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" Why not, Annie, have you heard any thing derogatory to his character ?" as'.ed Florence. "01h no, his character may be well enough; but he is nothing but a carpenter, and poor n at that." tl "Is that all, Annie ?" said Florence, with s. half drawn sigh of relief. "If you can bring no other -argument against him, his being a poor carpenter will have but little weight , with Inc." "Florctce, iou are provokingly democratic in your -notions; a girl of your standng in so. ciety to throw yours.lf away on a poor car -Venter is perfectly ridiculous ; you will never be happy, I am sure." I think ditLerently, dear Anie. I know _tl&4-4rank-,, !-tyou ei..-5I Ihat is when I become li wife, I cannot live in the style that I now do ; but I have no fears that I will not be happy foir he i; worthy of any woman's love ; he is truly noble and.good." "Well, you are the one to be satisfied but I an sure I could not be under the cir- 0 cunmstanees. Only last night George said he wandered at a girl of your beauty and wealth 0~ 01 to marry such a poor fellow." b Florence's dark eye flashed, a critnsoned d spot burned upon her check as she exclaimed: " Did George Linden dare to say that ?" " You need not get so angry, Florence. he didI say it, andl it was no critne," said Anntie. The color hand faded from~ Florence's cheek, and the angry flash fromt her eyes. She laid I her baud upon Annie's, and in a gentle tone said "Forgive mec if my tone was harsh, and al so piardont what I atn about to take the liberty of saying ; but Annie, dearest, I love you, and I cannot help it. You have spoken to. me of Frank's poverty, would that I l-ad nothing worse to comp1lain of in Geor go Lindent. You know, An.-.e that I have a dear brother who is on the broad road to ruin ; the path of vice, the ways of wicked are fi~uniliar to his fet; the destroyer of that brothuer, the one whoa first led himi astray, was George Linden. 6 Oh, Annie, before it is too late, draw back. Ile has untold wealth ; he can give you every earthlly luxury which your heart can desire; but hie loves the wine cup ; lhe frequents the. gaining tal.le ; welth(I canniot bring von hap piness with inch a man0. I wouibI not have rpoenf i:n t ht to you for worlds, had I lovedl vou less than I do ; lbut your happiness iS is vr d r toi ine, and I couldl not V ear to fu s.-e yon ceast it froms you by wedding hima who c< haw heeni such a curse to our homie circle, W ith.out e.5. wairig wvord." - 1 A nuie wvas .ilent fo:- omeC nuoinentts aifter w Florenice c( atsed speakin~g, then she said-. " I cannaot believe what you have e Id mew. Fl ,reneeo." SI never toldl you ant utnirtl, Anie, anid I wuld taot have .jaokean otugit algainist him: it I hi:.d nj. been but too sure of its truth. Lot uS say no mror~e a1l ut it now ; think of what, I have told you. anid then act as your heart dictates." . Whienl Flo.ance rose to depart, Anntie laid t a re.-tr'eaiig hnd~ upon1. her arm.s and looking m into her deep) eyeL1, said-3: '" Florenace, I know that you toldl me whant l1 yon di.1 out of kinadns.s, but I would rather 9 risk amy happiness with George, thani marry I a poor tian.''t " l., as you, pleas.e, buat remiemiber~ dearest Anie~. as y. u3 sa so 3. .!tiyou reap." It was the has~t timue lFiorenice ever spok.. on th-sub-. e ject, but in afte~r years Aninie reomiewheredl . every wordh she hal ever said. fri Florence Flliott was the only daughater of wealhy p .rents, beautiful andi accompslished0, e. but oif her miany < harmts shie siesee.d:'itost a' unconct3&i 'ta. Pride shea had, btat it was oif ths that high noble sta r:ard which instincetively h: shrinks front contactt with anything whicha wi does Inot possess pur and intrinnie worth. tih A unieW Weston was Florence's (dearest friend, di; but very dilferenit was their character rnil th disposition. A unie hail maany ntoble traits in e' her chtaracter, but from childhood the evil of 1. her natuare had been nousrish~ed by a vain friv- I olitus maothler, .and the esti:nattioen ini which Ia she held wourtha and' wealth, maiy be seen fromt ., her conver.-ationi with Florece~. sm S one msoniths :.faer the converstion reb1 t dli teds above, the twoi girls stotod before the :.l tar as brides, and heard the words which lii bound tem., -to the ,.hoen of their ar.-t 0r into the very depths of- his breechee poeKets, as if in search or a dime, or something of the kind. The priest, observing this movement, advanced, as usual, while Jonathan, holding forth a greasy-looking - ro'l of paper, cou menced very deliberately unfolding it. The old priest anticipated a liberal donation, and put oil an air of the most exquisite satisfaic Lion. Jonathan continued to unroll ptiece after piece of tri-twisted smoking tobacco. He next thrust 'his hands into an,6tlier poeket, . and dre'v Ibith a clay pi ie,. which, with the utmost deliberation, he proceeded .to fill by pinChing off small particles of the toJacco. When this was done, having replaced his to bacco in his breeches pocket, lie stepped for ward and lighted his pipe by the old priest's candle, aid' making an awkward inclination of the head, (intended perhaps for a bow,) he said, " Much olleeged to ye, 'Squire," and proceeded on.