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- * ** **A * ' * 0 WT ' - . - * . 'JO TIJ1NK <$*$.&?$ l&'WWK, AND ifyiirojiT FOLLOW, AS THE &I01IT THE DAY, THOU CAN'ST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." BY R01TT. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1858. VOL. IX. NO. 42. Words. wi Words urc lighter than the clouvl foain Cf Of tlie Vfeatfc'tfH ocofin ftpniyj np Viiincr than tho trembling shadow ov <Tlial'(Ji?< nc\l hour stools uway %* ' )n Ujr tlin full of guinmor rftin-dpopj, > i Ih the ni 1* n* aeoply ntlrrod ; . < [Of . And tho rottc-lctvf lluit tto tread on u?> Will outlive a word. Tl Yet oil thu ilnfl nl1?mr.A _ T-- v^V'.V VU^UIg SviiU a irehtalng Uusli, a word* k c'' Uoar'mg endless (loaolatlofi . Sll Oil its blighting wingn I heard. hi . Rivrtli can ftnjpe no keener weapon, on pealing tnivor.douth and n>?iu, * ^ ^ '^nu tUo qruet cclio answered t Through long yea*a ngftlh. . X li'ato ktiovrn 6no void hang ntar-liko ^ O'er n diKftry yiwto of yoira, 'And it only sfioiibtnl brighter ^ TiookeJ-nt. through a lulst of loars, "tVliHc a weary wamldrcr gathered.. to Ilopb and heart ori life's dark wav. fly itH faithful fn'omiso shining Clearer day hy day. "i . - \\ T havo VixpWn a npli calmer ()] Thau t!i? calmest- 1-ilco, nud tflcfir 1C! 'A* the heavens that g?y.cd Uj5oii it, . With no wave of hrtpu or fear; V lititV^orrii had swopf "lvcross'if, ' * l*" And itn decpext depths were ?tim>d, - It1' v(?r, iuSVor i?Ofo to slhnibcr { ov * Only by iv wdrd. ' |tt I imvi kuoAvn a word moro gontl?- I J1C Tl._ ? ??? t : Alton mu urcmu or summer air, J?! In a li*toning licnft it ftectkki,. ' *' ill Audit livod forovor thcro.' 4 |U, Ifot-tho boating of JU prison" . 1 a Stirred it evOr, night or day! * ?' Only with tho IioaM'h last throbbing ' * Could it fndc avjiy. ' . Pa '* r? Words-WO mightyy word^ ai (v living ; >. jj Serpent* with thoir vcuomoiw stings, .Or blight.nngoJjt ?{iow<Jh>g round un an With heaven's light ftpon their wiugn; vtf Kviuy word hits it? own !*piV't> ? uv V ^?Truu or-frtlse, tliat-nevor. clios; ? , iiYci-y vvovu nmiirt lip* lmvo uU&rcd i,' EnUoofl In Boil's ?ki<^. . , . t t. 1 ".i, j.u- iy~--ju l , ;_j! 1?i co MtfeOSiLILANV. ea , - ' '- - ? sU The Silent Hunter. . .. . . 'jj BY' MRU. HOUAOK8T. JOilS. ' ^ A viirc fertility diaraCtovitfcs thtj Ken: tuokW fStuto ns it Veittos southward on the fa land ??f Tennessee, 11 ere a swueu-of i.h?vi a * * ?r mi so-called "BtvrronB" fnay he soon enameled wj with flpwcfa, nunibtfrleM, anil iiehjy tlvoU, over which the s<jutfi, wind flatting (y their fracrnnce, or clothed wjth Ttyn^Afccent g, crops of Indian"oorn, front tc'n'to fiiticn feet in height, or of tobacco-or wheat, wu- fu"j ving and golden. This 11\xhrlanee 99ritrtyjth lu. picturefle^icty with the nortVpv pqiilonfi bjf the country. Those drrHrvaiuljvihl, pre- Jv; sent only hilla of rinaid, or How of rujrjrcd 1 fed cliflfa. ttlnid?t wlii/ih n . vvuwyv V4U011V0 IICIUT ' mid there, with lUcn'aetiTg toa?, aii<f far winding gorges diirly aud.deej), aye sudden- j0 ly disolo^d by tho jutting pf tho orag, to ^ tho dismay of travelers." Savage wilds, tort, terrible uh Dante'* solitude, are there, which, abounding In legendary fntiyeiftA, an; are renowned In I\entuvkjan story, and .)w form not the leust attractive attribute of , ;n these strange, romantic regions. Thero it waa thn^ tUe Iydlaup, d,riVon er, froin their ongiual territories, or .hunting he (vrniiMcla f/mt ?? ? L- ? * < |n>nrvii7a lu wugq n re* U! lentloss Wur with theiraggrcsftrrrs, whose' to; strength wns tested In malfy vc flef$e <Ju-' an counter wit,h the'swarthy ShaymOi?*. J?tilT po to* these memorable tracts docs ninny o *y! "sportihg pnrtV1 resort? Where the ramnlns in pf rough built tents, tell of tho invincible bj hunter warriors; ,\^ho oijco held them as ay their own. l>oubtlcf$ herot.s of a different fij race existed, however, ready to dispute eV- cy cry iuch of Kentucky laitd with the tawny settlers, ltnrfod aild Koone, were djstjnguished among-them, but even tMy wevb NlimAWllln ViVnirni'ir ? 3,1 , ... '/j ii^wu muuicsa i fefdcity a'nd indbfmt&ble (faring we*e ao re- co marlcable, nu Jo be regarded by tho'savaged to ns the result of bouIo tearful and sujicruaUi- or ral agency. _ fr( Thq superstition noted mturally to their tfo, detriment, and irteramc;! thepowjrf of Wjll Smith, the forest Chieftain, w hp/victor in ^ repeated 'conteAtfl, tiipy looked.upon ?