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KKOWER COC It 1 Kit. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. Tl'.'.I]>or ittufffiii, in ji?lv:?noo. If 1? *ym -nt In; <lel ivunfit after tlie expiration of tlie year. ^j.OO For >ix muiitlnt, " "> cent.i, in u<l viuice. A?lv?riimoment< Inserted at llie u.^iia' rate*. 1MCKEXS C. If., S. (\: Saturday Morning, October 8, 1859. n-?j Oj'Liml uildUloll h* <HI tVtClJ to the various now iulvurti.-t,ui'*nts in this number. Accident. A lamentable nocidont ocfurreil in Franklin r unity, Ua.. Oil tliC Ufttli lilt. Two persons J AMKi M VllKUHV ".ll'l W. M\IIKItltV. 1l!8 uncle?-wore out turkey hunting, when tlic latter shot the former by in-'-i'lciit. sunposin^ mm in tne tnicUet to bo a turkey. The wound was si> serious tliiit J \s. M uu.uav is supposed to be dead. x Sftledayl'his ra >nllily period was rounded to a point on M unlay but, ami brought with it it largo number of visitors. A large ipinntity of land \vai sold at reasonable prices. The Table M Hintain li >tel passed into the ownership of Mr. James Ki;ir:i. M >re thau ono unfortunate debtor, who Ji ill h"c;i " writte I to Court," was worming the law, preparatory to the struggle with the hoartle.s creditor at the Court aforesaid.? "We have a:i aeo iunt of the oatlis, terrible in ?^.icinuiivc win great in nutiiocr, that were onco uttered in Flanders, but tlioy woro not perhaps ;v " oii'Cnmstaneo" to what we liston? I to, the victim being incite.I thereto by an undue prop >rtion of " rc?l eye." Our farming friends interchanged salutations of respect and friendship, and discusscd the prospects of a favorable fa'!, and the seed" i-ig of wheat. The latter an interesting subject of tmpiiry and investigation. W'o were glad to see less drunkenness than usual. Why do we have so much of it on public occasions? Is it conducive of good results ? I.ot the truth answer. D^ath of a Venerable Ladv. We pen with siucorc regret. thu death of Mrs. Cat.i wrt.vE I.'kaiu, relict of tlic late John '.Jraig. which occurred near this place, on the 12 J ill tilt. M/s. Citvi? was. in sonic respects, u re 11 likable woman. Iter great ago. (she hoiug nhjut ninety-two at the time of her death.) invostel her presence with ehorished iiiO:n >rio?, linking the pa?t with the present. Iter re ;d lection of Revolutionary history nnd i icideuts in i le her an object of great intero<t, whilst Iter sterling qualities and womanly virtues commanded the respect, and won i io esteem oi tliose who wore host i\c<(tniiit to 1 with hor. Jiut it was as the wife, mother ami christian that she exhibited tltoso in* c >tnparable traits of character n-.-'st prized l>y the virtu ins an I good. I lor life, long nod oho-piorcd, witnessed hor country's do livoranoo from tyranny and misrule* ami an cntranco upon tlio pleasures of peace and tlio c:\joym mt of liberty and the protection of the citizen. 1 lor example in vy well bo treasuro I, as a bright and shining light, to g-iide tlio fiotsteps of tlio daughters of the present day, and of their sex from thoin do 8.:0ii'Iin Tiio family have oar sympathies i:i their groat bsrc.ivoinont. Corn> Mm. A \ kindly send-* us a largo ear of eoni, grown on upland. It measures four t in-Y'i in length and abmt nine in cirvimfereneo. Wo presume u > gentleman will ]i i s > utig illant us to exhibit a larger car even sh-mid In1 have one, which wo arc very much incline d to .1 mht. Mr. G.v\rr, residing on Mr. J. M. Kzm's place, has finvardol to us the largest corn utalfc we oversaw, with two goml ears thereon. A friend here remarks that a stalk grew i i thi district this year, which measured thirteen feet to the ear! The article prodice 1, wash ml.1 say, sulforel but little for the want of rain. The Presidency. We have transferred to these columns from our Spartanburg cotcinporary an article on this (subject which meets our hearty approval. The life and public services of Col. Onii - * ?* ? * . niv >iu;iwivi| Willi II iruilliui IiailU, I1UU will met with a warm response from his numerous friends in this district. C >1. On it has filled with ability anil singular aptness every oflico to which he has been elevate 1, ami ho is by lung odds our first choice for the IVesi* ?lency. With Gen. Jos. Lank, of Oregon, on thotiokol as Vice I'residont. we liavo every reason for belioving that the democratic party will be .successful in the great contest of ISO It will be a.struggle for our existence us a nation, and every patriot should buckle on his armor for tlio fight. Lift us preserve the I' lion, with tho Constitution, it' jv>s*ihlo. Vailing in this, lot is have u Southern confederacy. In this connexion, tho Charleston Convention forces itsolf upon our ntteiition. Conventions in tv he uhusc'I, but that they cft'oet much good is fjnite us apparent. Wo nr?