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THE LEDGER. ; LANGASTERVILLE. S C. ? WEDNESDAY^AT6.15.I855. " To Pott Masters. Post Masters are in duty bound to inform t| na when onr paper is not taken from their 1 s office. Wo earnestly request thein to do j, so. Wo havo lost no little by this negligencc on their part. J ti To Subscribers. Subscribers are particularly requested to \ notify us when their receipts for subscrip- 0 tions do not appear in our columns. More o than once have a e lost by a subscriber who g assured us he paid for his paper to some ?i Post Master, or other person, when we have never received it. Hereafter n printed ei or written receipt must be produced, or We jwill contend for the amount. Large Beet. ti Mr. R. D. Montgomery has presented us J* a beet which measures twenty-five inches in circumference, and when puiled weighed j( nine pounds. Who can heat this! This we consider a large beet, although our foreman p insists that he knew of one to weigh 17 lbs. o He is a trutful man, but?but . Won- c der if our frit nd of the Chester StayiJard 0 ever knew of one of a similar size? L. Correction. The largo tomato sent us by friend Sor- v rcll, wns from the garden of Mr. R. C. Potts, ii and not C. Pate, as vo had it. The fact is, " we had mislaid Mr. SorrelPs note, and for- ^ gotten the name. Send us some more big t: wegitablrs, and we will Tm more eareful to u bnvc the name correct next time. f We have recently erased from our bonk, a number of names of subscribers who have '' v bad memories. Others who eanuot remember that they are indebted for their pnp*r, 1 need not be surprised if they fail to receivo '' it. We arc rather tired of the business u ?working without pay. * ^ 9m __ e King's Mountain. The citizens of Laurens, held n meeting t on Monday lust, and passed resolutions of ' concurrence with the citizens of York, in 1 celebrating the anniversary of this glorious J battle. They appointed n Committee, of *' which Col. J. II. Irby is chairman, to re- I ceive subscriptions for the object. t Do the citizens of I^nncaster, intend to 1 appoint delegates ? ^ Political- n The Hon. P. S. Brooks has given to his constituents, an address on the political p questions of the day. Mr. Boycc, in a let- w ter to the VVinnsboro' Register, has also given his views on the Know-Nothing qnes- 8) tion. In our next paper, we will give the t( opinions of these gentlemen. Q We should like to hear w hat our immediate Representative thinks of the new party, and his views generally. . As other y ^ Representatives arc enlightening their conetituents, we are sure the citizens of the First Congressional District would be pleased to hear from their Representative. ti ? ^ ? in "Lancaster" and "T. 0. B." n) We had intended to have permitted these t| gentlemen to continue their controversy in our paper, (and without alluding to it,) as long as they desired; and even now, they are at liberty to do so. Ho far as we eare,they can have a corner of our office and fight it *i out; but we must say, we do not consider it yi creditable to either of them to push matters (j so far. They have both departed from the .(| first subject of dispute, a> d have now en- ^ deavored to rivarbnch other in personal 1 f{ abuse. Knowing them as we do, to be gen- j tlemen, we are surprised that they should q condescend to nse such abusive epithets, as characterise their article*. We are sure our p readers cannot be edified by the controver* n ay. It does not apeak well for tho cominu- v nity to see the district paper filled with such v vituperative articles. c We can atop this controversy when we , sea proper, but if the disputants are satis- 0 fled to continue it, regardless of the opinions ' ^ of sensible men, who say it should never i , baveeauMnenced, we are content. It surely v eannot affect us. Some no doubt desire its t MntinaMiaa. md !? ? ' g ? ? . yg'-y \?w nut y uut w in*rc no benefit rfeknlts, nnd indeed the roost bit- |( tor fooling* or* fanned into existence, we g certainly consider it, to eny the least of it, a foolish dispute. Excuse our language J gentlemen, wo number you both as Mends, \ dfad if, an gentlemen of intelligence, you are B desirous of poshing the matter to an extreme, do oo. This is a free country, and yea can hare a free light. Is it not strange ? \ A fHoad informed as a short time ago, that ho kaew of many of our a* bee fibers i who hare never yet paid <W their paper, and j? ;? jhp wmrj NWrM VWTlUMlg 1 N/ttWro yapora, nod had paid for tbaffi in wtranca. Now wo ask Uicm aubacribara : k tMa justiast In this tha way to koap np their m Mri W. ? myOUpt, for iho aionpt* ration that thaafc- h i^tfiariMMkiiMNliNrm y '; : listrict, did we slop their paper when their ubsoriptions