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VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TtESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31,1854. NUMBER 44. ]
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morality of Public men.
The North British Reviewfor August, closer
with an article on the 44 Past and Present Political
Morality of British Statesmen," in which
it is argued there has been a gradual, but de
cided improvement in the chameter of those
who have ruled the British nation, and From
the history given of the various administrations
since the Restoration, it seems difficult to dissent
froth this conclusion. A similar article
on the past and present history of the .statesmen
of our own country, prepared by a competent
and impartial band would be read with
deep interest, though we fear truth would not
conduct us to a similar result, Still we think
. it is a subject to which the thoughts of many
have for a considerable time been turned with
increased earnestness. Not a few are more influenced
in their exercise of the rights.of snf
frage by the character of those who are candidates
for office than in former times, and the
subject deserves far more of the attention of
good men than it has hitherto received. The
article above referred to, opens with the following
suggestive remarks:
Probably few great philosophio statesmen,?
few men, that is, who had acted intimately in
public affairs as well as contemplated them
from the closet, ever quitted'the stage without,
a feeling of profound discouragement. Wheth
er successful or unsuccessful, as the world
would deem them, a sense of sadness and dis
appointment seems to prevail over every other
sentiment. They have attained so few 0! their
f -'-*- -i ? r..n r... . u.,?k ..e ?i...:v
oujects, luejf uave laiiril .-i? mi nimi wi mm
ideal,?they have seen so much m<>re than or
dinary men of the dangers and difficulties of
nations, and of the vice* and meanness of public
men. The work to be accomplished is so
great, and the workmen are so weak and so
unworthy,- the roads are so inuny, and the
finger-posts so few. Not many Englishmen
governed so long or so successfully as Sir
Robert Peel, or set in such a halo of blessings
and esteem; yet, shortly before his death, he
confessed (hat what he had seen and heard in
public life had left upon bis mind a prevalent
impression of gloom and grief. Who ever
succeeded so splendidly as Washington ! Who
ever alloyed to such a degree, and to.the end,
the confidence and gratitude of his country ?
" Yet," say6 Guizot, " towards the close of his
life, in the sweet and dignified retirement of
Mount Vernon, something of lassitude and sad
ness hung about the mind of a man so serenely
great,?a feeling, indeed, most natur 1 at
the termination of a long life spent in men's
concerns. Power is a heavy burden, and man
kind a hard taskmaster to him who struggles
virtuously against their passions and their errors.
Success itself cannot wipe out the aor
rowful impressions which originate in the conflict,
and the weariness contracted on the scene
of action is prolonged even in the bosom of
repose."
With these passages fresh in our recollection,
we veniured, at the close of some long conversations
with a retired philosopher and statesman,
who, for many years, was the first minister
of a great kingdom, to ask him the follow
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ing qnestioxi: " i ou nave uveu mruugn some
| of the most interesting and troubled times of
hvman history ;k you have >tudied men cotitem
platively, as well as acted with them and gov
erned them ; you have long had the fate of
your own country, and a portion <> that of
Europe, in your hands; What feelingstrong
est in your mind as ymi"look ba?*k mii-I forward
?hope or despondency for your country and
the world?contempt and di-gust or affection
and esteem, for your fellow-jruen ?" His reply
was, as nearly as we can recall it, this :? I
do not feel that my experience of men has
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indisposed me to serve them ; nor, in spite of
failures which I lament, <?f errors which 1 ii"W
see and acknowledge, and of the prr.sen gloomy
aspect of affairs, do I despair of the future.?
On the contrary. I hojie: 1 see glimpses of
daylight; I see elements of rescue: I see even
now faint -dawnings of a better day. The
truth I take to be thisThe march of Provi
dence is so slow, and our desires are so impiw
tient,?the work* of progress is so immense,
and our means of aiding it so feeble,?the life
* of humanity is so long, and the life of individ
ual men so brief, that what we see is often
only the web of the advancing wave ; and thus
discouragement is our inevitable lot. it is on
ly History that teaches us to hope. No! 1 ted
nA iJAonuir* n?i? ?>orumnnnt fooiinrr
HU Ulftguai, Ilvr UQO|/uai I..J |miuiuvuuv
is simply a sense of personal fatigue. I am
weary of the journey and the' strife. Ego
Hannibal, peto pucem."
