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' - . .... ' Is* " '' / . '" "V1" "" , V/'Sfi-1"- r"~ ' " ' ? . m VOLUME XXI. [3QrR.mil .// CAMDEN, SOUTH-OAliOLINf JpSDAY MORNING, APKIL 3,1860. . NUMBER 14. ' - : ' - r ^ LU-WJBI? n | I >| LL1ILU11MJLLW lllll II irm/miWV* V1* .V^-tSTU. * * " *"IBrr I I WfcX *IW am H ????I * 1 *' ?" f rillll'illlioil ?lf lfl<> Bodv. v \ chesa coixjitfisr oof. tub ., #|t\- \ca m hen j-0 ij r n a l . \ 4\ Tuesday, April 3, 1S60. ; j-t'-- tro^msw xo/fc, cr -lav1 of Charleston: Soiutiori i whits.- 1 / ju?ack. V " . :' -It Q. takes R 1.-Q. takes.Q. "'3. Hi. takes 1'..- I . 1- Kt. to Q. 4 eh. V . ^ takes Kt^ . 1. Q. tol.cr Kt'SL* V 2. Q. to K.-'R.' I. R. to K. B. 7. 2. Q. tuber R.-fw1). Otlicr variations obvious. . tljnx&tmtat 'IBtflilii 3nnninl. T3, I860. "'^\vTCAIj3^ Associate Editor.' . Heavy Prwt. On l\*?)uc9da\-ni^it lx^ \w?^Kta very bt-avjitfro^t. v&jjpb wc iite..fearfut has resulted in great- damage jU* QBfc.. if not entire loss or the fruit crop. VCc otftcrve icston, S. G\, proposes to publish "at an ead/m\v, a .. Monthly 'Advertiser in that'City. Ho^rtij/uistribute ynituTton5I>7'Thret^bjuL t!>e.$o?rtlx<Mi?**{atcsT lO.OtlO A . 35">ji^0Q0 copies of each' number. 1 Icr also proposes to H.^mbiuc \vitns?^>xioI)S;ve yvstem of advertising in the interior; giving to"etmtr4aixcniscr an insertion of tlieir cards in over fifty difierenTisjrSpapels in the Southern States. " Capt. W. is in juat tlio position to niakthv^vory advantageous combination for the merchants of Chivij . leston, and we earnestly hope that the enterprise will be abundantly sustained, and that ins success may . _ l'uily equal his most sanguine expectations. This onHM* l(*fPr?8A if ttntrtnini^H rrHnrfvT*?"*,? Af J-i..!? ... j| , _ .wuuuivtv. ui uuuaLanicgliOU " to tbeee'wbo avail themselves of its advantages, and will afford a most effective medium of advertising toBp those 'interested in building tip tl:?^tsadc of Charles S^Sh ' The Old Market. :Ji"i It will likely prove cdiuteresLto^uaby of our readers" M> to know something in'referenee to the old Market $|?i?s$ML Mouse, Jthc material brw(>icli "(tho* Brick) has lieeii used oiir i?ey. Market House -tvas -J, The Market was in use in 1320, but- tvrx not comrj^ted.unl^ l'OSG. Hie spire is said to liavc been scai. folded^luritiff the visit of LAFAYt^ank Camden: in ! ildrch; 1825, and the wl.Kd^^^jSctcd the following year, the IJcll aiid^f(x^m5pTfiii(i the Indian for a -'gi - '? **?*. & ;; J in die fire of X#jfiEnfk.T 29, 1S29, when flic two quarts above &qtii burned, tho Uarkct House and % spt/c woM?wjiflrc several time.', and narrowly escaped being oi^uuied, by the great exeitions of the cities* wzt;ip&f - find tlic following advertisement, which explains Itself iu the C'aiuden Chronicle, of 1S22. and insert it " > if;* for tlie. benefit of those interested ;? LOTTKRY \.i - -Frrr tiic~Improvement of Camden. Jtisolred, That the following Scheme and Dan or a Lottery, be adopted for the purpose of completing the .Steeple- of the Market LIoa.se in Camden, under tho authority of the Town Council of Camden. ^ ? 1500 Tickets at $5 each, $7,500 One ^stationary -prize of - $2*000 ' One do. do. 1500 One . do. do. - .1000 'One do do. - 500 Ono do. do. - 250 One floating prize' of - 200 Otic do. do. - 200 Two 'do. of $125, 250 Three da of lOp, - _ 5U0 Two hundred da of SC, - 1200 J $7,500 Five dorp Drawing at 300 Tickets each day. The first drawn Ticket on the first day, after one . hundred tickets shall liavo l>een drawn* a. prize of $250. The first drawn Ticket on the second day, after one hundred tickets Shall have been drawn, a prize of ,$500.* : The first drawn Ticket on the third day, after ono ihundred tickets shall have been drawn, a prize of .JflOUU. . The firtt drawn Ticket on the fourth day, after one jiundrcd tickets shall have ljccn drawn, a prize of ? S $10Q0. k 9 And the first drawn Ticket on the fifth day, after ^ .one.hundred tickets shall have.been drawn, a prize of .$2000. All in addition to such prizes as the said tick.els may respectively draw. Tins drawing to commence us soon as one thousand tickets are disposed of All prizes subject to a deduction of fifteen per cent, and shall be payable at the ?is Treasury of the Town of Camden, within sixty days Ii .after the drawing is completed. ,, Managers and Trustees appointed by tlie Council, Captain Peter "Warren, Alexander Young, Charles J. ^ .Shannon and Christopher Mathcson. Well Deli:ie<l. il Tlie Charleston Mercury, capitally defines squatter w Sovereignty and Freesoilistn, an<l conclusively shows w that tlicy arc identically one and the same, aiming at n .the same end, although approaching it by slightly dif- t' jfcrent routes. An open and avuv o 1 foe we have always ? .regarded as preferable to a masked enemy. One de- w *. rtnnuds, our life < r our puise upon the highway, tho ft .other politely informs us that it is quite inexpedipnt 11 tthat vvc should pursue ourjottrncy further, and sug- ^ gusts. that as a peace measure and in safety tootjrsslves, . we had best, tack about and forego the gratification of '' pursuing onr journey to its end. In other words, Free- i1 .soilism comes up to the point at once, and l>orci..v.*- 1 ism kills us off slowly with protended kindness. One is as bad as the other, and either are us bail as C' Black Republican'-m, alia* Abolitionism in its worst ..form. "Well hag the Mercury remarked: ^ 4itVk'n hnvo* finokpn of Jvnifitfpr ?nrprpt<mfv nml Freesoilism as-being identical. Squatter'Sovereignty ' .and the Wilmot Proviso arc the two expedients inven- !lt ted by Northern statesmen to make all our Territories fo J'rccsoil; By Squatter Sovereignty, slavery is to be ex.duded from our Territories by the Territorial Lcgisln- sc ture or Convention of the tirst settler.-:. By the Wilinot '. Proviso, slavery is to be excluded 1'rom our Territories 'by the legislation of Congress. Squatter Sovereignty, gf . up to tlua day, has been the only practical expedient vo . of Fifcesoilism. It"has excluded slaver.- l'roin California, ru and has lately, in Kansas, emancipated lour hundred . slaves belonging to Southern slaveholders, and mado ?