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tfte Caurastcr Cciujcr, 4 B2 PER ANNUM \ VZ&ZJN ADVANCE 3 /mnilg nait ^oliliciii jBtuisgugtt?Brnuitu in tilt Irts, simtts, litticloit, boratian, flgricnltart, Snitrual 3ui|irnntniriii5, .teign oub Jicinrstit Stat, nub tin jblntktts. VOLUME VII. LANCASTER. C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG 11, 1858. NUMBER~2& Fiom the Mountain Echo, j Lifo, as It appears to the YonnjDY MIRH H. a. D. f In youth there is an irrepressible desire ito penetrate the future, to look beyond the misty veil which conceals from us our ? destiny, and know all, before tin>e, with ' iits slow, unchanging movement, Vings it tupon us. For wlia' purpose have I been i .created? What end will bo anrwered Jbv my existence t Are the earnest questions which reclir n<r>iiii unfT nrrnin In llin ? -y, - "ft "v I mind of every one just entering upon real ; j life?the life of a * akeititig thought and * ; purpose. What part will I be called up- ! ! Ion to perforin on this great arena of action i ' and ?v' on- will mv comae l:e ? Will it I 1 be darkens i \ ovt-r innging cloud* of ' doubt and *ori? .v, or icinii red brd lain bv j * the cheering Ik-miis of hope ? Will How 1 era or thorn* .renominate in luy future pathway ? Tho liii.d t riill} ipi'Mans it* fate of surroun-Vng nature. Tho ?i- ' leat at am above, which seem so fraught j with mystic meaning, 'with dim fore ' shadow inga of tho future, re urn .no an- , swer ; and the most intense light ol rea- ( son cannot throw one rav on the obacuri* | ( ty before us. And no one can doubt that , f ^ it is better thus, that tho hand of Infinite j Mercy has spread the clotnl which con j ( eeals much, perhaps, that if revealed nt y once, would be more than human forti- j tude could b'^r, and would render miser- ; able, by the horrors of anticipation, what j ^ might otherwise be tbc briglitet-t period I of life. A celebrated German writer has {f Raul that 'U >d never makes man so happy 1 as when ho permits him to cherish some j illusion.' However much we may dim- i gree wiili and condemn this sentiment.j et it cannot he denied, that much of ih? f \ brightness nnd^huoyanev of youth spring t I from '.lose illusions. Shut out (mm a J know ledge of their truo destiny, the young | VMinh etuleivor to conje tore what may j await >Iieni in ti e vague, uncr'noi tit i ( .lie, alld the^e conj* "Ittles, |ituill|i<i*il h> i j ,hhsiiguiiiesp.ni ot youth,in | , iiij;. ure too of en (al-e, without tooiuta t Iioit, higi'il lig foi toe iiioo eill mill ite , ceilf d exp- i tations of happu e>s, only tu | make the reality appear more lin?s i i.od ! , forbidding from contrast. Tliev view life , 1 under f day aspects. For instance, how , verv long life appears to the voung.? ; | i TU ev seldom tl.iuk of it asha?ingau etel; j I or, when their attention is awakened to its t liansieiit nature, hp the d*ith of those J | wi It wleau they have been immediately , , u-s "Ciatod, soon hatiisli the thought, by > | ?ay ng, that only the old and feeble die; , | thev, in the bloom of youth and health, | need tear nothing. They have yet many ; years *.o live; whv should they look so j . t-sr in advance f A rear seeniR to them , an almost inlerminahle period of time, ; | and even a day btings with mo many va ried and interesting pursuits, presents so ( < many new suhjects for thought to llioit | awakening minds, as to equal in length, ! | apparently, many days of mature life.? | , Perhaps one reason why time appears mj ; | much longer to the voung, than to those j , more advanced in life, is, that they are , constantly forming plana for the future, j ] looking forward to snine distant reason of ( | expected pleasure, and, until that is at- ; ( laine-l, tha hours seem to move on leaden < wing*. j Life appenrs to the young much bright- | or than it is in reality, and it is^but natu ! , ral that it should l?e so. Youth is coin ^ | paratively free from cares anxiety. Mum- | ory preaont* but little to cast a shade of ( doubt or misgiving on the brilliant pros , pec*, before them. Surrounded from in , fancy with kind and indulgent friends, | anxious to gratify every reasonable *ish, j and to screen them, at far as possible, from every annoyance, they scarcely know the meaning of the word 'sorrow,' and cannot behevo that their future life will I be lass careless and happy than their past has been. Like the child who paxes at the suii and the bright world around him through a fragment of colored glass, and is tilted with delight at the gay appear- ! huc<9 ??; t'i,g the! be'.rd 1< okod dull an<i common p?;?e ?o the ?oiing, viewing : life through lis brilliant but flattering meoiurn of Hope, ennnot l>?lieve that it holds in reservo for them kiii thing to winch they may took <01 ward with dread. In later life, misfortunes may throw ? j damp upon the spirits a*d ehill them with despondency ; hut in youth nothing can check the un ward movement of linne i ' / r i * it pi* appointment* seen; to impair ii? , IL strength but lilile. Tlio young cut)not i l?ui be hopeful in a worM *o titled wub 11 ( tile ftud light, when everything proclaim* . < llie benevolence and love of their Creator, , nd ralla ii|x.n lliem to iru?t to II pui- j i dmg hand in leading them through the i i bidden pathway of life, Matured that lie I will not indict one utinere*?ary p*ng.? ( All natyre ?eeui# vocal with melody? | wltli note* of prftiee and gladncM. They i behold beauty in the blue *ky above, in i \ the waving Tore*!