Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The boy raised himself up from the sofa, where ho had been lying in tears for an half hour, and with a m touch of indignation in his voice answered : "* ^ /n ^ He'll be sorry . " angry. Father never gets angry.' For a fe^BomenU the aunt looked at her -boytfKTTcuriously, and let her eyes fall again on the book in her hand. The boy set Limself.down on the sofa aerain. and hid Lis face from sight. 'That's father now!' lie slatted up after tho lapse of nearly ten minutes, as the sound of a bell reached his car, and went to the room door, lie stood there for a little while, and then caine slowly back, siting with a disappointed air : 'It isn't father. I wonder what keeps hiiu so late. Oh, I wish he would come." ' You seem anxious to get deeper into trouble,' remarked the aunt, who had only been in the house for a week, and who was not very amiable or very sympathising to wards children. The boy's fault liad provoked her, and she considered him a lit subject for punishment. 41 believe, aunt Phoebe, that you would like to sec me whipped,' said the boy, a little warmly: 4but you won't.1 41 must confess,' replied aunt Phoebe, that I think a little wholesome discipline of that kind you speak of would not bo out of place. If you were my child, I am very feuro you would not escape.' 41 am not your child ; I don't want to * be. Father's good, and loves me.' ?ir 1 ?> i .. juui IUI.IICI JO ou JJUUU, iiuu IOVC3 you so well, you must be very ungrateful, or .1 very inconsiderate boy. His goodness don't seem to have helped you much.' 4 llush, will you V ejaculated the boy, excited to anger by this unkindncss of speech. ' ritoebo !r" It was tlie boy's mother who spoke now, for the first time, and in an under tone added : 1 You are wrong, llichard is suffering quite enough, and you are doing him harm rather than good.' Again the bell rang, and again the boy 1 .( . ?i.~ ,?r.. ...j ?- ? - o'jib iuu ouu^ emu wi'ui tu Luc siuing-rooin door. 4 It's father!' and lie went gliding down staiis. 'Ah, Richard !' was tho kindly greeting, as Mr. Gordou took the hand of his boy. * But what is the matter, my son ? you don't look happy.' 4 Won't you como in here?' and Richard drew his father into tho library. Mr. Gor don sat down, still holding Richard's hand. 4 You are in trouble, my son. What has happened V Richard's eyes filled with tears as he looked into his father's face. lie tried to ' ' I answer, but liis lips quivered. Then be 1 turned away, and opening the door of the cabinet, brought out the fragments of a broken statue, which had been sent home only the day bufore, and set them on a table before his father, over whose countenance came instantly a shadow of regret. 4 Who did this, my son V was asked in an even voice. > I did it.' How V . ' I threw my ball' iif there, once?only once, in forgetfulncss.* Tho poor boy's tone3 were husky and ^ trembling. A little while Mr.,Gordon sat controlling i himself, and collecting his disturbed Vthoughts. Then he said cheerfully? 4 What is doue,JR.ichard, can't bo helped; put the broken pioccs away. You have had trcubleseriough about it, I can see? *od reproof for your thoughtlessness?so I will oofc add a word to increase your pain,' 'Ahfcfatb.er,' and the boy threw his arms * \,t MI ncck. 'You arc so kind J r '; , . I iff .*?? -su r. r.0'1 *t?. ' ifatlior.U,> Pi because a fault has been committed. Let us g?.-t thy oflcnder into the simshino sis j quickly as possible, so that true thought i ami liglit feelings may grow vigorous in ils j ivarmlli. "We retain anger, not that anger j may act as a wholesome discipline, but be- , cause \vc are unwilling to forgive. Ah, if , we were always right ourselves wo should j oficner be right with our children. juessons For Those Who Liko Them. Be not always speaking of yourself. Be not awkward in manner. 