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- ' - IV . ^ ' * * BY CAVis & TBIMMIEE. Dcooleir to J3onti)nru (Xxofots, politics, &gritnliur?, orut iitiscrlJnui}. 62 pee anitojl ' VOL. XIV. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1857. ' """" NO*3& . 3 mup niBATTWI o*i ?? ' ' or&aiAH. Bf~CAV3s~&^5iMMlER. X. 0. P. VERNON" Associate Editor. Prioe Two Doluu per annum in advance, or $* .50 at (he end of the year. If not paid until Iter the year expiree $3.00. ? Payment will be considered in advance if made within three month*. If* subscription taken for leu than six months. Money may be remitted through postmasters at oar risk. Advertiaemente inserted at the usual rates, and oeotracts made on reasonable terms. The Spartan circulates largely over this and adjoining districts, ond offers an admirable medium te our friends to reach customers. Job work of all kinds promptly executed. Blank*, Law and Equity, continually on hand or printed to order. CAROLINA SPARTAN. ORIGINAL ESSAYS. Spartanburg Agricultural Society. REPORT ON~MANURES. Your Committee aro at n loss to know on what branch of this prolific subject to write. The kind of manure, the manner of making, and the mode of application, might acli well engage our attention for an Lour, and a report three hours' long would bo more tedious than profitable. We must therefore necessarily bo geueral in our remarks. We concur unanimously that the most important matter about manures is to have enough of it, of some kind or other; henco how to make it the cheapest and most abundantly becomes of the greatest importance, whilo applying it to tho land is comparatively a small matter. We do not deem it necessary to enter into a learned chemical analysis of manures; this we leave to Yanquelin, l'etzholdt, Thaer, Liebig, and other agricultural clicm ials; as what is contained in tlicm is not of as much importance to Ibo farmer as how to mako it aud use it. A knowledge of tho constituent elements of mauurcs would be of little value without a corresponding knowledge of tho constituent elements of tho soil and atmosphere, as all plants derive their sustenance both fiom the soil and atmosphere; and in order to know what kind of manure to put upon anv giveu soil, you must know what quantity of those clcmcuU necessary to vegetable life is contained in thai soil, aud what is wauling in order to wen manures as will supply tho deficiency needed. The principal elements of nl.mte ?> boa and nitrogen, liutnus and ammonia. The most of their carbon and nitrogen is derived from the Atmosphere, and iicnce the best manures hio those which contain the greatest quantity of hum*?a and nmiuonin. llumus is decomposed vegetable matter, while ammonia is the principal ilm.oil of animal manuios. Ture ammonia is destructive of vegotable life, and therefore those manures which have loo much ammonia are not so good, unless mixed with humus or earth. The best and most expeditious modu of making manure, therefore, within the means of every farmer, is by mixing his vegetable and animal matters together, viz: His leaves, straw, stalks, &c., with his stable manure, to which n little lime added will expedite decomposition, and improve bis manure. In a few words, therefore, if a farmer would make the largest quantity of manure possible in a given lime, be should pen his cows, hogs, sheep, and horses, every night during the winter, and keep their stalls and pens constantly covered with dry straw and leaves, and whenever they get so filled lip as to roquire cleaning out, takeout th o leaves or straw, mixed as they will bo with manure aud saturated with urine, and throw thein in peus in the lot or in the fields w here the manure will be needed; and if you have it, or can get it conveniently, mix a little lime with it, cover it over with earth, and leavo it exposed to the rains. In this way * any farmer may mako overy milk cow make manure euough in tho winter to pay for her food during the whole winter. The practice of burning the leaves in the forest is ruinous, while the custom of burning oQ the leavos in n new ground is as unwise. If tho loaves be too thick on the ground to plow, it will pay the farmer to haul them to pens, and let thern remain thoro until tbey rot; or if he will put them on his lots or stables tboy will pay betlor. Wheat straw is worth throe times its marketable raluo to any farmer who lias poor land. And who has not? If ho will put up his milk cow every night and throw a little dry straw in hor stable, she will not only bo easier kept, give more and hotter milk, but will make 8 01 10 dollars' worth of nianuie out of every 4-borso wagon load of wheat straw. The manure thus mado, when well . rotted, contains the proper proportions of the elements necessary for vegetable life, and may he applied, not only with safety, but profit, to all the crops grown iu this country. Straw, oak, or pine leaves, put up in manuro pens or piles, and covered with earth as directed, w ill rot in two or three months; and all made any time before the 1st of Jauuary may l?o used in the ensuing crop oy wLi:ii we win designate internal appiicalion, that is, by pulling