r ' GAUOLINA SPARTAN. W?E PRO* TUB HOT. J. J. 5 . From the Chester Standard. My DkarSik: I have had various npplicaiiom from newspaper editors to know u?y opinion of llio Cincinnati Convention. These I have declined to answer, because 1 presume the object was to give publicity through the paper*. The subject is a grave one, to bo decided by argument and not by the inAuence of name*. My positiou here does not enable mo to form belter opinions than may bo formed by others nt homo, but I have on Ibis to on most other questions an opinion which has never been withheld from my private friends, and such as it is, I have no hesitation in giving it to you. There are many objections tu such assemblies, the greatest of which is the mode of organization. If they could be constituted so as to reflect truly public opinion, I do not eeo nrry very great ob jection. Hut ibis is not 60. In the pri inary assemblies the chief actors aro in triguing politicians who look*to the distri bution of the iramenso patronage of the government more than the great principles ui i ne pariy. Tho great object should be to select \1m man who is the best exponent of the prin ciple* of the party to which wo belong, ex eluding entirely all solti.-h considerations Hut whitot'man's nature is unchanged w< shall cover realize this. The worst syinp torn of tho limo is, the numerous herd o ofHea hunters. Tho question with them ii not who will bost carry out tho great prin ciplvs of tho Constitution, but from whon arc they mo?t likely to obtain nn ollice - Tkcro nro (in alt tho North and West am somewhat at tho South) the active polili cians who manago to get themselves ap pointed delegate*, with a view to niak* tho be>t bargain for themselves. Tht mania of offioo seeking has as yet but liltl? influence on the people of our State, ami it tnay bo that this is owing in some degret to our avoiding such Conventions. Hut ii seems to me, thero are limes and occasions which justify a departure from formal urn gos. l'arty is inseparable from papulai governments. Sinco the days of Washing ion, no man has stood out so prominently that all eves wero turned towards him. Efvery section has its favorite, andifeacl section voted without concert for it* first choice, they would be beaten by unity o action in the opposition, or overy eluclot would go into the House of Represent a live* to select from the three highest. Som< pieccnccrt seem*, therefore, to be necessary for tho success of the parly. The first mode was a congressional caucus, but thiwas broken down in 1824. Tho present modo was substituted after General Jack sou's time, and lias been acted on evet since. The gieulcst objection to it is, as 1 have befo:e staled, that it represents the intriguing, selfi-.li politicians, and not the I.! I 1 - uuuKiseu Mini uonesi views ot tho masse? Sucli nr. n?sciubly will meet others, and will designate who is to bo the candidate of tho Democratic puitv, whether wo are repra cnled or not. It is equally certain that South Carolina will vote for the Itonji nee. The choice will be between him and the nominee of the Know Nothings, and the nominee of the Abolitionists or Hi.-ick Republican*, as tbey are called. President JPiorce is a man after oar own heart*, llotli oil words and in deeds ho comes nearer to oar opinions than any man who has preceded him f -r tho last thirty years. Onr vote may give him the nomination, and my best judgment is that we ought to join the selection. Whether we shall do so in future, may depend 011 circumstance*. I would not give the delegates positive instructions to vote tor no other, hut they should be distinctly informed that he is not to bo given up until all cbanco of success fails. I certainly prefer him to all other ancu, Iwl there" ans^others from which we cony expect good, to^they have not given, as yet, the evidence. The great impediment in tho way of Mr. Pierce niises, I fear, from the cause before stated. His re election will disappoint the masses of tl e Aspirants for office, as it is not to l?o expectoil that he will turn out his own appointees, ? , to put in new men of the same party. U is said the offices in the gift of the President, and vvoilli eight}* millions of dollars for the four years. For a share of these spoils there are fifty thousand aspirants at least. If there is an entire change of par ty, this immense sum is the stake to lt of March, 1851. V>v a secret nnil miL-iinu n I.;i. I ~ v~..: -. ed of tieason, and sentenced to test years' labor in irons in the trenches at 'flier isoostadt in liohcmia. Mr. Jackson, on the ttii of February, demanded a propoilv certified copy of tlio testimony said to have been used in the conviction of Spear*, and informed Count IJuol in hi* nolo (hat unless lil*roccived an affirmative reply within futir weeks he should nt the expiration <. N. Invidiam tlie |??t of Hfe Ohi?fofiht harmi of Ordnanes a ad Hydrography, rrivjc .