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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.
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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
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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
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