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^?ia^< !3*v*^6y RgM^us^tn^igfur.irifu^, ceilingsfnfid-waHsi-* gBRflnVl^ih^ ftfofeV "ordinary, and gentlemen's ^otn^^eifTi^;are destrd$&. The ' BgBfi^ra^-'Ihdade which had . beeri constructed" E^SJ6*|M|hlKlAasto and*expanse/|?erVd,rfc- ' P^f^Wfctmage. l* jmjj^^>fine Store at the corner of I'layne-street ^^P^JVleeting street;^ its-roof al^btow n ofl; IpSPgl^ijere also the rnin.poured in upon the new r 'flRf -Valuable Dry' Goods "stock of"Messrs.' ' | ?fe^8end' ,C^be and Coiiipany.-caDsing <,CQTI fc^fjfffrrcOrable.damage. not.cndugh, however. to i;iHtterfere with the ehlls^of their 'customers. E. |$^^RStoddard and Company sufFeredin the same *?n Eds' Bay, Messrs^Cohen- and- Cohn, R. gM^^ringle, McKenzieV -CJado^ and Company,I fl0^ee' St. A'raand" aud Croft:'alf suffered by ^^^he'kss, .partM or oom"pl.el^-'of the 'voofs of Buitdlrigs 'tocoapied by them^-^jVfe^oiL'. BBra%1ey^rom.the same the;?4fun~ but in 'Hnyneiilrty acres .of cut Rice Ju -of the crop was foril^h^ffjarp u 'Hill " ill AVP of thirty feet in the banks, and sev Bfr acresVif fine Rice completely floated off. Barker; at-4' South' esp^ftycap^jpth .but;; iktiev^wjj^'ik Rice being X&oesedas iUwsaa cut. Mi MillikCn Mas also I ^Kwroaliv -fbrtoaatqefrom the satne cause, t Mr. Robt. Lucas' " Wappabooln," there |j||^^^Bfcreak of thirty- feet in tho bank, and Rice jjjoiere is^break~ of 150 feet in the'bank, gfejOid SO acres of cut Rice completely swept M 'Qadsden's ^ Pimlico" escaped with but ^'^^BPit>damagc,-the Rice being housed as it was . From Pon Pon' wp;; have.the following parRHs^tioalars in aJctter, which we Have been kindly |jp* . Pon Pon, Sept. 10, 1854. |g? "The Rice that was cut down, is all floated MHffito-4he banks nod in the ditches. That which cut,-was whipped .by the wind, for so a time- before it was wet, that a third of fflgfohe lUce ie beaten off. -'My father's loss will fiKtl ai^nttf nna.1io IC Ifiiil sprout if not soon .gathered. Hats af'e 011 lrigh ground,. .SQtue. ? The servant who, brought the Spates that the river was covered n River.?From a letter received r\|ii,o4.,this t'ity, we. learn _tha ft he on^River is amine use. Air. A1 hnsfnad 600 acres of Rice swept s flood, nnji, it is feared that 600 had not ripened, would, also be s beipg;er>tu:ely covered. . lost 330 acres^. . -i 1 pd'lot^ove^ pw. these plantations eiYbuUook them in the-rear EkA:h, Olh'September, 1854. nforrn jou that we had jesterdm^Gi'Vjolence any we have. iHthatf centnrj; the damage St& Islahd crops is inculcula blow the evening of the 7th, hat-night, but. from Stauorning of the. 8th.until 4 rtef Sot sgme^hours, apd toes, with some slight,prospect irs are entertained; for life in ilHig:t%ahqve 'Awe have heard ponging to' Mr. Huger. who I i Riefet^icfr- vvas" stacked -tti' \Muger and Dr.X A.'BugerV awayr; and is totally. lost.-^ .werejost, _thougb -onje.unout a negro of Dr. . A. Hu- . If Mteer named-Mingo, who with threo others was / / riou? eflS>'t^ere observable beyond Branchvill$.?Charletlon Mercury. E> Sodthirn Mail Sebvick. ?It is stated that p2'-. the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad have jffa. - arranged their difficulties with (be Department, ; * and will henceforth run two daily marl trains, f Ti does not appear, however, that Charleston is r paragraph, from th^S^itb Carolinian of ye& |R^?WhJui?fc?tand that there, is^or probability IrSBrv <>f the South. Carolina Com pWy^r naning two HB^mwLOvrioc to fife obstinacy of'the Depart H&Mt in refusing to pajvlhe usual compensa-. lion.- Wtfertl tcr/fPffretJrQiearn thafcitfi poseible if ttofc probabfe/ oidt tiie South 'Carolina j?V Kailroad tfrrow up th| mail contract entire. < ^ 1St ?f ?Ct?ber' $ ? v'tv'& , J. "if*.?:.-, *i.' fdaW^Bar^ado^^io'vl' seventeen" thous Sn^'l victim^ in. tho last, few monthsV-sad^'^At&st1' X&fk gftiglit: iiffd poorer of its arm.-' On the.'shores;;of tho"Eu*the aiid ^Baltrb; Jfrbm"the' flifl ??n??5.?tio 'lii'miAo ?