BsKg
pH Ben tbe Pendleton Meswnger H*
HE FRIENDS OF CO-OP- 1?
SB I ERATION ? er
Kb Worts have been made to convince the
M R the only true friends of the union
ra Htern States, in resisting the usorpa R
B ^BRederal Covernment, are those who of.
co-openttiomsls ; and thai por- p<
Ijfesistance partv, which advocates u
each State to act separately, is op{different
to this union of action
Meads of the South. This is muni- jr
Wand unjust, and ungenerous to ^
favocate the separate action of the
if&rerice to submission, The sepa- 0
Ction men are represented as being
He action, without regard to the po- tj
mother Southern States. Now so t|
p>w, or are informed, there is no
irof this course of conduct; on the
faction men," as tliosc with whom g
Called, are as earnestly and deci- g
or of co-operation as any others ,
*- 1?- -c r
make any saerince, snuri ui ?uu- t
Bib' to accomplish it. We are imt, as is (
Hki 0|K>n us. ready to sacrifice the peace (
^^B&sperity of the country, merely for the
|Bft pf trying an experiment; but aie wilKq
wait for to-opeiation, so long as any
^BRnable hope remains of ulitaini ig it. -\ev- ,
Bpeless, wt> believe that a movement on the
BB| <?F Soutj^aKjlina \v i11 he the surest means
to the position
avoid division among
^and have been al
II ?wy~
jsiVe them a fu:r chance of tryCongress
for the purpose of
;h. There is one thing,.howiver
consent to, and that .is,*
aggressions and outrages upon
South before we move for rehe
true portion of the secesdoes
not entitle them to he con?nds
of co-operation, we cannythirig.
This is the course !
e Charleston Convention ; the !
>odv, in our opinion, has done
e our friends in other States
dse; and we marvel how any
sistance can object to it. If
TSWPflP
BaflHB^jKiMrten oar friends elsewhere, and
MtfjdgHyHw cause. So long as we advance our
advance; but when we retreat they
fflSQgj^Hwalso. It will be evidence to them,
^SSSHH^jS^apubt the cause in which we are
are too faint-hearted to meet the
li? iu the way. A panic will
minds of the people in the other
?g|H|P!ft;tt did here, when our politicians, who
and stimulating our people to
cause, since the year 1848,
O^G^tdiy found out they were mistaken, and
9ara[^K$fr wetefoond in the rear, calling upon
SgGHwjfclo bafo We all kuow the hesitation
t spread over the public miuj^
}?* "s not "ijii miff i I
a trial. Tin
withstood ; bu
State would be ;
cause.
Br .
^fciaafh<? R-.Iti, .-,. Snn fl.n
K&mgSp&kSattt has ordered two or tliree ships o
gn Cuba, to intercept any "aid and coin
UafinRppBie Amerirans may deem it proper tc
gMMto tbe oppressed Islanders.
B Bis i? iufamous ! Rut what eUe could bt
from an abolition Administration
B|KSnKmi- riteat aim is to restrict the confines o
Mgj^toir? to the narrowest possible limits, unti
M^BjMfeSotion become not only unprofitable
i?ut self-destructive 1 Have thest
B Hsed miscreants forgotten the history o
nmfiVbwa country ? Have they forgotten the
SBg^pstwaa brought to onr struggling forefa
|g| K in tHeir duv of need ? What right ha>
^BSHboiitiob Cabinet at Washington to preveni
American citizens from taking part ii
aP^H^iore and his abolition associates are re
jSjB&g^Kfciy scrupulous about executing the laws
^^?^ *Fww4rrmris likelv to turn un in fuvoi
I> South, though he can remain with f"oldec
for days together, while an armed inob ol
ion cot-throats in federal Boston, art
iliug the laws under their feet, for the pur
of robbing Southern freemen of theii
riy,?and then insult the whole countn
:be excuse, as stupid as false, that he hat
a then tic information of the facts of tlu
Tkix is the model President that Mil
k holding up to the people of the South
rtby of their especial gratitude and sup
| Atjd wjjat is still worse, there are peo
KH(g~as who are ignorant enough, or de
though, or treacherous enough, to sem
jpr sweet voices" in tumultuous shouts
O ud tlie infamous sentiment !
