Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, November 22, 1848, Image 2
From the charicston Mercury.
THE ELECTION.
Although the returns are not yet comr
plete, enough has been ascerinitid, we
think, to settle the question, and to render
the election of Gen. Taylor for the Presi
dency a matter of entire certainty. Io
announcing this result we sincerely iish
that we felt the confidence which would
cuable us to participate in the rejoiring of
his friends. Our objections to General
Tavlor have not been personal, and our
support of Gen. Cass has in no sort sprung
from perional preference. To the former
we have ever given credit for the bighest
qualities as a ideier. for patriotism. for
integrity. and manly simplicit) of charac
ter. [fad] it been simply a question of .so
lecting a man to fill the high office of
President, whether our choice woud or
would not have falleu upon Get. Taylor.
we could at least have seen him elevated
to that position without envy of his honors,
or distrust of his conduct.
But in these days, it is not men, but
parties, that rise or fall in the Presidential
election. It is not men, but parties. that
are clothed vithi the Executive power of
the Government. and have entrusted to
them the destinies of the country. A grand
superiority of mind and will may indeed
make the individual man, the virtual
master, as well as the ceremonial leader
of his party ; and where we have full faith
in such superiority, we may be justified
in separating the leader from the accidetils
position, and association, and supporting
him purely on personal grounds.
But we cannot frame a rule on an ex
traorditary exception. In common cases.
we must take it for granted that the can
didate of a party will be one atong a
body of compettors, that his fortiunate po
sitien will be the result 9F this rivahy, ra
ther thau his own acknowledged sup
remacy, that his rivals for the honor, will
be his rivals for the power after the hon
or, is gained; that in office he will be sur
rounded by men who will claim to have
made him what he is; and who, instead of
s~nking into the position of followers, will
consider themselves elevated with him,
not by him; and as dependent not upon
his will, but upon the u ill of the prrty
which has raised him; and who will claim
the right not merely to advise him as
friends, but to decide with him as equals,
upon the policy and measures of the Go
vernment.
We study thea the probable action of
the Executive, not through the personal
character of the President but through
the designs. the principles, the temper,
-and the predominating ideas of the party
which he leads. In all ordinary cases it
is idle to expect that he will attempt to be
other than what his party wish him, or
that he will seek to escape from a control,
wherein consists his security and his
strenght. I. is. then, as the representa
tive, especially, of the Northern Wigh
Party, that we have opposed the election
of Gen. Taylor. We do not so designate
bim; because we think him their natural
or 4heir voluntary reprentative. but be
cauAibey adopted him as such, advocat-.
hia4such, and voted for him as such..
This.fea re oX60 Bresidential election
s indeed-s-i4st'_'sg one. That the
Nopi~biPygma'yvowing
strongest iuiti-slavery -sentiments,ad
claiming, not through obsenre newspap'ers,
but by their whole press, by the .leclara
tionsof theig first statesmen, and by the
considerate resolves of States Conven
tions, that they were true, and only true,
Free Soil Party, and the onily consistent,
because the only prndent and elfective,
enemies to the growth and power of the
Southern States-that this party, we say.
should have presented n unbroken front,
and given an almost ananimous and cor
dial support to a slaveholder and cotton
planter, is one oftbose extraordinary re
suits in politics, calculated to river the at-,
tention and excite the wontder of men.
To the Northern Whig Party, anti-slavery,
has evidently been a principle of nition
and strength. To the Democratic Party,
., on the country, it has been a fountain of
bitterness, of int estine strife, of dest roying
factions, and humiliating defeat. The
wonder is. not that the Whug Party, com..
pletely united in principle. shtould have
triumphed, but that they could possibly
have adopted as the bond of their unuion,
as the tittle of their faith, as the emblem of
their cause, as the star of their h'pe, a
man, whbose birth, life, position and as
sociations, seemed to place between him
and .hem an impassible gulf.
