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' I . i *" ' 'f 'V' ''''1 I 1 ' ' - VOLUME XXI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, I860. NUMBER 11. CHESS COLUMN ' l"; . f ! : OF-the <cAmdeit Journal. ', - Tuesday, March 13, 1800. ^PROBLEM NO. 19, BY "J. J. W." OF CAil DEN, SO. CA. . . PLACK. :Isili ?1 f P 1'i B 'H m. m n a i TVU1TE. White to play, and Cheekmato in three moves. > Solution to Problem Ko. IS, whit*, ' [ black. 1. Kt to K. R. 4. 1. P. moves. 2. B. P. moves. 2. K. to Q. 4. 3. .Q. to Q. 6. (ch.) 3. K. to K. 5. 4. Q. to Q. 4, mate. I'llt Ciiiukn tV'tclilij ^nttrnttl. Tuesday, March IS, 1S60. * ; /' ^ ^ ?j . vv .1 iA m i, H JS.-H Wiiann J " ' WMMWMBBMBM?MWP?BMMBI HI IHB Fatality Anions' Negroes. The Grenada (Miss.) Rural Gentleman, of a lnte , date says a large number of negroes in that section of the State have lately fallen victims to pneumonia, which _ has generally prevailed on the plantations. . John Brown va. Hemp. G.utuisoy, of Boston, publishes that in all future time, lent of Qunuands of John Browns will be bom ecery year. An opulent hemp grower of Kentucky, is, * we understand, willing to enter into a contract, binding on himself and his heirs, to furnish the government hemp enough to hang them all! A New Candidate. ' . By reference to our second page, it will be seen that Mr. W. P. Hughes has pitched ltis tent for a short time In oar town, where be will devote himself to the practice of his art. It is not necessary that wo should ' commend his pictures 10 those of our citizens who have 'heretofore availed themselves ofhis skill, hut we would jay to all, that if you desire an artistic picture, you cannot ?hr better, tlian commit yourself 10 Hugiies. : - Gambling {.egalized. We observe from a paragraph in some of our exchanges that the Legislature of Louisiana is .engaged iu discussing a bill to license gambling houses. If the evil effects of this business are so perceptible when the strong arm of the law is raised against it what are wo to expert If the machinery is so reversed as to oonIcgiliunf > 3ml dlgniiieci prSfcssiou T YeriivT P-^ T? ^ ? i? A Brute li* Human Shape. It is stated tliat n Philadelphia!! a sliort time since, > at a rat pit in New "Pork, ate a live rat iu the presence of an admiring and applauding oudience. This compJeteJjecnpsesauytlimgtliatulive Cliiiiatnmi would do, ami might well cl?olleDge the most disgustiug taste of even a brute. If this novel Epicurian" would like to avail himself of a full satisfaction of his favorite m dish, however, he is ot'perfcot liberty to pay a visit to ' our sauetniu, where he will lind a large assortment. Pmertluj thv Papers. A hill has been introduced into the Louisiana Logis< ?latnrc to preserve copies ofall tlie newspapers published m the'State, as i>uhlic records iu the State Department. This brings to iniud the Etct that the newspaper is not designed simply for the use and amusement of the present hour, but as a record in epitome of- men and mutters, to which reference in the future is frequently of interest and profit Liberal Grunt. The Legislature of Texas has passed a bill granting w five leagues of land, worth $70,000, to all institutions of learning, for the purpose of endowing professorships. Also, lour league? to cacu county toy common >ciiooisJhis is an earnest of a proper appreciation of educational enterprises, which fornt the most impregnable ^ wall of defence for the protection of the virtue and patriotism of a people. .'_r Firmvn's Tournament. A- tournament, open to all engines South of the Po-. tomac, is to take place in Columbia, S. C.. on tbo lGtli of May next 'The faro over the Railroad leading to Columbia Is to 1k> reduced enc-half. The first prize for first class engines on distance, is to be a silver pitcher and salver, worth $2fii?the second prize for secondv class engines on distance, a silver pitcher worth $150? thin! prize, for first class engines, on^nantity. a silver trumpet, valued at $100?fourth prize, for second cl^s s v engines, on quantity, a silver trumpet valued at $75? the fifth prize, lor steam fire engines, on distance, silver goblet ami salver, worth $100. This will no doubt lie an occasion of great, interest, not only to those directly concerned, but to a large number of spectators. The Suniler Walcliman. "We note with pleasure that this already large and .flourishing weekly is to be still further enlarged at an -t .oarly day. This is evidence conclusive that the marked .euergy and enterprise of its conductors is properly appreciated by a discriminating public. The posMon of this sheet among: tlic press ol the State is highly .honorable, and reflects great credit upon the steady perseverance and good taste of its proprietors. We are ever glad to record the manifestation of such deserving * elements of sucttss as the tasteful conduct of this jdiect has evinced, as an evidence that a high-toned jionpo of journalism pervades our society, in striking ? . ^contrast to the truckling sensation sheets of Northern * .publication. Let the people' of the South unite and giohi up the hands of those who are nobly struggling to supply our communities, States and section with a newspaper and periodical litcraturo of a chaste and .appropriate character. Our .Market. "We are glad to note the fact tlsit our Market is now in operation. Mr. W. A. Nettmcs has taken the .initiative in tho matter und provided himself with a .Stall, where he engaggs to furnish daily something for .the "inner man.'' We trust that ho will be liberally ^ ?uistcinod by our citizens, not only because of his en* torpriso in being tho first to manifest a practical appreciation of the utility of this move on the part of our very considerate " city fathers." but as an inducement to others to aid in providing additional attractions for this somewhat novel but none tho less nractienbln eutorpri.se in Camden. None who nro in the least familiar with the operations of a well conducted Market, J can oppose this movement with anything like justice J to their honest experience, and, the common senso ot I ' all mast suggest the propriety of fostering it as a mui, Ji tiul benefit. Let each do his duty in ilie matter aud there need be no apprehension oWnilurc. One of the most interesting features connected therewith