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... . .r . V " V. . - ? *1 a?..;. M, * * ff ^ 1 ^ViVif c! "? (hi "1B 3 r8 c j A s iUJ \jj ^ [? #s| IU il J i Jj "TO THINK OWN SKLK 15K TIU'K, AN1) IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TI1B ' ' ". NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CAN'?T NOT TIIKN BE FAIjSE TO ANY MAN." BY ltOITT. A. THOMPSON'. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATUllDAY, MARCH 1MJO. VOL. XI. NO. 31 gjgjLgQTPBlB) 'PO'ETn'f, ; My Humble, but Beautiful Home. < Oil give mc wlicn tllO lh?y is declining, And sunshine is flooding the west, My ivy-ohid mound where, reclining, f can wale It the birds socking their rest, And listen their twitter of sorrow Whilst through tlio lo?v-bree*es tliey roam, To nestle and dre:uu 01' to-morrow, lit in,) humble, hut beautiful home. Then g\?o me when moonlight is shedding It* briglnies;> o'er flowret und tree, And stftTS liVto !>n iwniv nro trending T? nature's own music so free. JVlid then let in<; ]iensivolv w.inder, ?!.? .I?I ' ? i i V- viii n i iMiir iriruM lUillll, Ami there on its loveliness ponder. In my humble, but beautiful homo. AY hen morn llic grny orient is sheeting, Willi purple and vcrmillioti lino, Ami myriads of inserts are grueling first rays of the sun bursting through : Then let ine ga/.oont without measure, Whilst vapors like sheeted ghosts roam, Willi a heart filloil with innoeeiit pleasure, In my humble, but beautiful home. Volt may tell me of fame ami ambition. Of pomp ami wealth's dazzling array, Of those who are it. h'gh position And homage receive every day, Hut give mo the one I love dearest, A way from me never to roam, Then thou like un Kdon nppcarest, My humble, lint bountiful homo. NJO>\Yu-OiNJ >>? Correspondence of the Keowee Courier. 15k.iu.in, Prussia, Jan. 21, 18150. j .!// . Eilitnr : Your fluttering reception of j my former communication inclines me to com- j ply with your request to furnish you some ae- j count of niv iotirnrv hit.lnr I arrived in New York tin the evening of .Tune Hth, aiul spent the next day in making I inquiries about the various bankers doing bu.siuess in Kuropo, and after learning the tonus of the most prominent ones, concluded to accept those of iirown, lirothers ?fc ('o., to whom I obtained a letter of introduction from ' the President of the Fulton Hank. They i took my money and sent a bill of exchange to 1 their factors in Liverpool, requesting them to send me a letter of credit, which authorizes j me to call oa all the principal bankers in Ku- ; rope, Asia and Atnca, for money to the amount deposited, on my identifying myself by my passport, and signing a receipt in their presence, so that my signature can he compared with that in the letter and passport. I 1 then secured a passage berth in the steamer " New York," which was to leave for Bremen ' next diy. 1 'reeisoly at 12 o'clock, .June 1 1th, the great guns of the steamer thundered forth t our farewell to America, amid the smiles and tears and waving of handkerchiefs of those on the ship and those on the shore, and the j mighty ship glided gently from her moorings, and " wi.lkcd the waters like a thing of life." As 1 had n>) friends there 1 was an idle spectator of the scene, except that I was bidding Kood-byo to inv native land ami trnsf.in?c mv- ! ^ - -* n m"j Kulf to tlio treacherous deep. As soon its we wore out of the harbor the pilot (all large insured sliips have to employ pilots to enter and leave harbors,) climbed down a rope into - his little boat, and the Captain took command. ' Soon the. shores began to grow more and more indistinct?-a more speck in the horizon, and 1 the sun w^nt down behind the waves. There were on the ship some seventy live or eighty passengers?Hermans, Americans, Knglish, ' French, Spaniards, Italians and Cubans, talk- ! ing in all the languages of tho civilizcd world. ! The moon rose early, and as I walked the j flnnlr nn.l ?? ' Iw.yuv.u UUV Lll'; Oil I III WilU'lfi, delightful meditations filled my mind. I was going to realize what had long been my fondest desire, viz : a visit to the Old World, with her boasted splendors and venerable antiqni- ! ties; but above all, I hoped soon to be drink- ! ing from her inexhaustible fountains of Sci- | enco and Literature. Those, and a thousand other glowing thoughts, filled n>y mind?in- I terrnpted now and then by observations of the | passengers and sailors, and especially the. ; mate, who, on his scaffold over the dock, 1 paccd backward and forward like a great un- ; easy boar. The first evening, a Frenchman's j valise was broken open and robbed of money, ' bills of exchange, and a lviRsnnrt 'Plm f'-.r.