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- ' Now York Tribune vell jg in-the gold rc g,. t!4tAfter describing the s dtt fhtt eellin the following: :; . "'the l ;bB a. joyous, populous, thlf> Waeth fegion. It has the sun of C ege the sky of Iily. Man has known no eltyhierocime, no purer. atmosphere. The *oilJ i 'u htaally fertiloa And asly cultiva "a flereare water-power and timber in ance, and the gold mines must soon e;extensive and steady home markets. . lierland lies not beneath the sumiter o; r one more inviting to ellbrt; yet u ride for miles and miles through for esteqgf oak and pine which serve but as cegeraforgame, though equal in beauty and-fertility to the Ducal parks of Englana. Andlin the midst of these interminable for eas you will frequently pass the alling chimney, the scraggy apple tree, the weedy patch of grass and .briers, which tell where the - home of a fatnlily once nestled. The grave has claimed a part of them; the sur ivors-are in Alabama, '1'exas, Illinois and California-any where so that they may ,earn salivelihood without humiliation in the eyes of the companions of their child hood and the sharers of the fol'ies which account downright labor of the hands the proper vocation of slaves, and therefore dis hotoring to freemen." ruAnd therefore he advises the next Con stitutional Convention of Virginia to abol ish slavery in 1870. Ifthey will we Suppose they may ex pect. to elevate Virginia to the condition of New York. To show sontething of what that is, we subjoin a description from the anme Tribune, of the cellar population of New York, consisting of about, twenty thousand people. !' Around the doors of many cellars you nay see, at any time when the weather is notltoo cold, swarms of children whose ap pearance is the best argument that can be found in favor of public wash-houses; cov ered in rags, encased in a coat of dirt, that from long hardening has become a sort of water and fire proof paint; their hair matted into one mass of grease and dst, their limbs distorted by disease, or bruised and disfigured by accident, constantly in con tact with the more vicious of the street roaming vagabonds of larger growth, ttter ly ignorant of such a place as a school. perfectly oblivious of the use of the al phabet they, grow up in ignoranec and retchedness to a future of vice snd misc. . It is front these subterranean fountains of poverty and infamy, in a great measure, that the great army of juvenile vagrants is constantly recruited. "These instances presuppose cases where at least a semblance of virtue is kept up. Ve may next turn to a class of collars far cleaner physically, but :norally the lowest of the low. It is bevond our province to describe them, indeed. it is not essary to do so, since they are the sta ext of all the " Mystery " literature of the day. 'T'hose who panier to the taste, hardly less vulgar than its procurer, would be.. bankrupt, were they deprived of the dance cellars and the classes who dwell m theta. !These places are openly, indis guisedly dens of prostitution, (rein whose jaws we now and then hear of sonic nere child being rescued by the police, but of the Hundred who are not rescued only the grave diggers on potter's field or the keepers of tho Lunatic Asylum can hear. From the necessity of keeping up an'inviting' aspect, those places are generally clean, but the cupboard bedrooms and the badly ventila ted 'parlor' are crowded with drunken and diseased occupants, from whom little health *and less~moralIity can .be expected. SOf course, all of these dance. cellars - niergipn' shops; 4ut there is large clais of basements devoted .Airely to the sale of liquor. Weo ha ~fquently passed one of thtis kind in the eihth ward~, where the addition of gambling keeps a crowdl of t.Wenty men closely shut tip in a hot son11 men night, the room filled with smaoke andI such air as only a druiiken moan could lbe made to breathe. Tihe riii cellars Itroper are favorite haunts for the lowest class ot sots, because of their seclusion; the solhd board blinds and the closed doors sc reeni them from the eyes of policemwn and ac quamntances, and give them the largest lhb orty to drink their till without miolestatioin. It is not improbably that live hundred sub terranean rum shops are in full blast, in eachI of which, during the first halhi of thei night there are constaintly, say teit persuons breathing the air that is inisuijicint for the proper support of two. WVith the rm we have at present nthing to do. ."The boardino-r and luilgingi cellars are - the last we shali ment ion In several of these, there are three classes of boiarders taken; the first class pay :t7 I -2 centspr week for board and lodging, haiving strawv (loose on the floor) to sleep upon, atnd be ing entitled to the first table; the second class pay 18 3-4 cents per week, sleep en -the bare floor and eat at the second tble; the third class pay nine cents per wcek, are turned out whien there is a lack oi Jo Iging room, and oat at the third anmd last table. These cellars are generally hare ofi furniture except .ano or two bench'es and at large table. T1he marketing is done by lihe children, who are sent out to beg cold vic