Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, November 26, 1856, Image 1

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Al S 5 Om~ewcnatic 3Nrn{, Mei-0e tot~ d souilj -anv Soutiljexa f4itstJ)~ ~etfez iegue *1rii,~me~e 8iune SJMJUNS, DURJSOE & CO., Proprietorg. EDGEFIE3D S. &NOVtEAi1DLL 269 ~J~ SWEET THOUGHTS OF THEE. I have a sweet thoughts of thee, dear one, That I would fain reveal ; When in the crowd and when alone, Upon my breast they steal. They charm like music heard at even, Upon the calm blue sea, And sweeter than a dream of heaven, Are these dear thoughts to me. I have sweet dreams of the, dear one; When myheart is " sore oppress'd," They bid those blighting cares begone, That rob me of my rest. Like some bright dream of years gone past, Ere aught of pain I knew; They on my path a brigitness east, That was dazzling to my view. I have a hope of thee, dear one, A gentle hope of tiee, And thou henceforth, yes thou alone, My guiding star shall be. Thou art the star whose cheering ray Can make my pathway bright, Can cheer me on life's rugged way, And make its burthens light. I have an off..ring, dear one, An humble gift I know Not gems that glitter in the sun, Can I on thee bestow But I offer thee a treasure, , More rich and fair than they 'Tis affection, without measure, That never can decay. WINE, BEER AND TEMPERANCE. There are hundreds, if not thousands of per sons, who profess to love temperance and hate fanaticiin, who have embraced the silly idea that native wine-tnd lager beer will do much to diminish the use of distilled spirits, and promote society. Multitudes of young men in this city, unblushiigly enter lager beer saloons, and would have us believe they are in no danger of becoming sots. They brutalize and stulify themselves with the filthy Dutch swill, until h they pass the dividing line between the human and the beast, and don't kinow it. Some intelli gent men have said, that the true way to pro mote temperance, is to encourage the use of fermented- nnc 10UI111X4A which has never favored the temperance reform. It says: "It would not be much to say, that if all the drinking of fermented liquor could be done away, crime of every kind would fall to a fourth of its present amount, and the whole tone of j moral feeling in the lower orders might be in. definitely raised. Not only does thiA vice pro duce all kinds of wanton mischief, but it also.; has a negative eilect of great importance. It 6c the mightiest of. all the forces that. log the progress of' good. It is in vain that every en gine is set to work that pha:thropy can den e when those whom we seek to beneit are habit - r ually tampering with their faculties of reason and will-stkingr their brains n::.h hirer or in. flaming them witis ardent spirits. The strug1-le of the school. Ohe librai v, :.1 the churL.b, 111 united against tlh.e beer-iwne anld "in pahwe, is but one development of the .wlr between heav- th en and hell. It is, in short, -intoxication that fills our goals. It is intoxication that fills our Lunatic Asylums, and it is intoxication that fills our work-lonses with poor. Wero it not for this one cause, pauperismn would be nearly t extinguished in England. We are convinced, n that if a statesmant who heartily wished to do the utmost possible good] to his country, were thoughtfully to enquire which of the topies of the day deserved the roost intense force or his attention-the sure reply which would be exac ted by full deliberation wvould be, that he should y study the means by which this worst of. plagues t< can be stayedt. Suirely. such a question as this, n enclosing with in its limits consequences so mo - mentous, ought to be wveihed with earnest h thought by all patriots." A TER1iw1c CIrAaGE.-Bululldra ..V ierf. --The EdKet~ rbvwcr is responsible for the fol-S lowing a"charge" given by a Justice of the C Peace up in Ohio ini a certain replevin ease. The charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, or that of Charhey .\ay at the Resaca, wats quite a circumst ance in comparison. Read and judge for yourstihves: Gentlemen of the Jury-T his is an action of' replevin brought by-against--, for ,the I purpose of obtaining the canal boat Ocean l ave No. 2, levied on by said-, as the property of said-I shall first charge you as to the rule of construing ev iden~ce, namely : If you have reason to believe that any one witness in this case has wilfully, maliciously, deliherately, and contrary to the peace dnd dignity of the State of Ohio, sworn to that which is lsie in ai single instance. you are bound to believe that lhe hashled through out." Mr. B-, for plaintiff, inquired, '- What if he be corroborated ?" The Conrt, with much dignity, replied: "Watit until I am done ?" " And if vcu shiuuhd find that the aforemen tioned witnt'ss is corroborate'd or sustained in any particular, by atry other witn~ess, you are bound to l.ehieve that said laut-named witness lied also, in evt rv parttcuhiir of his statemenit ! I am also requmesied to chiarge y ou that you find in your verdict the vahue of' the property at issue. "After iome del'iberation, 1 heave concluded not to do that, but will simply say : if you find. in your finding, that you have found-yo.u will have found, in your finding, whatever at that time you maly find : on the other hand. gentle men, if yotu find in your finidiing, that you have not found-vou will not haive font d-in your fiding-wliat you ought to h~ave found! Now, gentkimen. pu1 have I:id the testimony of the witnesses. th,e :iigumeints of counsels, and my charge. Take the cnee!" " Miss BIrow s. I have been to learn how to tell fortunes," 'said a young fellow to a brisk brunette. "Just give me your hand if you please." -'La! Mr. White, how sudden you are ! Well. go ask Pa." 1IULs.