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? THE LEDGER. LANCASTERVILLE. 8. C. WE1)NESI)AY!7UG. 8,185;;. To Correspondents. I 14 VV. T. C." Camden.?We received the money,and are much obliged to you. InMk.. "KT : a: uuvtuci nuiuiuillioa. Tho Spartanburg Express nominates lion. Daniel Wallace for Governor of the State. 13T Our friend and townsman, A. C. Dunlnp, Esq., will please accept our thanks for late copies of the New York Herald. Provisons. Flour, corn, and bacon will meet with a ready sal e at this place, nt this time. Bacon is very much wanted, and would com mand a very fair price. Election in North Carolina. We have not received full returns of the election in North Carolina. There is no doubt but the Hon. Burton Craige is re-clected to Congress by n large majority.? Craigc's majority in Mecklenburg is 325; in Rowan, 273. Cabarrus gave Stowe a majority of 245? Irish Potatoes. On Monday last we were presented by P Mr. Ale*. Carter with a sample of Irish potatoes which wo think cannot be beaten. Six of thorn woighod good five pounds, we weighed them oursclf; one weighed one pound, full weight What does our friend Long Grabs say now? Can the Col. beat these. Large Tomato Our friend M. S. Sorrell has sent us a tomato from the Garden of Capt. C. Pate in the neighborhood of Plesant Valley which weighs near lbs. Mr. Sorrell writes us, that several of a simular size grew on the same vino. A RootAt this season of the year our exehtfnges are boasting of the extreme size of various specimens of vegetables. Sometime ago Col. T. P. Ballard informed us that ho had . a curiosityJn his yard. No"' it was neither a beat nor ft turnip, but simply a root of a p' hickory tree, whLh measured sixly-eight feet and some inches in length. You could have dravyn your iqan out of any well with such a root;?ha! Mickle. ??? * Severe Thunder Storm. "* p' % A thunder storm, the severity of which /has not ben equalled this summer, passed over this village on Sunday last. Tho lightJ . uing was very vivid,and the thunder pcnlud forth, some times with a severe crash, for some threo hours. An immense quantity , of rain fell during the time. On Monday it also rtiined a great part of the day. And it , has been raining ever since. H1' In those Southern States where yKnow Nothingism did once possess some in* fluence, we see there are daily withdrawals j from that odious order. Tho result of the I election in Alabama, we warrant, will show a large democratic majority. In that strong hold of Whiggery, the 7th Congressional District of North Carolina, our Whig friends will find that Know Nothingism has done them no good. The fact is, the order is politically dead. The day of its glory has departed. j IB SW , Salem Camp Meeting. > M A Lookor On" is informed that the , Camp-Mooting will take place nt Salem, on j the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 10th, as ndvertised. i W? mention ttyw j^causc some may con- i Rider theirA <"?~ -? ^ nynji ill/UI (CilUIIIg 111** article? ^toughfbnjpifaa subscriber, he moM hitffl wfoMjffyp<ntiiii % \Vft^prc&oriiA(P?Or correspondent hue rcferoncq^orcJ&tftieuUrly to person* tenting, as it wssuetcrmincd at one time not to do so; wc have been informed,however, that they will tent a* nsunl. No one can deny bat * A Looker On " is correct in what he says# A camp ground is no place for feasting. We have frequently noticed that hr great many attend Camp Meeting*, merely ns they would a ' frolic. Thia will aiway* be so. Even ccn veils do not attend for the purpose of being converted. Bnt much depend* upon the ondaet of members of the Church, as to the general conduct of others. If the members, by their * walk and conversation," give to the meeting thnt religious feeling which 1 v should pervade, it would carry its influence to pleoMMe aeehers. We hardly apprehend any great show of mtrifle* at this Camp Meeting?provisions are Hot abundant u> the country. The Anderson Gaxtte nays: "Our flour market baa opened at sis dollars per barrel. Many think it wiU go to fire. There wRt be several thousand barrels to ship . from Ibis district alone.' ^\$The article is scarce bere, although i wheat crops bare been good. The last flour sold in ibis place brought ten dob tan . Uml p> w _ 'Am * I Remember. I remember in days past and gone, i those youthful sinless days of boy hood, wit what fond anticipations 1 looked to futur mnturcr years. I remember, when freel blessed with every thing one could need, fancied others enjoyed things I did not pog sess. I remember when I looked upon on as a friend and found him afterwards a vil lain. I remember when I thought mei were better than older heads would have m to believe, but afterwards discovered was egregiously mistaken. I remembe wben in tho possession of an abundance o this world's goods, I fancied I did not havi my share. I remember of having seen i curiosity once?a man who fulfilled hit promises. And 1 remember thnt some o my subscribers promised to pay their sub scriptions and have not done so. EDITOIfSTABLE. Blackwood's Magazink. The July number of this Magazine, has been received. Contents :?" The Imperia Policy of Russia, Part I.;" "Ziidee: A Romance?Part VIII.;w "Modern I.igbl literature"Theology, &c.