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-SI1WS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, S. Us, SE TlfBERv 16), 1857. VO.XXII--NO -&
THE LITTLE "TEUNDLE-ED."
BY DR. A. HILL.
We hive a fond little treasure,
Joyous and bright a's the morn,
Loved without stint or measure,
Ever since it was born;
'Tis a dear litt!e girl, and her golden hair,
Falls in ringlets bright, o'er her forehead fair.
And close by the side of our bed,
This precious little bundle,
.Every night is laid, r
8nug in her little "trnndle;"
Smiliniso sweet, that it sometimes seems,
Good Aeis must talk to the child in her dreams.
And every night she comes,
Wearyof frolic and play,
Then softly her vesper hums, s
And knieels by her bed'to pray
And then, as soon as her prayers are said,
She nestles-right down in her trundle-bed. k
The clothes are all folded neat,
In Winter, all snugly tuck'd in, [
The " coverlet," blanket and sheet, P
Drawn under the darling's chin; V
Then all you can see is her baby-head,
As she sle, ps for the night in her trundle-bed.
And often we come to kneel,
Where our little treasure lies,
And prayers such as parents feel,
We send up to the skies;
For we hear of de:th, and we come to dread
The loss of our child from her trundle-bed.
We thilk-yes, often we think,
And what if the child should die! U
-The heart for a moment will sink, )
And a tear-drop moisten the eye; M
Pond hearts are now beeding, as others have bled, t
While they gaze on a vacant, but dear little bed. t1
Affection bath reared her shrine,
By the lowliest things of earth,
And the holiest feelings entwine
'Round the spot that gave us birth;
Thus we love the place where our baby sleeps,
And affection her nightly vigil keeps.
'Tis a plain, old-fashioned thing,
That little baby bed,
Where love her offerings bring,
And angels lightly tread;
Yet a cord may be touched by the merest toy,
That shall deluge the heart with a tide of joy.
We love it, and who shall dare,
These holy feelings deride, -
-Lik. tb;pt'0l&bus "Old Arm Chair,
And a thousand things beside; .
So, whether our child he living or dead,
A dear little thing is that trundle bed. u
I'
George Ballerton sat in his room in his hotel.
He was a young man of six and t wenty, tall anl
slim of frame, with a Mace of exceeding intell-e- ,
tual beauty, and dressed in costly garmentz.
though his toilette was but indifferently pet- .
formed. le was an orphan, and for sonic yearr ti
bad boarded at the hotel. It required hut -
single glance into his pale features to tell that a
he was an invalid. He sat with his head rest inr
upon his hands, and his whole frame would ever e,
and anon tremble, as though with some power- ~
fuI emotion.
As the youth sat thus, his door was opened, ,1
and an elderly gentleman entered.n
"Ahi, doctor. you are muovingearly this morn- it
ing," said Ballerton. as he lazily arose from his p
seat, andl extended his hand. I.
" Oh !-not early for mue, George," returned1 s<
llyne, with a bright smile. " I am an early t<
bird."
" Well--yon've caugeht a wormt this time."p
"I hope 't will prove a valuable one." t
" I don't know," sighed the youth. "1I fenr y
a thousand worms will inherit this poor body Ir
ere long." ht
" Nonsense ! Y(o-'re worth half a century- "
yet," criiedl the do'ctor, giving hinm a gentle slap ci
on the shonider. "BEnt ju.<t tell mae. George,
how is it with Rowland ?"
" Ju-t as I told you. All is gone." P
" I don't understand it, George."
" Neither do I." said the von ng man. sorrow- al
fully-. " That Charles Rowhltnd could hav-e domne ni
that thing. I wvorld not-conld not-have be- "
liev-ed. Why, hadl an angle appearied to, me hi
two weeks rago. and tol me tha:t Rowland was
sha~ky, I woul not have~ ;'id a moment's atten- -r
tioln to it. Ent oinlvy thhik: whien my faither al
died, he seleeted fort inv en'wrdian hi< be-t friend b'
anad "nh I even now helieve' Chunrh". R' w~landl .'
wa:-Landl in his hamnd he place~d all his w~eal th. h
foir htim to keep until I shtould biecome or nr--. e
An'd. wvhen I did arrive at that peri'od of life, T V
left ny monuey wer-e it was. 1 had no' use for h'
it. Several times, within three or four yeare.h
has Rowland asked me to take my money and ~
invert it, but T would not. T bade him keelp it, a
and use it, if hte wvished. I only- aeked that, l.
whien I wanted money. he would honor my "we
mand]. [ felt more safe, in fact, than T "lbonld
hav-e felt had my money been in a bank on de
posit." I
"How much had lhe when lhe left?"
" How much of mine ?"
" Yes.n
"lIe should have had a hundred thousand
dollars."
" What do you mean to do ?'
A Ah-you have me on the hip there." I
" And yet you must do somnethtine. George. t
Heaven knows I would keep you if I could. I
shall claim the privilege of paying your debts, t
however."
"No. no, doctor-none of that." I
" But I tell you I shall. I shall naty your
lebts, but beyond that 1 can only assist y'on to I
belp yourself. What (1o you say to going to
Aeain smile swvept over the youth's pale I
features at this remark.
" I should make a smart hand at sen. doctor !
T can htardly keep my legs on shore. No, no
r mnust-'|
"Mnst what ?"
" Alas ! I know not. 1 shall die-.that'h all !"
" Nonsense, George. I say, go to sean. You '
couldn't eo into a shop, and yon wouldn't if you
could. You do not wish to remain here amidtl
the scenes of vour happier days. Think of it :
ntt sea, you will be free from the sneers of the
heartless, and free from all contact with things
you loath,.. Think of it."
George Ballerton started to hit feet and paced I
tirefloo for some minutes. When he stopped, 2
L new life seemed already at work within him.
"Itf I went to sea, wr hat could I do?"
"You understand all the laws of foreign
rade ?"
"Yes. You know I had a thorough schooling
.t that in my father's counting-house."
