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i ' n'i v Cmtnmmirntintis. Correspondence of the Ledger. Pear Ledger :?It is with considerable uimuity, tiiat I oiler any suggestions to my fellow-citizens of the District, ti]?on a subject of sueli deep interest to so respectable a portion of our citizens, although they may l>e in the minority, although their position in society claim our respect. I mean the anticipated Railroad from Lancaster to Chester. My experience upon the subject of Railroads, demands of me, the respectful presentation of my views upon that question, to the citizens of our District, which, in my feeble way, I beg ; leave to offer through your valuable pa- t per. In the first place, it is not the Railroad ' itself that is so profitable, but the count y j in which it is located makes it profitable or j unprofitable. For instance, a Railroad j that would be profitable between Coltun* 1 ril 1 _ 4 11 1 ^ ! oia ana nanesion, wouiu ?? jhtiwuj i ridiculous between Lancaster and Chcraw, j a poor, barren country, with a small ex- | ception, that produces but little or nothing for transportation, save what carts and I small wagons can convey to market. The freight from Lancaster for a Railroad, would bo comparativly nothing. Two trains of cars well laden, would carry off at two trips, the whole surplus produce of the District. Not that I wish to be understood as speaking disrespectfully of the products of the District; far from it. The fact is, Lancaster District is not a cotton growing District. Save a certain portion of it, it is better adapted to the growth of grain and the raising of stock. It is principally a mineral country, and not at all encouraging to those expensive enterprises. Our farmers are generally small and medium farmers with a slight exception, forced at all times to keep up a sufficient horse power to cultivate their farms, ?ke., and if they had a hundred Railroads, would carry their own produce to market, (Camden,) where they have always found an easy and comfortable market, an honest set of merchants, who have always given within a fraction of the highest Charlesion prices for our produce, and sold to us groceries in proportion. There we havo two fine banks always ready not alone to accommodate the mend nuts of Camden with money to buy our Cotton, ?fcc., but discount paper for the industrious farmer and merchants of onr District.? Now, to remove the liailrond from Cam-j den is certainly the most effectual mode of cutting her thro t; and why, therefore, fellow citizens, why are you so uncharitain an enterprise, that if successful, is to kill or cripple themselves ? I must Ray fellow citizens, that allowing such sentiments against Camden, is uncharitable in the highest degres. Take the trade from Camden if yon could, and Lancaster would, 1 assure you, be the first place to regret it; destroy our merchants there, and you destroy the banks. They leave Camden as soon as they discover that their merchants cannot use them to advantage, and what will be the result ? Why, some are vain enough in advocating the road, to publicly assert that those banks will be brought to Lancaster ! (quite a flattering idea, indeed,)and if I could entertain such an idea for a moment, I for one would favor it to the utmost of my ability, but no, fellow citizens, you will never realize that, be well assured (Kot o m..r. ? 1 ** * " ...uv ?? lllllll JAJPSWSlt'd UI SUCH IInancial skill as W. E. Johnson, would never enter into such a reckless adventure as wk that. He would turn his slock to much better advantage; he would empty it into the main pocket to which all these railroads lead?Charleston, and then where would our bank accommodation be? answei, in the hnnds of the great, the powerful, and the strong, and our share would be small. Look well, fellow citizens before you strike the blow. Again, where is all the money to come from to build this road ? From the people, I suppose, but is it right, is it honest to mislead the unsuspecting man, because he is not as weii acquainted with a railroad as yourself, what do you say to him to obtain his subscription to this railroad ? You tell him it is a profitable investment, better than loaning money at 7 per cent wny you must know that he never can realize it. A little insignificant road from Lancaster to Chester, over that mountainour country?cross the Catawba river, Iniild a bridge at fifty or one hundred thousand dollars?buy your cars, employ conductors, engineer* and hands, make a correct calculation of all the expenses of this enterprise, and where will you be, or where will you have the people of our District? in a state of bankruptcy, like Georgia, years ago, not only ruined her people, but destroyed her currency, until t>iia day she has not recovered from ^? , My object w not to prevent thn*? - a ? ??vui n i road who are able to build and pay for it, I I aay let them hare it, but I do object to jfL: misleading our honest farmers into such wild speculations, involving them in a debt they never oould realise any benefit from, breaking many of them up. I, there* '% (bra, fellow ctti/ens, earnestly recommend that you make yourselves well acquainted with this subject before you enter into H. When they propose to you a Plank road from Lancaster to Camden, you may favor < ?r .. . NPv?"