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VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21,1854. NUMBER 12.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY* BV
THOMAS J. WARREN.
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The Child of the Cathedral.
As the tourist in Scotland pursues his way
northward, one object of general interest is the
field of Culloden, where the English gained
their great victory over Charles Edward, the
Pretender, the son of James III, and terminated
the attempts of the Scots to re-establish
- - 'pl:
the Stuart family on me limine, aims m-?m
is about four miles from Iverness. About iJO
miles east of Iverness is Elgin, a royal borough, |
(or as we should call it) the county town of ;
Morayshire. On entering this beautiful town, j
the eye isstrucK with two large buildings, as j
among the chief objects of interest. Thev are J
wholly unlike in appearance, and ages passed |
away between the building of the first and the j
last, and yet they arc connected by a golden
chain of circumstances, which displays God's
power in a wonderful and beautiful manner.
They prove how God can raise up the humblest
creature to perform the works which the
strong and able have not done. It is a beautiful
and encouraging thought, that the mighty
God, who could, if it pleased him, send a legion
of angels to do.his bidding, often chooses
a lowly child, and gives to him the power and
privilege. Now listen to the history of the old
Cathedral and the new Anderson Institute.
,,1,1 Klein Cathedral have
stood in solemn grandeur fur many hundred i
years. It was a splendid Rumi-h Church he- j
lore the Reformation ; but after that, when I
men returned to a purer and simpler faith, it '
was suffered to fall to decay. There stand iiuiv
onlv the four huge walls, unroofed long ago
w ? ' ? ?
by the hand of time. They are eighty feet or
more in height, and so broad across the lop
that a carriage could be driven upon them.? j
The stones of the walls and floor are covered
w ith rich moss, and grass long and rank hangs
from the crevices, and stand- up between the
flag- in the interior. There is a niche in one
of the side walls containing a large stone, or
marble font, some seven or eight feet long,
which was used in those days for baptismal
purposes, George IV, then Ring of England, i
wished to preserve it as long as possible. He
ordered all the chinks which old Time had I
made in the wails to he repaired, the gates to !
he replaced by new ones,and a man to be kept <
on the premises to prevent reckless hoys or
the lovers of antiquity from marring the relic'
of t he olden time.
Not far from this ruin stands the Anderson i
!
Institute, a home for the aged and for friendless :
children. It is spacious, built of hewn free- j
stone, and not unlike in its architecture, the ;
New York City Hall. It was built in the he- !
ginning of the present century, under singular i
circumstances.
More than a hundred years ago, there wandered
through the streets of Clgin, begging '
from door to door, and lodging wherever she I
could, a poor homeless idiot. There was not J
at that time a home for such unfortunate creatures
in all thai region, but -lie was pitied, and
fed and sheltered by the good people ot the I
town, for many long years. So great was her j
passion for wandering, that often in the sever- j
est storms she refused the offered shelter, and,
facing the wind and rain, with her hair flying j
--j i? v?-,,nld make her round
anu iiur ^(tiiuciiio ?? w,
of harmless visits, always quiet and smiling.?
Sometimes for weeks she would make the old
Cathedral her home, carrying thither the food
she begged by day, and making her bed in the ,
font in the wall. Such was the life of "the
puir daft lassie," as she was called.
Very early one morning, two shepherd boys ;
in search of a stray lamb, name to the town '
and strolled into the old Cathedral. There ,
they found the poor idiot, talking and laugh- j
ing aloud to a bright little babe which lay in
the font. The boys soon spread the news, and
some benevolent ladies hastened to the spot to
rescue the poor iittle stranger from the hands
of such a rude nurse. But the poor senseless
woman wept when she saw tln-m le-t they
should take it from her, for she knew enough
to love her child. It appeared to be a fine
healthy child, a few weeks old, and it seemed ,
hard to go away and leave it in such a home.
They tried to induce her to give it up, but she
only pressed it closer to her heart, and wept
like a child. They then urged her to go with
them, but she suspected it was to get possession
of tho child, and would not stir. So it
was decided to let her keep it, and see that
she w as well provided for.