"Then, you can have the berth of a super
argo."
"Are you sure I cn get one?"
" Y es." CPt
" And the salary ?"
" 'two thousand dollars."
" Doctor John Claudius Allyne, I will go!
George Bailerton wulked one evening to the
ouse of the wealthy merchant, Andrew Wilton.
was a palatial dwelling, and many a hopeful,
appy hour had lie spent beneath its roof. He
iig the bell and was admitted to the parlor.
a a few minutes, Mary Wilton entered. She
-as only twenty. She had been waiting until 1
aat age to be George Ballerton's wife.
Some word-s were spoken-many moments of i
ainful silence ensued. I
" Mary-you know all. I am going upon tie4
a. I am going to work for my living. I am
ing forth from my native land a beggar. I
annot stay long now. Mary, did I know you
-ss than I do-or, kiiowing you well, did I
now you as I do many-I should give you back
our vowrs, and free you from all bondage. But <
believe I should trample upon your heart did I
do that thing now. I know your love is too t
ure and deep to be torn front your bosom at I
-ill. Ro I say-wait-wait!"
"Dut why wait.? Ilave I not enough ?"
"-sh! You know not again what yon say. t
here arc other feelings in the human heart be- <
des love. That love is a poor profitless pas- r
on which nuts aside all other considerations.
e must love for eternity, and so our love must C
e free. Wait. I am going to work. Ay- :
poo 0 111sa to work !"
"But why upon the sea? Why away where 1
ty poor heart itnst ever beat in anxious hope t
ad doubt as it fbllows thee ?" 5
" Because I cannot remain here. Hundreds iG
pour fools have imagined that I shunned them
acauae I was proud. They knew not that it t
as the tainted atmosphere of their moral life a
iat I shunned. They gloat over my misfor- f
me. Men may call me foolish ; but it would I
AI me to stay here."
" Alas ! must it be'?"
"It must. You will wait ?"
"I will wait even to the gates of the tomb !" f
" Then Heaven bless and preserve you!" (
The ruined youth was upn the ocean-his V
> Iage co:nmenced-his dutie.ias laborer for his a
vn daily' bread all fairly assumed. Ai !it wis
strange life for him to enter upon. From the
.nership ->f immense wealth to the trade books
a merchant ship, was a transition indeed!
tit, ere he went on deck again, tie had fairly
.olved that he would do his iduty, con:e what
ould, short of death. Ile would forget that v
e ever did else but work for his livelihood. r
ith these resolves, clearly defined in his mind, i1
already felt better. ~ I t
At first our supercargo was too weak to do
uch. He was yery - sea-sick, anld, it lasted" a
arly two weeks; but when that passed oil, t,
id he could pace the vibrating deck with a e
o(ut stonach, his appetite grew sharp, and Lis
n,cles began to grow str.i>g. At first his ap- 0
tite craved soie of the uany delicacies lie f
d, and he very soon learned to do withiiut c
ell. The result. was, that his appeitte became t
itural in its wants; and his systein began to 11
nd itself nourished by simple lood, and in prop- t
rquiantities. 'a0
For years he had looked upon breakfast as a s
ieal wiuich niust be set out and partaken of a
om nee fashion. A cup of colfee, and per- r
Ips a piece of dry toast, or soi seawnAletl and S
ghly-.piced tidhit, hail con-tituteil tle morn- C
g meal. D-ut now, wjen the breaikfast hour I
mi:e, lie approichetd it wit h a keen apretil e, aal i
It as ,trong and as hearty as at any time of I .
le day. ! C
By degrees the hollow cheeks became full; a
e lark eyes a-sninedit new li-tre ; tle color t
ch and healthful caine to te face ; the breast '
veled with increasing power; the lungs ex-'
mndedl and grew strong; the nmuseles b~ecame
ore im and true ; the nerves grrew cahin and
eady anmd the garments which lie had worn
hen lie caune on boardl had to be let out sonme
dihes ini trder to make them encompass his
r.-un IHis disposition became cheerful and
right and by the time the ship had reached the
imtern cape of Afrnica the crew had all learneda
love him.
Tfimoigh storm and sun-line ; througha tem
~st tiind eriim ; through dlark hours aind briht,,
eimc .--h~ uper carmgo made his voyage, in oine
ar from the daiy on whlich lie left his nat i 'et
uid he plaicedl his foot aigain upon the soil ot'
s hioime. lhut lie did niot stop'. t'iie sainte ship,
ith the samec otticers, wasi. goiing upjon th;e s:mnne
uise again ; aind lie imeant to go ini her. lie
w ar Wlton, andl she would wait. le ~
v r.Allyne, and the kind ichl gentleman 1
-isedl him hor his manly in depenmdence.
Again Geoirge Blallerton was upon the ~e;
niliagnin he :ssuimedl thei duties o.f his oilliee,t
id even iniire. lie stou'd watch when there 'e
as no need of it, and' ilnring ..emons ofh storintt ~
clatimued a po- t cln dleck. C
At the en' Io f anot11he-r~ yea:r the yon ~
inrmned to hiis homei ai~ain. ie was~ now ie!t
d twenty, and fe'w who knew him two year's
foire, coulH reciogizre liimm now. 11:3 Iface was
'inlzedi by e.xpomure. his cicek' t'il I ail plumpih,
s trame stout ande 5 stron.f, mcn.! eri'ct like~ a fr
t chliief. I Ii- tot-cular~ .--V'M.emi wa nobi* d
dhipedl. atnd the~ men were'few who cou~ld atand
eie him in trials of' hy.-ictl strengt hi. W hiei
e fir-t left the city, two years tbefoire, loi hadl
eighedi jnst one hundredl andc thirty pond
berlupoiis, ie now broiuighit up the bieam fa~ir-i
at oneL hundred andt sevent y-su! Surely hell
a- a new iman ini every respieet. j
On thle afmtenrciin of thle t hird day, as lie en
red his ho~tel, one of the waiters handed himnI
let ter. Ie opemnedl it, and fu'mnd it to be from
In. Wilton. It wias a regnest that lie woiuldh be
t e merchant'.s house at nine o'clock that
vening.1
"G(7eorge," said thme docetor, after the youth :1
ad given a full account of his adventures, 4 I-i
lould tinmk you would abmuost torgive poort'
towlanid for having niade oft' with your for- -1
"Forgive hinm ?" returned George ; "oh, I did
tat in the first place!1" 1
SWell, Gorige," resumed the doctor, "Mr.
htowtand is here. Will you see him ?"