Would have believed, ten years ago
fglherners could be found i,i 1851, de
get enough to sing hallelujahs to an aboli
rl..tlmna ,\f lit,,;,
HmKHMIUri, aim IV uviiumivv un/ov v. ?>vn
ffiBBMsersN^p are determined to defend, at at
^gttiuiinnul rights as "agitators'
MffiSroBbwJff 'Hurt-northern men should df
Rot so strange, as it is apart of thei;
i^ligi'1" ? a religion which make:
/ s philosophy, and knaves in poli
B Southerners should do this, i
P10|^KSbcouu table as it is unnatural.? Weekh
Secession Banner.
Cubati Invasiox?The well infermei
correspondent of the New.Yorl
ites as loltows:
ind authentic source
out GOO men, six pie
.ions of war. Thes
;d. The steamer re
d freight openly a*>i
>fficers of the U. ?
se of it.
d the passengers am
the flag of Lopez
rotn the revolutiona
opez is to proclaim
the FiHebqstere fo
I id trip and so on.
ree hundred and fifty men left Florida ir
vessels for the rendezvous agreed on
If there co-operate with Lopez,
poz baa taken with him printed procla
'
atio'n*;, wljijJh are to be issued as soon as he
nds, and he is to set up a Provisional Govnment
forthwith." T
' ? ? '
Interesting from G?ba.~ Progress of the
evolution?Reported JfaUlt'betvoecn the PulriS
and the Spanish Troops.?We have been
jrmitted to make the following extract from *
letter received in this city, dated? ')is
J a CK*ON V! t.lf, (Flit.) Aug. 12, 1S51. Pos
"A vessel arrived here yesterday morning, .,,a'
oin Cardenas, having made the passage in tioi
-? .1 x .4.
ve days Irom inai pun.
Although neither the Captain nor passengers, j
r.e of them a Spaniard, were willing to coin- the
tunicate the political news of the Island, from 0ll!
heir conversation it is clear that the flame of
lie revolution has caught all over the Island.
"It is said in Cardenas, when the vessel (
ailed, that the ( overnment troops had had fiv
everal encounters with the patriots, one of s!i
nine importance in which the latter had com- 0f
iletely routed the Spaniards, killing about one
iundred men and capturing fourteen pieers of us
irtillury, which, without doubt, means a great
leal.
They also confirm the rising of Villa Clara,
Trinidad, Santiago de Cuba and Pinal del '
It in, so that there only remains to the Spanish a*
Government, Havana and Mantanzas, in the 'h
Western department."?Suv. Morii. Xews, 'y
15/A inst. t^1
FROM HAVANA. w
The Charleston Courier of Fridy says: tl
"The brig Charles Kershaw, Captain Rich- a;
mond, arrived here yesterday morning from Havana,
which port she left on the 8th iust. She
reports that three days before her departure t|
the United States steamer Vixen arrived with .
a*.me intelligence respecting Lopez, which
caused great excitement, and that all the Spanish
vessels of war and steamers were ordered r
out immediately to cruise along the const- By c
this arrival we have received full files of the Fa- 3
ro Industrial up to the 7th inst. inclusive, but f
i.ov throw but little light on the progress of c
events in the island. We perceive therein ad- i
i dresses from the officials of Cieufuegos, Trina- j
I dad De Cuha, Puerto Principe, and Villa \
Clara, stating that the disaffected were surreti- \
dering themselves, and that many prisoners
had been taken. The very tenor, however, of
these addresses tends to demonstrate that the
aspect of affairs is more serious than they
would have the people of the island ainagine,
and that an organized revolution is in existance.
But, notwithstanding the political truubl^.
strange to say, eomuy|j|j|^^s 8eem un^
fectod by tk
>|a^jifoTHER FUSS IN GUILFORD
^^Pnere was an abolition meeting held in Guil^Tbrd,
on Saturday week. About three or four
[ hundred assembled; one third of them abolitionists.
It having been reported that Crooks,
! and Bacon, his associate, would hold forth, a
t delegation from the other side, attended. Both
i parties were armed with guns, pistols and clubs
prepared for the worst. A 'certain abolition
t eu riy General Simpson to disband his men,
j-; which was done in double quick time.
