The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, January 29, 1857, Image 2
21)tSpartan.
SPAHOTANBIDnSt? '
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 185^ AGENCY.
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Mr. A. R. Smith is our authorise 1 agent at Co- f,;
Jembu*, North Carolina.
ODI^PKLLOWS, SCHOOL.
Having secured the services of Rev. W. T. J-'ur- ^
row, and J no. A. Collins, Iisq , to take chnrgo of the ^
School under the control of Morgan Lodge, wo beg
leave to announce that it will be opened on Mouday 5
nest. The patrons of the school are invited to cx ?
amine tlieir advertisement. Of their qualifications _ '
?
Abere can be no doubt.
MISS FREDERICK* TEMPLE. ?
Tn notie'mg the school of Mr. Bnird la*t week, ^
we omitted to Mate that Mies Fredericka Temple, 11
th? accomplished music teacher, was employed to
give instruction in that nud ther ornamental at te.
Her long residence in our Town, and her groat ^
success as nn instructress in nil the branches of ?
music, embroidery, drawing, nnd French, cna'de '
us to ssy that she is nn acquisition, and tlint her *'
services will be invaluable in the conduct of any r
school, whose character is so deservedly high s?
that with which she is nssoci ted. We congratulate a
its patrons and Ti u-lees upon the coll au I accop- v
tunce, of Mi-s Temple to preside over the de- 1
p<rtincB?s assigned hoc, in oer villngo Female *
School. "
WAXT OF SPACE.
lu eonsequonee of the length of the article sign- t
?% 4 d"?? II >L. 11- -M -.a 1 -
ru n vvr|nrtvuir, uic r}?ni:r usuiuijr au'Mini in p
our ed torial refl.*ctions is much abridged. The n
question disousv-d by liiin is, of such importance <
and interest to the citizens of our District, that we *
feel the obligation upon us to be imperative to yield t
our columns. r
We arc gratified, however, to ray that the com- t
munieatisn signed "Many Voters" in our last issue, j
and the reply of this week are both characterized t
by a manly and can 1 id spirit. Such discussions f(
inusl result in the rectification of erroneous opiu- ,
ions and in the removal of false prejudices. Having
published the one, we submit the other without
comment to the judgment ot our readers.
LIIBSTQxTFRIMbl SCHOOL.
This distingui hed School for Young Lido s, ,
under the direction of the Messrs. Curtis' at Lime- ]
stone Springs, will commence its first session for t
the year on the 18th of Febru iry. To speak of its .
mer its and its uncontested claims tothc highest p()Sj
tion as a school, both in its government and ilic |jlo_ i
roughness of the education it gives it'pupib, Wouy I
be but to echo a well settled and general opinion. The !
existence of this school is a fixed fact. No fears of '
its ever falling into decline, durst approach the 1
mind. Its great and varied facilities for inatruc- ^
tion, the compass of its studies, its reputation, its
location in one of tho most healthy sections of the
State, the high a Iministrativc talent of its founders,
with many other considerations, assure us that, amid
all the vicissitudes aud reverses, incident to educational
enterprises, it will stand aad maintain a vigo- |
rous existence
It is cheering to look upon such efforts as these j
gentlemen have made for the promotion of education,
and to eontimplate prospectively,its influence
upon the destinies of ibe Sinin \t. ?-- 1
guardian* of our commonwealth. All of the per- ]
m.incnt elemeuta of our |>olitk-nl communities are ,
Imped and fostered by thctn. Whatsoever things
ore pure, hone t, lovt-lj- and of good report proceed (
frotn, and, are approved by them. They are taught
and in turn teach. Their teaching* are diilusivc
and moral. Their pupil* are tlio future rulers and
legislators. In their hnuds is depositod all politic*!
power. That political power is directed ill or well a.
their maternal education is good or bad. May
kucIi fe malo schools then thickly dot this bud.
CONFLAGRATION.
A (Kirtion of the buildings at the "Rolling Mills,"
known m the property ol the South Carolina
Manufacturing Company in this District was conMimed
by fir^aiti the 2id instant. The fire is supposed
to have originated in the machine or blackamah
shops in both of which tires h.-id been kindled
that day. It first m?.l? ! - -1 ? *
J - . - ? . W H|?|n?*IB!IV;U iiuoui HJUr J t
o'clock ill themnruing and continued, aided by a (
strong wind, to devastate everything it touched. It <
whi arretted, however, in time to wive the foundry '
iu*d easting house; the More house, nail factory and <
rolling mill house having all been consumed. We t
Icaru f:oui S. Ilobo, Ksq., that the valuable paper* 1
and books of lite store were preserved. Loss is cs- J
timated from ten to fifteen thousand dollars. ,
Since writing the above we take pleasure in saying,
that we have been informed by the agect of the *
company, that they have so far repnired the damages '
occasioned by the fire, as to be able to supply all t
demand* for iron at shortest notice. t
I
NEW FIRM 1.1 NEWBERRY. ;
We beg l< avo to call the attention of our citizens (
to tho advertisement of W. F. Pratt & Co., at a
Newb' rry. Tliey arc extensive dealers in drugs, "
chemicals and every thing c< nnccted with aa exu u J
sive Apothecary Shop. With the new firm we are ,
pleased to see that our young friend, Mr. R. II. <1
Rand, is connected as a partner, having previously 1
studied medicine under Dr. Pratt. Mr. Land is a s
(I
on of our former tow asm an, A. J. W. Land, and ^
favorably known to this vieiuity. He entered the <1
Spartan Office us c. printer, and fai lifully devote 1 ''
himself to the typogrnpliic.il art. As a profession (
he pursued it with great pot severance, until tho op- v
portunitics for acquiring a medieul profession ore- 1
sen ted themselves, which lie embraced, and, now in
couscqu' iioo thereof, sustains the honorable pus "j
tion of a partner with Dr. Pratt, so long ?n<i well ,|
Jtiiuwn in the business of an Apothecary.
Jlis success is an evidence of his iudoniiublcncss
of character and fixedness of purpose. It is a rc? |
freshing proof of the truth of the Latin motto, that
"Perseverance overcomes all things." Mr. I?and n
Dot only is a business man, self-educated, and self- ^
made, but he has won laurels in the lighter walks c|
of literature. For several of his articles he received
a pecuniary return from smuu of the literary jour p
nals of the North. What a commentary is his
success upon the favorable character and genius of
our country. w.
In conclusion, wo would not only recommend the ei
establishment of W. K Pratt & Co , but cheerfully J"
respond to the sentiment of the editor of the Lau1H
rensville Herald in reference to-Mr. Land: w
"Hucoess to the boy who, filing his dctei mina- th
tion upon a liiglicr position, allows nothing earthly of
to swerve liiiu from Ins course?he deserves tho 'p
support and cueourMgement of all his fellow men." th
A Rhootino Sea err..?We learn from tlie Caro- '''
I na Times that n difficulty cccurred Sunday after !"
noon, at a drinking ?nl?on on Bridge street, during
which fire arms were used and one of the party re- '
eeived a verr severe wound in the lower jaw. the
Ci)
is.ll, shot, or slug, parsing around under the
h ugue, Irotn where it entered on the right to the
left. lot
-oso- ?? \A
The Swiss Population of Washington, I>. C , is eo,
en d to be tuuoh excited by tlie warlike news from
their nativo land, and inlund to organize with n view
t'< providing menus for aiding tlie cofif. deration in nu
its gieat sti uggle. ftp
SABBATH LAST.
