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VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1854. .:. ^PMBEiiSf'J ' ? v1" I pinrtioM. (Ten Tew? ^ snf<li^ Pmi^ -w , - . PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THOMAS J. WARREN. TERMS. Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and fifty Cents if payment be delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following rates: For one Square, (fourteen lines or less,) seventy-five cents for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions^ one dollar persquare; semi-monthly, monthly anj^qoarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single .insertion. . gy The number of insertions desired must he noted on the margin of ail'advertisements, or they will be published on til ordered discontinued and charged acKAIltilHpllL ^ ' -. >- fftotoaug. : . JETIfAl A THBILUNG TALE. -.. Among the wondrous sights on the earth, the volcano of .Etna wilt always hold a just preeminence. Renowned by past and present history, sublime by its elevation, its form, and the awful secresy of unknown terrors which lie concealed within its bosom, theSicilian volcano will always be viewed with tho deepest, the most solemn awe. r ,.. It was with such feelings and with such thoughts as thesei, that I began to ascend the ^ volcano on the morning of the fith of May, 1849. . I .bad led Catania on the day before, in order < to visit this wonderful spot. I did not, wish to glance carelessly upon it?no; for to me there was always something reverend, something al* nfr+h fhie rveaat rnooo I1(USI> UIVIUt7| fU WUUOVVIVU nuu tuio ^iwnv iuu?w of upheaved lava, which led me to look earnestly at its rugged sides. I wished to ascend, to view from its summit the fairest regions on earth; to glance down, down into those unfathomable depths where fire, fire in all its terror, forever.dwells, forever struggles! It' was with slow steps that I ascended the cone, after the patient and hardy ponies had been dismissed.- I bad been an invalid, and the fatigue of climbing up the steep and rocky declivity might well have daunted me. Bat after many testings and many baitings, I was able to attain the summit. 4 u The summit! good heavens! can I ever forget the delirium, the transport of joy, which the boundless prospect there awakened within me? Can I ever forget the glimpse which I first caught of all the glories and all the horrors of nature mingled together in such fearful unison! ' Faraway on one side spread the fertile plains, the green meadows, and the gentle valleys ot Sicily. .There were streams glancing and flash. fog itr the sun as they wandered to the sea, with ten thousand labyrinthian turnings; lakes whose glassy surface showed not a ruffle, not a ripple; there were terraces upon the sides of a hundred bills, where vineyards .vere planted, ' and where the treliised vines passed along, all green, all blooming:; there were groves of orange trees, amid the dark green foliage of which the golden oranges peeped forth like the Sashes ^phosphorescent light in a midnight sea; the>e were long avenues of cypresses, of acacias, of noble trees of many kind6, amid which kiugly assemblage at times could be seen the noble summit of some stately palm, as it towered on high above the others. .^Andthesea?the wide, the boundless, the deep blue Mediterranean?there it spread away, on the other side, as far as the eye could reach, spreading away as far as the thoughts could run?glorious as 4 The daabinc. r" . Silver-flashing - Surges of San-Salvador.' But turn Aside?and there, beneath, far be neatb, lies an abyss like that of which Milton has sung in snblimest mortal strains. 1 paused upon the brink, and, shuddering, I gazed down?-down! The thick and funeral volumes of' tortuously-ascending smoke came seething upward as from a cauldron. It escaped from a myriad crevices in the rooky, precipitous sides; it poured forth from behind projections, and united with the vast mass which came sublimely upward .from the unfathomable depths. * J Here, upon the san^yitrocky edge, where v sulphur, and crumbled lava^and" pumice-stone, were all mingled togetherfo form a horrid soil, here I sat, and looked down. From the scene beyond, from that glimpse of earth, which made itaeetn like heaven; from that vision of all that W*8 most lovely and all that was most overnmuMnn turn mnA rrme> info A VnlflAno's &W " 5? ftl depths?what ft change! , i Involved la a thousand thoughts I sat there, thinking myself alone, when-a'eudcter grating sfcrockmy ear. I was startled exceedingly, andrturned round. The place where I had been sitting was a peninsular projection of the cliff which formed part of this infernal chasm. Upon the narrow atrip of land which joined it to the other cliffs-t-npon the isthmus?I saw a mild looking, middle aged gentleman approach me. . He was dressed in plain black clothes, and in hre hand be held a light stick. 