The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, August 20, 1857, Image 4
Win avoakma of our extra court commenced on
Monday wwrim; and notwithstanding tho range
\ vf tlwryowKw h|* been 90 and 95, hi* lienor
J * ^3adgeO'N?dt haa continued liia labor* to despatch
" iba old baaiaraa oo Ut? civil docket*. The onacs
ar? not of ganerat Importance, and chiefly of intcr.
sat to UM portico and tho lawyers. Tlio bus iitiw
. .*<* of |h? tortn will trwbably close before the cud of |
\ UU W 19TS AT RKIDSUUB.
j'ij ;? Retidew wftl bear In mind that tho sole of lota at j
4 ^ - Rstdjavtftq UfHHaho place on Boturday next. Th?a ,
iabonnd to tq a thriving locality, and those who <
5* with pleamot luunv*, in a good quiet ueighborliood, 1
possessing moral aad aduoatioual, with many other !
odvaatagoo, will do wrllto attend tho aal*. ,
Wapre rcqueatud to any, (bat there will ben I
roovtfttg of tks.BoarJ of T^oatec* of the llcidsvillc 1
Sahoois at an early honr of Satarday, tho day of |
CAW*?' .<?fe TL
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< THAT CAKE, |
w Mr, Miller?who la beginning to deserve tlio
title oT Cot\ftHiomer to the Editors, from (he fre- '
'qncncy ot hla tributes to the sanctum?-sent to our
yuiw vu iiivuwj mwKniii^ a urnmuin vjunv lH'iU I*.
* -shaped?and embellished Id n style of gorgeous pirtfeeUoo
surpassing anythiug ever offered to our ae- 1
* HxplMcts On the upper sur*iee. in frosted letters, ,
r J ergs idsoribed "Spartan Office;'? urn1 around the i
''Presented by J. Milter, Spartanburg, Au"
* #**< J357." Olio diHioulty presents itself as to
Ms disposition* It is too pretty to eat, and the Ma- ,
jor suggests a glass case (or its preservation 1
? * x We'll think about it. In the meantime, those ,
doubting Mr. Milter's skill can be satisfied by giving
, In in an order. 1
* t? PBACIIKS.
. Our good friend Cliarles IS. Rectillcr, wj , of '
Rutherfbrdtcn, N. C., compassionating thecleprivn- '
tiou under which *? have labored this season for j
-** fruit,and particularly ptAckce, has sent us a |?ackugc
ul fourteen from North Carolina, with an apology that '
they were the only kind to be had. Bay 110 more
?wo are with peaches as the lady of uncertain age
f was iu her prayer for a husband?glad to get uuy '
kind. Consider that we have passod n formal re
solution of thanks for your kindness in furnishing
us with wlint we did not expect even to hco this
season.
silvkH^PT"
*We understand that Mnj. II. P. McDowell will ?
present a silver cup as a pri7.11 to he contended (or
by the North Battaliou of the Ninth Regiment S.
tJ. Cavalry, at their next parade nt this place, in
the faH. '
m^wKjmiER
Has been intensely hot since Thursday last?the 1
thermometer, we believe, going over 95. Tuesday '
evening brought gusts of wiud, with thunder and a '
light sprinkle of rain, which sensibly cooled the at- '
maspbers.
LADY'S BUOK. '
Tiii? ciquisitc moutlily for lndi*a is out for Sep- ^
tcniber, and is, as usual, a capital number. |
SiiKRirr o? Polk Couicrr.?The Abbeville (N. ,
C.) News was misinformed ns to the death of t
(Jeorgo Black well, Sheriff of Pollt County, North 1
Carolina, lie is not only not dead, but has had '
no difficulty to giro color to such a report. This ,
wo have on the authority of one of the most rcspccta- 1
-ble citizens of Polk, who lives near tho village.
1
What Don rr Mr.an??Tho York District ?
'Chronicle, while correcting a blunder of the North '
HTnrulina Watchman, that W. B. Johnston niul John f
'G. Bowman were about to succeed 8. W. Mellon in 4
*tlu* Yorkvtile Enquirer, puts for ward the following j
|j* * "The "Sun" of Spartanburg is hereafter to be f
published under the auspices of lite Grand Division j
. of tiie Sous of Tettipcrnuoe."
Oregon.?Some speculation is indulged that )
'Oregon will establish slavery, and tho Charleston |
News wishes to know how tho Wilmot proviso, 1
which was tacked to the bill organizing that lerii- J
x- tory, (uud which bill Mr. Polk signed with a protest,)
will b? got rid of. It woulJ be n<> difficult t
. matter 16 Igtaort the question of slavery in n consti- 1
' "tulion, and amend it after admission so as to estab- j
lisli slavery. But if the Missouri compromise was c
unconstitutional, as decided by the Supreme Court t
in tho Dred Scott case, the proviso lacked to the '
* Oregon bdl is no less mi.
Snug ramast.?Robert Schuyler, the famous
dtfaulting railroad president of New York, is .
thought to be at home, near Saratoga lake, where
his wife lint. liulll a handsome gothic cottage. Oue '
hundred feet from tl is Is n snug stuiio structure. '
I
"with high windows, out of reach of foot pass, tigers, e
ostensibly built for a Roman Catholic Chafwl, but s
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ivivu sup|Mw>vii lu ue I lie UOI11ICII III llie lilt'lllical | 1
Robt. Schuyler, why ti11 th access to liis wife's house
. 'through a btcfranoan passage. I le in always out |,
w In ii visitor* are uloul?flying to his sanctuary. h
, I* ir Nkokimarv- 'inks tlifl Camden Journal) v
:,that every lttlln flmting item, such :u "Ex-Guver- "
nor Charlw J. MclHiuM, of flrorgiit, passed "
'through Columbia on Wednesday cn mutr for Vir- v
'ginia," should bo Credited to the paper in which it Ii
i' origfnally nppMTcdr* '
The systuin of exchange among newspapers grow
out of inutu il advantage, and has now become am- ' |
iNMity. This voluntary custom has courtesies ; |>
which may not be violated, without endangering a 1
continuance of the interchange. If we i|uolc a line '
from a dead or living author, we may or not, us we (|
please, give credit to the source Iruin u heflce we
drew the thought, or inforiinttion, and no coinIplfliut
can lie urged, unless We tt-ek to upproprinto
/ it. The book is public, and the c py-rijht is so- *
cured by law. Not so with paj?vrs. Tlley arc pub- c
He, of courae, hut n ?t copy righted, Tlio sharp l'
un) petition lor puhlic favor lends to constant i flin t ^
Citr early news, and as tho best veliieles for auric yi
Iiv* intelligence are likely to receive the largest pat- ?
AiHiiVo lU.i ntilvli" *!*?? - -
|MW.% , MI? I'f rxir<l"ll V
aud enterprise are proportionally increased. Wlicn, "
Jhorcturc, ekcluiitgt* copy idea* developed by the
drains ?( the editor or new* ilSins gathered by (lie p
.industry of paragraphia!1 la but fair dial the jm b
-per containing dioin should have llio credit before c
the puh'.in?not only kctRiuie it U a tribute to ( literprise,
but ;e? compensation for gratuitous exchange. s
'i'lieac are our views aa to the question of fighlj I'
though wo may Imvu violated (Item often in pruc- *'
"tice. * lj
Amotiikh Natural Hiukk?a stupendous '
itittural bridge ha* been diaboferi*! in Scott Connty, a
Virginia, 0*2 nnlca from Abingdon. It is 420 feet i<
long ijmunuig a chusm J?>0 bet. The stream "
imtmiiit through is larger and more rapid than Cc- J'
<hr creek, tpunucd by the other Natural Bridge. j(
Over the bridge passes a broad wagon road, and
under it* arch is the line <>! survey for the Cumber- ^
and (lap Railroad.
