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^ rvr"M^^IKG, OCTOBER 23^860~"""" "^NtBlBER 43. ^ ,.,^rrr^^_rr^_^??^? ???????????????_ -?====f i ? ?^~T[ _i.;.^'~"!'"" '!L -;i r ? - u..^....< mid Past. I Tlic Northern Elections. I'out Royal Rail Road.?DeBow'i Rente* MISCELLANEOUS. Tlic Terrors of Submission. 'A few days since, we endeavored to sliow, that the pictures of ruin and desolation to the South, wiiich the submissionists to Black lieptiblican domination were so continually draw ing, to "fright us from our propriety," were unreal and false. We propose now to reverse the picture, and to show what will probably be th? consequences of a "submission of the Southern States, to the rule of Abolitionisrn'at Washington,, in the persons of Messrs. Lincoln and 'Ilatnh'n, should they be elected to the Prcsi'dency and Vice-Presidency of the United 'Rt*w 4 1. The first effect of the submission of the 'South, to the installation of Abolitionists in the 'offices of President and Vice President of the .iJnitcd States, must be a powerful cor.solida^ ,'tion of the strength of the Abolition party at the North. Success generally strengthens. Ifj 'after all the threats of resistance and disunion, 'made in Congress and out of Congress, the 'Southern States sink down into acquiescence, lthe demoralization of the South will be com_ tplcte. Add the patronage resulting from the %6'rttrol 'of wncSv-feHr thousand offices, and the expetwlftrttc of eighty millions of money annuahJV and they must be irresistible in oontroJ5n? thd General Government. 2, To p.'under the South for tlifc benefit of the Nortli, b>" 'l ncw Protective Tariff, will be r onc 0f tlicir first measures of Northern soction*1 dominion ; and, on the other hand, to cxlaust the treasury by sectional schemes of appropriation, yrui -'c a congenial policy. 3. Immediate danger W'H^be brought to lavcry, in all tlic FrouMcr ?whcs.^ "??? ai ps^rty is enthroned at Washington, iil +hc Ex- j ecutivo and Legislative departments of the | Government, whose creed it is, to repeal the Fugitive Slave Laws, the wnder-grounl railroad wiil-become an oiw-ground railroad. The tenure of slave property will be felt to be weakened ; and the slaves will be sent down to the Cotton States for sale, and the Frontier States 4 *nlcr on the policy of miking themsilvcs Free JSlute*. < 4. With the control of the Government of the United States, and an organized and triumphant North to sustain them, the Abolitionists will renew their operations upon the South with increased courage. The thousands in every country, who look np to power, and make gam out of the future, will come out in * support of the Abolition Government The Brownlows and Bolts', in the South, will multiply. They will organize; and from being a Union Party, to support an Abolition Government they will become, like tbe Government they support Abolitionists. They will have an Abolition Party in the South, of Southern men. The contest for slavery will no longer be one between the North and the South. It will be in the South, between the people of the South. 5. Itj iu our present position ol power and witlf/vtnoss we have the raid of John Brown rr* ?and twenty towns burned down in Texas in one year, by Abolitionists?what will be the measures of insurrection and incendiarism, which must follow our notorious and abject % t prostration to 'Al>olition rule at Washington, * * with all the patronflgc of the Federal Government, liiijt-a Vmon organization in the South ... _ . it ? Secret cb]^i[;jcv. and its at. ito-thc language oif 'tlic Black Republican pa- , r>"' toarcli?jGiddings?they "will laugh at- your ) .. ttdfunities, and inock when your fear coincth." i 6. Already there is uneasiness throughout the South, as to the stability of its institution i of slavery. But with a submission to the rulr^ ( ' of Abolitionists at Washington, thousands of j slaveholders will despair of the institution.? j While the condition of things in the Frontier J States will force their slaves on the markets of i the Cotton States, the timid in the Cotton \ States, will also sell their slaves. The general | distrust, must affect purchasers. The consc- ,< qncnce must be, slave property must be great- | Ij depreciated. We see advertisements for the ale of slaves in some of the Cotton States, for | the simple object of getting rid of them ; and , we know that standing orders for the purchase ] of slaves in this market have been withdrawn, < on. account of an anticipated decline of value ' from the political condition of the country. j 1. We suppose, that taking in view all these i things, it is not extravagant to estimate, that j the submission of the South to the administration of the Federal Government under Messrs. i Lincoln and Danilin, must reduce the value of slaves in the South, one hundred dollars each. ] It is computed that there arc four million, three hundred thousand, slaves in the United i States. Hero, therefore, is a loss to the Southern people of four hundred and thirty millions , of dollars, on their slaves alone. Of course, j real estate of all kinds must partake also in ] the depreciation of slaves. j 8. Slave property is the foundation of all property in the South. When security in this j is shaken, all other pro]>crty partakes of its j instability. Banks, stocks, bonds, must be in- | flucnced. Timid men will sell out and leave ] the South. Confusion, distrust and pressure i must reign. * i 9. Before Messrs. Lincoln and Hamlin can i be installed in Washington, as President and | Vicc-I'rcsidcnt of the United States, the Southern States can dissolve peaceably (wo know what we say) their union with the North. Mr. Lincoln and his Abolition cohorts, will have no South to reign over. Their game would be blocked. The foundation of their organi zation would be taken away; and, lelt to me tender mercies of a baffled, furious and troubled North, tlicy would be cursed and crushed, as the flagitious cause of the disasters around tlicm. But, if we submit, and do not dissolve our union with the North, we make the triumph of our Abolition enemies complete, and <cnal>lc them to consolidate and wield the pow,cr of the North, for our destruction. 