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—i'-y j-BBBwwg—i—i— - 'a victory-— on which Cornwallis wrote to him BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE it | W1 „ h vot , j ny of your success, but with I.\TE GENERAL SUMMER. il had not <-n.it you 10 mtu-h." Tlm loss of Thn following binerephical noliro of the 'ho Americans wns trilling compared In Mml Revolutionary General Sumter, whose decease i'»f tho Drilioli, hut <»en. S»mter rrreivr o at iho advanced age of ninety-seven yearsI <*o«nd in tho *hou dvr, that for several month* was announced a fair daya ago, is’from the '"'OTopted his gallant career. Ho m P »- Charleston Evening post. red. we are told, in .. raw bullock * hide aua Gen Sumler was not, as wo have hereto-1 Pooled between two horses, and thus cam- fore supposed, a native of this State, hut ofj ed I » a guard ol Ins men to the mountains. Virginia. Early in life ho cam. to South A few days after, Cornwall* 'vro a o TaHe- ramlinn.and settled in Iho uopor countiy. ton, » I shall be very glad to hear that Sum- Carolina, and settled in the upper countiy, which at that time was much hnrraaaed by the hoatillity of the Indiana. It would seem Hint ho there commenced his career of value cod usefulness; for we find that at the close of the Cherokee War, he accompanied Ocon- t'Slu'ah, or “ Iho Emperor," to England ; it being common at that time to induce the Indi an Chiefs to visit the mother country, for the purpose of confirming their friendship to the colonists. On returning with flennostntah fo bis home in 1763. General, then Mr Sum ter, found aiaongvl the Indians one Huron J>cs .lohnnea, a French Canadian, who spoke seven of the Indinn languages, and whom he suspected of being an incendiary aenl to ex cite t|;u tribes to hostility against their whim neighbour*. Sumler with Ins characteristic resolution, arrested this individual, tnking him single handed, in spite of the oppo-ilion of the Indiana, and at much personal risk, carrying him prisoner to Fort I’rine.e George on the Kehowec- Des Johnnus was aflor- \vardn sent to Charleston, where lie was ex amined. and though his guilt was not posi- tivelv proved, it was deemed expedient to send him to England. From Gen. Sumter’s letter to thn Stale Rights Asaoriation in February Inst, we learn that he was in Chnrleati n during the high excitement proceeding th • war of tho rcvoln- lion probably in 1774 and 1778, u limn m winch the latter reverts with great satisfac tion, as tnc period when he enjoyed with the old I' hig party of Carolina, an interchange of the same sentiments which animate the Nulli- tiers of the present day. Wo nett meet with the nnmn of Sumler in the history oi hia Siam, in 1780. Ho had been previously a Colonel of one of l.hs conti nental rogimcnts, und when in that year the tlri i-'.h had overrun thn Stale, he would nut remain to submit, but retired with other deter mined patriots into North Carolina. During lus absence, hie bouse wns burnt and bis timely turned out of doors by the British.— Toy little band ol exiles tn North Carolina choose him their louder, and at their head he remrned to lane the victor >us enemy When this gallant incursion wus made, the people of the Stale hud for the most part abuiidoned the idea of resistance und mdit.iry operations bud been suspended lur nearly two months. I i is followers were tn n great measure unfur nished with fund, clothing, and ammunition. Farming utensils acre worked up by com mon blacksmiths u, supply them with arms.— Household pewter IVas melted into bullets, amt they sometimes engaged with not three rounds n man. With a volunteer force thus eipu|iped, lie commenced hostilities, and broke the quiet of subjection into which Carolina set med to he sinking. Ou the 12th Jnly, 1780, he attacked a Brit ish deiai htnent «m the Catawba supported by a considerable force of lories—and totally routed and dispersed the wlmlo force, killing t.npt. Hack, who commanded the British, anil Col. Ferguson, who commanded the To ne-. Animamd by this suci-oss the inhabi tants the ked In Ills standard; and being rn- tulhrecd to the number of 600 men Im made ii spirited attack on the British post at Rocky Mo..n(, but wus repulsed. Marching imme- ihuiuiy in quest of other dotschments of the enemy, in eight days alter, lie attacked the post nt the Hanging Rock, whore lie niinihi luted lim Pn-teo of Wales, Regiment, and put to