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P' 1 1 '? I 1" I POSTJiY. I Pleasant Worda. M iny truths tlio Wise Man gives To his sons and daughters. Useful. pure, and strong, and bright, As streams of living waters; Dili one I dionso Irom all (lie rest, Aulci ll it now the very best. IMciib.int wor<ls. lie says. lire like A eomb of fragrant honey. The savings bank of thriving bees, Whose cells contain their inonev : Where they. in little space. lay up, Tlio graiiid of mony a flowery cup. I " Sweet to i! o soul" ?tliev tr?utly soothe In (I ivs of bitter anguish ; " Health to tlio V))ne? '?they clieer tIto sick. And lift the heads iliat languish ; And prove in every state and mood, A quiet way of doing good. Let us, then, ask God to plant In us His flowers of beauty. And teach us to waloh over them Will. 1 I v..I. M.I.J . Sweet floweis that grace the heart of youth, Love, meekno.-is, gentleness, nii'l truth. For as hcnoy is not found, Where no flowers are Mowing, So unless within our hearts Lovo and truth are growing, N'o one 011 our lij>s will find l'lcasaiit words, sincere and kind. l'leasant words! Oh, let us strive To use them very olten : I Iil.n.. I... .... .1 > -1: > ? " ?=.? ?W"KIIV. Ami our own they'll so It on ; While (ioil him.sclt will hear above, Pleusunt word* of truth m in I love. POMYOO& L The Legislature. Kxbcutivb Office, January 14, 1S01. 7'> the Member* of thr ILtuse <>/' Ji^prescntalives. x.i UU91TUI ui mu rusuiuuon 01 your oociy, passed January 10, calling for information as to tho Coast defences, 1 have to say that in the pressure of immediate engagements, commanding my whole time I have been unable to do all I desire in relation to the Sea Coast Police, and 1 have also been embarrassed on account of immediate demand for all our available energies around the harbor and in the forts of Charleston. The Act passed in relation to the Sea Coast Police appropriated SI50,000 for that purpose. There was nn plan laid down, exempt an authority indicated to purchase three sere# propellers to be used. ] fiud it exceedingly difficult to pro.. -i boats suitable for this service, but shall, at the first possible moment accomplish the design and nrrange the details of outfit. I doircto enlist thirty two men, accustomed to the sea, and familiar with the inlets of v.... \.-.iv;u u'?.u, wiiu a \.:ipr:i 1 u aim First Lieutenant, besides ordinary crows, lircinon and en^inoors. The pay of tlioso men to bo no nothing; liko what is rccoivcd in tho United .States Navy. 1 would prefer small iron scrcw propellers, ninety to one hundred foot long, with light draught, not to exceed six foot; but a screw propeller of that size u ;u illy draws nine foot. One of those boats 1 propose to station in Charleston harbor, and the waters around tho h irbor, another at lloaufort, and a third at (loorgotown. In oonnoction with tlioso, I prop hj to throw up breastworks or temporary fortilie itions at the most i nnortiut and oxn isod nninfs nn iwiut m?l near the mouths of our rivers ; placing in tlie u suoh pieejs of ordinance as may bo needed, aeowdiiig to tho width of the channel to be d.ifen led, to suit tho moderate resources of the St ite. I intend the.? three boats to keep up a rapid and const mt communieation between these points, and to give all tho protection they arc able in case of sudden invasion by lawless binds, in small crafts and skippers, that may infest our coast. In each temporary fortilie ition, I propose to station men according to tho weight of ordnance they contain. Of course, these d<.. ties are not intended to i resist any invasion of large war vessels, but to constitute strictly a coast police to act in con- i ?vu .v.i.uv ili.l Ul VllVi IJUI^ilUWl I1UUU , militia at any time of moil ace or clangor from ' marauding pirtiessont on our coast. To carry out theso views I appointed, the ; diy after I came i:ito ollieo, Col. Uwynn, an Kogineor of high reputation, to examine tiie ! proper places to be selected for (lie erection of temporary fortifications, Uniting him to the most economic d plan possible. He made the cximinatio:i and rendered his report, designating the proper points 1 lnve since sent Coi. Alston to carry into effect what Col. Gwynu had reported upon there, as far as the coast towards Georgetown is concerned.? Lieut. Col. I'illiott has the same order towards Beaufort, lie was charged with 24pounders, for Beaufort; and all other points requiring ordnance shall, if possible, be supplied, but oUr means in this particular arc limited, and for the present we shall be compelled to confine ourselves to a few points. [ think we will finally have to rely more permanently upon these armed and equipped steamer* as a regular system of police, if there j are many obstacles in the way of stationing permanent coast garrisons, except at permanent points. There are many preparations necessary and many points that need defence. My situation has Inen so embarrassing in the now position the State has assumed, forming under ( >.nplieatcd circumstances almost a new government, that it has been impossible for the Executive to attend to cvey detail fully and immediately. Every section demands something, and each feels