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JDEVGTEB TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, POLITICS 4C, &C. TERMS?-TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let It be Instillod into the Hearts of your Ohildron that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY W. A. LEU AND HUG1I WILSON, JR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBUARY 8, 18C1. VOLUME VIII.?NO. 41. RHODES' SUPER-PHOSPHATE! PLANTERS seeking- Manures, will recollect tliftt RHODES' SUPER PHOSPHATE is the only Manure the late eminent analytieal Chemist-, Professor Biekcll, of Mnrylaud, protiouoced Standard 2 ?nd which lias been confirmed l?y ovorv section into which this Manure 1ms be?n introilueod. Tliis Manure is sold under 11 legal guarantee of Purity and Freedom *FR0M All ADILTEII^TIOS! from the eminent mamifuelnring chemists. Messrs. I'otis <fc Klett, under whose personal supervision l!110I)KS* SUI'KIM'll' ?S1'U A'J'K is manufactured. This Manure lias 1 used in South Carolina for so.\orsil years past. with groat success in the culture of Cut I on and Corn, and is now thoroughly est ablished for theSf im PortAnt similes. Do not, let. the nreseiit. hea.-.un pass without tli?* experiment. Rend tiio annexed letters from gentleman who have tried it the |>:isi seacon. J. A. ANSLEY & CO, NO. 300 BROAD ST., \i<avn. * .1 v ATiihN>. CA.. N??v '22. 18.V.V TiYtir St J0 ' i r 11 M !? <*> i: I 'ln?st?!.j?! t* Applied l>\ III" Ihis JVar.oli a sinal. S'.'ah*, to l>nl li Corn nud 1'he result "X'-ecdi-p tny ?xpeetation, although tli- experiment;-. !.> t:,(ili\ reasons, wolV not. itm! ooti.d tin. In- coiohlct.id with due caution; \"t ! am ? t ii .-l fat -(: that. the ?rro\vtlt ol weed, iti I ! Is instances. the Irtlit in corn, and the nan-hcr of l??!ls ol i-i.Muii, were fully dottlde the yield in the |i>>i.s tin innnurod, nnd this when >>.:!> a t aide spoonful of thf Super l'lin<plit:ti! was applied u? :: top dressing to each hill of corn. and a tea s|>ooi.fi.l t-? each stalk of cotton?and tin* hist as hit- " the poison a<> the IStli of .Inly. Some of the >vecd grew to.nine f-'tt liish, with six tranche?, covered with ho!Is, while tin* iiiimatiitred was not half sofoi- l. !> v> :r-v i?t'--iti<in hftt? * /??!' i a il J - "J . Very Iti-spf-Uully, Your most". oh*t fcw't. (Signed) M. ('. M. HAMMOND. UNION rOINT, (O. li. li.) Nov. 2S, is.;?. JJcstr. J. A. ANSI.I.v ?V CU. : GciitH.?I bnnjrht. :i ten of Rhodes' Superphosphate in lialtiircors. Insi. Sprinir, Mr. ii. I>. l.eitner, of Jierzeliu, *;> t<-jt its value ?< a inn? inir?. I put almnt. 125 Jin. on an acruof cotton, in tl?r? drill, on land that would not 'iia!;.- over *75 to Km> ll>?. of cotton per acre. without Manure. The revi.lt is entirely satisfactory. 1 have inri'le (it least fruit: 450 to 500 ll<s. to the acre on this very poor Intnl. I expect to purchafe from U to 8 tons for my Sprinjr crop. My Overaoer wishes me to put his name to this also. Youi*, in great haste, (Signed) I'. W. PRINTUP. AVI [.LI AM FOSTER. T>e. 21, 1S50 "4 tf. MANIPULATED GUANO No. ST, Skcoxi> Ptrekt, > Bai.timihii: J'tnuary 2S. 1859. J REPORT OF AXA 7, YSJS OF ROBIXSOX'S MLMPl LATED GLAXO IFOIR. FRANCIS ROBINSON, ESQ., BALTIMORE ITY. A SAMPLE oftbe above which was taken a your Mills, was found, upon analysis, t< be capable of producing of Ammonia, - 8.31 per ccnt And to contain of Bone Phosphate of Lime 45.82 " " The above proportion of Auinii.*?:t ami Bom Phosphate of Lime is known to he most propc for concentrated manures. Both theoretiea reasoning ami the results of numerous praclica experiments have approved of it. An applica tion of 200 1W of thiii arliel* article per acre will supply more of Hone Phosphate of Lim than is required l>y any crop?ihiit> leaving i considerable surplus of this valuable nulriiiien incorporated with ihe Foil after cropping, an< will furnish a sufficient quantity of ammonia I to act as a nutriment, and stimulantf'.UAS HI CM El I. in. r? REPORT ON MUNIPULATED GUAXQ FOIt FRANCIS ROBINSON. sample hiimIvz.'.I wbh Inketi l?y tiiyac Jl from tli? l.n^ in tlitf Uiiii wli'T?- tiif J/uiii wai manipulated. it contained of Ammonia, - - 8.24 per cen Phosphoric Acid, - - 21i)8 " " Equivalent to Bone Phosphate of Lime 47.59 " " It is therefore an excellent manipulate! g and, containing cnogh ammonia to prodyoe rapid pnd vigorolm' growth, and ?nftici? quantity of phosphates to prevent exhaust i of the soil A. SNOWDEW PIGGOT, Itt. 1>. < Analytical and Consulting Ciiernist FOR SALE B Y J. A, ANSLEY & CO NO. 200 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA ft A. _ ' : DR. t). 