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- MAR. ED.,T0Rt:-PledSe .1attiOUtee l10on. P. S.
BRO~OKS as a Catniidiate for re-vlcetiott to repre
entt tlte Fourth Congnessitil lj t otsistittg of
Edgehi..ld, Abhevile, Latireos, Newvberr and Lex
itigtott, ilt the tnext Congress. which electiout will
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lige M N IlN S
~Tiwr Friends of Col. A. C. GA RLINGTON
r-espectfully atntiounc-e lti a.s a Cttdidaite- to repre
senut the 4th Collgres.ionat IDisatrlet att the election
itt Oetubcr next.
'*lo.1.. P. CA RI.'OLL is respeetf-tl
antimineed by hi~s fricits as. a eanilate lor re-cee
tiott to ltne State S-enlate.a~t the etiivng eleetion.
C-r-Tiie Friends of Mi.TILL.NAN WVAT
SON, respectlilv ntomnaite him atsa canndidate for
-seat inl thle State selnate at tile ttext eletctionl.
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tg MITAs. Z. W. CAPWIlrE is respeecfllv an
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C Tlie Friends nr w. . PRN. Esq.,
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itt the next ilouse of 14epresentatives.
_CfTnFritids of Mr. WVADEi I1TSTI
nom t...- -.11 tooS Ej
lhouse ofRepresentatives att tile llext e&eetion.
ql3j rTni. Friendls (If CA\1 R Y W. -ST1 L E. , Esq..
respectfully .nott4unee ]iltl as a Candidate fur a Sent
tile tIcxt L~ltue
Ur~ Ttttt Frientds of GEM. W. LANDRUNiTtI
noulnee Ili,, as .1 C:andidate for a Seat itt the niext
Lezisiitnnre.
CgTiir Fricends of G. 1). TILIIAX. E q..
,'Metul ntotline Ili"t it a e~ttndnlate for a Seat
in lite LegilAnttre at tilt ttext eletit"i'.
119 THtE fOietnlS Of 1 .1O5IPI AINEY. Esqr.
jcspectfully ann,1ounce louti is a1 viidaate fior a stlat
in the ttcxt T-v~is-l.11re.
Cy. Tilt F ri eniIIs (If J A IIES C AM1-11 RN. Es..
respectfully aittounce hinm its at Catidilinte fir a seat
uin thc next Le~i-]:t tire.
C:, Tit r Fritids (If Dr'. IT. I'- Cotc rvsiteet fullyv
anoteIitoi at Caindidate fori at Seat itl tile te~t
Bdrt Ptiq.
TO LILLY
Thou'rt ever on the wing, Lilly,
Tliou'rt ever on the wing;
So much more like a bird thou art
Than any human thing.
Then build thy nest on high, Lil!y,
Then build thy nest on high,
Where the fowler cannot reach it
Oh! build it in the sky.
I said thou wast a bird, Lilly,
Or some erial thing;
But birds-they cannot soar, Lilly,
Poising on wounded wing.
Then built thee with the eagle,
And h'gher-if thou mayest:
An angel's hand shall bear thee up,
If thou fall when thou essayest.
For the eagle builis in the clifTs, Lilly,
So high is her iountain home;
There the archer's shafts reach not, Lilly,
A nd the storm-elouds never come.
Eut hide not always there, Lilly,.
Come to us now and then,
A nd tell its of the house thou hast,
And soothe our frequent pain.
Come at the early Spring-time,
When the first young buds appear;
We'll think, when breaks their silence,
'Tis thy bird-like voice we hear.
Come, at the evening twilight
Come at the hour or prayer;
A na we'll try our wings together
For that upper atmosphere. MOLLY.
A POETICAL BUNNING LETTE.
r
" I've waited on you several times,
With ny account so small,
And now I write to ask, if you
Intend to pay at all! d
You used to sty that you'd " look in, t,
And "settled it should be:"
But you forgt-'mi short of" tin,"
Atid so I write to thee.
"Oft at your office I did call- a
Long on your stairs I sat:
You were denied-though in the hall
I'm sure I saw your hat.
When I got in onec by mistake, 11
A d 'itwas too late to "cut,"
You said '-you'd only got a cheque,
And all the banks were shut." ir
"But all your dodges ain't no use, it
Letters must come to hand ; e
And neither lumbug tor abuse
A m I.a-going.tq stand. .M
tilled tp jon sure shall b6-; in
Iut if you'd settle-as you ought, di
Write by return to me."
:Iisdlamrous. C
tr
-- - -it,
LEAXNING A T3ADE.
It is a lameitable fact that too many parents
consider the learning of a mcehanical trade a
disgrace, and Labor ignoble-worthy only of a
lve, :nd send ot their sons into the world an
neitumberance rather than useful members of so
eiety. I'eople too often judge men by their out
side appearance. seeming to forget that it is the
heart that constitutes the gentleman, and that
0~ d,
tle rainent a man wears is no more a test of
-eitility tItan the beard that he wears upon.*his
fince. Libor and gentility are not antagonists;
nd the connectiotn between them m their true
nitNiuig is so close, that they are almost insep- h
rble. Ve do not pretend to say that every I1
ntmn who labors is a gentleman. but labor is tne
essaLry to develop the good traits of the heart,
and prevenit idleness from planting the weeds ofr
lissipation, which are so ruinous to the young.
