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"TO TIHKE OWN SELF UK TRUE, AND IT MUST FOIJ.OW, AS THS NIGHT T1IK DAY, THOU CAN'ST NOT THEN 15 E FALSE TO .VKY MAN." BY ROB'T, A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT IIOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1858. vni ,Y x?ft A* " _ j, iiKLEOTEld* IPOJSTIRLV* From the Southern Liternry Messenger. Songf of the South. BY W1LMA* OlI/XORE SIMH. ' ' . Oh ! tl?o South, tlio sunny, sunny South, Ldnd oftnic foelinj;. Inml forever mine; I driiilc the kisses of ln>v vr>??> And my heart swells as with adriuightoPwlne"; She bring* mo blessings of maternal loVo; I have Iter smile which hallows nil my toil; Her voice persuades, her gc.neroussiiiiles approve She sings me from Mie sky. anil from the soil! Oli! by her lonely frtnes, that wave ami slpli? Oh ! by her myriad flowers, thut bloom and fade? By all tlic thousand beauties of licr sky, And the. sweci Bolaco of her forest shade; She's mine?she's ever mine; ,,Kor will I aiight resign. Of what she give* me mortal or divine; Will sooner purl With life,.hope, heart-rWijl die?before-1 fly ! ii. Oh ! Love is her's ; such love as ever plows In sonic, whore leaps affection's living title; She is nil fondness to her friends?to foes. She glows a thing of passion, strength and pride; She fecls? no tvomors when the dengcr'a nigh, But the. fight over. andtSo victory wou, How, with strange foudnopa, turns her loving eye, Tn tearful welcome on each gallant son! Oh ! by her virtues of the cherished paat-*Hy all her hopes of what tho futuro brings? I'glorv that my lot with her is cast, And my pool flushes, and exulting sings; She's mine?sbe'? i>r r For her will I resign All precious things?all pl.t rod upon her shviitc; Will freely pnrt With life, hope, henrl? Will die?do might but fly ! VbuTB? _ Debate in the IT. S. Senate. ? During tho consideration of tho bill to authorize a loan not exceeding the sum of $15,000,000? Mr. Simmons, of Rhode Island, I liavo bctovo mc a statement as to failure?, taken from a paper called tho Commercial Agency; and theso pcoplo liava tlio failuvos with wpndcrful accuracy. I have made a'comparison of tho failures in the different eitios, and I find that the more wealthy tlio city, the larger the failures; tho moro coin in a city in proportion to tho circulation, the more failures tlioro were. Tho aggregato of the failures during tho prosent revulsion iu the I', States, up to the 1st of January, amount to about $290,000,000; of which *l3&,OQ0,'OOO was iu tho city of New Yovk, $42 '"00,000 in v..., Vv/?,v?/wtwvv au x UIUUU* llil, IIT1U $0,000,000 in Now Orleans. I h? looked ovor the bank returns of those four cities to 800 the relative pri?j>ortiou of their coin nnd circulation, nnd T found t|iat they recently had $31,000,000 of coin in the hank vault* to about $15,000,000 of bills in circulation?between tliroo and four dollar.* ?n flrihl and sHverto ono in papor. Thou I took the oity of Charleston, which did not run into over-im{(ortntions. They have, I beliovo, about one lundred thmimiivl r>ar>nlf? no t -.v.io i.?.. tUo luto -worthy Senator from that State: nn.?l I heard liiu tmcccpHor eay, the other day in the Sonato, that the imports this vear had been two-thlrdu what they ordinarifv were". Mr. Hayne. of South Carolina. "IVodonot -wish to appear under borrowed color*. The population of.Churlestou is about sixty thou? hand. * ? < Mr. Simmons. Well, it ip n prcity old city and a good one, and. 1 thinlc, a very respectable one. The futlnrita tlicfo did not amount to over one million doHhr^. Mr. llaVno. Blof? my soul, Kirl we had not a single failure that I know of. Mr, Simmons. Thfwe tiiiugtt are pretty apt to' bo correctly stated.by such paper# a?} I nuote from. Mr. IliVUO. The RnnofjiP anvu ifinl lcNtori in notnn importing city. Although wo do not impbrt directly from Kngland, wo do in soino niOflHuro import, nnd importluvgoly, from New York; jjmd (froui Uuftton( end. from Philadelphia, rmd'pay;jiwt ns mueb.aml more, thaii if ,ws imported frwin nhroud dircrfly. . a , ' Mr. .Simmons. , IT I .^nn get this pysteni going, I hope to give you n mjr plinro of the importations. I find that in the 6ft Y ofProyidoneo, with n population of nhout fifty thousand, a population less .than thnt of (jtarloston, the failures amounted to $4,500,000.? \Vo aro connected in trudo with the lureo citios; wo sell our products id $cw York, whero it is :?