*' As this number commences a new volume, we suggest the present as a most favorable tirnt to subscribe: New volumes of tho four great British Reviews, viz: Edinburgh, North British Westminister, and London Quarterlies, and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, (Month' ly,)?commenco with North British for May 1855, and the other Reviews and Blackwood for July, 1855. Terms of Subscription.?Any one Review or Blackwood, $3 a year. Blackwood and one Review?or any two Reviews, $5 tkn < i??s 1 ' - - ivui ncvicws nna 151:U'k\VOO<1, $10 Four copies to one address, $30. Postage, (which should be paid quarterly, in advance,) on the four Reviews and Blackwood to any post office in the United States, only 80 cents n year, viz : 14 cents t year on each Review, and 24 cents a yeni on Blackwood. Address, L. SCOTT & CO., Publishers, 54 Gold street, corner Fulton, IS'. Y. Graham's Magazine. The August number is a very handsome one. "Washington crossing the Alleghnnj River," is a very beautiful engraving, am the Fashion Plate, we think the best exc cuted we have ever seen. The interesting historical sketch of" Mary Stewart" is con tinued, and we find a number ?f other ex cellent pieces. The fashions also occupy i prominent place in the present number Taking it all in all, we do not think wi have ever seen a number of any Magazine showing greater claims for patronage, thai the August number of Graham. Price, $3 n year?Ledger and Graham $1. A. II. Sec, Publisher, Philadelphia, t< w horn orders should be addressed. Southern Medical Surgical Journal The contents of the August number o this valuable periodical, are varied and inte resting. VVe notice several eommuuica tions from Southern Physicians, which mus prove interesting to members of the pro fession. Terms: Throe Dollars a year. J. McCAFFARTY, Publisher, Augusta, Ga. Death of the Lime Kiln Man. Almost every New York corrcspondon has hud his say of the lime kiln man We find the following obituary notice o the singular individual in the last N. Y Herald. Alexander McFarLftiul alias The Liini Kiln Man is no more. lie expired or Sunday morning at the N.York Hospital where lie was conveyed in a state of in sensibility, brought on by sudden sickness which overcame him in the the Bowery, Oil Friday morning. Coroner Hilton held an inquest upon tho l^iw r,f ,1: J ? a.._ ? ? vwmj vi vuv uiouascu Ull OlllIUHyf WI1QH ihe jury rendered a verdict of death fron ' acute menisyitis, or infiammaticn of tlx brain." The deceased was admitted to the New York Hospital on the morning o Friday, the 29th inat., and died on Sun day, at about six o'clock, A. M. A pos mortem examination was made of tlx body of the deceased bv Dr. Amerman who was of the opinion that death wai produced by the above disease. The un fortunate man was found in a slate of in sensibility lying on the sidewalk in tlx Bowery, between liivington and Stanton Ureet*,by officer McConnell, of the Nine teenth ward police, who conveyed hint to the hospital, where he lingered in a state of insensibility until he expired. From information obtained by Corotiei Ililtt n, it appears that the deceased was fifty yenrs of age and was a native 01 Brigalleu, Scotland, lie has wandcret through this city for the last twenty-fiv< years, and was seen by several persons on Thursday, parading the streets in hii usual quaint costume. The deceaset was as well known perhaps as any pub lie man in the city. Sketches of hii life and wandering throughout the roc tropolis have from time to lime appears in the public prints. Without any hub itation or visitau means of support, h< wandered ontirely regardless of appear ances. Ilia dress usually consisted of i uruwu tum, wiiii many paicnes; a wlitu bat, dirty him! worn out, covered bis head while bis feet were encased in Leav; boots covered with lime, II is beard ao< wliinkers were very large. Of tbis h was very proud, and always ably defend* himself when called to account for wear inf the hair on his face to such profusion In winter, and on all damp, cold nights h made lime kilns hisldeeping place while it summer a bed on the grass in one of ou parks or a shelter in some shed or ou Louse in the upper part of the city, vra sjfficient for the "Lime Man" Many stories are told about the cause that led this strange being to adopt th mode of liting for which lie beevme s well known among the residents of Nei York. One runs tJbfo wise:?McFarlao had lor vears in the days of youth bee affianced to a beautify girl, but byeom means or otber the match broken o - at tho instance of tho girl herself. ' n was such a shock to the then youthful I I, that he became for a time insano 0 subsequently a melancholy seized i v him which prevented him from obi j ing employment. Caring nought foi world, ho lived upon pieces of bread meat picked out of the gutters, or 0 reived from the hands of some dome * with whom ho became acquainted ti his perigrinntions. It si also said that e lime Kiln Man came from Baltir 1 some thirty years ago and it was t r that his misfortunes in tho love a f took place. lie was a man of rare , ent, and was well versed in ancient