The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, October 08, 1856, Image 2
TilK LMCiSTEft LEDGER.
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rdered out and charged accordingly.
Independant Press for Sale.
Tito proprietor of tho hufejtendant '
rrrss expecting to be absent for the most v
part of the next two years, will sell I lie es- t
tablislimoni, " lock, slock and barrel," on i
accommodating terms, if application be ?
made before the 25tb <>t t tunU. ???
VV?WWI CII3 ?l'? I
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There is no country paper in the State |
now paying hotter, or promising to pay ^
better, than the Tress, ami our only reason
tor desiring to sell is as above stated.
Any one desiring to engage in tho busi
nes?, and sens his country in a highly r
honorable capacity, is invited to call anil 1
see us, or communicate by letter. If we t
cannot satisfy a sound judgment that the "
Tress is worth what we ask for it, of s
course there will be no trade, n
Will our exchanges in tho State oblige v
by noticing i
South Carolina Conference. j.
The next Session of this body is to be
held in this town, beginning on Wedncs- a
day, the 19th November. The usual Kx- v
animation of the under graduates will be p
attended to on the Monday and Tuesday |
preceding. Hence a number of Trenchers
will arrive on Saturday, the 15th,and jreligious
services on Sunday the 10th, will v
be conducted by brethren from a dsitnnce. a
About one hundred and thirty itinerant c
preachers are expected to he present dur- a
ing the session. Tishop Andrew to pre- '
aide.? Yortc District Chronicle. ''
n
Horrible Murder. ?
We learn (says the Tarn well Sentinel,)
from a letter teceived at this place on
Thursday last, that Mr. Jesse Walker, of ^
this District, was killed, by a mulatto boy,
on Monday last. The hov was the prop- 1
erty of Win. Craig, Esq., and has made ?'
his escape. The friends of Walker are in n:
pursuit of him, and have offered a reward w
of One Hundred Dollars for his apprehen- u!
sion. He is described as being 10 or 18 m
vears of age, thin visage, and has the ap
pearance of being in delicate health. is
The murder ways committed on waters 11
of Holly Creek, nine miles South East of 1"
Aiken. 'I'
Maj. W D Wilkes. !?
We were pleased to meet last evening
Maj. Wilkes, who has just arrived frotu ^
Kansas lie reports the country quiet,
and says the Abolitionists have all been U|
driven out. He has no doubt the elections iu
next week will be in favor of the pro sla- di
vnrv nnrlv V.wi/t
V * vm-/ utt/tiuii*
^ m ^ 11 *
Tiik Season.?The first of October 1ms in
arrived. The long spell of dry and parch- ?l
ing weather suited to the harvesting the !*'
rice crop was ended on Monday night at ..
11 o'clock,by several refreshing showers of
rain, and all yesterday with a refreshing jn
and invigoiating atmosphere as belongs m
to the mountain and a Ueiinuda or Nor- th
them climate. oi
The Harvest is nearly ended. All
crops fair. The health of the town is rap- ?
idly improving, and the number of wag- in
gons from the adjoining districts, invites ol
every merchant to His post. Gome home
all!?Pee Dee Time*. ^
I'unt.ic Meeting.?Tho Meeting last fu
night to hear Col. Cunningham's address
on public affairs, was very large, and exhibited
deep feeling. The spoaker dwelt s,
with distinctness and power upon the j\
lending points in the great sectional issue
now on trial, on which he look the hi8.h- tli
est Southern ground; and wherever lie
was strongest and boldest, it was very evident
he most completely met tho feelings 1
of the audience, and was most warmly cs
cheered.? Charleston Mereury. 81
bt
I'aitkrirm.?During the last year, ^
194,101 paupers were supported and relieved
in tho State of New York at the !'
public oxpense. According to the Secretary
of State, there was in 1831 one pauper
to every 1*23 persons; in 1841, one to Ll
every 39; in 1851, one to every 17. At (j
this rate of increase, he calculates that fif- C(
teen years hence there will be one pauper p
to every five persons. Massachusetts and p
Pennsylvania aro said to be in but little if v
any better condition, d
u
Municipal Ki.f.otion.?At an election "
held vt the town of Hlackville on the 8th *
inst. tho following gentlemen were clio- .
eon as Intendant and Wardens.
