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Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal terms-it being distinctly untierstood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, letitimaete business of-the firm or individnal contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For atmouncing a Candilate, Three Dollars, is AiVAnCE. For Advertisine Estrays Tolled. Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. SPEECH OF HON. F. S. BROOKS, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, On reigninx his sent in Congress, delivered in the House of Represeutatives, July 14, 1S56. 31r. DROoKS said: Mr. SPEAKER: Until this moment I have felt that there was a propriety in my remainiti si lent, and in trusting tmy defence to friends who are abler and niore learned thtn mnyself. I have heretofore felt that other and higher interests than anv wh:ch affect tne persona::lly were in. volved in the procedinge of ti case. The interests of my const1ttict5s, of this llouse, and .of atll, indeed, who are concerned in the Consti tuion itself, in ny view, have been intimately and inseparably coiplicated. (erre Mr. Brooks was interrupted by Mr. -Giddingts, &e.] Sir, I am itnebed to the House for even this mneh courtesy. I was a bout remarking that -there were higler interests than my own invol ved in this matter. I have been content, :here fore, to meet lersonal;y and in silence all the consequences of these proceedinags. r Some titne since a Senmator frot M:assachu selts allowed himself, ittn ahborately prepared speech, to (ti'er a gross insult to my 8tate and to a venerable friend, who is my State repre Ssentative, and was ab,ent at the time. Not content with that, ho publi-hed to the world. and circulatea extenrively, this tncaled for libel on :ny State and my blood. Whoever insults itty State insults mne. Noer history and character itave Commanded my pious ve:ration, and in her deence I hope - shall alway4s be pre pared, hunbliy and odestly. to perform tie duty of a son. I .,htutid have forfeited t:y own self-respect, and perhaps, the good opinion of my cotintrymten, if I had viled to resent such an itnjury, by calling the olTender in question to a persU1tal tceount. It was a personal tiir. tnd in taking redress into tmy Own hands I meant no disres"'eet to) the Senate of the United States, or to this l]:ouse. Nor, s'r, did I de.,iun dii. respect to the State of Massacbusetts. I w:s aware of the personal responsibilities I incarred, and was willing to mtteet them. I knew, too, that I w s atnemable to the laws (of the countrv. which ;iy1ord the same protectio:i to all, whether they be tmemiens of Congress or porivate citizens I diJ not, and do no)t ntow, believe that I ronid be properly puniled, not only in a court of law, but here also. at the pleasnre aid discretion of the hiouse'. I did nomt thent, atnd do tnot tnon'. believe that the spirit oif Am:tericant freet-no would toiera:te nder in high ptaces, anid per . mit :a metmber of Conigre's to putbish and eiren: lAte a libel on antother,atud the:: erll upon either -House to protect htitm :gaintt thet personalt re spinsibiliiies which lie had th~us ineurred. .BEt if I lhad comm~i!ted a brea:ch of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate, arnd not of this Hiou e, which was violated. I was antswera blo there, and noL here. They had :no right. . ats it seemt to me, to prosecute me in these halls, noer have you the right in law.or un~der the constitution, as 1 respectfully -submit,. to take jurisdiction aiver oflfecea committed against a.tem.- The constitutionl doeme,:justifv. thetm gratntitng it. If. unhappily, the day should ever come iw n sectiotmdt or pateelinigs ihr'.ula ron so hight as to control all other contsiderations of t~ubiic dttty or justice, htow easy will it be to :use such precedents for the exeuse of arbitrary power, in either house, to expel mtemnbers of the tmhtority who may have rend.*red themselves obnoxiotus to the prevailing spirit in the htouse to which thtey belong. 31atters m:.ay go smtoo tily enough when one house asks th'e oither to puish~l a memtber whto is offensive to a majority of its own body, but how will it be when, upoln apretence of insulted dig nity, demands are made of tis H~ouse to expel ai member who happeuns :o rutn counoter to its party predilections, or other detm:ttds it mnay not hed so ageeable to gratnt? It contid never have beeni designed by the constittion of tie Untited States to exp)ose the two hotuses ho such temuptationis to collision, or to extend so far the di-cretionamry power whichh was givetn to either hou~e to puntisht its own tnembers for the violation or its roles and orders. Discretion has been said to be the law of the tyrant, :mid when exercised untder the color of the law atnd under the iniluence of party dictation, it maty atnd will become a terrible and insufferable despotism. This IHouse, however, it would seem from the unmistakable tendetney'of its proceeditnes, takes a different view from that whticht I deliberately entertain in commoon with matny others. So far as the public iterests or constitution al rights are involved, I ha:ve now exhtausted mny mens of defence. I maty, then, be allo ved to take a more personal view of the quest ion at issue. The further prosecution of this subject in the shape it. ha~s now assumed ma:y noit only involve my friends, but the Hmouse itself, in agitations 'which might be unhibappy in their cotn sequences to the coutntry. If these consequlences 'could be confmned to myself irdividually, I think 'Tam prepared anid ready to meet thetm, htere or elsewhere ; and when I uise this language, I mean what I say. Btut others must not suffer for, me. I have felt moreon account of tmy two friends who have beent implicated thatn for mny ~self, for they have proven ihat "thlure is a frietnd that stieketl: closer than' a brother." I will not .onstrain gentlemen to assume a responsibility on my account which possibly they woutld not on their own. Sir, I cannot, on my own account, assume the responsibility, inthe face of tihe American peo pI., of commencing a line of conducet which in my heart of hearts I believe would result in subverting thte foundatiotns of this government, 'a'nd in drenching this hall in blood. No act of' mine, and on my personal account. shall inatugut rte revolutian.; -but when you, Mr. Speaker. seturn to your own: home and~ hear thte people of thie great North--and they are a greatt people ispeak of me as a bad matn, you will do mie het~ juilee to say that a blow strtuck by me at ths'ind wottld be followed by revolutioni-atnd this I know. [Applause anid hisses in tho galery.). Tbe Speaker. announced that if an~y such de monstratiotns were repeated, the galleries should ,be cleared. ,ar. Brook;, (turning to the. gentlemten's gal. ~ry)~-If I have tiny. friends in .tle gallery, I appeal to them to be quiet. At the same time, Mr. Speaker, I amn not * wiligyto see the constitutionl wounded thirotgh .ina,nor wilI submit voluntarily to.a wrong ifll ca avoid-it. I -will not voluttarily ..gtve my ~ae to countenanlce parliametary tid.,rnlo or costitutionah .aggressiotn. ..f I r: u to be tried .gain: for the matter tiow before uts, I wil~choose ay owa tribunaJ. I will appeal from this House to my own conmtituets. - If an expressioni of public opinion is.to..be invoked in rmy casec, let ans cobstituete and my .fellow-citizents pro. nouce UpoD it,. From thaL-.