neglected if the want is not met without delay. Tn addition to this, almost any plan that may bo adopted, will meet wit'i objections, beoamv, perhaps, it may not be the best and most scientific. And if our means were arfkple, yet, under the pressure of sudden emergencies, and in the face of great changes j that are being mnJo every d ly in the state of the country, 'he plan adopted may be the best that could bo proposed under all the circumstances of the ease. As far as the Executive is concerned, tlie most energetic measures shall be pursued, with a view to nothing but the public welfare. F. W. Pickens. On motion of Mr. Duryca, the message was referred to the Oomni.tteo of Military, and ordered to be printed. i Dkatii ok a Cor>na ?r.ows Man.?Frank Gwin, for nearly sevon vents past postmaster nt New Alb my, I ml., djcrl in Mint fitv on (.ho (>th inxt.. nt tho auo of thirl vono. When only sixteen, ho wont to tho Mexican war, whoro /io was alfafihci! to tho person of Ocn. .Too. Lino, ari'l. though but a child lis ii, woro, fought I'ldhfiitly at l>n<Mi:i Vista . "ovmn/ to ho roi'ularlv enli?>"d ho was not ontitlcd to a land warrant for i. -i sorvioos, hut up >n f'10 rftprosontatic * of hi.-* old conur.niider. a spooial Jaw was p-'Sfod by Con^resH grin ting him tho tMitr.I warrant. ?' n?1 A P r*nlKniw. I VV( M* A . VU1UVUU Una returned homo. As Commissioner from this Stale, lie addressed the Convention of Alabama as follows, on the 8th instant: .1//*. President and (rentloncn o/' the Con i'cntinn : 1 It is one of the most apreeable incidents of 1 my life, that the Convention of the people of' ! Sou*h Carolina?my native State?should have ! ' elected me a Commissioner to the State of | ' 4 1 L - - /M.iiKiniii, ior many yours my adopted oih\? j South Carolina could doubtless have sent an j abler sou to represent her, but she could not ! have sent one whose heart was filled with ' more kindness and attachment, or one who would extend the hand of fellowship with greater sincerity or regard. It was during the many years I sojourned among you, I learnt to appreciate the intelligence and energy of your citizens, and how properly to estimate the vast and varied resources of your State. Second to but one as cotton producer; to none in mineral wealth, especially in coal duo nun , w jiyn iii ionic worm, either in tlie mission of pcaco or war. To such a State South ('.Molina would willingly have assigned the position of leadership in the great drama of events that a re pressing to a rapid solution. Hut by a combination of accidental causes tho inili:ilinn of" flio ?/-?>< .>. 1 wiiuo uuvuiVl'U upon South Carolina. Th? Governor of South ' Carolina called an extra session of the l<cgis- ' laturo to elect F-loctors to cast the Presiden- ! tial vote of that State. Continuing in session ! for a few days, tlio election of a IJlack llepub- ' lican or sectional candidate was declared, and 1 feeling that submission would l)o both degra- ' datiou and annihilation, she called a Convent'n i forthwith of the people, to assemble on ' the 17th of December. At once the State 1 fired up. It was an upheaving of the people. * No leader or leaders could have resisted it, or ' stemmed its impetuosity. The wave of pub- * lie oninion swent. nw Mm ?! - .. ~ . w. v ?v? ivnvi, cuu iijmuik:, and leaped into the recess of tlic mountain dis- ' triets. Tlic result was the Convention nsscm- * bled with unprecedented unanimity. Some time was lost, in consequence of a loathsome j epidemic racing in Columbia, that forced the Convention to adjourn to Charleston.? ' On the 1!)tli a cheering voice from Alaba- ' '. ma was heard. Your esteemed Commission- 1 er, who so ably represented your State, and ' wis so acceptable to the one to which ho was ' accredited, presented a telegram from your ' patriotic ami popular Uuvcrnor, tluit carried * an electrie thrill through every heart?" toll the Convention to listen to no proposition of j ' compromise or delay." The next day, the ' 20th, eninetho Ordinance annulling the com- 1 pact which South Carolina had entered into ' in 1788 with twelve other sovereign States, ' and resuming all delegated power, she became a free, sovereign and independent common- , ' wealt h. At this p iint the accumulated ag- ' gressions of the third of a century fell like shackles, at her feet, and free, disenthralled, ' regenerated, she stood before hor devoted poo- ! pie, like the genius of liberty, beckoning i them on to tlio performance of their duty.? ^ The anrument elosos r... .. i.,?i ' 1 ..