We attended tlio funeral services of Re*. C. S.
V'ulkcr, in the Methodist Kpiscopal Cliurvli, nt
iia place, on Sabbath lust, 'lite sermon delivered A
y Dr. Whitefoord Smith, vta* founded on the text e
1 have fought a good fight, I have finished my ti
nurse, I hnvo kept-the foill;, henceforth, there is fi
lid up for me a crown of righteousness, and not s
>r me only, bat nli tltoae wyo lore his appearing. i
No language for s solemn discourse, on a solemn v
ecaeiou, could buve been selected with more ap- u
riqiriutunii-s. Tlte deceased waaa minister of the 1
oepei, and had iitahtta nod a ministerial Cotinoei?n
with the Methodist Church, for twenty three c
ears, i Miring that time his devotion to the cause
f his Master, his Adclity in the discharge of his
(lateral duties, and his cxemptnrincss of life and
onduet, attest, with great force, that he 11ad fought
roll, run well, and is now in tlio full fruition of
Itosc joys prepared for the finally faithful. Mr.
Vnlkor entered the ministry nt nineteen, and died
a hie forty-second or third year.
To speak ?l the character of the serinon is nerd m.
All who know Dr. Smiths' powers of eloucnce,
his 'tyrnnnou* command of language," flic
hasicncHS and beauty of hia imagery, mast know
lint the sermor. blended in sweetest harmony, tcnerinss
of |>atlie?, the graces of oratory, and the
icltea of s|?iritual comfort.
Tlierc w;ui one especially instructive and impreaive
feature in thisdiscourao. It was lliat the dying
rords of men, arc not always itidicea of their luure
slate. Tlint some men die singing linlieluaha.
ome invoking morey, ami nomc in uttering quiet
,nd peaceful words. Thai these utterances, which
lie ear of the survivor strains to catch an the ground
d hope ju*l comfort, are not reliable grounds lor
lie upbuilding of hopes. Thai they are varied by |
'ircuinstuiicea. Difference in constitution, in the
ictivity of faith, in the character of disease, in the
fTects of disease upon the initid, modify and vary
uch expressions. The entire life of the man is
lie only true criterion. If that is truly consistent, t
'lisiracicrtwl by dvvollon, by good work*, by n j
cuhais niul active performance of duty, by hii abid- j
ng 4?-*ctical exemplification of fuitli ami grace (
hose, there alone, furnish the highest evidences ol ,
i mail's title to a blessed immortality. Such was ,
ho case with Mr. Walker. I
THEODORE rARRER'S SORROWS.'
It is supposed that4"the ntrrows of Werter" were
icver so great ns nt those ol the Politically Rev.
riicodore Parker at the present time. Rut of this
lie reader will judge, from the following facts
Having been invited by Win. Loyd G.irrinon to attend
a meeting of the "Massachusetts Anti Slavery
Society" lie excused himself on the grounds:
1st. Tha? he had something else to do,
and next, that lie did not "quite foci in a
festal mood," while his "brother men" are
tuflering in Tennessee, Kentucky and Louisiana.
He also feeU sad at llto apparent
apostacy of the republican party in Congress,
in declaring that they are "not an
abolition party or an nnti slavery party, and
not even hostile to the retcnliou of bondage;"
in short, that they do not think it
quite advisable logo to tho length which the
L'aiker-Gatrison school politicians would
wish. His sorrow is still further iucreased
by seeing Charles Summer "in tho streets
ar elsew here, wounded, and Unable to take
his place in llto Senate."
liul tuougli absent in body, lie was will) them in
spirit. Of this lie gave evidence by the following
sentiment, which rleurly shows that though sorely
'chastised iu mind," he has repented of none of
liis evil deeds:
* The triumph of Freedom is America?Peaicably
if we can, fotcibly if we must.''
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, January 13.
President's Message at length Referred?The
Tariff Bill taken up?Sensation on the Fleeiinn
of Gen. Cume on as Pennsylvania Senator?Kd.tors
summoned by the Committee of
1 uvestigatiou
The President's message has at last been disposed
of in the House, nnd it bus been referred and
ordered to be printed; but, whenever the House
shall be in committee of the whole oil the state ol
the Union political speeches can be made, whatever
amy lie the bill before it.
The tar.ff bill, ns reported from the majority of
the committee on finance, at the hist session, was
taken up iu c imiiiiltee of the whole ou the state of
the Union, a'd Mr. I*. ]). Campbell made an
spoiling speech explanatory of the general object
>1' the bill. He did not profess to go into details at
,his time, but stated that the committee would prow?f
modification* of the bill, reducing the rates ol
lutics on some articles mid mining them ou others,
lie stated that the provisions of the bill in relation
,o raw material would reduce the revenue about S'X
nilhons immediately, an i Iron* four to tax millions
irospcclivcly. Alter the majority of t' e commit- ,
ec shall I ave perfected their pi ojeet, various amend
tents to it and substitutes for it will be offered.
I'here appears to t>e now some prospect of the p *
lage of the bill reducing the revenue to a icflboiia>
e sum at this session. ,
Much se/isiti* n was produced in both Houses tolay
by the reception ot telegraphic advices stating
hat Gen. Simon Cameron has been elected to tin- '
United Slati-8 Senate. At first the whole aceount 1
vas discredited, but soon alter (iuv. Iligler r< reive
i dispatch which put the matter nt rest. It is said
hat the vote was 07 for Cameron, ,r>S !<>r Forney, '
md ? for Foster. The whole number of senators 1
ind representatives is 137, and, according to this t
tatcnient 132 votes were east, ami that General
Uaincron had a majority of the whole liumWr ol
ho member* of the legislature. In the late prrsi- <
lentia! election (Sen. Cameron was on the sale ol i
he North American republican party, nnd the re
ult is a defeat of Mr. Buchanan's friends. It is |
aid that Mr. Fuster or Judge Black would have '
s-en easily elected if Col. Forney had not hern the <
emo mile caucus candidate. As President Pierce ]
md Ins Hale, so President Buchanan will have In
!nmeroc.
It i? rumored lliat the President iiikI family will (
'.?it Cuba for tin- Item-fit of tho health of Mrs. f
'irh-e, after the inauguration. ' t
Mr. Kelsey's committee of investigation have
jiiimonuiJ ? wimesses, Mr Raymond, editor of
ie Nrw York Tunes, i ml Mr. Bennett, editor of (
10 New York Herald, ami others. |
How Senator Seward Became a I.hiiuk I
H'ai.er.?Some of the press hare recently clmrg- (
1 that Senator Seward had entered into a eo port- i
crtdiip at Auburn, N. Y., for the purpose of con- <
ucting the liquor business. The Ttibaiie, howevr,
says the (nets in the case are to this effect:
"A private fraud appears to have been lnte'y n
rni'ticed on Governor Seward, very similar to on? s
f the public frauds attempted some time since by i:
ie swindler Huntington Mr. Seward, it seems, i
ring the owner of an unoccupied store in Auburn, t
liioh he was not otherwise able to let to advantage,
tiered into a limited copartnership with a smart
nin# man to carry on the busine- s of selling paints , 8
id oils. But tit drawing up thcarticles of co part- j>
r>hip tliis smart young man desired that after the ^
ords paints and oils, 'Ac.,' might bo added, with,
c design ot covering a number of articles, the sale | *
which, though no' included within the terms b
iiinls mid oils,' w as yet incident and essential to ||
e paint and oil bus m-se. This point was conce- j j(
d without snspicio'i, and now, under tho cover of j '
is 'Ac.' Governor Seward unexpectedly, and *'
uch to his regret and mortification, finds himself T
partner ill the liquor trade. c,
Gov. Seward is a lawyer, and ought to underind
that matter better than we, but it seems to us
at if this he a correct statement of his case, he
nnot bo without n legal remedy." J'
" " til
Epistolary.?It is estimated that at h ast 1,500 f
rc letters pass daily through tho p-wt office at
well, M.is*. Ciipidioally speaking it must bo a ^
mmunity that believes in Byron's maxim, that to
lan wi s not formed to live alonn " tr
Wo wish wo w-re deeply enough vorsod iu
ithemalics to e.ilruiate i'io number of post* i.pi*
peuJed to these love ni'*?ile*1 to
For the Carolina Spartan.