'I beg jroor pardon, Signor.' said be, in a polite manner, and with great softness of tone; T beg yonr pardon for intruding myself upon ixunnanv Rut it It nnfc flfbth that I see any "visitor so far up/ -< . 'My dear sir, I beg you will make no excuse/ I replied; *1 was just admiring this scene be lot/ ./s&h1 yjM, \ is a glorioos sight.' ^/ Glorious! say, rather, a terrible one.' 'Terrible, perhaps, to you; but do not be -- ^ ZT t tkjkt' 4a mo lfr ia IovaIv. &huv vrpnsniiii i Mjr vuav w iuo ? > ? - , ?? And as be spoke, a smile of bewitching beauty crossed bis features *1 suppose your tastes are different from , those of man}' people, Signor. I have notsooh feelirfjjs. Bot may I ask you if you are often ~ 'Ob, yeol I live, here/ he replied, waving his stick around. 'I lire here.' I thought that he meant rae to understand that bis home was on the mountain, where very many villas ore situated. 'And! tf*uld suppose,' I oootlnued, that yoesreofte n on the summit.' Oh, yes/I sin here always/ 'Always! ?wbat a strange fasoinatiws H baa inryoo!1 , r : - 'It has! it hasT said the gentleman. 'Oh! a fearful'?and his voice grew low and hollow? 'a terrible fascination]', I was silent, .o, *1 will tell you, said he, sitting closely by my side, and turning-fais eyes full toward mine, 'I do not wish yon to inform any one. Promise me that you will not.' I had not noticed his eyes before, but I saw now that within their depths there gleamed a strange and sinister light. I promised him; and at the same time I uneasily drew back farther from the edge. 'Well then, Signor,' said he, 'I am king here! I rule Mount ./Etna!' 'Ye?}' I answered, a little alarmed at his words, and attempting to smile. 'Yes! I am king here. In me you see the being who onuses the lava to poor forth, and overwhelm the regions below. I have lived for centuries. The spirits of the deep obey me: seer He leaped up from the ground. There was a fearful fire in his eye, bis nostrils were dilated, his pale face became as white as marble, and as bloodless,save thaton either cheek there glowed a deep red spot. 'See!' he shrieked wildly and loudly; 'spirits of the deep arise! Ha!?yonder?see them!? they are coming-in clouds?enrobed in thunder-garments?see!1 I leaped up from the ground: I gazed at him ,. He threw off his hat wildly, and it fell far down in the abyss. He flung off his coat and threw it away. T In knnaa t-liof o mild fnnP tw7l??IIVSI J oaiu X| 1U uvpvo VUU.W W ? ?v..? might make him calm, 'Signor, the winds obey you. Let us go.' 'Go? Where? Is not this my home ? Is not this my palace? Saw yon not my servants! You are my guest!' 'Will you not sit down and tell me abont your home?' said I shuddering. 'No! there are secrets that can never be spoken. Can you understand them? Who are you, a mortal, that you dare to ask?' I walked slowly toward the narrow passage of land?the bridge. But, he saw me, and stood upon it I could not go. 'Can this all be pleasantry?' thought I. An awful thought passed through me, which froze my heart's blood. Pleasantry! There he stood, my wild com | pnnion, bis eyes blazing, fixed piercingly on | me, his hands clenched, his mouth foaming, every sinew in his body worked up. He stoodj I screaming, laughing. O God! I was alone with a maniac! 'You are to go with me,' he cried. Where?' 'There. I have come to carry you to my home.' He pointed with a cold, SDaky smile down toward the unfathomable abyss whence ascended the terrible column of inky and suffocating smoke. I gazed at him: for there was some element of fascination in his glassy stare, which forced me, compelled ine to gaze. There was a cold smile upon his lips, which were all bloodless, and disclosed, as they parted, his mouth and tiphtlv-shut teeth. ~ D J " 'There is my home?there; and I have come to take you with me. Ha! ha! how happy you will be! Come!' Still I gazed; while my heart throbbed with slow but terrible pulsations. He advanced one step toward me. I looked all around. The spell was broken which enchanted my gaze. I looked all around: at the blue sky above, at the seorched earth around, at the horrible chasm beneath. There was no hope. Oh! could I but leap the space which separated me from the main cliff! Could I but do it but I could not! There was no hope! 