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SOUTHERN 1NTELLIGENCSR.
BAKER, LAMBERT k PERRY,
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ECHOES.
FIWM "lUOKEN'S' hoi'SliHOLD WOUDH,"
Still tliu iingi-l altirs lire thlnlng,
Ssill the rippling waters How,
llllt tllO fttlgl.1 VlllCH ¡H silent,
That 1 Iiohi-iI here long ago.
llark! Iliu echoes murmur low,
Long ugo!
Still llio wont! is Jim nml lonely,
t4t,11 the fliisliii g t'ountiiiiis piny,
jiiii Hit' piixt nml till ¡I* beauty,
WIiIIIht Iiiih it lluil av.ry.'
lliirk! lite moiii'iiful uho seay,
Fl .il away I
Still tin1 lilt'il of niglit complainclli,
(Sow indócil lior song is paill,)
Vision in' my litippv hours.
l>o I cull, muí cull in mini
lliirk ! ll.c i flu .-- cry again,
A 1 in vn'n !
C wp "It echoes. mournful reimos1
< >iioo I loved yi tir vo'ces «oil!
Now my !.f;iit is nick nml weary,
1) lys ol «111, n long lurt'woll!
H:iik! tIn* echoes Kiifl and dreary,
Cry larowell, I'm-owi II!
tar the Southern lnttlliycn cr.
(In Forage Plants nml Grasses in Tcxiis,
c o x c i. r i) k o .
Willi regard to tins natural growth
af forage plants in Texas, tliei'u are in
particular many excello*lt native grass-
es, as good, and better lor tins climate
than blue-grass, timothy, ray £rass, and
others in their respectivo countries. A
collection of such native grasses, made
in a limited circuit, from March till
.Inly, shows more than liFty different
BjieCies, of mostly good grasses, besides
several species of clovers, vetches and
jiithyi'uk ; some of the grasses low, and
some growing tall, some blooming early
and some later in tlio summer and fall,
and many more besides, arc remembered
os seen in other places, so that there is
a sufficient variety of good native grass
os for culture. The best of these com-
pose, commonly, only a small part of
the prairie grasses, and are rather
Hcarce, while some co trser kinds, be-
sides weeds, make up the grcntcr part
of the prairie vegetation. To judge
from appearance, there are among those
native grasses species of Bromus, IIol-
ous, I'd a, Festuca, Phalaris, Agroslis,
Alopecuros, Paspulum, Panicum, Cyno-
don, Aira, Avena, Ilordeiini, Friticum,
Andropogon, and others. As an exper
iment, one specie of these native gras.s-
<• of the genus Phalaris, or Canary
urasf, wis cultivated sitic<! two years,
and proved to b;; an excellent forage
grass, lit for winter pasture and buy
making, ripe enough to bo cut in April
already, of a growth similar to wheat
or timothy, very much relished by cat-
tle, green and dry, and making a soft
long hay of fragrant smell, if stored up;
it may be called Texns Canary grass.
Several others, of the native grasses
seem to improvo in a similar way, if
cultivated. Among these are the com-
mon musquit grass, and species of Bro
inns and Panicum, and a mixture of
seeds of different species and genera of
grasses, sown iu the fall, would no
doubt produce good pastures and mead
ows. A Collection of seeds of all the
good nativo grasses of Texas, and their
propagation by separate sowing, in or-
der to obtain scuds for more extensive
culturo, would, no doubt, prove very
useful, for the purpose of improving
pastures. The capacity of the soil and
climate of the State, to produce these
grasses, and their existence and adapt
odhess for improvement by cultivation,
constitute a mine of riches, which can
only be rendered useful by culture, but
must be without value, if not developed
in the proper way, although lor inten-
sive agriculture, these arc of inoro
value than the natural advantages of
the prairies.
