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"We will cling to the Pilla'r of tihe Temple of onkr Liberties, and if it imst fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruin." SIMKINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD9 S.Ca, DECEMBER 3, 1G GOVERNO'S RESSAGEt EXECUTIVE DtPART1ENT, Columbia, S. C., Nov. 24, 1856. Gentleme n of the Senate and Housc of Reprcsentatires: The object for which you were recently con vened in extra session has been determined. The popular voice has declared in favor of the party of our preference. The past admonishes us to reserve the fullteasure of our rejoicing to the day when the avowed policy of the party shall have been honestly carried out; when justice shall be re-established, and tranquility be restored to the country. Then, indeed, will the victory be one worthy of the strongest de monstration which patriotism can indulge. So far as the result may be regarded. as a rebuke to that Northern party, whose principle of eho hesion is hatred to the South, we share in the general satisfaction. Considered in reference to the vital issue between the North and the South, I fear that it will be a barren triumph that it will prove to be, at best, but a brief re spite of feverish, exhausting excitement, des. tined to end in embittered feeling and distrac ted counsel among ourselves. Slavery and Freesoilism can never be reconciled. Our ene mies have been defeated-not vanquished. A . majority of the free States have declared against the South, upon a purely sectional issue, and in the remainder of them, formidable minorities fiercely contended for victory under the same banner. The triumph of this geographical par ty must dissolve the confederacy, unless we are prepared to sink down into a state of acknowl edged inferiority. We will act as wisely to em' ploy the interval of repose afforded by the late election, in earnest prepmratioi fur the inevitable conflitet. The SouthLIer States have never de. mande-d more than eqnality and security. They ein not. submtit to less, and remsain in the Union, w.thout dishonor and ultimate ruin. The internal state of the commnwealth, over whose :aibirs you are called to deiberate, exhibits a gyratfvifyii conidition of getneral pro:! perity atAi contetment. The State has been mercifully spared the scourge of the " pesti.enee which wastet::." atd our people liave sown ani reaped in peace, Impressed with a sense of our mutual mhii:tions, and with hearte full of grati tude to God, we enter on the work of duty be fore us. In the performance of the part assigned te me, I proiceed to lay before you buch informia tion of the condition of the State, and to re comn.eind to your vonsikderation snch measures a i -joke n'ece.,sary or expedient." The ilt' liis of the bank of the St.ate for thte last yve:r. aniount to 12S0,469.40, eNeeedity tho se f *,the previous y'ear by S7,418.-tS. During the liscal par : lie puil-ie dubt charged on the bank has heen rediteed S61.340.78. The Preridttt of the bank inf'ornid i that he ex pected to inake a further reduction ot' N ab.t 835,000, the arrangenents for which couli not be copleted befIrv the el->se of thme ie..J year. I refer you to the report of the Comptroller General fr a detailed statemtent of the finan cial c-ondition of the State. Since the first of Octolier. 1655. the public debt has been increae as folm. s: By issue of bonds to construct New State House, 8250.000; by ;ubteriptioii to Blue Ridge Raiirond, $200.000. Th.- foi!owing table exhibits the debt, liabili ty, and ustets of the State: ACTL'A. El:T. '3 and 5 per cen:. State stck. 123,7 Fire loan bonds................. I . $sS 9' Bondt. new State I loe~i~e............. 5 t:1.000 00 Bonds Ulue Ridge R:ilroad....... -0.. io0 00 U. S. trecs:ury su rl::. fund.......,0:1.422 0) 3.7-1-1;18.s W) Guaraitor South Carolina Railroa.i.... ...............2,0 000 00 Debt and li:Ailit........ ....5,74 !CS; * AsSELTs. Caplitail of~ ban k...............277.8.i25 i Sinkingr fuind................. .:..-.3 55 e Shares in railroa~ds, peri value....7-4.300 00 t Ca:,h on 1.st Getober............13%t625 00 Th'le ::tmount ofI $10,001) approprited ::t tlze last se-ion t efay the continutexns of the excettive depmartmntt, I hb' e h-sl tno mc casion to dIraw frsom the Treasury. Withi t he unexpeinded balanice of lhit yeair, and a balance of 82,5t94 91. transferred to my credit by my predee.-'r, I have been able to meet the ordi nary dramft.s (si the depstm nent. As my term of offlce is a bout t'o expire. I feel nto delica'cy in. making certain recsmmiiendations in relaition to the department. The sahiry of the Go;mvern)or is wholiv inasdesgnate to t he matintainaee of lie proper respectailhity antd dignity of thie stat ion. I have ::vided sili usnnecessary expswnss: I have indulged in no displaty whmateve r: and from my experiet~ee, I hmvie no hesitation in saying, that no man vani dispense the ordinary hospitalityI expected of him, nor maintain that style which our pes.ple very properly associate with the station, ni: Its it drawinig largely ott his privaste ~ inceome. The irst iollice in the gift. oft the peo ple shoull tot be ine n~ ideh the~ wealhy onlyI can ustford tom accept. It is ino anlswer tmo say. there' is tmo watt of~ :nisats fssr thes i..