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such State reo-ognizes Slavery." This is the whole life and soul of it, unless we except the secret blade of Joab which it bears towards Kan ass and Nebraska, concealed under a garb. It is well known to all who are informed, that in the organic law of these Territories the right df voting, while they remain territories, was given to all who had filed a declaration of intention to become citizens. This was in strict compliance with the usual practice of the Government in organizing Territories; and under .this provision that'class of persons are now entitlkd to vote. Kansas, in two elections under this law, has shown that an overwheming majority of her peo ple are in favor of slavery, notwithstanding all the Executive influence of the Freesoil Governor (Reeder) whom Mr. Pierce sent out there to prevent it-but whom the people have lately driven, as they ought to have done, from the country. Now, when Kansas applies for admission as a slave State, as she doubtless will, a Southern "Know Nothing," under this Resolution, can unite with his " worthy brethren" at the North, in voting against it, upon the ground that some have voted for a Constitution recognizing Sla very who had not been " naturalized" bat had only declared their intention. For this Resolu tion in its very heart and core, declares that the right to establih Slave institutions "in the organization of State Governments, belongs to the native and naturalized ci izens," excluding those who have only declared their intention. A more insidious attack was never made upon the principles of the Kansas and Nebraska Bill. And is this to be the plank on which Northern and Southern "Know Nothings" are to stand in the rejection of Kansas. But to the other and main objection to the resolution, why did it stop with a simple denial of the power of Con gress to reject a Sutte on account of slavery ? Why did it not plant itself upon the principles of the Georgia Resolutions of 1850, and say what ought to be done in case of the rejection of a State by Congress because of slavery ? So far from this it does not even affirm that such rejection by their " worthy brethren" of the North would be sufficient cause for severing their party affiliation with them for it ? Again I would say not only to the old Whigs of the 7th and 8th Congressional Di.,tricts, but to all true Georgians, whether Wlig.s or Democrats, Union men or Fire Eaters, whither are you drifting ? Will you not pause and reflect ? Are we about to witness in this insane cry against Foreigners and Catholics a fultilment of the an cient Latin Proverb, " Quen Deus rult perdere prins dementat!" " Whom the Gods intend to destroy they first make mad ?" The times are indeed protentous of evil. The political horizon is shrouded in darkness. No man knows whom he meets, whether he be friend or foe except those who have the dint glare of the covered light which the secret signs impart. And how long this will be a protection even to them, is by no means certain. They have already made truth and veracity almost a byword and a re proach. When truth loses caste with any peo ple-is no longer considered as a virtue-and its daily and hourly violitions are looked upon with no concern but a jeer ora laugh, it requires but little forecast to see what will very soon be the character of that people. But, sir, come what may, I shall persue that course which a sense of duty demands of me. While I hope for the best, I shall be prepared for the worst ; if the " worst comes to the worst," as it .iill. in common with my fellow citizens, - c y Of the common ills. i as any other ,..ke; and so far er are concern lam which is to be .. t me in early life, ever enerish and treasure, ;..I Lillie betide be me: S.But it, on life's uncertain main, Mishap shall mar thy sail, If, faithful,firm and true in vain, Wue; want, and exile thus sustain, Spend not a sigh on fortune changed." Yours, most respectfully, ALEXAN1DER H. STEPHENS. Col. Thomas W. T1 homas, Elberton, Ga. SOUTHERN UNANIMITY. In days not yet forgotten by Carolinians or Southerners, in common with many of our co temporaries, we pleaded for Sonthiern harmony and Southernt unity of at~ioni. The pleadings were in vain-all the Southern States refusing to unite on any thing but acquiescence in a futile and delusive piece of Congressional patchwork called a ' Compromise." Nevertheless, we are not yet disheartented or discouraged in what is our "plain duty as journalists-to still call on the pecophe of tihe South to discard all political issues except that of their own salvation. Frotm the signs of the times, we believe that call, now being sounded by many of '.he South ern1 press, will be inore cheerfully responded to thani in by.gone days, for the evidences of the progress of abolition are so palpable, that the Southern man who would wilfully close his eyes to them must have given up all hope of his section, and is ready to submit to the aggres .sions which' threaten it. Our columns have not been wanting of abun-f dant proof that anti-slavery fanaticism is to-day stronger in the free States than ever before, and that it promises for the future to be still more omnipotent and all-pervadinig throughout the entire North. It is with this conviction that we again broach the political questions involved in theo present devetoptnents of Northern public sentiment, and to raise our feeble voice :among our cotemporaries at home to ask for Southern unwon. Nor must our readers imagine that we would have South Carolina take anly part int the intitia tory steps which may become necessary for a Southern defenasive organization. She can afford to wait. .HeIr place in the ranks can well be designated, and shte will occupy it at the proper time; but we are constrained to warn tier peo ple against domestic division in political feeling or sentiment. Our whole strength will be need ed when the struggle comes, for all expe-ience has taught us that our weakness--the weakness of our sectia-has been the fruit of division among ourselves on comparatively minor ques tions. We have little faith in whtat has heretofore been recognized as the national Democratic party, as to its power to avert the comning storm. We believe in its principles, and we believe-that it numbers within its fold more true patriots, in all sections, than are found in any other politi cal organization knowna in the Republic; but itI is powerless at thte North to stem the gathering xlood of abolitiontism, and must remain passive or be overwhelmed. Clinging to thte creed and principles of the Democratic party, we lament the detections in its ranks and its utterly prostrate condition in the Northern atnd Easternt States. It has true men among its members even there, but the political guillotine has behteaded them, leaving the South almost without a man who as in a positi'ont to wake even a feeble show of resistance to fanaticism. Our only hope for safety, for Southern inde pendence, for Southern institutions, is reliance upon ourselves-upon the union of Southern men of all parties in defence of their section and their instiltutions. WVhat signifies to the