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LETTER No.1L THE POLITICAL .ISSUE. Tis now polical organization of our day whiob,.from the'Attempted secrecy of its princi, ples, and the success of Its movements, has at tracted so much notice, is now before the coun try for its judgmenk I do not intend to charge against it, any thing which may increase the asrimonions spirit, now so much excited. I de sire only to examine the principles and rules o conduct, which it is asserted belong to the Or der. If I- mistake either or both, it will b done. unwillingly, and innocently. I have wait il the authorized exposition of both in vain am now forced to assume these to be iti principles, and this, its rule of conduct, whicl age been charged as such., without denial or the pait of any one, professing to speak in it. -behalf. I shall endeavor to separate from the distinctive aqd peculiar features of this Order such opinions or principles, as are also enter, tainediby the great mass of the people of this onitry. The new Order has a right to asi support for such political measures as it appro. vea but if these measures are of doubtful poli .ey, it has no right to enlist for their support jod and- honest men, because it chooses alsc 'to profess as articles of its creed, other measures 'which-are of very .gen.eral approval. All mer .believe,. to use one of the cant phrases, that foreigners should not govern the country: per. aci none desire this less, than foreigners them. rlves: but it is false logic, for this Order, to base its argument for the total exclusion of the 'loreigner, on its desire that foreigners should -mot bold- exclusive sway. The concurrence in the wise principle that the foreigners should not era, does not.justify the proposition, that the oreigner should be excluded, unless thefact is, tha the foreigner does govern, and that to ex * him altogether, is the only mode to deprive 'Iiof such power. But if he, agreeing with us -llthat it is not right that he should govern, *nd in fact does not govern, shall be neverthe. 4ess excluded altogether, the logic of the conclu. sign would be excessively ridiculous, we pass byits injustice, when it decrees an ordinance, iecause of something, which does not, in fact, .exist. ''The same view is applicable to the religious (uistion which is made by this Order. The re. -liglous tenets of the Roman Catholic Church, IF qny not command the approbation of all: the "iemporat power of that Church, may appear to .,us, wanting much or all, that conduces to good government: but is it because, we do not ad 'ire the spiritual Church, or disapprove its ex erise of temporal authority, that we should Ostracise those who do I Or if we all agree in deelaring that the possession and profession of 'certain faith, with such consequences incident ,to it, as have been charged, are, if true, grounds .for exclusion ; are we justified in declaring that -exclusion.against those, who, admitting the pos session and profession of the faith, deny the bonsequences as incident to it, and are the best witnesses of the truth or falsehood of the mat ters so charged f And so in further justification of this desired exclusion, reference is made to the- influences, which, operating on the poor foreigner, make him, as is alleged, pervert the privilege of the ballot, become the tool of the demagogue, and often, as is said, for gold, be. .tray the trust he has in the vote he is allowed to cast. Without questioning in the slightest de gree the justness of the indignation which is ex cited by the abuse of the privilege of voting, we may well pause and enquire, before we record a sentence of universal exclusion, what is the true offence, which results from this abuse, and next, whether the remedy proposed will relieve -itta We distinguish between a remedy for the evil, and the punishment of the offender. E xelu gin may be the latter, but it cannot be the frmer. ~The vote is the medium through which th i6ntry ascertains the honest opinions of those, ~Iiio ar'e interested in its welfare. The bribe, is the means by which this end is defeated in sub ~stituting tha'opinions of him who bribes, for his, h-lolis-bribed. And therey h hoyo u G~overnmfenlt, as one rest onhpubri ofinon, ThisconseqUnls3(orknd, orstitou b, by him who bribes, than by him, who is bribed. The bribe proceeds from him whto gives: unless it is given, he who takes, would nt be bribed. The aeceptance of the bribe is we may suppose the consequence of need: its ofer proceeds from the desire to accomplish an end, which, for some reason, is sought by him, who gives it. The end that moves him who gies it, is always a desire for power. It may be for the power necessary for some one object, or that wider power, which, for years, will di ret the machinery of government. It may vary indgre: in efe~ct it is the same. It begets that evil spirit, which, in seeking means for its rtification, seizes the weakness, the necessi t:5s of'our nature, and adapts them to its use. Exlude every foreigner, you still will leave a sufficient number, subject to the bribe, to ac complish all the ills, that excite these expressions of- abhorrence froma the Order. To diminish the number of those who are bribed, is not to do away with bribery : it only tends by a reduc tion of the number, to increase the price of the bribed, or change the form in which the bribe is offered. Mtoney buys one, 'office buys another: and he who is bought with an office, becomes enrolled among the great men of his day ; but ie who -is bribed with money, becomes thereby 'sbject to that reproach which justifies his ox pulsion.and is considered sufficeient to pastify also the expulsion, of thousands, who were born in the same clime with him. Who are they who bribe ? Is it not the foreigner, who bribes the foreigner, to supplant, that which we 'ia call, the native power i If the foreigner is - red, it is not for or by the foreigner but for and by the native. Then it is the native, he, who is devoted in a higher degree, than any other citizen, to the welfare of the country, wvho doesan act, which he is enabled to do success fully, because of his wealth, and the necessities of the one, upon whom he operates ; and this act be knows, lead, to the perversion of his Gvrnment. Who, then, is the proper object fr punishment ? According to the understood rule of this Order, th~e native is preserved from temptation, by removing from his reach, the poor, whom he has made instruments with which he could work out his designs. A Gen eneral charged with the defence of his country, uses hisa in uence with his army to attempt the oveurthrow of his Government. The new reme dy for the evil, is to exterminate the army, so that the General may not have again the same mens with which to accomplish his treasonable practices. Will it be said that because one-is a foreigner, lie is therefore liable to be bribed ? This is not so: and he is but a shallow observer of men, who would affirm it. One who does not want, is beyond temptationi. All who want are within reach Qf temptationi. The nature anid extent of their wants, determine the amount and character of the influence that may control them. A for. igner having no want, is according to all expe riee, less subject to temptation, than another, whether foreigner or native, who has wants, that -require to be gratified. To fall beneath the in. unae of temptation is the law of no particular clime. In all ages, amona- all people, from the lowest depths ofesavage li e, to the loftiest san mit on which civilization reigns, it is found, as frthi its sway. It is hostis humani generis. On rthe other hand, with as much certainty as that law to which we have just referred, and wih subjects the needy.