The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, April 03, 1856, Image 2
CAROLINA SPARTAN.
AS SSOUSBSAN IS AMBRICAT" f?'(
Hi* Opinien } War between England and tie l,u
United Statee. of
The following article appear in tbe f?!
London Shipping mid Mercautiia Gazette: tin
Sir: I have now made tho tour of the
State* of North America, and think it P?
Cobable I can giro your readers some use- UP
I information. I landed at Now York ll|i
city ten months ago, and hnvo spent my bii
time in studying the character and customs Cu
of those people, and must confess that if I
remained luu years the reeuit would be the
same; and I know very little about them.
But upon one point?national pride?men,
women and children are all alike, and the cr'
idea of any nation of Europe, or the^vhole ^
of them put together, conquering this couu- *< '
try is perfectly absurd to lliem. Every
body reads the papers, and a good-humored r|l
urchin of twelve years used to rale mo sli
soundly at l'hiladelnhia for our f?ilnro? ?? lo1
Sebastopol. The beat version of Amoricmi or
sympathy was given me a few days since,
When the war commenced tho Turks wero ft (
the weaker power, and our sympathies re
were with her. After tho alliance it was 1>U
three against one, and our sympathies wont Wl
for Russia; but, should France join Russia
to-morrow against Eugland, ouf govern- ar
ment could not prevent its citizens froiu l'*
not only sympathizing with Englaud, but
assisting uer with material aid. This I VV1
heard fiom a very intelligent man, who 1
do not think suspected my nationality; Sc
and I firmly believe it. In the South I spent Pr
some tiino upon the plantations, and many *n
times held long conversations with the
laves, and always with the saine result. !U1
Tboy are much better satisfied than I sus- l''
pectcd, and when 1 spoke of the probability fei
of a war, I was answered that, "white folks 18
wouldn't let nigga fight." "But," said I, nr
"the blacks from the West Indies will come Wl
hero and help you to gain your freedom." J"
"What! black soger como here; let 'em 'a
cum, don tnassa let's fight do nigga, 1
know, and Gar Almighty we givo 'em er
gosh!" It not expressod in the same lan- *Vl
guago the same feeling was ever expressed. J,
I have visited all their nuliomtl at morion, '
nnd although the country is at peace, the
grentest activity prevails; all the old arms cc
are condemned, and by next spring nearly ,n
1,500,000 Millie ritlos will be ready for dis- cv
tribution, besides (Jolt's, Clark's, and others.
A Mr. Alger, at Boston, is now engaged to
on a now kind of gun for the navy. Tho
range, with solid shot, is nearly five miles; tr
with shell, somewhat shorter, and the ex- SJ'
plosion of tlie shell renders conllagration
certain to a great distance. Those are call- a?
oil, l>y those at work on thoin, tho secret I"
gun. But what tho secret is I could not , al
ascot tain. Since tho war ruinois I have '
been observant of all nnd every thing that i
could give mo a clue to tho feelings of tho ; 01
{>eople. This is not difficult to come at, j ar
or tho feeling ii general, and their coufi- IV
dence is so great in their own strength
that the most diffident, speak only of the
consequences and the result. In company 111
with a party of merchants, most of whom n<
wero engaged in trade with Englaud, I \ Sl1
broached the war subject, and was aston- !"
ished to find then) so indifferent about the i j
consequences. One of thoin, largely inter- j .
ened in clipper shi|vs, in nn*wcr to a ro- ! 111
mark of mine, that he would have to lay
up his dippers?"Not a bit of it," saiu he,
**lhey will make capital privateers; the government
will-furnish guns of long range;
no.British man-of-war can cn'.cli them except
a steamer, and they cannot in a good A
breeze, so wo must lake chances." "But! th
where will you get your men'" "Where! | do
Wu have 84,000 enrolled fishermen who ' th
will Hood our sea-ports, and I will tell you th
candidly that in less than six mouths after di?
war is declared llicro will be 500 of the iir
fastest vessels in the world afloat as priva- on
teers, and an English meichanttuan will |>e
not be able to show herself at sea. What dit
if we lose a few, we will make it up in the wc
end. Two steamers were launched a few | It
days since, each aUiut 4,000 tons, built in cu
eight months, and it is just as easy to build J tio
50 in the same time or less." "Ilut your ; tlx
coasts are not defended. Uotnembcr you aU
have no Sebastopol or Oronstadt." "Nor act
do wo want any. Wo have a few very isn
pretty forts, but should any nation attempt Oi
an invasion, we will meot them with hand wl
and hearts equal to any, superior to most; hb
and we can concentrate 500,000 men at toi
any point on our coast in a few days, bet in*
the alarm be sounded at this moment, and six
in a few hours near 50,000 men will make mi
their appearance armed and equipped.", Co
This sounds liko bragging, but it is a fact. , in
This city (New York) has near that nuin- bil
ber enrolled and equipped; every man pr<
keeps his title at home or in the private pri
armony of the company to which lie belongs t?>
and 1 Hud it the same throughout the I.
country. I have frequently met with boys no
of 1*2 and 14 with guns and game-bags, tra
starting at early dawn for the woods, for
iiero uiey can shoot gamo wherever found. 25
War is argued against l?y every body as bei
something to bo avoided, but tlio idea of on
backing out to avoid it does not appear to trn
cuter the mind of anybody. Some of the of 1
papers speak of tlio President's message ly
disparagingly, but the people are with him, cui
and I candidly believe lie would be elected '
if the election camo otf to day. And 1 ro-' lio
gret I cannot defend my country at this pet
time as I would wish. The Ihiltver Clay- tin
Ir^ln *i? ... I It-?. -- ? .1 *
HVIHJ 10 (lint CApilt'll, KliU iilUdU
people don't and won't understand double as
meanings in treaties. Tliey say the man for
with the while hat does not refer to the "tu
individual in the white cap, and mv Lord | 1
John Kussoll acknowledges the American | cul
interpretation. There a'o thousands of cie
men hero that the Americans would he glad
to get c!onr of, but that does not justify *tai
Kngland in breaking their laws by enlist-1 the
ing thein; and my Lord l'almerstou's in- '
stfustions wero something like telling a nto
man to stab his neighbor but not hurt <*1,
him.
If the treaty (Clayton and Itulwcr) is ad- ckn
bored to,'wo have the States pledged never To!
to occupy it. (Central America,) for, say J
what we will, llioy will slick to the treaty foil
and it will never be annexed; abrogate it, '<<
and in less than ten years it will bo one of eac
tJio States of tho Union. The Canadians poti
are a very loyal set and think they could dra
take possscssjon of tho Stales at a moment's -1
warning. They liavo caught the habit of con
bragging from their neighbors without I
having tho wherewith to brag on. A trip j diai
up tho lakes is tho most convincing proof six
wo can have of '.ho dilVerenco in tho two pun
people. In tho Amerioan are well finished cub
cities and "towns, saw mills, railroads rtiri-| thur
ning in every direction?in fact, you gel- { the
ikjsu Ioho sight of the tecomolive?and i fort;
there are iu'iuutci.iblu steamers at every! 0
? \ . *'v }
*- > .- .% . * ? v?3
re tiinoro wheu the putnpe are starts
11- Washington, and we cannot see whi
bd load will not arrive at Washington as
rt, as llio shaft has made 27 revolutionnju
live minutes?with a pressure ou the pi
re equal to drawing the load, vis: less
ir, ono half pound to the inch,
re Those who have examined this woi
er . ful invention are generally cgnftdci
m | their belief of its practicability, and
>r- grand results must flow from its ado
ed by the Government.
cu ARRIVAL OF THK CAUDA.
yo Halifax, March 28.-?The steamer (
?! dn has arrived, with Liverpool dates v
do 15th.