expired, hard thoughts would 10 entertained towards ua and we would V lina lose their patronage. And beoanso tl lorthern publiahcra require their payment ii 3 advance, and we are willing to wait on ! w lem, the former are punctually paid, ami tl erhaps wo are ncwrr paid. We repeat the uestion : Is it right, is it doing ua justice? ti 'ome weeks we do not take in fivo dollars nd yet we have to pay cash for everything. ? low enn wo get along at this rate? Fre- ^ netitly havo wo been compelled to borrow c, niali amounts in order to continue our busi- si mess. It is not right. It is doing us great <* tjustico. If tlio citizens of Iaineaster dis- |j let desire a paper in thei< midst, let them |, (low by their nets that they do. For a man el j take our paper, and not pay for ?t, subjects * s to additional expense. We speak plainr, and to the point, nnd we desire those nj bo feel our remarks as applicable to them, m 1 relieve themselves at once of the eon- ? Jre- U The News. tc The communication of "Lancaster." and i fct ie proceedings of the State Agricultural ? ociety, occupy a considerable space in our j ape.', that we are not able to give detailed j econnts of tbe news generally. The elee- p ons have resulted, as we thought, in the si iuniph of Democracy. The Know Nolhig party has been completely routed. i-iv contrary to mu expcciniious 01 uie rgnns of that party, Alabama has gone V vit to the Democratic party. The Monton.ery Journal, a Know-Nothing paper, J ivs: u 44 The returns come in slowly, but suRi- ^ iently fast to indicate that the State has p one, as usual, for the Democracy, horse. >ot, and dragoons. " Winston is doubtless ro elected by a C iir majority ; n:id the Congressional Dis icts. with perhaps the exception of two. nve, we fear, gone the same way. Our y, Senator, we regret to say, has been beaten 1 y a small majority, and the aggregate ma- nl >rity of the county has been decreased." The returns arc still very imperfect, hut to following from the Montgomery Mail, the Know-Nothing organ,) of Tuesday veiling, gives a very satisfactory summary ^ f the result, and leaves no doubt of the lection of Winston, the Democratic eandi% 3 ate lor Governor: . 44 From the color of seme of the returns, re incline to think that the American party i this State, while making a good fight is *' inch farther behind than we had nnticiput- v d it could be It is possible thai it uuiy v ave carried the legislature.although Slior- j ridge is probably defeated by something nder ft.000. " Yesterday wo had strong n opes of his election ; to-day, the news from b tusscU upsets all our calculations." j Dowdell, Democrat, is eleetcd to Congrcsst v a the'3d District, by 300 majority. c In Teoncspec, tlie majority for Johnson. C lie Democratic candidate for Governor, will io over JSOO. We ar<? not yet certain 4 J] bout Kentucky. In^Nortli Carolina, Col. >nync, Know-Notlung Whig, is probably J lected to Congress from the first District I n the second, Ruilin, Democrat, is elected ( ?y about three thousand majority. It the liird, Winslow, Democrat, is elected. In he fourth, Branch, Democrat, is elected, n the fifth, Read, Know-Nothing Whig, is lected. In the sixth, it is thought Scales, ^ )eniocrat, is elected. Iti the seventh, Craig, ? )emocrnt, is elected by 3000 majority. In c he eighth, Clingman, Democrat,is elected, tnd yet after this result, North Carolina ktiOW-Nothing papers pretend to say they ' f re not conquered. Terrible riots have occurred in Louisville, *[y., during the election. Several persons c 'ere killed. * The Hon. I. D. Witherspoon. as will he ?en by the following note to the Charles>n Standard, declines the nomination of 0 nvprnnr 4* Yor.Kvn.iJk, S. C.t August 2d, 1855. 1 Messrs. Editors:?In n recent issue of r? onr paper, I find that some unknown friend ir as put my name in nomination for Cover- [j or, of this State. I have no aspirations for io office, and would beg most respectfully * > decline the nomination; and, at the same me, allow me to rcturi\ my thanks to the li idividual who has so kindly connected my >m? with the above office, as also to the w icmbcrs of the press who have endorsed C ic nomination. Verv respectfully tours. I. D. WlTHBRSPOON. The Hon, F. W. Pickens, has been noniiited as a candidate for Governor. Thcr Hon. J. II. Means and Rev. Bizil u [anlv, in addition to Prof. I.eiber and Judge ^ ifardlaw, have been named for the Presiency of the South Carolina College. We ll ro still in favor of Prof. Ix-iber. We V now of no one in the State, better fitted ? >r the oflh e, and w ho would be better calulated to uphold the character of the lollegB. The crops all over the country are roresented as doing well. There is too tuch rain for cotton, but upon the whole, re are inclined to think an average crop c fill IkA Itl tilb TKo IUa.