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Cflinmumratinns. Correspondence of the Ledger. Salisbury, May 23, 1852. Dear Ledger:?As I have been honored with a place i t your columns, I am so flattered that I shall try and find a place neai your editorial correspondence once more.? The Supreme Court for this County was in session last week?his Honor Judge Bailey presiding. The Session's Docket occupied the entire week, and the Civil Docket was continued. One of the most important cases tried was a case of alleged murder.? Kufus and Judy, negroes, were arraigned and ' tried for the murder of a slave called Ned, belonging to a Mr. tlellcspie. To me this was indeed a novel and interesting trial; foi I never saw a negro trial before a Judge and Jury before, on negro evidence, admit ted in open Court. The testimony \v?s chiefly of this kind, and I was astonished at the quickness and intelligence displayed by the witnesses. The ease was ably arraigned both pro. and con., but the evidence being wholly circumstantial, and very lame indeed, the accused were acquitted. I could not but think, as I looked upon the prisoners at the bar, and ?w what an array of talent were engaged in tlys case, what a lesson it would teach those hellish Abolitionists of the North who labor incessantly for the abolition of slavery. Here in a slave State, were the ablest lawyers engaged to prosecute and defend two negroes, who were accused of a most attrocious murder. Negroes were put upon their oaths and testified either for or against the accused, and by their evidence, an intelligent jury of pure while citizens declared that the accused were not guilty of the crime alleged, and were acquitted at the highest tribunal of our country. IIow different this from the misserable farce lately enacted in a tribunal of justice in Pennsylvania, for the dreadful murder of some unfortunate slave hunters. Can we live any longer in peace with these miserable fanatics, who say, "abolish slavery, or war to the knife!" If this Ik* the doctrine of the North?and I for one, believe that it is?then let war come. But enough of this. i am nappy to hear that you have so many friends in this Town, and you may rest assured that I shall try and extend your acquaintance. Your quandom friend, Guerillmo. [For the ledger. George McC. Witherspoon, Esq. Pleasant IIill, S. C. Mr. Kditor?In the last number of the Lodger, wo noticed this name, with some others, spoken of as candidates ft?r the Shite Senate. We know of no man more eminently calculated to fill this honorable station than Mr. Witherspoon, and whose nomination would be received with more general satisfaction by the people of this vicinity.? Ilis course in the House, a few years since, was marked with good sense and ability; and we hope that he will again serve us, but iu a position more worthy of his distinguished merit. A Voter. Diplomatic Note. The following is sakl to be the renlv ? ?r; expected from the Emperor of Japan to President Fillmore's recent letter to that functionary : Jedtlo,in Japan,Palace of the Most High, 18,000th year of the Great lied Dragon. Hcrr Fillmore, Governor of the U. S. Province: My Grand Secretary, Gowithuites, has just translated your scroll, and I dictate the following, fro u the abundance of my heavenly wisdom, in reply: Your officer of high rank amuses me very much. I and my six thousand wives have been laughing all the morning at his queer bob-tailed coat, his stove-pipe hat, and awkward looking boots ; and, more , than all, a strange and mysterious thing which he calls a shirt collar, and wfnen keeps his head as stiff as one of our native rhinocerosses. We have taken pity on his heathenish condition, and have enped him in our royal suit?a turban a pair of spurs. You say that he is "no missionary of religion." I shall make a Christian of him, and send him i?i- A. > iicftCK. u> ins own country as a missionary. I wits grieved to see his besotted ignorance. He knows nothing of Xcao, or Amida, or Dabio. lie had never heard of the precious book of Snickisnacky, nor bathed in the forgiving stream of Chuindow-Chum. I am glad there is a country to the east of me so large as yours, and I shall take measures immediately to bring you to the true faith. I send by the bearer a bundle of Colporteurs pamphlets and tracts, which I should like distributed at once. I hope you will not oppose my establishing temples in your land. Your Eeople is not onu-liAlf as large as mine, ut yours are worth saving. Although outcasts, there is still hope for you. As for trading with mo, why do you bother yourselves with worldly ambitions? We spend our time in religious ceremonies and prayers. But I am willing to open communication with you, so that you may not object to my seeking to bring you over to the true religion. Kiss all y<tur wives for me. Ah, you have only one. Poor d 1, I have six thousand. Pray accept this bottle of ruin as a token ot my high consideration. Twang Twanoit, Emperor of the Faithful. New Railroad to Cif ari.krtow.?We perceivo by a notice in the Carolinian, that application will he made at the next session of the Legislrtur* for a charter for a new rai^oad from Columbia to Charleston. This is an