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VOLUME 4?NO. 2. . / ABBEVILLE C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAT 16, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 158.
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DRY"GOODS. ~
SPRING IMPORTATIONS,
1 85 15 .
Miller a warren, opposite globe
Hotel, Augusta, Gn., ore receiving tlieir
usual choice variety of SPltlSG DRESS FABRICS,
embracing the be6t makers of French
and English productions, nraong which are?
Iti<fh Printed French Jaconets ond Organdies;
Rich " Flounced Bareges and Organdies;
.Rich " American and English Lawns;
Rich " French Brilliants and Cambrics ;
Rich " Bareges and Tissues ;
Bluff, Blue and Pink, Plaiu Brilliants, new
article.
SilkSt
Assorted Colort Flounced Silk Presses ;
Rich Plaid and Striped Taffeta Silks ;
Rich Moire Antique, Toulard and Chiua Silkr,
Black Taffeta and Gro de Rhine Do.
'Monriiiug1 Goods !
Plain and Striped Grenadines and Bareges ;
Black Flounced Grer.adine and Barege Dresses;
Superior Summer Bombazines and Challics ;
Black Jnconete, Organdies nnd Marquise ;
Black Eng. Crapes, Love Ycils and Handkerchiefs.
Ingddition'to this long line of Dre6s Goods,
we have . a complete stock of Calicoes, Gtnghama,
Linen Goods, Furniture I'ainta. Embroideries',
and Lace.?, Hosiery and Gloves, Plain
and Embroidered Crape Shawls.
A large lot of Mantillas, in great variety of
styles.
Pantaloon Stuffs, Bleached and Brown
Goods. .
* White and Striped Oanaburgs, of various
brands. ' v
Oar friends and customers are respectfully
invited to examine the largest stock of Spring
and Summer GOODS that we have ever had.
Particular attention paid to filling orders.
Augusta, Ga., April 18, 1856 00-if
" TS-ooVi Arriiralal
FRESH G ROCERIES
<r. Hardware, &c., &c.. &c.
I AGAIN-ask attention of Planters and Housekeepers
to mv additional supplies of Java
and Mocoa COFFEE, Coffee SUGAR, MO.LASSES,
RICE, SALT, FISH, ?fcc.
'. v Irish Potatoes,
" Still lower?below cost?clieap enough for
stable use. Jt-liave' stijl about TlilRTY BAliRELS,
which I am determined to close out
A Hew Supply
'r/i Paints,,Oils, Turpentine, Burning Fluid, Putty!
iijd THTibdow Glass, French and American.
' ' o. k, "V
' v' Re^tified, Rye and Eagle WHISKEY, which
J wish 'to close out immediately at a little
*bove.oo?trfor cash. "
v*' Hardware* '
' ,lloe* of "?very variety, from 20 to 85 cta? and
aitpl lowei'per doz. Hand Saws, Vices, Anvils,
? SmithsVTonpa, -Bellows, Pitch Forks, Shovels,
Spades, 'ana Kails of every No., from 3 to 40
*, -jpennyy.;- CHAINS?Log, Lock, Fiftli'and draw^Also,
to Young and Old,
^ There je an application made to come forward
bt&ifa summer and supply, yourselves with
j? ^Wooden and Cane-sea tea UOCKIN G CHAIRS,
*4tnd sny other kind you may war.t, n* I have a
_ few and-will sell at oost for cash. ,
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; - '.ir .u,. Arin.- <k.? -.k^t J i.:ii
jki ivu iviuiv viiiuii www win ouvuv niiu niil
4>fW 100 yard a, call on H. AKeer and lie will
?how you * few of -them. v
... Tp^ceoand Cigpra.
-*?$ ? every - duality, froni 15. eta. to
Sl.pOojMi1 lb. .pig?w$^any bri'nda.
A". rMI'Sf thonbore nrticks, and manv other?.
may be found at tha Grocery Store of
? '' n. i8. KERR,
' , :v>.*^^W5U3 - ^?E:6-Brick lUnge,
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i^lteisr b s t a *i 01* er *sr. ...
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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY!
GUANO AIN'T ANYTHING COMPARED TO IT!.
SUBSOIL PLOWING IS NO USB I
Colton Seed a Perfect Nuisance 1
CLOTHING THE ONLY REMEDY!!