By what means they hoped to melt
down these rugged differences, and to con
vert a slaveholder into a convenient in
strument for executing the designs of anti
slavery patty, we do not propose tnow to
examine. That they bad such hopes, we
know from their own express anid loudly
repeated declarations, and we know it by
the far stronger de-nonstrat ion of their vote
at the Presidential election. It cannot lie
denied, it wonld be worse than idle to
deny, thaE the Northern Whig Party have
sustained General Taylor on ant' slavery
grounds; arnd that hey confidently look,
not only for his consent, lint for his aid,
in settling the Territorial '"question, on
terms at once hostile to the interests, anud
degrading to the character, of the Southern
States. God fo'rbid that we should say.
these hopes are well founnded. or that we
should charge Getn. Tavlor with having
given pledges of such treachery to hits nia
tive soil. But a prep'nderating majority
of his support is Northern; and it is mnor.
ally c-ertain that this majority will insist on
the fulfilment of their expectattiuns, and
that a refusal on his ptart, will lie denounc -
ed as treachery, and a persistance in re
fusel with result in the disruption and dis
memberment of his party. Thus, then,
if Gen: Taylor shall fulfil the hopes and
pledges of hais Sout hern friends, it seetms
almost inevitable that his administr-ation
will witness the division of the people
of the United States into two great section
al parties. animated against each other by
a feeling that threatens nothing less thatn
a dissolutiotn of the Union. If, on the
other band. be shall fulfil the hopes and
pledges of his Northern supporters, rte
Government of the country must be,
througthout his term of office, a Northern
Administration, with anti-slavery as its
animating spirit, and the prostration and
and ruin of the Soath as its leading object.
In.c,.r aspect, therefore5 the udminls.
tration ofen. Taylor presents a subject
of speculatioo full of perplexity, and one
cannot look forward to it but as a theatre
of great events. and possibly of fatal cat.
astrophe. In such an exigency, there are
higher duties than party consistency; and
the safety of our countrry demands that
weshall judge of coming Administratin,
not by procoucevied opinions. but by its
acts. by its fruits.
EDGEFIELD C. 1H.
WEDNESDAY. NovFMBER 22, 1848.
The Weather-On Saturday last, there
was a considerable rli of rain in this
Distric!. On Sustday Morning, there was
seen sleet and snow, and the weather con.
tinued very cold. On 1-onday Morning,
the thermometer, was at freezing point.
and the ground was covered with white
frost.
Mceting of the Legislature.-On Mon
day next, the regular Session of the Lcgis
lature of South Carolina, n ill commence.
5lauy important offices will be filled during
the Session. A Governor. U. S. Senator,
a Treasurer, and other high Officers, will
be elected.
It is supposed that the approaching
Session, will be one of considerable in.
terest.
State Prisoners in lrcland.-O'Brien,
McManus, O'Donohoe and Mengher who
had been sentenced to death, will not be
execuied. They will be trasported to
Bermuda or elsewhere. The law being
vindicated. by the conviction of the late
leaders of the revolution. LnridClarondon
has wisely resolved to temperjustice with
mercy. Many persons who had been con
victed on a charge of high treason, have
been admitted to bail.
The Honorable and Reverend Gerald
Wellesley, brother of the Duke of Welling.
ton, recently (lied, at the age of 78. The
"irou Duke" himself i. now far advanced
in years. Another brother of the Duke
was also distinguished. The Wellesley
family was certainly a remarkable one.
Analysis of the Cotion Plant.-Since
issuing our last, we have looked over the
pamphlet hearing the above title, by Ths.
J. Summer. it is written with:ability,
si % nany !usl iuggestius
whom are' farmers'aind directly int&ested
in planting, should possess,a more scienti
fic knowledge of soils, thana they now do.
If they generally possessed but a little'
mttch profit to them would resul L. Of
the incalculable benenits arising from agri
cultural knowledgce, it is scarcely aecessa -
ry to speak. We earnestly hope, that
the Southern people will at no distant
day, wake up to a sense of the great im
portance of this matter.
CHARLES LAMBE.
A new book called Literary Sketches
and Essays, being the final memoirs of
Chas. Lambe has been published by Thos.
Noon Talfourd. We htave not seen the
book, but judging from the account of it
which has been given, and from ex
tracts, we think that it possesses great in..
terest. Any thing about Chatles Lamibe,
the author of Elia, must ever have great
at tractions for the lover of literature. This
book got up Sergeant Talfourd, contains
some newv tmatter of a mnost thrilling chars
acter in relation to Lamnbe arid his family.