- ! o 1 1 l"'"V tain was urged to institute a search, but ho declined doing so, assuring tlio Frenchman tbiit he would give the custom-house officers a hint when wecamc to our destination. Suspicion Tautened upon a skulking German Jew. At night tlu? scene was very beautiful. The tuftuii van itliiniug brightly upon the calm blue -Water.*, over whose uimifticd .'urfaco no breeze was stirring, with here and there a tew sailing vessels, whoso soils appeared to bang almost useless. It was very late at nigtV l "foro 1 rcould get my own consent to go dowj and court "tired nature's sweet restorer, balnfV jileep." The next day was Sunday, but none _x- <1 DI vuu passengers SOOIDCU aware of the fact, ond everything was ko now and *trango that ft.wa# difficult to " remember the tinbbath fl " though ever, fhiug around seemed calculated to ftWnL? t'lOTipcl.trf suited to the day. A tow of thopnftftcngete wort- ''k*' .v son sick, ( l?ut naformynelf I ato four hourly nnu'" Cv.v ,-Y. day during the voyage, nml toward the cna u. , > it could havu takon a fifth rm well a? not. . One day a uoor Theatre actor, who had un-1 dertaken to work his paB?ngo over and found tlio work too hard, throw himself overboard, i 'J'fyo engine uuddonly Stopped, tho nailorrf wont to work to launch a boat, ar 1 tho pawongcrH 1 made a frightful confusion with (heir running hither-and thithcrand talking ISnglUh, French, (jenfiop, ^pnnifth and Italian. Tlicro wepo a few manionteof awful suspense before theme who kncW had tiiuo to tell what the matter waft, fond have it translated into everybody's * language. Tim mate, with half a doxun bailors, ro^cd baok Borne distance to look for the body, hut did ot)t find it. After an hour or t t\Vo they oaino. back, nn<l on we went with tlu> 'sniuu " tliunip, thump " of tho mighty engine, ' iih though nothing hnd happened. That bight 1 thputjlit of 1'yroii'a address to the occpq : *< ? s ' ... * ^ * f ' j 'm \ " Holl on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll} Tcit thousand fleet* .sweep o'er theo in vain, Man marks tlio earth wit It rnin ; his control Stops with the rising main, * * * * * * * * * * * * Nor doth remain A shadow of man's voyage save his own, When for a moment, like it drop of rain. Ho sinks into thy yesst of waves with bubbling uroa n. C? ? ' Without u grave, unkncllcd, uncollinc'l anil un- I known.*' About the middle of lite voyage tlx; sea be- | came lough ami the weather threatening, and our good-natured, phlegmatic Captain, vox Santkn*, was on deck mueb more than usual, sometimes two hours at a time ! We bad one fog so thick that one could not see half the length of the vessel, and one could readily see the danger of these dreaded ocean fogs in the vii'iiiitv i 1*1 ?Ki'Tiro l.nwl ??? rPl.-v . .-W I ' ?.?? ? jVH liiim Ul VI 11V* Oil I I ! ** jik; whistle was kc]>t sounding to prevent collisions, and occasionally the bells of sailing vessels were heard, but they were a long way oft' and not in our path. We saw one evening a si hool of whales, spouting the water beautifully?-just like the pictures in your geography, Mr. Kditor ; but those wore very modest creatures, r<'lirui</ in their manners, and keeping at a respectful distance. For several days the sea was quite rough?it had evidently been lashed into a rage, and its stubborn heart was still heaving with sobs sutfieient to make our vn ,>l .-..II c - .: M mwi tun ui-iiuuiiy iiuiii mm? LU M'K'. JI Y Knglishtnan clmir was awfully sea-sick again ; In? said it' this was being " cradled 011 tho ocean and rocked by tho storm " he was not so fond of it. I tried to console him with the words of An'RAS, '' JSorsuu cl hac: olim )ncm in issr jit nihil." l>nt tho most amusing part was tho eating. Tho dishes wore kept in their places by guards or framework, fastened to the top of the table, over which it was very troublesome to eat. The passengers called it " eating over the fenoe." The waiters would stligtrer against the side of the cabin and spill the drinkables, and once just as we were sitting down to dinner, a ini-rhty surge sent our soup, vessel and all, whirling over the carpot. Tlio sca-siek Knglislnnan, who had come to try to eat, remarked with a sad smile, that "even the soup-howl scorned to he sea-sick from the way it threw up on the carpet." On the 12th day the sea-gulls and ships were so numerous that we were nearly all on deck, when toward noon (.'apt. vox S.vntkn came upandsoon fixed hisspy-glasson theliglit house off l.i/./.ard point, and the joyful cry of " lauii, imuij" passed f rom stem to stern. W o pooh shot .by the Seiliy isles, and ' morrie l aiglancl " with her green hills ami smiling villages, ruse to view. My English friend was very kind to point out and name to tnc most of the ohjccts of interest that came in sight. Tho