$nfe' ovif genius of their race?art ln^tniineiif yf {\, vuMjiuunw ?eno oy mc ureat Hftirit That! M timidity ij) {heiugflo torribja nn enemy, was ;pl tho eftufto of an irresolution i? their attacks to which usually brought dofca^.otttli fucflitatM, of couraof the m6atis of cscnpe Mi conqueror. Sometimes unexpectedly' on frt , the rot^r of his cnjWy,. at others ?hcu?l of ^<3 thom#^r iucoinprchcnsihly in th<? midrtttf ^ tho fray, it Kcemod .indeed aa though thto W(Wrrh)r had a -'charmed fHfcj* Tvh? U Una ----- ? ??? QK that a spell Frang on tho ?xlste'u<& 61 the tfa, extraordinary man, who lite J unAbr the shadow ot a great dnd lnoXtingftt*hnbIe ior- ?x row. The bit'e/ remembrance of this it was, which inciting a ccftaUloxa dowire of ro- nij venge, Was the socrct of hit ve&tlww : aud dit sanguinary eaicoflr. The blight of tnissory &* a plague-taint separated him from H* pa follow mon. ?8ternly.te,nd inohtoA hft/Hvedrl m< >tw forever Uawntiitg the war-puth o# tho hunt- |nj iiij^-trrtU of tho Indians, ftom which their p? bravest loader* disappeared. Ofteh in their hunting o*podiltartrwouKl their loader Cull, ?oi o^trounded by his braved, pieroed 4*? tho ?] heavt by the unerring buHct of the ftihnit bd Hunter, and tho elea* Hh?pj> ring of hia f(>1 rifle quiokly following wm all tho iudioa- lif. iions given iiiera pro,fwnoc. ^orauH, )m marofy were nJtho ttnftVftiHrtg--~k>ng Wofre b!> oithlp eouUi b? ?uo'cw*fu?Y put Into roq* ul*?tion, ho ww? fat beyona tho rcnoh of M;0j i,?ioiv ilosoit pe&irah. (V* - U v ^ jKew among U?c border poople npproteolicdj & ? "ifu**i~ ' -- -* Ventured to address thb dronded chiefiit. A mystery surrounded him wYiioh 1 in tho soUYoo of perpetual conjecture, inoasccl by the.TOry circumstances which ipearcd to render it improbablo it should er bo lolved; for this singular being nintaincd a uilenco us unbroken ns though t was durib, through which ho was com-. aj?ly kuqvyu as tho " Silent J^uutpr."? nUi appearftnoe^of sullen rescrvo distanced I, and thotsu-who otherwise would have ...jmootvunwii iiionmuna, ur jicrnnps GVOn ared lna #irr?ul;ir fortunes, noW denounced irt <ts ft ruthless adventurer; very differt would havo been their judgment could i o,y Iihvo penetrated the enigma of his , 1 Utility life, and have kno\vn ho*r cruolly i a red had been a heart (rtieo tjniekencd.by ? kindliest emotions. Misfortune whitfh . > one d^-ad str&ke had iloprived him of his alizfltion'of. hjippinMs <?n earth, scented have dvadened every human hope und inpathy, find crushed every social instinct thin his heart. : The. son of obscurc emigrants from the Id World, bis first uiihati?f?ii>ss wns fn hi? ft an orphan at nn early ago. The next , ^ ho apprenticed to a fanner in North Car- i in, a miserable miser, Svhtf ?6t only nub- ; ated thepopr boy to deprivation and the i jjt. arduous toils, "but proved a traitor Iq I 0 condition of tho indentures hy which | 1 was bound, ihese included tho privi- ; of rceeivine ft general school cdUoation, i stOhd of which ho was not taught its I Grost rudiments. Will, owing iii grfcat < rt to his caMcity ft ml Inclination for j tJy, coiUbiued, do^htlctss, with U^e com- i rativn imnlllsn "* ; - 7*~r" - 1 ?olvod novertheltjw to beoome a scholar,. i appilyj to aid hii* good intention, lie found i >lmtrttCtre$S \V4ios>"5 amiability nT,d fckill < iiclered Che ta^k of lcbtpitfg rjiOicr a picas- < <t th&ft u' toil, .. ..." ' i XUi^Yius Mattve Saunders, the favujcr'n ughtcr. Ofteu AViU'b C>C8 would un* dhcioumiv .wander. from tho page to .her. rnoAt ,Uluo oyo?, and Ihotv would eotuu ' pn sweet, gentle ton^a 01" rciftonstvanec, | fit he really could flchreflly he sorry fqt* c 6$?i)c0j .Jp this Btudicnu< conljvuuou- i ip, ;h time went cm, nu?re thuu letters !W loatyc(IV though little did either Matlor Will iuiajyuchow important an in-' 1 mntfe Would bo Jcnerctocd on their dwtitorKy the houti \vhlch glided so swiftly ,d carelessly by, Thny UiVCq unconsoiouH: , , and the sweet secret of their breafctaVaw *, st luadc known to tlujm by th<s father of H.ttic, wHo. Dcrccivcd tho condition of kf itVui} rcvcajod Lo tl?cir JHUtunl 1 pstMy. ^lr'l'om tho-Uuie of.ifcn tfisfl^pjry, >1 o ijioVt'dlre tyrrityv$\ Hot to say ntnirjty, , ?