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Fifty per Cenl. extra will be added to the above rates. DAVIS ?L IIOLLIXGSWORTH, /"'or La >tutr ; LEE ?fc WILSON, For PrctK. MISCELLANY. From the New York Times. THE ADDRESS. Delivered by Gen. McO'owan in behalf of j the 4 lit Congressional District at the 1 Brooks Festival, uYincty-Six, S. C., Oc- i toher 5th, 185G. The President introduced Major-General i McGowan, tlie orator of the day, who said: Fellow-Citizens : \Y? have come out \ipon this occasion to testify our approval of the political course, and tu honor the person of our immediate representative iu Congress, lion. Preston S. li rooks. It is well for us to be here ! Gratitude ; is a virtuous emotion/ and when indulged ' in reference to public political acts, becomes I patriotism itself. This immense throng, this sea of living faces, this outpouring of the people, affords a conclusive answer to the ! stale charge that Republics are .ungreatful. j That suicidal offence should never be com- j jnitted by freemen. Under a reprcsenta-! live Government such as ours, there is nothing more proper or useful than demonstrations like the present. It is right 'that the constituent sbuuld observe the course of the representative, and if it is approved, to manifest thai approval in the most striking manner. Such demonstrations of approval, declaring in the most emphatic manner, "well done, thou good and faithful servant," have tendency to keep alive an active, intelligent and watchful patriotism on the part of the citizen, and to bmce the heart and nerve the arin of the representative to strike with renewed energy for his constituents and his country. [Applause.] - We are great debtors to our immediate Representative. During the last session of Congress especially, under the most embar rassilicr nn<.oc ].!? !>.??. - ? ; o "O ? ,,w ,,U? discharged his duty well. If we could be 'insensible of, or ungreatful for, the great and perilous services which lie has rendered in our behalf, we would merit the execration of mankind, and deserve th'e taunting reiproach addressed to the degenerate Romans, who, utterly oblivious of the great exertions made to save the Republic, were meek as lambs under the captivating tyranny of the oppressor of bis country? "Knew you not Pompey! Be gopqj? Run to your houses, full upon your fences. Pray to the gods to intermit the plaque, That needs must light un this ingratitudo 1" But we have met here not to pay an ostentatious personal compliment?not merely to manifest attachment to an individual independent of all considerations of principle. We have.met here to perforin a duty, ana as j. concoi.ve it my bumble province from the position assigned me, to state the vieWBj'inonves aod feelings of those who have caused this dinner to be given, and as an interpreter merely to give voice and utteraneg-io the sentiments inspired by the occasion?I will endeavor in a very brief manner tostatesome of the nio*f important events which have lately taken place in Congtess, and the course in reference thereto of our distinguished Representative now rriioat nf H?5u -V--- 0? blllO A/VA/OOlVII# Fell&w-citizens, wc live in eventful tims*. Jfhebep ublie, or, which is worse, the Liberties of the Rcpublio^are in danger. "The great question opt of wl/ich rise the O^bVUlsion? that disturb and shakeThe country as With an earthquake, is the question of African Slavery, ih which our destinies are bqjbnd up forever. In comparison with tb? tbiVe is no other question worth attention Some of tffc States of this Union enJay the instilutiou of Slavery, while dfherft do not,'and those which do not seem received that every new State which may be athled ti> the Confederacy shall a<^ro<* with them upon this subject. Large Territories have been acquired sine*! tlie adoption of the Constitution?some by purchase and : some by compiest, ami the e.vitiui* <|iics_ tion wliirh has aj;itat< (] the country dnriin? the last session of Congress is in reference to Slavery in these Tenitories?the chiiinion property of the States of this I'nion. In oriler to liavo a clear view of the priu cipics involved in litis controversy, it will be necessary to go back a little. About th?,j beginning of the present century, perhaps in 180.1, Mr. JfH'ersoli acquired bv purchase