it either broadcast and turning it under, or drilling it in the furrows or hills of the corn or cotton aud covering it up; and all ninde in this way before the first of March inay bo used by oxlernal application, that is, on corn around the stalk after it has como up and been plowed ouce, which is as good a plan to manure corn as any other. A double handful of well-rotted compost tnanuro to each hill of corn just before the second plowing, to bo covered up by the plow, will increase the product of the corn from 50 to 100 per cent. The opinion of your committee is, that the most prolitablo mode of applying urnuuro in the hill or drill, eillior to corn or cotton, is as follows: In January or Februaly, in fact as early as it cau bo done, after the previous crop is gathered, lay off your land by opening a furrow with a twister, running back and forth two furrows in the same row, and llieu follow with a subsoil plow, and put two furrows with a one-horso subsoil plow, or one with a two-horso subsoil, then scatter your manure along tbo drill as thick as you havo it to put on, not loss than 12 or 20 bushels to the acre; coror this with two twister furrows and let it remain until you are ready to plant, and then open with a long narrow scooter or bull touguo, which will stir up (be manure aud mix it with tbo soil?drop your cotton or corn in this furrow; and if cotton, cover with a cotton covcrer; and if corn, cover with two furrows with the subsoil one-horso plow; and your committee will insure au ample reward for the labor employed. The subject of green manures is loo much neglected in our distiict, and your committee are soliiuiled in their experience on the subject that we can only express tbo firm i^nnwiplinn #1.- 1 * ..>..v..vu, ?iwtu tu? ?uiwugy ui naturo and tho ihcory aud experience of others, that the pea vine may ho successfully and profitably used as a green manure, and would earnestly recommend every farmer who lias the means to try the experiment, as wo arc sure they cau possibly lose nothing by the operation. Sow them broadcast, about half a bushel to the acre, aud turn them unJar with a turning plow (aud follow with a subsoil plow iu the same furrow) just before frost. \ our committee cannoi ?include without urging upon every farmer the importance of devoting more time and attention to the subject of manures, as thoy regard it in connection with bill sido ditching tho only sure and speedy means of improving and advancing the agricultural interest of our country. licspectfully submitted, J. D. WRIGHT, Chairman. The Origin of the Bank of England. So late as the time of tho Restoration, every merchant kept a strong box in his own house; and when an acceptance was nresented tn liim ?!.! a?- <- " ? - - ? uun u IIIU v/rowiis and Caroluaes on his own counter. Gentlemen locked up tlieii gold in their country houses, or travelled with it in their coaches. These were tho halcyon days of thieves, when a burglar would often be .able, after a single night's work, to retire with a fortune; and highway robbery was a lucrative profession, whose adepts wero styled "Gentlemen of tho ltoad." l>y the end of Charles U's reign it was discovered that it was both safer and more convenient to have agents to keep the cash of commercial houses. This now branch of business foil naturally into the hands of the goldsmiths, who were accustomed to traflic largely in the precious metals, and who had vaults whero masses of bulliou could lie secure from firo and robbers. It was at the shops of Iho goldsmiths of Lombard street that all the payments in coin were made, fuller traders gave and icccived nothing but papor. Of course tho goldsmiths, from being the treasurers, soon become the masters of the city. Goldsmiths were tho moneylenders. Goldsmiths furnished the funds for all new enterprises. A goldsmith's note passed current on 'Chargo for cash. The nobility bad to court the favor of the goldsmiths, and Royalty itself, when a Government loan was needed, privately summoued some of the wealthy goldsmiths to its audience chamber. Tho same reasons that led the community to gather their cash into fifty vaults, instead of leaving it scattered among a thousand, soon led them to see that it would bo .mi I?m? i - ? ..... ucuci iu *.eep 11 111 one, instead of fifty. In William the Third's time llic nr..ler was freely discussed, and in 1CD4 it took the definite shape of u plan for a National Bank. Of courso so great a change was not effected without bitter opposition. A largo class denounced the "Bank of Kngland" with much violence and vindictiveness. Tories declared that l>Ahk* were republican institutions, and piedicted the ruin of the monarchy. Whigs declared it would be an instrument of ltoyal tyranny worse than the Star Chamber, and predicted the ruin of Kugli&li liberality. Tho nobility suspected it to be a scheme to elevate traders above the J'oorage, and the poor were made to believe it a new device to grind theiu to tho dust. Nevertheless, tho Hank was established, and gained popular favo, less by arguments than by its niauifost convenience and utility. It lived and grew and pros- | pored, and for a