The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 19, 1853, Image 2

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* . fc V Rich Man Beginj. Thekk lias been a well dressed lua riding over our parish for the last wee on rather a fine-looking horse, who plea< the moet abject poverty, and who has bet soliciting alms from our community. 11 calls himself Squire James, and says 1 lives, when at home, in the parish of l.i' ingston. Our attention was attracted t a communication written from the Paris of Livingston to the editor of tho Bato Bongo Advocate, published in a late nun her of that paper which gives a detaile history of ttquire James. It states tin ho has a respectable property in Livinj ston, consisting of land, negroes horse cattle, Ac, and is comfoitably off. TL communication further states that he in the habit of representing himself as man in destitute circumstances, and tra els around the country soliciting alms. 11 generally travels on horsback, visits tl towns and plantations on the coast, ar asks for roliof in any shape the generoi donor may choose to extend a helpir hand toono so very needy. He never r fuses an old horse, or a barrel of refiu sugar, or sour molasses. An old coat is Godsend, and goes far toallcviato his di tress. He, in short, represents himself i one pining in poverty, abject and grinding and an object worthy of profound con misaration?extorting, wo have no doub from those who are less able to besto ^ - alms than himself. Such is the man who has been tli recipient of our people's charity. Trul the nineteenth century has been pregnai with wonderful events. Not only lit there been great advancements in the ar nuu sciences, uui mo peculiar charactei istics of the human mind have had genial ntmosphero for their developemen Squire James must certainly be laborin under some mental hallncinatioti. Bi we have been informed that he prcsen his claims upon the charity of the worh with considerable feeling and pathos; an that, notwithstanding his general contov would indicate one far above the gnawing of want, still he seldom fails to extra* from his victim a small moiety of Charit to aid in satiating his rapacious cravin after the goods of this world.?St Francis ville (La.) Chronicle. The Late Deplorable Railroad Accidenl Tint Manchester Daily Mirror, of Thun day evening, contains a letter from llei Mr. Fuller, of Lawrence, who was a pn^ scuger in the cars, from which wo quot the following: Two incidents among tho many tcrribl ones, are especially present to my mem ory. On the bank sat a mother, (Mn Stokes, of this city,) clasping her little bo; of some three or four years of age: he ha< uv-cu rcscueu ironi me ruin wtiich liai strewn the rock with splintered fragment* and ber own person was considerably burned by the fire, but she was sbeddinj tears of gratitude over her rescued child and rejoicing in his safety unmindful o her own pain. But a few steps from her I saw th most appalling scene of all. Thero wa another mother, whose agony passed be yond any description. She could shed m tears, but overwhelmed with grief, utteret sueh affecting words as I never can forget It was Mrs. Pierce, the lady of the l'res ident elect; and near her, in that ruin o shivered wood and iron, lay a nioro ter ible ruin, her only son one minute befor< so beautiful, so full of life and hope. Klu was supported by her husband and Prof Packard. General Pierce was himself bruised ir the back but not severely and the woundi of the spirit far exceeded any bodily suffering, yet, while deeply affected, ho show ed all the self possession and nerve which ouly characterizes great-hearted and noble men, and which few would manifest un# der similar circumstances, lie gave all needful directions about tho recovery o his little boy, still entangled in the wrocl about him, and then afforded all thai comfort and sympathy to his partner ir sorrow which was appropriate to the time She was conveyed to a house near by, anc there she gave vent to the grief which rem her heart, while he consoled and comforted. I may not draw the veil from thai picture. Sacred is the holy privacy o sorrow, and the hearts of these who hav< suffered can feel what my pen must de scribe. Soon we were able to convey tbo woun ded and tho dead to tho nearest house winen happened to be tliat connected will the poor-farm in Andovcr, where ever^ possible kindness and attention were rcn derod. Go with mo, Mr. Editor, to tha house, and look with me a while on tha scene of suffering and sorrow. In on< room were Gen. I'ierce and his lady, ii the opposite apartment lay the inorta remains of their little boy?and oh! so sa< a sight! The blow, by which he was in stantly killed, struck his forehead, am "Wli m> Viuivui aa to remove uppe i?K*ou of the leaving a part of th brain exposed. The face with the excep tion of a bruise about the right eye, sti remained uninjured, but bathed in bloot Gen. Pierce and lady, meanwhile, retire to the