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From the Albany (Go.) , Patriot.
Tlic Tcudeucy of the Government.
Every friend of his country who has watched
the course of the Government of the Union must
deplore its rapid downward tendency to consolidation.
Let an unsophisticated man read' the
Constitution of the United States, end then examine
the operations of the Government as it is
n ow carried on in all its departments, it is doubtful
if he would recognize that Government as the
one intended to be established by that Constitu- j
tion. The simplicity, economy anil wisdom of
the one, would contrast, strangely irith the
growing complexity, extravagance, and sovereign
pretensions of the other. lie would !o. k in vain
in the Constitution for powers which have Iv-hmi j
assumed and exercised by ihe'E.wcutiv" arid by j
Congress. Where is t!a authority for (..viisuacting
railroads clearing rivers. lts*i>iai.ii:g tor or
against particular classes of industry, granting
donations, creating offices not contemplated by
the Constitution, purchasing political partisans
by fat jobs, prolonging the session of Congress
at tLc expense of the Treasury for partisan or
personal ends &c. <fcc. These are violations of
the letter and spirit of the constitution. Again,
every power granted in the constitution is made
the pretext for the exercise of other and unnecessary
powers. As an instance, take that clause
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01 me ISO 1\TU ZU. oec. ui wie luieinuuuu
which provides for numbering the inhabitants of
each State?tor the purpose of ascertaining the
number of Representatives to which they are entitled.
"The actual enumeration (of the inhabitants,)
shall be inacle within three years after
the 1st meeting of the Congress of the United
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States and within even* subsequent term of ten
years, in such manner as they shall by law direct."
Who couid have supposed, when this
simple and nee - nirv clause was ad. j ted, that
power would ever be claimed under it to collect
statistical information concerning all the industrial
affairs of the people, and to manufacture
books, the printing of which will cost near a million
of dollars; yet such is the fact; and so it is with
other powers?the simple original is nearly lo*t
in the mass of new powers which ate the offspring
of forced construction and unwise precedent.
But we need not paticularise; every one will
acknowledge that the Government is rapidly increasing
its powers by absorption from the legitimate
rights of the State and people. It is not
surprising that an annual revenue of more than
ir fifty millions of dollars, expended as it now is,
at the discretion of the President or of Congress,
without regard to the strict provisions of the
constitution, should assemble the selfishly atnbi*
# tions by the corrupt of all parties who would
sell-their couutry or their souls for place and
power, which would bring them money or politi
cal distinction. It is net strange that such men
are constantly engaged in the effort to foist men
into power who believe that the constitution can
be stretched like India Rubber to meet their wishes,
and who can be used for their own selfish purposes.
'But it is strange that the people, in
whose bands the power of reforming the evils
rests, should submit to them quietly. The Treasury,
that now overflowing fountain of political
corruption, is the coined sweat of the people's
e -hro'BEs It is your money which is being aquaa*
dered, anatne^tiicers wttb^hifFnV'nTJlfre*' i Ef are T
creatures of your own creation. But the money e
consideration is asmiill one when compared with *>
the effect which is being produced iu virtually e
changing the structure of tne Govcrnmentofcon- u
federated sovereign State, to a practically, unli 'J
raited power. For this you are responsible to. tj
posterity. You received from your fathers a fi
pure government, and it is your duty to preserve :i
it with vigilance, and transmit it pure to your c
children. e
How can tho Government be restored to its
proper 6phere?its original purity? There is but t
one sure process?the people must learn their 1
own rights and duties, they must understand the I
letter and spirit of the constitution?and then <
require from all their public servants, from the t
highest to the lowest, a strict unflinching adhc- t
rence to it. This will bring the General Govern- i
ment back to its proper sphere, whilst it will re
store to the States ttieir proper rignts ana sover- <
eignty. * r
Mr. Thrasher'ti Letter.
We fiud in the New York Tlerald, the following
letter of Mr. Thrasher to Mr. Webster:
Madrid, March 22, 1852.