is the "Saturday Kveniug Market," which we hope-will receive proper attention. Spurjeon on slavery. We publish in another plate the opinious of this no- . torious ranter on the institution of slavery, as set forth in b communication 'over his own signature. It seems that he considers himself as having been somewhat lenient to the slaveholder previously, and, as if to make amends for past negligence, ho therein thunders his denunciation of hiin in the boldest possible manner, excluding him from any participation in his religious and political society. It would have been greatly better for the cause he professes to have so much at heart, had he continued, as he claims to have done in the nnct io trim his attention to the sins with which lieis I "1 ~ o surrounded at home. Ilis reputation at the South, if lier citizens are true to the natural instincts of patriots, may be thus measured:?it "went up like a rocket und came down like a' stick." But, philanthropy, js oftener professed than practiced by the fanatical'zealots of pseudo-religion, and, in this case, water has but found its level. To counteract any of the effects which might accrue from the circulation of his printed sermons at the South, we would recommend the same treatment as adopted recently in Montgomery, Ala.,?a voluntary surrender of all copies, on the part of those who have purchased, for a publio- bonfire. " We cannot conceive how it is possible for any one. even with Southern affinities, to say nothing of birth and interest, to give encouragement and patronage to such abominable sentiments as are contained in the sermons of this self-appointed, presumptuous censor of Southern institutions. They are are as bad if not worse in effect than the doctrines and principles of the villainous Helper: for, while the one is known to be our avowed enemy, and tights the battle of politics alone, the other is veiled by the pretended sanctity of his love for maii, and is therefore most likely to disseminate the doctrine of discontent. The law should re-' strum their sale and circulation at the South, as it does all other inceudiary aud dangerous publications. The letter published to-day speaks for itself, and if, after this, there are those who are so blind to their own interest and fute as still to feed the flaine which is ultimately to consume them, if not extinguished, they will ha?e deserved tjie consequence, and v?o can feel but little sympathy when that calamity shall come upon them as an armed man. The Southern Prabi/tciau. from whence this letter "is taken, closes a capital article upon 3purgeox as follows :? "We suppose lie dopes to go to neaven wuen ms earthly labors are ended, but we should like to know to what heaven lie will go ? "Certainly he could not reconcile it to his conscience to go where Abraham. Isaac and Jacob, and thousands of modern shareholding Christians dwell. But as he sccius to be jieculiary gifted and raised lip for a parliular purpose, perhaps, - there will be some siieeial provision made for liitn in the third, seventh, or sonic other heaven, where he will not be under the necessity of soiling his celestial robes, by coming in contact with such polluted sinners as those wo have mentioned." * SELECTET) STOHY. From Washington In ti g's Sketch T?2? WIFE. The treasures of the deep ore not so precious As the conccnlcd comforts of man, Locked up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings, -I come but near the house. Wimt o dc-lirious.Urentli tnnrnngs scnas lorui? The violet bed is not sweeter. Mir.Ei.tTox. I li.*n*<vol'tet: hud r, - >.. tJnV-nrw.'t. w/friTcn siisfanl the most overwhelm?'g reverse'of fortune. Those d'trusters which break flown the spirit of ii-tnan and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call ;dort.ii all the energies of the softer sex. aud give such intrepidity and elevation to the character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more* touching than to behold a soft and gentle female, who bad been allweakness and dependence, and alive to cvorv trivia! roughness, while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to l<e the comforter and support of her husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking Ermines, the hitter blast- of adversity. As the vine which lias long twined its graceful foliage abont the oak, and been lifted Joit into sunshine, will, wbentbe hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its o:iressin<r tendrils, anil bind up its scattered I boughs; so is it beautifully ordered by Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependent and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with sudden calamity; winding herself into the rugged recesses of his nature, tenderly supporting the drooping head, and binding up the broken heart. I was congratulating a friend, who had around him a blooming family, knit together in the strongest affection. "I can wish yon no better lot," said he. with enthusiasm, '"than to have a wife and children. If you are prosperous, there thev arc to share your prosperity ; if otherwise, there they are to comfort you."? And, indeed, I have observed that a married man falling into misfortune is more apt to retrieve his situation inlhe woi'ld than a single ope; partly because lie is more stimulated to exertion by the necessities of the helpless and -beloved beings who depend upon him for subsistence; but chiefly because his spirits-'a re soothed and relieved by domestic endearments, and his self-respect kept alive by finding, that though all abroad is darkness and humiliation, yet there is still a little woHd of love at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect, to fancy himself lonely and aband mod, and Ids heart to fall to ruin like' some deserted mansion, for want of an inliabifiuit. These observations call to mind a little domestic story, of which I was once a witness.? My intimate friend, Leslie, had married a beautiful and accomplished girl, who had been brought up in the' midst of fashionable life.? She had, it is true, no fortune, but that of unfriend was ample; and lie deliglite I in the ail- I ticinatiou of indulging her in ever elegant pur-1 i suit, and atliiiinistcriv.jj to those delicate tastes ; and fancies tlmt spread a kind of witclicrv I about the sex. **IIcr