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J. Poinsett Well* Iiiii got iho appointment ol |
route agent on (lie (Jrtenvill* Railroad, lately held j n
by hia fat lit i tl
imi
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v V^T 4* ^ ^
raeir Brat ippftrnnw ou the KuglishTtorH* the race
for th? 6ouUvood Cup, utt the OOtli, alt., ind were hut
b?teu^ytirteen txoraee rail, and the Ati|crioaiia alii
ciyp^fnUie fifth and sixth ou lb* Tut. The first fit- of
vorilo uud iwodth1 r horses fell off, so that tliu race tw
cad scarcely be regarded us a criterion. x
TI10 race was woo by the Freogfe. bone Wonnrque.
* U01
A description of the cup wc copy from (lie liondou
Tunes of July 27lh. Its vutao is $1,500, or, ',0'
if less than that, the difference ismudgupiu specie: *'IC
"'The Goodwood Cup for this year la tpftlly what
it professes to he?a cup and not a palm tree, n de<
group ol pugnacious warriors or tlyiug steeds. It j,.,.
is u noble vase of oxidized silver, In the ornamented
or rennixmnce stylo of the I61I1 century, nnd is be- m-v
yond ull doubt one of the most effective and nrtiktic 0 *
imitations of incdiuivol silver work which has yet oar
I) cn produced. The upuer part is subdued and
simple in style, being only ornamented with Oat .
engravings of ivy loaves and berries upon a bright ,co
matted ground. Tito handles form nn altogether pre
novel and striking combination, and arc so inter- nnc
laccd in the quaint, elaborate stvle of the renin's- ?
hi nee period, as to present the effeot of four wiugod
figures of Fame rising Irotn their ba.-?. Tlte body ,T,a
is adorned with a finely executed bas-relief of Queeo (hs
Klizabetb reviewing tbo English furose near Tilbu- leg
ry. The figures are beautifully chased and grouped jjj0
with excellent taste, and the costumes of tlie sol- .
liery are taken from the best authorities,t he features 1
and dress of the tjuecu from the coins of Iter reign, late
l'he opposite side has an ornamental tablet for in- -rac
sorption, enriched with bosses, wreaths and sunk- | f
rn damascene work. The foot is formed ,by cr< weed
Tritons, supporting chatted medallion portraits, lifter *uc
Holbein, of fjord liurluigh and Sir Francis Drake. tint:
The general effect of the whole piece is uuusually ;lj,n
striking and attractive, mid the imitations of the .j
steel damasceue be:ng perfect, gives tltv vaac the
aspect of an antique piece of family plate, rather Ble
limit a work fresh front the jewelers." wot
All file horses have been entered by Mr. Ten lbs
Brocck for two additional races. Prior nnd I^e- bott
eoinptc arc catered for the Newmarket Tloogbton Th(
nreeting, a single dash of four miles, one furlong and R'O'
one hundred nud seventy-three yards, ran October dep
Dfith. Lcrompto au?l Prioress are entered for the the
Sussex County Cup, 11 two mile uuJ a half dosli, at um
the Lewes county meeting, on the 10th iiist. At a b
the Houghton meeting, Lecompto carries 128 oho
pounds and Prior 126 pounds, being 'lie weights for lint
igeil and five year olds. There are thirteen entries re?<
r.?r tliu Sussex County Cuj>, Lccotuptocurrying 11 'J me
[khi 11 ilb ahi) l*i inri'hk 100 pcundx and
It is suspected by the New York Herald that thu the
lira of the race was intentional, to si-euro larger wu
stakes or tome turf advantage. If so, Mr. Ten ?
Itroeok deserves national execration. Color is lent
to tliis surmise from a fact sta'od in sporting circles is t
n Knglaiid, tlmt Prior bad, within a few days be- K r
Tore the 30lh .luly, riui "J miles?the length of the ?ny
Lioodwood course?-in 4 minutes, and Moiiarquc to a
won in 4.69. If iheru was jockeying it will come tcr
>ut. _ ?*'?
A BACHELOR AMONG THK GIRLS. ^
"M.J. W.," the racy an<1 graphic lady corres- Hra
pondent of the Charleston Courier, is "doing up'' j. ;s
icem h and characters at the White Sulphur Springs (||
j| Virginia. In u late letter file unveils the rattle- mo|
:rap nonsense of her own sex over the eotre of a ,J|1(]
ive and fascinating South Carolina bachelor mem- t||u(
jcr ol Congress?whom we suppoau to be none j|nu
>ther tlian the accomplished KciU: j
"We were quietly rented this morniug before a
fictile writing desk, whose binges ure decidedly out ,
>f joint,covered with inky green velvet, and slutted "
oil of mysterious hieroglyphicu! packets uud papers,
.villi odds aud ends of writing for luture adjustment, in ?j
Hut we were not destiued to remain long undis 0j?
urbed. The outline of our head betrayed through
lie half closed-Curtain u human pretence, and very
soon it appeared as if every creature of our acanaiu
aneo had entered into a combination against our \
x-utnised " ketch." One fair girl made her npxaranee
with it l<mg roll in Iter hand resembling
hat of u paper hanger, containing patterns of gara.tile,
winch were to bo embroidered on a table
over nominally by her own huuJs, but virtually by thai
hose of every idle victim vlio could recruit into the first
icrvico. She was aoon followed by n legion of jy, ,
;irls, who burst iuto our room like n whirlwind,
'renting dismay by the totrelit of news they rattlod .
orth. The grand topic was the arrival of a certain . "
'Rachelor Member" from South Carolina, who
vas declared to l?e a terrible flirt?a perfect lady
litter, a ruthless "mawacreer cf the innocents," k"n
md yet d sort of I'rodigo, whose i.nival everybody *ir"
tailed. These hut out-talked the pattern owner, , .
is they would have done O'lvqlly's parrot, which 1
shattered incessantly for ono hundred years. In- '
leeil they all talked und urgmd simuluim oosly. m"
Imagine, dear public, the din of nu oil mill yr the
hetorical chatter of a hulf dozen females in the f
icalthy maturity of their lungs. Never did in rtal be
ore hear such a rush of sound, if a painting could J1""
illect the senso of lu-nritig, ns well as thatot sight, '.'I*"
his bevy of fair beings would luive afforded the ar- ni
ait an inimitable original lor thu representation up'it
his canvass of thu "confusion of tongues. Wo ,K'U
lad only one mode of retaliation. We wore i i the " "
:.?iifi h ni?e of a loose p auk in the il <or, and when 11"'J
he vociferous d spulants grew tedious, we jogged
t with our I.Kit till till the heads and hands of all "" '
he maudariiis* were K-t in motion, and joined in vv '
itrniouious dissonance. Alas, for thu unhappy
'member!" Like Napoleon, wo ,.aw already prenature!}
prepared the bulletin, juxielahiuug bis j"1
'total defeat, with immense loes."
"Apropos of this distinguished gentleman. 1' v\
I'hough an obdurate bachelor, he likes to be thought 1 V'!
o wear ilio willow, and endeavors t?f extort coin- ' rt
iziwiou hy remote hint* at tlie rulTcring ho has!1'!'1
mlured from unrequited aflVcton. It is generally I \
iipposed that ho has suffered from liiore th an one I 1
etider disappointment, having always had the mis- ' 11
urtuutf to lix nflcclious just wlicro they cannot he j 1 w
cturnvd. Itut tln#e who ktmw liirn well say that ,^".t
10 invariably olU-rs himself where he knows lie will
? rejected. M.my a lovely girl conic* before him '/
iliom he might win, from whoso society, lor this
cry reason, he quietly withdraws, to carry hi* * '
ighs to some quarter where a previous engagein-ut Iut 1
r sonic other obstacle is sure to procure hiin it <loii.il.
lie hits thus hail 'ill the pleasing pains of
t'ooing, ami lias the credit of gie.it sensibility, while i 1
u hugs himself hi the safe felicity of u single life. 'ul1
V ml yet to see his looks of irfuoeeiit surprise \>ln n i '
eproveil by his l.uly friends lor his massacre of the i
iiuocvnls. Why the prophet Hnltum could scat co- j '.
y have listened in grratcr nrtiaxeinent to the r.. ' "
roof of the inspired quadruped. It is whispered '"'J!1
lint tin- cause ol his eellbacy is a sveretattaehnii lit , .
