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eon ton t with thoir lot however auspicious it pi may be. Nations are possessed hy the same th restless discontent. They are never satis- ^ fied with any amount of present good, but re constantly seeking nnd striving after the ^ unreal nnd the unattainable. It would be pr impossible to invent a state of society so jr perfect but tltat a desire would still exist in #for something Additional. It is the con- " stant struggle between the actual and the |j' ideal. As the Actual necessarily partakes of j, tiie imperfections of human nature, the idenl p. always has more '.harms, because it is not of n tho earth. There is nothing more disss- f' it trous to the individual or tho nation than too tj ardent a pursuit of the idenl at the expense Cl of the actual. The pursuit of military glo- n ry, the acme of the ideal, has opened perpet- c uul fountains of human blood. The blind pursuit of tho ideal in morals or polities, has n iutlieted incalculable injury on the human h race. It is at least doubtful, whether men, j? with the best intentions, in a reckless attain- J' ment of the ideal, have not done more inju- ^ ry to the world than men of the worst in tun- n tious seeking merely the actual. What r have occasioned more desolation and des- ^ pair than religious wars ? What infinite 8 slaughter did not men with the best inten" jt tions, in search of a revolutionary ideal, in- o flict upon France ? Nothing is more dan- ti gerous than philanthropy let louse. This pursuit of the ideal in this country " has taken the form of Abolition. A large j, portion of tho Northern, people passing by v the numorousobjeets forphilanthropy at their c own doors, exhaust their abstract benev- ^ olence on tho black race of tho South, n Founding themselves on the captivating n abstraction that all men are Lorn free and n equal, they hurry to the conclusion that a 8. general emancipation is desirable, and that f( they should seek it. They do not stop to p consider whether emancipation, if attainable, I' would not be a curse rather than a bles- ? sing to the slaves. They overlook the 0 sanguinary struggle which emancipation at ? the South would bring on between the ra- o ces; they forget thnt, in this struggle, " the blacks would necessarily be overwhelmed and exterminated; they overlook the jr disasters emancipation would bring upon the whites of the South, who should be enti- n( tied to at least as much of human sympathy as b the blacks ; they overlook the disasters such n convulsions at tho South would necessarily ? superinduce on their own section; they for- p get that the African race of the South are f better off, in many respects, than the laboring population of any portion of Europe* ^ and far better off than the same number of ^ Africans are, or ever have been in any po- n riod of history. They do not look at this tl question as a practical one. It is only the n :J ? i at.-* i -t c it m A luuui uiuif ua? any ciiunua iui uicui, i nuy ^ pursue this ideal at the expenses of the best j interests of the very objeets of their synipa- v thy, at the expense of their country, the >' Constitution, republicanism, and the cause jj of humanity itself. In all the prolific history j of human follies, none was ever more nl?- I surd, more unreasonable, more pregnant | with disaster than this. It is emphatically v the evil genius of the Republic. <. In reviewing the history of the human |, raoe, we find how seldom, and for what r short period, any portion of mankind have ' enjoyed the blessings of good govern i cut. ^ The folly and wickedness of our race have v almost invariably incapacitated thein for a good government. An avenging Divinity 11 seems to have incessantly pursued them, ^ and punished them through their Govern- n meats. Oppression, insecurity, injustice, c perpetual wars, wholesale murders, have f been the constant and sad lot of the human ? raco. if now and then a temporary gleam ,, of liberty, and peace, and justice, light up t the dark pages of the past, it has almost al- t ways immediately disappeared, and left the * world in more profound darknes and despair. t If nnaa uonmo.l iKnf a nnJ Iw.Dab V U1IVU iltUUIVU Mll?v ? UIIIUIVIIIi ?<IU UlTblrCI fate was reserved for our own country, but 't appears now that wo arc eventually to run the same career of folly and disaster that all nations hare invariably run before us. Enjoying a higher degree of prospeii_ ty, and all the advantages of good govern, meat to a greater extent that has ever been granted to the human race before, we have appeared to bo the especial favorites of a benignant Providence; but our blessings wore too great and the spirit of discord, madness, and evil rose in our midst to blast our glorious inheritance. Henceforth. I fear we are to play the saino common-place follies, and undergo the same disasters, that all other nations have acted and endured. This nnti-slnvcry agitation has already exercised a most injurious efTect upon the North. I refer not so much to a meterial as a moral injnry. It his inaugurated a fatal principle, at war w ith the peace of society, the higher-law principle?a principle by which individual conviction is elevated above the law. According to tliii principle, no laws, no constitution has any efficncy, when they come in collission with individual opinions. This principle is destructive c nf fhi. MApinl fiiiirir* ft t r rhu UiaAfv nnAn ' which society rests, is, that the will of so. eiety, expressed in its legal form, through ' the nction of government, is the supreme Inw ; but if no law is supreme but such as I' meets the approval of each citizen, then the * forma of government are but a m<H.