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"TO THINK OWN SKLF UK Tlll'K, AND IT Ml'ST FOLLOW, AS TNK NlflHT TIIK f>.VY, THOU CAN'S!' NOT Til UN UK FALSK TO ANY MAN." HV ROH'T. A. THOMPSON. I'ICKBNS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER ?>, 1850. VOL. XI.?NO. II. SELECTED IPOEVIRV, i'1 Mildly Judge ye of Each Other. Mildly judge ye <>J' encli oilier, ,lvv Ho to condemnation fIow; (illl Tlio very best Iihvo got I licit'failing. Something good tlie worst t-:in xliow, Tlio lirilliant sun lintli spots ot darkness, . On lii.s radiu'it front, tlioy sny ? And tlie clock tlmt never goetli, Speaks corrcotly twice a day. 1 Do not motile yonr neighbor'* wenkness, mi Wlicti hi* random whims you sec; ho l-'or. perhaps. lie soinctliing like it, tin livery day beholds in thee. tin ? "> ; ivmvgn iiikhii iiminvni 1111 Soundest inetnls li 1M1 its IIiiwh; l,|] Ami ilie ri^iil stoic acorner (),, Is no wiser for his stnvs. ,,,, Kvcry mortal 1 '? ) ii> hol?l\y ! J.1'1 It nmy t'ooli.- ?ocm to you. llut remember. bright or simple, Vou have g"t your hobby, too. ,u> Lot si fellow fooling wnrni you; vc When you criticiic* a friend; Honor virtue in hit* net inns. in; In yourself his vices mend. li* mi Think not those whom mortals honor, i;^ Are the host the earth nfforils: it.. For no tongiiu of praise (loth l?l.i/.on , |[( Forth the deeds which Clod rewards. ! There nru fish behind in ocean, (t dim I hits ever froi:. it came, ' A ml there are men. unknown. as noble, _ As the laurel'd heirs of lame. Mildly judge, then, of each other, He to condemnation flow. For the wisest have their failings. Something good the worst can show. The sun himself hath ^pots of darkness On his radiunt brow, they sny; I 1 C Alld the clock that never goeth, j tri .>|ioiiks corrcc-My twice ? tlav. |*! opM^WMiio^iraoMSFult Til K KK1WKK Col'ltlKU. 1 ru| Thv, Past. in* Mr. Kilifnr : Who, in'reviewing tlic scenes : of the past, in recalling the events nf l?y- ^ nil gone ilays, cannot cull 1o memory delightful : an incident?, love?l associations. Though tlic ( '< prospect ut first si^lit may appear di^uial and dreary, yet in another and more careful rotVIIMnfM'tillll III' lll4lMVI>l'J omiiiillili. ..I-.. I <111 r - .VIM OI/IIK |'l VO^UII t to memory that vibrates on his heart-string*, ! fall'iUK on t lie soul in musical undulations. ' CV r . i>ii The little deeds of benevolence dropped here ^ and there, the little words of council given ' (>v in moments of need, now sparkle like gems j,j, iu the distance, and uniting thftir prismatic colors, form bright and sunny spots of invi- ioi ting repose. lie feels unhappy though. when 0I1 ho murks tho distance between these lustrous ^ spots, and beholds the vacancy tilled with Murk ami ominous shadows locming up in J dismal shrouds. enveloping dale ami gum, '} ami stretching from mountain-top to momi- ! sti tain-top, \cilingall in impeiiotrahlc gloom. ca This, however. is all in his own imagination wlicn heated l>y conscious guilt. For. even a-< tho color* .it" the upectrmu are hleuded into jj one Iiy rapid motion. ho the-c sunny, light- i ' einiting spots will east an effulgent glow over ' all, ami qualify the dismal pr>.spe. t. The ('c lirond Atlantic. stretching from horizon to I'o 1 ri/on, illiniital-le in length and depth, cm- de lxisotus licro artil there an emerald ido in 1 liohl ielief to the dreary waters around.? 1 r Saharah's burning sands, the seat of the i : ?... Co MVUMI I iiiiu n UIK I 111^; niiuiMJii nillM, an: l?v the fertile Oasis; Heaven scut "" plneos id rost ami refreshment t< the weary ?c traveller. Ili* eye is refreshed hy the pleas- pe ing eontnist Imtxveen the arid deport nnd ver- in ilant plains of luxnriaiiee. lUooining troop, W( swelling hud", Inihhling fountains. nnd en- | |( ruling liirds refresh his vision ; whilst ppioy ?? l.rcezes regale hi? senses. So in life's ?nriiey. Though ninny- duels have from time ou to tiinc hecn perpetrated, unenviable incdita- do ti?his indulged in, hasty and harsh words j H nob tut tlio i?in?* * ??