i ' n'i v
Cmtnmmirntintis.
Correspondence of the Ledger.
Pear Ledger :?It is with considerable
uimuity, tiiat I oiler any suggestions to
my fellow-citizens of the District, ti]?on a
subject of sueli deep interest to so respectable
a portion of our citizens, although
they may l>e in the minority, although
their position in society claim our respect.
I mean the anticipated Railroad from Lancaster
to Chester. My experience upon
the subject of Railroads, demands of me,
the respectful presentation of my views
upon that question, to the citizens of our
District, which, in my feeble way, I beg ;
leave to offer through your valuable pa- t
per.
In the first place, it is not the Railroad '
itself that is so profitable, but the count y j
in which it is located makes it profitable or j
unprofitable. For instance, a Railroad j
that would be profitable between Coltun*
1 ril 1 _ 4 11 1 ^ !
oia ana nanesion, wouiu ?? jhtiwuj i
ridiculous between Lancaster and Chcraw, j
a poor, barren country, with a small ex- |
ception, that produces but little or nothing
for transportation, save what carts and I
small wagons can convey to market. The
freight from Lancaster for a Railroad,
would bo comparativly nothing. Two
trains of cars well laden, would carry off
at two trips, the whole surplus produce of
the District. Not that I wish to be understood
as speaking disrespectfully of the
products of the District; far from it. The
fact is, Lancaster District is not a cotton
growing District. Save a certain portion
of it, it is better adapted to the growth of
grain and the raising of stock. It is principally
a mineral country, and not at all
encouraging to those expensive enterprises.
Our farmers are generally small and medium
farmers with a slight exception, forced
at all times to keep up a sufficient
horse power to cultivate their farms, ?ke.,
and if they had a hundred Railroads,
would carry their own produce to market,
(Camden,) where they have always found
an easy and comfortable market, an honest
set of merchants, who have always
given within a fraction of the highest
Charlesion prices for our produce, and sold
to us groceries in proportion. There we
havo two fine banks always ready not alone
to accommodate the mend nuts of
Camden with money to buy our Cotton,
?fcc., but discount paper for the industrious
farmer and merchants of onr District.?
Now, to remove the liailrond from Cam-j
den is certainly the most effectual mode of
cutting her thro t; and why, therefore,
fellow citizens, why are you so uncharitain
an enterprise, that if successful, is to kill
or cripple themselves ? I must Ray fellow
citizens, that allowing such sentiments against
Camden, is uncharitable in the highest
degres. Take the trade from Camden
if yon could, and Lancaster would, 1 assure
you, be the first place to regret it;
destroy our merchants there, and you destroy
the banks. They leave Camden as
soon as they discover that their merchants
cannot use them to advantage, and what
will be the result ? Why, some are vain
enough in advocating the road, to publicly
assert that those banks will be brought
to Lancaster ! (quite a flattering idea, indeed,)and
if I could entertain such an idea
for a moment, I for one would favor it to
the utmost of my ability, but no, fellow citizens,
you will never realize that, be well
assured (Kot o m..r. ? 1 ** * "
...uv ?? lllllll JAJPSWSlt'd UI SUCH IInancial
skill as W. E. Johnson, would never
enter into such a reckless adventure as
wk that. He would turn his slock to much
better advantage; he would empty it into
the main pocket to which all these railroads
lead?Charleston, and then where
would our bank accommodation be? answei,
in the hnnds of the great, the powerful,
and the strong, and our share would
be small. Look well, fellow citizens before
you strike the blow.
Again, where is all the money to come
from to build this road ? From the people,
I suppose, but is it right, is it honest
to mislead the unsuspecting man, because
he is not as weii acquainted with a railroad
as yourself, what do you say to him
to obtain his subscription to this railroad ?
You tell him it is a profitable investment,
better than loaning money at 7 per cent
wny you must know that he never can
realize it. A little insignificant road from
Lancaster to Chester, over that mountainour
country?cross the Catawba river,
Iniild a bridge at fifty or one hundred
thousand dollars?buy your cars, employ
conductors, engineer* and hands, make a
correct calculation of all the expenses of
this enterprise, and where will you be, or
where will you have the people of our
District? in a state of bankruptcy, like
Georgia, years ago, not only ruined her
people, but destroyed her currency, until
t>iia day she has not recovered from ^? ,
My object w not to prevent thn*? -
a ? ??vui n i
road who are able to build and pay for it, I
I aay let them hare it, but I do object to
jfL: misleading our honest farmers into such
wild speculations, involving them in a
debt they never oould realise any benefit
from, breaking many of them up. I, there*
'% (bra, fellow ctti/ens, earnestly recommend
that you make yourselves well acquainted
with this subject before you enter into H.
When they propose to you a Plank road
from Lancaster to Camden, you may favor <
?r
.. .