'co Tho Conferences had repotted pro
ujt and tho indications were highly tuvo
cd to peace. Prussia had been invited t<
tho Conference?, and llarou Mantcutic
er- irono ninlHiiihnli<ntinrv
^sBmmmmssmsBsamasamasm
idiug. On tlio Canadian, whore the
?settlements, you seethe well-kept, coi
tabic dwelling*, the smooth-hear.
tii, and everything wonts an aircoinfu
t little or no business, with the exoeptn
the groat railroad. However, tliey a
sidly improving; but should there bo wi
I largest and best portions of Canada a
t to us. Quebec, Halifax, and olb
inta would bother tbein. but to su
my own observations after every opp<
lily tliat one man could liuvo atlbrd
n, tho result would bo as follows: Mexi*
iba, and tlio whole of Central Anicri
>uld bo annexed in the South, and I lin
lie doubt of Canada, iu tho North; n;
ns of trcasuie and thousands of valual
\s lost to England forever, ourcominei
pplod in every sen, and some fighti
at will gladdeu the hearts of our tri
Idiery.
Now, what can wo gain? A foot of t
ory! We don't want it; mid if we d
i feet for the majority of our bravo I
ivs, 1 fear, would bo the extent. Na'
military glory wo don't want, and as
e sand beach of the Mosquito king it
decided humbug. What would bo t
suit to litis country! It would put 1
ick iu prosperity for half a century:
suld ruiu thousands who aro now in
icnco, but would enrich thousands w
o now poor, but the groat ndvantu
o Americans have is that they can p
ice and inauufacUiro everything tli
rut; the different climate affords t!
icy would get accustomed to their o<
tods and discard ours forever, but l
eatest injury to all parties, and I ni
y to the world, would be the making
is nation of 25,000,000 a warlike pooj
id, once instilled with the love of w
o propagandists of Europe would hav<
nrful ally. Tlio last year's crop of wh
officially given at 170,000,000 of buslu
id everything else in proportion, so tl
e cannot starvo them out; and, from i
vn observation, 1 would rather see Er
ud contending with the whole of Eurc
an against this country. I am no croi
, nor have I any doubt of the power n
ealtli of my beloved country, and, if iu
i, could again handle a musket for 1
mor and glory; but tho day that war
rehired between these two mighty riva
mtest will be commenced that will bri
ore horrors iu its train than the wo
cr yet witnessed.
There is another item which I am 1
forget. Many of my countrymen p!
cat dependence on the abolitionists,
icudsof freedom in this country; but I
re you tlioir greatest protection lion
icir insigiiilicance. They tlonri.-h as It
thouglit harmless, hut tlie sliirlitcst s
cion of tlieir collusion with a foreign f
id they would be annihilated; in fae
ivo proved to my entire satisfaction tl
oso leirihlc and exciting questions ;
dy intended for political ctfect; but att;
ty importance to them atfecting the
rests of the country, and they are go
ou would, no doubt, be astonished
ar that many children of foreigners, ni
fact, foreigners themselves, aro kne
ilhings, started to proscribe them; 1
cit is the fact. I have extended my
arks further than 1 intended, hut ll
ive one desirable feature?that is, tru
lould they provo acceptable, I may ag:
trudo on you. 1 remain, yours,
.1 A .NIKS 13. AY AUKKX
HuO'alo, New York, January 11, 1S5<
The Atmospheric Telegraph.
When the world, says the Haitian
r/iericun, had recovered uieustiahly fr<
o almost overwhelming sensation of vv<
rincnt produced by the achievements
o electric telegraph, we may supp?
at it was fully prepared to award to tl
icovery tho title of ultima th ule of,
rention. That other inventions, and gt<
es, would follow in the lapse of time, w
rliaps more than probable,?that ai
scovery worthy to be compared with tl
mid be made was deemed impossib
whs reserved f<?r Mr. Morse to reach t
lininating -int in the worhl of invt
n, and win tliis magnificent trophy I
2 tir.st half century. Such speculatio
0 are likely to piove premature, or to
counted but tho ebulitions of old fog
11. A greater than Morse is at liar
ic I. S. Richardson, l?y "ciaft or cunninj
lich at an earlier day would have broug
> bones to the rack, proposes to trans!
m of mail matter from the city of Was
jtcui to New York within tho period
ty minutes, or at tho rate of five miles
nute. Mr. Richardson has petition
>ngress for an appropriation to aid hi
doing this thing. At tho last session
1 was reported in tho Senate, whii
rvides that tho sum of *7,">,000 bo nppr
ated to enable the 1'ostmastcr (lenei
test the practicability and usefulness
.S. Richardson's atmospheric telegrap
L moro than two feet in diameter, for tl
importation of the United Slates mai
' An operative model," says the repo
(t. long, is now being exhibited to tuei
rs of Congress and officers of the < lo
intent in the Rotunda. This inachii
nspoiU letters, packages, A*c., at a .?pe<
over f)00 miles per hour, with a ecrtai
and safety before unknown, whelh
ved or on a straight line.
"With this great speed, thero are st
tis on the lino at which the load is sto
1 nnil i*linnm#il in n
. j nuui i
le, it ml lliuli ji 5 low c?l to pass to anotii
lion. To produce ft partial vacuum
easy ?s to apply tlie power in hiiv otli
hi; and as tho load is progressing, tl
nosplietic resistance is obviated.
The plunger goes forward without ca
able friction, ami its touch is not sutl
ally great to create objectionable hen
"Tho engine, tender and fuel, a
denary, and the power used to dra
in and their appertcnniicea is saved.
'The actual cost of transportation is n
re than one sixth that of any other incll
and inore than ten times as fast."
I ho following short statement of m<
mical facts respecting tho Atinospheri
egrapli is given hy the inventor.
I. Tho area of a two foot plungor
r hundred and lifiy-two inches.
!. The pressure of one fourth pound o
li inch is one hundred and ihirloo
lids, and 113 pounds tractive fore
ws seven tons.
>. A two f?iut cylinder, forty miles Ionr.
tains about G 10,001) cubic feet of air.
. One pit in |> cylinder, twenty feet i
in ter, and twenty feet long, contain
thousand cuhie feet. Two of the*
ips, double acting, will exhaust 24,OOt
ie feet of air at every turn of tho shaft
eforo 27 turns of tho snme will exhaus
number of cubic loot contained in th<
y mile cylinder.
. bet the lo(|d of 7 tons itait fioiu J'.il
iu,% Mr. Dallas arrived on tlio 12ili in
VI- Atlantic, and was favorably received,
ml Tlic opinion universally prevailed
for pence was now certain; atill, questions
is live to tlio Danubian principalities an
bo Asiatic frontier remained unsullied
ier was, however, roported that these i
i it be referred to Commissioners on the i
af The British squadron was pushit
ho wurds Kiol, but Admiral "Watson bad
go oidurcd not to engage in hostilities,
ro- The Auslriau army would be furth
my duced.
lis. A despatch from Berlin says that <
ivii Orloti'had made known at St. Peter
die that a definite understanding had
iay reached on the fifth point, and peace
ofj assured.
tie, A correspondent of tho London
ar, says that an American Commercial
1 a pauy was about boing foimcd at V
oat for the purpose of establishing direct
Is, between Austria and tho United i!
iiRt and importing cotton and other arlic!
ny is estimated that a treaty of coinmerc
ig- soon ha formed between the two con
>pe The Paris correspondent of the Time
nk- that Russia has agreed to tho ncuti
ind lion of tho Black Sea, and the dismn
led of the fortresses along the coast.