KKI'LY TO MANY TOTERS.
Mr.nm. Editors: The article signed " Many
i'oler?" in your lnat issue, from (i ratty Pond, is
on tied to a reply. The courtesy and candour of
lie writer, upon n subject near and dear to uvery
reem.in'a heart, namely taxation, which, n? he
ays, has already raised a "considerable excitement"
ii his section, evinces an honest spirit of inquiry,
rliich, as a corporator, I feel dis|>osed in all kind*
less, and equal caudor to gratify, so far as I am able
o do so, with the lights before inc.
The subject of taxation has always been a diftiult
one, and to freemen, like the citizens of Spurntiburg,
w hose ancestors bore in purl, the burden
>f a seven years' war, for the right to tax them,
elves, any thing which savors of injustice or ine|uality
uuturuh'y nrowscs their indignation'and op
? ition. This spirit, as a South Carolinian, I like
o see. It is the foundation of our freedom, nnd
hould he fostered, rather than ridiculed nnd revild;
but At the same time wo ought not to let our
ears and apprehensions of inequality and injustice in
axatiou, blind our better judgment, and without
lue consideration, condemn our fellow citizens
vhether of a town corporation or e lsewhere; for
hen this spirit of patriotism, instead of a blessing,
lecoiucu a dangerous weapon in the hands of the
leinagogue, the pi.ant toot for the parasite to strike
ideally blow ul the |>eace and harmony of com.
nullities, if by so doing, lie can advance his own, or
lis friends uiilmliowed ambition.
To ".Many Voters" therefore I take great pleasire
in replying; and I think before! sliull havecou-ludcd
this article, I will satisfy not only him, but
-very candid reflecting man in the District, that it
my p>rtioii of the citizens of Spartanburg suffer, or
ire oppressed by the acts of the Legislature, incorporating
the village of Spartunbnrg, nnd granting to
licm the town tnxen, it is the citizens of the corpo
ation themselves, nnd not those of the Distiiet.
Iti the first place, the ,lrep a ted information
hat the entire fund accruing from the taxable
iropcrty in the corporate limits of the said town, is
hereafter to bo applied exclusively to the benefit of
he same," is not correct, nnd if he ur they w ho circulate
the information will take the trouble to in
juire into the truth of the matter, they will sec
lhat it is not only, not the case noir, never was, and
the very nature of things never can be.
The State lax imposed by the legislature, upon
town property, merchandize nud professions belongs
to the Slate, nnd cannot be taken for the benfit ol
the town, except so far as we draw our proportion
out of the State Treasury (or puhlio husim-ss, Ac.
The taxes paid by the town to the commissioners ol
the p'-or, and to the commissioners of public buildings
all go into tbc District Treasury, nnd are expended
for District purposes alone, nod before the
act of the legislature of 1855, the taxes assessed by
the commis-sioncrs of roads and bridges were also
paid into the I).strict Treasury, nud the corporators
had to asse-ss additional taxes upon themsclvi s, to
keep uj? the streets and bridges within the corporate
limits, thereby compelling us to pay our share,
and a large one it was too, of the It.strict tax ami
keep up the village streets and bridges besides, while
the people of the country were as much l?on? filed
by having good streets and bridges ns the vsllagcrt
themse'ves. Of this we comp'aiaed, and I think
every right minded man will say justly too, and the
legislature, in lSo.1, passed ail set amending tin
town charter sons to entitle the coundil to have and
receive the momy paid by the corporators of said
town, for roads and bridges, to bo expended by said
council in tbo limits of the town f r streets modi
and bridges. See net 1&5.*>, page 4G3.
It is this act of the legislature, and not on "ordi
nance of the town council," as is supposed by "Many
Voters," that gives us all wc get, or expect tget
hereafter, and w hich has raised such a clam
or in certain quarters against our town: uml I pro
|H?ee now to examine into the inequality und injustice
of this act, and see upon whom the burden tails
I agree with "Many Voters" that the town an-1
Country ought to be a unit. They of necessity,
are insoperably connected, and inut-t rise or fall together,
nod sectional jealousies between us, nr. n?
unwise as they are injurious to both.
In December, 1851, the fciwn if Spartanburg
was first incorporated for T ur years oily. Previous
to that tho taxes were assessed and collected according
to the general ? ivalorem system, for the
poor lands of the country. Tho 7th section of this
apt nnnotiwf n-a 1" ?",l - 1
, . ? % 14 ? I? .TUJ1II^ HJUIIIl
(town) limits three moiillia in the year, hall Ik* liable
t<> wo: k on the road without tho said limits, or
be taxed or mamil for the aim*," and ths was
the only benefit or cxempliau the charter gave the
corporator*, which was no exemption or binefit
at all, as wo were compelled to keep up our
trects and bridges nt our own expense, without any
aid from the tax un|K>scd, even on our own village
property by the Commissioners of Roads and
Bridges, for the whole of it went into the District
treasury, and not one cent was expended in defray
itig the ex|K*nnc3 of our streets or bndgisui town,
and licnee,''Many Voters" is correct when lie says
'the l>istrict," :is lie is informed, (previous to 1831)
"reaped the benefit of the whole tax both of Dmtiiet
and town to the exclusion of tho latter," which
is "Many Voters" also says, was "a manifest wrong"
is every reasonable man must admit.
Rut it is nlledged by some that we have no bridges
to build or keep up. Here again our Country
rriends are mistaken, we have a bridge that Cost
bout t,;*>( <), and was presented at the last term
f our cour', by the grand jury as needing repairs,
ehiuh exhibits another remarkable featuie in our
I) sir el police,at which the | pie in the country,
vere they placed in our situation, wojld no doubt
oinplniu loudly, and that is, while we pay for mir
(wii bridges ..ut of our own pockets, we arc liable
othc District il we fail 111 the slightest particular in
ur duty. Resides this bridge there i> another that
tost $100, and there is more than one street, iinlortant
both to town and District, cutirely closed
or the want of btidges, which with the aid we now
iavc, we nre not able to build, to say nothing of the
i*ot br.dges necessary for the accommodation of our
iollegea; and which they have had to build at their
'VTII <-X|H.-IIHO,
Acnin "Many Voters" says:
"The bridges of this District arc eery munrrou*,
Hill the ripctiMK of keeping thcin up ijute burdcnome,
consequently, the people of tlx- town ought
tot to hesitate for n momi'iit, to assisa us in defrayrig
the absolute and needful d|>ciiscs of both I lieriot
and town."
Now, I ask in nil candor, do we hesitate to as
ist you in defraying the absolute and needful excuses
of both District and town?" Iart us see.