Intend ant.?Dr. \V. H. llagood. r
Wardens.?Dr.NV. \V, Smith, M. D.
Maher, l)r. C. J. Stephens and John W. c
Dannelly. '
The llarnwvli Sentinel says?''There '
wtre two tickets, Licence and Anti Li- '
een?e, hut the anti License or Dry ticket '
triumphed, an whs tho easo last year. !
The Chops in Si mtki< County Ala.? ]
I lie Livingston Demo< rat, of the 20tli inst (
ays: I
" We are lorry to learn from the vari- 1
ous portions of our county that both the *
cotton and corn crop will, in comparison 1
with that of last year, be exceedingly 1
short. Prarie lands which last year yield- '
id fifty bushels of corn per acre, now >
promise twenty-five?sandy farms about
one third of their usual yield. I
ljf %th\n.
LANCASTERVIT.LE, S. C.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT 8, 18M.
Lll-ll1l?.in.i i_H_J i H?Pl . jm HI !? !
"\V." AND THE REGISTER.
T will l?o remembered that in our issue of
veek before last, we noticed an at tide ill
be Winnsboro Register, over the signature
if 44 \Y\," and passed some pretty severe
itrictnres upon the writer for bis sneers at
bis District, and for bis slanderous attack
ipon men and matters tliat did not eoncern I
dm. We thought the strictures severe but |
leserved, and should they offend 44 W.," we j
lold onrself responsible for w hat wc said
1 \V.," however, prefers to seek redress in J
tewspaper s!i:ng, and dodges the issue by
nuking a scurrilous attack upon us through
be Register, still over the old signature.
1 \V." We will not condescend to notice
inch an attack, especially from an anonvnous
writer, and couched in such terms as
ve conceive, reflects only disgrace upon the
uthor. lie says his name may be had at
he Register Ollice. We don't want it ; lie
* beneath our further notice.
\\* 1-1 !- V. 1
c nan iiKiiu (i a reply to an editorial that
ppeared In tlie Register simultaneously,
ritli the article alluded to above, but give
lace to the following, front that paper of a s
iter date : i
Apologetic.?We icturncd on Thursday
rent Aiken, after an absence of nearly a
reek. We regret that during our absence
n editorial watt inserted in rt Terence to the
orrcspondenco between our ftiend " \V." s
ml the editor of the Lancaster Lrigcr.? |
lad wo been at home, the matter should y
avo been kept clear of oar editorial col- j
nun*. We make this statement i'> justisc j
? ourselfand our eotetn]>orary, of the Lin- (
ister Ledger, to whom we hope it will |
e satisfactory."
AN AFFAIR OF HONOR.
INce our last issue,the melancholy tidings
avc reached us, that W. It. Taki-:u, Jr., one j
f the Kditors of that ably conducted Jour- i
si, tlio ( har'eston Mercury, fell in a duel i
itli K. Maoratii, Lh<]., on M onday iiytli J'
It. The Mercury of Tuesday morning, nn- v
runted the fact in the following language : t
Death of William It. Taber, Jk.?It ?
our duty to announce the death of William t
. Tuber, Jr, one of the J'alitorn of this parr,
who fell ycrteiduy afternoon, at the
lirtl fire in a duel with Kdwurd Magrallt,
sip.in conse.j nonce of tliw peremptory eltal- j
itge of the latter, for the publication ofal
i ..?r
guii Mill-naive manor u> this paper. the nu- x,
or of which was not called for The comunicntions
complained of, liad reference to "
ic candidacy for Congress of Hon. A. C.
ngrath. It is not now that wo are called '!
|?on to pursue the merits of the question '
voiced. In the presence of death,? the 51
until of one who has been intimately assoated
with ns for years, and w ho breathed
i true a heart as ever beat on the soil of n
arolina,?we bowrur beads in sorrow and j,
i suttering, and pass by all considerations ?