13e not forward, i Boast not. Angle not for praise. l>o not j equivocate. Confess your faults. Tell no I lies ; not even those called innocent. LU- j ten when spoken to. Be polite at table. | Attend to the ladies. Dread the character j of an ill-bred man. Bo remarkable for j cleanliness of person. Attend to your dress. ! Study elegancy* of expression. Avoid old sayings and vulgarism. Use polished language. Be choice in your compliments. Acquire a knowledge of the world. Praise, dclicacy. Study the foibles of mankind. . Command your temper and countenance, j .Never acknowledge an enemy, or sec allVont if you can help it. Avoid wrangling, med- i dliiig and tittle-tattle.?Judge not of man- | kind rashly. Trust not implicitly to any. ! 15e\vare of proflercd friendship, Duubt j him who ."-wears to the truth of a tl.i.ig j Be choice in your company. Adopt no man's vices. Avoid noisy laughter. Refuse invitations politely. Dare to be singular in a right cause ; .and bo not ashamed to refuse. Strive to write well and grammatical^'. Afloct not the rake. Be choices in your amusements. Never appear to be in a hurry. Neglect not an old acquaintance. avoiu all kinds of vanity. M;ikc no ono in company feel his inferiority. lie not witty at another's expense, lie sparing of raillery. Never whisper in company. Look not over ono when writing or reading, tluni no tunes in company, nor be in any way noisy. Eat not too fast nor too slow. Spit not on the floor or carpet. Hold no indelicate discourse. AvoiJ odd habits. Lose j no time in transacting business. Inoulge j not iu laziness. Be not frivolous. Study j dignified as well as pleasing manners. Be j not envious. Show no hastiness of temper. Talk not long at a time. Tell no stories. Avoid lMckuev cxnreHsions tvful-n .>?-? .1: _ V I? "? u'- i crressions. Ilold no one. bv the button when . talking. Forestall not a slow speaker. Say not all you think. Adapt your conversation to the company. Give not your advice unasked. Renew no disagreeable matters. Praise not another at the expense of the present company. Avoid rude expressions.i Avoid mystery and long apologies. Look I people in the face when speaking. Swear j not. Talk not scandal. Talk not of private concerns. Few jokes will bear repeating. Tnkrt llii? nna/Kinnil'iif'o ? D- ...w Jf?.iwv#uHft} > o ^aiu ill UUUtll* ing. Be not clamorous in dispute ; but exercise good-humor. Learn the character of the company before you say much. Supposj^not yourself laughed at. Interrupt no maii's story. Ask no abrupt quest lun9. "Reflect on no order of people. Display not your learning on all occasions. Avoid debt. The French Slave Trade. The reliable Paris corespondent of lliQ. New York Journal of C6ftimercc\ discredits the statements of the Paris purveyors of the London press, that the French government have definitely resolve rmf ?n <m<i j " ? r"" to the experiment of free emigration from Africa. lie says the contracts are for a long period ; tlu*y received the sanction and warrant of the governrtent; the Antilles remain eager for perseverance in the scheme. The Paris Pays (ministerial) says thai as. to the immigration, France maintains, its right to the utmost extent. The Pay* is Also pleased with tho humanity of' tjho scheme, declaring that ihe black Iringjf. .would put a considerable numbet '^f'thew subjects to death, if, since the- abolrtion of the slave trade, they did not find means of1 i euipioj'iiig lucin in immigration. ln.tlJO' meantime, the Portuguese paper.", eqjl^ltijrV:: "1- by the violence of the. Fredolj ' ? Charles et Georgt^fln.d byibe' a. ..m, their cause byihe-B^jtia^ 1 &goYcn>nier.t, *V tl?' witfidr^kj^'jj^ - o<vts squat.. ^fcrthfer aUifii^ifc i 'hu slrivi ^131.4 f : "} .ttW- "uia.L Mistakes of a Night. SLKEl'INO IS TUB WRONG RKD. Tlic Wheeling (Va,) InIclliycncer is re-sponsible fur the following: "An acquaintance of ours?Brown?sleeps in the third story of one of our hotels. On Sunday night, contrary to his usually abstemious habits, Brown concluded to indulge himself in tlie luxury of a hot whisky punch. The liquor had the cfl'oct to set. his spirits in a glow. Brown argued with himself, arithmetically, if one whisky punch will make a man feel good, what will two whisky punches do ? lie took another punch. It was now bed time, and Brown becoming slightly top henvy, started towards his dormitory. As before stated, he i j ined in tho third story. Being a little heavier on this occasion than usual, Brown of course experienced more difficulty in getting up stairs. Owil??v irt fliio !./> il I.