house of Mr, Aikin. In the same room was a lady, Mi Newell, of Hillsborough, considerabl bruised ami her face cut. Ilcr little dang) ter, twelve years of age, lay near, wit her foot so badly injured that amputatin Hg will be necessary. She bore her paii W sweetly and patiently. In another root ju Mr. Kittredge, of Pelman, lay with his le broken, and a Mr. Child*, of llennike sat bravely up, though with his faoe coi ered with blcod. Others much bruise .Jkad gone on in the train wliiuh returno ^br us from Lawrence. Kvory attentio which oould possibly be paid to those ii jured was given at this house, where moi of the wounded were carried. The phj tciaiiH wore prompt 10 Uieir scrvio? aalm, kind, and, so far saonayotttof thepat fession can judge, judicious. After the head of the little boy he been tenderly cared toffy the physlciam end H>|iiniiililn done to restore the look < life, he wm carried by es to the hour where his parents werti. f shall never foi wet the look of extreme pain that child' mm wore, and yet there was somethjri| resigned ami tender impressed by the adfu hand of doath. He was not cold *)ftn h 9^ " * ' 4 . ** * dfljf? *** #' vjr -?? % was in the room of Mr. Aikin's house* droned just as lie had been at the moment 'J1 of the calamity. The form which had , ' left the house but little more than an hour before, full of life and happiness, with a |n heart lull of hope and bright aspirations, w*u iMt'k iu muse who had parted 10 from liim?that heart now hushed and v~ still?that form motionless, and the liml?s, *y fast growing rigid under the icy touch of h I death." n The llostoli Trareler says: J There i* a ditfcrauce of opinion among those w ho were present, as to the cause of 1 this dreadful disaster. One of the pass5* engers informs us that in his opinion it 8' was the breaking of u wheel, rather than '.c axle, that led to the occurrence. The train, 18 which consisted of the locomotive, tender, a ami ono passenger ear only, was under very rapid headway; nad the coupling was broken and the car thrown from the track ia | so suddenly, that the passengers had j scarcely a warning of the destruction that ,s | threatened them. The car was whirled I from the embankment with great velocity, j and wrenched in two apparently before it 40 struck the ground at the foot of the ctna bankment, which was covered with sharp and rough stones. In the fall it was ls literally shattered into pieces. There was a coal tire burning in a stove 1_ in the ear, and this aggravated the cireumstances of the accident, several persons? w one, mentioned above, scveraly?having been burned by the scattered coals. The 10 escape of so many, with trilling or no in jury, was almost miraculous. Mr. l'ierce clasped his wife in his arms upon the inw stant that the overthrow of the car was seen to be inevitable, and called to his son, r" who was near, and who was approaching a him when the final catastrophe occurred. u by which ho was cast into eternity. It is 8 not known how tho hul was killed, but 11 his head was shockingly mangled, and his death must have been instantaneous. rr Unfavorable Nature of the Season to Health. :t y One of tho late numbers of the New g York Herald, alluding to the peculiarities j. of the present season, almost unprecedented for its freshets, storms, versatilo and un seasonable temperature, says: The singular weather that we have had has been productive of a great amount of sickness, especially among the youngest J" portion of the community. That scourge of modern times, and which seems to have j- taken up the terrors along ago laid down e by the small pox at the command of science, scarletina, has been, and is frightfully raging in and about this city., In e one small town, not ten miles from the h city, over one hundred cases are mentiou' ed, and eighty deaths, and probably the i numbers are larger. In some families all 1 the children have been swept away, to the ^ number of three and four in some instan'? ces. This disease appears to l>e the most Y severe the nearer places arc to the sea; ? and in country towns, not above twenty !? miles from here, not a case has occurred. Whether this is a law of this peculiar form of pestilence, is a point upon which , o we do not profess any ability to sneak.? I 9 Probably it is not, and the disease is enph ricious. Besides this, we have colds in 5 all their infinite variety, and vast powers 1 of annoyance. Influenza prevails almost - every where. Fevers are common as sin. * The foundations of consumption, and othf era of the grisly family of disease, are " laid most abundantly. Many a ruined 5 constitution will date its fall from the "re> markable winter" of 1852-3. When pco pie talk of "fine weather," they ought to recollect these things, and then they will i not improbably come to the rational coni elusion that warm weather in December is as bad as snow would be in June. It is fine only for doctors and sextons. Sea Ialand Cotton. . The first