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44 Dm raiaaitir, Catest Ueus, iterature, aR16orait1, ffprnee pirouture, &et WWe will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our LiCerties, and If it must fall,6 I 4, OCTOBER 89 86 GIVE AIDI0 XANBAS. Hush! hear ye not the distant sound of martial music blending ? As loudly on the southern storm Its voice for aid 'tis sending ? Hear ye,amid the martial strains, Tonesof the bold and brave, Proclaiming there, with patriot's cheer, Their -1 Southern Rights" to save ? List, asit skims the swelling tide, Of Carolina's sea, Still cheering on, thro' strife and storm, To limes of Liberty; And as it floats upon the breeze Of Georgia's spotless land, It askealoud, its tones all proud, Her aid, for the Kansas baud. Hark! to the sweeping notes, that tell Of Glory to be won; To wrest'our right, from Northern might The honor of our sons: Come to the standard, now unfurled; Launch bodly on the sea, And let its wave bear ye, all brave, To shores of Victory. Fly to.the "-Border. Ruffian's" aid, Fly to the swelling tide; And fiercely in, 'mid battle's din, Practice your Southern pride; Cast off your coats of cloth, an don Those of the crimson cst Let that proclaim your sours just aim, And struggle to the last. I GIVE THEE ALL, DEAREST. BY 9. F. t'CLURE. I give thee all, my dearest! All that I have on earth; 'Tie better far than riches, Than fortune's pride of birth. For riches, love, may fly us, And pride but cause a smart; Then take the gift I offer A pure and loving heart! The world may look-on coldly; Well let it look and frown! The sun that ruse enclouded' as gone in lustre down! Then say you truly love me, 'And never from me part, And take the gift I ofrer A true and loving heart. The lords of earth may revel In wealth and idle ease; And thousands worship Mamnion, pon te beae ~ But we, though poor and needy, Will bear each others smarts, And go through life together With true and trusting hearts "AND TUEY WENT AND TOLD JE SUS." Most persons will recall the circumstances to which these words relate. The disciples of John had been deprived of their Master. To the malice and hatred of Herod, he had fallen a victim. They saw themselves bereft of their dear comforter and friend; cast out upon the world like sheep without a shepherd, comfort less and alone, broken-hearted and dismayed. Overwhelmed with grief, they take up the body, as it is said, bury it, and then go and tell Jesus. There is one consideration connected with the Saviour's life upon earth-his trials, his temptations and his sorrows, which the Chris tian is too apt to overlook. It is this. Through these trials and temptations,-the very same which the Christian experiences at the present time-he has been made for us a more perfect intercessor and sympathiser. To this the apos tie alludes, when he declares, " We have not an high.priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we nre, yet without sin." In trouble and afflietion, the desire of sympa thy is one of the most natural feelings of the human heart. If the soul can but unburden itself to another, and as the little hymn so sweetly and so emphatically expresses it " Fill our fellow creatures' ear With the sad tale of all our care," it seems a most wondrous alleviation to the burden pressing upon our heart. We see it exemplified in the little child, when, with its little heart throbbing with grief, it runs to its mother, and burying its face in her bosom, tells her all its little sorrows and troubles. We see it in sterner manhood, when to our bosom friend we unhesitatingly pour out our whole soul; not that he hatht it in his power to remove the source-the occasion of the trouble -but simply that w~e may experience his sym pathy, which we feel to be a panacea for our grief, alleviation to our deepest sorrow. And oh, how is this alleviation heightened, when we kntow that that friend has been through the same furnance of aiffliction-has~ experienced the same trials, and safely outrode them all. Oh, then with what freedom does the soul throw open all its secret chnmbers-unburdening itself most fully, that a full flood-tide of this alleviai ting sympathy may flow through it. But. let us suppose that our friend has not only experienced the same trouble and trials. but possesses that within himself, wvhich can entirely obliterate the source of an afflietion the flood of sympathy gushing from his benevo lent soul, entirely washing away the seeds of all our misery and distress. With what earnest ness would such a sympathiser-so benevolent, so powerful, be cherished and loved by us. IHow we would flee to him at all times! How continually would his image be impressed upon our heart. In his society, how greatly would we delight. Now look at Jesus Christ. Is not all this temptations, that he might become a more per fect sympathiser in those very trials and temp tations. He knew the human heart. Heo knew its fondness for sympathy, H~e knew what a comfort, what a powerful and cheerinig instiga tion in all his trials, the thought of a powerful sympathiser would be to the Christian, and He prepared himself accordingly. Ho honored the feeling. He had respect to it. He adapted himself to it, and for it; and those that take away a sympathizing, all-powerful Christ from our religion, think not that they are violating one of the strongest demands of our nature. We appedl to every Christian, if the want-the desire of- a sympthiser-all benevolent, all powerful, in a work so momentous as the salva tio of i soul-opposed as he is by trials, and temptations, and spiritual enemies innumera ble he does not feel to be the very first demon of his spiritual nature. " Being tempted in all points, like as we nr< yet without sin." Oh, then with what free dom at all times, in all our wants and trials, maj we go and tell Jesus. My Christian brother, are you in poverty and want? Go and tell Jesus. He knew not wherc to lay his head. Do you mourn departed friends? Go and tell Jesus. He wept at Lazarus' tomb. Are you tempted and buffeted by Satan? Gc and tell Jesus. le will remember the wilder ness. the pinnacle and the mount. Do you mourn the absence of God's love 1 Go and tell Jesus. He will recall Calvary and Gethsemane. Do you bewail the ingratitude and coldness of friends? Go and tell Jesus. All once for. sook him and fled. Do you earnestly desire and for the salvation of those you love? Go and tell Jesus. He wept for the salvation of Jerusalem, and would have gathered her children together as a het gathereth her chickens under her wings.