Yet the statesman who spoke thus had witnessed
strange catastrophes, had encountered
deeper discomfitures, had steered through mirier
wiws, had witnessed more cruelty, more
co ward ice, mo re tergiversation,more corruption,
?had seen more splendid glory -tarnished,
more gorgeous hopes frustrated, more brilliant
promises belied, than any previous period of
modern history .eohld have displayed, hut ite
was profoundly acquainted with the past annals
of other countries as well as of his own ;
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and one of tbe moat unquestionable ana en
couraging facts -which these annals bring out
into day, is full of promise and of consolation,
viz., the gradual improvement in the character
of publio men,?the* higher standard of morali
ty they set before themselves,?and the far,
greater purity which the world exacts from
tbem now than formerly. This ia seldom
perceivable from year to year not always even
from generation?not always and at all times
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*in every country?but no one who compares
age with age will hesitate to record it as one
of the great truths of history. And in no
country does it stand out in such clear relief
as in our own ; and all will acknowledge, that
no surer indication and no more powerful instrument'
of.national-improvement can exist,
than the moral progress of the men to whom
the national destinies are committed."
Be of Good Heart.
That there are such things as good and had
"luck" in this world every one believes, but it
cannot be denied that people have the making
of their luck far more in their own hands
than they are usually disposed to admit.
When an enterprise is rashly undertaken and
I fnilnro ic tho result. it is mno.ll IllertSHTiter to
ascribe the failure to bad luck than to a want
of reflection and prudence. When a man
wastes the best of his day*, taki ;g no thought
of the future and spending all his earnings as
fa-t as thi'V arc received, it is the easiest way
to-quiet conscience w hen i>M age approaches and
poverty stares him in the face, to cast all the
blame upon an evil fortune which never gave
him opportunities to improve his wordly circumstances.
When he sees others who commenced
life s active duties at the same time he
did prosperous, and perhaps wealthy, he attributes
it ^11 to their good fortune, overlooking
the dilligence, economy and prudent spirit
of enterprise which always distinguished them.
It is true that all have not the same talents,
the same clearness of judgment to seize upon
favorable moments to better their prospects,
the same energetic will to press on hopefully
under discouragements and difficulties; put the
industrious man who observe.- temperance,
practices economy, and maintain* a consistent
, character for truth and probity, rarely or never
l fails iu winning suine ineasire of success, and
securing a competency fin hi- declining yeats.
Even the humblest laborer may hope to better
his wordly condition, and lay up a stoie in
j the piitne-Of life tor future wants, ly observing
j these simple virtues. Ami wlwt is the mere
| material gain compared with tin peace of mind
! and enduring pleasure* of a wv||.employed
' fife ? Men do not ktmw how nmch they can
' accomplish tin til they try. The gnat cause of
their failures, misfbttunes and miseries is that
. they do not earnestly, try to succeed. They form
1 a good resolution, hut break it as so'-n as form,
ed. If they do obseive it a little while, they
! yield to the first strong temptation, or timidly
halt when an obstacle comes in their way. It.
is their bad luck again, they say, in excusing
their weakness or cow ardice. "There is no
use in on in ing; every thing is against us;" and
thus complaining against fate?when the fault
is tb<ir own?they sinh down into spiritless
and degrading indifference. When they ought
to be battling against what tliey call their fate,
un/1 ir iinii.tr jmtn cf ruiitrfh in ov'ui i* ctiifil* nf thf
b S b J ?I- Conflict,
they retire, perhaps, to some rum shop,
and there, with adufteiated, poisonon- potions,
destroy their moral sense and pliy-eial enerj
gies. To succeed in life, men must not ot.lv
i try earnestly to'succeed.Jmt tliey must avoid
doing anv thing which they know will hinder
their succes>. There are many very industrious
men, who toil hard all the week, and
every week in the year, who neverless are not
one dollar richer at liie end of the year than
they were at the beginning of it. They earn
ed, perhaps, good wages, or made large profits
in trade, thev did not practice economy. The
m?>ney has "'slipped away" from them, and
the -aine hopeless round of toil is performed
year after year until sickness or bad times come
and then the consequences of their improvideuce
flow in upon th? m in an overwhelming
flood of miseries. How much misery, want
and wretchedness might be avoided if men and
women would remember that it is their duty
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i and remeinoeriug u, ous^ive u?-iu ^mia, u>
j the sunshine of prosperity, a little store to serve
j them in their possible need, in some winter
season of adversity. Whole World.