> ?l??v '' 1 1 - %..v? mmui| )i;w mu iiuiu iiuis "1 ; (jfJ beneficence which lmvc been scattered on j the way, ix 10 n? bread on tlie waters, returninj; after nutnv days, anil (lint to cheer and j wtiaudato. Tlircc ovum in life nmv l>e dated as favorable for contemplation. When chjld- j bind yields to manhood, tlie autumn of life ! , anil old n^e. At twenty, ?c can turn anil i s contemplate tho happy day's of childhood, | whan nil was joy ami sportivenexs, ^iadou**, m, ^avetv and gleeful noss. That stato of irrc- J. ppuintiliility. when our life was as pleasant as (|t. a hook with plot ores, when our confidence ,,0 was unimpaired in any mortal, and we saw than onlv to love and trust. Like the but- i , *!.- /? - - 1 lumy us 11 iips nmvor 10 nowor. and anon poises itself in inid-uir, fluttering its goldoil 011 nnd azure pinions in sportivencss. So our Jin childhood diivs pust.iway. Yet. at manhood (V wo would not consent to bo a child again, w; The vorV responsibilities and arduous dut'ios jj of mankind inipcll iih onward t<> uuticii and w. victory. The m ?ro iiitricuto and numorons tlio difficulties, tho inoro anxious wo arc to measure our strength against them. And thus wo launch into activc and accountable i Tc life, nrmoil and panopliod fur the content, in At forty, wo again ?top to oonnider. to recall ! roi and to com|M)l*e our second with our first | ou Mage of nction. This though not no inno- j.,(( cent find lovely an tho acts of childhood, is inoro interesting for acts bivod on free agen- 111 cy. If wo ad mi rod the one for its innoecney. do wo uro fascinated by t|io manly dignity of rti tlio other. If tho one ah >u:r'nd with dreams vvhie'i wcro tho ocho of angol voices, tho othor ix prominent for acta of benevolence cu! and ohrivtian ohnritv. if tho one roioieon in I /?/. Ilio unsullied conttdeneo ropowod in nil. tlio 1 pC other glories* in it? acquisitions of knowledge ^n] and its Acai|iun(ii|)Of' with moral character. j Tho vuriou ami attraotivo ?cono*of lifo have ho^n' pa<">oil through. appreciate*! and ml- ?n mired. 11ia Htnro ?f knowledge acquired hy bo exporienco. is profound. Ho i? now amply qualified to Inrtlmct ami ailhto tho untliA?i?il in tho woy. l!o nut concur with tho iiool who Hfty? timt "Lifo in all n ftooiing nb iirontii." On the contrary, lio hit* cxiflted, it of nppoiirn to iiiin, ninny clwyx. nnd hit* found j, in lif?, |?nin 'tin truo, hut idoiiMirew oqunl and n ithlo to qualify thoin. Mnn id ndiiptcd to tho ?' contests to Ikj mot with hero, nnd it* vory ,c trial* nro MHireM of grut Mention. for victory ^ 1 jllutV# iicveevccuxicc, imd develops the iuUo- ful it powers of the innn, nnd cnlls them out active pl?V. riu?e eoa.-es not to (ly its steady and imcrig course. Decndo after deeade passes ay with all its accompaniments. Manners, Ftnin?, and 1110 times lm\c changed. Tlio lividual wliont we have marked has grown I. The early hud of spring that expanded folds into a lovely llower, then resolved elf into the clustering fruit, is now ripe the harvest, lie can call to memory in- I lents from early childhood to (lie present >ment. The blest ami happy days of boyod, when hi* little cares were overcome by i How of pleasures continually cast upon >m. Manhood in nil its prime is before ; in. The expectation:! renli/.M and hopes | jilted, the j<>v? participated in. and those i it were crushed are ail before hint, lie .-vv iiuviviii iiu ii??ui'i iiil\U t MM'CIMJU | mself ti> more nJvantage : been more usoI toothers; liis eolirtry : himself; but tlio opitious moment lias fled ; gone forever, vernioro to return. li.M with all these adrsities, he can sec wherein Im has sown a d in good ground, and behold it yield- ; ' fruit to the comfort of many. lie has | ed out his days, di?charged his trust, j d now resigns himself to die, lie has j tie desire to live over his days again. The , ies have fallen to him oft in pleasant places: ! i is wearv of the race: the goal is at- | i ifu ; uuisovcr; lie sinks into swcetic-i HOrXTY l,A\n. :tter from Hon. o. D Ashmore to the Chcsnut Dinner. Anihkson 11., S. ('.,Sept.2:>, 1855b : :?1 have received your it at ion " to attend a public Dinner, to ! ?iven by the citizens ?