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{ " - ^,1 ... i 11 ' - ? ?rr?^rrrrrm^-- ' -- ^.1^.1,m * XXI; CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 22,1860. , NUMBER 21. ' - - - I -- - to r 'pgp?????????men? SEIYEGTED POETRY. Who Is Klngr ? by j. b. mivtivaf.?. ' ' Tliero is a host'of men who boast . Of Powder, Cotton."Steam, But every bour the mighty power y. Of Printers.' Ink is seen; . It moves the world as easily As does some mighty thing. And men proclaim in desbot's cars . That ''Printers' Ink Is King." The man of gold, of wealth untold, Printers "isx: may.scorn, Nor knit bis brow, or deign to bow To one so lowly born; * But PBKTjats' Ixk bas built its throne "Where mind its tributes bring; " "iAtid .Go^'s most "gifted intellects ' Shont 'jPinvrEiis' Ixk is King." ' King of the World of Thought reflned? No abject stove it claims? . Where superstition's victims piged, It bursts -jheir servile chains. " ." -fa every dune in coming years," * Will inen proud anthems,sing; /Arid round the world the echoes float, _ That "FniX"#Ens' Ixk is King." *** .... cqmmunipatiqnT " Kjxxtor :?It cannot be concealed'that I there is ntgravc difference of opinion among b us, as do. the action which was. forced by their ? rnstrnotiorrs upon the seceding delegates at tlie late Charleston Convention. We all agree that it 13 lo be deplored,, .but the more moderate ( .eannot-ic'blamed for its existence. They have I -nsp pi'OCKIPCU iU ilicy uiunub i?w III 1 \>itvu IV r "rcstpre unanimity to our counsels, b}* imitating ' vthe cxMflble that 1ms destroyed it. But they Mnay justly, and by the most sacred considerations, adjure those whose impetuosity has prc . wonted .'the \iuanimity of the South, to-establish it by resuming their ranks and falling back i into that array in which tliev were placed by ' titheir-wisest and greatest chieftain. ' .TfcS.South has always, till recently, I think, daK^dddinon-intervcntion by Congress upoji r the suhjcct^of slavery in the Territories, in the -.scnse iiMwh'ich it was understood by the noii seceding delegates in" the Convention. In ;-pix?of' of tthis, I quote, from the "Ayldress of #r hSouUiwu*delegates in Congress to tbeir consti! tuents."na document written by" Mr. Calhoun, r in-!8'19f-.and signed, by liiniscltj Judge Butler, . Mr. Hmiter, Mr. Davis, and forty-four.other .' Southern 1 tights Senators and Representatives:?. , **\Ve hold that the Federal Government Sihas iKy pght to extend or restrict slavery, no i.mor&ttan to establish or abolish it" "Enterriairiiug'tbesc opinions,nve ask not, as the North ; alleges tve do, for the extension of slavery.? ' That .would make .a discrimination in'our favor ^ - : aftauijnst and Unconstitutional as the discrituir i nation they ask against usin their favor." "U'hat i then, we do ask is, not to extend slavery, but " 1 thatave sua!! noi be prohibited"'?(by Congress1 ional interference) ? ft rem immigrating with our ;property into the .Territories of the United : States becauscTwc arclslavcholdci>:.", Now, what is tins extension ol^^erv^whicl' nelJc pum|:ti<i? in the Territol^|^FJotigress _ -extending-sincere.-ever UtongME oi r l-see no " '7 way to make the language' lt'edr any other eon* strnction,uuiess we may suppose what is impossible, that those great iu?i) )v oukl condescend * * . \to tamper witii trutii and jagg!e with words to a degree tkat-v-onkl-'disgiist erdn a charlatan. Five years'afterwards, we bad the N e hra.sk aKansas act, which lias become so unpopular of Kate at the South. It conceded nearly all that V Hind been claimed. Congress abandoned the right to interfere in thc.domistie affairs of Ter* ritories, by recognising m_ the people of the 'Territories the right off self-government, and ' leaving theni to adopt or rpject the institution ?of sla/ery as they ittiglit' prefer." With what -??aE ^sentiments this, act .was-, rmrived at the South, ; may appear from the following resolutions of itlie Alabama Democratic .Convention, drawn up by ATV. Yancey," arid which, I beljcve, ex pressed the almost uBUtimous sentiment of the .Southern people at tiiat time:?* ' in --t._ 'r-..-:._ '* IDNlrUlt; aci< jumuiiiu uviern meats for Nebraska and lCansas, embodies , ' -the principle of Congressional non-interference nipon the subject of slavery in the Territories, ;and that the provisions of that net, s-* far as they .relate'to that- subject, hafe'tho hearty s .approval and concurrence of this Convent ion." "lG. That those,men in tlie'noir-slavehdldJng States, who have nobly advocated the pass age of the NebraskarKiuisas act and the fugitive slave law, as measures of justice to-'the :Sonth, deserve our thanks, and are entitled to our confidence." No other -resolution, of the entire scries, . modifies or impairs the force of this clear and unequivocal, language. But, it is said that the Nebraska-Kansas act was not then construed vas it is now construed. Here' appeal can only !be had to the plain letter of the act, which is .explicit enough.Yet, if commentary be upedV" c-d, take the following" from tlie Charleston Mrrcu'ri/, at that.time 'the ablest and most rti-trnli v>-nr ryriicta?of til." liltl-j'l-Soiltll ,erii rights-party:?- _ "Now, what was this principle of popular .sovereignty as .expounded by &r. Doughis,' aud * .jisserted in'the NebrashaBi'll The language jofaheDill is, .that the Territories' should "be free to form their own .