-kery, " and society is resolved into its original elements. This principle having hitherto ta- e ken the form of antagonism to slavery, may r not be considered by the North ae a practi- 8 eal injury ; bnt there is no seewrlty that it will confine itself to its present form. It ie a, a self-reiving, self-aoffieient, and lawless m spirit; nothing is aacred frein its inroads. Ii We see already that it has taken other ei forme, soch as anti-rcntism and land for the ri landless. This latter cry has already found C sn exponent on the floor of Congress. ? i< * Land for the landless" will vet be a terri- t< Me cry for f he North. With density of pop- it nl.ti/.r- MMnliiinilhim nf UKa, ? of wage*, will come a time when thin cry n will find an echo in the northern States e Thea property-holder* there may tremble, b The higher-law principle, which la low be- h ing established, wHi pane the way for this tl cry of M land for the landless." The whole m theory of property will be questioned, and r< it will be round inconsistent with the high- S or law. The moment this theory becomes el popular among the laboring classes of the ai North, the titles la estate* will begin to he at very precarious. It is surprising that the pt m operty-holders of the North do not ie dangerous consequences involved in gbeT-law principle ol the slavery a; [>n. The North have a peculiar interest In overnnient ; it is emphatically their < nment ; they have the majority ; they ol It; they mould its legislation to lote their own interests; they pos 10 larger portion of its patronage ; if eople were ever espeeinlly interests re preservation of nny Government, eop'e of the North are thus specially ii sted in the preservation of this (iov lent. It is strange, therefore, that liould systematically endeavor to de* , as they are doing, hv their slavery a on. This agitation, inure than all < nusos, in tending to destroy the Goi lent; and this agitation they cherish arcss, above all things else, as their fa to policy. It is not strange, censtitutt uinan nature is, that men should give gititions which may injure others, bti ? strange to see them agitating upon a ;ct,the natural tendency of which is t< are themselves. It only shows how 1 rc. become when we consult our pass nd our imaginations instead of our j lents. The obvious tendency of this s y agitation is to destroy the Governn Vhat holds the Government together: ense of its advantages, and a feeling o lance. The object of government sugj a ninHt. nritminont mlVniifnftt**. Thft f bject of government is protection?pr ion from external nnd internal wrong; arthc necessity for this protection, got lent would not exist. It may be hereforc, that this is the great uriimirj ;ct of government. And the leading nntnge of the Government consists it npahility to accomplish this object, mnnnce which attaches the people to iovernmont consists in its past history le future before it. This is one ot lain pillars of government; it constil ntionality, and, in proportion to tho ii ity of this feeling, is the capability of s ion for great actions. The want of jeling is one of the principal causes of resent humiliation and dismembcrmei taly. This same want of nationality verwhelmed Germany with innumci lisfortuncs. The presence of this fm nabled Spain to drive back the irnm rmies of Napoleon. It is the posset f this feeling <n its most extreme I hich has designated France as the grea on. Mankind are greatly under the i nee of their imaginations?under sue ifluence nations ueeomo great. Both these bonds of union, the sen: dvnntage, and tho feeling of romance, cen greatly weakened by this Abol gitation. It found ours an efficient ( rnment, affording protection abroad ui ome, sustained in the affections of the le by glorious antecedents and a ?ul nture. How changed is the scene i Lbolition has paralyzed the Govcrnn lo far as our foreign relations are crned we are powerless. We have al leans, both material nnd moral to lost efficient vindication of our rights, hey are harmless in oui hands. NVo ot use them. We cannot go to war ny foreign Power There are but I ations with whom we could be likely, er any circumstances, to be involve rar?Spain, Mexico, and England. 1 ti what condition arc wo to vindicate ights, if trampled upon by either of I 'owers? Is it Spain ? We can only omatise with her. War with her w >e stigmatized by that North as a ah propaganda war, nnd opposed by her vould it be with tho South? Would lot see that in the natural course of ov Spain, in despair, before she relinqn icr grasp upon Culm, would decree era i.ition, and Cuba, according to thu doct aid down by the North, on the aequo if territory from Mexico, would have s tatiUf f The same ideas would rend vnr with Mexico impossible; and tho ct cquisition of the (Panadas could not nnke the South pause before going i vnr with England. So far as the first >' ject of Government is concerned, "de gainst external wrong, melancholy us i onfession, our Government is unubl lerform its lunctions. An regards the mil form of protection, protection ng nternal wrong, our Government is ever ble to discharge its great duty. Wl he object of the