>f Kershaw Dis- I ot, to the lion. lames Chesnut, Jr., I iiited States Seijator, (at ('ainjlcn) on the til illbt." It would afford 1110 plousure to ncccpt 1 d bo present with you on (ho occasion ferred to, hut other engagementsprecludes from ho doing. It was my good fortune, when living in adjoining District to you, to ho long! d .somewhat intimately associated with : >1. (Miosnut, both in the private and pub- i relations of life, and I over found him nservativc in his views, calm, deliberate, ; d dispassionate in council, bnt hold, man- I , and fearless in action. In the trying ' ntest of 1851 the similarity of our views i iced us Hide by side, on more than olio ' rasion, on tin; s.une platform, and I had cry opportunity of seeing tested those ; ij;h and ennobling qualities ot' moral cour- j e \v1ii<;h? it required to enunciate opin-; is and doctrines so unDcpular as those | tertaincd by him in the beginning of at contest, and I could not but admire ' e man, and the statesman who so gallantbore himself throughout that memorable I If l < fii ?li li *??? lli..* ..rp - V IV4I/MI VIIMV (Ml) I I I ?1 II ir? I led upon to pass such a:i ordeal tlio se- j ml time in his life, but, should the oblilions that Col. Chesnut owes to the condition of his country, ami the interests j his State, either iii Congress or athnnie, ! inand it, I ilouht not that lie will In* I uml eiju.il to the task, ami will do his , voir right nobly. 1 repeat tlion, that it would afford hie d ploiiMire to bo a participator in the 111 jiiiuii-iii jou propose 10 |?v iniii, hut 1 List forego it, us my time will bo fully uupied with my private affairs until the j rind arr \es for me to meet Col. ('Iiesnut j the 11:111s of Congress, where I hope that s may be able nt least, to deal one good w at tlie " JHnck republicanism " of m. U. Seward, uiul the equally danjrors and pernicious u ,s pi; ttcr sovereignty' etriucs of Stephen A. Douglas. 1 am (icutlemon, very respectfully, your edient rtervanf. J. 1). Asiimoiu:. To the Committee of InvitationTiuai. of Tkr-hki. at ijknnf.tsyim.v:, Wo have been informed that this case, licit was commenced on Wednesday last, I rininatcd on Saturday afternoon, at i> p. J ,, in a verdict of guilt)'. The prisoner, ('. Terrel, was charged with the niur- i 1. ?lipn/i * ? ? ? ' . vii?\.\> jn iouiirt, iiiiu wiiu Buvcnn iur- ! ries. Tlib tri.-iI for murder was first. in tier, and waA argued with great ability. A. Iu<rlin. J-lbfj., appeared for llic pris-: er, assisted by Messrs. FL Judge Moore' d ('. I*. Townsond, of Bennett.sville, and j >1. Prico, of (Micraw. The prosecution, is conducted by Solicitor Melver and J. I . Hudson, Ks<p, of Bcniiettsville. ft ' is understood that the counsel for Te'rrcl j mid enter an appeal. The particulars of tho. crime of which j iivi nun iw;ini vuiiYIUICU, WOTCJ pUUIISMC'U I the >1rrt-rrnr at the time of tlio occur-1 iico, and will be-recollected by nuiny of r readers. It w?? tlio poisoning of bis J ther-indnw and brother-in-law, and a child hi* store, by treating them to whiskey I scd witli rtrychninc.-? C/iurtAfon Mvrt Cfi.VUii>. .. ir . .. tin. i ii > ii ijiaa. ? .? urn wic worm lis avarice is oftentimes no moro thnu inpulsory economy, r.nd even 11 wilful iiuri(i\tKiiCi>.S'i.s hotter than a wasteful exivaganoo. A just man, being reproac .ied th parsimony, paid that ho would rntticr rich his enemies after hia death than rrow of his friends in hi.i lifetime. A Paimtkk's* F/*soy.? A sk?ry in fold , the Dutch painter lleimskerk, who died I oui 1022tlifit, he left h}' his will a sum moi.'ly yearly as a dowry for 011c younjr rl of his native village, oil condition that, ths day before her marriage, sho and r future husband should dunce upop his ?ve ! This condition wan complied with : several years. I Insurrection in Virginia. I< Uai.timoiik, Oct. IT.?Uumors reached <1 this city, this morning, of :i serious insuri rtion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Tire trains have been stopped, the telegraph o wires cut, and tlio town, with all the puhlio v works, are in possession of the insurgents. a At first it was beiievod that the report was t an exnpgca ration of an till'rny among the t (loverninent employees at the armory.? 