*s ft iaimo \j4 ttcu.iuuo aiuiao iu<w ou\mvu, ivi ry *nnd conquest, one., hundred thousand".,sol^ diers have fallen by tho same ouaeeo, yet re"sis(I<?si foe. They. habe been 'denied Oven the hefoVdesperafe vvish; of dying at theeannohV mouth, with the 'rnusic.'oK^U)^ sounding in his. ears; but,ingeniously,., in the dense and plague-scented hospital, t?ey have made 'the . sacrifice to fame aiitl'country. And at our .own dob is, what a spectacle! The lasj fall and .winter weje almost .unprecedented in the destruction of life and property l^^reX'in the N()itlrern cities, and by storm and','ship wreck along'"the "extended path ofI Cpin'tnerce. It canuVt, b.e to'rgolteo, how, day after day, we were ealled-on- to chronicle the loss of some noble ship,'gone down, with her crej^-afld cargo, to' the chambers of the deep. Spring .returned,and with it the labors'and the ho^ps of j,he husbandman. The seasons were propitious, and.all things promised abundance. .In South Carolina, never before did the prospects seem Jlrighter. Cotton, Rice, and the proyi?o&.crops, ill lookedj wejh - lAnd this conditionof things continued with but'* little, change until one weesragfywhen a storm unparaUelcd in 'the' memory of the present generation swept pver. PS, leaving in its track desolation and ruin. In our city, its work is to be seen in almost every object which meets the eye, while from the country every mail brings, in the- most" sickening tidings of loss and destruction. The Rice crop is cut off onehalf. Toe Sea Island Cotton fields are strewn with their just maturing " fruit. The entire Low Country .of Carolina and Georgia has been severely and- bitterly visited. "But our disasters have not stopped here. A worse calamity is upon us in the'ravages of the Yellow Fever." Our sister city of Savannah has been a lazar house for a number of weeks past. Her people have fled by thousands from the jaws of the unsparing pestilence; and stand afar off, watching, while' it sweeps away'the few who remain. It is a spectacle to excite the deepest sympathy, and call forth our best aid. Charleston in abundant gratitude be it spoken;--has thus far been less sorely stricken. But it is impossible to note the hearses which AAnafn J ?r uran/linrr tV?rti??-onrl urnir fKrrviurli aiu uwiiowuiiij hijuuij; vuvii ouu n?j iiuvu^ii our streets, and every day"more frequent, without feeling that we too, are afflicted. Our season,'which opened with such fair promise, has beeu darkened by a cloud of misfortunes. When we thus sum up our sorrows, we are reminded of the history of Job, as messenger after messenger followed each other in quick succession, with their tales of disaster and dis tress.? Charleston Mercury. What Causes tiie Gulf Stream.?Mr. Stanton Shoals; an experienced navigator,gives it as his opinion that the waters of the'Gulf stream are nothing more or less than the waters of the river Amazon. This great father of waters is bedded more than 1,000 miles immediately under the equator, and all its tributary streams for many thousand miles are constan ly pouring their hot water into this mighty ro ? servoir of watef. As these waters are gath-' ered in under the burning sun of the equator, it is extremely warm: far more so than the At lantic Ocean waters under the equator. The great body of heated water shoots out into the Atlantic more than a hundred miles, in the face of the eternal trade winds. The Amazon is sixty miles wide, after being belted in its irresistible course it curves off to the left and scuds off before the strong trade winds till out of their reach. Driveu along with great force, it takes its course round the great -bay formed between the two continents of-Nsfth and-Sqiilfa America. Dashing along the coast dfSo'ulh America, and passing to the fefeward of the West India Islands it leaves the shore of Cuba, and proceeds along the shores of Florida; the capes of Virginia and the south coast of North America, and passing the shores of Newfoundland, cuds its mission, among tho icebergs which float out of the Northern ocean. "Cut off the Gulf Stream, and it would not be many years before the North Atlantic would be filled with icebergs that would-be very destructive to navigation. But a wise providence has provided an external reservoir of hot water constantly rushing around rv??Ai* flm Ko ol* rif tlio nnld A f In it u /'inc. tiii^tion, where after spending its vital warmth among the icebergs it is hurried away - by a new supply of native warmi water from' the great Amazon. Seamen can always tell when in or out of the Gulf.Stream by dipping the hand in the water alongside. $ Undoubtedly this view will-be new to some readers, but what I have written ds from expe pence, and was seen while I was roving upon the mighty deep. Thc: Gulf Stream, 1 repeat is mothing more or'less than the waters of the great Amazon of South America. 