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too gate-keepers, overseers, ami laborers requisite to keep ll:e toad in oilier, "t be most striking leatiire of the plank-re n! svstetn, that (listing"! i>!ios it from the rail-road, is, that the fir>t avails itself of tiie independent, pre-existing animal power for the purposes of trnnspor'ntion. while the last substitutes mechanical agency for the same end. .Now, if the question were raised in manufacturing countries, like (irent Britain and the Eastern States, (where the construction and management of machinery is the business of a large class of the population, and where horse power is used only to a limit-d extent,) as lo thj$.*i('vantages of the two modes of tr.aiisjior' - : ' ' i...ft,, i./. laiiun, uie ueci-niu wwum ... fnvor of the machine?but in South-Carolina wo aro seeking tlu* best modes of transportation for onr groat agricultural staple, anil it is a question of some importance how far the public interest will be promoted by substituting machinery, when it would not lessen the amount of animal power required for the purposes of production ; from the great amount of plowing necessary to the growth of a cotton crop, there is no country in the world which employs so much of animal power, in proportion to the weight of the staple product, as in our c il.'un growing States. In the growth of cotton, plowing is continually needed from January and Fel ruary, when the land is broken up, to August, when the crop is laid by, and liio fruit begins to open ; on an average, a horse or mule is employed for every eight bales of cotton, or ton and a half of product. In grain and grass grow - r- ,ij" M-Jiivit ing countries, a luriuer juu? m uw - . with one horse, which yields frotn 13 to 20 bushels to the acre, or 3(5,000 pounds?about 15 tons of product to the horse. The article of hay will greatly exceed this, and probably reach forty tons of product to the horse. The authorities which I have consulted, give the resistance to wheels in motion from fiiction, on a wooden plain, at from 1 in 1)4 to 1 in OS, but special reference must be had to the hardness of the niateiial. In New York, where soft hemlock is used for plank-roads, this re sistnncc is estimated at 1 in GO of the weight; with our hard pine 1 in 80 may safely be assumed; but as such tabulations should be based on the resistance of roads which have been considerably worn and therefore not perfectly smooth, I will assume 1 in GO as my basis for calculation. The most reliable authorities give the available effect of a horse us equivalent to a tractive - i .. I,.,If lorcc 01 I'ZO poUUUS, moving nil) .mil .v miles an hour, for ten hours i:i twenty-four. Yel it must be remembered that the dynamic efi'ori of a hor^e.'or total power which he ia capable of exerting on a dead pull, is much greater. l?r. Gregory assumes it to be equal to 4*20 pounds. It is by a freqnyjit tax of this absolute energy that our wagoners are enabled to overcome the immense resistance which they encounter, from hub-deep mud, and the uneven surface of our up-country roads. Assuming the resistance to be one i:t sixty of the weight, a horse wo J 1 be capable of drawing upon a level plank-road, for days and months in succession, without suffering from over-exertion, 7,r>00 pounds, including the weight of the wagon, and move two and a half miles an hour, for ten hours in twenty-four. On an ascent of one in fifty, the power of the horse to move at the same speeJ-would be equal to the draft of 4.000 lbs., which would give for ' L "J ? - 1 r.f lour nurses iu,i/uu ius., uijuiu i</ iuiij w.?vo ? cotton of 4U0 lbs. each, but this is the gross load ; if we deduct four bales for the weight of the wagon, we shall have thirty six bales as the nett load. It will be perceived, that in this calculation no allowance is made for the diminished resistance on the easy ami level giades of the road. The calculation is based on the assumption, that the road throughout the whole extent, is a rise of one in fifty, and that the velocity, as well as load carried, is governed by the resistance upon sucli an ascentNow, in practice, this