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J * TO THINK OWN SELF BL TllUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS Till'. NIOIIT TI1K DAY, TI10F CAN'ST NOT TJIKN I!l? FALSI? TO ANY MAN." BY ROB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKBNS COURT HOUSE, Si C. SATURDAY. AUGUST 7, 1858. VOL. NO. :J. $EtelgO-Tg'iP POgTOYv The Laud of Dreams. JIV IIHVAST. A mighty realm in < he laml of dreams, \Vit)i steeps thut hang in the twilight sky, Ami weltering oceans nnd trailing streams That gleam uhcrc the dusky valleys lio. Hut, over its shadowy borders flow Street rays from n world of endless morn, And tho nearest mountains catch the plow, And flowers in the nearest fluids are born. j Tlic flouls of.the happy dead repair From the lowest of flight to that bordering land, i And wulk in tho faiver glory there, Willi tlie souls of tho living, hand to hand. One calm, swoot smile in that shadowy sphere, From eyes that open on earth no more? I One win ning word from a voiee oncc dear? I 11 ow they ring in tlio 1110111017 o'er and o'er! Awny from those hitta t hnt shino wit'i Ihc day, And fields that bloom in the heavenly galea, The land of dream# stretches far away > To dimmer mountnins and darker vales. ~?o)*rctpow:dewok. Correspondence of the Kcoiccc Courier. Oak Grove, Sumter I)ist., S. C. ir.. fJfi? ? i .... . Aiior usnort visit through the up-country, wo send you a few jottings from memory of what was soon and heard during our journey. Willi amston.?This little village, with a population of about 800 inhabitants, situated 18 milosbelow (Jrccnvillo C. II. on the. Green villo and Columbia Railroad, now contains everything to attract tho summer Tourist? several Churched, fine Sohoota. nil intelligent. o ? industrious and moral population, mineral springs, the medicinal qualities of whoso waters have deservedly attained great celebrity throughout the State; besides, thoro is just opened an enormous Ilotcl, containing a magnificent ball-room,dining-room, parlor.*, etc., with bed-rooms sufficient to accommodate several hundred boarders. This gigantic building has been ercctcd at an iiumenbo expense, furnished in the most fashionable style, and placed under the superintendence of the experienced Col. IIokl, una villi an attentive corps of servants, the cuprites of the most captious will be gratiiled?besides, tho table is furnished in a manner peculiarly pleasing to those whoso, > " Various cares in ono grout point eombino The business of their lives?that is to dine." WilliamsUm must now bo regarded us one of tho most captivating watering places in the :ountr,v?n<? place can present greater inducements either to the invalid or tucro pleasuie seeker. Doubtless many who have not time or the inclination to spend the summer at Saratoga, t.. ?. :n i?. ?>? *> >VV| nil! IIV glllU w IICII llll'bO 1Hducemcnts aro offered so near homo, of visiting Williainston during tlio sultry season, though it bo only for u low weeks ur days.? "What plausible pretext cau South Carolinians, especially those who nro inoosj.intly proclaiming their loyalty to South Carolina, their devotion to everything Southern and their rcudinews to Advance and protect Southern interest* and Southern rights, now tind for souundcring thousands annually at the Vm.il. - >> ......... ? ?> >? iiivn vijunuuf, iima encouraging and sustaining Northern enterprise, Northern institutions and Northern interests to the utter neglcct and ultimate abandonment, of our own ! . Thin they havo an indisputable right to do. But what inconsistency can bo greater or moro palpable than that exhibited by Southcm nren, who educate their sous and daughters at tho North, in fact, patronise everything Northern, spend one half of their time thore and devote the remainder tit the South to pouring vituperation and abuse upon universal Yankecdoin ! Not until Sou thorn men carry into practice their pompous professions of devotion tothoirown suction by patronising her Colleges nnd school* and by upending their money iimong her own citiy.enn, can wo oxpeet to sec a full development of our own roAourcos. The money enrriod from South Carolina ulonc and emptied into the eoffcrn of the North would in a very limited period, add new life and vigor to our own enterprise# nnd make