life," said lie, "shall be ! like a fairv tale" The very difference in their characters pro: dnced an harinonions combination : lie was of a roinantic and somewhat serious east; she was al! life and gladness. I have often noticed the I mute rapture with which he would gaze upon her in company, of which her sprightly pow| ers made her the delight; and'how, in the | ! midst of applause, her eye would still turn fo him, as if there alone she sought favor and acceptance, When leaning on his arm, her slender form contrasted finely with Ids tall,' manlv person. The fond confiding air with which she looked up to him seemed to call forth a flush of triumphant pride and cherishing tenderness, as if lie doted on Ids lovely burden for its very hi Iplcsstsess. Never did a couple set forward on the flowery path of early and welt-suited macriage with a fairer prospect of felicity. It was the misfortune of my friend, however, to have embarked his property in large spccto lations: and he had not been married many months, when, by a succession of sudden disasters, it was swept from him and he fpund himself reduced almost (p penury, For a time lie kept his situation to himself) and went about with a haggard countenance, and a breaking heart. His life was but a protracted agony; and what rendered it more insupportable was ! the necessity of keeping np a ?mile in the pro scncc of his wife; for lie could not bring liiin- cc self to overwhelm her with the news. She Saw, however, with the quick eyes of affection, ai that all was not well with him. She marked in his altered looks and stifled sighs*and was not to he deceived by his sickly vapid attempts at sij cheerfulness. She tasked all her sprightly powers and tender blandishments to win him back h: to happjt ess; but. she only-drove the arrow deeper into the soul. The more lie saw cause "i to love her, the more torturing was the thought at tliat was soon to make her wretched. A little b< while, thought he, and the smile will vanish of from that check?the song will die away from those lips?the lustre of those eyes will be quenched with sorrow; and the happy heart g< which now beats lightly in that bosom, will be it.' weighed down like mine, by the cares and to miseries of the world.* _ At length lie came to me one day, and re- y< lilted Ins wliole situation in n tone of the deep- n" est despair When I heard him through 1 in- of quired, "Does your wife know all this?" At the question lie burst into an agony of tears, tl "For God's sake!" said lie, ,lif you have any cc pity forme, don't mention my wife; it is thought e> of her that drives me almost to madness!" In "And why not?" said I. "She must know d: it sooner or later: you cannot keep it long In from her, and the intelligence may break upon d< her in a more startling manner than if impart- 'tr ed by yourself; for the accents of those we et love is often the harshest tidings. .Besides, von vt are depriving yourself of the comforts of her te sympathy; and not merely that, hut also.en- fu dnngcriug the only bond that can keep hearts together?an unreserved community of thought pi mid feeling. She will ?<>on perceive that some- 01 thing is secretly preying upon your mind; and true love will not luook reserve, it feels under rc valued and outraged, wlieji even the sorrows of tr those it loves are concealed from it." in Hill*but'my friend! to think what a blow I in am to give to all her future prospects?how 1 ai am tostrikc her very soul to the earth by tell- vi higher that her liusbaijd is a beggar!.that she fu is to tbrego all the elegancies, of life -?all the fu pleasures of society?to shrink with me into indigence and obscurity! To tell her that I 01 have dragged her down from the sphere in o] which she might have continued to'move ill ft constant brightness?the admiration of .every p heart! liow can she bear poverty? she lias li been brought up in all the refinements of opu- It leiice. How can she bear neglect ? she lias ni been the idol of society! Oh! it will break h her heart?it will.break her heart!?" I saw his grief was eloquent, and I let it st have its Row; lor sorrow relieves itself by words, st When his paroxysm had subsided, and lie bad hi relapsed into moody silence, I resumed the sub- vi ject gently, and urged liim to break his situa- AJ lion at oiico to iiis wife. He shook his head '' mournfully, but positively. ^ r H "But how are you to keep if from her ? It b is necessary she should know it, that you may J11 take the steps proper to the alteration of your h - * V...? i.lion.m e.Min etrln (Jir(,'IiIIJMZini;r>. JL uu *-uau^w juih nj of livin?r?nay," oliserviug a pangt<? pass across )' liis countenance, "don't lot that alllict you. 1 w am sure you Jiavo never placed your happiness ai in outward show?you.have vet friends, who u will not think the worse of you for being less 1' splendidly lodged; and surely it does not rc- st quire a palace to-be happy with .May ?? per into JWerty and the < ner-:-vh"TnTnnV could ? (jod bless her!?(Jod bless her!" cried lie, bursting into a transport of grief and ten- t( deriiess. h "And believe Hie, niv friend," said * I, step- 1*1 ping "P, mid grasping him warmly by the 1 hand, "believe me, she can be the same with ! yon. Aye, more: it w ill he a source of pride ' and triumph to her?it will call forth all the 1 latent energies and fervent sympathies of her nature ; for she will rejoice to prove that she loves you for yourself. There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and bcumsuiid blazes ^ in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows j what the wife of his bosom is ?no man knows what a ministering angel she is?'until lie has ? gone with her through the fiery trials of this world." jl There was something in the earnestness of j( my manner, and the figurative style of my Ian- t| gunge, that caught the exerted imagination of t| Leslie. I knew the auditor I had to deal with; and following up the impression I had |j made, 1 finished by persuading liiin to go (j home and unburden his sad heart to his wife. I must confess, notwithstanding all I had ,J said, I felt sonic little solicitude for the result. I Who eati calculate on the fortitude of one h > i i ? j li,... wuosc llii' lias ni'cii a roiiiimn |>ic>imu i's : nn . a: cav spirits might