It is known, that this groat essayist and
poet kept hotuse nith his sister, familiarly
known as "Bridget." This lady it ap-.
pears, nearly all the time she was living
with her excellent brother, was in a state
of derangement. In one of her paroxisms,
she killed her mother and also inflicted a
severe blow upon her father. To keep her
out of a public ho<pital or assylum, Lambe
took charge of her undier his own roof. and
watched over her with more than a broth
er's care. To her comfort he devoted all
his hard earnings, acqu:ircd by a clerkship
in the India house. For her, be sucrifnced
all his fondest and earliest hopes of domes
tic bliss. For her lie livetd in comparative
seclusion. chereed tid true by literature and
the presence of literary friends. The secret
of his domest ic- misfortunes, was known
to but few. His sister's aberration of mind
and his own trials were of too sacred a
character for the prying world to know any
thing about. Lambe had his fauilts and
who has not, but with them all, he was
one of the kindest and most gentle of hu
man beings.
Snip FF.vER.--A bark with 167 emigr
ants from Londonderry, arrived at Phila,
delphtia on Thursday. with ship fever on
board. One passenger had died She
wans ordered to quarantine.
Alabama Senators.-By the death of
Dixon H. Lewis, the Legislature of Ala
bama at its next session will have to
choose two U3. S. Senators.
rr1, oO Carollolnt
'THE ARSENAL; AC.A-- 1Y.
I Whilst we have given occasional notices
to.the Colledge and the various insliiitions
of learning throughout the State, A ,ke
shame to ourselves for having
this moosrexcelletit State schul h is
doing so much good under the Ie r1ten
dency or Capt. Matthews. The;Ily'y6has
been when the cadets were no syandtrude
jostlers on our side% alks, and con4qu'ently
their superintendent becameodii,'-the
town. But a different state o afl'Iir9-now
exists, and we have never more
exemplary set of young gn en., than
those who have spent the tpast year-at the
Arsenal Acatcny, They are quiet, order
ly, attentive to their studies.- ,Ionugh
rigidly held down to the regul they
must cheerfully discharge theiW-!uties.
The State need not fear that the ellent
charity which she thus bestows it educa
ting iudigzent young men, will be thrown
away. Capt. Matthews is preparing them
for vocations of usefullness, and futire
benetfis will resuh from this instittion
which are now incalculable. Itittist be
a matter of pride of the Board afM-ficers
who placed Capt, Matthews in,-present
post, to ind that he so ably andsjystemati
cally attends to its requirements. Possessed
of modesty in a degree not usual ito Ofi
cera. and tising step by step, from-;merit
and worth alone, he is from these cansesa'
proper teacher and guide fur these y'outls
most of whom in early life have .been de
hatred from the benefits of pri -v teach.
ing. His course and exampe .Nd fur
nish them all incentives, which shOuld lead
honorable ambition to excellence and use
fulness, and they should not forget 'that itn
the most eminent sense. they are'truly the
children of South Carolina.
From the South Carolinian'.
THE GREENVILLE RAR00AD.
We have pleasant gratiffationin sta
ting that this work goes bravely dnI. The
grading is under cotract all thi-way to
Anderson Court House. and in diny miles
in extent already have been gitanked
and excavated. Messrs. SuAkersi and
Butler, who have the contract I dithe ires
tie work, as far as the Crossing or Broad
River, have a great portion of it up and
are rapidly progressing %Nith their work.
Col. Timmanus has all the piers or the
Bridge out of reach of winter water in the
river, and at that point it presen's quite a
lively appearance. The solil--masonry
rising out of ithe water presents realities of
enterprise which are proof or its going
ahead. The Bridge is thrown across t e
river at a most picturesque point, and will
w%hen finished present a bebutiful and im
posing appeara.ce. The quiriies from
which the granite is taken lie convenient
to the river shore some miles ehove, and
are boated frow their native bed-immedi,
ately to the place they are iiinted.- 'No
one need fear but that this rAd Will be
built, and when built it will be'i' Bafva
lion of the prosperity nl tliosesections of
the State which it will tap. Itwill ;render
the farmers upon its route independent of
fluctuation in price of cotton-'nd all 'be
coming farmers they - will itiiediately
commence rural improvemon stisliute
manufactures; and general in utry per.
ding that , the cnry willno.lomser
a a r .u uris s.-an .cit3
'otton merchants into r lisns eitators.
From the CharIeston Mrray.
THE COTTON PLANTERS.