important movement, and when we remember that the existing road is thirty miles longer than there was any necessity for?and that the present road will not be able to do the business which will flow into it when the uo-coontry roads are completed, the new scheme seems to be at least plausible. We hope the enterprise wdl be prosecuted with vigor, and we wir Uvionmile Journal. iCaiirastpr jb>llger. ? -------- | c Lanrattorvillc, 8. C. < I WEDNESDAYTTUNE 2, 1852. J i i-&" It is suggested that a Public Meet- ' ing be held in the Court House on the first ( Monday in July, (sole day,) for the purpose *. of taking some action in relation to the pro. posed Rail Road from this place to Chester- ^ ville. ( The fears \vc entertained about a c month since with respect to the productive- c | nessof our Corn and Cotton crops, has been z | in a great measure removed by the very ~ i favorable seasons we have since had. Fre- ^ , | (|iient rains have proved very beneficial ^ | to the corn crop. It is said that the pros| pect is very good nt present for an abundant ;l harvest. From what we can learn, Cotton ,, is not so forward. The rains, so necessary to j2 the growth of cultivated plants, have proved \\ equally beneficial to weeds, and the farmers e< arc now busily employed to prevent the p grass and weeds from obtaining the mastery. ** A new Post Office has been estabfished in Chester District, on the route from n here to Chesterville, called IjU (Jrange, and si Jacob F. Strnite appointed Post Master. it * * . . I* Particular attention is directed to the | advertisement of Mr. Clark. Clark is said j to be an excellent workman, and such the people of the District should encourage by vv their patronage. f, Philip S. White and the Temperance ? Cause. tl ? d In a preceding number we had intended giving our opinion "dative to Mr. White, as sj a Temperance Lecturer, and at the same time v given the opinions expressed by some of the * Press in the State. Fearing that our * strictures at the time when Mr. White was about to Lecturo here, may have been tho means of provoking a prcju- c dicial feeling in the minds of some, and at c the same time entertaining the best opinion c of the Temperance cause, and also of tho or- n der of the Sons of Tcinp nc.\ our efforts would always be exerted to advance the ' progress of the cause, and not by any means ? pursue a course which would retard it?we " abandoned the idea. At this time wc do not wish that our re- ? marks should be construed ? pntjudioUl to s the Temperance reform. The Temperance v cause is a great and good cause, and the in- o calculable benefit which has resulted from w ...... - "(%"" The McthodSstOriswa! Conference, whicl la ssaaion it Boston, has elected the fol >wing Bishop*: Rev. Dr. I* Scott, of New ork; Rev. Dr. M. Him peon, of Cincinnati Ley. P. C. Baker, of New Hampshire; Rev R. Ames, of Indiana. During the year 1861, 6114 children wen orn on shipboard before reachiag NewYork 11,000 land wnrranta have bees issued? 7,000 for 180 acres, 37,000 for M aores^uu 7,000 for 40 acres. f h? the 17th nit, a man by the name o 'urrsn shot a Mr. Conned, in Savannal vith a slug ball from a pistol. It is thoagh >tnnell will die. No cause is allege or the act. One of Phillip's Fire Annihilstora w 1 isod with aueeeas at a fire in Newark N. J ately, t>efore water could be procured. ITie Columbia Htates Right Republics! i informed that common maple bark, boile 0 a strong decoction, and applied freauent y, will effectually cure sore ayes; ana is a ;ood for beast as for man. fJW The lion. John M. Clayton i aid to be industriously cultivating bis farn bree milsa from New-Castle, Del; ant isfoad ofruninga rgce with competitor 1 the polities! field, is endeavoring b jstence his oversew ia agioultursl purouiti tech h is selected hie field, end e wage ee between them which shell prod no be richest crop from his allotted portion * t philanthropic efforts in the propagation and I extension of the cause, is apparent, even to '' those disposed to be incredulous. n After Mr. White left us, we were even b fearful thou *hat our remarks Wing so cor.- c strued, might prove detrimental to the cause, h but now, when grave charges arc brought ' against Religious Denominations, we feel it ' to be our duty to make these charges pub- C lie, and it is in the power of Mr. White to fi vindicate himself from censure if he be in- h nocent Not only a Temperance, lecturer, bnt a minister of the Gospel, should be held up to the people, and not only diseountenan- " ced, hut castigated as Mr. White would cas- ' tigate poor drunkards, if in their positions as ministers of Christ, they should, by word or w action,utter false sud scurrilous abuse in the pulpit, or cast opprobium on any religious sect. We heard Mr. White tho first night he lectured here. The only objection wo had to hitn as n lecturer on Temperance, was, that he was in favor of forcing Temperance j. ?his inotto was, if man can do without brandy, (and he can) let us make him do without brandy. Wo have always thought cl the Temperance reform could be better ad- 1 vanced by persuasion, rntliir than by force. One of the greatest charges against the Cath- p olic Church is, that in the