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A "We will cling to the Pillars of the I -s, and if it nust fall, e will Perish amidst the Ruins." SIMKINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIEL .TEMBER 2, 1857. LOVE AND THEE. Oh! would I had the wealth of worlds, * The monarch's crown of gold And all the gems in secret caves This wondrous earth doth hold The countless pearls that gleam unknown Ieneath the deep, blue sea; Oh! would I had such wealth, that I Might scorn it all for thee. Oh! would I were in courtly halls, The bright and shining star The glittering magnet for a world To gaze on froe afar That I might scorn the kingly throng, The world on bended knee, All for a simple ct ttai:e home, N% ith nought but love and thee. I care not for the golden wealth, Nor sigh in courts to shine I only care, I only sigh To know thy heart is mine. Far more to me than gem or gold, Or jewel of the sea, Would be that simple cottage home, With nought but love and thee. THREE WEEKS AFTER MARRIAGE. My dearest, ai c yon going out? Indeed, 'tis very cold, Let me, sweet love, around your neck This hankerchief enfold. You know h-w anxious for your health, aMy own dear George, am I, One lovely kiss, before we part Good-bye, sweet chuck, good-bye! THREE YEARS AFTFR MARRIAGE. You're coing out! why don't you go ? I cannot help the rain; You wonid'nt grieve me mightily, To ne'er come back a:;ain ! Umbrella! I don't know where 'tis, WhatIl you want next? I wonder, Don't pester me about your cold, Good gracious-go ti thunder! GOING DOWN HILL. BT soLOMON HOWETT. "That looks bad," exclaimed farmer White with an expressive shake of the head, as he passed a neglected garden and broken down fence, in one of his daily walks. "Bad enough," was the reply of the con panion to whom the remark was addre->sed. "Neighbor Tnompson appears to be running down hill pretty fast. I can rerieniber the time when everything around his little place was trimmed tidy." 4it is quite contrary now," returned the farmer. " louse, out-buildings, and grounds, all show the want of the naster's care. I an 1 afrmid Thompson is in the downward path." ie always appeared to be a -teady, in1 trious man," rejoined the second speaker. "I have a pair of boots on my feet at this moment of his make, and they have done me good ser vice." "I have generally employed him for myself and family," was the reply, ":and I must ce'.rrss that he is a good workman ; but, nevert hele.", I believe I shall step into Jack Smith's thi' morning, and order a pair of boots that I need. I always make it a rule never to pat ronmze those who appear to be running behinid hand. There is generally sonme risk ia helping those who (10 not help themselves." "Very true ; and as my wife desired mec to see about a pair of shoes for her this morinmg, I will f' dlow your example and call upon Smith. lie is no great favorite of mine, however-an idle, qtuarrelsomne fellow." " And vet lie seems to be getting ahead in the world," aniswered the former, " andl I am willing to give him a lift. But 1 have an er rand at the butcher's-step in with mec for a moment, I will not detain you." At the butcher's they met the neighbor who had been the subject of their prevmuts conver sation. Hie certainly presented rather a shabby appearance, and in his choice of meat there was a regard to economy which did nrot escape thre notice of farmer White. After a few passing remarks, the poor shoemaker took his departure, aud the butcher opened his account book wvith a somewhat anxious air, as he charged the bit of meat. "I believe it is time that neighbor Thaompson and I caine to a settlement. Short accounts make long Iriends." "No tiame to lose, I should say," remarked the Iarmer. "Indaed! have you heard of any trouble, neiih br W hite ?" -- t, I have heard nothing ; but a man has the use orf his owmn eyer, you know ; and I never trust any one witu my~ money whio is evi dent!ly going dIown hill." 'Quite right ; andl I will send in my bill this evening. I haive only delayed on acconit of thre ickness the poo~r man has had ini hi.s fiiliti all winter. I anipi're he rust have run behinda hand a lit tie, but ,till I must take c:ire of number one.' Speakinrz of Thiompwrrn, are yon ?" orbscrv er1 a h~v-.,anrder who ailreared to take an inter c-I. -'- oing down hill, is lhe ? I imu.-t look out for imyself then. lie owes mue quite a .snug smun fur leather. I didl intend to give hintm another month's credit, hut, ont the whloh-', I guess the money would be as safe in my own pocket." llere the four wvorthies separated, each wvith his inid filled with the aifairs of ne'ghbor Thonmpson, thre probability that lie was going down hill, and thec best way of giving hin a push. lin another part (of the little village similar scenes were pai.--lii. 