F party conflict, in the sense that w e have ?
a friend, true and tried, and a brother a
i the hard duties that make up our connec- c
on with the public life. Ji will not be fi
isy to lind n braver and more self sac rifle- p
g spirit?it will not bo often that the com- ?
unity w ill be called upon to mourn over M
ic extinction of a more brilliant and genor- (t
is intellect. c
The offensive nrtiolcs alluded to above, v
ere written by Edmund RitrTT, Jr., who ?
ado nn effort to prevent the duel, but withit
success.
Mag rath is a brother of the Hon A. G. c
ag it att!; the latter since the iilliculty, a
is retired from tho canvass ns candidate (l
>r Congress from Charleston District.
MONOPOLY. I
ome time since a correspondent of the I
usy Hee, a humorous and literary Journal, 1
ibli?hed in Charleston, t*. C., stated that |
ie passenger depot of the South Carolina |
ail Road at Charleston, was monopolized ?
V northern newspaper venders, and that the '
irricrs of tho Charleston papers, were not j
tfTercd by the authorities to enter. This ,
atcmcut was denied in very omphalic terms h
f the Columbia Carolinian, w hereupon the /
'tity lire furnishes the following proof. s??iuing
the charge made by bis corrcspun?nt:
1
To tiie Editor or the Columbia Caho- '
isian.?Dear Sir: Havinc noticed umr *
.lilorinl, in which you respond to " A Travlur"
in these words, "II is not True," and c
till upon the Yorkyillo papers to do the 1
'resident and R. R. Company justice, wo 1
resumed that you spoke knowingly and ad- '
iwedly for Mr. Caldwell, the President.? '
icting upon this presumption, nnd under the '
eiief that r. Caldwell's statement was a '
utheient guarantee to the public, that '
Southern Papers were not prevented froin '
ale in the depots, or on the road," we tin- 1
erlook to confirm your statement, in a card
a the Charleston News, and to request all 1
he papers that had copied the article of " A
ITayelcr" to do so likewise. Morcov tr, 1
icting under this same belief, we sent three '
carriers, one a Charleston boy, 15 years of 1
ige.by name Dsniel rlnrtoett, who used fornerly
to travel on the Road to Columbia \
Tor tins purpose, and our Agent, nnd one of '
our Association accompanied thcin. The
carriers entered, and commenced offering all
the Charleston Papers; when the official in
nuthority peremptorily ordored his subalterns
to "turn those scoundrels out; and if 1
[hey would not go out pencenbly, ta beat
[hem out with a stick." The Chariest* n
joy was then taken by a man named Patrick (
Lindsy and forcibly ejected. All this oc>u,rred
in the presence of Mr. Robert Purse 1
?ur Agent, aud one of our Association NVe 1
herein re request you, injustice to ourselves,
is you positively denied the question of " A
Traveler," to copy tins, and Jet the public
udge for themselves.
Very Respectfully,
EDITOR OF BUSY DEF.
FANATICISM.
Or nil the sentiments repugnant to the welfare
of any country, that of fanaticism is the
most to be dreaded. Some of the most disastrous
wars recorded in ancient or modern
history, may bo traecd to this source, and a
spirit of religious fanaticism ascribed as tho
prime cause of their existence. In aii ages
the swerd has been used to iocuienteprinciples
repugnant to common sense,aud pernicious
to a free and just administration of
government.
