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CHAKLKMTOX, S. yLji'Yb, "J J, 1&51.
T? f r '] ) Vt of!hp Cj trier:... y,*h;. y
You \vi!l ohlige^V, injustice to Mr^ilrRao,
the Engineer who constructed thojpRmiden.
lirancb, to give publicfty to the coinmhnieat'rn
herewith, received from him a day or two since.
lmn?9di;tfclv>after the catastrophe in the V/a'-feree
Swamp, Mr. McRae," (tKnngh engaged in
^0,-fh.Carolina,) lost no time in visiting the
scene of disaster. He gives you the result of
Ms examinations. Mr. McRae is correct in his
statement, tlfRt the embanking of as much of the
Wateree Swamp as would be safe, was origin
r mu contemplated, and that the trestle woik
''.wanRernted and so arranged as to offer t!.e
facilities for eiub.Titkinc and at least
cost In my negotiation with Air. Idemming,
the Engineer of the Wilmington and Mauchesrer
Road, it was expressly stipulated tlftt he
must connect with the trestle on ail embankment,
aqfri that the South-Carolina Road would
unite at that point with a similar woik. Mr.
McRae understood my views,and seems tohave
communicated them to the new administration,
as a work not merely to project, but deemed
absolutvly necessary, and to be commenced
without delay. Tluj^kjintendetit o f'th e tract
bad no4nstwe$OQS<tp0reduco his torce on the
*tre6t!e ffeetiort"; on tne contra#, he well underjitood
that that work would require a more t igid
supervision during the year lSbO, and until
the cont^piplated embankment was completed,
which necessniily involved an additionalpolice..
vlf decay iu the timber began to appear, whv
'was it not corrected? I have never doubted
that the breaking down of a portion of the Wateree
trestle was occasioned bv neglect; a trntil
of an n^fhale supervision, and the. high speed
ex isted of the freight train':. The reduction
of the road police, when it should have been in
creased, proves the first, and the published
schedule of the freight trains, sustains the last.
?iatever defect (as stated in the want of
>wel pins and IqQons,") may have been in the
original construction of the trestle, these could
have been supplied at a moderate or small expenditure;
and the proper daily supervision of
the work would have betrayed the defect in
* time to prevent the serious disaster which occurred.
The substitute, however, is more defective,
and the recent interruption to the runniug
of trains, from the floods threatening to
carry away the new work, shows that wo wore
not in error in cautioning against that structure.
The old trestle could have been re-placed, dowel
pinned and tenoned, at the same expense, I
while it would have retained the facility foronibanking,
which recommended its first construction.
Tjiis very important power is now forfeited*
and the embankment of the swamp, in
whole or ia part, cannot be executed but at an
expense, treble what it would have cost with
the advantage of the old trestl*. The present
. wads,i? exposed to be covered at every flood,
for .the" water, as Mr. McRae assurcs bs; his
^frequeiitly been two and three feet above the I
present structure.
?The Wateree logging, for it is no longer a j
trestle,?nd the substitution of a six mite, plane !
for the, Aiken incline, are great mistakes, and i
time will show the heavy tax tliey will involve. I
One word more. As with the tresH", so an
impression is attempted to bo made that the
construction of the section ol the Camden
Branch, this side of the \Yateree, was defective,
and would require renewal the next year.
A mode of structure introduced on other roads,
dispensing villi the coil of cross lies, was tested.
t'ie;v. If it failed, it was only necessary to add
the cross.ties, which had been omi tfed in tlic |
first instance. It became therefore simply a
-question, as to the time, when the cross ties
iwerfr to be placed down. -If they could not be
dispensed with, then the expense of placing
them down had to be incurre I in 18.71 instead
of 1847, with the benefit of an experiment
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winch woihu nave ueen very iiu|iuii.iin,
nnt^ailed, as wits reported. The Superintendent
H'.IS not ignorant of this fact, as he had
received instructions as to the mode of reparation
should mud sills alone be found not to answer.
A communication in your paper of the 2-ltli,
confirms the above views as to the mistake
committed. It appears that the late interruptions
to the trains was at the junction of the
Manchester embankment and the water had
not then attained an elevation within 2 fe--t of
what ha?l come under tiie observation of .M-.
AlcRac, often interrupting the trestle work in
.progress to completion.