-Chris tian Observer. A NEW UsE FOR OLD BooT.-A correspon dent of the Charleston Courier, writing from Saratoga, tells the following amusing anecdote: At the great ball of the season, which came off at the United States Hotel a few nights since, a millionaire widow of Boston, with Southern blood in her veins, and with several responsibili. ties at home, figured with, some say, $10,000, and others $25,000 worth of jewelry, on her richly attired person. Free and easy in her manners, and accustomed to accost any gentle man she pleases, whether introduced or not, and seeing one of the masculino gender of very ele gant presence near her, with looks expressive of admiration of either herself or her costly~apparel, she said to him, " Don't you admire this brooch 1" pointing to the rich jewel, which adorned her bust. " Yes," lie replied, "I admire it much, and still more the wearer." " Don't you think," said she, " that I am an adventurous person to travel unattended as I am, with $35,000 in jewels about my person, [or in my possession ?"] The gentleman assented, and she added, "I'll tell you how I manage it. When I go to bed, at night, I put dear old dead D****n's boots outside of my chamber door, and they protect me from robbery or intrusion." MODEL CERr.IFICATE.-The following certifi cate speaks for itself. It is going the rounds, and we should like to have it "located," in or der to advise the owner to take out a " patent": Dear Doctor:-I will be one hundred and seventy-live years old next October. For nine ty-four years I have been an invalid, unable to move, except when stirred with a lever; but a year ago last Thursday, I heard of the Granicu lar Syrup. I bought a bottle, smelt of the cork, and found myself a new man. I can now run twelve and a half miles an hour, and throw nineteen double-suumnersets without stopping. P. S.-A little of your Alicumstoutum Salve applied to a wooden leg reduced a compound fracture in fifteen minutes, and is now covering the litab with a fresh cuticle of white gum pino bark. HArry STATE OF EXISTE.CE.-Il the prcsent exciting timies the following picture of an old main, re.iding near the Castle Spring, Pa., as given by the correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, is peculia.rly refreshing: " In one of our rambles we came across a hanilet on the foot of the mountain. An old man was sitting on a rude bench at the door; the place was bo quiet, secluded, and the pros pect over the valley so enchanting that we con cluded to rest a few minutes. Entering into conversation with the old man, we ascertained that lie was in his ninety-first year, and had lived nearly all his lit'e within sight of the spot. Her mit, like, as his life had been away from town and cities, and partaking in none of the advan tages as well :s troubles and foibels of society. we could not resist the curisity of drawing him out on some of the leading topics of the day. We found, ais is the case with most very old people, that his recollection of events which oc curred more than half a century :igo, was very good, but of the present and more recent affairs he was almost entirely oblivious. "He recollected whfen Washington was Presi dent, and had some faint, glimmering of remote events in thme political wvorld. Of the present in cumbent he had no knowledge and did not knowv his name. ie had not even heard of the Brooks and Sumner amiair, and lie supposed it was noth ing more than a common fight, like scores ho had seen at shooting matches and other gather ings in his time. Steamships erossing the ocean he had never heard of, and the telegraph was a wonder too iincredible for belief. His habit had been to go to bed at dark, as it saved light, and lie rose at day break. He said the fowls did it, and lhe supposed nature taught them so. H~e enjoyed good health, and seemed to be wearing gradually away with old age, sinking into the listless, dreamy state, which makes the passage from life to death scarcely pierceptible. THE CORN OF EGvPT.--The St. Louis papers mention that a Mr. Davis has raised a quantity of the veritable " Corn of Egypt," fromi a seed taken from the hand of a mummy,:mnd next year he expects to make a quantily of flour from the grain. WVe shall then know wvhat sort of bread Joseph and the rest of those old fellows used to eat. Query: WVonder whether th~eir loimves were a~s smaill for five cenits as they are in New Orleans ?-N. 0. Bulletin. UNrARALLELED FEAT.-Maine street waS jammed full on Friday, betwveen Eagle and Cliiton streets, with thousaiids of hadies and gentlemien, to witness the feat of walking on r wire from the balcony of the American Hotel to the top of the pole of Jim Myer's great Cir ens, by Madame Louise. The daring feat was penformed easily and gracefully, to the aston. ishmient and fear oif every one that witnessed it.-L'uff. Republic. BELLEs AND DAHUrAs.