'I declare !" exclaimed Mr's. Butrinett, thre dress imaker, to a favorite, as~ she hailiy with drew her head from thre winr~ow wvhenrce ae had been gazing oni the pa~sers bry, -if there is nort Mr's. T1homipsron, the shone-mraker's wilte, comiing tip the steps with a prarce~l in hrer hraind. She wants to enga'ge me t) d o hier 4prmny work, I suppose, but I t:iiink it wouild h~e a venture. Every onec says they aire rrunning~ d!.rin hll, and it is ai chance if I ever get mry pay. "She alwvays ha~s paid ii. promtly,- wvas taeO rerrue ; but that was in thre rdays of her prros perity. I cannot attirrd to r un any ri-ks." The enttranice of Mrs. Tompson prevented. further conversation. Sire wa's evideintly stir prised at the refu-al of Mrs. Burnett to do any work for ther, but as a great pressure oif brisi ing to be said, and she soon took leave. Another application proved how busy the village dress makers had suddenly become. On her return home, the poor shoemaker's wife met the teacher of a small school in the neighborhood, where two of her children at tended. " Ah ! Mrs. Thompson, I am glad to see you," was the salutation. "I was about calling at your house. Would it be convenient to settle our little account this afternoon ?" "Our account !P was the surprised reply. "Surely the term has not yet expired." " Only half of it ; but- my present rule is to collect my money at that time. It is a plan which many teachers have adoited of late." "I was not aware that there had been any change in your rules, and I have made arrange ments to neet the bill at the usual time. I fear it would not be in my power to do so sooner." The countenance of the teacher showed great disappointment, and as she paqed on in a dif ferent direction, she muttered to herself: "Just as I expected. I shall never get a cent. Everybody says they are going down hill. Perhaps I may get a pair of shoes or two for the payment of the half quarter, if I man age right; but it will never do to go on in this way." A little discomposed by her interview with the teacher, Mrs. Thompson tepped into a gro cery to purchase some tritiang articles of flinily stores. "I have a little account against you. Will it be convenient for Mrt. Thompson to settle it this evening ?" atked the civil shop-keeper, as lie produced the desired article. Is it his usual time for settling ?" was again the surprised inquiry. Well not exactly, but money is very tight just now, and I an anxious to get in all that is due ie. In future I intend keeping short ac counts. Here is your little bill, if you would like to look at it. I will call around this even ing. It's but a small atlir." " Thirty dollars is no small sum to us just now," thought Mrs. Thomupson, az she thought fully pursued her way towards home. " t seems strange that all tie-e payments must be met just nw w, while we are -truggling to recover from the heavy expenses of the win ter. I cannot understand it." I1er perplexity was increased by finding her husband with two bills in his hand, with a countenance of anxiety and concern. " Look, Mary," he said as she entered. : IHere are two unexpected calls for money ; one from the doctor, and t he other from the dealer in leather, from01 whom I purchased my last .stock. They are both very urgent for immediate pay ment, although they have always been willing to wait a few inonths until f could make ar ralgements to meet tleir claims. But misfor tunes never come single, and if a man once gets a little behind hand, trouble secms to pour in upon him." "Just so," said his wife. " The neighbors think we are guing down hill, and every one is ready to give us a pus.i ; here .are twro mnore bills for you-one from the grocer and the other froin the teacher." Reply was prevented by a knrok at the door, anW tle appcar-iiace of a lIi Who I.reeltel a neatlv folded laperi.1 awd disappeared. "- Tie buitcuer's account, as I live!- exclim ed the hinest shoelimaker. " What is to be done, .\Lary 1 5o ma114 monyto be paid out. autI very litle c.ininr in ; ii somme It ilny bet castoniers have lelt me., althoi-.h imy work hIs alvays given satisietion. It I cou'mld only have as iniuch ellyineyllet as nnal, :id the u*i11:11 credit allowed me. I coil-. soon -i.1'4y the'ir claim,; but to ivet theim now is nliplo.-ilh.', and tue acknawlediut of mv inaliih wtil send us still further 4nit the downwardI . " We mu.,t dl ouir be.t :anl trci4t. in Provi dence," was tle consoling remar.k of his wif e, as a1 econed knock at t ie door arouiased the iaLr that another claimant was about t- aippear But the benevo eat coulteitmee of Incle Joshua, a rare it ever w-lcome viitor rei5seinA ted itself. Seating himsellf in the comi. rtable chair which Mary hastened to hando him, he said, in his somiewhat eccentric but friendly manner: "~ Well, good folks. I understand that t':e world does noit go quite as well with yout as ornerlv. What is the troulble ? "'[There need be no trouble, sir," was the re ply, "if man would not try to add to the atihic tions which the Almighty sees to be inecessary for us. Tihe winter was a trying one, wve miet with sicknmess and umi.fortune, which we endeaiv ored to bear with patience. All would now go well, if those around were not determined to push mue in the downiward path.) " But there lies the dillieul ty, friend Thuomp son. This is a seflfih worl; everybody, or~ at lea~st a great niajority, care only for numbier one. If thev .,ee a poor- neighbor going down hill, t heir irst thought is whether it will atteet their own interests; anid provided they can secure thiemselves, care nt how $eonf lie noesj to the bottom. The onily way is to keep up: appearances, show no sigrns of going behind hand, all will go well wiilh you." . . "Very tine. Uncle .lohiua ;butt how is this to be done ? Bills which I did not expect to be called upon to mneet thr the next three mnthis are pouring in upon me, my bet cutlo iners are leavimng ue foar a moie 1 ortunate rival ; in :.rt, I am upon thle brink of ruin, and naught taut a liuir.tele can saveme "'A mirace which is very ea--il y wrought then, I inagine., i good frientd. What is tue tnimuit of the-.e debts tiimt prle-Ss o heavily upj oni youi -0 and W howi:oo mi the comnlin course of enit. coubit yos u diisciiarie t hern? " Tier'do not'exceed one imudcred dollars," rehdiici thet sh~oviuaker ; " and with my usual iun of work I could mnake all right in three or four months.'" " We will say six," wa the anlwer. "1 will advance vou one hundred and lilty dlollartS fr ix monatths. Pay every cent that you owe, and withI thle remainider of the money inake sonic .,ight addition or implrovenment in your* shop or house, and piut everything abotut the grounds in its usual neat order. Try this plani for a few weeks, andI see what eifeet it will have upon our worthy neighibors. No, never mnind thnking mae. I am onily trying a little expert mzent of iuinan nature. I know you of' oldl, and hamve no dloubt that my money is safe in your hands." Weeks past bey. The advice of Uncle Joshua had bceeni followeid an'd the change in the shoe maker's probgheet5 was indeed wo..derfuil. lie wa.