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"TO THINK OWN SKI.F UK TllUK, AND IT MUST I'OLl.OW, AS TIIK NHM!T TI;I! L)A\, '1II*>1 < AN M N<'l 1 I.I.N 1.1. I >1 r -: m V'Ol X NO 'v HY llOH'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKCNS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, Jl L\ .51, Io.jN. ?r?LEOr?0 IPO&YIRY, 10 the Shadows! 0 (Vic sluuloivs!?the beautiful fluulowf, Floating far o'er tlie hills away ; As over (lie sky The light clou>l< lly, H>> o'er tlie mountains wander they ! */ iiu- mi:hiowi<.?me ocauiitui snnuows, Sleeping soft on the meadows j^recu ; Fair are the (lowers In sunhright bowers. But fairer the tlowcrs these shadows between. () tiic shadows!?the. beautiful shadows, Dancing ii;r!u on (lie ocean's spray ; Changing each wave From guv to grave. Like the. frowning smiles of the child at play. O the shadows! ?the beautiful shadows, Sinking dce)> in the moon-lit lake, Where the mountains seem As if viewed in a dream, Ami a world of purer beauty make! O the shadows !?the beautiful shadow*. In the world without and the World within: ! For joy may borrow A charm from sorrow, And Charity smiles on repentant sin ! Ami Hi ere arc shadows?merciful shadows, Dropping like balm on the bleeding heart. When tirst it knows That love's tlaine glows Stronger ami j?nrcr when jov.s depai t! Then bless theshadows; thebeauiifulshadowK! Ami take t It is thought as thou goext abroad That iu bcavcttnnd eaitli Shades owe their birth To light : ami l.iiiiiT is thk Siiaiuiw or (inn. MflSOEiLL^WV. THE NEIGHBORSiiy Tiioit.Nnr.imv. Mw. ]>u(ls had just dropped in a few ; 1M1 Illlt/VC f/? Liio lnvtif M ? ? 'I'.t l.l .1.1 I ? %AJ OVV IIVMI iM I >. 1 UUIJft U1U. 11 I was iii (hi" morning, alid Tubbs was still 1 engaged sibout her work, f^'o Mrs Hutts Kiit clown just when; she could lind a place, } and proceeded to make herself altogether j at home. "You".so desprite busy, this mornin'," said she to her neighbor. "(), no morc'n common, 's I know of," i answered Mrs. Tubbs. "Hut we can't e\- \ actly get a livin', and bo idle too, you know. ' j "I don t calculate to be over and above idle, myself," said Mrs. Hutts. "1 generally carry my kuittin'-work, when I go a visitin . 1 guarantee to set as good an exam pleas most folks. JJut I wanted to toll you about what my husband said." Mrs. Tubl ?s looked up, looked down, and j wont on with her work again. "What did lie say ?" said she. Well, you remember that last quarter of j v??al he had o' Mr. Tubbs, to pay for the quarter Mr. Tubbs had o' him?" "Yes, 1 {rues:) 1 do seem to remember something about that. Why?" ' (), nothing. Only Mr. Huttssaid about that veal, that he guessed 'twas pretty near ready to die before it did! That was all." Mrs. Tubbs sto >d erect. ' Did he mean to say anything against , my husband's honesty, I'd like to know? Because, if he did?" /. 1 -1 ? 1 * * i uuii i Know, i m sure. i can't protend to toll what lie meant. I .shouldn't think ho did, though. Vet I can't say.? ! At any rate, that was what he said." "And thn .'s enough, I should think!? What more could ho say ? And a neigh-1 hor so, too ! To accuse my husband of .sellin' meat that die' ! It's a .shame and an insult! I'll never put up with it in the world !" Hot and out of breath in consequence of j the. protracted discussion that ensued, Mrs. 1 lhitts took herself off homo, to put another 1 stick under the pot and set it to boiliiiLC hard or. Of course, when her husband came in to dinner, the conversation with .Mis. Tubhs was detailed with wonderful precision, and : more too. Mr. Butts got a good story out of it. IIo got exasperated over it. lie declared he never would stand it, being a neighbor so; and thought it was a burning | shame that people allowed themselves to | slander their neighbors in this way-" "At any rate, I know one thing!" said lie, in a threatening voice. ' What's that?" asked his wife. ' Tubbs ncvcr'U conic oft'so well again, j if his cattle got into my mowin' ! J 'll drive 'ein straight to pound !" "Do tlicy ever get into your lnowin* ?" , inquired his wife. ' Well, I shouldn't wonder if I'd turned ! them critters out of my -piece into his'n, as : many as a dozen or twenty times this sum- I mer! I'll not doit any more." "That's what 1 wouldn't, I'm sure, Mr. ' Jhitts. I wonder you never drove 