'What! do you not answer?' he cried, suddenly lashed into fury by my silence, and stamping his foot in frenzy upon the rock. 'Do you not answer ? Then 1 must carry you with me!' The maniac sprang toward me! With all my energies roused into frantic action, with every sinew braced, and every muscle contracted, I placed my foot backward, against a small angular rock which projected above the loose sandy soil, and endeavored to meet the shock. With a wild ucream, which arose thrilliogly into the air, his eyes all bloodshot, his mouth foaming, on he came. He struck me?his arms surrounded me in a fearful embrace, his hot breath came burningly apon my cheek. I stood firm: for despair, and all the bitterness of death, had given no place to fear and timidity, but had bestowed upon me the coolness of one in an ordinary situation. I threw my left arm beneath his, my right I passed over his neck and around upon hie back, thus seeking to press him to the earth. It was a moment of horror such as no mortal tongue could ever.tell. A struggle with a maniac! To be on a small surface of a rock, while three thousand feet beneath, lay the abyss of untold horrors 1 At this hour, my heart beats more forcibly even as I think upon the time. Thus we stcod, breast to breast, face to face ?the madman and I?he with his arms encireuling me; I seeking to save myself He pres sed me toward the edge of the cliff. He plunged bis feet deep into the ground; he laughed mockingly, and screamed, as he tried to destroy me. But against that rock my feet were firmly braced; and I held him tightly, and 1 eiabed him, and 1 sought to nan him irom me, arl him from me!?as well might the hungry tiger be hurled from his prey. Oh I the agony of that struggle f I know not bow long it was, but to me it seemed like ma nj hoars. The wild eyes of the madman glared at mine all the time, and I found it impossible to look away. His fearful face, all white, all ghastly, was upturned toward tee, as be shouted in his fiendish mockingdaughter. 'O Heaven ! Oh 1 horror! Can this, will this endure for ever ?' cried 1 in the agony of my fear. The maniac howled with derisive shouts. I felt that J was growing weaker. But he was a madman; ar.d would he grow weaker also 1 A thousand thoughts fled through me. Suddenly the maniac gave one fearful plunge. It was with the strength of a giant that he seized me. He raised me from my feet. The rook, the saving rock?I had lost it: I was , gone. I threw my arms high into the air, and my scream of terror ascended in unison with the maniac's mocking yell. 'Down! down! to the bottomless pit! To the home of fire and brimstone! To the end, less horror of burning lakes!'he screamed, as he gave a bound toward the edge of the cliff. Inspired by a sudden gift of superhuman strength, by a partial possession of even a madman's power; I caught him by the throat, and even on the very edge, even when in 6ight of he abyss, I sprang back, I bore him back; It brought him to the ground. Falling heavily [ upon him, 1 held his throat still in a fierce grasp while his own arms were wound tightly around i my neck, and his open mouth as my cheek lay pressed against his face; I heard them grate harshly, and drew ray head violently away, as he sought to seize me with his sharp teeth. . . In our frantic struggles on the ground, we rolled wildly about, and the dust from sulphur and fioni pumice-stone ascended around us in suffocating clouds. I was halt-insane. I was struggling for life. I caught up a handful of , the fine choking dust, and rubbed it violently i over his open mouth. It went into his nostrils and lungs He gave a jerk forward in agony, i Amid the clouds of dost around, I conid not see where we were. He held me by the hair as he sprang; a moment after, and a fearful force was straining there, holding my head , down with irresistible force. Another moment, and I arose; while wild and high arose ' the shriek of the maniac, as he fell down? I down?into the abyss. A Novel Valentine. Perhaps some of our friends have failed thus far to receive a Valentine. For the benefit of | such we publish the following, which contains moro good sense, than any they might have received through the Post Office. We copy it ' from the Buffalo Republic. Mv Dear Miss?Emboldened by the