All greatt men arc hard workers; and in no othi
er way could they have attained the position a
they hold. fThe most despised calling may be
nade honorable by the hontor of its professors;
nor will atty trade degrade the man that is in
rinsically pure. it is the hteart, the mind, the
itention carried into the work that ennobles or
egrades him who is engaged in it.
Let ntot parents wvho alnost compel their sonsv
to speind their time in idleness and consequenit
ebaitcherv andt( dissipation, or who teaich their,
stnls to believe that labor degrades them ,:andt
that the knowledge of a meelhanical trade is a blota
on their charatcter, ever cotmplain of disappointedr
hopes in their children. T1hte destiny of the
-hild is, to some extent in the hands of the pa.
ent, and depends greatly upon the prmeciples
nculcated by them. How many a poor, idle,
lesitating, errin~g outcast is now creeping and l
:rawliinglai waty through the world, who tmight;
I ave held tip hisa head and looked the world in,
the fice witih an unblanuchinig eye, if lisa parents
hbad giveni him a trade, and taught him thiat
SH onor and fame from no condition rise,
Act we1| your piart, there all the honor lies."
Mechanics are often sneered at by a certain
chtss of pop-gun gentry, because they fear not,
to acknowledge that lie is acquainted with a me
chanical trade. The man who does this is no <
hionor to the race of humanity ; a mere popinjay,
whose mind hats been taken complete posses-.
sion of by the weeds of idleness. HeI huas never
contribtted a single mite to benefit humanity,1
or done a single deed for the good of his fellowl
man. The world in him is burdened with an
existence that is a curse to it. Then learn your
sons a trade, and prepare them to battie with
the storms that they must meat, ere they have
sailed fur upon the vogage of life. Then they
can smile at the storm of adversity that may
gather over them in future life, knowing that
they have the power wvithtin themselves to meet
and conquer it.-Madison Visitor.
IOcevrATIos.-Man's business never ennobles
his chatracter. A bad nan elevated to an lion
oraible ohlice is still the same original scoundrel
lie was before his prefermaent, only he has an
opportunity of doing a larger amount of itjury.
Virtue, hontor, truth and integrity are the same
whether foutnd in the street scavenger or in the
judge. An hontest man peddling out matches,
jack knives or gun flints, is as much entitled to
respiect, as his whose freighted ships whiten the
ocean. 'Tis man that ennobles his business.
Fathers and guardians make a sad mistake,
when they persist in crowding their eons or
wards into the different professions instead of
giving tem a trade, as though a briefless law
ver was a whit more respectable than a good
shoe black, earpenter, or printer. Young Indies,
too, show their want of gumption, when they
give honest worth the "sack " because it.is con
cealed under a coatting of tar, chalk, smut, ash
es, or ink, and give their hearts and hiands to
some of the "learned professions" who have
not learned to behave decently, or to earn the
alt in the bread they destroy.
An honest, upright man is an ornament we
love to contemplate. His industry and inleg-|
rity are priceless jewels and they will give him
independence. Point to one professional man
who has distinguished himself in proportion to
his opportunities, and we can point you to
scores of mechanics, farmers and laborers who .
have risen to an enviable eminence despite the
impediments by which they were surronded.
The learned professions are well enough, but
all men were not designed for lawyers and doe.
tors. Suppose we were all tin tinkers, what a
chattering of tin panis there would be ?-Spirate
of the Age.
WHAT IS TO BE THE END OF IT ?-The fol
lowing terrible picture of javenile depravity, is
from the New York Mirror. It is no wonder
that murder stalks abroad in that city when the
dark stream of crime is fed frotn a fountain so
prolific. We may well ask what is to be the
end of all this ?
" One of the most pitiable and painful sights
in this citv, is the thousand and one barefooted,
ragged and filthy children idling about the
streets, or, in stormy weather, plying old brooms
at the street crossings. Running among the
amnibuses and carriages, they perform. it i true,
! fair share of what little street cleaning is done,
lo the shame of our authorities be it sa id-and
their remuneration con.sists of the few pennies
Iropped into their palms by pedestrians.
0 No less than a thousand of these unfortu
iates may be counted in New York on any
--iny day. They are principally girls, mo,t of
hem gnder teii years of age, but many of thetm
welve, Fourteen, and still older. Mixed among
hese giils are enough boys to educnte them ini
il the viciousness and vulgarity of their sex;
4 between their own depravity, ingrained by I
life in the streets almost, from infancy, and
hat caltgbt from their male companions, they
resent a picture of debasement which might de
ight a fen'd bent on the aunihilation of hiuman
tv.