'oni to , pound before 1" "liecausc I never wanted to make any difference .villi a neighbor," said lie. "Hut you don't catch 1110 hangiu' back any Ion ger, I tell you !" I'rettv booh after wards, therefore, tlio pound-keeper stopped Mr. Tubbs on hi? way hoino. . "I've got three head o* your cattle shot SlOfll up in the pound," said iio. -Jr a "Threehead o' my cnttlcl" exclaimed nffJ? B the astonished Tubba. "Who drove 'cm >, over ?" The pounH-kecper laughed, and took nduwi vnQtogc of tW laugh to hesitate. Tho answcr VV,,H f'lir'y corkscrewed out of liini s -..uifll "Will. I HMKitMr Huffy drnvii n'm " j-v. )i And ho Inugbed ncrtin. \ Twbbn could hurdijr kocj> in his boots, ho I a wns so moved with indignation. 11 Hutts drive my cuttle to pound!" said lie. lowering liis brow and sotting his teeth. "I'll teach hint a lesson yet! Mebbcsonio of his own eritters'11 get out one of t hese days. Then we'll see how the account stands!" lie paid the usual pound tax with a groat deal more of such grumbling as this, and drove oil his throe head of cattle. The old keeper couldn't help laughing, as he went away, and wondered in truth what would com*; of it. "it s a thing I never knew llutts to do the like of before," muttered he, trudging sdniig homewards. "What in the name nt Satan hits got into him lately? lie hardly spoke to me, the lust time he met me.? Bon't appear as he used to. But I 'll fetch him yet. I never'U stand this, not the longest day 1 live! never!" (July ten days or two weeks after that, Mr. Tubbs eiime into the house in a great gl<*; ' See hero, wife," said he, chuckling to himself. 'Tvn m.i ril11 Unite' up in my yard, mid jest iis quick :?s 1 can cut my dinner, I'm ?roin' to drive 'cm nil (u pound. I can't very well sparo the time, 1 nit I'm {.'oin?r to doit, tor } 1 that. He took my critters to pound, tit id to pound shall his go ! There's n<> two wavs about that. Y> hat's <;ood for me, is ji'ood cnouuh for him. See if there ain't a squirmin' this time !" And before ni^lit, a couple of Mr. Butts' most staid and matronly old cows were ruininatinj; hy themselves on the changes and 'lances of this mortal life, within the ancient enclosure called the "pound." Just so lonir as they remained, the keeper would he ;:t liberty to make iso of the udders.? There they stood and looked at each other, and chewed their ends, as innocent aschil (.Iron of the one who caused the imprisonment. AYhen night eaine on, two of Mrs. Butt's host cows were not to ho found. They didn't come home from the pasture. lie hunted and hunted everywhere?hut 110 cows, llr looked over the walls, in the woods, in the swamp, and in every other place where a ( w might -tow herself away ?hut nothing like two cows yet. At last, after he had finally given them up for the night, a little hoy came running ilnvvn tl?r? twnl wlw\ lmvi'i.i/1 ???-. .-? !...?? .?%?.! ..w.... 11 v i I iv VI III' HI 111111 (I I1U told him where his ttray cattle were. "And .Mr. Mulkcy says," added theboy, ' (hat if you don't come arter 'eni pretty quick, he'll milk 'em himself!" In less than fitiofii minutes, Mr. Hutts made a formal demand u)ion the poundkeeper for his cows. And when lie had rot them safely nut, he turned and demanded tn know who drove them there iu the first place. Mulkcy laughed, just as he laughed bei'ure, and hesitated ; and then he told Mr. Mutts that his neighbor Tubbs was the author of the mischief. "Tubbs drive my cows to pound!" said he to himself. "Then, by jingo, he shall Dav back for it. iest. as soon as I can in?slrr? pay-day conic round !" And lie started off home with his pair of cows, convinced that a game that two could play at, was not exactly the game for his money. Krom this date, all intercourse between the families was suspended. There was a broad lake between them, whieh neither could pass over. At meeting on Sundays, or on any other day through the week, it was all t!ie same. Neither party seemed to bo conscious that the other still remained in existence?with a single exception.? For all this time Mr. I>utt.s' sou .Sam had been paying his particular attentions to Mr. Tubbs' daughter Susan. I'p to this point Sam and Susan had been miking out very well. Hut close upon this outbreak followed something of an estrangement between tbenisi Ives. Says Susan, one evening, to Sam : "1 don't exactly like the way your folks talk about ours?1 don't. What is the meaning of it, I want to know '{" "I guess they don't say worse things than what your folks say about us," rejoined S un, with the l$utt? blood flowing swift in hit; veins. "I'mph!" retorted Susan. "What did your father drive our cattle to pound for'/" "And what did vour father drive our cut. tic to pound lor, too? It's a pretty piece of business, I think !" Jloginning there, the two lovers got a good start. Then they went on at a rate that astonished even themselves. They twitted. Then they used satire. Then they threw nud at one another's names.? Then they had an out-and-out spat about it. And at last, the quarrel was too far in to he got out of at all. Sam said he was as good as anybody, and so were his folks. Susan declared that he'd always thought lie was a little better, but he'd find now that he was mistaken. Sam thought tho re was no use in twitting, for two could perform at that. But Susan was not to be frightened, she would have him to know, and so she went ahoad. He asked her about that veal that died ! She flew like a cat with her back up. She never knew anything about any veal. At any rato, sho guessed her father could raise as "likely veal" as his father could ; and thereupon advised him to go home and eat some off his own family bone. Thin was too much. Sam pot as mad .ih ho could bo, and then left. lie wasn't seen in Tubbw' parlor again fur a long while.? Susan lived on "stuff," and people thought she grew fut ou it. Audso tbut match v.ay broken oil'! i Things continued in llii.s situation for :i > long time, till iiniillv, us good or ill lnck ' ' would have it, Mr. l>utts happened to be j , riding homeward one afternoon in the stagecoach, all alone and unmolested, when who should jxct in, at a little town some dozen miles from home, hut Mrs. 'I'ubbs ! This little accident threw things into confusion ! straight way. Mr. Iilltts I'Olllil l>nl wnll Iivilid i ? - - -1" """'t1 (o Mrs. Tubbs; neither could .Mrs. Tubbs refuse, under any color of decency, to nocost .Mr. Hutts. There they were, mort <1 enemies to each other, boxed ami booked : for a good twelve-mile together. I'nless j ! the road was unusudly smooth, it wi.uk! j : not be a strange mutter to tind that tbey | 1 bounced ami bumped jty.ainst one another. And in some way like tii;it, perhaps, they j might manage to pound off the sharp an- j jiils that now kept them at such a distance, j .Mr. liutts spoke of the weather. It was. rainy, and the coach had to be shut pretty ! closely. Mrs. Tubbs thought, as her co:u- I , jiamuii uiu loo, mat it wits rainy. Jlr. j Ihitts suggested that it might rain in upon her. Mrs. Tubbs thought it. wouldn't, and j changed her seal over l<> that of Mr. Units, j This was an admirable beginning, surely ! j j Well, from one thing to another they ! I went on?not because they h;;d any hope Of j wish of reconciliation, but because they couldn't help talking--till at last Mr. liiuo came out with it, as plump and round as ' ! ever a man did in his life, and asked Mr.>. ' ; Tubbs what was the occasion of all the ' trouble between the families ! J'ut to it in this way for a categorical ; | answer, Mrs. Tubbs could not do less than j j ncsitate .A it<I when sin; did reply, it was | the most satisfactory, shufiling, evasive sort ^ I of an answer that could he offered by any | | one. l'eiveiving the absolute weakness of | ' the enemy, Mr. l>utt.s began to think that j his cause might be jusl iiboilt as strong.? ^ ; As a consequence, lie hastene<! first to make i explanations, then concessions, then apologies. That was enough. In such a ease, I as soon as ono begins to withdraw his pre: ti-nt ions, the other hastens to be before him j j in the good work, it possible. ; "Then it's all about nothing, after all," . said Mr. 1 >111ts. "Notion' in the livin' world,'' said Mrs. i Tnhbs. ! "And I'm ?lreadfullv mortified to think i >... i i - * i ? i w: m'i'ii i;illlglil 111 SUCH !l SOTO]HV SIUCl IlO. "And I'm mad to think I've been such a fool !" .said she. "Then we'll make it nj> again ' I'd be glad enough to." "I'Yom beginning to end ' Yes, forever and ever." A silence of a few minutes. I * 1 >?it then," asked MrsTubbs, "1 would ' like to know <>uc tiling of you tir.