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Thou. desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, IN ADVANCer. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. [From the Carolina Times, 30th Augrust.] ARRITAL 0r TEE ON. PIBETON 8. BRO00E. Puzc DEMoNsTRATIoN. On Thursday afternoon, the Hon. Preston S. Brooks being expected by the afternoon train on the Charlotte Road, a large number of citizens of Columbia assembled around the DepQt to greet him on his arrival; but unfortunately for hem, notwithstanding extensive preparations had been made and a very handsome coach and four with neatly decorated horses was in wait. ing, he did not reach the city until 4 o'clock, A. M., yesterday morning, having been detained by his friends and admirers in the upper Districts. At an early hour on Thursday morning, the arrival of Mr. Brooks being known, many of his friends called at his quarters, and a committee of citizens waited upon him, especially to urge the propriety of his remaining oven one day. notwithstanding his anxiety to reach home at as early a period as possible. The annexed cor respondence will show the result of the action of the committee through their Chairman, the Hon Mayor Arthur. CoLuMBiA, Aug. 29, 1856. Hon. Preston 8. Brooks.-Dear Sir-On be. half of a Committee of the citizens of Columbia, I am instructed to request that you will desig nate some hour at which it will suit your con. venience to meet your fellow-citizens of Colum bia at the City Hall, for the purpose of receiv ing some testimonials of their appreciation of your gallant conduct in defending the honor of our State. I take the liberty of suggesting 8 o'clock this evening as a suitable time, provided it suits your convenience. I have the honor to be, dear air, Very sincerely, your friend, E. J. AETauR, Chairman. CoLLEGE, 29 August. My Dear Sir:-It will give me pleasure to meet the citizens of Columbia, at the City Hall to-night, at 8 o'clock. I have the honor to be, most truly, Your friend and servant, P. S. Baooxs. Hon. Edward J. Arthur, .Chairman. At 8 o'clock, the City Hall was so densely crowded that it was found necessary to move an &djournment to the street in front of the Court House, upon the balcony of which Mayor Arthur presented to Mr. Brooks ini presence of the as sembled mass of citizena, a handsome Silver Pitcher, a Goblet and ones of Mr. Peckham'a finest Hockory Cane's with a handsome gold head. Each article was selected with great care, without regard to cost, by the citizens of Colum. bia, intended as a present to Mr. Brooks as so evidence of their unqualified approval of his course as a Representati"e, and especially for the prompt and appropriate manner in which he chastised the notorious Charles Sumner, for-his wanton abuse and cowardly assault upon the fame of his State. The Pitcher and Goblet are beautiful speci mens of the skill and taste of Messrs. Radeliffe d4 Guignard, at whose establishment they were purchased. Mayor Arthur, on making the presentation, delivered a very handsome and appropriate speech, as follows: a CoL Brooks :-On behalf of the citizens of Columbia, it becomes my pleasing duty to pro. sent to you this pitcher, goblet and cane, as testimonials of our high appreciation of your re cent conduct at Washington City. They were prepared some time since for presentation, but supposing it would be more agreeable to you to receive them here in the . midst of your own fellow-citizens, they have been withheld for this occasion. 1 trust, sir, that I may be permitted to add that it is not alone, that you have visited with merited castigation the vile slanderer of the State which gave you birth, that we delight to honor you, but because your conduct through out the trying scenes through which you have since passed, has been such as to win the ap plause of all honorable men, and to justify our pride in claiming you as one of Carolina's. noblest sons. It is needless for me to allude more particularly to your noble bearing and gal. lant conduct in maintaining the honor and inter ests of your Slate, for let me assure you air. they need no other record than the hearts of * your countrymen, where now they are already inscribed in characters which time cannot effaice. " Allow me sir, on behalf of the citizens, Lo welcome you to Columbia, and to tender to you our warm congratulations on your triumph over the malignant slanderers of your State and race. and to assure you of our cordial sympathy and approbation." A fter the conclusion of Mayor Arthur's re tuarks, Colonel Brooka advaiced to the front of the portico, amid the cheers and applause of the multitude and delivered a speech of nearly ani hour in length, a brief, meagre, and very inade. quate synopsis of which we give. He thanked the citizens for the compliment paid him on this occasion, and for the sympathy which his course hias received. It waa the spirit which actuated him to do the deed, more than the deed itself, which deserved their commendation. It was a deed which was the result of a high sense of duty, and any man who held his honor above reproach would have acted, under similar cir cumstances, precisely as he did. An ordinary castigation was nothing to excite a people as had this act of his excited the North. Abolitionists, seek excuses for their vile elan dors, had made it a pretext for more fanaticism. It was curious that the castigation of a Black Republican should beget so extraordinary an excitement. But they had used this act of his --executed under the highest sense of duty-as an instrument to kindle more fire of fanaticism. Their motive was political powver; they wished to enjoy the patronage and the emoluments of the government. Every foot of the way from Washington to this City, he had met, with kindness from the people of the South, and it gratified him to be ieve that were he to travel to the extremest verge of the South, he should meet with the same hearty welcome as he had experienced here and elsewhere. He. would not say there was no honor or moral courage at the North; he knew there were some men of as true courage at the North as elsewhere. But what he ihdto s was that the moral tone of mind which would iead a man to beenme a Black Republican would make him inca pable of courage, and would involve a loss of all honor and moral principle whatever. It was plain that the defeat of the army bill was the act of a Black Republicnn majority in the House of Representatives. He was almost glad of it, though he had voted for the originsl bil1, he was of opinion it ought to fall. He voted for It from a sense of duty, not liking to do evil that good mih follow. The loss of the army appropra would not injure the South, because althe money nearly was expend ed at the North. jirater