*#-!. I? ? ? ^ 1 . ... ? in, mm une an tell yet. ft is difficult to tindeiwo men vho think alike on such matters. A week ir two ago, nn intelligent farmer told us as lis opinion, that corn would not bring more h in fifty cents in thin District, this corning rinter ; nnother farmer of oqnal intelligence, old us a dny or two afterwards, that he lid not think corn would ever be worth ess thnn one dollar n bushel here. This hows how men will differ. As cor retders are aware, (he CampMeeting at Salem, commences to-morrow. We hope to have the pleasure of eeeing nsny of our friends in jittendanco. Death of MaJ. Dean. We lenrn with much regret the death of I If n i M J TV?- ~r a?1 , tar?i. . ... ?. </ t/JNllMIIIUUIIf, HI TT man figton City, of disease of Um heart. I l(o waft o gentleman of high character, < [reatif esteemed and mncb respected, lie f erred the public in many capacities and , tUh much efficiency. . . Hot Weather Wo know of no better way of filing this olttmn, than by dieting the weather is m i otu H steal ly is si this season of the } tet i ^ wi ?tt 1 The State Agricultural Society. dlesoi 1 Itrough the kindness of Mr. James II. exuul Vithf rspoon, who attended as a delegate, nCp08! ic Convention in Columbia, wo are placed ^ t tlio possession of late Columbia papers, ^ liieh enable us to give the proceedings of 10 Convention, found in another column 1 1C ^ The Carolinian, speaking of the Convvnon, anys: bloiei " We give the proceedings of yesterday, thing f tliia highly dignified, intelligent, and blowc arnest bony of gentlemen, in the iiupor- . ml object of their deliberations. The sue- he ni ess of the Society, is certain. With sueli Yu teady 'tontion to the great work s.s the f,om elega. . exhibit, it must succeed. ?n two ays, as nuch has been done to advance tlio "is gi iterests of the State, as in any body that I susj as over assembled to promote litem. An (licient organization has been adopted?n 11 a"? 'onstitution has been formed and officers O, l>? lected?and already have nearly one hnn- 0( '?i> red nntnes been enrolled as life members. . I JjjpJS. This is but an earnest of what we pftrii lav expect, and when the ]> oceedings are grand lade known.wo look for a very oxteusive ,|esln Idition, both in names, money, and zeal in . . le good cause. . "will ' The spiiit exhibited at tiiis meeting, w ill I beli *11 with full force in every District in the cowa| tato?and we trust there will be many, . n i mis npibusque pa rati. ions. " We kavu only time to say, that the Cnim hdegati s were handsomely entuilnined at j,;,,,} inr.or, by the City Council, and every thing asscd oft' with the best feeling and re- no& jits." they ] 111 m um unexi EDITOR TABLE, teriJ It i * est.ministf.r review. . . tor 11 ? The following are the contents of the ' uly number: Spinoza; International Im- 1 ' lorulity; Self-Education; The Physiologi- 5"u ' ?1 Errors of Tectotalism ; The Decline of 05 arty Government; The Earth and Man ; 'he Foreign Policy of the United Suites; Hut i Contemporary Literature. lief, It Terms: $3 a year. Two of the Quar- forgot rlies, 85; one Quarterly and Blackwood's Avon rngazinc, one year, 85?all four Quarterlies nd Blackwood, 810. 1^,1 LEONARD SCOTT & CO., Thi Publishers, New York. It is i The Esc a ted Nl*x.?DcWitt &. Davon- ears; ort, New York.?This new book, which is car*, notlicr tling at the Catholic Church, hasal- I p sady been brought into notice, by litigation It. |jf| nd applications for injunction. As every t0 i?f ook of the kind it reveals a tale of horror j1!>r /lien describing tho discipline and inner p fe of convents. We consider a girl a fool j ^ dio takes tho vail, and if she enter the con- ^ cut when she must know it will subject her o the strictest compliance with the forms to cot nd ceremonies of the church, sho must a- I'1 ide by the consequences. Wo can hardly cert ill appose all can bo true, which this book re- inflict eals; if no. \vl are freo td acknowledge a ; (ho I onvent life must be a very unenviable one. tVont )ur thanks to the publishers for a copy. flU,j j Eclectic Medical Journal.? August Leaf lumber received. This is n very neatly the i irintcd periodical, and contains a large a- lives, nount of useful medical information. The jp jJ(. >ricc is only two do\lars a year. Published wm, nonthly Dr.R.S. Newton, ttyCincinnati,O. ^ ? . 1 secou Foreign News. i , , . , . , xr tlic.fi I lie steamer Baltic lias arrive*! at New j fork from Liverpool, but brings no news j ' T i. - ,r. ~ . . . 1 ?t any groat interest. Cotton had de-j lined 1-8<1. r. que OKKKRA1. 