I I he People's Press closes its remarks on this
llm rnllniviiin interestim? matter.'
OUiljrui ....... ?? ?.? 0 --- 0
"Several gentlemen addressed the company
in opposition to the course the abolitionists are
' pursuing, and extracts were read from the Annual
Report of the Abolition Society of the
! North, in which the names of Crooks, McBride,
and Bacon appear as emissaries sent out to Virginia
and North Carolina, to labor in the cause
of abolition, stating, we believe, that they
had been instrumental in "running ofl" near one
! hundred slaves, in the above named States, dur'
ing the past year.
1 "Fellow citizens of North Carolina, these
' are dangerous times! Let committees of vigi1
lance be appointed in every county and district
not only to ferret out the haunts of foreign
abolition emissaries, but if may be neces'
sary to keep a watchful eye on some of our
i 1 own citizens, who may have fallen into the
. snare of these wily men, audi innocently become
their dopes. These agitators labor not
? 41 tku rr/irtrl nl' tliji
(lb IIII'V |iicmivi I-/I ?.??V J^wwv. ?. ...v 9
hut for the emolument which they receive.
r Language too strong against the conduct of
. these men cannot be used; a process too sunt
marv to rid ourselves of their presence cannot
: he adopted. They insult us, whilst they injure
us; trample under foot our institutions and our
' laws; and how long they will he permitted to
remain in this State unhung, is for the people of
North Carolina to say."? Wit Com.
' Despkkatk Fioirr in Alab \ma.? A corres?
pondcut of the .Montgomery Journal atWetumpka,
(Ala.) Aug, 1st,says:
? *'The citizens of ibis town were to-day con
siderahiy excited on account of a fight which
' occurred last night at about 9 o'clock, with a
r i nninher of persons on each side, and armed with
I ! doublc-hnrreled guns, pistols, and perhaps other
wepons, in which engagement one man was shot
> dead on the spot and another wounded. The
r name of the man killed was David McQuirk,
5 who, it is believed, belonged to a gang of des"
peradoes who have been for some time annoyi
ing our people. The wounded man's name is
/ Joseph Davis, who, at the time he was shot, fell
and was supposed to have been killed also, but
tin is now in h fair wav of recovery. He belon
1 ged to the party opposed to this hand of outt
laws, and is a young mun acting as clerk in one
of our mercantile establishments. There was
s no further injury done, which is the more re
markahle as the pa. Jes were closely engaged,
a aud it is thought that there were some fifteen or
twenty shots exchanged.
I. Woman at the Fireside.?It has been
eloquently and truthfully said, that if ChristianI
ity were compelled to flee from the mansions of
, the great, the academies of philosophers, the
- halls of legislators, or the throngs of busy men,
. we should dud her last reueal wuu woman ai
r the fireside. Her last audience would be the
children gathering around the knees of a mother
i ?the last sacrifice, the secret prayer, escaping
, in silence form her lips, and heard, perhaps, j
only at the throue of God.?G lea son's Draining
Room Companion.
CAMDEN,
UESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1851. tj10.rC
ded
THO. J. WARREN, Editor. for u
To Correspondents. ern i
fan " Enquirer.after Truth" will write tis in
natural, and not an assumed manner, pay his Ti
.. r_..i ?r,j nrira hia real TrOS
>u?ge, juiucar msiiiuouvuo, ?..?* t..~ ...
ne, we may theu give bis queries some atten- coun
). Until he does, his labor will be lost.
3f*The Barbecue at Lancaster takes place on
! 26th instant, instead of the 20th, as stated in
r last. S?0(i
Con
Fire. q
On Saturday morning last, between four and I
e o'clock, our citizens were aroused from their
irubers by the ringing of the bells and the cry -p
fire, which was found to proceed from the ro<?e
ilding on RuMedge street, formerly occupied by pjaj
as a printing office, and which belonged to the tjQn
ink of the State. The fire companies with t 0
eir engines soon reached the spot, but the s0[r
imes had spread so fast, that it was deemed ^
Ivisable only to use them for the protection ol
e houses around; so that the house was entire- pfp
cousuined. There can be no doubt that it was CQS
ie work of an incendiary.
