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m competent to speak ou this point u tl
who apeak merely from hearsay.
Bui it may be said there are many ]
young men who do not go there* W
tbie objection ia eifled it amount* on)
tbie, that all pereone do f\C, ?har? the b
fit j of i he College in f*s shape ofeduca
This is Irtw^aml yet I deny that the
any citiaen of the State who baa ootau
ita bonefita in the increased security ol
lights of person and property, caused by
increased intelligence which tbis institu
lias diffused, and tis the fuel that it isalt
ready to receive with hearty welcome,
the highest cultivation, the child of ger
bo that child born is iho palaces of the
or tho humble cottage* of thtfaor. True, nil
in the 8tate cannot spare, ne they may think,
money necessary to send their sons there; ne
can all men, tor whoee benefit tho tree school
vision wav madv, spare, na they may think, the
vices of their children long enough to Avail tl
elves of the buantv of tho Smti- In am* <.(
neighboring district* I haw been credibly infor
there is * surplus of twelve hundred dollar
school raotioy, arising from the failure of pnt
entitled to holp from the 8tate to tend their <
dtvti to school. Many ?>f these delinquent par'
probably moat, if not all, of them, think they
nut afford to send their children on account of
* lug'their uervioca at home. hko examples, i
or'fower, occur in all tho districts, and yet nul
would tolerate nu effort to break down the
School sy*t-tn on this nocount. But follow
principle a liitlo further and see where it h
The State annually appropriates seventy fire th
nni dollars for the education of destitute child
This m raised by taxatiou of property. Those
tithed to its benefits arc those who have no pro
ty, ucd therefore pay no taxes; and vico vi
those who help to make up this fund, nre, of n?
sity, excluded front all participation in its bet
If iho objection to the collego which we have I
considering has any truth, a will apply with let
more power to every existing and prospective
of both Free and Common Schools! Once p
practice tho dogma that the State ought not M
in education io any way that would not rvtur
all tax payers nu equal benefit in the shape of <
cation, and we may bid farewell to till State u
the gi eat, benevolent, patriotic and glorious o
of eduaalion! Tho man who aims a blow nt
Suto College is making war upon (he very pri
|ties that support nil free or common school progi
Tho Ffee School system, tlto State Acndei
nn 1 State College all ro?t on the same foundm
nnd should all bo guarded with rqunl jcaloui
they aro but llio different parts of one grand wl
hike tho different members of the natural b
th' so different parts of our educational system
form their appropriate functions. And as in
ease of the natural body, so in the matter of
eduoationnl sjstom, it ill becomes the advocat
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member. An I whether the present system of I
School education shall be improved, developed
perfectod, or a now common school system
adopted, cither mutt be founded (as regardi
benefits to only a portion of our citizens) upon
actly the satne basis as the Sooth Carolina Coll
which is the capstone of Iho arch. Some pore
who do not comprehend the proportions of our
ucational system, imagine that the different p
are in opposition to ouch other. I have hear
omo such, who have endeavored to show that
State gives over one hundred dollars to ike cd
tioo of the *u.l> man's son at the State Coll
while sthe gives oitly some four or fire dollai
the education of the Free School scholar. Tl
subtle statisticians do not seem to remember
the State a>d given the College is for the Coll
and the College is open to all, rich nud poor,
will go there. They seem not to remember
according to,their own mode of reasoning, wlikt
have jast bean considering, they would take I
the Free School scholars?even !rom the !n>!|
and destitute orphan?that little pittance, wl
though small iu itself, may yet learn thcin to t
and thus open to them an illimitable range of kt
ledge, and introduce them to the Iloly Script!
BOl do those who make the objection to the
lege, that it is a tax ou all for the benefit of a
really believe ill If so, why are lliey siUut ii
gard to the Stale Acndcniiejf These, better Un
a* the Military Academies?one in Columbia
the other in Charleston?are supported by the S
nt au annual cost of from tiorntyfive to th
thoutand dollars. The number oi young men
nually educated in these State Academies is n<
largr, by at least mic-fonrth, tu> the number ed
ted in the College. Why do we hear no uu
against the Slate Academies! It is in vain
those who offset to the College to say that
Academies give tlm public un equivalent iu I
educating, tree of elvarge, two young men f
o icli District; for, bo it reinemberoJ, they are
off from this, by their ow n modo of reueur
which immediately suggests the question, <
benefit is the education of two young men J
each district to the tax payet s generally' 1
peal to caudid men for the reason of this iuco
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BuUf llic principle on which the College ia
icincd be so tadicully wrong its some say,
does it happen to bo so gent rally ad pted by (
States! To go only among our neighbors, t
aro Virginia, Worth Carolina, Georgia, Abb
Miisiasippi, aud Louisiana, each with her
Slate Itiblilut'u.ii, suppoiud by the Slate and
.too when several of these Slutc-< have each be'
denominational colleges founded and elide we
private enterprise*. The Virginia University
founded by the State of Virginia?"the moth
fitatre and Statesmen"?After tin re w?re, in
cesslul operation, within her limits, three, if
four, different denamnational colleges The ;
ciplrt invo'ved in this opposition to the South C
lion College hits uot only been endorsed hy
States at mentioucd, but also by some of the pt
patriots and most eminent btatcMmn that
'land of tbo fi ?x?' ever produced. Thomas Je
sou, author ot the Declaration of American I
pendence, first o?uecivcd and act on foot the
jrtl of the Virginia University. In hit effort
sMtahiiah this institution Mr. Jefferson was wa
jtqd efteku'.ty aided by Jumcs Madison, u
jtoiivc services iff-framing and pushing throu;
adoption the Constitution of these United 8
won for him th? proud title of" the Father of
Constitution." 'i'hetc mm were also asxiete
J imii Monroe, who teas uui?< r*al!? ranked an
I'io most distinguished fathers of Unt Republic,
nphiiou which John C.'Calltoan had of the pt
pic of the College may bcjie'g, tl root his ?*t
in reiereiice to the United S.nt< s Military At
my at West Point. This iuslitntion, dssignc
niit.tary ols^X!, mTirc* and educates atM\
oiio young man from each Congressional l)u
in llis Union?|ho institution is suppoited c
the public Treasury . at an annual cost of abou
hundred and fifty thousand dollars? last ye
cost one bandied and sixty seven thousand, V
an effort was male during Mr. Calhoun's life t
dace the number of atndcnts in this instil*
which war regarded as in fact the entering w
for its destruction, Mr. fJa'bonn, distl optimise
b s ever w.ta no le*s for Ins deyoliui l<>, tbo
into Its defence, aud, iu conjunct lou with Mr. For- ir '
yih, sum awfully rented the effort. 1 apprehend
f??r a man is not tor wrung wheo lp? stands on a prin - t|,?