1 hater despatches from the Monoeacy, the nearest station to Harper's Ferry, confirm the first statements as to trains being stop- i |)eil, and add that several railroad employ- a eon have, been killed. The nop rocs have .1 been seized on the plantations npnn the I Maryland side of the river, and tarried I over and made to join the insurgent*. ! All statements concur that the town is I s in complete possession of the insurgents, j < lugciner with tno armory, the arsenal, tlie i pay-ottieo ami the bridge. The insurgents ' i are composed of whitesand blacks,supposed t to be led on by Abolitionists. Some suppose that plunder of the arms and aniiuu- <J nition and (.Jovcrnmcut money is their ob- ? joci. ... . !v One hundred 1 nited States marines from 1 the Washington barracks, with two J'2-;s pounders, went up this afternoon, and will l n roacli tlfore about 8 o'clock. Their orders ! 1; are to clear the bridge at all hazards. Three t companies of artillery from Old Point are i also on their way thither. Six or seven ' companies of volunteers from Baltimore j f and Frederick have been accepted b} the ? President, and go upon extra trains. e The insurgents are said to number 000 a to 800, unucr the leadership of a man t named Anderson, recently arrived at the i Ferry. . It A l'CTiort from a morrdi.nit ?f T I;irt>i?v'v ! ? ? ? - - rvl " ! " Ferry states that must of the citizens have j f been imprisoned and many killed. All the | v avenues to the town are barricaded ami ? a guarded. { a The general belief here i.?- that it u? a move I o of t!io Abolitionists. Secretary Floyd, ; t some weeks ago, received an anonymous | letter, informing him that there would be n a rising, and an attempt made to capture, f t\ l ? i - i i iivj ni iiiui hill It WHS 1(h) MlUCllUilC II11 i 1 1 improbable tu be believed. 1 r Those n-povts may be greatly exnggcra- j >od, but there is, undoubtedly, a serious i disturbance going on. , s There is a suspicion here that the dis- j turbauce is caused by the failure of the ! t contractors on the (loverninent dam to pay ! 1 employees, who number several hundred, 1 r and have pressed the negroes into their service. t Tvrft prtitmnniita fi-Min 1? I..1. ?.?*% ..1 \r-? * . ... vwm>jxim.vu *?.,? ?ii* iimwiiii, > a., ; i have been ordered into service, and will | c probably leave on a special train to night. J v Washington*, Oct. IS.?A special dc- j v spatch to the Baltimore Snn says that tin; ; Baltimore troops and marines ar.?. under | the command of Col. Lee. The jriny ar- j rived near the Ferry at one o'clock tos-t 1 night, and learned that l!io Virginia re^i- 1 1 ment, and the. Frederick, Maryland, troops ; " 11.Mil <?nt|tri?(l tlu? hiUMi mi nnnituitn v) "ri I There was a good deal of liriiig heard, and it was reported that nine, persons were " killed. The insurgents are in possession of tlie arsenal, and were willing to suitou- 0 der, l>nt they demand safe conduct out of 0 the difficulty, otherwise they threaten to s'iicri fid' llu! I'lVOS nf lini III' ?lir> r.iMiir.ii\ol ?... - ? i <"i'" :r citizens, whom tlfoy hold us prisoners. 0 Among the insurgents aro Keug, Seaman r and JJrown, of Ohio, Todd, of Maine, 1 Aaron Stephens, of Connecticut, now dying a makes the following statement: The plan v lias been concocting fur more than a year, , 11 the parties remlevouzcd at a farm a few ! M miles distant which haabnen hired for tlio \ s purpose by I'apt. I how n, of Kansas noto-j 0 net)1, under the assumed name of Bill ' Smith. ' c Lat::u.-?TIiG l?:?f tlo last night w:is fought mtiinly l>y Railroad men. ()ne, con- ; j doctor was killed and two others wounded. ! It is thought that the Abolitionists will bo >| bung as noon as they arc taken. | The insurgents, it is said, r.auiTjcrccT 759 ! 1( men fully armed, and bud fortified the j j. Bridge over the rotouiac, und every ap- ( proaoh by tbe land side. About -midnight, after a severe battle, j (1 tbe railroad employees, tbe Jefferson l\''g- | r uncut, and tbe first division of" Frederick ' troops, entered tbe town. The insurgents # n i retreated to the Armory, which was burn- 1 ( ended and fortilied. j ^ Shortly ul'ter, other trains with compa- j nies from lialtiniore nntl marines arrived jt and dcniuudcd the immediate surrender of tho I uKurprcnts. They refused and the J Marines forced the door during a rapid lire within and without. Three Marines ( were shut. They then carried the armory t at the point of the bayonet and all the liv- ^ inuc Insurgent# were oapturcd. The