-t!" ; "Well, Mrs. Tubbs?anything in the world." "Did you say my husband sent you a . quarter of dead veal to pay for yours';"'? i liccause that was what your wife told me. and that was what begun it. I nc\ r'd ) believe that Mr. 'I'ubbs would do such a thing in this world. I leain't small enough" i "Ha! ha ! ha !" laughed out Mr. Butts. 1 \ nil crt if * 11 wm.viii.m- ?>?it " ^ . vr ? v it II | . llilii *Mll, Ml I I I ?I I. l JUii I f I of veal, hoy Well, if that don't hoat. the Dutch taking ! lolland ! Did 1 say that your limlund st*111 me back dead veal'/ Why, j yes, it's most likely 1 said so, for 1 didn't j calculate he was a going to bring me a (juar- j I tor alive ! And I got up the joke just to I see what my wife would say!" j There it was. It all grow out of his in nocent disposition to see what his wife | would have to say ! Jell'crsoii was elected ! : President by means of a quarrel over a pig, j ! down in lthodo Island ; and here was a : I quarrel over u quarter of veal that might, ! . but for this accidental stage-ride, have led l 1 to the dismemberment of tin- church, and ; flu* ^ 1 I W.J vt.vy V? V' III V/l II I I A<l II VII Wl UK- lUWIi IIi self. j Sam ami Susan rushed back into one : : another's arms, and in three months was I the happiest groom and bride to be scon on j j the hither side of sundown. The first lam. ilv meal to which they sat down together , was made up of vegetables and such dishes, with a piece of stuffed baked veal in the centre. San* declares lie will have a coat of arms, and I'.at a leg of veal shall be found i in the same?not couchanl, nor rampant, but pendant.! St. Loris, July 20.?A despatch from St. I Joseph, of the 17th instant, says the Salt Lake mail lias arrived, with dates to th 20th nit. (i^noi'iil .Tnlitmfnti S ilf r.-il-n ' on the 26th ult. Captain Marey \va? with ! i the headquarters in the eity. j The Mormons had heon imitedto return I and take possession of their deserted homos, j I l'rovo was still the rallying point of the Mormons. | The express, with orders from the War Do-J partinent for Gon. Harney, was only six miles i in his rear. Grass was plenty on the route, and the Indians were peaceable. Our Leavenworth despatches, of the 10th inuhmt i\n>> 1?-..-.... I villo, bay (luit privnto despatches from Wash I ington slote that now military * .s are tol?o | cr .atod at Dig Tim hern and tho Choyonne i JPass, At tho Into supper at tho Buckingham 1 Palaoo Ball, tho places of Queen Victoria and of tho pretty young Queen of Portugal, i wore opposite to a magnilicent silver ornnj mont, representing a group of horses drinkI ing at a fountain. No sooner did the (<,1100118 I approach, than tho fountain commenced playing Cologne water, filling the ail* with grato' r..i # M I ? ? HiHV, 1 From tho (JohuaVm Sjuth Carolinian. Southern and northern Representatives. That tho ri'pvoscntaiiwii < 1 t!i*? S mill ha* always Iii'imi mi) itu?r to that of the N.irlh, i something that is nom-rall) ? .;>?? ? ?1 o !. i >r it is ! :v truth that, in every lehutc th.it tiik''; in (1 >ti;:ri>-s. is c.)iisj>ieuoii>. What ; it mvin^ to? ('an it lie that wo arc-uper: >v Intel- i lectnally ? We tin m<t heiiove the South lays ! elaim to this; while sin; denies ittl?;ri??ritv, : ii<- iiiM'iuiuis ;i pruie.tu superiori! v. ??virh j is the representative (jovernment: and the Representative will, as a general rule, ro;>r?;- j sent the standard of intelligence pervading j his e mi iiluenls. A repre.entativo from a injii^rel population, liUe'.hat T M i'-r instance, inij;ht eijnal that of an American representative, 'll!t >1 he did, it wnuhl I?c an accident, and the prohivhilitv would l c that his intellect, hein;c hcyoinl the approdat!" ii of its e insutuent>. would soon discarded, and one representing more lui'v their inte!lei tunl lai.dardhe .-ul.?titutcd. In the .\ nthem States, the avr^rc :ate intelligence pr ihaMy ev ecds the a.;:;:;ati: intelligence el' the Smith, hut the average intoliigenee i>! S iiltheni \ oier> i.-- without dmiht much ahovc that of the Northern voters, The ........... i.v.i.i ii... i: . .1 I""! ' \'K m > .I.ii' higher elapses at tin* North is alloyed liy tin* ignorance of tin1 lower class. The average i - | greatly reduced l?y tin: concurrence of igno- 1 ranee and intelligence which mriirs in 11:?. , ballot-box. In the South, our lower class i- , not allowed to vote, au<l < ?isc?1 v tl.o i intelligence of the higher classes i; una'iloy- j ed, and tlic voire (ji'our l>allol-bux is an expression w ho^e standard is elevated hey.iiid ! the depreciating influence of the ignorance lYoin lielow. 