nnti-slavery ngitation ha eventual abolition of slavery in States 1 Tlic restriction of slavery in rarritorios is only one of the means o somplishing this purpose. The aboliti tlavery in the States, implies a war ol 'aces, cNUsing tho greatest convulsion: boosters to the South. The strange aide is, therefore, presented iu our Go ment, of the dominant section seeking liiy to turn the action of the Govern into a direction at war with the existed the weaker section. Is not tho Govern then failing to perform its office of pi lion against internal aggression ? The eminent has, therefore, failed, to a very extent, to perform its moat vital functi The feeling of romance I have ullud a* one of the bonds of the Union, take: forms, the memories of tho past, nnd hopes of '-he future. Those memories grand and sublime, and a recent period, pnmtively, they all tended to strengtlie dea of union. The tierce struggles o mcestors with the Indian for u footho this continent, their colonial wars with French, their great contest for independ the war of 181*2, all illustrate and ma the idea of union. They exhibit our Withers standing side by side in the i ?nd the council, and by their united o mrsting the barriers which man and n >pposc.d to the triumphal progress c :ountry. But, in the latter period* of listory, dara shadow* of sectional arroj ind injustice have fallen upon our path vo of the South can no longer look vith the same pride und pleasure we lid. Uuntil this slavery agitation di?ti he unsuspecting confideuee of the S >ur future was the most glorious that iawned upon any people. llut this di ant fiend of Abolition has marred the iect; and instead of hope, greatness, \ nd glory, w? see before us disaster, ord, war and nnarehy. The roraanc fie Union has been weakened, and is w ning more and morn every day. The s f agitation has, and is, loosening all reat bonds of the Union. It is evident, I think, that this ero gainst slavery, if unchecked at the N nil eventually overthrow the Governr i) producing this result, the North wil ntlrely to blame; for the Hcuth ask fc ght but what is granted them under onsUtution, and in any difference of < in m to those rights they have been wi % aKirl.) ktf daaSul/in stf IIsa Iis^I*^ ' ??"UW wj mn uwiniwii VI %irv JIIVIC i producing this rs?ult, the North w'sl >y opinion, equal in niadn?"M any full iatorv. One thing, too, iaalear , that v ver disasters thia anti-slavory agitation ring apon the country, the South wil ave a monopoly of thoat. The intern* Im taro caution a ara ao interwoven, tha ry Mow atruofc by tho North at tho 8 Mete upon herself; ahceaaonly wonnr louth in wounding herself. TTie two ipnl sources of northern prosperity, isterial point of rlow,obMist in comrt rid manufactures; they both roceivs i rineipal elements of strength from see South. As the South prospers, they pros, tho per ; as the South decays, tney decay. In gita- deed, it is not statin# tho caso too strongly to say, that the North have as much intercs the 'n *'10 'n,tllution of slavery as the Soutl jov_ have; they have all the advantages of slave con" r-v' "m* ,,ono of its disadvantages. And ye tiiu eastern States, which of. all others, i!e sess "vw in?81 Ixsntsfit from the institution . ' are most bitter against it. j Should the present Government, Mr tlu. Chairman, be overthrown, will tho northen . States be able to reconstruct 11s good a om in its stead? The small Statesot'the Nortl thev remember tlmt one of the prineipa itrov dillicultics in the formation of the presen .. Government, arose from the unwillingncst j. of tho larger States to admit the smaller ti ' 11 r an equality in tho Senate. Will tliey b j able to enter a northern confederacy in thi era of extreme Democracy on equal term * in this respect with the empire States o | j New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio? It i ^ extremely doubtful whether they e uM These sniali States arc peculiarly interested j in the preservation of tho present form n jlind ^ovornmel,f. Yet they aro generally th lions mo,,t '? pursuing a policy at war wit! udu *',e continuance of thoGovernment. In th1 lave uvent ?f n dissolution of the Union, ther would not ho two Confederacies formed | e 1 but at least throe; for tf\o Kt itcs on tho Pa j. f() citie wou'd not have the folly to mingle them T> .* selves up with the convulsions of the Allan S * tie States : thev would rni?n It,., I, ?. independence, and pursue their great caree alone. The northern States would bo hedg . >rn cd in by two hostile nations-?England ? said l',e North, H,e'r natural rival in couiinere and manufactures. the slave Htates on tli id exasperated by all the antecedents e J 'j^ disunion. The first necessity of the Nort! then would be a strong government larg ll standing armies, a great navy, and hoav and taxps* To what ettent liberty would sutre t|)u under the pressure of these necessities it i utes not difficult to X* ^ ?8 n striking fact ii lto?