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EDGEFELD ADVRTSE of Afc Souna trofthto 1. tr Sold) anv Soltft flg 1) ts, P- , C~tcatetf 1,Cfxtu.Moli1tmpaceclux & We will cling to the Pillars of the Temsple of our, Liberties, and if It unnat fall,. ewI eihatis h un. -SINKRINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietor... EDGEFIELD, S. Co.-'AUGUS"T 4, 185'8. - - - - - - - . THR'S NO SUCH THING AS DEATH. "There's no such thing as deatb." To those who think aright: 'Tis but the racer casting or What most impedes his flight; 'Tis but one little act, - Life's drama rpust contain; One struggle keener than the rest, And then an end of pain. "There's no such thing as deat.h:" That which is thus miscalled, - Is life escaping from the chains That have so long enthralled : 'Tis a once hidden star, . Piercing through the night, To shing in gentle radiance forth Amid its kindred'ight. "There's no such thing as death:" In nature, nothing dies! From each sad remnant of decay Some forms of life arise. The faded leaf that falls, All aere and brown to earth. Erc long will mingle with the shapes That give the floweret birth. "There's no snch thing as death:" 'Ti. but the blossom spray. Sirking be're the coming fruit, That seeks the Summer's ray; 'Tisbut the bud displaced, As comes the perfect flower. 'Tis faith exchanged for sight, And weariness for power. "THE OLD LOVE. We find the following floating about the news papers. It has more than the average merit of such fugitive poems: I met her; she was thin and old; - She stooped, and trod with tottering feet; The hair was grey that once was gold, The voice was harsh that once was sweet. Her hands were withered, and her eyes, Robbed of the garish light of joy, Were dim; I felt a sad surprise That I had loved her when a boy. Bit yet a something in her air, Restored me to the vanished time, My heart grew young and seemed to wear ' The brightnoss of my youthful prime. . I took her withered hand in mine Its touch recalled a ghost of joy I kissed-it with a reverent sigh, For I had loved her wben a boy. From the Special Correspondence of the Mercury. DINNER TO .THE ION. JAlES H. lAIOND. HAMBUR, July 22.-The Beech Island Din ner, given to-day, in honor of Gor. Hammond, by his friends, neighbors and constitients in the vicinity, has been no common festivity with the, good people of .dgefield District. At an early hour the sons and daughters of Carolina, with many from Georgia, sallied forth to join their testimony of appreciation, and to give greeting; to the distinguished Senator. At 11 o'clock there was an assemblage of five hundred per sons in the pine groves of Beech Island. Three hundred of these were of the fairer sex. The Agricultural Club House, three-quariers of a mile distant from Senator Hammond's dwelling, was the location selected for this festive occa sion. Benehes were arranged beneath the shade of the trees for the ladies, and ever and anon the hunm of the multitude was arrested by strains of music from an excellent brass band.I At 11 o'clock the ceremonies of the day hee-: gun. The Comamittee of Reception escorted Senator llammond to the platform, where he was welcomed by Dr. 11. RL. Cook, of lBeech * Island, in substance as follows: d~ov. Hammond: Allow me, sir, in the name! of your neighbors and constituents, as Chairman of the Committee of Reception, to welcome you back to your home. In times past, as a: Representative in the lower branch of our Fed-. - eral Legislature, as Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth, and as an able defender of the peculiar institution in existence among us, you exhibited such marked ability as to cause deep regret on the part of your numerous friends at your retirement into private life, some fifteen , years ago. It was, therefore, a~ source of no' common gratification to your admirers when it became known, last winter, that you werengami called forth into public life. It, was a cause of congratulation to know that your talents were! to be again employed in the service of the coun try. .And such has been your course in the Uited States Senate as to confirm the opinion previously entertained in regard to you, VWhile as a statesman of' enlarged views, you have sought to maintain the dignity and advance the prestige of the whole nation, you have not been deficient in duty towards your own section. As a fearless, able and enlightened rep~rcsentative, you have defended the constitutional rightE of the South. Combatting the aspersions of fanat icism and prejudice, you have set forth her claim to a prominent position among the nations of the earth in so distinguished a manner as jutstly to entitle you to the comumendation of " well done, thou good and faithful servant," For in these tiumes, when an uncompromising warfare is carried on by nearly the whole world, and. especially bythe Northern portion of this Umion. against African slavery-and believing as wved that slavery is an institution not only sanctioned by ancient and modern usage, and recognized by the Bible itself, but as it exists here condu. cive to the developmsent of both races and of vital interest to us-it is a matter of the great est importance that the South should be ipa sented, not merely by distinguished ability a-'d soundness of views, bunt by that far rarer qulahi fication, patriotiC inte'gri ty, ready at all times, if necessary, to sacrif lee seif-ad'vancemnent to the public welfare. Your career thus far indig&tes - that you possess these qualifications for him senatorial office ; and for tis reason, as you uire oiur near neighbor, we have considered it but a pro'pec..ibutei tL) your services to make a public demnonstrliotuYpon your return to or undst We have, consequetiiwitethe peopli iiarip Sbled to-day to do fu honor. T 4ey, r egrywaitfing to catch fronm your own hip< a brief sccount ofT th imnportant transactions of the last session of Cong-Pf3s, MJ)4 your onon as regards the futura prospects5 