That the enlightened Republic of Ainviien,
rim King among tho first nations of the
Ululc, may years lier.ee be looked upon as
having been desolated and shorn of her
greatness by this same demon, Fanaticism,
is by no means improbable. The signs of
the times forewarn us that we are approach*
ing an era, w hen this foe of constituted governments
is to test the basis upon which is
founded these United .States. Tho bands
which bind them together, and which every
patriot must wish indissoluble under a just
administration of the constitution, is threatened
with the strength of a m mister w hose
warning precedents arc calculated to instill
into the hearts of his threatened victims an
unconquerable dread of his blighting and
devastating presence. The last number ot
the New York Day Iionk received by us,
furnishes evidence of the fearful length to
which abolition fanaticism is carried at the
North. Ille.ck Hi publieanisrn is but another
name for treason,and it is full tune the South
and the order loving people from every section.
should look to llm meansbv which this
rebellious faction is to bo subjugated. We
append as extracted from the Day Iltxtli, n
few of these incendiary sentiments, with
authority for each attached :
SEFAKAT ION.
The north must separate from the south,
and organize her own institutions on a sure
basis.? 11 illicT/l l.lui/d (iarrison.
PGWR WITH UIK rOJ-STITCTION.
" A great many people raise a cry about
the Union and Constitution, as if tIre two
w ere identical, but the tru'h is, it is the Constituliou
that has been the fountain and father
of our troubles."?liec. Copt. Henry
llur.' lit tie m llccher.
SITTTTNU ETON WASHINGTON.
?. I?.... 1...-:...- I _ . i 1 11 i
?v.NviiiuiiiM^ mv v?,n n ?ia\I'lii'Hier III'
oul.l spit iijM)ii Washington, (hisses and
ipplausv ) 'I he liissers, lie said, wore slavolohlcrs
in spirit, and every one of tliem
vnuld enslave liim if tliev had the courage
o do it. So near the Fnnciiil Hull and
[Junker Hill, was be not permitted to say
lint that M-orM'i:i:i.. George Washington,
ind enslaved hi? fellow men ?"?C. /,. Hamuni,
lilac}, licy itblican tiralur at I'aneuil
'lull.
DISUNION ARYllOW.
' I detest slavery, and say at hesitatingly
hat I am in favor of its abolition by some
tienns, if it sends all llie party orgai izulions
n the Union, and the I'nioti itself to the
tevil. Jf it can only exist by holding tuitions
of human beings in the most abjeet 1
tid cruel system of slavery that ever emsod
lie earth, it was a great pity that it was
'Ver formed, and ilie sooner it is dissolved
lie better."?//. Al, AMi'on.
A CAT-LIKE TltEAD.
4 It it bad remained with me to use Hie |
lower of the government, we should not
inve wniP-d thus long, but our oppressors '
ton Id have been converted into heaps of
lead men on the plains of -\iissouii. Hut I ;
: .:n - - -
iii i. miii^ iu ?> iiu nil lu iiHM rii\v, or llll l\\ n
o morrows, when 1 ntn on trail of an cnuny
to whom I have a deadly hate. 1 would
allow hiii) with cat-like trend, till I could 1
urcly strike him dead.?v. Herder.
i.kt the caittol blaze.
" We urge, therefore, unbending deteriuiation
on the part of the Northern mcuihcra
ostile to this intolerable outrage, nod deland
of them, ill behalf of |ieace?in behalf
f freedom?in behalf of justice and human- '
v?resistance to the last. Better that I
onfusion should ensue?better that discord
hould reign in the national councils?better
lint Congress should break up in wild dis
rder?nay, better that the eapitol itself
hould blaze by the hand of the incendiary I
ir fall and burv its inmates beneath its <
rumbling ruins, than that this perfidy and
rrong shall be finally accomplished."?/force
C ireely,
a collision iiorEP ron.