_ history that no people surrounded by pow srful enemies have Veen able to preacrv this f'10'r liberties. Why is England tl o onl |jlc free power in Europe ? Not merely hocaus I o|- she has mn^na chnrta and the writ of har I bean corpus, but because she has the Strait 'ttblo ?' l^OVtfr- Hur Insular position sccurin; dintr ',cr ^rom attack, dispenses with the neoMsi ense f)' ol va,f >"Jiug aruilcs nnd permits he iston froo> Wetiave hitherto enjoyed th1 form ,Ionn' *dvantago to A greater extent thai t na- ovon Kngland, and this is one great cause c nU(i our freedom. In disunion the North wi ^ ,uj no longer enjoy this advantage ; and if libel ty should not perish, it would be the fin tune in history that it had not under sitnila ?c of eircumstanees. That a dissolution of th have Union would be followed bv wars long eoi ition tinued, fierce, vindictive, cruel, and blood] L?uv- is too consonant with human nature for u id at to doubt; hut I forbear longer to dwell uj peo- on so repulsive a picture, dime Before the North, are two futures, on< i?w! disunion, anarchy, chaos, loss of liberty, in ncnt. glorious wars, a miserable plagiarism of th con- South Arncricen Republics; the other union I the a continuance in the most signal course c the prosperity, unparalleled greatness and glor] but a- d the preservation of free* institulioni can- Who but n madman would hesitate wlite with to choose. For my own part, whatever tne throe nnclioly forebodings I may have upon thi , un- subject, I ardently hope, as a lover of lit d in manily, that the people of the North ma Now, be induced to cho >?? the wiser course. F.\ i our ery thing depcuds upon tho North ; we < thees the tioulli are in the minority ; we are pas dip- sice ; we make no war upon them or thcl rould institutions; we desire concord, if it be pot avery siblc; we demand merely justice and tl, How Constitution ; less than that we' could nt they demand with safety to ourselves, enls. ? | fHI ITEDGIR m>ec- _ __ vcrnstea LANCASTEEVILLE. 8. C. ment Z? WEDNESDAY JUNE 21,1854 flk'? Apologetic.??Mr. Boycu's ppfwk, at great other articles, prevent in from insertin on*. much oditorial mutter. We bjiiove tin ed to wjj| provo art interesting to our reader* * 'the an>'t','nK wo could write, especially whi i are wc ^lluw ot nothing of inuch importance i com- engage the attention. four Thanks.?The Hon. Josiah J. Evan Id on will accept our thanks for a copy of "MeJ 1 can Claim*. Report Select Committee." once, ?^i, gnify Mk Bovce's Speech.?We are satisfu tore- tjj0 0f ijr IJoyce, which w* publii ffilrtB to-(,ay' w'" bo run^ attentively and wi ature much profit. A* our readers are aware, M if the B. is the member to Congress from the 6 our Congressional District, composed of Yor f end Chester, Fairheld, dtc. hack This is his second speech in the Hon once of Representatives, and characterised I . ?I I iruoa talent and research as this is, the first wi ""'b. no lea* so. ever _ , m , ^ a"4*'- I.a roe Cottor.?W. A. Moore, Esq., tl >o-ice othcr brought us a stalk of ootton o j;n. which we observed six or seven forms?I e of was from the plantation of Mr. John > rank- Faulkner?a thinning out stalk at that, lave- | m | , 'b? Oats--Mr. J. A. Hasaeltine showed i a bundle of very pretty oats the other da '""Jf It measured ?i feet in height. We hoi orth, . , i nent he has a large crop. | ^ bo Cossul to Gsaoa.?We are much plea the announce that on Friday last a noir opin- nation was made to the Senate of the Uniu States, by President Pierce, of our worth fallow-citizen, Alexander Hcrbcmont, Si y jn as Consul to Genoa. This sppointinci vhat- gives much satisfaction to the friends of M m*y Herbemont, and we are sure will b? favon Its of received throughout the State. He i ev. well knewa.ae s gentleman of high char* outh ter, exact business habits, and admirabi I the qualifications for sneh a poet. We coagrai ulate the Government on the appointmer wo< of one who we are sure will prove hitnaei their reliable and efficient representative of he the interests?Carotins**. * OOJfMXniICATIOHS. I Gr _ ?^ . ? t [For the Ledger.] S. ' Mk. KniTok:?As there seems to be some J^1 t dissatisfaction k> reference to the vote I gave, ^ - In tho Legislature, upon tho proposition to ? make the white population of the State the _ ^ basis for the distribution of the Free School CO ? ftuul, I hope you will allow mo the privid lege of explaining, through the columns of nilj 1 your valuable paper, my course in reference J to ftkat subject. I n c. r ik. ..?s? -# *l_ ? ? - kD 4 | in-IUlU I nj?w?R Ul IMC ACUUII OI IHO LlC^lSt? latere upon the free school question, I will * u I state tlint, during the course of '52, I took ? 8 the ground distinctly, that the poor children f of the State, were the only proper basis for j.| s the distribution of the fund?giving to each ' district and parish in proportion to the nutn^ her of its poor children. But if this could L, not bo effected, I was in fuvor of mnkjng tho |i white population of t! o State the basis of a distribution, instead of the present, believing ^ that, thereby, the distribution of tho fund ' would bo more equal. Aftor expressing myself thus, both publicly and pnvntely, I i- was elected; for which honor I then felt, f nnd still feel, grateful to tho people of my ,r district. With these views, nnd feeling a u deep interest in this subject, I went to tho e Legislature iu '62. After consultation with u some of the most prominent and experienced va members, I found that, on account of a want m 0 of the proper information in reference to the ^ y number of poor children in each of the dis- * r triots and parishes, it would be impossible to 8 so frame a Bill, making the poor children of *'! tho State the basis of distribution, without o such objections as would insure its defeat, I hi y thersfore abandoned it. I then offered a Bill, U1 u through some discouragements, however, to " so alter and amend the Free School laws of South Carolina, as to increase the approi piiation to lifteou thousand dollars, nnd pj I'" make the white population of the State the |n * basis of distribution : This Bill was referred y( ,f to the Committee on Education, of which I pf II was a member; when it entne before the r- Committee for consideration, I found that I it was almost alone in reference to that ir y< e cl.'