-verdict I will not kppeal. - The temper of thejimes is not favora e for a cajmy.and dispassioraate jnmdgment of ~.ese; azg if, by nur aec, of mine,. I can save the majority of. thi.s Hq'use frQm the consequen ee of a rash dreiion, the time may come when -thegood men whos are pursuing me--and I be lieve t here itre such-in ..thwappositinn.will ad t that Leser~e.their.thanks. for the. deed. The axe that is uplifled, tp~wtrike nae may fall pnn others, anA fail opon them after iWhey hare parted with the shield of the constitution to ' rd*thomibit - ' - ~ - o- -;--. , Eurwmysef, I have only to say that if I cannoti -preerve my self-respect ahd constitutional rights, I togfether 4ith a .lent. in.this body, I must re- I nounce the last rather than thefotner. . I have no desire, sir,.to contino on argument t which my friends'have exhiusled. The deter-.' oiation of the-mijorify is fixd, and it is vain. I to resit it. I will tuake.nio appeal to a packen i jurv,- but protest against it% incon-i.tenclhs and its'utsurpationla. During this se:-sion the chargre wa4 openly ade by a member from the State; of Pennsy lvania, on this floor. that another, [ Mr Pearee,] who is his colleague, had been I 'niity of an attempt to bribe. and no proceet. ing. were instituted in the Case. Do the majori ty of this House propose to instruct the ilmen tain people, from tieir high position, th it bribery is e.cusaile, and simple assault and battery a crime ? That is tihe les.son, and vou are ti l teachers. At the first ses-inn of the last Con resa member leaped from his sent, mnd. hile t the Speaker was in his chair, lie passed over several table- Iowards his aitag<.nist, who drew a weapon in defence. neither gentleman was sub jeCled to- the cetisure of this Douse. As was :ppriol1riately reimarked by my friend rrom North Caroliioa, (Mr. Clingmainu.) the -ait ing iein ber-and it is toil for Me to saV a word against C him, for per.sonaly I like him-ias now the i most luerativa oflice in the gift of thi Houe. and was elected by the unae.imous vote of the very men who are now conmpiring to inliet pun. ishm1ent uplon tue. And in whose beht:df s this extraordinary stretch of constitutional power invoked ? Sir, I do not intend to violate ay rule of this Honse, t.r of parliattcary courI sy, Lut it cannolt he denied that he i-, par excellence, the represcita live of a sovereig:tly which is at this instant iu I opel. sti utolry rebelion-not, to a simple rule of a %inlgle ho use. bnt to tihe con-litwion anild I 1.1w., of the Ut:ited State.s of America. Mlassa ehuseI %s Its inl jiadgtimo't I prioi ne without a I hearing. and presents tme for a breach of pri i- t lege! Sir, is it not strainge hI.l. it did wit ocicur to that sage Legi%laturo that its deiands upon the Congress tit he United States, relative ito it nimnber, w:as a greater breaci of privilege in < thm tOwn that complained of in the meumber hiiself? What right, sir, has the Legilature I of blhsnhcluwsetlts i) maske :.ny demtand upon C this House ? She is not the right of evei in- t .-tructing the most insignificant, member front . the ::e, and hats by ier resolutions but given additional proef that she neither comprehends t the theory of our Government nor is loyal to i:s nIutioritv. I have said, sir, th:tt if I hive committed a U breach of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate. If I have in any particnlar violated the privileges or proprieties of this House, I am1 tt conscious of it. id I challege every metiber to Z.pecify a single disordet ly or ioproper :let. In m itercou-e wit its itembrs I have endeavor ed to observe a civil and respectful deportmtent. I retdetted prompt and implicit, obedience to ils coist ituted auithorities, and I cnn truly ay that I. which ttmy il wto hine rvcsrded iheir vii!es ag.:jit~nst mi mn ot-I...it hai~t is t hat tnever oteci i., the three %ears innt I have held a seat ont thi- j floor, have I been declared out of order. J I' before the tranact ion f'ir wi ich a majority have . dtecl:red mte to be deserviig expul-ioni, 'I bate ufl'ended any otlicer or member, or been unkind even to ni eloy1iivee, I regret aid ai igniorant of it. 01 And yet, sir, tle vote which htasjust been tak- u cit trantsmits it) loserity :,s a man unwortlsy, . in the judgmtient of a nma;joriuy of mny peers. of 1 seat ill tis hail. And tor w hat 1 '1 ie tiem ber from New Jersey, (Mr. PeiantIigton)-thle I pro-ecuting mtembler--th I1b-pp,1'er Ilteiher - [Iaugh t -r]-thec Fa!.tailliattnil m Lner, who, ike bIs protitye, w as bora about feetr o'choek in thle mornting, and if Ih htas not1 the bal~d head, i.s graced wIth thle corpora; rotun tdity [gre~at lh- 'lt teur] of his preudeessor uponi his adventt into thlis I sublunary w ,rl--.be says5 it wais for maI:kinig a I t- urderou.," anssault with ai '' bldge.on ;" intd he, forse'oth, would have this H-on.,e and thet C country believe, with ant intent to kill. Now, sir, I see that a very' respectable and excellet getma~mn from aas~tehusetts has itn his hland ar cane of the ordintary size for a gentlemnan of his n nye antd I beg himt to raise it for thte itnspectionti of the -member from Ne w Jersey, [Alr. lie Witt that is a wtetd -which lhe canonot comprhend but as a mian on the witness sinnd, is noet that cabte dotuble the weight :and thicke -s o te onett used by mie, a.nd which you have itmpudentlyI and falst iy ealled a " bludgeoll ?" 3Mr. TiI:AFTON, (interrupting.) [ have notivia set ersi interruption is int tihe gal leries ditnit' ht is I ditisus.,it. aiti I wi-h to move that the ..ertge-i ant..aut-Armi b~e directed to clemer t i I alerics. [ulisse~s itn the g.dklrie-.] 'dr. Wrt:EELEt:. I ob ject. Thek drEAKEn. The mtotiont is ntit in oeter. a 'Te Chtai: atnuncd somtie .tcince. that if there was anty furthter disturbaeit. the Sergeanit at-Arm~ woni~d have torders to clear the galleries. t hMr. Baoo,s. I an:in-uppel:.1 to uly frientds in the gatlleries tot be qui~et. Tie tdrEA~irR. OJrder mn~t! lee preserved. I' air. BtooK', (re-oning.) If I destred to kiil. the Senator, whty did ntot I do it ? You aill ad- 'j tit i nat 1 had himt it my powter. Let tme tell ~ I tihe meniber fromt Newv Jersey Ithat it was ex pressly to avoid takitng life tIlmt I used1 an ordti nary cane. ptresented to me by a Iriend int lmti- j t more, nearly thlree miothis before i:s applienttioni i: to the'- bare head" oft thte aassachuisetts Semia-h tufr. I wenlt to work very deliberately, as 1 am1 chamrged-:itd tlbis is admitted-:nutl SpecubIted someiwhtat as to whether I shoculd empoy a horse whip or a cowhide ; but kniowintg that the Senta- t tor wrs~ myl sutperiotr int strenmgth it occurred to e tie thamt hte might wrest it fretiom ty hantd, anrd d then-hor I ntever at tempht atnythuig I do noit per- t form-I mighit hatve beeni comeledt to do tht r which I would htave regretted the batlance of tmy d natura! life. I The question ha~s been :asked in certain news papers, why did I niot imite t0he Senator to per -onah combi It in I he mode usumily mndotited. Well, 0 sir, as I desire thte whole truth teo be kntown't atboett I thte tmatter, I will for tence notice a niewspalper Y artle on the Wlor oft the llouse, utnd ant-wer