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John 0* Calhoun'
We have been frequently asked as to
the source of Mr. Calhoun's popularity I
apart from his public character, for he was
venerated and adored, and wo have nl
ways replied that the secret consisted in
his intercourse with young men. Napoleon
talked familiarly with the soldier,
treating the officer wi'h contempt; Calhoun
flattered the boy, knowing that the
b^y would one day become a man, and
was as careful to cultivate bis friendship
as the farmer is to foster the nursling that
was planted by bis hands, and fostered by
his diligence; and liketho farmer, Calhoun
reaped the benefit iu a plentiful crop of
honor, devotion, respect and veneration.
When the writer of this sketch was quite
a lad, ho wrote to Mr. Calhoun for explantion
on a ceitiin point connected
with the political history of the country,
and at the same time lie addressed a letter
on the same subject to a very distinguished
Senator. The Vice 1 'resident
replied instantly, and fully explained tlio
difficulty that bad puzzled us; the Senator
took no notice whatever of his correspondent.
The boy never forgot this, and as
it has been well said by Wordsworth,
that "the boy is tho father of the man,"
we would impress it upon the minds of
our statesmen to been eful in cultivating
the affection of the rising generation, fi?r
teed planted in a generous soil?and
youth is generous?will enrich the coffers
of the industrious farmer.
We met Mr. Calhoun frequently. A
few years subsequent to our meeting liirn
in Columbia, wo vised Washington, and
being invited to the floor of the Senate by
Preston, witnessed one of those characteristic
scenes that le ivc a seal on the
mind. Robert J. Walker, of Mississippi
was speaking 011 some currency qi estion;
Webster was standing at the clerk's
desk with a inanusc ipt in his hands, and
which Iu; would occasionally consult and
then look at Walker, as if lie was trying
to catch his argument. The appearance
of Webster was very thouhgtful and
dignified; you would have taken him for
a southern planter instead of n northern
lawyer, nis complexion being very dark,
and his person indicative of good living,
instead of bad practice. A few steps
from Webster, with liis bands crossed
I e':iiid him, and learning against one of
the columns of the chamber to the left of
the President wns Ilenrv Clay. lie
seemed to be totally unconcerned about
any thing, and was gazing placidly
around in perfect good humor with himself
and all the world. Just then, Calhoun
stepped from behind the column,
and turning to Clay, addressed him in
his rapid style. Clay did not change his
position, but at the conclusion of every
jcntenco would nod affirmatively to the
argument of Calhoun. We have never
seen a more striking picture. In faet,
wherever we looked, there was something
to interest us. Benton, to whom Walker
was replying busied himself in pccpiug
into a large printed document, hut occasionally
stopped and looked at Walker,
particularly when the MississippiAn be<>amA
Van liimnn l?rt
vtvmv * an lyuipif) tUU pi Valuing
officer, who had been writing letters, now
looked over his spectacles, and beckoning
to Hubbard, placed him in the chair, and
strolled about the chamber with all the
glee of a school boy, stretched his legs,
smiled, and ti tally dropped into a seat
near Preston. We could not help smiling
to see the cautious approach of Van
Buren towards a conversation with the
Demosthenes who was daily hurling the
lightning of his unrivalled eloquence
against tlio Throne, and the wary vigilance
with which Preston watched the npproches
of the old fox. Oh, it was rich.
That evening it was, w e think, that
Preston n^ade his superb speech 011 the
admission of Michagan. But let us return
to Calhoun. The last time we met hiin
was ip Dallas county, Alabama, when on
his return to Carolina from tho Memphis
Convention, But what a change? In
place of the flashing eye, the rapid talk
the enthusiastic eleetrict manner that had
distinguished him, there was lassitude and
langor. He did not speak unless when
spoken to,.and then his answers were brief,
as if conversation caused him pain- Mrs.
Calhoun was with hiin, appeared very
anxious to amuse hiin by frequently playing
on the piano, hut he. took little notice
of the music, and only seemed to listen
when his wife explained to us different
passages in a difficult piece of inusic called
"the Bastilc," which she had learned
when a girl; "for you must know," said
.this noble lady, "that when I was a sch <* 1
gu l, I was the organist in the Episcopal
-church at Newport." ''The Key of the
Bastle was sent to Washington by Lafayette,"
wo remarked. "Yes," replied
Mrs. Calhoun, "I have seen it." Her re
ply hail something in it so comical, that
for the first time that evening Mr. Calhoun
smiled and his eye flashed with its
old glory.
Calhouu's style of speaking was rapid
hut nrgumentivej each sentence being an
axiom. When he got into the heart of
his subject, and would be uttering those
"words of sunshine" that came like flashes
of lichtujng from his teeming brain, ho
would frequently pause, and nay- "Do you
see? perhaps I am too fast fo#' you? I will
repeat**?here he would recapitulate lifa
proposition in a breath, and then say?
