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Till; LANCASTER LEDGER. R. S. BAILEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETORSPEECH OF HON. P. S. BROOKS, ? | Of South Carolina, in the J louse of He- ; / preseti!alives March I o, 1854, on the j Bill providing Territorial Govern- ' merits Jor Nebraska and Kansas. I Mr. II rooks said : Mr. CiiAiKMAN :?I desire to express my views upon the bill which is engros- j sing the thoughts of every member on this ' lloor, ami I wish to do so before the ground is altogether covered by the army [ of speakers who are holding themselves j in reserve. Should aught of intcmper a nee oe language escape me in the re- j marks I am about to make, I trust that ; it may be regarded as directed towards j principles and positions, and not to the persons from whom they proceed. i I have live 1 long enough to learn, that ' to do justice to the opinion even prejudi- ' ,>nc r\t nfltore ik flu* cnrncf ?* ?%* */-v -- ? just consideration of my own. I 1 Nor, sir, does it jump with my humor | or my appreciation of honor to assail those i who, in obedience to a local sentiment, j s are averse to a resvrt but too cotnmou in \ a wanner latitude. It is a cheap display \ of chivalry to insult when no risk is in- | i cm red; an J, for my own par!, I would pre- ] fer the condition of him who bears the | , wound than of him, by whom it is, under j i such circumstance*, needlessly indicted. | i L am frauk to avow my belief that it j i would have been w iser, and in better keep- . iiig with the general interests of the conn- i trv, had the bill providing territorial go- , nments for Nebraska aiul Kansas been i de'aved, until the pressing wants of tho 11 people of those Territories hid caused them to apply to Congress lbr relief. The friends of the bill maintain that I the so called Missouri com promise line, j < has been superseded by subsequent acts i of legislation which are inconsistent with it, and that it is therefore virtually annulled. I would have preferred to continue in this attitude. It would have given j us tho advantages of a defensive position. But, sir, tho bill is before us, and it becomes us of the South, to avail ourselves of the opportune occasion, to bring back i congressional legislation within constitutional restraint*?to re assert the great eons itutioual principle, that as the people are tho source of all political power, they h ive, in tho capacity of sovereign States, the inherent right of self-government, and to regain our constitutional right to go with our property, of every description, U 1)1 >11 nnv liiirf nf ?lm r,,.Ki:.. .1 - A -- ?j j ... - ?. ?nw |niuiit uniiiaiii. We rejoice to unite with our brethren of the West in so patriotic an enterprise, and we rejoice that the stars of the Constitution and of empire, arc mingling their rays together in the West. We rejoice upon this coincidence of opinion between i he people of the two great sections, which are destined to grow together in prosperity and wealth, and which God | L. ? i ? MVM llU^IOOt^ l/J illAV great highway of commerce which brings the treasures of the West into the lap of the South. Was the Wilinot Proviso incorporated into the bill, I apprehend that r.o obstacle would be interposed to its passage by those who now oppose it.? 13ut sir, a certain fraternity, who with humble pretensions, have assumed to he the only reliable expounders of the Constitution?the discoverers of a higher law, than the law of God, in obedience to the peculiar tenets of which they are required to love their brethren in black more than those of the same color as themselves? tell us in sanctimonious tones of senatorial flignity, to " maintain plighted faith."? They object to the bill ? 1st. Because of the assumption that it w as the original rolicv of the mnnt _ . - v exclude slavery from the territories held in common by the States. 2nd. Because of an act of legislation in 1820, the consideration of which has been enjoyed by the slave Staves, and the benefit* of which have not yet accrued to the free Suites. 3d. Because of the assumed an'agonism of the free and slave labor, and that the admission of slaves into these territories will result in the exclusion of foreign emigrants. And, 4th. Because of the immortality and inexpediency of slavery. I propose to reply to the objections in the order in which they are stated, and I invite your attention first, to that which is based upon what is assumed to have been the original policy of the country. It is not surprising that among a people who have just emerged from a wasting and protraeod war, waged in tlie defenco of their own liberty, that, in the first enjoyment of that liberty, many should have been precipitated into extravagancies of opinion and of act, There was an exultant feeling of triumph, natural, yet dangorous, which paraded every rank of society ; and the prosperity of the American States was never more