According to the report of the Comptroller (Jener
I for I85G, the State ta* of the town of Sj?artan
urg, on real estate alone, wan $.110 8-, upon which
le I > strict tax was 100 per cent, or $310.82, ono
alf of which goes to the commissioners of the poor,
though we have no paupers in the poor house
ho wl.ola District besides, only paid on rca
itate 1562 90. Thus while 170(1 inhabitants pay
1I0.S2 on about 2,000 acres of land, 20 ODD in
ih tautn only pay 1502.90 on 580 905 acres; the
700 corporators paying over one fifth of the en
re hues of the I listrict, on real estate, delusive
the tax on negroes, merchandise and professionsow
of the tax on real estate alone, the Tillage pays
the District $158.41 wnile the people o' the Dieict
themselves, only pay $1502 90. So that eve'
inhabitant of the village pays nb-Mit 0 J cents each
waids defraying the rxpsuscs of the Distiict, orer '
and abort hit t illage tax, while the inhabitant* of
the country pay only a fraction over C cent* to each,
and not one mill toward* defraying the village expeneet,
ond yet our Country friend*, tome of them,
complain of inequality nnd injuttiee becanse we
ask tho privilege of expending one half only of oar
District tax, in the corporate limit* of tho villugc, 1
for the public good, when thnt half i* one third '
more to each corporator, than tho whole I>i?trict tax ,
is to each uilixun in the country 1 !
This too, it must be remembered, i* exclusive of
(lie tax on negroes, m-rchandisc nnd profession*
wh ch would of course make the inequality, in favor
of the country, much greater as there are more negroes,
smrchnndisc and professions in the village in
proportion to population than in tho country H?t
the inequality does not stop I ere. In the village we
pay according to tho improved value of our lots, and
if we put n house worth $5,000 on half an acre, we
must pay about $10 State tax, und whatever the
commissioner* of tht diflcrent boards a?*c rs for tbe
District lax beside*, while a gentleman in the country
may put up a hunse worth ten t1 ousnnd dollars
on 2,500 acre* of laad, and only |>ay thu tame, r.v 1
ting nil bis land evefc as Mflond qual ty.
Who then osght to corapl in of inequality, or '
high taxes? certainly not our friend* in the country; {
then say they repeal your act of incorporation, if
your taxes are too high, but we are not complaining,
it is the people in the country, and yet I venture
tho assertion that there is not a man uf you
..? " V?. ..v.
for let uk see how it would operate.
The corporation repealed and what would wo pay
into the istntc Treasury? I answer, the tax on 2001)
acre# of hind nt the si volorcm price of 20, 40 or
00 cts. according to quality, which nl the highest
valuation would he only 12 dollars, whereas, nowi
we pay $310.82, to the State, and the tame to the
District if the Distiict tax is 100 per cent, as it was
last year which would be $21 lor the entire amount
of tax on real estate, if there was no incorporation,
while it is $633.04 under the charter. So that i'
we give to the District one half of our taxes wi hout
the incorporation, it weald only be $12, and the
commissionrc* of the roads would have to keep up
our streets and bridges, at an expense of not lea"
than $1,000 annually, when ns it is, even under the
obnoxious act of 1855, which gives us the road and
bridge tax, wo pay to the District $15841 to the
enmmessioners ol the poor, without paying any tax
to the commissioners of public buildings, although
wo are liable to do so (if tliey levy a tax in the
District,) and keep up our own streets and bridges,
and yet, strange to any, when it is manifest tha1
every dollar paid either to the State or D strict by
the town, lessen* the nmouut to be paid by the 1 >is
ti let pro tanto, still our country friends are coinplaining
of inequality and injustice ! ! If I did not
feel assured that the good people of the 1).strict
have never considered this matter, I should be surprised
ul their complaint*
There is another erroneous idea, which hai been
circulated to some extent, 1 will iu tli.s connexion
put to rest, and tli it is, tiiat the taxes paid on land
and negroes in the country, by owners who reside
n the village, go to the Town Council. This is a
i total mistake, and it ready seems to me that none
but designing men could have thought of such an
error. The cutiro district kit goes to the District,
while only one hall of the town tax g >? s to the
council, and the other hai to the commissioners ot
, the poor, bes dim a tax to the commissioners of pubi
lie buildings, if they levy a tar.
I hope from what 1 h ive said above, that ''Many
?111 -i _.. ? .i._ _ :... I. ,.i.
? hi ?? mi x* iwficivv inv * run mi ? "mull
|
he lias fallen, an<! that ho wiil no Iqngcr *app<>?<'
th.it "the taxes levied in the sin II conipuw" of our
village which we receive r.ro "more than adequate
to its positive necessities even il lai 1 out with r gi.i
economy," and tiiat lie w .1 still regard the p ople
of the iuc ir^jr.-tioii Lolli liberal and ent> rpr.sing.
or at least as un.vuupla niitg under onerous and
heavy taxat'oti, which I know his gem rosity will
I not allow hint to deny, is (ur the benefit of the District
at large. as well as the village.
No one can inure *r<lcut>y desire, that peace and
harmony s'moU exist botwe. n the e unity an i the
village than I do, fur no one is m re ready and
willing to admit their mutual dependence upon each
other. \\ hat, I a>k, eoull the village do without
the Country? The pestplv in the country are mostly
farmers and they nlotic create wealth. Tin y arc
the producers of everything which adds to the real
wealth of both town and country; on the other
haud who ore more interested in the giowtli and
prosperity of the tow n, than the people of the I >.stricl?
I lere are our Colleg. s, here the Court I louse
and seat of justice, lore is the terminus of the ra-lroad.
and the centre of the bns:ness ol the I hstncl;
lieie a market (>?r every m..n, and the greater the
population the better the market, and the lighter
the taxes upon the District. Suppos- we were to
ah.-in on our railroad, close sr colleges, burn down
our public buildii gs, at?..l.?h our district otTiccs, and
send our criminals else where to be tried, what would
the property of the 1>.strict be worth in twelve
months? The bare statement of the questions furnishes
its own deplorable answer.
In this matter, therefore, it is manifest to the
; most superficial observer that while the con plaint 1
comes from the country, the ground* of complaint
1 ex si in the ullage, and 1 sincerely h->pe that these
uncalled for and unwise bickerings and jealousies '
between the country and the village, will no longer
disturb the quiet order nn.l gn>d feeling that ought
always to ex st between members of the same community.
A COUPOUATOU.
? -? ?> ?
No Rini.e at tiib CvriToi. ok Missouri.?The
St. I>mi? Democrut of Monday contains the following.
The state of alTa r< at the Capitol of M issouri
seems to be a* s ngul.ir and extraordinary as
,t is deplorable:
"The city papers would probably liave published
1 (?ov. Polk s inaugural address yesterday morning,
| hut for the delay of ceremonies, tlie cause ut w inch
, We have iio hesitation ill making known to our readI
eis, ami ofl'cr it. . oiieol the strongest re ons in the
world why the seat of g. verninenl should be changed
at once to St. I/ouis.
" 1 lie cause reported is, that the inaugural < ere- .
j motion wore delayed at least half an hour hi hunting '
np n copy of the Holy Hible, upon whioli toadminix- j
ler the gubern itorial oath. It is further added tli.it
alter nit unsuccessful search for some milium, it was
thought l>y many that the inaugural wi>uM hare to \
tic |xist|Mi|ie<i utltil a copy of the limit couhi lie ohtmiied
irom St. l/iitiN, hut tins proposal met with
the mint iletermined and malignant opp itioti from
(in*. Price. I lappily, at tins critical |ii net lire, n
II hie was handed in from the Penitentiary, and
the oath wax then dnly ndmio.stored.