-" Dahlias are like the most boautiful women without intellectuality; they strike you with astonishment by their exte. rior splendor, but are miserably destitute of those properties which distinguish and render agreeable less imposing flowers. Had nature given the fragrance of the rose or lily to the dah ia, it would have been the most magnificent gemr of the gardeii-but, wanting scent, it is like a fine woman without mind." ACCESsloN To THE FRIEIONT RANKs.-The Rev. M 1r. Anderson, a big black negro, is canvas sim'g Indiana for Fremont. He made a speech at Rising Sun, omi Sunday of last week. Hie first sung a song, and then commenced as follows: I have been making Fremont speeches, ane this is the fourth otie I have made to-day. I ans for Fremont, free speech, free soil, free negroes, and free white men-when theyj beharethemnselves, WVHAT THE YOUNG CADETs OF. WEsT Ponn TmNKi.-A quiet vote for the -Presidency wam taken by the twvo or three hundred Cadets, a fetw days ago, which resulted as follows: For Fre m'ont, 7; for Fillmore, 40; Buchanan all the remainder. This shows the opinion the yonna soliers have of Col Fremont. From the Charleston Standard. THE CRISIS OF 1856. NO. II. "To do that," (that is, to resist the anti-slavery ag gression of a fixed majority of non-slaveholding States,) " concert of action must be necessary-not to save the Union, for it would be then too late-but to save [ ourselves. Thus, is my view, concert is the one thing needful."--J. C. Calhoun. I have ventured, in my last number, to depre. cate the indulgence, on the present occasion, of that spirit of intolerance and proscription-as mischievous in politics as in religion-which, I fear, is rather a besetting sin with many, even among the most honest and pure of South Ca rolina patriots. For myself, I do not admire the Pharisee, though he may be no hypocrite; I have no taste for the mouthing of Sempronius, even if he had not proved a traitor; I do not like a bully, though as an exception to the gene ral rule, he may be brave; and, in my opinion, true wisdom, if not always modest, will at least forbear to express contempt for those whom she desires to win. I propose now to show that in South Caro. lina unanimity, in the impending perils, is not hopeless-nay, that by a reasonable course of moderation and forbearance, it may be relied on with confidence. In recurring to the past. though I shall go no further back than 1847, and shall advert to noth ing which was not familiar but recently, the rea der, I think, will find many things which will appear new, and which he may find worth pon dering. The sentiment in South Carolina on the sub jiet of the Wilmot Proviso, in 1847, was, per haps, as nearly unanimous as was ever exhibited among any i.eople in any age. When, in March of that year, Mr. Calhoun appeared at the gyreat meeting, in the Theatre, in Charleston, Whigs and Democrats, Union men and Nullifiers, met fraternally, and expressed in common a spirit of stern defiance. The same feeling was exhibited from the seabord to the mountains, from Pick ens to IHorry. The State was a unit. In December, 1848, with :n excitement more intense, the unanimity was still the same. The Legislature at its session passed, by acclama tion, the following resolution, adopted as a firm resolve. and from which the State has never swerved " Resnl red, unaninmusl, That tho time for discussion by the slaveholding States, as to their exclusion from the territory recently acquired from Mexico, has passed, and that this general Assembly, representing the feelings of the State of South Cal olina, is prepared to co-operate with her sister Staes in resisting the applications of the principles of the Wilmot Proviso t. sucn territory, at any and every hazard." In December, 1849, wi(h an unanimity still unimpaired, the following joint resolution was adopted: "Resolred, That in the event of the passage by Congress of the Wilmot Proviso, or any kindred measure, his Excellency the Governor be reqnested forthwith to convene the Legislature, in order to take such steps as the. rights, inter ests and honer of this. State, and of the whole South, sha'l temand." This, in twe Senate, was accompanied by the following raiob "In the Senate, December 13, 1849. The Committee on Federal Relations, to whom was relerred so much of the message of his Excel lency the Governor as relates to the recommen diation of the people of the StatU of Mississippi, for a convention of the people of the Southern States, to he held in Nashville, in June next, and also so much of the message as relates to tihe convening of tie Legislature of this State, in the event of the passage by Congress of the Wilmot. Proviso, or any kindred measure, beg leave to report: That they cordially concur with the views e.xpressed by his Excellency the Gov.. ernor ;is to the necessity on the part of the Soth. crn people W a united action again:,t the eneroach ments upon their douestic institutions, and their condition of equality in this conlfederaev, by the people of the Nort i, and by Lie Congress of the United States, and rejoicing wit hlimi in the lofty and dignitied positi-nm assumed by the peo ple of the State oh Mississippi, :gainst anyii such infractions of the comnpronmises of thme Con. stitution ; and the appeal which she ha:s made to her sister States of the South to unite with her in comnmon counsel against commflonl aggfression. The Committee are of the opinion expressed by this Legislature at its last session, thatt thme pe riod of decisive action h:,s arrived, and that tile atuthorities of South Carolina should be prepared promptly to take such steps as the other States of the South shall rccommend and her own posi tion demnands. The committee, therefore, in