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The Infidel's Creed.
Infidels seoti' at. the credulity of the Christian.
But let us fairly stale the case, and see whether
of all beings in exi-tunce the infidel is not
the most weakly credulous. What is the infidel's
creed? Me believes that the whole world
is unit- d in a conspiracy" to impose upon them
selves about the era of the intr- dilution of
Christianity; that, they indented an universal
-p- rsuasio" of the coming or some great person
age, and that by mere acc dent their conjecture
was ve- ifiud in the birth or Christ; that verses
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of foetus, tno prouuciions m men wnn uvcu
several hundred \ears ago before, accidentally
happened to apply to that extraordinary person,
and things theNiiost contradictory did accidentally
concui in him; that he was a deceiv
er, and an enthusiast, and a false claimant to a
divine commission^and .let, that he was, without
exception, the purest and most amiable of
beings; ami that he succeeded in his object
without any of the means u-unlly employed by
similar cimra??teis; foi withmt: money, without
troops, without power, he convinced multitudes
of his divine authority. He delieves that, after
i Christ was ojM.|ilv ttrnc lied'its n malefactor,
twehe ihit r te fishemn u to;k lip tin ext.raordmHiy
tah- tiiat he hud iis.*:i fro... the dead although
these risliei ii?"ii! most h.r-e known the
contrary it he was a deceive , and without any
! ac&icrn:ihle motive in ihe lac.- <>f danger and
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death, tb<-y formed the ??i?ld de igu of convert
ing the whole world to a belief nf this strange
story; that although aware of the calamities
which they must thus occasion to mankind, and
therefore men of unfeelingaml cruel disposition,
their writings and actions exhibit the purest
morality and the most benevolent spirit; that
without education or literature they composed
several works, in which the leading character
or subject ol their memoirs, if a fictitious personage,
is unquestionably one of th most wonderful
creatures of imagination that the range
of literature, can furnish?a character altogether
unlike that of any being who ever dwelt on
earth?sustained throughout with the most exact
consistency, and the most minute and apparently
unnecessary particularity of date- n"dv
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times and places; mm iiwj wavt ici i.v?r me
greater part (if the world, everywhere sueeuss
ful, though everywhere persecuted; uutl tint
they were eventually the means of ..subverting
the religious establishment of tho most powerA
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ful nation on earth. Yes, and the intidel ue
lieves that all this.was chance; these men impostors;
the whole story a fable and a forgery!
If it be so, then the case is without a parallel
in history; and the man who receives the creed
of the infidel, betrays a credulity so capacious,
a faculty so prodigious of overlooking ditfieul
j ties, that we cannot but suspect there i3 some- ;
I thing wrong in the ordinary powers of his unI
HoiRtnndifi/r. But the case is otherwise. Infi- |
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delity is not so much ft derangement of the the
head as the heart. Relieving ns we do, that i
the words of Christ are words of eternal truth,
we maintain that it is inpossible for any man i
to disbelieve the Bible who searches it with a j
right spirit. "If any man will do his will, he i
shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of i
God." j
. Fashion Overdone. <
The frequent changes and extremes of fash I
ion, which occupy so much of the time and '
atlentjon of the ton belonging to exquisitedom, <
has been the subject of much comment, and <
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IIS vumrifs me wujeuio iji as IMUVU auiuBv<i'?>.r
ftnd ridicule. (
An incident is related, which illustrates the I
danger to young men, of sometimes having I
their unmentionables made a little too fashion- <
able. . u <
A yonng gentleman, from one of the interior
cities was invited to accompany a friend on a i
visit to the country, which invitation was ac- 1
cepted, and in order to appear in the best and |
latest trim, our ntce young mau concluded to i
order fmrft his tailor a pair of extremely fash- i
ionable extras. >
The time allowed for iheir completion being i
60 short, the tailor could only finish them for t
the gentleman just before taking the cars, which i
commonly iike time and tide wait for no man, i
consequent!\ our hero had no chance for trying <
on before leaving,aqopportunity howeveroceiir- i
red on the way, and to his very great surprise s
and inconvenience, his tailor had followed in- t
structions nlher too closely?the effort to t
draw on was a failure?it was emphatically no | 1
go. 1
Arriving at their place of destination our t
travellers put up tor the night, and it may be >
that our hero consoled himself the while with t
the thought that he would try again and may I
lie have iietter luck next time. > ^
In the morning the party were late at breaTi-* i
fast, and as an apology to their generous host, t
one of them gave as a reason for theii? tardiness,
the indisposition of another to rise ear t
lier, but the true secret of the matter was, that (
the gentleman of the tight pants, had been s
making sundry ineffectual efforts again, and had \
finally to appear in his travelling costume, I
deeply mortified, after tne bell had been rung I
and a messenger sent to announce breakfast in f
waiting.