wished thane annronefattan bill and on"v the people of the South free to 1o there and cut the throats of Lane and hi% abo lition comrades. We know the Black Repub lican platform: it U our duty either to counter act them, or meet them boldly, face to face, and battle for our rights. Their principles were, the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. the prohibition of the inner-State Slave trade, no more slave terri tory, &a. Will they carry out these principles? The election of Banks a" Speaker of the Hoise of Representatives, and the defeat of the army bill, teach us that we should meet and prepare to defend ourselves. With right upon our side, we should meet and conquer them. All of us agreed that if we could not live in eqnality in the Union our only course was to d- a lve it. He was a co-operation disunionist the maine as he was in 1851. He felt convinced that South Carolina would respond to his posi tion. When he maid lately in the House of Repre sentatives that he had it in his power to raime a revolution, it was no eg-otistic boast. He felt that he had done as much as any one man to concentrate the feeling of the South; and when he spoke of revolution, he knew that had he stepped forward and smote one of their abolition crew in the House, their enmity to him would have precipitated them against him, and then his friends would have covered the floor of the House of Representatives with human blood. He now came to a deliente question-the Presidencv. The only hope for the South was toi support Mr. Buchanan. His opponents w.re Fremont and Filmore-the former a soldier who had never won a battle. a politician who had never made a speech; his birth-place, too, was as hard to fix upon satisfactorily, as was the identity of his father. Fillmore was a man of unexceptionable moral virtue; but between Fre mont and Fi~lmore lie would prefer the former. becauseaihe great issue would be precipitated, although the latter wa as much an abolitionist, having voted to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, against the admission of Texas, and had opposed the administration of Franklin Pierce for its course on tne Missouri Compro. mise. Buchanan, the speaker frankly admitted, was not his first, second, or third choice, but bis last. Hiis first choice was Franklin Pierce, because he had manifested a disposition to give the South her constitutional rights. After Pierce, he was in favor of Doughs-a true friend, who had perilled his life by his position on the Nebraska bill, and who had the smoke and scars of the battle upon him. There must be compromise every where-in society, in law and in politics. Buchanan was the standard bearer in the coming contest, and the platflurtn upon which he stood was the right one for the South. If its principled were carried out, the government would be restored to the condition of a constitutional administration. Why should we refuse to take a part in the bat tle 1 If we are bound to have civil war, and if we must disolve the Union, we must do it with a full appreciation of the consequences. Ha thought there would be no child's play when the conflict did come. On the second Monday in November next, the great question would be decided. For his part, if Fremon:, the traitor to his section, should be successful, it was hie deliberate opin ion that on the fourth of March next, the people of the bouth should rise in their might, march to Washington, and seize the archives and the treasury cf the government. We should anti cipate them, and force them to attack us. In conclusion, ir. Brooks said he felt it to be an obligation upon him to devote all the ener gies of hi- life to repay the generous sympathy with which he had been met by his fellow-citi zens of the South and South Carolina; and that whenever an occasion offered he would be ready to stand up in defence of his State. In the language of a distinguished citizeii (f our State, he would say, that thropgh good and evil report, for weal or for wo, he would stand by South Carolina. At the the conclusion of these remarks, (which were frequently interrupted by hearty applause) one general shout arose from the assemblea crowd and they quietly dispersed, but soon after re-assembled with a band of musicians, and re pired to the temporary residence of Cot. Brooks Richiand serenade, which wan admirably sustain ed by the Baud of the Richland Volunteer Rifle Company, interspersed with a display of fire works in front of the Congaree House. The whole affair reflected credit upon the citizens. From the independent Press. TE SAVA~NNAH VALLJT RATLEOAD. M~ssas. EDTORs :-How comes on the Sa vannah Rail Road? I make this inquiry of you, so that those having knowledge in the premises may answer through the same chan nel. The. information sought is very desirable -not only for the immediate stockholders, but for the interested public at large. I make it. also, that those disposed to throw cold water upon the enterprise, may be estopped from that sort of work, by seeing how the matter stands. and by seeing also that those having it in hand are in good earnest, and mean nothing else than to carry it through in due time. Has anything, favorable or unfavorable, turn. ed up yet in Augusta, since tho meeting of the stockholders at Calhoun's Mitts? It is time that something had been done by that city, one way or the other. If those living on the route were to double, it could be carried through by Hanm burg, independently of Augusta. Would it not be well to learn this truth in time? But have sufcienat efforts been made in the districts of Anderson, Abbeville and Edgdeed to get stock ? Many all over these di,trits-not only those living immediately on the track, but in those sections most remote from it, would, no doubt, subscribe, and subscribe liberally, if pra*. perly approached; because the enterprise in contemptation is calculated to confer vast bene fits upon those entire districts as well as the whole $tate, so that every one is interested, and, when made to believe and see this, will exert themselves accordingly towards its com pletion. The way to build railroads, taking the expe rience of the past as a guide, is to keep the ad vantiges they are calculated to create and dif. fuse, constantly before the people ; and, further, to cause erery one, rich and poor, tofeel that he -that they-that all must give something, must gice liberally. One of the gratest drawbacks to the advance of cicilization eiver known. is the in disposition of the wealthy to contribute of their substance to the promotion of great public enter pries; and this is the more remarkable, be ause it proceeds upon "the penny wise and pound foolish" principle. I think it susceptable of demonstration, so far as things