-Nash vile Patriot. She Never Leaves Him. Look at the career of a man as lie passes thro' the world ; a ian visited by misfor tunes ! How often is he left by his fellow men to sink under the weight of his afflica tions, unheeded and alone. One friend or. his own sex forgets him, another abandons him, a third perhaps betray him ; but women, faithful woman, fIlows him in his affliction with unshaken affection, braves .tl.e changes of feeling, of his temper cmfAittered by the disappointments of the world ; with resigned patience ministers to his wants even when her own are hard and pressing ; sh weeps. witi.b him, tear flor tear, in his distresses, and is the first to catch and reflect a ray of joy, should bgt one light upon his countenance in the midst of his sufferings; and she never h aves him in his misery while there remains one act of love, duty, or compassion to be performed. And at last, when life and sorrow end together, she follows him to the tomb with aln ardor of uflection which death can not destroy. l11w dearly, then should mag love, how bravely guarl the true and faithful wife. - A newly narried pair are like two travel ers in an unknown country, fresh views of each other's ilispositions are opening out be fore them every day, some beautiful, soine unsightly, and mostly unexpected. A breeze occasionally springs up, which may either enliven the journey by clearing the atmo' phere, or danp the ardor of the excursionists by.ending in a thm.derstorm. No mater how relibus a man may be if lie is natur:'y weak, t-he narrowness of his in. tellect is pretty sure to s' ow itself in some point of conduct, as surely as original ill breeding, no matter .what a persoins acquire nents, is certain to peep (n, somewhere. Lct us all be Friends. No sort of quarrelli g pays. It is always more profitable to have the good opinion oE a man than to count him an eremy. The humblest man has some infInence, and it it; bAt:er to Lave that on our side thai against us-he ni.'kt have friends or relations whose grOod word might one day be usefid. Or, if he is such a perfect outts'.d-r, as to have nei ther friends. re'aives, or influence, it seems like a small business to qnarrel with such a forlorn individua. A .iaility is so surely a virtue that man instinetively admnires its for tunate piossessor, and when he conmes in con tact with a cross-grainied, qularre'somei indi vidual, his good nature shines more brightly lby reason of thne contrast. We mray safety promise largely increased enjoyment to him, who becomes reconciled to an old foe. It is not wise to nurse a quarrel and keep it waarmi by brooding over real or imaginary injuries. And thme road to peace is veryv plain arid strighlt ;if we have been hasty or unkind, or inconsiderate, there is anothin jg so manaly and honorable as a prompt acknowle lgemenrt of our fault or fully, sad none but a brute will refuse profhered recon ciliationr. On the other hand, if we have injured, let us remember th:at we also need grace to ask that pardon, and we wsill find it hard to withhold that forgiveness. Sem A ~ S .. . muiasav.-.The Ehnrira Gazette records the, followinrg "sell" perpetra ted on, a groerymrlan in that, plaice by one of the " snekera" ti-ater-nity. Greeniway should lie on the look out for hima. Enter a seedy indaividumal with red eyes rad parched lips, or ders a glass of :ale aind daiaiks witha every symrptom of dilig-hrtful aippreciation of the beveraage; sets thre ermpty tunmbler on the couter, arid leanriung forward, the following conversat ion takes pilaie: Eeedy-" Whiose ale is this ?" Grocerymran-"G reeanway's, of Syracuse." Seedy-, (wvithi a paitroniizing air)--Greenway! W.ell, 1 am intimatealy aicquatinted with MIr. Grenway ; I aim going down to Syracuse in a t-w datys, and I will call in and pay him for this glass !", Exit seedy. The grocerymranr wipes the emrply tumtibler, and growls sonmething about "sponges." A son of Er-in once accosted a Rteverenrd disciple of Swedenburg thurs: " Mr-, you say thaut we rare to follow thec samelI business ini leaven tihat we do inl this world." " '-s, tha~t is in perfect accordance with reaion, for thne Creator him-elf is niot idle, andl shoulhd his creatures be .," "Welt, theri, yer hornor, do pecople die there ?" " Certainly riot ; they are as immortal as the Creaator haimiself. " Thin I :-hould like to knoaw, yer honior, what they'll find for mei to do-for I'mr a grace diIyyer ina this world." IL is hardly nrecessary to add that tihe Rev erenrd genitlemianu was completely nonplussed, and discharged Pat without giving hinm the reuired inforrmration'. A NEcIssan:Y ov Lrrse.-Ina the L'nited States Seate, thre other daiy, while the tariffwais ura der consideration, Mr. Gotlarner proposed to raise- ti.e duties on Ihavana se-gams as luxuries. Wereuapon M r. Se war.h remnarked'; "I udesire to know of ti Senator fromr Vermnont, if I correctly unrder-,tanrd lainm, thnat Ire regards se gars as5 hixrie-is ; beeanase I hav-e comre to regmrd them as a necessairy of life ?" General Bea-iregard. There is no name better known for scienc and worth among army mnii, thani Gen. Beat regard. The histories of the Mexican War, favors bly as they have mentioned him, have faile to notice two of the most conspicuous inci dents of his life, and which have gon'e far t establish his fame. We will relats diem, pre mising that we were not in th& war, and thu we repeat them fr.oii memory on authentic in formation. The principal facts will be state accurately, though there mady be errors in ur iinportant details. The first occurred before Vera Cruz. Gen. B., then a Lieutenant of Engineerm was sent out by his Colonel (Totten, if 'we re member aright) with a party of sappers 1 dig and prepare a trench, according to a prc file and plan prepared by the Colonel. N sooner had Beauregard examined the groun than he discovered great objections to th plan. To assure himself, he climbed into tree, and wi.h the aid of .the tuarifieglass, th engineer's vude viecim, he made a reconnois ance, and saw plainly that the 'trench, a planned, would