? sniiie lair one. If this he so, all the attacks ol j ut
ur fi muls will bo like discharging po|>gun?against ' .
lie (lock til Gibraltar," I
HI* .1 B<
KWSAS. it(.;ll
\^ e ari gratified that the Mercury lias evnh nee ,
n c m-lusivo as to warrant its editors in indulging | *,
nnfident hope ol the success of the pro sluvci'y Hi- t.,j
.-rest in Kanstis: says
Kavshs ami iikit CaLOMMatou* In ndilitioli to
to letters putilished rcecntlj from General Atohi- j
in, we big leave to sny to otir fenders, that fr-.in
tlier letters leeeived Iroru Kiiiw.is, We are inform "k
d that the pro sl iv. ry party in Kan-as is u ? -lut* givi
i its dotu initiation of making Kansas a S'avc State I ......
11 oousetitiu;; to bi-owinu- :i Deniociaic |mrly, the j( s
iv-*'ivery iiuii <li?l n..t inc.ni to abandon llieir 1
obey, lull to lilt tin" minoritc il placed with the-m j
> their support. The Nlalument* which have been 1
irouTalcd id the South, that lliey li ei nei|uiesetd i j]
i <joV. Walker's * rhellies lo make K:ill?as a l'rec
Stale, tfio utterly false. They thoroughly undertan.I
an.I detest him, an.l h>>|>e to make him as j
oWirl> t-n a* Geary. Gov. W#alher, with the nu- | "
liovity an.I pntio.i.igo of tha General I iovei unietit, urtie
light lu ria'i r suocccil In divid.lig. |iaral)T.ing. and I Thii
nnlly defeating them. This in p?a.bio. Union M, i
lie '21st ?lay ol l ist mouth they were confident of go?>?
i eoecs, noil would form a Constitution vvuli slavery who
ck now led god in it. If this (Jvtwtilution is referred not
> the |ieo|>lo for ratiliealion, il is Intended lo reler , this
O' ly to tho registered voters, who will douhtlcs* lack
ilify it. W c Imvo in..lo In>|kh of Kausas than we ..cut
uve ever had. We have great (filth in the t?-Jht- pair
it; capacities ol Southern men. put*
Gkn. W?lKIKATll? Washington "States" JJlt|.
If Gen. Walker leaves this country again for
Cienragua, tic will do so without any violation of ?]
ur "iieutrulify' law?j" lior will lie, in our humble ^
pinion, pqr*o<* any course calculated to involve ' '
nt Oovci nmeut in difficulties. uJ 1
MBMf < '*
f Sron^+14iHiTt tft ^
As I gbwrri that your pnpcr, with many oihe
i unaoattocil that I have declined the Prvfeew
p to wMeh I was recently Invited by th? Boa
Trutna of the South Caroliua College, I a
nu is your columns for this communication.
[q dbolinUig to accept tho nppuiutroeut, 1 am i
DDCcd by no fevtlug of host'dity to lbs CuU?j
r by ouy uuwiHiagiuas to contribute} na for as t
iities might uuable ino, to tlio prosperity of tl
loured Institution. I make this remark lest
>u!d be supposed that tuy prevent position M i
eer in another College had iutiuciiccd me in ti
salon. A graduate of the South Carolina C<
c myself, ull die recollections und Associations
curly life forbid the entertainment of a feeling
r'nh iu the aligluest degree iulmiou' to ik N
i 1 ses any more reason In a narrow-mind
lousy of its success, .than 1 can tiud in u iil
ling on tho part of Chvlstioos of one name at I
opority of thoso who happen to bo called I
idler.
Hie reaiona which control my decision in t
Iter are simply these: 1st. My full conviction
t, iu tho present circumstances of our State C<
e, tlio must cordial unanimity ou the part
se who shall compose the Faculty is absolute
ispeunablo to its existence. The Trustees, at thi
i extraordinary meeting, not-having filled tl
ant offices, Rnd especially the Presidential cha
ind myuflf unable tn form any opiniou wlieth
' harmony is probable in tho future organix
I. ! do not ptctmd to doubt that it will bo tl
i of the Trustee* to secure this uuauimity in tl
clions they shall make. But with the purs
nlioiis all m.-a arc liable to mistako. Sui
lid seem to have been unfortunately the cose
hist organ!xalion. to Sectarian College* tl
id of union is found iu their very coustitutio
? Trustees and the Faculty are all of one re
as creed. Iu Colleges uuouJowed, und who!
iciideut upou the extent of their patronage f
ir success, interest constitutes mucIi a bond
mi. In our Suie College, it occurs to me, hui
olid of union might be found, ii the Faculty w?
#'H from its own alumni?in the common nlle
i tlmy would feci for their aim? mater?in tbu
i>lleoti<Hi? ami tra htions of their youth whii
inory tldighu to chcr'sh?uud in that gotioro
I praise-worthy ambition which would inspi
m tri mantain unimpaired the noble rcputnti.
ich their tkdlego k;el won ill former days.
1 lly. Another consideration which has hud
uoticc upon my dcteriuinatior. of this qurstic
Ik> prop <*.tl now before the Hoard to mako c
lie changes in the Institution. Tho ground*
opposition to the conversion uf the College i
i l' niversity, I propose to suhinit in nnotbrr h
on t'wt specific point. 1 w >nld only reina
e. that it appears to me an unfortunate time I
proposed alteration, cron if it were deairat
lor other circumstance*. Tliore are thoee w
opposed to the Collc/e for various reasons, a,
> preearnablo that the lalo action of the lton
exuile opjioiitioti among some who were f<
ly friendly, and thu ranks of the discontent
I tho hostile inay be swelled by tho addition
e who, though iu lavwur uf the College, are ii
Nil to the University.
have deemed it proper to nay thus much for t
faction of my uuuicrous friends who have kin
n-ged my ncccpfeuico, and to prcveatany misj
hcnaionol the motives which have governed r
lecliniug au honour which 1 trust I duly appr
e, and f?>r which 1 feci profoundly grateful,
am, very respectfully, your*, ifcc_,
WiUTKFOORU SMITH.
iVorronn Collech, Aug. 12, 1857.
STATE-" OF "lNDIA.
,'lic last acoounta from Karojie bring eviden
t the India revolt is mote wiJe-spread than
. dreutned of, though no doubt is entertained
ill.mate suppression.
'III? Ik iiilli.'lV Timniinf .lulu 1 ^ ?,a tl? .? !?-. .
j - -7 -J- ?iv ieo<
is universal in the Bengal army, and ev?m i
enteenili Kegiim-nt Native Infantry, which w
lid)* thanked by the Gov. rnnr Gvntr.l in p.
fur it* loyally three weeks be lure, had been ?ii
led.
vol a symptom of dissatisfaction Ins yet app< .1
u tlie Madras army, which innnilestcd jwrfi
ilty, and repelled indignantly every a item
le to seduce thcin frotn their allegiance by et
ries from the 15. ngal troops.
'he ex King id (Judo nod liifl minister have bet
lid to be at thu bottom <d the conspiracy, in co
rtloti with the pensoned King Dellic, and it
>rted that discoveries of other Mohammed;
noes being crncentod in it lias led to the dinari
of all the native troops at Calcutta mid in tl
5htjorh0.nl, with the exception of k body guar
ch is coiii|M*cd id' picked and well fried nit
ty of the disarmed men have since deserted,
it Calcutta and the neighborhood great excit
it existed, owing to the discovery of a eoitspir
ror a general uprising on the part of tlie Mu-si
i population, mid seizure of tin* city by llu i
- inhabitant* k.ep themselves milled, and tl
lie buildings, hotels and other principal plao
garrisoned by sailor* belonging to slops in tl
r. The French Consul at Calcutta called t
ler all tho French inliabitunts mid captains
itch vi sseis, and desired litem to furnish at
ip a company of armed men t" watch ov. r tl
ty of the Kuro|HMti community,
t lett. r from Ilinney Company, fa highly re
:;?olo firm,) dated Madras, June -J7, state- p.w
ly that ofdei.il intelligence had reached Madr.
he previous day of the tail of Delhi.
Iiiima. ? Further details o! the nav.l op< rat'oi
eCanton Iliver slate that oil the .Till of M
teen juuks were destroyed, au.I that oil t!
i twenty seVen heavily armed junks were ea|
d.