4 you porccivc! nothing can bo clearer!"
and then taking up the thread of his discourse,
he would disentangle the knotiest
proportions, stepping about at the same
time, and using just sufficient action to
impress his on theaudencc. lis
was n6i an orator jtfjA^matiner of
speaking, but in the iffl^BHttfs discourse
he the ir^H^HHbf oratory,
s ^ no^li '
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when summing up his distinguishing quali- y
ties, personal, social, and political; for the a
present we shall present Mr. Calhoun to I
the reader as he appcniel in the spring t
of 1834, when addressing tho citizens of I
Charleston. It was the first occasion that
we ever heard hiin in public, and although t
it would be impossible for us to give a l
faithful synopsis of his address, yet as we t
are familiar with the topics he discussed, i
and having his works before us, wo shall t
1 make extracts whieh will afford a pretty t
accurate idea of the speech in question.? t
, It should be remarked that the address :
I was an impromptu, Mr. Calhoun having t
visited Charleston for the purpose of be- ing
present at the laying of tho corner i
stone of a monument to Mr. Turn bull, i
and there being a public meeting on the i
evening of that day. Mr. Calhoun was (
sent for by a resolution of the assembly.? r
Mobile Tribune. J
Noble Heroitm.
m
Among tho many intrepid persons who
reudered noble service to tho sufferers iu
thejdreadful catastrophe, at Norwalk, we
are impelled to mention tho namo of Mr.
I Brock Carroll, in particular. This gentleI
man was about leaving the wharf at Norwalk,
to go on a shoo ing excursion, when
this accident occurred. Immediately on <
seeing the cars go into the draw, he sprang '
into the water, and swam to a boat, which t
' ho quickly unmoored, and rowed to the <
nearest car, which was partially visible j
above the water; and dashing through <
the window, he drew out in succession |
Mr. Nath m Harris, of Montgomery, Ala- j
bama, his three children, and their nurse, j
together with others, and put in with them
for the shore: on landing, Sir. Harris embraced
him, and eagerly pulling out his
pocket-book tilled with money, offered it
to him, saying. "Take it, thou saviour of
my children; 1 cannot otherwise express
my heartfelt gratitude." "All right, sir,"
said the noble-hearted fellow; "I don't
want you to insult me, though"?and,
seizing an axe, he pushed again for the
wreck, and with lusty blows and superhuman
exertions soon made a huge hole
in the car's side, and rescued as many as
the boat would hold, when he was forced
to return reluctantly to tho shore with his
freight of rescued lives. "Ah!" said he,
"if there had been a few more boats, and '
some one to manage mine , 1 could have (
got insidc(lhe car, and have drawn out a '
great many that I saw rising to the sur- ,
, face, and sinking again to the bottom to i
die: it was awful to see their agonized
features, all wounded and bloody, as they (
struggled with the energics'of despair, for
life, dear life!"
Many of those who were striving for
life, when he left with his boat-full, were
silent in the long sleep of death on his 1
return. '
"Ah, it made me feel good," said he, '
"when I drew out the territied little cliil- i
dren from the water in the car," There i
was only the upper part of one side above (
water. lie was afraid that I is strength j
would fail him before ho could finish his ,
good work, but said he, "my muscles
b it just like steel bars, as I swung the
axe, and stove in the panels." When all
was finished, and no more lives could be '
saved, lie felt that liis duty was accomplished.
The many horrors he hnd to '
witness; llie mangled and maimed; the <
agony ot bereaved relatives; and the ter- '
ror-stricken people, making desperate ef- j
torts to render assistance, but perfectly <
paralyzed through horror, at the awful j
event, made a deep impression on him. i
nr 4i . i. .
??o uiiuk ioo uiucii praise eannot be |
given to Mr. Carroll, for his noble conduct I
in this case. Mr. C. is a resident of
Norwnlk, and recently of Brooklyn, New
York.
"The word, 8elah." ; ^
Thb translators of the Bible have left
the Hebrew word Selali, which occurs so
often in the Psalms, as they found it, and,
of course, the English reader often asks
his minister, or some learned friend, what
it means. And the minister or friend has
most often been obliged to confess ignorance,
because it is a matter in regard to
which the most learned have by no means
been of one mind. The Targums and
most of the Jewish commentators give the
word meaning eternally forever. Kabbi
Kinclii regard it as a sign to elevate the
vofc.\ The authors of the septuagint
translation appear to have regarded it as
a musical sign, equivalent perhaps to the
word repeat- According to Luther and
others it means silence! Genius explains
it to mean, Let the instruments play and
the singers stop. Wochem regards itas
equivalent to cursum corda, up my soul!
Summer, after examining all the seventy
four passages in which the word occurs,
rcconnizes in every case, t.n actual appeal
or summon? to Jehovah. They are calls
and prayers to be heard, expressed either
with entire directness, or if not tho imperative.
'llear Jehovah!' or, 'Awake,
Jehovah!* and tho like still earnest Addrsse$
to God that he would remember and
hear, dec. The word itself ho regards as
indicating a blast of trumpets by the priests.