Time oassed. and the "daft lassie" and 'puir
bairne' found a welcome at almo>t every house
whether cottage or mansion. But when the
bright little fellow was three years old, it was
thought wrong to let him grow uj? a vagrant,
and he was taken from his mother and put into
the eare of some one who was paid by the
people of the town. \Y hen he was old enough,
he was sent to school, and his only friend was
soon forgotten l>y him. Not long alter this,
the poor mother ceased her wanderings and
found re>t in the grave. The boy rapidly
gained knowledge, and enjoyed the good will
of all around him. From his earliest years he i
had evinced a strong love of roving, the only j
trait lie inherited from his mother. As lie
grew, his orderly, quiet life became irksome,
and he enlisted as a drummer in the army, and
was Sent to India. None tried to dissuade
him from his purpose, for he had none t<> love
him or to care whither he went. But the eve <
of the Heavenly Father was ?>n him. lie
marked the friendless child, and although he j
was thrown in the worst of company, his foot
did not slide nor did his early good habits gi\e I
way before the vicious habit- around him. Be- I
j ing very obliging and well disposed, lie became
, a favorite among tlie soldiers and was noticed
j also by the oflieers. When he grew to be a
! man, he was proposed to the office of Corporal;
! soon he became a Sergeant, and after that a
Captain.
; About this time the British Government was
extending its claims and enlarging its territory
in India; as an incentive to laitMnlness ana
i energy, a share of the booty was offered to the
I soldiers and officers. In this way the poor
Scottish youth, now a man, which, while his
brother soldiers squandered theirs, he invested
in England. His whole life abroad was honorable
and upright, lie never married, but devoted
himself to the interests of the army ; and
after he had reached middle life, was promoted
to a colonel. This was an unusual step in
the British army, as the highest stations are
generally filled by the sons of the nobility.?
But virtue, bravery, and enterprise raised him
I Air mmif ?i rn.-L- l/.<a vnntli (if r.'llllc ill It!
wealth.
One beautiful summer evening, just before
I the setting of the sun, a plain, but elegant
equipage stopped before the principal hotel in
| Elgin. A middle aged man, with a military
air, but in plain citizen's dre*s, alighted and
engaged lodgings for himself and servant. lie
made enquiries for the old Cathedral, and while
supper was being prepared, die bent his foot
| steps thither unattended. The appearance of
the stranger excited the t^iriosity of some-passers
bv, who, looking in tit the entrance a few
minutes after, saw him bending over the old
font, bathed in tears. They withdrew, greatly
wondering why a stranger should be so deeply
moved in such a place.
In the morning, the stranger's carriage stood
before ihe door of the provost or mayor, and
he was ushered into the presence of the magistrate.
His noble appearance was a sufficient
introduction ; his stately bearing, his high brow
and slightly silvered locks, commanded the respect
of the provost before either his name or
business was known. He made enquiries about
the town and its various interests, which were
all answered. He then asked concerning the
i ruins, and in reply the magistrate told him its
, history a< fa- as it was known, and repeated
i many old traditions connected with it.
"And what of the old font?" asked the stranger.
"Ah, sir," replied the other, "there is connected
with that a tale of truth, far more
touching than the improbable traditions of bygone
ages." And lie repeated to the stranger
the story of the "puir daft lassie," and the bairn
she cradled in the font of the wall.
"Sir," said the stranger, calmly, "I am An
derson,the child of the cathedral. A desire to
see the rniu has brought ine from the land of
my adoption, where I would gladly end my
days. I knew the story of my birth, but you
have i/iveii me nui liculars which I never heard
C I
before. J (two a heavy debt of gratitude to ilie
town of Elgin, and have come to pay it. M y
po<?r, vagrant mother, the only being whoever;
truly loved me, was kindly fed and sheltered
here. They who had mercy on us are gone,!
but there are, no doubt, pour people here, and
for them I will provide a home which will be
an ornament to the town.
Invitations to dine with Col. Anderson were
sent out next day to the Mayor and leading
gentlemen of Elgin. II then informed them
that he hud amassed a fortune abroad and bad
returned to reward the town of Elgin for the
charity he had received at its doors. "Learning
that y?u have no orphan asylum," he. continued,
"and no home for the aged poor, 1 intend
to found an institution for these classes.
I have reserved a competency for my old age
- ' 1 ' '* 1 .i: i
Out Wu: LHiiKoi 111 v properly is at vunr oispw-ai
for that purpose. It may l>n called by my
name, if you choose, for I am not ashamed of
my poor mother, nor of my lowly birth."
A site was soon chosen, and the building of
the splendid Anderson Institute commenced.
The baud which was once held out at every
door for a crust, was now repaying a hundred
told the charily it had received.