at* ( ('wpen. That J. may not detgin thern4 Jongpr, i. will not and my remarks by wishing you~ a long antd brilliant career, and by again biddmng y ou v,91l eomne to the homes and hearts of Edgetield. Senator Hlammond then came forward, in the midst of enthusiastic cheering, and addressed the assemblage for the space of an hour. lie alluded to the grateful~ pleasure it gave him to lie in the midst of his friends. Among them lie had spent nearly the whole of his manhood. Ie had lived as their co-laborer in the obscure fields of agriculture, and was yet ardently at tached to their company and to the absorbing toils of the field. Lt was known that, when called by the voices of many in the State to leave his peaceful avocation of agriculture, he was lothto relinquish his labors; in fact, lie had almost an aversion to 'being taken from the ban dies of the plough, as it were, and placed UIy his beloved State in the august council of the con fCderacy of this vast nation-a council in the keeping of whose wisdom and power was all the honor and safety of our country ; a council com posed of the-elite of the land's intelligence,and equal to that of any other country in the world. Taken somewhat unprepared, on this occasion, while feeling the arduous duties and laiors of the last six months, and returning home to en joy rural quiet, lie was not forgetful of the es teem of his friends and the complimentary al lusiotins to his services. These he would accept as the evidence of good will on their part, rather than any great merit on his. le would frankly say lie was no orator. Orators are not, like poets, born; they are made by practice; and lie Iyas notskilled in4he consummate art. For twenty years he had been devoted to agricul ture, and agriculture and oratory were nt in the same line of pursuits. He would, therefore, make but a plain speech, giving an account of his stewardship and the results of his obser vations. When he went to the federal Congress six months ago, he,found the admission of Kansas, under the l.ecompton Constitution, the all-ab sorbing and exciting subject before the repre asentatives of the people and the government. Tio him the whole theory and scheme of squnt ter sovereignty was a matter of disgust. The Kansas-Nebraska bill was a delusion and decep tion fro;n the beginning. le felt satisfied that on that basis the South would never unite. The President plead and tried to do his best, North and South; but it. was evident that it was a' sulject fraught with trouble. le (Mr. 1.) was ever opposed to this Kansas-Nebraska bill; and if there was a single good fieature in it, it was that it allowed the people, free from interfence, to frame principle.s for themselves after their own fashion. It was a snare to those at the. South.' It was rotten witi fraud, and those who made it flinched from its conseouences. Its only effict was to add another State to the Union. lis hearers knew that KJansas, so far as Congress can admit it, was now admitted, with the Lecompton Constitution, and without the Green proviso. Mr. 11. reviewing briefly the admission of Kansas, under the Conference bill. questioned if Congress can call a State Convention, and n..nsiders it a dangerous prece dent. lie alluded to his own position and that f Mr. Bonhat, the Representative of Edgefield. lie found no fault with the honorable gentleman. ,r. Bonhamt may have been right, atd lie may bave been wrong. If Mr. Bonhai erred, his xrror was on the safe side. le was worthy of ill confidence, since he acted from the honesty )f his convictions and such a man should be sonorersmrcueiArO -2nmrcua~nmen... Mr. Iamnond then alluded to other-topn efore Congress duritg the session. le voted br the increase of the Army and Navy. 1e ad heard a number of sophomore speenes gaii.st increasing these arms of the national lefence. They were worthy of college students, ather than grave Senators of the nation. ie tpprehended little danger from a standing army; id, as to the extravagance of these measures, e replied to Senators that if the expenses of the departments had been. examined, t hey would e found double that of the army. The navy| ihotld be inct eased, because the South was ut terly indefensible :n its present condition. In the port of' Charleston there was but one naudh iteamer of light draught, The SoutLei'T coast ieded for its protection a numnerous Ilret of -nall vessels. The fact is, our nitwy was now what it was forty-live years ago, and is in a sad ,nd disgraceful condition. Senator Hammond said lie would now address himselt to the great question of the relations of the North and South. ie wvould spe Ik as Ie thought, andi it would give him pleasure fo r li hearers to take whirt ha said in the slir!it in which it was uttered. In his opinnan tl're were miany grounds for apprehension at th~e South ; but there were also strong reasons for hope and confidence. Whatever relations mtight eventuate between the North and South, thtey would be in the and consistent with the rights% and security of this scction. U~nder the oresent aspect of alfairs the Sout5 would have to renmn in the U'nion. IIe would rather see the gae played out between the North and South, than see the Union brought to an end. If we had dissolved the Iion 4nd hgtd engaged in a brush with some peCopleC (which must occur in setting f.lp for ours'elves and lawfully establishing our institutions), it would have beeni best for us. But now it' we can rule in the l'nion, let us renain. By the word rule, lie did not me'an lo securing high office to Southern men. The achievement Qf stjccess it elections is imsigimai cant in compharisoa with the establishpiient 01 those great prinaciples of fr'ee goyernmpep4 on which the -South has fixed its stmp-those true and just principles which should govern the world. Thie U'nited States now stands in the frst rank of nationis. To obtain this polsition out of the I 'nion. the South would require many years. Mr. IHammond then