1 have.crossed in. many places, and for many ipears have4 glided.through, its warpo water, always pleased to have it aatefp. The most violent storms, Trtma whatever quarter they may come never chjnge jts oourse or its current, but it continues to move on. in thqt irresistibter'power which was given fco it ift the beginning by the Power above* V : Janney's Hotel.?The editor of the Carolinian informs us that he bad the pleasure of partaking of the farewell dinner given by Janney to bis friends in Columbia, on the eve of bis departure from the House for which, by bis skill urbanity and gentlemanly bearing, he has gained such a widespread popularity. And this reminds us that we have not mentioned the fact that on Sales-day last, this Hotel was sold at auction, to settle up the affairs of the copartnership, and purchased by W. S. Goodwyn Esq. To what quarter of the world the inimitable landlord will betake himself has not vet transpired; but it is surmised, and the Spartan* burg Express is-responsible for the conjecture, that Janney intends to purchase the Glenn Springs HoteF, and add the attractions of bis name "to this popular watering place. We trust that the rumor is correct. Such au establishment would undoubjjljUy attract-everybody and the rest of .mankind,-and .'afford'our people a reasonable pretext for spending their summeriiasoDS arid their surplus funds nearer ho&|ie.. Jaoneyjgmd Harris are really in search of such an ?Herpri?, they not only have our best wishes, but they, will certainly have a goodly share of other people's money. Chester 'Standard. . jfct < IT..-., HI. i .ni iVi'mii-r-'-r' -^'^ V-' ,v - - V %terdn|,3 ,iuai(Kbrpuglit us two .Northern, phper^cotiteining ? synopsis of. three day's lat^fldvicesfrd^Eafop^receWe^yHhe.Niag a#t at Halifax, and'-also the details of the four, days brd^ght'by. ti^St Louis at NewYtfrkM-' The political intelligence is of secondary, imC ppj^^ee^invebjftp'ansbn- to the market'ieports. Cotton had again improved, but b'readstuffs ITadfgreiitiy'declined. Consols had. gone tip' to 95 2, a higher figure than they have before r?adted*feir several months..^vA'ciwe pr'eperalinns were making for a grand -stroke Of some kind in. llie' war quarter?the,, Russians, the Xuflcs. the English, nnd the French . were all busy;<Austria and Prussia maintain, their mysterious and undefined attitude with regard to the belligerents, and Sweden has positively re fused to join the allies. The Czar declares that he Js immovable, but nevertheless in.no i j r> -i i t t* . i. j ; .1 /p' i > * j uurry to ugnt. n tne past anoras.us any cmerion, we should judge that this feeling is mutually^ reciprocated by tjie Anglo-French troops. By the way, it is now said that the" latter intend to retainfpossession of B.omarsuud in'consequence of Sweden's refusal to' join them. Tranquility had not been fully re-established .in Spain, and Queen Christina had been driven front the country and her property confiscated. . Espaitero, the new .Premier of Spain, is said to regard the expulsion of the late Ministry at Madrid as sufficient satisfaction to .the United States for the wrongs endured ,by our citizens at the hands of Cuban officials. We understand that Uncle Sam take? a different, view aL the subject, and unless Espartero changes his mind will most likely prbceed. to .the expulsion of Spanish sway from Cuba. If be is to be satisfied by mere expulsion not other kind than this will suit.? Charleston Standard. Prices and Scarcity of MoxEY.