*, ar.d in the *untet , cloud, and 'good in everything.' Imag | ination lend* new enchantment to the [ view, an?] rube* '.lie fancied *cene in I uee of more llinn earthly brightness. Air* caatles are erecl?d,p?-rhap? le*? fantastical j but scarcely lea* airy and utitoiwtaniiHl, than the fairy-caatte and Aladdin paWe* of childhood ; and, like them, destined to vaniah before the presence (j sober reali a _ J . If Aimllior falae v?per vyhiiji die yoqng too often take of life in, dint lliey Oonaid^r it only aa a acene of ptavtur*?tfc* world and every d??n? around them, aa d?-?ign*d aolely to n.twiater to tlicir enjoy men*?! < loaing aight of ite >d?ponaibfl)tiea and du ! I ilea. Tliey perhapa tliink tliat after the j i Aral few year* of life, naoeaaarily devoted 1 to education, ihey shall be exempt from Major General Jo! furtlier care and employment of any kind \y?, n-arn bv the t< and free to follow wherever their iticlina- General John Ambon lion may lead them?to spend their time | ?i [,j8 residence at Mo in the constant pu-suit of pleasure, and [ milu from Natchez forget that then their education has just I 17^, j?Kt< |1Hl| | begun?that nil previous training was j? Mn j?flr,n ?t?te of only designed to enable tbeni to advance ; upon the National 11 alone and unaided into tbe inmost temple epidemic at the time of knowledge. In the same manner, they I inauguration. Gen. ( loo often consider the present stale of ex t|lv sufferers ftom tbn istenee as the end of all things, and look jt8 effects he never not to a life beyond, for which this is in ! |10 experienced inter1 tended as a scene of preparation. I pavement. His dise But wo know the lime will come when the national couiic all these illusions w ill he dispelled ? when jv et-leeined bv all p 'ile will no longer appear umler those al ; tl tegiity and weight <. luring hiw* wish which tbe young intag- jfe %;as lllti So|, (>f nation invests it?when earthly bappi- i Qui,,,,,,,,, R clerg) ma ness. like tbe distant horizon, w ill he found Kelormed Church ant! o he unattainable, fleeing ns fast as pur Peck, in this State, nicd, or . ' pp,? |jlat studies wert "Like n aim v flake 01 n rvcr, I eeiuiunry in Coopers I One white, then i one forever." wards passed to the ... . , , Airv, near 1'hilade n Itow important it is, then, that suine 1 * . ., ,* 1 occupied with the do ^reparation should bo made f. 1 tins pen- 1 , ?. , ' . , mg a prolessorship ai al, in the iiioruing of life: ?i.nt the mind , .... 11 1 , I lumistrv, lor which pr mould he stored with rvsomces, winch 1'1 1 . 1 ..... . . , signed l?v m? lather, sill enable it to eiuluie with cxi'iine>s . . * , , ... ... I. 1 1 tionauiics ol lite chur Ins disenchantment trom all the dreams ; ? , . . , - . . ... , . .1 Vol Ins ardent mind, a if youth ; and, especially, that llto pure . . , 1 ?i, 1 11 t i-il "ig divinity, he paid nid uolv emotions should r>? niilnuauoi 1 J ind the heart lifted with unshaken conli i l>" .V ['* lence to Ilim, who alone an guide the , Ab.oul h? C,OM ,of, wavering foot steps aright: for dark, in lefl, MoUUt A,rV, W!l ' 1 i i .1 .1 i>?- .ii. I i ""d g"'* ' > hand, i leed, must l?u the iitc not brightened bv . f . . ' , i i . ^ 1 mountains on foot to omo rny from that higher, purer world, n . , , < ! ?'.. . took a flat boat ciow wtere alone true happiness can ho found, ? . , . ,,, . . . - ' . . t \ He stopped at Cndl'ci ind whose inhabitants enjoy a life of ,,, , , . , , J , < una, %> hero ho becau ternal vomit. puu wllo W;ll ? ? | DelAware county. II Jeffcrsoa and Calhoun. ' dy of the law, ami in They ware inert of genius. It was re- ' d"N " o :enlly remarked, we Mievu by Ililldretl. i "! ' to >co hat tffere were more ideas in the head jl l,t' ' a" ' ' 1,1 V, dr. Jefferson than in all Virginia at the 1 treseul moment; and it ntav be said that \ ,tU 'Vz' ' *as 1 dr. Calhoun was so I ,r super.or to his Co , ?f ll,e fr0"!K'r l0' eiiiporarii"', that thev were unable locum- 1 ' 1"" |,r' relielld bis iioliiical theories, ? ? his pro- i r ' "''" I"1 o |i? I 4?I) ?ly*t. of I lie* mime rical iiiul coll ,lil,n C??. I i i?, anient Itiiij'uilie* whnli eiitei mlo the ( -mnposir.ou of coi-?tiumon*l governments. lb*4 lie married Ifn be raked wheie are the proofs ot their ''augn.er nf ettiu* ? we reply that the system of gov |v M,", "<uce sriinteiil which was organized and iuiigtt 1 ' *, s ated bv JeffVrtoti, and which continued j wes hun, with at, o be tho policy of Ins pariizmis down to von .istiiii.^of otie son 1833. is sufficient pr of. for be overthrew | M'- CT" ;U? project of consolidating the govern- c*re<fr j" - w nent, which hail been introduceil bv John i M'.UL"X'!V " I""-"1 nt'Uiv Adams and the Federalists, and placed " 1 ,,Uc? 