- to the influence .o him who can satisfy their wants, is the desire on te part of those who are in the possession tf power, and by the most industrious mes ^t'es, 'extend the sphere of its imfuence. - He who has placed his affections in the gratification %'fpoiticl power, and has the means, whethei from- wealth orotherwiseato secure it, will won der at the closeness of the miser, and exclaim -against the rapacity of. the usugr. Yet thai miser, knows not how to love his hoard, with the ame passion, that the politician loves hu ppra; nor cats that usurer make from his sub eg~ti same untold sacrifices, than he ox. -'iguwo posessedof 'p~wer, wields it for the -g'a~ficton of ihis- selfisli ainbition. When, ':the; we assign 'the -prevalence of bribery, ae one of the measures, which are Lo be extirpated, and that by the exclusion of all foreigers, WE .sssght of the-fact, that thero will stillremain d nefetedl adndiimlifished by this proceeding ass.sprt call it. by what -name- o jes~e .pwhissansee hesitated,anid. wil -never heei t..e. by. any a..d all the mioans it posssse whether money, political power, or any thing else, to secure the accomplishment of its ends: and that to. buy with money, is a measure ap plicable to all classes who are in want; and .is only one of the modes in which the same perni cious result is achieved. To sell a vote is a crime, because the vote is part of the public treasure, for the time entrusted to the individu al. However, or by whomsoever sold, the crime is the same. But to come to our point, somewhat nearer. If exclusion, is the penalty to bevisited on for eigners for the system of. bribery alleged to ex ist, let us enquire into the truth of the fact, be fore we proceed to the sentence. And if the sentence is just, let it be pronounced on all who are bribed, supposing as is before stated, that the sin is in being bribed, and that there is no reproach to him who furnish, the bribe. If foreigners are bribed, are they alone bribed? We have no statistics in this matter. Such re cords are not often published. But we see enough to enable us to approximate towards the truth. Where is he, enlisted in party strife, who will say, that the foreigner is the only one bribed at elections? Who will say that they furnish the most deplorable instances of the corrupting influences of money i If rumor speaks. truly, the most gigantic evidences of the influences of money, even in our State, are to be found in Districts, where the foreign population bear an exceedingly small propor tion, to the residents "of the manor born." It is equally needless and unpleasant to refer to other cases. It is sufficient, when seen in the place referred to, to satisfy all, that the rich, powerful, and ambitious will ever bribe, where the population, is needy, and therefore subject to temptation. And this holds in every com munity, whether its members are native or for eigners. We seem to think that this practice of bribery is with us, a special evil; nor does it seem, to have. occurred to those who become thus horrified at its appearance, that it may be an incurable part of every political system, in which the popular will, is the controlling power. If despotism prevails, you must buy or cajole, which is itself a mode of buying, the Despot. And the same rule will be followed in limited monarchies, ant in popular governments. In England as early as 1714, we hear of the prae tice ; and at a late period,. learn, " that a great number of persons, have no other livelihood than being employed in bribing corporations." True, all men who think at all, must regret it. And doubtless while there are many, who under, great excitement, have themselves contributed to this practice, yet in the suggestion of any practicable plan for its suppression or mitigation, they would become earnest co-laborers. But the alteration of a principle of government be cause a portion of the foreign population is bribed, is perhaps one of the wildest experiments ever attempted. When this Order, proposes, as it does, the establishment of a new political basis; and in doing that, proposes a modification of the sys tem of government, it addresses itself to one of the most important and dangerous offices, which can be undertaken, even by the most experien ced. A system however objectionable, often has some relieving quality, which, if duly con sidered, should induce those who attempt its extirpation, to be well assured that the menas ures they propose, are better than those they seek to uproot. The rotten borough system of England, against which Parliamentary orators iveighed with as much severity as they did against the slave trade, was a system, bad as it undoubtedly was, that first brought into politi cal notice, Lord Chanceller Cowper, Harley, Walpole, Steele, Addison, Prior, Chesterfield, Pulteney, Bolingbroke and others. And to the influence of money in the hands of the commer ial class of Great Britain, has. been ascribed, the infusion of that liberal and popular element in the British Constitution, which has mainly contributed to the celebrity it has acquired, as affording the people who live under it, political benefits, only inferior to those enjoyed under our own Constitution. But this, and any other consequence, could never make bribery proper; yet they inay wel' justify us, in asking that in the-reformation of this abuse, we should remem. brtaTreme(Iy-may oc-wrse uunuia ease. Another matter, which is often seriously dwelt upon, is that it requires a long probation to enable a foreigner to u'.derstand our system of government: and that in ignorance of this, the exercise by him of the privilege of voting, is an injury to the country, or may be so. WVhat is meant by this understanding of our system of government? Do we shut our eyes to the fact, that we are not among ourselves agreed as to the tfue nature of our government ? That we maintain for it, a construction, involving a theory, that elsewhere, than among ourselves, is considered revolutionary ? And th.it in other portions of our country, another theory is main tained, that we reject and denounce, as leadimg to consolidation or despotism ? And if this is rot sufficient to show how wild is this objection, let those who make it, go into the streets, or without taking that trouble, ask themselves, what is the nature of the Government under which they live? Is it certain that the answver would be such, as is intelligible either to them. selves