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KITRA COURT.
H? wwiuiii of >ur extra court nimwnotd on
Monday *nd notwithstanding the range |
- v of thermometer has been 90 and 9&, hia honor
jfndgn Q*N?ill haa ooationod iiia labors to despatch
Wdul^^' tha oid bnaincaa oa the oivil dockets. Tho oases !
jig^. . are not of general importance, and chiefly of inter.
eat to tha parties and lira mwyers. The bus m ss ;
yjk$ of tha term will erobably does before the end of |
tha work. J
OUR 0P LOTS AT RBIDSVILLB.
: -- Raadeta odti benr In mind that the sale or tola at |
^ BsidavUla eriUtake place on Saturday next. Tire ,
in bound to be a thriving locality, and thoso wlio <
wish pleasant homes, iu a good quiet neighborltood, 1
f' pjssamjng moral and sdnoalioual, witli many other '
advaatagea, will da widl te attcad tho ciile. ,
+ - ? Wagra requested to say, that there will ben I
meeting of the Boar J of Trustees of the Ueidsvillo '
Sehoeln at an early boar of Saturday, tho day of |
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pL;> - TIUT CAKE, !
Vlr, Millar?who la beginning to deserve the
title of Confttiioner (a the Editore, from (he fro- '
ft queney of hia tributes to the sanctum?sent to our .
'vfllAr ou Monday mowing a beautiful Cake?heart
' * J?haped--*nd embellished Id a style of gorgeous pcrtfocliott
surpassing anything ever offered to our ae *
HNpttMr. On (bo upper surface, in (routed letters,
\ / vo? inscribed "Spartan Ojjicej\l and around the
* sdgu''Presented by J. Miller, Spartanburg, Au'
? .gurl. miV Owe difficulty presents itself as to
its disposition; It is too pretty to eat, and the Ma- ,
jor suggests a glass case for its preservation
We'll think about it. In the meantime, lbu*o ,
doubting Mr. Miller's skill cnu be satisfied by giving
' hint an order.
* ~~ PEACHES.
Our good friend Churles 1C. ftoclitlw, cmj , of
Rulherfbrdlcn, N. C., ct iiipnssionaling the depriva- '
lion under which we have labored this season lor
fruit, and par lieu tally pcuehee, has sent us a package
, dl fourteen frotn North Carulina, with nu apology that
they were tire only kmd to be had. Bay no more
?wo are with penches as the lady of uncertain age
was in her prayer for a husband?glad to get any
kind. Consider that tee have passed n formal rc
solution of thanks for your kindness in ruruishing
us with what we did not erpect even to sco this
season.
~ 8IliVKR^CUP^
We uiiderelcnd that Mi.j. II. K. McDowell will
present a silver cup ns a prim to bo contended (or
by the North Battalion of the Ninth Regiment S.
'<J. Cavalry, nt their next parade at this place, in
the fall.
THB^wTfrilER
Has been intensely hot since Thursday last?the
wimihvniptcr| n v uchctc, fc>,n,,B UTrr 9U> * uvauuy
-ovcning brought gust* of wind, with thunder mid u
light sprinkle of rain, whioh sensibly cooled the atmosphere.
ladt'jtbuuk.
Tins exquisite mouthly for ladies is out fur September,
and is, as usual, a capital number.
SiiKairr or Polk Count v.?The Ashcvillc (N.
C.) News was misiuforined as to the death of
"Georgo Blnekwell, SherifT of Polk County, North
'Carolina. He is not only not dead, but has had
no difficulty to give color to such a report. This
wo have ou the authority of one of the most rcspeo table
citizen* of Polk, who lives near the village.
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Wwt Docs it MsanT?The York District
,* 'Chronicle, while correcting n blunder of tho North
-Carolina Watchman, that W. B. Johnston mid John
'G. Bowman were about to succeed 8. W. Melton in
V J '-the Yorkvillo Enquirer, puts forward the following
"Tho "Sun" of Spartanburg is hercnitcr to bo
.n>LII.I.>I Ik. ||.. n a I
jF - of the Sons of Temperance."
Oregon.?Some speculation is indulged that
'Oregon will establish slavery, and the Charleston
News wishes to know how the Wilinot proviso,
which wbs lacked to the bill organizing that tcriitory,
(uud which bill Mr. Polk signed with a protest,)
will be got rid of. It would be no diflieult
'matter to ignore the <]ue?ti<<n of slavery in a const! '
lotion, nnd amend it after udmission so as to establish
slavery. Hut if the Missouri compromise was
unconstitutional, as decided by the Supreme Court
ill ihu Dred Scott ottse, the proviso tucked to the
? 'Orego -ill is no less m,
Snug Retueat.?Robert Schuyler, the famous
defaulting railroad president of New York, is
thought 10 be at home, near Saratoga lake, where
his wife tins built u handsome gothic cottage. One
'hundred f?et from tl is Is a snug Mono structure,
'willi liifih windows, out of reach of foot passengers, ;
ostensibly built for a Roman Catholic Chapel, but I
which it > up|hk>cd to be the domicil of the identical |
Robt. Schuyler, who liiida access to his wife's house 1
-through a subtefninenn postage. lie is always out :
when visitors are about?Hying to his sanctuary.
? Is tr Nkokssakv- tasks the Cam.leu Journal) J
"that every little rtojtmg item, such ns "Kt-Ourer- ,
nor Charles ,1. McOotiahl, of Georgia, passed
through Columbia on Wednesday en route for Vir- I
ginia," should bo credited to the paper ill which it
01 initially appeared?"
>ri.? ~r i ? I
i ..v u. v?viiuukv u...wm- iii h ^ir-h grew i
<m! of mutual advantage, :n?.l has now become a no- j
enmity. Tl lis volunt ary custom lias courtesies {
* limb may not be violated, wilhonl end.ingfriiig 11
continuance of the interchange. Il' we quote a line '
from a doail or living millior, we may or not, us we
please, givo credit to the source from whence we
drew the though), or infortunium, and no coiniplftinl
can he urged, ihiIim we seek to appropriate
It. The book in public, ami the m py rijht is secured
by lew. Not mo with papers. Thev nrcpwh- !
_ Mo, of Course, but not copy-righted. The sharp
competition lor public favor leads to constant effort
(ur early new*, and as the best vehicles for oil rue
t*vo int< Ihgence are likely to receive the hug. si pnt-Wusgu
from the public, tho iucrntivo to exertion
ami enterprise arc proportionally increased. When,
therefore, exchanges copy idea* developed l?y Uic
tram of the editor or new* items gathered l?v the
jiuluMtry of paragraphia*, it is hut fair that the pn
MP 4?cr e'Milaiiiino them should have tho credit before i
the public?not only because it is a tribute to literprise,
but :w compensation for gratuitous exchange.
Tb?U> ure our views as to the question of right,
thocgh wo may la.vu violated t!n-m often in prae ticc.
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Awotiikr Nxrusxr, IUiook ? A stupendous
tP natural budge hys been discovers! in Soott Comity,
Virginia, G'2 miles frmn Abiugdmi. It in -I*?!' feet
lung- s|utmiing a chasm IrtO In t. Tho stream
passing through is larger and more rapid than Ce- i
dar rrcrk, spanned by the oilier Natural Hridgc. j
Over tbc bridge passes a broad wagon road, and !
niider its arch is the line of survey for the Cumber- J
ami (Jap Kudroad.
.f. i'oinselt Wells has got tbo ap;?sntin>nt of
route ngeiil oil the firtcnvtlln flaiirond, lately held i
by his father. '
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roiite and twaotlr r borscs Ml vft\wo .h??.taLc
.'AO scarcely b? regarded as a criterion.
Tlic race wm won by the Kreqg)i horar Monirqu*.