t" here. q aly answe r is, thatt I knew tat the Senator a would noct ntCeept a message ; anid hmavinig formed t? the unaltterable dcetination to puniush him, f C believe thtat the offencee Lf "sending a hostile message," superadded to thte indictment ftr as sult and batttery, would subject mte to legal oe peaties mtore severe thati would be imuposed for i a simtple assault uatd bauttery. It Thlat is my)' answer. ft For this mmct, which the Senate, with the sohi- o tary exception of a distitiguished geintlemtan ~ from Georgia, [Mlr. Toomibs,] have pronounced It mie guilty of a breachl of its ptivieges-for ithis bt net I tam cotlmled of by thtat body to Ithis p~ House. Your Committee have dleclmared, and this It House hias now concurred in thie opittioni, thamt t~ my oienee is to the Senamte and that no rule or t order of this body hamve I violated. Now. sir, let me misk why thie Senatte did not protect its ownt rightts? Ie rumn habbe madte biere thalt. ex necessitate, thlis Hoeuie mtlit hve the poewer to protet it-ef. li thamt prlinci- d pe be true in its aupplicaItiont here, why hans not the Seit~e the same powera of protectin? int what rightt ha~s this House to punni-h me for of fences committed out oef its presenice ? Agaiin, L sir.1I chaillenge compatrisoni with ainy tmemiber, L' aged or yountg, pious tor not, na to the propriety - of my demnennor as ai genitlemati anid a mtember. ( They telb me thtat my responsibility to thtis Hotuse Jt is beenute of thte gene-ral' responsibility which b attitchtts to e-very mem'rber. Heew far does yotur autority extend'? Aeross thle Potuemne? To my own home? Whyli, sir, if I go to miy hotme and fitnd that one of mty slaves has I.ehtaved bad ly itt my absence, and I dir ect heim toe be flogged, I tai-be charged with-to use the hanguag~e li whielh is familimir here-o crime the blackest and p most' heinous ;" -and when I come batck-and t come baek I will-njity be puntished myself for I infliting a chastisement wichb, by-thte common aw and the constitutional law-s of my country, I C -avet the right.Io inflict upon my slave. alho is ~ my property. Where do yout stop inu this ques.. titen oh nuthority of thte Hotise over its mtemi.. bers? As wec understand- it, there is sentse intt this nuthtority ertrollinig a tmiember while the t H otte is in session aid restrining him from dis- e turbing or emabarrasing its proceedings. .r If thte Goverinent wits constitutiojnally ad- ~ m initeredd e-ery citizen would have n tiret in.. I erest in this much. But if your authority got nto the Senate chlamber, and even when the Se te is not in session,-why should it itot.go in he ante-rooms and down the steps of the CaaJ ol ? Why not pursue m- into the avenue-i o the steamboat-to my. plantaition.? I tal he gentleien who have labored for my expt ion on their own declaration. Thev - ar6 cot ni: ted to it- and they cannot now ev:ide it. Thi ny that tny responsibility is not becanse of it Kftence co'nmitted in the presence of or to ih loose. but beenuse of the general and necessa uthoritv which the House has over its mnembri %ow. it seems to me tal. if my responsibli o this Hlouse for an oll'tnee committed el vchere is ieeniuse of my nmiemaberahip. it is a to .:al conclusion that ny responsibility eans vhen that relation is dissolved. Whether or n he autlhoritv of the Senate reaches mnv after i ehitions to this House have terminated, it is n or ne now to inquire, but. in jus- ee to myse take occasion to siy to the courtry, that iftl etate take that view, I slhall recognise its a horil v. Now, sir, let. me inform the honor.ib netners who have been pursuing me so fiercel hat ny present attitude was longi since foresee nd that I an ahogether prepared for any of i mergvencies. I knew with whom I had to de; nd toy re.,ignation has been for more tianta t tays in the hands of the G-vernor (of Sont i Ca :ina., t1 take eEet the tery instat that I a mouncae my rcs;ignation upon this lioor. Dntt, It .re I make the annou nemuient, I desire to say rord or two in reference to what has been sa V Me in debate and ei-,ewiere. I saw in son: fl te New York papers that a certain fetinii enollenian from that State [Mr. Mor:an] Ik pplied to Me lie term " ti llain." Well, th vas not a word -- Fpoken in debatc," anld j on llude to it to advertike the indignaant gentlea hat I have !cen tihe word, and know that it w poken in New York, and iot here in debal le need not be mneh ularmed : and, if* he w hold still" when I get hold of him, ilil lt i im inuch ; anaid this is all that. I can say abo hat matter here. Yonr aminale colleague, (Mr. Kiapp,) wI h'as pre.sented by his cionstitucits wit a at revil r, intended f-or ny partieti tr benefit, yesterd. velared that MaI saclhusetts would " take h wn time and plaae" to resent what he aid sI uth proranouncel to be anI in-nilt and injury. o aot ititetad, Mr. Speaker, to utter an offensiv nkind, or even a rough word to that gentlem -l'or he is a gentleman, soei:aly, I know-but ish to say this to him, that I will never ple: lt statuite of linita:ions in bar of the wrath ta-saclusetts. On veslerday, however, we had n violent der ns:r.tion frma the gentleman froma Connectict .\lr. Woodrufl.) whO is now avar me, and wt itli hi. orieal aliracy, (?) has asserted tht i1 ones of' Coniecticut rn voltionary sohtie ow lie in, the valleys of the anny South. Tih ietmbr, with a ahow -I' man!ood whieh elicit< j) admiration, in Ihis written aemarks, used tl lltow ing~ laange: ... aill Not this hail , with too much reaso nIhlainitn to be characterized as a - cladier i massi5,' it' we do not io3w unie to rthike :i mphialdly coniderna11 this m1onstrons %ioblih I' all honoar and devency ? The cotunttry d noitd,; atclionl, atid the times ire hot for mo;) \piaiitta 41f d1.,tardly anid brital tarages, ht r eoiri'Attd in Ilc Capitol or on the plaiaas " i litre is not lpiri' fir tmIIness ennut ere tt) promptly ptrge this lmd by proper ata aanaitu:ional Means. at all events tet a trial I mde; tet the voite come. We h:Ail iatn kna ho dare screen t.udaicity or give countitnance 1 AIn: "I cou ri no dist urbaaae ;) b t lie prvlee bis Htouse shall ant, so 2ar ais I :aau coancemrne e inf'.ritged. W\itha :it endate:aor and de'si;mn a aiVs to utiv'ate cotarie.,'. I shall It ol. becsita ere in my:l~ace p her el~iewhe're, to fraeely chair: .ri-e as t'ey de'serve a nyta leffty ais' aaitp ionas rro',mi ce, or ay man aclhievemenetts oft cow:: tAnd a:gain: " I sayt .lg:iin, let the vote comiet: r adl if hton bllt genath-e rii c anntat wi lholly rid themstnelve~s n a uwcteaaa presence, thmey ena t least she icir atpprLeciatlionJ of all neL'iona wantinrg few au elemaena:s of the most audneicmjj citue. ai ris-y~s ceht amas nirot-ili 1 1is cone~tt.sion iS griadihtonent. It is as i " .l t1 lte kelh yota, Mr. Speiker, t haLtIl prit tof Iraae coO raae int Connect ient still lives \\'eli, sier, I conifessa to youa thait tall otherl Ca) ider.stionIs tee:pe maa e whenal I heard theL e'xpre iona of so -mIuch anihhlod. le wentL tharng Ie'motionts welt. aaanl when lie hiad litshd, i'a!d naot resist ani t'exrsioni of :aetaairation i aprtw~ wih e. hat) tot n-renmty be,' iill:.r.:nsd3. I intsolenut::i~ tar.,e Irom: lmyt .e id aoi.de himt a prondltiit lhow. I th~oughIt, sir, thlaat. a gena e:m who13) conhi Ina yr saneh senitients a'' h~t 'an metly. wa~s aifor man wort hy ofl anybvody's steet. andac I de'teri'a~ L, in a ve..ry giae.t v.y. ta ient himt as ai gentIl Itt, for ha .aimeke lii~e a ant. The veryv jir -iende wtho eb~aaed~ to1 ceamae b3y me. afI' tr tIl ileiem:ai h:e al ccled. wt'as itmy liiendi fri 'ennaes5see, {.Il r. Saore.] abhomt. whomia I hi enedm to knoew somletthing tin .