* 1- ' 1 * _ 0 IIU IIIUII^UL IIO Ii;?U illtained a greater altitude than lie really had. The consequence was, in the first place, that Brown, in all innocence, entered the room immediately below his own, in the second stdry. This room belonged to a huly and gentleman, but was unoccupied at the time of Brown's entrance. The room was very much like his own, and Browm not being intimately acquainted with hirn~A\C .... 11 . - It ? ? 1 pruvuvuuu 10 uivcsl nunseil ol Ins habiliments, and got into bed. Just as be bad fallen into a tort of dreamy, drunken wakefulness, be felt a soft band wandering over liia face and pressing bis temples in a very affectionate manner. He leaped witb a sudden bound into tbe middle of the floor, and the lady, for such it was, scrcamcd and ra.i down stairs. Meeting her husband, who had just coine in, the lady informed him of what she had discovered, and how she had very nearly made a terrible mistake. 'l'he husband went tin to his rnnm accompanied by a couplo of servants, ami found the door locked. In answer to repeated thumpings on the door 'Drown answered in great indignation that rather than be interrupted in that way lie would leave the house, and accordingly commenced to-i harness up. Meiintimo the true state of things flashed acrossliis befuddled intellect, as he opened llio door be stood out in bold relief to tho husband and servants, looking the picture of shame and confusion. Being a proverbially polilo man, Brown stood huiubly passing his hands over each other, as he related how the mistake occurred, | seemingly "Washing bis.bands in invisible soap And imperceptible water. Ilis profuse apologies and a hasty exit saved him from being precipitated headlong down stairs, lledias "not been 6een at table since and is supposed to have sought another boarding-bouse. ' Legislation and the Currency. The Journal of Co) nm tree ia reviewing the discussions and proceedings ofa meeting of the] "fi iende of a sound currency" in New .York, remarks: ' We have had far too much legislative tinkering of the eurreiiey already, and we lmve little faith in lliu benefit of arbitrary enactments. , Tbe'lutrtaof trade will butter regulate these njatters if weleavc the subject entirely to them ~_i~l 1. .--V . - T _ miu u n nuci |)03e so many U'gfU interruptions. If we arc to havcBpccial legislative privileges On-one aide, wc crcato a necessity for epccial restraint# on, the other ; but free trader like the troth, jieeds loss careful watching. If possible .Oiertfore, let the refprm take the direction of enlarged freedom, instead of frcslrrestrainta. To remove the inure .Common temptations to1 reckless* buhkitig^ and to providei a more substantial -JjBmh (oi'.thy credit supereCrdeture we cannot yt t afford.to demonish, why nottako a step iq the-dirfution of freedom, ajid abolish ti^,odroU3'1Jfcfiiy Lrtwat It is ilie. Operation of tbesc -tcyriunical regulations, left Ua, as a-legacy from the barbarous ages, which render so Winy: other legislative restrictions nccessary. Wc forbid the legitimate loaiting of nioney ?t over seven per ct*nt, and ^li?rr create,"by la.w,-a clj^s of institutions wLieh"' iirc enabled to declare eightj>nd ten per cent, dividends by the vei-jf practices wc are pow oxhauBting our.wisdoin to nrevpnf. W'n IhnVaooa # !?.? AnWt^?UI?n -?r. i .