seed of the Sea Island long staple Cotton was sent from the Bahamas ' to Georgia in 1780, and the first experi1 merits were made with it on the Sea Is' lands, near the mouth of the Savannah [ river. The plants did not bear the first year, but, the winter proving mild, the rat ^ toons bore fruit the year following, and thus became acclimated. The original ^ seed came from Persia. The successful growth of this worldwide famous kind of 3 cotton is confined to a string of islands, stretching from Georgetown, in South Carolina, to St. Mary's riTer, in Georgia, a distance of nearly two hundred miles, in? eluding a belt of coast not over fifteen 1 miles wide. Its culture is now bein^ in1 troduced into Florida. ^ Jt-P" The Hartford Times lias a letter ? from Washington, which says:?"Brickn makers here ate making fortunes; and I why can they not, when bricks are selling, j as now, at seven to nine dollars, and the h demand increasing? It is estimated that j '20,000,000 more will be required to finish r the Capitol extension, and about 12,000,e 000 more for the Patent Office, besides a government hospital, an asylum, private || residences, dec. Abundance of wood, | timber and clay can still be obtained on j the Eastern Branch near the city, and a good opportunity is presented to those who understand tho business. r? >- Hew Hotels. h n We learn tlfbt Mrs. Fleming, favorably is know as the landlady of one of our best n private boarding houses, with he#* son, g Mr. James T. Homing have purchased r, Janney's American Hotel, and intend to f~ tooorganize it, to render it even more d worthy of tho patronage of tho public.? 4 Mr. Flatting's energy and active habits n with Mrs. Flemings eX|>erience and careful i- attention to the internets of her guests, it will entitle her to a large *hare of tho cuer? tAm A/ *??-!!!-- ? 4 4 v, uro uBrauiHU nniununay. AlKl k while we chronicle Mrs. Flemings assumption of Mr. Janney's position at the American, we understand that he and hie well d known assistant, Mr. A. D. Ooodwyn, have i, beoome the proprietors of the Oongaree >f House, the management of which, for the ? future, will be in the hands of the two r-, Ipmier gentfemen. Tliey are too well h known to renuire us to do more than say, jr that they will do their duty satisfactorily. I With two such Hotels as the American e and tho Congaree, assisted by our ?ld Rfc * ftj friend the United States, there certainly fondle and kiss it, am can bo no cause of complaint that wo are child. She would m not ready to accommodate comfortably all but an she would sir those who may visit our capital. We would praise the Lord hojR", however, soon to need additional ac- prny that ?ho mi ht h eoinmodations for the crow 1 that we hear . , , , ... ' the nigger baby beca arc coming to settle amongst us. ? . , . A , . , xKr ' ... ? .!< ! Cabinet stock is lx We congratulate our worthy friend, Col. Mnybin, on his retirement to enjoy ,on 18 ** an cn^' un the "otiinn cum ilipnilat-" to which his ?*hers who have ret long public service fairly entitles him.? shake their heudsand His legislative and aldermanie functions The possible appoint will give him enough to occupy him plea- canyed soinc 44 kiekin sureably and profitably to his fellow citi- writers. <?t t...v I mm.?Columbia Banner. cral pierce, that his < " then let the colors be Health of Charleston. The truth is,three-foui . it .1 for Cabinet Officers : Uur private accounts as well as tlie re- . , , .. .... r ,i i> .1 i- II i.i i* ...i writers, who are altc ports of the Iiaard at Health confirm the j pleasing intelligence that the cholera is 8Uch matters as I am. i rapidly passing a way. We think our I friends need lie under no apprehensions of visiting the citv.?J bid. i ! - ???? iniirnotn Hon. John S. Preston. LnnraNter We learn, with much pleasure, that -- this gentleman has accepted the appoint- WEDNESDAY incut of orator for the 76th Association of this citv, for 4th July next. Mr. Preston's reputation for eloouence Election for sn already high, was much elevated, by his \T t(u, re0(.nt <>le< late brilliant performance before the Mer- C|,.rk of the Court fo cantilo Library Association. And now on ,owi gentIemt.n wc | a theme, and m a scene so inspiring as Shcrifr_j D Hn||) i that upon which he has promised his efforts, we venture little in predicting that mnn* he will add still brighter laurels to his well earned fame.? Charleston Mercury. t-if Wf. are re<iui ^??^?^?????^?