-domestic institutions, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.": Mr. Cass, and othef leaders of the Democratic party, further expounded the doctrine as follows: "The people of a Territory are .sovereign, and the act of Congress, organising tiro Territorial Government, is a recognition by Congress, of that sovereignty. The x .only limit to tins sovereignty is ilie Constitu* ,tion of the United States, as" interpreted hy Jjilo SupTpmo Court." The direct conclusion ' from shell1 premises, and which Mr. Cass and the Democratic party repeatedly 'Asserted, was, that after the passage by ~Cohg"i|css of the act .organising the Territorial Government, Congress should not interfere in atijv rnanner with the Territorial Legislation, atul the great merit claimed by thcroiu favor of the Nebraska Dill, was, that it pat au end to. Congressional intervention, It was a direct pledge to the conn try, and especially to the South, 'whose charac^ tcr and institution had been assailed foi twenty years on the floors.of Congress, that henceforward Congressional agitation should cease. Tho only arbiter over Territorial legislation, . .was to be the Courts of the United Slates.? m- Right -or wrong, this was the agreement?this the compromise." " K Under this "compromise" (jf so it may be called) we are about to acquire New ^rexico as a slaveholding State, unless, indeed, wn-Jpcse her in the distractions we are raising! We lost Kansas, because, with her almost arctic winters, and other physical characteristics, she was utterly ineligible to slave colonization, as is now beginning to be admitted. Shall we then loose our equanimity and capriciously change?nay, reverse?our cjer ft. . pands upon such grave issues ? Shall we, like jexed children, turn with .mepilent fury to rey.jjip and distrn^t those who hare "nobiv" fought r* ; our battles in the couferaey ami won for usail that our wisest Statesmen .seemed to'dcmand, 'and whom we have so recently declared to "deserve our thanks"?to be "entitled to our confidence ?" Shall we not only spurn from us the fruit of their victory, which we hailed as n "measure of justice to the South"?but precipitate a disruption of the confederacy ? for that is the inevitable tendency of this poller. Surely, the "sober second thought" of the people will tepudinto such folly,'"and make their demands consistent ^with their previous "demands, with justice, and with sound policy. There are doubtless very objectionable features in the Nebraska-Kansas liill, but I cannot think the recognition of the right of the people to govern themselves to be one of them. A FARMER. !Yt iL.KJ U r=>. Our Ftfreiuotherii. Some good- Matured writer, zealous for the honor of womanhood, hits given utterance to the following tribute . to his ancestors on the female side. It is well done, and we IK worth residing:? ' We hear enough about our forefathers.? Thev were very nice old fellows, no doubt. Good to work, eat, or tight. Very well. But, where are their companions, their "chums," wild,, as their lielp-matcs, urged tneiti along? Who worked and delved for our forefathers brushed up their, old clothes, and patched their breeches ? " Who almost involved themselves for the cause-- ol liberty J Who nursed our lbrci'atiiGrs when. sick ; sang Yaul&c Doodle to their babies; who trained up tlieir boys! Out foiemofliers. "Who landed: at James River, aiid cairns over in the Mayflower, ami established the oilier early settlements ? Were there any women j among them ? One would think not. Our Yankee neighbors, especially make a wonder-1 fi,ll talk about the pilgrim laihers-who squatted i on Plymouth Rock, and there is a great ado made over it every time tliey wish t<> get up a iittle enthusiasm on' liberty, and refresh them* selves. Lvcrowingover freedom; and the chival-. ry of Virginia are not a w hit behind them, when they take a notion to vaunt theii'isclvios. upon the glory and greatness of the Old Dominion; and our staid Pennsylvania Quakers, too, like to plume themselves slvlY upon the merits and doings of William Penn and his associates; but with all the "blarny" so plentifully distributed on all sides, what do we hear or gather about our foiviuothers ? Didn't they land on a rock too? Didn't they encounter perils and hardships? And, after all, didn't they, with their kind hearts, sustain the flagging spirits of the male companions? ,lWho ushetefl us into this world?our forefathers Pah! Xo, indeed, it was our foremothers. Who nursed George Washington, Aiitoiiy Wayne, JJcnjamin i<?unktiu, Israel i Putnam, -siiid a liost of other worthies, whose "nanio.will live forever, and taught them to be men and patriots?- pkln't our forcmothers ? And who gives them tlie credit they deserve? Nobody. ' We have onr monuments commemorating, and our speeches, our sonVs; afid toasts, and our public dinners,- celebrating the wonderful deeds of our lbrotHtlieis; but where arc tlrose in Jionor of our fore mothers I/. .We had butter ^^^fr^ing thrill reail^^^^e^Jh^^^^^vcs I ^^^moTuaing over witli enthusiasm about the nice things our forefathers did,'and yet nothing is said- about onr foreiiibthers,*to whom many a virtuous act and .brave deed may be ascribed, such-as any bue would-be -proud to own. . "-We Wish not to detract. All bail to the noble old men, onr forefathers, say wo. May thVglory of their deeds' never he .less; out tne good Boole toils uMO "render unto Ctesar," etc., and we wish to speak a word in season for women 'generally,."and especially idr onr noble and selt-smrif eing foremothers,' lest time, and the one-sided ('age of h istory, shall biot thorn forever from our memories." K. Y..Obscrv(r. -r?r ThE -BmPEIIOR OF lf'USSIA. AND TJ1E Jev.S. ?The ('ri'O)V} 0'nsitU- states that the. iiiiiperor returned the following reply.toji deputation of Jews, who recently waited op his .Majesty to return thanks lor the ameliorations in their social position recently accorded them : "I rejoice to receive the deputation of JsTiieJites from. Cracow' arid Ezc.-zow. The Isralitcs in Cracow and Cnilicia loive preserved their faith and devotion to the throne in the times of the greatest calamity, and i hope they will continue hi this coarse, the more so as 1 have now enlargtd their circle of operations. ..M-y Icgislatfjfe* .measures will continue to make advauccs'in the same direction, and -to'reihove by degrees" the disabilities yet maintained." A Very IIeavt Reported I >efalcatio.