Another interesting item connected with Mix|
soiiri legislative matter is, that the price o| hoard at
.Jefferson, the Capitol, has beeu ra sed to J?i(l |?er
week since the assembling of the legislnro. The
nu-mbers receive only $21 |wr week. The legislat
ire is about to adjourn to St. f/ouis, in consequence
ofthe exorbitant prior*.
A PrarfTi'it OmviRsox,?It seems that owing
to the blundering of the h t legislature of Miss *
j sippi, that State ha* a perpetual Governor. The
j Natclu r. Frrr Tradtr of Tuesday last says:
"In his late message to the legislature on tin*
subject, which we publish this morning, Governor
MoRi* says thnt lie is Governor f?ir life. Wo i
should have no ohjetiioti to liis being Governor of
Miss'smppi, for muuy years to come; but the organic
law of the State provides that the Governor rh.ill ;
he elected every two years, lint it aecina that the
hoteh work of the legislature of 1H5-I, in eubmit- !
t ng change* to iho Constitution having managed '
to make (lie term of governorship perpetual, and |
no one can tell when the official term of the Ju>lges j ,
and member* of the le gislature will expire. Tl o
whole affair :a in mud, nnd for ourself we can't ace
who ta to decide the point in ?pieetioo." '
? qg.-'gpeeigM?
MR. KEITT'S SPEECH.
We find (lie following tslegrapio report ul Mr.
Keitl's speech in llie New York Daily Newa:
Hie llouse wont into Committee on the Tariff
bill.
Mr. Keitt Mid ho wr- opposed to nil free liata in
ineaturcs of this kind, because they would render
iieetsaury, to the extent of the exemption, additional
duties on articles which were fixed. Branching
from this subject, he alluded to the slave trade.
Notwithstanding all the efforts for it* suppression
it Imd gone on from forty-lire thousand to a hunhundred
mid fifty thousand soil's |>er annum; while
the mortnlity uniong them Ims increased Ironi fire
to filty per oentum. African cruisers are not fitted
out in the South, but ill Boston, New York and
other Northern cities.
The trainers of the (Constitution foreboded the
formation o( geographical parties, mid prnpliccied
their dissolving iutluenues on the Union. It would
not bu bound by t eaelierous combinations, nor quieted
by sentimental invocations. Some men bad
announced a political uiillcniuni in the event of the
election of Mr. Buchanan; but who wus to come
into the Senate from the State of the President
i'l?t, where ho had received thirty thousand of a
majority? Was lie (Cameron) one of the national
I conservative men? Look rrt his record. The SeaI
atonal election wus the first alarm gun, or the first
I which fluttered at the must head r.; a signal of disI
tress.
lie (Keitt) would not bo told that some few
tricky men wero bought. If a true man was not
elected, it wan either because ol a dereliction of duty
I on the part of national men, or because they were
ill a minority in the legislature, lie did not speak
of these things with pleasure, nor mean to compromise
the future for the tranquility of the present, or
help to consolidate any party wl.ich am.ilgamntes
ntreuutli without establishing principle. The irresistible
tendency of events was to sectional organization.
He did not agree with his Iricuds as lo the
immmttcriality of the doctrine ot squatter sovereignty;
lie regarded it n* n most mischievous, dangerous
and demoralizing d>?etrine.
He rested on the fuel that the sovereign States
of this Union, exeieising the pow? r of government
agents, are to bo put down l.y sqa ittcrs. When
men sav that si ivrfy depends mi police, they nsceri
that tie se who go to the Territories may confiscate
properly recognized by other parts of the Union.
1 Ins only paves the way for the oilier doctrine,
that property, over and above the Constitution, may
be stricken down. Slavery agitation, so far from
lieing crushed out by the late election, Ims been
increased. Slavery existed prior lo law ?it was
as old n? the institution of marriage, or tl?e individuality
of properly. It did not rise from compacts
or violence, but grew up l.ko any other rudimentary
institution.
He argued that it was the foundation of the glory
and refinement ol Athens and Borne. Although
the l.thi' pisn has lor live thousand years been ill
! contact with MijH iior civilization, lie ?? n wiv.i^e :
, si'll. IIo rt'in'iUi'd ill ?t there was a tendency in '
! affair* for the formation of geographical putin I
which would heid to the dissolution ot the Union,
and tli ? connection showed the |n.ucr and resources
of the South, cont< tiding that she in able to save
her soil from in vasiuti and conquest, and her fl ig
from dishonor. The South must and will expand;
she will carry Iter institutions into the -uirouiulnig
States, where governments are fall ng and the people
are lapsing into monitrehsni The States
Uights men at the South, numbering nine tenths of
the citizens, will rally round the standard of pro
gress. Whatever cUc perish, tlij?e institution*
will he snved. I
Hit: INDUS onuuiKS IN FLORIDA.
Tho St. Augustine Ancient City gives the fol i
lowing pat ticnlars ol the outr ges committed recently
by the ludiutts in Florida, and which we have
heretofore briefly noticed:
Colonel Douglas Duinmitt, inspector of tho cus- j
turns at Smyrna, nrrived here ou Monday last, and I
brings the intelligence of the murder ol Sir. Shivr, :
Ins wile and two children by tlie Indians. Mr.
Slave resided on M tsquilo S<ai h I-nguoii, about four
miles south ot the settlement at Smyrna, ;tu<i had
I but lately moved tlierc (rotll Philadelphia, fur the
pur|M?c of cultivating an orange grove. Two young
men, sons ot Mr. Sheldon, of Smyrna,having been
j up the latgonn, as lar as Turtle Mound, oil a duck- ,
Img eXi'unuoii, on account ol the high wind, on J
Tuesday, the j|3il, put into the shore nt Mr. Shive's ]
place tor the purpose ot remaining dm mg the li ght.
On Hearing the lami ng tlu-y discovered the body |
ol Mrs. Slitve and one ot the children; they immediately
put oil Iroin the landing, and crossed the
I.tg'Hin to the re-d-nec ot Colon.! Duinmitt, informing
Jt'tlt of their discovery. The next day
Colonel Dummitr, * .!. ?hc lw?Mr. Loads, who
were his neighbors, and several otnt!"''. Visited tho
prom ?? ?. an I hurl. d the bodie? tound.
From all that can !?? known, it is supposed the
In Jinus, <>ii tlu- Kti, <tln? samedii) twelve month*
before they attacked lacut. I lartsulf,) iipronched
the lioii-c fi otu the w. st, and k lli'd Mr >hivc by
the i lb- balls w!. ? li struck lntii in the faee, while
at work R one two hundred yards from the house;
it is rupp.- <1 tb.it Mm. SliiTe and tin- ili.nl tl.at
wiw foun i Willi her, taking tin* nl.irm, ran to tin*
r vir to ?wiipe l?y bout, but were both shot before
| reaching it, ibe boat being in lio.il water Mime dis'
lance from t < bench It is believed, when the In'
iliaun killed Mr. Khive, tliev iinmed.ately repa led
to the dwelling, and then taking the gun of Mr.