^ tion of the Coinmiat _ " ~~~ ~ . ' " bridges, to the very j (I nimntimrntuiiis. it,:::; ,w",c ? -4-4 ? :? We generally Fob the Ledger. and wo wish those w To the Public. so also. It is ridieuh livo conts whon a su! Some of the hands in the "ledger" Otliec per changed from one being at this time indisposed ; nnd, upon en- . tcring upon the undertaking of giving a " Man, Knc full statement of the tyranicul action of _ ? . . J r ,. I>R. S. F. Dkkisso * Lancaster Division in my case, finding , . .... , , . r . i.i i i i u! lectures, at this pin a much greater amount ot material than 1 h.?u . . , A. . . . .... . . . .... nig last, 1 hat our i anticipated ; and likewise, being unwilling , . , , . we have not heard a il to subject in v statement to the m-uucnt di- ... .... ? ,. , .. . ., . .r In this age of IIuml visions wlucli it must necessarily undergo, if ? " , , A, . , , . . . we are disposed to I published in the weekly la-dger, I have con- , , ' , i j j- i , .. . ? lceturer, as belonging eluded to place the whole matter, connected , , , . , .... , | . - . e . , Although tins mar ha and entire, in pamphlet form, before my fel- , , , , . i nn. .in , ceivcd opinion of inai low citizens. 1 his shall be done as soon as ? , , , , ... . . , first, yet the first loc circumstances will permit. I cannot close ' this brief notice, without expressing to Mr. r*m?Vt"d this Ir Bailey, my grateful acknowledgments for ^ ' ! the manly lirmneos, so generously displayed pald by U,? ' in granting to me. under ike eireumtint!# **. ) oung men, was su the UK ?>f his paper for my defence. Such declaration of the p>*n nn instance of bold independence and impar- WM "PIH!''n , , 11, i . l)r D. illustrates the tial devotion to justice, is, alas! too rarely to . be met with, in this uurday. ' lecture*. ? ud??l ? Respectfully, ThU m"nikin in n,:;de, J. GAbLUCIlAT. ,un ** HO d"wec1t, '11 ... body can Ik* laid bare, Wastervllle, Jan. 18 1853. D'a erudite and cnterti ? m m* ticular functions?the Washington Correspondence. w,lk.h tllomf or?an. nr clear and comprehcnai Washixotox, Jan. 9, 1853. , In our intercourse \ Coxgress was not in session yesterday, n perfect gcntlem; having adjourned until Monday, in order to m rcc0inmcnding him participate in the imposing ceremonies, of the Mi,|ortttion of our frient inauguration of the Equestrian Statue of ri\Cr. Jackson, the work urd design of Clarke - -?.?i Mills, an American Artist. Tl.e Journals of Congressiona this city will furnish you with un extended ? account of these interesting proceedings, and An a is are we und therefore 1 forbear. lion J. A. Woodward, The resolution offered by Mr. Cass some will accept our thanks few days since in the Senate, reaffirming the Document* sent us. doctrine promulgated by Mr. Monroe, In re- To the Hon. Jno. I lation to Cuba, and the northern part of our debtod for a copy of M Continent, is conceived to be well timed, as on the Tariff. the question oil the annexation of Cuba, has ? caused a furious debate,in both branches of gy Several said the national Legislature. The only set-to p;lpor, to which the r? nbolition speech we have had on this queslion this session, was delivered in the Ilonse ? a day or two since,by Mr. Marshall of Calm- The Functions Of tfc fornia. Why does lie agitato this niomen- Mattel tous subject, when, as he affirms, it ho. been ^ ^ of settled by the passage of the Compromise ? %q ^ roader< Mr. Marshall was not only in favor of the we have w annexation of Cuba, but also of H^-the ^ k of ,h whole World, and the rest of mankind. Mr. I i r. i ? Dr. Gallm-hit's in tin* Marshall is certainly a young man of talenta, . . . . j . , .. . nay a word or two, ir but I am sorry he does not apply thein to a . * ? , . . ? . .. -41 intimate functions of I better use than speaking against slavery, a , . . , .. . .... i ... . . , cr words, what. In oi subject which he knows nothing about. In , ... ,, , , si ../^i t ? .l i the proper limits to wl his speech lie said :?" Oh, I wish the pen- | 1 r tleman from North Carolina, (Mr. Venable.) u would go to Calnfomia, &c." Go to Culifor- A newspaper In a Oi nia for whut ? To see how low, how depra- ty n vehicle, by which I dod and how destitute the unfortunate Afri- conversant with the can is, who sets his foot upon the golden we conceive that w hen shores of Calnfornia, and in his infatuation j '* aggrieved, and whei exclaims?" lo, I am a froe man ! " Yes, he j n,t"4' '>'m: 'n order to p is a free innn : free as thn miserable drunkard 4'r ''g'*1 la-lore his pcoj is from the chain of intemperance. If, as '*'H district, should git Mr. Marsha!! and his Northern allies believe, 1? defend himself, n that nil men are l?orn free ami equal, why, in te"d to his aggrcasora, the name of humanity do they not comfort contradict or deny, r j and soothe, feed, clothe, adopt and educate *hould lie made, whic 44 the poor slave"?as they in their kindness l^14' idlest sense of th call him?who they have either kidnapped,* As is well known or enticed from his master. Some few District, a feud has exi days ago one of these /wor slaves starved to 1 tween Dr. Wylie ai d [ death in one of our abolition cities. Is-t a latter pentleinnn beliei monument whose top shall pierce the clouds , ofth - former, he has b he erected over the remains of this v.. >mt /...lu K..C.. and let the Inscription " Philanthropy <>f the Pistrict. hut before m;i Northern friends of the African alaves? jet t of hia eominuniea ilarred him to death !n be placed in letters ' is version of the caae, of gold upon it. Ijct the fulae and peijured to be decided by a dii Mra. Htowe, whose name ia a disgrace to her No one ragreta mm aex, clap her hands with joy and give glory such communications to Ood?