The depressed conditiotn of our great
staple has ledl to a variety ofC suggestions
with a view to its .aleviation. .Atioti
them. a Conv'ention of Cotton Planters
has been recotmmtended, and upotn this the
Augusta Constitutionalist has some re
marks which we deem worthy of cont
sideration, WVith' tl:at jourinal we are of
the op)iniotn that thte withholding of a por
tion of the crop would have.g decidedly
beneficial effect u pon prices. wvlti!e it would
be a perfectly safe anid probatbly piolitable
operation to those engaged in it. WYe do
trot..however, concur to the roll extent in
the Constitutionalist's opinion as the over
production. If the present stock of Cot ton
in Great Britain is compared *ith that on
hand twelve months since. it will lie dis
coveredt that not withstanding the monetary
and political revnisions in Europe during
the past year, and the conseqaent derange.
nment and itnterruption of business, the
entire crop of the last season the largest
ever known with hut tine exception, has
been consumed, and that there is at pres
ent not four months supply -at Liverpool,
while the stocks on the Continent arc ex
tremely ligh t. It such has been the result
under circumnstatnces sot unfavorable, there
can be no dloubt that a re-establishment
of tranqunilitywill be followed by an in
creased demand and enhanced prices.
Ever, at te presetnt rate of consumption,
we feel safe itn asserting that the whole oh
the present year's crop wvill *he wated,
and wve tare decidedly of the opinion that
it rests altogether with the holers of it
whether they receive five cents "r seven
cents per pound. as at advance to that
extetnt wvould h:ave ito material effect upon
the consumption. We again.ex press the
opitnion, that if an organised coancert of
action atnoug Cottotn Platers caunnot be
effected, the suggestion of the Coinstitu
tiotnalist is entitled to seriouts coinsideration,
and that those who can withhold their
crops, by dSing so would greatly benefit
the planting interest generally without in
curring the slightest risk themselves.
Last Words of thse Union-The govern
metnt organ at Wasbhington, in given uip
the Presidential triumopb to General Tray
bor, says:
But we may be permitted, in all frank
ness to say that we regard the present
administration as one of the most brilliant
and useful whbich the country has'witness
ed-as.preserving the pure principles of
the constitution atnd the great interests of
the coutitry -as eminetly respounding to
its prosperity at home, and its utntivalled
glory abroad, and as enlargting the biounds
of our empire and the er'ea of freedom
fom ocean to ocean. For' the sake of
our counttry, atnd ,for his owvn sake, we
wish General Taylor an equal degree' of
success andi of reputation; mid if we are
not as sangnine as the National Intelli
geneer is, it is because. perhaps, -confi
dence is of slow growth - in an aged bo
P RIEDENTIAL ELECT'ION.
We Ivive so little confidence in the
telegraphic despatclCs rcceived, detail
ing the actual enajorities in the different
States for the Presidential candidates,
h.it we did not think it woith whiltto
encumber our columns with them ; for,
however correct they may be in the gen
eral result. when '1ey can haidly be
relied upon as appRximoting to accura
cy in the detnils. Suffice it to say
Tavr6r and Fillmore ae elected Presi
dent and Vice President of lhe United
States, for four years, frum the 4th of
Match next.
The following States hare, br-yond
a doubt gone for T ylor and Fillmore:
Massachus.-tts 12 Prnnsylvania 26
Nt,w York 36 Kenueky 12
Vermont 6 Tennessee 13
Rhode Island 4 N. Carolina 11
Connec-ticnt 6 Georgia 10
New Jersey 7 Fli ida 3
Maryland 8 Louisiana 6
Delaware 3 -
163
The following have probably gone for
Cass and Bader :
S. Carolina 9 Ohio 23
Alabama 9 Indiana 12
Mississippi 6 Ilinnis 91
Texas 4 Michigan 5
Virginia 17 Iowa 4
Missouri 7 Wisconsin 4
Maine 9 --
Now Hampshire 6 124
*M aking a Whig majority of thiity,
nine votes.-Banner.
GEORGIA AND S.- CAROLINA.
We find the following in the Milledge
ville (Ga.) Union. Such a compliment
from such a source it gives tis inch
pleasure to place tin record.
SoIn CAfoT.rNA AND TIE PRESI
DENcY.-Tbis noble State, which has
ever taken the lead (if Southcrn Rights,
and which when the day or trial cones,
in her zeal and good s -rvice will be
seonld to none, biving no persomal pre
dil(ctiions for Gen. Cass, with her won
ted intelligmnce, pitriotism and devotion
to principle and to the Socah, has cast
her vote fm Cass and Butler. The
ballot for Electors io her Legislature
stood :
Cass and Butler 129
Taylor 27
Blank 8
No press in that State insulted her
people by the advocacy of Millard Fill
more. The few Taylorites, spurning
this alliance with Northern Abolitionism
placed upon their ticket the name of the
gallant Butler.