JAMES GADSDEN,
- Conch d, X. C., Feb. 7, 1 Sol.
The Annual Report of the President of the
South Carolina Rail Road Company to the
Stockholders, has just been placed in invjiands.
One paragraph in the report, would seem to require
some reply from me, but the late hour at
which it has leached mc, leaves but time to
make a few remarks.
In regard to the trestle-work over the Watcree
swamp, I find in the report the following:
"The trestle-work over that swamp !?ave
rv.,..k..? i..?? ? i,;u ...i
way CU'IJ 111 Ul lUU. I l?7a , OIIIIU MM v.ag.i.v ......
train of 1*2 cars, loaded witii Cotton, were
passing over it; and as the caps of cross-ties,
resting upon the piles and supporting the frame
work above, some 10 feet in height, were not
festene<J to the piles, cither by dowel pin, tenon,
or otherwise?the whole superstructure,
when it commenced lallling, fell to the abutment
of the bridge at the river, a distance of
8 1-4 miles." This statement is calculated to
trnisleud in two particulars. No explanation is
given oftlie cause of th" trains falling through
the trestle-work, but it is left to be inferred that
it was owing lolhe^absencc of " dowell pins or
tenons." The latter part of the paragraph, is
calculated to lead those unacquainted with the
length of the trestle-work, to the belief that the
Icholc fell from one end to the other: this bus
an important hearing on the case. Neither of
tlie?eis lhe fact. > The train did not fall through
in consequence of the absence of " dmrrl pin*
ortrhnn*,'' and neiwlv three-quarters of a inile
of the trestle-work were l"ft standing.
From all i can learn, niter careful inquiry,
an engine and t.aio weighs in all about 201)
tons, proceeding at hi/an spied over the trestle
work, fell throng!: in consequence of a defective
timber or sum.' oilier derangement of the
s- oergirneture. The momentum of the train
j,-orof.-]?ng at a high velocity, coming in contact
j with (he po:;ti:?n of the Iivstlo-work in front
j o\ jjtti/m'd it,-while thai part which was i>ehind
the train was left standing. " Do well piui
or tenons," with a leverage of 10 fort, would
offer Init a feeble resistance to a force capable
j of sotting in motion a mass of ncnfly 100.00C
! cubic feet of timber, loaded with SCO tons ol
I rails, no matter how loosely framed. The facl
! is, dowel pins and tenons in the position iiidii
cated by the report, are not intended to resist
the battering of a heavy train at high speed,
acting lengthwise of the road, but for a different
purpose. Supposing the foundation had
! been so. tire enough to have rendered piles un<
! necessary, as is the case with other and much
higher trestles on the Camden Branch,and else!
where, what mode of resisting so enormous a
force would bo considered necessary bjg^lic
President? Could he use dowell pins, tenons
or other fastenings? Is it usual to pin the mm)
sills of the trestle pins of bridges to the hard
j bottom where no piles can he used ?
I am informed that the Engineer has made
j afiidavit that fhtnrain was proceeding at mode'
rate speed when the accident occurred. I have
not seen tbfjtonper and have no disposition to
i jhhI would merely remark, that
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tlio person inTpiestion is an in te re sled witness,
I and is well known on l!:e road to be a reckless
j runner who was discharged from the service of
the South Carolina Rail Knaa Company l?v my
I order, a short time Uvliere lite pfeseut adminisj
tration came into ptfwcr, for u piece of carei
lessnoss, which cost the Company $1500, be'
si !cs the loss of the use of tin engine for two or
; three months dming the busy season. lam
, told that person in and out of the service of the
' Company, say they saw the train proceeding
' at the highest speed down the steep gr ide, which
! terminates but a short distance from where the
accident occurred. It may be difficult to prove
, positively, the speed of the tain at that time,
1 as the only witnesses to it are interested parties,
but we may form some estimate oWby other
means. It is a notorious fact, that the trains
! on the South Carolina Kail Road, have been
running for ninny months past at a speed inconsistent
with economy, over all parts of the road,
and there is no reason lo believe that it was at
j all reduced on the present occasion. 1 know
j no road on which the speed over bridges and
i trestle work, is as high as it has been tor the last
! year on the South Carolina Rail Road. It was
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well known to :in nan noau eugiu^^^nii mi
temporary bridge or work, like Wateree
Swamp, can stand the rackingMffion of
a locomotive (especially of a freight engine) at
high sjieed, for any length ol time; and I have
no doubt, that'the high speed maintained over
this work, for mouths before this accident happened,
contributed materially to the extent of
the catastrophe.