^^ ..v ri;uuiiil aggressions in South Carolina is concerned.? Hut may we not pause in reveior.ee and ad- | > miration before the vast movement built up ' by Southern genius and eb (juence, in defending and warning a persecuted section of the ' measured approach of despotism, and that ( too in the face of the frowns and blandish- ( ments of power ; and there were some who. ) braving tlie imprecations of the enemy, and ' the importunities of friends, persisted in performing their sacred duty t.) their section at [ all and every sacrifice. In obedience 10 in-;' structions I now present a certified copy of * " An Ordinance" to dissolve the union he- < I tween South Car >1 in i and other States, nni* ' ted wit.ii her under tlio compact entitled the 1 ' Constitution of the I nited States of Auier- 1 iea." I am also instructed to invite your co- 1 operation with Sout'i Carolina in the forma- !l tion of a Southern Co tiled .'racy, and to sub- i 1 mit the Federal Constitution as the basis of a 1 provisional government. That instrument, 1 with the Southern construction triven to it. 1 would bo safe until it or one could be dcliber- (, ately amcmlcd and perfected. The exigency ( requires for the present prompt and efficient v action, ami for this purpose I am instructed : In invito liAin- : - -- wi..n; hi inei-i iii eonvunuon at i s the earliest practicable day. Mr. ('. proceed- j ed to say tlmt before lie left Charleston, the [ Commissioners to the several States, in a meet- ] in?r, had determined to suggest the first Mon- ' ( day in February?the i>d. IIo said ho had heard Montgomery suggested, but was not an- | thori/.ed to say anything; on that point himself. ( Mr. Calhoun here presented the v irt and ; resolutions from the committee on *' Kela- t tions with tlie slaveholding States, providing j. for Commissioners to such States," and read ( the resolutions appended to the report, which j , he then submitted to the Convention. lie j also submitted " The address of the people of , South Carolina, assemble ! in Convention, to _ the people of the slaveholding St ates," and J then proceeded. That no better illustration . of the invidious approach and consummation , of despotism can be found in history, than ( il.? e ' y~* ' - - - tm: inuf^ros-s oi me uovernmentot tlio 1'iiitod States to consolidation and the usurpation of every vestige of State sovereignty. 10von , the mask that, covered its aggressions is now dropped, and it is m iking war and striking ] at independent States that warmed it into | life. He it so. The day of endurance is , past. Tlio Government of the United States ( will standout in history a mock and reproach . to every friend of freedom or fne institutions. ( We are in the midst of events, and enacting then, that will affect the condition not only of < ourselves but the world, foi ml or woe. In | South Carolina we feel the iusiiccof our causa < ?wo will defend our Statu to the Inst cxtrem- j ity, be the consequences what they may. A j common enuse unites Alabama and South Carolina and the other Cotton States. An \ union at the earliest, day between them will guarantee success. We cannot b" conquered ; , but united, we will hurl defia: ? at our as- , ; sailants. The Hag of independenc i and rests- , tancc is unfurled in my State from the nioun- ( tains to the seaboard. Old and ycung rally ( to its standard with the determination, if the | attempt is made to coerce us, that we will " dio freemen rather than live slaves." I | SbWAHD'8 Sl'KKCll on tiik Cuihik.?The j ' xr. xt t >' ? - ' new yorK iir.rnli/, speaking of the Intel spcenh ?P S^w;'rJ, s-iys : < Kpi.'eeh of Mr. Seward, delivered in ! theconah yesterday, on this great erbi^of Union or dissolution, pecee or war, is before our rend en. Wo might properly apply*! ) it ' the old fable of i. > mountain in labor, were ' it n^t that. tliis 1 I cry discloses something (, more formidable th in the mouse. With nil 1 it soft anil silky expressions of forbearance, 1 patience, concili itioHi nnd coin promise, wo ' apprehend that t'lii .speech close* the door of reconciliation, and proclaims coercion as the , deliberately olios nj policy of the President i cloct. Lincoln." Tennewee Gov. Harris' .Message cxcreiscs the New j York Herald as follows : Wo have now to consider tho ease of the ! important State of Tennessee, tho last of the ' Southern Stat Up to tho present juncture, j that State has Leon regarded as tho most con- J icrvative State in the Union. Mr. Hell, the ( embodiment of the Union sentiment at the 1 -M>uth in the late Presidential election, haila ] from Tennessee. Rut what is the condition >f that State now ? The answer will bo bund in the calm, dignified and powerful nessage of her Governor to the Legislature, low in extra session, which we print in anoth:r part of this day's llerald. In this argulicututivc but determined document, which ve commend to the perusal of every Northern nan, the Republican party, unless they are itruck with what the puritans would call "julicial blindness," must see in large and legi- j )lc characters the doom of the Union, unless lie most ample concessions tire uuido to the Icniands of justice. For if Tennessee f;iil? he North, as a rallying point for the Union, rhere else in the South is she to look for help | >r hope'( Let any dispassionate Northern^ nan read the indictmcnt against the North- | ;rn States by the Governor of Tennessee, and hen say whether the South is not wronged md aggrieved, and whether, if her wrongs ire not redressed, she ought to remain in j l Union which is hut "the union of the shark with its prey?" As to the course Ten- j lessee means to pursue, if we are to take the j nessage of her Governor as any indication, | here cannot be a shadow of doubt, lie says ' to evade the issue forced upon them at this iine, without the fullest security for their igbts, would he fatal to the institution of ilavery forever." 