Middle Ages they ^ punished all who would not believe in their 0 tenets, or who would espouse the cause of Protestantism. Even at the present day,the Protestant Church holds to the idea, that if tho Catholic Church held the supremacy,the ' inquisition would be revived, Protestants burnt, and fire and the sword be spread from * East to West, and not Religion and the Bi- 'c ble. Protestants disapprove of any action ^ of this sort, and deprecate it us materially " pernicious to the cause of Religion, to pro- ^ pogatcOhriutianity by arbitrary menns. No reform can be propogated by force. It is as b wise to say that Ix>vc and affection can be I instilled into one by force, as to say the 1 Temperance cause can be propogated by leg- 5 islative or compulsive measures. The Black River Watchman, published at C Sumterville, of May 32nd. contains ? ' written article from a correspondent at Bishopville, in which the writer adverts to some remarks made by Mr. White while he lectured at that place. For this good cause of j, Temperance, and apprehending what good Mr. White had effected might be dissipated, j, we regret he should have nude these remarks, t We look upon sueh vituperative and abusive 'l remarks, as the emanations of a mind dives- H ted of all philanthropy,and the abode of dark, selfish, degrading feelings. The article will be found in another eol- t umn. w The editorial remarks of our friend of the j, Watchman we approvo of highly, and regret that onr limits will net permit aa to pnbUah I hia entire article. At the risk of givtef late li news, we iaaert the greater pert ion. tl X M We "Would speak of hi* en-ors am suits of head and heart, because th?y a# ucli as a little reflection and a little mat) harity, and honesty might easily remedy When for the munificent consideration c lfty-two hundred dollars a year, a mai leserts the ordinary avocations of lif ind sets out to work a grand moral refoi nation, he should be especially carefn x> seek the co-operation of the wise am ?ood to aid him in his undertaking. 1 Lie neglects this he is impolitic but if 01 the contrary, ho labors to uproot th foundation upou which all Laws and Moi il reformations can alone stand, he i riminal. and deserving of the severest rc tuike. We have heard Mr. White but once ind on that occasion, ridicule, con tern pi ind bitter denunciation were poured ou #i... ..r #1... r1 ..... private members ot the church of CJo< who stood aloof from the enterprise whicl Mr. White advocates. Tender and path ?tic stories of noble young men, who wen lown to tho drunkards grave through th nstruinontality of their own pastors, wer -elated in a tone of pathos and feclinj hat would have excited odium and preju lice against tho christian ministry, whet clateu by one who had claims upon ou ontidence ami belief. With all his sin ere declarations as to his own cliristiai eal, we regard him as a man more dan ;crous to the cause of Christianity, that itiy other who has ever lectured in ou >tatc on any subject. The whole burdei f his discourses would induce the lam.-nt ble reflection, that however much christi nity may have conduced to the improve tent of the world, there is a point of civil uttion beyond which its blessings cense lien it must call in some more efficaciou! Dndjutor to fill up its deficiencies, am erpetuatc the progress and happiness o >ciety. The last tirade of Mr.White was launchec irectly at the eldership of the presbyteri n church?of which wo are an humbh lember. The charge is a grave one, am tou'd only have been made after tin laturest reflection. It involves serioush to character of a large and influentia1 ody of christians. It charges that th< liief spiritual officers of a christian church ave added sacrilege to drunknec*, am avc profaned the table of tho Lord here they were called to serve, with fear tl abominations while yet the solenu ?rviees of the Holy sacrament were fresl pon their minds, and its elements aroum item reminding them of Calvary and i readful atonement. Our corrosrwiinliMit !? <> ?. peak unadvisedly. Nutneious other riio were present nt tlie lecture of Mr Vliite, endorse the truth and accuracy o he statement as made to us. Mr. White, has made grave charges rhich we call upon hiin to sustain. Tin tatement which he has made is a grosi iiitrage upon the christian chureh. W< all u|>on him to sustain it and until In omes forth with his testimony we pro ounce him as we believe him to l>e i ml designing slanderer, and the artfu isseminator of falsehoods too gross to b< ntertained or believed in any community 11 our district or State." If Mr. White can repel these charges hi liould, but if he cannot, he should be con idored by * Christian winiinu?itj>? mc do oid of nil Religious feeling, and desirout f promulgating discord amongst them. W< rill warrant the assertion that no Christiat )enomination in the State of South Cnro ina. were ever guilty of the grievious am in pious charge Mr. W. or his drunken fricm rings against them. When Mr. White firs ame amongst us, we were disposed to de iMid hiin from foul aspersions, unless estab shed beyond nil doubt; wo considered hin rec from Abolition taints, believing thi 'ommittee who invited him were well satis