Iter Cotton hail been quiet, and lower
is j liesr were l-8d. lower, other gradi
Is a | changed. Sales of tho week 18,000
itig j including 5,000 to exporters and sp
rid j tors. Fair Orleans, G 3-4.; mid
5 15-16 d.; fair upland, G l td.; mid
ike 5 13-lGd. to 5 7-8 d. Slock 35G.0C
iico including 235,000 American, l-'lou
or advanced 2s. Gd, to 3s.; Ohio 35s. (
as- 37s. Wheat bad advanced 4d. to
J is com Is., ivhito, 31s. Gd. Provisions
>ng Consols closed at 02 I I to 02 3 8
us- At llavre, cotton was quiet but fir
l( I The Mkkchant and the woui.n-n
i nit cidk.?The l'aris correspondent of tin
are York Kxpress tells the following
ich Krenchy story:
in- 4,? >ne day last week a wealthy nici
tie. of die rue Jfontorguicl was walking
to the hanks of the canal St. Martin,
nd, l>o observed a young girl of wild am
iw tracted appearance hastily pass befor<
jut Apparently supposing herself tiuobs
ro- she knelt for an instant on the grou
iov >f >? prayer, and was about to in:
th. spring into the water, when the met
tin seized her arm, and, gently repron
her for attempting to put an end t'
life, demanded to know the cause.
U. would-be suicide lecouuled to him a l
ing story. She had, she said, just lo
father, her lust surviving relative, an
sole support, and finding hersell al??
,,e the world ami utterly destitute ?>f reso
"" thought the best tiling she could d<? 1
. be to put an iimuediate end lo her
existence. Whilst she was speaking
benevolent merchant observed that sli
it 'P'ite young and very pretty. 1'i ui
,l' to piovido for her ftiinre welfare, lie !?
"Ht from the spot. Talking together the
as arrived upon tlio lioulcvards. in *
ijuenco of her misery the young crc
J13 had not eaten anything that day,
naturally, now began to feel hungry.
ie new-found friend straightway entoi
neiirbboriiii* rvsifinrimt ?n.l .... 11.? l
i r , .o o 1
' private room. After eating a bou
ns dinner, llio young girl, wishing to
some woman's request of ilie dti/nr </e (
y loir, left the room. After waiting for
1 time, and finding that his protc<ic ?li
>' | return, the merchant determined to pr
! i hill, but what was his chagrin, on scan
i j his pockets for the wherewithal t?? do
" ascertain that his jtortoionnie had ?
? ' pea red, ar.d with it the contents, arnou
to over two tliousand francs. The
| chant has come to the determination
,u i for the future, if pretty young women
n to drown themselves, ho will not otlV
" ' slightest obstacle."
al Dank Kouiikky.??>11 Thursday
of last about 1 o'clock, some dating thi
ih, thieves, by means of a false key, en
lie the office of Mr. (loo. ('. (lihhs, Agei
Is. the "Planters, Hank of Fail field," and
rt, therefrom a package <<f money, coiitai
n- i wo are informed, about six thousand
v- | bundled dollars, in Hank bills, chietl
ne s the Hanks of Charleston and Fairfield
>d 'lihhs was just about starling bv the <
n- lina for South Carolina to settle no hi
or 1 count* with the Bank, ami had taken
money out of the safe, and parked it
a his hooks in the bottom of his trunk,
[> ' paratory to going on board the boat,
of ing called out a short while, he lef
er 1 trunk locked in his oflice, the night I
is a bright moor,light one,and the street!
er thronged with people. Hut the thief,
ie was, no doubt, aware of his purpose
had watched his motions, took advai
il- I of his short absence, and entered tho i
h- by means of a false key, forced tho ha
it. tfth trunk, tumbled the clothes out
ro tho lloor, and carried oil successfully
w ; package containing the money and i*
No clue l?y which to detect tho orin
10 lias vet been discoverer!, except that
i ' paper which enveloped the money
: Imoks was Hie next morning found on
e- , wharf of Mossrs. His bee rk Canovj
ic j which wharf the Savannah boat was n
ed at the time of tho robbery. The sup
is lion is, that the villain left on that boi
[Jacksonville Xcwk, Match 2
n tub Cot ?t.?11 is Honor Judge Wiiht
.q despatching the business of our Court with
i \|M .li|inii ami ability. 11o consumes hut
tune himself in t:tlkiu<?. and encourages the I
> ' tullow his example. I In. rospinno l?? ihe I'rt
I uiciitof tho Oram! Jury, on the subject of
11 i iliopt and li'|ii?ri, was admirable. 11o pret]
s that if the Town Council permitted retailing
College would l>e broken up in ten jtar*.
case of murder resulted in tlic conviction ol Si
" : Rsily of manslaughter, and the neijuittal of I
t; : I truce. Tho fao's developed in ties ?a*o w<
I i ki I commentary on tho nionds of tin-Heights*
u in which tho homicide was committed. A j
' whiskey was the origin of tho dilliciilly, ami
! d< atli ofHtsithr ru wuf altrihntalilo to it. (St
j 11 lie I'alrivf,
'?l i &)e Spartan.
- ?y BlPAMWAHlBHra? _
"uL TllliKSD.tV, APRIL S, I8J?.
nUer \ VIXIJIIR.
'I Anmii|| itliffl n?w tu o<ir town w* liml tho
pltiwurx of scolug MP ilno l>. Voung, I'rcotptlOll
,,f tt?i H|mulanhtirg ninl I 'uioo Itmlru ml.
REPORT OF TMK*UtANU JURY.
Tliin iliM'uim ni will l?? liiuoil iu itiK'llirr ooluinii,
.'aim- mil] we ooioiurud it to lit* sttvutioii uf Mir rvad*i?
)f tho XLc ivuiark* about i n ii. >v C-4it SivCi.' a 4
worthy attcutiou, ami wo li< pv Utv CmumiMioners
gross, ttf I*uhlio Uu'lldlugs will null*)/ Ooliui.tr r I In w
irablo i-ccnuiiueudatioiui uf Ibo grand jury and ilia ?uy
J Jon! geslious of liis liuiior in r< lutlou W> (ho matter
il bud * ^ ?
MILITARY ELECTION.
I tbo Although wo uro not yet iu |sas4asi?u of ihu raturna,
wo uudei.-taml tluit W. II. iluut, of New*
i ^ berry, has boon eleoted llrlgudler (lourrul of (Juv'.rt1"
ulry, 9th Brigade, S. C. M., vice Nilcs Nvsbitt,
u the ,
jt resigned. f
s'ould THE.WEATHER.