critically grilled than at that period of tirno which intervenes between the termination of the war of Independence and tho adoption of the Federal Constitution. While the States tvero employed in a common resistance to a common onemy, they were secure against rivalries and jealousies amongst themselves. But with the relaxations of peaco came the intoxications of liberty. We were then in "the infan?y of tho science of constitutions and ol' confederaciesand never was our victory complete until tho liberty we had achieved had been regulated by law, and j the rights of the States in their relations j jl with each other and to the Genernl Gov- ' - erniuent, then about to be established, ' had been defined and guarantied by a written Constitution. That the light pf liberty during this interval should h*vo been reflected from the white to. the black uiau, is but natural ; and tliat men h'gh 'D fame for wisdom an 1 patriotism, b^ve lettered sentiments adverse to the extension of slavery, it would be unfair and untrue to d*nv, Mr. Mason, at Virginia, iq the Federal rconversion avowed the opinion that slaves imftu judgment of heaven on a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next wqrld, they must < bets this. Dy aa toetSeble ffeafe of 1 &* ' '* ' ' | causes awl effects, l'rovidence punishes tii national sins by national calamities, lie to I lamented, however, that some of our Eas ki tern brethren had, from a lust of gain, em- fu barked in this nefarious traffic." in Mr. Ellsworth, of Connecticut, said: "Let us not intermeddle. As j>oj>uln- to tion increases, poor labor wi'l be so plenty as to tender slares useless. Slavery iu wi time, will not be a speck in the country." in Authority may be adduced in support th of a thousand exploded theories. Author- fo< itv, and high authority, may be brought ha or converting this government into a con- on solidatcd despotism ; authority for giving ea the President a life tenure of cffice; and | authority for conferring upon him the appointtneut of members of the other branch 1 m of this Cotigr. ss. And to what does this I authority amount ? You may as well 1 give the authority of Quakers against war, and the authority of Shays' rebellion against the blessings of the very liberty wo hail achieved in the Revolution. Of what weight is the authority of Mr. Mason, of Virginia, now, that the judgment of Heaven is visited upon the owners of slaves? And of what weight in J Connecticut is the wholesotno retnon- v .trance of Mr. Ellsworth, let us not interined.ll>' ? Sir. the judgment of Heaven has fallen J tpon our land, and in such plenteous diowers of prosperity and of greatness, ? .hat the nations of the Old World turn 1 heir eyes upon us in admiration and n- ' viazcnieiit. (>ur staple productions?the produetk its of our slaves?fill every marLei in Lotli hemistilmr?Mt Tlmir h>iw.. ... , , ~-^.J interwoven themselves with the occupations, the habits ami the necessaries of man, that a failure of the slave cropt. of America would threaten revolution in Eu- VV rope, and bring ruin to thousands of our ? jw n countrymen, who, in their blind fanaticism, would now spoil the udder which lias fed and fattened them. The policy of a government is not to be ecl learned from isolated opinions, irresponsi- ^ bly given in loose debate, but by its sol- ^ emit enactments, executed proper form, and bv competent authority. Hut, sir, since this point has been made, we learu more of the policy of this country, by examining the opinions of other ,ns gentlemen of the Federal Convention. eo Mr. Sherman, of Connecticut, observed that, " the abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the United States, and that ev the good sense of the several States would, ru probably, by degrees, complete it." Mr. Dickinson, of Delaware, "considered it inadmissible, on every principle of honor and safety, that the importation of slaves should be authorized to the States by the Constitution." Mr. Luther Martin, of Maryland, was for prohibiting the importation of slaves. Pr "It was Inconsistent with the principles of the Kuvolutiou, and dishonorable to de the American character, to have such a be feature in the Constitution." Mr. Gerry, of Massachusetts, thought we "had nothing to do with the conduct of the Slates as to slaves, but ought to be careful not to give any sanction to it. Mr. L'tngdon of New Hampshire, was ^ strenuous for giving this power, prohibitumg mo iiupurumou ot stave*; 10 toe General Government. Ho could not with a good conscience leave it with the States, ' who would then go on with the traffic n without being restrained by the opinions C i u~. .1.- MI .1 1 iiuio lUHl Uiry win uieinseives X cease to import slaves The opinion of Mr. Mason has already been given. Alt ihis is plain enough, and puts the p general disposition of the Convention, to prevent the importation of slaves beyond question. " But where were the Caroliuas and ^ Gorgia ? 