-A hmrse dealer, who lately effected a sale was oflfert d a bottle of porter to confess the animal's failinigs. The hiottle was drai'k, and then he said the horse had but two faults. When turned loose in the field he was "hard to catch." and he " was of no use after he was caught." A man turned his sonout of doors lately be cause he wouldn't pay his house rent. A strik jng instance of pay-rent-al affection. BERTY OF FORGIVENESS. BY MADGE MARY. Of the many amiable traits that decorate the human character, there is none more desirable or lovely in its effects than a " forgiving spirit." The heart that relents not at the suffering inflie ted'by stoical indifference, or refuses to forgive the careless errors of the penitent, who sues be. seechingly for pardon, must be not only adamant but void, indeed, of all those noble qualities that God intended should elevate the souls of men. There is a magical sweetness in the word forgive that implies all that is noble and generous! And whatshigh-souled generosity it bespeaks as it falls from the lips of tn injured, ne, broken-hearted one, who scorning the more ignoble spirit of revenge, seeks not to return wrong, but calmly, nobly declares forgiveness to the aggressor, though he may be his veriest enemy on earth. But to present a picture not uncommon 'mid the gay and fashionable circles of life, let us look, for a moment,'upon yon erring youth, who has scorned the kindly admonitions of a devoted parent, and has wandered far from the path of duty. Amid his career of folly and dissipation, he is awakened to a sense of his deviation from the paths of honor and rectitude, and in his better moments of reflection he resolves to throw off the fetters that bind him to sin and lespondency, and exhibit that nobleness of soul which hiu past waywardness has hitherto xcluded from view. Now he is retracing his ;teps homeward, while his heart knows but one esire-to throw himself at the feet of his sire, md there, in trem bling accents, plead, till the imile of forgiveness rests upon his father's face. Tis true the weight. grows heavier upon his ieart as he approaches his childhood's home, C ud anxious fears intrude; yet his prayer ascends o Heaven that "all will be well;" and, impelled v motives the strongest, the- purest, he hur ies onward. Soon a tottering form rises to view, which he ecognizes to be his father, occupying a favorite I etreat in the old familiar domains, and pparently engrossed with his own thoughts; a ut see! he has already caught the sound of the 0 d Dotstep, and (as if intuitively) he looks up; his ye falls upon the wayward youth, and he m ecognizes his long lost bon-the wild boy still ; ear to his heart! Think you, kind reader, that father's heart .mains untouch-implacable ? No, no-it a annot be thus: for see he rises to meet his b Dn, who falls into his arms, while his heart is n )o full for utterance, save, " Forgive ! forgive!" The tears course freely down that old 'man a a irrowed cheek, While, in the fullness of his ir eart. lie exclaims, - " Welcome, my boy-thy father's forgiveness e sts with thee! Welcome, thrice welcoue to 01 e home of thy youth and to thy fither's heart! Imagine the unutterable joy that pervades bi at youth's heart, as he is once more restored th his parent's love andconfidence. But how truly is the beauty -f forgiveness yt ;emplified in the character of our immaculate viuur. Even amid the agony of the cross,t .i heart was teeming with kincness. Ile buked not his persecutors; warm and tender notions glowed in the smiles that lighted his lestial flace ; while, with eyes raised in pity to th M Father in heaven, lie exclahied, Father, Jrgire them, fur they know not lat they do !" Are not all the Chritian graces eminating oum :I forgiving spirit exhibited ia iis striking .Imple ! Amd :re we iot, too, invoked. to for vei.s throughout tle pages of the tncred 1!name sirelv the decrees has been uttered, lles veifor ice, ye caniiut hope for forgive :s." 0)' it thiere is aught in the human heart at fits the soul for the pure regions of heaven -a spirit that generates in the heart oif man tiitnents of alfection for his brotheruman, 'tis a *hit df forgiveness-a spirit of inagnanimuity L a:tt values the happiness of its fellow-mortals, _ r scorns to beatow upon thme erring pemieniti e onliy boon he craves-forgicness !-Waurcr- h b 11013 I'RADELL'S SWIMIINC Bob (Andell visited England last summer. it h'lile stop~ping in the metropolis lie happened gj drop into a c'flee house, where a lot of cock- ei eys were speaking abtout the swimming powers t r dilterent individuals. One gentlemnan said e is friend WVilliam could swim live miles in h: >rty minutes. Another allowed that Tibbetts sl uld do it in some thirty-three minutes and a aven eigzhts-Jus~t here Bob asked if he could j, lier a remark. " Yes, certainly," said they.a This beinig decided, Bob opened- . "Your friend Tibbetts is some swimmer, e entlemen, but his performance would .be conm idered nothing in America. On the Mississip i, men swim so fast that they go a head any ilot steamboats." "Nonsense." "No nonsense at all. To showv that I am ot joking in this matter, I am willing to make bet with any person. " Whait is it ?" " That I can out swim any man in England, nd give himt an hour's start." "For wvhat sum, sir ?" " Anything-from tifty pounds to a Califoriiia ~old mine." " We'll take that bet, sir, and stake a hundred1 nunds that you can't beat Mr. Mulhins and ive him that start." '-Very irood ; I will take the bet, gents, and ere's twenty sovereigns to bind the bargain." " When will the swim come off?" "inmmediately." 