10. If the South once submits to the rule of Abolitionists by the General Government, there is, probably, an end of all peaceful separation of the Union. We can only escape the ruin they meditate for the South, by war. Armed with the power of the General Government, and their organizations at the North, they will have no respect for onr courage or energy, and they will use the sword for our subjection. If there is any man in the South who believes that we must separate from the North, we appeal to his humanity, in case Mr. Lincoln is elected, to dissolve our connection with the North, before the 4th of March next. 11. The ruin of the South, by the cmancip.?tion of her slaves, is not like the ruin of any other people. It is not a mere loss of liberty,. like the Italians under the Bourbons. It is not heavy taxation, which must still leave the means of living, or otherwise taxation defeats itself. But it is the loss of liberty, property, home, country?every thing that makes lite worth having. And this loss will probably take place under circumstances of suffering and horror, unsurpassed in the history of nations. We must preserve our liberties and institutions, under penalties greater than those which impend over any people in the world. 12. Lastly, wo conclude this brief statement of the terrors of submission, by declaring that in our opinion, they are ten-fold greater even than Jbe supposed terrors of disunion. ( Iwrh.xlon Mercury, l! \ The American Flag ul Oberlin ! Mr. Hilliurd ought to have been there!?The '* Adventures of LF. Lucas, with the American Flag and a Runaway Nigger at Oberlin ! A Greasy Social Condition! A few evenings*ago, Mr. Milliard gave some very pretty declamatory sentences, at Estclle Ilall; about tbe glory of standing under tlic American dag, any where, North or South. A few days ago, Dr. Charles S. Lucas, of Mt. Meigs, in this county, visited Oberlin, Ohio, (one of the United States,) to recover his negro boy Levi, and had to run away himself. As Dr. Lucas came into our office, yesterday morning, and related the facts to us, we give a brief resume of them, that Union-Shrieking orators, like Mr. Milliard, may refer to them in their speeches, as evidence of the fraternity and loving-kindness of the people of the North, towards the men oftlic South. There is a mine of material for eloquence in the facts?troops of metaphors float all around them. Let the Union-Shrickcrs listen: Sonic time in May last, Dr. Lucas received a letter from a Mrs. , dated at Oberlin, Ohio, requesting him to forward money to pay the expenses,. home, of Dr. L.'s negro slave Levi, who, the letter alleged, was heartily tired of the poor wages and dirty state of society in Oberlin. (The negro Levi had been reared about the. Doctor's house and had good ideas of decency.) Dr. Lucas took a trip, at his leisure, round by New York and down to the AY est. Arrived at Cincinnati, lie was introduced by a friend, to a reliable detective, whose services he engaged. The Doctor telegraphed to Mrs , at Oberlin, and received an answer, to the effect that Levi, [his negro] was absent, but that she would let him know, when he returned. She had previously acknowledged the receipt from the Doctor, of $10 for the boy and $5 for herself. _ . . Just before getting ready to leave Cincinnati for the South, [thinking his boy had left Oberliu for a time] Dr. Lucas received a dispatch from Oberlin, signed W. 11. Watson, telling liiin his boy "was there and to come and get hico,"?The Doctor was delighted, lie thought ofthe American flag and glorious liberty, and with his "detective" friend, lie started for Oberlin. Luckily for the Doctor's cuticle and the honor of the American flag, the train on which he started, with the detective, for Oberlin, missed the connection at a cross road; and our knights-errant of the American flag, took a freight train to Oberlin, Dr. L. "leaving his trunk [marked "Dr. C. S. Lucas, Ala."] at a station five miles from Oberlin. At the telegraph office the two gentlemen made some enquiries; and it was discovered that the operators did not know Mrs ," but did know "W. II. Watson," who proved to be a big, flat-nosed, bullet-headed, black negro, a and whites work for him at pleasure. The depot and telegraph office at w hich Dr. L. got this information arc some hundreds of yards frotn the nigger)- known as Oborlin; and before the party approached the village, a kind friend, suspecting who they were, "posted" the detective who now began to play the.role of a stock-buycy. So did the Doctor?under the American .flag. . D^iiu^^unng"wkuch??.^^alson^m^ ? fudge H. W. Watson, as the Doctor had ? jiought,) was pointed ont; a real big, stinking s icgro autocrat, of whom whites and negroes t were afraid. The time spent in Obcrlin was 1 not devoted to looking for Levi, but to pretcn- ? led bargaining for stuck; and alter some skil- t 'nl manoeuvring and a dinner at the hotel, > amid a dozen loud-smelling negroes,] Dr. c Lucas got into a buggy with the gentleman ,vlio lirst gave thcin the wink and was carried :o the depot where his trunk was, and the ^ jnggy returned for the detective, wlio also 1 irrived in safety; and the pair left Obcrlin c brcvcr. Dr. L. thinks the whole affair was arranged, 1 from first to las to catch him in the famed ^ Jen of thieves, Obcrlin, and to rob him by some } :>retcndcd law-suit. That there was treachery 1 ' ? l I /*? !- 1 L.. if i it tlic icicgrnpn omce, is siiowii py v?. n. ; Watson's telegraphing in response to the (lis- 1 latch to "Mrs. ," who also answered ' die dispatch to her. A crowd was assembled ' it the arrival, in Oberlin, of the train the Doctor missed ; and it was well for him he did *' miss it. .Niggers' bludgeons across his head ( ind niggers' whips 011 iiis back would have ' brought the "stars" and the ' stripes" of the r American flag most forcibly home to his re- ' mcmbrancc. 