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potter from Hon. P. 8. Brooks. Houss of ^smratmrivei, ) February 7, 1666. J Mr l)t4K Sm: Last winter General firing fellow addressed a letter to myself and others, giving a d esc rip i >n of the toil ot K uui\ and the average products of agricultural labor. That letter was published iu the newspapers ofour Stale, and every additional testimony cc .firms the truth of the statement therein contained. Gen. Whitfield ia now at inv side, and in ret ly to the question relative to the demands and Towards of mechanical labor, bids tne say that the minimum of wages for labor in Kansas is fully double the price in Charleston. but higher considerations than pecuniary profit are now presented to the you tig men of our State; and they are just the considerations which soonest reach, and most excite the heart of young Carolinians. Tlrny are the considerations <?' pa triotnm and honor. Civil war has vi'ioallv begun in Kansas. Thu lire* of such friends of the institutions of the South snd of the Constitution, as hare gone to Kansas to disseminate our principles, strength eu our institutions and protyvl 7?M1f rights, my rights, and the rights of every slave owner, are in peril. l?y the fat of "Abolition Aid f-oi ictics," h oney and men are louring into Kansas. The spirit of popular sbtfcreigt'ty is being crushed, and the priucipleof non-intervention circumvented by lawless fanaticism. With the permission of G.n. Whitfield, I make the following extracts f-om * letter dated " Lecomptou, January 23," and written bv a geiitbmau iu high position, and of int#lliii?ii'"> ?...) ?1 4 nur^niT, WHO*? name (for reasotii which you would ?'nti cur wit^i ma in regarding satisfactory) is withheld; ''About six day* ago, si* men were ent to Iowa to conduct 600 fighting men, who are to he here by the last of February. They will be hero without doubt. Yesterday, wagons were sent to meat a train with two cannon and five hundred Sharpe's rifle* fram I llinoin. ajiich are being atnt to J.awrence. ' |'he?o tilings go to show that the traitor* are industrious and are working. Hy the first of March they will have ] 1O0 or 1200 men more than they have now, and be better provided with arrus and inunitioaa. 'Ou the 4th of Mtrch next, they put their Government into operation, and if we are not strong enough to p't:t down thoin and their"military 'organisation, we will h? dpiveh from the territory. * lc\<t myself, I think that no mm, in or out of the territory, i* willing to risk more of ever} thing that is dear or valuablu, according to his circumstance*, than I will, it the cause is appreciated by the South, and they ahow their appreciation by send ing men an.I money to help. Hut it the rlcve own r- of the South lOitent themaalvea with temporary lnxurv and <?** nilv inu? no onorl t<Tsave tt.'ir ~\ stitutima, they may take caro'of ihemsclvea in their own way, and I w ill of myself in mine ijf there ia n man * ho ia enlisted mora deeply in the c.mae of the Soillh than myself, I dow't know where lie ia ta be found. I ?rn fortified in my position by principle ami feeling. I hrtte the adverse cause, and love to war upon it. I Lave risked my life and my property which are now in daily peril. ' "The South mutt act with energy and promptness. They rr.usk do the entire tiling. *rf it up'--a'cV now ledge them( HTt>4 whipped. " Our fnonda must he hereon the 2$th of February, or the few pro slavery men in (his part of the Territory will be burned oat' and dnren o!f na refugeoj, If the South cannot send (fU.ec ti hundred tnen , by the 2.8tii of February next, and dottle that number by fall and in time for the elections, they need not send a man." Such ia the state of affairs in Kansas, as represented by one who ia on the (/ro'trul. The admission of Kansas into the Union as a slave State, is now a point of honor with the South, livery asei*tnnce which !>?4pift*tion can render, was given by the l'att Congre", when tlie Missouri prohibition was repealed. What more can Southern chivalry ask of Congress! An opcu li<-Id and a fair fight was ail that our ancestors ever asked of an enemy. Has the spirit of the sires departed from the bosoms <>f their sons ! Shall the page of South Carolina history, which records the loti/ sentiment* and glorious deed* of fiadiden^ of and of Moultrie, grow ]'?; when rending of u? f And shall it In wiitten that their blood ures transmitted 1 witho.it their \irtisc* f and of their spirit, that the "grace of lb* fashion of it perith?tu r 1 The last C >ngr.?ts gave to the people of 1 the South a fair li.-ld, and the Abolition- ' i?ta have thrown down the g!or? upon it. 1 Who in all the South will take it up f ' 1; in my deliberate conviction that the fate ot the South is to be decided with the Kausas iuue. If Kansas (tecomct a hire ling State, slave' cKooerty will decline to ' half it* present value iu Missouri as soon N* the question is determined. Then Ab olitionistn will become the prevailing sentiment. So with Arkansas?so with Up per Texas. While we are thus decreasing \i? political po wer, the North will increase. War with Knglnn I ie now desired by Hewr.f 1, who is the most dangerous man in America. And why V To exhaust the howth of inan and im-tiey, and with our Y*o?