11c " h:is no doubt as to ;hc necessity and propriety of calling a State Jonvcntion j" and a Convention will be callid, and the chances are one hundred to one hat that Contention will declare Tennessee >ut ot' tl?e Union. lie enumerates some excel- , ent oinen<linents to the Constitution as absontel)' necessary for the restoration of arnica- 1 >le relations, and on the part of the State con- j idenlly expresses its determination to "assert uid maintain its equality in the Union, or its ndcpcndcncG out of it." He likewise do- . lares that Tennessee will never submit toco* j icion by the Federal power of any seceding ^tate, for that would be "a Union not of con- ; icnt, but of force; a Union not of equals, ; nit of the victors and of the vanquished."? ; A id this is the unanimous resolve of all the ! Southern States. The military force of Tenjessee is 120,000 men, and the (Jovcrnor reiommonds the purchase of more arms and a j borough and efficient arming of the State. rni ? . *? . i - i ms message. is wie uiosi decisive and siglificant sign of this times wo have yet observed at the Smith. It shows (lint whatever [Jnion sentiment existed in the Southern States heretofore is now extinguished, and , hat the secession movement is sweeping all jefore it like an avalanche. The North vould not hclievc the South was in earnest , ill now it is almost too late to airest th? pro- , rress of the revolution. It contented itself vith denouncing the secessionists as traitors nid rebels, which only aceellerated their ae- ' i ion. George III. and liis ministers called he people of these St :t<\s, when they were , !olo:iies, rebels and traitors; but the dentinsiation did not stop their career. Had lie ridded to their iust demands and sho.l nn . tlnoil, lie mijrht have, preserved his provinces. ( f, before the end of the next month the i ijjhts of th" South nre not conceded, fifteen ( states will he lost to the Confederacy before i he 4th of March, and any attempt at coer- ] (ion will only hasten the catastrophe. Full ] ustice ti) the South, promptly rendered, or | he peaceable s j tr ition of fifteen States, and i he formation of a Southern Confederacy, or i he dreud alternative of a bloody civil war, j j re the only possible solutions of the dark i iroblem which agitates the whole American \ ?eople, from Passanunpioddy to the Hio , jrrandc. ! ( Mk. Si;\vaki>'s Si'KKCit.?The greatspeech 1 if Sewar l dot's not seem to satisfy anybody, t drives off the ultras of his own party, , , vhile, in reality, it concedes nothing. The iVashin^ton .SV/i.Vs, in a notice of the speech, , nys: _ I , " After an extensive prelude of fjenerali- , ies, the Senator avowed himself in favor of: i ' | .. .. 1 ..C -.11 - I l?i . ? * ? i in h-jiimi ui an |icr.suuai jiueriy inns coil- | ravening tho (institution. 2. As slavery 11 tho States ought to be le't to tho States, 10 is willing to amend tho Constitution so Nmgress can never abolish slavery in tho states. 3. While believing that Congress has iiiqucstionnble authority to legislate upon iluvery in the Territories, yet the exercise of hat power is to bo determined upon practical , grounds. 4. lie was willing to accept the impositions introduced by Senator Uice, naking two States of the existing Territories ?one Smith wild the other North of ilnc - " " ' >0 lain. f>. Ilo wis willing to make laws to irrest John Urown raids; and (>, wis in favor >f two Pacific railroids, one of which shall iniincct the ports around tlio months of tho Mississippi, and the other tho towns oi> 'he Missouri ami the L.ikos with the harbors on Hir western coasts. " When ccccntic movements of disunion lad coino to an end?when peace and harinoly shall have returned, and equanimity eignod in the public mind, then, and not till hen, would he ailvisc consultation as to what intendments were necessary to the national lrganie law. ' !Ic had confidcnco in the wisdom and virtue of the American people, and did not believe the hour hud como for the ru: of his great nation. " Few will s ?y that there was not con?olalion in the remarks of the Senator from New , Vork ; but we need more than consolation.? j Consolation is for tlie weak and the wretched, j VVre need what the strong always need?good [ idvice. That, to say the very most, Senator i Seward only suggested in a very timid and gingerly way. He did not j;ive it. lie j neither came up to the requirements of party sr patriotism. He did not please the views of j his own section. He did not please the \ views of national men. lie had courage duffieicnt not to be meanly .sectional, but llol sufficiently so <o be broadly national." .?. ? I Tuk Poor ok Nbw Vohk.?There is tcr-1 riblo destitution in Xow York. ' ft wi'l be ?eon by our police report}; that Ot'O poor people sought lodtriir.r in the .station-houses last nl.rht. Thousands arc suffering for the want >f f'ootl ami clothing ; many are dying?ac.hi- ' ft//*/ '/.'/'"'/ of' sfor/ifit <>n. We report another ; wis ' today. Meantime, preparations aro go-j ing on to make war on tno South because it I cannot recognize the blessing of negro Ofjtial-1 ty."