" Political action is just now our greatest
\i!?our greatest danger. We arc looking
ftcr ballots when our eyes should he fixed
m bayonets. We are counting votes when <
re should he mustering armed men. Wo
re looking after tho interests of civil rulers,
then we should be seeking after military 1
tilers. I only hope, sir, to hear that there I
wis been a collision at Topeka- i only w ant |
o hear of a collision between the free State ,
uen and the federal troops, and that northirn
men have fallen: and then will soon
blluw the gratifying news that the northern i
States have arrayed themselves against the j
edcral government in Kansas. And will
hat he the end ? No! Missouri will be the
mttle-ficid, and then slavery will he driven
o the wt.ll!"?(irrrit Smith fit Itujfalo, trim
ias recently written <i letter in Jutur if / Venom.
BLACK nEFttLlCA"* fRATtn.
"Oh (Soil! wo pray that thou wilt curse
lie slaveholder in all his undertakings, conbund
all his plans, and spread terror, hororand
dismay throughout the entire youth.
,'ttrso, oh (Sod, we ask thee with a blighting
urse, nil (be Democrats in the Union ; may
hoy, in an especial manner, feel the weight
f thy great displeasure. We entreat thee,oh
.aird, to go to Washington and kill Frankin
Pierce; aliow him no mercy, but strike
lim down ; also, in your righteous wrath,
omemher and punish with direful wrath
Jnna, Douglas aiul Toombs ; let not one of
.hose villains escape. Wc a*k thee, oh Ixird,
to afflict every pro-slavery man iu Kansas
with ilio leprosy or small-pox; and inay they,
ifter feeling tho pains of a thousand deaths,
be tumbled headlong into hell without a trial,
there to feci ten thousaud strokes on their
Dare backs, daily intllctcd by each and every ,
r?nc of the slaves in the United States. Our !
Heavenly Father, wo ask thee to strengthen |
us in our resolves to make Kansas a free j
State at the peril of the Union ; we ask thee
to interpose thy hand in our behalf, and help
us to shiver tho Uniou into atoms, lather
than to concede to the southern demons,in
the form of slave drivers, one inch of tho
disputed territory."?A i'reacher at ()berlin
College, Ohio, on the 4th of July last.
It is a matter of vital import to the Bouth
to know tho extent to which the above
sentiments are curried, and what proportion
of llie northern people are ready to subscribe
to them. If they are imbibed by the entire
Black Republican party, the array ia indeed
formidable, for they number not lesa than
one-third of ike Union. With one-third of a
Republic of twenty-Are millions of people, J
entertaining sentiments akin to those above fin
quoted, who eon say that the fsibric is in no ac(
danger of disruption 1 Nor is the danger re- of
mote; it is nenr nt hand. Within a few fy
weeks will be known whether tlio standard tiv
bearer of this party is to dishonor the chair eo
onco occupied by a Washington, ? Jefferson co
and a Jackson. The very fact of an election of
so disgraceful to the whole country, would w?
of itself tend to weaken the desire, in every Mi
quarter, for the prospef't; rf the Union. hij
w , tin
We have received from the Brother Jonathan
Ollicc, New York, a sheet of six finely
engraved portraits, vis 5 Buchanan and
Breekenridgc?Fremont and Dayton?and ev
Fillmore and Donclson. Send a 3-eeut
postage stamp to B. II. Day, 43 Beekman
street, New York, and joii will get the w'
whole six of these portraits free of postage. w?
Cheap enough! ' oh
Tub lion. William I'okchf.r Miles has s''
been nominated through the Charleston ,l"
Mercury* as a candidate for Congress from
the District of Charleston.
YELLOW FEVER.
The Charleston Board of Health reported
during the pnst week, from two to seven
deaths daily from j el low fever.
Saturday last the 4th inst., was return day
for tliis District, and we arc gl.?d to report j|H
that iiineh fewer cases were returned than to
usual. |>,
Si'Eciai. attention is directed to tlu? several rej
new advertisements i:: to day's paper.
