j?
'
<0ciicrat Hrtus.
} . - - *
Laticr, from JTIexico.
Prospective Troubles with Santa Anna.
The New York CofuVnerclai Advertiser, receiv.
/Ill li*T f Kri . Inril.iftM A .11*. vtn nAntAv.lmi n/illtrtlllS !
? \.v? nuMiuci U^va JCaiUJUrtJ) \.V'iiumw
^ the subjoined very interesting summary of news,
|l received by the Black Warrior, from Havana.?
>. This ratelligeiicc is not without its significance,
? and we have no doubt that Santa Anna is deter- '
jj mined to form an alliance with Spain and other ;
K, Euroj>eau powers, looking to a prospective war |
j with the United States:
^ "By way of Havana there is news from the city j
| of Mexico to.the 4th iust., and from Vera Cruz j
to May 5, which is important in three purlieu- ,
- lars, viz: the temper of the Mexican people with j
i- respect to the_ Mesilla affair, the banishment of ,
' __ ex-President Arista, and Santa Anna's proclama- ;
f"i tiAti r\r\ n^Mintmiv t Ka mi no f\ ? ( wn'/irn mnii t Vl'lHl i
*?*/!! VII UIU 4VIUO \Jl IJIIIVIIVf I'ltu j
the diplomatic proceedings connected with his 1
f: cntriflbe into power. We regard the news as of j
t - -greater interest than any we have received from ;
I that quarter for a long time,' mainly because it j
y appears to he indicative of a determined policy \
on the part o* the Mexican Government, and hecause
by one or two merely incidental revelations,
it seems to let us into the temj>er and dis
position of the Mexican people, and the causes of
r the unsettled condition of tilings which has there
[ so long prevailed.
With respect to the Mesilla Huair, it is manifest
that so far from tiny considerable number of
Mexicans desiring Gov. Lane's protection, his
proceedings have'caused intense excitement and
t anger, and called forth manifestations of that ha"
tre'd A the United States which always follows
upon war, and especially rankles in the breasts
- of a conquored people. Gov. Trias, of Chihuahua,
had obtained permission to proceed to the
' city of EI Paso, and was empowered to u-e every
necessary means to preserve the valley from in
L vitsion. A loan had been submitted to for the
r -payment of the nefeeSsary troops.' The temper
4 of dhe people of that-locality inay be inferred
. from the tone of the following proclamation,
which we are justificcTin supposing was adapted
r to the popular sentiment, and was designed to
r. touch the sprtiigs to popular action :
. PROCLAMATION.
t ' . Valentine Cjuz, colonel, commanding-in-chief
the line of the Bravo, to the inhabitants of the
froutier:
' Citizens of the frontier! The impure foot of
i traHors and pirates has threatened to plant itself
on the" Mexican soil. Our territory has been in- ;
i vaded by gangs of foreign adventurers, whose
> honor is iu their purse, and who seek rfo glory
without plunder; and who belong to the vilest
scttm of-their nation. Shall we suffer such van- i
delism without resistance?
Remember, friends,-that the dust which our 1
footsteps' raise, is the ashes of good 'Mexicans,
who have perished in warfare with savhges, or
| . beneath the foreigner's rifles; remember what lias '
F been the fata of our fellow countrymen in Upper 1
(? California, despoiled of their property, driven <
forth from- their firesides, menaced, persecuted 1
apdT murdered; do not-forget the slaughter at '
< New lieynosa, whose peaceful inhabitants, buri- '
ed in steep, were surprised by a band of these
ivrafAltoc* tnKo liKi.rtu onil tmnficnnod tliP
I ^ " 1 V IVUV J ?? UV V" IVU lil/t I UIIU llil|'liWViiVU vitv
citizens; who cried security, and expelled the pro- i
pwetors; who exclainied public guod, and com- <
mittcd robbery; and who cried ''our country,"
j and are strangers! <
To arms, Mexicans of the frontiers ? Never '
let us eudure more of these outrages, of this i
shame; rather let us die. The republic watches
as. We are the vauguard of the Mexican peo- '
pie. To arms ! Let the same warlike tocsin
which announced to the world the triumphs ot 1
"Mexicans at Matamoras, Cerralvo and Cainargo, .
animate our valor and our determination to save 1
from every peril, the houor, the dignity, and the
integrity of the republic. Citizens of the fron- 1
tier! Viva Mexico! Viva the integrity of our
territory ! Death to the traitors and pirates. I
VALENTINE Cavz. i
Quarter General, Cainargo, March 27, 1853. <
The same aversion to the Americans of the 1
North no doubt prevails generally, although, as
will be seen hereafter, there are few, and we sus
j?ect very few, who entertain other sentiments. 1
This popular feeling, it should be borne in mind, 1
is rurv natural Under the circumstances. The (
nationality ami patriotism of the Mexicans might (
well be doubted, weTrr-tke popular sentiment 1
other than it is. The wars vntlT England left 1
the same feeling among the people of the United 1
Suites, even although they were victors in the 1
conflict, and one cannot be surprised that the 1
defeated Mexicans, of a more passiouatc temper- (
ament, and less under the soothing' influence of 1
civilization and commerce, yet retain this antipa- !
