The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, May 15, 1856, Image 1
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN
BY CAVIS ft TBXHMXEB. Dcootcir to ?>on%rn Uigljts, Politics, Hqiiculturc, onlr HUsccllAmj. ' $2 per AJnrrnK.
VOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1856. w^'?
THE CAROLINA SPARTANT
BY C AVIS ^fc~TRIMMI?.R.
T. 0. P. VERNON, Associate Editor.
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OUR FIRST LODGERST"
CONCLirOKD.
I had gdt WJr CAttdle in one hand and
t?v packet of work in tire otlior, nod win
jguiKg softly up the ntnirs, when tire drawing
room door was flung violently open,
atiid ??t dashed Mia. Arc'??r? neudy knocking
no and mv load down together.
Old Miae llaliiwcll, wliere'a Sarah? she
exclaimed, iu nervous excitement- r*or
the lore of pity let her run for a doctor.
What's the matter? I asked Who is ill?
-'Oil, Come and seel It is IIO use trying
for concealment mi? " Antlelie aeized my
arm. and pulled ;;:e throng the drawing
room. MiJI Graves wa* getting up from
the sofa, where she hud retired to rest, and
I set down my bundle and went with u?y
candle into the l?ed-rootu. Ou the bed, his
head rai>cd high upon the pillow, lay a
gentleman, his eyes closed, and his face still
nun wnwe, winisi drops of blood were (Jowly
issuing from his mouth.
"Is lie dead/" 1 Uttered, in lire tiist shock
of surprise.
"Wheie's Surah! whore's Sarah!" was
nil tlie answer of Mrs. Archer. "We must
have a doctor."
"Sarah is in laid. I'll ntep and call her."
"In bed! Then I'll go myself." And,
throwing on a shawl and bonnet, Mrs. Archer
darted down the stnits, but stopped
ere she teachel the bottom, and looked up
at me, who was lighting h r. "The nearest
surgeon?where!"
"About leu doors higher up the road.
You'll see the lamp over the door."
"Ah, yes, I forgot;" and she flew on. I
followed her, for I remembered l at the
le y of the g: la was hanging up iu the
kit--l.cn, au-l -a<- could not get out without
it. I'll en I cul!- I up Sarah, and went
hark n I he :?c ill.
"Wl - is this gctitieman?" I wiiispeicd
tO M's. \ I. M i?S.
*'M'. Amber, my sister's hu.-ba id," wa>
lu'i ; nn<i. j t iheii, the invalid open
e?l i a'd ' >ku I at lis.
s',.;l| 1 loig. I thai inonieiit. The
? those eyes lla-hed oil the
<i:iu g . ha,; i i ecogni ? >! 11 o features,
i.i i ' tiivy were worn and wasted. Arch
* . vner. Y?s, although 1110 name
> aliii.iv III. hi-forO ill ill COUUVX
i??.. /?...? ii.o"< c>?u 1 I be no doubt. 1
w-;? .i:.,v m i bin: uliokid been very d? ar
io ..i ... early life?too dear lor ilie Olidlug
til III CHIIiO.
is a clergyman?the Uev. George
Archcid' I whispered to Mi>s Graws.
" \ c1,11 'lie nodded. - How did you
kn >?r
1 did not nnawcr. Those old days were
coining back to me as in a dream. I ic*
meinbercd my mother's hotuo at Seaford,
w ,ete we all lived so tranquilly; I rciiieiti
bered the lir>t day that hs eamc to it with
my brother, bulb of llicm fresh bout college;
I teiiu-iubered, ala-! a I a.-I llm love
which sprung up between us, ami the solemn
engagement that ensued. I iciiieinbe
led his next \i>it, when he came to bo
installed as curate ol JScafoid ami the tianhionl
weeks of bliss that followed. I remembered,
with a pang ?>f the heart even
then, that high born girl, who had appealed
atnuiig-t us as a vision of brightness, and
liovv they wore ihtown together, ami he grew
to love her to infatuation. I remembered
our wretched parting, when he left Sea fold
to follow her, and the subsequent account
t!iat reached us of her marriage with one
in her own sphere, and his disgrace; for
when the Earl of Scafoid eatne to know
that his sous' tutor had dared to love their
isler, he thrust him from his house in civil
scorn. Ami I had never seen or heaid
of hint since, till this night, when I heboid
him lying on a bed in my own home, and
not long for litis world.
Ilts wife returned with the doctor. lie
fa>-.! the case was ttul so seriou- as vvc im
agiued?tint the blood came fiom a small
vessel ruptured on tlie chest, not the lung*.
I remained with Mrs. Archer that night.
Sarah made a tire in the drawing loom,
and we sat by it, while tie dozed. She t<<ld
me a good deal of her troubles, and sobbed
bitterly.
' Has he l?cen long here?" I a-ked, wondering
how in the world he got smuggled
in.
"It was the day your pupils wore going
away," replied Mrs. Archer. "I was standing
at the window, watching the carriage
which had c??mo to fetch some of tlieni,
when I saw my husband coming down the
road, evidently looking out for the house.
Ho appeared ill and thin, stooped and
walked as if his strength were gone; but I
knew him, ami flow down to the gate,
which was open, as well as iho house door.
As it happened, no uno was in the hall
when we came upstairs. I heard Sarah's
voico on the upper flight; she was bringing
down lugage, but she did not see us."
"Hut you ought to huvo told mo," I
urged.
"I know that " she rejoined, "and such
a thing as taking hint in clandestinely nover
entered iny thoughts. It arose with circumstances.