>J and treasure to acquire Canada a-? ffetaoil territory ^"aiid, tfi'an with frosioil ^kiwe-'thus aiijtnented, t& reducd' Art' Foutfi to provincial dependence.. And I this war would be (Kipular. Tho West i? j alwava roady f??r war. They fatten upon j it aud *fo out of danger. War enhancethe valu4 of all their products?grain, l>a \ t qm, horeo*, be f. Their women and cinl- 1 1 ilrrn are so far in the interior as to be at i a'l times secured, and tbuir young men are warlike by nature. Nor would its ad- 1 vocates tu ft* even in the SoU'li Atlantic States ehl.'li would be devastated by 'ho enemy. Popular orators might be heard at every Court House in our State raiding the cry, "t?? arms?" who mope about now, j I l if they never heard of Kaasae. May I they not hear of i? when it k too late. i If otif State had im nosed a tax of one 1 I dollar per head ?m each negro In the State, j < end appijod t)ie amount to the transports > 1 tioft vt snnad etnigmuts to Kansas, the i 1 people w-eild har? sustained the Dele I t getee, end the foils wV?uld hate wroughtI < ino'e ifooa t/ *cle a'fe-g'fcemng eur in stitutiona if thus applied, than if tlio liar U?r of,Charleston wni crowded with ateain ships, and every villago in the Slate iind ( it* armory with a cupola on the top. l;?a The election of Mr. limits as Sjwaker jn of our Hoioh Mill precipitate the Kansas |iua issue. Ilia Abolitionist* are emboldened Tar hero and exery where. nic< I venture this prediction?that in thirty ! jn ) days thoro will be a Proclamation by the 1 aiL. President relative to Kaiiaa*; and that in | tj10 sixty days afterwards there will also bo a j paj Proclamation pertaining to the same mat- j con tor, by the Governor of South Carolina. j pD,j 1 tell you that tire battle of the Gotrsti- Htiv tutiun against Kanatacism ia to he fought t]lu on the toil of rVan?aj. Hot Let our young men wahj; from their p|;t. lethargy. Lot them organise in cofjjpa- J>A, ni?ui in every District. A regiment of a vrill thousand ?uri>, It!'! command of bur klnxcv Gregg, if now in Kansas, would ImmV tiUlinphaut the flag of State equality and of Const it utioual liberty. ?f cuf ipstittpiona obtain in Kansas, tho slavery questiop is settled and the rights S of the Smith arc safe. If fanaticism pre- of t viol, a c may put our house in order to die fron by inches. inct Let our people but understand the Kan- fn]#( sas issue, and they will meet it with a'.nc don ritv. Let them hut aee 'hat cTery dollar vou es[>eii<led in Kansas and every blow here I j struck, is in defence of their homes and i a e fireside*, ami they will >otne up to the | tioti mark like men. They have been eonfns .? w ed bv tlte thrusts at the Kansas Nebraska I h'g: hill, indiscreetly made in our own State, J w Hti.l the taunts of snuattcr sovereignty.? I feet 1 he bill is not as ^ wo'^hl liavo had it in I that evev r -vpcct, but it is a good bill for the s|av South ; for under it wo can go with our cot) property, where before we could not go. den Let tins thvorixcrs forgot their theories and i J practise what is practicable. Kverv 'h?l- | w lii Ixr expended iti this ca'ise by our people, j uia, is as bread east upon the waters."? Jowt Those of voii who son tho points of the jeet ease should at once put thu ball in mo- slav tion. 1( yon cannot act with much con ( cert at firm, go to work individually.? witl Present a subscription list to ev.-rv man i; vou meet \?lio owns n aiugju slave. Let | Crn! otlier- do likewise. A loop step will ho j ,|,p thus towards prrformi^w our rart 1 itl in Kansas. " ittli ?hl. 1. l>. \^'il?on ?,C ohq State arrive.1 | raii this moriiii o, and tells ms that thy people j n?S) in his r?c:.*?i? are heooniitijf alive to tlic issue. lie V.*? pledged himself to arm and of .1 transpo-i five determined younir fellows to ^jotl Kansas Ml his own expense. The exam- mik pie is worthy of imitation, and the senti- priii ini'iil whuh produced it patriotic. life, The route to Kansas is via Nashville, :lfK] from which point i: is hut six days journey to \ to the promised land. scri 1 Ht:i, with wannest personal reward, y0| and lively sympathy, with you in "Border hen Iluirmnistt'." aiot Trt-'v yours, < 1\ S. BROOKS. tors Fff.m (fit 1Vinv*horo' Daily Iteyistvr. he Letter from Hon W. W. Boyce liourK nr KKI rsknTATIVKS, / i- i . > lK'? rebruarr ?,lao(i. ) ' j ?Vy Prar Sir: I received your letter in f,l which you ask tu v opinion in reforrence to Southern immigration to Kansas. The raeri pressure of business does not permit meat f(OU Ihia lima to go into the subject verv ex- .rors tensively. Il is impossible to exagerale for | the .niporiance of Kansas t? the Komi. ? i?* If we ??an*ar. we 1..ro M ssouri,bring vu.k frcs ? T t > iho hot lers of Arkansas and |MJgt TcUn?s?e, kikI will have to struggle for 3trc( the Indian Country behind Arkansas.? [G Al Kansas i? ?n>i?iintic.illy the key to tlio fu- Hnd turo, and if wo would command the future },.av< we liiuat command K*usa*. unf< From th* i'?