CAROLINA SPARTAN.
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Defceerallc Ceovenlion at Columbia.
The Convention, it will be teen, goes
harmoniously on in the prosecution of its
labor*, an<l has appointed an able delegation
to the National Convention. Col. F.
W. Pickens (who, instead of Col. Alston,
as we reported yesterday,) was Chairman
of the meeting in Columbin, is again
brought back to public life, and is first on
the list of appointments to this office for
the State at large. He served with great
distinction in Congress during the years
1 o?k*f -?.l * ooa ?? -l ^ a. ? "
io?i nuu 1000, nuu was auerwarus Honored
by Mr. Polk with tbe appointment
a* Minuter to England. It was not considered
proper at that time foadixtinguished
men in the Slate to accept offices at the
bands of the Federal Executive, and he declined
it. Since retiring from Congress,
therefore, he has been merely a looker-on
in public life, nud it-bears some testimony
to tbe importance of tbo present occasion,
that be is ready to come forward and bear
a hand in the public matters that aro about
transpiring. Col. Manning, also, the next
upon the list, seemed to have retired from
tbe office of Governor of this State, with
every purpose of yielding himself up to the
duties and enjoyments of a private life, and
it will be a satisfaction to bis friends and
to the State, that he, also, will give to onr
delegation the force of his character ntu]
talents. Mnj. A. G. Magrath has never
seemed ambitious ot political distinction,
and, contenting himself with a scat in the
legislature of this Stale, has devoted his
energies to the successful prosecution of his
profession, and occasionally a quiet hand at
party tactics in this city. Gen. Gadberry
has also been in the legislature, but for the
last two years bus been devoting himself to
his profession, and the advancement of bis
private fortune. Both the latter gentlemen j
aro possessed of enterprise and ability, and '
aro eminently fitted to contribute efficiency
and character to the delegation. The dele- j
gales from the sevoral Congressional Dis- i
tricts aro also calculated to inspire confidence
in the propriety of their political
course. All of them, we believe, with one
exception, are known to tho Stale through
a sent in the Legislature. Two of them,
the Hon. P. S. l3rooks, ana Hon. James
L. Orr, have seats in the present Congress.
All of them have character and local influence;
and none of them, unless we except
? the Representatives to Congress, who nro
supposed, at least by some people, to have
become fascinated by the glaro of federal
distinction, have exhibited any such devolion
to objects of national ambition as to
cause the apprehension that they will not
act with perfect integrity nnd firmness in
the great Democratic Council of the country
to which they are accredited.
Tho resolutions which we publish, as the
organic law of this political movement, aro
unexceptionable. They are worth, it is true,
but little more than the paper nnd ink, except
in consideration of the spirit which
dictates them; but as indications of the prevailing
sentiment of tho Convention they
are valuable and important.
[Charleston Standard,
France and (be United Stales.
It will be seen by reference to our News
Summary, that there is a report in circulation
to the effect that the three Cotnmis
sioners sent by the government of tho United
States to examiue the fortifications of
Sebastopol were treated very cavalierly by
the French Minister of War while at Paris,
and were dismissed with tho intimation,
that at some time or other a cannon shot
would be fired between the two countries.
una report is only met with in the tele
graph correspondence of one of the New
York papers, and as these correspondents,
and as Washington letter-writers for these
journals, are not always critically exact in
their statements, it is very possiblo that 1
there may be uothing in it It would have
been a strange proceeding, to say the least'
of it. Ihere is no cause of difficulty at,
present between France and the United |
States, and though the Emperor Napoleon ;
will jo to war with any power, whenever j
there is the chance of making any thing
by it, and perhaps will bo compelled to go ;
tc war with some one at an early period, '
in order to keep his soldiers out ot mischief
at home, still the chance of his making :
capital at the expense of this country is so
very slight, that we cannot believe lie has
ever seriously entertained the prospect of i
attempting it.
It seems to be a part of bis policy, how ever,
to do all such extravagant things as
no one would Auspect him of doing; and it
is possible, therefore, that he may undertake
to make such a regulation of affairs j
on this continent as was intimated at the
treaty of alliance between France and Eng- |
land; and it is important, therefore, that we
should look to the consequences of such an
undertaking. The injury to our commerce
would be very great. Wo wouid suffer
more in a contest with France, perhaps,
than with any other European power. Iler
own commerce is jess important, and we
would not bo nb!e to inflict an injury suffi- j
cient to retaliate that which we would endure.
But if audi a contest should become
inevitable; if the Emperor willi a single eye
to his own -individual aggrandisement sluill
find a fancy that his pathway is over the j
fortunes of this country; wo must meet him
firmly, and although we arcnot, perhaps, in
a rr'litary condition suited to such an exigency,
still there are resources which will
sustam us to a.point that will be fatal to tho
Empire. It is in the individual enterpri.se
and intrepidity of our people that out
greatest power exists. If the Government !
were to become bankrupt and altogether in- 1
efficient for such an occasion, the people of
themselves could take the contest up, and
carry it on to a successful issue. In fact, we
are not certain but that the best way of carrying
on a foreign war would be by con- ;
tract, We have little doubt but that if n
eewaid of two or three bundled thousand
dollars should he offered for a French frigate,
there are capitalists enough in this
country to enter on the speculation, and that
they would be picked up wherever they
might be found floating on the high *oa?,
and brought into the ports of this country. I
[ Charleston Standard.
Color.rk Henjamin Rod rick and He nry White
acted conspicuous |wirt? iti tho memorable battle of
llio Cnwpcns in this District, n* n'so on several
other occasions. Tlicy were bo h severely wound - j
?d during tho war, hut recovered, Assisted in fin ]
ishinn the good work, and lived to onjoy the benefits
of it some few years. |
Ma. FiMMoas's Acceptance.?Tlio American
Organ stales that a letter has been received by a ;
gentleman of Washington from Mr Fillmore, in '
which he says ho has not rcco ved the official an- I
nounccment of his nomination, but that h? is at (
the service of h:s friend"
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ARRIVAL OF THR A1ERICI.
The America arrived at Halifax on the
8th, with dates to 20th ultimo.
The Loudon Star states that the Cabinet ?
had decided on the 22d ult. to make concessions
on the Central American question, s
but would not recall Mr. Craiup'.on. The
nnpers relating to Central America were <
before Parliament, but no* act ion had been citi
taken thereon. Those .relating to the enlistment
difficulty were to have been ready
in n few days, but no excitement existed on ?
the subject.
The London papers ha *e obtained nn ad- '
vauce copy of the treaty of peace. It con- 1
tains thirty-four articles. * The Black Sea 01
is neutralized, and the erect!on of any ,nw
strongholds on its "shores forbidden, and n,ft
ships of war excluded therefrom. The c"'
Danube is freed. Russia is ultcring its an"
boundaries in Bessarabia. Kars and the n!<
Crimea are to be mutually retrenched, and eni
Moldavia and Wallachia are to have a con- wit
Btilution, which the commissioners are pre- ?*tv
paiing. cc?