3 Mr. Kutled^e said: e The question at present, is, whether the w Southern States shall or shall not be par- g ties to the Union? If the Northern | Slates con-tilt their interests they will not tj oppose the increase of slaves, which will increase the commodities of which they will become the carriers. Mr. l'inckney said : South Carolina never can receive tho ^ pl an, (the Constitution,) if it prohibits the P slave trade. In every proposed exten- a sion of the |>owoni of Congress, that State had expressed, and watchfully excepted, that of meddling with the importation of negroes. p General l'inckney "declared it to be his tirm opinion that, if himself and all Ins colleagues were to sign the Constitu- P tion, and use their personal influence, it c would be of no avail towards obtaining P ! the assent of their constituents. South- w Carolina and Georgia could not do with- t< out slaves." tr Mr. Williamson, of North-Carolina, d "thought that the Southern States could tl not be members of the Union, if the p c'ause (on restricting importations) should j be rejected.'* ^ Mr. 13 aid win. of Georgia "lm.l 7 VVM fl ccived national objection* alone to be before the convention; not such a* like the r< present, which were of a local nature.? f! Georgia was decided on tliis point." Well, air, with theso points of differ- H ence so fully expressed, so strongly urged on the one side, and sternly resisted on the other, what was the result! A few oilier extracts, oxpressive of tho 0 policy of the country, wil explain ; Mr. Sherman said, "it is better to let (j the Southern States import slaves than to , part with them, if they made that a sine (jaa iion." ? Mr. Gourerneur Morris said, "these things form a bargain among the North | orn aim southern states." [ Mr. Ellsworth said; d< "If we do not agree on this middle ui snd moderate ground, he was afraid we |,i should lose two States, with suoh others jn as may l>e disposal to stand aloof; should fly into a variety ofshapes and directions, cj and, moat probably, confederations?if not with bloodshed." Now, sir, we begin to see somewhat ,n more "of the policy of the country," and ^ the explanation of the whole matter is it mm)ply thist The northern States having mi found slaves unprofitable to them, judged they would be so with us at the South. Under this mistake they yielded to the obstinacy (if you pUasej of the Carolinas and Georgia, ami the importation of slavee fn was authorised by law until 1904, a peri- tic od of twenty ?eara. pe *? tie . w, ' K jAili" s ? . y' a 1 *Pw ? : i j -* m M\ tUL it'ii indifferent on the subject for the o, bad found them unprofitable, an lew that they could sell off to the Stat< rther South upon better terms, if tl jportation from Africa was prohibited. About this time, Mr. Jefferson said baceo: " It is a culture productive of infini retcheduess ; those employed in it ai a continued state of exhaustion, beyori e powers of nature to support. Litt xl of any kind is raised by them,?t ceo growers?so that men and ultima these farms are badly fed, and tl rib is lapidly impoverished." COKCLt'DKt) IN OCR NRXT. LEDGER LANCASTERVILLE. S. C. EDNESDAY. MARCH 29,185 Executive Department. Columbia, March 34. 18; The Medal* executed by order of (he E utive for the friends of the deceased nici rs of the Palmetto Regiment are couipl 1, and will be delivered when called fi By order, B. T. WATTS, Secretary. All the Papers in the State give o wrtion, in the above form, in the editor lutnn. Iw The Lancaster Ledger is print cry Wednesday morning nt the foliowi tes of subscription, viz : Single copy one year $3.00 Five copies, 8.75 10 15.00 15 30.00 520 35.00 Advertisements inserted at moden ices. Job work of nil kinds executed \vi spateh at short notice, and as low as c i done any where. Commercial Convention. At n meeting of the town council of L: isterville, the following gentlemen w? pointed as delegates to the Contmcrc (invention to be held in Charleston on I w ?w< i%> o. iwiicyi M. I'.brj >rd, Jos. II. Withcrspoon, J. R. Msgill, ] L. E. Wylie, S. B. Emmons, W. M. C< or*, Jus. E.Cureton, J. A. llaaseltine, Joi rockett, l)r. R. L. Crawford and SS. [asscy. Mr. Brooks' Speech. We give in this paper an outline of I books' Speech. It is nn able product! nd as a correspondent of the Fairfield R iter justly observes, 'would have done iseredit to Calhoun himself.' This coi pondent further observes, that a distingui d member of Congress remarked ' tha as the best speech fit had heard in C ress for ten years " Mr. Brooks we notice meets with opp< on in the next race for Congress, in erson of Col. A. C. Darlington. Wo ret this, Mr. Brooks has proved himself e well fitted for the position to which as beeu elected, and changes are to bo recation, more especially when the pise t present so well filled. Waxhaw P. 0. We regret very much to learn that t oHi irmce nas neen discontinued. That section of the District is dens opulnted, and