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?une b*ck to bod, and away be wcut with both ahift and shoot. A littlo whilciftar e.nme the right Squire. " Why! yrhrtt a time you've taken tc lock tho door v?nid hi* wife; '.'and what have fou dujt&< Wttli th?* sheet and shift?" ' \ 44 What <F> yOusiy (" said the Squire. *' Why, I'm asking you what you hav< done with the sheet and shift that'^u had to wipe off th<i blood," eAid sho. " Wbut,' in the dovil's name?" said the Squire, "has he taken me in this time too?" Noxt day came the Master Thief and asked for- the Hquire's daughter, as ho had promised; and then the .Squire dare not do anything else than giro her tohiin, and a eood lumn of monev into tlii> l>nr<*uiit ? for to toll the truth, ho was afraid Mastor Thief should steal tho eyes out of his head, and that the peopl * w juld begin to say spiteful things of him if he broke his word. 80 the Master Th'ef lived well and happily from that time forward. I don't know whether he stole any more, but if he did, I am quite sure it wits only for the sake of a bit of fun. KKOWEK CO I'll 1 Kit. kg fft ROBT. A. THOMPSON. Editor. TKRMS.?$1.50 per nnnum. in mlvance. If pyymcnt bo delayed until after the expiration of Hie rear, $2.00 For .si* months, lit cents, in ?<1 vance. Advertisements inserted *t the usual rate*. PICKENS C. II., S. C.: ' Saturday Morning, October 17,16fo7. Raspberries. A gentleman whoso name in Sub Rosa, (rather singular name by ?ho way) presented us yesterday with a beautiful bunch of !us . clous Raspberries. The stem exhibited, did uot reacmble the common bramble, being ul most perfectly smooth. The fact of its boor ing berries at this season of the year, topjeth ?r with other dissimilarities from the common raspberry-bush ; it struck us ns being an a noraaly in tho vegetable kingdom. We tinted one of these delicious berries, and oh! "it ntaid in our mouf so sweet, so long." Advertisements. We would direct public attention to th* advertisements to be found on another page Tho advertisement ofJous II. Ostkndokit who is now receiving a splendid assortment of dry goods, hardware, &c., at Walhalla.? *I.- -.i-? * f'i - ---- - ? .urn. v llu HM1 -.1 UOI'IIIUMI OI II1U JOUIlg I>U>llCf of Hcthol Congregation?their object is u bo ncvolcut one, and wo hope the community will unloose their purse brings and liccd thit "fair"call. Road thoir ndvortibcoieut. Tho TunnelWo arc pleased to lcitru through the medium of Mr. Gkoruc Coi.i.vkr, the principal contractor upon tho Tunnel on the Blue Itidgc IlftilrftftiV fltnt t\\n wArlf !a P. 1 ? ?? ?? ?(?v MWin 10 uo^lll^ II I Mr. C. in a scientific mart, an<l has had long experience in tunneling. lie ffided in the construction of tho Tunnel across the Thames', the completion of which required twenty soven years work. Two difforont companies undertook this Herculean task and failed. Afterwards the Government, (honor to the enterprise of old England) took it into hand and finished it. This 'funnel was only a hnll mile in length, about one third the length oi tho tunnel on tho llluo llidge Kail road. The advanced Mage of the arts and aoioncos will now enable Us to accomplish a?.much in one roni- no ilm...!:.! ?? ?- - ... j ... it.v-j iiiuiii nvc. ?'ir. vvi-uveit expresses the belief that the work wiil be finished in 1800. Ami now shall this grand project be frustrated ? Wo hope that tbni-c who have clamored ho loudly against State appropriations will desist; ami lend encouragement to thin great undertaking, tho consummation of which must redound to tho interest of tho State, and bo an imperishable mouumont to tho industry and enterprise oi South Carolinians. We understand that a braco of MadnntoiaoIIh visited tho Tunnel the other day and made a frightful desccnsion into Shaft No. 1, some two hundred feet down. Wonder it thoy saw tho shade of Isnttquena, the Indian heroine ? Greenville Items. Tho Patriot hn's boon shown a ear of Corn hat measures fifteen inches in length, and contains eighteen rows of groin. This knocks "our corn story" into a "three cornered hot!" Tho editor says, too, that butter is thirty ct*. per lb. in that village ; lurd twenty-five cents, and bacon twenty-one cents. Ymi are having dear timet, Mr. Patriot. The Senatorship. We publish in nno'.hor column tho lettor of Gon. Hamilton. ft strikes us a peculiar document. Tho position once occupied by Gen. II. in tho Stato was an enviable one, what it if now remains to bp tested. For a man to talk abont danger* now. who "eo-ort erated" in tho Recession struggle, makes himself simply redinilous. But times change and so do men. (len. H ammond's letter of declension is very short, the substance of whi^'-i wo gave last wook. " ^ ^ The Election in Georgia. '' Judge Brown ha? been elected Governor of Georgia by a mjyority of about 10,000 votes. Tho congressional delegation will stand two know nothings and si* democrats. Full to~ turn*, havo not reached us; when thoy do? our readers shall have the benefit of thv-un. * yy;?' The ELr.ctivk Franoiise in Cm >,<'.