In the 18th of June, two thousand of tin Mr t .
ril force vwro engaged, and captured a fort, ai
i or destroyed one hundred and twenty sev.
is, mounting ov? r nine hundred guns, w ith D.iit
i. The British lost three oiKecrs an 1 eight nie
fifty six wounded?some mortally.
it ll-nig Kong, the export ?>l tea Horn the 1
uly, Inst year, t<? the I (Mb lunc, wan 63,-lfijJ,tK
lids; arid nt silk 7?,.'?r'?y Imles.
he I'n teil Surti* frigate Sail Jacinto remainlong
Kollg.
,111 \ SurniAriK.? The Washington enrrc*|x>i
I of the Chorlestim Mercury says that the li
i?< ncer republishes in rxlrnso% from ('r .lie
itnujs ul Calhoun, a speech pronouneed hi tl
ted Stales Senate, in 1 sd0, hy that dislinguixl
statoinnn, on ''Alien Sufl'rnge," in which 1
i that "to sup|M>se I lull a Stale ran make n
? a citixen <?r tho Stale?or, lo prcsriii //
s /tt'ii inure tjccKilli/, ran run/rr on him I/
1/ of rot-in#?would involve the ub-ur.l ty ?
iii? liiiit ji dircet and immediate Control over it
hi ol the < ventral Government, (rum which I
no right to claim protection, and to which I
n-i right to present a petition."
[on. K. 15. IIiiktt.?The Chester Standar
ns to onlertam our view* as to liic propriety <
aring Mr. Kliclt to the Senate:
A writer in the Lxiurellsville llernhl, in a Ion
,-le, s? t* forth the claims of I Ion. U. I), lllicl
i is copied and endorse I by tho Chnrlesto
r-.i t/. lUit, notwithstanding this iudieatcs
I deal, and notwithstanding there is mile
losoinc truth in what tins writer says, we ar
dispov. I to favor tho elevation of Mr. II. t
trying and very important post. We think It
s ihnt coollnes* nnd deliberation which are ??
ml in a Senator. We concede to liiin exalte
iolisin and talent* of a high order, hut he is im
ivc anil too little inclinoi |o prudene- and can
We Heed it considerable mtasuic of In* tir
e, but i ot all of it. Wo believe in tire: but vv
i want every thing burnt up yet c.mu ily."
ho Savaiuisli Ne/mhliean learns ths: tho Ilia
'. Boyco, of Greenville, 8. C., lias been ekcl
'resident of Mcrcei I'liiverwi)
i
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I I 1
SPARTANBl'tQ 1KB UMM RAILROAD.
1^2 The aunnal mooting or ihu Stockholders in tb? '
Ik, Sparanbarg and Union Kali road took place in the j
>r- Coart Home of this town, on Walandaj, the 13<h
rd inatai t, when Col. II. II. Thomson ?? colled to
isk lha choir, and T. B. Jeter, esq., of Uuion, waa
. appointed Secretory. <
? As soon ail the Committee on Proxies reported
je, through its chairman, Maj. Oeo. W. U. Logg, tlmt
ny a majority of the stock wus represented, the Relot
port of the President sad Directors was read. This
it report Is as Mlcws:
an Omen Sfart and ITnio* II. CoMfant,
Union ulle, August Will, 1857.
. To the Stockholder? of (he Spartanburg and
Union Railroad Company.
Gkntlkmkn: Before proceeding u> Jay before
or you the tninsuotious of (lie last lineal year, wo pro<
r pose t? direct your ultcntion to ihu statement ol our
, tin.iuural couditiou, emUnlied iu our report made to
L>? you iu August, 1850, which, for the pur|?o?o of robe
freshing your memories, w?_ quote as follows:
lie Received front all sources, in oath,
^ stocks uud note*. $650,753 02
Paid out on rcquisirous sod vouchers, 031,108 92
ho leaving this bulanco of uncxpend d
is, recsipfs, $13,624 70
)|a To which balance add tliu subscrip*
lion still due our company by
stockholders, 97,723 38
ly 1
jjr Making our assets yet unexpended, ?117.354 08
',e We ascertain our indebtedness to this 1
??% date lobe $171,402 30
er From which deduct assets,....... 117,354 08 i
?_ i
The remainder, ?54,108 22
be Is the debt of the company after all
uMM't" are exhausted.
,j, It to the amount of cosh expenditure
altendy paid towards the construein
Hon of the rood, s.y $G31,108 92 '
>'s Wo add the amount now due conn.
tractors, my 171,402 30
" Wo ascertain that there has been exIf
ponded towards the ? nstruolion
or ol oar road, $802,571 22 i
of To the Inst amount wo should add.. -100,000 00 i
Which we ?insider necessary to finish
ihu road. | 1
: ? j
?- M iking the total cost of construction. $1,202,571 22,
eo (fine luillien two hundred and two
. thousand five hundred aud sevcuL"1
ty-ouo 22-100 dollars )
us Since our annual meeting nor rt sources have
re been confined to the assets then reported. We
)U were then struguliug ngaioat difficulties and disas- j
lets, and were attempting the passage of l'.road
Kircr and its bottoms?the |H?int on our line ol
road offering the greatest difficulty t<> our progress,
in, Quucebtrnting our energies on n given point, we
,r_ effoetcd tho passage, and lamled on the Spartan
burg and Union ridge early in the n>rin;'.
" limitedlately before ui lay (tor time miles 1 the
n* I irgcst ma* of grading on lire whole line. l*|?oii ;
it- it we operated our nv.iilubJe force*, himI nave re- j
moved all the obstructions which would interfere 1
with u steady suid continuous laying of the track to j
or L'uiouvUle.
?k At our present terminus fin Mr. Alston's Ik-Id, i
h,, half a mile on this side of the bridge) we have |
>tj erected "Uniouside ik-pot," f--r the rece|itioii of'
our freights. At this point we have been compell- I
r cd to |uiuse, in consequence of b*nig unable to raise i
-T~ out of our asset* or credit the cash or available pap? r
od to an amount suliivicnl to make n small purchase '
of irou?bv which we c< uld advance the track to j
I t the top of the ridge, nnd by doing so attain a go<??/ j
basinets point for our road, and hotels or inns for
the accommodation of passengers and our opera|IW
lives. How long wo must rest at tli's uncomfortuble
position time tind chance must determine
Uuublc to effect anything by remaining longer
4** on the line of road below, we moved to the oliice
nc 01 tbe Company at UuioiiviUe, wlu-ce we have s|K.-nt
v. inueh of our time, in the investigation of nceounts,
and the review of our nil in s and eondition generally.
The result of our htbi rs we sliall now proceed
to I iv hef >rc you.
i Of our assets, say *1 17,354 08. reported at oui
annual nu tting lust \c:ir, we have real xed and paid
u( over $jO,Oih) tinty lliouiaud dollai*) on our
debit an I Ira thousand on construction and repairs.
Wo i ilcul.ite, ill lutiirc selth inelits, to oxCP
change "j 10,"00 in?n o el tin assets fur ^tO,GO<> of
at > Th j w ,11 ledueo the sum of ours*M.ts
-O cdlfi'O'l.
To what extent wo shall h- ahlu to r? alve nn th'?
I ls.il in i' wc tiro not prepared to make cVcD a c?;ii- t
} jeeluie. foinptrrid with a suliw-riptioii of Si.S't,lic
, ?(K>, n might be cons, it rid a close collection, wlun
:ll> ! Ki e>une to cntisirtt r the number of stoclcholdri * 1 <
r" v ho hare lejt the Sute since that subscript out !
u ?;t .? tile!
'the following statement will show jon the eon- ;
di.ion of our debt, its increase and its ieduction:
vt Oar debts, reported August,
P' were $17I,16'J '
"* To which add union lit ot requisitions 1
for unsettled contract* before and
since that date 128,S78
l|" Add nceounts audited ami passed... 1,7 t
is
1,1 Indebtedness, my
J'* Reduced by jgiynicitls already made, 40,000 l
''i Leaving $162,088 ;
"? Against which we have nss -tn t.? the
anoiiiH ol $C7,i'Vi, nut of which
wc calculate to exchange tor our
l" debts as almvc slated, 40,f)ll() 1
il- .