revolt at the dark, downward v path of low humility suddenly pointed out he- is fore, and might ding to the sunny ygions in s| which they had hitherto revelled. Besides, rr ruin iii fashionable life is accompanied by so if many calling mortifieations, to wliieli in other ranks it is a stranger. In short, I could not ? meet Leslie the next morning without trepida- n tion. lie had made the disclosure. y "And how <lid she hear it.2"' a "Like an angel ! It seemed rather to-be a n relief to her mind, for she threw her arms p around my neck, and asked if this was all that " had lately made inc iinliappv. But poor girl," h added he "she cannot realize th?'change we a: must undergo. She has no idea of poverty "but |' in the abstract; she lias only read of it in poe- h try, where it is allied to love. She feels as yet >1 iso privation, she snff 'rs no loss of accustomed >'i convenience* nor eleganccis. When we come ? practically to experience its sordid cares, its ti petty humiliations?then will he the real si trial.'* w "Bur,*' said I, "now that yon have got over " the severest task, that of breaking it to lier,^he 11 sooner you let the world into the secret the better. The disclosure may he mortifying; hut then it is a single misery, and soon over: where- " as you otherwise suffer it, in anticipation, every '[ hour of the day. It is not poverty so much as ' pretence, that harasses a ruined man ? the s! struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse?the keeping up a hollow show that must soon come to an end. ilaro t^ie courage to appear poor and you disarm poverty of its " sharpest sting." On this point I found Leslie 1 perfectly prepared, lie had no fake pride s himself and as to his wife, she was only anx- *" ions to conform to their altered fortune. Some days afterward he called upon me in the evening. lie had disposed of his dwelling *( house, and taken a small cottage in the country ^ a few miles from town. lie had been busied j| all day in sending out furniture, Tho oftahlislimcnt required few articles, and those of tho simplest kind, All the furniture of his late ' residence had been sold excepting bis wife's ^ harp. That, he said, was too closely associated |.with the idea of herself; it belonged to the lit- ]( tie storv of their loves; for some of the sweetest moments of their courtship \^re those j; when he had leaned over that instrument and ^ listened to tin; melting tones of her voice. I ^ could not smile at this instance of romantic |f gallantry in a doting lmshand. He was now going out to tho cottage, where j, his wife had been all day superintending its ar rangeincnt. .\lv feelings find l>ecomc strongly | interested in the progress of tliis family story, | and, as it was a fine evening, T offered to no 1 irapany him. * lie was wearied nth the fatigues of the day, id, as lie walked ut, fell into a fit of gloomy using. "Poor Mary!" atcngth broke, with a heavy ill from his lips. "And what of hej" asked I: "has anything ippened to her ?!\ "What," said he.larting an impaticntglance, s it nothing to bcrcduced to this paltry situion?to be cagedp a miserable cottage?to : obliged to toil aBost in the menial concerns ' her wretched hakation ?" "lias she then riined at the change?" "Repined! she lis been but sweetness and )od-humor. Indcsl she seems in better spir5 than I have cvei^nown her; she has been ail love, and tei'nVness, and comfort!" "Admirable girl!; exclaimed 1. "You call mi-self poor, my ?end; you never were so ch*?you never knV the boundless treasures ' von ntenac in tlisit. woman." J # "Ob, but iny frft^, if this first meeting at ic cottage were ov/I think I could then be unfortahle. But ^is is her first day of real ;pcricuce; she h^tscn introduced into a limbic dwelling?has been employed all xy in arranging it\iiscrable equipments?she is, for the first tife, known the fatigues of jmcstic cinploynS'i?she has, for the fii-st me, looked round jcr on a home destitute of crything elcgant-iilmost of everything eonMiieiit; and may nj; be sitting down, cxliansid and spiritless, bjbding over a prospect of iture poverty." ? ii There was of probability in this dure that I couldjot gainsay, so we walked 1 in silence. After turning fixjftile main road up a nnr>w lane, so thiekiyhaded with forest trees as give it a eomplet&ir of seclusion, we came sight of the cottat; It was humble enough i its appearance 1- the most pastoral poet; id yet it had a plcvmg rural look. A wild ne had overrun oj end with a profusion of Jingo; a few trees \rew their branches grnceiliy over it; and I observed several pots of jwits tastefully disced about the door, and i the grass-plot in hut. A small wicket gate idled upon a foot^Ii that w'onnd through line shrubbery to jo-door. Just as we aproached, we lieawiihc sound of music?Lese grasped my arm iwe paused and listened. ; was Mary's voice pging, ito a style of the lost touching simplify, a little air of which lt liushaiid avus pecoju ly fond. I felt Leslie's hanctemblc/m mv arm.- lie epped forward to lie: more distinctly. His ;ep made a noise on/egravel walk. A bright cautiliil face glaneeifotit at the window and inishcd?a light ftjstep was lid^rd?and lary panic tripping-fit]i to meet us : she was i a pretty rural --dpr of white; a few wild mvers were twistc^n her fine hair; a fresh loom was on her cjOk; her whole countennce heained with fifties?1 had never seen er lock so Iqvely.^vT "My dear Georgc/cyd she, "I am so glad oil are come! .1 ljrc been watching and atching for yon; airy(mning down the lane, lid looking out foHju. I've set out a tnble ndcr a beautiful treJichind the cottage; and i * 'Ji : .A. "r. . * . 4 j i? vc I'cen gaxnerinevpv* oi inc most uennous rawberric<, for I icrv yi^ arc fond of tl'em -and we have such -cvcrgliiij mliisface, ' i'onr Leslie was'otqj gome. lie caught he ) I i bosom?lie folds d his arms romiil her? c 1 issed her again a id again?he could no peak, hut the tears gi shed into his eyes; am e has often assured in;, that though the worh as since gone prosper uislv *.vith Ijim, and hi fe has, indeed, been a) happy one, yet neve as lie experienced a upouicnt of more eqtiisit ilicity. MISCELLA KEOTIS. __ Spargron o:s Slavery. To the Editor of t/ir Chris I in it Wntchinm llr/hrtor:?1 have always considered it t< e my duty to deal with those si^s which erceived to be n.ust rampant. among my hear is. We miss the mark when we preach o bseiit. individuals. It is very,easy to talk ahou ic brutality of the uneducated when address ig my lord and my lad)', hut I prefer to tel icse gentry their own sins, and not to flat-to lem by comparing them with others. This ile has brought me at divers times into in ttle trouble, which I have very cheerfully en tired, and have rejoiced therein. 