better girdle for n, young woman's waist than the arm of a f drunken husband."n Of course it wvould: it would squeeze her 1 tighter, and that she would like better. THE Rev. Caulvin Fairbanks, lately convic ted at Louisville, Kentucky. of having abdue- I ed a female slave and aided and assisted S her after her escape to Indiana, has been sentenced to fifteen years, imprisonment, in the State Penitetntiary. THE President, by and 3dtih the advice f' and consent of~ the U. S. Senate, has ap) pointed Joseph Parsons, of Tennessee, to be Marshal of the United States for the eastern L istrict of Tennessee, in the place of D. Si eCallum, deceased; and WVilliamn Thomp- fi on, to be Jnstice of the Peace in the county a o ur.a,;nton, in the Disrict of Conta.i n EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1852. - VERBLIA SAT. WE think " SECEsSIoN" has too much taste and ronsideration to enter a rejoinder against " SA i.u )AnS" sneering rhetoric. Those who really wish )eace at home should, in our opinion, accompany he expression of that wish with language more dnd, or, at any rate, less tart. NOTICES OF EXCHANGES, GODEV's LADY's iooK, for May, is a Alne :pecimen of that popular periodical, containing 120 pages of letter-press. A number of well-exe -uted engravings and several interesting articles Lud sketches adorn this number. TnE NoaT AMENRICAN, MISCELLANVY and DoL.AR MAGAZINE, for April, has also been ily received, contents noted and approved, and the work filed away among the papers we pre ;erve. TIE CONVENTION, Tis body meets on the twenty-sixth instant. We have before this expressed our astonishment it the silence with which it approaches and the apparent indifference manifested in regard to its proceedings. There is a calm and quiet, at pres :nt, in our State, amounting almost to a Lethenn deep, which we think augurs badly, especially apon the eve of the assembling of a Convention, rull of exciting interest, and pregnant with issues if the most vital importance. 'Tis in the deepest stillness, when all is hushed in sleep, "cum quies wortalibus aegris," that the wolf walks abroad in iearch 6f his victim, and we very much fear, al thongh our people have been Itilled into security 1sy propitious appearances, that the under current flows deep and strong, and that its waters are still troubled and bitter. That there must be some Fecret movement on foot, seems probable from the fact that neither party will disclose its intentions to the other. Mutual distrust indoubtedly exists between them, and lie who would proclaim the movements of his party, is as guilty as was, in ilden times, the divulger of Eleusinian mysteries. Again, a Convention clothed with unlimited power is to assemble, and do we suppose that nothing will be done? Power is always used, and most general. ly abused. and if this Convention effect nothing, then it will be a most remarkable instance, andl btlinost a contradiction of the past. Secessionists will have their measures to pro pose, and Co-operationists theirs; the result to be apprehended is that neither party will accede to the propositions of the other, and of course issue will be joined. Indeed the s ark is only to be struck to kindle the flame. The seeniingly propitious breeze is ofien the prelude of a ruder gale. There may be found there a. party, intent upon plunging the State into abject submission. Of course they will not do it openly and directly, for the very sound grates upon the ear of a freeman. But oft times the yoke is placed upon our necks before we know it, and the whip and spur applied ad libilum, and we find out too late that kicking only makes the matter worse. Suppose, for instance, that the proposer of the "PIdrish Bill" would move for the abolition of the preseti representation in the Parishes, and it were carried, as we seriously apprehend it might be. This would amount in the end to submission ; for it would tundoubtedhy form two deeply hostile parties int our State. And if, as it is argued, we are even while united too weak to assert our rights, wve should be, if divided, fit only fur sub be nmade, and merely express the supposition through