*pty6%ed b^.Sau'nUettf tyfturds tho poor % * * " ' . - V deprived of Vhq vcty ngc^wvi^S of oxigi\COj he was driven ivirtue of winter, ,?leop with, but a single tli?oytd-b&rc coYr ing, on somo hi\y in ?, barrel;. . Huoh wns Iho endurance to which Jic nvcly strbunttcd. for IujI dim coiptmii inn's kx.\ (lis nolo congolijtion was the syin- , my fixpresort Jiy Alutttc tUirifie.IniLtytyIgn i ^'rvicwM vyUlutiGf, Sl>o, up longer able 1 aCQpoQrvAVill, hail her goutle-Jioart hiu ! ;*t<*d by the knowledge of tho po^ccution : suffered, without the ability of altovia^ ig the nuat'ty of which fihe ipow hertrolf < be tho innocent Cftuso. Meok-spirited i d tender, *?hc was but'UtUo flitod to opf J ho the unrelenting epiri,fc of, hor fathpr, 10. luvvinir amaKscd a con.si?hir:ihlA fntliiim ' mginpd he didtmtticiont for hoy happiness zeajou^ly guarding it. His daughter, cn to the AppWiaoh uf womanhood, was Kprounly. watched, for the idea of a, Q19.&7 Icjes -suitor was distracting him. Uis malignity* awakened by the affection bs?isting between ^Mattie. and Will, waa jrctileflsly visited npon. tU& forlorn orphan y. Tho patien4'ii<?oi?in <>f love alone uld have- induced- Will, nattfr*lly-ojr a l/l anJ ??iii*A -JAW * - J iv< v>vtu?iio wu?];u() w yil'iu tu pll<3 lift I adifig servitude ho. ow^d. But fo-loriiak ' )in it wan to part from Mottio?th&t J ought was TiiorCTj^rftevoUa than all. Bo ; -endured 'aid for ^?Wr; tXll tho in- | italu# ieVOfity of 'bondage 'Itpciwuo till-' j atiAjW.1 'Ihcitcd by 1 .burning Irtdigiiiv- { in, ho I'fcAOivcd to apd fttoatlnp to i rftfcie'B Atom ono night; ho' told Wr his tentioni. Tfio chilcj lovtorff hud ' ludulgfe thoir erief-^-oiie bwHt'of tcAiffj j one clapped embrtice, ?n'd they ^urtwf* oiily fconsWltttion/tho Iftrtt worda-of < * lover,'thftfr'",fw hen* fee n great man, ! would come back uud make lier bin lit- ' i Wife." ' ? ^Vltb ft few chrwta ffrtd somfe' sempn Of j >thyig, "Will set forth Ota hi? jimfn?y W a American Capitol. OttridiW VlcfaalttKftW f ftlted him.' His utomwiu wW.n - hwujtcd," and ho wow eotnjjtflled Co'beg hte I ftrtril, and d?ck ?orne vrrcfclied dhelter at ' Oft one of Vhcaetoo&Bioflf., he w?b 1 icov^red by the extoellonfc .TuJ^e f'atnik- {. 1J, Vho, an early riser for the charitable f r,*too ?f tooking to tW welfare of hi? ^ ttlc, ait w$H jUef KW household, <Jri iM*- ? j^liw dtablrtf, #aa tmhfced tfe find there a t le. miitoWiMft lnnltiiifr hnv <<vii?nlnt?i1 privation and hunger. ^The good uld yiAn [ uld not, tcRtroin hig teare, a%ho naulI ^Wer, I hovft a err?ik, must t1?i? x * Removed io tl?j Judge's dwelling, ? day# tho poor orphan vacillated Vtwemr 1 u an A death, uiiable to explain hi* un- > pyy actuation, or oxpTos? lib gratitudtj lo * laolivet^ra. , " ... 1 e J*rom tho *UC Chat Will Smith Wa* ?rv- I ivod into tli# Judge'* family. ho [ fctfed'tyfcw of ,ite tfioipl^ru, Through < a *nge eoiueidencoj the vttf firttt ecfiomcfc 4 ? ? 9 t. j.. . - .. ? ....... . . with by ^hc Judge, on sotting out ou the (,'in-tutj \VaR that of tho "Commonwealth vs. Pamitel Satindcrs, for unlawfully making away with the indentured child knowil as Will Smith." Campbell, tlelightccl wifh the idea.of retribution on tho. persecutor of his protege, whom ho luyuu u? uln sou, it his iunnodiate attention, und oomtiell.fld minute investigation uf c\'c;ry particular in the affair. The trial whs u singular and terrible scant). Canipboll^ severe' Anil ijn piacaDlc. sat like another Brutusy resolved lor tho sontonco. MoJ^tioj too, .the timid Muttic, wn$ present, pale, wJjxrt-siok, and agonized by ('qivjyptiug feelings Thonovelly of her situation. :^nl its publicity, were sufficient alono fo overwhelm her gentle naUtrfe, in addition to whibh she had the miscry fo witness her pavent'J*. di.sgracr, and wnbdistracted with theconviction thut Will, her Hole hope aud only frieufi, wuW lowt to her forever. " Suunders, trembling and ootw-ioni}, Waited the verdict, whioh came as ivdeatlit knell on his oars, as the solemn tonc^'f denunciation "(Juilty !" b'ounded through the unbroken liush of the court. At that iri?jfOnf flirt /.f ^>.111. W.v; Iiiiujy \JI <juiini?U >Y UUCIS lOIll Un irrival, atid soot a munViurtu^ agitation through,.the crowd. Tho evcitoineut was told hy th'o eager cxciteiucnt of the people's %,i\ze, iojearu the cause. Even Mattio was routed from the stupor of despair into whivh die hadjjiiiil?. A utrapgc, vague hone arowe In her lifmst, and 'ftnarctdy could she conceive (Jib marvellous reality, na alio beheld one ctitor'whomsho could