1 Jut now : cw ontery is raised in your laud, and I an liartred, tiot with 1 icing too severe with brothci ouathau, hut with letting him off too easily laving 1:0 slaveholders in England, I shonii ave hcen beating the air if f. had preachei gainst slavery to my people, for this is tin civ last crime they are likely to commit. I ; far more probable that any slaveholder win lould show himself in out* neighborhood wotth et a mark which he would cam* to his grave it did not carry him there. I do from my inmost soul detest slavery any lii-if .Mini nvi'i vwhere, and although I com nine at llie Lord's table with men of all creed? et with a slaveholder I have no fellowship ol ny sort or kind. Whenever" one has callec pen me, I have considered it my didy to ex loss niv detestation of his wickedness, *nm ouhI jus soon think of receiving a murdcroi ito iiiv Church, or into any sort of friendship ! a inan-stcaler. Nevertheless, as I liavi reached in London and not in New York, ] avc very seldom made any allusion to America! avcry in my sermons. This accounts for the imor that I have left out the anti-slavery fron iv American edition of sermons. This is not lie in any measure, for, as far as my memory srves 1110, I cannot remember that the subject as bandied at all in any of my printed ser ions beyond a passing allusion, and I luiv< ever altered a single sentence in a sennor liieli lias been sent out to my American piil? shcrs beyond the mere correction which in iilvcd words and not sense. However, if any link inc capable of double dealing, I doubt iiui int they judge of inc by themselves, and fron ich persons esteem is not desirable. I do iioi icreforc regret tJie loss of it. I have this iimcl > say to all who -espect inc in America : 1 id not want to be blaming you constantly 1 :i ?1 g\ a % t i, I t M? nil- /*%? !! OAlinltM' IJI lli men: JIIU mipuiivuj;" m.j? w? h < v>i?v>> ut I shall not spare your nation in future. ] rill remember that my voice echoes bevom ie Atlantic, and thecryingsinsof a manstcalinj eople sha'l not go nnrebtiked. I did imtknov iRt I had been so fully adopted a citizen u mir republic, but finding that you allow in< > be one of yourselves, I will speak out ijuiti 'verely enough, and perhaps more sharph lan would meet with approbation. I hnvo- not been altogether silent upon tin lbjeot, for I have spoken with burning word: lien the matter has been on hand, hut as tlii: as usually been upon the platform, and 110 0111 the pulpit, these utterances have no .niched the press. I must see that there an mm such things in the sermons, if not j ingland at least in America. Messrs. Slieldoi : Co., arc ready to publish anything I ma; ave to say on the matter, and I shall also avai lysclf of the Watchmnu ?? Jififlector. Finally, let mo add, John Brown is immorta 1 the memories of the good in England, am 1 my heart lie lives. I am vours most frulv, C. II. SPURGE'OX. Chpham, r.oifirv, Jor, l'p0O. I J Governor Wise and Soutli Carolina. The Legislature of Virginia lately gave a dinner to ex-Governor Wise, at which lie delivered a speech. The speech is excellent?id i the main, truly Southern?but still misty about the Union. With respect to South Carolina 1 and the Conference she has proposed to Virginia, there is, however, no mistiness. a His ! language is bold* and clear, and worthy of the emergencies which surround the South. If I Governor Wise was in South Carolina, he would ! be foremost amongst Soutli em men, for measures I of Southern redress. As it is, his recommcnda- 1 tions to Virginia arc amongst the foremost Perhaps it is unreasonable to expect more. We 1 confess that his language towardsSouth Carolina is exceedingly complimentary .and gratifying. 1 We commend it to our readers.?Mercury. . i "Butwou must do more. A sister State, suffering under the same wrongs which aggrieve ' you, requests a conference with you. Then, I i ursrc vou to accept her call. You owe it to i South Carolina. As I would preserve the Union, as I would defend and guard it, as I < would arouse the conservative element of the North, as I would convince them that it is time for thctn to he up and doing in behalf of the Union?1 advise, I implore the Legislature of ( Virginia to hearken to the call of our sister State, and meet her in council. You owe it, I say, to South Carolina. You have once or twice ^ before adopted ultimata. You have once passed . a "last extremity resolution," which ran South Carolina to much expense, and then you backed out in the hour of extremity, when Congress j abolished the slave <radc in the District of ( Columbia, the very contingency of secession , which yon resolved upon, and South Carolina's expenditures were thrown away by her trust in your resolves. You have now been invaded, and she comes to offer you her sympathy and tender you a conference. Your refusal- would ' not fail to he regarded by her as a discourtesy. 1 Worse than that?it would probablv drive her, of necessity, to extreme action. Yon arc not ; to understand me as speaking for South Caro linn. "I only speak mv own convictions, when I refer you to her probable action, in case you shall refuse to meet her in conference. She-will have no alternative hut to take the remedy . into her own hands. If you refuse to enable her to strive together with you by concerted J measures in the Union, and for the protection of the Constitution, she will declare herself out <>f the Union, and thus force you to the alternative of rallying to her side? or uniting with the 1 North against her. Where will \vc stand then? ' we lovers of the Union, indeed, and protesting 1 against dissolution ; but can we, in the last ex- ! tremity, leave a sister Southern State standing 1 alone to defend herself against the oppressions 1 of which wc complain as well as she? Yon 1 cannot then accuse her of wrong. You cannot *' then say she has not*just cause for her action. 