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"!s3w. HBBB ' v-- -. : ;#v*vf' *' . % ' w --, V _ # ' I -<^MnwaanMBswBaagaKaa^-wsBB^aHHnm^?a ^ __. THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. __ ' __ * by cavis & tbimmieb. Dcuotctr to Sotitljevn litgljts. Politics, Sericulture, nuir :R?iscclJomj. ?2 per annum. .*. VOL. XIV. spartanburg, s. c., thursday, december 10, 1857. ~~ ng42. '? 4 ; " *" * , * , ' * * *?**' >-*W ? .J ? THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. 1 "Well, gentlemen, lot llio stars sliino 1 "1 htite heard much in nrniso of vm.rl "! ?.? nw#?.ln mM I.i.-Ji 1 - " BY CAVfS"& AlUMMIKR. ' T.|SLp. VERNOX Associate Editor. el ? Price Two Dollars per annum In pdvnncc, or 'f .50 at the end of the year. If not paid until I pi after the yoar expires $3.00. at Payment will be oonsiderod in advance If made within three months. * j No subscription taken for less than six months. Money tnay bo remitted through postmasters at 01 our risks et Advertisements inserted ntthensnnl rates, ami contracts made on reasonable terms. m The Spartan circulates largely over this ami v< adjoining districts, oml otters an admiratle mod.urn to our friends to reach customers. Hf Job work of nil kinds promptly executed. Wanks, Law and liquify, continually on hand or ?>x printed to -order. j0 v CAROLINA SPARTAN * Written for the Carolina Spartan. l'? LTJLA WOODS WOETH; on nn LOVE STRONGER THAN PRIDE. _____ Bit Jlf J. FORFESX aovrXK. w< CflAlTKR IV. Music, wine, and social company are, in vv the estimation of ninny the most important ingredients of human life and happiness. Whether there l?o much or any truth in such J~ an idea, it is neither our purpose nor inch- s'' nation to discurs just here; but certainly, lri kind reader, judging from appearances, sc which, by the way, is no criterion whatever, we could not but acknowledge, as we en- * ter Desmond Drayton's beautiful cottage, tlirce months after the incidents related in s,i the last chapter, that the persons seated in his ' handsomely furnished parlor had u<> doubt ! lw whatever ?m the subject. If we allow our v minds to go back to llie nierry dava of old England, and call to mind the meetings of I1' celebrated wits, orators,statesmen, wjnriors. poets nnd philosophers, around the well tilled board of some publie hou*e--siich, for in- ro stance, as the "Mermaid," during the reign c'' of "Queen liess"?we are struck immediate al Jy with the idea that there was and is some P' virtue, at loast, in uiusic, wine, nnd good r company. p< Upon such occassions as these, one is at th a loss to account for the lively sallies of wit, 1 w< the keen retort, the brilliant pun, and the ' fo general "How of soul" that seems to pervade j m the entire paity. Dofore I introduce the | reader to a special company, with which I lit have more to do just now than any other, in 1st us mutually cur.ie to an understanding, ?h that the writer is not advocating, but mere *h Jy relating, what uiay here follow. ii| Seated at the head of the table is Pes- of mond himself, the hero of our story, and al one of the mo>t eloquent and popular Jee i turers of his day. \V hcllier he be in good i pi spirits, or good spirits into him, deponent ev aaith not; but one thing is certain, he is |y apparently iu one of his best moods. in At the foot of the table sits a rather jo- \V( vial and handsome young man, to whom ]?j the reader has already been introduced, in l>r the person of Edgar Williamson, thtf entliti- wj siastic and gentlemanly ed'tor of the "I)aily sl< Uliuuderer," ami a man who "spares neither I re pains nor expense to make liis paper all iliat th can l?0 desired," <ke. To see liim sit there hi with such ut a tii relations of good humor ami ni happiness, one would suppose thai ho had an taken a lr?tb in L*the. and forgotten his vi vocation altogether "in the press of enjoy- w; ineTits duri 'g ill - t.'hrislutas Holidays'? wl poor deluded wretch! thou liast forgotten Hs that thou art, an editorJ That p ilo-fa:ed, sh ?ggy?eyo hrowed man t.; next to lJesnintid, with his thin lips, hollow an cheeks, high and projecting forehead, i- c?v Israel Touiiiusou, the novelist. JIow those co dark ay oh almost glare upon you, seeming A to peer into your very soul and detect the H slightes' movement of the heart! Just op he polite to ItiTit -its Fa-moll Evans, tlic poet, th with his mild, laigo hazel eyes beaming iii -upon you, aul It's red lips partly opened, a- nc if ready to waiido one ol his sweet sotigs, of which have quieted the wild ikrobhings o! he many a care woi n heart, and made it benu- sa liful even amid its woo. lie was omr of ni lire favored few, who, with n stroke of the b* pon, could 0f "spread nowers o'er all the earth, I en And %tnrs o'er all the Remember Lionel), fur he acts an iinnor th tant part in our story, as well as in another, >t< now in courso of preparation. The limits of my atory will not admit of anything like a lengthened description of t,v the many persons present, hut en nice it to j> day, that bo-ido those already mentioned, |(, there word four lawyers of high standing and eminence in '.heir profession, five profeasors of music, each a master of his instru- j tnoitt r??l ?!</??%h mtuiiMunc ??"' 