tuals, except. in soiie instances, where thete are too many boarders ti risk such a ;iazardouis source of supply, amii then tim. keeper of the cellar makes a special con tract with three or fotur professioinal beggar women, who sell the product of their a p peals in behalf of starving children and * sick bygbands, for a miere trifle. All the biaskefi are got in at a certaini liour whieni the boairders assemble, and at the time of feeding, the whole mass is emttied upon the table. The " first class,'' or tharee-shil iings-a-week boarders, hiavem the first pick mng, and in a trice the titngers of the lirst table gourmoands are hiunckle deep, in the feast ot fat things, atnd for a <piarter of an hour they pokeC over the pile select ing thle choice bits--tha scraps of chicken, chloni, - ham, muiffins, clean bread, &c. seasonme, the variety with pickle, salad, anid s ucii condiments as fancy antd a delicate appe. ti(~i may select. Ifavinig satisfied their tastes, they depart,.with contemttious glan ces at the eighteen-ponniy table, or a look - of pitytupon the expectat. nine-ponce folks. Thie second class go over the table ini a less dainty maminor, angl by the time their omni. verotis appetites are ajpeased, there is lit tle left but stale pieces anmd bare bontes for the last feeders. The ninue-penny wretch.. es fall like wolves upoin their lean piortiont, and not unfreqluently a gzeneral fight en sues, in whtich the biones that a few htours lieforo graced aristoicratc~ chinaf above Blecker, are whirled abou'. the cellar ini a -most admired dlisorder, to thle great datn ago of t ho heads, and limabs of the "' board ers." It will be at once surmnisedl that thme Sbeinigsiwho board ini these lacmes are of! the lowest classes oft society--profesased *theves of all kinds, young hiuralars~ hmro ken downt gambihlers,, bg9rtelesslotafrs amnd beggars. ThIosatile. Idfocenice of the beggar girl, wlto~wvhen questioned as to w'!#st site did (vith sneh qwmtito's of col victunle, rogliod "mother tkes bioarders," hans been ridictiled as a miere fictioni, yet, it. is-literally true. "'Pa lodging system In ithedplads is, to spread tlong one. side of the room a layer of straw on which the first-class boarders stretch themselves, lying goner ally very clause together; the next -tier,-on the bare floor, are of the second ce's, and if the patronage be extensive the :whole floor outside t he straw will be packed with tlheso persons as closely as it is possible to make human beings lie. Should this class fill the room, the nine-penny vagabonds are unceremtoicously thrust into the street, regardless of rain or snow, to crawl into alleys and under door. steps for the night. 'thus packed, the room becomes in a few minutes tilled with nitrogen and carbonic gas sutlicient to poison a regimnt. The door being barred and the windows closed, there is not the slightest chance for fresh air to get in, and the appearance of the wretches as they issue forth in the morn ing, shows plainly the effect of their dread ful confinemnent. "There are cellara devoted entirely to -Inlging, where straw at two cents, and bare floor for one cent a night can be had. 'he killing and packing here does not differ fron that of the hoarding cellars. In sonic of the dens, males and fonales are protmscuously lodged together, and scenes of depravity the moost horrible are of con. stant occurrence. Black and white, men, women, and children are mnixed in one dirty mass. But we need not dwell upon this place of subterratean infamy. " Tie above paragraphs will give a gen eral idea of soimie of the most peculiar chatracteristics of cellar life. We iight poit out dozens of basements used as workshops, where half a score of tailors, shoemakers, or other laborers are crowded into a single room; but iese are iore gen erally observed by the people, and are well enough known. There are many little shops kept in basements, where some poor women strives to inaintain life and respect abithty by hard work and tie small profits of sales of candy and toys." Now is not this a beautiful region from which to send nitissionaries and inessages of reform to Virginia. It " Prcedoni " can do no better than this for New York, she had better adopt Slavery before 187(i. Southiern Press. Tur:-s M.uc'ttt Erim ltuit. toa.o is design e-l to connect the yonth Carolina liailroad with the \Viliint'riot and Veldon road, 11n1d whez tinishtel will comnplete the line of coi muniiicanon',i f rom Georgia to 'New York, ait thus avoid the pre witt seam route frot tl:harl,. toun to Vilmaington. This ri and th Gi rand lRnilroad will mnaterially promote each nther', intere.t. The former, iuler its present energetic :dhniistration, canut fail to Ie cointleted ftint, and with the probable atmount of travel it will conmnand, will no I. lit prove profitable to the stocklholders: but wle:i the Girard road is finished, its 'ivnues mintt he greatly incresed, for then s will not mly anonopolize nearly all the pre-tit travel between this city atl thie North via (Cittrleston, blt also that now mitde bteice b)' thin way of time Western riv us. The saten considrationtt app>lies to the wlole lie of roted b.twee ih lake'ly and \Wilntingtun, aid Wiliington and the North ert ctitn, :tt the stoc7 holders of every comup:aiy on the route are deoply interesteid in pushig forward as rapidly as jossile loth the Manchei ter and the (Girart roads. (.'apitalists should refleet that the compiettiu of these two roads will bring New Orleans within four dtay's travel of New York. 1. 