<?Late < -? v-i? * - - .mm t iti|inTniw mate tnai tttrt Men*to hu paxfH a Inw prohibiting tbo government police from voting atoloctiong, and that to be able to road and write bo tbo ncceftary qualifications Cor tbo full enjoyment and ex rci*6 of cHhtanship. It i? generally ?uppos-> | <txi tba^ tho ?i?C?tivo wiU voto Ibis ucoruroi . i ?> - 4 + " * +. ^ % %. s . \ . ; \ *. ' ^ T.m T ? -ii I D*?CKirTf >m or Mb. Spcrosok.?A London J I correspondent of the Now York Commercial Advertiser, gives tho following description of ? I a visit to Lour Mr. Spurgeon preach: t.l "I went last Sunday morning to the Surrey ' 1 (JardOnS. a distance of about three mile* from I Ui? lodging*, to licar tlio llov. Mr. Spurgcou ,! preach. The day was esce<Ml*elv I>ot, but ! I ; firmn nil that 1 had heard and read hb"Ut (he | 1 preacher, 1 e.xpoctod to l>o woll paid for the ! J trouble <*f going so far. Mr. Spnr^e>n is a i I little over five feet in Koight, i? stout built, ! ; hah a low tdreiwail, with black hair, parted | i.?t the middle. and quite long, ar.il ; ha? a stooping figure. lie has a boyish look ; ?in fact I nm told he is only twenty-three. I In Ringing he roads over each verse. as in j times p>ne hy in America, a custom which I j thought had become obsolete venre ajjo. Ilia text was the 1-th verse of the 8th chap- | tor of Eoclcsiastics, from which he gave what i might he tailed an interesting discourse,some j what after the fteecher style, hut not inter- ! larded with quite so mntir amusing sayings j as the latter gentleman often indulges in.? ! j Mr. Spargeou'p sermon was aboutnn hour in j length, and his nmlienee pai<l strict attention I | to him (hiring its delivery. The assemblage ( \>a? int.- iargc-ii i mink l nave overseen in one building, there l>eing at least four thou- 1 sand persons seated, and about two thousand i standing. I have soon the 1 Ith-street Academy of Music and Castle, CJarden crywdod to excess, but tKcro did uot appear ?o ficun eithi or case sucli an immeut-u crowd aX thin at the , ! .Surrey Garden. The charge f>r admission . i wan ottc shilling sterling, l:esitles which-? i person stood at- c*ery door after the service ' with a box to receive any contributions that might bo oftVicd : hut I notice I that very few personi put anything in those boxes, thinkmg, pvohably, as I did, that one shilling admission ought to be sufficient. This paying for admission to hear preach- ! . ing appears to be wnjng, and ( wa> thunder- I ' struck whoa tlic door-keeper demanded my I i ticket. 1 of course had noise; and had to make ] my May to the ticket office, theatre fashion, 1 i nnd procure one, 1 am satisfied that it is I j not tlic real merits of the preacher, in (lie - | case of Mr. Spurcc >n, that draws the crowd, I i but tho oddity of his expressions. I Mass Meeting in Philadelphia.? - | A numerously attended mass meeting was - i held at Philadelphia Thursday afternoon { by the business men of th<j p!ace, relative to financial difficulties. Tho call, which . was signed by most of the prominent firms, , was only issued during the morning, but being posted in every prominent position throughout the city, attracted general at tention, and notwithstanding lie short n'cf, ticc, a large number of persons liad assembled at the appointed hour. A number of speeches wore made and ^ various views were expressed.It was believed that New York was the causo'of all | the present difficulties. The New \ ork i ! Hanks had expanded $7,000,000 in thirtv* " one days, wliilean expansion of SIT.