-Guion' Willing psnhliie se rvanits are tnot gene~rally the most efiienmt. The~i republ icani stanmdardh mit comnpens t ion for l pmubliic service, is that wich 1 will cornm:i. td the taleni-it that is able to serve the coniin.st.weashh:. I: too otlein hatppenis that lie who hsa-.' givn is life to lhe public, enitals i upion his faii v ti.s. inci'denits mf : watstied for- I tunie. I rmcmsnmiend that il.. wal:ry mof the G;ov ernor be increassed tsm live thsousand dsll.r' andI I that lhe bf- required to reside~ at the capi Ial. On i this latter psini , I iri:e y*u r atten~iti'.n to thi followin2 e>r:at Iromtj ti~E nnmssg'e rt tha :1 I Coy. .Johsi>son: '- The lice is itiner. nt . :nd ti follows thet persmn of~ t he Execit ive wI . re-r 5?i Ihis nece-sities (or conivt'eiee imy cs mpI.-1 hun to reside. Ti<k im se ily itseo::,stent wib Ihs ne(cesssary 'ideri and uifiormlity int the condutltct of tmho bn-tess osf the ostlice. liie cannomt camrry with him alssboks. doicumieints, iandm vmuri~i'. nor his Sm cretary.. Ile must either die-e'e with him, or subiject limn tom an expli n e e nm heb wou!d swamIllsw isp his sinull salary. Tjhe ei'i-j. zens, too, mie is' mrested to lor~ow wh~ere the t Executivye mays be' fs-d. an md if hle hs no fitxedi residmence,:5:r s iisi'i ml to go in pur-suit thrmngh s high 5way5st md by I'aths. T hey nima uans' tos pass himno tshe wvy, without k nowirg him (a case of ac: .l teetrence.) CTe, noe reimedyv is to pro ide I.i an' r..identce at the seat ofi g''w err.mieit,: :s ii- e himut to ieside there pier marientihv." Th'le r'epm it of Gesniera IJamtes .Jossm. Comir Tmissioner of~ New Statem I hmsu'.e, wi gI ve~ yoiu full informaion of th pt'lrogree' of th~e wmmkl, anid his plan ffuture~ rti'ssr tors-. I conit itutted1 him agent ts sell th hi nsik ato orized tom lbe isaneid by tI:e~ la t ist u sre'. There has been little or no a tamd for 6 per centt. bonds. and lUnt fu w osf 'N in .a~ e lbeeni disposeod of. TheI Act lotbids :hm as le ofther em be'nd belShlow par. IJs.d nost thi-l Ik adun.< -ied the requise fuisds,I t he Ce nmisim'ner would have been cr nipelled to mnspnd all sperations on the buildinig. I herewith transmit a communieation from the Ilon. V. F. Colcock, enclo.ing a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Light-House Board, and also a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General of the United States, in relation to the provisions of an act of the Legislature of South Carolina granting ites for Light-Honses. On reference to these ;oninuitications, it will be seen that the Gen. eral Gevernment declines to proceed, on the ground " that the consent given by South Caro ina to the purchase iN coupled with the condi ion that South Carolina retains the jurisdiction." Purther legislation is a.ked. I think when the Southern States surrendered to the General Goternment the power to regulate commeree, .hcv committed a great blunder. but that is no oneer a debateable question. If the neeesities f commerct require the erection of tli pro. ,osed Light-House, I can see no good reason ror declining to make the cession upon the s:I one eris as other States lve done. Whenever the eople of South Carolina determine to dissolve heir econnection with the Geueral Government, he posSes.ion of a few Light-Houses will in. :erpose but feeble barriers to' the execution of iuch a purpose. Accompanying this message will be found a report of Mr. 0-car 31. Leiber, appointed, under i joint resolution of the last Legislature, - Geo lngiail.Mineralogical, and Agricultural Survevor )f the State." The Joint Coumittcs of Agmi :ulture and Internal Improvements of the las t General Assembly unanimoustly selected Mr. Leiber for the situation, and I did not he-sitate o confirm the appointmnent. I have not had :ime to examine his report, and therefore can mxpress no opinion of its merit,. I lay before you a letter addressed to me by Dr. Pirker, Superinitenrdent of the Lunatic Asy un, in relation to the condition and wanits of he institution. Ilis npportunitie.s entitle his )pinions to great weigit I tv is decidedly op. osed to the policy of removing the insititution -rom its present location. Additional aeonmo intion is indispensible to enable the ln.tituion - fullil the humane end of its establishment. [ :i sure that no appeal is neeessary, to secure 'r it the full measure of your bounty. I alw, lay before you a report of the Milit ry 'namis-ioin, raised in compliance with : resoiu ion Of the last Legislature. The resulution 'qijored ine to appoint ten commiiioners to :onsider the militia and patrol law (if the St:tt, mIid to recommend such alteraiin (X (it the i:.n is they night deem advisab!e. Nir:e of' the :oui.t:-ioners appointed disch.ar:td 'the tit y tesiited them--the tienth was tn:vidablyab vt. They have mn:miinniu-ly agreed on a re orl, nrging the import:nee of pieservinig the I lysteum as it now .oac-: amid I beg leave re Ipeetfully to add my ciicurrer.ce in the views which brought thimir to lheir concusion. The last Lerislature anttborized the Ho:.r.1 of ,otmissioners for the Deal', Dumb, m:d Biind, >f which I am chainrrm ex-otlicio, to iurvtu:sfe or the State the est:h'iO hment (f Mr.. N. 1'. WN..ker, at Cedar Sprmiug<. and to uale <u(I ir u:irgesnierts therein for the rmitr:unate inines. aum ippy to inform yiu that ie- purciimse has )een coil etedi (.n %er 11whic are, mlisfactory o w:Iolel Ilmrd . a:d t hat -tueh further ar temne:tas are it qired by this chrage witl '... d i;uls ui 1 for your con-ideratin eport fr.an the iarud. rmirt in detai.. The Trusices of ti S: t b Carolina College. it their ann al n me:inrg i:M December last, eler t. d Professor C. F. -\.;: y. i'resideit of the in tit ut ion. His abili, :o:d at Ianinents are ie 4idtred by those who know him to be of Ie iglemt order; and wl:en the prejuiiees which e ener-mnIered at the very threshthi of hi., i !ii,r . '..ve becn dt -irlied (it they ha t, ... dy b,. in:) therre will be but one opinion t 1 t. I t ne.s for 11h. pohion to whieh it ;;.11 by. :r %ciy dveidel in:.rity of th I 'nd.::::d : -..ri, wihoumt the lghtest sn ic tinin. . art. .'Ir. Rivers, of Charles n. wose lfe h::s been .9- arv devoted u !W e.11 pursuits, has beii 0. 