Low slang, obscenity, and blasphemy of the
oarsest kind is their current language from
norning until night. This is %isible to any one
vho traverses our streets, unless his eyes te
trained on Africa, or some distdint land of less.
r heathen. When the night comes thiese chil
reni scatter to their haunts-where ? Stne go
L homes more filthy than the streets they have
een sauntering or sweeping, where druilen
ithers and mothers eagerly seize the earnings
f their children's sin and shame, to prolong the
)ul orgies of Five Points and kindred places:
lid some, already reckless of home, or home- b
ss, seek rum holes, or hells of vice still more
isgustin'" a
a 4 I
CnEAP WASH FOR COTTAGES OF WoOD.-For f;
ie outside of wooden, cottage barns, outbuild- 'l
igs, fences, &c. where econoimy is important, d
te following wash is recommended: P
Take a clean barrel that will hold water. Put 0
it h:,lf a bushel of fresh quick-lime, and slake a
by pouring over it boiling water sufficieit to
>ver it 4 or 5 inches deep, and stiring it till tI
aked.
a few weeks will cuse the whitewash to har
mn on the wood work. Add suflicient water
bring it to the consistency of thiek whiitewsh.
his waish is of course white, and as white is a
Plor which we think ,,hould never be used, ex- g
'pt upon buildings a good deal surrounded by n!
ees, so as to prevent its glare, we would make
a fawn or drab color before using it..
To make the above wash a pleasing cream '
>for, add 4 lbs. yellow ochre. E
For fawn color, take 4 lbs. umber, 1 lb. Indi. h
i red, and I lb. lampblack. Il
To make the wash grey or stone color add 4 h;
is. raw umber and 2 lbs. lanipblack.
The color may be put. on with a4emmon
hitewash brushi, and will be found much tnore t
urable than common whitewash. as the sulphate t
r zinc sets'or hardens the whitewash.
Is THAT THE TELEURAr AituivED.-A rath
r green countryman front the far West, who e
ad resided- all his lifetime at a distance from t
ie'modern innovations of railroads and tele- n
raphs, lately resolved to visit thte city of New i
'ork, and see all the wonders that lie heatrd or p
~ad of as daily occurretices there. Ile resolved r
>do the thinig in sty le, atnd being told that the i
t. Nicholas was ihe hotel, he pt tip there. At
late hour int the evening, and havitng takeni at
ttle refreshment, he retired to rest. Thme irst t
(ng sounded in the moirning, iind the untsophtis- a
iented traveller sprang from his bed in alarm, C
mering that someC terrible accident hand happen. '
d ; but he soon recollected himself. amid puttiiig c
is head out of the door, inquired of a passer-by
hthter that was the telegrrph which had just,
rrived?"' "Yes," said thu person addressed, i
who was a bit of a wag; and, perfectiy satidfied,
he traveller proceeded to dress and pe'rformn his 5
blution. Presenitly there was another clatter i
esounding through te htotel, just as thte cotnn
rymnan had reached the barber's shop, antd pine
d himself under the htands oif the tonsorial op)
rator. "I-How did yotu sleep last night ?" satid
le polite barber, observing that his customer
vas a stranger. "Oh, I slept very n eli till morn
ng, was the reply ; - but the confountded iee I
raph awoke me." "Itndeedl, sir! did you heair
ny bad news from home?"' "lNo, btt I heard
' infernal noise, and I ain't got used to it."
LAYIG vir WVEALTII R OUn CIutLDREN.
Phe injurious consequences so frequenutly flow
ng from this practice do tiot senm to secure any
eriouts attention,else the praeaice would be less
ommon thtan it is. It is a moderate caiculation
~hat half (of thtose left rich by their parents have
ecomed ruined and bankrupt, both itn business
md in moral character, if the efiorts of pa.
rents were directed more to the right tratininig of
their children, and to the formationi of good
Itabits and principles in theta, there would be
fwer such results. And evetn those wvho are
not ruined are certainly dwarfed and enfeebled
by their inheritatnce of wealth. If such facts
were duly considered, there would be more wis
dom and more happiness in the world.
BIE not greedy of great gain. You will find
it hard to eat more than a loaf a day-two coats
worn at otnce are uncomfortable-a great honse
will remind you of youtr own littleness, and con
tinually mock you with the thought that your
last habitation will be cold, dark, and narrow,
one that wealth cannot adorn, or mako safe from
the attack of the clay worm.
Throw awaty pride. H-umianity is a safeguard
in which to travel thme dangerous ways ot life.
The well-dressed man is often mad~e to stand
and deliver. He who walks in the dark may
break his head unless he stoops.
RULES FOR HEALT'H.--Never drink anything
but water. Never eat anything but oatmaeal.
Wear thte thickest boots. Walk 15 miles regu
larly every day. Avoid all excitement-Gonse
quently it Is best to remain single, for then you
will be free from household cares annd mat rimo.
nial troubles. Thay are all very strong exoito
ments, which must be avoided 'if you. valute In
the least, your health. By attenidig carefully
to the above rules, there is every probability
that you may live to 100 years, and that you
may enjoy your hundredth year fully as inuch
,s youn did your twni.Arst..-Punh.
Frtbe -Anderson Gazette
CO wENCEME EXERCISES OF JOHNSON FEr
- ME UNIVERSITY.
We give .bes the addresses on the presenta
tion of a Sil.elitcher by Prof. J. Scott Murray
in behalf oftliProfessurs, to Chancellor Wil
ikm B. John .
The comme ent exercises were regarded
b) those pre eis superior to those of any pre.
ceding year. 7 rkable proficiency was manm
fested by -the oung Ladies in their varied
perforaiances,rof. Wagstaff, assisted by Prof.