\ the.Territprjr- of Kansas freesoil Territory. The prin- W-1 k ciple is a standing aid and comfort to our enemies?a tli ] powerful and eternal check to slaveholcing emi- cli ft grants." ^ " ty The Institute Ham.?Tho Charleston Courier of a!( the 26tli ult., says ?"We are requested by a Director ca of the South Carolina Institute, to state that no charge fel will be made against the Convention for the use of the I a ] Institute Hall, after six days, orotic week,"' I wi ?c?mWMHin III niifi niMi.ininiiff ?iir Kcw MurHcl Steeple. It ca. "but be a mutter of great pleasure to eve one v.'lio iects auy interest in the advancement ai prosperity of our good old touu, to observe the stem progress to su^cesstbt completion of our new Marl; Steeple, under the energetic 'and' persevering direciii . of amative architect. On Tuesday last, in accordance with appoiiitmer tho elevation of the Spire of the new Steeple was coi ' luenccd. To niake^sstuunee .doubly sure and plii the occurrence of- any- accident beyond 'possibility, , ^precautio^'tftiieb the architect end contractor, Mr. Le has taken iD every feature of the work) it was deeiui h\ ofrnnrrthnr. ftir. ^f iVoc 111' .vlfliftflU'lTXT ni . ~J o of the two suspension poles, and replace it with 01 strongejy which occupied considerable of the tin - arrangement. It was not until IV'c'dnesd; ^utenioon that, the preliminaries were, fully arrange r wiicnn strong pull aiid a pull altogether was-mad and the Spire begart to assume S gradual and "easy .. ward tendency. IV hen raised some distance from tl ground, the gaudily dressed Uaighrr was re-iuvesK * 5*j^li thai elevated position of weatlfer sentinel, whit lie ItxXhcld in our community for an uniriterniptc ?. i vo""'si bis cOiuinissioit ruuuii On Tiiursif iy imd-dify, the Spfr^vas'liiTi'ly secure in tlir mortices prejtared for it,, nnd^quickly* did -tl commisspned Ohlef-point .his nnerrinir arrow tbwat the Nortl.\yest, thus^at once entering upon (lie di; charge "i*i?U ceaseless labors of duty. And,, nov tliat the. jrisis has passed, we may congratulate all tba crc jong^ie finishing strokes of the painter and cthci ivill giv<$j^ a 'Steeple complete lu all its parts?a beau ?tifid anoijinfbstantiol monument to the enterprise Cauiicj&'and.to the skill and IaitldulnessjdP?^^'^' missioned with the execution of ' ' Tiny architect and cpntractoRg^jj^^^^ whom we have just.cause. to4<R?p>H>'s. a signal exemplification of the talent, to be felt needs but to / '' Throughojj^^j.ljd Xttcr, fionrtbe draft bftbs plait to its^T *cticai J&tion, our young friend has displayed grea^ tas'' w't'1 a commendable reliability' ukp</s own mdijidnal knowledge, the. sequel jpftfWntcfl abundantly testifies tliat, in tlnis dop*<^h(iTO vAs lur-exhibition-of vanity, but a simple -tf^pifesiation of confidence drawn from close and frcijjicut. mental calc.ijjaticn. His success herein wilL we trust, form bui-Uiogr3tind-worlr of his future eliaractbrand eminence * SELECTED STORY. r - . <- ; "MEET ME THERE."* The last rtiys of the setting sun "Were lingering iti the West f?. 1 stood by one ?vliose race was ruu, ^Ynd sooiL.slicsauk to rest. C. &[&nt ere the spirit tool; i.'s flight - "From tins dark world of care, To. realnisof eVerlasiiiigJiglit, . j sne v.-iiispereu_"?\ieetine tlierer j| I'd loved her long1, and loveti her true. And sad at her.rt wnS-I,'r * For all weretvecpingivhcn they kne w - ' i That she, yes, she must die! All listened for her partii)g*words? Sle was so good and fair?> ? But all iho accents that they heard Were, " Mcet,#oh. meet me there Slic died as.gently as the de.i& . j ^ "Falls on jJie ^ ^ Pj^^jpdthe death clamp off her brow ' And parted'back her hair; X ' " And when T kissed her co!d, cold cheek, She iuiirxaisred, "Meet me there!"' i ..... n c jiuu ncr 111 me sueui grave And sadly left hex there, To sleep the long, long sleep of death, ~ " Although so good and fair; And still I travel oil and seek A place, where, free from care, I'll meet my lost one yet again? I'll meet, yes, meet her there! K?D IUCAKTS. Let but the heart be beautiful. And I care not for the face: I heed not that the form may want Pride, dignity, or grace. Let the mind be filled with glowing thoughts * And the soul with sympathy, And I eare not if the cheek be pale/ Or the eve lack brilliancy. What though the cheek be beautiful, It soon must lose its bloom; 'jfcc eye's brightlustre soon will fade, In the dark and silent tomb, But die glory of the mind will live, Though the joyous life depart, And the magic eliarm can never die, Of a true and noble heart. The lips that utter gentle words llavc a beauty all their own, And more I pride a kindly voice, Than music's sweetest tone; And though its sounds are harsh and shrill, If the heart within bents free, Aud eehos baek eaeli glad impulse, us an me wopki 10 mo. MISCELLANEOUS. A SIGHT OX BOAKII A STEAMBOAT. It is a trite, but just remark, that every 111:111 i 1 in some* sense the maker of his own fortune. ; t cannot be denied that much of the bappiess or misery that we suffer is the fruit of our \vu choice. Still I think tiic remark pccu-1; ally applicable to mothers and heads ol'fami-: j es. llappy indeed would it be for the juven- ; : epart of the community, if the ill effects of a j long choice were wholly confined to the one ] ho makes it. I was led to this reflection, on j iv return home from an excursion to the conn-! j y in that little emporium of the great world j j -it gtcmnbtju/. .As the boat did not leave the 1, half till late in the evening, being an invalid, j nd finding inyself too weary to read, 1 took j ( iv station at an early hour in the Indies' cabin, J s ith little else to occupy myself but to observe j t ic different passengers as they from time to ! j mc sought their quarters for the night. Of | 1 other places, 1 know of none where a well i ed lady may so readily be discerned from tlie i j UlliiJUU ??n ill t% abl'Illl I UUtl I j iliin, at night; not so much by lier external ; v >pearaiice, or, "costly array," as +>3- her ens;,-, j ' lict, unohstrusivc, dignified mien, and by lier 1 j iccrful submission to I lie litile inconveniences ; j separable from such