Cultivated grasses, and ala > clovers,
arc tlio most necessary and natural
food for domestic cattle, -mwf~thc good
grasses will not grow in sufficient quan-
tity and quality without artificial aid ;
other forage plants are more or less
only surrogates of the grass family
Tlio use ot cultivated grasses is able to
accomplish great results tor the farmer
Where labor ia dear, and land cheap in
proportion, as is the case in this coun
try, compared with the continent ot Eu
rope, the culture of grass is particular-
ly adapted to the proper system of
faming. A number of grasses are in
use ill other States and conntrics, called
artificial grasses, but natives of some
T I "«ipi w i;u uj vilililiv.—
uy of those aro adapted to a variety
climates; vet the difficulties of the
•ate of 'loXas, particularly in its
place also, and improved by culture.—
Man^ * "
of c
climate of ToXaS, particularly
dry western portion, make it probable
that the best native grasses, if found
out and cultivated, will be more adapt-
ed to agricultural purposes, than the
mentioned common artificial grasses in
general. Among these may be named,
Blue grass, Orchard grass, Timothy,
Fisrin grass, Herds and Oat grass, Kay
grass, with others, species of different
genera of grasses. The different spe-
cies of Millet, Sorgho, Indian corn, and
the smaller grains, as Wheat, Oats,
Bye' and Barley, belong also to tin:
grass family, but from llioir way of cul-
tivation, are numbered among the grain
ami forage crops.
Next to the grosses, some leguminoso
plants, particularly clovers and peas,
furnish the best forage, green and dry.
Tim forage plants, intermixed between
grain crops iu rotations, aro numerous,
and differ in countries according to the
difference of climate and soil, the state
of agriculture add other circumstances.
Rotations of crops may comprise from
two to ten, and inoro years, with as
many or less different crops, and may
be repeated and continued regularly, or
changed, or carried on altogether free,
iccording to general good principies of
agriculture, and the judgment of the
farmer, varying in time and in plants
cultivated, according to circumstances,
as is more specially explained iu farm
books Fallowing, every third year,
was iu former times introduced iu Eu-
rope as a rule in the grain fields, as in-
dispensable for good crops, bccause
the soil refused to produce grains in
succession. The buried weeds, togeth-
er with the ploughing done iu these fal-
lows, nml the rest and exposure of the
soil to the air, acted as fertilizers, and
enabled the soil lo produce sortie bread
crops again Forage crops and green
manures were afterwards substituted
instead ol the fallows, because they act-
ed in the samo way, and were more
profitable,
The following are plants for forage
and grain crops, to be used separate or
iu rotations, and probably suitable to
the climate of Texas, or partly proved
to be so already, by experience, or
worthy of trial, as being generally in
use iu other countries.
The Clovers—among these the Lucerne
Clover, has already proved lo be hardy
enough for the climate, and to stand
winters and summers green, nearly
without interruption, affording excellent
winter and summer pasture, nr making
¡everal crops of hay in one year, if kept
'or this purpose. In several places,
where it has been planted, the stand is
better now—four and five years after
sowing—than in the first year, and
there is a probability that it will last
for about ten years or more, on the
same field. The greatest difficulty is to
get a good stand in the beginning, and
to have it soon strong enough, beyond
the influence of weeds ; the fall, about
the earliest fall rains, is a good time to
sow it, and a clean, well ploughed
ound is necessary. With good rains,
it will also grow well if sowed in spring;
once established, the Lucerne Clover
will do well and improve for many
years.
The Alfalfa or Chilian CioVer seems
to be the very same plant ; a sample,
raised from seed of the Patent Office,
and grown up to blossoms and seeds,
shotttd no difference so lar, in the whole
plant, compared with the common Ln
cerne Clover.
The Sainfoin or Rsparsellt Clover, de-
serves a good trial, as it grows well in
Europe on strong lands, in lime rock
formations, and lasts there often 20
years on the same field, making, like
the Lucerne Clover, excellent green and
lry fodder ; it is rather difficult to get
good fresh seed.
The White Clover deserves a farther
trial, as an admixture to pastures in
winter, because it usually drops seed
enough, if once growing, to reappear
again next fall In summer time, white
and red clover and also crimson clover,
have not yet proved hardy enough to
resist the dry seasons.
Of the Peas—there are several field
piras used in other States, as forage
crops and for green manure, to be plow-
ed in. The Chinese prolific pea is much
praised as a forage plant, and seems to
deserve a good trial.
Vetches are also used extensively in
some countries, as forage plants, mixed
with oats or some other grain, and cut
green
The grains and different bread p/nnli
of' the grass family. Among the small
or grains, the wheat hits already proved
to bo an excellent plant for winter pas
ture ; rye and oats grow equally well
during winter, and very probably, bai-
ley will be adapted to the climate, as it
is cultivated iu many dry and rnottn
tuitions countries. Oats and barley de
serve to be more cultivated for horse
feed, instead of corn ; barley is also the
grain used generally to feed the nurses
iu Arabia, which is a dry country.