A description of the cop wc copy from ths Lamilou
Times of July S7tli. Its value is $1,500, or,
if lew than that, the difference is made, up In specie:
"The Ooodwood Cup for litis year is ntolly what
it professes to be?a cup and not a puiS tree, a
?roup ol pugnacious warriors or Hying steed#. It
is a uoblo vase of oxidised silver, in the ornninenUtd
>r renaissance stylo of tbo 10th century, and is beyond
ull doubt one of the must effective and artistic
imitations of uiediiuval silver work which has yet
I) en produced. Tito upper part is subdued and
simple in style, biiug only ornamented with Out
engravings of ivy leaves and berries upon a bright
matted ground. Tito handles form nn altogether
novel and striking combination, and arc so Interlaced
in the quaint, elaborate ntvle of lite renaissance
period, as to present the efllot of four winged
figures of Knrne rising Irom their ba-e. The body
is adorned with a finely executed bas-relief of Queen
Klizabetli reviewing tlio Knglish forces near Tilbury.
The figures are beautifully chased nud grouped
with excellent taste, and the costumes of ths soldiery
arc taken from the best authorities,! he features
and dress of the Queen Irom the coins of her reign.
Too opposite side has an ornamental tablet for inscription,
enriched with bosses, wreaths and sunk i'ii
damascene work. The foot is formedaby cr< wood
Tritoiu, supporting clinnud medallion portraits, after
Holbein, of Ijonl Burleigh and Sir Krancis Drake.
The general effect of the whole piece is uuusutlUy
striking and attractive, and the imitations of the
steel damascene bong perfect, gives tlic vase the
aspect ol an antique piece of family plate, rather
than a Work fresh Irom the jewelers."
All the horses have been entered by Mr. Ten
Broeck for two additional races. Prior nnd l^eroinpte
sre entered h?r the Newmarket Houghton
meeting, a single dash of four miles, one furlong and
one hundred aud seveiity-tlirco yards, ran October
Qfltli. Leoonipto and Prioress are entered for the
Sussex County Cup, a two mile uuJ u half dash, nt
the Lewes county meeting, on thu 10th Inst. At
iho Houghton meeting, Lecompte carries 128
pounds and Prior 120 pounds, being 'lie weight* for
iigc-d anil five year olds. There arc thirteen entries
r,?r tho Sussex Comity Cup, Leconipto carrying 119
pounds *nd Prioress 106 pound*
ll is suspected bv tho New York Herald tliut the
loss of the race was inicntioii.il, to secure larger
lakes or some turf ndvnntage. If so, Mr. Ten
Hrocok deserves national execration, f'olor is lent
to this surmise from a fact sla'cd iu sporting circles
in England, that Prior luul, within a tow days before
the 3Utli July, riui t! J miles?the length of the
(ioodwood course?iu 4 minutes, uuJ .Mouar.jue
won in 4.59. [I there was jocksying it will come
out.
A BAC1IRL0R AMONG THK GIRLS.
\M. J. W.," the racy aud graphic lady correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, is "doing up'1
seem sand characters nt the While Sulphur Spring!
o! Virginia. In a btc l?ter she unveils the rattletrap
nonsense of her own sex over the eulrc of r
live uud fascinating South Carolina bachelor member
ol Congress?whom we suppose to he none
Iitlii'f llt.'in i!?i? lK>/?i?nmliulii?il lialtt*
"We wore quietly rented tliia inorniug before a
polite writing desk, whoso binges are decidedly out
of joint, covered witli inky green velvet, ami siutl'etl
full of mysterious hieroglypliicul packets ami papers
with odds and cmls of writing for future adjustment
l>ut wo were not destiued to remain long undis
turbed. The outline of our head betrayed through
the half closed Ourtai n a hum in presence, and very
soon it appeared as if every creature of ouracquain
tanco had entered into a combination against out
promised "sketch." Olio fair gill made her np
pcarance with u lung roll in her hand resembling
that of a paper hanger, containing patterns of gar
'amis, winch were to ho embroidered on a tabh
cover nominally by her own bauds, but virtually by
those of every idle victim she could recruit into tin
service. She was noon followed by n legion o
girls, who burst iuto our room like a whirlwind
creating dismay by the torrent of news they rattle*
forth. The grand topic was the arrival of a ccrlr.it
"Bachelor Member1* from South Carolina, wh<
was declared to lien terrible flirt?a perfect hd]
killer, a ruthless "matsaoreer cf iho innocents,'
and yet d sort of i'rodigo, wluwo arrival everybody
hailed. These lust out-talked the pattern owner
us they would havu done O'Kelly's parrot, whiel
chattered incessantly for one hundred years. In
deed they all talked and urgnt-d simultaneously
Imagine, dear public, the din of r.u oil mill yr tin
rhetorical chatter of u half dozen females in tin
healthy matui ity of their lungs. Noverdid mortal be
lore hear such u rush of sound. It a painting couh
atlect the sense of hearing, as well as thnl ol sight
this bevy of fuir beings would Ituve ulVordcd the nr
t ?t an inimitable original lor thu representation np
on his canvass of tho "eonfuslon of tongues.' Wi
had only one mode of retaliation. We were in tin
contidenoe of n loose punk in the Jloor, ami wliei
lite vociferous disputant* grew tedious, we joggeit
with our 11ki| (ill nil the heads and hands of al
the iiiaudariii* wetc K-t in motion, and jutted it
harmonious dissounnce. Alas, for the utihapp;
"member!" Like Napoleon, we saw already pre
maturely prepared the bulletin, proclaiming hi
"loutl defeat, v\ illi immense loss."
"Apropos of this distinguished gentleman
Though an obdurate bachelor, he likes to be though
ill m-.iriliu wmtnv, Illl'l eil'leUVors 111 extort Colo
passion by remote bm:-. at till- .uttering bo ha
endured (rum unrequited lAWtan. It is generally
suppost <1 that be lias suffered from inure than otn
tender disappointment, having always bad (lie mis
fortuue to fix affections just where tliey cannot Is
returned. I tut iIkmo who knmv liim well say tba
lie invariably oli'irs himself where be knows lie wil
be rejected. Many a lovely girl conies before Inn
w bum be might win, from whoso society, for thi
very reason, be quietly withdraws, to earry hi
sighs to some quarter where a previous i ngAgciin-n
or some other obstacle is sure to procure bun u do
Dial, lie bus thus bad all the pleasing pains <i
wooing, and lias the credit of great sensibility, whd
be bugs himself in the stile felicity ol : single life
And yet to see bis looks "1 iifuocciit surprise win I
reproved by Hiis lady friends tor his mnsMiore of lb
innocents. Why the prophet linlaatn e?>iild scatce
Iv have listened in gr? alt r nihnzcincnt to the r.
proof of the inspired quadruped. It is whisper..
that llie e .use ol bis ocllbAcy is a secretUttaelitlleli
to Miinc lair one. If this be ? >, all Hit* attacks o
our fii.'itds will bo like discharging popgun* ngniti*
the I lock ol Ciibrallnr."
i\\m.
W e are gratified that the Mercury lias evid? tie
kij < Ih-ltltiii* Ms; l.t ni-iiil ilw f.l'it.no ... ... 1..".-.
confident hope ol lire auceOMi ol tin pro slaver') hi
tvre*t in K<iii?cik:
Kavsa* ANDHKR <JaLI'M*IAToR?. ?ill addition l
ilie letters published recently fruin General Atclo
soil, we bi g have to say to otir render*, tliut froii
oilier letters i revived front Kiiiib.ii, we .lie inform
ed llntLllie pro sl ivery p.irty ill Kun-.m is risolut
in iMileterininalioii of making Kansas a Slave Sunt
In consenting tv become* n iJeiiioeuttie |kuty, tli
I ro-sfavcry irun did Hot nie.ni to abandon tliei
policy, but to lilt tlit* niiimrit- it plneeil Willi then
to th-ir support. The Htillomeiita wliioli h ive beel
circulated in the South, Ihnt tliey h nl aeipiiescvi
in (jot. Walker's schemes to make Kansas ti I re
State, ifro utterly f.ilse. They thoroughly uinh r
stand and ih test linn, and hope to make him a
pow> rl-s* a* Geary. (iov. Wjilkcr, w tli the an
thoiity ami pateo.ia_,c of tho (ieln r.il Government
might licreafl r succeed ill div'ni.iig, paralysing, am
finally defeating them. Tli s us p * *. I?le. Itul 01
tho 'J 1st day ol l ist month lliey were confident i
to ecesH, and would form a Constitution with slaver,
acknowledged in it. If tijih ('onslilut on i* referr<.
to the people for ratification, it is intended to i eliit
01 ly to tho registered vote s, who will douhtlcs
ratify it. v> e hare morn Iio|h* of Kansas than w
have ever had. Wo have great faith in the ti ;lit
ing capacities ol Southern men.