Upon the front of the building, in b>]J relief
is a group of figures cut in stone, as large its
life. .Most prominent stands Col. Anderson,
with his stately niciii, his fine head uncovered,
extending both hands. At the right is an aged
man bending over his staff and receiving a loaf
of bread from his benefactor; on bis left is a
little group of children, to wh??m he is holding
out a book, beautifully signifying, "Bread for
the aged, and knowledge lor the young." The
building is an ornament to the town, a blessing
to the poor, anil a proof of what great tilings
God can do through the humblest means. Col.
Anderson lias long since died ; but while that
building shall stand, and long alter the old
Cathedral shall fall to the dust, the story of
the Mult lassie ami her puir bairn'' will be repeated
to the children of Elgin.
Tlie Natives of Australia.
A writer in Eraser's Magazine, who had i>een |
11 prospecting" among the natives of New j
South Wales, gives some curious accounts of
their habits anu customs. After referring to
their dexterity in throwing spears, he describes
their agilit} in climbing trees, which they perform
in the following novel manner: "The na- !
tive strikes on the trunk of the tree with his
tomahawk, ju->t two strokes, one. obliquely
downwards, I ho other horizontal, so as to cut
out a little wedge of the bark, and leave a step
just large enough .to admit a great toe. On
this he stands, and reaching up live feet cuts i
another step. It is wonderful to see how
quickly he will in this way literally walk up the i
trunk of a high tree, without even touching the
branches. Tree-climbing is an essential ac
complisliincnt to an Australian native, as much
of their subsistence is derived from opossums,
which swarm in every gum tree furest."
Alter this, the writer describes a camp of
natives he subsequently saw in the Government
domain at Sydney. We give it in his
"" 'I umr/L 11 TKni* !t rii nifi'Mm* in !
muscular development to the Muories, ntid 1
their black skins and wooly heads mark them
as of the " negro' laniily ; but I was agreeably
surprised at ilie neatness of their figures, and
their graceful, active motions. They are particularly
good horsemen, and exceedingly fond
of being about horses, lint in all moral and
intellectual qualities, they are further below
the Polynesian races, than these latter are be
low Europeans. The Australian never learns
any of the arts of industry and civilization,
he never has been know n to cultivate the ground
or build a house, or t<> reside permanently on j
any spot; be never accumulates money, nor j
has he indeed any notion properly speaking of;
earning it. Those who are employed by the '
settlers receive no wages?only their board j
I and clothing, with an occasional present of
I money to buy tobacco and spirits. Even the i
j native police who arc stationed on the border !
to keep down the depredations of the ' wild j
I blacks,' get only nominal pay. They arc tie-1
lighted to serve lor short periods lor uie pica-j
j sure of riding about in uniform ; but they (Stick ,
; to nothing long. Various attempts have been ;
| made to attach and fix them, but all have fail- j
| ed.?Like the gipsies, they are untameable. |
| They travel about the country, sleeping al j
I ways in the open air, and living on yams and ;
' other roots, kangaroos?when they can get
! them ?but above all, on opossums, and never
j encamping long in one place. Each tribe lias
| its hunting ground, and a trespasser is inva- 1
' liahly punished with de.th if caught. The}'
hang about towns and stations for the sake of
' offal, etc., and occasionally do little jobs to
! earn as a reward spirits or sugar or tobacco.
! Like the Maories, their numbers are rapidly
J diminishing, which is not, as in the Maories' j
| case, surprising or unaccountable. There is I
j one other difference which is worth remarking,!
! namely, that the Australian blacks arc not, and '
! never can be in the slightest degree formida
j hie as a nation, to the settlers collectively
! because they have not the least capacity, or
J even an idea of combination, and because they
[ never possess ine means ui procuring urc-.n m.
or ammunition. The New Zcalunders, on the
| contrary, arc, almost without exception, well
' armed with fowling-pieces and muskets, while,
I though there has never been anything like na1
tional feeling or federation, embracing all the '
I tribe, still there is ample capacity for forming |
' such alliance; indeed, I have no doubt at all
but that it would be formed, if they had a
' cause which enlisted general sympathy
" It is rcmarkablo that neither in New Zealand,
nor in Australia, does tlie simple contrl- j
1 vance of bows and arrows appear to have hcen j
| adopted before the introduction of fire arms.