>ingicd with the impoitationa, and an occr-iinportntlon ie ju?t as fatal totheproducer who sclle bia'ptoduce bi thise greafr markets, as if he was engaged importation v himself, for the produee is noid to tiio sumo jelass of purchasers, and their failure involves pyorybody that deal* with tljioui. The Senator irom feouth Carolina if* mistaken. I find In refovcijco to tho figures that the failures fn Cliurh??t<>n wero thtrty*ono.m number, and amounted to ?J)02<0GQ, Mr. Hayne. I think that is & mistake, Mr, SSibinoKit. I think uiv Mtiitement is corroct. The failures in Charleston wero the least ofuny ppn-porfc town of any magnitude j in th?) (Jnitfld StottisiV Tl^ocity ofProvidonco Jms a bank 6npititl of $14.0()0,000, just r.hoilt tho name t\a the bonk enpitnl of the whole State of Honth Carolina * and M frdrcM". Jatiort at the timo of the sur.ponslo.il of al>out ono million oight hundred thousand dollari'y with coin to tho amount of, uorhaps, five hundred thommnd dofmr*, deposits in nther banks, ahd other meant that vro could draw o>\ to mtiet it. Ms*. Howard, of New York. Whore was your oircuiatiotft ? * Mr. Simmons, Allpverlhe c?untry+-?wfcifc; and everywhere. city bad failures to the amount of $>4..V)0.000, ti>i)6* as much Mi the oity of ('}inrl6?ton i and tbo banking Institution* of South Oa^Hm^-with $14,000,. (WO ofcapital, hau..;$lrt,0W),00w of liability* In th? form of circulation find <h?f po?1ts, with loss tban a iftiliion hi'gpeoift ta pj l?o?t tbom; and yet (but wnt tbo most count! city in tho United g.tatoj, showing that tbo proportion of coin bad no mqto to uo -with {bo rovulaion tban tbo cotton which Vrjll bo " ft&cd ?0xt yoar bad to do witli it Ov?r Un ? povtatidnfi upset tbo country. Tt seems, howj ever, there i? tho saino feeling in South Car* olinn that thoro is in tho SciuUo; niul I received a speech from a gentleman in the South Carolina Legislature, which lie made iu Dcccmbor last on the subject; and the Sen fttor from South Carolina gave me a cony of thoir bank return))?the report of their comptroller on finance. Tho comptroller of iinaucq recommended to the Legislature of S. Carolina, in prder more severely to chastise the delinquent banks, to increase tho penalty Oil lliAm fr>r 1 11 ... ... h wi.io ?nuii uiey wore uu- | dor suspension, from five nor cent., as it then was. to ten pec ocnt., arm denouncing thorn in tlio strongest terms. Tlic gentleman who pontine Im epecch did not fall into that notion, but proposed to repeal the penalty alt<gether, and carried it through the South Carolina Legislature. Mr. Llavnc. Not altogether, Here let mo spy a very fow words, with the Senator's permission. I think the cnuse of our stopping was that we had a iiank of the State of South Carolina that has not a shadow 01 rcsponsibility'nUaeljicd to it. It is the People's Bank; the capital is owned hy the State government ana IS public property, to bo stolen niul speculated upon, ana tlmt bank biul accommodated almost every person in tbe community that was not well off; and when the crisis cumo, she went by the board first. If she could have stood, there would not have been a single bank in tho State of South Carolina that would havo suspended. Mr. Simmons. 1 think it is very likely. Mr. Hayno. In Alabama, they tried the experiment, and juy friends can say they lost 1 the whole of their capital there. ! Mr> Simmons. I never krnw banks that j would bo likely to suspend if they nover accommodated a customer. Everybody can mannize n bntvlt #n tlmt ?!>?. ? ?? ^ _, ,,M.v vuviu xv iii uo uw nun* ticnsiyn, by not lending money. I think the Junk of iho State of South Carolina the only hunk thatdeserves a banner in the State it' tli'< rest did not loan their money, and they i did. I honor them for it. It in what they ( wero incorporated to do. , Mr. Ilayne. They all did it but tlie Char- ' loaton llank and the Union Hank. Mr. S in\mow. Tell me about the banks sustaining themselves, against a pressure, i when the whole mercantile community arc fulling about them, and not loaning money! < They will find no sympathy from me in such ] ayour.se. Iain not condemning the auppen?ion ; lam only paying that, after this denunciation of the banks by the officers of 1 South Carolina, they had intelligent men in 1 the Legislature who got this law repealed; 1 and they continued suspended after tho banks | | in tho Northern o.itii?