1 ists, seven editors, who generally manage : * to spare a night now and then from (heir H1 "laborious professions," andscverul captains, j lieutenants and colonels, with fierce looking :is' moustaches and military airs, making in all ! about thirty gentlemen. | 1,0 "Mr. I'ire-entor," said Desmond?now '.Fire-eater, mind you. was none other than | M the senior editor of the "Squash Anniliila- g<i tor"?-"you are really eating nothing at all. ; in "What part of the tut key do you prefer!" ; he Mr. Fire-eater very smilingly replied, that: pe he was not at all particular iu the matter,! wr< tail if he was permitted ti> have his choice, W lie wouhl take "the part that goe- over the in fence la--t." "I see that you abide hy tho in Scriptures, so far as your eating is concern-1 ed," laughingly replied Lionel!: "you think j ni that the last should ho firs:," "Gentlemen,' said Edgar Williamson, sit Jtalf clioking with laughter, "you may have hi my papor gratis f>?r uiio year, and my hat \ t to hoot." "Verily, Edgar," replied the novelist, with in tho utmost gravity, "you do as much for ono half of your subscribers as that, and in- : vo Htend of furnishing them with your hat At nlso, you givo thcin all that is under it." "We have (lttyycrs and shooting stick* i only for delinquent subscribers," replied j *di Edgar, hut reserve nil our start for our j on frionds." 1 lX , liere they are, and take care that you d< ot misplace them upon certain occasions Vq came here for tho vulgar purpose c itiog, not publishing; hut rather than in irferowith your inclinations, pray insert i ieco of turkov. I assure you it is a ricl id spicy article," 6aid Desmond. 'Takelhat man out immediately!"laugh gly exclaimed Friggins, one of tho rausi ans, "or I shall drink wino no moro for rer." "Then, my dear Friggins," replied I>es ond, "like King lLenrv, it may bo said o >u, from this night, "Iln nover tmiln jain." "Now, by all that is impossible to hear.' claimed Friggins, amidst a roar of laugh r from the company, "did mortal eve ?ar die like of that!" Mr. Johnson, bless my soul, what nr< ring?" said Desmond, observing that g<Mi small eating Very sparingly. "llo is distributing pie, 1 should think,1 plied Fire-eater, "judging from the appear ice of his plate." "Mr. Johnson does not see tho point,1 id Friggins." "My good Friggins, replied Johnson, "i on Id take a sharper eye than mine to do ct anything like a point in anything liieh you have said to-night; a jkvIv f wouk it my purposes as well just now." "I do declare," raid Friggins, playfully izing a carving knife from the table, all be under tli? painful necessity of ilitis iting my remarks by cuts, before you car e the point." "Well done for Friggins!" chimed in ovci doten voices. "You are already in possession of a gooc r.ed frontispiece, Fiiggins," retorted John I), pointing to a large piece of flesh ho reeii llio eyes and mouth of that worthy liich lie dared to call a nose. "I am aware of that fact," laughingly re ied Fiiggins; "I nose it well." And thus were jokes passed, and relorli ven, until almost every one of tho nuine us dishes were empty. The dishes am uth weie then removed, and fine wine id liquors and aegara took their vucan aces, only to meet with a like fate. ii is 1101 our purpose, nor do we feel dis >sed, to describe what now took place? o songs wliich were sung, llie toasts wliicl ere given, and the music which wiu per ruied. Wine, toasts, songs and iostru eulal music were all excellent?the latiei pecislly. The coinltineJ melody of vio is, flute*, guitars, harp and piano, may l>< lagincd far better than described, and tin owcr of exquisite music, that filled ant notified the parlor of l)esinond Dray tor ion this occasion, inua far above the power; description, us the blue of i.cuvou i iove the verdure of earl Ik J'ity thai music should he prostituted! ? ty that lier honeyed tunes do not linger er and alone, amid all that is pure, love and of good report! l'ity that her voici ay be heard iu the abodes of vice, a; ell as in the homes of the pure in heart ivy that she slupifios the ruin madJeuci mo of the drunkard with the same s??iij. i'.li which she lulls the little chihl to swee ;ep and innocent dreams. Let not tlu ader suppose that these reinaiksaro par uilarlv applicable to the party now n*?ein ed in Desmond's parlor. True, there w:i uch wine drunk, many queer songs sung id an unusual decree of mirth and con viality manifested; hut every man present as a tnan of sober and profound judgment lio partook of and enjoyed such season! these as ho would stop lo pluck a wih iwer in his patit, not becanso ?t was nc isari/, but because it whs pleasant ntu ;reoablo. Desmond had been feeling fat er since bis arrival in Woodvilie; In uld neillicr read, write, nor anything else dark cloud was lowering over bis bead ? deep, chilly, shadow was cieeping over Id !art, wliicli made hint wretched. Ko cso reasons bad lio called together his mi nate friends and associates, whom \v< >w find assembled in bis cottage. Manj thorn were hard working men, who ha< ten closeted in dull ollices, studies, am net mils for many a long day and wean ght, busily engaged in brain work for tin inelit of their f? llow men. To such aclas men, such social gatherings as tlio pies it Was of laro n/?i*nrr.?in?? - viyujc* itli ?i zest far above the comprehension o e masses. Hut we must proceed with ou ary. The little clock upon the mantel had jus ruck twelve, the quests had nil depatled ccpt Lionell Lvniis, who now stood will UMiuxnl upon the piazza, admiring tin velitiess of the moon-illumined night. "Vou nro feeling sad, Desmoid, are yni it?" said Lionell alleclionately, placing hi: ind upon 1 >csniond'* shoulder. "il.tw can I help it, my dear fellow?" 