The Liverpool Cotton Market closed life
steady, nt an advance of 1-8J. per lb on 1
the prices current al the departure of the on
Persia, on the 19lb ult., fair Orients being ] Br,
quoted at 7d., middling Orleans at 0 7-10d, we
lair Mobile at 0 3 4., and middling Upland aui
at 0 1 4d. The sales during the week 0 j.
comprised 103,000 bales, of which ex- un
pollers took 7,000, and speculators 38,000,
leaving 08,000 bales of all descriptions to
tho trade. dcl
A despatch on that day, nt 12 M., slates
up to that hour the sales of cotton had .
reached 8,000 bales, nt firm rates. wj|
CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION. W
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Washington, May 6.?Don Padre ^
Vigil, the Minister sent to this country by ,ju
General Walker's Government, is now f
here. lie was not, it is said, to come to
Washington from New York, without an ^
intimation tlint he would bo received. His ^
reception and the consequent recognition
of tho new government of Nicaragua will nM
no', be decided upon at present. The President
will wait for other intelligence from
Nicaragua as to the prospects of Walker's
success in his present struggle with Costa trc
Ktca. ? *ot
For some reasons, which are said lo be
sufficient, tho President lias delayed an
answer to the call of tho Senate for ii.for- ^
matron upon the subject of recent events
in Nicaragua. But it is said that the information,
after a further investigation, will ' '
bo forthcoming, and, perhaps, the views of pei
the Executive Government thereupon.
A discussion of the subject involved will
then take place in the Senate, and tho remarks
made upon the subject, the other
day, show that upon tho reception of the *
information, the debate will take a wide
range, embracing the policy of the recog- !aw
nilion of Walker's Government, tire alter- "8
nnle Americanization of the Isthmus region;
the expediency of its connection to the In"
United Slates, the position of Great Britain be
on the Clayton Bulwer treaty, and the
Monroe doctrine.
Tadro Vigil is to have an interview with
-the Secretary of Stale, and with a view to .r
elicit from Itiiii the facts which ho is pre- 1111
pared to stale in regard to the condition l0w'
and prospects of Nicaragua, R01
There still exist doubts as to the ability
of Gen. Walker to sustain himself in Nica- CUI
ragua in opposition to climate and the
hostility of the Costa liicnns, who have
shown themselves capable of war, both lor !#
defence nnd offtmcc.
Tire Costa liican Minister here, Mr. Molina,
anticipates an interposition, on the
part of France, in behaif of his State, when for
it shall have made proper efforts for tho gr'
preservation of its integrity and independence.
,
We have, as yet, only the opening scenes
of n crrep.* drama, of which Central America *"
is to be the theatre.? Charleston Courier. 1,1
Tii* Kansas Invmtigatinq CouMrrrKit.?A w!
correspondent of the Sr. Jaju'ir Republican at I.coompton,
Kansas Territory, writes on tlie 10th ult :
'"The Committee Ul't Kansas City on Thurjd >y "
in hacks, an I arriving at Lawrcnca tl?c tame ev *'*
citing, were welcomed by the frec-soilers. Friday
night that place was wild with shouts of fan:.|ici>ni
and drunkenness, on tlie occasion of welcoming
back the notorious 8. N. Wood, and his company,
of whom I have something important la say pti- re,
vnte'v.
''Mivsr*. .Johnson and Howard, the 'majority,' J"1
caino lure Thursday night, remaining till morn- Co
ing, when they left for Lawrence, where they will coi
stay several days. Their clerks are making some tj)(
abstracts from executive files, copying the poll
books, nnd doing other sense less things. They intend,
I believe, to summon every voter, and make 'Ml
him answer on oath where he lives, to complete c,?
which it will take something leas than two years.
Mr. Oliver, who is making a very favorable itn
pression on the law nbidiii" oconleof the Terrilorv
i* now here, doing all lie eon to get mxttrri pl?
through with; while the majority ure running after
the rebel* and fanatics of l-awrenee." j,,.
Com. Stockton.?This gentleman is out in a nA
card staling that a! hi* request the movement in m,
New Jersey to bring him forward im an indepen- ' 3 ,
d? nt candidate (or the P residency ha* been a ban- t?,
d'>ned. lie also state* tint he i* anxious that the 1 j,,
people of New Jersey may have an opportunity , llH
(not tmlknrrassed by other issues) of manifest ng lH,
itieir condernnat on ot the repeal of the Missouri ,|;r
Compromise. Thi* looks as if tlio Commodore Col
would not refuse a nomination from the Kepubli- , ,
?n
Tho nfl'iirs of Kansas are assuming a menacing ""
aspect. Resistance to the eseeul-on of tho laws of
the territory in anticipated, and the lTuited States '
troops are in readiness at the call ol Governor ,
Shntim n to nid the sherill'in making a great nuin- ; f T'
her of arrest*. If the free State party do i?..? sub- ,,
mit, the o< nsequences wili i?c disastrous. The
Kansas investigating committee of the House will J'*
be thus furnished with a new subject for inquiries, .1
and in fact, as eye witnesses, will be themselves v"
Competent witnesses. {
A gentleman in Niw Haven Ins invented aj
princess which fiirnislns a complete sotiguard |
agmrst eounterfciling in any of its forms. The
face of the bill is first covered with a chemical pre- j
paration of a yellow tint, leaving the denomination am
of the bill in letters of tlio original color of the pa- ' ^
per. Tl<e plate printing is done with bluish black
ink, which has the peculiarity of pcneir.il ng the '',c
paper,and of being trauslucent when lield between fae
the eye and the light.
Wo learn from the San Antonio Reporter that
on the 21?t ult. the ceremony of removing the '
remains of Cnptains Gillespie and Walker was tmj
ptrfoimed iu the presence ol the largest concourse (,,r
of spectators that Im* assembled in tluit city for a
long time. They were delisted in a beautiful
cemetery. [ l"e
Ann tut Another.?M. Goldschmidt discover j
ed, on the 3l*t of March, nnother asteroid, making i ]
li e forliieli nt:im I Liuian ? I Vf? !
and Jupiter. T<> tlio thirty-ninth, which was dis- ni
covered on tlio 8tlio( February, the name Lmtitia l'>e
(Jo) of Gludncss) has been assigned. fori
" """""" pla
Mr. Dalian writes by the Persia that he in rereived
with no much kindness by every one connected
with the liritiah government, that he can- *
not think any unfavorable or unfriendly course will Stn
be taken in regard to us. (M
The Masonic Fraternity of New York intend " l
building a splendid temple. It is to b of brown ^
and stone or marble, five storios high, and to cost
(bur hundred thousand dollars ,ou
?!)e Spartan.
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 185*.
ess. s. p. cmrT"
Dn Friday evening last a vast assemblage of our
sens met iu the Basement-story of the Mot ho .