1 Levi, the Doctor's boy, no doubt, wishes to J *ct away from the Sodom of Oberlin. The " buck negro Watson and others will not let 1 bill). lie will probably die there, as depraved ' 1 brute as there is in Oberlin. * In spite of the "American flag," which floats 4 proudly at Oberlin, it is not the place for white 1 people, unless it be those who would like to ' lake service under the big nigger, Watson, who lias a store and a farm. At his farm lie makes the white, black and yellow Obcrlincrs, work nt starvation prices; occasionally threatening to send a restive darkey home to "his old ' master." No wonder a well-raised negro, like 1 Levi, desired to leave the vile hole and return to his old home.?Montgomery Mail. ! Maryland for Breckinridge.? We clip the following special despatch from the New York 7'itiicx:? ".Baltimore, October 12.?The Republicans are holding to-night a large and enthusiastic meeting at liccliabite Hall. About a thousand are present. Many dissatislied Americans and Union men arc uniting with them, including members of the American clubs, and a considerable number of Bell and Everett minute men, who are chagrined by the recent municipal reform victory. They profess to act in a spirit of retaliation against the Unionists who voted with the Reformers. It is calculated that the Republicans will gain an accession of three thousand votes from this class of persons. They now assert that Baltimore will give Lincoln 6,000. Jf so, it renders Bell's chances doubtful in the State?increasing those of Breckinridge materially. Many Douglas men are new going over to Breckinridge." The Coming Ciusjs.?The Central Bank of Montgomery, Ala., has determined not to discount any more paper until after the election. The Moil says that fears of a depreciation of property, in case Lincoln should be elected, lias led to this course. At a meeting of the Board of Directors*of the Georgia Air Line Railroad, recently held in Atlanta, Ga., the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That in view of the unsettled state of public affairs, and the depression in the financial condition of the country consequent thereon, that the progress of the Georgia Air Line railroad he suspended until the next meeting of this board, and that this board now adjourn to meet at this place on Tuesday, the 27t.h day of November next, at ten o'clock a. in. He is :i brave man who isn't afraid to wear 1 oh! clothes, until lie is able to pay for new ones. Letter from the Governor or Mississippf. The-..following letter from tlie Governor of Mississippi, appears in our exchanges in that Stale:? Executive Office, ) Jackson, Miss., August 30, 18B0. j Dear Sir :?Your note, inviting nie to a mass meeting at Gladncy it Gardner's Mill in Chickasaw county, Miss., came to my oflicc during my absence in Arkansas. It was my purpose to have been with you, but business that could not bo postponed kept me here until it was too late. I regret this the more, as it is the first invitation I have received to meet in council thosc.who think the time for action, not words, is now. A proper tax on Northern manufactures, and individual action looking to non-intercourse commercially with the Abolition States, is the lever which, properly handled, can turn New England upside down in six months.? Half her population would be paupers in less than twelve months from the day Southern States cease to trade with her. The Southern people can cease that trade if they will it. Hut it is not iny purpose, in this hasty note, to discuss any political topics. 1 write only to thank you tor remembering inc when the friends of the assailed States were called in council, and I assure you that I do sympathize, and expect to act with those who dare all, and hazard all, rather than sec Mississippi become a powerless, dependent province of a Hlack Republican government, and hold her Constitutional rights by the frail tenure of Black Republican oaths. When the sparks ccasc to lly upward, Camnnches respect treaties, and wolves kill sheep no more, the oath of a Black Republican might he of some value sis a protection to slave property. Respectfully, vour fellow-citizen, JOHN J. l'ETTUS. To C. B. Baldwin and others, Committee of Invitation. I>i|>ihcria ai:<l its Cure. n'i 1? -i: i 4i..,? r?.. JLII1S Singular wiiiwi iiiu> um? j?u i seemed to bafHc the skill of our best-physicians, says tite Cincinnati Piesx, lias l>ccomc so pre- i valciit and lias been so generally fatal, that any suggestion in regard to its cure will hardly prove uninteresting. Its causes arc not known, and therefore all treatment has heretofore been merely experimental; but its pathognomonic symptoms arc so diversified and dissimilar that in many instances the throat of the patient closes, and he dies before bis disease has been discovered. Tlic diagnostic by which it is known from other complaints of the throat is the formation of a membrane, which increases gradually until tlic patient is literally strangled to death. It is sometimes accompanied bv ulceration and extreme prostration of the entire system, and at others by neither of these symptoms, yet in oil her ease it is equally fatal. To arrest the formation of this membrane would, therefore, seem equivalent to curing the disease, and this, in most instances, may be done in the following manner: In the early stages of the complaint, which is always accompanied by a soreness and spelling of the throat, let the patient use a simple solution of salt and water, as a gargle, every fifteen minutes. At the same time moisten a piece "of f flannefwitR a solution oT the kind, made j ?.V ,-TCT.-O VO <- it", jlvj '1?