Now the moral to this incident is quite uat- e
ural and simple. People often put themselves c
to a great deal of iiuneiessary trouble to be t
uncomfortable, and the suggestion of common i
-ense is quite rational. IT is better neither to v
lie too far out or in the fashion. . > "s
Wealth consists of such commodities as are 11
useful, - that is, necessary oragreeable to man- v
kind. .
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weami 18 u> ue uuuuuru vy mo oni|?iuj - irient
of labor on materials furnished by nature. v
A8 tlie materials of nature appear to be in- ^
exhaustible, and the supply of labor is eontinually
progressive, no other limits can be 6
assigned to the operations of labor than those v
of human intelligence. And where are the ^
limits of human intelligence?
Productive labor being a beneficial power, *
whatever stimulates and directs this power is 11
beneficial also. s
Many kinds of unproductive labour do fliis. r
Many kinds of unproductive labour .are therefore
beueficial. a
All labour for which there is a fair demand 1
is equally i espectable. 1
Labour being a beneficial power, all econ- e
omy of that labour must be beneficial. u
Labour is economized.
I. By division of Labour; in three ways. "
1. Men do best what they are accostomed r
to do. 0
2. Men do the most quickly work which e
they stirk to. *
3. It is a savin" of time to have several '
li
parts of a work going on at once.
Labour is economized, , 1
II. By the use of machinery, which, " F
1. Ea<es man's la: our.
2. Shortens mail's labour; and thus, by doing *
his work, sets him at liberty for other work. r
Labour should be protected by securing its 1
natural liberty: that is, v
1. By showing no partiality. f
2. By removing the effects of partiality ' 1
Bad Air.?Somebody says, and truly too,
I k.?rl oIk i'o o clntw nAicnn Aim) fhuf. iu fh?
111(11 "?IU UH ! ' a 0????T. Iiva vtt ?w %> ,
trouble. People go on taking it day after day 1
into their lungs, and night after night. They
grow pale, their lungs suffer, the circulafion is
languid, they take colds readily, the chest, the c
stomach, the skin becomes disordered, and a
host <>f chronic diseases attack them. A little .
carbonic acid taken every day does not kill a
man. It is a most a pity it don't! If a red hot c
stove destroyed instantly one man in every ^
town daily for a week, there might be some salvation
for the nation. If, instead of fainting ^
away in crowd) d and Imdly ventilated public ^
assemblies, people occasionally died outright in ^
convulsions, the authorities would take the ^
matter in hand, and make it penal for the own-,
ers of such buildings to open them for public ,
use without attending to the proper condition
for the preservation of health. When a thing ^
is only n slow poison, the age is too much in a (
hurry to attend tojt. -
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An excellent cement for scums in the roofs j
of houses, or for any similar defects, may be
made with white lead, dry white sand, and as \
much oil as will render it of the consistence of i
of the putty of the glaziers; it becomes as hard (
as any stone in the course of a few w eeks.? I
The lead forms a kind of a flux with the sand, i
adapting it to the filling up of cracks in brick t
buildings, also for poiritingup the hope* uf:
chimnies, where they project thtougli the roofs, (
of shi ogled bouses, | >
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A THRILLING NARRATIVE.