\\? We learn that the" upshot of the investigation concerning the state of the accounts of the New York city post-ofiice so long *n progress, is that the Department charges l'ostniaster Fowler an aggregated deficiency of somewhere between sl">5,000 and $ 100,0(^0 ! and, :(.farther, that tlic Government will at once put ail its available power in such cases at work to secure a!1 or as much as possible of the alleged deficiency-from the postmasters "and his sureties. We hear that Mr. George Law,"and Mr. Elijah 1'siry are hoth on his bond for the j amount- of $20,01)0, .unci know not where it will .be possible 'for theGovernment to secure j another dollar of the defalcation, which, we j understand, is to-day adinittecl to the extent of j the Department's claim.? Wu*l.i- </'on . Hiar. | Increase of Irish Immigration.?An immense increase has. lately taken place in the immigration to this country from Ireland. It Appears, T>v the report of the Commissioners, that during the last week there arrived at the port of New York, hy the Gal way and other lines, 5,277 Irish emigrants. Should this continue, it is believed we shall have as large accessions to our population from this source as during the Irish famine of 184.7-48. It is said that the letters of Dr. Caliill, the eminent Irish . ( clergyman, who is now visiting the United States, have exerted considerable influence in | increasing the Irish emigration to?tl is country. Whilst the Northern and Western States derive the greatest benefits from foreign immigration, it is some consolation to know that the Irish immigrants are universally sound on the slavery question, and are never found arrayed under i the banners of section or fanaticism, Richmond Rixjjnlcli, Cotton Stalks and IIlooms.?Our old friend, JR. G. Hill, noW of Prvor, Georgia, indites a short note to ns, enclosing a cotton plant with foilr pqnarc-s. It was. taken from ins jiclil on tlie 2nd of Alav, -and is a nolilc specimen. lie also informs us that lie has seen fields of corn at the same (late, h<p hiph, and concludes i by saying, "upon the whole I think.this is the , finest country-iii the world." The Ocala Hume- C?nip<niion announces a , cotton bloom for the last of April, taken from j the field of Col. T. C. Bauskett, another Edgefield man. Right on, gentlemen,?our hearts ' ape with you. UJd Edgefield forever, at home j or abroad. Sbe "never was surrounded, born1 a-lith-a-bitpi-sbcfEdpeficll Advertiser. From Ike Charleston Mercury. {Letter from Jhc I2o;i. K. 15. KSiet!. The letter we publish below from the lion. R. B. Rliett, hits been 'hjuuled to us for publication. We obey the recpiest, and lay it before our readers:? i T! Charleston, May 10th, 1800. Mv Dear Sir:? | " You ask me, in the first place, whether I "will support the poJicV of the State Eights party going into the Columbia and Richmond Conventions;" and, in the second place, "upon what grounds 1 think such a policy maybe : ....t ? ; d'.ljJJH/l LCil* I tliink that the whole State ought to go into these Conventions; and I will 'assign very briefly the reasons which it appears to me snp; port such a policy. ! W'g stand now very much in the same posi, tioii we stood in 1850. Tlju contest then was concerning the, rights of the South in on? Territory?California. Tkc contest now is concerning the rights of the South in all our Terj ritories, owned or to he owned in all time to I C'tmj. A Convention?the Nashville Convention? was recommended by the Democratic 1 party of one Southern State?Mississippi?for the vindication of the rights of the South in a : Territory. The Richmond Convention' is re' commended by the Democratic party of eh/fti j Southern States for tiie vindication of our rights 1 in nil our Territories. If we went into the j former, why not go into the latter? As I did i all in my power to bring the Southern States together at Nashville, and to induce them to act together for the vindication of their rights, I consistency requires o'f mo -the same course now. 1 waive?I abandon no right of .the State,. by this policy. The extreme remedy of State interposition,-is not inconsistent with efforts to obtain the co-action of the Southern States to maintain their rights. 1 am in the old path, it. seems to me; ami I mean to continue to tread it. But yon say, 4,I]ave we not heretofore opposed National party Conventions, and is not the liielimoiid Convention* a National Party Convention 1" 1 answer. No! A National Party Convention is the Convention of a party wliieli is based on imt<owtl j/rincijilcx/ that is, JJi inrijjlcs cjjTtnnOH In nil pnrlitniK nf lltr IJiii/-d Siulf.i. The Richmond Convention is not sne.li a Convention. Its declared principles are not iml'OMnl, for not a single Northern State has dared to avow them. It is a sectional Convention, called by one section of the Union, to support rights and interests belonging to one section ot the Union, and ' acknowledged but by one section of the Union. It arises out of the debris of the piie great national party in the Union?the .Democratic party;?and is intended to counteract- its policja It -is true, that all those of the Democratic party in the United States, who agree with the platform the eight Southern States lay down, as their criterion of party affiliation, are invited to attend the Richmond Convention. This is certainly an objectionable feature in the Convention ; but it does not. alter its character; as a Southern Convention, to support Southern rights and interests. The Black Republicans, invite all in the' United States, who agree with them in,their ^abolition designs, to join with them in their invention at; Chicago. .Sup-1 70s; c^!cLril'*?should go intoThat Com'eiitioi^ < iiiill'1 ttiltt nimtiftii leu* ii^ vcct/itmiii \;iihi nywi s v/uir tainh not. Nor will the' fact, that from a lew or many States in the North delegates may attend flic 'Richmond Convention, change its character as a sectional Convention. Nor does that other fact, that we claim that onr rights arc supported l>y. the Constitution, alter the matter, tor this is.donied by a sectional North. But again 3:011 say, that "We of the South . might be overwhelmed by our Northern assofl,/? ISAliiuniul < 1miv?ittiAn vvlm tnnr tsjiliua ill IMO XHVilUK'IIU VWIMVI<VIV<<J > ..... . paralyze our action, or dictate a;course injurious