limited accommodations, 1 ^ id lier refined and polite attention to the com- 1 rt and convenience of lier fellow-passengers, j 'bile the gay, bedizened, but vulgar woman j 0 tins to feci herself privileged to lay aside even je common courtesies of life, with lier outer irmcnts, and to exhibit without restraint lier lubility, ill temper, .selfishness, and an niter cklcssncps of the comfort and happiness ofij cry body else, I had scarcely seated myself, 1 n icn a lady of modest cheerful aspect entered ! S] e cabin, leadyig by the liand a sprightly rosy j M ceked little fellow, of some eighteen ortwcn- j ^ months, who came laughing and bounding-' >ng as if every change was to him a fresh j use of happiness:. J observed as the little ' J low stopped at the door of the cabin to take jj aarling kiss from "papa," that his mother, tb a manner which at once won her a place fii my affections, entreat#! her husband not. I it lose the eriltfcjnteht of- so fine ail evening c id deck, slioiiki^tlie'necessary for her to remai ly below. 1Icr'JitfsbaiuI merely observed that 1 et. 'would read awhile, but his countenance plainl >n intimated that the. full moon, reflecting h.< bright and^beaiitifrtTlicams across the wide c: ,t > pnb.se of'waters, if beheld unaccompanied b n". the "bright particular star" of his own d est in; would be divested of half hot glory. I at oik drew a favorable opinion of this couple, an from the time of this seemingly trivial iuciden **! I I was led to observe more closely the eondui " of this mother'.arid squ. The little crcntui seemed pleased with the novelty of the plae and his eyes 'wandered rapidly from object^ 10 object, but lie was particularly attracted gay silk hangings and.gilt ornaments^" b'el ^ decorated the room.. Ilis next- fniw^ wns ti c' handle and examine even* "object^instead o P" ^chiding or repressing this eur^O'? ^'s molhe lc'pleasantly led him to cvvyj^rt^bt the roon wljerc lie wished to go, rwj|fperinitted linn t< examine and oven touclMV^over lie desired at the same time iiitprc^spfi UP?V bis mind th< 'J? lesion, that iiothi?g,ifo/^' "be misplaced or in r-Unrpd- 'flu, v-UihferV?"*ity was soon satisfied c' arid i11s']11ofh^ d <; < i to undress and wasl: 10 him, withont-ain^^'^taiiceoii his part,beyond d a continnMl jd^mdiiess, which she neither att tempted to/^rain, nor yet suffered to prevent h I i c) ?m|,iIis 11i11g her .object; She then t, j'.'aidj^fm down by-his side, and commenced a j a favorite hymn in a low sweet voice, y^fwliich the child attempted to "join ; and if fllhis performance was'not according to rule, it n was evidently the outgushing of a voting and j happy spirit, and reminded me of the mui-s# | carol of asmiHucr bird that is hushed to re-nn<n.I,'r Oc nft-n A ?,1 ...1. j ,w v?,. ?. M'vtvuj . XJkllU CU It tVUd W1 LI 1 I this blue-eyed lx>y,-tor jn a- few moments ho j wassfninbcring so .placidly by liis mother's side ' that I felt assured that if then? were anv com-" i plaints d? "noisy children" that niglit, the chs| turbancc would not proceed from that quarter, j On perceiving that her husband was stiil wait-: j ing for her, she rose, and gently drawing the j curtains, she stood tor a moment, as if nndctcr| mined whether to, leave her child ; upon ob| sending which, I offered to sit by his side, which j offer she gratefully accepted, remarking that 1 she mightappenr ld.be an over-anxious mother, but-as her child had evinced .'i very nervous and irritable temperament, she felt that proper care now might save him from great, suffering hereafter. Ivor: my own part, 1 look great pleasure in watching the countenance o/ tliiV lovely infant, and now and then observed, a' transient smile flit -over his features. 1 thought how sweet was the sleep, and libw pleasant must-be the dreams of suqIi a guileless spirit, while under the fostering enro of such a mother. And as I endeavored to contemplate his future destiny, I could not but think after tho Ini*c of years, howjthc youth .and young mhn would probably love and reverence such "ft" mother, and. lay open his bosom with all its young aspirations, his fears And hones to her, as his liost-and truest ft-jcr.d, -and most able counsellor. Time wore away till the hour hand , pointed to ten, and the faithful mother was again at her post, whpn suddenly my musings , were interrupted by the eiitmiicc of a MOisfc company, consisting-of .several womcnrjmd children'. J learnt from the remarks of the elder part ^ uft ovc1--lie:ircrtr; bat they seemed to ; forged that many besides tlictiisciv.es were sccki ing repose and refreshment in the same apart! nient. Two of the little girls belonging to tliis i party excited* my sympathy. The. youngest I could {lot have been more lluin three or four j years old." They, as well as their mother,' were I expensively dressed, and had I taken, merely a cursory glanct^ of this group, I should have supposed them to move in an elevated sphere. The children had evidently been kept urate much longer than usual,.and being very tired and sleepy, they were consequently peevish and irritable. The mother likewise weary and exceedingly frctfiil. After observing that siie was too tired to undress them she thrust them both into a low uncomfortable berth, answering their entreaties for a glass vof watct by a slap on the ear, and the promise of another if they, did not instantly stop their noise. She thou threw herself 011 a settee, and was soon in a profound sleep. Not, so with the child ren. The youngest of the two, especially, con-' tinned restless and complaining. At length 1 ventured to awaken the mother, and to suggest to her, that as her little girl was wakeful and appeared uncomfortable, perhaps something might be domj to soothe her. J3ut this was apparently considered an unwarrantable interference on my part, and produced no other reply than an angry reprimand to the child, and the promise of a "whipping"' when she got home. This cruel conduct awakened the deepest sympatv in the breast of my friend of the preceding evening, and as conn :w thk .mimifin-nl ittlfit'iliali u-n< n.ivitti insensible, slie softly glided fro in her berth, and speaking in a soothing