The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 26, 1853, Image 2
* the editor of the Ogdcnsburg, (N. "V
^'Sentinel a* follows:
I have found it to be a universal fa
without exception that those scholars
both sexes and all ages, who have hi
access to newspapers at home, when cot
pared with those who have not, ure.
1. Better readers, excelling iu pi
nunciation and emphasis and conseqnei
ly read more understanding!)-.
2. Tliey are better spellers, and delit
words with greater ease and accuracy.
3. They obtain a practical kuowledj
of geography, in almost half the time
requires others, as the newspaper h
made them familiar \\ itlr lbs location
the important places, nations, their Co
emments and doings on the globe.
4. They are better Grammarians, f
Having become so familiar with eve
variety of style in the newspaper, from tl
common plnce advertisement to the fi
ished and classical oration of the statesmr
they more readily comprehend the iim
ning of the text, aod consequently anal)
its constructions with accuracy.
6, They write better composita
using better language, containing nu
thoughts, more clearly and connected
expressed.
9. Those young men who have
years been readers of newspapers, a
always taking the lead in the debati
society, exhibiting a more extensive kno\
edge upon a greater variety of subjec
and expressing their views with greal
fluency, clearness and correctness in th<
use of language.
It is a remarkable casua omiss
in the Constitution of the Uuited Stai
that there is no provision in that insti
ment, should the death of the Preside
and Vice President elect occur after t
election and before entering on tho dut
of their office. Such a contingency
very remote as it is, it was near happenii
As far sighted us were its framers, here
a possibility which they did not fores
In the case of such a conjuncture, and
the absence of law or constitutional p
vision, the good sense of our people woi
have seen the necessity of a popular
auicscenefi in tlm nommnliAK >" '1???
? ? ?' i'.?" "J
of powers absolutely necessary to the pi
lie weal. The people would have sai
tioned the exercise by Congress of t
same authority as that delegated to it
case of the death of both President a
Vice President after the commencement
their Executive functions. Hut such
sumption of legislative power is frauf:
with danger. In a country not so famil
with selfgovern merit as the people of t
United States such an omission, and I
contingency it fails to provide for, mig
terminate in the overthrow of establish
authority, and become the parent of a r<
olution. The omission should be si
plied as soon as practicable.?Ev Nei
, The Funral of Gen. Pierce's Sc
?The funeral of young Pierce, at Conco
on Monday, was simple and unosten
ticxis. In front was the hearse, on ri
ners, flanked by four boys on either sit
sixteen years of age, as pall bearers; th
followed four coaches on wheels, and i
large sleighs; containing relatives, frier
and neighbors of Gen. Pierce, and frc
a dozen to twenty of young Pierce's pis
mates and companions. (Jen. Pierce ro
in ttie first coach. Mrs. P. did not
from Andover to Concord with the remai
of her child, which were interred in t
Old North Church Cemetery.
Death of Senator Upiiam.?We i
cord with regret the death of the lie
W. Upham, Senator from Vermont, whit
took place yesterday afternoon at 1;
apartments in the Irving Hotel in tli
city. The honorable gentleman had bet
confined to his bed several days, laborin
under complicated illness, but no appr
hensions of a fatal result were at fir
entertained. Mrs Upham arrived froi
Vermont at the commencement of th
week, and was with him in his latest nit
tments.
Mr. Upham's Senatorial term woul
have expired in the present year. II
was au assiduous working member ef th
Senate, and enjoyed the warm respect c
those -with whom he was associatet
whether in the discharge of public dutit
or in the closer relations of private life.?
WathingtoA. Republic, Suturduy.
Billy Bowlegs Deposed. A letU
from one of the officers of the army i
Florida, mentions that by a counsil of th
chiefs, which recently assembled at one <
their settlements, Billy Bowlegs had bee
formally dej led from his Chieftainshij
on account of having consented while i
Washington, to emigrate with the ren
n ant-of the tribe now in Florida.
A FA4?T*WI:I. SeiiviMT tl.o V.iu o
leans I'icnynne relates the following litt
incident, which will, it says, go as far 1
counteract tl?e baneful calumnies of"Ui
cl? Tom's Cabin" as pages of dsclamatio
and argument.
A gentleman travelling down the Mis
isssiopi not long since, became acquaint*
on the boat with a lady, who, with h<
six children, was on her way to Californi
She had only one servant, a negro ma
who had gone to California alone, work*
hard, and sent one thousand dollars to h
mistress, to enable her and her littls ou
to come out to the far-distant gold Mgie
The fact speaks volumes.
The Envelope Monopoly?The r
eently prepared pee paid postage env<
opes have been rejected by lite Uepai
y ment; the contractors are to furniish Lett
specimens by the 1st of February.
Temperance and Legislation.?T1
(p Governor of Micliigan, in bis lute ine#
age, says the temperance luw of last yei
has not answered die expectations of i
advocates, and is net generally enforce
A bill has beea introduced into tbo II
nois Legislature repealing the liquor hi
of 1831, and allowing eonuty courts
grant licenses at such rates as they mi
see fit to*establish.
It is statnd that the, Into Amos Lh\
rence left $$5,000 to his relative, Mr
Pierce, ?id' ttf tlio J're*kleiit eleet.