" See him ? See Charles Rowland ? Of course
will."
TIhec door was openedu, and Mr. Rlowland en
'red. ie was min elderly main, but hazle and
'Te old man and the youing shook hands, andi
en inquired afier cacti other's health.
"1You received a note from me, some t wo yecar's
'o," said Mr. Rlowland, "ini which I stated
hat one in whom I hadl trusted had got your
ioney, and muine with it ?"
"Yes, sir," wvhispered the y'outh.1
"Well," resitmned liwl, " Doctor Allyne
ra the man, lie had your money."
" lloiw'? What ?" gasped George gazing from
ne to the other in blank astonishment.
alloid on, myv boy, said the doictor, wle a
aiey ocf eimotioins seemned at wor'fi %ithin his
,0.OmOi. "I was the villain-it w'ias I who got
'ou mnne. I worked your ruin, my hoy.
And now listen, and then I'll tell you wby 7
"1 saw that you were dying. Your father
lied of the same disease. A consumption was
apon you-not a regular pulmonary affection ;
hut a wasting away of the system for the want
>f vitality. The mind was wearing out the
body. The soul was slowly, but surely, eating
ts way from the cords that bound it to earth.
[knew that yo- could be cured; and I knew,
oo. that the only thing in the world which
rould cure you was to throw you upon your
>wn physical resources for a livelihood. There
vas a morbid willingness of the spirit to.pas
Lway. You would hiive died ere you would
iave made an ex.rtion, from the very fact that
'ou looked upon exertion as worse than death.
:t was a strange state (of both mind and body.'
{our large fortune rendered work unnecessary,
o there was no hope while that fortune re
uained. Had it been wholly a bodily malady,
could have argued you into the necessary work
br a cure. And, on the other hand, had it been
rholly a menial disease, I ight have driven.
our body to help your mind. But both were
reak, and I knew that you must either work or
lie.
" And now, my boy, i'll tell you where my
ope lay. I knew that you po..essed such a
rue pride of independence that you would not
lepend upon others. I knew that if you were
irced to it you would work. T saw Rowland,
nt told him my plans. I assured him that it
re coull contrive to get you it sea, and make
'ou start out into active life for the sake of life
'on could be saved. Ile joined ine at once. I
.ok your money and his, and then hade him
lear out. Yont know the rest. And now tell
ne my boy ; if I give you back your fortune
all you forgive me? Your money is safe
very penny of it-to the anoun" of a hundred
nd tifty thousand dollars. Poor Rowlhnd has
uffer.d much in kuowing how you looked upon
in ; but I know that lie is amply repaid by
lie sight of your noble, powerful frame, as he
Les it to-night. And now, George, are we for
iven ?"
It was a full hour hefore all the questions of
he happy friends could be a-ked and answered ;
nd when the doctor and Rowland had been
>rgiven and blessed fbr tte twentieth time, Mr.
Vilton said-" Wait!"
lie left the room, and when he returned he
xd sweet Mary by the hand.
Late in the evening, after the hearts of our
iends had fairly begun to grow tired with joy,
eorge asked Mary how much longer she was
-illing to wait. Mary asked her father, and the
nswer was
"'Two weeks!"
THE PRINCESS II0YA'S WEDDING DRESS.
The Princess Royal of England is now the
observed of all observers." The time rolls on
-hich is to take her to her new home and her
ew country. While it is passing, she is looked
pon with that interet it is natural to feel in
ose we are about to lose.
The wedding robe in which she is first to be
uted irAthe ..charcter-f'wife is pi-ogreisifig,
> be ready for the day on which is to be enact
I that most heart-stirring and engrossing event.
The Princess Royal is to be married in a dressi
r lioniton lace, as was her august mother be
wre her. Those who know the tedious nature
U tue manuflacture will not be surprised to hear
biat its cout amounted to one hundred and fifty
ounds. We are not able to) say what is to be
lie price of the robe now in prepiaration, but
re happy to be able to sp)eaik of its artistic de
ign, which has been approved as welt fur taste
i or patriotism. Its p-it tern is omipo-ised of our
ation.A emblem:,s, the r.se, the thistle, aml the
iamruek, beautifilly inter-pered. and producing
llet-s equally light, graceful, and elegant.
Vhen it is renieibered that eve-ry bud anl
wer, spray and sprig, are each and all formed
y the youog lace-maker on the pillow resng i
ii her knee, tie amount of female labor will
piear stupendou. Not the nost tiny- lear. or
he sweliing of a single line of meandering stein,
ut has cot .o amh of human tuone ; which, is
leed, nothing less thn hunian life.
At the same time that this exquisite and
'aborate work is progressine, anotsier robe is
Iso engaging the time anid thoug hts of the
foniton lace-makersa. The designi ihr thiis secondl
ice of gossamier~ might also lIca! to :he expiec
tion that it was iutmddedl to ~mr p lihe youth
dl form of a prmemess' birie.,-maid. It is
dorned with lil:e03 of the valley, as emnbleumatic
1their purity as they are grac, fn!i, the delicate
angimr-h ells nestinl in m!.e: the broad leaves;
at ure l.erself' being lihe ariit, copied~ with Iio
mu'h .,:ill by the delicate t ireadls, guidedl byv
e dexterous iwicr..
The wedding handkerchief is ailso in ir'opess.
t is comnposedl of a spilendid bordler of most
Ilaborate workma~nship, Wltile in the centr ie the
oral arms of Englandl are cipied by the samne
rcess, being a paerfect marvel in the lace-mnak
ig art.