(for she pretends t? be a christian,) paper ; it is certainly m that our poor slave has escaped to that home give news items, and where the dog? of the negro hunter can not no risk of giving often tear and mangle, his flesh. And then let her onr standard of right a offer a prayer for her friends the abolition* other' plan to adopt. Ml lata, who relieved this p-o-o-r slave flrom all have a licarfflg. his pains by ttmrving him to death. Presents A company dUigsle t have bee* presented to this14 most wiae"4his any certain kind of 1 most excellent Wy, for her masterly effort fulfil their obtfgatinna; in ejepoting the secret of the treaMcnt of on the pert dfa pnblls laves in the South. If I eould prevail up- an article closuring tht on any negro motfcer in the South to part If the company are'to with her spokling infant, I would do so, and reform ; on the other h tend Mrs. Stowe a New-years gift of a nig- cent, they at once atii gar baby, dopo up in a clean rpg, and let her ured tffina, contradict * * ^ n * r - v tflB jr i raise it as her own We look upon this in the same Ivflj over think of the smell, Galluchat assert* that justice has no tack its rubby Hps, she don* him?that the Grand Division for all his beneJUs, nr.d Sods of Temperance have condemns lave projil by it, when before giving him a hearing, and now, ino a nigger man. serts that there is no other tribunal le alow par?all specula* to carry his caso before, he must brinj oven Col. Forney, and for o his people, and the only mode by urncd from Concord, . the object can be consummated,!*,by pi look wordcrous wise. | ing his statement in his District {taper, rncnt of JefF Davis, has der these circumstances, we cannot g up," but as the letter tice to theaxio'u we profess to follow, e determined for Gen- iom of truth and justice of favor anc Cabinet will be mosaic, tion to one more than another, deny D as brilliant as possible, luchat this privilege. * rtlis of the nominations We now drop the subject, ire made by the letter IdEf"* Since the above has bee n set igethcr as ignorant of type, one of our compositors having be i ken sick, and tho article of Dr. Gallu INDEX. ! being so lengthy, we found that we be unable to publish hisarticlo in this r?t\ v I ,.twl rrl, ....... * r?- r> : ^ ?iim ..niiou^n |h?i v 10 iu a^r. vi. i 41 H rr. willing that it should bo disjointed ; h t? * therefor* concluJod as will be seen 1 'idHe"s. ~c7 card, to publish his article entire, in pni ?>r * ? form. . JAN. 19, 1853. Acknowledgments. eriff and Clerk. With thanks, we acknowledge tl tion for Sheriff and owing amouuU, iu payment of subacri r this District, the fob to the ledger: rc elected : Dr. S. C. Morrison, Lancaster, u ; Clerk?J. A. Stew- j_ A- Gamble, do. R. S. Mcllwi in, do H. H. Hood do fated to call tho atton- W. R. Dnnlap. do doners of Roads and H (iarside, do ircearious condition of R H Cousart, do are Creek, on the riv- Dr R E Wylie do Dr W. W Mobley do **"*' ^ ? Dr 8 L Straito do ,p,,.Pnjo.,rp,,,taer ,!o riting to us would do 6 jus that wo should pay ^ ' 01 ^ . ... ' Lnfayetto Bclk do Ijscnber wishes his pa- ' . Dr J J Williams Jacksonham, oflice to another. W J Vaughn, do IW Thyself James G Johnson, Rocky Mount ? GG Bell, Chumnangnugee Ala., h closed his Anatomic- A Addison. Douglass' Box, ce, on Thursday even- John n.uK. Flint RiJK0 :itizcns were gratified, Jufft>nM)n iudk, Simms' lissenUng voice. H i{ pj^her, Curotou's Store Nigs and humbuggery, j p strain, Lagrange, ook upon every public Mre Price. Springfield, Ala, to tho same old class. Joha pj Wylio, Cliarleston ive been the precon- Thomas A Boone, Munroo, NC, iy of our citizens at j0h? Rulfc, New Carthage, I*a, tare of Di. D., at j0|in Rt^tsi-r, Camden, nprvssion ; and as his A jy Hilliard, Russcl Place th? Mine pfWeilrge'to t?nde[ cbt?d. ft c could write ? vo iiHjMTtiun which Hlcmt htm, hut are ufr.td to Jo It. . J. ...... Some time ago, a distinguished g? h .. not the truth, in m>m jn ^ addre^, u# e wor<*- from which we make an extract: to the people of thia "Kcoville, why don't you write a ?t??d for sonic time l?e- about our lamented Calhoun? You IH. (iiilluchnt. The recollect a thousand things, that occi ick, tint by the notion while you were with him, and which w hm'ii pl ired in a wrong I*5 precious here in the Bouth. 0 ro the citizens of thia aol,?? of your l**?k.*tor?n, and buy a ii,y abroad. The oh- c*,,e<i "Recollections of Mirsbesu," I lion ia then, to give ?