the up^er portion of thin tS'ofp qo? of the moat desirable Hummer reports in America. -Traveling by private convoyunce across tlie lower part of Grcenvillo district, wo crossod over tho Kuoroo into S^mrtanbur^ and attcnded a muster at CasIivjIIo. The Enoreo by tho way, in a lovely stream and we wore strongly inclined to test the recuperative powers of its beautiful waters, as it glided like a uilvory sheet through tho wrving fieldsef luxuriant strain on either side ; for tho fervid rays of old Sol had nearly exhausted our cu ergiot. Oi> our fiay, wu passed McOlt i cotton, woo! and pppor factories. Tho hands wore ju^f {iJing out to work, all neatly clad and appeared healthy, happy and contented, presenting u striking contrast to tho miserable, squalid operatives who eke out a wretched existence in the large manufacturing estab- J lisliincuts of thn North. Wo also noticed several olegant private residences, ninny well cultivated fnnno, nil of whioh strongly indi....l-a >t.~ K.-i? n -t.v . vavuu iiiu niuua^rjf, iiiriio UD(1 CllKM'jiriSO 01* j the neoplo. We ncocptKl the kind hospitality of Mr. I) , of (Jaahvillo, to dino, and were tl\u? deprived the plo?9iiroof vritnOssing Uio troops 1)0i fbrriJ, but wo wore nioro thou cotnpoosiUuilj )Y the pleasure experienced in thu omptu^v of our new uindo ocaiin ifitrtoco?. In the nflornoon tlio eandiuutdJ for viiriou/? officc*, I J P. 1 ... i i - 1 oimo nnn isuv^ni, woru gitnn out ioi' Hpoculi??h, Wc listened to a upii-itcd and protracted discussion between Mossrs, Cahnon and Wi?candidates for tito Suite Senate?upon banks, usury law*, I ho Tupper law, i. o.. tlio present liquor law, etc. rtilrflof this debate were roelly amusing, atid it mUst have been , very irksome to tln> prescut incumbent to bo fbrcod, fioka* volen-i, into a disousslon ot* topics in which the people manifested little Intore at. "We rcttiot very much that Major Vk.unon was not present to speak, tvn he is paid to Ijo u perfect gentleman and a very pretty speaker. Col. E. P. .Jonks, a gentleman of pleasing manners, being called out, acquitted himself very handsomely in a speech of a half hour's duration. Col. J. D. Asiimork. of Anderson, thou addressed the crowd, ami if wo judge from tho | n.m.m/ix s.. i. 1 -! ' ...v. ... in- viicmiiiiuu mo attention j of the audience, arid their proysitit; uround ! him during its delivery, hit* speech told well. I Col. Ashmorb possesses a fine person, pre- ' possessing manners, an engaging address, a | brilliant penetrating eye, a countenance indicative of that enltn determination which is I bis most distinguishing characteristics, with l a lofty, high-toned chivalrous bearing, which j would designato a marked man in anv as- I sembly. j lie embodies in an eminent degree nit the t i qualifications necessary to constitute an ofli- I ciont representative in Congress. In the j | prime and vigor of manhood, with large po* i litical and legislative experience, having rep- | I resented this (Sumter) District for many years j I in the State Legislature, he was one of the | ilium. | 11111 c 111 nna ncuvc mom hers ot that ' body; and if, as is tlie general opinion lio be the successful candidate. his numerous friends throughout the Slate have every conlidcneo that lie will maintain a position in Congress that will redout honor upon his native Congressional district and upon the State. (iifled with that hi??li order of intellect I which is necessary to grapple with the political intricaoios of the day, ho will, with a dexterity and case peculiarly his own, brush away tne cobwebs which mystify the spccious fallacies and disingenious sophistries of tho Northern uiiud, and expose them naked tu the world. llij rcinnrkuhlo quickness of perception, his great powers of argument nnd fluency in CltemfxtrHiicons discussion will forestall their most adroit effort# c.t "coup dc main," and meet every manwuvre of ingennity with prompt and efficient preparation. 