\texico. lie wV it vet"y mt:m I wan:ted; and it In.ked thiam to pn -ut mja comaplimenats to the gentltmana froi atanectienat, atil say a wtord gntiet ly in hi-- e: m iy behndf. Miv frienid did so. :and here is tte'r gli iag a report tof the interview: -WArm::G'roex Car', July 11, 1850. Dear Sir: I miake a brief' statneent of tIl ainht fets connect with my', enll ont the ito1 r. Woodnut, of (.'onntectict,~t who spoeke ii av inl t hie linet of ct Reprceent a I tivs. A fe ioents after .Mr. W.v. conelnded his speecb, yo qu:este cltme to hecar hitm a mies..:ae. I ian~ intely wtenit rounttd to Ithtat pairt of I the ljoni here? hec satt, juist intaiid of thte bar. I told hii wa tetd to specatk with lIau, tad we hadl bet, talk to the windowsn, which the did. i thena sai soubstantce , "Col. Uriok's atnd his fri':es vsel anmong the naumer-nnaderstood youta o r aspe'ch to) hoild yonr.,etlf ot t.:s a tight in anl, sutbject to the laws of' hoanr, tadl I ama na tasted to pire-eamt y-.u Cut. B~rooks' compljhit: ad imqnire whectheLr ytot tare wil ing to receive >mamuniientiont fromu himu unader the rules of tha: de I" Hie repliedi th-ait tie did niot itendi tie be'so u: rstood. Hie did nttt inatendi to hold himse t as a fighttitng moan, atnd if' there was atmtythlin his speech thait would beamr thec co'naitructioa ,like Col. Blinghamn, of' Ohio, would be read explain. I then'a told himn t hat Lihlis declarnatiua a hs phart ended mya~ mniotn ona thle part oh' Cc romoks ; buit I wotuld dvse hima tom look otav i speecha babfore publiattion; tat I thougha ~ t t Swuld exaimiane it ctarefuilty, he wvould tin mits aid aaenees thait would inidiente to aa of honator atnd seansibility that thle did intent Shd himself ouat as a tightinag umn, a'ubjem , lhe code of honor. Hem repali.-d that - h oud do so," and thuts ended our intecrvianw. I was faully satisfied, tas yotir I'ienid. believina 'u to be' tas genierous na bravye, Ithat it couldi nc ..'your duty car im'cliattiion to press thi Imatt t rher. I anm, respectfutty, your frietnd anrd ube cit servant, .Joux 11. SAVAGE. lon. Preston S. Br'otoks. Nmw, sir. I have to stay to thaat member nele Toby (of Tras:tna Shiandy memory) sai te Ity: a--Go, little wraeth. there is roaaa utght in thus world fomr both you :aad nie. umderate laughter.). Anothecr quotatitan tar ist dome to mae, antd I will give him also th~ enfhit of that: " Yeu can hurt aao aman's fame by yo~ur il wat-d Your p~en is just as tiarmnless mas yomur sword." I anow desire the at tenation of nay qaiundo -iend front Massachausetts, [Mir. Commainas.] UI :llued iin the (ipeimg ofl hai speeLch mo our pats ersunala, atnd faimity relationits. I tave to stay in that amy attachment~s do niot seet so loosel pon mae tas to be east off unneaceessarily, and th: yet taike deep interest iaa the welliare of I scellenmt tiiily. Hlad oaur relative poisitioan ee reversed. 1 should haive said tnathitng, or ould have~' doane more tihan he. hna doitu. From his pice in this Houaec-in his reprn utativo character, and at thme titaie armaed to th aeth, imdt niot with a rifle hypocrit ically tam uwmadly disguised as a wamlk ing ennom, aid ei led in the haid of'.a poltiutn mind puppy, bn ath thme p.nuinhe article-he quotteea he Iiat s valier Webb, of poor Jonwithan Cilley notoriety, n.as follows: , "Looking at'it solely i an insult to the coun i. try, a trampling upon th constitntion, and an . outrage upon the sanctitf- of the Senato eham :e ber, it was an outrpge hich meri'ed death on I. the spot from any'Jatriofj-iresent who was in a a. position toirifliet the puuisiment." T- Now, sir, I anyto'tbatgentleman that no man iy has the right to wearnrW who does not intend i.; to use them. In my counitry the rock that erow rV .d won't fight is despised. by the hens, and i. een by ie pulhits, wh4ogknow a thing or twn y i nstinctively. (Great 1a ter.) His chiv-dric e. spurs dwindle before th arge of the valor r. ons gont. and his phice -'~t of sight. I feel S iir, that , the bloed mor.tIr to hunt the at. hn to cba,.e the hire but if my quondam y friend has any anbition iner the direction (l t the Chevalier'Webb; t *f---the " patriot," lei if, or 1 preux Chevalier, ately or together, or ' bakid by the whola e'lrepublienn crew, . come like the life wh ic e say i forreited. le Now, Mr. Speaker, lii nearly iutished what y I intended to say. If m pponents. who have , pursued me with unp lied ,bitterness, arc ts Satified with the present ondition of this affair , mn. I return my thnl. to my - frends. antd -n espcially to those who'qj, from the non-sinve r. holding slates, who har roantmouslty sUs n. tained me, and felt that * ' .Oa higher honor 10 c. themseles to be just, in 1.ir judgment of a a geItlemian than to be a Wber of Congress for id life. In takigi my leave freel that it is proper te that I shiould s:.y that'I el!eve some of Ilit It votes which lie been cas gainst me have been td extorted by an outside "isstire at homie, and It that their votes do not .i-cems the feelitigs i IV opinions of the temllbers- o gnve t ieu. T" sneh of thiee ns. -e giv.-en their vote I and made their speeheiu n the conit iitionli ,. pritcipe. involved. and bi tout indli gaingr in iL persona vilification, I ' my respet. But, rt sir-, they hive wri!!eit me n ipoin the history at of the country as vorthy'" I expulsion, and, in no tnkindiness, I mut. tellhem tht, for all fn 10 ture time, my self-respeclrequires ihat I shiall e. pass Ihem is sI ranigers. v And now, Mr. SpeakeI announce to you r snd to this House., that I- no loncr a mem e ber of tle Thirtly-Fourili *greis. I [Mr. Brooks then walk tut of the House ol e, Representatives,.and wa ion surrounded by I his friends.] -., d APPENQlX. f The imprudence of evil )ose'd persons, who, by tnewspaper art ieles and: rivate coversatitins, I- have done it justice both tie I1on. Mr. Bur I. lingn:m and mvelf. rend it necestlary that . the ubjoined inemoranda- uld be appended le to mIy sipeechi: rs " ilr. Burlinginme, in a f r atid a niy way, til. it muitted his responsibility any lnnguage used -d inl his speech, and diselaiid any intention I it reflect upon the plersonimali eter of Mr. Brook: or to impute to. him in ipy respect a want o0 n, courage; but, discriminaig between the mat a ind tile nie.t. t) whicb h a caled upon to al. ld ide, he ad cbarneleri s latter only inl suei Il oanner a1 Iis represeui duty required hii Its d o." e The ihre is a statmewl made by Mr. Bur I- linuime ill relreinet to I ,pae issage itt his hAt. f -.peitrb whicht referred .t l r. Briks. It is iN Ilie liandwriiiing of .iMr. 