ed on that point, but since serious charges avo l?eea msde which places hinj in no ver) ivorable position, and until he exculpate? imself, we are bound to believe he is i Wolf in Sheep's Clothing." We will do nd our home, our Christian Denominations ui our public and private institutions al ays from being trampled on and calumnia id by such grovelling aspirants. Summary of Hew*. I juid Warrants in New York arc wort! 11'J7 a $128. When wanted for la^d en iea, the principal dealers sell at $129 a $i3( >r quarter section scrip. Miss Julia Dean, the actress, has pur bused a mansion in New York, at a cost o (JO,000. The stock for the building of the Crysta nlnce, New York, has been subscribed foi amount $200,000.) The Palace will b< tmnoil in Mnv r~-- --/? Ninety-six Delegate* and aa many alter ates are appointed to the Democratic Con P.ntion from Virrrinin ? * ? 0 ' ? w. .ra .1 Hie tovolnd X.'JL ' rinth of ^taaonlftg nod rtoflooabn, when '' even taking a cursory glnnco jt tbo finale I1 consequences of the free exercise and con0 trol of that innate prineipie of man which 1 carries him on to deeds of virtue, or immorj nlity and vice?habit Strange to conceive, [f that the controlling impulses and actions of ii man result from acquired liubit. The child ? In Urn - 1?1 ? 1- 1- 1? c iu ivo in mil tn 13 ywrs, is a ivvi uiuirij iu uv worked with when arrived at mature age.? ? The mind of a child has been compared to K a blank sheet of paper, ready for any impression which may be made. Yet, although the child may in youth receive impressions ^ of an immoral nnture, and antagonistic to all j those pure and hallowed feelings belonging | to virtue and religion, still by the exercise of |, an unbiased mind, a mind actuated by a sense - of right; evil impressions can be eradicated, t and the habits changed by habituating onee self to other and different pursuits. We obe serve the strength of habit very particularly ? in our various avocations and employments. It is very rarely but the farmers' aon prefers 1 the tilling of the soil to all other businesses, the habit acquired in early youth of attendj ing with hie father to the various employ. . ments of the farm, has grown with his ! growth and strengthened with his strength, r The mechanic's son, on tho ^iher hand, prei fera the Plane and the Srw to th^ Harrow - and the Plough. This 'a the result of hab* it. t )ur very dispositions are formed by imitation and habit. A man is said to be lazy, another is said to be impetuous, another is ' said to be miserly, whilst another is said to j be extravagant and wasteful. Many will f say it is in his nature, he was always idle and lazy, and again he was quick and hasty, 1 he was so from a child and it cannot be crnd icatcd now, or again, he was always miserly J and pcnurioHs and again from an onfant lie I i has invariablv manifested an extravair?r.t I * ? 5 self-willod, wasteful,and prodigal diapovirion, j Wo way by nature each be formed and created with different dispositions?some are naturally smart, others again are horn fools, j Yet we maintain that notion requires a corresponding repetition, i. e., as you habituate ' yourself to tho exercise of the restraining of j one particular passion, so will you day by i day feel less difficulty to control that pas1 sion. Industry, vigilance, idleness dilitorii ness, melancholly, covetouaneaa &c., are all habits. We can habituate ourselves to hab5 its of industry, or laziness, of virtne or vice. s Virtue is not religion. It is a pity what no' tions some men ndopt with respect to the quantity of virtue necessary to religion.? Some suppose, for instance, that total obstincnce from intoxicating liquors is one object * to be attained first They measure out tho ? quantity " so far must thou go." A virtuous man is not a religious man, sod yet a rcligi ous man may be guilty of thsi which the 1 self-thinking religionist, would be moralist, ' condemns as highly repugnant to the cause of Christianity. To walk in the paths of virtue, then, we must first endeavor to cor? rcct our hnbits, ever keeping in mind, what p is difficult to restrain to-day is easier to-mor* ro\n; and agpin what may b*> difficult to prur' tice to-day, becomes easier each successive 1 , day. We can habituate ourselves to twelve * hours sleep, or six hours sleep. It is s fsct 1 established beyond all dispute, that as the - different passions of man are exercised, so 1 will the phrenological organs he developed. 