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VOLUME XXI " ' CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1860. ' NUMBER 34.
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Glimpses of the Northwest. ]t!
We have been furnished, through the kind- ^
ness of a friend, with a few extracts froul n very -j
interesting private letter, written by another c
highly esteemed friend, who has recently visi- s;
te'd the great North-West, and whose impres- ''
' " ?ions may. be gathered from the" following,
E "which we take pleasure in laying before our ^
Naders,?Ed. Journal.
* ' norti. formed '
f _ Asa memoer omn uvuioivn r.v;,
in commemoration of the recent connection Ix^
fr' tween New Orleans and Chicago, I purpose (
:giving you a few items of travel hy the way. '
ji Our train, which was separate from the reg- !
tilar train, moved on from the junction without
incident or accident till wc reached Jackson, !
7 ?Tcncn where a considerable accession was
made to our number from the citizens of that
Wnpi. mid nersons brought thither by the Mo
bile and Oiiio road, which here intersects the
Voad from the junction. We again proceeded
y fc'n onr way, and though it was night, the
I brightness of tlie moon joined to the purity
w ttht) freshness of the air, caused bv a recent
tail., gave us an exhileration and pleasure not
usual to night rides. On reaching the Mississippi
at Columbus, about 2 or 3 o'clock we
toot a large steamer and enjoyed a pleasant
river ride. The moon was just full, and shone
i -vrith a peculiar brilliancy, shedding a mild
radiance over the broad surface of the noble I
river, and here and there tracking the path of j
its reflected light with silvery points that tip- j
ped each ripple of the agitated surface. I sat
with a few friends upon the front of the boat,
enjoying the feeling of subdued cxhilemtioii
produced by the scene when Cairo loomed up
in the distance. This town is built upon arti-.
. . frcial earth, raised perhaps fifteen feet above
the general level of the natural surface, but
frequent overflows have produced an appeary
since of waste and desolation over the whole
place.
About sunrise we "started upon the great Illinois
Central Hail Road, direct for Chicago.
' This is a magnificent road, macadamized between
tbe crosstics much of the way, whie.li
? cAliilitv and strength quite unusual.
It passes first through tlic low-grounds of the
o; fork, of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for
about fifteen or twenty miles, where the land
scape presented 'us with extensive forests of
* swamp-trees of the largest growth, with often
a.thick undergrowth of shrubbery. Alter this
we came to a broken country of hills and valleys
of limited extent, covered with a "drift"
formation, made of earth and fragments of
stone overlying extensive beds of solid blue
limestone which cropped out here and there at
* the surface, and this limestone itself rested upon
- beds of soapstone of ten or fifteen feet thickness.
The surface soil of this region does not
look uniike the broken upper portions of South
Carolina, though the presence of lime makes it
more productive than a similar soil would be
without it* This was a very unattractive portion
of the country ; no evidence of thrift or
c^pfort^^j^^^^^^nted^self.^ But these
j - r;?? i ,g?
away, and a^ter travelling through five or six
hundred miles of the State, with feelings of
disappointment, I must confess, traces of prairie
lands began to appear, at firs t in small sections,
Jlien opening to wider plains. The skirts ol
woodland which divided these prairie tracks
became narrower and further apart, the soil
deepened in color, becoming a richer black, of
greater depth in surface mould, till finally, the
"Grand Prairie," as it is called, burst with all
its unparalleled boundlessness upon our view.
At first, at. long intervals the path of some
winding stream would still be marked by skirting
trees and shrubs, omitting which, this magnificent
plain extends more than two hundred
miles along our track, growing wider and richer
as we approached Chicago. Now go with
me to the platform of the'hindmost car, where
I stood for hours as our train sped its arrowy
flight across this sea of land. Look out; the
air is pure ; fleecy clouds veil the burning face
of the sun ; a gentle breeze sweeps across the
waving grass that carpets the boundless view ; p
far beyond tbc utmost verge of distinct human c
vision stretches a deep Mucline of light, tnaik- c
, ing a skirting wood of some passing stream ; a p
moment more and-this is gone, and nothing c
left to bound the boundless. We are out upon ?
an ocean?our track is jus straight as an ar- ?
row?our speed is fearful?our exhilarated t.|
fcelines almost lift us from the earth. Thus
we pass, mile by mile; again there appears
upon the view a moving mass, sometimes just s,
visible, sometimes distinct and near at hand? ,,
'tis cattle feeding in herds of hundreds that n
roam to and fro. I often counted more than
a hundred in a herd. But why detail ? there C(
is nothing like it except the heaving ocean, t|
and that lacks the life, the varying beauty, the ?
evershifting panoramic views. No description j,
can give a proper conception either of the prai s(
rie itself or ol the effect it produces upon the. \
friind. It viust be one of the largest open rj
prarics in the world. It stretches in some di- w
;.s rections between two and three hundred miles. jj
# In one case I stood upon the platform while s]
the cars ran an even hundred miles and no j ,1(
where did wc pass a break in this vast pastur-j,.(
age of grass and prairie flowers. j j,|
The roving herds of cattle, the flocks of prai- j Sj
rie hens, rushing up here and there, interest- j j,,
cd me ; tlie long unbending track of the road | il(
(sometimes sixty miles without a crook,) the 1 n)
ps cava ted coal mines, interested me; teams of at
* ten oxen in cne plough. breaking the prairie to t|
mowing operations, the large potatoe fields, j
the liundreds of acres of corn in one body as i rc
thick as a canc-hrcak and as level as the plain : w
pn which it grow, all interested me ; but noth-! w
ing more than the vast occan-like prairie itself, j>
stretching out with its hundreds of thousands ?j
-? of acres entirely unbroken by fence, or field, or ti,
house. Generally near the depots there would ],j
i>e some cultivated tract.*, and- in some cases ],j
three or four hundred acres of corn in one j,,
body. This corn is not higher than a man's j?