took up Senator Seward's rma~rk, that the battle of' the sections was fought and won in 1S.0. lie admitted that a battlu lntd ben fought bet ween the sections and lost to the boujgh. ~'l~erp was, lioy'evrpr, another rater battle fought and won. Thiis th:eW thpo flrthiing candle-light of the New York Sengtor9.j victory in thme shade. The New York !,eator meant that at the North they hiad a majority, and' finally succeeded in dlrawiing a sectional line-that they were united in Congress and were ninmeteen Iree to fifteen slave States (.wer's Iit not for the gallant little lUelaware we mnight have said twenty to fourteen:). This was the result of' the physical or numerical battle and victory.. Oucr battle and triumph was a moral one, in steming and checking the false anid absurd philanthropy of the civilized world on African slavery, He did not heed, then, this bast of '4 Noivtlerg suppeppicy. Yet lip gd say to the peoplhe of the South, be prepatred ; Ior it' the North, in order to subserve her pyrt pose of ambtition or fanaticism, shoulhd qgttemipt to reorganize federal courts of' law on the rep yat iv napu-pi of that euurt, enid Lphepeby ggg hte goyernmpent iptq their 1gwn hands. thien the peo p le o~' the South :mm.,t dissolve the bmion. We must dissolye the Uioun if thpy efrpe any one ojf t~eir' aggressve purposes-t;rinS, bjanks, OF tizr4 tQ-daiy thpe Nor'h .ctpj,. J.ven if ap ths teSt Prpeult.entia) .eceion tht. North shiquld, by .eoimbiation, oleci an 4bo~ftignist, h~e i;d nop i t that issue the great body of tI-c Sou~th qgat 4g f thp Union. Ihut if thi WpFe fllgwe.d by a s.c.ndl elecqjn gf th p kiuid, he th~ogght hpey Wt4l.4. i Senator JIfamniond allnded to the fast thit the Northwestern Statps wpra noi so inii4 tr be viewed as enetmies as New England. Indiant would have been aL slave State had not thc qmesion been lost by one vote; and, if thu Union were dissolve; it might still be a slave; State. The North cannot unite permanently, I while the South can. The North never yet had an important oflice more than one term. He therefore feared nothing now. Yet he would say to the people of the South, there may be danger yet; stand to your arms, mark time, and be ready, under any circumstances or terms, to act promptly in resisting any actual interference with ou:- rights. South Carolinian I courage, and bayonets fixed like the brave Pal l inetto at Chapultepee, be ready, but do not charge too quick. The North is by no means wholly to laine for the present condition of the sections. Many of our grievances took their rise at the South. Many false theories originated here, and many others the South adopted. With the effects of these we have long striven. The victory is ours. We should now sufier the clouds of dlust and error to pass ofl, and then march boldly on. We have achieved a great moral power, and should use it. In looking back at the errors built ip by the South herself, it may be seen that she has beien thirty yeanrs mnigaged in pulling I down the work of her own hands durmtii the precceding thirty. Our pioiper po:i I :mn i; to Imeet t he innet* We have raiked. Slavery is no sin. The slave is in his muoral conditior-tlie right man in the right place. This we have taught the world, and it is a great blessing. The notion of egjiality is a gross absurdity. everywhere contndited by nature. In nature no two men are formed alike-no two things are equal. Cod has made it so. It n'a ts he -poet.'s idea of harmony, the spherical; yet, t he globes are all irregular. This is the great m6ral battle the South has fonight rnd won. France nd England, after a long and expensive reflec tion, perceive the rectitude and justice of our position. Look at the condition of Exeter fall. the rendezvous of fanatics, that has governed London in its niock philanthropy-that has I I ruled Great Pritain in its crude speculative I philosophy-from whemmwa Ijas issued all the ediets of trouble to us-whence sprung the question of the right of search of American ships in Anerican waters and in the Gulf of ( Mexico. This Exeter Hall was at its last gasp. I and had brought England to apologize to us. t Mr. Hammond then instaneed the change of . sentiment in England, and Mr. Ih ight's speech t in the English House of Cofmmons. The peo ple of Great Di itain were coming to theirsenses, I and a great power was hmunehing against the a fanaticism of Exeter Hall. le then spoke of Great Iritain and the Coo lie trado-of the French Louis Napoleon andI his African apppentife syem-chratermg both as the result of a correct conception of the proper sphere of these laborers, acconipa nied by a sickly shrinking from the avowal of the name. Who ever heard of the Coolie or, apprentice returning rome after years o serf doim-who would expect to hear it ? Ile next referred to the absurdity of Liberia and its colonization scheme. It had ti be supported by the United States, and, it is said, there is a tax imposed on all those who philanthropically send out negoes from this countrv. We now learn dollars per head. This caps the clmnax of Exe- I ter Hall philanthropy. And so in the Northern Stats of' the Union, the suplorters of this crusade of ahoiion will suqn be reduced o a corporaps guard of a few Ild maids and fanatirs. Many of these misguided people he respected for their honestV and for that alone. pere t were niany others, however, in fact a iajority, who were actuated not. by smnpathy for the slave, but to have a hobby which, in tieis- of political indiscretion, woull carry then intL tlice. It was, therefore, a question of sectionl o power, rather thaa fanaticisem. In the State of New York he knew therere rneimay gotod and true men, ready to serve lie South and the 'nion-mni(i whose word and honor couil le relied on--while .