Gkn. WAi.KRn.^-Tlto Washington " States'
say*: e ?,
If Gen. Walker leave* thin country again fo
Nicaragua, he will do so without any violation o
our "neutrality luwtj" nor will he, in our humid
Opinion, ptjrso'i any course calculated to iiitoIv
this Government in difficulties.
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A. I ufcrrn tlat yourpuper, with nuuy Sp
r has onooMocd that I havo declined the Profeosor- Co
i ship to whlob 1 wui tcccmly invited by th? Board ioa
at Trustees of lli? South Caroliua College, I ask llu
? rouut la yoor Columns for this communication. - sp|
In Aol.uitig to accept the appoiutrucut, I am influenced
by no feeltug of hostility to the College, lh|
nor by any unwilling in. as to contribute; m faros my a n
abilities ra>?ht uuobls ine, to the prosperity of tbat poi
honoured Institution. I tnuko this rt-mork lest it r*f
should be supposed that my present position M on
officer in another College had influenced me in my
decision. A graduate of tlio (South Carolina Col- 0
lege myself, all liie recollections and associations of i
my curly life forbid the ent>-rtoi tint vol o( a feeling or yoi
a wish iu lha slightest degree inimical to it. Nor P?!
oan 1 see pity moro reason in u narrow-minded ^
jealousy ol iU uuocoss, tlian I can find in a like fr?
feeling on the part of Cliristiooa of ouo immu at the Uc
prosperity of thoeo wlio liappeu to bo united by ^ 1
another.
Tim reasons which control my decision in the Lc
tnattcr are simply these: 1st. My full conviction is, 1
that, in tlio prraunt circumstances of our State Col- *''
lege, tlio moat cordial unanimity on the part of ,
those who shall compose lite Faculty is absolutely
indispeusalilu to its existence. Tlio Trustees, at their
late extraordinary meeting, out-having filled the
vacant offices, and especially the Presidential chair, ,
1 fiuJ myself unable to form any opinion whether Fr
sue' harmony is probable in tho future organization.
I do not pictrud to doubt that it will be the
aim of the Trustees to secure litis unnuiniity in the ]?
selections they shall make. But with tlio purest i
mentions all m -it are liable to mistake. Such '' '
would seem to liavc b'ecu unfortunately the case in
tlio hiM organization. Iu Sectarian Colleges this \y
bond of union in '-mud in tin ir very constitution. 1
The Trostees and the Faculty nro all of one relipious
creed. lit Colleges unendowed, uud wholly
dependent upon the extent of their pttroiiagc for
their success, interest constitutes such a bond of I*1
union. In our Stale College, it occurs to me, such ^
a bond of union might be found, if tbo Fucully w? iu
elm* n from its own alumni?iu the common nfTeo* M
lion they would fed for their alma mater?in those (* '
rooolleetions and traditions of their youth which
memory UejighiM clicrish?and in that generous
and praise-worthy ambition which would inspire be
i them to maintain uniiiipuiied the noble reputation w'
which their Cdl<v" had wou in former days.
2 lly. Another consideration which has had it* ! r>>i
influence upon my determination of thin question, I C<
i is tise proposal now before the Board to laako or- ^
g nre changes in tlto Institution. Tlio ground* o(
i my opposition t\> tlie oonveivkm of the College in- |.n
i to a University, I propose to submit iu another lut- it
lor on that speoitio po.nt. ! w >uM only remark
wi
lo re, that it appears to me an unforttinulu Iiniu for
tHo proponed altorntion, even if it w.-r? desirable
under otlicr circnmsuinees. There arc those who ha
nro opposed to the Colli-/, for various reasons, a:td ' '
' , iii]
it is presumable that the Into action of the Board ^
1 will excite opposition anions some who were for" on
mcrly friendly, and the ranks of the discontented to
1 and tlio h or tile tnuy be swelled by tho addition o
those who, though iu favour of theCullcgs, are in- }?
1 itnical to the University. th
I have deemed it proper to say thus much Ibr tiro "i
1 satisfaction of my numerous friends who have kindI
ly urged my acceptance, and to prevent any tnisap,
prehensiono( the motives which ltavegoverned rite of
> iu declining an honour which 1 trust I duly npprc.
ciate, and Ibr which I feci profoundly grateful.
p 1 ant, very respectfully, yours, etc-, j lo
wiuriii'ooui) smith, i
Worrofto Coi.lege, Aug. 12, 18.V7. 111
r STATiT(HMNUI\.
pt
l'lic last account* from Karop? bring evidence ,
f that the India revolt is mure wide-spread than a! i .
> first dreamed of, though ue doubt is entertained of 0
' iu> ultimate suppression. ! j
J The Bombay Times of duly 1 says that the rebel j,
lion i* universal in the Bengal army, and even the \ ,
in vcnteenllt Kegiment Native Infantry, which was w
publicly tuankrd by the GoVi rtinr Gentr.d in ptr,
son for iu loyalty three week* uclore, lud Uhii <ii* ,
armed.
' Not a symptom of dissatisfaction has y<<t appear*
cd iu tho Madras army, which manifested jwrfect <
loyalty, and repelled indignantly every attempt
... ?h. w. ?^ti.,.? ti f...... .n ii?: i
iusaries from the Bv ng.d troop*.
l> Tho ex King i>l (Judo ami his minister have hcen
found to be nt the hutUiu ot the con*p racy, ill eon- v
j junetioii with the pensioned King Llellie, ami it is
!r<l tli.1t discoveries of other Moll.Hiitlliii.ill [
' Princes being concerned in it lis* led to the <lii>ariiiiiif?
of all the native troops at Calcutta ami in the
itcighborhuod, with the exception i?f n body guard,
which is ooiii|N?sed of picked :iu?l well tried men, ' \
many of the disarmed incu have since deserted.
I In Calcutta ami the neighborhood great exoiteI
im nt existed, owing to the disco very of a conspirai
ey for a general uprising on the part of the MusmiI
man population, and seizure ot ito* city hy them. '|'
'l'he luiiahtllllU keep lllelllS. IVes allind, Itlld the
puhhe buildings, hotels and other principal plae< *
ore garrisoned tiy sailors belonging to ships in the
river. The French Consul nt Calcutta called to,
pother all the French inhabitants and captains of
French vessels, and desired them to furnish and
^ j iipiip a company of tinned men to watch ov> r the
Isalety of tlx* l'-uro|K'un community.
A letter from Uinm-y Company, (a highly respeetaalo
lirm,) dates! Madras, Juno -'7, stair- p.>>i- tu
L lively that otii -i.il intelligence had reached Madras i,;
^ i 011 the previous day of the 'all of Delhi. j,,
China. ? Further details of tho n.iv.il operations c,
) in the Canton Iliver state that on the 7 tit of May
^ thirteen junks woro des royod, and that on tin (j,
98th twouty scVcn heavily armed junks were cap*
lured. p[
Oil the 18th of Jane, two thousand of the- 'Irtish
^ naval foroo wero engaged, and cirpturcd a fort, and
took or destroyed one hundred and twenty svV' ii
junks,mounting over nine hundred guns,w nh 'J.no i ,,t
? men. The Hi ilisli lost throe officers and ?ight iiien,
t. and fifty six wounded?some mortally. (
At llong Kong, the export of tea Irom the 1st
ol July, last year, toihe Itlth June, was 69,118,000
I j pounds; and ot silk 7^,.'ii'?if bales.
t The IJiriod Suites frigate San Jacinto rema ned
,1 at I long Kong. | i
A tir.N Si:ri it vi.K?The \\ ushiugtoii e rrcspon*
dent of the Charleston Mercury says that the Intelligoncer
republishes in rrlento% from < V .lie's p.
c Writings el Calhoun, a speech pronounced in the "j
; i niU'ii rv n.'itc, in 1 !s;(0, by thai distiiii!ui*hj
?il statesman, oil "Alien tSuftrngo," in which lie (((
j says ili.it "to suppose 11ui I n Suite can make tin (},
i alien a citixcn <?f tho State?or, lo present (he eif
j ijursliuli more, specially, ran confer on hitn (he j"
I r/ffAf o/ voting?would in vol to tin? ub>urdity of
Hiviiiif hint p direct ami immediate control urn the p,
i actum ot the Gcmr.d Government, from which lie *1'
I him tin light to claim protection, ami to winch ho J"
has no r^lit to present a petition."