people of the South any andi all the other issues when compared with that which will be surely forced upon us by the followers of Wilson, :-~mmer and Seward ? Wilson, in his speech .New' Yorkt the other day, laid down the pro no ba~hn cor er : anti-slavery men iiorgamizing a iTac timle has ...hcounlltry that we :a.,~ eai ie abolition of slave ;, r we ha!ve the conistitutional power .nol00s4a it. Let it be distinctly understood that our object is the emancipation of the bonds men in America. Weo do not propose to inter fere with the slave States. In those States they have power asnd are responsible for thme existence of slavery. But in thte district of Columbia, and in the territories, slavery gxists by our authority ; and we have the constitution a power to abolish it, and we intend to abolish it. (Loud applause.) "We intend to repeal the act of 1807, under which the domestic slave traffic is now carried on u'nder. the protection of the national flag; we intend to repeal unconditionaally the fugitive shall never come into this Union as a slave State. Never." There it is, and the gathering of the hosts to rally under this banner is more imposing than it ever has been before. The lower house of Congress is already abolitionized, and the ad. mission of Kansas as a slave State we can never expect without a terrible conflict. That party, which at the North has embraced nearly all the anti-slavery leaders, and the rank and file of the allied anti-Southern organizations, has proved powerful enough in the free States to control the elections, and in every instance it has selected anti-slavery representatives and officers. That party the South has to dread not that its members in our section could affi liate with their Northern brethren-but because it brings with it strife, ill feeling, intolerance and proscription, arraying one portion of our citizens against the other, at the most critical period, we believe, in the history of the South. With us there is no necessity for such an organ ization. Its origin, its proclivities where it is most powerful, its actual results in the saie section, all forbid that it should be embraced by the Southern people. But, beyond this, let us not encourage an organization that must scatter broadcast the seeds of discord and disunion among ourselves.-South Carolinian. RoMANCE OF INDIAN AFE.-A private soldier writing from Fort Laramie, March 12, mentions the following incidents of the massacre of Lieut. Grattan: I will give you two facts connected with the massacre, which I have never seen in the news papers. A musician, one of the party, married or owned a squaw, and on that unfortunate day, when she saw danger threatening the troops, she rallied her father and brother to preserve her lover. When he fell wounded, she rushed to him to protect him from the arrows or perish with him. Her father shot several arrows at the other Indians, and was wounded himself in the zealous defence of the soldier. Then lie sat down and wept, as he could do no more. The hostile Indians then rushed on to the woun ded soldier, tore him from the embrace of his faithful squaw, and scalped him before her eyes. After this she could not be prevailed upon to eat or drink, and starved to death, dying in nine days, and glad to go to regain the presence of the spirit of one she loved so dearly. The only soldier that reached here alive was found by an Indian, who, instead of scalping him, ministered to his wants, carried water to his hiding place, and endeavored to bring him into the fort du ring the night, but being unable or afraid to accomplish his purpose, he turned back to Mr. Bordeau's house, bearing the soldier, and four Indians overtook him and wished to kill the wounded man, or as they said, "that dog." 'Hie reply of the noble friendly savage was, "This white man must live, or 1 must die," and he bore him off in safety. Such generous deeds should be remembered. BOUND FOR THE SEAT OF WAR.-The five members of Congress, whose departure for Eu rope on board the steamship Atlantic has been noticed, are, it seems, all going straight to Con stantinople, and from thence to Eupatoria and the other points of war in the Crimea. They will be back in time to take their seats in Con gress. - HARD TIME.-A Correspondent of the Inde pendent Press, writing from Montgomery Ala., says: In some countries above here, Corn sells for five dollars a bushel. Here it i- nominally about one dollar and twenty five, but nobody has it to sell. To-day lie zays, meal commands two dollars and a half a bushel, and this morn ing about five hundred barrels of flour, were old at auction at from twelve to sixteen doll-trs and a half per barrel. Hams sell for 18 cents, Chickens thirty three, Wheat three dollars per bushel. TiE CRoPs IN OHIo.-The Cincinnati Com mercial is informed that, in Clermoit, Brown, Highland, Adams, and other counties in that State, the farmers and the town people rejoice n the liveliest assurance of abundance. " The ruit trees are full, itideed, overladen, and the vheatt atid corn and potatoes are coming on as fiely aw temost unselfish philanthropists could wish. Not quite so, much wheat was sown as n past years, but every .aere in which corn or otatoes could be planted, hias been improved.' THE CaorS iN NEW YoRK.-The Albainy rgus states thait notwithistantding the back ardess of the season, the crops in New Y ork, nd iindeed throughout the WVestern and New Bugland States, never presented a finer appear ne or promised a more bounteous harvest. It ays, to pay two dollars a bushel for wheait, as as recently dune in Rlochester, is foolish inI view of these facts, and expresses their opinion that wheat will not be worth more than half that price in two months. Cnors iN alARYLAN.-We learn from our xchanges ini Washiington, Priince George's, and )orhester counties, that those sections have been visited lately by copious rains, and that the rops anid all kinds of vegetation have been greatly improved thereby. THE Detroit Democrat states that the sight of the wheat fields in the iiorthern part of Michi gan is perfectly glorious. The breadth aowvn is musually great, and the staple is a deep green, almost to blackness, raiik, strong, thick and high. With all allowance for ensitalties, it may e most confidently predicted that the wheat rop will be most unusually abundant and ex ellent. LEwis SANDERS NOm.E.-A soldier of the revolution, and a trooper in Marion's legion, died recently in Clinch county, Georgia, aged 104 years. DEATH OF DR. KING.--We learn with regret, by intelligence received at the Courier Ollice, the death of Dr. Courtenay S. King, second son of the late Col. William S. King. Dr. King had been attached to the Medical Staff of the Russian Army in the Crimea, and ea rly in April fell a victim to malignant typhus fever, ontracted in the hospitals of Simpheropol.I SEvERE SToRM.