conformity with their own opinions, and, as they believe, with the expressed and understood wish es of the Legislature and of the p~eople of the whole State, recommend for adoption the fol lowing resolutions," &e. And in the House of Representatives, was adopted on the same subject, the report following: "i]n thme H-ouse cf Representatives,December 18, 1849. TIhe Committee on Federal Relations, to whom wvas referred so much of the Gover nor's Message, as relates to the recommenda tion to the Southern States, by a Convention of the people of Mississippi to send delegates to meet at Nashville, to consult in common, uponL common rig-hts, tith a siew to unity of action. " And, also, so much of the message as re lates to the convening of the Legislature upon the Wilmot Proviso, or any kindred measure be coming a lamw of Congress, report, that thea peo plc of this Staec entertain an ardent desire and tixed determination to resist the lawless and un just encroachments of Congress, on the rights of the South, and have pledged themselves, through their Legislators, to co-opcrate with the other southern states, in opposition to all such measures. Thley therefore concur with his Ex cellency in the belief, thamt South Carolina hails with delight thme proffer of the people of Missis sippi, or meeting by delegates in common coun sel, at Nashville, and will heatrtily and promptly send delegates there to represent them. That they concur also wvith his Excellency ini the pro priety of calling together the Legislature, should any such contingency occur, as is alluded to by his Excelleney, and~ therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolutions," &c. In 1850, though the issue was changed by the adoption in Congress of the celebrated Com promise measures, it cannot be forgotten how smaill was the falling off in South Carolina; though in other parts of the South the cheat had operated but two successfully in producing division tad disunion. Can any Charlestonian fail to remember the outburst of indignation with which a disappointed public visited a mod est attempt at conciliation, from the pen of a respected and favorite citizen, then the Collec tor of the port? I use language none too strong, when I say that his position, though skill ftully and eloquently as well as courteously sus tained, was execrated by- a community almost unanimous. Two replies were published, one attributed to our fellow-citizen, the Hon. A. G. Magrath, and the other to Ben. C. Pressley, Esq.; and I shall conclude my present number by an extract from the first. I propose for my next nlumber an extract from the second, and such re marks upon the two as may serve to give them application. - . " But net for a moment," says the writer of the frsnt reply, "Mbay I been shaken by the ex pression of your doub in the opinion I have formed, that, in a separate cofederacy alone will we find our safety. No sepaote and indepen dent States ever possessed soqmany concurring circumstances to unite them apd keep them uni ted as these Southern .Statess They are each identified withan institutione aliar to them. selves. Of all the eliments hich operate to continue political society and ocial order, none can be found more potential thn domestic sla very as it exists in these StaT. While it ope rate, on the'one hand, to devel.pe to its highest perfection civil liberty, it removes from the com munity in which- it is found,:all possible ten dency to licentiousness and dgrarianism. The superiority which it gives to; the white class makes them jealous of any arbitrary assumption of power, while the slaves ociupy that position in labor that supplies the pial *of that lawless population who overturn go ernments at one time for mischief, at anoLhe t'me for bread. Without antagonism in inte there can be no partial or unjust legislation. iWith the world for a market, the only emula can be in the value of their productions. Aiking the same political privileges-needing 4e same political protection-their communiti, resting on the same basis, their laws the sam , -their language, tastes, sympathies, the samebhomogenous in everything that pertains to th4r political, civil or social relations, they wool almost seem to have been marked out by.Proifdeneo as a people created for an union amongV themselves, and with no one else. Possessink the most superi or advantages in the cultivatioc of those staples which regulate the commerce f the world, the preservation of peaceful rel4ions with these States would be asimportan1 the commercial nations of Europe as presre g quiet within their own dominions. Bette 'would it be for England that the Chartists u Id march unmo lested tlirdugli her land, than at these cotton growing States should refus 'r the supply slie demands for those factori "from which her thousands of a pauper popul on are supported in life. Naturally thus secur in the continu ance of a commerce of whie e carrying trade has poured out its rich returi into the lps of the Northern States of this federaey, on its wings would come back to u at wealth which once was ours, and out of w we have been cheated. Thus introduced the pathway in which national wealth would ow in to reward individual enterprize and lab we should soon find ourselves advancing to possession of all that enriches and adorns ized life. The tribute we pay to a govern t whose aim is but to oppress us, would, by ' expenditure at home, develope zamong us hose arts which are bron with as only perish, from want, in the crnidle. While in all the gen tie walklof life, we would destined to a state of improved existence, rganization of our society would ever make. 'ind keep us, as a people, more thn .