*t information I can got up- ,,f o on the subject, I am saddled the current forn ia setting sgainst u* in Kansas, and that an,J it will certainly he lost t.? u?, unless the wan South put* forth all her energies. To ac j,rc quire Kansas, it will not do to rely on a V mero Southern sentiment, inducing ardent verj inen to go there, through devotion to their y,>ti taction. You mu*t combine the idea with ?moi another, tho bettering of their conditio*, ,nv in other word*, making money. The North understand this great idun uerfect- Hm Iv, hence 'heir emigrant aid n fiieties, ar? which eouihiny fanticistn and money-ma or h king. It i* well to learn from our enemies. (J,,; If w?- intend to struggle for lvausa*, we the* inti?t likewise cottihinw ihete idea* we must ?enc form joint stock companies, for tho pur- jnopose of colonising Ksusas from the South The money thus raited will he expoaded J, in aiding colonists to gel t?> Kansas at the cheapest roto?. and ^trying land there.? A The shafti should, he p"t ;k( a small prise Cart 10 that tho entire South may go i)ito tho held matter. Thus all may Southern!** fcoin Wen <as arid make niunny at the *;?me timo,for 11 iho lands which can Im? bought at Oitedol- f lar and twenty lire cent* per acre, will in a virv few sears mil from five t" twenty JJollars per acre. J i have not time to do :n -re tha ? to in- Beci dicate tho course which should be pur- I sued bv the South. ] I ardently hope that tho entiro South iri.-t 1KbV l?o thoroughly around upon this grrat question of empire. y I shall be eery willi'ig to contribute to I J(>u tho e*tent of my abilities in promoting ] ibis moeo.inent. / I am very gUd indeed to see that the '( (nil.lie mind in our State, seem* to be a- Hn,| rousing itieif to the importance of the is < tie, one far more important to my mind, ( :ban who. may Lu die next President. SJm Yours sincerely, |t*i VV. W. Novo. Jm, Mr. \7. I^erbert. jfpcJ Koniuuv sT'/aoEiisoN.- We have L>icl b en inf. rmctf by a gentleman froin An- * *ib-Mon, that the K. K. l.)e|?ot at that place Flu< >?;w enteral on Thursday night last,'and J tbe inouey-aafe robbed of about t^.00,, and i some tnnli articles of ralno wero also sto- W. Icn. It would appear that the thief had I procured the key of the depot and safe, by C abstracting them from tbn pocket of the i Agent after he had retired for the night to / his own house.? Carolina Timtt. J I>vr*tu*<? Hoots HcRKto.-We lesro Qua from tho Yorkville Enquirer that the / iweiting holisn nf Miles A. Fairies near and iwbetM'xer, in \ork District, was destrotod i by fire on Sunday last, with ah its con- I tents. The neighbors of tho fairies, with i ?>mmend.\bin liborslity, are engaged in 1 tree*'rig * house lo repa'r hie l>a? The [ From the Washington Uniqii. j A Richly-Merited Rebuke. ciicral John McQueen,of .South Caro- j , for some yeare how h representative ; Congress, hat often received from the j <1 agitators among the Abolitionist*, iotirt printed circulars and pronuncia j ntot. These he has uniformly thrown he tire. A few day? since (says the j w Yor k Day U ook) lie was insulted hy i reception of n letter signed hy Lewis >p*r? and four other kindred spirit-, ae ipanving a in? inorial to Congress etnIving the idea that slavery never hail - legal or constitutional existence in United States. (Sun. McQueen would answer the letter directly, but lja? rail to it through tho columns of the Hook, in a maimer vyhicji, it is hoped, prove highly gratifying to the caredvned writers. ter from General Mc Queen, M. C., to Lciris T<tppan. Wasiitnoion, Feb. 5, 18,>0. IK : I hare for years been in the habit; browing all printed matter sent me a the North, by vile Abolitionists and ndiaries, in tho fire, as I consider their idiond as only surpassed Lv '.lie impnce of those who seut them ; but as , (with some other lanatios) ha e seen 0 send me, over your own signature, ommuuieatinn accompanying a peti1 to Congress, exproasipg a doubt , hvthct thero be, or lias ever been any i! slavery in the United States,Are. ill simply siw to vou that 1 atn perI.. - i? i i> Biiiixncu you nre aware yourself l your every assoition on the subject < ' cry is as false an J mischievous as ye* duct in sending them to nic is iii?j??: t nml insulting. f you have humanity, as you profess, ch you cannot make me believe, you v foul around vou, and perhaps in your i employment, much more needy ohs of your benevolence than my or other es iti the South. to to a sawing establishment, perhaps bin on hloek of von, and relieve the gent mother who make? a shirt for six p, whiLt her lit ;lu ones at. home are eriii" for wat t of fuel t warm thuir | r> , , J # | lering frames, and nr.* fast dropping j ) iiittifvu.lv graves lor want of food una | nent to relieve their squalid wretched { ?. (a. into the collars and under I jTid abodes of hundreds in your eitv, ! ill sexes Kiel color, who associate to | licr w ithout even rags to hide their i edness, steeped in cuerv species of ne, whilst starving for every comfort of' and show your benevolence to them ; i I would especially recommend to you | ?cstow vottr 1 enevolenec on those <1? I ? - li? ' ? 