1 lis judgment, clear and profound, intuitively spurns the rhetorical flourishes, studied olocntion and logical c bsmditics of politicnl mountebanks, and grasps the real embodiment beyond with the oaso of a master mind. When the fttlt Congressional district elects Col. Asiiuorf. her representative in Congress, sho will but do lier duty to herself, and show her apprcciatiou ol' exulted merit. lJisiiorvii.i.K. Tho Royal Lovers after Marriac?.? If one may judge from (lie following aeI count, the married life of Queen Victoria'^ eldest daughter glides on as smoothly and pleasantly ?? possible : The little lady really loves her lord more devotedly than is often the ease iu her rank of life, and there are many anecdotes in circulation illustrating the artless manner in which she displays her attachment? The other day the Prince went over to | Potsdam 41 on important business." that is (hilling ami manoouyeriug his brigade of (.lunula j but lie had scarcely boon absent a few houre, when he was recalled to Berlin by a telegraphic despatch from the I'rinccss, begging him to return immediately. JIc hastened back in the utmost alarm, fancying something dreadful had happened, and was quite relieved bv her receiving him in her usual health ami spirits, only stating, when questioned why she had sent for him in so violent a hurry, that she " had felt such a lunging to sec him again; and besides," she added, on her | husband's remonstrating with her for call- | inghiiu away from his professional duties, " mamma always telegraphs for papa when she wants him." This reference to what her mamma doos the little Princess considers a sufficient; justification for any offence she may commit against tho starch etiquette of tlie Prussian court. Olio clay alio put on her bonnet and walked across the street toiler father-in-law's, without even a footman be!.!_ 1 1 . .... I uiiiu nor, 10 me inexpressible horror of her | Ohunn/menlcrin, or ducnun-in-chicf, who exclaimed that no Prussian princess had ever been guilty of such a breach of decorum. " Jiut. mamma does so at Osborn," returned Vic the Second, "and if mamma docs so, wby should [ not be permitted to do so?" Her affability and pood nature have made her generally popular, though I she almost raised u rebellion in the kitchen I IntelV bv insififcilinr ibnt- fVirt fntnnlu tics should nil wear caps. Now, the German maid servant* are remarkably proud of their hair, and never think of putting on a cap, for fear of spoiling their luxuriant tress08. Great was the commotion therefore, when the Princess issued her order to cffect; but the little lady was inexorable. " In mamma's establish m'niit. tl>r>v fill caps," she said and so they must in mino." Since tho depurturo of licr mother-in-law, the Princess of IVussin, from Berlin, she Stun uiueh more of o?u way than she used to; the Queen being ho entiroly taken up with attending to tho King, that she in tinf nl?ln ??tl 1 , .... w uiwiiv-ru wiiu mi1 j ana tlic I Priuco yielding, liko n gallant huftband, to | the .innocent capriccn of ilia fair young wife. A Politk. Boy.?The other day wo woro'riding in a crowded car. At one of tin; stations fin old gentleman entered, and j was looking about him for a sent, when a I |?,1 i~.. -< i niu wii mi v>t?jivu yunra or age, rose up and | said, "Tako my sent, sir." Tho offer was i aeceptcd, and the infirm old man sat down. I "Why did you givo mo your soot ?" ho ill! quirod of tho boy. "Because you nro old, nir, and 1 am h uoy," was the quick reply. Tho pftsaongct* w'ero very much pleased ami gratified. For my part, I wanted to 8oizo hold of tho little fellow, and press him to n?y bosom. Jy: r Tiiehf. !b only one bad wife in tho world, and every orusty husband thinks that she has iiillon to his Ity. Senator Hammond's Speech. Wo subjoin the remarks of (Senator 1 lain- i niorul, at the lieoeh Island dinner, as re- j ported by the special eorrespondent of the vjmuifMuu itivrcurr/ ; When ho went to the federal Congress ! six months ago, ho found the udiuiasiuti of : Kansas, under the Lecompton Constitution, 1 the nil-absorbing and exeitinjr snbieet be-I fore the representatives of the people and i the government. To him the whole theory j and ochcine of squatter pnvereij?nty was a I matter of disgust. The KanSOH-Ncbraslcrt 1 bill was a delusion and deception from the j beginning, lie felt satisfied that on tluit j basis the South would never unite. The j President plead and tried to do his best, , .North ami South; but it was evident that it was ft subject fraught with trouble. I To (Mr. II.) was over opposed to fbis Knnsas- j Nebraska bill) audit' there