Hon*. Daniel Webster, Secretary State for n
the United States of America.?Sir: In your S
despatch of December 13th last, to the Hon. D. a
M. Barringer, United States Minister to Spain, as rJ
published in the New York Herald, you are led
into oue or two errors, which I beg leave to cor- 1
rect. I
You say?MIt is much to be regretted that <3
Mr. Thrasher has made no communication what- c
ever to this Department respecting the circuin- e
stances of Ids case, so as to enable us to see what s
are the precise grounds of his complaint." v
I was arrested at Havana oii the 16th day of r
October. For. the first live days my arrest was i s
merely an honorable detention, but no sooner had I s
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me seiui-iuumuiv Mvaiiiers ivji 101 tin- *./. oiaira r
than I was thrown into a dungeon of the prison, v
and thence transferred to one in the Punta Cas- <)
tie. For sixteen days, or nnti! after the next c
semi-monthly departure of the steamers, 1 was J ?
kept in strict solitary confinement, with utter r
deprivation of all communication with the world, a
During this time it was impossible for me to t
transmit any information to the department. i
When 1 was allowed to see iny friends; Mr. a
Owen, the American Consul, but lately appoint- ,*i
ed by the existing administration, came to see <
me, and assured me that he had laid mv case \
fully before the Department of State at Wash- 1
ington. During the time intervening between
this and my subsequent embarkation for Ceuta,
Mr. Owen occasionally expressed his great sur- ,
prise that no communication unci come irotn trie N
Department of State in regard to my case; al- t
ways assuring me thatJfll^iyjyiS.commuijica- t
tions I made to him, but several that lum been i!
made in my behalf by my friends, had all been ,
transmitted to the governmonment of the United <
States. Under these circumstances I judged it t
superfluous to make a direct communication to
the department, as I could ad?l nothing to the c
information already before it. a
You say?"If the official account of the Spanish
authorities bo correct, Mr. Thrasher appears
to have expatriated himself, and to have become, "
at least for a time, a subject of tbe Crown of
Spain." |'f
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Tito authorities neglected to inform you thai
on the 8th ot September, 1850, in a eomniunication
to the Captain General of Cuba, I expressly
anil unequivocally refused to take out letters
of naturalization, and thus become a subject of
the crown of Spain.
1 embrace the present opportunity to transmit
to you a copy of a letter addressed by me to
(inn (Yitii-liM lmon thn subject of domiciliation
in Cuba, and the trial of American citizens by
the permanent military commission of that countrv.
I submit to you, with much difiidenco, the arguments
it contains, and not as my own views
only, but as those of some of the tirst legal attainments
in Spain. Whether you will find
them of Mitlicient weight to induce you to modify
any of the opinions expressed in your letter
of tin- 23d "f December last to the President, I
know nut. but ?it is to be hoped they may have
some weight with the present rulers of Cuba.
The world now knows what a disorted and
unwarranted interpretation was given by the
Spanish government, both bore and in Cuba, to
the unfortunate wording of the Presidential proclamations,
in regard to expeditions, and you are
well aware of the extraordinary pretensions that
have since been made by the Spanish Ministers
in relation to the right of capture on the high
seas (vide Contoy,) and in subsequent questions
'that have since been resuscitated between the two
governments.
These facts, and the known disposition of the
government of Cuba towards American citizens
in geueral, lead me to anticipate the most disastrous
consequences from the unwarrantable interpretation
it may give to your letter.
If the government of Cuba wa* one administered
in accordance with statute and justice?if
the law were respected by its ministers?or even
the executive power there, absolute as it is, wore
guided in its action by any lixed principles?I am
well aware there is nothing in that letter which
would endanger the person or property of a single
American citizen. But while such is not the
case?while not only existing laws are disrogar
ded, but new ones are continually "decreed" by
the arbitrary will of one man, as circumstances
may seem to require?while the ministers of justice
and the administrators of executive power
seem animated solely by one idea, that a war of
races exists?what interpretations and what action
therein may we yet dread?
To prove to you that I do not speak from personal
feeling alone, I will cite a well known fact
in the history of that same permanent executive
military commission, which claims jurisdiction
over all Americans in Cuba. I will
only premise that in IT78, torture was declared
by Charles 111, to be "barbarous and infamous,"
and was expressly prohibited in Spanish tribunals;
and that when the Inqu sition - fell Ik1 tore
the decree of the famous Cortes, of Cadiz, in
1812, that hist relic of the barbarous ages disappeared,
even from the ecclesiastical tribunals of
Spain.
Tii 194i-n in tlm trial* dnrinrr the execrated
invention of a "Mack cunrj^i^.V," hundreds of
negroes die d under the l:v-ii, tieu^o ladders, by
order of i lie. permanent executive inilitarv coiv>vi
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and
['here were not English
victims in this ii^^^R^attair. Many en- a
fineers, and even propr.etors were arrested, not i
; fow of whom died during imprisonment, or in
onsequence of the sufferings they were experineing.