11b-d I':nier rf 3reek Literature, in place of Dr. !Nc:iry. d'ecea : : and Dr. LeConte, of Georiau, :1 :r' If wll estaiblI.hed scientifie rttaim:rr.-m ('een ch'ited Professor of Natur:tl anrd Mer -al hillosophy. Both theire aippi 'rt um >elieve, are admitted on all bandi. to lhav idcious ard mbost fortunate for thp inl.titrni-. in thec death of Dr. Henry, the Colm nmurnas the departure of an old,'uable.:mnd fith 'ul .rofessor. He was a ripe .elvhim~r-armni 'n i of lemrning-who, without osteintationd ighed in: throwing opea t hi :rhumhmda t store murr-m ot his krnowledge', and in-- itii: the sto-i lent to partake freely oh' its richme. It will hbe ong before it will rave thre g >nJ fortune to ejoice in his equal.: The conduct of the st'udents i5 reported tio te to be quiet and onilerhy. Th'ie Faculty are aiduous in their severalh departments, :mdn the uture of the linstituitioni as:1 enconrransn.rt:: Is tainy previous periodi oft its esi.,tece~u. 'I iiarh was not educated t :he Colhl.*, I. have -uen nd realized its bene:lt to thre Staite. w'ei:.lly. rirlly and politie::lly. It is rarie. indeid.:1.at s graduiaites have failed ini aftier life, iby exam-it le anod condurct, to vindicate the picy wi-' ourihei :mid usaliniS it. In imy judgmrent. i; a donei more for the State than all her oiher rnstitutios put togibher. ft i< greartly to bec egrettedl th-it thire is a dispoiin iir o~ cripide is u-etcuiiess, iif niot to destro'y it. The cha~rr. at it is th rie un n's college., is the~ cry of ih y of its graduates are the sons otf fatheir'; v.him are niot aibme to educalrie thmermel ves. :iirl nii 'ountg uman has ever in:lni lium'os ei w.1 ia rim because of hris piverty. It is urg~ed, thrroughi enhi.-e iintirneiptiio, ht it i.A time to make it ai silf-,.tr aini ing inai u: in, and! tihe ex:nidue of v'irius colleuges i rchl up for our imittion. Ta'ke a- from them n heir various end. .wmrren' . :mi thi-re iu not. tritly s'peaking, an suel-unrsinnit'ri cellge. in the jnin. While it i., then nuly of 't'he' Si:te. :: -ra lies in her power, to instruct tihe den:stitu~ I i no loss imperatively her dun'y toi pmrovmde for hsie who are able to pay forii,.rime very h'gil.. at s.tndard of eduenition. As a !;.-payer. I. rtes- against the withholing from thni S uthr 'alina5 College whatever proportion of iiiy niru;l :rxes goes to its support, if in m i at e amm time :o be taxed for the stuppoirt oh' fri e ehmirmis. Ignorance among the mflssest is iri'n ati! e wti:h ithe true idea of repnirhieanr eorn-i inenti. hii: without superior itel'iiience to1 con:-I iii mind riirtet it, the educ:rrion wthaiaeb orn-t tsi If u'ith the mere ability to renIal mu! ni it. Sil rov~e a curse rather tlan:i aI bhai Thie .Military Ae':.dem:uies cinii nne mnohst ii ,ivey. but not thei less s:stidactoirirhy, to prrrsee heir ev'en terror inf user;ness :and s'uccess. Ni equal atuount of' thle pub ic~i. emxpenhlin re yields. '' beneitr return. Thre di-reiphine he're is seve'. r:. riental training r rying' in the iedtn. ri', ho t:h ndeitvwhro sumrivi'es t hu. r e's. limd, L'r ri.. : r'''-d fujr tme labor oif lit;' befotre himr. I i air'-tly comnmenrd thre Collegi amid the:e Acadeie : i your fostering care. Hla t n are develipiy t intellieet anid adding toi thre st reny b f thre e aind bioth merit your nour.te'nn en' :.nd se~upprt. Onm tire smbieel ci Fr ce S hoorl.', I hiave btt lt'e in ard ii t eh i hI lahtme l.iior to 'ubmnrit o your preh cm noi s. I t heni ':,pre'sed the oiin-ll . that -- ii was unfo'art unil e iat the end. which'k vias evident ly ciimteimrphatd by time net of aIs l... ba ...en al..:ndorm, und that wt.li was in-. teinaead to nitrodu:ce gradually a general sy>te of co1inmon schools, has been perverted to th excltusive education of paupers that, in im ju'reilent, we should return to the policy 0 li311, and seek to in:tigurate a system, which,ii i, s ultimlate development. should bring th MIe.ins of' education within the reach of ever lunily in tihe -*Ilte." Sinteu the last session, A the Cummlis.ioner4 of Free Schools in th ity of Charleston. with similar views as to tl jest mode of impro'.ing edneation, have opene< i cointon school in that city, and, withou i-idging the opportunities of the poor, the, fler to the tax.payers a participation in the ben fit fromin which hevretilore they have been ex :luded. About seven hulndred children are nov eiv inged ucation tat this seh ool school, an een this lar-re wimber, I am i iformed, wouhf le increased,~ if th .lOchmol accomitnodition would pirmit. Thw comn ple ie succ.s whA iel 6vould attend his wei ltintd :tril judicions ef ort, is checked only by the dillioulty of obtain. ng proper teachrs. fhis dillicult y is also ful e broulhto tohe nolice of your pretdces.,or' d:4- I w!uld re..pectfully rcnew ml reconnen lation t!:It you would eCruestly seek to providt in nppropriate remedy. In colinection witli the general subject of ed ji':itiol, it his