-r-One of the most apparently remarkable features of the times is thejcontinued high rents and high prices of provisions amidst the general scarcity of money. The fact (hat the necessaries of life and rents are still more than proportionally elevated compared with the means of purchase must find its explanation in the circumstance that the currency is not generally curtailed, although money has become much more difficult to be obtained at points where engagements are to be liquidated. Those things which arfr more immediately conycrtable.ipto. money,. to meet money payments, feel seusibly the influehce of this scarcity, such as stocks of nearly all kinds; which are sold, and even sacrificed, for the purpose of raising funds. There is no conleracting circumstance, in the demand at such a juncture, to prevent a large (fecline in values. -But with the great mass of commodities the demand, although somewhat diminished, is still sufficiently large to keep prices at somewhat near their former elevation. Men must be cjothed fed and housed,and with regard to provisions, the influence of scarcity, from the failue of the corn crop, begins to tell on the market for them. These are the causes why, we think, prices generally have not have not fallen in proportion to the scarcity of money. Char. Eve. News. French Enterprise.?The following narrative of French enterprise #i3 given by the Southampton correspondent of the Daily News: ?"One of the richest men in France, and who associated in that country with those distinguished for rank and fashion left Parisian gaie- ' ? r~... } 4 ' c ! tt . i>y n iovr Diutc, ?uu luuk lu ictrrniiig. jib had his estates in Normandy farmed after The Englished fashion, bought a steamer, and established a communicated between Carenton and Southampton, to convey horned cattle, sheep poultry, and all kinds of farm and dairy produce, from Franco to England. The captain and crew are all English. The steamer makes one or two trips a week, and realizes an immense profit. A large establishment, French and English, is kept employed hy the farming operation and the steam .traffic. Carenton is a small town, where'Norman manures exist in perfection. It has^a churclV pearly a thousand years old. Amongst nativo farmers in the neighborhood, agriculture is carried on with primitive simplicity : their horses are harnessed with coarse-ropes and heavy chains, as in the days of William the Conqueror." Buffaloes by The Ackk.?A member of Gov. Stevens' Northern route Exploring party, in a communication to the St. Louis Republican, written from the head of Ycjlow Stone river, says of the incidents of (lie party thus "On Sunday after a march of tpn miles, the buffaloes were reached, Ihey were estimated by some as high as five hundred thousand. Drawing up the train at our usual halt .at noon, a large herd were about half a mile ahead.-The hunters, six in number, were immediately despatched, Well mounted on spare horses reserved for that especial purpose, and the whole train had an opportunity to witness a buffalo hunt. Tlie hunters dashed in among them, selected out the fattest of the crowd nnd'fhch separating the selected ones from the herd, soort despatched them. In an hourthe wagons were sent but'a small distance from, the route to receive the choicest pieces of buffalo. . "In the next two days?, march the bursters were kept some distauce ahead to kedp (iff the buffaloes; it was the only way safe passage of the train could be insured through the sea of flesh. The pack mules and spare animals | follo wing on the train being too numerous to be separately led were hard to control; and, despite every precaution and care, one boree and four mules were lost, they getting mingled with the herd." Columbia, (Pennsylvania,) i3 probably at this time suffering more severely froin the ravages of cholera than even Savannah is from the yellow fever. There were forty new case3 and fifty deaths in that place on Tuesday last. A telegraphio despatch represents the distress and suffering as beyond description.? The Town Hall, which had been converted into a hospital, was filled with the sick and dying. The dead could'not be buried as fast as" required. Of a population of five thousand only fifteen hundred remained, and it was among the latter that the scourge was carrying off its thiyjes, forties and fifties per day. ^ i if * .ftl. 1 xne v^reenviim inouniamccr ui mu i?