I hftve called the work in the V.'ateree Swamp
temporary, fur 1 believe it is well known, that
it was intended to be filled up at the Company's
leisure. The Board of Directors, with the experience
of the old South Carolina Railroad hefore
them, never, would have consented to the
introduction of so large an extent of trestle
work'asa permanent work. With tiie expectation.
that the tilling tip would be commenced at
an early day, all the most inferior timber was
removed to fte end of the work where the late
accident occurred, jvith a view to its being began
at the end. 1 had no idea that tiie timber
would be allowed to go to decay before tiie
of iilliurr un was beerun. The imnicili
I" """" ? O ~ I _ " o
ate commencement of this wurlc was one of the
few suggestions offered by my fo tiie present
I board before I left the service, winch was not
j acted upon. It being determined to sub-titule
for the tjvclle work, before its decay, a pcr.uaneut.embankmeiil.
The. grade ot the road was
raised three fret above exln me high water. The
love) was found by taking the average of a great
number of marks above and below tile line, and
on both sides of the swamp. The grade of
three feet above high water was adopted, to
make some allowance for the rai.-iug ofthc water
by the construction ol thy channel, and was
deemed advisably from experience in the (Jon*
garee swamp, where the embankment had to be
raised higher than was originally intended, it
having been matoihdly injured during its coni
struction, by the water rising above the grade,
flie work ia the Wat.'rcc swamp was materially
delayed during its construction, by the water
continuing for weeks, fl might say months,)
: at a time, uoa.ly level with the tops of the piles,
i Uu one ncjflHM|M?o, while three feet below
i-.igli wauflP^^Hnireseiit level of the rails.
casting rSKflH^fpon those who have recomuiemlcd
a^^Preiit plan, but as the reason for
subjecting the Company to the expense of rais
ing tin? former work so high ; much higher than
seems now to be considered necessary.
Verv respectfully, <Vo.,
JOHN McRAE.
Anecdote of a Do*.?There is an fating
; house in Fulton street wliich it kept by Messrs,
' Johnson & Rogers, and which is largely putj
ronized. Three times a day, among the oth,
er multitude uf hungry animals, is seen to enter
j with perfect self-possession and apparent ease,
: a tine, stately Newfoundland dog, who is a regular
boarder, lie lives in the neighborhood,
] but is led at litis establishment. \\ hether he
regulates his house by liio illuminated time
I pieee of the City Mall or not, is unknown; but
ids punctuality is that of a chronometer.
The waiters all know him, and take delight
j in receiving and obeying his call.
His meal is loiueu up in a newspaper, geu'
orally the Suii <?r the Evening Mirror, lit
receives the package very graciously, takes il
j in his mouth and inarches home, never touches
it until he arrives at his own premises, lie is
i a gentlemanly dog, upd adopts the usages ol
j civilized society. There are very few dogs anywhere
that excel him in good deportment and
correct behavior!
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1 We sec it stated it the Nationnl Inteligcncer,
that a bl<?ck of marble, obtained by tin
Swi s (iovermneiit from the Alps, wilLsoon Ik
sent to the United States, to he pffcecd 1n th<
Washington Monument. The lattd'of Williair
1 Tell has just concluded a treaty with our own
| anil thus seals its assurances of friendship by ;i
j liihute to tiio memory of (be great llcro-r-latesI
men.
, Cot'i!auk is Women.?There arcfew things
. thai would tend to make women happier in
i themselves, and more acceptable to those with
I whom they live, than courage. There are ma;
| ny women of the present day, sensible women
I J in other thiogs, whose panic terrors are a froF
| qnent source of discomfort to themselves, and
t timse around theui. Now, it is a great mistake
. to imagine that hardness mustgo with courage;
t and that the bloom of gentleness and syaipa,
thy must all be rubbed olf by that vigor of mind
wnich gives presence of mind, enables a person
I to be useful in peril, and makes the desire to assist
and overcome that sickliness of sensibility
i which can only contemplate distress and ditiiculty.