The sequel is instructive. Pedro Salaznr, the
ool, fiscal of the military coinmwrion, followed i
lis victims, condemned toHlie Presidio of Seville. >
^eopoldo O'Domull, the master spirit, Captain t
ienenil of Cuha, retired to Spain,with *01110- t
hing more than a million of dollars, the fruit of
hrec years loyal administration of the governnent.
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Shall we abandon our countrymen to the ten- ]
ler mercies of such a tribunal ai^J such a govern- }
nent ? ,
I have the lionor to be 1
your very humble servant. ?
^ J. S. THRASHER. ]
The Other Side.?It is stated that a writer <
it the South is getting up a counterpart to Mrs. i
itowe's work, " 0nclc Tom's Cabin," toe nintcrict
its influence. It is to be entitled "Uncle (
Loin's Cabin, as it is." t
Somebody would better write a history of i
Jnclo Tag, Rag, and Bobtail's Cabin at the
S'orth, illustrating it with women fishing out
[rift wood from the ice of tho river for fires; i
hildron eating with hogs out of offal barrels; t
maciated corpses of fathers and mothers, un- r
hrouded, but ready for the grave, with starvation t
rrittcn on their sunken brows; young women, i
educed by necessity to crime, loading a life of t
haine and vice, and giving birth to diseased and >
uttering children, whose little ray of life quickly
xpires amid the noxious atmosphere of sin and c
roe by which they are surrounded. Or, all these i
jroitps might be placed in one picture, and to j
omplete the whole, a likeness given of Mrs. <
>towe, treading gingerly alotig upon her tiptoes, i
lot noticing one of those mo>t miserable objects i
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it nor own aoors, out nor eves nxeu upon cus- 1
aut " Africa," and her plaintive voice bemoan- 5
ng the fate of the stout, fat, healthy negroes i
ind negresses of tlie South, who arc not only in
in infinitely superior condition to the white poor
>f the North, but who, we dare say, arc quite as .
veil fed and a good deal happier than Mrs. Stowc
lersclf.?Richmond Renuhllean.
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The Cumberland Journal says: "The Balti- (
nore and Ohio ltailroad is advancing westward j
villi rapid strides. The cars are now running
he Big Tunnel, :iu<l tlie track has been laid to
he 115th section beyond Cumberland. Early
lext month the cars will run to the town of Fair
?i.? 1
lii'UULf lit iuduvii u'utuj, t ij^nini f (iiiu v/n biic
J 1st of June the read will be formally opened f
o that point. Upon that occasion the President
md Directors, witha largo nunibcrof distingnish:d
visiters, will pass over the whole line, and inmguratc
the event with proper ceremonies,"
The heirs of Lord Dillon, lately deceased in Ireland.
>f whom tho great dealer in Sarsaparilla, Dr. John
lull, of Louisville, is onoby marriage, inherit an estate
.f $7,000,000. The share of the Doctor is said to be
rom three to four hundred thousand dollars.
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mFsEMLff?EKLY J0UMAL7
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1852.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Our Cotton Market continues firm at Friday's quota
tionfl?7 1-2 to 10.
Charleston quotations 8 1-2 to 101-4.
GoL Thomas J. Ancrum.
Wo sec by the last Palmetto Standard, that Colonel
Akcrcm has been nominated by "Chester Squadron
of Cavalry," for the office of Brigadier General, in
place of Gen. Owexs, who it is said has. or intends to
resign.
Crops, Ac.
We have been informed by a gentleman, who lias
recently passed through several of the lower Districts
of this State, cmbraciug Williamsburg. Sumter, 4c., that
the crops are looking well, not remarkably large for the
season, but corn especially seems to be in a healthy
Mid flourishing condition. Corn and oats in this vicinity,
Su far as we have seen, aro looking well, giving us
strong hopes of an abundant yield in tho grain crops i
the niosent vcar.
Letter of Mr. E. Bellinger, Jr.
Wehavo received Mr. Bellinger's letter tot'ue People
of Barnwell, in relation to the action of the Convention.
Mr. Bellinger asks:
"What did the Convention not do? What has the
State gained ?" "For myself," he says, "I am not only
perfectly satisfied, but proud of the result."