a sense of ditty. We believe that the at tenitionu of our people ought to be called to every qutestioni which may by any possibility be sprung upon us at this trying juncture. For ourselves, we cannot avoid the convictIon that there is too much honesty and patriotism, among the Members of the Convention, to permit them to sane'tion for a moment any attempt to thwart their action from the special purposes con templated in the Bill which called them into exist. entee. Our conviction is still stronger that any iovemtent, at this time, calculated to Increase thiise initernal divisioins which have already nearly ruined its, will be frowned down and crushted in its very incipienicy. And yet the quest ion recurs, cannot somethinig be done, which, while it shall speak wvell for the 'l irit of our people, shall not involve the dephora bile consequence of furt her division! Cannot Secessioists and Co-opierationists, with feelings af brotherly kindness and fillial devotiotn to the honor of Carolina, agree, at least, to emblazon, as it were upon our very Coat of Arms, the addi iol motto of "'lThe Rtighit of Secession-ours rom the foundation of the itepublic-ours to its atest age ?'' Where is the proposition, to this fIleet, which we tmderstand to have been sug ;ested by the venerable Citrvss! Will pour ~arulina shrink from doing at least thuts miuch! Last year nine tenths of both parties were agreed Ipon this point. Are they not so still ? Is there langer oif incurring the anathemas of Federal Au .hority by a few strokes of a Freematn's pen, de :lariing to the country that we have not yielded nir rights by acquiescence and prochainming that ye are still a united people, determined, at the irst propitious momenit to maintain those rights to lie last extremity ? Will there be treason, or even mnprudence, in taking this position I We cannot hink so for an instant. And we trust that some lung of the kind, wisely conceived and briefly xpressed, may be passed by an overwhelming *ote of our Convention. Complete sileitce and naetion would be preferable to anything short if this. SIGNS IN GEORIGJA. No-r many months ago, there was a coalition 'etween Messrs. Tooxas and S-rEvENs of Geor ia, one initention of which seemed to be to put itt of oflice theirs very worthy and hoinorable ellow citizen, Judge BlzaRIEN. By a combina ion of parties, and the most consummate politi al tactics, they succeeded in their attempt. We bouighit at the time that bot h were ambitious of lie Senatorshiip, but that Mr. STPvE~s would ucceed in getting it. Mr. TFooxass however, as isual, came the demagogue over him, in conse uence of wvhicht there is at present an interesting ivision in the politics of that State. In the last nutmber of the Constitutionalist we udt an exceedingly entertaining account of a teeting held in Augusta. rTe question was, " to laltimore or not to Baltimore." Mr. A Noasw .MILLER called the meeting, andl was clearly Sfavor of sailing for the Democratic Convention. hut Mr. JExcis was not ready for the trip, and trecessfully opposed the motion of Mr. MtLLza, isomuich that it wvas detamined "not to go." It thus appears that Messrs. MIr.LER and JEN-. tNs are clearly opposed to each other, (wye meani aitically,) the forimer concurring with Mr. 'oo.xns and the latter with Mr. STEVENS. We have had the pleasure of seeittg Mr. Mit. Ena repeatedly of late, during several profes onal visits to otir town, and have been most evorably impressedl with his character and bility. What we had previously heard of him the very firitwmenof-eorgia. -Azo thre political position he at present occupies, we cannot but regard it as honorable.to himself and worthy of a true Southern Demoirit. We sincerely wish he may succeed in causing the other wing of the late coalition to kick-the beam. TALL.ENGLIS. WE find in a Magazine of extensive fame the fillowing, among many similar comments, upon one of the most delicious of all subjects. (We leave the curious to guess what that subject is.) " Action and re-action constitute a law pervad ing the universe through all its spheres.. Nor less does a single electric bond of sytpathy, extend