0. iulletin. As OnirrNTAr. IE n.ussr.-On the 20th instant, his 1xrclletn y General .uung ia hadouor Knorman R anagee, P'riume Mitnister aind Coinuander-in-Chief or the kingdomn of Nepaul, sit uatetd ont the borders of Thli bet, arrived im Eiighand, as ambattssador ex - traordinary friotm the King, of Nepiatul to the Quteenu of Entgland. II is su ite consistecd of twety-tour peso anid iue was chiargedl with a l't ter t romt his Kn tg to (Queenu Vc oria, antd withI ptresenits, ot Neptauilese mia n Lifa~ctuires, worth Inuearly at rlua~rter of at titl lioni sterliing. '''he traveltlmg exptenss of he einha~ssy to E'ngl.mnd were ne'arly 1 0, t00 poitls sterlinhg. Thtey are all Ibidd lists, anmd to avoid cont act wvith Chtrist its, tad the whltie of the tore cabtins atnd sa loiins of thle e teamtier exclusivelv' to their wn use,:nti there tho ltfitted ttp rheir own roiiok ing atppa~rat us. 'ilhe Geiteral is a hiandsomtt oirienttal, very dark, :N vc-t rs ohi nda gr*'at muan in I udia. lI~ dtress ma~gnuificotntly, andti his mititiers are said to be :olishted andti gratcefulI. Whien they landmedl at Southmnton, they woubll not go) to the liotel, bitt ocupm1:ed thle l'eititsurir nifi'ces, atul bt:tl t heir cooking apar:tius 'rectedl ini the yard. Tlhey are' verv myrv 'l'htey are' cotonal'ti;Iy wvashmil, tint1 of smokin g, an d of orital habits of lnsury. Awrner. WVat; N N'.-Retuiirniiry fron a rotuitry tur by the Now I b~ven l'th iI, eserd t fenn just b'efore stppin., itth dep tbeyondil liarlcim hiridge, we w.itnissedi itic utf thme titost thriallaig andi biloodi.chi Ilitir seens withtin oulr recoillec tiiin. A targi' tin uber of ptersoits it a p-r beting ouit at Iliarlemi to paiss thle diay, nd itteity susiig~ they might not ci't t siat by wattrni thie tratii's arrival there, hadii c'rossedl ther biiie. As the trinit Came til a voimtg man, ot thle go-athead orider, mi:ttle aiti was wheoelued tindierteathi bet\\ e'*n thIt itlitftoritis of thle cars. An instanuutim -n 5incr'ch andti yell oif ho rrir tfroti the crowvd if ladhies andti gent leitieii wh'lo wrt nes"sed it, rang wvailly :iloor ihe I raint, to the~ eninaeer whlo kitowlog wvell its tintiting inistanutly' reversed the~ enginte. itut ntrwithtatniri, this, it beiiig a:ltheavy traiit of (eleven ea;r:'. it mtoved utt--theu axle-tree of the car shoiir tio craw~ I (tilt of a hortribihle deauth ! *A gent leiman staninirg by, witht greait c'outrage andi presence uf miindtl ---seeinrr th unftorlti:itate iti itntst lie kitlleid wvithot al, as te grnoind was raiiseid bet wCein the tracks toro tih to aiimet thei axle toiai itver himt---jtuiij(d iuipot thte steps of thie icar, reauched his airum beotwern themt, iie hlim byv the hair, :.ndti enideaivre.l to dtrir hita forward with thie trnL~i. 'Thtus hi:e w dragged neair 't) feet, when i the ea'trs wvere inira:'ulotusly stoppiedi, withI tie wyhetel rest - inig 00 the yoitntg inan's ciiattml~u, andi Is face on thme track, wit hin six incihis ii tie in~ cruishied to ani t:t igin:babile mat~ss Wondleful to state', lie thus iiartrowlyv es caped wiathtout anyvthiing mtir'e thI-mt rite servere rubs andtt brtuises. e'lithes ltrittml idutsted, antd cap nearla y cit tm two.-. .Yce Ilcrs, Jouanew t.-----Th 'uprm' .l di-s : ted that, atftrer duoly weighinig all thme ar't mnotsm and circ umst ances con'inecteid wit Ih the case, it coub fd ind( no g rorulsh tfor grati ng thme prnisoer's pt itin. The liase'LN, thierohore, stanmds as it wits undmer thle frial atnd sentence, anmd into furthmer htopem catn be ontortainmed of obtaininer a new tam. I'r,.. present indicntiohi there is no probabilit of the prisonor esapiog the law heretofore pronounced upon iin.' 'THlE "IMTER, BANNER. Sumterville, So. Ca. .EDNE SDAY, JUNE 26, 1850. J. S. G. Iticaard oau, Edlitor. fi " Messrs. A. WHITE & Co., aro Agonts for the Mianner in Siuntorville. RL1IOVAL. The office of the SUMTER BANNER hias beon renmoved to the new building (upstairs) one door north of A. J. & P. Moses' store The Mairket. CoTToN.---Tho Charleston narket was quiet on Saturday, the transactions having been limited to about 500 bales at prices ranging from 11 [-4 to 13 cents. Former prices fully -lnstainCd. NashvHhle Cougventioau. On the outside of to-day's paper will he found the address of this lbody to the people of the Southern States. Our readers will find in it mtuch to interest theta. 4f" The length of the Southern Ad. dress corniells its to post pone until our next week's issue, the pubieation of "A Treatise on the Science of Agriculture." " We regret our inability to comply with the reqiuest of A Seuscainrein. IHis cornmunliention was not received until our paper was :ade up. -^ Th hFarier awd Planter for June, 1850, has been received. The Soutiaenu Prs. The first imaler of this liper wa, i.'usd on the i 17th 111inst. Corros 1I.omtis.