from France the State of Louisiana, and alonjj with that State acquired snch tcrrritory as was attached to it. Louisiana at the time of acquisition, was a Slave State, and consequently the territory attached was also slave ter- . ritory. In this purchase was included the territory which we now call Kansas. This territory, which was so necessary to give the Northwestern Free States an outlet to the , Gulf of Mexico, was paid for out of the! common Treasnary of the Union, and the South paid her full share,at least, if not more than her full share of the purchase- , money. Matters stood in this condition un < til the year IS'20, when the then Territory of Missouri jisL-eil In In- h'ihSm...! ?..? ? Union as a State. The non-slaveholding j States, with groat heat and passion, resisted the admission fit* Missouri because her constitution tolerated African Slavery. This led to the famous Missouri controversy j The country was as much excited as it has ' ever been since. The Union was on the , very verge of dissolulion, and, in order to allay the troubled waters, Mr. (.'lav, then a distinguished member of Congress, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, procured the passage of a compromise mens- , ure. Missouri was admitted, with her constitution tolerating Slavery, but it was also enacted that "Slavery should be forever prohibited " in all the territory which was ac- , <|uni:u uuiii iiiiuce iiunii 01 .tu !<), north latitude, and not included in the limits of the State of Missouri. This is what wns I called the Missouri Compromise, and judging from subsequent developments, wo think it was the great error ol'the South upon the subject of Slavery. This act was misnamed a compromise. It was a gross and flagrant wrong. l''irst, it was without consideration. Missouri had a right to he admitted without qualification or restriction of any kind, and second, it. was without mutual compensation. It took oil' Slave territory all that portion of the Louisiana purchase lying north of 30 30, and in it forever pro- ' hi hi ted Slavery, but did not establish Slavery, or give assurance that the original Slave condition of the territory sh mid remain undisturbed south of that line. The arrangement, if arrangement it might bcalled?was not mutual, but one-sided, unequal, unjust and uni-onstif.itioiial.? They took a large part of otir Slave territory, but did not secure to u? the remainder. Things stood in this condition until IS 1 I, wnen tlie sstate ot Texas wss ;t< 1111:111 ! .y joint resolutions of annexation. A portion of the Territory of Texas ex'.euded above the line of 30 30, an.l, being Slave Territo- i ry, that lino was-extended also through this j Territory. In 1848 we acquired by the tivatv of Guadaloupe Hidalgo the immense Territories of California, Utah and New Mexico. These Territories were acquired from Mexico by a war, in which the South bore more i than her equal share, and South Carolina, it is not invidious to say, a distinguished part, as her own l'almctto banner, " all tattered and torn," and htill preserved, in the State capital at Columbia, will abun- 1 dantly testify. [Applause.) South Car.di- ! niii coumuuteu 10 iii.il war some ol Iter heM ' blood, and the hones of many of lior gallant Rons still lie bleaching upon the di-'?;ut table lands of a semi-barbarous people. Her young men?and among them our honored giu-st today?rallied around tin* banner of the Uniou at the first tap of i.ic hos- | tile drum. "From winine ru-died t<> :inn<." The territory acquired by this war was! immediately claimed to bo Free territory, j under the galvanized operation of the old j Mexican edicts ; and even before the rem- ! nant of the gallant army which conquered it had returned home, the North made an effort to apply to this territory the Wilmol Proviso?the object of which was to exclude Slavery from the whole of it forever. The Wilmot Proviso had tint sam? purpose as the Missouri restriction, and the enornitty of the proposition is only seeii when we ! reniemher that the larger part of the terri* ! tory acquired from Mexico lies South of the j line of 30 30. This proposition was so hare- ; faced ami so monstrous that it failed. The 1 South, I believe, was unanimous in her resis- | tance to it, ami proposed, at the Nashville I Convention, to