'ker Dinks. and wn. h eknowledged hv Mr. br nigame it otir Pres d eleie. and wasatiirto f tisas friends of Mr, it 1rooLks. wF. W. Boycr. i .July 15, 1836. . b. LococK.". MR. EITT'S CIL We give from the Na ti~ Inte lligeneer tie follow~ in synopsis of 31r it's spe~c h, w hieb e we wil! pub!li-h in futll wi receive it: -- Mr.Keittli tetkt r, remarkintg th.it i:wsnori int n t o en any breeah or r ex'::eerbaLte tiay feeling ; h ~ drather di, thet oppjosite2. Ie felt thtath had a word to speaI four the old Comnii~weailti, htis native StaIte . fir her dead atnd tier iiving; for her dead, be ,.ciuse their snerlitees ntad patrio'isma htd be w questiioned, for her living, beeause their revoini ,I tnre titles had been deafied. hier nehiie.vemaets du ring .he lle-,-' otnemarty war, - nmi ent~ red iin, a brief tekview ofi t:. itort Iof iii wit State andec that o'f Sls hsielt as j comI:eLete wli ~h the strugzgle f'r .:dej'andence. A fter ''trme remn:irks int reply I0to the :.peech' of 1.dr. ~htrlinganme. of Masehn.--ets, lhe referred in the pa'-g:iont imm aediately before the 11 use. S lie thoughi~!t it a1 littie ext raordintary t!.:t from j ee'riniin tmen tt iy he:;rd no invnt~~iin upm thec SWen '':-et, righiis wvere to lbe uphe!.i, whien vi. iL .111 inters tv ere te be protectedi, lnothiiit'.Iiw chi,:t i the ontitioni: .w:,s inv~okedl. hI ..ould .seem ta :itiuig sonaW hppl t here was~ Ii italli in the Cins~ilttlion bit. ti prolee'ct -uh-r 'lit wihed to :Mute that h:- was inl the i e'enate Chuaniber. when'i the :issauht was~ ioiit e.d lby is late cille-igne. I he knewv it wnmiii . lie kmii.w it wonl ci iienir, bieennuse the priovieen | tin was !.r.nt; iand bee.:u-e lhe k new thait whn .his :'leen hadt detertim-nd 1:ima un~i net h a wooM do it. Mr. K. diii niot, hmwever, know ir hle t itme when', Iiir tihe plee whte-e till aL'sian . wonhli lbe t::de or the e.!:lationi demanldedI. No:' didi ihe ait:icipate thiat it woul 'ceenr itt the Se'nat e Chambier ; oithe'rwtise he woh !i have n still mnore necest'.,iry thanir he was. I'sow, whtii ! aludbe hi-'i sotjene.e ? That hie did tnot infohrmi . iiist is colheagnue, agatitnt his bosom f'rit'id. - lind lie miighit say aigainst his blnte. H le was niaked to itfortt I aginst wvhom ? Li .\gin,-t his niati ce St ate. Tlhmose who wisheid to -i drg itto thle mire the gartments of thecir Stalte e mtighlt do so-noit hep. And iln whtosei favor wais be askedt to inifortm ? lie who hnad made frandio-i r lenit cha~rges nenintst his State anid s'at dered b d distiigniised Setiator, a getlemn:en whiomt tir -- many lont yeta rs thte S4tate hiad plieed at hier ii head lil:.e Ajax att thle feast ol' Agnmemnituonl; m who-e every vtiin flttved paitrii4 bhooii: wh'se' whIoie esctchteioin'was lioaded dhownt wan honors Thlere wast tnoiie oh' mO:rIal mooubi who colId im-n a oSe uyon himit this cotnfidenice anid have ia vi'hi t ted. I li we.ttld ntot have inf'ormaed if' it hiad'been riposed ini him by the bit teresit foe hie ever hiad nyn:in~aist hi.., best friend. If there wats one chiarae fter mote inifamous thanut antothter it was tha:t ot the inhforme'r. It' there was one chtaracter' whichi, when the t1ish thiat wrapiped it hitd monkthl y aIway a~l ndiiigled with the tainted earthi, biktory,' n angst the unhonored thtings of earth, would I. dragr op arid exhibit in eternth intfamyi3, it was r ta oh' tihe intfornier. t lIe hind now to petrfoirm the h.t act in this dra. d mua. A botit thle indcividuail iniiion of the louse a lie enred nothIinig; aIbou t its ollfil O i~i it i was his duty to) eare. It was his dutty to cnre somethinig ahe' itt his conhtitttuts in thuis maeilr, e anid hie wmiiild go to t hose men whoc lived uponi I the battlet plainas that tad beeni fraudulently mis. rpresenited: lie wouldi go to a conist ituency Lwhom hie kitew and who knew hinm. Ie had r only to say thiat lie ihad sent hiis resigna:t ion Io the Governior o.f Snuthe Carolinat, to take effeet wen anntounced ott the floor of the lititse-; a. hti would now nnnountce thtt lhe was ato longer ni member of the body. nTERIRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT. *PnnArJErnia, July 17.-TIere was a fright. " hu coll i.-ion this mortiing on the lort h Penn. e syvania ruiirund. It occurred nc. . Fort Wash. iigton. . lie "ceeident wats to an exenirsion train hav. 'ti ingo bitardl about e'ighit hutndred children of tie t. Liiaer's church, P'hiliadelphia. After t" ch collision one of thie locomtotit'es exploded eits bodler, anid set, fare to the c'ars which wvere pied up in great confusion. .Fif3y were killed,'itncluding Fathier Shieridan, of St. l~che's chiurcht, antd seventy were Se t risly wouc~nded. Sevenlteen of the bodies were Iburned to a crisp in one ear, anid sevent in anot her. Six ears were demoliohed, and the scene is wful beyond descriptiont. c PlUT.ADET rurA, July 18. dTiHE LA-rE Aceimur.'-The coinductor of the -.doe'~n t rain tii which tie aecident occurred yes. 1 tedy, commnitted suicide on the account of the -cllisioen. TIhae engineer has been ar'rested anad s nmmitte for trinL ARTHUR SMK NS, EDITOR. 3DGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1856. FOR CONGRESS: HON. PRESTON S, BROOKS, OF EDGEFir.LD. Deferrec!. We regret to he compelld to idefer a letter, recer-Ily received from Europe, until our iext issue. The oh vious propriety of publishing Col. anogta' speech at once, and the fact of our h ter'.ivedI it too late for our outside, will excvnse i i:1 the p Vrnes. Also, a nice piece of p by a favorit- corres. pondent, " Dmiy," ar.d ' hidi las lehn uerlwIin iv mis-laid for some weeks, iill app-ar net weet. RICHARD'S" article, toeiher with oftler in. eresting communications, is defered until n.-it week. Timrt: last news from Europe caused cotton to advance a half cn'. The political intelligence was unimportant. gy COL. Baoxs, we understand, left Washing ton on Toirsday night last for home. Mr. KEiTT, it is said, will not return to Sotih Carolina; but will go to the Virginia Springs, and await-the re.-ult of his election on the 28th inst. MOST MELANCIIOLY OCCURR ENCE. IT grieves u to the heart to have to record it most melanicholy occurrence which took plnce in our vil. lage nn Alonday night last. We allude in the death of Mr. J. If ENRY Cn tsrtAN, who was shot in a suid den affray by Mr. GEonc. D. TILLMtAN and expired vtry soon afterwards. te verdict of the jury of inquest was, that the deceas.ed came to his death by the discharge of a pistol in th hatids of G. D. Ti.r. WAN. We forbear all comment. The afyair, we presume, will undergo judickli investigation. For the present however, Tix.Lt.xANa has left and is not yet ar rested. Mr. CHasTIrN was well known to us, as he had been for several years engaged in superintending a number of mechanics and other hands in our employ ment. We drop an unfeigned tear of regret at his sad fate. He was nn independent and an honest man. I lay God protect his widowed relict and fatherless daughters! COL. UROOKS' SPEECH. The reader will find our Representative's ht speech on this page. It needs only to be adverted to, ns every Edgefield reader will of course jump at it with atn appetite. PTANO-TUNERl. Mr. A. G. 1rnE will b: here to-morrow in the hur-i iess of piani-tuning. le comes highly recom mended as an efi-ent and scientitie ttuer. A piano, in tule, is one of the finest of instriments-out of time, ite (if the most abominable. We imagine that every pian'a in this vicinity needs 11r. K's help; and it n ould be well, as suIh opportunities seldo:a oeunr lere, if every owter of a piano v onild look to tl advertisement elsewhere. TIE EDGEFIELD LYCEUt. This association is organized und will he carried into action forthwith. A playt and a farce " ill be ready by the fir-t Monday ev.ning of Septernimber. The " Laly of 1,yons" and " taising the Wind' have been selected. T. P. lAGtt.ATIl has been elected re.ident of the Assoriation fir ihe enrrent year. Lectures will hi ielivered tnid dehates be had once a month. Of all wich the publlie will bn more fully advertised as matrers prorgress. IANSAS MIEETING. We regret that a wonded foot prevented ouir atten dance uon the Kantsas Menng of last we~ek. The comntfhicationt of " A Ilearer" is referred to as giving information upon the subji-ct. Alh Mrs. 11! how mttch obhlged to yiou we were for thlat fine, long., ripe wautermelon !Tihanik you fosr the good example thus set to others. Th'lere's . 