ing from heart to heart'.secure, out of myriads of individuals, one indivisible totality of race. Is there one of our readers capable of under standing, with any degree of ease, this supernal (not to say infernal) etpression ? We trust not; for it would alarm us -for the soundness of their Intellectual organs. low long Will those half, crazy disciples of the Boston School continue to indulge themselves in such wild and mysterious literary fantasies ? As long, perhaps, as they are encouraged by being tolerated. And why are they tolerated ? Because, amidst a deal of seh mystification, there it times gleam forth singular ly striking specimeni of beauty and eloquen-:e. Let all, and especially the youthful reader, carefully discrimin4between the dross and the gold of such proi ons. Otherwise the spu rious may obtain poesion of their fancies to the utter overthrow of ipure and correct taste. HOTCH-POTCH, No. 1. "THE BOB-TAILED NAG" ET CETERA. Thinking that some of our young friends would be pleased to have a copy of this favorite Ethio pean " squall," we present them on another col umn with the words. It is taken for granted that almost every one, by this time, has the time. Those deficient .in this latter respect can be put into the right way, by sitting a few hours in some piazza fronting upon our Plaza and listening at tentively to the whistling of the various little black-a-moors about town, as they ply the Vil lage pump. Speaking of Pumps, we are inclined to think that the one which forms Ihe centre of our" Park" issomethingofa "bob-tailed" afiair itself. "Niver a month" passes but it's hauled out upon the dry dock for repairs. We don't know but that the old fashioned oaken bucket, with rope and windlass, is the best water carrier after all. The simplest is ever the besi way of reaching any fountain whatever. Al! that word" fountain" reminds us of hav ing heard our townsman, Mr. PxN., say a short time ago, that his Soida Fount, with all necessary ice and syrrup accompaniments, would be put in operation at an earli day. Sufler us to exhort you, friend 1'ENN, ttZecfte your purpose - im mediately, if not so er"-for the warm days are coming or, and the "bloom is on the rye," and our throats are gettin dry. Dry, did we say Aye, and the times are dry -dry in politics, Oy in money-matters, dry in amusements. Well now that thing of amusement is the very thing we wished to stumble on. It has been sug gested that, in the absence of all other amuse ments, it would be well- to get tip something of an amateur Concert occasionally to relieve the dull monotony of this terrible village life. We think the idea an admirable one, and have no doubt that it would meet with-the unqualified ap proval of the whiole commtunity. Let the business of preparing for it prpdeed forthwith. Gentlemen and ladies, amate I " ep Onrtljga,tth curtains) that a "-. nd Vocal and Instrumental Concert" will b~e given as soon as some hi:the pre paratory arrangementsecan be made. A nd, laying every thing like jest iside, we think it would be a most harmrless. entertaininug and enlivening un dertaking. As to itsjuecess we wont say posi tively, although we hive no do'ubt of it. Certain it is, that the " Advert iser" will contribute its full share towards that success, whether in the way of a song or a puff. We might, perhaps, even he induced to throw aside for one night our robe of dignity and give in our obl-fashtioned way, the very " Buh-tailed nag'.' which tops this parngraph. Bunt, in truth, we have now about Edgefield some rare musical talent, and we could get tip a Cnn cert, of which even "GCotham" nmight not be achamed; and so we will, 'ncmine- conlradicentec. Oh, that abomInable legal Lat in ! It renmitus us that we have to rc~ise, this moment, a copy of one of Chani. J's lung decrees. A nd so, with or without the reader's consent, we must "kiver-' til the hiotch-potcht till another time. FoIa TnlE ADvERtTISP. Mtelanxcholy suicide. CONNELI. X 1Io.rns, 11ossier Ph., Lit. blarch 24th, 1852, Cotmnittedl suicide on the 10th inst., in Rosieir Parish, Loutisiana, Mrs. MAIa-rIA A. A. Sloantts, consort of Mr. Edward II. Morris, formerly