WLu TfcT ? ? JMT mm 9
THE indefatigable District and Village
PlnHlinor Mfin Kv olnna ? "'
a- "J -"a-. . ..-.v,., auu
hard study, has learned several new features in
llie art of improving and adorning the Masculine
portion of the human family, lie's been
clean to New York, took lessons under scientific
men, and has made liirnself so fatnilinr
with all the beauties, duties, liabilities, advantages
and responsibilities of the human weather
boarding department that just as soon as
he lays his eyes on a man, he knows what he
lacks?whether it is food or raiment. lie is
just the same to mankind that spring is to vegetation.
Country merchants would do well to
come in and take a few lessons?charges moderate
for single scholar?classes taken at reduced
rates.
If it is food and raiment, he takes liira in,
covers, weatherboard* and tloors him, and
then 6ends him over to his friend, II. S. Kerr,
or down to Lomax ?fc Cobb's, where in a few
minutes, after the patient has realised the reviving,
healthful influence of the external application.
thev will commence the inside work
?ceiling, latinng, plastering ami securing, mid
then start him home. And it is no wonder, after
taking some of Lonnix <fc Cobb's or H. S.
Kerr's in'ard filling (which is substantial, no
liquid) then allowiug Lyons to give them what's
called the surface i^olitfli, that men's wives
don't know them when they go home; the
little hoys and girls run and hide, thinking
some city folks have come to their pa's houses,
young ladies-coinmc.-ice fixing up to entertain
their new beaux, niid young nieu brush their
heads, look dignified and start to receive the
nice looking stranger.
A few men of rather ordinary appearance,
who have thrown themselves entirely into Lyons'
hands, know the advantages to lie derived
from u suit of his Clothes; it has married them
tiito rieh families, given them a standing far beyond
their expectations, and been the means of
pitching them a9 high up nsphifty-phoiir pliorty
in the scale of upperteiidom respectability.
There are now in the city of Abbeville, 3
Churches, 2 Academies, 1 Sinking School, a
great many l)ry Goods Stores, 2 Printing Office*,
1 Wholesale Grocery Houses, 2 JewefieiV Es
tublishmcnts, a Thespian Corps, Masonic and
Odd Fellows' Lodge, Dancing Claps, liipprodroine.
:2 Carriage nuJ Iiug?,y Manufactories,
4 Hotels, several Boarding Houses, 1 Di*ug
Store, Gin Factory, and a Steam Saw Mill, 2
Harness, and several Boot and Shoe Shop?, Tin
Manufactory, 3 Tailors' Establishments, Cabinet,
Ciirpeutevs' and Blacksmiths' Shops, 3
Refreshment Salooils, and 2 Livery Stables, and
it will not do for a gentlcmau to make a bad
appearance- at any of these places; it injurestheir
business. Lyons keeps Clothing suitable
for n 1 the above named places, avnaotiona and
occupations, and because tic has a big trade ami
a large Stock, he dou't intend to ask prices
that arc unreasonable.
Lyons' stock of Leghorn and Straw Ilats, is
complete. lie keeps tine Pocket Knives, Razors,
Oil and Fluid Lumps, Fiddles. Fiddle Strings
and Fiddle Rosin, manufactured expressly for
this trade. Flutes. PateiiL Door Fnar?n..,-.i
tereut Talilea, the most convenient thing of the
kind now in use?every bo-ly ought to have
one?Bankers' Cases, Bill Books, Packet and
Memorandum Books, Envelopes, Letter 1'uper,
the largest- stock ever brought- to this market?
New Yorkers complain of a scarcity biuce w<j
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J.U.V..MSVU www. A VIIO, ?W tumtj unit mere 13
an anticipated advance on steel, Port Mommies
enough to hido all the money in the District,
Combs, Hoir Brushes, Nail and Tooth Brushes,
enough lo open a whole Hale brush and comb
hou-e, and if Cedtir Pencils rise, Lroxs has got
'em sure?a whole cuse of Blacking, Needles,
any quantity, and low by retail, Tricopherons,
Kathuirion, Cologne, Hair Oil, Handkerchief
Extracts and BWeet smelling stuff, Needle and
Thimble Cases, Lanterns, Buggy Whips, Valises,
two or three Ilorees, ana so many other
things that it would take us a whole day to
look them up and name them over, all of which
are ready for inspection and sale, at the Corner
Store in the Marshall House.