NPv?"< <m*> w " > ?
that plan for it is all you need, a good
wagon road to haul your own produce to
market. The sand between this and Camden
is very heavy, a plank road would
remedy this evil, with two horses, you can
carry with much greater ease a full load,
than you would with five horses or mules
on the sand, and make the trip to Cainden
in a much shorter time. This is no
hearsay with me. I have travelled on
a plank road and investigated the whole
plan, and again, it is a cheap enterprise
from t800 to* 1)00 per mile. The contraetor
on the North Carolina Plank road informed
me that he made money handsomely
at it, and said at the same time
with the lino facilities we had between
Lancaster and Camden, money could be
made by taking the contracts for considerable
less. lie sjK?ke too of our Hue pine
timber, ^he country level and the road so
straight, that he was well acquainted with
the route, and knew no country better ndapted
to a plank road. I am aware,
fellow citizens, that few of you know anything
about a plank road, because you never
saw one and cannot appreciate it, as
though you had seen and travelled on it,
and I see the Iriends of the railroad endeavor
to smother the idea of a plank
road, for they say that the advocates of the
plank road otfer this idea to kill the railroad
progress, not so fellow citizens, it is
alone for the benefit of the farmer that a
plank road is recommended, and you will
find that it will pay the best. They say
that tl e toll will be enormous. Acmsrwsr.
I have travelled on them, and assure you
that the toll is a mere nominal affair, gates
are certainly placed on the road every ten
miles at which you must pay, but if you
ever put your loaded wagon on a plank
road, the toll w ill be a matter of no con
sideration to you who love comfort and
case to man and beast. I for one will
subscribe liberally to a plank road but I
have no money to throw away upon a
railroad to Chester, for no good can result
from it. Some of our friends who own
real estate in the town of Lancaster, insist
that it would enhance the value of their
property, but 1 have only to refer them
to the experience of Camden and Columbia
upon that subject. Ileal estate has
gone down in Camden from one to two
hundred per cent, since the railroad was
built there, and some of her finest and I est
cotton buyers left the place, and sold their
property at a sacrifice to get off at that.?
I wov.ld say that our worthy fellow citizens,
viz : llasseltinc, Curcton, Magill, Adams
and others are doing more by repair?
on their property and putting up decent
new buildings, have done more to enhance
the value of real estate in the town of Lan
could effect.
IMPROVEMENT.
For tiie Ledi f.h.
Mr. Editor:?Please allow me a cor
nor of your paper to reply to the enqui
ries proposed by "Many Voters." To tin
first, I answer, bam de -idedly in favor o
giving the election of electors for Pi si
dent and vice President to the people.
To the second I reply, that for fourteen
years I have been endeavoring to use mv
influonce to distribute the free school fund,
not according to representation, hut in accordance
with the declared intention of the
bill, for the education of the poor, and
therefore, for dstributing this fund according
to population, so that our upper Districts
may derive the advantages for which
the fund is intended.
I conceive Mr. Editor that it is almost
impossible to say what plan can be proposed,
which will prove satisfactory to nil
! sections of the State, until the matter is
brought before the Legislature, and suggestions
made One thing permit me to
observe, I believe if our people would place
loss dependence on this fund, and depend
more upon themselves, for the education of
their children, the money thus contributed
added to the fund, would give us able and
efficient teachers, and the children be
more generally educated, and less said about
the Free Sch >ol Fund. Then would
moral and Christian virtues be inculcated,
and the general effect of education be happily
manifested and appreciated.
To the third interogatory, I answer, 1
am in favor of rechartering the bank ol
the State, and will so cast my vote if honL-.
?1st- - * * ?
urou uy pu wun a seai in uie legislature.
Very respectfully your ob't s'vt.
WM. McKENXA.
Grand Lodge or the United States
I. o. o. r.?The Grand Lodge re-assembled,
as we learn from the Baltimore, Sun,
in that city on Tuesday morning, am! proceeded
to the order of the day, being the
election of officers. The following officers
were elected:?Wilmot G. DeSaussure, of
South Carolina, Grand Sire; Horace A.
Manchester, of Rhode Island, Deputy
Grand Sire; Jamss L. Ridgely, of Maryland,
Grand Corresponding Secretary,
Joshua Vansant, of Maryland, Grand Trea?urer.
These officers will not be installed
until the next sesssion of the Grand Lodge.
There was but little other business transacted,?a
few reports were made And laid
over under the rule. There are representatives
present from thirty-one State Grand
Lodges and twenty-six Grand Encampments.
The Japan Expedition.?Baltimore,
September 24. It is now understood that
the U. S. frigate Princeton is to be the
Flag Ship of Commodore Perry for ths
Japan expedition.
m
Cnnrnofrr %th\n.
Laiirattorvillc, S. C.
WEONES])AYTSEIT. '19. 1852
W A number of our cotcniporuricH ar
recommending tlicir papers ?? (he advertis
ing community. It may not be improper fo
us to make a few remarks on this subject.