oeclfr('fd to ine trit some en :ounr:geinicnt ,abonld be held out, to lldiec th it tzet to supply his finnily with tile ineatns o ustructive reading, tfamiiy hooks,or libraries. I .ufgest that such encouragement might arist ron exeupting fiamily books and libraries, it ettua1l it-e by tie owner. from legal proess un ier contratc!s to lie hereafter entertld into; ant hat tfly should also be exempt from sale by xceilors and administrators, and that instead her shkuhl be delivered over to those to whon .h are he1y,::Ihed. and in, thet abs'enc'e of' te; lne:n! 1i1.p1--iti!:, t vt: -t le allouc inot tilee fild)', or next of kill, as in Cases o th.'stnerV. I beCilea:ve to :t-k of vou a favor:ble consid r.11a i 'r a recne inbtio M-d1 Of he IlOw L~ItI Gov 'abro ik, nj ti u jee! of' dtrain: .... I Is ri-e. :e n1he, in w tion te liet loficomo .olr. to 'i'r t ; re ort :I s y, ofraw rs il tilnt :-ubiner. N.) pl:w bh. ohj1 rin m !, 11) Ide . tw l ~ l e Ill* rp w r 0::0 : no I . br ere il t her .VL re b11) i' lihe Vqe.y Ilw.,1 hand in thle State lie wholiy un, trtn~vFor Ohe want of11 at L.ow stablishlin' it- ri.:hit and dLe!i!i: theo mnm er of drainin: .11mm.' No, im.nirn ob.t inney, or a worsm e.i-t.. hould lie a:.iwAd to unu his own t he i:jury ,f is I, I or. Il Tim publiu goot . mt:itls a ien'rii o ~w!!ulh ftall secure tc vert it ld;.nuh b - b o treei ue o h l'r p d:,I. s tc of I:- L (. I ll .i i n i:: r kl i o: to f1a l t t C rt (.l -quiy. t''I ii t ue t htpen l thafrl n: .:lie for it irrition. : ome oif the poar'ivs livivnir on: f the( 8.:iteo, ;nII, W-hEtr-s bin.g minor,; w;Ihlout iosi i'* :' . I I-I.- t I I t k *.. . . . 1i 'i: rh1 . ;- i. 11 t 1 it h li .h i- wi' in l Id1r:. : he l lt t11:; r. a nl . b tni' 'ar e. In li ordi! Sdoraie whe. e1 :i'm ahe ift'u Iw I e '!diunp ' !ieuvitL li it.. . -' 11th;!e. -li'it . I 'abful I t h itttwtite t- l ..:.! oi:-n he -- . ' f lin p.i Iino:: ; ir *t..~ to'I i-''edi of th ecun: I' ( I-. ::. * he ehte t on II l he anat' a I eb:.:I i..lhl . iilitof pe ent.in. ' -,:. 1. .'hat' : Ir . *. do no p i e :-. ufa by !!-i ta': e : : I'... l: I,.io I t nd ue :. : r oond m:1.Dr b.i, ' . i,iti- T:.. w:ltt.I5xan-d (o the a -r s f:.n II ., 1r.are- i..n. :n-1I111 *n1'po:~d t ui:i. a li!' f,. of' ihle r fl -ior . i . irt.:i C ilt:.li:.,i-. italr t e ath' p- cy l if. t'i'i-, II f .'ift~ in:. re.hfit ] upport. ' iv havces hI i. u ih:.:. i:t t'i :fi i- t ':2t assaurts. uu'i .t L bei-, ii aour pl ico. .'.ista :liem ol atnd it bu n: .n way-la ,:ie e Afieried n 1la I rade. Until Providence ioterposes nodchanges his organisim, ilt Afriern must continine to lie a 1" hewer of wood and a driwer of witer." It is f a diseased sentimentality which starts back :It the idea of legalizing the slave trade, arind at the same time conteiiplatcs without emotion the cruel servitude whihe erpital exacts of Ialor, all world the over. There was atime when canting philanthropists had instilled nto u.s a belief thit slavery was wrong. Itivestigation has entirely I tianged tie once common sentiment on thi's ioint. The South now believes that a myste. r rious Providence has brought the two races to. - ther on this continen; ;r wise puposes, and - that the existing relat-on has been mutually beneficial. Southern slavery has elevated the African to a degree of bivilization which the black rce has never attained in any olier age I or country. " We see it now in its true light,and regiard it as the most safla and stable basis for free instittitions in the world." Had the slave trade never been closed, the equilibrium be. tween the North and the South would not have Leon destroyed. The North has had the Old World from which to draw her supply of labor, and hence the rapid settleMent of the North west. Since 1808, the Sonth has supplied her own labor, and has necessarily made slower progress in seting up the South-west. If' the trade were open now, I am persuaded that the . South would not consent to close it; and this is, perhaps, the best answer to the argument de rived from the mere settment that is arrayed against the proposition. It Is apprehended that. iII,. opening of this trade will lesson the value of dlaveq, and ultimately, destroy the institution. It is a sufficient answer to point to the fact that u n rest ricted imigarationJ~has not diminished ihe ilue of labor in the North-western seetion of th'e Co-nfiederacy. The py there is, want of .I bor, iioi withst:nding capital has thle panperim If the Ol World to pre's into its grindiig ser. I.ice. Itf we cannot supply the demand for shive labor. thlen we must. expect to be suplied itii a pvcies of labor we do not. w:n, and whih i., fr:n the very nature of thinrs, aintag. vni-ti ,to (o insii:utions. It is mcnh etwit''r ;!at wur drays shouvtld be.driven by slaives.-ilhii r fctories shiould be workIl by s.i'es-that t' hot'!, -ho4nid be ,erve-.d by ,.h:ves-that our hI comi'ie shounhld be nned by lih i:at wec, -nIl be expo.'sed to the inirodiri,; froim .-ny piar',er. of a popub.t-ion dlieni to n,. by) hirit. Irain. i i. v anl edne''tion, and whieb, in the proce-4 (.'ftimev, mutst lead it) that'colliet bit IaWeenl capiwni lAbor, " Whicb ma.ke it s;,idif iicl't il mnaint:ain fiee iiistituiions in :i we:Ih .nd iighly ei!I iz nat inns where sch iiii o-iii tio'is as uirs d, not exi.It." l ali Slaveholding Zttes, trut po'licy dieiates that the superiwr irace should direct, and the inferior pvfoir till mienial service. Competition between the4 wi t :niil black man for this service, may not disturi Northern seisibility, bntwit doeas not exactly it. our I-itiiude. Irrepeeetii, however, of interest, the act of' Congr'ess d.'rb'ring the slave tra~de piracy, is a br:md upin -.. which I think it i p4.m'i:iI eL m. e. 