The use of spears and tomahawks as missiles j
' prevaled universally; but these are very defec- I
i live in comparison. There are I am told, a j
good number of half breeds who are good look-1
, ing and intelligent, but I hear also that they
! most invariably prefer the savage to the civi- I
lized mode of life. I have heard one instance
[ of a full blooded native settling down into
| respectability, as a shepherd, and what is more
wonderful getting an Knglish woman to marry
him. 1 mention this the more particularly, as
1 never heard of any similar case, and 1 never j
knew an instance in New Zealand of a white
woman either inarrx ing, or having illicit inter- j
course with a native. All the half castes are !
| whites on the father's side.
The Season.
Spring is coining again,?a welcome, genial j
season, tl. sli \v11;i itie fairest iicmuj. wC ?-- ;
year. 'l'he fields will soon be green onee more ; i
the trees leafy ami venhmus; llie gard'iis J
blossoming ami gay. Already is Nature aw a- \
kening from her sleep of the winter-days. Al- I
ready is there a promise of green herbage, of i
tinv leaves, anil daintily-budding flowers. The i
violet is peeping from its mossy bed, gladden- !
ing many a wiulwood, and many a secluded 1
dell in garden and field. Our Southern Spring I
is not like that of Northern climes,?long and '
slow in its approach, with * flip bleak winds1 j
of March, find ' the fickle smiles' of April, j
Tli.i mnntli iif* ' fin?rrv* M-tv' flfulc Ssnilflmrn !
* "\"J
landscapes golden and glorious, ? regal in their
ridiness of flower and foliage. It finds our :
' .Spring merging into Summer, with a warmly- I
beaming sun, and with a breath of flame in the I
atmosphere. It is in March that our Spring !
I conies to revive and gladden, as " a lady bright
in the light of her loveliness,"?
' as a shepherd angel, meek and mild,
Shading her eyes with green and golden wings."
Wo are among those who confess to a love !
of bright-eyed, rosy Spring. It is the best, !
the most genial of all the seasons. Wintry
skies are too inclement, Summer heats arc too '
lifeless and enervating, (lie Autumn days are
; " melancholy days/' and wear an air of sad- '
| tiess and decay. Spring is a favorite with all. I
j Every one delights in the budding trees, the
: first wee flowers, the glad songs of the birds, !
< the soft south wind bringing in its cool bless- |
j ing through the open window.
| The great glory of Spring is never scon here
in the city. It is only beheld in the midst of!
gre n fields, and wooded hills, and gardens
lifting up their blossom-hands, and calling to
us with fragrant and musical voices. What
days are the Spring days for a walk into the
fringings of the country,?leaving the dull
pavements, and circling walls of brick and
mortar. What beauty bedecks the. first delicate
and graceful blossoms of the season,
j springing up everywhere in the valleys and
upon the hills. What fragrance would he found !
i locked up in the sweetly drooping jessamine,
and in the hunches of the bluest-eyed of all I
violets ! What music in the gentle rippling ol j
clear waters, and in the breezy waving ol the
forest greenery ! What light to the eye, what
strength to the body, what pleasure to the
mind, is nut connected with the thought!
Georgia Home Guse tie.
What is tiik Hakukst Mudkto Dik.?To
be shot dead is one of the easiest modes offer* t
minuting life; yet, rapid as it is, the body has
' > ' / I 'imi / Hoof (In (ln> first at tern lit !
; IW I V- I MIIU IX MVVM " f
by one of tho frantic adherents of Spain, to assassinate
William, Prince of Orange, who took
the lead in the revolt of the Netherlands, the
bull passed through the bones of t1.e face and
brought him to the ground. In the instant that
j preceded stupefaction, he was able to frame j
I the notion that the ceiling of the room had lal|
leu and crushed him.
The cannon shot which plunged into the
brain of Charles XII. did not prevent him from I
seizing his sword by the hilt. The idea of an
altaek, and the necessity of defence, was pres-1
scd on him by a blow which we should have j
supposed too tremendous to leave an interval ;
lor thought. Put it by no means follows that'
the if.(!ictin<; of fatal violence is ;n.*c???n|?lisl?et
by ji pang. From what is known of tin; (irs
oiled of gun-shot wonmls, it is probable ilia
the impression is rather .stunning than acute.?
Unless death he immediate, the pain is as vu
ried as the nature of the injuries, and these art
past counting up.
But there is nothing singular in the dying
sensation, though Lord Byron remarked the
physiological peculiarity that oflanguor, whili
in death from a stall, I ho countenance ii-Heck
the trails of natural character, of gentleness
or ferocity to the last breath.