So far from courage being unfeminine,
, there is a peculiar grace and dignity in tiiose
beings who have little active power of attack
i or defence, passing through danger with a moral
courage, which is equal to that of tho strong1
est. We see this in great things. Weporfcctly
appreciate the sweet and noble dignity of an
Anne Bullen, a f Queen of Scotts, or a Marie
Antoinette. We see that it is grand for
these delicately-bred, high-nurtured, helpless
personages to meet death with a silence and a
j confidence like his own. But there would be
! a similar dignity in woman's bearing small teri;
rors wilii fortitude. There is no beauty in
i fear, It is a mean, ugly, dishevelled creature.
No statute can be made of it, that a woman
would wisfi to see hersell like.
There is no doubt that courage in tv in some
measure be taught. We agree that the lower
.kinds of courage arc matters of habit, therefore
of teaching; the same thing holds good to some
! extent of all courage. Courage is as contagions
as fear. The saying is, that the brave
I are the sons and daughters of the brave; but
j we might as truly say, that they must be brought
| up by the brave. Tho great novelist, when he
! wants to show a coward descended from a valorous
race does wclWo take him from his clan
j and bring liiin up in an unwarlike home. Inj
deed tiie heroic example of other days, is in
! great part the source of each generation, and
I. ii.. .... .i_. ?a^..,
! Iliei) WUIK. COIDposuuiy iu IIIC IIIUSV [iciuuua cir
! terprises, beckoned on wards by tlie shades of
! the brave that were, in civil courage, moral
j courage, or eourugo shown in the minute circumstances
of everfr-dnyjjfe, the same law is
! true. Courage maybe tqfcht Inr precept, enforced
by example, and is goq^fif.be taught to
men, women, and children. An
American Title.?" When I was travelling
to Massachusetts, some twenty years a30,"
said a traveller," 1 had a seat with the driver,
who on - stopping at the postotiicc, saluted an
illlooking fellow on tho step, with "good morniiig,.Judge
Saundcps, I hope you're well, sir.
"On leaving the orHce, I asked the driver, if
the man he spoke to was really a Judge.
'Certainly sir,' he replied: we had a cockfight
last week, and he was judge."?Mark line
^LnglishJ Dxchange.
Two thonsnnd five hundred and seventy-four
1 medical men are practising the present time
in Loudon. Of these, ' I'J.'.il are engaged iu iguiieral
prdRiiv; li>7 ns pure surgeons; 150 as
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I I'*'*(UHI |I9 UUU uaw m> v
[ authors. Of these 312 have written boohs or
j | >an i oil lets, arid 331 have contributed to the
"! medical journals. Thcro are eleven general I
i practitioners to every 10,001) of the inhabit- ;
j ants; seven pure surgeons to even* 100,000; and
rtilner more than six physicians to the same
i number; wiiile each homtrpathist has a gross j
J iittiuber of 13,*270 upon whom he may prnc- !
! lice without interfering with the duties or onto*
i I
laments of his colleagues.
Tut; following rVply to a young infidel who
j sculled at Christianity on account of tiio mis!
conduct of** some of its professors. Dr. Mason
said : Did you ever hear an upro it* made because
an infidel went astray from lite paths of
morality ? "The infidel admitted be bad not.
Then" said the.Doctor, Don't yon see that
von admit Christianity is a holy religion, by
expecting its professor to ho holy, and that
thus, by your veryubjecfion, you pay the highest
compliment in your power ?"
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Some of the submission presses are striving
to excite all manner of prejudice against South
Carolina. They admit that wrong has been
j the Soutli, iSutilli Carolina inclu<'."il. Was that
State the aggressor ? They \\ ill toll you no.
j Did she endeavor to deprive the North of the
j common territory? No* Did she ever organ.:
ize societies within her limits to break down
any institution at the North ? No. Did she
, ever try to steal from the North her property of
any kind? No. Did she, with a blind and
reckless fanaticism, ever threaten to destroy the
peace, the happiness, or safety of citizens of the
North? No. Did' she threaten secession for
wrongs on tint-slavery question, till the North
refused her a foot of the new territory, and
proved that she was determined to degrade her
as an inferior? No. Can a true hearted
Southerner revile and forsake South Carolina,
I because she has lost confidence in the affection
: of her Northern sisters?