Abbeville C. H., April 16, 1306. 50-tf
M. STRAUSS,
COKESBURY,
XS SO MTTfiH Wn?7Ai?A.l in VelHn.r n?,l
1 obt bis NEW S-fock OE SPKINO AKD
SUMMER OOOI>3. purchased in New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore' and Charleston, tliut
be has not the time to specify and detail. Every
one 6Ays? and what every one says must
be so?that it is the Cheapest, Finest end Best
Sl'xrl; brought to Cokeuhury. Consisting of
Prints, Jaconet, Muslins, ROBES}, Organdies,
BRll-LlANTES, Ginghams;
Bareges, Tissues, J.tihnradore, CHALLY, MARABOUT
SATIS K;
MARABOUT BASSALE, CRAPE MARET2,
-CAUSE MEXICANA;
The above new Goods in all colors, as well in
Mourning ftyle.
LINEN GOODS;
MANTALETS. and MANTILLAS,. Ribbons,
Collars,-Sleeves and Trimmings,
. BONNETS AND BATS.
For GENTS, BOYS and YOUTH, Good* of
-?very variety, vir: '
GotionAde; GjugM, Drap d'Ete, Caahmareta,
AUo, : , - "
READY->!ADE CLOTjtlNG,
Boot#, Slippers, Gaiters, and Childress Shoij^
.-&* - hats: and pats,.
Besidea tii? full atdflfrin HARDWARE, GRO
OSRY, CBOCKtRT. and "
rt^inrAfawnv' at* ni suatffvVf: ?rtAca
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Mj\ staQkj^nOW complrto in all it* department*.
" TlnniVfol for tii6 putronage heretofore
giren to'tfMMflrope fbab the iraiftt
*te&d iHtittWcart aftd ynderffho be-t adHintagt*
wifl the *tron(^Bt inducement ?o
* I'll
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MISCELLANY.
South Carolina and the Union.
Wo admire the State pride and lofty disinterested
tii'BS of South Carolinians. The
character and condition of her people affords
ample proof that Southern institutions
do not operate injuriously on the physical
comfort, the morals or intelligence of society.
With so much that is valuable and desirable
to preserve, we do not wonder that she
is highly conservative in feeling, probably
more so than any State in the Union. We
concur with her that it would he treasonable
and profane to imitate, at the South, the
n-slless spirit of clmnire and iinmv?i#inn < >-.
hibited by llie new dominant party at the
North, liut we widely differ with her as
to the best means of stemming this incoming'
tide of innovation. Political disunion
would not bring about intellectual disunion.
Public opinion is fabricated in Western
Europe, for that is the centre of thought
and fashion for Christendom. Thence it
finds its way through our North to the
South. The current of thought, thus setting
in upon us, will be sure to subvert our institutions,
unless we can check its advances,
by originating a counter-current at the
South. There will be no long truce, or
drawn battle, between institutions so opposite
in their morals, their tendencies and
their influences, as ours-and those of Western
Europe and the North. We are b^en
uauy one people. Having similar wants, religion,
thoughts and interests, and controlled
by one public opinion, however different
our existing political institutions.
Social forms so widely differing as those
of domestic slavery, and (attempted) universal
liberty, cannot long eo-exi*t in the
Great Republic of Christendom. They cannot
be equally adapted to the wants and
interests of society. The one form or the
other must be very wrong, very ill suited, to
promote the quiet, the peace, the happiness
the moral ty, the r< ligion and general wellbeingof
the community. Disunion will not
allay excitement and investigation?much
less beget lasting peace. The war between
the two systems rages every where; and
will continue to rage till the one conquers
and the other is exterminated. If with disunion
we could have "the all and end all
tliu !. %? ; ?
w.vf VIIV .?IMMV,V.UIVII10 WUUIU UUL JUXfliri"
our Europe.m and American adversaries
with :icl<Jitiotial zeal, and make them turu
a deafer car to the thousand arguments and
facts which we can adduce to "slow tliat the
evils of our system are less than those of
theirs.