head, but it is well eared, and has three and j t|,
fonr and sometimes six and seven stalks in a J V{l
hill. I was told that the whole of Champaign
. pounty would make fifty bushels, on an average,
per apre. These lands are broken up with ai
from two to ten oxen attached to the plough. (*
I saw as high as ten. I also saw one steam ,r,
plough in the field in Champaign county.? tt
Such lands, according to situation, in the wild r,,
State, can be purchased at from $5 to ?20, 'Il(
and in the cultivated state from ?15 to ?100. jr
The great difficulty as you sue, is the want of {)j
timber. The fences arc of plank and in some f?
places they are using wire and live hedges.? al
This last must be the final resort of this coun- C(
|ry. It costs- about ?4 per acre to break up
and enclose these open lands, and an ordinary jj
farmer, in the best pait of the prairie, would ^
have from ouc hundred to one hundred and j
fifty acres. Down near the Cairo end of the
road ten to twenty acres are the usual size of ^
farms. The people there arc all new settlers
and seem to be poor. The hay making is a ; ^
free thing; whoever has industry enough goes '
out on the prairie, and wherever lie finds good j
grass mows and cures it for market, though
icy do not seem to be as industrious as one n
culd suppose, where the crass is so abundant. t>
lost of it. however, looks too coarse for cur r
>g, and will probably make inferior hay.? v
"hey. seem to depend mostly on wheat and t
orn, both of which this year are good. I j:
uw frequently at the depots, cribs one hum \
red feet long,-still full of old corn. These t
ribs are generally about twenty feet wide by ifteen
high, and the neighboring farmers de- t
Kisit their crop in them till they wish to send i
t off for market. I was surprised to find so <
nuch unoccupied land along this road, even (
he wood lands arc but little cut down except t
>y the rail road, to fence in its track, which is
,'onc entirely through the prairie from Cairo
:o Chicago: a long lane?three hundred and
sixty-five miles long.
Now what of this magnificent country ? Is
there universal thrift and rapid growth of .
wealth and comfort ? Directly the reverse, if ,
* - * P.V
we may judge iroin [irotin , v
the side of the waving cornfields we sec per*
haps a small one or one aiid a half story dwelling,
with two or three rooms, and out in one
corner of the yard a shelter for a horse, and
perhaps a small crib attached to it. This is
the entire outfit of the great majority of all the
farm houses seen along the road. Not a tree
or shrub even gives promise of a future shade
for 'he comfort of a family. Nothing to shield
them either from the scorching sun of summer
or the bleak blasts of winter, which must
sweep with fearful fury over those exposed regions
during the cold season. One great relief
of the prairie, is the existence, particularly
in the lower parts of the State, of cxhaustless
coal heds, twenty, thirty and even sixty and
eighty fee! below the surface of the soil. These
coal mines are beginning to he largely worked
for market now, and may be very profitable in
the future. The country is new, and when
the people get some successful and cheap
method of enclosing their farms and supplying
them with water, which is also very scarce, the
resources of the cxhaustless fertility of this region
may make it a marvel of prosperity.
Chifii/o has 140,000 inhabitants. Seven or
eight yeiirs ago it had only 4i),000. The first
residence was built (and still stands) in 1831
j I saw to-day a granary which can take from
j the care and transfer ?o a ship, 2200 bushels of
j wheat in fifty two minutes. It does this by
machinery. I saw, also, a mechanical bakery,
where all the materials were handled by machinery.
It can hake 200 barrels of flour, or
con l,.i.-role of crackers in one day. It mixes
up the flour into dough at tlie rate of ten bnsli
els in ten minutes. Two hundred thousand
bushels of one single grain, corn, are sometimes
sent per day from this port. Such is the
scale on which things are done here, and who
can tell what these extended prairies may yet
become ?
I write in great haste, surrounded by the
noisy whirl of the ball room,
Very truly Yours, I).
MISCELLANEOUS.
F't om Hie London Morning Chronicle, 21s/ July.
The American Dclcgatcjuul Lord
easons l.eiv for my i-oe'isr, because, from what. v
saw, I judged that they would not be .worth
be paper on which they inigbtTe written. J 11
eserved tliein, therefore, for die own Govern- ^
oent. After waiting awhile to see what com- a
aents the papers would make upon the open- }
ng scenes of the Congress, I commenced mv 1
lispateh to mv Government ; hut a friend, iii 1
T i ... is.i , | ii
Hiose opinions j nave great cuiuiuciicc, saiu
ic thought I ought to address the people here
11 vindication of myself. Upon this intiinaion
(for it was rather an intimation than connel,)
I sat down and, amidst a thousand doubts
,nd interruptions, wrote the subjoined eoinlunieation.
I was just bringing it to a close
?r the press yesterday (Thursday), when I re- '
eived the information that, at the opening o. :
he meeting on the day previous, Lord L> roughm
had explained his remarks at the first meet- 11
ng, as I would see in a paper referred to, and 1
he information came with the request that I c
ronld return to the Congress. I read the exJanation
in that paper and two others. They 0
inly differ in their reports of it, hut they ail 11
oncur in making his lordship disavow any in- l1
ention to show any disrespect to the Anu!rian
Minister or the United States; and they
lake him say that he merely meant to call to
otice an interesting or a statistical fact, viz : v
liat there was a negro in the assembly. ;1
Now, I found myself in a very ticklish pre- s!
icament. It was not his lordship's remarks ,
> mneli as the reception they met with by all
IV associates of the Congress, that determined 11
le to leave it. The signs were infallible that
i that body 1 could not he received as an
jnal, eitlier in country or in cnaracicr, wnue K'
negro was received with open arms. They
ndcrstood his lordship as I did. All the pa- w
ers understood liitn in the same- way, and !'
>ine of tlieni glory in the exposure of the
.meric/m Minister, and promise themselves a
eh treat when the President shall discover in
hat contempt his Minister is held here. All
lis remains precisely as it did before his lord- tl
lip's explanation. Of course, therefore, 1 can- il
Dt return to them. They would receive inc
)nrtcously no doubt?possibly, now, with '
lamiits ; hut why ? Not from personal re- .
>e- t to me or my country, but to avoid sehisui j'
i the society?to preserve its popularity. 1 ?
11 only tliree years removed from an English- 1
an (I date from the birth of my (iovcriiinciit,)
id I have too much English spirit in me to
irust myself into any company upon charity.