Our worthy Intendant and Wardens, as usual,
ere at their posts. Had the fire occurred during fen
ie night, there is no knowing the amount of dam- tQV
ge that might have been doijp. * * * j>ui
cai
&r We invite the attention of our readers to | lo
tie proceedings of the Plank Road meeting, in (
nother column; for not only the proceedings of .
hat meeting, but the building of the Road denauds
the serious attention of our citizens. Cam- j
len, in view of her central location, and having ^
i Railroad which connects her with nariesion, | 8t,
ihould progress much more rapidly than she tic
loes, and the time has come when something in
nust be done, or in a few years her trade will cease,
ind she will be numbered among the places ^
mat were. We have already delayed too long, '
but while there is life there is hope, and we can yet c<
retrieve our losses, which are light and trivial J11
compared to what they will be if we delay any p
longer. Verbum sal sapienti. *'**
CJrooka and . Li*
^^.W^JgfiJlii^l^WfffnPSrorina papers tnat these (
gentry are still at large aud propagating their dia- ]
bolical doctrines in (Juilford county. It is some- f
what strange that the citizens of that State cannot
rid themselves of such men If they will i
visit Yorkville, Winnsboro, Columbia, or any J
other section in this State and let their names be 1
known, we rould give them an idea how such 1
scoundrels should be dealt with, which would,
for all time to come, deter them or any of their
associates from again troubling us. * * *
North Carolina.
we are sorry indeed to learn that Dockery is elecTho
fr.tln,rin<? frnm
i*-u> aiiu iw-wn-vivu, * ?v ,w..v .? ...Q " ?
the Argus shows how, and in what way the ene.
mies of Southern Rights usually exult over 'he
J defeat of their opponents, no matter how much
the latter may be their superiors ill point of talent
or devotion to their country and their rights. A
man may be tn the south and still not be of the
south, or fur the south?even so is the editor of
thf Argvs. But to our extract:
Major C'auowkll?Wt have had advices from
the Major, and report says he bears up under the
Waterloo defeat in true philosophic style. We
are glad to hear this, as the thermometer ranges
high, and therefore undue excitement, would not
be conducive to health or long lite.
Worthy of Attention.?The Indianapolis .
; Journal says, "At this season of the year, when
I thunder-storms prevail, it should be generally
j known how to reanimate persons who have been
I struck by lightning. As soon as they are disco v!
ered, and before they recover animation, one or
two buckets of cold water should be thrown upon j
thr-in. It seldom fails to restore suspended animation
and was used successfully, it will be recollected
by some of our readers, upon Mr. Griswold,
west <Jf this city, a few years ago, when he
was supposed to be entirely gone.
Mr. and Mra. Hatfield.
It is always gratifying to hear, not only of the
well being, but also of the well doing of our friends,
and tiie followinsr will be read with pleasure and i
interest by many of our citizens who have received
instruction from those truly competent teach- 1
ers, Mr. and Airs. Hatfield, whose good works follow
them.
They are the -Principals of a u Female Institup,"
at the flourishing town of Dayton, Marengo <
county, Ala.
The following is the highly complimentary tes- ;
tiinony of the Board of Trustees: <
" We, the Executive Committee of the ' Ma- i
sonic Institute,' take great pleasure in report- I
ing to the friends and patrons of this lnstitu- i
tion and to the public,
"That we have engaged the sendees of Mr.
and Mrs. Hatfield for a series of years, and v e
feel assured much good will result to this In- '
stitutiou from their continued and (Providence 1
permitting,) permanent administration.
" We are well authorized, both by the high I
character they brought with them from South i
Carolina and Marion, and by the very able
manner in which they have sustained the same
for the past two years, to recommend them in
the strongest terms, and most unres ervedly, '
to the patronage of all who seek to obtain for i
their daughters and wards, a thorough and ac* |
compiished edm ation. <
" Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield, by their faithful and .
tbnrnnirh fivatem of teaching, and bv their lib- ]
erality in (be employment of competent and 1
well-qualified assistants, have given entire sat- I
isfaction, and have inspired full confidence in i
their future success. Under their care, the <
' Masonic Institue' has taken an elevated rank <
among the institutions of learning for young \
ladies. r
V
V
besides the m*,y improvem^^eiUiy j
,, we are now enlarging; and Ying in .