'Tiint's preposterous-the day is too far ipent." "Dayv? Why my dear sir, I intend to swim 'i whol'e week. In the United States it is con idered nothing to swim that length of time." "Possible !" " Yes. sir. Henry Soleum. of New Orlean ance swpm from Charleston to Cuba. But this is wasting time. Let us at once proceed to business." " Where do ycou wish to start from!I" " axd's End." "Why there ?" "I inten~d to swim round the Island, and want lots (of se-a roomi." The idea ofn swimming round Greait Britain was something that, cockneydom had never before heard of. - ueli ai pull would kill a " 'orse," said Mul ins, but Bob was used to such things. Mullins persisted, however, in ils refusal to undertake anything so absurd, in consequence of which Mllii.s' frien'ds had to comeO out w~ith a forfeit in the shape of a basket of champagne. During the remainder ofn Bob's stay in England he was l oked upon as the n''erican prodigy"-theC tain who talked of swimming from London to Nova Scoti. THE tiumber of poor poets is, if anything, greater thain tIe number of poets who are poor. tAD woids, like bad shillings, are often broug'ht homne to the person who has uttered them. *' "IS DINCINC SINM !" MR. EDITOR :-Will you have the kindness to publish the annexed comments of the Editor of the Star in the West, in yeply to the oft repeated question " Is Dancing Sinful 1" II would especial commend it to the particular attention of some of your readers. OLD NED. There is no sin in the simple act of datving, more than in running, iumping, riding, or 'play ing blind man's buff havid was a good man. He was appointed by God to govern Israel, ald he danced. From all accounts, he excelled in the amusement. On one occasiAi, at least, he made it an act of devotion to God; 2 Sam uel vi: 13, 14-" And it was so, that when they that bear the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he. (David) sacrificed oxen and fat lings. And David danced before the Lord with all his might, and David was girded with a linen phod." Solomon, the wise man, says there is a time and a season for every purpose under the heaven: " A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;" which is. I %t least, presumptive proof that Solomon did I ot regard dancing a sin. And then, God him. t aelf says, by the mouth of the prophet Jeremiah, [Jer. xxxi: 12, 13,) in describing the prosperity, :he happy and joyful times which should sue :eed the universal diffusion of the Gospel 1 timong men: " Therefore, they shall como and ling in*the height of Zion, and shall flow to ,ether, to the goodness of the Lord; and for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the 1oung of the flock and the herd; and their soul hall be as a watered garden; and they shall I iot sorrow'any more at all. Then shall the A irgin rejoice in the dance; both YOUNG MEN AND C ILD ToGETHER; for I will turn their mourning b nto joy, and will comfort them, and make them ejoice for their sorrow." This idea that dancing is so dreadfully wicked P -that the devil is in music which exhilerates he soul-is all a modern affitir. It was but a ittle while ago, that the Puritan Fathers in v lew England regarded a smile on the Sabbath 0 s exceedingly wicked. Mothers were forbid- fi en to caress their children on that day, and P he sin of kissing on the part of husband and % ife, " before the setting of the sun," was pun- r4 ihed with the pillory. It is said that those 1) tern, old men were sometimes angry with the g amboling of the lambs, the singing of the birds, m nd the bright shining of the sun on the Sab- al ath. Of the truth of ihis declaration, we are ot prepared to vouch. That with all their di oodness and virtue, they were foolishly stern A ud rigid, and withal fanatical and superstitious tI their ideas of moral and religZious duty, there tlI no doubt. To avoid one eril, they overleap. A I the-bounds of reason, and plunged into an- et ther, nearly as deleterious. The young must I id will have amusement of Fome description. at I but innocent, and rational. Solomon say t at " a merry heart doth good like a medicine." th re believe it to be a better medicine for dys psia than all the doctor's stuff ever inventel. p For our own part, we desire above all things ' e proper education, the happiness, the posperi- r, of the young. We know, that they can ither be happy nor prosperous, if destitute of rtue and correct moral principle. Do not let em run into extravagancies, or become infat ted with any were pastime or atnusement ; for * ach a condition of the mind. it unecked, will P ertinly result in noral or phyical injury. We b ould have parents make their homes pleasait" id even delightful for their children. Perinit em., especially during the leng winter ve-t ngs, to invite their young friends ocasionally their homes, on which occasions, do not be 'raid Vourel-es, even, to join in a little rn nal sport with the "young olks," if they ill permit it. It will do you no harm, but be benefit to both you and your children ; and iere is nothing in the whole range of the word r God, in reason or common sense, or the de ands of true religion, to forbid it. And if ere are any present who love to dance, and you n'e a piano, or other music, let them dance. 'there is a " time to dance," surely this must t the time. We have never danced, nor even at tempted in all our life, and surely we have no dtspo ion to begin now ; but if the young, or older, mireh members or others desire to dance under e above or similar circumstzanccs, we shall i ifer no objections, provided they keep prudent rt ours. Dancing on such occasions, and under t uch circumstances, is neither sinful nor injuri- a us, But infatuation-which leads to the neg :et of duty, promiscuous assemblies, late hours, b nid finally to bad company, drinking, reverry, e nd such like-is injurious, sinftul, aind must be hunned. We shall endeavor to preserve our hildren, and others who come within our influ nee, from such practices. A VULGAR Eanoa.