be enfiladed by the enemy) cannon. Here was a difficult position for ; subaltern ministerial officer. He decidek promptly, and returned to head-quarters witt out sticking a spade. The Colonel met hia and expressed surprise that he had so sool performed his task. Beauregard replied tha lie had not touched it. The Colo el, with th astonishment military men feel in hearin their orders have not been obeyed, inquirec the reason. He was soon informed of it. H was incredulous-" the ground had been ex am ined"'-" the reconnoisance was perfect, &c. The young Lieutenant was satisfied however, that the reconnoisance of his oh chief had not been made like his, "from uj it, a tree." The Colonel, like a sensible mar concluded to make another examination-th plan was changed in accordance .;th th young Lieutenant's views. The we:k don from these trenches.is a matter of i. story but its pages no wheie infor'm -s to: hom th credit is due. - Our. second- incident o'curred -.efore th city of' -\exico. A night or two before.the atta(lr, a counci of war -was held. Tlierd were asseubled al the li% follks .1, (n-ow) Lieit. Genera (who ppractir ' 1''"lR tops ins~ & c., down voun.- St Wetit oil f one, had spuken, anud all . views. The silent one das Beauregard. 0 last Gen. Pierce crossed over and said, " Yot have not expressed ai opii.ion." "1 have no beeni called on," said Beauregard. "Yot shall be, however," said Pierce; and soon re sumi ng his seat, announeed that Lieut. Beau regarl ];a I not giv -i Is opinion. Being I he called out, lie remarked, that if the plan whicl hiad received the as..ent of all wut the coin mnandig ieneral was carried into effect,i woull prove disastrous. It would be anothe Churuibuseo all'tir. Ile then detailed the o jections to it at length-and taking up th other, urged the reasonis in its favor wit: equal carnestniess. TIhe Coniieil revei s. their decisio~n. The City of t1,exico was em: tered accordinig thme plan urgcd by the youn, Lieut.nait ; :inml it would seem tha~t his rez sns inllueniced tse decision. A few day's a terwardb General Seott, in the presence of ma.ber of' general titlicers, alludel to Lieui Beauregrar y's opiiin at the Conneii, antd th consquet s which had followed from it. We reibr our reader< fur further iinfornmatio on this point to " The Lif'ea~nd Correspondeue of Jn A. Quitnian, page 3." Some justice has been done to Beauregar in the histories of the Mexican war-buti i.s in-completeIiness we have been reminded c Byron's satire on military glory :" To he she dead on the battle tield, aiid have your nam misselt in the Gan:dle.'' The position now so pronmtly assignedi Gen. Beature'gard is a just tribute to his wortl It is a great satisfac'tioii to our people thu the enmy cani bring no talenit against u wiwe canniot mat ch with its equal in ou Southern landh ; and amongst all the hi igh g.daxy, no0 onie could lbe more atcceptable thal our mativye bormi Louiisiana Becaurc.gard.-Cham lert ni Mercury. A Noinran:as Um.unonusA's OiminX--W recently ',otic~ed amiong the late publicatiois book enmtitled " American Slavery Just) ied," by llev. Dr. Seabimry, of New York. Afor a close and critical investigattioni intl history, law, thea principles of' justice, and thi Scripturcs, lie is led to " regard the slaver, existin; in the Soutthern States as restiing mi contract, andt to regard1 the relation of mus ter and slave as ito cause of' shame or inc proach, but as eiititled to respect, both a home and abmroiad. because legitimate, not on ly by the law of' the particular States whiel uphold it, and by the Constitutiont of the Uni ted States' which guai'anitees its protection but also by the principles of universal juE tcc that is, by the Law of God."--Southerc Christian Advocate. Strolling leisttrely iabout Un.mcle Sam's bi ship~yard, in Washiington, the other day, wv bsrved a regular hard-weither sailor cha fr'om a uman-o' war, who, ini turn, wits watch iig two meni drag a seven foot cross-cut sai hrough a huge live oak log. The saw wa dull, the log terrible hard, and there the; went, see-saw, pull1, 11msh1, plush, pull. Jael studied the matter over ia while, until he cai to the conclusion the~y were pulling to see wh< would get the saw ; and as oiie was a imozi strous big chap, while the other was a littl. fellow, Jack decided to see fair play ; so takn ing the big one at clip tinder the ear, that cap sized him, end over end1, lie jerked the sai out of the log, and givinig it to the small ont sung out," "Now you run, you hugger." Woen are said to have stronger attmacia mentts thantr men. It is tnt so. Strenigth a attachmient is e'viinced in little things. A msa: is ofte attached to an old hat ; but did yo! ever know of' a womtan having an attachmena t',r an old bonnet '1 lorence turned away to seek the neat littl >me w.hich Frank Raymond had provided r her; and Annie went as the mistress of a ately mansion in the. city of New York. 