extend the line of 36 30, clear j through this territory as had been done twice j before, first, in the Louisiana purchase, and j second, with the Texas acquisition. This proposition of adhering faithfully lo tho line of 36 30, was solemnly made by the South, and scornfully rejected by the North. This line would not accomplish their purpose in reference to territory South of it, an^ therefore they abandoned it for Another tule upon the subject. They adopted in its stead the rulo that the people of tho Teritory? when they came to fVfrin a constitu* tion with a view to . admsssion into .the I | Union, shall determine for themselves ! whether or not they will have Slavery. | Upon this principle, and that too most irregularly carried out, California was admitted,'and it was introduced in oxpress terms into the net organizing Territorial Government for Utah and New Mexico. It is then clear as noonday, that the opponents of Slavery themselves abandoned file Missouri line for the purpose of aJgrcRs'iori 1 into Southern territory.< And tins aggression haa been at work so suece&sfully thai i . i--- i ->< ' ? wm^iihve iosi nan 01 v^amornia-and nearly ! ail ot Nbw-Moxico Jgjng.SontU- of tUo line of 8-6 &0. Titus erwad llie second great - v -nviarih - eXeitellU'llt Upon til"! Mll>j?rt of Slavery. Ill the. al>ansl it ti t*-i 1 rule in reforenee i111 tor that very reason ami tin- :i< 1 missi?m ! of California upon the ikxv principle, wore oil the vtfiv |ioint of < 1 issolvin<_T 'I"' I'nion, ami South Carolina f<>relioro to ject. It :iri>es iu the following manner:! Another poition of the Loiiisaun purchase i,-..i I....... I i... - .. x. w? ?... ..VI.IVM, IIUU II LMM .IIIIU to j?r??v:?!?r for it a 'IVnitoii;i! < ovcrtuiH'iit. AjtJcortlitiirlv, Ooiigri*-* in 1 s.V} '|iask:i bill, ]>r?>vi:trt nf tin- I.oni-ana |>ur<-li:i$<.', and bi-ini; north of t li?s lin*? of ! IJO '}<>, \ver? su!>i?!ct to tin; MWhitiri iv-trif- ' ti.>n ; and inasmuch as tint Missouri lino ; had,subswjiifiil to tin; ii'!ini-?sit* i that lims?to deal with Kansas anil Xu- j hrasha as Utah ami Xi:\v-M xi?*o haM-d j ami uJtr?* 1 thrmi^h Coiijrn-ss l?y 11??- h?>rn-stav< i j i in<; Sta'??:'< |'ta!<-i! <-.\|>iv>s!v tIn- Mi?oii- ' i ri res! ri?:t ion, and j?av?j the s:iin? ri^ht-; t > I l li?' |i<>?>|?!t^ of th'.tsc TiTiil'-ri' S ;i* hait viiM>|iltr of I'tali and : Xmv-Miwiro. 'L'his was lair dealing'. It wa* ; nothing more that) ??hwr j?>tiw, r?|uali:v and ! right. It. was but ain>tli<.-r application of tlii-ir own rule. Yt" tliibill produi-ed >>iit* ofthe licrec.-a hu"l> which [ lias ever boon ex'orteil from Abolition. They abandon the Mi.? mii line in order, through the operation of niiotlict rule, t-> ' take from us lialf of California and nearly ' all of New-Mcxieo Ivinij south i?f ilia' line; ! luit when wo apply thesaine rule to Torrilory nortli of thai line,ami in doing so ri-! lowu the Mi-souri restriction, tlicy cry out ' sacred ?:o:npael ami violated faith?tliev raise ; ? a yell of virtuous indignation, shriek for I freedom ati'.l threaten revolution ! ' Stjaivvly hai tin* ' odds and ends of uwry coiici'ivalilti oxtrava- 1 vjaiioe sttul absurdity?-t fusion of all tin; vile ' isms of a cuittipl and uneasy society? 1 w 1?>*? double purpose .- . cms to have been : and c.iiliiitUii. to iw Jh'st, to overthrow ' I the I J. -niocrutit*. Atii mould and shape 11 n in-:;tntioii? of Kansas s.i : .> to exclude ' Slavery, whether tiny arc able to repeal tin* 1 law i.r Dot. ' * Tli:- Kansas and 'Xfhraslca Mil, \\ <_jives ?H|*ial rights to all the States, and "it- 1 ' \ fi-jjlit tor oilr institutions nj?on the very soil, was signed l>y Mr. i*i?-r?-? tin; I>fin<>f liis j ' Administration. It runs/it it trs the must hit porta ut plunk in the ! )r):tnc>wtic pint ikI upon it tlic cxi^tiii^ iasit'.-s of t!iu ! ?lav are ma?!?) up. -s _ i 1 Krl!(iw-ciiwi' approve* 11??* :n;t of our immediate represent at i\v ami 1 istiti?ru:s!,.-? 1 UUcst in voting for tin; Kansas an*l Xu^raskn J l>ill. We approve tin- policy of Franklin ; I'iercc in giving lii* M^iiatun; to if. \Y? , appnci.ite. Ms lieroie. to maintain j' and cx'-cuV it, and we will jjive our support to thoM> who an* eoininitted to use all tlie powers of tliff (Jeticral (iovernmeut to carry ! on! that act in u!