*( ..p...... ..c ?i.~ oi.i. i..!? ? ? ??> VIiiiu, in ui inu i^iuiu uuiug roproWMifcd in it, and shall urge the appointment of delegates from this district, to a State convention, at the proper time. Hovir ?on Kaiti.ts.?Judge L'.ngstreet, in hi* now novel of Win, Mitten, puhli< hing now in the Sin/hern Field and h'iraUh', very shrewdly says: It was a common remark of Doctor Wadd< I, " show n?e a 's>y with a horse, dog, and jjun, and 1 II allow you ahoy who will never (ionic to any thing." Wo can look hack through the vista of fifty yearn, and wo cannot noinl to the man. livinor or <Io:k1 wliosn history disproves llio rem uric. Wocan jx>4i?t to many in verification of it. New I'atknt.?John Wilson, of Anderson, Jniw fbceived ii patent for improvement in cotton yius. The Chesnut DinnerTlic complimentary dinnor to our diatinHoi.-hcd Senator, Col. Ciinssir, passed ofl' in handsome *tvle. Cs?l. Ciiksnvt's tfpeoch lias readied n?, ami wo have liurrio Ily read it. Our impressions do not altogether follow the I channel into which our friend of the Journal has fallen, which article wo publish. 1 111* Sk\" V'fol* i.pnnnrtilrf in n of v\ i-rli? C. ?* *% ? v?l ... ? vtlll.^lltiva tllMU ni'iilust way to the consideration of tlie quos. tions before bim. and gives Ins views and impressions with conciseness an.I marked ability. Ho is decided in bis opinions, and conservative in bis principles. The entire press of tlic State, though divided in sentiment on the political questions of the day, applaud the speech. We intend to transfer it to our columns that our readers inny decide for themselves. Exchanges"We have the pleasure of welcoming the Charleston (.'outi>-r to our table greatly on I larged nuil clothed in now nuil becoming I dress. This journal is one of tiie largest, as ' well as handsomest in tho State, lis ilovo. tion to tho commercial ami industrial inter| ests of tllo State should insure fur it a wide circulation. It is ]iublishcd daily and tri. weekly, by A. S. Wii.mnoton Co., Charleston. The daily is !?! n year; the tri-weckly $"i. I The " iS uithcrn Field and Fireside." nul> ! lis ho'1 at Aiigusiti, Gh., 1'v uases Csaussnek, ' K-"|., at S;! per annum, is tho best literary ! paper in tho country. Try it, ami thou you ! will agree with us. General IntelligenceTho Mi:lv.cnnn will case, as we learn from j the Lancaster goes up to Hie Court of Common lMeas, upon an appeal from tho (Incision of tho Ordinary of that district. lie decided adversely to the instrument. A largo new freight engine lms hcen put i on the (. roenville & Columbia railroad, called j tho "J. N. Wliitner;" so called in honor of the Judgo. lien. .Scott has boon ordered to San Juan I to protect Amsrican interests. Tito British governor had tin prisoned some American citizens for alleged infringements on the > ghts and territories of the Hudson Hay company. The news from Kuropc is unimportant. I The Mexicans arc still quarreling and fight\ ing among themselves, without anybody beI ing badly hurt. At a fair recently at Albion. X. Y., a canal ! bridge fell, precipitating many into the water, and drowning more tlmn 18 person*. The Future. Tlic editor of the Soii/Zurn (Columbia) (ittm'tfwi*, speaking of the crops and the see. tion of country through which he has been I passing, says: " I have scon some fine crops, nn<l I take sincere pleasure in chronicling all improve.! moots, agricultural and mechanical, but upon j the whole the prospect is far from eiteourng| ing. Our hums are much exhausted, and badly worn. Renovation of the soil seems to ; lie incompatible with strenuous cultivation of cotton. 