modern history, astronomy, langur and mathematics. ?? f RECEIPTS. C. L. Dye,.... '. to Mnrch 23 James Denton,. to May 30 J. B. Boyd to Feb'y 12 Alex, lloldcn,. tc Sept'r 21 I. K. Rone to Juno 2 J. D. Small to July 18 J. T. K.Belk to March 18 ? W. B. Twitty, to Feb'y 12 I Hugh Garside, to March 11 C. I.. Duncan to Feb'y 12 k W.J Mcllwnin, to Aug't 18 L R. S. Mcllwain to Aug't 1 * W. M. McMullen, to Sept'r 29 ? S. B. Emmons, to Fco'v 12 Miss H. Emmons, to Aug't 3 ! E. Yarborongh, to Nov'r 26 J no. Trucsdnle, to Jnn'y 26 i Alex. Grem, to Aug't 10 Joseph Clark, to Aug't G j _J. C. Baker, to Feb'y 8 When any mistakes occur, or omiss made, please inform us at onec, so they j be corrected. : COJMUICATIOffi ]For the l.iedgc Mr. Etlitnr:?Agreenble to notice, s J nil citizens met to take into considern the present state of female educatioi 1 Ijincastcrville, and for the purpose of foi 1 ing a permanent female school at this pi They first proceeded to elect Trustees, w the following gentlemen were elected, George McC. Witherspoon, S. B. Mas D. W. Brown, R. L Crawford, Win. I vens, M. P. Crawford, and Jno. Adi 5 They then agreed to pnrchnse from Jno. Adams, (upon the conditions suhi J x 1 1 ted.) the house and lot lately occupied " female school. They also made an oflV > Mi?s Peck, to contiuue as principal of " school. On motion of S. B. Emmons,the m 1 ing pledged themselves to use their hest deavors to advance the interest of J school. ? On motion of J. Adams, S. B. Mas 1 J. Adams and S. P. Emmons, were nppc ed to examine the scholars, from tinu ' time, and report their progress at any t 1 ceding meeting of the Trustees. On motion, G. McC. Witherspoon, R ' Craw ford, and S. B. Massey, were oppoii f n Committee to draft a Constitution * Bye Laws for the. regulation of said set) ^The meeting adjourned to meet on * second Tuesday in August next. J. M. CROCKETT, Chairmai S. B. Massev, Secretary. [For the Led go Salem Camp-MeetingWe have heard that the usual Ca Meeting will not be held nt Salem this 1 The friends of religion, must regret any necessity exists for a change in this f nual "gathering of souls" around . " brook of Silonh." Tho heart of the triot?of the christian?must feel painei 5 learn thnt there is any good cause for , continuing, even for ono season, this J ) of Tabernacles ; where so much good - been done?so many hearts have been ch j ed, and so many souls soundly convc i and regenerated. The community aroi must itself, feel n deep regret, as it ii 1 largely indebted to the influences of tl 1 annual meetings, for the moral improven 1 and steady advance in all proper enterpri "j- which have so eminently marked its hisl for the last ten or fifteen years. But h t the causes been sufficient to withhold usual appointment this year? We arc familiar with nil, and ?"? not undertake , state them. They may bo multifnrh i Our design is to speak a word to the m hers of the Church, who, heretofore, o< pied tent* on the ground, and inquire if ' blame car. attach to them. We very much fear that tho Chu , members themselves, have forgotten \ original design of Camp-Meetings. Ji not worth while for all of us occnsiom r to stop on our way, and by looking ' originals and first principles, seriously < f eider the value of tho blessings we enj ' We do not hero intond to submit an ni 3 ment in favor of primitive Cnmp-Meetii } That we deem unnecessary. We hold I any one who objects to the origin of tl . meetings, whatever may be said as to i mode in which they nro now conduc > either knows nothing about thein or de 1 actt of special Protidenct. With oeithe - these have we to do. At present, we di 2 attention to this point?how far arc Chi members and tent holders responsible 1 causes resulting in this diccontinunr 5 With all due deference to these woi ' soldiers of the cross, wc dare nfTirm j they hnve allowed these exalted privih Q of grace to degenerate?to bo perve ] Into occasions of harm?that instead < - Camp-Meeting of spiritual feasting, a jegnrd them ss a Camp-Meeting of U e serving. Instead of simple diet-?cold i tunls?how often do the tables groan u r the load of fat things?actually borth 1 with full dishes?smokirg meats, ni 9 thousand pk-nic accompani ments ? In days of (he Widiy'i of England, or < * in the early days of the Asbury'*,K6nn? 0 Caresses' and Jenkinses', a cold snack n water, sweetened, by a keen appetite, i r| taken in thnnkflilKas, and the good e n that prevailed, gave a relish to the sin e I city of the diet. In those days, men ff J women, without parade or noiss, cnmi This and tented or 44 camped out," 44 to do good and over to get good." Now.bowisit! The heavy nnd loaded wagons, borno heavily on by exipon Imusted inulcs or horses, having?tU semper 'H-n" ?the chicken coop jutting out like a promr ontory from tho rear, come up ti tent after an< tent,and with cracking of whips, tho noisy sties tr:,u,P horses, tho creaking of wheels, I j the bawling of servants, and unloading ol tho boxes, barrels, bedding, &c., one is reminded noro n brigade encampment where it is 44 out hero o? order" to be quiet and o derly. And flair instead of minds being solemnized by assoi tal- ciation of religious ideas, they become occnsionully tempted to speculate upon what additional packing and preparation would be necessary, as if the tent holder intended to move to 44 ?luchua County." o to TojEa?