-) i* v i- Mi.# Vi ir|i|" i. i B?ggafeggai Demolition of Port &!. Nleholu. It scouts to be the pmpose of the Alllei to practically force on Russia ?n assent to I on the demolition of her fortifications on the 12 eastern coast of the 13lack Sea by Anticipating the result. One of the most couapicu- 0f ouh objects in Approaching Sebastopol, was jn] . Fort St. Nicholas, am! calculated for the ar- pc mnment of 102; it was the most important fortre s, excepting Fort St. Constantino, y, i within the southern provinces of Russia. 0f This grent work was dost toyed on the nf- kc lernooti of the 4th ultimo, and the corres- ol ponik-nt of the London.Timet gives the tj|, > following spirited account of the occurrence: 8U "At first, while the concourse of jpecta-, c|j tors were assembling on tho heights, not a. gun was fired frotn the north side. Tho p, ' silence continued uninterrupted for twenty u] > minutes or upward, excepting by the sound 0., ' of one discharge to.vnrd Iiikjirmunn. Pies [ I. ently a white spot appeared at one of the w, ! lower batteries. This expanded and slowly ur curled away, and then came the report of ftr the gun. M "The same thing wns immediately re- nf pouted at another battery, a short distance i off, and then came a la-go pull'of smoke, m k which rose in brilliant whiteness, anil nno- 4;, l.icr loud report fioin Fort Michael. From IH ) this time, for some ten minutes or so, a m - moderate firo was kept up from the noitlt m side. A "This fire was going on, and serving to t|, j distract a little the attention of tho spec la- t;( J jiImost immediately afterward fey * fourth, : 0f at wliat remained of tiro cn?t end. 'Thr mi two reports from these explosion* seemed j co louder than the reports which had followed ; the two former blast*. Still a put of the I S|>( for: remained upright, and between the ! |/| | dark folds of drapery which shrouded the J wide space* left vacant by the fall of the ; two wings might still be seen, though i j,r( mistily, the high central lower and ob.ser- |.re| vntory. These did not exirl long. J w| "A fifth and then a sixth mi; e was ' *Pr?mg, and the who'o of llto gigantic nc ; work, which not long ago stood oSlering I i defiance to the navies of the w hole world. ' (,f was levelled to the ground. The clouds of tn( smoke cleared away slowly, xud diiven i gently by the breeze from the north, pasaed VCI j over the ruins of the town, for a tiiue en- tj,, veloping it in f??g an 1 throwing it in (|jj | dark shadow. The removal of the aeons- m, I tomcd outline, and the long gap which was y,. j left by tlfj destruction of the fort, was then tj1( ! seen to have changed in its most striking W;l j feature the aspect of the whole town of So tjj, bnstopol, and to have left it more wrecked ft,r I in appearance than ever." 1 ---?? ? [ Tiik Fashions.? A lhiris correspondent ! 'Vf I of the I'liilndclnhi i N'oith Ajnrrii'?n * !*? 1 ! "Skirt* li*eo liecome so voluminous a* lo ^ l?c both disfiguring ann '' evri i pea red suddenly to he split and rent asun- lo t der, and as the walls fell and "dissolved lu f away great Id.tsts of smoke and dust lose r out of the ground and stood in their stead. S|1 It was a most exciting si^ht to wile ess such ]*, ? destruction accomplished, noiselessly, as it ;tj seemed at a distnuc-% and as if by magic, t|, t for there was no \i?iblc human agency, in ? | the midst of a bright still atmosphere, ami L I therefore without any of the usual coneomi- cll tnnt circumstances of a natural convulsion. trj ' "I'lte cloud which rose from this end of - |., the bt.ildmg was very dark?almost black ! ! in the centre. It rolled and dilated over ; ,,f r | the ground from whence it had issued, bn-t . | Ascended very gradually. A thick spunkI | ling of white spots in the water of the roadi ! stead showed that fragments ?f strmes wetv sj i i falling there; and as they continued for 1 ,|j i I many seconds after the e\plosion, some of ;lj| ' tltein had evidently been projected to a I great height. I bn "Neatly five minutes must have elapsed | M< after this second discharge, the great cano- al . pies of smoke were bending over toward re, tho town, t'iO spectators were remarking fI{ > that only the two ends of the fort had Ikjcu j j,, blown np. when another explosion took ),j place on the west sije, and was succeeded. 