-Englishm travelers repre ent the Americans as a debilitated, degenerated nd sickly race, and the nonsense is reiterated n this country by those who ought to knowt etter. It is a little singular that such an en eebled race should have accomplished morea hysical labor in subduing a continent in less - han two centuries,-more than all the nations i f Europe have effected for their own countries n the same time. Phyvsienlly, morally, and nentally there is no more rigorous race thtan he Americans on the face of the tzlobe. Theyv ive as long, are as hardy and well developed, an endure-as great an amount of fatigue, and ecomplish as much labor, mentally, and physi ally, as any other people. They have peopled continent and cultivated it till it produces an bundance, have traversed it with railroads and eleraph, built up a commercial marine equal o the largest, and established the best constitu ional government that was ever devised by man. We want no better evidence than these f thme vigor of their physical, or of the activity mnd strength of ther mental constitution. SENSWnLE DOeToR.-A handsome young wi aw applied to a physician to relive her of threeI distressing complaiints, with which she was much affieted. *" In the first lalce," raid shte, " I have little or no :qppetite. What shr.ll I take for that 1" "1 Igthat, madam, you should take air and exercise." " And. Doctor, I am quite fidgetty at night, and .afraid to sleep alone. What shall I take for that?'' "For that, madam, I can only recommend that you take--a-husband !" " Fie ! Doctor. But I have the blues terribly. What shall I take for that?" " For that, madam, you have, besides taking. air excercise, and a husband, to take a news paper." Sensible Doctor, that. THE ELEeTORAL CoLLEGE.-The Presidential Electors chosen ox Tuesday, the 4th instant, wil be called by the Governors of States to meet in each State capital, on the first Wednes day of Dccember, and east their vote, and choose messenger to carry it sealed to Washington. On the 2d Wednesday of February the retnmas will e connted by Congres and declared. T OIE HUMiJUNY POINT, The night had Alread led down gloomy and foreboding, on the ing of the 15th of July, 1779, when thei eing column of a. little army, whose unif .etokened it to be American, emerged froithick wood on the shore of the Hudson,-I in an instabti the whole dim and shado * spect disclosed to them along the bank o6fiver, opened to the sight. Far away lay:I'iank's Point, now buried in a mass or shag while on the other side of the river dark"my, and frowning, rose up the craggy heit1 of Stony Point. Washed on three sides e Hudson, and pro tected on the other, ex ong a narrow road, by a morass, the fort . eemed one of the most impregnable on t er; ind its capture regarded as most imp le. Yet to achieve hat gallant purpose, tile army was now 2pon its march. A turn in the road .s, hid them from the river, and after a silent rch of some minutes furation, they arrived 4n a mile and a half )f the enemy's lines, halting at the com nand of their officer, ftd into columns for he attack. Beginning'in their march, they oon reached the marsilfound at the base of .he hill. - '4 "Hist!" said the 14 ice of the General, 'ront; "We are nigh ezqh now-Halt." The order was passej a whisper down the ine, and the column pil; on the edge of a orass. It was a mdqit of suspense and eril. Every man fel t in a few minutes he fate of their hazar i enterprise would be letermined, and that t lrould be either cold a death, or the Amel. flag waving in Itri imph over the dark ,rontory ahead, now arcely discernable thr'th the thick gloom of idnight. Yet not a li uivering nor a cheek lanched in that crisis. 'bout twenty paces in ront of the column, hoilalted the forlorn hope f one hundred and ! men, with unloaded ices and bayonets frd, while farther on a maller group of sha forms could be seen rough the ob.scurity hecoutred with ares to Ut through the abatt t Each man had a pieck f white paper in h ihat to distinguish him .r0 the file iII the Oproaching melee. The ause, however, whi afforded- this prospeel ras but momentiary. i'he General had alread3 'conoitered the aplaches to the still silen: romontory, and wavpg his sword on high, h ave the order. In '6$er instant, the dark assive column was inoving steadily to th task. It was a thrilling m ent, during which thai voted band had pass rapidly over the marsh s yet the enemy hat: not discovered them e hearts of the ulde voterans trembled witl ie eagerness of that oment of suspense. Iready had the forem At of the pioneers reach the abattis, and th 'quick, rapid blows 0 ir axes rung upon tI' night, wh a suddeni shout of al'an ihe fort the gui e astonished fortification Not a-moment 4 en to be lost. " Advance! advance!" shouted Wayne, as h issed rapidly on towards the abattis, followe death like silence by the indomitable troop: " To arms!" came borne on the night breez m the-fort-" to arms! to arms!" and th out followed the quick roll of the drum. I insmit, the enemy were at their posts, and a e gallant continentals still maintained thel lent but uteady march, a fire such as only de ratioti could prodne'e, burAt from every emi -asure of the fort. The incnsant ratle of Ih tiketry, the roar of artillery, the eruihing L e grape shut, and the lurid light lunng ove e scene 6y the explosion of tihe shells, an e streams of fire pouring from the fort, form I a picture which no pn can describe. Ye nid it all, the daring assailants steadily ad ed, though not a trigger had been puled i eir ranks. Faithful to the cominaid of thel enieral, though Wombling in every limb wit igernes, they kept up their silent march, amii ie fiery tempest, as if impelled by some god ke power. On, on, on they pressed. Ti hirlwind of. fire from ihe fort ensed tnt; yi ill thev dashed along, ehairgedl at the po'int e bayontet, over abamttis and bubvark, un' i il: iemy, borne baek by thgir impetuous onse nled before them. The works were f'rcev len, and tiot till then, was the death-like a nee broken. A sound ramng out from the 'ik >rous tr'ops over all the thunder of the bailth was heard by thme head of the colunmn biehin< pased down their line, wais caught up by tc ar, and a wild shoul, making thme very wvelki -emble, rung out as they dashed on to thc Itack. The contest was short, but terrific. Oym ulwark, battery, and prostratefoes the gallar ntinentals, headed by Wayne, pressed, divii ig all befiore them, 'net the column of the ttle army, with an eithusiastie cheers, in th r centre of the enemy's works. In anoth' o~ment the starry flig of America waved ti mpantly. over the bittlements. The enthusiasm of the victors cannot be de ribed. But though thfe contest had been a lody, not a man of the enemy fell, after reid une ceased. The prisoners were disarmed, uard placed over them, and.sentries posted c i the commanding positions around the work 'he morning sun anmuneed to the British fiel c the river that STo.W PoINT WAs WoN. A MILLrONARIE " DoEE."