Had the Delegates received his lordship's
marks with a silent smile (ill-timed as they 1
ere,) and Dr. Delauy's response in the same !"
av, I never should have left the Congress.? ltJ
ut the plaudits came bike a tempest of hail J'j
ion my half English spirit* Nothing, then, in
ie piece needs (jualification but what refers to 1,1
s lordship's intentions. Learning these from j
s own lips, I sat down to correct it in all that !
ipnted to him, directly or impliedly, wrong
tentioiis ami wrong feelings; but I found w
at they were so often referred t<> in a vast
iriety of ways, so often intermingled with sen- al
tnents void against the principal, but good "
;aiust the endorsers, and in ail respects good j j1
jainst the leading spirits of Europe and the
ongress, and so essential to the harmony and
-ammatical construct ion, that if I undertook l'
? correct generally, I should hardly leave it ^
intihle or readable. And yet the piece must \ M
>w appear; for if not, it will go forth to all c:
it rope that the Init-d States Delegate took a
fence, pro-slavery like, at an old man's play- l"
I remark, left the Congress at its la ginning, st
id that neither explanations nor entreaties 1,1
mid bring him back. 111
1 1" l.i.i/. na. nnlimiAn 4,, i./.?../*.l..1
I IJUIlIll'l II'IIV IIVM l%# IVIIIVUVI
( niucli less to re-write it. I am called away
-day ; I should have been off from London
fore. In inv dilemma I have concluded to
iblish the piece just as I wrote it; not now "!
fairly representing his lordship, but as ex-1
:tly representing my understanding of him |||
hen I left the Congress, and the reasons. 1 "
n at the bar now, and I am to be judged of "j
the reasonableness of my interpretations, j
id of inv conduct founded on them. I be^i.'
| In
A
I?> IWI U.-MI ij')
o indulge me in this. In return 1 beg the *
cador to treat as revoked, and utterly null and i
oid, every reference to his lordship that is in 1
lie slightest degree inconsistent with iiis exilanations.
I am not very far hcliind him in
cars; I have long been his debtor, and I eseem
him almost reverentially; and if lie is not
lehtor for his Judicial Reform Jiill to my naive
State, there is the most remarkable eoincilencc
between the two systems that eves oc:urred
since the world began. If be is, lie
night to esteem 111c for my State's sake. Re
his as it inav, wc arc too old to quarrel.
A. R. LOXGSTREI2T.
TO THE PL'IIMC.
Refore I tclTiiinatc my first and last visit to
Europe, I deem it. due to my country and myself
to leave behind me a word of comment up >?<
? nifwt Vi>ninrkable incident oflliut visit.. It
may be of some service to tin* people on both
sides of tlic Atlantic. England owes to my
country much respect?to mv native State a
little. I came hither as a Delegate (and, by
accident, the only Delegate,) from the United
States to the International Statistical Congress,
now in session at this place. The appointment
was made by request .of the ati tin in ties of this
country. I am a native of the State of Georgia,
the birthplace of two gallant Tatlnalls; the
one well known to me, the other well known |
to England. lie was that humane and chivalrous
Commodore who, at the peril of his coinmission
and his lite, rescued the captain and
crew of Hope's sinking ship from a watery
grave at Peilio. He lias icccived much praise
for the deed, but not quite all that is due to
bill), for in yielding to bis generous impulses
lie forgot that his no less gallant brother was
borne from the battlefield at Point Peter severely
wounded by British muskets. What is
done in war should he, but is not always, forgotten
in peace. The Commodore's conduct
was approved by bis Government, that Government
which Jlr. Dallas represents at the Court
of Sr. James.
The Statistical Congress convened, a preliminary
meeting was held to appoint officers and
arrange the order of business. All the foreign
delegates were declared to be Vice-Presidents,
ami they took their scats on the platform with
tlic presiding oiiicer. Mr. Dallas, a complimentary
visitor, took his seat to the right of
tin; chair; Lonl Rrongham to the lul't. AM
things being now in readiness tor the opening
of the regular meeting, his lioval Highness,
Prince Albert, appeared, took the chair, and
opened the meeting with that admirable address
which has been published, and which
carries the highest commendation upon its
face. As soon as he had concluded, and the
long resoeuding plaudits ceased. Lord Rioughaiti
rose, and after a few remarks strongly and
deservedly complimentary of the address, and
after calling upon all present to testily tin itapproval
of it by holding up their hands (!) he
turned to the American Minister, and addressing
him across the table of his Royal Highness,
said, call the attention of Mr. Dallas
to the fact, tlnt-'-^^^Trr '.It"1
1 hope he will l,V- ll-w" 1 \ t:\-i.
This appeal to
vus receivejd with loud applause! I
Now il the iioIjIc lord's address to the Amor- i
can Minister was nroaut tor pleasantry, 1 must
ie permitted to say that the time, the subject <
nil the plaet^ were exceedingly unpropitious
o such sallies \ If it was meant for sarcasm |
t was equally unfortunate inconception and
leliverv. If it was meant for insult, it was i
iicreilesslv cruel to his lordship's heart, refine- i
nent and dignity, and moral sense. 1 could |
eadily have found an apology for it in his
jrdship's locks and wrinkles, if it had not been i
o triumphantly applauded. The European j
lelegates understood it?the colored gentle- j
nan understood it; and, from the response of j
lie latter, we can collect unerringly ;ts import, i
t was meant as a boastful comparison of bis <
jrdship's country with tlie Minister's. It was I
[leant as a cutting rcnucuon upon mat conn- ,
it, where nogres are not ;i< I in itte'l to the conn- j
ils of white men. This is the very least and (
est that can be made of it, and the dignity i
f the American Minister's character and ]
(lice, his entire disconnection with slavery ^
ersonally, and his peculiar position in the as- i
I'lubly, were no protection to his country i
oin this humiliating assault ; nay, he is selec- i
d as the vehicle of it before tlie assembled \
isdom of Europe, who signify openly their ]
pprobation of it. All the eity papers 1 have ,
l'cii dilfer in their lepnrt of titis matter, but <
lay all soften its rugged features somewhat.? j
'lie Times is the most-correct, but at fault in i
lakiug Lord Brougham preface his remarks j
> Mr. Dallas with, "I hope my friend, Mr. f
hillas, will forgive me for reminding him," ;
c., and in making Dr. Delanv (the colored i
eiitlcmati) say to Lord Brougham, "who is ?l- J
ays a most unflinching friend of the negro." |
folic or the other of these remarks was made, .