8. BENSON would inform his; tfons and the public generally that has removed his Office to the Brick Buildii adjoining Mra. Dendy'e residence on the Pub Square, where lie may be found at all tin wnen not profeeeionally engaged. Dec. 12th, I860, 33-3m ? * > . THE ABBEVILLE PRESS. BY LEE & WILSON. A1 i R EVILLE S. C. | Two Dollars in Advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at the Expiration of the Year. AH subscriptions not limited nt the time of subscribing, will lie con pi tiered n: indefinite, mid will l?e continued until iirrenr? I njres nee pnid, or nt. the option of the I'ropric? j , or*. Orders from other States must invariably J ? aeooiiip'i.i] ied with the C'nsli. RATES~OF~TDVERTISINGThe Proprietors of the Abbeville J'rms nil"' Abbeville Jiimiirr have established the follow- I ; ing rates of Advertising to be charged by | both paper* : Kvny Advertisement inserted for a less time i than three months, will be charged by the in- ; sertion nt One Dollar per Square, (If itieh i j?thespaeeol 12 solid lines or less,) for the j first insertion, and Fifty Cents for inch sub- j ?i><ii:r*tit ins<?r t i<m. ; 1 square 3 months, $ ">: ft month &S ; 1 vc.ir ?12 i 2 squares !l " SS ; 0 ' ?10; 1 war ! j i>c|tn?r?s i " $1"; ft " $14 ; I year $25 i I -l sijiuiios" si12: i; $2<>; iycnr$:!Oj I f> sqiiuri-s " " $16: ft " $25; 1 year $!?5 : I ft square* ' ?211; ft " $:?? ; 1 year ft 10 j 7 squares " $25; ft " $S5; 1 year $45 | ! S :! $:;?!; ft $10: ] year $50, ( no coiniiiii, ntio y?>fir $S5. Obituary Notices Fxci'i'ilinif ?>no *q>iar<". ?r twelve lilies, will , In- rli:>rif"<l f?s\ ns advertisement*. L3V" Marrin *e notice- solicited. All Communications not of general 2,3i .. :i> i.~ 1 r,... 2*5?" Announcing Ciimliilutes Fi vo T)ollars. I All nilvorliiin'iipnts not. Iinving llio ntitn. l.pr of uim r'ioii!: tnnrli<-<l on the ?*opy. will J>3 , pulilisltr'l liil f.ot.i.l ami ?'linrp>'<l acoonlinfrly. i j 1^' Mom-y f?-r Joli Work ami Advnrtisinc j from n!i) ?'\r- |>t. ri'trnlnr piitrons will lm considj < ! <] iliii* a? soon a# tlie wotk is <1onc. I Sn'.ccrilifis nn?l oIIu-vf, in <l<-lit ?o us, ' arc ?>ru?-iii I * ivquefti'il to spihI ns the amount ir in^li'li'fiiiit'so inime'linlcly. i ! THE GEEAT ENGLISH REMEDY SIR .TAMES CLARKE'S f'cSelx'ntrd Fc-malo Pills. ?sk >?. i I'!'<iTE(TKD LETTERS | P.V MVAI, PATENT. I Tliis invaluable medicine is unfailing in Uic . 'Mi-p ?if nil llioso painful ?ti<1 dangerous dis It moderates ali excesses and removes nil o!>1 >*ruction!*, from whatever cause, and aspeedy cumay he relied on. to ladies I I is peculiarly suited. It will, in a short time ; bring on tlie monthly period with regularity i CAUTION?These Pi lid shonl.l not he taken j by females that are pregnant, during the first . three month.", as they are sure to bring on Mis! carriage ; but at every other time, and in cve! ry other ease thev arc perfectiy safe. 1 In all en*es of Nervous and Spinal AfTections Pain ia the Back and Limb?, Heaviness, Faj tiguc on alight exertion. Palpitation of the ! Heart, Lowness of Spints, Hysterics, Sick j Headache, Whites an<l all the painful diseases I occasioned by a disordered system, tluse Pills will effect a cure when all other means have fail ed. Full directions in the pamphlet around each package, which should be carefully preserved, i j\. bottle containing 50 pills, and encircled j with the Government Stamp of Great Britain | aan be sent post free for $1 and C po6tngeBtamps j General agent for U. S., Job Moses.Roehester | Sold in Abbeville by Donald Mel>auchlin, ! Dr. I. Branch, and C. II. Allen, and all Drug1 gists everywhere. Van Schack <fc Grierson, ! Charleston, Wholesale Agents. 7, 13t SPLENDID FOUR-HORSE STAGE LINE IJ FROM t Abbeville to Washington, Ga., 1 AND. FUOM " Ninety Six, S. C., to Angusta, Ga. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. T.enves Abbeville ?t 0 o'clock, ft. m., on MONDAY?*, WEDNESDAYS nnd FRIDAYS ' on the arrival of the down Pinipenger Trnin | tn.inOreonvilli*, and arrives nlWaeliinglon some ? 1I113- ni 8 o'clock. Lr-avcs WHfliiiiirlon nt 8 o'clock, ft. m.. on ! TUKSDAYS. THURSDAYS <fc SATURDAYS | on tlw arrival ol tin* Curs from Atlanta, and arrive* at Avill?