wool ! not be the case. It has been satisfactorily ascertained that a horse moving two miles an hour for eight hours, can exert a force of 100 pounds, therefore, on a plane of one in fifty, at this rat ot speed, he would draw for eight hours 5,408 pounds, gross, in the place of 4,000, as before stated, which wjuld be for the four mules, fifty-three bales. By reducing the speed, therefore, to this rate, there can be no doubt thai the ascent could be overcome with this load ; particularly as thi> rate of inclination would only he cueounte.ud occasionally; probably not for a tenth of the day's work. Upon the remainder of the road, the speed could be increased to three, four, and five miles an hour with ease to the horse, without using a power of traction on the level parts of the road exceeding forty-one pounds to the horse. This would admit of a speed of six miles an hour, according to Wood and Leslie. The ordinary speed upon the roads in New York, with heavy loaded wagons, is three miles an hour or thirty miles a day. In that State, where the grades are from 1 in 10, to 1 in 120, a ton is a common load for a bur**', at att average 01 tin* aoove meiiwoucu speed On a grade of 1 in 50, a hot so will draw two tons; this is ascertained from actual jcacti ee, which,aside from ail scientific roles, proves the above calculation within hounds. The enquiry of the planter will not be, how much iii? team of males u ti] be enabled tohaal to market, but how he is to arrange his wagon so as to carry a foil load. M idi a litiie additional strength to the axles of an ordinary road wagon, it nil! Mist.-uu 15 or '10,001) IItK ivrfhoi/t injury, while running on the ovum, smooth surface of the jjauk-roafi. [\ is not the weight usual! r pat on tbosn that mr.h ~ them to j.let -.hut tie* strain to whirls they *r>? ?:ubji /;/,-<< fny.<, rumunz ou fctrcp sidefiotr 'hssSvitfJ v, at. hue* b.mgr/J mvr stump- aitd rots. if arc * ntc'tainij rh- },r:,cnisahoj'y of rorrviog ?ueJ> ? ? >>rr./oj:.- oh v. flank-msr, ,( will n-r to anv of ;h.< U ; -j.m ifarvf m .?-'?> for a?;?JKO?ty -j j# r.-j-fajn-r Vow fiicJi o.'J, :?>r wVv.li->* rtotion.d/fT-' ?ui \3r.dof l*n* 1 - ; w?w*>v H v ?}.' ' > ' v?*o Jc.V/ .'iwtji*)?rvV . "yfor 1 m ' ->re v.; -1.-;. viisicr ?<'uaod r? e-i ; ... -.?,* ? or rO.it I fttld that .5 j'J.i-.k-' > ; i ' i O t fU.t t -i Uc !.}. <?> r. aiiv .j ?? ? ?. ,nh . vnmj.-* fb;?t a ? hatJ .j.x j;r<*. :i ?>o? !i JWr a iixi u?k;M Im* .>h!<1 tn r.;r.'j i) era /.>a?f. Ti'?. n, I vvoahi rafl sttoniimi Li t:is Etc*, f}wi from ] to 21 lialos of cotton, is a common load for four j j mules, through the streets of Columbia, where I the grades certainly exceed one in fifty, and j : the surface, no belter than an ordinary road. ; j " We think, therefore, that we are perfectly ! I safe in assuming -1 UUU pounds to mo noise as i j the nett load which can lie conveyed 011 a ' plank-road with grades of one in fifty, at the j rate of thirt y miles a day?this would he forty | hales for a tcun of four nudes. lint to make I i allowance for the weight of the wagon and pro- i i visions necessary for the team, we will deduct j ciirht bales?3,200 pounds?leaving a nett load ; of tiiirtv-two halesoi'cotton of 400 pounds each, j Allowing SO per clav, which is considered a I ! very fu'i estimate for the services of a four-horsv ! team, tiien the 32 hales, 12,80.) pounds, would j he conveyed thirty miles for ?3, plus the tolls. ; Kslimating the tolls at four cents a mile, would j I give $1 2U for the thirty miles; or a total ex 1 . 1 .ease of St "20 for 12,800 pounds conveyed .a I distance of thirty miles?equal to 0 1-10 cents j . a hundred pounds for a distance of 1U0 miles, j a fraction less than 37 cents a halo. 1 regard ( i cheapness in our country, as the most essen- j ti;:l element in estimating the value of an i;n- j ! proved means of intercommunication. Rail- ' j toads, unless they are located on thoroughfares I and managed with the greatest possible econo ' -i ,t.? ) . jy, will not b.! al;Ie l:? carry iri-yms ;u mr , : ..imvc! rates; for roads of fifty mile- anHer, ' I tin- compensation would !iol be .suliici?:>l to pay i f.if tin1 labor of loading ami tin oading, ami the j clerk's hire lor receiving, and delivering. Persons living at distant points fro;o the 1 plunk-road would, with four teams, bring to the r v:d a load, which would be tiansferrcd to one ?. gou on the plank-road. .No material altera- J tiuus would Ire necessary in tin- wagons for the j I plank-road, except the erection of a frame s.;f- , j ticicr.tly !