Some of these cases arc of interest, to show
with what slight disturbance life tnavgo undei
a mortal wound, till it finally comes to a sudden
stop. A foot soldier at Waterloo, pierced
by a musket ball in the hip, begged water
from a trooper, who chanced to possess a canteen
of beer. The wounded man drank, returned
his heartiest thanks, mentioned that his
whole regiment was nearly exterminated,
and having proceeded a dozen yards on his
way to the rear, fell to the earth, and with one
convulsive movement of his limbs, concluded
his career. "Vet his voice," says the trooper
who himself tills the story, "gave scaseely the
smallest sign of weakness."
Captain Basil Hall, who, in his early youth,
was present at the battle of Corunna, has sin
gled out, from the coiifussion which consigns
to oblivion the woes and gallantry of war, another
instance extremely similar, which occurred
on that occasion. An old otlicer, who was
shot in tiio head, arrived pale and faint at the
temporary hospital, and begged the surgeon to
look at his wound, which was pronounced mortal.
"Indeed, I feared so," he responded with
impeded utterance, "and jet I should like very
much to live a little longer, if it were possible."
He laid his sword upon a stone, at his side,
"as gently," says Hall, "as if its steel had been
turned to glass," and almost immediately sank
dead upon the turf.? Quarterly Review.
Tns Jewish Sabbath.?It is unlawful to
ride on horseback or in a carriage?to walk
more Than a mile from their dwellings?to
transact business of any kind?to meddle with
any tool?to write?to play upon any musical
instrument?to bathe?comb the hair?and
even to carry a pin in their clothes which is
unnecessary. These, and a great many others,
are complied with by the most rigid. There
is one command in the law of .Moses, to which
all Jews must scrupulously adhere: " Ye shall
kindle no lire throughout your habitations upon
tlie Sabbath day." (Exod. xxxv. 3.) Consequently,
they never light a fire, or a candle, or
a lamp on the Sabbath day, nor cat food prepared
011 that dav?all must be done on Fri
d;i\. As it is impossible to spend the Sabbath
!o cold climates without food or fight, the
Jewish families who keep servants, make it a
point to liave a (icntile in their service to do
these thitigs ; and among the bumble classes ;i
number of families gcneially unite in securing
the service of a (jentile neigiibor the day.
Xothmg could wound the conscience of a Jew
iijiirr than to lie under the necessity of putihig
fj. 1 <vi the fire, or snuffing his candle, o:i
the .Sabbath.? 'Jin' JJritis/i Jtirj.
The IviUiteru <{iiesii<>us.
The insurgent forces of the (Ireeks in tiie
various provinces of the Turkish c.mpire are
sad to number forty thousand strong. This
h;e added a further clement of complication to
llu Ka-tcru question. The allied Ibices will
have to encounter not only the Uus-ian armies,
lot to suppcrt the authority of the Sultan agau?t
his own subjects?to defend bis throne
ai?.l empire from without and within. These
risngs seem to explain the obstinacy of the
Czir and bis temerity. Titer.Imost simultaneous
outbreaks in Macedonia, Tliessalv and Albuia,
show too plainly the hand <>f Kussiau
intrigue. The Czar had bis emissaries at work,
soving disaffection to the Turkish authority,
wide he was holding the language of deception
in his diplomacy. He knew that among a pop
uhtionof 1 tJ/lOO,0U0 Creeks, what gold could
nit accomplish, an appeal to fanaticism would
died. If lie had 110 allies, therefore, in the na
ticns, lie ha J allies in every part <>t l "urkey,
wlere corrupt or bignttcd CIrccl<? could ho
found. NVIicu his intrigtit s were ripe, lie became
insulting and delimit.
To suiidiio such an enoin v, if the iusurrcetion
should spread, would he a harder task than to
defend <,'on?tantiiiople, and preserve the integrity
of the Turkish Umpire. Vet the allied
forces will he forced into a position from which
tley cannot escape, and which they would never
have voluntarily assumed?that of armed
intervention in domestic differences, unles they
tlsreatened tin; general repose. And here is a
remarkable feature of the history of the times,
tint two of the powers who interfered in the
former internal disputes between the Ottomans
and ti reeks, against the former, ending in tho
battle of Navarino, whieli destroyed the Turkish
naval power, should be found sustaining
Turkish authority against Clioek insurrection,
and the integrity of an empire which they as>iste<l
to weaken. In these circumstances,
even with the aid of Austria, there is sad and
serious work tor the allies. Blond inii-L How
in torrents, if a war not only of raees hut of
religions, is to arise out of the complication
which had its origin in a trilling dispute, but
ivhich has been brought to its present dangerous
intricacy by artfully fomenting religious
passions. A war having Ibr its motive and
end political power ami lerritoiial aggrandizement,
will thus revive those conflicts that stained
the annals of the middle ages. The Moslem
and the Christian is brought again into
hostile array, when in the midst of a civilization
it was vainly thought had banished such
disputes into cloisters and colleges. While in
the East the battle will be mainly religious,
the standard may bo raised in Western Europe,
having political revolution for its object,
and inscribed with the overthrow of existing
thrones and dynasties. What lint dire contusion
can be the fruit of such contests, blending
all passions, all interests, all impulses, honest
and criminal, in one extended and indefinite
struggle ! In no period of the world has mankind
been threatened with devastation more
terrible.?JbJneiiiny New*.