Selah itself he thjuks An abridged expression.
used for IIiggaion Selali. Iliggaion
indicating the sound of the stringed
instruments, and Kelali a rigorous blast
of trumpets.? Bibliotheca Sacra.
General Jackson.
BT LIPPARD. I
11k was a man! Well do I remember
the fa. * waited upon him. lie sat |
there iff bra arm chair?I can see that old (
warriorfflice with its snow-white hair, t
cvon now. We told him of the public ?
distress?the manufacturers ruined, the i
eagle shrouded in crape, which were <
worn at the head of twenty thousand '
men into Independence Square. He '
heard us all. We begged him to leave '
the deports where the were; to uphold J
the Great Bank in Philadclpha. Still he |
did not say a wold. At last ooe of our u
number mora fiery than the rest intimated s
that if theBank was anM * re be I ion
old man I-*- i
jjEhrwas raisod a bote bis whit^?flL*; 4'
Kth yt>ur legiona?I ?n ready- for o
l'--y ,
SI B " " *
> yf m m +
i- - . . I
ou nil! By the Eternal! with tho people
it my back whom your gold can neither
>uy nor awe, I will swing you up round
he Capitol, each rebel of you, on a gibict
high as Hainan's.*;
"When I think," says the author, "of
bat one man standing thero at Washingion,
battling with all the powers of Bank
md Panic combined, botrayed by those
n whom lie had trussed, assailed by all
bat the snake of malice could hiss, or
he fiend of n falsehood howl?when I
liink that one man placing his back
igainst the rock, and folding bis arms for
lie blow, while he uttered his awful vow
?'By tho Eternal! I will not swervo an
nclt from the course I liavo chosen,?I
nust confess that tho records of Greece
uul Rome?nav, the proudest days of
Jroinwell nnd STapoleon?cannot furnish
in instance of a will like that of Andrew
'nckson, when ho placed life, soul and
nine on a hazard of a die, for the people's
vol fare."
Cmnnranirntioiis.
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For thk Ledckr.
Mosroe, May 26, 1853.
Mr. Editor,?If 1 thought it was required
>f me, 1 would most assuredly apologize foi
ntroducing the subject of Temperance to
he notice of the numerous intelligent rendsrs
of your interesting nnd inestimable pa.
icr. It (it I deem it unnecessary, for you,
;haritable heart and good judgment, have
lad you to throw open the columns of the
Ledger to correspondents upon any subject,
if in your estimation, it be worthy of publication,
with your permission then, I will
introduce the subject of Temperance, as n
theme upon which the Patriot, the Philanthropist,
and the Christian, have dwelt with
unequalled delight. Since the Patriarchal
days to the present, nnd that even the darkest
ages of the world when Ou, Romish
Church held despotic sway, ruling nation*
i\ ith the iron rod of cruel tyrany, encouraging
dissipation, crime, vice immorality, and
every species of corruption; the principals
of temperance, found an asylum no doubt,
in the bosom of many who dare not unseal
their lips at the neril of thoir livn? W ki.inn
led by a prophetic eye, to sec through the
dark vista of the future, the light of the day
that is ne w breaking upon us when every
argument within the range of human thought
nr observation, should not unhappily pass,
without being used to convice erring man,
that the influence of intemperate habits upon
Ihe body was destructive in the extreme,
and its cflects upon the soul was to dam it
to all eternity, " they rejoice," but lived not
lo see the day. How much more then should
ihnnld joy be increased, who passes the
light and blessings of the day, when the reit
mint of roinanism is uot felt or known
among us, and endeavor to benefit future
generations, by throwing the weight of oni
influence in favor of the glorious cause ol
temperance, and giving it the active energici
of our minds to help it on to its ultimate
victorious end. llut let us trace the lone
Star of Temperance back, as it persucd iU
would be tniccless way, were it not for tht
virtuous deeds it did and see it as a gentle
spirit, visiting the sick, administering to the
wants of the poor, clothing the naked, feeding
the hungry, restoring peace and love
where all was hatred and confusion, prcventiag
women nnd children from becoming
helpless widows nnd orphans, and cheering
the drooping spirit of men, preventing them
from failing into n drunkard's grave and n
lrunkard's hell, and conferring legions oi
ulessings upon the human family which
:ould not be numbered. Yet this, gentle
tpirit has had many sore combats, while on
ts errand of incrcy, but its mightiest conflict
lias been since the middle of the seventeenth
century, with the Giant Ignorance, and w hile
struggling in the strong embraces of the
hellish monster botii equally anxious for th?
mastery. Suddenly as by magic, the flick,
ering light of Temperance is seen gliding
athwart the moral heavens as swift n?
thought bearing off" the palm of victory
guided by the steady hand, and protected by
the mighty arm of an unerring Providence
who always gives the victory to a righteous
though sin for a time may seem to prevail
ind the day is not far distant when the lont
star of tcrnpcranco will reach the zenith ol
glory, and the day is equally near when
King Alcohol will be hurled with vcngcanct
from his burning throne already steeped in
he blood of thousands of humnn victims,
vith w hose soul he has peopled the tornicn.