<>:ig to JtolJ from 30 t" 3d bales of cotI too, Hiid the requisite provonde; fo; the team of mill.-3. i Those who I've in the vicinity of a plank- , ' road or it? branches, will be able l<? carry a crop ; j to maiket, in less time and witii less labor, and ! i certainly with less wear and tear of wagons ( ? i nnii. .?vri-tu!.-il m ctirrviiiLf i ! ;;ilU tilUM 17 l?vr?. ! the same uvw forty mile? of idlly and muddy , roads t.) a rail-road To such persons, ' the saving !>y plunk-road transportation \\ iil be ' equal to the entire cost *iio -til road freight, j with its attendantd ravage and other charges. in hilly countries, nlu ik-ron'l* are more necessary and advantagcon- than in'led ones,'an 1 it i?.!Ot atall neccs.-ary to procure so low a gra le i 1 as 1 in 50; i in 10 is in very common use, j and 1 in 10 may i?a used to great advantage, j I: the hill sides only, of the upper districts, i were planked, it would effect a saving, nllord ! great relief, and prove more economical in the i etui, than the usual repairs bestowed upon tie i ! Many person* suppose, that in our sa try, a double track will be required. . few instances, where the sand is very iigln, n may be, but this is a rare occur race. King and Meeting streets were beds ??f loose sand previous to planking the si des of these thoiuughlares, but now, since the heavy wagons are confined j to tiio plank-ioa-d, the middle portions of the ' street's have become so sou; a - to :a,r: j goo i j surface for last .hiving, an ! toad nil of a !ic?;ivi- | ly loaded wagon passing off and oa the plank- ] road with iittieor no inconvenience. l*or the various is well is most approved : modes of building plank-roads, reference should . ho made t<> (ji -lispie's A1 rami of the principles and practice of road building. He gives eight leet a- the most approve 1 width, and requires Kit),OOil feet of lumber to the mile. The on.I I Is variously estimated at from 8l.UOO to 82,' 4tX) a mile. The grading in hilly countries j constitutes a heavy ite a A road from Charles[ ton to Abbeville would lie about J'JU mile- long. 1 | The grading would necessarily bo light, an I with lumber at 80, ii could bo completed, with ; | a track nine feet wide, I'm 81/iiM), at the out- ' I i !e 81,800, u mile, wliicii en..t will include eu- i J giueering, gate, Iidiijc*, iVc. i'roui i.iy expo- j rienco in sucii matters, I am satisfied that, bv ' j the ui I of steam saw mills, a co itr.actor coal I J ; lay down 'lis timber on the line, foi tiie fir si. 150 j miles, a 81,5'J per tnousand feet. V.'iih per. ons who have reilectc! on lire I siibj cl.tiie first objection which v-e. -to irg?it j sell .igain-i ul:iiikiu.i:l ?,c.imj?are?l with lail-rowl-i j | is the i.niiij.ij:,' .ii.ioiinl oll.i.iiiiji ?t ?j- i.'t .1 i i tii. i--1 oon>tru"lio.?. Thi cli-c; i- easily .it i?v ihv *,c?, t ">i iiif \ >] ' n>5 . ^mrf .itoif. limber t i \ i* \ hi t >.* coil-t. iiftimi ni .1 :'..iI*ioi I, n i;io I the iSiir.ihUity of the ti uhe. i<>u>e, i- twice I iii i jil iii'; .1- i i a rail-run*]. Tito unit*- j 1 rial fm" tlic- Jhriu-.-i will rtutai i 1 -Id service j as ioui; is :? w.i^aa wheel uiil jt is? vnoothly ! uvei it, while, ua liio laitc., the safety uf rnuidi I v iMovim ;i i 1 iu .ivy Mir.hiuei \ irquiies thai ! tin' liiHiK1: -lioui'. romo.cn on ;m* nr-,1 *y;npj losiii'f Icny. The average dur.ibilitv o. plniikrout's, ! /ro.ii ii i. to too years, .nJ if tin.* :nr is < x>:!n.li tl li t in tin:, i Is, d'Cy will I.ir l front fifteen lo twenty \<>a >. j Others, again, on\ urge, tlml plank-roads could not thrive or bo supported in th-r vicinity of tin- railroad. We n f, r -.neb person* to tin* , f: . :!i;st tli re arf-iow upwards of fr.OOO wag!