So' wonlde'r that the sighit of the pincess in
bae lirst bh z'h of her vonutIh, the elhmghteir of a
:een. hierself at queen ini Oepct ionii, surromii
d by'all uiat throm.ws a idiaz ig tand a bmidinog
harm iover the moirtal -toite, shouild', fromn the
er: .- pliedors iof hier hi::h 1po-iiiin, le;'I us to
lie :h~ts of th~e vilai- -rik, w.a. hor -.i maine
cur,, and idays, andl weeks, and mo:.i mi-,ae
lying their buiiy lablor-, indiustri.ou:,y enga;.' d
weaving her wveduinig robe.
. ...*gg.. . - -.
Tur.. Oui.movruoN oF A P Fion:ins0.--A curi
us case has just baein bronght befbre tihe Su-.
e~rior Court of New York eity, in wvhich one,
rach Freema~on namned Enmile Pierre sues
ntther oif thle craft nana-:l Antoime Bonnarid
ii' lander, having pirocnared his expul-ion from
he lotdge to which t hey both belonged, and in
ring his business, which is that of a shoenma
:er, by speaking malicious words. These re
roachful tennis consist in styling M. Pierre a
ickpicket and a thief, andl asserting that he
adl exacted from M. Bounnad a sham mortgage.
d. Pierre sweairs that the dek'endaiit has circa
ated these repi: ts among a great portion of
he Fiench community of New York city,
hich is quite numieroug, and1( has exprcessedi mu
ixed udetermination to rnin him, and that since
he sltaders were uttered, lie hams beei nuable
o obtain work to mtaintaiin his family. liut the
nost eumious part of the ciimlitit ahtiblavit is
bat stating that both piarties were members of
~renehm lidge of Freemasons in New York,
vbierein B3onnard, inm his absence, made false
mi malicious charges against him, supporting
ie same by his Masonic oath, in consequence
f which lie (Pierre) was expelled, and cannot
ster ainy other Ma~sonic lodge on the face of
he eartih. Upon this charge, Bonnardl was ar
ested and hieldl to bail itn $1,000. The case is
istriking one', andl illuttetis the pow~er over
:vil doers exercised by the Masonic fraternity.
Ar the tinme the chera wvas so bad ini Prague,
[ir. Rt. was called out of~ a wa~rehouise suddenly
o see a patient. At the time lie entered the
tick room the family physician didl the saume.
'hme two doctors found their pa;tienit in a stro~ng
tersiration, and put both their hands under the
jed clothes, in order to feel his pulse, but, by
eident, got hold of each othier's.
"iHe has the cholera !" cried1 Dr. X.
" No such thing," said the other;: "lie's only
h-unk I".
IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE.
We find in the Washington Daily Union the
following correspondence, which speaks for it
self. Thearrogance aid impertinence of the
intermeddling Abolitioriists are properly rebuk
ed by the President, and in a manner highly.
dignified and wortliyr. of his high office. It
shoLild satisfy all tuat '3r. Buchann is fully
impressed with. his sense of obligation to the
confederacy, and intends to act up to his duty:
To hi. Excellency. James Buchanan, President of
the United Siates:
The undersigned, citizens of the United
States, and electors of 1he State of Connecticut,
respectfully offer to your Excellency thisitheir
memorial:
The fundamental principle of the constitution
of the United Statesid of our politicl insti
tutions is, that the peoile shall make their own
law.; and elect their own rulers.
We see with grief, if'not with astonishment,
that Gov. Walker, of Kansas, ollenly represents
and proclaims that the President of the United
States is employing through him an arn. one
purpose of whichis to force the people of Kan
sas to obeit laws not 1their own, nor of the
United States, but lawi which it is notorious,
and established upon evalence, they never made
and rulers they never elerted.
,We represent, therefore, that by the forego
ing your excellency is openly held np and pro.
claimed, to the great derngation of our national
chiracter, as violating in its most e.sential par
ticular the soleimrn bath which the President
has taken to support the constitution of tlik
Union.
We call attention further to the fact that
your excellency is,,in like manner, held up to
this nation, to all manlkid, and to all pozterity,
in the attitude of " levgying war atrnit [a por
lion or ] the United States" by employing arms
in Kan:sas to uphold a b1ly of men, and a code
of enactments purporting to be legislative, but
which never had the eleu'tion, nor sanction, nor
consent, of the'people oft the Territory.
Ve earnestly represent to your excellency
that we also have taken . the oath to obey the
constitution; and your texcellency may be as
sired that we shall not refrain from the prayer
that Almighty Godwillfnake your andinistra
tion an example of justice and beneficence, and
with Ili. terribly majesty protect our people
and our constitution.. L
N. W. TAYLOR, ,. SMITH,
T. D. WoOLSEY,.
H1. DUTTON, J. F. BABCOK,
. L Eum.Isul A. CALHOUN,
J. fr. BaociAy, B ' RL GILBERT,
E. W. BLAKE, L BACON,
E. Ivzs, 11 C. KINGSLEY,
B. SILLIA, Ja., SILLDIAN,
N. PoaEa, E 0. HERRICK)
T. A. THIACERS 0 Ivrs,
J. A. DAVENPORT W. P. ESTIS, JR.,
W. 1ooFatu, A C. TWNING,
P. BLAKE, IV. GIaBS,
E. K. Fos-r, A. WAEKn&,
C. S. LYAs, ~ ) RE?TER
W. I. RuSierL H. LMSTRAD,
A. N. SKINNER, S. W. MAGIL,
11. IkSHUs i .1. .LNs ,
J. B0otI, T. Dwmirr,
0. hnlmsoN, D. M. STrr .
'. Jl.HK,
W.%AdmixcrON CITY, August 15, 1857.