Wo regret that wc have not space for all ot his letter.
Idle Jesting.
Among tho "Gems of Thought" usually contained in
that excellent paper, Arthur's Ilomc Gazette, wc find
ihe following which is true every word of it: "Thou
canst not joke an enemy into a friend, but thou niayest
a friend into au enemy." What a common and idle
practice is joking, and when pertinaciously followed,
how productive it may be of harm. An idle jest may
bo tho cause of infinite evil. We should be cautious,
lest by a thoughtless and unkind allusion, we may. unintentionally,
alienate the feelings of those whose friendship
is worth having. W e are not of that class of sticklers,
whoso straight laced notions of propriety will not
allow them to deviato a hairs-breadth from the most
exact and scrupulous particularity, who measure each
word with as much nicety as a Doctor is required to
apportion each ingredient of his prescription; with
such we have no community of feeling. Our motto is
"laugh and grow fat" if you can; enjoy tho good things
of life as a reasonahio and intelligent being?not however
at the expense of one's best friends, for this is un
kind; to say the least of it uncharitable. The sincerity
of any man's friendship may well bo questioned
who habitually indulges a passion for fun, without regard
to the feelings of others. With some it is a passion,
and we have charity enough to suppose that good
jokers do not often give offence designedly. It is a safe
rule, not to jest with those who are not iu the habit of
reciprocating, wbosc peculiar temperament are not of
an accommodating turn. With such it is an easy matter
to joke a friend into an enemy. As a general thingf
Pvcr seen or heard of good resulting from proing.
liaTTrr".-: to cojno out of it, and j
i one occasion have wo seen tho evil of the
:tter to talk little thun too much?it is ]
rhat wo have not said, but difficult to un- r
have douc. Let our minds be occupied f
vitli something useful and good.
"Time was given for use, not waste;" <
aid surely it is a sinful waste to spend the golden monents
of a brief existence, upon trifles as light us air. <
' lie sins against this life, who slights tiro next."
tnhiud iiitci 1
"While struggling with foes in front, we did i'
lot. auticipato such a tire in the rear as tin*,
vhich we find in a communication to the Cam- , c
len (S. C.) Journal, from some over-zealous j '
.empcrantv man: 1
For t/$e Journal c
Temperance.?There seems to be a systematc
attempt to bring temperance into disrepute, c
jy many newspapers of the country; and it is t
.veil that we should know the estimation in which c
,ve are held bv those to whose support we contri- i
jute. I enclose you or publication the following ]
dip from the Southern Frcs.s, a paper extensively j
supported in this vicinity by temperance men:
Temperance.?It is better to be a madman
>Dce in a while, than a rogue and a hypocrite all 1
>ue's life. ]
The above is one of those "relics of scraps," &c., i
lontributcd regularly to that paper, it is not
,he first whi? h appeared in the same quarter, but 1
s the best boldest attack made in ain quartvr. ; i
Secessionist. I t
Totlio genorat charge, we have only to ?
i flat denial. So lar troiri being uutrieuiUy i
hose associations, our feeling is just the contra-. \
v. With reference to the particular instance, J
lie quotation from our correspondent, Air. Paul- i
)ino, we do not recollect when and where it ocuirrod,
as wo do not deem it necessary to super- :
i&e his contributions. t
Wc cannot believe, however, that he meant to (
:onvey the oft'ensivo idea imputed to him, for he )
s a wise man, and "temperate in all things." t
\gain, we repeat ,that this assault from such a c
piaitcr at this time, whatever its motive may bo, 1
s equally injurious and unjust. Denounced, de- 1
idea, and reviled for our unflinching adherence (
:o those great constitutional principles, of which ;
5. Carolina has ever been the champion, we well
night exclaim at such an assault.
Et tu Brute! ^ ]
Put we do not lx-lieve that the querulous and j
Uibcral complaint we have noticed, will tind a I .
ingle echo in the hearts of that high-toned and \1
generous j?ooj<lo. If it does, we have mistaken i'
diem more that they have mistaken us. Will
die Journal make us the amende by republish- j
ng this reply??Southern Press. j
must say to our friends of tho Press that the j
irticle in question was not written by an " over-zealous |
Temperance man," who is ill tho habit of complaining j
innccessnrily. He had a right to object to tho para- ]
jrapli, and the construction ho pu^ upon it was a fair ]
md legitimate one. " Secessionist" had also a right
ogive his objections publicity, and in according him
i placo in our columns, we do not see that wo contri- i
nited to " tho querulous and illiberal complaint" of *
vhich tho Press complninB. Wo like tho Southern 1
Press for its manly advocacy of Truth and Justice, but 1
,vo admire tho cause of Temperance too, and regard it '
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in question, and know liim to be a gentleman in every
respect, and far too elevated in his character as sueli, i
to deal in "querulous and illiberal complaints." Tie '<
is one for whom we are at all times prepared to vouch,
either in the Division Room or out of it.