Wgh repair the busings, which,\x,en. Mr\f
accommodation* aW increased 1 1'vraa
^aching, will place th^ftjasooic In\te' liig aroal
position equal to that <*ariy in tlie Styj. 1 of th? si
States." Willi a* ? Brooks, \ 1 dy. Th
President of the BoartKf Trustees^ I avjooton
.ere are thirty-three names in he Board dl the
tees, of the most respectable gently jn t|ie\nine.
ity? "v: b'
? ?.? ?. s<wio
For Uie Camden Journal.
PLANE ROAD MEETING. caseV
pursance of a call made by the Intendant, gest s
lly. number of the citizens assembled at the-^pmioi
rt House on Saturday last.
it motion of James Dunlap, Esq., Win. M. jn Ytf
nnon, Esq. was"calfe'd to the ("hair, and Z. J. Nortl
lay request^, to act as Secretary. Road
he meeting teing called to order, the Chairman emin
and in alew brief and pertinent remarks, exned
the cbject ot the meeting, calling the attenof
those present to the importance and necessi>f
constructing a Plank Road from Camden to
i? point on the North Caroniua line.
it the instance of Col. J. B. Kershaw, Maj. J. have
DeSaussure, from a committee appointed at a to tr
vious meeting, gave an outline of the probable theii
t of such an enterprise, and the advantages to The
derived therefrom, and proceeded to enforce cotti
necessity for it, by showing in detail, the dif- bust
?nt channels through which the trade of the ! s^an
rn will be diverted, unless a Plank Road is J5?
It, in order not only to retain the trade we now .
ry on with North Carolina, but to induce more
the town. and
? - * * k..
Col. Kershaw followed, ana conciuaeu uj mn
ing the following Resolutions: jfjg
1. Resolved, That the time has arrived when are
is essential for the safety of the business of g&ii
linden that immediate steps be taken to con- a cl
ructa Plank Road to connect with that por- cer
>n of North Carolina, which properly looks nes
this direction for its market. we
2. Resolved, That in view of this necessity, chi
'illiam E. Johnson, John M. DeSaussure and the
homas W. Hney be requested to take the ne- By
>ssary steps, under the general charter, for gel
iving commissioners appointed, subscription it t
ooks opened dice., to secure a charter for a pu
lank Road from Camden to some point or bei
oints on the North Carolina line in the direc- he
on of Concord and Charlotte. tei
"3". tflfl ' -hair now appoint sui
Committees from the differentsectSH^or m
District to canvass their respective precincts de
or subscriptions to the proposed Road. $
4. Resolved, That a committee of three be g(
ippointed to correspond with the citizens of ei
Lancaster, Monroe, Concord, Charlotte and e<
nther points interested for the purpose of carry- ai
ing out the object of the foregoing Resolution, d
5. Resolved, That a list be now submitted c
to the meeting for conditional subscriptions in w
order to demonstrate what this meeting is pre- o
pared to do when the books are opened accord- t!
ing to law: ^ e-L . r *
?. uinitea"fn his usual earnest and R
impressive manner; and was followed by W. E. j?
Johnson, Esq., who entertained the meeting for ?
nearly an hour, in demonstrating the pracricabili- ^
ty as well as the great necessity for a move to be t
at once made. ii
The Resolutions were then separately submit- t
ted by the Chair, and all of them adopted with- "
out a dissenting voice. \ c
On motion of* VV. Thurlow Caston, J. M. De* *
Saussure, Esq. was requested to publish for the ^
information of the citizens generally, a more ex- ''
tended copy of the data read at this meeting. v
A subscription list was then opened, and quite c
a handsome amount subscribed c
The Chairman then apointed the following com- I
mittees: c
FOR CANVASSING FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS. ^
Camden?J. B. Kershaw, J. M. Cooper, W. r
Anderson, K. S. Moffat and J..B. Cureton. ?