cili- j* y.cns und soldiers were niunli exasperated, and eiidoavered to shoot tho rioters, but ' were prevent"' by the MuriittJ. jJ It now appears that the plan was con- .. coded niul executed by 0*H:twntomio Brown | of ICannns infamy, accompanied by a set of fauatioal Abolitionista from Ohio, Con- |( nectieirt, and Maine. A yonv ni?o, Brown i under tlio name. of Hmith, fllrcd a farm in tlie vicinity, whore the rondozvoiwcd. TFicir objoct, apparently, was to procure | tirins and money from the armory, and in- Kj dut*c a ^en'ertd stampede of ihcvruvosin tfiis v Kcction of country. - ^ Hoveral citizens, 011 yesterday, were luuraorcu in com diooo. Mlirco .-Marines were shot, thrco or four Fvcdorick county ayldiQitt and Uailvuad Cuudy^tuw wcro li ilUd, nnd two Conductors severely wouued. The Armory resurgents killed, wore Anderson ol' Connecticut, ;i lender and son f Drown, lirown, himself, was mortally rouudvd, besides several others were killed nu wounded, who arc not named. Had hey not been prevented by the. Marines, he citizcns would make short work of the ?vinjr. Dll.TtMoitK, October 10, 12:J]0 .\. M. ?The dyinj* confessions of some of the n.surjjchts state that Ossawatotnio Drown mi some others concocttd the i-.iltdr months <ro, t i:-l hired a farm in the vicinity of larpt-r's I'Yrry, liaviti?r gathered around i)in several impoverished Kansas disponents and fa nil tics. A plan was laid to ei/.e the armory, hoping thus to induce a oncoitr.ition of the slaves in the neighbornir counties of "N*ir?iinisi and Maryland, and gnito a general and wid spread insuneeioti. 11 was st.'ited on Sunday, that the insurants would be. reinforced by l,"?U0:nen. daisy citizens and government employees I'Ore forced t.ut of town, on Sunday night, >y armed ?i|uads of whites and blacks, who proud the alarm, causing tbe assemblage !' armed citizens and military in the noigliloring towns. The movement alarmed lie negroes, who may have intended joinllfr the insiir?ior.ls< ? f' Tlio railroad companies nHorded every iicility tor the transportation of the troops nd; before the rioters were aware of it, very outlet of the town was guarded, nd the insurrectionists completely penned 'Pv , . ; /'' iMwiutis to this movement, a portion oi he'Abolitionists had elici ted a stampede indftg the negroes of the neighboring iirms, forcing them away against their 11 / \ . i * - nu. mners eonveyect < ioverninenf, arms lid ammunition to distilnt. hidinir plaees, lid arc also said to have plundered tIn* Pay llicoof tlio (ioverunicnt of iiftoicn ortweuy thousand dollars. About du.-k Monday niirht, tlio local nilitary simultaneously attilclo d 111 * town rom four d'liferent points, and drove the iisurgonts into the armory enclosure for eluyo. The eonllht in the streets of liar >er s l'errj was very severe ; lit loon ot tin, nsurgents, :uul two or three of their :isailants being hilled, and several wounded. Mutters thus rested until tbo arrival of lie 1'iiited States marines and troops from Baltimore and Kmleriek, wben the Arnioy srrrondored at daylight. The demand for surrender being refused, lie marines battered down the d >.?r of he armory, but wore met by a brisk disliaige from the insurgents. One marine i'as kdled, and one fojired to bo mortally rouuued. Two or three others wore slighty wounded. V .1 f i ? ' '' .viimiiir 11iv em/.ens m Harpers I'orry Hindered, arc Fountain lirehhatn, a promnenf and respected citi/en, the a^' nt of ho Haltiinoivand Ohio Railroad ('onipanyj lo.seph Hurnley hihI (leorjrc! Turner, one f the first men in the vicinity. The hitest advices report that Hrown is ot dead, bir may live to be hunir. All is (piiet, and th6 Haulers, under the rdcrs of the I'lesidciit, are now in pursuit C fugitive*. The I'uited .States District Attorney has one up to take charge of the legal procodings against the prisoners. The ar.mgeiuents inndo by (?<>v. Wise to prevent lie spread of disaffection were complete nd admirably executed. The (!ov. arrii(l at the spot too hit;' to participate in the ttack. Seven infantry and two rifle and rtillerv coiimnnioj nil wltli full ivml.