5 You may differ with her about the extent of *J ultimate -remedy, but you must admit to the ' world that the condition of things is such as^.0 ' oblige luir to take some step. Your refusal to 1 act with her will have rendered all other steps J difficult, if not impossible. In a measure, you ' will have forced her to th& step of secession. ' What then ? Will yi&jffaye her standing ' alone ? Sirs, if forced to it the State of South ' Carolina can take tli& yc'sponsibilitv of standing j "idnnp fir vmHicnti' Jinr'iwlits Slif h-i? he"U p valieu the g;T7pc cock of the Union. I would " designate this gallant Statesomewhatdiffercntly. r What the Chevalier Bayard was among men, - even so is South Carolina among the States of t- the Union. I never did agree with some of I her constitutional theories, but I admire her too J mucli, :md I am too jealous of my own honor,s to leave lier standing alone to do battle for the r rights of the South, without the earnest sympac th v and active aid of a Southern State. In the last extremity you must join her. Will you . join her now, to unite the South in defence of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union ? : Or will you wait until separate State action shall force you to join her, in the midst of ' revolution, for the severance of the Union, and 1 when divided factious and civil war shall have I deprived you, perhaps, of the possibility of a united South? Friends of the Union, which f alternative will you choose? t If you choose the first?if you force South - Carolina to separate State action?if the worst I coincs to the worst?if you oblige revolution, and in the midst of revolution itself, you force s me to choose between Massachusetts and South" > Carolina,! shall cast my lot with South Caro lina. Hut I wish to avoid revolution. I wish i now to confer with South Carolina, and unite 1 her efforts with mine to prevent revolution. r | Were I a member of the General Assembly, I I would to-morrow propose such a bill. I would I propose it, if no one else would?providing "that 1 the General Assembly should elect commission' ers, having respect in their appointment to all t political sentiments in the State?having respect ) to the Opposition as well as the Democratic I party?having all parties fairly represented by < commissioners appointed to confer w ith South Carolina. To .confer about what 1 would " enact that your commissioners should confer * the best mode of defending the Constitution of ! the United States, of maintaining the Union, I and of restoring it to its original purity; and I that, after full conference, they should report back to Virginia the best measuresofresistar.ee ' to infractions of the Constitution and distil rr bailees of the Union. I would go further; I i would instrut them, finally, if they discovered ' any existing or apprehended aggressions too ; imminent for delay, too serious for ordinary 1 remedies, to report back their views of the : proper and justifiable modes and measures of 1 redress. | Is any man here afraid of. conference.' Are you a friend of the Union, and yet believe that f the Union is too weak to bear consultation as to " iotiiu n ode and measure of preserving it' I)o : you believe that the Constitution of the United 1 States has so little potentiality in it that it will not bear inquiry as to the best means of guard ing it ? You have no faith in this Union, such '? as I have?you have no confidence in the ( stability of the Constitution, such as I have? | if you cannot agree with inc to trust the deL fence of both to the consultation of sovereign ! States of i his Confederacy. Appoint your commissioners, then. As for mo, 1 do not dc' sire t<> be one of these commissioners. Not that I desire to avoid the- responsibility. I . never shrink from responsibility. J?ut I admit to you that I do desire to be left free to judge of the action of these commissioners, and if their 1 .1.1 .i. . i . recominejiuniious ;ire irusiworiuy, x wisii k> oe untrammelled in urging their acceptance by J thPpeople of Virginia. Take your best men. Send your two Senators if tliev will go. Then take some sound, conservative, Constitutionluving Whig. Send a com mission composed of three or live members, taken in such propors lion from political parlies as the General Assem* bly shall determine, and I would appoint these commissioners by the tjeneral Assembly and ^ bv law. No one man should be permitted to ; select such functionaries. i ! You must unite the South to save the Union. . Do you fear that the proposed conference) may I serve to unite the South for the purpose of dis union J ins is preposterous, ?\o (lennerauvc I body, no conference, no convention ever yet I made a revolution or over will. I will tell you what will make a revolution. Leave a people to softer from wrong, and withhold from thorn their peaceful and legitimate remedies. Continue this, and you will find men of courage and strength, like the people of South Carolina, will become .disgusted with submission, and some indignant leader there will rush you into a revolution, and force you, against your will, to take sides either with the Isorth or with the South, S>.nd you will then have a revolution without concerted action, without a united South. Are you ready for it? Are you prepared for it ? Mark you! you yourselves have had some part in blinding this Samson. lie is now leaning against the main pillar; if lie exerts his strength, the temple will fall, and you and I are in the temple. 1 say again, are you ready for a revolutionary movement ? I am not ready. I thanlc you for the armory bill. I thank you for militia. But, gentlemen, you must arm, mid train, and confer a long time before you will be ready. If you will only prepare, the very preparation will of itself defend you, you may rely upon it. But if you leave yourselves in weakness, you will only invite aggression, arid bceoinc the "jest of women and the scorn jf men." ?>' Sad Accident^ We learn from the Newberry C"intervn{ixl, that Mr. JtyitlTh Hare met with a fatal accident jn the Greenville Railroad on# Thursday last. He was walking on tlTe track, when a dirt train was backing up to the usual place for loading, rhe engineer discovered him and sounded his j whistle, but too late for liiin to. get entirely out af the way. liis leg was crushed about the knee. lie was not able to stami the operation if having the fractured liinb amputated until Saturday, lie died 011 Sunday evening. ? -< <?