The sugar torgho and imphe.e varieties,
and the Dourah corn, newly introduced
plants, are excellent forage plants, be
sides their use for grain crops and sugar
or syrup making, and stand drought
well. The circumstance, that the sor
gho produces a profitable crop of fodder
and graiu ; besides the sugar contained
in its juice, makes this plant very valu-
able for the country, and its use for
sugar or syrnp making practicable. Ex
perience has also shown, that the grass
hoppers hardly ever touched the sorgho,
while they ate up corn aud wheat in the
same fields. Different varieties of mil-
let are also in use as forage plants, sev-
eral of which are possibly suitable to
this climate.
The Indian a>m is known as the prin
cipal fodder and grain plant till now,
but has proved to be an uncertain crop
in very dry years. Some varieties of
curly six weeks corn, might be tried
with advantage for early and late crops.
Of the Crucifer family, several spe-
cies arc used us forugo plants ; of^these
are the cabbages, of which a large win-
ter cabbage, or Collurds vurioty makes
good cow feed in winter. Collator
rape is sometimes Used as a green man
uro, and for cows in winter to feed on.
The turnips and rutubagas belong
also to this family, and are much used
in some countries for cattle iu winter.
The sugar bctls and mangel wurtzel
beets produce great crops of roots, used
lor cattle during fall and winter, and
they seem to succeed well enough in
this climate. If sown in the fall or
early spring, they will grow all tin
summer following, and often to very
large size.
Besides these, there are several other
plants, more or less in uso as forage
plants ; among these are carrots, buck-
wheat, potatoes, pumpkins, squashes,
lupines and others. The mentioned
plants, with perhaps many others that
may also be adapted to the purpose, of-
fer sufficient variety for selection, ac
cording to circumstances. Experiments
and trials, would soon bring with them
the necessary experience in tlio culture
and application of them, which, in time,
may bo of great benefit to the agricul-
tural interests of the State.
Tremendous Lecture vs. a Free Soil
Pkeacheb.—'You are a fourth-rate
preacher, but a first-rate liar Crime,
cowardice, and corruption glare forth
from your glassy, n i inlet-skewed eyes,
' like a guilty thing upon a fearful sum-
mons.'
' When the devil shall search hell
for his jewels, he will gloat with a fiend-
ish grin, and express his joy in an eld-
rich and unearthly squeak upon finding
in the lower abyss, tlio putrid, gangren-
ed, leprous and plague spot ted body of
I)—S. * * Now, i dismiss you to the
¡tithing of your own guilty conscience 1
—you assinine, ape-Ufowed, aslt-color-
d Abolitionist I—you black-hearted,
blear-eyed, cheese faced coward I—you
craven, cringing, brainless buzzard !—
you dark, damnable, double faced driv-
Icrl—you empty, crawling, creeping
ear wig 1—you foul-mouthed, iish-montil-
ed fool !—you godless, guilty, ghoul!—
you heaven-defying, hell-deserving
hypocrite !—you itch infected, infernal
imp!—.you Jesuitical Judfs Iscariotl—
voti knock-kneed, kangaroo-shaped
knave !—you busy, loosc-tongued loaf-
1- you inullet-hcuded, miserable man-
drake!—you pusillanimous, pewter-eyed
poltraou !—you razor-fuced, red-mcuth-
ed trip!—you sap headed, shallow-faced
scrub ! —you tallow-faced, truckling,
trickster !—you unwashed, unannoint-
ed ulcer!—you white-livered, wall eyed,
weazel soulud, wire-worker!—you yelp-
ing, yellow, jaundiced yahoo !—you
gizzard-footed, zigzagzancy 1'
Ilero the dictionary collapsed—the
English tongue broke down, and the
Yankee fainted away. Whether he
will survive the cursing lie got remains
to be seen,— St. Louis intelligencer.