moral may be said to be demonstrable, that the real estate within ten miles of any railway, leading to the chief market, is increased in value from ten to fifty per cent, immediately upoti its construe. tion, atid that. the advantages to accrue in all other respects peculiar to an tagricultural people are made therely to advance in the same ratio; so that the subscription of this minch stock by those living within this distance of the road, is not a protanto subtraction from their means, but, on the contrary, a pro rata addition thereto, and this independently of the reasonable expects tions to be predicated upon the increase of the stuck itself. Let all, therefore, living within that distance of the magnificent eniterprise in contemplation, be moved by such considerations, and act ac cordingly, and we will soon have the road. LONG CANE. August 28, 1856. No minister likes to see a person in his con gregation asleep. He cannot avoid the unpleas ant refleetion that to such a one his sermotn is lost. But thete is another thing which is even more unpleasant and annoying than this, it is to see persons whispering while he is preaching. We candidly confess that we would rather see ten persons asleep than two whispering. There may be times when It is almost impossible for a person to keep awake, but tor whispering there can be no apology. THE N. Y. TR IzUuE.--On the 12th inst., the Grand Jury of Shinneton, (Va.) found a true bill against the postmaster of that city for circula ting, by delivery to subsriberm, copies of the New York Tribune. A Mr. George Slocum ~ a a a t, tht h ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. ZDGZPIZLD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1856 NO EDITORIAL. The indisposition of the Editor for the last few days will account for the non-appearance of editorial mat ter in this issue. BROOKS DINNER. Owing to the storm of Sunday last, which rendered the roads impassable, there was not a full meeting of the enmmittee for the Buoors Dinner. A majority, however, met and resolved to proceed forthwith to make preparation; for the dinner. A committee was appointed to meet at Ninety-Sir. nn Thursday the 11th inst, to meet the committees from the other Dis trirts nf the Congressional District, to appoint suitable committees for the occasion. Snpscriptinn lists are in circulation and every one wishint to subscribe can now have an opportunity of doing so. HEAVY RAINS. On Sunday and Sunday night last. onr DistrictBas visited by as severe a rain-storm as we have witness ed for many years. It commenced failing about 10 n'cluck, A. u., and entinued Incessantly throughout the dly and night. Great damage has been done to the cotton and other crops. Numerous mill. mill dams, and bridges have been washed away. We are not prepared to give the particulars now, but hope to do so in ournert. By a private letter from Hamburg, dated Monday morning last, we learn that great fears were entertain ed of a tremendous freshet in the Savannah River, and an overflow of Hamburg and Augttsta. The River was rising very rapidly. ELECTION IN HAMBURG. A friend writing from Hamburg informs us that an election was held in that Town on Saturday lest for Warden to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna tion of Mr. R. M. OwiNos, which resulted In the elee tion of CArr. W. SItras. Miscellaneous Items. IVA ball will be given at the Mansion House, Greenville, S. C., on the 11th Sept., to the Hon. P. S. BaooKs. 312The State Fair of Georgia, will be held in Atlanta on the 20th, 21st and 23d of October next. 22' The Trustees of Erskine College have con ferred the degree of D. D. on the Rev. The. L. Me' Bride, of Pendleton. U2'John W. Wolfe, Esq., Editor of the Albany (Ga.) Patriot, died on the 28th August. SVThs Yellow Fever is still in Charleston, but not considered as an epidemic. From one to two deaths are reported daily-not more than that number. 31'The late elections in Pickens District, resulted thus: J. E. Haygood, elected Clerk of the Court Mr. Craig, Sheriff, and Parsons, Ordinary. g0'R. C. Woodward, Esq., was on the 25th Inst., elected Sheriff of Fairfield District, by a majority of 113 votes. g1Three prisoners, L. R. Parker, Edward Wal lace and Joseph Donbon, made their escape from the Columbus jail, on Monday afternoon. They were confined for burglary and negro stealing. gg'John Stetson, Jr., is performing the feat on Boston Common. under a mammoth tent, of running or walking, as he may please, 60 miles per day, In twelve hours, for six successive days, on a wager of g1The Boston Courier contains a card signed by the Hon. Edward Everett, Hon. Win. Appleton, Hdn. R. C. Winthrope, and a large number of other Whigs of that city, expressing themselves in favor of the election or Mr. Fillmore for the Presidency. ggWOnly 400 bales of new cotton have been receiv ad mn New Orleans, on the 27thf-ult., against 10,000 bales at same time last year. 31'John Duberry has been arrested at Columbus, Mlina-- ..i..us.L~5 iA5 io Senators uimner ind Seward among slayes. The punishment on conviction, Is ten years in the penitentiary. 3gCharity covereth a multitude of sins. So does calico-(says Mr. What-you-call him.) g1'Veteran damsels should remember that Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, was five hundred and eighty years of age when she got married, and cheer up at the fact. g57As the Ivy twines around the oak, so dos misery and misfortune more or less encompess the happiness of man. Felicity, pure and, unalloyed, is not a plant of earthly growth-her gardens are in the skies. g1'Somebody has been drumming up visitors to a Northern Watering Place, by reporting in advance, the arrival at it, of the Hon. Preston S. Brooks. 31'A men recently hanged in a neIghboring State, confes ned upon the gallows that his first commence ment in crime and villainy wan stopping his paper withou* paying for it. We are not surprised at the resut. 31'The Hon Win. Aiken declines being again a condidate for Congress to represent Charleston Dis trict, and expresses his intention in the Charleston papers to retire from public lire. The Western Herald says: "Brooksville is the name of the county seat of the new county of Calhoun -so called in honor of Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina. It Is situated on tihe waters of Little Kana wha, and is said to be a beautiful place. I1The best kind of rum for social festivals is deco-rum. g3 Advices from NIcaragua to the 9:h Inst., rep resent Gen. Walker's prospects as gloomy, and it seems impossible for him to hold out unless speedily assisted. ETThe Louisia::a Baptist contains the following hyenial notice : " Married, on 22d July, 1856, Mr. Joseph Ratclifl'of Bienvlle parish, La. to Mrs. Mary A. Benson of Union Co., Ark. gg The Bridegroom has sixteen children and the bride nine, (though she is only 36 years old)-TWENTY-FIVE in one family !" I1'CGen. Lewis M. Ayres with his party of twenty volunteers from Barnweli District, S. C., has arrived at Atchison, K. T. THE GREEN 1EYED MoNsTR.