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/ Yom the Savannah Courier. T1 Duel between Hamilton and But. ?t( Buru's fatal rencontre with Hamilton, fell ^ like a blight upon hischar<*cter. Aspersions ? hud imleod been cast upon it; it was to wipe j them away that ho singled nut his victim ; ** but it y?jt stood before the nation in original j" brightness, llut tVoiu the moment ho shot Jr Hatni'.ton.^he became in the esiitnalion of the world, what his antagonist had declared him, ^ to be a daiigerous man. Whether just or ? not, this judgment was natural. Hamilton SI had been a brave soldier and trusty counsel- ** lor in tho Revolution ; he had been of the Executive Council of tho first and purest Administration; he was beloved by the peo bin, the favorite of his party; he was bound by social tics to the first families of the Republic. Naturally, the indignation of tho w world fell upon his murderer. It would ?' doubtless have been the same had Burr been tho victim. He too had been a successful " oldier, a trusty counoellor, a tried advocate. * His blood spilt on the Jersey shore would " have called as loud for vengeance. Thus does the world fail to discriminate botween acta and motives. Weighing the matter by the Code of hon- ? or, it ia exceedingly difficult to attach blame to Col. Burr. He was at this time candidate for tho office of Governor. Hamilton R had made severe reflections upon his public ** end private character, for which, according to acknowledged laws, he might be held ?' responsible. Indeed, if that had been tho '} only way in which to repel unfounded in- ^ sinuations. Burr would have been less than a in: n not to have called him out Honoris Rsurely worth more than life. P.v Aiuch husbecn said of Burr's settled and a" deliberate determination to remove Ilnmil- P* ton out of the way. None, however, will a...... ?L_? .1 er j way iii.it me uiiiur wouiq nave oeen spcedily settled, hud Hamiton frankly made the ?" -declaration that lie hud never cast reflections ?* "upon Burr's character. If he could not make this declaration, he was surely responsible for the truth or f. lsity of his statements, ~ whatever they may have been. The former J? he did not pretend to maintain ; the latter he 4 wrs not willing to allow. Sometimes in W( the preliminary correspondence, ho seemed 'ni to think that he ought not to bo.cHlled to account for what was said, during an excited . political campaign, r.s though any circum- rift stances could ever justify imputations upon v.ei tho honor of another. At other times he sm thought if he complied with Burr's demand, he would be put to serious inconvenience no and bo exposed to "unpleasant criticisms mi from, or unpleasant discussions with, any ^ and overy person who may have understood him in un unfavorable sense," as though a P?* man's convenience should ever stand in tho way of justice, or as though one should not J"?' hasten to seize the first opportunity to ex plain, if his expressions have been so mys- 11 tcrious and indefinite as to convey a mean- ar< ing different from that intended. Hamilton did not certainly act with his accustomed 0 frankness. Ho seeincd desirious of reaping tho rewand of statements concerning Col. ",f Burr's conduct, which traduced his fame and co his honor, without assuming tho very grave ani responsibilities. Much h is also been said ubout Hamilton's Undischarged pistol and his pnns?Unlliin? ' < scruples against duelling- There a.e two J stories about the pistol; it is immaterial *u which is true. He was willing, at all events to stand up and be shot at, it he were not "P willing to be a murderer himself. He was 8,1 thereby certainly accessory to the deed. br In regard to conscientious scruple, they 8U would have had greater appearance of sin- ^ ccrity had he never appeared on the fatal lJj ground. Ho certainly had it in his power . to decline the challenge. Ho thought, how- ,8' ever, it would impair his future influence and ?f standing with his party, as though aught |jl could take precedence of conscientious ecru- de pise. The parties met th.-? 11th of Joly, 1104, ^ at 7 o'clock in the morning, st Weehawk, on the Jersey shore. Nathaniel Pendleton was the second of Hamilton; William P Van Ness of Burr. They were both intimate friends of their principals and had managed the previous correspondence. The 8n meeting would have taken place earlier, but in< for Hamilton's desire to finish some causes which he had at Court, then in session. He also wished to settle his private affairs.? 