1 If the good and virtuous, tho virtuous?if * the evil, the vicious. We might even go so - tar and say, why may not the countenance be - changed, corresponding In resemblance to i the habits of good or evil of man. God wua ? nnt ua iininat *n nn?l/? mu?? ? ..W? >rv IUM1I U HI III UCI CI , tTl> - *te him for that identical purpose, yet the ? murderer l>ears on his fu.ee, the impress r which was the bntnd of Cain. Habits of vii cious debauchery, and petty crimes and ini dulgenciea most freqnently lend to murdor, . and not unfrequontly we find one murder , leads to a repetition. To prevent the repe titien of crimes, in some States the offender - is placed in the Ponetentlary, the mere fact of revenge or penalty for offence committed does not induce us to admire the Penitentiary System. BuAhe criminal ia compelled to adopt habits of industry-, his condition is 1 such, tlint he is forced to weave or spin as * the cam? may be; in the course of five or 1 ten years, he has become so accustomed to hanits of industry, that when he is released, . he becomes art honest industrious eltizen.? f Some who arc opposed to the Penitentiary System, cite an isolated Ca.se occasionally, as j in the case of Hinca, when; the released convict pursues the same course, but we should p recollect, these men who reform their eonduct and become quiet, industrious, peaceable citizens, are turned out of prison every day, we hear nothing of them, whereas when a man like Itttos, follows on in the I same old track, it is spread from one end of | i creation to th* other. There see exception* to 1 . all roles, and there Is' no human system that r is entirely perfect. We have mado this artl; cle longer than we intended. We duaigned . it for those of idle habits te pursue htdustri I LU- # it -i It < viw ?> ??, ior wnm oi vicious, to pursue , virtuous habits. Ever keep in mind that human happiness does sot consist in the pleasurus of sense, as the animal gratification of I eating,or drinking, or more refined pleasures of music, painting, hunting, shooting, fishing, f fee. If we would had consider what a very , brief space of time these amusement* occult py, we would he surprised that we should d before hand pay such attention to them.? The feet is some modern Phlloeephej says \ sll pleasure consists hi anticipation. Human hsppinesa consists " In the exercise of the social affections. The exercise of our facuU jj ties either of body or mind, in the pursuit of u some engaging eodL Happiness depends upa on the prudent reus tit utioo of the habits." Mors particularly in tha effort to attain all wisdom, to fulfill the inunctions of God to s live soberly and rightanunfty in this present n life. j ror Him mail ^hkj? thee wall, and ffwd thee on thy way.** ? " Au- ?aJ*!?ng 411 ** * "halt thou be rich. "Though all around be woe, these ahall make thee happy * 6 Though ail lochia be pufo, *"** ?haH Meg - thee hejhh." yr- As Pripie Minister of the English ttgveaatnenl, M* uceeatm>r. ?f % Rxbcrt P^el, 4ho Enjjl of pg>oaif td?ve?niWMnjpdlBIP A the^^ratjr^llMN is no doubt, however opposed the liberal party, tuny be to him, but Lord Derby is well fitted for the htgh, difficult, and responsible position in which he is placed. Though anti-republicqti in principle, hi? speeches breathe an interest of no limited bounds, for the welfare of the entire moss of the people. In his speech of the 27th February we extract the following from Blackwood's Magazine. " My I<ords, I believe, and T rejoice to hew iieve, liiat the feelings of the community at large?that the convictions of all classes. high anil low, rich and poor, have now come to tills conclusion, that the greater amount of education which you are able to give, and the more widely it is spread among all classes of the community,the greater prospect there is of the tranquility, the happiness and well being of the community. But iny I?rds wjien 1 use the term education, let me not be misunderstood. By education, I do not mean the mere development of the mental faculties? the mere acquisition of temporal knowledge ?the mere instruction?useful ns,no dount, that mny be?which enables a man simply to improve his condition in life, gives him fresh tastes and fresh habits, and also the means of gratifying such improved tastes.? Valuable as that instruction may be, when 1 speak of etlucation, I speak of this, and of this alone, an education involving culture of the mind and culture of the soul ; laying the basis and foundation upon n knowledge of the Scripture, and revealed religion." EDITOR'S TJl B L E? Graham's Magazine. We have received the June number.? Graham tells us he has coinc out with newtype, but we have ever found the typography of his magazine so excellent, we should not have notie-i it. The present number contains an article, giving a graphic description of lioo's New York Machine works, besides numerous originnl tales by James, Herbert, Read, Ac. The engraving,Isadore, looks well enough. Terms, #3,00 per year; nve copies *io. Two Dollars will procure Graham's Mngnzine and the Ledger for six months, or 10t I one year. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. The May number we have received from the publishers, Messrs. I*>onnrd Scott &. Co. New York. Contents?Gold, it* natural aud civil history?life of Niebuher?Tiro's Moore?My Novel, or Varieties in English Iifo?OurI<ondon Commissioner?The Gold Finder?The Vineyards of Bordeaux?The Democaatie Confederacy. l'crsoos desirous of seeing copies of the re-published English periodicals of Messrs. Scott Co., nre particularly invited to examino the numbers we have. Tho London Quarterly, the Edinburgh Review, the Westminster Review, the North British Review, and Blackwood's Magazine, (which is published monthly,)can be procured for it 10 per year, which places each publication at only 9*2. As the South Cyoliniun justly observes, no literary man should be without these works. Address I^eonard 8cottdi.Co. Nc? York. The Southern Cultivator for June, We notice in this number severs! article* which must be interc*ting to the farmer.? This periodical i* published monthly by Wm. 8. Jones, Augusta, Ga., at only $1,00 per year. We continue to receive the Pick, an illuatrated comic paper, published in New York. The Pick is au fail of what it pretends to be. Thr Dutchman also we roeeivo?a large, well-filled, literary ami wittv naner. nub oaophy" prevail*, the'He??ion ?f which w ' in tne habit of aaaerabiing on the n?on- ' days after the aabbathn of Communion to ' attend to church busincw, and to ftnieh i the that had been le/t from the holy j ordinance ?