*ui instant, says: " We are satisfied that this State will produce the present year a plentiful sup-> ply of grain for home use notwithstanding there are a few neighborhoods which have the corn almost destroyed by drought, and othare where it is |grously Wipred. But otherand more'extensive regions,* and the bottom -lauds, will Bupply the* deficiency/ Extensive, fegfons in' Georgia and the Western.States have almost totally failed/1 ^ 4-a" f |je tomMl Itiffhli) Journal. Tucstfay, September 19, 1854. tHO. J. WARREN, Editor. Agents ior me j ournat. - Charleston?Augustus E. Cohen. ~ Columbia?W.'W. Walkee, Jr. Lancaster?A. Mayeii. - Jacksonliam?S. Ay Rosser. >'. t- Tax Collector. It wilTbe remembered that the*polla for Tax Collector will be opened oply for ouo daj-?Monday the'Sth of October. School Notices. Wo take pleasure ip asking attention to the School' notice of; Mrs. Peck in our. paper to day. Those of our friends who desire to send their children to a pri* raary School, will no doubt receive Bat&faction in the present instance. - " " We also call ettention to the notice of Mrs. McC^rdle88' SchooVatwliicb' the higher branches of "Female Education are taught.' The Weather Since Saturday has been cool "and pleasant, and we are encouraged to hopo that we shall experience no mnrn holt weather this season. To us there'is no time of the year, generally so delightful as the Fall, when a little fire and winter clothing are comfortable. Hon. W. W. Boyce. : -- We had the pleasure week before last, of seeing our distinguished representative, Col. Boyce, in Camden. Wo are sure that it was gratifying to his many friends' to see him, and to know that he was in good health Ho has shown himself eminently qualifled-for the high trusts and responsibilities with which he has been honored, and we are glad to know that his course reflects the highest credit upon biroself, as well as upou the district whose representative he is, and which he has so ably and faithfully represented. If wo could not, with sincerity, say to Col. Boyce, well done, we should make but little allusion lochia public character, but we have yot to see a reason, for finding fault with him. So far as we know, his Con'gressional course is unexceptionable, and as a diatin'guished mark of the respect and appreciation of his constituents, ho will bo returned at our next election ^without opposition. . A New Volunteer Company lias been organized in our town, composed of the young men of Camden and its Immediate vicinity.? We.are gratified in being (able to state that .already 'ItA^nnnn n11 n??A knnn AkfaSnn/l an/1 UCbnuvu invy uiiuywAi/jr naiuco unit utv.ia vuuuiutuj uuu a belter list for if company wo have never seen. yci0n Wednesday last a meeting' of the Company was beld, And Col. Thomas J. An'crum was electod Caplain, Col. Joseph B. Kershaw, Ffrst Lieutenant, Messrs. James I. Villepigue, Second,'and William C. Moore, Ensign. - . . We are much pleased at this evidenco oT returning zeal, on the part of our fellow-citizons, who have done that which wo have long desired to see, and which was long wanted in our town, whose ground is classic, and consecrated by some of tbo best blood of the revolution. We have no doubt from the efficiency of the officers, and the material composing this company, that very sooj, in point o( military discipline and appearanco, it will rival any other in our State, sucli at least is our confident expectation. As soon as a complete organization takes place, wo will publish the name of the company with the CDtire list of its .officers. . Death of Thornton Carpenter. Wi We were painfully surprised, on Tuesday last, to hear of the death of our young, worthy,' and esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. Carpenter, who fell a victim to the Yellow Fever in Charleston tho day prerious. It is needless that we should attempt now, to say what ho