1 ; AIRIIAL D* TUB ARABIA. The tfeanWhTji ArAbiii, from tjiverpoo] llio 1st iaib, arrived at &difHX on tlx til. Brown, Shipley, n, anu the meeting adjourned. N< eeting was lie-Id on Tuesday. On Wed tsday the second meeting was held, bu )thing- had transpired relntivo theretc inong tho rumors abounding it is nsscrtc* ai Russia, whilo assenting to thedestruc :>n of Seba-.io.pol, Boinnrsmid and Nico ieff, refuses to relinquish her poleclor/rt er the Greek christians! A Vienna letter asset(s that Princ orlschakoti stated that tho Russian gov nincnt considers the convocation of moral European Congress, immediate! ter a treaty of pence is signed, as the be* cans of settling all tho questions nt issut laneo and Austria favor tho idea, bu n gland ol ejects. The evident cordiality existing 1-etwee: ranee and Austria begins to excite tineas i ss in England, and a triple league be eon France, Austria nnd ltussrin is sur ised as being not an improbable inciden the future. Orders 'bad been forwarded to tiie nllie* ncrals respecting the armistice. It -.Muted that the Emperor Nnpoleoi r nated to il.o generals and admirals ii at is that tiicy probably need not reluri their commands. Reave of absence i >? ftcely given to officers in tho Crime* Vienna advices stnto that Islimael Paclu cceeds Omar in the command of th Litkish troops in Asia. Omar Paeha i pears recently demanded fronj the Port, e appointment of minister of war, and 01 being refused he resigned. A force of three thousand Russians wcr. 11 ployed day Mid night constructing i pie row of piles across the gulf of Fin nu, six miles from Crosistndt, Whim 11ich is stationed rhe Russian steam flee 16 slrrpa, H corvettes nnd 70 gun boats The excitement respecting tho America! fHcnliy scents to l?c totally extinct. Ute Mayor of London gave a banquet t? r. Buchanan, but he was summoned t< no with the Queen, so ho could no lend. lite loti.l mayor made a speech nt t 1m liquet given itt honor of the America! inister, in which lie expressed his re ?te the absence of Mr. Buchanan, n> tin eoption bo would have there met will in the representatives of the Icaditq lercits in England would have ptoved t. in tho absence of all unfriendly feeling tli regard to Ametic ; and the interest! commerce, peace, civilization and hit snrty vxy-e too j*va,11 nts Orloff and Brunow ohjected ami posed to refer it to a Congress of all the owned Heads of Kur>pe, pledging litem ves in tbo name of llio C/ar to abide b\ latevcr decision that Congro?s niighl tcli." This unexpected course, it is added, pro cod consternation at I'aris, causing r i in Kreneli funds, li has also surprised I alarmed our own government, and r?l Co wiry is expected at London to lake tructions from the government on the hject. Tlio Iyondon Times notices rumors te i same eflect as the above, which caused ali in tlm English funds of I per cent rally, however, occurred at tho close ol ? maikct in consequence of the rumors nnining ti neon firmed. Several Paris papers hint that the trea< of 1815 will iie essentially modified hy < conferences?tlio object being to ol? rate nil traces of the European alliance aiiist Franco. I.ivrai'ooL. M.tiicn 1.?Cotton.?The irket opened active, but closed dull, at ces wholly unchanged. Sales of the ..L- r.nnnn* i?-.t?B noon ^ v ? vi rnjiii^ ??,vuv i"?u 3 export, an.I 13,000 bales to speculators, 0 transactions are: Orleans middling ' 8; I'pland middling, 5 13 lO.fairO 1 4. timnted sales today 8,000 bales, the irket closing quiet. BnEADSTrrra.? 1'rices liaro considerably dined. Wlioat lias declined 3d, Flour , and Corn Is., with the market quiet, io llour 37s 6d. Provision's.?Tbo maiket is unchanged 1 prices closed steady, Poik is in iinived demand. Lard is quiet. :el>. 21.?Consols aro unchanged, closing 91 1 8 a 01 1 4. Wox't Tf.m. their Aoes.?Iho ladies n't tell their ages, and lawyers need not pmpt to get it out of them. In the isw?4d divorce case, in I'liilndelphia, the rosition* of Mis. Anno S. Stojdieiis and s. Elizabeth K. Fillet wore read last ck; one says sho is "over twenty one;" the er says "I don't know my age, of my n knowledge"?which in equivalent to itig she can't remember when she was n. ?s??sa??*w?? i S!)c Spartan. " agAagAyggao * ; THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1888. |g 1 Ws kave pecuniary engagements to meet, and ^ ^ therefore beg those indebted to the Carolina ^ ( Spartan for subscription, advertising, or job ^ work to settle up. To borrow a phrase?u trr j don't like to dun?but want money bad." ri'BLlC LECTURE. " ^ Rev. Dr. Curtis, D. D., of Limestone, ot the invitation of the Spartnuburg Rcading-Rooin Ar^ 'tuition, will deliver the Inaugural Lecture This j ' 4 (Wednesday) Evening, in the Basement Uoom of ' the Methodist Church, at b-o'clock. . The public are invited. J T1IAXKX, lo To .fudge Butler and Col. Orr for pamphlets C j- aud speeches. 