Look at our position ; you
positively refused to receive a gentleman
tiore, but he bad come, and how were wo
to remove to other lodgings, owing you
what wo do, boreft of means, next to bereft
of food? So titer* be lay ill, on that bed. ros?
Reproach me m much as you will, Miss *001
llalli well; turn us out into the road, if you *1
must do it: it aeeins that little can add to cd t
my trouble und petplexity now. Thero abo
, luive been moments lately when 1 have dra<
I not known how to refiaiu froin?from? I
running away and " ingl
s "Ard what!' I a?ked. |y f,
' Why, I have thought tho calm bod of 'Ilia
; n river would be to me as rest after toil." billt
"Goodness me. Mrs. Archer!" I exclaim- but
cd, half in surprise, half in a shock of in- are <
I dignaiion; ' ? Christian must never use 'I
such language as that, while there's a and
Heaven to supplicate for refuge. AH who kissi
ask for strength to hear find it there." own
"I have had no happiness in my mnrried fore,
life," she went to say. "It is?let me see ' cliui
?six years since, now, Mr. Archer was u Luc
woiking curate in London: a weary life ho j tlicy
led of it, in that parish of poor. Soon af I and
tor we mariied his health began to fail: he ! forgi
used to seem dispirited, and the duties wore I on n
too much for him. I took it into mv he ad bein
that some sorrow was upon him, that he Tl
had never really loved inc. 1 don't know, trail:
Once I taxed him with it, with both, hut ho was
; seemed surprised?said he thought lie had | fear
been always kind, as indeed he had, and I j often
let the idea drop. His health grew worse, I undc
| change of scene and air were essential to I soiut
him, and he got an appointment as foreign | nour
I chnjdain, army chaplain I think it was, I woul
: anil went out with that Spanish legion. , and
' Later, i and my sister lost our money. My . ing I
i brother, with whom it was placed, failed, croat
I and we. were uV;?r?ved - f our income. Lat , Arch
j lerly we have been Ji >'iM<? hy?it is of no use wear
j to mince the matter?uj" p'edging tliing?, | It
j and now mv huhbam) is conic home without ' in M
! his J>a_v, and cannot get the arrears which : one
i are due to Jiitn. lie says lliov have all ! trndi
I been put oil, officers nud soldiers, not one close
i -of the in has received a fartliino. Tim Sn.ut- ?i.i,..
0- , . I
i*h government ought l<> be prosecuted. | Jies
litre was a pretty stale of tilings! This only
! pick clergyman in our house, ami all ilwee prise,
of them without menus. Lucy was up in : 4T1
arms when 1 told her. i To
"They must go out of the house?they ' "ot 1
must. 1 Jester, even if we pay for loJgingti t? be
for them. If lie tlies, ami has to be buried ; sight
! fioui here, it will be the ruin of "ho school, j l'10
Dear?dear! to think of its being George lovel;
I Archer! How lliiugs do come about in ; tiona
1 this world!'' j then
Mrs. Archer wrote to her brother, doubt- 1 |M'ttU
j ing, however, his power to assist them, and ,m,,a
; at lh?5 end of a week there came a ten- j
pound note. Mr. Atelier was lietter then. s,n ^
| "Now I will not take any of it,' I said to j 1 ''
Mrs. Archer; 'you shall keep it to start , . u
: afresh with in new lodgings, but you mti-l ! M"
i leave these.' > :l 1
| So tliat srttno afiernouii she and her sis- , w,,\'
| ter went out to seek some, and I look my i
work ami went to sit with Mit Archer, ac- s:nj.
; c>?rdmg to their icuucst.
I i? " . . i cam;
11? was sitting up in the easy chair, the
one which had been my dear m ?;heiV i ,.j .|
Ma:it a lime had she sat in it, in the old ^ i|)(|
| days, talking to him. A rjuecrish sort of -p,
! feeling came over nn\ as I took my place
I ? , . , .. 3 ' . conn
opposite to him, >or it was the hrst tmir pn.0
wo had been alone together; but I 111 ado
myself verv busy over inv sewing. i
,i* . , i- v , . a ion
\\ e talked about indmcrent subjects, tuo (l|,s?
weather, bis medicine, and such like, when r(,?ic
all at once lie wheeled '.hat chair closer to ,**
it riii causr
inme. and l>urst Foitli, ill a low, deep tone: jfer s
Hester, have you ever forgiven me?" Ti) ^
"Indeed ves. loin* jorn.M
' Then it is more than 1 have done by (jie
mvself," ho groaned. "Hut I was rightly ' .
, ? o ? press
so IV etl.
appe
I looked up at him, and then down at hand
my work again. ways
' Von heard, pjihaps how she jilted me. are
Hester, as line as that you aro sitting there what
win king, she drew mo on?drew mo-on.
from the lir>t, tolhrt with and admire net!" * 1
"You aie speaking of I slopped. L-'iu
"JJtr. Lady (ieorgina. Who else? And nu,n
when she saw, as I know site did see, to
what a passionate height my love was then
reaching, she fooh d me more and inoie. i l'.v
did not >ee my folly at the lime, I was too cc'r,:t
infatuated: hut I cursed it ever siuee, as I N?lh
dare say you have." madi
"Hush! IiiisIi!" 1 intcriupted. wate
''And when it was betrayed to the eatl, ,4n
and lie drove me awav, to part with ine, as ,
she did, without a sigh, without a regiet!" ri'?ju
he went on, not deigring to notice my knov
words. "Hester, you were icill avenged." ,n;,n
"1)?? not excite yourself, Mr, Archer." j c"^"How
1 got over those first few weeks 1 ^
don't know, and shudder to remember. ^
Then came her marriage? I reail it in the | uJ| ^
papers. Heartless, wicked ??rl! and she
had solemnly protested to me she did not )no
care for Mr, (hindotir. Well, well, troub- t ,
1 lid v*
les and mad giief do come to an end: and .