1NTKLMOBKCR. . . There 'a no change to report in the as w"" cct of affaireat the Sent of War. pliod, It i? reported that Gen. Simpson and to sen )mar Pacha had resigned their respective ecl'.cn ommand-*. The Kieinh ct ntinned their tj|(J pproaches. The lltiKsinns were fortify- ... ig everywhere?even the unimportnnt ? u" o:nts. *cnM. The English had destroyed the bridge T.1 f bouts at Genitchi. The preparations th*li< >r a campaign on the Danube continued. j.(o() ^ 'lie Rushi Pasoiiksnt Constantinople had svolted, and there had lieen a formidable T,H :' lsurrcctiou of the Arabs at Trijioli. The rowet Lussians near Kara had not iuiedtcd that than i 'nce* ... - ambit 'i'lie news froiu the Rultic is unimpor jj;,,,.. u,t* * e ii . The Right Hon. Sir William- Molestorlli, as anticipated, had been appointed Icticc lolonial Secretary of Great Rritain. pokiti The French Loan had all been taken. |,e _ _ - . . his o The Very Latest. . 4 ^ A sortie l?y the Russians on tho 24th ,L ' It. has been repulsed by the Allies be- darki >re Sebastopol. night It was rumored that a secret oxpedi- truwi ion is to force the harbor of Seba&topol, p()0|.( diile the Allies assault the City. ' arour COMMUNICATIOHS. c I For the Ledger. cu'iiai Mr. Editor :?It was my intention to g'or)' liscontinue this correspondence, but my ?Wli ast conrrmunicalion done ,l T. O. B.," so uucli good, I aiu constrained to follow up Ami ? lie treatment. 1 brought him to his Tbat< met*?-an a titude never before assumed 'fit >y him. At feast, ho utlcra the words of putut >rnyer, if he was not in the priner pos- uncn ure. Rut, notwithstanding tl u4Pj>p?i | mulg >ie pretensions, be is such a notdrfoiiaJtfr kind, xicrite, many good citizens will fhwr he gc heir heads and excln m in the hingu^^4'^d|r )f cautions old Laocoon :? |W| "Timeu Dsnaos el dona fvrcuttx." what lie Menu to hare the faith of a??u- you 1 ranee respecting hi* lutnre coudition. But! gyral *fier ?H, lie may l?o mistaken. - A \ery ??y? jrent change in Mm, is neeemnr fj Frdm ' (irlii i certain Book, about which lie knows respe ittle, I understand thero is joy in tho tir-nj selealial world when a new inmate ar* T. ires; but there could be no joy when be that I eoiild come1, for the citiwna of th?t bet- .tlio t or country, know he in ao quarrelsome 0 I it ?nd overbearing, he would kkk Mp a funs indel before lit would be there two weeks, why Itrifo and contention alw >ya follow in hw certui sake. Where was be reared f W*? it niile* a Lie father'# family t or, did - hir mod- what m '<a r . L mo ami heetorising .spirit render his sion from tlio paternal homestead, sary for the pcnco ami comfort of imily ? . Editor, yon should have announced oath of T. O. Id's trumpeter, and would have been an apology for H'J /its own horn ; but he does tlio so well, it can't bo the first time he d. Ilis blasts aro so long and loud, list bo a veteran ill tho business, ur correspondent travelled so far the subject to tell us something of and-father, that he never srot back. xjct his grand-father was a gentlca patriot, and a true soldier; but w degenerated and degraded a part * posterity. Could the ghost of liis >tic ancestor arise and see in his I-son, such a noted paltroon.it would >y his future repose. And well it 1, for I have often heard it saiJ, and eve it, there is not a more complete "d this side of the Spanish domiuHad he been on tho plains of Ion, ho would have sprung on beCJates, and poor old Dobbin would lavo been permitted to stop until had both plunged into that dark, ilored cave in the coiner of LancasIsitict. is presumed the citizens of Lancav live never seen suoh a perfect speei- | :>f tho braggadoeia, as T. O. 13. If could believe his own narrntive of iploits, Sampson's deeds were small i compared with this modern giant, t is feared instead of producing bee will only create disgust. lie has Lten what the immortal bard of has said of such cattle:? " Who knows himself a braggart, t him fear this; for it will cotno to pass, nt every braggart will bo found an ass." ccorded of King Midas, lie had ass* but ibis fellow, it sd?uj?, has ass' . bend, and all. it3- the Quouy** Knglisli, when T. O. ts bis pen to write. Ho never fails liet on it, a most barbarous butehorUe shows no more respect to the g$ of goo l Knglish, than he does lor roinulgation of truih. Were one of nail boys of (June Creek Academy, nmit such outrages upon the rules iglisli composition, Mr. Helk would nly regard bim as meriting a severe ion of the ferule. Were it not for rugbU ami expressions bo stole in hisMtst article, it would be so j ind stinking, the carrion birds would ter it. When lie was struggling, by multiplication of qualifying ndjeo- | to spin it out to an extreme length, bad been a little better acquainted his grand-ifiolher's book, he would have learned we are not heard on int of our much speaking. When