?Ar. Y. Day Dooff * A IiiTTl.K f< llow one day nonpluwed his ( nother by making the following inquiry:?; ' Mother, i> a man i.s a mister, ain't a woman i \ mister/ ?" I - '... I'T'T " ".** * Carolinian!* The following description of Moiitli Oorolininns is taken from the correspondence of the New York Evening Post: " Tlicy nrc commonly tall, fiucdookiiiK men, th080 South Carolinians, generally with strongly-marked features, reticent in cxprcs- j sion, unequivocally resolute and earnest, often watchful. You see few violent, not many course faees among them, hardly any vulgar ones. They have mostly gooil foreheads; acquilinc noses arc decidedly in the majority : I am almost at a loss to recall a snub one.? j They incline to dark hair, sometimes worn rather long, exercising an ordinary American Intiturln with tn Knnril muafnoUn whiskers. I have noticed yory fine, winning, liazlo eyes among them, but will not venture to pronounce upon it as a specialty ; in conversation, the better class of tlicm look straight at you, a trait the historian of " Fred- 1 crick, the Second, called tho Ireat "?and of Friouiioh Wiihelm, his father? improves of. j Generally erect and well made, even when not j very muscular, seldom obese, sometimes spare, j I am inclined to think no better raw material for a soldier is extant than that centering on physical South Carolina. The old men have keen, gentlemanly, hightoned, often nervous faces. I noticed a mem- ; oerot the seceding convention on the evening of the memorable Thursday subsequent to the day of the occupation of Fort Sumter, con- I versing with a soldier of fortune, one of the many attracted hither by the event of the time and it-* opportunities. He was closely shaved, had grayish brown hair, a strongly marked, sensitive, eager, refined physiognomy. ; which might have appertained to any court of the Old World, and his nervous " Then we shall all be? slaves to the lil.ick lt"publicans!" ......i,i., 11,.r countenance, and tli.it of the placid, simpleminded planter?none the less expressive of strong convictions, upon which he is fully prepared to stake his life and property?are (lie two types of oM ago which at present en- I counter one in Charleston. Some of the young and middle-aged men I might sit for their portraits as the ideal of American manhood. There are, to be sure. among tlie former, occasional fragile figures and green-looking countenances foolishly aflame with tlio excitement of the hour, or hard-featured, uncultivated ones ; among the latter, men with eyes too near together, or ominously deep-set, and mouths that might easily look cruel 011 occasion, hut these, appear exceptional. Charleston generally offers favorable samples of Southern physiognomy. What is often claimed, sometimes not in the best of taste, by Southernors, ami as often ridiculed at the North, a superior sense of courtesy and refinement to the average of American society, has some foundation in fad. though I think the genuine qualities j confined to the few. and occasinally co oxi ?-| tent wiui giiaring inconsistencies, tor winen j the " peculiar institution " and its logical consequences liavc to answer. An educated South Carolinian is externally graver, gentler, j more scrupulous of observing the little nice- i ties of behavior than we of the North ; his conversation revenls less vulgarism, his English often displnyinjr what Mrs. Mulaprop designates " a nice derangements of epit het." j II <? 1KOC llrifllU'Wrn n?cnnlc If ! n"? '|UIVI11.I| . is a 1 together a loss complex and rather one- 1 sided person, therefore a more impracticable 1 duo to deal with when his prejudices are iroused. To a busy, money-loving Northerner, whose knocking about in the world has rendered him practically cosmopolitan, and has worn out any local attachments he may i liavo possessed, the intensity of preference I for his own particular State and section of j the country in the breast of a true Southerner j is something inconceivable. 1 lind I have i;tit n?i:n manni i.^ n? uii iraciui iMiL's ; nowovcr, us ono crcatcs the other, the transition is natural. Sclf-respootive and nther disposed to stand in his dignity, ineradically persuaded of his dwii superiority, proud <k his State nationality ind of South ('arolina'f reputation for rash courage, never distrusting the possibility of iii*i ui muim-ii uuiir.^ 111 tuv; wnm^, tin: ."soil 01 tlie Palmetto State seems to combine tbc home aflcctions of tbe Englishman, tbc clannishncss of tbe Irishman, the vindictive pnssions of tbe Italian. Extract from tbe Sermon of Dr. Iloyt, delivered in Louisville, Ky. thanksgiving*! ty : " It is not necessary that you should admit the right of secession. Von may regard it as \ ii revolution, but as a revolution accomplished. You may say, if you choose, that we do not admit that our constitution contemplated secession, and that we do not think the cotton States warranted in what they have done; but ns they have done it, we will ir>t permit them to be assailed. And is it not a revolution accomplished ? Does a revolution ever go backwards? Can force compel South Car olma to return .No ! the whole power of j the Federal Government is inadequate to the : task. She may be overrun by invading nrmies?her