to bur rights and principles." This may tie done; but it will be fraudulently done.? Northern delegates will conic into iho Ilic'iimeiuj Convention to support the rights of the South, previously laid down. If, instead of #>ing this, they use their power to thrust them aside; or to nominate candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency who do not represent them, they act a part of dishonesty?they perpetrate a fraud. Such apprehensions, might be a good eau^l'or caution, in selecting proper men to represent ns at Richmond, but they afford no good cause for not going into the Convention. The tear of being cheated, does not deter me train endeavoring to enforce th'cir rights. Pec'auSe there is a never-ending proneiiess to evil, that is no reason we should not itrivo to pran+otc good. Again, you say, that "It will be useless?it will couic to nothing." litre again you may be right. The Nashville Convention failed in the object it contemplated ; but were we not light m going into it.? 1 think we were. I would have gone into it, if 1 had foreseen the whole sequel of its termination And so now, 1 support the Richmond Convention, having no spirit of prophesy to foretell its issues; but 1 - * - <- <1 - 1. heii'g prepnri'U 10 ini'i't hkmu, ?unu'vu iuu\ may be. You should remember, that out of tailuros, arise that final success, which crowns nations.with deliverance and liberty. Whether you will agree with me in the conclusions to which 1 have arrived, 1 do not know; but 1 trust you will do ine the justice to acknowledge that, wise or unwise, lain not wandering from the path of consistency, and Remain, my dear sir, yours most truly, ? ' R. 13. 11 HOT. Xcws ?:cnu>. MosrooMpiir, Ala., May 14. An enthusiastic meeting of the Democracy of this city was held on Saturday evening, at which the course of the secedcrs from the Charleston Convention was fully'sustained. Avgcsta, May 14. lion. Howell Cobb has written a letter in response to -the Macon Cumniltce, fully and cordially sustaining the s'eceders at (.diarieston. Mobile, May 14,. A Democratic Mass Meeting was' held in this city, on Saturday evening, at wllfch the course of the Alabama delegation, in withdrawing trdni the Charleston Convention, was fully sustained.* Delegates were appointed to represent the city in the Democratic State Convention to be held at Montgomery on the 4th*of June. TTJic Japanese tit Wasiils:gtrtJi. Washington, May 14. The Japanese Kinbassv arrived here at noon to-day. They landed at the navy-yard, and were received by an imposing display oftlio military of the District .unci a large concourse of citizens. Tliey are a liiglily intelligent body o1'nien,'qnd appeared very much pleased with the attentions showered upon diem. Their, progress from the navy-yard to the quarters assigned them, was a perfect ovation. The Embassy will bo officially-received by the President at the White House on Wednesday. ? - <- - 514 Snipes were recently killed in 2 days in Illinois, by a sportsman from New Orleans, bei sides some dticks and curlew. I Au| Ejt'nctr I said just now tbatii golden rule is "to do unto others as we wouljliave others do unto tis." Now, much uiiscut' may be done by the manner in which- the Jhtyof forgiveness is taught from the.pulpit. It is. connnouly said that Christians are boi*? at once and without reserve, to forgive all w? injure them, however maliciously and wahtoip, in their good'name, ' property or person. lis duty thus taught is at onge impossible, ?l, in a high degree, absurd. This.is evidjt wher we consider what is impjjgd in*tfit?>rgivencrs of another. It is*to restore him to regnrcfv s if he were innocent Is.it not sd\ JBuroly^^t is, for wc arc required to forgivJbthors^"even as God, for Christ's sake, hath |given its;" and whet. Clod forgives, lie restof us to I lis tavor, ana i treats us as if we hail t been guilty. Now, to say that we are //iwsl? forgive and nothing else, amounts to loraTaess in tlie sense of scripture. One who liasLne, and is still doing, all he can to destroy -Jjpeace, .deprive ns of' what is justly our own. p defame tlic conduct of ourselves and our de.fst connections, what is it but to say that wiJ^'e bound to do what | it is impossible, wc caw-lb, and what, if wc could do. would he uiyj^onahleand unjust! 1 say unreasonable^ :^it would confound all distinctions between gel! and evil; unjust, because thereby men of th best and of tlie worst conduct Would, -so fan i depends on us, be placed upon a footing c". .vact equality. "I knew," says one, a young man (many years ago) of capacity, il promise who was awakened to serious v tights about religion, and was absolutely ,-j i'eii from embracing Christianity because h/fcould not adopt the duty of forgiveness expanded in the maimer I I have mentioned." TlicJLord's I'rayer proves | this position correct jV/'Imrgi ve us our trespasses as we forgive-tfjgji who trespass against us." As we forgive.-^hd how. is that? Ac- j cording to I lie usual noton . of forgiveness, the j petition can mean nothiig hut this: "We for- j give all who trespass ijainst us, whether they j rum-ut nr not //,/-,torifive US 0U1* Ulliepi'll- | " -""-j / ted sins." Hut if sue Ii'r'petition would be :in audacious insult to Gou.thc ltntinu of forgiveness from w hiclT it' is Iti'v dedu'cible must be false. "Old JJwho was burned at the stake, a mart J, in England) said: "Therefore prove thyaelly tins wise : here is a man who has done megjl^'g ? '"is taken away my living or my gtK>d;?i3nc *, lie has slandered me," or otherwise hrit^Tie :' m?w, at length, he comes unto me an$1u CDOwlerlges his faults and trespasses, and me to" forgive him. If I now feel myself Vm*. and willing to forgive him. froiir?H?e blini of my heart, all things that he Jill doiiejwiinsl me, then I may be assuied-that T have fife lively faith?yea, I may be assured tln'it: W will forgive me my sins for Christ His So;i?ake" "Here a man j might ask a qucstion. M'iiig; what if a man has offended 111c grie^oBty, and has hurt 111c in my goods",. or sland^Bd me, and is sturdy in it; if he stands lh ritjicc of himself and of his own wickedness, anT^will not acknowledge himself?shall I. forgivr.bim ? Answer?truiy, Hod Himself dota.iiot;#,; he forgiveth not sins except the sinner- a<I)a?