not mistake, hut | so pale tynd attenuated as to fceem, indeed, j rather a?3pectre than a human beui^. But I it \v:t8 ht>r lof?t onftf her well remembered companion, whose &pp.oar&noc created a sensation impossible to deperibo. Xl'is yoraoSutov, horrified at the si^ht of jvliil lio couscivcd to be au apparition, swupucd aud wflfl iaketf from the court. Tlie result was, tbut the 'condition of the boy'? indentures vr&s declared bv the jufy to j l>o forfeited, ami, sorest fitinst of a\l to tho ftiibor?ho wag vompflllod to aid in ihq.pup* j poM tind. education of the boy.until ho jittiun- ; sd his maturity. A new light thus broko on the horizon hitherto so dark und troubled, for Will Smith. UUigontiu Improving, tho udyantftgijs (hue afforded hiin, bcfy.ro long ho aujoyod tho hunorubjo position of a stioCqsnful young barrister, and tno old Judgt?, on hitf retirement, hnd tho satisfaction of seeing Ida 0\tn flRrft>T In tkoi K?a v7~ > l\"" "/JV "* "4W UUVUIM1 ion, as ho listened oftyli tn ah oostaey of nil- J miration,, to his brilliant. vigorous oratory.? Hut tho most delightful triumph of till, to Will.wHu, that he would Wow elujm hit lilucftjeil Multio, as his own. lit dcmu^cc p} opposition* he took her far hi A Wide. Years'of unalloyed h;ippine.4H was tfifi;Yopnvd of his trinln An<t his toils. Oare, sorrow md endurance wojo ft>r,<*Qttuu, evon pjobitjon slumbered, whilo he pasked in Jiis new-found ioy. But change.* awaited hirrt. The noble jottlest for fie into in rtroao, and then all tliat vvfl*> elevated and unselfish iu hi* uature. rwioliQ, Wealth and ciw?o woi^>,rcrinqaislu>d with tlife ready oonsent of Mattic, joyful ii'lier bnlovtid remained at hor side. Will's serriues in'hifr country's?au?c were unremitting itul effectual. I lis ijiiii-crity was proved hy Ihc sacrifice of his entire fortune; for the ronuluaion of hostilities hunt him ponniloss, thu. result of "hjf hard earned pofMsowU>fl>:? Ii!l\AP/W null Alllnimi.'ion 1>A " **^7 .V'?v *?.; iwu?w ?nn,-)t ujiui* IV (Vedi }>a(li'of jirogyoss l\ir him. The glorious lands boyond the AUoghanSes >ft'ured the best rosoarco, and thihher ho *0jolved, it Matt,io would aoeoiupivny hiu?, to repair. He met with no repianStranoe from lifs sweet wifov llor whitenihg cheek n!on<e told the one pang of consent. . The jouruey wntl long and arduous, but the* havcHor? found coiunensation in. the utiniu Ins of novcl{.V? m as in the charing pC the lovely scenes' presented by th<? ue\r" found lands nhciul, bearing ft soni\drtftee of dviH*aiion from the numerous fort# and settlements Jiat appeared. Will, having urriyed on t4|t Holders of tho Sinking Uivcr, deposited there hiifc family, with a powerful force in CAmp as :ho)i:dofenc6, while h6, oaroful to MtdbfO furthor supplies, pressed on to moot hia friend Uoono at a given spot, Six days only he was ibgenb?six eventful, memorably days. Douoly long teemed theso Heparatioud tQ Will's loving heart, for it wa? tlio ftvst tirno since iia marriage- lie hurriedly spught out th? >pot wiiero all tluit wan pvocious on earth to -.rm rc:r.i;:'!Ctr-: 6dHSsorrtr5o horritf by oud tin pcrceiVftd with ostonshmonttho camp broken up find thb-fW renaming omigi atitu rotre&liug. ? : Hastening after thorn, he. qtm'nly domniidod lis wile ana children ofwiOBO whom ho had :<?n*tittit?d their guardians. 'You will Hnd l:' n> Nvh^royou left lli-nu : oak thf) SliaWflOfi/i; tnoy c?n tall yon tjio ro;.V?" wa? tlie reply. TraUQrp-," oxclalmod SraitW, "youliave n ejected youf trust; thoy ft to m'urdc^od !"^L'hert, with & suddon springat the throat -.of ho hunter who lmd spoken, ho hurled him a tho tfnd without stopping to boo ho result, tho Vfi-otched maw roturnod to tho amp. lie was found thoro stretched On tho loor.bcsMii tho iit'-U- -i i < m.iinq ofhis Mattio ind hia'ehUdrbri, Vrhbm hfc ^fterflKtoly ?m>rftocd. Ho then retee, fcrid silently toil with ib av?f?I solemnity* proceeded to work fbr .'fuip, uiiui u grave was lormeu, largo awl Icop, in which ho placed side by ?i<to his refutes. Tin-ii , mi n^oai born luy on tho hjr mother's broast, the sldept, with tho. loath frown'of a hero on his brow, HtfUgrasffid Uierlflo tflth vhiehhehaU vtfinly nought o combattho d^adfy fi&tfl The mifeovabto falnev havihfe computed his iuw, nrnoioq a small pile of stonos wlicro jmv )oscd tho roiajui>s of all Me nnrthly bHsy.r? dton sn&tchuyj, wp his ?iflo with ono Jjar.a uo v avert