> name day ?t 1 o'clock. Leaven Ninety-Six at. 9 o'clock, n.^m., or TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS <fc SATURDAYS 1 on the Hrrivnl of the down Passenger Train I from Greenville, nn arrives "nt Augusta sam? doy Ht half-pact. 9 o'clock. c< nnecting imm di t. with the Wuinsboro and Georeia Rail roiwlft. Leaves Anciiftta <*t. 8 o'clock, n. m., on MON DAYHi WKDSKgDAYtt and FRIDAYS, an c arrives nt Ninety-Six same day at half past { o'clock. ?-! tar ^ further information apply to L. II n KUSSKL. Agent. Office nt t tie Marshall House nt j Abbeville O. II.. S. C., for Washington Line 0,1 j or to N. W. STEWART, Ninety-Six, 3. C Agent for the Augiuta T.ine. J. P. POOL <fc CO. Jan. 12, 1800. 87 IV. "I NEGROES vv .a. asr "i? an x>THE Subscriber will at all thnee be in th market for Yoong and he Likely Boys and Girla, ng from the age of 12 to 25. &2T Parsons liaVina negroes for sale wtll a ress me at Greenwood, a C. . J. T. PARKS. j rco. iw? i?w, izm. ii*>_ * QUEBft. I l<ivc a maid, a inj-stic maid, Whoso form no but mine can nee; She comes in lif*ht, oho comes in shade. And beautiful in both if> she. Ilei shape in drcnins 1 oft behold, And oft she whispers in my ear Such worua as, when to others told, Awnke the nii;h or wring the tear: Tlien guos?, giu-6S, who phe. The lady of my love, may be. i I find the lustre of her brow Come o'er nje in niy darkest ways ; And feel as if. her voi?je, e'en now. Were echoing fur cifT my lays. There is no scene of joy or woo, lint she doth gib] with influence bright > Ami flied o'er all eo rich n glow, As makes e'en tears seem full of light: Then guess, gu?"ss, who she, The lndy of my love, nifty be. An Act to Raise Supplies for tho Year Commonc4ig October, i860, Tie it cnnctcd by the Senate ami ITduhc ../ T3 "I jirjiri.tciiumi'CS. ItOll' JUCI CIIIM MlllHt/ III General Assembly, and hy the authority of the some, That a tax for sums, and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall ho raised and paid into the Treasury of this State, for the use and service thereof, that is to say: One dollar ntwl thirty cet:t8. .xd valorem, on evetv hundred dollars of the value of all laud* granted in this Stale, ai-i'oidiiig to the exi-tinj; classification a< h Mriofore established ; one hundred and twenty six cents per lie-id on all slaves; three dollars on each free negro, mulatto ' or mestizo, between the ages of fifteen and fifty years, except such as shall clearly he I ti.~ r-~.s r ? - !' iw uiv U| 1.1113 V^OIIL'ClOr, | ti> be iacapable, from maims or otherwise, i of procuring a livelihood ; twenty two I cey.t, <i(l valorem, on every hundred dollars j of tlie value of all lots, lands and buildings | within any city, town, borough or village I in this State ; one hundred cents per huiii died dollars on factorage, employments, faculties and professions, including the j Ir uicoau/u oi uciuisiry, aim including Herein i Ck-rk? of Courts of Common Pleas and j General Sessions, Sheriffs, M?sters aud Commissioners in Fquilv, Registers in Equity, Registers in Mesne Convcj'ance, Ordinaries and Coroners, whether in the profession of Law or Equity, the profits be derived from the cost of suits, fees, or other sources of professional income, excepting clergymen, schoolmasters, school mistresses and mechanics; one bundled cents on every one hundred dollars on the amount of commissions received hy vendue masters i and commission merchants; forty cents on ! the capital stock paid in on tha first of OcI *i 1 i?J ?? -!? i iuuui, UilV UJUllOiUlU CI^IJL IIUIJU HUU H1XIV, of all bat ks which, for their present charters, have not paid a bonus to the State ; eighty cents per hundred dollars on the capital stock of any hank of issue, not incorporated hy this Slate, paid in on the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, doing business by agents within the limits of the Slate-; forty cents Dor hundred dollars on iho r.nniml *?nr?L- r?f * * ? r "? v* all incorporated gas light companies; one and a half per centum on all premiums taken in this State by incorporated insurance companies, and by the agencies of insurance companies and underwriters without the limits of the State; twenty-two cents on every hundred dollars of the amount of Pities of goods, wares and merchandize, embracing all articles of trade for sale, barter or exchange, (tho products of this State, and the unmanufactured pro ducts of any of die slaveholding