'i'ltis i.> true in the theory and j true in fact, and its historical truth lias only j suggested the natural explanation. In B >- i ton, three waiters in the Tremont House | would neutralize saeh votes as I'vcreLt's, | ("hoi'.le's and t'nshing's. lleuee, while in point of iiitdiigcnec, Massachusetts ranks j among the first States in the I'nion. hort'oii- j gressional representation which reflects the average intelligence, is one of the most infe?n? i ? . ? ? ' run . i hi' lower elements nin.isii available : hi a to rial Cor the ihinngogue. llenee, ti?", I Boston, tin* "Athens of America." is rcpre- ; sented Iiv a itiiia for who->o mental levity, a j few vcar> a^i, Massachusetts would have > blushed. had lie been sent to Washington?a man >vlio woulilretite with veiled fare ami in utter confusion, front l.elore the I; ri 1 list in-y if siiuh an iutelkvt as VVehsierV ? lait, who, at | tliis moment, with the present agitation, could defeat Cluiate, or Kvotett, or Mr. Web-! stcr's?!,iit, who, at this moment, with the present agitation, could defeat t'hoa'e, or | Kvurctt, or .Mr. Webster hsmself, when; lie] living. In a calm, when the elements <1 Northern .society are not agitated to the low- ; est ilep.or in the discussion of any groat '(itealion. from which small minds would re- I coil, we might expect an intelligent expression through the ballot box. Hut as it would | ever be to the interest of agitators to disturb this calm?and as gre: t ijite turns are the ex ceptionsaml not tins rule?so nn permanency . on!,I ho expected from sueh an expression. Intelligent representation at the North must ! be tliii exception ami not the rule. Is this mere theory 7 We appeal to the history of this slavery agitation. Here was a <pie.stion which was toyed with 1 >_v Northern deina' gngues?it agitated Northern society to its lowest depths?and the.s became n ladder by j which intellect!), pigiuied ordemoralized, ro.se in prominence above giants ami paragons. At tlsc South tiu reverse is the ease. Our representation will always be respectable.? That very intelligence, which gives it iv-pec | lability ina calm, will certainly lie v.ltli a j great occasion; while it is unaffected i:i a great measure by the elements upon which demagogues may labor?it will be tree tVoiu J that fickleness and inconstancy oi* expression 1 every dav illustrated in Northern elections I This slavery agitation, 'wliilo it lias lowered ! the standard <jf Northern representation, has j elevated that of" the South. It has produced constant changes in Northern representation: I it has produced permanency in Southern representation. It has weakened Northern representation hy inexperience?it has sticngth ened Southern representation 1 .y experience. It has opened the eyes of Northern men t<> a sense of their weakness in 11>is respect ? while the hope of repairing the evil tuu?t ever he depressed, as long as the causes remain. It has opened the eve.-? of the South to her advantage, and should impress them with the necessity ofpreserving it. Statesmanship comes not by instinct often. It requires talent and experience. That S. Carolina has always had a respectable delegation in Washington, is owing to this fact. It should he a rule of political action with hor people never to ropuciato their repre-enc iv... ii?u nini :.?i i .1 V. . X..' ? '. Il^liv IIIKI VI * Mil 1 l''l llll'lll ; remember that a representative every year becomes more useful ami influential. We have only to look at our present delegation to see this. Col. Oit's constituency were complimented 1 >v their constancy to him by seeing him promoted to tliu highest Congressional position. Col. Keitt and Mr. lloyoe are both, in point of influence, worth throe times as much as when first sent to Washington. While Hon. McQueen, fnuo his long experience, lias the reputation of Icing one ,.f ?i.n . .....r..i i -r.i H - iiiu ni /.