? Pm~ - - |U
Hon. k. II. Hiiki'T.?Tlio Chester Standard >
, seems to outer hull our views ns to the propriety of j'
I restoring Mr. Ilhi.lt to the Senate: /n
"A writer in the Luurciisvillc llrrahl, in a long *
i nrt'ele, acts forth the claims of I Ion. U. |?. Illicit.
| Thin in copied and endom d by tlnj < 'harh-sion ,k|
Mtie-.ry. Ihit, notwithstanding this indicates n ,
gissl deal, .vml notwithstanding there is much j,
' ; wholesome truth in ivli.it this writer says, wo uro w
not dispose I to f.ivor thu elevation <>t Mr II. to
. (hi* trying ami very important post. We think ho t,.
* lacks that cnollness mid delilicratioii which nre n- , s|
o scnlml u> a Senator. We concede to loin ci.dlcd ,-(i
patriotism and talents of a high ol der, hut he is mi
puUivc miij too little incline I to prudence ami can
lion. We Heod h considerable miasm o of Ins fire ,
tin ic. but i ot all of it. \\ c believe ia lire; hut wo
; don't wuut every thing burnt up yet cjraotly." J
'' The Savannah HepnhUrnn learns that the IUv. ''
" .1. r. Roycv,of Greenville, S C., has been chctud
rrcsiilent of Mtrcct Ciiivorsity I m
17 j ,*fP3 '
* i # * 7*
BPilTAMDtO INI WHIN RAILW4D.
Dw wdwI mssiiug or lbs Stockholders in th
rtantarg and Uatoo Knilrond look place io th
ft Houw mf this town, wo W?du??dnj, the lilt
Ui t, whru Col. II. U. Thomson wa? oollod I
choir, and T. B. Jeter, esq., of Union, w?
pointed Secretary,
Am eoon M the Committee on Proxies reports
ough it?cli*irnwn,M?j. Geo. W. II. Lugg, th:
najority of the stuck woe represented, tbe Hi
rt of tlto President and Directors was read. Th
wrt Is as follows:
Urriok SfAKT two Uietox It. (1. Cokrixf,
Umionvillb, August Hull, 1857.
i the Stockholder? of the S/tartunl/urff an
Union Railroad Company.
CIkntlkmkn: Before proceeding to lay bcf?n
a the transaction* of the last lineal year, wu pr.
m to direct your attention to the statement ol ot
ituoinl coiiditiou, embodied in our report made i
a iu August, 185G, which, for the purpose of ri
ahing your memories, wo quote as lolluwr.
coined (rout all sources, in cash,
tocks mid notes $650,733 0
id outon requisifousniid rouchers, 631,108 'J
using this balance of unexpended
receipts, $19,624 7
which balaiicu add lliu subscription
still duo our company by
stockholders, 97,729 2
iking our nsaets yet unexpended, $117,354 (J
o ascertain our indebtedness tu this
date tolie. $171,162 .7
urn which deduct assets, 117,354 (J
io remainJer, $54,108 2
lho debt of the company afur all
awts arc exhausted.
10 tile amount of null expenditure
xlieady paid towaiels tin- construction
of t)i?j rond, say $G31,108 H
e ?dtl the iiiiiouul now due con*
tractors, my 171,402 3
e nwrti ii llwt there lias been expeuded
towards I lie construction
of our road, $802,071 2
> the last amount wo should udd.. *11)0,000 (J
hicli we coils.der uccessnry to tillisli
tliu load.
king the total cost nfcons*.motion. $1,202,571 2
'ue million two hundred and two
thousand live hundred and scVCUty-oue
22-100 dollars )
Since our tinnnal nicotine nor resources hat
i*u confuted to the assets then retried W
re then struggling against difficulties and disa
s, and were attempting the passage of Kruj
v?*r and its bottoms?the pouit oil our line
ad offering the greatest diflioulty to our progrei
mceAtrnting our energies on a given point, v
tctrd the passage, and lauded on the Spartai
rg ami Union ridge eoily in the k|*ing.
Immediately before us lay (for three miles) t!
"gest mass of grading <>n the whole line. 1'ik
we o|ieri>led our atrailalde forces, nod liavo r
oved all llic obstructions which would intetfe
dh a steady and continuous laying of the track
uiou viXc.
At our present terminus (in Mr. Alston's fiel
ill* a mile on this side ??( the bridge) we ha
oetcd "(Jniouside J)L'|>ot," for the reception
ir freights. At this |>oiiil we have been compe
i to |uiuse, in consequence of bvnig unable to rai
it of our assets or credit the cash or available pap
an amount sudieieiit to malic a s nut tl purcha
' iron?bv which we could advance the track
c top of"tlic ridge, nnd by doing mi attain a goi
ttine?? poit.i for our road, nnd hotels or inns i
e accommodation of passengers and our oper
res. How long we must rest at this uncoinforl
e position time and chance niu?t determine
Unable to effect any thing by remaining long
i the line of road below, we moved to the otii
the Company at Uuioiivillc, wliwc we Ii ivcspe
ueh of our time, in the investigation of nceonn
id the review ol our all i.is and condition gcticn
The result of our hibi rs we shall now j roce
' lay before you.
Oi* our assets, say >117,354 IKS, reported ut o
iiiual meeting la?i y* or, we have realised and p.
it ntcr $30,tht<> tliity thousand dollais) on o
'fits an 1 tea thousand uii construction and i
tin. Wo ? alculate, ill Inline Keith melits, to e
range >10,"Oil more d lie -**assets for $4(),G0tl
V l>!.'s. 'ill a w.l! reduce the sum of uu:' iUm
c v i ,^o4.
To what extent we shall !> abb; to r? a!'v on tl
11 .nec we iu-e not |?t pared to make eveti n cn
Oturc. ( *oiuinr< d with a Kiibs^rint'<>ii of s-i.S'
ft, it might be lend a close collection, ivh
e to considi r the iiuinIter i>l storkhnldr
in fi-'ce lejt the. ISttile mure that subsrnj'U
II * IK lilt!
'ilte following statement will Mmw y>n the eo
.i<>n of oar debt, its increase mill its i eduction:
ur debts, reported August, 1&5G,
were $171,1
o wliieli ndd umoant ot re?pi s.ootts
for utts* til. .1 contracts before and
s lice tb.it tl.i'.P 28,8
dtl accounts ntiditetl and paused. .. 1,7
oiebtedneS'i, say $2U2,t>!
educed by payments already made, 40,0
e.iviug $162,01
gainst which we have ass-is to the
llllollllt Ol $G7,ilM, nllt i f wl.a ll
wo calculate to exchange lor our
debts as above stated, 40,0i
0 this last amount, say $122,0.
i'i should add an amount for unsettied
balances due cunti actors, hefare
and since uur annual inertestimated
by M.ij. Mills at. 15,4
Inking our indebtedness $137,4
guilisl u 11it'll we on'iy have $27,3.74,
b -illg the halaiiee ol out a-scts,
A detailed statement ol the accounts due ciri
as, the pay nun's tn.il>- tlu-m, and showing t
ililliee s' ll dm-tin in on the account, is licrcwi
osellted to tllo pt. Milt convention of si 'ChIi
s, amounting m tie nggiogato to $162,OS a (
Also, an Miniate, in detail, showing thi anioui
i.ii'iy, and cast, of mati i i.ils, maeh in t v, and r<
g 'lock ineessiry to corn/dele the road, sirtd
Hi U into j>i iiitable operation, amounting in i
juieoate to $331,450.