'hich would be the happier ? Which had iosen the better part ? The summer sun was calnly sinking to're >se, and the waving silver poplars cast sha sws on the sloping green, before a vine en: inbered cottage, which looked as if the An ,I of Peace had fol.led his wings above it, he evening repa-t was spread, and after par king of it, the gentleman walked out upon ie lawn, and the lady took her little child, boy about six years old, and prepared hin r his night's repose; then he knelt at het uec; with clasped hands and uplifted eyes repeats his evening prayer; the mother ys him in his little bed, aud pressing a kis pon his rosy lips she turns to leave him hat mother is Florence Elliott:; seven year Li wrought buit little change in her, she is e saine beautiful Florence, for happines. is crowned the years of her life. Prosperity L marked the steps of Frank Raymond, the aor carpenter. Florence had married him ecau.e she thought he was wortby of bei ve, and in every way he had proved so. :apily they walked through-lifle together les-ed with the approving smile of their iavenly Father; worldly honor they havt at ; but their richei are in the Paradise (I od, anI in the realms of glory they wil ijoy the treasure that is laid up for them, Tiere is another scene in a stately city ansion. The shades of night had githered rer the city, and dairkness rode upon the ce of nature. In a chamber where ever' ixury was lavished, Annie Linden watched tone beside the couch of a dying child. It ie worn out palid face and drooping'form it ould be hard to recognize the light-hearted ppy Annie Weston. She had drank deel sorrow's overflowing cup, and remembered ten, with heart anguish, the words of Flor 'c, ail f which had proved true. She had every luxury which boundless ea'th could lavish upon her, but that was )t all; she had no companion-no friend in te husband she had chosen ; day after day, ght after night, she was alone and sad while - was amid scenes of debauchery and revel -. All her confort was her. little girl, she as the idol of her heart. and now in a new nne among total strangers, the little giil as dying, and Annie went all alone. It wvas in this dark hour that her thought. ent back to Florence, the friend of her early -ars whom she had not seen f.,r a long time, d her heart yearned for her loving sympa y, for she had not learned to look fron rth for coifoirt in her many allhetions-shi :vur sought the mercy-seat to try the efli eney of humble prayer. What wa- wealtl Annie now ? A that she possessed she ould have bartered for the humblest abodt i earth ir she could have had one hour pur< ipph..:ss. Among the gay circles of her ac aintances she was lo ked upon with envi is eyes, fur they did not know that hidde, .neath her gay life was a he irt. breaking Lily, hourly. The morning sun dawned, and its radiant as tn-amed into that lofty ch~aner, bu brought no ray- of brightness there. Thc ny han~ids of thle little girl were folded acros. r siniless breast ; her spirnt was at pe e ithl its GOd, and the sorrow-sticken miother ith no yource of comfort, bowed beneath the :avy stroke. She was kneeling, thus resis g all thie edbrmts of those around to rousc -r from her lethargy to a sense of her duty her little one left her, when a hand was utly laid upon her head, anid a soft voicc id : . nne. A l.orde of early mnemories rushed up te r, and her heart seemed to have found its rk of Rjefuge, when she was clasped in Flor ice It-ymnond's arnis. It was then that orence turned the thought of her early end1 away from earth. In that dark hour taught her to breathe a prayer of~ faith. O:, what is wealth, that so umny should Iue it as they do ; the riches of this world --"all. :t fleL-iing show' For man'.s hi~lu i t.;il." Can they brinur peacee to the heart which torn with angu'sh ? Can they comipenisate rthe mnany lo.,ses, the mann triails we en nnter here in this vale ofl tears ? (Oh no, hen weighed in the ballance, what is wealth . we shonh.d ldesire it-earthly richues that e ..,hnbi long so earnes.tly after them ? It i- u-at nch~ ti i-- e-rih cnn give, Ait m i t *i,,, .wr.i- m iar nut the thing's, Tu gaitidiy the he-art. tuat oh, it' those whto clus.ter rund TIhe uter andl the hiearthi, lave ,:entlie words ant Iovoin~g smuies, ]How heautifult is earth! low true that is ? Many covet v ealthi and sji te of alt obstacles, obtain that which cy desire ; but it is not suflicient, and in ter year's, like Annie Weston, with bracak hearts, they will pine for love and sytm tiiy inte iiidst of' all the splendor whiich eir weal th has hiven them. Better far, like tirence, c~hoose a noble hueart, and dwell con ted in an hmunl!e home. T'he Coolest thing on Record. As Genieral Scott's armly was tuuarebhinig tri Iphnt~ inito thei City of Mlexico,, says at cuang', a~ prcso of mon~ks emergeu un th gate oh a conv'~ent ~.i: t- d on the uinnece at the right, and advanceed with slow1 d ,uma.sred treaid unitil they' met the army~ the right angles. The guile or leader of a pirocessmul was a venerabli' priest, whuos. ir was whitened with the frost of man~ niers, ie held in bo0th hands a contribu mn box, upon which there was a lighted can e, and wheni within a few feet of~ the army 2 prcsso halted. As the armyv proceed nmany a true belie:ver in St. Paitric~k drop dsome small coin or othur into the old lest's box. Anid, when it was observed that soldier' was seareing ini his p .e'ketsl for meithing to bestow. the old priest wvoul p terward and hol his Lox to receive the Uhinately there caine along ai tall, gaunt, rber sided, gamder-looking Yankee, who, Flag Presentation. ei At the recent presentation of a flag, in Charleston, to Col. Pettigrew's regiment, we find the following interesting addresses. That of Governor Pickens is important, as it dis 1 closes the true and difficult position of the Governor at this critical time. It should be a copied extensively: Governor Pickens then advanced, and was t greeted with cheer upon cheer, and when the enthusiastic applause had somewhat subsided, I the Governor spoke as follows: SoLDinRs: I cou'd not refrain from saying to you, on this occasion, that in the name of South Carolina, I return you my sincere thanks for the very gallant and brave manner in which you have executed every order that > has been addressed to your very gallant Colonel. > I came here a stranger to a certain extent, l as to individual