^.v iu.banking, without increasing capital; by re fusing the same profit to money employed in jnoVeijalural channels; nf?J' after'?timq.ljrt4Dg this strife by eye/5*conc6jv|rtjie ' Iegi?lati?fa *r-' tifice, until the fever thus created leflds to ail softs of wild excesses, we set-to work, od tlio -hqijKwpnthptic principle, to cogf off ttrtfceijfei teLDiiot ajj^veitrain the n>a4new? by a'farther ex jjlbitlyu'of tho, pi ocess." It would be refreshin& for once, to-.sou a /"top taken in the opposite n.. ..IcJ, ?|i]cMc uir hot'-housosyet^in, iiiid-sco if I ho <!un'en uy VjH' not- have a llaW lew nuraihg. ; And V iV - - Rather a Tough Story. The follo.wing, which we find in an "Eng lish paper, will Jo to go alwtig with the ; Evening Post's account uf the 5*2,000 note i Judge at Stewart's: A few days ago a lady of fashionable a})- j pearanco alighted from a carriage, and , eutered a large drapery establishment not i one hundred miles from tin: Elephant and Castle, when she selected a paicel of goods ' to the value of nearly . 100. When her ' purchases were completed, she stated that | she had forgotten to bring her check book, j and desired that ono of the young men would accompany her homo with the goods, when she would hand him a check for the j i \r i >*t.! . . i . . i ? uiiiuiiui. jiuuig 10 emrusi me uusir.OM to any of tbe numerous employees, lho ! wary proprietor stepped into the carriage | with the lady, and was rapidly driven to j Peckham, where, at a large and la*hionahlc ! looking house, they alighted, and the goods i were taken in. 1 The lady then politely ushered the anx- j ious and wary linen-draper into the drawing room, desiring him to wait fur a brief m<>- t ment, until she fetched the checkbook. The brief moment passed, and many more aI-<?, j but tbo lady did not make her appearance. ! Half an hour, three-quarters', yen, .-in hour had gone by, and still the fashionable debtor j did not come. Meanwhile the worthy dra- j per becatno anxious,- frightened, furious, and 1 rising up, vigorously applied the bull-rope. J This brought in a man-servant, who was ' . ... instantly attacked with a string of questions as to the lady and the goods. Tlifc man replied in a grulY and commanding tone that unless he (the draper) behaved himself in a milder manner he should be placed under restraint, for that I he, the speaker, hail positive instructions to ' confine all lunatics who were intractable. "Who are you, and whut is this plaeo ?" were next asked by the punting creditor, almost in one breath. " This is a private 1 _ i asylum for lunatics, and I am the keeper," | coolly observed the man, " and un!o.-s you can manage to draw it mild, I shall put i put you into the strong room.'' The horrible truth was out. The fashiouablo Indy had forged two physicians' ccrtilioates, and prepared the proprietor of the asylum for the reception of his customer, j by stating herself to be his wife, and by i ingeniously indicating tho form his madness j took, aud, after purchasing the goods, had . driven to this place, aud after lodging her I customer, had departed, cunningly return- | iug the parcel containing the guods to the carriage, aud thus hoeussirig both the draper and the proprietor of the asylum. The ; llriv'fr nf till) milriiinm innct 1 - ' been " in at the game." Cuilu.?Of all the Sotttli American : countries, Chile appears to ho making the 1 most rapid progress,. It is mountainous, .is ' all our rendus know, hut that docs,not > 4ebar it from constructing railroad's. A'll 'but sixty miles of the Valparaiso aud San- . tin go Railroad is completed, and the government is now negotiating a loan uf *7,000*-,, 000 to finish that and'other lines of roOlIP' The miueral wealth of the country is givat. The copper miues of the north in Cofiinp.) I are worth ?5,000,000 per annum. Liber.