IjwptaB-'Tiiiim i '-g-1 - - ^
[ (general Ileitis.
t - From the Charlotte (.V. C.) Whig.
Plauli 2:?uds.
| For the encouragement of t!u* fiunds o
Wank Roads, we publish below a lew statistics
(Connected with the history of a short plank
road in the State of Mississippi, extenuiu?
from Yaz<>o city, to Benton, a d stance of tei
Iniles, furnished us by a fraud in this place
who obtained tbein from an officer of said road
33iey may therefore be relied on as true and
. . ?ni. __ a . .. . . . .
IftUinenne. l ney renauuy present most gran
fying evidences, of t!ie success of plank roads
and when we reflect that the history of ever)
plunk roud ever established in this country, anc
;at alL well managed, presents like evidences <<
their prosperity, we cannot help expressing om
fearprise that the whole farming anil nicreanlili
Hksses of the community do not enlist with a
|Spuit of enthusiasm in the building of thesi
Wads, and much more than surprised that any
persona should lie found in the community, in
this age ?>t* progress and improvement, so sei
fish in feeling or void of public soirit, as te
fh'row obstructions in the way of those whc
are engaged in such laudable undertakings.
Our mads will not cost more than half asmu-li
per iwffV as this Mississippi road, and if the
piofits realized from them only amount to hall
as much, it wi.l still be amongst the best stock
in the country:
"The Yazoo and Big Black Plank Road extends
fnnn Yazoo city to "Benton, and was constructed
at a cost of ?3,500 p^r mile. The
contract for grading, 'ditching, including culVArta
A_r - u'.'K &!.'} ftl.1 lor th.'. foil mil,.. " Tl,c
I road is covered with oak plank at ten dollars
per thousand, nine feet long and three huhes
thick, with the exception of about two milewhich
i> covered with Cypress plank at fourteen
dollars per thousand.
The toll collected on five miles f >r the first
six mouths, commencing t?e|>t. 1, 185*2, was
$3.5o0, at the rates hereto annexed, being at
the rate of forty per cent per annum on the
cost.
During the past summer months the receipts
have fa lieu off of course considerably, but not
so much ns was anticipated by the Company.
The months of May, June and July, paid at
a rate of thirteen per cent per annum. Taking
the foregoing as a basis, tin* Company nly
confidentially on the Road yielding, the ensuing
twelve months, thirty per cent.
The Company are of the opinion that the
plank are thicker than necessary, and if the
Road is ever extended beyond Benton, the
thickness will, no doubt, be reduced a half inch
or an inch, making the cost propoi liotiubly
less.
The Mobile Daily Tribune furnishes the
following notice of a decision of commercial
importance lately made in the Supreme Court
of Alabama:
A negotiable note was purchased in Mobile
by Mr. Westfeldt, the makers ol which lived in
Sumpter and Mobile counties. It appears that
prior to' the purchase, certain persons who
lived in Sumpter, and who claimed to be credit
,.r m..,i
lima v 11 ai< wunr\ vn .?i oon : ??1 j uivu
their Hill in the Chancery Court of Sumpter, to
which the makers of the note and certain other
li. persons who, it. was charged, hdd the note in
trust for the said Mississippi Bank, were tQa.dc
parties, and upon which an injunction restrainj
ing the negotiation and payment of the note
was granted against the defendant.
The evidence in the case showed that Mr.
Westfeldt purchased the note before maturity,
and for a valuable consideration, without any
notice, in fact, of the pendancy of said bill, or
that there was any claim against said note.?
Bat the proceedings in Chancery showed tha'
- the bill was filed, and the injunction gnu ted
and served in Suuipter,before the purchase was
made in Mobile.
The case was tried before the Circuit Court
' at Mobile. The council for Westfeldt contended
that while it may be admitted, as a genek
ral rul?*, that the pendency of a suit withdraws
the subject matter, and prevents its sale or
transfer, except subject to the operation of the
decree to be tendered in the cause, yet that
the safety of commercial transactions requiies
that negotiable [taper should be excluded from
i its operation. Ori the other side it was contended
that the rule is of universal application.
There yvas a judgment for the plaintiff'below,
and at the last term theSupreme Court affirmed
this judgment.
Thus an important principle has been detcrmided
in favor of commercial dealings, and it
is somewhat remarkable, as we learn fr??m the
learned and lueid brief of Col. Phillips, wlii. h
h;is iteen printed in this city, that no express
adjudication has heretofore been made on the
subject, either in this country or England.
CituaciiEs in California.?We are pleased
to see that among their many enterprises in
California, the churches are not neglected.
A fine edifice lias recently been erected by
the Unitarians of San Francisco, and the "Afro
L.-> Calif >rniari" gives the following account of the
p sorvices at the dedication :
We have noticed the inle:ior completion ol
the fine edifice erected by the Unitarians ol
this city. Yesterday it was dedicated in the
presence of one of the largest and most respectable
assemblages that lias ever congregated
on. these shores. The chuieh stands on
Stockton street, within three minutes walk ol
the First Congregational Church on Dupont
street, which was dedicated last Sunday, and
the site of the new Catholic Church, the cornet
stone of which was laid yesterday. The services
were performed under the officiating
charge of the pastor of the church, Rev. F. T.