- iarw spoe~ken oh as onue of tele inio4 thiriviing men iO tihe village. aLii' Iuliuy iuavelous sttorms~ were told to account for the .sudelnc alteratin ini his alairs. It was generally agreed that a distanut relative hadl bequieathled to bita a legacy whIical had entirely relheved him of his p~eennia ry rhiliculties. O!h! eus.tomuer and newv ones crowded ini upon lime. Thiey hadi~ niever before realiz~ed the bauml ty aind durabdiiy of his wirk. The polite butcaier selected1 thle be:-t piece of beef~ for his in,pect ion, ais lie entered, ant was totally imblif erenmt as t o thec time of paytment. The teachler atnelmpaied the children hiome to tea, anid nouncimng t he~lm ninmng hier best schoilar~s. Thie ,n.umker suddenly found herself Iree .fromi the great press of work, and in a friendy note expressed her desire to oblige Mrs. Thomson in any way in her power. " Just as I expected," exclaimed Uncle Joshua, rubbing his hands exultingly, as the grateful, shoemaker called upon him, at the expiration of six months, with the money which had been loaned him in the hour of need. "just as I ex peeted. A strange world ! they are ready to push a man up hill if he seems to be ascending, and just as ready to push him down if they ftncy his face is turned that way. In future, neighbor Thompson, let everything around you wear an air of prosperity, and you will be sure to prosper." And, with a satisfied air, Uncle Joshua placed his money in his pocket book, ready to meet some other claim upon his benevolence, whilst he whom he had thus befriended, with light steps and cheerful countenance returned to his happy hone. CH.MPGNE TS. MUSIC. On a recent trip to Niagara, Thalberg stop ped at a Temperance Hotel in Albany, and up on demanding soie champagne, what eyes the Irish servant open in astonishment. " I want some champagne," wildly reiterated the great instruientalists. "Faix! and is it champagne ye are after asking fir ?" stammered forth the Ilibernian. Certainly !" " By me sowl, then, ye can't have it." And why ?" inquire Thalberg, in astonish ment. " The likes of it, ine'uding whiskey punch, is not to be had in this hotel." For a moment the thirsty musician was agha-.t. " VIiat can I have then ?" Whether, tay and colRfe." " Go and senI ie t lie proprietor !" said Thal berg; "I will speak with him." " Ye may speak till the day of doom, put ye'll find it no use," was Pat's muttered obser vation as lie left the room. Ii a few moments the laindloirid entered the apartment. Ilis lips were closely sot together, and a rw on his brow. Ile was evidently astonished that the ioreigner should persist in his wish to contravene the rules of the estab lishment. eanwhile, Thalberg had ocenpied himself i in openinz a piano that stood in the room. It WaI- not the newest class, but was tolerably in tone. As the proprietor of the Temperance Hotel entered the chamber, he began to play. First the frown gradually vanished froi the I brow of the landl. rd-then his lips unelosed. and flinallv relaxed im"o a smile. When the airti't had conct'lded, he waited for a word. but imINne came. Without turining round. he said to himself: " Tieo main is ob.tinate. I itmu.t try hin with somlet hing else." Ile accor-dingly began his Tarentella. Ere it wa.s hall' finishead he heard the ratling f bottles an1d gla-ses on the table, and whee!ed round. Pat had re entered with the bottle of I hanmgneo. -. "I thouIght it 'as not allowed," said Thal er. Fath! and he'll give y a dozenm if ye like it. lie says a mII:aii t hat can knock music outi ,r piano in ve-r way may ait drunk ever vnight1 if' he c e.tii- . to. So there it is for v. en. j 'IIar r or W .rr::I:. -ro: linnoo. -ul: R1y 'R AND int (hi:\N.-A i) rop of water, that prkedl lke a jewel in the un, once !ell from he (loud1s inl a li'lIt' imnintain stream, and ere it lost it. identit v, ex'hlimid ill all the an;;uisl >l deisolation, "Al.s ! wiat a caitat rophe. I ml Swvallotwed tiy ml immilenl.'. The- streCali :h..; it leap',ijfel,;wn t!:e mototiin .ide. is a drop lo wt' Iar. awil Vain of it, ein-euienite, -niued brawlinig. it.s cry-tal way wit : all the ,rid of onscencesupeioriy, util at ILength. wi h a sudden plunge, it ltl iheadlimig into i y ie. and like the drop of' water. Wa" t I lt.., o w -ould I have tho -t a br.ok fk ny 5ize c'oul he' swallowed so easily !'' Thie i'i er murimuredl its cnitempi~t for thle little fooirl h stream, ad co ntinuedl its course, gathering itrenigthi and piden. andi breakinig Itogh mun tning, tearimng rocks from thieir seats, andu~ coot' sing in a tihomsand nmeandlers throngh flowery niadows, until it found it< way to the vast andmu neanholy ocean in whiose bountmdlcss waste it o.t its being, like the mountain stream. " Is t p~os:ible, exclaimed the mighty' river. that I hae been thus collecting tribute f'romn half the ,orl!. only to becomne nothing at last ?" t "'is th'us with t hiee man !" Thoui beginnmestt n ianinireee, like thie drop of water; thiout iecotest a laughinug, leapimg brawl'ing, thing! ike the brook, thou waxest proud aiid great, ike the mighty river ; ait ore thou canst say, n the vanity of' thy heart, " what an industri- 1 ot:s mortal I amn," thou art in eternity. Io ILL't osi'rru~ .rry.