The time is eminently propitious for adducing
those facts and arguments, and the
South is "about it." Our adversaries delight
in sociological discussions; for they
are hold and rash experirnentors, sanguine
optimists and perfectionists, who admit that
they have not yet found tlie -right form of
society, and are eager to lUtert to the suggestions
of all who propose to show a new
road to Utopia Let us take the census of
crime ami imvertv iirwl- nf.firw) nf it.u
South and of tlm North and of-- Western
Europe in one hand, and in thtf-'other the
history of the famines, tlie 'riots, the revolutions,
agrariatiisms, and the.universal anarchical
upheaving of free society. Let us
com are the evils of the two forms of society
aa exhibited in universal history. Let
us weigh the authorities derived from the
U8a<re of mankind in favor of the one or the
other; and finally, let us-;ippeal to the Bible
in our defence. Within the last two
years only has the Southorp,press l>egan to
Allrint. thia ?nA/lu nf /Unlink ?? ??!? ?..Iv
? 1-- v..... v? IUI 11IC mill" I
ject. It has thrown down 4h$ gunge to the
Nnrth, and the North;.^i!|j^l.,,tukc it up.
The North still continue* to denounce slavury,
but will not .meet-,lhe ia?u?, "Which
form of society has been ; attended with
most of good and leant of- evil fSouth
Carolina, .ya.thinki -.phouldjlake.
higher grounds. -Stay-in.the 'Union, and
endeavor to control its policy;^ The discuswon
of -the relative merits of the opposing
systems, will beget a fair nndhonoraMe rivalry
that may lead to mu^hgopd. We do
nothope, nor. wish, to see slavery like ours
introduced at the North. Ther4 is. no room
for black sieves, rand we never wo-li to see
white men! made slaves. But wo do hope,
and expect, and believe,- tlmi;.conservative
men. ev&ry *hefe aire about to" adopt the
prinajijrohat.men.ghOuld be-gnvernw, not
"let alone." .and that each s6m Should.
governed according to his w?rtt%#hd moral
Miul.inteH?ctual capacity.^ principle,
and fa the only :one/th#keaTt^&ave
iwifety froia creiieral and
diftsnUition.' -How cleRrlV.^ra^^ploptly
WCarlyJe porwjn
pWeis this- .hastening of
gulf of chaotic ' anatal f
firmmnWUFMiW
free J^ve^and aU.lI^otW^ypJKffi of the
day. Every innn Ht lite Nc>rtJi>*#tio values
the right to privHttt pr^^fc^BJriiy 0f
the marriage He, or
i ati?n tliere eee* tliis, nnd-ii'idwi^ullhiiiff
The Case of Old Diana.
The following letter to Colonel Frazier,
and which wo aro permitted to publish, will
explain itself. Its author, it will bo seen,
is rHther Indignant at being classified with
Beechor, ?d looks upon the nigger question
in u very sensible light. Wc commend
his letter to general j>ferus:d :
Edgefield Advertiser.
New York, April 16, 1856.
Col. Frazicr?Dear Sir : I am requested
by Pimm, a colored woman, formerly a
slave in your place, to inquire about her
returning to Edgefirld. She had soim* conversation
with you at the Astor House
about it, and kIic says you were to write to
mi! or I to you. Diana now tells jne she
would like to return to Edgefield?but not
to be placed in such a position as to be Bold.
She wan is to go with a good master. There
seems tol>en wrong impression gone abroad
in regard to this case. As to her being
bought by abolitionists,it is not true. Her
old mother collected some $300 of the money.
among families where Bhe wns known
and acted in her capacity of nurse. I advanced
her $100 to make lip the $400, the
prioe paid for Diana to Mr. Goodc. I myself
am no abolitionist?believe your negroes
are better off and fetter treated at
the Soutli than they would be here. Henry
Ward Beecher may have contributed
$5 to 6Fd mom Lucy to buy Diana. I do
not know Beecher?never was in his church
I 1- ? * ....
?uiuk upon mm as a i?ig numtmg?and
you do us a wrong when you plnco us in
the same lint.
Old Lucy attended Dr. CoxV church,
(E| iscopal,) was a regular Sunday School
allendaiit like a child ns she was. and the
children of the Sabbath school contributed
their pennies?half of Brooklyn knew old
Lucy and helped her to buy her Diana.
All of this is not to our present business.
Diana wants to return to Edgefield ; she
would like j-ou as a master?"thinks you
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uiiiu imisiMi nor. win you please intorm
me wliat your laws or c.UHtorns are in reeard
to free niggers. It's no now kink of
Diitnn.hcr idea of rrtuming. Site told mo
soon after her urrivnl that she would return
Soutli after her mother's death, if she could.