of Edgefield District,- S..C., in the thirty-first year of her age. Mrs. M onais w-as a native of Edgefield Dis trict, whlere sihe resided until the removal of her husband to this Parish, in 1840. She wa tunited to the Baptist Denomninatioa at the Rlehioboth Church in 1844-aud by her consistent wvalk, shte evinced until the day of her death, the sin cerity of her Christian profession. Mrs. M~oantis was an utfetionate wife, devoted mother and warm friend, etndearing herself to all thrown in contact with her. rTe aflliotittg hand of Providence hmas been heavily laid upon her, in the loss of three in teresting chtildren, within the two past years, and although never mnrmurinig at the hatid so heavily afiicting, her fortitude suink, and four months past site has suffered under all the hoc rors of Monomnaniti. She has madle several at tempts uipon her life within the last few mnonths, which were only rentdercd abortive by thte inces sant vigilance of her devoted husbanud, but at lust eluding even this,shem succeeded in shooting herself with a gun, casually left loaded in her room. Let us draw the veil of Charity over this tragical act--remembering that IIe, who in his infinite wisdom, saw fit so sorely to try one of his children, has reserved to Ilimself alotne, the power to judge her. .A FRIEND, CAFFTARa PUNtSHIMENTS.-The culprit is rubbled ail over with greese; he is then taken to an nut-hill, against whiebt lie is pinaced and s'eeured to the ground- 'The ant-hill is then brotken, and the ants left to crawl over him and eat his flesh from. his bones, which they do in time most eflictuatlly. TiHE Postmaster General has estalished a new Post O(1ice at Bath, in Edgefield Dis trict in this State, and appointed Johni J. Giover, as the Postinaster thereat. REPEALED.-Th~e Legislature of' Pennsyh- t vania has repenled tho act prohtibiting thmet use of the jails in thatt State for the confine-e uin ouiive Slaves.h FOR THlE ADTERTISER. MESSRS. E-DITORS:-In reply to a writer in a ate number of your paper, under the signature if " SEcEssIoN," I would be indulged in remark ing, a second time, that we, the Co-operationists have no idea of entering into a controversy with rur brethren, the Secessionaists; because the lopies between its have already been completely exhausted, na we canl see no good to arise from a heated debate. I am particularly disinclined to engage in a dispute with your correspondent, ror I can well discern his literary ear-mark, and have reason to dread the terrors of his " gray goose quill." He commands, too, such a variety of well-selected images, that it would be vain for ine to compete with him, in nmy own unpre tenelhag style, or to have the rashness to bring my very small crop of flowers to a market where roses and bourjues are literally lavished on the winds. If I should pay him a deserved compli ment, lie wotld toss his head about like a co quettish miss, who had been spoiled by flattery, and, might openly and apparently disdain what his secret heart doted upon. One who has the happy faculty of saying iothing so gracefully, and who so fearlessly, and with so imposing a manner, makes no point and takes no position in his communication, cannot expect me to contend with him,, for I am too old tb fight against the empty air, or to cut and sliash the shadows of moonshine. From the billing and cooing of the Secession Journals over the delicate little morsel he furnished them, a week or two ago, in answer to me, I should probably have no fair field to fight in, if I were disposed to make battle. But that is not my object, and it is not the object or the party to which 1 belong. We ask for peace-peace at home, and peace throughout the Southern States. We earnestly soliet the help of our friends to unite the South, and to still keep up a fire against Northern tyranny and oppression. IT:d the coitest of last year resulted in our defeat, and in proving, that, of the two contending parties, ours was in the minority, we certainly intended to lead all the aid in our power to our victorious friends, anad to follow them, not only to the edge, but even into the very gulf of