'l 1 he general, or federal government on the '*'r 1 republican track, with ;? sliict construe U" ' (' lion of the Constitution of the United i ,,,m ,tu, 1,10 states for its main spring of action. This | cll,z' ,,!s ? u" 111 Ml ' was really organizing a perfectly original 1 "" nine y lystem of government, and is therefore to aiM'omU'' '> 1 ,u * v li I*.*.! -I- - r - "r. At the ne t . And about equal |*rai*e n* tlue to Mr. '?c wan utiim I'albuun. llu perceived, on bit accession 'bo same office l>y thi lotbe Senate in 1833, that the govern. i,l,e ollice an tnent lia.I s:rnjr(J Irinn die straight p.th, adopti tout it, nnd wandered from the liack which be *??? a il I.ad boonestablished l.v Mr. JeflVr-.n, I 1,0 Continued to till mid tlimt our Fi-ders>> Uuinn was f.ist ten .\0Hr!,? a,l,; '? 1835rlinj; to a const k*ii of thfc State ii.nl federal Governments; tlmt a great bank . 'l,e ,'"Ke ?' Wovei liad Leon chartered, which wascoirupting Vi,ranl during the yea ihe moral* of the people; thai a vast sys- *',(1 ""'""'bent. the S lem of. internal improvement* was pro- e'ec,ed Judge Q> jected, requiring immense treasure* tor its l''*l body, an Aciii prosecution; and that, to acquire this sum ?" the U. gi>l a land of protection, not of revenue, had ' ev< " at the pr? been created, hv which the people of one ! "' the ablest States i portion of the Union bad been taxed for ' f^'-stence. ihc benefit of another, lie declared w ar 1330 the excit against these inex'tires and defeated them 'revolution ran like v all, in a series <.f intellectual combats that I South and West, am have had no parallel in the history of I tyer* WH* raised at N parliamentary discussion. The first foe j assistance of the Tea that fell was the protective tariff",- by the mKn M asumanimously oinpromise hill of 1833 ; then the United , cotnidatd of this fore States Bank went down never to rise 1'resident of the Sena again, and the system of internal improve- l'?n l,n embarrassing menu was abandoned to its fate. t?on of '.he Texans w In dost roving These heresies, lie restored extreme. General II the Constitution toils pristine purity,and [commander, was retre imuarted to the Government, its rerunera- toiious forces of Santi live |K?wer. In genius, therefore they ?uppoa*d lie would Hand pre em;n*nt among the law givers um>' he reached the r?f modern tin es. Nor did they display 1 x'ew 'his emergen a lark of aliili ty in r?- organizing (he Gov- wined to obey the cm eriiiiiniii. \Ve h?v. recently noticed the once with his baud t< 'r ohm <4 J> dt< ? >n on He acees-i nth* 'he relief of the To i'residency ?n 1801. We shall not, there m?h\* oi h toilsome j. fore, repent the tit here. Hut l?t us as wilderness the v reach* certain the iorce of Mr. (. uli iiu'n ability. 1 Texans three ? He restored Free I ra?le. He leturneii to i uf Han Jacinto. Ftn< the pockets of tlie people the nu.ncv ' prisoner and the <Im which itad been illegally exacted in tlie Quitman ??*ipned hit shape of tariffs. He resisted the aggrea- i *?n?*??! to the scene of siotis of the Abolitionists, whose object 'n 1839 lio went t was, and is, to desolate, depopulate and 10 'he atlairs of the destroy the Southern States. He was Company. On his re the ablest contributor in the work of es ted l?y the Governor lablisliing the Independent Treasury, hy ?' 'he High Court of which the General Government was for- hut having l?ect>rne so ever divorced from the hankmp system. e,l his cfTcurnsiai breaking the chain of matrimony with ments, Re declined th those heavy h!o?s which resounded Glinted to the practii through every valley and echoed from w?"1 'nt(l Partner ..... .. / II : II \t. Vli.rrun u.,.t I... . OT1-IJ MIWUIM?I|| iruill OImIHH lu ItlHXtCO, ? n..?r aim i from Arkntinn* to the Atlantic ! "dtfht have hoen at if the purchase of (.ouiaRntiR wan due j high Blending. 11? * to Mr. Jrtfer?on, the annexation to Tex** debta, and I Mid the mm rewxrd of Mr. Calhoun for hin earnem l',H l?rR? fortune ? hn. interuMl in the pro?|?erttv and picapecta l?f children. thMl (;rMMt StMte. Th* acquisitionof Lott I Notwithstanding hi itn.iinx augmented the territory of the old Judge Quitman hud m thirteen Stales to twice their original ax MrnngHH purl inlay fu lent. Mini the Mccmuon of Tex?? to the H x>n after liking ui In ion Aildnd N vaat regio.i i*?;q?xMe, Mtid Natchez he louiid tliM hy compact with the Federal Government Inw Mloided little pi ia destined to be diyideil into four mtg- nient, ?? the coqntr n fluent State#. In a word, the difference ; thieve* end VRgnboni between Jatt'eraon nnd Calhoun conaiaied that theexecution of iu thia, that the firat originated our repttb> ' for arref.1 wea almost lican ayatem, and the other featured tlmt To remedy thia mrk ayatem to he?lih after it had bean reduced , Quitman organized a 'to it* last gaap.'