<j hail rnan???<-t I wisely so continuedfe^nfttcad of laying this revulsion on tho bunks, I think tliat thns6 >t!io v-uiiliiJUfd to ai-coniinoduiO tlto oonimuiiity, ami sustain the props, acted wifl?ly.? At the time resumption was talked of in S. Carolina, cotton in Liverpool was five and a half penco a pound. It mid gone down in four month* from nine and a half to five ami a half pence, eight coots on |he pound. If tlicj had resumed sjiccic payment* at the time it was talked of, and other Southern Imnks- had done so. and pressed their debtors, the wholo oron uonld liftvb gone at livo and a ] - ? 1 ? ' urn I'ciii.t-; mil since Timr, uy accommodating tke public without a resumption, it has gono up to seven and a half pence. Thut item olono will make more difference to the cotton crop of the cotton-growing Sin ten that tl.c wholo bank capital in them. Senator H&yneIn a recent debate in the Scnpte, in which Hank suspension, uuniriurclnl failures and Charleston were nlfuHSfci to, Mr. Hnyno, of this StatQ and place, dk^great injustice when h<5 snhl: * '* I think that the caufo of our stoppiog waA that wo had a'Jjiink of the Stato of South Carolina that lias not a shadow of responsibility aUoolievl U> iff* TM? i? in ->? < vo.ivw WUllWi. yui DilllKM ( " toiajj, ?U$pended did so hqfcnuso they wore ilniinod*-tindpr%piiTiic of their ppeims Mid could help themselves. Inclusive of that 1 J&iiuk, they wore six. Tho Scnutorn.ppoo.rcd 1 i^rroHlnt on nil the points. TbefO wore three I instead ot Jim} whiuh did not suspend?he ( did w<fl?i(ft>ition*ihc State Hank. Tho Staid f iiistiiuti^p in uhder every responsibility: | Utonctnry, in the vnstncss of its octual rc Sources anddh tho liability of the Stnto itself; legal, in tho provisions nnd. direction of its ' charier und the laws; and penal, in the rc- iuiQvni and liaiiilitics of it < officers and iliroc- t i i? f_.i << - mm, ii imicu mo pyopio uuoraiiy ana wise- j Ty," andfwift floon illuwtrntc ith strongth aud mmrtdrtoss 1>^ ah caiTy resumption, Unaccompanied by nretahVH) on itn d<!btor?oron trade, t Although Charleston had no failures which ) diroutly resulted from the monoyed cri?i?^ho j lms had, liko other places, unfortunates in . business, and the reports of tlie Commercial Agency nrr .indouhtcdly correct. Although * in thin Tespcdt her cotnpnrifion with other c cities wns bo onduontly favorable, and at- t though Senator Simmons, of Rhodo falnnd I n por?iatod in doing complimentary justice to | our and ite hanks. .Senator Uujno from . <v?>\t f>f information or from mifiundorHlnnd?g tho real fae,ts, apponrcd not to want to ( penult him to do bo! * Tbf^franator having mado eovon or eight t lirtlokpeoebes already, avid moritioned Gen. \ Jd<ftln6n a tutlnbor of times, hia constituents ? nro uow antiafiod with the quantum of hi?por- t foruifl.ii<'.n/> in aiu>nliini? -/"/ioi ... VI.W fTjWw* J Wr.1.1; did Dr. iVfStt Ray, "Tho finished a gambler has no heart; ho would play at hit* I brother'* funeral?he would gamble upon c his mother's coffin." Horace AValpoto men- j tions an auccdoto of a man's having, in hi? timp, dropped down at the door of Whito'a Qlub-ilouse, into which lie w&s carried. The 4 morabora of the fllnb irtomediatoly made bats whether hn was dead' or not, and upou its hoing proponed to bleed him, the wagoror? 1 for ni? death interposed, alleging that it would give unfairness to the bet. ? tfoo lma'wtfttoii on tyo flowcra tfiatuVeotOQ tho air, upon thd breocn that rocks th$ I flowers upon *ha otcrn?tipou the rain drops 11 tiiat rofr**h- the sprig of irroM that lifts ita .i head in tlip dftanrt?upon it# doop chanibc'ft -f f ypo? asrery penciled sheat|hut tdeeps in tho ? cavorna ot thr d?3$ ng lo3? than upon tho ' W.igtyy sun that Worms and obeorii millions i of oreaturas'vrh'.ch livoia ita Hjrhi?-upon all '* his work* he ha* TrrltteiW'No on& llvvth tat!