I hold the bill of sale or title to her, and
she comes tome for advice and directions.
What yon advise in the matter filial! be
aitended to. I would like to see the color
of the hundred dollars I paid towards her.
Old Lu?-y was nurse to my wife when .1
child and was a pensioner on her family, (as
well as other?;) and she begged of me to
send the money, as she wanted Diana to
close her eyes on earth?and Diana Rent
word that her only desire on earth was to
soothe her mother's declining years, and all
tImt dain'd stuff". She wants to get back,
l.ow shall it be done ?
Yours very trulv,
RAY B. BASTERBROOKS.
The Garroto.
A corrospowlent of the New York Mirror,
being in Havana, inspected the garrote,
and thus described it:
It is the most complete thing T over saw
for choking a man. It is attached to a
piece of limber about three feet long, half
a foot wide, and two inches in thickness;
one end of this piece of wood is so shaped
as to fit in a hole in a solid flooring, and
the criminal in placed in front of the tipright
post, on a seat made something like
a piano stool ; bis legs are pinned to the
sides of the sfool, and his arms are tied
behind him; bis head then iB placed between
two iron prongs, made so as to fit
1 1- -f -1- - 1- - ** -
uii ino iijirK 01 mo iiet-K; nireciiy under
these are two other pieces of iron, about
ho inch square, alittle over a foot in length,
and perfectly smooth; these pieces pass
through the post, and are moved with great
rapidity and precision along the sides of the
neck, by the actiotv of a siirew which passes
through an iron plate that unites with the
ends behind the p<*t; the screw is turned
by an iron bar, about threo feet long, that
fits 011 llio end of it; apiece of iron about
?8 Inrge round hs your finger is attached to
the outer uDds. This completes the apparatus
; and by a tn'mVof -this screw the side
pieces are drawn in, passing the front piece
against .the throat, 60 as to break the neck
almost [instantly.
Fatal Duel at Falr Blofl; 8. O.
The* Wihnington N. C. Herald of the
6th inst., gives tlie following particulars of
the fatal duel-rit Fair Bluff : "
"Our coimnunitv was nainfiilltr startled
oo Snturtlny Mfu-rnoon reception
of * telegraphic dispatch from Marion, 8.
0? to tbe effect tlwt fl JioMile'm&tingiiad
fHken pltfce t)j#ar Fair Bluff, between Dr. ]
\Vin. D. Willfongn and ^Jo*. H. Flnofter,j
Esq.; both young men rind citizen* of thia
pliK-e: and"that on the third flr?, the Tonrter
'reoeifed the ball of hi* antn^nist through
the lpng^.nud in a very few miffuie* expired.
?Jnjjf*la<*t the 't?aoo ratio itoPotingfnt the
Covrt HojmJ. Jhey fonflhf with outola. at
[From the Southern Presbyteriau.]
The Deceitfalneas of Richea."
The Bible distinctly recognizes tlie right
of property, and enjoins diligence in business.
Tf. finpnlrq I'lumnnnrluhlv nf Rnmi?
rich persons, mid prescribes rules for the
use ami employment of wealth. And we
know, for ourselves, that '.hero are advantages
accruing from affluence; and that very
much which is disparagingly spoken of the
opulent, is the dictate of mere envy or the
offspring of tliat vile agrarian spirit which
would level all the distinctions of society.
But at the same timp, it must be acknowledged
that there exists a deep and widespread
infatuation as to the beuefits of large
accumulations ; and we ask, here, to be ,
indulged in some hints respecting "the deceitful
nciss of richeB."
Some mistake, as to the fact of possession.
TllCV arn. neilinns. rprwifed tn liave n
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fortune, and there is, actually, a great show ,
of property ; but, upon a closer investigation,
and alter tlie payment of debts, these ,
persons, to their surprise or mortification,
are proved to have but moderate means.
Very indefinite is the standard of what
constitutes wealth.
On our way up the scale of property, we
reason that might we but reach the grade
of a more favored neighbor, we should von*
elude we had enough, and would rest satisfied
there. At length, that point of ambition
is attaiucd; and now, with equally
grasping desires, we aspire to own as much
as a 'yet more prosperous acquaintance
dues. And so we go on coveting and collecting,
until even wo ourselves become con- ,
vinced of the truth of the adage, that "to
be rich is to gel a little more."