'Barges rowed the combatants across tho riv er; IVacid Hosaek, an oininentphysician, was A. in attendance. nol Burr arrived first upon the ground. Ham- kn< ilton soon appeared. They exchanged salu- fori tations; the seconds proceeded to measure jjrli off the ground and make preliminary arrange- regi ments. Ten paces was the distttnee, pistols q the weapons; they were to cast lot for posi- ! tioa and for the word. "The parties being J placed st thoir stations, the second who gives t'lc the word shall ask them whether they are ready ; being answered in the afirmative, he shall siy, pruf.nl! After this the parties ' shall present and fire when they please. If tho one fires before the other, the opposite sec- 811 tion shall siy one, titx>, lAree, fire, and he shall * then fire, or lose his fire." Such were the shi arrangements. Tho word and choice of po- unl sition both fell to the second offiamilton.The not principals took their places, the word wa* given, both presented and fired. Hamilton Bui fell. Burr advanced towards his antagonist the with expressions of regret, uttered not a the word, but immediately withdrew to avoid seel being recognized by the physician and barge- in t men. Dr. Hos ek was quickly on the Ion ground. Hamilton exclaimed : "This is a mortdwo nJ. Doctor," and swooned. He was immediately pi iced in a boat; his body wsc bathed in spirits; he recovered and j apoke. He w.is conveyed to his house, where, from his distracted family nnd friends " be received every attention which affection *** and skiii could afford. He expired the next morning, in the full possession of his mind. th< He was buried wi h military honors, amid in tho general lamentition of the people. All ua nnrf u faolU/?e i- 4 8L- - r? ; vviiugo ouuviUQU ill 1 %9W WO |^|| illustrious dead. As for Burr, he ?oon left the city. The ' excitement w*a great, lad on by the Federalist*, Tories sod Clintonians, friend and o'c foe declared against him. The coroner's tb< inquest found a verdict of wilful murder.? tal He west to Philadelphia, where be engaged ^ la a flirtation , thence to St. Simou'a, where ,l be lay for time concealed. ?? Th? State v?. Edwin T. Ware. gjl The trial of Col. Edwin T. Were indicted for the killing of C'apt. Adam Jones, of Greenville District, w.is one which excited ere much interest at the last and the spring be terms of the Greenville Court. The iav??- fh * ligation commenced on Thursday, 14th, inst, #tJI and vrsa continued till near 12 o'clock on p Brturday m tking in all nearly three days^? , Cel. Ware was ably defeoded by Messrs. * Perry and Sulivun Ths speech of Mqjor olt JB. F Perry In behalf of the prisoner wae to? fl"e of the moet powerful, thrilling sad elo- to qusat speech** we hare ever listened to, wiJ and we venture to aay that there never has , been a ease in whish mors solicitude has bean felt and displayed by sonaeel fo behalf of a client. Mr. ttalivan e efforts am always the very heat, bat on thin oecselca If aceai n Ma ha exrrlled himself. Col. Wars sad his . frianda have no grounds to eMaplate of Um v " ryuult, if that rasult depsaded epoo the sbri- J{* feaad sdroitaaaa of his bmjmT ?* Mr VMMhar loed was aaafcilad In anwa* ? ! euttnf fte esae *7 Mr. Towfflf KnT wo, 4ln heir speeches and the whole management the case was eweh as to reflect meat credupon the Attorney* add the State. Mr. eed has shown himself to he Bo respecter ' persons, and exhibited on this occasion a rid >as and fearlessness, in the discharge 'His duty, seldom. If ever equalled. He ight very properly exclaim in the dying ngitago 01 Gen. Kocknrv Taylor, "I have >nc my duty, my whole duty," and we ouhi add, he did nothing else but his du. After the apeeches of counsel, and able targe and full expoaition of the law by his onor Judge Withers, tie case Was submit. d to the Jury, who, upon retiring for a lort time, returned a verdict of "guilty of anslaughter," and very properly rocorotneosd Col. Ware to the mercy of*the Court, he Judge in pausing hia sentence, which as to the effect that Col. Ware be imprisicd three months and pay a fine of five undred dollars, gave indication of much ding and more sympathy than is usual ith his Honor.?Anderson Southern Right d toe ate. Court of Last Week. tate Cases?Whipping of VViver, Roguery ?Judge Withers, dpc. Wi were sorry to seo that Mr. Solicitor eid. the able and zealous representative of ie State on this low Circuit, had so much nploymcnt during a portion of last week, idge Withers having been a long time so. sitor previous to his promotion to the inch, and also as a man and Judge, living just abhorrence of crime and violations of ildic law, these two gentlemen with the d of willing and intelligent juries did not irmit any offender, who had the misfortune i be brought up before them, to go unhipt of justice. The court had to dispose ' penal offences, beginning at the stealing ' bee gums and progressing from that low fence, through assaults, batteries, bastardy, nting of wives, retailing without license, c. up to the highest offence known to the w. We do not know when we have been itter entertained or more amused than we ere by the Judge's spicy remarks on mak. g known to the various offenders the judgent of the Court for their respective ofices. His Honor was,particularly, a "most piteous Judge," in our opinion, in his sere and indignant denunciations, whilst pasig judgment in those cases wherein genmen wero convicted of the beastly crime? , not beastly for no brute will abuse its ite?demoniac offence of whipping their vea. There waa a poor boy found guilty larceny, atealing a bee gum and a few cks of corn, and the judge truly remarked it he regarded this little rogue as far more ipectable than any man who would lay his nd in violence on hia wife; and that he d it down as an axiom that none but cowls, the basest and meanest of mankind luld be guilty of the low and dastsrdy act an assault upon the person of her who is the wife of his