Bacon, is stil iding over the musicai depart
ment. - The' 6ts in this branch f their in
strituction exhi a thoroughness or education
that was trtidyi htful. 1sase and grace were
combined with pidity of execution. We are
sure that no otld-as otherwise than pleased with
the concerts oft ,evenings. The coinpositionis
read by the Yo Ladies commended the entire
approbation ofle auditory. A very distin
guishied entlem) present remarked to one of
ine Lady Prdtsors,-" Mladam, it requires
strong faith to Mieve that the Young Ladies
wrote those-connsiLions."
The rapid nrdihorough development of this
reature of Fem:t education is owing to the
!re and attentiogestowed upon it by the Pro
'essors. No habl- or pains are spared to render
heml) proficient,,*' hence their rapid improve
nent.
The address J5ir. Tupper was a masterly
ftort redolent wi the flowers of Rhetoric, :and
bounding in pas'ges of deoupand intense elo
luence. .We ha never see'n the feelinmrs of
mi andience so 4eply moved than during the
lelivering of thisIddress. As this address will
c published sooitwe will spare our remarks.
'ie folluwing adse.sses were procured in order
hat they might bgivei to the public. They
ere delivered itroptu, but have since been
oinitted to pa r at the solicitation of the
riends of the U: ersity.
THE ADDRgS OF PROF. MURRAY.
Rec. ChancelloA,-I have the pleasure, on be
alf of the profes;s4 and teachers in this Insti
ation, to present f you this Silver Pitcher, as
slijiht testimo'i of their high regard for
ou personally, i' of their appreciation of
our efforts to p ote the prosperity of this
fniversity. It w d be wholly a work of su
ererogation for meto dwell on the devotion of
our life to the 4vancement of religion and
.ience-for in boti these departments of cris
an labor, you li e made an impress upon
aonsanads of imm , souls which ca never be
mdicated. None this state have done more
advance religion Id science than yourself, and
one are more wortl y of the gratit ude and grratn.
lion of the frien4 of both.\ Who is the bene.
etor oft his count I Surely not the hauzhtiy
rant nor the bl4y Conqueror; but lie who
otes his life to thi elevation of mind and the
rification of the -.sffections of the heart,-in
her words, he whi labors- to promote seience
id religion. In tiliL respect there are thousandt
to regard you a-t*ir beneractor. Permit me,
en. on lehalf o e 'profes.ors and teachers
presenting-tog 'mmentoof their af
HE REPLY OF THE CHANCELLOR TO PROF. MUR
RAY.
Reer. Professor Murray:-It is wit h lively and
iful emotions, that I accept this beautiful
tidle of domestic comfort from you, my dei
r, as the organ of the Professors and Teachers
this University. For myself, a happier as.
ciation of co-laborers in the work (af Female
duention could not have been formed. If w<
ive sometimes differed in opinions, we have
er dissented in action. The success whic
is ttended the efficient and untiring labors o
ie Prolessors and Teachers of this Institution
Is given full proof of their unsurpased merit in
to interesting and important vocation whic
iev adorn. The universal, delighted, cordia'
probation, by enlightened, judicinu. minds, o
e performances of the Young Ladies of the
'niversity, is the well-merited reward of the
draordinary' powers of their estimable Instrue
rs, not only for imparting knowledge in the
1st licid and impressive manner, but also o
spiring the mind with generous and noble as
r~aions for " whatever is lovely and of gooc
polrt," and of anima~ting it w'.ii glowing ardoi
at he pursuit, of henhlth.
To be. honored by such a corps of Instruictors
ten, witha lie otfering of an article at once orna
ntal and useful is no ordinary distinction. I
~cept. iL therefore wimh heartfelt pleasure, as the
spressioni of :affection ad respect from those
hose affection and respect I haighaly prize, ane
ordially reciproeate. -
May your life, my dear sar, may the lives n1
ie Professors and Teachers, with whom yot
re. asscited, as co-adjutors in the great worl
n which vdu and they stand pledged, be lone
pared, that you miay contintue to train tha
male mind for that proper influence wvhich ite
reator designed it to exercise upon the world
id upon Jhis own blessed cause.
You have been pleased, sir, to advert to mm
ervices in the enause of Female Educat iota
Vhen I engaged ini thoase services, it wias froir
.senseC of daity for " the weniker vessel," whose
hoer traininag tad been overlooked by tht
'Irongr. The Statte had -established a Colleg
ar her boys, but h'er'girls were left to acqiuira
nowhdge as best they might, from the liberalilj
if private etelrprize, ir parental affection. TPhi
'eslt was, that out of Charleston, no publii
ceadmty or Hligh Sehool invited females toi it:
ia store of learning by means of comnpeteai
echers with the adianitages of apparatus ani
ibry. Progress, hctvever, has been makinag ta
higher order of thiirgs for females. And now~
it the distance of nearely hahf a century, I be
old, with unspeaka~e delight, High Sebioolk
.olleges, and even at University for females
penig, with invitinl aspect, their portals fo
ie ntirance of the g'rls, that they may becomn
itied for the noble aations designed for thei
ccepncy by the eafmun Fathaer of tall hi
baild ren.
