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p 44 LIBERTY AND 3IY NATIVE SOIL." VOLUME IV. ' - - -- ! NUMBER 22, ABBEVILLE (X IL, S. C., JULY 28, 1847. ! i ' ' ' . ! Published every Wednesday Morning bv CHARLES II. ALLEN, KDITOlt AM) l'UOPKlKTOK. ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS if paid within three mouths from the time of subscribing, or TWO DOLLARS if j?aid within six months, and TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS if not paid until the end of the year. No subscription received for less than six months; and no paper discontinued until all arrearages arc paid. Subscriptions will bo continued unless notice be given otherwise, previous to the close of voluiuo. No paper will be sent out of the State unless payment is made in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS, inserted at 75 cts. per square of twelve lines for llio first, iiisortimi ? siml. 37 1-2 cts. for each continuance. Those not having 1 lie desired number of insertions marked upon them, will be continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. EST RAYS, Tolled TWO DOLLARS, to be paid by tho Magistrate. For announcing a Candidate TWO DOLLARS, in advancer Tho Postage must bo paid upon all letters and communications to secure attention. (REPORTED FOR THE AIUIKVILLE BANNER.) Cclcbi'iiliou oi Hie Itlt of July, AT TRANQUIL. The company assembled (about three hundred) by 11 o'clock. CjI. Gaskin was nominated President ol.the day, John CothI.'\~:it~ 11 :.i ..... ?j n/r t i Ian, ? iuu i rcsiuciu, u.iici major JOlin Gibson, Marshal of the day. The Marslial formed the citizens in a line at the church, and marched to the seats, where # the Declaration of Independence was read by Capt. Capt. J. Irwin, and Mr. Charles "Pelot addressed the assembly After apologising for the poorness of his address?owing 10 the very brief time he had to prepare it, (four days,) he said, " When we assemble ourselves to cclebrate the birth day of freedom, 1 think wo should be addressed on the sub iect?it shows our veneration for liberty? it serves as a refresher to our memory, as enlightenment to the rising generation, and it makes patriotism bum brighter on the altars d( our hearts. The paper you have just heard read, declared to the world, seventy-one years ago, that we were free and independent. Our fathers, with their - swords, established our title to the claim, and gave us a place .among the nations of the earth. The politicians arid statesmen of Europe proptrvsiea tnai our government \vould not stand?we would be presently precipitated in anarchy and confusion. Mankind, they said, could not be held together without more restraint thtln our laws imposed ; and that the freedom which our government guarantied to its citizens.would destroy it. Hut, fellow-citizens, here we are, celebrating this glorious day, in our own free woods, living monuments of the fallacy of this prediction. Instead of being our own destroyers, we have increased with our years, and now proudly stand the greatest nation on earth." After showing our claims to greatness, as a brave, warlike, generous, patriotic, talented,' scientific, &c., &c., nation, he then spoke of General Taylor; his closing remark about him was:?" This man fears nothing but a guilty conscience and his God. We hold him up to the world as a general unrivalled." He next drew our attention to Mr. Calhoun as follows:?'* But, fellow-citizens, let us contemplate one still nearer to us?one whom South Carolina proudly claims?one who claims nativity in our own Abbeville. Look at John C. Calhoun, standing, as he does, exalted above his fellows ; yet destitute of all pride, save that patriotic pride of serving his country : free from all ambition, but the laudable ambition of promoting his country's greatness, and preserving inviolable her constitution. Fellow-citizens, it would be presumption for such as me to attempt to eulogise such a man. The world respects him?all wise men show great deference to his opinion. Long may he live, not only for his usefulness, but as ;/r an ornament to our country and example e tc the rising generation. And yet. telloweitizens, this great man is neglected, is pas|v... sed by and his inferiors put over him. Our country does not appreciate his talents. But do we hear him complaining ? do wo see him retiring from her service in dis/ gust? No. There he is, not uttering one . - word