10 ieil Desmond. "Do you 5trivo against such feelings?' kod Lionell. "Vet", Lionell, I doalrive; and yet I know l why, but I begin to feel very unhappy.' "Now, Desmond," replied Lionell, "wher rs. Woodsworlh obtained the til am > J ? >verness in uncle's family, through voui tluence, and you persuaded him lo sein :r child to a fashionablo school at yourex use, did you not say to mo, that vol mid feel linppy now, so long as Shs rood?worth ho kept in ignorance regard g tlio part that you arc acting in tin tleri" "I did tell you as much," replied Des ond. "What then is tlio cause of your sadness ice your plans have succeeded so ndinira y, and Mr*. Woodsworth ?o comfortably uated}'* "Does sho over speak of nio," nskod I)es ond. "Cousin Leolino tells 1110 that she speak ry highly of your lectures, and invariably lends i hem." "Is that all?" asked Desmond. "Alii?lean tell you what, Desmond, <>tild like such a thoroughly refined, edu tod, accomplished and beautiful lady t< y as much about my poems." 1 atA o poems, my dear Lioticll, arid ." " W< i. "Well, Desmond, say no more, or I will though if not relate inoro of what 1 have heard that Lula, a - Mrs. Woodsworth has spoken about you." woman n "Go on," replied Desmond. bent ut !i "Well, iny dear fellow, cousin Loolinc, heart j; says, that Lula Woodsw'orth thinks you, wine u - not only a handsome, bule worthy amino- purpost bici-lieftrted man. How do you liko that!" "No "LionelI Evans!"exclaimed Desmond, with said Li much agitation and warmth, "beware how "My i- you trilio with tho feelings of an honest tinned f man. Tell me, seriously, did Lula really remark / make any such remark?" ther I "1 hare ruy cousin's word for it," replied when Lioticll. "1 >ut, Desmond," ho continued, (>f my \ - "what, in the name of heaven, is there about left tno r the matter to agitate vou to such an ex- ty. A ten if" ty, I re ? "Lionel!, 1 Inve Lula?hnvo loved her all turned - my life, even as fervently as she has hated and l<? me." ing on ' "And you have never told me this until loin, v now!" replied Lionel!, reproachfully. cottage "Gome into the parlor, Lionel!; it is most ii growing chilly out here, and 1 hav'u much "l>ul to tell,you." wealth t As soon as they became seated, Desmond me, 1 f .- began: "About live years ago, Lionel!, I of soiih j met Lula at an evening party at a friend's settee ti I house, and (to make a long story short) fell silting desperately in love with Iter. 1 obtained ago, wi , an introduction to Iter during the course of which I the evening, at which time i learned that when she was the only daughter and heiress of packng > Joseph Mcpherson, the banker. 1 accompli- related nied her to her father's residence, upon about 1 r which occasion she very cordially invited his visi mo to call whenever I could make it con- tho dis I venicnt. visit to I paid Ler a visit the very next day, "1 ti and, from that lime, became a frequent and but try , welcome visitor at her father's house. 1 ply as i have often taken her out with tno to ride, but my - and what with sailing, walking, and riding such w together almost daily, she became verv to Woi ? much attached to me, and manifested her to see love ill tCtl thousand WaVS. thoiieh umnn- vi-rli?uM i scious perhaps of any eucli manifestation*. nitualio > Several mouths passed away?months gild editor, l ed with the sweetest associations and re- rcrtisor membrauces to my heart?when one morn- Woods . ing n certain Augustus Woodsworlh visited paid a . Lulu's fntlier, after which he became a dai- porsuas , ly visitor, iI< was very particular in his uncle p . attentions to J.ula, which seemed to alibrd I had . much displeasure and annoyance to her. daught r As weeks passed, I imagined that Lulu lend an . was less inclined to ramble or ride with mo son's I > than usual. Her father's manner towards charge , mu becauio cuttingly cold and chillingly re- will he | b Tvcd, and everything led me to believe mind 4 that NVoodsworth was the cause of it all. traits o , It was not very long before 1 was d-> and b , proved o. Lul.i s biica'ky niul 01.0*01. when dining at her father's house, she did "Joo not even make her appearance at the table. use to < This was quite significant to me, and I now 1 have tell assured of her lather's intentions. Tin- a love I ( next day 1 called unexpectedly upon I.ula. and im ' and found her alone. I declared my love, >h, and ticked her hand in marriace. a lovu!' 1 At lirsl she became much imitated; the '"it- " , warm blood rushed to her cheeks?tlieu lied, il wer* [ leaving them pale as inaibie. She stag should j gercd to a chair, and sunk heavily upon it, ?" this . apparently in a tainting stale. 