thy towards the Americans of the North in a
high degree. It is tolerably evident also that 5
Santa Anna intends to strengthen his govern- 1
ment by recognizing, if not fostering, this feel- 1
ing; for the advices are that one of his preliiui- 1
nary measures was the publication of a decree 1
"dismissing from the public service all such ofti- 1
cers and soldiers as voluntarily surrendered them- 1
selves to the American army during the invasion 1
of 1847," on the ground that in the present con- s
dition of public attain, those men ouly can be re- 1
lied upon, whose hostility to the United States
cannot have been modified or impaired by per- s
sonal knowledge of the magnanimity or gener- a
osity of those who fought its battles. N
Of kindred meaning is the banishment of Aris- '
ta from the American continent, and from his ^
reply to the letter of the Minister of War, com- c
municating the order of banishment, leaks out '
the fact previously mentioned, that.a lew, at least '
of the leading Mexicans, are favorable to North s
American institutions. Wc give the correspon- '
dence as an important key to some phases of c
XU.tMAin KieIAIM' TKn lof ai* fA A Jntn ...??
AlCAivau A 1VUUI iv NU.> CUI1veyed
to his residence by Col. Andradc, who was
dispatched from the capital on the 27th ult., }
with an escort of 80 mounted troops, referred, to t
in T^rnel's letter: v
Most Excellent Sir?For reasous of the highest ^
policy, among which none more especially occti- I
pies "the Government than that which directs its '
attention to preserving tranquility and publicor- *
der from disturbance, particularly at the present c
moment, when in critical circumstances the na- c
tion lias entrusted to him its lofty destinies, the c
President, in employment (jf the functions with N
which it has been thought proper to clothe him,
has decreed that your Excellency shall proceed
immediately, with the escort sent fur your assis- ]
tance, to embark for Europe in the English pack- 1
et which is to sail from Vera Cruz in the course |
of a few days ; with the understanding that your i
Excellency will not return without an order from
the supreme Government, and that while you remain
in Europe you shall continue in the enjoyment
of your rank in the army, and of the corresponding
pay. Your Excellency will accept
the assurance of my consideration. God and
Liberty. To:?\:a. I
Mcxic\ April 27. 183?. 1
To this, ex-president Arista sent the following
protest and reply, complying at the same time
with the decree of Santa Anna, to refuse which
it was understood, would have involved Arista's
close confinement inr the castle of San Juan d'
UHoa:
To tiik Minister of War :
Dear Sir?Col. Don Miguel Andradc delivered
to me at 9 o'clock, on the morning of the 30ili
ult., at my villa of Nanac AmiIpn,your Excellency's
note, of the 27th uit., and at 1 o'clock, P.
M., I was already on the road to this port, as 1
was required. ^Having arrived, and already embarked,
I am prepared to leave the republic today.
I am unable to conceive in what way, or by
what act, my presence in the country can be an
obstacle to the preservation of tranquility and
public order, unless it be imputed to me as a
crime, the fact of my having sustained in my
character of private citizen some friendlv relations
with Carvajal, and other North American
Federalists, established near the frontier; for the
expression employed by your Excellency in your
note, according me the privilege of "enjoying mv
pay and rank while I remained in Europe,"
seems to indicate that- fact. I am obliged to
say to your Excellency, that beside my Federal
opinions, and the sympathy' I feel for North American
institutions, I have been guilty of no offence,
which ought to expose me to the penalty
of banishment I desire the happiness of my
country, and to obtain it, I see no other means
than Federal institutions, and if necessary, annexation
to the United States; for in that measure
Mexico would discover an inexhaustible
source of wealth and prosperity, in exchange for
that grand riddle, that squaring of the circle,
which Gen. Santa Anna calls "nationality."
The day icill come when this shall take place,
and iu the meantime, sir, I ought to, and do,
protest against the act of oppression which I
suner; ana in aue nine i snail aemanu tne reparation
tine" for the loss and prejudice to which
it has subjected inc. Bio y etc.
Maui a no Arista.
Vera Cruz, May 5, 1853. ^
There ia a great simi'arity in the proceed*
ings, if not the positions, of Santa Anna and
Louis Napoleon. Among the earliest acts of
both were the overthrew of the freedom of the
press and the independence of the Legislative
bodies. The next step of the Mexican dictator
will be the centralization of the Mexican States.