SIliVv found til III loaded with bucksln t, discharg
Ied it at the eli 1.1 in the water, as its body indie .ted
it was k Ile.l by such shooting; Mrs. Shive was k IIe.l
by two ntlo b ills in the neck an.l head. ( >ne ;
ol the children ol Mr. Shive wis n cripple, and
w.thout doubt was lelt in tlie excitement ol ' sud
Jen an attaek and nhirtn in the house, 'l ies child j
ha* Hot been b uild, and there can be hut little doubt i
these inhuman savages burnt it Willi the building; i
everything on the premiaes that was not carried oil ;
was destroyed by fire. \\ lietl shall we be rid ol ,
these <1. vil* iticarmin? litre are lour lives lost and |
valuable properly destroyed, and these rascals travelled
more than one hundred iii.lt* out of their i
elaimed terr tory to perform th s act id butchering 1
in cold blood, innocent cliddrcn and defenceless
women.
C'iiim sk Si qar Cask. At tlie National Agri
i culur.il S.<ciciy, .Mr. 1>. Jay lirnw n, ?>f Agricultural
bureau of tin- l'utent ('flfice, ?n introduced to
the aocicty for the purpose of g ?'<>i? ibe result o'
! Ins experience and investigation 111 rignril to the
eulturcin the I'uitcd Suites of the Chinese sugar
catiu.
Sugar, he said, could otnctiimn be made from |
the liritii stalks, hut it is expensive. It contains
saoehat itte matter as tar north as the mi Iky state c?n j
tic bail; in Massachusetts it lie- shown C3 per cent.
if mig.tr, litre .11 Wash ug'on 11 per Cent. It le
pi ics ft tiry soil ainl liot sun. It should not l>e
plaited so sooifns I mini j c?>rn by aeveral days. It
w.II mature in le-> than ft hum,red days from tlic
liinc ol sowing the seed. F sugar it Jourisbes
| best on poor soil, hut lor fatten^; nnitiinls on rob
i soil. I oi sugar t shoul I be lurvesud, or rather j
| cut, ! to in the s? i n, but for ned should be cut. j
and therefore planted earlier. As n fodder crop
Mr It. considered a its making a revolution in cattle
tool nil through the I'uion. The seed can be
produced nt the pr.ee of oats, at the rate of fifty or
?.*ly bushels to the aero, and can he converted into
bread or chocolate, fed to fowls, &c. It will give j
gallons of vinegar to the ncie. The meat
northerly point o' its growth is Minnesota. Il the
seed be cut ofl"it w .ll spiout ngftiil and bear double, i
us last year in South Carolina.
I ) IVH 111' liR II-r V hill l?-i? I InlRAjil.'A int..
the legislature ol New York declaring llmt dayg
il grace shall not be allow. <1 on h II* of exchange ;
and dralts payable at a.ght, Dor upon those which
are payable on a cubecpient day, it draw n upon a j
bank or banker. The Evening l\?st luvors the en 1
tire abolition of "days of grace.'* it says it is an
old custom, behind the prcscut commercial age,
and adds;
"Agmn, the custom varies widely In different
Countries. In England and Anivriea three days are
allowed; in Hamburg twelve; in Frankfort-on-theMain
four; in Lisbon and t)p>rto filleen on inland
and eight on foreign lulls. In Spoil fourteen on
inland and eight on foreign hills. In France there
were formerly ten days allowed, hut the code Napoleon,
among many other r.eosible things, over- I
threw the custom entirely; and where that code I
now prevails, it in France, < ieiioa, Antwerp. I>eg- I
horn, Palermo and Rotterdam, there are no days \
of grace at all." j i
It tikes n pretty tall mult alaiut Asheville, N.jj
C., to show Ins rors, in consequence of tho depth '
ofthe snow
The Eastern mails last week at Asheville, N, C.
'
was an entire failure?and the "News"' went to jress,
without hearing a word tioin Raleigh. Very '
well. We went to press, without hearing a word
roni New York or Charleston, and what vr# got
rom r'olumb:a was fiont buitn.
%
Dimolvino Til* Mantgi Cohtesct.?In the I C
Senatorial brancli ot the New York legislature, on I fur
the I5tli inst., Mr. I'ichnrdson introduced his'di i low
vorce bill. pu>
It is the ?mc bill introduced by l>im ?t thelast Wi
session, and (ailed to receive lite approval ol a tun Ust
joriiy of the Ben at or*. Tlie bill provides that di- pec
vorces inny be ndjudgi I, and marring rt may be di*- mm
solved by tlie (Supreme Court of tlie State, in addition
to esse* now provided by statute, in either of
the following ease*: (
1. When the husband Im* or s'lull, wilfully, without
just cnu- e, tibandon his wife lor three> year*. "
tf. When tlie wife has or shall, willully without ?'
just cause, nhandon her husband for three vrsrs.
3, The cruel and inhuman treatment by the hue- j
band ot his wife, so as gready to in pair iter health
and endanger her life, rendering it unsafe for her ''r
to cohabit with him.
4. When either party, after marriage, shall have ?
beconi", or ut the time of the cotnnieneenietif of the j,'1'
action shall be, and fot five years nest prior thereto
shall have been, a c nfirmed lunatic or idiot, or irrecoverably
insane.
Tn* Coi.d at Tint North.?The continued * - (
rcre weather at the North is having the effect of ! '
causing an immense amount of annoyance, incon- (
vetiietice, discomfort and damage to tin-inhabitants
and property of those (rigid regions. New York ' ^
harbor and Iaong Island Sound are almo-t complete- ^
ly blocked up with floating ice, and navigation of
all kind* is very dangerous, if not actually imp- sible.
At New York no less than twelve lines of ' ?
ferry boats wore compelled t ? sus, ?nd operations I ^
entirely while those that coiitinuid to run < -copied J
(roin one to three bouts in making their trips of ( rff
from a half to one mile distance. The Hrrald say s , _I
that m>>st of the tee forms in the North river, and j A.
every tide brings down great masses, which, if un- M(
checked, float out to sea by wny of the Narrows; ' is <
but unfortunately, the tide in the North river changes
two hours later than that of the East river, and ' ?
all the floating ice in the bay finds its way on the
turti'of the tide up the East river, and the channel j
is liable to 1m- choked until another tide floats it back r
again. Is the city itself the greatest trouble and ^
damage is experienced from the freezing and hurst- , ^
ing ol the Croton water pipes; and no little anxiety ; |
is created, in consequence, at the immense amount
< I water wasted by this means.? Chat let Ion Cuu3
am
tier. ,
m m t in ii
iNrrsrsriNo Ihtei.i.ioknc* CoNc***tNa KAN"
sas.?The Washington correspoodotltOf the N. Y. !
