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i - V... " '???1 1 - - '- giiJJJ.JJ ---- ' 1 in Hi-mil i - ' ^ . . ' . . " - . i ' . & two dollars PER ANNUM, ?the Union of the South, for the sake of the Union." " - payable in ADVANCE. f . " ... BY HE&RY S. KERR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH-CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1851. VOL. VIII.. NO 13 MISCELLANEOUS. T7^ w ??-? ? . . Napoleon at Moboqw. ; ' We subjoin from Hendley's work?"Najpoleon arid hisMarsbala"?a brillJantTacconnt ofHhe burning df Moecow, Wbicfr w well spoken of in the American Wbig Ko view as Superior even-no Croley's picture in " Sala. Uuelnof the conflagration of Home. HcndIey'ji, descriptive powers have rarely if eyer . b&it? surpassed': * ' " ' V At length MoeooWj with its domes, and towers, .and- palacea; appeared in sight, and Napoleon, who had joined tbe.advance guard, feazed. looc and thoucrbtfullv on that coal Of liis wishes. Mural Went forward and entered the gates with his splendid cavalry, but u he passed through the streets he Was struck . with, the solitude that surrounded him. Nothing ;was heard but the heavy tramp of his squadron as he passed along, for a deserted and abandoned city was the meager prize for which'such unparalleled efforts had - been made. Aa night drew its Ottrtain over the splendid capital, Napoleon entered thegajes,*ad. immediately appointed MorUer QoverrrCr. In his directions, hs oofaroabded him to abstain from all pillage, for this,' said he, 4you shall be answerable with yoar life* Defend Moecow against all, whether friend or foe? , with sitver^Uie dojflH^f^Inon^) '$*Xtmn^Pj?<WMlaa<L?hrircbe^i)nia pouring n flood of light ovCT?^haJm(l palaces, and the dwellings of tnregMpidred thousand inhabitants. The wearyffmy sunk to rest, ~ but there was no sleep to Mor tier's eyes. ' Not the gorgeous and varieg&ted palaces ani I their rich ornaments, nor the parits-aadjj0P dens and oriental magnificejiafc^fl^wery where surrounded him, kepjMeSSPwakcfult but the ominous foreboding jMt some dire calamity was hanging over uvBileot ?u>ital. ;&L When he ontered it, scarce giving boui met '-vs-.- ui8 gaze as tie looked doyr the long streets; ajjjjd when lie brokartJpin the buildings Irt ^ an<* ch?uibers .^yfto sudden their liooiea vm^night^moo&jyas ^sailing or?r the city whenj>the cry of?ve' reached . tb". o4?re of Mortier? and the jSR ligUt ovor H ^fepfeorfa fall^empire W^iudglu, qny , iiyit iriOat nuHrpia Bcana immoriern times Om^nced-^SSS^Sw^Bg 01 ?^}ecow. Aior^W; as Governor of ^e:?ity, immcdl iily issued hi? or&re and 'tow netting \ for A every exertJStJj^Jjrijenat daylight Na^ -i poUpii hastened tOr*hiitt. Affecting to div .. fir^their ow^dty/Ve pDt rapi^^^^'iom iwew uu moruer 10 Keep ttiasoKbero frotn % . ijB%prk.ot destruction. The marshal simyo^hoen opened, from etery crevice j tWtipg^tful, Napoleon turned to the ancieat, , tlio Czars, ^hosebu^ with fire, smoko nud cinders, he saw one single street jet open, but all on fire. Into this lie rushed, and, amid the crashing of falling houses and raging of the flames, over burning ruins, through clouds of rolling smoke, nnd^hotween walls of fire, he pressed on, and at length, half suffocated, emerged in safety in tbe imperial palace of Petrowsky, nearly three miles distant. Mortier, relieved of his anxiety for the Emperor, redoubled his efforts to arrest the conflagration. His men cheerfully rushed into every danger. Breathing nothing but smoke and ashes? canopied by flame, smoke and cinders?surrounded by walls of fire that rocked to and fro, and fell with a crash amid the blazing ruins, carrying down with thera red-hot roofs of iron?he struggled against fin enemy thnt no boldness could awe or courage overcome. These brave troops had heard tho tramp of thousands of cavalry sweeping to battle with* out fenr; but noyv they atood in still terror before the inarch of the conflagration, nudei whose burning footsteps was heard flames ^ . m^ than the rok^iaf t&e artHiarftahd b^'rg this new ft*, in the midst of the elements, the awe-struck array stood powerless au<J affrighted. "When night again descended on the city, it. presented a spectacWthe like 6f which Was never seen beforehand which baffles all SpcripUo^' .