^od<^^imseii; confess wickedness, and l an: sire uou reqr|^H . - ~ tlian He Himself dejH At tlic same tmdH liMijoiJ that mi eiiclxur^H , unforgiven. Many peB0^ seem to think that not to forgive ami to c*irc vengeance arc one and the - same thing: Jmt this is a great error. (JhiisMans are ompBlically.. warned against, yiiidictiveuess". "A verge "not yourself." Why.? ''Vengeance is mine, iyu'lU the Lord; I will repay." And, so far "from' seeking revenge, Christians'arc required to rettiri) good for evil; to be read)'at all times to Jicip in their need not only friends, kindijed and strangers, lmt enemies also. By the grace of God we may do tliis, and in so doihg "we shall heap coals of fire oil their head," YSt all this" co'i duct docs not imply forgiveness. Our Saviour, .011 the .Mount, rccomnvchds this conduct by the example of God's goodness in sending rain upon tko unjust as well ns the inst: vet lie does not forgive the unjust?1. r., the sinner who i/ws not repent, for wc arc told that. "God is" angry with the wicked everv day. L'pon the wliole, it: seems to mc plain that forgiveness of* injuries js due from a Christian only npoi'i the" .repCiilan'oc of the offender; while vengeance (or satisfaction) is absolutely prohibited to iiiiii; whatiVcr hi the provocation ; and, oil the contrary, he is required, if his"" enemy hunger, to feijd him; if lie thiist, to give Iffm drink; and tliis return, upon suitable occasions, of good for evil ? the. uu-y > cin'f/c to which a Christian may resort We often hear folks say, "I can forgive, - but 1 can't forget." This is nothing more than half-way forgiveness, and is n grudging of a virtue which is allowed by the head but touches not the heart. 1'ht i-ohlrxl revenge is to have the ffiWf to punifji those who offend us by injury to ourselves, but to have the Godlike spirit n<>l to use that power! This may be a digression from the main subject, but I trust the explanation lias not been uncMifyiug. . T. l'\ ma the Record. Deati: from Wiuskv.?On Tuesday morning. the 8th inst., tiie dead body of LeVi Saw yer was fotuid in the puMic square of our village. The deceased was an old man, muchaddicted to intemperance, and liad been in feeble liealtli for some time past. Un tlic day previous (Sale Day) qffite a munlier of persons from the District were in t!ie village; tlic Town Coanci) having refused to grant tavern license, no liquor eonld be bought except by he. three- gallons. In the afternoon several persons made up a collection suliieiont, to buy six gullosn of whisky which they had set out in the square, free to all who would drink. The deceased, it is said, drank a pint of the whisky at once, and afterwards took several large drinks, lie was found dead next morning before sunrise near the place where the liquor was drank. An inquest was held by I. II. Watson, Co^onc, and a verdict rendered of "Death by excessive use of whisky." By request of the Coroner i'c publish the following recommendation made by the jury : State of South Carolina, Marion Dis th'ft ? \V? :i? :l .Ini v oflnnucst over tlic dead ' ***w * " ' * "3 f -*7 4 body ?f Levi Sawyer, [ttelieving that he. canic .to liis dentli l>y an excessive n.se of intoxicating liquor?, recommend nid strongly urge upon the Town Council of .darion, and all the good citizens of said village to rigidly enforce to the sale of spirituous liquors indiscriminately, against all persons fffo may violate the laws in the sale of liquors. Unanimously ag ecd to. I. iri. WATSON, Coroner May 8, 1SG0. W. W. SELLERS Foreman. . yMuruiii Star. ' A" Green* Old Aok.?Lord Pa'mcrston rode on horseback to Dinebtiry (13 miles) last Saturday morning, siw Mai its tone gallop, then cantered back to Brc ml lands, had out another horse after luncheo i, and rode all over the estate?pretty well ft l> a man of seventy-five, j ! Bell's Lije. | . It is the host pron "of^tlio wirtnes of a family, circle to see a Jiappy Reside. . '1'Sae Sfircjueai's TournaHicat. On yesterday, the long expected coiftest took place between oar Fire Engine Companies. At an early hoiu?thc companies began to form, and marched in procession through the most nnp'ortant streets. At 11 o'clock, they returned to the place of trial, in front of the Market. At the intersection of Richardson am! Washington streets, a platform had been erected, under which was a reservoir, supplied from a hydrant near by. From this plntfori i the several engines played up .Main street. The day was very wai in, and the contest an exceedingly long and fatiguing one. The following is the xcsult: DISTAXCK.' Palmetto, Charleston ?109 feet. PalmcUo, Columbia?195 feet 10 inches. Independent, uommina?ru< ieet * mencs. Atbmta (second class)?133 feet 10 1-2 inches.* . Washington, Charleston?192 f.'c-t. Clinch, Augusta, (steam)?201 l'eet 2 1-2 inches.* Qt'ANTITV. Pnlmetto, Columbia?1,2G0 gallons.* Palmetto, Charleston? 075 gallons. "Washington, Charleston?925 gallons. Those marked with a star (*) took premiujns. On to-dav, the Palmetto, of Charleston, and the Washington, of Charleston, will compete for a prize. The)" are both new engines, and the contest between them will be close and j animating. It will be seen that our two Columbia companies have been the victors of the coiitest. Their engines are new and well manned, ami no company should feel disappointed at being surpassed by them. Our companies we were pleased to see, although, of course, delightedat their success, with true, magnanimity eviuyed no disposition of exult, 'lheir success was borne-with becoming modesty ami due regaid for those that had been invited as guesis and - i.i,. competitors, jiiero was a n.-i? j.