hundred and fifty years tho wealth of Kngland has lived ami grown and prospered with it. from the South Caruliuiuu. The South Carolina College. Tbe following whs addressed to the Gov* ernor by one ot tbe Alumni of tbe South Carolina College, who has travelled on tbe of Europe, as an oHoring for the Continent benefitof his loved Alma Mater. It contains the substance of a previous conversation on tho subject of college reform. We have obtained it for our coluruus, in order that it may bo more gauerally circulated: To Jlis Excellency It. F. IK Allslon. DgAK Shu In compliance with your request, I have hastily thrown together my views on tbe subject of college reform, and such as tbey are, I respectfully submit them for your consideration. I repeat what I said \o you in conversations?it matters little what name we give the iustitution, whether college or university, provided there bo a proper arraugomeut of discipline and of study. In providing for tho success of an institution of learning, two things mainly are to be considered: first, the provisions made for the discipline and government of the members; secondly, tbe methods of instruction pursued therein, or the uppliuuccs for the acquisition of knowledge. It is chielly in referenco to the former, 1 think, that our college has failed to develop the grand results, which, fiom its fine endowments, might reasonably have been expected from it. It has been found wantiug in tho very element, whcli, nbovo allthings, constituted good government: 1 mean a community of feeling and of purposo between tho governors and the governed; between the professors and the students. These seem to have exhibited towards each other a constant nutagonisu). Little impressed by their mutual obligations to promote each other's welfare, they have entertained toward each other feelings of indifference and independence, and for nearly fortv years have rladiwl in ** - >... w their mutual injury, and to the great detriment of the institution of which they have been constituent parts. It needs no philosophic pen to predict that no change for the belter cau occur iu future, un liliiS SulilU |>OM* I live reform?new elements of discipline? shall be introduced. It is a well-established principle iu government, whether as applied to small bodies or large ones, that there must bo one power to make laws? a separate one to judge thoiu?aud another to superintend their execution. Among a people accustomed to ]>olitical liberty, no government can be successful without such a distribution of power. And the principle is as applicable to the college as to the State. A large number ol the oTr<aiioA4 committed willitu Die College walls have pcmoual concern with some one or other of it- Faculty; and we could as soon expect a community of citizens to bo satisfied with the administration of justice, which authorizes the offended to sit iu judgment over the offender, as to expect a satis factory administration of the college laws when the professor is allowed to go reeking from the scene of personal insult, to judge and pass aentcnco upon the student who has offended liiru. bitch an administration is against the course of nature and of reason, and can never succeed, though applied under iho most favorable circumstances. It is one of the great principles of government aud of public liberty, that an impartial tribunal must stand between the injured and lln> n^ncA/1 o?"1 ll ..... -film Ik la iliiuklivr greiil principle, that llio law should bo executed in a passionless spirit, according to tho rules of a merciful justice. The first thing, then, to l>e sought after in establishing a proper discipline for the college, i> a supervising executive otlicor (it matters not whether he be called president, chancellor, proctor or rcctoi,) whose duty it shall be, in conjunction with the Faculty, to have an eye to the conduct and diligence of the students, and who, removed as tar as possible from all temptations to partiality, should seo that the discipline of the college be properly and wisely carried into effect. His duties should be well defined, and he should have no connection with the lileral iy exercises of the institution. In all ordinary offences, presenting few difficulties and requiring little or no investigation ot law and of facts, the judgment of this officer will suffice; but graver matters lretjueully arise, such as rebellions, insults to professors, secret violations of the college laws, ?fcc., in which it is often necessary to investigate . and decide judicially and impartially. In the second place, then, there should be a competent court in the College, with a judge at the head of it, having regularly defined powers, with authority to make a thorough legal investigation of ail offences against the laws, and to administer such punishments as the law may prcsciibo.. Subjecting the student to the strict discipline of law, will not, I know, suit the taste j of some who rely altogether upon the principle of honor in governing the young men of the college; but what, 1 nsk, is the basis of all true honor but proper observance of i t \ - ... inns iimuuu upon mo principles of justice