-WVe have been informed that the storm on Friday last did a great deal of damage to many plantations in the sou~h eastern and shouthwestern portions of our dis nie. We have not receivedt sufficient informa tion to give all the ntames of' the owners of the plantations injuried, but have- heard thatt Col. J. . Williams' planmtation, near Spring Grove, and Mr. John Smith near Mt. Gallagher, were most wofully injured by the rain amid hail. Other persons also received as much damage, who, nfortunately, are less able to sustain the loss than the above gentlemen. The destruction of property is always to-be deplored, whether be-! longing to the rich or poor, but it is much more deplorable when, in a time of scarcity, as with snow, it sweeps away so large a quantity of the prospective food of our land. Reports have reached us that lives were lost, and houses bown down, but thtey are not sufficiently reliat ble for us to pmublis.h them.-Laurensville 11er DoEs FREEZING KILL?-In the basin under the dome of the Crystal Palace we noticed last fall a number of goldlish flashing their bright sides in the clear water. Yesterday wesa them again, as lively as ever, and remarked to Sam. Brevoort, the superintendent: " So your fish lived through the winter, but they are not so bright colored as last fall." "No wvonder-thme color froze off; the won der is the life did not, for that basin was a solid cake of ice, and those fish were as solid as aiiy part of it. But they thawed out as good as new, except the color, am:d that is coming on with warm weather. I think that settles the question, that freezing don't kill."-Tribumne. Eight thousand four hundred and seventy-four immigrants arrived at New York during the past week, which, added to the 28,626 previous., ly.arrived since the 1st of January, makes a to tal of 37.100 thtus far this year, against 67,479 during the same time last year. ACCIDENTAL 1o,IICJE.-A little boy named Ariiold, while huntiing recently near his home in this District, in company with an older broth er and William Baker, was accidentally shot dead by the latter. We have not hteard the .....:,...r.... b em.,m a nne r. ARTHUR S1MKIl1, EDITOR. EDGEFIELDs S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30,1855. 22r " EUGENE'S" sketch of the fishing party is unavoidably crowded out. It will appear in our next issue. LAST NEWS FROM VIRGINIA. WE learn by a gentleman from Hamburg that the news from the Virginia Elections is highly favorable to the sound Democracy. If the wires are right, WISE is ahead sa me some ten thousand votes. Bets were taken in Augusta yesterday, giving the FLOUR Nor t arty 5000 in the race. They were based, of course, upon the intelligence received up to that date. In anticipation of a handsome trinmph over Know Nothing-Whiggery, we raise NINE CHEERS TO OLD SNORT! "LIR A'S" FAVOR. Oua sprightly correspondent will please receive our most graceful acknowledgements for the ready spirit of accommodation she has manifested in response to a suggestion of our own. W ill not others of our fair literateurs indite an occasional article of the sort. With very little encouragement, we should proceed to establish a regular " Ladies' Department" in our paper. DISASTERS. TuE season is bringing its tempests in vengeful mood. By our exchanges, we hear of devastations by the Storm King in many localities. One of the most fatal of these occurred in Fairfield District. Houses, here and there, were struck by lightning. In one in stance a 1r. JAuss BRAZZLE and his step-daughter were instantaneously killed. The smallest streams were swollen to the dimensions of little rivers. Two negro children of a Mr. OsBoaN YONGUE were drown. ed in attempting to cross a ravine, down which a rain torrent was dashing. Hail, the size of goose eggs, added fury to the tempest's wrath. In our own vicinity we had a violent storm of wind and rain on last Sunday afternoon. Fences were torn to pieces and trees blown down in every direction. We hear of several gin-houses that were prostrated. Forward corn and such garden vegetables as Green peas, &c., presented a doleful appearance the next morning, bent as they were to the very earth. In some places too, our lands were seriously washed. Still, we are thankful that things were no worse. THE KNOW NOTHING ASSOCIATION. WE invite the especial attention of our readers to the admirable letter of 1r. STEPHENS, of Georgia, on the merits of this new party. It is generally conced. ed to be one of the very ablest arguments yet made upon the subject of which it treats. It is barely possi. ble that any impartial reader can arise from its peru. sal without a thorough conviction of the dangerous tendencies of this singular organization. We have received a pamphlet from Charleston, dis. cussing this question with considerable ability, which we will endeavor to lay before our readers in the course of the n -xt two or three weeks. THE DIRECT LINE TO DORN'S. WE are gratified to learn from Chief Engineer ARus that an air lin-, entirely practicable, has been run from Dorn's Mine to Edgefield C. 11. or its vicinity. The distince is 22 miles. The distance from Aiken to Dorn's by this route is 41 miles, being but 7 per cent. above an air line. And the whole distance from Aiken to Anderson C. H. is 98 miles. We imagine it will be found difficult to obtain another line between these two last named points, equally practicable, whose length will.fall below a hundred miles. It would seem from this result, that lte last line survey ed by the Engineers of tihe Valley Road is the true line for this company. Wi ether they will adopt it remains to be seen. TIlE LAND OF TLOWERS. IT would seem that another Florida fever is seizing upon our good people of Edgefield. We hear of a half dozen or more who are in thre humor of finding a hotne in that heautiful country. Some of theum have been out, and return with reports almost as glowing as those of Ponce de Leon in the old, old times. A charming rtgiott tmust it indeed be in thte Spring sea son, with its fragrant Orange groves, and dense hait mocks, and pellucid lakes, and placid rivers, and row ering Mlagnolias, atnd alI that sort of thing, A young friend, recetntly removed to rte St. Jlohnr's, writes to us thus : "Why dont you pay us a visit and see this "land offowcrs ?" Thre moon shines tmore brightly here. The birds sing more sweetly. The air is more salu brious. And the gentle tones of the Spanish guitar, waftedl ott by thre "sweet Southi,"snund more enchian tingly than in any other climne.