Stated of the late United State excepted) which any person shall have made from the fifst of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, either on liis, her, or their capital, or borrowed capital, or on account of any person or persons as agent, attorney or consignee ; ninety cents on every hundred dollars of the amount of sales, goods, wares and merchandize whatever, which any trnnsient person not resident in this 6tate shall inako in any house, stall or public place I ...l....i .1 : 1-1 ? ? Imiciucr iuc biiiu n..ie UO UlllUO UJ' Sample or otherwise; twenty dollars per day on H i circus exhibitions; five dollars per day lor repiescuting publicly, for gain and reward, any play, comodv, imgedy, interlude | or tarce, or other employ merit oi tlie stage, i or any part therein, or for exhibiting wax | figures, or any shows of any kind whatso? - ever, to be paid into the hands of the Clerks of the Courts Respectively, who shall he 1 bound to pay the same into the Treasuries of ) the Slate of South Caiolina, except in . cases where the same is now required by ; law to be paid to corporations or otber? wise; one tenth of one per cent, on all monies loaned, monies at inturMt nil mnnion invested in llie . other State, other thau the bowls or stocks of this State, and other than the stocks of the banks and railroad companies of this State; one dollar and fifty cents on ?very one hundred dollars of gross receipts of ail commercial agencies within the limits of e this State; thirteen oeuts On every pack of , playing cards sold in the Slate; fifteen dol lata on every billiard table within this d State used to and for raising the revenue therefrom; one hundred cents on the hun' dred dollars of all the salaries, including public offices, (except officers of i lie Army and Navy, and wages over the sum of five liiindrcd dollar*.) from whatever source derived or paid in this State. Sec. 8. That the President of the Hank of the Slate of South Carolina bo and he is hereby authorized and required to issue, in the name of the State of South Carolina four thousand five hunderd certificates or bonds, of the value of fifty thousand dollars, each, two thousand five hundred certificates or bonds, of the value of one hundred | dollars each, and four hundred certificates j or bonds, of the value of five hundred dol- ' mrs cacn, 10 ue signed l>y the saul I'resident and countersigned by the Cashier of the said Bank, bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent, per nuuurn, payable on the first day of July of each and every year, at the Treasury, and rcdeemablo thereat ; that is to say, the four thousand five hundred certificates or bonds of fifty dollars each to be redeemable on the first day of July, which will bo in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and-sixty-eight; the two thousand five hundred certificates or bonds of one hundred dollars each, to be redeemable on (lie first day of J-uly, which will be in the year of our Lord one thou-:1 sand eight hundred and seventy, and the four hundred certificates or bonds of five hundred dollars each,to be redeemable on the first day of Jul}', which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and which said certificates or bonds shall have suitable coupons, to be signed by an officer appointed bj' ill0 President cf the said Bank, attached thereto. Q Tl? of flirt 1 ? ?W. a ,,tmu 111V oaiu till I lllU'Ul'S or bonds, and the respective coupon* thereto, shall bo received at the Treasury of the said f^ate, as the same shall respectively become payable, in payment of taxes and other debus due to the State of South Carolina. fine, 12. That in case there shall be required fur military contingencies a larger sum of money ibau shall be raised by the taxes herein provided for, and th?i issuing of the Treasury notes also provided for, it shall and may be lawful, upon the request of the Governor of tho State, for the President of the bank of tho Slate of South Carolina to is<uc and put in circulation notes or certificates in tlie form hereinafter prescribed, of such denominations, not less than one dollar, as the said President may think proper; which said notes or certificates shall he receivable in payment pf taxes and other dues lo ti e States for the sums therein expressed; Provided, that the whole amount of such notes or certificates shall not exceed the sum of three hundred thour