I Church to listen to one of the eloquent k-eture*
[ho distinguished gentleman whose name heads
i article. Mow all were pleased it Is impossible
ell?that none wero displeased was quits manit,
as burs s of npptause crcr and anon inti rruptthe
speaker. Hi* subject was the prohibitory
' especially. The evils of intemperance comuded
his imagination, while reason asserted Iter
iner, cooler, sterner supremacy in the analyst*
1 exhibition of the true principle< of such a law
he desired to sec enacted. Mis pictures of drunkicss
wero alarm'ng, as he painted the hopeless
c and helpless children of the unfortunate incbri?they
were horrific as he sketched tho uiflucn
i of the l:quor traffic down the stream of human
into the vast ocean of eternity,
in presenting the claims cf a prohibitory law upphilanthropy,
patriotism, and Christianity, as the
at an ! only effect u..l fitiiol), his arguments
re clear, forcible, ami convictivc. The entire
iject was handled by him with the astuteness of
twycr, the skill of n logician, and the power of
orator. The lecture, too, was one of uncommon
;nity for an occasion of tbo kind.
We confess that ordinarily wo have little conliice
in itinerant lecturers upon temperance or
>ulnr scientific subjects, as their taste is ccnerulus
bad as their common sense is deficient. Hut
h General Carey tils e.tso was very different,
ith the exception of one or two pliru^rs, which
ght be used cn the stump?the grrai American
itrum?more properly, there was nothing to inar
! eloquence, impair the diguity, or lessen the
?,? ..r tl.~
Iii nothing wire we disappointed except in the
iqncncc of tiie lecturer. He was not the orator
rcpu'atiou h;?i] led us to brlw ve hum nidividu.'i)
d Ucwapnper statements. Gough?equal to wlmm
nc said he was. loss than when none admitted
a to be?is an orator of much greater power.
Upon the whole, we tnay say that it was quite n
at, and that Gin. Carey acquitted himself haudncly.
mokg^RTFLEST
3ii Saturday evening the preliminary steps were
en for the organisation of a unifo mod rifle eomty
in our town. Out of a list of fifty-three nnuft'H
miy-seven were present, when the following
iflenien ware chosen ofliecrs.
S. W. II LEGG, Captain.
JNO. M.DKAX, 1st Lieutenant.
JOSEPH WALKER. 3d Lieutenant.
\. S. DOUGLASS, Ensign.
I. M. KLFOKI), OrJerly Sergeant.
A Committee n.u nppointc<I to prepare r?-qtds;ie
s nttd report a uniform at a subsequent meet*
For the honor of Spartanburg we hope this
lYemeot may be entirely successful, as we bcvc
it will be.
NEW STORE.
The reader's attention is directed to I>r. Z NV.
ecn's advertisement. This gentleman, anlicipag
the successful future at Spartanburg, has
ated in our town, nil 1 opens a new stock of dry
ads in iho store lately occupied by Mr. II.
tchcll, wllcrc lie will be pleased to wait upon
dealers.
THE OLuToiR? HOUSE.
Tins building, after twenty nine ye.ns' service,
rapidly di?:ip|H*ti ing under the reckless ha d of
provcnicnt. Another and more beautiful ono
II take its place, and doubtless the increased coin
I will limn thun satisfy those who look with rest
Upon the removal of the old strueture.
COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
Tiie Charleston Christian Advocate g ves the
nosed description of the buildings designed and
Course of erection for the above incorporation:
"It will consist if a centre hiiildins and two
ngs?the centre four stories Ingli, with a tower
nety two f et, and the wings three sterna. It
mts one hundred and srviitty feet, with a depth
one hundreil and fifteen hit. It will contain
ty-eight r?*>ms. n large dining hall, a large and
lutiiul chapel. The architectural style ts the
Jian.
OriNiax' of Tor Miicmv ? V
ipondcnl of I ho Mercury (\V. li Tuber, t' o
tior editor, duubllvw, who was present at the
invention o( Delegates) introduces a column of
nments by the following depreciating ding at
? materiel of the body. As patrician names of
toric prestige were absent, and the leaven of
to people" too largely infused into the muss, of
urso there was a "deplorable falling ?>fF" in "talt
and influence." Anterior to the meeting it was
the "work of politicians"?now it is only the poo
', and hence the sjioer. But to the extract:
"The long agony is over nt Inst, and tlio labor;
mountain brings forth it? mouse. To drop the
igungc ot metaphor, the convention for the munition
of delegates to the Cincinnati Convention
ft this evening in the City Hall of Columbia, at
j'clnok. OC tne number and composition of this
dy I need say nothing. Your reader* will tind,
the published proceedings, tnateiial to form their
'ii opinions, an I compare it with such Convenes
as have on former occasions undertaken to
ict the policy of the State. And when that
aipnrison is mule, I fancy that there will appear
leploraWc lallingofl*, both in talent and influence,
the present case. Of this, nevertheless, each
iv judge lor himself."
"A biogiaphy of the Hon dames I. Oir is publied
in the April number of the National Demonic
Review, edited by Georgo I'. Riiel. This
igraphy is written by William II. Topping, the
aohiiigion correspondent oi the i'hiladelnlua
feniug Argu*. slid is necnui|>nuied by an excelit
likeness of Col. Orr, troni a steil plate cngra?JT
" Accorilttig to this biography, Mr. Orr would
f lid flirriKLi i<> ?l??i .vfVi,.-. .-f \ I'-- ... \ - .
....v.. ... ...V ...... . U> ? ?w i rvumcoi, "I'rv
In obtain the nomination, until lite 12th of Mny,
r?7. 11 month* after tho nomination.'*?CaiohTimet,
May 9.
Wlml now becomes of tlie charge of the above
1 other journal* hostile to Col. Orr?that lint
iticnl "reaching#" were lor the Presidency or
Vice Presidency f Hi* fro ml* knew the above
t lottg ago, ntul hence defend. <1 him from the
lieious imputation upon hi* political integrity.
District Jcdok.- Hon A. CI Magrath, a di*Kulahed
lawyer of C harlesti n, (and a delegate
the State at largo to the National Democratic
Dvention,> ha* been apponted District Judge of
i United State for the Dittiict ot South Caro'.itrice
Judge Gilchrist, dcorn?od.
Death or tiik Ilo.v. Wm. C. Dawson.?We
rn that the death of thu lion. Win. C. Dawson,
distinguished Whig statesman of Georgia, and
Tteily Senator in Congress from that State, took
cent Augusta, (Ga.,) on the 6th.
Ildhk Hutler.?Hon. A. l\ Butler, United
ites Senate, arrived in Columbia on SutiirJay
we learn front the Carolininp) on business in
Courts of Appeal,
dr. Thackeray's profits on his reocitt lecturing
r were fifteen thousand dollars.
THE STATE CONVR.NTlUN.
This body, the propriety of wboie mooting Hm
bcrn for some months a subject of frss newspaper
nnd public discussion, closed its Isbors on Tuesday,
tli? 6th instant, ut Columbia, una wo spread it*
doings before our readers on our first pngo.