ruin, which we believed was opening wide its hideous jaws to receive both then and ourselves. They had our pledge to sustain them,and it would have been redecm ed, if they had carried the State. One common disastrotis fate would have been the lot of us all -ad t he hopes of all Carolina would have been buried in the same grave. Is it not manifest then, that we have the riglt now to call upor the Sceessiotnists for assistance to apply the only remedy we deem calculated to restore the life of our liberty, and to save'us all from poverty, disgrace and imisery ? A South. ern Confederacy is the only sovereign medicine left us. But our courteous friend, suggests that " the parties can never be united except in aetion," and proposes " a marriage contract." I agree with the gallant gentlemnan, that, in matters of love, action does legitimately succeed, after a contract, and especially after tho celebra tion of the marriage rites. But are thefir IaI maidens nalways endued with pattience sutlicient to wait for the tedious details oif a conatract, and must some preliminary action not be hadl to set ale the ternms oaf agreement ? Propose your teras. '1Tnlite ther nonres'i~lwiththose wo have been uthemirpng rolay down, we canffut ali~them. To adopt the same strain of your correspondent, we are noaw lookinag up to the high hills oif Se cession, and anxiously wondering what the in haabitanats thaereof wilt do. " Will thtey do, as they would, that othecrs should do unto themt ?" Shtall we tnt only be cotmpelled to sign a bontract withi them, a term odious to free-livers anad generous souls, but shall its stringent stipu lations divorce us from thiose whoase love tneeds no cntract to binid it, tand no miarriage ceremto nial to fasten its chains? Nio, no-we mutst receive your sincere overtures of iore~befiore we seriously consider the propriety of a contract. "Seca~ssrox"' has quoted a portion oif tty first article, aand trium~phanatly asks, if his party wats not endieavoarinag to do last year, whent it was aopposedh atnd thwarted by ts, precisely what we wvishi it to do, ntow ? To which I answer tno, noat accoirdintg to mty htonest untderstandainag of its princeiples of anetion. It didl call upion the State to utnite, but to unite itn what ? To umate in im mediate separate Slate Secession. Saomae ofthe maore re.asotnble of his patrtisans ad voentedl that caurse, bieeaUse they were imtpressed with the belief, that such priompt aunda terrible action would force a Saouthcrna Union. Others nainttainted the dhoctrine of solitary' secessiona, beennse fromn their excited tetmper, they deemted Soth Carolinia suflicietat tio stand against the woirld ini arms, or perhapis fromtt an aradent laove of haavoc anad dis coral, whiehI had seized tupon themt as a foul epilepsy, oar rather fr'oman aitntolerable fiereeness of spirit, wicih from being hafled by the wiles of the General Governmtent lad grown " fiereer by despaair,"t anal hada rendered even the horriad decaripitiaon oif Molocha applicable to their own anomaaalouas state of minad. " Ilis truast was with thae eternal to lbe aheem'd Eq~uat in streangtha ; and rather thtan be less, Cared naot ta, lbe at all. With that care lost Wenat aill his fear :of God, or iell, or worse, L ie reek'd not-" But the Secessiotnists as a party never occupied the grounds I have takent. Inistead of eniceulat inag htow thecy couald ell'eet a uniaon of the South, they were calculatinag thle guns, anid mtent, and warlike resources oif South Carolina. We amaintainedt thena, atnd we mnaintaitn now, thtat a Southern Conifederney shouldh be fatrmedl before cutting thec cord that binds a State to the Unaion -they mtaintainedl that such a Confederacy was beyonid hoape, or wars useless, that the tie should be severed forthwith, and that the consequenaces shtould be left to God, to accident, atnd to posterity. SiALUDA. N~OMlEN AN NEWVSPAPER1s.