-We would so like to have you with us, if limt for one night-then artd here to join us in seretnading some of otur" fair senoritas." Alt ! thre profusion of boquets-tlie sparkling chain pagne, &c. &c. I know it would be to you " a green spot in memory's waste" arnd " a joy forever." Do come." That's warm, friend NAr, and very cordial. You are bewitched, by all that's romantic. And yet we have heard many others speak in terms equally raptu rous of this same spiot of earth. How we should de lihit to be for a season with our manty Florida f-iendsi N'thinrg preventing, we'll not let another winter pass with this desire uneratified. EFFECT OF RAILROADS ON TOWNS. rTnE rapid gronh of Western towns, says the Ntional Intelligecer, tinder the influenuce of railroad facities, has seldom been more markedly exhibited thran in the case of West Urbana, a village in Chain paigne county, 129 miles south of Chicago on thte Chicago branch of thre Illinouis Central railroad. One year ago this place contained hut onie building,a freight. house belonging to the company. Eight monthus ago there were five houses. Now there are at least one hundred houses and four or five hundred inhabitants, and it is estimated that nearly three hundred other buildings, of all kinds, are being erected and to be erected during the spring. Included in the buildings are two large hotels, six stores, a large furniture w are room, a large warehouse for forwarding purposes, a Pesbyterian church, and a large schrool-house. Thwe village is incorporated arid a post office establishred; and all this has been accomplished in eight tnonths. The Terre Hate and Aiton road will, in June, give this village a direct communication with Cincinnati and the East and its extension to the main trunk of the Illinois Central will, during the year, also put it ii connexion with St. Louis and the W~est. TIIE LATE BAPTIST CONVENTION. TnEii Southern Baptist Cunvention, which recently held its annual meeting at the capital of Alabama, is spoken of in terms decidedly laudatory by ii e Mont gomery Mail. We quote a paragraph : "In conclusion, let urs bear our cheerful testimony to the very high character of this body. Never have we seen int any collection of men. more dignity, cour tesy or disposition to do right. We are free to confess Lhat tire high standard of talent and conduct prevail ing in the convention took us somewhat by surprise. But few men spoke at all, whose remarks did niot dis play very respectable abilities and acqmtrenments, and many of them evinced talents and accomplishments f high order. Trheir lofty bearing and general intel ligence hauve left a most cordial impression of respect ed audmiration upon the minds of the citizens of .ontgomery." ___ ANOTHER SCAMIP.--PASS HIM ROUND. The Proprietor of the Mountaineer, says tihe editor of that paper. deems it proper, for the protection of his brethren of rthe press, and hotel keepers, to notice a fellow calling himself Prof. J.W. TAvERNEat, who is travelling over tire country giving Shakespearian readl ings. He visited our town last week, and after hum' bugging some of our citizens, left without paying us his advertising bill. Our neighbors of the Patriot in form us that it was wvithr a good deal of reluctance, and not until lhe was informed that he would be published, that Ihe paid their lill. We are also informed by one of ithe proprietors of tire hotel at which lie stopped1 while here, that he resorted to some trick to curtail his bill wvith them. He bears the gereral appearance of a scamp, and we hope our exchanges will give him the benefit of tire above facts. DEATH OF AN EDITOR. WEt are pained to learn, (says the Anduerson Gazette,) the death of F. W. SvMNFs Ja., Assistant Editor of the Keonee Courier, Hie expired Monday evening, at the residence of his father Dr. F. W. Svuxs5 in Pen heton. We have only space to make the sad an nouncement, and deplore the untimely death of so promising a ysunig man. To his family and friends' we. tender our. condlenc in this their bittor affiction LET US .BUILD. Yrs, let us build a railroad of our own and for ourselves. Let us build it from Aiken direct. to Edge. field Court House. Let us build it in the best style. Let us build it with the funds ($150,000) we have al ready indicated our readiness to subscribe for railroad facilities, the balance necessary to be made tip here at home. And let us build it as soon as possible. We can procure the charter at the next session of the Leg islature: and, if we areenergetic, we can break ground in January, 1856. It is an entirely practicable route. Practicable, did we say ? It has not its superior, testify the engineers, in all the United States. It will be a very cheap road, and can be built in fine style at a comparatively moderate cost. It will pay scme per-centage on the investment, we believe, even should no other roads from above seek to empty themselves upon its track. Our village, as a terminus and with a prisperous country above us ready to flock to our market, would flourish "like a green bay tree." But she could not remain tho ter minus. And no one surely desires it. She wou ld be much more advantageously situated on the great trunk of the greatest Southern railroad. Because, our Aiken and Edgefield road built, thts whole Rabun Gap trade would come this way. The Greenville and Columbia company would find it abstAlutely essential to their in terests to tap us, or rather to obtain a junction with the head of our road. So would the Savannth Valley company. The struggle would be to reach Edgefield C. H. with the least possihle delay. With no road constructed from here to Ai.ken, the whims and caprices of railroad companies may daIly with and delay all further actual enterprise on this side of the State for years. But let us build, arid here they come, all wide awake, without slothfulness, their feelings of listless indifference changed into striving competition. Let us build, and we secure ourselves, in point of railroad benefits, now and forever. And, what is the best part of the transaction, we go into no overgrown scheme whose fate (financially speaking)is indark uncertain ty. We build a short road and a cheap road. It must become the recipient c-f immense freight and con stant travel. It must pay :oble dividends in the end. At the least estimate, it could be sold at any time and at full cost to either of the Railroad companies above us. Thus, while having no ground for apprehension of loss, we would see befors us an almost certain pros pect of complete success and high profits. Let us build. Will not some energetic citizen, who lias more leisure than at present falls to our share, dit:ste upon this proposition and convince this community that our true policy is " to build" and that immediiately. "WHIP : WHIP I HURRAH It THE Tribune has found, as it thinks, an opportuni ty of rasping us severely and thus makes us'e of the occasion: The Southern Cultivator has the following hideous announcement: " We find the following in a late numbe:- of our spicy cotemporary, The Edgefeld (S. C.) Adscrtiser, and would commend the example of Col. Frazier to other masters and employers: " OvEaSEEas READ TItis .!