Times telegraphs the following;
"Tin- President lias received official isformntitiii '
from the agent tor tlu- Shawnee Indian* that** the
incmbera of the tribe have nearly completed their _
M lection of S00,000 ncree in the reoerve, an exten- n
*i\c organisation hae been (hrated by pcrsooa in t
\Ve*tern Missouri? reported 300 to ?nn families?
to go upon said reserve one the 1st of February and
make and occupy for themselves selections Iroin the I
sin p'u*?about 300,000 acres. The trenty prohib- |
its whites troiii settling in the reserve unt 1 ninety j
da\ s alter all the Indian selection* are made and
approved and thesurj>tu* set apart by the President** J
proclamation TheComni' inner ol Indiuti Affairs. J\
by direction of the President, lia* ordered Col ,
Cumtnings, superintendent at St. I^ouis, to go to \ ?
the Shawin o reserve and stay there, and /irecent
white* from occupying Shawnee, Miami, Kaw, or
any other Ind nti lands. Requisition* for troop* to 1,
support Col. t'umminga* orde s have been sent en
liy telegraph oinl mess. riper.
i Can it sr. So? ? W c find the following in lite
I Memphis Appeal. That paper give* it as an ea I k
\ trneto'n letter from llerkimcrcounty, New York, A
j to a gentleman in tl at city: so<
( tie of Mr. Cain's little boys was drowned last
week in our onnul. 'I hey raked the ranai, find
cannons over the wati r, all to no purpose. They ?I
j did not succeed in finiir ^ tin* body, t il a young la- > j
dv on a boat recommen ed them to take a loaf of ;
| brcn I, make a hole In it, put in some quicksilver,
I and fas*, n it in, and tlicn put tin- bread on the wn j,
i ter and it would float until it came to the ch id. |
| She said she I ad seen it operated with nuv>? V?
j "nc li.iil nny faith but they tried it; and sure the 1 ?
| bread H mtcd n few rods ami then rtoppcd. A boat j (
earns along and rove it from its place, taut a* soon
I the boat p.-sued, it retorni-d to the Maine spot, and !
they took a hook and found the rhiki in that place :
lie hail betn in the canal two day*. j "V
A t'leastman in Dihvvk?A rtoat man of ^
| red coinple* on, strong presence Mild bearing an on
| immense moustache, accosted Amusn, the page, in : r
the ICe|?r< tentative* lobby at the State House, \ts i
terday, mid ask ng the boy ? Inn he should hang ! j/j
his cool. Anms.i replied that the firemen usually :
pegged their extra toggery in the biacnti nt, and
added?"Iftounren lireinan or watchman, you ;,v
liad better go below.'* "1 am the Chaplain oi the j".
House," rce|M>ndcd the stranger; Anmsa lamed j
inoiikv, and conducted Irs reverence to an anli i
chamber.? Hvston Courier.
Wealth of butafcaim.?tlit/wtrmltf C?1? '
merer says th- re a; rivet at Ca-lh* Garden List ycai 4
141,69.') emigrants, bringing us "c.?sli ineau*'" 1
642,101. t n this iiombrr, 5.1,055, with $2,101. (?
6,",6, wi re dcstiticil for New Y?>rk; 13,327, with ad
$1 ,9t> 1,1 2.">, tor Wiacoiisu; 11,74'J, with $694. mi
7>.">, for Pennsylvania; 11,064, with $1,4116,493, thi
'or Illinois; 7.',8"?. n tli $681,637, hir Ohio, and ?>*
6.494, with $16'J.'J36, fur Massachusetts.
Senator Hem.?It has been r.'oorted that Sens- ah
tor Hell, f Tennessee, lost ten thousand dollars by nu
the late slave * x* cutiotis. The Nashville lt..nn>r on
however, eontradiets the report,and says Mr. Holds on
in:crest in the executed necris-s d d not elect d | Mi
four tliousand dollars. The entire hws of allpan.es j nni
is put nt twelve thousand ?Standard. < i
Tub Mi.mstkr from Iikoland.?It i? staled 1
that the sal >rv ot the llritish minister to Washington
was ra sed to jCu.OtW) to induce Mr Yillicrs to 8"'
take it, nnd all the cabinet urged it on him with
the exception ?.| hi? brother, l>ird Clarendon, who
advised him to decline, which he finally did. w!
i iic.-viuuiTii i mrersity at Greensboro, in Alaburnt,
under 'lie control of the Metliodirts, had ,,j?
.j'.OO IK.O of funds for lis buildings and tiro cudow- tt?
incut.
\NoTllER <>F THE GOOD LA I MIX OF
OlR CITY TESTIFIES TO THE EFFICACY
of fl'Lnoe's Crlrbratcd Vfrmifujf, ^
ruratru nr fi.cmino duos , rmsm rcii, r*.
New Yore, February 7, 1S.S2. ^
1 do hereby certify to the public, that a child of wi
mine, four ymrt old, being troubled with w> rms, I
wn* in :ueed to purchase u bottle ol Dr. M'Lmnt'n
Celebrated Vermifuge, prepared by Fleming Bros. ; f,.r
of Pittsburgh, Pa , which I administered, and the by
result was, it brought away an immense numberof *;l'
uorms in bunches and strings; many had the nppearatice
of being cut to pieces. My child is new Fu
enjoying the most eicellent health. I take pleas- | do
urc hi recommending it to both young and old, as
one of tiic best medicines I ever used. I ft
MRS. ANN JEMISON, 38 Ninth street. j
* fj~ Purchasers will be careful to a k for DR tiwi
M LANE'S CELEBRATED VERMIFUGE,
iiunufactiired bv FLEMING BROS., of Pitts- I
burgh, Pa All other Vermifugts in comparison
are worthless l)r. M'lain- s genuine Vermifuge,
also his celebrated i.itrrr Pdis. ean now be hud hi
n - ^
hi, rpf|?iTWDii* nrug nxoiet. i\onc genuine icithout
the ugnature of FLE.MING BROS.
10] Joituary vli) 49 It
LETTER PROM HON. JOHN MINOR
BOTTS, OK VIRGINIA.
Richmond, July 0, 1855.
Mm?m. \\ m. s. Bkkm ?fc Co.?- Gentlemen: '
< onsi.ii r.itioiiH of July to the afflicted alone prompt J
m? io I you tin* voluntary tmtunonial to tin- I
errat value of CAKTKKS SPANISH MIX- j A
11 RK, lor that almost incurable disease, Scroiula ?
W ithoul Iiciiik dmp. M-.l, or ileen.ing it ncccaaary, in o
to ( ? into the particulars of the onae, I can say thut mnii
the ju-ton shing results that hare been produced by Chi.
that medicine, on a member of my own family, and I
tinder my own observation and superintendence, cxet
?flcr the skill of the l-cal phyaicians had t?e?-n ex- I orgi
linuatcd, im.i all the usual rem edit* had failed, fully sjx*
sstify me in recommending it* '? #H ?hn may I'
?t- sulTering from that dreadful malady. ( Ct?h
I do not mean to ?ay that it is adapted to all con- pror
ilitutiona, or that it will afTor.l the same rtlief in all not*
;ua*; for, of course, 1 enn know nothing about that due
?but from wliat I have acen of the effects, 1 would men
tot heaitate to use it in any and every ca?o of Scrota- the <
a, with ptraona for whom 1 felt an inter eat, or over ed b
vhom I could cXrroiar influence ??r control.
Rcapeetfully youra, .INC. M. BOTT8.
Jan. I 45 ftt Ji
?r-a-I";
'o.irrmrrion*L Oomratrrtoa.?A lUMrinttafl
llio entire revision of the State oonetitntio* of
i meet* Bt Iowa City oo Monday next. The
ceedinge and debutes are to be reported by Mr.
a. Blair I?rd, ot Baltimore, who lefl thia oHj
evening for thnt purp?iee. The ae -Hon ia ?led
to hurt two ?r three months.
?UJ|
Jn the )5tli inrt., by Her. B. O. Jonas, Mr.
MBS M. SMITH and Miae ELIZABETH
KWAhr,ail of Greenville District.
Ju Wednesday. the 14th mat., by A. Bonnes,
q , Mr. JAMES ELLISON to Mies CORDKA
8. PORTER, of Spartanburg District.
! >U I uetnluy. the 6ih inat., by the Rev. Jaaar
r, P' IfPBCOMB \V<X)D to Mi* MART
AI 81 ELL, of Spartanburg Dirtrivt.