I Have not the States of the North united with
i Kuglaml and I-'ranee, to prosecute her and do'
j strov her institution of slavery, upon which her
wealth, prosperity and greatness so eminently
depend? Has not South Carolina done everything
in her power to get justice and preserve
the Vniou? Did sh?* not modestly ask only for
the .Missouri Compromise line, which would
have given the North two thirds of the territory?
Were not her efforts to get justice made in
kT * 1 -11 4 I I |
vain? lias not tlie i\ortn grnspea nu mc mmi,
! and is sho not still defaming, contemning, and
j i hating .South Carolina and the South.
Georgians, Southern men everywhere, can
you rise up and take sides with the North aI
gainst your wronged and injured Southern sisters
( If you should think that she would err
in going out of the Union alone, will you not
say in your hearts, go in ponce and God Almighty
prosper you. Would you stand idly by
'! and see the sword of the North reeking with
' her free, noble, and chivalrous blood?see her
' j (he subject of gross oppression in the first place,
' ; and the bleeding victim of cruelty and tyranny
. in the second ? If Southern men would do this,
i thorp a* uot enough rightg'ous in this Southern
land, to s-ive it Irom political destruction.?
A tiywttu R'-jmhlir.
[lMCAMi)EN JOtei,
[ THO. J. WARREN & C. A. PHICE, Editors.
TlrK ;f>AV EVKMfWG, M \R II 1, 1851.
Our Marliet.
I Cotton vvlTlfiring from tJto i't^cts. Oifitr articlos
rt-main alioul mo same. in Charleston,
Cotton ranges iVutu 7^ to i I cent?on Saturday
last about ^70U bales were sold at these prices.
RETURN DAYS
For Fuirfiyltl, " " s.
'' Kershaw, " ' io.
" Sumter, " J^22, '
M Lancaster, "
Mr. Richards.
We have the pleasure ol"stating, that Mr. Rich
aids will arrive in our town to-night, or to-morrow
?and as soon as convenient commence his Lectures.
It is indeed a Literary treat?and we feel
sure that he will meet at his first Lecture a crowded
and .refined audience. Be sure and not miss
the first, and we have no fears for the last.
Daily State-Rights Republican.
This most excellent Daily, is now issued in the
Afternoon. It is one of our best pa|H:rs, and
should be liberally patronized, for we feel sure, that
its Evening CarrM will fall pleasantly on many
a wearied car. ** ***
Rail Road Stock.
Yesterday 134 shares S, Cl Railroad Stock
were sold at public auction for Cash, from 84 to
87 dollars per Share.
To the " National Intelligencer."
The Editorial ol the National Intelligencer du|
ring the greater part of February, seems to have
j been almost entirely devoted to South Carolina?
: column after column has he written, to provejo
our gallant State, that she should not secede*.
Not that he loves the Palmetto so much, but that
he loves the North more. In mouldering ruins he
has painted our noble State, in sackcloth standing
at the door of the Union, and knocking for a readmittance.
H.- has wasted a world of argument
to show tli.it South Carolina has received a full
share of the Federal honors. Have the people in
llit-ir wisdom conferred honors when they were
not deserved ? If not, then South Carolina has deserved
those honors, and lias received nothing but
hpr due." Whv then sneak nf Federal Honors^?
We can toll him, however, that very few of her
sons, now in whom the State feels# pride ore desirous
of any of the honors of the (lovermnent.
But the beauty of his argument is, that Congress
lias deprived South Carolina of no right, nor has
she. been injured by its Legislation?or rather I
should have termed it something else than argument,
as he throws it out a bare assertion-?one of
his axioms we suppose?capping it with the ex
press ion that the worshippers of Jupiter, anciently
did their argument with the christians. "It is all
delusion," and to make us believe it, quotes the
following from a tfeorgia Print: "Look at the condition
of the people of South Carolina; free as the
breeze that sweeps over her plains; prosperous
even to plethora; her sclmls flourishing; her
. works of internal improvement penetrating every
portion of the territory; manufactures springing up
, along her beautiful streams; fier gieat staple
commanding vxhoibilaiit prices; and her cumin
?rce expanding.- -Of what right Lis she been Hepitted
by (JoiigressWhat constitutional jirivilent
of L rs has been i>iended or abridged bi/ the
Federal Government f" Wonderful argument!?