or others ? Come into the busy thorough fares of this crowded city, and satisfy yourselves. how many meni of keena intellect are informed as to the principle of our Stamte Government. Ask upon what principle representation rests in the Legislative Department of our State, and then you will become convinced, that a free people are more concerned about the ends of Government, than its details. The best evidence that a citizen gives of his attachment to the laws, is when lie supports them, and is willing to risk his life in their de fence. The highest proor of that understand ing, which properly appreciates our institutions, is when one is willing to die, rather than sur. vive their loss. Has the foreigner been want ing in this evidence of understanding? i~e knows but little of the history of his country from the time she raised her arm to assert her independence, to the present moment, who will withhold this credit to them, so emitnently de served. It is with no chilled and foreign feeling, that we recall the names of Steuben, Montgomery, Pulaski, Kosciusko, Lafayette, Gallatin, .and others, of a former days; that since then, Shields, and a host of others, have proved themn selves inheritors of the same devotedness ; and twice when the flag of South Carolina wvas struck down by its enemy, it was the privilege Iof a foreigner to lift it again to triumph in the breeze. Jasper, a foreigner, amid the thick balls of England's ernnon, re-planted it on the battle ments of Fort Moultrie; and Leonard, a foreign er, bore it across the bloody field of Chapultepec. They only sneer at such instances of devotion, who never have been where these men were. But it is said the foreigner never becomes identified with this country. Strange assertion, when considered in connection with the repeat ed instances of desperate valor, in support of its rights and fame, to which we have just allud ed. But the charge is not true. Point out the case in three-fourths of a century during which our political existence has extended, in which there has been this alleged want of identifica tion? No State in this Union can give stronger. evidence than our own State, of the devotion of the Foreigner. In 1831 and '32, when the State prepared for a conflict with the General Government, a foreign corps claimed, and still claims the credit of having been the firsts to offer its services. In 1836, when the United States made its draft on South Carolina, a for eign company volunteered, and to the extent of its number, relieved the draft. A short time previous, when the .citizens of St. Augustine asked protection, another foreign corps was among the. frst to offer its services, and went to that city, the defenceless and unprotected ; and as if ,to the Southern States, and to South Car olina in particular., their devotion should be always so manifest, that naked justice would compel her to stand up in theIr support, in Massachusetts, when the- people of Boston threatened to subvert .ths law of the country. deny the right of a slaveholder in his property ; foreign companies guarded the temple of Jus tice, and foreign companies protected to the sea shore, the right of thIe master to his property. It was on that occasion, that a forefgher testinied with his life, his fidelity to the-country Whose commision he -had. . Nor is t1ffs all. Where now are those portions of the Militia in Mssa chusetta tha& at that time, (we alluden to the excie.....ic~ gre.. nit of theo assettleuI of the owner's right to the slave Burns;) with arns in their hands, in obedience.to a requisition put upon them throtgh.the Federal Executive, plant ed them in support of the laws of the land ? Laws which, in their enactment, recognized the legal right of the slaveholder, and by their pro visions secured to him the continuance of these rights, when the slave had fled across the border of his State. Laws which, because they did so, although enacted in pursuance of the manifest intent and plain letterof the Constitution, fur nished an occasion for the exercise of a revolu tionary and lawless spirit infinitely more akin to some of the days of the French Revolution, than any thing before then . presented in our country. Where now are these men? Are they honored? Are they rewarded? The Gov ernor of Massachusetts, the Governor elected by the Order, disbands these companies ! The men on whom the integrity of the country for the time rested-the men who fearlessly dis charged the highest duties of citizenship-the men who proved that they best understood what Freedom meant, when they supported the -laws. enacted for its protection-these men, in obedi ence to a law of the Order, are degraded from. their rights of citizenship, and held to be un worthy of 'bearing arms in its defence. Phillips, Garrison, Sumner, and Seward, fit expositors of what is right and proper for the citizens of Slaveholding States, pronounce such men dan gerous to the Republic; and we, forsooth I are asked to cry amen, to this patriotic ordinance. But it is said, the foreigner cannot feel the same attachment to the country of his adoption as he does, who here drew his breath ; and that he should not be equally entitled to its advan. tages. It depends altogether on the determina tion of the question, how much one loves his country, to decide that the love of a stranger is inferior. We can readily imagine many cases, in which it should be ithpossible for any one to love this land more than the foreigner. If to him, as it has been to so many, it has proved sanctuary: if it were that beneath our flag he might repose from the hot pursuit of those who sought his: life, because of an abortive attempt to improve the land which gave him birth; it though not the-place which gave him birth-it is the place which gives him life and liberty; why is it, that his love for it should not be as great as any one can entertain for any land? The love of country is cherished as a sentiment, and fitly too. But it is not always so consider ed. Gibbon considers it no more than a selfish principle, resulting from the identification of our interest with a particular soil. If lie is right, then love of country is a delusion; and its existence altogether unsafe, as the basis of private or public action. For if its spring and end are sellish, then may you as well expect fixedness in tracings on the sands of the sea shore, as in a declaration of organic laws fram ed from the ever-shifting guides of what is selfish in its nature. But it is not so. Deprav ed is he, who does not feel towards the place of his birth the reverence and affection, which nev er die with him, towards the parent who gave him life. Assuming, then, that the place of one's biet does give him a degree of affection towards it, greater than can be felt by one who is born elsewhere, let us examine how far this is intelli gible, as one of the ends which justify this order. In these United States, what do you call one's country? Is it the State, or the United States? ' If you say the State, the mem ber of the Order in New-York, or in any place North of Mason & Dixon's line, will tell you that you are verging towards treason and in that lie does little to afirm your love of country. It you sny that it is the United States, thein let e ask if there are any foreigners,~ whom you elieve to have so little love of country, as the rowd of Abolitionists, whose reckless orgies are presided over by Seward and his party ? In this, and in every other land, devoted to Free om-there is no thorough understanding of hat is called country. A Free .People arc more devoted to a principle, than a place. But throwing aside all these considerations, ind coijeeding, as I admit of right there should be, superior affection in the citizen born on-the hih our, institutions afford, is not, and cannot e supported. WVhat with us is (or should be) the test of itness fo'r office? Do we refer to he qualities of the applicant, or to the place of his bir-.h, or the color of his hair? What with s is oltice? Is it not a :ublic trust? Who is its proper administrator? Is not the answer nstructive, he who is best qualified ? Will you say that this test is now obsolete I If~ so, who mde it so but yourselves? And if it is not so ow, ought it not to be so now, and forever? f any wish to institute reform, commence it in this; but for this reform, multitudes will come o you from the high ways and bye-ways. In this, there would be no occasion to operate by night, or invoke secrecy as a means essential to sccess. - We are conceding too much, however, when e discuss the claim of right to otlice, as being held superior on the part of the native. In the ranization of the Order, there is no degree of omrms t all admitted. He who is not born here, is disfranchised by the faict of his birth, and the Order is sworn to support the decree. No matter how well qualified-how devoted to our land-how encompassed with the respect, admiration, and affection o'f all who know him -no matter how~ necessary his services to the ublic weal ; how unfortunate the loss of his services-no matter hiow strong private virtue and public honor-a regard to truth and justice, blic as well as private-duty to the man, our selves, and our country-our own undeniable onviction of the right of the one course, and wrong of the other--may plead in his behalf, and against the rule of the Order-still, because e was not born here-though he came to us before manhood, or even at a time to which emory will not lead him, he becomes the vic tim of a sentence, whlich in its operation de grades, because it disqualities him. TEnRIBLE HAI SToams.-The severest hail storm that ever visited this section of country, passed down the east side of Keowee river, in the afternoon of Friday the 18th inst. It ex tended about two miles in width, and raged with great fury, killing hogs, fish, birds, fowls, and insects; maiming and bruising the cattle, and stripping vegetation of every vestige above ground. The~ growing crops, with the excep tion of corn, is completely ruined. R Stewart, Isq., informs us that on the third day after its fall, the hail was from one to two feet deep, nd, in many places,. six 'feet. Theo average depth on a level,.after the storm, wans four inches. We are ,informied by several persons that the largest hail stones measured ten inches in cir umference, and others four inches in length. It fell with such force that the boards on several uses were split to pieces, and that now the stench arising from the decaying vegetable mat ter is very offensive. We are indebted to the kindness of W. J. Parsons, Esq., for a small .carpet bag full of the hail,gathered up on yesterday (the eighth day after its fall.) Some of the stones were as large as guinea eggs, and had been taken from an open field, the thermometer standing at 90 du ring the two days past... The storm extended from the mountains in North Carolina east.-Pickens 6'. C. Courier. ABOLITION AGENTs KILLED.-A notorious free negro, nimed Freeman, an Abolition agent, residing at Alton, Illinois, and engaged in run ning off slaves fropn Missouri, was shot and killed by the police of St. Louis on the 21st instant, while they were capturing a party of negroes, which he was about carrying off. LEAVING THE DEN INI DIsGUs.-We have been informed, by what we believe to be good authority, that betwveen twenty and thirty mem bers of 'a Know Nothing lodge in Macon county left the dark association last week in disgust; we know of. others in various parts of the State that have already left, and they report .many more about. to 'leave. We say to those that have left after being .caught in the trap, -the best thing you could do was to leave. Let every mqn that has been caught, if 'he has any respet for himself or any regard for his chil dren, come out from among them as soon na possible.-Milledgeville Union, 29th. W. C. RTcuans.-This gentlemen, forner ly a literary editor in this' State and Georpia, is now a , very p ' ular 'Bnptimt' Preeer' u'the North. 'He has ben called to Brldgepiirt, Con. ARTHUR SIMKIN81 EDITOR. .EDOEZIELD, . O. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6,1855. Wx would fespectfullynfnirm "INQUtR ," that we cannot give publicity toany more of his arti cles. The gentleman to whom-his communications are addressed has ceased to-reply;.and we cannot see the propriety of any further disetssion of this unprofi table, controversy. gW AN article from " SrCTrAToa" has been re ceived, but accidentally misplaced. -We will give it attention next.week. TEE HOT SUPPER. - - Wa would direct the especial atteition of our read. era to that splendid affair.whiche to come offat Mr. B.J. RYAN's Hotel, on Thursday aening next. We intena going, and hope to see many of our friends there. Come one-come all; and be certain to bring some three or four dollars with you,Jor we may anti cipate considerable enjoyment, that .s, if we have a little of the "needful" along. THREE LETTERS ON THE ENOW NOTH INGI. WE have received a copy of a'pamphlet just pub lished in Charleston, and containighbree-letters "On the Order of the Nnow NothigEs".' The letters are addressed to the "Hon. A. P. Euria," and discuss the subject so calmly and sensibly that we are ind uc ed to 'lay them before our readers We know not the author. He is evidently thougltsamiba of thought, in. formation and'judicial firmness aglfs week. we give one of these letters, and shall brng out the other two in'our next coning numliers. Having been rather si lent on thisiqneetion' for some tiros, e have thought best to sacrifice our own matter for a few issues to such selections as may sheddeblight of truth upon the bearings of this (to our view) dangerous party. And we do this the more 'readily, as we- shall be so occu pied until after the term of our Equity Court as to be unable to give our usual attention to the editorial-de partment of our paper. THE WEAThER. ABUNDANT showers have Jhden during the past week,. and our prospects forle ntiful harvest have been considerably brightend." Butif the weather continues thus showery, we fear diat'the wheat may be injured, as it is now read or nearly so, for the scythe. . -- VIRGINIA ELECTIONS. IN 