.nse of the Bill which proposed to mske jn i- the white population the basis of distribu- n U tion. After discussing the question, I was 18 assured the Committee would report against nj tho Bill. Knowing how difficult it was to j)( 0 pass a Bill in the House, when reported ai gainst by a Committee, and, in all probabili- m u tv. if tliis passed the Honse.it would be de. . - Kll - fen tad in the Senate on nccount of this jjf , clause, 1 ?ni<l to the Committee, that my tils- ^ ?, triet, together with many others, needed more money than they would get, accord- WJ to the present basis of distribution, if the ^ I*. Appropriation was not increased beyond y fifteen thousand dollars, and must have it q( - or their poor children must go untaught,and '' proposed to the Committee that if it would u< ^ -.recommend sn increase of the sppropriation i. to seventy-four thousand four hundred dolie lors ($*74,400) 1 would consent, when the I- Bjll came befor-i the House again,to strike out the clause making the white population *' - the boais of distribution. This proposition n* vwis ngrced to by tho Committee, I believe, ^ without n dissenting voice. He fore this l'] Bill came before the House again, tlie gener.4l appropriation bill camo up for conside- w ration, which proposed tho former Free ^ School appropriation, to wit: thirty-sevsn e( fTiousand two hundred dollars, (?37,200). Col. Ashmorc, of Sumter, moved to amend nt that clause of (he Hill by striking out 36,200 l' and inserting seventj*-fivo thousand, (?75, 4:1 000), I suggested to hiui to so modify his ^ motion as to make it seventy-four thousand n' four hundred, as a Bill from the Committee n on Fidueation proposing that amount would *' coinc up in due time, he accepted my sug- ^ gestiow. Mr. B. F. Ferry, of Greenville, ,r then submitted tills smeuilment: "Provided, the said appropriation be apportioned among * the several districts and parishes in propor- 11 tion to the white population of the State, ^ believing that an increase in the approprin- v tion was important, uud as I felt confident ? the amendment was offered for tlie purpose, ? ' and would have, if it passed the house, the tffrcl of defeating the cutiru measure in the P <t Senate, and as I hud agreed, (as I have be- a y fore stated), with the Committee on KdnCft- " tion, to strike out from tho Bill that I had a offered, this same proportion, for the pur. l' to fH"te ''ur^"'r increasing tlio appropriation, and reuduring ita passage more certain, I ^ voted against i'erry'a amendment, not tliut w a, I was opposed to making the white popula* tion of the State the huaia of distribution, o but for the reasons, in part, above atatod. a I have tliua, Mr. Editor, briefly, though I' p trust, satisfactorily, explained my course in 1 .. reference to this subject. * x tl Respectfully, W. C. CAUTIIEN. a 'jl' [K<W the Lodger.] t After a short perusal of the Ledger, I find b w Mr. R. 8. Dai ley's name used as s candidate " ,ty for a seat in the lower branch of the State ? hh legislature. I felt truly proud when I |tcrceiv- b c?I hia name inserted smong that honorable ? body ef men. Siuiply for this, and other f< '? reasons combined of like character, viz: p > He was the first that successfully introdu- e it ced a newspaper Into onr district?the first P ' man to manifest so much interest in the tl welfare of our people. He has devised a 1 plan by which the laboring portion, aa well ' '* ss other c I metes of onr eommunhv m?? H*. h y' rive eomfort, while titling around their hone & ** fireside*. II being a diatrict )>aper, many l' are informed by perusing ita columns, who ?. might not, otherwise, have ha I an opportn- \ it. nity. I And thnt knowledge is being more ei id generally diffused than it was prior to the hi !j establishment oftho ledger. I admire Mr. d< f? D. for Ilia vary decided manner?lie don't til at hide his fentta and failings as some man do, tt r. if ha conduct* hhnaftt hnprodently, ha frank- d w ly confesses U, if required?and if ha aaaa is anything wrong in the conduct of other*, tl s- ha ia not ashamed or afraid to acquaint * le them of it. Such mao are Beaded ia tk? d< I- Haiaa ?n af Axed priaciplea and deter- 01 it tatued purpsac, should go there, and if oer n' If very I tliani dWead ia tha man, why ?' r not go into the matter ilka heroes, a ad aleet him-Mhis is tha motto of Sal em Camp e< =* . onud, and the surrounding country. We 1 a united body highly recommend Mr. R. 1 Bailey as being a suitable candidate to present in our next Legislative meet* [. It Is true that Mr. B. is not intimately ]milnted with the majority of the people this district, but if thoy will peruse the lumns of the Ledger they will find his alitications and priuciples fully developed, d that is the most sultnblo recource by lich we can solve mysteries which are m. lible to tho eye?the tree is generally own by its fruit. We hail our friend with liearty success. D. EW YOKE C0RRE8P0HBEHCE. illness of the Summers-Preparations tor RuhUeating?Commencement of the Exodus? Eight hundred Arrival* s day at Saratoga? More Jeremiads shout our city Government ?Model Reformers?The Street*?Genin again in Uie Field? Aldenuanic Feelings Woun- ' ded?Rowdyism?The Angel Gabriel at his j old Tricks?Riot in Brooklyn?Sentence of Major Wyse?Fall In tho Price of Beef and Flour?The Strawberry Market?Grand Musical Congress. Nf.w York June 14, 1854. 