> ? Fairfield Delegates. The following gentlmen hcvebcen appointed Jelegat.cs from Fairfield District to the State Convention to be held in Columbia 011 lGtli of April next: \V. R. Roberston, Dr. Ira S. Scott, J. N. Shedd, Jacob Fcastcr, \V. J. Alston, J. M. Rutland, R. B. Boylston, Ilcnry C. Cavis. Union Party Convention. Augusta, March 5. The National Evccutive Committee of the [Jnion party have decided on the Oth of -Vay is the time for holding their Convention in the Uity of Baltimore. Squatter Sovereignty ix Kansas?Another Veto.?On the 2d inst., by a large majori;y, the Legislature of Kansas Territory passed 1 bill to pr<hibit slavery?in other words, to' set free the five hundred slaves which are already here, as a punishment to their owners should :liey persist in holding them, and preventing ;he bringing of others. This high-handed issumption of power by the sub-agent of Conrress, to the injury of the South, and in direct violation of the decision of the Supremo Court, ins been very properly rebuked by the .veto )f Gov. Medary, in pursuance of the example cccntly set by Gov. Black in Nebraska. But he large majority by which the law was passed udicatcs its final adoption in spite of the veto, [t will then become the duty of the Executive ind of Legislative departments of Government ;o afford adequate protection to those citizens >f the Territory whose rights are thus wantonv and lawi^sK assaihjrf, Afpl iftlie 'iwrnment prove ItT'tliTwTrTi.^gness or lniiTiTlTfj' T prot'-ct American citzenj in their persons am property on their own soil, where it has exclu sivc jurisdiction, all we have to say is, that i i is not worthy of our allegiance, alid it will b time to think seriously about establishing another to serve the ends for which the cxislin. one was formed. Will any one with the spiri of a freeman in his bosom say aught to th contrary.?Mismsippian. "Taken in and Done for."?A younggan: bier from an adjoining county, who had mad up ii game of "seven up," in lip me, last weel and desired a secret room to play in, was at nn,.Ainniivl.!trti-| .it t Lwi irttt f\i f?!1 iimnuir (iXfiuuiuivuitivvi c?u inv?7i?j;i|\..i??v?i v ?. City -Marshall, Col. Stewart. The gamcstc expressed his want in the presence of Coloix S., who is a hit of a wag ami loves a practici | joke as well as any one, and he gave a sligl: wink to the person inquired of.and at thesam time handed him the key of the Caliahoosi The contract was soon made for the use of small ofliee, of which the gentleman at thsi time had the cflntrol, takes the gamester an I his friends to the Callahoosc?opens the doc j ?and just then happens to think that he li.-i ! no matches, and lie requests the young novie to remain there until he can go and get then This he consents to do, and they ail* step on and lock the door after then, and leave hii there to play Solitaire in the dark. Until ne.\ morning. \Ve hope this game will prove tob a profitable owe to the young man. Home Courier. Texas.?A letter to the ATao, dated Austii February 14 says : The Legislature has adjourned without ac ting upon Gov. Houston's Message in'respons to the South Carolina resolutions. This wa defeated in the House on the last night of th session, by a motion to adjourn pending tli resolutions of Mr. Franklin, of Galveston, wh took high Southern ground, and gave an cai nest assurance to South Carolina that Texa ! would be found side by side with her siste ! States of the South whenever they saw prope i to vindicate their rights under the Coustitu ' tion. Could a vote have been taken upo i these resolutions they would - certainly hav j been adopted; luit no action was had owing t ! a factious opposition on the part of the Hon; ton faction. ? -* O ? ??. Tovie?A r?f tli Southern (Ala.) Champion says: I saw yestei day (Stli nit.) two thousand sheep in one Hoc on the prairie, guarded by two men an four dogs of almost human intelligence. Wh: j those dogs will do is almost incredible. I in ! d.-rstand that a gentleman, last summer, sol i otl'part of his sheep, and they were driven t ; a distance, and kept up two days, after whie time his dog went and took them from th purchaser by force,and carried them backliomi Sheep are said to be very profitable hero, vie ding as high as sixty per cent, annually o their value. The Soitiieun Convention.?Cow Ilarr of Tennessee, communicated to the Legislator of that State the resolutions of South Carolin and Mississippi on the 28th ult. In his 111^ sago aecompniiying them, he savs he does in sec the propriety "of calling a Southern Cot fcrenee. DiiTtct ltv.?We learn that a difficult | occurred on the Rattalion parade ground of tli i 44th Regiment, near Manning, on Salurda , last, between Messrs. John McCauley, an I'inekuoy White, and two men named Dysoi I Mr. John White, we learn was severely worn 1 ded during the difficulty.?Su nltr Watchman j Rev. G. C. Greco.?The numerous frienc , of this-, esteemed Minister.sonietiine since stricl : on down bv paralysis, will be pleased to lent i that he is slowly regaining his health. Hope ! we have been informed, are entertained of li 1 entire recc'cn".- S'/W'"* Wn'rhifi-ni. Tlic Postal Bill. The House Postal Committee have authorized a bill to be reported for the mail scrvico between the Atlantic and Pacific States. It directs the Postmaster General to advertise for proposals te carry the entire mail overland from such point on the Mississippi or Missouri river as the bidders may select, and by such route as they inay designate, to San Francisco. The letter mail, and all printed matter on wbieh letter posUigc is prepaid, to go through in twenty days, and to start from each terminus semi-weekly. The newspaper mail is to leave weekly and go through in thirty days. It is proposed to supply Denver City and Salt Lake City by branch lines, weekly, from the main stem, for which proposals will also be solicited. The bids are to be received up to the 1st Mav.'and then to be submitted to Congress for acceptance or rejection. The contracts, if made are to run three years from the 1st July next. Bids