-rIt will be remembered by the Overseers of Edgefield that Col. M. Frazier has offered a fine watch as a reward to the Overseer (working not less than ten hands) who will report the best manriged farm, largest crop per hand of cotton, corn, wneat and pork for the, present year. " Col. Frazier has just returned from the North and laid before us this elegant prize. It is a fine English lever watch, encased in a heavy silver hunting case upon the hack of which is beautifully engraved 'Presented by M. Frazier, Edgefield, S. C., 'as a a reward of merit.' ' " We assure those who areontestar:ts for this val uable prizethat it is eminently worthy of the donor and calculated to call forth all the energy and skill of which the candidates may be possessed. Remember then that the prize is now. fairly upon the stake and that " the longest pole knocks down the persimmon." Whip! Whip I Hurrah !" Here is a direct appeal to avarice and cruelty of the worst sort. The conduct of Orerseers as a class does not come to light, for the raspn that negroes cannot give evidence, and superflhie masters disport them selves at the North or make the grand Eurwpean tour leaving their estates in thejiands of these hired men who are not proverbial for gentleness. Lest the work of the Overseer, however, siould not betomplete un der the orditiary incentives of their power, here we have a reward offered for blood and sweat extortions -prizes for inhumanity-couched in saintly phiraseolo gy commending agricultural improvement simply; hut ending with the Oveu 's words: "Whip! Whip! Hurrah!". Does any one believe' thia the "largest crop per hattd"' is to be proiduced without the lash of the ut moist brutalities!? Does any one think that the heavy haiid of low t yranny will nuts he the niore crnshinig to prod~uce such a resuilt? Do's-any one mistake the al lusion of the cloing rhnetoriie of the hash! Men of the North, who w~ irk fosr ivages, what think you of such prize -hows as this! -The tyrant re warded for the most ferocious super vision of the slave ! 'rTe lash held up in print as the means for forcing the earth's abundanca througL the bondman's agony! Whip! whip! Hurrah ! Hiail Columbia, happy land ! All remarkably well said, Mr. GaEELEv. You give it to us with a vengence. Thle pity is however, that te whole castigation proces upon an utter mis-ap prehension of our meaning. We lied not in view, at the time of writing, the .overseer's lash, nur arty " brutalities" connected the~ewithi. Our real meanting may be beat unfolded to your skeptical worship by giving a simple but real scenc from Southern life: Imagine then, Iloarvrtus; that you are upon a Southern lill, overlooking a Southern valley, and that this valley abounds in wide-spread fields of rare fertility. Let the time be when the morn has just be gun to wave aloft " her dew-bespangledl wing." See before you, wending their way in jocund fashion to thne field of labor, a score of hearty, hale, athletic ne groes, each one mounited upon his sleek and well-fed mule. Hear their loud interchanige of jests and ribal dry, interpersed with an occasionsal whistle or outburst of song, as they prepare to harness their respective animals for the daily task. And now they drive on the plow with alacrity and spirit. rThe master or over seer, true, is there, riding from spot to spot, directing this one, reprimanding that and encouraging a third. The tenor of his language ii " Drive up, boys, drive up. The grass is growitng ranpidly. We must try and conquer it. Get this field done by Friday evening and you shall have the whole of Saturday to 'tend your own crops. So whip up' s hip up, all hands.' " Thank ye, sir" is she hrief but hearty response. Pop, sounids the twisted hickory lash of the plowman. On steps his newly-aroused hack. Every thing in short, is life anid energy and animation. And this, Mr. Gazat.EY--nothing harsher or more barbarous-was the idea thta. hovered above the feath ers o'f our " gray goose-quill," as we guided it to in dite the words "' Whip! whlip ! hurrah !" Make the most of it, an'il please your prejudiced obstinacy so to do. GREAT TEMPERANCE MEETING. Tue National Division of the Sons of Temnperance, at the last mneetinI in the British Provinces, resolved to hold their next meeting in Charleston, on the 6th of June. The Standard says, a large assemblage is ex pected, and extensive preparations are itn progress for their reception. Delegates are expected from all the Grand Divisions in thte United States, Novia Scotia a.d New Brutnswick, England, Ireland and Scotland, and last though not least from some of the Indian tribes in the West. The occasion will be a very in teresing one and the opportunity of vi iting such a body not soon again presented in South Cnsrolina. The friends of the cause and the public will bear it in mind. "A BEAUTIFUL INSTITUTION t" QXOTH HE. TitE Yorkville Enquirer makes mention of a case now pending before the United States District Court for South Carolina, which, by bungling manaigemntt, has been uselessly retarded. After a long and tedious examination of witnesses, a palpable flaw was at length discovered in the indictment, andl the ca'e post poned. The Enqtuirer, satisfied that the proseanted party (for mail robbery) Is innocent, and indignanst at this ill-times! tarrying of Justice, thus tauntIngly speaks of the Court in question: " The United States Court is really a beautiful in stitution. Made up of an odd admixture of youth arid inexperiencee on the otie handI anid superanuatedl ild age ont she other, its sessions are about as near the re presentations of a farce as can any where be found off the "boards." '1Tie prosecution is at bestt little short of dlon nright persecutin--but when It munt be drawn out indetinitely, exposing many of our citizens to the infeelion of the city in ste heat of summer, it amounts to an msuff-rable public nuisance. We Iscarcely know which to esteem the greater evil, the disease or the remedy. " RANSOMSED." TtiE Due West Telescope announces thc marriage of Mr. WALK~US' to Miss RANsoM. Many bachelors, we wot of, who would like to "wtalk usp' and be " ransomned" according to the same matrimonial me. C OMUNICATIONS. FCR THE ADVERTISER. MUSIC. MIL EDJTOR:-You ask me to write to you on Music, and what shall I say? A Lamartine, with genius transcendant, would fall below his.subject were this the one he chose. It is not then for a ne ophyte like me to perpetrate the sacrilege of blun dering into its inner chambers. In lieu of this, ac cept a trivial narrative which may exhibit in vivid colors the effect often produced upon even the small est of the brute families by this wonderfully magic art. It is thus: A State prisoner, who was confined in the Bas tille at Paris, begged the governor to allow him the use of his flute to render the solitary hours less irk some. Having obtained that indulgence, he sat himself down to play one evening, and was not a little surprised on seeing shortly after, a mouse creep cautiously out of a hole and perk itself up as if it were listening to his music. He continued playing, and was soon convinced of the sympathetic feeling of the little quadruped, fur it was directly joined by several others of its timid family, who came to par take of the Orphean feast. Nor was this all ; for several large spiders descended from their velvet habitations, and remained, as it were, fascinated, so long as the music continued. But when the prison er ceased playing, his audience retired to theirholes and corners. The experiment, says my informant, was repeated several times with the same effect, till, at length, the auditors becoming inconveniently nu merous, the musician (ab ! sir, this is the sad part of my story) borrowed a cat from one of the jailors; and putting her into a cage, so that he could let her out in a moment, lie treacherously began his seduc tive notes, until having drawn his admirers around him, he cruelly let loose the dire enemy upon her unsuspecting victims. Iappy then were the mice who, in the midst of this 8anne qui peut, reached their holes in safety !