31. iut nowv we have cords of our own, bilessedl he alhe piney-woods. W ho'i comeni and get Somei! We kn->w who hiar really choiice flutr for ie. It is 31r. Snitt-:L Nientoz.sox of this v'ciniity. Swvert, na hite, c!eatt. anid ats to rising, it na ill knc-k t lhe ove-n lid olT any dilme. liut dontt take our word for it-g.i ad try hint. OPEN~ CO(TTON. Ant op-ti prud of Cotrton fromi the Ritdge country o.f EgefielJ is he/ore ui.a. Whoi (ean ihlew with this? Thei boll sermi.; tQ hav beenLLi a pe-rfect one ; ihe ltple is its gioid as tuaa. We h.i vi s-en some In-::uorilfil spe-citue'is of 11r. T vireg::'s rcre!brilyp-... Thiey ap~pear to il really ad siirable--fur, ir ianperiior t daglierreolpes. ls.-t it ah go and ne:ie litredl. iu s a:J t:Tr. Tlhe piepjlie o.f F..!geli *ld n ill see lhat atn ele.ctioni is to be bht.h .e::t .ttimlaiy for Ctingresiounal rephresen-. ttive, Col. Enooncs has int-r resignitd. Tfile Cuolonel i. rnoiart- ini the hear:< if his -c:iuniy, atnd w rill, wre 1.ope, hiJ:<etnt ha:-k wvit h ant imme,-iei vte of approatin. L-:t r:l, .-r t., A LL turn out ! We ob-serve thait thle 8:eonh Coamiini:a has initmat ei, us a matte-r of -cour..u-, that Gov. A nsisns naill pay te fine recentliy in:pused uipon Col. Untor-, ont1 4,1 the Cotinigent Fundi subtjet to his order. It do~es not ~eem to us: that this wvouid the rigiht, nor do we believe that his Exce-llency has autthorizeid aniy stich an notcement. It has tbeii -the poilicy of the '!ac-k-Repuiblican party to represent lihe amait upon svaMNro.: us the at. tes pt of a diat.-, ur Settill, to oiver-awe itndl itimii date another Sectioni of the' Cionfiederacy by a resort t , force, to pirevenct the free e-xpru-eon ef opinion uipon ' the egitimiiate topie., of dliscuion- in 1the llis of I~g u-ilition. Our fritends in Congres, have all taken and - m raiitaiedlthe groutnd,~ that the alf~tr was a private tight tib'Letee iUntos andh inia :a, in nahicha the: firer stoughit to puniishi the latter for a g re cut snil. nppm the hisitory oif his State and it libel uphonI hia friedl andt re-h:tiotn, Jutdge iUt.E ; itn whith Stais of this U:aiutn, as souch, have no intierest wthat ever, antd in rtegacrd to which all-y lbase ini right to 3 iiterftre or eotmplain, muc-h less toi demlnid tthat uanyt ithmg be dote lit the ptremti ie by Congre-ss. iNowv '.t icur.< to us, that if th~e Guvsernotr were to I hay Unoogs' flne ont of theiContinigent FundI, it would h be giitng ii actiont to thi#groundit aittpt-ed to he takei by the Black Repiubl icans, antd wvoutl ignore the argtime-is of onr frientds in Co igress tiy .nterpos itg tile power of the State to protect otur Representa tive frotm dhe penalty which the law attaches to his conduct in ;hce mattter. Ent no such argumnent can he justly urged ngainst C the payment of the floe by the immtlediate cotnstittnents n~ of Cl. Baotics. As a gallant South Carolininn, lhe nt as takent up~otn hainslf to punish the trailneer of lii i Stae andt slanderer of his kinsman. Hie has dine a ti deed that merits theo hearty apptroval of his constitti- Il etis, and thte peopile td his own district shtuhd claim the right to pay thte fineandl re-leive him from thle Ie- t1 gal csequtences of his ekivatlronts cititdtet. Shtall ~ this not be done! Whlat tenn be easier of attiment a omoremn app~hropriate in itsef l We kntow ten metn who woull cheerfully make up the amouti themselves. hi H ut this is not thte plan. LAS lists he placed ir, the n hand of eflclent yountg men, ti be taken to the vari etus election boxes on Mlondic: niext. And wh len each I voter comes forwartd to depltit his vote, lhe cain also a place his name tipon ihe list md pay his cheerful con tribution towards releivitig orr member of the fine. Surely there are a thouisand nten int Edgefied, who 0 would takte pride in thus intdiiaing their approval of ' I is course. Tile box at Edgefied alone might raise a I fund suflicient. But let every be send tip something. u We will take pleasure in acting ts central agent in" te matter, will give receipts for the contribtutions from each bo0x, and immediately aflr the returns are mate, will publish a full accounit ol the amounits re eiet. and aply them-t sacredlly to tie and incdicated, leeving any overpitis to he applied i such putrposes am Col. Ilacons himself tshl indicue. Shall it be ti done as we prrpne ItJ is for the spIlted people of d ?d..nelto ec ide- p s1 For the Advertiser. MR. D:oIR : The citizens of Edgefield lad te satisfaction, On Friday night, of listening to Maj. W. D. WILKES, from Kansas, on the general afaitM r and conditions of that Territory. - - . The speaker was vcry earnest, and, consequently, I very interesting. Ile spoke at length, and present I ed his hcarers with a graphic description of the qW - country, and with unanswt rable arguments in favor r of its settlement by pro-slavary men. Kansas is situated in the same latitude witris r soutri, and all the best part of.'ithathe Ians*,li mate nnd productions. The soil is the best ia tbe world -the fice of the country being a geyndnu lating prairic, nnd yielding, with 'little cultivation, the finest grains, with hemp.&c. Tn Missouri, just - I opposite to it, the annual va!ue of on egood negro to the !hrm. is about three or four hundred dodlars more than he is worth in the most f the cotfon rowiig States. Ile thus deduced tlie great Impor tnce of slave labor in the chosen region. In further proof of the value of Kansqs, to the South. lie showed that if the abohitionists should t rucceed in excluding slavery thonee.tfe institution would necessarily have to fall in Missouri, ines that State woould he bounded and almost entirely surrounded by anti-slavery territory. The speaker urged, with force, that present success to theanti f slav.:ry party would enable theni to draw a sian ,of freeStates a: around the slave States, andihus forever exclu-le us from any participation in the en- - e joyimet't of the rich lanls of the government, that are now being opened to the enjiyment of the coun try. e As Major WuLEs l has participated in the recent S stugles in Kansas, he gave his audience qui'e a elvar and satisfactory account of the state- of afairs which ex:sted-proving conclusively that'all the e dlifieulties were ocasioned th re, siblely by the un f checked tuibulence and villainy of abolition hire d li:: g leaders. The appeal which the orator made upon the ehi valry. liberality, and generosity of the South, on be d half of her sons, who are now suffering to vindicate her rights, was truly eloquent, and we trust in God s that it w:ll not pass unheeded by. If we sleep now, Li and want the spi: it, and bounty to sustain our young a men, who have nobly abandoned the quiet of com 9 fortable h-nives, to protect our intereits in Kansas, we my give up the si). Our destiny is fixed 3nd we deserve our itnamous fate. A IIEAfRER. 