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\t?OIiIJMBIA. Thursday Morning, March 30, 1855. Charleston Mercury. "We are pleased to learn that thc proprietor of the Mercury, -who is now in this city, has sent oi?t his age--'?, and is making preparations for the ear'.y reeumption of its publication. We ni av hope, accordingly, soon to er-joy the ??e. rosal of that old and long-toed exponent of South Carolina politics and pVlheiples-politics and principies only t he more justified in law-by the expei?ance of the last four jeir?-only thc mere endettai to us by the griefs and trials wo have liad to .endure in maintaining them. Inhospitality aid Patriotism. We are to'0 that: a foftt-sore soldier, reach 'ing, at night Tai!, thc dwelling of a wealthy citizen of one ol our upper Districts who is also a member ot our Stale Squire, was denied lodgings fer the night, on thc pl-a that there was sieknern in the family. "We trust that the wayfarer thus denied will publish tIre name of tins'pat riotic legisle tor. Per contra: from the same source ve arc told that a Confederate lieutenant was lodged ir*est hospitably nt n North Carolina farmhouse, uot far from Char? lotte; that while there, ar. t-ged widow of the same precinct heard of his presence Bud wen! to see him, when she presented him with a pair of stockings for. himself,'thirty pair: (all of her oTn knitting) to be dis<ributed among the sol? diers, and three dollars in silver-all the sion ev she had. There was the right spirit, savoring of the fr.mous old "Hornet's Nos? The inhos? pitality of the rich Senator would destroy tun cause-tho mite of the good old wido w may save ours, in spite .of tho Senator. GIN. MAXSFIKLD LOVEIX.-We are rejoiced L> learn that Gen. Lovel! has received li is orders from Gem Lee, to report immediately fr. Gen. Johnston for duty in tim field, lt was to nianv of us fSe most melancholy ?-?glii to behold '.lies two Generals unemployed in our city-met-e lookers-on in Vienna-under an enforced dis peasaJoii of an arbitrary Executive, while their services wer? so absolutely ( necessary at the ? head of an army. It is well for us, at last; that the urgency of the necessity compels in Justice to acknowledge error, and restores in -Vierit th???e positions of which it lias been SM .-?og aj.i so cruelly deprived-lucky for us il Ike afcaemont corees not too late for our safety. Thr> . Abolitionists in Charleston. A letter in the New York Tribune shows the Abt/iiliouisis in Charleston to be in fine fea? ther. Tjisy have had a dinner, provided' by Kat. Fuller, and drank to their own delight and to Hie cor fusion of the rest of the world. They have had ihe satisfaction of demolishing a plaster bust of Calhoun. They have written on the walls of thc 3fcreuri} ornee their noini naticus for'thc Fr.- Mercy rod Yiee-Vresidet:ey of the United Stab < in TSdS, the name > of Wendell Phillips fer the former and Frederick Douglas- (tho nn?aUo) for tho latter office. It is only a nop. skip and jump, now, io their radical d?nouement, and thc progress, termi nating iu Ibis result, most be quito odorous in the nostrils of the Northern genlry, if any such bc left lu the land. Ia connection with this nomination, by the way, we perceive that a full-blooded"buck negeo has been presented to tho Supreme Court as a candidate tbr the mu.ors of that bar over which, p.iee presided a Mau-hali. and recently a Taney. How are the mighty full eu ' The same correspondent of the Tribune re . puris an amusing seeiie, quite dramatic and blending. equally the tra-JC and comic, in which the venerable Mr. Laidler, lille of the Courier, an'd a United Stales officiel,'in epau? let tes, vere il:?- ac.ors. ll appears that the official entered tie Courier office, and rc<iii t ... the use ol' iii-n. irk and paper. Th ..- were promptly furnished hy Mr. L.,who isdesc.ib ?1 as exquisitely obsequious. Hui, to lils cousic na!?rn , reading as thc Yankee win:.-, over his shoulder, he tend thc orders wide!, declared the Courier lo he ;:??:cn po ?* .^JJ.-I of by the United States Government* a With a . brick, h.* demanded: .''Do you mean confiscate my property su? V-irr, Co?ond, 1 was oppo-cd to uuliifica tior? in W-.'*." 1 iii.-., -.va- a long ino ago!" was thc answe; I -i\ thc official, continuing to write. Sine- th #e learn that whenever seei since, ??r. !.. h.- . been busy, with his accoun I book i: m e hand, looking up delinquent sub I scriber . und a print ci s ??lick in i ?ia other j lookinc after his office. j 'i nereis lillie more to rcmarkTin respect t> this letter in .the Tribune from its Charlestoi correspondent, il is of the usual strain c pomposity and inflation-windy and gasean exceedingly, aud leaving a rather' bad odor < the bar-room behind it. One thing, howeve' he speaks rapturously of the mulatto damsel of Charleston as the loveliest creatures'cf th world-far lovelier than those of New (??Xrleam whom he once thought to be perfect in thei sunny und oriental style of beauty. Such ar hts raptures, we may take fur granted that rapid progress "will soon be made i? miscegena? tion.- We shall need to look closely lo the columns i>f tue Courier, ;<a- th8 list ol' bridals between the two races with a Copious detail of the marriage gifts, the troussera', and' full de? scription of tba .costumes, aVJEthhopcce ct Bar? baric. Sauce for the Goose. The British Government I ns recognized the imperial Government in Mexico, avowedly be? cause thc tear was acer in that country, and all resistance to'the Frcntk bac ceased. It Was ne? cessary to plead this pretence, to do that, in behalf.of the French, which the British refused to do in behalf, of our Confederacy. A-roem? ber ct.the^British Parliament, however, in commenting on the Queen's speech, quietly disposes of this plea, by showing that the Re? publicans of Mexico ate fighting as fiercely uow as ever, have never ceased fighting, and recently have obtained very decided successes. John Bud's pretexts arc sometimes rather flimsy; and ssueeing the goose, whiie neglecting the gander, his policy betrays '-he equivoca* character of his honesty. But what Hoes Bull j case alrout character more thai his Cousin German Jonathan? ? \ Humors sti'l reach us tending to confirm the ! report'of Joh aston's successes against Sherman, I of the rout ol the latter, his Hight, and the :motalfzation of his army. Wc trust that, iii a few days, the oliiciai telegrams will confirm tiie grateful tidings. COSVKKTS.-We are- told thu-., among th?* tost blatant of th ? converts to Yankee ride j and principles in Charleston, Mr. Seymour, au ancient lawyer and sometime' Representative Iriftu that ilk, has shown "himself as eloquent, under the ilripcs; and in their behalf, as he ever was ?.1 tim con:.? of iiie'n?ii?rc. i ll."-sings on iii.- iijiioeen? h ea vt and musical tongue! Ile a an ages the stops of the Hu e, a.-. i.' under thc ?rections of Lord Hamlet, and will piny his tunes in l onsouance with those oj' thc Vicar of Bray. Bythe-way, what does Tom Moore say o? Orator Pulf, au I will knot apply' 'Mr. Orator Pud' had two tonesin his voice," ?c. Seymour was always able to say more on either side than any of his brother lawyers, and many of them had a.large and r-eco-mnoJating faculty of this nature. But, alas! words, words, words! Vox et preterea niki!. Still, it answers the pur? pose. Where the moral lacks, the sense is better wanting. ?