The benefits derived from advertising r.r
known to sill. lo give some idea that it i
economy to advertise, we will mention on
or two instances which have occurred sine
our residence here, sis evidence of our asset
tion.
We were written to, by si house in I'hiln
dolphin, to procure sin agent for them, fo
the sale of I)r. Holland's Hitters; wecalle
on our Druggist, Major Ilstilc, and he wa
indifferent whether he took the agency -o
not; he, however, agreed to try it. Th
medicine was sent to him, and advertised
and sdthough unknown before, the sale wa
so rapid, that two months sifter it was firs
advertised, Major 11. informed us ho v. oul
be obliged to order si fresh snpply, s Ithougl
in the fust instance they had sent liim
good quantity. Several artieles we onrsel
have disposed of, and purchased others
which resulted from advertising. A inn
chant in town who advertised a certain modi
cine for sale four or five times, hisclerl toll
us, sold well while advertised, his customer
saying at the time that the Ledger informal
theni of it, and at which store it could h
found; but so soon as the advertisemen
was discontinued, sales declined.
It is certainly to our advantage to recoiv
advertisements; but wc know full well it i
of equal advantage to the advertiser. \V
could mention a number of instances wher
immense benefit has resulted from adverti>
ing, but deem it unnecessary, llrandretl
Mofiatt, Earnum, and a host of others, liav
made fortunes from the sale of pills an l e>
hibiting mermaids, &.c., &e.. all from ndvei
tising. Earnum spoke tlie truth when nsko
the cause of success, he said advertising
I literally.
\>e uo noi rxnp^oraip, wncn we nay ui
ledger is read by at least lifteen liundre
or two thousand persons weekly, and
stands to common reason that advertising i
our columns is the most efficient way o
making tiling known.
We embrace the opportunity to ret or
our thanks for the liberal patronage we h
, heretofore received, and trust that from tii
, very favorable mant.er in which our p pi
hasheen received abroad, as indicated by il
at present (anil constantly increasing) stil
scription list, that those friends who ha\
manifested by notion their good intention
j have no cause to be ashamed of the I>nnca
j ter I,edgcr.
1 We insert a communication in th
^ paper, over the signature of u Improvement
; We will reply only briefly to this piece i
* sophistry.
ding a Railroad to Chester, we have obser
ed that those citizens.or many of them, wl
do not reside on the route of the propose
road, and who may consider their interes
- more indentificd in the prosperity of Can
- den, attempt by reasons the most absurd, I
i throw a damper on the whole cnterpri.se.f
" Improvement," in the present instaue
. seems to bo more apprehensive about tli
j Hanks in Camden tlian anything else. T
place bis mind at rest about the Hank <
Camden, we can inform him that the H n
| eoulil never be removed to I^ineaster. Tli
1 charter locates it in Camden and no wlier
else.
; We did not know before that any one ha
the presumption to say that the Railroad, i
built to Chester, would pay a d'nidiend t
more than 7 percent., or even that. We out
self, did not know beforothat men contribt
ted to Railroads for the purpose of ma kin
profitable money investments. If this ha
been the case, there would not be a Kailroa
in Carolina.
We were always under the improssio
that the greater portion of tho country cor
tiguous to the Railroad between Coluinbi
and Charleston, was of but little accoun
nnd \vc have yet to learn that a Railroad 1m
tween Ij;n< aster and Chester would l?e h
r insignificant as "Improvement" would hav
us believe. The fart is, as we have he for
observed in this paper, the interseetin
country between I Lancaster nnd Chester i
very productive, nnd consequently the res
dents arc men possessing large planting ir
terests, and make abundant crops. Ourco;
i respondent puts us in mind of that porlio
of Brutus' speech where he says: " Nt
that I love Cffsar less, but I love Roc
more." Not that" Improvement "loves I.ar
f caster less, but he loves the Bunks in Can
den more. He says that could he entertai
the idea for n moment, that the Banks i
Camden would be removed to I<nncaster, h
would fuvor the Railroad enterprise to th
utmost of his power.
Verily our friend h a strong advocate f<
Banks. Perhaps in the event of our hnvin
a road, wo may have n Bank, even at thi
time wo underst&i d a gentleman of thi
place proposes to establish . n agency ofsom
other Bank. " Improvement" may rest sal
isfied that the Bank of Camden will n?v<.
change locality.
If Camden is to bo benefited by a Plan
road extending up tho Country, she slioul
build it. Certainly there is no excuse for he
having those invaluable money institution
within her immediate borders.
We dismiss the suhjeetf believing ' Irr
proveinent's" communication more calcul.i
ted to enhance the interest of the propose
Road, his arguments being so unfounded an
futile against it.
Mk. Palm ten-?The Milledgoville (Ga.
Federal Union says:
"Wf are gratified to learn that tli
RevdMtd H. M. Palmer, of Columbia, ?