***" <- ' ' * ' 4 ff% " ^ & From (lie Noybcrry Rising Sun. B. D. Boyd and Oursclf. We were politely informed during t!io ln?t week that tlie l'roisidcnt of the, Newberry Bank, Ti. I). Bovd, would hold ut? purppnnlly responsiWo if we permitted to bo published in our columns any communication derogatory to ltis character. Wo must admit that we were surprised at receiving such nn oxpreas iniuivction when we lmrl nn knowledge or intelligence of any personal nrtielo of tho kind, Wc have inado it a rule not to indulge in personalities. We war not with individuals cicopt. their conduct justifies us in it. Wc discuss and always have discusscd principles' and measures, i-.ot men. Our columns liavo been and ar opened for discussion, and we arc disponed to favor nil. This menoure of Mr. IJoyd, which infers otwl ? i-- ?1 m.vi nuuiu |iicsuuiu iu intimidate. us,by a threat/ we consider as hostile ami at war with tli? principles of Republican liberty. It evinces the spirit of a Louis Xapolcon, to restrict the press, and force it to submit to a monicd institution. It is n plain illui-trAtion of that star ohambcr authoi ity, which we have heard so much about thatrulod with a rod of iron, and from whose decisions there was no appeal, fllr. Royd undertake? by his act, to invade the liberty of the press, to muzzle that which Milton defended, which the constitution protects, and for which im?? l?ntr<? their blood, lie imdertakes to manacle it in advance, to fetter it beforehand, by dictating to uh that tcc shall not publish some-' thing which he may have anticipated, but which he knew not of. "Whoever beforo heard of such if tiling ? What inferences nannot- be drawn ? Docs it not exhibit that the spirit which dictated would bind to the stako or apply the screw whenever its opinions might bo opposed. Wc have warred against the banking system which exists in thisStatc. We have warred against the principles under and by which the banks were eonduMod, and wc j here emphatically say that as long as our mind can conccivo and net?as Ion}* as our hand can wield a pen, we shall continue to urge before the people the necessity of conT finiug theui within proper bonnds, and of restricting their operations to that of a proper legitimate business. In ade the liberty of the press! It is of the most sacred of our rights. It )nc ot tho gi-cotl/ulmuKra of Ultf repODIVCniT institutions. Whatever abridges its freedom, manacles, fetters and chains its limbs ind muzzles the month of liberty. Tho constitution of tho United States, of the rotate of South Carolina, places the liberty >f the press upoll the footing of our dearest rights. The press is one ot' the reserved rights of the people, the invasion of which warrants them in taking up (he BWord of revolution. As long ns the prdss romnins iinfcttercd, we m:od not fear any encroachment upou the rigbta and liberties of the people. If we should be so unfortunate ns to live to see the day when this country shall bo Jirotidcd in tyrannical darkness?-when the <nn of Human liberty shall set upon the jiclnncholy wrcck ot'tho American repub: ic ; when despotism,restriction and tyranny shall govern nuil rule; when the freedom )f the;pres.? ahull be fettered, nnd wo sjiall jhance to be found conducting a paper, wo will, by Heavens, pull down tho press, path;r up the Ti/pr., ?gt them into the street, iplit up tho (We.?, muko a boniife of the trholo?-shako tho at cursed dust from our "cet, aud take our leave for hoiuc land where 'Uteriy is governed by the " immutable priniiplea of justicc,<e where at leant a spark >f tho fire of rational liberty plows it* the iumrtrr breast; where freedom ofcoUHcicticG rccdoin of iplnd, freedom of thought, hud rccflom of the I'rens} weighed by tho true itandard of" Human Dignity'' i?. ullowed o exOrCisb the inalienable rights of a freenan?life, liberty and humor* happiness. TKHRfnm Tojinado.-t-Jbc terrible oruado which visited the villogo of K'.ison, Illinois, on Monday afternoon of ast week, has boen already nientioned.? fourteen persons wcrs instantly killqcl, and en more mortally winuidcd. Of the wount j:?,I ?k~ ?vmj vvru viicu uiu ?*muv uv^iiiii^ uuu nircu he uoxt, making nineteen deaths in nil.? rhe .only physicians in the place?pre. lawlcy and Yoke?wen} so seriously injurid, that they \fcro ijicapncitatcd from ronlering nny assistance. As nn evidence of he fearful force of the wind, it is stated hnt fragments of the bodies of the victims ?ere scattered in nil directions. A& iron afo, weighing pino hundred popnds, was akeu from Jolihson's store nud carried thlry feet. One cow was taken up and carried everal rods nnd killed \y tho fall. Her >ody lay at a distunco from anything that >oulU hnve.inUioted wound pr 'injury upon ier. Horses, cattlc and- doftfl were taken ip by the wind, oarriod into the air, dashed 0 the earth, and killed by the foil. FLOWKRy.