-But you will say, sir, that I am only toying with a noble theme. And so I my self feel. For music is of heavenly birth. It is indeed, the most powerful means we possess for softening the heart and rendering it susceptible of every exalted sentiment. It has the peculiar faculty of arousing or soothing the passions. If we are wrapped in melancholy, the sweet voice of music will charm away our cares and restore our droop ing spirits. Or, again, it will awaken in us the sen timents of honor and glory. As a source of sensu al pleasure, it is one of the purest and most digni fied. IL touches the soul, and elevates and refines its nature. Conducted by philosophy, it is able to infuse the noblest thoughts, to urge to the most an imated action, to calm the ruffled spirits, and to eradicate every evil propensity. La suite au pro chain numero. LIRA. For the Advertiser. On our last Sabbath in course at Gilgal, it was our happy privilege to have with us our esteemed broth er, E. L. WIIATLEY, of the Edgefield Church. The day was exceedingly lovely, the audience unusually large, and all things conspired to fill the soul with love and adoration toward Him who smileth on us though all earth should frown ; and surely we felt that it was good to be there. Aiiong other scentil lations of rhetoric with which the discourse abound ed, there was one which made the tear suffuse the eye and the warm blood thrill the heart. In the effort to portray the mournful realities of, the Judge ment of the last day, reference was made to the farewell of friends who part with the expectation of meeting at some future time, when the sad good bye is spoken, the parting kiss given and the convul sive embrace imparts its mesmeric influence from soul to soul. Then the time when on the bed of death, that same good-bye, so heart-rending, so unspeaka bly mournful and solemn, is locked and felt and breathed. When the father and his nmnhoods joy, the onewho in conmintg years should be his prop, his solace and lis comfrort, droops aiid dies ats the blight ed flower in its bright and dewy beauty, which of labte in all the visions of dawniing initelligencee and usefulniess, bespoke a blessing even such as thme child of~ promise proved to the tried and faithful patriarch. When the stricken mother clung ini her utter an guish and despair to the lovely forii of her heart's treasure and bade her good-bye 'till death should unitie them ;when husband and wife should be torn assuinder, their very heart-strings quivering in their extreme agony. And then the context-to part to mieet no inure. To part when God hiimself, the miereiful eniduiing Saviour should sever the ties of kindred and blood forever through an everlasting never eniding eternity. We uniderstanmd that there is a probability of 3Mr. WnIATLEYs assistance at a protracted meeting at our usual time in August at outr church, if 11eaven peimnits our hopes to be re at:ed may the triune God,-the just, and merciful and good,-nake his labors to redounid to the glory of hlim before wihum we are as dust and ashes. EVA. Oorrespcndence of the Advertisor. NE W YORK, May 19, 1355. DEAR COLONEL:-While the weather is gloomy and the rain faling free enough to eummpel p~ede-stri ans to keep inmside, I thought it nmight nut be amiiss Ito give the readers of thme Advertiser a brief 'sketch of the City oIf " Guthamu" fur the week ihat is now going out with such a sera.wl. Aminiversary week beiing over, iand the numerous Detlegates from the interior safely homme, ruminating over the countless ims, the advocacy of which male them so con spicuous in this great Mletropolis, the fever conse quent on their untenable dogma, had almost subsi ded, when the arrival of the Clipper Grapeshot, with the fugitive Baker, the murderer of Poole, on board-a prisoner-threw all Yorkdom into convulsive excitement. Every one senmed to have something to say about him and the fatal Poole tragedy. Some pray for his conviction, others for his safety, lHe is however safely lodged in the Tombs until the " powers that be" dispose of him ini sonme shape.-The next prevailing topic is the arrival of the Baltic, with the old song in her mouth, Sebastopol not yet taken-the allies in a critical situation-the French Genierail anfirming that the proracted firing had rendered their guns unservi eable, and they were not in a condition to make an assault, &c. Wonder if the French and English wont remeniber Sebastopol. But the all absorbing subject in New York at present is that of the Maitne Liquor Law recently passed by the Legislature, which is pending over the State ready to criminate all those who dare buy, sell or give away any intoxicating liquors after the 4th of July. This besom of destruction it is said will sweep forty niillions of dollars into the dust; but there is a forniidablue party risen up agaiinst thme law, called the " Liquor DealersSociety." This so-. ciety is very numerous in the Cities of the State. In New York City alone they are five thousand strong with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, to try the Constitutioniality of the Law as well as to dc fed and protect the dealer. It is said that one hundred and fifty thousand persomis, who are direct ly or indirectly engaged in the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors in Gotham, will be thrown out of employ and the means of subsistence. Sonme of he blst awyrsof the City have given their opn lntatte Law is inoperative and uneenslitu tional. Be that as it may, one thing we know: that the City is now enjoying the singular spectacle of unrestricted trade ini spirituous and malt liquors. So much for the Maine Law. I may write again soon. QWUSS. THE TRouBI.Es IN Kan.A5.-Thet election in Kansas to fill the vacant ies ini the Legishat-ure ws ho have taken place yesterday, and many perons entertain serious apprehensions that a confict and bloodshed ensued. The North'ern settlers wer determined to resist the Missouri invasion at all hazards. Mr Park, the editor of the Parkvihle Luminary, has engaged Senator n-ul.. na his counsel in his troubles. For the Advertiser. NEOS EPISCOO8. Mr DEAa Sta :-It is due to you, as a teacher of the law of life, to say that in your reply you labored under at least two mittakes. First, in supposing that I desired to scribble a mere stale controversy,. *rather than have my ingpiries seriously met. Hence your requirement of originality on my part and sub mission of my article- to your inspection, and'your indirect but unmistakable request that the inside editor should subserve this purpose of yours. Second, in supposing that I meant to advocate some favorite system of religion. Hence your mighty tilt against the Catholies, in which-you made an onslaught against all other sects, and rudely pushed your own back into the " night of time," and closed your eyes against its well known origin. To require me to be original upon the first part of my proposition-assuming it to be true-is to re quire me to violate truth. Because truth is always the same, and cannot change. And upon this sub ject it may be transmitted, not originated. Besides, upon a matter of such vital interest, is would be an act of injustice to the readers of your paper