h?n oip|e whioh baa tltaa weired the concurrent and P1*
y to cumulative endorsement* of such ineo m Thomas *jj>
mne- Jefferson, James Mudkon, Jmnea M?uroe, and Rj,
tion. Wly, but not haat, John C. Calhoun! - inp
I ouote now to tb? polltlr ll influe.ico said to be Wl1
f* '* wielded by the College *wr th? Ltgitlaturt.' I ^
*r t challenge the opposert of the College to prudnoe
tho measures that hnvo arer been advocated or op- cat
' tbo posed by tha graduate* of the College in the l.egis- *b
tion talnre as a clou. And I call upon them to pro- ^
rays dues the "yens" and "nays" in which thoae wIk> re|
?or were and thnee who were not graduatra are not tar
found promiscuously ranged ou both aides. Hut in"
IIU9, , , ^ m f I , . . ? HIM
. when asked for proof on this point, we ore pointed n^;<
to tho elections before the Legislature. Some per- the
m,n sons, it ia true, have not been elected to officii yoi
' wanted from the Legislature, ns sometime* happens
ither men who want offices from tho people, und (-rCl
P1"0" there must of course with many men be aoinc *po- of
*""" cial cause for it. It never occurs to some men that dcr
tern- they are beaten because they do not get votes
l'10 enough. And those who r.ro not graduate* iiad it
ined u ca,y to throw the blame of their defeat on con
'* ?' the College as on anything else. That the being 'u'<
"cn,s ;n College in Columbia, or elsewhere, with y?>ung
rhil- mcn fp,,,,, Afferent tactions of the Slate, gives an j,r;,
r;-qunintnnco that is advantageous in alter life, to whi
one who desires promotion, I do not deny. This is
'u"- true of the Slate College, and will be true of reery rjJj
noro othrr that shall have been established long enough Wei
My for jta graduates to get actively?into public life, trei
l-rce jf tj,0 ihrowln^ men together In S|>artniiburg 'liri
this causes them to become acquaintances and friends,
aids. t|,e ,;lnie cause would naturally prodnco the Kinie uin
oug effect iu all colleges?whether State or donontioa- add
rt'n- tiotial. And il all other men, in choosing between
1 cl1* candidates whose qualifications are equal, prefer if.a
I10'" h m whom tliey know us a friend to him who is o ren
. raai (tranger, It would be strange, that those educated of t
in nn Institution founded nnd fostered by the Lor- Ml?
K"'^" islntur* nnd j>eo|>lc of South Carolina, should stifle
the emotions of friendship nnd trample on Hie no- lie <
ifold blest feelings oT the hcnrtl Tho man who, under eoll
plan gUo|1 e'tfeumstances, could be indifferent, would de- Wl'
ul 'u serve to be held as on outlaw by society and a libel
' on humanity. The only question, however, mate- plat
n rial to the subject in hand is, whether the I,cgisla- jnst
r^u' ture, in electing their officers, have chosen those
,n who h:rvc discharged their duly to the country? It rc|l
iinse l|)^. |,aV0) tj,en k does not matter whether a man tuti
'isa grnduats of this or that college, or whether he If1"1
met- jg n ppnJua'eyf tiny. Ami I have neve r yet heard ^
IV68- any chirrge of the Statu liuv ng suffered fi out the ?;ty
fines legislature putting into some of the Slate offices and
lh>n, mcn w|,o evere graduates of the Statu College. J^0"
>' There are sonte who say that they are not op- ^
?ob\ |toiled to the College, but mutely to its being sup- ! j ,
***)'? [H)r|,'<* fiy fhe State; nnd stteh ask why cannot the j
_ institution sustain itself like other eollean-s? 1 an- t jn ^
P* swrr il does. Neither Woffird, nor Furman, nor
Ivrskine, nor Franklin College, nor Davidson, nor ^
our the North Ciuolitta, nor the Virginia, n<w Harvard >iyo|
0 ?p University, nor any other of which I have any
. knowledge, sustains itself. Female institutions of v
' lt r leatning, which generally charge from one hundred t,gai
Vce ?nj fifty to five hundred dollars for tuition, when (|jn
and oucc established, can not only support themselves, u.(||
be i bnt earn, sometimes, handsome profits. Uut msde
colleges, which never charge more than about
' J?/fy dollars for tuition, never do sup|M>rl them- cri*;
** selves?nt least, if there is such ait one anywhere, |u^<
ege, 1 have never heard of it. All colleges fur males | (
??? are endowed either by St *es in the case of Statu
1 institutions, or by private etttrrprise, or beitifieencu,
|n? in me ciin in crakiix imu I'lirmiin, ur 01 n ?>|ford.
And iu tiie case of State institutions the cn- J
dowiuent may bo of (lie interest of fund* sprcifi- "j'^
ihe "P"1"' 'wr purpose, tie with liar- n (
?rard Univcrslty and many others, or with mi nnnual ( o|)
Beo" appropriation by the \* gisliitiirc of the Slate, as
ego, in South Cnro ioa. llut no college, na fur as my m.*
rs to information goes, is selfoustaining. II anybody j :
I will only inlorm mc of a college of any repute that |) jVV
sustains itself, I pledge my most earnest ?flin ts to ^
tliat j,ut our own un A 'self sustni'iing" basis, at the ( '
ege, earliest practicable moment. I know that if the 1
who institution could be madb to sustalu itself it would
that 'n *',a* ^ ,ns Wl" as '?8 Prr*l,nt ixJi,
mode. A dollar earned and saved by tliu instito- '
1 wo tion, and applied toward its own support, would do ^Qr
Voin just as wi ll?pay f?r jmt as mneli rnlne?us if it ?(,n>
Uss bad been drawn from the public treasury : a dollar
j . is a dollar, mid is none the better for having been tQ _
IC ' handled by the tax gatherer. Ties m lf-sustaining
end, idea, I know, is with some, honestly indulged-, but (
low- with others it is the masked inlfery from under
ires which the destruction of the State College is eon- u)ieinplaud
and desired, to make room for sectarian ;
Col- [ colleges. Believing, lis I do, that the institution, it 1
few j not r'f?bl ,,owi can be made right?believing it has ; ^ ^
1 been grossly misrepresented by those interested in, j
1 ro* its ocerlhroK ? lum not only willing, but desirous j
owu that its whole management bliall be thoroughly in- I j'"(
and quired into. I would favor the appointnn nt of a
state committee to examine and report to the Legislature
the expenditure ot every dollar paid in any way to 1 |U '
y any person on account oI ihe College. I would bo ; ,j)u
' nn- willing tliut this committee of investigation be com- i
>t as posed of a majority of men who have never been j
counci l, d with tlie College. It abases have sprung j ^
up, let them be corrected. ! w.K go ss far it* any |
,cri man towards retrenchment and economy, but I |^v
for will unt aid in tearing down an institution reared j #
the by tliu hands of a revolutionary ancestry, for the , *n(j
heir Ul'c"*0i which statesmen of former days vu*l in ; i>on
generous rivalry. I would folio a the example eon !.
rom tsiued in Holy Writ, and "c.ial out litem that suld 'jJ
cut and b iught," but not destroy the temple. ^
ling, But I cannot omit asking how and when this 1
a hat clamor against the South Carolina College arose? i j0l]
rrom I would make no impuiations ? but I have a right lo ,
to mo facts?to refer to history. And when wo j j,r;,
*1'* remember the fierce onslaught inade a few years , ;,||
usis- sgo against the Bank of the State, it will appeur a
l.ttle significant, to some at least, that so great n con
noise should hare arisen so suddenly j ust after such ?
kUS' ii strong accession to the number ami influence of
how denominational collegei During the Hank ngi- j (
>ther 'ution referred to, it will bo remembered tho wcl- y0
. kin was made to ring both with the charges of tlie ?Ia
' c corruption in tho management of the Hank nnel ic- ,
Htna? |1U .Ciution* of the princ iple on which the Hank was .