Tho minting oil Monday night was held in the
City Hall, which had been kindly placed at the
disposal of the Couveution by the public authorities
of the city; but, a* many ladies and spectators were
deprived of the privilege of being present, who
py .vmalhixed with the objects of the body, application
was ,*!inde to Governor Adams (br the use of
the Hall of Representatives. This request was acceded
to, nuil Tuesday's session was held in it.
From our delegates we learn that tho opening
address of lion. F. W. Pickens, on taking ths
chnir as President of the Convention, was a masterly
vindication of the propriety of the assemblage,
nnd of the pol.tioal necessity of this State being
represented At Cincinnati in the National Convention.
It was no studied effort, because the honorable
position of presiding officer could not have been
nntioipated as likely to devolve cn liirn. llis arguments,
therefore, c.imo warm and fresh from as
clear a head and patriotic n heart as South Carolina
can boast. The blandishments of the Federal
Government, with its cxtalled honors and profits
(which afford scant equivalents for the personal
sacrifices involved in their acceptance) have never
lured liiin from undoubted devotion to his State
and the paramount interests of his eeCtion. Unsought
they have been tendered; but with n dignity
worthy of a noble Roman, he thrust the badge of
party fealty aside, and continued ill the retirement
so congenial to his social nature. In this retrcnt,
however, be lias kept an intelligent watch over the
progress of political events. Seeing that the great
issue between the North and South is involved in
the next Presidential election, he has stepped forth
on the invitation of his friends, nnd lends tho
weight of hi? sound judgment and ripened intellect
to a departure from State policy which has hereto
I lore stood aloot from party contests (or ledcrol
otlico when the anirnus was spoil, not principle*
j Regarding tlic crisis as nt haa I which must determine
the question of the perpetuation of a coustitutional
Union, C<d. Pickens feels it a duty to encourage
the efforts of a found party to bring back
the belter days of .lie Republic, and re inaugurate
those principles of t iglit and justice on which it
was founded. Malice and faction can bring no
charge of impure motive ngainst hiin. lie stands
in his position like CCesar's wife?above suspicion
in the cause to which lie hay given impetus and
moral force. Indeed, ns the Charleston Standard
well remarks, the entire body is composed of
gentlemen who It ?vo te.-v.-r looked to the central
powirof the coiiiitiy (or favors or rewards; and
many lire equally guiltless of seeking home honors,
which wcsu|n?ose it innocent and patriotic to wear'l'he
Convention was r<-spectable in character,
harmonious in action, mid will standout on the
political annals of the State a pi rpctual mctnotiid
?.f the devotion of South Carolina to the Federal
Union when honestly admin stored, and a refutation
of the numerous unkind chnrges of its opponents
against those who favored its being brought
into existence and the objects had in view.
The reader will, wc <h?ul?t not, Ik* pleased with
the soundness of the^principhu incorporated in the
resolutions adopted. We stand with Georgia?
endorsing her position?following her lend. Mr.
l'ierce is declared our fust olio oev?hut not the l>st
Any candidate, however, to win the *np|>oii of the
Stale, must furnish, by plank and platform, uuc
i qui vocal prool of att..cl no nt to the miiiii great e?nI
stitutiiHial priiiei| l< s nlurlmting the present ad
| iniiiistiati.ni N ?;> look ?no compi .Hliisc ? n?>
h tinning --fsa I- I. r mi re sino<-*s Nothing w.ll
In- accepted by uiitl itching adherence t right, jit*
tiec, ?U.l tlic eoit-tituttoil. Tin- c end* nssurcl,
( our deleg ilinii will Ik- happy In aid the general cf
j fort* of ilu- party tor oontinu uiec in p .ivt-r. These
j ihiuhl'til. evasive, or ilbiii-niilnl, llu-v will cast them
I selves o-r from coll!;iet with tlie dun ma**,
' and Iiohl nlult tin- i Mutdi-uD of South Carolina in
| untarnished brightness.
, rile delegate* lor the State at large and for the
Congress .m il distr c:< in ty well h ive lu-r eonfi
I dctiee. Tin r ili-v. t hi to her principles canimt (>
j doubted. A IV-kctis atiil a .Manning?a Porter
' ami Sullivan?a Hiooka and Oir?a M.igrath
j an.t Ga-1herry?a Farrow mi l M.m-t?a I'alnter
j and Alien?a Wilvni and Hrown?a Macbeth anil
' Du-lley?are surely uamcs not nnfamiliar to CaroI
I n i cars or Carolina honors. \Vc arc satisfietl
I the Slate \vill suffer iio iletriincut in tlieir han Is,
I ntiil vvc .-halt abide their aetiuti an I lea.I it our
hearty support.
C >1. Orr w is present in-Colu:n'iia, xt a delegate
friim Anl-rsoa. Il-ug called on, h-s gave hi*
I view* t?the c.invent on in a speech of c ntsiderahle
length an 1 tntrk - l by greit ability, judging front
what we *;e in tint p ip -r*, an 1 the verbal eontnieilta
of o-.ir deleg itiott The wisdom of the
in ivem -nt, at this junct ire, w it Vindicated, as also
the ndce*?ity of p .rty convention* to harmonize
1 opinion and concentrate acton.
Thai our Representative was cITectivc, we have
no doubt, and we have just a* little reason In question
that lis views of participation in Democratic
Convention*, if the ptrty maintain* it* present integrity.
will hcncelortli become those of the Suite,
hi delitnee of in srvprcaentalion and taetious opposition.
The C nciiin iti Convention will assemble on the
l*t M ni>lay in .June next, an I we uii Icrstniid it i*
the intttntion of the Delegates, on their return, to
give a public .accojut of their m ** ->n to ||?e Constituencies
of the s-vcral Congressional D.stricts.
l\?r the Carolina Spartan. *
Mkaiks. Kditora: Hiving licri'lofure declined
to carry oil .my discussion on tlie subject of the
College willi the Ecpress, I have ti<? reply to make
; to it* late issue on that subjivt. The editor a'
! referred to uw a worthy successor, for argumerit
ond fairness, to tin we which hod preceded it.
I am satisfied with the argument on the main qtic*.
lion. I only a?k permission to have the sentence
' from my speech on Common Schools, a part ol
i which was quoted by the Express, pruned as it
! was spoken, that your renders may not be h it under
u false impression. I give the sentence, enclosing
in bracket* the part suppressed by the Ex,
/ness.
' We have heretofore Ixiaste.l ol a College?our
J College?ami long may it live, prospering and to
prosper?in which, at any given period of tune,
perhaps a hum/ml young Carol mans may have
' In- n ill process ol training for greatness and use[
tulnc*?; [ichiie forty Tiioirswn young Carolini'
rtn* have, from the force of circumstances, been
: unable to araii themsehes of those adenntuges;
and perhaps one thud of that number hare been
denied the benefits of the plainest anil commonest
English education for irant of an efficient system
I of popular schools''']
In reference to my spo- ial and ester mod Iriend
I ?l>r. " W "-?I will only say, when we meet, we
I will I avc many a hearty laugh over our differences
| of opinion, and if in) feels belligerant, meanwhile,
| just let liun strike llerchei again - nay, let him
subject tl.il warlike pnrso.i to any number of dc;
cent ihigniiatioiis! Very truly, Ae . Ac .