1 up W
thank God! so does lite. t tjj(j j
"What win your career afterward*?"
"My career, lor a time, was pet feci idle* |,.up'
lies-. I could do nothing. Ilomorse for (junj
my wild infatuation had taken heavy hold
upon rue, and a vast amount of misery was (||at
mixed up with it. Then, when I came to worj
myself a little, I sought employment, and jxij*
ohtaiued the curacy of a parish in London, 1
where the pay was little and the work great. : J)
Next, 1 married; the lady had money, whai
and I had need of many luxuries?or nc- folio'
cessities, call them which you will?which Abb*
: in y stipiMid would not obtain, for my health the r
was failing, h grew worse. I think, if I John
had remained in London, I should have hind
died there, and I went out to Spain.' postt
'From whence you have now returned?' slink
'Yes?penniless?done out of money fearc
coming to me. And now the sooner I dio , ernl,
the heller, for I am a burden to others. I the i
ant closing a life that has Ikwii rendered
useless by my own infatuated folly; my \
talents have been buried in a napkin; my Engl
heart turned into gall and wormwood. Oh, urgj|
Hester! again I say you are richly avenged.' af?i4i|
'Have you ever met since?' noss
'Her? Never. Her husband is Lord
Candour now. I saw the old baron's ?.j
death in a stray newspaper that caine out c)loa
to Spain.* i botw
'Hero como your wife and Mif>s Graves,'! big |
T said; for T heard the gurden-gate open. 11 faC{,
i and looked from '.lie window. 'Hov
i they are in again!'
Hester,' lie murmured, in an impassion
one, as ho seized my hand when I wai
ut to pass him, intending to open tin
witig-rooin door, 'say you forgive ino.'
leaned down to hitn and spoke sooth
y. 'George, believe me, I liaro perfect
jrgiven you. I forgave you long ago,
t the trial to me was one ofjength ami
irness, it would bo affectation to deny:
! have outlived it. Lot me go. They
coming up stairs.'
lo pressed my hand between both his,
llien bent down his lips upon it, and
?d it as fervently hs he had kis<cd my
lips that night, ycais, years bo
when we were walking homo from
eh together, behind my inothci and
f. 1 drew it hurriedly from him, for
were already in the drawing-room,
a feeling, long buried, very like that
Jtleu love, cast a momentary sunshine
ly heart; ami I laughed at myself for
g nil old simpleton.
Iiey had found lodgings, and lie was
tported to them. 1 cannot say but I
thankful when they left the house. 1
they did not got on very well. We
i sent them a good plate of something,
;r pretence of tempting his appetite?
? slices of roast beef, or a tureen of
idling broth, with the meat in. I.ucy
d say wo could not afford to do it,
Sarah loudly exclaimed^igain 'cook
or other people;' but they wero fellowtires,
and in need?and he was (JeoryM
ierf The summer put an end to his
y life.
happened, that same spring?it was
ay?I had business at the house of
of our pupils, whose father was a
smnn in Bond street. When very
to it. I found myself in the midst of a
? of carriages, inside which were lain
fui! evening dress, though it was
one o'clock in the day. Full of sur,
I a-ked a policeman what it meant,
he queen's drawing room.1
i be sure. I wondered, then, 1 had
bought of it for myself. It happened
the first time 1 had ever seen the
, nnd stood gazing at the rich dresses,
snow-white feathers, and the lovely,
y faces. The carriages had been slary,
but now theio was a move, and
they wore stationary again. More
liful than any gone before was the
10 ot mo ctraiiot now opposite to ine
fair, elegant woman, with a blight
i and haughty eye. Surolv, 1 know
matures! I did, alas for mo! Though
I never seen them since she stepped,
her sinful fascinations, hot ween me
my betrothed husband, I fell sure it
lie Lady <ieorgina Seaford.
)o you know who this lady is?" 1
to the polieetnan, in a whisper.
i? looked at lur. tit the coronet on the
l2*'? nnd then at the servants, at their
3 coats and ciiin?on velvet brcoelie*.
Iiink." lie answered, "it is the Lady
lour."
me had ; a.sscd lightly over her: her
lenance was as smooth, as smiling. ??
from care as it had been in her giil
I was struggling through l.fo with
ely heart, and he was dying in his
ire lodgings, after a short career of
't and sorrow, whiUt sho who had
d all, who had sacrificed lis both to
ioltisli vanity, was revelling in all the
thai could make life happy.
