The Carolina Spartan, 1856-10-30

Tub Pennsylvania Election.?All America I ( now awaits in Dreuthlesa suspense?if the noise of a thousand mass-meeting orators van bo w> iescrib -A ed?the great event ol tlie elrrlinn, und Pcnusjl- milk vanin Is tlie principal battle ground on which the uom contest is being fought. "Mass meetings ore held in all purls ol thu State," says our cnrrrspoudciit, j . "und ail the meat avudublc slump orators arc iui j rA? ' I orted in, with nppointnients niado for thcin wwkb p.?i t ahead." If Pennsylvania is true to its history, 'lis ! ed h vote ought not to be undecided in such a contest as IIlos the present one, and William Penn, the (Quaker, ought to bo allowed to speak out of the grave in . favor of the nou-extensionist candidate. ,n n Some Idlers have appeared in our columns late- eneo I ly to the effect that we have been mistaken in sup- thro I posing that the northern States tire so s< riono on llic I slavery question, and that these Slates w ill never . ' i do anything which will involve the highest risk ol ;''? I n dissolution of the Un;on, and that those who 111 I ] spread these reports about tlicm are abolitionist eilltl I fanatics. The general purport of these letleis is, |,., 1 that "the North"loves the Union first and freedom i. . next, and that, while it will welcome any relief ol | 1 , slavery that comes without the slightest political 1 * 1 danger, it will never make political sacrifices for it. [ nncii Such n view of the policy ? f "the North" makes mid: very lilile difference between the Northern, or the }) : Ueptiblienn. and the democratic parly. The dem j . | ocratic party does not like slavery in itself, hut it ' w allies itself with 't for tho sake of the American ! "I Union and American greatness. The Union is, . |><>ta according to this account, the lirst cons delation arou j with nil the great American parties; and, so long as 1 .(((SSI i the Union is bolstered up. we lire told that "the ! ' Nortli" is, alter all, comparatively cool and indiffor- ; out on the question of slavery. Hut the very facts j to In of the last American Cougrcaa and the temporary si?Mi i dead lock tell a different story from this, and we Uiat hope the foilheoming Presidential election will tell | ! the same.? London Tunc*. October I. t tnug The Presidential Election.?The f Mowing ! j is a summaiy ol the laws and constitutional re- | v I j quiremenis ill the election ol a President and Vice : " c | President: 1. Electors elected on the first Tuesday after the ; to bt first Monday of November- j Tsrat 2. Ehetors meet on the fust Wednesday in l>e- | f]rm| ' ceinbcr and can their votes, 'l'hev then sign three | .. i .......i. .. ? -j - ... I mini

ivcilllli <lin fL'IIU a IllCSSVIIg IT Willi Olli* copy III I lie [ I President itl the Senate at Washington bclo:i' tin- ' US ft first Wednesday in January?another by mail to . <lices the same person, and the third deliver to the Utii- ; (Imt ted States District Judge where electors meet. ; mjj. 3. Kncli State pi o vide* by law lor filling any va- , eancy In the Hoard of Elector. ncriuioncil by ah- j IfOttl cnee, death, or res gnat on. Such of the electors rc.'tst as are present arc generally authorized to till miy ' class vna,,,c>- . prop t. The Governor gives notice to elector* of their . . election In-torc the first Wednesday in December. ; : 5. Un tlie second Wednesday in February, Con- niort grcss shall be in session and o|h-ii the returns. The I tlV V President ol the Senate shall, ill the presence of the scctll House of Representatives, open the eer iticate ol returns, and count the votes. The person having the greatest iiumln-r of votes tor President, if such _ number be n majority of the whole number of dec- lions tors, shall be President. llelil 6. If iio person has n majority as above, the ^|lt, , j choice is to be made from tile three highest returned. The members of the House, by States, form " ' iheiiiM-lves into Klectoinl Committees, and the ma- porn j ?r.ty deltrnnne which is to Is- the chotee of the I hat State?each State liming only one vote. "| 7. If m tiher of the candidates gel a majority of j .rrc-il the States before the 41 li ol Ma tell, then the VicePresident shall net as l'r< sdi-ut. I ' f?ore 8. It the |Kople do not civet through tin i HI > pCi'p tors a \ ice Piesident, then the Senate of the I in- 1 >-erii ted States shall in..lie the election tr.illl the two high i ,, est candidates returned ti? them liy the electors. j ] ,. .j A Sknsibi.k Man.?Tin- lion. Joint M. R.tts, 1 tnoii . ill declining to accept a challenge fioin K. A. Piy- ?0 ||, j or, esq., to fight a duel, makes the I lloiving m limbic jJieir remarks: "Your I.fe could not lie the value of it pill's |s#'nt popli to me, mid I on sure I should derive no comfort I'ltsti f:om making your wife a widow or your children vi t.-liberies*?tin rehire I have no desire to take it; ||)0 whi st my own life is l.ot only of value to me, I ut iiiil sp ns.itile to the suppoit ami happiness ul my luinily, mil I hope to be us< Inl to my country? liive] there'ore 1 am not d spotted to place it at your dis it*?tj; i p"*al." Zen, The Poeiry of Commerce. !!,y The Hun. Krlwattl Everett, wliose l?ril- 1 i ill!. * - 1