and honor? To what is the appeal of honor made, if not to tho observance of those very laws? Certainly not to tho mere whims and caprice of a young man's conscience? This would be anything else than a code of honor. A proper spirit of subor-' duration to law is worth more to the young men in Republican Government, than all the vapory notions of gentlemanly conduct thuy can possibly acquire in tho bo called schools of honor. Rut true gentlemanly conduct is over and beyond the law. It is j the offspring of a native generosity of char- I actor, which tho law can build out and per-! feet, but can nover destroy. Resides, young men, when they come forward into life, are compelled to obey the laws of their country and to observe tho forms and judgments of our courts. What butler preparatory training could (hoy have for these important du- , ties of manhood, than that to which they 1 I would bo subjected in tho cullego eourU.' | Such a tribunal would, 1 aiu sure, give I satisfaction to the professor and lire student. It would declare impartial and truthful do unions between the Vacuity aud the atu ] deals nnd the laws?anil that native sense delh of justice implanted in ail right-minded na- subji tures, must secure (or it a lasting aud hap- tarai py success. privi Take, then, some prominent nnd expori- 0. cnced lueinber of the bar (at Columbia;) *ion give him a salary of eight hundred or a be ci thousand dollars, aud require him to hold fixed court iu collego one or two days cvory week, of tfa to try all offences that may be brought be- of s fore him by tho ofiiccrs ol the college, or shou by the students themselves. Nothing, in ing my judgment, would be bolter calculated acad to preserve order uud discipline in tho col- then lego thau such a court. Its decisions would miss be acquiesced iu by the students, because of ih it would be an independent tribunal, stand- to at ing impartially between them and the Fac- T? ully, and the professors would find them- whic selves thereby relieved from tho unnatural quir< and unpleasant situation of judging in their joct own cause, which is so often the source of ;hev their unpopularity. radii Dr. Waddel is said to have introduced a lege discipline something like this iu his Acade- view my at Wiliiugton, Abbeville District, at favoi which were congregated from 180 to -00!ends students from every | art of the State; aud j tcrre iu ruanv of tire Herman Uuivcrsilius, esj>o- | requ i'i.-I i i?-? iu.li ui Liui 11 ilt IlltVlllg UpWal'llH Ol I wliu '-.',000 student*, and 100 professors and leach- prof* er.s, this court lias existed with the happiest our I results. of rc lJoro, then, would ho iu college the three port; necessary elements of a good government lore ?ihe trustees acting as a legislative body; see ihe judge as the judiciary, and the presi- ?uro ding otlicer as the exeeutivo. Under such aui, an organization, I venturo to ]>redict the course of tlio college would be smoothly onward, and iho additional expense would be more tbau twice repaid every year of the existence of the institution. A Tlio next point to be considered, is a re- citiz organization of the literary department of vide the college. In my opinion, moie would tiers bo done lor the success of college itislruc- com: lion by the establishment of a few high Kin: academics in the Stato for the preparation his < o! young men, than by any other means ngai which can, at present, bo adoplod. Still, Virg some changes may bo introduced iu the "iho college curriculum that might better adapt nali' it to the existing stale of things utnong us. how ] cannot concur in the opinion of some, sunn that students should ho required to lake ou- * J res ! y three branches, and to choose entirely lor side, themselves. A plan of study should bo The preset ibod, and degrees con fared as a re- solr< ward of merit aud distinction. This 1 take the to bo absolutely necessary as a spur to the oflio ambition of iho young, and as the only way to It of securing a proper standard of scholarship, rcvo It is unnecesvury to resort to the monastic pass Jogrcc*. .-uir .a V.i.v.: fa i\o continental l'nii universities, such as I Joe lor of Diviuity and gioc Doctor of Law, Doctor of Modicino and Doc- tv, a tor of l'hilosophy. This would bo uusuitcd ed, f to the state of things among u>; but may ism. not something like iho follow iug be adopt- Ii cd with succo>st \\ hi Kcipiire each student upon entering col- The1 lego to lake fee branches, two of which? they for instance, an ancient language, and some Join branch iu mathematics?shall bo prescribed war* by law, and tlio other thrco bo chosen by Join himself. Put, at iho same liino. lot a num. a..,i ber of brunches bo arranged, us convenient- Mar Iv us possibl", to suit tba various callings in man life, to which shall bo attached the dcjrcc ougl of the college. Without aiming at more tudc than the j'lan, this may bo dono somehow the lb u>: greu sili?r.:s lou iiiOtiK designed foii the wcr< Mixi-ruy.?Ancient Languages, Moral 1 'hi- and losophy, Mental .Philosophy, Natural Phi- F losophy, Logo and Kheiotic. inar l-'ou Lvw.? 1. Ancient Language, Mela, ed :i physic* and Logic, Moral Philosophy, l'olili Suu cal Science, Mathematics. vest Fori Mi:iucim:.? 