Gray. There were present of the city clergy,
Revs. M. C. Briggs, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church; B. Briefly, First Baptist Church;
Jesse Boring, We.-lev, Chapel, and the good
Father Taylor, of "Long Wharf Appointments."
It is further stated by tne same paper that,
at the sale of the* pews ot the Liulariaii Church,
on Monday evening, t!?e fiist. choice brought
$700 over the original valuation, making itcost
SI300. Nineteen other* were also sold
at premiuins varying from 8300 to $.)() (,Vcr
the original valuation named. l*<>ur others
were sold at an average of 810 over the original
valuation of ?550 each. Of (he. uholi
number of pews?one hundred and eighty ?
sixty have been sold, realising the sum of a
bout thirty-five thousand dollars. The building
when finished will cost about $50,000.?
Southern Standard.
The steam ships plying between N'ew-Orlean!
and Texas, have suspended their trips, in con
sequence of th* quarantine regulationsadoptee
by tho Htil' critics of Galveston
7'>V -Vi:.'.:.- -T^^r-Try^-^;
Salt. Day.?TImts is a good ?K*al of truth iti
the following article on ur Sale* Day?it is la;
ken from the Democratic Five Press, published
at Wilmington, X. 0.
Sale day in Smith Carolina is the Ipst Mon[
day in every month. On these days the Sherill
of the District disposes of the property upon
; ' which he lias levied within the past month,
r I We know nothing, and care less, about the
| origin of the law creating this sale day. We do
km.w, however, that it D an absolute nuisance.
t i as it is. It generally brings a cr.jwJ to the vil[
hige; and, if any misunderstanding has taken
place between persons during the month, the
finale of said misunderstanding is put off until
' i the aforesaid sale-day, when, as per agreement,
I the belligerent parties meet at the Court House,
f ' and after getting "corned," and cursing at a rate
. that would distance all the soldiers at Flanders,
, tlit-y end the matter by a regular set and come
l again. Of*course the iriends gather around, each
, endeavoring to raise his veiling forty five d"grees
. above the others, and perhaps before the first
( figlit has tiTiiiiuat<>d two or three others will be
' on the carpet. We lnvo seen some of these
( heroic pugilists almost innocent of clothes. The
( ; ollicers of the law may stop one fight; hut while
! the Magistrate is tryinir the case, half dozen may
! ' be going on in the village.
f Tin: Gold Diiwjixo* of Edoefield ?Arc
still promising gteat results. D"in's is more
pmpeily in A bhi'i i be; but vaiioiisotheis, w'tli
the richest indications, are about to be worked
in this Dist ict aiso. That of Capt. James
. Dorn, Dr. Lundrum & Co. is already progiossing
finely. We understand that one ol
. j the owners refuses fifty thousand dollars for
i I his fourth of it. Some ten or a dozen loca;
| ii??n- are thought to present highly favorable
, I marks of a golden abundance. We shall have
. Nabobs a plenty in Edgefield yet. The day
for usurers is past and gone. .Moin y is plenty
! (all gold coin too,) at 7 per cent. The fact is
I we can get it now almost upon our own terms,
i They'll beg us to take it after a while.- Bye
the In e, we see it stated that a French Chemist
has discovered a bonajide piocess of making
gold. If s'?, the long sought for Philosopher's
| fetoue is founu, and ttii* Uolden Age is here.
\ We would like t<> got Frenchy's recipe before
the value of the at tide becomes too much depreciated.?E'Jgeji'ld
A dvi rtiscr.
Business of Chaklkstox.?Our respected
cotempotary, the Carolina Spartan, referring
to the business prospects of Charleston the
present fall, uses the annexed appropriate and
advisory language:
" But there are considerations of a somewhat
patriotic character, which ought to prompt
Southern Merchants to trade in Charleston ?
I he whole South are beginning to be interested
in the subject of direct trade and importation,
and all agree that it is a " coitsuinatioii
most devoutly to be wished for." A system of
direct impoitation can be best secured by enlarging,eurichi&g
and strengthening?ina word'
by building up Southern markets and this end
i cannot be attained, otherwise, than by giving
j them the advantages of that trade, which has
j heretofore been so suicidially directed North.?
; It is said that goods max be bought in Charlesi
ton on as good terms now as in any other city.
If so, why do not our merchants yield to these
considerations, and buy from our Charleston
i fiietid-t. From oar knowledge ol'tlte traits of
character peculiar to each of the two sections,
j v, e would make a diiTcrence of five per cent.,
j if we were in the business, in favor of dealing
with <:l?e Chailestoii merchant?so far as association
necesstry to business tiausaciious icoticerned."
V?'e hope the day is not far distant whei the
entire mercantile community of the up conntry
will regard it not only their interest hut
tl.eir duty to lay in their supplies in the Charles
ton Market.
It has been fashionable, we know, to Herald
forth as a caption to advertisements?" Ju-t
received from New York, Philadelphia, ?.k:c.
&c., heavy and ticlt supplies of Spring Goods,*'
but the sober, thinking part of the community
have come to the conclusion that the revelation
| of the fact does not add much value to the
J goods purchased.