^he ftreete Were ,a?lireetaVdf dfe heavens a canopy of fire, and tho .entire Vdy of the city mass of fire, fed by the rricane that whirled theblasring fragment* a constant stream'tb rough the air. Incessant explosions, from the blowing up of stores of oil, tar, and spirits; shook the very foundation of the city, and sent vast volumes of smoke rolling furiouslytowards the sky. Huge sheets of canvass, on fire came floating like messenger* of death through the.flames ?-the towers and domed of the churches and (HunMjo.Kiunvu.nuu reu-uoi neaiover Uie wiM caa below, tben tottering a moment oil their basis, were burled by the tempest into tbo common ruin. Thousands of wretches before unseen were driven by ttielittt.fiom the collars and hovels, and streamed in an incessant throng in the stwgeK Children were seen carrying their parents?the strong the weak, while thousands more were staggering unrtar th? Jo?d? of thsy hsJ snatchcd from the flames. Tills, too, would frequently take fire in the falling shower, and the ***?tnrs5 would be roni? [Twas a scene of foar and ^p,.jncbnceivable and indescribable! A mighty and close packed-city of housra, and ehurclief*, and wh^.arafttfFjby a Shining-hurricasa, is a sight this trorld will seldom see. >.-fButtl?is was d4; withfo the city. To.Natpoleon without, the spectacle was stiU mori snbWnie ^Iferrifie. When the flames had overcome all obstacles, and had wrapped every thing in their red mantle, that great city looted like a sea of rolling fire, swept by a HM| that drove it into vast billoyre.? uugu uoiues <um wwere in row lug oU sparks like bjaring fir^r^d&,l^b'w towered. above the Waves, and now disappeared In their maddening flow, a* iliey broke high over Unit tope, Bcat^i^|H6?BWj offire against Ate fronds. thep6we&ea seemed to hA?e caught the conflagration, and the $,pgfy-masses that swept it, rolled over a bos-JtEloffire. Columns of flame would rijtt' and sink along the. Burface of this soa, and huge volumes of black smoke suddenly shoot into the air, aa if volcanoes were working "below. The black form of the Kremlin alone towered above the chaos, now wrap ! - ii * pea ip name ana smoxe, and tben began merging into view?standing amid the scene of desolation and terror, like virtue in the midst of a burning world, enveloped but unscathed by the devouring elements. Napolean stood and gazed oa thi*-scene in silent awe. Though nearly three miles distant, the windows and walls of apartment were so hot that he could scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he years afterwards:; ftTt tVM A!1 kl1%A'*?A? ? *? ?hw u|^a/miviv vi vuo ow miu UH1UW3 of 'fire, a sky and clouds of flame, mountains of red rolling flame, like immense waves of the sea, alternately bursting forth, and ele eating themselves to skies of fire, and then sinking into the ocean below.' Ob! it was the most sublime, anil the ipoet terrific sight the world ever beheld1!"i OT^BoMK.?He^ who has no ooMfcft?pieArmente that cl uster round ibat fcaHowwi spot,to flu tho void of bis aching dw^^^wW^^r?tS|yhaI ^ "smite of wwmfa&fam oibew bare deserted, a .?&*?* Wd heart to feci your Bofrov as her own. For THE) BIBLE. Lamp of our feet! whereby we trace Our path when wont po stray, Stream from the fount of heavenly grace J Brook by the traveler's wuy! Dread of our souls! whereon we feed j True maiuia from on high! Our guide uud chart,Svherein we read Of realms beyond tho sky ! Pillar of fire, through ages dark? \jt raaiani cioati oy day: When waves would whelm our tossing bark, Our anchor and oar stay! Pole-star of life'* tempestuous deep Beacon, when doubts surround! Compass, by which our course we koep! Our deep sea-load?to sound! Riches in poverty ! our aid? Our aid in every needful hour, Unshaken rock! tho pilgrim's shade? The soldier's fortress-tower. >" ' ' " Onrshield and hocklerijithe fight'; Victory's triumphant palm; Comfort of grief?