-t ths 0t th 0,-.1v %-Du it L r g eat number whose ildelity was only lip-Ler vice. Ile knew Northern men who had vted to sustain the rights of' the South when they felt t hat, bcy so doing, they conisignemd theimselves to a hasty poli:tical grave. These men gave us strength in I he nationml councils, and lie desired .I their fellowship. Distinctionus were mdr.iwn ine tween " Natiuonal" andh " States liights D~eino cracy." .itthis lioriod there was no isu be fore the country or State, a~nd hp didi iht ap. preciate their significaney. He wvould1 not hais~ South Carolina tied fo the organizaetion of this party or any other party that did not act withp the piarty oft trth and right. lie bmeliev.ed that ,1 if the good inwn of the North oifered aid we I should nycept4 it, ;;o~t. t urselves ohf from their i1 synmathy and supplort. Wye or the sientht aret on a nine, antd should be vigilant. Ijut wet must have the true and good meni oif time Nmorth to sustain us. lie would not bead onthi (taco ia to any faction " for bmettecr or worse." The s South shoul lbe one. We should be united c and observant-awake to our rights. and mind finl how. on ihe recent Kannas qutestioni, f:'om out of our own midst, we were used. Wa 1 shohl he firrm and harmonious. All the oppot sitiion measures of vf'hich the Soutlh has comn- ( plained in tle last thir:ty years, she herself ini augurated. Washington and .felirson, in ther matter of slavery, set the evil example. The North borrowed' it fromt them. The Banik ofi the CUited States originated with tihe South. The South under somie of our' leading meni, was god-father of the tar'iff. ..nd it was the stane I wh fhe h4ernal itnprovements. TmIhen, if tho South had dane these' things and pndong them,i has she not the power, if still ~united, to con-Ie trol ? llence lie hail hope for the poe andi osiion of the South iii the -Uinion. A subi- 1 tantial i55usshouhld not induice us to secede pin:with t'our .or fltve States it umay, While to hlId Ourt own, wte shonldd kecp th< olteraut,:e1 steadily not, only in our own vie, but in the view of the whole country. We shmould not Ifor a mnomemnt allow our peoplt to be lulled by hopes of preserving the Union into apathy or the belief that to accomplish or secure strength would not require all their talent. all their en ergy, all their wvat chfulness, till their courage, and a perfect state of union amid preparatmon to take decisive mneasur~es on the shortest notice. Mr. Ifamutnonid said lie was opposed leniy furthpr qnnegatigqn of territorIes. le prefet'redl tii't our nmamfeet destiny sho'uld wvork out its owvn results. lie wislied the counmtry to hiave nothing to do with Mexico or South Americat. Mr. Unehoumn was right in denouncing the Mexi can war, Its results lhave royfd inntii%~ 4ud tby~ opptmag of per~iormnia routes hias efeated ant unphreedented expese tg thep country, and is the~ cause of more1( cotrruption, dgccit and pro ligacy then has eyer been known before, both. im and out of Congress. If we want any facinic. oebtus Imtve it by't --eiy t 9 iagepee or itanauma, ath gl, rwy Prog'es yas his poliay, bpt le was niot mi favoi hf rash or spasmodic action. We ought mi all thngs to nec. eahly and boldly; take oue post qa 1ue rppuemunts of optr cnengips. Thgoit hopiIl ke/p hpf~ polide dy- for' wliateyer19 ih lope. there? arp tventiy free States rqgamnst (prtegn slave States, rtnd it pannpt be disppispd 1hat thg.ep is Mnp ' On broacheing thme snhidect of the re-openIng -or the stave trade, Mr. Hammond said that, In the Union, it was out othe question-an im practicable and visionary project ; and that t< revive it ont of the Union, in Central A meric or elsewhere, was somehat impolitic. Wh. should we increase the size of our territory al the South ? Who would put slaves in Kansas I And who would put them in any doubtful posi tion? Yet we lost Kansak because we had non< to put there. Phe wante of slaves is felt. W( were now struggling to eep Texas against the inroads of Northern ts. Why shouk1 we go for Qeentral Am or Mexico? Mexicc was a dead corpse fpati. on the sea in a state of decomposition. ghe.j'as drifting uif against us, and some might desire to plunge the har poon and take her aboard. But of what use would she be to us with her six millions of wild Indians to civilize, and- her imperious, treaclie rous Spanish race b Wi want none of these vast regions now. Tf ite our manifest destiny to have them, manifest -destiny will bring the proper time. We shoul4 address ourselves to tih development of onr qwn internal resources ind the achievement of dutliern harmony and xower in the T nion, ye dy, if necessary, to lissolve it. Between4 t citizens of Georgia mi Soutl I Carolina, he't assured, that as the rreen tops of CarolinliThlls gave greeting if he borr shoresof eq'a, and as the bold avannah grasped each Sfte in friendly salute, :f, Georgians and Carolin .is will be evcr aflilia ed. The assemblage now re Mred to a table, form ng ain immense square, enth the shade or.a trove of trees, and part pof an excellent din er. served tip for the - ion. Arter dinner, oMid and mneninous chll ""ere made for JHon. Fames 1). Tradewell, '1 r of Columbia, wJo ieing escorted to the s rs' stand, spoke in manly, patriotic mannef After compliment ng Senator Hammond,*.d thankiig the aidi *nee fur their call, he.s1tede that lie held no Klitical position and serted no party. Ile had .11 the feelings of a Caroiiian, and looked only ur his State's advancem 9.6.Taking a retro pective and prospective pw of public matter, roml the pre.sont disjdmtiOW platform of the ointry, lie could sio it".