< <m*> w " > ? that plan for it is all you need, a good wagon road to haul your own produce to market. The sand between this and Camden is very heavy, a plank road would remedy this evil, with two horses, you can carry with much greater ease a full load, than you would with five horses or mules on the sand, and make the trip to Cainden in a much shorter time. This is no hearsay with me. I have travelled on a plank road and investigated the whole plan, and again, it is a cheap enterprise from t800 to* 1)00 per mile. The contraetor on the North Carolina Plank road informed me that he made money handsomely at it, and said at the same time with the lino facilities we had between Lancaster and Camden, money could be made by taking the contracts for considerable less. lie sjK?ke too of our Hue pine timber, ^he country level and the road so straight, that he was well acquainted with the route, and knew no country better ndapted to a plank road. I am aware, fellow citizens, that few of you know anything about a plank road, because you never saw one and cannot appreciate it, as though you had seen and travelled on it, and I see the Iriends of the railroad endeavor to smother the idea of a plank road, for they say that the advocates of the plank road otfer this idea to kill the railroad progress, not so fellow citizens, it is alone for the benefit of the farmer that a plank road is recommended, and you will find that it will pay the best. They say that tl e toll will be enormous. Acmsrwsr. I have travelled on them, and assure you that the toll is a mere nominal affair, gates are certainly placed on the road every ten miles at which you must pay, but if you ever put your loaded wagon on a plank road, the toll w ill be a matter of no con sideration to you who love comfort and case to man and beast. I for one will subscribe liberally to a plank road but I have no money to throw away upon a railroad to Chester, for no good can result from it. Some of our friends who own real estate in the town of Lancaster, insist that it would enhance the value of their property, but 1 have only to refer them to the experience of Camden and Columbia upon that subject. Ileal estate has gone down in Camden from one to two hundred per cent, since the railroad was built there, and some of her finest and I est cotton buyers left the place, and sold their property at a sacrifice to get off at that.? I wov.ld say that our worthy fellow citizens, viz : llasseltinc, Curcton, Magill, Adams and others are doing more by repair? on their property and putting up decent new buildings, have done more to enhance the value of real estate in the town of Lan could effect. IMPROVEMENT. For tiie Ledi f.h. Mr. Editor:?Please allow me a cor nor of your paper to reply to the enqui ries proposed by "Many Voters." To tin first, I answer, bam de -idedly in favor o giving the election of electors for Pi si dent and vice President to the people. To the second I reply, that for fourteen years I have been endeavoring to use mv influonce to distribute the free school fund, not according to representation, hut in accordance with the declared intention of the bill, for the education of the poor, and therefore, for dstributing this fund according to population, so that our upper Districts may derive the advantages for which the fund is intended. I conceive Mr. Editor that it is almost impossible to say what plan can be proposed, which will prove satisfactory to nil ! sections of the State, until the matter is brought before the Legislature, and suggestions made One thing permit me to observe, I believe if our people would place loss dependence on this fund, and depend more upon themselves, for the education of their children, the money thus contributed added to the fund, would give us able and efficient teachers, and the children be more generally educated, and less said about the Free Sch >ol Fund. Then would moral and Christian virtues be inculcated, and the general effect of education be happily manifested and appreciated. To the third interogatory, I answer, 1 am in favor of rechartering the bank ol the State, and will so cast my vote if honL-. ?1st- - * * ? urou uy pu wun a seai in uie legislature. Very respectfully your ob't s'vt. WM. McKENXA. Grand Lodge or the United States I. o. o. r.?The Grand Lodge re-assembled, as we learn from the Baltimore, Sun, in that city on Tuesday morning, am! proceeded to the order of the day, being the election of officers. The following officers were elected:?Wilmot G. DeSaussure, of South Carolina, Grand Sire; Horace A. Manchester, of Rhode Island, Deputy Grand Sire; Jamss L. Ridgely, of Maryland, Grand Corresponding Secretary, Joshua Vansant, of Maryland, Grand Trea?urer. These officers will not be installed until the next sesssion of the Grand Lodge. There was but little other business transacted,?a few reports were made And laid over under the rule. There are representatives present from thirty-one State Grand Lodges and twenty-six Grand Encampments. The Japan Expedition.?Baltimore, September 24. It is now understood that the U. S. frigate Princeton is to be the Flag Ship of Commodore Perry for ths Japan expedition. m Cnnrnofrr %th\n. Laiirattorvillc, S. C. WEONES])AYTSEIT. '19. 