44
.) Excursions to Ecrops*?A Wealthy The General has
steamboat owner of New-York proposes faith fully and effici
ct to rig up, for a European trip, a steamer compliment of boin
of yacht, now nearly completed, furnishing j without opposition,
id her in the richest manner at a cost of#50, the power and infli
n- 000 over ordinary ships of the kinds, tativo are soonesi
About the Hrst of May he will take ou felt and appreciated
o- board his sons and daughters and forty or McQueen occupies i
it- fifty other gusts, and sail for London, Chcraxc Gaxeilr.
Copenhagen, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, ?.
ne Havre, Bordeaux, Lisbon, Gibraltor, Mar- - v
scilles, Naples, Malta, and such other i| iTHfltmp
gc ports as may be desirable, staying a short H - U-.UI
it time at each port, giving fetes and seeing ?
as the lions. The expense, w hich is estimn- Lancast*
of ted at more than $200,000, will be borne "*
v- kf the projector. WE DN ESI) A
a ^ -- ---
<>lf?ich?iumsto liQviTY.?-lite following Tak
.ry gentlemen were admitted, yesterday, by
the Equity Court of Appcal.% to practice That a Railroad
in as Solicitors in the Cuorts of Equity of this the Court House or
' ' State, viz:?Andrew Govan Howe, Henry ""*
?H* I L. Pinckncy, Jr., Isaac Maxyck, C. H. are indt
ze | Miles, Kdw. J. Anderson and George Hop- Rusk, for Congrcssi
I kinsoo, Esquirec.? Charleston Courier, is not the first time
)r^ M a n ? . has exhibited to us
lly Admissions to thk Baii.?The follow- n89uru him, we nre^
inggentlemen were admitted yesterday,
for by the Law Court of Appeals, to the pracire
tiee of Law in the Superior and Inferior We direct attcnti
ng Courts of Law in this State, viz:?An- headed as above.
vl- drew Goran Howe, A. Perry Atnaker, . ?<
ts, Langdon C. Haskell, II. H. Sams, Tlios. . . ? r
Ler Delia Torre and Martin L. Wilkins, every one vis,.,ng C
eir Esquires.?Ibid. in* thv essentials o
and every attention
Janncv's Hotel.
Correspondence of the Charleston ^
T* Courier. 0ur x
^ W ASUINOTON, Jan. 19.
rU" General Cass, to-day, made his intend- jjk j y Moore
ed speech qn h:s resolutions, which em- com# connecU;d in t
ne body the Monroe doetrme, and his views , n .. ,
io? . i i* . IT .. , o. . derson Uazette. I
ie8 o! the proper policy of the Cuited otates
is i S . A i ii* i ii us to expect some e
18 in relation to Cuba. 1 lis speech was well '
if?- considered, and was the result of much jqR McKnight
,s reflection upon the subjects of which he Union"viilc Journal,'l
ce? spoke, and particularly the Monroe doc- Gniomiuc journ u, i
i" trine. Gen. Cass' views may be, in the ^"sequence of the
ro* main, correct, but his interpretation of the Biur, the Pinner eo
Monroe doctrine w ill be deffcred from by <j>0 Qorr
ftC" many.
' ^8 Judge Butler replied to him to day, and T..r ? r>...
for the purpose chiefly, of showing that other objections, the
Ta the Monroe d^t ine was of a practical u,ge was no presage
Ve character, ami declared tor tho purpose of
,n meeting a great emergency in restoring u Justice," came t
n(* the safety of this Republic, and all other Mention this week.
Republics throughout America; and that ourncxt
as" it was not intended to commit the coun- ...?
>ht try, as Gen. Cass suppose, to war upon py- Our thanks
,ar the occurrence of every instance of a for j11(J attention.
"e transitory occupation by Great Britain, or
he any other power, of some unimportant Slavery Blacl
'"J place on this Continent.
Mr. Butler produced Mr. Calhoun's re- Mant of our Soi
sv" marks on this subject as made 011 several copying articles fror
'P"^ occasions in the Senate. Mr. Calhoun was prceating the novel
of Mr. Monroe's cabinet, and was neces Tom's Cabin." Th
sarily acquainted with tho views of the Blackwood's'Mags:
administration in agreeing to that declar- .. . ,
rf .lion. The fact, wore briefly those: The 1
la' holy alliance was supposed to contemplate 'stoW4>? a l'xlr*
in. the project of reducing tho rebellious ?'vc ^'r t',u PurI",S4
je Spanish colonies in America to subjection, ncoua mid foolish t
ei' and, perhaps, of re-establishing monarch- when in fact they h;
sjx ial institutions,everywhere, on the Amcri- ever of the "great
|(j8 ean continent. Mr. Canning, the saga- which they apeak of
,m eious minister of foreign athiirs in Etig- 4\n Englishman, t
iy. land, wirhed some pretext for keeping hflS Wn Cycling t
ftd England aloof from the Holy Alliance hia return to Englan
nr. and he proproscd to tho Government of . f,
tho United Stale, through Mr. Itusk, tl.al pr\T!>,
i.0 this Government should make a dcclnra- 1 his boo o . r.
tion of its purpose to maintain and defend Blackwood s Magazi
the freedom and independence of the Bie remarks to whiel
Spanish American Republic, in opposition "One subject," he
"?- to any attempt from foreign powers, to cannot be passed ovc
"i. bring them again under Spanish domin- biiice of slavery, in il
'h ion. Provided with such a declaration, OU!, lornJ?bTni
lis Mr. Canning intended to say to the IIolv present
is Alliance, that England could not unite in
in any general pledge which might bring her stowe, is in the I...11.