a Post office has been of mi onve nience to the people. Tlie difficulty ears to be in the transportation of the n rhieh is taken from Lancaster via. Waxh > Chester and back once a week. T tail rider demurs st going a little out irect rout from here to Chester. Un ic circumstances, we think the Post of iepartment should increase the contrnct< ay, and we doubt not but he would tl c willing to embrace Wnxhnw in the roi lus eonfering an obliging service on m? ?nders of the Chestor 8tandnrd and I. istor ledger. Our Waxhaw friends should send a pi Ion to the Department at once. Business Notices. Attention is directed to the ndvertisem f Mr. Kinsman Charleston 8. C.. ( uuntry friends should visit Mr. K. wl ley visit the Citv ; if we inlstnko not peps the largest and most complete st< f pnper hangings die., in Charleston. Render unto Cesar Ac., Ws give below n letter from Mr. Hi ^rson, the oompositorwho setup the".M tea of the Baptist Association," exeusi imseif from any intentional design of a g fraudulently in the matter. We are s ' the thing ocoured, but wore compelled ear our skirts of oensure. It may be, tl 0 copyist omitted a portion of the nertn tho transcription, or the compositor in ivo accidentally omitted a portion, belt may we hope the motive of itapoaiti sy be imputed to no one. Coitcoa D, N. C. March 94. tmr Sir: After compliments, I wish to clear ays >m any blame in regard to tbc "Assoc m Mtoutos," ss I ace an article in yoar | r, (just U sand,) stating that some on >?9 b?4 Weso U U?c?. - * ' tk ; M0 | iV HMuro you, air, thnt if an omission was mads, id I think it was their fault, as 1 firmly believe I set up everything sent. 1 sot one page of 16 the circular, and then made my calculations to see how many printed pages it would ? make, and sot it in Brevier "solid" because ^ I could just get it in thnt way in 15. I do re not see how I could have made nn omission, lcj as it'just held out according to my calculate tions. I am very sorry there was an omiso sion, but assure you thnt if it ?cat my fault, Is it was not done intentionally, or 1 never o would have put my name on the job. Yours die., J as. M. Hendeksos. Advertising. It is a trite but true saying, that "one half - the world do Dot know how the other half live." We hnvo co ne to the conclusion thnt this probably is the oate because one half advertise, thus showing the ether half what they are doing, whilst the latter class are content to hide their light under a bushel. A little circumstance came under our immediate observation the other day, which illustrated sufficiently to our mind, tho advantages of making oneself and business known. We were present one evening laat week when the mail was opened, and noticed thnt several small packages which had been insecorelv enveloped, had burst open. These little packages were "I)r. Young's pocket ? Esculapius." If wo mistake not, wo coun iea some imriccn 01 inese books received that mail. Now this book has boon advertiscd in our paper, and we are satisfied that the only knowledge of it was thus derived. If thirteen were received last weak by 14. one mail, when the advertisement has becu in our paper some nine or ten months, how m- many have been received tho mails prccedle ing? It is a rule of three we cannot nn)T. swer. But we infer if so many were received by one mail, at one office, a grent many must have been received heretofore, no Our paper is seen and read in every nook ia| and corner of the district Like an Asmodeous, it visits our cities, towns, villages, = every where. The rich and the ponr^ilike w" are its friends. There is scarcely a state in nl> the Union but it visits. Then away to the west, to the gold regions of California, it finds its friends; and over tho big pond,to the snst, in tho land of sovereigns and princes it deigns to show itself?even the great city of London. Where then may not Dr. Young's book have been ordered from ?? ito Immagination cannot conceive. ith Editorial Life. an From an article wnich we publish in another column of this paper, we lenrn that editors moat generally, die young. We believe it. in. There is no business of life, where men ,ro are subjected to as many changes of the paa. .jal aions, as the editing and conducting a news Ihe PaPer- This Is not eo much tho caao where ?? -Jt*? W -.yw) 'J -* >.