L>n Thoiaday, the 15th iuat.by the Rev. W?.
ana. Mr. JAMBS WILKIN'S to Miae C. P.
JOKE, of Spartanbtwg.
On Tuesday, the 23 nit., by Dr. F. W. Lrrnusiw,
Mr. J. CALVIN TURNER to Miae *
IRI8TMA8 J. N A NCR, of Spartanburg.
L>i? Tburaday, the 15th elt., by Rev. B. Bowie*
. JAMES C. BVRAM to M iae MALINDA
BY A KS, of Spartanburg Dietric*
On Thumdny, the 15ih inat., by Dr. C Laa Mr
TCI1 ELL C. McCOWN to Mi* LAVINA
tTE, of Union District, S. C.
Dii Thursduy.the 15th nit., by Rev. T. Jxrraa<
CAMrBKi.i., Mr. B FRANKLIN BLANTON
Mrv. J A NE C. N EWTON, of Uoioa S. C.
Notice.
"IMF! Commiaaiotiera of ROADS will meet on
. Monday, 1st of February next, at II o'clock,
M , t'p Stnira in the Store Room of Meson*.
)RGAN & MOORE. A prompt attendance
leaired. B. F. BATES.
Jan 29 49 II
ODD FELLOWS' SCHOOL.
IAVING been rmplnjfj by Morgan Lod|t,
N<?. 19. I. O. O. F ,to take charge of their
'IIOOL. we woohl inform it* patron* that the
liooi will be opened on MONDAY NEXT. All
> Knjzl *h branches with the claaaira will be
ight according to the rate* heretofore published,
I tlie school will b^ governed according to the rew
itiotis of the Lodge. W.M T. FARROW.
J NO. A. COLLINS.
Jan. 29 49 It
GOOD AMBR0TYPES7
L. A. GREEN,
XTOL'LI) reap, ctfully inform hia frienda that
't lie i* nt hia ROOMS, rrtnlr to wait on them
any time. Th?i*c inih btcd to him for Ptcinre#
ten I8.'?4. 1865, atnl 1866, will pleaac eall as enrly
(Hon hle and settle. L. A. GRKEN.
Jau. 29 49 It
CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS.
i XLBS, SPRINGS, and IIUBt). For "aafo
k bv DENNETT & GG8S.
J an 29 49 tf
0. LANDRETH & CO
YREsIl GARDEN SHEDS, all km.!*. For
ale by 11EN N LTr & G USS.
Jan 29 49 tf
PCI TW tl tbl.' I'T/vrinvo
jvunui-Jinu?i tli'JIIlliMi.
k Gmd ?r.p(>lr on hand. C VERCOA TS
V adlinp CHEAPER than EVER. C*U
?n, il V?o want a bat pa it.
Inn 29 40 tf_ ItKVX KTT ?fe OOSS
Dl GIIS, COLDS, CONSUMPTION,
k FW Buttle* ' ( 1 >r. Curti.' Cllinur 8TV
UUP, and INHALING V A Pt>l! It. N?*?*
iow ii to fa l in nft'ichnp a euro. The demand for
rapidly increasing. Also, / yre's Cherry PrdoI.
nn?l Rogers' Liverwort and Tar.
Jan 29 >9 HKSNKTT A GOS8.
oah'XAI a-aaaa,
$50,000.
\TR are-.rthnria-d to nil Tl< KKTS fie
Swan Si C?'? Isittcrirw. We ?spect to
mnirinT with the Alabama lottery. to b?- drawnTill
Frhtosry. llts-lo-st pr:ae $.">0,000, 3260
'? * in all, amounting t>> |.1if .000.
k\ linle tickets J10; llsiits t^unrtrrs $2.50;
phts $ 1.25.
t\*rt"licates of PucUapea of 10 Tickets $80.
Tickets ordered with money ruck sed willbearr.t
lii?t ma:l. All cmninon cati<>na strictly coofintial.
BEN SKIT A GOSS.
Jan 29 49 if
HO, FOR NEW YORKT
k S 1- rciitntii, Free N ipgi rs. anil Frte'ove. have
V been elcaled, and n* K in- * I as thus far
fit p.i iui! lor tin Snuth, and her delegate b? en
iiiilh il t?i C""pri-?i; nnrl na Walk* r is doirg ad
raldy in Nicarapua, thus pirmp Cuba a blow in
? rear, winch will cause her to tall in Unci*
I'n's l..(i like an apple fully ri, e. And partieuly
as ?ottnll is worth 12 Cta. and ris op, and the
tiili pciurnllv is pre-perouaand determined to po
i .d, we base become recoisi iled to cur northern
-rvhtuita r.nd cot.eluded to 'nr and ponpe them
ce mote. To do it rtTcctuaily we propose to send
i|i? Van fr half ol inir firm shoot the first of
iicli,and let "DIAMOND Cl'T DIAMOND "
I if we <lo not c< t a h'J? stock of cheap good# it
II not be our fault.
In tii?. nv in tune, w e hnvr n targe assortment of
VJWY&ii
neihing I. r grnilrnifi'' w ar, U idt a general
neiy ol
Fancy cb Staple^
iich we w ill sell exceedingly low, in ordtr to bo
pored for our
jpjbjut? AIT id sidmmib?
ration#, (live ua a cull generally, an" make ?t>
acquaintance early in the year.
J?n<2? 49 tl DENNETT A GOSS.
ilnablr Heal anil IVrsonal Estate
FOlEl SALE.
a^jP^W Sultscriber atill offers for 8ALE
I J?' jU ^L'SE nud 1-OT of 8 sens of
Ultras 'and, one other House and l>ot where HK?fijfc"ti
11. S. A. I*'olo lormerly lived,
tli a number of unimproved Lots, with four tracts
L nd. all pretty good farming lands.
The subscriber w ill sell sny part or sll of the
ove named property at pri ate sale for Ca?h,
1 two thirds of the vafne, and it not disposed of
Sales day in March next, he will a?1l in pub no
e to the highest holder all the sbove tinmen pro
rty, with a quantity of pcrso- a*. p.r..p,rty.eonoisit
of Negroes, 1 Ioracs, Household ami Kitchen
ruituro. Any person wishing to purchase would
well to come and examine the pr<?perty and buy
-pa.lis, as I must am) w ill sell if I can find pernors.
Terms made known whenever there is
f chance to sell. R. C. POOLK.
Tlio Spartaoburg l'.xprrss insert three
ies. .lanOy _ 49 4t_
Onrral Orders No. 3.
HEADQUARTER^,
Gkorrktown, .Innnnry 5, 1857.
WKUL ORGANIZED MILITIA being the
. strength and pr dc of the Commonwealth, and
rder tlwt due organization may the better be
ntained, it ia cnjo tied by the < ommander-ini-f:
'jon th? Offiorn in command of Diriaona to
viae llieir influence with n view to an ffieient
in nation of the different Rrigades in their retire
1 )ivMnn*.
'pon the Officer* in command of Lr.gadca, and
>nela in eomtnand of Regimenta, to attend
nptly to nil of the dotioe preecribed by law,an^
ibly, to the tcterna required of them, to the
iqnipnv nt, drill and orgamsaiion of the Regita
and Ompanita under their command, and to
occasional performance of patrol doty aareq?tr>
iy law. Ity ord?r the Commander in Chief.
R. G. M. DCNOVANT,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
*n ?f> ^49 M