1852 W A number of our cotcniporuricH ar recommending tlicir papers ?? (he advertis ing community. It may not be improper fo us to make a few remarks on this subject. The benefits derived from advertising r.r known to sill. lo give some idea that it i economy to advertise, we will mention on or two instances which have occurred sine our residence here, sis evidence of our asset tion. We were written to, by si house in I'hiln dolphin, to procure sin agent for them, fo the sale of I)r. Holland's Hitters; wecalle on our Druggist, Major Ilstilc, and he wa indifferent whether he took the agency -o not; he, however, agreed to try it. Th medicine was sent to him, and advertised and sdthough unknown before, the sale wa so rapid, that two months sifter it was firs advertised, Major 11. informed us ho v. oul be obliged to order si fresh snpply, s Ithougl in the fust instance they had sent liim good quantity. Several artieles we onrsel have disposed of, and purchased others which resulted from advertising. A inn chant in town who advertised a certain modi cine for sale four or five times, hisclerl toll us, sold well while advertised, his customer saying at the time that the Ledger informal theni of it, and at which store it could h found; but so soon as the advertisemen was discontinued, sales declined. It is certainly to our advantage to recoiv advertisements; but wc know full well it i of equal advantage to the advertiser. \V could mention a number of instances wher immense benefit has resulted from adverti> ing, but deem it unnecessary, llrandretl Mofiatt, Earnum, and a host of others, liav made fortunes from the sale of pills an l e> hibiting mermaids, &.c., &e.. all from ndvei tising. Earnum spoke tlie truth when nsko the cause of success, he said advertising I literally. \>e uo noi rxnp^oraip, wncn we nay ui ledger is read by at least lifteen liundre or two thousand persons weekly, and stands to common reason that advertising i our columns is the most efficient way o making tiling known. We embrace the opportunity to ret or our thanks for the liberal patronage we h , heretofore received, and trust that from tii , very favorable mant.er in which our p pi hasheen received abroad, as indicated by il at present (anil constantly increasing) stil scription list, that those friends who ha\ manifested by notion their good intention j have no cause to be ashamed of the I>nnca j ter I,edgcr. 1 We insert a communication in th ^ paper, over the signature of u Improvement ; We will reply only briefly to this piece i * sophistry. ding a Railroad to Chester, we have obser ed that those citizens.or many of them, wl do not reside on the route of the propose road, and who may consider their interes - more indentificd in the prosperity of Can - den, attempt by reasons the most absurd, I i throw a damper on the whole cnterpri.se.f " Improvement," in the present instaue . seems to bo more apprehensive about tli j Hanks in Camden tlian anything else. T place bis mind at rest about the Hank < Camden, we can inform him that the H n | eoulil never be removed to I^ineaster. Tli 1 charter locates it in Camden and no wlier else. ; We did not know before that any one ha the presumption to say that the Railroad, i built to Chester, would pay a d'nidiend t more than 7 percent., or even that. We out self, did not know beforothat men contribt ted to Railroads for the purpose of ma kin profitable money investments. If this ha been the case, there would not be a Kailroa in Carolina. We were always under the improssio that the greater portion of tho country cor tiguous to the Railroad between Coluinbi and Charleston, was of but little accoun nnd \vc have yet to learn that a Railroad 1m tween Ij;n< aster and Chester would l?e h r insignificant as "Improvement" would hav us believe. The fart is, as we have he for observed in this paper, the interseetin country between I Lancaster nnd Chester i very productive, nnd consequently the res dents arc men possessing large planting ir terests, and make abundant crops. Ourco; i respondent puts us in mind of that porlio of Brutus' speech where he says: " Nt that I love Cffsar less, but I love Roc more." Not that" Improvement "loves I.ar f caster less, but he loves the Bunks in Can den more. He says that could he entertai the idea for n moment, that the Banks i Camden would be removed to I<nncaster, h would fuvor the Railroad enterprise to th utmost of his power. Verily our friend h a strong advocate f< Banks. Perhaps in the event of our hnvin a road, wo may have n Bank, even at thi time wo