flight a large body of l'ones from North Carulma. When. Sumter’s men went into this battle, not ono of them had more than ten bullets, and towards tho close of the figi.t, the arms und ammunition of tho I'allt n lliibsh were used by Iho Americana While the American army, under tho unfur tunutu Galea, wero approaching Camden, Colonel Sumter was ou Iho western hank of tho Wuieieo, augmenting Ins force, nnd indul ging the liopo of intercepting tho British -n their way to Charleston, uu their retreat nr defeat wus confidently expected. Ho here formed a plan for reducing a British redoubt nt W.ili rec Fern, amt intercepting a Convoy un the road front Charleston In Camden, in bath of which 'objects lie fully succeed—nnd tho news uf his success reached Uates, while that officer wus retreating ufler hta defeat— Hearing of the disaster ut Camden, Sumter reitcaicd with his prisoners and spoil* up tho AVa'ircn to Fishing Creek, where he was overtaken by Tarleton on the 18ilt. The Atneru ns hud bceu four days without provt atous or siuep, and their vidutte* being ex* haunted suffered them to be surprised ; the consequence wav their total route and diw- perctuu. I'lie loss wlucli Sumler sustained w.is, however, soon repaired, tiirtnl/tres tlayt lie lulled his troops, and was again nt the liiuo ut u respectable lorce. At the head of hi* little band—augmented from time in lime by reinforcement* of volunteers—He kept thn field unsupported; while, lor threo months, there was uo regular or Continental army in thu slate. He shifted hta positinn frequently in the vicinity uf Broad, Enoree and I iger UtVers. maintaining a continual skirmishing with the cuemy, beating up their quarters, culling off their supplies, and liarrasstng litem by ineesaant incursion* and altriqe On tbe 12th of November he was attacked •t Broad Uiver by a corps of Bniith infantry and dragoons under Major Wcyms. He ut terly defeated thorn and took their comman der prisoner. On tbe 20th of November ho was attacked at Black Stocks, oo Tiger Riv er, by farlainn, whom lie repulsed alterse ver# end obstinate action. Tarleton claimed ter is in condition to givn vou no further trouble ; hn certainly bus been our greatest plan tie in this country." On ilio 13tli of January, 1781, Ilia old Con gress adopted it resolution of thanks to Gon. Sumter, fur his eminent service!!. After Iho battles fought bv Gon. Greene, nnd the departure nf Curnwnllis for Virginia The Southern Banner. KBITCD ST At.BON CIIASB AND ALVRV.D M. NISBBT. Tuesday, Jonf. 26, 1832. poll PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN. Mad Arrangements. —The great disuses which bavr lately Inknn place in the muil nrranaemcnt« connected willi this town, lisvcdrivcu us In the necessity of alter ing our day of publication from Tuesday to Friday.— This alteration will cnuhlo us hereafter to forward our paperon Saturday morning, tho dny after publication, in the following directions: to Mil!cdgc*ilic, Lawrence- Gen. Sumler, who lind j.isl recovered from ! v j|| 8i u a j n esvillc and Clarkesvillu—and to Augusta on his wound, collected nnutlmr force, nnd early Sunday morning. Our friend# and patruns, will ut in February, 1781, crossed the Cnngareo nnd'once see the necessity of this alteration; and, inss- destroyed llie magazines nt Fort GrnnliV.— i niucllasalillluiime will be required to carry tbeconte n- On the advance of Lord Rawden from (.'am-1 plaicd change into i-lfiict, wo must beg their indulgence den, Sumler retreated naccd tumtlter British post. Two days he defeated un escort of Iho enomv, nnd cap- jculato on its being regularly published on Friday, and lured the wagons anil stores which they were j forwarded Saturday morning -und immediately me-! in postponing the publication of our next paper u ntd post. Two days after I Friday the Gih of July, after which time they may csl- ntore serious, but no less eloquent, manifestations nf ■ titiide to Ilia author of our national blessirgs.whicl i eligious observance of the day ia so well csleutsn d . inspire. What, for instance, wo would tsk, can be •tore oppropriaio—what more beautiful and affecting ..in such scenes a» will be presented by tbo teachers ... d scholars of oar Sabbath Schools on the 4 th of July ,.,l} The guardians of the morals and the purity of he rising generation, on this,the great Sabbath of our political year, presenting before the Most Iligh,m Hie secreted