< per annum thai p i?s tin' >i.x Mile House j i :u Charleston ; that cotton and other j i produce i* h iu!e ! sixty milt's to town iti wagons, ! ] aw! sometimes froiu i?lackvil!e, ninety miles.? ' ' On r. good plank-road, a single mule will haul j I a con! of wood thirty tone;, jn a dav, ami a ' team of four mules will lfiiig to tou'u 4,000 I !?> ! ofinmhur, fro'ii si\ty miles up iho coualrv. i in two days; this will make it a profitable bn.-i- | ' ness to rut lomh *r and tire wood, and bring it , | to town bmo large range of country. j Hon ' .in b the pn sent wagon trade will be > increased by plank-roads. is a fruitful and i:i ; > rv.!.':!' tl.iu/e for siieeiibiiion. i am fnllv i >:;vu .Oi-iJ Viii? ?1." i;rs? tv.i*iiiy tnili'. nil! pat- i }ji>nj iiit1 j.rcf-Mii tr.J.'bV, r.m! ilia? l.\ its mv? iii- . (iooncf it >yi'J e?>.'ijcr i.rniis;)>.-.s of lr.vic, ,u)i'wb vvji! 0;,i:\ jut': its inroiij-'. Si \\j;i /Lm? from Ih> priv.Atf .neniK1? 0:1 i>olii -/ I.-- "i ii, .iiiii v> rjrj n?J>' to ?Js | vikii ;it r. <: $br r.jiio -oi jJ.- i rn(i). \? ooil, tarjf.-iiin.v iomJh'r, tr?lj i/i.-Jii-ii ;m> j of }!}.<> firat Gitr tier whiva, ri>:>ui. 4. liVor.i (be ?>]" Or--. i?r?>?r?j. ? ! Yj iii'u i:;/> rr>.\i) li.-JJ !iuv jvji'Jji-O j)i<- rirb in'rinu'i.....} I:, -si' KdyoSiM, .\<*w Wirjf^ ami its r-jp.vilv Utr ).isA\Hi3* ivill )/> itrj.-d . u>?i f'ii- ;t<) !.jrU nf :i populous a?4 u.-.Jiby ; purtioii of oar in i tucilh'uii for im:o- ; noiuii'.'i! transportation will be so apparent, that (here are lew who will not avail themselves of tliein. 'l'iie advantages above set forth are so apparent, thai, we think, they might to convince the most skeptical that there will be a travel on it equivalent to, at least, 12,000 wagons, 150 miles each in a year, which, at lour cents a mile, will amount to ?'7l5,!ttOO tolls, without ta king into consideration the carriages, buggies and horsemen that will use it. The effect on Charleston would be, to bring back, with a ton fold increase, thai important ' wagmi trade which mice gave value t.> King-! stree t, and nil [lie other property in the northern \ part of our citv, an impulse might be expected which wmiid, i a a very sliort period, extend the buildings of King and .Meeting-streets to, and i veil beyond, the ne v limits of onr city. .Ml doubts, if any yxist, as to the benefit the comumiiit v at large would derive, or as lu the profit which capital would yield, if invested in such works in our r~'ta(e, 1 think will be removed by a knowledge of what the h?tate of New ^ uric is doing. There the whole country i-i traversed by canals and rail-roads ? yet we see McAdami/cd roads being converted into plunk-roads, and plunk-roads by the side of rail roads are paying ten per cent., after laying by eight per cent, lor the renewal of plunking.? We could (piote many instances were plank- j roads are generally paying vi'J and g."> percent. on the capital invented. Une of these coinpanics i:i New York, in its report to the [.legislature, states tliat 83,000 wagons passed over the road in one year. Allowing that each team carried an equivalent to fifteen hales of cotton they would all have carried 1/245,000 hales, which is more than all the machinery of the South Caiolina Rail Road could carry in two years. So great is the expensive power of these roads, that tiie whole business of the year might he crowded into one month, and not effect its operation in the slightest degree. It is certain that the animal power necessary to the production of a cotton crop, is fully adequate to its transportation to market, over a plank road, a distance of'200 or 250 miles, j In one trip, every horse or mule could carry the nf hia loK.-ir f<> marked, which method, in two or throe weeks would dispose of the crop. In no well manage.! plantation would this seriously interfere witli the economy of judicious agriculture. I):it let us suppose, in order to compensate for nnv loss of time, that the planter puts his own provender on the wagon for the trip, and gets his thirty-two hales of cotton to market with no outlay hut for tolls, (say $3,) for 200 miles?suppose, further, that to meet his expenses, lie takes a return load of 12,500 pounds. n? HO cents a hundred. 