?Mobile Aftreury. oompaoy, called the hn A- Quitman- Alter two or three conflicts with tli jlegraph that Major pemducs they finally succumbed, hi y Quitman expned d?r prevailed throughout the regioi nmouth, about one i WH# u,i" 8"mo corPs ?uUeqti Mississippi, on the UIK,er l,,e command of General been for some time ' 11 ueston, routed the vagabonds health consequent N'itchez under the hill, in 1835. lotel (Washington) many years Quitman continued in ol Mr. Buchanan's m*lul of l,lis company, and .n 18 Quitman was one of WMS "ppointed major of the second t disease, and from ion of Mississippi militia. lie at recovered, although reformed the military code of the vale of partial im- Rtw' gave a new life to its military ti use has left .i blank j ils, as tie was high- ' *84^ war WR9 declared bet wet ar'ties for his great , United Slates and Mexico. Major >f thara ter. niau tendered his services to the gt, the Kev. F. Ilenry Inenl niu' was appoiutcd one of tl it of the Lutheran ; brigadier Generals to command th I was horn at Ithine- i unlour force- 11(5 Rl P,?c?:d h September 1, 1709 en end in a short time joined ! prosecuted at the '*ra' ' "3'h>r, who was then adviiiiein town, .and t.e after I on Monterov. ,,,r-e'] nwcbea i College at M .imt i lenv,"h' !l l,,rfl0 pwtion <?t liu Ida, where ho aim ?H~e- General Quitman succeeded ir uhle purpose of Hit 1 ,n* lhe ar,nv wiin l,,s d,vi",on wl,i id studying for the ! or,ler* wer? l,ei,,b' Civen for M,? ftU' ufession ho de- ; tl,al c,,y? General Taylor MMgnei The cold coi.ven- I Ml O,,co ,l po^'hoti, and on the toll* id. had lew charms i '"?"'?? ? Quitman was the tiist to nd instead of ?uid\ - |ll,Hl cil.v? n,"Ur a Ter> bw8VV f,rfi < more attention to j *?"">> ?? ll,? ?i? nil of General I mer and the retirement of General the vcar 1820 he ! 'or r(JCOV<*r ^ruiu his wounds, the [lis pack on his hack . vo|unteer force fell under the comm* sn<l traversing the ! General Quitman ; and the serere Piltsburc, luTthere 1 ?' <lri" WM* Pr?*?cuted wivh an ?m n the Uhio river. I PHl|ence and a zeal never surpass jllie, in the Slate of "ny 481 v*ce* . le tlie clerk of Mr. 1 The st'etie ?' active operations h i then receiver for passed to what is called the c continued the sin 1 * ?.? o? Merco. (ieiieral Q-minan i?oi >,/)miliml transfercd to the command of G< obtained his object, | Sc"u- ^,e waH. *l .lh? A:4ki"h' k a new scone of! V"*' "nd c?nl,,:1ue,d '? ,acl,ve 8 ain upon a flat boat, I throughout the whole of that menu c , Pi. Landing at campaign. W l.ile on the road, a hv'i. one of tbefwil. cing with hiscominnud m support ol sus, he commenced * ?,nh> Jr,'?*w nborrt attack,ng th ,Cession, and shortly ?f Fuebla, Genera Q i,:?.?,? rece.v, ilner.biii will, Wil. i commission lion, ,be President as an eminent h.wver Gener al ol tint arm), lie now out.. I Gen. Worth, but lie pushed oil t< Mis Ehza Turner, 1 P""- *?im, and wlu n thai gallant g, le?r\ Tamer, Emj., ! o'"? 1 ?>?? city, Quit,nan on ar -I Oh nieeUur Inr , declined to ex ubll Ins comiii Mrs. Qiitmaii Mill lu *?!? ??? ,n *?V w?> *"? C?F interesting laiinlv, I * uebla. and li>e daugiiters. ! D,,nn? ,he ?'?l?equent operatior nerire-l bis political f"rc ,b? c,,v ol Mexico, be continue, . he vt as elected de j 11,8 confidence ol Gen. Scott, an e -o the legislature ! ?PP0?'l*d by him to posts of d.st, .me at e a lead- ! OM M5Vernl occasions. At Cbapultej i* legal attainments, flowe<l 'ro,n our *ictorU*. Iway* exhrl/ited the General Quitman di<l not rett t military Miraire.? Mexico, but proceeded to hia ho > his residtwioe in Natchez In 1850 he was elected i the practice of the emor of the State. After the de roopect of ndvanye General Worth, the revolutionary v was overrun by *? Cub* entered into a correspor is to such a degree with loin, with a view to the lead a writ or an order of their movement. Their offere nn impossibility? not at that time accepted, tlmwgh h > of things \oung tinued to lend Ina counsel to the eft'o volunteer military the liberation of Cuba. In the spt Natchez Fenciblee. 186Q a ridiculous United States w mln-inn Committee , 1,1 l,er"on 11,0 < ??? l,?' tui.eiuiih hues com ^ ihe south side, at the foot of tl. II- riM . I his fellow | u,,d H',w*l,rd ooiiliuue.l Ins vict ? e~l. iff tl.o.i^l. j "long the ThcuUvm causev ar? ! ;i.-v U wh< 'lie ? it> In ill .-* g ilUni . uterp>i?e e'n.or Chancellor of i "8S H "? ? ?Imli..1. bolweer. I Meeting ?.t tli(iLeff | ll.nt ?f Gciier .1 Worth, inoimlv ehrfted to ??* "l?o advancing ih* city ,l bodi- ; and when C"4"'? CTUWW^' )uri" elective one by the enrlv PM" lhf t!?o advam ion Of the new eon l,,,Ued- U?* ,,?*d !'f bo,lb cul?,n,us .in! time chosen. - ; '?# ???->r ol Fdlphi.rous light I ih.* oflice for ?ix One hour and twemv m wa-i i-lecteJ to the I I,HMl ??,dmghl > '? of Uel? I gained, (Juitmau immediately iuu rnor having become I UP?" 8 Pon,?? ,?f *l,e .w*l,f a"Dd, " r by the death of a n handkerchief attach* .-..ate was convened i 8* 8 flafr icaJk'1 uP?n lh>e n,oun .innan, Prudent of lo mark ,he ,,our 8,,d ,rt ,h( ng Governor. His "m uf ll,e l,ead ,,f <* arure in 183G-S ad- 1 *,,lcb *** suil *?me "< ^sent day lo be one , fro,n 0,0 Gitr,ln of 8an C*>s,neiglita documents in Here the battle lulled for a time, the exhausted troops were ordered enient of the Texas ,,ow" ?" ll,eir arm" for 8 f"w ,,ou vildlire through the I*08** ^ding ??d ?? "'Port 1? 