0 For the Adveriser. L EAVFNWUI'TII CITY, K. T., ,June 27 '56. r F A - BTcoPrnt : It was my itntention to have written you as seam as I !anded, but hi-tve been pre vented from so doeing. by moving from iplace to place, d ;.nl having t-, leave my tiunk at Kansas City. We left A ugusta on ti:e 22:1 May, and landed in :bKansa Vity on the 3d June. We were detained t va:ious p!aces on the re-ute. and the trip cot us i. about a 10 ench. We marched from Kaiss City into the int,-rior of ;h-- country, and ere going to a :ssist in diirindiar a party of abelitionists retained e at Hickory Point ; but, whie mt:king the necesatry I arrati-vnen's, a boirder ruffian rode up and itforn e vtd us. that the U. S. Tr'oops were coming lown to disarnln or di-. e us froim the T.rritory. We then. m ictove:l back, nenr the Missouri line. and e:imped , telre- unt:l the 25th instant. We .then mIved3 to ihis place, a tii.-::metc of 46 micce, ait1 were vel)y s kinel'y received ; being ?eurnishied wvithi a hcouse: na p1r.;visi,'ii, and hacve a Dttcha faity, a., cooek for us, e n:1 aif which is furi.-hed gratis to thme Souch Caro " There being ro many indute.ments to slay in this becauti'ul town, I havie conc'uded to spettd -the sunt mier here, andi perhaips the remaain,.ler of myhie. I ennt get landh wic bint tvei e milhes uf this pme, whiith Smany vacant huts foer stale, and I think-of puxrchasing . .onie of t-m. Thce exciteincent here is very grust a t pre... at, ande w::r seemis inmevitccble. It was our t to come from K~ici-as City to I eavenworth on b..atd a boat in ecnp'amy with s'':ce eihtyt abobtion; ets there beinig o:iy about 45 of our palrty. We met themn bravely, at first with urgumiis, aind ad-. t ie thema to g' ba.:k ; but thev refused, and boast aed of whact they wuude doi with us whien they lantd ,edl. When tie boat peul up. hoewever, we rushed 'o ou rifh-s :nd refutui to let tihem land-mid. hec I ing j-mtned by i'5 or 30 Inmder rufl'ans, ith nius - ii etsrfes citui almot g:mt:s, we took but soemte heir gae, that hooked suspeic-ieus, catt e-xained it ; bt .ineding no gu:.s, we senit a guard niia hnte up to W esitn andth ni macarehed th--ir 1 nggage ..or-ou-'.ll .tcd f,mnd rii.n pe's ities. ibitols an id a'nttuiioni ; thnac we kept nu;.d ,:tmpelkd the ameculps to retun. :me eof th.etmi vcre eraged, buint othe~rs Indl eei.lenitly: etm'tamkel unwilliingy in . te btusinesr. and wvere ;;l.:d of the- ippierintity to go Ru.:r- says Ocen. LA~i: is comeic:g down '.n us with tive thcousce md canke. a. but we arc wide awake ndce inttnd to m inhtain onr righ:s. i they hind ! here, thcey wil! hiacte sauiheing to do immediately w - lhave ronie of th-ir~ r'uns, piketols ad cartridges, :i ii tithet thtey will, they .sitmil ri~eeive the fruits of heir owni hmtil; and when-t the fight does ecom mienece. I hle oi shiccl see some of our brothers rally ngi te, our sidle. I sac.-, unl Sundiay last, the body of one abolition ist, cw:,,, hat. becn Shtet w;tht foeur ba; his suit was hco shot and woundled, but not danmgeroualy. The state of society is very loose here-the peo. Ipie are very pcrofane ;the term stealing is here call ed "' hooking or pressinig," and wve have to wear or pistols anti long knives all the time. 'There is such confu.-iont in the house I can hardly wrrite at all. I must add a word more abeout the land, which is r:ch beyond doubt. I hiave been told hy the resi. dents hore, that thte land wi:! tbrinig 60 bushels corn petr amre, ande it takes but a few aers to brirg wh~at they wanit. L~umbe-r is searce nel dear to-the een-pist is cotton-wood, woerth $30 per thousand, walnut $40t, and pine $60. Coern is worth 40 Cents; flour $10 per barrel; tmeat 6 to 8 eents ; horses, hogs atmi cattle hi'gh. I would be pleased to hiear from all tmy friendls. Direct to Leavenwcorth City, Kansas Territomry. Believe me yournfiectionate Blrothter, W. S. C. SPEECE AIND BESIGNATION OF COL. EIT. WAsHINGTorc, .taly 16, 1850. In the Hoeuse, Mr. Keitt defer.ded South Ca ralin a nninst the sI~inders of Siumner, Biurlin ame nnd others, and atied that his iffence con ised in ntot tirning iniformer, in favor of the vilbhfiera of his State and its distingtuished Senat tr; also, that he had alrtdy rent his resignation. to the Governor of South UCtrolitnn.and wais no longer a menmber of Congress. Thec ganlleties ipp'lnded, his friends surrounded hinm, aa:d ho retired in the midst of gieat confubsion. FnoM KSAs.-Ad'ices frem ILeavea;worth, Kansas, at Chie.go, staite that Gen. I'eisifer Snith hind arrived there. A deputation of chtizens waited upoan him,naaking pro'tection for their lives and property against airmed maranders fmai alhe South, in the various towns. Genel Sniiah replied that he htnd no :tuahoritv to grant inch protection. That the naimed lcard'n~hnded to wre regulharly enrolled tmilitia, rceting umder color of law, n'nd that the peephe had no redress excepting fronm civ-il law. Tutt EnD oF THlE SEsstoN.--lt is nomw etident, says the Washington Star, that tihe House wiill very shortly take tip and dispose of the Senate's joint resolution fixing a time for the end of the present sessioni. We shli not be surprised if it is coeinded to imeke at recess fromt perhaps Ithe 4th of August until e::tly in November-until just after the Presidential election--having heard - many members express Itemselves in, favor of GL ANCESAT6*UTEUMJN(ES ~ Tus Charleston Mcrcury turns up first; and per haps correctly enough, as it Is certainly one of th, first rapers in our latitude. The Mercury-is engaged and has been for some weeks, in an elaborate defenc Df JAMSS DLnCItANAn'S antecedents. It seems t have entered upon this task with all the zeal of ai active partizan, and as though there were danger o Old Bucrc's losing the vote of South Carolina!! What ever may be the motive, its articles are very capita ines, and the Mercury will assuredly be entitled to: lace in the front rank of BUCANA.a Democrat, Does it rtter th-it the Mercury leld, only two U ihree months ago. that the people of South Carolini hl'ujld m-et in COnventiont at Columbia to vote fu Ptr:ncz nil no one rfe ? Of course 'not. Thing :ban-re. and papers cihang.-with them. The Mercur has n iaely adopted lihe nomination of the Democracy n'd is now more nitra :n it support than even thos4 if ii< who Iartiei: nst.l in th it nomination. A new orn Z ..