underst&i d a gentleman of thi place proposes to establish . n agency ofsom other Bank. " Improvement" may rest sal isfied that the Bank of Camden will n?v<. change locality. If Camden is to bo benefited by a Plan road extending up tho Country, she slioul build it. Certainly there is no excuse for he having those invaluable money institution within her immediate borders. We dismiss the suhjeetf believing ' Irr proveinent's" communication more calcul.i ted to enhance the interest of the propose Road, his arguments being so unfounded an futile against it. Mk. Palm ten-?The Milledgoville (Ga. Federal Union says: "Wf are gratified to learn that tli RevdMtd H. M. Palmer, of Columbia, ? C., has accepted of the appointment b deliver the Annual Oration before tin Phil Delta and Thalian Societies of Ogle thorpe Unirersitr, on cotninencemen day, the 10th of Fa*ember.M Somo have been wounded with conceit. And died of mere opinion straight; Others though wounded sore in re ison, Felt no contusion, nor discretion. Jludibras. ( The u Fairfield Herald " makes a futile ef'* fort to iaveigle us into snares prepared by w ourself. u In reply, we hope to prove to tho satiafacr tion of the Editor, if I e be capable of understanding. that our " Political Philosophy" is 0 correct j and, think wo can show that the only effect of his strictures, is to show his own ignorance, and weak reasoning. The " Ilcrnld " pretends to criticise the remarks wo rondo, that " one of tie distinguishing features of Republicanism, is the giving of elections to the |?eople," and asserts also, that Kngland is a Republic. As a writer of note, and one most certainly calculated to know, we quote a few observations of Mr. Jollerson. In a letter to Dr. Franklin, dated August 1777, Mr. Jefferson says: " With respect to the State of Virginia, in ; particular, tho people seem to have laid aside tlie molt: rehic ii and taken up the republican government with as r.meh ease as would have attended their throwing off an old and . putting on a new suit of clothes." And further, he says, speaking of the constitution and popular rights: "Wo had not yet penetrated to the mother principle, that governments are republican only in proportion as they embody the will of their people to execute it. Ilence," he says:"our first constitutions had really no leading principle in them." Did we deem it w orth further notice, we could give the Herald more evidence on this subject, but as only a limited portion of our paper wc desire to devote to the I b raid's re* ply, wo w ill at oneo proceed to the other strictures. In our article wc stated that the Herald was apprehensive that if the election of electors.should lie given to the people, the election of (iovernor would he also. This . i the Herald denies. Now we quote from j the Herald icrbtttim el literatim. "If to tho elections we already have, we mid that kof Presidential electors, that ol Governor will hedemandedand 1'ihrn bv the j people," &c. Surely our friend of the Her, uhl Iris not waked up, but is still dozing.? But further, the Herald says: "It, (the j. Ledger,) also lays down as one of its tenets that if the people demand a right, that is sufficient, it should then be given them. We would enquire of the, I?cdger, what are the main objects for which u constitution is instituted in a free government ?" The Herald evidently appears to be surprised at this declaration of ours, forgetting it has already said the election < f Governor would be </rmanded and tnl.cn I?/ the /ten/Ac if the election of electors were in their hands. Further, "in conclusion, we would ask the Ixdgcr, if the people can properly bo is s; id to be di prived of a right which they ' never possessed f " We hud intended to give uf the iiefqld the v irions deftinitious of tin verb deprive, and in what connection used by v- no*t editorial; vviiieh was writft-n, in reply 10 to the Sew York l'ick, in reference to Mr. d Calhoun's work on Government, the Herald ts goes on to say : a- ' We agree w ith the Pick, that it is a great to I I'it.v tli t the work was not n|. ccd intln _ | hands of the Harpers, for had this been done it would not only now be within the reach ' and tne.-.ns of nil. hut it would have secured to the f.mily of our departed Statesman and 'o Patriot an amount if monetf to w hich they ,f are justly entitled, i.lld w hich, by li.el niune agement, they have been tie priced p Query.?('. n A r. Calhoun's family prop* u erly bo s id to be dejrind of that which they never possessed ? 'I lit> (iiMatt unr linou u/> <lnoAw'r\l'oA I F ? it I * ""K" "" ?M ..u.J dibras' U-.;ruin<_r can very properly Ik? applied j to our friend of the Herald: " lie \v;:k in learning n great critiek. Profoundly skilled in ntr Ivt'ek ; ' Ho eonld distingui h and divide, g A h ir 'twixt South nnd Southwest side: d On ei her which he would dispute, (j ; Confute eh nge h nds, i.nd still confute. | He'd undert kc to prove hy force, Of argument n in n's no horse, n j He'd prove n buzzard is no fowl, * l- And th t n lord may be nn owl, A cnlfnn uldernii n.a goose n justice, j | And rooks committee-men i.nd trustees." o General Scott. e " Sir. I ntn dead for the Constitution? v dead for the Union?dead for the Compromise?and dead against any Man who is op% posinl to them, of either of litem !" '* The above we find in the Salisbury (X. '* C.) Wctcl man, under the banner of Scott '* and C?n ham. Will the Watchman explain r" what Gen. Scott means? 