lone to the little sufferer, she lifted her from her uneasy conefi. She then supplied her want?; and- afterwards bathed her hot lunbs in water. -A;.J after a few moments fanning Iter to sleep on ner own lap, she laid her quietly track into her bed. llow I wished that sleeping woman, who deserved not the name of mother, could have witnessed this simple unostentatious act of killness in an utter stranger. What a reproof must this gentle treatment have conveyed, were she capable of one generous emotion. Morning came, such a morning as nfnst be , actually seen and felt in order to be fjilly appreciated. Ob the luxury of a inidfiight hour , after a sultry day ! The. rosy light came sparkling and shining across the npliug waters, and the neighbouring landscape looked as if it had , imbibed the first freshness of Eden. My name- ( less friend was already up, and her toilet soon j made, and then bending over her sleeping bov n silence, I could not but fancy she was breath- j ug a hallowed prayer to that throne where ( 'the petition of the righteous availeth iiiuch.1' ( She parted hack the bright clustering curls if liie'young sleeper, and with some emphasis poke his name. Long will it be ere 1 forget t bo laughing, joyous shout with which the little i eliow started from his pillow, as if the very ] \ lousciousness of existence was pcrfct blessed- i less to him. lie was soon dressed, though, i ike llie playful kitten, lie twice broke from his I uotiicr ynd ran away with the towel, and onco a cized the hair brush and brushed her hair the f vrousr wav. Vet tJicre was no irritation, or d Il-tempor, and soon the rosy boy went bound-' c rig mid sinyitj^ to the deck; where the glad j t resii morning was a lit emblem -of his vonyg , v nd luippv existence. I shall not attempt to ! b [escribe the scenes which two hoursarterwards j.b iccured hi the same cabin. Disobedience and si rcttuhies on the one hand, and the liflsty slap ! ml promises of punishment never meant to In: ( ntlictcd on the At her, mndc up the principal art of the sad exhibition. My heart ached \ s I contemplated the probable fate of this 0 liserablc family. There sat a little girl whose nllen and determined look showed that she raited but for a lit opportunity to throw olT -J1 lie galling yoke of parental authority?and' ' lose beside her stood a cowering, timid, broken- j f riirited child, who, in sjiite of her fitful moods, j 11 till clung to her mother. But I could not but' f1 link how easy it would be, in after life, for: ) ic smooth deceiver to steal the heart of this* '' i . " :o girl, nn&alUw5jMMK_ahodc where of all n others she ud sweet peace ami 11 security. A 1 >/:'/ $'{ ie After^^ihg>'.ififvCjsncIi a melancholy 1 ly picture,/b'iiy tlioii3jK%itcd to the many < jr disordered and. <Iyr-. \ household, where ; v- siniliiiff peace atufwijurcc alone should 1 y dwell/ L thougbt^m/ted husbands: dis- I c, contended and tertaS^wvives and mothers; : :c dcccpUvM^ovcljy|iigovcriied children, i d n'TT ih .^pgvt Wentlin fervent aspirations t, that^lte h&<nlc'cbflfa\might be so elevated t :t iind'Xfincd. that1" tfime of woman should I v cijdsc to be eoiijbieiiih imbecility, and the c foVyiontion of .a family hildrcn conjure to the *\imagination a Irbstfils. *\Ybcn tlie minds ] e I ot mothers shall i)c i universally enlighten- 1 Ii od, anil b rough f ui tlic gentle sway of i 5 that charity whijdLswi-lv-long ai'd.'* ' f when- they shalfjtfo rj awake to the true ; r interests of tiiL^^hijj, and to the influence < ) ami necessity of a p-example?when they ; >' are willing ti$nl:e pains to seek and'to i , dcscive the .confident _>f tlieir children; then ' j may we hojib to see"-' jFaves of infidelity and i - moral cprrgptiou their course, and i , the streams ofrpntfrj^jried at their foun i tain. 'H^iiiicide m.^jidat) District. We/got fr6m tlort*a" of t'ie Clarendon JBajuiery the facts oT*| homicide of J)r. -McNecjy DnBose, of thafistrict. Br. DnBose is a pii-r. It was his custom tojgo out in his fieldsfier breakfast, and not returning.at noon tinus usual, apprehensions ; .wore edited from theact that he wjis on bad f tei ins with a nijiglftT^abont the possession I ?...i .. ti tiL'C ,.e i_..,l nnJ i. ltr. ti.nl tl?J?U UUV Lit ii MiliUI l.liiu, ????v frequently tnroatetifiMLlifc; His driver made a search and found litfeold and lifeless, lying upon his face, with J?hsiibt wounds in nis breast, in oiie of tIn^fiar.. r Tlie pcrpctuaTor ojf|s decll was the individual who had made dAjsejhreats?one Wil"Hum Wright Stukds?*.*"& confesses the act, and says he has no cq&fcfnctious of conscienceahont it. He is a uwt of great eccentricity, add given To 'great &qr of passion, and has been long .thongh't-JjJiomc' to be lit for the navlum.nn"i 1m Tuesday before this.dced wUsfj^uBitted a meeting had been held bv some/stfSsncu of the neighborhood, at tlje insfigilioBif Dr. DuBcsc, (who thought that his litd^M^pndangcred, as has proved too-sadly tniello take steps to have him arrested as a iunifSs Two physicians and a "magistrate wer/y*nyofrrted to visit him, who "did so, andmadeTdner^tJiat from the eonver-' sationS they had wit/i Imi: they could not considcrJiitn a lunatic, ^|iu$qncntly no arrest \ftis made. 1 A.; Dr. DnBose Was alnih of 5Ir. Theodore S. DuBose, of lmirficld??i&i! ad. married in Clarendon District itlicre forsotue. three years. Jie was a gc'/rcpSfui of cultivation and rcfinemotit^and had,-py ' sincerity and conciliatory manners, ijtdcB'-nianv friends in his new. honje, and sa/: "t?e jxjrpctratoe of this deed, bad not an','ne.'jl:-living. Stukes lias been confined to jayaiuijRbc whole matter wiH undergo indicia!" inustigmidon/ ' A" (' / 1.1.. : .. V?,?? ^JL v Tllte CHARLESTONknrn ^:at \Ir.,[oscrdi Walker ih^bBBL" ,.r-A.Moutlipave* or', ho Southcrir States, and to c'tWrrnftr .with tlic same an extensive system' of advertising in over fifty newspapers throughout the South, so that tlie cards of ealh advertiser will not only appear in thft advertising sheet, but also in upwards of litiT" newspapers?thus forming one of the most extensive and thorough system-of advertising for those engaged in the country trade we have ever had