^ironnd his throat, renewing it as.oflen as the I1 jargle is administered, and in the meanwhile prinkljng fine salt between" tlic flannel and be neck. Use inwardly some tonic or stiinu- j ant. either senaratelv, or, if the prostration be. s treat, use both together. The treatment, as ?i nay be seen, is extremely simple, ami, il used :i n tlic earlier stages of the disease, will effect a c oinplcto cure. t Death of the Oldest Mason is the <n United States.?The Alexandria Gazelle of ., he 22d tilt., announces the death of an aged rj litizon, Mr. John Shakes, and adds : j; Mr. Shakes was one of llie oldest citizens [ u the town of Alexandria. lie was horn in j vent county, Md., on the 20th of October, t 1774, and wanted, therefore, one month of be- c ng 8G years of age. Having lost his father ., vhile yet an infant, in consequence of exposure s n camp of the revolution, he removed with j lis mother to Philadelphia, where he resided ? luring a portion of the Presidency of Gen. j. kVashinton, occupying a house in the imtnedi- , itc vbinity of the residence of that illustrious ., diief. He served an apprenticeship at the t j rush-making business in Haltimorn, and im- c nediately on attaining his majority, attached c limself to the Masonic Order, ot which he , lontiuiied a very active member for sixty-live ( reals, being at the period of his death the old- f lest Freemason, piobably, in the United States, j dr. Shakes removed to Alexandria in 180], f iiul since that time has constantly resided , here, lie filled for many years several olliccs | ?f public trust, and was generally beloved and espected by those who came in contact with lim. i Convening the J.egislatckk.?The prodamation of the Governor lor convening tlic j Legislature to elect Presidentialelectors on tlio first Monday of next month, will be found in j ur columns this morning. It will be noticed in addition to the usual du- , tics of this session, the Governor lias assigned ' another, if it should become necessary, that of providing for the safety and protection of the State. We approve of the suggestion; fiist because that not more than forty eight hours after Tuesdav, the day of election, the result will be k Down, and the contiiiuunec of the session j will save time, trouble and expense, in the event of action becoming necessary. The members ought to conic prepared to remain, instead of taking the usual intermission, until the business of the State regular and extra shall be transacted. The regular sessions of the Legislature are entirely loo short, and the additional two weeks, will be fully needed to perfect the necessary legislation. Southern Guardian. ? The 1>ro<: an Movement.?An enquiry made in a recent number of the Southern Guaruian. whether 'negro shoes of Carolina make could be had anywhere in Columbia,' together with 1 other advertising influences, has developed the j grateful fact that more than one, perhaps be- ; Lwcen two and three hundred thousand pairs ' of brogans are made yearly in South Carolina. , Tins largest factory we have heard of, Mr. I Ly neb's of Cheraw, turns nut one hundred pairs ! per day, and is patronized by planters in various j parts of the State. The next largest belongs i to Mr. Alden of Camden, who now puts in the ! "Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas" j market "upwards of 15,000 pairs annually ;" | and is making arraniromcnls hereafter to manufacture 30,000 pairs ]?cr aiiiiuin, to incut: the demand which 1 lie popularity of his shoes has created on the plantations of the west. We could place our linger on perhaps more than a , do/en "shops," in the. upper districts, which manufacture each from SOU to 5000 pairs of negro shoes annually. Yorkuillr. Enquirer. j There is nothing purer than honesty; nothing sweeter than charily, nothing warmer than love; nothing richer than wisdom; nothing more , steadfast than faith. ;nu wiuic. i " vTlic commissioners appointed under the Act! passed at the last session of the Legislature, for ''the better defence of the'State," assembled in this city, this week, for the transaction of business. The hoard, having ascertained that j Major Sparkes, of the Mcrrilfcpbrecch-lnading Arms Faetory, of haltimoro] was in this city, requested an interview with Him, and that gen-; lleniau appeared before thenf. The hoard inquired of Major Sparkes at what price he would affix Merrill's breech-loading attachment, j to ten thousand of the best <Jj?thc muskets now , in the Richmond Armory; a^J that gentleman, having examined the musl&ts, and reported j that there was a large number of them of a ' very superior kind, and in excellctt condition, replied to the hoard that he would attach the , Merrill improvement ior ?iu .1 piece, suujeei to t!ie inspection of Mr. IJiiroliardt, of Harper's Ferry, and that lie would deliver them finished in this city, at that price. The Board then spoke of altering the muskets to the Minnie form. Major Sparkcs expressed his readiness to do so, but did not state the price; but he said lie supposed the cost would he about $5, subject;- also, to United States inspection. (This ibTin, it. is unnecessary to say would not lie a breech-loader.) Major Sparkcs showed us; yesterday, a United States musket, altered in the manner in which lie proposes to alter $h<; muskets in the Armory, and ,wc unhesitatingly pronounce it a most effective and reliableV,weapon. We do not say this from a mere cursory inspection, for we have alrerdy tested .one of these weapons at the Tredegar Works, and it is decidedly superior to any breech-loader we have yet seen, (and we were present at the inspection, by a committee of the last Legislature, of various breech-loaders submitted to them.) For several months past,?Major Colston has been making a series of experiments at Lexington, 011 various arms, muzzle and breecli loading. J lis report, we believe, lias been laid before the commissioners, aid we venture the prediction that it will be fditrid, when that re""O " lMil.liclinil lJint r.f Inll lire/I'li-lnridiMV submitted lo liim, Major Colston represents Merrill's as decidedly the beptin iii;iny respects, and that he lias recommended the purchase, by the commissioners, <^^^r of the patent, or of a certain number of c/^?;es for the cavalry, and muskets for tlic infirifife. It will be recollected f-#t we stated, a few days ago, that tlic commiiiioners bad written to England concerning the purchase of Enfield rilles, and that tlicy were informed that a,000 would bo supplied at $25 :[ piece. Now, we have no doubt but that it wfijl be found in Colston's report that a UnitcdfStates musket with tlic Merrill attachment is swerior to the Enfield rific, and that it has also occii proved that the Minnie rifle is superior to 'fie Enfield. Besides tliis, Major Sparkcs offers bis hrcceli-Ioadiug carbines at S'20 a piece, an his breeeh-loading muskets at $25?both . em irely r.ew. The commissioners, \vf ur.Jcrslaiid, have purchased 1,000 Adams i e#] Jen lie's pistols, from Ames, at twenty doll: ra a piece, and we hardly think it worth wliih to argue that Major Sparkcs' arms arc mac! cheaper and more Wc arc glad to find tlirfa Ctffetfimilb, one of tlic eomiuissioners, willyRit tbeSMeriili Factory, in Baltimore,- on T{F.