1 .1 mrill nuuress HI lilt! .1 I* IV I k public by the Itev. I,. M I'easo, thu ' evoh zX liaad oi tho ?iv? Point* Mis-I i orVnUislirncnt, us follows: ' Five winters?t):irk and dreary win ? li*ve we spent upon the Five Points, "oiimluil by want ami suffering, by gary, shame mul crime. T!io fact of iff licre is not in ilsulf so hard ns the ins to supply tlie want* nl tho worthy j r, and to afford .shelter ami protection ; 10 homeless. We hare been coir, pellby our relation to this people, l?> witi little bare feet treading the icy pure- 1 its until tlie nails hate been froren ' I their toes, to soe their skeleton fin- j reached out tou?, ami hear their cry l ire.ad, when wcliaie no bread to give. have been compelled to leave ^be ow with her new.horn babe upon her >ni, friendless and shelterless upon the ct, because we bad no shelter for her; | ce bois ripen into criminal manhood, , girls into wanton womanhood. We . i! been compelled ?o m ar hundreds of irtuuates beg hi vain, en in the liatne 1 % | ur vavin(", for an opportunity to r?- ' i, and when denied give up in despair, ' afterwards die Impels* ; and all f..r 1 t of a little of that on which thousands I prodigal. Tins is hard." i Vlien yo? and your njsocinto* have j ( tied your professions, and relieved ( r hutiering neighbors, it will be lime ( jgh to send me anything relating to laves, who, old and vounp, are well clothed and taken caro of?better, I satisfied, than thousands of thoso who ' beginning to doubt "w hether there be, 1 as ever been, any legal slavery in tho 1 ted States." Until you have done I 0 things, I hope you will refrain from ling me more of your false and insult- | communications. JOHN MiQL'KKN. , nwth Taim'AK, New York. ( t the annual meeting of the ^uuth ' rdina Medical Association, recently 1 1 in t ,'harlcston, tho following members 1 ; elected officers for the ensuing year: ' >r. K. Hor.beck, ''resident. ' >r. A. CtrlRn, of 'llarnwell, Dr. J. II. i rait, of Abbeville. Vice f 'residents'- 1 - i /bhtliolm, AetTetarv. | )r. F. M. Robvrtnon, Corresponding ( rt.irv. >r. il. W. Deaauseurc, Treaeurer. >r. T. T. Robertson, of Fairfield I)is, Orator for ]8i7. covKfiiixras. \bbeville.? 1 >r?. Barrett, Hair, l'aul, r<tin, Taggeri and Lyon*. iarnwtll.?J)r. A. Coffin. leaufort.?I)r. 11. M. Fuller. y/icst<sr.? Dre.? Wylie, DeBardetaben i Dongla*. i 'betttrfield.?Dr. Aid. William*. 'harlfvton.? Dre. J. Moultrie, T. Y. ioih, K. ilortbe^k, J. P. Jervev, S \V. Vr, P. Lobby, Jl. B.'lUlley/E. Oed ja. W. T. NUcagg. D. J. Camf II. R. ?f, K Nf Robeilrfoh, 11. Di.vamnn^^ '1'. <*. I'rioleau, S. IT. keon an.-} J. J. Olii?liolni. ,o!leton.?Dre. Du|?on!, River*, Smith, Jtf, May, Sliuler and Clover. farlihgton.?Dr. F. A. Dargan. 'Myrfield.? l)ri. J. 0. lie?dy and R. Younghlond. ''airfield.?Dr. T. T. Rolrerteon. l^orpetow.?Dre. White and Miller. Cershnto.?I>r. W. J.M.Rain. dxinyton. ? Dr. Oarard Mnller. dewberry.? Dr. J. W. McCante. Iranytbury.? Dre. Klliof, Tallty and ittlebuin. lichland.?Dre. Boatwright. Talley Oibbee. iumttr.?Dr. J. A. Mare. nion ?Dr. 51. (it Jelock. ViUiatn*burf.?.Dr. Bradley. Turk. - Dre. J D Sum'.or and D. II. , mp'.-r ' * ' 1ji> i?h\tl LANCASTERVILLE. S. C. WEDNESDAY MOUSING, FEB. 20rn, U6.V RECEIPTS Will appear in next paper. During the intervening week, we should like to have the opportunity of adding mere nninea to the list. COMMUNICATIONS Must hi' handed ill not later than Monday morning to ensure their insertion. Advcrlinen.eats hy Tuesday morning. Our paper goes to press on Tuesday evening. RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS. Those whom subscriptions expired with the Volume, arc respectfully invited to renew the same, by plying in Advance. We w ould rather have two dollxra now than three at the end of the year. NEW SUBSCRIBERS. Since our last issue, we have added the nnines of several new subscribers to our list. We are thankful fortius evidence of appreciation, and hone to add tlio names of many more. We vvid send no papers, however, unless we receive the cash in advar.ee. We inf-to! to n<Jopt the Kyg(ei^. \y? have tri.sl thw credit to our sorrow. POLITE DUNS. We have written to all subscribers vvlio owe us for a year and more. W? will gire these auhaciihcrs until tlie first day of March to settle these cLiins--if not paid thvli we will erase their names and sue them for the money. Those we may find it impracticable to sac?we will publish their names in that M?ok I.ist we spoke of on n former occasion. We intend to adopt the cash ivt^-ni as '(r as we are n.W*? TP CORRESPONDENTS. v)ur nteeoii'd friend (i. F. I., at (Jray's I'olt. IWisH.- will ms'fi.t >1. - . 1 for his efforts in our behalf. If the fourth, ir the tenth, of our ssb.srribers would do [he name, we would have the largest list of uhsetiliera in the Stale. J. T. If., DG. Presuming you to be the i.anie subscriber who took the paper fat IVnrrentou, w eliave changed it fiotn that of tee, nnd credited you to 1857. If not cored, let u* know. A NEW VOLUM E. With this number we commence Volume five of the I.axcasteii I.rnnrn." The ' I.rtifir.R " has now been fonr years in exiitence. If during that period, it has been the r earns of doing nnv service to the Dis. Irict, the people must deride, not ourself.? [tur endeavor bns been to pursue an widepomLent course, to advocate reform in some things: fo upbraid those who were derelict in their duty! to commend those who deserved praise. We are , onscioiM that in the discharge of (as we ronsidcrr d U) our ilutv??u pursuance of the platform we first established as the basis of our action, that in the year just past, and in the three prereeding, we have made some enemies For this we don't care a fig. The vc.ar that is now before us, we have no doubt, will swell the nnmltcr. Must we say the I'ress is free, when editor* p.ampct to the whims of the populace? And vet we boast of the freedom of the Press. And why ??bce-nuse any one miv ?stablish a Press of his own ? or because Printers and publi-hers are responsible onlv to the (indefinable law of libel ! Is it be. 