license afforded by the day, I have ventured to beg you to be my companion in a journey I propose taking. But as, if you accept my invitation, it may be an important event in your life, it will be but justice to give you some information as to the character of our ride. The vehicle, in which I would go, is called 1 matrimony. We will drive along the road of life. My horse is an old grey steed, named Time, and he is a rapid courser. Having as1 cended the vehicle by steps called love, fashioned by a cunning artificer, Cupid by name, the door will be closed upon us by a Clergy1 man, and he will lock the door and throw away the key. We shall find in the road certain rough places, caused by the stones and roots of selfishness, pride, vanity and temper, which have never been entirely removed from the 1 pathway of life. That we may get over these 1 without injury, the carriage is provided with springs of mutual affection, which assist most wonderfully in softening every jolt, and indeed, 1 if we would keep these springs oiled with sympathy of mind, our whole journey will be as nloflonnt ns wo desire. r.v??... ? The vehicie is furnished with glasses called cheerfulness or content, which we may draw up if assailed by storms of adversity. Moreover 1 the whole landscape looks pleasant, through the ' medium of those glasses, such is their magical power. 1 At some points alor.g the way, we shall be in doubt which path to take, and shall be met with two individuals, Duty and Inclination. "t/> moo /tipunt no (tifTorantlv Tn nentcf. in VT liV III a J UUVVf U VJ MIMVIWMVCJ A -w- ... 1 such dilemmas, the ifakr of the country through 1 which the road runs has published a Guide' 2?oo& containing rules for such, together with 1 many valuable directions about the road, as to keeping the vehicle in good repair, (for the road 1 is a long one.) Moreover, if we follow aright the directions of the book, our journey will terminate at the portals of a beautiful region, lovely as Paradise, to which we shall be admitted by a porter whose name is Death. Where as if we neglect the rules of our Guide, our road will infallibly lead into a region of darkness. It is in hope that you will assist me in interpreting this Book, that I now invite you to accompany me. I faithfully promise that your safety and happiness shall be my first and concfonf. /?oro I linno that mv efforts will be I ?? - "-i-- "v successful as in whatever I do I am always happy. Ever your devoted VALENTINE. February 14, 1854. Thing* we Decidedly Object to.?We 1 decidedly object to the first-floor lodger coming home in a state of inebriation, and geting into our bed with his boots on. i We decidedly object to a waiter always telling as he's coming, and never doing it. 1 We decidedly object to a young lady with her hair done up in a newspaper advertisements. We decidedly object to an infatuated drama> tist reading us the manuscript of his five act ' tragedy. We decidedly object to a baby dabbing bis i damp little hand about our face, while the mother stands by, and remarks that the little > dear is beginning to "take notice." We decidedly object to a doctei telling us in a friendly way, that our family were always ' noted for weak cheBts. 1 We decidedly object to a person mistaking us for his mortal enemy, and giving us a tre> mendous blow on the back under the con viction. W e decidedly object to a man's'always laughing at his own jokes, and never laughing at ours. We decidedly object to any one purloining our good things, and palming them off as his i own. We decidedly object to a tailor's man bring i ing home a coat, and bawjlng ouj. ia-the pass. > ag&tbAt bis master told him ju>ft to leave it without money. > And we decidedly object to sharp ohildren, ' lawyer's letters; damp shirt collars, amateur performances, tight boots and an umbrella i trickling down oar back. Mr. Benton, who has been qnlte 111 for some > time, and muoh out of humor since his defeat > in Missoari, declares that he intends going home > to st&mp the entiro State, and sscnre his eleci tion to the U, S, Senate, HOW women are cuipivjcu ? ? France. Everybody knows Paris, which is France, ti a " great place"?as big to the Frenchman as u the Fourth of July is to the American.' The \i French are peculiar. The njen are so. So V are the women. To show how some of the women are employed, we give a paragraph b or two from a chatty and intelligent corres- u pondent: 71 " I am induced to say a word upon the very si numerous