Whatever agency sy poor serLvices may hav
ad in the progress if events to the presen
blessed results in faive of Female Education,i
all of the Lord. .Todis name be alhl tho prais
nd glory. _______
WILD CIIERRY BAtK SYRUP.-Said to be am
infallible cure for feve and iague. The follow
ing receipne was handd us by a subscriber, wvh
says it is very highly tued both by htimself ani
fri'ends.'
Take i of a poundof the inner bark of th
wild eherry-freshi Iron the tree-and broil it ai
hour in two quarts o:water. Strain off the Ii
quar, add to it j of iaonind oaf stugar, ar.d boi
or gently simmer it davn to le pints.
A dose of half a sine glass to be taken al
hour before each meal If eommenced as 6o0l
as the premonitory sytoms of ague appear, o
when only onae chill hs occurred, and pursue<
for a few days, it willbreak up the ague. Al
tr the ague is broker takeo it twine a day, ani
then once a day for a week after the chill ha
elapsed, and about twe weeks after take a dos
daily for two or three oys.-.-Americatn Agricua
PARDNED.-We hern that Gabriel, one c
the negroes condeneca for the murder of Mad
dox, has been pardond, and will receive 30
1..a.be.ista4 of hnnnr-Ahhuvillae Rnnal
THE AIEN aNInmrY4IXWL ROAD.
Mr. STYLES, Editor of the " Valley Pioner,"
thus speaks of our Rail Road and the Barbacue
of the 6th inst.
We had the pleasure of being present on this
interesting and-to old Edgefield-important
occasion. The object of the meeting, the Speak
er, the Dinner, or someting else drew together a
large concourse of citizens, and they were ably
anI most intelligently entertained for -Home
hours, on the subject of Railroads, and the pro
priety of one through or near Edgefield Village,
by Mr. Perrin, the able and efficient President
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and
our distinguished Senator, the Hon. A. P. Bat
ler. Both speeches were characterised by stern
practical common sense truths, and if the peo
ple of Edgefield take no heed of their councils
and warnings, their doom is fixed.' A Road from
Aiken to Edgefield is all that can save the place,
and unless they build it or some body else build.4
it. which is very improbable, ten years will find
t lie people of the Distriet clamouring to remove
the Courthouse upon the line of Railroads.
The people of Edgefield are required to sub
Feribe $250.000, and become partners in the
Greenville aud Columbia Railroad affair, as a
consideration for this Road, and it seems to us
that the very worst view of the proposition,
which would be the entire loss of the Stock
subscribed, gives to the Vi!lage advantages that
ought to awaken the subscribing energies of
that people.
However, we have but little interest in promot
ing such an enterprise, though we are rot among
the selfish and narrow minded few who oppose
the project because other intersts may suffer by
its successful operation. We of Hamburg must
take care of our interests in another way. The
Aiken and Ninety-six Road will do us no harm
if u e but do our duty and build our own favo
rite Road. So, Brother Simkins, go ahead, and
stir up )our sleeping capital.
TnAPE Co.MNG BACK.-We are gratified to
see many old familiar faces in our streets,-Pkn
ters fron Laurens, Anderson, Greenville and
Spartanburg, who have for some time been
alienated from us by the construction of the
Greenville and Columbia, and Laurens Roads,
and the building up of Cotton markets along
their line. These Planters have not paid us a
visit for a long time, and their coming now is a
matter of a little surprise. We ask them why
it is that they cro-ss the Railroads with their Cot
ton and come here-fifty to a hundred miles-to
trade! Why they leave markets at their doors,
and go back to the old wagon systetn to get
here? They give us various reasons, bnt the
most interesting and important one of all is that
thev "can to. do better here,"-that they can
make money by "hauling their own Cotton, and
selling it in Hamburg." We do not pretend to
aceount for this, but certain it is that the num
ber of wagons, now daily to be seen in our
streets, from the Railroad regions furnishes good
cause to suspect that the Planter is not altogether
pleased with the way they-do things elsewhere.
- t -9h; m f;Tdr illianr-d'WelGentemen
come on, we are preparing to accommodate you
all with the highest prices for your produce,and
with groceries low enongh to pay yon very
handsome freights for hauling. We can assure
you that Hamburg is yet in the ring, and that
she is able, willing and anxious to do a good
part by you.-Hamburg Valley Pioneer.
KELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.
The announcement in yesterday's paper of
the death of the youngest son of Mr. Theo. S.
Du Bose must have 'struck with astonishment
those who saw him but a day before his death,
in the bloom of health. This sad event occur
ed in the most heart-rending- mwnner. We
learn ihat in pursuing his sports lie had wan
dertd to the gin-house, and had climbed up on
the large central revolving wheel -to which the
cogs are attached-this, in its revolution, liassed
in about two inches of the lower end of one of
the upright pieces that sustain the b:nd wheel.
In his bovish thoughtliness, not heeding the im
minent danger of his position, lie was. carried
around, and dreadful to relate, had his neck
crushed under the upright piece, producing in
stantaneous death.
He was about eight or nine years of age. Alt
who were acquaited with the mildness and gen
teness of his disposition, and the uncommon vi
gor and sprightliness of his young intelleet, will
know what a sad bereavement it has been to his
affectionate parents, brothers and sisters. For
tunately for them, they possess the otnly effec
tal alleviation to affition-a firm faith in the
wisdom of the Supreme Ruler. WVith feelings
of profound sorrow we extend them our most
cordial sympjathy.--Winnsboro Register.