-.l grauts of luud arc made to European co1y.n->{ ist?,.and great exertions.aro being nyule lo | liurouuce uerman " settlers. The* Cl'unalu aiid'tlje resources of Chile.aro. to induce peasants frdra Central^/5urojie# to jellle tbere. ' .The agriculture aqd coniwel-c^. VjfHfca cdutilry is uudoubtedly <f<e&i?e.d io ; increase rapidly updei- the .ouergetic ideas-"' ures of Hio present goveniSneiit.- Quferdrti 1 lions with it through the commerce of San ! Franci^oo nro incieiuingiy -irnpo'st^ht, iyid , should-claim from our gO\^rnmenfc\(J) MoVcr 'attention' js*ficcc?Sary. - ??? , ? V Free Ootoufi* pknsoks.?Tho removal of Ibo free, colored p^pul^ibn seeio^to'tk've . engaged the altciritbto of theJ^jJi'sdatures of several b coi'gi;i, I Arkausas, hftve b^an engaged t^e ccmsrd^^lbiiJttf'' hillft hnwininr ''in?* j>SiA ?tn vfcia/* Vtrif "*> A Every hfati pifyui pA>is' debts at Xbo: bogjning. og tfio. vearviyicl also A Few "Words about Furs. Some interesting facts relative to the fur trade of the Hudson Day Company arc related in the correspondence of the New Hampshire Statesman. The furs and peltries of the company comprise the following varieties : i o\", of several colors; black j an,l brown bear ; sable, otter, lynx, beaver, : raccoon", mink, nuis.-uash, wolf, fur seal, martin, sijnirrel, ami ermine. The most im- . portanl in the list is sable, of which about 125,000 arc collected by the company an- | nually. In Kngland the sable was always , held iti great estimation ; a wreath of black . salde which was presented to Henry I., in the early part of the eleventh century. !>y i the ItUiinp of Lincoln, costing no loss than J ?'100, which,in those days, was ail immense j .Still). The Russian, or Siberian sable, is most . esteemed, b?*in<* sof cr ami more s:!kv than . the American. Russia produces about L'5,000 of thorn annually. Tlx: price cor- | responds to the. abundance and glossy j h'.achness of the upper coat?a high gar- . incut not unfreonentlv eo^tin" The . i civso robes of tlie Lord Mavor anil Coiporation of London, which, according to the municipal law and long usage, must be ' worn on state occasions, which are verv nu- i ' incron-', are triimncd with sable. Nearly nine-tenths of the American sable skins.' ' i amounting to 125,000 annually, forward" ! by the Hudson Itav Company, are. sent to France and Germany, where il is greatly admired for ladies' wear. Of martin skins, the Company gathered in one year 1 1,000, and the French free traders of Canada exported 30,.'J'J5 of them in the same 3*ear. Tho most valuable among the varieties .f iL. f? . .1 lit ui me iox are me m.-uicor silver?a skin often commanding :it wholesale and even $500. Aliont 1,000 of them arc collected annually l?y ll?o Company, ami neatly all go to Russia ami Chiaa for linings ami trimmings to dres?e?. , . . ' 'J ho fur oi tJio sea otter ts u?-d for a similar purpose, and tor raps, cuiLis ami robes. About 13,000 or -0,000 are cullecti-d annually, ami will go to China, where a single skin fetches ?T.">, except a 1few which go t?? lUissia, Turkey ami Ci recce. Lynx and lynx cat are row on! of fashion in Europe, and are dyed ami prepared for exportation to this country. Wolfskins go to iLussiu for sk-igh robes. licaver has be- j conic a iiicie drutj*. since l!m pm of cotton f "" "" i hats, Beaver skins are us-cd in (lie army i for military caps and pistol holsters. The brown Leaver, which was in groat ' demaVR} iurEiirop? fifty years ago, a single i .-kin often commanding fifty guineas, now seldom brings five. The pole cat skin is much admit^rf fot its beauty, but is hardly ever used, jii consequence of its bad odor. : Squirrel is used in immense quantities all over Europe, and the Hudson Day Company export vast quantities to the continent. It h extensively and successfully dyed in imi tation of llussian sahlo. lis ni?s? mul.-. s iLhighlv ptiwVtfie belly of the dark blue Vnrio!losing ?aid to weigh no moro than :? pound ami n hair/wyici^niad'j into n full?ixcd cloak. The Siberian ermine is s)iij to fxetT the America:! vni ictx. in its jnjenso and f>ppt1<?? whiteness.' The Jludsofe'lJay -i?