Santa Anna is evidently proceeding 011 the
same assumption as Louis Napoleon, that the
Mexicans are unfit for the representative institutions.
It would appear, in fact, that the hit
ler has made the earlier Dictator his model
and examplcr. Thq Western, however, will
have a harder task to prolong his tenure of
of personal sovericgnity than the Eastern dictator.
Louis Napoleon has a homogenous population
and national unity as helps to his authority.
lie has .a full exchequer and unimpaired
credit as auxiliaries. Santa Anna has to govern
a country disintegrated not only politically
but socially. Mexico is a confederacy without
cohesion?her people without assimilation.?
Her population is so separated into dissimilar
races that fusion is not only impossible, but
secret hostility places in social antagotism the
classes that occupy her territory.
These sources of internal division and disorder,
find in a bankrupt treasury and ruined
credit, the precise circumstances that must
leau 10 national dissolution, liow can Santa
Anna, shrewd statesman as he is allowed to be,
expect to prolong his authority beyond a very
few years, perhaps months, with such elements
of discord ail around liim? What pernament
aid can an imbecile government afford him like
that of old Spain?
There is only one mode, by which his daring
assumption of power could be maintained.
But that mode is revolutionary, which is the
the antitiiesis to his system of rule, if it is not
ilien to the national feeling. The government
:annot be carried on without more ample fiscal
resources than the make-shift expedients, to
which his predecessors hav? of late resorted.
A system that would compel the priesthood of
Mexico to yield up for the service of the State
:he 'arge revenues they have engrossed, presents,
perhaps, the wily scheme of relief. This
jf course would be called confiscation. But
mlil some arrangement is made by which iinnensc
estates, now locked up in the hands of
in unproductive class, is released, for the pursoses
oriirvprovement. how can a revenue be
aised adequate to the-public wants? How
:an those stimulants be supplied to private enerpi
ise that would add to the resources of taxition.
Will Santa Anna have the courage, suppc?ing
it compatible with his policy, to do this?
iVe think not. lie will endeavor to conciliate
lie priesthood of Mexico, as Louis Naneleon
lid the priesthood of France, lie is aware
hat the influence - over the minds of the bulk
>f the Mexican population of those who conrol
them, in all the acts and purposes of life,
liny defeat any scheme fur obtaining the con:ent
of the majority, in breaking up the landed
uouopl y that the priesthood of Mexico enjoys,
rhe foundations of his power cannot he laid
iufficiently deep without popular sympathies
is their basis. The ignorance of the masses
vlll prevent an appreciation of any com pre
lensive measure of reform. What remains for
liiu to do, therefore, but to resort to temporary
expedients for the prolongation of his power,
de will adopt, on a scale commensurate with
lis means, the ordinary, flimsy appliances in
upport of usurped authority, that will be folowed,
as usual, by reaction in a short period
if time.? Charleston Evening Xeivs.
A Gitoir of Statuary.?The design of Mr.
dills, the artist, (who has recently received from
lie ltocky Mountains, a buffalo, two elks, and a
vild Mexican lior.se,) is to make a group of five
igures, representing the capture of a buffalo.
rirst, the animal, pierced with an arrow, has in
ts madness disembowelled and upset the horse,
ind is turning fur vengeance on the prostrate Iulian
rider, who is prepared for defence; and, se:ondly,
in contrast, Ins companion, mounted, has
:ome to the rescue, and is aiming a tatai blow
vitli a lane J at the infuriated beast.
Another Bogus Bank.?The "Columbia
Bank," one of those promissory concerns which
lave squatted amongst us within twelve months
past, and whose principal object seems to bo
to get their* miserable notes out without any
preperation for ever seeing them again, closed
its brief career last evening. We do not believe
that the sum in which this community
has been mulcted by this concern is large, yet
many persons little able, to afford to lose any
thing have been made to sudor.. Wo hear that
the principal "din" has been in the West.
Iniclliacnci'v 25
England vs. America.
To Mrs. Stowe,Hhc Dutchess of Sutherland,
and all agonizing sympathizers with the <lUncU
Totn" mania we commend the following from
Dickens' Household words :
4,It has been calculated that there arc in Eng
land and Wales C,000,000 persons who can nei
ther read nor write?that is to say, about one
third of the population, including, of course, in
fants; but of all the children between five and
fourteen, more than one half attend no place oi
public instruction. These statements, compiled
by Mr. Kay from official and other authentic
sources, for his work on the Social Condition and
Education of the l'oor in England and Europe.