-d that CnnJig's many a smile, even while i mri:- coemmendation! * * * * The Examine if Co'nt.ii,-Jonss-ro's Examiner-is before us replete with it.lereting rnatter. There is no literarl enterer In the St:ite who can hold a candle to it ditor. We are very glad to perceive that the E xami mcr's protpcts are encoutraging. A good literary pt per is one of the wants of our State. Here is on rommenced with energy and a determination to meri micess. It is in the charge of a man who understand thorongbly the dttics of his position; And now, al that is necessary to entmure its permanency and e3 elence is a wide-slpread patronage in Sonti Carol! aa. We trust it will not he wih-held. A series ( nrigina1 tales will be commenced in the Examiner: n early day, and the present is a good timne for nei mhsrihers to send on their names. * * * Th Charleston Evening Neus comes freighted with ir telligence and instrttelion, as usual. The original de partment of this paper evinces mnch industry an alent in all concerned. The learcing articles ar trong anti to the point, while the local reports, ettei rromi a distance, &c., are generally marked by sprigh! liness and gocd inste. * * * The Weekly Const lufionalist, of Augtnta, Ga., is always a welcom isitor. It is now in the great political campal;rn c 183', cutting and shihing its opponents right an left. AIthough hlie Democrats are, as it were, alrend riumphant in Georgia, yet they have no notion r reting in the strife. The Coustitutionlist is ratht lie flag-ship of the Georgia Democratic line, an eives constant proof of deserving that position by il le and tiunirinz efforts in the cause. A sheet, a large as t he Constitutionelist, is to be issued from h iflice this week, which will contain many valtiahl Democrratic papers. Those desirons of fully pristin lhemselves upont the issues or the day would (10 we to get this publication. Jt will be sold at the rate $3 per tonsand copies.-The Constitutionalist, tn i ise of the IGth inst., announces the deaths of Col A McUos.tt.D and 11%4. ALFRF.D C'TinEtT, t w f Georgia's prominent politieians. It is remarkmhh in what rapid snecession the usefitl men of onr sitt State seem to he droppitig ofy from the scene of eartl lv exertion. The Nenh!berry Tri-Weekly Mirror is a neat an pleasant little paper, managel with skill and edite with animation. There appear to be some yntnn literateurs abnt Newberry town. who supply itl olumins wvimh occasional tales, s.ketches, or essayI accordii- to the humor of the cluh. This is a lee ltiedly goid idea, and deUserves t- le nnl:t tp by th vihages ami tiownsi of our State generally. It is neans of amusementt u well as itprvenent.-Th Mirror of July 16th informs us that the ear.t upon th Greenville and Colunhia Railroad were connectin: reguilarly. nhiogh the break. by :1e recent fre-h, had n- t been as yet relaitred ; alsi,. that the Agrienl nrl Society of Newhirry had met on tht lday, bl ihat the attendance and the show of stock w.:re nti w full as wnal. 'lTe la't numbe!er of the Carolina Spaaran thmat lin rachedl ts abhmmr in acentnnts of co~lee exercie Colleges are now itn foil hinst and pemis tio rene he larg:est deg'ree of success. Several other secol n the District lhae a showing in the parer befoire tt We observe timit the friendas of Gov. A Dont' iti ei;nlizinmg his v.isit to Spartanburig this summer It rand ball mr htonor tif him. It will cotme off i: Palmetto 1iall ott the eveminmg of the 12th Ang~us1 Generals DunovA 'r atnd G ImT jvtht1 me .IUIJe gentletintmn re exp.-eted to lie preen~t in a:tend- ,te itein his FExc.-liemtcy; antd a great timne is expectet low na e shoutld like ;o be there !-The Xparmtan mke our mnth, water when lie talks tthoa;t those Bergamoc Penrs atnd Pntrrie Gnges stom:e goodi fellow kits lhee tedinig him. We kn~ow of sonme wteh frtit ahot ere, andiilhave beeni n onmieritng if w - shall tat havy he pleasitre of seeing~ somej of ii in ottr ,atumtzf. Thle \'m krille En;irer is one tof the tipt--oplpem 'ottttry paphers on theL conttinett, so, weil filled, ,iau~tif,,ly priintedi on stteh adnutrabile t -sper ,,n s ~orrectly wvithal. Ueih editors were ab,'ett 1a::t week rd so the musual vari-ty oh origitial arielee: is tio-in it the nt:her btehire tus. We tsee frotm sun~dry ciar tutsicaiton tham~t thte .thi as celebrated iti 'evera mars of York wit!, conmsiderable spir it. Ther .it nron SXyar tells of a antermel'in. mveishinj i ls, wit nhdir ht ':-. W. D). L..u a hatd re;:dled tarcel tif Mari.,.i:.-< the dany be ire. I: hirthern-m p lears that the 'crops in that vicinity w'ere stufy'erini ;era uch for raitn'. A correspotndetnt nf th~e Stia kes tiy the quasi'tt oft 1.inor Proh~!ibiten. ns ifi vre a matter initedI herfre the. peole of .Mariot e h:md niot heard tfiat thia l'alflihad beetn 'arl nhi far it waill roll depends impon the viruletnce of h [ie-ia wvhichm kick:4 it along. Thel, Oratnge bor Southrono~ ha' ja.-t tuntderg.ne rmomr iterin in it is editorial m:imag.:mettt. Mr. li :-:nt ). 1:N se:n. lias retired frmn Is cionnec tin~ uil tL epa r nletnt. Themre is, howaever, tfiieii a'ii y* left beltitid to sit-taiin the piper init i :iln titerest n]mm efuilne-'. The s-tyle of the Son,tiron, dlito'rials is derijledly good inm the mmiin, of- en pi:an nind rary. 1But wa tmutt tinek t hat its editors Ire itte Iwa* rng-hemded :thoumtt SothI Carolinia isiia to n un tarticle tnow biefore tus, etntid ed JoI for it," t twe .re ceraitly doleful over the cotre of the Siuti rtliia Democrats; as if, because we wvish tio ac pramcticllyi) in cotncert waith tihe Soth, we lhad there re deserted the good odld doctrine of States Right: rhad lust sight fomr a muoment oif Southmern interests. Ph iat commentttt t h-mgh, tipn te rtnmmernet of th<4 Iercury, is too gouod irt to lie noted: " It anas am hetric -lharkl." says the Southronm, "prodneced by the lherpde wi:mires from; ( min~itnati, and was tttdoubt ly te gr:-et..st feat whlich electricity has p,.riomrmed r tmny a ii.y."- TIitt/ntron his un necunt of lat' frieshet itn thle ti:liare.. n.ichl, emong ithlet htim-s, ijutr-d ,-riioisly ttu ex!tsive anmd expmensmve amoft Mt r. F. (,moxsttn. W'e see also areontnts of tle~ge exaiationsi.t, 4th of .ltnly celebnrations &c. The Camiden Weekly Journal tells alist of a freshtet pot the Wateree which has reitited ini no little dam c. The crops gtneral ly promise well in that is-. rict. Sevetn ir eiht ulndmired bmmshel~s of wheat have een raisetd u'ont lots itt and abmout thte towvn of Cam en which have hteretofire been sullare'd to lie com aratively idle. Thel Greenville Petriot raparts good crops in thmat ijstrit.-Theo editor has a chapter on the " Dark orner" of Greenville District, atnd says it got that ame in 1833, because " thte light of Nttllication could at rhine there." But we have a Damrk Corner in afgeield, Mlajoir, wvhichi is a tnoble set-cly to yunirs of me M uitains. In limis, the I ighit, not only of Nul Ii cation but of Secessioni too, ever shone brightly. latd the spirit of our Dark Curner been the guidle of te rtortn of 185d, thme evils of this Governmenit woumld w have been well nigh reformed, As it is, thme day -we kow tmot how distant. The Yorkville Citizent writes of a Circns over in is town. What a blessing these dull dtys of stm-~ ier! It makes us appland, even to hear talk of suchl sngs as Jtntamv REYvNom.Ds the Clown, 31'lle FR ANK ic atnd her elfin putnies, the Mexican httrse Eureka, rid sichlike. Alt! brother Cit., whtat a time you tmst hae had of it! The Chester Stanidard of last wveek has aneonnts of -e shets. Onme negro nman awas dro'wned, bridges wvere shied away, amid sundry other itnjiries sustained. ie .Sindard tmn has not in this numbmler efused his 'ual quantity of wit. What's thme matter nith your chiie, friend Standard? ggF ONE hunditredl totnsnd cipies of theo late chi of Hion. P. S. IBaooics Ihas been subscribed for W ash igton by his frietnds and others. :g A good newspaper is like a senible soundhtear. d friend, whore appeuranee tin one's thteshtold glad. ens the mind with the promise of a pleatant and eotsable hour.