'snse the Proprietor mny use hi* Press as in* passions or tiis un< b s invite him 1 Is it heenusc ye possesses the sovereign power of making it the channel of truth and virtuous communication ? I? itbeennae be may wield it as an instrument of good, or an ongine o( rvu? it because lit raj 'Jly inifltipMng power - tlorda a ready means of gratifying the benevolence of the passions? How f*|. lacious are such opinions ' Tl ? P,? find the Editor dependent for hie existence upon the Nhifting and weal her-cock opinion*) of aome ono or two tliouaand auhaerlhera, (or may-be a* many hundred.) who pay the paltry pittance of theiraobacription with the moatgrareleaa nnd/rou>uiY'i reluctance ? who deem the paper, which they honor with their p j/mruigr, aa n part of their personal property, over which they prune** the annie power of eontrol aa their wardrobe?in which they have a right to demand the insertion oftheir .ipioiona, upon any aubject, never mind what gwiy be '4* o^practer?*'htl*t the poor halfpaid, and omulimea witolly-atarved Editor or Printer rnuat puy for hia rofmuU tp insert hy the forfeiture .?f hi* COfieappndrn!** sub* Tiption. We have drawn a pie In re, hut we have no idea, for the ache of preserving the good w ill of our patron*, of " bartering our birth right for a mean of potage." Ho f*r. in the penduct of our paper, we have moat aernpu louaty endeavored to show a proper deferonce to every one?the poor in our editorial eyes, are aa good aa the rich, and deserve the aame privilege*. Governed na we have hven by a aenne of duty, and acting with all dllllgence npon the principle of ' equality and justice," never (lie leas, wo have agrieved aome, but we cannot help It We have never yet, and we never n 111, crouch to any man. W? are gr.it fuI far patronage, but at the f same time, \vo give value received. VV C a*c no more dependent upon our subscribers, than they are upon u*. And yet, if we should in spite of all our endeavors, tniss one paper, J.herc is !}o end to the fhss kicked up?some predicting its dowpfall, whilst others are for pondjnjj it bock to th e office when it does conio?and nitjo tiu;es gpt pf ten J?y those who are in arrears for the paper! JJut tiiis theiuc is unpleasant. During the four years wo have presided ; over llio " I.KtxiBi!wo have been frequent- j j ly encouraged by tlie kind words, and still i i more, by the kind acts of those who appro- i ieiated our effort. To thise persons we are grateful, very grateful, and our hope is. that j j hereafter, we will make the M I.r.PGEil" still ^ more woithy of their kindly efforts, j The publishing term which has just clou. . j ed, has removed from this sphere some of i our warm friends and supporters. Their ! names are familiar to many who will read I this, but why should we rekindle the spark of sorrow which now lies dormant! Many a cheek has been blanched, many a tear shed, mnny a life shortened by the intense sorrow of the husband for his wife, the wife for her husband, the parent for his child, and the child for his parent?hut they have go,tie? gone since tl e cstabliskjpent of p.qr paper. Hut such is the course of nature?"verily in the midst of life we are in death." A word Or two more, nnd we leave the subject. Iwt no one suppose that we have ever with "malice afore thought" sought to t olfend any one. Wo repeat, our object has ! j been to speak plain facts, and express our , opinions, whether opposed by others or not. ' , i, .1..;.... ... ? j ? ... .H nu, gvmi- hum' ucwriva us; 11.1a wo have "uugsred over"' Iheir opinions, they would have stuck?but we again s.ty wo can't help it, nud we don't care. I/ has nev- ^ or boon our design t?> olfend the feelings of any one, and if we have unintentional'7 done so, the fault must bo attribute'.! to the head, for the heart is fault e?s. , | THE CINCINNATI! CONVENTION. i Musses Harkks, Hammond and Cautiikm j have courteously replied to our iulemgatory j contained in (lie Lsi?cr.u" of tho t?th inst. | Col. Parses and Dr. Cautiikn aro opposed to the State being represented at Cinciunnt' ti, whilst Mr. Hammond is in favor. We , 1 replied briefly to the two former gentlemen ! in last week's p iper, and at th's time, have ' no desire or intention to occupy much ! spneo. We are all moro or less very prone to | speak of tho CoiittUutimutlilij of a measure I v\ iiute\er i> not laid dowo in the ^"onslitu( Mm of tire I'niUd States, we say is uncon! stitutiotial. On this ground, we ouraelf, have said that n Presidential nominating Corv oft lion it unconstitutional. The Con* I stltution prescribes