$h^AJQ?xJ? vvc roWnicnt. ? JI ! rh inou ;1 Mkssus. Ciiaulks I). ?fc Co., have com- s letcd their iniprovemeiW at No. 30 Broad o trect. After a careftil insjMction yesterday, we d lo nut hesitate to say that a- more elegantly h irraiiged tailoring and g.-nl Ionian's furnishing a stabiisliiueiit cannot he li uud in any city of u lie Union. Tlic front is of bro.vn stone, of a ilegant design, with large plate-glass windows v 'f '1-1.(1 ...... i ,i... 1 11 111 1. Ill" IIUI?|J) *11 v IkllWVI, Itini Ii?v mil ceiling neatly painted in water colors. I L'lic Hist room on tlie slnfct is a sales room I; nr cloths, cassimeres and vcstings, which om- ) irace the very best foreign goods imported a nto this market. The next apartment is oe- } agon in shape, with a ornate skylight of* ii narucllcd glass, which softens the light and a idds much to the general effect. On cither a ide of I he room are plated show cases, fitted ii nto the walls for the display of shirts, under- tl farments, English and French gloves, etc. I ipaeioiis drawers on either side are stored with t iiorning rohes, jackets, and other luxurious C ipparcl, and the massive show case in the con- < rc exhibits the latest styles of shiit hosoms, f icllars, ncek-ties, vest Initlons, etc. In the rear a >f this is the cutting department, which is an ad- t litional extension rendered necessary by the i Icmaiids of t radc. Above it arc the work-shops s or the hands. 111 the rear of the cutting room s s the trimming room. The ever punctual and | kilful conlraetor, Mr. I>uvid Lopez, deserves t rcdit Ibr the lilting up of this model establish- i nent.? Churtexlon rc nrj, Mn. Li.vcui-x's FouTir-coMtxri Tiioci.a.ma- i riON.?Our telcgrapic despatch from Wash I ngton, in our yesterday's paper, stated that I Jovernor Seward had let out the important ' act, that should .Mr. Lincoln be elected I're- i .idciit oi" the United Stnt ?.<, lie intended to put < 'ort11 a proclamation of such views as lie deem- i L'd important, to allav all opposition from the i southern States. Seward and Lincoln obviously think, that the Southern people are i very like a raptured elephant. In Africa they I dig a hole for him; and when lie lias tumbled in, they heat hint, and then bring liiin some i grass; and thus, by alternate heating and feeding^ hey subdue his spirit, and he follows his master. So these two politieal charlatans suppose that, alter Veal's of sectional organization in the North, on the ground of hostility to African slavery in the South, and its rightful and necessary overthrow In the General (Jovcriiiuciit, and they succeed in gaining the mastery of the (Jovermncnt to carry out their policy, they have only to put forth a few hypocritical and lying phrases, and the South will submit?a iitllegrcen grass to the elephant in the pit.? f.'/uirlcsttm Mercury. Tub Mt.vi.tk Mux.?Wc are glad to see the people of our State everywhere preparing for the crisis which is at hand. As an offset to the" Widc-Awakcs" of the North, " Minute Men "are organizing in ali the principal districts of South Carolina. Their object is to form an armed body of men, audio join in with our fellow-citizens, now forming in this and our sister Stales as "Minute Men," whose duty is to arm, eijuipand dijill, ami be ready for any emergency that may arise in the present perilous position of the Southern States, in Kershaw. Abbeville and KicHdand Districts the orjjanizntioii is :i!re:n!y i?n?|?lcle am! powerful, emhraeino the flower of the youth, uinl lu< 1 on hv the most influential citizens. The limine adopted is a l.lue rosette?two ami a hall inches in ilininetei, with a military luillon in the centre, to l?c worn 14 on the siiluofllic hat. Lot the important work on hravelv on, and let every son of (,'aroli in prepare to mount the Mue cockade.? C/mrlei Ion Mvtcunj. Mrs. Eleanor Love W as liiijjton, the estimable wife of John A. Washington, Rsip, died at W'avelaml, the residence of her husband, in Lampiier enmity, \ a., on the 9th instant, in the d7lh year of lis r ay;i?. I . It is high time 1'or all thinking men of the South to pause in the anient pursuit of money, and direct their attention to the future of their country, in which not only rights, liberties and honor arc involved, but their very peace and safety, and the value of the property which they possess for themselves and their children. The period is past when, in a selfish and shortsighted devotion to pecuniary gains, they could nll'ord to neglect the great matter between the sections. The time of deliverance can no longer ri!y thrive. The danger is imminent, in every point of view and to every interest. The merchants and planters, citymen and countrymen, er.nnot wait until slavery is reduced to the malarial region of the Cotton States, and, surrounded with a cordon of lire, their civilization, rights and interests parch hcncath the concentrated blazes of an overwhelming and aggressive public opinion. Shorn of their defensive strength, their country will then become nninliabitablc, themselves beggars and fugitives. It takes no prophet to foretell the rise of anxiety and despair under a passive policy, of submission. I'aitic of a hopeless, downward kind will seize upon people, and men of money, with their boasted gains, must go down, never to rise again, in a declining and doomed country. Xegros, lands, houses, lots, stocks and bonds must all depreciate and become valueless; for,on our social basis rest all values, and, when that is sapped and shaken, property of every description goes with it. It is high time tor the thinking men of the South to realize the events as they happen, and to gain future wisdom from the record of the past. That