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VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1854. .:. ^PMBEiiSf'J
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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
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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.
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'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.
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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
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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." ?
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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
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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
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>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'. '
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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 \
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