Agricultural Publications.
The Farmer and Pi.axtkh, for June has been re
ceived. Published at Pendleton, S. C., at one dollar
per annum.
The Southern Cultivator, for June, ia also upon
our table It is published at Augusta, Geo. at one dollar
per annum.
Democratic Review, fTlio
April number has been received. .It contains a
portrait of Hon. Edward C. Marshall, of California.
The Review is down upon "Old Fogyisin" like a thousand
of brick, and such old stagers as Gen. Cass, have
no showing at alL
It is stated as the mo3t extraordinary telegraphic
feat ever performed, that Mr. Webster's late
speech, delivered in Fanuiol Hall, Boston was telegraphed
to New York for the Tribune office, over
Bailie's Merchant's lino in three hours and lorty rainit:-.
The Tribune says: "Thoso familiar with the
bii-.nt/ss of telegraphing, will appreciate the feat when
we state that the speech is composed of about five
thousand words, and was furnished to us an cxact/ac
similte of the original copy, with every mark of punctuation
correctly inserted."
The Chops in- Anderson* District.?The Anderson
Southern Rights Advocate says that there will bean
immensely large crop of com raised in that District if
there be any good seasons, and that, independent of
them, the supply will be larger than usual, the farmers
having carried into practice this year, the lesson so
often sounded in their ears, "plant more corn and less
cotton." Wheat, however, in some parti- of the District,
has been affected by the fly, yet an abundant
harvest is anticipated.
Wm. Johnson. Secretary of the Vigilance Committee
of the Anti-Slavery Society, convicted in New Yo'k
of passing counterfeit coin, has been sentenced to hard
labor for three years in the State's prison.
Brass bedsteads are getting quito into vogue. At
Birmingham they have large orders for this branch of
brass foundery.
The Rev. G. E. Cunningham, a missionary of the 21.
E. Church South, recently sailed from New York to
Shanghai.
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The steamer Pampero, of well-known fame in the
last Cuban invasion, is now in the harbor of Daltiraorc,
undergoing very material improvement's preparatory to
taking her place in the regular line between New Orleans
and the Nicaragua route to California.
The Washington Republic state* that tho office of
Second Assistant Postmaster General has been filled
temorarily, by the appointment of William II. Dundas,
a gentleman long connected with that department.
The tolls on tho New York Canals have largely decreased
this in comparison with the last year. The.'O
hail been twcnlv-flve days of navigation- on the 15th
u!t.. when the amount collected was $301089. .At the
same time last year, there lijd been thirttodays of navirgatj<y??^cjul
tb? t.ojIs ajetaintcd_?cv f" r
The Methodist General Conference, now in session in 15
loston, has passed a resolution declaring that an annu- v
il Conference is not competent to censure its members
or joining secret societies. 1 ^
Several lumps of gold have been discovered at Min j-(
;ral Point, Wisconsin. o
Tbc monument to Pulaski, at Savannah, will cost h
>19.000, aud is to be promptly executed. < '
Tlio U. S. frigate Mississippi, the flag ship of tlio Ja- 1
>an expedition, in company with the U. S. steam frig*
ito Pnnceton. also of the Expedition, arrived below ^
Baltimore on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of re- ^
living her machinery constructed at Jturry k Hazlo*
uirst's Vulcan Works at that place. She will be deained
there some eiglit weeks in receiving her ma hinery.
The Tmstees of tlio Bank of tho United States, un- j
ler an assignment to secure tho noto and deposits of
lie Bank, give notice that they are prepared to pay a j;
lividond-on the claims established against their trust, s
n pursuance of a final decree of the Court of Common p
Pleas of Philadelphia county, on presentation of the t
)roper vouchers. t:
The New-York Sun rattle* a way in the fol- (
owing belligerent, devil-may-care style at the ]
irospect of what it terms a quadrangular quar- {
el. "Come one, come all." n
Rumors of Wars.?It may so turn out that 0
ve shall soon be embroiled in war again. Mex- ft
c- is u.-iug bad faith in relation to the Tehuan- n
.-? c route; Greece has outraged us by her treat- t!