VIATOR.
Blackwood ros Arnir-.? Leonard Scott A Co ,
79 Fulton street, New York. The contents of
this number arc; The l.nv? Concerning Women;
War and Woodcraft; Allison's History of
! Europe; Prescott'a Philip II; The Scot Abroad;
| The ludwn Civil ahrvic.-; Tlio Kars Blue Book;
, snd De Barencotiri's Narrative of the Campaign.
mBammsmtammmmBmttamaaaam
COLUMBIA COKRESPONDBHCB OF SPARTA
Cou'Miu, May 13, 1866.
Mrau. Editor*: The State Convention to a
point delegate# to represent South Carolina in tl
National Convention, eoon to assemble in Cinci
nati, met here on Monday last. At the City jour
ata have already given you a full repott of the pr
ccedingt, we will only add that the meeting w
well attended?nearly every District being repr
tented?and that a spirit ol enthusiasm charactc
ized the entire session. Many dittinguithed ra<
a ere preaent?among them no one more contpic
out than the worthy Representative from your o?
Congreotio: al District, Col. James L. Orr. V
hope that this move of the Carolina Dcmocra<
may produce much good , and that the "new puli
there inaugurated" may henceforth Income on n
I tide in the pot.tical creed of the Palmetto Stai
For Pne, we nrc disposed to cling to the liroc-ho
ored customs when a departure from them may I
detrimental. Rut we cannot refuse to unite in nr
important movement which will evidently rcdoci
to the honor and benefit of the State, even if aneic
|
usages must thereby be departed (roin and a ne
historical era commenced. The Union it not y
dissolved?its glory hat not yet departed. An
while a member of this coafcdcrncy of soverci^
States, South Carolina should unite with that par
I which lias always been true to the Constitution
true to the principles on which this Republic
based?"knowing no North?no South?to Es
?no West?nothing but the Union."
It is pleasant to pat* from po'itics and to t|>e;
of the charming weather wo enjoy. Summer
stealing on us gently and rlmost iinperccpiibl
The numerous gardens in which Columbia nboun
are in full bloom. Perfumes are watted on eve
breeze. Strolling by moonlight, listcuing to twe
music jiiiu uiiiaiuig ooors ol tragrnnt flowers,
I more agreeable than ?k>i iujr over liooks; nnddicn
, selio'ars nrc now discard to tcveric rather tin
^ to study. Sentimental belles and beaux have n?
I a tine opportunity to discourse on romance, poctr
I and love; but being a member of the "Junii
' Bachelors1 Aiveiation,1' your corrcs|H)iident
prohibited from taking part in such omuscnicti
i Speaking of belles, we must say, that during t
session <?f the Convention many from abroad we
in our city. Among them we were plrxised to s
1 one from Spartanburg, who during her short st:
shone a bright star in the constellation ?t beauty,
The May Exhibition of tAe College came oil
Thursday and Friday < veilings lust, and was nttc
ded caeh time by a large and iutr Ihgcnt nudum
On the first evening, Mr. J. C. Winimitii,
S|iartanbnrg, s|sikc?his subject being "Thougl
on Liberty.11 IK* bids air to become nu eloquc
orator?and was listened to with much ntteiitie
The speaki-ls g. iieiaby acquitted themselves wi
credit. Their speeches were ably written and w<
delivered. We bcl'evc that Profi-ssor Ue\nel<
.is a successful teacher of Elocution, has no stip
rior in the South. To Itini must be ascribed ih
praise for that eloquence and graceful action
s'?eaking which is now characteristic of tln*c wl
! graduate at the South Carolina College.
The Trustees of the College have had sevci
' meetings this week. It is slated that llicy uBCCT
nioniously disposnl of the petition of the student
asking tor a re-organisation of the Fooulty ai
removal of the piescnt President. They i ls? <o
firmed the election of Mr. Uivers and Dr. la? Con
as Professors respectively of Creek and ChcniisSr
A new prof, ssorship?that of Natural and Mechn
ical Philosophy?was eleated, and |fr. I>c Con
chosen lo fill it. During Prof. Brumby's atisett
the Department of Chemistry and < J eulogy w
al?o l>?- lillr >1 by Dr I.e Conte. We refer ynu
the "Carol.man" of Saturday List for further pr
' cceding* of the Board of Tru.tr is.
In the list "Orei li v .11* Patriot*1 Maj. Peri
speak* quite eoiiipliiuciitaiy of our Uitie Cotnpar
whose evolution* lie recently witnessed. We rvii
j tli it the B th-* would at some tune or other vu
tin* battle-ground ol CoW|?eii*,and thus utVord yo
e.t s in, wiio witii"s*.->l the in .rdi ng and initio.'
vres o! the Washington Light Infantry, an op|m?-i
nity of seeing the best-drilled Comjmny in tl
, State.
The "Governor's ttuar.ls,1' another one of o
i-xe- belli \ il.i ite.-r C > npau es, eelebrated tin
anuivei >.'ii \ on Fi ul iv list by all vxcuisoii to Fc
Moil-. Tli y. returned on Saturday will pleas
will the tiip, and in my wish tli.it such p cow
excursions would tike |>!:ie?' more frequently.
Pic niesaie all the fashion now. Every Ss
ur i.iy uur or moro "comes on, greatly to II
pluusurc of the young to k? Speaking <>l thern.t
Would haw kifll delighted to li.H'1' oltrll Inl til
| nm' given on llic 1 v, by the young hiliit of I
Spartanburg Female t %?llegc. N\ c have tin* lion
ot' being acquainted with several in tliat Instil
lion, mill M ould like once more to greet them fa
to face By the May, if the Coliego cxuiiiin.ition
.Iune does not "finish'' your correspondent,
ho;cs to Inve tlie pleasure of dropping into yo
nnetuni mime day next summer.
Tiie in til ix closing, and vvc inu-1 stop.
Yours, CONG AUKK.
SO IT II i;iRoi"l\\ 10LLEGE.
At llie meeting of the lbiard of Trustees In
' Thursday, t ca?lul:oiis were adojited rcorganixi
several ot the Professorshijts
The Professorship formerly held hy Prole**
I ley noldx has been divided, part of tlieduti sbeii
i assigned to Professor l?abnrdc and part to P oless
Key Holds, u addition to the chair of S.iered Lit
rnture and the Chaplaincy held hy the hitter,
lien of this professorship a separate professors!
of Natural and Mechanical Philosophy has be
instituted, aud Professor J. K. LcCuutc unauiuioi
i ly elected to it.