-Ve have been shonO a Cotton Iloom--(the first we have scn) fromn the plantation of the- l hon. P-. .J. 3Mors. Tu BJANK Or TI:. STATE OF SOUTH CAtoJ.INA.-For the Presidency of this in stitutiont the lion. .loHtN BF.I.TON O'NEA I.. at:. CuAl r.:s .l. Fen MAN Esqr., have been norlinated as candidates. Ilentoz :oaua Foote. Stenattor Ib:a. N appeiared h-tire the granid juiry fur the District of (olut! ia, on the 18th inst., and inda complaint of al at te pted ilssa.sinl:Iion by (eln. 1'. 0FIr upon . hint inl the Snatite Chatuber. The circuin statnce. of the sulpposed attempt to assassi nate our readers are futmiliar with. A num ber of Senaturs were ,irninoned to appear and testifv. Genz. Qkueit...n. 'Telegraphic despatches from New Or leans 4itte that on1 tbql 2o~ . ns1uyiini. wert fdnd ngailifst (Gnim firetAN, I f;:, !;:/',Lo::z. Arewvs-rise. O 'Suci.:v.vas andt othelrs- for being concetern-:d in the C i bant expedtiition. Tilme C'ouanprossaise Iil I. T1hie Wasi.thitonm Uion't says of thilpr' pects of the pas-age oit thet C-nnrii "Surrs rrr~r.Brunm~n C--Weimor-i stantd that Iinnyo of thle Sentators whoi are now~~ pendluingl beftor' thie 'tale, lmd! a tree salit wvas a more dei-le~id conifilece':in liii. pl:Is-ag&. of the' hill. Several gtlleen ne-a'lsutre. whose coilrse hi not4 bietn stili: iath . It is nowt' 4 ,timted that Jbil l will pan* thet Sena:t'' by a iajrity of tri ex to) ieiht. Thle <pI'stion, i'wever, wi I n 4ek. "Ini the 11 iute of lb pre.;entti vos the Ilnwnt' f aln io are i ntore I in r.iid rilthe s ul iti ii WLn(re tne-tin.O l t weI .il tie the rrt . ets oftt h g~ijoo i conftiden. r I it isV beivdta!. hil of d parint 4 m i wI in lly Ii a1 Il, pirhtpl with I ut ith niio .t*illien minhrs. who t av In-ae it iort spia llyti r uyt o n t t rvnh hd il it resu lt. 111 tti \n h or remnpndent o f the ~ llainn trti th would1 avail itself pfatho divisior i In hu hern~f ika to c~i ril legitsltion. In or" 'erds; th South,', i-yjrtyte-f Cato sligr beI s enmal to give . to t Th being, t o case; ho Sawth t o feel'any deep concern the Pel . dto, of things, tand ,may, without"' de promote and pergdtuato it.; This vicvA df tho result is diflorent from' that wlicl'itr. Calhoun took; for, in case of a gegrauphtgal'division of parties, ho appre he ded a consolldation of Northern power, on Oua pojplts, in opposition to the interests on rights1f. tho South. Nor'tli-Carolisan. On the 13th inst., Democratic and Whig Stte Convetntiois were held in this Stato for the purpose of notninating 'cadidtpe' for Governor. The Democrats adopted the follh'wing resolutions: 3 Resulted, That the Union of these Staos, as formed by our forefathers, is dear or b us than every thing else, besides our vtiti .iterests and honor; that wo will cher ish t aind stnrd byit, so hThg as it realizeH in its Oeration the design of those who found ed i: a' quals; but tlht, while we thua yield to nine in our attachniojt to It, we are still detraninedI, happen what may, to resist all plpable violations of. the Constitution1, and all attempts to wield this Government by a tnete sectiontal majority, to the injury and degradntion of the Southern people. 7. (tcsolrcd,'hat the Compromisn, known as the Missouri Gotproniso,-was adoptcd in n spirit of ,ntifial concession aril concili ation; and.though the South feels t at it do trara fronit:er constitutionnl rights yet for their love of the Union, this Cohvontion is willing to abide by it, and would cheerfully see all the .djtracting questions settled on this basis. 't ''ho*Whigs, of course, are in favor of Mr. CLi s plan of adjustment. Their re solution is us follows : 5. Resolved, That we a pprovo,,and be lievo a large majority of the People of North Carolina do approve, the general plan of the adjustment reported to the yennas of the United States from the Cominittee of Thirteen : and desire that, with such amend mnents assour friends in Congrqss may deem uncessarv, jusst, and proper, it should be adopted, an4 becone thein law of the land. Fisllaing. For the amusement of such of otr read ers as are accttstomed to ,tnking trput and bream in the manner rcecontmended by Old Izanc Walton, we take from the Aboerille Banuer the following invitation to a fishing party. "The subscriber takes this method of in formning all who are interested, that the mill Bond. known as Mc)onald's, now owned by .l r. Mojtrtin. will be 'et off, for the purposr; of lisling it, on Wednesdaty, the 'Minh of tihis monluth. It ins lsen annually lished, and large guttities taken from it, until within the last two years. If Is but reasonable t" suppose, therefore, that quite an abundauce many be caught when the water is truw let oil. A general invitation is extondal-to every person who has the leisure to com. The Indies aro espyially requeed to attend, as much amusomnent matty oe expected. All the candidates are alh. respectfully invited to attend. Tig fishing will begin at half-past nine o'cl ~ am tot before, so an to give tIpso, liir ' at isanopporrnity of~ mtrji iu ceiany terms wilhf be, that all who, fish will give th~e subscriber n'tmall sharo'of th!' li. they tmay take. WVM. McDox~u.n. imtte 15, 1850. Sanaps~oua Saake-Root. Itt the A himanntze " for thte year of Chtristian AreC(Otlnt, 