-ta weakness might; In sickness, Gilead's balm. . Childhood's preceptor?manhood's trust? vw ago:? nrm ajly? Olie iillM. ?K?n ?i - -r r. ?- - e,~vyT" """""I i Of immortality i ' ?' . Pure oracloe of troth divine! Unlike each fnWeil dream >; . ~?v"^W Given forth from 'Delphi's mystic AH >' . | Or groves of Academe! BWHW I" Word of theevar living God! Win of hia glorious Son ! . * ' Without Thee, boW oooW earth beirod, Or h?av?h ita^'bfc'won? Ww*.?rthe wot3 wife doea not, in our opinion, aimplyroean.afl Walker baa it, Woman that has a husbandfor some Jrotaen Have husbands, and goodonee tyfwbo are not wives according to our understanding of tha term. Wife doefl ^Cnfienn a woman nor a lady only, nor aJBwe. nor a mistress, ? mother, nor a a teacher nor a companion, a tool natffrplav-thing. but sfae is all these unitedgfogether per my et per tout, in otte bMupftl and harraomons whole.. In 9bcict^Be is a womnn, in the parlor a laay, inJB nureery a slave, in the dining room a rfiitresa, in her chamber a mother, in the^fek room a nurse, to her children a lei?hq?io her husband a companion ?nd an equaQrhttt in no situation whatever vtffi Sot bo auBviuuiuii, a preacher, a lawyer, physician oflChilosopher, without becoming a literary Jjfce stocking, the antipodes of wife, and VBt most contemptible being on earth. . Ths office gT a wife, therefore, is the happiest, yet mAt laborious, the highest, yet moat humble'position that frail mortality can occupy. Nor^t&ere any station on eartii to ^isich the "'l&rds of creation" can aspire, tho duties of wfifeh are more reaponmble, sad the' foHbfunrcimperfect discharge of which will be rewaMfld with inoro intensity, than those of the w??fcwhich we believe to be one of the con^ueStes of a violation of rt?? .tl _.!> *t>- ?? tuv;u|B? wire in the garden of Eden, th?|afre should be "an help meet to &d?r>.?,' To socio ty nho is an mdispenslltetaerober. To the parlor llie most importAnt^slnteffo in the nursery the most nbiect slave," iriSttfe dining room the m<^?bsoltrte rovei-eign^g her chamber a gu&dlto^ugel^io tfce*w|l room the beet physician, to her children the *we#priest? and to li?* hmbandtbe$**t vetoed sjfad tumble ageioL^a dea^^ft^ cheapest outtDseHor, the moat loved and lov inr* AAmnaiiiAn^ . m . . U&L^. -- _a uj? <n n wuiu| uiu wi?o MI* home" is every blessing tile mortal mind can conceive or heart desire. Home Without a wife, is a "strange land," a head, without brains, a heart without & Conscience, a ship without s&la, an oclftn without waves, a world without religioti, a heaven without a God !?Laurensvuie Herald. Settle Ojttkn.?When you commence business beware of giving long credits. Sell generally for cash1?trust oflly when there is a certainty that yoQ will' be paid. Loner credits are the ruin of young merchants. They wish to do a, large business, and are too apt to sell to those who will not pay for S' ears, and perhaps never. How can they ve by tnutingl Settle as often as once a Tear; twice a year would be better?-and know to. a moral certainty just where you stand. . Tbe trouble with many is, they with to do too ranch business; and not having thie requisite capital to Ct-edit, they fail in a short, tirnpi mm) Another goodtoasonwhy.yon should w^ tie often is, the avoidance of- difijcqlt+eJ*, law suite and the loss of frieo<Ja|tfp.. Wty ever attempted to settle a tor?<j account without tt^niburiff for the resdltr How few have bad all the articles -charged to them. Who can remember what lie purchased alto the lapse of a few jew ! "Long credits make short, friends:'V Repjeinbjr .fljis, and, #n no consideration wuatoyfir, ^utfcr your accounts to rttnwn un&ettlcd for a twefvetnorith. bob It From the Olive Branch. SOUGHT FOR OOU) AMD FOUND A I GRAVE. BY MRS. M. A. DBNNIBON. On the wet and shining enndn, . Knelt a woman by the sea, Waving wild her bony hands, Beckoning, bat not to me. "''VJ . Close her garments clnnir unto her- . Roughly did the diunp windr woo her, White the watched the restless wave ; Softly on the cold air flinging Quivering tone* like slow bells ringing, Fur and faint, so knelt she singing, "Sought for gold and found n graye." She was yonng and fair?Htuid mad; Mud and young! oh, sorrowfUl sight; Thus to see in mourning clad The soul that should be pure and white. Proud she had been, prona that heaven Had to her mnch beauty given, Beauty, landa and gold; When a yonth uneeKish wooed hor,Vuinly, hopelessly he sued her; He was poor and the was odd. "Go," she said, "where bright-and red, * * - v.'