\\ e need not, in tins report, again call your i
nti' ii to th<- tr.als and dilKvultiea through whi
jr loiiijmny has passed.
T *e subjects ivi-re brought folly toyouralti
it in onr August and < h-tobcr meet ngs, lSi
id u the February me'ting ol the pic-ciil year
'lb e i-oinprumis - betwei ii our company and l
e l i|-.s (illrcted in t ic ! 'bruuv meeting) rise
1 li. a coltlessiult of jlldgiiHtlt to 1). (loud, 'ih
si| , ii# trustee f r all the creditors, '?? "tt annul
illi' v nt to eon r and S' Cuie their debts, in/A
'ay '/Irri/ until the 1st February, 1858. T
nnpromise securi ? cieditors, mid gives incur C'
mv time to ill.ike n < 11 >i t. Surely y<>u i
1 prepared to y :ul.l your I tail road f.?r (lie anna
' debts due liy the company!
Alt -r the most anxious deliberationsoil the va
is I'Uhh Kii_'ge?tid (or our assistance, we bekv
i.it in our pr?? in cri sail iipplciiln.il to tho St.
South Carolina for .hi < nJurscini lit < I our hoi
regents the h *t, i( not the only, | rospeet of i
No-ovi,hut.ind iitf our t >ni|>.uiy have already ?
tided on the ro.'.d II .11'.y ScVcn hundred tl.< Us J
>l!.ii - ill cash?' to he mere .1 in hitme s it
i lits soiiio forty thoinaml more, to which sl. o
added tlie? miiihint of contractors' debts, I' nki
i tlie ag legate near nine hundred thousand doll,
dually expended in the constru "lion of our road
t, w hen we have attempted to iasuo our bond*
ic completion of the road, and these bonds secur
> u first mortgage and the only In n, ire bare i
mi a'de to raise fire thousand dollar* horn tin
lie!
An endorsement, then, of our paper by the Sti
>pe.n> to he our only chance. The prostrate en
of ou.* cnnip.iuy, like an individual, needs pr>
ng. I I.? State of South Carolina can do tl
it limit the risk of loan. Her wisdom in rcmlcrii
ich iiveistaneo to another road?in cnibnriase
rcunisiaiiees ? enabled flint company to save tin
ock, ta make it valuable, and to be a public b< t
. t? thu imputation at large.
Unhands are /illblir benefit* It the enniitr
b.y .til r file lilies for the expeditious transit
e _?lit i lid |>as?etlRer> which llotlrli; his yet be
(.covered to rival. Why should not all whan
indited by railroads he fared for their r mist ih
<>>? in proportion /<> their iutere.it to be. beiiefite
At pn sent tho liberal and generous lew t
it no eiwk for the construction, while those u lio u
rectivt tho proatcet lontl'l stand aloof, witin
L.
i ? i . .....
their straggles, M*d d?mv u> them tbeir *14 am
JsUgpsI A J?w ahouM be enacted io raoch
cluea. Th?y should be taxed ia proportion to
-benefits that ore to acarus to tham, and be m.-u
It feet that they are ? fart of the communis
0 to hi eh they Itce.
Failing to get the endorsement o( the BteU,
" have the option of raising a aim suttiuisnt to
the debts, or suffer the debit to tell the road.
d At your annual meeting, on tho 6th and
lt day* of August, 1655, you passed the followiiq
solution:
"Resolved, That the Hcerelory and Treaei
iu cunneulioii with tho President and Chief E
uetr, be required to make op a detailed ilou
statement, ill chronologies] order, of the wboh
peiiditure of funda on ?eo?uiit of tlieevuipauy,
j specifications ns follow*: For wIiuIcIujm of Worl
payments hare been made: in wliut MUM, nn
what years; Ihjw inneh lias been ilrawa uu
1 subscriptions; hew much of the 6tute etock liaa
' sold, and ill what prices; how much Ims been
" for iron,etc.; by whom and to whom paid; in el
a ahecl ol items, cliargcd regularly ou the debil
'* credit principle; and that said oftioers do re|>or
same lor publication to the JJiructon, by or b
s the let Monday in November."
This resolution c\-i'ed for a muss of informu
~ requiring much lubor, time, and investigation.
On assuming tho management oi the road
q failed to find unioiig the |>.i|>eiiol the company
statements corresponding to the require men
this resolution; and therefore set to work with
.0 hope of being able to comply with Ita denu
__ and, i( possible, to furnish you the information
,0 much of our time ami attention have beeu etigi
= ill other departments ul our road, that we have I
allowed only ink rvi.ls of time to devote to the w
0 Tlio result of our investigation* are liere
10 presented to the I direction, and by them to
_ stockholders, embodied in three books,
i.) The result o? the investigation, it is our plea
_ to add, proves the integrity and honesty of yoai
burning ollieers.
It is a matter for regret that the resolution
no' complied with ut the time, aiuco the inlorni:
is valuable, and would huvo aided us greatly, a
12 eomineneenieiit of our charge of the road, ii
tahhshiiig a better feeling in the ceiii|niiiy, ui
jy better credit also.
_ The large amount of money which has beer
ponded <>n the road, with only 20 miles linishe
| the locomotives, no doubt gave grounds for si
io ! cion to the minds of stock hold ets.
0 j A review ol the early history of our cuter|
; explains to our mind very satisfactorily many
1 sons (or the increased cost ol your road over
_ : origiru! estimate.
!2 In the origintil survey, made up llroad river
j first line or locution rsn up tlie level bottoms, an
j we understand, was the basis for the original
'nates. The August freshet of 1852 soon after
re ' iiMMisliulcd that this Imcol location wngcxpoM <]
'e : unsafe, and was buried by that freshet ten fectt
j This fact induced the l>ireetioti, for sensible
al 1 prudential reasons, to change the original loc
i,l to a location that would bvjice Ject aLitee the|
01 uijii water ascertained t?y thai trcaliet.
,-c you wilt sic rawed the grade line fifteen fe-ot I
tr ttinu the oiiginnl line, and made il tieecssnr
safety to utore the location to the kill tide*,*
lt. lag the lute hi ml*. '1 lie Valley ol llro.nl riv
,,, J wailed in by hills ami spur* rising abruptly
e. the low lamia and liver ill a abort disluucc to
rt. i Considerable clctatiiflia. Tlicae spurs are cu
i0 1 a ml divded by nunieroaa deep ravines, in a n
! rity of cases requiring largo culver In to pa?a
J : water, which descend* to the river iike inou
Vl! j torrents, and over which (for the sake of etev
uf ' to the tivc feet point above high water mark
p. j have heavy cmbuukmmts.
In adjusting the grade line to the topograpl
the route, the line has necessarily passed thr
te the spurs and over the ravines. A success.
(l, cuts uud tills, fiom ucsr Alston to the river c
nJ iug, is the lesult of the change of location, u
ur gave us safety from high rivers, but u dilTieul
an expensive line to hu.lJ.
!a. The change ot location, it was estimated :
j time, would increase the cost ?*d.UOO per mile; b
, r 1 the line we have attempted to describe it wou
oe | difficult to est mate Willi accuracy, s i.ee exper
?l ' lias provt ii the ills to contain granite rock a
.(S without exception from Alston to ?>lieho?i.
nl. dilViculty in the calculation will become more i
L.,j ! rent to you wlcti yon consider that only 10
l per yard was paid h?r grading tiutb, while for
Ui ii* k it was from 110 to 40 c. nt?, imd for h:ud
,id J 75 cents to flOC?ioercasing in price lot ci
ur ' d< pths in a out.
re. 1 The calculation up the ) v? l bottoms, vvlirt
x. | hankmeuts would predominate, could be arriv
?C ; with great iieeuracy. The calculation for the gn
. thr >u ;! Ihe- fi 11*, for tl. le-wseHl?lf the cl.i wfl"
j of the* work above stated, could only be uu ap
,la i dilation.
| Our Idle, P"* tiow located ?nd built, ie ripen
I . lint few p'..ec> to |lie action of I -h water eur
, n The bunk* can hi protected against their aatr
,rx I additional earth, and *ti.u< thcin iu sru.*i
I willow lre? *.
ill mlti l> 'ii lo the* increased r<?l *< trivia
i,_ | the clr.nt|(i made m location. iron will add a
i item lo the v*jn use of construction.