past teaches the folly of our hitherto windy and vacillating attempts at resistance ?the vanity of such defence as is found in Congressional declamation, empty resolutions and pointless ordinances. It should recall what we have lost bv timidity, sentimentality and inaction; the millions of money paid to Northern monopolists; the noble army of political maityrs, sacrificed at the North for the want of practical Southern support; the magnificent empires of domain bought by Southern gold and Southern blood, winch have been yielded ii)i in the ' watch and-wait," "best-wc-can-get" policy of submission. It. should shame us with the thought that, like the thriftless son of Isaac, we have "sold our birthright for a mess of pottage"?Ibr even the poor luxury of a brief and uncertain respite from the troubles an:l dangers of tins sectional war,?a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands i" the sweet dream of pecuniary prosperity. Let us he now warned, lest while we "praise the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood and of stone," the finger come forth with the announcement made to the Chaldean Sybarite," mene mate !elrel upharsin." Lhart'won Jicrrury, The editor of the Southern C/irl-iti'/n , [dourule, published at Charleston, has just recovered I rum an attack of Yellow Fever. \Yu give below his vivid description of the effects produced by this direful epidemic : Another Adrocutc goes forth to its readers, without having received any care from the Editor, lie is indebted'to his excellent friend, Mr. Canning, the foreman of t/io ytliee, for all that has lA'pu ,daiie,'.wliile 'he himself has been enjoying'the. luxury of a.hout with lever. And. nd ' slapped one boldly " in t^^facc saving * stand that if you can," there might-have been 1 nine credit in succumbing; but to have it sneak 1 n, without ever sending Ague to shake the j oors down, or l'ain to wrench them off the in."vs. and crawling ni> to one's heels lay hold * ini creep up, limiting leaden weights. all along 1 p, up to one's neck, and pulling liiin down ' ml sitting on liiin lor ton days?this is fever on need not want. J low the leaden waves coin tn el'b and (low through you; and then .? hey divide and subdivide, until you do not | now how many people you have conic to he. ) ,'ouder is one aim roasting a hundred yards off, ; nd yonder a leg a quarter of a mile away, and | oil cannot get to tlieni to pull them out oftlic i ire?and you feel that if you could only come ? ill together again, you would he sound. Well, i it last the difficult task is accomplished?unity i s established once more and after a twelve ] lays contest, the doctor says?the cook may | ake you in hand now. J'lcasant words, only < lie cook cannot half do justice to the. occasion. ] )h ! for Soyer or Mrs. (ilass. There is a criunh | if comfort. The doctor opines that yellow ever has been writing his receipt all over lis, iiul has given us epidemic acquaintance for lie liitnio.?If so, the immunity has nut been Icarly purchased either for ourselves or for cvoral members of o. lamily who have been ick. Able to creep about now, we pen this laragraph in hope that next week we may reurn to our work?which, hard as it may be, s mute pleasant than being sick. Tkockssion ok Mixltk Men*.?On lastevciing, the organization of the Minute Men of llicliland marched in torch-light procession Jirough the principal streets of the city. There Acre about three hundred in ranks, making a very imposing and brilliant display. They arb wore a red scarf, with the letters M. M. imprinted on it. The organization is rapidly extending through the State and the South. It is designed as an organization for the preservation of the interests and institutions of the South and the formation of a Southern Confederacy. The recent elections will doubtless stimulate its growth, and we would not he surprised if, in a month, with proper drill and discipline, it furnishes an army strong enough to maintain any independent move that may he made by the Southern States. Smith Carolinian. The 1'ruity ok tub J>ai.i.ot-I>ox.?We learn that a meeting of the managers of election will he held in this place to-day, to report all violations of the election law, and to bring all offenders in this particular to justice. It is a step in the right direction, and one which, as a journalist, we are hound to approve. The managers deserve to be (as they no doubt will) sustained in this course by all good citizens.? Newberry iJistriet is comparatively free from fraud and corruption in elections : and every one must desire to see it remain so. Let neither fear, favor, partiality nor party spirit interfere with the. strict discharge of solemn duty, and then justice will be meted out to all parties. The purity of the ballot-box must be preserved.?XvuUmj Cunxervalixt. Senator Bi:own\s Opinion of Hamlin.? I'liiled Slates Senator Albert Oallatin Brown, of Mississippi, in a recent speech at Crystal Springs, thus describes Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine: Mr. Hamlin is a man of lair mental endowments. If lie is remarkable for anything, it is for knowing which way the wind is going to Mow, ami always gutting 11is sail sot so as to unlcli tliu lirst breeze. l!o took uj> politics as a young duck takes to water, because it was bis element. It' I owed the devil a genuine Simon I'lire Yankee, and meant to settle lair, I would send him Hannibal Hamlin. ) The eetini* return* show the fity nlTiichmoiul Ya.f to have ;i |??>|ml:itioii of ;t7f!?G5S. / I / ") - We give below a brief summing up of the results of the late State elections in?Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana: Pennsylvania.?The majority of Curtin, for Governor, 30,000. Last year the RIack Republican majority was 17,000. Legislature.?Republican by more than two to one in both brandies. Congress.?The Democrats have gained three members, compared with the present delegation. Ohio.?The Republicans have carried the Supreme Judge by 20,000. Last year their majority was 13,230. The Democrats have gained four Congressmen. Indiana.?Lane (Republican) elected Gov crnor by live to ten thousand. 