'ti"It' .ia ''e p the i-m-. i-t lie plundur: and ni iigenitiy can I id the logw ic eesSity of Suchcnlui. M Y holpes ad firtunles are inldissoh;Ibly assocAia I.ie wi;h iihis foni of -socie ty. I feel that I w11uhl i be w:1ning ili <1hiy, it I didl not urge voi to w ihdr.i'w youirl' a'sent it) nil act, wIiil Is ilfa direct rndmnItio ii of Vour institutions. Bti we have ineras:t to enfrcu a cour-e of ,ef-resper . I believe, as I have alrealy stated, :bt.a more slavgs are necesary to a continnaic of our monoptly in plinta:ion proaI.cts. I be. e. that they are necessary to the full deveih p. 'ieit of onr 'whle round of agricultural :oid n-.charical resources; that they are nece;a!y to I:. - raa ion of the South, to an equ:'i;y t Ir i;' : Geteral Governient, perhi;:p, it t %vrY i:'.tegrrity of ,tsve -iety, disitirhed as 11.. ;.- pr pul ion ' l' t e Iillig race. T it It-s b~t II-- bun iun d iLi fori mes. ofl this Ilivi n o ..es. I' h-:s vi.- .04.ed is lim to :.1 (e :a 44m~r....It A/ I f ican. 11 n . i . 1~ li..n hhe in ririn t -! *thie~e re.aInioni beftore~ iour hon.:rab.. bodie. I erni not what miy be th ile theory 'ofi~ S: ate intereounicaeftioni, I w.iil not s umi : be~ made the med'inim of transii;ot Ling fi aWmn r-i'r'er, an insult to my own State. TheL cou * i liin impliose5 nio snehi dniy nji t~he Erren-ii I'::. Th.e us~ag.- of Ithe l'etter di\- of5 the 11 '. p bic, coin:Id. imy respecti', but it enno t ree w.. : .:101t inseeing th li' rea ::ppilud tO oulr dminiiad the knif uat'i 'or ihroats. I cannot eIne this may list regiliar conmumin :a ion, waithiout a publoic:1 ck::ow tledt'mont oif -.:raiitmlde for the opportunity whieb h:is beienu :t&rded me of' serving the Slate' in my presni~t elle)'. On retiring I feel but one reg'rt i!.u my ability to serve hear, has not be'en erinal to the love I bear' her. Whatever may be( my1 lt in i he future, I shall never cease to take. : h iji ierest inI whatever concerns her wehtiire ndher honor. I invoke now, and for all timeto ti c'omet Heaven's choicest blessing on her and my ~nebee herd : mre thm ne YV.1kee b.'I-h thi-;roma.:r. W,.*.' hea'rdl it ntey il hd.h ihetd down.'4 mulor at hiay''iee, and 'ji er i' s 'i'n Ia :ceoinfortaidelt posit ion. whien the obl i: ii who was :&lway's b::ir:!n hou' s~l. ini'd to woirk in his y'onmoprt day43s, andr h.4lo'tced his twovu son-i togeI' t'er to jiitch on ii of i hai as ta'ot as.' he4 C'44d ltoadi it. Tihe eh:':aleiige wa- :oreepted4, and4( the hayrt on'arrI drive r'ai:on, andj lie triail commntcid. For someii t ime ti h man held his own very cred al. calling~ out1, 'ligl : Ioehy!mr hay ! atn;gY Mr iyiir 'hiieke'r andi fisi er it came,~ i'ii whle hay'cocks at a timiii. eln f~ter t'cloUd, over'iwheiflu. Te oldI manl was nerlyh c.ovetred utp; still he kept en'~ng. ". More bat' ! ore hay!" unil, ru'ggline tou keep on top of tile disorderedl antd i.arrange.d heaip, it beganf first to roll, hemrt ito ie, and at h-::t oil it wvent froti the wagon, a.d the old nman with it. W~hat tine von dlon' hiere fory' criod the "I caime down afttr ha~y !" answered the old man::, atoutl ty. Which wtas a liheralh hact ; lie had comie dowtn fter' half aI wagon loaid, which hntl to lie pitehted ion iniu r'athe'r itore delibe'rately. .iti- 441 Maced''(On, as a4 joua~l man who would d i ink freely, Demiosthtei.es re'hdied, "0 that ii was ,a ,,...n u ,,t in annjo-e hnL tiot in a king." V 'r the Aidvertiste:. SHADOWS OF "LONG AGO.' ihen the hle1cs of evening lower O'er this eartli of lighOt an.1 love. Stealing with their. solemn power Thro' our hearts where 'er we rove, Shadows of the past come creeping As the grloom shuts ont the glew-; And our souls are sadhly weeping At the graue of Tong Ago Long Ago,. bright livwers nere springing, in my path of golden light Now their faded bloom is bringinge Men'ries of lost love's delight, Then wn there a1 voice to greet mc, Full of melody and lIw A father's arms once oped to meet me Fondly, but 'twas Long Ago Now that voice is dumb forever In the grave for aye 'tis hushed Death palsiel thse dear arms. and ever From his true heart, life's love chrushied. What wonder then the shadow lingers Ever round life's pathwny now, Wh.n memn'ry with its mystic fingers Still traces forms of Long Ago? Then, life seemed a fairy day-dream, Sunbriglit morns, w ith dewy eves Now a!oi' my trioubled life-stream ..ae!v gitle the withered leaves And we'r dreaudting, thro' the twilight, orthe past, its j''y and1l wioe; A.nad th.- ealim aln. peace.i star-light Find"ls us still with Ltn Ago 1) A FSY lFr'om the S:avnnal.h D.i:v uiMrning News. R1 IG A SAW op, iow.' i'.r. Jnsit I.LEs BARiKED UP TIME WitON( SAP.I.Nil. Ol uncle Josi:ih il.s was an inveterate oker. io oniad of ind ulgi g his mi.-hiViis hti ir iitt lie often rin imimi-unt risks Of uinplia sunt and even seri-iis c)n-4iquaenees, rather tian ,rego the en:joyneit )f a joke or a quiz. lie ws no re'-e IIo f persons, es or pliace, and it aitepled by opporitnity, woold be as apt to Irpet rate hi s nt in : prayer-mtlittng as at a 'rn-1.beking, uo11011 a stranger as readily as fon a fauiliar ae1i tNn11ei On one accasion It came iear paying dearly fur the indulgence c his misehievons propensilv. lie had beni 11n1 a journey to Mississippi to I'i-k after slime in-i ie.,s mattero, aid was re trin, himie thrugh Allbama. One evening he stoppid at tlie iavern of a country illage. After snplier he entered the bar.rooin. and toik seat b)y the fire. and, like a utiod oldi.fshiopned initry 'ieit min. ;s lie %'n-:. stiked his ip1e. i ati ention wa-z son attracted by a .singular. loolmkingz. h::tf-witted, dwarlish ymmnm. 