Peter McCabe, of Ireland, who was rescued
from the raft and brought tc New York, publishes
a letter, in which, after stating that he
remained on the Arctic until the water reached
the main deck, and the vessel commenced sinking,
says:
I left the door and got upon the raft which
had been partially constructed from the spars
we took from the vessel. A great many persons
were trying to get on the raft. Some
were clinging to it with one hand,and, although
it was already crowded, others'were striving to
get a foothold. Among the number whu were
npon it I saw four ladies. Their names I did
not know.- Altogether, there were seventy six
persons on the raft. The sea, though not
strong, was rough, and the waves, as they dash-1
?d overvt, washed away a portion of its living
freight. I shall never forget the awful scene.
I'here we were, in the midst of the ocean, withbut
the slightest hope of assistance,'whilst evjry
ininule one or more of our unfortunate feU
W passengers were dropping^nto their watery
jrave front sheer exhaustion. ' Those who had
ife preservers did not sink, hut floated with
:heir ghastly faces upwards, reminding those
ivho still remained alive of the fate that awaited
them. .
In the midst of all this, thanks to Heaven, I
lever lost hope, but retained my courage to the
.ast. One by one I saw my unfortunate companions
drop off; some of them floated off, and
*ere eaten and gnawed by fishes, while others
Mere washed under the raft, and remained with
ne till I was rescued. I could see their faces
n the openings as they were swayed to and
ro by the waves, which threatened every monent
to wash me off. The raft at one time
>vas so crowded that many had to hold on by
>ne hand. Very few words were spoken by
my, and the only sound that we heard was the
iplash of the waters, or the heavy breathing of
he poor sufferers, as they tried to recover
heir breath after a wave had passed over them.
Nearly all were submerged to their arm-pits,
vhile a few could with great difficulty keep
heir heads above the surface. The women
*rere the first to go. They were unable to
itand the exposure more than three or four
lours. They nil fell off the raft without a
vord, except one poor girl, who cried out in
ntense agony, "Oh, my poor mother and sisers."
When I was about eighteen hours on the raft
here were not more-thau three or four left.? |
)ne of these gave ine what appeared to be a j
anal! map, but which I understood him to say
vas a sort of title deed to his property. In a
ew-moments after I took it, he too unloosed
lis hold, and was added to the number that
loatcd about the raft.
1 endeavored to get tne paper into my pocatt,
but found this impossible, on account of my
ramped position, so I placed it between my
ceth and held it there till 1 was overwhelmed
y n wave, when I lost my hold of it, and it
ras viashed away. Another, who had an oiled
ilk cat on, culled on nW*, for Heaveb s sake,
o assist him, as his strength was rapidly failug,
and he must fall off if not relieved. As he
vas about four or five feet from me, it wasdifieult
to reach him, hut after considerable exer
ions I succeeded in doing so, and helped hint
vith one of my knees until I became quite
uint, when I-was obliged to leave him to his
ate. Poor fellow, he promised me, if he ever
;ot to New York alive, he would reward me
veil. He clung with terrible tenacity to life,
tut he too dropped off in his turn.
I was now left alone on the raft; not a soliary
being was alive, out of seventy; but still
ny hope continued strong. The night of the
A.v t* iit.tfl nVvAnf s?)s\pmirv nn ino nnfl till.
ctuiiu uaj nno auuut uvoiug vn mv, i?uv< ???
ing the wjFiole time I hud been in the water I
ad not eaten a particle of anything or drank
, drop. My strength, I found, was beginning
o give way, and my sight had become so dim
hat I could not perceive objects a few feet off;
ven the ghastly faces of tho dead, that looked
ip at me under the raft were hardly discernaile.
I determined on making one more effort
or life; I raised myself on my knees upon the
aft, and through the dusk of the evening 1 saw,
ir thought I saw a vessel. My strength seemd
to revive, and in a few minutes I heard the
oices of persons in a boat approaching me.?
IVn minutes more and I too would have gone;
>ut Providence had mercy 011 me, and after
wentv-six hours' exnosure I was by its mercy
(reserved from a watery grave.
Mr. McCtibe is lying in a low condition in
*?ew York, and 6eems, at times, partially deantzed
Since taken from the raft, large erupions
have taken place on hi? limbs, which, as
veil as his hands and arms,' are very much
wollen, f ront the effects, as is supposed, of beng
immersed in the water so long.