own founded. Eloquence the most powerful, logic tho ' e
that most astute, invective the moat bitter, and even pa u,'<
. triotinn the most devoted, were nil subsiducd nt'
l'crn to ttie overthrow cf the Hank of the State?a State *J"'
d l?y institution that stood in the way of the rapacity ol 1 '1
was tlic private banks. The flairs of the Hank were 1
t.r 0f thoroughly esamned, and its foundation principles , '!
profoundly discussed beforo the people; but, instead i ?
su * of tho Bank beiug destroyed, it is anil dispensing its ' ?
not bencfieieiit influences, regulating the currency of ?
nrirt- 'he 8tn'e,rnd protecting the right* of the humbhst '}"f
jp Im o t:?en. Such I venture to predict will be the result ed
of the war now being waged against the State Col- a ,
lege?nuother State iofctitution?that may be eonirest
aidrred by some of tho friends of certain denotnina- ? 1
this tional institutions as obstructing their owu progress, the
flVr- ' a,n 'roin ,ma"l,u? lo ?y u" l',e individuals the
j opposed to the 8tate College are actuated by intsrc*tu<jC"
ed motives; in this, as on every other question, men |
fro- may honestly d.fler. But I do hold that the present I . '
[a to agitation of tho College subject, from the ctr. um
j Slauces attending ita development, it jtuily charges- j r?T
- bl.i to the opposing interests recently sprung up in . (Jr
'10se the State; wl.i.h opinion is strengthened by the ran
;h to taut, that ll o>c woo uro so violent .gainst the State (all
tan* College, have nothing to say about the State AcAde- 0|b
^ inks or the Free School system, which involve ex- nr
actly the same principle aa the College, but which hoi
' by do not excite the envy or jealousy of rival inatita- tre
riong t'u ns. And I firmly believe tlint if ev?r the qucs- ?
The ''"n involved in this oppoeition to the Stale College ' j
,jn j ia fairly submitted to the people of the State, their (|0
answer will be, that it is both tlieir right and their I n
,u,BO policy to maintain their oxrn institution, under tho ! ^
nde- control of their representatives, instead < a allowing j ^
J tor 10 be lo tted upon the public treasury an indefinite
nail hutnber of sectarian inttitntiont, that would not In ! j j(
, ' responsible In any wny to either the people them ^
itrkt (C|ves oil their servants, tho tncnilters of the
ait of lature.
t ont l'K> real cause of the. attack against the Col- j
lege is still more apparent, when we remetnbei the
evprewJ desire of many of its assailants to divide ^lf
i'hen its patronngo with sectarian institutions. Mow, j 0,1
, re- aa to principle, upon which tho opponent* of
itlon ''10 College linrp so patriotically, there nl.vajs
, ' scented to me much truth iu the homely adage, re"
S*" "sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander"?nyd I
d as }f n^vim wrong hi principle lo give ytate aid to fi&
i) his one college it would be wrong to give it to wire, fav
% ^ A \ - " - .V *
ImNcm wronge cui never make a right; and
t be wroog in the Bute to did her own Collie,
K'h ia directly under the cootrol of the people
ough their representatives?which belong* to
t people and the whole people?which the peoimty
alter, amend, or entirely dretroy nt will, I
> if it be wrong to give the pro pie'$ money to
i people's college, how much more wrong ia it to =
w the people'? money tocoileges-entirely belong- j
; to and under the control ol particular seels, and
ih the ves'ed right a of which no power on earth?
court?-nolegislature?no people, even in their i
rcrign Ciipa-lly?wn ever interterr! The State
liege la of I?v??aitjr the ?*oplt's college?tbey
i alter or destroy it at will. A aectari.-" college
en once catabliahed,aaka no favors of nttyu-lj'? ,.
nay do right or wrong?it may teach philosophy
1 art, or it may teach anything clee?it may tettch
igion or it may teach htreticnl bigotry. A seoiuti
college, being continually under one kind of
luetrcc, may become rotten to the core?a moral
] religious exoresenec?and yet there be no relief U
linat it But in the coae of the Stato College? v
i peopte'a college, just on some propose now?
i can nt any lime sweep it out of existence. There n
lot, and from the very naturo of thinga there
inot be, in any denominational college tlmt everill
aud recuperative controlling influence that ia
nrceuaity nlway? over a State institution?uuthe
government of th?- Legislature?and there>
nlwnya amenable directly to public opinion,
not understand me ? to dvSvtr.ina ml
colleges. I am only allowing the glaring in- nl
aietency of those who would deceive the people 0|
> a hostility ngaiust the State College under the
tence of noting for the go<id ol the people, w hile n
lly their object ia to further the interests of
rule institutions. If strikes me that those
d wish to divide the State's patronage been
scstnr'an colleges can Imrdly claim much |,(
dit for their would-be championship of the
its of tax-payers J Sup ?*e their scheme 01
re to be adopted?would it leave in the w
isury a dollar of the twenty five thousand d<d1
now appropriated to the people's college? The
Lilian colleges already in the State would con?e
the whole sum. This would be the beging.
llow many more colleges might soon be l';
cd to the present number, nobody eon say.
ion the cry ol those reformers, who wouid do- ^
iy ttie South Caroliun College, through their
I in bchnll of your good resounds 'n your enis, cl
lumber that iho deepest injuries to the interests Gr
he |>eoplo have sometimes been inflicted amidst Sj
wildest hurrahs to liberty; and the moat corrupt, , V)
ust and profuse system of squandering the pub- 1 ..
funds may bo introduced under the garb of pub- "
economy. If you deem the subject of the Stnto <?|
ego one that should regulate jour votes, look c(
I to it that while you think you are freeing
raclf from one tyranny?ono master, in the
pe of the Stuto college?you do not establish in
?c of that 0110 a multitude of others in sectarian
itutiotia. 1 repeat, I nm not opposed to denom- B
[ional colleges, but I am op|H?ed to giving them 01
*j/?mfilr'jt Anil mi fnw ft-m? tan<? ?.?
toviug the necessity of :i controlling State insti- .
on, whoso teachers bo well paid and chosen !
n the ablest i.kmi of the whole republic of letters, I
hoot regard to State lines or sectarian ercrds, I tli
r success rather the more develops the neeea- j j,,
for a State institution, wh'eh Was nppreciatid ,
acted on in the ease of Virgin a, hy those cu nt
i|>o rs JefTctKOH, Maihsou and Monroe, as has 1 to
it already particularly pointed not.
Villi this statement of my views, my position can
ully ntideeUood by my saying, that as far nn .
e is any room for retrenchment and economy i
lie Collide affairs I will be behind none ol those . a!