was a single J good feature in it, it was that it allowed the people, free from interference, to frame | principles for themselves after their own j fashion. It was a snare to those nt. Mini South. It was rotten with fraud, nnd those who made it flinched from its consequences. Its only effect \yas to add anoth; er State to tho l.'nion. llis hearers kticw j that. Kansas, so far as Congress can admit I it, was now admitted, with the Lcoompton i Constitution, and without the (Jrccn proj viso. Mr. J1. reviewed briefly the admis ! Bioii oi jxansas, unucr tno uonferencc hill, questioned if Congress can cull a-State] Convention, and considers it a dangerous | J precedent. He alluded to his own position i | and tlint of Mr. ISonhnm, the lleprtBenta- I I live of Edgefield, lie found no fault with ; i the honorable gcutlciuan. Mr. Donliain ; I may have been right, and lie may have been j ; wrong. If Mr. Bonham erred, his error j was on the safe side, lie was worthy of all i confidence, since he acted from the honesty ! _i* i.:.. :-i! i 1 i 1 i? ins uuiivictiuiiH, juni hucii a man glioma [ be honored and cherished by his constituents. Mr. llanunoud then alluded to other top- j ies before Coo^ress during tho session.? | He voted for the increa.se of tho Army and . Navy. He had heard a number of sojiho- j I more spcschcs against increasing these arms j tlwi )to( ' ' vr. Vii^.iuuvuni uuiuilur/. J m%) WV.1C WUIlll)' of college students, rather than grave 8en: atora of the natiofl. 1 To apprehended little i danger from a standing army; and, as to | the extravagance of those measures, he rc' plied to Senators that if tho expenses of the departmcntshad been examined, the)' would > | be found double that of the army. The | j navy should be increased, because the South ! I was utterly inde.fcnsiblo in its present condition. In the port of Charleston there i was but one naval steamer of light draught, j j The Southern const needed for its protection j ; a numerous fleet of small vessels. The fact ' | is, our navy was now what it was forty-five i years ago, and is in a sad and disgraceful | condition. | Senator Hammond said he would now | | address himself to the great, question of the I relations of tho North and South. He | would speak as he thought, and it would ; ! give him pleasure for his hearers to take i ! what he said in the spirit in whioh it was [ uttered. Jn his opinion, there were many | ! grounds for apprehension at the South j but there were also strong roasons for hope nud confidence. Whatever relations might eventuate between the North and South, they would be in the end consistent with the rights and security of this section.? v/ HUVI UMV jritrjwiin t Ul tlllUllAy South would have to remain in the Union. He would rather sec the game played out between the North and South, than see the Union brought to an end. If wo had dissolved the Union and had engaged in a brush with somo people (which must occur <v^.. - i..? ?i ? f-.ii- - I. PVIVIII^ up IVI UUljJClWi) illiu lil Wlllll^ WJtablishing our institutions,) it. would have bcon host for us. But now if wo can rule in the Union, let us remain. 1 iy tho word ruin, he did not mean the securing high office to Southern men. Tho achievement of success in elections is insignificant in com?>?!??? .it-tt.ll * -i1 'i jscttirnsii mill tin; tsaui Ulioil IHUUL 1)1 IIIOSO great principles of free government on which tlio South hns fixed her stamp?those true and just principles which should govern the world. Tho United States now stands in the first rank of nations. To obtain this posit ion out of tho Union, the Mouth would require many years. * Mr. Hammond then took up Senator Seward's remark, that the battle 'f the sections was fmiirht mid wnn in lS.r?0 IT?? admitted that a battle hail boon fought between the aootions and lost to the South. There was, however, another greater battle fought and won. This throw the farthing candle-light of the New York Senator's vie tory in the shade. Tho New York Senator meant that at tho North they hntl a majority, and finally suoooeded in drawing a hcctionnl lino?tliut they were united in Congress and wero nineteen free to fifteen slave States (wero it not for the gallant little Delcwaro we might havo said twenty to fourteen.) This was tho result of tho physical or numerical battle and victory. Our battle anil victory wn? amoral one,in stJinmingand chocking the false and absurd philanthropy of tho civilized world ou African slavery.? lie did not heed, then, this boast of a Northnt*ii uunrntunnir Vn* ! ? 