It is estimated that the supply of colfec is
dO per cent, less than last year.
! j Msrrllniirmra XVms. j
Oiiio Seiii(tor.
' j On l ho -Itli inst., rlie Ohio Legislature wvnl I
' j into .'in election for U. ?S. .Senator in place of* j
r the II.mi. Salmon J\ Chase, whose Itrm cx- j
J piles next March. Tins result is thus auiiounc- j
eel in the Ohio Statesman of thc5lh:
I The two Houses of (lie Legislature met to|
day at noon, ami east 11(1 votes for U. S. Seii'
i ator, as f allows :
j (?. E. PtighJ bO
i K It. Heklev - . - 18
S.P.Chase" - - - 1U
i i it. E. Schcnck ... 1
j I'danks ... - ;i
(u'orge E. Pilgh Was deehtrecl elected IT. S. j
Senator from the ith ol March, 1bo 5.
'J'horo was some discussion as to counting;
; lliti lilaiiKs ??ii announcing tlie votes. I lie ijii'ii'
tenaiil Governor finally derided to count them.
1 . One of the blank votes, as stated by Judge JJircliitrd,
was cast by a democratic member from
Mahoning, who said tliat be was instructed not 1
' K? .?>te for any man who did not oppose l.)oug:
las's Nebraska bill, and cotlld llotvcto for I'ugh
! because li? was strongl y in favor of it. Wo do !
, not see where these instructions of the people '
j of Mahoning came from, or how they could !
' , overrule .Mr. Musser's sense of fairness, by j
I leading him to vote a blank, and not for the
J man whose name had been presented by the ]
1 i action of the caucus of which he was a mcniI
her.
j IJuton this great principle Mr. Pugli could j
[ well afford to lose even three democratic votes, j
j The people will sustain, as the Legislature
, have sustained him in his democratic principles j
applied to Douglas's hill. We regard his election
as as a glorious triumph of this democratic
measure in Ohio. No man could have been
I elected who was opposed to it. That was ;
I tried. Mr. I'ugh, as is well known, is uncquiv-!
ocallyand openly in favor ol the Nebraska hill j
?lie was well known as such when nominated. ;
We are authorised to snv that lie is for tiie |
hill.
Now, let it he known throughout the Union,!
that Ohio lias a Senator of her own, true to |
! the national democracy?a man whose influ- !
! encc consequently will he felt, in Washington. I
Let Chase and Wade he told by Douglas that,
they wofully misrepresent Ohio l?y their votes.
Let the scandal be now erased. Our cscutcbe !
I on is clear. Then, again, three cheers for the
. Nebraska bill! popular sovereignty ! and our
new young Senator!"'
j The result is of unusual interest, and is like
j ly to have an important influence on the No- 1
| braska question, and the attempt to make that
! question the occasion of another abolition ex
1 citemeiit. Mr. Chase, who is thus signally defeated
and discredited at home, is by far the ;
: ablest and most accomplished man among inc
: Kreosoiiers in Congress. lie originated and |
! gave character to the abolition excitement
about the N.-bra-kal i l. lie took it us a plank
: providentially washed out for his political sal- >
: vation. No sooner had .Mr. Douglas reported :
i the bill, than Mr. C!ia-c drew out and set in
i eircnSation tiiat famous address wiucii in- for- !
mcr has consigned to an inlainons immortality
j in his splendid speech opening the Nebraska :
' discus-ion. I>ui the Abolitionist bad the start
i of him, and no sooner was the address receive I !