brought to Charleston notice. We trust that the iobbiii" trade, especially, will consider 111i< enterprise favorably? lor tlic card tl;oy pat forth in the winter certainly did more than any other means in turning trade to this city. They are largely indebted to the press of the interior, for this, and should be prepared to Sow tieefv if they desire fo reap a rich harvest. & Charleston Mercury. Sl'Iistiti'te ton .Cofiox.?The annual report gf the Secretary of'Statc on Foreign Com-* inerce, for 1859, contains a despatch from 1\ S Claxton. our Consul at -Moscow, in relation to i tlic economical use in lvutein of a fil^ous plant I as a substitute for cotton in the manufacture of coarse cloths. This plant, whose botanical name i is Asc'rpio.t Cornuli, lie states, is said to be a native of Canada, to grow wild and without cultivation, and, after undergoing a process, as yet a secret, to bo in every way suitable/or manufacturing purposes. * The sample of the cloth which 1 have seen, and of which a specimen is promised me, compared favorably with cotton goods, Nos. 50 to 00 "picks" to the inch. It is represented as a hardy plant, withstanding well the climate of this latitude, and is propagated from a seed sown in May and maturing in September; it is then cut and dried in the open air, or water-rutted, like hemp, to be afterwards broken and busked in the same manner. Its subsequent treatment is the secret of the inventor, who has the sole privilege in Russia for ten years, which he lias disposed of at a large price and which lie proposes securing Inpatent in England and Tranc e. The estimate put upon the value of this process for the United States is extravagant, considering the price of cotton and its probable depreciation, incase ali that is claimed for the invention is realized. I think the secret may be purchased by a little management for two or two thousand tive hundred roubles. The inventor admits that to' manufacture wholly from this material will involve some manges in uic spcoucrs anu sjnniicrs, aserts :liat, mixed in equal proportions with ordinary jottoii, no change will be necessary, lie cstinates ilic cost, ail labor, Arc., included, at four ropecks per lb.?one liundrcd copecks equals me rouble, one rouble seventy-live cents. , Facts koii tub Ladies?There is more ruth than nonsense in the following. Ladies, oad.it and profit thereby "The credulity of voincn on tjie subject of being loved Is very peat; they often mistake a common liking f?>r i particular regard, and on this- foundation mil I iit> castles in the air, and fill them .with ' ill the treasures of their bright hopes and eon- ' iding love; and, when some startling fact lostrovs the visions, tliey feel as if the whole ' rest ion were blank to litem, and tliey were lie most injured of women. It is safer to bo cry skeptical on the subject of being loved ; i 1 ut if you do make the mistake, take all the ' lame In vniirself. and sava vonr di?rnifv bv ' rercsy, il"yen cannot keep rroin loving." Tuui'Kntixk r.a.vns.?The Florida Rail i'oad 'onipany, we are gratified to learn, have recent- | , leased to Mr. Goodwin and other gentlemen j | I' Virginia, upwards of /arlif-firc t!mu*nml j c crc*3 of land, situated near U aldo Mud Trail ; ^ :idge, for turpentine purposes. These parties j itend engaging in this business on a very ! irge scale, and one of tlnun proposes to em- ( loy three hundred hands." They will comiciice cutting boxes next winter. This bnsi- . ess is rapidly increasing, and promises short to constitute.no inconsiderable element of ic industrial resource:, of our( thriving State. tenianf!ii:u Meridian, 'r I Charleston Krvniiig New*. The Democratic National Convention will iss^mhle in Charleston on the 23d of April icxt. Two sessions a day may l?e expected? in uic from 10 A. M. 2 1*. M., and the other in m afternoon session. \\*e have made arrange- Tl ncnls to furnish every afternoon a prompt and Ti nil report of the proceedings of the forenoon, la ind ou next day the purport of the'afternoon cc nceting. w On a number of the mail routes, especially in sil he upper country of the State, the AVitw will tli ... ii.n Afipliost. iiio<liiiiii throiiffh which to re- n< ;c'ive the Convention proceedings. ni We liaVc, also, made arrangements lor the at mblication on each Saturday (commencing Jt ivith the next) of a chess column, which will l?c ci jditeil by a distinguished analytical amateur of tc litis city.?It is intended to promote the study b< md appreciation of that noble game. The* a< column will be under the approval and patron- b( ige of the Charleston Chess Club, which .concurs in the hope that the lovers of the game Si will everywhere, by subscriptions to tbe jYcws, tli come to their aid in the desirable objects. The w terms of life Xews have lately been lowered, tl and the chess column is an additional expense w to it. - c< .... rii Kiiie.?The Mount Pleasant Hotel,- (situated in the village of Mount Pleasant, and kept by . Mr. S. J. Piiinkiii,) a line and spacious building, erected by a company some few years sinc6, at J; a cost of about ?12,500, caught lire at about 1 o'clock this morning, and was entirely consiimed. When first seen, the llanics were is- 11 suing from the West. end of the house, and P there being a fresh breeze blowing at the time , from the Western quarter, the fire rapidly " spread over it, and before any efforts coniJ be 11 made to arrest tbe flames or save the furniture c' which was in it, the building was entirely en veloped,, and in a short time was a mass of ruins. We are informed that it was recently -= purchased by Mr. Rankin, and that it was in- v sured for $5,000, but in what office, we have t been unafde to ascertain. There is no doubt * that it was tbe work of an incendiary. Charleston Evening hYews, 2G(/i.utt. My Mother.?Near the monument erected F to the memory of General Hamilton, in Trinity ' Church, New York, there is an inscription 011 a tomh, so singular'and affuctin^ly beautiful as jr to deserve to be noticed." It is an oblong pile of masonry, surmounted by a slab of stone, on ^ which are deeply cut the following words : * j; M y Mother. j The trumpet, shall sound, and the dead shall rise. t l^i-c are no other letters or characters to 1 be found on the slab or pile. If there is one t inscripton in the tlionsaua languages mauui-, r or liavirbcer, of e.irtli, fitted to retain its sub- ] Hine meaning through even- period of time up < to the resurrection morning, it is this, llie < writer seems aware that names should be for,- i gotten; ami titles fade from the memory of the world. lie therefore engraved' the'name l?y i wjiicli he first knew her who gave him birth on the stone; and the dearest of all names? that of nio/Acr?shall send a thrill through the .heart of every one who may ever lean over this monumental pile. 