would be hard to believe, if we had not to encounter
in our every day life degrees of illiteracy
which would be startling, if we wore not thoroughly
used to it. Wherever we turn, ignorance,
not always allied to poverty, stares us in
the face. If we look in the Gazette at the list
of partnerships dissolved, not a month passes but
some unhappy man, rolling perhaps in wealth,
but wallowing in ignorance, is put to the txperimentum
crusts of 'his mark.' The number of
petty jurors, in rural districts, especially, who
can only sign with a cross, is enormous. It is
not urusual to see parish documents of great local
importance defaced with the same humiliating
symbol by persons whose office not onlyshows
them to be 'men of mark,' but men of sub
stance. We have printed already specimens of
the partial ignorance which passes under the pen
of the post office authorities, and we may venture
to assert that such specimens of penmanship
and orthography are not to be matched in
any other country in Eur<?po. A housewife in
humble life need only turn to the tile of her husband's
bills to discover hieroglyphics which render
them so many arithmetical puzzles. In
short, the practical evidences of the low ebb to
which the plainest rudiments of education in
this country has fallen, are too common to bear
repetition. We cannot pass throngli the streets,
we cannot enter a place of public assembly, or
ramble in the fields, without the gloomy shadow
of ignorance sweeping over us. The rural pop
ulation is indeed in a worse plight than the otli
er classes. 3
Taking the adult of agricultural laborers, it is
almost impossible to exaggerate the ignorance
in which they live, and move, and have their being.
As they work in the fields, t! e external
world has some hold upon them through the
medium of their senses; but to all the higher exercises
of intellect, they are perfect strangers.?
You cannot address one of them without being
at once painfully struck with the intellectual
darkness which enshrouds him. There is in general
neither speculation in his eves, nor intelligence
in his countenance. The whole expression
is more that of an animal than of a man. lie
is wanting, too, in the erect and independent
bearing of a man. When you accost him, if he
is not insolent?which lie seldom is?he is timid
and shrinking, his whole manner showing that
he feels himself at a distance from you, greater
than should separate any two classes of men.?
He is often doubtful when you address, and suspicious
when you question him; he is seemingly
oppressed with the interview, while it lasts, and
obviously relieved when it is over. These are
the traits which I can afHrtn them to possess as
a class, after having come in contact with many
hundreds of farm laborers. They belong to a
generation for whose intellectual culture little or
nothing was done. As a class they have no
amusements beyond the indulgence of sense. In
nine cases out of ten recreation is associated in
their minds with nothing higher than sensuality.
I have frequently asked clergymen and others, if
thev often find the adult peasant reading for his
own or others amusement? The invariable answer
is, that such a sight is seldom or never witnessed:
In the first place the great hulk (if the
"people cannot read. In the next, a large proportion
of those who can, so do with too much difficulty
to admit of the exercises being an amusement
to them. Agan, few of those who can
read with comparative ease, have the taste for
doing so.
The Waloesses.?The New-York Evangelist
says in relation t<? this interesting people:
The Rev. Mr. Ravel, tin honored pastor of the
VValdensos, is now in this country on a brief
visit for the purpose of promoting the better
acquaintance of our churches with the venerable
and most worthy body of confessors he
belongs to, and of procuring some assistance
for the prosecution of the remarkable missionary
work which has been suddenly thrown
pon their churches. Aftcr ages of untold sufferings
and deprivations the Waldenscs now
find themselves a free people, in a free country.
Sardinia is open to their evangelical labors
without obstruction. They have a- verylarge
church in Turin; a meeting in Genoa,
and in other cities; and with a ?eal Worthy of
their old fame, and admirably indicative of the
genuineness of the Christian faith, they are endeavoring
to enter the wide and elh-ctual door
thus opened to them. Thoy have despatched
colporteurs to different parts of the kingdom,
and undertaken the missionary work in all its
departments. Though" geographically restricted
to the kingdom of Sardinia, they have, nevertheless,
access to all paits of Italy; for, at
every city of the kingdom exiles are gathered,
who are ready prepared for Protestant truth,
belonging to every Italian kingdom, and through
whom the gospel might be transmitted. The
Waldenses have also a fine college at La Tour,
of eight professors, and are anxious to add a
theological department to it, in order to raise
up an educated ministry on the ground. These
objects of course, demand means; and these
sufferers for Christ's sake have never been rich.
The opening is one of such rich promise, and
the associates connected with the name and
history of the Waldenses so affecting, that we
can confidently promise Mods. Ravel a cordial
welcome and substantial aid."
1NTKJIEST TO owners OK Rral EsTATK?It
is reported that Judge Campbell has decided
in the case of Tallmudge and others against
the East River Insurance Company, that where
there is an original agreement, in the improvement
of a street, to set the building back eight
feet, with a view to courts yards, the arrangement
is binding upon subsequent purchasers.
The defendants having bought a piece of ground
on the corner of Third Avenue and St Mark's
Place, proposed to erect abuildingon the original
lino of the street, which is eight feet in advance
of the other buildings, but the Court de
cided that this could not be lawfully done.