1 a body of vohin. ' r8' 80011 P?*'?'?n, Quiliuan u. atcliez to go to the ! P8"? wilh Maj"r "??ureg?rdt of tl un?. Judge Q..it- j g""* . proceeded to select posiuoc caMei] upon to take ll,row ?P hatteriis against tl.ee e llis position as wb,ch WHS >?nrn?drately rn front of te made tlie situa ! After some lime the aid de camp reti one, but the post- I and Quitman anxiously inquired,44 as desperate in the new# from bead q"*"*'8 1 louston, the Texan ''^ery one says that you will . aling before the vie- 1 abIe 10 ho,d U,w P 1'0". rePlie a Anna, and it was nid de camp, "and that )ou will nc not he able lo slop j bacbRed River liue. In j "nul *l,al d,d ^tt sat . . ' .1,.? i- l r?..o "1^ cv, v/munan oeter | ?? ?>?? ??? '? **'?uih??o. ?' II, and ho started at 8MI,d ,m? on,e^', f" . , , i) march hv land to ! Scott Mid sir, that he tars. After thirty ' not e">?"*"aaa >ou with orJer*. Mirney through the 1 General Scott for this, id the encampments g?"tl?men, ''"'<1 H?? potion, laxs after the battle General Quiinmn, "an I go to tin ling Santa Anna a t|ol,al I alace. And he did hold it nger passed Judge I wl ,even o'clock of tliat morning he I command and Te ,ed ,l,e American F.ag on the Na hi? civic duties. 1'alace in the city. He w?? thue lli o Europe to attend \? l,ler l,?? "P'tab ? be l,!id l*el Mississippi Railroad Monterey, turn lie wm appoin- ! General Scott appointed him Got o( the State Judge of the city, and after a few week* Error* and Apjieak ' ceived order# from Washington to inowliat embarrass ( home. The government had deleri ices from endorse- . to hold the republic of Mexico, an e appointment and object of calling General Quilm e of bis profession. Washington was to arrange the pi ship with Mr. J. T. ! military occupation and give bim I meres* was such as structiont as Governor of the contj iticipau-d from his ' territory. These views of the govert oon paid off'all his were overthrown by the unaulh firm foundations of , treaty of Guadaluite Hidalgo, :h he has led to his i changed the whole future of Mexici lost US ilia ?u.l njl.trtl. ....... e detu whs issued against General Quitman for 3u or- an alleged violation of llie neutrality i. It laws and complicity with General Lopez j ently, ' in his Cuban expedition, lie instantly : Felix resigned Ins oflice of Governor of Missis af from t-ipi i, and repaired to New Orleans, but ^ For the pit sedition was abandoned, uotwitb- ' (|(( coin ' standing bis demand for a trial. ' 39 lie' In 1853 lie finally agreed to accept l(U dtvis- the leadership of the movement for a i?v-'| #n once olution in Cuha, and under his guidance wj Stale , large sums of money were contributed by rf rgan j the Cuban patriots, and a large force or- R|( ' ganized to descend upon the island and I ?i mi the lor in a nucleus for the revolutionary forQuit I ccs. in 1855 General Quitman was ur- |j(i ivern tested in New Orleans, by order of Judge jr( lie six John A. Campbell, on a most unwarren RI| i) vol- I iaole and unfounded pretext. The Grand imsclf j Jury had refuseii to indict him, but the . Getr Judge without any precedent whatever, ! ' g up j orden d that Gen. Quitman, Mr. Thrash- j j and , er and Mr. Saunders, should give bonds * bag ! t<> keep tin* p- aCe tor nine months towards i join ' the crown of Spain. On their refusal to In the ' do this lie issued ttio order for their nr- | irk of rest on the U?l ilay ol July, 1655, and i*n1 lunv J mediately left the city. The filibuster t living excitement was strong at this time, and ' enter crowds collected around thu hotel where f the , the prisoners wore held by the Slierdf, ^ liar ' and declared that if '.hey were taken to But- ! prison they would raze it to the grout.il. ' wholol 'lhe excitement was very great, and it md of was General Quitman's intention to have | j labor | res;sled the tyrannical order of luilge ^ .thing Campbell by a writ of habeas corpus ,? ' ^ led in but as the next day was the national hoi I jj iday, and the Judge in abandoning tile , nving ciiy had left discretionary power to meet lower thu circumstances mid avoid a collision j-i-! was with the populace, a large number of the j ^ meral ^ peaceably disposed citizens called upon ; ( ^ Vera : General Qtiilinnn and urged him to give 1 erviee | the bonds required and save the city from j ^ liable | a tumult. Oi. this occasion his love of j w r.van- j order ptevaiied over his sense of right, j Gen and the bonds were given. 