Life Insurance.?The following extracts
.re from the report of the Georgia Southern
tlutual Insurance Company :
" The business of our life department for
he past year has been slowly but steadily in*
,r>i ? ? i? -r tU
Teasing. i hh numuer ui wui pwiiviee,
imount insured, the accumulated fund, as well
ui the profits on .band to be divided among the
nsured, are greater than at any former period.
The directors have,, however, resolved to
leclure for 1855 only tb? same ten per-cent,
livideud they have been paying for the two
'ears past, believing ' that the extraordinary
licknfess now prevailing at Savannah and
Charleston requires much prudence and canion,
so as to preserve our reserved fund unouched
by any disasters that may occur, The
egularity of our losses from time to time;
he steady progress in our business; and the
continued increase in our accumulated .means,
urnish to the public a satisiactory guarantee
?f the sufficiency of our premium's to meet
>nr future probable losses, and to secure the
jermanence, stability and success of our company.
" The benefits we have conferred on the
widows and orphans of our members have
wen signal and decided. In almost every
jase, the insurance effected inour.company has
teen the principal meant left to the deceased
o support their >urvivijig fanplies and educate
heir orphan children. .
"For 'so-good.an object we deserve and no
Joubt we shalf receive, the favor and patron
>ge of the Southern people to a much largo.
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I'Aieui Lliiiii una jci uicii ^itvu uo. ...... ?
worthy object and well arranged plans, onr future
progress may bo slow, but must, ir? the
end, be complete and certain."
Franklin Pierce.
This faithful friend of the South is pursued
hotly not only by tlie blood-hounds of Abolitionism,
but strange to relate, of the Whig
party of the South. Wo scarcely open a whig
paper, but- we see some low fling cast at this
j noble man. And there is nothing so convin'
cing of the greatness of any man, than," wlieu
he comes into power, the opposition hnrl at
him the shafts of hatred, envy and malice. So
soon as President Pierce was elevated to the
high position he now holds, &o soon the cry
of ? TVu- 11 vi-ith tiiml" rn?A frmn the throats of
the blood thirsty villiaus of the North, arid
what is still worse, and whnf shows a stranger
affiliation between Northern Abolitionism and
Southern Whiggery, the whig press, have fall,
en into the same curre.nt, pouring forth their
unathemas, "Jong, loud and deep," tfgaiiist him
and his friends. Neither he, nor even one of
his Cabinet?Marcy, Guthrie, Davis, Dobbin,
McLelland, Campbell orCushing,?have escaped
.their maledictions. The charges of Abolition
and Disunion have been brought against
them, but they have withstood the terrible
shocks ot the thunderbolts of Whiggery; and
the Democratic party North and Soutb, true to
her interests, and the interests of the country,
haue hurled back in their teeth, these allegations,
as totally unfounded and false, by their
sustaining them. There is nothing that shows
so plainly the President's friendship for the
South, as the villifying abuses that are "heaped
up mountain high,' upon him, by the Abolitionists
and Freesoilers of the North. Such
a course raises him in the estimation of true
Southrons. His repudiation by Northern fanatics
of every stripe, serves only to endear
him to the hearts of the people, that, like him,,
are equally open to their unjust and unmerited
denunciations.?Republican Banner.
Pierre Soale.
Oar Minister to Spain has become the target
for tbe vulgar diatribes of the English and
French Press, because of his decided and man-1
ly bearing at the Court of Madrid, surrounded
hv tho nrpsnmntuous intriguants of the Euro
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pean Powers. This is all very natural and
customary; bot we regard it as utterly unworthy
of any American to echo or adopt these
low arts of the agents and tools of despotism,
which are resorted to mainly with a view of
bringing Republicanism into contempt. Some
of the references to Mr. Soule in the Northern
papers are positively disgraceful. There is
the New York Evening Post, a paper, for instance,
which assumes to be intensely Democratic,
and yet does not hesitate to adopt, as
true, the invention of the English pennv-a-liners
that represent our Minister as engaged in
a feeble and abortive emeute at Madrid. All J
these stories are founded on Mr. Soule's well
known public, oper. and frank declarations in
favor of the Republican.party In Spain, as if
such conduct were dishonorable or improper in
the Representative of a Republic at a Court
where the Ministers of absolute Powers do
not refrain from the most active intrigues and
in tho infurnnl rovnliiHnna and I
JJrtl llUjmHUll It! IrllW %m
movements of the country.