of complaint, serving his country at faithfully as though she had headed upon * ^ > him all the honors ho merits. And why is he so zealous in her service ? Js it because he expects to be exalted to the presidential chair? No; but should our country ever have the gratitude, or the wisdom, to place him there, it would be no exaltation to him, the place would not honor hiin, but he would honor the place. Our country would be more honored by the world, and may be. the means o( averting a heavy calamity that threatens us in the vista of futurity ;?that love of liberty which fired up the breasts of our torefalhers?that pure A more Patrie which is indigenous to our clime?that philanthropy which all good men fuel, burns brightly in his breast, and prompts him to do all he can for his country and his kind." Speaking of the ladies, he said :?' And are these all of which we can boast ? No. feilow-citizens : we have another, and that other we esteem far above all the rest?it is from that, all the rest emanate. Our greatest boast?our great ornament, is our fair country women?heaven's last and choicest gift to man. Unrivalled in appearance, tnild and gentle, yet firm in disnositiou. modest, r.nllrlpniis. nnd nHiililr* in manners, and of a highly refined literary character. We throw down the gantlet to the world, aud fear no competition. It is irom the matrons of our land that we imbibe all the noblr qualities we possess. Early impressions arc strongest; and that love of liberty?that love of country?that love of probity?in fine, that love of every thing that is noble honorable and refined ?that we sec so soon budding in our children, is imparted to them by their mothers, with the first dawning of intellect, net only by precept, but by example. On this part of my subject I would delight to linger, but I fear I have already wearied you, and I apprehend my fair auditresscs would accuse me of that 1 am not addicted to?flattery.'' After speaking" of party spirit and the abolition question, lie closed as follows: "Ours is too glorious a government to be endangered by party strife. Where is the ' man that is not exalted by being an inha> j bitant of the United States? Where the heart does not pulsate with manlv orLbvai.-being called a citizen or our great rcpuulic? , May all questions of strife be hushed?may , party animosity die?may the whole nation be as one man in preserving our constitution and perpetuating our government? .may generations yet unborn celebrate the 4th of July as the birth day of liberty?and at the end of all things, may our glorious i. " . 1 .1 I . , n tree government ue me last 10 pass away. Mr. Pelot declined having his addre&s published; and it was with great reluctance that he consented to the above extracts being published, Period order and harmony prevailed during the day, and the company dispersed with reluctance at a late hour. The following toasts were prepared for the occasion 1. The 4th of July, 177G.?The birth day of liberty. 2. The Old Thirteen.?Liberty bad no resting place on earth, until they, with their swords, erected a temnle for her in our own country. 3 The Declaration of Independence*? It told the world that we dared resist oppresison, and would be free. 4. Our Constitution.?Imposing equal burdens, and giving equal privileges, to all the sisters. ' 5. South Carolina.?The birth place of liberty's lile guard. We contend for no more than the (Sonstitution guaranties to us, and that we will have. 6. Our Negro Slaves.?The happiest and richest of the laboring class of mankind. Massa gibs rne plenty meat, bred and lasses fa eat, good house to lib in and plenty good clothes; but nomo looke my long tail coat, me boots, an me uinbrel, wid all de rest ob me Sunday (ixins. I by um wid my own money. Loolcu me pig, me rooster, me cotton patch, an me dog ; plenty . ob coons in de swamp, and plenty ob time for hunt um. Wha^wha, wha ! 7." Massachusetts.?The hot bed of Ab- | olitionism. Peopled, as it was, by those who ever showed how greedy they were for power to tyranise over their fellow man. . What better can we expect from their sons? The fathers have eaten sour grapes?the * ohildren's teeth are ott edge. , 1 8. The Abolitionists.?Were these fanatical hypocrites, who uso religion as a cloak to get power, possessed of philanthropy, they would lind enough to do in relieving the distress of their own laboring class. !). Our War icitk Mexico.?We have proved to the- world that the best soldiers are the free citizens of the United States. 