(' hope for, for the rospesity or security o0hh-South. The cloc ion of President BuclhafJ was just only not defeat, Ie .regarded nator Hlammound as rue and faithful to titeiivictions that had rne him, by the peop4 * to his exalted osition. Ile felt, assu the sturdv trees rouinil the spot of this - getiii would wither o branch to root . enator Ifanniand could yield to federal ' ton or succumb D the seductive influen 'Jof asbington con ervatism. As a Senato &4tatesnian, Sena )r Hammond would ed by hln tn ither war or peaoe. e could nlot indulge be saie hope for the .!,&a the honorable enator. Nor did he A e, great benefits to e derived by the So" frm the National lemocratic party. "t tlie'same whose mbling Ihimders aud 'cliuds, whoso ruel urs and stormy day a]d nol be readilr rgot.fen. It was tlie arty whose banner the year 1832 wa' e jaoned with "The nion must be preserv 'allbazards." lie >ild not lok at.the.. o reae irv to t e outli. It was ever ready to butch r those 'ho did not how down to tLe Jackson standard. iltl this toudeney and a constant, proclivity to Leri1ice its LprinlciplcS and the South for success, a felt that it was dangerons tQ pur setion. or cue, h: cut;ld novef how down to it. Thank ig the ailieice for their attention, and again miplimenting Senator Htammond, Mr. Trade ell closed his speech in the midst of applause. liepeated calls were now made for Col. Maxcy ;regg, who stood up from his seat inl the centre the coipany, rud remarked that the invita 'in ti speak was whiolly unexpectel by him. le h;d coie to heiar the speech of the states la who had11 receiveli from the Le.gi.-lature of uilth Carolina the highest coipliient ever !ivet hiy ally O11r 11(11% ipy people. (Ip had 4aru him, and when he returned to his hopnig 0 would ponder oi the honorable Senati'r's pinions. lie desirud to join in the Senator's ipes. But his only loie and the only elianuce e saw for the South wa4, that the Stale Ilights rty, placing n1( reilance for the prot~ectioni of a South upon the National Democirantic party. iuld rally together and remain steadtlhst aund udy to resist. aggression. If the honiorabhle enator conl (10 aught for his hope it woul lr. Ii. 11. Cook then gave a sentiment to Ihe ress. Whereiuponi a call was nmade upon t ol ohn Cinninghaim, of tile C'harleslon News. [e spoke fluently andl with much spirit, touch ig upon those topics that camile daily before hie edlitor in his avocation. Uie paid aL trilitp .enzgtur llammnond, thez guesi of~ tlia any V ranimiced him au stautesmani at the head andi hn of Carolina's ship-of-state-a main posses ing talents that would enable him. to cope suc essfully in a good and noble cause. lie was~ toud to see Georgians andi Carolinians jinmed i un or'en.;ion liket this in a spl-it of brotherly ve. It argiud favorably for their alliance at future and1 more viital per~iod1. When Mouth 'a'olina ati Geofgia \Were imnitedi the whoO nth wiltl be ini line. Our proper course is to aintain our rights in or out of the U'nion. II inable to gg ouit ouf the Union, we'shuouldl fight n it as we find the arguments and meiu . fomr rotection. lie was hopefn41 fhr the South, otwithtanding the despindent toneC of time onorable gentlemnan from C2oltimbim (Mr. radewell :g wqs hopeflhl Jbr two. reasons, aint! nore so now than ever. '1 lie worldi now viewed lavery as a productive power based npon a -ock-a self-sustaining element for the agricul r and nmanufactur~es of mthe universe. G es hopeful on deccoll'at of the atriiggle of 18i. I'hn we hart dispQr'd, ypt the peo~ple weu? a'y fou actio'n.' Noi we ap i'ted, iad the~ mn hmus comng when we have all pgwer. lie tderstood senator Hanmmondes speech t p 'iiml ,ht wye shiould go onl 4ndt Ijght the battle as we ~td. Mr. Li. reviewed the fedheral taxation Lystem aiid its impositions. Uie satated that ie tariff was more dangerous antd to be feared han the anti-slavely agitation, for it sapped the o'ndations of Southern prospcrity. Hie closed saying there was no question before the country md that South Carolina shguld a~onsigeir her himia teg-, an~i iptrounce b'eft'ting reform by whiolesor'e legisIgion. Mr. Richard Yeadonl, of the Charleston Cou rier~ wijo had been temporarily absent, now . pared near the speakers' stanl1 ;~id was called forth to addypes5 ~Ibi assemnthage, whlichi he did in a tibopuhtfuil anid enteptaining manner. lie s'iid it allofdid hiim great pleasure to acknowi. ede the"" wel-done3' of the honorable Senator, ir lie partook of his hiopefulnmess for the future, Ie did iiot disavow~ being~ a~ ini~O' in but va ul nnl 9 ' yf p' the constitution. Tle p' n iilJ6 looked upon thyipughtfully. 'i was t1;l of g'oy in the " ' ) amd fo.r the future ne eh oied Seisator harnmond's speech entire lie alluded to 'thie congessions tjf \1iigla-the dohrmito mise n--\sao ant. 'es-efer ogy~. 'ge rea 1ddh' ansas-lebraska lhu as being more importat that t I.was geneorali co.ndred. 99 spohia nf the hired Scott de ghsin #s an evidence of progress and improve mient i our judiolary,' Ho desired that Go< miy bloss the Union and preserve it, and sah hat lt man work as he mnay to destrov. B~ou would preserve it. 'I'ln Uion slit aill he mai tained on the principles of the 7onstitulion. Mr. Yeadon said that he had vioter against Sena tor iammiond hlt fall. and his preunt position reminded him of a college practice known am "hop, skip, amid a jini"-an exercise marked C"quarter," "half," and " whole." Laqt winter he was a quarter Ifimminond man, although Voting against. him ; after his Kanzas speech and his course in the Senate, lie became a half Ham mond man ; and to-day, after hearing his tldmni rably conservative speech, he was whole Ham mnond. Thus, with a hop, skip and a .iump, said Mr. Yeadon, I was quarter Hammond, half Unmmond, and now 1 am whole Hammond (Langhter.) Mr. J.B. Weems, or Augusta, spoke in a complimentary manner of Senator flamnond's ability and the honor that had been justly con ferred upon hin by the people of his native State. Mr. W. spoke of his love and reverence for the Union. Ile and the State of Georgia were so deeply attached to it, they would rather see their interests senttered to the wind rither than that the Union shoull have violence done it. le was for the Ution and the Constitutiun, and cloxed with, "The health of Gen. 11am Among flt letters of dist inguiished gentlemen, invited as guests to lie present at the Beech Wsl and Dinmier on the 22nd inst., which are pith lished in the Charleston Mercury of the 27th inst., we find tle