was; his character and worth are well known in this community, where he was born .and raised, and where many surviving friends mourn his early death. We knew him well, and in our youthfhl days, and also in later years, worg^aociated with him intimately on several occasions, oor can we recall a single act of his life, to which" a reasonable exception could bo taken. We are fully prepared to endorse all which is embraced in the following notioo of his death published in tho Charleston Courier of .the 12th inst. " It is with regret we are called upon to announce the decease of Thornton Carpenter, Ksq., late superintendent and chief operator in tho Charleston station of the Washington and New Orleans Telegraph line. Mr. Carpenter was a native of Camden. S. C., in which place ho received his preparatory education prior to his admission into tho South Carolina College at Columbia. lie had been noted flora his earliest years for the possession of those qualities of head and heart, which inspire confidence and conciliate esteem,A and the sad regiets of many friends will bo elicited,' by tho mournful announcement of his untimely death. Mr. Carpenter was especially distinguished, for his interest in' and devotion to the various branches ot chemical science, in which he had attained a proficiency seldom reached at his years. He hnd been for 8ome"t:me Professor of Chemistry in* a Western College?wo boliove in Oakland, Mississippi?a station which be only resigned in- consequence of the severe ' exactions made on his health and services. ; Mb Carpenter's position in our telegraphic service gave us frequent opportunities of knowing and judg; ing his merits, and itaffords>us here'a melancholy pleasure to testify that in. all respects wo ever found liim capable, courteous,^and faithful. .. V It may afford a melancholy satisfaction to Mr. Carponter's surviving friendsata distance to learn that hh received all the attentions which kindness and 'reSird.could suggest. Although not a resident of our ty for a long period he was not a stranger?for his virtues and merits had conciliated many, friends^.who esteemed and cherished him in lifo as they now moum i hja untimely departure. Another Editor has gone I One, almost as wise as the immortal bard of Avon lias said, t - v ? Heaven gives the needful, but nogle.eted, call What day, what hour, but knocks at human hearts, Tq wake the soul to sense of future scenes? ' Deaths stand, like Mercuries, in every way, And kindly point us to our journey's end. Again have we read with deep regret the annoupce- ' mentof the death of another editor. Aalthongh far removed in an adjoining State, yet the solemn lesson is none the less important Mr. S. T. Chapman of the Savannah Journal and Courier, with many of the prominent citizens of Savannah has a fallen victim to the pestilence, which is daily hurrying off in the cities of Charleston and Savannah, its scores of human souls. With Mr. Chapman we had once the pleasure of an acquaintance, and extract the following paragraph from the announcement of his death by the Savannah ! Republican: ' The announcement of the death of Mr. Chapman will be received with surprise by many of our citizens, 1 i.u ?e ^ .. ' . tutu wuu ICTTIIUKQ UJ rojfret WY tui, Hfi 0180 uy Ills nu* I raerouB personal and jwlltical frienda throughout the State. - This is not the time, nor ours the pen to attempt* eulogy upon the deceased. We knew him to' "1 possess a vigorous raind?and a generous heart-r-qualitiea which never fail to win valued and lasting friends." 1 . How heart sickens at the. contemplation, and ! we tdrn?gray deeply impressed with the utter uncertaioty~v dl earthly Bo^ts and. expectations. Alas, " HoWr sad a sightis human happiness f To: him .whose thought tttv pierce trtyond *n hour.1' i -y.' A... <.v, ? " - " Tneoocamon seems not inappropriate for a few reflection^; Wben we are gone, and the cold,"dork, "si- < lent grave sbutarp^t th$ warm light of Heaven, and the tall, sighing grass waves mournfullyover oar pillow, and the palo'moonlight steals a glance at our slumbering dust, 'where.'