When tin* estimates were mixir iron wan
jo , lowctl, point and, the Itirec on lulling t<> wee
" i at thut tunc, nil da ?iou,UUU to $150,000 t<
j |>r(Miit uiinw:?a,
j The elevation ol the biidgc 1-1 feet above
j water add* to the item of expense also. Tlich
ha* cost sSO.OMtt. The change of loentiui
v?l done for |iimli tit i< isoiis, Mini aj p ar* in Imvi
PO \? lit approbation in coUTcUtinu an.I meeting*, t
front the record we ascertain to be the faet.
During these meetings you finally dte'nl
have a ftaxMroail, vvi h low prudes?sit
I Inn .soft eutlew?and solidly constructed.
| 1' .ssiitit over your line fr<nn SporUttb, i ^ !
a) ! ' ' and hum Alktwti to Spartanburg, i. on
doubt that the Cngiti a r, Maj. Mil!., h is lu d ol
?s; ' graded Jolt si first cii.ss I...I 1. W ould tli.it tin
I extendi d lo your te, minus, uiul tie loetui
| entikl eairy uw to it, nod tli it we could ri jvoi
| work-fin elied, and the n .ni ,u su. ci ssfat op< r
rut i 1 he largo aioouut of i \|i tiditure already
_ ! is distiibuted along ami ovrr the icfmle
1 an 1 ;u'iiiun;s s..t,-(.actor ily lo our iii nd. u her
| money bus be. ii expended. Tli voueliers of
ilsliuisiir ofliei I w i v pi i. ii "to it hum nun
. | tr - it" the inoiiri/ hit-1 been yatd.
lie ^ c dc-ire to triiia to your attention time |i
[lit the "Air*lJne II.. irund" projuitcd from New
,j. to Cluster, or to k mo jw..ni below the viliny
io (Iw line ot the Charlotte niiil South Carol na
nt road. Our brwfgo is located over Urond river
,||. lieai v on mi air lint bet a ecli I lie tun t illagi I
I,, should the ro.?t be La.It, it will, wo believe,
|IC the interest ol our company to Mibscri'.e t
I capital stock of tli.it company half the runt o
it- hi nl'jr -t- ?*-S ',iM'.l-- tas no inut eoliip iii]
c|, tijual |xirtneisti.p in thy bridge, and thereby >
to us half tlio expense of reynrit mid buil
() 1 'litis ai rangoin. nt would save that cofwpaii
expense of budding A bridge ever llrond river
''' >1,1 I IIIMl or liiW.U Ollll'
I ( Many otU? r advantages, by the junction
, o??niHvt '>n. might r. suit t ? each company, a
j' ottr population generally.
liic con*!ruci:ou ol that road would |>r*.
r full ! what we all * > much desire I at our c<>
I ^ tin, when we made ike final location of our
, j The tra tills ol the ''Cornwtll loate" Won
i ( r.ccoir.mol iti-il -a- wottl.l the ''friend* of iheT
j Creek route," and the friends of the Ualgo
| also.
Tim report of our Superintendent, Mr.
II (libhcs, is lietcwi h pleitcnlcd, lor the iuloril
11 oi the J > reetion ami Stockholders. It c
ilc ( cotoletised inlotmalion of the Thmsportatior
1 ,!i part me lit.
M .j.d, V. M ils, our Ch ef Knginccr, ten
his it .> kftiation in liuiunry last; but has not ilei
,i j ' us, and -.all con: nues to afford as the ben
I h s counsel, as w 11 ;m his aid and as-.Mancc
j, j distliargillg the duties of the olliev when let
,, , ' >' the company.
,r> Our Secretary nnd Treasurer, John II. I
' Km, , having resigned hi* situation at our !?
(,? I nual meeting, we have licen Compelled to ?ci
t.,| solves in that capacity, not having been able
duce a competent man for the occasion to tal
P,'r situation.
Dr. l?. F ltawl*. however, stepped forwn
tU. i our aid, and h is rendered us much valuable so
j We nre nl?o uiilebtcd te II. \V. iCioe,
whose knowledge of book-keeping and elissili
j s of accounts has aided un in being prepared t
u t ii.sh you the inforuia'. on naked in your rjaof
lfespectfullv submitted,
dOIIN L. YOUNfJ, IV
ic- Tito report was referred to a committee, of1
J. \V. Tucker, isq , was chairman, w ho, at a
V- ing held nt night, (over which Col. T. X. Da
(-ii presided,) report" d on the financial condition i
,iload, showing that its nlT.nrs were in such t
as to lead to ardent hope that the road tilig
completed within two )vara, should tin Log is
ir<J look favorably upou the proposition to eudor
?fo boiuls of the Company. The report closed i
?? j
y in Charleston, to M0MA^M^^|Mfla(? ot (Ui ^
?r f?* Tliia resolution ood thsreportW?w^|^to^?n4 pj
f^r ths convention adjourned. *? * ^
!ugi' A1 * ,?*V<*>K of **?? Directors, held afte<"th?nd- r,
itzcd joarnment of the Oousodon, ths foltuwl^ flph ^
**' men were- appointed u< memorialise Ikit/fWtoMtt M
S a. I-rror and *3?K? -.1
d in F^?*- - te
knt? Fairfield?Kx-Gov. J. II. Mmiu and Col. AH- ^
I**1) ston. jto
Union ?A. W. Thomson, Y*{ , and DV J. It ^
and I**?n. * his
t tlie Spurtonburg?President J. W. Tucker and Muj. Q?
store T. O. I*. Veruou. ha
n Wn are not in possession of the official proceed- fill
' inga, and must content unrveives with this meagre
f wr sketch, as we took no notes. The authorized re- til
any port cdl doubtless appear as soon as the Secretary co
l"thc C3D rr*p?re
Hfc urns. 2
ged We publish in our Ooluuins to-day, aaja {be cf<
Charleston Mercury, u letter fron? Col. A'phcus
w}t|, Baker, enclosing extracts from letters ho lias ro- t|?
the ccived from General Atchison. Wo oomrttend ^
these letters to lite careful perusal of our readers
*di?- w'" **** l'lal l',t" assertion so widely circulated nit
throughout the South, that the pro-slxvery party in q?
was Kansas had given up lite contest to make Kansas a w,
itiou : y|ave State, is a more falsehood. We argued ao JJ,
( much, as our columns will show, from the facts re(
ad a ll|cuiaelvc?, as far as they were disclosed. Thank y,
God, Kansas is not yet lust?all the lie* to the eon1
*x" trary uotwitbstandiug. Dc
d for .
ilspiEupaula.
Ala., August 8, 1857 na
prise To the Editor* of the Charleutou Mercury:
rea. > Gemtlkmkn: ! received this morning, IrouiGsu.
ll,,. j Atchiaon, letters Iroui which I make for publication hy
j the following extracts, shedding light upon the real tin
the ' |K,*-i'iou "?'d hojs s of Southern men in Kniisns, re- yj,
d as fating the slander m?w. wi>uly circulated that our csti
Uaulvrs there have nbundoued the struggle for the
jc. rights of the South, and properly cliaraotartaing (he
| a,?| i base suspicious which have tx-eu whispered iu eoinc G<
lecp! quarters, cve-n against the Kxecutlve Comuiittce 0!
ami whom 1 had the honor lately to represent before the
stion people- of lbs {South, and South Carolina especially,
to ut iu their appeal for pecuniary aid.