: at Columbus, than resolutions were introduced
i into the Ohio Legislature, sustaining its pnsiI
tion.s, and denouncing Mr. Douglas and liis <
bill. It was even reported that they had been
; adopted. M r. Cba-e see.ned t" have it all bis
; o'.mi way. ami u> no o:i ine ponu 01 uucuuiI
in:; tlie topmost wave (if a mighty sea.
, . I
The Uesolutirtiis, however, did n<>t pass ; the '
: great deliate in the Senate threw its powerful
i light over the country : Mr. Chase's high wave
of leadership thinned oil' into a moderate sized
btlhhle, and after two months' canvassing, lie
received just 10 votes out of NO for re-elec- j
' tioii to his place in the Senate. The Nebraska
I question was all the time made the test, and
* the successful candidate was not only opposed
to .Mr. Chase's Abolitionism, hat was distill*
j giiishcd for the boldness with which he advo'
catod the abrogation of the Missouri Kestriction.
| The result probably settles the suceers ofj
the Nebraska bill in tho House ; and tliedoei- i
ded action of Pennsylvania, Oliio and Illinois,
| probably also will nip in the bud the hopes ofj
' those who thought to make a great sectional j
; issue on the ouostioii. The whole North-west i
I ------ I
{ will almost certainly sustain (lie hill ; ami I
j with Pennsylvania ami the North .vest united 1
' with the entire South, even Mr. Seward is not i
mad enough in his ambition to attempt to ex- !
cite a sectional warfare.?Charleston Mercury, i
Seizure
of flic Sloamsltip lllarli i
Warrior.
The United States Surveying steamer Cor- '
win, Lieut. Commanding Corwin, artived at;
! this port early on Sunday morning, with Ua ;
| vana dates of the 1st inst., and Key West of the I
j Sid. The Corwin brings information that the I
U. S. mail steamship Black Wariior, Captain ;
Bulloch, front Mobile via Havana for New'
' York, was taken possession of hv the Spanish j
1 authorities of Culm, mi Tuesday, the 28th ult.. :
under the following circumstances:
It has been the custom at Havana for some j
eighteen months, to allow steamships which
' merely touched at that place, without having J
any freight to hind, to hand in to the boarding i
I otliccr oft lie Customs, a nominal manifest, and
' under this regulation, which had received the
1 sanction ol the authorities there, Capt. Bulloch,
' of the Black Warrior, reported his ship in hal- ;
; last, when boarded by the revenue ollieer. I he
I oflicial of the Customs, however, returned to the :
I Black Warrior a second and third time during
i the day, on each occasion being informed that
! the ship was in ballast; hut at the third inter'
view, Capt. Bulloch, suspecting that something
more than usual was intended hv those repeal-:
ed visits, informed the ollieer that he had on
hoard 1)00 hales cotton lor New York, but nothing
for Havana.
Capt. Bulloch was then informed that his ship I
J would Irn seized for an infraction of the revenue
! laws?Capt. Bulloch immcdiolely took the no- j
' cossarv tteps to alter his manifest, the timcnl-J
lowed by law (12 hems) for any alterations in
| the manifest not having oxpii od, hut the antho- i
r tics postiv Iv declined allowing Ititn to do so,
:ilni proceeded to take po~M?.->i?>u of the r-liip,
which t'apt. iiuilocli refused to give up, uutii so
large a I'orcu was sent down t? the ship as to
render insistence useless, Cajit. Balloeli, Ids
ofiiccrs and men had proceeded on hoard the 1?,
S. steam ship Fulton and tlie illack Warrior was
lining discharged l?y the Spaniards when the
Corwin left. Some forty passengers were on
ooam tnc liiaiK warrior, uno were not allowed
to (juil tlie* .-hip, their baggage being locked up
by the authorities, and the servants having gone
on hoard tiie Fulton i hoy were put i > very great
inconveiiicnee.
The Corwin has brought the mails of the
Flack W arrior, also despatches from the United
States Consul at Havana. Milch excitement
prevai'ed among the merchants at Havana,
regarding this unjustifiable, seizure. The
crew of the hark Jasper which had been conFined
in prison in Havana, undercharge of being
engaged in the slave trade, had been released,
and were on hoard the United States
steamship Fulton.? Charleston live. JVcics.
I)j? VKLOCMKMT OF a MlUDKK lioDY For,\\*i>
in a IJauumi, of Liqfok.?On SiiUirilay last,
says the Cincinnati Gazelle of the 3d inst., a
harrel of whiskey or alcohol was put on hoard
the steamer Alvin Adams at our wharf, which
was directed, very illegibly, to Dr. Kelley, Uadogo,
Indiana, hut there was no entry of it on
the receiving hook of either of the clerks.