^)Jparty. ( I rap about" '2(j.tK)Q' annually. V* ' '' * * ' . Tom CouwIn'^ LasT,?At a tiial re- | Md/fct^'nNtoy Sprhiglj.growing out; o^"a.^?cfil^uiifwecrf some 6f the. .students j itiwl' uculty of';A0\'0ui1' 4 i ixiv.' wLu* fpfli*?rnfed th? fiifnlrV : bjbHingfto lW;jiijy a foU of cnhe, b'elong' j ing; t'ofdao of GW-slirderit.y wbi^fi w;is ' pVc^bly used .io the mclea}. Tom..was*iu j Ilia ,u?Uh1 happy inpod, nud bought down-; jb? House frequently by hi^'jrttjjy 4lh)strn? j now 1 j^airrvjog" aiul nnon , upon1' the attack. j At last, having exhausted hij, full stove of ^leaswi^rieS; Nvit&crfti full, Uwasf, heyjM^ern i$6t V>. strike ~quq oF^ Mr. atifapipiuaule gfc^pjny and .? ?t$bwr,.he tUui^^Oil out: 'V^^i^Wt-fc-ojjlil you do, sir, bei n gu t > arined, ff- T .& tempt to .j?(rcy?'S . - I rtw&U'V! * -- V ; ' ndr*k' ' ^ . " s' . jjfe 'W-iiv ; ' -:<rnSfii--fiif 'Tiioiig GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE- No. 1. ! S-v*1 * ' Felfnte ritlicf* if lh- Senate: Under the provision of a \\;su ami wellbalanced constitution, the c!o??*??f Auitnnti bring-? with il the season of deliberation lof the common wen!. A>s<mbled, therefore, in council, I greet you with a grateful L'*art, | sensibly impressed by the mercies we have expei tented the voar. an?f will. <>v pression of my willingness and ,<!<" ? ire to ii 11 ito with you in all that c: 11 coi?tiu lo the welfare of the State. It is again my painful duty to aanonnce a vacancy in tlio Hciiaiu of t!:o United States. < >a llii? seventh of Mav a despatch from the scat of Government informs! me of the very sudden termination of Judge I-!vans' useful life, at the close of the day !? fore?a day oeenpied as usual l>y liis senatorial labors. On the cleveutli. 1 received official information of tins melancholy event from tlm Viee-1're.M lent of t'nu United .Slates. Full of years and full of honors, posseting an honest, good heart, and a mind sound, clear and vigorous to the last, i is was the happiness, at the close of a well spent, life, to render unto his Creator the Spirit which l.e gave, at a moment's warning, without re grtit, and whilst at his po t, eiigng< d in tlie active dutii s of tin? i 1 * !? inw 1...1 < hitn hyi.hu Sale. Attached to the revolutionary liUt??ry of the country, and treasuring ia !.is lelnntivo m<m >ry umcli knowledge "of iti incidents, hi-; familial ity wUh the mi' s of law, and with its judicial administration, rendered his industrious service on the Senate's Committees exceedingly useful to thai body and valuable to tins Coverninent. Learning that tin: iviu rins of our Valued Senator \v< t o to be ii.t ic?l at his ou ii homestead, 1 instructed mv Aid-doto woeeed to the northeastern bolder of the S'ate, and attend litem ihcnee to their final re-;in^ p'.aeo. In view of the few remaining d;*y> of tin* session, and regarding it un\wse, under the ehcum-'lanees then indicated, to transfer to the Senate one of our faithful representatives in tho lower House, tin.-inclination of my mind was not to lili lie vacancy by an appointment. But, on learning that it w:n the de>'.!?e of the Delegation to have the st at filled, 1 forthwith appointed tin: g-diant Col. Ar.hur 1'. Ilavne lo repair promt t'v to tho Capital. Ilia commission, iho 1 t!t1i of May. was to continue until l!i** l'>urth M?>ndav in November (2'Jt.l install!.) 1 ?<.w suln??io* to your wi-tlom ami direction this election of a successor ill the J-cnato, until tho fourth of Match next, the. unexpired term of the late Hon. -iosiah J. EvatiS. The requests contained in ,th?* resolutions of the last General Assembly have breu complied. with as far as practicable. In rcspcut lo tho work for deepening the channel of the l iver, by the oily of .Savannah, application was iuad': to the l'nsidont of tho United States, who promptly responded thiough the War Department, by sending tho intelligent ollieor in charge of tho work lo explain the plan of the Scientific Board who ,projected it.