< , The whole inorqfag or afternoon, ' e.'.se may be, is tataa up in fixing the t?m. ' ''gfj Tho immediate ne^hborhood, and cortalnly , '65 many at the stand, (if religious exercises '66 should bo commenced,) are disturbed by U|t the bustle and noise of these tent-holders * '64* getting/fxed. Ilninmering, nailing, kuock.' '66 'ngt tull'?ig, fastening the doors, bed plat, '60 forms, and roping horses, all combine to ? drive away devotion and a proper regard for 4 tWfcncredncss of Hie place. When their ''56 tables arc spread?look, what a feast]?far , '65 ahead of what the.family usually enjoys at . '65 home. You sro reminded of u hotel. InIro ' , stead of a household devoted to the service ' ?55 of God, where simplicity and good order ,'66 should prevail?where ostentation,pride of ions living?sinful i dulgence in feasting?glutmay tony and gny frivolity should not be thought of?one is reminded of n gala day at a pub? lie house, or some free and easy pic-iiic oc ension. Surely this is a perversion of n rcligious instillhion. Is there not a slight ). feeling of rivalry?a httio spirit of emula? tion among the teut-holdcrs, in striving to r* have the finest eating, the best dinners, dtc ? Bve" Is there not something of an effort, appation rent, to win a word of commendation from 1 ,n outsiders, for your table preparations? und- What an nmbition??and w hat a-place to ncc. show it ? Is it not quite certain that the hen promotion of good has far less to do with ,,t; such displays of provisions than the pride l90J'? of life, nnd the vanity of the humnn heart? brethren of the Church, did you ever rouns. licet upon the pernicious tendencies of Mr- these things ? Have you not brought this naiU means of grace into disrepute ? Are you ft* n sure that by your fat things,you have not r entirely driven away from these meetings, tho spirit of goodly religion nnd hopeful revivals? Think on it.? Look nt tho busCu'~ tie, the noise, nnd ronfusion nbout tho renr on" of your tents on Saturday afternoon? the What a preparation for the Sabbath ? IIow much like a Fourth of July celebration? CJ*? How many chicken heads nnJ feet, el alia, lint- cover the ground ? Not being in tho posi' tion, or in tho habit of lecturing on religious iuc* duty,I desire to say in earnestness nnd "in sorro-**," nnd with all due deference, that the I* kitchen yards of our village hotels, during ited couit week, present scenes of no greater and confusion than do some of your kitchen ool grounds on Sutorday evening. How many t'?e or the teuiMj may sway iroru im? suu.a, to order to provide good things for the Sah* bath? Wouldlt not have been far better for your Rorvnnfls to have remained nt home, and spent the duy, at least, in harmless rest. r- than to keep them cooking nnd stewing all day, over a hot fire? I)o yon not make nip- your servants and portious of your fam'ly f., 11. violate every Sabbath spent at Salem ? that What account will you render for deprivnn ,nJ? thi sc umlc(you, of religious privileges ? the What sincerity' can be attached to your cfp.i forts to save the souls of strangers, when d to you drive your .own household into the dis- downward road? Your enre and anxiety rearl for your table on tho Sabbath, swallow up has all your religious interest. When a JsxJcer ecr- On, sees a member of tho Church, bustling rted about her tent, toiling to make great proind, parations?worrying her life out about the * so little petty tilings not worth a thought? lese M cumbered aboul much teriing," neglecting lent the exercises at tho s/?nd, with no voice of scs, praise in her tent, raised to hush tho giddy tory laugh nnd buzz of tho inconsiderate crowd, iavo and compares her with her neighbor, who is the quiet, composed, taking things easily, who not has not come up as to a camp feast, but pro. u to vidos cheerfully for guests nbout the same jus. she would give them at homo?no bustle? em- no noise?with as little cooking on the :cu- ground a9 possible?always nt the stand, atiy mid that, too, in time tor the first hymn? greeting you with a welcome when you cnrch nn(* whortyou leave, ontrenting you with tj,e kindness, to return?her tents little g.ite* it way ,0 '' rod'**-1?pvcr resounding with tho. ,Uy songs of Zion or notes of prayer. How into' Crtn forbesr to sny: 44 Martha, Martha, on- th?n nrt careful and troubled about many 0y t things. Dut one thing is needful; and rgu- Mary hath chosen that good part, which np, shall not be taken sway from her." The thai feasting, the bustle, the desire for show, the iese constant etftrt to make no impression on tho tho Sabbath, certainly lead to s forgetful,tod noss of tho sacrcdness of the day nnd place n*|C8 ?working jv?rldiy-mind*dne*s, and allow. ?< incr " enrt-s lif lifn" In otiik" rect divine truth/ scattered by the sower at the m.f, stand. A ttonker On, hns often neon these for things. To particularize, would produce ?ce| wearinewa of tho flesh?the task is too rtt,y onerous, and ho will not undertake it. But that w^? remembers tho Fourth Commandment J .gr? Who remembers Solomon's wisdom?'