16N,"' pubhlishmedt by Wnr.ttrnr 1k .i.., at " Chai~rlestow," we finid thte ntce 'elebrated " cure fur the bite of a Rattle Snaske,ns discovered by Sampsont a negro; rwhich discovery this provimtec putrchaseud his free.domt, and allows bhim an atnnuity." We1 dot ttot know~ tat this cutre is in mucht reputec ait the peresetodat'hy ;but as thto sutp psed discoe".ry gainmed Samrpsni freedomi, ini :itmiity, anmd, we may:~ adid, im mortality, we publisht the rieceipt as a maitter of' curios ' Ta:ke )ie'urI sna)ke-roof, both root and "avest lh:uiduhlI-, pv'Iy~nuly leave.s onie Ltiilt'. lurie th'im in1 it inertar, pre'ss Oti .1p juttt I of lie j iie, andt egive as soon ats poeiblhe aftier lhe bite ; thment scairify the wo undi.nand tamke the rooet of thte herb arenfs, bruti.i it, p-m a little trut over it, attd appt~ly i' the part, oiver wvhichz is to be putt thte P.rrit .'nalw-roe! aril ,.o'py;/. after the juticet plicaionsl intumst be r'jpeatedi accotrding to the violence ii the sympihtoms, for as in some danugerouts cases ttitlnist be givent to thme qutantity of ei ght spouentis. in an htoutr, and the woeund dressed two or three titmes in a day. 'l'The abotve herlbs nmay also be bruised andi heaztiup intoa pa t wlth cli~ayttil whent mtrolngst a liith-e rum and waier, andl re pent-I idia il ose- of he' juic' above mentionedl. A tle of this pate inayi lbe wet with ruim mtit r~tub(eve'r the wondi. .\. IV.-/.- a/foray su.'jsl his methZ~od u'hent he cann't jii the gra tu herbs. .''mi.itne.. td curt' is entirely peirformned Iy thei putiti 'lchwinr lhe hert analse. roiI. an' I wal.tlowing, lhe jice, atnd appelvite, sein oft esitneerb buiediie to thie wuuimi. sweVhf'd, aill thO hierbs ini the fouInwliniir list ae taki'i en toi ithetuanity oft somle htandfls ot eachi. andlil iied into a strong decoctioni, wvith whiebl it i, tin be toentted .seve'ral timie-, " The herbns prenitedl hist bey N'4alipsont are "I. Al 'aum, ryr/iini fol1eii, ocr, hteart "'. I'.tyj.adoiun InigA4re, or,, 'oitinto d/ero,<n'. i't iry / inia n ,arical here: five tineirs. .'I. /tt ctClis' aJsj'era, or7, routgh spleen wvt. "t. Ilypnumeee julaiceum. (or smatll erect ii id ami iith sin nerowh titd irt enyi)g botwihrate :unh me tli teire he-l's into hi'sne inoh ey ofl hi- meltdiiine, he stverali timies sull'er.. id hiultl to bie hitent by tih''e mst voni luussakesiad ltnc' hi'., woundsltl came so tear ai motuitientiont, miat it was doubh!ted wh lteir lilt wouldl r'citvcmeln ettired h'ti m silf wi~th t hem~i. It is sidi, Itttdisnrme anty -'iiake of its votnomlt with soineo one of the herlit. tid tatn ,.tem..;g.. . e:- rt..ae. 4roaghe goA~Cro ~~ lmsna, for th "oar 7 a7,wo bllowin short m " the d Jp2 ritialt :fleet ati uliv -Isla , Junoe25, I. Times of Discord, Wa and rude Alarms, When Danger calls the Youth from Books to Arms; [Fair, Scjence, tinid Maid bqr head e clipe~s, 5inil Genius, urnirtprov'd by Art, repiies'; rhe Muse, unwarlike, shuns the Steps of Gore, knd flies indignant to some peaceful Shore. Wust CAROLINA's SONS be then forgot, Who in their Country's Cause have nobly fought I Shall it be said, this new born World can bring Ieroes to act, and yet no Bards to sing 1 Shall not the Muse in panegyrick Lay, I'o (fodlike Actiops all her incense pay I Behold the British Navy, once, renown'd uor rapid Conquest all the Globe arotind,. Whose Lightning's Flash, and .Thunder's dreadful roar, [-lave oft astonish'd many an hostile Shore; Advance exulting o'er the. foaming Main, 1'o rivet galling Slav'ry's Iron Chain ; - With sanguine Hopes to crush our little Band, By savage Force and-desolate our Land : Now, iyofs heard tho horrid Din of WVa1I Now, martial shouts and Drums resond from far ; i'en thousand Deaths around our Heroes fly, Destructive Shells burst in the ambient Sky ; (loud rattling Cannons shTako the trembling Grourd, Tho distant Woods reverbe-ate the Souie; T'ho livid Smoke in curling Spires ascends, And o'er the tdarken'd Ocean wide ex tends ; While gushing Cataracts of purple Blood increase the Tide, and stain the limpid Flood. [tear,. hear, ye Sons of Sympathy, the Groans Df mangled Soldiers, and their plaintire Moans? Eear thetm of absent Wives and Friends complain, Never, alas, to bo embrac'd-again! 'Midst all this tumult, this C.mfusion dire, When Earth, and Air, and Water seem'd on Fire, . Undaun'ed, unappall'd, our Warriors stand, 'Their Country a Hopes, a firm intrepid Band: MOULTRE, with calm deliberate Courage blest, Inspires w:th Ardour, every gallant Breast; Each man resolves to vanquish or to bleed, lI'or jFtEuEDox, FIIEEDOM is the hiero's Weed. I1,il, smiling LIBERTY! celestial Maid ! It thy fair Shrine our ardent Vows are paid ; Pty generous Sons sustained the dread Attack, And drove thy Foes, with dire Destruction, back. fle tall Palmetto, Native of our Coast, MIore firm than solid Oaks Britannia's Boast, [mpervious to her stately Navy's Stroke, Jnmov'd,-unhurt, receiv'd the awful Shocr, Phe'toVring Ships, proud Albion's Power and J.ride, e letiw ceful down the rolling Tid, State: fIay ev'ry Fe to Freedom meet such late. 