'nie Wmfd.VVith this view, I remember "he one day asked me, "When is a man rich enough ?" I replied, "When he has a thousand pounds.1' lie said "No."?'Two thousand V 'No.' "Ten thousand?' 'No.' 'A hundred thousand?' which I thought 1 would settle the business, hut he still continued to say "No." I gave it up, and confessed 1 ' could not tell, hut begged that he would inform me. lie gravely said, "When he has a little 1 more than lie lias, and that is never! If he acquires one thousand lie wishes to have two thousand, then live, then twenty, then fiftv; from that his riches would amount'to one htm- c dred thousand, and so on till he had grasped the whole world, after which ho wonii look 1 about him, like Alexander, for other worlds to possess." Many a proof have I had of the old ..1.1 ... . * I i.i fi gvnneuiiiii s reiiiaiKs since nc made llicni to " iino, and I am happy to say, I have discovered the reason. Fill! enjoyment, full satisfaction* 1 to the mind of man, ran only he found in pos- * sessingGod, with all his infinite perfection. It v is only the Creator, and not the creature, that 1 can satisfy. * ** * _ > i; The ui.ooxi of Ac;k.?It has bcoi. beautiful- p Iv remarked that a good woman Tiever grows J old. Years may pass over her head, hut if p benevolence and virtue dwell in her heart, she p is cheerful as when the spring of life first opened in her view. "When we look upun a , good woman, we never think of her age; she p looks-.as charming as when the rose of youth j first bloomed on her cheek. That rose has not n laded yet; it never will fade. In her neigh- ' borhood she is the friend and benetaelor. Who ln.fr I'liciiiiot ??ul V4V\..T JIUU IVi'J'VVK CtllU iUH, I AI Wi ?<'1IJ<MJ *>11U JUld passed her days in acts of kindness and mercy? g Wo repeat, 'such a woman can never grow oid. a She will always bo fresh and buoyant in spirit, [| and active in humble deeds of benevolence. , 0 ]?e re A.vn Doing.?Who ever becomes a w man of influence by sitting under the harrow si of despondency? What drone ever benefits (J the world, his friends or himself? There is si nothing like action coupled with cheerfulness. We see it everywhere. Who -is he sitting on that' empty barrel at the corner? A man with no energy, a prey to grief, lie does not know what to do, and how to start. Who is that J, man standing in the market place? A lazy do- k little sort of a vagabond, who hardly earns his t\ bread and butter. Do you wi.-h to become la such a character? If not, arouse yourself; away from the arm-chair, up from the gutter, out of the downy bed ! Move your arms, kick h vour feet, and start about; give the blood a hi chance to circulate through the veins, and the al air ot licnvcii to enter .your Mings, ootzc the I ei first job presented and despatch it at once, up ; a for the pay, and get another forthwith, you i w will soon earn enough to pureliase a wheel- ! barrow or a hand-cart, and then you will begin j . to live. Who knows what you may become.' 1,1 Energy is half omnipotent. Small beginnings end in large gains; a penny well turned brings " :i fortune, Resolve tlien to do something, and vl in* word for it you will bless us to vour dying ! lay for our plain-spoken advice. * . Examination.?John B. JJrownlow, charged ivilh killing .James W. 1 icese, at Emory and Henry College, underwent an examination last ivcek, at Abingdon, Ya., and was bailed in the mm of ?5,000 to appear at the next court. ! tj, . If you must find fault, do it in private if )Ossible, and some time after the offence rather i han at the time ; the eijiblanted are less in- i . dined to resist when thev are blamed without !< CI': vitness. : on ?; *7 ? is! if i lit a nv.?Maj. J. Ji. Paw Icy lias been , dected Colonel of the 20th (Darlington) Iicgiiicnt, S. C. il., under flattering .circumstances no md without opposition. ; jm The first step toward love is, to plav with a eo: ousin. . , tie 1 , t? C*l-iiJ?[>OriJls l<m aiiu .ivii-wi.h...., ' ti??. Non-importation and non-coiisumptio,n agree- p cuts have grown out of favor, of Into' years, as <J stnunoats of political coercion or defence, t' liey arc repugnant to the sprit of the age. s liey may form in extreme cases, however, the t st?resort of States. If they are adverse to ( imnicreiaf reciprocity, they form examples in j' hicli political considerations may, from neces- e ty, overrule the interest of counties. When I e people of the Colonies entered into their v m-importatiou and non-consumption agree- s cuts, they used them as a weapon of defence > jainst the aggressions of the parent country, t will present a remarkable historical fact,that t ghty years after a portion of the Confederal- i cl States formed out of the Colonies, should ' j compelled to resort to the same expedient a jainst those united with them in political f Hid*. a tiiA T.p?rJs!:ittires of the Southern li tates will combine in measures of "taxation for o ic exclusion of the products of those States v Iiicli have passed legislative acts offensive.to c ic South, it is difficult to say?but legislation I ill not go far in aid of non-iinportiiigand noil- d jiisuinption in cast ires, unless there is a gene- v il concurrence among the people of the South, t hey must universally resolve to shut out d orthcrti productions by abstinence and privp* s on. If the exclusion is only partial among > te Southern ]?eopIe, it will be inoperative." ome portions of the South will have to make s icrificcs, while another portion would be reap- c lg