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BY HOli'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. l'ICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JIAWII 30, 1801.* VOI,. XII NO. 31." 1
?mDOIIjxJ AL POETRY.
Respectfully dedicated to Mrs. M. A. C- S.? ;
of Florida.
Bright be tlic huh hh it bciinic on lliy way,
And soft be the zephyrs tlint ftroynd thee cloth piny,
Sweet be the odors which thou dobt inliule, I
Aud smooth l e thy pathway through life's lonely
vulo.
\ He gentle the brcoxc thnt o'er Ihcc slinlt blow,
And smiling the moonbeams that nround tliec glow,
l$o mild the blue sky nhovo thy fair head,
And green the soft herbage beneath thy light trend
Kind be the friends which around thee are found,
And strong be the friendship by which they arc
bound,
At.1.1 in. ihu 1 i
?? "V 'I Vv,<> ""lK
And sweet lie the blossoms aronnd thy fair bower.
The hand of kindness gently caress tliee,
And love, with his favors, smile on anil bless tliee,
May nieekneJS nitend thee, abroad or at home,
Anil piety guiilo tliee where'er thou tlost roam.
May the blessings of heaven unnumbered be thine,
Ami I lie gills of the (iraces around tiicc entwine, j
May the pure of the earth claim tlice us their 1
frl jnd,
Aud tlu smile of the highest thy pathway Attend. '
G. A. J.
Augusta. fla., March Bill. 1801.
O QMMU ^ JO AT3 om.
FOll Tin: KKllWKK COIHUKU.
Sketch^ of Lifo in South Carolina.
NUMJJKIt KI.LVKX.
At daylight in the niorning (in Charleston)
they beat what is called the " reveille."
on the drum, and the guard give up their
watch until night again conies round. The
pufdcs for the v.u!urcd portion of the pnpula- !
tion nrc no lougi c needed by d.ay!ij_iit, and all
arc free alike to conic and go through the 1
ifrnnJj no !*<% ? ??? ? ?? ?? - * 11 1 '
no inn |J1VU9U. ivillji Sllt'Cl, I>llll(jll>;ll
reallj a very narrow way. is the Uroadway of
Charleston : th;.t is io say, it is in that
Htroet whira the ladies do almost all their
shopping, that most important and neccssary
occupation, without which (the men say)
these better halves of creation could scarccly
exist.. i>esujcs tnc conveniences afforded for I
shopping, Kingstrcet is the fashionable promenade
where all go, who either need exercise,
combined with amusement, or who wish to see
and be seen. And mo row us the street is,
and densely lined with retail stores of all
kinds and descriptions, yet it frequently presents
on a bright, frosty winter's morning, or
on a soft, balmy summer's afternoon, a very
gay and brilliant appearance. The beauty of
the ladies dresses, not to mention that of the
ladies themselves, the bright colors of their
velvets, sil!;s and feathers in which they are
tuuijru, uiL'ir merry little children, the <r.'iy
equipages passing to ami fro, drawn often by
splendid horses, all thin taken together presents,
us wo have said, a very imposing and
brilliant appearance to the mere looker uii,
and especially to one unaccustomed to such
sights. There is really a good deal to amuse
one, in a walk up t>n one side of this street,
and down again on the other, the splendid
jewelry stores, especially when lighted by gas
at night, the en{?ra\iiigs, most beautiful ones,
exhibited in t!ic wimhws of tl.c book stores,
ne lovely china ar.d ;.!..ss, the piles of West
India fruit, pine-apples, b>nauas, oranges,
lemons, <?c. <\;e., the birds of all kinds, par
row included, which politely ask you jiow
nro you?" mid "what o'clock is it?" and end
l?y informing you (hut "you lio ! ' All tliose,
and far nunc tlnn we can possibly describe,
render a stroll in Iving street, diverting even
to those who arc " to the. manor born," but
of Course still mora to tho etranger tVom the
country, to whom all this is more or loss a
novelty. Wo remember seeing very often a
large and beautiful specimen of t!ie St. Bernard
dug, which noble animal w;is owned by
a jeweler who resided in this street he was
as thick around tho body as the New Foundl.ind
dog, but stood much higher on his legs, j
his hair was not curly like the Ncwfoundl ml,
but as straight as it could be. Whilst looking '
at hi in. one ennhl vnr? ?< - '
, .J .uwgliro III?: !