> arc so loud in their denunciations. I would th
w open the d?s?r? of the instil tioti to any and ! j (
y in vest igat km that anybody desires. N-? true 1
id of the State College ouvlit to oppose any iuigatinti
whieb may be demanded. And it upon i
niuation it is found tlint the College can tic sua
al without injury, on a small* r sum, no man
aid more cheerfully than I would in reducing ' 111
appropriation. Hut so far as any disposition or
' bo manifested to break down the institution, or tit
pie or curtail its legitimate success ami useful
i, may mv ttingue cleave to the roof ol my mouth
iliould lad, with the lights now before me, to su
wo anch efforts with whatever of opacity and be
lencc 1 may possess. I am tree to say there ' tr.
be abuais about the College that may be rente- ^
Believing ili a, I could easily have answered :
I was op|)csvd to''continuing the prtsrnl large h '
opriatio: a." But hud I dtue ?o my real |><>?i : ?
and views would have been liable to miscon- : m
ion. 1 desire to meet the lliquity of the public I
d as well as tbs query in tin paper. I have not i
red any political agitation?nor do I desire any '
At l*?? tlir*c first musters I attended ufter j u>
miing a candidatr, I was content with b-ifely ,
uuncing myself ua a candidate, w ithout >111111}
adverting to politico. And at n.? time, till at- tf,J
llio appearance ol the que i>v I am now r?s
?ing t>?, did I do more than simply express my
lion 011 the topic introduced by others. It was
0 agreenble to nto to mi* with my leo.tv, c.ti (;
1 socially tlmti to Ik- liarangumg tin in from the jup.
I desired no exciumcnt on anv <pi.?'..< n
tve me political currency. I believed >l l etter c"
the interests of the people that they should not In
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left to chooae their representatives on tile merit
fjener.il qualification. Mori-over, I beliive 1'
o nro ?. ver.il questions, some of w-li eh arc us
embiucid ill the quel tea pn pounded, u hu h ' to
e n far greater practical importance to the ] j..
|ilo of this district tlniii the eCoIh ge qu? stion. ^
cvrii if you think that this question alone should |
>rmine your votes, I w.-ulJ say, that unlit*
deuirn the injury or destruction of tin State 1 c<i
lege we agree; if you only w ish to eut ofV uii ?
eaunry expenses?to prune the catravagaiK-es ol 1 ^
institution?I am with you heart and hand. If '
wish t.? destroy or cripple the Stale College,
tl indeed, do we dirter wide as the poles. in
Inch, f?Ilow-eit;*eii?, nro my views oa the qu< - af
a submitted formally to the candidal.s. TI.ey j
e been thrown together hastily in moments I c'
idled from other do lieu, and (or the most p.:t ! M
ler circumstances little calculated to allow a ,
cent ration of one's reflections. 1 have been de- 1 vv
id in their presentation by the sickness and I
firings of those who had a right to my sympa- i
nnd lime. Should you make me one of your
resentaiives, I trust I would propetly appreciate k
ir isuilidi nee, while I would endeavor taithfully ,A.
discharge my duly, liut, highly as I would j .
te any mark of your confidence, I wool 1 scorn ' 1
the honors you could heap ufion me, if ill? con- I c'
on of their gift was the abandonment of my own *
victione of right. JAS, FARROW. e|
pal luubtirg C. II., Aug. 13, 1856.
fojfNCCTicuT ?A correspondent of the New
rk Journul of Commerce, writing from West h
fiord, Aug. 2, 1856, sa>s:
'
'Our poIttK*;tl prospect* l<Hik exceedingly fa von- j,
. We have good reason to think that the Hermits
arc gaining strength rapidly in old (Jou- c<
tiout. Von insy safely set us down ftre thou h
id majority for Ruck. A lirrck. in the coining U
:liuu. Mark, fanaticism nt the North will ro- j ^
re a most signal and deserved r. bukc November *
, 1856." a "
The yellow fever still causi-s a panic in New
rk harbor. Foit Hamilton lies opposite the (
iraotip* grounds, and serious f.-.rr are cn'crlain* <
that the carrison will not iwaiio the infection
quarantine I I cases had occurred up to the 13ih,
which five piovru Intnl. A dozen vessels from j
West Indus had been placed at quarantine ou
I'ith, and arrivals from Charleston were to l>o , '
scly watched.
riic London Morning Advertiser undertake* to u
ert that Grent Britain has assented to the set |
ider of the Bay Islands Colony to Honduras? \ .
eat Britain an 1 the United States, with lloodu,
agreeing to sign ? triple treaty, binding the v
ler power never to give up said territory to any v
icr governinciit. The same authority also as- . |
ts that France approves of this arrangement, nnd
i nsked permission to become a parly to the *
ty. *
rite Washington Union atutcs that Sen.dot Bay ; "
I, of Delaware, addressed a large and enthusix*- y
meeting at Dover, in his State, on the 24th ult., I ,
I that in the courre of his speech he announced
it his colleague in the Senate, Hon. John M. I v
tyton, would, under no circutosiancen, support o
hrr Fremont or Fillmore for the Presidency, ti
e Union statea I hit this announcement wm
do with the entire approval of Mr. Clnytun.
Latch PROM Kansah.-? St. I^tis, August 12.
Advices from Kansas, to the -1th iiislaut. slain I'
it the trials had oonilttauecd ticlore the 1 uited j ^
ties I>istrict Court, and that it was reported that v
the strength of a rumor that Gen Smith had
it filty dragoons to ettforoe the decrees of the J
urt, five hundred of fame's troops were ready to
cuu those who might fee convicted C
llofus Choute, lato Whig United States Senator,
m M iraitchuaetts, hue published a long letter in f
?r of Mr. Buchanan lot the rrtsiJi ncy. I
y *v : "* i< ' .1 *
)t Spartan.
3jpam ahjbira?!
THURSDAY, Al'CUST *1, IS50.
tanga of Thermometer at Fiehrr ?J- Hrimtih
Drug Store.
1 12 3 5 o'eloc
Vug. 14 77 74 75 7"?
15 74 84 81 82
JO 71 78 80 80
17 75 76 80 81
18 72 77 76 75
J9 74 82 ^ 80 83
to rbaders and corrtspon'dlwt^
Our outside is worth attention. It contains i!:
istcf the Missing F.ettcr, Dr. Rosa' letter on Sla
cry, on original Mountain Letter, and the com
lenccinent of Mr. Farrow's reply to "Many Vo
tra"?which ia completed on the 2d page.
The Obituary wna received too late for thie week
dIw'inr.
Wo invito attention to the Advertisement of Mri
.oonsrd, who propose* opviiiiig a Dancing Stihoc
L Palmetto Hall. I lor tcatimonia'a are of n higl
rder, and will be cheerfully exhibited to thoac wh
my wiah to intrust Ijer with pupils.
worgan'tiplest
A meeting of the Morgan Rifle Company will b
eld nt Douglass' Fj?w Oihoc, (late Trimmier's,
n Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock. Bo punctual
i the uniform will be finally decided on.
spun.
The lateat foreign advices are by the Baltic t<
to 6th inatunt.
Saragassa, the last scat of insurrection, had sub
iltted to tlie <}uoen'a troops on the 1st, and tlv
ttirc country Is now quieted. Much political mn
avring is going forward, but it ia believed tlia
panish n flairs will settle dow n without the inter
tntion of Franco. No doubt Napoleon would wil
ugly interf re, but ICuglaud is watchful, and ai
>on rupture, in the present condition of Europe
innot be lunarded.
the elections.
North Carolina ? Tho majority for Ftrngg
'otn., for fiovcruor is not yet known?probabl;
rer 10.000.
Kkntucict.?This Slate has been carried by tli
Vniocr u by ] 5,000.
Akkanui.?The returns arc uncertain, but it i
ought the Democratic candidate for Governo
is a majority of 5,000. The Legislature *vil
largely Democratic. Two Democrat* vlcctci
CougreM.
Iowa.?DlacU Republican.