G M T1.PDIV 'On my recent return to this
city, after a fortniglht's absence, your mnemorial,
without date, was 1laced in iny hais, through
the ageniy o. Mr. Horatio y.ing, o the Post
0 fihce D~epartmnent; to Whom it had been intrust
e. Froin the disitinguished -source whence it
prwceeds, as well as its peculiar character, I
have deelned it proper to depart f1rom my gen
eral ruile in such ca-ses, and to give it an answer.
You first as;,ert that I- the fundamental lprin
ciple oi the constituition of tile United States
an.! (if our political in-titutious is that the IveD1
pe shall make their own lawsv- and elect their
n~ ruloni." You then express your grief andi~
pricipeand thou h o. W.KNEr, v I1
whic it s moloro W.s a Est s-rshis, Jpon.,
(!ClC~, he mmve~ a . an . rwlerschy ee
electe." An, a I. co W.ar Goin tes, rg
of ti nissD.M.Samr
IIhPesu- iv. ligspoed
Wenl rsml ofyoro ig-crAgust 15, 1857.l
Ois-r meif.: uhtt oin myarecn retr to is'
cit, afte am- fortight's abseirnctyu meoia'l,
wibustae, as~ nothing of mhriands chrygh
dtheaec befre Hoatokingo the o Phostl
hilee l-lyartrtinedt wothadhe ee ntust
fded. From 01 the eitrinihel orce~ii whec wit
rceeds as weoiltiIi lc ithecir uhr.aeI
have.i.~ ~ deme i proper ito'n depart from my gen
tera rl in sh e, andve tioi give it~m n aswer
Yhou fis aser tha t hIe fundi aeta rinI:
cvipl of th~ecsit tio xnil of te Uited ! State
and oft our poeiicinsittin is h~deeit a thle e
pleshal makhee ther let uas andr elchi
own rler. Younterepn teprtes your grie :md
pinipe nde, etheugh Gov. W'azlker, whaem
wasoye cnai ondine purose~ fhich isrrto
fhrce teepl o Kani.asde the obeyothe lawcenot
tereowry of he Unritre ites, t lwo
wh~ichite isntis, and estahii, ed up- ro ati
dece, the avea and ruesno they enee
anctd. Andm ail enae inoroarim thei re
pcinv ydutipesentod ofa l abee hen-u
atd prbymet the a errioilgtrand tfheu
natinciaraer, as ioelatn in itso moit ea
ceta arien the sio elmn I.th is chit tue
thrtsnientrovsytke had up'rheviconstitutonre
of thsth aidiyoon.eeto o ebr
ftemerritf orhigischatrac-r and, i thelw
formdedb tuh;uat tonsignmne etere mipmy
Uuty mfprialodtieon res thea grecovity, thim
jutice in diffrnotn foCrstan byarity, re
naen htTh b eeateing c the ou tehoubl
liave cmletey hiscerne ofa thysericonte day:
eviou tomynuuation. thi fathr. I Have
the govnmen, hofee uanwlhy istabhedi
Magstat of y othr Trtory.s Uiter theu
hotl to uin tprogoermet to byureetw!prei
stearmemoaithe torule ofun te revn iat
roming~ vrejudicebd bye fote iteln
guaghe oflaintittiamn, to takbe hc.-trieat
thels. be ithfllyt xeteu d refer. afo
thisen a ntrd lone, dtltIe orepre.di
detal i idi, ng the ivil masreb t hat
wsThe condition of tahaehi Territory h ie
hadic bee ned uotarndert ed this Coreaii
ina-bc lutelystices ar.l Ind ditictateto
aey a.s wolh a een appustly y cndemnedr b
ad wIlt the avice and otent offiers ofnate
like character impotent to execute the process
and judgments of courts of justice established
by Congress, or by the territorial legislature
under its express authority, and thus have suf
fered the government itself to become an object
of contempt in the eyes of the people? And
yet this is what you de.ignate as forcing " the
people of Kansas to obey lawS not their own,
nor of the United States;" and for doing which
you have denounced me as having violated my
solemn oath. I ask, what else could I have
done, or ought I to have done ? Would you
have desired that I should abandon the territo
rial government, sanctioned as it had been by
Congress, to illegal violence, and thuiv renew
the scenes of civil war and bloodshed which
every patriot in the country had deplored?
This would, indeed, have been to violate my
oath of office, and to fix a damning blot on the
character of my administ ration.
I most cheerfully admit that the necessity for
sending a military force to Kansas to aid in the
Dxectiton of the civil law reflects no credit upon
tIU character of our country. But let the
blame fali upon the lieads of the guilty. Whence
did this necessity arise? A portion of the peo
ple ot Kan-u, unwillingrr to trust to the ballot
ox-the certain American remedy for the re
Iress of all grievances- undertook to create an
idependent governunt for themselves. Had
this attempt proved succesful, it would, of
:ourse, have subverted the existing government,
prescribed and recognised by Congress, and
mtb.tituted a revolutionary government in its
leuad. This was a usurpation of the -amne
haracter as it would be fur a portion of the
!euple of Connecticnt to undertake to establish a
separate go erinent within its chartered limits
r the purpose of redressing any grievance, real
,r iumrimary. of which they iight have com
)l.1inert ag;ain.j l the legitimale State government.
Puch a principle, if carried into execution, would
kstroy all lawful authority and produce uni
ersai anarchy.
I ought to specify more particularly a condi
ion of althirs, which I have embraced only in
fcneral terms, requiring the presence of a mili
:ry force in Kansas. The Congress of the
limted States had most wisely declared it to be
the true intent and meaning of this act (the
let organizing the Territory) not to legislate
lavery into any Territory or State, not to ex
-lu le it therefrom, but to leave the people
hereof perfectly free to form and regulate their
iumitic instituti. ns in their own way, subject
mly to the constitution of the United Stare-."
A.s to natural consequenre, Congress has also
re.,cribed by the sane act that when the Ter
itory of Kansas shall be admitted as a State,
t "shall be received into the Union, with or
vithout slavery, as their constitution may pre
cribe at the time of their admission."