/ the Lorf Supper I and ; that it ieat frequently the cuC that thie ' Semi on left the rhurrh thick temgurd and 1 light headed from the effects of thin urine! 1 and that ij wan usual for them to par- 1 chute about four timet at much at would 1 he needed, in order that they miff hi have the pleasure of drinking it the day after the holy ordinance had been attended 4a ! * He eaitl that he epoke "front authority" < having received hie ii??>rmattnn front an t a? ? t.. vmw <n mni ntmion III I Thiii is Mitftd tobtbetn impiousfidw- < liood, but whether true or false, it dewrr* * i to be Witeetigated. If there ia a fleasaion | , in any of our churches guilty of so unholy i and sacriligioos an act, ft should he known, that it may receive the condemnation which k so tidily merits. Bnt if false, ] ' then he who has spread so infamous s i 1 charge, should receive the reward which i 1 is due to the wretch who retails so disrep- < > triable and slanderous a report. Hie at- i tention of Pastors and private members of OUT churches is invited to this matter, i that they may search out this recreant 1 and ungodly Feesior. I The writer docs not question the yrml- | lUhed in New York, by Griftin and Karnswortli, at $9,00 per year. Daily Register, Winsboro, S. C. Our thanks to yon, friend Britton, for sending us your daily?which, wc must say, ia a neatly gotten up sheet. Jenny Lind'i Farewell to America. The farewell concert of Madame Jenny Lind Goldschinidt, in New York, on Monday evening, was attended by the largest and finest audience ever nssembled in that city. The vast area of Castle Garden was crowded to its utmost capacity, and thousand* thronged the passage ways?the covered bridge leading from the Garden to the Battery, and the walka into the street far lie. yond the outer gate.s. The programme wan the same as that which introduced Jenny land to America, with the exception that Bayard Taylor's (Srerting was exchanged foi Mr. C. P. Cranch'a pretty Farrictll, Ol course every part of the performance Wan well done, and elicited round upon round o( applause ; and when the Farctorll came it ia aid the excitement was almost frantic. The followiog were the words, act to music of a *?mpto and pensive ciwrWiai, by Mr. Gobi. schn-'dt: Young land of hope?tair Western Star, Whose lights hailed from cfimc* afar? I leave the now?twine for thee One parting wreath o?# melody, O take this orfTering of the heart Prom one who feels 'tis sad to part. And if H be that strains of mine Have glided from my heart to thine. My vtiws was but the breeze that swept The spirit chords that in thee slept, The music was not all my own? Thou gaveat beck the answering tone. Farewell?when parted from thy Shore, Long absent aeeaes re tarn once mora: Where'er the wanderer's home may be. Still, still will memory,tun? to thee! Bright Freedom's clime?Tfeel thy spell, Bet I most my farewell?farewell! On retiring, Madame Goldachmidt was loudly cheered, and, after withdrawing, rtv turned to acknowledge the acclamations with which nhe had been followed. No anoounooment Km been ando of ?aotfcor concert, and. m ah* sail* to-day from New-York in the ateamahip Atlantic for Europe, it u poeaibH ah* haa boon hoard for th* loot tin* in Um UnHod iMib?Oiariona Oiwh , WA &V H ia nakl ilia ?iaij a*r*n uiluaiM child m bom hi London, ?<f ohWfr whH mi nut en on* dice. % - - t\om the Black River Witichnum- t M2e?! without jyftfenfcent' i* an nvil though I it be zeal unto goodP PltOVEWblAL plftLOBOI'lir. 1 Mksshh Editors : The citizens about J Hishopvillo have recently had the privilege of hearing a couple of lectures on J* the subject of Temperance^ from Philip 8. , White, tlie renowned Champion of this * catse. He appeared in our whilst on , 'p.. i ii.. a A. : a 1 ?.? i-i i * iursuay, lii?3 till llini, miu niw giwiUU uy ^ ft large audience, that hftd been drawn ^ together by the fame of this celebrated M man. lie lectured during the day and at . ??ght. # ? ?c His lecture during the day was charac- ( terized y considerable ability, inter- . spersed with amusing aneodotes well told, and altogether was agreeably received by ? the hearerR. Hut his lecture at night? 