rstloun that was cnlled Frankf^, ,.,.1 11... i ....? ?. i 1.U Him ii.Kiii-, us iiiuai'iiiiiHS nioio e father of American Philosophy, was then at (lie CouiL of Si. Clou J. sling him t<? present their Church a hell. Kiit tho Philosopher re the citizens of Franklin prefer sense iml.nud sent them a library of ext hooks. Your correspondent views u*ople c?f Lancaster in a different ?his article is all PO'ind and no 0. K. has tho silly ambition to be an of every crowd ho is in?a |?osii?r wiiich nature has given him no 1 .'at ion. 1 lis'secret motto is learI froru Milton : " Butter reign in In II, serve in heaven." But his " vaulting ion" invariably "overleajH itself." elf, I suppose, was tho unfortunate tliat came down with so much vioon the " pavement." lie is often g his proboscis where it ought not and that is invariably thcorJer of xit. There i?"only one crowd that u bliii.e io, ai.d it is composed of r*. Ju>t U t him get ool eome dark , (lie has been at the game,) with a 1 of nogroM around hiui, with his <t full of pho*phof?k% scattering i<l him the glowing. cfwrhotH, cutting utic capers, uttering aloud grnndihe I t nonsense, and then muttering in ind confused rounds, his conjuring | I'igo?O, sir, he is shining with |?e lustre, Ii4 is in the zenith of his , a perfect Jion of this dark crowd? Uc words of learned length and thunderig KOUItll, M the K?xi(ic ruftict rang'd around ; till tlioy g*ad, and ftiil they wonder grew, >ho amall lidu) ..lioulT can y kuo*." is same lionizer boast* lie has A re* ion. I admit it; but it is A rinblo one. lie also inbois to pro*" ate to tlie world and the rest of man* that he la* been in office. Hut if to it (he same way he did this oVfwsy with Lancaster, it is so great L todiim. T. O. B., do you know litis particular friend around whom tavo performed ao many sycophantic lions, says of your conduct f lie you are a fool, with n very wicket) irtte to it; und so says every oilier ctable man?omitting, however, the tine. O. B. is so full of mawkish prudery, he is ready to go into convulsions at bought Of A man kissing his wife, t is A? 14 indecent, mdei jfihlly irate." ,* But* he hrti* caTTel on Til.jfywA to pr off, wm had character. Mr Alitor, wua tho * moaning of tba/jpaifiar jjk ' *, 'c-Ui-tP JO. '1 . s ?* -A * 4, 5, ',-je - # fir yfl ' ^ - OP w P s> 1 * > ^ - _i__J ' smile that played upon the countenair of Col. Dawkiua, when this wine witne did not satisfactorily answer the <juestic " How do you know she is of bad cha acter!" 1 have read in a cortnin Boo of that riiaraseism which strains at gnat and swallows a camel; but I nev before saw it so fully illltttrated. If I diJ not have reason to believe th man had lost all shame?at the san time, he lost all rogird for truth?I wou ask about his feelings when he penm that forged account of his suflTerings Lancaster jail. As there are hundreds living witnesses, I thought he would ha' been afraid to have ventured such a con plcte fabrication. But ho is so hardens he can do any thing. He speaks of device for his family coat-ofarms. would suggest one far more appropria than that he proposes?it is this : On tl first side, a mean look'ng man with tl cross-bar of a store door, drawn, nr sneaking up behind an unsuspecting ma to strike. On the other side?the Slier dragging a disgusting convict before tl Court to receive sentence, nnfl these wor ctninnting from the lips of Judge Butle u I*bn arc no part of a gentleman." T. O. Ijb speaks of " tlio opinion many of his friends." Why, 8ir, wh they are alt put together, they are u many, lie is so incorrigibly bad, he h no friends And the true reason he do not seek to satiate his viudicilive rcsei incut by an appeal to physical weapoi is, lie is afraid, lie is apprehensive might not prove u little weakly I>av and Fallstafi' like, Bagely concludes jn deuce is the better part of valor. B the wicked flee when no man purstiei lie need not be afraid ; I liavo soiled n pen with him, but 1 will not my ham uiuik? una man, l have never curried n used, either l?owie or revolver, and ne% expect to be found in such dastardly I bilimciits. Nature has given tne all I advantage I need over him :? "What stronger breastplate than a heart i tainted, Thrice is he artned, who hath his quarrel jut And ho but naked, tho' looked up in steel. Whoso conscience with iigudive is corrupt*! Whenever a criminal is arrangedLancaster, T. O. B. is ttll sympathy, a ready to lend, in any way, nbo^fyg hai to assist hint out of the driffeuA^. Tl can only bo Accounted for oti li^vo1 principle:? 