^OO,000 in live months broke the Unitedj&tttes Hank. liecoming frightened they ctiftatlpd in two months $12,000,000 sulKckmt l<,i produce a panic in the strongest cOjijiuuni^, I tv 'flirt i?i?:? ^ Y" - - "WU..JJ II.VII V*il? deplorably presented. Thousands \\'ould I starve if there was not : "-1:- f- rfifljf * Extracts from letters from tliYTTiT'post . manufactures in the country wire read.? Men implored aid for the payment of wa' pes, or else they would have to discharge thousands of hands. Notwithstanding ii w.im their own interest to stop altogether they were determined to keep on if possi hie. The re nedy was in the renewal o' confidence in thebrnks. Thus renew con ' fidvuee and all would be brought about by ' n discontinuance of the run on these, insti tutions and not depriving them of the abil ity to move. OFl'ir! Al. Pinrir:. ? n 1!m ?ti v t> t-. ?.*? _ - ...... ........ t KJ I ? A II.UUJl r- I tfks.?The following ciinnnmication from i Hie Secretary of Si&tc was transmitted to tho United Rurtos MnyshuhX anil United States District Attorneys on ;hc lfth ulfim i: Sir: From information rccc'vcl nf th'Dnpartmcnt, ilrcic U icason to 1 el'evc tin ln*v!css pwrtMis a.e un-v engaged within the limit* of the Untied S'tiies in setting, on fo>.' and preparing themselves for n?ilitary expeditions to he carried <mi a gainst the 'e'ritories of Mexico, Nicaragua ami Costa Kieu?republics with whom tire I nited States arc at ' peace?in di^cct violation of tho sixth section >f tho act of Congress, approved i'.0<h Apiil, ISIS. Ami under tho eighth section of the said act, it is made lawful for tlio President. ; or such persons as he sh^ll empower, to em- j ploy the land and naval forces of the United I States and the militia thoreof, "for iho pnr pose of preventing the currvine on of nnv . 8U?;h expedition or cutori>ri?? from tho territories or jurisdiction ot'tlie United .States"." I rthi, therefore, directed by tho i'reoidcut to call yonr attention to tho subject, and to urge you to use nil dnc diligence, and to avail yourself of all legitimate mean* at your conj| maud, to eriforce those and all other pro*in- , j iens of the paid act of tho 20th April, 1818, I against those who may he found to be ongagi ea in petting on foot or preparing military ox| pedilioitM against ll.e territories. of Mexico, J Cost a Hioft and Nicaragua, so manifestly prejudicial to tne national character. and *o injurious to the national interest. And yiixi arc also hereby instructed promptly to 00111' mutiieato to this Department the earliest information you may receive relalivo to Fiich expedition. I am, sir, your obedient servant, Lewi* Cabs. Handsome Present from Pbksidrnt BlohanaK.?Tiio Norfolk Day Hook bays: A nift^r?:hcent, gojd pockot chronometer and ebuin, has been forwarded to Sainunl T. fiaWvor. JCan-. v..?i k Jnmea Buchanan, President of the United Htatetf,. to bo presented to thfti tioble veteran of old Ocean, Cant. A Johnson, of the Norwegian barque hllcn, who bo gidlaritlv went to the rcscue of the pan8eugers of the Control America. This magnificent wnteh and chain i* mid to be one of the bcAtthc world can produue, and coming hm a present from nueh a aource an the President of United State*, must make nn indelible impression nj?on the mindrt of future generation* of the heroic bebnvior of Captain Johnson on that perilous occasion. It is supposed that its cot* could not havo.,bcfcn lew than 8850. GOV. Wt#It'sfcoACIIlfAN AmqUATVLATKb.-*A bright loofein^young mulatto, nojaanjpjt IUIIIIII^C, jiivmrM WTTI'^U AH -1110 WIT4, dergrouod railroad on Sntnrrltf/, and in uotr. dcubit?ss "rfnfn in tho arms of the British I Hon." " !! was thftco/vdunan of his IJicel" 1 hrucjt U?atj A. WW; of Virginia;" ? , V c ' * *?' u ' > *" o' \f .. # < * * A , .' * * t *;? . "V *" tf ' J 1 > Jn - * * . _ - - Pennings and Clippings. Sai.edat.?Real and personal estate, amounting to $18,909.40, was void at Aadereun C. IT., on saleday ln*t. Theatrics.?Tho Hard Times do pot rot affect much the places of ainiwemoiit. Fifteen places of public amusement lu. Now York, open on Saturday night. Itad receipt!' estimated at $10,000. and this is said to beta fan/rivcrage of tho nightly expenditures. Iu Philadelphia there are more tban any former year. Death from Chloroform.?Mrs. Sprltz, died in Marietta, Ga., a few daysag?>, while inhaling chloroform for the purpose of having a cancer extracted. llif;n Piuce for a Chii.i>.?Win. L. Cory, h benevolent old gentleman of Huron, Michigan, recently bought a little blue-eyed child | from her drunken parents for $3,000. Two Strings to onr "Beac."?Mr. Henry Str*# of North Carolina, advertised Inst j mmtli ? gay young follow had rnn off with his two daughters. This is a most rci^ reiienniblo instance of two strings to one bean! What's in a. Xamk??George Washington, John Adums and Thomas .laffomm Failtytin thuehip Klizd Aihrrn.