profits. These sacrifices will consist in aying higher prices than usual for many arti- 1 les of indispensable use, untircapital and labor < ave been employed in their production. This t lav require some years to effect. But if the t ountry, when in the infancy of its resources, : odd make this sacrifice-, there is surely no i ;ss patriotism now than at a period of greater 1 loom and depression. The sacrifice must be > bluntary and nearly universal of the people of 1 lie.South, of which legislation 'would only be < lie expression.?Charleston News. 1 The Blue Bulge Bail Road. f On Tuesday, says" the Wallialla Banner, a 1 itiblic meeting was held in the Court House, ii relation to the Blue Ridge Rail Road. lion. ' idward Frost, President of tlie Road, address U a lull uiri attcnuve auoieucu ui mi; <.n.i*w>io. Ion. Jacob Keid succeeded liiin in a fiow*of variiiiiiij: eloquence, which told upon, all hear- ' :rs. The meeting was also pleased with a word rom Hon. B. F. Berry, the champion of the ' 3Juc llidgc cause before our Legislature. We I carp further from tlie JCrotcce (Juvrier hat a preamble and resolutions were ugani- 1 nonsly adopted, to the eflefct that a large por;ion of the tax-payers desire the proposition of 1 District subscription of 050,000 to tire Rail [ioad-bc submitted to vote; and that the Board >f Commissioners was requested to make said subscription, and to submit it for the ratification. of the tax-payers of that District 'At Walhalla, on the 10th in'st., similar ..resolutions were passed. Counsel for tltc ionug^. Eighteen lliiiigs which render vonng people *"* t. 4 ' ' n eery impolite. 1. Loud langhter. 2. Reading when others arc talking. -1 5. Whispcn^f^n meeting. - " G. Gazing jit strangers. 7. Leaving a stranger without a seat. 8. A want of reverence for superiors. fli Reading aloud iivcotr/pVmy without being islccd. 10. Receiving a present without some inaniestation of gratitude. 11. Making yourself the topic of convcrsaion. 12. Laughing at the mistake of others. 1:1. Joking others in company. 14. Correcting older persons than yourself, specially parents 0 la. To commence talking before others are h rough. 16. Answering questions when put to .others. 17. Commencing to cat as soon as you are it the table. 18. 7n not listening to wlmt one is .saving, 11 company?unless you desire to show concmpt for the speaker. A well bred person ' rill not make an observation whilst another of lie company is addressing himself in it. j The ilomfetcad bill of Mr. Johnson, now be- I ire the ["ailed States Senate, differs material- ' y from that passed by the Ilouse. It gives i ue hundred and sixty acres to the head of a < unily and citizens, only requiring them to se- 1 id from lands, subject to private entry, and < Cstrieting them to alternate sections, by which t peculators who purchase intermediately would j e most benefitted. The House bill gives one 1 tir.drcd and sixty acres to all &"?? Jidesettlers,* nd allows them to locate on all lands open to rj-emption. Fatai. Affray.?An affray took place on 1 at unlay night last between Osgood A. Mood 1 nd a man bv the name of doings, in which ' ic latter was shot through the heart: A Coroner's inquest was held on the body Ju Sunday-morning, and the vet diet of the jury 1 as that Goings came to his death by a pistol ' iot wound, the pistol supposed to be fired by \ kii-n.-i.l \ Mcii.il \!f \l<in.-l I.mi. t . if up to the proper autTiorities. 0 Co/urn hi a Guardian. ' Lvxcmicnc, Ya., March 25. t (.'apt. \ iiicciit Witclicr," Addison Wit<-her, ' . A. Smith, and Samuel Swanson. tried for 11 illing the Messrs., Clemens, in Franklin conn- s Ya., were acquitted on Friday evening ' >t. " ' h ? _ v Kffkct of FuiGtrr.?Maigaret Pilleen, an d ish domestic,'who was looking at the Pcin- ' srtoii Mill when it tell, was so completely par- p y/.ed that from that moment she lost the porv of speech, and though she has attended to oric regularly since, she has not uttered a j ^ ' _ ' _ tl The cornerstone of Trinity Church was laid :l i St. J.ouis on Wednesday last, by the lit. ev. Fislmp -Jlawks. It is contemplated to ? ive the huiiding completed and ready for oe- !l i pat ion in lire fall. It is to he entirely of avn stone, built in the fJothic style, and large " lough to accommodate a congregation of veil hundred persons. The lie v. J>r. Hutch- >] son is the Iiector. The" iTnuc Puinti.no.?The contract for ^ inting the post ollice blanks lias been awardI to 0. F. S. Thomas, at 01 1-4 per cent, less ^ an the previous prices. This will be a sav- ^ g of sahjOOU per aiinuni. ~ "* t( Charleston will have a large jloaliny poj u!a- j >n during theDeniocratie Convention. Steam-1 ; have been chartered flora six cities, not, j Iv lo take visitors i?> Charleston, but to i'uin- ?J i bed and board while ihere. j M' I,exixgtox Montment.?The B.oston Jar-! ai I says : The iiist contribution for tlie new j sn jnuuient at Lexington "has been made by lr nator llammond of South Carolina, who Iias': Si nt his check fo? f.ilv dollars to tlm a s?c:a- M hi. * . p. Beginning, with this body, in "which it has leased our Creator to give us our earthly Iwelling, it evidently ueeds a careful training o develop its full capacities and powers. The cnscs are capable of education; even smell, aste and touch, much more hearing aifd sight. )ur ordinary modes of education do not do usticc to these powers, but, on the contrary, rdinary schooling, by confining children to looks and withdrawing their attention from isible objects rather tends to render the sen cs Jess useful in conveying impressions to me niud. And it should be a matter' of oonsciuce. Our duty to our Creator demands of us 0 cultivate every talent lie lias given, lie has uadc the lilly ot' the field, the fowl of the air, _ lot simply that we may mow the one.down as . weed and use the other as a mark for target iriug. In the vegetable and animal world, ,lid in the wonders of the earth and sky, He las given us that which is worth seeing for its iwn beauty, worth studying for the revelation vliicli it gives us of his thoughts. In the song f birds, atid'iii the music of the day .breeze, lowing through the