Slavery existed ut that period, and still exists
n Kansas, under the constitution of the United
tates. This point has at last been finally de
lded by the highest tribunul known to our
laws. How it could ever have been seriously
oubted is a mystery. If a confederation of
1oereignStates-acqitre. ndw, Tehitory,t:the
mxpense of their common blood and treasure,
rely one set of the partners can have no right
to exclude the other from its enjoyment by pro
bibiting them from taking into it whatzoever is
e' o:mnised to bo property by the common con
stitution. But when the people-the bone fide
reidents of such Territory-proceed to frame
I State constitution, then it is their right to de
:ide the important question for themselves
vhether they will continue, modify, or abolish
slavery. To them, and to them alone, does
this question belong, free from all foreign inter
ferenice.
In the opinion of the territorial legislature of
Ka.,as, the time had arrived for entering the
Union, and they accordingly passed a law to
rect delegates for the purpose of framing a
State contitution. This law w;s fair and just
it its provisions. It conferred the right of suf
rage on "every bon fide inhabitant of the Ter
ritory ;" and, for the purpose (of preventin
fraud, and the instrusion of citizens of near or
ist amt St ates, most prop~erly conlined this right
to tho'e who hadl resided therein three months
revious to the election. Hlere a fair opplortui
iry was pirLeetd for all the qialilied resident
eizen ti th de Territory, to whatever organiza
tium they might tite previonsly belonged, to
particip. ie in theC ele'ction, and to express their
piuionis at thme ballot box on the quiestioni of
slver'e. But mbers of lamwless :onen sti
ontinued to resist the regular territorial gov
*rmet- . They retused eiithem to be registered
yr* to, vote ; andI the members of the convent ion
w lected, legdlly and pro(perly, wiurIonmt
their in ervention. The convention will soon
't.-emble to p~enormn the soleimn duty tis fram,
iwti a con.tituition, for themselves awd their po0s
territ v tanid in the .state of incipient rebellion
whiech still exists in Kansas it is my imperative
cluty to employ the troops oif the United States
shothl this become niecessary, ini defending the
conventin against violence whilst framoing the
aostituion, anid in protecting the AI'nufide
inhab'itrants" quali lieelI to vote uinder the pro vi
ions of ,t*bis inst rument ini the free excrei.-e ol
tbe right of siulfr::e whenh it shall be submiitted
I ire enire~ mt'tiden--e i Gr. Watlot~ thn,'
the wise ex\anple O! Mr.. 31-!e towardls the
~art ford Convention. illegal anod dange~r-mue
cbiniiations, such as that of the Topeka con
vention,. will not be distuirbed unless the3 shall
at empts to perform soume amct which will bring
thema into actual collikion with thme constitution
:td the laws. In that event, they shall be re
sted and put down by the whole power of the
rvermnent. In performing this dinty I shall
have the approbation ofl mty owvn conscience,
md, as I humbily trnet, of my God.
I thank you for the assurance that you will
"not refrain fromt the prayer that Almighty
God will make toy administration an example
of justice and b~eneficence." You can greatly
assist me ini arriving at this bilessedl consumiat ion
by exerting your influence in allaying the exist
ing sectional excitement on the' subject of slave
ry, whuch has been productive of miochi evil and
no good, and which, if it could succeed ini at
taining its object, would ruin the slave as well
as his master. This would be a work of genmi
in philanthropy. Every day of my life I feel
how inadequate I am to perform the duties of
my high station without the continuied support
of Divine Provide cc; yet, placing my trust in
Him, and in IHim alone, I entertain ai good hope
that He will enable me to do egnal ju tice to
all ~ rtions of the Union, and thus render nie
an humnile instrment in restoring peace and
harm' ny among thle people of the several States.
Yot~r , very respectftully,
JA MES BUCH ANAN.
Rev. Nathi. W. Taylor, D. D)., Rev. Theo.-D.
Woolsey, D. P., LL. D., lHon. Nenry Dutton,
R1ev. David Sumith, D. D., Rev. J. Hiawes, D.
D., and others.
WitEN Dr. H. and a lawyer were walking arm,
in arm, a wag said to a friendi, "those two are
just equal to one highwayman," " Why ?" was
the response. " Decause,"' replied the wag, " it
is a lawyer and a 'doctor-your nmoney or your
tFrom the Charleston Standard]
THE MERCURY AND FREEDOM OF TRE PRESI
"No paper," says the Mercury of 2nd Sept.
can be boeLnd to print an ything questioning an
positions it may think proper to assume in it
columns."
I had some knowledge of the practice of thi
press, but the announcement of a propositioy
so unqnalified as the above, even from the Mer
cury, tills me with surprise. Take the case pre
sentedl. An election is held in the city, and th<
Mercury undertakes to declare that certain po
litical principles were involveil and that the ma
jority of 626 votes obtained by one of the can
didates over the other, was an exponent of tbi
prefere:a; of the community of one set of prin
ciples over the other. " With.a liberality," say
the Mercury, "by no vneans usual, (but whici
shall not ea.vi/yi bc repeated,) we admitted into out
columns the anonymous communication signed
"Charleston," qwt.i.tioning and disputing these
positions." Tife Mercury, exhausted by a "libe
rality" so unusual, and of which it now expres
ses its repentance, refused a place, the next day,
to a comuinication from a correspondent who
proteited, upon other grounds, stating that he,
andl others biinilarly situated, had been unjustly
treated in the representation made by the Mier
cury. This correspundent, like the first whom
the Mercury calls " amnonymous," sent his name
with the piece. The Mercury knew him to be
a subscrber of long standing-an hereditary
subscriber--one who. as he himself stated in
his communication, had expected to leave the
Mercury as a funily appertenance to his children.
His father had, with the Mercury, fought
valiantly and effectively in the days of nullifi
eation. He himself imbibed the same princi
ples, and had been with the Mercury in every
political contest-on the Wihnot Proviso-the
Cass and Taylor canvass-the compromise acts
-he was a seceeionist-a Kansas agitator-an
anti-Cincinnati Conventionist- and yet, when he
respectfully protests against being read out of
the State Rights Demeratic party, for voting
acainst Mr. Whaley, he is denied a hearing in
the journal which he has so long contributed to
sustain.