ing regions of hell, down the rugged preei>ice
into the deep, the dark and bottomless
uin below, nnd strangled in the blood ol
niilions of souls, created for the mansions
if immortal glory, but driven to reckless
lespair by his most cruel reign, nnd in liia
ttend Temperance, the royal Queen of the
morning will mount tho imperial throne
throw wide Iter banner, and spread its ample
folds to every breeze, to hoar peuna of joy
lung and upon every sea nnd joke, and upon
tho ocean, and echoed liy hills and mountains
both far and Bear, that earth may become
with the sound of her praises ; then
we may know that the time is near at hand,
when tho christian relig on will be owned
ind embraced by the nations of cartas the
>nly true religion, nnd the world converted
to God, the eternal Son.
_ B.
Dangerous Courterfeit.?--We were
thowo, on Tuesday last, one of the most
omplete counterfeits that probably ever vtfU
got out. It is a ten dollar bill on the Sails?ury
Branch of the Bnak of Gap* Fear. It
orreaponds exactly in size with the genuine
lote of thatdenoniination, and the engraviug
s admirably dona and can only tfee^Aitiiifuished
from I he genuine by a cloOTCompaison.
Tho'fiiling in and aigniturea *re Jgart
o well executed. But even thin part enne
frork is so well calculated to deceieve, that
tine out of teofi|iiable to be impoaed upn
PrCST lo?'1* * MM* greasy
town from ^Kubtlnty, and it is not dcuotd
there ariS^^Bre where it came Jrom
Pp^MWpW^w^their gJjffifiD*
Poet* seldom make good antronomcra.
"hey so Jore women, ihejr can't see any
ither hewrmly tady. :
M ' WW*
I^aamster Wgft.
LANCA8TERVILLE, 8. C.
WEDiNESDAyTjUNE 1853.
Ti 0. o. F.
Persons in the District belonging to tl
Independent Order of Odd Fellows are inv
ted to call on us, or otherwise nddress us 1
letter. An effort is being made to establii
1 a Lodge at this place.
South Carolina Rail Road.
II. \V. Conner, Esq., having resigned tl
Presidency, (Jen. Adams and Mr. John Cal
well, of Columbia, are each spoken of i
well fitted to supply the vacancy, and Mi
I Hugcr and (jem Schnierlie.
Negro Trial.
1 Before the Magistrates and Frecholde
' convened for the purpose of trying the n
groea accused of the murder of tho late Mi
1 Martha Cunningham, at the residenec of tl
1 deceased ; after four days investigation,
which Minor Clinton, Esq., acting as couni
' for tho State and Messrs. Moore and \V
1 limns for the defence, a verdict of M Guilt;
i was rendered against Winny, Phillis and Be
' and they were sentenced to be hung on il
' third Friday in July noxt, between the hou
1 of 2 and 3 o'clock.
Executive Patronage.
The Newberry Sentinel in a recent nui
her has charged Governor Manning with 1
voritism in gi\ ing State advertisements
the Columbia Banner alone, thus excludir
the buluneo of tho Press in the State fro
taking a bite at the cherry. A writer in tl
Banner, in alluding to these comments of tl
! Sentinel, atates that the nuiount paid by tl
State for advertising last year, won aboi
$6000. The Cheater Standard in allush
, to this, says, that most of this amount mo
, have been received by the pnpers of Coiut
C bia and Charleston, or clao the story al?o
, the Press receiving $6000 is false. For o
, part, even admitting that the advcrtiscmen
, did amonnt to $6000, we rosily l>ellcve in
( noy could not be more judiciously expende
, The Press does much for the State. Whet
, ever a paper is established, the State gains
, not pecuniarily, ?ht least1 morally, and we j
so far as tq think a at?te*appropriation
the Prfsa, wuufd not I* w'liolly improper.'
Sis Thousand Dollars, admitting this to I
t true, not more than one third of this amoui
, could be saved, say v$?000. Whntis$20(
devoted by the state to the upholding ai
sustaining the Pres4 of Uio country I Wh
s paltry sum, w hen compared to the amoui
appropriated tor fire-arms? We consider
, pnper in a district, as doing more for tl
csuse of education than tho Free Seho
Fund! Say nothing then, admitting it to 1
| true, that this amount ia thrown away ; in<
, rectly we all receive the benefit, and we tru
, we may never seo the sententious annouDe
luuiiv, -- iur winner only," Appended to i
( Advertisement of <rur worthy And popul
, Chief Magistrate-?Governor Manning.
Happy on ? Little.