N. Y. Mirror.
The wealth of California in stock is set down
in the census at $38,102,000. The grain crop
last year was worth $7,f>32,000; the grass crop
$874,600; tho vegetables $4,318,000. The
total production of the four, nearly 82!),000,000.
One of the fruit items was 137 bushels of
olives.
ga> ?1 win '
, 1jc diautftenlMeeklt) |onrnnl.
Tuesday, May 31, 1853.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
For the Presidency.
"We observe in the Charleston Courier that some one
has nominated our respected fellow-citizen, Major J.
M. DcSaussure, for the Presidency of the South Carolina
Rail Road Company.
New Books.
The following Books have boon received from the
Press of Messrs. Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia:
Tiie Bible in tiie Counting House. Bv H. A.
Boardman, D.D.
Spiritual Vampirism. By C W. Webber.
Travels in Egypt and Palestine. By Dr. Thomas.
Marie Deeerniere, a'talc of the Crescent City. By
W. GilmoreSimms; Esq.
These books arc well printed and handsomely bound,
and may be had at Mr. Young's, where also may b?
found a large collection of valuable and miscellaneous
"Works.
Death of a Sheriff.
Robert Elfe, Esq., for many years Sheriff of the
' city of Charleston died suddenly on Saturday morning,
from the effects of country fever.
Commercial Bank of Columbia.
We are pleased to learn that our fellow-townsman,
Samuel E. Capers, Esq., has been elected Bookkeeper
of this institution.
Harmony Female College.
We have received a neatly printed Pamphlet issued
from the press of Messrs. Walker & James, announcing
the names of the Faculty* and Board of Visitors,
and the Course of Studies of this Institution. Among
the Board of Visitors we observe the names of Rev S.
ll. IIay, and W. M. Shannon, Esq., of this place.
South Carolina Conference.
Wc perceive by an announcement in the Southern
Christian Advocate, that the next Annual Session of
the M. K. Conference will be held on tho 23d of Xo- \
veraber next, at Newberry Court House.
Bank of Chester.
We learn from the Carolinian that the Bank of Chester
has been regularly organized, and the following
gentlemen elected directors, viz: James Ilemphill, X.
R. Eaves, Thomas McClurc, IV. D. Henry, James Graham,
R. E. Kennedy, Samuel McAlily, 1L C. Brawlcv,
A. Q. Dunovant, John McClurc, Win. Wright, Cornelius
Caldwell, A. P. Springs.
At a meeeting of the Board, the same day, James
Hemphill, was elected President and John A. Bradley
Cashier.
Virginia Congressional Election.
The Election for members of Congress took place in
Virginia on Thursday last. The following Democrats
arc elected, viz: in 1st District, Thos. 11. Bayly: 2d,
John S. Millison; 3d, John S. Caskic; 4th, Win. 0.
Goodc; 9th, John Letcher; 10th, S. Kidwcll; 13th,
Fayette MoMullin. In the other six Districts the result
is not yet known.
Judge O'Neall.
We regret to sec that Judge O'Xeall has determined
not to serve longer than July in the office of President
of the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road Company.
Tho Southern Patriot in noticing his resignation,
5aysi "Without dispnragoniont to aujr of the distinguished
gentlemen whose names liavo been spoken of
in connexion with his successorship, we do not hesitate
to say that we would prefer to have one-third of the
Judge's time in the prosecution of any public enterprise,
than to have tho whole of the time of almost any
other man in the State. In the devotion and energy
which he has manifested in prosecuting to a successful
completion the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, he
has laid not only the Company, but the whole upper
country; under a debt of gratitude, which will continue
to increase with our prosperity, and must eutitlo him
to the claim of a great public benefactor. Without
him the Road never could have been built."
The following communication from the Judge is a
notice to the Stockholders of his intention to resign,
which we copy in accordance with his request, as one
"favorable to the road" and all other enterprises which
look to the benefit and prosperity of our State:
To the Stockholders of the Greenville and Columbia Pail
Poad Company:
Gentlemen*: The undersigned has the pleasure of
saying to you that your road is approaching rapidly its
ir -1
JLiiiuii; \jUi auiiuui imreuij^, iliu H CUUCQ'
; day after the 2d Monday in July, it will have reached
| two of its termini?Abbeville and Anderson?and will
j be far on towards the 3d, Greenville. Regarding its
J succoss as now certain, and its troubles as at an end, 1
I beg leave to say to you that I will not continue to
i serve, beyond the annual meeting, as President of the
Road.
My public duties have become so heavy and burdensome
that I must begin to rid myself thereof. This is
the beginning of my effort.
I hope you will turn your attention seriously to the
question who shall be my successor? lie ought to be
a man of great forbearance, of prompt and clear decision
and action, capable of managing and giving confij
donee to your monetary concerns, and of imparting and
! continuing harmony among the officers of the Company.