" To this last amount, say $122,OSS I
\V? should add nn amount lor unsr/- '
, H tied balances due runti actms. be- '
lB fair and since our annual inertO
, t.v. \l M. '. ..i i - "id
Making our iiMekliilni^-i $Io7,4.s!S
,l' Ajr.diist wliieh \vconly h.?v?- >
bring tin1 balance ot our n?wl?.
*" A detailed kluteiiiciit ol the accounts duo crrdi- 1
tora, the payments made tlu-m, showing the
balance nt.ll due thorn on the account, is licicwiilt '
pieselitr.l to tlio prc*tlit convention of r-t-ickhold- '
" crs, amounting lit tie /i o^ato to jlt-'J.O.s ^ p-j I
Al*>?, uti ' stimate, in <1 t i l, uliuwii g th< uii> uut, '
lc qua! ty, and mat, of in.it' il il-. iiueli ii> ty, and roll 1
I'* ing -rtiiek necessary to completr thr rottJ, alii to
put it into pi ililaltlr oprinliun, amounting ill the '
.Igg legato t?? i I5l,4ill.
Wo mvd imt, hi this report, again call your at- '
" tciiti ol to the trail- and dtllicull.es through which '
our eompany liar p. -< d.
Tl cue subjects were brought fully to vouratteii- '
( lion n our August nn<l O.-tobor mcet njs, lsiti,
|() and u tho February nn ing ot the present year.
The compromise between our company and the
j ere I >m (effected in t e ! cbru .y meeting} result'
ill ma contention ot jiidgiin tit to I), tioudcloek, '
K?q , as trustee f..r all the ei-editors, to an nmottnl (
millii out to cottir nnd - cure their debts, iril/i n
" atay ;>f Irry until tho 1st February, 1^,'iS. This
'* Coiiqwoinise nucuii > eieil t"i?, mid gives loourc tn- '
'* piny lifflt to make a la-ti floit. Surely you tire j
,e Hot prepared to yield your I la 11 road lor tlio nmouiit
of di-Ma due by the eompany!
After the tin at an* us delibcrations on the var; ,
on* pljn* suggotid to:- our assistance, w>- be' ere ,
" that in our pr,*. lit crisis an applieiitioii to tho State t
it of South Carolina for an t iiJorat-nii lit I our bonds ' j
ptereiits the btM, if not the only, prospect of ref
1
No'.wi hsl.iud ni! our Company have nlready ?* ,
c pi uded on the ror.d nearly seven hundred the uviti.l J
it- dollars in cash? to bo increased in future k ttle
(t nietit* winio forty tboii-and more, to wliicb should j
la- addesl the nmouiit of contractors' debts, i>.iking
id tli>- hgri'kmt)' near nine liundrcil thousand doll.n
actually cipi ndmi in the o<>n>tru iion ofeiir road? '
,| yet, when we have attempted in inane our bond* lin 1 1
, the completion of tin* r?and these bonds secured "
tiy a lirsi mortgage nn<l llie only In n, trr hnre ?ml <1
been nble to liner jive thousand dullur* from their i 8
2 utile.'
' An < ndnrot inent, tlien, of our pip< r l?v tlic State "
" nppcnra to be onr only cbancc. The prostrate crejn
it of ou* company, kite nn individual, m-. ils prop v'
'' |?;n_r. The State of South Carolina can tin this "
? without iho risk of lose. ller wisdom in rendering 11
0 Mich assistance to nnother t oi l -in embarrassed
e circumstances? enabled that company to vivo their
'* atoeU. to make it Vitlnnhlc, and to be a public bene- !
'' lit to tbo population at large. j
| H lilronjt ore pubhr benefit* /" the vonntri/.' j,
They t tier fneilities for the expeditions transit of
Ire glil mid |kiisw< nget's which nothing has y?t been i'
diKcovcreil to rival. Why should not all who ate t'1
benefited by railroad* bo hired for their construe ai
r lion in pr<i>orliun to their interest to be benefited' j f|
At |>. i sent tbo liberal and (enormia few tax
themselves for iho construction, while those who are j
toteciie* tho greatest benefit stand aloof, witness I b
ii jfW?i?? ???^??1
|h?ir straggles, uxl dsny to tbcm their sid an! ? dsu%e*l
A law should be ensuted to reach this
class. They should ba tiuod is proportion to tba
benefit* that ar? to ucarue to them, and to mada to
fed that they are a part of the community in
tehick tuey lice.
Vailing to got the endorsement of the State, you
have the optiou of raising a sum sulHuieut to pay
the debts, or eujfer the debit to eell the road!
At your annual meeting, on tho 8th and 9th
days of August, 1855, you passed the following resolution:
"Retolvetl, That the Secretory and Treusurer,
in connection with tho i'rcsiJuat and Chief Kugi ue?r,
be required to make op a detailed itemised
statement, in chronological order, of the whole expenditure
of fuudu on account of the company, with
specifications ns follow*: 1'or what class of work the
payments hare been mude; in what sums, and in
tvhat y< nrs; how much lins been drawn on State
subscriptions; how much of the Stute stock has been
sold, and tit what prices; how much hus been jmid
for iron,etc.; by whom aud to whom |>aid; in short,
a sheet ol items, charged regularly ou the debit and
credit principle; and that said oiliuers do rc|K>rtthc
same lor publication to the Dircvton, by or bclorc
the 1st Monday in November."
This resolution called for a tn.tss of luioimnt.oil,
requiring much labor, tiiuo,uud investigation.
On assuming tho ninnagcim-nt of (lie road, wc
failnl to find among the papnsol the eompany any
statements corresponding to tho requirements of
this resolution; and therefore set to work with the
hope of bciug nb'.e to comply with its demands,
and, if possible, to furnish you the information. So
much of our time and attention huve been engaged
in other departments ot our road, that we have been
allowed only iitte rvals of time to devoto to the work.
TIio result of our investigations are herewith
prter.tilrd to the I Erection, and by them to the
toekholders, embodied in three books.
The result of the investigation, it is our pleasure
to add. Droves tho ilitOfrmlv im.l ....? J:_
? , -"V " ura- i
bursing officers.
It is a matter for regret that the resolution w.m
not complied with ut the time, siuco the information
in Valuable, uml would hitvo aided uh greatly, at the
commencement of our charge of the roaJ, in eslablmhng
a better feeling in the company, uud u
better credit also.
The large amount of money which haa been expended
<>n the road, with only 20 miles finished for
tlic locomotive*, no doubt gave ground* for suspicion
to the mind* of stock holder*.
A review of the early history of our enterprise i
explain* to our mi ltd very satisfactorily many rca- j
sou* for the increased cost ol your road over the <
original estimate.
In the original survey, made np Hi old river, the :
first line of location ran up the level bottoms, and, ns ;
wo understand, was the basis for the original eati- |
mate*. The August Ireshet of 18o2 soon utter dc- I
uinustial.d that thin line of location w as c*|>om? >1 ami
unsafe, oud was buried by tlial freshet ten feet deep! j
This fact induced the Infection, for sensible and j
prudential reason*, to change the original location
to a location that would be fire feet altore ihcpout
of biiili water ascertained by that freshet. This
jou w ill sic raised the grade line fifteen feet b'gbcr
than the original line, and nude it necessary for
safety t > more the location to the kill tides,skirting
the loir hinds. The valley o( Jlroad river is
w.tiled in by lull* siii.l spurs rising abruptly from
the low lands uud river ill a short distance to Veiy
considerable eleV.itious. Tlie*c spur* are cut up
and divided by nuiiieroa* deep ravines, ill a majority
of cases r?ijuiriiig largo culverts to pass the
water, which descends to the river like mountain
torrents, ami over which (for the sake of elevation
to the tivc feet point above high water mark) we
have heavy embankment*.