A young friend in an earnest manner o
served the other day in our presence, thnt I
1 would he happy to be the possessor of tv
1 hundred and fifty tflOusand dollars. I
1 would then go here, and there, buy this ai
r that; in short, possess himself of cverythii
the heart could wish for. But 1st us si
1 would you then be happy} Men of weal
1 appear to us to be more unhappy those
> straightened circumstances. We would n
exchange situations to-day, with innny a ri
' man we wot of. Wo earn what we li
upon, and therefore are more content. Ila
' ing no surplus fund, wo aro never puzzl<
1 and bothered, inquiring the prices of stoc
1 and alarmed when the loast change com
1 over the money market There is no noci
! aary we crnvc but what wc can obtain. Wh
? else do wo wish ? Nothing. It is true,
' we had thousands at our command, we eon
travel. Go to Kuropc and all over the wor1
1 but will this briug us more happiness th
remaining at home with our wife and ch
drcn; and oven if they accompanied us,
' the pleasure of travelling, insulted by p<
' tors and cabmen, and bothered with pat
ports, to bo compared to the qaiet enjo
' ment of one's home, beneath his own vl
and fig tree T Wo have tried many projec
ID our life, all having a tendency to enhan
our comfort, hut two great accrete wo h
1 to learn beforo we could appreciate the ha
' pineaa we apeak of. Learn theac, and if 1
experience probably the better. Theaecn
, are : First, if you aro comfortable, bo co
tent to let " well" alone. Secondly, j?
consider how much more uncomfortable y<
may bo?that limited as your means m
i bo, you possess much more than thousao
> in t?ia world own.
' ** " Contentment gieoo a erown,
Where fortune Hath deny'd it"
It ia always wtth a groat degree of pliw
ure wo rocowi flntaneJehf tbe in>pro*4m?
of our little Inland town.
ago, would recall to the pnaoer by idoos
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antiquity, now wear* quit* a bright, pleasant,
modern appearance. Our friend. Major
Clinton has improved his buildings in that
* vicinity, and adjoining the Major's we were
much gratified while rambling in that section
of the town the other day, to see the frame
erected of a large dwelling. This house is
being built by Mr. K. G. Billings, who designs
one portion of it for a hull, and the
basement na a store-house.
Our friend Dr. Crawford speaks of erectiug
a fine building on his lot, end our neighbor
Mr. S. B. Emmons is progressing rapidly
to completion with his, which we doubt
not, when completed, will be as magnificent
a dwelling aa any in the country. Wc do
not except Columbia.
Messrs. Magill have also improved their
" corner," and when repainted, will or ought
to stir up the owner of the Exchange Hotel.
Speaking of improvements, a neighbor
observed to us the other day, that while wc
noticed improvements nude by others, and
~ rebuked those who were negligent, we should
be enreful that the story of the glass house
and stones would not be "thrown up" to us,
V We would take great delight in improving n
dcmicil of our own, but cannot improve the
property of others for which wo would not
bo remunerated. When an opportunity pre.
scnts itself, we will gladly embraco it to become
the proprietor of a residence in Ian?
caster, where wc oxpect to remain the balbe
anec of our days, Rail Road or no Rail Road
ns "There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood lends on to fortune.'
Shukspeatr.
These lines of the great poet, have been
in our mind all day, and in order ttf be rid
of them, have inscribed thein at the top ol
ra onr sheet, as the caption of an editorial.?
Whether the tide lias ever been at the flood
"* with us, wc cannot say, but it is evident thai
10 with many it lias, and the opportunity being
'n taken bold of, fortune soon flowed in. We
know a gentleman in Charleston, who posscsses
his thousands and tens of thousands,
y who at one time of his life, drove a dray in
n? the city. The tide then was at its ebb, but
',e \\ hen the Hood came on, before it was suff
r8 eredto recede, a lucky chance of good luck,
aided by industry and perseverance put him
on a trail, which in the end led to oppulcncc.
mi- - ? -- ! ? -?? ..?
i in- question is, aoe* mis nue come upon all
Q> men ? Some around and about us, appear
'a, to strive hard to get along?seem to be sl^
ways busy?get well paid for what they do,
ig yet the tide with them is always at the ebb ;
in i they possess but little, and money with them
|(J is uncommonly scarce.
u. The moon exerts a powerful influence
)C over the tide, and we have thought that this
^ influence has boon sometimes diverted from
,n tho"tido in the affairs of some men" and been
more particularly exerted over the men,
^ hei ce they bnve bccomo "inoon stricken"
Ul Mid when the tide was at its flood, they
||r knew not how or with which hand to grasp
ts the golden apple f Might not this be so 1
^ You, who lu.ve numbered fifty, sixty or sev^
enty yeanqsec you not many instances around
^ you of men, who failing to take advantage
if of the flood, have receeded with the ebb, and
^ with "moon stricken " philosophy, hope on
to for another flood. To be plain-?s?e yon not
men' who are comparatively worthless?i
worthless to themselves, to their families and
^t to society, who may now have occupied fai
)0 different positions, if any exertions had been
)(] mode by them nt the proper time f Some
Kt men are continually .watching for tho flood.
nt and when it comes they know not how to
i tike advantage of it, whilst others are unconscious
w hen it comes. Perhaps we may
0| be able to give a word of advice to these ;?