A onr.-ilel case?\V hat. would nnr mernleints
j think and say?\es, what do tin*v think ami
say, (referring to gentlemen residing in the
j upper pait of our district.) when they are found
j passing through on their way to Columbia, and
Charleston to purchase supplier??We leave
j them to answer the rpiestion. Why do they
i pass Charleston to make up their supplies in
New York and Philadelphia? Not for cheapness
surely. We have, a few who have been
in the habit of going Noithward every season
' to make their purchases, hut latterly they have
' found it to their advantage, pecuniarily and
otherwise, to purchase in Charleston.
Lei the .Merchants in Charleston and Columbia
demonstrate their ability and willingness
1 10 aH*>rd all necessary accommodation, as we
bebeve they are now affording, and in a short
while the lew who may pass through Charles'
; t<?n to purchase at the North, will steal by as
! though they were pursued by a bailiff. It will
i be ivgaidcd small business, only worthy petty
'J hawkers and pedlers, w ho visit auctions to pur
j chase cheap goods, sold under tin" hammer of
i the auctioneer as " sliyht/y (lumnye<J. ? ICY/ias
, Ooro' Register.
j A Max Snor iiv a Snake.? A letter in the
f. I'hiladclphia L-dger stales, that a few days ago,
, a man named Loamaii, storclcceper in Siddoi.sI
: burg, York Co., was out gunning, when he disj
coven da large snake, and in ord"r ipiieklv to
i secure it from running away, he placed the butt
; i of his rillc, loaded with a ball at the time, upon
j the body of the snake, with his hand directly
, I across the muzzle. The snake in its writliings to
, free itself, coiled around the gun stock, ami with
; | one of its coils struck the hammer, which was
; down upon the cap at the time, hard enough to
j discharge the gun, the contents of which entered
the ball of the hand near the wrist, and, in a
, j diagonal direction came out between the little
j ling?r and the otic next to it. Happily no hones
I were broken.
I
Ja*. T. Iir:nlv. a prominent Democrat ie po.
i litician in Now-York, has resigned the Presidency
<d'the Democratic Union Club, ussign
iiig as a reason that it may he necessary tor
; him to ojwrate against the individuals who
fiwjiv the National and (New-Yoik) Slate Administrations.
lie thinks it necessary to do
' so for tlie pieservatioti of the integrity of the
: Democratic party.
New Orleans ?We are glad to notice a grnd
? j o il but steady diminution of deaths by the
. j epidemic in New Orleans : on the. '23d thev
1 amounted to 234 ; 24th, 25th, IW; 24:ill
104; *50 2#.
Arrival ok She Csiropa. 1 |
Baltimouu, August 31.?The Europa arrived *
l at Boston at nine this morning. The latest by , =
telegraph to Liverpool from London on the 20th j
says i hat Napoleon has relinquished his eoniein- j f
plated journey to Dieppe owing to the new coin- j
plication of the Eastern Question. It is rumor- j =
ed in Vienna that should Ilussia make an ini
load into Servia, Austria would occupy the fori
tress of Belgrade. The latest intelligence from j ^
, St. Petersburg states that notwithstanding the ! tj
negotiations tor peace the war department was aj
as active as ever. The cholera had again up- IJ
> pe.nvd in Warsaw The Czar's acceptance of
the Vienna proposition will not be uneoiiditioii- ?
ditional. lie will not consent to evacuate the
, Principalities until the Porte has signed an agree- C
mcnl tantamount to the concession of all points ri
, in dispute. n
Advices from Constantinople to the 5th say tt
that the Persian embassador had given the Sul- In
tan full assurances of asMst-uice, if wanted, men- tl
suivs having been taken by the Shall to raise an w
army of 6l),OUO men, to be placed at the dispo el
sal of the Sultan. The Turkish government lias n
ordered the Greek bishops to return t?> their c
bishoprics immediately, it having been ascertain
ed iliat Uu-stan agents were fomenting disorders
| in various parts of the country. W hen the news
readied Senia of the threatened occupation of y
that tenitory l>y the Austrian troops, the I'liiu-c I t|
ofSenia replied lie would resfrt such occupation I
l?y force. The whole province was arming ; 30,- j ^
OoO militia had already been collected. The tj
latest Constantinople despatches say that the ?(
people continued favorable to resistance. n)
SritANGE Jewish Custom.?The Jewi-h J jj
wife as well as her (Jentile neighbor, may Income
a widow. When such happens, and she !
be without is-me it is the duty of her hu>band'> j
brother to take her in maniagc.or to set her free ; 01
to marry any other per-on; this ceremony of|tu
giving her leave to marry another, is called cr
Cltuhlziili, i. c., the taking of the shoes, ami is j"
founded on 1 )eut. xx.\. 5?15. Souhi the liv- 'c
ing brother ia* horn after the decease of the tc
j dead brother, he is not under obligation to mar .
try bis sister-in-law; or should be already be
niarried, lie is only expected to put her free, K
for without this freedom she cannot marry j
j a second time. This ceremony is performed ^
j in the foil iwing manner :
'1 he pai ties having informed the. authorities ;'
of the faet, it is announced in the Synagogue in j
; the evening that a ChttHtzah wiM take i lace the i
ii ... : \ ...
j 11 him iny iiiuiliiiijj. ;\nei ilit* iiiui nin>r service (j
i according to lhe announcement, three Ruhbies, f0
j the required witnesses, and tin: partivs, meet;
| after hearing their statement, the Chief Rahbio je
question* the young man, and when lie finds
him determined not to marry his brother's widow,
calls for the shoe. This shoe is of jiecu.