11 We repent?the above inquiry was too rashly made. Poor little Watchman ! He e has been watching ever since Scott's nosnt'* nation, and finding the, above in some Journal, h is copied it, thinking all was right.? n Friend, take It out?take it out by all " I means. You are killing your man fast e ( enough. e am m A Nf.w Pa pub.?The Charleston Stanr dard says: S "We have received a short prospectus of a a new Daily, Boon to l?e published by Mr. ? J. B. Nixion, at Broad-street. The terms e are M per year. We have not heard who t- is to be the editor. The minor in, that it ,r will support Scott and flHIflfcnm." That will he a curiosity, which should ^ be preserved in every museum in the counj try. A Scott paper will l?e a thrifty plant in Palmetto Soil!?Carolinian. if i m Wm Another Cuban Expedition.?Balti 1 more, 8epteml?r, 24. The New York Journal of Commerce intimate* that a J tirin in that city have received orders for d ordnance and other nuini iona of war, to l>e u*ud in a new expedition that is about j to be organized against Cuba. e Hbavv Robbbht.? Baltimore, Septemi. her 24. Mr. e. G. McKkb, of Troy, N. it Y., was robbed t.?-day, Friday, at the e Waddle House, Cleveland, Ohio, of $40,* * 000. A reward of $6000 has been oft fered for Uie recovery of the money, and conviction of the thief. From the {South Carolinian. The Charleston Preen It is pretty well known that a convention of the editors and publishers of the newspapers in this State is to be held in this place on the first of December nextThe entire press of the interior of the State, except the Charleston papers, numJ bering, we believe, twenty-eight journals, | have expressed themselves in favor of this meeting. We have observed the studied ; silence of the pajnjrs of the metropolis in ' relation to this subject, and we must say j they have manifested very iiilie fra ernai i fntitiiuf in ll?.? imimltuxt Tltn I - .. ? | Ledger mentions the fuel <>t' the silence of the city journals and the Southern Standard replies as follows: "The Lancaster Ledger desires to know whether the Chariest ion pressure opposed to the Convention. We answer for ourselves, that we have said nothing on the j suhjeet, because we did not consider our ' case within the chief purpose of the Convention. It is impossible that wc can eu: ter into any arrangement nl>out our terms of advertisement. If there l?e others niali ters f.?i the action of tlie Convention, in ! which our concurrence might be desirable, we are <piitc willing to meet our country friends at the time proposed." We do not know what will lie the programme of business for the Convention, , but this we do know, that the city puj?ei> have manifested very little fraternal feelings on the subject. Are their interest* separate and destinct from their coteinporaries in the State? Do they consider themselves so far removed from us, in relation to community of feeling and interest, thai it is useless for them to meet with us in consultation, to advance, if possible, Uncommon interest? If so, they are aetinjj consistently. If not let them unite will their humbler brethren of the up-country I ..... .....11 t ....... u win ?n". gratification to shake hands, if nothing more, with their city confreres. The Mer enry, Courier, Standard ami News, otigln not to treat us so cavalierly. They huvt no cause to do so, we arc very sure. Hr w o arc sure that if it he not to th( interest of the Charleston Press to he repre sonted in the "Convention, it will aftbrd pleasure to the upper-country Editor* ami Publishers t<? meet with their Charlestoi brethren. Ilcsidcs, it seems to im>, that U give weight to the proceedings of the Con vention, it is very requisite for every papei | in the State to be represented, that the in ferenee may not be drawn, that those " wh< are not with us, are against us," The expc rienee of our Charleston cotemporaries mnj also enable them to aid us in our delibcra lions. Not only this, hut no doubt an etfor ! will he made to establish the cash system It is almost universally the custom in tin upper country to present hills for udvertis itig, &c., only at the end of the year; \v< believe the custom in Charleston is to potent accounts quarterly, therefore in thii matter our Charleston brethren may scrvr , us greatly. ( J ?? i ? i I EDITOR'S TABLE. I I Godey's I.auy's Hook : The October number his been received 1 The no-sent nnniltiT irivca eviil.of Mi ; [ , | Ciodey's untiring efforts to increase the :il i ready will'* orld reputation of his migajini ' Lord lino mercy upon ii.m," in a be: lit it'll j line engraving, liy Tucker. "O Dear! ( : Dear," a tableau plate by Pease, <1 c. Wo nre glad to find the lady's Book i taken bare by several, and trust Mr, G.'i I energetic I bora in the line of Mng.izin< Liter tore in .y meet with it* just reward Terms *:>, 00 per year. I- A. (Jodey, I'hilfl North Bimtwii Review: The American publishers Inve pi red in under renewed obligations by sending in Ibis Review. The articles are: I. laird Cobkburn's Life of Jeffrey. 