-A newly mnar ried couple arrived ini our city recently. and Look rooms ait one of our fas~hionable hotels, to pass away that propitious season-alaa, too brief known as the honeymoon. Their happiness was the cnuse of envy among many, for not a cloud appeared to overshadow the eujoyment of the passing htours, until a doctor wats sent for in great haste to relieve the lady of a dose of laudanum which threatened to terminate her life. The skill of the doctor saved the wife, and after the bride returne-d to consciousness she was asked what motive co~uld have induced her to commit such a wicked act. She re-plied, " saw a lady wink at my husband at the table, and I didn't wvant to live.' No PAY NO PIsEAc.-A Columbus (Ohio) paper instances the following its an evidence of a clergyman of the right pluck: "Yesterday, 8th instant, at Urbana, thme bell of the Preahyterian Church rang the second time-the congregation sat waiting and waiting, but no minister came. After the lapse of half an hour, a note was handed to one of the elders, who arose and rend it to the congregation. It was from the minister, who said he would not preach for them any moro till his salary was paid up." EREE SOIL MEECANTs.-OneO of the latn at, and propably best paying tricks of the free soil merchants of the Northern cities, is to invent a report that somebody in the South refuses to trade with them because of their abolitionism. The aggrieved firn of course publishes a card full of virtuous indignation, protestingr very bravely that they do not " sell their principles with their goods ;" and that they would starve before thus debasing themselves. The thing takes of course. The abolition and free soil presses proclaim their names, and worth and martyrdom far and wide. Trade pours in from the North and Northwest, and altogether the principles which were not for sale, are found to a....a....,..a. tlo., of th ap.ital In South Carolinian. The . ' " ludes to Gen. Jones, transfer f the Citadel to Columbia as " a sud den suspension 'he State Military Academy" -yielding to " dl.i and needless panic"-" a eneral sampedeo tyouth," &c.; and mike. out a serious ease of injustice to Charleston, from the injudicious act of the President of the Board of Visltort"' This is all a uiMRtake. There has been no pnic-no stam e-no suspension of the Academy but fo& day. The presence of a single case of. Ai ease so serious as yellow fe ver was enough t'ocreate anxiety in parents for their sons, and the. Courier very properly ex plains the ease: As usual, on any report or alarm of any -fe ver in the.city, many and urgent requests were made for leave of absence to cadets, or for a upension of the ixerelses of the Citadel'Acad emy. The visitors of the institution have nev er regarded it neegasry or proper to yield in the firmt instance to such requests, nor is there now, so far as-we are informed. any imperative occa. sion for the step taken. The whole number of cadets now enrolledat the Citadel is seventy six, and of these fourteen are continued. The removal of the othira has been induced by a de ire to keep the classes fully organized, and to avoid any pretext o;. occasion for withdrawals, or for importunate'appeals, on the part of the few who are more peculiarly liable to apprehen ions." The cadets have been, without any excite ment, transferred if the Arsenal at Columbia, where they underwent their usual drill yester day. and to-day *viltresume their ordinary re citations. We commend Jones' prudence and care ful considerationdfAthe anxiety of parents. as well as placing te..adeta beyond any risk of health or exciteiife of mind, and where no in terruption to their ltudies will occur. HEALTH.-We published in the Enquirer of last week a statement '& regard to the health f Yorkville.-We h" it has allayed all fear on the subject, and A! stop to the exaggerated reports about thi th of what we consider our very healthy lit Town. There is not a more beautiful, aINapparently more healtly loction, to be fodnd.anywhere in the State. It matters not what sidness may prevail here, it is very certain there is no local cause for it. It strikes us very forcibly, though we would not like to make the chatge against any one, that there is some desikriiiAhese false rumors; at least it has an "ayiful squint" that way. We have two very flourising schools, the Female College and the Military Academy, and ever since their establishment, we have heard te most woful accounts-of the health of Yorkville -whenever there is any danger, we will be as ready to sound the alarm as any one else, and we take the responsibily of saying as much for the Principals of oun schools.-Yorkville En quirer. It6 KANSAS. ST. Lours, Aug. 26. Kansas advices state that 2,600 men from Missouri would enter Kansas on the 22d. Four hundred o;f Lane's men were posted on the Kan eas River to intercept all relief to Lecompton. Gen. Rieliardson at the head of a large body of Territorial Militia had^gone to the North-wes tern part of Kansas to intercept Lane's retreat. At Lexington, Missouri, five hundred men were under arms, and Gov. Price expected orders from the President to take the field. Gen. Smith de c~lines interfering witgthe Missourians while they confine operations-to Lane's forces. .CHICAGO, August 28. Advices from Kansas state that eighteen Mis sourians attacked Tucker's Mission, and demand 'd persons there to deliver up their horses and leave the Territory.. TIhe demand being refused, the assailants were too 4weak to execute their threats. The Missouris were concentrating at Leavenworth, Westport and Kansas. Quaker City had been sacked l'y the Georgians en Fri day, but the inhabitants escaped. YANraE SENTtmENT The'people of Connec to sen' spet b tendrheartednes-s in regar to the destruction of their leafy monach, the famous Charter Oak, worthy of the most romantic community of Ger many. The Hartford papers yesterday were put in mourning, and we are itnformed that thte bells of the city were tolled, at sundown, and that a dirge was performed at noon, by Colt's band over the prostrate tree. This touch of na ture in our Connecticut neighbors is most credi table to their refinement, and will astonish many who probabty think that tbe Charter Oak would be immediately . manufactured into clocks and nutmegs. But we presume that its precious wood will be religiously preserved and made up into anuff boxes, canes, fans, and other objects that can be. kept as mementoes of the venerable tree.