>15**nnism?that motley moliof Fivc-Soiler<, Fro rnonters, tree tiiif^-rs and freebooters?[applansel?tluiL robber headed bv tin* up-!:yt renegade traitor Fremont, vvlio, of all the men 1 have ever known or heard >>f, 1 best deserves the indignant execration of the 1 vanquished patriot: ' Oh, Portias, is there tint some chosen cms?\ Sonic jiiddcn thunder, in the utores <>t h-uvcii, I\1 with uncommon wrath, to Ma<*t. the wretch Who o 1ST. 11is gi'eatiic.^ to liii eotiutry's ruin {" [Lifutl and prolonge/I cliijcis.J Under tlie Kansas and Nebraska aef*F Solithern. eimgration poured, into Kansas. Nebraska was yielded In the jJorth without a struggle. Kansas, which, In/ its soil and ! climate, is adupted to slave labor, soon befame Southern in ifn fcflinys.?Slavery was established lnj laws of the Territorial j Legislature, arid it was seen that she was ! about to apply for admissioniltio the. Union } us a Slave Stuk. This alarmed the ftinnt- ! ! icnl taction, and they commenced, and they are now prosecuting in that Territory eivil war. In open violation jind contemptuous* I disregard of both tho organic act and the laws of the Territory they set np a (ioverni ment of their otfn. A tew renegades from civilized.society met at Topeka, and claim ing to act for tho whole Territory, ndopted a constitution excluding Sflvery. Tltis production of that tryisoiiftlde Assembly, some of tlje Black Bepublicitnsjiad the hardihood td present, to Congress; and to nrgetlieadmission of Kansas a% n Ffte State. Whilst tbfo extraordinary application was pending ru-roro uongrc&s, Mr. Charles Sumner, n Sen^tof fropi Mas^ncluis^UR,-' rdso in his plat-Q irutne Senate, nnd delivered a tUuH^ Kpeecli, w it was nfterWards'^blcd in Ciivor of free iCansfts, whi'eff b?db charMctiirized as "tlic fiiost un-Aiuerican and nnpn jfcttlia mIBMW III jilMii nn -< triotie lh.it over grated upon the ear.s of the [ dc mcmhcis of that ltitfli body." That speech : ell contained across aiil niimleil bigot in sentiment, without one im- m puis,, of a gentleman, or the first iiualitv of i an a statesman ; and in addition to all that, the j re ijroatest blackguard in America, had I ho im- ! ti\ pndence to say in the Senate of the United | i^r States that the Constitution of South Caro- i pr lina "is U -p'.iMiean only in name," and that ; bv her "shani-'ful imbeeilitv from Slaveiy was 1 tei roiifessi-.l throughout the Revolution." lie j C'? not (inly said this of *>ur State, but lie in- j to i!nl^t:d in the most vulvar abuse of one of j'I I her Senators, a citizen of this Congressional j K? District, and w hose name here at home is | eU -viiotiv:ii"iis Willi luirli tone?Iiijjh spirit j tli ;it! 1 lii-^li honor. | A pplanse.1 Sih>ii after , or i!ii< extraordinary j?j ? ?-!> was <]< livered? i tli v. 1 iI-r tin- news of tin; ihetorical display j tli was trciid'liiii; upon lie; lightnintj line to j all every part of the country, our immediate ] If representative, lion. !\ S. Brooks, who rep- ii.< a's In? 1 s -t. plianta^iw ami iliviiuis? ' ] 1 ini I lms int'M.t, It.iutrii.-I witli his spear j st' Toit.-ln-il lightly? ill; l:|. Ii?. s!nrU th Iti^-uvi rcil mill siii|irisiMi." F?*!low-riiiz<-ns, it is not always nor indeed ; -fjii'ialiv in sucli matters excusable to resort i tj, in viiilciii'o?that should be avoided, it* pos- j W( si!?!? , i'sp.-cially in the Halls of Legislation, ' wj lui^it is not to bo denied that in certain ca- j 0f tfs tin-re is a virtue in the cane, akin to ,,n ih.it which tempered the spear uf the guar- | wj lian ani?el, ltliuricl, ami gave it the miracu- 1 jC) Ions power to uncover hypocricy, detect falsehood, and punish crime. [Applause.] ac Such in Mir judgment was the case of Mr. (UI Sumner, whom neither high position nor any j\? sense of decency, truth, or propriety could 1 jj, restrain from tlie uttcrence of barefaced j falsehoods, and the indulgence of a mean j jlt, ?n ! cowardly malignity. It is a high and j |,n Kill-inn duty which every member of a do- ' |)V liberate assembly owes to himself ami lii< ! " |>ositiun, which duly is only the more in- ! j.,, .'