'J'lii> would pay his tolls hotli ways, and leave him ?21.20 clear profit. The same would cost him, on 200 miles of rail road?in fro-ght on his cotton at least 81.25 per hale, or $40; this added to the $21.50 earned by the return trip, over and above tolls, and we have a saving of $01.50 hy three week's use of tiie team, which would - i 1 ?t... have to i).? fo?.J ai Home u 1101 tmii|>muii uj?u*i mr road. J'lie return loads of sugar, coffee, ninlasses, salt, iron, and other sorts of merchandisc, would not always supply a full hack load, hot it is presumed that such facilities for transportation woulJ lend to the improvement oi land hv the use of lime, gypsum, and other | stimulants of the soil. Oyster shells, five and a j half ton* In the load, would ho a good return load for a hack country planter. 'J'o make the work complete, such roads loading from the* country should he extended to the wlrurves?for a tram could nut haul more than a half load over a stone paved -treef, and not even that, nnles- the pavement were kept in Writer condition than they are generally found to he, after a few year's wear. 1 have nothing to say against paving our streets with -tone, for i helievo it to he the only sure mode of finally exterminating the yellow fever Iroin ' I I ...L, .. our city. i>ut my re can ue u?? uouiii ui.u a good |il ink-road loading from our railroad tn tin1 wlnirvcs and wholesale portion of tin* city, would reduce thy cost n I'd ravage on heavy ar- ' tides at least one half. Those who are well j informed on the subject, estimate the dray age , to and from the rail-road, in Charleston, to cost fully 8">0.()0l) per annum. The rail-road companies whicit liave been receiving and transporting iron over the .South-Carolina ilaii road for the last three wars, would have saved money by the construction of a plank road at their own cost to the s lipping. A- to .McAda- j mized roads, experience ha- proved them not to I).- half a- durable as planking, and every one j " i" - * < .. . _ - ? .. ... .1 i wliu w.'ijks iviiig-sirrc'i iiiu. i see, iidiii iiiu muu which is constantly accumulating, that Ale Adnmiziug jg but a temporary work?for, miles ? the operation of rela vin?j with broken stone is kept up, the carriage wheels will soon cut through in the mini. That street, in the widened portion, is thirty feet between the! curb stones, anil twenty-four feet, in the old narrow part. A plank road Itf feet wide laid in the centre and properly arched; with .Mc Adamized edges next to the. curb stone, would be more durable, cost much less, and answer quite as ? -11 * ?--* ! lion flm iivoc.tiit nii.tlm/l Wl'IJ II 111 J' JJt'li1*1 uiv; |?ivotni> iiivuiuu. Its noiseless operations render it far preferable to stone paving, for a 1 usiness street It is hoped that the time is not far ilistart ; when South-Carolina will get tired of keeping < up the State road, and be willing to give it to a company who will construct plank surface n_ ' on it, ami render it one of the useful imjirove-1 nient of the age. A half millions of dollars expended bv our J city in thus extending her business to remote pails of the State, would truly lie sowing the seeds of pro.-pei it v, which would yield rich liar vest for all lint** to come. 1 a in indebted for a large share of the iufor- j million (' Oilaiiied in this essay, to the report of A. A. Dexter, Km]., Civil Engineer, of .Mont gomcry, Mahamn, which 1 would commend to i:..; i?i .. -j subject. I have used both his figures ami la?-i guage \vhere i have found litem to answer mv jiurjjo.se. L<i'n! ftr.'