*. from New Bedford, ou Wednesday, oh a whalingvoyage. Orsat Wooi, (Iruwiw Statb.?(Vuio is tlio greatest wool-growing .State in the L'uion.? I Six million of dollars worth lisv* been raised j there this year. A Xovki.tv.?The Troy Y.) Tiwlqtt, j of TOwday evening, says, "for the first time j in a period of years a'figure below i*o is used I to-day iu the flvftr iigpfotations." Srr.ciF..?Tlio nmount of specie in tho Uni; tod States i? estimated ut $300*,000,000, or | equal to $12 in coin to every niun, womun 1 and child iu the country. I Governor Modbed.?In Demarara roccntI ly Governor llodehousc and hi# lady, on taI king their departure for England, were tnobj bod, Mrs. II. lioing much hurt. Other jier! s >ns were injured. Tho Governor, from e jum? cause, had rendered hjinself very unpopular, j Tim Old Wina I'.vrtv to hk Revived.? i The Whiff General Commit ion r.f I ! lias issued an address, which declares a<ho.ngst other things 4lint the country needs n grout j national conservative party, Iho element^ of ' which are found Ijrtheold Ileury Clay Whig ' part \ . Well, wlirtt ile\i ' Wi-" >' : I lojf.-^-The Now Haven coVreots liie erroneous impression tl&fet hop obtained, that tlio whole forty-three notable memorial to President \f on^h'tfnunn'ro clergymen. Only five of them j a'rfc clergymen, and the remainder lawyers, dyefors, and other folks. ; Mrtn.tai.itv ov a Snip.?T!io line-of-baltlo I.ship Isabel Scsnu.la, lying ftt Havana, hit?< 1 >->t iiqrvjsly 1^0 of her crow by the vomito.?^ r.vcnty-30V0n officer*. licutrnantn and m'd )i'ijnio i died iii t!?o niin'li of August la<t, ScVrnygtug to the Spanish vessel ^>f v;a;* in. that hnvbor. SrniNOFinn. Mum*., October 3.?The tro* which cjiinc olf between "Flora Tesiiplo" an1'. "Lnncet" tfrdav, wni witnessed by ton thousand permit p. Fl.ira wp.* in harness and Lancet in Saddle. Flora won three straight jtfats. The Iavt mile was made in 2m. 32s. Fcnirivg Si.avbs.?Pevynteon . slaves escaped mrosa tho-Ohio river lately, from ,Washington, Ky., and on hciri" pursued one desperate felow made !Wif. Ilo was rotal ken, hut only a H o r he had dan~er<mdy wwale 1 two of his captord. The ront of,tho fug*" tivoj O" eft pod. IlARRisni'RUaOjjt. Ok#i-The yo ikIo to-'day jlnr.-.?l a hi!! ?jctfludjtjg the time of the hank *Usnonsifin? to mm !? ?'.f a...i1 !-> I I""1"" '* mga stay of execution for one year, atul requiring the <lcp?-i(s in the State treasury to bo paid in spec! Washington, Oct. i).?Tho Administration will prolmbly?reeognizc tho present government df Nicaragua, with a view of inuking a. treaty to secure tho Transit Route. St. Lon?, Oct, ?Kansas returns show large democratic majorities. Johnson 1,7<K) Leavenworth 250. Atchison t?0 ; Douglass 1,100. Doth branches of the Legislature democratic. floou PiCKixn >ok t!>k Reason'.?The Pino Bluff Enterprise, of the 1st, Hays: ' Wo learn from Mr. DorreninBonx that bfco day Uwt week ho lm<l 8ix hand* which avcra-od totliohand 30*J pounds cotton." i^exinniyion op f.eivfs Cas$, Jr.?ThoD5e-J troit Daily A(lvorti?6r profoaxoa to hare pnvate information that Lewis Cass, Jr.,' hat; positively resigf.ed his position at Rome,, to take effcct at an early day. SuciR Com 1 NO IVlirs ThnrA in o irvMt I .... - fy i crop in Cuba apd the prico is beginning to cunin doirn in llavnnna, in (spite of theobnti* uaey of holders. The dona inust give '.fay. Property in TBNKK83?*.f~Tho Nashville (Tenth) poport confidently avert that, when all tlio returns of the reeont assessment In that Slate are made up, the entiro amount of taxable property within her limit* will amount to nfrt'loM than three hundred million* of dolhifs. " >. AfJ'f.fc*HKM?KD FAMIVK IM IVDU.?C6mmercial lottor? from Bombay, dotod August j 14. nay that owing ttf the negleot of agrfeni* twro it? India in cor.grqu'joce of the unseftfttif * Hlato of affairs, serious fears are eat<;;t#imid j that a scarcity of provisions will flenerftlly 'j prevail. The Oorernof General woe flniieav- '; orlng. to avert such An evil by directing the ! i Lllii ViSFElttr*'*& '*** - ' iiijiiitirj, lit nu oases wiierc practicable, to 11 collect grain and provision*. and liayt them I Htovud for future uar< ; '"* ! /#* ' ^ * ' . .