1 have met many persons who are 1 preparing to leave the State, and others who ' are desirous hut not yet ready to remove to ' the West. Our lahor is fast leaving us.? 1 Negroes command too high a price to be reI tained on many of the farms and plantations I have seen this summer. We cannot keep ! thorn in vin??? ??f ?!..? ...I.! .i. . ...v .. ..v. V, ... HIV. |>i II.UO WHICH 111 IMI | wh ican make fi*??in ton to fifteen heavy haj's J of cotton to the 11:i11<I, ami from AO toT*? busnj ols of corn to tin: acre. ami nil with less labor I than wo use?can afford to give. They are ' going, ami soon will much more rapidly go , t > the rich lands of Mississippi, Arkansas. I, iiiisiana ami Texas, 1 lament the depletion that is going on. The question of labor supi ply is destined in a lew years to conic up in a shape that cannot bo evaded. It will havo to be met fairly and considered maturely." Public Document. Wo arc; indebted to Col. Our for a copy of the I'.itorit 0flico lloport for 1S">7. This vol1 time is devoted to agriculture. lie has our iIi-ioL'u r? - tui i l?V PxtlllUi ? Tur. Kf.vtockv Mn.i.io.v.utts.?The late Ildiert Wiokliffe was a native of Virginia, : mid emigrated to Kentucky a p ?ur unlettered b>y. llo commenced his career as a day la* b >vor at fifty cents a'lav, became an eminent lawyer, ami was the largest capitalist in Kentucky at the time of his death, his property bcinff estimated at f-nir millions. I 1*1..1 i? ....I i. il i i - > . .../ > uuuvaii mi i-U'L iCIHiVI IVI U| iUI', \Vi*:k 1 iir?j that, as a laborer, lie was noted for I his faithfulness, his industry, ami the amount of work which he could perform. At the whipsaw he wan unequalled, and on many occasions ho out down the timber and split i out live hundred rails a day. In the palmiest days of his popularity and wealth he never I ceased to boast of his achievements as a la, borer, lie studied law w hile a laborer, et night, by the liglit of the fire, and when first ! admitted to the bar he gave but small promise i of attaining the positiou which lie aftorward* I won. A (tllll.TY CoXSUIKSCK.?GlIC of tllO finest passage* ever littered l\v Mr. Webster, was in viiuHciitioti of tlie authority of conscience ami of providence, on u trial for murder i ' The guilty soul cannot keep Its own secret. It is false to itself. It labors under its guilty possession, and knows not what to do with i?.? ! Tlio human heart was not made for t lie resiI deuce of siu-li an inhabitant, it finds itself i preyed upon by a torment whivh it does not aeI kliiiwli'<l<'e Id (Inil nr mnn A viilimn <1.? ' vouring it, ami it onnitoi n?k any sympathy or J assistance, either from Heaven or earth. Tlic secret wliioli llie murderer possesses soon comes to possess liim; ami, like tlic evil spirit, of ! which we. read, it ovorcomtM liim, and lends li'nn i whithersoever it will. lie feels it beating to j iiis heart?rising to hi* throat?and demanding disclosure, ife thinks the world sees it in his i face, nn I almost hears its workings in the si' fence of his thought*. It betrays his discroj lion?it break* down his courage?it compters j liia prudence. IVIion suspicion from ^without I begins to embarrass him, and the net of circumstances to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It nin^l he confessed?it will he confessed; there is no refuge from confession but snicido? and suicide is confession." - . Go it, Dennett.?James (Ronton Dennett, Ksq., has taken a premium of fivo dollars for ' Rome punkius " ho exhibited at the State I Fair, one of which wtsighc'4 150 pomula J Pennings and Clippings. Cotton.?This nrUdc in commanding 11 to i 12 couts per lb. in Clinrlorton. Soctu Caroi.ixa Com,bus.?Tl?u_6'irof?/<i- I an s:\ys tluit tlie cxervisos of this institution wore resinned on Monday last. l^wfoasorH ami student;} wore alike nriitmtfc in tlMiir nl- i I tcudaneo. ! Savannah Vai.i.bv Railroad.?The next i 1 annual meeting of the stockholder* of the Sa vannaii Valley Kail road will he held at Calhoun's Mills, on the od Wednesday in I November next. Death or a Vktkkas Soldier.?Colonel : John Duval, who hud represented .Scott conn- ' ; ty, Kv., for many years, in the Legislature of that Stato, died there 011 tlieTth inst. lie ' ! was a captain in tho war of 1S12, nml served ! a campaign under (ton. Harrison. L.xtkh from Vexkzcki.a.?An arrival from j Vonezucla, at Now York, state* that affairs there wore unchanged. Several battles had been fought, in which tlie Federalists wore j ! successful, but the government forces had gained l.aguayra. (.Son. l-'lores had gained a j complete victory over the government at liar- | ; rpfiKuriiantc. | I'kns.? Pons, lirst made of rpiills, appeared i 1 in (?:? "?. The "gray goose <pull " has tlour- j ishod for a long time ! IlKilir.vi.ftin'.?T!ie reporter of the London Xnr.i, describing the "(Srcat Kastern's'' | i departure, says she " coyly wallov ' mi her j i liijuul coiitilj. ami glide.1 away forever from j the scenes of her potentous infancy. Slmudk.?Maj. Clinpnmn, I'. S. A., com- j niitted suicide by cutting his throat, at F.>rj tre.<3 .Monroe, Usiltimoro. Lack or Consciknck.?Lamartine, in one ( of his articles, written since the Revolution j ! of' IS, declared that the ul defect in French ! 