-A well-know millionaire, a speculator in stock% formerly audeviliste, (write:s do sometimes becon: aillionaires,) Mr. Lefranle, was lighting a eiga r a eigar store wher a workman about thiri 'ears of age, poor~y but neatly dressed, ai iroached the counte-, and said timidly to it oman in attendanei, in a tone of deep emotior " Madam, is it posidble for you to change n piece of forty framsr' And at the same tine he unrolled a piece told, preciously envdloped in paper.. " Change is scarce my good man," replied i oman dryly, "and have not too much for a >wn wants." " I beg pardon, Midam," murmured the poa artizan, quite confused and folding up with :rembling hand the piece of gold in its envelop "Stop, my good fellow,"said Lefrane, drawit ut his pocket-book; " here are eight pieces ve francs-give meyour piece of gold." " Much obliged, Eir." Sarcely had Letanc arrived in the stree when he perceived lie workman on his truell regarding him witha wet eye, as if hesitatii to address him. "Approach; my 'riend," said Lefrane, " ha you anything to .ev to me." " Alas! yes Sir ; this piece of gold for whi you have just giver me change "Well?" " It is may marri~ge-piece, sir. .AtL that, til people had work, pople were rich, for itd not cost so much a live. Nine years I ha preserved thamt plea of gold, as the apple of eye ; and if I partwith it now, it as because am out of work,-anid there is no more bre at home for my wvie and children. But mist is not always at he door of poor people, Monsieur will be god enough to give me time to reclaim mytreasure ? " Cer.tainly," rejtied Lefranc, moved att story of the poor san: (Lefranei is not like stok broe.) ,1 Wiv you thre monti datiang from tw-day. You may count on -e, here is my card." This seene, true in every line, occurred four months ago: but it lacks the denouncement. The poo'r piece of gold still waits its distressed masters. and Lefrane hesitates to put it into cir culation, for fear he may be arrested for coun terfeiting! From the Spsrtanburg Express. THE CONVENtION PARTY IN THE LEGISLIATURE When in the month of May last a number of the citizens of South Carolina assembled in Convention at Columbia to secure a represen. tation of our State in the approaching national Convention, many persons, including some Edi. tors we remember very well, made themselves merry over what they called a ridiculous farce, and exhausted the vocabulary of epithets in denunciation of the "wild hunt after office' which they charged was being inaugurated, Time passed on. The delegates appointed tU attend the Cincinnati Convention did attend and participated in its proceedings. The canvass foi our general elections began. The friends o1 co-operation with the Democratic party in many Districts were returned as members. They were elected quietly without desiring to maki any issue with those of a different opinion. The elections being over, we had suppose< that the question of our representation at Cin cinnati was pretermitted by our people as oni on which there was to be no wrangling. Thi supposition, however, was removed on our re ceiving the proceedings of the first day of thi recent extra session of the Legislature. Hardli was the House organised before a set of Reso lutions which may be found under another head were introduced implying censure upon thosi of the citizens of South Carolina who were i favor of our State being represented at Cincin nati. These Resolutions were promptly 1ai on the table by a vote of sixty-one yeas, t forty-four nays. Being thus forewarned, b, these Resolutions of the disposition of some o the other party to agitate the question, the -Con vention party resolved to accept the issue thn seemed to be tendered and brought forward th name of two of their men who had been moa prominent in the Convention niovement and ru thepi for the Electors on the part of the Stat at large. The two thus brought forward wer Hon. F. W. Pickens; who w~ts President of th StAte Democratic Convention and also one< the Delegates that attended tho Cincinnati Coi vention, and Ex-Gov. Manning, also one of tb Delegates who attended the Cincinnati Convei tion and one of the Committee, who waite upon Mr. Buchanan at Wheatland, by appoin ment of the Cincinnati Convention and inforn . ed him of his nomination. These gentleme . were elected over their competitors Col. A. I r Calhoun and Gen. D. F. Jamisonby a handson Majority, the vote being: John L. Manning............105 5 D. F. Jamison............... 