'hie b'old Actreon dash'd on dangerous Sands, Blurste into Flames by her own Sailors H ands ; Xctaeonl thus, as ancient Fables tell, B3y his own Ihounds pursu'd, expir'd and fell. T1hese gallant Actions .of our warlike Hoat, shall not, in dark Oblivion lhe lost: P~or'thio' 'my Stramus cannot extend their Fame-~, l'heir Country's Annals shall record each Name ; l'heir future OtThpring to remotest Ago -'hall read their actions in his.torick Page; I'hcir Sons, in Freedom, shall their deeds adlmire, Angd each pat take the Glory of his Sire. A Card to tihe Public. Summoned to WVashington City, to aid Mir. FtsSH.R in conduting the &outhern P'ress, and atnimated by the hope of being useful to the great cause, which so Jong rias enlisted my mind and pen, I am re luctantly constrained, for a tune, to leave rny native State, and to resign into the bands of mys colleague, Mr. C~utuL., the control of the Teldegraph. It is, however, neither my design nor my desire to forfeit my domicil in Caurolina, nor to relinquish my interest in the Tele graphi, though the term of moy absence will depend upon the exigencies of the tiames, and the neced of myi) humble services at WVashington-and I feel assured, that my friends and tellow-citizens at home, wil applreciate the sacrifice which I make, ev en while availing myself of a mark of con. tidencee from the Southern members of Aogress, as tlattering as it is unmuerited. Cs they have passed by others more wor thy, to select mte, I would prove mnysclf untwoirthly of that signal coumiplimeont, were I to permit anmy reamsonis of a mere personal character, to prevent any acceptancre of so deblcate and ditlienlt a trust-and have, therefore, accepted it ir. the same spirit in which it was tendered. In my aheence, I bespeak for thn little Telieg tuph--the Blenjammtu of my allections -the samne genterous support and kind in dulgenice which hais cheered and sustained my labors, and those of my colleague hit herti.; and] can conifidently promnise that thec chiange will enhance rather thani ditnin. ish its chiims to public patronage. Tlhme E'dtomrial conduct of the paper (ow.. ing to my protracted absenice at WVashing ton) lhas beeni for many months p'ast in tre hinds of mty colleague-who will coniituc toi task his energies and abialities in its be. hal f--and his facilities foir obtaining the earliest aind most reliable news from W ashitngtn trill niol be lessene'd hereafter. %iy(duty comipels tie to work in any htarmness which tmay b'e thought best adapt. ed to moy powers-and m making tins hiange I defer to the judgment of others, f ully cnisciotus of moy own delicienicies, for incht coniscienitiousx earmnestness of pur pose tmay possibly comnpenstate. l''rsonally I never have asked a favor o1 tmy Statte, or of my f'ellow-citizens-but i they thIink that tmy coturse and labors nrt aniything at their hands, let them sustain, in myw absenice, the paper I have establish. oed - which, us- a link binding me to my home, I cannot resign, and to the conduct of which I hope hereafter to return wheni the exigencies now. existing are dispelled, or have assumed a less threatetinig shape. When that changm wil ,tk ,lac.... betelbutwb tbaegnms :de,&rQt arosin will eyr alaiwt citize In x , ti, ,r, D .N Dal4ON. SWashington, Jnoe 1.h1a. Ril, Webster and 1 r. 8 1941' Amendmeent to thae Copwopro, nise BHL. Qn the 17th inst, the amendment of ,Mr. SouLS to the Compromise 13ill, declaring that, when the territories, or any portion of tho same shall be adrmitted into typ, ,Union. "1 as State, it'shaal b re4e ved it 3 Union, with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the tirne If their admission," being before the Senate; for consideration, Mr. WEBSTER rose and spoke as follows: Mr. WEnSTEn. On the 71h of March, sir, I declared my opinion to be, that there is not a square rod of territory belonging to the United States, Jthe character of which. for slavery or no slavery, is not already fixed by some irrepealable Jaw. I remain of that opinion. The opinion, sir, A1e bean a ,good deal canvassed in the 6untry, and there have been complaints d4bnotimes respectfulpnd decorous, . and sometimes so loud and so empty as to be come mere clamor. - Butt have no argu. ment upon any question of law embraced in that opinion, which shakes the firmness with which I hold it, nor have.I heard; any -di#6ussion upon the natter.f act, asi't6 tt art of the opinion which on htt, Which leads ne to doubt ti curacy of my conclusions as to tlatai -or the opin ionivhich regarded the true construction, or I might with more propriety say, almost the literal meaning, of the resolutions by which Texas was-admitted into-the Union. ,1 have heard no argument calculated, in the slightest degree, to alter the opinion. The committee; I believe, with one accord, concurred in it. A great deal of surprise, real, or affected, has been expressed in the country at the announcement by me of that opinion, as if there were something new in, it. Yet there need have been no surprise' for there was nothing new in it. Other gentlemen have expressed the same opin ion more than once ; and I myself, in a. speech made here on the 2.3d day of March, 1S48, expressed the same opinion, almost in the same words ; with which nobody here found fault-a4 which nobody here cavilled or made question, and nobody