C., has accepted of the appointment b
deliver the Annual Oration before tin
Phil Delta and Thalian Societies of Ogle
thorpe Unirersitr, on cotninencemen
day, the 10th of Fa*ember.M
Somo have been wounded with conceit.
And died of mere opinion straight;
Others though wounded sore in re ison,
Felt no contusion, nor discretion.
Jludibras.
( The u Fairfield Herald " makes a futile ef'*
fort to iaveigle us into snares prepared by
w ourself.
u In reply, we hope to prove to tho satiafacr
tion of the Editor, if I e be capable of understanding.
that our " Political Philosophy" is
0 correct j and, think wo can show that the only
effect of his strictures, is to show his own
ignorance, and weak reasoning. The " Ilcrnld
" pretends to criticise the remarks wo
rondo, that " one of tie distinguishing features
of Republicanism, is the giving of elections
to the |?eople," and asserts also, that
Kngland is a Republic.
As a writer of note, and one most certainly
calculated to know, we quote a few observations
of Mr. Jollerson. In a letter to Dr.
Franklin, dated August 1777, Mr. Jefferson
says:
" With respect to the State of Virginia, in
; particular, tho people seem to have laid aside
tlie molt: rehic ii and taken up the republican
government with as r.meh ease as would
have attended their throwing off an old and
. putting on a new suit of clothes."
And further, he says, speaking of the constitution
and popular rights:
"Wo had not yet penetrated to the mother
principle, that governments are republican
only in proportion as they embody the will
of their people to execute it. Ilence," he
says:"our first constitutions had really no
leading principle in them."
Did we deem it w orth further notice, we
could give the Herald more evidence on this
subject, but as only a limited portion of our
paper wc desire to devote to the I b raid's re*
ply, wo w ill at oneo proceed to the other
strictures. In our article wc stated that the
Herald was apprehensive that if the election
of electors.should lie given to the people, the
election of (iovernor would he also. This
. i the Herald denies. Now we quote from
j the Herald icrbtttim el literatim. "If to
tho elections we already have, we mid
that kof Presidential electors, that ol
Governor will hedemandedand 1'ihrn bv the
j people," &c. Surely our friend of the Her,
uhl Iris not waked up, but is still dozing.?
But further, the Herald says: "It, (the
j. Ledger,) also lays down as one of its tenets
that if the people demand a right, that is sufficient,
it should then be given them. We
would enquire of the, I?cdger, what are the
main objects for which u constitution is instituted
in a free government ?" The Herald
evidently appears to be surprised at this declaration
of ours, forgetting it has already
said the election < f Governor would be </rmanded
and tnl.cn I?/ the /ten/Ac if the election
of electors were in their hands.
Further, "in conclusion, we would ask
the Ixdgcr, if the people can properly bo
is s; id to be di prived of a right which they
' never possessed f " We hud intended to give
uf the iiefqld the v irions deftinitious of tin
verb deprive, and in what connection used by
v- no*t editorial; vviiieh was writft-n, in reply
10 to the Sew York l'ick, in reference to Mr.
d Calhoun's work on Government, the Herald
ts goes on to say :
a- ' We agree w ith the Pick, that it is a great
to I I'it.v tli t the work was not n|. ccd intln
_ | hands of the Harpers, for had this been done
it would not only now be within the reach
' and tne.-.ns of nil. hut it would have secured
to the f.mily of our departed Statesman and
'o Patriot an amount if monetf to w hich they
,f are justly entitled, i.lld w hich, by li.el niune
agement, they have been tie priced
p Query.?('. n A r. Calhoun's family prop*
u erly bo s id to be dejrind of that which they
never possessed ?
'I lit> (iiMatt unr linou u/> <lnoAw'r\l'oA I F ?
it I * ""K" "" ?M ..u.J
dibras' U-.;ruin<_r can very properly Ik? applied
j to our friend of the Herald:
" lie \v;:k in learning n great critiek.
Profoundly skilled in ntr Ivt'ek ;
' Ho eonld distingui h and divide,
g A h ir 'twixt South nnd Southwest side:
d On ei her which he would dispute,
(j ; Confute eh nge h nds, i.nd still confute.
| He'd undert kc to prove hy force,
Of argument n in n's no horse,
n j He'd prove n buzzard is no fowl, *
l- And th t n lord may be nn owl,
A cnlfnn uldernii n.a goose n justice,
j | And rooks committee-men i.nd trustees."
o General Scott.
e " Sir. I ntn dead for the Constitution?
v dead for the Union?dead for the Compromise?and
dead against any Man who is op%
posinl to them, of either of litem !"
'* The above we find in the Salisbury (X.
'* C.) Wctcl man, under the banner of Scott
'* and C?n ham. Will the Watchman explain
r" what Gen. Scott means?