_ 0 * -- - O^ th " b^ gleaming, | YVeulth, Unbounded wealth, li?r8lllriing1^Jj|| _Tempt/or^ tfre troachi^^^Ve jBtJ|Eoh Story. j Some weejkpil^ there was a gatherintr of the alumgfjjj$f Kockland College, Louisiana, when tjjProllowng hitherto meditated story was told. We are indebted for it to a corespondent of the New Orleans Delta: A tall,-awkwaf-d looking chap, just from . the green mountains of Vermont, Came on board of one of the splendid North River boats at Albany. His curiosity was amazingly excited at once, and he commenced "pecking," as he called it, into every nook and corner on the boat. The captain's office, the eDirtDA room- tho motor ulnuiia .!??? ber s shop, all underwent his inspection; and then he went on deck and stood in amazement sf the lever beam, the chimneys, and the v&riotts "fixins," till at last be caught sight of the bell. This was the orowning wonder, and he viewed it from evory position, walked around it, got down on his knees and < looked up into it, and exclaimed, "Well, raly, i this-befit*' the boJi on our meetin* house a darned sight.'? By this time the attention of the captain and several of tli? passengers waai attracted to, this genius. "How much would you ask to let a. feller ring this bellf "You may ring it for a dollar, sir," said i the captain. "Wall, it's a bargain, all fair and agreed, and ino backing out." "It's a bargain^ sir,1' said the captain. . vur itero 'wont deliberately and brought ft seat and took hold of the bell rope,- and baying'arranged everything to his satisfaction, commenced ringing slowly at first, and gradually fester and fester, till everybody on board thought the boat was on fire, and rushed on deck, screaming with alarm. There stood the captain, and there sat the ."Vajrmounter," ringing away, first slow and 4heo fast, and then two, or three taps at a TU? passengera began ^ expostulate; ^|jjjij>tain said it was a bargain. But the :np^n;' Decame urgent xnar tne eternal cl?r)gW*j|?ould be stopped. All the while there seflS^bgro undisturbed, ringing away more ways tHfifciffickney chime-ringer over dreamt of. At M|^be> captain began to think it time to Bt!!fHlno3fita|eton ; hat his answer was, Ma fair bargnifr?^^h^dng out," and he rang away for delW?Fw**4fc _ . uWell,'* says the captain,"what will yotr take to stop ?" ' Wall, cap'ri, J, guess I shoant lose noth ing if I take five dollars aud a free passage to Hew York, but not a darned cetit lesa." . "Well, walk down to the office and get your money and passage ticket," said the captain. ? *??'?? ' Fuzxling a Yankee.' AmeVicanafci'e proverbially an inquisitive people, yet from the very necessity which this engenders, there is no person who better underataudaltbeart of parrying? and bafflins inquwitivcncaa in RDoth'er, thuifTn yankee.? We we're quite amused recently by an court, given win this city by a friend, of a j collpquy whioh cauoe offin a. country village Itbrpuffb wl)icb Jie travdjing, between luraself ancl one of tlie native*, who manifested an itdiingWibftity to^pry idio bla ?F . 'How tie do!' exotaujrn^d the native, bust?^go^l^'re re w *r *? ? y-'^f5^yBfjSSBff^3^^^HBBpBBOT^BBBB it is not by a long chalk. The fact is, air, I never had a name. When 1 was born, my mother was so busy that she forgot to name me, and soon after I was swapped away by mistake for Another boy, and am about applying to the Legislature foi* a name. When I get it, I will send you my card. Good inortjung, sir J1 And so Baying, the speakerjumped into the carriage and drove off, leaving the Paul Pry of the place, scratching his head in bewilderment, and evidently in more perplexity than he had been eversmco he had commenced his catecbisings. EST A soldier on trial for habitual drunkenness was addressed by tlie president: "Prisoner,you are prosecuted for habitual drunkenness, what have vou to nlea<l in vour defonce ?" "Nothing, please your honor, but an habitual thirst!" ? 