'J. Ornithology. 3. Liturgical Reform iu the Church of Kng land. 4. American Poetry. ; 5. The Life and Inciters ufN'iebuhr. | 6. Primeval Archwology of Britain, j 7, Archbishop Whatcly on the errors ol Romanism. 1 H Prin..A AI k??e? I.J..aa.l f'-'l , . o iiiuukii mi u Art* nnd Mnnufucti re*. 9. Critia of Political Parties?The Grant Desideratum. Term* $3,00 per year, or $10 for the Nortl British, l,ondon Quarterly, Westminster nnd Edinburgh Review, nnd Black wood'i Magazine. Lconnrd Vott 4t Co.,New York Grahams Magazise ; The t tetober number of this welcomi magazine has come t-> h ind. " The Pridi of the P.trt.irc," And " The Eorgottei j Word," are handsome engraving*. In this number we find an article hendet 14 The Atmosphere and its Currents," bj Thomas Milner, M. A., an interesting ant instructing production. Besides this, then are various other articles, both prose ant poetry, by writers of note, nmong the num ber, we notice the names of Herbert, Mrs Sigourney, Mrs. Hall, dte. Terms #3,04 per year. Geo. R. Graham, Philadelphia. The Due West Telescote, published a Duo West, Abbeville District, deserves tht pstroruige of a religious community. I n.l.i.a m.,.k -.1 tl- - wuhhh nni|iinn* inmrmn tion, and 'the editorial* of it* aceompliahe* Mi tor. Rev. Mr. Bonner, are pointed an< happy effort*. A friend in Oeala, Flu, haa kindly aent in a elrcolar, headed "Fast Florida Independ ?>nt Institute." This Institution is loeute< In the town of Oo.ila, und is reeonimende< not only on aeeonnt of th* healthiness o the locality, but as being under the contro of able and effh-ient instructor*. W. R.?We will send you a presort in i few day*. "Smtckks or Lir* aid .Character" k the title of an intermtingbook, by tVt mo* moral of all moral writers, T. 8. Arthur.? For 89,00 we wiH furnieh ft ?opyt Oq< may be seen at our office. The coming Legislature??U Importance. The business of electing a new Legislature in always a subject which should command the careful consideration of every citizen, who is at all mindful of the character and well-being of his State. And there arc frequently circumstances which render it his bounden duty to exercise the most careful circumspection in the discharge of that weighty responsibility, ever inseparable from the elective franchise. In our opinion, the approaching elections for representatives present just such an occasion for cure and circumspection; and, to support this opinion, we imagine it is only necessary to advert to one or two facts. It is well known tliat the charters of several of our hanks expire in the year '50 or thereabouts, and the probability is great that these banks will all press urgently fur a re-charter before the Legislature, soon to be elected, shall be dissolved. This circumstance alone will doubtless g'ne rise to discussions and result in decisions that will atfect (for good or for evil) the lw?st interests of our State for years to come. It is not amiss to say that judgement, some financial ability and, nltove i ! all, firmness and decision should form a I part of the qualifications of those whom we shall delegate to decide ujam these very important matters. I In addition to this, there are several npI plications for charters of Kail lioad Comi panics to 1m? acted upon, one of which at least will la? of great interest to the State ?wc mean that of the Habun-Gnp Kail Hoad. What may be the fate of this 1 measure is beyond our power to divine.? t We believe, if the matter be properly 1 managed, that vast benefits will accrue to 1 South Carolina. Nor do we regard the ' stake which our own District may have in 1 this great project to be in any degree be? neath that of any other section. 1 We trust therefore that our people will > see to it that the influence which we may exert in the approaching Legislature shall f be strong and effective. And this consum mation, we respectfully suggest, will be best attained by throwing aside all purely . personal or partisan predilections, and . looking to the real merits of each enndii date. We have now a full field before us I from which to select our representation; and we may safely say that not one of the present aspirants for this honorable Jiosi' tion w ill demur, for a single moment, to ' i our recommendation. It' there were one r | among tliem who would base his chums to - a scat in the General Assembly of South > Carolina, at this juncture, upon any other . ground than that of his comparative . worth and qualifications, we should slrongly incline to the opinion that ho was far t from meriting the honors lie would seek to grasp.?KthjejfirM Ailrrrtiwr. New Charges against Bishop Doane. The