In adjusting the grade line to the topography of
the route, the line has necessarily |ia.->cd through
the spurs nnd over the ravine*. A suecesau u ol
cuts uud till*, fiom near Alston to the river crossing,
is the iesult of the change of location, which
gave us safety from high r<vers, but a difficult uud
an expensive line t<> bu-IJ.
The change ol location, it was estimated at the
time, would increase the cost ?2,000 p< r mde; hut on
tiie line we have attempted to describe >t would be
difficult to i*t mate Willi accuracy, since experience
li.is provi a the ills t?? eoiita.n granite rock almost
without exeoptioji froin Alston to ?>heltou. This
difficulty in the calculation will become nw?re apparent
to too win n >mi copsdtr that only It) cent*
per yard was paid for gcad.ng ellth, w l.i|u lor loose
io<k it was from !I0 to II) c nts, and fc?r haid it?ek
?."? ecuts to $IW? increasing iiipr.ee fji cittaiti
d- pths in n cut.
The calculation up the h vrl hi Items, wl ?re <utbillk
III. Ills would pK'J.HIl.liate, OHild be .-it t VI .1 at
vvidi great accuracy The calculation for the grading
tl-v ,p |i the h Its, ! r ih rinMiti sf thecb vifi^ilitHi
of the work above stated, could only be ou approximation.
t'ur line, in- trow located end built, i? rxpomd in
lint few p'.ae.- lo the ncthm of hi-h tt at. r current*.
The biuks can it' protected agnilist tlie-ir action by
additional em til, and r< tliug th irl in gt.i.m and
willow tree*.
in mid Uoll to tlie increased cost of gr.-vi.ng lit
like cliung. made hi I K-atioii. iron w .11 a>h! a 1 rge
item to the ?xp< n.-c ol cousli uet'on.
When the eatimste* were made iron was at t*
lowest, point and. the I' u-o ion failing t" s.eure it
lit thai lime, ttiid* ?k 00,01)0 to ?liiO,UOO to our
( r lit est.inn s.
The elevate ii ol the bi idgc 14 feci ubivc high
water adds to the iUtriof expense also. 'Hie briil^s
lias Cost Us ?80,000. The change of location whs
June (or |un.l? nt icisons, and appears to have im i
ycui approbation ill convention Mini IlivetiUi;*, W u.cli
i.uiii tbc r?-wr<l vv>- ascertain t?> be the foci.
1 Inl ine these meeting* you tiii.illy decided ti)
!iaire a ctaaa road, with hav grades?str.i ghi
Inns?.solt cut vex?an I s- l.dlv constructed.
I'.issiue over your line frotri Spartanburg t<> Al>toll
an.I (loin Alston to Spartanburg, i, . olio can
J.-ulit that tin lai^iu .< f, M.tj. M ">, h is in >1 < ut uti 1
?r.id? .1 \ on u first ciuan toa I. \\ ould that the rails
ritrtiiliii t-i your terminus, aiol tie lo<s>inotivf
mild entry uh to it, jiud tli.it we could r?|k>rt the
iv. rk tin slual, ati.I the f. ,<i u su cc-slul operation.
The large utuouul of i x|> uditurc already rnndo
s doti ibutiil alone mid orrr the whole hue,
in 1... a .nits s .'.isfactorily to our in lid* where the
noiicy has hi . ii rtji inl- I. 'I'll vouchers of your
i.sin;is-ii ' olli, is explain "In whom and Jir
it hut" the money Int.* been ja.d.
\\ c iles.re to Lriiie to yoiir attention tlint part of
Ihc " Air-1..ti-- Rn I road" projected (root Newbstry
0 (*he?ti-r, or lor tne point l>o!oiv the village, on
lie hue ol tin- t ?li.nl. I'.te and South Carolina I vail o
id. I Jut brwfgc is local* d oVi r llii ad river, Very
it ai v on an air line between the two Villains; and
houiil til* road be hu.lt, It Will, We helli'VC, be to
he int. rest ot our company to rubscrito to thu
:tp t il stock ot that company half the coat of our
1 > idge?? iy ?4O,UU0?Ink.114 mm company into
jii.il |vartiict?h.p 111 the bridge, and thereby s.iviiig
0 us half the ex(ieuse of repair* and building.
Hi is arr.tugcint nt would rant that company the
X|>? use ot tin. Mini; a bridge over I'.road river ? s ay
jtid.m?0 or <j.sO,lit?u:
Many otU? 1 advantages, by the junction and
Miineot'on, might ri'sult to each company, aud to
uir population geiuraliy.
Tiie constructional that ron.l would pneis. ly
ullil what we ali no much desired at our riiiivue
.1 ii, when we made the final location of our road.
The frauds ol the "Cornwil! louie" would be
CCwiRino latcd ?:is w dui.1 the '"Iriciiils of the Tinker
aet k route," and the friend* of the lodge route
ilia,
'I tie report of our Superintendent, Mr. O. T.
libber, is lu rewidi presented, lor tho information
it the 1> ruction and Stockholders. It contains
londetiseil information of the Transportation DoKtrtim
at.
Maj.,1. V. Mills, our Ch ef lingiticcr, tendered
us resignation in .lonuary hist, but has not demited
is, pud still onnt nurs to nfiord us the benefit of
ns cuunsel, a* well as his aid and assistance?still
!im barging the duties of the ollico when required
>y the company.
Our Secretary and Treasurer, John II. Hvins,
C?<| , liavim; resigned hi* ritual.on at our last an- 1
tunl meeting, wo have been Compelled to net our<
lvi s in that rapacity, not having Ikvii able to inlurc
a competent man for tlie occasion to take the
ituation.
I >r. II. I' Kawls. however, stepped forward to
ur fliil, and h is rendered u* much valuable service.
Wo are nIiu indebted to II. W. Lice,
ihose knowledge of book-keeping and classification
f a-'count* has allied u< in b<-u.g prepared to furuhli
you the iiifo.-in.iton naked in your resolution.
Uopectfullv submitted,
JOHN L. YOUNG, 1'res.
The report was referred to a committee, ol which
. W. Tucker, esq , was chairman, w ho, at a nieitig
held nt night, (over which Col. T. X. Daw kitw
resided,) reported on the financial condition of the
..el, showing that its nflaim were in such a state
* to had to ardent hope that the rond might hi- i
umpliUd within two years, should the Legislature
>ok favorably upon the proposition to endorse the '
oiuls of the Company. The report closed with n '
* "
pticaiioo (or endorsement *T the himif^1 fr, Q|
the convention adjourned.
Ai a meeting of the Director*, i*usw?.
joarmncnt of iho Goussation, the foUbarltg g^
nu n were appointed U> mcmorinlme lUt/|i|M|
Charleston?S. S. . Karr or and
Ksqs. *?\
Fairfield ? Kx-Gov. J. II. Mean* and Col.
etoo.
Union ? A. W. Ttiomaon, Ksq , and Dr. JJ
Djfrm.
| Spartanburg?President J. W. Tucker and I
T. O. I'. Vernou.
We arc not in pos* ssion of the official proa
ings, and ntu: t content ourselves with this rnei
sketch, as wo took no notes. The authorized
port C'H donbtlcrs oppear as soon as the Sccr*
can prepare it.
KAXSAS.
Wo publish in our ooluuins to-day, says
Charleston Mercury, u letter from Cof. A'ph
Baker, enclosing extracts (roiu letter* ho has
cciveil from General Atchison. Wo cumin
these letters to the careful po rural of our read
They will sec that tho assertion so widely circuit
throughout the South, that the pro-.claver, part]
Kansas hod given up the contest to maks Kant.
Slave Stale, is a mere falsehood. Wo argued
much, us ?ur columns will show, from the f
themselves, us far as they were disclosed. Tin
God, Kansas is not yet lust?all the lie* to th? c
trury notwithstanding.
Eufaula, Au , August 8, 185
To the Editors of the Charleston Mercury:
Gbntlkmkn: 1 received this morning, IromG
Atchison, letters Irom which 1 make for publioa1
the following extnie's, shedding light upon the i
|x>?i:io<i uud hopes of Southern men in Kansas,
luting the slander now wi oly eircjulMtcti that
lea<ivra there lutve abandoned the struggle for
rights of the South, and properly characterizing
base suspicions which have bc?ti whispered iu t?
juurtcrs, even against the Executive Comini
w bom i had the lienor lately to represent bulurc
people of the South, and South Carolina especia
iu their appeal for pecuniary aid.