sand dollars; and the said notes or certificates shall be in the following form, viz: 'This iioto or certificate shall he received in payment of taxes and other dues (o the Stale for dollars,' and shall be signed t _ ill _ T* ! I . * ^ " ' % oy ujb x resiueni anu \jasinor oi tlie said bank, or such other person or peraons as the saiil Preident and Directors may apnoint for that nurnose . ftnrl if. nlin.11 V>? law. i ? ~ r~i ' ful for any banks in this Stale to pay or deliver out and circulate the notea or certificates isaued in pursuance of ibis Act. That the President of the Bank of the State of South Carolina shall pay the drafts of the Governor, countersigned by the meptiber of the Executive Council charged with the Treasury Department, for any amount not such notes or certificates issued and put in circulation l>y the said bank. T hat the twenty first section of an Act, entitled 'An Act to raise supplies for the year commencing October one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, ratified on the twentieth day of Dectuiber, one thousand eight hundrfil ntul l.want.ir ' ha I'A.anantArl nnr} henceforth declared of force in the words following,that is lo say: 'That the Treasurers of the State shall be required hereafter not to receive any tax returns which shall not be made in strict conformity to the instructions of the Comptroller General, That the Treasurers of thiB State be inetructt-d to receive, in payment of taxes the bills and notes of all thobanksof this State unless, in the opinion of the Comptroller General, it shall become unsafe to receive the hills nr notPR of nnn or mora nf an/>li bnnks, in which case he shall be authorized to iRsue instructions to the Tax Collectors to refuse the notes of such bank 01 banks.' A young blood from Suckerdom, wishing to get a chance to U>ll a young lady what he thought of her; Jonned his beal looks and addressed her in this wise: 'Miss, can I have the exquisite pleasure of rolling the wheel of conversation around the axletree. of your understanding a fe? moments this evening ! The lady fainted * ? ? I A couple of Keijtuobinns lately Visited Boston, and sat down to dine at the Kever< House. Codfish balls wore served at tin table, and on of the Itentuokians,' taking tbepa for.'corn dodgers/ proceeded to braal ihera io twov Getting soent of it* he torned to his partner,and remarked in the roosi solemn manner? 'Something dead In that, Tom r J* . _ *** TtsaBMCO"? -.Ti: Delay Futile and Fatal* We lmve new proofs uveryJiourtli.il the Union is already lost. Our best and ablest men declare that dissolution is an event of the past, a tiling of history. Our own convictions force us to confess and accept the fact, unwelcome and lamentable as it may be. The churches have been split asunder ; all the national organizations of parties have been wrecked, one by one ; the Federal Government itself is scctionalized, and six Kovercitin Slates have withdrawn their delegated powers and disowned its authority. These nre but evidences of the great fact, lurking under and behind them all, that our one people have become two peoples. The universal tone of the almost unanimous Northern press is of intense hostility to the South. Newspapers become the more potential in their sway over tlie Northern mind the more they grow in rancor towards the South. Novels publish ed to libel us through the world as monsters incarnate ; and these novels?such is the avidity of the Northern taste for their seapdal?make the fortunes of their authors. The greater tlie l?V?el the greater the fortune. Statistical essays, designed to prove us poor, weak, indolent, and divided at home?productions too stupid and false to find a market except amid an atmosphere of hatred and intolerance, run rapidly through editions of many thousands, demonstrating to a vast army o( mecenary writers, that he who most grossly libels the South reaps most largely of the reward of Judas. The South is invaded by an aimed band, largely supplied with arms to bo put into the hands of the servile race who are incited to insurrection and our citizens are shot down in cold blood. A few men of the North frown upon the act, but the people applaud ant] protect the murderers from tho process o law. inus mo proois are overwhelming thai the North urn and Southern people are alienated. For forty j*ears has hatred for slavery? which is only another phrase for hatred