-u^cof spectators, and as any company would come up to j?r exceed expectations, it would he cliecred with hearty and vociferous plaudits. Everything, we are pleased to say, passed olt'in the happiest style, and the event was terminated in the utmost good feeling. To-day's entertainment will not he destitute of its attractions. For particulars, we refer the reader specially to the published programme. CoTolihiii.i, 17!h in*1. . The Confederation Retires from tiif. Democratic Party of Alabama.? Several days ago the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party, in accordance with their authority, called a Convention of the Democracy, to nsci.inl.lnrl in this citv on the first Mondav in June. "Tife card oftiie committee was publishe<l simultaneously l>y flic papers of ilonfgomcrv. No objection was tlien made, either to tlic time of holding the Convention or to the authority of the. committee. Nor, indeed, could even the' most factions justly censure the gentlemen who have so proniply discharged their duty. Therefore, we were greatly surprised yesterday morning at reading in the Cu-J'nJimlion a call for another Convention, to meet fcilontgoinery on the same day. The reguHHhuio<-rati<: Convention, ^Lrocet to consider "what is befct to l| Convention called by the i'oi,to, ss^TT^^^est^iie The course pursued by the ('onfidcrafyolPis the legitimate result of the policy ithasso long advocated. J3ut.it is noue the less to be condemned on that account. It and its followers have deliberately withdrawn from the Democratic organization of Alabama, and have already begun a war '-upon the parly which, however trifling it may be to us, will terminate disastrously to tlicin. Their efforts to break down the tine Democracy of the'State l?y open hostility will fail. While their insidious attempt to i "noTflft Squatter Sovereignty upon the principles of the party, or to incorporate this Frces'oii heresy V'ith the public opinion of the State, will prove equally unsuccessful.The Coiffc/natiou justifies its secession from the Democratic party of the State, by faying that it is impossible to-harmonize its conliietirtg elements. But it neglected to tell the cr.tsc of its disagreement. It (lid not stale that its internal discord began with the cstai*lishmcnt of that Coifehrulion, and that the heresies taught by it are the chief source of our dissensions. Nor did tin? ((y/cJrpirioii declare full}'and fairly the issue it has made with the Democracy. The issue is not rivalry between Richmond and Baltimore?not union or disunion?not the rise of stock in New Y^rk or the fail of real estate-id Montgomery; but it is between the majority report of the Committee at Charleston, agreed to and supported by every Southern State, and Oregon and California, and the platform supported by sixteen Freesoil States between the time honored principles of the Democracy and Squatter Sovereignty? hut ween equal protection in the territories of the Southern and Northern man. and the power of a lawless rabble?between the Constitution and Dotiglnsism. Standing as the representatives of the Democracy of* the State, we have no apprehensions as to flic result of the conflict between the adherents of the ('<>?/ ilcvnlii.it and our party. Montgomery Aden titer. tiritinle steamtoa'." accident.?The present season seems to be l'ruitfn, of steamboat disasters. "Within the last two or three months we have been called upon to note the loss of no less than five or six, ending with the dire accident to the A. 'J'. Lorry a few weeks since, and now we have another not less terrible to ..l.ioiili.],. fin Tbursdav iiiirht. about half p;ist 11 o'clock, tlic steamer A*. ] '. > bound i'roin New Orleans to Cincinnati with a larro.freight and over one linndrcd and fifty son Is on board, when about fifty miles Iron! this city, at a place called Clark's J Jar, struck a snag and sunk in twenty-live feet water in less tb,an three minutes. The snag struck the boat just under the bow, and must have split her in two, ior she commenced to sink at once. In less than two minutes the water had reached the tcxiis, when the cabin floated off, and sinking to the hurricane deck, some eighteen or twenty passengers in cabin were drowned in their berths.?Aftmphix Arultiurhi', 1 _///. t r-..? n w- t ......... XSTEUBSTIAli J-Ai'i.iu.i; r..-v i.? v.i. v.. is trying an experiment with the* various manures, now in most common usf-, which cannot fail to interest agriculturalist:. He lias devoted an acre each, to thirteen different manures, ten of which comprise the different Guanoes, Phosphates and Compound articles, and three of which consist of Cotton Seed, Stable Manure, and Salt and Ashes. Kach acre is planted in corn, 3,040 hills to the acre, *ud the manufactured manures proportioned nefcording to the directions. The vesult. of this experiment, though no! necessarily a test of the value of ail the manures in their adaptation' to different -oils, is an important one, and we shall from time- to time -report progress" until the hartVcsfc shows th< result.?Augusta Die patch. ?T * ? "I say, John, where did you get that rogue' bat?', "PieaGC ytr honor," said John, "it's a: old one of yours that- misses give mo yosterday i [ Special Di'patch t'j tin Chart*?ton Courier.j meeting at "Xevf 4>rlcaii*. New Orleans, May 14, 5 P. M. A very large and enthusiastic meeting was held in this city, 011 Saturday night, to ratify the course of the seceding delegates of the State of Louisiana from the Charleston Convention. Among tlio speakers were Gen. Glenn, of Mississippi, and R. A. Hunter, of Louisiana, hoth delegates; Lieut. Gov. Hymns, Gen. Miles and t. S. District Attorney Semitic?. Resolutions approving the course of the seceders were unanimously adopted. At a itit.'ss meeting of the citizens last night, n municipal ticket was nominated in opposition to that put forward by tiic Americans. The election will take place in June. o Trie Bib'-k Convention'.?At a late meet-J ing of the Executive Commute of the Sumter B ide Society, it was lit m.lutd, That k Committee of seven be appointed by the Chairman to make arrangements for the State. Bible Convention, to be held in tjiis place on tlio 10th July next. It was also. J . JiiKtfrctl, That the various 3ih!c Societies of Sumter District, be requested, to authorize their delegates to the State Bible Convention to meet and confer with the delegates of the Sumter Bible Society at 11 o'clock, A. Mn on the 10th July, and to make arrangements to form a District Bible Convention, and for a I general and thorough supply of the District with the Scriptures, by their united efforts. Rewired, That the anniversary meeting of this Society be held on the last Sabbath in June, and that Rev. Mr. English be notified by i l the Chairman of this Committee ofthc request I of our Society that he should deliver the AnI ...'