And if thu* happy with our rights crippled?reduced
to unequal* in the Confederacy?our slave
properly?our chain properly Irannnelled. What
Would we he, tree and unbound?with all the energy
ol'a young Republic thrown into our people,
and no FoJural usurpation to weaken and divide
us. But bore the A'ulional Intelligencer has
leit out the main leaturoof the argument. What
though upon our beautiful rivers floated the
wealth ot El Dorado? Wi a! though our Schools
were as far-fained as the Egyptian?and the sound
\ of our minutactori *s wore ever rumbling ??
| Would that pay us lor injured rights ? Would we
i not in plenty forget j>rin:ip1e, o?* still rise regardj
less of our ephemeral prosperity?and knowing
our Rights, boldly and succestdully assert them ?
But our present prosperity would be but tire bait,
j to lure us beyond the hope of salvation. What
I perfect sophistry to talk of California coming in
according to the mode laid down by South Caro!
linn ? Who so blind as not to see the entire train
of insiduous acts ? Had tl>3 Wilmot Proviso nevor
been threatened by Congress, California would
to day have been a Slave State. But a great
show of determination) to pass the Wilmot proviso
was kept up, until the Southerner with his property
was frightened away, and the contemptible
wooded-nut meg venders filled up the country?
| then with perfect certainty of its being a free State,
; Congress could say, "well we will let California
come in with a Constitution of its own,"?knowing
by their agitation that they had sent a population
there, that would effectually pass the Wilmot
Proviso in spirit over it. This is the way
that the North would constitutionally kill the South.
But then, we are are to be coerced. The National
Intelligencer says that " there can be no doubt,
but what the General Government will enforce its
: authority by arms." So, Carolinians, tremble for
I your doom?and like frightened hares fly beneath
' - - - ? -o?? -- . ? wu.. :*
the flag ol uncie oam iui ouchc. ??i?jr,?o <? pvoeible,
that the National Intelligencer supposes
tho General Government, can frighten South
Carolina into submission? Why sir! you never
read our history?an . we doubt if you have not forgotten
our very Stat? motto?throw your proclamations
upon us, and threaten your cannon, but
you will ever see staring boldly in your face, as
you approach?"Animis opibus que parali." We
hurl defiance in the face of a thousand such
threats, and heed thetn less than the idle wind.
Why every valley in our State would bo a Marathon,
and a thousand Thermnpylaes would be
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found utxui our bortffers, if our enemy was ooU .
too t:nue to act Itis part in tl:eytfagedy. We >
know too well 1 lie positfi n of affairs, lo fear ,
I even an attempt at carrying Un> throat into
I execution fC.itrid for our own part.-nniy -egret _
i tiiat. wo krt<>w y;;u Kill nr>t meet vx. You a.?k .
j "wli it woutd wejra.n by .<? i. Wo.a^Mjyyf
j everything. There is no single point frjrji w^icb
you can \iow our position but what wKvtfitl lfavw^
gained.. You bold out tin-bug-bear,ot'toMBRfJUl
army and navy lo support; nil the at my w? would
need, would would he such a out' as wo litifc now
?a skeleton army?why c-very citizen is a citizen
soldi" r, and at the tap of the drum.?would be
read) to inarch. And about the tune Your Federal
army coin v> to coerce us, an Independent power,
you will find where our aruiy is. Vou hold out the
weighty expense of our" Government Wo are
prepared to prove that at the highest mark, our
expenses would not overgo five millions?and also,
that with out any farther oppression by taxation,
our income would be upward of seven
iniilions, and constantly increasing Vou nccuso
us of giving Dictatorial power to :he* Convention?
grant it; ai (I had we not rat .e: abide Inr a deiejpm
ted Dictatorshij) to t lie members of that Convention?than
ran Te tinder the assumed Dictatorship
of the North. South Caio^na would he highly
patriotic no doubt?if she were to |?!.irp herself
in the relation to the North, that Ireland is to England?and
submit to Vankeo Dictatorship. But
it is a dreadful Iransgtessioii to elect a Delegation ^
of our owti citizens, in whom we have' every
dependence, with power to cut us loose from so
detestable an alliance, as the Union now Is.