-rTho most bumble abodo is nade pWwaant to ho sight of all persons of >ood taste aiuj rofindd feelipgn, -when it ex* flowers in its surroundings, or plants jcepfng outoftho window??.? Flowow are 1 luxury that tno poorest wny onjoy-^the nost coinuion.aro uinontf ihn 'tWiujt. w?nf!. ul~unda few aoods sown in the gnrdon >atoh, however small it uaay Ijc, or iu a put r a box* wi)t i? ? short time gladder* the icart of the sower, and all who look upon horn, iu fcfco.spirit of lave, with a feemty jlid frngranoo too cxq^iwto for dcaorijktion. T ' J ? African Emigration?Reply of Messrs. Lafitte & Co. Mrssrs. Editors'. Wo have read with surprise, and not without sonic feeling of indignation, the letter addressed by the lion. ! llowol Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, <o 1 the Hon. Win. F. CoU:ook. Collector of tbn Customs, at this port, in reply to our npplication for a clearance for thefdiip Ricliard Cobdeu. We think the proper bounds of official duty and decorum have boon trans-1 fri.essed, and no little violence done to can- 1 dor, in the manner in which this applhja- j t1ou*hns been discusscd by the Scoretnrv, | coming ns it did, from private oifi/ens, and ! constituting a simple question for official i discussion and decision. Wo had nrr>nnvo/l on 1 ? i r._r .cpij 101 Mr. Cohh's letter, but, after mature consid- ; oration, we have decided to avoid a discus- ; sion, fraught with elements of passion and of discord, and shall confine ourselves to a i simple statement of our connexion with this application. The facts are simply these.? j \Yc received instructions from Mr. CJ. A. ! 11. Lamar,.of Savannah, to mal>c application ! for a clearance for his ship, "for the coa?t of : Africa, for the purpose of taking on hoard ' AfriPnn r>ini?Trn?i?o i.i ? _fiV '1 IIVVUIUIUIVV Willi I IK! laws of the United .Stales." There was nothing in tho letter of our correspondent, well known as a highly respectable merchant of Savannah, which could lead us to suppose that any violation or evasion of the law was intended; and as we could perceive no impropriety in the mere act of applying to government for permission to perform a voyage which permission they could either grant or refuse, we did not hesitate to make the application. We do not in fact consider that we had a right to refuse compliance with bis instructions. Mr. Collector Colcock iuformcd us that, as our application _ .. * * uub vi a novel cnaractcr, anil intimately >! counccted with the grave issues now agitating the country, lie deemed it his duty, as .1 subordinate officer of government, to refer , the matter to the authorities at Washington, i for their consideration and decision, and that lie would refuse the clcarauoe, until he 1 should rcecivc instructions from the Secre- ' tnvy of the Treasury. The answer of the ' Secretary not having been received within ( a reasonable time, Mr. Lamar wrote to him j in his official capacity, urping a prompt reply to our application, made for his vessel, and in his behalf, and informing him of the 1 WnoiC scope aim t>r a v. .j .igo. Our application was made in proper form, and we had a right to expect, it' dcomcd conformable to law, that it would be granted, and if deemed otherwise and refused, that the refusal would be couched in respectful terms. In the latter case wo expected that. Mr. Cobb Nvould have stated the points of law upon which his decision was based, as it was ins right, and "perhaps his duty to j do. We insist, however, that lie should ] have confiued his remarks to an exposition i of the law, and its application to this ease. We utterly deny his right to go beyond the J record, and suggest designs and intentions on our part, not doclared in the application , before him. Bnt if it had been the province of an executivo officer thus situated, to inform himsolf ~~ *V ^ ??*?? .ed designs, or ulterior aims at variance with law?:Mr. Cobb already possessed every in- 1 formatian on tho?e points, frum Mr. I/auiar. ' lie was aware that we were acting as mere | agents for the real applicant, one of his own j constituents, with whom he was well ac- i qufiinted, who had addressed himself in his official capacity, avowing himself as the , principal in this transaction, and giving him J full information of his intentions and de- j signs. This Wing the cuse, we cannot perceive how tlie Secretary of the Treasury can defoud himself from the charge of disingcniousness, in i?