be First, never look for the flood?act as if you
ii. expected no flood of the tide. Secondly, tc
ISL be prepared for it when it does come?acl
e. as if it had already come,
m "Fortunes are made, if I the fact may state
tr Though poor myself, I know the fortunate
First there's a knowledge of the way from
whence
Good fortune comes?and this is sterling
sense ;
Then pcracverence never to decline,
b- The chase of riches till the prey is thine,
A 1 C * *
t,0 r?nu iirmnesa never 10 do drawn away,
By any passions from that noble prey,
k ? By love, ambition, study travel fame,
'c Or the rain hope that livea upon a name.'*
ad ^ __
fcifWe have received a catalogue of the
Faculty and Board of Viaitora of Harmon)
Female College. This College i* located a
Bradford Springs, Sumter Distrret, 8. G\?
^ The following compriac the Faculty :
Rev. Gilbert Morgan, AeM. President o
* the College, ProfesaSr of Mental and Mora
j Philoaophy, and inatrnetor in other aeieneea
^ Mra. Maria Morgan, Directreaa in Literar)
' and Social duties \ Mies Mnrjrsrct J. Morgan
^ (graduate,) teacher of Perspective Drawing
jt and Oil Painting, of the French language
.j. and of Composition ; Mlaa Mar)' Woaanv
l(j man, (graduaU in Baile, Switzerland,) teach
U er of Inatrumental and Vocal Muaie, alao o
' the French, Italian, German and Spanial
j language*; Mr. G. Morgan, (of Hampden
Sidney College,) Assistant instructor in Lat
in, Greek and Mathcmatica.
>rWe
quote from the Pamphlet the follow
y. lo*:
ne 44 The farm of fiv# hundred acres, la eulti
. vated solely to supply the table with abun
dance and variety, at all seasons, la addition
ce to the home and foreign market, and thatoc
ad pitrent may be troubled with complaint*.
n. ! 'I*he Philoaoohieal Annon i*. U on* ?'
r r ?w vmw V?
/ , j beat than can be made in the country, ami
7 the department of Chemietry, Astronomy
*u and natural Hiatory trill be furnished wllli
n- like fncilitiea. The fkrm and the apartment*
iet are well furniahed and In readjMM.
Thb property, costing ote? mwnlr thouaand
dolls re, haa been purehMSU etpreeal)
*y aa the heaia of the eoduwaaent of "Harmon)
da Female College." All jhinga will be ta
preparation to receire pdfRla and organiw
the College on the A rat day of June.
The Rallroada from Charleeton end from
Columbia, on the line to Camden, end U
| Wilmington, | i ?i |Wl within Mleea tnllet
T?f the College, hating three depoU: at Seen
1 tervillo on the 8outh, at Claremont on tht
ia- Weat, at OMadea en the North- Wpili
nt coming by the ?ara are axpeeted to aan?
ward WBw College, that e carriage may ba
in gt eee of theae on their *r*h?l
*7 TtdHKVnroa the?ogh?Vee end rll%t
9i MReelettoAA, adds greatly to the haypKm
. . if W "
I *
andTmprovemont of the young ladles, and exempt
parents from their most anxious solicitudes.
.
The carriage roads are good from nearly
every village and parish in the eastern districts,
from Winnaboro', Lancaster, Che raw,
Marion, round to Kingstree.
Agricultural.
Is sloth indulgence ? 'tis n toil,
Enervates man and damns the soil.
Young.
For thf. I.edgf.r.
GUANO.?Experiments No*. 1 2. 3.
Mr. Editor:?As this somewhat untried
and unknown fertalizcr of the soil, "Guano,"
: has been recently discovered and brought
into use as a manure, and as we all profit
more or less by experience, 1 believe it to be
' the duty of those who have tried the same,
i to let it bo known, so that whatever may be
I its valuable properties, its best mode of apI
plication, the quantity required and the rei
suits produced, those who mny wish to try
the Guano, will have the benefit and expoi
ricnce of the different modes in which it Im8
i been used, so that the most successful and
i less costly may be adopted. Having used a
small quantity on three acres of corn land,!
. propose to givo the mode and manner in
which I prepared, used nnd mnnured with it,
nnd I remark that the land selected had not
been in cultivation for several years from the
fnct that it was too poor and exhausted to
p-oduce. I selected poor land for two reasons
: one was that I had scarcely any other
quality of land, than poor hind, nnd tho other
1 wst that if Guano was the great fertalizcr of
the soil thnt it is reputed to be, I wished to
give it a fair trial, for the soil was so poor
that it could do but little, and the Guano
would have to make all, or nearly all the
corn that would be undo.
r\o. i. i mixed one pari oi iiinno, whii
1 4 parts of dirt, and haxing laid off the rows
4 feot each w ay' I dropped two grains of
i corn in each hill, this was followed with a
small sized handful of the mixture, dropped
in tho same hill, on and around the grains of
corn ; then it was covered by running a small
' sized grab on each side. This gave to each
hill of corn a tablespoonful of Guano mixed
with 4 table spoonfuls of dirt. This mode
consumed and required about 160 lbs of Guano,
to about '2800 hills of corn, which is a
few hills over an nerc, four feet each way.