scones ho often described (is having occurred i
on tlic mountain of St. liernavd, in (lie Alps. 1
whence this breed of dogs derive tluir name |
*'Iu tho mind's eye," wo could sec this magnilucnt
animal searching through ihc vast and
dreary waste of snow for some poor, desolate
nnd nearly frozen wanderer; and then, having
hy the mysterious power of the instinct
implanted within him hy his Great Creator,
tracked and found the poor traveller, he returns
and contrives to let the Mo.irts at the
Convent know that there is some one perishing
in the snow. We should have said tlu.ft i
the dog first presents to the traveller (if ho is i
able to make use of it) a flask of brandy, I
which the monks have tied around his neck, i
Those charit ible priests follow on t<> the place :
(led hy this sensiblo and noble nnimuh where 1
(ho "K??t i? found/' niicl convey tho suffering,
perilling man to their Convent, and hy timely
and judiciously administered warmth nud
food, tlio uioana, (under God) along with the
friendly, dog, of R iving his life. Theso semes
so often doscribcd flitted rapidly through our '
mind, while regarding with, ml mi ration this j
magnificent annual, how truly is the dog cull- j
ed " the friond of inuu j" tho Newfoundland
dog luves man perishing in tho water or by j
sharks, tho St. Jiernnrd dog saves him from ;
peri.thing iu tho snow. Wo remember nl?o
sooing about this tiuio in King strtet, ? very 1
pretty and interesting sight. A little girl
? was threatened by consumption .with an curly
death, alio w.w not moro than six years ohl, j i
' and her father's only ohild, and hia iilol, her : ;
i mothor being dead; the physicians ordcied her ',
to tako constant and daily exercise on horso- \
back, avoiding, however, all fatigue. I for
father bought Iter a beautiful little ohesnut
pony, and had him thoroughly broken and j
trained, to suit his delicate and precious littlo I
mistress. Every day the little lady, nceom- j
pauicd by her father, might be scon riding up
and down King street, on her little ehesnut J
pony. It was in the summer time, and every :
afternoon the father and daughter would stop
at n eonfectioncr's and send in for ice creams,
the little pony would put its two fore feet on I
n stepping-stone, and the little <rirl would eat
her iee creams ns composedly, sitting on its
back, as if she were in her father's parlor, at
home. This little girl, in her novel position,
was at that time a daily and interesting sight
on King street.
Meeting and Broad t-.re wide and handsome
streets, the former extends on the north side
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v% x.??j vut. ii\\i iiiu VJUUIIU V. X lll'SC TWO
streets are remarkably clean, and together
with tbe lotteries on the extreme south and
east boundaries of tbe city, (on the edge of
tbe waters of the harbor) form a very pleasant
drive about the streets within tbe city.
On the north, outside the boundaries, the
plank road takes you out among the lovely
and romantic little farms which thickly border
the outskirts of the city. The drives are
numerous and extremely beautiful in this di- |
rection, especially towards Magnolia Come
tery, and the ccKbiated lk'lvidcro Farm, i
1 his Cemetery has been only established a I
few years ago, and it was in opposition to nu- I
mcrous old and firmly grounded prejudices
that it was established at all. The inhabitants
of tbe city could not bear to give up
burying their beloved dead in their old sacred
inclosure8v where lay (lie ashes of tlieir ancestors
?n<] kindred who had pone before. But
when it mine (as it did at hist) to depositing
a newly buried person in an old grave, they
raw the necessity of forming a new burying
jEcuuiid, they felt that it was time to make a
change, and Magnolia Cemetery wns chosen.
There arc a good mn\iy family vaults and several
handsome monuments there, and it is des
tiiuu ^vi: imagine; io roiiow on niter the pat- '
tern of Laurel Hi!! and Mount Auburn nt the j
North. The environs of Charleston have an]
advantage, not easily found elsewhere, in the
magnificent live-oaks, fe.-tooned by the long
tendrils of the vcner.ible lookincr prey tnops.
CorrespondenceNkw
VoltK, February 13, 1SG1.
Mr. Clemens?;Pear Sir: I have just !
read, with ttainful inli rest vmir .?<' il,?
2d, addressed to Dr. L'orland, and I regret
exceedingly that go staunch a friend of the
Union as you were a short time ago, should
so readily yield to the Secessionists; thus arraying
yourself gainst the bravo and loyal
men at the North, ss ho arc opposing the ilepublicau
Party. Suppose tho lenders of that
are obstinate, and show no evident sign of
compromise? Is not this all brought about
by n fear on their part, that tho party may be
broken down even before it can gain access to
power : Vou, certainly, ought to know that
this is true. The Republicans arc in power
in most of tlie Northern Sink's, iniil they do |
not appear willing to allow the people a I
chance to vote on comptomises, that will cor- !
tainly destroy their parly platform, until the
regular time for holding election. So far as
elections have taken ph.ee, there has appeared
a iii:.nifcst renction ; and this would have
appeared more manifest still but for the illegal
and violent action of the cotton States.
This has checked the compromise spirit of
many true Democrats, who would have at
all times met the South with an honorable i
compromise.