* Betrted *?r ' ^ i4'1 the fear of tho Lord.thsn of a ?raat treasure and trouble therewith."? tany Again : M Better is s little with righteousness, than great revenues a itliout right." vio- "g"41*-' "Better is s dry morsel snd nder quietness therewith, than s house (tent,) mod full ?' sacrifices with strife." ((j ^ And/urther: You tempt onto sin and tho occasion of offence to tho outsiders. 9von complain of the thoughtlessness snd . , coldness of the great crowd. Have yon nn^' not sided in bringing this about? Let os (fere see. You inv^s them to your tent, which h<>er is probably right enough. Thej speak well of your fine victuals?your vanity Is flst" tered. Yon give them still better fare,siand peeling to have a little more M of the sweet i up morsel of praise." You feed high?they " 3* talk strong. You entice them by your comforts, to tarry nbout your tents snd * neglect the services at the stand You re main nway because they do, and the result p< is, tho trifling talk and empty laugh take the place of worship and religious exercises. ^ This is wrong, and perverts Camp-Meeting*. , How highly do you prise words of com- fc plirnent when your coffee, your meal, your bread, dec., nro compared with your neigh- ?l bors! Do you not know that there are persons, who go to Camp-Mectinga for the jn poor pultry little purpose of" getting some- f0 thing good to eat,"?hungering after the an loaves and Jishes? Have you not heard y them remnrk that they were in tho habit of ^ going from tent to tent, in order to find out qi ^who had the best things to tail A Looker an ' On has heard them, and so have you. Their highest expectations have been fully met, if ^ you feed them well. Like ths stall-fed ox, th that only lives to eat, that he may fatten to die, they come to you from meeting to meeting, and you, delighted with the distinction or' they give your tables, neglect tho religious (j, services of tho occnsion, and your osvn mi soul's good, for their poor empty word of approbation. If you nre determined to purchase their good wishes by fino eating, in the nnme of all that is pure and sacred, ou postpone it until you nre nt home. VVor- un ship God nt the enmp ground, and when you get home, invite them to spond a day with you, and give them the very best you can. In this way, the animal is fed and fattened, and one of the evils of Camp-Meetings prevented. " ' A Looker On thoroughly believes that n 1 vast amount oi bad health is produced annually among men, women, and children,by tic gormandizing nt Camp-Meetings, and the ^r' members of tho Church have to account for ^ a very largo share of it. Io?t those who ur have tho good of the Church at heart, look mi into this thing. Iojt us beware of doing harm to tho cause of Zion. CO To arrest one form of objections to Camp-Meetings at Salem, a Looker On con- tic curs with those who belicvo it is belter for be this season, to change it into what is called J?1 a Four Day's Meeting. Other cogent res- p( sons are gircn by others, but to us, this is ob sufficient. Arrest this evil by withholding ha the appointment. It may be. that in the fu- ^ turc, "the cure of bouIs" may load the Church to forget the care of bodies." \( To avoid misapprehension, a Looker On |kdesires to stale that he is a Methodist, and to to be n worthy one, that is, an accept!. blc christian, he regards as among the high- j , est aspirations of n human heart; nnd fur* co ther, that ho is an earnest warm friend of v" Camp-Meetings. They have done immense good, nnd are doing great good every where. BO They serve four important purposes:?first, to bring tho gospel within the reach of the no poor; second, by continued attendance for l^! days upon religious exercises, tho mind is at length persuaded to embrace the truth ; third, to remove the prejudices of many against Methodism, whose convenience or b!gotrv would never allow them to wait j upon the ordinances of that Church on nny Oliici vw.y?lurt ~ anil ffrtnltijl* lwU4sp, firm, and knit together, brethren of the th< household of faith. A looker On has no ca| design herein to wound, to find fault up. necessarily, but to correct what he regards flagrant cviis. llis purpose will be fully an accomplished, if any of the Church enn be l)r induced (o return to the rule adopted by the original ' Tr.v/re:" "It is not reason that we should leave the word o/ (V oh, ami |nr serve tablet." A IjOOKER ON. Cc _ ; fic Anderson Dinner to Col. Orr. |,B The following letters are selected from Nc many written on that occasion to the Corn- ot mittee: %? Ijettcrfrom Hon. A. P. flutlrr, V. S. Sena- sqi tar from South Carolina. gri Nka* Edgkfiei.d, July 14. Gexti.emes: I received by the last mail W your polite invitation to attend a festival, on *** the 25th inst., to bo given in honor of your *n< Representative, Col. Orr. 1 regard the com- Tli pliment to Col. Orr well merited. Upon ail to< the tests of the old republican school, he co< has been trite, and has exhibte.l an iudustry Kr? and ability which entitle him to the confl- Prl dence of an intelligent constituency. roa It would afford me, for many consider. tro at ions, great