did not hear it; the Doctor would hardly t
nve used the last. t
Now, 1 take, leave to say that a Briton was I
ic last man on cnith who should cast, con- ]
mptuons reflections upon the Uniteil States, >.
lid the delegates the lllKt men on earth who s
lould have countenanced them. Not one of \
loin, not a 'iiuiu on all the broad surface of I
uropc, can assail that country without assail- ,
ig some near home-born friend of his own i
ntguage and blood, or some kinsman. by short i
nengo Ironi a common ancestry. r>ne spi-caus \
crself out from tlie Atlantic to the Pacific, >
(mi the (iiilf to the Lakes, ami, through all ,]
er length ami breadth, she is one vast asylum v
ir the jioor, the oppressed, the down-trodden, J
le persecuted of the world. Jler sons arc a a
ultitmliiious brotherhood of all climes, relig- t
us, and tongues, living together in harmony, J
ace, and equality, so Jar as these can possiIv
prevail within her borders. Say what you
ay, think as you may, sneer as von may at
lt "peculiar institution,'1 she is, after all, the
od Samaritan ol nations. J)o a people crv '
id waste from famine ! She loads her ships 1
ith supplies, ami lays them at the sufferers'
Dors without money and without, price. Do
i oppressed people strike for liberty ? Vou 1
ill find some of her sous under their flag.?
iocs a wife's cry come across the water for
idp to find a noble, loiig-niissing husband .'
lie fits out her ships, her volunteers man them,
icy search nearly to the Pole, learn the husimi's
fate, disburden the wife's heart from
ispctise, and then lie down and die fiom the d
tpositre and toils of the search. Docs sin find | v
nation's sloop-of-war afloat, still sound but 11
imiiiiiiied She puts her in decent trim and s
lids her to her owner, in charge of her own t
ien, and at her own expense. "|!ear with I
i.'." If 11 am bceon'ic a fool in glomus, ye ,-i
live compelled me, for I ought to liave been
iiinneiided to yon." i'
Such a nation is not to be tauntcdj certainly ?
at by <?rvat IJ\*?tai 11. Her slavery is a berit- y
je, not. a creature of hor own begetting. It
as forced on her against hor wishes, Iter pray- i
s, and her protestations?screwed down upon s
r, pressed into her, until it lias become so 1
mipletely incorporated with her very being ' I
lat it is ?ow impossible to eradicate it. The j 1
rin "-slave property" is borrowed, it is not of' i
:r coin.yge. In all her slave Suites I here are 1
i
1
one.) who ever in'nue a siavy 01 a uet-mcm,
counting the Hottentot a freeman. Their sin,
then, is not in making slaves, but in not restoring
them to liberty, in courtesy to the sensibilities
of those who made thorn for us. Hefore
they make this exaction of (is they surely ought
to have the magnanimity of Judas, ami lay the
pi ice at our feet.
[Judge Loiigstrect. next glances at the immense
loss and disaster, which immediate emancipation
of the slaves in the Southern States
would entail, showing that nine millions, at
least, would certainly he ruined by it (tlic slaves
and their masters,) as (lie first fruits of the
measure; and hundreds of thousands, if not
millions more, in the free States and kingdoms,
i. r.. all who arc dependent upon Cotton, Kiee
and Tobacco in any way for a living, as its ultimate
fruits.]
Whatever his lordship did not intend by the
remark?and 1 am ready to believe that he
did not intend to wound - lie certainly did intend
to bring to the Minister's notice that England
made no distinctions between men on account
of their color. And herein his lordship
* ' 1 <"'? the wlmlu
was iamciiiaii.v innun..i,... _
scene showed that lint only lie, hut all his applaudcrs,
niadc a marked distinction between
| colors. Wonld not his lordship have had more
respect lor the feelings of any white man, than
to have made him the object of special notice,
and such a notice to men gathered from all
quarters of the worl<J ? Would his lordship's
discourtesy to a white man have been applauded
its it was by gentlemen of relir.cinent and
delicacy ? True, it hit Dr. Delany \s scusihili|
tics exactly in 'he rijjht place, for he returned
thanks for i: ; but the chances are a thousand
to one that it would have enkindled his indignation.
"What,'' lie was likely to have said,
"is it a boast of the nobility of England, that
I am admitted to a seat among white men ?"
His thanksgiving, too, was applauded, a tiling
| not exactly in keeping with our ordinary dealings
with white men. And when he proclaimed
the indubitable fact "that he was a man,"
again ho was applauded, ll any other man
i had arisen in the assembly, and said the selfi
same thing, he would have been laughed at,
not applauded.
Again, his lordship pointed him out as "a
negro"?that was the word?not as some of
the gazettes have it, "a colored person," or
"colored gentleman the Times lias it right.
Now, if he had felt a due regard for the Doctor's
rank, would he not have softened his designation,
as the papers have kindly done for
him ? 1 am told that the Doctor is a member
of the Geographical Society, and a delegate
from Canada. If so, I demand, by all the canons
of courtesy, why lie was not called to
the stand as one of the -V.iec J'residcnts, and
nlaced light between Mr. Dalias and myself?
I [ere would kivc a^sceyio representation
of tl?rilliii?jf nforal effect, more eloquent of Old
England's love of freedom and contempt of
mastery tliaii :iil lip-conipjiments ??! all'iter nobles
put together. Or if that seat was tfio low
for the Doctor, wliv was lie not placed between
- 'Lord-^irongliaiu and t ie ' 'hair J Had \ soon
irs'V-i-j (there, verily my own heart would' have
J" 11?1 with h compliment to noble Old'Etig|M^"
) have fiily ntteribl.?