Hereafter when the serried ranks of
the enemies of the Soutb shall be plut.
in-g and developing their plans of ag
gression upoi her, South,Carolina can
stand proudly erect, and none can taunt
her with tampering with the enemy;
with having joined an alliance by whicl
bithrightfor a mess of puttage.
When that day comes, as it will,
whlere -will it find the Whigs and the
Whlig press of Geotgiat ? Convicted by
the tecord of an afiliation with Fillmore
anda his friends, they may reason, rebuke
and rave, but thgeir words will' be re
garded as "soutnding brass and the tink
ling symbol," the-ir mtog al power is gone
their strenigi b is shorn ; and like Se-mpson
in t he lap of Delilah, all they can do, is
to be crushed by the f-illing pillars of
ihtat noble ediftee whose ruin they them
selves have invoked.
It is in thgis aspi-ct, that in the name
of the Democracy of Geor gia, weo tender
to South Carolina their cordial and
heartfelt congratulations upon the noble
and elevated position sihe has occupied
in this Presidemtial election.
Shte i, the banner State o3f the Southm.
From the Hamburg Respubiflan.
PRE~SlDENTIAL ELECTION.
Ii is searcely worth wvhile to multiply
words on this subjec.t. Gec. Traylar has
been elected hy a bount 160 votes out of the
290. Full returns hnve not been, receivec
from such a numbter of States as will
give hire this vote, but sufficient to show
that such has heen the result. The result
presents contsideratiotts of the most seri
ous character for Southern men. WVe are
noit prepared in feelintg to enter upon de-'
tagls, but it does appear to tts that those
of the South who have lenit their aid to
elect Taylor have now before them but a
small portion of consolation itn the alter
nate of chtoosing one of two results. The
South must he prostrated at the free of a
Nort hern WVhig majority. or their President
must prtve a traitor to those w ho elected
him. In either event but little honor, anid
we fear but less bienefit, can result to the
great mass of American citizens. What
Gen. Tanylor's-policy may lie remains to
be seen. Stiould he he found sustaiintg
the Consitution, and protecting the Slave
States in their just and equal rights, noise
will be mote ready to sustain his Adminis
tration to the extent of our humble abilities
than ourselves. Ott the contrary. shouldl
te prove true to his Northern Anti-slavefy
allies, we will he found regarding him as
an entemy to the South. and therefore
ready to condemn witht the same zeal and
motive that we opposed his electiont.
Dyson's Pactor, Burni.-WVe are
informedi that the cotton factory of Mr.
Jeptha Dyson, situated in Clarandon
Co was but nt on the night of the 10th.
It was not known howv the fire originat
ed. The builditng was of bri:k. and
this unfortunate casualty has resutlted in
an immedi te loss of abont $30 000.
Sucht a disaster is much to be regrett
ed, not only on account of thte loss to
the proprietor, bttt many workes are its
thrown out of employment, and on ac
cidental check is put upon sucht enter
- ..td.. in t.hi3 Stnac_Suineto Bnne.
rGm the South Carolinian.
WHAT WILL THE COTTON
PLANTERS DOI
This a question daily asked by our
planting friendc. There seems at pres
!nt great solicitude as to the policy
which is to be puisued by them in pitch
ing their next crop. We hear the ciy
Df less cotton and more grin raising
rrom one end of the State to the oither.
We are not surprised that mar-y plan.
iers who plant heavily, shou!l say their
present crop will bring them in d,-tbt if
the ruinous pricr s continue much longer.
No planter can make both ends meet
who receives only fiul or five c nits for
his cotton, and has to pay the present
exol bient pi icus for bagging, bale rope,
pork, muies, sugar, ruffel, sah and iron.