-Tlhe facetious L-ditor of the Boston l'epuablican is warm in praise of his lady subscribers. He says: 'Women atre the best subscribers in the wrorld to newspapers, malgazines, etc'. We iave been editor ntow going on for eight rears, atnd we have tnever vet lost a dollar by emntile subscribers. They sceem to inake at paoint of conscientious duty to pay the >reachler aund the printer-two classes of the otmmunity that suff'er mnure by bad pay, and to pay at alil, thtan all the rest put together. aWhenever we ha~ve a woman's name on our >ook, wve know it just as good for two dol ars and a-half as a picayunte is for a ginlger ake." Moreover, hte asserts that ladies read he newspapers to wiche they subscribe more ohoioughaly thtan men, and conclndes by de inritng that he " would ratthter have a d'ozen Sound Sentiments. We make the following extracts from a speech by Mr. C. M. Ingorsoll, of Connecticut, delivered in the House of Representatives on last Wednesdny: " Mr. Chairman : The secession of a sove reign State from this Union is a very easy aet to perform where there is a will (and God grant it may never arise) to do it. Whether it is a constitutional or revolution iry right which must be exercised is a ques tion which I have no time to discuss here. I prefer to look at the practical bearing of the result, should the issue of secession ever be made. Suppose a State determines upon secession, what power (I speak not of "right ") of the federal government, under the Constitution, will force it to remin in the confederacy? Has it any power? In theory, even, it is questionable to some minds, while in a practical pooint of view it is powerless. What! a government formed upon a compact and a compromise, and foun ded upon the will and af'ection of the peo ple governed, and deriving all its strength from the popular voice, compelling the peo ple of a sovereign State, at the point of the bayonet, into submission? The idea is at war with every principle of our republican government. But if it is carried out, what then ? Tell me the worth of that State to this Union which is kept to us only by pow der and ball? Let a State determine on se cession, and while the strong arm of federal authority cannot force it to its place in the alaxy of stars which compose the Union, it will be no easy undertakinig to persuade It back to the point it before occupied by the side of its sister States in the confederacy. " Mr. Chairman, the people of the North have not, until of late, aroused themselves to a knowledge of the ruin which has thren tened the Union: immersed in business, and bent on the pursuits of honest gain, they have been uninindful of the danger which has surrounded them ; while designing men and politicians. wit h selfish ends, have been sporting with the institutions of the country, like a child with a bauble. The political question of slavery in the States or in the territories, the Federal Government has nothing, In tny opinion, to do with. If1, fin. ding the culture of tobacco unprofitable, choose to plant my field with corn. I have no right to destroy my neighbor's field, or abuse himt1, because lie continues to plant a weed, which, in my opinion, forced upon me by my own experience, is destroying his land, and which, in its efteets, has an injurious in fluence upon the health of the community around us. No more right has the State of Connecticut to say to South Carolina, your slave labor is unprofitable; we have found it so,therefore you must abolish it. If I and my friend from A i ginia are owners of a tract of land, which he and I contributed to purclare. I have no exclusive right to tell him low that land ahill be cultivated or man aged, nor has he that right over me; and so it is with the territories belonging to this government-it is not in the power of the Federal Government to say that Connecticut may go iito theim with her factory mills, and that Virrinia cannot enter them with her pro perty." INTERESTIxG rr.olt MEXICO.