0 ~~KET?R7 DAYT" Tho bumnes* of return day did not prove so |t| * heavy ns was anticipated ?but little over the averngo ^ l* number. Some 3o0, including acceptances, will w 9 comprise the civil dodket. ^ t SKXATo?T?m l> . In our colii'nn* to-d.iy will be found a letter on I the Convention from Judge Rvnns. The modesty | w ! of this document is by no means its least recom- | " piendation. I Judge Evans left Washington last week for | " homo, and will spend several weeks in the State, e ? j w ALMOST A FIRE. ! n n About daylight on Mouday morning a fire was , C y discovered in tho dwelling, on Church street, ol ai Joints Farrow, esq. As no fire e. as used near the 1 '* place of its origin, the impression is that it was in- j ' ^ tentionally applied. It was fortunately extinguish- < t( C'l with go considerable damage. HRSONAL WmtlLTY. .! ' We h.-nrn that tho personal d.lficulty between ; ji Dr. John A. Metis, of I'nion, and S. G. Kirlc, of ?> ' the Anderson Gazette, li n heen adjusted salislnc- j * j torily by tlie interference of friends. , b CALUOUxVlMRrilUAY. j ,, " The Calhoun Lit rary Society of W.-fliird Col- (11 lego cornincmor.Ved the anniversary of the birth of 11 John C. Calhoun on Tuesday hut, by an address ri 's and appropriate exercises. Although the day was ' #( '* illy so ted to attract nil audience, st.ll it most rn r M unlay ni ?rr'ii?, pen I ng at that veiirrat.-.1 s|k->i j? ? all of Tuesday. It is al-o in the purpose of the . vv * L'gllt lafaiiTy to br ng with tliefll a enrn. r ?t we, i ..... .. i a. ' ... . ... i . . ..... ........ j- m.h) <> n IIUJII'I in* nil. n.'ii;.4i j tribute, tlxy will erect a ni-mttuiciil of rugged ruck, i lo oimimomorate the valor of iho pntriot htrwi n ' who there wMicn ! the iniiiioiii nf lyr.ibny. II ' i I*. n Ii lift ili.it wo ?'i i.i! I tnti!: ;>ly wor.U i" " ' ; stir uj? eutllU* i?;ie c?-npor.itio'i on lbs subject. i ' Our pcop'c rejoice in tin* dec I* of .1 brave nno stry, nnil Are qoVk t.< honor tle-m. I.-t in tlierelore h. make propnratoiis to g vc lilting welcome to tor at 1 gallant v.?!u itccrs of Oil irh-stia n their |? l^i image r ' to (oi'.rpdn, ah I jo'n them in the cclchrnt.oii. ?' : "THE LKCISL VTITK TITIES"' We have be? u favwrnl hy ilse psMi-hcr?, Mcssi^. rt! 1 E. II. I i tton it Co, with a copy of "The Legis- j lative Toih-k'1 conta'timg a lull report ol the nayines and Ho ng* of the ui.Mibersof the two 1 (ousts j of our l.ojisinuire, insli m ? a It in >?ne Quarto ol I 3o0 pages, with a copious index. ,, This is a valuable work, anl shnsl.l In* in the i haiuls of every man who is at all inn-rested in the legislation of the State. We infer that it * the in. tcntion of the puhislur* to continue th.? (iiMeat on from year to y? ar, an?l thi ri fore at least every pub, I lie and political man should secure a Co. y at thc!?e " ; ginning. Prior b>und in cksth $o. Address K ' | II. nriltoii A: t'o , Civluinh t TUB RISING SON i . , : This is tlio name of a now weekly paper in K Newberry, edited hy Messrs Slider and Crosson, fo e.rii.h.t'ng industry and ability lx>th in its l.tcrary jo and mechanical outfit. We wish abundant success I' ! to their journal, find hope its shadow may never he

orl th * one > r CATUOGUeVcT COLLEGE. 1 * lh ( . \X"e art- tinder to Mr J. C. V? tv ( smith, of the S i voillegr, for the Catalogue of that illKtilllt on for I S.">6. ^ l-'ioin it* pages we find there ivcro ? or ; R. sidrnt (ir.itlu.ve* 7 . , | Senior Clan* II ' i .liriior CI.IK* . lit S ipliomnrr t 'fa** f?a II ' | Frttliinm Class vd i,,, i ( Total L.. ;1 180 K '! MEDICAL lOLLKliK OF SOITU CAROLINA. . I ' 1 Eighty-five student* graduated at tlii* institution nn.l received their degrees on the Gilt instant. fti Among the number wo observe the names of the an following gentlemen of our own District. The f.i subject of the /Arsis of eaeli ? added: nr F II Ilrcw ton?Dysentery. ed M \V. Drumntond?0|iium. | T- C. I'in lie?(iasti'iti*. Thonias II. Zimmerman, Dyspcp* a. XX'o ham from the Edgefield Informer (uhVh fi' . we have entered upon our exehango 1 ?t) that XV. I*, done*, tried nt Elgefield e.uirt, for the mutder ' " in of XV I). Thurinoud, was found gnilty of man- |M laughter. tli A (^ukstion or I'norair.rr?Tho improprie* : ty of one-l all the Districts of the State representing do the whole number at Cincinnati ha* liorn tidieuled f*11 and sneered nt. |\ r contra, we should liU to n?U, 1(| ; a-* a question of propriety,on which mde lite balance th stand*?fourteen Drsuicts representing the Si.ite 'at 1 at ( ' neinnati, or (Jmrgetown District ( n part' nominating Ples deiit 1'icree Cor the ('tilled St tes? -p, Hev Thomas E. Bond, D I) . editor of fheNr* en V tW C'hr r an Advocate, s dead , D TUB WATERS OP STRIPE. Fur three months ur more all eerie of appliance* 1 kve been invoked to scare the people from tuiir ought of tending Delegates to Cincinnati, bnt Tw ilhout diverting tlicin Irom their fixed purpose. foil', line been a contest of the politicians and the pop- tnnl ace?in which the letter have for once triumphed. S lie "time-honored policy," the "right! of the nth," "union at home in defriiccof slnvery," ^|(1| ia, even "vurrulo dignity," have been summoned <] stay the progress of a wholesome measure, dc- I gh anded by the highest impulses of putiiotism?but ^ ^ I were impotent. Despairing of succea* by ordiiry wiles and political ntanueuvring, venerable Clw elation from Washington was sought?and lo ! I' 10 n bomb fulling when none was looked for, ^"y . ualors Ilulh-r and Evans, unknown to those who ^ icd to them fur help, had already yielded their II ?jections, and acquiesced in the ntoveineiil! Their I'*, vn witnesses having proved too much, what fol- .. wed? Astonished and hitter assaults'. Even the ^ hm hsloii Mercury, able null honored as that jour- Job 11 undoubtedly is, and which made the call upon , ir Senators, inised a hue nn3 cry ngniust Judge %'y utter for his inconsistency in opposing, and yet Eiel 1 vising entrance into the Cincinnati Convention. 1 i'o had thought, when the expression of opinion as so decided as to recommend as J delegate even m laj. Perry, that the Mercury, yielding to ueccaai- p ' with grace nial dignity, would lake no appeal I*. om its own clioscti arbiters, llut it was other- yy.'' iscjnnd, if its language conveys ho undignified ] proach in words, certain wo arc that the thoughts 1 Wi T its review of his letter would have been develop- j f1 in stronger language had decency permitted. j ' The Mercury, however, is -not the only source- 1 Boll heticc reproaches and harsh terms have emanated, ' (. tough the foremost in position and influence. The i ^ ( arolina Times, with less prettige, less influence, i yy-| ml less light front its antecedents, has out Ucrodcd j lorod. No language was too vile to characterize ner le party with which the State was invited to fra- 1 rnize?it was nbolitionixed, black repuhlicnnizcrk j -and nil that was mercenary charged upon it* : hnn aders mid nfliliators?from President Pierce to f. Mirs L. Orr. It* rash and harsh statement*, un- *on is'ified by fact or argument, were retailed by j iher journals ?and simply because they 'heaped j t diutn upon the movement that could not be stayed 1 S. y the usual means. | ^ ' As a fitting Jfnn/e to this miserable traduction of j oneSt-nihided freemen, detern*n?d on emaucipa- P. on from newspaper rule an 1 political mnnsgers, ^ w j ic N< wherry Mirror,remnrkingon the expressed j ccrets of Judge O'Nenll that Newberry r? fused tb j.^,. flid delegates to Columh'n. savs: I '"The Judge ? pained ta P,r on and political veracity arc worthy of observance ' ?ur ril tor lo iv, to round n p? riixl and in he n 'Mine |Niint, denounces the I h-inocratii paity? rhosc gi ncral soundness Is i mW*> ,| by every outlirrn Slate, and whose President is the titst and l?y naniniou* cIio.oj ?>( Soutli Carolina for the nieces mi?;.s composed of abolition 'and k untied j( fii/urt.' Andvmt only so, hut Judge* iSutVram] w I ,vnr.?, Co!. Orr, Col. Pickens, (ten. Iln^i is, ami ? ' ic large number ol loading inru delegated to i'o- ! !"'1 nub .1 -u?> 11 of wealth in bmad lands an I r.? jiwi ^ n ' -men of tlie pcoph?men of social and moral pn- . s.a t ?n - aie infi n ntiallv accused and Mir mat 7?-d \? ;tli , l" * I c igging South Carolina into political sumh intioii f itli "abolilionar?! kindred clique*.'' According J ,|ir i t!i se declaim,;;* there i "t: 'ight of pub ?, v:r j are ic h ft in Syracuse," and wlntl lie) d r.s 11. J11' rx-tic e.a)?'i ii on Kosciusko's death, "I'ictdoin ' dt shriek" forth her last >1 stnal wail n i:\v~nook. . '('<.arltkip and )I :> i iti/e, nr t\e j->y* a id tor o r i t of Ammran hiV, bv Mr*. Csr.oLiMt Lrr. . - . " km/:" T II Peters in & Co . N . t"2 i !us- j , nt street, Ph-ladolph. i 1 vol , ill < loth, p;?. .'00 -j 1 2.*?, or 2 sol*, p iper, $1. j j||2 Miv lU-nt* has tun recently dird in H- < i.'.a, ar.| i , \s hit to American htcrature a legacy as rich ,g | il pure as that bctjucilhcd to Kngland by Maa IHgewoith, w lioso woiks were thy tirst recom '^ J ended in a catalogue for the reading of a young , end by the late .lolili tjuilli'V Adams n the dc- ( irtmcnt of literature. If tli s work be equal to I W hers frnrn the no v * lent an I d Mtscd p, n nf Mrs ^ IP n'/.. we caunoi t .> highly commend it to ie iclgi 'iis rr the wot Idly. A gentle beauty n ' nt.inmt ind thought characterize* all her works , ? * I >! 