bosom, the mother of i children, one whom he hud solemnly venanted before God nnd man to nourish d protect?in short a woman. We wish cry scoundrel in the country who abuses i wife could have been present to hear his jnor'a lecture on whipping of wives. If py have either sense, shame or human uare?which they have not?they could not, use an Irishism, have failed to havu been lightened abashed and humanized. We ttcerely and conscientiously think that a ute who beats his wife, should be by law ibjccted to the punishment of a public hipping and have his forehead branded with e letters 44 W. W." 44 wife whipper"?with e double object of inflicting merited puniment on the offender, and, by that brand infamy, giving visible notice to all womannd of what44 manner of man** thev had to al with, when the aforesaid 44 W. W." proeded the solicitation of woman's kindness? re> apprehend that a gentleman with this idge of honor on his forehead would seldom mture far from home, unless he carried his ands with him, and then it would not be ry comfortable travelling unless he took e precaution to keep hia hat over his noae d refused, on principle, to lift it on greet? gentlemen.?Greenville Mountaineer. Information Wantsd.?Some eighteen >ntha since a gentleman by the name of M. White left our District, and has ; since been heard from. It is not jwa where ho went to: and any initiation respecting him, directed to the iters of this paper, will be thankfully eived, l?v his friends and relatives, in mter District *S. C. Editors will confer a favor by inserting ? above notice.?Sumter Watchman. rltRC is one of the many beautiful ughts to which Fanny Forrester has givexpression: 'Oh, let me die in the country, where I dl not fall, like the tingle leaf of tho frost, Meded; where those that love me need ; meek their hearts to meet the earrleas Ititude, and strive aa a duty to forget me! ry me hi the country, amid the prayers of good and the toare of Uie loving: not in dark, damp vault, away from the sweetated air, and the cheerful sunshine, but he open fields, among the flowers that I d ana cherished while living." ilmiagteesnA If in oh?I <r lUilml "U [t is pretty weii understood thst the rat mails, North and South, will be nsferred to this route ut sn early day, is avoiding the liability to detention by i Wilmington bonis. The road is now operation, and for the benefit of the .veiling public, Mr. C. J. Bollin baa nishea as with some information respectPt. The cart leave the junction at 8 1-2 lock p. m., and arrive at she bead of ? road at 7 1-2 the same evening king the stage immediatelv for the illraington tsrmiuus, at which place #y armed in time for the two o'clock i)q going North. There are now sixty railee of staging? ty miles of the road are completed on s end, and fifty on the Wilmington end, d the staging distance is constantly denting. The road, it is thought, will finishsd by the 1st November next.? ere is always a sufficient number of ges to oonvey passengers through.? ssengers take supper at the terminos of i road on this side, breakfast at the ter terminus, and dine at Wilmingi. The sooner tha mail is transferred this roed the better. Some ef us then, I get rid of the detention of the mails Charleston, treat want of time or some or eaose.?Carolimam, the lata Amos Lawrence of Boetea, ft lid. gave away during his lifo mars a km hundred tlonoend doUart ? hi* pocket-book woe inoribed, "What , j lv Minister Mgrr. j LAHCASTEBVIILE, 8. 0. WEDNESDAY "APRIL %1 1853. ' Oar Printing Office Affaire, Ac. Wn*T with annoyances of the Printing A Office, correcting proof sheets, trying to please everybody, and yet unintentionally offending n great mar.y ; and a host of other troubles, wo can assure those who do not know the fact, that an Editor leads no easy life. It is thought by many that it has become so common for conductors of the Press to complain, that they will, whether in? y have c cause or not. Probably some may, but so far as w? are concerned, wc meet with our share : yet, thank God, sotn times like the gentle sun beam, dispelling the gloomy mist, comes a kind letter from a friend, complimenting our paper; and agnin, a kind invitation from one to visit him ; and agnin an invitation fioin a distant landlord to visit his town, assuring us that our Hotel bill shall be nothing. We receive a great many letters ; for the sake of giving our readers an insight into the mysteries of our business we will give him the substance contained in our correspondence by one mail, which is but a sample. First, is a little note about four inches long, and half an inch wide which rends as iomows, " air. daiie), sir, please slop my pa- , per when the time runs out. , Very respectfully, R. H.n , Now, at what office docs R. II. take his | paper; we tuke up our mnil book nnd look, j first over one pugo, and then another ; this is i a pleasant business especially when the I weather is so warm. Why in the n..me ol' i sense do not subscribers tell us where thu i paper is taken ; and when to be changed, tell i us where from, as well us where to ! I We finally find the name, and ascertain I that his subscription will expire June 9?yet I we l ave a inind to strike it off now. You t know why ? Because ten chances to one if we do not, and continue to send the subscri- i ber the paper in order that he should get ? the worth of his money, in a week or two i we receive a note of equal dimensions as the t former one reading thus, " Mr. Bailey, sir, ^ you will stop my paper. I do not take it c from the office and will not pay for it." 1 This though an imaginary case ; is one of t frequent occurrence, as our brethren of the j quill can testify to. Then eomcs a commu- i nication from a contributor,(Halter in this pa- t per) this gives us pleasure, for we are anxious t that our people should write. In this con- f nection, we take the liberty of calling on Ihpni tn Hn It frit a u-i. /Is* rw*f n?