cities may be demolished, and her fields ravaged ; her churches nuiy be deserted to the moles and bats j her classic hulls may echo the hoot of the midnight owl ; her sons may perish on an hundred battle-fields ; her women and children and her old men may | fly from their burning dwellings?but she i can never be conquered?never, never ! The j same mountains that protected her soldiers in j the Revolution, still lift their majestic heads and stretch out their giant arms; the same trackless swamps that sheltered Marion (the ' Swamp Fox) and his men, still invite her brave defenders in the hour of defeat to seek 1 their friendly and secure hiding-places, l'our hundred thousand people, with the spirit, of '76 burning in their breasts, and believing themselves to be fighting for God's truth mid human rights, nre invincible by any force that may be sent against them. The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the- strong.? But should she fall like L?*onidas and t-hn Spartans, a second Tliennopylo will rival tho glories of the first. But sli.j will not fight her battles al> no. IIor sons, scattered thro' other lands, will fly to her stricken bosom liko olouds, and like doves to their windows ; her sister Southern States will rally to the rescue. Mokk Arms for Okoroia.?The steamer S'<'r nf flip South, which arrived here Sunday last, brought another consignment of arms and munitir.ns of war for the State, to the amount of some 37"),000. We hear that the arms consist of rifles and revolvers, of N<!W lOngland manufacture, and the most approved patterns.? S'tvnnnah Republican. Qitarrkt.s.- -Two tliiugd, well considered would prevent many quarrels. First, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms rather tliari thin'."}; and, secondly, to examine whether that on which we differ is worth contending about. It i l i f >i i ) h ?. , k I'M i i i i iii A Military Dictatorship.?The startling news comca from Washington that tlni " Republicans" have actually pronoun! a military dictatorship. Lovojoy, of Illinois, one of the most ultra of the party, has the bonot of opening the ball. The next step will bo a proposition for a king ! We have no doubt | but many of them are secretly in favor of it. J The lovo they bear to Kngland and her anti slavery feeling will urge tlicm on. They have evidently tieklod the vanity of that old granny (Jen. Seott with the idea of supreme J command. It is said he has been engaged for some time past in concentrating troops in Washington, preparatory, it is supposed, to this step. Wc call upon the President to send this old inibercile about his business.? Does he presume to act the despot, to poke his bayonets at the hearts of freemen? We arc astonished that Mr. liuchanan does not rid himself of his officious intermeddling.? If the President wishes to retain the respect of those who have stood by him during his entire administration, he should at once send Gen. Scott awav from Washington. The country will not submit to military dictatorship.? AV/r Yurie Day Hook. l'r.ori.K I'/VKiivwnr.uK IN Advantk OF IIui.KUS.?It is a remarkable fact in the history of political opinion in the United States, that the people have given shape and direction to public opinion in almost every part of the country. Whether the instinct of wrong in the masses has outrun the sagacity of their leaders and is a sniv.r roli.moe than the knowledge that education and a superior social position confers, will be solved by events now in p?u^iv;ofl t.?i tuiiMiilliiliiUUll. Governor.* and Legislatures arc by their hesitancy, it' not obstinacy, injuring the cnutfo of good government by compelling the peo pic to disregard the forms by vvhieh they liave restrained their own action. The Constitutions of the States, in prescribing certain preliminary formalities before Conventions of the people are called, intended to restrain such partial assemblages as may pivsMue to speak for tlio whole people, but. where the indications are tint to be mistaken t'.iat the popular voice demands expression, <!> vernors nn-1 i islatures who will not permit that voice to have utterance, violate their constitutional obligations. Ciovornor HieUs, of Maryland, is in this category, and is supplying an example that, may be the forerunner of that overthrow of legal forms that promises to he of fatal tendency. The people of Maryland will assemble in all probability in the omnipotence of their sovereignty. [Kcning AVioj. i uk ijowbst typk of iicmanitv.?wc tike tlio following cxtract from the article on " Barbarism and Civilization," in the At/antic Month/>/ ; Iii the interior of the island of Horneo there has been found a certain race of wild creatures, of which kindred varieties have been discovered in the lMiiUippiue Inlands, in Terra del Kueuo, and in Soni'; tii Africa. ,....11- ........11.. -l --- . ... i i. 11iv H.-.U.IIIV iiMinnti, ururt upon iwo legs, mid in tliat attitude measure about four foot in heijjhth; th"y uro dirk, wrinkled ami hairy; they construct no habitations, form no families, scarcely associate together. 