in the country. With respect to the other ground on which. my opinion is founded, that is the high improbability, in point of fact, that African slavery, could beintroduced and established. inany of the 'rerritories ac quired by is in pursuance of the late treaty with Mexico, I have learned nothing, heard nothin, from that day to this, that has nut entirely confirmed that opinion. That be ing my judgment on this matter, I voted very readily and cheerfully + to exclude what is cilled the Wilmot Proviso from these Territorial bills, or to keep it out, rather, when a niotion was nade to intro duce it. I did so, upon a very full and deep convicton that no act of Congress. no provision of law, was necessary in any de greb for that -purpose ; that there were natural and sauflicient reasons and causes excluding forever African slavery from thome regions. That was my judgment, and-I acted on it; and it, is my judgenint 10f1. Those who think dril'renty, will; of course, pursuea differentjtno x4-condutrat in accoridance witiftheiriian judgions. ~rhat was my opiniontifena; and it as ben strengthened by every- thing that I' have learned since, and I have~ no more appre hension to-day of the introduction or estali. lishment of A frican slavery in these Terri tories, thani I have .of its im ndction into, I Ad establishnuient in, Massachusetts. Wecll, sir, I have voted not to place in these Territorial bills what is called the WVilmnot Provir -id by that vote having signified a dispa. .lon to exclude the prohi baition, as a thing unnecessary, I am now called upon to vo'e upon this amendment, moved by the Hlonorable member from. L~ouisana, (Mr. Soule,) which provides that the States forned out of Newv Mexico and Utah shall have the right and privilege of making their own constitutions, and of pre senting those constitutions to Congress conformably to the Constitution of the Uni ted States, with or without a prohibition against slavery, as the people of those Ter ritories, about to become States, may see tit to declare. 1 have not seen much prac tical utility ini this anmendmoent, I agree. Nevertheless, if I should vote, now that it as prosentedl to me, against it, it might leave me open to suspicion of intending, or wishing to see that accompjlished in anoth er way hereafter which I dad not choose to see accomplished by the introduction of the WVilmot proviso. That is to say', it might seem as if, voting against that form of excltusion or p~rohuibition, I might be willing still that there should be a chance hereafter to enforce it in some other way. Now, I think that ingenuousness and s'teadiness of purpose, under these circumstances, com pel me to vote for the amendment, and I shall vote for it. I do it exactly on the same grounds that I voted against the in troduction of the proviso. Anid let it. be remembered that I am now speaking of New Mexico and Utah, and other territo ries ncquiredl from Mexico ; and nihing else. I confine myself to these ; and, as to them, I say that I see no occasion to make a provision against slavery now, or to reserve to ourselves the right of making such provisin hereafter. All this rests, on the most thorough conviction, that, un.. der the law of nature, there never' can be slavery in these Territories. This is the foundation of all. Amnd I voted against the provmo, and I vote nowv in favor of this amendment, for the reason that all restric tions are unnecerssary, absolutely unneces sary ; and as such restrictions give ofyence, and create a kind of resentment, as they create a dlegree of dissatisfaction, and as I (desire to avoid nil dissatisfaction as far as I can, by avoiding all measures that cause it, and which are in my judgment wholly unnecessary, I shall vote now ns I voted on al formnor occasion, andl shaiil suipport the amtendment otYered by the honorab~le mem-. be~r tronm louisiana. I repeat ngain, 1 do it upon the exact grounds upon wvhicha I deC elared upon the 7thl day of March that I should rest tho Wilmot Proviso-the precise grounds. .'ir, it aloes not seem to strike other Sen ators na it strikes mne, but itf there be an qlualificationt to thamt general reamark whichY I mdor the opinion wvhicha I exprossed onl the 7th of Marcha, that every foot of the ter rimory of the United States,'has a fixed chmar arter foar slavery or no slavery ; if there be ay qualitication to that -reark, it has ari soni here, from what seems to bem anm in~diSpo sition to define theo boundarIes of New fex ico; that is ail the danger There is. AlJ that palt of Texas was by the remdud~lmionf ia45 thrownander theo ealb cnatyr ol Te'xana territory, and If, for want of detin propeeding or process borennier, or by anmy avent hereafler,.lt tuo say to geniatlaemn thu annn hfimu wyhich thre or I do rio bene feel over.le s ,.J hed as Je lies. If gentleinen W& for their own purp-, judgment, that t And the thing to doit, 4134 i Wlixilte boundarles of i Mr. Preident, whdr rm my part of the '' y from motiveseof the hi - for must prt cr f Qofle s concurlg in1 tiny of with' myself,l IAiA i aj'o on myself an uncommon d - sibility. The fact thit: 'whom I have been 'm tuJu4 Senate took ' diffe, dit '7i duties in the same case, - to re-orn idev'my 6oW - examine my own: opjnions, t own judgemenL. And, atop " , have gone through this" pr prejudice, as I hope. apd done so under the grist' gret, at being called upon .b ty to take a course which some to whom I should,-: a ous of rendering.uty publi ry event and action of coptable.