a fitrowoll to fris iojupamon?, atyl (liekppcavod following thd track of tno Sha^ncCa,1 to hcYrfr loft tliixi track. Fbr ywlrf) hovcxlau'stod tho' hunting gfourtda of tho Shhtv iee?, niayintt thom h* thoY.fclepf.ofr an tbrty at itt tholr ifoa*fcs <<k air they fccoped in tho rtUUsof tho foriist. OracUmllv ?uah -Ourn>6r? had fttllou undor Ills l&riqh /'Do tfifU ig waft dywtpd *? A? phfcntpm of mutdor, ,ml to* Shftwnfctod^Wfrjd'thoft pjd Ifttaftts ' n the bAnko of tb* Cv?m Riv<!r Al> rtre k<. : ... ...... r^fia '> ' ' *- * last of their canoes dropped dpwn the stream, n bullet struck ono of the crew, wlio dropped into the watol* dead. Tlie others lookoa rip and saw thoir fbarful enoiriy riifcfoing into the forest. A ttimplo sarcophagus, *.uoli us aro Common in Kentucky, marks tlio renting t ?r ?i... nfi . ? ? ... I (jk.wv "i uiu -"OJieni riur wnoscsingular , ami melancholy hi?;t'?lV t, n'e than once lent its roiuuntio intrrost <o tion. Improving. * * The New York llcrald has tho following paragraphs a I It is very evident from numerous indica tions which meet tho eye, that a very dociI do<l decline in the anti-slavery sentiment in taking place throughout tho Northern States. The " National Era," an antiI sluvorv imvrn??l ?\tnVk1lfc!wwl ^ 1 J.., au IIIU icucnii Capital, not long since confessed that its circulation had falleu off one half of late.? It is well known at our post office that the rtiftvslavftrv organ of our country parts, the weekly Tripun^Jf has lost quite as large a share of it? subscription list. This fa also manifest from tho pitcouH appeal which it rimkes to its friends to conic to its aid and advertiso in its columns at half price. No journal doing u good business, .or with an iu^iuuamg yucuiiiHony wou!U Show eviclciico of Buoh woakufcss.in the kuocs as this. The late elections t^'ll the same story in tlio extraordinary diminution of the antislavery VQtc. The truth it?, that the people of the free States, the agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing classes, hayo grtiwh tired of the anti-slavery humbug, j and want to hear no m?%e of it. The late revulsion first diverged-their thoughts from the subject. And nov.' the relrgiovts revivals, which have no uTiti-slavery nbnsense about them, are another evidence of the aisiavor into which the nigger feeling has ] fallen among those pious and godly classes ! who have been heretofore its warmest | frldnds. In two or three years it is not I uulikoly that anti-slavery journalism in the I North will have expired "of inanition. Those are favorable nytupbona it is true ; | but if tho Herald would turn to the Feder[ al Capitol just now, it would find more direet and tangible proof.tluit tho. anti-shivery scutiineutis notdOfilhufcE" Caastittteneias can generally convey to1 "their rcrprcftontutives. thuvt desire in relation to the. course they should pursue on all public questions | I of importune,"-?od if such a roviljkiun of I sentiment Jte that mentioned had actually j taken placc, we think that.it would soon ' jnnko itself manifest in Congress: The dcI clinft of a few tbolisnndu ifl'tho. circulation ! of 6ne or two(papers is no index of h fftdicrtl change in public sentiment.-'? SuQlfieru ' C'uanliun. ' ' The Cr&vasse. The New Oi'leans l)clta of the 20th inat. \ says: " ' V Nowm from the. Crovasso lasfe evening wa? uotj favorable-?for although operations have beguti for eloaing it, still they have progressed but slowly. A few piles wore driven diyring the day, hut ou the other hand, wo lcarucd the breach had widened 1 n z aonfo nvo or ion ieet. " The water is showing itself in the rear | of McDonOttghville and Algiers, in alarm-' ing proximity. Wo learned that it was I up lioarly to the Pavillion Gardeus, and I was still advnnciug. Iu Algiers, it Was a fnyt deep within two squares of Cpok's Foundry. u A gentleman iuformed us, who is living In tho h^olv part of tho town, that when he'left his house In the morning there was not a sign of the water, but ur*or. returning at evening, it had so covered his placo that he was obliged to paek up and loave for higher quarters, it is almost impossible to ea|i|mitq tho uinonntof damago that will certainly bo done if the water is n'otohceked soon. \Ve do not think that tho present annlI "V*tisir\ nf *? ? *" - u.ivti-jmvv nv yriuuii operations are gOlll^ Oil will be apt to accomplish the end required, ^orhhps