tc J the South?been tnuglit systematically ii tlie Northern schools, from books etnbel lished with pictures of negro women un dergoing the lash, and negro men in tin agohies of unheard-of torture ; and it is tin generations thus iictiooled who now vote a the Northern polls, and reel in this de famntory Iftera'-qre. These aro the camera tions that have just assumed the prerogativi of electing a President witheut the aid o the South, and of managing the affairs c the Confederacy by a sectional governtnen />/\ntl-<lllur1 K? K. v/v/iin wiivu uj < j?rti i j uiituut niiiiiaiv:u lj Southern support. How many compro mises proffered by the South have this par ly rijeeted with cool disdain within the las two months ? The manufacture of sehepie n f />nm nrnmicn Itoa nrrrv r?? r? # r\ l?n n ? mm A with a class of Southern men of late ; bu tlie article if rejected by tbe Northern mai ket. The rejection of ihem is as contemp tuous as the repeated proffer of thein ha been humiliating:. The last expedient c Virginia?that of the five Commissions to Washington?promises no better resul The hope for its success seems as forlorn a the doting hope of the widow for re-insp ration after death has laid his inexorabl hand upon the corpse. Tbe only question now left is, whethc Virginia shall recoguize the fact of dissoli tion, and take her measure accordingly Whether sho looks to a reconstruction c the old Union, or to becoming a part of new one at the South, the policy of dela is equally fatal. To hesitate much longei is to identify with the North in the sec tional antagonism, and to draw upon hei self tbo distrust and execrations of th Southern State?. Without securing on particle of the respect of the North, or < the world, she would utterly forfeit th affection and confidence of the States idcnl fied with her by every tie that can bin Commonwealths together. The mother c States, she would be invitiug the bittc curses of her offspring; a mother of states mee she vould be no longer. Her allianc with the North would be as hollow an unenduring as it would be ruinous and dii 1 fr MP A fill ftliA WAilU l\a mnrlo or* on/iAn plice ie tbe armed coercion of the Soutl ' He soil would befcomo llio camping groun 1 of armies, not merely as lbe point d'uppi 1 of assault upon the seceding South; bu being tbo largest 6lavebolding State in tb 1 UnioD, as a State deserving to be suspecte 1 and overawed. But tbe spirit of the prou ' and ohivalric portion of ber people woul ' not brook this galling humiliation; an tbeir exasperation against ber own eubmi sionists would be more intense than the hostility against the inrader. Civil wi would light its lurid flames over her *urfa< | and internecine havoc and destruction woul reign throughout her borders. A war wit ^ the North partake of the cbaftctor of I oonflict between foreigners, and the. Gu States would not taste the horrors of oiv war. ft wold be reserved for Virginia an the border States, who should follow h< I ignoble example, to drit?k t6 the dregs th j bitter cop* Sonie of her nablic men ca j be floquent In depictin^fhe pecuniary coi f of dissolution; but w&b will estimate the r> c morse and mbyte* of a State that allows ^ herself to b^ Evaded by an enemy ;n t"l name of 4ny, white torn to pieces by ii ternedne strife. In the policy of an bono mmmmatmmmmmmmBmmmmmmmmmmtmmmaammmmmmmmsm able and cordial affiliation with the South, for weal or woe, we can Fee, and fhall attempt to portray, a prosperous future for Virginia. In the polity of delay and an ignominious affiliation with the North, we cau see nothing but a thuk picture of ruin afid shame.?Richmond Dispatch. Abraham Lincoln on the John Brown Said and Dred Scott Decision. letter from tiik abolition president elect Wheeling, Va., January 12, 18G1. To the Editor of the Charleston Mercury: Enclosed I send you a copy of a loiter of mine to the President clect, and bis?c1 ply. You are at liberty to make any disposition of them you may deem proper. Yours, <fcc. J. A. SPENCER. Wheeling, Va., Dec. 24, I860, lion. A. Lincoln?Dear Sir :?I hope you will not deem it presumptuous in me, in thus demanding from you a plain reply to the following interrogatories, and moreover that you will give me tlic permission to give publicity to your answer, should I | uesiro to do so. 1st. Usui the jurisdiction of tho crime : committed by John Brown and als. beet) j surrendered to the Federal Government, and judgment delayed until the Fourth of March next, would you have exercised the | pardoning power ? 