MAN KILLED.
The Petersburg Express has the following ne
count, of a catsuailty ott thie Wilmington and Ral
eigh Railroad last Fridaiy:
- The engineer of the mail train from Wil
iington, when a short distance north of Halifax,
N. U., discovered a white man standing uponl
the track. The train was proceedin'g at a rapid
rate, and knowing it impossible to check its
speed, the engineer sounded the whistle, but the
unfortunate nian remained perfectly motionless,
and was struck with full force by the enigine.
It is supposed instanit death was the result, but
as the train did not stop), we have no clue to hit
idetity or what led to the rash act."
One of our oldest and most esteemed mer.
chants left this city on the 5th of August in the
steamship Pacific, and returnted in the same yes
eel on the 3d of September, having been absent
just twenty-nine days, durintg which time he
travelled over a large portiou of Englanid. Scot,
land and Wales, transacting a large ameunt ci
bsiness, closing old accounts of many years
standing, openinig new ones, and entering intc
negtimions with thie rteal and activity characte
ristic of our countrymen-sleeping in railway
cars at night, attending to busiiiess during thet
day and participating inimusemecnts in the eve.
ning. Upon one occasiun, whten our friend was
introduced to a leatdiug English merchant, the
latter inquired of him, "H ow old are you ?"
To which the answer was," three score."
"Thtree score!" exclaimed the English mner
chant. "Why. if you are thus active at thret
score, what must your younig men be ?"
" Oht," replied our friend, -the youngsters ir1
New York run right over me; they wold not1
thik oh wasting a week in doing the business
have transacted in the United Kinugdom."
Our friend gives a most favorable account of
thie English crops. He describes the appear.
ane of the grain, as it stands in shocks in the
field, as one general encampment. The yield oJ
potatoes is immense, although the rot will pro.
bably reduce the crop to a good average.-.Newt
IYork Courier. _
MAGNILOQUENet IN THE Putrrr.-A niewly
fledged theologian, making his debut before a~
country congregation recently, commenced hie
opening invocation ~in these words: "O, thou
magnitit creature !" There was a general
leaning of foreheads upon the pew rails, and a
ftremulous movement pervaded the worshippers,
-but no loud laughter occurred, and the prayer
proceeded to its close in the same lofty strain
SThe sermou was perhapt maore sQ,
MR. EDITOR :-You will oblige many o your t
readers by giving a place in the columns of the t
Advertiser, to a series of articles which appeared
t
in the Charles'ton Courier, over the signature of
No MIEMBER." They are written by one who e
has no superior-if an equal-at the Bar of this r
State. MANY CITIZENS. 9
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TE AUGUSTA BRIDGE, NO. 1.
Mr. Carroll, of Edgefield, has come before the
public to answer or oppose the temptest of ex
clamation, as lie calls it, with which the late
legis!ation on this subject has been received in
the city of Augusta. The sort of feeling ex
cited in Augusta, generally attends on acts of
spoliation, and is generally more vehemently ex
pressed by the su ferers, than by those who have
no interest in the matter. With Mr. Carroll's
agency in procuring the questionable act we
have nothing to do. lie doubtless is satisfied
in his own mind, of the delicacy ani perfect
propriety of his course; the uniform tenor of
his life will not admit of a doubt of this-and if
there is deflexion in his legislative experience,
from the right line, no one who knows him will
ascribe it to anything but an error of judgment.
The responsibility of this act is with the Legis
lature and the dissatisfaction which it has created
is not continued to Georgia or Agusta. If Mr.
Carroll, or any one else,can remove that dissatis- a
faction, lie wiIl gain a great triumph over popu- r
lar sentiment. We mean to inquire how far he
has succeeded in reconciling to the public con- '
science, the transfer of the Augusta Bridge I
from the city of Augusta to his clients, Messrs. I
Jones & Kennedy.
'I'lie great point which lie labors to establish is,
that the bridge belonged to the State. Now let i
us ask whetier it would be right to give the r
bridge to Jones and Kennedy, even if it could be
proved that it belonged to the State ? Suppose C
the State to have erected this bridge, and built c
it with the public money on the public land- V
would it be right or proper to give it a way for
private purposes? for the purpose of enriching
a favored individual with a large income from an
investment of money taken out of the treasury ?
The State built a road once. It would have I
sounded monstrous to propose to give that road c
as a reward for the merit of ani influential mem- c
ber, and allow him to take toll for private gain
and profit at the expense of the commutity.
Why not buy a plantation for the popular favo- I
rite ? It would not make any difference in r
rinciple whether the money was employed in c
building hin a bridge or buying him a farm.
The answer will, probably. be thi the State <
paid nothing for the Bridge; and " light come
light go," treasure that cost nothing needs not
be economi-ed.
But the Bridge did cost the people of Augusta t
something. They lought and paid for it from
shore to shore. Even by the partial statement
of Mr. Carroll, this is admitted, for he does not 1
inore the purchase- under the sale wade by the
. 5. Court. Lie knows too, that Shultz and
McKitne were-Pvithtwiceirthe ? p t, ahd
~rco~rd jdgnent, (f the Courts of the United
States and the Court of Equity of this State, I
three times pronoinced on solemn arguments.