Missouri.?The nntiCvnlou Democrat?Toll
has been chosen Governor by a plurality, nix
1 the otln-r State officer*. Five Congressmen c
o same party and two Americans chesen. Th
rginloluro will be Democratic.
CONGRESS.
As the seesiou approaches its close, it is alrnos
ipossible to trace out tlie fhte of individual mens
t-s. All is the tvihhst confusion, and appi-opris ns
iirvolving unheard-of extravagance ureprcssei
the Soi ote and the House. Many of the&i
iiis arc for rivers not of navigable depth and har
rs of no existence. To rest ruin this spirit of ex
avaganco the President lias interposed tho veto
it, in utt*. r disregard o( all propriety?of all con
leratioiis but a thirst for plundering the treasur;
a supple majority is always ready in cither lions
override this restraint, and rifU the treasury of tlx
it ion Revolution and anarchy alr< ady show the
'azen fronts at Washington, and riot ill smioipr.
d success. VVc hope tor the best , hut-God on!;
lows v\ hat may l>e the next ti< t in ;!u d. nu of ou
niilrv.
RAILRO\l) KKETIXL.
Tl?e Stock buldvrs ?f tile Spartanburg ami Unioi
iib-ond had (heir annual meeting la.-t wet k a
ti on C. II., ami wo nr? lmj?|?y to ham that th
mditioa of tho riiitm-esuf the company las hcvt
lly developed, and the Stock in-ldeis Uy* k:;.i\
til- tool condition. It uppe.is that we bar
.|H,-ndod on tho roa 1 about $SOU,Ooo, and not
v? ah.iat $60,f>0 more than i? duo u?; tliti
e rood is finished 21 miles, tho bridges nrat
completed, with tho trestl tig in tlio valley ol th
raid River, the grading to Spartanburg ulnae
railed, the depots bu ll, arid the crors ties dolivt-r
i to lay tlio road to Union C. II It ia thougl
100,000 more will complete the road to Sjutrlau
?*
This statement will show that tho road ia by ii
earn in a hopeless condition. On the eoutrary, tv
e assured that the r.?ud is in a bettor finaiit-i:
indilion now than any of our roads were in th
imo stage ot llieii progress.
The great diffienhy that the raid lias to conteu
rth now Is the want of means to enrry it t.? I'nio
. II. The other Railroads nro vastly ill debt, an
-u forcing their bonds upon the market, iht-rib
eeping it glutted. They are finished and runiiinj
liilo ours is standing still, or only tunning a slmi
istnnee. This renders it troublesome t?? find | ut
iasers for our bonds. But the company have, t
q think, wisely fallen upon a plan by wl ich th
uterprise will l?e carried on, and that speedily.
Tliey have ordered $j00,000 ot bonds to be ii
red, payable in tell, twenty, twcufy-lwoand twer
r-four years, with interest to he paid semi aunuslb
150,000 of these bonds are now ofTercd to the Stool
older* and creditors of the company at eight
cuts in the oue hundred Tina will be n gre:
*->, but the company think it better to do this, an
t the profits be n ado by tlio Stockholders, th.i
> go iuto tho market to sell. Th s sum will tali
ic road to Union C. II, which they propose to J
t once, anj will the utmost rapidity, nr;d then tl
emninder ol tho bonds will be sought by capitulis
ny where and at fair prices - probably at par.
1 heac bonda aJ.e scoured by a mortgage of the ci
rc ;ond and all its property, and tho money rai
d wiil every dollar bo expended upon it >
cmiif, uht? ntf, liiii in? iiumo pituit; ann \i
l ice at which they arc iffitcd in equal to 11 p
out. per nnnnm. Wo hope these bonds will ov< i
*o Ik- taken by the Stockholders without delay,
i true that money is scarce, but many of theSt.xl
lolJeis arc wealthy, nn<i cat) raise the cash eilh
iy collections or by borrowing, and we hope tin
rill at once engage to doit,nnd thus show a pruis
rorthy determination to complete the road. 1
lesitatc in this work at this time, after ao mui
fork ntrd treasure liave been siptnM upon
v, nld argue an imbecility on tbc part of theooinp
iy little short of downright insanity. For tin
vouhl throw away $800,000, anil tho advantages
ho road, rather than r.nao $100,000 inor
vliieh latter sum is allowed to have a prefcrt ni
ver the test until these ate pn J the uttermost f.i
lung. We agaUl soy we In pe the bonds will
nee be taken. The money will not l*> rtquiri
intil tho tirst of January next, and by that time tl
resent ciiips will como into mat ket and be soi
Vf pub'i.Jt to-day tho nanus of the committee wl
nil receive subscriptions. Come in, ami give the
our nanus.
Committee.?The fallowing gentlemen (in par
an,peso the Committee for the Sale ot Bonds:
Messrs. 8 Hobo, 8. N. Eviim. O. K. Edward
ovan Mills, .1 II.-Carton, G. W. II. I.egg, O 1
' irlr. J W Milkr, and othcts.
?????^1
THB BALL?TUB 1KVIBWS.
Tito proMttoo of the Governor la the upper Dis
trwu, attending the reviews, determined several of
of hie aids (end chiefly Brig. Gen. 8. R. Gist) to
tender him the compliment of a bell. Being central.
Spartanburg was chosen so moot eligible, and
\ the Palmetto Ilooee designated as the place best
adapted to the purpoeo, because of its superb Ball
k Room and extensive accommodations. The proprietor
(Mr. A. Tollosnri) and the leasee (Mr. Finley)
at once commenced largo preparations?thoroughly
renovating the house, mid preparing it in all
its departments for the rush of company induced
by the coming festivities. The House was ne-tly
painted, the Ball room tastefully decorated, the larder
sumptuously stocked, and all held in reudmea*.
? Toe resu!: > ustifWd the preparations. On Tuesday
the throng sei in, oiit? long before the sun sought
roposo behind the westcf5 Wizen the forty bedrooms
of tho commodious Pahnotto were Hied to
repletitkm?and the could n't-come-before's had t?? i
betake themselves to the floor, or search for other
quarters. When the sixe of the building is remem,
bercd?three stories high, with about forty large
,j and siry bc-J rooms?it will ct once b? known tluil
I, no small number of pcrsous were drawn to lu-adu
quarters.
Ilut the attractive spot was tho Ball-room. We
entered it just as the dancing was beginning.
Tlrroagh flitting tortus of bcuaty we caught glirnpe
res of the Governor, Maj. Gen. Williams, Adju)
tunt General Dunovnot, Brig. Gen. Gist, and any
I, number of bedizened st.iflf and regimental officers.
In cataloguing we might indulge partiality for several
bright particular stars ol the gender feminine
but doubt the propriety of such publicity, as being
o both ru.lt- and invidious. Suffice it to say, that
"All went merry as a marriage bell"?
- Even to the feast that was announced nbont midc
i night.
* I We had not the pleasure of cxntniuing the tat
bio- previous to the assembling of the guests, bat
- the slight glimpses we caught on our entrance, nnd
- the high encomiums and ample justice done upon
U the viands bv those w ho clustered around the ormn.
ing board, a itisfied us that friend Kin ley had pretermitted
nothing in its preparation, but fully vindicated
his already high reputation us a caterer.