employments open to females in tl France, which are not open to them at home, n The books of nine-tenths of the retail shops in tl Paris are kept by women. I do not remember n " ? innt fl,a annntor nf whirh id not fl Cb l/U-y o KJ ( COIrtm-WlltV VUV* VVUUWI VI oMf... ? presided at by a woman. The box-offices of li all the theatres are tended by women?not on- p ly those of the evening, but those open during h the day for the sale of reserved places. The box-openers and audience-seaters are women. t< Not only do women act as sellers in such es- li tablishments as are naturally fitted to them, c but even in groceries, hardware stores, wood- tl yards, fruit stores, butcheries, <fcc. dzc. In all tl these places the book keeper is a woman, ti fenced in and separated from the rest by a C frame-work or glass. The ticket-sellers at the a railroad stations are principally women. I have tl the pleasure of purchasing a seat daily of a tj food-looking young person of about 24 years, ti 'rom appearances 1 should say she was engaged to the conductor on the 4 o'clock train. Wo- V men even guard the stations and some of the c less frequented crossings. Women cry the a rate of exchange, every afternoon, after Bourse h hours; and more numbers of Presse and the u Mosquetaire are disposed of by woman than tl by men. I never yet saw a newsboy in France, In the porters' lodgers of the city there are as a many portresses as porters; and a landlord would ft nrafor frt tolro fnr this SArvtAA. ft WOman With- I tl out a husband, than a man without a wife. In ti small houses, where one person only is required; sj that one person is a woman. Omnibus-con- u doctors submit their way bills at tbe transfer e' offices to women, for inspection and ratifica- h tion. Women book you for a seat in the dilli Ij gence. Women let donkeys for rides to Mont- u morency, and saddle them too. Women un- A dertake the moving of furniture, agree with tl you as to the price, and you find them quite a as responsible as men. Without multiplying a instanees, you see what a number of avenues e are open to females here, which in America are ei closed. At home, nearly all the situations ob- a tainable by them are menial or involve subor- tl dination. Women are either servants, clerks, c operatives, waiters, or type-setters. The fore- \? man is rarely a woman, if I may be allowed ti the expression. Qere, however, females hold a positions of authority, responsibility and con- \ sideration, in the various employments of j< overseers, and book keepers, and even as heads a -- ? * i r.?a S ot estaoiisnmenis. it uus uui ueeu iuuuu um> ^ the weakness of the sex causes the empire to h be any the less energetically asserted, or obe- n dience to be less promptly rendered. " There are other capacities in which women are employed in France, which I trust and believe would never be accepted by women at ^ home; a brigade of street-sweepers contains ^ an equal number of males and females. There g are female chiffoniers, and old clo' women. A complete establishment of a fruit or vegetable ^ peddler consists of a small cart, a man to sell ^ and shout, and a woman and a dog harnessed n into straps, to drag. In the country, women work in the fields, and thresh and winnow in the barns. I might say that from a motive of g| piety, I might employ an alley, tend a straw- & berry bee, and a hawthorn grove, in which I take an unnatural interest?considering that they grow on land not my own. American j women were not born for such occupations as tj these; but I think there are many employ- t ments yet monopolized by men, to which their " labor might be usefully and successfully divert- tj ed." ? ? vi A Mexican Outrage.?The Brownsville n Flag of the 1st inst., contains the following tt letter. The Flag vouches for the credibility of a' the statement: ^ Some two or three weeks since, the mail rider, (who, by the way, is a Mexican) with 0 the U. S. mail to Laredo?a town upon the . American side of the Rio Grande?passed over r! into the department of Coahuila, and delivered s! the mail to the Governor of that State, who n immediately rifled it of its contents. In the 8< bag was found an American newspaper direct- n ed to an American citizen on the American P side of the river. It appears that there was an American, a " Philadelphian, living in a Mexican town called c. Salimas, in the department of Nuevo Leon, of c ' L aL!