--." Will ye dine w~id mno " Faix, andl I will, wil all my heart." h!emiember it'.tis onily a family' dinner I'm xin' ve to."1 "Amid what for not--.a founi!'y dinner's a nigty pleawant thing. W~hat have ye got?" SOch, nothing uncominn,--pst an illigant piece of corn'd bare and potatoes." "be t he piower's. that bates the wtorld--jis ie own dinner', bai'riin' thle bae. I A gentlemtani who recently put tup at a lo tver ' in Wisconisin, wa'',s aw'akeined, by a young~ tnai, w~ho connnmeicedi a seiren'ade thius:- 1 " Oh, Saly li'ee,I I've called y'iu m':wie, And yet, you lie and snore ! I i.ray you't wak~e, Anid ee younrJk, Anid op~e ti o him the door, or winder, I don't care noch which. tn' it ma~kes but little dil'erenice 'T' ciuber youm or 1 fli.:~ pie, little fiem, 1toot, hog, or die! Bc . Cui....--Sever'al antecdotes turn on tht. inexhautible theme for merranentit the sot' 'ows of' mattrimony. In patn.ing through the trets a bier was strmmek again... the corner of a: hiote, and the cox'pee reaninmated by the shock. Soie years afterwardls; wh~en the woman died in geood earnie.,t, her husband called to the bear er, '-Priay genitlenmen, be catrefulhl in turning the c.orn'rs.' Tit;: iLver L,:au. Fai'.-A gentlentan in Cicinati staite.s ihat. Nichohlas L.ongwoth, who wa in his nttive State a shaoeina~ker, practiceid law oin hii removal tot that city during lie years be we.en 160m4 and 18:.!0. lie once r'eceived ats a l'gl iee forit dem.fending a horse thief', two second hand copper stills. The genitlemant whto had thenm in p~o.sesi'n~ refused to give them up, bt ~ro.,ed~' to Mr'. Lotngwoi'th to give him a lot of :3j aicres on1 Western'i lion, so called, in lieu of them-a pr'oposal whicth the latter, whose sant ginie opinions of' the valuie of sutch prtopertty were ahead of his time, gladly accepted. This trntinm formued. the ba-is of' ant itnniense Ior tue, tue naked gr'oundi being now worth over tw milions of' dollars. \ s. PlC ON TE Mi substance as fol Th. tuation to eman, A oppres sive a a yoke hcavi, ithcrs to hazar t1g and nerve tiest na tion i the pu rest b -t of the absen here by slaves area of the ni the best watere 4 prcp.. ation of man. ' , our cliii.. salubri ous than Italy osiGreece, and our uctions, for the wants,- comforts, and the t..:urics of man, more abun7ant, excellent, and varied than those of any oter clime under Heaven's high canopy. Moreoe: we are the exclusive produ cers of cotton-4ad cotton now rules the com merce of the world, and commands and invests the largest amo st of labor and capital of any ther prodnctionkf the earth. The slaveholdingll States this day' tand in a position from which hey could wicli more real power over the na ions, the Kingdims, the Republics, and the Em ires, both of the New and Old World, than the nightiest conqueror that ever strode upon the eeks of mankind. Napoleon made thrones and liadems his playthings, and held dukedois anl rincilalities in'the palns of his hands, yet his power, and the power of France, at the meridean ight of his fanie and glory., never equalled the rigantic stature jo which the cotton growing re. ion could attain, without the shediling of a rop of human blood, or without the violation of L single duty, a single obligation, or a single prin -iple of honor. A few years g'o, the uses of cotton were un miown to man,*and his clothing were was man iletured of the skins of beasts and (Pf wool. mnd flax and silk. iHowevr'. after the Lnitful taies had act'ved her Independence, the en erprise of So erners soon found in cotton, the :heapest and t material of all others, with Vihich to clot: the whole world of iankinil. [he article w' oon adopted in other countrics. mad the stapl' mply rewarded the cnltivation. rom year to-jear as the quantity of it raise' vas increasedts, trade was extcnded-a:d it ended. on-Account 6f itscheapness, and the fa -ility of its manufaeture into becoming and com brtable wearing apparel, to make its own mar :.ts. Now nothing can vie with it. It is sought iv the whole world. It is becoming an aid to iviiz-ition: for nations, that o11CCe0,ud not at ;rd to ibe clad, now find in cott'nl a cheap and lgant attire that canl be obtained even by the mtntle anld very destitute. There was once a :i.l deficieny of raiment for mankind, and hal: he! worbil ablpsolitelV went bar. That deficetiev in longer exists, and there seems to be a landa dL emulation anong all peaple to dress them ti.!vesAwith netns,1ndn longe Ihoe lth eni oilities ofi Le iiodest 'y glaring expos'Ire Of couns2 the nu.ill"hetture ot ek-thin zr-cot on cluthing- has kept pace with the deniarl r t.The demnand ail tihe sup ply becomte larg-ir .nd larger with each successive year : and at thti. av, there ar-e h~iiundres of mill ions of' ~ eph al in eted in the1 mianifhecture alon'e ; and millions co: thbiiers employed~t therecin, even in the two oir bree mo~st lpow1erful and ennmmercial ntationus o; Euro'ipe, with which we have the direciu-st inter ourse. Any disturbance of the cotton tr-ale. uild cr-eate ihminie and' ruin, both in England tnd France, in the space of a single ycar. I; e slaveholdintg cotton-growing States were ce