' liar make, and used for the purpose only It.i
I made of black cloth li?t, of pointed form and j)
and two long laces attached thereto; it is al jw
ways kept in the Synagogue. When brought f
forward, the Kabbie commands the man to tj,
put it on, after doing which, he t\\ i*ts and ties
the laces around his leg The woman is then t|,
led by the Rabbi to the man, and taught to ic- vv
peat the following in Hebrew; m
'.My husband's brother refused to raise up
! unto his brother a name in Is real: he will not (
perform the doty of my husband's brother." j m
In answer, he repats : ' m
"l I'Jfe not t>?- tnkf her.1' *--4 : '
1 The woman then unravels the kinds, which j"?'
i is rather a troublesome affair; as she must do ; g,
j it. with her light hand only?takes off the shoe j,
I throws it upon tile ground, and spits before | "(
I the man repeating, after the Rabbi, lhe follow i sc
1 * i ut
,n?: . ; vi
'So shall it be done unto the man that will c.,
not build up his brother's house and his name ' m
shall be called in Isrcal, 'the house of him that j
hath his shoe loused." J l|'
All th< sc present respond : *
' His shoe is loosed ! his shoe is loosed! his e(j
shoe is loosed !" in
Aft. r this tlie Rabbi deelares the woman free i
I to marry whomever she may, and the secreta* |
ry of the Synagogue gives her a writing fo that!
t licet, when the cercnionv is over.' ' 'n
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EXTRAORDINARY DEVOTION OF A MOTHER TO ,
TWO INSANECIIII.DKKX.?The HagcitoWII (.Md.) j w
Herald records the death ol Alr<. Nourse, an ,
old lady, at the alms hou>e in that town, and ,K
a>ld>: "About forty years ago tt soli and daiigh- j l''
ter of this old lady .In th insane or idiotic, were , st'
brought to the aliiisdioti.-e of this county.
Soon afterwards the mother left her home and I be
| those of her children who weie able to take i w
: eare i>l thcm-elves, took tip her re>idonec sit so
! the altiislinii-e wills lirr afllieted si ml helpless to
t'ltV|>rin<rt siiul watched over tlicm and minis-1
j tcrcd t<? their wants, sis a mother only can ?!o, | l'<
until the bodi.y ami mental infirmities attend'
iug the aged, disijiisililii'il Iter |i?r a longer j w
discharge ul' tlsss noble duty. Slut was worth ! a
Jabout ten tlioussimt dollars in her own right; ?
i when she thus immersed herself in this unal- J
trailivc building, hut she cheerfully surrender- |
cd all the comf >rts and enjoyments which such j((
pecuniary competency afforded?severed the ' at
1 ties ot liicml-hip and gave up the pleasures of i
j society, that she might iiestow a mother's love J.'1
I upon those who most needed it. What a proofr u.
j of the intensity of that love ! What si fact lor J ,.r
i the records of heaven !" t li<
j c.
"In regard to coder," say* 1'rnfessor Seliouw ^
"very little was kiiow.i about it. in Europe, ex- |
cept iss Turkey, previous to J(?."?() Professor!
i A!| in. a botanist of I'.,died, who was in Egypt,
j about the year 1(500, says it was at that lime j re
in general use there. A eolfce house was lirst si
| opened in .Marseilles in IliTl. The lirst coU'eu ' P
in England was brought by a merchant, who i n
I brought a Greek girl with him to cook it.? w
The giil subsequently married the merchant's tl
I coachman, and the couple opened the first eof. p
j Ice house in London."
Nkw Watkkixcs Placm.?We learn by a j
gentleman just from (ileiin's that the place lias ai
i positively been sold (as was reported) to cer- j tl
! tain uiinisteis of the Episcopal denomination, k
I for the. purposes of a Female institution. It w
! is designed to open the Semiunrv bv the first
of January next. In lieu of Glenn's another! r(
watering place is about to l>u established ,ul i
the West Spri'tos, some six miles tlistant, hy ?
, company who have already purchased the land s
for that purpose. It is intended to put a large ii
j hotel by the next season. The water is said ii
to bo verv liko that of Glenn Spi intra. 1 ti
hi Advertiser. ' I
i The Maine Law.?Gov. Parsons has olfi- g
j ciallv annoinicod the ratificaiion by the peo-j v
1 pie of die Maine Law; recently adopted by the p
j Michigan Legislature. The vote stood for j h
, Mm Prohibitoty Lhpior Law, 4.0,109; qgaiiistlu
I I rehil'Mtcn, ' r
tfjc (?nai&cn ll'ffkly Journal.
Ts:cst!ay, September G, 1?5S.
TKO. J. WARREN, Ed;Lor.
Erratum.
In the article under the caption of "Rides About
amdeu, No. 7?Gum Swamp," occurs the following
pograpliieal error, copied from the Southern Christ!
1 Advocate, last week in our paper. For "Col
'ughe's," read Col. Rugeley's.
Health of our Town.