to suppress a stronger for a weaker argument. The truth is. Sir, the question before us is a plain abstract proposition, in the discussion of which there is no necessity or propriety in making invidi ous al'usions to or distinctions between any sect of 1hristians. If Jesus Christ is not now on earth in the form of a visible, authoritative and infallible church as a teacher of the christian faith, then this faith is an impossibility. This may seem strange to you, considering how you and I were raised, and in a country where I teachers of the faith are made and treated as un- I ceremoniously as a petty constable. But so it is, we have the teachers, and I wish now to know from you what is the true teaching. You have said that I mistranslated the Greek but this translation is the one approved by hundreds, nay, millions of others. If every one is to be a preacher for himself, will you please to say who is to be the hearer ? If every one is to be teacher fur himself, who is to be the learner-the disciple ? It is not the dictate of reason merely, but the ac- - tual teaching of scripture, that we are in a serious difficulty and danger upon this subject. " Our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, hath written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest. as also the other scriptures, to their own perdition."-2 Thes. 3 ch. These things are " hard to be understood." This is my difficulty, and yet a misinterpretation involves my perdition-this is my danger. Two men may have each the bible, but neither have the word of God, for this consists in the true meaning of the word of God. Opposite and con tradictory interpretations on the part of God's min isters are an awful d-lander upon the Iloly Ghost. Ile would not send his ministers to teach us such a tissue of palpable contradietions, to believe which is an impossibility, though they may swear to it with tears in their eyes. Why have you received the gespels of St. Mark and St. Luke, who were not Apostles, and rejected an authentic work of great excellence, writti by 'one who was an Apostle and declared to *- f the I ioly Ghost. I speak of St. Bar% . --A cts 14 ch. If I - - .h inysef, it is certairly impt . - -spel I am to read. In my il, ''r the first 325 years af ter Ch . - 1urious gospels were pro mulgatto.- ..: a being dead and the "gates of hell or something else" having prevailed against: the church, how were the spurious eliminated from the genuine gospels, so that I may now know with certainty that I am not called upon to believe the .purious ? Answer this, and answer it to the reasonable satisfaction, not of women and children. but of men who expect to give " a reason for the faitht within them''-or innidelity is inevitable. Ilow is it that private interpretation of scripture leads to infidelity on the part of one and to christi anity on the part of another, andI that too after learned and profound study as in the case of our Dr. Coor Ea. Infidelity in sueh a case is a legiti mate conclusion, and stands on one and the same ground as your belief, to wit: private judgement. The bible we ate told is at hook of peace mind recon ciliation, but yet I see hundreds of sects all claim ing to be teachers of the word of God, wrangling, arguing, disputing, controverting aind contradicting each other as to its meaning, andi only agreeing to Irecognise each other as christians upon condition that Lach should be allowed to select his own faith. It is. true that for me to exercise that certain and unavering and cheerful :ssent of the will and un derstatding, (which is faith) to the teaching of one exlusive of the others, is an impossibility-yet I cannot see why I should not in effect, be recognized as a pretty fair christian, exercising as I do private Ijudgment, and being tmy own teacher without the fear or favor of any one. I do not pretend to say Ithat there is no sucht thing on earth as the christiamn faith-but I do say that if there is, there m~ust be just such a teacher as is required by my proposi tion. If our miultitude of teachersi were silenced, a diffiulty would remtain. For he who grounds his faith on seripture only, that is on the result of his exegetical studies, has no faith, can have none, and understands not its very nature. Must he not be always ready to receive better infornmation :must Ihe not admit the possibility, that by mature study of scripture antlher result may be obtained than that which has already been arrived ati The thought of this very possibility precludes the establishment of any decided, perfectly undoubting and unshaken faith which alone is deserving of the nnme. Opinion is not faith, and more, it is not the faith. If this is not true, then I hold that Dr. Coorztt died in the faith. INQUIRER. For the Advertiser. Ar a meeting of "'Salu'da Sentinels," held at Mount Willing, on Saturday the 24th of May, for Ithe purpose of paying a tribute of respect to the memory of one of their late members, Mr. BENJA ai COaL.EY, a motion was made that Capt. A. D. IBAES take the Chair, and Sergt. jAs. A. Dozisa act as Secretary ;when the following preamble and resolutions were proposed by Mr. T. L. Sutrrn and unanimously received and adopted. Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in the wise dispensation of his Providance, to renmove from our midst one of our members, Mr. BENAMaIN Coa LEY, who, by his noble deportment and amiable dis position, had endeared himself to us all by the strongest ties of friendship ; Therefore, be it ResoLved, 1st. That while we most deeply de plore his untimely death, and while we feel that there now exists a blank in our ratnks that cannot be easily filled, yet we bow with resignation to the Divie will. 2d. That we most truly symopathise with the fami ly of the deceased, and offer them our sinoere eon dolence in the heavy bereavement. 31. That we wear the usual batdge of meurnitng orthreTe m :-m' .. our brother soldier be du ly ent.e. ':1 noo~k of the Company, and a . - - :t.s be sent to the fami lyF copy of these resoln tion4 . d Advertiser for publi-. atium ~ 'bATES, Chairman. JAsl. . retary. To DESTROY BEDBUGS.-The following receipt will be found efficacious in destroying these pests who delight to prey, vampire like, upon the human species: .. i half a pint of rectified spirts wine or alcohol with half an ounce of camphor, adding one point of spirits turpentine, shatke and dis solve, and it is fit for use-rub every joint and crack by taking the bed to pieces, and y ou may ealenlato ont a good night's rest, if you attend to i thoroghly. Try it5 now is the time... Seven Days Later From Europe. ABIVA OF THE IrnumAN AIrunCa. The Steamer America arrived at Halifax otv Phursday with one week's later advices from :Urope. LrvERVOOL COTTON MDRKET.-TThe market ad advanced one quarter penny. The sales of be week reash over one hundred thousand bales. Ireadstuffi were unchanged. Corn had slightly dvanced. Provisions steady. Consols 88. FRoM THE SEAT OF WAE.