1 ^ " A fe%>w fooling makes Lim wondorous kiiu Why is this man-witness, in so mat cases! Is it the result of'his officio and meddlesome habit, and desire to p a fee I Or, ia it, when n man wants an thing proved in Court, he knhws win to iind the witnef I ' Or, ts there sot other reason I ' Your correspondent was so far run.I something to say, lid drags ih thttt.hufi lunate uiuti thai is now suffering tho" sc teuce of the law. By this, he has a pi tkulnr object in view; hut be will fail signally iu this, as bis -oilier low, cc temptible tricks. At our last regul Court, as soon us Col. l'riee was awe and directed to the foreman's cbair, a in stepped up to me and whispered : u Crai will bo cleared?I knew it the inomenl saw THAT jury in.paneled. I bare be< in this Court, ytnra, and I know it is place to receive law anj justice." W was that man, and what did be meat I thought tho last clause was certain correct, and that iiM^ercasonyou are n now in the penitentiary for life;.or, ha escaped passing through tho hands of C< Ilaile or some his predecessors. Si lie (twv dfenawJ has been made on r in referdtjre *to my writing, I (tnswe From various periodicals in and out the State, I bavo received urgent rolieil tions to contribute to their pages. To part of which, I have consented. My i are extensively trnnferred to oih profications ; but who does tho "fowiii^ I csn not tell. In reference to the artk in question, I cannot speak particularly, I did not see it in the Newberry or Cln ter paper*. But if theru is anything <i | cent or acholnrtike in it, I will rentura clear T. O. B. of its paternity. He 40 times dabbles in jingling rhymes, but 1 subjects are confl.ied to himself or sot meml>cr of his family ; and. therefore. excessively offensive to ghod ta?te, tliMt in rarely,*ef ever, read out of the fitm c'tcIo. If Cleorfce Wilherspoon niches know n\y opinion or my actings, it re rence to any subject, *nd will My ac will communicate freely ami witliont serve. I have no I have i said nor dime that 1 i ashamed to own, of a?B#HBavow ; I fie cannot nnprdsjuth me through auck loathsome n u>< 1 i ulie co plains tbrtt some ^WkflBr1 will tfnt'lo him in the face. Th^Qpmily explain I He so dityuitinyhj vilktmout, it is pi ance for a gjtfhleman ortefltM aensih tics to put his eye on it In conclnsioffl^Mr. Editor, I shall i boast of what I have done, like your oil correspondent. When he read my U he acknowledged I knew ali'hboot h ftniLtlut itivM l.iiit ?. inmllii.i ? ll.?t trwy tu>t. And with oqual truth, I 4 *ay hir did nol Umcbjjfl?I am not K< tv af any of tbam ?M%? ha | I H-ncsa, ho u in a pmaion alrmwt ?rWf ire )iaa(f and I cool. _I t mf in tha W fcW*. H? *tr " i am na ?*d m tlnyN^ral *?*la ol iWunVa^b. .. ymi, * ^ jSJSu^, ce When I commenced, it was certain it 1 g m would do him no harm, for lio was already u >n as had as bo could be; but I hoped it ti ,r- might do some good?the community n k, say I was not mistaken, a LANCASTER. 1> [From the South-Carolinian. ^ is The Agricultural Convention. n 10 Tiiuhsdat, August 9. , i The Convention met nt 10 A. M., and fc Id tl j j was organized. The Committee on Busi- ^ ness being called for, made the following m REPORT: The Cominilteo to whom was referred tho preparation of business for the conside. a* ration ol this Convention, respectfully roil, port: g a 'J'hat they hare calmly and maturely re- v I fleeted upon the objects which have caused j l0 so large and intelligent a number of our ^ citizens to convene st this place. Your 1 Committee have coine to the conclusion, ' ^ j that n period has arrived in the agricultural 1 history of South Carolina, where something j | n' ought and ruust be done to stop the retro- j grading motion of our agricultural interests 1 ? ?some means must be adopted, by which n ds her citizens will be aroused from their pros- P r : ent sLitc of lethargy, and some effort made to unite them in ono common band of t| ..f brotherhood. for th.? mimnu, ~rl. O! I ",v I"" "" 'UV.MIiJ p ! llic ngrici Iturul, scientific, ntyi mechanical ? interest* of our Slate. ^ Your I'ommittco would earnestly bring ns to the ntlention of thia Convention, tho n es mournful fact that the Interest heretofore ,l* taken by our citizens in ngricultural Im- 0 s? provement, has become stationary ; that our 1 old fields are enlarging; our homesteads is, have been d< creasing fearfully in numbers; u. and her energetic sons mjo annually seeking j ut tho rich and fertile lands of the Southih upon which they imagine that treble tho siuount of profits can be made upon v capital, than upon our own soils. Nor is s' this all. We arc not only losing some of I or our moat energetic citizens, to supply the ,| er bone end sinew of other States, but we are "t- losing our slave population, which is the ? he true wealth of the State; our stocks of hogs, horses, mules and cattle, are diminish- | ing in size and dreeeasing in number, and e our purses are being strained for the