^v II1C1UI mum nui'S "i lilt' Il-IIM'. j If we wish to bo represented by statesmen. i wo must adhere to the rulooftho past?ami j foster our representatives. This lias been a j elmraeteristir of Southern constituents, ami | particularly of those of South Carolina; ami j the benefits of a superior representation, j which result from it, are so evident that until io^ short of a social revolution can induce them todepart from it. A ? V ? Tur. Wkatiikk.?"NVhen you wish to 1:now what the weather is ti? he, goout and 1 select th > smallest cloud you see; keep i your eye upon it, and it' it decrease* and! disappears, it shows a njato oftlic air which will ho euro to he followed by fair weather; j but if it increases in size, falling weather I will not be far off The reason is this : when ! the air is beouiing charged with electricity, j :u - i .1 - - ii * l >uu win i'\ ci y vimiu iiuriil'uilg Ml k\S3 j ones toward it until it jjjaitlicrrt into a slum- j or. And on tlu contrary, when tlie fluid is passing offor difTu.iihg itself, oven n lar<je cloud will be seen breaking to pHVCM and dissolving, i The Great Declaration. As appropriate to the aimivcr.-arv of our I I>oi laration of Independence, we ;.-ive our j readers this afternoon the <.rieat speech of! John Adams. <>n the |m urtii day of duly, 1770, in the (1ontinental ('omjrt >.? . when j that illustrious body of American p.triot-i were about tal.ini; the initiatory step for , dissolving connexion with the 1 British crown. Next to the reading of the Declaration it ; self, will the"norn.? d of this masterly peeoh rivet the affections of this free people more stronirlv to our ::h>r;nus I'nion, and incite 1 | a renewal of our \ civncc and affection for those immortal pit..ots who conceived the ; ; noble idea of a separation. and who so ual, lantly and jilorionsly contributed if toil* ] hi rod. their saered honor, and even their: lives in accomplishing the sii'eat, minhtv, iiiijin cedenfed and unrivalled work of j*ivin-: freedom to mankind. These arc Mr Adams' words on the occasion. No wonder t!i:it they clectii!ud the old thirteen Colonics : Sink on Swiv. I.ivr. on 1 >11:. survive nr perish, 1 j'ive my If art and my hand to this vote. It is true indeed, that in the hc:*innin<r we aimed not at Independence ; hut there is a divinity which shapes our' ends. The injustice ot' Knpl.ind has driven us to anus, and iwindcd to her own interests, lor our vncid she has obstinately persisted, until Independence is i.ow within our i^rsusj); we have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why thou should we defer the Declaration? is any 111:111 so wenk as now to hope lor a reconciliation with Kn?$- I land, which shall leave cither snf< ty t<> his ! own life, or his own honor ? Are not you sir, who sit in that chair is not he, our j venerable colleague near you?are you not both already the proscribed and predestined ' objects of punishment and of vent;once ? | Cut ofl'lVoinall hope of roval clemency , what are vc u ? Wlint c:oi vrm ln? tin' power <'1' Knjdand remains. but outlaws? If postpone 1 ndepcndenee, do wt: mean to j carry on or to give up the war? l>o wo : mean to submit to the measures of Parliament, IJoston port bill ami all ' ho we mean to consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our country an.l its rights trodden into the dust ' J know tlu.t 1 we do not mean to submit. Oo we intend I to violate that most solemn obligation eve;; entered into by men '! that plighting before tiod of our sacred honor to \\ ashiig| ton, when putting him forth to iueurthe. I damages of war, as well as the political ! hazards of the times'/ we promised to ad- j I.ere to Jii--1, 111 every extremely, with our | fortunes and our livo.?. I know-that there | i is not a man here w!io wouhi not rather j see a general conflagration sweep over (lie | land, or an earthf|iiake sink it, than one jot j or title of that plighted faith fall to tin- j j ground. For myself, having twelve | mouths ago, in this place, moved you, i that (ieorge Washington be appointed Com- j mander of the forces raised, or to be rs*is- , sed, lbr the defence of American Liberty, may my ' right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my i mouth," if 1 waver or hesitate in the support 1 gave him. The war then must go on. \Vhy put oil' long the Declaration of , Independence? That asurewillsslreiigth- j | cn us; it will give us a character .