*pot. For two weeks wo litive boon blessed with cold,
'J? ^(>" blustery and otherwiac disagreeable wcntlier-dntcr*
U06I1 mixod with ioo and frost. Winter lingers n*
though reluctant to yield dominion to his mora goer
rc* ninl suoeiasor. On Sunday night we heard the
,, ! rumbling of thunder and saw a few weak flashes
_-ount ^ lightning. On Tuesday morning a white frost
I on oorcr,',' 'be ground; and now, while we write, n
wiim I 0o^ drizzly rain is falling, with n temperature
i making over-eonta and tires necessary for comfort.
Though spring is backward, our eountry friends
Coin- n'lK>rl lit* grain crops in tho ground,
ionti *i W'tiit promises well, and though the se.'isotis may
trado 11 little late, we have no reason to augur other
States than favorable results in all departments of buses.
It bandry. Karly peach trots nre almost iu blossom,
0 will 1 and we do not think our present cold snap will do
ntrios. them any injury.
Si ' . ~ tihTPUR ~
n,|j , The I-tdios of the I baptist Sewing Society held
j a very pretty and pleasant fair in Palmetto Hall on
qtiftli- Tuts,,n.v ftn<' Wedtuvlay evenings, for the sale of
s litt- f-ttiey and us.-fnl artieles, to aid them in means to
bales suitably decorate the new Itnptist Church. We
Cetilii- bnvo not h?ird the amount realized; hut, judging
tllintr, from the number ?>f |>cr*oiis present, we should
dlilirr, think the sum satisfactory nnd equal to their rx)0
bis, pectalion A* fir as \vr could judge there seemed
r bitij j to be lull enjoyment in the crowded room for caeli
5il. to | one present.
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quiet.
Tlie April h among . .cry best of the isau.'s
m of this piptil .r Monthly. The biography of (Jen
Putnam is nlotiu worth double the price of the No
B Svf Tlio other principal |wi|>crn nro?Mnderia, Port, an.I
3 New Sherry; A Homo in tin* Cinnamon l?lv; "11 n- lievorv
nurrection Flower; Panpertown; Utile Ih.rritt?
continued, and other niiftcvllancoux reading, \a.
reliant Nobody should Ik.' without this admirable publicaalong
tioit.
OIK COURT.
J hill) *>,,r 'Pr'" lerm commenced on Monday, Judge
ervetl Wither* presiding. A largo Iwir wax in attendance
ixl as fr?m he circuit?itinoiij whom <v? noticed the
iko a fflieicnt and gentlemanly Solicitor, .1. II. Ileid;
chant Menem. Young, Sullivan, 1 lender*m and ItvII, ol
telling I -aureus P?rry, Kllord, t ondlctt, and lt.niJiMx.it.
t? her "f iJrcciitrill" ; Thomson, <J<>u.1tl<?k, fi.ulbtrtv,
'I I... nn.l s i? <:;? .a t
oijfli Although no i'.uhd of (irc.il importance lire on
St tier the dockets, y?-t the busimw is heavy, mid Judge
il her Withers, by sitting from '.I ;i in. to 0 and 7 p m ,
no in :* <li--p.it' hing it rnpi'.li \Y?- have rarely nt-n a
ttrccs, judge nx rc p:iti< nt, cairNou*, ami pcr*cv? ring, or
would a court iiiok- orderly nnJ inlt lit on liin>in?r.
own Judge Withers. nt tli > tc hi, Kulixf-il a!i our
f, our i,l,-as of what a judge should Ix- Tl orouglily lull
was r,,riiH-,| in tin- science ol law, be applied its priin-ilistllg
p],^, clearly, promptly, ami impartially, with a |? r ?l
her bearing of groat urbanity ami dignity. Wi
twain MW none ol tliat p<-tul< hoc and hauteur usually at.
otiso trit*ut?.sl to Ins honor, ami wo arc quite mire Ins rcnppeitraiicc
iiihwi ;lm? circuit will be ha led with
jj ' I hearty tsiti?f.u.-n <ii.
n ! TUB KWSAS KIMMITTBE.
lor a | The committee to take evid'-in e 'u the contwtol
liliftll Section ease iHtwevii \\ hittieid ami Ui-olrr is
0 composed of Mr. Sberinau of Ohio, Mr. Howard of
tjitiji .Michigan .and Mr. Oliver of Mi?'>uii. The two
tinit ure U< publican Know N >tlii gs. Mr. Oliver
_ I . was tho choice of the Southern nn-tiilH.-rs w ho were
, . ill favor of the N'-brask.i Kansas bill.
t'hltl<i i .... . . .
. I hey take out wuli them a stenographic r< i*>rtto
, . . . i
cr' a c't-r'v il"'' aasistant, ami perhaps <<io or more
tiling ' n,ar,hnU
tlicr- i Keedcr lia- left for Kansas. < it-n. \\ liitlllilt
' 8" willi the committee.
wish | "Tin: Srurix?The f'iirn/in<i Sjmrlnu, we
:i tuC think, is mistaken. It was r. letter ol our> that
calleil out the reply Irotii Ju?lge Itulb-r. -Xttrherry
/fining Sun.
: The Sp.ir!nti gave credit to the Sun in publ sli?|
' ing Judge liutler's letter, and the subsequent allusion
was in the Kline d notion. We only stated
lit for . ...
j uuit nil* ?i trcurif I mil calk-il on our Scuutois lor
their opinions, *v!u*n, unknown to it, they hud .-lining,
.
ri'iuly bttii given. Our language niny I wive I wen
( amli:^uour, liut we tliink the Sun ivill see that it
Mr attr''>u'e ntiswcr of our Senators to the
l*.iro, call of our Charleston cotemporary.
> nc' Kansas.?Tlio com 111 it tec At AMieville have
made a report, of which the following is an extract:
j "The Coimuiltec are h;i|>|iy to announce to their
i JTO" fellow eit / lis that eleven true anil gallant men?
He- I >r. IV M. IVI.it, ,1. II t\uiiior, (>. W.Connor,
t his W. V OnttrJon, ' I McNeill, William Apicitiir
pletoii, William Mc<?ill, Alexandei McNeill, ami
Andrew N I >arrioott -have > urollcd their iiiiiihh
' in emigrants, ami that handsome contributions of
who money have been made. The committee are cn,
>itiel courage*! by their present minrts to hope that
italic twenty-five or thirty men will he enrolled, ami
uftioe a,nl''c hurls to eipiip them Obtained, by the day npj.
pointed for tiieir departure*."
Upon I'. T. liiKM m and iiis Faii.i'sk.?(in Thursday
tllO | Mr. I'. T. Itanium was put under examination lx>joks.
forejudge IIofTii mi, in New York, relative to hi*
nittiil property, nt the suit <*>f Cashing ?fe Co., who have
1,10 1 obtain.judgment against him. The Mirror *?**:
find ; 'Mr. 1^ was questioned also ..n Friday as to hi*
llio present mean* of living, and staled that he took
1, at i boarder.-, and had t' e vegetable pro. I net <>f Kridgetoor
' lM,rt f,,rm '"d summer, lie had friends who
! would keep him from starving and had tendered
him money. In reply to the iju stion. he nek now I'*
edged that he had a gold wat.h, which he would
2. produeu if required to do so; also, a diamond ring.
Itcing asked it he ti l l a piano forte, lie said yes,
r* is ',,,t '' wa* mortgage.! for all it was w? rtli,ns well as
great 'dl'er tumiture."
i'r'to ' "a' ' '''trleston company for Kansas, which
sent- Mnrted some time since, had readied St I sacs on
letnil their way to the new Territory. Southern etuilifted
| graiiti .re il.aviiig m fiom other Sta'es.