2d. Do you regard tbe Drcd Scotl decision, as binding upon the people of the North ? Hoping to hear frotn you soon, I remain, 1 Tiuly yours, <fcc. J. A. SPENCER. Sfkingfield, January 2, 18CI. J. A. Si-; cer, Esq.?Sir: I liacl resolved In ray mind to reply to no letter ' addressed me from any one, concerning f the manifold quo-tions that have ol late gained a footing in our distracted country. ! But as I have frequently had the same interrogatories propounded to me by others, and as your letter seems to be dictated in ( a spirit of kindness, seeking information . only, I have concluded for the present to waive my resolve and reply, giving you 15 permission to dispose of my answer as you '*" see fit. You ask: "Had the jurisdiction of the . j crime committed by Drown find others e been surrendered to tbe Federal Governf mont, ar.d judgment thereon delayed until ' the 4lh March next, would you (1) have y exercised the pardoning power ?" I an awer: I have carefully reviewed the lestiinony in Faid case, and in my opinion 1 Brown committed no offence against the ' Federal Government meriting such severe t punishment as lie received. The most he committed against the Federal Government was a gross misdemeanor, nau i bavti ? boon the Governor of your State I might havo pursued the course lie did. Yet even t. then there were strong mitigating circum s stances. Brown was no doubt n mono'* maniac on ibe subject of negro slavery e and ns such, close confinement would hav( ,r been more in accordance with dictates ol j. justice. r. To your second, I reply iti the negative for this reason : said decision is hostile tc ~ tbo advancement of Kepulilican principles, 'r and therefore attended with danger in r . government like ours. I am, bir, your ob't serv't, e Signed, c A. LINCOLN. c Personal Influece.?Blessed influence j. of one true loving human soul on another, j Not calculable by algebra, not deducibh ,f by logic, but mysterious, effectual, mighty, r as tho bidden process by which the tin) seed is quickened, and bursts forth into tal ,0 stem and broad leaf, and glowing tnsselet ^ (lower. Ideas are often poor ghosts, or sunfilled eyes cannot discern them; they pas; athwart us in their vapor, and cannot mak< 1 themselves felt. Bat eometimee .they arc j made flesh; they breath upon us with soft e responsive hands ; they look at us with sad ( sincere eyes, and speak to as in appealing tones; they are clothed in a living hqfnar ^ soul, with all its faith and its joye.. Thjer j their presence is a power ; then.they Bliak< ^ us like a passion, and we aro drawn aftci j them with gentle compulsion, as flama if u w * * drawn to flame.?Blackwood? Magazine. 8* ir A Killikg Doctor's Bill.?Some yean ir ago, the will of a deceased man was offeree ? to the Judge of Probate, at St. Louis, to b< Id admitted to probate,' snd among the bflli b presented njfainst the estate, was that a * the physician who attended him hi hi? foal If illness. The Judge, who wij^ne^ightedi iJ scroti niaed the account olosel/; and while d doing so he raised his b?*d occnsipnally, Jr MDd interrogated-the Doctors follows: ? Jqdge?V?o att^ndedUie deceased f y ? Doctor?Yes, elr, ' ' . Judge-^-fte-wlong was he sicjej ?* Doctor?Two weeks, sir* ^ ; Judge?H? died, did,W ' . .Doctor?Yes, . , i- Judge?It he did, for this bill r- would hay>'M"*d him. AMERICAN CB1SIB' The following is extracted from the Glasgow Courier, one of the best papers published in Scotland. Would that the London. Tims3, and oilier English journals svero tonally as enlightened on tho American crisis: On the other side of tho Atlantic, ns if to fill up I ho completenccss of the impor j tance of events in 18G0, wo havo tlio United Stales threatened with disruption itself on tho slavery question, through the dec-* tion of Mr. Lincoln, a Republican or Antlslavery man, to the Presidential chair, which he assumes in March next. Divesting the question of slavery of special arguments as consistent with the moral law, on which much difference of opinion exists, it must be conceded l?y all unprejudiced politicians that the Southern or slave States stand superior to the Northern on this question. Many persons suppose that the United Status are a body with a central government controlling all the States from Washington, the political