Kddystone Lighthouse stands far off from the ship's course in Plymouth t?ay, hut the light was visible at night and awakened thoughts of the Pilgrim Fathers, who sailed from here (o tho wilds of America in search of an asylum wherrf they might worship (lod according to tho dictates of their own consciences. JOatly next morning we came in sil'llt lit' tbr> 1nIi> >{* U iirbf (if wlii/.u <;> W'.il tor .Scott in writing to his daughter, says, " That spot of earth, which, when a man has once seen, he can never forget, no matter how many othor parts of the world lie may see." At Cowes, opposite .Southampton, we oast anchor, and a small steamer came alongside and took about halt our passengers, mail, and kegs of money. 1 lore we bought a supply of newspapers, for which we had quite an appetite after two weeks exclusion from the world; especially when we were all so deeply interested to know what course the war in Ilaly had taken, for we had feared that by this time all (jormany wnukl ho in arms, and her ports so blockaded that, we cnuhl notgoany further. After n few hours delay, tlie anchor was weighed and the cannons bid good-bye to our fellow-travellers. We passed soon the royal summer residence, Osborne House, on the Isle yf Wight, where Queen Victoria was to take up her abode in a few days, having been detained in London by the change in the ministry and other important State affairs. The I'alaee itself is nothing so very remarkable, but the situation is exquisitely beautiful, and then it was the place where Queen Victoria entertained her royal visitor, Napoleon, a few years ago, and where the present invalid and lunatic, King I'red. William, of Prussia, was to have been kept during this winter, hi d ho been able to move ill it hot' \r?,.r ll.iu 1 >.? ? -..>1. ? "'! . 1,1111} vtuuv -I 1>I inilllHltllj ? II II its famous harbor of Spithcad, the groat est naval station of 'lie world. Wo only saw the eutranco to tlii1 which is ?|viitc narrow and foi'tiiicd on both sides. Along the const T obsorvod a groat number of pillars, which I was told were at one tiino used for lighting up signal fires in case of invasion. For a short time the coast of France was in view. The next day wo wore'in the North son, find along ." bo coast of Holland saw immense numbers of fusl.ing smacks, drawn up in lines, miles in IbJigt'f. This was the longest day of my life. The sun rose at and set at 81, giving ns sunshin.1 37 hours and twilight most of the other sevcu About midnight a pilot came on board, ana wiV-n I woke in the morning we were moving iJu.'dy up the Weser Jtivor [j ?>!rlit of the long haven. ilmfr.'n iu i.f ll.rt ii Olltll of tllO Tlivor rtnd 45 milcfl bt,!ow Urcmeo, t? which place wo wore convoyed by a ^ it rivet' ?teamcr.? The ncenory along tho rivor in .''Ot vc."V remarkable, except to niic who in fjaii.'npf imprcsHlona. 'l'ha. country for tha nic"t pnrt in perl'cctly Hat, mostly cultivated iih nit^'dows for graving and hnv-mnking, at whiob mn^yJ men, womon and children wore engaged, rfotwithatanding it was tho Rabbatb day. Wo pawed several handntfliio towns, the most iin* portent of which, in Vogeaaok, in Hanover, on fcl?o cant bank of tho river. On? rcinnrknblc fea'.uro of tho country was tho groat riumbor of windmills to bo soon in every direction, on natural or artificial otninonocfL On Sunday, June 20th, wo woro all allowed to wet foot on term finntt, for tho first timo tn tiftccn dayB. A young Austriau relieved 1 mo of the trouble of giving orders about my j baggage and engaging a carriage, wo soon i wont whirling over tho stone pavements of tlio t the narrow, orOokcd streets, between tall tilts- I covered houses, venerable with the smoke and ' dust of centuries. At length we came to a ; beautiful open lawn, where a company of sold- j iers were drilling, with a brass baud diseours- ; nij; military music, which nail attracted a ! i largo multitude of people on tlicir way homo from church. Bremen is 011c of the free fit- 1 ies, with 7.>,000 inhabitants, ami ;i form of government very much like that of the I'nited States. Next day I wont sight-seeing. The j most remarkable thing I saw was the " ]>leikollar " or Lead-cellar, where a number of I human bodies arc in a remarkable state of ; > preservation, after having lain there several i centuries. "lie antiseptic property is owing to vast quantities of lead Inning been nw l!