The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 29, 1854, Image 2
Till; LANCASTER LEDGER.
R. S. BAILEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETORSPEECH
OF HON. P. S. BROOKS,
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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has been superseded by subsequent acts i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
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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
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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^
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