SSWHBIH
ted fr either. To liofr many of the entei taiiiineiits
has he been ii/viied !
Now. in all this 1 jdeteet a lurking feeling
ever and anon peepiilg oat, wliieli convinces
me that the. colored tnaii is yet far, verv far
below the white man in public estimation*even
injiuropei and, until this is comiaered, let not
' " * 1 *' '
Hie KiliropOiUl assume 10 jceiuro me amenrau
upon ]iis duty to the slave or upon the equality
of the races. Why, if the tiling is fated t<>
us, like death, can anf- man of common humanity
and generosity take pleasure in throwing
it in his teeth ' Shivery is either a blessing
or a curse. If a blessing, win* disturb us
in the enjoyment of it ! Von Englishmen
ought to plume yourselves upon it, for it is
pour benefaction. Jfa curse, yon should not
embitter it. Wo regard it a blessing: why
disenchant us of the delusion ? You say "it is
i sin." J doubt it, as I find it, and shall ever
Joubt, while i'aid's Epistle to i'hilcmon is uuircrsally
acknowledged an inspired epistle.?
Out suppose it a sin; lias (iod commissioned
rou to reform it? And do yon think you ever
iv.ill i;oforiu it by eternally sprinkling vitriol
ipou the master? As for your contempt, we
>vould rather not have it to he sure.; hut if
fun will he content with that we will live in
)eacc forever, for it is an article in equal store
)ii both sides. If von cannot condescend to
)ur company, we will not complain at giving a
llaee to Dr. Delauy, and we can beautify you
.villi four millions precisely such. l?ut in your
ntcreoursc with its do not for your own sakos,
orget all the rules of delicacy, benevolence,
ind humanity, for every adult of lis can stand
ip and say, "I am a man !" Farewell to thee,
Loudon, for a short time! One more brief
ook at tliv wonders, and then farewell forever.
\uothcr visit to Liverpool; 1 like her better
ban London, because she likes my people bet*
or. "Interest!" "Cotton!" It may be so, but
am grateful lor love of any kind in England.
Sever in all mv long, long life tlid my hearttrings
knit around a fair one so quickly and
o d.isclv a* they di'l round n lady in London,
v|,o approached me and said, ".Mr. Loiigstreet,
must get acquainted with you. 1 love your
oiintrv,! have several kinsmen there." That's
oitiir.il, that's woman-like, it is for mail to
haw favois from a country and curse her.?
iod Lies.* her! And God bless the family in
vliicii she said it. As Abraham, Isaac and
acob, slaveholders, are in lleavon, i hope to
ret there too. May 1 meet them all there! ?
Jut, whither am I wandering! Liverpool,
Mother look at Liverpool, another benefice to
he English Cimaril line, and then farewell to
Curope forever ami forever !
A. P.. LONGSTKEET.
P. S. I forgot, to mention many kind iavitaioiis
that 1 have received Irom distinguished
lersoiiages. I declined them .*dl, not indilFurutly
nor disrespectfully, but because they
rerc obviously given to me as a member <>f
ho Congress, which I was not when tliev
eaehud me, and never shall he.
the Jlopkitixcille (A"//.) Southerner^
IHulii of C?l. Elaync,
11V S. c. MKIU'BK.
Among tliedistinguishcd men that fell victims
liiriiiL' the war of the American Revolution.
i-;ts Col. Isaac llnvii", of South Carolina. a
imi!, who, Iiv amiability of character and high
eiilimeulsofhoiioraml uprightness, hail seen rial
lie good v. ill and ntlectioii "fall who knew linn,
la had a \\ ilb and six small children, fly eldest
. boy Iliii'leeii years <>l age. <
Col. Ilaync was taken prisoner hv the Hritish
mres, iiinl in ;i short time was executed oil the ^
'allows, undercircninstilncescalculated to excite >'
leepest coinmisseration. S
liis son, seeing liis lather in the hands ol'the '
xecntioner, and then struggling in the halter,
toed like one transfixed and motionless with
lurror. Till then lie had wept incessantly; 1'
nit soon as he saw that sight, the fountain of H
lis tears was staunched, and he never wept
nolo. lie died insane, ami in his Ijist moments c
fteii called upon his father in terms that ? '
f ^ "Nw )'/?
' ' ! -Ci J
I '
**llrii:gr out the reliel to his ilooni!" p'
Tliis was llic Briton's stern command;
Willi mtifllotl drum, and fife and plume, w
They lead to an untimely tomb
The liayard of the Southern land ;
South Carolina's noblest heart 11
Who long had played the patriot's part,
Fighting lot life and liberty
Against King fleorge's tyranny,
Leading tlie Souths heroic sons
Against his scarlet myrmidons?
The lion-hearted soldier, Ifayne? ''
Walks there such soul on earth again? ^
Long time his voice in council heard o
The timid like a els rim i stirred. s
Long time his un-dioathcd crimson brawl p
Flashed like ;t meteor o'er the land, "
And wheresoo'er his footsteps trod s
Leaped warriors front tiic teeming sod, t
And to each man he did impart s
Something of that which tired his heaat. L'
To give the haughty monarch's slaves ;|
To shameful (light or gory graves.
Like some portentous eagle llew
His dentil-Hag in the wild lialoo. ^
]>rop|>od dead the wary sentinel
Xor tired his signal as lit' fell, ^
Dropped tlie red scout upon liis path
The victim of an unseen vvrntli,
For never did his rille's aim J
Its fated target fail to claim (
Or put. the marksman's nerves to shame; (
Knelt e:itie-brake and savanna green
I lis lightning sally oft had seen, I
And 'ncnth his sabre stroke hail drank j
The Briton's life-blood as he sank; ,
Through wild-rice stvamp, and open plain
Hurtled his storms of leaden rain, ,
Until to every foeiiuui's ear. I
And every sipuidron far and ne:ir,
The name ol Ihiyne was one offe;ir. I
And now by Tory hide betrayed
And doomed to uu untimely death.