Multitudes nie deceived with "riches," as
a source of happiness.
They do secure the possessor the luxu- {
riesand elegancies of life ; they do enable |
him to gratify his tastes and carry out his (
plans; they do invest him with considerable
power of control over the opinions and j
practices of his fellows. But there do nlso ,
emanate from the same source cquntcrac- j
tive influences. The malignant, darts of
pnvtr nru 1?n **!*./! of 1??n^.?I i
' j ?? v imiiivv? nv iiiv ncoiiiijr* JUAnv/tiu^
demands nro made upon tbem. They car- |
ry a heavy burden of rare and resptinnibility.
They suffer, grievously, from disnp- |
pointment, and are fiercely assailed with i
temptations.
"Riches," aB an inheritance for children
do 6adly mislead people. >
It is perfectly in accordance with the
yearnings of parental solicitude to make
provision for the yet helpless ones of the
iioii>ehoM. Wealth does give a family po- i
fiilion in society ; it defends our children
from want; and it places them above mentrll
ia?1 l^nf ?!*??
MUM VW?I# l^UV lUUft MVJWUU i??U ptVQUIil |
scene. Trace the workings of the cause I
into the future. Imagine how thi* domestic
group, so effeminately and luxuriously
reared, will do for themselves when, l>y
de>tth, deprived of your fostering eare. ,
Answer me, if it be, in the nature of the
case, probable that integrity and energy of
character shall lie developed in the lap of
ease. Who does not know -that the selfmade
men, under our form of government,
are the most useful and important members
of society.
Many are misled with "riches," as a means ,
of influence.
It does command for you a train of followers
; but they are too apt to be heartless
sycophants. It does bring you into association
with "the higher circles; but such
are more likely to corrupt you than to be!
themselves purified by the contact. And it)
does furnish you means for sustaining the:
objects of benevolence; but alas 1 as the |
purse enlarges, the heart too frequently
contracts. In point of fact, we find that it,
* ? - - -:
la nvi mo upuii-in, uui penH>iu? in inwieraie
circumstance?, who contribute most to the
call*of. charity. .
"The deceitfulncss of riches" appears in
the form of an insidious.idolatry.
The man does not mean to be betrayed
into this?rime; he well kpows the folly of <
loving the creature more than the Creator ;
he is fully awnrethat earthly treasures avail
I Itflt rtrtf in /loatVi o ml luAtfjVn/i Itr* maim
I wWIMtl UV***W MHU WJVIIW | ItW |/IUOUVO gaili
a a a lawful and laudable business ; he would
only make becoming.provision for his family
and aim at a little surplus for giving
away. But, with these best intentions, that
roan falls into the ooinnian.fcnare of thosewho
handle large profits. . They are un-i
consciously captivated ftjid entangled.
i love of the world subtly grow* upon u*.
With good mason did our Savior/enjoin,
"take heed and beware of dbvet6u%i?fewiw . %
The iofttttbiliiy of. "riches'!; constitutes a
point of the subject, at wtiidbtpaflyare taken
In. . , "
" They are not? surrounds#Jwiih * ibnndfiniue;
their titles are ig6a^^|t'?rf^rodH
i? large; and their pKt*^^i?^ij^tf^*Thtlir
inward thought ? that;
continue forever. and places
the
boaftta tbat perish." Most;sigDifiesnt i?!
?W?mmmmmammmmg??fmmmammm
times, make ostentatious donations, as a subctiitute
for the surrender of the heart to
God; that they presume upon their stand*
ing in soeiety to hide tbe deformity of
crime; and that they throw up their 'possessions.
as a shield Against death. It was
a ''certain rich mmi" wlio is "represented
thus to have spoken?"And I will say to my
soul, sold, thou liHSt much goods, laid up
for mnny years; tidc? thine eaBe; eat,
drink, and be merry. But God said unto
him, thou fool, this night thy 6oul shall be
required of thee." N. N.
South Carolina College.
Al the meeting of the Board of Trustees
held yesterday, resolutions were adopted, reorganizing
several of the Professorships.