< filing to discover, by a searching scrutiny into our motives; the | real object* of the proposed voyage, or of ( /?y? n v#vi 11 rr ah 1 vm?CK?II^ vivuvi vui^cngo \ji um JHlllUIJMI Mfitli improper motives and concealed designs. _ J $Io professes to have arrived at his eon- ^ elusions by a train of reasoning, when in ' fact lie was in the possession of a full avow* nl, which obviated the necoftfiity of looting, beyoud it to arrive at. n decision upon the morita of tho application. With the points of law raised by the Sec- f retary, and with the application of them to ( this oa8c, wo have nothing to do ; it ic for ouj; principal to judge bow far ..they serve to debur lliin from thn *MViai><?iifjnn nf l?id proposed enterprise, and it is for him totnko such steps as ho may deem proper to test the Icgnl question affecting his right. All that wo desire is to defend ourselves from tho imputation of meditating designs contrary to the laws of ouv oountry, and of the effort to accomplish them by a resort to concealment rtnd suhtorfugo; and wo believe the more explanation of our connection with" tho afr fair will suffice to exonerate ua from all such imputations. . . B. Lavittk ?fe Co. markrafnj Ma\.u Easy.?Tho Colum bus (On.) Stun snyo: At tfco recent term 1 o# the Superior Court of Uibb.county, it i? ! Bqid, five bills of divorcemont were gn?ut?ff7 < liibb county i? certainly very ean^ on the institutionsof marriage, or the institution ( Iiqs oerWinly proved a lottery in that county t lo'xa reliable; and containing 08 ninny blank# 1 oh either Swan'n of Anderson & Son's.-r-r < rnn(M?tt afraid of matrimony^ yet who hnve an inclination that way, would find r ikkw rtAnnlw n ix ?<?? * ^ wui.wj ? KWW J/IKVV IJ lb IW'J IUI I J if it Owlnft fit, thoy c^uld Imvo it, taken 9ft' 11 attfntfliiWt, , 'J * W * .*? Tho Afrioan Emigration Sohcmo. The Charleston Evouing News oonnnontF in tho following bold artrl spirited stylo on the letter of Gov. Cobb, anil tho effort at evading our laws and renewing the slnvo trade; We not only regard tho Secretary's hitler , conclusive on every phase and point of the ' question involved, and that it was.tho only proper and statesmanlike response to the ui>plication which tho Administration could give, but looking at tho case as on its face nn effort to outer upon tho importation of wild and savajje Africans, nevermind in what char octer or lor what purposo, iuto this country, we depreoato and condemn it at large, and dcpoUngc it as unworthy of those gentlemen and disrespectful to this community. If the voyage was' really intended, upon a clearance being given to the vessel, there was some purpose in it. Was it that there is so much travel or Viilnnfoi-w I'- ' Africa to tliis country, that tlic parties sought a profit in the transportation of the snblo passengers ? This cannot bo protended ; or if so, neither the pretence nor the business would ho reputable. Was it to introduce Afrioaus as permanently free residents of the United States, whether at the north or South ? If so, the object was still worse. What I attempt to mingle in this country Africans and. barbarians, on a legal and level with white Anglo-Saxon freemen in a civilized republic! Tho very thought makes every American recoil. Sum ly this was not contemplated. But was the object of the voyage to bring the African emigrants to the United States to he made slaves or apprentices to labor? Such must have been the pccrefc motive?'the real ultimate design. Will Messrs. Lafitte & Co., deny it? Yetthe Secretary's letter olearly shows that the laws of Congress, both in letter and spirit, prohibit an importation for these purposes to any part of the United States. Does it become Southern citizens to undertake or countenance clandestine violations of tho laws of the land? These laws are not nlano federal enactments; they are also the laws of South Carolina by her own legislation. iler Act of 1835 provides that, "It shall not be lawful for any free negro or person of color to migrate into this State, or be brought uuvuuvcu win? ut? 11111118, under any pretext whatever, by land or bv water." The enactment is general as to all the African unenslaved race from any part of the world.? Does it become Carolinians, and tho comity of tho State with the others to violate the spirit [)f this law, and to attempt to introduce such interdicted persona into other States, or to bring them through ot^er States into this? Was it intended in violation of tho State law to bring tho vessel back to Charleston ? ?? Would Messrs. Lnfitto & Co., or their corrOPpOIUH'UlJS Ifavo atK.i.