- broad j i that cannot be attained while we acknowlj edge ourselves subjects in arms against J their Sovereign. NTav, 1 maintain that ! Kngland herself will sooner treat for peace j j with u.> on the footing of Independence, j i than consent, by repealing her acts, to ac- \ | knowledge that her whole conduct towards ; - us has been a conr.sc of injustice and <>p- ! : pression. The former she would regard i as the result of fortune, the latter she would feel as her own deep disgrace. "\Vh_v then, why then sir, do we not as soon as possible change this from a civil to a National war? And since we must flight it through, why not put ourselves into a state to enjoy all the benefits of victory, if we gain the victory? If we fail, it can be no worse for | us. But we shall not fail. 'J'he cause will raise armies, the cause, will create na ies.? I The people, the p.'ople, if we are truejo , thei.i, will earn us, and carry themselves ' i.. fi...".. i. ' t.. i ?IVM iwu.-? ) i iin-u. ii <* ?.-? i i::v ; not now lie)ilo other people may have been found, I know the people ot'thesecolonies i ami I know lit;.t resistance to I'ritish iig- j gressions is deep and settled in their hearts, ; and cannot bo eradicated ; every colony, I indeed, has expressed its willingness to ' follow, if we but t ike the lead. Sir. the Declaration will inspire the people with increased courage ; iostcad of a long and ' bloody war lor restoration of privileges, for redress of grievenees, for chartered ini- i munities held under a Hritish King, set] before the in the glorious object of entire ! I ndependence, and it will breathe into thcin tl.n ,.r i:r,. iv.?i i Vltvy \> I IIM , I V V I VI l.Ill I.M^KIIIHIUII i at the lioail of tlic army ; over) sword will ! bo drawn from its scabbard, and solemn j vows uttered, to mantain it or perish on i tliebed of honor. Publish it from the pul- ! pit ; Ueliuion will approve it, and the. love of religious liberty will c'.in^ around it, re- 'j solved to stand or fall with it. Send it to 1 the public halls ; proclaim it there ; let them ' hear it who lir.st heard the roar of the en j eniy's camion ; let them .s'e it who saw j their brothers and their sons fall on the J field of Hunker H ill, and ll:o streets of Le\- j inirton and ('oncord. and the wry wall.- j will cry out in its support. Sir, 1 l;iv?w | i the uncertainty ot I.tiniait atVairn, but I see, i i hco clearly through this day's business; i you and 1 in Iced, may not live to the time when this I 'coinration shall be made i^ood ; we 111:1 \ di ' j diu coluni^th; d?. iluveaj dio; it may b : ijri'<?niiiii?HlSi\\ami oil tb'.ivnlVoli!. j{<) it m>, li:> i( .so ; it bo t!? will of I Jojivcii (!i::t uiv country .v!ia!l r tjuir.- ihe pour oUcfiii'r of my 111?*. fit victim .shall In' rcavly at t hi';?|?:??. utc ! liuur < ' . -aci i!.:v, corny when that liuur Mav. I>ut wllil.- I do live. 1. I iiif Iiavo a cult111ry, or ;.l li.a.-t a hopeof a country. ami that a Kiv : C'< tulrv. Hut wliat-v -r i.< our fa to. bfi assmvtl t' t i - Dec larution will stand; it may c >. t treasure; it may < >-t 1 !" 1. but il will stand, and it will riolily c mjiiiiis- te for h>th. Through the thick ?;lnoni of the present, I si c tho hri^htn s> of the future, as the Sun in Heaven. \Y?r>lrdl in il.e this a (Jlorious an<l 1 niinoi't il Day; when we are in our graves, our children will echbrate it with thanks!*ivintj-s, with festivities, with bonfires and illuiniii.itinns. On its annual return they will slu'd (ears, copious gushing tears ; nut o!" au'ony ami distress. hut of exultation, nf ;m(itiii!c an* 1 (.if joy. Sir, before (iod, I helieve the hour is <M.ne ; iny judgment approv- this measure, and my whole heart is in ii. All (hat I have, 1 atu now ready* nere i?>M.tKC upon it, I :ti;? tor the Ueelar. itioii ; it is my living sentiment ; ami by tin; )>!< s.