1 instinctive l'io yo . ly put my arm around her waist to support with *y , her, when she suddenly arose, and looking "tlo> contemptuously upon me, bade mo 'beware replied taking liberties with one so far above me.' fur inei [ 1 hen resuming her seat, she said bitterly, "\\i "Mr. Drayton, this is no place lor mechau "din ! ic*. sir/' d??ar l>< I Stirpiised beyotul tlie possibility of de- "I in scriplion, 1 was about to ask an explanation ?'iiod l! I of this strange change in her manner, when table. I I her father entered the room, accompanied "J-io , by Woodswoilh. lie cast one scornlul h>ok how y? upon me, then bade mo iiuinediately leave rablc a . the bouse, and disgrace it no more l?y mr a n shadow upon the tliresliold. It wore need- replied r less to attempt the description of my feci- "l?ul . ing*; 1 feit myself outraged, trodden upon, "Jh: , and insulted. 1 sold the little property in noil, "I . iny possession, and with fifteen hundred be well I | dollars in my trunk started for New Or j . leans. locked c | Thanks to my dear parents, I had rcceiv- busy w [, | cd a thorough collegium education; so lav? ! ing out near livo hundred dollars m the . i purchase ol a select library, 1 spent most of I | my time in reading and study, landing "l ' ,l. j my expenses very tienw and my funds be j r Coining exhausted dully, I made application ; 1 for, and obtained, a professor'* *rat in i) j u''/ 1 , college. I Iii-1 canio into public notico a> ,l' J a lecturer by an address before the students and public generally about four yeais age. ' ' ' My health failing me, bcculi&o of excessive t 1,1 '' 1 J application to study, 1 obtained permission j ""A ' to travel lor a few inoiillis. Instinctively 1 1 returned to Woodville, where I leuiul * (hat Lulu had become tho wlie of Woo P worth about a year previous to my arrival, and that her father had died a batikiupl ' ' soon after. I remained several months in , 1 Woodville, and being, as you know, a 1*>1 eiably fair carpenter, I erected the collage ' in which wo now sit. Tho exerciso was >.| 1 T" 1 ' | material benefit to mv health, and I was i ! soon able to return to New < )iloans, and en? ' '11 f I gago ill tho duties of my how profession. 1,1 \v r Shortly after my arrival there I was elected I President of the college, and t'atu now seom ed to smile upon my elForls, and shower . i honor upon me. I then, a* you know, . wrote my first an 1 last work, entitled, 'Lit - crature, Art, and Science.' i lie work sold ' ) well and brought ine in a snug aiivnint. I V Ik I . t Itf'I'V i ! I inning nu mis nine you it ivo widen lio? -! much mental agony I endured, because of I the loss of her whoso very shadow was , , 1 dearor lo mo than life itself. J could not -1 bring my mind to tho belief that, l,ula i ^?ra loved WoodsworlU, bul had no doubl what- l{i J ever but that tho marriage had been one j|)(r . , - ] of policy, and brought about by Iter father . |v?noj. j for tho furtherance of sumo n( his plan-. \,,.v s lhit oven such a course of thought could t|tll nv I not cml in clearing Hula of nil blame in i | tho premises; so 1 mado up my mind to ! \ c forget that she had ever existed, and to ' an-out I hate tho sex generally. others J Hut I must ho more brief, ns tho hour i- out \? )| late mid you know 1 have to lecture to I morrow night." always v I 1 J ill," continued Desmond, "1 finally , -j it that I had forgotten nil about ind become quite a graduate in the lo i hating school. My whole soul was ' i the determination of making my {r'.* irool against love; and books, music, Jn'ej ndcompany were resorted to for this j. ^ ovei wonder you failed in your efforts," j * onc11* , i tho health began to fail the again," con- ^la( Desmond, not noticing his friend's R "and I was jijst wondering wlie- j ' should vacate the seat in college, j j; I icceived intelligence of the death j ? uncle at Woodville, and that he had * 's sole heir to his valunblo proper- j e;C( s soun as I could d? so with pioprio- , signed mv seat at college, and re- j (1 to Woodville in single blessedness, | ti(e jk possession of my properly. Kent- , t all my larger hou*o\ 1 retired; a* * J( rould say, in dignilied disgllil to this 1 |-u , to which, my dear Lioncll, you inv Bl)H. earlily welcome. , Lionel), amidst ail the evidences of ja>, and luxury, w hich you see around ti 0 mind that i wa?, after all, destitute | UI(|. thing, 1 kucw not what; yet the ab- ; n hereof tuade mo poor indeed. 1 was Jts ^ in my library, about four months tit the very worst case of blues with ? t|) an old bachelor was eve ufllicted, ,jg| I accidentally discovered u small , e upon the mantel." Desmond then ge.( what the reader has already heard, ?0 * ho discovery of hula's Ambrotypc, ju * t to the artist's gallery the next day, { covery of f.ula's whereat juts, his C ?, at d all that there occurred. . ?,j ied to persuade myself that I was ;mu nig to hotter Lulu's condition, si ini benevolent and disinterested action; j heart tells me now, Liotu-ll, that us not the case. When I returned nr<3 ?1 \ i 11 o after my unsuccessful attempt j VVRI] Lulu at C , and saw hor ad- j QUC, ueul in the "Lvtiung Mirror" for a | j5;l|1 u as governess, 1 called uj>ou the j jep who gave me the name of the ad- j jl|0; 1 ; I r ' , vviiieu, u* i suspecteU, was J.ulu ljJ0 worth. I immediately, as you know, j)0#( visit to your uncle, and ufior much wjK ion, obtained the place for her; your NVj|| remising not to mention What hand a|uj in the matter. Lulids sweet little j10 | er, though almost loo.youryjj to at- jjJ0 v school, 1 had sent to Mrs. William <jy j Soardiug School, where I know, in ot that admirable ladv, every caio t||H( taken to instil] int > her now pliant to j and heart those Imposition* and