.uinhent upon him because of the privilege su uf I.is place?to nv speech or in | .? writing to insult another by attributing to ! s 1 liinf biotives of his conduct which will dis- ' uu jjrace or criminate him. If a gentleman- j 1 t.inniiis such an act indiscreetly in the heat j [V >f del>:itc or in a moment of party violence, j lie is always ready to make reparation to liiin I whom he may thus have injured. None I hut the meanest of mankind could avail him- I "j! self of the high and sheltered position of a I a Senator from which to uttor cruel and wicked j a -landers, and then refuse under the pretext ' id" Parliamentary privilege, to give to the i injured party redress, l'arliai'nentary^riv- ] a| ilege! It is the privilege which the cahun- ! ni.-itor desires to ptiblish slander with imnu- I nity. Liberty of speech indeed ! It is the?j ul Liberty of tin*, assassin who stubs from un- | il?:r cover, and then with -a holy horror of I .~r violence, claims iiumunitv from just punish !lo inent. The absolute necessity of invoking the virtues of the cane in this cast*, was created ?' by the enormity of tlie offence?the high t- side, and though pilloried himself j in eternal infamv. 1 Hl I * A fixed figure for the liaiul of BCorn To point, his slow unswerving finger nt," ai yet, assuming the position of injured innoeenco and indignant virtue, our immediate ft' Representative was indicted for tlii* net and ?>' arraigned at the bar of justice as for high C ^r'ynfes and misdemeanors. Being a law- y abiding man. and representing a law- I abiding Constituency, Ire submitted himself T properly and gracefully to the judgment of !> llie law. Obedience to lawful authority is i* a striking characteristic of Southern socie- tl tv. and wo, therefore, honor our represents- n: live for his course in this particular. '.Ve w felt that lie represented us correctly wlien, o failing to find Mr. Sumner elsewhere, he w walked into the Senate Ilotlsc, 'and anima- w ted liv llm pr?ft efiniimnnt ? J VII 1119 WU3UIII- *? onc.y, tn/ule the traHuoar of liis State and C blood lick the dust of the Chainber which t lie had dosecratcd ; but wo felt even more ^ pr?n^l .of liiin; when he stood up in thollall of Justice nnd said, uTlie first political les- F son which my ripening faculties fully com- C prehended and appreciated, was thfe high r< moral and social obligation of every ditizen b to bend himself to fbo mnjeaty of the'l%w. C In obedience to fliie'jifl&pta of iny yoiini, n which are sanctlftnca by" the experience and t< judgment of riper y'ea?s, 1 submit my caso a to the judgment of the Court." "When we a heard this, wofeH-fhat in.the person of our t< repretentatiyfc l?a8 embodied not'oiilythe ji apirln to Tkeent'wrong and insult, but ^so *n thA other aptfll?tio letft crediiatile?;of a RubordinatiA W'laWfflly-conRtitutcd fiutbdrity, which is only eliminated itf highest 1 ( 4^ - ? gree by Chri>tian civilization and a highly Itivated statu of society. For the lirst time in t!io history of tins tintiy, a personal rencontre between mentis of Congress has been magnified into | itional importance, ami taken up as a war v by one. of the parties of the Union. An i lI, once respectable and respected coin- | on wealth?Massachusetts?precipitant ly j id without evidence undertook to pass \ solutions of ecu-tire upon our represents*- i *e and impertinent requirement upon Con- , ess. ] Ik; act ol our repre:,L'ntat ivo, ' ompted by a burning senec of wrong nnd a ]iitrli ami noble impulse, was eliarac i ri/.cd as a cowardly outrage ; and tin? ; ingress of the L uite?l Slates was ruquired ! expel li i in as unworthy of a seal in it.' le Hinck Republican l'aity in the House of piescntatives took up tlio charge as an incut of agitation?emblazoned upon cir banners tbeir own shame ami endeav- j cil to expel bin) from Congress as uuwor- I y of a scat amongst ibem. They failed in i eir wicked attempt ; but in our view ii is i nost to be regretted that tliev did fail.? i that motion-1 crew ot black spirits and ay had succeeded in expelling our Ii?*p- , scntativc from Congress without precedent without law?without propiicty ordecent etext, it wouhl have been an ostracism as niorabU: to him and as immortal in hiMory that of Arislides, who was expelled from s own ciiy avowedly because lie was the st man in it. rpi jr . * . nr.. i>.. i j iiu mon 10 "aj '.