111 s.riue nun in mii y arc s.ou-l lieu li\ rel.g on |. i tin- development?1 her creation* ! riie work is now in pre**, and will lie 011 sa's ! Si' 'wc the '22?, as usual session* prvee- ^ ng Presi dental elections, drags heavily. Iu the *j, cliah' lln staple topics of discission have brill the ' I to 11_\ toii-lluKvor treaty, notion of tl;e Retiring Hoard, } " id the Ten tor-*! question, t'li tlia latter Judge ' utler ma le a masterly s|?ecch, on the President's ' ilis.il message, which we ho, e shortly t<> lav Ik-- ! rt-r rc our r..i l< i< Senator Douglas made n nm ^ lily report on K an?as from the Com rut tee on err lories, embracing the whole history of the ' ie>t,mi, n. commending the enforcement of the ( < u'i of Presiilent Pierce. A minority icport, rv, . it ally different, was 1111K- by S* nator Collnmer. H? ,e leading argument of whici ?that nil tlie troubles ^ h ch have :ir sen in Kama* are attributable to the pinlif the Missouri compromise. Ijwgo idi- will 119 of caeli report have been ordered to be lr,v , and erl In the 1 Ion.so the chief business is discussion ?-n ! c bly, into tlie validity of j (| ^ "hitfield's claim to a seat, hut really to draw out ' ' ie s ded statements nguii.st the ndmiivstrnlion and { cult e pro sl.iv. ry men in Kansas, to operate in favor t C' H'.aek Republicanism in the Presidential election ,|t v 011. W. \V. Itoyoe, of this State, has made n la , of minis nud convincing argument on the subject of I ansas, demonstrating that the Northern fanatics ^ ive been the nggres?or*. We shall, it we can ? re '-n lv tiiul room, republish tin* speech. A bill ha* pa>*. it ill** SrnAIr appritprinlinj $.1,- j ><*,000 for increasing armaments, munitions, ! p( .1 manufacture nnil nllrration of small arms Its (|(, to in tlio 1 louse we have yet to learn, though it? rPp] crsslty being gl.n ng, no doubt nerd br entertain- tin* I of it* final passage. T . now f5ov Wiir ?flotr. Wise, in n l.itc letter, speak ii of the approaching rrr?idrnlii?l election, thus 0t (_ .nphieatly h t* ?>tT the opposer* of the Democracy: the "In the licit Pre* th ntial canvas* there w- !l be ^ w ismm. present, d by three parties' the while j nil's party?the democratic; the black man's [ ity the iibn k republicans; the mu'atto party*? e cro-* of norihcrn and southern know nothings '"r? the t ckct of Messrs. Fillmore end DoneWn *"* nature nbhors vacuums and mongrels; and *o ''a'' eon*,a. ntious, eonservntivc-lov ng whig* of \ ir- , w;l* ii a Tl-i v can put up b< iter wills pnic Africans woU wo.il, tl.t iii.*c, odor, ch.iisl.iii i.inl gizzard, foot ?' w d a'l?better than they ran Im ar that cross of ' e Caucasian and CnfT.-y which yon call a ?inn- a ' 1 !o oi ' men < >n Monday < f last we. k, as *vo learn from the arc no Car .Im an, of Vndcrson, IVavid l>ick*t?s from ono of our Representatives, J as. V. mmikb, Esq , we are now enabled to publish the < iwing list of the Managers of Elections for Spsr- by i nirg District: higl IrASTANSvao.?Win. II. Trimmier, Jooeph not tcr, !. Earlo B<>m..r. V ebber's Box: Frauklin Camp, Perry MeCar- f r, Ellison Clary. recti's Bo?: Samuel Bullinglon, E. P. Go- ,IWl tly, Henry Dodd. wot lorgan's iSox: Williom Ballingcr, John 11 hee- t-m Joim liookcr. losheville Box: Inland F. Anderson, D. A. 1 miblin, Ixxlvfielt J. J oh dm n. Dcv lobby's R'??: Madison Iridium, C. C. Lsyten, j eon ii S. Rogeis. j Wl, Woodruffs Rox: E. S. Allen, Jonas Brewton, j R. Woodruff. , our livingsvillo Rox: W. W. Bagwtll, Israel Wil- disl Elijah Barnett. har Vilkins' Box: Thomas 8. Lipscomb, Samuel w|( bjolni, Anron Tolleson. roung'a Rot: James Scruggs, Thomas Foster, oa' n Martin. of aithcnrl's Box: Samuel Sumner, John McCra- ; Wt.| . George A. Smith. 'oolesvillo Rox: Andrew M. Evans, Thomas ' " Ider, David A ndersoii. 1 wet 'immwtii' Old Fudd Hi?*: Samuel Ti rncr, John pre Collins, .Tiunan;d- . I rati Jra**v Pond: D. 1*. Roti. I' P. Gofortli, 1 ?/ g~, mo n. I). Camp. lolling Mill Bo*: Abner K. Smith. John Tur- Sri , Jesse Cannon. ! enj Cunningham's Box: Win. White, William ] hi. G M PoHard. | ^ lieli Hill Box: Martin Ott*, James Cunning- ' ii. Rufua I.,mcnster. 1 R'a ^.'inipobel n Box: David Patten, E ijali Alver- , dar . W. P. J >:ekson. i re,r lohnsonvlle Box: Win. Moore, Martin O. MilJosiah t iuiitn. nr rcrnntisviKc BV. P. Moon's Box: Thonta* G. Turner, O. P. fer Hams, W. B Cxodlrey I'mii JheroKee Splines' Box: Fielden Cantrell, John 1 , ion, James Turner. | oils to he kept open two day* at Spurtiirtiiurit far li t I louse, and e adopted | , the ?re;.I mass ol BUck Republicans. 'As to the K insns Delegate, tin re i* no intimai }< t as to what the eotinn I'ee will re?s?niHi? lid. ? a |-ached committee. but .'do TJ- >t tbtnk^'iey ?,w I have the hardihood to give lleedi r the seui. It j|(< nore I hi 'y lhr> w II vacate Wlhtfi' Id's seat, < n mint of the ihleged interference of the M wun- r"1 IS. and i-rdt r tl new clee'ion I do not now i?.-e. 'rn rr tli.-t ili* re \iu! l?<- any crisis u|H*n which the n?j uli van u>1 ilr in ;>ny action under present o;r- y iiflmioii, units* lit* rv ?>liiniM lie on I war in ii?n?, I'll* * ml iif vv hi. li no out' c.1t> see. Our af t "r'i Willi England l.nvc assum-1 a marirlial ?t.