- yern own settled o' iaOn I lea ces to them ves. t it g c, a great exi1eney that placed mn. I asall endeavo'to proper regard to mybon co here let me say,.that deithbli. ' ' where has any thing beer that ou this subject I haeiidij y thing inconsistent, in the lght Kith any speech, or sentiait i: declaration that I have ever deli,' my life; and all would be convin if men would stop to. consider, nd~ real..differences and -distinctpnpi.,-;:;lut *where all is general denuncildtiso.lgje -ll isclamor, wilbre all is idle andezmpty declamation, where thero'is no sharih Alter exact truth, no honest disposstio ,tq . quire whether one opinion .isdiffere r the other, why every body, inlt9Pay o proceeding, may be proclaim d'tobe iui. consistent. . - Now, sir, I do not take the -rouble tonu aer things of this sort, that #t p'in the. public press. I know it would kounseItsu Those who arc of an unfriendly ds poeion would not publish my explaoati rdli. tinctions, if I'e . s Buy; sir, if any gent man; saxon this sqbject-t}I ptt1o challenge-yet, if an n - chooses to undertake t there posajbly are, who t 'i has -to show in what res that I said in debate here on the 7th o , or any thing contained i:Emy leis Q gentleman of Newburyport, or else, is inconsistent with any ion:of mine, since the tof ' vb ation- of Texas be :al .;ar tainly ansyer hin courtesy, and shal elnt th fairby the judgment ovholeo entr Sir, my object is peace. :.conciliation. My purpose up a case for the North, case for tid'Souti. 3 e cobuiu;usel 6aandslipitati _ ae. 1. am against agstator.. ~uth I am against -locatt. as1 and South, and against all narrow cal contests.- I smu1 Amuerid .~~ no locality 'in *America that tubi~ t uy " country. .My a heart, :my.sen~tim judgment, demand of;.me thts sue such a course as shall prodi good, and the harmony, and the ino the whole country. 'hi I shi do, God willing, to the end of the chapt$. The honorable Senator reswudijd i zn4 amidst general applause (rein the. wa .r~ Tne yeas and unays having been mleand edi and ordered on the amnodment, restztied as follows;: Yeas.-Messrs. Atchison, Badgrel, Blenton, .Berrien, Bright.. .Butler ..asN, Lgla., Clemens, C'ooper,.Davis, of 'sia spiawon;-Dodge, oflowa, Do~wns,- Foote, H~oustonC Hunterieug King, Mason, Morton, Norris, Peis , Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Shield, Spruance, Sturgeon, Tu'rney, Uerwo4 W~ales, Webster, Whitcomnb, Yulee-~ Nays.-Messrs. Baldwirp, Chase, ClaI Davis, of Miassachusetts, Day ton, Dodge Wisconsin, Greene, Hale, Miller1 8utitl,, Upham, WValker-I2.' The Charleston Evening'New~ has~m following remarks upon, the amendment. We have already alluded to the~amendL, ment of Mr..Soule to the Comipromiisq .I41 in the Senate, as testing 'the fnal, vote that body on the bill itself. It hagli'eed carried by a large vote-38 to 12. 'We find, in looking at the debiate wihch drose>~ on the merits of this amendmnit, that Seng/ ators of the mjost variant opinions voted together'. The amendment wasr red by several as the bow of promise piercia the clouds which had until then overslad~ owed the legislative horizon. It is singti lar that the simnple announcement of sucll a proposition should have had such ane. fect-thlat a mere abstraction, as it 'tet called, should have soothed and tanquilike' ed, where all before wa1i soreness ant irritation.-Tihe solution of the mystei' f hmystery ii was, lies on the surface. amendment, although of no prnctical'~~~ was the aflirinance of that prinemplewhich lies ait the bottom of this sectional contre.. versy. It was declaratory of equality le. tween the States. It affirmed that h'~e Tierritories had the right to exclude et ad mit slavery in forming State governments& it n..s the simple declarationfa ' ' ita tionial truth, .It was argued, oneyv# that a legislative declaration of one .Come gress could nIot be binding'oni a suce ssjve Congress. This is true. But the' odimi* Iof vitolatingv a solemn act of legislationt.. which, as' Mr. Souie eontended, apmah. ed the character, if it had not all thmy sane tit ofa cm act between the North and Suhwu d fall on the party who shoul& trample at under foot. As was to have been expected, the Free Soders opposed the amnendnment, nme ae, nnueesastraction, others beques ,;oC its Anti-WVilmot Proviso chaget j-.4 Vhere was, however a more .ign10il meaning in this oppoitionthan apeatk the suirfaco.- Men like Mm-. Seward, if * voted sillrmnatively, nmight do It iunder etw tiain mental reservations. Mr. Hale'% roesons for resisting this amnendlmdnt fthis s'initer cJolxion, Ue it was.li intimated mhlarsafem a declaramtion ii'q1k1 not be bindimtg on heir Iegi 4~ ~ c, nr, asampilaing so solermn p tanrdary act, of legis bdulninisertal an iM' h t re~ toi this spirit of an-ircipated perhdv r Iitingi to the; act w~henm perfected b withI its declaratory clause o h 1nne of a compflact.. We~j selves not co'Idhenmco in'