men. It is well known that 1 had to encounter many difficulties, and a L great deal of confusion, and I assure you that I never, on any occasion in my life, met with more gallant, more prompt, and more soldier. . like conduct than has been exhibited by every i part of this regiment called into service. L I have often, in late years, seen large bodies I of well drilled and well disciplined troops. I - have seen between forty thousand and eighty a thousand men pass in review, and I can truth. i fully and sincerely say, that I have never seen t any body of more soldier-like appearance, or with a more thorough discipline than these rave, free and independent soldiers upon hich South Carolina relies in this, her day of trial. I remember when the sudden move was made from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, un der very peculiar and exciting circumstances, 1 1 immediately asked who I could rely upon where I could get a man to execute orders that might be full of perils and dangers ? Your gallant Colonel was immediately point ed out to me by acclammation, as the man fitted for the oceasion. I shall never forget . that morning. I called him to me, and said: "Colonel, I want two hundred picked men 'for a perilous undertaking." It was then said there was danger, fur these forts were said to 'be mined, which might be sprung at any mo I 'ient, and thatthey were full of danger. I asked I im: "Are you ready ?' He was off before I could hardly give another direction, instant. . Jy, to do his work. (Enthusiastic cheering.) how it was executed. - May, that whe:n I charge his duty, no. 1 in his path. Iiis fine and noble . I Regiment promptly responded to the call. . I take this occasion to return the thanks of . the State for the very gallant and precise I manner in which -every order was executed, I and every call responded to, by both regi . ments. k I trust in God that you will not be called r on for anything more serious in its consequen. ces than th, se events which you have so re , cently encountered. It may be that the coun , cils of wisdom and of prudence and of inter 1 est, maay prevail. It may be that we can pass .through our crisis withiou:. an atppead to arms, and the shedding of blood. I trust in God .that the country has so far progressed in gen eral intelligence and general civilizationi, as to be able to pass thr.,ugh and vindicate tri umphantly our rights anid indpndence with. out bloodedt. But it; on the contrary, madl amnbitiona prevaili, or still b iser, madder fa naticisnm, it mnay be the r.!ve. se, and you may, at any mom)llent, be called upon01 not only to shed youir own blood, biut to drench the Iland in blood, in defenmce of your chartered rights transmitted from a gallant, glorious fanicestry. SIt is ini no idle mannier thait I here say, let whtwl ome, I may rely with perfect eunfi dunce on the brave and true meni before me. If that dreadful day doe,, Comle (which may God ill his mercy avert,) and we have. to tcome to the worst, I know that ther e lives not, nor breathes upon the face of the earth, a rbraver or truer man uponi whom to rely than your noble Colonel, or a more brave and aol dier-like regiment to execute hii orders uiponm -the field of battle or elsewhere, than those before me. Yes, sold'ers, I rejoice I see you what I do on this occasion, because we are just at a critical point in our affairs. A few muore days will decide the fate of this couintry, amnd if we are driven to the contest, I here frankly say that the only way to gutrantee the pe ICe and freedom of this Southern Confederacy is to organize immediately a large and eflicient ar my, to occupy the tield with brave men and brave officers, and show to the world that we have not only the spirit to assert and defend our independence, but we have the means and the soldiers to imaintain it uponi every battle field they may tender to u.. This is the true and only way ini which the permnanenlt peace and safety of this country can be secured. You have done it before, and can do it again. We ask no favors; we sill cerely desire peace. .We hope that :hose-in. terests of commerce and trade, so ;-losely] identified with our ownm, and those productions which we peculiarly prdduce, and which the world peculiarly demands, will perhaps guar antee our peace. We trust too, that the peo. p'e of the United States have so far progrs ed in initelligence and civilization that they will be able to avoid the last resort, to save this coun~try by an appeal to armis and the blood-sheddinig, which hits been so oftenl ap .pealed to by the European people in their .revolutions, which have led to independence. .Bt if we are miitaken ill this, I trust that .each freeman will be able to discharge his ,duty fearlessly, Iaithfully anid bravely, let the cosequiences he whaut they may. Turning to Col. Pettigrew, the Governor sad: - I rejoice through you, Colonel, to return< f my thanks to thle people of Charleston slnd< Sth soldiers of Charleston, for the nmoble andil 1 patriotic manniier ill which they have sustained t this country and this State, under the most 1 triner cirrceustane that nyeopanle werae ever called upon to encounter. We have oc upied the van of States in this march to inde pendence, and we had to encounter, of course, great difliculty and great censure ; but, under all these trying circumstances, I have never made an appeal to the patriotism or spirit of he country that has not been cheerfully re iponded to. And I now take occasion to say, ,hat although South Carolina asks no favors, ior seeks to avoid any responsibility, yet, as ar as I am concerned, neither the internal preasre arising from