1 , POLITIOAL. junwioi oi laonor. jgjJbttlIMgfflRTOns : ?I am a plain man, to appear in priut; by tlio has arrived. 1 expect, sir, cult to find a man, who 1 tliy with politicians, as a ^ thenes down to tlie present generation. I mould my own opinions?have my own views?-read my own newspapers?and "pay the printer." You. will not refuse me a brief space in your paper (the invaluable exponent of State rights,) to offer a few plain remarks, disencumbered of political logic, and all that sort of stuff, which does very well onpaper, but which, as some one has said, don't touch the auestion. If we read the speeches of our " great men," a plain man like myself would be very apt to conclude that South Carolina bad gone stark mad ; while, on the contra* ry, if we have been accustomed to watch, the proceeding of those very men, for the last five years, we would be forced to conclude, that South Carolina should not under anv circumstances, have remained in the Union until the present time. Oue thing, sir, is very certain, and according totny calculations equally demonstrable, and thqtis, that South Carolina ought or ought not to remain in the Union. That if she ought, alio ought, to come back to hor allegiance ; and if.sbi; ought not, she ought to break off entirely from the General ^Government. Audi have come to these conclusions from good and sufficient reasons: the first and most considerable reason is, that Calhoun, Butler, Cheves, Barnwell, and all our Statesmen have taught us. X regard Mr. Calhoun as the purest statesman tho world ever saw, and am confident, were he alive, he would Booner die ten thousand deaths on the field than prompt, by a single word, Mouo step kanirvvar.ta n Uaid 11a mIiam ~?? . JHVI? VM?. vvuoio nu\/vo IIICII" tioned Can, in the face of their worthy exertions to bring- about this issue, now beat a retreat before Federal power; t confess T 'can< not comprehend. If * the philosophy of liberty.? jealousy," it is a jealousy to maintain that liberty, and not that which argues th'i distinction between'freedom and slavery, Until the latter, ajihr'the case with vice, "Sren t<x> oft famitinr with her face, Wo firrt-e 11 d u re?-1 h e n pity?on ombraee." To say, therefore,- that while Avrongs have been perpetrated, which have placed us at tha feet of the tvrmiL in the nttitmln nf nlhvon tell us to endure'our chains pntil ourrol?to^-.(?jAveB 99 we are) see and feel, aa wo Bee aiial&Rr1?* ^ effeefcfosav. tltat our neighbor liayo the kccpmgof jour liberty, is to place us as ipuch in the power of our sister Southern States, twin the power of those of whom we would bo freed. T God forbid thnt ever that day should dawn upon South Carolina, when future generationa should pointto the graves of our statesmen nnd say : these are they by whose counsel our chains were forged ; rather let them Kneel around their tombs, and lisp with honor and veneration, the names of twenty thousand freomen, who fell becAusfc they dare be free?who fell to teach them the lesson that whjle,"the philosophy of ,lil>erty is jealousy,* the exhibition of jealousy is the unyielding, uncompromising, and stern resistance to oppression. To be base enough toweighlibertywith gold, is tp.bQ hunk so deep in dishohor that accumulated ioaulta cannot sinkO* liiWeir. TocalculHte with fear the cost of wsfcthnca, i? ill i i i i it let us lxi slave* because we have striven in vain. Sister Southern States, follow where wo lead, and we lead yotr.fr. honor; but counsel us not to pause, for pause in tho hour of danger stoj>s the pendulum of liberty. For myself, 1 can only sny, without co.inting tho views of expediency when a great principle is at stake, "Sink or "swim, live