1. Ancient Language, not Natural Sciences, Moral Philosophy, Mo- avd dcrn Language,-., Natural History. and Fou Planum;.? 1. Ancient Language, ries Agricultural Chemistry,Modern Languages, red Moral Philosophy, Mathematics. well Fou Mkhcastii.k bi/siness.?1. Ancient firin Language, Modern Languages, Moral l'hi- theii losophy, Mathematics, including Book- ?(ju; Keeping, llistoiy aud Geography. a pr Gkm.uai. Cot use.? 1. Ancient Lan- Can guage, Modern Languages, Moral Philoso- "del ]?hy, Political Science, History and Geogra- to ll phy. title J should add a Law 1* rofcssonfiip, but' inllu mote to serve the purposes of a general ! fieie education than with a view to professional j ed ] ends. In addition to the above courses, ileal which can he easily arranged lor a teun of lord four years, they should he entitled to the: F Baccalaureate degree of the College. 77icy, j he c however, who may adopt the lirst plan t Bob named?i. o., pursue the studies of their Iters choice after the two presciibed by law? they should hut ho entitled to the College de ho il gree-, but simply to a ceitificato ot jiroli sulli ciency. r. . I J 1 ho iusli uclions should continue to ho v'orl diulectic.il and not altogetherynUctioius, as ^e I1 iu tierinan universities. j h?U 0. The professor* should bo allowed a , r,o'' small fixed salary of $1,000or *1,J00, with il"^ the privilege of charging pupils w ho take 'll8 1 their branches as much as ?10, or less if they choose, la thus proportioning the. pay of the professor, to some extent, to his Sarv diligence, ability and learning, his be-it ef- j )oU forts will be secured, and tlieio will bo os tahlishod between himself Mud the student a tie ot friendship, which would greatly as Mirv sisi in the government of tlio institution. moil i. In addition to the regular professors,! 1 there should ho licensed teachers, who may c,rtn give instruction in the college. Any young | 'lc 11 man who may <>!>. .in permission from the lo l' l'rustces for teaching and lecturing in the ?h college, should ho allowed a small salary of to t! ?jt)0 or ?(500, with tlio light to charge pu- lis, i pits who may attend his instruction froin?l not to ?10 each. I his will open a field of lite- j kept rary labor to the young mon of talent in "Oh the State, and will do more for tlio cause of youi learning than any reform which is likely to spiri be made, it will form among us a class of to g literary men, from whom tlio college may yon always bo supplied w ith able professors. | ^ es, ??. 1*1 tcli uglilar profonsoi - 1 > ill bcicpiii- h iv? cd, in tbe tuui.o of lire academic \cui to d.tili er monthly public lectures, on boiih act in his own department, and the 3 privilege should bo extended to tin lie teachers. A slaudard of qualification for adinis into the college should unquestionably itablislied, and tlio ago of sevenleer 1 for the time of admission. The ohjeel 10 institution is to elevate the standard cholurship. To effect this, student! Id have ample preparation before gain' admittance into it. Had we the Stall oinies abovo alluded to, graduation in i would be a sufficient passport for ad' ion into the college; but in the abseuci ese, au examination test is the only way I m it. j fill out the minuluc of this plan, ol h the above is a mere outline, will ro a labor and reflection, but no great ob> can bo achieved without these; and who are in earnest in making some :al improvements upou our preseut col discipline and instruction, with tin of re instating the college in public r, and of making it subservo the high of such an institution, w ill nut be de d by the degree of energy and w isdom irod to effect these improvements. One , like yourself, has long manifested : jural interest in the public education ol State, will, I know, coino to the task Term with a resolution equal to the im unco of tho work involved. Every trui r of the Slate must earnestly desire U tho college placed onco more upou t basis. With the highest esteem, 1 your obodicut servaut. **'* The Kevolutton. From IVarsou's History of FaiifiufJ. t tho commencement of the war, tin ens of Fairfield were about equally di d in their politics. The Europeau set said "they had just arrived in till itry?that they had corue in on tbi bounty?bad obtained their lands by jraut, and it was ungrateful to tun nst his government." Many of tbi ;inians and PeunsyIranians turned then ughls on peace." There were but few re Carolinians in the district. All ever, were indomitable Whigs. It wut olliing strange after nil that the sous o iu Frin were inostlv found on ?I??? <? - VJ " Ait apology may bo imule for thein people from Antrim had formed them ,-s into a strong militia company undei loud of James Phillips?elected theii crs, and had taken all preliminary .slop1 mder their services to the colonial ami lutionary government. White aboul ing resolutions to that effect. Join lips, an Autr'un man, arrived on the ind. lie was a person of great author! ltd in an address to the persons asscinbl >crverted tho whole iuto dow uiight lory t tho courso of tho war many of