'r. Editor: Summer has thus fur treated us with a ist deal of consideration. Here we are in the iddle of Juuo, and as yet the mercury has en without exercise, and thin coats are at discount We bless the pleasant breeics. id can hardly realize that lost year this no we were sheltering under visitations nt smacked of Ethiopia. The accustomed ?als havo not yot made their appearance; ) to the present point the season hus been "Weak and mild Aud gentle as an unwearied child." Notwithstanding this, however, our peoc begin to show the usual signs of Burner emigration. Old men and matrons, >ung men nnd maidens, nrc all engaged in cpnrntior. Patching nnd packing are the dcr of the day. Nothing is in the head id heart of youngsters but vacation, nnd >ungstcra of a larger growth seem to be tent on the same subject. All who can iso the needful will be off. No mutter if inrp bargains have to be sacrificed and the tcr of Mammon for n time grows cold; let inincas for n while give way to pleasure. The exodus, indeed, has already eomencod. The steamboats and railroad cars ow it, teeming as they do wi<h linmnn e. Saratoga, that Eldorado of young mrta, ahowa it, with its eight hundred d.iinrrivnls. Yet flown the living tide. A?y to the fielda ! Away from the acon-hpavements ni:d pestering eorrnption of the ly to the fresh atmosphere of the fields; ir whole population during the summer ason seem t*> feel with the poet that lo<l made the country; but man made the towu." Alas! man not only made the town but ive.rns it, as we poor New Yorkers conauily realize. Most of our present Corpotior, dignify themselves with the name of dormers and were elected as such; but icy have exhibited to us poor specimens r Reform. Our city was never governed orsc or at greater expense. The very ommiltec under whoso auspices our prenyl city chsrter was obtained, and our Attrition and Councilmcn were elected, are iliamcd of the results, nnd enn only beg leir fellow-citizens Vo try it again furanolhr year and hope for butter fortune next time, a to cleaning the streets, Mr. Glazier, the ew Commissioner, has not yet seen fit to ward the contracts, and brooms nnd carts re therefore among the things that were.? [or does it look stall as if he intends mnkig contracts; he probably purposes doing te cleaning and fingering the money himelf. Meanwhile the streets are full of reek, ig filth and with the u-ual hot sun of July rrmeuting it, nothing but the mercy of Proidence can avert pestilence from our limits. Senin, who n short time since as Chairman f a Committee of merchants, had Broadway w ept every night throughout, sent it; a pro. osition to the Alderman two days since to tlond himself to the proper cleaning of the ixteenth Ward, in which he resides, and sked them to appropriate $400 a week for lie purpose. The worthy officials regarded [lis communication as derogatory to their ignity and ordered that it be returned to the rritcr! Dirt is not the only difficulty we hove to ontend with in thin great city ; rowdyism is nother evil of fearful magnitude. We excel a riot as regularly as Sunday comes.? 'he half-crsxed knave who styles himself he Angel Gabriel is allowed to hold forth nd his violent tirades are always suro to revoke a row. Last Sunday ho went over 9 Brooklyn, attended by s crowd of several undred fanatics like himself. The lliherw ians who listened to his harangue became xcited, and a general melee ensued in whleh roken heads were freely given and rceeiv. d. This demonstration was effefted; and [>rtunately the Sheriff had sworn in lAOdeuties fer the occasion, and several military ompanies had been kept under arms. These romptlv proceeded to the snot, disoeraod to rioters, and nude a number of nrrvata.? 'he prisoners have been tried with promptude unprecedented in the annala of eriin* i*l jnetice, end sentenced to imprisonment on thirty days to rix months, according to i?ir deserts. Major Wyes, lately tried before a Court lartial at Governors Island, for declining to mbark with his command on the Falaon, as been foood guilty of disobedience of new hi ; bnt being recommended to metey by te Court, inatoad of being dinmiaaed from te service, has been sentecced merely te x months' suspension. The department try justly eensuren Urn ottssra earn posing is Bourd ef K lamination lar selecting mmb vessel to perform Urn trip, there being no ?nbt that alto wan, aa Major Wyss affirm* naaawofthy; atttl, H to MM that thto 4mm ?t mm him for dtoatmdtoace to a wpul. officer. Oar aurkrta ato becoming decidedly mora wfoitobk Beef, within a tow days, has fallen 8 eta. per lb. faxn the unreasonable of rates which have lately prevailed. Choioe an porter-steaks can now be procured for 20 >oi rto. a pound and other cute in proportion.? on Flour, also, hae experienced a sudden and ha moat healthy decline from $9.50 to #8 for common state brands. Choice state. Wee- tal tem, and Canadian may be had for $8 50 ; he Southern is a figure higher. Strawberries are now beginning to cotoe in ahnndnntly. The steamer from Key-port, new