-u - s - i i ; ? ides several loc.il companies, were 11111K.T i'ilits, and on route: for Harper's Ferry, in ess tlmn funs' lion is after tlic news Was roeived hv bin:. A Dkad Shot. ? ''l'iio San Francisco 'alil'orman of the 1 Ith it!t., :<nys: It is gonoiidly understood (bat Judge 'orry is a first rate shot; but it is doubtful rhotherho is as unerring with the pistol s Senator Hr.idciick. This gentleman, cccntly, in practising in a gallery, fired wo liuiidred shot* at (ho ns?i tl distance, > 111 mbv<f tho mark every time. As he is Iso a man of firmer nerve than his oppoicntwe may look this morning for impiouslit news from the field. Thcr above was written the day before lie duel, and shows how uncertain ealculaions generally are in regard tosueli matters, 'oor Hroderiek fell mortally wounded, while lis ooinpctitor, who was eonsidered not so marring with the pistol, escaped unscathd, Wo have heard of several duels, move tlx; least practised hand tired tliefa:il shot. This wa? the case, \ro boJi-'t" in lie duel fought :it the Washington It ice lohr.se, r>e:ir Charleston, S. ('., three or >nr years ago, between young Magrath nd Mr. Tubor, the Kditor of the Mcrcuy. Mngrath had fiever fought a du 1 now not what attitude to assw.ne, and ?..!.? ... t- - ._#!< ... uuiu not propcriy control ius pistol tintii lioroiiglily instructed/by his second. Ox lie other hand, .Mr. Tabor is said to have .ion iin accomplished and unerring pistol And yet what wns (lie result, Tnnr foil at the third lire mortally wounded, nd Mngntfli came off without a scratch.? t iri jtlst ns certain, that tli?r life of the <illful shot in n duel is not a!\Vays presereil, as it is " tlift llio ivca is not always ) t'.io swift, nor the battle to the strong." I J>.i / /.V L i ' < / wary JjJJ>refit*. No liouso is hip ciioii;^i fur two wits to vu iu together. Tho Insurrection nt Harper's Ferry, Va. ! i Fuller accounts of this startling yet fool- ; ish i.flair are given to-day. It \vus u joint { rebellion of blacks and whites?a rebellion j nf the bl ieks against the white race, and a | rebellion of whites, whicb challenged alike y the authority of the Federal < loVeriiuient ' and the sovereignty of Virginia. It was t ?? -i. - ' .in imiiuvi ijiiiurunk against I no I illicit > States, anil eonsumnutted its character in i the killing of their officials, seizing their 1 arms ami public buildings, and overthrow- i ing on the spot, for a time, their legal su- i premuey. This is levying war" against them, which is likdv. treason, and the pun- \ ishment for which is death. , : J Ihlt it proceeded beyond more insubor\ dination, and a number of citizens, masters ; and employers were killed in cold blood. This was murder, and the penalty death. The insurrection of the blacks, without, reference to its results and even when harm- j i j less, is an offence which the law punishes < with death. J In crimes of so high and serious a char- , > acler. no distinction is made or should be : made in law or morals between the princi- ' puis and the accessories?between the lead- crs ;;n?l tho followers?between the mur- ' dcrcrs and the inciters. Such crimes in- ! vo've not only the darkest moial truilt. but the utmost social and political malignity ! ' and trcachery. ! , Let all insurgents be hung. The country must ami will hold the ] 1 President of the I'nitcd States, the (lovernor of Virginia, the prosecuting Attor- 1 ( , nies, and the judicial tribunals to the strict- | ; est and sternest execution of the law and performance of duty. There must be j ( neither evasion nor elVected clemencies.? 1 j They may depend upon it, that if those in false sympathy arc resorted to, the country, where slaves exist, will demand that (lie armed force it will apply to the suppression of insurrections, shall make no prisoners. I The. very fully of tliis wicked attempt is , of striking significance. When there could ^ not in sober reason, or under calm calculation. be the slightest hope upon the part of ' the insurgents that the insurrection could 1 be either general or successful for any end, ; before it would be crushed in blood and I uuishment, it becomes an exemplification : j ' of what the dark passions of fanaticism and | i hate upon the part of the Northern whiten, and what a weak yet treacherous credu- ! ' lity and vanity upon the part of the blacks ' i will do and attempt, which