Certain natural physical signs
are always indexes of particular emo-
tions. ln all nations, civilized ui bar-
barian, these signs are the same. It is
surprising how unmistakably the atti-
tudes of the body express the emotions
>f the soul. Excessive joy is expressed
by dancing or leuping ; excessive grief
by prostration of the body ; and kneel-
ing has been, in all nations, iu all times,
used to express veneration. Humility
causes the head to hang down ; arro-
gance, lifts it up ; despondency reclines
it to ono sido. The expressions of the
hands are manilold; by different alti-
tudes they express desire, hope, fear ;
they assist in promising, inviting, and
repelling ; they aro instruments of
threatening, supplication, praise and
horror ; they are used iu approving,
refusing, and questioning ; in allowing
joy, sorrow, doubt and regret. These
manifestations, so spontaneously obodi-
cut to passion, cannot be imitated in a
calm stall?. The play actor, who by
constant practice, approaches nearest
to nature, is most irresistible.—Kane's
Elements of Criticism
The Camels have Come.—The ship
Thomas Wattson and the bark Lucerne,
from the Canary Islands, have arrived
at our port, consigned to Isaac 0. Wil-
liam Á C" . having on board eighty-
nine camel.;, in good order and cmidit
tion. But two of the animals were losl
mi the passage. Most of them vvil;
carry fifteen hundred pounds weight,
or, in other words, three bales of cotton-
or seven barrels of flour, or three gen-
tlemen with their usual traveling bug-
gage. About one-fodrth of the animals
are females. They are private proper-
ty, having bee® imported on account of
Mr. Wattson, of Washington City, un-
der the care of Mr. J. A. Machado.—
Gat. News.
tGg* Children think with timidity,
young persons with vivacity, middle
aged with solidity, and old with ineffica-
cy, if at all. Thus the Spring produces
buds, the Summer blossoms, the Au-
tumn fruit, nnd the Winter nothing at all.
Ceiiertil News.
The Fight with the Navajos.—The
Commissioner of Indian Afl'airs at Wash-
ington, has received official despatches
of the 3d ult, from Fort Defiance, NVw
Mexico, giving an account of the fight
between Capt. McLean's command and
a body of Navajo Indians, at Bear
Spring, on the 20th August. Capt. Mc-
Lean's men were twelve in number, ho
was assistad bv Capt. Bla Luce rod and
company of fifty Mexicans. Four of
the former and twenty of the latter
were ordered touttuck tlio Iudiuns, who
were numerous. As this udvaneo ap-
proached the Indians delivered a volley
of arrows, gave tlio war whoop and in-
vited an engagement. This became
general, and shortly after Capt. Mc-
Lean was severely but not fatally
wounded by a shot. The fight lasted
ten or fifteen minutes. The Mexicans
fought well. .Some cightorten Indians
were killed and one was taken. Capt.
McLean's party then pushed on, aud
took liiiu to Fort Defiance.
The agent there is satisfied that the
Navajos will not give up lite murder-
er of Major Brook's servant and are
determined to push hostilities to ex
t re 111 i t i es. — Gil Civilian.
The Dallas Herald says that a
Mr, Davis was brought down from Me
Kinney on the 1st inst., in charge of
the Sheriff of Collin county, and commit
ted to jail in default of paying a fine of
$225, assessed by a jury against liitn
foi an aggravated assault and battery,
on two young ladies. He has since
paid the fine and costs, and been dischar-
ged from custody.
9®. The Weathcrford News says
that the grass hoppers are swarming
through the northern counties, and the
farmers have deferred sowing their
wheat, until they leave.
®eS" By a letter to tlio Waco Demo-
crat, from Thomas T. Hawkins, we see
that that gentleman has been appoint-
ed by the Secretary of the Interior, a
special agent, to inquire into, and re-
port upon the conduct of Indian Agents
in Texas, and upon all difficulties aris-
ing between citizens of the State and
reserve Iudiuns.
The Democrat strongly advocate a
called session of tlio Legislature, 1st
to make an apportionment, 2nd, to call
out companies for the protection of the
frontier, 3rd, to locate the University,
4th, to choose a Senator to fill Hender-
sons place.
From all we can learn, there
has been only ono caso of yellow fever
at Lavaca so far.
6(23™ Tho Telegraph says that 17 per-
sons died in Houston, during the week
ending 20th inst., 14 of these from Yel-
low Fever. The disease is iu a very
manageable form, and will probably dis-
appear soon.
ear By the following letter, publish-
ed iu the News, it will be seen that the
fever lias broken out in the convent,
and one the sisters has died:
tfciir* Israel B. Biglow writes to the
Civilian from Brownsville, giving an
account of the great battle recently
fought on the other side of the river.—
On the 28th ult., U< n. Miramon with
about 8,000 men, attacked Viduurri'i
nrtny containing tho same number.—
We copy from the letter :
As tho attacking artsy advanced,
Vidatirri's gunners were distinctly seen
holding in their hands their lighted
port fires awaiting the orders of their
commanders, but the army of Mexico
steadily advanced.