- t! the same name ot <he person to wuum iui? American paper, in the U. S. Mail, was direct- ^ ed. The Governor of Coahuila immediately ?! sent a detachment of twenty guards to the residence of this gentleman and seized hiiu, V notwithstanding his wife was in a very delicate ei state of health, and took him forcibly to Sal^ *? tillo and there placed him upon trial under the charge that an American newspaper directed ? to a raafc ot his name, had been found in the " U. S. Mail! As no proof of a criminal na- a ture could be adduced, the man was discharged 4, by the Coahuila authorities. In passing through 61 Monterey, however, on his way home, he was P again seized by order of Gen. Ampudia, and ai thrown into prison, on the gronnd that the an- S thorities of Coahuila had no right to let him ei go. free, and there this native born American a citizen now lays in jail?and for wbatf? Quien Sabet B To Prevent a Cow Failing in Her Milk 1' ?Wash the cow's udder aud (eats with pure , cold water before milking, and then milk her 0 morning and evening as dry jls possible; negli- . gence in this latter respect is one of the causes of cows failing in their milk. The cow should, * 4 ? - *ii? j i? ,i if possible, be always miu?u uy mo oaum pt?8on, and while the process is going on a small quantity of bay should be placed before the " animal. This famishes employment for the jaws, and draws herattention from what is going on, and is In conseqaence yielded freely. It is stated that tie no-lieense law haa undoubtedly * been sustainod by the people of Texas in the feoent w eleptWq, ' \ * "'> f ; . ... v. $ r ' * ' ' J * - * . j If we correctly understand the recent elecoo8 in Missouri and Iowa, tbey have tamed pon the same question?that of slavery; as rell as with the same result) the success of the Vbigs in two Statesatrongly Democratic. In Missouri, three years ago, Mr. Benton lost is election to the United States Senate, of rbich he had been a member for thirty years, om the conviction that he was false to die in* litutions of slavery. His course throughout ie long controversy about the Compromise leasures, and upon every quY^tion Involving tie interests-of the South in the Territories, left o doubt about I)is true positiwfc A considerble portion of his party deserted:ium, and heaving this question greater |l^|n any merely arty issue, united with the Whigs in defeating is election. Determined to regain his position, Mr.'Ben* >n succeeded to being elected to the House of Lepresertatives, and waited for tbefirst vacany in the Senate. He and bis adherents made bis the avowed aim of their labors^ and thhi was le issue throughout the State-at the late clecon. Mr. Benton was again a candidate for Jongress, and defeated by a heavy majority, nd bis partisans form but a small traction of le Legislature. Benton, and the Benton ParV, are dead and buried. The Slavery Quesion has done this. In Iowa the same question has carried the Vhigs into power. As in Missouri, they:have arried every thing?Legislature, Congression1 Delegation, dec. But the resemblance ends ere. The Whig triumph n Iowa is the trimph of Anti-Slavery. Without an exception, be Whig party of the free States opposed the Nebraska bill, in every stAge of its progress; nd since its passage thoy have omitted no ef>rt to gather reoruits to their ranks by making lis bill the theme of their loudest denunciaons, and hostility to the South the most conpicuous article in their party creed. In this ray they carried Connecticut, and neutralized ven New Hampshire. By these means they J J? Ta.ma iknvn tuQQ VlQ ave inuinj?ut?u in iuwo, wuoio uicav? n?? imiu f each a thing as a Whig party before. The nion of the Whigs, Freesoil Democrats and ibolitionists, has been effected on the basis of le re-enactment of the Missouri Restriction nd the repeal of the Fugitive Slave law, and triumphant party has thus been gathered ren in Iowa. The same union, to the same nd, is consummating throughout the North nd Northwest. It may not every where have 3e same success. The charm of the new warry may explode, or die out, or at least be weakened by other influences before the eleoons in the other States. Bat there is at least probability that in the next" Congress the Vhigs will have a majority, and that this ma)rity will be pledged up to eyes to the creed nd aims of Abolition. It is proper that the outh should contemplate such a result beforeand, and make up their minds how they will leet it?Char. Mercury. Massachusetts Whig Convention. Boston, August 16.? The Massachusetts yhiz Convention nominated for