pleasure to be present on the to oecassion to wnich you have invited me.? wi Rut I am obliged to leave homo to-day. to we fulfill engagements which duty will not si- fro low me to disregard; nnd I fear that I shall the not have time to be nt Anderson by the 25th. soi If in the past your Representative has of performed his duties with credit to himself ci? and the country, he has nn undeveloped vei future before himself and his coadjutors, he that will put to a high trial their wisdom, thr patriotism nnd firmness. It is in vain to Or take refuge in flnttcring hope and delusive in disguise. Events are running to s crisis full hu of fearful issues?either in anarchy, under Co the irresponsible influence of secret and un- *01 constitutional societies, or in the despotism on< .n ti? vi irresponmoie ronjorilica. hui But, gentlemen, it wan my purpose, when sbl I ?at down to write this note, to My little c? else than to rtturn you my acknowledgemcnt* for your remembrance of me in con- n<b ; ncction with the occasion of tho 90th. m< As the mind will return to mutters into uui which it ha* been recently engaged, 1 will hei make a remark that may be somewhat illus- mc trail ve of my reflections on the history of fro our revolutionary ancestor*; and it I* a hi*- be torv full of instruction. foi I wish I had before me the concluding yc clause of George Mason'* will. 1 think it Le the moat imprcaaire passage of composition wt that i ever read, and I think it* author had sic one of the moat impressive intellects of hia au; day. He had Ate laments of character to of whiapur confidence and command respect. Gen. Washington felt this influence, sod en gave Green a passport to the South through tat an introduction to Gvo. Mason?a striking pr< I tribute. ax Thia gentleman, with a wisdom, sagacity, ev and firmness almost nuMrallelcd in history, ** mw, with the vision or a for swing states- aw man, lliu future as wo have seen it devsl- no oped. As a patriot without looking to the tin rewards of personal ambition, and without by at all earing for tho honora ?f place, he do stood amidst the ferila that begirt him, aod to met the temptations that might have reduced th< him, without fear aod without reproach,? th As a gentleman and neighbor, he performed all the duties, which such relations could re. trj ouire, with a high regard to pSMrietv, use* so fulness and justice, nsch a mstvs life may loi well be siaJled. [ap * jft ijr The concluding clanse of his will to hicb I have referred, is couched in more tposing language?and I have no doubt, ferred to it less "to adorn a mora), than to >int a tale." The testator, feeling that he had somsinff of the authority of tho sage, expressI himself In tho instructive aflMtion of a irent. I cannot quote his lunguage and I nr I cannot give its import He said that he had enjoyed the honors ' public life, and had encountered all its minus responsibilities; and that experience ,J ? t. a A _ n -- iu riroiigni 10 inn nwnu tho verdict?that the purauits of privnTh life were to be und the true notirce of happiness, quietude, id honorable independence. But he said ith a so 11-inn injuction to hia children and scendnnts, whilst I give you this as my onion, I any, on tho authority of u pnren* litting this world?should any of my sons d descendants be required to engage in e business of public life, "let not the dread poverty, the fear of disgrace, nor the rils of death, deter thein from maintaining e rights to which Ihey were born." 1 have no doubt Ho intended to say, that eh rights were in danger, in view of fediiI usurpation. Without any of tho authority or right of ?orge Mason, 1 hope I may give this senti?nt without just exception : "Young Statesmen of tho South?main, n the rights you were born to, and which .'re intended to be secured to your section the Federal Constitution, and do ao witht Mie danger of violence and anaruhy, but der tho security of concert, and the lights ( wisdom and intelligence. I am, gentlemen, yours, A. P. BUTLER. Dr. O. R. Bkoyles, Chairman, fitc. tier from Hon. Josiah J. Evan*, 17. S. Senator from South Carolina. > Messrs. Brovles, Rbed, Asiimore, Evass ard Wilkes: Gentlemen: I liavo received your invitn. in to a public dinner, to be given to our end Col. Orr, on the 25th inst. I regret at my engagements wiil prevent my nttennco. Nothing could afford me more pleasis than to meet on such an occasion so iny valued friends, and especially when e object is to do honor to your able and irthy representative. Ho is worthy of his nstitucnts, and they ?ro worthy of him. le aspect of our political affairs at this no is rather gloomy,and the South should represented by those who will atnnd firm r our rights. Tho recent elections in the po States have been unfavorable to the miocratic party, and ot courso to tho due tscrvanee of the rights of tho South. We vo, however, the consolation to know that e liavo at this time, an effectual check to i* fanaticism of the popular branch of Con ess, in tho Senate, and in the President. > successful attempt can he made to real the Fugitive Slave law, or to restore p Missouri Compromise, (as it is called.) ring tho next Congress; what may come