Very truly and respectfully,
ALH1ECS BAKER, J*
Clinton Co., July 12, 18o7
Col. A. Baker:
Dkar Si?: A week or two since I received a
ter Irom you; also 1 have read letters horn yui
Colonels 1 tutord and iiootic. You have nobly i
I charged the tri?i*t ue have reposed in yon. 1
i have laboriously, eloquently and energetically d
your duty to the South; all this you huvs done, i
' every true and honest Southern man must, wu
. or later, acknowledge it and thank you in his hi
J tor it. Your mirnion was n diflieult one, and
| have been misconstrued by s me and wantu
i slandered by others. Yet, if it is any consolai
] to you, you mu.t know that iu ibis you stand
! alone. Indeed, every man who has taken an o
and manly part iu defence ol Southern rights,
encountered the abuse of the North, and, wba
still worse, the niters and detraction of Sooth
melt. Tito most rcsdv weapon which comes to
hands of a m?<iM miui in the South, is, thai the
wo have in view is not the r gJUi and interest)
the slave Stnli s, hut our own. They iitsiuua'c I
the m 'in y raised in the South ?* not to be cx;h n
tti In r e lUse, hut to bo upplopriated to tire its.
Atehisoti, I In lord, Kuwh-I!, Uwsr, Suiugf. 11
lice. Now, every illicit g< lit matt wU usi h
w t a; on* is a liar, and is o li.-ciuus ol bt .ua so *v
he e rcuhitca or publishes *u.li n charge; and
him tr any etiv rgeiK-y, when the South *h.jll st
[ in need tA all Itct sens, and lie will (wove l.iuist
estiva id or a traitor, or b ah.
1 see that oof evefi thunder nad I ghtu.ntt
' art use the South. 1 d-oila whether an eoitliju
? a moral and |*.lincnl *1.1 llcjuoke, stloii.lift
'n*:.lotion ot shivery to the earth, and bring
ruin upon the whole South, would iirou*c hci
.leiion, lii a word, my only Imp. * now ua Km
j ni e in the border counties uf Missouii; and, hy
by. any i.nr 11 ten Cuunfes I c"V 1 iiioiiIhiii h
I i *;.< naed more money than any one Stole of
whole South hi this e..u?e. 'lite Executive O
neitee tor Rons** Territory will have a until*)
the lMh ol tlli* tUuinh; tor Colisuil.ila n, when,
j shall hear from U*.
I. the South would but do half In r duty. K-:i
would be a Slave State; and I Imne we wdl be :
to clleCt that ot.ji, t, notlvitll*:.at>dlt)g the llpMlo
the Slave State* and the energy of the Free Sta
and all the open or secret cfi'ot Is of '.lie olBeen
the Federal Government,
Your*, truly,
(Signed) 1?. R. ATCHISON
In a lett? r to nie of the 20th .Inly, dish, arte
by tin indtllVrehev of the South to their nppia's
i a?- stance, aud more deeply wounded by uuj
, chat ges against wane ol the lust and t:ue-l ol
trien.ls in Km*..*, whd have riuiKtl theinsulvct
her * rviee, he says dcspolidingi);
At times I have i liw >*?t come to the conelu*
i.. , l" ... i .1. -? -r
vm.pv Mill! l UH f-lUSC I?1 IIIC 0<Hi
i ii <? hard lor a matt to dovole ml his time and
. ifics and itioio.y In a cau>e, ni.d receive Both
j tiul nbusc and hl'inJ. r in ft-Tutti front those v
should sustain and o> operate w rili ti in; rind to
| llie ol' -el of suspicion ? von to good HU M, is wo
, than all. Yet, in defiance ol ull this, I will
| abandon <air cause so long as there i* lh? shad
I ol a chance lor success, ai d this Is the dcu-rnii
linn of most of our friends in Kansas and Miasm
( hir cause <s not a hopeless one. \V? always h,
had, up lo the 1st of March last, a majority
l IVh lids in Kansas, and I believe we still have,
w !! - .a1 you iu\ reasons for still flunking so: 1
rcgisnied \otvs amount to mnr ten thousand, <
tins registry w as made I mi winter and spring, t
| nt leirst nine-tenths of tin *f voter* are pro-slat,
men, for thu Abol.tioinsis refused, as a gene
[ thing, to register their names, and the reason
their refusal was, in my opiuioo, that they ku
they were in a stuall minority. J tees* not to pres
then enmnrtrnry, for Abolitionists arc Consist
m nulli ng but villainy. Now, it our l>e!cga*ei
the t' >uveiilaii) shall refer the Coiistitution to
registered voftrs f?r ratlfieation or rejection, ll
we mil rat ty the Constitution. If it is to lie ret
red. as tiov. Walker says, to nil the people v
shall lie in tin* Territory on the day of voting,tl
we must auil irill have a majority at the polls
that day. It the South would but make onespci
and united etTnit, nil would be safe. I) Walk*
plan, h ivvvviT, prevails, it will give us itifit
trouble, IkM it will also give the Abolitionists ni<
Wnlki r has dono us mid our Co use more iuj
than Hale, Chase, or any other Abolitionist eo
have done; yet, I repent, I Jo not despair. C
voiik ti fort ! It is the last w e can make,:
we will succeed.
I ton happy to Itn.l that Walker is fully und
stood til the South. A great many Southern n
have gone to Kansas this summer, and many m
will go from this region. We do nut give it
I regret that I cannot devote my whole lime to
Kansas a Hairs m tins crisis. Now is the t me
the taruth to act. Yours, truly,
, < ,|\ I \ r? i M'/^tlftJ/W
u; 4/. Ik. X\ i V*I I IOW.1
SOUTHERN CH.MMKRCIAL CO.WENTIOS
Ai (iin*, August 14.?In the Commercial C
vcutmn nl Knoxville, on Wednesday, the Husir
Cutn mil toe reported against Free Trade and 1 >ti
Taxation, against the South'* receiving good* fr
States which do lint uphold the Fugitive Slave li
and against the discrimination by the Federal (*
ornmcnt in furor of foreign mart lines front Not
ern ports.
The Committee reported in favor of exempt
one slave to each slaveholder from rcisure for di
in favor of erecting Arizona miio a Territory; i
in favor of recovering certuiri land lost by a ree
Treaty with Mexico.
The committee also reported that the time I
m>t arrived for the Convention to consider the p
jeet of ro-opening the African slave trade.
A resolution was adopted, advocating the wi
drawul of tho United Stales squadron from
African coast.
A resolution in favor of Montgomery, Alalia
as the place of meeting for the next Coavcnti
was adopted
*
>" * *itk>a fru?*<he tyeeroor uf XfiirUl Oarollae. 7^8^ ?
^ Qfl?*n Victoria he. responded to the " \
>* an aasurmice of an earueet deebv-to tfecenrotft gS ,.'