11 We repent?the above inquiry was too
rashly made. Poor little Watchman ! He
e has been watching ever since Scott's nosnt'*
nation, and finding the, above in some Journal,
h is copied it, thinking all was right.?
n Friend, take It out?take it out by all
" I means. You are killing your man fast
e ( enough.
e am m
A Nf.w Pa pub.?The Charleston Stanr
dard says:
S "We have received a short prospectus of
a a new Daily, Boon to l?e published by Mr.
? J. B. Nixion, at Broad-street. The terms
e are M per year. We have not heard who
t- is to be the editor. The minor in, that it
,r will support Scott and flHIflfcnm."
That will he a curiosity, which should
^ be preserved in every museum in the counj
try. A Scott paper will l?e a thrifty plant
in Palmetto Soil!?Carolinian.
if
i m Wm
Another Cuban Expedition.?Balti
1 more, 8epteml?r, 24. The New York
Journal of Commerce intimate* that a
J tirin in that city have received orders for
d ordnance and other nuini iona of war, to
l>e u*ud in a new expedition that is about
j to be organized against Cuba.
e Hbavv Robbbht.? Baltimore, Septemi.
her 24. Mr. e. G. McKkb, of Troy, N.
it Y., was robbed t.?-day, Friday, at the
e Waddle House, Cleveland, Ohio, of $40,*
* 000. A reward of $6000 has been oft
fered for Uie recovery of the money, and
conviction of the thief.
From the {South Carolinian.
The Charleston Preen
It is pretty well known that a convention
of the editors and publishers of the
newspapers in this State is to be held in
this place on the first of December nextThe
entire press of the interior of the
State, except the Charleston papers, numJ
bering, we believe, twenty-eight journals,
| have expressed themselves in favor of this
meeting. We have observed the studied
; silence of the pajnjrs of the metropolis in
' relation to this subject, and we must say
j they have manifested very iiilie fra ernai
i fntitiiuf in ll?.? imimltuxt Tltn
I - .. ?
| Ledger mentions the fuel <>t' the silence of
the city journals and the Southern Standard
replies as follows:
"The Lancaster Ledger desires to know
whether the Chariest ion pressure opposed
to the Convention. We answer for ourselves,
that we have said nothing on the
j suhjeet, because we did not consider our
' case within the chief purpose of the Convention.
It is impossible that wc can eu:
ter into any arrangement nl>out our terms
of advertisement. If there l?e others niali
ters f.?i the action of tlie Convention, in
! which our concurrence might be desirable,
we are <piitc willing to meet our country
friends at the time proposed."
We do not know what will lie the programme
of business for the Convention,
, but this we do know, that the city puj?ei>
have manifested very little fraternal feelings
on the subject. Are their interest*
separate and destinct from their coteinporaries
in the State? Do they consider themselves
so far removed from us, in relation
to community of feeling and interest, thai
it is useless for them to meet with us in
consultation, to advance, if possible, Uncommon
interest? If so, they are aetinjj
consistently. If not let them unite will
their humbler brethren of the up-country
I ..... .....11 t ....... u win ?n".
gratification to shake hands, if nothing
more, with their city confreres. The Mer
enry, Courier, Standard ami News, otigln
not to treat us so cavalierly. They huvt
no cause to do so, we arc very sure.
Hr w o arc sure that if it he not to th(
interest of the Charleston Press to he repre
sonted in the "Convention, it will aftbrd
pleasure to the upper-country Editor* ami
Publishers t<? meet with their Charlestoi
brethren. Ilcsidcs, it seems to im>, that U
give weight to the proceedings of the Con
vention, it is very requisite for every papei
| in the State to be represented, that the in
ferenee may not be drawn, that those " wh<
are not with us, are against us," The expc
rienee of our Charleston cotemporaries mnj
also enable them to aid us in our delibcra
lions. Not only this, hut no doubt an etfor
! will he made to establish the cash system
It is almost universally the custom in tin
upper country to present hills for udvertis
itig, &c., only at the end of the year; \v<
believe the custom in Charleston is to potent
accounts quarterly, therefore in thii
matter our Charleston brethren may scrvr
, us greatly.
( J ?? i ? i
I EDITOR'S TABLE.
I I Godey's I.auy's Hook :
The October number his been received
1 The no-sent nnniltiT irivca eviil.of Mi
; [
, | Ciodey's untiring efforts to increase the :il
i ready will'* orld reputation of his migajini
' Lord lino mercy upon ii.m," in a be: lit it'll
j line engraving, liy Tucker. "O Dear! (
: Dear," a tableau plate by Pease, <1 c.
Wo nre glad to find the lady's Book i
taken bare by several, and trust Mr, G.'i
I energetic I bora in the line of Mng.izin<
Liter tore in .y meet with it* just reward
Terms *:>, 00 per year. I- A. (Jodey, I'hilfl
North Bimtwii Review:
The American publishers Inve pi red in
under renewed obligations by sending in
Ibis Review. The articles are:
I. laird Cobkburn's Life of Jeffrey.
'J. Ornithology.