last it; cent,to supply their places from the North- ? I ? Western State*. This state of affairs slibuld not exist. We must arouse, by ? ,n some means, tho dormant energies of our n lid people. We must bring thorn in contact |< nd with each other, uhcro they can see and lis hear,each for himself,s?ine useful and prnc. I I,tieahle suggestion of his neighbors, and froin tho citizens of other parts of the F J ? State. Wo must sec and hear how our citizens are restoring our worn out land*? ^ '- the improvements tiicv are making upon ? us their stocks of inulca, hogs, cattle and sheep p |?t ?what great increase in tho yield of their iv- crop by a judicious selection of >eds?the p ire mode and manner of plnuting and tilling HO their land?and lastly, to see the great improvement that nro daily being made In por agricultural implements. When our people ^ see and hesr these things for themselves, there will ho a spirit of inquiry a\vuk? ned " in the breast of every one, and the echo ir* will fly from the mountain to the seaboard. M We wi'I stand by the old I'a'mctto State! ?0- Our sons will no longer seek the god of ar mammon, in tho fertile lands of the Southru West; but an attachment and zcid will be an engendered in the bosom of each for our homes and the land of our birth, that will t j ! never die as long as this spirit of inquiry and cmulatipn is kept alive. When we . take into consideration tho natural sdvsnn" tages we enjoy, our grent system of Rati Road intercommunication, by which is dully 1 ' developed the hMdon resources of our Htile ily ?our cuey access to one of the best snd lot cheapest markets on the Atlantic?the com re forts of life and health we enjoy in, the p jL middle and upper district*, snd then con- ( trust them with tho low water* in the western rivers?the cholera, the yellow fever ne nnd mosquitoes which aeourgo the South- j T* West, we v ill then be convinced that our p homes in South-Carolina nro more durable, ^ t?- and our lard will yield ns a greater nett in- j, > n conic over the lands in tho South*West. Ir_ Tho question then, suggests itself, hnw " are tho enormia of nnr I- t. u?.? l Jr" O "I'lV Ml IK IMV.lKt'n? ed npon l)?c nil-important subject of egri' fullnrni improvement T We answer, it can * ' 0 be done by the esUiblisbment of a fitite ^ ** Agricultural Society, aided and assisted by * district societies?by collecting useful facta ' l?- and instructive opiniona, vvbL-h are known to t? numerouaindlvldu.il i'.trmerm, the embody- * ||. ins aoch useful Information, and diffusing it |,:s throughout the State?by the annual exni- r no bition of the agrkaltoral, mechanical, artia. J' Bo tif and domestic productions of oar citizona. At thoae Alra, ear people will be brought c in eontaet with each other?expression of c ''-v opiniona will be elicited, inquiry will be set 1 t? on foot, and our people # wHI return from * To- each annnat featival with new Ideas, and in , I fixed determination to turn orer a new leaf * r?- in agricultural Improvement To encourage ,ol na in the establishment of nutate Agrkui|m tural Society, we have bat to eaat our eyaa )U^ to oar sister States, Virginia, Maryland, | North Carolina and Georgia, and aee what 1 u State Agricnltoral Hocietioa have <tane In " m" giving few impute*) to the energies of; their people; their old fields have beep roclaimed, eapatrlation of their aoo?, has, Iff en- great QMMUrc, censed, and thry now linger Hi- on tfee ^jfeerlsnd, tied by kindred and hal- * lowed Jkjqpelationa. We feel that some** , thing shonld be dona to arrtat the dctariovs- \ 1 al.. ? A ^ I - ? - " * ' I ^ uon vt oar una, una th? expatriation of oar ^ ><>r enpr^ftic ton* from nor proud old B*ato. mudc glorious I) tbebrilliant aehiarrmenta ' n# of the and that bava gona bo- ( 0? Your Co , wlAonU as-^ | pranaig any dpWwy "M to tba mxringnmrat 1 n( and working af the SoaU'tjr, far U?a7 om. 4 . vmU that to bo tha appropriate 4My of tha ' ' ? - Bxe<dRWa Committee, l*?g loava lo anbtnit 1 ** the folfiSwipg Reaolotiona, for rnnsiteratiaa ,( * of the Cnnr?mion : ' '; JffftiZZ!?* uu ,1 Resulted, That the Stat* Agricultural J oclety shall consist of individual members, w pon their paying an anrtutd aubaeriplion of . ivo dollars, or twenty-live dollars for life ^ lemberahip. Resolved, That a Committee of fire be ppoiuted by the President, to draft a nuila- i Ip Constitution, that they pfoeeed forth' m rith to the discharge of their duties, and eport the same at the earliest practicable i loment for ratification by the Convention m ow in session. _ Resolved, Thnt if suitable arrangementv ^ nn bo mndtt with the citizens of Colombia* lb" fits Committee recommend that the Society ? established at thia place. J AH which is respectfully submitted. J J. P. MARSHALL, Chairman. J Dr Davis moved tbnt the report be r?