Sslhf*^ Hiiiwrc liotfrt -1 a! - ---
.... .V IjlllUVCK IIDWII IIIC ECHO* 1
lion lias revived, and it time can only l?c giv- j
en the people at the North will respond to the j
border States. I am assured that, Connecti- |
cut, at the April election, will show a complete
reaction. In New Hampshire, the Democracy
is dcmoral zed as at Charleston and
ll iitiu.ore, and arc running i\vo and thro?> candidates
against their opponents who are united.
Now 1 l op*! you will not nsoyour influence
to arrest all further action towards a reconstruction,
but aid us still in holding up
the noblest government on Earth, and one
that has not oppressed the people in any sense.
A Southern Confederacy, can offer no bitter,
and it does seem to bo arrant madness to shut
,.11 ,i.,. ?i. ? > iii
.... VOU Uii nii\:if in 1/ uun:u It".HI lO MliMl tl
((.inanimation.
It' tlm Southern States desire peace they
esui have it, but they can not maintain it by
united violence, which will surely begot armed
opposition. Now, let us drown passion
and follow our better judgment, and in the
end ull will come ripht.
Hindi this be, or shall wo po forward to a
worse result i* Your friend.
iSaMUKI, It. 0(1 DKN.
J*. S.?Every indication, at home nnd
ubroad, go to .show that the Southern people
havo struck n blow at their interest, which it
will take years to remove.
IIuNTHviu.k, Ala., Feb. 10, 1801.
Dear Sir: Vour letter of the 13th instant, 1
was received on yesterday Written, as I am '
s'ure it was, from the hot motives, itdeimmds
of me u kind and respectful answer.
Vuu say rightly that I was, a short time
since, n i>tn'inch friend of the Union, and yon
might have -dded that 1 am yet the friend of
the Union which.our fathers formed, and
would cheerfully lay down my life to mako it
eternal. Looking at the subject from differcnt
fstand points, it is natural that it should
present a different appearance to you and to
mo. You see only tlio evils of disunion, and
forget that thorc ure wrongs to which submission
is infamy. You do not feci those w.'ings,
anJ, thorcforo, treat them lightly. Thoplunil
< ' * *
uui 111 viiu jiumic Treasury ih your gum, since 1
it orcutos a necessity for higher duties. I'or- '
sonul liberty bills do not cflect you, and tho *
scornful refusal of Northern Guvcrouiontii to 1
surrender ?riminala indietcd uitder the laws n
t>i the Southern States, awalcODft in your bo- c
8om no feeling of resentment. The appro- v
priution of all the territory acquired by the v
blood; and tho common Treasure, to
scctional uses, would wear a very different as- |
pectif it was your section tliat was robbed,
instead of ours. Yon would not have made
a martyr, and a saint of a midnight murder- |
er and liouse burner, it the threater of his i
exploits had been upon Northern toil. You I
would not defy a despicable demagogue like !
Seward, if his irrepressible conflict, doctrine .
had been preached to i*. el<?ss of laborers in
j-uur miust, nor wouia any people nut hopelessly
embittered against us, Imve greeted with
rounds of applause, the declaration of Wendull
i'liillips, that tin: mum; of a St. Domingo
negro deserves to he written high above
that of Washington on lie roll of fame.
1 know your answer will be, that these arc
not the sentiments of the jwjjIc ot the North. :
L have given tho same answer for you again
and again. I believed it for years?1 wish 1 |
could believe it yet. But. 1 cannot shut my j
eyes to the fact, that those who preach these ;
tilings arc precisely those whom your people '
l v i . i ii i .
uui^ui iu iiuuur. x wancu aim uopeu lortne
dawn of a better day, until l\c>po implied self- I
stupilieation. The "regular time for holding |
elections" lias come and gone many times J
since this agitation began. Kacli time wo
were promised that Abolition fanatics would
be swept away by the blasts of popular indignation,
and each time we have seen them
grow stronger and stronger. Wo have allowed
the people of the North "a chance to vote,"
not once but often, and every time that chance
was allowed them, they have exhibited a
growing fondness for the worst men, and the
worst doctrines with which your section of
the Confederacy is cursed. And now we are
asked to submit quietly to the election of a J
man whose nomination was made in open insult
to our feelings?whose principles arc
avowedly hostile to our institutions, and whose
friends, from the day of It is election, have j
manifested no feeling hut that of bitter
and uncompromising enmity, *vhile even you |
can ofTer us no hope of reaction anywhere ex- I
ccpt in the little {State of Connecticut. Par- |
don mo for saying that the degradation to I
which you invite me is too deep to bo accept- J
ed for the little good that it promises to bring j
forth.