> Father! Father!" 1 wailed forth, in
anguish of the retrospect which then
ed sharply upon me, "Thy blessings
ar to he dealt out with an unequal
Neveitireless, may we stiil, and al,
ray, Thy w ill I e done: for Thy ways
not as our ways, and Thou knowest
is best for ??,"
t Turs < >er.? A correspondent of the
Ion Liteiary (lazette, alluding to the
l*rous cases of deaths from accidental
ming, adds: "I venture to aflirru that
; i* scarce even a cottage in this conn
|1? ?f *-?# ? o.t > 1 1 1
...... m'k wiMii.iiii .in iiiv;tiii:iu:c,
in, immediate remedy fur such events;
ing more than a dessert spoonful of
u mustard, mixed in a tumhler of
r, and dmuk immediately. It nets as
mietic, is always icndy, and may be
with safety in any case where one is
iied. l?y making this simple antidote
rn you m iy he the means of saving
y a fellow cieaturc from an untimely
IVPOL DISPENSATION OK PllOVIIIENCE.
private of the East York Militia was
arade a few days ago, at the camp at
rdiott, and lieitig accused of talking
s thaii once by the sergeant, by whom
as threatened mat if ho did so again
onld he reported to iho colonel, said he
jot talk, and at the same time wished
"(rod might strike him dumb if he
' ho was fiom that instant stmck
!>, ami lias not spoken since. Ho has
cied questions by writing, and slated
the moment he hnd uttered the last
I, "dumb," ho became so.? English
r.
r. Johnson's zeal for religion was somet
rough, as may be judged from the
wing anecdote: When tlio celebrated
0 Royal was introduced to him, upon
ibbe's advancing to take his hand, Dr.
ison drew hack, and put his hand behim;
and afterwards replied to the exilation
of a friend?"Sir, I will not
e hands with an infidel!" It is to be
d. judging from human nature in genthat
the doctor's manners never made
ibbo ndmiro the doctor's Christianity.
petition has been presented bv tbe
lish convocation of clergy to tho Queen,
l?g the necessity of more righteous laws
list clergymen convicted of drunkenand
similar offences.
say, nigga, how you sell dem broom.'
per dan di* inderwideral can do, when
ceu oursebs, I steal do stuff?" "You
Tool, Pomp, T steal mine reads in an a1
red."
v From tlio South Carolinian. i
Convention of Delegates. 1
Colim'iia, May 5, 1850.
? Tlio Convention n t in the City Hull,
! tins evening, at 8 oV ?ck.
On motion of (Jen. Gndberry, Dr. Tlios. ;
E. l'owe was calico to the Chair, and j !
Thomas V. Simons, jr, requested to net as ; i
Secretary.
' On motion of K. (J. Palmer, the roll was
i called l?y districts.
Cui. 13. 11. "Vilsou moved (hat a Com- '
tnitteo ho appointed to preparo rules for the ! k
> government of tl?" Convention and tonoiu- I
iuale officers:
lh II. Wilson. W. J. Ellerbe, 13. H. Kut- '
j ledge, Motto A. lVingl., James Patterson, J. 1
K. Tobin, Tiros. 'Jin . son, 11. 1. Caugb- 1
man, O. K IMv. . .1*, W. A. ltosbo rough, x
| T. M. Muldrow. 1
The Committee recommended,
For President?lion. F. W. Pickens. j 1
For Fier Presidents ?lion. G. Cannon, | 1
Hon. C. \V..DuJlev, Mr. E. \V. Edgerton, I S
Dr. J. F. Poppenhciiii, Col. W. C. Realty, sl
Hon. J. W. Hlakcm v. Hon. 13. F. l'erry, 1 *
Hon. E. G. Palmer, II in. C. P. Sullivan. 1
Secretaries?Thorn :i V. Simons, jr., c
Samuel G. Karle, Aitht.r Situkins, F. Gail- |
lard, J. A. Inglis, S. W Mellon.
<_>n motion of llenry IJuisl, esq.,
A Com in it too was appointed, who con - ; 8
ducted the President to the Chair, when
lio relumed his acknow ledgments in n very v
eloquent address to the Convention.
1 On motion of l?en. Mc(iowan, a resolu- i
lion was offered to appoint two delegates l1
from each congressional district to report J
I resolutions : | ''
Con. McGowan, lion. A. Evins, J. K. ;
j Tohin, J. A. Inglis, \\ . R. Robertson, C. i :i
j L. LUirckmcyer, J.J. Pctligiew, li. Macbeth. , ''
N. Phillips O. 1*. McKoy, II. 1. Caugli- j 0
| man. I. ,1. Rice. ; 1'
Mr. Perry offered a seiies of resolutions, 1 fl
| which were referred to the Committee of j'
Twelve.
Mr. Cadberry offered a resolution that p
all rcsolu'ions relative to the representation 1
, at Cincinnati, or to a platform, submitted *
' to this Convention, be referred to tho Coin!
mitteo on Resolutions w ithout debate.
Mr. (?. N. Reynolds moved that a Com- 1 s1
1 mince of Twelve be appointed by the chair, ' 1
for the purpose of recommending four dele- j
1 gates for the State at lafge?which was 'l
carried, and the following committee Hp-I .
pointed. j '
G. N. Reynolds, J. Patterson, J. C. j
Brown, Dr. J. P. Watts, Jas. Farrow, S. j'1
Rainey, Hon. W. I". El lei be. Lucien II. Lo :
max, Col. T. C. Raw, P. 11. Rice, J. 1>. ~
Stiotlicr, A. McKenzie. j
Mr. Bli'kcin-y moved that the delegation j ?
from each Congie*?Monal Disliict of the
State constitute Special Committees to ' S1
nominate two delegates in the Cincinnati
Convention, and that they report such i .
i nominations to the Convention. i sl
Mr. G. X. Reynolds offered a seiies of, *
icsululiom, which were referred lo lite j n
Committee on Resolution^.
Mr. E. 1*. Jone> offered a series of reso- ' "
; lutions, which were als ? referreil. j
Mr. 11 F Perry offered a series of reso- !
, lutions, which were also referred.
Mr. S. 1*. Graham moved that nil conductors
of the journals of the country be
invited to take a scat on this ll n>r.