following: Exie-ivi: D.PAr.TMNFT, Charleston, Jiuly 1.1, 1958. Gentlenien: I have this instant had lid be fro me (forwardedl from Georgetown) your invitation to attend the dinner to lie given by the citi7ens of Beech bland to their " distin gished neighir -and Senator, t e Hon. J. 11. HIaninond." About to leave home on a militarv tour of review in Fuirlield, C:eMer. &x,, it will not be convenient for ime to turt aside to Join yvou on the 22nd inst, I comnmend thespirit of consideration and of per sonal devotion which prompts you to greet, with public demonstrat ion, I lie retnirn from piublic con tests to his own xt.ral hionie, of the scientific and .successiil planter whot you urged forth to .the Federal Council. An able and inithful rep reentative, so valuable to the State. is wom thy of the napplaue you are about to bebtow. I ai happy to congratulate you and the country thit the positi-n and bearing in the Senatp of your distinguishled guest, (Jeneral lammond, not withstanding his long retireneiit from the habi tudes of Congressional life, have been such as to conmmand the approbation and respect of his constituents generally. Accept. my best wishes, d let no e in debted to your kind oflices to render my re grets aceptable toyour neighbors and friends. I have the honor to retnain. gentlemen. With great respect, your fellow-citizen, R1. F. W. ALLSTO0N. To 3esxrs. Mills, Atkinson and Panton, Com Gtsentlemen: Your polite note, 'ivitin1g in0 to bo at a public dinner tendered to lIon. J. H. Hlammond by the Citiz es of Beech iand, on the 2d in..t., was iccelved by pe two days ago, un iy return hione after a little over a week's absence. This will explain the reason of my delay in answering; :nd I assure you 1 deeply regret the nece'..ity I am under of saying to you now that it will he out of my power to be with you on the occasion referred to; otheren gtgeients, previously made, will p:-event. I am all ready now to start oi Monday iiext and travel through Tenme-see, (entu!2.y, Oioi, and other Southtwestln Statcs, up to the Lakes, and to bp absent fPur or tive veeks. 1nist be back by tile .tl londay in .\ugutIst, .ltt four Irepks l, or would dlity tyi departutrte. Time, hoU'r, would i-ot. allow tIds, and you st theresfore excue tme. My best wishes, however, will be with you, and kindest feelings ald seitiiieits fr.-your di:tinguished friend, fe~llw-citizen1, ang .guest. Yurs most respect fully, Mec'.rs. t . 11. .Alills, 'W. II. A tkinson, Jus.% I'an luttn(Eid: C. H., I tth .1 uly, 18I fentlemen :I have the honor to ne~knowled'ge vorI iniition toitend ~i' a comphmli..etary ulhnner iit., hr the tiiri: of lk-h'eh 1.-';" an i vinity'. I fe"'l a li rh' ;smt..t at bcii.S uah. gngmllentt, whiche.lini enut post poneui or atit.. von at'lre abit to give' t., I ur 'd'istinugui.4h''d Sem:i ir, is richly de~mrved. Thle Smante e.et.' l called him in to her ser:vice, in t he highlect poit ion .h cold asi5Sinf to him. and at. : periodl of' the 'it nmist mionmn~1t in iou'r political history.Nav metei;~ ,nd'... sa...tn1imi sngacity were nOessfry to -(nive~~ our pohey and carry itfiut tO (siniti ilinit iii- Thatu iL5n11,h u' a gacity he bag~ tfully show n in his colurse in the nate. llis mictial respjonsibility, too, great as~ that was, was ineen-.d by~ thme re(putation of hc' predcessrs.It is enotugh to s:,' t':t, i 11p rOSect whatin e~ver. h. . .&Sein-aited th enar hung, by e--en the greates.t of tli;gm,; arou'nd ilwr nme' of thme 8ttre. 0r the digmity of Senmatoia omienc: while hmis parliamentary etfurts Mrt~' lhed htiti immtediately ats a 8.nnth~ler,n leader. The~ fresh lanrelA he tmsm' won t'4- thie State, a. dei 'as l~hiff ar auase 0f- congrituhitlin at mdl 'ard'l h'e:rtilj ihare thec. g9rit'irt of' adhmiration' wh'ich lutlye attd the cantj' iotr tu nil riinil yM'i;m eamet : elil TusrbSe has the s'anctitv of tIe Coin stittioni and, the guarantees of' orgnic law ns m unients of defencme. When thsese aire biroken don, she has the str'onger protectin of* her own right hand. I have the honor, gentlre. - T be putts.n tement servant, -5j\.tENCE 31. KEITT. ho Miessrs. Mlilli. Atkinsoni, and Panton, Cont pittee. ieechi Island, S. C. ew Ywar, July 17, 183t (inuigtn: .1 regret that mv- absence from the. Statet will prevent my acceptotg your invita tio, which ,has jutst been received, to attend the public ditiner to Se nator Hammiond ona the 2?d inst. Allow mue to assure~you thett it woul giv'e no otne greater pleasure thanu myself V. unite in anyw dem'ionsirat Ion in boemor of' our distiuguished felow-ciizmn, o.f whose great ability-an'd publie servics outr Stemt must feel so justly prond, \'ery retsoeetfully, Ocnteti'n:X'on Dennsiy, .Iuhy 15. 1858. Gentlmen:Yournote of the 1st inst., invi laig me to he presenit at a Public Dinner, to be given b~y the citizens of Beech Ilatnd, on th< .22a inst., to our distinguished Senator and fel lowcitizen, the Hon. J. H. Hammnond, reachec go the pleasare of being with you on that ocea sion. Otherwiie I would eheerfully join you in dloing honor to one, who so well merito the com pliment you purpose to pay him. I an. gentlemen, very respectfilly, Your obedient servant, M. L. DONHAM. Nfesiars. Mille. Atkinson and Panton, Committee. CAnN, July 15, 1858. Gentlemen: Yesterday T hatd the hono- to receive yonr invitation to be oreit at a public dinner at Beech Island, to be given to our Sena tor, tho Hion. J. 11. Hammond, on the 22d instani. I thank you sincerely for thecompliment the invitation implies; and, if it were in my power,' would be .present with you on the interesting occivsion. ft so happens, however, that I-bavo an appointment to speak in Greenville 'on the day preceding. I must, therefore, express my regret that I cannot be with you at the time yen have chosen for your demonstration. As a constituent of Mr. IHammond, I take great pleasure in joining you in an uncjualilied appreciation bf his cours;e in the Senate of the United States during its last session. Iis