3. Liturgical Reform iu the Church of Kng
land.
4. American Poetry.
; 5. The Life and Inciters ufN'iebuhr.
| 6. Primeval Archwology of Britain,
j 7, Archbishop Whatcly on the errors ol
Romanism.
1 H Prin..A AI k??e? I.J..aa.l f'-'l
, . o iiiuukii mi u
Art* nnd Mnnufucti re*.
9. Critia of Political Parties?The Grant
Desideratum.
Term* $3,00 per year, or $10 for the Nortl
British, l,ondon Quarterly, Westminster
nnd Edinburgh Review, nnd Black wood'i
Magazine. Lconnrd Vott 4t Co.,New York
Grahams Magazise ;
The t tetober number of this welcomi
magazine has come t-> h ind. " The Pridi
of the P.trt.irc," And " The Eorgottei
j Word," are handsome engraving*.
In this number we find an article hendet
14 The Atmosphere and its Currents," bj
Thomas Milner, M. A., an interesting ant
instructing production. Besides this, then
are various other articles, both prose ant
poetry, by writers of note, nmong the num
ber, we notice the names of Herbert, Mrs
Sigourney, Mrs. Hall, dte. Terms #3,04
per year. Geo. R. Graham, Philadelphia.
The Due West Telescote, published a
Duo West, Abbeville District, deserves tht
pstroruige of a religious community. I
n.l.i.a m.,.k -.1 tl- -
wuhhh nni|iinn* inmrmn
tion, and 'the editorial* of it* aceompliahe*
Mi tor. Rev. Mr. Bonner, are pointed an<
happy effort*.
A friend in Oeala, Flu, haa kindly aent in
a elrcolar, headed "Fast Florida Independ
?>nt Institute." This Institution is loeute<
In the town of Oo.ila, und is reeonimende<
not only on aeeonnt of th* healthiness o
the locality, but as being under the contro
of able and effh-ient instructor*.
W. R.?We will send you a presort in i
few day*.
"Smtckks or Lir* aid .Character" k
the title of an intermtingbook, by tVt mo*
moral of all moral writers, T. 8. Arthur.?
For 89,00 we wiH furnieh ft ?opyt Oq<
may be seen at our office.
The coming Legislature??U Importance.
The business of electing a new Legislature
in always a subject which should command
the careful consideration of every
citizen, who is at all mindful of the character
and well-being of his State. And
there arc frequently circumstances which
render it his bounden duty to exercise the
most careful circumspection in the discharge
of that weighty responsibility, ever
inseparable from the elective franchise. In
our opinion, the approaching elections for
representatives present just such an occasion
for cure and circumspection; and, to
support this opinion, we imagine it is only
necessary to advert to one or two facts.
It is well known tliat the charters of
several of our hanks expire in the year
'50 or thereabouts, and the probability is
great that these banks will all press urgently
fur a re-charter before the Legislature,
soon to be elected, shall be dissolved.
This circumstance alone will doubtless g'ne
rise to discussions and result in decisions
that will atfect (for good or for evil) the
lw?st interests of our State for years to
come. It is not amiss to say that judgement,
some financial ability and, nltove
i ! all, firmness and decision should form a
I part of the qualifications of those whom
we shall delegate to decide ujam these
very important matters.
I In addition to this, there are several npI
plications for charters of Kail lioad Comi
panics to 1m? acted upon, one of which at
least will la? of great interest to the State
?wc mean that of the Habun-Gnp Kail
Hoad. What may be the fate of this
1 measure is beyond our power to divine.?
t We believe, if the matter be properly
1 managed, that vast benefits will accrue to
1 South Carolina. Nor do we regard the
' stake which our own District may have in
1 this great project to be in any degree be?
neath that of any other section.
1 We trust therefore that our people will
> see to it that the influence which we may
exert in the approaching Legislature shall
f be strong and effective. And this consum
mation, we respectfully suggest, will be
best attained by throwing aside all purely
. personal or partisan predilections, and
. looking to the real merits of each enndii
date. We have now a full field before us
I from which to select our representation;
and we may safely say that not one of the
present aspirants for this honorable Jiosi'
tion w ill demur, for a single moment, to
' i our recommendation. It' there were one
r | among tliem who would base his chums to
- a scat in the General Assembly of South
> Carolina, at this juncture, upon any other
. ground than that of his comparative
. worth and qualifications, we should slrongly
incline to the opinion that ho was far
t from meriting the honors lie would seek
to grasp.?KthjejfirM Ailrrrtiwr.
New Charges against Bishop Doane.