/?mUa -- ... .. - y. j v to publish every nrticle sent us, but there r are many who if they would only make the effort, will find their articles complimented. The third letter is from a Post Master re- " questing us to send a paper to . He encloses us an order, and says, " If will not accept the enclosed order, will you please inform me that I may remit the money." The order reads thus, " Mr. - , c sir, you will please pay two dollars to Mr. &. 8. Bailey and I will credit your note with the ssi?e." So?wc see through it exact'y. . The Post Au'ster keeps our ?-J, and sends us an order on a deLtor of his for the amount. Pretty business like this. Fourthly?A letter from a friend. We | give in his ? wn words an sxtiact, and tb?n j ( explain. "Mr. ? bids me inform you , that he offered you ?3 hi advance last sum- . mer, that yon promised to call on your retarn and get it, but failing to do so says he j is not willing to pey more, as the fault lay ( with yon. Let me hear from you on this point. J like Mr. P , is nowhere to be found, having left for porta unknown, so far as paying is concerned it makes no differenee whether he be absent or present, in otlue words he is utterly insolvent" Mr. . did not offer ua Two Dollars?is it ^ r-*-?/>r?b!- to suppose a man would refuae to take what wna justly due him f Mr. ( said hs ought to psy for his p.tper, and re. quested u? to call on our return. V\ e did 1 call at the store on our return, and the clerk ' informed ua Mr. woe not in. Why then did not Mr ? remit ns the Two * Dollars 1 As in the matter of stopping a 1 man's paper when be requests it, and fearing 1 if we do not he might pounce upon us, we 1 re as anxious to eolleet what is justly due is * Ws never begged s man to subscribe to our ( paper, and never will. If one manifests a j disposition to subscribe to it, we tell him Wi wnuM Km nlnuso/l *a ?%.. kU ? - ? - -I?? 1 ?w .. ?? *v ffua III* unuir uwwn, * bat we never beg ? man for hie name, and f when he wiahee to diaeontinoe, we never beg 1 bin to hold on. Intentionally we never aend I a man'e paper whan he haa requeatad ua to * atop it Sometime* when a month or more fl mast elapee before we etrike off hie nam*, P w* may forget to do so then, but ia i? not from design. We are aa particular thai men * ahoom pay aa for oar paper. Still when p money penmate aoeh an attraetlon aain the a aaa* of Mr. , we ebargu nothing, oonaoU J ing onraolf with the ld*a that we have been 1 the meaaaof giving nnattarabie plaaaare to h a fallow num. Mr. J?- Bka Mr. ? k kaa left for part* aakaowm," and yet title a mm haa bean taking oar paper lb month* o aad fcaa aot paid aa a farthing. Bat whil# p M^Httrng o? tbaaa mattora a ganthmaa a We could write a great deal on thia subject, loll who ate generally the occupants of ?n oOt Prison* and PCAltentiarios, and from what cauae Ate., but have not room. At \\ aome other time we may resume out te- sp marks. J-y m the Cah?litt\att We ate pleased j* to Warn that the Hon. Lotigdon CheveAWill 1 shortly take up his abode M ColnmWu. he V having authorized a friend to purchase a sldcnce in that vicinity. The purchase has cc boeh made. jj ? re PF" The Rev. A. J. Witherspoon will Cl preach in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday next , ? ? ? til <0bitnr's ?n Ijlr. n f w The Farmya and Plaster for April ia filled H with articles on Agriculture, Horticulture, ai &.C., and wo are surprised to find most of them copipd from other A)|ricultural pe- (j, riodk-sls. Although tho selections are |j| good and 'ntorcstinc to tho farmer, wo ex- _ pec ted more original matter from auch a host or editors. Price $1 por year. SEADORN & C4LMAN, T1 Pendleton, S. C. cf ? ui In tho last Abbeville Banner we find the go valedictory of Mr. C. II. Allen the former Editor and Proprietor, and the salutatory of iho new Editor, Col. P. W. Selleck, of . Mexican war fame. Col. S. is the present Ordinary of Abbeville District, and Mr. ?' Allen u a candidate for that oflico ; so if '? the latter is elected, it will be an exchange e? all round. ve We wish sol parties success. go ? th The Famii.t Friend. Mr Godman has rodueed the price of his paper to 81 where IVo Dollars and requests us to sehd a paJet to a new subscriber. Then we open our ifih lettef. This is tho beam which dispels he mist. We take the liberty of giving it to the readeh Apkil 14, 1853. Mr. Editor,?Dear Sir, After ??n unreason?ble delay, your favor of the 31st March same to hand this evening, enchasing your bill against me for advertising. It iu ilurch ess than I expected ; and I am obliged to pnu fbr yxtur reduced prieifr. I pay the Ten Dollute willingly, believing Via' I have been exceedingly well paid for expending that imall amount in advertising. Enclosed you will find the amount. Mr. Editor have you ever been to ! Ours is a thriving village though small and yet in its infancy. I do not believe that you have been here. Will you then receive a Friendly invitation to pay us a visit; with tho assurance that it shall not cost a cent in :he way of Tavern Bill. Very Heapectfully, Yours , R. S. Bailey, Esq. W8 thank our friend. His kindness wo will never forget, and having heard much >f we will endeavor to give him a call >nc of those days. We havo a number of mbscribers in the Old North State, and nohing would give us more pleasure than to ako a tour through that country. By-the-by vo expect a series of letters from a friend vho will shortly piss through that State. Tliey will begin very soon. So much for >ur letter bag. Professions, Trades, Ac. Thkre never was a time when money l is been more abundant than at present. It s constantly seeking investment, snd in our 3;ntc all kinds of slock have gone u with n a year exceedingly. Wc do not know of i Bank in the State, but the stock is ubove par, and many of them have advanced from 10 to 25 per cent, above par. The stock of tho new Banks in Charleston for which chartors were granted at the last session of the Legislature, have been taken with such confidence by monied men, that in both coses [the Exchange Bank and the People's Bank) i portion of the amount subscribed, had to be refundedf as it exceeded the limit grant i!d in tho ch ?rtor. About two weeks after. ?ome of this stock (Exchange Bank) was told in Charleston, at an advju.ee of $1. to 25 on shares of fifty Dollars. This but joes to show, that money is abundant, and is seeking investment. No doubt but the large quantities of gold which from time to time have been received from California has in a great measure added to the influx of money. Probably our people ore more prosporous now. than they have ever been, und by judicious, well directed exertion, will con tinue to prosper. Hut, of all vocations, mechanics are more prosperous than any other. 1'he people of every place, exhibit an improving spirit. Carpenters, bricklayers, paint rs and uriisans generally, are every where n demand. In fact, it is almost impossible o procure workmen, und the demand is so rreat, that their services command the highest wages. In tho lesrned professions ot a?t snd Medicine, the case is different.? Wc cannot produce business for the Lawyer or Doctor, fos, when we need the coun:iI of the former, or tho mcdidne of the lot?r, it is when misfortune comes upon us? in inability to meet payments, or bodily a?f. ering. To recapitulate the advantage* ono Una vho is master of a trade, over one who i* lot, i* naelees. To know the fact,that a hon one is master if s trade he need nover want, is sufficient Some how or other, our people have beome so Democratic, that Democracy is hanged into a kind of Cod-fish aristocracy. The poor man with six or eight children, slustered together in s mean dirty hovel, with scarcely enough corn broad to supply heir daily wants; incapacitated himself from having no settled occupation of render* ng thorn aa comfortable as thay would be, were he a master of a trade; instead as it would seem of his being anxious that his ion? being placed at some business by which tie would bo relieved of their support, and it the same time giving them a tr.ide w..;ch wit.' ever render them less dependent than llieir father, instead of doing this, we say, what does he say?why, sitting by the t. rch ight of an evening, he pat* Johnny's white iesd, and tells him he is to bo ti.P lawyer, limmy is to be the doctor, and Billv the p^Tion?this little follow to be aelerk In s store ind this other so and so, but no su? h word la having Jimmy bound to ths Carpenter's rode, Johnny to the Bricklayers, Billy to the Printer's 6lk. Oh, no, cant be bound to a rode; it may do if they could be masters ?f their trades at once no objections to rudesmen. but this being bound for five rears, oh no. c nt think of it. this is a free reentry, and everybody ought to be frse. Why, in Kngl md a clerk to a Uiborduah>r is bound for n number of years so that vhen his term expires, instead of having a imatlwMO/s wk-i- * * ?u<>n>ou||o wi hum miiiMW, and i hat, and no practical knowledge of any, ha a dry gooda salesman?ha understands | he dry goods business, and ean distinguish aekonet from drilling. But lat us follow this imaginary case.? rha father sends his three boys to an olJ laid school lo learn Latin and Greek, and natead of learning the dead languages they swrn the living; their training having been uch, the old field school but gives them Teater scope, and our I iwyer, doctor sod arson are the noisiest bragadoeioe at the chool. But tiiia is not all, they attend ekool so irregularly, being obliged, a great ortion of their time to assist their parents t home, that when the time arrives for ohnny to ha aent to College, or pleeed in a owyers' oflUe, Johnny is better it to rob ens' rooeta and shoot squirrels. The ease \ the same with the rest, and It b the cause rhy we hues so many young men, eapable I f making nothing, with m education ee imsrfcet that they would he an wed without ; y, unable to proeore ipluyit, md Ml leuertto wbsos clubs of twenty or more unite. This is WR now ns low in price as any paper published de at the North, and an overwhelming patron- ?ti age should at once bo extended to it. wi 8. A. GODMAN, en Columbia, S. C. asj The New York Dutciimah. Of all our ex- '"j changes we knew of none more worthy of . patronage than the Dutchman. Published ,v< weekly. Price per year. GRIFFIN dt FARN8WORTH, oli New York. I M ^ of EDITORIAL SUMMARY. . 