*i .mi. imdijks was a jio- ; ieal inaiueuvrc of a fanatical faction. ! icy wished to weaken the Democratic ! irtv by assailling him, and they wished to engthen the ltlack Republicans bypointg to the sores on Mr. Sumner's head and e cry of free speech, Free-Soil and Freolit. If that sectional faction wish to akc our representative and Mr. Sumner e exponents respectively of the two parties, j certainly have no objection. Iftliey are ! lling to accept as the living embodiment i their principles and their party. Mr. ! larlos Sumner, with all his falsehood? 1 th all his hypocrisy?with all his coward- | i?and with all "the deep scars of tlmnr intrenched upon his forehead," we will cept as the exponent of our section and ir party the gallant representative of the urth Congressional District of South Caro la, Hon. T. rest oil o. l>rooks, who, wiien ovoked beyond endurance by slanders aped upon his State and absent friend, id the manlinesss to pnnish the aggressor publicly caning him in the SenatO'Chamr of the United States, and then, like a w-loving anil law-abiding, citizen as he is, bmilted himself to the judgment of the iv. The effort to expel our representative led, but pending a resolution to censure m, he resigned his seat. Knowing his nstituency and being unwillirtg that tliev ould bo di>hn which has ever taken place in this conn* f?by unanimously rising upagd re-electLj him, without his returning to them at , or being absent from his seat more than i brief period uf recreation. During the whole course of this affair we ive watched our representative with great id increasing anxiety. We have heard s gallant act iu defence of his State and ood heralded as a crime, mid emblazoned i >nn the piebald banners of Black Repub- i anisin. Wo have rcoii that his act (lis- j acing their champion has "fronfthe hotin stirred the hell within" those Abolition- | s. We have seen him in continual peril, 'Set, hy a yelping crew, in awl out ofPoncss, ami we knew that, if they wanted the nrage to meet him face to face ami eye to e, some of them were not too good to oxute their throats of assassination upon him. i the true spirit of their chivalv lie lias even en invited to traverse the enemy's country -to travel eight laid red miles towards the ills of Niagara, and thus, fall into the nmish of their snirited ami nalriotm heroes. lder the miserable pretext of enjoying the ool and refreshing Ineezes of?the Clifton ouse, in Canada," We have obsorvwl all is with Mixiety, b^it was _jni anxiety rerbalanced by admiration. ;We never oked to lh6 seene of struggle hut wo saw io nodding white plume of our gallant pivseiitative waving proudly foremost and oudlv plainest over all, and, animated l>y. s spirit in the contest, our watchword his en Buchanan and Breckinridge?Kansas id Brooks. [Loud cheers.] (Jen. McGowan then ttirnd to Mr.Brooks, nd addressed him as follows : Sir: In addressing your constituents, I have luded,' irt? brief "terms, to some of the mensres and Rome of the incidents of the ln?t | ongress.it) reference to which they approve ] aur course.* It could not l>e expected that should repeat thein to you personally, he long-continued struggle h? which you five lately been engaged, is t>ver ; nnd it my pleasing duty, in the presence nnd by 10 authority of your fellow-citizens here isemhled, hearty congratulations to clcoine you back into the limits of your wn proud nnd grateful South Carolina, hose -character vou have defended, nnd hose spirit, as illustrated throughout the devolution, and latterly afresh at Contreras, liurubusco, Chapultepce, and.Garita de lelen, you have so well exemplified, mair^ tined and honored. Welcome, sir, welcome baclc to the ourm uongrcsoiotiHl Lmtrietof South larolinn, whose prinoiples you lifi'vo bo waH> ipresentedi airtl whose honored ciHzcn yon ave defended At the ftfrit of ypur life. Thm longrewiobilJ Diitriot now enrols yoor nme in the long lint,of- statesmen antend you shall relator without few, Wrof, or affection,--or ny drrfnd wbstorflfWteipulskJI?.^ Welcot?er <1rj (hriee we!co?ne"from the lelds bf strife lo the s\\ c6t mid peaceful bo/ tirm - inaBrMffn'i 1 nitfj^iii iln ninBMHHvaMP?nDaQRpnHM?nRn som of your family, where, under the shadow | of (In; ?iKl Star Foil of Ninety-six, you may , enjoy repose for a brief period, and imbibe , t ajjain the true spirit of the olden time, of; > which you have lately shown yourself .so j 1 noble an exponent. j i And finally, sir,permit mo,in the name J I of Abbeville ]>islricl?a portion of iheterri- j I tory you represent in Congress?to present J1 you with this beautiful goblet, us a further . 