When within two yards of Vidaur-
ri's lines, the order to "fire" was
given, and sixty pieces of cannon and
eight thousand small arms belched
forth their murderous hail upon the
assailants.
In an instant, and before the troops
had time to waver, the order to''charge"
rang down the line from the sharp
voice of General Miramon ; the order
was obeyed, and before tho artillery
men could reload their pieces, a large
portion of them were lanced at their
guns, and the butteries were taken.
Simultaneously Miramon's infantry
had fallen upon Vidatirri's volentarins
with their bayonets with such I'ury as
was irresistable. Lanera and bayo-
nets were dotted with blood while
bullets pierced the frightened fugitive!}.
It was a San Jacinto victory ; .100 are
reported killed ; 1,1110 wounded -one-
half supposed to be mortally;—2,000
takeil prisoners, the ba.anco made their
escape into the mountains with the ex-
ception • >f about 2Ó0, mostly officers,
who escaped with Oen Vidaurri.
Tlio victors took 600 mules and hor-
ses ; 320 wagons, CO pieces of artillery
90,000 pounds of ammunition, besides
muskets and the usu tl amount of camp
equipage
Oen. Vidaurri, in an express to Mon-
terey, wrote, "All is lost," which, being
interpreted, means that lie will no long-
er handle the public revenue.
Tho footing up allows the total
value of taxable property in the State
to be $192,387.377, against $183,504 205
for 1807, and $101,504.025 for 1 66 —
The total State tax, ad valorem, for this
! year is $268,883.05, against $301,120.64
tor 1857. Had there been no reduction
in the rate of taxation, the total taxes
would liuve been $323,875 27 ; so that
Abr the Southern Intdliguietr.
Something about Bells.
"Tne bell is an instrument of great
antiquity, being spoken ot in Exodus,
where it is stated that golden bells
were an appendage to the dresses of
the high priests. Thus it seems that
they were first used for religious pur
poses. • About tho year 400, bells were
By Hon. Nnin Houston, of Texns. In the l!nitetl
Stntes Sennte, February Mil, 1880.
" But I cull upon the friends of tlio
Union, from every quarter, lo como for-
ward liko men, and sacrifice their dif
fereuces upon the common alter of their
country's good, aud to form a bulwark
around the Constitution that cannot be
shaken It will require manly effort,
first used to tell the hour lor public sir ; and thev must expect to meet with
■ ■ . t I . .. I Vi i, llkl I. .. If ..tlk.it. . . f \ f.l .. _ . * ' -
worship, by Fuutinus, Bishop of Nola,
a city of Campania. In England arid
France, they were used for the sanie
purpose, as early as the fixth century.
" Russia excels all nations iu the size
and number of bells. Tho great bell
of Moscow, cast in 1653, weighs about
450,000 lbs.; circumference, 64 feet.—
Tho bells of China rank next to Kttssia.
In Pekin, there are seven bells, each
weighing 120,000 lbs: Tho largest bell
in England weighs 27,000 lbs. The
largest in France weighs 38,000 lbs.
The largest in Austria weighs 40,0o0
lbs. A bell iu Montreal, Canada, weighs
29,400. Tho largest bell in the United
States, is tho City Hall Bell, in New
York. It weighs 23,000 lbs, circum-
ference at base, 24 feet."—New Am.
Cycl p.
The sound of bolls is familiar and
pleasant to our ears, from tho tinkling
boll that tells where tho kino are crop-
ping the tender grasses of tho prairie,
to the deep toned peal from the church
tower, telling of the Sabbath morning.
Bells liuvc been used in all ages to
express joy, grief, and alarm. Tlio lan-
guage of tlio choerful, incessant ring,
the quick, excited stroke, the s'ow,
mournful loll, needs no translator to tell
its meaning. Poo inimitably express
es it:
lliirk! tin' i'lvuns wmlillngUellJ,
Gol<Ion bella —
Whntft woiM oflmppliD'S}tlioir barm my forutntl
And again:
Hark! tlio lotnl nlnriim built,
Hni/.en bolín —
W'lint it Into of terror, lltelr ttirbuloncy tells.
In tlio Ntnrtlrd onr of aiftlit
llciw limy soronm out lln.ir nlfnglit!