Liberty Hill?John Brown, L. J. Patterson, 11
B. B. McCaa, R. B. Johnson. v
Granny's Quarter?John Milling, John B. a
Mickle, Robert Love. w
c
or coKKtsrunutAut. ^
James Chesnut, jr., C. J. Shannon, James w
Dunlap, W. Thurlow Caston. rj
The meeting then adjourned sine die. p
VVM. .M.SHANNON, Ch'n. ?
Z. J. DrMav, Sec'y. h
d
COTTON STATEMENT k
Tliere have been received in Chsrlesten dur- P
ing the past week 030 bales, (corresponding
week last year 3.307 bales.) Exported in the (
same time to foreign ports 570 bales; coastwise
1,522 bales; making the total exports of
llio week 2,098 bales; and leaving on hand a
stock of 9,709 bales, inclusive\>f 4,340 bales
on shipboard not cleared, against a stock of
29,045 bales same time last yeur. f
The total receipts since our last report lr
amount to 3,632 bales, (against 6,707 bales a
samo week last year;) making a grand total
since die 1st September to the last dates of 2,- "
320,377 bales, against 2,054,656 bales the "
same time last ycar,| and 2,695,738 bales the u
year previous. n
The total exports foreign ports amount to e
1,947,529 bales, showing an increase of 433,M2
bales over those of last year to the same
time. The shipments to Northern ports show Zi
a falling off of 108,038 bales. The 6tocks on
hand at all the ports are 47,806 bales less "
than those of last year at the same period.
Carolinian. "
W
Great Southern and Western Convkn- ^
noN.?A Circular has been issued by a com- |;
mitte of gentlemen in Lousiana and Mississip- j'J
pi, in which they propose a Convention of Del.
- r nf Tmi.in. Mississiooi. '0
agates irom uic , r
Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, *>
Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio, to unite e'
with the people of Lousiana and New-Orleans, 01
:o deliberate and concert 6uch measures as
will be likely speedily to influence the construeion
of a system of railroads connecting the
Julf States with those of the West and Northwest,
and radiating throughout all the inte- hj
ior. " o(
I
1
- I,?? fl
From the Southern Kepablic. . J
,^*o. ajfeE
*??... In yoiir last issue an attempt MM
$ to point oat some of the dangers lurx- ^Bj
id this comniurrity. The next branch SB
ibject is of more difficulty. The rem- B I
e disease is glaring in its glaring in its ^HB
is, and any quack can de termine it, but gH
;dy, science and skill, alone, can de|er- ^B
1-4 * * ":,T fTJEELjj, Bi
Having no claim to euneiy F.,u?v? _
est be consulted, by awaiting, the- pre- ?8
d, of one, better qualified than your cor- H
lent. But no time is to be lost. The
desperate, and even the quack may sug
oetcthing better than nothing.a Public H
1 has determined that a Plonk Rood B|
be a sheap and effectual method.^ of re- H
r the h?althy action of trade, if laid down B
, right direction, and in the right time. 9
^ar'olina is being ribbed with' Plank I
"Tjerever constructed, tbey have been S
eD| Scessful: They are adrairablj w
ted to the fcmfog 0f the people. Thev pay |
ends, alto^etNr out 0f proportion with any |
r enterprises \jtherto attcropted.'VTbe !
le who inhabit thlSjppe]- part of this State, j
the entire middle and back-country of . 1
h Corolina, are a farming people. Thef j
been accustomed fir*m time immemorial,
ansport their own produce to market, do
* own trading, and lay in theihown supplies. ^
man who makes but ten or twenty bales of
m, one hundred bushels of corn, and thirty i
lela of flour, for market, does not underd
that it is to his interest to pay freight and
missions, for the transportation and sale of
crops, iur U1U putUllttoc auu icviuu v? uju i_
, sugar, salt and domestics. His wagons
horses are necessary for the management
culture of hi? farm. They are idle in the
tcr season, and his own time is of little value,
expenses on the way, to and from market,
not greater than at home ; hence it is a clear
a to him, to carry his crop to market. It is
ear gain to him of twelve dollars and thy
its on every ten bags, of cotton. If he is
ir the head of the Charlotte Railroad. For
suppose at least two dollars a bag will be
irgea for freight from that point, whereas
! Railroad freight from Camden is only 75 cts.