.i 'Yru<if?Willi (lie folio win? caption ihe f>nii Augustine Herald of die 8th iuM. tins a whole raUiiogue of names of candidate* for iJseeiuive ami legislate stations.? We tlisjt -nse \% ita notice ol' all, save the asjiira>.u, for high stale honors. John Triors most j be kcaxee in Tolas, ?os it appears that die olKee of Lieutenant CI o vein or is likely to gu a begS'"o: Hon: Richmond-* in the lirhl.?It is rumored that Col. M. T. Johnson will lie a candidate for Governor. Judge Evans, Judge Ochiltree, Judge Martin, Judge Mills, Gen. Darnell, and it. Scurry, Ks:|.. are spoken ot as probable can- ! ilidates for Congiess. The otiice of Lieutcu- ; ant Governor seems to go a begging. The San Antonio Western Texan, of the Oth. I contains various accounts of murders by the j Indians, and the pursuit anil punishment of them by the whites. I'lie Victoria Advocate says the slave popti- J latiou of Gonzales comity Las been fpiite dmi-! bled tliis year, and that the agricultural pro , duels of that country will be swelled far be- ; yon I anv preceding year. Other counties in : tiie West have also had their full share of emigration. We may also ad.!, that all aceouxts go to show that the emigration to the Eastern counr: .< iif rliM Trini. IK'^J VOI/Vtmiy IIIV Uj/jf V wuiiif W? ...? - ty liiver, lias m;t.!c the popirl iti-in, both of whites and Mack, quite double that of last year. Should the present year he favorable fir crops, we venture to predict that the amount ofexpo'ts from Texas will l.e more than double what they have ever been before in anyone year. Hunters, boat-owners, and merchants ['should have an eye to this impo.taut subject. j Free S;t?nr hirrniving the Shrc. Trarlc.? i The repeal of the discriminating duty in favor i I of liritish sugar, has increased the African I slave trade to no alarming extent. In 1815,! ! ilrazil imported only ~3.0U0 Africans; but mideajthc increased demand for sugars in the En-' glish market, the production has been greatly j enlarged, and in 1840 the number of slaves im ported was ;>*.!,UUU, m 1847 ;h.?"?jw; auu now it is supposed to he much larger. The rigid blockade of the Afiicnn coast is more than countcrhalaiiced by the demand for sugar. m CAMDEN JOURNAL ~ TIIO. J. WARR3N & O. 'A. PRICE, Editorstuesday evening, apttil 1, 1851. Gregg's Essay. Road it, if yen desire information of the right kind, upon the right subject, to us, one of all absorbing interest. We publish it to-day, to the exclusion of other matter. Considering as we do, that the claims of thel'Iank Road arc paramount to ail others, so far as relates to the commercial interests of the town and district. "When you have read Gregg's I-Jssay, wc consider the argument exhausted. The time then comes to go to work. " Delays always dangerous, are some times fatal." O Temperance Meeting. This evening, a Public meeting of Wateree Division No. 9, ?Sons of Temperance, will be held ii; the Presbyterian Church, commencing z. d C) ciocK. The Rev. E. Cater, of Bradford Springs, and ! (lie lie v. Air. Wi.'iierspoon, arc expec.ed io Ad' dress the mee.ing. I JSrwiiirei: of .leighboring Divisions are invited to join Wateree Division ot* that, occasion. The | [ m miters of .he Order, evil! nieoi al their New ! Hall, over Kennedy's Store, at quarter pas, 7 j o'clock. The public are respectfully invited to attend. \V. K ily us ox. ) A. Al. Kkn.nluv, > Committee. T. J. \VAI:I.kn. } ^-t"'()tir Rail Uond is again al! right. Passengers are carried over as heretofore, and the Freight Oars pass over the Road without ditnc-.ilty. It is not likely that a serious detention will again occur; at least, we hope not. Concert Festooned. Madame Anna Bishop's Concert is postponed till Thursday Evening, 3rd inst. 377" We tinder.-land lha. M.ij. Noah, died on the ut' the -3rd iiiot.?a ionner report being tncjirect. 17 We have no disposition to bore our readers particularly on r sore subject. We are ueverihe less, of opinion, that the followi c Somr of a 'hard up' Editor, is applicable to a J'nr. whose nc(pi.*.iotar.ee wc liave l!i<- pleasure cf claiming. Onr thanks are due to those, who have ausicreil to our call', there is still room lor improvement, and l : we hope to Iicar shortly from these of our friends J ir. arrears. SONG OF THE EDITOR. DEPieaTEn ro ins pelinquent patrons. Air?"Then you'll remember me." When oilier bills and other duns Their tales of woe .-hail tell, Of nnt?'K in ImnL* u*il limit A?tlt*> ** And cotton hard to sell; There may, perhaps, in such a scene Soma recollection he Of hills that longer due have U;en, Ami you'll remember me! When 'hard-op' customers shall wring Your heart with hopes in vain, And deem it hut a trilling thing To tell you "call again;" When calling proves a useless task, Without the "lawyers fee," In such a moment I but ask That you'll remember tue! ? - -?" Virginia Resolutions. By last evening's m.