Has'K ok Ciikmkii.?The Dank of toi
* nosier uns tioctareo a i oviocnu oi 811
|>or share on their stock for tlio last six '
months, being at the rate of 10 per cent
nor annum. < >11 ln>l Sales day 23 shares
i ""
of this stock was sol?l at puhlie out-erv in
in this town and brought 420 per share '
of f23.? Chester Starulanl.
a *
?_ 55 Hc,
Coiiiiiimiirntioiis. m!
osi
7s i " " hih
[For the lattncfttter Ledger. ^ ^
Special Meetinrf. I,.,,
Council met 27th September. 1856. Pre*- a,?
er.t J. Adams, Intondant, S. 15. Kmtnnns, XI. ing
I'. Crawford and J. C. Secrost; absent Jones
t roekctt. rca
Treasurer presented a rough statement of t0
the finance*, from wlt'nli it appears the un? try
expended ball.men in the treasury, on the tht
20tli inst , was two hundred and tbirty-seven |,o<
dol'urs niul seventy-eight ei tils,'to wit : Iteeeived
from all sources 4171 -17 we
COKTUA. lht
I'nid out up to 2l)tli September.... *2.70 60 p;if
'8 cor
From wldeli deduct the j tJ
follow ing bills y?t to pay, auc
namely: -j-j,
tV M lVnw.N Oil
lurj
S. i?. Massoy 33 15 SUj
J. Adams 33 7'J \YI
J ones Crockett 9 05 jllt|
S. Parker, James Parker, WJ>
James Slieliorne, and T. era
riiwull for i. ork 19 97 $170 89 j|OI
: Jlri
tor, 89 cac
Accout.ls due not yet t:0.
presented, viz: J. M In- pr|]
gram, I.umber $J3 00 ,j,e
It. E. Wylie, Work 23 50 u]r
Blacksmith's Hill 4 00 $19 50 exj
I.env inj* a balance unexpeuded of $17 39, '] ),
provided tltt last three items are correctly i? t
estimated. Th
James Parker presented his proven ne- jr0?
count for this week's work of four dollars iiut
ind sixty-seven cents. um
lewis Parker presented his proven ac- cot
count for live dollars and ten cents. it i
James Khi home presented Ids proven nc- ltii
count for five dollars and ten cents. stu
Thomas Tidwell presented his proven a 5
vceount for five dollar* and ten cents; or wo
for six days' work each on the Streets the (
present week?examined, found correct and hib
ordered to be paid. ma
Jones Crockett presented bis proven aecount
for nine do lars and five cents. S. 11.
Massey presented his account for thirty-three ticl
dollars and fifteen cents. Severally exam- nta
ined, found correct aud ordered to be paid. ex<
Adjourned to 5 o'clock next Saturday <
evening. tec
J. ADAMS,Intendsnt, T. C. U ?H
J. U. Stcatsx, Secretary.
m M i
ne:
[For the (-ancoster Ledger.
Hon. John NcQueeu. n:
'The Chcraw Uazcltt in authorized to
announce the name of this worthy and able eic
man, ns a candidate for re-election to the
United State* House of Representatives, etj
from tlie first Congressional District of this a j
State. We think it tnucli to he regretted Im
that (Jcneral .Mct^ueen should have opposi- tn<
lion, or that the chauce* of his return to ms
that scat he has no ably and consistently pe
tilled, should be rendered uncertain.
He has been tried for a number of years, cu
and has proved himself worthy of the vital
ami important trusts, that have been committed
to hia keeping?he has ever prcserv- ty
ed a steady and manly front in defence of mi
the South, during the fierce onslaught
against her, and has never lost sight of the ty
true interest snd welfare of his own Slate n
and section, by reason of the tempting nl- on
iurcinents of Federal thrift, lie is a South- pr
era uian with Xoullura jruuijks, and, as th
far as we know, holds but little communion
with tho temporising, Federnl-houor-ioviog ce
politicians of tho present day, who, in their
cxeeasive lore of Union, hsvo and still bid of
ua * watch and wait," and we fear will coo- H
tinue to do so, until lh? enemy shall have
actually invaded the sacred sltsr of our
homes. We know Gen. McQusea to be
u and true, and, moreover, his Intimate
juaiutnnce with tho various ratification!*
the Federal Government, properly quail- ?