-! pr salary for his services Whether the papei on. P*"4)'8 W e" or not- ^ ,nan 4n position ae8 has only to write ; it is true if his producH tions meet with an unfarontble reception from the patrons of the paper, it diseourngei and distresses him, hut then, he is not subjected to those unpleasant reflections, whicl yjr the pecuniary welfare of the paper would on, engender, end he finally consoles hi in sell Pgm by the reflection, thut he has perhaps pleas. no ed somebody. Te_ But let us take the so called editor of t sju country paper. Ilis duties are four-fold.? t It ne is eauor, proprietor, publisher?ever) on. tiling. He must arrange with printers tc get the paper printed, attend to the purchos vsi- 'ng P:iPcr> make ?P mails, keep books |ie dun delinquents, select copy, write for th? r,._ paper die., A great many persons in the ' to COUI,tr> hike but the one paper, it is desirs . ble therefore to have a little of every thing in the paper?the editor is theiefore obliger to make judicious selections, a little fun peotry, agricultural. Ate., and to do so he ii necessarily compelled to exntnine some lift) or sixty exchange papers daily. .. He must (or at least we do) keep a mem orandum of those things which will engng< ^ the use of his pen on writing day?mnrri jch *Pe8' deaths, news-matters, must nil b? kept a minute of, and on writing day placed in intellignble reading form; those article) which arc too long, but descrvo tonw aw . he no*'ce' be clipped out and preserved and on writing dny abridged into smallei der ParnKr"pb*- Should writing day come or Rce >'ou without something to writi it's y?u would be in an unpleasant dilem mn, so, to provide against such a contingen ey, the memorandum is used, and we recom 110, ment it to editors. Ours Is a book witli slate leaves, which can be written upon.anc cleaned nt will. Writing day as we tern It. is the one day of seven we take to wriU editorials. Perhaps as you are preparing vour leader on this momentous day, tin foreman sends in for a piece of copy to fil ont * 1unrt*r ?' * column on the outside. Verj >ur >'ou 'AV dnwn your pen.and havi len rotour*c to ?W exchanges. But w hen th? h,. P"P**r printed nnd given to the world?thii ^ one writes thnt he doee not feeeive it, am intimates that after you have got his monej yon do not enre to send the paper?nnothei that when his "time is out," please to atoj pn_ his paper?another that be will pay yon I one of these days for the paper, and makei ?? the editor pay five centa for this piece of in' ng * * formation. And then cornea another to th< or office in propria prrtona, and with a bland to smile, like that which Lucifer bestowed up I on Cain, inquires when hia time will -bs out" Yon inform him. -I paid yon foi it T says he. -Oh yea air." -Wail when M it la out atop it 1" What a relief! How ou much ligher hia heart most be, he waa weighed down with the mighty importunes of'atop it.* Two or three some at ones perhaps, and order a disfeotiauaaoe of their papers. The editor la perplexed to know oif the eaoae. ! - He tehee hia letters out of the ottoe. The P. M. at aueb an offiee he Mbaeeippi, re? I** qneate yoa to atop the paper of ee md so, i wfetMleft for,** Ap* J; j |( V i * > * Jfc probably you had been sending the paper U for some three or four years. Mr.??come to pny for an advertisement,?gracious heav en it will bring him to ruin. So much fo that little advertisement?publishers mus i make (he thinks steal) n great deal of mon ! ey- A green horn standing by "though they never charged for advertisement! thought they wanted them to fill up." J gentleman comes in and hands you a list of dozen names of new subscribers, and placei the cash in your hand. These changes of the mind, reverses o feeling, leading man's sensibilities one wa; and then another, must debilitate the sya tern and therefore bring on premature death Sometimes with ourself. it requires no in ' | considerable effort to arouse ourself to thi performances of those various duties, b; which we are enabled to provide for thorn about us. These changes depress the individual and reduco the physical man to a degrst of lassitude approaching syncope. - i mm i ? Death of the Hon. Xer Boycc. The melancholly intelligence of the deatl | of this old and respectable citizen reachc< I here yesterday. He died in Columbia 01 1 Sunday night, in the 68th ysar of his age J Mr. Boyes wa# for many years one of ou j first merchants, and on his retirement fron | business, suceeeded General Hamilton ai president cf the bank ?f Charleston?a po sition which he filled with ability and auc cess. He repreaented the city (of Charles ton) successively in the House and the Sen ! ate of the state .and his great practical knowl edge on all subjects connected with com merce and banking, gave him much influcnci in the legislature, Mr. Boyce was emphat icnlly a self-made man, and commencing life with no other resources than native ne gacity and untiring industry, he signally il lustratcd the force of these qualities, by ac cumulating one of the largest fortunes ii State. He has l>een largely identified witl many leading industrial enterprises of th South, and in his pcrsonn! relations, \vn without reproach.? Mercury. Bequests of the Hon Ker Boyce. We learn, says the Chnleston Siandaru that the will of the Hon. Ker Boyce ha been opened, and some magnificent bequest are found to have been made to the publi and charitable institutions in this city, it i stated that the sum of Ten Thousand Dol lars has been given to the Orphan House Ten Thousand for