You express the hope that T will not use |
my influence to prevent a reconstruction. It |
is one of the misfortunes of the times that the
good men of the North do not seem to understand
their own people, or ours. The work
of reconstruction must be begun and carried
on by you, and not by us. Wo have been
reluctantly driven to disunion as the only refuge
from slavery. If you want us back
again, the first thing to be done, is to remove
all just causes of complaint, and dissipate all
well founded apprehensions of future aggression.
You must observe the laws ; establish
justice, and manifest a determination to respect
all our constitutional rights. Until this
is done, it is childish to talk of reconstruction.
You cannot expect us to enter into a
new partnership while the wrongs and insults
?r 11. . ..I i <
in iin: uiu one mo unreurosscu, s>11d 110 provision
is made against their recurrence. Ami
now, sir, let ine ask you in nil candor, do you
believe it possible tlnit we can obtain either
redress for the past, or security for (be future?
J)o not answer me by the poor sub-j
terfuge, that a Democrat will be elected in |
(Connecticut, and another mitjht be in New!
Hampshire, if the Democracy irerc not <lcmoru/iznt.
I know, and you ought to know,
that the Democracy have furnished the main
pillars of the abolition Church. 1 do not
care to know, therefore, whether the (lover
_. I* / 1 - * > * "
inii in v oniiceiicui claims to be a Uemoerat or j
\\ liiThat wliicli I wish to know is, will 1
this slavery agitation be allowed to eca&e?
Can I travel tlmugh the State of New Voik
with my servant, without his being stolen
from me? Can 1 go to Ohio to recapture a
slave, without being sued and held to bail 011
account for work and labor done during the
time he was held as my property under the
laws of my State ? Can 1 go anywhere at tin:
North without being obstructed in the ] urw.,;?
..f ..... ?...w. 1 i . >
..uiv wi m y wuaioi11HIli'iiui n^in^ ; >> ill ;111v
Northern Governor flurrender a felon who has
deprived me of my property ?' Until you can
convince and answer these questions to my
satisfaction neither my voice or my vote shall
ever bo given for u reconstruction of the
I'uion. 1 have hoard others say, and possibly
you may fi.iy, that all those matters will be
righted, if wo will only give you time. Very
wall, take as much time as you plg-'se. We
do not prop se to limit you at all in that matter,
but we intend to remain out of the part
nersltip until it is done. It is your business,
go to work and do it. After it is finished,
you will lie in a condition to make propositions,
and we can listen to tlicin without dishonor.
In the meantime, as a precaution
against the possible failure of your efforts, we
will go on to build up such a government as
will bo sufficient for the protection of our
rights.
There is another clause of your letter which
I must not pass over unnoticed. You say
" If the Southern States desire peace they
can have it, but they cannot maiut tin it by
armed violence, which will surely boget armsd
opposition." We do desire peace, but we
ire not willing to purchase it nt the sacrifice
>f our manhood; and threats of coercion will
not frighten us into quiescence. We have
seen guilty of no violence?we have armed
mraolvcs as it. becomes i\ free people to do
when their liberties are endangered, and liavo
prepared to weloomo all invaders in s'rict ao
:ovdanoo with thoiulvicc of n Northern st-.tpsnan?with
bloody hand* to hospitable graves.
S'o collision will lul<o place unices you bring
t about, but you must dismiss from your
nindu tho idea of holding forts upon our toritory,
or collecting rovenun olF our sea ports.
?ooco or war is entirely at your option. We
lave no demands to mnke-*-wo pr< pose no inerferenco
with your rights, and no curtailncnt
of your privileges, unk*> you esteem it
\ privilege to rob and enslave us, but wo
laiiu thfl right of deciding for ourselves
irhat auiQunts to hostilities on your part, and
vill act accordingly.
It pains mo to observe in the whole tone of
your letter a f-pirit of fault-finding, which is
it bad nupury foi tlic future. You seem to
tftink that you have something to complain
of. You overlook the wrougs and outrages
ot' which you have hecu guilty, and murmur
at our preparations fur defence. It is the
wolf charging the lamh with muddying the
Htream when it was drinking helow him. It
will he well for you if tlie simile cuds here,
il... t 1 ?' ? : ' ^ ?
v. >uv iii 111 ur> vpi Him lauuiae arc provided
with deadly fangs, unci .".ro troubled with no
scruples against using thein mi self-defence.
1 n conclusion, permit nic to add, that, if
you would rebuild the U'luplo of '70, you
nnwt bogiti?hy "replacing the foundation stones
which were fashioned by the 111c i< ol' the revolution?establish
justice?promote domestic
tranquility, instead of disturbing it. and shape
your polity so ss to advance the general welfare,
instead o? the interest of a section Ho
?>.: i .. .. - .1 - . i i ? -
hiid, iiiiu >>>u ueeu noi <ii 1111tnut :t11 ot our
duties will be discharged, ;.nd our obligations
redeemed.