This may consist with the conventional morals
of the press-the press may speak for itself. I
take no issue on this point, but it is revolting
to the feelings, and shocks the sentiment of eve
ry just man who is not an editor.
" The liberty of the press," upon this idea, i9
a mockery ; and the man who (as I know this
rejected correspondent " Kansas" has done in
regard to the Mercury) aids in extending the
circulatiun of a paper of his own political faith
helps to elevate a tyrant, whose behests he must
obey, or loose position among his political asso
ciates. The Me cury knows, as we all do, that
most of its readers can be reached only through
its own columns, and this it presumes upon. No
tophiatry can reconcile such a course with the
inborn sentiments of a freeman.
The Mercury, in the very paper refusing ad
mission to the protest and explanation *of its
conptait political as~it Jna, ulse
a new communication reiterating the old mis
representation, and adding another erroneous
stateinent affecting a still larger number of vo
ters in regard to the election of last fall. With
this second additional misrepresentation, it de
clares.its columns closcd to " further discussion.'
On the 2d September, it is " driven from its
silence," however, and favors its subject readers
with a royal manifesto more full of perogative
and the haughty spirit of self-emanating puis
sance, than anything addressed to Anglo Saxoi
ears since the time of thatsuperb specimen of a
would be despot, Jamest 1st.
"'To be assailed is by no means agreeable !
"to furnish type, risk and labor" for this pur
pose, is out of the question ! Our "liber-aity'
already has been "e.ctraortdinary!" Ungrateful
hinds,'vou shall have no more of it ! No feuda
moinarcli could speak more proudly. Wo woul
suppo.-e thai the ,ercury was not only owne'
by those who spoke, but that its readers and
tne public were elciwynary dependants upon thc
suzerain proprietors who issued a daily sheet
*The Mercury has mi.srepresented a large num
ber of those who have helped to pay for their
'- type and labor." and who have aided to place
its editors mn the position in which they now
lord it so magnificently.
My question has been answered by the Mer
cury-niow satisfactorily. this comumcaion
will express.
I addcress it now to the piress at larre-is the
libert y -,f the pre coninied to echters only'1
Or, i there reco.gnizedi such a thing as free di.+
cuision iby the Cizen ? Are the doctrines o!
the Meretury, and the P'ractice of the Courier
excep~tionlah, however. ini this~ cas.e-app~roved by
their bra? h:.n of the press ? Does the autho
rizedl .suppsij'Son of free discu'ission extendl soia
as to jul-tity a paper in refsing to pirinat th
coitributioin of a suibscriber~ and supporter oh thi
smiie political faith, merd~y because he question:
positis assumedt'i in its colunmns ?
I it we have in Sontih Cairolina a piress whicl
is reallv free andlt indepjendent, I a~k a free aniu
islpld:taiawer. Othierwise, I inmit sulppon
i hit. t h Mi.rencyv, onl I bis psint,. s.peaks th~e sen
mnt of the pw.~tn :1 lait/ of t i Sta t.
.; i .Ii'..:....... ~iue Slii.1tv hasfllctid:.
the oilice of Vice Pr'e-ident lion. .John B,
)'Nea ll, of Ssotn-Cairolon, and lie has accepti
tue oflice. ie may have a great love and ret
erence for the teaching of the ilible, bn
matnifests it strangely. What has most distiua
guse isays the Register, ishis pronoun
cng sentence of death, in 1843. as Judge oif thm
Su. r~mne Court oh his State, upon a free mton
of color, for the alleged crime of encouragini
his wife to escape from slavery."
Wilful, deliberate and malignant mnendacit;
can no no further, and we only copy the pars
graph to shiow what items go to make th
"IRehigioums Intelligence" olf certain journals
IWhat Re'gister is referred to by the Bostor
Journal! T here are many sheets of that nani
capable of such vile representations as the abova
-Charleston Courier.
EQUAI.rTY OF WHITEs AND NEGRoES.-Ii
Iowa, in submitting the new constitution, th
qestionl of equality of wvhitea and negroe
as to political privileges was submitted t<
the people. Nearly the whole vote of th
State was against the assumed equality. .Afte
all the pretences of Black Republicanism ir
fvor of negro equality, nearly the whole part)
voted ngainht it. Few amen in Iowa were fount
voluntarily to vote themselves the equals a
negrmes. When brought to the test their ne
gr professions were found to be mere politics
expedients which honest men despise. BlacI
Republicanism is dead in Iowa, as well as al
most every where el-c, and only needs its merit,
ed burial'to be finally forgotten, unless remem
bered for the wanton mischiefs it has brough
upon the country....Washinigton Union.
Soxu crusty, musty, dusty, gusty, curmudgeoi
of a bach, gave the following us a- toast at :
elebration:
" Our fire engines-may they be like our ok
. aids--ve eay but never wanted."
REVISION-THE RIGHT PRINCIPE.
. [Extract frorm 4 Letter of the Rer. A. W.Ian
D. D., late Moderator of the Old chool Get'e
ral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.]
The New York Observer recentl introdaqeW
to its oeaders a letter of Rev. A. W. land,'.
D., addressed under dateof " General Aisembly,
Lexington, Ky., May 30,1857," to Rev. Gardner
Spring, D.D., Chairman of "The Committee.df,
Revizion of the American Bible Society," ani4
endorses his character and standing, and Iiis
opinion of the views of the General Asembl
upon that Committee's work in the.follewing
language:
[From the New York Obserrer, Jun 18, 1857.]
"We have much pleasure in publishing -the
letter of the Ru. Dr. Leland. He is a venera
ble clergyman, now of South Caroliha,- once of
Massachusetts; he is a Professor in the Theolog
ical Seminary, and has been Moderator of the
General Assembly. What be says of the views
of the Assetmbly on the Bible Society's worl,
we believe to be correct, and we think that the
religious community ought to Le put in posses
aion of this aspect of the case."