g into collision with the L/nittniStates. All oih% nnd must rank
u- this was done. We n.ade the declaration as a great literary tr
at through the message of 1822, in a gener- and sublime protest i
n al manner, against the recolonizntioD of humanity. We are gla
e any part of America bv foreign powers. I m*'ntained the disti
)- So the Monroe declaration meant some-1 ^ ^
tlung. It had in view the defence of this ! tween the general tr?
d country against a combination of Euro- population, and the i
e pea n powers. The era has never occurred cruelty which the la
? in which our safety has been hazarded by hns not exaggerated
>f European powers, singly or combined.? have been perpetrate
1, When the era shall arrive, the doctrine Ihat law, is clear upo
will neither need an interpreter nor an ad- Y well-informed an
- vocate among politicians. Rut the use The Editor of 131:
made of the Monroe doctrine lias been to wne ?' witnesses
apply it to the petty squabbles, between Sullivan's book. T
tlie British and the local authorities, in one. He tells of a)
Central Aineric. been going,a little to<
e The Senate passed the bill to-day, from down the Mississippi,
)f the Ilouse, appropriating fifty thousand ^eW Orleans to sell.
n dollars for the execution of an equestrian ? These ,)00r nPjrr
statue of Washington in bronze, to be .? wcre chained toge
Jl placed in the public grounds. Thus this the wrists, ns if the]
bill has passed both Houses without de- their way to prison, I
bate, and with acclamation; and this Mr. Sullivan furthi
promptness nnd unanimity of action is ? The most natui
caused solely by the impression made on denied to the negro,
r- Congress by Mr. Mills' remarkable success mother for the cnllci
le in the Jackson statue. Of course Mr. bnllance for a second
x> Mills will be immediately engaged to com- dollar. Mother and
i- raencc the Washington statue. ;telh wit.h(?,,,ti
n The House passed to-day the bill to X>ut hisdiildren.
prohibit the issue of notes of a less dc- j,ls f he change
s- nomination than five dollars in this District Much more is
d The bill i? objected to as impracticable on of ,
.r account of iu complicity end the seventy Bill, which bill, he ea
a. of its penalties. ' e
n, It is said that the trial of Dr. Gardiaer m l0U* 1 | evCj. rnn
n\ will now take place, now that sufficiant Mr. Sullivan dispai
lis evidence against him has been obtained, better, nnd urges s
es and sufficient time has been allowed him which is that to ind
n. to prepare for his defence. The Commit- holders for the loss
sioa report as Mr. Slocum did, that there ing to renounce slnv
is no silver mine in the district indicated large an amount of u
by Ik, Gardiner as the locality of his Mn he gives, which
: miae. It does not appear that Dr. G., .
" who wont to Mexico at the same time with . .
* the Commission, and returned with them ity of |o^d Ulking n,
"* as far m Havana, even offered to show the ^ jn tj,e North, bi
Commission whore there was any mine themselves in the
which lie had claimed as his mine, and (States ; and 1 am ro
14 from which he bad alleged that he had tion agitation is only
*" been expelled fey military force. the South, more to a,
ar any idea that it is a c
^ ^ tajjg plate, or even ti
j Otu Congressional District. very embarrassing ft
Southern properties,
^ In our last we noticed the declination of "laves, are mortgaged
r P> T. Hammond, Vj*u of Lancaster to ~9,nd th ?*
? be a candidate for Congressional Repre- *>%r, to l*<ra? one ,
y sentative. Since then Dr. Bradly, of The ^viewer doea
WilliatmboTg, and f. A. Dargan, Eso., Solilvan in regard to
of Dartiwgton, who had been nominated, liberating the negro
v- hare both declined the proffered honor. ? prelimcnary step, su
?, This leaves General McQueen, the present psrtion, or mnlnttoe
J incmnl>ent. the enlv candidate in the Held, and adds :?
' O , &
terved us, if not long, 44 If some American statesman could
etitly, and deserves the found to lead 11 movement in this direct
g returned to his seat and *? carry ^ *? a successful issue, he wi
At Washington, where by H bc"or u"d 8urvrL clail" tojmraort?l
?f ikn ?> nown, than the man through whose unw
presen- ^ed efl"or(g tj,e independence of his cout
and most keenly was secured."
I by Ins colleagues, Gen. T5mo nnd forbid our conUnu
tn enviable position.? .. . .
r these extnicts.
The term slavery carries with it soinctli
revolting to the. mind, nnd without know
T 1( l^nGl^r tbo con(l'l'on of the slave in the Unl
V IL I Ulll V States, every one, man, woman and child
every portion of the civilized world condi
in ille, S. C. the institution.
*T It is useless for us at this time,
Y, JAN. 26, 18.53. urge reasons why the institution of slav
should be protected. It is known to ev
e Notiee. reader, the practical benefits resulting,
.. .,. , , ... . only to ourselves, but to those abroad,
meeting will be held in , . ....
., , , . writer of note who visited America s<
i sale day next.
, m , year* ago, says
ebted to the Hon. T. J. " H.? ccrtain that evwry ,white. i
who in summer passes only a night in
ional documents. I Ins rjtw swamps of Georgia or Carolina, wl
that the Hon. Senator the negroes never get siek there ; and
such kindness, and we oxvn experience has convinced me, that
rrntcful for l.is attention lu'Ht' ?v,,n in the more healthy reiriom
' m , , " the South, is so groat, that white laboi
?y's Hotel. Tl vory HWon lH'rish "
This, too, from a writer opposed to sin
on to the Advertisement ry, although ho admits that the negro ?l
There is 110 one deserv is better off than the negro who is free.