Shortly after two o'clock the company separated,
'? and we arc sure pleasure- sat triumphant on every
f brow, and must have reigued supreme in every
heart through-ut the night. ''It was a delightful
c evening" was the general verdict, and long will
the visit of Gov. Adams be remembered us awnken"
ing pleasing associations,
r |
|1 | On Wednesday the review of the 36lh regiment
^ i look place. The early day gave promise of enjoy
tnent, and wo estimated the number upon the field
at Itomnr's at about 3,000 persons, of all ages and
^ sexes. We were pleased to see so many ladies
j present, to heighten the charms of the occasion.
When the line had been formed, nn 1 prt purations
0 for review completed by Col. Snoddy, Adjutant
Webber was despatched to apprize the Commander
in-Clhef of the fact. At the lu-ad of his staff
he iminod ately appeared at the camp colors, and
1 was saluted by a disciiaige of artillery. Th-- lorj
nullity of salute over, the regiment wiu put iu mo^
ti?-n, and executed the card of monisurrr* previj
ously arranged for the day, nud m a manner highe
| ly creditable to officem and men. The regiment
? . was then addressed by the Governor. He coinpli
uieitted them for their discipline and prompt and
cheerful discharge ol duty, saying that while lie
. I could n>>t award thuin Jio distinction of the lest
P ili'died nogiiurut, he could rny they We re Si-cond to
L. none he l.al reviewed on his pies- nt tour of duty; j
L. ; and while not wishing to make invidious distincr
1 lions where all were praiseworthy, he felt iin|K-llnl
to Ik-sIow special commendation upon the Artillery,
which he thought equal to nny uniformed company
- in the State. After dwelling at some h ngih upon
tliclicci ss.ty for preserving our military system, and ,
rilloncy, ratlwr by npult^y than .i?>c t'u-n, rxruwil
11 him*. If from touching upon general State e?, !
t into which he nevertheless uv^iliri ly He !
c indicated luV opinion tii.it the St He should voir tot !
i Mr Uuclumnu, but there was no occasion for active
i pnrtiotnship: that we sbutill not have met in St.ite 1
e Couvetit.'un .in.l ??ono to Cincinnati; that the elcelo- i
v ral question should ho permitted to remain in tin
it hands of the la-gs'.ature; thai the College tie un
touched;?nfl tin so questions, ho said, lie might
e d num. but probably to give offence and encounter
it prejudice, and at last subserve no practical purpose.
1 In turti er excs.v. he alluded to thu ball, at which
it he had been rcqair?-d, he said, to review regiment
l* ?:?f ladin, who out-looked, out-drcs>ed, and out!
manotuvred those lie wan then addressing ail liolioiv.
? i Tin# sally of I unior called forth loud cheers troin
? , the regiment and by-slanders, during whij-h the
'' j Governor Ic't the ground and the military exercises
e closed. The impression made by hi* cxoelbnoy uai
| in a high degree favorable, ami Ins visit to Spurtrn^
j burg will long bo remembered with pleasure. G"-v
" Adams, aside from certain political not ons which
; wc cannot endorse, has made the Stale an ab.e
y Governor, and one to be relied upon in any ermrj
gency calling lor a sound ju Igmentor a strong arm
11 ! The interest oi the day was I art her prolonged by
the Candidates addressing the people We listenu
ed to them so long, that we had the pleasure ol r<die
mg home through the rain, and getting (hor ughly
i drenched.
ISatur.lay
last was tlie review day of the 3"th
Regiment, at Wilkins'. In the n><a<ncc of Col.
' Camp, Col. McAr hur took command of the vvulut
I .
tious of the day. Muj. Gen. Willarns was review'
ing officer, assisted by Brig. Gen. Gist and Adju^
lant and Inspector Gtntrai Dunoraut.
At the close ,.f th'- exercises Gen. Williams sud
^ Gen. G.st made brief addresses. The foi^iwr inI
-iuigid in remarks upon the dignity and importance
of the soldier's duties, and uiged cheerful obedience
10
; ; to the requirements of the State in this matter. The
j General also touched upon Kansas and the position
of panics, dwelling with emphasis upon tho unreli
ability of national panics, and seeing hope tor the
Eolith alone in a great sectional party. Gen. Gist,
tlioOgh following the same course of argument, was
(.r urgent in pressing his pccul ar viewb, though
^ not lens decided ill Iiift principle*.
i? w < Lad thought, time Btiii space pel nutting, to
I,. indulge ouraclvia in some comments ty?oii ibis pron
clivily of the military to dictate in civil affairs; but
L,y so much of our spice is occupied with local politics,
0. 1 that \vc are compelled to forego the purpose. In
[ 0 p.issiu.', however, we will cay, that the practice, to
>), our minds, would he more honored in the breach
It tlir.ii the observance. Generally the people aro as
n. : well ipialified to judge of tho merits of public qucs,.y
tious us tlte Governor, or any other military officer,
0f and the delivery of political homilies by inereagettls
c. to those who in'rust them with toni|>orary power
L)0 savors more of dictation than seems to us compatir
bis with that bunstcd freedom of which we hoar so
at much.
r(] After the review the Candidates occupied the
>,e time of the people, and developed titoir views upon
d. the several questions propounded through the L)i?
to trict papers?with what impression October must
nt reveal
I Dr. A. Church, President of tho University of
0 Gcorg a, has tendered his resignation, after a connection
with the institution of nearly forty years.
P. ; The value of the slave property of tho Soutbon
' . U't; ? estimated at $? WiO ,000,000
8PAKTARBUR6 AID UNION 1A1L&OAO.
(Titomi or thb noeiuHNM
Of the Fourth A nim.il Meeting ut ihu flpurtin* W
burg and Union Railroad Company, bvtd at Union L
C. 11 , on the 13th and 14th days of August, 1856. la
Thu Convention root at 11 o'clock on Wed ova- pi
day, the 14th Inst., in the Papot Building.
On motion of Col. T. N. Dawkioa, Col. Wm. <
J. Alston wm culled to tbe cbnir, and R. A. MoKoight
appointed Secretary pro t*m.
Tlio Chairman having called tbe meeting to or- ,0
der, tlic Stockholder# weie requested to oome fur- P?
ward and register their on mew, with the ainotmt of
stock they rcprceentcd, na their own or by proxy. T
A Committee being already appointed to verify
proxiee, by the lovt annn.il meeting at Sparlnnharg, ?l
consisting of J. B. Davia, I. G. McKiaaick, and
T. B. Jeter, the Convention, in order to allow
them lime to report, adjourned to meet in the
Court Houae at 3 o'clock P. M.
WcuNcaoAr Kvaaino, 3 o'clock. 1'
'inC Convention met purauant to adjournment. tj,
The Commits? on "foaiea not being prepared to
report, the Chair called t'oi" the report of officers. ^
The Ptcaideni, Cll.ef Ciigillnr, aii<2 Sii{*riulWdent
made report#. The rending of the Secretary'# ,j,
report waa poatponed until tomorrow.
Upon the Chair'# inquiring what disposition it la
would please the Convention to make of the report#, ^
Mr. Goudolock moved to refer them to a Committee
of 6ve, to report upon to-morrow morning, at l?'
10 o'clock.
Mr. Ilerndon moved to amend, by making the ?c
Committee consist of nine. The amendment waa
accepted and the resolution Agreed to.