wo are mistaken. Tho Picayune of thn 21?t add*. u The piling was eouiineqced on the lower side of tho crevassc, .and throe, continuous rows, of piles hi\y;c been dviv.cn, perhaps onp-third of the way across it. Whon U>M? haV<5 been extended entirely across "it, tho question of SUCCCM ov abandonment of the work will bo settled. The whtariri' Mmn plaoCH ih at iMst fifteen feot deep. The rush over il?s leveo given a "ptatty illtiHtrftijion of dangftrous rapids irt a large Yiwtt' A gradual abrasloa of tho'levee hftH been Constantly going forward, and a larger quantity of water it) lioyr pouring out than at Any pfeviouH Uirfe'. The curropt has un dfirmirto.fi nYiil r-??? > vuv ut^ru L'UUIIIH j of Mr. "Bell's plantation; and vcstcr^ay tbp approach of the water towards tlift frortt from the sWnnip along the whole dlfrtunce firwn th$ orovasso to Algiers, wa* very decided. , Tito water is npw up to the track of tho jailroad, A oonsidcrjjhlc portion of Optna ip ^oyorod, end th9 gnvdens and fields abavo and below are pariiajlv covercdThe river ro?o the last twenty-four hoi)r?j, two in'chc# at the' Stook Eanding." M.of Uv;oa)jtl> ion9 -t-Iu ? nuvvvM u<Miv?r?u m ino nouso of Ronrc^cntfttiyo?, *t'NV'ashipgtou, by a ^lapsncuusetta jtiombcr, the speaker, thua. cnymemetf Horrid of the thiri^ho should never attempt to *d?fon<l j * <- < Tho-F.-dls of Niagara, .the White Mountain of llampahire,t v;ho Atlantic Qocun, Fly#i?Hj.h JUwk?. Hunker llill and tne llistoryot $n>isac!i\weW*. Uej?<UloU: " Aojf BHD tl?en? wjtfi perfect Tmpfcmfy, bo fiar ua. Jam cou? ? fe* ^ ; iv " ? Disorder in Congress. A WilsbinVtou lotV>r gtVes the following particulars of .Ve difficulty in the lluu.se on I Friday, during the del>rtte on the report of tho RanniK Conference Committee: Mr. T rippe explained his reason fbfr voting ' for a postponement -in opposition to the niur 1 jurity vfriiih party in a manly and aomdhlo spcooh, vindicating his nersoual independence , Mr. llill wished to inalco t? similar e.volunrt- [ tion^hut Mr. Gartroll, also oT Gcor&ni. oh- i jeoU'd. " Who objects ?" inquired Hill, tuning toward him. "1 oTgjcct," replied Q&rtrclT, larpiug his h6a0 r?ry httu\jhty maimer. v'Where is you- graveyard V' exclaimed Hill, rushingut him with great fury. He was intercepted. howover, and (jojrtrcH i pierely said, '\\\ e will talk of graveyards olRowhere." 'l'ho Speaker called upon the Sorgoant-atArms to couduct Hill to hi? boat, and order wns noon restpjod in tlie Hall. A scene also occurred in tho Sonato 011 thus subject. Mr. Oreen rose to niako a report from tho uontoreuce. Mr. Stuart. objected, on the ground that tho bill itself was not in tho topssOsyian of the Senate, hut iir 'he House. Mr. Green arrogantly objected to this intervention. While Mr. Stuprt wive on the floor, tho bill, was brought ovor from tho House Mid quietly laid nn Mr. Green's desk. Mr. iiroderick immediately rose and said he w?s informed by a mouther of tho House that tho bill had been surreptitiously obtained from tho Clerk's offico anj sent to tho desk of the Senator from Missouri. Mr. Greott inquired if tho Senator charged that ho had surreptitiously obtainod tho bill. Mr. Rroderie.k replied that he stated tho hut -tinT jp nan uccn surreptitiously procured. Subsequently, a ft or remarks by others, Mr. Greon pgjuin' gut the Hoor and said that the hill had been brought to him to uompafe data with his report. A very remarkable coincidence, but it did not mislead anybody. Mr. Broderiok answered that ho had beeu informed by Mr. Harris, of Illinois, that tlvc bill 'had boon Wproperly obtained, and that he held hirivself personally fesponsible for the statement. ? ' tlobtt,ibt-p- munnkr?confession and Sentence of the mijudkrhii.?On the 8th iupt., a man named Samuel Land mm, from lto.nfon mitnfv A.lo ? 