~in.; hi'! iml, it shall la' my dying sentiment. Imikpkndi'.N' i: n;>\v, Inhkl'k.ndkncm i'liu i vkh ! ! Pitched B:\ttle it) Ellis. \ nth-man from \ anzaiit county who pis<ed through this plaec on last Friday, brought t!i intelligence of a dreadful pitclied battle that oceured near the town of J Waxnlia;*!; v, in Kllis county, on last week. / We give the particulars as be related them to vis, as follows : A short time since a man was charged with sin attempt to r >h a house, hut <>u a., examination before a court of impiirv, 1 o was acquitted, there being nothing hut circumstantial proof against him, and the outside testimony of negroes. After his acquittal, he oamo t<> Waxahachie, in company with two other men, and swore vengem agninst the plaee, ami immediately left, after wliieh, they were followed by :t parly of cili'/.ous who shot down the susp.vted ir.dividual, ki'iling him instantly.? (>ne of his comrade* deserted him but was overhaul, d, and together with the other .survivor, was severely whipped. In the course of the 1 titer operation tin y acknowledged the guilt o!' the deceased, and implicated others in the a flair. Ill f'l I l!f?l W". ill' I ....... < - ..?v V^. VII..- uu 11 V'il I ?11 (* I I I , the Iriondr of the injured men assembled in a laiv body, amounting to some forty or fifty in number, rode into Waxahachio and challedged tlic town fur a pitched battle, which was nec^i'ted. and alter gathering their itnns and making the mcefsary jjrejtar. tion, tbo parties met in hostile array, Mid a fearful struggle en>ucd which resulted in the death of six men, and the wounding of eight, or ten others. ()ur informant received his information from two gentlemen direct from tlie scene v)f strife, who thought the dilVieulty not, yet ended. We regret our neglect to inOuire which nartv was \ ict.ni.nK ? I ' ' (7c.rtM) 0( 111! < J Tii k (lov F.RNou or (> r.oicc.i \ and the Wank?. Wo do not know ill;; (jovernor ot'tiojrgia.? That his name is Drown is noarlv all the inI formation wo have of his Kxcelloncy. A a exclusive application to the duties of his profession as a member of the liar ami a judge | up 11 tin- bench, has denied him the notoriety which noisy men of inferior parts may easily attain in politics. His nomination for the function which lie now (ills, was in somo sort the result ot accident, ami as he appears to ho a person of um>stoniat:ou? ohavaoii ;r.lie has not attracted much of public regard .since his inauguration. Hot we are now having a touch of his quality. The hanks of (loorgiu are the most rotten ia the world, not oven ex eojitin<? mil* own in \ iiginia. Jt is tiovernor Brown's duly to e orrect their alai.-es. Tliis is a difficult ami rather hazardous enterprise, seeing t! at the Banks of (leurgia wield an almost irresistible asoendauoy over the State. Hut the (iovernor sh;ink* not from tin? undertaking. With an intrepidity and a ihlclU ty to principle, which one rarely (jhserves in tins tiajo-scrvin^ day,, he^signiiics his resolution to reform thf> e urupt hank adininistraf?v'n*nf fieorgia. ? regret to find that he is v'ftfied i?y a few papers which profess tho Democratic faith. Let him not he discouraged. Abroad wc honor him for his honesty and his devotion to duty.? Hi. / . Sjuth. '!*!!:s:i> or It. '* :i; nvsn'hs n" >. mm of mir citizens, Mr. \Y. C\ Guiewood, hud oi-.o elavo-i. bright colored and wittcd fellow, na nod John, in leave him for a short vi-ii to t . ' Kmpiro <'ity of New York on liis / d."!r ) >i>nriir. 'flic nlUicil timo for liis return passe month" passed, anrl .John hecanie inl'atuuti I wiih the superficial freedom of (Sroeloyisni an 1 lh'eeherisni. 1 l!s master sue up all anticipation of John's return.? But .John lifting \\ha' is generally known and termed, in the locality of his sojourn, ns " smart,v soon saw through the thin vapor of his " hrother's" l'.eecher and Greeley's freedomisms, and though ho wns earning J> 1S per 'onto, yet he knew not how long that would continue, or whero h was to find a tiomo wiion it eonMtd ; then-tore ho sent word to hia master "nd owner that he desired to ( (lino home, ami requested assistance so to <lit. Mr. Ontcwood desirous of testing, though in 11 measure doubting him, font tho i.eeessnrv means for John's return, ami last night, when the steamer Na-divillo arrive! horo from Xesv York, so did John, win Is n?>w ft*i snvetl that " it is not nil pol l that jrlittory," and that <1 itlir.m is the /?|.i jio hi'fiifiiL', ami that lie is (iretl <?l* it.? Cliurbiton M-n'iny. A Kxowixo Yot'TIl.?"Mv paid Spi'igglos senior t<> dprigjcloH junior, thinking to enlighten tlie boy on tho propagation [ of the hen specie#, "n>\ Hon, <ln yon know, I that ohieken* eomcout'?orsi1*?" '"Mo they," said Sprijjgles junior, as lie Iick<nl lii> plate, why \ thought ej.?8 eomcout of cliickcua.? X'liiw on led the ljist Ifvs.-O,