-N. Y. Times, Aug. 22. A mother of five generations, named Kato r'h Cleveland. widow of lkhabod Cleveland, a Revolutionary soldier, died at Hackensack on Monday, aged 92 years. She had 10 children, 55 grandchildren, 106 great grand children, 10 great great grand-children, making a total of 165 offspring, 110 of which number were living at the time of her deaccaso. She had a son taged '71, a grand daughter aged 50 years, a great grand daugtetr aged 26, and a great great grand daughter aged 7 years-all living at her death. THE ARMY BILL.-It is stated that of the eleven or twelve millions of dollars applropria .ed by this bill oinly about three millions wonld be expended in the slaveholding States. .If, therefore, in the event of the bill not pasting, the mechanies, artisans and laborers employed in the various armories, arsenals, &c., are to be all discharged, the effeet must be felt, far more g.retly at the North thatt at the South especial ly when it is remembered thatt the North gene. rtll furni~hes nine.ten.hs of all deweriptionas of supplies for the military service.-BalioreC Sun. FATAL AcctDNT.-We are sorry to record that on Monday last, as Mr. Elisha South was preparing to leatve the cauapmeceting ground, in the upper part of this District, whtile gearing up his team one of his mules kicked him in the side, which so injured him that he died the next ay. Mr. South was an estimable cittzen, and leaves a devoted wife to mourn his sudde~n eath.-Laurensville Herald. A YANKEE's IDEA OF THE CoTTON PLANT. A writer in the Augusta Croniele 4- Sentinel of a late date, says: A brace of red.tmotthed Yankees, just arrived, were goinag around town the other day seeing the sights, when they stepped intto a cotton warehouse to look at the great Southern staple, and after being shown several tiers of bales, they expressed a deaire to see it growing. The polite warehtouseman called their attetttion to a patch of luxuriant ord vines, telling thtem that was the stuff. ie Yankee's gazed with mingled delight and disappoint ment. as they inhaled the fragrant utmes. and were astonished to hear that the plant died every year. Yankee No. 1 said: "I alwatys thought it grew upon trees."~ Yankee No. 2, (conscions of his superior knowledge,) replied: "1I knew it grew upon a vine, but guessed it was an ever-green." These two Yankees represent a large portion of the Nor~hern people in their knowledge of 'Southern itnstitutions"- forming their optrmon rom their guesses. DECIDEDLY CooL..-The latest specimen of the coolest impudence we have seen, is the fol owitg from the New York Herald: " The New York Herald has not joined the Black Republicans, which it has heretofore so earnestly condemned. They have abandoned Leir late abominable aoti-slavery programme, and have come over to us and our popular con stitutional bouthern born and Southern raised 'andidate, Jcnh C. Fremont." Or CouEE NOT.-" We have no desire," says the New London Chronicle, "to injute the mo lasse trade., but we simply state the fact that, d1r. Richards, who keeps a store on the Hartford road, a few days since, found in one of his emp ty molasses hogsheadu- a human skeleton, the remains, no doubt, of a negro, who was proba ly asleep in tha.hogeheud when it was ftiled ha 1is pantadi. From the Albany (Ga.) Patriot. A CARD. - In reference to the recent caning of Mr. Sum ner, I see that a writer in your paper under the Nom de Plume of Ricochet, thinks it was a dis honorable act in Mr. Brooks. Now the truth of the matter is, that after Mr. Sumner'a speech of the 19th and 20:h May, Mr. Brooks tried two days to find Sumner outside of the Capitol, and not succeeding, was forced to apply the thing needful in the Senate Chamber, after its having been publicly reported in Washington that -on this occasion Sumner was prepared to defend himself A charge like this against Mr. Brooks where he is personally known, would be justly treated with contempt, and throughout the South should be stigmatized as a falsehood proceeding from a Northern Abolitionist, or what is worse, a Southern man with Northern feelings. JAMES C. BROOKS. Albany, Ga., July 7th, 1856. ALBANY, July 30th, 1856. MR. WoLr-Dear Sir;-The above Card was intended for the South-Western News but was respectfully declined-I therefore re quest you to publish it in the Patriot. Truly yours, &c. J. C. BROOKS. And in a late number of the South Western News, appears the following; [For the Suuth Western Baptist New..) A CARD. Under such a state of the facts, as appears in the Card (which has just met my eye,) of Mr. J C. Brooks, published in the Albany Patriot of the 31st ult., to wit: that, "Mr. Brooks tried two days to find Sumner outside the Capitol, and noi succeeding, was forced to apply the thing needful in the Senate Chamber, after its having been publickly reported in Washingto.. that on this occasion Sumner was prepared to defend himself," it is freely admitted, that the assault of Brooks on Sumner was not dishon. orable. RICHOCHET. These cards will sufficiently explain them selves when it is stated that Col. James C. Brooks, of Dougherty county, Ga.. is a brother of the Hon. Mr. Brooks of South Caroina. He is a gentleman of intelligence and refinement, mild, amiable, and courteous in his deportment. The history of his family from the days of the Re% olution-through the Mexican war-and down to more recent events, renders it unne. cessary to inform any one but " a Northern Abo. litionist or a Southern man with Northern feel ings," that he is a man of true and genuine courage.-Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. Hwr.ous NEWS -The Calcutta Englishman i6 determined to frighten us out of our senses. It sayu: " At Sreekond some 4,000 or 5,000 Santhals have collected for a re-adjustment of their jum mahe, and the amuhs, to the detriment of all other business, are busy writing cut new pot. tahs." In utter terror and despair, we ask. what is to be done I What can we get, what shall we send, what can we do? What's a jummah, what are amlihs, what are pottaha? Would the hang ing of Mr. Vernon Smith be any use as a pre liminary measure ? Do the people want fire en gines, or subscription.,or tracts? Let us know what to do-it is a shame to send such messages without a hint of their meaning. MELANCHOLr ACClDENT.-Yesterday after. noon, between three and four o'clock. a most melancholy accident occured at -Ion Win. Izard Bull's reside-ce, foot of Tradd street. resulting in the death by drowning of that gentleman. youngest son, a fine sprightly little boy about three or four years of age. It appears that the tide when full gets into the yard, and the young lad while amusing himself fell into the water and was not perceived by the servant until too late. When taken out of the watter, the body was quite warm, und the family physician and several other medical gentlemen were enlled in. but their persevering efforts at resuscitation were without success-the young spirit had flown to Him who said "suffer little children to come unto me."