8loop in trees or in caves, food on snakes ami vermin, on ants' ejr^s, on mice, and on each other ; they cannot he tamed, nor forced to any labor ; .. d they are hunted and shot anions the trees, I.ao the jireat irorill.is, of wliicli they area stunted copy. When they are captured alive, one finds, with surprise, that their uncouth jabbering sounds like articulate Ian gunge; they turn up a human face to gaze upon their captor; the females show instincts of modesty; and, in fine, these wretched beings are men. ITints kok Jamwuv.?Let saving be the watch word fur this month. Have the flesh i>f animals by attorning to their comfort; keep thorn wnr:n, sheltered and clean ; feed and water them regularly; give, wholesome food, and pure water ; keep stables clean and well ventilated; watch animals, and xupplv all wants, save fodder by good feeding racks ; never allow hay to be wasted in the mud ; racks save their cost every month ; feed often and in small quantities; shelter cattle from sweeping winds; shelter sheep fro n driving storms ; shelter swine in clean, warm beds.? Avoid the waste using wet wood ; fill the woodhouse for summer use; save chips and cobs for kindling, Protect trees from mice by trending snow about thoin. Subscribe for agricultural papers, and suggest the same to others. SlIK NKVKIt LhAVKM IflM.?Look fit the career of a man as lie pusses through tho world; at man, visited by misfortunes!? How often is lie left by his fellow-men to sink under the weight of his afflictions, unheeded and alone. One friend of his own sex forget* him, another abandons him, a third, perhaps, betrays him; hut woman, faithful woman, follows him in his afllictions with unshaken affection ; braves the changes of feeling, of his temper embittered by the disappointments o! the world, with the hicrhest of all virtue ; in resigned putiencc ministers to his wants, even when her nxv,. are hard anil pressing; she weeps with him, tear for tear, in his dis tresses, ami is the first to catch and rcllcct n ray of joy, should but one light up his countenance in the midst of his sufferings; and she never leaves him in his misery while there remains one act of love, dutv, or coin pission, to be performed. And at last, when life and sorrow end together, she follows him to the tomb with an ardor of flection .vhicli (]nath itself cannot destroy. A ModkFi Wir.r,.?The following is a cop) of a will left by a man who phone to be hi own lawyer :?" This, the last will and testa ment of mo, John Thomas; I give all 1113 | things to my relations, to be divided anion* them tho best way they can. N. B.?1 ; anybody kicks up n row, or makes any fuss about it, ho isn't to have anything Signed b} me, John Tiio.mas." T>o<? and LouiC.?A fat old gentlomai was bitten in the calf of his leg by a dog.? j Ifo at onco rushed to the office of tho justiei of the pcace, and preferred n complain against a joker in the neighborhood, whon he supposed to be the owner of the oflfondim cur. Tho following was tho defence oflcrc< o.i trial by tho wag : ? First.?By testimon in favor of tho goneral good character of m_ d<>g, I shall prove that nothing could ni:>k hiin-ro forgetful of his canine dignity ns l I bite a onlf. Second.?lie is blind and oan not see to bite. Third.?Kvcn if he roub 1 .see to bite, it would be utterly impossible f<> hi in to go out of his way to do ho, on im count of bin sovoro lamcnoas. Fourth.? Granting h'scyes and le^s to be good, ho ha t no Uxth. Fifth.?M v dog died six week ago. Sixth.?1 never had a dog 1 ?. ' Hu who acts greatly is truly great. ** n TIIK Luxury of Liukuty.?Jlosom jfl I friend: Well, dear, now thnt you are a 3 . widow, tell mo are you any the happier.for it ? 9 i ?Intrvesliny tct'fow : Oh! no: liut.I have my freedom, aud that's a fjreat comfort. Po i j you know, my dear, I had an onion yesterday | "for tho first time theso fourteen yeaiisr. A Perkkct Man.?The man deserving ; the name is one whoso thoughts nnd excri tions nre for others, rather than for himself; I whoso high purpose is adopted on just prin| ciples, nnd never abandoned while heaven or i earth affords means of accomplishing it. lie is one who will neither seek an indirect advantage by a speeious word, nor take an evil path to secure a real good purpose. Such a man were one for whom a woman's heart should beat constantly while he breathes, and break when he dies. " . " ? ; Ik you :iro looking at. a picture, you try to rive it thcadvinta<;e of a good 1 i?t. l>e as courteous to your fellow-ojfyiturea as you arc to a picturc. A I.aha ma Kinfolia oonk to tiik waIIS. ?Shorter, of the Montgomery Advertiser, Whitfield of the Mail, Say re of the Tuckered Republican, and Kcizcr of the Democrat, huvd I all jjjune to l'cusacola, to help Florida. Enjoy the blessings of this day, if fjod I send thcm, and the evil of it bear patiently j for this day only is ours?we are dead to yesterday, and we are not horn to the morrow. L.vdiks please be sweet, but don't bo fc/rmal. 15o roses, but don't be primroses. j How to pitkskitvk IIkai.tii.?Medicine will never remedy bid habits. Induli ?jenee of the appetite, iudiseriminatiui; dosing 'ind drujjirin^, have ruined the health j mid dertri>ycd the lives of more persons than ; famine or pcstilence. If you will take advice, you will become regular in your habits, oat and