-iil we perceive that sun; dry resolutions have hecit introduced into the Virginia Legislature, am! were made the special order for Friday Ia>l. We extract the follow- j ing touching Sou lit Varolii a, which we suppose , is the initiatory steps to the proposed mediation. "2. That whilst this ,State sincerely sympathize with South Carolina in the feelings exei-1 I toil l?v the unwarrantable interference of the ; peopfe of soino of the .States with our <jonuv>iic j | institutions; and whilst she cannot approve oft all the legislation of Congress touchingtlic same, yet .-hi- perceives in the present condition of the | country nothing to justify any action calculated 1 to endanger the integrity of the federal Union. ' 3. That in the language of the farewell address ol the father of our country, she regards the "unity of government which constitutes us one people as a main pillar of our real indejiciid ence; tin- suppm t of our trunqnili y at home, our peace abroad, of our safety, of our posterity, df that very lihoity which we so highly jul'c;" and j? watching for its safely, with 'jealous arixiety,' a* this Stale deem* it a duty to declare that slie % cannot unite in a Southern Congress, ndr in any way commit herself to the evident cdnsequences of siii'li a measure; and she i-t constrained respectfully, out earnestly, to remonstrate with her sider Slate against any meditated secession on her part, which C nnot hut tend , e .1 r t I ? - > to me ii'.'i-ifiu* 'on or iiie union ami n:c toss of ail tin- countless l.les?ing? that spring ffom it.'4 This, we suppose, is the first step toward the Virginia mediation, that has been talked of, and ?v do sincerely hope, it will be the last. On what ground can Virginia o(ft-r her mediation between South Carolina, and the North ? as a triend ? this we deny. Would you consider hint your friend, who would counsel you to disgrace ? Would you consider him your friend, who would advise you, or oil'.-; his mediation, to cause you to become the truckling, sucetimhinw slave of a vile and oppress si\e muster ? hew then can we consider Virginia as a l.iend, ifshe advise us to a course, so low and degraded ? We differ with tire Carolinian, in hoping that Virginia will send any Delegates to cur Convent tion. We want no advisers who give usthefMwi II address nf W'ashington, as a pnsejjcrt into tint .and ot submissionisuu What have we to hope fr(.ii) her, whpn she says she is afraj:! to r.-inniit herself so far as a Southern Congress, Alas! for Virginia, "the .lays of her g'otj are as j if they iind never been"?entombed with the "III Instriiuis Southerner" seems to be all lierjbiglj and ' holy patriotism. The voice of a Patrick Henry, | is silent, ami with i'. the high strung chords of her I State pride seems to be untuned. Mason, Ilun! t? r. Hi ale am! Seddon, Tucker and a lew more of j those who keep alive the past, are scattereoliere I :m d there as flowers over some deserted garden, I in iviiich the rank weeds and thorns ha4choked, , a!! that once wo:: ;he admiration ol' the beholder. If Virginia will submit?let her submit. Cut who : would have thought, that the land of Lee, of i Henry, of Wirt, and of Washington, could thus ( have fallen. The Union Journal. It is proposed by Mr. R. MrKnight, to pnb! Ii.-h ; Paper wi:li this Title, at Uhiou '*. II., in this I ' ... ",** State. Tin* name is not indicative of subrmxs'u>n. "I:, politics (.-ays the Prospectus) the Journal will he OttVG ed to the rights of the South, and the establishment of a Sou hern Confederacy.** T'cultrie House. We see that this establishment will be opened early in May, thr the reception of visitors; anJ in j addition to the inducements offered last season, there are a number of others which must make it nut oiiiy a desirable, but popular summer resort. Ample arrangements will he made it is said, for the amusement of gentlemen, whose time may hang heavily on their hands. Among these, we regret t) see, a bur is enumerated. It would boh great blessing to most . ftbem, if thin (in nnr judgment) unnecessary appendage had I?een di.