establishing a shoo! fo the poor at Grnnitevillc,and Thirty Thousan Hollars to the Charleston College. The be quest to the Charleston College Is for th education of poor young men, 10 bo appoir ted by bis son. Rev. J. P. Boyce, and, at hi death, by the trustees of the Charleston Col lege. It is provided, we understand, thn in case the school in Groniteville shout ever be discontinued, the bequut to that i stitution is to iw?? to tKo benefit ?f th Charleston Orphan House. The w ill of Mi Boyce has been in the keeping of Mr. Pat ning, and by him was deposited yesterda with the Ordinary of this City. The pei ' sons appointed to execute the will are. Jud<? O'Neal I, the Rev. J. P. Boyce, A. G. Roi and Col."Whiteside* of Cliatanooga, and ' is estimated that the property left by the d< ceased Mill be a little less than a million an | a half. f The Boston Transcript says that M Richie, recently joined Mrs, Moxvstt for brief visit, but is shortly to return to Ricl ' mond, to rejoin Mrs. M., in Boston soinetim in early June, when she is to realize agai oft repeated enactions, and in sober earn# ia to add now lustre to that favorite chara ter?the wife. Charles Flnso Hoffman, the etniaei poet, and popular American author, it hi been already atated, ia an inmate of it Pennsylvania State Lunatic Assylum, nei Harrisburg. The cause'of his insanity said to be constitutional. He is a man * very nervous temperament, and the loss i hia leg some timo since probably had an ii jurioua effect upon hia mind, lie recovert from a former attack and took a prominei clerkship in Washington but about a yw ago was seized with his last attack, and pronounced to be incurable. At the time < his attack, it ia aaid he waa about being ma ricd to the only daughter of John L, Hchou craft, Mr. Hoffman ia half brother of t) Hon. Ogden Hoffman, the preacnt Attornt ( encral of New York. Hot to Bad. A worthy citizen ot this district visited Co umbia for the purpose of draw ing aome ntoi ey from one of the Banks, lu the perforti ance of the object of hia visit he wc.s o served and watched by one of the take < gentry, who soon struck up an actpiainlam with him and proposed a walk. Uur ft low districtman having nothing do, bi wait his time of departore, acceded and hi not proceeded far with hia new acquaintnm when by chance an individual waa met wit practicing the game of "thimhle ring." T1 take in gentlrmnn proposed s bet and havir won aorao cash for himself, in the gone rot ty of his heart proposed to bet on behalf < his 8umter friend gaining for hira aboi three hundred dollars which was hand* over, old Sumter refusing until forced I accept, when against all solicitations to tU and preti good luck, he left for home, fa lowed closely however, by lake in, whom I eould not shake off Arrived in Sumtervil by a coup d'etat he managed to escape, lea ing the disappointed gambler to rstui whence he came, minus three hundred do lars and in no enviable mood at having mie ed his game. Thus the matter stood nnt the chagrined gamester, boiling over wit rage and vexatioe at his loss sad having b* an indistinct recollection of the name of h escaped victim, wrote n threat?lag letfc to another of ear eitixeaa, dmoeaeing Mi aa a swindltr and mod?tie requesting tk return of tho aforesaid thraa hundred dollar. Now this eitlsaa la net ona to he trided wit and thraatena dire ohsetiacment to the wr ri tar, who had better^eep with eae sy t ( V ' -w . ?m-. -. * Air ?. 3 Editing u A Frofeuioo. 8 We ece by our exchanges that several newspaper establishments are for sale.? r They are said to be, and wo believe they are, 1 in flourishing towns, surrounded by a thriv" ing country?and are well supported. Ira1 paired health of the editors, which renders '* it impossible to continue longer in the busi^ ness, is assigned as ihc sole cause of theso 8 frequent editorial changes. s Theso facts furnish us an instructive lesson. Whilst the merchant, the lawyer, the 1 mechanic, and the farmer pursue their vari1 ous occupations for years, with health selk dom interrupted?whilst the preacher per haps, performs as much mental and four times as much physical labor as the editor, B without any deleterious effect upon hia Y constitution, the hitter languishes under L> disease, unless relieved sinks into premature decay, and dies. We could point out hun'? drcds instances, tending to prove these facts. s (?. I). F'rentis of the I-ouisvilJo Journal, says that of two or three partners, that lie has had in that establishment, and three associate editors, not one is now living! Hut we need not multiply instances. Many of our Texas readers, young n? the country is, can point out in their village cemeteries, the mound beneath which repose the remains of the gifted young man who started the first paper in their town. He embarked in the entcrprizc with buoyant spirits, and a brilliant prospeets before him. Every energy of his mind was called int* action, and just ns his labors began to be appreciated, and he was about to reap the pecuniary fruits of his anxious toil, his physical system gave way under the constant wear of a continued and intense exertion of the mind. The mind is so constituted ns to require, "* like the body, alternate labor and repose.? Those occupations which demand great and frequent efforts of the mind, if they allow it suitable seasons of relaxation, are not injurious to health. Judicious exercise is ncces I ^ nary for tho he.