10. Mexico.?The time is nnnr :iI limn! when she will Mess us fur whipping her into civilization. 11. Ireland.?Our sympathy lor that tld'-ncMl people, go to them in a very substa Ibrm. Tiincs.?May it continue its upwan se until it reaches the zenith, and the lu cn. 1U. Our own Neighborhood.?May pcace and harmony ever prevail among us. We will ever be found as one man in resisting oppression and defending our rights. VOLUNTEER TOAST. IJy T. St v ken.? Old Hough and Heady: May h<; always be "rough" to the eneiny, kind to his soldiers, and be our next President. (WRITTEN' FOR Till. AUIU-..VII.LU BANNER.) G KOhOGVj NO. 3. For the. present, we shall take our leave of the primitive region, and pass on to the transition series. We may return after a while, to draw a lew more practical inferences. We again ask our readers to bear in mind, that this was our primary object when we commenced writing. Under the arrangement we arc pursuing, ; the transition class consists of 1. Argillite; 2. CalciteiouslSand Rock; 3. Metaliferous j Lime Rock; 4. Gray Wacke; 5. Old ( Red Sand Stone. I i ins class ol rock contains organic re- ] mains, or petrifactions, from the lowest class ' of the animal, and vegetable kingdoms. \ It is worthy of remark, however, that theee ( petrifactions are invariably maratime, and never derived from fresh water, or dry land. 1 This class of roclts must have been formed j then, subsequent to the creation of the plants,' and animals imbedded in them. This ( would seem to be undeniably true. Roof 1 Slate is a variety of argillite, and need not < be sought for any where else. Anthracite, s a. variety of coal is associated with argillite, j ? j 1- - ' ? ' u.wu ^aiuiicruua aauu-rocKj Jnaeeci, S0ia?,.4 fts we baVfc'been able to investigate the t matter, it has never been found in the TTni. 1 stance is useful for various purposes, in the arts, and sciences it is certainly of some i practical importance to know where it may 1 be found. "With our present knowledge it J would be sheer nonsense to search for it any where else, than in a transition country. t This article is used in place of wood, or ( char coal, for smelting iron ore, for burning 1 lime, for the manufacture of salt, and it j often constitutes the coloring matter for , printers ink, an article with which you Mr. ; Editor arc some what laminar. I? rom the ( name of the third rock in the series, it will 1 1 m I be seen that we have lime stone associated with the class under consideration, some of j which is very good for making lime. The fourth rock in order is important in some rc- 1 spects : Most of the Grind Stones, and Hone ' Stones of commerce are obtained from it. It will be seen at a glance, however, that ] tire transition rocks arc not as important as < the pripiilivc in many respects, at least in ' this country. It is said that the silver mines ! of South America are associated with mela- 1 liferous lime rock. If this be the case, it is certainly worth the labor necessary, for a i thorough investigation wherever this rock n l 7VT . 1 A * li ( is lounu in rNorin America, it musj^jyc borne in mind that this rock cannof be found in a primitive region?hence we shall probably never find much silver in Abbeville. Scientia. Last Moments op-Men of Genius.? Rousseau, when dying-Sfflered his attendants to place him before hisfavindow that he might^nce more behold his1 garden, and bid adietfip nature. Roscommonfjjttered at the moment he expired, two hnef;6f his own version d!T:^4J|ies irae." Jtiaiierjaiea leeung his pulse, alftU when . he^fou nd it almost gone, turning rovfcj$j)r0lfaer physician said. My fi iend the artery ceases to beat," antP died. Petrarch was found dead in his library, leaning'on a book. Bede died in the act of dictating. Herder closed his career writing an ode to the Deity, his pert on the last line. Waller died repeating some Knes of Virgil. Tasso's dying request to Cardinal Cynthia was indicative of the gloom which haunted him through life. li I Ic had one favor, ho said, to request of him,' which was, that lie would collect his works and commit them to the flames, especially his Jerusalem Delivered. Leibnitz was found dead in his chamber with a book in his hand. Clarendon's pen dropped from his lingers when ho was seized with the palsy which terminated his