Madison being the point to which freight to
that place is shipped, the barrel was rolled out
on Sunday upon the wharf-boat at that place;
there being r.o owner for it and its rolling being
peculiar, as if some heavy body was in it,
it attracted observation at the time; after the
boat left it was t.ken to the railroad depot,
where the peculiarity of the case induced those
having it in charge to open one of the heads,
when in the liquor was found the naked body
of a man who had a terrible gash across the
throat, and a severe bruise on the head.
A coroner's inquest was held, but its finding
we have not fully learned. Much excitement
was created in Madison thereby, and rumors
were started that the body was that of Mr.
Sloven, who disappeared from Louisville on
the 23d of January last. By dispatches received
this morning, we learn that the body
found is not that of Mr. Slcvin.
An* oi.n and Faithful Officer.?The
Chester (S. C.) Standard announces the death,
on the 2d insl., in that place, of John Jioscborough,
Ksq., aged about SI years. The
highest evidence of his worth is afforded in
the following fact mentioned bv that journal:
" He was at the time of his death the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for this District,
to which office he was appointed in the
year 1800, under the new judiciary system
then cstablLhed, being the first and only clerk
which the district had under that system, and
having served conlinuuu-Jy a period of near
51 years: During this entire period he has
discharged the duties of his office in person,
and all who have known him officially bear
testimony of his faithfulness, efficiency and
Tn iTlc >'!.-ctia gv ot1 t;is rtnvSeS.
'* There now remains, we believe, but one '
other officer in this .State who holds by similar
appointment?the venerable James S. Cluignaril,
F.sq., Clerk of the Court for Richland."
From flu Southern Fc.triot.
Aubuviu.f, March 7, 1<S:T1.
To II. F. Perry. Jfsij., Editor <>/ the Southern
Patriot :
Dear Perry : I lcl't home yesterday morning
an-J rem hod hero via the JIailroad, time enough
for Court, lint having to leave home at halfpast
1 A. M., ami then riding to Helena and
starting thence at half-past 5. and riding' lirough
in an open box ear, and then sitting in Court,
so much aggravated my cold that I was nearly
sick. Vou wi.l ask me why I subjected .myself
to such a tiavel ? I was desirous, on account
of the dangerous illness of my old coachman
ami hod\ smvant, Daniel, to stay at home to
the last moment. This evening I have heard
lie is dead; and I know you will permit me to
give a short account of him. lie better deserves
an obituary than many a white man.
He was horn the property of Samuel Kelly.
niv maternal grandfather, about 1191. By his
will lie |?a<-ed t<> my grand mot her, liaimah
Kelly. Ay her will he became my property in
1S~0. I n>111 that lime to his death he has been
my travfliing companion, servant and fiiond.
lie wasihe coachman of my family, and who
tlicr I was present or not, 1 always knew that
they were safe, if In.* held the reins.
Never, in the long period of thirty-four yea s,
did he fail in a duty, or was he false to me in
any particular. His horses were always the
fattest horses drove anywhere. I scarcely ever
had to call him, when lie was with me on
the circuit. 1 lis general health had been bad for
years. His last iilness was about twenty-two
days. To me, be was invaluable. But 1 do
not complain. God lias taken him and lie is, I
trust, in an everlasting rest.
I give this statement, as due to him, and also
t" show our abolition people at the North
and West who and'what are our slaves.
I am t>> have a heavy court. 1 hone to see
\on, however, next week, at Anderson.
Your friend,
John Bkltox ()'Ni:am..
A rigorous blockade of the Russian port*,
throwing one year's crop on their hands, a*id
steadily continued on to the time when, in ordinary
circumstances, they would be prcpaiing
tin.* subsequent cn?j>, niu>t break the uussiaii
social system to pieces. We need not, says
the London Kxainiucr, send a soldier, nor shed
a drop < l' our own Mood. We shall hate to
pay double price for candles and shoes for a
year or so and to incur the expense of ,-uig.
men'ing our licet. 1 he Russian magnates will
light the iv?l of the battle for u>; and if wo
simply confine ourselves to holding tliein tight,
to the work, they will in the cause of i nit and
revenue, tear iho Russian social system to tatters.
If the present head of the house of
Romano!) calls upon the magnates l i sae-ilice
their revenues to his pride, they will heat him
as they lientoJ his predecessors, Alexander
and Paul."
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