, our , m .
',ir Nr.w 1'psi Office.?Mt. I<ebaiioti post orttce,
^.,-fy "i 'Ida Distriet, has been ro-estaldished, and ('aire
a i v'" Foster appointed |u?tmuster.
ng of ' Kmiijsition to Kim-o?Mr. I*. II IJirey, Info
tl o of the Orangeburg f'/sriwi, starts with his family 1
r it ( : K..'.. Is . h parp >iC to go al'uic :i"J iij ?
Oil Ills I mi r< ^Km?ibllltv.
TfljfHKWBEEEY MIRROR.
Wbun the Newborry Mirror utakoo out igiiMt
ii>? opMi %?*o * ukw U(~V~~L of polities'. vciiiij
m wo bare uguiuat it, woo) ul] undertake defence.
Not before. |
Wo deuy IIm Mirror'o account of the origin of
the Cour vlHioo muitnuitl. Aa tar bock aa A uguat
our editorial colotnua foruiaL evidence that we bod
o|Miuuita oil tho subject and Ofuwal tbelli?Olid
aimilar o|iiuioi>o wero odiawnl by tbo Kdgeficld
Advertiser, Winueltoro' Ilegister, and other jouriinla.
I
Wliy, the Mirror, on the subject of tbe eouventiou
anterior to lb* n|>|? nrance of Col. Orr's letter
and ibo legislative paper of tlio forty-eight, ia aa
tad aa tin- Jtourboue, wbo wished to blot from tbo
bietory of Frame tbe Napoleonic purioj, and tn at
tbo eli?l? mWrrtrgiium aa a biiuik in (ororuutut.
Ismg brloro tbe .'|ifH-nraa<<e of tke DudWy Win r
tbn i|ia''U<aaioU lad been deouive of representation
at Cluuiuuali, und it hulejmmad W|> tbe urguiueula
and gave a plan to tbe umnuioul. Evidently tbe I
editor of lb?< Mirror was ign .ruut of tiieae tliiuge,
or Iruati d su<'b i|Ueationa to tlio keener political
sagacity of Ucll. < <ui hliglnu, wbo it wna generally
thought done Up tbo "bin buaim-ae" of tile 0"Illxrtl.
A a to tbo number of Ihslricts wbiedi have sent
delegates, wo liuvo only to any that 13 or 14 have
done so, und thill ia pretty nearly one-half. One
would infer from tin- Mirror's loose way of spunking
that tho numticr wna limited to a baker's bnlf dozen
?or evoii !?ti.
We feel greatly llatUTed at tlio application to ua
of the term'demagogue. Great men are often thua
designated by tboac who would decry their influence,
and wo must e'en submit to tbo classification.
j?|iuuvi, miwuro-, ii>" argument?util iu absence,
and proof licit the latter commodity in sea roe.
Inverting the order of our coteuipornry*s comments,
wo now eonie to the house of glass. If he
1 thinks wo lire ill a dwelling of this brittle material
J let liim "reri" away! Hut we beg he will remember
the advice conveyed in the words "/irene*
garde," or n stray splinter might do r-ad damage
to his person.
PRESENT*KNTTPTHE GRAND JIRY,
KI'AltTANlll ICO, SritINU TKItM, 1850.
The presentment of the Grand Juiy, for Spring
: Term, Spartanburg llisliict. showetli: Tliat we
j have examined the jail and public nthc*-*, auJ find
that the inmates of the jail, as far as we could
i judge, are comfortable and well provided for. The
jail itself is in g"od order, with the exception of
j iillc d?**r, shutter, a few panes of ghisn, and one
t lock, which need rejiairing, and some plastering
which needs to be done, which we beg leave local'
; to the attention of the Commissioner* of Public
; Huildings. The offices we find in as good coiidf;
tion as tlicy could well be kept in, from the dilapi!
dated condit on of the old Court Mouse; but Tlx an
.
appropriation lias been made by tbe legislature for
, the pur|x?*e of building a Hew Court House, we
deem it unnecessary to make any presentment in
reference to that matter, further than to recommend
to the (aHnmissionars of Public Huildings to I
make inquiry and ascertain whether it would not be
to tbe interest of the public to let the old Court '
House remain, and build an addition to tbo rear
end of it, so ns to enlarge the court room and tbe ^
| iiffici* below; o* to purchase a |x?rtion of the lot |
adjoining the Court House, Itekingiitg to the estate I
of the late dairies K. Henry, and build an entirely j
new one, leaving the old to he converted into a |
Town Hall, to he rented, with the offices below, to .
I he Town Council and o'lu rx who mav need lliem. '
I And we are inclined to tuition, that if the '
1 I
aforesaid lot can he purchased at a r< asonahle price,
it would he better to build an entirely new Court <
Hons -, leaving tbe old one :i? a Town llall, to be '
, ' i
rented out.
We further pr*. sent, unanimously, that tin- sys- i
i ti III of taxation in tins Slate operatis unequally and j
; unjustly ill relieving a certain class from the bur- J
. i .
I m taxation. met requiring another oIim to 1
bear the entire burdens, nn<l thcreiorc recommend
to tin- I.?-g:i-laturc of t!ii* State to |wuw a law, at its '
next session, imjsisiiijj a prr capita tax upon every J
free white man <>f ami nv? r the age of twenty-one. j
.1 C. /I MM HUMAN', foreman.
I'LKSOWL DIFFICULTY.
The personal affair betwr n Pr. .1. A. Metis, of
I' uion, ami S l< Katie. of till* A ndcrson (jioitlr,
growing out of nrtiehw published in the pap r*.
h is la ell s itisf.telor.ly adjustrd by reference to a
board <>' honor. The following is the basis of set- '
tlement, as pubi s bed at the Anderson Gazette,
Trm Carolinian, an 1 I'nionville .Tournal:
The board of gcnilcnn n to whom, by mutual
consent, the whole subji-et in dispute between 1 >r
.lohn A Melts and Maj. Sani'l ti. Karl* nasi
reb i reil, tiiii 1: Tint the d.tlietilty originated entirely
in a newspaper o> ntroversy?the parties not
l?eing jh isoiially known to each otln r. .Maj.
I'lnrle, ns editor of the ?ml Idtitrnlr of
Anderson, published Motile comments on the lareI
Well addliss of Col. Will. II tiisl,ol CllioO, to
his constituents. l)r. Metts n lis wired these cum1
menls in an artie'e over the signature of "Forty
Fight." mid, in doing so, used language- which
Maj. Katie consult red ,K r?oliallv otli lisive. Maj.
Katie r< plied in an editorial of thc'JOtli of Februnrv,
wh eh Pr. Melt* coiisah red personally oil. nkin
and iip.n the snbjeet matter of this editorial
e unnoticed the corn *p?i?dciieo uliich led to tins
refel eticc.