the mode ??f election of President and Vice President, hut are 1 not aware that it says neither sh ill be uom* ' iuated before hand. Conventions and Ct.ii- ' cusses have become so common that th<*v ! arc resorted to, in our oily nur.i* cipal election-*. Fur :vn_f'nt wo kn ?w to the contrary, our legislators Di iv liuvr participated in c.tiieusses in Columbia, for. there tliov arc often held. If Convention* are no unconstitutional, we are surprised that our fric d Dr. ("autiif.s should ho in favor ??t i. Southern Nominating t 'anvent on. Does a change of locality or name render the measure less unconstitutional ? In trath, if we I examine into the matter, we will find many i incisures unconstitutional, which we have made in a manner so by continued practice. I Our members of the I .egislature almost daily i violate some law of the State which they i were nceesory in establishing. The opponents 6f reform and progress,will always J | resort to this method?the* unc .stitstional- j ( { ity of it. | | A poor estimate most surely must be put I | upon our public tnen, if wo are afraid to 1 ; trust lyem the Cincinnati'! Convention.? For one. wo would be willing to trust them 1 witIrout the promise ofaiy purl's i lor llaeof | condu.t. ( The enso as it stands now, requires South ' Carolina to be represented at (Cincinnati.! in j June next. Every Southern State will l?c | represented, and our hist<*r State* at the South, ealt npnn this State to go with thein. j ' The stake which we have at issue, is the same they have?they desire to make an sf-' : I'ort to ro-eloct our present able Chief M ig- 1 | 1strate, or in case he should be found una-! vuilsble, to noininato aoine other man, who will g.ee r? our just rights. This is the I plat for n o-tlje Southern States, slid we arc ( invited t? join them. \\'e arc not to engage | in a s ramble for oHlcc. M'Jst the Mini-Ac: . -? ?4 t r? J of (lie Cospcl refuse t*? preach to the wisk-' e^, ^tn whom he is called y? pre-.ch) for four he mat become contam!nated * Shall I Sillltll HtrAlln. I- ? * ?tun ??? prrn'r?H ner pur* ' ity, refuse to aid in a measure which every j otjhvr Southern SUto will countenance and support? I I.i? this Statu greater cause <>C hostility to (he North, or noninterference I v'*lh thorn than Georgia or Alabama ! Arc our rights dearer to us than to them ? Is it more contumelious to us than to them f? We sre sll linked together by kindred tics, Whst prompts them to action, prompts lis. We go to Ctncinfiatti united in sentiment and feeling, and there will he in that Cqn- , vrntion conservative inen-of the North, wlro ' , will uphold and defend the Uonsrttntinn, and : who will aid us to place a man in the I'resi- I , dentu) chair, alio will enforce the prork 1 aioDa of that instrument. If not Gcn'l. | Pisnce, some one else equally honest and , just in purpose. We hope Bomo action will be taken on neit sale day to send delegates to Colitm* ) bis. Several districts are moving in the matter. In F.drtiuld, a call of those in favor of the Conventvh*, for meeting to he halj on the first Monday ia March, is e*gnod by ' soiiio l -t> gentlemen, whilst fourlr n express themselves opposed to the Convention.? , Ivibfu&Ur should not be ychind hand. The | circumstances of the case demand of ua aoinc action. We do not go Uf Cincinnettl to muko overtures to the men of the Free States; wa do not go to propose a rompro* rnieo; but we go there to make an effort, a vigorous effort to nominate for the Presidency a Thief Magistrate of eqr common country, who w'JJ so tin: JJnoth justiec?o jj'ho will (like the present jnyuiybont) fe; lcb^ly abide by the Constitutor, nii^ v will di-feud the &outh end her Inslituliu from the foul nspcr?iot)s end wicked el chiiierv of Free Soiler.s--b.ise, de?ili Black Ivepublican*. THE PRESIDENCY AND THE SPi TAN. It) the Sjpirfanburgb Spartan, of the 1 lnet., ? ? find an editorial article in refercu to President PiERptf end the Cineinnatti Cr vention, which occasions pa ?ome aurpri The Editor npprc|)end# that those who i in favor of the State snpporting (Jen. Pirn alone, and him only, for the Presidency, tl t|)U action ia prompted by tlu> desire to < feat the representation of the Stale tit Ci einnntli. It is nut Ihia w hich surprises however, but the declaration of the Edit tlcit though lie "was the first Editor in Sot Carolina, ns to hours and minutes, that wr< a cordial cndoraemeiit of his [Gen. Piehci. nomination in 185'J, when associated control of the South Carolinian, nl the Co tol," now, after We have found him to the President for the South, a defender our institutions, n President const it utiqi ^ <sll fy$ aj:{H, \ye ipii?t cast Ipii) ofl'?up tio.t re-olpel him to the Presidency, lien we can scarcely understand the Spartan We were under the impression that if Son Carolina went to the Cineiniiatti Convcnti pledged to support Gen. Pikkck t/lonr, tin would he more in favor of the measure, I the Spartan would have ns disclaim the id of giving the present Chief Magistrate a support?his name must not be brought l'< ward. It is something now to ns, that it is ti\ed fael w ith modern Dctnoerncy, that K eeutive honors are limivd to one term." Even if this he so, is t'le S'pfir U'edii to party, that it would prefer to risk *011 one else? we do not know?go it blindrather than to elect one we know to be the ri^ht skiuip; because modern Dennu-r ey limits Executive honor* to one torn We arc surprised at the tenor of tlienrtic! an 1 arc :it a lo?