-peiised with. Ilowei or, as it is none iff our business, we must lie excused, for intruding our opinion upon the public. We have no idea that what we say in this matter, wiil effect the j rwiice of this Aorr very materially. We recommend the Moultrie House, liar or no liar. It is a Southern enterprise, and deserves Southern support. MA Kit IK I), on the 27th March, by Rev. A. J. Cautlion, Cnpt. J. K. KUTLKIXJE, of Lnucane.; to .Miss X. .M. TJtUESDEL, of this UNtrict. J.ATKST N KU S Kit?)M CAN \ DA. f r >m toe .'iniitren. t.n/etto. June I"J, IM'J, "Oijr renders will have observed :lie fre'jiiont tt?tire? which have an;iearet! un our Advertising column* ofhcuo* 'its '(suiting from the n*' n! W'istar's ItsiKntn of Wild ("berry in rh- rtt.-e diseases of the respiratory organs, catarrhal aflVtions. liter complaint. Sic. >lanv "I ;iie or ideates are vouched in strong language, and may !* :bought to lie mere entclipennv notice*, for the *" |>nrp'??>> of drawing attention to a ot:e ok medicine. Sneli however. WietaiV Bahmtt of Wild Cherry is not. V% e ran oirst lve: vouch for the good efleets this Balsam bait liatl on diseases of the nature of those nltove m-'ittiuned. wltetiever we have known it resorted to. nr.d that when every odor retmdt has been IrV ' and tailed. From the N?? Yo'k Fretting Mirnr. March 3d. IS19. 4"\Ve'regard the wild elie-rv :rje a? one of nTrtre's own phvsicians. a sort of good Samaritan of the forest; for its' "medic: 1 gum* has relieved th? stifF-riug* and saved the lives of thousands. The Balsam prepared bv Or. Wistar is a mire and perfeetlv reliable preparation of the real (llterrv es.-tifc. and it is a remedy by nom mn**"bad to take.*' We speak confidently and strongly in its praise, front having wit nosed its renovating influence in consWm|>tive cure- when all other prescriptions liad proved of ii? el'-et. None genuine unless sjcnpd I. ni'TTS on the wrapper, forsa'e in Camden m McK \IXS" t'nig Store. Wholesale l?y I'. M. CDII FN ?fc t'o . Charleston, S. C.,nnd by Urtigg sis geuerrally throughout the State. From the lotti-viHe Courier. We have seen the y.iuug hri.le blooming, as it were, na the bird of paradise and the fair flower of hope, the prido of her father and the jov of her mother, Iter cheek flushed with anticipation, and her eve beaming with the soft ox predion of low?the ?ny dreanix of lif?* dancing on Iier fancy willt the rich ami variegated lint* oft lie taiabow t protnixe*. We have xc-en all this change I aye. tlie wed ding garment for a shroud. nrnl the hridal chamber fur the epiilrhiToi ilie iI>miI.nrnl all iliix from neg'cctinga common cold. .Vow, before ii ix tmi late, use L>r. linger'* liverwort an.I Tar. which givex immediate relief, ax thou Kiinlx of our nvi?t intelligent faniiliex now ndtni' of itx me*t ; etiraor.liiiary enrex. 'J'|lc nay the beautiful. ami tlie young * speak forth i'.s nnii-e. ami will, hi long an it make cutis, nnil clwerx the ilfxpniriiur family fireside*. Cor sale at MrKain's Drugstore, Camden S. C. LVllTL'If?1"'!11.i11 another column. ^ CAMDEN PRICES CURRENT- *' tagging. pervtl. 11 in 11 il<ard, H> 8 ,0,2if I'nlr Ki.pe lb l?i 12 |l4-:ul. lb C Karon, lb '.1 in 121 Villas?!*?, pall 31 bi*j Butter, lb IS lo 20 jMarkarel, I''1' ? 1? Brandy. gall 2S m'.15 ;.Nails, lh IVoswag, lb IS in 22 O.i'.s, htt?licl ' >' * Hoof. lb 1 iii 3 IVas. burbol "'J Cheese, lb 12 15 |l,?!atnw,*?'cel.l"i lotion, lb 8 in U I Irish bu * Corn, btislirl :il lo lOti.l'ye, bushel 35 to J Flour, bbl iii to 7 Hire, bushel 3 W ' Filthier. cut 150 Suaar, lb 7 to 10 * lli.los.iiry lb 8 t<. 'J JSnlt, sack ? ' linn, lb 5 M 0} shot. bag I.iuii*. bbl 2 to 21 .Tobacco, lb 10 to 30 liritllinr. sole, IS) 17 to *2J IWiiuat, bush ' CARIBBM DEBATING CtVB. The ri trular Meeting tor Wednesday Kvcnfti? 2d ink!, will not take place. An Extr/r .Meeting will be lielil on Wednesday1 Evening 'he Dili ii'sfat Library Hall, when the following Query wi.I bo discussed. Quety.?Are the causes which tend in perpef'i- ^ ate stronger, than those which tend i?> du?i?!?e 1 IQ union of iLoueSimcu. & ^ ^ P