-Jthful delopcuicnt and vigorous action of thu mental as well as the physical constitution. The occupations of the lawyer, the divine, the farmer and mechanic, all afford the mind abundant periods h of rest. But Hiich is by no means the case ? w ith that of the editor. His over-tanked ins tellect finds no repose. His duties muni be c performed continually?not periodically.? s Whether lie foela like mental exertion or I- not, whether sick or well, hit article* most * be written, and all his multifarious duties r performed. These labors are certainly atifli*1 cient to break down an ordinary constitu> lion?but w hen we add to them, pecuniary o disappointment and embarrassment, lack of expected appreciation, tho indifference of * friend* and tho wrrMin ?<f vnuuiiva, wo have I- a satisfactory explanation of tho causes 4 which disappoint tho hope*, and cut ahort l' the career of so great a portion of ncws|M" per editors. * There U occasionally an editor endowed r- with a strong body and a well poised mind '* ?alike indifferent U> ?>'n?ur? mmA~ y satisfied with his own powers, neither alr* lured with hope, nor alarmed by fears, that >M will triumph overall obstacles,and pursuing 10 calmly, the cveu tenor of his way, attain ro,l nown, wealth, and long life; but whilst such an individual may, like any other pro^ digy, occasionally be found, numbers fall aronnd him, the victims of unrequited umntal labor, and disappointed hopes ? Victoria, Texas, Advocate llh ins/. We are itiforined by a gentleman from this place who returned yesterday from a visit to Orangeburg, that a most altrocous murder was jierpei rated *U>ut a week since c* near that place. The murdered jarson wa? a negro woman, tiie slave of a Mr. Kortkndkkkt of that Hislrict. Tho Isxiy w .s ri thrown into the river and after the lapse of m several days rose. An inquest was held ; ie when the Btaleiuenta made l?y negroes tvr and corroborated by strong circumstantial i* evidence led to the suspicion that the uf owner was the |?erpetrator. Tho suspicion |(j- was afterwards coiilirinod, or s^ngthviicd n by bis disap|iearacc. " The citizens are very much excited on , the subject, and sfreuuous efforts are Iring 11 | inndo lor hi* apprehension.? J>\iirf,rl<l *r J /{ft/istrr. is - - ? ? ?i r?f j Stop the Swindler. r~ Peter Stein, a Dutchman, camo to I'endle I ton some four or five weeks ago, and held le himself out us a natch repairer and jewel y ler. After getting possession of several geld and silver watches, and other jewelry, elojwsd with them in hin possession, and is gone to parte unknown. He is a thick set vulgar looking man, of ordinary size; and had with him a very small woman, with n~ exceedingly diminutive features, whom he n" called his wife, and who talks English very h- well, ami acts as his intcrpriler?he prom tending not to be able to understand hng ;e lish, and probably does not. He wore i. whiskers under iiis chin when he iei'i, is ut about 40 years old, and 6 feet 10 inches high, by actual measurement. Peter re Stein is a brother to a man by that name, ^ uow in Savannah, and who built the clock in St. Michael's steeple, Charleston, S. C. >e It is supposed ho went in the direction of Athens, Ga; on foot. Any information of M" hia where about*, lodged with J. 1>. of Wright, at Pendleton, will be thankfully it recteved. ni PemdletoH, C. H. Marth 14,1864. to ? ? ? iy <il ITE A WlNDVAl.L TO AM EolTOB.? <\. The lion. Nathan Preston, a gentleman belonging to nn ol<J Revolutionary and 9 Puritan Untilj seated at Litchfield, Coon; lias just died, leaving a large fortune, amounting to noma #150,000 in money, atocks and land*, in various parts of tha country, but-princi pally it ia said at PitU' burgs. It seams that Mr,Preston was an ' uncle, on the maternal side, ofMr. Joseph A. Bcoville, editor of the Pick, of this city, who ia the only legal hear to this vast astatr. Quilt a miudfall to a hard workiag editor, if things shook) take their proper eourse, end tha right hair gat hie own.?AT, T. JJernkt. Tha eeoet grivvaae nsiafortaoa of liftp is old age, withoat tha rimip Wanes of tiriea. If you Hva tcsJiysrUaii theoae, yaakhomM ,, jp tha k*|pr. tnjojpptt if the other. " # m ' biAVTirti Extract.?I ?aw the tempi* reared by the hand of man. standing witb its high pinnacles in the distant plain; tlur atorm beat upon it, the God of Nature hurled its thunderbolts against it, and yet it stood as firm as adamant, ltevelry was in