< d there. The old lady wlio showed them to us j described each one very particularly, and put , her hand on the bodies as though they had I been statues. Tho llulhs weinkollor contain I wines one hundred and lifty or two hundred years old j one immense cask said to contain I 720 bbls., and in another room 12 casks named j after the Apostles. .Judas is said to b<? tlu: (best. 15ut the most beautiful thing 1 noticed 1 was (he grass paths and bods of vosort and flowers of ull kinds, along a beautiful mote or j canal, where were grout numbers of nurses I with their charges, watching the swans, ducks : and geese in the water, or looking at the prct. ty flowers without daring to pluck them. On j the "JSth I took leave of my fellow passengers ; and "mine host," of lliilmnn's Hotel, and ! j sat out for Leipsio, first having had my pass, uni t vitthf<il " ninl ?? ? i ' (Tlieold Jew liail robbed the Frenchman and j ! was arrested in Bremen.) The railway to . ! Hanover runs through a level and fertile i ! country, in the highest state of cultivation, j , looking like one great garden, or as one whirls ! along in ilio cars, like one of those beautiful patch-work quilts made by your mother and , I mine, Mr. Editor. It is rather embarrassing to a foreigner not j well nei|uaiutcd with tlie language of tin- j ; country in which he is travelling, to change ' j cais in a hurry, at a place where half a dozen ( j trains are rumbling in and out ; but I got everything straight, and was very agreeably surI prised to find in the "counio" witii me a ! (iermau Professor, from Berlin, who spoke Knglfch, and with whom I had a most delight- j fid ride iih fai* as Madgeburg. The cars are 1 not like outs, all in one groat room, l ut cut up into short eoupies, holding six persons, with doors at each side, which are. locked up i while the cars are in motion. The trains do j not run quite as fast as ours, hut tito quick | ! trains (sclinell zug) do not stop often, and by , I that means make a greater average than mos! ' ! of our railroads. 1 passed that day hy llniioi ver, Brunswick, Magdeburg, Coethcn and . j llalle, and arrived :it l.cinsi<> nt'im- sm oi.rlit , I hours ride. lloro 1 went to tho Hotel do. i 1'ologne, whore f had tho pleasure of mooting 1 a Soilt!i Carolinian, to whom I had a letter of j introduction, ami tlm next day just before , I dinner, tho l>. S. Consul for Saxony, Mr. ! j Stockton, of N. ?J., arrived at. tho sr.mo Ilo-1 i tol, .?ii that I had tho j)leasuro of dining with two of in)' countrymen, both of whom gave mo j their experience, and a groat many useful I hints about how to live pleasantly in this j country. After visiting Anorback's-keller, i the battle-ground, and other u Sehensuror- i degkeiten " in and around Leipsic, 1 set ofY for Dresden, ho ?i11ir to visit Leipsic again du- ; ring one of its "orld-renowned Fairs. This ( part of the road L ,vas in a eon pee with a line ; moicing gentleman who was going to some 1 | watering place with liis invalid v.it'e ami j ' jungfranlicko " daughter. On learning from I my bad Cionnan that 1 was an American, the | 1 old gentleman informed me that 1mm daughter ' spoke English, and told her that hero wan a good opportunity for licr to practice what she had been learning at school. >Sho was (|uite j shy at first, but I ilattered licr upon lier Kngj lush, ami we soon got into a lively chat, which ! lasted to our journey's cud. The old gcntlc| man, meanwhile, seemed to regret very much i i having turned us loose into something lie I j could not understand. IVesdon is a beautiful I city, situated on both sides of t lie KlJ>e river, ! which is spumed here by two magm-Vcnt j I 1.J.1 * * t. ?" ? - ' I unuges oi soihi stone iiinsonr)'. The river is ! something larger than tlie Iveowcc, ami much ; narrower and swifter, so that it is navigable I for small steamboat* for some distance above the city. 1 took lodgings at the Victoria hotel, and as I designed spending some time in Prexdon, I spent two days in looking for rooms. Of course there were plenty to bo had in such a " residence city" as Dresden, always indicated by a largo card hung out with the words " Maeblii'te zimmer zu vcr-, niiothon" (furnished rooms to let.) 1 looked at a great many of all descriptions?simply telling the talkative hndladi 's that I would i j cousmer it, or something of the kind. 1 at j length fixed upon a ]>l:teo and took possession, ; having had (juito a rich time room-hunting. J Now, Mr. Editor, I have reached the end of my long journey and the end of this long letj ter. Yours truly, JI Coiin from St. Louis.?The Chattanooga Itcjlr.ctof says that, " one day last week, forty-three car loads of corn arrived there over tho Chattanooga Railroad, which had been : purchased in St. Louis. On inquiry, we learned that this corn cost jusJ fifty cents per hushel dolivercd at this point, whieh is twen ' ty-lfve cents loss per bushel than com has been selling for hero for the last three weeks. Thus it will bo seen that corn can be brought from St. Louis to this place, and allow a good ni*..v?in for profits, if it should keep up to oight> -eight cents.'' Pkatii of Pit. Wm. Ikjiy.