-The news fromi he seat of war is very meagre. Affairs at So astopol are unchanged. Some trival successes re reported in favor of the Allies. The gener. I belief is that the war will be of long dara ion, and without the- hope of assistance from kustria. Several extensive failures are reported at Se. Fastopol. LATEE FROM CEIM0ENU The Steamer George Law arrived at New f'ork on Thursday with California dates to the at inst., and one million three hundred thousandl lollars in gold. The adjournmentof the Legislature had'been ostponed one week, but nothing had: b.e' lone in relation to the Senatorial election. The legislatu:-e passed a bill levying a tax 6' -rty dollars on every Chiese- asiving in the tate. . The mining accounts are tavorabl'e. The aarkets had improved, but prices were low. THE VIRGIBIA ELECTLWI. RicHMoND, May 24.-Special Dispatch.-The' lection is progressing here to-day with great. pirit. The excitement is intense, beyond all recedent. Thus far the American party is. argely ahead, but I am unable to ascertain the recise majority. Nothing can be definitely :nown until towards evening. PETERSBURG.-Despatches have been received; rom Petersburg which indicate a large majurity hus far, for the Americans. NoRFoLx.-We have also a dispatch from qorfolk, which states that the Know Nothing* .here are polling an unusually large vote. ALEXANDRLA.-Up to noon to-day the election went off with great spirit. The whole popula inn seems absorbed in it. The Know-Nothings ire largely ahead, and sangnine of success. WHEEING.-The election is going on with pirit. It will be the largest vote ever polled n this city. Both parties are actively engaged, >ut the Americans are, so far as ascertained thead. HARPER's FTRny.-A very large vote is be ng polled, but I ain unable to judge of the re muit. A SIGHT IN THF HARBOR OF CHICAG.-The ollowing sketch of the present and futurA glo ries of Chicago is taken from the Times of that :ity: "On Sunday morning the 6th inst., between. ieven and eight o'clock we passed down Michi. ,an avenue from Lake-street. Outside the eers, and scattered over the broad surface of the lake, we counted nearly sixty vessels lear ing or approaching the city. The sight was a grand one. The morning was calm and pleas ant; the sun shone brightly, and the broad wavos glistened with its glorious rays. Down the lake,. up the lake, across the lake, in every directron that the eye was turned, appeared the snowy Canvass of the commercial navy of Chicago-a navy more powerful in all that enriches a peo plein extendi:r ihe poiwer and gcory and insti tutions of 1-u: . .-rY. ihan all the armed fleets that have -d2 fire and destruction in war and . -was but a small portion of that c -..eful and most powerful navy. W;. . .iiu American commerce goes. there go we-u.., .,d a knowledge of blessings and happiness of a free, selfgoverned people. The sight of this fleet before our city was a cheering ono. It not on y spoke of great and, extensive trade, but spoke in unmistakable Ian guage that Chicago was that famed spot'f earth in which canals, railroads, steamboats, and sails, formed a grand and e-ntrul depot, each bringing to and bearing away the prodocts of a region blessed by Providence; with a fruitful soil, cultivated by a free and happy people.". THE UNDERGROUND .JRoAD.-The Boston ourntal of Friday says: - - We learn that a f'ugitive from slavery was brought to this city a day or two since from the Southi, and almost siumultaneously a telegraphice despatch was received from his late master, of-. fering a reward of $500 for his arreat. Some.. over-zealous individual tried to interest the Uni ted States Marshal in the case, but it not com ing before him in due course of his duty, he would have nothing to do withc it. In the mean time, the fugitive started for Canada by the underground railroad. MiAKING MIONEY.-Four or five of our heavi est sugar merchants leave made about 8 100,000 each on the recent " rise ini sugar." One house hts on hand six thousand hogsheads, the in rease on the value of each of which-during the Iast two months, while it has been reposmng in the warehouse. has been $20, making a cleani profit of $12-),000.-Cincinnati Coin. C ors, WEATH ER, &c.-A bbeville is now re joicing in the general good health of her people, genial raines, and ine prospect of an abundant harvest. As regards heaclth, she has become one of the healthiest Districts inc the State, and no longer deserves the stigma of being a " grave yard." Our friends of the mountain DistrietS those who are not fully up with the times-are still inclined to bold wvet handkerchiefs to their noses ns they pass through, whcile it is notorious they have left more Typhoid disease and mias mata at home than all Abbeville has witnessed in the last five years together. The truth is fast - leaking out however. Since writing the above items in . relation to the weather and crops, we loarn from a oorres pondent that the cloud which passed last Friday over the Saluda plantations, was chargecd with both rain and hail, that made sad havoc of the wheat and cotton. In a few places, these crops are deemed totally ruined.-Abbeville Banner. Crsc:sNAr, Maty 21, 1855. SUDDEN DEATH.-Elijah Williams, a rich planter of Barnesville, South Carolina, arrived here to-day, with eight slaves, for the purpose of manumitting them, but fell dead just as he stepped from the steamboat. He had previous v willed the negroes all hcis estate. THE Madrid journacls are beginning to occupy themselves with the accession of the government of Queeni Isabella to the Anglo-French alliance, One of those journals-the Espana-enumer'a-1 ting the asdvantages which this alliance has al ready procured for Piedmont, says: " We, al so, if we were disposed to despatch an expedition of 15,000 or 20.000 volunters to the armies of' the East, would be sure of. obtaining from the two allied powecrs, first, a guarantee for the in egrity of our colonies, but more especially of' Cuba; secondly, the assurance on the part of Engand of a loan of ten or fifteen millions of' hard cash ; and thirdly, the certainty that France would comnpel the Court of Rome to sanction the sale of the estates of the church." WHEAT AND THE LocusTs IN EN! sE.A correspondent writing from Maucheister, in Cof fee county, Tennessee, informs us that the wheat crops in that retrion will be very large much larger than ever herore. He adds: e' The locusts are very bad in our neighborhood. There are milli';ns upon meillions icn our country, and they are d----trocying the timber at a fearfak TAKUnr ': atAcL.-Thie Rev, J1. H, Takitt, , . Church, in Forestville, New York. "drawn from the Know Noth ing order, aned gacblishes a card, in which,'aftet ssigning his reasons for his withdrawal, .he concludes tihus: " I therefore do hereby most respectfully withdraw from this order, that I may exercise my elective franchise constitution.. elly, and aceord in' to the dictates of my own conscience and jutgment, untrammelled by the dhictation of any man or set of men." A FULL. GR ANAR.-The Chicago Demberkt says Messrs. Gibbs & Griffa have at-presenlt ov'er four hundred thousana bushes of wheat and corn in their immense warehouse on. North Water street. This is the largest quatity-of grsi ever gathered together in one warehouse in that, city. It would fill Forty vesseles, a'Ifwing ten tuand..w bnahahrtadneh fsse -