1 e city . Causes which have not been made pub- i d his : lie led to the abandonuieiil of the enter ! ^ Major prise and the return by General Quitman (( inked to the Cuban Junta of ibo authority , i sun which had teen confeired upon him. I:i | snerai a council of (lie American leaders in this j living undertaking, after a Hill review of the I ^ ussioti ; tacts and discussion of the piobable fu- i . ilor of : ture results of the failure upon the cause " I and the men engaged in in it, it was do- 1 . is he- ' Wrinined to maintain silence under what ^ 1 high ; ever accusations might he made against d was ilieiu. An exposure >f 'pdividual acta nction which had rendered ilie abandonment lie >ee he. cess a ry couid produce no good, while the teres | acts of individuals should not be laid in | e I ill, general charges against the citizens of ^ orious either cotintrv. Throughout the whole ' f\ g- lit ray to of these operations General Quitman preI there I seived his high eh trader lor integrity his di and honesty of purpose,and not withstand ; which i ing the unjust accusations that Lave been ( along ; made against liim, it is known that he j ig the 1 vvas a large pecuniary loser by the enter- t(| ? sin I nrisn. - ?.. I send* In 1865 lit* enter6J Congress as repre- , across Hei.iniive lor the filth dintiict of Mississip- : I" mutes pi. to winch lie was re elecled m 1857 i ii Was Wiu.out OppobllU'li. Ill llial body lie united [ In* <1 a high portion, even liis most iiitter 'ming political antagonists ecordiiig to liitn a ' I" J to it high regard, liu was cliairman of die j r" d liiin j military Committee, and was devoted in , > posi I liis attention to (lie interests of die armv. | ilomn, ! It w as liis exertions dial succeeded in lcl yaids j passing the hill for an increase of pay to 81 ; the men and officers. Though not loo'c- i" while upon as a regular officer of die line,he ll, to lie prohahiy (foiniuanded die confidence of | its' re ! H" '',e officers of the army more than Cl l?ene- ftn>' other man out of its rar.ks. During 01 com i Cuban preparations very many of them ie Eu- offered to resign their commissions and r' is ami follow him wherever lie might lead. Iv itadel, Deneral Quitman was looked upon 41 them. | fhionghout the country as the leader of tuned, ' that progressive school known as the "fill What ! il?uMer?,"aud lie,more than any other man 8C . emtiodu-d the American spirit of tho na? not he i (ton. He looked to our future suprema 4 d the 1 cy on tins Continent uot through the >t fall 1 1 u'e of strife, but tnroogli that of peace i "] J ful organization and good government j *' 1 I"? | under libertl institutions. Though readv 6C id he al *" time? to len I his purse and his 1 8! sword in the aid of such a cause, lie was I4' would no Adventurer, no invader of the rights | of the people anywhere, nor did he he* , * Then i in an indiscriminate participation in j ,"tsid ' '',e struggles that mark the history of 9 Na I SpiM'sh America. lit* place as leader of a , and filibusters will hardly be filled by A I./.;. LOll! R.O i'lllVAlrrtiU unrl nr.lvlu /V I* lioital 1 Herald. t jj" e first ' ?^? 1 the 1 Am. Animals can talk. ? At an Annual t|, meeting uf the Association f<r the Arl? ft rernor vancement of Science, h?!<l at Huston, it jf he re- was shown that, after all, theie are no u< come dumb beasts! ])t. Gibson read a very mined . interesting paper on the language of an v$ id tlie imala. He said that every variety of ani- f? an to \ mated lasing possesses some means of w an of intelligible communication. Each creature, j, lis in - i sounds 01 signs of correspondence, lias ' \ piered a language understoo.i by its own kind, ,t anient -and sometimes learned by otbera. Rmo- 8, mixed tion? of caution, affection or fear?of joy, j which gratitude and grief?are disclosed by jr a, and simple tones of voice, or by impressive Vl > have gsatiire* to signalize feelings strictly And e, often answered Insects an<l bird*, fish and j 0I irn to easts thus express them.-eives in distinct j p( me at languages, signed, spoken and sung, seen, I ei 0?v. i heard and felt. He illustrated his theory M alh of stating familiar facts relative to do ( party niestic animals, ?y enliip My deer, if theancnfice of my life would ol were pUmte thee, mosl glndlv would I ley ii el i 8 i? con? iliv feel." Oh; tir, you eie too kind ! bul o rUfor it just remind* inn llmt I wi*li \on trtnild p 'i??vj of e'op lining tubncco." "Cnn'l think of it. p errant U'? a hubii to which 1 am wedded." i u [BY RKUtKST.] j to the From the Independent Press. i hmitet The Dinner at White Hall cident; We had the pleasure on Tuesday last strucii attending '.he public dinner, given by j cuesed e citizens of White Hall, and to which i Up* e candidates and the people generally speech the L> strict were invited. As the dis- ! there ice from the village is about 14 miles, hoursd we had as a companion a candidate escort 10 was impatient to be upon the scene the otl the day's operation, we started blight ' were a d early in the morning. The day was low s*i ias'iut, and wo had a delightful rale.? j with a 1 along the road, were to be seen the tables, e orchards laden with the ripening inside in, whilst the luxuriant crops of cotton men, v i! corn promised abundant harvests. ous re! Upon our arrival, we founj a conside- an an ble crowd already assembled. A stand I nppeti d a number of conveniently arranged ; ^fl( iiclaa unit ucvii jiiejirtiul ail a pleasant j ej. j live, whilst ?n ilio background were I glancii j ample arrangements for the coining Legj#l, ist. 