We copy that part of the letter which most
particularly relate" to the auhject of revision,
and call special attention to the paragraph which
we have put in small capitals, the passage which
most nearly expresses the views of the Bible
Union:
"It would be a very small matter 'that I
should express my individual opinions-as th.the
revised edition of the Bible, which your., .0
mittee have so ably and laboriously prepared,:
and given as apriceless treasure to the Uhurph
/nd to the world. But believing that these
oinions are substantial ly those of the Assembly.
ge~nerally, and of a vast majority of Qur Wowig
ter, and inembers throughout our connection,
consider them worthy of some regard.
"The work of your Committee of Revision 11
esteem a most excellent and praiseworthy 'er
vice, in promoting accurate Biblical knowledge.
The principles by which you have been gov
erned, and the changes you have made, 'meet
my cordial approbation.
"Personally, I have long been anxious for
just such a revision of the Scriptures as your
Committee have made. For many years it has
been my habit, in pulpit reading and in Sein
ry instruction, to make in many instances the
very same changes that have been made by your
Committee. When I flist heard of your re
vised edition, I rejoiced in it as a fulfilment'of
my ardent wishes. And, notwithstanding all
that Has been urged as to the danger of trut
ing a voluntary association, and as to the im
portance of limiting your Society to the simyle
work of printing and selling Bibles; and is to
the necessity of restraining you from acting-u
editors of the sacred volume, it is my settle
conviction, that this important work of enends
tion and judicious change could hardly be com
mitted to safer or abler hands.
"The only regret which I felt in examining
your phamphlet,eiplaining your alteratins; arose
..em-afu uenvies tit ieliI"
farther, and made many muore recto which'
are really required. IT IS MY SETTLED SELIE?
THAT THE TIME IS NOT DISTANT WHEN, IN ALL
CLASSES WHERE THE IsPIRED ORIGINAL IS
TRANSLATED INTO OUR LANGUAGE BY WORDS
WHICH ARE WHOLLY ODSOLETE, oR wHIcH coN
VEY A FALSE MEANING, OR NO MEANING AT ALL,
IT MAY BE ESTEEMED LAwFUL AND PROPER SO
TO CHANGE OUR COMMON VERSION, AS TO'CONvEY
THE PLAIN, UNQUESTIONADLE MEANING OF THE
ORIGINAL.
" Old as I am, I hope to )ire to see the day
when such words and phrases as 'Go to, now,'
in no wise,' ' God forbid ' I do you to wil,
'trow,' and many similar, will not be found in
good copies of the Holy Scriptures. I also wish
I may see the time when false renderings, which
now favor insound doctrines, may be corrected.
[ allude to such phrases as these: ' Then were
all dead;' 'If they shall fall atway;' and the
translation of the Greek word kai, in several
instances, by and, when the sense requires even.
In very many similar instances, I am entirely
convinced that your Committee might have er
tended the sphere of their labors with manilest
a~lvantage to the cause which they seek opo
mote." Fo opo
Frome So'uthern Light.
OUR .uEXT U. s. SENATOR.
31SSs. Erons4)l:-Since the death of that bold
antd over watchful public servant the Hon. A. P.
Buter, po~liticianis, as well as newspaper Editors,
have becen busied in their ell'orts to point out a
successor, one calculated to meet their highest
expectations. This being a fact, I cannot im
agine why the :-trdtiller of the soil should not
express his wish and claim that privilege which
is generally enjoyedl by others.
Although 1 amn a thorough going Secessionist,
(Nullifier if you please.) and opposed to Na.
tional Caucuasses or Nonminating Conventions, I
aml im~'possed with the propriety of leaving the
State in the hiandl of that party to which it was
surrendered in 1852, and if~ possible aid the
members of thaitparty to work out the problem
I am entirelv oppoued to the formatIon of op
posinig pairties':when~i prineiples are not involved,
an.d it Is to, be honpe-l that a genitlemani whocom-.
bines in:rity of character, ability as a statecinan
andt ul un~il'oubted coaurage, will'be selected to fl
~he vacancy in the U.8S. Senate. Althou~gh I am
no~t, nur have I been, an admirer of the principles
ofj the National Democratic party, yet I will not
hesitate in declaring what I know is the sentiment
of many leading. States Rights Democrats, that
-the Hon. F. Wi. Piekens is admirably qualified,
and will receive their unwavering surport.
A LONG TERmu.-A Convict was discharged
fro Sing Sing prison on the 5th instant, who
had spent thirty years in the State prison. He
was sent to the old city prison in 1823, for the
term of Iourteen years. He was one of the
chain-gang sent to Sing Sine in 182,8, to build
that prison. At the expiranon of his term he
-was out about three years, then sent back for
ten years. Ho was out only three months; was
drunk all the time; was then taken up and sent
-for six years ; that time expired on the fifth': He
hias been a good convict; hias been punished on
ly once durinig the entire thirty years; he is now
Sin good health; is fifty-six years old,, and is a
3superior mason and stone cutter. He intends to
Sdevote the balance of his life to himself.-Syra
> cuse Journa!.
7Tuse GREATEST STEAM INVENTION YNT.--The
IBaton Rouge Gazette, under the above heading
has the following:
"Win. S. Martin, of this city, has invented a.
r engine which can be constructed, boiler and all,
-for about $~,0. The-machine is so simple that we
I might with propriety say itis merely an escapepipe
Staking up no more room. The steam is admed
-nto the ceiitre of a drum or cylinder, in .hiek
-the shaft works from this power is applied ectl)
without further friction. The other day we saw
tthe perfected model of the engine pumping water
about 20 feet and throwing it into a reservoir at
the brewery This is the apparatus wanted for
igetting in a cheap manner one or twohorsepiow
Ser to drive small machinery. Mr. St. artin hias -
made application for letterm,patent, nd *hen he 1
igets.them, we think he has a fir .se
tu realizeenrmatling f~e the rs o eim