1hi> w:1'4 l aui bist the dtor. The fellow as not tn1r 1:i.il fiau fet ligh. with an im ito.' lie... c.,Ired with lni, shaggy han. hih-:-ott ini vvery direction--thle Sep:rAte eik.; seemi%:: to$ ha:ve' n- li) 11nity to each oIther. Ary shotrt .eck emiieetd this laead with Iir. -ptare .iiiicrs. frioa which the budy ,!tI down, weto)shipeh- to his feet, whien w.re erg,rt are :niunwnil-he. U1-eel-.h. ns he ws4 .aniliirly e-flled, wa., it lon'int i kint the acinaiitlive of :he eb:1 :I ti- !i. ied, . whomiii he foun-l to be veyi fl-: .i.. i... :2s~ ~j l. ~e .: u.a wonde;I.n iis ing .hj:tiad:nh ii, .-nt!iit i was ~tter.t by (neh. .',er e o hi, r:-.. e..ei lilyr by a, !i ail 0:'. 3-, -if hi-, hv'' a d hiIiei.n .Alineon ; ain- uime ota (Te ith a .iliaiato 'ii w,. mtith L jeh .lhrtwo! d<icriaain .. mornig. :or .a-- ntyd!e a mnthii o.Sil ihi's ....i- .i.i I" rd.m.v inone i11ly u.s r ah n i kei n- Itrti.-n o th e~ -airney. th G.in-v .ea tlt' lisoi'i hi.,In-e Ifo ihea o wa lt r. :ai... r hli'Csne etag to gav- i.ty:i' h dolar'I The u i r a onnisdoe he rilln. atilien ueh ali:.hi Icr logt t" Georaia winhle m.iih. i a slor t atima aute omhr of hkii-. qu[C't.sie.. thad a in- l rtte.I i he g a a si thion cetin~ 1 abt izy exact! inrV.r"oli-m! t.tt i'an h ii inl been t :i6rii .- tor (tl to-:a . n - huan ti ru,riea n. 3ris h-,t zictod wa.t hei O:th, andi fo ut[.-;' ia i -ii, .s~iil-'ao B a a" Pi m 7'Il w i i aliia!itthltheSitu .re gentleman fo u.i . r ix'iu til kniit what tne heur." ongt iTen Bunch who. 5th~oe oid. wastol to nt i .ept' thi litS of'ii o imtit'te hini wamtet :r rtont te ako int litte a i a "Somneh vthe h trfr ht' si nl h.ihis ow,~ ditinc't'r manr of lieakinl, worhlii qetondet bega tohtdesaw-noull.in l:e lfurthi lati fatn a lttl Dnris caame inwtho l-a: abest wit n, a a hatle hi had rendy sanyhrt erl in the btorig~ folitr G owdgie. d- Den. iiuir y one o his. ' aapiainidtnce, what in 1 a e mattismvon wier toa otdown i-n viein ihie morniaag with e Jhat retap. Then len sw some anehi otie ad whaid anll ~to communiate htis my foldne woan wrsom tii whm aite hirm.al. ii watei h imtoe in th e aone forner, obreap bakoer houl o 'rk hitp to hd ee n sia u t ond: saw-iul. srn toEsfen be:mto ifee liele inand thensot lu irig areth i m that bhe aboel knoiw ehtid a is tib hi~s em lim-n befre int te irhler in' the uitnewsdo. This crwd wend i guni recriaond pipeabyith lien erned to Ie till :neutth mater. OAS flereepivtem rolled up-and Put for tie interference of the crowd, ie would have had Uncle Josh by the goozle" in a twinkling. Dad fetch yer everlaslin' pieter to dingna tion !" exclaimed Ben, striking his brawny lists, and making tIhe palmst of his feet crack together as ie sprung at least two feet from the floor your wife break hark over my head ! you old drated cuss! I'd like to see you or ary other woman in Georgia do it. Jest lest me at him, boys,and I'll shck him out o' his skin quicker'n liglhtnin'. you see if I doi't." Uncle Josh was taken by surprise, when he s;.w so much lire in tie dwarf, and began to feel apprehensive for his safety when he found it took three of the best men in the room to hold him. It was several minutes, and not until the proprietor of the house had interferred, that Ben's rage was at all appeased. After he had become a1 little calm, Uncle Josh made a rather awkward explanation of what he meant only for a little fun, and by treating the whole party to peach and honey, and askinig Ben's pardon, the matter was amicably settled. But it was inore than any Benl Bunch's friends ever dared to do to ask him about that easy situation down in Georgia, at " twenty dollars a month aid f- 1u.." THE SURE ROAD TO FAME AND FORTUNE. We take it to be i demonstrable fact that no discovery or invention worth advertising at all can be advertised too extensively. The man whose mental vision is darkened by miserly in. stinets, Whose soul lies in his breeches pocket, cannot understand this; and If such ani one In his mole-like gropings, should chance upon some new and useful truth, he would be afraid to take the sure road to celebrity, which lies through the columns of the press, lest. lie should be ru ined by the tolls. What a contrast does the brilliant and beneficial career of Prof. Holloway present to the blind stupidity (if such a mtian. Having perfected, after itany years of laboriouis research and experiment, two remedies which he knew. with positive certainty, .vere absolute specifics for neariy every internal and external Malady incident to imianity, he determined at once to give them a wider publicity than any other medicine hal ever attained. i-i notive was tnible and benevolent. He felt that he pos sessed tile power of mitiga-ing suffering and waging successful war with diseases heretofore unconquerable, and like a good champion lie fearlessly entered the lists. Had lie be'en moved by avarice instead of philanthropy he could not have taken a surer or hhorter p.ith to wealth. Tih plan of advertising preparations, which ae tually acgomnplished all that empiricism had ever promitiieror medical orthodoxy attempted, of cutirte proved