Very truly mid respectfully,
Yours, &C.,
Jl.KK. Cl.KMr.N3.
To Samuel 11. O^d' n, New York.
The Striking Views of the London Times
Tlio London Times says that (lie Southern
Confederacy is ' no longer :i fchcn.e, but a
[fact." It continues : " '1 lie luited States
of America arc nut in existent e. A free and
slave Republic occupy their place and stand
side by side, destim d to be; rivals, perhaps enemies,
while a third Republic, or confederation
of Republics, to the West of the Rocky
Mountains, on the fertile shores of the I'aci!io,
is certain to assort its independence at no
distant date, to form the ncuclus of another
nmvnH'i.l "
I -..(-..v.
The Titmspeaks of tin- unyi< Idiug liruiness
with which tlie cotton .States have pursued
their sehento of iudepciideuce, uud of
the North " exhibiting itself as a time server
and triunncr," mid of bein;* foolish enough
to press 1* rward a protective tarili, in face of
the strong! y avowed predilections of the J^outh
lor tree Initio. To prate ul out the old exploded
fallicies of protectionism iit a time like
tlmt was to io.itate tins ui;h1ho;s or tin- inst?lence
of Nero, j\nd to Uddlc while Koine was
burning."
Tlic T< 'mi's says, "if I'm re be :>ny statesmanship
in (lie North, or in the Mouth, the
dissolution of the I * 11 ion will be treated as an
accomplished fact," and then proceeds as
follows :
" The 1 ct-l thing that c n be done is '.hot
which will be done, if North or Mouth have
any wisdom left to guide its counsels. As
the"I nion cannot he re established?and could
not continue it it wore?t!ic onty course K'ft
is to make tlie inevitable reparation as peaceful,
as equitable, and as bloodies as possible.
Neither the North nor the South can desire
civil war to settle their differences; and tin;
South wore, especially, in the existence of the
black taint of slavery, which has brought
about the catastrophe, has reasons far more
cogent than the North to deprecate the firing
of a gun, or the shedding of a drop of blood
in the conflict.
The Provisional Government of the South,
which has just been formed under the Presidency
of Mr. Jefferson Davis?whose name
has at last emerged out of the chaos sis the
Washington, or rather as the Calhoun, of the
new movement?-has but to declare to the
North, and to tho several States of Europe to
which it is about to accredit its ambassadors,
that it desires a peaceable separation, an
Ofl 11 t ill il<> /liiMol.vn !.-% *
v.. . i.-mi/ii Ul UK' I'IMII lllllll |)HI])l'l'iy,
as well as it fair share of debts and liabilities
of the defunct Union, to enlist upon its side
the good wi. lies of all sensible and ] ractical
men. The North has only to refuse the proposition,
and insist upon settling the dispute
by force of arms, to incur the disapprobation
of the world, and put itself out of the pale of
ordinary {sympathy, as utterly unror.fonnble
and impracticable. Slavery or no slavery, i.s
no longer the rpiestion. Tho ciuarre.l has outgrown
its original incentive, and the South,
strong cmTuuli to do as it rileasos. takes it*
stand upon its inherent right to retire from a
psirtnersliij> (lint has become intoWable."
It is unfortunate that the Ucpublicntis can
not reason so sensibly about a Hairs r.s important
to their vita! interest and their domestic
tranquility. as can a stranger whose interest
isonly that of a philosophic citizen of tlic world.
1"vt-:y reflecting mind not wrapped by party
rancor and j r indiee must feci the force of
these statesmanlike views.
[ /'/>i!a<lrfphia J\ Htisj/fvain'titi.
Ih'Moim) Division of Akkansas.?The i
Memphis Aval niche says *
iw..., 1 - ? ? ' * 1
if v. uwn tiwine, i*>i several uays, Oi
the decp-scated fooling ftmoi:?.et the delegates
from Southern and i??istern Arkansas. to divide
from the oilier portion of the State, if
the State does not separate from the dominion
of Abraham Lincoln. The proud spirits,
who know 110 such word in their vocabulary
as " vassalage," are bent upon relieving themselves
from any such degradation. The following
dispatch from Little Hock, received
yesterday afternoon, from n highly respectable
source, confirms the formidable existence of
sucli a purpose:
LiTiJ.B I?o-K, March 11, 1801.
To K. M. Apportion & Co. : Nothing done
yet. Propositions to form a new fiftiito of
Southern and Eastern Arkansas and West
Te.nnessco, with Memphis as tlio capital.?