or die, survive or p risli," I am for "with or without the. other Southern States.;* and may this be the position of evei^.trUe South Caroliuiau. A Charlestonian. Gov. MoDdiiil&hi Acceptance. . Marietta, June 5th, 1851^ ^ . ..... To Messrs. Wicraw^ How asp, Jones, GAjujJ end Lamar, Comjh(tt?,e. flFri'l*'' Gentlemen,?I received, to dny, jflfiw ter informing me of my-iiomini^Mhr' candidate for the office of Govorft^W ? State of Georgia, by "Southern jjjfftrnhiyM'' ' 3toits and whigs," recently assembled in Convention at Milledgeville, and asking niy acceptance. A call, thus made, I do not feel at liberty to decline. Witfi iny profound acknowledgements to the Convention, for the confidence implied in the nomination, I as* sure you, as its organ, that if its selection SBtnl be ratified by the people, ever}' obli^^ n imposed on mo -by the constitutions, mifl mid the ItiwR enacted in cause of constitutional freedom, as evinced by the proceedings of the Convention, affords the most gratifying evidence that the party of tUe (Jonstitution is determined to sustain the Union of the States, on the principle.) on whicli our venerated ancestors, with the blessing of God, established it. On no other foundation can it stand. If the beautiful principles of equality and justice on which it rests, are disregarded and set at naught, what is there to bind the affections of the people to it? The habitual violation of theso principles by the Federal authorities, whenever the interest of the Southern planter is to be affected by their action, has shaken the confidence of many of the erood citizens of the country, in tlio disposition of the General Government to respect the constitutional rights of the people jjf this section of the Union. In no instance has there been a more flagrant ?nd fatal violation of them, than in t]^a<lopiion by Congress of the measures referred to in the seventh resolution of the Convention. - It i* claimed for them (bat they are a u>in promise. It is afraud upon an injured people to call them so. The proposition was jmule in the Senate by a Senator from Kentucky, known to be favorable to the gradual abolition of sfavery in his own State, and entertaining the opinion that the laws of the Mexicans, prohibiting slavery, became a law to their conquerors, and' overruled tlieir laws and political regulations by which.slavery is tolerated. . It no whuro appears that the measures were concerted with Senators holding different opinions, and representing interests to be alerted by Uieua.. They were referred to a.coupmiltee of thirteen, on. the -election of wliighn bare majority of Senators voted* The report of the committee varied, in some ; 7- iL-ii?'-'JZi-- i " ui-gree, iub uropoeiupn 01 too isenator ;.and put in tha, form of f?n ofljsr of compromise, amounts to .about tlita "If tlio Southern States will give up jll pretension to the erec tion of a slave; State on the MoxjOTl tetdlor ty ; ?wW rtgicQ.j^hijLjTexas eh?ll sell \ an immen&j territory on much.Ticcording to the compact with free ShUo'cannot ]*? erected without herVebnsp.nt' if ?hno. will permit territory Governments to be erected in \^h awl.Now, Mexico, with the understandinj^fcat tUa Mexican laws Are of forcq '' , there, and as. effectually cxcludo , therefrom as the VV11111r>t Phi vfcer, if tnactedv could do, tljen the ,paid territorial Governments shaltDe erectfs^,pri ?on- V interven lion ; apd, morcr effieien! jJjrw? Wall be enncted for the execii ti o tj of' dae. pro vision of the constitution hv which fugitives from oArtfina AV lolutw WI ?IW VI ??WI TI'TI W W uujm DI CU to. Uioir owiier#.1? r?0ift eve# this proposition when made as a comfiforif(s+-^.R tjfoposition by which the South-'wtftto aurrender ?very thing?all right, no^jtnd forever, to the territorie$ of thtj tytfoj), as % comideration that ft clear consU^u^y^o^^lnent should be fu I tilled, was rejee^i- On; what principle could it have been rejected-but on tbe ground that the dominant party In CoH^resa was r^fftw^^^alHWSWMBK iff> { ifMtadjlSdBfl^fflll^^BBlBtd'5 S^fipd*