l f character which dignity the sex, tjoU ?t prepare theilt lot their ijuiot, but "aool int duties ot me. and ttell, my pure -hearted boy, it is no pic : lisguUe the truth from you?all this anj done by and under the intluence of lo tj for J.ulu that muster* my very soul, vou ikes me a slave at her foot." m ^ Desmond! there is Huhiuuity in such j,9 ' exclaimed Lionell, with much feel- |ne. l'.ut why have yon kept it so long lo t t fr un met l)e?moud, I may?I cf ? nay! ! wii.i.?do my utmost for you jyr, inatier." A ltd the beautiful face ?! ,jK.j it 111 fit I poet beamed out eloquently MJC iiip.tthy, love, light and genius. (|ec, I hies-, your young heart, Lionel!!" Desmoid; "but what can you Jo anj ill Slai II you accept of my services?" clta dly, and gratefully too, will I Jo so, cjia ?y!" replied Desmond. a?j u Lula Wootlsworlh shall bo yours!" a|l,j 10 youth, striking his (i-l upon the a,rfe o give emphasis to Ins words. >la rtell," >ai<l 1 tcsmond, "may I n-k, |)(.r >u are going to bintg about so desi- | n end: t _ tiot nd cousin l.euliue will ntanago it," >lro ho. Th< t how!" tun it matter- riot ju?t now, replied Lio ' j, ,u nit jti^'. c uti le in uic, and all shall llt,^ I due hour after tho two friends were tjK., in the clo ? embrace of sleep, each j t(i>( till his own drenins. j jiVC [ to nr. coMiNt i:n ] j pol] m: ami Milk.?Dr. I >. A. Gun n, i . ris, has n.vntlv h> en engaged int , i I tail gating tae ? Meet ot brvaktivst ing on I , I . i i IMt vorite hevurage, and Ironi the re- ( .. ic thinks that ho is jtlHtWuul in Its-I . J that most ?>f the nervous ami alii -1 ?.r . -> .-.. > I rrei i i -> t? i urn ;iu Cl I IK' <l\l ciiei> 111 Ml'Uf arc t; ; tide t< this hull I've. II informs i; that when the colFcv is ' with n> ii-. nutritious j>r..pert,. ?' *J>11 itrail/ . lit .t;c- i f iN fermentation " retard I. C'xiii mill mill; in a w - iv luc!/, - v-v. u da\s in f-re tin y 4 l?> ?1< in . whii-L milk at. 1 sii?r '\ ?!:r :\s. ! is evident '',IU 10 as: !-ii|Mc:i properties of lie- roll', tiii- : of tit milk; ii. 1. .?t . ' ' , . . I '"'1 ne ; ne, tu culeino lor nctiw nnu? >1 e !i' ) i- act free, and n< ts on lie- u ' rat.e ot' (ho sti'i tacli in tie t . 1 r as v ^etablo alkalies, pro hi int? j '1 dl -a Irons t insorpu n vr, tu the d ' apparatus. I[o tried many e\pe. ( 1 s <in hiiie It*and tVien U. and fbun I a few h trs the pulse was lowered ' >li tu t'is; from that it weiit. down t l. 4 i ii h t nl; <-,)ine food, and it irtituei M t ? 1 J. Jlc copoltt Irt l>\ in- "j11 it a- that many awes of irritation,!, i-i; s and h\-t< ri.i hive been on , '"r ared by a ??entl course i.f tonic;. ' ii g lip the use Ot'coir>c.? >' io.tifi - _ ' j run. T i am rulpn, did von know that the ITi?it 1 ,t01 have hceti i?i the li.iliif, of onroura' r* I Mckiiou , ,1 _rij.-r forit" ' ( Yrtnin- | uii it kiicl i>('f i.rii " IVrri-toric' give me sniui> pi-units or Ml catch ,ro tables, and make you p. . for 'otii,I ff?' oxooinli, tensing Dr. Parr with an ' mn ' of hi- j> ffv ailnc :i?s, am..-, e (lie I oomp a I tint |n- . iM n,-\ >- \ -til - it ? itching i- , I i.i It'.H h i I. tin under," returned the d< tor, "v.' ilcou go out without anything in if." ' on< iqwri ui uic uompironer ucncral. 'ho Hanks of this Slate li?ro nil accepted provisions of the Act of December, 1840, uovido against iho suspension of specie menls. There has been as usual an exirdinnry amount of speculation in "Do .tic Kxchange," and in fact a use of their J* generally by the pi irate Hanks in ry way injurious, and that will ultimate iroro disastrous, in the extreme, to all industrial pursuits ami interests of the :e. At the commencement of the fiscal ; r all tho Hanks in this Stale had an ng j <:?lo liability of $32,039,231 47. To j >t this liability their assets in specie were 183.2*3 78, with $7,880,222 85 in Dot's: Exchange, and ?275,1 7H 40 in For i Exchange, which tlie Hanks claim to lie equivalent of specie, but wiiicli can io emergency be made available. At saino time tho amount of deposits was 153,844 90, nearly three tunes the lint of specie in their vaults, and there liable at any moment to bo driven into tension by their depositors, were a com- | ition formed for that put pose. Uii the I day of .Inly the total liabilities of all j Hanks was$33 519,188 54. with specie I f to tho amount of $1,20?,289 77, with ! rcuklliou of *7,829.527 37, and depos- I ,0 tho amount ot $3,518,837 14. i tie i >unt of Domestic Exchange then on J wns $10,370,501 01, with hut $427,41 of Foreign Exchange. I gain at the closo of the tiscnl year (30th tember) their total liabilities amounted 33,005,739 91, with only $999,899 70; specie. They then had on deposit' >39,28! 