!!M:i i.f l)r. King, our Counsel at Athens; A us- s,
:i i will bo in agony when Elulsemann returns 0
vith his narrative of supposed wrongs, and t<
'Vance has the quarrels of Moas. De Sartegs
kvit h .John Baoney to avenge.
Thus we have a quadrangular quarrel?but we
ire prepared to meet the consequences. Free
ransit over the Isthmus must be accorded; *v
irecce must render satisfaction ; Austria must -y
)ut Hulscmanu's discomfits in its pijK? and smoke tj
hem, and France must learn to send gentlemen
>ver here to represent her. If gunpowder is to ^
x> burned, nine-tenths of our people will rejoice. r:
iYo are a quarrelling nation, and unless wo are jj
juarrelling with our neighbor we are fighting ^
tnmncr ourselves. -Kv
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Nuns and Priests.?Among the passengers
,vlio arrived at New Orleans on the 12th instant,
n the the French ship Belle Assize, from Havre,
;here were twelve nuns and twenty-seven Catho- ?
ic priests. Their destination is Texas and Mis- ,l
louri. T
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The New York Evening Post says that noth- a
ng has been heard lately of the project to erect n
[x)iig Island into a State, and the aspirations of Si
,he Brooklyn people to become governors, sena- p
ors, &c-, are probably extinguished but it is now
uinored that the Roman Catholic Council at j w
Baltimore resolved to petition the Pope to make |
Long Island an independent diocese. | a
T?Krn*niin!v?Dv I.nviiBvrTV AND FeCUNDI- I O
rY.?A Canada paper records the death of Mr* a
Jharles Boucher, of Berthier, at t' o advanced g
ige of 106. lie was married to three wives, by w
ivhom lie. had CO children. He leaves to deplore tl
lis loss 43 children, 66 grand-children, 15 great h
rand children, 28 nephews, 70 grand-nephews h
ind 1H great grand nephews, h
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The following beautiful and appropriate account
of the Huguenots in South Carolina, we
extract from an eloquent sermon, delivered be-' fore
the Presbyterian General Assembly now iQ r
convention at Charleston, by Dr. Humphrey, of
Louisville, Ky., and published in the Evening - $ '
ivews of the 20th Hist:
" Nearly one hundred and sixty-seven years
ago, the revocation of the edict of Nantz drove
from the kingdom of France more than five hun- *
drcd thousand Huguenots. They fled to.all th<j^_
Protestant Stat A of Europe, to England, to the S^.
Cape of Good Hope, and to the shores of the
Western Continent. Invited by the genial cli#
mate of the South to the infant colony of Cam* ' ^
lina, large numbers of these exiled people of God
found rest, some on the borders of the Santee,
and others on the banks of the Cooper river.
The latter company built their house of worship
in a little village a few miles distant called Charleston.
Thither on the Lord's day, they were bomb '
on the bosom of the River, by the gentle flow
of its waters, or the motion of the oar, orijtbe
ebbing of the tide. In their forest boines^_snd>tj^??^
in their humble sanctuary, they wept for joy as
the voice of their supplications, and the melody
of their songs rising upon the tranquil and frag- *.}
rant air, stood contrasted with the carnage and ;
terror from which they had fled. This is the art " ?
cient Carolina. This, too, is Charleston. Near
us is the site of their first house of prayer. Yonder
is the Cooper river. There are the fields in
which they set up their dwellings and domestic
altars. There the rich and odorous vegeta*
tion of the early summer repeats for us the life _
it lived for them. Around us lies their dusft,;
awaiting the resurrection to meet their kindred
dust, as that too shall rise from the graves of
murdered saints beyond the seas. . * jp
"Here, in this presence, are their children. v_
The blood which moistened the beautiful valley ^ ^
of Langucdoc and Tours, which stained the wa-< - '"T
ters of every river, and the pavements of every
city, from the English channel to the Mediterra-v
ncan, now runs in the voius of those with whom
we worship God this morning. "With what
unanimity these adhere to that ancient faith, a
stranger may not presume to inquire. But they
are our witnesses, this day, that in faith, order
and worship, our church is identical with their
own ancestral church in its pure and heroic day.