Wcare highly gratified to state that the health oj
amd n continues to be excellent. There are no se
uus cases of lever, and disease of every kind is re
arkably scarce. We speak knowingly and author!
itively when we assert that C'amden, in point o:
ealtli, will compare favorably with any other townir
ie State?we except none. We arc amused wher
e hear persons trying to make Camden sickly. Th<
fort is unavailing. We have the proof to the contra
r; witnesses all over our streets to the fact, thai
amden is healthy.
Business Matters.
Several of our merchants have returned from New
'oik and Philadelphia, whither they have been foi
19 purpose of making their fall and winter purchases
everal others (the greater portion) arc yet abroad
Tc may reasonably expect large stocks in tnarkel
lis season, and our country friends may rely upon
?tling fine prices for their produce To all we wisli
(umlaut success. The merchant a plenty of goo<
jsiomc s, and the farmer long prices for his eommo
.tics.
Freshet in our River.
On Saturday night last, ourrivei suddenlyarosc anc
rerflotved its banks. We are not advised in regard
itlic extent of the damage done, but learn that the
ops on all the lowlands, not protected by embank
10111s, have sull'ered very much. Wo are glad tc
am that the water com men ced falling yesterday af
irnoon.
New Cotton.
Four bales of new Cotton from the plantation of Mr
ing, of Darlington, were shipped to Cliai lesion from
lis place last week. On Friday last, a load of ten
ties was sold to Major Moflat by Oeu. Chandler, ol
aniter District?quality fair.
Large Vegetables.
We saw the other day in the garden of a friend a
uitiea Squash or JCgg 1'lant, which measured twentynr
(24) inches in circumference. Another friend lias
iformod us of a Cucumber measuring 13 inches in
ngth and. 12$ inches in circumference. We want
i know who can beat these.
The New Female College.
Wo are gratified to perceive that our friends of the
lack Mar Watchman entertain the same views thai
e do, in regard to the impolicy of locating '.lie New
cnmlc College at Spartanburg. It does seem to us
lat the utter impracticability of locating that instituon
where the Committee have selected, is so obvious
lat no one can remain ignorant of the fact unless they
illingly shut their eyes to reason and common sense,
"e give the article from the Watchman:
"The last issue of the* Camden Journal contains a
nice to 1 ho chert that the location of the Now l-'eale
Coll"gc at'Spartanburg will be resisted at the
cctuig of the next Animal Coiitercnec. which is
lortly t" takejilnri. V^v.-Ltrry L'uuu Ipjn-a-. The
ijeetions to the act of the I'omniillcu on this location,
o few it is true: but they strike us as being very
ivible. In the first place, as the Coll ge i< to he tin r
the charge tf the South Carolina Conference, the
Joiumittee" have not carried out their instructions in
lectitig "a suitable and central place.'' The other
ijcelioii evidently carries with it considerable weight,
its close proximity to Watford College. This Siet
n ceitainly be of but lit lie betielit to either, and
igh! he injurious to hotli institutions. Dill we will
nvc litis matter for the discussion o. our fiicndso!
e immediate .-cetiwns, who are more interested in its
air-ion than we are. At all events, we tire gratified
know that the College tall he established, for the
lueational interests of our country demand many such
sli.utions."
Fictitious Nominations.
There are to be found in every .otnmunity those who
tagine themselves to be quite smart, who think they
? a very funny thing to impose upon tne press. l?y
itting fictitious nominations of persons for offices
ithout regard to qualification or Ijtncss in any res et.
The J'lark Hirer Watchman, noticing a recent
imination in the CharhMon Mercury for mcnihers ol
e Legislature for Clarcuiont County, very properly
ts the public* right upon the subject-.
isrothcr 11 ? ?? /<///??;/, has it never occurred to you
ilbre this t!iat "Young America' generally speaking,
i'10 jretlinj? "too lhg lor their breccias.'" Wo have
e.. upwards of several instances where wo thought
king down i nig hi do good. The Watchman says:
"As some prominence has been given to a liomiua>11
ol'two persons (lieiiiiou^) lor the Legislature, from
lis County, in a late number o! the Mercury, we deem
proper to allude to ii. The proper course, pcrluij s,
mild haw been to have passed it unnoticed; but it is
iw too late for that, liven now we do net refer toil to
irivvt any misapprehension a' home, but to set things
a correct light abroad. The nomination is a re I leean
in faet, whatever may have been the design, upon
rtain gentlemen who have been nominated lor the
sgislalure in the columns of this paper, all of them
.-iitlc-nieu of resneelability and true merit. The
iinitiatiolis were made, so far as we know, without
ieir consent, and two of them have already with awn
their names. In this state of things, the muni'
itioti in the Mercury is altogether unjust and ungen'oils.
If, however, no relleetion was intended, vvc
?pe the author will have a lull fruition of his brilliant
inception; and he certainly deserves credit for set:ig
before Sbe public these models of excellence an I
rtue."
Silver Coin.
The Washington 1'!veiling Star says that thoTrcasm
r of the Foiled States-lias recently received a com
dcrablo (piantily of the new silver com from the
hiladelpliia mint, which, by direction of tbo Secret a
of the Treasury, he is ready to exchange for golf
ilh those in Washington who desire it. .lust now
lore are nearly six hundred thousand dollars in tin
amis of the Treasurer.
Daily South Carolinian.