Conceding then, for the sake of argmitient, the I
great noint contetntied by Alessrs. Jones and
Kennedy, the ease staids thusi: The city of
Augusta have held the property 20 years and
upwards, by purchase and claim of title; but
there is in that title a 1la:w, by reason of which
the State of Sout h-Carolina has the legal right.
And on the strength of that flaw in the title (of
the city of A ugusta. the State of South Caroli
na. anthorises Jones and Kennedy to eject them
from half their property, and make the most of
it for their own benetit.
Is it any wonder that the city of Augusta finds
something offini,ive in setting up a claim against
long. peaceable aid recognized possession? and
aonetlhinLt worse in proceedling to change the I
possiion ithout a trial? The anger felt in I
Georgia is the natnral expression of indignation I
agahint high handed justice-:t species of inter- I
Ference with the right of possession, which in F
higher circles is called spoliation ; but among
the common people, robbery.
On' their own showing, therefore, the grant of 1
the Augusta Bridge to .Jones & Kennedy. is a
betavaul of the public interest at the shrine of
private gain, so far as we, the constituency of
the gentlemen, who passed the act, concerned ;
and so far as the State of Georgia is concerned,
it is the assertion of an offensive claim in the
tost insolent manner. -The value of that flaw,
which it is supposed that Messrs Jotnes & Ken
nedy have discovered in the title of the city of
Augusta, wilt be discussed hereafter.
NO MEMBER.
THE AUGUSTA 'RTIGE, N. 2.
This is the passage of Chtancellor H APEVR'
decree on which the advocates of the late Lee
islation rely: " Then as to ainy right of17
copllaianttts in the Bridge itself it would be
sutlicient to sauy that all the complainant
SHULTZ's right aind interest therein had passed
away by the expiration of his Charter. The
franchise or exclusive privilege which constittu
ted it his property, no longer exists, and the ma
terial structure is attached to and part of the
soil, atid would be the property of the States,
the owners of that soil, if the franchise had not
been renewed to atnother."
Before we examine the weight of this author
ity it is proper to observe, that it is not a sen
tence or judgment, but an observation made by
the Chanucellor, iiot called for by thie question
before him. For aniy one who will read his
opinion will see, that before making this remark,
he had already exposed the f~dlacy of SHULTZ's
claim, by showing that lie was barred, first, by
the decree of the Supreme Court: N'econdly
by his Power of A ttorney to Frrzsiuimoss mid
ALER : and thirdly, by his own releause. The
supertlous obijection abotit the ownership of
the soil was therefore thrown in by the Chan
ellor as a passing remark upoti a point not ar
ged, and not essential to the case before him.
This should be said in justice to that groat
Judge: and it is further to be remarked that his
idea of the effr'et arising from the owniership of
the soil is quite inconsistent with the supposi
tion that, the State claimed under FaIR, or that
the terms of Judge EARLE's deed had any thing
to do with the question..
By the Eniglish law, no rivers are ~isidered
navigable above tide water; but sues distime
tion is not applicable to this conti:wnt, antd to
rivera like the blisi5sipi. The Chi::necellor wa's
therefore warrented in holding the Navannah to
be a navigable river it, Augusta, anid applying
to it, the law laid down itn respect to rivers of
that class. One of the rules of that law is that:
the proprietors of the soil on either bank, do
not own to the middle of the atream, but to
low-water mark only. And another rule is, that
the bed of the, natvigable river belongs to the
State, like the ports, havens atnd arms of the
sea, within facies terra. These propositions are
freely admitted, but the inference which the
Chanellor draws from them. viz: that whatever
is biilt in the bed- of a navigable river becomes
the property of the State, confounds things that
are totally different, and is essentially orrone
It will not be doubted that the same rule
... c sv ..n. .. to . tzts hvna4 arms o
besea, obtains in regard to navigaie " "ers
here is for them all, as regards the authority 6f.
he State and rights of individuals, one law
he right of property; the ownership is- i the
Itate as an attribute of-sovereignty. .Forthis *
ause the State has power and authority to re
2ove all impediments that obstruct- the free tpe
nd navigation of such Rivers. And subject to
his restraining power, every man has a right tQ
se the water and the bed of4he river for any
twful purpose, not inconsistent with the rights
f the riparian proprietor. No one can suppose
ltat a bridge is an unlawful thing any more
ban a boat. The bridge and the boat are equa.:
? legitimate modes of enjoying that usufrct
rhich all citizens are entitled to have in the
ublie waters of the State. That use which is
made of a River by means of the bridge cannot
e enjoyed by any but the riparian proprietors,,
ecause the banks of the River belong to them...
Int to build a bridge is to exercise a common
igh t, provided no impediment is- thrown in the
ray of the public authority, and-no trespass is
ommitted on private property.
In the exercise of a common right, no one can
e lawfully disturbed; but no disturbance can..
e more flagrant than.to turn'one out of th6
ossession of that which he has constructed for
imself.
These considerations show that the owner.
hip of the soil as an attribute of sovereignty is
o ground to argue from, when the rights of in
ividuals in the public waters are concerned.