should be startling to the wl'.ole i nited States, and should arouse the people of the South to vigilance against emissaries, and in domestic and I municipal discipline, and to an earnest | consideration Whether lior separate national independence and national defences may ; | not bo her only safeguard against a crisis , which such an event a? tliis forbodes. in j this connection, and in face of the now ! known fact thai this tflc attempt ajrainst j the lives, property and institutions of the j 1 Soiitlie.ni people, was incited by the Aholi- i ' i tioiiists and their agents of tin- North, may , j it not be fair t<? make the call and express , the hope that the good and humane, the J peaceful and just of the Northern States, | : sii;iii ijy men-sufl rages in the 1 'rcsidonti:?l 1 election, niul their legal and moral appli( :?rict',5, crush the party and the sentiment ! I'roin which untold horrors and dangers ho j significantly threaten to spring This afj fair at Harper's Kerry is in direet eonsoI nance with, and the tirst frnit of the doctrines, the policy and the demands laid down bv Seward in Ins Rochester spcioh. J It is the beginning of a sectional and social I "conflict" which will ho " irrepressible," j until it exhausts itself in the extermination i of millions of tll<) negro race, in the desti ne- ( t!o:i ? f cur republican institutions, in tlic dismemberment of t!ie 1 nion, in tlie blood- ' \ shed of civil war, and in a number of shat- I , tcrcd nationalities where now is a common ; ! country, prosperous, peaceful and happy ; among all sections, races and classes, unless the people of llio North compel to order and fraternity tlie reeking passions of their | ] section. ! | liOulc nt this matter. Abolition has not < oi.ly scorned the ('onsfitntloii in times pass- < ed, hut has now dared to commit hi?rh trea- < son against the I'nited States. It has not < only excluded the South from the common .) t . ? < ; luiiimi mi uoniiilM, UlS'j 11 aiT<>?aU I iy JU'l)- i ! 1 cecds to attack directly lu*f institutions at | home under her own laws and protection. : It lira not only denied her political rights, ' i hut now dares to invade her soil, spoliate her property, murder her citizens, and i defy the sovereignty of one of her Status, j i It is time for the Southern Stales to arm i To band together fur the protection of the i Constitution, yes, for the protection of the i i Xorth itself against the treasonable ele- i incuts of her own society, and over all, for' i i their own safety, liberty and independence, j i I >,,h n.;n *!...? .. > x.'UI I VIHIV'II) ??? * \' I I MJI I l/VI Vll.ib <% I v tf ( weeks since, we published1 a ewnmunien- 1 fion from (Miicnpro, warning tho South I i against commercial travelling emissaries, i j against resilient incendiaries in our midst, , < ; nnd predicting certnin results. Many ! | j thought i; exaggerated nfid nonsensical.? ! , We mtiimitcd otherwise, and had sonic con- j I fidonec even then in it* statements and } i prophecy. And here already comes its I startling confirmation ! A similar and spo- | ' j cial warning was alvo <riven to the Secieta- I ! ry of war. The Fitter of our eovropoii- j ' clout WiiM d.itrd tlio Ttli of Septcnibcj'. Ill j 1 ii private notcaucuirp luj: it, frois: : ' Tndiiinnpolis, Indiana, iiim! dattuloii the IPtli Sept., lie n^u" iiud privately to ouraelf , 11id nndi'r 11iown imm<\ repealed and iifred Itis warning. His last paragraph wo rive: ' Hut 1 will close. I send you a pani >tilet; they ?rc fiooilin<r the whole country ,vi111 such stilfTj they introduce it into their schools; men, women and children are auijht to liato Southern institutions and Southern people, and they are j;oin}$ to nakc the attempt to free your slaves, u.iess you take immediate action. ] can say no more. " A Fim:xi>, Let our people bo wary and observing. I.ct our cities l?e vigilant and prepared.? I.ct our .States provide every necessary resource and organization for effective military purposes. Let the whole South awake to the ((uestioe of homo safety and political Independence. I.ct the people of the I'nitcd States, North and South, rally under the Administration, the Democratic party and the foiiMitutinn, to put down Seward and tho