The Chair appointed the following a# the Committee:
M easr a. G"ttdelock, Ilerndon, Dogan,
Save, Zimmerman, T. M Lylea, Welch, Bubo, l''
and Kirkwood. There being no special buaiucaa
before the Convention, in conseqnenor of the Com- ?>r
mittce not being ready to report, Mr. Bobo aug- VC
gested and advocated tins prapriety of aending <>f
Delegates to the Railroad Convention which is to
Jjjl
Assemble at Ashcville, N. C ,o? the 26lh August,
. . an
mat.
Mr. G. I). Peakc, who boa been employed aa
Knginecr upon the routes over the mountain# from
Spartanburg to Ashcville and from Rulbtrfwrdton
to Ashcvdic, being present, was called on, and gave
an interesting and cheering account of procticabili- m
ty and disposition of the people of North Carolina
to have our road extended over the mountains. gr
The Convention, on motion, agreed to send dele- ot
gate# to the Convention, and authorised the Pri-si II
dent to np|K>int as many as in his judgment he
thinks projwr.
On motion ol Mr. S.iye, tho Convention adjourned,
to meet at 10 o'clock to morrow morning. sli
The Committee, to whom waa relerrc-d tlio rejxsrts
of the President and of the several subordinate
officers nC the Spartanlntrg and Union Railroad
Company, have had the same under consideration,
and beg leave to submit to the Convention of Stock- f?
holders the result of their deliberation*. *s
Your Committee nrc grnt Bed that the present w
pocuninrv condition of the company (though much
embnrramrd) has, by the report of the President and ?l
Secretary, been brought so elenrly and intelligibly
to the view of the Stockhollers The labor of j|
preparing these reports h.is been great, aud raani 1
feata a very praiseworthy xenl ill giving the conipu
n> full information touch ug it* finances.
The finances of the Company, we regret t<? elate. T,
are n nn emb.irr.toi -d condition; but ?r? tru-?t that I
the Stockholders will eti ieivor to sustain the en a'
lei prise. I:t fact, we arc aaiiRfie.lth.it the all.era of r'
n
the Company are not more emVirraaacJ thou other t|
istmpati.e* have bii'U hi tin-sun stale of progr* ? *. c<
nn<I wants nothing but the p>wfi<lini'i> of tti- pa die '
to insure success. The liabilities of the Compelny
are, as ?Utc) by the President, S>I ? and
the available means $113,000, knv'tig n Jrik-il til
We have spent already $813.<H'0 on r.
the liond, mul have 21 m int eotnpkted and in ruu- (j
ding order; tlto Bridge over Broad River Ueftrly j(
r implvlnl, and the wluju liuc of road nearly- gia
ded; sixteen miles o( timber for track Jrl *- red and 1 rj
ready to be laid down, and the Depots built; in ?
fort, mtthing is n -wr wxsti?i( but the trim to coin- ' u
plcte the Road to Spartatdntrg C. 11. I [.
To complete th? !*. >.td and pay the debts | -i
| 000 is necessary, which we prop se to raise by ih<- 11
| sale of $5'<>0 0H0 of the bonds of the Company. Tin- d
I Ciitnui ttee suggest to the Stockholdersand cred.t ?
i ors to show their confid, ine in the enterprise h> d
taking as many of the bonds n? they feel able; the L
j Committee having every cnn6de*?re that the in ei
vestment would be safe and itrofitable They nre ^
saloficd that the Road, finished to Union C II., *
would |my by its proitU the inter* si on the whole
debt. P
Your Committee feci disposed to leave to the j f'
Direction the several matter* and re>-umiiien*]aiions j p
embrn-td in ttir reports r>f the Chic* Engineer and
Superintendent. In eonclusmn, your Coniiiiltec ! .
| ie>otti'iiciid the following resolutions:
Reao'.reJ. That the Directum Ik- author z>'J to j
Issue $">0U,'K)tt, in bon-'s of $.*>00 vch. payable? j **'
$ii)0,(ihv in lit years, nnd the rrmn inler in tweu- j it
ty, twenty-tw<? and iwcuty-four years, as the Di- ,t
roe t on may think b si, inter*?! paya'ale aciiii-AltUU- i -j
ally, nod that u mortgage ..f the corporate pr petty .
of the Con*|uu?y be given to .- cure the payment of } 11
the sane, nod that they be sold to stnekh Idem *"d j d
creditors (ocrjii those who contiaeted to take >
bonds) nt tin* time at 80 els. en the dollar.
ReaolreJ, That all the mentis now due the Coin- j ?
ptuiy In* made forthwith available a* rapidly as |?>s*
ble. 0 e debts paid, and the work carried "in with b
the utnii?t despatch to Union C. H., aud tliet.Ce 0
to 8|*.irtanburg. |.
Reao'.ttd, That the mortgage heretofore g'ven w
to secure tlie bonds ol the Comjutny be cancelled, .
no bonds having been sold under it and no liabili- ,
i ... - 1 '
?i<? mi li?i?ri)uruuc in> rrui j
Respectfully i>ahoi'tted,
I>. GOl'DELOCK, Chairman. ^
The Cunrention tiieit took * recess till 3 o'uleel?( [
P. M. | tl
ArrCRNOON SESSION. I
Met again nt 3 P. M.
The Secretary and Treasurer rend his report, j
which was referred to the Diroc ion to report upon .
to the next nnnu il meeting of the Stookk dders. A ' (l
subscription list vvus drawn up, and a considerable ! ,
number of btvids subscribed for. j c
On nt ?tiou of Mr. Evius, the following rtnolu- 1 ,
tion was adopted; j <
j Rriolvtd, That tlmre he a Conimitloo of three '
appointed, in each District through which our Rail- j i
| road passetf, to tohcit the Stockholders and others
I to take the bond* ol the Conipauy on the t? rins
proposed by this convention, and that they report 1
j to the President a: the cud of each month the rc <
suit of their labors.
The appointing of these committees was referred j
to the President. j j
On motion, the Convention went into an eleo i
, tiou lor President and Directors lor the ensuing |
I year. The Chair referred the counting ol the i <
j votes to the Committee on Proxies. I <
J. It. Davis, Chairman o( the Committee, alter j I
; counting the bidloU, reported the following gcntlo- *
men duly elcctfd:
JOHN L. YOUNG, Esq , Preeidoiit.
Dimctort? Messrs. P feafe.T. R Jeter, Win. I
J. Keenan, J. T. Jeter, S. N. Cvins, Goran t
Mills, J. II Carson, S. Bubo, T. M. Lyh s, .lames ^
Gillam, J. II. Wilkina, and Win Kirkwood.
Dr. Dognn oflVred the hdlowiug resolution, ?
which was adopted;
Retolrtd, That Uie proceedings of tbi> Convention
be published in pnmphlet Ibrni for the use of ^
the Stockholders.
On motion, it w as ,
Rinolttd, To lodd the next annual meeting of
the Company at Spartanburg C. II.
j On motion, the Oonveution adjourned.