52 The majority of the lowest Convention Ca didate over the highest Anti-Convention Ca didate being twenty.ire, and the majority of tI highest Convention candidate over thehighe Anti-Convention candidate being forty-four! e That this vote may not extcly reflect tl opinion of the Legislature on the Conventic question we are free to admit. But the vo r does show that the people of the State speakii through their regularly constituted channe have not synpathised with those % ho so fierce e denounce the Convention movement; the vo does ...how at least, 'that the gentlemen wl r were willing to meet the respon.bility devolvi upon them in the Cincinnati Convention ha not lost the confidence of the great body of ti people how much soever they may have inte fered with the well arranged plans of a fu would.be leaders and dictators in both State ai r Fed eral matters We do not doubt that sou voted for Messrs. Manning and Pickens becau t hev were the nominces of the Legislatice Cauct Bui every sensible man will see that they wou not have been the nomnees of that Caucus, u less they first oibtained a mnajority of' that badi And those whio voted according to the reasi just mentioned, must acknowledge that i Caucus contained a fair representation of t Legislature, else nwhy would they consider ther selves as b~nmnd by the action <f that Cauacu That Slessrs. Calhoun and Jamison, were voti for, nts opposition catndidates to Messrs Mannii 'and Piekens is apparent. from the fact that qui a number of those most violently opposed the Convention movement, we are told wit drew from the Caucus as soon as it was asci tainued that Messrs. Manning and 'Pickens had rmaijority: and also from the fact that those wl voted for Messrs. Calhoun and Jamison p themselves to the trouble to have tickets print ras we are informed. That there was somethia at stake more thani the mere selection of Elc rtars was also evidenced by the anxious crov which we learn soon gathered around the counting the votes. .We are glad that Mr. Bryan's Resolutio disapproving the representation of the State Cineinnati were introduced, as their introdi a tion no doubt induced the friends of the Co vention movement to rally with the great - determination around the standard of Mannil t and Pickens and thereby to vindicata their ov laim to respect, as well as to pay a Jandsoi and deserved tribute to two of their most d n tinguished and patriotic fellow citizens. SA GOOD ONE.-There is a distiniguished po ir tician in Mississippi, remarkable for the reeklei ness of his assertions on the stump, who is unfrequently called " The WVell Digger." T ie other day (so it is reported) an old man, a Ti :nesseean, was introduced to him directly afi e one of his speeches in this State, who remark to him ef "Well, Governor, I think you are the n who is sometiies cnlled ' The Well Digger e "Yes," said the Governor, " I believe they iy sometimes call me that ; but the truth is I nel dug a well in my life."' r " I thought so," said the old countrym: a "They say, "Truth lies at the bottom of . well," and from your speech to-day, Ishot ig judge you had neier been there." FAsT THEA TR eA Ls.-A wager of $1000 I been made in New York, by Brougham, that , and his company will perform in both New Y< , and Philadelphia in the same night, the distar gbeing nearly one hundred miles apart. 'I arrangement is to perform on Thursday eveni e next, a petite comedy in' New York. finishi by 8 o'clock. then to take a special express tr; ih and run to Philadelphia by ten, and performi the Circus the extravaganza of Pochahontaa. 'I arrangement will require the locomotive s travel about fifty miles an hour ; and to prey id any accident, it'is designed to have a man w ra flambeau stationed at every mile along oy route, and bonfires every three miles. 'J i performance is to conclude with a banquei md the Girard House to the New York guests r This is certainly one of the most extraordin i wagers ever made, and will require very r e calculation and exact time to enable the tasi be accomplished succeifully. e ( CORPULENT persons desirous to lessen tl ti icmeence should a pply to some newpa; A etabishnen fo th dUce of collector. From the Chanleston Standar. THE CRISIS OF 1856-. NO. VI. "To do that," (that is, to resist the anti-slavery ag gressi, n of afized majority of non-slaveholding Stats,) " 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. The design of the present numbers has been nearly completed. My object has been to show that intolerance, proscription, violence and de. nunciation are, among ourselves at the South, peculiarly inappropriate, at this time; that such a course is uncalled for by the past history of parties and productive of unmixed mischieif. If my own reading, observation and experience had not, in so many melancholy instances taught, that passion and disappointed purpose, in intense pursuit of a cherished object, are sufficient to account for any blindness, I would be led to doubt the earnestness and sincerity of those who attempt to drive when they should- per. suade, who denounce when they should coneili., ate, who perpetuate and aggravate discord, and spread broadcast the seeds of new dissension, when " concert is the one thing needful." " Hope" is a device of the shield of our State..And,even as to these mal-a-propos hotspurs, I am not without hope. I have reviewed the position of Secessionists, Co-operationists. and Unionists. None, as I contend, are unworthy the effort at conciliation. As to the Whig party-not only that in South Carolina *hich, for want of numbers, was nev er formidable, but the great Whig party of the Union is scattered to the winds. Choate, Clay. ton, Pratt, Pearce, Jones, and Toombs, and Ste vens long ago, Jenkins and very many others, North and Siouth, have proclaimed its dissolution. The fragments-the disjecta membra-wherever party prejudice and animosity was predominant, ) have been absorbed into the more recent organi zation known as the " American Party" or Order f of Know Nothings. Some of the professions of this party, construed by the uninitiated, would seem to uresent an obstacle. to their concurrence 1 in Disunion, under any circumstances. The 't principle that " the Union is the paramount po. litical good," and the " Oath of the 3d Degree." e are expressed in terms broad and unqualified, it 8 is true, but those in the South whom they were e intended to bind, consider them not incomp.'ti f ble with