~ - our t - most..... semi........ whil - - - wou - - with is"4 one. ....., says. Utit we must re member that there are degrees ii nobility. The highest nobility is the nobility of beneficence. An honest mnai, says the poet, is the noblest work of God. We have no hesitation in ex tending thu apothegeum. The noblest work of God ii the man who is not only honest, but who does the greatest good. The greatest of' all temporal blessings is Health. And, as the men tal condition is controlled by the physical, the effects of Health can hardly be regarded as ter minating with a mere temporal benefit. Trhen who is the greatest of all human bene factors? He obviously who enables us to re store healih that has been deleriorated, and to preserve Health that is gnod. The secret of restoring and preserving Health has been the great aim of the modern philanthropist as it was the philosopher's stone of the ancient, al chemist. The secret has been discovered, its discove rer proving himself thereby not only the greal test philosopher but the greatest philanthropist the world ever sa:w. Tihe question, " Who is he ?" has been asked by millions and answered to them; and they have rejoiced. Professor Iolloway has conferred more blessings on hu manity than: have all the " soi-disant" social re formers, and pseudo-phi lanthropists the world ever saw. The Iame of hisPills and Ointment has penetrated to the remotest confines of the earth, and their use has diffused health and all the happiness thait follows health over count less thousands. From the icc bound capes of Lap-. land to the sunny shores of the Mediterranean, from the hoary summit of the Ural Motnntains to the eastern shores of the Atlantic, there is not a city, town, or village of any note, in which they arc not met with. Trhe missionary takes little else in his medicine chest; the sailor never needs a more varied supply for his. They arc peculiarly adapted to the diseases incidental to the American climate. They have never failed here or elsewhere. Friends we indulge in no exaggeration; we defy contradiction, because we state what we know to be true. If you are ill try these Medicines, and then say whether our statements are baseless. WVe are confident of your decision.-New Orleans Picauyune. VALUATION OF BOSToN.-The Assessor's val uation of Boston this year, presents an aggre gate of 8248,000.000. The grain of valuation in the city since 1846, ten years ago, has been one hundred million dollars, an increase which shows most conclusively the onward progress of Boston. This vast sum of 8100,000,000, says the Traveller, is more than [lhe entire valu ation o f either Maine, New Hampshire or Ver mont. THE Mobile Register recommends that in the event of Fremont's election, the Souitherni mem bers of Congress, instead of going to Wash ingt on, shouldl repair to their respective State Capitols, and take counsel with the State Exe utives and Legislatures as to what is best to be done. Siuwr KILLTED.-The Greenville Enterprise of the 25th ult., says: " Tho only circumstance of note that has transpired in our quiet village since our last issue was the killing of a polecat in the cellar of a dry goods firm on Main street. It survived the lick of a shingle only a very few minutes. But in those few moments, oh I horrows. The neighborhood will long remember the death of (what we hope may be the case) the last of his race. "You may beat, you may kill a skunk if-you will, But a terrible scent will hang round it still." STAnTLING DEATh.-At a revival at McGee's Meeting House, Sampson county, N. C., a few dyagalady joined In a prayer offered up. When the congregation arose, she was discov ered remaining on her knees with her hands lenched to the back of her seat, and on examni nt ion wan fond t6 be entirely dead. of the 26th inst., by the hands of Mr. Conner. Accompanying this, you will receive a note from Mr. Taber, to which I refer you as my answer. Your obedient servant, JOHN HEART. Mr. Heart, accompained by his friends, at the time agreed upon, appeared upon the ground, and, after the fall of Mr. Taber, Mr. S. Champ lin, the acting second of Mr. Heart, notified Mr. Conner of his presence, and his readiness to answer the demand of E. Magrath, Esq., for satisfaction; whereupon Mr. Conner replied that they had no further demand to make. Mr. Con ner then, in company with his principal, retired from the field. JAMES CONNER, On the part of E. MAGRATH. SAMUEL CHAMPLIN, On the part of Mr. HEART. TO THE PUBLIC. On Saturday, the 27th of September, Mr. Edmund Rhett, Jr., while residing on Sullivan's Island, was informed that a challenge had been sent by Edward Magrath, Esq., to Messrs. Heart and Taber, of the Charleston Mercury, based upon the publication in that paper of certain communications signed "A Nullifier," and ad. dressed to Hon. A. G. Magrath. Mr. Rhett immediately addressed the follow ing note to,the Hon. A. G. Magrath: CHARLESTON, Sept. 27,1856. SiR:-It has just come to my knowledge, that your brother, E. Magrath, Esq., has sent a challenge to the Editors of the Mercury, on ae. count of the publication in that paper of the ar ticles singned " A Nullifier." With a view of preventing a collision between our mutual friends, I hereby avow myselfthe author of those articles. I trust, sir, that you will see the propriety of relieving others from the probable and painful consequences of vindicating your honor, by vindicating it yourself. Mv friend, Dr. Furman, will make the neces sary'arrangements. Your obedient servant, EDMUND RHETT, Ja. To the I-Ion. A. G. AlAonATK, Charleston. This note was entrusted to me for delivery. When I reached Charleston I found that Mr. A. G. Magrath was in Aiken. I took the morning train on Sunday, the 28th, and reached Aiken at half-past one o' lock. About half-past two o'clock I saw Mr. Magrath, and delivered the note in person. Mr. MAagrath said he would re ply to it. I told him that I felt it my duty to suggest, what Woul probably occur to himself -that, for the object of the note, time was very important. He replied: "I understand you, sir." I then informed him that I would be at the Hotel until eleven o'clock at night, at which hour I intended to leave for the city. Mr. 31a grath then said that he would reply in Charles ..4 A' publication of certain artice.s, of wnicn )uu have avowed yourself the author. I took the most effectual means, circumstanced as I was, to put a stop to the proceedings of which you notified me. I had hoped that these means would have proved successful; that they were not eitirely beyond my control. 