1 "what a falling off was there P* Either * from n want of success in gaining converts . during the day, or from some other cause, . he met his audience at night, to ndmin- '! inter a severe castigation to the poor delinquents about the village, who had from ? reason of their own, stood nloof from this 1 tempemnco movement. Tlio lecturer though an entire stranger in this part of " the country, vet had a remarkable knowledge of the characters of those wjio had de| dined to embark in the enterprise in which 1 ho is so zealously engaged, and distributed w his scathing rebukes accordingly. (Query. "l How did he obtain his information ?) It 01 is to some strictures that Mr. Whito saw " Ht to make uj>on certain individuals and w dittrchcs, that tho writer designs briefly to animadvert. " .. No one having heard this Apostle of n leriipernnee, win aeny tnat ne lias rare | s) qualifications to render him successful iu I n his mission, but it is lanie^^'y painful 'I that he feel? called uj>on to make grow* at- c laclis upon every individual of prominence w throughout the country who does not en- * ter heart and soul in this enterprise. It jt is, to say the least of it, bad policy, and w will not much contribute to hasten the q end which he so ardently desires to sec c< effected. p We live in a country that guaranties ?i to ever)- man the right to follow the die- x% tates of his own reason ami conscience in * all moral and reliirioua enternrises and o 1 ? M and men who have a proper respect for freedom and intelligence, will not be forced into any society by the pressure of outward circumstances merely, independent- ? ly of their ow n convictions of its lawful- ^ ness or exjxilicncy. Mr. White seems to arrogutc to him- tj self the prerogative of keeening the conscience of every man with whom he comes ^ in contact, and speaks as if he regarded i every one either us a dolt or a knave, ^ w ho does not see the i>crfeetion of beauty in the order of the Sons of Temperance, ^ and who does not put forth every effort to render the establishment of tlio Order . universal. No one whatever may Ihj his j position, vocation, or standing in the .( community, is secure, from the vitujKjr- | ation of this man, if lie does not belong ^ to a total abstinance society in some form or other; if he docs not come out e " tooth and nail," in lavor of " Temperance," lie is a legitimate subject for his calumny. Tliis is not only despicable g and mean jn the individual, who m guil- y ty of it ,bu| disrepuUble in the eoounu- m mty that tolerate* It. But nut only so; b tliis man enters the portals of the church, n and if he find any there of prominence, ll esjK^cially if they are office bearer*, Dea- ^ cons or Kldera who do not favor the R "Order," he would have us behove tluy W aro men 0 "Who steal the livery of the Court of Heaven, ( To serve the devil in." li Mr. White, professes to Iki a christian ? but indiscriminate, and uncalled for a*. v tacks upon individual of respectability P does not savor much of that spirit of meekness, und patience, nnd charity, in- q culcatod in tlic gospel. U But to illustrate the foregoing remarks. c In the course of his lecture at Bishop- s ville, Mr. White ww tit to make an un- c gentlemanly attack upou the character of ^ a " certain clergyman, not a I undrcd '! miles from Cheraw," who has exprcs.\ed j. some conscientious sentiments, adverse to j'j the 44 Order of the Sons of Tennierance," u mentioning at the same time, flippantly, f some tergiviations of this clergyman on s other subjects during hri past tffe. And a who is this "certain clergyman" to wliein ^ I lie Hi\?oriiurUr ollu.l.-; I 1 ? ? l'* -..-?vo ? juv* 11 JO iiMory , I of hift past hie?hi* present position auJ the character he fuiHlains in the communi- ( ty in which he resides answer. The uni- \ 1 versa! sentiment of theme who know him, ' is that he is " a man without fear, ami without reproach,"?a gentleman, a pa . i triot ami a christian. Ami is this the man who ia to be the object of grown in; vectivo from every itim-rent hireling who y paaaea throughout the country! lias this f cdergyman rio friend* whoao feeling* are . outraged when he ia wantonly calumnia- c r ted I llus ho no frienda in Hiahopville who feci groaaly inaulted when he it alan* 1 ' dered and evil spoken of without cause ? * Again, Mr. White said therein a church * [ not tkr from tliis placa M where he had lee- * ' imrem before amm where this "iJ iteraw HhiU i - .. 1 _? i Iof this man of renown, ejwaally after laving beard an epitome of hie history torn his own mouth. From himself he earned that Mr. White graduated at the Jniveraity of Virginia, and at the Law ichool at Camphridge; that he had been a London and aaeooiated intimately with I19 late Sir Robert Peal, the "lion Duke" t ?d ammt fftnus, tliat he had traversed he Sandy Plaint, from Alexandria to the ?_?_ /tl? __ I 1 * ioiy v^iiy?nau lounu some good society here!?that he had been in Jerusalem? iad stood upon the top of Mount Zion? |M>ured out his associations in the garden f (Jethsemune"?travelled over the 8ared hills of Palestine, and there found a lie key to unlock the mysteries of Divine ieveiation; that he had written n work f four ldindred pages (!) which is quoted y all the Literati of England, Scotland, nd Ireland, and has been translated into V fcruian and French; and tlio writer adds lint it has in all probability, ere this, found Vfc a way to the Court of ltusaia, Mirabife 'Y )irtu! No wonder that he occasion- y Uy "swells out big enough to burst the ultous otf bis waistcoat." Mr. White appears to have admirers ?