d into an inidepiendetnt governmtent, thieir- ((m on wouldl be an absolute security to them ageainst mr, not only3 with England aind France, but with heir own Northern brethren, and even wiO' the hole world ; and by the immortal Gods, if' ihey ould obtain at the first. twenty-five y-ears of1 pro-1 Lund peace, such wvould be their wealth, and nehI thie sit-ength of their- :llia:nces, that they 'ould contend with the wvorld in armns. In a shiort ie the iprosperi'y and riches of these States vuld be~ absoh ...ely faibulus-surtpassing the ~randeur of Rome, in the days of' Augustus, of ersia, when her Kings rode in gohlen chariots, md sat on golen thrones, atnd of Great Britain ow. whils~t she mionopolized the wveahh of half he !. .' s. Beceausu'. it has bretn proved to de nonlstratiio, that no region under the sutn can opete with us la raisinig cotton ; and there is eally tione other adapted to its growth. Its -uhure has been triedl every where, and priineehy -ews hiave been offered hv~ ruval hanuds, even the E-gyptiant, the ]ndian, atid the wild Arab, s the indu:cetments to success, and every san ;uine etrprise has resulted in :1othinig bunt dis ippointment and miserable failure. Sucht theit, are the advatntages enjoy-ed by the outelrni Shtvehohinig States, and such are sotme if the inducements, and secur-ities they have, f'or treting to themselves ain independenit separate ~epblic. Now, have we any othier powerful miotiv-e, andt my other cogent incentries to sneh a course ? [ave we any other reasons-nay, any other dire accssity to impel us to a separationi? I would wven wish not, for I love my whole country, and [delight to contemplamte its glories uiidivided. But no Southcn man whose sensibilities have at been bluinted, by his tnumtberless insults atnd >ppresionst:, ail y the long period of hisa servi ::ie, can be blin~ to the monstrous occnrrences > every, day, atn to the most appalling facts in vhich a chibil mn hlt read the future, anid deci pher tie miserable doom of a free people. Siiice the fo midation of the Republic ther-e has becen a struggle for ascendency between the orth anid the Sonth, which struggle has degen rated itnto a ennitest for ollice, and for spoils, tund plunder, andu the overflhowings of the treasury. In a contest to lie decided by numbers, of' course, w.. bm..e been fred to sucoumb. The conse-. quence is, we have been taxed to fecd the North, and to build up Northern manulhctories, and to rear and support a stupendous system of inter nal improvenient.s in the free States, unsurpassed in the annals of the human race. As the Northern States were the first to get control of the commerce of the country and of the carrying trade, and as some of their large ports were best adapted for ports of entry, all or nearly all the immigration into the country first touches their shores. Hence they must always overwhelm us in numbers, and conquer us by votes. In addition, that foreign element, coming from European countries where negro slavery is unknown, and feeling an enthusiasm for freedom in first experiencing its blessings, without the ex ception of a moan, is sure to turn its whole force upon the South. It is composed too, generally of an ignorant prejudiced multitude, and there is searcely one of them, even among their mechan. ies and working men, that does not loathe the siglit of a negro slave, as one with whom he is to conic into competition, and who is employed to perform the work, which lie deems it his proud privilege to monopolize. It is vain to reason with him about the vast amount of labor here for every one, and the rich and boundless forests o be converted to the uses of civilization and to he supply of' the wants of the poor of all the .orld. le heeds no argument, lie has the big ,ted prejudice of his caste in Europe, and the abors perf'ormed . by the black slaves and the .ages received by their masters, he deems his right and property, fron which he is unjustly de' >rived. Now this class of people, together with A. SAt of sickly finatics, constitute a material up. m which Northern Demagogues will forever op' rate, in order to e!ieet their ambitious aims. iteiv furnish fuel for that furnace of agitation, rhich will continue to send forth flame and uinoke, and burning cinders, until every band Ind ligament of the Union lshall be utterly con iu med. IL is possible that the more intelligent classes ,f the North, and especially the mercantile con ninity, who have fCol our benefits, and who are -ompetent to take a cormprehensivo and pliloso ,hical view of the subject, contain many (liscrect L:I patriotic citizens who are content to let -s dione, in the enjoyment of the rights gunran -ied by the constitution. But the anti-slavery? m1l especially the Freesoil party is so strong. Init in all elosely contested elections, where oth ,r issues are involved. the side that appeals to hat party will assuredly win the prize. This is Iough to foster the spirit of incendiarism for ,Ter, nd to encourage its growth, until it shall ecome a frigltfl monster, willing and power 'ul enough to devour our government, liberty, ionor, glory, and all the sacred memorials of our ist greatness and renown. The evils, that are prcssing upon us in the di rection of Kansas. I can vay, without vanity. do :iot strike ine with surprise, but their whole train was predicted to my friends, on numberless oc -asions. when I had the honor to address them ln regard to the admis.sion of California. - It Nas clear to my mind then. that the alhission even, one iore slaveholding State into the nion, would