Too much horrifloil to s)ieiilc,
Tlioy win only shriek, shriek,
Out of timi',
In n clnninrnus nppoullng to tlio mercy of lite
(Ire,
In n mini .-xpof I illation with tho ilrnf anil frwi-
tie Uro.
How different is this:
Hark! tli" tolling ol I ho bulls,
Iron bells—
Wlmt h world of miletuu thought tliolr monody
compels,
Tolling, lolling, tolling.
In n mttllli'il monotone;
And every sound Unit (touts
From the rust within their throats,
Is a gronn. >
ftSy The San Diego Mail arrived at
San Antonio oil the 20tli inst, making
a trip in twenty days, and brings dates
front California Sept. 18, from which
we gleam tho following items.
The San Fraticisc ) Herald states that
a new town has been started upon the
Colorad", opposite Fort Yuma, called
Yuma City, which already has a flour
isliing population. It is upon the route
f the Pac i fib Railroad, and is now an
important station of the Sun Diego mid
San Antonio, and Memphis and San
Francisco Overland Mail Company.
The Hon. W. J. Ferguson, State Sen-
ator, was killed at Sacramento City by
George P. Johnston, on the I4th ult.
Much sorrow was expressed through
out the State ou account of his death.
The majority of Baldwin (Leeouipton
Democrat) for the office of Supreme
Judge of the Stale, is 7,025.
Croat rejoicings were expressed
throughout California on account of
the successful laying of tho Atlantic
Cable,
Ou the 2d of September, at 8 o'clock
in the evening, two severe shocks of an
earthquake wore felt throughout the
State. f
A new stage line luvs been smarted
between Stockton and Suit Lake City.
Thc^rops throughout California are
reported to bo very fine this year.
From the San Diego Herald wo learn
that steps are taking for the formation
of a new road to the Desert.
The Herald continues to publish Cla-
vijero' interesting history of Ancient
or Lower California
Enitolis News:—The undersigned is
requested by the Very He v. (' L M.
Chariiberdut to inform the parents and
guardians having pupils at the Ursuline
Convent, through the public prints, (hat
tho yellow fever has broken out in the
Convent, and that Sister St. Theopliele,
the city of Audi, in France, died at 2¡of desolation—tin
tho State has lost by
$54,992.22.—f "/. Netet.
the reduction
o'clock this morning. Mr. C. feels it his
duty to give this notico in order that pa-
rents and guardians may bo properly
advised^ JAS. P. NASH.
Slave Excitement.—Chatham, ('. If*.,
Oct. 5.—The greatest excitement pre
vails here, in consequence of legal pro-
ceedings having been instituted against
a body ol negroes for surrounding a
train of cars lor the Croat Western Rail-
wn\ : nd taking forcibly therefrom a
negro scryant belonging to Mr. Merlin,
a planter of St. Louis. Ten or twelve
negroes have been bound over for tiial
at the next assizes. The ncgrO wits
taken against Ins own urgent entreaties
The yellow fever is at Lynch-
burg and San Jacinto. In a popula-
tion of about 200 persons, says the (Jal.
News, there are some 20 cases of it,
and quite a number have died.
The same paper reports au encour-
aging prospect of mi abuteineiit ol the
scourge iu Galveston,
Judge Davis, of Brownsville, writes
to liia brother in Galveston, that the
disease is steadily decreasing at the
former place.
prejudices growing up urotittd tlieni,
that will assail them from every quarter.
They must stand firm to the Union, re-
gardless of all personal consequences.
Tilno alono cnu recompense them for
their sacrifice and their labours, for de-
votion to our country can never bo for-
gotten, when it is offered freely, and
without expectation of reward. The
incense of self sacrifice, when llms of-
fered ou the alter of their country, will
bo acceptable to the poople. I have no
doubt that this question might be easily
adjusted, if gentlemen Would enconrngo
such dlfpositjon and feeding us doubt-
less actuate a large portion, if not all
of litis foby. ff they would come up to
the work, I l ave no doubt six Senators
could here be designated, without re-
ference to party, (you may, if you
please, disregard the section of country
from which they come,) who would act
as coininitte of conference, and sit down
together as way-faring men, and pro-
duce satisfactory reconciliation, thereby
diffusing turversul peace, nnd calming
the agitated waves that are lashing the
base of our cnpitol, and speak comfort
and solace to millions of freeman Do
not the American people love this
Union? Afe they not devoted to it?