* 1 lived?which wns agreed to. ' Dr. Davis moved that a Committee of 4 ve be appointed, selected from the Cen? ention to prepare a constitution. Col. Marshall moved that the Resolution# c taken op seriatim Tho first Resolution wns then pot and A nnnimously adopted. The second was now put,when Mr. J. Cf? lope moved the following amendment ' u And the society V ill receive one voting lember from each local society at its anual meeting, and any member, as eorresomling, that the local societies shall chooser o send. Anv ln<-?t uaj.uJ.. onimon treasury, five dollars, ahull claim lie privilege for its members to enter for rcmiumn offered by the State' Society, and ny member competing for premiums, shall ay two dollars at an cntrunco f e." Mr. Palmer moved the following as sa mendment to tho amendment: " And if delegates from inch district soicties, ns aball pay an annual contribution f dollars to the Treasurer of the ituto Agrieulti ral Society.** Mr. Hope accepted the amendment, Tho amendments were discussed by (esars. Pnlmer, Hope, and Marshsll. Mr. Hope withdrew his amendment. Mr. Calhoun advocated the mode of indiidunl membership. Mr. J. U. Adams moved to fill up the lank in tho amendment, by inserting two ollars for each member. Col. Marshall moved to lay the entire inendinent on the table?which was lost. Mr. J. A. Calhoun moved that the Resoution as amended, be adopted?which was arricd. The third and fourth Resolutions were nopled. Col. J. F. Marshall moved ti nt s Com. nittco of five bo appointed to draft a contitntion, which was adopted, and tho fol> owing was made: J. F. Marshall, S. S. Tompkins, O. R, Iroylrs, I . G. Summer, R. G. Pslmer. Mr. Mullins then offered the following Resolution, w hich was adopted : Rf'tilrfd, That the delegations fhom each )istricl represented in this Convention.con. i*r top. (her and appoint one member to arm n Comtnittee to nominate ofiicers for he Society under the constitution. This being adopted, the following nelecion was made: Abbeville.?$. A. Callionn. Anderson.?J. N. Whitncr, Jr. ? Charleston.?R. S. Pore her. Darlington.?Dr. R. L. Hurt. Chesterfield?T. E. Pows. KJgrfield?T. Watsoo. Fairfield.? N. A. Peny. Ijaurrns ?W. T. Chnppelf. Marion.?W. 8. Mullins. Marlboro\?J. \V. Harrington. Orangeburg.?Thos. Oliver. Richland?John BnuakotL Pickens.?I. C. Miller. /sxinglnn.?J. C. Hope. Car on.?W. S. Dogan. Sumter.?J. M. Pitts. A'eicberry.?J. M. Henderson. Kershatc.?YV. C. Cunningham. Ijancaster ?J. II. Witherspoco, York ?A. B. Springs. Chester.?J. A. Lewis. The Committee to form the Consult alios* hen reported the following : Constitution of the State Agricultural Society of South Carols**. 1. The name of this Society shall bo tho Itato Agricultural Society of South Caroina. 9. Its objoets shall be to improve and dvance the condition of agrietiltnre and orticuhure, and the ausillary-mechanic arts na mnnnrnctu-es. S. This Society shall consist of individaal tembcrs, upon their paying nn annual subeription of iwn dollars, or twenty-flea doU irs for Hfb memberslup?-?nd of delegate* rem such district societies *% shall psy an Ansa! contribution of (tee dollars into the rtsury of ihio Society; and that each deleMtc from such society shall pay a fee of tnro ollitrs; ami also of sueh honorary and eoresponding members as shall bo deemed roper by the Society; but no person shall ? chosen so honorary member of (ho So- ? iety upon any other gronnd of merit or I si si than of distinguished services rendered o agriculture, horticulture, or the msehsalo eta. 4. There shall he a President and six flee President*, sod an Executive OontmHae, consist ing of aercn persons* including he President, who shall be anusally elected >y the Society. 6. Tlte Society shall meet annually in tho *ity of Columbia, oo the seaond Tuesday n November, at which time there shall bo ia Agricultural, Horticultural, llaeha steal. Ilsn.ifarturiflg and Stock Exhibition. ? 8, A quorum of the Society shall ecemiet I if not Icantkaa fifty member*. sod the PnreiIcnt shall prssids at all meetings, and '? bis ibsonea a Vice President 1. The Executive rommttiee shall appeh t in individual, who shall set as S,vrr<j?*y sivd Preaharer, appoint all Rtauding and other ^ommRteea of the Society, iwjkinals s#aagcinenta for tte saonarwbfhfllka. ' 8. H akall to tb? duty of ?# ilmlwy nd Ti?M?nr U k?ap nd pfwrr* U|* tooto and papom nf ih# imltofi to prapm t? proceeding* for p%Uk*'io??toUMTine all roiumunWatloM bmfl M lHbHlM ?to r?fri?? Mi dtabtfto tto fund* dfIto fTomMttfd*. U> wJ.i an Af ffe?H??n1 pnpnr. o to p?WW??d lf* *Ww, o ttolr oplnioOti^** ^ *28* act. "fla.'HC';-* JJtotoWfc-". TW *r^w f' ' -?tA **P .* * V <L ? 0 '. . I V* ~ * ? 1^ .