This Very truly and respectfully, Sa
,T^u ALl'llEUS BAKER. Jx
ttl|j 1 regret tli.it I cannot devote my whole tune loour >
united Kansas i.llair* in this crisis. Now in the t ine for j
the t?>uih IQ act. Youra, truly,
S'tfiiiJ) I>. R. ATCHISON.
fc-VIIld, Y
St an- " '**' i ,,
' our. SOUTHERN COXNBKCIM CONVENTION. ,!
,"t' _ Ai sum, August 14.?In the Commercial Cou-1
k 1 i volition at Knoxville, on the Itosincs* ir
j ( ( ! Coin mil toe reported against Free Trade and Direct ri
' Taxation; against the South'* receiving good* from e:
1' j State* which do not uphold the Fugitive Slave law; a
eafioi' I Rff"'nxt the discrimination l?y the l-'edcral Go* j tl
ornnieiit in (uvor of foreign mail hues from North- ! f<
* crn porta. 1 J,
ution. ...! , , I
I he ( ommittrc reported hi favor of exempting It
lft I one slave to each slaveholder from icizure for debt; i*
in fav.ir of erecting Arizona into a Territory; and ti
which in favor of recovering certain land lost by a recent i g
fnet t- Treaty with Mexico. ! n
v\k in ",c aba reported that the time had y
not arrived for tho Convention to consider the pro- [ 'I
f the jt0l Gf re-opening the African slave trade. ii
i state A resolution was adopted, advocating the with- a
lit he druwal of tho United Stales squadron from the j c
i .lure Afr'can <*** j a
A resolution in favor of Montgomery, Alabama, n
se |iie as tho place of meeting for the next Convention,'
with n was adopted | h
c.-- * js .
y for ?? - .
r!~ Cuxto.v Co., July 12, 18o7.
k'r Col. A. Baker:
from Dka* Sin: A week or two since I received a let
Vc:y ter from you: a'*o 1 have read letter* horn you to " '
ll ,UP Colonels lluVord and iiooiic. You have nobly d.s* 11J
charged the trust we Ir.vercpiwed in von. You ^
1 l'?c have laboriously, eloquently and energetically done
ntnin y,tur duty to the South; uh tin* you have done, and
aiion cT, ry true and honest Southern man must. sootier do,
) Wu or later, acknowledge it and thank you in luslicurl :?)
tor it. Your mission was a difficult one, and you .
have been misconstrued by r -mo and wantonly 1 "
""I?'* slandered by others. Yet, if it is any consolation j 13
" to you, you must know that in this you stand not em
nisa- ajol,e. I udeed, every tuan who lias taken an o|>en ^
"tch and ntnuly yart iu defence ol Southern rights, lias
1 u,lJ tncouulcred the ?bu*c of the Korth, and, what is
still worse, the sitters and detraction of Southern to
it the I niel, Tho most ready weapon which comes to the col
ut on j |lalMls of a mean man in the Xuuth, is, that the etc! , 0
c' ' we have in view is uot the rights and interest* of
iencc (he slave States, hut our own. They inaiuna'c tltal "u
sl the ni my raised in the Sooth ?* not to be expended
* i in her cau^e, hut to Ih> appropriated to the use of
"IT'*1" i Atcli.son. I'm ford, KushcII, ||ui?tr, Suiujff. How, '
rente ; Now, every iutellgcUt malt who us* s such 1 W
.oose a. ()Im ,, /iflc, and is ce ti c.ou.s ol be.tig so when ' ?
lie e.reulatos or publishes such n charge; and try ws
rt.uii |a|11 jr nUy t.m, rgeiwy, w hen the South shall stand Jj
j in need of afl In* wtr, and he will prove himself a
! 4 wl" cuivnrd or a irutlor, or h^tk. ,
, :'1 1 ?re that not even thunder and I'ghtu iiq will M
ading | (|,e South. I wh.-thcr uu ?a< ,.hiju:.kc fci
ut ion | ?? uit>|-,d and |w.|ir>v.il *iu th'juuke, shaking the
pros- j ;t,vt4utioti ?>( slavery tho earth. and bringing j
ruin upon (lie whole South, would ?r?u?c her to j
" .ution. In a word, my only h?p? * tn?w tor Kanco.- I*1
r' " uii' in the border 01 untie* of Missoui ; and, liy the p.i
" ' \ ' ">' ;1"> ",,r ' ' Count e* I con' 1 iii. lit.oil have ?.]
1 n"d j ? xponded nmre money than any om State ?if the
: w hole South .ti this e u-e. The Kxoeulivi Com* ll"
' f by , rn,((,.,. for Ivitriows Territory will have a meeting on
' 'U* the 16th of tins month; fur-eoiisultain.u, wheu yon CI
shall hear from u*.
'"4 I. the South would bat do half lu r duty. K'.nsas ,.
u,? ,! would be .1 Slave Stale; and I hope we wdl be able
? oul j to ellvel that ol.jiet, notwithstanding the npathy ol tn
1 the Slave Stall's and the energy ol the l-'reo Suites,
. ? ! and all the open or secret ill. its of the officers of
r: -'4* the Federal Government,
P*" Yours, truly, H
* n*;' (Signed) 1>. R. ATCHISON. Ja
ed to In "> letter to nio of the 20tl: .Inly, disheartened sti
.tight ' by the indifference of the South to their appeals tor ; ti,
. assistance, and mora deeply wounded by unjust '
. Al- I charges ag . itlM s uit' of lllc best utld truest ot her '
e can ; fr ends ,1 K insas, wild luivc ruined theuMcivcs in '
it un 1 her s rviee, he says drspondingly: ' at:
i' mils At timet* I have idm>>*t come to the cunclusinn I tj,
lotivv t" curse Kansas and *]uit the cause of" the South. ^
t the It i? hard lor a man to dovoto nil his tune and citation.
1 rgieo and iiHinvy to a cau*e, and receive nothing
made but abuse and oliiid.riu fefnrn from tlumc who tw
line, should sustain and co operate Willi him; and to he ' So
e the ! the object of rusfdeion cveis to g?*?d nun. is worse
your than .ill. Yet, iu defiance ?f all this, 1 will not j
f j,r abandon -?tr cause i?? long as there i* the shadow | d.i
I ol a chance for success, ai d this is the deterniiuii- |
art of ii'?n of most of our friends in Kansas and Missouri, j
berry ' 'ur cause * lu.t a hopeless one. VV e alwaysdiave j
o. oil had, opto the 1st of March list, a majority of lw
Hail- ti - ti I* 111 Kansas, and I believe we still liave^ I
, v< i j will m|((i y,mi in)- reasons for tillil flunking no: The
?; and registered voU.i amount to d?w ten thousand, and )
be to 1 tIjis* registry made last winter and spring, and
? tli* | at least mne-trntht of Uuae voter* are j ro-slavery t*
i our j men, fur tho Abol.iiomsta refused, n* .1 general I
1 into tlnng. to register their names, and tlie reason for j q,
..v.ng their refus il v\;.s, in my opiuiou, that tlic-y knew j
ding il ev were ill a small minority. It tens not to preorre j
y the thtir consistency, for Abolitionists tire consistent
?say in nothing but villainy. Now, if our Delegates to |?
the Convention shall refer the Constitution to the Qs
1 and registered voters far ratification or rejection, then
n.l to we will 1 il ly tho Constitution. If it is to be referred,
;*s taov. Walker soys, to alt the people who |t
* !y shall l?e in the Territory on the day of voting, then ^
liven- I wo must and trill have a majority at the polls <11
road. ] that day. I: the Sooth would but make one spteJy 8'
1' 11 be and united etfoit, nil would be safe. If Walker's R
'.tiker plan, however, prevails, it will give us infinite *
route j trouble, l*it it vvill also give the Abolitiouists more, j
1 W alk' r has d"tte us and our cause more injury '
O. 1 than Hale, Chase, or any other Abolitionist could
it;.lam have done; yet, I rejvat, I d" not despair. One ,
iitaiiis j moke kvrokt! It is the last wo can make, and I
1 Do- we will succeed.
I am happy to lind that VVulkrr is fully under- ^
idered stood at the South. A great many Southern men n
m 1 ted | have gone to Kansas this summer, and many more j)
til of vvl" K? 'r,''n this region. We do not give it np. j .