- . :>f tho African emigrants before arrival, and subjected themselves to tho penalties of the law against the slave to capture and treatment ?_'.i i. a- ?._?-!? 1 it."7 |>iiuiui>t ?nm w iim: iiM'iuiiurcs aim punisu- | went of the law of Sooth Carolina? Wo would not do them the wrong of the supposition, Yet what else can we suppose, except that they intended a clandestine landing, enslavement and sale of the emigrants (?) in !omo part of the South, for an apprenticeship in h6r limits won id be abused, But let us presume an apprenticeship to have been intended, would it not hate been culpable as a dalation of law, the intention therefore reprehensible, and the business itself, in evorv yiew. disreputable? And when, and where, und now has the South ever expressed a desire for, or approval of African apprenticeship in her limits, or the residence of African savages in her midst? ller system is one of ameliorated African slavery, involving nativ uy, ouoniencc, oriler ami affections. under tho supervision of domestic authority, the graJation of.socittl regulations, and tho control >f established laws. Law, humanity, society, or domestic peace, civilization, political integrity and dignity, plead trumpct-tougncd against Such enterprises aa tho ono proposed. TllIU l.MNO Sl'KKl'U FROM UlSIIOI' SouLK.?A correspondent, of the Columbus 'Geo.) Sun, writes from Nashville, as follows: Wheu I wr< tc my last epistle, the Cortferjnee was still discussion the cxDunorinir res- i kj t - o r. )tutions, which had creatcd a great interest iu the whole communityf as was cvinced t>y the vast crowd daily assembled in the Capitol. The modified resolutions were uadu the order of the day for yesterday ; a fast number of speeches were made ; many iy way of explanation, defining positions, %e. But the master spirit came forth and jairued the billows of contention and rage. niat groat and good old men, the vene oble Bishop Sonle, addressed the Conference in a speech of great power and thrilltog effect, 'Ho talked to his people like an inecuonRic miner giving ins (lying charge o his children. Oh ! it was overwhelming; lover till my latest breath shall I forget his lonerahle form, his trembling limbs, his rcmulous voioc, in which ho oxpressod his ov,e.to that Church and.his brethren. 1 vould to God I cotdd give you his words; jut I can-'t attCDijit that. He spoke oi' slu rc.ry an Doing a civil institution, with which ,ho Ohuroh find nothing to do. The mothsr country (England) fixed the institution lpon us, and without its tolcrntion the Fodsr?^ Constitution ncvor would havo been wloptod; that thftolnuso in tho discipline reerred nlonu the African slave trndc, n"nd iad no business in our gon^l rules; it night novcr to hate boon put there ;#iui o a most ondlblo tone exclaimed : '^My irethrcu, let, us expunge it, tor I have no jop?: of iu?ctlugyou again ip general oounBishop Piefe6 then addressed the Coufersnco in a shoft, but eloquent spocoh, which imootbcd and melted nil heart*. The vote i ivas then takun?141 for expunging, audi >nly 7 opposod, - * A rRp.nR'ATRD wit wan ankod why ho did ir>t marry a .vmipg Indy to *rhmm he was vg y rnuoh attached. "I know no reason," oplien he, "except tlw groat regard we had a? oacK 0lUv>"." * y v.0 . 4 , * o v?#i ?4?l il V't "lV/? w I mill?? _| I I II i I Bwywwwwiawww Adventurous Curiosity One of the most perilous adventures on record, was acluoved in tho last century by a painter named Robert, lie was iu the Church of St. Peter, at Rome, one day, after the hour of prayer, alone, and was contemplating the many wonders of the venerable Hnd majestio building. Sudden!) he perceived :i rope let down from the cupola, nnda workman approach and fasten n bucket of water to it, which wns drawn up. The artist was instantly seized with a desire to ascend the steeple ; and did bo.? (In reaching the top, ho saw some workmen engaged iu repairing a portion of tbe roof. Across an opening in the top of the dome, they had stretched two planks, by which they drew up the bucket of water. The planks being only designed to support the weight of the bucket, had been chosen care lcssly without much regard to strertgth or