him to discharge the duties of roprescnta- f(
e, during the perilous times we must ell. ?
unter in the future. The Washington p(
rrcspondent of the Carolinian in speaking n
hin;, says: I only wish the whole South j(
>rc represented by just such men as ^
Queen; there wou'd be no betrayals for v
jh oilice, no ootnproinises as excuses for
nidily?but the South would have her .
fhts or independence. These things taken tj
0 consideration, wo should regret to see (
n have opposition from any source what\
The above compliment to Gen. McQueen ri
taken from tho Suinter Watchman, and ,)
is written when it was supposed that he t
nild have opposition in the approaching ?
ie'.ion. The Editor of thai paper was in p
nshington this summer, and, therefore, y
eaks know ingly, as to the elevated stand >
d position of Gen. McQueen in Congress, v
d in Washington city. More might he
id iu favor of the re-election of General ^
l-Qween, hut as ho has no opposition, (Col. ?
ulley having w ithdrawn,) it is unnceessa- v
His constituents appreciate him.
ONE Of TllEM." f]
[For the Lauca.?ter Ledger. h
LaKQASTF.KWI.LK, Sept. 27, 185G.
The lonenster Agricultural Society held ''
1 anniversary meeting in the Court House
day. Joseph A. Cunningham, Esq, "
osidcnl of the society, presided, and John c
Cooke was appointed Secretary?the c
gnlnr secretary being absent. 11
Mr. Cunningham, in opening tho meeting,
1 so, with some appropriate remarks,
itching the importance of agricultural pur 0
its. lie also submitted a letter frcin Dr.
. C. Cnuthen, tho orator appointed for ?
s occasion, informing the society that on 4
'omit of sickness in Lis fatuilv, lie would
p
t ho able to attend. 'J'lius the society
s deprived of the pleasure of hearing Dr.
iiithen, but rather than Ikj entirely w illiout
ipecch, on motion of Mr. Samuel 11. Mas> ,
the President was reuuested to read an 1
C
?ay, heretofore prepared by him. J his
\ Cunningham did. The burden of his
lav, was a contrast between the jUatiirr
1 firmer. Mr. (Cunningham nrgiied that
i.hut i* ino iiiorc iiirmy ?>l fit* two, and
:fced his opinions with sound arguments
1 calculations, that In* who relics on rai*.
[ cotton alone to tnahe tuoiwt/, would find '
diflicull to prove crruneous. After the
din/ of the essay, the society adjourned '
examine the stock and articles of indas- "
on exhibition. Before proceeding to
i lot, where the stock was to hu seen, "
tvever, the members of the society nc- ''
npanied hy their visitors, anion*; whom
re many of the f.ir sex, repaired to the
Franklin Academy grove, where they
took of n bountiful pic nie dinner.
\t 3 o'clock, I* M., the society agsin '
ivetted in the Court House, in order to
ir the reports of the several committees, ?
I dispose of other and unfinished biiMiiox-. 1'
u amount of stock exhibited was not *'
;e, but good judges pronounced it of a
>erior quality. Of uiiiles, Georgu MeC.
ilherspoon, Ktq., laid the best, in the l l
gmeiit of ilie committee,and the premium 81
s accordingly awarded. Of horses, acv- '*
I weie exhibited?tine draft and saddle ! ?
son. Iii horned cattle, M<. l).-tuicl \V. D(
i\vo c.irneil the day ; Dr. T. K. Cureton
ne in second hot. The hogs on cxliibi- ^
11 verc superior: A tine Suffolk hour, the
iperty of Mr. \V. J. Cureton, took homo
s'lver cup, although in ttie same lot w ere
ee others, llutl would attract attention, il
united at the reproaching Suite Fair.? r"
ere was but one Jack on the ground; be
ho property of Mr. it. D. M. Dunl.ip?