The following is the now arrangement:
1 Tito Professorship of Mathematics and A
tronomy is retained, and assigned to the Preside
J To the Professorship of Mental Plulosopli
Ia>gio and Physiology, held by Professor (.abort
Klu tor.e ami the Inspection ol Compositions ha
been added.
3. The Professorship of f*acr?d I.itcroture a
, Moral Pail'iiophy, together w.tli li locution a
Criticism, is assigned to Professor J. I. Key nob
Tlie Professorship of Natural and Mechanii
Philosophy is given to Prof. LcConte, who is
discharge the tluties also of Prof. Brumhv'i depai
, uieiit ol Chemistry, Geology a .d Minernloti
whih he i* tillable to attend to iii duties. T
other Piofessorships remain as In-fore.
Prof Rivers was unanimously confirmed ill t
Professorship of Greek I.iteralure, to which
had been appointed st the extra meeting of t
Board.
The folloM nig if the portion of the action of t
Committee appointed by the Trustees on the repc
of the President, and as adopted by the Board:
'"The Committee t > whom was referred the t
pott ot the President of ;'iie College, with the a
oompanying documents, respectfully report:
'"That they have given due consideration to tl
name, and take ncens'wm t.? express their dmi
moos uppr..nation of its temper and frankness, ni
I >?.%.? Is* Ie wf !.? <*!"! *' "-I- - '
^11 1-^uiii no UI HIV iiiiiny mm wniwii ifc
wri'ien. Several member* of the Committee we
in Columbia during the exciting period of win*
il gives llio history, noil Dow bear witness to 1
correctness of die iletail; hdi| the whole Coinniilt
nre snliMicd that under very trying circumstnm
the President has been faithful and lenlnus in tl
discharge of Irs dilti s, niel is entitled to the Con
denoc of the Hoard."?South Carolinian
WHO MAT VOTE.
The qualification of voters in Kansas msy I
known from the following extract from her laws:
"Every free whito male cititen ??f the I'niti
States, nnd every freo male Indian who is made
eitijti n by treaty or otherwise, and over the nge
twenty oik years, who shall lie an inhabitant of tl
Territory, and ot tin comity or district in wliieh I
offers to vote, and shall have paid ? territorial ta
shall lie a qualified elector for all elective offices,
This is the clause, nnd if you are in Ka'.srji bi
one week, and pay the territorial ta* (which is ot
Ily one dollar) one day before you offer to vote, yot
right will not be dented.
9 4
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For ths Caroft^ Spartan. 1
THE MUTI CAEOUli C9LLI6L
p. Plaintiff and Dtjtndant.
I,e Mwu. Editors or thb " BratTa*: " Thu
D. writer boa attended with increasing interest to the
0. discussions pro et contra which hare been recently
0. published through the "Spartan" and tlva u KxM
press," on the anbject of Stat* patronage or State \
aid to the South Carolina College.
T. The prinoipul writcra arc, aa the rending public
fn understsnds, 3. Wofiurd Tucker, esq., in the
? "S|>nrtanMand T. Stobo Furrovr, esq., Editor of tha
rn "Express." lie knows little of the proprieties of
audi a communication an this, and would therefore
L.y most earnestly beg pardon of those gentlemen it
Cy this use of their names is not allowable under *..ie
r. circumstances.
ie Iu his main propositions, both in statement of
n. the facts,mid deductions legitimately drawn there)0
from, kftcr a thorough and impartial examination,
,y the writer fully and unhesitatingly agrees with Mr.
1(] T., and in this announcement has no doubt he exnt
presses the general sentiment of the people. It
w has occurred to your correspondent, (and the re
1mark is made from no unkiudncsa or wun? of re|(]
gard,) after all due sllownnce for the heat nnd nntu,n
ral excitement necessarily attendant upon such n
,, discussion, and the prejudices so perfectly natural
tw a former pupil of that college, that the Express has
ia exhibited in some measure an aujuslifiublc bittcrness
ol feeling?a direct personality?an unfair, if
not uuonndid, mode of treating a respectable antogik
00' ,;s
Apart from this, tho arguments against the i
y equities?the policy?ths political justice?of that
ja College, as now conducted, sgnin and again put
ry forth by Mr. Tucker, are unanswered, and as I
believe, unanswerable.
, Iu his clos'ng communication, Mr. T. has de- '
| rnonelraled, it seems to me, that if the pupils of
|in j the (^ull-ge arc the parties benefitted by tho public j
)W 1 money, then, that such appropriation is clearly and
y i undeniably unjust and unwarranted; nnd if, on the
Br , other hypothesis, the students are not tho beuefieiaja
rics of the fund, the argument against the justice
,a of the annual appropriation becomes still more irrcI
sistiblc.
I have nowhere understood Mr. Tucker as
ic attacking the individuals who hare graduated at, [
I or gone to, that College; l.e has nowhere called
them drunkards, (for that .lulge O'Neal I isresponnn
: sible;) but Mr.T. lias distinctly disclaimed any such
n ' sentiment, and in a manner complimentary to that
I class of onr citixens, (as witness tlie" NtKu" append0f
ed to his but article, which the Exprcsw did not
its ?w|'uun?n -.f
llt "Note ?Our objection* to tit* State'* connection
witli the SiNiiliCttruliiiaCalli'gc are of a public- and
|<olitu-;;l, an t not of a |terminal, nature.
lh "It is lowurd the iu-c-quitii-* ot the rxv?Awanl
L.)l tiie political tendencies ?>' tlmt Connection, ni.d not
I i toward the gentlemen who have been educated !>
' | tbat Institution, that we feel an antagonism. Some
** | ot the graduates are among our nio*t cherished
no I friends. Among them me to be found some of the
;n ' noblest specimen* of the dignity end generosity of
i glorious manlH?od."
I Nor do we umk-rstan 1 Mr. T. as undervaluing
I ' any man becnuie be is of foreign oirth; but only to 1
. intimate that " dieting uithed foreigner*'' have no 1
' special claim to the State's bounty orcr any other
i?l ,,K'nThe
Express lias given u* the names of those
n" > who hare graduated in that College, who hare rcl'
sided, or do now reside, it) this district, and there
v. | arc twenty-three of tlictn.
Of the twenty three, only tirelre were t.ativi-sof
this district, the others having been sent to the
College from other Ih-lric-U wit- re they were na
re live*, and afterwards settled ill Sptrt.uiourg. Oat
ill of these twelve, there are not exceeding fico who
((l were not nbutlilailtly aide to educate themselves
anywhere in America, without charge to the State; |
| an I no one of lln-in has actually received ntiv such j
bounty; but bad to pay from oilier iinnmv tor
IX thetli-elv < *.
" ' The Express admits that S|*at-t:mhurg d strict
I ay* ($ '.7 I ' thrge hundred and seventy one dollars,
ftet rt/inu -:, t > in iln up w hat the State gives yearly
ur to lh- College, and that the vludelitv ore the bene- i
u_ fitted parties.
u_ i Now the College has existed a* a |H-ns'oticr of i
ie the State's bounty fifty years. The annual tax i
o|H>n S|NIItaltburg l> strict lor the College appro(||.