speech on the Kansas question uttered the pub lie voice of the State. -And his cautious, en larged and wise views on the embroglio made by the British crnisers in the Cuban waters, received my hearty concurrence. He has fair ly entered the fielIl for whicl his talents'and learning have qualified him. As I shall not be with you I trust you will accept the following sentiment: While we are under the common flag, we must promptly hazard all that is neces.ary to uphold its honor, but we are permitted to b)e cautious in plunging into a war, all the evils of which iill fall oni ourselves, and all the benefits Oil our FRATERNA. fiOcs. Very respectfully, your ob't sorv't. JAMES CIESNUT, Jr' To Meisrs. G. B. 31ills, W. II: Atkinson. James P1anton, Committee. --- Ciwm.is-ro. July 11), 1858. Gentlemen: I beg to acknowledge your in vitation to participate in the celebration of the 22d July, designed. as it is, to signify the con idence and kindness with which the.State re grds a distinguished public servant, 11 i1ust be gratifying to all who are able io iwt with you. The flatteing couipliment which our Senator reicivejd in bis appointment, has been Justiited by the high distinction with-whioh lie has sustainod himself in the Senate. lle has left us nothing to dcire, but much to admire and much to initate. Official engagements, imperative in the duties they involve, prevent my attondance ; but none b will wish your honored guost a more hearty welcome to the State he has served so well, or' be more earnest in the hope that the sphere of his usefulness may increase, and his ability, as it doubtless will, manifest its adequacy to the highest-exactions which may arise. To him and to you, who are united iiai only by the relations of public tust an4 duty, but nauy snuh. hereafter inty.renew the unselfish i pleasirp whiclh this itist produce. With ereat respzet, your obedient servant, A. G. MAGRATH. Me..srs. (;. B. Mills, W. II. Atkinson, and James Pantomn. TiE EDGEFIE.LD ADiERTISER AND OUR POSI T41ON. The Edgefeld Advertiser, in sone very com. liunentarv observations used towards ouelives, !and for w'hich we eaniot but express here our trattl eIowleljtments,u speaks as follows; " To the iidienttd mittisures of its policy we 1 iuld hea:k v acquiescence-with the very essen - ial proviko, however, that the 'being with the Demoratie party atnd the Adwinistration' ex ends only to our earnest co-operation with these itIuenices s,; ir as they are guided hv th 'on titt i, Miwl so Jar ((.s &a,'herd trun*. s 'hck ::uuh r(-operaion', i i- riy/h/ am7 p,..)- i ni i,.' /our, dut s!' lA/ In Rc.cv- itM &-l to .ur .w~t'e',-,,n.g V t'.if g~otu-~gueh i., the Nerumry's nealiing ol' th i.ui it ;V( w.only express thant neiclang to 'revent the infe~rrencie that art upre-. ~eried comnmital to the lDemocracy utnd the Ad niinitrtionr is intended tot Ibe mad'e for the first] ime in South Caroiinn." The Advertiser hins correctly stated out- pos1.i on. 'I'he Mereairy, vm helice, fronm it- com-1 nino~iuli to t his day, lhaus uphel die hlam 1tiiples of the i)embnrratie party-soumlutunes avinst aihnsei and oaverthurow byv tie party negll t Washing~toni. Thai~t sueh will be2 its couiirse i titre. we nee ~d onaly alhiile to our ecner in t' he at -ix:e'n mionths. Whb. W.lv i;han whini tihe b -renury had ni'l.eii;4 No 1): %'s .,n' early mpor'edf the'. lip.i.ney, was ~sate im po~w 4r :-. \ia.hoimn. :\ntd we hadl eerv assuraince C ( e''edidencie ar~:d valuable :'ivt'-rtisinig pat. (io t' the Admrniistration, we thre-w airny peronital adl~nntatge. and opposed, with such ability as we possesed; the President al. 'igis Coinet, in their policy towardls an. as it was dlevelnopedt and detl:ei .o bp byv Walktr and Staiton. We n.-wsupport the Mmtinistration, .1.. I' ii hma'. cast off these rene'rade I )cmoernb~ lefEd Danighas. and is altogether goa of our siupirt aganirt. A.\metient,,' bioutlaitesan Black Rlepiuiietw,~ Tihe prmiphles we enter ained 1. year are still entertained, and shlul: ~e vindicated on proper oecnsioni ar. is there I the k-ast disposition to Si.ld o the koephut. of y our pe.ei-~ op: indepeindeucu. \\hen j A!utatpattjn brthe Deueratic party shall eek to betrayv its prInciples and turn against ihe etwih cia 'attempt to deprive her of her full ulhis in the Cotnfederner, it will not lbe hard ir, the Mercurv to do as it h'as done before.. "i will maintsinm the right against pcowen Mai~t. if UP~as siry, stand aloot froma gio' ty i4th tieamn c mestia sibi r .'2" o- reward, iut so long as the y s';.pdded byits p rinciples, andie Lhe ,aaiitaUol' Tsustainmsthueeonstingtioial rights ~f thg South, so long shadl it hgo the support of thme Mercurv.-.(e'Clrks.I Xk-cuim/ ~nd inevitable inidividual, who seems to be re arded by a elas~s or our fellow-citizens as a kn f sp..1eaI dispensationl, and as hold'lnog the key to all progress on the part of the good people c'f the United Stat.n appearedl )gamt, a tew days a t New' Orleans. and gravely told his listen ers -,' dhat Mr. luechauan, through his Soerotarv of \War, sent an ambassador to hiua ion, Wial ker) saying that if lhe v.-ul forego the Nicara gua enterprise and engage in th9 service of Mex oo, and while in that service to do sonme aet, such as (wuring dorn the l-at of Spain, retnderimg a war b~etveen Spaini amnd i 'exico mnevitable, he (Wlker) would receive tile support of the nad iniistraition." Itis, heardly worth whiile to say thatt the Pr-esi dent never authorized the Secretary of War, eor any other person. to speak for hinm to Gen. Walk erpersoaly, orthrough ani "ambassador,'e~ thesubject referred to; nor bas the Segary oJ War held any conv-ersation watitgetn. W.alker, or through an ambassadeg, ,tenki~ug for er repre setinitg the ve~ws oghbe.President,. or the osda istatip\On, as d.eekreAi m the repor~t of Qen.. Wal-l r'il speech. INTERESTING AND HUMORUS PAAGRAPIS. Z"" Dnring the search " instituted" by the, editor of the Newark Timeq for feinale com positors, it is reported that the following dia logne took place: Brister. "Good morning, Mr. Henpeck* have you got any ,daughters that would make good type-setters ?" - Henpeck. No-but I've got a wife that would make a good 'devil.0' The editor vanished, cutting furtive jances hbind him. C 77r 'SINGV.AR PA LL1ATI ron TooTInACn :. _A little horseradish scrapedl, and laid on the wrist of the' side affected will in many cases, give speedy relief. A better way is to place a little scraped horseradish in the month, or the tooth, or just arbund the gum. *,t relieves rheumatic pains in the gum and face also. The mouth may afterwarils lie rinsed with a little camphorated water, lekewarm. E"' A ScRIPT'RAr. Sr-.