The Professorship formerly held by Professor
Reynolds has been divided, part of
the duties being assigned to Professor Labordo
nnd part to Professor Reynolds, in
addition to tlie chair of Sacred Literature
and the Chaplaincy held by the latter. In
lieu of this professorship a separate professorship
of N;ttuial and Mechanical Philosophy
has been instituted, and Professor J.
LcConte unanimously elected to it.
i ne tallowing is the new arrangement:
1. The profe.?sorship of Mathematics and
Astronomy is retained, and assigned to the
President.
2. To the Professorship of Mental Philsosphy,
Logic and Physiology, held by
Professor Lnborde, Rlietoric and the Inspection
of Compositions have beon added.
3. The Professorship of Sacred Literature
and Moral Philosophy, together with
Elocution nnd Criticism, is assigned to Pro?
J. L. Reynolds.
The professorship of Natural and Mechan
?- ?--? *
iV'ti 'x iiiiu.-<0]Mi| 13 given IV X roi. L6VJOIll6|
who 13 to discharge the duties also of Pro?
Brumby's department of Chemistry, Geology
and Mineralogy, while ho is unable
to aitend to its duties. -The other Professuiphips
remain as before. * .
Prof. Rivers wns unnnimouslv confirmed
in the Professorship of Greek Literature, to '
which lie had been appointed at the extra
oaiHiUn^r of tiie-JBoard. .. .
frnm tlio ininiitm nf iti.> T5*?i>
...... ...v * U? \1JV uumu Ul,
IYusteesof ilie South Carolina College, at
their meeting, May 9,1850 :
"Ou motion of Mr. Perry, it \vn9 ordered ?
lln.t ao much of the report of the Commit- , ...
tee, to whom wns referred the report of th?
President of the College, its relates to the , .
President, hu published in the public newspapers."
. V
Tlie following is that portion of tlio rd
port, as adopted t?y the Hoard: - .
"The Committee to whom was referred
the report of l lie President of the College,
with the m-eompanying documents, respectfully
Report,
"That they have give?) due'consideration %
to the saim?, and take oecasipnr to express
their unanimous approbation of its temperV'<
and frankness nn?l their high estimate of
the ability .with which it is written. Several
members of the Committee were in^
Columbia flnrinw th? nvi-itinf* Af
-- _ c :? is rv,,v";v? % ^
which it gives the history, and how bear
witness to the eorreutness-of the detail; and . *'
the whole Committee are satisfied that un-{v"; der
very Irving rireu instances, the President .*?
has beet) faithful and zealoua iij. the dis-.
charge of his duties, and is entitled to the ' "'t
confidence of the Board."?Carolinian. \
The Eloquence oT Peace and Industry. '' S
We so seldom see anything in,ihe speech- * .
CO v/1 vui irjiicncillrttlVOT WUf"
thy ?>f the notice of ngrirultnr?Rt?4 that the
following extract, from the speech tfjx?u the ,
contingency of a war with England, recent-'. 1
ly delivered by our talented representative/
the Hon. W.W. Hovee, cornea like an April
shower to the parched earth. Independently -,
of tone of .truth which inyeatf; every, word..
it is the most eloquent'tribute to peace and'
the fruits of iWuifry, that we' liave.ever- V
read.? South Corolina Aijincutturist. ' \
"The sword, hjta l>oen'~eai)onizdd' lontff
enough. .. I#t i?A hinld..altaift tt^^paao^
worship at (hat ?hrino/-V^maiiity. wiW *ei-\
joioe,x history will applaud* apd po$t^t^V
will tliahk us. 'If .we 'must ^^tosl -wltlr-England
fori the dominion'of..the wpfWyfi^K -*
it not be with the sword. r
the.plough, the ship, and (.he loom?:let oa>
surpass her. in the arts of pwce^lejt^t*
vclop our empire in ihe ^ldanje^^l^ oor ?*
cnlouistB.gprfcrid theinwlrea to the eumm|jfo-'
of our. Cordilleras. int'^miiSMfnirflmWMww 1"
man currents 'theraLwith
froiji. the Pa?-jfic.-u_|?'t us: dispel tli& wlen<#?t?
ofJhcwe innun tain fhat
j?ine?RTolfo^lnfheriiwn.
our mother earl h t?,a3orfted<^witK< ' .
every ^^hst oiir rpitda if irori^^6lrit?i v^. the
fond?'let u$ ideahai
uiscriWd -