-LIte advices fron Mexico, state that the letter of Jonas P. Levy to the President of Mexico, written withi a view to prevent the ratification of the Tehuantepee treaty, was shown to Mr. Letch. r, the U. S. linilster in Mexico, by the Mexiean officials, and he wvas allowed to take a copy of it. This was transmitted to the U. S. Government. the bankrupt government of Mexico will soon be compelled to resort to some other extraordinary means to replenish their trea sury. A very extensive conspiracy exists against the present admiinistration, and in fatvor of the recnll and restoration of Santa Annat. Mr. Letchier, is ino doubt, pretty wvell inform ed on this point. In the event of the return of Santa Ann-i to power, the Garay gr~mnt of the Trehuatepec route may be attempted to he transferred to the exclusive possession of Brtish capitalists. FIRE !-About a quarter to 12 o'clock last nighit a fire broke out on King-street, which destroyed a large amount of property. It originated in the bouse No. 346, oetnpied by Mr. WVEtBER, as a frulit-store, entirely eon suming it and the building adjoining, ocent. pied as a grocery store by Mr. Ricxs. It then crossed to the opposite side of King street, dest roying BUSH'S el othtinmg store, G L-Tat.t's je~welry stoie, and a bar-room for merly ocentpied by Mr. GAr.LAY. WIttLIAI's seed st ore airrested the progress of the flames, whicb is also a total loss. Mr. AlCALISTER'S store received some slight damage. atnd the dry goods establishment of Mr. HJA BEsoN, corner at Burns' Lane, and King-street, suf fered severely by the hurried removal of his entire stoek of good, anid by water. He has an insurane of $6,500. The cause o3f the ire we could ntot ascertain.-Charleston Standard 13th inst. THE PR.ESIDENCY.-MIr. Buchanan, in a letter to a laidy frienid in W~ahington, thtus writes itt reply to a handsomely-expressed wish that lie might be the Democratic can didate for the Presidency: "I thank you most cordially for your kitnd wishtes in tmy behalf in regard to the Presi dency. Should thme Democratic pairty of the country elevatie me to that most exaled st tion on earth, I shall endeavor to perform its duties hottest ly and successfully; if not, I trust I posses sufficient christian philosophy to enabte me to bear my fate with cheerful atd contented resignlation. In truth, so far as I :amt personally concerned, 1 feel no anx ionts anud ambitions lotnginugs for the pirize, though, if it should come, gratitude to the American people will ever be engravent.ont ny heart. JUDGE WAntAw.--Thte editorial corres pondence of the Greenville (S. C.) Patriot states that his Uion. Jutdge Wardlaw, wh ile taking notes ini thme evidence in a case tried before him at Anderson Court House, on the 2dl inst., "hfanted and fell from his seat on the bench. Great confusioni and consterna tion ensued. In a few minutes, however, the Judge revived and proposed to go on withm the case, but thq bar insisted on the adjournment of the Court." We are happy to perceive that the indisposition of the Judge was not serious, as we learn fronm the enme paper that lie was subsequently etigag ed in holding the Piekens and Greenmvihle courts. DEATHs OF MissioNARiES Fnl STARYA TIo.-Six Etnglish missionaries, uinder Capt. Gardener, R. N., wvho were sent out among the sauvnges of the Straits of Magellan, in 1850, fell victims iat Spanish Harbor, last September, to starvation. A British vessel recently went in search of them, and found the dead bodie of two of them, and fraug mets of papers from the others, detailing heir frightful sull'erings. The last note of Capt. Gardner wvas of the 6th of September, it which time he had been four days wvithout ood. It appears the scurvy broke out umong thtem in April, from which time they HYENIAL. lARRIRD, in Beach Island, on the 25th Mar. by the Rev. W. J. Hard, Dr. JouN GALsuuX and Miss GEORTAN1A IIAxKNsoN. OBITUARY. DIED, in this District at the residence of Mr. Marion Coleman, on the 1(0th inst., of Pneumo nia. Joux A CARnENra, eldest son of Mrsa Nancy Coleman, after an illness of about fifteen diya, which lie bore with much patience for a youth of but ten years. Subscription Receipts. Tim following persons have paid up to the time affixed to their names: Lemuel Corley, to 27th June 1851. David Ouzts, to 6th February '53. Ransom Dust, to Sth Feb '53. S. S. Tompkins, Esq., to 10th Mareh '52. George Tillman, to Ist Jan '53. E. W. Rutland, to 20th Feb '53. 11. W. Jones, to 11th April '53. 