*all is flashed^, to silence, in : the solemn city of the dead, savo when "the moping, owl doth to the moon com|?un," oh- what to 'us wfll -j be " alTthe riot man can9Bfc" in bis eager strife foV V; earthly wealth and fame,' wifch;time but proves, - *!& - ' v --.T aajjay and fleeting, As bubbles that swim on the beakers' brim, .And break otfthe lips wlrileaneeting." For JiAlltbakbreathe , a "Will share our destiny.. The.gnjr wilHaugh ' . "When' weare.gone^thesbleron^brood of care .. ' "; Plod-on, and each one, as boforeV will chase \ V- <;v His favorite phantom: Tet all tlieab shaH leave" * Their mirth and their employments, and Shall come. Z ' " And make their,beHa. with uAvArtlm long train Of ages gHde away,~the sons-of men,-. 5 The youth in life's green'?p;ingj..and.he'who"gocs' ; In the full strengluoryears,' niatfop^n'd maid; " "j"1 . Arid the; sweet baWfand"the'gfa^Ses^d^'tifo'**] "Shall one -by one he gaifier'd ?o:o#n^Bi'de, ' By those-who, in their^nfas^/MowJbpi^l^i xt f. Then, may. we ask? . Vis it all i Oommtm Behoof < } ~ -r : mAJt. L.a .Weadopt theaentime.nt^of a cotemporary that these;, are the great bulwairii^of freedom, the mamteuaiKJe Qf which forms ihe surest dependence for the perpetua- ^ tion of onr free institutior*- and which' -deserve' to be. , faltered and defended,. I'ae BHStaia^.byevery Patriotm the laud. Wt Itoly prefer tlfeTt this sub- ( ject should engrosytbe' attoptiOn*"of?or Legislatoratia 'j the stead of otlie ^questions df State policy which in <?raparifioh arh mSrfc abstractions, and of little real value, to the people at large./Such. for inSUrjtee, a3 the ; unnecessary excitemefa't.ugbn tfie electcrabquestioD, ; which if changed to suit the views of'many in. the ( State, would give u^butlittle more thanrWe now en-- j joy, besides subjecting" lis to a vast deal of trouble, whicli undpr the present regime we are unquestionably' "( saved.; Just here we.take an important idea upon this subject from our neighbor of the Darlington Flag, the balande of the article we shall reserve for "another o> casion," but the point is too strong to omit in this con- ; noction; . . i "But whilo we- perm.itonr Legislature,. ns UQw'cpri- 1 stitutedL to control every interest which is really.' dear ] to us, our rights of'person and propefty, it is but a , small matter to trust them with l\\b'repr'cs#ntlfig of our opinions in the election of President If the President * and the whole machinery of the Federal Government >* were swallowed up by some convulsion of Nature, we 1 should not come forth the next day, Iess'Freefcen 'nor ( less guaranteed in all our rights ofFreedom.This ol>servation is not designed to disparage the value of the Union. But it is literally true, that so far as any vital right is concerned, it matters little to us," who i.s Presi- < dent, whilo it is all in all to us, who constitutes our Le ( gislature. lience tho absurdity ot distrusting the in- \ tegrity or wisdom of our Legislature, in relation to the election gfPresident. when we do trust to it every in-' terest that is really' valuable to us." : ,1 ' Popular Education for sometime has been a favorite hobby with us, and we can excuse the zeal of even 4 the veriest deraagoguo upon this subject -who triesvto. < ride into power upon it; if he will do anything after- i wards tofurxlier tho triie interests or the people,'and' ' assist in their moral and intellectual elevation?almost 1 every idea upon this subject has become patent, a'nd * we can only hope to excite continued.or additional in- < terest in the matter, without flattering-ourselves into . the belief that we are able to advance a single new idea upon the question. "We find that we are nqtsincrular in tin's nosition. for there are manv who talk or i \vrite>a greal deal about* Popular Education, Popular t limits, und all that, who are doing practically but lit- i tie which Will ultima to in good. ^ Tho Legislature of our State a year or two ago dc-. termined to increase the appropriation to JFree School^ one hundred per cent., with, we have no doubt, the 1 honest belief that that the educational wants of the people, would be better provided for. Das this