-? The Lrmrens\ illo lfcrahl announces* tho death of Dr. Win. Irby, of that District, lie represented that District, in iIia ??#1 11~? ~c .. ... "??" V.tv HIIU UI our State LegiHlnturo. While in thrt Lt'g. ihlaturc in 1851, ho wna ptrickeo with parntysifj from \>*Lich ho haa 4<?vcr ro<c8?;rctV ; \ . * ^ \ . v ? Correspondence. The following is the eonvspondenc'G bc;\Yccu (.Juvcriuitis (iisl suyl liick.i: kxkci riVK 1 m'.l'ali'l'm knt, | I'nionvii.i.k, S. l'eb. IS(50. \ To His Kxcellemy Thomas II. Hicks, <u>vernor of .Marvland : Pear Sir: Yours el' the <>l' January, nckiiowk'iljiinjc tlso receipt of tin; llesolutions unanimously adopted by the State of South Carolina was received on ye.-Urday, and I must be permitted to correct a very ;;Tave error into w! ich you bavo fallen i:i relation to them. Vou t peak of tli o Kes'lution;- as 'requesting thi< State (Maryland) to join in tbe appointment oi' IVpulii Jo a ' uvcntie'n of tho uluvc'.toliling St.ste.-i, for their united action in regard to seoes<ion from the ' uion.'' If there is anything in the !! solutions j roposin_^ "a sen--ion from the I ni.>n.*' I am una i !. tii Hud it. mill deny tli.it rfouth Carolina proposes any such measure to Maryland or 1? r olher co-Stales. Hy re-exantininir tin' Uiso lul'.oiit; you will f'uii that :ill that South Carolina propo cs is, " that the slavehohlin;; Slates should iimneiliat 'lv iiiih i together to couccrt measures for united action," and it is a forced and unwarrantable construction of the Ui..solution to say that ''conceited action " means secession front the I nion. 1 belong to that class of politicians who have been denounced as " tirc-eatcrr," and never for a monicnt have 1 desired a dissolution of the I nion if our riirhts in the I'nion ere respected ui;d oi r equality recognized. And 1 solemnly uenevo 114o vow Do. t way to preserve the I nion is for (ho Southern Stales to moot and iu.-i-t upon their riirht.i and to net iu com it in defending thorn. It' the South wore united, they could pvosorvo the I'nioti, ami at tho same limo have their ri;;hts respected and roeogui/od. it is because lie Southern States have act d with so much jealousy and distrust towards oa; h otlier, tlit'l tho Nort'i lias boon able tooner??-ieh upon their rights and war up? :i their institution.*. * It' ! d '^in d a dis<o.utiiiu of tho I'nion and wi.dud to cfleet it, nothing would please nto moro than the refusal of the slavoholdiiig t'tnt'-s to meet in convention, for thou the North wi'l (iiiitinuv! it-< aygrosions, and some of the slavehold'iig States, goaded to niadno.-s, wi.l secede, livcfi-i-riinr t.> I.,. In.1.1 .?u ................1 - 1 I - p,??vi...u I.nl?innu-|r? pi. Yitici's rather titan become voluntary slaves. Speakin?r for myself, I wouldratl'- ; " Sm.li Carolina should bo 1 lie counter,- o* fnvmen tliuii tho habitation ni": laves and animated by these sentiments, our people never will Kui'init to inequality and depredation. With <rreat respect, I am yours, \e , Vi'M. 11. (11ST. An\'AI'oi.i>5, Maryland, ) Km.cm tivk CiiAMiii it. I'e'o. II, 18(50. ) To 11 is Excellency William ii. (ii.-t, (iovernor of South ('aiitlimi : Dear Sir : 1 have received your loiter, dated nt I nionvillo on t!;e .'M i'Vbruary, i:i answer to mine, acknowledging tho receipt of the resolutions passed hy South Carolina in relation to ledcral AiVairs." It gives mo great pleasure to learn that it wad not the intention of South Carolina by tho.su resolutions to propose a secession from tho I nion. l-'rom the statement of the pre- ! amble to those resolutions, that the "State of South Carolina, by her ordinance of 1s '1, .'.Dinned her light t i . xccdr from tin' Confederacy, whenever toe occasion should ari. j t,>r*oc. .><>. .?i, jusmyinjr nor, in liovuwu jiulg-' inoiit, in taking that stop." I'mm tho word:) of tho clauoo next following, that " since then ass.:ults upon tho right:; and in.-titutions < r (ho Southoru States had continued," prefixed a;- a mason for the resolution that tho>e .v't.?t shuil.l moot together to concert measures fur united notion ui well as from the last f. nteuee of your letter, communicating these iv.