The Newark Advertiser says that Bishop
, Doane has issued another letter to his
Diocese, which static that on the Olh instant,
at 10 l-'J 1\ M., a paper in the nal
lure of a presentment, making some alter*
1 ' ations in the previous charges and containing
four new specifications, was left at
his house, portioning to be from three
Bishop* who made the former pNHenb
incut. The Bishop says this presentment
v viuvw as* ! i.lj *! ??? I.nfoa* (ILM
day np|>ninicd for the trial, and ' as the
Canon of life Diocese requires four weeks
|. for the call of a siiecial Convention, he is
r precluded b) the delay of the three Bisliops,
in making out their new presentment
from the pmdbility of discharging his duI
ty to the Convention of the Ltiocese, and
enabling it to consider its duty towards itself
and him.
The new specifications consist, in suh*
stance, of two charges of failure to pay
s notes to the Camden Bank; one of which,
a for 200, was given hy the Bishop as part
payment of a note of his, endorsed hy
. Michael Hays, for Si,000, the remaining
i $750 Is iug satisfied out of a judgment
! which the Bank held against llays; the
* o h.r note of S100 endorsed by Hays not
4 laing protested on account of the Bishop's
request, and his promise to give a new
note, which he never fulfilled. The other
two charges are, that the Bishop was in
. the lialiit of running in debt for large siiie
plii-s of liquor, nnd that lie was unduly
excited hy it on the stcninliout Trenton, in
NovemU-r, 1851, ami at Bordcntown in
V........-I...- IOI1. 1 -I i
Ixv^vmucr, i o ? 1, (HIM IIIHI lie I'lUIM'd Jos.
I Vhtoii to < 1 rink cider brandy that he
might lie able to persuade him to endorse
certain notes. All these charge* the Hisliop
r deelaroa to be false, or capable of such explanation
na will divest them of all crime
1 or immorality.
Health ok Camde*.?Wo understand
' that rumors are afloat in the country that
sickness prevails in Camden to an alarm*
ing extent, and is rapidly hurrying ofl" its
. victims. A gentleman told us yesterday,
that while on his way here the day before,
he was met by a traveller who warned
5 him against coming, assuring liiin that he
5 had it from good authority, that yellow
t fever prevailed here, and that seventeen
persons hml died in one day! This is but
1 rate of the hundred rumor* in circulation
/ in regard to the health of Camden. We
\ have heretofore thought them unworthy of
B notice, but from the respectability and callj
imj of the informant of our friend, and
tho section of country into which he was
going, hie report may prove injurious, not
oniy 10 me interests of Camden, but of
5 those who deaire to come here, we take
occasion to nay that there in no truth in
and no foundation whatever for the repeat
above alluded to, ami should Camden ever
e be so unfortunate as to he visit**) by any
1 disease that would render it unsafe or iin*
- prudent for strangers to visit ua, our readi
era will be duly infimned of the fact
1 through the columns of the Journal.
As was to have been expected, those
portions of our town most exposed to the
* miasma arising (Wan the grounds over*
- flowed by tbo Tate fte*het are Wore unI
healthy than usual, but the.dtsease wo un1
derstand, ia generally of a mild tvt>e,
f yielding readily to medical treatment. We
I cannot call to mind more than Ave deaths
that hate occurred in towu during the
summer, (bur of which were of children
1 under ten year* of age.
Camden Journal. ?|
* Office or HoTRO^rrrlx alto.? Cbar1
leaton Friday, 6 P. M.?The Board of
* Health report eight deaths froin Tellow
? Fever for the past 24 hours.*
J. L. DAW80N, if. C. R
m
??Old?
Farmer* Should Advertlfe. ffi
A word with you, my jfood friend) which
may tend to our inulual benefit. You are H
perhaps, more deeply interest ell in the )B|
siicccm of your District paj>er than you
arc aware; and we know, that our paper |H
is equally dependent on the |>coplo of the "HP
District for inliucncc and support. 13ut,
permit us to ask; do you laisc more pro- [
duco on your farm, than is required for
your own use! If you arc a thrifty farmer,
it is very probable that you do. Do
you wish to sell at tin* highest price, such
produce or projH-rty as you have to spare?
it' so, you ought to advertise. If you can
generally sell your surplus produce in your
immediate neighborhood, there is not so ' \
much necessity; yet, even then, applicalions
and bids from abroad, would enable "l
you to obtain I Kilter prices, by bringing
more purchasers to your own doors. If .
you have n good horse, a mule, a milch ^
cow, a dozen bacon bogs, a few barrels
tlour, a few hundred bushels coi n, a wagon,
tinkler, oats or a piece of land, or a lot of **
good plank or any thing else the good farmer
usually has for sale, if you let the I
people throughout the District know that ^
you have these things for sale or any of
them, is it not more likely that you will
more readily dispose of these articles by
advertising, than if nobody know anything
about it but your near neighl*>rs or your
own family? Your District paper, (whirls
has a largo circulation) is the only median*
through which you can ctVect this object.- - ' .