41 ' *1. - v?.? JL VI; IIU WUUllI Fily Ui IIIU neoplo of tho South, bo prepared; for if the -North, in order to subservo Iht purposes of utubition or fauatieiam, should uttempt to recognize federal courts of law on tbc ropresentativo bail's, and tlnis destroy the wnscrvutivc uutwo of that oourl , aud there by pet the government into their own bands, | then the people of the South must dissolve ; the Union. We must dissolve the Union | ft* they effcet tiny one ot' their aggressive j purposes?tariffs, banks, or direct tampering with slaves. But he did not think to- < day tho North could, liven it at tin next Presidential election tho North should, hy combiti. rion, eh'et an Abolitions t, ho did not think t'mt on that issue the great body of the South would go out of t he I'nion.? Hut if tin* were followed by a second election of the saute kind, ho thought they wotdd. .Senator Hammond alluded to the fact that the Northwestern States were not so ' much to he viewer! jih enemies as V..vtr I land. .Indiana would have been a slave ; State lutd not the question been lost by one | vote, and it'the 1'niou were dissolved, it might still be a slave State. The North j cannot unite permanently, while the Mouth I can. The North never yet had an impor- I ianl oflicc more than one term. lie therefore feared nothing now. Yet ho would ! say to th.% people of the South, there may j be danger yet; stand to your arms, mark ! t ime, and be ready, under any circumstances j or terms, to not nwinmt.lv in roui<#ini* i i y-J . -p. V actual interference with our lights. South I Carolinian courage, aiul bayonets liscd like I the bravo Palmettos at Chupuhopcc, be j ready, but do not charge too quick. The North is by no means wholly to blame for the present condition of the sections. Many of our grievances took their VLnP 211 tllpS5niif.il \Itin\r 4\i1c*k fliAAfl/ia iginnted hero, and many others the South | adopted. "With the effects of these we have long striven. The victory is ours. Wei should now suffer the clouds of dust and cr- j ror to puss oft", and then march boldly on ] We have achieved a great moral power, and j should use it. In looking back at the cr- j rors built up by the South herself, it may i be seen that siio has been thirty years en- J gaged in pulling down the work of her own j bunds inning the preceding thirty. Our j)roper position is to meet the issue wo have i raised. Slavery is no sin. Tho slave is in bis normal condition?the right man in the j right plaoe. This \vc have taught the world, and it is a great blessing. The notion ol' equality is a gross absurdity, everywhere contradicted by nature. In nature no two men are formed alike?no two things arc equal. God has mado it so. It was tho pout's idea of harmony, the spherical; yet, the globes are all irregular. This is the great moral battle the South has fought and won. France and England, after a long and expensive reflection, perceive the rectitude and justice of our position. Look j at the condition of Kxcter II !ill thr> rmiili'*. ! volts of fanatics, that has governed London in its inock philanthropy?that has ruled (ireat Britain in its crude speculative philosophy?from whence has issued all the edicts of trouble to us?whence sprung tho question of the right of search of the American ships in American waters and in the Gulf of Mexico. This Exeter Hall was at its last gasp, ; and had brought England to npologi/.c to i lis. Mr. Hammond then instanced the j ehungo of sentiment in England, and Mr. Bright's speech in the English House of Commons. The people of Great Britain were coming to their senses, and a great power was launching against the fanaticism of Exeter Hall. lie then spoke of Great Britain and the Coolie trade?of the French Louis Napoleon and his African apprentice system, characterizing both as the result of a correct conception of the proper sphere of the laborers, accompanied by a sickly shrinking from the avowal of the name.? Who ever heard of the Coolie or apprentice returning home niter