Any or.c who cithor has or will electioneer for
the office ought not to bo elected. If any one is not
sufficiently known and appreciated for his high qualities
for the office, without electioneering, he is not the
man for you.
The next meeting is at Anderson. Yourselves and
your wives and children arc entitled to pass to and re!
turn from it without charge. Altcud, all who can,
: and vote undeistnndingly.
I If you appoint proxies, do not give vour proxy to a
I candidate JOHN BKLTON O'NEALL,
Prcs't G. & C. R. It. Co.
Arthur's Home Magazine.
We have beeu favored with the May and Junojnum|
bcrs of.this excellent Monthly, published by T. S. An'
titub & Co., Philadelphia. Mr. Artjiub's deserved
I nf !aii oc mtn rtf'llio 1\oct nrnc/> ufrlfnro nf aiii?
ICJ.U14.WV/.. UU V/..V/ v,. ...v/ wul y.v/UV. .....V..O u. V/U. U.._T ,
is a sufficient recommendation to ensure the work a
very largo circulation. Wo bnvo always admired Mr.
Arthur's style of writing, and regard him as one o1
the very few, who has the genius of blending the useful,
moral, and instructive, under the facinnting guise
of fiction. The price of Arthur's Magazine is $2.00 for
single subscriptions, or four copies for $5.00.
Grand Division Sons of Temperance of S. O.
In conformity with a request contained in a resolution
passed by this body at its recent Quarterly Session,
wo give below an extract from the Report of the
Grand Worthy Fatriarch, and the Report of tho Coinraittco
on the same.
report ok the g. \v. r.
rP.* il.si If/Mi. A/>rv n/'t/ifi (r 1*11 till 7)llll?4/lll
Ubpkbsestativks axu Buotiikhs?Anoth
cr quarter of the year has passed, and we are
again assembled to ascertain what has been
j done and what new plans we may devise for
; carrying on the great work of beucvolence and
; love in which we are engaged.
In reviewing the past and the present condi.
tion of the temperance reform in South Caro
lina, we have^niuch to.encourage,and also much
to discourage us. It is true, I believe we are
making some progress, but it is in a way that
attracts but little attention, and is only perceptible
to ourselves, upon the examination of our
quarterly reports. To he largely successful,'
we must attract the attention of the whole community,
and the question with ns is, How is
that to he beneficially accomplished? (
I would respectfully recommend that an effort
be made to procure the assembling of a
Convention of the friends of Temperance during
the present year, to embrace all classes of i
temperance men, including, if possible, those i
who are not acting with us at all, and unpledg i
ed to total abstinence themselves, but who are
sensible of the great evil of intemperance, and j
the appliances which are legally in use to increase
and perpetuate it. I
We have by resolution taken strong ground J
against the traffic in ardent spirits. Resolutions
on paper accomplish nothing, hut active, i
virrArAne rvr* flwj ntrf nil ffin /if
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temperance in the State will accomplish much.
The people are looking o i, expecting us to do ]
something. Many of them are not enrolled |
with us, who, in a warfare against the retail
system, are ready to buckle on their armor and
do valiant service, but they have no one to lead
them, and unless we move and move energetically
in the matter, nothing is likely to be
done.
I would therefore recommend that a committee
be appointed to correspond with other
organizations in the State,'and with individuals
of standing and intelligence, patriotism and
christian benevolence, and invite them to act
with us and interest themselves in getting up
public meetings in the diflereut districts and
communities, and that delegates be appointed
?self-constituted if necessary?and thus organize
a convention that will consider the whole
subject in a spirit of love and patriotism, and
recommend such course as may be deemed
most advisable to get rid of the hindering Cause
to our success in promoting the moral and social
condition of our fellow-men.
Such a proposition must meet the approbation
of the christian ministry and of christian
men every where. It should meet the approbation
of the judiciary and legal profession, of 1
the practitioners of medicine?if they have entered
the profession with proper motives?of |
the owners of slaves and the lovers ofgood or- ;
der and the be*t interests of the people. i
. Such an assemblage will carry with it a mo- |
r;^l power that will rouse up the people and <
make the faithful and loyal subjects of King
Alcohol tieinble for the perpetuity of bis reign <
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State (if South Carolina. <
Respectfully submitted in L. P. & F.
J. B. McCULLY, G. XV. P: !
Which was, on motion of Bio. Summer, re- |
lerred to a committee of three, consisting of <
Bros. Warren, Summer and Presslev.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
Bro. Warren, from the committee to whom I
was referred the Quarterly Report of the G. 1
W. P., submitted the tallowing as the report of 1
that Committee: i
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The Committee to whom was referred the
Report of the G. W. P., beg leave respectfully '
to Report.