life. Chaucer died ballad making. His lust production he entitled 1C A Ballad made by Geoliry Chauccron hisdeathbed lying in great anguish." Wyeherley, when dying, had his young wife brought to his bed-side, and having taken her hand, in a very solemn manner said he had but one reouest t<? of Iwm* -.nil that was, that *he would never inarry an old man again. Keats a little before he died, when his friend as Iced him how he did, replied, in a low voice, " Better, my friend ; 1 feel the daisies growing over me." Bonaparte's Burial Place.?The solitude of Napoleon, in his exile and his tomb : has thrown another kind of spell over a brilliant memory. Alexander did not die m sight of Greece; he disappeared amid the pomp of distant Babylon. Napolean did not close h's eyes in the presence of France; he passed away in the gorgeous horizon of the torrid zone. The man, who has shown himself in snMi nnwovlul ? 1 ' ... WMN/A* |/vnuiiui luuuivj vaiu^iiuu like a dream; his life, which belonged to history, co-operated in the poetry of his death. E-le now sleeps forever, like a hermit apart, beneath a willow, in a narrow valley, sursounded by steep rocks, at the extremity of a lonely path. The depth of the silence, which presses upon him, can only be compared to the vastuess of that tumult which had surrounded him. Nations are absen.t .; their throng has retired: The bird of the tropics, harnessed to the car of the sun, as BufTon magnificently expressed it, speeding liis flight downwards- from the planet of [iffht. rests alonp fnr a mnmant o # -w ?? iiVIIJUli VIOI tnu ishes, the weight of which has shaken the equilibrium of the globe. Bonaparte crossed .the ocean, to repair .0 his final exile, regardless of that beautiful *ky which deijfi^ted Columbus. Vascode 3ama ^4'.^"^oen3* Stretched upon the ; .hip's'kefh, he perceived not that unknown i jtfusteliuiions were sparkling over his head, rlis powerful glance," for the first time," en-. :ountefft<^^R?rays. What to him were < itaiw which no had never seen from his bi- J rouacks, and which had never shown over I lis empire? Nevertheless not one of them 1 ?as failed tovfUlfil its destiny : one half of ] he firmamem^feadits light over bis cradle; < he other half was reserved to illumine his '] r-" "hr^Ckat eaub riand. H0LL0W"WjHB i' hhi i , r. nrrniint r?f ?.h? Tfivfls " fluin"i f IP.~-rl rsed at the battle'cf San Jacinto we find in m exchange. papetf; It bea'te Ringgold's all lollow : y " Sam Houston's flying artillery used at lie battle of San Sacinto was one four pounler, lashed with a piece of raw hide to the jaclc of a Jackass. When the piece was lischarged it would throw him forward 011 lis face with such force as to detain him in .hat positfon until the piece was re-loaded, md as lie rose and brought it within range Dfthe Mexicans, the match was applied and lway went the animal 011 his face and knees, and away went thunder and flame ind death-dealing balls, and away weftt i.~i ? II1U iVlCAJUUIlS. 11U11U1 This was the memorable hollow ware furnished by the Texas sympathisers of Cincinnati at the suggestion of Gen. It. T. Lyttle. tfMr. Chairman," said the General; u I am conscious that it would be a violation of neutrality for us to send munitions af war to Texas, But, sir, we can send them hollow, ware." The yell of delight which followed the suggestion, stili rings rn my ears." The hollow ware was sent as well as a young man to serve it. The piece of flying artillery won the battle of San Jacinto. The battle of San Jacinto achieved the independence of Texas ; Texas independence led to Texas annexation; and Texas annexation to war with Mexico ; and the war with Mexico may make Z'ahary Taylor president of the United States. That single phrase ' hollow ware." accomplished all this, besides other and more distant aesultsyet in the woml) of thefnturc. What magic dwells in a sin'gle word at times.?