* to conceive in what kind a spirit it could have l?ccn dictated. Wr i lip the following from the New Yoi correspondence of the Charleston Slan lar Dr. Sims is a native of Lancaster. 1 wrote you what n good thing Dr. Sim of yuur Stale, had done in establishing "Woman's Hospital" here, lor the Instinct of disease* of a difficult nature, in wlt^ch I) S. is the most skill fid <>f the wnfilu surg'tr. profeiM\Mi; also uiy regret that he propose to w itlid aw from thesnj e intendeiiv'o of thl hospital, owing to His pressing private prat tiee. It now appears that he will not will draw. A celebration (if the tirst uiinivcis; ry of the hospital was held at t'linton lla the other evening, at which our leadin physicians an J many leading citizens \t or present. ' Df Spns was warmly eulogize by Drs. <7recti, DcLitield, and Stevens, an by the Rev. I)r Osgood and the Rev. M Milburn. The hospital w it* reported aliri Ii.int success, and resolutions w ere pasted t sustain and extend it* operations. Dr. Sim had to make a great struggle, and eoiiijuo many prejudices, before lie could sueece bore, but Ins success has been noble an triumphant, reflecting honor Upon Iniu all credit upon the fiuutli, whoso dialinguithe on he u. MISSISSIPPI ITEMS. Our friend ut (iray'a I'ort, Mi**., -ive* u the following items, which in.ty ii.t rialaoui of our render*: . Gair? Pokt, Mi**., J.iu'y, 18S<>. R S. n.vli.kv,? /Mir Sir.* The pipers s?nt for lin e ..II been received, and are coin ing regularly ; and 1 seat myself now to re Dew my own subscription, for 1 look H|mu the " JiT'lf.K " as b< illg one of our bu?l |>? per*, o'tvi omiujj, a* it doe*, from old Iain raster, it is more like an interesting loU<from some particular fiicnd lliau a nvwypa per. When I lust wrote you, political ex ciU-OBMit w*a very high, but our election' are over and lb* K N.s have been an Imdl; whipped that we have h comparative calm I abppose that you will have noticed in yuu exchange, that the lion. Jeff. I> .vis ha been elected to the Scuaio. from this Stale a hetlei or a truer man could not have ben aent there, nnd I expect will do more fo the South than any other that could hav< U;cn Kg'l froui Mississippi. lint cm.ugh The weather i* aw ful cold, we have beei frozen up since Chriatms*, not one plena to day. i&ow on the ground all tlio while, sue I a wiutur li .s never been f-dl by the ol.le* settler,tt out little river (Yalobusha) ha l?ocn frozen over, but lite ice i* not tbyl enough to impede navigation if w* had wa tor enough to (hint a boat; none, or but few i f our planter* Iijvo vet aent any col ton to murkct, being entirely dependant o the winter rain* to get it off, last avium inoat of ua bad it to haul to Memphis, bn I hope, will not always be thus, for w *ro building a rnilrond, w hicb will be read to lake off the next crop : it ia the eentr. rnilrond from New Orleans through tireo: da. N orth, through Holly Springs. Tli road isWj'w in y^ur.itton from Holly Spring to I.igrrnge anu'i'-a/lv all the rus.l i? trra. ? ?] from llolly Sprigs li^aouva duUoe* bi I >w Grenada, South, ?o you sec we arc nt <Liinjf aa yen in huic.-taier do, but 1 f"rX< lli.it, I, mm wilting to an Kditor who it dail bothered w ith ?uch atuff aa thi?. ? , ? m;arkxts Often I.ks Toy, Feb* 1,5. OoTton.?Hie lqqniry to da / continue equally buoyant *l)d good, a* reported ft nine day* part; and onr quotation*, nt th clone of the market ycatcrday, were full auaUincd. Tha aale* amounted to 237 balca at the following particular*: 11 halt at 8J; 13 at 8J ; 66 at 9; 208 ?t 91 , 37 t 5 16 ; 371 at 9| ; 101 at 0} ; 33 at 9}; 31 ut 91; Hi at 9 13 lti; 106 at 9};7b5 at 10 40 nt 10i ; 311 at 10} rent*. CotU n a, Feb. 15. rnTTo*.--f?ur cotton market atlll eontin uca brink,and pricaa firm. 030 bales wer aold at 8} to 9} canto. Mk lam: holly Accidkmt.-Or Wednw day evening laaU ?n? the Ejdgftpld J/ifoi mer, Mr. John Feigler, n young man^roa! ding tome fifteen milea above tbia ptftft h?o started out home, nnd wlicn ahou half mile from towg.bia bom took Mgh and ran. with him, and in order It ftMwf* h? leaped from l,t? buggy, and, thougl lighting upon liia feet, fail backwarde, am wm lnatanily billed, the force of the fill bunting in the Wb u**t of hit hea-t 41 ' ElilTok'S TABLE. r- _ _, ^ The Ho?o n? Uu* Muryli number ln? already rvmh.-d ,a* us. Ii is as .usual well filled with reading *'1 .mailer calculated to ntuusc and interest? " Fruits of Industry," is the title pf a well ! executed steel plitc, the present i,i umber jcoulniua. Price only $- a year. T. N. Arthur &. Co., Philadelphia, fill % 1CC: The Eclectic Medioal Journal. >n. j TJ?o February number contains an uiiiihu^ a) a/pqUpt of original matter. Dr. NEWTof (ru is assisted in hij editorial labors by socer.il CE medical gentlemenint ! We hiuiw of no physician* In our lipmejt,. , diato vicinity favorable tq titu Eclectic Praein. ; tiee?they are ail of the old school. Peru? j haps if they will take this Journal, and read or > it, they may become leas hostile to the now lt|, . practice. Of one thing wo are sure, they ,tc ' will obtain tnuch useful information on many medical subjects. Address Dr. H. S. Niw ton, Cincinnati, (). Price 8'J year. a I" Tho Little Pilgrim. W'pqrc cqiiscious of doing uqr iiulc friend ijrcat injustice, by not heeding liis request so 1:i' plaintive yet so pleasing. To be brief then, li' we would rather place this little paper?a fifty cents paper?into the hands of our ~ j children, than any other paper wo kliow.?