11. C. Turner, to 8th Feb '53. H. T. Wright, Esq., to 3rd Jan '53. B..Thomas, to 1st -April '53. H. C. Hazel, to 4th March '53. Jeremiah Seigler, to 7th Jan '52. Benj. Etheredge. to 6th March '53. Moses MNurrah, to 6th March '52. David Mealing, to 9th Jan '53. James A Talbert, to 5th June '52. Eldred Grice, to 6th March '53. John TI Moss, to 6th Feb '53. A J Sligh. to 5th A pril '53. Col Win Quattlebuim, to 22d Jan '53. Col Wyett Holmes, to 24th Oct '52. Ira Cronley, to 20th March '53. R P Quarles, to Ist March '52. B M Posey, to 30th Jan '52. S Dagnell, to 4th March '53. John Mobley, Sr., to 8th Feb '53. Janes Vaughn, to 2d Feb'53. F C Wood, to 23d Jan '53. L M Smith, to 20th Feb '53. J IC Abney, to 4th March '53. Capt J D Abney, to 16th Oct '52. Elbert Devore, to 2d Jan '53. Wm B Dorn, to 8th Feb '53. George Getzen, to 28th March '53. David Payne, to 8th Jan '53. J IH White, to 4th March '53. Jacob Smith, to 25th Dec '52. Capt J J Sentell, to 2nd Jan '53. - Win S Howard, to 4th March '53. A Rutland, to oth March '53. Ira Sateher, to 6th March '53. G J Sheppard, to 7th March '53. M Holstein, to 5th Sept '52. John 11 Fair, to 3d March '53. John F Burris, to 9th Jan '53. G W Holloway, to 13th Dec 'Z2. Capt E W Perry, to 19th Oct '52. Wm Wilson, to 8th Jan '53. Capt A J Briggs, to 1st Jan '53. J J Kennedy, to 18th t pril '51. Dr. Hoofiand's German Bittens Turis celebrated medicine is one of the very best in the country, and its good qualities only need to be known, to give it precedence over all efrects lately, after the total- failure of mnany others. This is saying more than we can for any other medicine within our knowledge, and we feel it a duty to recommend the Bittersn to the notice of our friends. The genuine is pre pared by Dr. C. M1. JAcason, Philadelphia, and is sold in this place, by G. L. PENN, AGENwr. Butler Lodge, No, 17,1, 0, 0, F, A Regular Mleeting of this Lodge w~. iill be held on Monday evening next 7 o'clock. A. G. TE AGUE, Sce'y. A pril 15 It 11 Miasonic Notice, A Regular Communication of No. 50. A. F M., will be held at their Unil on Saturday evening, the 1$th inst., at 8 o'clock P. M. By order of the W. P. R. SULLIVAN, SEC'af. A pril 15 , tf 13 Ridge Land for Sale! T HIE Subscriber ot'ers for sale his valuable 1. Tract of Land, containing Two huudred andl thirty-four (234) acres, lying on both sides of Beach Cre,-k, niear the Columabia 1Road, and adjoining lands of Capt. R. Ward, James Mc Carty and others. On the Tratct is a good Dwelling House, Kitchen, Smnoke-h~ouse, and all other necessary out-bunildings, with an excellent well of water. One hundhred and twenty-five acres of the above tract are Scared-nearly all fresh land, and under good fences. This Land'is well adapt ed to the cultivatio'n of Cotton, Corn and Grain. Said Tract can be treated fo'r on good termas, between now and the last o1f October, but if not disposed of by that time, will be sold, at publio outcry, at.Edgefield Court House, on the first Monday in November next. JOHN AMACKER. Ridge, A pril 15 6mi . 13 Ad iitao' Sale. 'IlE Subscriber will offer for sale on Tues .1day, the 4th of May next, and thte day fol lowving, aill the personal property of Charles J. Glover, dee'd., which may not be sald previously by the Sherill. A mongst the property will be a number of likely Negroes, Stock of all k'n's, Hiouschuold and Kitchen Furniture, Wagons, Carriage anid other articles. Terms niade knownt on the day of sale. The sale will take place at the late residence of the dceased. JOHN RAINSFORD, Admir. A pril 15 .3t 13 , Notice. ERSNSwho have made application for Ltheirounty Land, through A. M. PEIaL', Esq., wvill call upon JosEPmi ASNEY, Esq., who has eharge of the papers of Mr. Paux. A pril 15 5t 13 Estray. T OLLED before me by Temple Mfarin, liv ing twenty-nine miles North of-Edgefleld C. HI., one BAY MARE, fourteen and a half hands high, wvith black main and tail, five years old and appraised at sixty-two dollars and. fifty rents. L. CUL BRE ATII, M1. E. D. Feb 28 m4m e 8. Notice- . - , LL Persons indebted to the Estate of Jo s eph Moore, dee'd., are requested to maske mmediate payment, and those having demnids igainst the estate will present them in due form. .eb1 E. PENN, Ex'or.