JOHN H EVINS, Eocrtt.iry i
w \
F?u?w Crrnuua As mo of tbo CtmSittmit
present tb? people of Bpart?hJ?g"
rgisiatare, 1 felly necfuiM jomr right to ?
in ih? views of the Candidates as illfteMiaat off
fblie iuUt?<. ' *
1. Ar? you in fvor of farther appropriations
houId they be aek?d) to the BHm Ride* itadraadf
I am opposed tn malting any farther appropria- f ]
>oa to this road, believing t|iat It is hardly passible
' sscure by any means money nffacat ta Ma*
eu it; sad if completed, it wmM la nip apiaioa
II Car short ol benefitting tbe Stale to aoah a dares
m to jastify lbs large expend it are. Bad I
reo in the Legislators at the time, 1 would have
>po?ed the appreciation already made.
S. Are you In tavor of giving the selection at
residential Electors to the people?
I am. This accords in my opinion with the
iociplesof our gov?rrnmsat| and la the tree Demoatic
doctrine.
3. Are yon in favor of increasing tbe Jeriedie>n
of Magistrates?
1 nm. I have no doubt hot that the pabtie iatcrt
would be grently prometsd by a iadteinee
ilarging their duties and increasing their jerisdWxl.
A. Are you iu favor of continuing the pnsenf
rgv annual appropriations to tbe South Carolina
ollege ?
1 am not I do not beliws it is to the interest of
ie Stair, or to the cause of cdecatioa, to Ibatsr
lis institution to the exclusion of every other Colge
in thuSlolp.
5. Are )ou in favor of any practicable reform of
r present Free School system T
I sin in favor of any judicious change in this aysin
that will more effectually secuie to tbe poor
e means of an education. eW ' -
The nbovs are briefly the answers I have thought
o icr to give to the questions proposed by ajany
iters. I wo Id take pleasure in giving my *>?*
I these topics more generally to the ciiVxeBS of
fmrtaubarg at soy time, if it were necessary, bat
ive thoa*lit at present, as these questions are short
id pointed, that short and direct answers would
i more nppropr'ate. Respectfully,
O. P. KARLE.
Dates fiom Havana to the 9th represent thersv
;v? en me jemn* ict*t m iiiowi anuviroos. x^tfWny
if third J tlmse attacked die?this ia a larger
ortahty tkan *r?r before known.
A revolut on is in progress in San Domingo,
Hiring out of Spanish opposition to the ratification
the American treaty with San Domingo. Great
citemcnt exists, and business of a publio nature
apeoded.
Wm. Gregg, of FdgritvM, has realised $4,000
?n the s-ilcot pe.iche# raised on the sandhill*.
Gen. Joseph Lnne was teudrred the Governorp
of Oregon, und declined the appointment.
Thu Cub net have not ordered the suspension of
e Kane is prosecutions, na was repotted.
Tiie citizens of Wilmington have voted in favor
n city subscription of $20(1,000 in aid of the conruction
ot the Wiimington. Charlotte and Rutbcrrd
Rood. Tiie Herald said, in edict, a few days
jo. that if this subscription tailed ti c enterprise
ould fail also.
Columbia Mswttr, Auo. 18.?Cottx*.?The
nek is too small f..r tmtnoo iions or quotations, we
t r-fore letain those of nst v.eek.
H.-oun without material change: Home dull at
14 a 1*24: "des, char, 124 ? '"-'4?beck-bone do.
11 . 11 4; -h -uldem dull at 10 a 10 .. Corn 70 a
t Oat> 40 a 45. Peas 65 a 70. Fhmr $7 a
,5(1?cWee (fliiniy $7.75 n $H.
Charleston Market , A to. 15, 1856.?Cotaf?
? RcCtipts hk'ht, and sales of the week only
15 biik'*. Quotations not girett. Corn ie held
75 a 80- Oats 40 Wheat is neglected. Good
-t Itnujs at 1.4<> a 1.42. Bacon dull, llama 10
i fmi.iuim (. i > : ] I ll>; ? ??c? i.i a l- r<C n*>ur
it* i!?NMnil h.? r.-ulier imj?ro*L*.l.. G<md brands
immwttd $S a $S|?sncki* 3* a 41. Sslt 1 .SO
2.i jht sn<*k. Stigi.ri* ami iim>!o?si-s are held high,
s*J ii? iirwqMxl ??f a rr.isc|ii?? u (kkx*.
Disiulrotu Itiundalitnit in Louisiana.
New Ohlsjlss, August 14.?A violent
tin and wind storm commenced on .Satur*
HJ n-'gh* r,;?^ oootiuued oil Sunday, ?b?ig
im ieaso damage. The streets of this
ity have Wea flooded every few hour* dung
the last few tiays. Tlie wind ceased
n *J"Titl:iy, l>ut tlie ruin continues to fall
ith little interinWioti. The wuiets of
ake I'outcharlr.tin have heeu blown back,
ibtnrrgiug ihe farms in the vicinity and
ieJark?-"tt Railroad for many miles. The
otruclion of ^properly ha* been immense
-inileed the ios>s is incalculable. Yc*terhv
evening a tepcrt leacheJ the city that
a-t Maud?a summer resort?had been
ngulfej, completely submerged, all the
uildings thereon swept away, Aud 137
res losL Tho steamboat Star, a small
tcket, had been blown asliuie 400 yaid*
om tlie hotel and wrecked, and it was reorted
that 250 persons were clinging to
or. A steamboat has lamii despatched
om tliis city to ihe assistance of those on
ie Island. Tiie Lland i> mu.-tlv frrsjuentJ
I v wealthy planters fioin tho neighbor*
g Parishes, and contained a large hotel
nd numerous cottages, which me all gone,
he water rose at the rale of a foot a inin*
te, and it is leported that it is five feet
rep all over the Island. S^me more rain.
:II in this city this evening.
New Orleans, August 15.? Accounts
om Ln>t Island veiifv the sad story of ye**
srjny. It it. positively ascertained that
no hundred ami eight persons are lost. It
i feared that Grand Caillon Island, another
catering place, has shared the samo fate.
Jorn, cotton *nd sugar are incalculably in*
med.
The storm extended as tar up the river as
leard from. At the Government Hospital,
)aton Rouge, fourteen inches of water fell
m Sunday evening. Tho weather is clear
his morning.
New Orleans, Aug. 15.?The survivor*
it Last Island lmvo reached the city thi*
norning. They estimate the loss of life
it two hundred and eighty two, ai.cady
lomiled. Many of the survivor* are nounled.
bruised and have broken limbs. Tha
lead bodies have Wen plundered by a set
>f pirates w ho inhabit the Island.
New Orleans, Aug. 15.?Nothing de*
itiite front Caillon Island, but undoubtedly
hero is a great loss ol life. It is reporttw
hat thirty bodies have been fouud at one
snd or the Island.
The loss of property on Last Island is esi
mated at $100,000." It is supposed that
J10,000 in money have been taken from the
rockets of the victims by the fell hands of
ho pirates, betides $5000 in the baggage
>n the river. The banks caved iu at Bay*
>u Sara, carrying away throe bouses?oo
ives lost.
Notioo.
WV are rrqoeaU'd to atAte that J AMES FARROW,
Kmj , will addrts* the Citizens of Spartan
>nrg liialriot, who may favor hiin with their atteui?a,
on Baleadsy beat, at the Court llmae, at 1}
'oluik, A. M.t (D the topic* of tie day.
so in tii r. bit hail r
Depot la Monday, Wcodncsday and Friday, ^t
r. m.
Arrives TutsJ.iy, Tbnradny and Saturday, by 4
t. M.
Mail closed at IS M.
JOHN A LEB, P. If.
Aoj SI S6 tf