* .. . * I * * SoMEtniNQ or a Fall.?It is estimated that the decline in the lunrket rallies of Railroad Stocks in the last three mouths amount to an aggregate of $G0,000,000. I.ops on Sucar.?It in stated tliat there are now two cargoes of sugar in Georgetown, L). C., on which the loss, iu.conscience of the reduced prices, i? forty thousand dollars. Gone to Spais.?George Hudson, the English "railway king." has gone to Spain, in which kingdom a vnst railway project is al?>ut io in) i.iineu iuio inii'Ci uuuvr 111s uiiuiu^c? DICnt. A Promtadi.f. IK'sinras.?About tho best tiling it would spent, tlint a man can do in these times in the vr ? of providing for his family, vwould bo to yet killed on a railroad ?taking naias, however, to choose ono which <till remains solvent. We observe tliat awidow in Mfttaachu^ctts the other day reco\> ercd $18,000 damages against the Worcester Railroad far having killed hor husband. Tiie Mokmoss.?The Mormon settlements are being broken up in all quarters, preparatory to n general migration to Utah, where they wi\l, glvo " I'ncle .Sam" the best fight hey have got. At least, this is the jHjliey (surmised. Mexican Artwms.?llv our latest ndvic?-? from Mexico, we knirn that se\oral arrests of a political character had 1>ccn made at Yc a Cruz.. Sonora was rcatonod l>) an tnvast' n from San Francisco. The whole State hud been called to arms iti'CoiiHrivuence, hut the movements of the invaders wwFhot very cleur. A revolution of a somewhat'formidable nature bad broken out at (luadalaxara. A Fatai. Disease at Chicago.*?1The New York Kxprtsx has seen a,pri'v^\ef.lottcr from Chicago, stating that a mysterious epidemic has broken out therov-und proved fatal to many persons, all of whom worn sick but a few hours. The disease is said to re.?nmlib> black vomit, but t,t > physicians have been unable so far to ocfennine.its real character. A largo number ofcjJtuc?linvo also been ci;-ricil off, the same symptoms being presented upon them. I! vnnujrAK* \r iris.?About 4 o'clock yesterday morning a violtyit shook of earthquake was fe|j jit Sf.-UA*Htin. Seven minuted later anotheV^li^-^'bjSlwvvoro, wan felt. Thoy niadp tl(p f^jJtjjtttntial buildings tremble apd o'tertt^i^d'sniull articles in buildings. The>ln>cks w.<**v also felt at Spring field, 111! A NTr\r Tkruitorv Phoposf.p.?The oi<j7.elis of I'tah "who are opposed to the p^lygnm >11u sc ?l.~ m ... ?? luvipiy-n v? HIU **JLUriU'iH3 uro sing a separation of Carson Valley from Utah ho as to have a separate. Territorial government. They say they arc tired of eeelosiaHtical governmont. The population of Carson is not more than G,iH)l\.nn?l probably not that. Bai.tijiore, 0-jt. S.?The Hon. Lmis Mcbaoo in thie city yesterday. llo has 1 nig he 1 a pr minei t os'.tion. Ia 1^3 , h.? was appointed ^oo.rotary of the Treasury l>y I* evident Jackson,ami subsequently held the ,Ki?t of Seere'nvy of Stnto. Ho subsequently >v? think, held un importnnt foreign mission, lltlt lltll'ill" n>')re vnnmliii lin i 'tis attention to measures of internal intprovenicntn. National Piimtinj Orficr..?A Washington correspondent of the Plnlndelphia Press states that Senator liaynrd will introduce his hill and press "it with great energy, f ?r the organization of a National Printing Office.? if this ho ho, the honorable Se mtot will he d ing his.country a great sorviec. and break ip one *>? thenvi-t corrupt combination in existoneo. T>?K Statu Const T^TIONAL OONVKN ?Portland, O. T., Aug, SJO, 18f>7. ? Convention of l)elcgat"? to Frame u Constitution for tho St;ito of .Oregon, eonvobw! ott Mon<l:iy l"ut :>t the sent of Government, Salem. On Tuesday tho Convention wax fuily organized by the election of Judge Deadyi of Winchester county, Judge gf the Third District, as the permanent president of the Convention. Tho other permanent officers were then chosen. From a gentleman who hop just arrived from Salem, T am informed that tho only bone of contention in the (Convention will be tho slavery chuso hi the Constitution) at least, that in tlm onlv i'wufl thm. Im* ?* ? nrcvcuted itself1. It' is generally understood that Judge Pead; is a stroog pro slavery uinn, and that tho vote?'vliieh w?h a large majority in hit) favor?was the test vote.? Thin, howevor, is nierp conjecture, n>v,/hen (he issue in. relation f? the contemplated sl.