superintending his own sales, he can always
: the best market price. To him he entrusts
o others, he has no such assurance. By
rchasing his own supplies, he oan get the
ut and cheapest articles the market affords;
cannot expect an agent to take the sao&e in-est
in the weather that he does. Thus if we
ppose that cotton is of the same value in
MHm^g^]Jj|VmdbiKthe difference of freight
,ducted Ml' II 'Wil || In ljUSflPa'4 - ^
12o per bale, selling in Camden. AnO if
>ods were the same price, bat with the diflferlce
of freight added, his saving would be
piivalent. But it is well known that the prices e
always higher for goods, and lower for pro- j
uce, as the distance from the metropolis is mreased.
Thus it is, that Plank Roads are r
ell adopted to the wants of the people. Wit7
at labor, and without cost almost, they enal
he farmer to sell bis crops and purchase
upplies. It is to ir^k,- Clfestcr, ^
mHWonn "UTtroinja, that we are
rade, and to these only. Let no man dec H|
irnself ; the trade with Sumter and Darling^,
i defimct. It can only be revived, in part, S
he same means which we propose, to prese H
he upper trade. But the yrork of to day,l H
a another direction. "An ounce of prove
ion, is worth a pound of cure," but in tl
natter a grain of pretention is worth a. ton i
are. Trade, once diverted-into new channek I
hese will neither be the spirit, nor the mean9 o 1
estoring it left. But the difficulty of diver- B
ing it, is now in our favor, and very little' will 1
etaiu it. A Plank Road competes successfully 1
rith a Railroad. Already, we are told it ? ]
ohtemplated, by the most enterprising and succssful
capitalists in the State, to run a Plank 1
loaiv from Vance's Ferry to Charleston, to
ompcte with the So. Ca. Railroad. But we
lonot propose anything speculative. We aleSiiy
have the bulk of the trade we expect to i
et; our Plank Road, is merely tendered us an .
iducement to it, to remain where H is. A m
j?^r x xx _ . - i .
cry uiricreni mauer, irom a proposaj 10 open WW
n entirely new avenue. Our Plank Rioad ?
rould begiu to pay when the first mile was
onstructed. for whom would not pay two fold H
jc usual toll to save the labor to his team of fl
ading through the sands of llobkirk Hill} |
'he first ten miles of the proposd Road, would I
ay handsome dividends from the neighborhood
ravel, alone, if no communication were ever
ad with adjoining Districts. If any one
oubts it, let him make the estimate. But we
ave dealt sufficiently in quantities, for the
reseut. If none, more able, will undertake
ie task, it is possible that in your next sheet,
with permission,) we may lay down another.
Pine Plank.
THE DOINGS AT FORT SUMTER.
" We publi?h with pleasure," says the Charrston
Mercury, " the following note in refer- '
nee to a matter upon which we commented
i yesterday's paper. It completely exonor*
tes the gallant officer in charge of the fort,
om any participation in, or responsibility for,
le unpleasant occurrence alluded to." As
re gave publicity to the affair, we deem it our
uty to publish the note, so that Capt Ridgely
iay, to the extent of our circulation, be exonrated
from blame in the premises.
" Foht Sumter, August h, 1851. .
The circumstance of two respectable citi- r~
?ns of this State recently visiting Fort Sum- j
ir having been prevented from landing at the ;
ork, arose from the fact of the sentinel on du- ;!
ir being a recruit, and not clearly understand- t j
ig bis instructions. No order* have beetle*
ere intended to be, issued, prohibiting eitixena
om landing durinir the da v. and even at niarUt
a o ?J '?f - ?
ie only prevention being the introduction ot
juor, or the soldiers from leaving Hie garrison. *?
he precautious adopted were intended solelj
ir the preservation ot discipline in the com*
and. Had a commissioned officer been pewit,
instead of a non-commissioned officer, this ,
ipleasant circumstance would certainly not
ive occurred. S. C. RIDGELI, ; '
CaDt. 4th Artillerv snd RrAvoi Mm - I