Temple and around His own Altar, for his blearing and protection, those who ere destined.eithcr frit good or for evil, in a few year# to control tho dcsti- nise nf this great republic ! There is in the contemplation of eiieh spectacles, at least to us, something truly grand and sublime—some thing that bespeaks Into gratitude for the present, and an anxious solicitude forthefuture happiness and pros perity of our beloved countiy. conveying from Charleston lo Camden. lie next, wiilt 350 horsemen, swum across the Santee, and advanced on Fort Watson, hut retreated on tho approach of Lord Rawdon to its relief. On ins return to Black River ho wus attacked by Major Fraser with a very large force Fraser lest twenty melt and re. treated. Having thus cheered the spirit of the people of the centre of Iho Slulc, hero tired to thu holders of North Cnrolinu. In March, 1781, he raised three regiments of regulars. His previous enterprises hod nil been executed hy militia. Ho subsequently look pari in llm military movements in the luiver country, until the close of llm war, nnd co-opeinimg with Marion, struck many suc cessful blows at tho British, and wax distin guished in the several actions which were fought between Orungehurgh and Charleston. After Iho pence. G*-, Sumler was a diatin- g'.litiiiiu mcnitrf of thu Stale Convention, in which he voted with llioso who opposed the adoption of Iho Federal Constitution, on thn ground thut the Stales were not sufficiently shielded by it against federal usurpation.— Ho -vas afterwards selected one of Iho five members from the State ut thn house of Representatives of the first Congress under tho Constitution, and coatinncd to represent Smith Carolina in the naiioiml councils un'tl 1SUS. lie uniformly supported thu principles of Jefferson, contributed zealously to their glorious triumph in ’08 und ’99. * He tooli an active part with the other members from this Slate, in denouncing a petition lor the abolition of slavery, which wns presented from tlm Quakers of Pennsylvania. He vo ted iigainsi thu reference of the petition to a committee, hut Mr. Mudison, and other sou them members, having respectfully voted for tlm reference, the committee, though ' cmnpo sed partly of northern members, reported do cidcdly nguinst iho petition, declaring that Congress had no power in u mutter reserved exclusively to the jurisdiction of llm Stulos. In ’98 Gun. Sumtur wns publicly insulted by n federal mob, in llm Philadelphia theatre, be cause he refused lo lake off his hut, or show some sue It token uf servile respect lo Prest dent Adams. Fur tiiuny years, tho vetornn patriot has lived lit retirement utnid the respect nnd af fection of Ins neighbours, and lately we re. gret to learn, in limited circumstances. He retained, however, bis fine spirit unbroken to the end, und nt the age of oeurly a hundred years exhibited the cheerfulness and fire of youth. But a few weeks beloro Itis death, lie vaulted into Itis saddle with Iho activity of a young mmi, and the faculties of the mind retained their vigour as well as those of the bod Tho elevated course which lie has pursued in the present crisis of our liberties, is well known. The spirit of the soldier of ’76, glowing unchillod hy the winters of a cento ry, has blazed up into n furewoll radiance, to light the onwurd march ol Ins younger compatriots to the vindication of those rights which he perilled to eatublish. lie died the faith of the Stute Rights und Freo Trade Party animating the zealous tu warmer zeal, —exciting the listless—shinning the buck ward—confirming the wuvvrmg—and his last exurtution to Ins young fullow-citixens, like thtti of his brother in arms, the illustrious Pinckney, is tu go on." It is to bo regretted that of a life so full of heroic and romantic interest as that of Gen Sumter, the printed records ure so mengro uud general. It is said, that ho would him sell write no memoirs of his life, nnd thut tie wus very averse te relating his adventures We ure informed, however, thut a gentleman abundantly competent to the (ask, lias been lor some lime preparing hi* biography, and we trust that the public will soon receivo the benefit ot hia labours. Tho Rev. C. C. Colton, author of Lacon, lately put an end lo his existence at Foalatn- bleau, Franco. Dio following arc (lie principal new arrangements: SUMMARY. The writers of unreadable hands 1 are kept not a lit- tin in countenance