1 1 ' ? I >T?o IIIUIUITWI ! I a short distanoc from Atlanta. Suspicion ! pointed to three men named Jones, Cobb and Crockett, and steps were taken to arrest them. The two former wero caught below Atlanta, somewhere nenr the G. ft. R., uud the hitter, after a long chase, noar Tnskegco, Ala. He was taken back to Atlanta, and tnado a'confession of his guilt in open Court. IIo says t.hat Jones, Cobb and himself were walking in thr rbuytty. were I overuiKcn ny i,nnrtmm, riding in a wafcon j I ?that L&n<lnuu usfccd him to ride, tut that j | ho refused until asked a second time, whon I ho got into the wagon and rode a .short disfc;?:?oo?that he and Landrnm then got out, i;ind Jones and Cobb got in, and that thon, in accordance with an agreement made at , the suggestion of Cobb, and with a slung j.ahot that ho (Cobb) had given him, he j knockq<l Landrum to his knees, and tho j others jumping out of the wagon, finished me wonc witn a lightwood knot and rock. This Is the fiubstanoeof his confe?nioo, nnd he saj'H that they only y/jt Ji fty-Jivik cents from tho pogket-s of the murdered man, of wl)ich they gnvo him twenty-five cent*. . He has been sentenced to be bung on tho 18th of Juno next. As tho canes of Jnnc9 and Cobb wore continued beforo Crockett was brought baek> they will util be tried uutil the next torm of the Court. ? - ^ Ti^m Bankij/o Sv.vrfcM.?Tho Oraml Jury of yorkv 'lle District speaks as follows of the i The Jury hog loftvo further to present tho Backing system of tins State as radically defcotivo?an instrument of oppression cramping the oncpgies of the people, and impeding tho course of a sound, auli-ttantial and pemiaucnt progress. They have (ailed to meet their ^ligations in good faith, and have this fa* with nnphriity, vidlated the true intent and meaning of their charters?thus forfeitingtho-cuntideiico of the people, aii?4 emhnvriwwMig-materially tho fmauaiai .interest of the State. The .Jury regret that the Banks luvv'o beon'permittod, witliout obstruction, to disregard the regulations of law, and, In fact, to utmrp the powers of legislation : and they bolievoihat a duo regardUi the ouhlic rormn my imposes i*poh the next JUc^isbituvo the ili\ty of (sftk'hdst vigifakico in this *?spoot. and theprovldtng of at'rlAgeiif restrictions upon tlvD gcnai'uL ex?>rciafe o( Hanking privileges. RSvivaLS.?from till mmi'tera throughout the Urrion we learn that tne rofigioito fooling lately awakened is still upon tho increase.--^ 'In hojuo of our neighboring villages, hu*Rv additions have boon made to thu dijloruut branches of tlm Christian Church. In Greenville, Toam that twentv-three w?i*? r*n 'Iufct Sabbath, add< d to the baptist Ghuruli, tmd u larger number to the Methodist Church ' .At Spartanburg, a large niunber have connected themselves >vith the Methodtaf Churob, In fchia place, the meeting# are stilfkept up, And our Ministers aro evincing unite ts commoudablo seal in tho matter. Wo learn that woven convortn bavo united wjth tho' Ilaptistj, Chifroh, and that the altar is nightly crowded with afttious seekers aftor trutlj. The Union Prayer Moetimr is hold I .1* Matooio llall, Ttnd is amended by a numerous audiQnc^pT^Ndem#* (Juroliuiwi. " Mv b*?>tbr?n," said- Swift, in a sormon, ?, "there uro threo.fiortfl of pcido} of birth, of I riJhos, and of talent*. I shall net nownjiook,r of tho latter, nono of you being liable to that J kind of Vlfe?.w ^ At jjibraltar thore wa? a great Rcarc'ity of wStorf. Ah officer nuid h? was very oany'a- f bonftfa* hiafct?-i. for he KAd fcttthrag to vlrt *\ water'4 if he only got Ma tea In the fcfafataf J rvi'l patoch at night it vii all ao w?ut';d, ' % ^ .4* "? - - - ' .t 1 . II . 1 . 1 -- Ui J -WS-L'.JJll. I ' '!J "Ki?? Him, Qiddings," Again! We UttU iii the Now York jTYm??t tho following nocount of a little scone in tlio llou.se. The Washington &(<n-&nya that no member with lc?4> cheek than Mr. Gidtliii<*h possess, would have ventured oh it denial of facts witnessed by tilt whelo lbW.se ^ ' Mr. Shaw, of North Carolina, replied to tlioanti-liccomptpp speech of hiscolleaguo, .Mr. Gilmer, who he (Shuw) said was on it* 6<?vGi?^iun congratulate^ by .Mr. Uiddiugs with Loth hand.*, ns though ho was bcstowiit,vr a benediction. Mr. Oiddiugs aai\l that Mr. Shaw was ontu'ely mistaken. 3fr. Shnw.-^?I saw the goene with ray own eyes I Did uot the gentleman approdcu HiV colleague ? Mr. Gidd'.ngfi) (emphatically)?I did not. 61 r. Shaw.-?fifteen or twenty others saw you approach my colleague. Mr. <Giduinga further replied, but his voice w;.i entirely downed iu the loud cries of ''oru?r ' ""from the "Dertioeratic wide. MV.' K(^lH oirnitiof Vf?- m.? ? _ | w,,vv* u^wmuu UUUVTy who was on the floor, being interrupted. This was followed by cries of "order" * from the Republican ttde, and laughter. Mr. Koitt M?id ?ueh blackguardism was bettor out than in the llouso. Mr. Shaw repeated that there wan a sinilo of complaisance on Mr. Giddings* face as he approached Mr. Gilmer on tliat occasion. When lie (Shaw) .should bring upon him such congratulations, he would exclaim, K\Vl,..