This valuable paper comes to us now much enlargci
ud improved. It is not only one of the be>st papers it
io State?as well as an honor and ornmiii'iiL to Co
nubia?but will compare in every respect luvorahh
ilh any paper in or out of the State. The pmpiietor:
jrtainly deserve, and will receive, wo hope, the pat
mage which their energy merits.
C,.1. M 11,111 I <: i.- e wi- iv IV WSVl.VA
ia. ? Simiii' tl.ivs miicc, :i y??nn?r lail v of' I'ascilia
ino address and handsome person, hut nttirct
i inalr costume, entered a tailor's six?|? in :
>\vn <>f MilHin countvand asked foremployment
lie tailor iici (led a hand, and, pleased with tin
pponr.ineo of tlio hnndsoino stranger, ivadih
ranted tlio request. Tlio honest tailor was
cry much surprised thai his journeyman shoulii
refer a chair to the heiich. Subsequent exeats
oxvever, shoxv that he did not Io:!<j remain iu
mantof the cause. Thi-v wore subsequent! x
:nr-!od. r.r.d hax 0 gotie to- the VTcfd
For the Journal.
Lastastkh C. II. Sept., 1, lSf53.
Mr. Editor : In your issue of the 30th ult.,
; I find n:i article over the signature of E. G,
. Robinson, which, as it is calculated to convey
! an erroneous impression, I beg leave to reply
! to; in order, that I may contradict the base,
j slanderous imputaticn there contained.
; I am sure sir, this privelige will be extend
' ed to me, especially from the fact of the impu
| tation having appeared in your paper.
I fear no injury sir, from this vile and un
' gentlemanly attack, for the vituperation which
i mat Us it would be convincing proof to a strait*
ger, of a vindi -live spirit?the malevolence o!
f one, who felt the justness of what was said 01
him ; still, I am not. willing to remain passive
when stub a palpable falsehood (as conveyed
in the insinuation) is uttered against me.
f Now, to the management of the Mansion
i House.
i 1 will give your readers a circumstance which
> occurred two years ago. A lady and gentle'
- man, with the rest of their family, were trat
veiling from Fairfield Distiict to Sumter Dis.
trict. Preferring Robinson's Hotel on account
] of the quietude of its locality, they put iq
there lor the night. The supper was poor in
r indeed, Inn tln-y consoled tln ui-elvcs with tin
r reflection that breakfast would compensate foi
the iiniillricnee of the supper. The following
morning, the <'lily dish on ihe table, (beside?
may be some bread or biscuits) was n dhli
of it am and nc;g5?it was handed to the lady
( by the obsetjiiions landlord with, " wiil yon
I have some iioi'iii?*' '"None, 1 thank you sir,'
was the reply. The luudloid di>appeaied, a?
the lady thought, to hinry up the beef or chick
lens. Said the gentleman, "you had bettei
try the ham and kuus, I doubt if you get any
I thing better." Soon the landlord appeared
I hut beef or chickens did not. Again the iiaji
; and laitss were handed, and to avoid starva
tion, the lady was obliged to accept of it..
> When the lady, gentleman and family re
turned from Sumter, they stopped at the Wa
teive Mouse.
'I ids sir, is one instance of good entertain
incut ; but not wishing to occupy too much o
' your paper, I will at once proceed to no'.ict
' our late trip to the North.
un n?v way clown, me stage stopped at the
' .Mansion House; Mr. \\ illielui, the driver, die
< not enquire of us where we would stop, iioi
: did I kicw that since tile destruction of the
Watcrce House, tliat tlieie was any other Ho
1 tel in Camden.
I eoneeive, Mr. Editor, that one litis just ai
1 much rigid to commend or c ndcmii the man
1 agenient of a Public House, as lie has to con
; denin the management of a steamboat, o pub
lie press. It would be certainly more to my
! interest to praise the management of the
' Mansion House, (for the proprietor has been a
1 go<>d pation of mine,) but, I make it a poini
' to speak of tilings as I find tiiem, without " fear
favor or aflbciinii."?On our Itde trip, we stop.
' ped at the .Mansion House?the fare was in
cjifl' rent, boon alter supper, we ictiied?twi
' beds in t ie chamber, one for each of us.
'} On one, was spread a pavilion or net. and
this one mv companion very kindly permittee
i me to occupy, lie took the other, t ould In
p sleep ? No ! He tossed, and lolled about
from the bites of uuis<piit..e-:, and finally, li.ol
1 to share a part of my bed before lie could oh
' tain any rest.
Accoai.moj) atiuns tiiclv !-II
iw was it en our return? We were
placed in s'-perate nin.ii?, f rtumiicly I had a
pavilion, he ho.l none. Next morning's Ineakfast
though, capped the climax of citicicut Noi
el keepii g. The it am ami kgi:s were there,
but mi abil diem! there was an insiijficiciu
quantity. A gentleman from Mississippi, an
' also my companion and myself, declared we
would staive befoie we reached home. Very
iii'iiUVieiit litre, and then not enough.
The j topiie'.or of the M iiisi..n House, had
told me the i. giit l>el'*re, that on some preI
vious morning, some 800 chickens (I think thai
| was the number) we u otiercd f.;r sale at thai
corner.