>re than Mr. Janney, and It is not though on this part of thejsub
olumbia, desirous of find- wc wish to speak, but first, the relative
f cleanliness, good fare sition of master and slave, and secondly,
, is advised to stop at comparative condition of the slave and
free negro.
- if is natural to presume that Mrs. Stov
Jxchanges. novel would be extolled in Knglund. 1
f . , , fact is, we place more confidence in the h
of Charleston, has be- ,
. ... ,. ... . esty ot the the reviewer of hullivansti
he editorship of the An- , ..... . ?. .
. , els, than we do in the honesty of tie
lis introductory induces , , . ? . ,
, who deprecate Mrs. Stowe s novel,
[ood things from his pen ... , _
It e condemn the practice of the Spamai
the proprietor of the w'10 w"*pt up in the chains of the Rom
las become the Editor,in church, make idolitry their worship.
resignation of Mr. Ar- So the Spaniards,Germans, Englishmen 1
lor. every nation excepting we of the South
States, condemn the institution of slav?
espondents. \yc reaj (,f mcn being chained in Spain
^~vc decline. Besides thc Ka,,0>'" for lifo' nml thc idca is rcvo,ti
non-payment of the pos- then, must our rpponcnta feel, wl
in its favor tales of horror are related as the conduct
n Southern planter to his slave. It is ni
o hand too late for pub- nil, but the complaint we make, is thc ret
It shall have a place in era of this slander know nothing about
There is 110 system which is perfect?th
' " ~ s no exnmple where a controlling influe
to thc Hon. D. Wallace j, exercised, which is not at times sub
to some imperfection. Thc case of thc
1 j, ' '** . groes being taken chained to New Orle
^WOO 1 agazine. fof no ;s true, but here is an
jthern papers have lieen lated case. W by docs not the writer si
11 the English Press, do- the other side of the picture. But her
of Mrs. iStowe?" Uncle the error of these travellers. They take
e December number of outside route?the imperfections mid uni
tine, contain* an article, ness of the institution everywhere tn?
jterary work of Mrs. the eye; but the centre?the home?tlie pi
icts from which wo will 'hey should go to, nothing is known of
! of showing what erro- What would Mr. Sullivan have thought
pinions men will form, have seen one hundred negroes, of all a;
ive no knowledge whaU ?"d sir.es, following the corpse of their
evil," (as they term it,) master to the grave, w ringing their liar
, viz : negro slavery. mid the tears streaming down their fu<
y the name of Sullivan, 111111 one by one, throw ing n haudfu
hrough America, and on earth into the grave, as the only remain
d, us is usually the case, memento of their affection! Yet this
what lie saw and heard, even so.
Sullivan's, the Editor of The time was, when in frequent cai
ne in reviewing, makes the slave has been hardly dealt with, hut
i we have allusion. boldly say this is not the case now. /
says, 44 there is, which vve from experience when we say i
r, and that is, the exis- a rare thing for a mother to be bought at ;
ts worst and most hide- time unless the purchaser buys tho wh
ted States of America. e ? tir-.u , . ... ,
moment, it is, perhaps fttnnl>'' W ,th ri H1>8Ct to thc futb8r'1,8 m
assionately upon such ,,b,de tbe should he prefer a w
ovol of Mrs. Ileccher on a neighboring plantation, than on his m
Is or thoughts of every tor's. And even in this case, where I
hereafter, infinitely loss u.jfc. or husband is sold, thc owner of t
lllinph, than as a noble .... . ..
n the cause of outraged n,,us Un,8# u,,t of U'n- P?*ures
d to observe that shehas "i"1 we could give a number of cases, w?
notion, w hich a writer on acconnt of the price, &e., it would hi
ly as she does, would been to the pecuniary interest of the pure
have overlooked, be- . , . , .. , *
iatment of the colored Bcr to h,lV0 Gained from thc purchase.
detestable instances of A professor from Germany made a t?
w permit*. That she through the Southern States, several ve
11 the atrocities w hich Ngo,nnd of course' was prejudiced agui
d under the aanetion of .. . "
n the testimony of man- th,> V1"'1.*"110" of slavery. W hile sojou
impartial witn chaps." '"K Columbia in our Stato, lie pnid a ^
... It ,. % l _ MI* i n t in . ..
itkwood then give a* ? 4 " "nu " pwnuuoim-t
,, an extract from Mr. 18 what hc write8 home ,n onc of h,s ,etu
his case i? an iaolated respecting the negroes
" The house* occupied by the slaves i
^ built nearly all alike : they nfford room
? fast, who wns biking ||ve ix>| with a fire place nnd sleeping npi
, a half dozen negroes to ment Some times they may be very nn
confined, from the number of children ! 1
,m>? " h-ivh Mr Sullivan in this climate they live almost entirely
their. Twn and two, by ^ Tu A" W" '"fT .*
f had l?een convicts on f\d [ tbe ch. dren pirticularly, are healt
,i sleek and fat. The field hands have c<i
. tnonly each an appointed task assigned thi
er says j,idustrious often finish it by t
ral instincts, which are o'clock, and employ the rest of the day
The affection of the cultivating the piece of land allotted to th?
I is not weighed in Ihe They also raise a great deal of poultry."