122 counties Mr. Wisz's majority foots up 10,647, with 2Q- counties to be heard from, which gave Mr. PIEaCE a small Deinocratic majority. We therefore can safely put da.wn Mr. Wis's at near 12,000. Capital success, taking everything into consideratin OUT-SIDE IN-SIDE. WE have received a communication from our steemed friend CL.On-orra-in which, among other' things, he complains of the absence of Messrs. CoLTa & |COOTER, in our last issue. We have just stolen into the chair editorial,-to notify our farming friend. that we were knocked out of place by the Hon. A. H. TEVENs letter on Know. Noleingism, which was ihought to be as entertaining and as edifying as our )wn scribbling would have been. ' We doubt it our elves. However we are at our post again and would ike to hear from our friend=n the grass. Help one mother. COLTER& SCOUTER. A despatchfr a Leavenworth lisrict pro-slavery ticket is elected by sixty-one ma ority, and pro-slavery men are..elected in every dis rict. Thus has Goverrior Ramosa been again foiled. -"aWE C4VmI IN." WE copy below fromi the Edisto Clarion, of which I'. H. LAIaEY Esq,is Editorindinarkable andintense exciting occtirrence,--said-tobe the " naked truth" ocerning a negro man's,1niraculous escape from leath, in an Orangeburg weltlot many years since. t is a ye wonderful affie,,end- one,-did we not e ratlier diflidair to choke: down, especia y t a triking passage in reference 0to lbe- "spade."' How ver if his hero is a" Nigger," we cheerfully acknowl adge that he has plucked the feather from our cap, d that his story far stirpasses BILL -Panvsrc and y of his numerous " hair breadth 'scapes" that we ire acqu'ainuted wvith. What think you, Mr. Chester Standard, of your man AsaDY now I But without further comment we ansten to lay the article allucd to, defure our anxious -eaders. One christmas day not man! years gene-by some hree or four negro men were employed by one our ,illagers to clean out his well said well being about ifty feet deep. Among said nugroes was a boy named lack, the properly of a uneiglnouring planter. They ftent to work with all the er:6usiasm that character as " wooly heads" on chritmas holidays. When hey had progressed so far asi have the well exhaus al of water-the bottom the being covered with nellow clay, Jack, who was ,gagedlin emptying the ~ucket as it came up, lost his ot hold, overbalanced,r d went plunging headlong down the well, to the mminent danger of the boysa the bottom, and his wn life. At the surface of Eay Jack's head struck i tspade, but unimpeded by tie obstruction, it pased n through the mellow earthpntil Jack stuck waist leep therein, head down andtheels up. The cotnfu. I uion above, and the fright Jacgave his friend below,( ~peratd seriously against bin; for he was compelled to stand in his unnatural poslon for ten minutes (we ire told) hy which time othea had assembled to the rescue. Jack was drsgged fie his temporary tenan ny, halled up to t erra firms washed, cleansed, and rarried home, where medical till and ktnd atte ntions Il rould be lhad. In several wein his wounds and gash- e s were healed, and Jack agai restored to full health much to his own surprise, encds well as the satisfaic- t ion of his wife and children. ti From that occurrence datea new era in Jack's life end regenerative powers. -Hovas then 40 or 42 years if age, and was the father olight or ten fine sons v nd daughters. Since that tie, however, the fecun ity of Jack's wife has been ipralled-at one birth she presented her husband til a trio, and at each 5 mubsequent, with twins. The are facts to which the b ountry bears testimnony. ".bk your flint and try it t again,' Mr. Advertiser. BROWNING dgEIIAN. Maj. Pzaav, the popular litor of the " Southera h Patriot," says, in an articlen his recent visit to tI Charleston :-" This is a danrous establishment for bi a gentleman to let his niife slaughters go into, 'in- -at en he ha.i an overflowing pie, atid then it is a most sI fit and proper place for theso visit. In some re- o spects, this magnificent wheale and retail store is said to be suprior to S-rai-'s, In New York'.c We wold suggest to all whivte in the country, and desire anythiing in the dry ga line,.instead of going o BaowNiNG &i LEMAN thaslves, to send their or ders, with the money, and d~prices at which they li wish to purchase an article,il they will have their wa orders filled as correctly andanptly as if present in sp proper person. Beautiful mins, from sir and one- El fourth cents to fity cents or allar, may be ordered. fit So with linens, cambrics, hakerchis, and every- in thing else. , - h BEAUTIPUDLHEAT -fle Wa were shown yesterdapys the Augusta Con. an atit~ionait of the 31st ult.) 6autiful sample of the tui Tubman White Wheat, groun .the Bedford Farm N< f 1. T. Heard, Esq., about I miles from this city. th It is of large grain and heavyeighing about sixty five pounds to the bushel.' I Heard manured his ground well wIth guano, abis crop 'turned out about 1500 bushels., A lot ob same descrip'tion o~b wheat would meet 'with resale in this market at b *1,25 a'1,50 per bushel. Wbne or two days sun- Ii inhg it will be fit for the Milnd In the course of a do few days will be turned out flour from the Granite un Mill of this city. thi GLEN1N SINlGS. The Laureneville JHerald king of this delightful Ea and healthy watering place,[:-As the season ap- el proaches when the citizeaslhe low country will spi be seeking for cool and hsai retreats, we would off remind them that Janney isilandlord, and Glenn Ad Springs is one of the most tful summer resorts but in the South; and also by gg the .Wute by the tor Lauren. Railroad they will ti the cheapest, most cau pleasant an~d qucks . a ing there. the KIDNAPtNG IN C pA.Sm Mexi-. hey cans lately made an atterapteal thirteen Indian mei children from one of the R~zons, but they were ed pursued and overtaken, ase of them captured. " The poor children were - s~ther bhy the wrists, when rescued, the rope a4them sleverely. A Im great many childrenhave-bdus stolen and sold in S the agicultural districts, wlduey bring frdum 50 a so* 50dla--eh - , mys 0 0EU MUNI0ATIOUS. - . For the Advertiser.. OUR rzsHING PARTY. Ma. Zrron:-The.morning of the 21st dawned with as clear and cloudless sky as ever shone in Southern climes. A gentle shower had fallen the night previous, sufficient to cool the arid air and lay the light dust. Early as the lark, every one were on their feet, fixing fishing hooksj lines and poles, preparatory to making a foul destruction among the finny tribe. The continued rumbling of wheels, the tramping of hoofs, the maiden's merry laugh, the matron's gentle -song, as they rolled smoothly on, announced that something unusual was on foot. Soon a fine company of J adies were assembled at Coleman's Mills, from far and near, some from An derson, Richland, the Ridge, Shaw's Creek, old Edgefield, and even " here." In went hooks, and out come the fish, (and a little squeal with it,) just as natural as though they were used to it. But after enjoying this sport for some time, old Sol and General now met and assembled