Send this to Avalanche.
Snow?It is not often that tlie weather in
Charleston gi\us occasion to report a snow
storm, but such was tho enso on.the ivorning of
Tuesday.
Tho 0(dd chango began on Monday, and in
tho course of tho ovoning there were sumo vory
heavy showers. In the night the rain gave
place to sleet, an.I at an early hour of Tuesday
tho fmow bepan in earnest, and soon showed a
mantle of two inches. The lowest point tho
thermomoter reached was 31?
Wo apprehend unfa\orablo reports conccrninfr
itift finU niul l.n? " '? f..I 1 -
O K "W? i?;n\?o U? Pfliu Uft |
prompt accounts.? Charleston Cuitrur, 20f.'i. I
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V'
?, 111 1 '
1'rom the lliclunonri (V?.) l?xnini?cr.
Attempt to Debauch the Slave holding;
Provisoes.
The most alarming and dangerous symp'
toms of the times is the bold aud unblushing
determination of the Black Republicans to
corrupt, demorali/.o and debauch the slaveholding
provinces of the Northern Republic.
The batteries wlxich have been opi ned up- '
on slavery in Maryland, Kentucky and Mis- j
eouri were not masked for a single moment at
tor iiinconl's inauguration. The immensepatronage
of the (joverninent is to bo employed 1
to sap the foundation of the institution of
slavery. The prejudices, public opinion and
wishes of the "concjucred provinces' have
already been scornfully trampled upon in the
selection of those who are to till the highest I
offices within the gift of the present Aduiintration.
'J he" border slave States" will be
allowed tio voice in the distribution even of
the local offices which are to be Idled by Lincoln
and his Cabinet. Men whoso opinions
are loathed and abhoircd by the pe( ,>ic of the ,
States in which they reside have already been
singled out by Lincoln for the best ollices of i
the country. The submission ol" Maryland, ]
Kentucky and Missouri has not softened the!
fate of those unhappy States. Hates, Blair, .
ii..it i <i.~ I
I . .. ? .o, Jiivilf (IIIU V Iiroiuo VUIJ 111V/11 tliv; UK'M I
| 11 a trod of the whole male population of the
.Slates in question?have been, or are to he, j
rewarded themselves, and are to be allowed to j
distribute the smaller loaves and fishes among ;
their Black Republican followers.
There exists in the States of Missouri, 1
... I
Kentucky and Maryland, certain localities
where Black Republicanism exists in a sickly
and unhealthy condition. Whilst the States
in question are sound, these localities are. disI
eased. The pro slavery sentiment of the
States in question has never been t:;intcd by 1
these, ulcers. St. Louis, in Missouri, is one
of these plague-spots ; the (fistriet of Cassius
M. Clay, of Kentucky, is another; a portion
of Baltimore is similarly afllicted, and l'an
Handle, of Virginia, casts some two thousand
Black llcpublican votes. The representatives
of these infected districts are invariably odi- !
#.ii? f-> ..'i.w.t.-1.1 ?* ?i... -1- I
v\??; iv u i uvi^ ii IIIV< IIIIIIUI VUl liO i?I 111!" ,
of the States in which they live. Socially ,
and politically, they arc kept in the strictest
ami harshest Coventry. They are the small- I
pox patients of our legislative bodies, and arc
shunned as if they were lepers. There arc [
such men in Virginia as there arc in nearly '
all of the border States.
These political lepers, whose touch is eonti'.minatiou,
have been clothed inline linen bv I
Lincoln. They have boon put over the heads
of the true representatives of the States in
which they live.
Thus Lincoln has outraged Missouri by ta!
king out of that Black Republican Sodom,
' St. l.ouis, a noti d emancipationist, Dates, and
! placed him in his Cabinet. As this man was
I a candidate for the Presidency boVore the Chi- !
! cago Convention, and endorsed the platform
adopted by that body, his i.pj.ointment was
the grestest indignity which could have beeu
offered to Missouri.
Blair, of Maryland, a bold, fierce, unprincipled
Black Republican, a disciple of the
j (jri'cloy school, a man who could swallow, I
| without winking, the doctrines of Phillips j
' and (ikillings, an obscure fanatic, is entrusted
j as Postmaster (Icm ral without the work of defiling
and abolitioliizing the postal system of
the country. The wretch who is to appoint
Republican agents in every post-ofiicc of the
land, who are to scatter Abolition poison
throughout the border States, " represents
i" t: i' .1 ? mi
a'I ?* I ^ 1(1 I1U >11 I 41 11 L'U 111 A V illUIU'l. J III IV IS
a cool malignity about this insult to v. slave
State which language cannot dcscribo.
llcnry Winter Davis, who rose to the surface
in Baltimore when the seething cauldron
of Know Nothingism boiled over and deluged
that city with the most depraved and desperate
villains of modern times, is to get a foreign
appointment. This Judas's " thirty
pieces" are to be paid jn this currency, be- |
cause he betrayed his constituouts, turned
Black Republican, and when Baltimore had
become too hot for the base renegade, he is I
sent to cool himself in St. Petersburg.