Mllules are figi, pork is high, bagging
and rope are tip to the pices of the
twelve and fifieen cent times of cotton,
and sugar, coffe'e, iron, and salt steadily
stand at the old i ates. If to expendi
tures for these necessary articles, the
planter has to add his negro clothes,
shoes hats, and blankets, lie will have
nothing left to iemunerate him for his
abor. These are really mattets which
they should ponder over, and a system
of plantiig which does not repay for the
labor and investment of capitol engaged
in it, we t easonabl think would soon be
abandoned. Bitt it will not be. Our
plat,ters a:e taught no other systems;
itey do not know,how they will supply
the vacuum which would be made by
an immediate abandonment of the cot
ton crop. hi would take several years
befoie they could peifect, with the
strictest economy, those arrangements
which would render them entirely inde
pendent of the marketable crop. There
fore the step taken should be wisely
considered before adopted, and the ut
most caution should be obser%ed in mak
ing, what we sincei ely believe would be,
if onet begun, a radical change tn our
ystem of agriculture. We therefore
would advise for the coming year, a
reduction simply of one third of the
cotton crop th oughout the State. devo
ing at the same time, the land thus
ihrown out of the cultivation of this crop,
io the production of grain; and the
increase of labor which wou.d thus he
iven, to the proper manuring and im
proved tillage of the co;ton planted, and
he general improvemenE of the planta.
ion. By this process the cotton lands
wvould be increased. in fertility, and the
increase of grain which would follow,
ould greatly faciliate the rearing of
-ules, hogs cattle, and sheep ; and in a
ihort time the whole State could render
itself independent of the exactions -ol
)tr Keitucky neighbois, who kindly
mUpply us With all such thsngs, simply at
he expense of the prosperity of our
igricutufil population ; for in practice,.
hey annually sweep the country of all*
he surplus cash.which sfloat, in pay
able to procure as much cotton on fifty
tesres, as we do now on one hundred,
Emd the investment of the agricultural
protfis of the State at home, although
hey might be small, would have a won,
:lefl influence on general prospeity,
and build facilities throughout ouir now
desolbte and almtost uniapproacihble
State, wvhich would not only enchain
ur own sons to her borders, but induce
:apitalists to come io our midst, to
nake their dollars tell, by giving us o
esson of enterprise. We say to the
planters, rai<e less cottotn, more grain,
ntote mutes, more hogs, make your own
egro clothes; raise she p-make your
>wn blankets, erect tanyar ds, encourage
rloemakers and hat ters-in fact, artisans
2f all kinuds to set:tle permanently
amongsi you ; labor at making your soil
rich, and do not devote all your energies
o weariteg it out, and so'-n all thirgs
will go well wvith you. Yeu will nut
nake so many bales of cotton; you
nay nut cur such a swell on~ your factors'
Jo.ks; but take our word for it, you
wll have' happier shaves, richer lands,
imore thrift and fewer de*bts, and sleep
Ices thoughts, to harass yours hours of
rest.
ExTRanRn:nany CAsE.-There fel
undier our eyes today, says th.- Kimgston
(Ulster Co.) Joutnal the most singular
case of disease we ever witnessed. The
suject is a man named Snyder aged
lirty-five years, residing in the torwn of
Warwaasing, in this coumty. *Four
months ago lie had an attack ofl sickness
bit recovered and was to-all appearance
entirely healed. About a fortnight after
his recovery he wvas seized with drowsi
ess, and for some time after, slept
early twvo-thirds of the day. This dis
ase continued to increase, until lhe
wotuld sleep two or thtree dlays wvithout
waking. When we saw him yesterday
to was continuing an uninterrupted
deep of five days. H is pulse is regular,
boughn nor very full his respiration is
asy and natural, and his skini moist and
cool. if food or drink be placed in his
montuh, he swiallows it ; and lhe walks
when led by the hand and slightly stup
ported. Thursday last he awoke freon
a sleep of two days, spoke a few woids,
struck a lady whlo was in the room vio
lently with a chair, and alnmost immie
diately afterward sunk into his present
slumber. He is on his wa;y to the New
York hospitai.
Accordion pianos of tiue tone, beautiful
inih, randh price not beyonud $45, are now
manufactured in large numbtters at Buf
I'ao. The manufacturer, it is said, caw.~
not keep pace with the demand.
PAINFUL INCURATILE9 DISEASE
Mr. J. W. L. Childers, the Mayor
of Mobile, has recently resigncd his of.
fice. In his letter to the Council be
sajys'
"The melancholy fact, that I am ti'
%ictin of a disease utterly incurable is
impressed upon my mind with encr
succeeding hour tf my life, No' pen
can describe my physical sf.M-rings, nor
any generons friend estimte my mentall
angnisli. Feeling myself incapaciated
to discharge the onerous duties of the
ofice of Mayor, by reason of my aflls-.
lion, I especuolly tender you my les
ignation."
We chanced . frtw years agof to he
come '1rqu:tinted with a fnct in the get.
tieman's history, te rec4al of ilhicir.
11my throw light upon hia mysterious
letter.