| Lakatette.? During his encainDtnent , in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, Wash! ington whs repeatedly hI thai city, making himself acquainted with the military capabilities of the place, and its surrounding country, and directing the construction of fortifications on the river. tii one of these visits he became acquainted with the young Marquis de Layfaette, who had recently arrived from France in company with a number of Ficnch, German and Polish officer*, among whom w?s Baron de Kalb. The Marquis wai not quite twenty years of ago?he had already been married nearly three years to a lady of rank and fortune. Full of the romance of liberty, he had torn himself from his youthful bride, turned his back ujron the | gayclies and splendors of a court, and. in ' defiance of impediments and difficulties multiplied in his path, had made his way > to America to join its hazardous fortunes. He sent in his letters of recommendation to Mr. Lovell, chairman of the committee ol foreign affairs, and applied the next day at the door of Congress to know his success. Mr. Lovell answered that Congress | was embarrassed by a number of foreign applications, many without merit. Lafay- , elto immediately sent in the following note: "After my sacrifices, I have the right to ask [ two favors: one is to serve at my own expense; the other is to commence by serving as a volunteer." This simple ap|>eal had its effect; it called attention to Iris peculiar case, and Congress resolved on the 31st of July, that, in consideration of bis zeal, his illustrious family and connections, he should have the rank of Major General in the army of the United States. It was at a pub lie dinner where a number of members of Congress were present that Lafayette first saw Washington, lie immediately knew liiin, he said, from the officers who sur rounded him. by bis c mmanding air and person. When the party was breaking up. Washington took him aside, complimented linn in a gracious manner on his disititer stcd zeal and the generosity of his con duct, and invited him to make bis headquarters his lioine. "I cannot promise you the luxuries of a court," said be, "but as \ou have l?ccome an American soldier, you will doubtless accommodate yourself to the fare of an American army." Singular Whale Fioht.?A whale sixtv two feel long was picked up at sea nltout three weeks ago, and taken ashore at Nyb ter, some twelve miles from Wick. It seems that the whale was not diified dead '

ul u ?o ?ti|>ul ktiuii <>f a covenant m virtually a lijvacli ul the wIhiIo. I low much better to live up our ell gag incuts until honorably discharged Iroin thcni. A* trien is, the Snitli arc inva liable to us Am cncm c? they could Ho us vast mischief, in varimi? ways. Wars between us and tlictn would be n? fr?sju>-nt and as bl.?ody as Ix'twnai Judc.i atui tin TcO Tribe?. In short, both sections would he, in sit important sense, nil lone. The Union eaiillol bo maintained by Inrue, as projo e.l by the R'a> k Republicans. It must be voluntary?the result of mutual kindliest, re?|?ect, ami goo 1 will. Kvcry offensive word, every wanton aecusatlou every breach of brotherly kindness, manifested by one section of the country towunls anmlirr, is a blow , aimed at the Union ul the States. Ami wli it a torrent of villifioation of the South has been belched forth by Northern pr?-sses ami pulpits within the i post five years! What misrepresentations! What unohariiableuess! Why, there is not a foreign nation on the face of the earth that we have treated ; half so badly within ilie same period. All foreign i 1 nations put together liuve not been subjected to n j 1 tithe of the nliuse which lias be<-n heaped U|ni|i 1 our brethren of the S >uth?our compatriots, who [ 1 have stood by us shoulder to shoulder in t-vi ry i war, and who are ready toMtiiud by us to the denili. The South has not changed its relations to slavery ; ' since the Union was formed. They stand where i 1 they were. It is the-North that lina changed. Or | rather, a portion of the North, now combined on- I der the abused name of "Republicans." It is th- sc Black Republicans who are uiakiiig war upon their partners, whom they have vowed to love and clu-r- i ish. It is they who are sowing dissensions and heart-burnings ull over the land, which it will take years, if not centuries, to heal. Fellow citxens! j merchants of New York! will any of you helpsui-h a party into power? In the days of the Revolution and of its glorious results (the Union under which we live and prosper,) the merchants were foremost in i making pecuniary sacrifices to secure its accomtilislimellt. Will tho meralinntai ..f 11? 1? A ... ....A ~r i