21, nearly treble their .amount iceie, whilst their circulation was $7,105,51, with Domestic Exchange to the >uut <.I $10,205,530 9S and only $231,15 in Foreign Exchange, This showis truly alarming to tho financial interof the -State. The whole of our Banks in tho hands of mere speculators, who itonly disregard tho teachings of experii as to safe banking, and benco our lu-. iiiu iiw ?uy uay in uie mercy ol llieir ositors. Tho Comptroller has bo often Jghl lliCio speculations in cichnngo to attention of the Legislature to no puf>, that ho has dcspaiied of seeing any ilesomu law made to restrain them, lie not, however, shrink from n faithful fearless dischaigo of his duty, although las not succeeded heretofore in arresting attention of the Legislature). The tetneis in your hands, and notwithstanding uirogaul claim of the private Banks, . they hnvo power under their charters lo us they please, and are uot ameuablo lie public for their nets, there is little bt but the courts of tho State would 1 biing them under the law of the land, teach them to know thai limy are pubinstitutions with certain private rights, that they are at least not omnipotent lo evil. Whatever remedy you may, in r wisdom, apply to arrest llieir abuses, ho judgment of the Comptroller should \ prompt, sharp and severe. If tho full i>uro of the pun ilnnent was meted out liein that they deserve, there is nut one the new hatch of Banks chartered iu 2 but as richly deseives a forfeiture of r chatters for tins course they hare pur1, as any political traitor ever merited apitalion for treason to bis country. iy have prostituted tbo former well tried legitimate sy&leiii of Banking in lliis le to one of nn'ro speculation in exages; or, in other words, they have aged the legitimate system of banking , their Hanks into mere shaving shops; at their own counters, or through the ncies at every point in or ottl of the tc, where their own or other cilizeus' pa s or sight drafts, or drafts on tuno, cau bought on speculation, until their operais would shame the denizens on Wall ct in New \ ?.rk. or the Bourse in Paris, 're is no citizen in South Carolina more iliar with all the facts set foilh in the ilions, mcmoiials, arguments an I entiea made to the Legislature in 1852, to in e that body to grant the charters for so institutions, than tho present Compter eiicral, w ho was an actor and no j i pail ;pa'.or, both a-, a member of that y ami as charge.1 with the interests of -o desiring a Link; and it is now in | power to give a most minute Middled account, or history, of the circuit!ices and facts under w .icli they obtained ir charters?not one of which has periud the functions for which ihev wero ited, or redeemed the pledg<as made to i.u them. I'hey are not, and cannot be ud. 1 buiks of hums, deposits and di*iitbut are more hucksters f??r paper ving, undei cover and hum of dealing in hanges. lh" words 1 )<>m?Mic Kxnge" .should ho striken from llm form of ir monthly reports to the ('nnptroller, 1 those of "shaved paper' Mib^titut'd . .i .. Tl > tit Ii-H'i. i io'i Ml'l'lhl l>0 Compelled to kte every dollar ?>f their profits in ?juar v <>r semi annual dividendi, and tho r.'.s "reserved profits," I'y which they co il troin many of their dupe* the unions profits they n?o making. stricken it their statements. Thov should ho )polled to ko?>p :it least one dollar in c >- f r every three dollars they h ?ve in - ilati-m, and no private h itik slioul I ho n\? 1 to issue hilts under tho denoiiiinni of twenty doll its, 'l ho profits that to of these Hanks are making l?v their img operations are enormous. Take, in in' , lit" Hank of Hamburg. Tho orl from that Hank, for tho month of itomhor, shows that its la<t scrni annual i?loii I was at tho rate ol 12 per cent, per mm, and the amount declare I in diviids was *.'{(>,000, whilst tho amount of serve I profits" was $121,3(50 9C. When Hank of Hamburg rleelare.l its last ri ditidend is ii"t known to the ('omp Iter, hut if the nhovo sums are added toher, and the sum of ?30,000 yields a idend at tho rate of 12 per cent, per anil the sum of *1 .*>4,300 0'J will yield at l ite 1.1 (i 1 3 4 per cent. per annum, 'withstanding these enormous profits, r.- is imt a solitary one of tliem that ild redeem in specie one half, ono fourth, 1 eighth,one-tenth,ono twelfth, and some not over one sixteenth, of their bills in cir- ed dilution, and thin by tl eir own showing, if Str any (great or Rudden rr s i or emergency |>ei should throw them upon their counter*. It is i is true tliiil "Excha ig > Sterling" is regard- chi ed ?* specie, but no well informed man or nei banker will claim the same for "Domestic tin Exchange," or if so, will assert that it can H* at once bo made available The course of tht the new have driven (no doubt willingly) wa many of the eld Hanks, since their re char dri tors were obtained, into a similar system of llir speculation, whilst others of tliem haveonly pel continued in an old and beaten track that mt they have followed so long and with so be much impunity, they doubtless think they ap| have a prescriptive right to do as they qui please. 'I ho old should, therefore, be in eh* Ha to share the same fite and penalties of the i ver new Hanks. Hy a close and critical exam- I tin illation of their monthly icports to this <>f gu lice, it w ill be seen that a:i exaggerated pic >to tnro of their shaving operations could not of well be drawn hy tho most fertile imagina ceci lion. What remedy the Legislature will t' i supply to arre>t this great and growing ed evil, one destined at no distant day to over- goi whelm the country with ruin and di-a?ter, am and which will inevitably involve its in of great 111 mctary difficulties, the (Jomptrollei can neither foresee nor determine, lie feels del that he has faithfully performed liis duty, he and his whole duty, in thu- bringing it for pr? cibly before your hou< r irable body, us has 18 long been his purpose to do, and to leave res to time and ciicutustaticcs the wisdom of do the act. lie