-ohiiions, stating that, " South Carolina claims the right to secede whenever she may think it expedient to do so, hut much prefers concerted action," 1 supposed (and ( think nut u\naturailVs! that the " concert oil iirrimi " oi.nlil only have reference to .secession, in company wit 11 other .Stated, as preferable to such ;u lion \ on tin' part ot* 5'outh Carolina alone, under the right claimed hy her ordinance i.l' lSf>2. I very gladly confess this error, which it is the object of your last letter to point out. -anil I am snre that the General Assembly, t ? whom, j at their request, 1 am about t > communicate j it, will receive with pleasure this correction of a misrepresentation that is not mine alone. I hopo it may not be thought out of place to add tho expression of my belief that Home 1 lato c ents have rendered, more than ever, unnecessary the proposed Convention; anil i of my hone that in the refill's to which the I ..f < .1 ~i ..i i *i. mi Kiiitii iv llilti: I'M, <11111 ill IIK'II late lofeat, wc may fuul tlie beginning of better tilings. I trust 15mt tliose occurrences may cau*?n ; those t.? whom, by the (/oustitntion, our I Yd-i oral Kulatioius arc confided, to concert tnea.s- j urea, by united and harmoniou.s notion, for the eontiuuaucc fit' the t nion in the spirit and for :ho great en is to which it wa.i formed. With respect, I am your ob't. sorv't. Thomas II. Hints. Tin: missintj .Man.?On Monday last, wo informed pur rondo is flint Mr. William Cum-1 mingfl, of Coll. ton Histrift, h:id boon unaccountable missing since Saturday, February 4. W o aro now informed by letters received at Lowry's Post Office, that tin* pocket-book J and papers of Air. Cuinmtngs were foundstrewed on tlio Greenville Kail road, but nothing has yet boon heard of himself. A merchant of Charleston bus also been un-' accountably absent during the past week.? ! Nothing is known of his whereabouts, and | fears aru entertained for his safety. [ Charleston Mercury. I " Husband, I wish you would buy mo aotnc pretty loath 6 rg " "Indeed, my dear little wife, you look better without them."? " Qh no/' Haiti she, coaxiugly, "you nlwnyt? cnll inc your littlo bird, and hew docs a bird look without feathers?"' From the; Virginia In<Iux. 1 ttli inst. Mr. AshmoroVoto for Mr McC'crnnnd. In the linal diction for Spo.ilur .Mr. A^limorc, of South Ciirolinn, inmlc .111 :i}i}nal to tin" Ponioeiat.s of :il! s.-cliuiM to nils to tin' Unj; of their Cii'iulnhitu. )ii'. M. ('! 'i ii of Illinois. For this jk I Mr, i irriiiiriioJ. hv tin- ('h.'irli'.stnn Mrivmv ns ili< loyal to Smith Carolina?Mr. McClornml beinji, according to the Mercury': -? ; lion, no letter than ! Black Republican. Wo have ji- vu til'Southern c\tr .istbut very rarely have we met with individu: !: t>? whom we considered the ti rtn appli i We certainly cannot admit the ju: lin>s of i:. application to tho man who jrocs as far i s lie who i^oea farthest in support of Southern rights or to the one tli.it tl 'flares in favor of resistance to the a<><;regions of tlie North.? In common with the Virginia State rights |)emooraey generally, we .m iv, " the perpetuity of the I'nion npofi the principles of the Constitution, hut a speedy dissolution of the I 11 i< u if its a Hair:; are to bo . ulministored npou the principles ef Seward- llepuhlioanism." We ciiuiiot. therefore, with reason or .justice, bo set down as extremists. Wo mnv he pmperly clcfsiijiiiited consrrvatives, l; < ; use we aro tor preserving inviolite. llie oii-zin il hm ! of tli t nittn. We hnow of hut i' \\* j-'oullurn ( xti,cmi>r<, in the lileiiil .,.ev-',j.t;?li'jn < I i'ht'Tni. Ye ini?li{ mention :i <'o::on, of whom the e Jito; of the Charleston Mercury is one. '] li? Southern journalist who would not support ' >!m A Mi I "Icrj\:in<l in pr !\ v :ito to a Hlncii. Kepu'olit in UDii.'neo. must he;'n e.':lremi-t i*.i a seiue which we can "i rC'jcnrdus pav? ticulaviy uhivulric or p- ' i> s e. V?'? ' > no personal ui-<|u<itnti.?e-. w ;i . . d, hut cur reet.li* etio i i.s l;?tinot t i .; .* ueii !ie was in Cotejr. *??uio %? 11 - sine.*, I ' vr.< recognized ly o.'iuthein St ;te >i_! one of th'1 int. -t men of '- \J -any orher section ; v.-tins/ wit. tlic tariff, iiitornal iirpiovit.t tit. . petitions, ;iii I nil otln ? :?i fi < . measure.'. (!; hiis jn>t iiu\v r-'iiui.- . ih> 51.IUS0 (it* ?i<{ . '.a-ntutive.S, nl'tor . *.i-i i ?'l?t of several yo'irs. ! .< has t:?*?n 1 >> ]. ;!ion in tlio present with the fri n-ls ni the S.outh, r.ml iitraiio-t her furs, hv.vii.;,; voti ! \v;t)i tlio roprosontai i ves ot' South Carolina. Alabama. Yiriihia, ;;mi 11. otlirv j-lavc Static. ?;raiii.~t Sherman ami 1\int.....ton. Ho ]?r?> ]-t Ip.aino to the i* !]>]!> : i < [ Smith. a cuiisirri: live Whi;; of the Si-iuli. \s ! ? ?i i'-.iu ; CO'.ihl inaki' hi; v. *" and itiHu -n. against the abolition mtoiineo ol' lit i ?; In his t!iscu>siuimui :in.- in sor, 1m lias j.j-us il j a:i(l <loi\ounoed the }<la-:-!. 11 ?jml?lu jurty I to tlio oxtont i t invilviii"- hioim.H" in .1 difficulties with m>i?o of it. !Ami vv t. ' {lie Charleston Mercury wouM consign a ? ;? 1 ! hint South Carolina u ;nv. > nt ilive t<? tin; j sha<h'.s for supporting Mr. M?. demand mrainst the nominee of tin' Aholit! ,i ]arfv. A t . hml ; onfv' rri.unled th-.t the i ' m Men niy s vi't'h must I).