About tix years ago, when the siject
4if wemperilce had excited very general
attetien in Mobile, under the then new
phrase of Washingtonianism, a- young
man, apparently not more than twenty.
one years of age, made his appearance
in one of the meetings which were night
ly held to promoto the cause, and re.
quested permission to sign the tempe.
tance pledge.- If not an entire stranger
he seemed to be known only to a few
of the numerous assembly. He was
bloited and haggard, and bore about
him indubitable marks of a degraded
druukard. Aiter signing the pledge, he -
tose to address the meeting. His youth.
fill appearance, and the earnestness with..
which he enlisted in the ranks of the.,
"reformed," drew from the audience an
expression of universal sympathy, and
excited unusual interest in his case.
And this interest was greatly heigh
tened by an unexpected burst of elo
quence from the trembling lips of the
speaker, as he depicted his own sad ex
perience of the blighting effects of in
temper.ince, and counselled his young
friends to shun the path which *had led
him io the brink of destruction. N'r
many succrssivo evenings this young
man was the chief speaker at -the tem
perance meetings,. which pecame ve.ry4
attractive, mainly through the eloquent
and stirring addresses. The beneficial
efects wer6 soon visible in his improved.
personal appearance, as well as in his
biightened intellect and more vigorous
oratory.
This young man was J. W. L. Chil
ders, the son of a respectable physician
of an interior town in Alab-4ma. .He*
had been educated for the law, but.had
in early manhood fallen deeply into'tho
snares of intemperance. He had been
aroused to a sense of his degradation,
and to .a resolution of reform, by..he.
Washingtonian excitement..-which.e at,
that time, by a sort of charm was.work.
ing wonders.among the drinking.,poPP!
lation of Mobile. .He fintly-.seled in
the city, in the practice of-the law,and
gained a higt atitnding.in the. communit
was ttom!fnated its a .candidate,swith.a e
good prospect .of.-an election, :hat ho
miodestly magnanimously declined -ind
favor of Ex Gov. Gayle, the present
member, a horn lhe conside:ed as having-N
higher claims to ti-e honor. Subsequent.
hy lhe was elected Mayor of the city,'and
for aught we know to the contrary,hlas
ever since continued faithful to Jas.a.
pledge. The peculiar phriiseology ofs
the letter a bove quoted, howe'ver war- -
rants us at least in suspecting that he has
again been ensnared by the demon In
tempera nce.
The coincidence of circumstances
eads us to mention, that Ex-Governor -
G ayle,!zo whom Mr. J.:W. Childers de
r.line~d his claims to distinction, was also
subject of the temperance reformation
in Mobile. Hie had been eminent among
lie public me'n in the State of Alabama,
und held high rank in time lcgal profes
;ion ; but for seveeal years he had been-,
n the downward paOth of inmemperance.
At one of the temnperan cel'meetings
which were held ahinost every night in .
one of the i.hurchecs, and were attended
by very respectable auditories-Mr..
Gayle was the first to set the example
nI signing the-pledge. His enlistmensts
in the cold water army occasioned a.,en..
eral shout of exuhra.ion in the midst of.
whlich the tenderer joy that was mani
tested by his initeresting family, who
were present, did not escape notice. .A
Washingtonian Society was subsequent.
ly foirmed, and Mr. Gayle was chosen
its President-a more honorable station,
in some respects, than that which he had
once held as Governor of the State.
He is the present Representative in
Congress of thec Mobile district.
[ Boston Travelor.
HUDsoNe BaY CoMAtor-A letter
from Washiington snys: "It is reported
that Mr. Buchanan has declined to resume
the negotiatIon with the agents of the
Hudson's Hay Company. for the purchase
of their sciual possessory rights, and their
for more extensive claims in Oregon. It
wouldi appear that the Britiah Govern,
ment has interposed with an injuetion up
on the officers of the company. restrain
ing them from tratnsferriug to the United
States any or the right seenred to it by
the treaty. Thte principal of these is the
rights to the free navigation of the Colm
bia This looks as if the British Govern
ment intended to assert some nationlat
rights in inat Territory. It is not at all
unlikely that serions troubles will grow
out of the British pretensions in that guar
ter under the treaty. Trho Idea of g'lving
up the point of an exclusive navigation of I
the Columbia. is no more to be entertain
edt than a propositior, to open the Mis
sissippi to the unrestricted commerce of
te world."
A quiet consiepce sleeps ip thunder.