*retary Dutnont, and take that J . . ." model. (Jive us precisely what Call ?kl, ?nd aid. No m?u?r kow .hrun leemfag pu m. broken your "Recollections of Cain re than we do, that app<.?r jn print, such s work a ahould appear in our ,^|| thousands, it ia just wbst is v ore to our interest to ^d." at the some time run \\ e have often thought of that, s ice ftilut according to. we hsd time, we would do it; but wa hu n.ui^, wo ko do : niwaye Doen afraid that we eliould s t to leffcr. Ualfochat of thing*, or of hie opinion, which not on record," or which, perhape, w brninrtirnii tn dhnntrh not fully comprehend; and we wool faring thcTSTltr ?**> *>nk ^ trampling on the gra th.r. ??. hJSo. 'r?! ~ <* *riu"<t ?, . , , . Calhoun ud-'-aa, opinion*, aadaayiug*, he, to glee place to ^ ^ ^ 9nl forMak ondlM,t- I fhember, or that he W nol r?xd. blame, they begin a , qUAnl?tj of k?ee abeeta, that and, if they be Inno- ,?,x < r p?bliahed, but which were ? it, adi in unmea*. by Mr. Calhoun, and ouvrocted by bit thteeasurer. Mr. Calhoun had a honor of I ] W . *' - r. Dr. misrepresented; and when we we t been liim, at various periods, we never of the that concerned him in any wi d him, we ^d not show to him beforo sei he as-' away. The sheets alluded to al ft him a 8or'C8 'e^crs about the South, ... stitutions, her resources, e^o., whi< *1 ' intended for the London Timta (a which Qf QUr own j hut we showed them iblish- caihoun, and he took a (tencil ai Un- rected them carefully. The lette in jus- not sent, and they became doubly an ax- us, from being carefully corrected 1 1 nfTec- for he had his views on many pc r. Gal- wlrch his attention would not h r called, but for those letters we w< paring. While at Fort Hill, in 1849. UP m previous to his death, wc said to ^ en ta- houn one morning: chats "Mr. Dennett, of New York, ha Would ma o ...1.!.-I- 1 v* iitv ?? J/I ? C*\v ItljUVTIlj V> IIIVJIl J paper, like to comply with, s un- "What is it?" asked Mr Calhoti e has "He says that tho whole world by his all about Mr. Clay and Mr, Webal nphlet l,e wants to know something ahoi at home. He wants mo to writ about your habits at home; what ) sny; and if you are liko other me dan't want it to publish; it is for h is fob gratification." otiona "Very well; write to him with tl deretanding. lie has always been ly to the South, and the Herald hi 3.50 us more justice than any other N< .2.00 paper." .2,00 Every eveaing after that, for al .2.00 week, when we retired to our roo .2.00 would write a sort of half journal ar .4.00 letter, of what Mr. Calhoun had do .2,00 *?id dming the day, his opinion .3.00 or that subject; from sweet potato 3 ()U chickens up to European diplomat 3 00 Hungarian affairs. When we had * 1 00 Hk?u* ft dozen of them, wo said t< one pleasant evening: .2.50 ?,j)0 yOU Want to hear read all tl .3.00 have done and said for a week?" 3'00 Ho smiled, and acquiesced, and .2.00 rcJUi i,;!), tHo letters. He correcte .2,00 several particulars, and said: .1.00 "You havo a remarkably correct . 4.00 ory, Mr.'ltennett will be very much a a-?0 and think of my opinions as sou .2.00 singular. 1 lo will find thorn correc . 2.00 him not to publish them. He tnai .3.00 when I am dead." . 3.00 Strange as it may seem, wo w< .3.00 to our room and ad Jed that, as ? .2.00 script; and what is stranger sti'l, t .3 00 junction was kept to the hour atiuc * Mr c?1~.. i the late freshets, and which have boei irred _ rould mon 10 n,*"y P* Southern cc o to We would atato for tha informal work our country fHenda, that there ia no ep >y bis ic discaae among us, with the title o ,r * atie ?'holera, and even tlioee caaea whi boun dagaod M Hporadic or scattering, hai 18n? appeared from oor eity. We would nur!. tha editorial brethren in Georgia, whe rant- disease baa not prevailed all alo eoaat of that State, arialng from aatli . f eased oyatera and apoiled riee. have * * peak * "are Ilaavr Kiports or Cottou.a did clearances of eoUon at tha New-0 Id aa Custom House on Friday amount ra of 90,565 bales, of which 24,408 w< Mr. Liverpool, 2069 for Trieste. 116 that Haroekma, and 2911 eoaatwiae. 1 d re- believed to be the largest quantity We cleared from any port in the United I have hi one day. The exports to Liverpoc read ing the preceding three days anxran -n. 49,400 bales, and the entire expOrt teing the same period to SO,410 bales, 0 9 sjk* 9F ^ * " UU ***** mivm "ii uui 'ii*y nn>rii U oo W??hington, and tho Herald of M .b.00 morning contained tiro columns i tracts from these letters, which wer< for word as they came from Mr. Cal r*' lips, and, in the excitement of the sen- they passed unnoticed, save by a fc is ull the rest believed the Herald made 11 in- up, and yet they were "orthodox; are n t|,ore never was n|docuincnt that cr disn- ?