garden in the cool of tho lay, we, like Adam and Eve, may hear his oirv. And it will be to our shame if tfe suffer he wonderful organs, by which he has reutcrcd us capable of taking note of all his lesons, to grow sluggish lor want of use, to re* liain imperfect for want of training. For the development of the muscular frame omcthing more is needed than manual labor, r simple gymnastic or calisthcnic exorcises. VII true work must be such as fulfils Horace iusliticlPs test: it uiust become plav. Tho dicerful unbending of tho mind is an cssetiin! part of rest, whether iVom bodily or men* al toil. .1 have known a man to go out after 1 hard day's labor with his hands, and enter* nto a game of base b;dl with as much- zest as lis companion, who conic out after a day's hard studying over boohs. The student needed roth the muscular exertion and the excitement )f the game; the mechanic needed only the atter, but the beneficial effect was great for :ach. In a perfect system of education we dioiild have, 1 think,*'manual labor, .but also nany games of skill and strength to keep up * .he tone of physical health by cheerfulness a? veil as the muscular exertion. To devise such games.as will be* conduce to this end, with5tit introducing the spirit of gambling, and Ivithout stimulating to over exertion, is a difficult problem; and tjjo solution will doubtless , ary with the situation of the place of education, and. with the'" habits of thought ip the students who arc drawn-together. Walking is, however, always available, and n Walk in a cheerful frame of mind, *with tho eyes open for beauty and The air attufted to natural melody, is no despicable gymnastic exercise. It is rare to find an American man o unit- Otir or woiuiiii 0 - -excessive hciftQii swufoer and excessive cold m winter give us a- ready excise for neglecting tliis ex'creise. Hut if we would know what the true enjoyment of life is we must learn to walk. . Wejiavc" no lark to tempt us, by the exquisite . music of his morning hymn, to walk before sunrise, uor nightingale", to lure' us out to evening rambles; the" sweet scented violet, the earl}, prim rose and tl;e fragrant thorn ure^ nb-' s<jnt from our hedgerows and our lines. Yet I am slow todiclicve that onr friends of the old soiigipanjpT^ the American robin, the cat-bird, theJjnj.wf thrush, and the .mocking-bird, to fill tluj^mniing hom-s with music; the oriole the vircos, the pnrpletiii'ch and" the bobolink sing all day, and after sunset the twUL trng"_of the \\ ilson's thrush and the long drawn plaintive sweetness of the wood thrush, mingling with the cheerful song of the baswing finch, leave nothing to be desired. If you ask for beauty x-?. in the flowers, our woods and meadows and prairies pour out an unmeasured abundance; if you ask fbr fragrance, May gives us the spicv breath of the aratluisa and eigca, June festoons the trees with the odorous flower of the wild grape, July fills the air with the perfume of the. azalea, august brings tiic sweet clctbra, and tliu modestly concealed clusters of the apios makes the woods redolent of the memory of the tiowcring grape, But what can compare with the American forests in October? When every tree is dressed in such glories that it would repay one for an hour's walk to see a single tree; or "if a tree declines to put on this holiday array, some wild vine running up its trunk, and laying hold of its branches, honors ts branches, honors its modesty, bv clothing t in more than regal purple. Believe roe the jnlv drawback to the enjoyment of the long walks in -America is the difficulty of finding a .-ompaiiion who is willing to walk far onongh ;o reap the full benefit of the recreation.? lJresident IhiCs Iitattt/itrul Address at Antioch College, ? - ? TSie Increased use of Guano* 9 The Camden Journal says that five thou~^| and dollars worth of Guano lias been sold nt^jja lihi; place by Mr. James Jones, lo say nothingj? if that which has been ordered through Fac]^| Much of this superior fertilizer that has pass-M J through Camden, we arc pleased to kuow,M ias fomui its way into this District. Many^H ;i;'. armors wlio have not yet tried it, have bought ||| villi a view of experimenting this season, and hose who had used it before, satisfied witlrthc ' .;.;i esult of- former experiments, have bought J9 argelv. In this District it is comparatively a lew liinliurc, and has been used to a very limycd extent, owing to the want of proper tacili- ^ ics for obtaining it ; and should the cxperi-. limits that will be made with it this seacon res ult as satisfactorily as we are justified iu bcieving they will from the experience of other cctions, a large increase over the ordinary icld of cotton in the District may W confieiitly expected. This afibifls another xeassa, jr anticipating success in the rail road onto*-, rise which we have in view.-Z??cas/<T Ledger. Decrease-cit Slaves is Delaware.?Delware is rapidly getting rid of her slaves. Sho ad 8000 at the first census, and but 2200 at ie last one. Their owners find it more profithie to sell them at the South than to keep rem. Sussex county alone ships to the South 11 an average, six per week, or two hundred nd twelve a year. Every coitus shows a dorease of ten'per cent, in the slave nonula on, Kx-Gov. I'uote.?The Yick?burg Sun says -m iat Ex-Gov, Toote, ol" Mississippi, is probably w bout to assume 1I10 editorial control of the " "ashville (Ten 11.) IJaiiuci\ and through it adocatc the claim* of such men a* Crittenden' r ]5ell for the Presidency, If Toole does lis, says tire Suu, he will be the third man !n> lias gone to Tennessee from the cotton gion to edit anti-Democratic newspapers, af r having been a Democratic member of tha ] nited States Senate. ??- ?! <?> A New South5a.v State.?The old project f forming a new State out of Northern Missisppi, Western Tennessee, and the oxtrcmo e.-lern point of Kentucky, has been revived, id the Tennessee Legislature lias given it its motion. The proposed State would be bounded r the Tennessee river 011 the east through the lutes of Kentucky and Tennessee, and by the J iciissippi on the west, and would contain a I ipulation ct" about 700,000, I