1 character, which made a permancirt French | I II I IT - - -II > ; itupiiuuc uil)iossil>lC, was HICK Ot Conscience. ' j Kntkki'RISINU Women.?In the town of ! Pckin, X. V., iesides Samuel Jioberts, with his wife >Sulina, and their four daughters.? ra ( . They occupy a farm of a hundred noreu, the j I work of which, such as plowing, logging. 1 j planting, hoeing, taking euro t?f teams. Are.- j I has, during tiie last year, boon performed l?y 1 | the mother and daughters. The eldostdaugh- j | tor. aged eighteen, plowed '20 acres, and one of the young sisters dragged in the grain. Kr.Krico L'naxivoi\si.v.?Lieut. Mowry's election as delegate iVom Arizona was unan! imous. Out of 3,000 votes it is not known ! that even one was against him. A Vf.rv Drv Nlusk.?The Ktigl'udi papers state that the nurse of an opulent family, in , London, who rendered her account-annually i for little nursery etceteras, among other : things, put down the modest sum of $l,7<"?0 | fill* llflUtil onanifn H?a jiI.'I.Im/*.* .w. ?v w lvilliuiuii ^ llll, Tiikin Xlmuers.?There arc said to be at present in the world about one hundred ami : | twenty-one thousand mormons. Kighty-tliroc i thousand live in Utah, of whom four thousand 1 : six hundred and seventeen have sixteen ' thousand five hundred wives. (ioi.u Flowers.?The inhabitants of Paris | h ive recently presented the Mispress Kugo- j 1 nio two supcrh vasos of gold weighing ISO ! ounces. They contain dowers of crohl. each j emitting an odor similar to tlie natural one of ! the flower which its form represents. Vkkv I.cckv.?The Diikc of Argylc thinks highly of Mrs. II. 11. Stowc?thinks *hc can'1 he spoiled, hut the Duk? d >es not approve of a woman appearing on a platform in public, unless she is going to ho hanged, when, he < says, "it is unavoidable." Tin: IIkhrku* Ykar.?Tho llohrtevt yetif | ommenciMOii the 2'Jthof September, instead j of 1st of January* lii iii i'hicks*?i no r.lgnew .hlrfrfufr j says tImt negro m mi have recently sol.I in t'.iiit market at ?2,000 apiece. ami women proportionately high. I'lantcrs from, I. misiana, who kn ?w the value of negroes, were the purchasers. Havauks or Cuoi.bra.?'TUo cholera has carried off 1,0'MJ persons in Hamburg this snminer, U00 in July. It has raged seriously in the Duchies of .Mecklenburg; one lit- j tie town of 2,~?00 inhabitants has been ul- j most depopulated. j A I'kri kcf " Hiiick."?The use of the term ' brick," as applied to good fellows, probably originated from a classic story related in l'lutarch, where, Agesilaus says, ' There are tlie walls of Sparta, and every single man is a brick." A (In... 1>....... II ? 41 wur,.n k\.\*K .\l, i uz> ISIft Kit.?|III1(\ convicted in Now York of swindling a governess, a la Lc&sio, wua sentenced on Monday t > five years imprisonment, lie made a gr?n* j dilo<(uent speech to the Court, in which ho j quoted Scripture, and declared himtsclf ns "innocent as an angolthe hardhearted i judge thought otherwise. Homicide?The Ilayncville, Ala., C'hronirlr. snys that a diffieu'ty occurred near Helicon, Lowudoscounty, on the night of the 17th inst., between John Mitchell and John A. l'etrie, at the house of the latter, which rc0iilt?d in the death of Mitchell. Tokcv in' Trochi.e.?Anthony IhiruB, of i fugitive tdave notoriety, having l>eerr called : | to the pastorate of a colored 11aptist church ' in Indianapolif, is threatened with the penalties of tlie " Black law " of that State, if he ! accept the call. Fkvk.k.?Yellow fever rftg<y? at. llrownsvillo and alonir thn llio (Irnmle fur tiumv mil?d Sai? Honeymoon.?W. W. \Yoaton, who wns killc<| rcoontly nt UopkinHVillo, Ky., ill i nn nflYuy growing out of polulos, was i nntivo i of Mcinphic, Tonn., nn?l hoon married only two months, to a d.inyhlcr of t lio I Ion. J. W. VaJv*vroo?!, of Kewtuvty. A Kia.si.so Tim.u,.?A trial b*8 just terminated in Ktigliind, resulting in establishing ft law relative to kidding. Agentlenan undertook to kiss n Iiitly becuu^o she r.nid lie couldn't. A tustle ensued, both foil on the lloof, ;md in the incleo she bit the man's iiosj off?'but did not get kissed. IIo brought suit for damages. mill tlio court ruled (lint a mini > has no right to run any such a risk with liis ,??^..i ... ..-i? i - ' .wi?iiu iiuiu>> iiu whs wining to stand j what "Jamaica might come from such a trial ' of strength. Tiik r.oMHiv St it i k r. (< s.?'L'ho llrioklnyers' Association in New York ln*;t last Thursday, ( ami adopted niensures t? assist their fellow- j cruftsmon now on the strike in London. They : propose to raise $15,000, and ?