Teally been the case ? Has a corresponding improvement been mado ? We are afraid not. - On the contrary we 1 are obliged to believe, with our present--information, ] that the State is as^joorly provided for^ in this respect^ 1 to.dav ns it tvns firf, km IVa HaHava?so far 1 ? ?vi 7TT ? J * * ? ? J as our district, Kershaw, is coiicernod?that the in-. ] crease of the Free School fund has been of bat little or | no advantage. There must bo a reason for this. Oar wants are as pressing as they ever were, and indeed every day's experience teacher us that they are largely j increasing. It must be then that there is a fault in the application of this special fund, .and we'demot intimate here that the Commissioners appointed for the distribution of this fund in the several districts have' not done their duty. " Tis vain to seek in men,for more than man," and who can bo expected utider:present regulations to put himself to-the trouble of asCer- > taining at' every' point when and how this money | should bo appliod. Kershaw district is entitled to an | annual dividend of twelve hundred dollars, which, if , properly applied?wo' menrfunder a different system? ' would aid vastly in the education of her needy poor. | Seventy-live thousand dollars properly applied oveiy J year in South Carolina ought to erect a school houBe j in every neighborhood, and make 'each wilderrfess and solitary place rejoice and blossom as the rose, But 'tis useless to talk about this when there is such a glaring discrepance made iu the appropriation of. this fund in the several districts, as at present, without re- .} gard'totho educational wants of the respective sec- J tions. For example, Charleston district is entitled to ] a representation on its taxation and white jpopulatfon, ' equivalent to nine times as inuelTas either Kershaw or \ Lancaster, being.at the rate* of Eighteen to iwoT or in j other words Charleston district gets every year an ap- j propriation of lb,800 dollars fb>Eiee School purpose^ | .yhile Lancaster and Kershaw only_receive 1,200 each, i Is tills right? We think qot. . " ' ^ Clinr 1 cston: is- bottor aide to do without a dohaPAf this fund Ibntt^ther'of these distti&a withThetfbrount j doubled?the .mere fact that Cbarlestah.'is" so lafgelj , represented "upon.taihtimii, is'cohchtsive'evidence that 111* vVv i . . ' me etune neoesa ly apaa noS fl?8t iaer? lOiVKt^appu-p-j cation of this tbnd that does. in the upper nttd poo^rer districts offiiisState! ' Wedo'^ot ^ seeCbarloston left out of tlie^ coun^j^^^desire ^ to see at least fair play Mdjustlhtfdoneina roa^ter af- ^ fecting 60 vitally the deepest iutereslj of our StatoMjd; |J the well being of so many of ourpbopl^ Wedo not R sympathise a moment with those pretenders .whose j, hypocritical cant about the loto country end parishes having too much power in oof' Legidatui^and ,who'- fj are constantly seeuing oy tnis, as weuamgr texts, to excite sectional jealousies end in the use of j means alike unworthy to elevate themselves, a^Die expense ofton of truth, we have no such ends inwtew, ft and are influenced b'y no motive of a sectional kind" $ bat are governed in the expression of oar views by u what we conceive to be Justice upon the broad dem- -tl saratle principle of tlio greatest good to the greatest e number. ai ~ ; - ' ..The Hon. John Black, for many years * member of the United States Senate from the State of Mississipp1 ^ ind late of Louisiana, diedat Winoh?ster, ,Va, . on the ^ 29 th nit. i JIawb Election.?Tho int?&ebi?ka Jot fteesoil J* Rc&et-w|j^mpl0te^em)dessMU|$fofeo?r Action n Mains. ' 1 ^ )' . '^f . y '. I< ' r>- '. .', ; -< > - -.: v? a v> -v - ^*. -j . * ' " v < ' , > <*? -v.- ..." ^Vv . : "" Reli^Mfor^hIrl?8tor^c]r8?vaanaJ^ ' "We reepectftdly sd|ge$t the propriety of measures being taken to rai.se funds for the relief, of the sufl^^J^ V ing poor in Charleston and flayannah. -Could we aot^jfey- < do something as a town, for those who are perishing, it may be, lor the common necessaries of life? Ought we to clbee-our eyes, and atoel our hearts to suffering, dying humanity? We are gratified to -slate that-a 111^