tor that, it is impossible to foresee. But im of n hopeful temper, and have some nfulcnco iu the bvlier, that what is so objusly right will prevail, and that after a a- years, the peoplu will, (as ninny of tho irthern Democrats believe) return to their her senses again. If they do not, and the grostions on our rights still continue, we ist meet it, not by compromises, hut with o spirit of freemen, determined to mainn their equal rights in tho Confcdorucy liUt we arc members of it. Moat respectfully. Your obedient servant, JOSIAH J. EVANS. From the AndrrronUazeUe, August 1.) Dinner to CoL Orr. Oni i<mn has never before bten the ontre of a scene so stirring, ay that Which mo off on last Wednesday, tho 25th, tho y set apart by tho friends and conslituIs of i he Hon. James L. Orr, to honor ii m ilh a dinner, complimentary to his long d faithful service in the Congress of tho litod States. A refreshing ruin during s previous night, laved tiie dust, cooled 3 atmosphere, and Wednesday proved an ' spiuious day. At an early hour, the rcguand extra trains on the GrvcuVille and j lumbia Rail Road, arrived at our depot, lighted with hundreds ?f ladies nnd genmen ; while immense crowds poured into 1 r streets from all s etions of tho country, iver have we beheld so large a concourse j people in the mountain country, upon y previous occasion. At 10 o'clock, A ' , a procession was formed IJ tho public ' ?are, and marched to the stand in the * >vu near tho depot, i nder the direction of ' n. S. M. Wilk... i-i-.i M 1 ,..?.aWu Uj HHIJUIO H | hitner and 8. G Earle. Arriving nt the imi, the procession opened to the right 1 left, and marched in inverted order ic spacious platform was crowded with j distinguished and gifted of- the land, nsisling of the Judiciary, the Clergy, Conisamcn, legislators and Generals. The ktlling .-hild, blooming youth, vigorous .nhood, loitering old age, the sedate nun,?nd pretty dashing belle, were nil thero honor our distinguished townsman. It t scene wildly beautiful, to see that iinnse sea of human beings,swaying to and staid the oaks of the forest?fsr, far in i distance human heads were to be seen. After an appropriate sir from tho Anderi Brass lbind, tinder tlio skilful direction Professor William WsgstsIT, the oxere? of the day were opened with n ferll prayor by tho Rev. W. B. Johnson, neral J. W. Harrison, the President of i day, then introduced the Hon. James L. r, to his constituents and fellow-citizen*, n brief but complimentary speech; loud zzaa hurst from affectionate lips, when I. Orr made bis appearance, and it was lie minutes beforo he could proceed. For n hour and a half, Col. Orr enchained his iience in one of Ms most brilliant and le efforts. A brief abstract is all that we i furnish of his speech. Col. Orr very properly commenced his Iress by remarking that it was one of the st trying oecaslous of his life. Here, d he, I was born, here I was raised, and re I have always resided, and s eomplt* at thus bestowed?coming as it does m s grateful constituency who know roe ?t?fills me with a gratitude too profound utterance. At the age of twentysons sirs he was returned a member to the eial'itiiu r~* D??JI-i? _ ?, w f W? ruuivwn U)BinCl| BUKH9 * itch time ho had been ateadily in the ser- ' :a of Ut? public, and for the onnavering * pport which he had received at the handn j the people, he felt profoundly grateful. ' In view of hia long public aervlee, he had ' tertained a thought of ft tiring at no dia* * it dav, to private lift*. Thia he had ax* 1 rwed to hia intiinate frionda; tt hanever t Caad, however, it had been met with * t diaaatiefartion?they thOnght that * he had aerved them when the politieal *' ? wna comparatively calm, he ahotild not 1 w deaert them, when the eigna of Ute A nee indicated a eotning atorm, and when, long experience, he waa wall prepared to a eaaential aorviee to tha Hoelh ; yielding \ their aoUdtatkma and a aaeae of doty, he ] [Might of again running for Coagreea at c b next election. (AppTanee.) i Pawdugin view the condition of the eoun- i r nnder Pierce'a / dminiatration, he aa- 1 red hia conntltnenta that'tha eountry en* | fad a repone and the Booth a aecurity i on the alnvery qneation, ao far aa atatato* I ry legislation wm concerned, greater thnn she dm enjoyed since 1787. Her institution of slavery w?s excluded from all territory acquired by the United States north of 86 deg. 80 min., by the Wiimot Proviso, which was practically in force in all territorv north of that Htie until the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. That bill removed all restrictions, opened the Territories to the South and'her staves,.and left the people thereof free to adopt or reject the Inatitution or slavery. There had been objections raised to the Administration of President Pierce, and to tons of hla appointment* to office, yet, .pat of 100,000 officers to be appointed by the President, it , wna utterly impossible to please every one, nor was it to be expected, that he should attain perfection; perfection was not the lot of man, and gentlemen should remember, >,"V that to err is human, to forgive is divine. Col. Orr then reviewed the Kansaa-Ne- JTji