~>00 have ol- I ready been subscribed, leaving just 14,500 to lie raised. A Lino Swim.?A <lng, the property of Mr. Owen Henley, Pros poet Hill, Galway, Ireland, either jumped ??r was thrown over- j luard at sea from u steamer, 20 miles from land. In the course of tlic next day the poor animal reached homo in safety. W.ad ?Or. J. 1*. llarrott, n worthy ninl ' respected citixcn of Abbeville, dit^J reoenth in that district. An ot>n CitAt.i.rnui:.? Mr. William Harding, of Cincinnati, offers to back Hcnjamiu j Smith, also a resident of Cincinnati, ojjed SO ' years, to run a foot raeo with any man in tho j worid of a similar a^?i. one .;r tv.*? hundred ' yards, for the sum of'^'i.lMIO. ! I>r.\i?.?(Sen. K. II. Wheeler, n;;ed sixty j years. and Ordinary nml Clork of the Court of Marion district for thirty-throo years, died suddenly on the "1th nit. Tiiikvin'u,?\Y. J. Line, Jr., Clerk of the Fulton (X. Y.) Hank; lias stolon from that 1 Hank the round sum nf&tiO. ! A N* >rr.!> DiTM.tiT.?The greatest modern j duellist died recently in Paris. M. Chwjuart. Out of thirty duels he fought during his life* j he was worsted ninoand-twcti'y times, and j only once sueeee led in wounding his adver- | sary, his very host friend, with whom ho had ; quarreled on some frivolous pretext. Suiciok.?>ieo. Crutchiield, in prison in uii;uiiu vtiuuijr, ?>;?., lor (110 UlUriler Ot IIIS wife, committed auicidu ou tlie 20th ult., hy cutting his throat. kitkct ok tiik aurou.i boueams.?a young laly, aged about sixteen, of considerable in- _ telli^cnce ami prepossessing appearance, is I now residing with tlie sheriff of Ottowa eoun- 1 ty, 111., preparatory lo her removal to the lunatic asylum. She became insane fr.un viewing the aurora borealis short tiinoag'i. ' which she was in luoel to believe, betokened the approaching end of the world. j . Car.w or tiik (Jrbat Kastkkx.?It is stated ! that tlio crow of the steamship (.Jreat Kaslurn i will consist of 00 able h?nlie-l seamen, 90 sc.i- J 1 tnen riggors, 200 caginoors an?l fireman, ( steward's staff 100?making, with ufTL-ers, I about ;>00, j c hircKV lYtun \sk.?An ancient house in 1 Now Orleans recently passed into the posses- , sinn of a ohareoal seller, who has found a pile of Spanish tlou!>!o)i?s under the floor in on?> ! | of tho room*. The sum found is reported to ' lie a!>"?ut $10,000. Till-'. llivvrii llnTini'T _vi. >' - ' ? muiw tov mm:* teen division* of tlic " Sons of Temperance " j ; in York district. Dkai>.?Leigh limit, tiic author, died in L union, the 28th, in the loth year of his ago. j ; L.wv.?The Postmaster General decides that a pen or pencil mark, ma le for the pur- j pose of attracting the eye to :i particular ar- ; .v- ...?-r i viviiv: ill iu |>rimiMi m:uicr, UOCS Hut ' subject matter to letter postage, as is insisted on by soino postmasters. Sil\Rt'.?- A Xov York pnpor says ' that a very groat business is done in neck tins" i:t that city. Certainly not half so groat ns there ought to be, says the Louisville Joinn il. Si'ecci.ati ve mjv.?The loading sensation-preachors of the day?such as H-echer, ' Spnrgcon, IVirkor, Chapin. etc.??ar?s said to ; make from iivo thousand to twenty thousand d dlars si year. Tlicy rire engaged in preach- , ing what may ho called " speculative theolo- j gv in fact, the speculation would do credit ! to Wall street. The Oi.ur.sT Ciiurcii in America.?It was j built in I0c*l, in the town of ilingnt.in, Mas- j sachusotts, and is occupied as a place of wor- . ship. Tho bell-rope hangs down in the u>id* [ die of tin houso; whore it was placed in ' oruer mat '.no oeu inig'H no rung nutantly to give alarm of any sml l<vi Indian incursion. ; 11 at j i.v tiie West.?-Kits are bee lining | an unendurable |>ost to the farmers.in llii- i iiitis. In Salino county the o>rn crop has -siiflf?jro?l seriously from tlicir depredations.? In other counties they are equally as numor- j ous. entering the cornfield* in swarm*, and threatening them with entire destruction. j Tiib I'kesidbn'cv.-t? Tlio Cluuitbersburg I (Pa.) Villi*!/ Spirt/ raises the mono of .Judgo | DiiiuK, tne /atornoy ucneral or tlio l uilo l Stales, to the hoail of ita e dnsns for the l>omocratio nomination at Charleston, ami advo* i catos his selection in a strong o<lituriul. A lliur.oi.'d Pakaok.vimi.?.Mr, Samuel J Hawkins living in Mt. Crawford, Hock in^hatn county, Va., shot an enormous hull nnako a few days nj;o, about a iniic from ' Ml. Crawford, in what in known as Cedar ! ltid^o The Miake, says the Register, | wan eleven feci in length, iiik! its body Was j over a foot in circumference. It wan in pursuit ot' a yotjnpror brother of Mr. I lawkius,' making n kind of bellowing none, peculiar to thU f'^p?