> i Every parent should suhseribo?the hintgrp ' eal notes oacli number cos.tains, abup' is ri' worth the price of subscription. We at\* in x still lower terms: ,!;l i GO cents a year for single copies; 5 copies iiy i tor *J; It copies, and one to gettcr-np of ,r. 1 rlnb, for 15 ; - copies, and one to gettcr-np I of club, for ** ; and 50 copies fori 15. Al: ways in advaneo. ;l Specimen copies sent, free of charge, x- to all who request them. _ I All snleteriptioiM 'o be addressed, posta paid, at our risk, to ' > | I .KINDER K. l-tmSKCOTT. 64i .South Third Street, I'liila'x (ll New Pajp?r?. a. ' Wc have bcf?{p uj yvyo tit!"' papoM, the , t notices of which weto crowded out last ; week. First, u The True Curulinian," which , f is published in Anderson, S. by F. E. Martin, and edited by Jon* V. Moons.? .Mr. .MooRC formerly edited the And-.rson It (lairtte, nnd with inurked ability. The True J. CarnlinLin bears evidence that ,be has not mistaken Ills e?||.ng the second T.'^o s, Trie Cktrolinian in an indepedeut pujny in a | politic*, but will advocate measure* it deem* ,l ! proper. The typography i? beautiful, and I hk such does credit to the publisher. Thu ,1 | ^ricv is a year. NVe wi?h it success,and i-i : will be happy to exchange. The other candidate for public favor U, j " The Edgefield litfiirmer.* The object and II design of this p per, ia unlike its eon tempo0 rary. Ita motto tclln its purpose?**Equal 'j Taxation?Etpial Uopre*. iitulion." llsedi; tor, C. VV. Srw.F.s, ill Ids sululatoij, *.?) k r. As to politics, wo shall say more of Suto 1 and lean of Ketleral attars tti.ni has general o l> been done by the proas of Suuth Carolina, is 1'itis course Mid be pursued from a sincere T Com i^ljliQ tll.,1 llleic is uiueli miaml* ui>.l ,1 corruption ill i Ik* State iSbverineiil which <i eill* loudly for reform. <1 t The editor, to j nlge from the pieaont number, i? fully coiupcteul to Jo xxhat he six a. Our hope is, he may jrive ihe puristic* some heavy licks, nnJ he the means of v?tobiiehiii|f n? u law, xt hut is now only hie * | motto. Terms $ _' yq..r. I* . North British Rr.vicu^ I Contents of November number: KJuc.v I tioii for the Metropilis; Tho Poetical Works . ot S iinuel lluller ; Heion of the House of ; Orleuiu hi France; liuo. a from Ireland; 1 i Home lLxlorm.ition uuJ t hrultaa I'uiou ; ttautf r Blackwood's Magazine j Coutenls of January number; The UolJ, J screw uuJ its ConaeiptoiK-ea; The New >' ! Peace Party?A Dialogue; A Military Ad* i venture in Pyrennea, Part 1; l?an<M?hlN || | Strike*; Tlie Inns of Court, aud tho Mar of lt : Holland, Drinking and Spiykyig, &c, We li would au^^usl the p'esenl a* a H"<?^ tiuio r i to subsciihu to the Foreign Review*, a* with 1 one c.NCcption, the volume* n'uimenxje the |( lirnl of llio year. t ; Terms ol Subscription?Any one Review h or lllaokwood, n year. Block Wood and ' one Review?or any two Review*, $5. The K t.hir Reviews and Blackwood, $1U. Four ! copies to one tuldreas, (30. s i Post.i/w t,w Inch should Le paid Quarterly '' i in adv*noe> on the four Review*ami Black : wood to any I'uai OfRoo m the United States, it ; only Bo cents* ye-.r n.mioly : 14 cents a year | on each Review, and '34 cent* a year ou y ! Blackwood. II Address I- SCOTT &. Co. Publisher*. 0 64 (Jol.)-at, N. Yn \\ C&agreMiooal ,l Waswixoto.s, Feb. 12.?Mr. Douglass, in presepting a pen.ion fioin a Naval Of-' J tirer, eotnfHaiuiug of the Naval Hoard, pr.-lsrvxl the na?ai?<#.? of I-? ? * , r J* - ' #.?.umg a Court Martial, where charge* are made, | to te?t their truth, thus doing jmt?c?, by' separating the worthy from Urn worthy. <!' Mr, II.,lo introduced a bill to repeat an, ?r ?ct, entitled "an act to promote sfMcieucy' Ir in the Navy." 1he petition and bid were v referred to the CoininilUo on Naval At7 ' f.,ir?. ^ Mr. Wilson, of Mas^acbuselta, mad* a t speech on Central American At! airs, Mid] aid 14wo khoiihl at once declare tbe Clayton Hnl a or treaty null and void, the eoerae ' of Creal llritain justifying tbe abrogation." Tbe Senate then adjourned. The IJouao proceeded to voWfe) fritter. Tbe first ballot sfo#4 fr>deU Wendell 60, Karnliaw 9, Sargeot 0, scat e tering 13. Necessary to a choice S3.? Two more Mtota were had; the last stood: billett Cfi, Wendell 69, ecatlenug i. 30,; neceeeary to a ehoite 80, A reeolution was submitted authorising 1- tbe Printer of the last Cong-*sa to execute ? tbe work, until a Printer should be electt ed. Fending which tbe nous* adjourned. J WaemwoTo*, Feb. ft-?The Speaker, h today announced dtp (>rnitteee as 4 Iowa; ' if Wayi ami Ifa**.?Lewie CVmpMiof Ohio, Howell Oobb rf Georgia, rt n] v 'S. .Yr? Wft ! jr MP' **