Lieutenant fovemor William C. Plunketc, by a vote of | 06. Palfrey received but 300. A aeries of J asolutions was adopted, declaring that the 7hig party of Massachusetts, ever true to berty, the Constitution and the Union, needs ot to abandon its organization or change its rinciples; declaring a devoted attachment to le Union; that it was the policy of the fathrs of the Republic to confine slavery to the sisting limits, as evidenced by the passing of le ordinance of 1787, clearly establishing as cardinal principle of government that slavery lould be prohibited in the public domain; lat the recent act of the National Legislate, in wantonly and faithlessly annulling a riemn covenant whioh has stood for more than lirty years, leaves no restrictions upon the aeon of the free States, bevond the exact pro isions of the Constitution itself. That the aked question is now liberty or slavery, and mt they are prepared at all times, and under II circumstances, to endeavor to secure the lessings of liberty. The resolutions further say that the Whigs f Massachusetts are unalterably opposed to le extension of slavery over one foot of tertory now free; that they oppose the admison of any new State formed out of territoes, unless slavery be prohibited; and will ;ek the immediate unconditional repeal of so mch of the act as repeals the Missouri comroraise; that the constitution secures equal nmunities to the citizens of the several States, hich is grossly violated where the law exists - - - > m ? ... n IJ >r tbe imprisonment of toe citizens 01 massatiusetts without trial or imputation of crime; tat the fugitive slave law requires an amendtent securing the trial by jury and habeas arpus; or failing this, they will seek unconitional repeals that the people of the free tates are called on to give such direction to Migration as will secure free States out of irritories; that they may arraign the Presient as having wantonly violated the pledges f his inaugural address, and stooped from his igh position and prostituted the influence and dmini8tration by appointing foreigners of ueslionable character to office, to tbe ezclnon of native citizens of high reputation and atriotism ; for its cowardly attack on a weak nd defenceless community upon most trivial rounds, while not daring to insist on the fall njoyraent of religious freedom to Americans broad. After .several speeches the resolutions were nanimously adopted. & Josiah Quincy spoke iu favor of the obliga on to retnra fugiiiVe slaves being stricken om the ooostitutidn; whlcn was received with beers. The vote fbf a candidate for Governor was len taken, and stood : <Washburn 818, Rock-ell 112, scattering 6. Th* Fir* of 'Posh' and 'Put*.'?The oston Post is responsible. for the foil wing; Sam?Julius, wbar didyou get that coat? Julius?Down here to Push's,^. Sam?Whar's that? Julias?Little ways dowi in Brattle street, bar it says, 'Push* on the doofr." ljmthed and rent in. It said;'PuK*.oft de odder side?I oiled dis coat and run out'. ' ; . m These appear to be the. alternatives of the J contest waged in the East The parties tio^ occupy those relative noBitiops that^lhe i*W*: ? must be peace fii lesa than three orT??ur montba a or an indefinite prolongation of hostilities. "TJ^t S result seems to hinge-on tlie first' ?to\y tluti* ?3 struck between the Austrian and Russian 'X Thoy wore in an attitude of watchfabteaMjjqr pectireiy. If tireAustrian*;enter-tije 7;S palitics to dtepkwe the Russians, mid not;#) 1 make a show and pretence of. doing, wytheiirrt -3 drop of Russian blood abod will, of course,-!** | the signal for the crossing of the Austrian frc#>- | tier by the Rustf an army'that now face* $.1N "I a menacing'position. The cerlaipty of Jthia ;Jj anticipation inspires the utmost military operations of- these two powers; jb<s 'V A ustrians may occupyjwjwtionsj in th$ Oaou- | bian province# wflhobt^tnSujj; brto actual ool | lision with the Rassiaus, and without afltoiijog 1,3 a pretext for the Czar to order tos army U> cross the Austrian frontier. As the occupation is with the permhwon/ofTurkey; Russia can have no josVeaase ofcomptftmf. Now, this is just that period of pauseintbf 'J operation", hetore tn? nrst blow if.auytDft* which is favorable to an armistice and th^re*. no wal of negotiations., There would he a joint occupancy during negotiations, ajthough A intended. The digtiity of neiU<er of theM^^. tiea would be conrfproninfed." There WouKfhe no enforced compliance hy > ting the Principalities. Austria wouM iwfcStiolate ber engagements with Turkey by a void itig "J an immediate conflict wit^ the Russian", while -1 she has placed heirself. in an attitude which ad-> * raits of hostilities being com meoced at anyjjwment. Bat what would .be the inclInqjN$&of i the Allies towards tho renewal of uegoUe?tp^; * j In our opinion, as the winter approaches: ^yv v| would be glad to re open them. Whai^bi tfcir present position? An immense expenditure Iijh curred and going on, and no prospect o?jgMg-, ing the enemy to terms. The war in its character and incidents.