We could not refrain from complaining, and
a very respectable citizen of Cam ien remarked
to us, iliat Mr. Robinson's boardeis had coinI
lained of I he indifference and scantiness ol
his f.re, a d he h id advised Robinson to pro
vide iii> ic hoiiutilnlly, or he would lose custom.
A citizen of our place sir, was in Cam
den the week my article appeared, and oil his
return, informed me that some were indignant,
My reply was, '-what I have said of Robinson's
Hotel is true. \ cs sir,' said he " it is the
fact \ !! Iiav c assei ted."
\\ hen your paper reached me. and before I
had linishod ieadi' p tin* article, a fiiend elosc
liv, observed, " Mr. Bailey there arc a number
in this ('laic <'t" llii' same opinion as vottrsell
ali< ait dial Mot J."
That tlii'io is am ( >11 nil-ilitiii fur tin1 insinuation
made against nn?, 1 leave to my trav. Ilinjj
cnipanion to answer; an<l sir, the proprietor
of I lie Mansion House can answer htrust If.
He lias tu-fore a-ked me to take spirits at
, liis li"iise, remark it:*; at the time,that al lion^li
lie did not keep a bar, lie kept spiiits for the
nermann dition of travellers who stopped with
hint. He can say sir, whether we letpiostoil
anv of him or not.
, ' I have hern in the hahit of stoppi- i; with
my friend ilolleymau of the former Wateree,
I Ilavino stopped there in iKc'r. and l'Yb'y. last
I ?he and his liar keeper can state whether the
, retailing of liipiors, inlliieiiced my stopping
. there or not.
But Mr. Editor, I dislike to pollute my h inds
. by replying loan article which no pi nth man
, i would have written, and must here apologist
[ for occupy in<r so iiitieh of your paper, which
r space I am sure, could be devoted to much
! more interestiuj; and useful intelligence. ^ on
I may rest assured however, that this is my jirsi
land my last; whatever Billingsgate slaud.i
j may be said in leplv, I shall turn a deal
j ear to. 1 noil sap no more. 1 trust this arti
i ' cle however, will produce one good elleet ? the
j better provision tor the boarders at the Man.'
sion House.
llespectfully
:i it s. iniLEV,
Editor Litteaster Ledger.
(fit.\ssiioiM'i-:u Scot'nok.?Tic New York
-1 Tribune has a most melancholy story of the do
I struction nt'\egetatioii l?y ?|?|?oi*s in Clin
II t:u|Hi! count v, in licit State, where lliey have dc<
. I voiitvil the hay crop, the wheat, the oats, beans
: j turnips, cabbages, garden vegetables generally
Indian corn, and run over the pastures and
v; meadows. Other counties are affected in thai
I State and Pennsylvania. At Plymouth, New
- Hampshire, they have also overrun entire fields
, and it is said have forced themselves in swarm*
into dwelling houses, rtvy'ng unor. clothmg
window curtains, ?tc.
;groszu=rt?-7bt5l-v-i1i?tvtiiUTr.r. 11r, i iimimi tmi fiwan
Rlligious Revival*.?For the pa-st few
: weeks almost ever) section of our District has
,1 I een rtf.eshed by slining and, we trust, profi.
| table revivals in Religion, and many and import
ant additions have been made to the church.
! e-of every denomination amongst us. Wo
,; respectful y ask the Ministers, or others who
; feel disposed to do so, and have attended these
. icvivins, m iimiiMi us >\iui accounts irom rue
! di flu rent churches, as we consider it a matter
I ??f a ?rent importance, and should he laid be
' lore all who feel any iute-est in the morals of
i 1 the District, or the eternal good of their fellow
. | men. We have accounts fiom two churches,
I hut being of one denomination, we have conf!
eluded to defer their publication, in order that
i ! all may appear in the same great picture.
Laureusuille Herald.
- ?
i j I)k. Tiiornwell.?In looking through the
| proceedings of the General Assembly of the Presi
j hyterian Church in the United States, for the
J present year, we find the following high merited
| compliment to the Iiev. Dr. Thornwell, of this
I town, which we Ivg to lay before our readers,
t1 Dr. T. hud bi-eu nominated for the chair of Pas>
i toral Theology, Church Government, <fce., in the
; Seminary at Danville, by Mr. Pedcn; whereup;
j on Dr. Palmer seated that he was satisfied if lie
r was elected he would not consent to serve. Dr.
\ Breckinridge rose and said, ''that he had no hesi?
tatiuii in saving Dr. Thorinvell was the ablest
i man of his age now liviugl He was a man to
l whom Dr. B. cherished the strongest affection,
i ! and if the Board had had the slightest hope of
' obtaining his services, there was no place in the
t Seminary that he could not have had ; but, uh
der existing circumstances, he considered his
p nomination as entirely useless, and its effect*
| would only he to embarrass the house." Dr.
I Brcckenridgc "is known to most of "our readers j
. I ..11.-.:-? ir. ? . i
i uia <>v II|<- I 1-rv ?i ueillg MiperilUOUS, \YJ Will HC1G,
. that '>v hi* (Jliurcli lie is esteemed the first man
within Hs fold, and by the general voice regard -
ed as second to none in the pulpit of the United
- Slates in intellect, learning, eloquence, and all
the graces of the Christian character. The secu.