We know of more than a dozen persons- |
in this town who now wish to purchase acertain
piece of property for the use of I
their families; but, they know not to whom
to apply. Whereas, if such articles ware
advertiseil in the Sjxirlan, by looking over 1
its columns, they would know where they
could bo supplied. We have known some
of our good farmers, to keep produce or ft*
olhdr property 011 their hands for months
and even years, w hich they desired to sell, M
but could not do so, because nobody but M
their near neighbors knew any thing about
it. Now, tor one dollar, paid down, a gB
small advertisement (of ten lines) may Ihj
inserted two tunes, winch would he nsufticient
notice to nil and answer every pur- mg
j?ose. We admit that we would l>c bene- ffl
tiled as printer* if such a course was adoptcd;but,
both tl osellerund perchaser would M
be accommodated and derive perhaps more < M
advantage than ourselves. If the above
remarks Inj^lrue, tliey also prove, that it ^
would be to the advantage of all buyers T
ami sellers of property in the llistrict to
suliscribe for our paper. Two dollars cannot
bo appropriate] to a more useful pur- ^
pose.' And if we add to this the advantages
it allords to our wives and child r< n,
to read a weekly journal of the news tiom
all parts of the world, the very small i>mount
necessary to effect this desirable ol - r
ject, sliontd be readily and cheerfully af- (
forded.? Sjxtrlan.
Ftorn the Cdud n Journal.
Ma. Eniroa: You will do me the favor
to publish the follow ing<es)H)nae to three
questions that have l>eou addressed tome.
1. "Are you in favor of the Hank of 1
the Stole]" _
To this general question I give the general
answer that I am not. My objections .
are founded in sound principle, and I think f 1
ou-iatnril t.y tli'o orfpt rictH? of all States
where the union of Hank and Statu baa
existed.
The financial interests of the State as
well as that of a great tiumUr of its t itzens
has become so interwoven ami ntanglod
with the existence of the Hank, i
that I would touch it with great cautiop
at any tituo. Even at u propitious time
for its liquidation, I would not proceed I y
sudden action or violent means?but would
adopt a policy indicated by an expression
of Mr. Callioiiu in reference to amitber institution,
which is "to unhank the Hunk'
by careful ami gradual process.
?ue jircncuv courier uoes not expire until
the first of May, 1850, so that neai ly
four yearn, and two elections for Representative*
to the Legislature, will intervene
before that event can happen, llut it is
proposed to ntilici|?ule the question by *e\ - I.
ral years and settle it now. Am 1 willing
to re-charter the Hank under present i
circumstances} The J'rojih of the Hai k, mamong
other things, are |?lc?!ged fot tl o
punctual payment of the interest and filial
redemption of the money Imrrowed under
authority of what is called the fire loan
act. The Inst instalment of this debt 1<ecom>*s
due in 1870. It is believed that a
majority of the |**ople consider that this
pledge of the profit* of the Hank. n?.i_
_ _ *
withstanding the charter wna known to
expire in 1850. involved also n pleuge of
tlie faith ami honor of the State, to recharter
the Think for the pu pone of making
profits to meet the Hnal redemption of
this last instalment. It is urged that un- J?
tier tlie representation* of our agent, the
foreign creditor U*>k thin view, nml felt it
j an an inducement to make the loan. I am
' willing to concede much to an honorable
j sentiment?and to meet the obligation,
whether real or supposed, to the foreign
creditor, I am willing to grant, no far an I
am concerned, another liona fide charter
to the Hank, with nuch provision* and detail*
an my judgment may approve, to
make it an uaeful as ponnible and as little
liable to abuse an poenible.
2. "Aro you in favor of giving the elec- 4
tion of Prenident aim! Vice President to k
the People!" I am. |
8. Are you in favor of chaning the pre- I
sent Free School system, in order to make
it answer a better purpose!
If any judicious and feasible plan b? X
proposed I will choerfullv support it. 1
Hespectfullv, vour tellow-citiien,
JAM KS CII ESN LIT, Jr.M ]
OKATII OF A. S. .ToHVCTON,*Bnfcr~?^^K j
community was startled yesterday m&f&M iJ
itija^ witli tl?o intelligence of the demise of
this gentleman. Mr. Johnston wi?s not
very well for a day or two previous, I'Ut 1
was not considered dangeroasly ill. .,Wbk ?
disc am- which proved f.itid, we undoiWH^ ^
was congestion of the liver.
Mr. J. whs a native of Virginia,
many years a resident of thi? place, JflB
was eminently a useful citiaen in er^ty
station whidh he occupied. He I.ma ?1- j
ways manHBtcd the deepest il|0MMii I'Mth* ? i
welfare and prosperity of onr'fcwl^flh the 1
public affairs of which, lor yefl6ejAtfi*t he 1
has taken nn nctive and pront|pOppart. '
Hie death is deeply regretted bjaAir^t. hole ^ J
community, and 1 cares a vs^^Hbk-h 0
will b? felt for a long tint* tooflMfe 1
T 1