I against the almighty ( Rwlu Untly we nre compelled to fini
children are sold scpnr- i ' r
rt of compunction. As this article next week. ]
lever knows anything . ' ' "
As often as he changes Bishop Ives and the North Caroli
a his wife" I Clergy.
I by Mr. Sullivan on the
utd the Fugitive Slave It has been going the rounds of
ys : " is the most iniq- P?P? that Bishop Ives of the Protest
led by human beings." Episcopal Church of North Carolina, bail
irs of any change for the P??t?ti*sd from th? Episcopal faith, and u
evcral reasons, one ol *d himself to the Roman Catholic Chur
cmnifv Souther, slave- Erom the following letter sddreiwed to
, (even were they will- mU? of the Ncw York Times, we prcsu
ery,) would take too the report is not without truth.
looey. One other res- To the Mitoro/ the New Y,rrk Time
we will give in his own Sik There has been latclv sent
# * " ~
the writer of the following communicati
are a very small minor- an editorial from your paper, (I do i
en, who are just tolera- know of what date,) stating, on ioft>rn
it who dare not show ^ derived from the Dublin Tab
Western or Southern U|||t Billhop of North Carolina, ?h
nvinerd that_ the abo i- fcltached ]limRt}]f ^ the Church of Rom
thrown in the teeth of z_.lv ? ??vi i
nnoy them, than with ?ndvou further obeerve, "bis example
;onsummation likely to verf likely to have a wide mOuenoe up
0 he desired. Another a considerable number of bis late olerg
ict is, that many of the That the Bishop oontemplatee such
, with their attendant movement as leaving his own Church
1 to Northern capitalists tj,at af [ think very probable, T1
infr up one tingle bright |10 |IM jslre?s?)y dono so, would be v<
tingle black negro- jneoo*t*tent with a letter received fr
net coincide with Mr, ^ ^ p^ent writer, dated Pa
the Impracticability of and very inconsistent w
rsce ultimately, and as oommoo honesty and fairness. If,
ggests that the oolored stating that hie example is likely to hi
a ho first manumitted, a wide influeoee upon a considerable nu
her of his late clergy, you mean that th
Mint & '
I be are likely to follow his example in going ' readers is wit
ion, to the Church of Rome, I assure you, Mr. rate unexam
on^ Editor, you are under a grievous mistake, dreds of oixh
I have good reason to know the opinions from all poin
jt and impressions of the clergy of this di- $3,60 in Drel
ocese. I speak with entire confidence, as paper. God
j,,- far as one can possibly be confident in such tion that wi
a case, that a truer body of men to a truo must die cal
faith, exist no where?that there is not the end of '6
the shadow of probability that a single Southern i*
,n? one can be found wbo is likely to apos- oraclo in all
tatixe; nay, I go further, I say whatever The press
l? >n the Bishop's influence mav once have l?oen _~i?.
( , j j BUI??:O w sw
sinn it is so entirely gone, at Icest, for such p preference 1
purj>osc that I do not know, I do not be- the largo di
to lieve there is a single man, woman, or child, sea, stowed '
,vTy now living in and belonging to the diocese, jug, and is '
,ur that is at all likely to follow his example mere bobtail
not ?what those who are traveling with him competition
mny do I cannot say. brains, muse
With a proper charily, Mr. Editor, you editor. Broil
>me havo considered the Bishop as acting try, don't bo
from hdnest motives of conviction in noticing, Uioi
' ?8 abandoning his forcer for what is sup- you to eat Uj
*il P0^ to be his new faith. He has, him- pie who tak<
* self, to the convention of his dioceso, ass- homo pape
the 8'Kne^ another cause. It is not necessary and water ui
, ?f at present, to state that cause; but if oc- ed some."
rers casion should require, I hope you will per
mit me, through the medium of your pa- Meatine
ive- !>er, to make it known, using the Bishop's "
ave own language foi the purpose. ..
One of the Clergy or North Caolina. . ic!'k0.a.te
wish to alter
jeet *. _ Division in C
po- EDITOR rS TABLE. are informer
the down and 1
^ Graham's Magazine.?The February num- Greenville ar
her wo have received. We congratulate one Fare,
the Editor, not only upon the beautiful apllie
penrnnee of this number, and the excellent
articles it contains, but on account of the __
on- Revol
.av_ deserved success ho meets with.
oso Mr. Graham has secured the services A recent
of that excellent designer and artist, Mr. Gen. King, l<
rds. Sartain, formerly of Sartain's Magazine, at Thoinasto,
lish and a beautiful engraving from his hand mass ot intel
adorns this number. tionary docu
and Price of Graham's Magazine, $3 ; two Jm^n^wiis
crn copies $5, and so on. Graham &. Godey
. mi , , ... " inumiMiiii an
*r>. one yeai 84 ; The Lodger, and either of w^0 ^ u
to the two one year for 81. familiar com
GEO. R. GRAHAM, Of the fruits
h?n Philadelphia. than fifty ol
; of ? now, for the
itu- Putham's Monthly.?Modest, but neat.? which the \
ail- No external, ostentation* show, yet plain life, as well a
it. and handsome?handsome because not tion, aro fre
ere gaudy. Such is Putnam's New Monthly, there arc a ]
nee a copy of which the publishers have kind- ters from Lai
ject ly scut us. We havo only had timo, as j .ter
nc- vet, to read ono article, but taking this as ! an . ,
' , . V . , r . er distinguisl
ans a mini pie, we are in duty bound to say, 'fheso
iso- that the very first elnss literature, fill its mong the n
iow handsome pages. We direct attention to mnnsion-houi
e is the prospectus. generally in
the Address G. P. PUTNAM &. CO. and perfectly
ust New York. of essential *
.cts ? historian.
ace The S?uthkhk Cultivator.?The num. We may f
Wr for January has come to hand. The letters allude*
table of contents induce the belief that in wling docuni
commencing n new year, its energetic Ed- Gen. Knoxs
0j,| itor shows a willing disposition to add to aPP?an* U> hi
ds, the *> ready high celebrity, his Agricultu- ^Vtwlitown
.... ral p nodical has attained. . .