1 came to the city the day after the receipt of your note in Aiketi. I then for the first time learned that definite arrange ments had been made for a duel between Mr. Taber and my brother, the time for their meet ing having been fixed at an hour prior to the ar rival of the car.. Your declaration of being the author of the articles wvhieb have appeared in the Mercury, addressed to myself, is of no interest or conse quence to mue. Should 1 deem it, requisite to take any step for mecetinig the unprovoked charges and aspeLrsions, I shall follow the dictates of my own sense of duty and propriety, aided therein by the counsel of friends, and not regarding the suggestions of my assnilant. To the public, as well as myself, it is due that this correspondence should be known. Your obedient servant, A. G. MAGRATHT. Mr. EnnJUND RIHETT, Jr. The above statement I have felt it my duty to make. 1. K. FURMAN. RUSSTA has not suffered much in her trade from the late war. Commerce and manufactures are entered into an extent never before manifes ted, and agriculture is everywhere flourishing under a bountiful harvest. The custom house at St. Petersburg is ovorwhelmed with business. The official journal at St. Petersburg says the number of travellers from that city to Moscow, in June, was a hundred and fifty thousand, in July. There were many British, German an d French visitors in Russia, from the curiosity to witness her real internal condition. Public im provements and free trade aire the principal top is discussed in thme newspapers. BANKTNG INe AUsrnALTA.-There are eight chartered banks in Australia, having an nggre gate capital of $23,000,000. Their profits have been enormous, some of them having paid divi dends as high as 30 per cent. last year, and most of them as high as 20 per cent. VALUABILE Cnor.-The crop of blackberries on Long Island was sold in New York, for about $5,000. The groceries paid 6A cents per quart, and, at this price, some persons received, for blackberries sold from their land, more than the land itself would fetch if put up for sale. PR OLIFIe CoTTo.-The Selma (Ala.) Sentinel thns descr ibes a stalk of a variety lately exhibited:. '- This stalk contained over one hundred full grown bol, and quite a number of squares and small bolls, and judging from its~ appearance, it would have yielded at least two pounds of the best quality of seed cotton. It was what is termed the "Boyd Cotton," and was grown on the plantation of 3Mr. Dillard, near this city. We should think cotton planters would find it quite profitable to plant this kind of cotton al together. Mir. Dillard informed us he had about eighty acres planted of this cotton, and that almost every atalk in the field would yield equal to the one shown us. We should think . ir. Dillard would do a great favor to the cotton planters generally, by saving his seed and pla ing a few of them in market this winter." DEA TH FROM1 THE BUasTING OF A SODA WA TER DOTTLE.--AnI Inquest was held on Thursday at the Mianchester Royal Infirmary on the body of John Day of Goulden street. *Henry Cheetham stated that he and the deceased were working for Mir. John Skerratt, ginger beer manufacturer. As lie was filling a gass bottle with soda water from a machine which fills the bottle and corks it, It broke, and a piece of the glass struck Day on the side of his face. He bled very much,and was taken to the Royal Infirmary, where lie died. r(.Ma ..ese a~~.. THE AFFML OF HONOR BETWEEN EDWARD M GRATIT, ESQ., AND WILLIMI R. TABER, JR., ESq. The undersigned deem it their duty to lay be. fore the community, through the press of the city, with a view to a just understanding of the late hostile difficulty between Mr. Edward Ma. grath and Mr. William R. Taber, Jr., the follow. ing correspondence and statements: The annexed communication was handed to Mr. Taber on Saturday forenoon, the 27th in. stant, Mr. James Conner, who bore it, not having met him the day previous: 36 BROAD-STREET, Sept. 26, 1856. To John Heart, Esq., and W. R. Taber, Jr., Esq., Editors Charleston Mercury: GENTLEMEN: You have, after repeated threa. tenings and with deliberation, published and circulated insulting and libellious attacks upon my brother, Judge Magrath. To effect this, you have put aside the habitual propriety of a Charleston newspaper; and, disregarding the taste and sentiment of the community, have emulated the corruption and licentiousness of a venal press elsewhere. You have done this without provocation, or the excuse of excitement, and in the face of re lations with Judge Magrath, proving upon both of you personal estimates of him in private ex actly the reverse of those you have endorsed and published. Herein is the proof of your delin quiney, either in your private intercourse or in your public conduct. You have, it is true, at tempted to interpose the protection and veil of an anonymous correspondent: this could not