-.tiijC 6f[fi St'iti lifink is prt?c;itod, tboro (yri51 doubtless be some cnunge*. From appcaranees, nnd from conversation with mrno of the inost intelligent men in Portland, I am inclined to think that the .Convention will be prolonged for. eight or Jtcn weeks. It in generally conccued that B slavery clause will bo introduced " Jn the new Constitution, but it in very doubtful whether the pco|:'n of the Territory will vote affirmatively on it. Tho Southern gentlemen, that if, thoso who reside here and hail originally from the Southern State* of the t niou, arc of opinion that, even if the slavery clause should prevail, and it should be ratified by tho people, that it pill bo but a myth, or ruther will bo used as a <fua$i endorsement of slavery, without its being profitably introduced into the new fjtate. (, The principal arguments favor of it are,that the farmers and families qftnt'ludp./ and tlr tit is impossible to secure it tinlott the HnfctHution" is permitted in th? 8tot*. Yh?ynW<>urjw that Oresron '1?j,*edu1i?rlv lujflpiod'foi' the culturo of hflinp and flflx, and ^hat by the Introduction of Hlavtfry, they Mn produce thcae atopics at a price?owJnir to the prolificne** of tho Boil?which will ?>inpeto with the markets in tho (jJdot g$o? tftUo Uulgo, ' *' . V . I " - : ; . ;> V - *' . # K r ? Ori i s , Correspondence of the Keowee Courier, : i ^Ikav Yon it, Oct 8, 1837. , t D'ar : I drop you another I ! lino from'groat Metropolis, tiling you ^ of a fow rti'orc thing**' 1 luivo Hren. Of tl counter I can only glance at a very few of i ' thoni, for something now is presenting it- 1 I self every minute, which fills us with wo*?- j | d<jr und amazement. I have travelled a , it good deal, mid have visited most of our ?it- j ie8 South, n cood many West, aud some j North; hut I have never seen anything' that will do to compare with this city he- ! fore. I thought that Philadelphia was aj considerable city, hut it now appCcr# to mo : t<i be quite a quiet plaoo. Were you may I ' sue cvury elans and nation of people under the suft. I have been around on the Avo? j I nues up town, and have seen the "upper ! ; tendom." 1 have al'jo heon to the I'ive j 1'pints, and there witnessed such poverty, I . depravity, filthiu"** and diHtrcss as it has v...... ..... i..? i.i ! , ?V fvi v .1 aij ivt 'I' n H'lH O-' IAMVIV. 1 I have c.U*' been t > tfu: Too.nbi (voluntarily) i un<l sawlnr; misery of }>1<1C0C It if trulvW.^nudiirijr to think tllsit .-ni iS ^ ptac<* as the five I Vint-* can exist in the-henrt of a it an l j> jpnloiH city like this, find that toj. Vf'rthin two gqnare^of Mrmnlwny. The ^t?".te I'-air is, now open s;t the Ory?Ujl iCl iieo. I luive visited this twice, | and it is difficult to *:iy which striken n person the most forcible, the Fair or the rab' ace itself. Jt i* truly a miiirniOcctit build ing, mid beggars sill df-Moriptionr hihI uuuij j of the articles on exhibition are truly tvoij- | , dorful. 1 have b*en to our State Fair, M | the South Carolina Institute, Charleston. , and thought it a great Fair, but it was | nothing to comp ire to this. One of the , greatest euvioMtie.s 1 saw there, was an or- , gan or Home kind of a musical instruaient, } made by arranging a number of whistle*. s (similar to those used on our car*) over i\ j , steam boiler, commcneinir at one ond with , ; a small one, and gradually increasing in j, j siao to the other end. Tliowo whistles all j j h ive valves with eonls attached to them.? ! . i Tho eords are nil brotlght together and i?t I , tached to keys libO a piano, and is played the s one way Us a piano. The music b , very loud?yet sweet and harmonious.? , The exhibitor performs on it many popular nirs, and cm pcvtjmn the most ditii-mlt i pieces. Another cip-josity is tho greater- ] I Tool ion to w li 10I1 <Wwing> machines nr/'J ] brought. Tliey are a jrroat invention f?>r j the Indies; for-who li they CQhiCr iiitojr^.ner- j | ill family use (:ih they eventually will do i | i tu#re will be no more use lor needle and j 1 thimble. * I CH ykAtehiay'morujjijr, I met up with i my friendjj, MivJoiin Mn.l.WKIi find C* i 10. (.'Al.MvrfiKU. ft beinjr Sunday we proI posed tyi'jro to ehureh, ami t!ie subject eauic tip where should we <jo, so wv iigreed and j wont to 1'lymouth Church, Brooklyn, f\. ( hoar t!ie celebrated fIkkry Ward lU:Kcu- ; ku, the man of Sharp's Hifle notoriety".'-? Wneii we arrived, wc found the house go crowded that it ivas impossible for ux to be , Heated. We Htood in the d:?or for about an IlllllP. illlH finili??<? lh:l* lin vv iu n/.t 4 ' , ^ - j ?