3 ed vr We take the following extract from a letter written from Rochoster (at which wi place the notorious Fred Douglass carries ah on a paper) to the N. York Dutchman: G< The newspapor interest of Rochester is ]?' well supported. We have the Daily Amer- 1 ican. Democrat, Advertiser, and Union, with a number of valuable weeklies. Among ne them are Moor's Rural New Yorker, and wl Frederick Douglas'* Paper. Tho Rural ar has attained the most extensive circulation te< of any weekly p iper of ita class in America. Douglass is well known as a champion of ? negro emancipation. As an impassioned ? e orator, he has among the sable sons of Af- lei rira no superior ; and among AngloSaxons, but few equals. He is, however, among all *n classes decidedly unpopular. Between h.u an trod on ono side and envy on another, he by tinds it decidedly unpopular "kicking against |e'? the pricks." The following extract from a fu| speech delivered by him not long ago, may . serve as an Index to his feelings in relation , to his white Christian brethern : u i arrived at England, was welcomed by 'hi the masses and flattered by the nobility. I fee went to Scotland, and was toasted, and fe- m tiwl. nnd hnnnriMl I ??m? kuk ?- D tor, and the first sound which greeted my advent and btlcomed me home waa, 'Damned Nigger!' 'Damned Nigger'it was when I left; 'Damned Nigger' it was when I came back ; and 'Damned Niggor' ia still the cry." tp( Sensible.?The following from the New ^ York Dutchman: w; A cotemporary favors a further int'oduc- y? tion of music into our Common Scho Is.? mj We doubt its wisdom. Music runs into effeininaey. In all our experience we never co knew a vocalist to gut above white kids and wa sifeclalion. Music b a proper study for of girls. Boys should be taught to buxxa.? *hi Music not only softens the male heart, but P" the male head. It gives an undue import- th< ance to quirks and quavers, and makee a co young man much more capeble of dischnrg- to ing the duties of s quilting party than it docs it, to take part in the rough and tumble affairs co of life. Show us the youth thut b s good singer, et eighteen, and we will show you a f person that will bs a foo-foo at forty-nvs. 0 The New-York United State* Econo- yj mist haa received a very remarkable aped inen of cotton, destined for the World's Fair. It was procured by one of the most ' enterprising and intelligent merchants of po Texas, froua the "Pino" Indiana. It b of ^ro a texture and strength of fibre superior to H sny ever before offered in New-York. To re* ti e Vouch it has the feeling of silk, being I tl destitute oT the harsh feeling incident to p? I/Oi on. u II 01 II ;png tin pie, end ot a ab< beautiful clear white color. The JEcono- ^ mitt understands that the enterprising discoverer has procured e quantity of the seed, and wiP enter extensively into the culture. It ha^been found under circumstance* wl.icl- lei. I to the hope that the .U-geurration of the quality uaual upon , those tine qualities will not be encountered ill this caae. 0 Tub World's Pair.?Ithaa been sugtreated that the Governor's of all the i State* he invited to the World's Fair at New York. A ootemporary says "it would be a novel and at the same time I'm imposing spectacle to see the chief me- fot giairates in e body, end heeded and pre* La sided over by the President." J shut Lind Goldsciimidt.?In a let- W< ler written by Jenny Lind, from Dresden 1 10th February, to Mr. Zacbriaaon, the Swedish Consul in New York, (a letter * o of business, and having no direct liearing not upon domestic affairs) there oocura the cai following passage, which puts to rest the Mt story that she and ber husband, Otto ^ Goldachmidt did not lire together peace* ably: iai "We are, Ood be thanked! quite well. ' Otto is very good end kind. lie labors always, he is et home always, is kind com always, is the sense faithful faeod always hie thinks only of my welfare end mr ban- woi pin ma, and maintains a calm, stiil oannifp Hf? IB All Mm ?Wr Longfellow, in Mb Mi of ? fen. ^ lUMgk." SSlfe AmUa/ " UlA golden elMg Mods togntfcor fes ?oW of tho * Fibs on the Rai?&c>a.d.