1 proof that your conduct is approved. 'l'hu ! . pure jjold is emblematic of the spirit which j it is jjdven to apprcve? the spirit tr'u'd in a t furnace seven times heated, and found to be ;4 the genuine metal. j i This testimonial lias a value beyond its < intrinsic worth. It will !>ul>1 y value it as a ( ' Cfift from yon, and as tin.' evidence that tln v J > possess the imperishable inheritance of an ; i illustrious name. [Applause.] In the same , < spirit and for the same pnrpose allow me, on i behalf of the citizens of old Clinton, Lau- I ivns district, to present you this cane, with i the significant inscription : : t "'!' > the Hon. Pi!i:sTos S. IJuooks." Use knock-u|'L Oil lOIlslgU commerce, recently transmitted to both Houses of Congress by the Secretary of State and ordem) to he printed : Chinese Coolie laborers have been introduced into l'eru and euployed upon the Chiucha Islands to aid in shipping guano. Since the liberation of the.slaves they have come in greater numbers to be employed upon agricultural estates in the interior as servants and in handicraft work of many descriptions; but their tasks are by no means j severe. | The contracts for their service are made j ru ? i ?? hi Vvimiii lor eiguiyears. liieir wages are ?4 j)<;r mouth, paid* weekly. They arc well ] fed and clad, and appear contented and happy. AL the Chiucha Islands they have ! daily tasks on working days, which they I easily complete, and afterwards gain allowances for all extra woik which they perform. The contracts are respected by all those who purchase their services, and they can , easily escape if tlicy vi.-di and find other cniployinetit elsewhere. If ill-treated or dis- j satisfied they cay any time change their i contract owners on repaying the amount of; contract money not worked out or tliu val- j. lie of the unexpired time. In the present condition of JVi uj the Coolie immigration is decidedly beneficial to the Coolies themselves. The high rates of . I wages for labor and the scarcity of laboring population all'ord good advantages, if j provident of providing for themselves comfortably. When employed as laborers there is no visible distinction, but they co-operate with ' the native laborers as equals. There is no I ' rm-iudicii whatever tn wlii.-li ihov nr.. i ' i * # ?#? - - # *j ,,,M | juct in assimilating with others :it their ; ( tasks or in coimuou intercourse. 'J hoy en- j | joy personal Itlieriy, ?n>l in sty rettirn to I their own country when their contracts ter- i ' initiate or when tin v are redeemed l?y pur- j chase or otherwise, but they seldom do so. ! Some of them occupy their leisure with trading and small speculation, or opening little shops; others work as laborers and domestic, and gain in this manner from i $10 to ?30 per month. They improve in ' appearance after souk; residence in Peru, j On Sundays holvdays, and other public occasion they appear well clad and. cheerful, and efplaljy so when working with the native laborers. They seem to been erected sirtce we were last on the "Ilill." There are, we believe, three stores in the place ; and two houses of entertainment. ; Messrs. Collver it Co., the enterprising eontrnetors, are at work industriously in ! each end of the tunnel. They are also op- j crating at three of the shafts with steam ! .......I ?: -- - ' t <>i(U II.IVI- mi ClI^lllU Oil IIIU WJiyirUIIl ! tlii! North. When the shafts are down to guide, they will bo able to operate at tun different points in tho tunnel. At one-foot a day for each company, (a reasonable estimate) the reader will at onco see that it is not only practicable, but that its completion will follow in a reasonable length^pf timfe. 11)u work is continued night and day.[Rome Courier. .< And Still they Come.?M?j. B. F.Perry is nominated, through the columns of the Spartanburg Express, as a candidate for. Cong^cs^o* the event that Col. >Qrr-finally declines a jo-election. . Messrs. ,W. D. Simpson, vH. R. Spann, A. SimkiiTp; and J.'C. Hope are also nominated na candidates fyr C?p?ress in the frroofcs district; making, <(witli gentlemen fiefwifore. named, twelve^ '.competitors for the honors of one congressional district! Prohibition ?ew Yokk.?