1 lie legislature is also Republican. Congressmen supposed to stand as in the present House. The result shows a gain of seven members of the .Democratic party iu the llousc of Representatives in Congress. Hut it also shows the loss of two United States Senators, Mr. Diglcr, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Fitch, of Indiana. There will then remain in the Senate only live Northern ar.d-llepublicnn Senators The Hon. II. II. Knurr.?It may not be generally known that this true patriot and gentleman, is descended, on the paternal side, from an ancestor of the late John Quiney Adams on the maternal side. The family name of Mr. Khett is Smith, and the mother of Adams bore the same name. Two brothers emigrated to the United States. The one fixed his abode in Massachusetts, the other in South Carolina. These were the ancestors of Messrs. Adams and Khett?the former, one of the most bitter, unrelenting and powerful enemies against Southern men and Southern institutions they have ever had to contend against; the latter, inferior to none as a statesman without guile, a patriot without fear, 'and a gentleman in the true Carolina sense of the word.? We see that Mr. Khett is named in the Mercury for Governor.? Uniovvillc Times. . Coroner's Inquest.?Coroner Whiting held an inquest on the body of Mrs. Ellen \\ bite, whose death wc noticed in yesterday's issue. After a full and thorough investigation, the jury returned the following verdict: "That Mrs. Ellen White came to her death from a wound in the abdomen, inflicted by a dirk knife in the hand of her husband, Richard White, in Tradd street, at about two o'clock p. in. on Sunday, 7th of October, 1800; and so the snid jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say that the aforesaid Richard While, iu manner and form as aforesaid, Ellen White then and thcro feloniously did kill, against the pcnco and dignity of the State of South Carolina." Charleston Mercury, 12th inst. Explosion of a Diamond Machine. ? It generally known, says the Sacramento Union, that a parly of gentlemen have hcon experimenting for some months past in diamond making, aiid for saiil purpose have caused to be put together some sort of machinery of some kind peculiar to the vocation, tve know not what. At any rate, it is of.,iron, and is bolted and riveted together .about asstiong a9 mccjian_ics_car^.itiftke_st^k^l^j^jjjjijjjJj^^Veding^^V ncnling with his pet, which is to makodialioiids as cheap as pebbles, the thing blew up, uid the experimenter barely escaped with his (j ife. We understand the power of the cxplo- t ive gas was so great as to tear asunder solid t ion three-fourths of an inch thick, as readily ^ is one would tear up wet paper. ^ j South Cakounv Lime.?Tt is with much a satisfaction that we can say that tlie Colleton S nine Works, situated at the head of Cooper liver, meets with constantly-increasing patronigo, and that the denmnd for this most exceleiit article of lime, manufactured there, is fully c jp to the present capacity of the Works to \ supply. The deposit of lime rock is, however, t learly inexhaustible, and all that is necessary j :o meet all demands will be an increase of ( <ilns and a corresponding working force. We t noticed yesterday a lot 330 barrels of this limp ( *oing on hoard the schooner Col. Mr. Hue, ly- ] ing at Commercial Wharf, intended for plan- { icrs on tlie l'ee Dee Iliver. \ Charles'on Mercury, \ The- Pikeekexce.? Some of the papers arc contrasting Douglas with Gen. Lane. There is a considerable difference of opinion on one j political point which isof the utmost importance '< at this stage ol the conflict. On a late occasion ; Gen. Lane was asked li is opinion of the Norfolk s speech of Douglas and especially of the reply ' to the Norfolk question concerning the coercion 1 of a sovereign State. 11 is reply was to the point. lie said: "7 never have a-il never will draw my sword uyaiiist a people Jiylitiw/for their Constitutional Riyhts. A nobler sentiment was never uttered, and would have done credit to llomau virtue in licr palmiest and brightest days." The Mississippi Election*.?The returns for local elections on Monday last, says the Jackson Mismsippian, show that the j 5 reck in ridge Democracy have swept the Stale l?v an unprecedented majority, indicating not less than twenty thousand majority on the first Tuesday of November next. Counties which have heretofore been considered doubtful, such as Itankin, Holmes, Yazoo, Arc., have now gone I lemocratie by majorities perfectly astounding. In all parts oi'lhe State the ground swell is manifesting itself. Senator Hammond a Candidate for hkElection.?The Charleston Mercury announces, on authority, that Senator Hammond is a candidate for re-election. The Mercury says: As rumors of his withdrawal liave been current, il deems it an act of justice to him to state the fact. Whatever may have been his intention at a previous period, the present ciitical aspect ol'all'airs prevent his voluntary retireincnt from tlie public service. The Florida Flections.?The Fcrr.andina Florid!an of the lltli contains the returns of the recent elections so liir as they had been received up to the time of going to press: llrcckiiiridg and J.ane will carry Florida next November, over the combined forces of I'.ell and Everett, and Doner)as ui:il Johnson, by at least JluOO or 3501) votes. The lion. Stephen A. Douglas having canvassed the States of Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, to his heart's printout. and witnessed the results of his labors, proposes to canvass forthwith the States of Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, (ioorgia and Alabama, clo>ing the canvass at Mobile on the niglit before tiio day of Presidential Election, Uicliardson, of Illinois, the right-hand man of Douglas, does not hesitate to proclaim openi lv, that as between the election of lire-ckinj ridge ami Lincoln, lie prefers the triumph ol j the latter. reports: We perceive lately llint tlic Port Royal (South Carolina,) Kail Road has been inaugurated into a company. The idea is to connect this admirable