* herover lie goes, and to them we say, dt (jnstihu* iton f*t di*putan<lym" Tho * i ?stes of men will dill'er, and it is well that . is so. We have-no quarrel with those rho look upon him as tho beau ideal of gentleman, but in all candor we must onfess, we have but little respect for the , tan who deals in "Slander, the foulest help of Sin." Truth. ^ i . Fire.?Our citizens were aroused fVftlh | loir slumbers on Inst Thursday bout 3 o'clock, by the cry of 'fire! Two | inall wooden h'-'ldlugs, in rear of Brick ."Tigo, werQ uiscoverod to bo in Annie*. 'he one, on Dr. Webb's lot, was entirely onsumcd; the other, on Mr. Rice's lot, as saved. The former communicated with wooden 'kitchen, in close proximity to ie main building, by a plank fence. Had a , not been lutpfMlv discovered m time, ft *ould have resulted in serious consequence*. 'here is no doubt it was the work of an inpndiary, snd the Town Council, with a raise worthy desire to protect the property M ad lives of our citizens, have offered a rerard of fire hundred dollar* for proof that i 'ill convict the inccndinry. No reuse or loti ve can be assigned for the fiendish act?[ndrrton Gatede. \ V.. Sknatob F'kom (Jkoiioia.?Tlie Savanali Georgian states that Gov. Cobb has ppoinTen tlie TTon. R. M. Charlton of lat place, United States Senator to fill A ie place vacated by the resignation of 1 ie Hon. J. M. Herricn. Judge Charlton I i a gentleman of talents ami of good ?puto, and is doubtless well enough qual- 1. ied for the place. But it is sad to see lie Senate gradually shorn of the dignity nd strength which a cloud of great men nee gavo to it, Mr. Berrien will leave o superior In Ii'nd him in that body, and ^ * ery few who can pretend to be bis equal*. * . (y the dignity of his great ability, iearnig and experience, he exerted a control- I ng influence in the Senate, and his with- I rawal will leave a void that will not M asily be filed.?Mercury The Liquor Tnaatioiam. The progress of knitWen In the Eastern ^ Itatee has not been more att?gly marked * ' 1 u-j^-zsrwas fcrsss 1 foodshed hews already attended its enforce- . ff lent in various places, snd Hkesll other ex- /I a-stringent cnactcnsnt* infringing upon inividusl rights, such scenes must be frequent, nd the- recognized majesty of law treated rith conteroept. U But this is not all. A good exemplification f the mond effects is found in the Bangor Maine) papers. Large quantities of bad quor are aoid at the agency at that city.? bandy is sold for foer dollars e gallon fhich could be soul for one dollar, sad then ay a profit of twenty-five cent* a gallon. jiouors in> Inilkmnil-.t.l- ? 1J * - < > ^.....uuiKrljr BUIU HI an wno pply for thoio; all can obtain them in such i uantitirs aa arc desired, by merely saying I hat thoy are wanted for medicinal or tnelianical purpose*. One man hod a largo ixed jar tilled, to be uaed for the meehanial purposes of raising a barn; and the hard riukers and othorn suffer from aiekneaa in, he*o days of the Maine law beyond anyhing ever experienced or ever board of m- ' ore. Several taverna out of the city where iquora have been constantly retailed, have ibtainod their regular and only supplies m rom the Bangor agency. The agent sella uch liquors an are purchased for him, and ,t auch prices aa others fix upon them, he ' | laving a salary. At present they are bought y one of the aldurtuen, whose plan in ?nIvrstood to bo to moke onough on the asln if the liauor to pay the pauper bills of the ity! What a precious ruform is tho Maino Jquor laiw!? S. Carolinian. DkATII or thk oldest Mrnnmiar I'ueackh in thk Wo?u>?'The New York, f.'Arittan Jdeomte, contains the following: .1) i\ *? - ' IWJV. V oorgw nignnekl, of tb? British IV?leynn Conference, th? oldest Metcodist *1 Treacher in the World, ceased hielengthined pilgrimage near laverpool, on (ha >Ui of Deceinljer. He waa called into lie ministry by Mr. W?eloy in 17 66, and ontmued to travel until 1896, whan the itate of hi* health compelled hipi to (fa* j iorofi a supernumerary; but be atiH la- I jored in the pulpit and os pastoral -.-;rk in til hie strength entirely faded. During he last four vean infirmities grew rapidly tpon him: Ihs memory failed eo that secular tilings were neruly lift uteri hum j t, but he could always recall portions of Scripture and bvmna which bad long 1 ;oon treascr^d there. The forenoon of lie day betore he ?!&!, be spent alone, md wae unusually happy. He was linoty-one years old and had been In the YlinUfrw >? ? "**"* ** Extraordinary Longevity and Pkc- 1 'tdttt.?a Cando paper reaords the death jf Mr, Charlea Bucher, of Berth ier, at I he advanced ago of 100. He waa aaarried to three wtvee, bj whom he had 00 I 'hildren. He laarea to deplore hie loaa I 13 children, 66 grand-children, 15 great I grand children, 26 nephew*, 70 grand- I lephewa and 16 great grand nephews. Rcdictior or Faii.?It is ktated that | paseeturen ?ra n??r ^? ** 1 * ... .. KVUi V/ICIViaiKl to Philadelphia, by the Ohio aod Pennsylvania and Central Rail Itoed, for eimr n dollars. This is caused by the competition with the Danlrirk route to the East. jar The Boeton Journal states that money k In excessive supply, and that at five per cent. K is offered freely for the be^t grades ef paper. 4 I