Not these alone, for here are they also, whose
fathers brought hither, generations ago,the living
and fruit-bearing stock of Jpresbyterianisni. Let
these, our own brethren, partakers with us of the
root and fatness of the olive tree, and let believers
of every name, atod they who believe not, discover
in our proceedings and in us, no spirit of
contention, or unchantableness or evil speaking. : "*
May they see nothing in this august council, but
a pious zeal for the theology, the spirituality and
the extcusion of the church, and for the glory ;.
of its eterual King."
The Paducah Democrat thus details a few in- '
cidents in the lite of a fast man of the present
day and generation. Dr. Hayne, the notorious- ;
swindler aud bigamist, ran off from New Orleans
on the 29th of February last, arrived at Cincinnati
on the 10th of March, married Mrs. Howe
--.l-flth. LiiifcBlr on thfl
ing St. Louis, Nashville, and other places,"arried
at Paducah on the 3d of April, cogrtcd and }
ngaged himself on the 4th and oth, wiBf'mar- *5.
ied on the lltli, left here on the 14th; was arested
at Clarkcsville, on the loth, brought back
n the Kith, was put on his trial on the 27^ I *'
... 1 __ a.\ _ nrwl- * . ^ ' f v
hiihj guuiy on me zoui, sentenced on xneurei - j
f May, started to the Penitentialy on the 2d,
ached there on the 4tb, and was put to spining
hemp on the 5 th. Thus in 25 dap he marie
d two wives, travelled some 1,590 miles, -told * ,
.000 lies, and in 20 days more was arrested,
ritd, convicted, and lodged in. the State prison. : .
The Uxder-giiound Railroad orT of Or ek?lis
Conductor conducted to the State ^
'uison.?The conviction and sentence of Win,. ,
ohnscn, Secretary of the Vigilance Committee
f the Anti-Slaveiy Society, to the State Prison 4
:>r three yeai-s, for passing counterfeit raoneyi
hows how dangerous it is to tamper with moral
riuciplo&and how intimate is the relation beween
the'tiiffercnt forms of vice. By the pracice
of aiding and abetting the escape of slaves
rom thcifmastcrs, contrary to the spirit of the
Johstitution and laws, he learned to think light- %(
v of civil obligations, and thus was prepared-to
ransgress the laws in a different way. llow "
:iauy slaves have been spivital away by means
f counterfeit money, we have no means of knowlg.
And yet Johnson, while concerned in this l
cfarious business, doubtless persuaded himself J
Nit ]\t* U'.OQ /-limitr OrJ cnnnVn WA Vw\r\A fVIA * m
liitv iJV wiii^ WV? wvi 11VV* *? v buy JD
id fate of Johnson will bo a warning to the Ji
tlier members of the Vigilance Committee, and 4
i Abolitionists generally.
jy. Y. Journal of Commerce. j
w ]
A Dream Realized.?Some time during the
ast summer, a stranger stopped at one of the
atcring places on the mountains south of
Vaynssboro' Pennsylvania. After his arrival ^
iicre he was taken sick, and for several days j j
as apparently deranged. On his recovery he K m
lformed the proprietor of the home that, du- r 1
ing his illness, ho had dreamed for three nights \M
i succession that he had discovered at a certain
istanco in the mountain, under a rock, an earth- s
n crock, containing a large amount of silver. , M
tt this the worthy host expressed surprise, and *
poke of it as a mysterious dream.
Afterwards, however, they were walking to.1
i il. J : *
etner in tuat uirccnon, wnen me a ream was ,
gain adverted to by the stranger, and the pro- . <
rietor at once proposed an examination to sat.fy
their curiosity. The rock was soon found, and 5
fter carefully brushiug the leaves away, it was
mioved, and to their utter astonishment, there
it a crock full of silver. They took it out and
onveyed it to the house, and on examination
. was found to contain $400, all in half dollars,
liich was divided equally between them. $
The day after this discovery, the stranger was ?
bout to take leave of the mountain, and comlained
to his friend, the proprietor of the springs,
f the inconvenience of carrying the silver, when
n exchange was proposed and made, the straner
receiving bankable paper for his silver. It
as not long after his departure, owever, that
xc proprietor made another discovery?his four I
undred dollars in silver was counterfeit, and he J
ad thus been ingenuously swindled out of
undred dollars.?Norwich Courier.