harbor with the rail roads* reaching to Charleston and Savannah. The' draft of water at l'ort Royal is 28 feel at ordinary high tide, which is equal to Sandy Hook, and superior to Norfolk. To George' P. Klliott, of South Carolina, the State is indebt- I ed for his zealous, intelligent, and almost nilremitting efforts to bring this enterprise inter j notice, aud the whole people South will in timo" 1 recognize the'valuc of his services. No port within its limits will in the future he more irn ^/viwtuv uifUi OUVUIU Utu UUVCIIIU Soutli into the formation of a separate government. We have taken the greatest interest from the beginning in Mr. Elliott's labors, which have been continued for four cr five years, and compliment him upon the success which is attending them. ? The Coolie Trade vs.the Slave Trade.? The New York Herald ofTliursday says: "We arc informed that by the next steamer the round sum of $.'108,000 will be sent in draft to England, to charter vessels to go to China and A take coolies for Havana, according to therecent permission granted by the Spanish Goveminent. Said amount of money came into this country with the express object of charter- Vi&f ing vessels; but as the contractors have seen* the fate of the vessels going to the coast of Africa they became afraid and decided at once to go to England." Beli. Men Becoming Black Bei'ublicaxs.About tlirec bniulred of the American portion, of the Bell and Everett party in Baltimore, on Thursday night, marched to the Lincoln head- . quarters and joined that party. This was ill consequence of the election of the reform ticket in Baltimore, which destroyed the rule of the so-called American clubs iu that city. The result of this will he to increase Breckinridge's plurality in the State. Since the election many who have previously been Douglas men are coming over to Breckinridge. A Buomisixg Bov.?The brightest hoy of the whole class lately examined for admission to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, was a little fellow from Texas, fifteen years of age, who had been three years setting type in a newspaper office, and had studied mathematics and arithmetic with a dip-candle, in the garret of a log cabin, at night, lie was poorly clad, and had worked at type-setting in New .Orlerurf-and other points, to pay the expenses of his journey. If not admitted, ho expected to-' work his way home again. \ The Scrvev of the Central Rail Road.? The Lancaster Ledger says : The Surveying party have reached this point on their route from Charlotte to Gourdin's. Their'tents are now pitched in the suburbs of . tainly whether the read wid run to the \Vcs^^^ Who aretiie DisrNtnxIsTs??Judge Gibbs, . Bell and Everett elector for Yazoo comity, leclarcs in his speeches that Congress possesses lie Constitutional power to abolish slavery in lie District of Columbia; yet, nevertheless, if joiigrcss should exercise that power, he (Judge J.) is for an unconditional dissolution of the Jnioii. Who ever heard of a .Breckinridge ,nd Lane elector proposing disunion should the South receive all her Constitutional rights? Yazoo (Misx..) Democrat. Serenade.?On Wednesday evening, a largo :oncourse serenaded the successful candidates, vlio responded in appropriate remarks. After his, led by the band, it returned to Hunt's ^ Hotel, and complimented the Hon. F. I. Moses, >f Sumter, who came out on the piazza and retimed thanks in remarks appropriate to the >ceasioa. His reply was in a spirit of good minor. lie alluded very briefly to the political complexion of the country. He said that lie Union was already dissolved, and saw now 10 hope for the South in the Union." South Carolinian. Starved to Death is New York.?On " Monday last, in Now Voile, two persons, (male ind female,) were picked up in an emaciated md speechless condition, and both have died, angular to relate, from sheer starvation ! A singular thing, truly, to relate of a city like fM that, and one which would be deemed fabulous if told of any other community. JH Wealth of Mississippi.?The Yicksburg Ma Whiff, of the 8th inst., says : |j|| It has been estimated that the taxable wealth of Mississippi, in land and negroes, in the venr 1800, will amount to the handsome sum* of $05:1,100,000. The estimate for the county of Warren is put down at$1!),500,000. Hinds is put down as the richest county, her estimate being $29, 100,000. Lowndes comes next, $ .'0,000,000. Yazoo and lloiivar, $25,000,000. Madison, $2:1,000,000. Marshall, $22,000,000. DcSolo, $22,000,000, Ac. St. Louis is a great place for law and for " damage suits. A man's wife lately fell from a porch and injured herself. Her husband immediately instituted legal proceedings against their landlord for damages to the amount of $5000, because lie failed to have the porch made strong enough to bear 110 pounds weight. Secession.?'The Uuntsville (Ala.) Advocate savs: "We understand from personal consultation, or what we regard reliable authority, that all our merchants, no matter what their partv affiliations, have returned from the North in favor of secession and resistance, it Lincoln should be elected. ' Sick Headache.?It is stated that two teaspoonsful of finely powdered charcoal, drank inn 11-i 1 f'-ti111:!>11 i- of water, will, in less than 1 fifteen minutes, give relief to the sick licadaclie, when caused, as in most cases it is, l>y superabundance of acid on the stomach. Mintte Men*.?There was one of these organizations formed in this town, on Saturday last. The meeting was well attended, and a goodly number of names enrolled. We are pleased to notice that the people are moving with spirit in the matter of these important organizations.? Chcraw Gazette. VicisiTt'DKs ok Foktcxe.?An individual who only seven years ago possessed an income, and rode in his searleteoat after the hound, was a few weeks ago admitted as an inmate to a workhouse in the county of Gal way, Ireland. Tiiiu i< the third erentleman of fortune belonir ; ii:ji ? > tliat county, who, within the lust few rears, lias horn .to seek hi< last earthly '' ivliyo within the cheerless w ails of a union . workhouse.?Eujlhli loiter,