th< igs established a character for heroism y had to perform a double duty, ami nobly performed it. Tho names ol i Lylcs, (ho vms liner,)Thomas Wood 1, Aratnauus I ..vies, Kobert Hancock t Pearson, Benjamin May, John Cook row Gray, Jumos Kincaid, Edward tin, John llcll, George Perry, (witli y others mentioned in litis history,] it to go down with honor and grati i to posterity. Can wo love loo muci memory of theso good and true, if noi ,t men? They were great men, for the) i patriots and warriors "without fcui without reproach." airfield was a battlo-fiehl. It was ro ked that many of tho Whigs establish > fame for her<>istu of the highest order iter said: Benjamin May was the bra mail he ever knew. Among the Tories one hcio was to be found. The Whig: Tories met at Mohlcv's tueoliiig-house after lite first crack of tho lillo the To lied to a man. The satno thing occur at a Whig und Tory skirmish at Cald 's place at Leo's Creek, and after tin g and the rotil of tho Tories was perfect r i\.l I .I .. I?I :n:_- ' . , vui. vuuu i was iouiii itled in a briar patch, aiul dragged ou isoncr. The Court of Appeals of Soul! din a have tacitly aflirmed tliat tin il is entitled to his due." According tat potent decision .lolin Phillips is eu d his due. He had an unaccountabli letice over Cornwallis, and in the beni tit exercise of that influence lie obtain ardou for all tliO Whigs condemned t? li at the drum head court, while hi ship occupied Winusborough. urir.g the stay of the llrilish chieftaii dteu sent for John Milling and Walt] etlson to converse will) him about mat connected with his command. Ho sait were men of extraordinary seitso, au< loubl often reminded him of victory, re tig in no advantage, and triumphs end in hard knocks and ultimate disaster i wall is ordered the country people t< mid liberally for their produce, and uio id no one in the enjoyment of civi ts. With the duo military ceremonie precautious, lie admitted every one l< uatkeo. Johnny Sarvico visited him was a crank old Irishman. And who Cornwallis, are you! "I aiu Jolinn; ice, at your servico." "Well, what d? want?" "1 want pay for a patch ? at eat up by the Hrilidi Cavalry.' ell, go, said Cornwallis, to llio Coimnis , establish your claim, and get you ey." Johnny thought it appropriate nduigo liis irresistible propensity fo kites*, and before bo lofL In* mpiired nt' Cornwallis if ho wa? any kit to Wallis' down tho road. >1 in Mills, of Cheater, gained adrnissioi le tuarkee. "Ami who, said Cornwal ire you?" "M v Lord, replied Mills, <i< you lemoinhor oM .lolin Mills, win your father's raco horse in Ireland , is that you, John? giro us a wage bono, an help yourself right freelv t> t? and water." .lolin drauk, but faile< race his drain with a toast. "And hav any business with me, mv old friend? your Lordship?I understand yoi : in siew to hang a g m l iiiioy ol yoi i"t \\ hij., and 1 had it lu maid to ba; >' to you that thai wm in t lie way to succeed LC: ) with these people?beside* nothing it more (jA j uncertain than the fate of battles, and your UaTt,| Lordship and your brave men may chauge jnforc places with the Whigs now condemned to 'p^y g ' die. My son John is one of the damndest eer?, i Whigs in the colony, and if your Lordship 1,270 t goes on to hang, aud you should afterwards or 4j| I fall into Johu's hands, he would hang up jmrue t your Lordship like a dog." Johnny's por<Jt speech had its possible effect, for nobody t),e r s was hung, no property plundered or de?- ?f tJ, i troyed. It would not be worth while to Havel speak of the spirited attack made by a part recied ) of Sumter's force on tho British post at for cr( ' Rocky Mount. Ttirnbull in command of wbi!e that post, with Brili.-Ji and Tories, made Up iQ f out to maintain his position with inconside- Were rable loss. The hope of the attack consist- jetj u cd in firing a stack of hay and commuuica1 ting the flames to the Fort; but the unruly only 1 i wind blew the wrong way. And how of -p^, teu iu life do we find that we fail because t0 ex i tho wind is perverse and intractable. James ^int ; : Johnston, cotuinonly known as Adjutant uf ij,;, i Johnston, was tho Whig hero on this occa- 'p|? sion. lie wore the blade which graced the jas i side of his grand father at the siege of l?cr- muliti ) ry. pf?gr i After the defeat of the British nl Black about stocks, aud it was incoutcsiihle in its com- |,jrr|i : plelene?s, the wreck of the British troops ^ engaged iu that light dropped dow n to Mrs. going i Dansby's, uear Broad river. The poor old from > widow was forthwith ordered out of the an(j B i dwelling with her childien. She refused Uajali [ to go; foice was threatened. She bid dofi- i,;s &e auce to force. "1 will uot say what I am; uran, but you say I am a British subject?and Queei if so, I have the right of a British subject |cft j> until I am legally divested by the verdict c|ear of a jury. If you must have u shelter, go |IH9 g > take the kitchen, aud make the most of it/' Cupat They took her at her word?and British the le otlicers, scented, clad and trimmed oil" with ?Jang< s gold lace aud decorated with gold epau pore i iotle?, were giad to find an