> 1 T .1 i , t imii nKvr j uuuv, uiiii my enemies should praise me*?" Orlcff of " Good." , Mr. Giddings said there was not a word Of truth in Mr. Shaw'sstatement. Instead ^ of congratulating Mr. Giluicr, ho asked him why he hud used his lifting iu connection with that of Mr. Buchanan, and told him ho should hold him responsible for it. [Laughter.] Mr. Campbell having been near Mr. Gilmer nt A--1 *?? ?1-1 n.c.w Mine, wnvuuraicu i'ir. it ladings' fstntcuient. M r. (Minguitin, in justicc to his oollcdgne, . (Mr. Shaw,") who was mow absent, said hiv saw Black KeprtbJioans congratulating Mr. Gilmor, and Mr ttiddinga in thrt crowd near enough, to do so. lie did not know whether Mr. Ciddinpi grasped his band, but rocollccted distinctly Mr. Houston's exclaiming, " Ivisfl him, (iiddirigs." Fif4.; 1?*?--? - uj wuur ^uuitiumuu were witnesses o! tuo scene. Tub John Oban Afi-air Ukvkhskd.?A love affair existing botwQ<?) a rich former living in the north am paHo?" tnis town (says tho Kinderhuojc Rougli Notes) and a poor, nnwly imported Irish girl, which lately led to thp marriage of tbp parties, has oauged no little commotion among tho relatives of tho 'pi -- '*1 * - - j nugid. ?vus in k>c employ at tl?o family of tha young man some months ago, when on " attacluneiit'^sprung up botTflBon the young folks, which, being " nourished," ripened into love. The mother of thoyoung man becoming awaro of the fact, discharged the girl, hyping thereby thut absence might conquer the lovo of her son. One day last, week, he, in company, with his affianced,took the ciy* ij.t tho JLlvvey.ville depot for Albany. Aflevthq train had started, and they taken their seats, a clergyman mado Ini appearand, who, iiotivbort Uivorville and Schodack dopot* joined tho pair in bonds of matrimony On urrivincrin Alnnnv ?lm ? j -vn.j <uMia ?rn? got the. gonsont of hor husband to l;ave tho marriago ceremony again performed according to the rites of tho^ Catholic Church, of which she is n mombor. In the evening of the same day tho twico married couplo returned to thu residence of the husband'a moth er, whoji the wife was installed mistress of the mansion, where, thrco or four months ago she waf employed as a sorvaut, and from wlinnco sln> was driven because 6? hov "high Aspiration?." Why wr, have no Thunder in* tub WinTB4t-*-rProfe88oV Espy, in his forthcoming Metoorlogical Report thus explains wliy w? hmVe no thumlor in tho winter: u If it is asked why wc have no thunder la the winter, though tho tqps pf tho storm, clouds riso even jn this soason to a rogion where tho air ia nt least considerably charged with eloctricity, porhaps tho answer may bo found in this?that tho storm clouds in tho winter are of great extent, and of course tho tension of the electricity, being extended over U very largA surface, is very feeble; and the snhslanco-of tho cloud being itself (Yam--* cd out of vtipor much lo.-? donso than that of summor clouds the xon <iou may not be ablo to strike from one particle of the clpud to tho noxt adjacent and, no general discharge can take 'phVco. Itasides, even in the winter, durilli* A VOfV wirm * - - 0 - ?>r ........ u|<v?a/> 11 uinuur, Willi ft llljjll dew noiivt for t'no season, wo sometimes ha\o a violent thunder storm from a ctyiud 01 very limiWd horizontal extent an tho thunder * oltfuds always are in tho t?urame"< Such a uloyd in in reality au insulated piilur of hot air, mingled, with condensed vapov. having just given out into tho air itself its latent caloric, <Jau?irfg thtwiir at tho top of the cloud * a many cases, to he 60 degrees wartnor afe us ti.p tJmn tlio air oo the out*id? at tho Hatno, Ion I." * ' t f ^ , Gkoor?phy?OmcAuo.?Chicago is ? bvwtling city. It wa? fortner)y?m lllinofe, but now Illinois is in it. I^ake Michigan i$ situated in Chicago. The prinojpad productions of Chicago arc corner kits. tUiti** tics, wind, the Democratic Titus, anil f<<>tig John >Ventwortll. Th? population"wfCMiiongft ih nb ,ht sixteen million*, and is "rapidly incrM&ing/' The people arc voty nnJ turning and moral-?almost foo lunch **>? he real estate ddalcrr*' ore all honorwbl? luen^, like Jin*tusr one wouldn't, tell ft iyCt for anything, Chicago is not in the tftrril* pex??? /<oue? the habiUof tho j>copi? not ueing at all m that way. \Cftfodand Ptaiiulcakf.