Mr. \Y. R. Robertson niovod that 11. K
\V. (rihhes be appointed minter lo the , '
Convention, which was agreed to. I
Mr. Wilson moved that when this Con- ! !
volition adjourns it adjourn to fned t<? 11
morrow, at 10 a. in. The Convention ,
then adjourned. i '
Coi I'Miii a, May (5, 18.r0.
This body met lh;-< morning it: the Hall "
of llio House of Representatives, his Excel- j |
J lency the Governor having kindly consent- ,
ed to its use for the meetings.
J he Secretary pioceeded lo call the roll, 1
when the following delegates ausueted to
tlieir names :
Ab'vritle?Thomas Thomson, Samuel '
McGowan, l)i. 1'. \Y. Conner, Dr. J. W, V
W. M ir-liall, IE Ilerndon, Eucien II.!1
Eomax.
Amlerson?James E. < >rr, A. T. llroyles, 1
J. 1'. Ueid K. Alexander, jr.,T. 11. MeCann,
James Emerson, lb/an J. Iiice, S. G. r
Earle. A. Evans, J. GrifVm.
JJtirmerll?Jas. l'altcrpoii, J. E. Tobin, "
Dr. Samuel 11. Graham, J. C. llrown, J. 1
Jennings llrown.
Charleston?Geo. N. Reynolds, jr., C E 1
Rurckineyer, K. W. Ivlgerton, Thomas ^ '
Simons, jr., John I". Pop 'onheim, Motte A. 4'
Cringle, James Conner, Samuel G. Stoney, 11
J. J. Pope, jr., Henry Uilist, Archibald 1
McKemtie, Samuel Eoid, jr., J. Johnson h
Pettigrew, 11. II. Rutlodge. n
ChcsUr?Richard Wood-, X. 11. Ewe . 1
i i . .? . - - - '
Kiiiii r>. \> nson, \x , A. liosboroujjli, I >r. J. v
Il.Caslon. |?
Chesterfield?Thomas K. Powe, J. A. s
Inglis, J. \V. Klnkoncv, Geo. W Sjiencer. 5
Darlington?C d?*b Coker, Dr. J. E
Byrd. Col. T. ('. Law, W. K. James. r
Kdgrfitld? F. W. Pickens, |)r. J. C. c
Heady, Arthur Sirnkin*, M. W. Gary, '
John Lake. t
/ 'airfield?\V. 11. Rol>ertson, E. G.' t
Palmer, J. 1 >. Strothcr, F. (iaillard. c
Greenville?T. P. Itroekman, It. F. Per- I
rv, K P. Jones, T. C. 1 tolling, 15. F. Stair- *
ley, R. McKay. j u
(rcorgetoirn?15. II. Wilson, W. I. Mix- i
well, P* J. Maxwell. I
Horry?James itenlly. i
I Alarms?O. P. Sullivan, Dr. J. II. Oil- |
| lard, |1. i-\ Jones, II. P. Farrow, Dr. J. P. I
Wells, William Metis, Dr. J, A. Metis, *
Dr. K. K. Cam libel I. S. T. II. Williams, J. \
II. Biker, W. II. Farley, William PhiUon. 1
Lerinylon?II. I. Caughman, Henry A. <
! Meelzo, John C. Geiger, J. II. Counts, J. 1
Wingard, J. C. DetJaffarelly. i
l Marlboro?W. T. EUerbo, O. W. Dud
ley, K. C. Emanuel, A. G. Johnson, U. D. >
Townsend. ; <
Marion?C. W. Miller, C. D. Evans, N. 1
, ' Phillips. t
Pickens?J. C. Miller, K. J. Giliiland, <
! W. S. Grishain, L. N. Dobbins, John Lav, ]
. . W. J. Neville. ' I
I Jlichlnnd?James O'lT.xnlon, Henry T.y '
r?ns, W. ]i. Johnston, I. 1>. Mordecai, ,
Sims, J. M. Allen.
Sjxirtanburg?0. E. Ed wards, B
Hates, James Farrow, S. N. Kvins, Gal
Uannon, G. W. Moore, S. Bobo.
Sumter?Samuel May rant, E. M. An
son.T. M. Muldrow. O. 1'. McRoy.
Union?B. II. liico, J. M. Gadberr)
Macbeth.
Williamsburg?J. Me Inn is.
Yo>k?H. T. Allison, Samuel llainev
[I. Spring", j. L. M. Adams, W. C. Bci
5. W. Melton.
The minutes were then read.
Mr. Poppenheim otiered the follow
esolution :
Resolved, That this Convention, pla<
he fullest confidence in the sound con
rativo principles tiiat will govern the ac
>f the Cincinnati Convention, recomm
o the delegates composing this Conven
lie call of public meetings in their scv
iintricts to receive the report of their ?J
pitcs after their return from Cincim
ind to take such action as will secure
uppoit of the people of South Carotin
he nominee for the presidency of the <
innati Democratic Convention.
Which was adopted.
Mr. Orr, being called upon, addiessed
Convention. (We will give his remark
aon as they can be written out.)