*?vo ? political sermon, wo left. In look I in# over the conjjro^ition. wo discovered that there were a goodly nunber of negroes scattered over the assembly. Wo saw plenty of black nlook fac<s and wooly bond* -iiting between two white Indies. And vice vrt.'Mi, the doctrine of the people who worship nt this church is, that al! men are equal. Mild tiioy carry, out thojr doctrine by nil ?itti.nrt toother in ohmvh; yet it is. only th<> wealthy gentlemen and l.tdics W rnlor that can worship hero, for tho lowest pew in the clinch rents for one hundred dollars. This w;(8 given us a reason thai we could not be floated?that tlir? ppoplo j pum so n.ucn ior tneir pewsv that they ; " slicd to sot on them thomsolves. Thin was proolaimed publicly from tho pulpit by BkkcUku himself. From my interooq'VHft witb tho Northern people, I find that there is a Very small minority of the class 1 havo lOftl been speaking of. A vdry lav^e majority of tho people care mnoli 1cm for tho negro than wo do. Yesterday evening xy*\ went to Iloboken, and had a delightful promenade in i this hcimtiful pl'ico. TI.a'.iI 1-- i 1- -1 . - ? X Iiv <?iiui kyi iiiii^ I Wi'.ni lOSCe IfKOJWIK (JKR16TTK, the\4ro<lt duljuchtor of negro 'oharnoter, nod well he" deserves the roputii- ( tion ha ho^ Sunday iiiphtmnoiuore here | than any other-night. Numbdta of j>lnccw , of unuHoniesit arc o|iftu and they aro Hook- , cd to by largo crowds. j I have noon many rnoro thintra wlilnli might 1)0 of intereftj^ but* I have not time. J, to writo about ihoiii, I lmvo dotted down I ( a fibwof huoIi thinga na have como under ( my Immediate observation, in a very hurrfod manner, without cOmmcnt; and if any of your readers havo Wen benefited thorc by) I tdiall toil mv?clt' well pi id. ' j-- . (lJ. THOVHf.B TUB CjAJtlNB*.?A Wiudl- < ington<?rrc8pondont write.* that the Cabinet- 1 iff by no means a unit- I'bo Kunsax fiuea- 1 tion is the Ron roe oV *11 trouble, pud unlets 1 Bomo plan or coinproi*?i?e shall bo arranfrod, ' a reconstruction is bortoin..- Ft is. well > known thnt Mr. Huchjyuin liftrt taken ground '' in favor of the policy phrsued by Governor ( Walker. Jlnt in this ho i? not necouded by Mojwra. Cobb, Brown And Tbomp^m, who incline to tho Bouthorn ultra Mr. Cobb i? a leader -of tho diKaffeoicd i member*, and in an aapiror.t for tho Prod- 1 dency. He i? alwo disrtoatxl to Idols to the South for his principal ftrength.' and haa, 1 on mora than one oc?n?\on, expressed hfm- 11 wolf art utterly adveroo to thc.Vitews of Gen. \ Walker. Tl>? president j* ruitw;. Uv em- 1 b?rrtifnc4 under tf?o#e oijteuirtirtnnee*, W fa ' not yet prepaid to oct w?th deci*fA0. Ho 1 liopos that the matter wilt yet bo amicably : Arranged, nn<f thnt tbo storm ifu*y blow ' over. Bn^ should the diHogreemonl Mfr 1 tlguo, and extend to other tonic*, a cluingo- ? & $w 0?Uu*/# w?i U |W?iUUm '; - * * ' ' * w * * . * - Letter of Gen Hamilton. uj Vo (he E.litors ofthi C/tarltdon }fercury: An esteemed friend in the interior of lio State has called upon mo to declare B niblicly, whether, if elected to tlio Senuti f tho I'nitud States, I would serve. The cruijj ot this call ?,vo so kind ;uid eoinplmjj i uontarv^ tliat dolieaoy forbids my being ' j [istrUHjontal in making it public. Tlio iii't'nilitvnf ..tlu>r frioliilH IiAr m!h<i lirimol t. V " "* : p-iiy name before tlio good people of .South .\troliha, in the column* of your pajwr and he QJiark'.stoh Courier, as a tit successor to ho. lamented Butler?a vacancy uiorc eusiy filled than bin plaijo can be adequately uipplied. JJelioyintf that thev Kansfts complication my precipitate oil tnq country a niouien'. us i.v?uo, a conjunctive of circumstances nay ariwo, which, in the service of the ?tate, would involve on obligation ctjUaMy mporativu aft her defenco in cane of n pubic war.- To avoid all misconstruction of ny potflkm, if the State think* proper to iletit me U> the high ami honorable post in (notion, I shall feel it my duty to obey tar mandate. 1 beg leave, however, to avow, tlist, rc+ jardin;: the olfiec as oi?e ti>nf |?:iy be divined., hut never solicited, 1 will, under no circanistnnces, make myself a candidate. ( will solicit i?r> man's vote; 1 will oppose nr> man's election, I enter into no cm k-jss, noconibinntion, no Coufodoratlon with Jth?jn^ I simply stolid in a position uf entire quicscencc and neutrality, rendv to >1>oy the unsolicited wishes of the hire, if it calls itjKm me to represent fctdj $ fljvereigntv of Si^ith (the ^ ijhieh event I will rejjair to my post vsilli * ill possible dcwpntchj prepared with un?omprutuieing zeal mid iidelity to promote L, tier inteVfc t-< and sustain her honor. If uiy p-'.st history , in 'connection with the public affair.'