asylum in poor t|1Ht t ' old Martha Dausby's kitchen. Such is the hov o i indomitable resolution exerted iu the right rc?tor ) spirit and in a good cause. Many of the Qu r British ollicers aud British soldiers wound- the 2 ed nl Blackstocks died here. Among the tuenli , test, and chiefest in all that constitutes the Cittnp t man and tho hero, was Maj. Morny. Ho auxili f was connocled with some of tho highest sjr \ I names iu old Knglaud, and distinguished marcl . for scholarship, kind hearledness aud gal- jy lantry. Tho day he was removed from the per0z r kitcheu to another world, tho powter ou gust, r the shelf rattled with the excess of his con- l*unji t vulsivo agonies, and ho cried out often, L}tia ? I "come on, boys, wo value none of them but Jiltlo L Tom Sumter aud Will Washington." mav l Major Morny > pArlicuUrlf montioncd. tuu>. i because, strange to say, his English friends result - were never apprized of his fate, and not wai t thirty years ago inquiries were mado after 05^ him. lie sleej?s ou the hill top where he aurgc. breathed his last, and the winds have long ge > since whisj.crod his requiem. route< Besides contributing many brave men to anoint I the regiment of Hangers, afterwards to 0f ^11C f Sumter and Marion, Fairfield sustained the qb - great cau>o with a noble spirit iu many Woun wilier re* p ;cts. is sai< After the drawn battle of Ilobkirk's Dill, on be I which the British claimed as a great victo- CI,tcrt > ry, but which, by the by, they had no pow- jng c, I er to improve. Green passed over the Wate- Agra ree at Grave's Ford and encamped on the Xh 1 bauks of Sawney's Creek. llis vigilant ^je 2 1 adversary, Uawdon, crossed tbe Wateree tbo g ' at Camden, and marching up encamped on |ftr bj r the south side of that stream. The creek Futte was not large, but the banks were high, whicl - steep, and impracticable, llere the two nr- was c - tnies met face to face, but both concluded gU,b. . to retire without a battle. Uawdon dropp- be 01 od down towards the low country, and Oawri 1 Green with his wretched force, almost na nous 4 ked, swarming with vermin, and scrawny be de . with famine, look post at Mr. Keubeu liar- afler riaou's. They needed every tiling. They 0fGo tented under the blue arch of heaven, slack- |adhr - cued nothing iu resolve and purpose, but a?j c i looked manfully forward to happier times ruu c , arid brighter days. Mr. llarrisou had ijonei 1 been with Sumter in his perils, his partial |K>ro t success and his defeats, lie thought like w|l0 1 a soldier and felt like a man. lie ordered cjvjl - his people to forward to the uriiiy bread neers ; stuffs, vegetables, fat cattle and sheep in ibose - plenty. Green remained at his bivouac for 4t50C 3 a whole week, living on the hospitality of Ht0 S| Mr. Harrison. When about to leave, hav- checli ing no strong box, he tendered to Mr. liar- qq, > rison a certificate for the bountiful supplies \% ritii s lie bad furnished. No, said Mr. Harrison, a Ct)H "we are engaged in the samo great cause; auac] 1 \ou are wuleomn to ?ll von ' 4 - ? .... J ? ".?<v . vvvi , llltpoi ?' your success will l>o my pay." % tinge In one of his marches through tho up iinUe 1 lands, Washington's corps of cavalry halted juWx) 1 at Ingloinau'a Mill, ou Wilkinson's, soiuo- e times called Owoiis' Creek. His object ccpj * most probably was to watch the motions of c||jef '. the Hrilish Colonel, I tin is, who was posted CouJi > at Sciiurrer's Kerry, afterwards called Slro- ^^,,1 liter's, now called Huff's, or llugtey's. tival I Washington was wholly out of money and ?)i^iu s out of supplies. The Commissary, Mr. $utle j ' Hutchinson, was sent over to Philip Pear- co 0p ( son's, who lived n??ar, to ascertain the chance , ' of procuring meat and bread for lite men, M |lt V ; and provender for tho horses; anJ if these ]? > necessary articles could ho had, to provide ,\ugi f I for their transportation to tho destitute .juilo ' catnp. For ouo week Washington's men j?g r - and horses were abundantly furnished from fUTee r Mr. Pearson's farm. These are bright stars 0f q ? I in tho cap of Fairfield, and ought not to be SCfCr r ' suffered to grow dun or escape the memory Rmi . e i of a grateful posterity. wj l I TI..? i ? ? ... ? ..? .1VI? VI i IIWIU UJtve MOIIO t*lllCh ' IS tin | military service. Tboy fought at the field ' Nati i? of Guilford, and oil every lull lop, ami in ' com: 1 every valley in their own Slate. Tliey and 0 ' fought for North Carolina, Georgia, Ten- trooj i) ! nossee, Alabain and Florida. In the last but " 1 Itritish war, troops from Fairfield, at the polic d tap of the drum, marched for the seaboard, in ill > In iho Seminole war, they were oil' to the troy< 1 swamps and everglades of Florida as quick man e a> horses' heels could bear them; and in ! N. I. the Mexican war they distinguished them-I aimil i selves at \ era Crux, Alvarado, Oorro Gordo,! uros i Con ti er.t?, Churubusco, Chepultepec, and ' alter f the gates of Mexico.?Caruiiua Time*. I S*. ?99HBH patch to the East India Hou^e. lcl'ita, September 9, 1867.?'General lock still ut Cawnpore, waiting for re einents, and Lucknow still unrelieved. 