-Charleson Standard. We cli the following from the New York hropists who are continually sighing and shed ding tears over the fate of the poor negro at the South, while they are totally insensible to the poverty, distress and starvation among the whites at their own doors. When did suc-h ever occur south of Mason and Dixon's line I " MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.-SUICIDE-MOTH ER AND CNILD DaowNE.D.-A melancholy occurrence took plnce on Tuesday rnorning, about 3 o'clock, which resulted in the loss of two lives. " Elten McGuire, an Irish woman, some 23 years of age, who resided with her husband at No. 10 State atreet. while in a state of partial derangement of mind arose from her bed anad l.ft the house, taking with her her infant child. only three weeks old. Proceeding rapidly to the Battery with the child in her arms the unfor tunate woman, without hesitation, jumped over board into the river. Both mother and child were drowned before assistance could be pro -ured. Mrs. blcGuire's remnins were recovered. but the body of her infant hats not yet beet' found. Extreme destitution is said to have been the cause of her insanity and subsequenit death. An inquest will be held." IN the House of Representatives of Congress, on the 25th inst., Mr. Clingman, of North Caro lina, asked leave to offer a resolutiont that the. sergeant-at-arms be directed to arrest and bring before the Hiouse all such me-mbers as nre afloat from the city. and thtat the clerk cause a copy of this resoltutio'n to be telegraphed to to the capi tol of each State, and published in two' papers of the' largest circulation, paying the expenses for the same out of the contingent fund. KANSAS E.ilGR ANTs.-Col Henry D. Claytona. and his company of Kansas emigrants. number ing one hundred in all, left Nashrille.'l enn., on Monday. 25th instant, foar Kansas, by way of the Cutmberland river. The -ompany were all well and happy, and extorted universal praise by their orderly ceonduct on tI'e route. Caors IN KANsAs.--A late letter frotn Eas.t Douglas. Katnsas, sa-ys: The crops are not s extensive, as they would have been had there been less rain at planting time; but what :m, been planted does well. Wheat is harveste-d. and the ground is being prepared for antother, rop. Some of the farmers are euttitnghayoa, the prairie ; others will not ctut till Xep.tembher as the grass holds good till frost comes. KANsAs CoazRESroNENTs.--ly1 Moore a gen teman formerly ~well known ini New-York. writes concerning the informuation pubtlishted ini the abolition papers of New-York city : The truth is, neither the Times, nor Tribteo has any correspondent in this plee. This I know to be so. The correspondents of those papers live in the city of New-York, aind un doubtedly are attached to those respective Offles Mr. CHARLES SUHtNER wrote a very Geciting letter to the Fitchbutrg Convention, which is published in the Boston Telegraph of yesterday. The man who writes such a letter cannot be suffering under physical disability, inasmuch as he is full of political impulse, atnd all people know what Mr. Stumner is. If he is playing invalid on one side and politiciain on the other, it may be as well to understand it, for the pa tience of the people may be worn out in his double theatrical representation.-Boston Cou rier, Aug. 25th. GRISWOtD Crrr DEsThOyED.-Mike town of Griswold City, boented on the Missouri River, one hundred miles from St. Louis, was destroy ed by fire on the night of the 20th. The fire commenced on Water street, and continued its course to Washington st. The City Hotel, owned by John Summers, was consumed. The loss of properly is unknown-there was no in surnce on any of It. The fire is supposed to have been committed by an incetndiary. VALUAULE SLAVE PztonT.-It is stated hat the value of slave property at the South is not less than two thousand millions of dollars, a sum equal to one-fourth the value of all the other property in the United States, as sho~n by the last census.-Do the abolitionists expect to ..niat.,bs. ........ of ......... ...t.... From the Winnsboro Register. A TRAGICO PABCICAL COGITATION. ACT I5T' Scene 1s:-Washinfrtoa City; A'private Appartment; Mr. Bullygame; Solus. Mr. Bullygame. Now is our Sumner Of vanity and malice, made our Sumner Of woe and sorrow. Now has his elaborate speech Made a well belabor'd man of him. Now Has his venom, with which he Idly dream'd To taint the Senatorial Hall, brought down Upon his scented head dread Brooks' gutta percha cane. Whilst coal black Sambo held the light, Beside the polish'd mirror's frame, night After night, did Massachusetts' Sumner Work, and con, and practice o'er that speech, Which has fructified our shame. 'Tie true! 'Tie passing true! That Mfassachusetts'abolition crew, And all the Black Republicans, both far And wide, were well prepar'd with their Applause, to make the welkin ring. But alack a day! That Southern Brooks Did break the spell, when he did bruise Our Sumner's head. 'Tio true the speech was Full of smut. Was rank with poison Distilled as coldly as a serpent's is. 'Tis true It fairly reek'd with foul abuse of some Most learned Senators ; and slandered hasely A gallant and right noble sovereign State. Yet still our crewl filled with dark envenom'd hate, Would have applauded and would have sworn That black was white, that day was night, Thrt dark was light, that wrong was right, That Sumner %as Demosthenes revived, And truth and right alee with us survived, But then that Brooks! that Brooks! that Southern Brooks! With his light cane broke down our hopes, Destroy'd our plot, and bruised our Sumner's head. Why in thunder did'nt Sumner fight I Dread Brooks is tall and strong. But our Sumner Is taller, stouter, and knows how to box. Why didn't he seize the inkstand 1 Fill Brooks' Eyes with ink, and with his Senatorial chair Bestow on him Cyclnpian knocks? Was our Sumner scared, that in the August Senate Chamber he should sprawl, And tamely groan and squeal and bawl ? Ah, that Brooks! that Brooks! that Southern Brooks! Vote to expel him! They'll not do it! And if they do, he'll not care. Censure him! All wise men know that censure undeserv'd, Harms not him on whom it falls; but With treble force recoils on ihose who give it. Censure on Brooks and Keitt, true to themselves, Their country, and her cause, will fall as lightly, As a nestling's down upon a warrior's steel. No! I'll to the House and there I'll speak My wrath, my hate, on dread Brooks I'll