soundness. After surveying the lovely kco,nospread out bcncnth hhu, Robert felt ft great curiosity to view the interior of St. Peter's front his elevated position. With the recklessness of youth, lie instint'v dctcr'nined to cross 011 the planks. Fit-, he cautiously placed one foot on tho narrow pathway, and then the other and commenced his hazardous undertaking. When ho reached the middle of the planks, being desirous to view the church beneath him, he cast his eyes downwards. Instantly lie was seized .nth vertigo, his head seemed to whirl, and blackness came over his eves.? Conscious of his inability to procccd farther, he stopped. There in his awful situation, nt a height of three hundred feet, with a marble pavement beneath him, and with only a frail plank between him and certain destruction, he o.mld distinctly hear the muttered execrations of the workmen, who were in momentary expectation of seeing him crushed to pieces. Knowing, however, that if ho remained in his present position he would soon fall, the painter walked tremblingly on. Presently the plank, which was rotten, began to crack. "Heavens ! the poor fellow will be dashed to?/'exclaimed a woikmau. He did not finish the sentence, for the inas icr mason placed hjH hanil upon Ins mouth, and pressed it violently. The painter hurried on, and in a few moments was in safety. He instantly threw himself on his knees and returned thanks to God for his preservation. But lie was soon surrounded by them; sons. "Oh, niv claimed he. But the nitons began 'to him. ''You naughty fellow," said they, "how you have frightened us !" They continued the boating till Robert, half laughing and half angry, was pretty sore. When they ceuscd, the painter, turning to the master mason, 8ai<l, "Why did you stop that man's mouth ?" "Why, would you have had mo let hiin take away the little reaton that he had left?" was tho answer. Robert took the man's hand and pressed it with emotion too deep for utterance. CoMPr.TMKNTAUY.?Mr. King, of New York comincnced a reply to Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, in which be said : "1 suppose I shall not be required to furnish understanding to the Senator from Georgia, who has chosen to misunderstand the facts of this ease, and of course thus to mis-state them. I will read the law." To which Mr. Toombs replied? <ii >.:n 1:?cs?A j. Hiii ci'ittuuij k'iiutu uiu ovuuuir irum New York from any obligation to furnish nio any brains in this case., because I have scon not hing in that Senator's course which indicated that lie could spare any." A PVEUTiSKMKNTS. Advertisements contain matter that interests every class or 4 community. Free and liberal advertising is like sown seed in spring time?it will bear fruit after many days. Advertisers generally admit that it ultimately benefits them. The man who is seeking custom in any branch of trade, must invito and attract it ]>y notoriety, Uusiuesa will go to no house or shop unsolicited, and oould not, if it would, find it in obscurity. It ia a fact, attested by univoraal experience, that the merchant or manufacturer who 18 best known? who ia in other words, brH advertised through the newspapers?hns the best run of custom. The advertising columns of a daily newspaper form a sort of mirror, in which the general character of a great commercial metropolis is reflected to the eye of the world. People at a distance judge of a city in it? business condition and otherwise, by the evidences of antiquity, enter prise, wealth and coninioree, which it prchents in tlic pages of the prcus. Bm.xix Love Men mokx than Women.?A writer in the Atlantic Monthly, for March, puts it thu? : Knto, the other day, wna asserting the wife's right to the control of hoi own property, and incidentally advocating ilio equality of sexes?a touchy point with her. 1 put it in : " 'IV* 11 mn. fVirtn ?%.! ??? ' v, ?> <. ) )i?k| iiiiji tiiiiiiiuin lorui stwltpor attachments to mon than women. Your dog, your parrot, and oven your cut, already prefer rue to you. How run you account for it,- unless you allow tliero In more in ns to respect and love ?" " I nocount for it," said ?ho, with a most doeitfed nod, u by affinity. There i? more affiuity botwecn y<m and brutes. " A Frenchman, repeatedly hearing tho word press used to imply pcrmade, onoev<?y' mg, wnen ui company, oxflfnliucT: fuy, ^coie that tody to aing/' ' <?> /, * ?*:. % r * X' As^SLS