The artieh of | >r Mitts, although not so considered
or int. ltded hy him, was personal, and "cxeeeiltil
the legitilll te bonllds of new-spa|>cr oriti- ,
i-ism." I'pon Its publication Maj. Karle ni ght,
and it he had intended to pursue the matter further
p. i liap-< ought to, lia\e rcquitcd an ? xplunat.oii or
disclaimer. That course would have been more ;
regul <r, mid I em likely to complicate the matter,
than the oflei isivo reply cotila llcd in the editorial 1
of the 'JIMIt of February. The editorial wi.m, how- j
, ever, published, winch also "exceeded the bounds
of news|N?pcr criticism," and was very personal
and offensive. lint the whole matter now hcitig
l?efore us, in order to do substantial justice, and 1
remove every cause <>l irritation, wa decide that the
nflruivti port Wins of Dr. Mi Us' article, signed '
"Forty -Bight." and also of Maj. Karle's editorial, j
of the tiOih of February, be both mutually w ithdrawn.
and thus tin- difficulty i* M-tllul honorably
to bi.th gentlemen. In our judgment tliey both I
can with I onor to theinselves sign this paper. , i
This piper is signed: J. U. Adams, J. M. I
f Jadherrv. S Met Sow-in (S 11 Tittm-m v i i . .
Summer; and accepted by .Its, K. llist for I>r.
Melts, and J. I>. Anlinioro for S. (.?. Kurle. i
*1,1 *
Just *t wk Scrrosito.?The following is an extract
from a letter r?vciv?*d by an old farmer in Con- (
; neclicut from his son, who lives in Kansas. 'Hi*
lrtt?r is dated I-tivrrnec, March I, 1856: <
"1 suppose you h.-ar n great deal in Connecticut '
alsait 'civil war' and 'outrages' in this Territory, ;
not one-halt of which is true, and the other half '
will bear reducing greatly before you swallow it, ,
It is rather a rough country to hegm in, nnd the "
people, perhaps, somewhat different from those wo !
meet at homo in Connecticut; hut t bare experi |
meed nothing hnt kiinlm** at their hands. There |
are some bad fellows liere, ns tborc arc everywhere; 1
but they are not all Missoitrinns, by a long slmt. '
The trouble here lias grow n out of the abolitionists <
? I ni?*nn the political ones?who think they can "
bluster and brag hen* sa they do in Massachusetts, 1
and are doing the Territory more harm than any- i t
body c|*o. 'I he story alwut its not being s?fe here I
tor a northern man is all gammon. Itusinrss is '
gissl, and those who attend b> it can do well enough ' 1
lure." )
\N as KxrxNsr.s?The Chancellor of tho Rritish f
Kxclu-qucr, in u statement made to Parliament, es- c
lintntes the cost of the two yivirs' war with Ruw>a f
at ? lit,Stl 1,000, or about $$00,000,000 ! Add to a
this Mini equal amounts for France, ItuMi* and ^
I'm k* v, nini we have a total of $800,000,1100. It *
will take, fH<rha|ts, one thousand millions of dollars ^
to pay all tho expenses of the war. ,J
ill
[For the Caiclma Spartan]
BO FOB MOm C1K0L1NA.
tsa! rut tzj>!
Muui. Kditom : Every ashoolboy baa learned
Crow lii* geography that dagalae ahrub
mm lis ia found iu the eoatheaatera |wt of
Anuria*, of which ilia natives make to*; but it
will Im astonishing to your reader* to Uara from
lite sebjoinod article, aopied frota the ooerespaudsnce
of the Journal of ComiBaroa: let. That salt
arlicla, as a beverage, ia regcrded as cot only a
great luxury, but almost a MM Mary of life! 2d.
That <> vast an amount of it iu exported to other
parte of the world, llut above all, 3d. That it
hat long mince been known ia abound in North
Carolina ! lioping that oar industrious neiglibora
of thnt Stale will do the public the favor to look
after tbia rare and valuable shrub, aud gjvo us
mourn wore definite account of it, I beg that you
will insert the following article and oblige,
Yours truly, 8PARTACUS.
Matte or Paraguay Tea?itm use in Spanimk
America?found almo in North Carolina?itm
preparation in HrotU.
Ha* Paulo, Brazil, 1955.
While ill the neat Br ixilian town of Paranngue,
in the new province of Parana, 1 observed many
raw bide cases which tlie blacks were unloading
from mute, or conveying to the ships riding at
anchor iu the beautiful boy. Upon inquiry f ascertained
that these packages, weighing about 120
|K>uu<is each, oonsistcd ot matte, i. e. Paraguay
a ft i?a ?. l-.ll- I ?- -* w
mi. x ?ic nuwiuiuci-, " *i?'Wit m uie u nited
Statin, forms truly the principal refreshing beverage
iff lite Spanish Americans south of the equator, and
million* of dollar* are annually expended in Uaenee
Ayree und Cltili in it* consumption. Tlio town of
Purnungua in Soutlirrii lJruxil, containing about
tlirco thouannd inhabitant*, exports every ycur
nearly a million of dollar* worth of matte.
Matte la the name of the prepared article of the
tree or shrub, which is commonly known to botanists
tut the Ilex Paraguaenaii. It is slso classified
by Yon Murlius as belonging to the Rhamn
family, and he gives it the scientific name of Cattine
tlongonha. lite Spaniards usually denominates
it Verba de Paraguay
1 was not a little plcoavd to find tliat my friend
l)r. It. (the American physician and botanist mentioned
in a previous letter,) was pcrfoctlyaoquainVcd
with the mtsle of its pro|?arnfwiu, as well it* its
class und family. The pltasure tliui. derived, however,
gave way to ustomshmcut, when he informed
me that in the United States the 1'arugu.iy lea not
only was to lie found, hut was actually used as a
beverage by the people of the region where it grew.
Dr. (I. recounted to mo, one day in his office at
Limcira, f Province of San l'aulo.) his A'oudcrfui
adventures, when a younger man, lie roamed over
nearly every Southern and Western Slate, hunting
for the weed which was vulgarly supposed to cause
the milk sickness. Although he did not find the
eouso of that disease, which has so damaged many
a speculation in western towns mid villages, yet lie
made the acquaintance of a little tree- in North
Carolina, from the leave* nf which many of the
country people of the old North State "made* tea."
If I remember rightly, he informed me tluit it was
the Ilex Kupauia; hut scientific reader* must not
hold mc nwiHiutiblu for the mum-, as my notebook
may probably mislead nie. A few years afterwards
Dr. II. w.'.s in this most glorious fold for a
botanist in the world?this Southern Itrnxil, whose
magnificent Jlora has been the wild delight of every
favored follower of I.'-uiia-us that lias Ihou permitted
to enter it. In the course of his ramble*
he encountered the Ilex I araguaenxie, and immediately
saluted it us his old acquaintance (under
features but little different) of North Carolina.
Some months cla|wcd, and he visited Paranagua;
and he was almost as much sutqwisod at another
discovery, which was not, however, in the botanicul
line, lie found ill this out-of-the-way pnrt of
llrazil nn American woman engaged in the delightful
art of preparing feij+esami touirioAoi pork
and Ix-aiu-) for hafivi-s and foreigners wlio might
patronize her establishment. Ill Conversation with
Dr. II in regutd to the matte, she rti-Uiniol,
"why. Doctor, this is the same track we u?o in
Carolina to utnlie ten." Mere was i most striking
coiitirinotion of the true con<-lu?ioti of science.
Now, iflliis Irit- or hush really alsiuudsiu North
Carolina, w hy may not the enterprise of sonic of
her eitizt lis add to I lie e-xports i hud down in crcry
geography as uir, tobacco, turpentine and lumls-r,
matte.' liroxil and Paraguay are re:i|>iiig their
millions from a shrub which grows ?|>otitaiit<ou*lv,
and the subject is really Worth UlVe-st'gution in our
ou n country.