over-heated zeal or en. husiastic patriotism on the one side, nor aullying threats nor dentunciations from broad, shall ever drive nie frum the direct path of independence and duty to my coun ry. While I shall endeavor to avoid both !xtremes, I trust I shall be able to do what is .ght, without regard to consequences. Here is South Carolina on this day, repre .ented by as brave and gallant men as ever ihed their blood upon the gallant battle-fielI 3 )f the past. There she is, (pointing to the rms on the flag,) thank God, waving in the riew of the brave soldiery, and if it should mvtr be unfolded on the perilous ridge of bat le, the swords of the brave around it will ash and gleam as high as they ever did in ur brightest days of glory. There South ,arolina stands on the outer battlements of aur country's defence, encased in mail armor, ith her lance couched and not a feather juivering in her plume. Whatever may come, [ trust we will meet the consequences, not as ired soldiery, but as freemen and as an in lependent soldiery ; as the repreenntatives of he country, and of the peace and freedom of >ur institutions, which, I trust, will ever be naintained under all circumstances and at -very hazard. At the conclusion of the Governor's re narks, Col. Pettigrew proposed three more :heers for the Governor and Commander-in. 3hief ot the State of South Carolina, which ere given with a will. Debate in the United States Senate. Os the 7th inst., in the United States Sen dte, a spirited debate sprung up between senators WIGFALL, DOUGLASS and others rhilt the Inaugural address of Lincoln was mnder con-ideration. We herewith annex he remarks of Messrs. WIiFALL and DoUG .ASS, to which we invite the attention of our aders: SPEECH OF MR. wImFAt.L. OF TEIAS. Mr. Wigfall said that as Mr. Doug'as yes - - *lialnion of the ive peact:, . even States have withdrawn tron Lue Ia mun, mtered into a compact, and established a ovornient. Though the fact-is not offici lly announced the whole country knew that tie Repre-entatives of the Southern Confed ration are now here, prepared to be received Lt this Court. Waiving all questions of reg ilaity as to the existence of their govern uent, they are here to enter into a Ireaty i:h the Federal Government, and the mat ers; in controversy m~ust be settled either by reaty or by the sword. It is easy to talk bout eunforcing the laws anid holding and oc upying and possessing the forts. When you oile to this, bayonets and not words must etle the question, and he would here say hat Forts Pickens and Sumter cannot be id munch longer. The present Admninistra ~ion will soon be forced to construe the inaug iral. Forts Moultrie and Johnson and Gas le Pinckney are in the possesmsion of the Con. ederate States, but the Confederate States ewill not leave Fort Sumter in the possession f the Federal Goverinmt. In reply to Mr. Duglas lie [Wigfall] denied that the Union s it was formierly, now exists legally and anstititiomialy. Thme evil is upon us; the isease is seatedl. A blue pill at night and a up of c,.Afee next :worning may relieve the iver, hut whenm the dlisease is on you, blister mg and bloodletting is soumetinmes necessary; id when the patient dies it is necessary to n'e a coffin, very deep, a funeral service, id thinigs of that sort. As he said the other aight, the only quuestiona is, whether there hal ho a decent, quiet funeral, after the Protetant fashion, or an Irish wake. The ~Juion is dead, and has to be buried. If you aant a Protestant funeral you can have it; f not, you can have an Irish wake. Mr. Wigfall proceeded to speak of the difliculty f enforcing the revenue laws, adding that troubles as to this will eniviron you all iroud." llad you not better deal with this pi.-stiona practically ? Unfortunately Mr. Lin-. uln will have but a brief period during which o decide the quecation. if he_ supposes the enforceimenit of Fort Suniter will lead to oace, he e~m imake the experinment, and so is to recapiturinig Fort Moultrie. If he should mot remove the troops from Fosrt Sumter, they will be removed for him. The adoption of ie Crittenden conmpronise proposition might aave adjusted the diflcultie' of the country, yut it only received nineteen votes in the enate. The Seniator from Illinois [Douglas] aaa said that " war cannot preserve the nion." The Union, however, is dissolved. ~eveni Southern States have formed a Con ejderation, and to tell, as the President has lone, that their acts of secession are no more han pieces of blank paper, is an inault. lie -peated, there is no Uniioni left. The sece led States will never, surely, come back. L'hiey will not now coume back under any cir umstances. They will not live under this Uministration. Withdraw your troops then, nake no attempt to collect tribute, and enter ito a treaty with those States. Do this and ru will have peace. Send your flag of thirty. iiur stars thither and it will be fired into and var will ensue. Will you divide the public >rspery and umake a fair assessnient of the mublic debt, or will you sit stupidly and idly biing nothing until there shall be a conflhct ,f arm, "because you cannot coumpromiise with traitors ?" Let the remaining States re orm, their Government, and if it is accepta >le the Southern Confederacy will enter into you want pearo you shall have it; if you want war you shal have it. The time fur plat forms and demsagogeismn is past. Treat with the Confederate States as independent and you can have peace. Treat them as States of this Unsion and you will have war. Mr. Lincoln has to remove the troops from Forts Pickens and Sumter, or they will be removed for him. He has to collect the reverue at