^ tohjfrt* far the ?rigr>a<? <* ;.' *
? *? >4?* to jgremof eeiawery. *j2Tv " * liS
" * TW? ..*? 1.1 Gorernmentemil if ,1 lllnifr/, .
am *f0-*,J%wUoD. ? **> ? *? ?* ^I#k <
An' to exclude political refageee Ami Ur cfij'
ite. If?r?y,f w, NeyotowHlad jgfr? |
**4i, end reeeired for answer **C?* ST . J
' hru-dly jr.n ( the bw wB<ry agaiwt iwSbr|lei6 I
red- fiilibnteir. r' T-^wF. ^ .. 4 gre
Union Lodge, No. it, JL\ F?\ M.*4 at UtiA- "J
I re- rille 8. C.,k*re taken rt?|M to aeMMeka fraud#
tory college at that place. . ^
"loo," of the B.ltimere 8*6, who ? alwtye ' I
, poiilifally Well informed, *eye that $*,'<?**? w*o t -J
hull be speaker of tb* sect 8hn maybo wwlfl- . * ^1
cred eettlcd. Nothing, he aays,* hae eft?1?4 to i
W" render cleetiou of OA. Ort doubtfwl; hot, on i'
m- the contrary, it i? more certain than it waooithe - J
l'u<* end of the bet sceekw. , - 1
I ere The Joint Committee of the New Yort Ceo. - t l
lU;d tiiod CouimmI, to whom waa referred tho rear ' j
I' i?? question; who waa tbe braveat New York**, as a
a a was, therefore, entitled to Gen. Jaoheoa*a Gold. ' t
?* Rot! hare at last docidtid in faror of Major Oaf* ^
K|< rett W. Dyckmso, of the Firet Regiment of *mx \
uuk Yur|| Yolnuteere. Thie gentleman wtll be preeiBt'- - . .
u"* ed witli the Gold .Box, on the 14th of September ? % ' d
next. V * A
It will be remembered thnt an American cifiaea ' fl
7 named Ch..lie* M .ray, who w.-w oufiued in prleoh fl
at Paris, war soma months ago shot sod IrStfcd
i-,oi, by the prison sentinel. A Paris tetter witter aayjr
real that the French Government has granted to Mr% '\?
ri'" Moray's widow tho very handsome sum of 75,<Xft) \
tho fran0"!or j,000. .' 1
tho We Lave advices from Kunoas lo tho Bib instant. 1
tmv Gov. Walker had returned to Idwreocu with the ^
,,ev United States troop*?tho reported Indian attack %
on Fort Riley having proved to bo a hoax. #
The Newberry 6'?n announces tins death of Mr*. ?
Sarah Harrington, wile of I>r. Wm, II. Ilarruig- *
ton, and daughter of Hon. John Belton O'Neall.
" A Cuba newspaper contains the following adve-r- ^ 1
lisctneu i: 4
lrt "Ciuxamkn.??Persons desirous to obtain the 4
a strongest ami muvl intelligent laborers who liava 1
. arrived in tho country, cau h-ave their address kSr*-v4 1
No. 1)7, C.interns street. The prios of each is <
iwtnly ounctt oj gold." ($340 )
and Siinkins has vacated tho sanctum daring the
ucr dog days and inducted tho ''Imp," who is having a
urt jolly time among the vegetables, Ho acknowledges
the receipt from tho editor of a cabbage eeigliing \
lion 43 pounds and measuring four feet in cireutnfer?"t
eucc! Also a water melon from a planter "34 inch- m
l"'? cs in length, and big round accordin."
It is proposed in the M .tannic lodges of Richmond
,.rn to appeal to tho Masons throughout the country to.
the rontribnte $1 eaob to the purchase ol Mount Vsrrt!''
i on. T.iis coniribuh'in would realise nt ?re ttrttn
sulftciitU ft* the purchase.
Jed Mis. Cunaiughani, of ilurdcll murder memory,
has be*n playing a iumo; game to clutch the v?
V' whole of "Jo.tr Dr. Biuddl't" properly. Site felgwfl(
d herself ?/icirnf?, atiJ actually hid * baby ? .vieoh x
try uraa bormwcJ for her urilb the knowledge of lieu-.it*,
and DigtrhM .Vttor.icjr. After exhibiting all tho pains- . .%
of maternity, tkc p?or dear child wai taken to ita *j
wi"| real mother. M.s. Cunuiugbam is up f.?r the >?f- *
kc Hmu.*, aejl In'l (sfotrJ. It us naw \lt?Hi^hisbc murdertd
iterdilb
IQ/ r | ^
r 'I u? Abbcvdlo Press uothnv an attempt by two
,?4.. boys belonging to Col. T. J. Roberts lo throw tk
ihe pissetiger tr.ou on lite Abbeville lira neb railroad
:'Ve olf the lr?ek. Oao lias escaped?the other is ar- ~ , *
the , *. ,
f>. rest. J.
r on Geo. Walker and Gen. Ilcnuingsen were iu
yon Charleatoo last week. a
Jti ige Mettle, of North Curohua, age J 66 years,
(yt. din! recently in Kockiugbsun county. He wa O
r oi member ol lbs llvUfCof Cain mat.? iu 1616.
'<?. Seu itor J. 11. Waller m iwninued hi California
' o! ai the Lcr.wcraiic, and KI ward Stanley, formerly
ol North Carolina, as the Know NoiI?<ug, candidates
for Governor. * ?
'Die Constitutional Convention of .Minaeeuta to .
n. il still divided?tho Dchiacrato) aud Republican par,or
ties sitt ng in separate I oils, each determined to reUnt
' ?
. ; port n constitution.
Iter
, l II> pkrua L. Turney, formerly Representative ^
' uuJ Senatot in Congress trow Tennessee, died ?*i
>(Mi (Ij0 ] instant, ol congestion. Tim death was sodlt'1'
den and uiiKh keil fur.
i'ii,,,
, i The Wellington' IJghl lufuntry have prepared
ill > ; two splendidly wriuglit silver pitchers u a present
'* * to there tut* Captain, Lewis M. II ilcli, esq.
Iran /
not! The South Carolin a*! records an accidental Salulaw
' d.i bridge, on tW*? Greenville railroad, <?n the 12ll*
,,a" i instant. A p?er gave w?y, precipitating ths sng'ne,
tuder, and several tars in>o tl*e chasiu, uud killing
VW i " * ^
wf | two firemen.
I A correspondent of the Charleston Courier from
'Riuh'&nd sa\? that Dr. I). W. Ray, of the Fork,
J manufactured a hall gullou of first-rate molasses trom
cry twenty stalks of Chinese cane!
rul ! Tltc South Carolinian announce* the arrival in
'* r Colombia of H<?n .1. J. SeibcU, late charge d'affaires
rrr of this country ubrojd.
ent The same journal records the death of Mr- J. B.
1 to Ew ift, ? young merchant of Colombia, and a roest
l'lc I useful mid estimable gentleman,
icii j
rt-r- The commencement exercises of Erskino Col' h?>
Itge, Abbe.iUe, took place on the lltli. The In,lU
j dependent Press nays that thirteen composed ths
L-dy graduating class. Ths address was made by Col.
r'? Richard Yeodon, hf the CliaHeston Courier, and
de Wil8 u disenssion of the slavery question. The Press
"' ! says had the effort been more literary the pleasure
uJd fhe audience would hare been greater.
A letter from Cyrus W. Field, now at Qusm
| town, m\? that the Atlaulio cables on board the ^
er j Agamemnon and Niagara, twenty five hundred
ncii mdea long, were united, and mt-esnges sent through
ur** ! the entire length in less than a second. Ever*- *
thine works well and promises success.
our B ^
(ur
' siavbrt in Illinois?The Mattoon (Illinois) .
CutHlr, edited by li. J. Vnu l?er?n, (formerly
Whig, now 'Nations!' pro slavery,) thus uuiurls
ihc luiuuer of tlic rc-cstublixlimcnt of s'avery in
Illinois. The eajNfsls are the Garotte's own:
<>n- *WWh two growing tendency t?> negro equality
ica* in our Slats, it ? now a subject of serious eonsiderect
ration to the people of Illinois, whether they will
out extend to negroes poiiticni and social equality, and
is; continue to let them pour into the State, or whether
or- they will ntonce declare, as a measure df self dnth
fenco nod t?oliev, in (nror of the RK-ESTABLISHMENT
OF SLAVERY IN THE STATE. ? <
in" It may be t>> some of you a startling question, bat it
bt; is always n matter of discretion to determine heand
tweeit two propositions. You hnre before yoa neon
t i gro equality in nil its and benriape. and tha
| nnldest itoasihle form of negro slavery WWiksM *
bad i you take! Yoa hsre seen how powerless vonr y
>ro- | 'black laws' have proven to be. Some other wars*
must bo taken. If we arc to have the African raca
tli- amongst us, let us hare them slaves, well fed, W#U
the clad, but kept in their proper sphere, and allowed ~
all the privileges eui- stent with their real wants, '
turn, and the safety and wcU-hcing of our own race.
iuu, "As u pliiiaiithropist and a friend to the *W|
I human family, we great I v prefer the latter. **