by the fact, that Nspoleon Buona parte sod Richard Brinsley Sheridan, not only wrote bad hands, but, wlist is worse, unvsrisbly misspelt ma ny of their words. General Bernard is one of the aides-de-camp of King Louis Phillip. One thousand persons from Europe, arrived at New- York in the course of a single day— namely, the Gih instant. A letter from Paris on the subject of the Cholera, says,—•• The air has been analysed in ten different sections of the city by the most skilful members of thn Academic de Science, and found lo contain all that ia essential to heulth, and nothing foreign (in other word* I suppose scienco cunnot detect the subtle mat ter which poisone animal life.) Indeed the weather is brilliant and temperate, just what one would consider friendly to health. Ano ther phenomena ie, that at a village ten milea off, great number* of rattle and poultry havo died with all the symptoms which cholera de veloper in the human system. Ou one farm of sixty milch cows, forty died uf the same symptom*.—Sao. Georgian. ,. , „ , , , i A Scotchman has invented a machine for rulliiiq I ho Augusta null is iiradoiiput tins p.oce at 9 o qpick We have long looked for a machine to skin on Sunday, Tuevda/,« ml Thursday mornings, and rr, flints from that part of the United kingdom. turns on the afternoon of Monday, Wednesday, and j A biography of Robespiorre, which appeared in no Friday I Irish paper, concludes in'the following ludicrous man- The Milledgoville mail on Saturday, Tuesday, and f nt-r: “ This extraordinary man left no children behind Thursday morning, .1 It o'clock, und returns on Sun- «<»P' •>** »">">«. who “ •‘tiled at the same The “ Heidewmacur, or Pagan Camp,” by the au- lay, Wednesday, and Friday, by 12 o'clock P. M. In c.in icxioii willi this loutu our Townsman, Mr. John A. Byrd, has contructnl lo run a two horse slag'- from Estonlon, vis the Indian Springe, to Fnrsytii, Monroe county, three times s week. The Gainesville, or Tennessee mail, is made up on MnnJayund Fridoy sights,at9 o'clock,and returns on Monday and Tuesday evening The Habersham and l.awrenccville nails continue as before In leave un Saturday morning. It is however in contemplation to start an additional stage to the funner, and one twice a week to the latter place; hut wo hope no nlieraliml will bo made so far a« regards the departure pf those mails on Saturday morning. -<so~ The Constitutionalist.— 1 The first number of this print under the management of its new Editor, Mr Guiru, Hindu its debut at Augusta on Tuesday last. Ill ap pearance is greatly improved, being enlarged lo near ly double its ( foriiirr size,and we believe printed with eu- lire new Type—slid to judge Ir.nu first appearances we have no reason t;. apprehend any dnnunition,as re gards thu purity of Us publics, or the excellence uf its management. IVo are delighted with the ease and the grace—the independence and the candour, with which this new publication falls into the republican ranks. We copy from it the following oo tit..- subject ot the approaching elections with much pleasure ; such sentiments speak volumes in behalf of llm future course and the future usefulness of the Constitutionalist, and are well caleu Istcd lo crimson willi shame and contusion thn cheeks of some, who claiming to bo tho oId, original and true /Wmil.ol Jackson, err ye I labouring might and main to defeat his re-election by opposing the nomination of Mr. Yun Boren : 11 Our partialities for the republican parly in this State, aro well known ; therefore, a hearty support of thn men belonging tn that party, is expected from us. Connected with that support, will ho tlm efforts wo shall make to insure tlm re-election of General Jackson lo tho Presidency, ami the election of Marlin Van Bu- run to Ilia Vice Prcsiif ncy. We support the latter gen tleman, on account ofhia’nnniiiiatitui by thn Baltimore Convention. Partial to regular nominations, we w ould have supported with the sa ne Zeal, r. Barbour or Col. Johnson, if cither had been nominated, instead of Mr. Van Burcn. Under the same principle, we -hall support and recommend the ticket for ineiuber. . fCnn- gress, placed immediately under llm editorial head.” Jackson anil the Cherokets.