&'new prohibitory law lias been reported*io tlie State, Sonate by. A majority of the select coninflitee uf*on''tliaC" qhjer.t. ft*vrriako6 it a mv?demefviMJr, fof any person, to sell intoxi as a -bevornge, -punishable b^fpfc tu?d imprisonment^ and makes it aironepte pdrtisliable hy fine to be intoxicated in any public place. HiiWinWi ijftlTfiiriiiWi iiwrrt i?. ii'ruinr The Negroa African. Wu arc permitted (says the Boston Post) <> make the subjoined extract from a letter written l>y iin officer of the United Status Wavy to a friend in tliis city. The writer s a son of a Into distingni.-died Senator t roin one of the New England Slates, The etier is w lilt en from on hoard tlie United States ship St. J.ouis, and dated October 14, L850, at '"Little J-'ish Bay, west coast of Mrica v: -.v * * i: "Xln re is very little variey upon this const. ' Niseis!" slaves! ni|-any oilier sensible man, who .\is!ics or is willing to be p<-imuueutly cur:d of his mock philanthropy anj sickly entiiiieiitality in reganl to the universal icgro race, he has only to take a six months tnise upon the coast of Afiica. If that .v;i 1 not enie him. and convince him that ii? sympathy for the three and a half milions of lite happiest negros upon the face of life-earth is misplaced, then 1 have only to ay lie is past hope and past cure. "As 1 live, I do not believe there is one negro in one thousand upon the coast of Africa, who is as well otl', morally,physienly, or socially, as the worst abused slaves in he United States. Slavery here is slavery lldecd. and of llie liio.st. 1innil?lt* Iriiwl 'iuclty ]?r;?oti-ocl here by black slave owners is beart-rendin^ lu witness. Some jiiiofs (blade) own thousands?tl?oy sell torlure, o^fikill llietn, at pleasure. Ninety-nino i>f every hundred negros, slaves or free, even in towns, would gladly exchange their conlition with the meanest, most ill lreated slave ill the Union. It is iinpossibltt,to picluro thc miserable condition of the "uativo African upon his own soil. Civilization, or 2von partial culture, with the mass of unlives, is ati idea so perfectly absurd that it IOCS not :ie found under th?* head of Council projcedings in another column. The 1'resident of the South Carolina rndroad offered, subject to the confirmation >fhis l'oanl of Directors, an annuity of -ix thousand dollars for the privilege of have ing a counccting railroad track, and a large majority of the citizens of Augusta, in their petition to the Council on the subject, expressed a willingness to accept that sum annually as a consideration for advantage tionfeirod by the city to the railroad companies. The Council, however, have de- . i feriliincfl tli:il 'tlie. i-irvll.urf. is J ?'W?HJ ICIi lliousand dollars pur 'milium, and the negotiation iend?d. If the citiz -us o? Au^asta desire that the proposition of the President of South .Carolina Railroad t'cynpanv shall bo favorably entertained, t!ioy must prepare to send members to Council in April, who will rcpivsctit their opinions in favor of accepting I lie annuity of six thousand dollars. Uookk A. I'kyoh.?We have road in the I'ic-hmoud K>iq>tircr, of tlio 1.5th*inst,"with sincere reirret. the announefirwmt of ttio)dness, ardor and honesty he libs tffcm&ted. V We regret to lose him from the edit^yjal corps of the - Souths at-this jime, when jtiso mud) nefiifo sound I oraclea for its guidance,wal fplle.wr liiiain J)is. retirement, with* this "parting woid of sincere and cordial bcue'dietkin."? KKOROES-liKTUUNlKO PROM MitTfftv Tlio {San Aptonio Texiail Bays * . JJardly. a we?jk paesc^Cnt ninaWhy .-^negroes are captured in Mexico, and returned to their masters in T^a ;* ppd . it ia -now seldom the onso thattfe hear of ojj<^$mning away to Mexico. iUie gJ;^?n' truth ?, that those whp are there now are'in a wretched* condition, ami. many of them-would be glad to gel hack to their f therti are really in ft ptarvmg condition. . 1 Muc;h danpnge baa been done .on (bo i Shenandoah rirdr, in* Ro^jngham rouhljr, V rrginia, by (lie recetw, rifling of thfr wa- I tors and breaking up of the ice. Every j mill dam on the river, from Port. Republie.to*the pHge county line, was damaged, J and some of them swept .'away. Consider- J able injury was also done upon other et reams ' -a in that vicinity. ]