wreak, And if he calls me out, there's Bladenburgh, The usual place-but sixteen miles away We can tide there in three hours-any day. No! I rather think I'll not go there! But I'll Appoint to meet him-at Se-bas-to-pol!! Or near the cataract's deafening sound, Niagara, of Canada on Great Britain's ground, 'Tim only seven hundred miles away, True! Gorsuch, a Southern man, was foully slain By a wolfish Abolition pack. If Brooks Goes there, 'twill be a course he'll run, Through seven hundred miles of abolition mobs!!! But I'll to Dromedary, of Ohio, and I'll say, As the trusty camel doth his rider bear O'er the desert plains of Araby. So I'll be borne throughout this quarrel, By thee my much lov'd Dromedary!!! And then on Dromedary, tuneful name ! Towards Niagara!!! Or Se-bastopl !! ! I'll trot to dazzling, blindilng :ame, And wthen--no bloodyfight-takes place, we can tell, At least, how I went through " the motions welL" Yes ! I'll to the House and there i'll speak My wrath ! my hate ! on dread Brooks I'll wreak. ( Exit.3 FiNts., MURDER OF A NORTa CAROLINA MAN IN KAN sAs-A Kanas correspotndent of the Boston Post, writes: ,.Ahorribaif e taogeu in Lawrence abosIu te dy ago, retsulting n the death of a Mir. Georg Wisn of Nrth Carolina, a wvorthy .dinoffensive man. The whoule affair was the result of a quarrel about a single dollar! It appears that Mir. Wilson, who was travelling with his datughter, hired of a Mr. Chapman, keeper of a livery stable in Lawrence, a convey. ince to take himself atnd daugnter to Lecomp tn, and on his return a dispute arose between them ab..ut the price to be paid. Mr. Wilson, it seem", refused to pay a dollar which Mr. Chapman claitmed as due him. Mr. Chapman then remarked that he would make him pay it, and that he should not allow l.itm to leave with. .ut it. Mr. Wilson denied owing it, and told r. Chapman to let him aloune. After these words Mr. Wilson proceeded to get into the ~tage to go on his jourtney, wvhen Mir. Chapmatn, who had a large club prepared, rushed up be. hind him antd struck him over the head, fractur ing his skull and causing his death in a few hours. Mir. Chapman endeav'ored to make his escape, but was arrested and taken to Le~comp tn, where he is now held in custody. It is said that Mr. Wilson was partially de ranged, ocena-ioned by excessive gr~ief over the recent loss of his wife, and that his daughter was travelling with him in the hope of reviving his depressed spirits. They were on their way sack home, when, on arriving at Lawrence. Mr. Wilson met with thte unfortunate difficulty which resulted in his death, leaving Miss Wit son bereft of both father atnd mother. HARTFURD, CoNN., Aug. 21. The "Charter Oak" fell this morning, at a quarter before one o'clock, withI a tremendous rash, and but six f~et of the stump tnow re mains. This famous tree was far past its prime when the charter was concealed in it on lthe 9th of May, 1689, and was probably an old tree when Columbus discovered the New World. It stood upon the old Wyllin estate, now owned by Hon. J. W. Stuart. Crowds of citizens aro visitinig the ruins, and each one bears away a portion of thte venerahle tree. WHAT A PRETTY MAN !-Bigelow, in his Fre mnt romance, .says: " His eyes (Fretmont's) are blue and very arge, his no'se aquilitne, htis forehead, over which sis brown curling huir is parted at the centre, is nigh and enpacinus." HeI neither stmukes nor chews, atnd seldom -takes a dropi." He, was so pio~us whlen a boy tt lhe used to fatigne people by reciting Bible verses to themi, and all his folks thought he would certainlhy be a minister, lHe never at tempted to lighlt a duel except itt defence of smebody he loved better than he did himself, and uses no tnughtty words. Hie is kind to Jessie and her children, snd goes to the Episco pal church. Who~ cnn deny that these charac teristics qualify John C. Fremont for the office of chief magistrate of the Utuited States of North America? Certninly not such a smooth poet as Mr. Bigelow.-Bnste'n Post. MINISTER T203I ENGI.AND.-A Washuington correspondent of the New York Herald says; "I learn this morning, from tno oficeial source. however, but yet from a reliable and generally well informed quarter, that Lord Howden baa received the appointment of Mini.-ter to the United States, in place of Mr. Crampton, dis missed. His Lordship, rumor atsserts, is a tried and fast friend to this country, as well as being an able and experienced diploait." NZEw ORLEANS, Aug. 23. The recent storm is now a.scertained to have extended largely over thme cotton region of the Gulf, but a very little of the cotton was open for picking, no serious damn:'ge is apprehetdded, providing the weather remains fine for a.couple of weeks. The maturity of the growing plant, however, has been retarded by the storm at least ten days. WJDow.-Thety are the very mischief. 'There's nothing like 'em. If they make up their minds to marry, it's done. I knew one that was terri- I ble afraid of thunder and lightning, and every I time a storm came on she would run into Mr.< Smith's house, (he was a widower,) and clasp< her little hands, and fiy around, till the man was 4 half distracted for fear she would be killed ; and 4 the consequence was, she wan Mrs. John Smithj before three thunderstorms rattled over her head,i From the Charleston Standard. WASINGToN, August 27, 1856. There are yet no signs of an agreement be ween the two houses of Congress, on the sub eet of the Army Appropriation Bill, and a great ariety of opinion exists as to the probable re u.t if the dispute. Yesterday', like Monday, pased without any thing practkeal being done. dr. Weller clled up his bill for annulling the bnoxious laws of Kansas Territory, and'an nieresting debaie followed, which exhibited the act that the Democratie side of the Senate vere much divided among themselves as to what teps should be taken to secure the bill and >rotect the general welfare. Mr.Bayard express. d a willingness to support Mr. Weller's bill as sort of an amendment to the organic law-in he nature of a " bill of rights," which every 3tate has embodied in her Constitution; and us Kansas had as yet no Constitution, he would ipport-the bill propsed-as he believed the ?eople there entitled to just s h a declaration Af great natural rights; but hrwas opposed to he revision of any particular .laws of Kansas, is such a revision would be at war with the spirit of the Kansas and Nebraska act, which guarantied to the citizens the right to adopt inst such laws as they deelned proper for their own government, not in conflict with the Con. titution or laws of the United States. If they were in conflict with the Constitution, it would be the exclusive province of the judiciary to de. ermine that fact. He (Mr. Bayard) would, therefore, oppose any such revision in this view )f the subject. Gov. Brown, of Mississippi, )ne of the ablest and most influential Senators )n the floor, fully coincided, but would oppose he bill, and any and all legislation touching the laws of Kansas. Senators Butler, Mason and )thers, took the same-view of the case; while Senator Weller thought that all unconstitution. il legislation shouLd be wiped from the statute books without waiting for the action of the Ju liciary. Senator Cass thought that Congress :ould and should revise any improper legislation by the legislative assembly of a Territory, and defended his views, for the one hundredth time, on the question of ,squatter sovereignty. Durlig tbe pending of the question of Weller's bill, the Senate adjourned. Mr. Crittenden gave notice, yesterday, of his intention to introduce a bill changing the terri. torial organization of Kansas, and assimulate it to all the old territories, by withdrawing all leg. islative functions from the assembly, and vesting them solelv in the Governor and Judges. Such was the organization of all the old territories and after repealing all the obnoxious laws, he thinks his bill will be a panacea for all the bor. der difficulties. Mr. C. contemplates making a great speech on his proposition to-day if it came up for ac ion. The House did literally nothing yesterday, if not worse than nothing. The Special Committee on twe fight between Gen. McMullen, of Virgi. nia, and Mr. Granger of Nest York, made their reports, (majority and minority) yesterday, much to the amusement of the House and galleries. From the facts it appeared that Gen. M. was the asp-aulted party, but Mr. Simmons, of New York, the Black Republican Chairman of the Commit tee, labored hard to prove otherwise, and in the attempt, rendered himself an tobject of contempt and ridicule. The reports will be printed. No move was made in the House yesterday on the Army Bill. To-day the general docket is in order, and the business of the regular ses sion will likely be resumed. IvANHoE. I0I From th. Chicago Journal, Aug.20. THE CaoPs IN THE NoaTH-WEsT.-Wm. Jones, jr., d Co., of the Commercial Agency, continue to receive advics from various pasrts of the North-west, relative to the condition and prospects of the gathering and growing crops. The followinag are taken from their books: FUz.TON Co. IL., Aug. 19.-The wheat and oat harvest is finished, and never has the farmer been better paid for his labor. It was thosught that th~e wheat crop, by the early drought, would be short, but a more abundant crop of winter wheat was never harvested in this county. The farmers from all parts of this county are loud in praises of it. The spring wheat is- not so good, r and is not motre thap half a good e~..Oats the saamu. Corn eoopwill be uanpiJ~4A LAsALLD~ Co., 11.-The crop of whtand ats is very good in this county. Corn is good, sand will be a large crop. WAUPAcca Co., Ws.-The wheat erop is first rate in thils country, both as to quality and quan tty. Corn was injured by the drought, but it will be an average crop, better than usual. WASHINGTON Co., loWA.-Our merchants arc, in general, doing a good business. Money tight, owing to the. demand for buildiug and speculation. The wheat crop is good. Oats and corn are average. THE DRnUGHT IN SOUTHERN KENTCCKY. The Hopkinsville Patriot, of the 12th inst., says : "'rThe drought is doing a fatal work in this section of the State, and farmers begin to fear a recurrence of the season of 1854. Late corn is worth nothing att all, tobacco is little better, antd everything like pasturntge is literally burn. ing up. Corn is now selling at $1.50 per bar. r in Logan, and will be much higher still." A GOOD Or.D AG E.-We learn from a reliable source that there resides in JIohnsontville, Wil. liamburg district, a lady b~y the n:ime of Single. Lun, who is 130 years of age. Shte is a native of Ge rgetown dis.triet, was a grown young lady at the time of Braddock's defeat, and cn r~cunt mansy ineident. of the revolutionary war. Shse has been perrectly blind for thirty vp-ar-, but cast walk about the house and yard with no othier assistanee than a walking sticek. Marion (S. C.) Star. A man named William Gibbons died of by. drophohina in Philadelphia on Saturday. He had been bitten nine weeks ago by a dog, and the wosund, which was on the thumb, having henled up and to all appearances well, when, on the morning of the 18th instant, the pain was renewed in the lacerated part. Up to the 20th the deceased entertained no thought of the dreadful death so near at hand. Here is what the London Chronicle, one of ueen Victoria's organs, has to say in reference o our Presidential struggle: " We should b9 orry to see Mr. Buchanan elected, because he a in favor of preserving the obnoxious institu ~ions as they exist, and the unity of the States. rhere is no safety for European Monarchical iovernments if the progressive spirit of the Democracy of the United States is allowed to mceed. Elect Freemont, and the first blow to the.separation of the United States is effected I" NEGRO STEALtNG.-Some few days ago a roung man by the name of Buford, who was cting as clerk for Mr. Gamble, of the Winns boro Hotel, disappeared, and at the same time lso a negro boy. Suspicions were aroused hat there was some concert of action between them. Mr. Gamble wrote immediately to some f his friend. in Greensboro, N. C., requested them to be on the look out. A day or two ago e received a letter informing him of the appre ension of both Buford and the negro at Greens oro. They have both been brought back and odged in the jail, where Buford will await trial or life.-Winnsboro Register. ONE of the agricultural papers has a picture >f a milking machine, and suggests an improve. nent, namely: " The attachment of a mnusic box, to be op. ~rated by the main shaft, in such a way' as to liscourse sweet melody during the delivery of he milk. Few animals are insetnsible to the harms of music, and even insects are said to end a willing ear. Under its fascin.ating insfu nee the old cow may be expected to stasnd per eetly still, while the flies, forgetting to bite, vill buzz around with joy." . I NORTHERN METHoDIsTS.-The first number if the"- Northern Independent," the publication af which originates with the Methodists oif Cuin ral New York, who were offended because Mr. lomer was removed from the editorship of the ~ortern Advocate by the General Conference, as been issued. The nsew editor of the Advo ate says: " This new paper movement is i rev. ulutionary movement. It is the clearest instance, f open, well-defined resistance to law and or. ler that has ever arisen in Methodist Church instory. Its triumph is the downfall of consti einal Methodism."