- Ilia diagram was laid before me (the Attorney General and several members of the Jate Legislature being present.) and his opinion seemed to ho well founded, thai in all human probability the 'prosecution of the work to the.limited ex tent described would produce no injury to the Carolina side, nor impedo the navigation of the Savannah Back River. This opinion was eone.uirvd in l>y General Tot ten, the able Chief of the United Stales Co' ps of Kngineers. ills: ST A l l'K OK WASHINGTON', to which my Message of last November alluded as having been proposed bv tlie la\ m?nied Senaloi\,I$iitl<r, was c ompleted .soon :i!ler. .W:crtainmg in'JI.treh that the artist j was obliged to dispose of his woilc, and being certified thafc-.|p t^ris valuable. 1 took it Stat#.', at ten thousand dollars, ad-, ' g two thousand from the Contingent ' Kuiyl. 1 now ask an apj?ropriation of eight .thousand dollars to complete the purchase, , and" compensate fully the fmreniotis nrtifL The statue is of bronze. It luis b'en placed in tho Orphan iloiisc grounds in Charleston, up.de f the oaro of ihc city authorities, until tho new State House shall lw suilkiently finished lo render it safe iu the State grounds here. ? THE DEQUEST OF JACKSOX.. At the request of Col. E. G. W. lJutler, of Louisiana, n favoiito ward of Civil. Jacksou, and by authority of Mr. Andrew Jackson, the heir and executor of tho testator, 1 bo9toweil, on tho 4tli of May last, his bequest lo the "patriot of South Carolina, most valiant in defence of iiis fountiyij .righis," upon th^pfeai/Jcnt of lh<; Paliget^ck Association, aim ins successors iu oflico^h? trust for the h?ht 6u*vi*or of the South lina Regiment of Volunteers in tlio wnr ttjui Mexico, properly known aa 4,tkc Regiment." v <.-v Thw was dono hy prodamntiQii (vyld tsfr-fv r/Kprded in the SccreJUiry of .Sta'C^\Ojni^S; j>l C^ifitAi^in ^xp^A. jfrft&on tjm^ceiind; fijni?^rr. SlhLg^ tkoAss?;iHiion; which \:i* composed ^ef^M^^reirwiu^^T *i^ovotaU -, : - - % ?* in fiver dfllio i'OU^ff^aKd^ tegjMWkrttFyiio South Carolina Volunteeto-, io Statu vyhioh scut ilieuv (o now ?s niy tn<.kjsb* announce T^Jorttk Tms ?5r?ni}oriijjiBf?U' Irt?t, He ftjwffifoinced it before thcJHralt-tio Aanocinjlrtn ou liio fourth ofjWmW'liG breathed 'U19 fast, flt borne, tratiqlnU^QU the 17tH of anty?and liis reinaiudlje entombed near 4,ha city of Natchez, f>ft th?S| |fe^jba?ik of tl?o Mississippi. Faiibful, justed kind to our serving .(s t^U'ew ?!) a fore'gnTkn^ro honored and loved bim living, : ? [ W.-', ~-K auA*w-,. ,n, ?' . . . Jk 1. WM? > 111 lllir'lWWWWtWWWBIWO?WWWWMBM) ami now let our prayers ascent! lo tlio good (Jod to receive liim with approbation into ivjrlastinw habitations. hailwAWI Great credit is duo lo ilio eiiteiprising 'citZ'jiis who have prosecuted with energy ! and success t!ie construction of new facilities I of transportation fur passengers ami produce. It is notorious that travel ?nd traiio both iicease rapidly in proportion to improv d f.ic'.i'a'K-s and so ncu'ssary to the public do those t'lciliiif-s soon become, that no railway is al'owed to be discontinued, however pn ~ ! lit less it may b<; to its projectors. Indeed, j whore the pr.?piie'orH in tins vicinage aio . stockholders i!u? nvul !.? 1 , .....X. I'C Bit 111 lO JrtO profitless, own although if In' far from j ing-.a dividend. The capital thus invexfed i in South Carolina may be put do\viLat J eighteen millions of dollars, of whichfctimi I the Stall.- holds shares amounting to ! Upo, mn] ihc extent of railway in viking ord- rat nine hundred miles. ,t, j The Charleston and Savannah u<?ad beyond the lv!i>to5 the Union and Sp 'an! btirg lload beyond Uuionville ; the iSluo j liidge l'oad beyond IVtidleton, arc all unj dor the netivo agency of their skillful and j dli'.iciit oiiieers, in a.course of successful ! con^-ti notion. I have confidence in every j one, and trust to see, at no distant day. tho : ih.