Is intf. every reminiscence ot the post
associated with its glories, aro they not
calculated to inspire prayers for its
prosperity and perpetuity? If litis
were not tho case, yon think lightly ol
our noble confederacy ; but so it is—it
stands connected with every glorious
recollection of the past, which affection
can inspire in the minds of tlio Ameri-
can people.
It is ii it, Mr. President, that tweiity-
tlireo millions of souls are alone involved
in the perpetuity of this Union -it is
not that every consideration of happi-
ness connected with the country, apper-
tain to it ; but it is bccause it is a great
moral, social and political lever, that
has moved, is moving, ami will ooiitiiiHo
to move the world. Look abroad at
foreign nations, and behold the influ-
ence of our exitii pie upon them—not
ours, for 1 feel a sense of humiliation
when I contrast tho elVorns of every
man now living with tho illustrious
achievements of the departed sages and
heroes who performed this mighty
work.
I deny tho'power of nil tho ultras nn
enrtli to dissolve the Union, or rend it
in twain. I trust that the wisdom of
those who have an established and solid
interest in the country will prompt thetn
to risv and rally to its rescue, If it is in
dinger: and that they will redeem it
from all peril, and transmit it to 1 heir
posterity as a sacred bequest, to them,
as we received it from our f'ore lathers.
Sir, the Union is not dissolved ; and 1
apprehend there will be less dunger of
it when llio deoplo are awakened to
the slightest apprehension of real dan-
ger. But, has apprehension reached
'the homes of the people ? lluvo you
struck at the remotest verge of this
trreat Union ? Have you roused the
farming - the substantial—the solid pop-
ulation ? Have they been awakened,
or is tho feeling imagined to exist
from the newspaper publications of the
day, or from proceedings of leading
politicians, who are preparing to mount
this hobby, which they expect will car-
ry them so speedily to tho goal of pop-
ularity? Are you (o deduce tlio opin-
ions of lite American people from these
circumstances? Consider fo a moment
what a largo portion of tho people ore
at home, unexercised and unugltated on
the subject. Do you think, litut if there
bo real danger of disunion, they will
not be awakened from their lethargy?
Do you think they will not feel themsel-
ves called upon lo act by the apprehen-
sion of such danger ? Then, sir, yon
will have a sincere expression, when
you carry it. to the hearths of the farmer,
the mechanic, who has every comfort
of fife around Itini, acquired by indus-
try, or inherited from patriotic ances-
try, under the broad ages of the Union,
and tell him, you have now to encoun-
ter the hazaro of civil broils—of a war
worst of all wars ;
a war, not of race, a war, not of lan
gunge, or of tongue, or of religion, but
a war of brothers— the most sanguina-
ry of mortal strife. Look at. Hungary,
consider the civil war which has raged
between Austria and Hungary--ono
nation ; there it lias raged with such
violence that boys of the age of nine or
ten years have boon taken as conscripts,
torn from their homes and the embraces
of their mothers and sisters, and those
mothers and sisters, herded together,
like cuttle in a pound, guarded by the
bayonets of the soldiery, to keep them
from rushing and rescuing their chil-
dren from the ranks. Then, too, the
brutal soldiery, pursuing their purpose
of vengeance, despoil women of all that
is snored, tear from the bosoms of moth
ors their infant children and pin them
to the posts of doors with swords nnd
bayonets, and spikes Can yon con-
template, sir, with calmness tlieso re-
cords ; aro they not in tho perspective
and consequent upon disunion ? And
who more able than yourself (Mr. King,
the Senator from Alabama, Ilion in the
chair,) to portray the evil of disunion?
Who dare to step forward and interpose
his influence, his intelligence, his pow-
erful and expanded patriotism to arrcat
the progress of this portentous evil ?
But, Mr. President, It is not alone
the North and the South—not alone the
two sections of this vast Union, who
aro interested. Where are the Middle
States ? Where is tho Old Key-stone ?
Will she hereafter look indifferently np-
ou a subject so momentous, and so deep-
ly important to her ? Will she disre-
gard it? Will sho not interpose her
mighty influence to arrest it? Where
is the new and manly West, with all
the vigor of youth, with all tho sagaci-
ty, wisdom, and strength of manhood,
and with all tho valor that can inspiro
tho human heart ? Whero is the West
to remain, and what its attitude, when
disunion takes place? What will the
North gain by disunion ? Do not tho
productions ot tho South contribute to
tho employment of their moneyed capi-
tal ? Tho carrying trade of tlje produc-
tions of the South is a profitable ono;
and their labor and ingenuity are high-
ly rewarded by tho return of our own
raw m iterial when fabricated, and tho
saie of It in the South. ' What then,
has the North to gain, looking at thoir
pecuniary interest alone, by pushing
the South to that fearful extremity of
standing upon their reserved rights ?