almost le a miracle. How, in the 1.nic of common sense, can a number of sparse yv inhabited States, like those holding slaves, ompete in the colonization of new territories, with a sectio-n of the Union full to over-flowing vith a pauper population. and with a section, hat annually receives addit ional tens andl hun irds of thouisan~ls o1f emirants from the old aorld. We are content with our condition, andi .r people have no motives for leaving their oecs for a perilotus settlement in the West. oeoerw, slaveholders are absolutely afraid to mizrate with their slaves, to those fertile ringions fthe North West, to which such a current of :,rigner's, and Northern abolitionists are tnow lireting the-ir course ;because they have a cer ii conviction, that they will b.e ensily out-ntum nred. and that they will either be divested of' heir slaves byv law, or lby the stratagems of' the ilolitinists. Thme best opportunity we have had or matny years of' making a new slave State, was 'rihedl in Kansas, on accotunt of its proximity LO Mssouri. TIhe prospects were oncee ilattering hat A tehison would succeed ini his patriotic ex 2rtions h ut every chance of snecess has now anishd. And in my heart, I believe, that both hei administrations5 of Pierce and~ Duchanant, ive wielded the influence of Government to our trient. Mr. Pierce deemed, that it would be atal anid distracting to the Democratic party, or Kansas to apply for admission as a State, with a pro-slaver'y constitution, and to prolong the contest, lie appointed a niutmber of inetlicient governors there, who were absolutely of meaner pceitis, than coinmon village Intendants. Je of' them Col. Geary', I knew to be a perfect Wis) of straw. While in command of a Penn sylvania Regiment in Mexico, though he may htave mianifested common courag a, lie exihited ll the incapacity for government of it weak gar-. rulous old womaon. Walker is a fit stuccessor of' the immtortal Col. Geary'. TIc yields every thing. Knowiig that the eff'orts of thme ablitionists of New England are Continuous, and that those of the South are pretty' well exhausted: he pro claims a decree that though thte conventiont sould adopt a constitution permitting slavery, nevertheless it must be ratified by a vote of the wlole people. Nothing coutld more effectually determine the fate of the pro-slavery party. A wrong system of conduct and territorial heg slation has been acqtuiesced in. by the Soutth, from the time of the aipplication of Californiia to the present junctur'e, and our statesmen seem p'ofoudly asleep ats to their rights and interests. it is certninly right and pr'oper', that Contgress should nt interfere one wny or another with slavery in the territories. Neither in my opin ion, has thme people of the territories, the power 0' inhibitinig slavery there until those territories hh.ll becomec States. The territories are the com mon property of' all the States of the Union, and as the constitution of the United States, recog nizes the rirhit of piroperty ini .ee.no territory should lbe allowed to passltny law inivahilating that right, or foi bidding a slave owner from e-:igrati.g th,.e w.ith hi. slaves and from on. joyilg there the fruits of their labor just as free ly and unrestrained as be might do in South Carolina. Let it be established firmly by pre cedents, and long usage, that the few first set tiers, and the floating population, (as in the case of California,) shall hereafter forever be allowed to fix the constitution of a territory against prop erty in slaves, and slavery cannot extend an inch further to the North, West, or South. The in stitution, is crippled, circumscribed, inevitably doomed. Southern men should have raised their voices against the Kansas- Nebraska bill, unless it had contained a higher qualification for the voters, who, in the first instance were to fix the constitu tions of those countries. The first settlers of all new regions, are generally wandering men, without fixed abodes, and without property, and a great portion of them, especially in this coun try, are foreigners, totally unacquainted with our laws. The most of such settlers and emi grants, have never beheld the face of a negro slave. Nevertheless, those birds of passage, and renegades, and ignorant foreigners, are permit ted to vote for the laws and constitution of Kan sas. simply, on their declaring, on oath, their in tention to become citizens of the United States. If this is not a violation of the rights and inter ests of the South, calculated to rouse the spirit of resistance in the bosom of every slaveliolder, we are sunk into the profoundest indifference to the obligations we owe to ourselves and to pros perity, and we have forgotten all the hallowed memories of the past, which animated our Sum ters, and Marions, and Hammonds, to consecrate as a single battle ground, our once gallant State, from the shores of the sea to the pinnacle of the mountains. I have seen with alarm and despair the dispo sition of many of our leaders to commit us ir revocably to the entanglements of party. Let us once, place ourselves thoroughly in Demo cratic harness, or Whig harness, and our liber ties are not worth a fig. Why can we not stand aloof, as we havo always done, proud and inde pendent, engaged and pledged by no ties, but love of country, and love of liberty, and devo tion to principal, and then in the great Presiden tial struggles, and strife for offices and honors, support and sustain only the men, and the cause, who have at heart, the liberty, the constitution, and the safety of the Republic. Ever