'I he country around is one of tho ^ijnern liesl and most popul?>us in the District, ' c|ear a d boast many a fair maiden and manly ! ^ie g utb, and these were well represented j CHUSU the occasion. By 10 o'clock, we sup j tomiet so ihero were at least 1,000 persons as- , u?on mhled. _' advoci Gen. 1'. 11. Bradley, the President of | jn ti,e e Day, hereupon announced the order j no fn4. exercises?the asseinhly would be ad- ltehb j, eased successively by the following can j u> j,e rlales for the Legislature :?Mr. Angus- 1 Wi-nl, s Loinax, Gen. W. W. Perryman, Col.' [\v lH . 11. llarper, Dr. J. J. Wardlaw, Capt. } 1Ioll j, N. Cochran, Col. M. O. Tnlman, Mr. jrtPh iinuel Jordan, II. A. Jones, K-mj , l'lioa. 1 ujti, | lompson, I'lsq., Gen. fc>. McGowan. All ,,j ,,dt lhe>e geiilleiuen were present with the ' ception of Mr. Loinax, and responded. ^ ?-n Bonliam, our honored representa- j e in Congress, had been invited, but j .(j' vs prevented from attending. j ejjorls Gen. Perryinan gracefully responded j (lie call, and after disclaiming any in- 1 WRr,'n, ntion of making a long speech, proceed- ) ou6Jie( l<> indicate his views upon the various | lnucj1 l-jects of future legislation. Among j ecj ^ her measures, he advocated the policy j ^ a dog-law, which he thought would i cj tj ( juuily subserve the interests of the nni | j al and its master; he favored some oditicaiion of the militia system ; and | . . . ged the policy of imposing proper re- I eerlHi notions upon the banks, lie closed by ^ mie well-tuned and appropriate remarks ojI tlm ladies. fours' Col. Il?rper nexi spoke in his usual i from anlv and tU'eciive manner. Without .. t . i , of nis templing, he said, to anticipate the sub | eta of future action by the Legislature, j ^en " in discuss their merits in detail, ho anmined that if elected, he would bestow 'jie , )on every measure, a thorough and pa- never ml investigation. Identified in feeling vidua id interest with the State, his highest ' ^ ^ i. bit ion would be to advance its honor, !' . , * 1 e i lor til id protect tho interests of his onstv WRg en!S* . ; and Dr. J.J. W ardlaw in an ?/ .T"~ ' gfi"e* >ssessed manlier, gave a clear exposition \ j1Hj [ his federal views upon the various ques- ! an,j v mis of federal and State policy. Aiming not) p her suggestions, iio advocated the pro- : jatur< iely of electing the Commissioners of | |ieve | ads l>}' the, people ; lie thought it to be | want ie duty of the Mate to foster the inter- Haiik tsof Agriculture and popular education ; I tjl0 p, i preserve a sound currency, by iinpo- I H bll|| ng proper checks upon tlie banking 1 ,,r fur rivilege. On the subject of federal pol- ! Gf ( |K ics, lie declared bis opinion that Mr. j ej pv uchanan's administration merited the | aides infidence, and should enlist the support \ je(j , f the South. j woult Capt. J. N. Cocliran commenced his j ry . v marks, witli a pleasant allusion to the Mr> q raclice of calling unexpectedly upon the j rtnec< tndidates for a speech, at if the gift came ' m j)], y nature, and required no effort. On ; en tin ie contrary, lie tl.onglit it tho iiardesl | very >rt of work, as any one might find out | ( r experience. Among other questions, i CUHSjc s discussed at some length, the merits of | |,jg ll( ie banking system. lie was in favor of Sl.hl|| nposing every possible restriction ngainsl 1 Voll, juse. and exacting every guarantee to I gwsj( cure the convertibility of the bills into lweer lecio. In conclusion, he made some hap- WR8 f remarks to the ladies, in which, whilst meagl (pressing the greatest devotion to the . ir sex, ho declared his inability to kiss , ' \e buhms, which seemed to be sometimes louglit 10 li? nece^ary qualification in ; enoJidxte. | j" " Col. Taiwan next responded to the call, . ^ ^ id his easy and ready utterance ehcted : if remark of a gentleman next us, that #jHJU'j 9 teein-d to be a practical speaker. lie <p|l01| *d been twice already a candidate for jnt,8| ie Legislature, and if again rejected he rre j(| >uld but go back to his retirement ; and , ^ ( elected he pledged that zealous devo- lHjn|r i>n to his duties, which the highest re- HnlH , srd to the honor and interest* of the t , tato could prompt. He would meet ' lirly every question of Legislation, and ^ ( ould hope by a regard to principle to ^ j reserve a manly and consistent course, j a ^ * to federal politics be was a strict con- I ructionisl?"a l'harisce of the JMiari- ' , 1 ? i the a :es. Mr. Jordan, next followed in a speech i which he discussed at somo length the rions questions growing out of our fed- i j al relations?the origin and character r the federal compact, the extent of the j owers conferred upon the general gov I " Q Qfn ina nment, and the nature of the rights re , irved to (lie stales. One of the most ; ulting And original ideas of the speech, j U tliat wblcb finds the surest guarantee ; n t the institution of slavery in that clause ; uot p f tl?e constitution, which prohibits the \l,e t tatea