—Two companies of Uni ted Slates’ Troops have been ordered to proceed to tho Chsrokco Nation. The object of tliia movement, the Secretary nf War has not seen fit to promulgate ; spe culation of course is on tip tuc, nnd much diversity of opinion prevails oo the subject. Some conjecture that it is the intention of tho President to prevent the occu pancy of the Cherokee country, by Georgia—others think, unit more rationally ton, that hia object ia simply to protect llioso Indiana who wish to emigrate, and lo forw ard the views of the General Government in effect ing a treaty, and in the removal of the whole tribe be. ynnd the Mississippi. % We understand by a gentleman who hi* just return- cd from the Nation, that a day or two before lie left one uf tho Agents who had accompanied a company of emigrants West of the Mississippi had returned, and brdughl the must favorable accounts—the Indians were delighted with their new residence. tbor of iho “ Spy,” tec. ia in the New York Press. A new Post Office has been established in Wilkes county, called Tyrone, Dr W. McJunkin, is appointed Post Master. Mostly Baker, late editor of tho Alabama Journal, who was confined at Tuscaloosa, Ala. on a charge of extensive forgeries on the Bank of Alabama, rscaped fiom prison on Monday the 9th inst. und hos not since been heard of. Back Woods tf America—.1 Conversation.— “What is thu land ?"—“ Bugs."— 11 The atmosphere J”-“ Fogs.” —" What did you live on T”—“ Hogs.”—What were your draught animals f"—“ Dogs.”—“What do you build your houses of J"—“ Logs,"—” Any fish in the ponds)"—“Frogs.”—“Wbnt did you find tho wo men V'—' 11 Clogs.”— 1 “ What map did you travel by?” “MoggV •i'o learn from the London paper* that the English publishers of Washington Irving’s new work, “The Alhambra,” havo received orders for 20,000 copies. We learn, that tbo Bank Bill—passed lo a 3d read ing io the Senate, on Saturday, by a vote of 26 to 20. Iisfute is said to be doubtful in the House of Represen tatives, but ifil squeezes thn^igh, it seems tn be agreed on all hands that il will receive its coup de grace from the President.—Rich. Enq. While Franklin, the printer, wai Ambassador lo th« English Court, a lady, who was about being presented lo the king, noticed his exceedingly plain appearance, and inquired who he he was. “ That, madam,” an swered thu gentleman, on whose arm she was leaning, “is Dr. Benjamin Franklin, the Ambassador irom N. America,” “The North American Ambassador, ho shabbily dressed I” exclaimed the lady. “ Hosli, mad am, far heaven’s sake, whispered the gentleman, “ lie is the man ibal bottles up thunder and lightning " Lady Hester Stanhope still resides at the monastery of Abra, in Syria. She may be regarded as the virtual Queen of Fallows. Her usual Aress-is that of a prince oflhe Bedoio Arabs, of the most splendid description, she receives no English travellers, but to foreigners she is exceedingly hospitable. Jfot to Gallant—Ditty Blaoh's Lait. -Why nr*, steam boat regulations like a mun about to bo married—Give it up? Bccauso the Baggage is taken at the risk of the own ers. “ Glorious Vncertainly.—Wv were met last evening hy a drunken sailor who m.n.agcd to monopolise the aide-walk. Vexed at the difficulty ol passing, we has tily inquired where the it- I ho was going ? “ It’s quite uncertain,” was the reply.” rUJ*" The Bank Bill, tho outlines of which wc re publish this week, from the National Intelligencer, has finally passed the Sensto uf the U. S. by a veto of 26 to 20 j and wc ar^hsppy to find the names of our patriotic Sonalors, Troup and Forsyth, recorded in the minority Tlii* bill *■ it passed the Senate wa* introduced into tho II. of R. on the I -111 inst. and ts a mat ter of course received its first reading. Mr. Speight then moved to lay the bill on the table, which motion was lost by a vote of 83 lo 111. I bis however, was not considered as decisive of the fato of the bill. It will probably pass the House by a very small majority ; in which event, in tho language of Mr. Ritchie, “ we will look to our sheet anchor. We confide in the President’s love for the Coaslilution, his public spirit, tho moral courage which mark* hia character. Hs will not deceive us. He xoill Frio the Bill.» The fourth if July.