I was told before I tried|it that I would fail
to get a stand of corn by letting the mixture
touch ths grain, but being rather incroduloua
on the subject that any manure would burn,
I planted and dropped in the way stated
Whether the fiuano, of find worm prevented
a good stand, I am not certain but incline
to the opinion that the stand was injured by
the Guano, affecting the grain, nnd destroy,
ing its propagnting quallities for in searching
in the hills that did not come np, I found
1 several grains very yellow, and looked like
corn after being soaked in lye. I had other
' com planted in the same Held, and at the
same time, which was a better stand. This
1 acre was planted the 30th of April.
| . No. 3. On this aero I used tho same
quantity of Guano, 160 lbs., but prepared
1 and planted differently. The corn was plan'
tod 4 feet each wHy, and was up before the
1 Guano was applied. For. litis acre I took
one part Guano, ? parts of dirt, nnd six parts
1 of sawdust, and mixed the same thoroughly
1 together. Then I run a furrow on each aide
of the corn with a small grab, as naar as I
1 could get to the stalk without injuring it,
then a handful of the mixture was dropped
in the f i rrow by the side, and on oach side
' of the stalk, and covered immediately by
> running a furrow and breaking out the mid.
> dies. This gives a half table spoonful ol
I guano, on each side of the stalk of corn.?
This acre was manured the 12 of May.
> No. 3. This acre adjoins no. 2, and wm
' prepared and planted in tho same way and
the corn was the same size before the np
r plication ; on this acre 1 used 164) lbs o(
CJuano, mixed as follows: I part guano a*d
4 parts dirt, this gives a bible spoonful el
guano in each handful of the mixture, tbi*
was placed around the stalk of eor? and covered
immediately with hoes. This acre w?i
manured about the 13th of May.
I have thus, Mr. Editor, given you th<
I mode in which I have used Guano. Whal
f may be the result 1 am as yet unable to tell
t but trust if it mine soon, that at tho gather
iug sonaoo 1 may be able to give good nc
count of my experiments. As yet, it has npi
f | had time to "show Itself," besides, there hai
1 been no rain on Nos. 9 and 3 since iU ap^ttrr.
( tion.
r By the aide of those experements, there it
f other com planted, part manured with sta
r ble manure, nnd a few rows left without ant
, manure, ao that the results produced b]i gn
eno may be fully seen and teated. My prva
ent opinion, (but perhapa it is rather in ad
f vance.) is, that guano for corn, is rather to<
i cotlly a manure, for a table spoonful of gn
i ano to aseh hill of com, fenr feet each way
will require about 160 lbs to the acre, whirl
costs Si cents in ("herbston, to which a<k
freight and expenses from Charleston will
make the coat of Guano for each at re aboul
, five dollars, but believing that it la proper k
. keep progress with the improvements of th<
i age, to abandon the cultivation suited to th<
' land in 1799, and adopt that salted to th?
, worn and exhausted, condition of the aqll It
I I8&, and aapecblly to aseh poor land an II
. ia my misfortune to eultivate. I waa in.
1 duced to make trial of a am all quantity.
1 I bad like to have forgotten to mention
. that the land on which the above ex peri,
r meats have been made, waa broken up oloac
' and deep with
J ? LONG GRABS."
Lancaster, May 90, 1669.
> An urchin being tout for m oewt'a worth
1 of Maocaboy snuff; forgot the name of the
article, and asked the man for a cents
[ worth of make aboy eaaj|g
1 mm mm
Tut philosopher Mnhn at last be*
, discovered! 1w ?gflnM||podfl[
? gbW-^-has been found! H is fafas/vy* *
?P*? %JV qT?
% i1
ft i t a r' s <?n Ij I f".
The Westmwistee Review?Contti^ of
April number.
1 British Philanthropy nnd "Jsinm^Distress.
.. f
2 Thackeray's Works.
3 Iconoclnsm in German Philosophy, &Ci
<Sic. &c."
L. SCO'lT 6l CO.,
New York.
EDITOIUAL_SUMMARY.
It's What Yob Spend.?"It's what thee'il j
spend, inv son," raid a engo old Quaker, M
"not what thec'Ii make, which will decide
whether theft to bo rich or not. The advi'.*e
was trite? (remarks the Philadelphia
ledger,) for it was but Franklin's, in aooth*
cr shape : "Take care of the pennies, and the
pounds will take enre of themselves." But
it cannot be too often repeated. Men are
continually indulging in small expenses, say*
ing to themselves that it's only n trifle, vet
forgetting that the aggregate is serious, that
even the sea shore is made up of petty grains
of sand. Ten cents a day even is thirty-sis
dollars and n half a vonr, and that is the in- ,
torest of a capital of six hundred dollars.?