drink only whulesonio tiling, retire and rise very regularly. Make a free use of water to purify tho skin ; an I when sick, take counsel of tin; hist practical man you know, ' and follow uaturo. Do all in your p ever t > teach your children self-uovcrirnent. If a child is passionate, touch him by gentle means to curb his i temper. If lie is sulky, charm him out of it by (rank <*ood-humor. If indolent, iimw. tout liim to exertion, and train liim so as to ; perform even onerous duties with ?li?crity.? If pride comes in to make ohcdience reluc1 taut, sulidue him by counsel or discipline. In | short "fiveyour ehiidren'the habit of overeom'inii tlu'ir best ttii*_?r sins. wji? wimn III reM-aumtfTwr^uwr.ii IU 'MIIJ-IUJUIUMH J. W. NOltltlH, .IK. *1. N\ . II A It It I HON. /,. C. I'l'I.I.I AM. XOllltlS. IIAKHISIKN' ^ PULMAM. Altoi'iscy* at AND S 0 1.1 (M I' (> It 8 IN K Q U I T V, attend promptly to u'.l business eii'rn.-tcd I 'i iii uieir cure. Ai it. l'r I. I.I AM can u'. wiivH he ! fouml in (lie Otlicc. . (UTICK AT TICK HNS II., S. 0. Sept. li, IS/>li 0 If Law Nctico. i 'iMIK undersigned luivo IomiiciI a pnrlm r.ulii|< in 1 ilie pruelice of I.uw ami l>|iiity fur Pickens I>?stiirt. Mr. Maiiiiks may lie consulted tit liis nilice in I'ickens ami .Mr. Or.it nl Amlcvsoii. J A M KS L. (Iltlt, W. M. 1IADDKN. IMckenw <". H. M?y 10. 1WMI 4-2 if \V. K. KASI.KV ISAAC WICKI.IKKK E AS LEY & V/ICKLIFFE, Attorney* stt Lew. ii11oixl pun-. iiiully to nil InidueHS eni ? trusted to their care' in the Districts comprising tho Western Circuit. ! OFFH'15 AT IMCKKNK C. II., S. ?\ S-.pt 2ft. i s.v> 13 tf ' TIIK STATU OK kputm CAU<>LIN A. IN URI?;N \UY?eicutNH. I Win. Sheiard, Adm'r ) vs Pvt. for application of funds. 1 | John Green & others, j IT appearing to my satisfaction that John Green. Samuel li'cen. .lames lirn'ii .Inoi.w liuvi? nt..l i wife Chiri-isu, Martini llanlin, ltilry and i wife Siirnli, Win. Green, defendants in this ense, | ! rettide without the limith of this .Slate; li if orJ dercd. therefore. tint the snid absent defendants j do it|>)>earin the Ordinary s OHice, at I'ickenu I'. 11., on Monday the llili day of March next, to shew cause, if any they can, why the fund nrisinjj from the sale (if the Ileal I'.-tate of John ; (ireen. decease.I. slum).I ii?i lm .. i-,i.ll?.t i^ !.?? - - t ? I'..* ,v I p.iym.mt ot tlie detits of said deeciifu-d. W. H. HOLCOMltK, o.i'.n. l)oo. 1800 Jtin . I GREEN V!LLK WARBLE YARI). i snbseriher lias on hand and i; constant , I 1 ly roceiving a lar^e and varied assortment of , I America!} and Italian Marble, ' To which lie would rail the attention of thosein ! want of a suitable Monument to mark the spot | where repose the remains of their departed relj atives and friends. Carving and lettering of i all kinds neatly and promptly executed. J5?2PT'artienlar attention paid to orders l>v mail j A NIKS M. AM/KN. f!reonville C. II., S. (J.. IV1, I'Z 31-tf N. B. lie refers to l)(? Wostlield. Gower.Cox, '. Markly it Co.. I)r. M B F.arle, W M Watson, | Ksq.. Col n Moke. H McKay, K^i|. , THIS STAT!', OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I'K'KI'NA' IN OHDINAKY. ! .lamps Koirers. Adia'r. 1 I w . . i roltflon for final settle1 ! Edward Honors, et.nl. ) l"<n'' IT Appearing to my satisfaction that Tcniperanco McWhorler. John MoWhniier. Hugh lingers, ! | Prudence Drennnn, Kllender llobinson.nn;! the heir* . n( law of John Rogers, deceased, (names nnd nuni: IH>c unknown,) defendants in this case, reside without the limits of this State: It is ordered, there1 fore, that the said absent defendants do appear in i | the Court of Ordinary, to he hidden at Pickens Cj 11., on Friday the fttli day of February next, to shew ; cause, if any they can, w'ny a final settlement of ' j the Kstato of .lames Rogers, senior, deceased, ' should not bo made on tlial day, and a decree had thereon ; albO, to render their advancements, Ami receive their distributive shares in said Kstole. ' W. K. HOI.COM HFi, o.p.n. ' Ordinary's Office. Oct 29, 18tlO 8m [ STATE OF SOUTH OAROUNX in rnjriTY?rit'KKS*. ' W. S. & T. 1\ Williams ) va V Petition for Relief, Sic. (leo. VT. McKinney, ct.al.s.' j 1 IT appearing to my satisfaction Hint fleorge W. 1 McKinney, one of tho defendants in this chhc, B resides without the limits of this Stale: On mo^ - tion of Norton, pro pet: It is ordered that tho , saiil absent defendant do appear in this Court, and 1 i plead, answer or demur to tho petition filed in ' ! this ouso, within three months from the (Into 1 ' tw.w.M' ? u ?-:n ?? ' v.w., ?. ....I cic innrii titq covjfH*o n? lo 11iiii. ? 1 roij't. a. thompson, c.k.imi. ' j Pot .20, 1HIW) la ,1m 13 of SonClt ( ai'o.iiu, f> j in ouniNAiiv:?citation. ? V XM'KUKAS. lament Urn#mmi Imtli nppliod to | i ? inn tor letter* of adiiiitiiMtrniion u i and singular tho personal entnto ol? (Wlieb 1 dcoeiuicd, Into of the District of lMckonS and '* I nforenaid: Tlickin lied niul creditors of Hni<i'Qp - cftftxpd. nre. therefore, oitcd to appear before r?!nt' H riok'ensO. II. on Moitdny tho 28th day of J miliary, s to show if imy tliry cmi, why jaid letters should not 1)#^mntcd. Given under niy hand and uuul thin Ttli January, 18t?l. w k. iioj.comrf,. o.p.d, I I