for more or less frequent* service will. also be received. .Bids arc also to be invited to carry the entire mail by the water route i frmn Vow Vnrt find \nw OrL'firw t*nrm-tCf>pVlv and weekly. \ * I Tlie Committee believe that the bids, when submitted to Congress, will show that half a million of dollars can be annually saved in thissingle item of the public service. The newspa- r : per mail now goes semi-monthly via Panama. Cold from Damp Clothes.?If the clothes which cover the body arc damp, the moisture which they contain has a tendency to evaporate by the heat communicated to it by thebody. The heat absorbed in the evaporationof the moisture contained in the clothes must be, in part, supplied by the body, and will have a tendency to reduce the temperature of tlie body in an undue degree, and thereby to produce cold. The effect of violent labor or oxercisc is to cause the body to generate hoat much faster than it would do in a state of rest.? a Hence we see why, when the clothes have been rendered wet by rain or perspiration, the taking of cold may be prevented by keeping the * body, in a state'of exercise or labor till the clothes can he changed or till they dry on tlie person ; for in this case the heat carried off by the moisture in/evaporating is amply supplied by the redundant heat generated by labor or exercise. From Jamaica we learn that a new effort is making in that Island to promote cotton cultivation. It had been set on foot by capitalists, in Manchester, England: but very little confidence seemed to be felt in its success, as the planters lacked the requisite energy. An earthquake, and a few days of cold weather? when the thermometer recorded 85 deg?were among the prominent events of the fortnight preceding the date of onr correspondent's letter. The sugar crop in Jamaica bade fair to exceed that of the last year by 6000 of 8000 hbds., while that of Guiana, it was feared, in conse- ( quence of heavy rains, would fall short of the.*. 11. I rtitnivtittr rjAf Tf?nr?L-c rnfnVtintl tn hades on Christmas day. In his message on the occasion of opening the Legislature he quieted the fears of the people by announcing . that the most urgent necessity alono would in-. dnec th.-withdrawal of the white Q-gfy- 'fti^ Tfh J i_ . TiilGueatStiukeix Massachcsetts.?The shoemakers' strike in Massachusetts is still in. e progress. The Nowburyport llcrald says the r, strike is not as extensive as some of the publish cd statements would lead one to infer. There [? arc more than 40,000 shoemakers in Mase sachusetts, and, so far as the Herald can learn, not 10,000 have struck or intend to. IuNatick 500 men have ceased work; in Marhlehead as many more, and in Lynn probably the majority of the workmen. There was talk of a stnko c in Ilnverhill, but it did not come off. In Salis| bury, it was reported that 300 were in the j movement, but everything is qliiet there. In r i Xewburvnort. so far as known, not one mau '' lias stopped who lias work to do. The boot. ; makers of Milford, Bridgewnter, and nil tlroso ll towns in Plymouth and Bristol counties, are unmoved, as yet, by the Lynn manifestation. : As it Snotri.d Be.?A large quantity of the a Xor.h Carolina C'assimerc manufactured at Salt lent, was shipped from this point on Monday to d the orders of merchants of different places in 'f the State of Louisiana. This is as it should be. i* Encourage Southern manufactures and Souther cm mechanics, and you do more to establish i. Southern independence than has been done by 't all the champagne drinking Southern C'onvenn tioiis ever held. t This Cassiniorc is really a good and pretty e article, fit for the wear of any gentleman in any place; and we think that Southern merchants would do well to trv the experiment of making their winter purchases of that sort of goods from the Salem Factory, and other similar Southern establish me n Is?IIiyh Point Importer. Cost of tiik Harper's Ferry Affair.? e The commissioners appointed to audit and sets! tie tire expense of the Harper's Ferry, or John e j Brown affair, have reported to the Virginia e I Legislature that they have paid $137,180; that o I *31,103 more has been audited and reported, - j and that 17,383 lias been expended by the ,s j i lovcuor our or me civil comingum, iuhu? r | aggregate 8185,507. The sum of 81,140 was r ; paid to the military. The following amounts i-1 were appropriated to railroads for transportation I" viz : Alexandria and Washington, ?102 ; Iliche mond, Fredrickshurg and Potomac ?5,015; o Kichmcnd and Petersburg, ?207; Baltimore ?- and Ohio, 19,-373.78. Si:xatou IIunter on* White Labor ix tiik South.?Here is a word just spoken l>y Senator c | Hunter in the Senate : "Nor is it true that the j' | ilistituti^i of slavery makes manual labor on j , the part of the whites despicable in the slaveholding States. There is no country on earth, lt j in which honest labor, as 1 believe, is nio*e respected; and of this I am certain, that cvorv white laborer-in the slaveholding States is " more nearly on an equality with every other man in the community than every white labo0 rer in the North is on terms of equality with j'* ; every other man in the North." " : A Good Nomination'.?Maj. F. F. "Warley, ; is nominated l?v "Many Friends'' in the Duri lington /In;/, as a candidate to represent that is District in the next Legislature. We doubt if c a better nomination could have been made, or a a better " man tor the crisis" found in Darlings' 1 ton District Maj. Warier is a Southern Rights >t ' man of the genuine" guinea stamp," and when i-1 the bat tie for the South and her interest is to : be fought, lie will do to rely on. We take tbo ! liberty of ratifying the nomination in the natno y ' of his* friends on this side of the river. "c Sun of Ttmperanee. \ Ma. Edmund Ruffin Proposes to Give On* of John Brown's Pikes to Each Southern Sr.' ~e.? We understand that that Old Virginia Nestor of State Rights?the clear-headed, soundhearted. patriotic, farmer-statesman?Edmund j ltullin, has procured fifteen of the pikes that |, old Brown took to Harper's Ferry, and pro.. poses to send oii to the Legislature of each u ' boutliern Stjitc, labelled thus: ?. Sample of the favors designed ?>r us hv our jj Northern brethren : v Oaf of th:r tiettte Dsngor. pluck tb? Safety.