|itj when it w.tsnhot.*?Its teeth were an inoh in lonutli. ThoiMJ uingulnr reptiles nro ftcftrue in this country, thi*? being the ft I'm t one urc have heard of. A MAN went to a judgo to bo riunliftcd ror mi oiiic<\ ffiild lio " hold up your . , I'll Hwcnr you -r hut nil creation \ gouldn't qualify you." I; : ?- -tj. - ?=*rr ~f- tt W s From the Spartauburg Kx|iros?. Hon. James L. Orr?The ' 'f>i and the , fresidenoy. Tho Press of thv country on icjgfnning to urgo with ac:?1 the cluiins of different Statesmen for tho noiiiinntiuit of tluv-Chiiiv j leston Convcution. Tho interoat in this subjoot ib not eoiitiiicd to tho Prova?it ox tend* to the people sit liirjie, especially in many of tlie Southern States. Indeed it is quite time tlint interest in this subject should be manifested. A few months only and the Charleston Convention will be eon- ! vened. The dangers betokened by the signs *?f the times, are neit' er few nor trivial. The : division which meat ens the Democratic, Party, in which alone lws heretofore been found safety for the rights of the South, j instead of receding scetns approaching.? j Tiio most skillful piloting only can save the j Democratic Partv from disintegration, mid : the South from imminent peril. Wo be-i lievo, however, there is conservatism , enough left in these I'nited States to put | the Ship of State once more upon the i riirht track, if t!f ('lturlf*l<m Con cent ion 1 xltnnl'l innnntnh' //<? fin/lit Htiin. That man should bo one who lias sco.li years and .service enough tochnstoii the fiery ardor of youth, yet young enough to be t'reo Irom the enfeebling timidity of ' J'l/i/i/i'tiu ! that man should be wiso in counsel and hold in action ; he should be o- known to the whole country, and acoeptaole to the conservative, constitutional, law-abiding of , all sections?-one whoso opposition would t bo as stern against " Nigger-Stoalors" and " 11 ighcr-Ijaw" advocates of the tmuth as of the North. And tliuugh we know that more locality does not nuke the man, vet. ; we think, inasmuch as the last three nunii- i .i% *1. . i\ i! n ..... /1 i IIWS III UIU I 'UaiOClilUC l liviy, V .ilSS, L'lerCC mi l Huclmnnti. us also the last throe acting I President-*, Fillmore, I'icroonud Htic*'iui n, , have all been from the North, that the next nominee should be from the South. I Have we the proper man i We nre not I blind to the merits of the many distill- ' iruished and noble sons of our sister South- | nrn States. Hunter, Toombs, Cobb, Stephens, Breckenritlgc, (May and others.! are all "good men'mid true." But we think there is yet one whom ive may j justly claim lis the M noblest lioman of them i all"?that one is a loyal, worthy and dis- ' tlnguished son of South Caroliu:'.?J AM ICS | li.M lit-i.N* UHK. Whrtn scare-ly more than t\ onty-ono years of a^o, Col. Oit was brought ont by !iis friends asa candidate for the Legislature j in thu then election District of l'cndlctnn I'or Home years previous to this tinio, tlie j District of Pendleton, forming a singular : itxeeptiou to all tlio other Districts in South ' Carolina, was, (under the h'a?J, .yf Hon. W'addy Thompson.,, .thou a Representative I n Congress, and subsequently Minister to ' Mexico under President Harrison.) overvhelntingly Whig. I0ac!i party, in 1841, ind its full ticket for the legislature. Col. >rrj though scarce grown to m inim al, was nit forward as the champion of the Demo- j mm tic Party, both upon tlio stump and in I he columns of the "Anderson (in.cUr," j \ paper he was then editing. The canvass was one of the most spirited ever witnessed n our Stato-r-the result was a most bril-j limit victory, entirely crushing out Wliigtrory from the District and returning Col. Orr, the youngest man on the ticket, at the head of a Delegation consisting of seven lloproaeutativofl. Col. Orr received, if we remember correctly, sevcrnl hundred votes beyond the number of hit) l'arty? showing thus, early in life, a tict and caution with ability which enabled him to ' conduct with such eminent succor so spirited a canvass. In 184(?, a proud and ' confiding constituency ng iin returned him to the 1 legislature. In I^IS, upon Hon. II. F. Simpson's retiring from Congress, . Col. Orr's friend# brought him out for. il.A >. ! _.l ! I I n ? ! iiiu HiiuwiMiun, in which 11?