I of W S- JONES, Publisher, lhe |aI1(]?forc<
ing Augusta, Ga. commander c
is York river.?
The Son. of the South.?The January
number comes to us in an improved form.
11*8
This Agricultural periodical occupies a If*
high position, which it richly merits, and ... - .
ind K 1 . 3 \>u find,
the present iiuiiiImt sustaimj us in our o- , .
it is . .r ? , , , American Mi
pinion, so frequently expressed, that one pCrj t,f the
dollar a year could not be more judicious- Websri r. V
ust ly expended. T. LOMAX &. CO., the notes of
Col'.inihus,Gn. Professor of
. _ ? ? Cambridge
the A Joit Compliment head< The
,ne Is the Febniary number of Graham's Us,,"l? ll,e 'Hr
ier, Magazine, (which by the by, is a Magazine hsve'i
len ""P*'"0' excellence both in regard to me- aljvej .
ive chanical .execution and literary merit,? xab|^ 0f^l(
jia. and whose editor is a judge of siu-q inattcn,) 0f different n
we find the folio wing notice of the Family Mongolians, ]
iur P?end ' gfws, only fu
ars A word ubout the M Friend," before we capacity exec
nst give the notice. This paper is published in *'
m- <?ur own State, edited by a gentleman of lit- J1! mcasuri
, is- crnry attainments, and devoted to Southern C.U >,C ,nc ,0#'
his interests. It depends upon the South for V? aVt.ra9e f
"* uy (including
;n?, patronage, and as it is a pupcr gotten up on- g|<>-American
ly by a largo outlay of money, it should The two i
nre have a large subscription. Theae are prat- the head wer
to tical facta. We will be happy to aupply any the circumfe
,r*" of our friends with the paper. Price $2 per inches 4 lines
|l') year, invariably in advance. ment from es
inches. The
'ell "Godman's Family Fhikkd. When henri is repor
j,yt this journal was tirst announced, there The weigh
,m- were well-meaning people who shook their by the extent
m. heads with a knowing air, pronounced tlie proximation
wo scheme visionary in the extreme, and pre- in healthy
>n dieted failure. We, who had known (Jod- calculation, a
500, man intimately and well, and appreciated weight.
his character as a man of indomitable en- The folloi
?rK)'? *n^ * vvriter of power and brilliancy recorded weij
equalled by but few of our best writers, lbs.
felt that he would achieve a triumph over Cuvicr, 4
n* all obstacles. N\ e must confess, however, Webster. 3
that highly as we valued the genius of our AbereroroWe,
friend, we were not prepared for the bril- V/Jr~ , ,:IJ? \
* liant success which has marked his progress
Ml1 from the very first number of his paper?a ,i . I
la. i j . l l _ ii tne moat auto
1 * success as unexampled as it has Ix-en well"d*
deserved. The Friend already stands second
vh. to no journal, cither North or Boutli, and
the is winaing golden opinions in every corner (J Q j
me of the Union as a literary and piotorial . ... .?,
journal of the verv best order. ^
The editorial department of the paper From Ljvxar
t: is marked by a degree of manly independ- From Havbk.
to ence and just and vigorous thinking, nuite From Havana
ion unusual in this olaas of weeklies; and the
not selections show a mind fully skilled in the Oka
na- wants of the great body of periodical
let, readers?but in the original contributions
iad to the Iahpm1? ?J1 ? ?- * r"?*
e," the mii of the editor himself, M in the
is sketches, mmji and poetry whioh enrich 1(). oenJ*'
on iu columns, from the pens of contributors
y." South, whom Oodman hss seduoed from
i a their retreats, there is a freshness, versa til- Halt fast
for ily, end hearty joyouspess of style which morning MO t
list give a value to Uodman's family Friend
ery that is all its own?a distinctive characr>m
ter, which cannot be successfully imitated. 1
rie, Of the effect of such a weekly paper upon
ith the country, in improving and elevating .****.
in the lasts, and moulding and forming the ?o effect o? p
ive character of the young in the ten thoua- )|?t still coetir
in- and families to which It has accdas, it would aasiuntd inthe
ley be vain to spealr, but that the circle of it* bales were sol
lening with every week at * 3^1 fl 111 fl 0 f 3 . 1
pled, we know from the hun- .. .. _. ' \
in that are pouring into us, MARRIED, on the 12th inst, in this
U, to send it and Graham for District, by the Rev. M. D. Eraser, Mr. B.
ference to any other literary P. TIPTON, of Mt. Sterling, Ky.. to Miss
man will live to sec a circula- ANNIE D. T., daughter of F. T. Hammord
II astonish even him, or he of this District,
rly. We predict that before *,80? on the 1th inst ? at th? of
4 the Friend will bo in every ?
literary matters. Gill, of this District
of the South owe it to them- ??????????