To a. in 1st res*?Iu her Hoop*. ^UY TAUNTON DEAN. Adored and divinest or creature*, My affection you never can doubt. Bat life ia two-Told, any the preachers? The world of within and without. The law of a lover's allegiance Is beauty, not fashion or pride. And the heart may be shocked from obedience By what's a mere world of outside. Your path's like the course of a comet, Requiring a very wide berth; And whntever's theiein must fly from it, If it be to the ends of the earth. It is fenr makes a coward of affection. And so terribly great nic your charms I have said, on the fullest reflection, Yon can never return to my arms! Love at best is a hnxardous venture, And 'twere folly to follow s day An angel who never can enter The straight and the narrow way. To wonder is certainly humane, And the only conclusion is this: That in anch a whole world of a woman, There is something inoro than a miss ! So ncc pt the farewells of n lover. Whose heart may Ik- yours till ho dies, Though his little attentions are over, And he trembles at one ol your sighs?(size;) But let me not call you cold-hearted, Fori know that your nature is warm, And the process by which wc are parted Is purely a matter of form! {Boston Pott. T11E MivilSTli SOUTH. Friends and fellow citizens! Providence has cast our lot together ns one people. This Union has mode a* powerful, sate, nnd respected the world < over. Wc have prospered under it beyond all example or precedent. We shall continue prosperous if we do not despise our own mercies. There is no reason why we of the North should wage a perpetual warfare against the South. Tlu-y Imve not wronged nr. hot have faithfully fulfilled their part of the stipulations of the national eoiii|un I llnvc Wc done the same towards thcnif Should the Black Republicans gel into power, they would instantly repeal the fugitive sl.ivc law, or so am. i.J ; it as to render it inoperative. In ether ease they ; would deliberately violate a stipulation ot the Con i staution, deemed so iin|xirtant by ihe South, i that without it the Union could not have h?sui | formed. Tli * i* a matte of historv, and e.-nin t be gum-iil. The deliberate and eunnnued violation I

J HiT. York District.? Senate?K. (i. Mv''nw; limine?I. C Chambers, W. C. Black, A. \N liitc itxl lit ward M"orc. The Soumhsus kor tiie AtlanticTelegraph. ?The following account, urllni by nn ?l)iwr ?>f ilii* United Stab a sunnier Arctic, in relation to the Miundiiig* lot ili?- Atlantic telegraph, nddrcss- d to llu- editor ol tlie lll-jstintcii London News, will bj read with interest: ' Not a ningle rock has been met with, not a pnrtiele of gravel <>r sind lias be?-ii brought up. hut it Appear* us it Nature had provided a bed Vo t as a hiiovv hank,' to use Maury's own words,for the ex plena purpose of lecciving a teh-siapli cable. "Lieut. 1 terry man any a that lie is satisfied that the h ad, with the sounding apparatus. has Irequelltly buried itself tenor fitteeti feet dorp in ill soft material, and he doubts in>t that I lie cable wdl likewine sink, and untied itself in a similar man in r. The greatest depth attained lots been two thousand and seventy fathoms, about two and a third tmh-s;) hut perhn)w the nuwt remarkable and at the same time the most satisfactory result is tin- pi rleet confirmation which these soundings give of the opinion of Lt Maury as to the existence of a ureal flat or level nt the bottom of the ocean, unparalleled by anything on the surface of the earth, and which lie piopoMcs to name 'The Telegraph I'la tea u' For more than thirteen hundred mde* the bottom of the Atlantic, in the dircc' line ol our track, is found by these soundinus to present an almost unbroken level plain. Nature has thus placed no obstacle in the way of this great undertaking which may not l?y CMUtious perseverance be overcome; nay, rather, (it we except the enormous length of the cable which w.il he required) it would went that the hne to Ikfollowed liy the Atlantic cable pirseiits absolutely fewer engineering difficulties than tlie shorter route [though mora oomph-*, trom the nature of the bottom) on which the Mediterranean cable must be luid." The Work oko.sk Dav.?The Boston Ti a verier says that the Associated I'rcss of the Lilted States are maki g the most extensive and thor?