......o.u.tT C/.wnnli onrl wniloOf?ll tfl iltttlul lOP 111? vi roil j ...... .?j --that purpose. The Chairman was requested to rotify Mr. | Bolles of the actiou of the Committee. On -motion. JienolmJ, That the Chairman of the Committee be appointed Chairman of the Commute of Arrangements. The Chairman then appointed the following gentlemen :?J. 11. Dingle, Sen., A. A. Gilbert,! J. S. Richardson, Jr., \V. E. Dick, II. L.I Darr,-J. T. llnuison, and W. F. 15. liaviieswortli, Committee of Arrangements for the j State Bible Convention. The Sentiment of Mississippi.?The Mis- j sissippi State Democratic < 'onvention for sending delegates to the Richmond Convention, has been called for the 30ihof May, the same day that the Columbia Convention meets. Tlue Jackson Mir*i*x'pp>u?,t the leaning Deinncm tie paper, thus estimates the sentiment of Mississippi : "Thus far we have not heard a dissenting voice to the course of the opposers of the squatter sovereignty and the advocates "of the ' .1 - /?"_ major.iv p.auonii, in uiu ^sij<inc*?iuij vuu>cution. The Democracy of Mississippi are sound to the core, and will rally in their liuinbcrd on the 30th of May. The indications are that it will he the largest Convention, as it wjll be the most important, which has ever beeft held in the State. Whatever may be said of other States, we can say in all sincerity of the unconquerable Demociyw of Mississippi, that one spirit- animates tire whodv' ^?seizure ax Congo liiver, by the British frigate Arrogant, as a slaver. She was half loaded with hides. Her papers were shown to the lieutenant who seized hef; but he pronounced them fraudulent. The Commodore, however, after seeing* the panels .released the brig. The Chicago Coxvextiox,?The Indiana polis StnltiHtl says it is reported that in con-1 'sequence of liic adjournment of the Charleston Convention, the Republican Central Committee have determined to adjourn the Chicago Convention until the first Monday in August, or the day celebrated in commemoration of negro emancipation in the West Iudic3. -ft. Mn. Yancey's Return?The Montgomery jrfuil, of the 11th, says: Mr. Yancey arrived at his home in this city1 to-day, by tiie eastern train of car*. He was conveyed from tlie depot in'an elegant phaeton drawn l>y four horses?a band of music played some stirring pieces of music in another carriage, and a number of other carriages made up I the procession. This seems to liaj;o been an j impromptu demonstration. j We presume .Mr. 1. win auuress mo peopiu j -night, but arc not advised of the fact as we go to press. Death of S. S. Goodrich.?Every reading child in tlie country knows something of the entortaiiing hooks of Deter l'arlcy. 'J'lte telegraph dispatches announced liis death. He was a popular and versatile writer, and an industrious compiler of juvinile works- in history, tL:r. Mr. Goodrich, it is stated, was born in Connecticut, in 1703,- and was consequently in his GTtli year.? SoiU.'u'in Guardian. Important ICulro.ad Meeting.?A gencrair.celing of the chief officers of the lines between Charleston, New Orleans and New York through l^altiinore, will he held at Brown's Hotel, in Washington, on Wednesday next. A revision of rates, time and mail matters will ho considered and a large representation will attend.?CjiurUnlon Mmcurg, \Qlh iu-s.', Strccic in* 1.ioi:txu:o.? On Friday after noon, about 'J o'clock, the Waltcrboro' Academy was struck l\v lightning. It si ruck the roof, ran down between the weather-boarding am! ailing, entered the Southeast room, moved the bureau about thi'oe feet, scattered clothe.-, sud threw one large volume across the room. This room was occupied by Mr. Behrc, the Principal of the Academy, as a study. Fortunately the Academy was closed, ami lie absent .at tiie time. e!-e we might have a sadder paragraph to publish than this This v. r believe, is the second time the Academy lias been struck hy'lightning. We hope the Trustees will forwith order a ''conducting i* d" to be placed upon it. It there i? not money sufficient l>>*,i;.y for it in the Treasury, ourgeiieromi-hcarted community will, we feel assured, "foot the bill." Wttllcrlnri} Sun. TttE Installation of the Rev. A. F. Dic;: son.? On last Sunday a very interesting ceremony took place in tha Presbyterian Church ? wiiieh was witnessed by a barge congregation. The Rev. A. F. Dickson, who fias been for several years supply ing the pulpit of that Church, was regularly installed Pastor. Several ministers from' different Churches were ; present arid conducted the services. Dr. Howe, > from Columbia, Rev. Mr. Wood, from Walter* horo', and R&v. Henry R. Dickson, from Adams ! Run, took part in the installation, and rendercc 5 the services highly interesting' and instructive itr- tl,.*c P.Kitreli nnon hflviiif .WO v.*..* y ? -r c thus secured :v gentleni/n of so much eWity s nn<! hope tlmt it will cryhtinue to prosper uudci ) Lis teaching. an ir has/done heretofore. ;Or:-:;.-h.iro Southern. ' "I I V V a supposed siaver. Boston, May 12. A Spanish brig, supposed to be a slaver, was brought into Provinceton, Mass., yesterday, by Mr. Hill, Second Mate of the Schooner Rierizi, which fell in with her at sea. Shebad'all sail -et, but no person was on board. The brig was furnished with large quantities of water, . rice, peas, beans, bread, tish and beef, and bad : also a large amount of lumber for a slave deck. She was probably from Havana* for Africa. A receipt on board had the words brig Don Juan" written on it. Woman's Veneration.?If women Lave one weakness more marked than man, it is toward? veneration. They are born, worshippers? makers of silver sliriues in some divinity or other, which of course they always think fell' \ .