from passing a law to impair the ( bligatinn of contracts. Thts would de- ' , rive the slates of the right of emanciating slave property?and if prohibited <ler# ' > the Stales, much less does it bolong to i last fi W general government, an agent with 1 powers. Other collateral and in* al questions of constitutional conon and amendment, were also cJi?iat considerable length. >t? the conclusion of Mr. Jordan's i, the President announced that would be a reces. for dinner of two ?that the gen'Jemen would ret the indies to the table; after which Iters would bo served. The tables r ranged in the form of a large ho*.uare, and tvere bountifully supplied choice variety of meats and vego* TlteV were Well sorirrvl from ftio by an active committee of young vho did ample justice to the varilays of hungrey guests, who found iple piovision for tiieir sharpened tes. jr dinner the speaking was resunidr. Jones was first called upon, and ng rapidly at thu various subjects of utivo action, presented a condensed cut of his views in a number of nd distinct proposition, lie thought State should do much to foster the of popular education, and in this :tion he passed a high eulogium the common sdiool system. Ho ited the policy of proper economy public expenditures, and though siul of a i.Hriow-inindod pein.r?0's* 1 public enterprises, he thought it the duly of the Stale to pay ;.s it and to leave no debt for posterity, ged the necessity of some tnodifica* ii tint pier-eiil militia system ; and refeit ice to the banks, he agreed the preceding sj cabers in the policy >pting the most stringent regulations si the abuse of the banking privil Thomson iKxt addressed the asy, in one of his ablest and happiest lie commenced in his usual pica* and humorous vein, but he soon ed witii the subject and the consoles of his position, and spoke with feeling ana eloquence, lie nppear"ore his constituents,as tho advocate right of free discussion, and claim* ) indulgence of a patient hearing at hands. His vole for the relief of tho s from penalty of the Act of 1840, ieen made the occasion of censure in n quarters, and he now came not e purpose of changing the opinion y one, but to give the reasons for his o and to show thai he had acted the highest regard to the interests constituents, it had ever been u r of just pride with him, that be hod honored with the confidence of the 0 of Abbeville who in giving him iredit for honesty of purpose, had been disposed to cavil at his indi1 acts. If he had erred, it was but essary frailty of human nature; but s vote in the present instance, he repared to crive substantial reasons these were stated at length, Tbo al crush in the commercial world, ,rough', a suspension upon the Hanks thcther resulting from their fault or he great measure before the Legia> was not to punish them, but to ielite country. There was a general of circulating medium which lhf> s could alone furnish, and to enforce cn a I tv against them, would lead to further contraction of their issues, co them to resume, at the expense ;ir specie, which would be supplant the depreciated Georgia bills. Bethe Iiank of the State bud au^peumid to enforce the penalty against it 1 operate, as a tax upon the trensurouid be 'rohUing Peter to pay Paul.' Thompson closed with the humorous lote of the Dutchman and his v ifc, jstialtoii of the same truth. lie was isiastica'.lv npphuidod," and made a favorable impression, n. S. McGownn next closed Ihc dia>n, wtill a speech chaiacterized by uimI ability nnd eloquence, and proig an elaborate vindication of bis on the Hank measure of the last in. The only jioint of difference bei his colleague and himself, he 6?id in reference to their votes on that ure for relieving the Banks from the ty of the Act of 1840, whilst there an entire correspondence in thoir i, mm to Hanking in general. '? Besides air past Lerrislative caieer. there bail a cordial harmony and cooperation a support of many important mensand they hail stood shoulder to der in many a well fought field.? gh d-fl'ering trorn his colleage in this ice, he was ready to award him his ; of tho highest sincerity, iiT adopting conclusions, and of ability-in mainig them. There was however, an [onisur l>etwcen them as to the polithe measure, and h^ proceeded to :ate his position.?It wnt the duty i State he said to furnish a sound stable currency. This power the lalure had delegated to tbe Hank*, u furnishing a circulation acted as gents of the Stale. The act of sus i>n was a violation of tho trust repoa. them, and deprived them t>f every to indulgence. They had by rack* peculation been fattening for years the public spoils, and should have forced to disgorge their ill gotten . besides to annul an act of the lalure at the first cry of panic, horn mnraea ftf ulnlliflaatirt" ??'! ! ** 1- - I ...J .?- v. u?M>Muvmivu| ouu IWEt'U nuch like cbild'a play. We shall retombto furnitb even an.outline of lencral'i remarks- suffice it to aa) they presented ro able exposition of arious positions assumed by the lea of the Usnk opposition, doting tbl ieesioq.