The Sumter banner. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, June 26, 1850, Image 2
- ' 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'