Charleston, Savannah and New Orleans, or it will be collected for him. If he attempts to collect the revenue, resi-tance will be made. It is uselews to blind your eyes. No compro mie or ametdment to the Countitutiun, no arrangement you may enter into will otisfy the South, unless you recognize alaves as pr. perty. These States withdrew from lie Union because their property was not protected. The Republicans have preserved an ominous silence on the suject of the inaugural. The speech of the Senator from Illinois [Douglas] was calculated to produce an impression that Mr. Lincoln will do nothing. But the " mas. terly inactivity " policy cannot prevail. Ac tion! action! action! as the great Athenian orator said, is now necessary. You cannot longer serve God and Mammon. You must anawer quickly the question, " under which King, Bezonian 7" You must withbraw your flag from our country, and allow us to have ours, and enter into a treaty with us. Do this, or make up your minds for war is the sternest aspect, and with all its accumulated horrors. REJOINDER OF SENATOR DOUOL .R. Mr. Douglas repeated what he said yester day; that he had carefully analized Mr. Lin coin's inaugural f.,r the purpose of ascertain ing distinctly and certainly what was to be the policy of the new Administration, and he cane to the conclusion that it was the wish and purpose of the President to pursue a peaceful policy and to avoid war. He was rejoiced to be able to arrive at that conclu sion. This was the whole substance of what he said yesterday, or desired to say. The Senator from Texas thought that the expres sion of the opinion or conclusion was calcu lated to have a bad effect on the country, but it struck him [Douglas] if the country rest secure in the belief that they are to have peace, no civil war, no armies mustered into conflict, it would have a happy effect. He was sure that every man who loved this glo rious Union-for it wai glorious, and even dearer to him now than ever before-that every man who loved his kind and was proud of being an American-ought to rejoice in uic MIR, tney could take their choice between peace and war, and that he did not care, but he [Douglas] cared. Therein con sisted the difference between the Senator and himself. Because he was desireus of peace, he was anxious to asc,:rtain what was to be the policy of the new Administration. Ile had arrived at his conclusion candidly and fairly, and had expressed his gratification at the result. It he had arrived at the conclu sion that the inaugural meant war, he would have dentounced it. ie was with the Presi denit as fir asi the President was for peace, a- d wouldl be against him whien he departed from this line of policy. The Senator from Texas was right when he said words will not answer much longer. We may as well look at the facts in the case. IHo feared that Forts Pickens and Sumter could not remain in pos session of the Federal G;overnmnent much longer. There was a time when Fort Sumter could have beent reinforced, ie believed i: could not be reinifureed now without the use of at least 10,000 men by laml and sea. There were but few men to serve the guns who would soon he exhsted-and they had not breadl and salt enough to last for thirty days. There must be prompt action in the .irection of peace. llow should it be done ? ie thought the President mzust meani peace. ais it was5 timeu for Conugres, to be in session, and two hunidre~d thous~ud meni in the field, aind that arrangemntns were mjade for war. It' peace, we can all rejoie; but if war, he could not contemplate or predict what will be the state of the country. The Senator from Texas said he remained here btcause his name continues to be called, but, according to his owni doctrine, he is a foreigner. Ilis affections were with his own country, while his [Douglas'] were with his own. wflY .ita. WIGFALL REXAINs. Mr. Wigfall expluiined why he remained here was, that he had no oflicial information that Texas has abolished the office of United States Senator. When he should be so no tilied, lie would file notice of his withdrawal at the desk, and if after being so informed his name should continue to be called, he should answer to it if it suited his convenience, and if called upon to vote he would probably give his reasons for voting, and regard this as a very respectable public meeting. As the Sen ator from Illinois seemed to be speaking for the Administration, and as " masterly inac ta-ity " would not do, he would ask whether the Senator would advise the withdrawal of the federal flag from the borders of the Con federate States, and that no effort be made to levy tribute on foreign goods ? Mr. Douglas r'eplied that he was no part of the Admninistration and therefore could not speak for it, although he hoped he spoke the same sentiments which animate it on this sub ject. Yet, while he was not in its counsels or confidence, he could not tender it his ad vice until it was asked for. (Suppressed ap plause in the galleries.) Whenever the ad ministration wanted the advice of the Senate, it would doubtless ask for it. He [Douglas] did not choose to proclaim what his policy would be in view of the fact that the Senator fronm Texas did not regard Linucoln as the guardian of his section of country. It would hardly be thme part of wisdom to state what his policy might be to oiie who may so soon e in the councils of the enemy and comman der of an army. THEi DOUGLAS SPEECh AT NORFOLK. Mr. Wigra11 fintarna.'ninl said that the a ator frum Illinois inade a speech at Norlilk last autumn, in which it was reported that Le remarked that lie would hang a good many people of the South. As the