roars of serfdom? >\ ho would expect to luar it '( 11o next referred to the absurdity of Liberia and it.s coloni zation scheme. Ii htul to bo supported by the United States, and, if is said, there is a tax imposed on all those who philuuthropically send out negroes from this country. Wo now learn that many of those "sons of freedom" are bought at Liberia by Louis Nnuoleon at $20 nor head. This cans tho climax of Exeter Hall pbilanthropj'. And | so in tlie Northern States of the Union, j the supporters of tlii.s crusade of abilition will soon be reduced to a corporal's guard of a few old maids and fanatics. Many of these misguided people he respected for their ho it-tv. and for that nlnno. Thor? were many others, however, in fact n majority, whowcro actuated not by sympathy for the slave, but to have a hobby which, in times of political indiscretion, would c: rry them into oflicc. It was, therefore, a question of scctiunnl power, rather than fanaticism. I il . i* \T r % * % . * 111 mo iMate 01 :>ew \ ori< nc Knew there were irony good and true men, ready to Hcrvo tlio .South and tlio Union?men whose word and honor could be relied on?while at the Month there were a great number whoso fidelity was only lip-service, lie knew Northern men who had voted to siih?:..i,#u ?i.?...i? ?i? *..i* tviiia viav> ii^iuo i#i uiuuvubii hiiuu uu:jr it'll that, by so dointr, tlicy consigned thornsclvcs to a linsty politico! griivo. Thcso men gave us strongth in the national councils, and ho desired their fellowship. Distinctions wore drawn between "National" and "States Rights Democracy." At this period there w.i* no issue before the erwinfrv or State, niiil he did not appreciate their fiigniflcHiioy. He would not have South OafOllna tied to the organisation of tlu? party or any other party that did i#ot not with tho party of truth and right. He believed that if tbo ^oo*i lucn of the >oith , .1 .1-offered aid wo should ucccpt it, m.d not cut ourselves off from tlicir sympathy and SUppOVt. Wo of the South arc on a mine, and I should l>c vigilant. Hut \vn must have the j true ami men of the North to sustain | us. lie would not bend South Carolina to any faction " for better or wot*?." The I South should bo one. Wo should be uni- ! ted and observant?awake to our rights, j coutu in inc rnion. a substantial issue | should not induce us to secede alone; with four or five States it may. While remaining in the Union and striving manfully to | hold our own, we should keep (he nftcnia- i five steadily not only in our own view, but in the view of thy whole country. We j should not for a moment allow our people j to be lulled by hopes of preserving the j Union into apathy or the belief that to nc- ! cotnplish or secure htrcngth would not re- j till ire all their talent, all their onorrrv nil 1 their watchfulness, all their courage, unci a ' perfect state of union and preparation to take decisive measures ou the shortest j notice. Mr. Hammond said ho was opposed to j any further annexation of territories. He j preferred that our manifest destiny should , work out its own results. He wished the i >.* #.? t....... j.* At..! vwumi j I yj I m i v v; MV? tiling l?J UU ^ or South Amotion. Mr. Calhoun was light in denouncing the Mexican war. Its ; results have proved injurious, and the ! opening <>f California routes has created an J unprecedented expense to the country, and | is the cause of more corruption, deceit and j profligacy than ever has been known before ! both in and out of Congress. If we want ! any Pacific route let us have it by taking? seizing?Tchuantepcc and Panama, with the right of way. Progress was his policy, but he was not in favor of rash nr snnsmnrl _ I I 10 action. Wo ought mall things to act . calmly and boldly ; take our position, stand j to our arms and nir.rk time, waiting on the t movements of our enemies. The South should keep her powder dry. For whatever be tlio hope, there are twenty free States against fourteen slave States, and it A 1 . .1? - * 1 1 * # * cainiui u? uisguiscu mai mere is uanger. On broaching (bo subject of tlicrc-opening of the slave trade, Mr. Hammond said that, in the Union, it was out of the question?an impracticable and visionary project, and that to revive it out of the Union, in Central America