'Otli Regiment, about balf tbe FusSV* and u nine pounder battery, in all men, w?r? at Allahabad an tbe Sd i; COO infantry and the battery were diateiy pushed forward toward Oaersand Gen. Outrain was to follow -with unainder of the infantry on tbe nigbt e Mh instant. lie expects to join lock on the 11th or 12tb, and has diI the latter to have everything ready ussing the river on his arrival; meanwe have intelligence from Lecltoow the 2d inslaut, when tbe garrison in good spirits and sufficiently prori- >. ith focal. They had recently repulsed rriuined assault, and had disabled the ieavy|guus belonging to tbe assailants. j ganison have beeu told to bold out trernily, and they are now con6dent hey will be relieved about the middle a month. 0 liewah troops, detached as reported 1 message to iutercepl the Dinapore leers, were not in time to an est their ess; the latter crossed the Tuuse river the 2Cih, after some delenliou by Hood, ami their march has been marks' plunder. They give out they are to Delhi. The rebel Koocr Sing lied Kohtas about the 27lh or 28lb ult., ought refuge in Hewalr territory. The i warned liiin off, whereupon most of poy adherents deserted him. A colconsisting of a wing of the 53d a\ 27th Madras N. I.and some guns, anegunge ou the 27ill ull., and will ihu trunk road. The Nepnni Durbar iveii 1,000 Goorkbas to aid in tbe ocion of Champarun and the districts on It Dank of the Gauge*, which are en;red by the abandonment of Goruckby the civil officers. It is thought lie force stulod, which left Kalmaudn the 1 Glh or 14 lit ult., will suffice to e in those districts. r latest accouuls from Delhi extend to Gib ult. The 1'unjaub reinforcements oned in llie last message reached on Hlli nil., and more recently an ary forco of aboul two thousand and luudred uien from Cashmere has ied lo join iho force, ll is expected good service. A uew siege trafn from {>ore is expected by the end of Anand llio Chief Commissioner of the iub calculates that by the middle of noulh iho force before Delhi will be short of 15,000 men. This estimate be somewhat loo high. There baa iho usual skirmishing, with the same On the 12lh ult. a battery which rouhlesome was taken; and on the Brigadier Nicholson attacked the iunls, who were trying in a large body l lo our rear, entirely defeated aud i them and took 12 guns, with all the nation, equipage, and the baggage ) enemy. e troops are in good health and spirits, Jed doing well, supplies abundant. It ] that some overtures are made by, or half of, the King. They will not be :aincd. The garrisons have been levymlributiona in the neighborbood of and the northwestern provinces, e latest intelligence from Agra is to 5th August. All still in the fort and eneral health good. Nothing particuid occurred, except an expedition to nporo liukrce, and another to Ilatrass, i latter defeated the insurgents, but lot strong enough to re-occupy AllyTbo Furruckabud Nawab is said to i the road betwoen that place and ipore with three regiments of matiinfantry, and one of cavalry; he will alt with by Gen. 1Jarc-lock's column, relief of Luckuow. On the deserting ruckpore, by the civil officers a Chuckfrom Oudo took possession. Anarchy onfusion in the district, and Churnpaousequenlly iu some danger, as men1 elsewhere. Azimgurgh and Jounhare been occupied by tbe Goorkna*. marched from Goruckpore wiik tbe oilicers of native states. The niutiof Gwalior Contingent, joinod by fioin Iudore and Mhow, reckoned at I infantry, 000 cavalry and SO guns, .ill believed to be al Gwalior, held iu , it is reportod, by Sciudia. 0 political agent, Major Macplierson, ig fioin Agra on the 7lb ult., expresses tident belief in bis loyal and friendly iimoul to us. Tbe peace of Buopal is rilled by the open tuuliuy of tbe Connu All tbe Bundlecuud chiefs conlo behave well, as aIso tbe Newab of ob and the petty stales of Dhar-Dewtc., none having openly t volted exAnijtiorn. In Kajpoena, the native are quiet, and appniently true. Hie net of the Nizam's Government at 11 y>*d is admirable. The Mohurrtim feepassed off without any commotion or rbance whatever, l'nttiab and all bis j clilets continue in active and zealous icralion. Goolab Siugli, of Cashmere, on tbe 2d of August; bis successor is, 1 was, our stauuehest adherent, lelligence from l'unjaub to tbe loth of 1st. Bunjauh and Cis SutlU-j States i tranquil. Large local levies are beniscd to supply the place of tbe reintnenta gone to l>elhi. Goolab Singh, '.is'imeio, before his death, promised ity-fivo Incle# to the sis percent. luaa. shout 20 were expected in Cis Sutlcj. ill, probably, draw nearly a ciare, which 8 estimated want. The disarmed 26th vo Infantry, at Lahore, murdered their Handing officer on the 30th of July, broke away from the cantonment. The >s sent in pursuit took the wrong road, the mutineers were followed by the a and the people of the country, and ie first tl?ys of August were either dea d or captured and executed; hardly a has escaped. Fugitive* of the frStli , at iVshnwur, hare been soiled an j arly dealt willi. These vigorous uu<a?. will piob.ibly ?l?ler others fn>m similar npts. *i P. Ktrtjfttosa, ICIClary to the Government of li.diO i