? of '..South Carolina, at a'orhjis >f intense iuterest and public p'iril, givea fix 110 lij>'c1:&uf to he trusted, then I must uibniit to (lie verdict of public sontiuieut, md remain in a retirement in which I have tinny private duties to perform, and many Kiurccs of contentment to cultivate, f think it due to candor, however, to declare that I have no desire to nerve beyond the remaining term of the lute incumbent. I should no intj the r.'pniStWjfe.t.ion oi'' the State under a belief that the issue intist eotuo. up within the next three years, whether the South Oiin, consistently with her iutercHfa and honor, remain in tho Union. This ion being paeilioidjy solved, ! would thon *<c'< a retirement bo well suited to my own iueliontioiw, penetrated with a , (loop and inexpressible feeling of grutitudo to my nntivj iStntc, which in t rues pnnt, lui? lavished u; on n:o so many of bor pubiit; huiiorfl, and wriat in of far more inappreciable value, much of her publ}oc mlideu-re. 1 belong to a pa?t g.^mratjon?t?"> a confederacy of men who iinvo passed from th-i itriies and contentions of this fitful and lb- '/ vcriah world, to an im oort'dity of happiness. When 1 think of those to.! p hum h i?f ii.v then boniiKir'tivo youth, and nis'oaia'.os in a glorious sti ug 4?> ho 'W gvov a I iju'd i>? I write, and I could pour it oui like water." I hoiv> tliat L. the humblest of the throng, ni^y*l>o permitted to place u j>o>r g;rlnad on their graves. They rise unhiildcu t'i n?y memory in all the stroi g lineaments of Hfo. 'JThero stands Calhoun, in nl! the grant'eur of his genius and tho solidity of hid immov ble iufegrity. What inscription of praise doo.^ lie need beyond the uttoralioo of his name? Tb'oro Btaods II?>yno, in idl tho mild rndianeo of hit> character?with an ability of tho highest possible comp:>a% with ill hif* transcoiidnnt power* for government and i\d iiinistration?-pure, spot loss, and undi. - j iniiyod. . There stands MeDuflfie, with his robust i. intellect; and stern honesty, exerting powers of analysis aud argument which made hi in one of the first uiuloclicianS of his time, und with a Itoman patriotism which burned even in tlie eavcrns of the tomb. There stands Turn bull, whose hend was ftfi gigantic us his heart was incorruptible? who,' vrith hm.tino Orccian taoe, disclosed < tho great (j^ulitfes of tho race from Vrhk'h ho sprung?burning enthusiasm, intense ^eniu.-1, and unconquerable courage. \ Thorc stands Harper, n bright emanation of that. intelligenho which God cotters on tho most gifted of his creatures?simple, lutlesa, with a subjugated eelf-lovc. Of tho leaders of "'tho Old 0?ard," but t.wo of us u?e loft. Preston, and the humble individual who nddM?<p? mm ton, who Inviiitf been .sov^j^iiiittcn by the hand of intir.urty, sun m^flmok |jh/d? In renovated hoalth and iiHofiftnux.^ It-Sf i was said by a distinguished o&tQuijiornvy, that '.ur association contained a groat nr.d extraordinary vnrioty of l&\ mt?si )?1uco ftr ti every man, mid evcrj: man suited to b;s place ; mid that no country was cfv^r bct^ r pt^wrod for revolution than Hmith Ornli11a in the .efficiency of herpubUe ?ftcnt \ ?, I teuton was emphatically our 6mto**, and rv?f< the first orator of bin tunc. The YarU f ngitod richness of btn iiuugiuation-^-tho *1 r>nrity of hia taut??-hw iwww oi oftmhmut s m if he hnd nover cfettivMra auffhtbutthe jevorp facuk? of 'rutioofivitiou?rtnd ovce tU ho iuvg the dmip?^y of ? iuo?t attractive wodcuty, oiul u private ctinnrotybc withotti reproach. An nwweiition With auch mcv fiiotw?vcr}i\?i\jhk* my *mfon) each of Wlwtfr 3 M vviM fitted for empire, i? .1 full measure t?f t* lionor without my looking further for #?-. linotion. If South Curolih# is de*tinfl4 for Mother roVnlufcion, itfuy ?Ho find1 ?ueh #<>n* . ' ready fc?jr hor mi' i\jo. " ,1 1 ahull wy hat qui to littlo of tho preeeut ' i i umiK?-of the duty it Vill Imports upou Oitf | ini:uii?fn?;*o vongres#^tyoc?\Mi* it might r?p?i>tlcd ua ft covert nrtiftce of olcctionfctfS S ing fo* an offic?, winch, if it come* nt eH, ' ?1 ri^Kt conic without w?licit?tiot>; nro*t J bo permitted to innkc one declaration. If i?#>-<s??<lqn docf not con#<\ r^vohitf^h nnwb ^ snstic ; hut fot o?n. 1 ihunk m permitted W jo tteotaro, gl\o u* ?i? C'o?#tftution, ?>H| bV ifciU bo*t commentary, *ho Goreruii"^* I if .1 I ?* . ' M