Inr papers simply state that Dr. Thomwell was
f nominated, and the election of another is an;
nouneed. To guard against unjust inference, the
above extract 'rom the proceedings is given.?
> Suutli Carolinian.
j. Col. Can.?At the Farewell Festival given
. by George N. Saunders, Esq., at the Astor
(lonse, New York, on Friday, Col. Forney
having proposed the health of James L. Orr,
. of this State, who had previously been alluded
to by Col. Preston, of Kentucky, as the next
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr.
Orr said it hardly became- him to respond to
such a toast. It was a very difficult matter to
, predict who would be the next Speaker.?His
; own State had given one distinguished and
J able man to that post, Hon. Langdon Cheves,
] and no one could well hope to lill that [dace
[ with equal distinction.? Carolinian.
Col. Gadsden. ?\Ye learn that a private let1
tor has been received from Col. Gadsden, our
, Minister to Mexico, announcing his arrival at the
Capitol on the lOlli iust. On the. 17lli he was
j publicly received l?y President Santa Anna, at
i T; cub iya, the ceremonies being Conducted with
' j eivaf pnlllp.
j We are glad to learn that Col. Gadsden's
: health has bvn very greatly improved by his
j journey to Mexico, He speaks in warip terms ,
| of the beauty of the scenery, and the hettiihfoi
and pleasant character of the climate, in the itvi
terior of Mexico. We hope that his mission
may terminate as auspiciously as it has com
monccd.? Charleston .Veixuri/.
MoniLR.?We regret learn by the. Mobile
papers that the yellow Fever is iapidly spread'
ing in 'hat city. The deaths ?m the 28tli
were 27, of which IS were by Yellow Fever;
and on the 2!)rh there were 34 deaths, of which
' 29 were by Yellow Fever.
The Edgefield Advertiser says: The sec'
ond Plaint Road lor Edgefield is about to he
et on loot. ^Vo mean the one wli'ch is to lead
! from Edgefield C. H. to Cheatham's nine miles
1 i ahove on the Abbeville Road. It is estima'i
ted i hat llie entire cost of the work will not
1 exceed the eompartive small sum of eighteen
thousand dolhus. Rut even with fifteen thousand
dollars ti;3 company wiil be organized
! and foriliwiih proceed to business
! Itinerant Lecturers.? 1 have nohesita;
tion in nroiumnciiig a great part of pompously
' st\ led L1 during, upon natural Philosophy, Chemistry,
Grammar, Geography, Uistoiy, Elocution,
.Memory and the 1 ke, the most arrant
' qu ickeiv that ever di-graced the records of
'J learning. It is the mere froth and sediment
. ?v?r shall 1 in-t rather say, it Is the sulphuretted
hvdrogen. and eorbonie acid of science and
literal ore. So far is it from raising the general
standard of education, that its direct tendemy
L to discourage application, to foster
pedantry, and, to beget a general contempt for
that long ami tedious process, by which men
i have hitherto risen to eminence in general know1
ledge and in all the learned professions"
i J'rt'siiienl Humphrey.
I i ?
JLYOiN'S KATHAIHON.
i F?US ruk>m;\ inc.. Rkstokinu and Beautifying the
U ok. i- the most delightful mid woudeiful artiiietW
t world over produced. Its astonishing success is with'
out a precedent in the history of the Materia Medico.
[ l>ark and luxuriant curls, soft and glossy hair, with
scores of adinircis, pnark this, Ladies,) is the univ?r
sal clfcct of the Katluirou. Bald and gray heads
' sto >d perfectly astonished. "The Katliairou has fully
' restored my hair after a baldness of 12 years. A. Jay
Cot uruuiiiT, Tt? Bond-J-t N. Y." The Kalhairon is a
1 certain cure for Neivous Head Ache, and all Cutanc1
mis Diseases. t?old by nil dealers everywhere. Try
it. Priee only 25 cents, in large bottles. D. ?. Barnes,
. Proprietor, 161 Broadway, N. Y.
' Sold by every Druggist in Camden. Ilavilnnd,
llarrall A Co. wholesale Agents, Charleston
t Julv 26. ? 8ni?30
. I
POISONING.
Thousands of parents whouso Vermifuges composed
1 of Castor Oil, Calomel^ Ac., are not aware, that while
they appear to benefit the patient, they are actually
laying the foundations for a series of diseases, such as
salivation, lossol sight, weaknessoflinibs, Ac.
In another column will be found the advertisement
of Ilobensaek's Medicines, to which we ask the attention
of all interested in their own as well astheir children's
health. In Liver Complaiuts and all disorders
arising from those ot a bilious type, should mako use
of the only genuine Medicine. Ilchensack's Liver Pills.
nut deceived, but ask for Ilobensaek's Worm
? Svrup and Liver Pills, and observe that oach has the
1 signature of the Propiietor, J. N. UOBEXSACK, o?
1 nono else are genuine.
\t vi>nirn_<v. .u .a.i .. .
>( ...,,.?.??? vmi me iuin ox August last,
i by tlie IJev. Mr. Hoyt, L. B. Stephenson,
, | Esq., of Pickens co., Ala., to Miss Sara? M..
caught or of Co'.. .T C !2n5.lo, ot this EU'.r.ct