serve you in any event. In your seeming anxi ety to secure it, you have, by an apologetic para graph, in your own names as Editors, endorsed the libel. I am thus relieved of all question as to whom I should address myself. You knew, in attacking one exercising judicial functions, that, as to him, you would be exempt from the personal accountability I claim at your hands. You will not doubt my right to do so. How far your supposed security may have sharpened the malice and stimulated the audacity of the attack, I will not now surmise, because the in tent of this communication is to afford you the opportunity of proving whether you did or did not calculate upon such immunity, and to de mand the satisfaction recognisedin such cases. I invite you severally to a meeting, and refer you for the necessary arrangements, to my friend, James Conner, Esq., who will hand you this. I am, your obedient servant, E. MAGRATH. CHARLESToN, Sept. 27th, 1856. SIn: I have received by the hands of Mr. Conner, your note of the 26th inst. I repel your assertion, that I have made "repeated threaten ings" to publish and circulate "insulting and li bellous attacks upon" your "brother. Jndrrm m. aside froui the avowed responsiuie aumur U1 we disquisition upon the merits of your brother, as a candidate, to the. conductors of a public jour nal, who would give a chance to truth, and to the discussion of the qualifications and character of condidates for the highest public trusts. You assume to represent the honor and man hood of your brother, an avowed candidate for the highest office in our gift, and by your inter ference, to reduce his honor and manhood to a vicarious existence. I do not admit, that, when a candidate by his own consent, he can avoid the proper, necessary responsibilities of his posi tion as a candidate. if a Judge, he is no less a candidate. He cannot legitimuately put his char cter in commision, an~d umaintain his honor by proxy. It he can resign his seat to go into Congress, he can resign it (if necessary) to vini. :icte his honor. H~e ha~s no right to be a candi ate, if he is to cease to be a manm. The shelter f his Judgeship is without the countenance of principite. It is a refoge without manhood and without charaeter. But t ruth shall not be inuzzled, though he be a Judge, and tho " liberty of thme press" shall be mnaintained, even against the vicarious champions of his mainhood, and the instructive representatives of his honor. Thus much for your warrant to insult me, and to represent your brother. But you have in sulted mae, and you shall not do so with imupun it'. Protesting, therefore, against your right to call upoin mie, either ams man or editor, your right to assume your birothmers proper responsibility, your attempt, to stifle by the pistol the freedom of discussion, I nevertheless waive all this, and consent to meet you. My friend, Mr. B3urnet, will make the necessary arrangements. Your obedient servant, WV. R. TABER, Jr. E. MAGRATH!, Esq. In pursuance of thme above correspondence, and by the arrangement of the respective friends named in it, the parties met near the city on Monday, th~e 29th inst., at half past 4 o'clock, p. m. On the field, Mr. James Conner acted for Mr. Magrath, and Col. John Cunningham for Mr. Taber. After an exchange of shots between the principals, without effect, and their acting friends being unable to agree upon terms of adjustment, forthwith a second exchange of shots took place, without effect. An earnest conference between the seconds then ensued, looking to an adjustment. They being unable to agree, Dr. .Bellenger asked leave to intervene as a disinterested gentleman. His suggestions were at once respectfully received. After much discussion and mnegotiation, in which disagree ment still prevailed, Col. Cunningham offered in writing the following settlement: " The followimng are the terms of adjustment between Mr. E. Magrath and W. R. Taber, Jr., after an exchange of two shots: " Mr. Taber disclaims, as an Editor of the Mercury, that in publishing the articles signed "A Nullifier," he intended any attac upon the character of Judge A. G. Magrath." " Mr. Edward Mcgrath disclaims that in his note of challenge to Mr. Taber, he designed to use offensive and derogatory language to him." Mr. Conner assented to their adoption if the following would be admitted in addition: "That Mr. Tamber regrets the publication in the Mer cury of whatever in those articles is personal." Also, " Mr. Mcgrath regrets any thing in the artel that is offensive." Col. Cunningham declined the additional re quisition upon Mr. Taber; wherenpon a third exchange of shots ensued. Tr. Taber fell, mor tally wounded in the upper part of the head. A. W. BURNET, JA MES CONNER, JOHN CUNNINGHAM. Mr. JOHN HEA RT, in reply to Mr. EDwaRD MARATH's note returned the following: CHARLESTON, Sept. 27, 1856. Sia- I nattnnwlede the receipt of ya nolE PACIFICATION OF 1A18. The St. Louis papers of the 22d instant coi tain later intelligence from Kansas, by whill it appears that the people of all parties in th't Territory acknowledge the authority of -the., new Governor, and that. the. armed companies from Missouri are disbanding and returning to their homes. We extract the following items: From the St. Louis Republican. The steamer David Tatum arrived here yes. terday afternoon from St. Joseph. She left-' that port on Wednesday last. At Kansas&she' took on board about 350 citizens of Missouri who in obedience to the proclamation of Gov. Geary, had given up their military organisation and returned to Missouri. They were priheipal ly from the counties of Howard, Boone, Saline, Cooper, and Franklin. Lawrence was in pos session of the United States troops, by whom