- imputed to " an mi.ii-c i'niaa iii-i; ::?] niiMlire<:t? il zetil in behalf of S > itli : fill Wo certain!v think tlmt in tin; j present instance tliu " t. iti11 : of the Mori i .1 n.i I onrv lesuw not to " virtue .s tfiiU'. I her1; is i neitlu'i virtue norpatrioti.un. " ihvine nor rea- j son," in making war upon .veil le.'tul friends. j - " Tj.VTMI fko.m 'I'll K i!l() (! It a X I > K?Tli: j War ('ai<iti!::? into Mkxm'o.?l>y ?hc ?r- \ rival of the steamship Arizona on iNitun'ay. i \,*e have iiecounts of nmith? r enc- 'lt.eiit hi tweeu the Hangers and th?> Mi :uan '..uonlli.s i under eortinas. This last en_.ii:. nciit t >ol: phicc upon .Mexican soil, on tin* !t!i inst., flu- ! Kan tiers havinir eros.sod the Rio (Srande fit 1 Ihdsa. thirty-six iiii'ios ai.i-v 'r-jWi; i'i j 0'"dor to protect tin1 slo i;.1 ; 11 Iter down trip fron i'.i ilrm ! ' \ vl j upon which tho :?urrilJ'iN wer.' 1 i: ii:l;. Tin ' ti'?'lit i.s represented to havebeen a ; one, j la;-! in_'i about three-quarters of an I v' , i as reported by tho eourii r which . >l .-t j l>rowiif?villo. tlie firing ceased, th< 'ro-.i t what c >u?o is not known. ( hi the ov?tiin^ of the 7th. tho d. y before j the Arizona sailed, an express came I.>\\?i from Hrs.vnsville, with the intelligence tluit Cortina* had ajrain crossed to the American side, ' followed by Col. I'Vnd, with tho Kanirors. In lie in> t'/ill in tviili ?Iki i,,ni' ..M.... I'.io Grande city, whom lie rohbec'. hut let liiiti puss without personal injury. At last accounts, the guerrilla < hieltain was about thirty miles above I?Towns vi lie. on the Anieri- j tan side of tin* river, with a force fit' some :;i;u nu n. The Brownsville Mag says the most ' intense excitement prevails on both sides of ihn liver, and ?vata war may he said to h. vo ' fairly begun. YlKillNj a Df.CI.IM S a ('ONTKRKNrK.? lli< iimiini), V \., Fib. Gov Lc'tcher, ; to-ih'.y, s< i11 a mes^jge to the Legislature, giving a history of the ivqui itiou on the Goveruor of Iowa for Coppie, and denouncing the duplicity of Gov. Kirk wood, of tli.it State, mi iiiuiMv; inc ocaiu: ui mm iieiiuve. itov. Letcher uri^i-s prompt action an the part of the South t<> put iis.-lt in ri<>n wlic:-1 i' can secure the puiiishir.eiit of ti c- - w' iul ii^fiiiift its laws. The Joint Committee of the two Houses of Legislature, to whom was referred t'<c. consideration of the South ( aroliii M ' u:i >-.s and the proper action to !)> t ?*% i v Y:i. i:i, have reported, to day, a sc. ' r - In tions, to the effect that the Stat ^ ; .ia doCH not yet distrust the oap-u t v ? <mth to protect her rights arid liberties ho! deems it inexpedient to meet in (Jeuoral Convention, and thinks more efficient co-operation ;n he obtained by direct lcuislation ; that it is inexnOilirint f i? ii wr.. n * I h.t.iiiiAn * - - ' 1 ? ' ^ - Ilium 11/ i/1 fMUM-n l'? a VH IlfliU \ Oftforence, ::<* proposed; and thiit the Governor he requested to notify the Governers of all the Southern States. A CHAPLAIN wan once, preachinsr to a class of collegians about the formation of bad habits. " Oentlomcu," 8aid he, " close your ears neniost bad discourses." The scholars immediately clapped their hands to their ear.s, and the chaplain looked rather funny at so yinvnw t* UVUJVlirUilUUU, ' ? -i . ' V . : The Power of the South. \\re eoimuciid to tIn; careful perusal o? our readers the following passages, which we hiul in the eminently able speech delivered a few (1 tys in Congress by Mr. Keitt of South (<;i 1*1 >! > 11:i : \V hut a spoetacle docs the South now present in the world ! The South, with her ii! t - resources aiul splendid domain, ond w * ? millions of million- of gallant people, >ti!l clinging tothis (111011, though she knows it only V>v oppressions. What has shegiven to it in the past :' She has given blood and treasure, genius and stutcsman'jhip, courage ami arm.-. An illustrious Southerner rous< (I tin- colonies to resistance ; an illustrious Southerner ltd il"1 armies ??f the Revolution t-? victory; ;iti ilin-trious Southerner built up this (joveniMiciit from foundation stone to battlement and parapet. Nor have her contributions in modern times been stinted. Sho '.'j ve the men who led the republic safely through the second war of independence.? She g ive the men. t?>o, who, in the late war with Mexico, carried your arms to the faim?l eapitd I.r tii?- enemy, .'Hid illustrated them by a s- l ies of victories uimiiitclic.il even by tlioso of Cm ti'Z. splendid, also as has been her ci>uli':bot:n; - t" arms ami statesmanship, sho ! a - add i n > canty treasures to American liter .tme. evert fiehl of letters she has left her fo<>tprint >, and when the names of all other American authors arc forgotten save that of i' niniore Cooper, the admiration of posterity will continue to brightcu round tho ;u?'n;i y of one .