and concluded, out- of sheer pity for the inhabitants of Agum, that come away we must, the one by sending forth beams -of the direst heat, the other strains of dulcet melo dy. Their combined efforts were sufficient to light en the foot and -thrill the bosom of either maid or matron of whatsoever degree. At any rate the fair ones were soon in the house arranged by the side of their gay chevaliers, and led on by the "soul inspiring music," they ' trip'd the light fan tastic toe," as smoothly and softly as the Spirits and Fairies did in days of yore, until exlhusted Una wares, the dames (may they live forever) held a council and declared the inner man must be re freshed. There being no dissenting voice, a table sprang forth as from the touch of the magician's wand, laden with all the viands and delicacies of the season, rivallinthat, of that good old jolly souled host Robin Hood en and there we had such a" feast of reason n flow of sod" fbrival led before in the annalsof th nd-hifs. The ready wit, the lively sally, the ieI repartee, all showed how well each acted and enjoyed his part. This though, like all other good things, must have ap end. But then came the desert of the day. Parties of " two" or three, or perhaps more, strolled away to find the cool shades, beneathed the trysted oaks, or with gentle swelling music, in the boat, they floated smoothly over the rippling surface as the gay gondolier, and seemingly reviving "Tasso's Echoes in Venice" again. Now was the time when the most fastidious "admirer of beauty," could have selected to suit his taste. There was the light-hair ed blonde, with liquid blue eyes, and the dark ra vened-tressed brunette, with her piercing black orbs -all were there, all " sorts, sizes and kinds," from the mountain maid, as brilliant, gay and dazzling as the sun, to the highland beauty, who, like the se rene moon, sheds forth her mild rays of pleasure and happiness on all around. Now, kind matrons and gentle dames, to whom we are under such pro found obligations, before we shut ourselfin our form er shell of exclusion, listen ye a little. That you are fair, handsome and dignified, no one doubts; that you are kind, amiableand generous, the Pie-Nie is sufficient proof; that we love you a little for giv ing it, and will love you more for the next, we here by certify. That changing expression of sweetness and good humor, in your countenance, the thousand lights that played about your face, and "left no. shadow there;" above all, the smile-the cheerful happy smile-were entwined with the best sympa thies and af'eetionp of our nature. And now, Col onel and Major, th.. life-blood,. bone and sinew of the fun and fishing. ir. hem jovialty -revels, and good nature reigns supre..ne, when we have another fishing party, may you " be and appear" there. a EUGENE. day I sat in my old arm-chair, ruminating on mat ter. and things in general, which ruminations were occasionally interrupted by the crowing of the old lame Shanghai, the chirping of the chickens, and now by the word of command given by a certain officeer of the household, or am shriek from the wee toddling bain as it fell down in its attempt to catch the young duckling. When a quick, sharp trot up the road drew my attention, and ho and behold here somae the mail boy, mounted on his faithful sorrel, SSpread Eagle." which caused me to colleet my scattered thoughts and lay my plans for the-day's lisposal. We had been somtewhiat retarded in the farm vorc by the recent heavy rains, and as the ground vas still too heavy to plough, I had marshalled all ny furee to the hoes. Thinks I to myself, I'll take ride over the plantation and 'sec that every thing a getting on smoothly, and so when the time is up can be at leisure for a ride to the office, and have regular feast on all subjects, from the affair. of< Jhiurchr and State, down to a regular dish of bacon nd greens from our amateur agriculturists, Messrs. t Co-rron &s SCooTaa." Mly old shuffler firstr rought nme to the wheat Eeld which was ready fore de harvest. As I examined the .beautiful golden -c harts, so heavy with the weight of their well ma- a ired, symetrically formed .grains, a throb of grati- V ade to the Giver of all gifts expanded my bosom, a nd a silent prayer floated upward from my un-t -orthy heart ; and then came the pleasing acd eon-t ling thought that my better-half would soon have o occasion to throw out ominous hints that thet flour j< srrel was nearly empty, nor thechildrena to discuss 0 me relative merits of corn-bread and biscuit, which a abject was debated regularly at every meal as ab it at me that flour should be hunted up. But as at article wvas quoted at ten and twelve dollar. the vy mrrel I concluded to wait a few days, which would ce least cause them to appreciate the article as it ould be. From the wheat field I turned to the its patch, and here again was a prospect of abun- O inee. Next, to the corn-fields, which in my self- S mplacency I compared to cane-breaks in embryo, tal darkly, deeply, beauitifully green were the waving, stling blades as they swayed to and fre to the cool at orning breeze. The only drawback to my felicity , as the abundant coating of tender grass which had ci rung up as if called to life by the wand of some th astern juggler. Next in rotation camne the-cotton- hc Ia, and here again was a prospect of a glorious of gathering, both of cotton and hay, for if the grass b d looked like the offpring of magic in the corn- b Ida, the superabundance of the Cotton bespoke th agency as powerful as Alladins lamp-only pa.- of rage for cattle and not gold would be the result. hii twithstanding, a walk though my nicely kept ex riving kitchen garden soothed my startled feelings ~ newhat, still, my thoughts swould revert to the ass crop. A fter ponderinig and puzling my brain as to the ly at measure to adopt in order to roust the enemy, cc t last, as a proof of how associations will engen- tnl SIdeas, pounced upon the advice whcich no doubt thn ker existing circumstances, would be proposed W ough the agricultural columns by those lights of El planting communrity, Messrs. Cosa & SCOOT- Bi So, as soon as I could swallow my dinner and through my noontide siesta, viz: daily nap-I ang upon Bob and hurried away-for the Post- the ae. The bright, new sheet of the ever-welcome es vertiseer was hurriedly caught up and opened ;- tin as a matter of course my first devoirs were paid cul ny old friend the Colonel. Next after a clue ver ght in his department to the emanations from eOr pens of the flair sex-bless their bright eyes anad itching features. Next, the religious depart- ars t, which is ever interesting;~ and lastly I hurri or the department to which, though left for the . I expected to derive the most profit from at thi, Inj a.. .1 turned and, what-" Choice Poetry" to slyythought I, I must acknowledge the corn , .I am getting ord, AnadI habdalmost nerved.