is aware that the severe strict ha' tires he has indulged in will grate harshly <?f on the feelings o( individual members and the Hank stockholders, but he is not to be de of terred from tho full discharge of his dutio* bv that or any other Consideration of lavor or of policy. That your honorable body may Meal with these offending institutions Iiv ivn mgniurovi leMII*, sum wnu ati unsparing hand so m to arrest the wild. the reckless and extravagant system of specula- ?f tiou they have inaugurated in our Slate, to is his earnest hope and desire. Note.?Since the foregoing report was closod at the end of the fiscal year, no less of than twelve out of twenty Hanks havo ens gn pended specie payments. The evil is upon Ar the country at even an earlier period than Cil the Comptroller anticipated, although lie he apprehended serious financial embarrass pri inonts fiora the illegitimate course of the tai Hanks in this Stale, and called the alien- Hi lion of the Legislature to their speculations s?l in his Annual Keporl as early as the years tie 1854, '65, and '00. It was his conviction that mc they would sustain themselves uutil after ?*ih the expiration of the approaching session, Ul but the outside pressure from oilier States ami banking institutions whs too great to hu be rosisleJ, and they havo been driven into 'hi suspension. Whatever diversity of opinion may prevail as to the wisdom and policy ul p" their suspending, that great blame attaches ('?' to llieui for placing themselves in the con- ''in dition that rendered suspension necessary no ouo will question or doubt, and the. ''0| should be made to sutler the uenalliea hn therefor. Tbo Comptroller General, a? chief otlicer ol the financial department of xv<the Slate, in view ot the crisis which has h" been precipitated upon us, feels it incum th< I . ? ?-i -- - * ' * usiii uu mm 10 present, with great ilefe' 11 once, bis opinions sis to the proper remedy c " to be adopted to punish the delinqmn f'1 Hanks, and to prevent in future n state ot r"' a flairs which niu>t load to a similar result d> The penalties imposed by lite second section f of the Act of 1840, to provide against the suspension of specie payments, should be l'l< tirmly aud rigorously enforced. should ''i< either of tho sus4 nded l>auks neglect or refuse to pay (be penally already prescribed by law, a provision of law should be made xv<" bv which legal proceedings could at once be ,)U instituted against such delinquent Bank 01 111 Banks, for tho purpose of vacating or de daring void its charter. To prevent futurt 1,1 speculation, and secure a sufficient melalli, vi currency for tho ordinary wants of tlie j>e<? -h pie of tho Slate, no Hank should be allowed by to issue hills of less denomination than twenty dollars. The shaving of paper, now all described as "Domestic Exchange, ' should *v' he prohibited. Any LUnlc which should, ' 1 I for inoro than thirty days consecutively, wl have a circulation of its bills greater than !' three dollars for every ouo in specie in its ?'i 1 vaults, should forfeit ten percent, for month 1 f ?r such excess. The existing law prohibi ^ | ling any Hank from paying <>ut tl?o bills ot -sx' i other Hanks should he so modified as l?> prohibit only their paying out the bills oi ' 11 j the Hanks of other States. P That some such wholesome laws or regu- ' ' lations shoul I he made to correct the enls <if the present system is clear and iu<li-p.i 1 table. Can any svslem which yields snob j an enormous profit on capital be jn?t and , wise, as is now onj ?ye?l 1>\ the Hanks, i>f ^ South Carolina? I'lio citizm can only realize 7 per cent, on his loans, and yet, whon his capital goes into a Han';, through its 1 inultilarions an 1 illegitimate operations, he re dizes, by declare,! divulends and reserved funds, which i> merely a dividend to bo paid . in future, the enormous sum of 20. 30, and, in some instances, it is bclioveJ. even 40 per cent. This is tho range of interest which too Hank capital of this State has ^ ; yielded for the last fiscal year. Are the profits in agricultural, mercantile, or other | I pursuit'*, to be conip red with ill Anil can j x I a charter merely justly ?ive auo.h a decided \ advantage to Banks over all other capital} . I ho Comptroller General apprehends not. f r It is to ho deeply regretted that the J Bank of the State Ie? I the way in the recent I |, suspension*, hut the most casual obserrci al can easily detect the cause. This Bink ,v and its Branches at Columbia nn.i Camden (j( are tho only Hanking Institutions in the i State that hare extended any reasonable j j aid to the faun -r ntnl planter, or that lias | B sliield ed the property of that largest and ' 1 most valuahlo class of citiiens from the! h greedy spirit of gain so nfo amongst the j g other Banks. At the close of tho fiscal j u year it will lie aeon llfnt this Bank and its r. branches had expanded thoinselres to the m ( utmost limits of prudence hy nccomm ?dat?on p j loans in the shape of "Notes discounted on <J' personal security," "Bond*," Monays inrost* tr iii State Slock*," by advances for the He, Ac., Ac. The loans discounted oil rsonal secuiily alone, the bulk of which in the hands of planters, factors andmertnt*, amounts to f3.QSG.864 0 4, being Vly one third of the whole of the suni is invested by tho wlrolo of the twenty nks in the State. To shelter themselves,. irefore, under the wings of this Hank, it s doubtless thought to be good policy to vc it into suspension firs'; hence the rurf it was m ade upon this institution e >?rtled it to shield it* own and the State's ore?t by promptly r fn*ing any longer to thus used, and at once suspended. Some prehensions have been felt in varioua irters as to the solvency of many of the nks. Should any of these provo in?olit, or not have abundant asset* to meet ir liabilities, the country has a double aranty in the fact that each and eveiy ckholder is liable for double llieamouicv his stock, for the twelve month* next preling i'.s liansfer. Hy a close analysis of ! reports, it will be seen that the *u?