We have had the several matters contained t
in the excellent report of the Grand Worthy >
Patriarch under consideration. The first im- <
portant feature therein, claiming the attention t
of this Grand Division, and some expression
of its opinion, is the suggestion relating to an
effort being made during the present year to
procure the assembling of a Convention to be
composed of ull the friends of Temperance,
embracing not only every order and organization,
but even, if possible, those who are not t
pledged to total abstinence, but who see and
icci uie gruui aim growing uviis ui iiiieujjjei- *
ance, and the means which are legally in use a
to increase and perpetuate this evil in our land.
The present |*>siuon of the friends of Temperance
calls fo- some deflinite and vigorous 2
action. It is necessary that something should I
he done. The people in the State friendly to v
our cause expect us to do something. Shall ?
they he disappointed ? We hope not. We I
believe it is proper that this Grand Division p
should give further evidence of it willingness k
and anxiety to co-operate heartily with those |<
who are willing to engage in any enterprise
which looks to the suppression of intemperance, v
and the furtherance of the object fur which we t
arc united. The present retail system, your o
committee regard as not oidy radically wrong, a
but as absolutely the cause of more, if not all, t
the mischief which is being done in our State.
This system is not only directly in the way of
the success of our principles, bat of the peace s
and wellbciug of society in general?an unjust lj
and oppressive one, which calls for the repro- t]
bation of every good citizen, whether an avow- [
od temperance man or not.
Your committee deem it unnecessary to en- b
large here. It must he a truth as clear as a c
sunbeum to every unprejudiced and candid t
mind, that the present license laws of South a
Carolina are in efiet privileges to crime?a
cloak lor perjury and the grossest corruption,
to the base and designing who arc ever to be
found ready to deal out t he poison without rc- 1;
gard to sex, color or condition?injurious alike n
to health, happiness and property. 'J
Your committee deem it highly important fi
that the owners of slaves should be enlisted in j t
this matter?let this imnortant interest in our ! b
State be largely represented in our mass Con- t
vention. The rights of property should *bc 1
equally cared for; every planter and slave
owner is largely concerned in this matter; and
surely no man will remain willingly indifferent 'i
to his own interest and happiness. We need a
only appeal to the experience of slave owners, "
to say whether or not they arc willing that ;1
men should he allowed to sell any commodity '
to their slaves which would deteriorate from
their value, and render them even worse than 1
useless. Such is the effect of the traffic in nr- 1|
dent spirits with slaves; and no appreciating, 0
right minded slave owner is willing to submit I1
any longer to these outrages. It must be
manifest to every mind, not willingly ignorant,
that there is absolute necessity for a change in
the present liquor laws of this State. Almost u
any change would he preferable. We cannot v
be injured more than we have been, or than d
we shall be, if matters remain where they are. h
The question paramount to all others just r
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now is, How is tins change to ue euecieu? ?
Your committee believe, that in accordance 1
with the suggestion of the G. W. I1., that a t
committee ought to be appointed by this Grand I
Division to correspond with other Temper- t!
ancc organizations in the State, and with per- c
sons of intelligence, patriotism and christian t
benevolence, to unite and act in concert with 1
the friends of tojvtperar.ee in the diffusion cf
tr
Mctmjji'nm i 111 imni
temperance, h ufli. tiumigbviit* t^jeabBnuiMfluty,
That this committee,. r^resguiug the views
and feelings of this (h and Division, ifrge upon
all organizations and friends.of temperance;
the importance ofo mji^ meeting.?r, cortventio.n
ol'Ctf^pcople of the State?friends of morals
and good order,?to4>e held during tlie"present
3ear, at such time.and-placets may,he
deemed most practicable and; advahtagebus.
That tliis committee nave powfcTto draw on
the Treasury of the Grani Division for such
necessary funds as may be incidentally required
in the prosecution of their efforts. This
subject suggests it-elf to your committee as
one of vast importance?winch-addresses itself
to the heart and interest of every man wh^. has
a spark of genuine patriotism in his bosom-.
It is not a work to be confined alune to the
Sons or Rechabites, or any other organized body
of Temperance people, but a work in
which the mo*t enlarged philanthropy and christian
benevolence may- engage?emphatically
a work of truth, justice and'humanity.
Your committee deem it highly important,
for the success oft his work, thaj. the jrress, as
far as possible, be enlisted ip the enterprise.
This we believe can be done, at least so fur
without compromising theirmeutrality or committing
thein as advocates of temperance, by
copying so much of the report of the G-. W. f.
ns relates to the especial matter of 4.general
meeting of the friends of. temperance, atid tbe
icepmpanying report ofypur committee, Ibis
we think the conductors of the press might .do,
n order that the oeonle mav st*p what u*p nrn
:rying to do for the cause of ail maukiud. -lu
;his appeal to the press of South Carolina, we
ire confident we shall hot. ask in vain. The
ligh moral tone of (he press hpre assure* us
hat we shall at least be heard.