The State of Kentucky has over and over j
as.in mobbed, burnt in effigy, repudiated that
hold and most rabid of Abolition fanatics,
Cassius M. (May. His veady bowie-knife has
alone saved him a hundred times from the
hands of infuriated mobs. The history of
Kentucky for ten years has been one loud,
long protest against this man and his doctrines.
Vet he is to be sent abroad as an
American Minister and to Spain! Wo
might go tfn for hours multiplying instances
of Lincoln's determination to degrade and
dishonor those slave States which have sub- I
milted to his rule: but thr? above pvntiir.lr.c: I
will sull'ico. It is obvious that ho intends
using Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky,
&e., fee., ns hot-houses for the growth
and cultivation of Abolitionism. The drooping,
unhealthy, diseased Klaok Republicanism
of the infected districts of those States is to
be made strong and vigorous by the profuse
expenditures of federal patronngo
The policy of the administration is more
than foreshadowed by the rewarding of these
Abolitionists. It stands forth boldly, clearly
and unmistakably revealed. The writing!
on the wnll which announces that it in Lincoln's
determination to expel sin very from die
States which have submitted to his rule,
needs no interpreter.
People of Virginia, with auch evidences of
the corrupting influences of Abolitionism before
you, can you remain the subjects of a
master whose aim is your dishonor and ruin ?
PltFRHINO WOUN'MS.?Nino tiinoK out of
ten, n wound will iioul quicker if done up in
it? own Wood, tbnn miy other wny. Ah for a
burn, wbntowr will oxcludo tlio air the quickest
in beat. (lotion will do this; so will oiled
silk, if stack down ftt the #cdge by Jiny kind
of stickingenlvc. I'ut nothing oil n bum to
lienl it. Nnture will Boon do tbrtt wbeu tbc
air is excluded, nnd tbc pain will ulmo^t immediately
cea.so.
I
Vice I'hk-iuknt Bitr.cKiNiuiXiK.?The nub*
joined dispatch from "NN'.1 slii11on shown tho position
of Mr. Breckinridge in relation totho
new Adinini?triitioii tit A\*A??l?in:
Washington, March IS.?Mr. Breekiuridejo.
in 11 p'peeeli to day, said the President. i|\ nta
inaugural. used general terms of conciliation ;
hut it becomes ns to inquire what kind of pericO'
vv are to have, and on what terms it can ho
maintained, lie feared the policy which tho
President deems proper to pursue must result
in bloodshed. Hit read from tin* inaugural toH
show tluit Mr. Lincoln will, hold tho f?.rt8 ami!
other property in tins Confederate .States, A i- ,*
to extend his power. A modilicntion of thi.-iB
policy would occur only from inability to
cute it. Tho administration should nddres.sB
themselves to tho issue. Tho only mode on H
earth to avoid a collision is fur ihent, witlioi'M
without tin' lulvico and consent of the Senate,*
to remove the troops from within the borders of
the Coiifcdorilto States. It will he a bold net, B
but one of a patriot ami-statesman, which all I
pood men will applaud and justify, and will ho 3
heralded from one end of the country to tho
other as the truot peace policy. If the I'resi- I
dent does this, opinions wiii i>o vaiious ; sumo
niiiv limtiil 1ilu> us i ..? .i? M
, ?u mi. V ?*? *? mill I lll^, UUV IIIU
majority will dcchuc liiin a patriot who%ref?scd
to bring "" his country the cahunitierf of civil
war. Mr. 11. paid the border Sratcs would have,
their rights, or Kentucky would turn Iter face ,
towards her Southern sisters.
Tudor Maorath.?The Charleston Coiirirr,
in noticing tlie appointment of lion. A. (>. Ma-*
prat I) to a scat on the Supremo lJench of the
Southern Confederacy, Fays:
"The appointment of .1 od^o Mngrntli ton
place on tlie " Supreme Bench " will he received
with cordial and emphatic, approval. We aru
aware that ho possesses traits and talents that
would make him honorably and conspicuously
useful in other fields of service, and his naino
has been mentioned by many friends in connection
with tlie Cabinet of Diplomatic service. It
is believed, indeed, that a most important appointment
in Diplomatic r presentation near a
loading Court of Kurope wa. at his command'.
awl, was even uracil on I>is aeccj>!anee. In the I
judioiary, however, ho lias borne his noblest
honors, mill wo could not well n!T..rd to bu-o dm
service of one so well qnnliliH to aid in coflfitrueting
and <lovidoping 11?o judiciary system
of the " Confederate States."