Newark Advertiser says that Bishop , Doane has issued another letter to his Diocese, which static that on the Olh instant, at 10 l-'J 1\ M., a paper in the nal lure of a presentment, making some alter* 1 ' ations in the previous charges and containing four new specifications, was left at his house, portioning to be from three Bishop* who made the former pNHenb incut. The Bishop says this presentment v viuvw as* ! i.lj *! ??? I.nfoa* (ILM day np|>ninicd for the trial, and ' as the Canon of life Diocese requires four weeks |. for the call of a siiecial Convention, he is r precluded b) the delay of the three Bisliops, in making out their new presentment from the pmdbility of discharging his duI ty to the Convention of the Ltiocese, and enabling it to consider its duty towards itself and him. The new specifications consist, in suh* stance, of two charges of failure to pay s notes to the Camden Bank; one of which, a for 200, was given hy the Bishop as part payment of a note of his, endorsed hy . Michael Hays, for Si,000, the remaining i $750 Is iug satisfied out of a judgment ! which the Bank held against llays; the * o h.r note of S100 endorsed by Hays not 4 laing protested on account of the Bishop's request, and his promise to give a new note, which he never fulfilled. The other two charges are, that the Bishop was in . the lialiit of running in debt for large siiie plii-s of liquor, nnd that lie was unduly excited hy it on the stcninliout Trenton, in NovemU-r, 1851, ami at Bordcntown in V........-I...- IOI1. 1 -I i Ixv^vmucr, i o ? 1, (HIM IIIHI lie I'lUIM'd Jos. I Vhtoii to < 1 rink cider brandy that he might lie able to persuade him to endorse certain notes. All these charge* the Hisliop r deelaroa to be false, or capable of such explanation na will divest them of all crime 1 or immorality. Health ok Camde*.?Wo understand ' that rumors are afloat in the country that sickness prevails in Camden to an alarm* ing extent, and is rapidly hurrying ofl" its . victims. A gentleman told us yesterday, that while on his way here the day before, he was met by a traveller who warned 5 him against coming, assuring liiin that he 5 had it from good authority, that yellow t fever prevailed here, and that seventeen persons hml died in one day! This is but 1 rate of the hundred rumor* in circulation / in regard to the health of Camden. We \ have heretofore thought them unworthy of B notice, but from the respectability and callj imj of the informant of our friend, and tho section of country into which he was going, hie report may prove injurious, not oniy 10 me interests of Camden, but of 5 those who deaire to come here, we take occasion to nay that there in no truth in and no foundation whatever for the repeat above alluded to, ami should Camden ever e be so unfortunate as to he visit**) by any 1 disease that would render it unsafe or iin* - prudent for strangers to visit ua, our readi era will be duly infimned of the fact 1 through the columns of the Journal. As was to have been expected, those portions of our town most exposed to the * miasma arising (Wan the grounds over* - flowed by tbo Tate fte*het are Wore unI healthy than usual, but the.dtsease wo un1 derstand, ia generally of a mild tvt>e, f yielding readily to medical treatment. We I cannot call to mind more than Ave deaths that hate occurred in towu during the summer, (bur of which were of children 1 under ten year* of age. Camden Journal. ?| * Office or HoTRO^rrrlx alto.? Cbar1 leaton Friday, 6 P. M.?The Board of * Health report eight deaths froin Tellow ? Fever for the past 24 hours.* J. L. DAW80N, if. C. R m ??Old? Farmer* Should Advertlfe. ffi A word with you, my jfood friend) which may tend to our inulual benefit. You are H perhaps, more deeply interest ell in the )B| siicccm of your District paj>er than you arc aware; and we know, that our paper |H is equally dependent on the |>coplo of the "HP District for inliucncc and support. 13ut, permit us to ask; do you laisc more pro- [ duco on your farm, than is required for your own use! If you arc a thrifty farmer, it is very probable that you do. Do you wish to sell at tin* highest price, such produce or projH-rty as you have to spare? it' so, you ought to advertise. If you can generally sell your surplus produce in your immediate neighborhood, there is not so ' \ much necessity; yet, even then, applicalions and bids from abroad, would enable "l you to obtain I Kilter prices, by bringing more purchasers to your own doors. If . you have n good horse, a mule, a milch ^ cow, a dozen bacon bogs, a few barrels tlour, a few hundred bushels coi n, a wagon, tinkler, oats or a piece of land, or a lot of ** good plank or any thing else the good farmer usually has for sale, if you let the I people throughout the District know that ^ you have these things for sale or any of them, is it not more likely that you will more readily dispose of these articles by advertising, than if nobody know anything about it but your near neighl*>rs or your own family? Your District paper, (whirls has a largo circulation) is the only median* through which you can ctVect this object.