In common with the members of this order,
ind the friends of - the deceased'generally, we
-ningleonr sympathies with the bereaved families
of our deceased brothers?P. W. P. Samu?1
Ferguson an'd the Hon. N. L. .Griffin. In
the private, unostentatious worth of thq-one,
uul the useful, intelligent and private~and public
virtues of the other, we see much to admire
tnd emulate.
Your committee beg, in conclusion,.to offer
the following resolutions: "
Resolved, That a committee of three he appointed
fb correspond with the different orgajiijations
and friends of Temperance in the State
in regard to holding a Mass Convention during
the present year, to consider the .whole subject
5f Temperance.
Resolved, That this conimitec have power to
draw upon the Treasury of this Grand Division
for such funds as may be necessary to
larry into effect the objects contemplated.
Resolved, That publishers of papers, in the
State he requested to copy so mucn oftho report
of the G. W. P. as relates to the_ matter
uf a general meeting of the friends ot Tempernice,
and also the report and resolutichis of
:he committee on the report of the G. W. P.
Resolved, That in the deaths of our esteemed
brothers, P. W. P. Samuel Ferguson, and lion.'
N. L. Griffin, the cause of 'Temperance:lias
ost useful and zealous friends, and the publie
,-a! liable and worthy citizens.
Resolved, That pages in our Record Book
jc dedicated to their memory.
Resolved, That we tender to the families of
he deceased our sincere sympathies and confidence,
and that the Grand Scribe be request
>d to serve them with a copy of these resolu
ion*.
Respectful! v submitted in L. P. and JFV
THO. J. WARREN. *
HENRY SUMMER,
B. C. PRESSLEY,
Committee.
Winch was, on motion, accepted.and aduped.
J^^Those papers in the State Friendly to
he cause are respectfully requested to give thO
ibove an insertion.
An Earthquakk.? On Friday morning las^
10th inst., just before sunrise, the citizen* of
jexington and all the surrounding country
rere visited with a severe shock, the effects of
;n earthquake, no doubt followed by a riirailing
noise resembling distant thunder. Some
lersons in the Vicinity had window glass broeti,
and others had crockery shaken from its
uding and destroyed.
The shock was so sensibly felt that many
rere awakened from sleep. A change in the
einpernture wa*'at once discoverable from being
ppressively warm, it. became suddenly cold,
lnio.-t as w inter and contined so throughout
he day.-r-Lexinylon Telegraph. .. . >
~ -a
I'ire.?Uur citizens were aroused from their
lumbers at an early hour yesterday morning
iy the cry of fire. Ou repairing to thejspot
he blacksmith shop belonging to Col. 11. R."
'rice, was found enveloped in flames.
The shop and tools were entirely consumed,
ut no other damage occurred, which may/be
onsidered a providential circumstance, as from
he continued drouth the buildings in our vilre
iu a proper state of combustion.?LancQfr
?r Ledger. *
A Conflagration.?On Sunday morning
ast, the dwelling house of Dr. J. P. Zimuierlan,
near this place was consumed by fire.?r*
Hhe tire originated in tbe kitchen, and caught
rom a stove, and was from that communicated
o the dwelling. The family were all at church
> ?+ ?i nntnkoi* /.f nniv/tlic rr-l 111 O n *i 1 ill
>Ul (I oiuiiv.i&iib IIUIIJI/^I VI jivi ovug ^Uiiivivu
ime to save most of the fuuiture.?Darlington
5,1lug 2Qult.
Ouit Railkoad.?We learn frum the Dar
ington Flag, that the Engineers of the Cheraw
nd Darlington Railroad have just completed ae\v
survey from Darlington to McCown's, for
. permanent location of the Road in connecion
with the Northeastern Road. The new
oute is a straight line from Mr. McCowns to
Arlington, passing through the east edge of
lie village. It increases the length of the road
ne and a quarter miles, hut in some other resects
it is superior to the Western route.
Cheraxo Gazette.
Rkspitf.d.?It is announced, we presume
pon good authority, that Jeremiah Stroud,
wfw PAnvinlofl in Marnh lucl nf the mnr
er of Samuel Gentry and sentenced to be
ung on the second Friday in June next, has
eccived from Governor Manning a respite,
ntil the first Monday in September next*?
'he execution can be staid no longer, than the
ime specified in the paper, whicb comes from
lis Excellency, without furtheraction. Sho'urd
his not be had?and the prisoner be hung acording
to the terms of tlio respite?a very exraordinary
event will happen, a public Exccuion,
authorized by law, on Monday?Carols
a Soar hi:}.