* was successrui by a larjro majority over Hon. H. K. Perry, ; who bad boon lit tint time, for fifteen or! twenty yearn, one anions tlio leading men of the Legislature ami the State. In this j canvass Col. Orr, with many others of tho best of Democrat's, including Mr. Calhoun, was driven off from the support of Mr. j Cass for tin; L'reaiileney, on account of .Mr. , Cass* 14 Squatter Sovereignty" doctrines contained in the famous Nicholson Letter. Tho maimer in which Col. Orr discharged his duties in Congress, may be inferred from the fact that after four successive ! elections, making eight years, (during' 4 ... ?i.~ e .t u. . \ wtiit ii iwu iiu; n:-i 'iMnuun^ Hi lll<! ntllCj j in 1S.VJ, materially clumped Ms Centre*- i sional District,) in all which time ho never j hud any opposition for his ofliee?wo say j no man ever had ,s\ more undoubted evi donee of having done liis dirty, mid wliole duty, than is furnished on the one ! hand by the attachment of Col. Ore's con- | stituenls for him, and on the other by his elevation by common nonsont and without any objection by his Democratic associates in Congress, to the third highest ofliee j within the gift of tho. people of the United I St;itcd! It i?? cheering in t'lwo d;iys of 80etv>n:ii ttimiglititf to reflect, tli.it whilst; Col. (), ? :? o hiw vv,i!i ?uoh jis ' won this' proud di?tiuctioimbrond, no R^prosontativo ever cimod into retirement a more hearty u well done" t'roui iiiiy" constituency. Col. O. r's pulilitr life ton, bo it ronioinhorod, j litis Oiubriicc'l sumo of tho stormiotU periods ri our p'hiiii'hi ninrory, mi nil or which ho lias . ?h >\Vo himself t?> Wo 0110 of thoac who vutkc ! iostciulof t'ol/inr public opinion. From hi.-*, to lust ho Ims purxuotl tho even tenor of hi* \v?\jr, turning to neither right nor loft, noithor for popularity nor fur lr?yi#ti ilisjiluy, hilt i marching np boldly to evory question w|ficli arose in his jmlli of <l<ity. Ills ooursft n* n mom'oor of mo Committee on " Printing." j I lie first wo lioliovo on wltiuli ho servu<l in ' Congress, fflnnVfiil his watchfulness of tho imusury. nw woppci ft* *'Jtaivman or tlm (Jimmitlocon Indian AfTnirn. in 18.'? t, wax : riTntigh of- itself to liftve doiftonatrate?l tlm p of si Slat0*nViiiHhip.of ?!io highest ' nr<lor. Mi* Kpc-colios, though nnmnroun, no\-cr smack of " lioliilay-oMrcifO*," but always appoar In conto from ono who was ' onncting lnstofy "?no man ovor soi/.ed moro boldly, or grappled inijro fearlesHly, with all tho p?roat ipmxtions of hi* timo. In 1H51. wlian it BCQiuod tho wholo Stato waa for Soparato 'mt~ Z~~ ~~~r 5 . . * * . _ S<!Consi?n. Ito wnn one of the few, in tlio Charleston CVrvention of Southern Night* AssociiUimiH, who threw theinselvo.1 into tin? brunch, nml dureil itn<(?)tuk<: to jitciii wlmt yrei?ie<l ulinnat nn i r rente tible current. In --- LWUni V M. v.. W.M.HI. public. was as the Statesman-Hov. redeeming hi* District Irmii Whiggftrv. 11 if* first appearance in die Congress of the Confederacy, was as (Ik? champion of tlio Sovereignty ot* the Stales over the Territories. His nomination for tlu* Speakership of tlio I'niled Slates '?v acclamation and liis subsequent election, presented him to the people of the Confederacy as the representative of K'/iki/ in thr I'd ion. timlrr i/ir L'tmxlilutir-n. The singular degree to which he succeeded in discharging. satisfactorily to all parties and section >. the ro-ip uisiblo duties of Speaker, lias made his name familiar to intelligent men in all extremes of the Union. It' " e iining i-verlts east their shadows beferc," then we submit that these repeated successes, each of which is so ominously connected with the great issues of the present fore-shadow dames Laurens Orr as the nominee of the Charleston Convention, and next President (if the 1'nitcd Stains. Front tli(? filiation Jonrnnt. Senator Chesnnt's 8peechWo a re gratified to present, in c.rtrn*ot thespecch of our esteemedand distinguished fellow-citizen, Senator ('ho?mut, deliver ed to-day. it) compliance \vit!? the re<ptent of his old peruana! and political friends of the Town ami District. Wo are indebted to the courtesy of the lunior.sble Senator for the opportunity of presenting his speech to our readers at so early a period. lie very properly gnvo his District paper tho preference in it-i earliest publication, ami wo aiv. pleased to <^ivc the first ami oiVuial announcement of his views ami sentiment-*, its embodied in this very able und excellent production, to which we cheerfully ami cunlidently invite attention. It is hardly necessary that we hIiouM attempt an elaborate, review, either by wayf comment or