( i--I ii'pj; a?p?i-t, 1'iit the matters in cuHirrtrr?T ' i-f liii !r vml it nature In ?-t?d in war. 'Hi* re . . J.i- ii ami w.ll U'ii 1'lie fclvrtrri'j-I'll l> lli ? ?lri, t " that ai -.1 Ik ai!.'' i ,nk DISTRICT VTETIXGS. j vl>-v-t*nar?-to I* Ir. -Id i .\bV\ ilV, Mvr'cn, ' . 1 IJ) | \ i-ii'i-trv, ?>:i sa'o il.iy in Apr I. I" ai-lVpon ' ' ' * 1 ; ary ?u'i*' i-l >'I" k? llil.ll ? ildi jjalr* til Columbia. TllC . j( Ininliii llv.unuvr nrye* f-.ili rrpresrnlntii.n, and (l0) is i: chlilid w II t.-.ke ip>| nnsivi- steps r.illiclst pit Ivlu.l i.slwvik we add I In- follow . whose il?-|> ?.it.ii|iA lias since reached ns ; ^ ^ i'nRK District.? Dr.Sainnel Wright. all* rurvtr , I).-. 11 I A son; *|i'liii S. Urattmi, alt'-rn-.lc i?* mill Kanii-v; I. II Massvy , all* male nf A. J* '>f Mi;?; III .1 I' llri'.i-r, tlil?-t?i.lle of .1. L. M Oil .'m?; Samuel \A . Vi'ltmi, sfM-t-intc of Col \V Ill-ally. I .. ;r.11 miluc ? Hi i T P Urockmdn, Prrry E mean, Hull. It. I-' Perry. \\ I*. .McUtv, I >r ',a* . A. Mmiiu-v, < 'i>!. T. E War*-. Cut. li. P. nrili-*. C. -J. KlP rJ, Maj. Ilv-nry Smith. S. I) jiu, mil* tT. ? *';. Col. E 8 In .in-. Maj. W. K I *'.i y. I - 1. W . 1? riioin|v*oii, Maj 1 Doli ng. ",a i K Stone, l> K. Smitlry, N. Moryan, .1 ' J"-'1 i vi j C:. vd.ml. Al?-vin.l?-r Mvllv-I-, < id I'aviil tl?c kv, Mjj. M . A. Ml-Iran . I. !% '?? it McKay, pu . I), v.r I kit nr.. l)r. A. II. Ctiuk. J. XV. k?. cm, am iikiarKi.riCLO?Dr. Tims. I!. Poivc, John A. a'<>Ia. van.. II Mclnr,iiq.,Om .1 XV. Blsltr I,-., -.'.'..I. \V. I. T. I*i m^gg.Mis r*. lluyh Crag rct i (Jin. \V. SpvlH-rr. . !'iikt v??C'i.1 Alva lltycr, IVm. Ilnnter.eeo , ? j. .1 C. Milk r, Dr. R J Gillikunl, J. A., Ion .1 II. Ambler, Col AV S Gnsham, Capt. ' ptr N. Robin*, John Lay, XV, J, NcriUr. ) jft| The Slate l?ricu!lnr:t| Sacicty. * *1 A O. Summ -r. the Secretary and Trcasn1 w of th* Suite AxncnSiural St* ety, lias paM.shc?l ; f llowitlff circ*! ir in refuriMce to member-! n' I iel< >: Tin- Secretary Is ready fv rofiivrllio snbscrip- i*01 in ni l>fc Mi-iiiIm-ikli-|?. due on ilic Istot .lania- ' 1I" IS.'ifi, ai llic Soc-i ty Room*. Columbia, S C. of i ilv? u>r subscr jition to l.ifc MemlM?r*lnps, Annuili-mbmli'pk, ami |ln? "Smilli Carol.na Ayr - . i?ri t," are oprm-d f.?r the iwpiion of pannt. 1'' For a I< r annum, in advance. Vide prostits. (I. nt Vmen iu various parts of tlie State w.ll In* >'"* glinted hereafter, who will reccn? subscriptiona I' n Life .M embers It p, and de'iver scrip for the w I ,r-" to I "lift Stkamkr Pacific.?As portions o| the r?c ok ot this steamer have been found at sea, no l|ft lonab'o doubt of her h?s can longer be cherisht'.int Nye, who was in command of the . rut ific has bceii charged with lurtiiug lier over to ! new commander in bad condition. To tlii* he kin i< s to void cation ol himself. Ileinatking on , lie* letter, the Charleston Mercury says: b extraordinaiv gratuities. It sub shortened the passage across the Atlantic; it feet peculiarly an American rnti rprise; the boats pro Id la- nt titc si rvieo of tho Government in case qua ar. iNle. , insi It now turns out that the?e steamers are, in fact, won rilish line, which the United States Govern* Son t have hci n enormously pensioning on fhitidu- {< retires* nt.ituii)*; and which, in ease of wai, f>* lialilc, by a simple vote ?H the stockholders, to est rriied over to Great Britain (I * service against United States. Such s the result of the 111 I- C i tli ?t our Garrrmmt.! has voted totha Collins on ' ners.'' ' i '' f V Comai Bilefttioto. PROGRESS II ITIITMIIIU. Wugvivrr'i March 11,1856. >ur attention wan attracted, a law day* since, I communication in lite Baprtt*, which was as lily gratifying to our district pride that wa eon* refrain from giving expraaaioo to oar *?rrgT iugh your colunuia, by way of calling the notica our people to live fact, which Mr. Stadeat'faavt lc known, that, whilst "Progress is the watch* d of the nge," Spartanburg is out behind the cs. No: we too are keeping pace with the on* rd ru*h of etcani-cnginism, telegraph ism, and r-idrsism. Though our railroad Is not quite iplrled to transport our corporeal organisms h the velocity of the sweeping hurricane, Bud P It graph has not yet made neighbors of l?r ant friends?yet, wlial is belter than all this, wo e nn electrical method of mental transportation, ich, avoiding the rugged acclivities, tho Hangerdeclivities, und wearisome circumambohuion# the old, beaten, worn not track, lands at, ns it re by magic, nt the glorious goal ol educational ficicncy. Instead of injuring our eyes ni.d iring out our constitutions under the (his* imBsion engendered by the bam-fully delusive :hiugs of such old fogies as Kacon, Talbot? de, and such like, that "rig-aft annorum fairationes'1 is ncci-ssary for the acquirement of !i literary attainments, con:-: and borrow ti.s ip of our inoih-ru Aladdin, whose magic poweri you at once over the craggy sleeps of spelling >ks, arithmetics, nnd grammars, then, hearing i in a delightful a.