Mr. Hcvnoldii, from the Committer
iliom was referred the resolution to ni
uital.le persons as delegates for the S
t large in tho Convention, beg leave tt
?ort:
That they have had the same under c
11! consideration. Aware of tho resjro
ility which rested upon them, they m
nxious to present such citizens to tho
md ion of tho Convention as would not <
mumand the entire conOdeuco of tlic |
!e at home, hut whose distinguished al
y and services wero well calculated
luslrate and maintain the parity of
onor and integrity of the principles of
late any where. In their opinion t
avo eminently succeeded. They have
,'cted those who, identified as lliey are v
le best interests of the State, and rej
ntnlives of its various sections cc
roiigly recommended to the judgmen
ie Convention. Your Committee woi
terefoie, present for the hearty sanct
ml approval of the Convention, nsdelegi
>r the Stale at large, the following i
uguished sons ol South Carolina: lion
V. I'ickens, Hon. J. L. Manning, Hou.
r. Magrath, Gen. J. M. Gadberry.
Mr. J. I'. Watts, from tire Fourth C
regional District, reported Messrs. P.
books and C. P. Sullivan as the noniiti
f that delegation. Adopted unaiiiriiou
Mi. Hrockman, from the Fifth Congi
oual District, rejrorted lion. J. L- Orr;
as. Farrow, esq. Adopted unanintou
Mr. Patterson, from the Third Cong
oiial District, recommended Hon. J.
d!en and Col. 11. II. Drown. Urn
iouhIv adopted.
Mr. Uainey, fioin the Tstli Congressi
I Distiiet, reported F. J. Moscj and E
'aimer. Unanimously adopted.
Mr. James, from the First Congressic
)istrict, reported 11. II. Wilson and C.
>udley. Unanimously adopted.
Mr. Uevnolds, from the Second C
regional District, reported W. D. Po
ud Charles Macbeth. Unanimous!v ndi
J.
Mr. McGowan, from the Committee
[esolutions, reported the following re-<
uns, unanimously adopted by hisCotm
^e, represent!' g the spit it of various r<
jli 'lis submitted to them :
1 fit'i'Aveil. That a proper adminis
ion of the affairs of the Federal Govs
lent mu?t depend upon a careful reg;
n the part of each of its branches, for
imitation* upon their power*, imposes!
lie Constitution of the United States,
due respect to tho reserved rights of
ever a! States.
2. lie solved. That the principle of
qual light* of the Stale* in the view of
'institution, and of all law* bused u
t, constitutes tho fundaifrcntal cotnli
i poia which the Union was tonne J,
an alone he maintained.
3. Resolved, That we recognise in
etnovai of the Missouri restriction u
lio equal rights of the shiveholding St
, practical acknowledgment of that p
irinciplu upon the part of the Federnl (
i anient, and deem this a proper occa
0 render our support and assistance to
)etnocralic party in (ho nomination
lection of a Presidential candidate, 1
nay represent the late action of that p
ipon this <ptc<tion, and whose claim
access may be made to Jepend, not u
1 combination for the spoils of ofiiee,
ipon a fair presentation of the great i
ihicli is to bo joined between the. fri<
f the equal rights of tho States an
trict construction of tho Constitution,
hose w ho arc oppased to both. *
4 Resolved, That in conformity with
cquest of our sister Slate (ioorgia, "it
iperate with her" upon this subject,
Convention deems it fit and prop?r at
lll\?? fllitf U i? t'? 'I - -- - -
...v, ...... .. V uni'in^ !?/ 111*3
ihjeclion to its organization and n
>f proceeding, should he representc*
lie National Democratic Nominating (
ention, upon condition, in the langi
if our friends of Georgia, that said <
"ention "shall adopt a piriform of pi
ilo*. which shall, amongst other thi
Delude in substance the following
>o>ition* : 1. The recognition and a
ion of the principles contained in the I
us an I Nebraska act, and in coufori
villi those principles that the |?eopl
Vinsus have tiio light, when the mil
f their people justifies it. to form a Co
niton \\ iill or without slavery, and b<
nitted into the Union upon terms of pr
quality with the other States. 2.
leither the Missouri Compromise nor
rtlier null slavery restriction shall here
>e extended over any territory of the
ed States. 8. The prompt and fai
execution of the fugilivo slave law, an
permanent continuance upon the si
l?ook.
ft Remind, That the inlWihledev
J. T. to sound constitutional [fVinciples of Frank
lin l'ierco, as evinced iu his annual mesaa
. F. ges to Congress, and hi* adherence to th
bricl equal rights of all the States in snstnininj
the doctrine of Congressional non-intervon
der- tion and non interfeicnco ou the question c
slavery in the common territories of th
', It. Union, ontille him to the gratitude, conG
dcnce and cordial support of all true con
stitutional Democrats.
, A. 0. 'Resolved, That Franklin Piorce i
rtty, i the first choice of this Convention for Pre
> sideut of tho United Stales, and tha
thorough identification in sentiment ant
ring opinion with the principles embodied in tin
foregoing resolutions is a pro-requisite in
:ing dispensable to our support of any caodidati
iser of tho Democratic party,
tion ' Mr. Meetze moved that the rote be ta
end ken on tho resolutions separately; whet
tion each was parsed and the whole adopted,
era! On motion of Mr. Jones,
lele- ' Resolved, That the thanks of this Con
lati, vention be hereby tendered to tho authori
the ties of the town of Columbia for their kind
a to j new and liberality in granting us tho us<
Jin- of the City Hail for our deliberations.
On motion of Mr. Robertson.
Resolved, That tho proceedings of thii
the Convention l>e published in pamphlet form
s as and that each member of the Convenlior
be entitled to five copies thereof.