that God in an is supported, in An ounce or rAcr, Is worth a pound of
to the p.ratio.1 reprints from theory: and tho swarm of conclusive facta
tily offices which sail in every that cluster round that incomparable preparwith
freight which costs noth- ation, Hooflnnd's German Bitters, prepared
worthless as well as cheap? ?r* G. M. Jackson, Philadelphia, cstabs
to some enormous kito?a value as a tonic and restorative,
of mere vhite paper, with the ^ ^"u'dif Pr?vent ^^""ty itself
, , , 1 . . . irom questioning it* cmcacv. In all cases of
lo and capital of the interior dj#eust.9 ?f tho stomach, whether acute or
liera of the press in tho coun- chronic, it may be recommended for its
gulled into encouraging, by soothing, cordial, and renovating influence
te locusts which swarm around Dyspepsia, heartburn, loss of appetite, nsu
p your very bread. Tho peo- sen, nervous tremors,^relaxation, debility, &c ^
> them in preference to the in? D,llcr8 10 a ve7 J" *
, . space of timo: and a perseverance in their
ra, should he put upon bread u(|^ noVfr f jje to WOrk m thorough cure,
ntil they thought and "suffer- g32?2m
mmm AHOTHEB SCIENTIFIC WONDER
... _ , _. , . Important toDytpri>(ict!?Dr. J. S. Hough*
j of the Grand Division. too'a Pepsin, The Tru? Digestive Fluid, of
Gastric Juice, prepared from Rennet or tho
:s from the up-country who Fourth Stomach of the Ox, after direction*
id tho meeting of the Grand of Huron Licbeg, tho great Physiological
Charleston on the 27th iust., Chemist, by J. S. Houghton, M.D., Philiu
1 that they will be passed <)e!phia. This is truly a wonderful remedy
>ack on the Charlotte, and '?r Indication, Dyspepsia, Wid.cc, Mm .
, , . . ,, ., i, Complaint, constipation and Debility, curing
id Columbia Hail Hoad bor a(tc/Nature'a own Method, by Nature', own
Agent, the GASTRIC JUICE. Papipnlcts.
Z. J. DkIIAY, G. S. containing Scientific evidence of its value,
^ furnished by Agents gratis. See notica
among the medical advertisement*. 81
utionary Documents. ?
-?- NOTICE.
examination of tho papers of a pinions indebted to the late firm of
iff in his old mansion-house, J\ J, R. Hunter &. Co., will find their
p, Me., has brought to light a notes and accouuta in the hands of the subresting
and valuable rcvolu- scribcr until the first day of March next, and
mcnts, which have never been after that time, all unsettled in the hands of
General Knox, as is well ^ A Moore and J. C. Seerest, a word to
honored with the special 1 A HA8SELT1NK. -m
d confidence of Washington, Jnn 26 1851.- 60-6t.
p with liini a frequent and ? .
jspondcnco for many years.? JailllCy's Hotol. ,
of this correspondence, more f (1 I IT \l R I A S P f J
I" Washington's letters have Vavmpv \ nk *r I
. i r i TV TR. J ANNE Y. in connection with Mr. I
first time, been discovered, iu J w J} nAIUlU4)anj p*. T. J. Goodwtw I
nrious details ol his private having purchased that fine and commodious
s the great affairs of the na- cshiblisnineiit, heretofore known as the
elv noticed. ll?ai<l<?a tk.??
?HOUSE,"
proportionate number of let- wi? herM|ftor ^ deaignattd a8 * j An .
layette, Baron Steuben, Lord ^g;Y*s Hotel.**
ernls Lincoln, Greene, AN nyne, jn Announcing this to the public, the probates,
Major Shaw, and oth- prictors feel that it is not necessary to prcled
revolutionary heroes.? sent in detail the inducement* and advnntas,
though they have lain a- gcs which this Hotel present*. Its location
ibbish of the attic, in the old antl eommodiouanoas, and the improvements
10, for half a century, are contemplated by its present managers, will
' i . . e . they foul satisfied, afford to the travelling <
it good state of preservation puJ|ic nnd oiher? a ,IuU., Co,Bnibia*
legible, and may y et prove wbich wj|| every way rank among the best '
alue to the biographer nnd j? country. Every comfort convenience
nnd appendage, to the first etnas Hotels in
old, that besides the mass of the United States, will be found at Janney'w
d to above, inaiiv other inter- Hotel, nnd no effort on the part of the I'rolents
were discovered among prictors will l>e wanting to render it worthy
old papers; for example, what w vpv1111 f Ii^'ii * n n ns it
f 1 . I i a f Mr. JANNEV and Mr. HARRIS, ao well
ivc been the original draft of known b ,he visitora at tho Amcricnn Ho>f
capitulation of Cornwall)* ^ wg| aiWnys be found at their posts, and
, containing tho original aig- jf unremitting attention to the duties they
irnwallia, as commander of hava assumed,be any gnaraatoa of aatisfac* ^
*, and Thomas Sy morula, as tion, they have no hesitation in promising it
>( the British Naval force-sin to their guests.
-Button Traveller. ^r- Hitchcock's splendid line of Omnibussesand
Hacks, having the name of tho
? Hotel painted on them, sre attached to Jan. I
Web?ter'? Head n?)'i Hotel, and will he prompt and faUHt'nl I
in the conveyance of passengers to 3t?d from I
in the January No. of the ^ oo5?,S' ?/*?,
.tlical the olBvinl re* J"' "*33- .
autopsy of the late lJauiel J South Carolina.