- - ' . We know of more than a dozen persons- | in this town who now wish to purchase acertain piece of property for the use of I their families; but, they know not to whom to apply. Whereas, if such articles ware advertiseil in the Sjxirlan, by looking over 1 its columns, they would know where they could bo supplied. We have known some of our good farmers, to keep produce or ft* olhdr property 011 their hands for months and even years, w hich they desired to sell, M but could not do so, because nobody but M their near neighbors knew any thing about it. Now, tor one dollar, paid down, a gB small advertisement (of ten lines) may Ihj inserted two tunes, winch would he nsufticient notice to nil and answer every pur- mg j?ose. We admit that we would l>c bene- ffl tiled as printer* if such a course was adoptcd;but, both tl osellerund perchaser would M be accommodated and derive perhaps more < M advantage than ourselves. If the above remarks Inj^lrue, tliey also prove, that it ^ would be to the advantage of all buyers T ami sellers of property in the llistrict to suliscribe for our paper. Two dollars cannot bo appropriate] to a more useful pur- ^ pose.' And if we add to this the advantages it allords to our wives and child r< n, to read a weekly journal of the news tiom all parts of the world, the very small i>mount necessary to effect this desirable ol - r ject, sliontd be readily and cheerfully af- ( forded.? Sjxtrlan. Ftorn the Cdud n Journal. Ma. Eniroa: You will do me the favor to publish the follow ing<es)H)nae to three questions that have l>eou addressed tome. 1. "Are you in favor of the Hank of 1 the Stole]" _ To this general question I give the general answer that I am not. My objections . are founded in sound principle, and I think f 1 ou-iatnril t.y tli'o orfpt rictH? of all States where the union of Hank and Statu baa existed. The financial interests of the State as well as that of a great tiumUr of its t itzens has become so interwoven ami ntanglod with the existence of the Hank, i that I would touch it with great cautiop at any tituo. Even at u propitious time for its liquidation, I would not proceed I y sudden action or violent means?but would adopt a policy indicated by an expression of Mr. Callioiiu in reference to amitber institution, which is "to unhank the Hunk' by careful ami gradual process. ?ue jircncuv courier uoes not expire until the first of May, 1850, so that neai ly four yearn, and two elections for Representative* to the Legislature, will intervene before that event can happen, llut it is proposed to ntilici|?ule the question by *e\ - I. ral years and settle it now. Am 1 willing to re-charter the Hank under present i circumstances} The J'rojih of the Hai k, mamong other things, are |?lc?!ged fot tl o punctual payment of the interest and filial redemption of the money Imrrowed under authority of what is called the fire loan act. The Inst instalment of this debt 1<ecom>*s due in 1870. It is believed that a majority of the |**ople consider that this pledge of the profit* of the Hank. n?.i_ _ _ * withstanding the charter wna known to expire in 1850. involved also n pleuge of tlie faith ami honor of the State, to recharter the Think for the pu pone of making profits to meet the Hnal redemption of this last instalment. It is urged that un- J? tier tlie representation* of our agent, the foreign creditor U*>k thin view, nml felt it j an an inducement to make the loan. I am ' willing to concede much to an honorable j sentiment?and to meet the obligation, whether real or supposed, to the foreign creditor, I am willing to grant, no far an I am concerned, another liona fide charter to the Hank, with nuch provision* and detail* an my judgment may approve, to make it an uaeful as ponnible and as little liable to abuse an poenible. 2. "Aro you in favor of giving the elec- 4 tion of Prenident aim! Vice President to k the People!" I am. | 8. Are you in favor of chaning the pre- I sent Free School system, in order to make it answer a better purpose! If any judicious and feasible plan b? X proposed I will choerfullv support it. 1 Hespectfullv, vour tellow-citiien, JAM KS CII ESN LIT, Jr.M ] OKATII OF A. S. .ToHVCTON,*Bnfcr~?^^K j community was startled yesterday m&f&M iJ itija^ witli tl?o intelligence of the demise of this gentleman. Mr. Johnston wi?s not very well for a day or two previous, I'Ut 1 was not considered dangeroasly ill. .,Wbk ? disc am- which proved f.itid, we undoiWH^ ^ was congestion of the liver. Mr. J. whs a native of Virginia, many years a resident of thi? place, JflB was eminently a useful citiaen in er^ty station whidh he occupied. He I.ma ?1- j ways manHBtcd the deepest il|0MMii I'Mth* ? i welfare and prosperity of onr'fcwl^flh the 1 public affairs of which, lor yefl6ejAtfi*t he 1 has taken nn nctive and pront|pOppart. ' Hie death is deeply regretted bjaAir^t. hole ^ J community, and 1 cares a vs^^Hbk-h 0 will b? felt for a long tint* tooflMfe 1 T 1