-t linking our commercial capital with tho j i.uiifof M?:xi<-<> and New <Orleans, these1 contl and lliiid with ihu Mississippi and j Uhio. I The woik last mentioned, which I visited ; ill September, is progressing through its harrier of granite wit!, much order, regular| itv and certainty. Xi-'hing seems to be | wanting to its completion m tin; course of j three years but an ample supply of means, j Twctit v-two hundred feet of lunnel had been cut into the Stump lions.; Mountain (thirty1 six hundred remaining.) Since that time ! .1 ? n.M.11.. ...I I -'- ' 1 , ...? v> II...-J vuiiijiieiCl! so far us to admit tin- passag" of a horse and t cart. Tim masonry at Twenty-six Mile Crock, Seneca liiver, and elsewhere, is advancing si^Ufactorily, and soon the cats will be steaming up to tlie loot of the mountain. The change which is going on in the region through whieh-il parses, inu.-t be witj nested to be realized. Indeed, it is not fsullieiemly realized by the inhabitants of ' the vicinage generally, bQt the loss (o them i would bo most sadly realized should the ' work, bv any possibility, be stopped. I | cannot bring myself to think of such a posjsibiiity to a work in which the pride of llio j State, as well as its welfare and the inestimable value of a closer and more direct association with our neighbors of Tennessee, : Kentucky, Alabama ami Mississippi, is con1 corned. So important do I hold this intercummuuication to us, that 1 believe it will be the policy of the State, as soon as tho 1 roula by rhc liabun (Jap is completed and j iu full operation, to lend ltor means, with | the skill and energy <>f her engineers, to ' pushing forward another route ot' travel to ' ICnsfci n Tennessee, by either the Greenville I or the Spartanburg iload." Bunds for tho 1 last instalment of the Stale subscription to J the Blue Uidge Railroad of ?200,000, were 1 signed by me on the 25ih October last. i j TIIE MILITIA SYSTEM. *" . ( , The Militia system, though far from bo- ';i' ing perfect, nnd admitting of amendment in j certain details, wo must not be induced to . abandon because of its interference with .the convenience of?a citizen, or the exaction of tines from delaulters.obliviuusof their mibliu | duties. Jt.has < jVodiice(Viin tho service of the country some of . th?> best. soldiers out| side ot'. tho regular army. The days of ' seventeen ikip^efd aud Sovcuiy-bix?eighty, t ! must never become aJ leuiyte, nor can llio memories of a gallant? atfcesfr}' L>e so forgotI ton, as to permit tbcir !"p'osl<inty, the men of ; 1 the day, however gwit- thtf- luvt^of .ease, to : ovuilouk the fuel Uuit^h)t;i.r:libeWie^'iaa ? I | as the public peace, a'roMir tlicir own Eeiep- \ j ing, and depeud upoji lh*ir o\\ft-vi?ilamo J ' and.ability to p.roteejraijt} flejeiiili tlioin. At : ! any anti td^iilon?(y^-ihle^iUzen ilsAiable to : j.'rt j bo called* into llig -field. lluw ii^fportant, 'V i therefore,.tba^U? should tofiU only/tJfeivato ' Steady habits of' t'empfcrahce i^d piBdiejace' .. himself, but als6'^|^o^g^tiffeirf irPbtlisra; . 'j j now important, -uy- ?$sp$HU with the ineu in lii? tftj^'to^ki^jj^wlfo^ill bo- rclinUtJ in thu thno of AniH^jj'pOiv^pbc^n be niay Co n fi< l^ii t tQU'cUij&^ tbotyU?p\^^^i fa'c,n'g^^tfr?;.Sl^ fe'cqtnbi^^. 'i'b w^^^of^^pndjfenctgm 60911. formed 8iuongft|&\u^i)ibuis of^fii^folunteerconi' ^ pru/y t -?tKu 8fvrno in*<V bo roiTKrellj. peri-Kois :M? in -tU'e ';' .11 pon*tbo ?riap, wbose sltuly iav^w .t^yVj4;3ut^)r?ir: 'Wasoning imjthu :-^tbing-coul? ?, deftlt so eitatfrdy upon llio enemy . | TliE Ijl'ATK AOmcCLTURAt SOCIETY; ' is dispensing much infornaiatiou^^i^fu^ agetnent amongit fariper?,, wko?o domeatio : habiia ar&'/ioL lavorablu-.to aggregation, and who*. thefffore, are always Wsiafitdti by the 'yii. stimuluiof agricultural exhibitions. T)k. trior Societies 'biarv&' "been org^ni^ad/lMMi ?Concltided* ^ Fourth paye )