1 priatioli. admitted to be llio sum of three hundred
r and seventy one dollars muliiplad hv fifty,
amounts to tlie sum ot eighteen thousand an 1 five
((i j huriilrid dollars. Til'* poor District, then, has
nl paul e ghteeii thousand five- hundred dollars tor
tlie education of twelve of her sons?most of whom
arc among the most wealthy men of the country !
Iu. Hut three thou-uuJ other sons of the old " Iron
K District" have l>e? n denied,hy n jexsity, any such
,)t benefit! Are nil taxed ? or have those favored 1
lie twelve paid this $18,">00 ?
Assuming that each of the twelve students have
expended, while at the- College, $d."?0 n year, and
that they were there lour years?tne usual period
j(| at college?then they paid for themselves lour tern |
j hundred dollars eneli; meAOwlole the other tax
r payers t>a>d fifteen hundred dollars a h< ad lot these
same highly-educated gentlemen.
Once for nil, as a eifixeli mid as a tax payer,
and a* one who feels a deep concern for the jros- (
penty of llu* educational interests of the tchole pe>?ple,
your corrcs(Mindrnt repudiatis, and iinwi sol- j
eniuly protests, uga list the justice, or, rather, the
Id injustice, of such a distribution of the people's
IIa ...I.? .- .L.i ,1... I -l-l
- 0IMHMII* mai I in* 1/ nurc OMIIIII l*
i grievous fully and a gkm fraud every time, in
of audi WAX , it ru ia away tlie public mvuii.
"iC The w riter docs nut propiwe lo enter upon a dc* ,r
(race of Mr. Tucker's voi ioti* positions in the argu
e- J men), so f.ir na tliey alVect liim per tonally. Indeed,
In | that gentleman has always abundantly shown thai '
i'P he i? able to take c.tre ol himself ai aneli matters,
en and i? would, therefore, be wholly gratuitous here,
is- Hut n sense of eoiiniion justice prompta your correspondent
to inquire, on looking in the Express at
j the garbled extract Iroin Mr. Tucker"* speech <>n
>?- educational reform, (n printed ropy ul which lies
nt. before us.) why was Dot the whole paragraph
>.* printoil in it* proper rouncctkin 1 Aumtig ail the
le, t loqueiit passages ot that address, designed ta i
rc show tlie State's folly, if not criminality, in giving !
so much of its funds to one ins'iiution, while the .
nd multitudes wore neglected, the Express E'v<** but
nd one single hall sentence. and tlinl out ?#t its propt r
! ' connection ! Hut what had this to do with the nr- j
"I guinent f The ammue?the purpoee?is,perhaps,
to t,K? manifest to require comment. If Mr. T. deft
sires anything else than the prosperity of the Colty,
lege, i.poii fair anil jutl principlea, and placed
he on term* oj equality irilfi atner institutions, such
desire hut not been shown, iu any of his published
be communication* Hut to create sueh an impresbe
sioit, and to stigmatize Mr. T. with inconsistency
lie an 1 duplicity, the Express has |irititcd n part of
one sentence, stopping at a semi colon iu the print- i
he ed address, hut printed in the Express with a
rt period, and making a full elose. Now, it must be
asked, u|>on what principle of moral justioe and
fair dealing can such a mode of discussion be junti- j
e- , Aed f
j Here is the whole sentence?the portion printed j
; in italics is that which was quoted by the Express,
ns an extract; while the portion not italicized hero j
is there wholly omitted;
( " MV hare heretofore botitled of a College?one
rc ! College?and long may it lire, protpering and to
L.|t protper--in irhich, at any girrn period of time, per
lu> hop* a hundred young Carolinians may hare beer,
re j hi proeest of training for greatness and useful
w uess; while forty thousand young Carotin an* have, j
I,. from the force of eircumstattees, been unable to
g avail themselves of tlnse advantages; and perhaps ,
one-third of that number have been denied the j
benefits of tlie pln nest nnd commonest English
; education, for want of an efficient system of p<>pu- |
I lur schools!"
he Ii is enough to say in th.s connection that Mr.
i T. was advocating a plan of schools ft* the people; I
'"'I | he was not *|wnking, nor was he called upon at J
'J that time to *|H-ak , of the State's patron',ge of the '
Siuth C. robnn College. As the p* ojretor of & |
lie , reform measure before the llouso, .t would have I
* 1 been 4it)**ite to provoke tl?? nppov t?on ??f #W C%>1lotto,
n* Mr. T lia? ?lroa?1y ?li?v n u> ) ,.m rv.vlrr*,
111 aiitl which lb* wriWf WW *fl' ti?tify i<v
Hut enough !?? born ??*1 (or the p-<?. ut. Clrjr
, rumaL-mrt* w?v rtquiro, on th? rem*.
J thing fnrthrr trotn RQU \\t JI STUCfc
m
1 |W|T*-1 ^ ..-y ~* V
^^SSvSmoTSpSSuniS? '
Or Fact* m d Memories of Eighty fear*.
no. y.
BT DKRWBirr.
In oar third article we promised to mention (bo
fort lawyer*, amonj other thing* wiiiob wo did
obmit tor the inspection o( the pahlio eye. W#
proceed bow to mention the name* of thoeo who
presented their credeutinl* authorising them to
practice law iu oar ooanty court*, to wit: Jam**
Yooug, Wlitmin Blow, Jacob Brown, Duitl
Brown, William'Tute, Peter Carn, and other*.
Thea* gentlemen lvnve the I to nor of having peaceded
a* practiooers oar present friend* of the legal
profession.
They are alao lb* predecessors of Win. Hunt,
hoac Smith, John JSorW, Wm. Trtmmier, and
Ephrahn Hhoddy, who fig*red in 1816.
We uUo s ated in onr I art number that the Connty
Court was removed to Mr. Williamson'* plantation
(or n second time, from that of Mr. John
Wood's, where it was iteld for the spnee of twelve
months. This latter place included tit* plantation
now owned by Mr. John Biou d, on the waters of
Lawhon's Fork, and was distinguished daring tha
Revolutionary stru-gle a* the residence of on*
whose valor, heroism, and patriotism were na inconsider.iblo
-cntribsiion to the aucrrss of the
Whig party of tlioso dark and troublous limesJohn
Wood was a hero, a firm, active, and efficient
partisan, lli' p<*ilion was no uneqoironal one.
Tlic opposite party knew l?ii daring courage and
liia indefatigable efforts fur the Republican cans*. .
So signalised w;ts lie on the Whig side, that his
enemies sought to victimise him, as they ultimately
diJ, to their vindictive and revengeful feelings. Those
feelings were the offshoots of their abomina
lion for tlio Whig cause and its. zealous adherents.