<
VVe should not have troubled our reader* with this
longerTl.ai. usual Editorial, had not the 'Wi*
linnal JnleUigencer used us as evidence tint South
Carolirfi was looking to a Protectorship on the
part of England. We merely in that Editorial
mentioned England, Ihe same remarks tftnilcf'b?
applicable to any European power. But we did
not even hint at a Protectorship?we would want
no Protectorship : but if it were necessary??
would sooner beii ProvinceofRpsria, with Russia's
protection, than a member of tlu present Union;' ?
She no doubt would fleece us, but she would fieei^ '
as an inferior, and defend as a Fuperior?^she
would not take hold of our beard find kis6 u?, and
at the same moment smite us under the fifth ribi
But in conclusion, we tell the \nlumat4j&etti$ihi
eer, South Carolina will secede, so warn Undo
Sam, and his AI>olition Government to rub'up bis
cannon?and that ho had better save hisProdM
mations for waging. On the waters oftho*deep
blue sea" or benealh the shade of our Magnolias-^
we defy you. We will secede, aiid ldiould "the
Stars and Stripes (with one Star out of its gahr*y$
ever meet the uPalinet?o"?vou will remember
the legend of the ancient Banner?that cvet was
! seen to wave in victory, though its Banner were ?
| among the plain. ' K ,J*
Friendship , ;
Is more titan a name, it possesses girater merit
than th?taiismatiic charm lhat poets are wout to ^
give it. Its signification is deep and abiding i(
viewed in alt the colorings which truth aud.?t|fe
cerity invest it. lit? is a strange and unibrtunaltf
being who acknowledges not its obligations. Let
tlu?e who view it as a weak and childish charse*
teristio of mail's nature, remember that this teruj
j embodies all that i? noble, manly, and generous*,
j It implies in.its literal definition, united aifctfiqnt-..
personal kindness and favor, addressees iteelf ift
oiitie lo (lie nobility of man and dignifies and ?>
aits human nature t.i i?s loftiest altitude; thogoU
den chain whirl) iinkslieart to heart: a jewel which
grows brighter with its^tHug, and. made better
and more valuable wilh.i^fe; its origin was Heaven?a
fa vorite theme of Angels?Gods best giftNo
,l:ai' . y -ntf
"To Imoirh M* gloco,
W hen *omw brood* o'er hi* foul."
Those who regard its claims but lightly, and altaclf
o ily a secondary and superficial importance to
this Virtue, should isolate thciuseires, and sw<l? ,
tiom the haunts of men; eiijoy their selfishness.
Ilave a ''lodge in toine Vast Wilderness lyJuire^
boundless contiguity of shade" would entirely shut
out the genial rays of this divinity which fills each
generous heart on Earth, where Friendship gttwrt^ ^
thai we may reap its fruit in Heaven.
Small Pox. .. r'
it* J
Alter our quilLlabors had closed on Usl.
week's paper, we were sick about a djyt and* J
half with some kind of eruption, known about )
here as the Small Pox. We confined oaredf
to the bed about a day in deference to the 'ubi* \
quity of medicine, and about a half day in deference
to its p rostra dug effects. As far as the
disease was concerned, we could have hoeti up
I and about our business as usual, but through
that prudence which had to care tor others, we*
kept our room for a week. Our readers Seed ,
have felt no alarm about handling the paper, at
in tho meantime we had no personal intercourse
j with the hands in the prin ing office. We am
I perfectly well again this week, which we sayto^
j make the readers of the paper feel e?sy; and
| we hope all of them may ever be as well as wfis
I have been, and that they may long be in as good
health as we are at this present wiling,?//orlids'
Nest. ^
We heard Brother Badger by a "passer through"
of your misfortune, and felt much interest ou your
behalf. But we are indeed, glad to hear that yqtj ,
are "safe and sound again"?and hope, to *ee
ycu soon in our Monumental City,-aAer the raising
of our Blockade. < .
Ayert Gharry Pectoral f
We call attention to the circular of this artfeto
now in our paper, and at this season of the year
when cold and coughs are so prevalent, the infor>
mation it contains will not be found uuwelcqpe. J
The eminent names, le^ to recommend it, are con- J
elusive proof of its value. It is at once safeitnl
pleasant to take, and is certainly very powerfulfo V
cure. Thoee.afflicted with coughs, colds, asthma, . 9
bronchitis, hoarsenee, or indeed any of the Various 9
affections of the lungs, will do well to try 1l?e V
Cherry Pectoral, and will hare no cause to regret 9
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Camden, S. C. 9