self remunerative. He floodea every natioi with his advertisements, lie perva. ded the whole world with his medicines, and the world repaid him with a shower of gold. We verily believe that there is no po.,sible means of disseminating information among men that lie Ia- not adopted in giving notoriety to Mhs Pills-and Oiatment. The lon. Mahlon Dickenson, of New Jersey, once satirically likened tire poles to big flag. st-ais, and we have little doubt that if Ihey were fligstath flolloway would contrive to have a bit of bunting nailed to each with his iame and addre-ss incribed upon it. In fact, such is the enterprise and irrepressible energy of the mai, that we should scarcely be surprised to hear of tie virine.si of his medicines being inscribed on the desert sands of mid Africa or traced in the eternal snow Ithat caps the peaks of the Andes. Iis central oflice f'or this hemisphere (lie maps out his advertising ground by hemispheres) 80 Maiden Lie, h.a4 only been established about two years, and yet probably there are not five nodred adult ount ot' our population of thirty millinmis who have not heard of llollow::y's Pills :11id Ointment. lie thii as it may, it is : statis tical fact, veritied by the books of the establish mrentI, that more thair hialf a million of persons have within Ihat time purebased the preparations :t the New York Oflice and its Country Agen cies. Could tle anitt of good they have eleeted : in tht period, in tire United States alonte, be compitluited anrd placeed oin record, It would nit itself' tform i onilo the prondest monu rments ofi success to which zealous phtilanthiropy ont tie oine hand anid popular appreciationr otn te other, rave ever cuntaibuted.-N. Y'. Day Biori<. . 8ALE OF A FonnmER's lIonSEs AND CAHRtJGES. -l'The hror-es anrd carriages of Hunrtingtont, the fogwere sold at anetion ini New York a few daytv sitnee, A great crowd was present. A pair of lonrg.ta:iledl bay miares whiebc cost $1000, and are coirsilered rthe liine~ int New York, were hon..thlt by Mr. Frnchi, of Frenehl's [Hotel, for $c.lr00. Another pair brittghit $550. T[he car iges5 anid oilier articles sold for prices coinsid erabily atbuve their v'a!ueo. Rt.enT-Anr 'r' uh-It journal referinig it. ihe pronlitie qulrnlitirA of imir crops touces tup ib. cod (1ish) arrist nierary aller rthe fellow'ung fashion: "in the vicintity of Cape Co~d, two apple tree, mal a Lr' 'e ii.rrv hn-b.:are cailledl art orchard. Carp:. hmrn's nwtie liie prlumn t rees, ar~nd is looked uprn as ant ari..tecra;. One yeatr they dtlt bear. anid thre ntext tear they can't-i he school boyv nrittg t hie frruit hor l'nilleis to kill owls witu Great cotiiryr. r rat Cape Cod."' lat Cork, a short time~ ago, thre crier endn'av oreJ no di.peirrse thle crowdl by exelaiintg, " all ye blackgtnards that isn't lawvyers, quit the cout. TnUE PtTr.-Thia force of' language is apt to be much injured by thre multitude ofl words. A resprectablie farmner itn Berkshire t'ounity has thIe singular hap lpy talertt of trot saying a word too otnreh. A y'itrg tian wishinrg to obtain his consent to marry Iris daiurghter, called unon him one day' when het ha~ppene~d to be ini the hield plwinig with Iris oxen. it was, past all doubt, a l'ea:rt'rul ttr for a dillidenit nman tro bronch,~ ind tire hnesitartinig lover, after running a parallel with thre I'ui'row several timtes round the field, and essayinig with all his courage to titter the impu)lth qest 1121inn, ait last stammitiered otut-" I -I-I've been tiniking, Mr.-, that-that -as .ow I-I-I should be gI-gi-gad to to---arry-mttarry your datughter." Farmer-" T1ake hier anid use hier weell-whoa haw, Buck." Micst not ontly improves a man's tastes but his mtorals. Ii gives him a taste for home that implroves Ihis habits wonderfully. The man wto spends his eveninig wtith a pianto is seldom seen itt dramtt shops, antd nev'er with ighe braw lers. We~ believe in tmu~ie, arid candidly think thart onre flute will do as much towirds driving rowdyismr out of a neighborhood as four police men arid a batll-dng. WnAT possessed you to mairry that dod "said a mother to her son. " Because you always todme topick a wie ike may mother," wvas tire dutiful reply. r' LET a wtomfan once think you uneon querabtle. rand. tunless shre is unlike atll other wotmeni, she will still wtant to conquer you, SIT is decide'dly provoking to have a fly lighti ott your no-- jusit an the dntgurreotypiau nnulls nnt his n-stvh amnd ays "Now." COMUNICATIONS. For the Advertiser. xR. RHETr"8 PROPOSITION. I see that Mr. RHE'r'r is out in a long political letter, and from the two extracts which I have seen, I do not think his views will meet with a hear ty response either in South Carolina or in tho other Southern States. I have less conaidence in Mr. RnE-r's judgment than in his patriotisim. Ilia letter has caused regret among our friends North and South. It is looked upon as a move of South Carolina instead of the views of a single indi vidual. I do not think it a true exponent of tho' views even of South Carolina, much less of the other Southern States. With the result of the contest of 1851 still staring us in the face, we should be oppo sed at this time to all agitation of the question of d.sunion. In that contest South Caroina decided she would wait the co-operation of her sister-South ern States. Now, if it be debirable to bring about co-operation and combined action on the part of the Southern States, we in South Carolina must so shape our