~?A fire occurred i the Laurens ron<T?bn the Mlh inat, burng up 80 bags of cotton, out of 60, then on ' o car, belonging to Drayton Nance, Eaq. rc understand that it Was caused by a ark from the engine igniting the hindmost kg of all; but so rapid Was tile flames, and e train, when dieCovoWA bo be on fit-e. beg on the trestle work, heat Newberty, tbat was with great diAfonUy the remaining flfO ilea were saved.?Laurent title HerM. iThe Charleston papers of Thursday last intain thu sad inteligence of Vice Present King's, death. The following in lation thereto we take from the Meriry: Death of Vice-president King. The telegraph yesterday brought news of ie death of the Flon. m. R. King, e seeins to have been fully impressed ith the certainty of his approaching end, 0 desired to die at home hence, without ly amendment justifying a trial of the plat ions of a sea voyage?perhaps for ie very reason that he felt he had only b enough left to accomplish that return -lie sailed from Matnnzas to Mobile, hero ho arrived on Sunday the 10th inst. here he remained, subject to tlio fitful langes of the last stage of his disease, itil the Saturday following, when feeling mewhat stronger, and thut desire to die homo still drawing h'tn within the irrower circle of personal associations, 1 started for his residence in the county .?? i-- ? ?J ? lynMIV, n.lVIU 111! UmTTO OP DUIlUNy urning lust, and die<l on the Moday ening following. Thero is something iry affecting in theso circumstances; melhing, too, very characteristic l?oth of 0 strong patriotism and of the unaffecteg imo-feoling of the Vice-President. Disse and physical exhaustin could not aden in him the love of country, or the II more intimate attachment to the spot th which ha associated the every day dearments of home. Peace rest on his hes, in the State which ho so long and tlifully served; in the hoaom of the home lich he adorned with so many attracts and manly virtues! Mr. King was a native of North Carna, which ho represented for one term Congress,and then removed to Alabama which ho was one of the first Senators, 1 her admission into the Union. From at time he has been almost unintcrrupt- ? ly in public life, representing his State in e Senate of the United States,of which he u many years the President,*ilh but a ort interval, when be represented our Bvernment as Minister to France. He is elected Vice President of the United ates at the last general election, and ok the oath of office a few weeks since, ar Mantantas, in the Island of Cuba, hither he had retired in the hope of resting the disease which finally tormina1 his career. His abilities were not of e highest order, hut in overy situation i made himself felt as a man of gracious mper. of high-toned honor, and of no minon-place talents. His podularity d his influence have long been great, d his distinction has lecti less haunted envy than that of almost any of our idiug men. Ho wore his honors gr.se/ ly and modesty, and as in his life he d many friends and few enemies, so on u occasion of his death th?re will be rnughout the country one common >ling of sorrow. Foa THE I a DOER. RAIL ROAD. "But we conclude, respecting Camden* tk ?k? .1-- -<??- - ... mv UHU Ul? Cllliml Ol UlSt iwn are ulive to their own interest, and, an elligent men will protect that interest? e would aak them to consider the idoa U> t: if only one half the cotton goea down ur Rail Road which now goes down, (bef withdrawn to tho CharloUo Railroad.) d only one half the goods and merchandize me up the road which now do, (being forirded by the road to Charlotte) and much travel by passengers being transferred to p Charlotte Road, will that Branch pay a ofit T If not, will it bo to the intcrost of b South Carolina Rail Road Company to ntioue a Braneh in operation which f alt pay a profit upon tho money invested in and thua becomes a burden upon thoir in- . mo from the other parts of the Road T The above ia an exU .ct front the report a Committee, consisting of Messrs. John DeSaassure, Chales J. Shannon, Jaa. J. illiama, and Thomas W. Ilucy, Esqre, spared in February IftSl.and pobliahed in > Camden Journal of laat week. The rtvrt is upon the propriety of a plank Mad m Camden to Monroe, N. C. The above ; pressed me very forcibly at the time of , ding it, and still does. It intimates, (and i hlnk with <Aith) what Camden may ex- > it if she permits the freight and travel , ?ve her (that naturally she is entitled to) paaa to the Charlotte Rail Road. I A Frikrd to Camdrr. i for the lbdoer. Flrarart Hill, S. C. i I have been patient, let me be so yet; I have forgotten half 1 would forget, I Bat it revives?oh I would it were my lot To bo forgetful as I am forgot" , Btrow. | Who having reached the years of maturieannot in some degree appreciate the fee ga of Byron e?pressed in the sbove lines ind in hie beautiful poem, entitled, * The meet of Taaso." | They are perhaps, more generally sm*Ncs? . I to the human family at large?more fill- i expressive than the same number of lino* ' ind in any other part of the great author's ' rka. There are none to whom they will \ l apply?dom whose Uvea have been so I m, eo peaceful, ao serene, but that some 1 of folly, eome youthful Indissretion, or 1 no deed of crime, they would hero barfed iblivion. All the world may forget, but Mm interested, the recollections of an | ?r may fetunt his memory far years to < to The bankrupt thinks of the days of 1 opulence, the yrdtjifl he has loot, and J eld forget; the lover thiols of the beauI coqeetta, who fat* Mealed hfe heart j infihfa Igji?i rained Me pres pasta. mi , too, wooM forget; the man of fame, of | ry, of paet renown, whom foeHmahae for- i en, ef the days of hfo peanpertty, t Ida gsnliSed ee^jttee, am*, weal* fargct. - Tho faculty