—la addition lo the usual gay and joyous festivities which generally mark and distinguish, in this place, the celebration of this great jubilee of our national deliverance, w* understand, will be added oo our naxt,i more akrious and imposing one—tho celebra tion of tha anniversary of our Sabbath Schools. AU tb* teachers sod scholars belonging to the county, we learn, will on that occasion be collected together, amounting to about S00, before whoa will be delivered appropriate oudreeese, tie. Wo or* by no means diapoaed to cavil ot find fault with those, who, around tho festive board, seek tbe ex- hilerating aid of wiue and good cheer, in order to excite in their bosoms a degree of enthusiastic patriotism commensurate with this great ucconon; but we niosi be pardoned when wo express our preference for the Great Union Meeting—Adjustment of the Tariff.—The spirit of iho people is up—the waters begin to move—the feeling which ori- ginnted the Constitution ia awakened through out every ward of the city. Lost evening one of the largest, moat respectable, and most enthusiastic meetings, was held in the Ses sions Room in the Park, which ever was seen in New York within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. At seven o’clock, before the shades of evening had fallen over the city, the people began to collect in hundreds and thou sands near the western entrance of the Sea sions Room. The whole vacaut space, from the portn o of the building to the iron railing on Broadway, comprising the vacant apnre on tho Purk, was crowded with tho people in im mense numbers. The fervor and excitement ih'aughoul the immense mass of people, was solemn, as well as spirit-stirring. At eight o’clock tbe doors wero opened, und the crowd rushed in in thousands, and the Hall .vas to. tally inadequate tn contoin the multitude who pressed forward for an entrance. The vener able Chancellor Kent officiated a* Chairman, and the meeting was addressed by Peter A. Jay, Lsq. We annex a full report of Iho pro- ceeoinga. Thus commences in the greatest city of the Union, a movement among tho people in favor of preserving the Union, and of adjus ting the Tariff, which will be followed bv ev- into this aspcmhlv, evidently fur the ptirposo of riot, confusion and uproar. Puru-o u, e early period of. (he afternoon, inflammatory hand bills were circulated in the upper wards instigating and exciting the people to attend the meeting, and t» destroy its harmony. | ( was in character with their principles, though utterly disgraceful to them as men and citj. zens. About the close of the meeting, there, fore, a small squad of JVtillifieri and Disunion, ills, who would see this Union broken ir.to fragments sooner than give up their ill gottco gains, at empted by noia, gesticulation, bi^na, groans, Sic. to break up the meeting in conftj! xion. ‘1 hn little band was headed by Mr. Redicood Fisher, Mr. Aoah Cook, and a few other of the congenial spirits who raised iho tocsin of disunion ot the City Hotel. Under ordinary circumstances, charily might sup. pose that such an attempt would only have proceeded from delusion and despair—hut e t such n crisis tu the destiny of this yet united country, it was undoubtedly meant os a prac. tical experiment—a natural exhibition of their own principles and iheir own purposes, against the integrity of the Union, should the Tariff bo modified. Mr Redwood Fisher stamped, jesticulated, bawled out and vociferauu bko a person not absolutely tn a stnto of sani ty. Mr. Noah Cook followed suit in tlm same temper, and for the same purpose* But above ull things did wo regret seeing Mr. Elijah Paine, a gentleman of respectable pri vate character, mixing in this shameful and humiliating attempt to sully tho character nnd desiroy the hurmony of tho meeting. His purposes may havo been pure and honest, but his conduct bad only a tendency to raise the torch ol discord. Want of room and the lateness of the hour provent us lo-day from enlarging on this unusu- at and disgrncelul exhibtlon—an exhibition of the most alarming character which has ap. peared in this country since the present con stitution went iniu operation. We shall recur to it again, for much is ihere to be said oq this great nnd exciting topic.