V e take from it a |K?rtion of j ?{ ycASTXR DISTRICT.
i'rofessor Jeffries NVyiniui, 1 ? ? , ,,
Comparative Anatomy in \ Jawx H BllAer./xxm, htq. Or
uDiversity, relating to hi- k
. * ^T^HEREAS, Jukka r. Cope land ha* a pcranial
cavity was very ?.?- \\ pUrf to me foe ! ?*.. oY Administr!,gest
which hna yet been re- ^ ujj #IU| ningahk* theGi?Ml*ar>d Chatgh
measurement* in cubic tela Right* a ad C'rvdila ofUlasati. Cuaton.
is yet been made by compar- late t4 the District aforeaeid, devVLbeiag the
observers. Ill l>r. Mortou's estate unadu ini?U>i*d.
i measurements of 623 crania These an?, thereCocrv toeilenad admonish
ntions, including Caucasians a)' ?ed singular, the ktadrvd and creditors at
American*. and No- "'? ?ml decemnd,*. W and .PpW- bet-;. I
. J ' , . ine at our next Ordinary a Court to* susl
nr instances occur where the I)Utrk.{f to ^ holdoa Lancaster Court
cued one huudrcd cubic inch- Hoiuc on thc.
dny-of February next, to
to largest weie one Kngliali ?how canse, if any, why the said adminntxang
105 and one German 114 tion should not be granhMb A
According to Dr. Morton, i J Given under my haad and seal, this 3fl
snacity fur the Teutonic faro- < I* 8 \ ***?> dnX of, hi the year
; Wish, Germans and An- f ~r~)ot 1^rd one obl'T>d
a\ ..go hundred and fift)-three, and in the soveitfJ% ?
' , , seventh year of American Independence.. " \
lupevfrist measurements of JAMES H. WITHKRSFUON, I
e very nearly those of Cuvier, O. L. Di
rence of wliose l?ead was 22 Jan. 36, 1853. 50?2t Winter's Foe fttt.
i (French) and the measure- " ? ~~ ~??
ir to ear, over the top, waa 15 Executive Department,
circumference of Napoleon's ^otuunis, 19th anuary, 1853.
ted tn have Wn 2 V im'lww T1*1! MsaSCers of Elections in eaeh Con^
ted to have been 23 inches. gressional District throughout the State
t of the brain was affected are hereby required to open the Foilsst theia
of the effusion, but an ap- rMpective places of Elections, and to hold
to its probable weight, when an election for Representatives in the Con.
state was made by careful gress of the United States, on the fourth
nd gave 27,891 grains as its Monday In February next,in conformity with.
the writ- hereunto appended. In obedience
- .. - . . U. a resolution DMMll the lea* sitting of*
.mg etumaie of the l?rge?t the i^ai.tore, * writ of Elaetion will be 4
fhu are g,ven 10 comparison*. ^ to ^ch p,Mfc of Election, to ei.*h Co*,
os. drs. grs. grcssionsl Diatr>ct throughout tWritaUsond
0 5 10?28,147?641 jn th,, event of those write not reaching tnefe
16 1*2 0?27,891?63| destination, it la deemed advisable by the
3 16 0 0?27,662?63 Executive to iseue this general notice, to I
7 1 0?24.381V- 55 1.15 rented 1 -uch coatiogsEcies s* fflsy
1 10 27-21,788-49 11.16 JbliN L. MANNING.
;hta (avoirdupois) are from
lentic sources. The State of South Corolla*.
Columbia Banner. Tq all and rrngvU* ike .Manafertof Ike Oen^ 1
HP?????s erat KUeturns fbe took Vongrttrional Dts- li
l? ** n n /| vsT IrW the State. I
H AoKvl AL* In pursuance of an Aet ufthe General Ae, I
^ . . setnbly of this State, passed oa the 16th De-, V
\TEHT DATES. camber, A- D. 1862, youm hereby reaui*
ool Jan. 8. I*** >*?} ,B?lWao4 ^?,g *& 4
ice 4 qualified) to proceed to ho|d an election (or
J?n 11 a Representative ip the Congress of the UnU
' ted mates, for each Congressional District,
. , ? ' . on the 4th Monday In February nekt, sod the
JTloaton Maraft*' day following, at the aaase places, and to be
Um 91 eoodoeted by the ennse managers, and in the
' ***" aaase manner an the election of membors of
he nurket wse rather unlet to- the Bute Legislators; and alter having de,
having been limited to aoaee termioed on the persons duly elected, yo*
extrsasca ranging from 8f to
?- w mtmj hw wee ai i nila to Uw, under
f hare no ehange to notice in your hand and eeal to tho (Arernor, at Col.
umhia, by the lint Monday la April next, on
7" _ , whleh day the eoten will be eons ted, and
art o cu>CE.~~The aalea thia thereafter the election* declared.
?lea, at from ft* to 10*. Mar- (;|ren unA? hand and the eaei of the
C 1 State", in Columtfe thia *Hh day
rone liverpool.hy the Keropa, tifty-threa, andin the eematj-eevpnth year
\ hand lata on Friday evening, of lli|>>T>|Mfn1J r~l* Indepepdenee of the
'line of * in that market, had United Stolen of Ameriea,
rieea here to-day. and the mar* By tpn Goremtr Be*
med Ann In thenoriUon It had jOtmt* MANNING,
early part of the weak. AM B??4Mn> P*nn V, Secretary of State.
J, at 7* to 9| rcnta- Jap. 36 1666. 50? At.