ninety of Lane's men had been made prisoners. Lane fled from Lawrence with the remainder of his men, and was in Nebraska. The train from Jefferson City last evening brought down several gentlemen direct from Kansas. They were passengers on the Aubry, and bring the latest news. From one of them we !earn that the whole of Gen. Reid's force had been disbanded, and had returned to their homes. Gov. Geary was at Lecompton with 1000 United States troops, and determined to maintain the peace and execute the laws. Un der his orders ninety men had been taken pris oners at Lawrence. The report of Lane and his band having fled to Nebraska is confirmed. It is very gratifying to hear these tidings, and to know that the violence which has so long pre vailed in Kansas is at an end. Gov. Geary be-. gan right, and a like firm purpose to preseve law and order, and to punish all offenders against it, will soon make life and property as secure in Kansas as in any State of the Union. SERVICE AT THE NoaT.-The following is an extract of a letter from a gentleman of Mem phis, who has recently returned from a Northern tour, with his family: You ask me with much solicitude about Ma rion. It was a risk, I acknowledge, to take her on; but my wife had confidence in her, and in sisted that she should be trusted. She was ap proached at every place we made a stop at, with offers of freedom, plenty of money, a white husband, and other temptations; but she inva riably replied that she was well treated and happy; that she had a kind master and mistress, whose children she loved as her own; and that she wished nothing better than to spend the rest of her life with such protectors. At Niagara, New York, Long Branch, Cape May, Philadelphia, Newport, and other places, she was tempted in every way possible by white girls and free negroes, but she invariably communicated to her m ........ who pays the doctor then? Now," says Marion, to the white girls, " I prefer -to return to the South, and live with my tpaster. When I am sick, he pays the doctor to attend me; he gives me clothes and board that comes to much mote than six dollars per month; and if you wish me to leave my master and mistiess, you must offer better inducements than I have yet seen-for, to tell the truth, I never knew what real hafd laborious work was, till I saw it amoug the free persons of the North during my short trip here." The consequence of all this, as you have al ready conjectured, is that Marion is now with ue, delighted to place her feet again upon slave ter. ritory, and happy that she is not a white serrant girl of the North..' INTERESTING ExTnacT.-The following~ is an extract from a letter wvritten by W. R. Figures, Esq., to the Editor of the Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat. The Editor vouches for the high respectability and integrity of the writer. Speak. ing of an interview with Str. Buchanan, ho says: I give you almost his very words. He said if he should be elected, he felt satisfied the slave ry question would be finally settled, provided* he could carry a portion of the Nenw England States or the State of New York. In other words, if he were elected by a national vote, what he would do in the premises if he had a. national support, and the strength of Freesoil ism, which is sectional, would be dispersed. The truth is Mr. Buchanan is as sound on this que! tion as was Mr. Calhoun, and the Northern Democracy are better Southern -men to-day, than many Democrats even at the South. WVhatever they may have done heretofore, now they meet the question boldly, and defend the institutions of slavery with a fearlessness. that we might do well to imitate. They do not even apologize for it on the ground that it is recognized in the Constitution; but they say it is right. That God himself established it, and that it has the Bible for its foundation. If we do not sustain these men in defence of our in stitutions, wve deserve eternal infamy. The con test is obviously between Buchanan and -Fre mont. Fillmore is not in the race. No man here pretends to say that he is. On the whole, therefore,. I consider his ekee tion beyond peradventure-and what I regret is. that there can be found in the whole South a single man who will not vote for him. If they could see him, and hear him talk, I fimly be lieve he would get every Southern vote. PITCHING THlE AnoLITzozrsTs INTO HELL, AND ROLLING BUNKJER HILL MONUMENT AGAINST THE GA TE.-The following toast was given by one of the Boston Marshals at a collation given them by Mr. Potter, the owner of the fugitive Sims,. at his plantation, during their stay in Savannah.. T he North and South.-May 1he links of the chain that binds their union be -stronger than. ever-the Abolitionists pitched into-h-ll,an&. Bunker Hill Monument rolled against'the gate!. WHILE MR. DOUGLAS was, on Thursday-laity at Joliet, Ill., holding the audience, alt we. entranced, a heavy shower of rain came on. Not a man, woman or child moved-still it' rainef, and there they stood as if immovatble; -Mr.t Douglas paused, and in a burst of feeling w'hicir sent a thrill to every heart, exclaimed-." Whew; I see my own fellow-citizens and the: womens and children willing and continuing to sitthroughd a drenching torrent of water~ from th#.beaveuSs to hear mue tell them of the dangerofmir-glo.w rinna Union, I feel new eduragestogfforth tes battle for our common -safety&.Suehhaef he. spoke, the cloud passed away .and ae bright r44 of sunshine fell upon the -speaker..'fH pased again, and raising hi.-hand -toward thelnu; -er claimed-" See nuy fiends, the iilozd~kiM~fseada away and heavens smile. once moreupen as and our cause." The ffeetwsle tan .* Tp tell our ownfs ets r1Jk vuigt the-seerets e thr