Xo craven fear his soul dismayed,
But with heroic hope and faith
Which man's nor demon's power could (ptell,
A vestal liame nmpicnoluiblc,
lie calmly heard
The fatal word,
While not ;i thrill Ins pulses stirred:
' To gallows let the rebel come
With deatli-mareli and the muffled drum!"
Xo paleness blanched the warrior's check,
Xor iptailcd once with feeling weak:
Calmly and smilingly he goes
To death as childhood to repose:
What reeks the upright heart and brave
The gate it passes to the grave?
Smite pitying angel from on high
In kindness touched the chieftain's eye,
And Hainan's dark, accursed tree
To his rapt vision seemed to be
The deathless palm of liberty;
Planted by Heaven, foredoomed to stand
*< f ,i...
The prouuivi iK-iu.nn i? ?nv *
Dressed in immortal pari) of green.
Ami majesty's resplendent sheen,
. j xsl by every freeiimn's tears, ?\
stronger with the tliglit of'vears, '
RBte nit sen thcJ- and storm
The ruffian Rall'otir s eraven heart ^|,
Skilled in inquisitorial art p..
To jmin the soul : could not ti.me, '
Kven by the menaced death of shame, c;(
Refused the captive's prayer that he sc
Might die the death of chivalry, |ji
And to his native soil bequeath m
His heart's blood as he ceased to breathe; tvi
Might pour on Carolina's soil in
The patriot's last appeal to Cod, pi
And seal in death's dread consecration ta
His liie with freedom's red lihration. wi
To him a momentary trial, m
The petty tyrant's liarsli denial, l'l
A transient slioek, as you might deem Hi
A truant's rock disturb a stream, <-'(j
Which Hinging wave-wreaths to the shore, Wl
Ci liitos unimpeded us before, "
Onward into its initive sou ,s>c
In bright nii'.l grand tranquility. w<
lie
liven generous focinuu interceded, j*u
And matrons in compassion pleaded, vj
Ami silvered heads, and tender years,
And manhood's prayers and beauty's tears pibesought
the hangman chief to show '|'|
A soldier's mercy to his foe; us
Their earnest prayers were all in vain, be
Ami kindly tears which fell like rain? w<
Like rain-drops on the desert sand I'm
Which make no tender In id expand, .Si
lint mock the wretch, who, self-accursed. l?V
Dies 'ucalli the liery scourge of thirst. it"
Like rain they fell?but not in vain; wl
Returned to Heaven the gentle rani, wi
And glittered every precious tear \f>
A rainbow in the upper sphere,
A bow of hope to span the grave 111
Of llayne, the faitlil'ul. just and brave. ^
wi
No deaths-man his assistance lends, ^
As up the scatfoid he ascends; j|(
Steady and linn his martial tramp, |(j.
As when lie walked amid the camp, j>(
And as delimit lii.s dark eye, j,e
As iii the hour of victory. ,|c
Unmoved he fell the fatal cord,
Xor shuddered at the latal word? ail
The stern command is given, cij
And freedom's martyr claims a tear from Heaven, on
To thy young heart the blow more dread 1"
Oh darling boy, than to the dead! ! U
1 lcart-hroken and disconsolate,
Tlic sou lie wails his father's lute;
<Tries the turn dove beneath the falcon's beak,
po
tro falls upon the ear the orphan's shriek, jjWho
I'e !s the sorest pang that hate can wreak. j
A ml like Mimosa, beaten by the hail.
I'ro-'ps to tho earth all weeping, liowcd and pale. ,
The <!reeian sage brealhctl out his soul Ni
In rapture o'er the poisoned bowl, t'O
And made the hetnloek's hated plant
The holiest herb of the Levant: tin
And one of yet more awful name vl*
Kescued the Unman tree from shame. s:1'
So freedom, in her highest strain,
Trumpets the saered name of liayile ;. at"'
With tears bewail his enrlv loss. in
As one who in the crowning pride "c
Of manhood and of virtue died, "?
And made the onec ignoMe tree t
The banner stall" of Liberty, '' '
A.id next in glory to the Cross. Jul
? -?- ? l|t:
BiClier from Hon. IV. W. BSoyro. ""
111
S.vii1xe i'aum, August 3d, I tSUO. ||0
(Iextlkxjkx.?My high respect for you in- l'r
nees iue to liasteii a reply to your note. bti
If Lincoln be clcctedi I think the Soiillieru Xt
Uites should withdraw from the Union ; all, uii
Hot all. then as many as will, ami if no other,
milli Carolina alone, in the promptest mamtor, eoi
ml liy the most direct means. n?
'I'" the full siirnifieaiiee of I.bi. t..
nlu's .election, we must rouioiulicr the j?rinci- uu
frs, tlio clinrucler ami the sentiment of the
tcpuhlican parly. wi
The vital principle of this party is negro vo
ipialitv, the oHv logical linale of which is tin
mancipation. .'< rcc t!;i . it i only nocc.>;.arv tct
HiKcrvriiivc, vcl raisi*s mc >un ju pan* iiu.-<
Intform says, "we liokl that nil men are created ti
jiml, that they are endowed by their Creator
ith certain inalienable rights; that among tl
icse, are life, liberty,". <fcc., and this on the e<
lotion of Mr. (biddings. This is intended to a
ichide negroes. It follows, therefore, according fe
) Republican faith, that no one can rightfully g
e held in slavery. J
Slavery, then, is a great wrong.