or elsewhere, wnH somewhat impolitic. AYby should we increase the size of our territory at the South?? Who would put slaves in Kansas? And who would put them in any doubtful position ? Yet we lost Kansas beeauso wo had none to put there. The want of slaves is felt. We arc now struggling to keep Texas ncninsf flir> ilirnnilsiif\Tnvf Iiavii <imitvpni.lt! Mexico was a ile:ul corpse floating on the sea in a state of decontposition. She was drifting up against us, and sonic might desire to plunge the liarpoon and take her aboard. liut of what use wonld she bo to us, with her six millions of wild Indians to civilize, and her imperious, treacherous Spanish race ? We want none of those vast regions now. 3 f it i.s our manifest destiny to have them, manifest destiny will brim* the proper time. Wo should a ddress ouv- ! selves to the devclopomcnt of our own in- 1 tcrnal resonrces and the achievement of j Southern harmony and power in the Union, vet ready, if ncccasary, to dissolve it. .Between tho citizens of Georgia, and South j Carolina, he felt assured, that the green j tops of Carolina's hills gave greeting to the j border shores of (Jeorgia, and as the bold. Savannah grasped eaeh State in friendly salute, so Georgians and Carolinians will ' be ever afliliatcd. Philadklpuia, July 10.?Our city i.s j thronged with strangers in attendance on i the National Convention of the Hons of i Malta. Tho number of delegates in at ten- ' donee in three hundred and fifty, and there are about fifteen hundred visiting members in the city. ilenry Southern, Ewi.,'of Philadelnbia. ! has been elected President. Tho amount of money expended in eliar-1 ity during the year 'ih ftUited to hftvo been j seventy-eight thousand five bund rod dollars ! leaving only a balance of ?15UU in the Treasury. A procession of the order will take place before the close of tho Convention, which promises to be a most imposing affair. The convention will remain in session several uays. Tunoroii Tickkt.?Mr. Douglas Hlus- j t rated his position in nil oxprewipn ho made when in tnc thickest of tho Looompton fij?ht. "Being hskoil one day if ho hud counted tho'cost, and knew thwjourney ho wastaking. "Vch," ho replied, "and i have taken a through ticket and chocked all my and niimltul how, on tlie recent Kansas I question, from out of our own midst, we were used. We should be firm and harmonious.? 1 All the opposition measures of which tho. j South lias complained in the last thirty j years, she herself inaugurated. Washing- I ton and Jefferson, in the matter of slavery, ! i il . -- M - - - ?- ?? ** ? 1 ' m:i wiu cvii exanip'e. i lie ivovni oorroweu : it from thorn. The Hank of the United j States originated with the South. The [ South, under sonic of our leading men, was | cod-father of tho tariff. And it wo.s the j same with tho internal improvements.? Then, if tho South had done these things j and undone them, has she not the power; if still united, to control '! Hence ho had hope for the power and position of the Judge Douglas Forgiven TllO NOW Ollooiis JJr/la, SpCilkitlg ol' Iu?l ro Hoiiglas, after noticing his recent Congressional dissension from the Dcinoerntic party, enys: " lint, inasmuch ns this fol!tv pertains ?? a bygone Congressional specialty?to ;i practical question disposed of by the lastt 'oncress?we don't know hut we oinrht to for give the harmless exhibition of it at Chicago, in view of the h juiuI, statesman-like and wholesome ideas ho expressed in regard to Ilia' great and most exigent question of the time, the true polit'oian, social and industrial relation of the negro to the white man. We publish elsewhere an abstract of his Chicago speech, and in this 1 .1 ? ' . ?? . , . /? . i piace, on ine suujoeo.or me status 01 tno uojrro, wc append the folio :ng extract from a full report of it : "1 assert the rijjjlit of each State to decide for itself on all those questions, and I do not subscribe to tin? doctrines of my friend Lincoln, that uniformity is either do mrubic or pos;-imc. s. no not acKtiowieugo that they must all bo free, or that they must nil bo slaves. T do not acknowledge that the negro must be our ertuul every where or nowhere. I do noi acknowledge that the Chinese must have the same rights in California that we would confer upon him hero. 1 do not acknowledge that the Coolie. imported into this country, must necessarily be put upon an ojuulity with the white races. 