-o hounter, if he had glasses to suit eyes that had beer in use full forty-but no, I twisted and turned to the light, wiped my eyes andtubbed my brow, then looked again, and here it was abig and as true as fate, "Choice Poetry." Choice fiddlesticks Iex claimed I, here is corn quoted at 1 to 2 dollars per bushel, cotton at 1lU to'12 cents, flour 10 to 12 dol lard per barrel-and the grass taking every thing, fore and aft, and Messrs. CoLnan & Scoo-ra taken 'to sentamentalizing in-their old days, and gone to writing " Choice Poetry." After my ebulition of wrath had pretty well evaporated, I took another look-and lo and behold our agricultural friends had -proved to be regular deserters, they were not to be found at all. In the very heat of the battle with out a word of apology they had decamped and left us in the crisis of the-fray without shield or buckler. My heart sank despite my indignation. I bounced on Bob, hurried home, ordered the ploughs to be sharpened, and hoes to be ground up, and a regu lar warfare begun on my own responsibility against the far-spread banners of foxtail and crab-grass. CLODHOPPER. LATEST BY THE PACIFIC. . Nzw Yoxx, May 30. The United States mail Steamer Pacific arriv ed here this morning at half-past 7 o'clock, with Liverpool dates to May 19. The siege of Sebastopol was almost unchang ed. An expedition of 15,000 allies had embark ed at Kamiesh and put to sea in the direction Wf Azoff, but returned without landing. No details of the movement were known. Large reinforcements for the Allies were ex pected at Sebastopol within ten days. The negotiations between Austria and the Western Powers were unchanged, but between Prussia and Austria they were more intricate than ever. Russia notifies the German State Govern. ments that the Czar will only hold to the first two guarantees on the condition of the perfect neutrality of Germany. France and England have presented arrulti matum to Sweden, which that Power seems in clined to reject. The French Exhibition had been opened, but the ceremony was rather dull. Pianori, who attempted to shoot Napoleon, had been executed. Marshal Canrobert has resigned nominally, on account of ill-health. Ho is succeeded by Gen. Peliesier. Previous to l.is resignation, Canrobert review ed the entire French army, and assured them that they would soon enter Sebastopol, either by the door or the window. - A colmbat occurred on the night of the 24th between the Russians and the French, which proved a most desperate affair. The Russians attempted to dig new rifle pit, and the French partially prevented them. Two hundred French troops were put hors du combat. A despatch of the 1st of May says the ad vances of the allies are approaching Sebastopol surely though slowly. Lord Raglan's despatch of the same day says, the Russians have constructed a new battery to the left of the Mamelon, and there is every appearance of the establishment of a very large camp on the plateau above Belbeek, on the North side. The French government is understood- to have received despatches announcing heavy rains in the,Crimea, and the trenches of the allies full of water, no as to cause a suspension of hostili ties. Count Caronine, the Commander-in-Chief, has proclaimed martial law in the principalities. A new manifesto of the Czar orders another levy of twelve men in every thousand in the seventeen wsstern provinces, to be completed by the end of July. There are indications of a more -Intimate re lationship between Austria and Prussia, and the publicity of an armed neutrality is becoming more apparent. A conference between the representatives of these two powers is in pro. gress. *LIVERPOOL, Friday Evening, May, 18. active and bonyant. Sales of the week 112,000 bales, including 49,000 to speculators and 5,000 to Exporters. Fair Orleans 6hd, Middling Sjd. F'air Upland 64d. Middling 658-4d. BREAVsTUF.-Thie market is quiet, and prices are wholly unchanged. Provisions had advanced. Money easier.- Consols 89g. VaR Goo.-The Petersburg (Va.) Intelli ~encer, the K. N. organ, meetse his defeat in a rery good temper. He moralizes: " The contest being over, it. is now fulltime1 Co let the acrimonious spirit, which has charnc erized it in anprecedented manner, subside. ['o our brethren of the press of both parties vo would say: We have all had our faults none is more conscious of his own than thei v~riter of this article)-we have all gone too ar and have used language too intemperate, udLeed scurrilous, for a press which, in theory .t least, is the guide and instructor of the pub ic, and therefore doubly responsible for the xample it set. The campaign over, the press >f Virginia will have ample rime to look into< ther matters than mere party politics, and mat-< ire too of infinite importance. We have ouri oble old State and her multiform interests to ttract.our attention and engage our mnost earn st efforts, and this should invite the honorable antest, among the members- of the profession it to who shall contribute most to the glorious Il rork of making Virginia what she ought to be2 ad what she can and will be if her sons are -ue to her. " Before wve lay down our pen we take leave >say that we are not soft enough to suppose I tat we shall escape repeated gibes, jeers and 'kes fired off by the successful party. Well, r this we shall not complain, inasmuch as we tould have done these things ourself had the mot been on the other leg. " He may laugh ho wins, is a maxim as old as the hills, and we tall call philosophy to our aid and bear our etimization of broad grins with all possible emposure." HoN. yEFF DAvs.-Hon Jefferson Davis has mne to Mississippi on a brief visiL. Adjutant eneral Cooper has been appointed Acting ieretary of War, during the absence of Secre ry Davis. Trho Atlanta Examiner tells the following ary of his passage through that place: " A gentleman named Noble reached our city Monday evening last and complained to our{ .y police that he had been robbed of $2500 on\ s cars, and also pointed out two men whom he suspicioned of the robbery. Our vigilant s' icers repaired immediately to the hotel, and _ t for the opportune interference of the Mayor mId have had them safely lodged in the cali one. He fortunately discovered that one of1 a gentlemen was. Col. Jeff. Davis, SecretaryJ the United States Treasury, in time to save w n the mortification of an arrest. The affauir sited considerable merriment, and, the Secre y laughed as heartily as the rest at what liked have proven an awkward blunder." SIR. J1. T1. PETERsoN, TaxCollector, baa kind-I furnished us the following additional items, W" lected from the returns for Newberry Dis- C. t: . ne; Whites born in the District of Newberry in thy year 1854: Males, 66; Femiales, 54-119. s Llies Died. Males, 57; Females, 52-109. sb icks born, Males, 271; Females, 198-469. eks Died, Males, 126; Females, I118-244. Newberry Mirror. rERMAN SILVER-The Germn silver timed in construction of knives, forks, spoons, &c., ists of-two part, of copper, one of nickel,. one of zinc. Care must be taken in using . nary and table articles made of Ge'rtan sil that they be brought into contact with no rosive liquids, as, in addition -to the -poison 'effects of the essential -metals, (copper and ,) there is frequently- a small.