The Republican party are bound, therefore, h
) far as their constitutional power goes, to rc- ti
iovc that wrong. At present their practical e
oiut of attack is the Territories; when, this ti
ucstion shall no longer exist, then the District tl
f Columbia will receive their attention, and b
o on with the other outposts o'"slavery. Sup- l?
osing these outposts disposed of, then the tl
lovcmciit necessarily must he directed against tl
lavery in the .States.?The party will be hound c
o exercise its constitutional powers tc destroy c
1 ' * 111 *1 ?
invoi-v in me suites. :t womu uc cousiuureu v
utircly constitutional by the Rcpublicaiip, to tl
igitatc the question so as to iniiucncc the h
south by moral means to abolish slavery. And \
is soon as the admission of new free Stales, 0
tiul the change of status of some of the border n
states furnished the necessary majority to d
ihange the Constitution, the Republican party p
vould be sure to demand such change, and t
dsolish slavery in the States. The Republican c
sarty has but one stopping place?cmaneipa- t
ion. Mr. Senator Wilson of Massachusetts, p
me of the ablest men in the Republican party v
mmprchcndcd the mission of bis party, when
10 said in Boston, "I tell you here to-night, v
:hat the agitation of huinau slavery will con- <J
:inue while the foot of a slave presses the soil v
:>f the American Republic." t
By the character of this party, I mean its 1
sectionalism. It is a party confined entirely t
to the Northern States?both its candidates are n
Northern men. The idea of the majority sec- f
tion banding together for the purpose of seizing t
upon the Government is at war with the spirit <
of the Constitution. The great idea of the 1
Constitution is the equality of the States. The
seizure of the Government by one section is a :
practical revolution in the Government. The t
Northern States then become the master States, i
and the Southern States sink into an inferior t
condition. This is not the Union into which 1
our fathers entered. I I was ushered in by the s
administration of Washington, a Southern
slaveholder, who had humbled England.
The new order ol tilings which me ucpuuucnii
party propose to introduce would l?e inaugurated
by the administration of Lincoln, a
Northern Abolitionist, who would humble the
South. between these two administrations
what a profound gulf. The first represented
the perfect equality of the States, the second
would represent the domination of the North
and the subjugation of the South. A half
dozen unsuccessful campaigns could not put the
South in a more abject condition.
1 iy the sentiment of this party, I mean its
antagonism to the South. It requires no elaborate
proof to show that the feeling of this party
is that of hostility to the South. The tone of"
the Republican press, the temper of public
f " ?'.'hes, such as are delivered by Sunnier and
e great passion on which the Republican
irty rests is hatred to the South.
Such being the Republican party, for the ^
Mith to consent to its domination, is to con
lit to death. Not that 1 apprehend anv startlg
measures of aggression by this party imcdiately.
Ao, its policy is too obviouslv a
isc moderation, and its leaders are men of too ^j(
uch sagacity, to be diiveii ahead of their J
ngramnio. but the mere fact of such a party r
Icing possession ol the Federal Government, |n,
ith the acquiescence of the South, will be the t',!j
ost fatal blow the South has ever received,
lie whole power and patronage of the Govern- r
cut will be placed upon the side of ncfi'o t-*'1
- f.., I|V
Uiimjk | uii; Aiurnv;i 11 iu?ij"iiia> uv* xs> ,.(f
ill bustimulated to new life, they will feel the
ultation of being the master States. TLe 0f
xitliel'ii States on the other hand will be j
mnded in their prestige, their cipiniitv gone,
ipulcss of the future, they will be prepared
r defeat because they will have despaired of
1 " . no
Great as are the moral effects, important
aetieal results would also speedily follow. [u
le patronage of the administration would be n
ed to build up a Republican party in the
inb r slave-Slates; and tli? Federal judiciary (j
add be remodeled, so that tlie dogmas of i(f|
natieisin would heeoine the decrees of the
ipreme Court. Nor eoiild we obtain peace w;
an abject submission, if so ineiiued, the
Station would go on with increased volume 0j.
icu it was found not to be hazardous, and tji(
. would ultimately he forced to yield aP, or
resist under eireiunstanees infinitely more j
scouraginglhaii exist at present. To acipiiesce j(1
the vast powers of the Federal Government ^
ing into the hands of our would-be masters.
tli the intention of resisting at some future .
.... i... ,1.:: ..? Ul
i' Xumidinu King, w lie delivered his treasures, J
> arms. Ins and liis deserters lo tlur ^
)iiiiins and then renewed the war, having t>i;
edlcsslv deprived himself of the means of
l',L'nci'' on
If the South ncipticsecs in a Ilcj.11KIica.11
ministration, I think the ipiestion of negro
uality is settled against lis, and emancipation
ly a ijticstion of time. I have regarded this
estion in the same litjjht for years, and 1 have tig
nsidered the success of the Republican party de
the Presidential election as involving the P'li
cessity of revolution. So regarding it, I have ST
alight the great paramount object of out*
lie)* was to let this Republican success occur, li"
it must occur, under the most auspicious thi
en instances for a disruption, and those anspi- b!:i
us circumstances I thought wouhl consist tai
incipally in the largest attainable sympathy ae<
rili, and the greatest unity South. These pfi
nditioits I thought were most likely to he lb
iclied l?y a wise and prudent moderation 011 tin
B part of the South. And I accordingly ad- <]"
ied and acted in that direction, and I am ani
;isfied I never gave wiser counsels. 1 said do
my constituents last summer, that we must bet
t with the most eousuuimate prudence then, the
order to profit by the most desperate bold- j"
ss if it became necessary,?prudence to give 'u'
pretext for the election of a Republican,
I.Iiimss to relieve ourselves from such election ;l *
it must take place. Mv policy was a cottsisit
policy, prudence, when prudence, might ""
advantageous, boldness when nothing else ?l'
s left. The time is now approaching when im
my opinion the only alternative will he hold- C01
ss. If the Republican party triumph in the sl"
evidential election, onr State has no choice c,?'
t to immediately withdraw front the Union.
>r is this so hazardous an undertaking as a'''
ght he conceived at tirst sight. 1,11
Suppose we have done this. Then only two ('N|
arses remain to onr enemies. First, thrv
ist let nsalone; secondly, they must attempt
eoerccits. Kitheralteruative will accomplish !,ii
X purpose. "0
Suppose they let us alone--very good. We wa
II have free trade with Furopeand get along
ry well in our happy mediocrity, far heller
an as a degraded c'-lite of a gorgeous sys- mi
ii, who e ;;!oiic- v.C.' 1 he lot" utilei , whose pi
T
' f
ik r
Oil.
Suppose they undertake to ooercc us; them
ie Southern States are compelled to make
jiiimoii cauje with us, and we wake up some
loriiing and find tlie flag of a Southern Conidcracy
flouting over us. That wo old be a
rent deal better than paying tribute to the
ohn Brown sympathisers.