the highest devotion to their section, or with perfect allegiance to their State. And that e party, tob, we are told, is disbanded, and their 1 principles and pledges no longer operate in-South d Carolina. L_ The classes I have designated, comprise all our citizens. Why need we then despair? May n we not hope that the predictio9 of Col. Orr, in his speech before the Convention of Southern i Rights Associations, ih May, 1851, will be re alized 1 "When the proper time arrives for us to throw off successfully the thraldom of a Free no mountain chieftain ever rallied his elan witt - more celerity or alaority than will the plople o - South Carolina rally under a Southern bannet i for Southern Rights, at the first bidding of oul It Southern Allies. Before concluding my desultory remarks, I a will supply with more accuracy than appears ir the preceding numbers, some of the dates o1 events referred to in the-history of the division of the Southern Rights Party of the State. ly Mr. Grayson's pamphlet was published the I 11th October,1850 ; Mr. Magrath's reply imme. diately after; 5r. Prossley's not many weeki d subsequently: the Ifemorial from the Commit tee of Safety, recommending measures of prep. aration for Southern Independence, was pre. rp Pared in govember. rho Legislature adopted these, in part, in December following, togethei Id with the call of the Convention, in the uncertaiT e terms I have given, which LA-gislature, I wil e now add, ordered for publication and distributior a very large edition of the speech of Judgi Id Cheves, delivered before the Nashville Conven . tion on the 11th November, 1850. I cannot do beter in taking leave of the rca sder, if any there be, who has accompanied m ethus far, than by presenting an extract from thi~ ia:ble, earnest and eloquent appeal, of this true hearted patriot and great man. Alas! the liv. ing Cheves will never advise us more! Ma) I the burning words of p-atriotism and wisdom, it g this, his last great effort fur Southern Equamlit) e or Independence, sink deep into the hearts o: > those to whom addressed: Ii- " But let us bring to this great issue bravi - hearts and well strung nerves, and there will b4 nothing to fear. if four or five adjoining Statei > shall unite I do not think that our enemy wil tventure to attack us." "In conclusion, I pray God, in his miercifu gprovidence, to release the faculties of southerr men from the awful torpor which so utterly be numbs them, to disperse their delusions, to in espire them with some love of country, to endui them with some sclf-respect, with some sense o ehonior. some fear of shame and degradation. I t li shall, in his goodness and mercy, so do, wi - shall not much longer deliberate, but act witl the spirit of men, of free-men, as a band o r brothers, of men who know their rights ani dare maintain them. The South can hardl overrate its strerngth when it shall be united. I e is no boast to say you are equal to your enem: in arms; and you have to give or withhold what will secure you alliance in war, or peace .when you shall desire either. Unite, and yoi will scatter your enemies as the autumn wind ot do faillen leaves. Unite, and your slave propert: eshall be protected to the very border of Masoi eand Dixon's l-me. Unite and the freesoilers shall t their peril, be your police to prevent the es r cape of your slaves; California shall be a slavi d State; the dismembered territory of Texa nshall be restored, and you shall enjoy a full par , ticipation in all the territory which was con oque'red by your blood and treasure. Unite, an e you shall 'form one homogeneous populatiot rall of the same bilood and lineage, a soil th moat fruitful, and a climate the most lovely - Bu t submit,-submuit ! The very sound curdle a the blood in my veins. But 0, great Goc d us. and a tale of submission shall neve told !" A SOUIHERN MAN. e MELANeHots FATALTY-A young Freneli k man named Pierre Mantheu. about twenty year e of nge. residinge on Blanche street, in the Thir e District, Ptarted out with some friends on Sal ir dy night on a hunting excursion, their desig gbeing to encamp on Mietaire Ridge during thi tn night, so as to have an early hunt on Sunan t morning. When on the Gentilly road, net e Hopkin'a plantation, a bull made a charge t to the party. and snreeded ii' overtaking Mathie t and goring him to the earth Mfathieu, findini ih himself in danger of being killed, shoutedt he his friends to shoot the hull. One of them ai e oringly fired at the bull. but most unfortm t ately missed him and shot his friend, the load -shot entering his side. He was subsequent1 ry brought baek to his residence, where he died c C T'uesdny night.-N. 0. Crescent. TBERE ls an editor-a confirmed old bach 'dr who declines accepling a tedding cake wh. per he publi'.hes a marriage. He says it looks lii cnnniawnnnie mtimnony. NEGRtOE-NOT tTZI.-LUzupr~* State has refused passports t6 cm5IyO sloven negroeswh desiad trave ni rope as a troupe of minstrels. . nsiwer to the application for pabsports the Assistant Secetary. ,f State replies: A passpott is a certificate that the pOe t . whom it is granted is-a citizen of the n~ed States, and it can only be Issued uponiproof of this fact. In the papers which accompan our communication. there is not, satisfactory.