*/?d U promote tlatxry. - * *>*. *
Lorn* Napoleon, too agitating a M wfiZl-Vf |
<W to oxe'ode political refugees fsom Wr |?r ^p"
wMT^b- ijl^ttirwiLfar wtotj^lhi5g^^,
ibrii^n my <{*? **w*
Union Lodge, Wo. 7^ A.-. T/. M.1* 8t 0n*dk- ~j
Ie, 8. O./bww taken steps |p ?IdHhh a fi mats q|
liege at Owl place. ' , *. . . j
"loo," of the Buklmero So*, trho to altojw 1 ]
Klionlly welt Informed, says tUt the ystiuo' wjio j >4
nil be speaker of the next Home nty hewail*1
settled. Nixhlng, he ujn,^bee srnimiaifli)
nder the election of Cot Orr doubtful; bt?L *n ,
t contrary, it is more certain then it wtm m 4m V *
d of tlic bet session. f j .
The Joint Committee of fh* New Tork Cam-'
in CoiummI, te whom wee referred the teknl y- ffl
vstioo: who wu the bravest New Yorker, Mu
is, therefore, entitled to Geo. Jsokcoo'e Geld. f
ix? have at last ductdud ie favor of Major Gaf> ^
t W. Dyckmso, of the Pint Regiment of N*W_k >
irk Voluu leers. This gentleman will bo preoeaf. B. *\
wiili the. Gold Box, on the 14th of Bepuraher
xt. A *' j
It will be remembered that xn American ettwrw J
ined Charles Moray, who wae confined la J
Paris, was some months ago sbct cod kMKd "
the prison sentinel. A Paris tetter writer oajarit
the French Government baa grauted la M*? J *\
tray's widow the very liauduorne sum of 75,0(fO .
ncs, or $lo,000. J
Wc hare adviocs from Kansas to tho Rib instant.
>v. W.ilkcr had returned to Lawrence with the s
nitcd States tronjw?tho reported Indian attack ' r
Fort Ililey having proved to be a boox. .J,
The Newberry Hun unrimmOes the death of Mr*. - >
rail Harrington, wife of I>r. VVni. II. liar ring- *
i, and daughter of lion. John Ivlten O N call.
A Cuba newspaper contains the following advtr- '
mod t: " ' 4 1
"China m a*. Persons ikwrn to obtain the :- <
ojigrst ouii most intelligent laborers who ha-rC..
iced in tho country, can leave tliclr nddrem at'
>. 97, Contems strvet. The price of each ie %
tniy ounces oj paid." ^$3 10.)
Col. Sirakius has vacated the sanctum during the
g days and inducted the ''Imp," who ie having a ^
ly time among tho vegetables. He acknowledges
; recei|>t front the editor of a cabbage weighing \
pounds and measuring four feet in circumlercc!
Also a water melon from a planter "34 inch- 0
iu length, mid b>g round accordin."
It is proposed in the Masonic lodges <>f Richmond
nppeal te the Masons throughout the country to.
itributc fit each to the purchase ot Mount Ver- ,
n. T.iis contribution w.,ul I realise ni >rs than
rtii-uiu he the purchase.
Mrs Cunningham, of llurdcll murder 'mwiiu,
hue Ix-an p'.ayiiig u strong game to el ate hi tin ^
loleuf "Je.tr Dr. lJurdull V* property. Situ Wfuhcrself
euciente, aul netsally hid a baby ?-which
i? borrowed fur her with the kno wledge of I ho ^.
strict At tw. icy. After cshibilin.* ail tho pains-:'
tnuu-ruily, the poor deer child wm taken to its V
J mother. Mrs. Cunningham is up f ?r the of- ** -s-t,
and hi < roftM-l. It ie wtv thought she inurrcd
llurdi II. e "
TU? Abbeville Piimi notices an attempt by two
ys belonging to Col. T. J. Roberts to throw u
sac-tigcr tram otl the Abbe?ilie I>ranch railroad
f the track. Ojo has escaped?the other is v- . *
*t? d. . ". *
(led. Walker and Ceo. Iicuuitigsen wure iu larh-ston
last week.
Judge Settle, of Nurlli Carolina, aged G6 yeers,
i*d recently iu Kockiogliam county. lie we e .
ember ol ike llou.-eof Commons iu 1314. '
Siuitor J. It. Waller is nominated in California
the Democratic, uud WIwurd Stanley, formerly
Vnrlli ' ! ir.ilin.n i?g ili? WiKitv NfttLnn nwhrii.
ites fcr Governor.
The conslitatluoal Coitv?-r.ti<in ?>f MinMxU ? .
II divided?the Democrat* sad Republican parti
Mtiug in separate I ah*, each determined to rent
a eouvtiiutiou.
11 pkhis L. Tiirnv)', formerly Representative
i.l S- n itot in Congress trom Tennessee, died on
o Is' instant, u! congestion, llis death was radii
and unlocked fur.
TJitf Washington'Ijghl Infantry have prepared
0 sp'oudidly wrought silver pitchers as a present
their lute Captain, Lewis M. 11 itch, esq
The Sooth CarwUniou records an acmdcntal 6*Ui- '
1 bridge, on the Greenville railroad, on the 12th V
slant, A ptorgave wty, prccipiutt-iig the engine,
nder, ami several cars iu.o the chasm, surd killing
ro firemen.
A oorreepoadent of the Charleston Courier from
iohland says that Dr. D. \V. Ray, of the Fork,
auufnclureda h.d) gal ion of first-rote molasses from
'enty stalks of Clumse cone!
Tltc South Carol in an announcea the arrival in
iduinbia of lion. 4. .1. Seibels, late charge d'affaires
thte cor.ntry nbi-o.id.
The same jour "~1 record* the death ef Mr. J. B.
wart, a young merchant of Columbia, and a most
irful mid estimable gentleman. '
'Hie commencement exercises of Krskino Colge,
Abbeville, took place on the lltli. The Is pendent
Tress my s that thirteen composed tba
raduuting class. The address was made by Col.
ichurd Yeodott, Af the Charleston Courier, and
as a discussion of the slavery question. The Press
.ys had the effort been more literary the pleasure
r the audience would have been greater.
A lelUr from Cyrus W. Field, now at Qaeeos
two, says llt.it the Atlantic cables onboard the
igainemnon and Niagara, t??ny fin hundred
tilts* lonf, wore uuitrd, ?nd met-nages sent through
ic entire length in Icm titan a second. Every
ting works Well and promises success.
"SuTtitr iv Illinois?The Mat toon (Illinois)
1 luetic, edited by 1>. J. Van l 'cren, (formerly
V |iig, now 'National' pro slavery,) thus uulurls
to bi?uit?r of the re-establishnicnt of s'avery in
linois. The capitals are the Garotte's own:
** With tnA growing tendency to negro equality
t oar State, it is now a subject of serious consulsttion
to the people of llhnois, whether they wtil
(tend to negroes political and social equality, and
nttinuc t? let tin in pour into the State, or whethtf
tey will nt once declare, as a measure st>H dance
and policy. in favor of the KK-E5TAB- c
JSHMKNT OF SLAVERY IN TliE STATE. t
may be to some of you a startling question, bat h
at way n a matter of discretion to determine b?
veen two propositions. You have befcwr yoa ae- rt>
equality in all ita torma and benrmgv, and tha *
i.Ideal paaaltte form of negro alavery. vVhieh vrill W
ou take! Yon hare aeen how powerhwa ypnr
laok law*' have proven to be. Soma other an area
iu?t bo taken. If we are to hare the African reeu
inougat na, let ua have them elavea, well fed, vmU
lad, but kept in the r proper apkere, nod a 1 lowed
II the privilege* coii?i*te?l with their real want*,
ud the iwfety nnd well-being of our own rnre.
"A* a pliiianlhropikt and a friend to the *W|
u'iau family, arc grtatlv prefrr the laMwr.**
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