-Tere is a snm in adaition for you to work ont. It will require diligence and care, and admit. of no wasted time: Add to your fith, virtue; to your vir tie, knowledge; tp knowledge, temperanco; to temperance, patience; to patience, godliness ; to godliness, brotherly kindness; to brotherly kindness, charity. ZF "-Fa x," says one student to anot her, whom he caught swinging a scythe Tnost lustily in a field of stout herdsgrass, "lVhat makes you work for a living? A fellow with your talent and ability should not be caught engaged in manual labor. I mean to get my living by' my wits." "Well, Bill. you can work with duller tool- than I can !" - :R Many of theirightest virtues are like stars, there must be night or they cannot shine. Without suffering, there can be no fortitude, no patience, no compassion, no sympathy. To enjoy life, you mnust be a little miserable ocea sionally. Trouble, like cayenne, is not very agreeable in itsel, but givesgreat zest to other things.* &r The London Thime is about to be prin ted onl the beet-paper, at a saving of two cents per pound, which, on their edition of seven tons of pialier per day, is equal to $100,000 a year. - It will be soon used on the Illustrated News, tnd all the leading London periodicals, it hav ing been thoroughly tested. Z fe:- Col. S. 31. Rutherford, Seminole Agent, mys the Fort Suith (Ark.) Herald, arrived here during the week from his Agency. The Colonel has informed., us that Billy Bowlega iud party were well pleased with their new bomes. Four or five of thze Indians died while )n their way up. L5 PEACH Wo E.--Take nearly ripe fmkt, stone it and bruise to a pulp, put eight pounds if the pulp to one quart of water and let it stand twenty-four hours; then straih dutthe nice, and-to every gallon add two pounds of ugar. Turn into a cask, and. when fermented md become perfetly cleai or j tig int lown to. lift up a stone from fie .grou'd.in \lariposa county, California, on the -17thof June, dropped a revolver from his bosom, which, !xploding, drovo a bullet through his body, <illing him almost instantly. i-r Many a person thinks he is bonest be :ause he has never cheated. Instead of that, ie is only honeat because he has never been :emnlted. What the world calls " innate good imess" is vcry often at full stomach, and what it :erms vice is quite as frequently an empty bread basket. zE A lAeumema's Fum..--"0, Mr. Grub iles !" exclaiied at young muother, "1shouldn't ou like to have a family ot' rosy children about pioar.kuee? - " No, ma'am," said the disagreea lAC old bachelor: "-ld rather have a lot of yel. ow boys in miy pocket," gr Youth is a glorious inveition-..liile lhe' gulschasc the hours, and you chase the ~irls, the nmnthis seem to dlance away withI you Ipon their feet, What a pity our snmmer is so 'hurt, .Uefore you know it lovers bicomc dea aens, and romps grand-mothers.. Er Old Mrs. U~arnlee is a pattern of house bold economy. She says she has made a. pair >f socks la%t fifteen years by only knitting new 'ect to them- ev'ery winter, and new legs toi them every other winter, ZW A waiter at a fashionab~le hotel, the othier dlay, re~inie.ted a borader. if he needed bmj. se'rvices, to 4.inmst agitate the communicator." P'revions to the nrpid nmarchm of intelleet, " please to) ring the bell," wvouhld have been the phrase E Col. F. W. P'ickens our Minister to Russia, was at P'aris on tnhe 24th -June, making puirchmases four bjs houise at St. P'etershm'rg. He was thent (ected to leave for' the seat of his missiona in eight or ten days. ZW A pcrson reading funeral services at the grave, tuvgot the sex of t he dk *eaused, and :askeud naa of tii ;sourersm. an Emralder, " Is this a brother or a sister ?" "Xeithmer," replied P'at, ounly a cousin." g7g" Au leishman being asked, on, a rainy day, whamt h~e would take to carry a message fro'.n Bull's Read to the ilattery, answered? " Sure, Pd take a coach." 7r Take a company of boys chasing but terilies; put longdtalled coats on the boys, and turn the butternies bro' guineas, and you have a beautiful panorkmna of' the world. 3T Somebody has written a book on the art of nmaking people happy without money. - We aro in excellent condition to be experimep ted upon L~1ien t. Paul J1. Quattlebaum, of the 9th Inantry, U. S. A., a native (of South Carolina, sailed from New York, on Wednesday, in the steamship St. Louis en rente for Oregon. 86 It is said that common mullen leaves' smoked in a new pipe-one in which tobacco has never beenm used-is a sure and estain cure t'ur bronchitis. ErAcorrespondent has such a cold in his head that he can't wash his face without fr'eezing the water. We dont believe it. . gi Cot'r !N,HpusEs.-Tar water sprinkled over their fodder, and mixed with 'their grain, will cure cough in horses. r W*OMANo DWARanroJas.--With WOmen as with warriors, there's no robbery.--..all' con quest. gir As many days a.- iYe paswhhout ba sonme good, are so nmany days entirly lost and thrown away. bWTeian who pyanted himself on his . o mut ios has not yet sproutede . .\A Dutchmnan thinks " honesty ish de pest policy, but it keeps a zoan tam'pmoor. E" Give your children -an education, and no tyrant will trample og your libirties, gij Let pleasures be--ever so ,muocent, tha. excess is always eriminaL.