'hore is no analogy between the building on
rivate property and.building in the sea. The
roperty of a private man in hand is exclusive,
vhoever builds on that land acts in direct oppo
ition to the owner's rights. But he that builds
i an arm of the sea, or a navigable river, does
othing in derogation of the Sovereign's rights.
)n the contrary he employs himself in strict
onfortity with tle will of the Sovereign whose
wnership of the public waters is for the com
ion use of all-not merely for all citizens to
se for boating, and sailing and fishing, but. for.
Il lawful -purposes connected with the publio
relfare. Nio notion of any such analogy would
xist if weefleet on the state of society where
roperty in land is upknown. Among - the an
ient Germans, as among the-Indian tribes, the
woers i of the land was in the Sovereign, un
er the a conditions which noumapply to his
,wnership of the sea, The land belonged to
lie State colleotive1j- fo.r the use of all; but the
ight which theman had .o -his house was ex
lu-ive. It ivas' built on the public soil, but it
was his pivate property. The idea, therefore,. i
f arguing from.analogy, between property ves
ed in an individual for his private use, and pro
icrig belonging to the State, as an attribute of
sovereignt'y, prodeeds from confounding things
hat are totally distine'A'
The notion that the pridge belongs to. the:
;tate, as owner of the soil, rests entirely:oo the
>iles by which the bridge is supported; and.
hose who maintain the right, of the $tau inust'2
ilirm it.ybaterifls ill
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ny such assumptioi, and the position is shown
o be false by numberless instances.
First with regard to arms of the sea, ports and
tvens. No man will deny that the harbor of
t2iarleston belongs to the State, and no man is
o ignorantt as ntot to know that every wharf in
ie city is built in the harbor far below low-wa
er mark. There is no statute or ordinance giv
ng the right to build wharves. They were
>uilt of coninion right, in the exercise of the un
oubted privilege which every riparian proprie
or enjoyed of ipin)roving his property, by using
he fa-ilities afforded by the sea and its branch
e. The right may be regulated, but it does
tot owe its existence to the ordinances that reg
dlate it; nor does any one suppose that the
5.te or city can take away a man's wharf be
ause it is built in the harbor. If it interferes
vith the free navigation of the port, it may be
bated is a purpresture; but such a foul idea as
hat of taking away one man's wharf to give it
o another, never received the sanction of a
ound mind.
The wharves recently built into the harbor by
hat enterprising citizen, 0. B. HILLIARD, attest
lie continned exercise of the right, na well as
ts benefteial influence on the public welfare.
But the existence of the right which every
itizen h's to the usufruct of public waters, in
~luding the right to build and erect structures
herein for lawful purposes, is equally shown in
he navigable rivers as in the ports and harbors.
Mills arp frequent in the tide-water, erected by
reat eneroachmentts on the rivers; and to seize
Smill built in the river, on the ground that it
was attached to the soil, would be scouted, even
f it were free front the odious feature of a tri
ute to pi-vate influence. Even fish traps are
protected, which on the river Banne, in Ireland,
vere the signal for a frerce contention in the
ime of Sra .Jois DAVIS, to whose report it
mightt be useful for some people to refer, for the
ist inction between Royal fish and other fish.
Thus we see that the attempt of the Legisle.
ttre to interfere with the property of the city of
Augusta in this bridge, is as unconstitutional as
any other act of spoliation would be,and in di
ret violation of Magna Charta. The few peo
pe that have been deceived in this respect, have
been misled by confounding the bridge with an
exclusive privilege or monopoly of toil. On
this distinction, whicht can be made apparent to
the meanest capacity, a few words will sufies.
NO MEMBER.
AN INDIAN MAssAcE.-A telegraph despatob
from St. Louis announces the receipt of intel
ligence from Fort Laramie of a melancholy cha
rater. It seems that a Sioux Indian stole an
ox from an emigrant. The chief of the tribe
offered to deliver the offender to the commander
of the fort; and accordingly Lieuf, Grattan,
Sergeant Favor, Corporal McNal ty, and~ twenty
privates, accompanied by an interpreter, set out
or the (amp of the Sioux, where thte entire4
,arty were massacred. It was reported that the
:hief of the Sioux wvas also killed. No other
xrticulars of this terrible deed of blood are re
eived. Reinforcements have been despatched
;o the fort. The Indians ea represented as
rery hostile.
AMEaRCANs IMPRTsoNED IN NJeARAGUA.-A
etter dated Rivas, Nicaragua, Ang. 27, says:
Capt. Myrick, the superintendent of the Ac.
~essory Transit Company. eoal depot, has been
nmprisoned; Mr. Henry Gottel, their transpor
ation contractor, was also arrested on a charge
>f being a spy to the enemy; and had it not
been for Mr. .J. S. Pardee, United States consul
it San Juan del Suir both might have been shot
by this time. He secured their release. Mr.
Simeon Warden, a man of a gobod deal of pro-.
pert, had bonght some houses from a native to
he amount' of S18,000, and the houses were
tbsequently seized by the authorities. ~
WE lean that a negro man, named .Ioe, was
-un over by Wednesday night's Columbia ex
press train when near Orangeburg. It was sup.
posed he had fallen asleep while waiting for thie
train.
THE mtortality at Chicago coniues Iarge,.
there being 157 deaths last week, incltiding4 49
rnm cholea,