braaka Bill?showed the great unanimity with which it was sustained by Southern Representatives ; but al* of the entire del*-* gmtion of the Sonth in Congress, voted ; ngainst it, and four of those tlx member*; | are now enndidntes for re-election to Congress upon tho Know-Nothing ticket. He regarded this Bill a good one for the South, A so much ao, that almost every Representative from the North who supported it, ha* if been laid upon the shelf, and an abolitionist . returned in|their stead. Even Pennsylvania had prostrated every one of, her eleven Re? preventatives who voted for the bill, but three, under the lead of Wiimot, et id omne genu:t. Thus have the friends of the South at the North, been ejected from power byLhc fusion of soro-hendod Democrats, Whigs, Abolitionists, and Free-Soilers, info the Know-Nothing party. He reviewed the election* North, and showed that nop.o of the Know-Nothings elected at the North, wouid support the Kansas Nebraska Bill?they would go borse, foot and dragoons, for the restoration the Missouri Compromise He then reviewed the Know-Nothing platform, adopted at the Philadelphia meeting?showing it up pi ail its broad phases to be a humbug anc a vile trick to delude the South, ana all arc her from her principles and duty. There vm no independence in that platform, for the one-third of the Know-Nothing' Lofaee, who remained, after the two-third*Seceded, did not represent the vie vs of their constitnents; and thnt the latter were Jiot bound or committed to sustain that platform. Col. Orr vividly demons tratedfh* impracticability of Southern men joining the Know-Nothinga. If their object i* to shut out tho evils of foreign immigration, --/V '"* let them purjro themselves at the North-.' They do not wish to atop immigration; If ho, they could easily effect their purpose by h capitation tax. The States of the Northwest have agents employed at ad of the Northern seaport*, to solicit immigration to particular States, where they are granted full powers to vote at the expiration of aiz months from thair arrival; thus violating the naturalisation laws of the General Gov* eminent, and narrowing the period of naturalisation down from live years to six months. Tho State of Wisconsin, a ehort time since, had agents in Europe, offering every inducement to foreigners to colonise that State. Col. Orr next examined the character of our immigrant settlers, showing thnl they hod mmie most loyal citizens. History told of their valor upon the battle-fields of our country, and every one must remember that in the Boston not, in the esse of the fugitive slave Burns, the only blood shed on th.it occasion, was that of Irish Batchelder, in defence of tho rights of Southerners. lie then glanced at the history of tlio Catholic Church; he was no Catholic, yot ho maintained their right to worship God ma they cbtfo?, m itliout hindrance?the Constitution guaranteed them this right, and ho dennunceons unholy and unjust any attempt to wrest it from them. He defended that Church from the imputation of disloyalty hi the government, or attempt at it ?out of the three thousand clergymen of New England, who sent in a protest to Congress nguiimt the passage of the Nebraska Bill, the name of not one Catholic Priest eouid ho found thereon. At the 8outh, we tuid nothing to fear from the temporal in1 iience of that Chun h, from the paucity of ita members. Col. Orr next condemned secrecy in all [Kililical organizations?he depreciated the Urdcr of Know-Nothingm, as throwing the Inor wide open fof falsehood and false representation in suppressing the truth; he lenonnced it as vitiating to the morula of locletv, and believed that ft imposed oaths in J obligations incompatible with the duties >f a good citizen ; averse to the free ezer:ise of the elective franchise, and in hostilily to tho spirit of the Goverariaont under vliich wc livo. (His remarks upon this ir.rnch of the snbjeet, were Impressive and ncnitarv I Wt- -fW. 1W1 SStK..... * indicltive spirit of the order?men of long 'xperiee<qnpd faithfulness in the public k-rvices, art* secretly arraigned at the bar of hie Order, without notice to appear, or eTen i hint of tbi' offence for which they are "jljkible. and decapitated without being alowod the privilege of vindicating their po; iticn! course. It proscribed eve.y man who vould not subserviently support it, with an irhitrnry vindietivenesa dangerous to tbo velUbeing of our Government. He protected against the Union of Church ind StAle?-showed the absolute necessity or their separation, and fortified hie p< onion by tlNt-oplnions of (ho patriots of the {.evolution. The persecution of Catholics ic declared tpp* the surest way to bolld hem up?European history proved that the urcose of the Ptoteetaht Cnercfaes within wo centuries preceding us, wee attribute ?? to thHt catffee in - part, and each had been he efleet of perseeutiona io ail agea. Ha vnmcd hie folio w-eitiaeas against the eon- " I lection with the Know .Nothing Order, and learly proved that no good could result lither to the South or to tho country at ..uw'?iieroa lor cvnunrf>nr orgMMHt.OJH-Ih* Soath vlrt?% *oo4 ommitW*] -?9R?S&kB5^ ifonnjU> t? imm ^r-m..