- AlinoiffilfetMU, tional contests are determined by uTv$dvi?^ enemy on some exposed portion of his an/1 aAmnollin/v tiitn" 4a aanltnlafa nftna ' ruiira^' ,'i3 auu UUUJ^IIU^ IIIUI vu LopuuioiQ aivo n nipp jal engagement and the capture of his capifSl. If not in this mode, by crippling hia comnjcrce?. conquering his colonies, if be has any/<i?dcapturing his fleets. But Russia has no colonies, no fleets that she will eXposVto capture^h'd ; no commerce that she would not sacrifice soojf a er than sign a disadvantageous treaty of peacd. ' ^ Her fortresses which defend ier maritime froe^ tier are impregnable, and hercspiUl. by ^aB^' is inaccessible. What can be obtained by longing a struggle with a power so petndiaurJjF guarded! The first campaign is nearly m&M end, and the-results are insdg^iflcank.^Jb'f^ > of posts has been gallantly\miialafm^^>8? -. this, although accompanied by a life, has had, and can have,no decf|d*dtyflsfaM on the fortunes of suofr a wart The people of France and England will soon exhibit disco# tent at so much expenditure, with m mi j pondent consequences, present or prospective, Jj The boasts of commanders, statesmen and eria. M ductors of journals, have not been t$aUte&o& t|| is there any hope that the m atonal guaraateed will be foand either in the Black or Bafcip 6e?k ?by surrender of Russian territory *iUier4* Asia or Europe. Another campaign lifcedbo present, carrying on a great war by small e*? ploits?by blockades and the bombardment of inferior places and fortresses^?Soak xw{ fttyUfofl two most civilized and powerful nations of Europe. There are no means of confoctingSi! tilities that promise results in corrtropofemii with the great end in view, unless by ? general war and arming the nationalities, England and France dare not aKera&jtai,r Under the circumstances, tbeft,>ja*2Sfil|f probable than overtures for >ds^l<S8|PB|Bfc? brought about by Prussia, arn^ rectly by the Allies themselves. * not have put herself to the exffcnse-dbwgBF". ' mense military armament, wjtfmiftJiSiZiitt : presumed, some compensatingadvjyitage* 9be may find this in an arrangemeb$lo3^jjk?' months of the Danube, and render the-Biacfe Sea less like one.closed to free navigatioq^il commerce than hitherto, it is not likely thad she will withdraw her armies whhnut^sdft)# benefit, territorial or otherwise. Perhaps girt may be sought m a joint occupancy ?wit^ Rossia of the Principalities, exercising a protectorate in common over them. Such an arrange * merit might be made the basis of an accommodation, by which Turkey would be protected on the side most assail able, and although not' satisfying all the conditions of- a perfetffljfc antee, might make the nearest approach to"> solution of the problem of security to 'turJugjFon the Enropean side with the presermtuMM^ ^ the existing European babinoei?ift*. ^ srtorlar Occurrence.-?The foHowtiigha e .1.- c >. ;ii? \ on: e 7r . \ uuin uiu uemruvijie ^ lkiiu.j i noes, 01 a receui "Under the obituary head in to day will be found the death of Mr. Reese. Oqrthe day of his death, M>,* Ree^e was engaged^ seeding oats, and towards evening wss-sia^ii by a voice apparently at his e 1 ho^iavmggjfip?b may sow but shall not reap!" He looked a> round, and seeing no one, continued Jus work of seeding--attributing it, as be afte/wa^dt^. , ted to his imagination. At eveiy step, ever, the warning was repeated, And eliastut* able to bear it, he proceeded borne to bis wife. He was persuaded by her that be had ad fever ^ and did not feel any indispositiort, she induced" him return 4to the field. There however, timn cnlpinn WATTlinf V01C6 attended him ftt "* ' ^ every step?'you may sow, but cannot reap! ** and iu a state of agitation, be again quit work and went borne. He took an eariy was shortly after taken with a awelling ' " throat, and bcfcfre sun rise was a corpse. changes that the Hon. W W. Pepper^1^^^ the Circuit ^Judges in that \ - .. - -