Jersey, on Friday Inst brought fn <18,100 baskets. They retailed at 4 cents apiece ; but it must be re- ^ mcmbered that the baskets are decidedly dwarfish in their dimension; Tom Thumb nlonc could swallow half a dozen of them without feeling uncomfortable. The musical world ia on the tiptoe of ex- _ peetu'ion for the grand musical Congress which Is to come off to-morrow at the Crys- ^ tal Palace under the joint auspices of Barnutn nnd Jullien. Fifteen hundred artists ^ are to take part in the exercises. To-day there wTtl be two rehearsals, and to-morrow at 4 o'clock the doors will open. The entertainment will cost $*20,000. By their charter, the Association nre prohibited fVom charging more than 50 rents for admission ; j they get over the difficulty in this case, how- . ever, by admitting people for fifty cents, nnd ^ then charging them a dollar nnd a half for a ^ reserved scat. Itanium understands it.? ^ The proontnime includes a irrcat vnrietv of . pivcos by Handel, llnydn, Mendelsohn, and ^ other distinguished composers. Wise, tho great aeronaut, made s successfill balloon ascension from the pnlaco ground Inst Thursday nfierroon. It was witnessed , . ai by crowds. Yours truly, HUDSON. oil FOREIGN NEWS. th ARRIVAI. OF THE ARABIA AT NEW YORK. Y m tr THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROrE. W New York June, 13. The Canard s'eninship Arabia has reached her dock at Jcrsy city, with advices from I jverpool to the 3d inst.?three days later ' than received by the Pacific. The commercial intelligence brought by $ the Arabia is highly encouraging. Cotton had advanced one-eighth of n penny per yj pound ; all descriptions of breodslufis had y0 gone up mntcriaHy, and the general aspect M of trade was decidedly better. y The war news is again vary interesting, n( but the miscellaneous political information is totally devoid of general interest. The Black Warrior affair and the demand dt of our government for the various outrages ar perpetrated upon our Aag by Hp-tnish officials a during a period of eighteen years, atiil form- or ri the chief topic of discussion nnd negotla- th lion at the Court of Madrid. The last re- In port was that the difficulty was restly ad- 01 vanclng towards a settlement. w All was qnlet in England and France.? at Some stir had been aronsed In British polit- di ical circles by a report that lx>rd Palmers- di ton would shortly assume the ministerial Cj management of the War Department. As ni this change in the Ministry has for a long I* time been the subject of comment, it la more a than probable there Is good foundation for p the rumor. U The weather was fine in England, nnd the w prospect of the harvest promising. c? Bullion in the Bank of England was increasing. ? fl The War News. ?< TilE OPERATIONS AT SlUsTHIA, ETC. The statement per Pacific, thm the Run- A ai.ms h.sd been driven Train Sllistria with *' Krent loan, turns oat to have been somewhat ' exaggerated. The Turks have, however, successfully repulsed them in three diflei enl ^ attempts they have made to cross the Dan- Cl ube with the view of gaining poe-ession of ^ the place. The Russians admit that they would be unable to rapture the place in leee * than a fortnight r' At the last dates Omar Pacha, chief com- * mander of the Turkish army, was advancing B to the defence of Sllistria with about ninety " thousand men. Prior to commencing thia march a council of war was held at Varna, between Omar, and * the English and French commanders, at ^ which it waa decided that the ermioe of the u alliee should push forward to Adrianople. 11 MOVEMENTS OP THE ri.EETS. * The report of the bombardment and de- * struct ion of some of the Hsngo out poet is confirmed, but the strongest or msin fort l had not been captured, in addition to the c squadrons In the Blaek Hen and the Deltic, J the allies have now determined to plaee a , strong naval force in the White Boa; and ? in addition despatched several veeeuie te- n wards the Ciraaaeion eo*?t, when finding | that the Ruaeiane had abendooed and de- f atroyed their forts In that vicinity they re- fa turned to the neighborhood of fieksato- t h. ; The blockade of the eitleu bordering the a Black Bee continued to be rigidly enferoed, | but no farther demonstration bed been made against Bebaetopot. The monotony wee * occasionally enlivened by I raee between ? the reeonifoftroing etoeuMio of the English p end Ruaaian eguedroae, whenever either of ? the partiee vrntared into too eiaae proximity f to the other. Thie eomprWee a bent all the J * naval fighting that ban lately taken plena. | j awtim'i dmarm em ioma. Russia b poiitlitlr ordsfod to cvaooato J the Priarifdiliw by AmWu A tnusmnynr I bsor'.ag this formal demand, wm to taaro * Vienna oa lbs 3d inot. Both Aootil* sod Prosd* orovo stfcorsto ? actively preparing to ?o?oponito with the t WssUra Powers. II tw wotiui or mum. Kiog Otho had Ktidtd to tho devaoda II the allies, and in order to illitatrate hi* lieahle intention*, had reconstructed hi* nistry ; but it waa doubted whether thi* rvrment on the part of the King would re the aflvet of quieting the insurgenU. A force of eight thousand Frenchmen hod ten pms?ion of the Pirreua, the strong' id of the insurgents. OKOftOlA AMD CtBCASSM. The independence of Georgia had boert nclaimed. . , We have nothing later relative to the ope' Ion* in Circassia. Important from Washingtonwasiiikotox, June, 13. Government has received