The man that saves ten cents a day only, is
so much richer than him who does not, as if
he owned a life estate in a house worth six
hundred dollars. Evcrv sixteen years ten
cents a day becomes six hundred dollars ;
and, if invented quarterly does not take half
that time. But ten cents a day is ehiid's
play, some will exclaim. Well then, John
Jacob Aster used to say. that when a man,
who wishes to bo rich, has saved ten thousand
dollars, has won half the battle. Not
that Astor thought ten thousand much.?
But he knew that, in making such a sum, a
man acquired habits of prudent economy,
which would constantly ktrp him advancing
wealth. How many, however, spend
ten thousand in a few years in extra expen.sea,
nnd when, on looking back, cannot tell,
as they say, "where the money went to. ?
To save," is the golden rule to get rich. 'To
squander, even in small sums, is the first
st"p towards the poor-house.
Resignation.?II. W. Connor, Esq., Provident
<?f the Mouth Carolina Rail Rond has
tendered his resignation 10 the Board of
Directors, to take elicet on the 1st Juno .
next. . > t
The Columbia Jlannrr states that tho office
which will bo mode vacant by the ixaignation
of Mr. Conner has boon tendered to
John Caldwell, Kaq., of Columbia.
|-Sf~ The Barnwell Stnlinel lewrti* thmt
on Friday morning ImI, several distinct
shocks of an earthquake werj felt in th: t
village, accompanied by a report and rumbling
noise like distant thunder.
Bask or Chester.?-Wo understand the
Bank of Cheater was regularly orjfaniaed
yesterday, and that the following named gentleman
were elected Directors, to wit.
James Hemphill, N. R. Eaves, Thomas MeClnre,
W. D. Henry. James Graham, R.
K. Kennedv, Sauiuul .MeAlilev, II. C. Brawlev,
A. CI. bunovant. John AlcCluro, YVm. 1
\VrighU Cornelius Caldwoll, A. B. Springs.
At a meeting of the Board tho same day, j
James Hemphill was -elected President and
Jolih A. Bradley Cashier. _ I
A Stat* **Duvmmino " for cituesa.?
The legislature of Wisconsin has passed s
bill providing for the appointment of s trav.
cling 'migrant agent whoso duty it shall be
to induce emigrants to the west, to.embraeo
tho ndvnntAges held out to tl^em in YViscon "
sin. Hon. J. J. Townsen'd, formerly s mrui.
ber of the Legislature, has accepted tho ap
pomtment. ... . . . -v.
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! From IIavke ...7..7...".7Say 3
| From llnMina ?.... May < ' '
Charleston Market* . *
SatcrOay Monxi.xo, May 37,
Cotto*.?The transactions fcMktv reached
1438 bales, at a very full rungs sf price*.?
i Tim sales nrv ?\ o\V umcs ranging uom 8|e
| to 1 U\
CVkLtuatA Market, May 28.
. Conw -The Cotton Market was ia a
stand >0iU yumitWn today. There was no
' Cotton cut mUs ccutruxymutly we have to
i t nnxactiun* to notiec.
' MABB1A8I8.
> Till Hymen bro't his love ilrKgktod. Wans,
1 There dwelt no joy in Edon'a re*y hears?!
i The world was sad!?the garden was a ? iTd;
And man, the hermit, sighed?till woman
smiled.' Campbell.
I MARRIED at the rcaidvore
, R. Miller by the Rev. Mr. noys, rmmA*
M. YOUNG. Esq. of Mocksville, N. C? to
MRS. MARGARET J. STEWART of
this District. V -*
1 ????Mam
wpur ?nv>.*Rm!Mi!id
- nun /iiivuiiiimuo.
It A K (1 ATN 8 7
DRV aoooa A* COST.
> rfM!E subscriber having determined to
X eloee this branch of hie business, offers
his large and well selected stock of Domes~
tic and Fancy Dry Goods wl Coet^ either a|
' wholesale or retail.
' To one wishing to commit no* a bualneaa
I this offers a rare opportunity, .To an ap*
t pro'od parchaser, the terms will bs very
liberal. -L *
* B. W. CHAMBERS,
} Camden, /one, let *WIT-.
; SOUTH CAROLINA,
, LANCASTER DISTRICT.
\ By Jam** H- Witherenoon, Eeq., OrdioMt
for Mid IKatriet. ?
WI^HHKREAft?nnrod A.IMylerhaaaMlfc*
I MbflK of AdminiatmUnft Ml
1 all and ainji&the good* wad ehaltelarighta
and credit* of Mr. Frederfcfc Pty for late of . ,
i the Diatrlet aformakl, deeeeaeJ.
Tlieae are. therefore, to cite ami adrnooiah
all and aiuvular, the kindred and ercdi*.
era of the aaM foot"mid*? he and appear be^
idMn weotoiu aWQrdtoary'aCourt, for the ,
aaId Diatrlet tobcbokfon at J oocenter Conrt
rteoae on noe yaUo . ^
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