its halls, the gay, the young, the happy and beautiful were there. I returcd,and the temple was no more;, its high walls scattered iti the ruins, the moss and ivy grew wildly there, and at , midnight hour the owl's cry added to the disolntion of the scene; the young and tl.e gay who had rc-v?l!ed there lied passed away. I saw the child rejoicing in his youth, the idol of his farter. I returned, nnd the child had become old. Trembling with the weight of years he stood, the last of his genezation; a stranger amid the desolation around him. I saw an oak standing in all its pride on the moim am; the birds were carrolling on its boughs, I returned?the oak was leafless nnd sapless?the winds were plying their pastime through the b-anches^ "Who is thu destroyer/* said I to tny guardian angel. "It is Time," said he "When the mor-ning stars sang t->gether with joy over the new mAdc world, he commenced liis course and when he shall have destroyed all that' is beautiful on earth?plucked the sun from' its sphere?veild the m< on in b'o ?d?yes, when he shall have ro'h-d the heaven and the earth away as a scroti?then shall ait angel from the throne of God coine forth and with one foot upon the land, nnd one foot upon the sea, lift up his head toward' heaven and heaven's Eternal, and say: "Time is, Time was, Time shall be no ynore."? Business Notice. See the advertisement headed "To Kent."' We feel satisfied thnt ther.t is business enough here for two public houses, and it present, there is only one. The house advertised for rent hv Cnpt. McKenna, has been put in repair, ami to an approved tenent the terms will be very reasonable. This Hotel is in the centra of our village, and therefore calculated from its central locality, to prove an equal competitor with any house of the kind. To one desirous of engaging in this business, this is a favorable opportunity not often met with. 7-4t South Carolina Press Association. A meeting *f the SOUTH CAROLINA PR F.SS ASSOCIATION will be held, st the Pavilion Hotel, in Charleston, on Thnradav, the 13th dav of April next, (during, the sitting of the Commercial Convention,1! at 11 o'clock, a. m. A general nnd punctual attendance is requested. R!CH*D YEADON. Pre*T N. B.?The President of the A*soei-'ior? will he st home, at his residence. 2fl W-nt. worth-street, on Saturday, the 15th ' oril next, nt 8 o'clock, p. m.. where he will be happy to receive his brelhen of the A*?"ein. lion, and hin brethren of the Ncwspitv* nd Periodical Press gcncrrltr, who shall inhs sity, at that time. Mhld?td.- . receipts" R. Hegler. Fiint Ridge To Feb. 12 \5.V A. Neely, C. Box Mch. 4 "54 j. .*\. n igin*. J^noron. vv. .. nepi. I ?? Thou. Bnone. Camden Sept. 1 '54 ' John A. Gamble, Un?Ml?rn.. Feb. 13 '55 A. Coffee. Jackxonham " " Maj.John E. RtiUodtfn.II.Rock, ' 10 " Wm R. Canthon. I/?neant?f... April 8 '54 I? M Canthen. P. Hill, Mnv 5 '55 llcnrv Tniadel. F. Rock Feh. 23 '55 John Mr Alerr.C mile Box .... Fob. 18 '54 II. T. Miiwr, C. Store Oct. 8 '54 Daniel M. Tilmnn. I.ong-*t.... Fob. 12 '51 J .tinea T. Wade, Jr., Lnncnator Feb. 12 '55 O. M. Alexander, Pineville.... June 9 '55 K. J . WiHinina, I .mounter Sept. 8 '54 J. N. Dunlnp M .... Jtn'y 1 '55 Kli Twittv, Rod Hill Sept. 8 '64 Samuel (Jood.tle, Mi*?, MVh. 23 '64 John Belle - Feh. 12 '51 J. A. II imeltinc, Lancaster.... Fob 12 '55" J R. Hunter, u .... Feb. 12 '55 II. 11. Hood, McAteor's Box, Feb. 19 '55 J am en B. Btil#e,I) Ci*>k .... MVh 10 '51 J. Q. Adam*, Mi-* April 2 '54 A. In?r?iti, AU Jan. 26 '5th I). P. Kirk land. Flat Rock .... Jan. 25 '5!F (j. W Hammond, R. Place.... Feb. 12 '55 Tlioa. M. Ilelk, Lancaster.... Feb 12 '55 Maj. R. S. Culvert, C. Store, I)ee. 2 '5t John A. Montgomery,!* Hill, Nov. 10 '53 T. K. Cureton, Lancaster,.... Feb. 11 '65 Mix* 51. V. < ureton, LH.Spring March 8 '55 R. I.. Evan*, Jefferson March 23 '56 C. C. B.llard L Hill Jan. 1 '56 R. Rolling . 11. Rock Feb 9 '54 Jna. W. llcn*on, I. Hill March^8 '5ft W. D. Hyatt,P. Valley Feb. 19 '65 * I.. W. Gregory, Dudley Feb. 8 '66 J. A. Bridges, Croxtnns Box Feb. 15 '65 Hugh McMunu*, //. //ead.... July 4 '51 J T. I?4haat. Wmhiiw Feb. 12 '55 8. lAmbeth, P. //ill Juno 23 '54 Wm. Steveus, lane aster.... Feb. 12 '55 John ntcvent, Columbia Jan. 4 '66 //. J. Gregory, II, //?ad ... Juno 3 '64 James Massey4 * 3 '51 A. D. Milliard, H Plea#.... Jan. 19 '66 Kliliu Croxton, Quebec (is March 9 '66 Miss M. A. Blacktrail, CUieodoe - 8 '66 BnrdsU Jolmsan, Ala. Aug. 93 '64 THE MARKETS. Latest dates from Liverpool, > - March 6 Latest dales from Havre, .... " I Latest dates front Havana, "It Charleston Market. March ?4?lotion?The aslss to day wart braised to l UK) bales, at extremes ranging from ? l-t to 10c. Columbia Market. March *&.?The Mhles of Cotton yesterday ? mmi tied to only 10 lades. The market sffi Umnij wtdk prtoee rmrj full ui Arm. ? I 'aFIFTIII JTAltMRD, ? Um IMi to*, by Hrr!|?S j WtfBniwui JfwM, of JMdaMMf Co., K. C, to Ml* Cuu HsnuiA^ 4b V' " 0 fr