Mr. John Wood h ad made himself a hining mark a*
an ndvocatc for liberty, and at him they were ever
ready to cnat their javelins. Like otbera, he fell I
martyr to republicanism. Mills, in his statistics of
this State, says o." him and his brother James
Wood :
"James Wood, K?q., was one of the first settlers
iu the district, nnd exjwrieticcd nil the difficulties *
connected with peopling n new country in defiance
ol Indian hostilities, lie was one of tlie prim ipsl supported
of the revolution in tins port of the country;
and fell a victim to the cause' he I tad espoused, being
mur.lered by a parly ol marauding lories known
by the name ol the "bloody scout." LIis brother,
John Wood, a worthy citizen and patriot, was at
the same time barbaiously murdered by this ac t of
lawless miscreants."
Mr. John Wool, when overtaken by thsbloody
scout, was at home with his family. lis at the
lime had the measles, an I hence his surprise nnd
capture by his cticm.ws. Oa finding his house sirrounded,
lie marched boldly oot,and defiantly said
to them: I ask no favor cx-vpt to be escorted to
headquarters?thither I hojie you wiil carry me.
With a ferocity ol nature cqunlk-d only by the lion i
of the forest, with a brutally and inscnsitiility ? f a
nature less than human, they ra sod their fire-arms,
and shot him down in hi* own yard. As ho Ml,
Ins wife-, who was subsequently the wife of Col.
John Kirlc, <4 Rutherford County, North Carolini,
caught him in Iter arms. Mrs. Kmrlc afterwards
was the mother, by her marriage with C<d. Jan.
Ivirle, of Mrs. A. Uomnr, relict of Elitha Rotiiarf
former el<-rk of our viHnge, and of a nnnitmus family,
ia the County of Rutherfmd N C-, and some of
the Western Stales. No man could liavr been nivro
active in li s circumscribed sphere titan Jofin Wood
during th." K-volul oiiary struggle, nn.i none died
in re lamented.
It was Iroat his plantation that the court wan
moved to that spat m-ar where our C>nil llousu
stands. Before it* final removal, I Kiel that nn
order was pome I by the County C"urt Judges to
establish oar pubi c buJ.l ngs on hi* I -n< i. The
oidtr is in these words :
4' Ordfieil. That the Court House and other
public buildings he eslab.isbcd nnd erected on the
laud* of Mr^sloliii \\ yd, wi the water* t?l Fair
Forest, on a small hill near tile said John Wood's
dwelling-house,according to the first appointment.I*'
Tins propnt.il mat with consid.-ruble favor. hut
aft i wards the I 'ountv Judges determined, [ sup- pose,
for rtstsoiis <>f its being more central and
convenient, tu locate the Court House on its present
site. The tir.-t |sjsitivc notion by them wan taken
0:1 2 Id December, 1T8T, and is cxln'o.ted in
t ie following onKr :
"Ordered, That the court meet on the twentieth
lav oi January 111*1. in order to let thu public
buddings lor tins county, an I that the clerk write
to each u'went justice respect':vely to uttend 011 tlvnt
day, ! ? ??i? the method or mid hu Mings. Are.,
ami that >ai>i day hi- published ;?? universally n?
poMt.ltlc for workmen to attend and undertake."
iti accordance therewith, they mri on the 17th
day of January, ITS", an.1 formally proceeded to
submit tin* dan ii.-,wn of the public l>u
which will be loun.l below. Ii will bo Man, from
special rvWitiM, iti t the letting ot the public buildings
did not lake place before ike lir?( day of February,
1787. On tint mem irablu day our present
towij jvas planted. That wm our natal day, and
should be remembered as one signal.zed by an
event grand an I ini]?urtaht. Fortunate for us, tl ?
prec.se perioI of the founding of oar village, like
similar events, is not involved in oboeority :
'The jMlicis whose nanus are underwritten
inet on the I9ih day of January. 1787, agreeable
to an order ot Court, entered on record the 23d of
Deccmlier, A. 1>. 1786, to wit: llaylis Karle,
Uiehard 1 larris.it>, Samut I Lancaster, and Obndiah
Trimmicr, F*qrs.
"A memorandum of the dimensions of Bpnrtanburg
Court ll.msc, as agreed on the 1'Jtli ot January,
A. D. 1787, pursuant to the above order, to
wit:
"30 fort long by 20 fret wide; 12 fevt pitch
square roof. The timbers well-proportioned by tho
rules of architecture, in a good and sullic.cnt manner.
The shingles ??f the heart ol pme, nmicd on
willi 61 nails, 21 inches long, in show 7 inches;
weather-boards S inches wide, of quartered plank,
to show 6 inches, and bended, nailed with 8d nails.
2 doors of a common s;x?*?one on each side, good
casings, and the doors plain. 8 twelve-light windows
good easi.igs an.l sulii'i, with glass 10 hy
8 inches. 2 in the end of tho court room, and ouc
on each s'de, and 2 in each jury room. 8 feet taken
off the length for jury rimmi by a parvt'wa of
plank well confined, and ihat sub divided info
r<M>ms 10 feet by 8 by a light partition. The jury
rooms elevated 4 feet above the fl.** of the court
room, and steps lending up into each. The justices'
bench to bo elevated 4 feel above the floor,
Hnni. Ills it tit nlnn w in..11? ivl uL * o.??.
?-r r ~
manner, nod stairway* leading up at each mJ; *,
jury bench on the fl.??r within the circle, nod mg.
rctiient box.* lor the ihcrif. A r.trk'a u?lte ; ..d
un attorneys1 bur at a convenient distance in the
front of the justice*1 bench The cave* of the
house b<<xe<f and corniced, am! the wholo June iu
a workmanlike manner.
"A g??d ot 16 toet square, of lO-im-hes aqnarexl
onk'lot:*, with n partition of sonore oak tixulwr of
the unw size cfiwsing the front at 6 fret distance
from the dour. The largest room divided hy n
partition of h>g* of the same *:ae. Through each
partition a door of 3 k?t wide?casings to the
doom IDlijr 4. Ihior* of a proportioned thickness,,
wch n? An- common to j?ila, and strengthened by
iron ham of a niedcsoto a rc. A comnum-sized jail
lock to each <h?ir. Tlw two lower back rooma ceilcd
with good '2-inch oak pinnk. t toe of the lower
room*, in tkc cciljtig^tn lie liid off in cluck* of 4
u?ch. V distnufc, and a s|wke of 4 inches long drovo
into each iateracctioa. The other hack room ceiled
with the same kind of plank, and checked at Iff
inches dwbtner. and spiked iu bkr manner. Attlia
height ot 7 feet n tloor of th< same kind of plank am!
*.jcJ ittubos, and spiked at font inches' diatanco
uvcr the l?nck room. That spiked in like manner
?lln> floor of the others to be spiked aa the v all.
fry. feet from the ujfwr d?or to the plate* whereon
the root ?ia placed. The mot to tw *h> etrd with
inch plank, vl ?kiu?led with 1^-iarh shmgh* to
ib'tw 7.i chea. St. p* from th* front room up to.
li e tipper floor. 4 windows to the goal of 1A inchex
ayrire, cnaed with it<? law ?f half en fnoli