1 aoti i acKnowicuge any ot tlicso doctrines of uniformity in local or domcstic regulations in the different States.? Thus you will see, my fellow-citizens, that, the issue between Mr. Lincoln and myself, as the respective candidates for the I'nitcd States Senate, is made up?is a direct, unequivocal, fair issue. lie goes for uniformity of domestic institutions, for the war of sections, until one or the other shall >'10111. I go lor (lie great principle of the Nebraska '(ill, for <'i0 rights of the people of each State to decide for itself. On the other point, Mr. Lincoln goes for a warfare upon the Supreme Court <>f the United Stat es, because of their judicial decision.? I yield obedience to, and acquiesce in, the final determination of the, highest judicial tribunal of the nation upon our Constitution. IIo objects to the Pred Scott decision, because it docs not put the. negro in possession of the rights of citizcuhhip on an equally with the white man. I am uttirly op posed to negro equality with white meu.? I repeat, that this nation is a nation of white peoplo?a people composed of European descendants, a people tbut have established this Government for themselves and tlioir posterity, ami I am in favor of preserving not only the purity of their blood, but the purity of the government, from all mixed races, or amalgamations. We have seen the effects of these mixed races of superior and inferior races, this niixture of white men, Indians and negroes. We have seen it in Mexico, in Contra! America and in South America, and in all the Snanish American States. Its result lias been deterioration, demoralization, and degradation below the capacity for self government. I am opposed to taking any st"p that recognizes the negro or Indian a.* the equal of the. white man, to have a voice in the execution and administration of the Government. 1 would extend to the negro ami the Indian, and all dependent races, every right, evenprivilege, and every immunity consistent, with the safety of the white race, hut equality however should have either political or social; or in any other respect whatever." " I nit y in diversity is at tho basis of tho federative theory. The moment you attempt to merge unity into uniformity, you strike a blow at federation, and give a helping hand to despotic centralization. 31 r. Douglas has hit upon tho true idea here, 1 .. .li ! " " ititu nun iniu ins views oi mo All ienn qiustion lift him several degrees in the sealc of genuine sti.ceJiinnnsliip. Upon sueli jiremises lie could never assent to the Ulnck Hepublioan progrninnio for uniforming the country in nntUslnvery apparel; nor could lie oppose the growth nnd progress of the Houtli?the innintenp.lice of her equal portion in tlio Union, nnd, if need bo, thoncquisition by her of black !:<bor tliat should l.llfn,Ani?? ?.U1. 1? ~ 11 ua ttv.1 puCUUUi IIIM 11Ul 1UI1S and supply an inexorable demand." Cl.KROYMV.N IN T1IK li.M.1, KOOM.?A correspondent of tlio Chicago PrcsH nnd Tribune, writing from Atlanta, Logan county, Illinois, describes tbe .singular termination of the Fourth of July Hull in that town : << it ii.-i ii-. - 11 tijijiviim i tuti. mo managers. scvcrni days alnco, sent special invitations to tin* Ministers of the various churches? in town to iittend the dnniCe, thinking to have :i pood laugh to themsclvcH over it; but to the surprise of thoso present, after tin* l>nll had got under full headway, four of tho aforesaid minister* made thoir uppccrnncu in tho Hall, and'soon were mingling with (ht> hvstiintlni'H. Tim " K?t." li?in?r tlnv.n.rl. -J - ? ~"r-n "" "wh" the announcement was made that the ministers having boon solicited to attend, dosired that a portion of tho tiinc should bo set apart for them, which was acceded to. Then feommonccd the religious exorcise* of the hall. Ono preoehed, another prayed, and another struck up n g<?:d old relipfionM hymn, when the dancers, seeing wlint turn matters wcro likoly to tako, ordered the. musicians to proooed, nr.d began the danco again, leaving the ininiMeiv to do their own Hinging, and mak^ their exit d'.s hcs*t way they could." 'ItMrKHAKOi; is# the b-:#t ph}.;c