|*MidHnnka are in as good, or well-nigh ae m! a position, as the non-suspended one*,' I that the depositors could drive any one them into suspension at their pleasure. The Comptroller has notified tho I'ie*iit* of each of tho suspended Hanks that will enforce against them the penalties scrib< d in the ? 1 section of ll.e Act of 40, mid should the Legislature not art him, bv some act at the ensuing >e u. he promises to make all those win? co violated that JU't llistTlirtTA ll?A!!U/?lt/>? ? ? soaie of their ill gotten gain*, nml ?hv?j > country thereby of *omo of the burthens? taxation. J. 1>. AS1IM0KE, Comptroller General November, 1857. Horrible Massacre on the Plains. riu? Los Angelos (Gilifornia) Star has ? following letter giving some particulars a recent massacre on the overland route California: San Benahdino, October 4, 1857. 1 take this opportunity of informing votf the murder of an entire train of emlnits, on their way froin Missouri and katisas to this State, via Great Salt Luko y, which took place, according to the ?t information I can aequire, (which is mnrily through Indians,) at the M<>ub* n Meadows, which are at or near the in of the Great lhisin. and some distance ith of the most southern Mormon set* inents, between the 10th and 12th nlu>. It is absolutely one of the most hor* ile massacres 1 have ever had the pain-' necessity of relating. The company consisted of about on? ndred and thirty men, women, and1 ldren, and including some forty or fifty aable of bearing arms. They were in sscssiou of quite an amount of stock,* isisting of horses, mules, and oxen. The campmcnt was attacked about daylight the morning, so say the Indiana, by tho mbiticd forces of all the various tribes mediately in that section of the coun* *. It appears that the majority of them re slain at the first onset made by thh' lians. The remaining force formed Miiselves into the best position their cirrnstances would allow; but before they aid make tho necessary arrangements protecting themselves from the arwrs there were hut few left who vrero le to hear arms. After ha vine corraU 1 their wagons, and dug a ditcii for jir protection, they continu -d to fire upon' Indians fir one or two days, but the Jians had so secreted themselves that," xmling to their own statement, tliere is not one of them killed, and but lew urn led. They (the emigrants) then sent t a Ifcig of truce, borne by ft little girl, d gave themselves up to the mercy of j savages, who immediately rushed in d slaughtered all of them, with the exjit ion <>f fifteen infant children, that have icc been purchased with much difficulty the Mormon interpreters. I presume it would be unnecessary for practical purposes to relate the causes lich gave rise to the above describe I tustrophc, from tin; simple fact that it .1 l>e attributable to the Mormon j?eo-* e. let the circumstances of the ca-?c bo :iat tlicy may. But it seems, from a itcincnl which I received from Klders illiam Mathews and William Hyde, 10 were in great Salt Lake City at tlto nc this train was there, recruiting their t out," and were on the road to this i , at the ti in when they were murder, lm' h vit.i1 days' journey in the roar > >in- w h.-r about the Bearer Mourn us. which is between Para wan and Fillore cities?tliat the causes were someing like these: Tho train eanip?*d at n n Crceu, near Fill more City, where re is an Indian village, the inhabitants 'which have raised a crop of wheat and few melons *Sic,; and in trading they ive tlieni cash lor their wheat, and cy not knoniig the value of coin vera verc.ly cheated. They wanted a blanket r a sack of wheat, but they gave them ty ret us, arm toid them that that amount ouid huy a blanket. Tney :?!?*? had an ox with tlictn wltlrh i1 died, and they put strychnine in him for ,e purpose of poisoning the Indians; also it poison of some description in the wnr. which is standing in holes. This stoned several deaths among them with* a few days after tho departure of the ?in. And upon this, it seems, tho Innns gathered themselves Logothor, an-l id no dotjbt chosen tho place of attack, id arranged every thing before the train rrived at the place where they were mtir. 3red. J. Ward Chuistiah. F.arTht.y PAtuntM.? A lady writer io to Ohio Cultivator says: A aweet country house, with roses and or.ey suckles trained to elitnb over it; with o.?d taste, beauty and intelligence within) ?il enough to inoiro health, and leisure to Uirt acquaintances with hooks and flowers, ltd tho loveliness of niture, with peai*e, lonty, and love, i* surely one of the parai*es which Heaven has left for tho stiatQ. tent of mnn.