The Soutli still has splendid cards in her
ands it'she will only play them. The constiition
of Northern society is artificial in the
xtrome. Immense wealth has been accumula;d
there. A few arc richer than the Kings of
lie East; the multitude labor for their daily
read; much of this wealth is breath?the
rcath of credit. A civil convulsion will bring
licir paper system of credit tumbling about
licir ears. The fir-' gun fired in civil war will
ost them Co00,000,000, and strikes will not be
onfined to the shoe-makers, but will become
pidcmic. If Lincoln is elected, let us put
lieni at defiance, and if they incline to try the
ist argument of kings against us?very well,
vi..... d,.!.. 11.^ i..tm l,.ci isfiii nnn .
. ..V,.., Ill -I.VIJ .WW Vt/wv,vvv,
00, ami hear the curses of their unemployed
10b, demanding bread or Mood, perhaps the
oetrine of negro equality will not be quite so
opular, and the beginning of a powerful rcacion
may take place, the harbinger of long years
f peace and fraternity. But if no reaction
akes place, and our Northern tyrants persist in
uitting us to our mettle?very well. If nothing
rill do them but the sword, be it so.
Let us show that we can grasp the sword as
rell as they can, that we arc not degenerate
k'sccndants of those glorious heroes from whom
re draw our lineage. If the worst comes to
he worst, we can hut fall, sword in hand,
ighting for all that makes life desirable, justice,
[quality and our country. But I have no fear
is to the result, if it comes to a question of
inns. We can give blows as well as receive
hem, and we are as apt to have our winter
punters in the city of New York, as they theirs
n New Orleans.
But we do not desire war. "We wish peace
ind fraternity in the Union if possible; but one
liing there is which we are determined to have,
ii the Union or out of it?equality. Woe to
hose who would rob us of tbis, for they will
>ring great calamities on their country, themselves,
and huinauitv.
WILLIAM W. BOYCE.
Messrs. D. L. Uuove.vce, W. S. Lyles.
The Last Survivor of Bunker ISilL
The statement lias frequently been made by
the newspapers. and endorsed by Mr. Everett
iii liis late fourth of July oration, that there is
no one left of that band of heroes who Bret?
withstood the shock ol British aims in the
open field. Eighty-five years having elapsed
since that world-renowned struggle, the bunlm^^
of probabilities would favoi^uoh?^^gjtf|
vet the statement is not^| ,
that took part iu th'it^B
in subsequent eventj^
moral worth as wclllB
sir.ices. $?5
In the town of
ridge of land, situated a^H
II- stands
:iiee of ii very respectable antiquity. The
sser b} will often notice , a grey-haired man
ading attentively by the window, or walking
out with a single cane?perchance engaged
the ordinary labors of the husbandman.
ic stranger will perceive nothing very rcirkablc
in the thick-set, slightly-bent figure,
d well preserved, swarthy features, of this
.1 man of apparently eighty; but the residents
the adjacent country involuntarily bend with
vcrcnco as tlicy pass liiin. And well they
iv?he is the last of the Bunker Ilill paots.
David Kiimison, who long survived his conleratcs
of the famous Boston Tea Party, was
ing in 1851 in Chicago, at the extraordinary
c of one hundred and fifteen years. Lie has
icu j>;i.vcu anav. iiaipn rariiiiam, tlic Jast
the Hunker Hill heroes, still lives, although
has nearly attained a span and a half of the
ace allotted to man. llis one hundred and
irth birth day was celebrated at Milton Mills
the 7th. We have already given, front the
n of a correspondent, some notice of this investing
affair. Although no pains were taken
extend a notice of the event beyond the iin;diate
vicinity of the veteran's residence, a
ry large concourse of people was in attcn.nce.
The features of the occasion were an
dress, and one hundred and four greetings
mi a twelve pounder, and a dinner, enlivened
tli toasts and speeches.
Mr. Farnliam, we learn, was not in the midst
the battle. Having been enrolled only on
i day previous, it was his lot to be detailed
ioug a guard to take charge of artillery and
ggage, at some distance from the redoubt,
so close proximity to the principal scene ot
ifo, the observations which he made, and
tinctly recollects to this day, are highly investing,
and we trust they will be given to
: public by some competent pen. When we
lect bow fc.v persons living can ever remcinr
the event itself?as a child of twelve at
it time would now be ninety-live years old?
living actor in that bloody drama becomes at
cc an ouji'ci oi nueresr, respect ami vencran.?/}wt"H
Journal.
Bloxmx ox l*ihe.?Blondin, the celebrated
ht rope performer, met with a serious acciut
a few nights ago, during his exhibition at
liilicothc, Ohio. The Ciuciimati Gazette ?
:s:
After dusk lie gave a performance of trundg
a wheelbarrow across a rope, and to make
j feat more terrific, lie encircled himself in a
izc of fire works, which were ignited simulicously
with his starting. Before lie had
:ompli?hed half his task, one of the pieces
maturely exploded and set fire to his clothing.
<! peril of his situation could not be seen by
thousands of spectators below, in conscL'tice
of the continued emission of sparks,
d the adventurous Blond in had nothing to 0
but walk the rope jyid suffer the torture of
ing slowly roasted. Having accomplished
distance, he, by his own efforts, succeeded
extinguishing the flames, but not before his
:k was very badly burned. , .
The rope was stretched across the street, at
listancc ol^T-Vjiot from the ground, ar 1 none.
i! Bloudin could have withstood the pain he
ist have suffered. We are inclined to the
inion that the Mons. will not attempt any
?re tight-rope performances with pyrotechnic
ncoinitants. It is very well to hazard the
ging waters, of Niagara, in hand-baskets,
fee sacks. Arc., but shrouded in a sheet of
inc, with a chance of burning to death,
led to that of hilling, smacks a little too
ich of the dangerous to he much relished
ii bv the intrepid Bloudin.
M \NNKit.?There i? no policy like politeness;
I ;i >?nod manner is the best thing in tlio
irM to get a good name or to supply tho
nt of it.
I )|vidkni).?The Commercial Rank of Wil
te'ton, X. lias declared a dividend of 5
' >
?
A