In our judgment our Minister would be
false to his trust, if he did.not, in a proper and
legal manner, manifest his devotion to the popular
principle, and give its development his
sanction and countenance. We may as well
have no Ministers at all in Europe if they are
to remain silent, indifferent observers of events,
whilst the Representatives of other Powers are
carrying on all sorts of intrigues and conspiracies
to strengthen and perpetuate monarchichl
ideas. For such a Minister Pierre Soule was
a very bad selection. Sprung from the people,
he has always shared their feelings, and symnnt.hized
in all their numoses. desires and move
meats. A fugitive'from persecution mid abso
lutism, he has never failed in the hospitality,
which he swore on the altar of this republic,
tqirty years ago, against " every form of tyranny
over the tniud of man."
Yon must pardon something to the spirit
of liberty," was a noble appeal of the great
English orator. We might claim that indulgence
should be extended to our distinguished
countryman's excesses, if such he should commit,
in behalf of Democracy. Mr. Soule has
nobly sustained himself at Madrid amid many
serious perils and trials. He has had to battle
against French sneers, English intrigue nnd
Spanish presumption. He has boldly confronted
thein all; he has fought theihi^ not with
their own weapons of court scandal, tiewspi-j
per dings ana inventions. ana peuj intrigue*,
but with the sturdy, vigorous home-thrusts of'a
plain, decisive, fearless Democrat, telling them
honest truths in very downright terms, hurling
the'contempt and defiance of a great Republic
at their head*. His late letter, published in
the Delta of Thursday, in reference to the silly
explanations of his visit to his old home in the
Pyrenees, which had been inserted in the Court
journals of Madrid, was an admirable pmduc
tion. The point and force of this dpter are !
even greater to those who are familiar with
the real character of Mr. Sodiej and who have '
seen the surmises.in regard ta. tile cause oF his I
departure. The idea of his leaving on account
of hints from the Madrid Government, or from
any kind of fear or: apprehension, is so su
prentely silly, that it coo Id only find a place in
the brain ot the imbecile ravomes 01 a corrupt
monarchy.?N. 0. Delta.
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The Cotton Chop.?The New Orleans
Picayune has been favored by a commercial
house of that city with the subjoined extract of
a letter, dated in Mississippi, October IS, on
the subject of the cotton crop :
I returned home about a week since, and,
as iny roote lay through the cotton growing
rerrion. I had a Drettv tood opportunity of
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judging of the cotton crop as well by personal
observation as from information derived from
others along the road.
In Georgia and Carolina the plant is small,
ml almost the entire crop open, subjecting it
t<"? waste" from storm and bail weather. .In
Carolina, it was thought there would not be a
great deficiency from last year's crop; but' in..
and in Alabama tho injury was as great; as in
i Mississippi and Louisiana, where the defLien- .
cy can not be less than thirty per cent, at tfa ^
lowest calculation. 1 have never known such v
destruction to the crop of cotton in so short a
time. '
The rot is extensive, and nfTects the tylls a?
well as the river and bottom Iand?j atad the
loss from the severe storms of \vimT,and rain %
cannot be less than ten per cent, of the cotton
then open in the fields, which I understand
was unusually l^rge, as the drought and excessive
hot weather had forced the plant to
maturity and caused it tfl open rapidly,'. ! do
rrot pretend to any accuracy, in makingan estimate
of the. crop of.ootton ; <?f .the United x
States; but from all ! can learn, and judging
from the present appearance of the fields, I
should suppose it cannot exceed 2,500,000
bales, if it even reaches that amount... '
I think you may safely look upon this estimate
as being quite a larger one,- and I hope
you may be able to realize,good prices for my
cotton, to compensate in some measure for my
small crop, which will be the smallest for
twenty years past, notwithstanding" an accession
of force and extension of'cultivation. ,
Slavery In California.