Abolitionists. Let tlie Sontliern binder -^tatos look well to their security, mid see, is events will compel thotn to see, that their real present and ultimate safety will be iu i elose adlierenee to llie Southern States uul Southern counsels. [ lirai in</ A < k'.W Affairs in Italy. The Paris correspondent of the Loudon Sjwctiitor says there is still a hitch in the peace negotiations?Austria persists on keeping an Austrian army in Yenctia.? When this diflieulty has} been surmounted, the treaty will he signed by Austria and France, and the Congress will be held at Brussels. Tlio London Herald's Paris corrtfoonrit says: The report of France and Austria alone signing the treaty of peace is corrol orated by private despatches, and unless orders to the contrary are received from Biarritz, the? iHot win no uount be oitieially made known before many days. The fourth ami l is? Italian deputation, from Komagna, was received by tlie Txfiitjf >f Sardinia at Monza, o*i the 2-1 th ult. The followii.'jr is a summary of the Kind's reply : 1 am grateful for the wishes of the peo-? |ile of llomauna, of which you are the interpreters before me. As a Catholic sov-jrei^n 1 shall myself always retain profound nid unalterable respect for the superior hierarchy of the Church. As an Italian I'rinee, 1 am reminded that Europe, hav-* in<; in view the state of the Konmjrnosu ...... .. IMU..H.V ....W.l.luient meaMi;e of lvfonn, has accepted formal obligations towards y< ur country. I receive your wishes, ami .strengthened by the rights conferred upon me will supj ort your cause before the gleat powers. Vou may rely on the sense of justicc?you may relv on the generous love of our country, if the French Kniporor, who will aceoin; >!i.-h the great work of reparation be ha.4 powerfully begun, and who, assured of the rratitude of It:dv. mill soi'iiur tlin iiikiIoi'm. ion which lias characterised 3*011 r resoliT* ion during the hist moments of incertitudo vill recognise th;it in tho Jloinagna tho nero hope of a national government suffix's to jmt sin end to civil discords. When your numerous volunteers arrived during the days of our national struggle to enrol themselves under inv Hag, you know that Piedmont would not go to war for herself done, but for our common country. Today the unanimity of your wishes and tho order which you observe ut home are very gratifying to my heart, and nothing better could insure 3*011 r future desti'113*. Kuropu will recognise 111ill it is here tlio common interest to finish the era of disorder, and thereby satisfy the legitimate desires of peace. A decree hy the Kingof Naples extends loduuc, 1SoO, the period lor the free admission of whe,.t. Stkam on Common 1'oad.s.?Meeker, Heed (S: Logan, machinists, of Newark, liave just completed a draft locomotive for propelling freight wagons across the plains n the nocky .Mountains. The iron-horn? ivns built on contract for Maj. J. II. Brown, >f Minnesota, Indian Agent. It consist* :>f ?n ordinary locomotive boiler, two of Messrs. M. |{. & l,.'s oscillating engines, nnd suitable carriage and steering apparatus The whole maehine weighs ahou* fourteen tons, is weff nftrf strongly built, nnd while exhibiting, yesterday, appeared to be under the perfect control of the operator. The principal novelty of the thing is the arrangement and use of a portable Mirw.Mi riuviv UIIIUII II Cilllim Willi t.. This consists of two larpre hoops or linjrs, 1 f imlics broad nr.d 8 inches in diimotor, arranged with guides mid friction oilers to keep them in ii Vortical posiffon ivli'de the driving wheels?o feet in diameter?-revolve with thom, lliu.s forming a L?cd or track for the drivers. In its trial resterday, with 1 10 pounds of steam, if. ivent stcni'ily np a very rough, unpaved, inHied street, hating a grade" of Some 1<> r... f 1:V1 r.. \' v iv>v ... i . i . i / ri/ff/if*. T11k son i? the Import ccmotery, nnd its dwutherors sloop witln ?it n monument ? All grove ymds, vi? ??tlmr lands, show soii o ynibol of distinction between the prosit iiitl tbo hiiiuM ; the ricb and tbo poor ; but n (but ocean c.-niotovy, t!io king, tbo clown, bo prinoo, and the peasant, aire alike undisin;;nislu'd. A Woman who wants a oliarit:.blo heart, ivj'Uts a pure halt.