-traight down from heaven. The first steptowards tiieir tailing in love with an ordinary < mortal is generally to dress him out with all manner oi real or fancied superiority; and having made him up, they worship him". Now, a truly great man, a man really grand- rind nohle in art and intellect, has this advantage with women, that he is au idol ready made to hand; and so that very painstaking and ingenious sex have less labor in getting him upr and can he ready to worship him on shorter notice. In particular is this the case where ? sacred profession and a moral supremacy are added to the intellectual. Just think of the' career'of celebrated preachers and divines in all ages.?Have they.not stood like the image that ' Xebnchadnezzar**tbc_Jving set up," and id I womonkind, conqucttes and flirts not excepted, been ready to fall down atld worship, even before the sound of cornet, flute,"harp, saekunt and so forth! Is not the faithful Paul*, with her beautiful face, prostrate in reverence' before poor, old lean,haggard, dying St. Jerome, in the most splendid painting of the world, au ehiblem and a sign of woman's eternal power of self-sacrifice to what she deems noblest in J man ? Docs not old Richard Baxter tells us M with diligbtful single heartedness; how his wile fell in love with liini first, spite of his long paleface, and how she confessed, dear soul, after many years of married life, that she had found him less sonrt and bitter than she had 1 expected??The fact is, women are bmthencd J with fealty, faith, reverence, more than they i ...i" . . i_ 'PI ] I:l I iniuv^ iwiut iv uu v?iui. jlucv siuuu ija.? u hedge of sweet peas, throwing out fiuttcrtng .? tendrils every where for sonietiiing high and dry to climb up by, and when they find it, he it ever so rough in the bark, 'they catch upon it. And instances are not waiting of those who have turned away from the flattery of * admirers to prostrate themselves at the feet of a genuine hero who never woo tbetn except hy .heroic deeds and the 'rhetoric of noble life. / ? The Minister's Wooing. J Louis: as a ax d the Southern- Movement afm ?The New Orleans Conner speaks' in the Hi following manner : - The liold, resolute, and unyielding positiorr JB winch the delegates of a majority of the South- juuapi em Slates iiave lately assumed in the Charleston Convention, is a source of iiuqualified congraluintion on the part of every-true Southern * man in this city. We have not met a single 'v 3: Democrat ,yet who is not sullied with?nay, gBj proud squarely and unmistakably the sentiments of his Democratic constituency. We say to them, therefore, in common with the Democra- ^ cv ot' N'cw Orleans, "Well done, yc good* and faithful servants." v Adtnis&ions to Equity Practice, The following gentlemen were admitted to practice in the Comts of Equity in this State : T. W. Dinkins, C. W. Montgomery, J. II. Evins, Jas. D. Afuico, L. B. Gay, W. D. Rutherford, j *'S. If. Gist, John II. Thompson, J. If. Hay lies worth, W. H. Whitner I # . J. D. Witherspoon. a Southern Guardian. , _s .j? i ' Spartavbco.?An attentive subscriber sends us the following items of news at Spartanburg: lion. Jefferson Choice was found dead in his dining-room on Saturday morning last. Ilehad returned home about midnight of the previous night, and, it is supposed, died of an apoplectic I fir. Mr.Choice was a citizen beloved of all, ; who had been twice Mayor of the Coporation. i lie was a successful lawyer, and a member of i flic firm of Dawkin, Choice Iz Evans. ; The Spartanburg and Union Railroad were ; io commence carrying a daily mail to Spartani burg on Monday last. j i t Vnlk-y Fall, about six inilesfroiti Spartan! burg. a iidy bv the name of Miss Timmonscut Iier.tliio.it, on Tuesday of last week, about noon a<"l died tlie following night. No cause is known for such an act. C/unlcdtun Mercury, Myy 1Gih.. Some rears ago a party of Cam bridge philosophers undertook, for a scientific object, to penetrate into the vast depths of Wheal Fortune Mine. The venerable Professor Farasi., | who made one of the number, used ttf relate j w:th iniiiilte gusto the following startling inci! dent of his visit. On his ascent in the ordinary manner, by means of the bucket, and with j a miner for a fellow passenger, lie precoived, as ho thought, certain unmistakable symptons ..of frailty in the rope. "How often do you I charge vonr ropes, my good man ?"he inquired ! when about half way from the bottom of the awfgI abyss. "We change them every three ! month's sir,'' replied the man in the bucket; , and we shall change this one to-morrow, if we I get up safe." r> . ? 'In Time ok Peace.'?Col. S. A. ITardec of Florida, is forming a cavalry corps ofonchun1 dred men, whose services he designs tendering ! to the lir-t Southern States that shall secede -- ' ' < T'i?: tVciii iiic Lnion, nroviucu x ionu.i suuuiu nv> join i" the movement. ; * According to Dr. Forbes Wins'.ow, there aro 1 in London 1(5,000 children trained to crime, 5 OuO reccivcr? of stolen goods, 15,000 gamblers, 25,000 beggars, 30,000 drunkards, 180,000 habitual gin-drinkers, 150,000 persona subsisting on profligacy, 50,000 tlijjfvcs.. | CONSIDERATE CofRTESY TO THE PnESS.?' | The journals represented at the late Charleston Convention are loud in their phrases of Mr Win. F. Dodge, of that city, for his timeL and thoughtful attentions to their brethren of > the Press.?.V. 0. Picaynne. m ~ tV.il/vn-c cr/vf t a bnr.terini* each other . iwojw..,: ? I the other.-lav. Finally, one of them exclaimed; "Well, there's one thing- you can't do!" 'What , is it?" "Yon can't put your head into an empty barrel." "Oh, nonsense," exclaimtxUtb? I other, "why can't I?" "Because, dryly rejoin-: ed liio first, ft is an impossibility to put ahogshead into n barrel . : ~4