>d no many ideas and opinions of M in a houn, on various topics, men, and I pas- u that copy of theJfcrald , and nit the We were horrified at the time, y< been made 110 explanations save to some I.as memliers of the Calhoun family, o! iih he those "tremendous sentence*," a* a Pick, dor, pi,per called them , got iuto pri J Mr. Bennett had complied wit , .,r* request. But a small portion of th< ter* were published. They were u Charles Edwards lister, in writing 'f on Mr. Calhouu for his Gallery of Bin 1 ask- American*, ami when Mr. Bennet Mr. hack from Europe, we intend to gel d as- from him. for they are as authentic ways they had Mr. Calhoun's signature at pares t,> them. If tho toller wants to j The article''that our people will delij inline hear," let him cony from the Hen led it April 2, 1850, what it said nlsmt Ji ? we Calhoun. ubts We did intend to write n history W last New-Year's Day Mr. Calhoun ^l011 on earth, for we were with him al ' ii0* day, hut our Sanctum space is used ill be " IW We would be obliged to the l?li?h- " Pick," if ho would furnish v just 'he article alluded to, aa the Herald ive it date ia not in our possession. tiling We have distributed the papers, at do what we can for you. inuea (Aside?modestly)?We have be? t has means before this, ot increasing the n ** "7" of your subscribers. e? in ^ M ways _. ruse. uyfWr *?'y ? This Curious diaeaae which has at m. a certain portion of our population, p MHin" 'ar^ Slacks, who are proverbially e dent in their eating, has received the loun* n*',on ?('he Cholera, and with the ough neu orTli' 1? exaggeration, haa led idea that a generally fatal form of tl nr.... ease waa prevailing in this city. Tb rk. porta have apread into the country, i e de* though a correction of this statemc e bo made, the rectification of the mi staler hes a ail auch cases, followed ^sldwly. W it friMli ilie Uioii icliiuig i that there never has prevailed what is etteT ^$'af'c ('Solera in our city since its in ' prevalence. The cases were limited ti ^ ^ *l>? had eaten of certain descriptions < which are supposed to have been anoi no parucuiar mu nuon ])r. \v. T. Cnston, Utica, Miss. he old men and the ^ icient to show that the Frum tJ^ Few York Pi Imiat: " Man, know W k have passed the hoi id a) lost in their minds. son, and right glad are we that it i subject on w hicli he over. To a man whose minds is bei f n man, or a manikin, tently on one thing, and who don't c of paper mar hie, and straw for pleasure, it is excessively lat each organ of the grocable to find that his plans are and by the aid of Dr. measure dependent for success on the lining lectures, the par- die holiday -Wait until particular abuses to hoi,da v. are over, has frequently clbble.&c., are made ?.l* "Usfcctory ,eply Mr. P.ck obtained t<> a u?mhI many |?n)|K*iu<?i has inade for the prosj>erity ot the . with Dr. D. we found \\\.||t they are over now, and w het in, and take pleasure number reaches our readers, they w il to t e favorable con- |y have cotnnieticcd the new year, hi is on the other side of ready to go at it in cnrn?*st. "What did you do with yonrse New-Year's Day, Mr. l'ickf" has beet 1 Documents **' hy several of our eorrvsjs indents. ? Pick staid in his Sanctum all day, mi cr obligations to the sorted old letters and papers. We al for his attention. lie do that on New-Year a lhiy; it pre for the congressional us for the coining yearly campaign. fact is, that wc have been forced to co , ^ . ourself to our room, whether we lil lleOiitM-n nrn ua in. .. --- ?- or no{. j,avo been sick, and, i r. Woodwnrd * speech write this article, wo bavo serious d< whether we ought not to write an ap< * + ? for the nou-appearnnce of Henry IV i arc advertised in this this week; lor, unless we feel bette ader's attention is di- morrow than we do to-night, there w no Chapter X iu the next issue. ? The following, froin the Ledger,, pul ie Preaa?Personal al Lancaster, South Carolina, has rs, See. met our eye, and wo copy it, and g ? ... place in our Sanctum, ns we do any I article, will no doubt U|M t|ult rc)ates to Mr. Calhoun: the particular subject Thk Plclt._Thia ,,apor kU|| conl once to. Before we t((^ way along. Recently i to communication of enlurg^ an<| otherwise improv< paper, we intend to The editor, Joseph A. Scoville, writ i retTerence to the le- such a pleasant easy style, that we al the Press ; or, in <>th- take up the Pick with pleasure to p? ir opinion, ahsuld he Wo regret that it coine* so irregular liich the Press should ty. brother Scoville, you pror to give your readers, from time totim stances connected with Mr. Cull istriet, is most certain- which, as his secretary, you would b ihe citizens are made pelted to know. Write about Call new s of the day ; hut our people delight to hear of him, th< any particular citizen ho be gone froin amongst us. i justice hns been de- Price of the Pick, one dollar a vft l.?ec himself ina prop- Address Joseph A. Scoville, New Vo l?le, the newspaper of "Write about Calhoun; our peopl ?c him the opportuni- light to hear about him, though h t the sume time to e*. gone from amonirst us." That tonel ro with Fatal Accident. wroto a iy, that > A son of Msj. Ibson Cannon, of Cabarrus, ading it aged about 17 years, was killed on the first ove are 0f January, inst., by tlie accidental dia"hw,D" charge of a gun in his own hands. lie had matter <*own ^or * mon,en^ an<ita'ito Mr UP took hold of the muzzel and nd