since the death of Mr. Calhoun, I have seen an itching in many of our great men, to 1etter the State by means of party organizations, party afliliations, and party conventions. When ever that is perfectly accomplished, and our State shall learn to draw well in the harness, our high position, and our indignant hatred of op pression i.s, gone. Our citizens will learn to bid as high for ollice as any timeservers. Both the Whig and Democratic Conventions are designed to supersede the Constitution ; and are therefore against the Constitution. They say that one of two ment must be elected Presi dent, and one of two men, of their appointmi nt must be elected Vice President, and their voice is as potential as the decree of Omnipotence. The people pretend to vote for a President and Vice Preident ! A few trading politicians, who at tend the Baltimore and Cincinnati Conventions, elect these oficers ; and what is more, determine what sh:ll be their course of conduct for the four years of their administration, and only call in the poor people, by shouts and hurras, and coon skins, and cider barrels, and oceans of mean liquor, to ratify their decrees. There should he one conivention-a convention for the Union of the South-a convention to draw closer our ties of blood and fellow feeling -a convention to wake up the slaveholders of the country to a gallant, a persevering and an undying etfort to vindicate their rights, and to maintain their position in the Union which was achieved by the blood of their fathers. IHere my notes end, but I have only given a slight impression of the zeal and eloquent pow er of the speaker. S. S. K. GOV. WALKER'S EXPLANATION. Usuiltsc-ros, August 20.-Governor Walker in his official dis.patcbes recently received, says that in one point he has been grossly misrepre setedl, namely: ats desiring that every mnan should Vote who happened to be in the Terri to:-y en the clay of the election for the ratifica tion of the Constitution. This, lhe remarks, wold be desirable if there were conclusice evi dece that all such persons wecre actual bona tide settler.s, but the only sudticient and usual iroof of such a fact would be some previous residence. On this point, which is one of de tail, he had never proposed to make suggestions to the convention, although, when asked his opinion by the members of that body, he hadI indicated a previous residence of three or six months, and that the same qualifications should be adopted in the convention in regard not only to that, but to all futture elections ; and in his judgment, one or other of these terms of resi dence will be adopted by the convention, from which lhe anticipates cordial co-operation. "It is somew it extraordinary," lhe adlds, "that w-hi: this accusation of letting every man vote w-lo miay happen to be in the Territor-y on the day of* the election, has been preferred in the Soth as indicating a desire on my part to let~ in the Abolition vagrants and interlopers to control the result, the Republicans of Kansas have drawn an entirely different conclusion, viz: That I designed in this manner to br-ing many thousands of Missourians in the Territory to decide the contest." Asn SmTI Tumrv co.-Among the deaths mentioned in the latest London papers, is that of Charles Bonaparte, Prince of Canio, the eldst son of Lucien Bonaparte, brother of the first Emperor anid well known by his work on the Birds of America, and by other contribu tions to natural science. He was born in Paris in 1804, and died there July 20th, at his resi dence in the Rue de Sette at tne age of 54. He hadl marr-ied Zenaide the only daughter of Joseph loaparte, with whom he received a very large dwery. She died in 1854. Eight children weec the issue~ of this marriage of whom the. oldest Joseph Lucien Charles Bonaparte serves: in the army. The second Lucien Louis Joseph has taken orders in the Catholic Church. He is one of the Pope's chamberlains, and it is expec ted, will soon lbe made a Cardinal. The deceased P'rince of Canino was'a member of most of the learned academies of Europe and America, and; piossesed, a long with some of the genius of his broher a good many of his amiable qualities JOHN A. CHAPMAN, Es.-We notice with great pleasure that John A. Chapman, Esq., has become associated with Thomas P. Slider, in the editorial management' of the Sun. This copartnership cannot result in anything but good for the readers of the Sun; and we mis take us greatly if it do not rebound to the im provement of the Sun itself. Mr. Chapman is a man of sound ability, patient energy, faithful devotion to letters, and withal modest. We welcome him into the profession and entertain the hope that he may be long and pleasantly identified with the newspaper interests of the South-an interest second to none in its noble ness and importance, and requiring no little faithfulness of labor to ensure success. At no time has the South needed champions more sadly ; although there are many throughout the length and breadth of her territory who are devoted to 'her best interests, and nobly battling in her cause, still there are some who have lost sight of her former glory and future welfare, and every addition to the ranks of the " faithful" should be hailed with gladness. Messrs. Slider and Chapman are able to do no. bli ; and we trust that it will be their princi pal aim, in the language of the Richmond Whig, to "make a constitutional opposition to the Devil and the Black Republicans."-Newberry Mirror. SPARK CArCr.