deapatchea front rmtpodore Ferry announcing that he has length anccM-dcd in opening the porta of pan to the rommerre of the United St* e* Considerable excitement haa Won procod among the politicians hereby thedis. very of the fieet that the Nebraska Kansas II leaves the old law relative to foreigners full force. This la even more restrictive ;ain*t foreigners than was the Clayton lendtnent, which was rejected, for it exudes all foreigners from territories, ?x. ptlng when provided with * passport from e Secretary of War Col. Benton is said to ive made the discovery. An amendment expunge this objectionable feature from o Nebraska Kansas lull will soon be intro. iced, and that tho excitement on the nub. et wiU bo opened afresh. The Senate to-day confirmed theenmmcrnl treaties recently negotiated with Unig. IV rilt |J? Arfrnntiiu. Daiu.1.1!/. Mr. Douglni offered a bill to fix the nn- j ial meeting or Congress on the first Mon- I ly of October. The House was engaged during most of day in disruasing the Civil and Diplontic Appropriation till. Grbkrtillr Fabrics r?r N. Yorr.?Our adota will, no donbt, be surprised to learn at almost the entire productions of three ' the largest mannftcluring establishments this District are constantly sent to New ork, but such h? the fact. For several onths past, there have been standing conacts with wholesale houses in that city ith the Ratcsville Cotton Factory, and 'cBee's and Dunham's Paper Mills, for all e Paper and Yarn they can make, nnd large isntiiies have already been forwarded ? i much for our Railroad.?Mountaineer. We learn from the Newhorrv (?S. C.) rntint), that en the Bib inst, Thornton, thi ave of Dr. Jso. K Bono, was tried before agist rate P. M. Courts, at Saluda Mills j r the inardor of Oliver Towlks, tho over. 2 ev of Dr. Bobo. The court convicted 'hvrntrm and sentenced him to Ihj hinged i Friday .the '23d inst Person* who served in private armed sltiils ring the war of 181*2, and were wounded, ? entitled, by a recent act of Congress, to pension. The Commissioner of Pensions inounccs that the following evidence of j leir being entitled to the Unefits of tho w will be required, vir.: Sworn declaration ' memorial, setting forth the vessel to hich the pensioner belonged; his rank or a lion: w hen paid, and in what m anner aabled ; monthly rate of pension, and ite to w hicli last paid. Evidence of identieither by affidavit or two creditable witpases, or the rertifieate of a Justice of the once. The rmbve evidence to be authentiited by Ilie certificate, under ftoal of the roper officers, aliening the oftieinl charaesr of the Justice of the Peace, nnd to Ik* f?rarded, together with the original pension jrtificato, to the Commissioner's office. Thr CoiritT.?The Equity Court for this iatrict adjourned Thursday evening last. t? ffer four days of hard and constant labor. 'iiarcrllor Dc as is presided with his usual bility nnd dignity and dlschnged bis responible and arduous duties, ns far na wo have | arnt, with entile satisfaetion. Ilia pres. L nco among a- contributed no los? to the I leaaure and enjoyment of his acqiiainlaii. I es than to tiie inaintdnance of eqnity and istice in the community, lie leaves in ne health nnd spirits for other fields of dut v mid a general regret that his stay emiM 1 ol be prolonged. We know on man w ho I reares the ermias of authority with more race and dignity, or who combines more of be "auavltor in modo" with the "fbrfiter In i - than Uamcklumi Durkir. His prceenco t any community ,le a cause of congratulate n nd almowl agnarrantee in itaelf of the good ehavler and decornm of all within th? nwcli f hia Influence. We wiah him a pi umant ' I Imc in the further discharge of hi* dutic* nd a safe return to hia fumly.-?SumUr Ranter. ^ T? Pnoarcaous Corditior or Char* dt L?Aa an evidence of tha proapemu* ' ondilion of Chariotte at this time, we mmIon that onr enterpriaing townsmen Taylor It AHiaon hare foar maehinea for manufacturing Brick, by wliirh tlmy are ablo to tnnn H' forty thoaaand a day, and yet they caniot supply the demand. A few dara ainee a 1 uiitlvnucn, one of the Directors of tha Bronchi lank of the State, applied to them tot brick. tB7 per 1000 at the kiln, for building a ?nk houae, and w?a turned off*; they alleg.ng hat the* could not more than All the order*, rhleh they already had. Theee gentlemen tare a large number ef haw da at work. ami till advertiao for mora. They are now en;ag<-d in building a very large 4 alory Grist nd Saw Mill for Mr. I^rov Springe, nearly wo aqnaren eaet of the public aqnare, which, rhen finished, will long indure aa a monument of thole arehlteetnral skill, and of the ublla mdritod liberality of ita owner. And rhila^We?a. Taylor dt Ailiaon are fortivia* the oroeorritv ef tkm -*? ?? ?*? wHK brirV and mortar,our ?killful and I ?fgoU* wputofn, RadMU,Roa*,l?i*tl*r. I rrrti, BmryhUi and ??tb?n? are haUding up I ad attending its external limit* with larg* I iubiW of pm.iU mMmni, aerordioc '* I M m*t approved and U?t*fal model* of 11 Whu iliwamii j Mm* rapidly prwipta- i iOf oar town into Um also aad awamnro 4 titjr. la addition to tld* fettering pcon- , E? ? m*y aajr. and aafeljr nay .that thera j A a Moo* thrifty, fo?prroa?, and indm- 1 j u el*** of fjirnwn lit U>o morld tb?n J bo** of old MecklenWg. Thoy ail hi* * A a taach iaan*jr a* they vnaaMr* Mirrouudoi j rith an abawUaoa ?f *H (Im **?M< I fc, and oven approach a degro* of <tylo id- I