Nku Yi'KK, March 17.?A vessel is now bind- j
ing with big guns and atnuun;it:on for For'
Caswell, North Carolina, and within <110 week
a strong ibive of regular tro?^* will be sent tosnob
posts in tlie South ns arc not yet in the
hands of the people. The orders of those troops
\ - A * *%
win uu u< insist at nil liaznrds any attempt nc a
seizure of the reinnining forts l?y tlie St.-tf in-,
thorities. It is further designed by the Government,
acting under the atlviec o( Gen. Scott and
(ion. Tot ton. to garrison and provision the (bits
in Yi .in and North Carolina for o?<< tj< o.i s
sirr/c.
Norfolk has been determined on as tl.eNoniiein
poin( (I'apjrui, or s'.MCoast buse of operations
against the Coiifederato States. Key West will
bo the rendezvous from v.hieh the usual l<>nes
will inenaco the gulf coast. Tin: basis fur hind
operations has not yet been determined on, but
it is confidently supposed that Washington will
be th&XoYthern point, and St. bonis i b?
western. Fort Pickens i.s now engaging t!io
attention of (ien. Scott. A strong reinforcement
will be sent there forthwith.
Thk Hi.'Sil FOR Offick.?The following
will give our renders an idea of the character
of the Black Republican parly, and will no
doubt remind them of the scenes enacted at,
Albany, New York, when the same party got
possession of the government of that State :
A PlCTCHK HY A liKFlUl.lUAN HANI).
The following is the picture of uflicC'ltoeking
presented by the Washington corrc.-pondeut
of the Philadelphia J\orlh Avirrici;)) :
" The multitude that at this moment
thrones the avenues of the Capitol and of the
lobbies of Willard's Hotel ean be compared
to nothing else but a croud tf Imiiyri/
Ija ?*?, ClU'fl OUC LttlclillO (It thr l"i> I'l' hi* / I"""
and scrambling Jar the crumb, that J'idl J'r<ui
thr ttih/r."
" We find ltiin (Lincoln) surrounded by
noisy and impatient declaiiticrs and trading
politicians, who tares not one jut or tittle for
llie country, so they may get ollico ! !'< l.-is
no peace, morning, noon, or night."
" We say Una tliia is a sorry sight. Apart
from the serious damage to our bc.- t sihj,
even to our commonest intercuts?n't this enis,
there is somcthinfl iiicxhrcssib/n smi in
cunt i illation of u hat lev hove conic In."
" Hut now !?Nl'.VKK lifts if,-,: xci iiirj after
j>lacc.< (/i*p!a t/cd a r.wrc odious charret'i'
than il now dot for it nhoics to what point
the /'cracilj/ of' s< t/ishnc.<s has attained
" The applicants who cncun.Lcr the nppronchcs
to the Senate, the House, the President's
apartments, by thoMfiniils, seem to care
little or nothing lor the agonies of the n untry,
or the dangers of civil war. What must
the world think of us ? Have we not been
sufficiently humiliated, without ill" addition
of this disgusting spectacle '
" Our mortal i'ue has been lust for ...?ico.
Men, now a days, devote themselves to the
t.isk of saving the country, not because the
country calls upon them to do so, but because
they hope to pick up a siiug cciiiinissionslnp,
collcctorship, or the like. It. is t!iis lust ot'
office that lien at the root of our present troubles."
TllK. PENNSYLVANIA KLIXTIOXS. TIlC
spring election for boiough and township oflicers
throughout tho greater part of the State'
took place on Friday, and as far as wo have
been enabled to learn, the Democracy have
swept every vestig' of Black Republicanism
boforo them. Kvcn in the very Strongholds
fif rt.inllrtn illwm lino #!*/-. % -* ? ? 1
... . viiu iuiu iiuii ui:un ho great
tlwf. tlio niiserablo plunder-flecking pnrty
floored terror-stricken 'it the verdict of tho
ballot box. In the city of Rondinc, where
the opponents of Democracy have been ruling
for years, tho Democratic Mayor indie-ted by
a majority oi UiUi, and tin; entiro Council,
with three or lour exceptions. In II arrisburg,
Norrwtown ao<l WcstChcstcr tho victory
Iibb boon equally grout. l>ul wilLlhis sighhI
vobuko BoiVn the hearts of th<v?ulcrs at
Washington and cause them to pursue a pcaco
policy '( Wo fear not. Their hatred to tho
South and her institutions is so deep-seated
that they are culions to public seutiment,
[I'hiUu/c/phia Pennsylvanian,^,
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