cor- Wa* 'n *h? 1101 drawing it to him, when rs were the cock, hanging against something on the dear to ground, was suddenly released, and exploded l?y him, the cap. The charged entered the left side >i?t?, to just above the hip. He diod in about fifteen re been minutes. His father reached him in time ire pre- only to receive from his lips an account of the ?ad accident, the fall ? . , , lr (jaj. wns a most promising young man, and his sudden death has cast a deep gloom over s made. m'n<*9 bereaved parents, and a [ would """K" c,re,u ,u >ncna?, oy whom -ho was much beloved.?Salisbury ( jV C.) Watch,n> man. known ? Lor, and South-Carolina Conference of the Xethut you, odist Episcopal Church. o him ou do, The South Carolina Conference comn. lie nienccd ita session in Sumterville, 8. C., is own on Wednesday morning, January 6, ntui adjourned Tuesday afternoon. Tho lie v. tat un- l>r. Capers was the Presiding Bishop.? friend- The session was one of great interest, and is done th0 important business of the occasion was orthern dispatched with great harmony. The following nro the appointments of the bout a Preachers. m, we Chahlkston Dibthict?C. Belts, T. E. id half- Charleston?Cumberland?W. Smith, >ne and Sup't. on this Cumberland?John T. Wightman. >es and Trinity?C. II. Pritcliard. y and Bethel?Jos. Cross, written Sl James?Allen McCorquodale. > him, W. M. Wightman, Editor of tho S. C. Advocate. latyou B. Jenkins nnd C. Taylor, Missionaries o to China. wc did Black Swamp Circuit?M. A. MoKibd us in ^x>n? Barhy. Savannah River, Mission?J. F. Fleming, one to bo supplied, mem- Oakittce?One to be supplied. museu, Beaufort?G. W. Moore, J. W. Faulklewliat ' ? it IKT " , e Walterboro Circuit?A. M. ChrieUberg, iruoso G w Joy Combaliee, Mission?J. R. Cobum, A. >nt UP II. Harmon. i post- Ashepoo Mission?P. G. Bowman, he in- ltounj o. Mission?P. A. M. Williams. *t; for Orangehnrg Circuit?W. II. Fleming, mK. ?' J. 8. Erwine. londay Barnwell Circuit?W. Crook, W. II. of ex Lawton. 3 word (iranitevillo and Aiken?J. R. Pickett. Knlin a -w ? | urprcu Circuit?W. 1*. Mouion, W. *? ???. W. June*. w, and pon Mission?W. C. Kirkland. thorn Edisto Jchosice?C. Wilton, 11. A. " n"d Baa*. Cooper River Circuit?J. T. Kilgn J. V.0"'- D. M. Cnmk. flings, M .4 Mission?D? Simon*. J long i Andrews Mission?To be supplied. ^ L'1. Cokkhuiky District?S. Leard, P. K. of ,he Cokeabury Circuit?R. J. Boyd, W. M. iow Cray ton. , Edgefield?M. l'uckett, A. L. Smitli. l'endleton?S. 11. Browne, W. 1?. t^urh our rj0> let- Pickens?Jos. Parker, sod by Greenville Station?J. A Mood, about Greenville Circuit?S. Townscnd. strious Tryon Mission?D. D. Dyers, t get* I Union Circuit?W. A. Gaiucwcli, A. ' ' 11. Lester. : n* if , Laurens Circuit?II. Bass. | Newberry?C. S. Walker, A. B. McGilf?ot an . yary. *i'i l'r W. Wiglitman, Teacher in Cokes* U.ry School. ' n ' j Col.cmiii a Dihthict?S. W. Capers, P. E. Columbia, Washington Station?C. of tho Murcbison. spent | Marion Station?II. C. Pursons. I tlini j Columbia Circuit?M. L. Bunks. l,P* Congaree Mission?N. Talley. Editor ( Lexington Circuit?J. W. J. Harris, E. is with A. Price. of that Winaboro Circuit?J. A. Porter, Wil- ^ liamson Smith. J Lancaster Circuit?A J ? - Vt VHUUIOII. iu wui Cninden?W. Martin. Waleree Mission?D. O. McDatiiel; one .4 n the to l>e supplied. r umber Long Town Mission?L. A. Johnson. * Darlington Circuit?S. Jones, A- P. * Martin. Sumterville (Shmil?C. McLeod, W. W. Mood. Linked Santee Circuit?J. W North, artku- Upper Santee Mission?A. P. Avant; impru* one to be supplied, di siir. 8I*?n? A?ot for Sunday Schools. Georoetowh DianuoT?D. Derrick, P. E. P *" Georgetown?H. A. 0. Walker. 10j Santee Mission?M. Eady. "" Sam pit Mission?Thomas Rayaor. w rp- Black River and Pee Dee?I. L Shnford md ah a?a W. A. Clarke, nt wae Black River Circuit?H. K. Ogburn, ?, as in G. W. Stokes, e have Black Mingo Mission?F. Rush. >oarce, Coowayboro Circuit?<!>. M:Dc-sa!d. called Waecaraaw Mission?J. A, Merrick, iputod W. Caieoo. f a . Marion?J. Siacey. ',, , Marion Circuit?A. W. Walker* W. M. >ff?>od u . J Easterlm. < Bennetaville? R. P. Franks Society Hill Mission?J. P Hughe*. untry. G'heraw?K. J. Meynardei. I - - i?n 01 Mission?W. J. Jackaon. edem- Chesterfield (Jircut?D. W. Scale. f A si- Wadeaboro'?T. Mitchell. ch ar? Wadeaboro' Circuit?J. II. Zimmerman ra die- W. Uutlo. *iu|| of Albemarle?A. Kwing. t|)er a T. R Walsh, Praaklent Carolina Female __ n,. College. ' . Liaoouirroa Dirr.?II. II. Durant, P. K. d'* Charlotte?J. W. Miliar. Charlotte Circuit?P. F. Kiatler, D* May. Pleasant Grove?W. C. Patterson. ?The Concord?W. & Haitom. rleans Lincolntoa?L. M. Little, ed to Spartanburg?W. A. McSwain. >r? for Spartanburg Cirenit?H. M. Mood. 9 for Ruthorfeoea J. H. Robinson, rhia ia CaUwbn?L. Scarborough. ever South Moonuiu?To be supplied. Statn Shelby?C. C. LaMotte. 4 dur- Morgantoo?W. C. Clarke, J. 1* lager, ted to Lenoir?A. G. Stacy. ? for Yorkrille?W. K. Brone. ?v | Yorkrillo Circuit?A. R L. Abernathy, 1 jpr