of memory how important, yet how disastrous to the human iuind.? Somo would drown its intolerable anguish in the wine cup, in a life of dissipation and vice \ some with phreiuled despair obtain by an ?Ct of suicide, the Calm quiet furgctfulnesa of the graved Others attempt to weather the atdrirt until memory Is at last conquered, teaSon dethroned, nOd theif aaylUM ia the Maniac's cell. Philosophers may preach paiVenOc, and feign a contempt for tho paat that cannot be recalled, but tnnn cannot escape the pangs entailed by the faculty of memory, whother caused by his own act or the act of others. Voltaire, the philosopher, tho poet, tho infidel, prayed to forget; forgetfulnese to Elizabeth, tho Queenly voluptuary, would have been a balm sweeter than courtly homage, when ai. exclaimed, "all my possessions far a moment of time." None nro exempt; tho prince, the peasant, the aristocrat, the plebU an, have all been made to exclaim " Would that I could forget" Haltkr. CiirrrspiiiiiifHrr. WASHINGTON. ^ A gloom was cost over ouxjity this morning, occasioned by tha niouiHHMi91tMni>* of the death of the Hon. W. Rorut Kiho f Vice President of tho United.Slater We have long boon expecting this, but the fact haa atartled ua. and caueed ne again lo feet what M vanity of vanities'* all the honors of this world is. Truly death moves in high places. Three of the candidates for the Presidency have been called on to tnonrn, the loss of their consorts, since the election, President Pierce mourns the loss of an only on, and now the Vice President haa paid the last great debt of nature. President Pierce, himself is rapidly failing and the dread on our minds, is that he too may bo called away long before his term of office expires. The fierce contention* ha is called upon so often to participuto in, and always to set as umpire, arc proving too much for him. His bed is far from being one of roses. Tho applicants for office are returning in scores to the city, and arc renewing their claims with ten fold vigor. As all amusements have lived their sev son in this city, our citizens flock to tK^ beautiful ground* around the White House and the capital, and spend the afternoon and evening in promenading the surpuntine walks and indulging in genteel gossip, mixed with a little decent scandal, the latter, you know ia quite indispens .ble with young ladies. Professor Anderaon, the great live Magician, opens hia soirees thb evening for one week. He still carries that inexhaustible bottle, from which he pouis any quality of any named liquor, including hot whiskey punches and schnidam schnapps. News is above par, and wo would pay premiums, for anything fresh. Tho Ledger is a welcome visiter, for his presence so seldom greets our reading room, that we always give him a hearty shake when he lands here safe and sound. You must "stir* up some of your post masters, and beg them1 to send the Ledger through direct. ildkx. Ax Iscidest.?A few mornings since, just as the cars had started from the depot, a gentleman, his wife and daughter, war a observed at a distance up the street rubbing with great speed towards the depot One of the agents of tho railroad, or some other person, observing the efforts of the partyr ^farted after the train sad succeeded in giving i**? engineer a sign to stop for passengers. Aa ?' was the accommodation line, the tr dn \v?m stopped some distance on tho road, and awaited tho approach of the man, his wife and daughter. They were all pretty much exhausted by the long and hard run I ey had, but they reached i5e location of the train, and, by a new efibi t r'lmbing a mall pile of plank aloes at hand; i.h?y stood looking at the earn, and commenood remark ing upon the a p pa* ranee of the vehk>lee. The man gave something like * combination of s blow and s grant, and Mid, addfOM ing his wife: " Well, 1 don't think they look so rtry dangerous, do you !** -'Why, I don't think they do,* responded the lady wiping her f?ee; "they look rathsr kitfe sod comfortable.* M La, mother * *.?id the daughter, " ain't they pretty eoacbea?eo many se?.ta and windows, and ao pretty pdntcd." taking a short breath, and fanning berself with her handkerchief. * Jump in, iutnp in P aaid the condoetor. M Oh," said the old penlietoan, we don't w?ui ?v in , we oniy weni io m una I" A Rkamrablb Rrqutrr?At hit ft ret t>re?kfiut in new lodging* ? gietieauo tu much annoyed by finding hair la hi* batter. Aa the mlldeet, bat the most effectual mod* >f reproof, he tho* addreeaed the lerrut when ahe came to take away the thing*: " Sally, I am very fond or bairn la my but. er; but, for the future, be *o good a* to wing the hair ia on* plate tad the batter In knottier, that I may ais them la what poetlea I Ilka." Wi un<Ientaad that a meteor of aurM**inff briliiaaey waa wi teemed by pevoona >a iaboaee Ialand, on Sunday night hut, it about S o'clock. Tboae obaerring It, % Uatrribe k aa haring the appearaeoa ofa during balloon,of the moot delicately beau* ifui cerulean hue, with aUil aa tho* a red lot rodof iron had been attached. Iu course raa from North weat to Booth east, and a mo?let aplendrw aoeh a* to throw, nto utter obacurity, Aw the time being be brilliant glare of tho full moonlight, ? Cearhafew Cmrua -mft 1 0