illustration. It is too j^ouvJ :t whole to bo dissected or hashed up. Let all read it, and judge for themselves. Wo may, and perhaps ou^ht, to j^ive, however, some id' the impressions formed upon our mind in reliitk'". thereto. in tho lirst place, it is plainly ovident that Sonutor Chesnut is not of tlio Nation* al Union tit all haxurds' school of polities? not ono who discovers no sigua of nlarm and near approaching danger-?and who is ready to cry p^?ce ! po \c j ! when thoro is no peace. I to does "not believe that we are sailing on a summer's sea, with not a ripple on the waters Have that which dashes from tlie piow, s?s wo press on ward with swjlling sails, in the track of a safe and prosperous voyage." No! he Ciuinot shut his eyes to the stubborn fact that breakers are ahead, ami that the " porteuts of a coming storm*' are plainly visible,?" n storm whose ruling may prove sufficient to crack every rib in the^oodold ship, to dash it io pieces, and drive the dinjrrhi nwnxbrtt. to exhibit now affinities and nwuinu new powers. With a statesman's hand, ho sketches the c.irly history of our country, from its ombryo eonfcderacy, tho obotnclos which met tlio frnmora of tho Constitution at tho threshhohl of the L'nion?the uccossity which even then existed for :i firm and persistent defence on the p irt of tlio ,South* of her H-rnl'mr in*til tin* mutual concession.* in order t<j (-fleet the b'eder.il connection, ami tho vry iiarly jealousies, and it rubles between the two wings ot" the American Union. He successfully c.mibats the " nhl trick," ai??l Klander ugaiiiHt tliu South of an early ami deep disaffection, as if to a Constitutional Union, ami in wilting to let fact* provo the truth?that our record is ftooure* Tito South lntH always boon true to tho letter and spirit of the Constitution, and for tlie hope of peneo and to preserve tho Union, has submitted to injuhticc nml repeated out race, until tho North lias <vniuv to regard it an a right to. do hh lior policy and iiitorcat dictate. Tlio Miiwoitri Compromise?awindlo it ahouhl bo called?wan tlio boavicdt blow which thctSonth hi* cvtr roeuived ;it wastrnlyn V degradiiij*>ligni.?/' an " ignoble aucrifico," yielded and oifered up to jbivo tho Union. *> To propitiate a ^rim idol, wo jpivo the incotiftcuf ? broken Constitution and proatratu power." 4 J)y tlio rouilt of tho controversy, tho slaveholder waa forbidden to go with bin property North of tho lino wtabliahod, while tho uon-alavo-holder wan permitted to tfo on either aide ; and. to soften tho diggraeo, tho nrran^oment win called a com proiuwo. This wis iho find great triumph of the fooft of Jic CooHiitution and tho equality of tho SUtiw. Tbo Mouth having the jvower to prevent, but weakly yielding, niUHt boar it? full Hhnro of hlaino. ' Ever bincoj our foes have boou gathering iifton iiiu ii'miimihmwi. mi i - .v.. f.?r tlie IVosiiloney. 0??l. Orr was among ?li?? fust of thi' State, to endorse Hie Humiliation niwl espouso lion, Picrco'u cause. In 1 H-j4. when Know-Nothingism wan waving its ling in triumph over one ami another victory, ami vvh.Mi tho despatches of its loaders might literally have lieen ' ?v??. # /?//. r/V-i," Col. Orr, in mi addross on tin* Itli of July, to the Philadelphia llnqiiwmcy at Imlppondcnco e?|unre, took determined ground against the wholo movement mi unju?i i;: tjrineij'lp * d disorganizing in tendency. In lK.Mi. when the question of tho revival of the African Slavo Trade wim sprung upon tho public, G'olonol Orr promptly responded to it by his resolutions in Congress, in opposition to the project. It is I'orhiUM not uonetallv known. lint nevertheless u faet, that on the approach of the National Demoerntio Convention at Cinein onti. wlion tho most chaotic elements were expected to war in fierce confliet in the proceeding*. (.' ?!. Ori' was looked to anil solccted by tho knowing ones ns tho man to preside over the Convention. This faet. well known to th we who were familiar with Washington items, wiii itself si hlj^li tribute to his ability anil patriotism : ami its consummation was only prevented by a scrion : illness, which soi/.e.l Iiiin some two weeks before the liKscniblin;j of the Convention. anil pi evented entirely his aUei lance. A -ai ?, i is known that bit f.?r hi? hein;* mule;* tho a/e required bv the Constitution for Vice I'losiilent, (ho beinjj then tinder tliirty-livo years of. a^o,) his claims would have been warmly pressed by maiiy o.I'inbers of the Cincinnati Convontion. for the nomination for Vice President. i' i j ?ui t i.. ?i...