Sir, if tlio North does not refrain—if
they persist In their threatened aggros-
a'otts upon tho South, and invasion upon
thoir rights established by the Consti-
tution, tho sin must bo at their own
d< oaud their own tluosliold will be de-
filed in consequence of injustico to their
brethren. And I ask of tlfem now,
calmly to consider upon it, and to refloct
that they have gone far enough, that
the South has been Hiifficiontly excited,
and Hint expressions too passiohnte for
reason, havo beer, indulged in on both
sides
The passage of the Proviso would be
an indignity, and if the Novth chooses
to take this fire brand, and thrust into
tho bosom of Southern society, thoe,
they may reproach themselves, uud no:
the South, for tho conflagration which
they have kindled. The South will then
be acting on the defensive, and stand-
ing on their reserved rights. Sir it isa
perilous experiment, nnd one which
ought not to bo made.
1 regret exceedingly ever to ajludo
to what I have done. Baton this occa-
sion 1 feci that if ii even be regarded as
boasting, I will say that wlion Lingvo
been charged with being a deserter
from the interest* of the South, and
courting favor "with the North, I pity
tho begnilemeut which has dictuied the
suggestion. What! forgot the South ?
If I am of tho South, can I not recol-
lect the North ? What is our country ?
Is it a nation composed of parts—East
and West, North and South ? It ia an
entirety. Tlioro are no fractions In it.
It. is a unit, aud I trust will so remain.
But 1 have been charged with being
an alien — au alien — a "deserter."—
Permit mo—and I say it bnoauao it is
history not embellished,itis truth—when
I gave the first evidence of manhood, it
wis in earliest devotion to tho South.—
Sii, when a stripling, I enlisted, a pri-
vate soldier, in tho ranks of my conn-
trynicn; I took my life in one hand—
in my right baud 1 grasped tho weap-
ons of war. We marched iu qucstof the
Indian in his lurking place; we met tho
savage in bis war path; we kindled onr
fires far iu the laud of our enemy; we
sat by them until inorr.ing, when battle
came; we met our enemies, they either
fled or fell. There 1 offered tho rich-*
eit libation of my youth, the blood of
my early manhood, to consecrate soil to
freedom and Union. This was in tho
centre of tlio South. Now, war is no
moro heard on the borders—the moun-
tains speak peace, and joy is in ull our
valleys. The warrior is careless, his
arms lie idle--he can now point to tliera,
and speak to bis sons of thoir valiant
deeds. In what I liuve done, If I have
contributed my mite to human freedom,
I will let history toll, and say to what
extent I have don it ; or, if I have
failed in the offices of humanity, let it
be visited upon mo. With my gallant
associates, 1 have struck manaclcs from
tliu limbs of u captive chieftain, and
restored Itim, with bis vanquished com-
rades, to their nation and thoir homes,
without ransom I ask no recompense.
Was not all this dono for tho South ?
Ami am I to be questioned of having a
Southern heart, when that heart is larga
enough, 1 trust, to embrace tho whole
Union, If not tho whole world ?
And, Mr. President, I must soy, that
1 mil sorry 1 cannot offer the prayers of
tho righteous, that my petition might
bo heard. But I beseech those wj^oso
piety will permit them, reverentially to
petition, that they will pray for this
Union, and ask that He who buildcthup
and pullcth down nations, will, in mer-
cy, preserve and unite us. For a nation,
divided against itself cannot atand I
wish, if this Union niu&t bo dissolved,
that its ruin may bo a monument of my
grave, and the graves of my family. I
wish it > epitaph to bo written, to.tpl)
that I survived the ruin of this glorious
Union.
{ftr* Win. M Williams has Bent to
the Lamar Enquirer, spocimens of
bacco raised ou his plantation this year.
He bus eight aerea of it in cvltiwition,
which will yield abont 6,000 pounds.—
When lie has teatod tho cxponment of
manufacturing, lie promiaea to givo the
result to the public.
Flour is selling in Paria at $8 60 per
hundred weight.
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