In Itrazil and Psrnguay the matte can he gathered
during I lie w hole y ear. Parlies go into the
forest or places where it grows, ami break off the
hraurlo n with the leaves. A nnn-i-n. t Lit..
Hi:! in roortnl to in woods, and I lien the branch) s
and lenvt i are transported to places where there in
water powi.r, and are broken in mortar*. The
Milvtanee, alter tins operation, in almost a powder,
though small stems denuded of their bark arc always
permitted to remain. I ?y this simple process
the mntlr is prepared for market, only requiring
the raw hide cases mentioned ut the Is-ginning of
this communication. Its prc|?arntiou f< r drinking
is equally simple. A small '|iiaiitity of the leaf,
either with or without sugar, is placed in a common
bowl, u|?on which odd walit is paired. After
standing a short tint", boiling water is added, and
it in at once ready lor use. Americans who luive
vailed lluenos Ayresor Montevideo may remember
to hare seen, on a tine summer evening, the
deltilctts of tliat portion of ilie world engaged in
sippiug, through long tubes inserted into highly
oriiomeiited oicoanut bow Is,a liquid, which, thotigh
not so palatable a* iced juleps, wns certainly far less
harmful. These cit xens of Montevideo ami Buenos
Avres were enjoying with their bemlnlhn* n refreshing
draft of tnal'e. It must be imbibed lluough
u tubc on account of the ptrliclc* of leafund stem
which tloa: U|?>n the surfueo of the liquid. Thin
tube h is n fine glotailar strainer at the end. Kidder.
in his "Sketches," snvs that great virtues nrc
nscriU-d to ih'n tea. It supplies the pL-tcc of incit
an.I drink. "Indiana who have bceu laboiing at
tlie oar all day, feel immediately refn-shed by n cup
ot the herb, mixed simply with river water. Ill
Cluli and Peru, the people believe that they could
not exist without it, ami many persons take it every
hour of the day. Its use was learned from the natives;
but, having been adopted, it spread among
the Spaniards and Portuguese, until the demand became
so great as to render the herb o( Paraguay
almost as fatal to the Indians of this port of America
as mines and pearl fisheries had been elsewhere.
It grows wild, and never has Ihmi successfully
cultivated. Although attempts were made by tlie
Jesuits of Paraguay to transplant it from the forests
to i heir plantations, yet it wns without result.
I 1io|h.' that tins liltlo (wnmunk*ali<in may come
und< r tlio eye of some North Carolina pvnUt-iruin,
who li.i* a turn lor such matters, an.I will yivc nil
examination of tin? ion in-aiing ties winch is found
hi hit Stale, mill which Ii;ih mi lunsj furnished a
beverage to Muue of the interior pvoj.le.
1 remain your* truly, ? r*ri..
Hacking I (own in Kansas.?Gov. Tfc.- iitson
lint M-ut a second message to the Free State I.cgisliituru
of Kansas stating that in hi* previous coniinutiicaiion
he intended to recommend lio course
lo l?e taken in opjxwition to the General Government,
or to the Territorial government; while it
?hall remain with the sanction of Congress,colliin
in with either is to he avoided. In conformity
a itli these suggestions of the "Free State" Governor,
lioth houses have adopted the following
resolution:
Hrtolrrtl, Hy lie Senate nml I louse of Ihprelentniiv.
s ill the Stale of Kansas, that the law* on\etcil
by the priwcnt legislature shall not have efect
unul au act be jwrsed by the |>rcsent or some
utttro legislature declaring tlietn in force.
It is stated that .lodge l.<eoomptc, cf Kansas, has
siuse.1 the indictment of the members of the free
<tnte 1 legislature, and that several of thent had
tec it arrested, and others had lelt the Territory.
Visit or tiik Sih.tan to tits Allik*?The
Fremdt h Matt of Vienna states, on the authority of
ts Constantinople correspondent, that tlir nppoarince
of the Sultan at the balls of the Knglmh and
French embassies was but preliminary to more e*ended
visits. He intends y. icing hut respects in
arson to his illustrious allies in Vienna, Paris, and j
guidon, to thank tliein for the generous and disin- j
created aid rendered him within the last three
ears. The arrangements for th? journey arc so- j
retly made. A flotilla of three Turkish steam '
rigates and s>* steamers of the allied flett will no- j
oiiijstnv his Majesty to Marseilles, from win ner '
le will proceed to Tnrin, and from thence to Paris
ml London. ]l? will return to < 'omtantinnfde via
ienna and lbs Damibian principalities. I lis
uite will consist of Admiral Achinct l*a. ha, the
InlilHr bmtrl Paths, aud ten other dignitaries
f the empire.
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I 4
*? "Hi??mbm
| [FortbaBpartm]
Olift IBUfltMWITi ItSAT SUTIQL
Ms=*na. Ksrrcaa: !n fj-tfcii tg.gfc
i of iha CUytun-Balwar Traaty m <w^ wgaffNMUljr
by y*? onnfoiiM*' 1 rotload An Aw
| Lwadom ?uri wpwiciH of lb# iTwmN Qmmhm
?evidently u American, and as ardaat iilui
aad friml of oar Qoteramaal wy Aa am
maiw* m tho only prop* aula of yaaiiaaAa.
Ua Hkaitotagljf Mtra *ai tha Ooaaal
afOmal Britaia.aad ?ba oat km at their haaha, wM
mad by their interpretation of tha Trthyl Taa
ww: th*y wil draw tba award Iwhw day wA
rueed*! Thay woald giro bmHmmm not la ha htil
to fight tha moat vdaabie trksd aba ever had an
earth, but aha a itwat* Am aba wouM da ?Ug?adad
in the eyea of other nattaaa wara aba to accept ear
eonatruotiotf in Ka? of bar awm. Even thoaa 8igIwhincn
who eatectn aa moat remark?Thia ?nil
never do-, ought you to be m> uareaaoaable aa A
desire Mich a proculnre.' *'
Having aaid thua,tba aatno writer f&ea ramaribt
If tlie Treaty van be abrogated by the gatMbnient
of the I'nited Stater there ie net th? aligbeeat
danger llutl the pence of the two eoaatriea wH
ever be interrupted on account of any portion af
Central America. When California m> the aaA
joct of grave vexation with Gen. Taylar, be mad
to exclaim that be wiabed it would reapermttl It
ia ao with the Britiakry in relation to Kaataa aad
tha Momjuito Coaatj they wiah they woald nayr
rnu.' A few years are likely to fill up Nicaragua
and her oiater States with -mi effective population,
by which their reaourcca will be developed la tba
benefit of all the IndnaCrial purauita of tbia realm.
1 ti.;. .....ii --? -? *
ii... ?whj . cvuuuue uie government to abandon
i her pseudo lSlovloralt, and restore to Honduras
' the Islands she occupies, hut to which she has not
i the shadow of a claim.
j If there bo strength enough in the Senate forth*
. purpose, it assuredly ought to be employed for the
'muicd'mte and unconditional abrogation df a treaty,
which, ns hir as one of its negotiators was concerned,
wm perhaps intended to admit of a doubts ceo*
struct ion. Mr. Clayton dearly meant otherwise, bet
his Cuith was too implicit.
1 think the reasons for its abrogation ar* ae ovgwhclmingly
powerful, tliat they ought to iuilaeM*
united action on the |>art of the proper asthodty, ~
Tlie measure would not occasion a murmur bare.