—New York Ci-urier and Fnquirer. aitcmpl made by an ultra Tariff and Disunion Faction ngaiust the integrity ol the contede rucy ure met when they first made their ap pearance in the North, mid will bo rulled back lo the obscurity in which they ought for ever lo have beeu hid. The patriotism—the tervor—the holy sentiment for the Union, pre valent throughout the great body of the mee ting, surpassed any thing that ever waa wit nessed. The effect uf this meeting on the country and on Congress, cannot fail to be highly salutary to the peace and harmony of tbe country. But while the people may exult in tbe spirit of union, of compromise and conciliation which characterised this meeting, we would fail in our moat solemn duty to the public, did we not express freely the indignation which was felt at the conduct of a portion of ihe 281 Disunionists who recently nu t ut iho City Hotel, who impudently thrust themselves Is it not astonishing that reasonable men in other matters, should encourage—and not only encourage but suggest—and not only suggest but head nnd lead lorword their fol lowers upon a course which would lie llie ut. ter destruction of the happiness nnd prosper ity of millions and millions of happy freemnnf Have those iiilutuated leaders of tho ultra anti-turiff party ol the South, or the equally ultra-turiff parly of the North looked into fu. lurtiy fir one moment and marked the conse quences ut a disoluiion nr separation of t • *o Mutes? Let ihe adjustment of the tariff be resisted—let ihe present parricidal feelings promulgated by Hie orators of both the "lira Hei.lions, ho triumphant—let the blow tic struck—the States bu separated—the Ur,i< n be dissolved, and wliul follows? The unbri dled pussiuns ol men are let loose—the blood thirsty propensities of ihe henri excited—am bition stirs up one Mute lo tnvado nnolher— war folio-vs upon war— foray upon (oray—iho south send* her armies upon llm north—Now England engages in predatory excursions into New York—N. York into Fumisylvania—.md thus in ten yearn from the day of separation will scenes ensue as far beyond tho convul. sions—agnations nnd wars of the ancient states ut Greece or the modern States uf Ita ly, u» those are exceeded hy these Stales in intelligence, numbers, ingenuily und a knowl edge of all tho arts of the present age. Is this loo bold a picture ? Can these ulira fanatics of the Ninrih and South, who are ar raying ihem-relve* against a compromise of tno '‘vexed question,” pretend not to nee the consequences of iheir own doctrine—ihe results ol their own actions, their own ambi tion, their own insatiable avarice ? Let the dif ferent portions of this confederacy once be set in battle array against each other, and there ia at nnre an end to our glory—to our happi ness—io out greatness—to all tbo “ Charities ol father, son and brother.” From the moment we will degenerate into a cluster of banditti communities, plundering each oilier at tbe muskets muuth—recking of life und art—instigated only hy the worst pas* aions of the heurt—nclualed by the basest purposes of ambition—whom towns villages and beautiful farms now spring up, nothing will bo seen but desolation, burning revenge, murder, and all tho train ut miseries which fol low internal wars and insurrections. Such is thu tendency of theso disunion principles, md such are Ihe results which Iho people “f this country must be prepared for, it they do not in nme rouse themselves liom their present lethargy and pul down by Iheir strong voico the mad projects of the ultra-ta riff party of the North as well as the Nullifi>-r» of the South. There is no escape from such a result—it is os certain lo follow us thut the bol follows the flash uf lightning. Wo are no alarmists—but we do solemnly declare that the signs of ihe limes are ominous of mis. cry city, town and hamlet throughout this chief to the happiness and integrity of this elute, and throughout tho nation. The daring happy union. This is no patty question—it patty question- ia a question of lilts or death—happiness or misery to the nation. Who would havo imagined one year ago that a meeting could have been held in the City Hotel of New York, in which the value of the Union was balanced coolly and dispas. stonalely with a few cent* on the price of wool or a few shillings on the price af woollen doth t Who could have imagined that this daring and ominous calculation should have been entered into or countenanced by men of moral worth and high personal integrity I not by tbe “ Hots- turs” ot the South—not by a Hamilton, or a Preston, or a Butler, or any of those •* chil dren of the sun," but by respectable importing merchants-intelligent lawyer*—discreet man ufacturers—in Ibis region of coldness and dis cretion I Are tho people awake? Are tho _ ritnds of (A* great and glorious Union ready to count numbers at public meetings in this ci ty with the Disunionists atid ultras who hare