-There has just been ex hibited to us an invention very properly denomi nated a "Spark Catcher," and intended to be used in steam mills. It is remarkably simple in its construction, and its entire applicability, so far as we are capable of judging of its mer its, seems to be beyond doubt. The first trial of it, we are informed by Messrs. Coe & Peal, the inventors, will be 'made at an early day with Gov. Allston's steam rice mill; and, if successful, its importance as security against fire, must very soon be generally appreciated. Pee Dee Times. "TEi IIrALTHIEsT COUNTRY IN CREATION." -DeBow's morality statistics show that the people of the United States are the healthiest on the globe. The. The deaths are three hun dred and twenty thousand per year, or one and one-third per cent., of the population. In Eng land the ratio is over two per cent., and in France nearly three per cent. Virginia and North Carolina are the healthiest of the States, and have six hundred and thirty-eight inhabi tants over one hundred years of age. TiE CooLIE TRADE 1- NEw YoRE.-The following appears in the New York Express of last Wednesday's issue. It needs no comment : " Among the charters at this port Monday, we see, was the ship " Euterprise," from China to Cuba, with Coolies at $70 per head. This is better for the ship-owner than carrying corn at 21d. per bushel, or flour at rates that will hardly pay for loading and unloading. "This Icoolie' business, it has been shown -om time to time, is quite as bad as the African s ave trade. The 'horrors' of the passage from CLh.a to Cuba are said to be but a repetition, i -...t an aggrevation, of the awful 'middle passage' from Africa. Haven't black-republican triends a word of 'sympathy' for the poor Asia tic ? Or is it the Coolie's misfortune not to have an ebon face and a wooly head ?" 4 , CRUEL PUNISHMENT IN THE ARMY.-The Lawrence (Kansas) correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat narrates the following case of excessive punishment in the Army: "An incident occurred last year at Fort Pierre, which possibly has never come before the public. I have reliable information that a private in the army at that place, some time last summer, committed some trifling offence against the military dignitaries, for which he was court-martialed and sentenced to receive fifty lashes. -The sentence was executed with great severity, so much so that the soldier died in the operation, or soon afterward. Another member of the Army at that place, who had been accustomed for years to write for South en journals, made a note of the incident, in hich he rather intimated that the officers were culpable, for being so severe in the execution of the law as to cau.<e death. For this, and this only, the writer was arraigned before a court martial, and sentenced to receive thirty (or ifty) lashes-to have one-half of his head shav ed~and to wvear the ball and chain one year; and the poor man is now at Fort Riley suffer ing the last part of the sentence. This is the statement as I have it, and I believe it to be orrect in all essentials. The names I could furnish if necessary." Ma. Bczitsds INDLesaR.-A Washington orrepoident says that Pre.idenit Ruchanani at ten,- to all important matters himself. During his lung and active life lhe has been remarked for a :-egular habit of increasing toil. Even in his retirement at Wheatland, he was a close student and an early riser. During his residence at the British Com-t he performed the heaviest duties himself. The number of letters and pa 1er lie writes without the aid of an amanuesis now, is legion. Reading without spectacles, and giving to every subject prompt and careful aalyis, he is a wondler to his Cabinet, several f hom knew very little of'him till thus thrown into connection with him. Rising almost at dawn, and toiling late, he gives to his office con scientio.is fidelity and patience, which have narked his career f rom the day when, nearly forty years ago, ho took his seat in the national councils.-The Democratic Wonder. WASmIn-ros, August 15. TnE. New Ressusx TIaIirr.--ticial des patches received1 at the State Department speak in ivorable terms of the~ameliorating influence of the new Russian tariff, saying the coinmenee et of its operaition affords evidence that the prsnt Emperor entertainms views difterent from his predecessor. aind affords hope that other im p~rtnmt reformi~ may follow. Book~s in all lan guages are diuty free, subject only to the usual esorship. Russian subjects living in foreign countries caan now travel for five years, with a reduction in the passport fees. SEDCTION AND) SUcD.--On Saturday list a young lady named Anna Marshall, about twenty two years of age, committed suicide at Newark N. J., by taking arsenic. The deceased was of a highly respectable family and a strict member of church. She had been seduced, as she alleged, by a prominent member of .her own church, and to escape the disgrace put an end to her life. The accused gentleman positively denies the charge. An itcE1 Co-rros Gos.-We learn that tme Columbia Mills have advanced the price of osnaburgs to 13 cents, and of yarns to 22 cents per ponid. The high price of cotton has ren dered this necessary ; most of the Georgia fac tories, we learn, advanced their prices some time back. A few days ago we published a notice of the stoppage of near 6,000 looms in Massachu setts, owing to the unremunerative .prices of goods compared to the cost of cotton. The dis proportion in prices is more severely felt in the manufacture of heavy goods, where a large por tion of the value of the goods is in the raw ma-. tia.1...unni Osrolinian.