: to Col. W. C. Heatty was called to tin
sine ' Chair, and, 011 motion of Mr. Perry, it wai
tate unanimously
1 re- ; Resolved, 1 hat the thanks of this Con
vention be and are hereby tendered to th<
are- Hon. F. W. Pickens, for tho ability and
n.M- fidelity with which he has presided ovei
:ere tho deliberation* of this Convention; and
at- that lie be requested to furnish a copy o!
mly 1 his able and eloquent address for publica
>eo- tion, as a part of the proceedings of thi?.
jili- Convention,
to The Committee rose and reported th<
the resolution to the President, who mado s
111 it f*>pliiifr nnil BiuntArl ?
? ...... ?biiivu in response, nno
l?ei 1 On motion of Mr. Wilton, the Conven
se- I tiou adjourned tine die.
"? -' THE GREAT COMET.
i'11^ Tlie London correspondent of the Nh
Liid, i tional Intelligencer furnishes the following
, 011 historical account of the great comet short
ties ly expected to make its appearance:
' Astronomers tell us, with a confidence
*** which they, ruoro than any other class ol
*L' men, have a right to entertain, that this
planet on which we lire and run our little
ol'" 1 race is in the near neighborhood, astro
iiomically speaking, of tl?e coinet which
ICCS our forefathers of remote and still remote!
*'.V- generations looked at with strong emotions
,cs and strange fears?the former no doubt
"J1" stronger than ours will bo when the wan
. * ?h?rer cojucs once more into our view; a;
f|S for the latter, they, as well as the wondei
. and the awe which our nncestors felt, will
, be imineasuiably less. Hut we shall con
template the path of this erratic strunget
on." strewn with interests to which the men o!
(-f- j old were biind. We have intellectual
pleasures of comparison and social ones o
innl progress which are far more valuable than
^ - all the emotions w hich formerly accompa
nieu the advent of rate natural objects.
on" t Of course nothing is L-no ten of the move
rter merits of this comet before the period o
'l'1" i authentic history. But since that lime tlx
laws of science have been furnishing t<
on successive generations a gradually increas
,,u' ing and less fallible memory for the past
ml' and a testimony that puts to shame tin
iso uncertainty of tradition and the incorrec
and obscure records of early history. Tlx
tr,v lemotcst notice of this comet is in A. D
irn* G83, but the tradition is of doubtful nulhori
ud. ty; but. if it be authentic, who were tlx
l'10 men wlio then saw what we arc about tt
' ^'-v see* There was Akbar about to issue fron
the gates of Damascus at the head of hi
l',e mighty host. Did he take it for a sign o
encouragement or warning? Thero wen
l'ie the Saracens sweeping like a whirl wine
k'10 thioiigh Mauritania and terrifying the Ilo
i on man Colonics. Was the coinet an invitinj
tt' n or deterring messenger to them? llow dii
RJ,d ii,c rtrange sUr look fioin northern sea
1 i" * -- *' *
auu whuu!ue>s?es--irom me wild lorcst n
the Ireland, or from the tossing seas of Scot
poti land, or to the pious builders of abbeys atn
ales churches in England? The next appearanc
real was in 995. Wliat llicn did the celestix
lov- stranger find the condition of this littl
sion sjicck of creation, and how changed fron
the his last visit! Alfred tho Great had live'
and and died, human histoiv had been enrich
who el foievcr, and a blaze of light spread ove
arty the path of human life blighter and inor
s of enduring than even the effulgence of th
pon heavenly visitor. Dunstan, the priest, ha
hut lived and died, and his successor assume
s?uo his place, in 'he very year <>f the comet'
Mills advent. The Danish ravin had winged il
id a way to the shoies of Llritain, and the in
and habitants suffered under tho panic and mis
iii i/.uuMi i.jcijisiimis i no comet migi
tho w<-'ll appear .1 aign of wrath ami a inmser
? co Ker *JiT?i?ster. When iho comet nrinoui
this cv?.l i:?e!l in 1204 the world was r nging wit
l|l)s llio fame of Zingis Khan, who had die
t all seven years before. The Mast was throw
rode open to llio imagination atrd, in a gro;
d in measure, to the exploration of the Wester
Jon- world, and in this very scar China bccam
ni.re known to Kurope as a reality. The worl
Don- was in commotion, and tho tiso of the O
inct- toman Einpiio was at hand. Tlie clinic
in_,s< was very active in Europe and the life <
piu the church was tho life wf society at tin
dop time. The authority of Aristotle was to
\:iii- tcring iu iho schoo's of Europe; the un
iiiiy varsity of Oxford was rising in Knglan
lo of Science was progressing in a quiet w.n
nher in monkish retreats, while schoolmen we
iinti- wrangling ahout word*. Tho "Wizen
? a 1- Michael Scott, moro mathematician ar
rfect scholar, however, than sorcerer, w
That ol,e die star gazers of that day, at
any so was Roger liacon. Tlie comet shr-ne<
after die cranio of Dans Scotus; the principles
Uni. commerce were beginning to be inquin
thful >nl? die people of England. A stri
id its between the King of EngUn
alute (Demy III.) and tho llarons, of whi<
Louis the Ninth of France whs the arbitr
otion tor; hub in spite of all mediation, lite c
met glared over the battle-field of Lewes*
i- where 6,000 Englishmen lay slaughtered,
e But a year subsequent to this battle, and a
g direct consequence of it, a real Parliament
i- was held in England, consisting of knights
>f from each county and burgesses from the
e ; cities and towns.
1- j The comet appeared Again in 1566, i?l
i- tradition reports that it was regarded i>j.