Happily, the result of the recent elections is
not altogether disastrous to the Soajlh. Even
from the gloom of defeat in4he North, comes
a ray oUpppe that the insolent triumph of the
abolitionists may stimulate the zeal of the apathetic
and rouse the resentment of the so bans- w
sive, so that men of all p&rMes and of every4
disposition in the Sooth, may perceive the necessity
of united and energetic action in defence
of their rights. v ; **
Besides this general effect, there is a significance
in the result of the California elections
which the South observes with satisfaction and
with a presage of good fortune. In addition to
the ordinary political issues, parties in California
are distinguished by,diverse and conflicting
views of slavery. The Democratic party,issplit
into two factions, one of which professes
the fashionable' freesoil notions of slavery and.
ot its evu innugnce on tne weuare or society;
while the other understands its true nature, arid
proposes to introduce and establish it in tbb
State. The forces of the first are led -by Broderic
k, and are mainly recruited by emigrants
from, the New England States. The other
party is composed chiefly of Southern gentlemen>
and whilst-ordinarily distinguished by its
attachment to the fortunes of Senator ,Gwinris
really controlled by such men; as Hamilton,
Peachy and Inge. The struggle between thesd
parties has been fierce and arduous, and it was
long doubtful for whom 'victory would pronounce.
But the vulgar enery of a - brutal
rodyism was unequal to the contest with talent
and character, and we witness at last the
complete triumph of the "Chivalry." Thecandidates
of the Gwin Democracy are .elected by ,
a decisive majority over both the Broderick
men and the Whigs. r'.
The unseen but active issue between the^e
factions is whether the Southern portion ofCalifornia
shall be organized into a separate State,
with a constitution recognising and establishing
slavery. The recent success of the Gwju
party promises a satisfactory solution of- this
problem. And thus may the military viplence
by which California-was devoted to freesoil be
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a?V if pjV/V! | UIIU HIV v^v/uiii >/w j vi i vawi vu tvr mi*
equal participation in Lhe wealth of that splendid
empire. The Nebraska principle of popular
sovereignty and non intervention smooths
the way for the establishment of a slave State
in Southern California. For, if the people of
California choose to divide their domain, and to
set up another State with Southern institutions,
of course Congress will not presume te interpose
any objection. The Nebraska bill forbids
Congressional interference, and leaves it to the.
"people of a State or Territory to determine
tbeir own institutions." Southern California is
peculiarly propitious to negro labor, and itein- 4
habitants are very anxious that slavery should
be introduced amongst them.
Richmond Enquirer.
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The Bonapartes.?We make the following
AW Cw. ir-*\ bo MAUI V/IPI/ AAPMO.
11 iv i roiuip rAimui uum vuu i*r*? a vin vv? i\opondent
of the Charlestou Courier, dated the
21st: '*
"Among'tlie passengers who arrived by the
Africa yesterday afternoon Were' two persons
from Paris whose names are intimately associated
with two of the greatest celebrities of
France. They were Jerome Bonaparte and
Felix Raphael. The former/who is a wealthy
resident of Baltimore, and son of Prince Jerome
Bonaparte, by Miss Elizabeth Patterson,
returns from Europe, having placed his sod in
the French army. The yoong Bonapartja bat
taken the same grade there as he held here,
having been made a Lieutenant ip the Seveoflf
Dragoons. He is at present stationed at.St.
Cloud, and after a little more preparation will
he tamed out a genuine French- officer, ready
fur aptioA sprvirft.
"The Emperor of the French has taken a >
great fancy to the American Bonapartes, and
having made not only an officer but a Frenchman
of the young Baltimore Bonaparte, he has
also succeeded in persuading the father to give
up his estates andffcome in this country, and remove
with most ofhia family to France. My
informant states that a princely title awaits
Jeionie Bonaparte, the republican, and that its
glittering promise has had not a little to do in
convincing him of the policy of becoming.*^
Frenchman and a nobleman. No provision^
nor titular honors are in reserve for hie mother, ^
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, so she will re math *
jn Baltimore. -Her ilfegally'divorced husband,
Prince Jerome, baa another wife, who wobtd
nrafpr numhcr one to remain'on this side the
wa'er. The I^onapartes are only mortal after
all, and as easily dazzled by the pomp and
promises of o mts as atiy of us. |
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How to Roast Apples.?The late Mr.
Walker in his "Original.'' recommends that
the core be removed to within half an inch of
the bottom, and the space occupied with a
piece of butter and some sugar, according to
the quality of the fruit: if to this some fine
; J ^ . 'JIK&jAtL . , 7 . JF :il 4.. ut
nuu hi iemon oaauuoa, perfect; oii. wm w ar
J taiued.? Gardeners Chronicle.
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