On the contrary, it would be generally regards/a?
i a Ciod-Mud deliverance from impending danger.
a iai a
1 Tna Hurt Kidgk Railroau.?The pi smdhti
of Monday evening are of unusual interest. Is
' the first place, the Ituerd of Directors deter mined
I to put an end to the contract with liongs ft Ce^
| (the original parlies having altogether left the concern,)
and to take the work under their iiumedintn
management. In the second, they elected to the
office of Chief Engineer, Cut. Walter <Jwyn?, o
gentleman who has ha.l, probably, a larger experience
in such works, and shown a more per her
knowledge of their cost and management, than any
nun in the United States. We cannot but congratulate
the Ihmrd on their choice, u we Srs sure
it was the very best they could make. In a notice
of this distinguished Engineer, which we published
a few days since, it is remarked ns a notable sad.
j almost singular (act, that ill all the estimates of the
I cost ot great public works of this kind, which he
' has been called upon to make in the last twenty
y?*ars, in no case law I tie acton) expense exceeded
I the telimale.
The tribute of the Hoard to the fidelity, intsgvi;
ty, ami fttl of Mr. Lythgne, their lute Chief Kngi
I nocr, is sincere and well-deserved, and will be *?
outlet) by till who know tliat laborious, hen est, aad.
; (nie-lii-.trkd man.
We may state that the nlEiira of tlie Hlae R 4|?
' Itnihund are now in n very promising condition?
I latter lhan ever before, and that its steady anal rsp1
id advancement ii confidently counttd on. The
' tunnel at the Stump House Mountain bus Wen nt
to the ilialitUtf ot 170 feet on tl>?s> wile, ant) GU f??t
on the otlu-r; while the four shafts nan above have
| bt-t ti tiinU to about half tin ir alepth The look i?*
everywhere louna] of a quahly not difficult to wa rk.
i hut compact, ami nmliu^ no masonry to support
i the excavations. S>> far, the coat of the work baa
i been within the ostiiii.it ??a confirmation, if any
' were needed, of Mr. I.ythguc's sagacity ami tateg!
ritv.
Tlic Chief Knoinm r at once cnlrfi on the date*
I of iiia new |Mmitioti, ami ariiitnpiiiii it by Pmidrtl
Frost, lert the city last evening for Andevsou.?
iVkarltaton Mercury, March ~2ti.
Titr. Mom Vr.avo.v IawrV AsanCUTtua *Tit*
I'.noN.?We have hrretofiirv stated that a ,
bid had been passed by the Legislature o( Virgisia
ine rjsmiting the "Mount Vernon ladies' Anvia
t on of the Uukm." The object itfV affret lb*
purchase, by individual subscription, ofYwo hundred;
' juTen of Mount Vernon, ttirlndirig 'h? imuwuii,
garden, tomb ot Washington, and the wharf and.
landing on the iVtotnac. with the intent that tha?
mine sliall lie ceded to the Sute of Y irgima, and. ,
In Id snored forever an the I oine and lust rafting
place si the lathi rot Id* country. The wrm aatrdi
t by the present proprietor, Mr. .lohn A. WnsWacton,
for thCtwo hnndred acres, ia two linsdrtdi
thousand dollar*. The net authorises the Govcraafof
Virginia to obtain within tour year* a deed (
conveyance of the properly from Mr. Washington^
' The money to make the purchase is to be drpiwitaak
; in the State Tieaatiry id Virginia, a* it may be rofrtribunal
Ironi liinc to time, and to be tnvtsled ife
1 stocks or lunns, at ?ix j>or ti nt. Pnvat i* conferred
u|*>n the Association to charge each prrtan
' over kn years id age, who may land nt and visit
Mount Vernon, not exceeding 25 cent*; and tka
Governor of Virginia in annually to appoint fiv*
persons to visit and inspect the place, and see that
the Ameialinn complies with its act of incorpnrwlion.
Hie New Vork Connm-rvial says :
We notice that the act in question invests tW
association with the title of the "Mount VrrMS
IsdiiV Association of the I'man " Wc like that
from Virginia?from the In-art of the Old l>odiia~
ion. It has the right cheering ring of former ;-U
r oua days, and will, wc doubt not, be promptty v
i diced frofi Ni-w York nud other Northern States
in protfers of liberal co operntion with the Indies nt
\ irgima to ra'iae the r. quired sum for the psrvtissu
of the privious earth that holds the utoublrriafp
hot is of the nian who was, is now, and ever shall
be, "lirst in the hearts of his country men."?flab
ttmmr Sun.
Kkgi-asd t\u tiik Unit to Stxtks?We ropy
Iront the Washington I'nion an article which
mark* forcibly, and in terms of moderation, I be
points on tvhii'li myii) t<> hii)]>e our pro nt diplomatic
com plica I ion with Great Britain. Tim
Hriti-h Ministry have certainly not dealt Curly in
these mutters. They have claimed an informal
verbal rucKitiivn of la>rd Clarendon, to rrfrr tha
Central American question to the arbitration t4 n
friendly power, as a formal proposition of the Bhtiili
Government, and they have made the aaina
use of an instruction to their Minister at Washington,
which he kept to himself for three mootba.
There m another point <>u which they hav?been
| equally disingenuous?the enlistment question.
They claim the credit of having niude fall amends
an J apology for the atUmpta to enlist .eldisrs in
the 1 nitid States. The fact is, that the system of
enlistment which was developed in the late trials
was devised after the boosted ammdc, and ia coo- a
sequence of the <vm plaint of our Go\erwroent,aiu|
was a studied attempt to evade the W-tter, while it ,
defeated the purpose ot our laws.? Mrreury.
Ot a Kmigkamti.? The Kansas Association of
' Charleston forwarded its secoad corps of emigrant*,
by railroad, this inorninp, at sevca o'clock. It ia
composed of a fine body of tyirited aad aetrva
I young men, nurrdiering twenty-eight, who go wiUs
, a firm purpose to advance, by industry, their private
fortunes, and to maintain, by their inanliuean
m eitiasna, law and >.rd?-r and Sonthera rights ?
Kansas. Tiny proceed under tlm business ihwH
1 of Mr. F. Q. Palmer, ft graduate of ow Citadel
; Acndoiny, and a practical civil engineer. Thsy
: l in brace a nmnbt r of mechanics and artisans. Nvt
n doubt can be entertained that they will well rep'
resent Sooth Carolina. Tlteit equipment haa mm
I the Association a considerable amount, a portion of
which has yet to bo met by voluntary csntrbolioaa.
It is to be hoped that our cttfecna will promptly step
forward and make them, and also enable the Jto
social ion to continue its patriotic and argent w?vh,
A laxly ol fourteen or fifteen other emigrants,
mostly from Orangeburg District, proceeded op
from Branchville yesterday.? Krtming <V?sn.
Tur Msthohist Rook Cetciu.?The re part
of the Methodist Ihs'k Concetti for the year I8M,
presented to th?- conference of the Method's! Kpianc
pal Church at llaltimorr. states that the parodies!*,
except the Christian Advocate, failed to rare! the
s of their nuhticai nn. The asasla of #m? j
concern amount to #7.18,977, ajpnnM which thm
an- linhilitin to the naannnt ftf $tWV94JT, lmv\nd
a capital i-totk of