course as not to bring our prudence in question, and thereby throw away our influence. We must acquaint ourselves with the views and feelings of the people of the other Southern States. We must see ourselves as they see us. And ta do this we must go beyond the limits of South Carolina; and mingle and converse not with the leaders only, but with the masses. We shall find that we are far in advance. I fear they begin to regard us as some-what ultra. In some places I have heard the question whether, in the event of FaEMoNT's elee tion, Southern men should accept offiee under him, and the answer was: The best men in the country should go into office. To the credit of the country we have been saved the disgrace of FRMONT'S elevation. Our friends at the North stood by us and the tide of wild f.naticism has been hurled back and the South and the Constitution have triumphed. The election of Mr. BUCHANAN has restored confi dence to the country. Will the South, aft-r e. e ting him, refu-e to stand by itn ? Vid -he, a the face of victory, suffer her co.unses to he -iis tracted by the question of disun on ? I trust not. She relies upon his wisdom; his -ntegrity w.ll need our entire support. Let us give him our whole in fluence. Let us have nothing to, divide u-4. Whi.-. united, we have n.'thing to fear. We -ow it to - ur friends North, to the Constitution and to -.ur-wlv.-s to remain united. It is sound policy whether ior the perpetuation of the present Uniun or the ' rmna tion of a new one, or whatever may be )ur ulterior views. Let us e.-ase for the present all agitation in South Carolina. Let us unite cordially with our Sister Southern States,-and give our undivided support to -Ma. BUcuYanAN dministrdtiorL'" '~ B'-. For the Advertiser. THAT QUEER PROPOSITION. Mr. EDITOR: I see in your issue of the 9th inst., the following paragraph ; W. W. CHEzvzit proposes to exchange rich lands in Southwestern Georgia for " worn out' fie'ds in a hig.hter latitude. What does that mean, we wonder? Can Col. S. C., throw any light upon this queer proposition ? Now, sir, the light I would attempt to throff upon the subject is this: Cel. W. W. CuEzysa owns many thousands of acres of rich and very producti ve lands in South Western Georgia, improved and un improved ; and now that various railroads are finding their way through that section, he (I suppose) wishes to avail himself of the opportunity of chang ging his investment and making his capital more active. lie proposes to take old and worn out lands, as you say, in Alabama or Georgia, and will no doubt take them in good localities. For thcse he will allow, in the exchange a reasonable valustion receiving the rest sf his pay in cash. This difference you will see, gives him the advantage of operating, wvith cash, in Railroad stocks or any other enter prize that presents itself. I hope this cxplana'ion will do you. A nd now, 'li r. EDrrOa, if you will sell your p'oor but very pretty pine land place, with all your hand some improvemen's (for which you could perhaps get S$20 an acre) Col. CnEzvza wvoulal sell you a plantation for SS or $10 per aere, one acre of which wouhl produce more thtan any three that you plant, in corn, cotton, or anything else even should it be Sugar-cane. S. C A WViTHERING REBUKE.-To the charge ci mlhe (.CeveIa nd 1ier: td, ih li Mr linehanani ow.' I eliee.i on in pa:ri ,so a dm ivi of * :.hject slaves .. u pre.-:l tie *i.'i : of --' R-aa ' a taniie Chunrchi. the ' . leveanid Pla~tdeatler re phes: --Vhiere has bee'n the 'priestly dietai:iotn' dii rinig the campnaign ? WVhat priests hatve been apenly ini the field of polities ? Was it not during the Congressin:l session of '54, when h irty-fire hzundred Protestant Clergymen of New England demanded 'in the name of Almighty God,' the difeat <f the Nebraska bill? W ho elsn ha~ve pounded their pulpits to piees preaching potlities but Protestant clergyman ? Where is Beeceher? \Vnere is Bittinger? Where arc all the B::p:ist, Methodist and Presbyterian clergy mieni who have been compassing sea and land to make~ proselyte's, and, when successful, made them teaifold more the children of hell tihan he fore ? Not a Catholic priest in the land has lifted a fluger, or opened his tmouth, to babble in this Babel of polities. It has atll been left to these rifle religionists, notouiously carried oni by them, and now the Herald has the imptudence to talk about 'abjee't slaves to priestly dieta-. tion.'" ig THERE IS firm in New York, the natne of which is Lay, Ilaich & Cluck. The clerks arc presumed to be all Shatnghais. W A modern wvriter thus defines honor: "Standing fire well,and shooting it friend a hom you love, in order to gain the praise of' a few others wvhom von despise. |@"PoazrPEY, why is a journey round tha. world likoa a eat's tail ?" -- Wall. T doesn'" nd. zaeily see nny sembla-'ee 't wix' lb, t wo e'i... "Well, den I spose I'll have to tell vou---hv. canse it :im fur to the end ob, it !" fl7 Tur:tarms of n pretty airl wouind-'e aronnd the neck, has bee: discovevr,.d in h.- . infallibile remedy in eatse of sore thbroat ~-- 2 pepper tea all hollow. SW THEY are p artienlnr in Seha'ie-aulad. A boy was arrestedi on Monday for spitting into the canal. 19! ALL a tnatn has to do in *hese days to pass for a 2enius. is to button his coat behind' and wear his hat wvrong side out. i A distinouished wvriter sars: " There is but one passilge in thte Bible w'here the girls are commai~nded4 t ki'- 'Ihe men : :'nd that ia