Charles V. as a warning to abdicate and
s retire to the convent ot bL Just. There
t- ; had been changes enough since its last apt
i j e.nance to admonish Kings of the mards
J ' of humnn affairs. Another hemisphere
e had been disclosed, and tbis epoch was
marked by the unfolding of the West, as
a that of 1204 had been by the opening
; up of the East. Explorers of the earth ^
-I were in 1556 6eekiug for XVester John
) at the very ends of it; and tho commercial
community was asking questions about
far Cathay, in a spirit not very unlike that
- of the present day. England had become
- Protestant, and was daily becoming more
- so, and the low countries were entering on
0 their struggle for religious liberty. Philip
the Second had just become King, and tho
! strife with the Ottoman Power in the Medi1
j lerranean was beginning. Edmund Spen
, Ror was three years old when ibe comet last
) visited us; and since that visit we have bad
Sluikspeare And a wide world of literature
s laid open. There hnve been nn almost im?
ineasurablo enlargement of the bounds of
science and a secure establishment of politi
cal liberties. But the inventory of what lias
i been gained during tho last three centuries
I would bo aIiuos! endless. Probably the
r i greatest event, and tliAt which is to have
I j tho n?^? importnnt effect upon the future
f. history of the world, is the change that has
taken place in the Western hemisphere?' ?
> ' the progress, the power, and the promise of
the great Western Republic, the first Re~
i public (properly so-called) which tho ani
nals of history show on their pages. '1 hen
I ! there is the change in the condition of the
- British northern possessions, in the West
India Islands, in Mexico, in Central and in
South America, all bearing more or less the
imprint of physical progress and prosperity.
We might add the settlement of Australasia,
and the wonderful development of what
' has been called the fifth quarter of the
globe, and goon to enumerate; but the enumeration
would be almost interminable,
j The return of this cornet was fixed for 1848,
f but it did not answer the call. The events
, of that epoch wero even more eccentric than
, the track of the ''wandering star." The
new calculation of the savant do not, how,
ever, admit of much doubt as to the present
. uearnetsof its visit. The Daily News ask ?
, "And how will it be when this same
> comet returns after an interval of perhaps
. three centuries more! Events which appear
i *ery great at this moment will have given
r place to much greater before that day. In
I Paris people think to-day that the cornet
. : will inark the birth-year of the Imperial
r j Prince, the Enfant de France, as he is to
f' be called. In Russia people will regard
the comet as denouncing the war or
f pioniising peace, according to their mood
, or the iustrv.rtions of their priests. In
. Turkey it will be the Prophet's sign of displeasure
or satisfaction at the surrender or
. the reuovnlion of his Empire."
I We dare not attempt to foretell what
9 nothing but the eye of a prophet can fore*
y see, the future of Rome.
I A Doctor's Life.
8 ' The following arc some of the sweets of
t a Doctor's life: If he visits a few of his cos3
I tomers when they are well, it is to get bis
'. dinner: if lie don't do so it i? l^ouiiu K*
- cares more about the fleece than the flock.
? If ho goes to church regularly, it is because
> he has nothing else to do; it' lie don't go,
i it is because he has no respect for the Sub*
s bath or religion. If he speaks to a poor
f person, he keeps bad company; if he passes
- them by, be is better than other folks. If
i he has a g'X>d carringe, he is extravagant;
- if he uses the poor one on the scfte of
f econoni}*, he is deficient in necessary pride.
I { If he makes parties, it is to soft soap the
* ; people to get their money; if he don't make
> them, he is afraid of a cent! If his horse
' is fat, it is because he has nothing to do;
I if he is lean, it is because he isu't taken
0 { care of. If he drives fast, it is to make
'I people think somebody is very sick; if he
? drive* slow, ho has no interest in the weln
fare of his patients. If he dresses neat, he
J , is proud; if he does not, he is wauling in
' self respect. If he works on the land, he
r is fit for nothing hut a farmer; if he don't
c work, it is because he is too lazy to do anyc
thing If he talks much, "wu don't want
d a doctor to tell everything he knows;" if
d he don't talk, "we like to see a doctor * ?cis!"
Ifh??iy* anything about politrf%.
-* isc had hotter let it alone; if he don't say
i* anything nl?out it, "we like to see a man
?* show his colors." If lie visit* his patient* **
it every day, it is to run up a bill; if ho don't,
> it is unjustifiable negligence. If he say*
' anything about religion, he is a hypocrite)
'' if he don't, he is an infidel. If he ?*e*
<1 any of the popular remedies of the day, it
11 is to cater to the whims and prejudice of
't the people to fill his pockets; if he don't
11 use them, it is from piofessiotisl selfishness,
If he is in the hahit of having counsel ofd
ten, it is because he knows nothing; if lie
l?, objects to having it on the ground that he
1' understand* his own business, he is afraid
of exposing his ignorance to hi* superiors.
If lie gets pay for one half of hi* services,
'* ; ho has the reputation of being a great,
manager. Who wouldn't l?e an M. 1>.I
d- [ XathvilU Journal of Mediciar,
re ; Pr.?fes*or Liebeg recotnmen la the n*e of
' saturated *olution of lime in cold water for
>d making bread. Tie regards flour a* not a
** perfectly alimentary substance, and it* not
id sufficient in a state of bread to support life,
>" ( principally for the want of lime. There
of can be no question that the use of *u>
-d perfine flour is not as healthy nor as nutrb
{ tious a* would be the use of unbolted dour,
d- Much of the salts r.ooeasary to the forma
tion of bone and muscle are lost. Unbolt*
* ed flour is therefore preferable on the
I score of hcpltb.