capital. This is agreat mistake. Each Stale possesses sovereign and. independent rights, has its own Council or Parliament, its o*n laws andtaxes. The general Congress is entirely voluntary, and no longer binding beyond the will of the separate provinces. In many respects tho interests ef the Northern and Southern States are diametrically opposite. Tbeir climates arc also widely different. The Norlh is agricultural and would bo manufacturing. To foster manufactures a ! heavy import tariff" is laid on, operating, Iks it marked, to an extent almost beyond belief against the non-manufacluring Southern States, who have thus in tho lastJ.liirty years been mulcted of a sum in shape if import duties positively amountl^|p*o 6omo thousands of millions of dollars. Again without settling tho question of slavery in assembled Congress, unjust attempts have been made to plunge the Southern Slates into a servile war, as witness tho Harper's Ferry raid. The Northern State? have no more right to do this than we would have to interfere in the domestic concerns, of France or TJelgium. Tho Southern States, on the other hand, raising Cotton, Rice, Sugar and Tobacco, desire freo trade with the rest of the world, and vindicate slavery as a wise institution, by which these valuable products can be raised by African labor, alone equal to the heart of the climate. There is much, therefore, in the question which does not at onco meet the eye, and which caunot be answered by every hallow declaimer pgainst slavery. The Southerners are of the best English blood?are, in many respects, a superior raco to tho Northerners or Yankees?and, high-spirited as they are, will not, in our opinion, quietly recede from their presont position. There remains but to be added: that this couqtry would gain vastly by di rcct trade with the South, while tho fearful i calamities likely to arise from tho cessation of even one vears's supply of Cotton can, not be estimated. At this moment we have [ only eleven to twelve week's supply of CotP ton in Liverpool. As to the possible results of actual strife, we may remind our. readers that the United States have only | 1500 Federal troops in all tho South, from ' Maryland to New Orleans. The truth np| pears to bo that the United States have now roached such vast dimensions, involving so great climatic, commercial and in-- ^ dustrial differences, that longer connection, . , ... _ is naruiy possible. * T A ^ i m ) Printers Patriotism; Eight prilV^t'M from tho South Carolinian ai)?fc .> ? >i? Southern (juardian offices nre iu the rank* of' ^Sjjgj ! llio Columbia Artillery, which lefl yeiterdny. ( They are all youngmeu who will be found equal" ' to any emergency. The large number and' the ^ .> " ' promptness with which they volunteered speak ^ i*" 1 well for the patriotism of the craft.? Quarr* * I di an. 1 We mav add that fiv? enmnfwilnr? in Hi Mercury office nre now in active service at the l various' stations In and around Charleston.?''I* j There are others in#our composing room, who \ < are on furlough, and expect to be culled off evfcij":.. 5 hour.?Mercury. _ i And wc may add, that three printer& in Anderson Gazette office belong to tiie Palmetfr Riflemen, and nre ready nt a moment's wai^*' ing to go into sorvice?while anothor from ' ^ office volunteered lest Thursday in the 4 th * -J iment, and the editor, a practical printer, i?0L 1 member of the Riflemen. The craft w?lljrs#?n f?'r? j anxious for " a place in the picture."?An<Ur*9nx's Jntclligcncer. * :*>' " And wo mav add .(hat two of the printers J from the ConiervatUt c? ?r? now at Fort Moaltrie; and two Jflore (as well as the Editor) are members of tW 44 Quitman Rifleaen" of this i pliLce.?Jfnet>v*yCon4ertKitiit. I We wilf ad<* to the above that one printer from tW Banner offiee??I1 we jpotild sp?re? ? is p?w oo Su1Ht*o's Island, iu Capt. Psnaw'* ' * , (vippany.?Avocvuit Manner. * II It is justly aaiiiof woman, that she di/< titles our sorrows and doubles oar joye.* * 5?jH r Pity she quadruples our expenses. "i, ',*r' Of alt monarcha. Nature is the moafc tq ^ just ia- the enactment of lrfws and the , most rigoroqs to p^njBhlng tho viol*tion < of then,.s ; ,: ? Jl < ) ( ' iWjretr Ab o^Mge W *? .$?,.,%?!?*,, , ^t,; 'if Live' Utapera^y-rgo tfi> ohwh-r-lo^ .<?{*.t&j jJ.l the pralty girl*,?marry on* of tfiem ^ ?live tike a man, and die like* Ohftyiaa, . >?V* ' " .! . ; .?i '! j U< I i -x:.