administration may be acti-'g on this principle, and as he [Wigfall) did not believe that the .ound, gen. uine, simon pure, Constitutitn luvlng and Conistitution understanding people of the South sympathize with any such sentimnct, and as "masterly inactivity" 'Will not do,, he trusted that the Senator from lllintois wotidl give them a new reveltion. The. revela:i..n on Mount Sinai, amid the muttering ,( tio n der and the flashing of lightning. rec. gnized slavery. [The chair made a remark having referez.e to slight disorder in the galleries.] Mr. Wigfall remarked : You will be fortu nate if the galleries do not clear the Senate before long, and this i one thing which re conciles me to a change of the government. Would the Senator from Illinois support the administration in withdrawing the federal troops from Forts Sumter and Pickens ? It would, no doubt, strengthen the backbone of the administration. Mr. Douglas. As to withdrawing the troops and advising the President what to do.. I should have i.o hesitation in answering, if the Senator from Texas, like myeli, felt ihimself bound to support the Constitution and pro tect and defend the honor of the country, in stead of wishing to become possess-d of 4n furmtion which might be used against up. As to my November speech, I see no reason to change or modify any sentiment expressed. I believed then, as I do now, that I expressed the sound constitutional principles on which alone the Government can exist. As to hanging the Senator, he is under some mis. apprehension, or his mind seems of a char acter which magnifies one man to two men. I only spoke of hanging one person, and that in a certain contingency, and I did say that if Lincoln should be elected President according to the constitutional forms, he must be inaugurated, and under my constitutional duty I would sustain him in the exercise of all -legitimate duties of the station. I then said if after he was elected, he. should vio late the laws of the country, and comm t. crimes against the laws of the land, I would be for punishing him according to the laws ; and if it was the penalty under the Coustitu tior. to hang him, he would hang him higher than Haman. I would have said the samo thing of any other man who might thus aLuse the trust reposed in him by the American A*. "US3. i oeg parton. The speech was reported in the Norolk papers. I said no such thing. The ateration was made for partisan purposes at a distance'from where the speech was made. I am certain there was 1o such report until I saw the perverted extracts from the speech. But I will not en. ter into eny controversy as to the Norfolk <p.:ech, nor with regard to the late canvass. I have long since repeatedfly said, " let by. lins be by-gones." I am only looking to the lue of policy to a-w the country from civil war anad confilet, and I am prcssing on both sides of the chamber and on the Executive arnd on every eitizenu whose lheart and mind I can rcachi, the pursuit of such a pacific policy as w II arrest any further destruction of the .hovergnment, and prevent civil war, and 'ead to a reuinioni even of those States which have withdrawn from the Union. Mr. Wigfall was happy that the Senator was willingr to let " by-gones be by-gones," of wvhichi the Norfojlk sptech wa one. He was willing to meet the Senator as to the future. Mir. Douglas replied that he had no other motive than to deal with the future without rimiination or recrimination as to the past. Fur the future he advocates a pacific policy. Mir. Wigf~dl. All I wanted to say was, that I did not de.sire that Texas should be put in hie false po~sition of making a wvar, when she is not doing it. Bit Guss.-Two large Columbhiads passd through our city on last Friday. They were eo isignmed to Gnv. A. 13. Sioore, M.\[.ram, r. Ala. Also, a large lot of balls. Shell and ?owder accomIpanlied the guns. They weigh. :dl sixteen thousand pounds apiece. They were, in fact, the strongest " persuadern" tl.at we have ever seen, and, in the hands of hetl. Davis, they will be such an argument igainist coercion that Mr. Lincoln and his B'aek Republican minions will be likely to aspect, if they are so lost to all sense of jus tiee and equality as to attempt such mecas tres of cppression on a free and indepen lent people--a people who know their rights, tnd knowing, dare defend them against at. :aeks from any and every quarter. We hope that. our Southern neighbors will not be brought to the ntecessity of protecting their liberties by force of arms, but if they are, Southern blood has never yet proved itself recreant to the duty of definding its honor or its liberties, whether the contest came off in couneil chamber or tented fi- Id, and we have no fears as to the result, if blood alone will satisfy the appetite of the vampyre of aboll. tionism.-Knoxville Register. WuaT is "' CaUSL TREATMENT TO A WIuFE7" -In a late case at the Macon term, the Su preme Court had before it the question of the onstruction of the words "cruel treatment," as applied in our divot ce laws to the eon hket of the husband toward the wife. It made a decision which is an boner to itself and a triTbute to the civilization of the age. The Court held that. personal violence was not ne cessary to constitute cruel treatment, but that the cruel treatment must be considered by the jury, and it was the province of the jury to determine whether under the circumstan ces of .the case a total or partial divorce should be granted. If the Supreme Court of Georgia had no other claim to the public respect and grati tude, this decision alone should endear it to the hearts of every honest family in the land. _Savannah Renablican.