-Cisfs Advertiser. Starting in the World.?There is a great deal depending on young~men having the right kind of a start, when they first begin in life for themselves. The majority of young men thinlc it decidedly to their advantage to make a great show the first onset. They wish to do o large amount of capital on a small capital; and quite too mnnvnfthp.m sfit nn hnainAsq nn n harrowed capital. This is the most absurd idea of all. Perhaps not one in ten ever succeeds in business who starts after this manner.? Trading on borrowed capital, i* like marrying a fashionable lady Soy your wife >ere - v- ' . ? you are aware of it she will get you deeply involved in debt. Just .so it is in trading oil other men's money ; the more you trade the worse you ai'e ofij generally speaking. There are few exceptions, however. The only sure way is, to bring your business, within your means, and then it becomes very easy to figure your loss and gain; and if yOu are forlunale enough to gain it, it is yours. Parents are generally somewhat to blame about this matter. They will give their sons a large amount of money, in order to set them up to advantage, and by so doing put a damper on their ambition. A young man for instance at the age of twenty-one, coming in possession of two or three thousand dollars at once, is very likely to prove his downfall. Let a young man begin with nothing but his hands, and if there is any ambition about him, lie will be sure to succeed. He know ho hits to figure and calculate lor himself. When he gets a hundred dollars, he will know how to keep it. All that is required of parents id to instill good principles into the mind of their children', give them a good education, and this done, more has been done than silver, or gold can do. A Wild Max.?The Halifax (N. Herald of the 7(li instant, contains the following singular narrative : Considerable interest has been created within the last lew days past, by the arrival in this city, on 'iV.esday last, of a wild man who had been discovered in the wood at Cape Breton, in a state of nudity. For".the short time this strange individual has been in the Poor's Assylum, he has received numerous-visits, and although in a condition of a complete barbarism, begins to afford encouragement that attempts to civilize him, may not be altogether hopeless. He is both deaf and dumb, and hrs appearance is extremely -haggard. He remains rrenorallv?wfrhp.tlior ownlm *>> ?in a sitting position; His skin is considerably shrivelled. from constant exposure to the weather, and his Whole deportment resembles more an inferior ariimal than a liuiman being. .-is*#. *? -. When food.is oflered him, he seizes,..and pressing it into his -mouth with both hands, devours it ravenously lie is remarkably fond of salt which lie cats in lafge quantities. The first steps towards civilization liave been partially successful; he having [earned the use of a spoon, aricTto a limited Extent allowed his body to be covcred with ^ light Avearinaapparel. It is said that the.parents of this singular character emigrated some years ago to Syd nl h'J1 Jhb v t)cr his parent's residence a numbcr oF^i^jia time, until compelled for want of fbbd, to' return home; and on the (loath of his paparcnts, ho took up his abode in the forest altogether, until the time of his capture. Links of Advice.?Never speak of natural defects in the company of the deformed. Utter no word that will wound the feelirrgs of those wno are in humble circumWhen attacked by vulgar and brutal Epp^ji| language, be as mild as possible in your reLaiugh not al those who make and awkward appearance, remembering what you Would have been without the polish! of Ridicule riot the aged and infirm. "- 1 You may live to be old. Spurn not a person with a darker skin than your own. God, not man, is answerable fbr this. If possible, take sides with the weak. The powerful will never lack supporters. Love your neighbors?serve your maker? exert a good influence, and prepare for a v better world.?Boston Olive Branch. CorPER. ane Silver Mines, Mexico, &c. -?The London Mining Journal ofthe 12ih - ult. contains full statements af the operations in the various mines, at Iiia^as, Guanaxuato, the Balonos, Copiapo Delmontees,v-; &c. Alexander Harvey and the Mihael Williams had arrived at Swansea, in South Wales, with 710 tons copper ore, and four tons silver ore, to bo the're smelted.* Copper ore, value $240,000, was sent to Swansea, Wales, to be srrfelted last year from'Australia. ' ?-? The race of mankind would perish did^c'V they cease to aid each other. , Prom time that the mother binds the child's head, -s.' ? till the moment that some kind assistant wipes the death damp from the brow of tho dying, we cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid, have a right to ask it from their fellow lnorjtals ; no one who holds the power of granting,; 1 , can refuse it without guilt. Sir Wall*r Scoll, > , -jv": ST v"$