I IIIMIll gelllUH glVCs I? gok]i ll llllge Ol poetry ^ , lo everything it touch oh, thus speaks ol m' t Commerce in hi.s lalo beautiful speech at j(v i the Penbody testimonial: I jir|", "Track its history for a moment from the ^^ earliest period. In the tnfancv of the world , i the t it* caravans, like gigantic silkworms, went j,..v creeping through the arid wastes of Asia ^ I and Africa with their infinitesimal legs, and j>t\ I bound liie human family together in those j ' ' vast regions as they hind it together now. ( i Its colonial establishments si altered the ^ | Grecian culture all round the slioies of the |im, Mediterranean, ami carried the adventurers m.m I of Tyre and Carthage to the Noith of Ku rope and the South of Africa. The walled | cities of the middle ages prevented the arts V |j j and lefiuements of life fiom being trampled ; ^ out of existence under the iron lieei of the ^ ^ feudal powers. The ilanse Towns were j"( the bulwark of liberty and propcity in the (| j 1 north and west of Europe for age*. The tl'v? germ of the representative system sprang *..j front the municipal franchises of the bor- tU)1, I oughs. At the revival of letters the mor- | chant prince* of Florence received the fti- ^ ! gitive arts of Greece into their palaces. The , (] j spirit of cotiimeijial adventure produced , J that movement in tho fifteenth century j _ j which carried Columbus lo America, and <lU.e Vasco di Gama around tlie Capo of Good _ Hope. Tho deep foundations of the mod ^ em system of international law were laid t.^j in interests and rights of commerce, and the ! . s. , * to se necessity of protecting them. "Commerce sprinkled the treasures of tho newIv found Indies throughout the I i ' Western nations; it nerved the arm of civil have and religious liberty in the Protectant tral world ? it gradually canied the colonial whic system of Europe lo the ends of the earth lor, i and with it the elements of future indcpeii est a dent, civilized republican governments, subj. Hut why should we dwell on the past I , com? \ITI ? ! *!. * * - -

The dressers and clo?ets nie covered with ^ burnished copper, and contain the thousand : and one utensils of the cuisine, all shining | with dazzling polish; the kitchen tr>?1 being i I :t Highland lass, who spares neither biick ( dust nor muscle in keeping up thu proud 1 i reputation for cleanliness of her country. ; _ What is most surprising in this model' 1 kitchen is to sec the sauce pans and grid : irons, bright as so many now matches, j hung up with rose colored ribbon*. Evi( dcntlv these utensils consume moro ribbon i than even Madame'a bonnet. A short time ago the friends of the pro prietress of this simple establishment beg( ged lier to give a breakfast in tbis elegant j ' kitchen. She consented on one condition; j j tlio guests should, themselves, cook the ' breakfast they were to est, and afterwards > ; they were to wash the dishes and put every- | tliinhack in tlio entire order in which they 1 found it. Tho stipulation was stoically ac' copied. Two ladies who have four to five hundred thousand francs a year to spend, the lady of an admiral, a duchess, nnd the . wives of two foreign ministers, were present on the occasion and took part in the novel j proceedings. The dishwashing of these fashionable butterflies must have been ainus~i j ' Tiik Tomb ok Pizakro.?In the crypt * under the high altar are deposited the tomains of tho celehrated Pizarro, w ho was 1 assassinated in tho Palace hard by. A small piece of silver, which 1 dropped into ' the hand of the attending sacristan, procurer I me admission into the crypt. Descend ing a few steps, I entered a small place, v some twenty feel long, quite light nnd whitewashed, and which smell and looked | so much like a couifottable wine cellar, that I caught myself tnoic than once looking 1 round for lire bins and bottles. Tho first ! object I saw was a large square tomb, surmounted bv the erect figure of an ahbott, and close by. in a narrow opening in the wall, I noticed what appeared to me to l?e a collection of dusty rags, Lut a closer in1 spectiott provel that this was all that r?