#,id W1e= that the persons.for whom you request pas ports are of this .description. -Theyare ,r2pWe. sented in your letter as "colored" a eddiicib ed in the affidavits as" black," from which state. - ments it inay be fairly inferred that hey ar e groes. If this is so, there can be no doubtlat they are not citizens of the United States,.The question whether free negroes are snch;citliens is not now presented for the firattime, bss.has repeatedly arisen in the adpiinistration of.both the national and State governments. .Jk. 21 a controversy arose as to whether free persons of color were .itizens of the United States, within the intent: and meaning .othe acts of Congress regulating foreign and coastingtdei so as to be disqualfied to command vessel.; and Mr. Wirt, Attorney General, declded that they were not; and moreover 'held'tbat.the words, "citizens of the United -States,"Were used in the acts of Congress in the same sense as in the Constitution. This view is also fully sustained in a recent opinion of the presept At tornoy General. The judicial decisions of the con are .o the same effect. In Kent's Fommen tel. 2, p. 277, it is stated that in:1833 Chief J e Dagget, of Connecticut, held that free blacks are not "c itizens" within the meaning of the term as used in the Constitution of the United States, And the Supreme Court of Tennessee. in.the case of the State against Clairborne, held the same doctrine. Such being the constiuctionof the Constitu tion in regaid to free persons of 'olor; It is con ceived that th'ey cannot be regarded, when' be. yond the jurisdiction of this government, as pi titled to the full rights of citlzess, bat the Oee retary directs me to say, that though theUe. partment could not certify that such persos are citizens of the United Statcs, yet if satisfid of the truth of the facts, it would give a certincate that they were born in the United staes, and free; and that the governmeit:thereof would regard it to be its duty t0 protect them if wrong ed by a foreign government, while- within its jurisdiction for a legal and proper purpos. A WOMAN WANTIN- To FreuT.-The follow ing is too good to .be lost. We find tin an Eastern exchange, which publishes it as gen. nine: A CEALLENGETO hia. BooEs.--Believing that Mr. Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina, should be punished for his cowardly attack upon. the Hon. Charles Sumner, and for the conceited in which he has, boasted othis ceuagej. whom he had challenged (for rear of being killed) I hereby challenge this cringing' p to meet meat any place he my apposwt 7 pistols, rifles or .cowhides. Now, then, Mr. Brooks, let us see some of your boasted cour. age I You are afraid to meet a man! dare yon meet a woman? I am a widow lady-lost two sons during the late war with Mexico-%ghtling for what they supposed to befreedom and liber ty-and now, thoughupwards of fifty years of age, I am truiy anxious to do my country some service by whipping or choking the cowardly ruffian who has taken the stand to put down and crush America's most precious right-lib.. erty of speech! I wait Preston S. Brooks' reply. MRS.-AMELIA R. M. ROBINSON. PERFUMEs As PREVENTIVEs oF MeULDINESS. ouldiness is occasioned by the growth of minute vegetation. Ink, paste, leather and seeds most frequently suffer by it. A clove will pre 'serve ink; any essential oil answers equally well. Leather may be kept free from mould by the same substances. Thus, Russian leather which is perfumed with the tar of bireh, never becomes mouldy; indeed, it prevents it from occurring in other bodies. A few drops of any essential oil will keep books entirely free from it. For harness, oil of turpentiue is recommen ded. Alum and rosin are used to preserve bookbinders' paste, but ineffectually; oil of tur pentine succeeds better; but, by small quanti ties of oil of peppermint, anise, or cassia, paste has been preserved for 'several years. Dr. Ma. ulloch recommends the' addition to the flour and water of some brown sugar and a little cor rosive sublimaste ; the sugar keepigg it flexible when dry, and the sublimate preventing it from fermenting, and from being attacked by insects. A few drops .of any of the essential oils may be added to the paste when it is made. It dries when exposed to the air, and may he used by merely wetting it. Seeds may also be preserv ed by the essential oils; and this is of great consequence when they are sent to a distance. Of course moisture must be excluded as much as possible, as the oils of ottos prevent only. the bad effects of moulds.-Family Friend. IA NUT FOR THE AfoLrnoom~sTs.-On Friday' - last a respectable and intelligent free negro woman appeared in Court before his Honor. Judge Gilmer, and made application for leave under our laws to sell herself to James J1, Tins. ley, Esq., of Cascade, in this county, as a slave. His honor izatituted very rigid inquiries Into her motives. &c., and caused both parties to un dergo a careful examination on oath, to show that no improper or undue influence had been brought to bear, and that this step was of her own wish and will Her value was then esti mated at nine hundred dollars, and the order was accordingly made that upon Mr. Tinsley's paying 6450, or one-half 'her value, and giving bond to the amount of 6500 that she should Inot become chargeable to the county, she should become his slave. The woman is 21 years old, healthy, of fine size, and has three children, and is besides a womab of most excellent character. -Danville (,Va.) Register. - A COLT FASM A MULE.-San Mareos, Texa October '7,-.1856.-I have a mule that I raise,; three years old in June last, that now has a colt -by her side. Please say what I must-call it. sits ears are not like the mule nor the horse. In Sother respects it resembles the mule. if any. one dispute it. I have the mule and her colt-ia Smy let; the doubting Thcmases can see for ethemselves. Very respecfully, your friend, r FordJNO. D. PITTS. Messs. ord& Jones. gCL.EANING SToVEs.-Stove lustre, when uni~e4 owith turpentine and applied in the usual manner, r -s blacker, more glossy and durable than if put .on with any other liquid. The turpentine pre if vents rust-and when put an an oldiusty stove ywill make it look as well as new. The odor of athe turpentine passes off quickly. A GATa MEarcn.-No mecdicini. ever of -fered to the publc has met with'such unyul and signal suceess as Perry 'Dvs ePain Eiller, it Is a sure cure' for all' uds pain. Try it and thank as r the .aggees~~!