-lie has given to the world as the io,it wizard of American romance," (r-'i.i :'.s. i Yes. the South has made a history. mi empire, and a civilization, audshe can dcf< :.<! them all. v '- v. then, does the South pause in tlie cs ..r .... :.wi 1 - ? . .,i <ji mi intiu|)';iiuviii ^ovornnient .' i 1 y 1 eaus?! she is under the spoil of tho j t it r.ditioris and its memories, and bo^ tt--< s!;? iio|."? for a " returning sense of jusi n'<! :t t: N i li t I), which may secure her s: }?ty i.? ti e I nion Hay by day the spoil is di-soiviii . and when she despairs of this '' retuniin'/ sense of justice"?and many of her tru-'.-t suns have already despaired of it?she will shatter tin* bonds of the ("nion, and vindicate her independence. Should the Kepnb1 i -ii? patty su--ei't!?l in the next Presidential (diction i y advift* to the .South is. to snap i : cords of ti." I'nion :>.t once and forever. ' (>)?! ?? i'mvstiprior entanglements and ' i i r. border States, and will look :<t . r '.i v to the States further South. Tlo \ 'Mi withdraw 1'roin the I nion, and ' ^tablU'i a e' li.edcracy for themselves. This 11,. V . ... ,1.. ' .... . ...i ."in mi I Hilling Llli-'ir bOCliil system in tin-1.- 'st derive. Their State government < snWeient for nil domestic purposes. ;i!id :i federal nut1 c:in be organized among t i.emseiv in trine to meet nil loreiun aims or i umplic;.lions. What would such a confedcrn-v I: ;ve (< t'< ir ! Nothing. Absolutely nntliiii'j. Foreign IVwers would court her nili..nee. and 110 jrovernment on this continent w< uld dare to invade her. This 1'nion, ureal and powerful ns it is, cm be tumbled down by tho net of any one Southern State. If Florida withdraw, the Federal t iovertiment would not dare to attack her. If it did, it- bauds would dissolve as if nem u t>y lightning. lift a Southern Statu withdraw. ami wherever her flag floats it will ho respected, for it will ho the armed hand, nnd the whole South will rush to its defence, and would emerge from the struggle with an oruani/.ed slavoholding confederacy. And how v: st would he tlie power of the South ! Shu is now more imperial than Home ever was.? It', by some cataclysm of nature, the groat West. with its fertile fields and rich harvests were lost foeirt.li, mankind would only pauso for a moment in contemplating the ruin, as soi i- . rf'ul catastropho of nature. If tho X?>:"' with its crowded tnasts and vast factors s w re t a single stroke swallowed up in an lnw? i>.>!.<?> ..'w ~?:n - ? ' niiiiiu buii uiuvu on, anil tlio {'outsteps of power halt only for a moment. I>nt if tin- South could, in the twinkling of an eve, ho struck into primeval chaos, how would it be The civilized world would avert her face, the advance of nations would he arrested, and every throne in llurope would he reduced to dust, and ashes. Yes, the South has tlie monopoly of tropical productions, and upon them hang t he destinies of peace, civilization and empire. And the South, with all these elements of power and invincibility, is told thiit she is to he bound to this I nion through all the mutations of time. Mazeppa is to he tied ?the black horse, and, with hungry wolves pursuing, to plunge madly on through lit Id and forest, across plain and liver, on, ard on, and on, tiil both dying lnau and dying beast fall shattered together. And it she resists, what? She is threatened with subjugation. From whom conic .hose impudent and idiotic threats? "What, vierament of baptism has consecrated these men into the commnnl. ? tvl 1 . v?? IUIMC>. ! Hilt* .iclii < menis of }?nns liavo illustrated their t s.Mit. ':ooiis? Sir, if a northern army should come down to suh jugate tho South, it will ho the first 0110 in our history that has encampod ' ii our Southern soil. Will it come now, when it did not come in tho trials of the re. oluti'in ? In 1781, when all tho forces of t' lhitisli were gathered upon tho soil of * ir^inia, what help had she from the North ? Mi- ?!sst!,i?i Kkaov?Mississippi has respomlcdti the invitation of South Carolina lor a Conference of the Southern States, fis appears hy tho following; l)t.i.k(.at!.s Al'rOINTKO to thk SOVTHV.HN OONFKIIBNCK.?The two IloUSCS of tllO Mia^is-sippi liOjrislftturc met in joint convention on tho Oth instant, and selected the following gentlemen to represent the State in the Atlanta Convention: Samuel S. Jk>yd, of Adaw.s; Wiley P. Harris, of Hinds; A. ftl. Clayton, of Marshall ; Samuel J. Gholson, of VV V mil ..? v ?t. -v. . ... .mum i imuu j ncnry ivFioicinson, ot' Lowndes; Hiram Cagscdy, of Frnukliu. Itrvixtfi ig tho luxury of n w?nlc ft ml. pitiful mi ad.