-mnnutic excursion, exhibits t? ir enraptured vision, nt a "Jiird'i tyt view,'' the ties of Cwsar. and the wars of Jugurths?w hilst i drink the music of Virgii's pipe?catch inapion from Homer's muse?and, alter s twelvsnth's pleasant trip, sets you dowudn the City of" nice, nmong the sarins that dwell there, to ?r "u feast of reason nad flow of son1.M It bat been a remarkable fact in the post history the world, that in every age has lived some ring genius, whose Lrillinnt eorrusentions so belled the mental vision of its eotrmpornrtes. as to ider them blind to its true greatness, nnd secure * its. If the reproach of being n chimerical rnthuit?if no*, a b.-dl.wn raver. The reason of thin' bee.iuse it requires so nothing simple nnd tang-.* to seeure f.i.tli from the masses. Tlic common rd is iiie.'ipiblo of trans-ending the limits in ich a few hackney .-J aphorisms have cireumil>ed it. Kvcti if it possesses the power, it eerily is deficient in will?it is too laxy. The poo?re more content to curl the bp of se?>rn and u up the nose <>( contempt at the ojterations of a Jy grrst mind than to enter into lnb<>riwus in'tigatioll to discover the practical ndvantages i? h m giit nccruc to themselves from s pioper di rstaiiding <>f tiieiu. It is easier, and henes ha' popular, 10 pronounce a 11imi a fool, ilian tn> -poire an i apurrc'ntc li s gcniti*. Mighty ialerta Teciie not their gn honors till death i J.?fitilw?:eri:y encircled he mury ither. deadf Horace ann]?%'?x*gi mantrnturn ptrtnnta* acre"?hut who believed it nT Colntnbea proclaimed that the earth waff ind. Did the startling truth receive ercdetieaii tlniae to uliein it waa first presented? Waff 1 the madm.iw remind?the dreamer detiJedf inibcrlest hrstanve* might lie nd.lu.-ed in eorrob. t'oli of this triiYh,hut we deem it unnecessary !* ^ It r i:'t'i|< nofhy ar radiant in . Ttion of nor d.-triet, and ere lt? g ita rata ahalV d aaeni'iiatt'tl ihroilghuut the length and Urradth the land. A ivitcni promVmg ro much cool lin t fail. Think h"iv inn -h labor and r?jf no* taviil. A thorough Kngkah classical educai ncju r. I r a few m.miha?instead of *pend ng f oor live*, sweating over grammars and diction* vs. Then, let r*v eilnirt the people of S)>ar1an-g 1.1 c.a'ir.icc the truth at once?aeltd to the n who iltfjcrvm our patronage. Why lavislt ir thousands u;xj:i j-our son* at rn*h places aa Wuflhrd College, Smith Carolina College, and rinau I'n'.vt r*iiy, when ouc-twentieth tha tint renn re?l lh. r.t tv.tl ?? ? * I ?' ?" "I"1"" lit licri ? '"Oh! \e??f little (a tli," be not i>i i.l to \ own Intcroill I?ct high irlHHib, nnis ti?-?. ci>ll? ? *, and seminaries of learning?let uton an.l L/?nd?>n academies of science?en g< r bait ?>f their lingu'stic lore? philisr |>V?*t* ifunilily?aiiil encyclopedical knowledge. AKr.n. i tlicir nnliqual.-d fyitrnv, and eoiiic ;ii.<1 dr.uk the pure fount wliieli goshc* so lr c!?\ L, t li e ides of Cicero nn.l Plato?Uncoil, Walker r.hj i'b?tiT?rctr?\it alxishrd fr.m tltrit hemes in ;> * ni< ry of Young America, and consign tlom. re* to their condign oblivion, and let the gl.a.us son of out immortal reformer occupy the he.rrts 1 the hea Is of all lovers of letters and admit. r? KjiellCC. rhen may ore ?s,>oct the speedy a-lrn,. of ti.at >py era in the history of the vror.d, when ths kne?s of ignorance and sup?w?t t on shall be dV l.d bv the e(Fulgent chandelier of literal >rr, eh c mglii it* First spark from the scinti'ist'nf lius of our boasted son. Rc?pectru!ly. AMICUS LITERARUM. Jl'D!CI0l'H ADVICE. \ correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer, rcrkiiig upon the manner in which college f rofess are nsually selected, makes the follow ing sup* lions on the subject of tilling the chair* in the livers.ty of Virginia. As the Hoard ofTrust.es ! probably *i*>n have one or more prof. *aor?h ps ill in our State College, we commend tlje mode ommci ded, and hare no doubt it trijl prove eQr Jy satisfactory to parents mid students; 'One of your correspondents suggests that Dr, ri.s.hi should appoint Ins successor. I liars tfi.lt ncc n li * ability ?rd inti grity, and fear no I result from such a proceeding. ltut it has been w ii from time immemorial that nepotism has n the bane of all colleges, that professors has# ii appointed from perwmal Uivouusin, w.tkovt regard to quaMication*. Now, I wouhl suggest, that the French plan of trout* be nd? n jury m dreido on lh* lificnlioitn of tbc Ortndrrhitc*. Tbi* plan would iro tit* vory l?< ?t InlttJitS nnd qnal fv-.it on#, and iM b* nnc oiw?e of emnjl p??* occurred in HorrUerrillo Ito bth iu Unt. No or* canon vceo hreonn *t*.