-proportlon of alaj mnie still remaining in the neekcel. THE WAY OF TUE TaazrsQEzsmol W CD, a ,ondon,'a young siad was.reeently sentenced n four .months'' impglentnemt, for. uttering G~ red obeeks; 'Beforreaisteq of confinement Jun ,, he will come i~~osan of afortune hu 5100,O000, butrwl, ne esIesa, he'still Ija. ~ obe-thiedorothersharges. - ..d ~ PamI 2E DAIAGa.-1ire'E erican misian. aries. whose houses In Shanghai have been-dam. tgied ind.destr6yed by the war, have bee. for them by the Chinesa government.V The V. peral general found it to hba advantage. to-pall down all the bridges and stop the paih near to the city. He therefore told the Consul he would pay for the houses if the inissionaries' wild desert them entirely. This they readily agreed to do. He afterwards tried to avoid payitsnt, but Consul Murphy made him stand to his b. gain. THE SLAVERY EXCITEENT Ix meeting was held in Johnson county,Mi o a few days ago, at-which resolutions wereo ed declaring that no.person oppoted to alavery should be permitted to reside where the said institution exists; that every free eolored' per. son must leave that country Immediately, ana that after the first of August, they shall bea ejected by force. WHEAT IN Orno.-A gentleman oho ijahih returned from a tour through Harrison,Carrell - Tuscarawas, Knox, LIking-' lanid." Hena Sandusky, Erie, Ottowa and Wood counties, in Ohio, says that never in bis -llf-and ie"s'noV up in years-has he seen the iwheat.6eldaJoo more promising at this season of-tle-year. Should no unfavorable cireumstance's oeanr.be" tween this and harvest, the largest.wlieah:er.o ever produced in Ohio will be gathetmd.* 3W The Fredericksburg Herlddeseirdbi a G r ir gold weighing over 50 ounces, and' worth betwesn $1,100 and $1,200, taken frui-the Yaseluse gold mines, in Virginia. It is believed that this ainon will be produced weeklyat no distant 4lay.. BYNUENI-AL MDaasazo in Granitoville, on Sunday evenIpg, the 27th alt., by Rev. John Porten, Mr. Laws BAarN, and Miss JExtNA S. Gu..vA, all of VOgeeld District. -,0BITUALRK-".. Dzzo,at her residence in Ndgefeld Distrietlon the morning of the 14th May, Mlrs.&aj u sox, in the fifty-first year of her age. She lost her husband, William Brunson,ahot years ago, since which time she- his not enj good health. The good hope she en'tertained ila Saviour was her comfort, and was precious to her > . . her last illness. She had beers a ' nbietof te ' Anioch church for twenty-five yearse That ohurch and her numerous relations and friends ha.Jity . much by her death, but the'r loss is hereternalgii May it prove a ble saing to them in tie end. J.. - DIsD, on the 24th alt., of Diarrhea, Jozir P. RUTLAND, eldest son of L. P. and C. Rutland, aged 14 years, 6 months-and 24 days. This worthy and interesting youth was sammou ed hence in the full enjoyment of life; and s'the anticipation of many blissful days. Though we are left to grieve we sorrow not as those who have no hope, for we take consolation ta hi. list ireeds. He requested a relative who stood byto pray which. was done; after which he allo reuested them to sing, in which he participated1 then 'elasplngis handr as if lifted in anticipation to Heaven, he i, " Farewell, father-I am going home, ad I wish you to go with- me, and not only you but allthe rest, both eld and young." J. W; . DIED, on the 28th July last,Jsss Jasms, Sr., in the seventy-second year of his age. - The deceased was a man of remarkable frimnas, and lived a life of uasfulness, discharging--al-he' duties of a citizen with uncommon." faithfumns. Many years ago hejoined-the Baptist Chireir, and lived a conaitant and upright member till li~ Jeath, and met the summon to -a better world 'wi ccm posure. The deceased has left a wife ad several ' sildren and grand childre'n to mourn ieir loss.. Droon the 24th Aerdl lat, SAxurishkaimuns, - in the twenty-ninth year of his age. The deceased was peculiarly distinguished fot lie s affection and devotion to his .family and attaehmcizt to his friends and. neighbors. His: sinerity, r. ness and modesty won for him numerpus .fienda'>.. and neiglibors. Although h'e' haid not .irrive > the meridian of life he had been a consistant mema - ber of the Baptist Church for a number of year. During his last illness he bore his. afiotion with e----3:and.. is at faju ~ ~ ih - outsa struggle, -eaving ibdng evd'-l' -'* . comfort of his family and friends that his spiri - would rest with .Jesus, and we feel he isuow tuning~ his voice wkth the choir abeve. H~e leftsa wife and three small children with many relations ad friends to mourn his loss. Jeux PowEs, Sen.,. was born in the State.of Virginia, in the year 1770. lie moved to Edge fitld, S. C., about 1795, and from' thencodeo Abbe. ville in 1806, where ho died on the 13th March, 1855, ia the 84th year of his age. MIaR Fmalr was born In Marcha,1774--was matrried to John Power, Sen., in 1793, and died the 27th of March, 1855-just two weeks after the do zease of her husband. They hved together sixty two years. (More extended obituary notices of the two last mentioned persons have been received and will ap pear in our next.-En. Anv.] - - Religious Notice, Tus: next Ministers' and Denoensi Conference of he Second'Division of the Fulgofeld Baptist Asso intion will be held with the Chesnut Bifi Church a the Friday before the fifh Sabbath in July next, o meet at 11 o'clock, A. M. Elder B. F. CoaaT~s to preach the introdeotory ermon. J. W. Cor~itAxw, Alternate. Elder Joux TEarS to write an essay on the I.. ortance of Churches enforcing the disciplinedf the few Testament. First subject of discussion on the' importanee of . ~hurches meeting every Sai~bath at their regular laces of worship. Second subject on the importance of holding rayer nmeetings in Churches. J. W. COLEMAN, Moorr~ou. Iloar. Barax, Sr., Clerk. Masonic Notice. A REGULAR Commnunioation .of No. 50, A. F M., will beheld at their Hail on Saturday evening, 16th Jne, at 7Io'elook. - By order of the W. M. A. G. TEAGUE,See'y.. May 30 2t . 20 Lost, )N the 12th Max last, one Note of hand o Thomas Stalnaker, for forty dolfars, -anai' wreby forewarn allpersons .aga --tcdi!for id note. .JAB. STALNAuM June 6 2t* Notice! HAEplaced the Notes and Accounts due s, .in the hands' of R. H. Sullivan. Any person shing to psy will pleasucall on him. - -J. B. SULLV.. Junef6 4t. t . Notice S~hereby given to alloconcerned that a fial-settle. ment~wilT be made on the Estate er W'arvq 9. inn, dee'd., in the Ordinary's Office*3gd HI., on Tuesday after the first Puoniay- 1. it. All persons indebted trifl tsb.p 3it timespecifled,and thes * d estate will present them In du o . je ,ve time. .WM. K. SEIGLER. 'DAVID SEIGLIR, - ' Ex'ors of Jeremish Seigler, dec'd., who was Ez'oe of Warren FLWiau, dec'. lState er eSouth Caro~uaaZ iY -H. T. WRIGHT, Esquire, Ozdinary ofFg. Vhra Budet .Cory .a applied to sie ers of Adtinlistration, on all and t di and chattels, hta and crediif .~ wy api1the saeA aeatio, hdease. aye terefha t ersdadra day . -i~ indra~e andcrtiabf.2t-yarIsrs.' Jadpoon e tdyfir.i.,~o why~ th -- d m aniftae- eb.u'.. : et