e committee speak in high terms of liU j
id qualities. Many articles were cxhib- .
i, such as line specimens of Indian corn, | ^ _
1 several Varieties thereof; and ulso of I
ton, wheat Mid other products of the soil. 1
will not be invidious to remark that Mr. J
dnuoiid 11. Torrel shewed some cotton |
Iks of the Boyd prolific variety, that cast ^
hade aa any thing in tbo UUtiict, and
nld shine on Ited River.
w
Jf manufactured articles, aereral were ex- ,|f
ited : Among others, some negro shoes u
do nt the shop of Mr. W. J. Cureton met
lb unqualified praise. The committee
ommeuded all persons in want of that nr- n,
le to buy of him. Some blackberry wine V(
de in laineaaterville, wn? exhibited; il was |
:ellent?so the committer said. (.|
After tiio reports of the several commit- in
a were read, the society proceeded to S
u r business if
Do motion of Mr. Jauiesli. Witherspoon, n<
'. Samuel 1). Massey was appointed the at
xt anniversary orator of the society. w
f)n motion of Mr. Samuel ft. Maaaey, Col.
xon Barnes was appointed to read an os- ?
f at the next quarterly meeting of the so- ?<
ity. a,
l>r. W. C. Can then presented to the aoci- oi
i a silver cup worth |10, to be offered as b
premium for the largest yield pui acre, of h
iian corn, on up land. The kind ol soil, b
>de ot preparation and cultivation, to bo C
ide known to the society by those com- h
I in.T
Col. Barnes presented to the society, two *
ps worth $10 each, to be offered ss pre- h
iums tut the society may direct. (,
Mr. 8. H. Mnssey presented to the socif- e
n cup worth $10, to be ofTcred ah a pre- t
mm as tho society may direct. t!
Mr. \V. J. Cureton presented to the aocies
fine $10 pair of boots, to be offered ss n
premium for tho largest yeild of wheal aff '
ic acre. The kiud uf soil and mode of ^
epsration sod planting to he reported to '
e society by those competing. (
Ou motion of Col. ilarnos the present offirs
were continued another year. p
On motion ordered that the proceedings t
' the society be published in the Lancaster t
pdger. a
The society then adjourned. J
J. A. CUNNINGHAM, President t
I, W. Cooxk, Secretary. ?
| Tor ihc Lancaster Ledger.
Dr. Thortiwcll's high chsrncter, ns a gentleinn,
and ns a man of letters, is n Utter s-Liclil
i>r him, against any newspaper writer, than
ny tiling I can pen in his defence; thereore,
when I endeavor to answer the argu
icnts of " One of the People," on the sub
*ct of the t<outh Carolina College, I tio not
retend to take lip the eudgels In Dr. Thorn
i ell's defence.
I have had the pleasure lately of eonvers
:ig with both our candidates for the Senate
nd each avows it is not his object to injuri
he South Carolina College; but it is ti
ilnce the management of the monetary at'
sirs of that Institution upon a more cco
loniical basis, lloth object to the present
imposition of the tuition fund. They think
he tuition fund should be placed in tin
Statu Treasury, subject to legislative dis
insal. Mr. Witherspoon and 1 in 1849
oted for a resolution having this object ir
icw, and I have no doubt Mr. IIhuiujoiic
could vote fora like resolution. Then then
* the building the new College Chapel, and
tlier uncalled for extravagances I could
mint out, if time and space allowed, to
i hich both our candidates are opposed.
When the South Carolina College was
irst established, in 1804, there were few
,ollegcs South of Mnson and Dixon's line
South Carolina seeing this, true to h?-r oh!
States Rights principles, founded a College
or the double purpose of touching Iter sons
he true principles her citizens advocated
nd laying a foundation whereon a South
rn literature could be built. The Slate to
arry out these objects, have so far elected
en to preside over the College, who wens
minent for their piety, with one exception,
>r. Cooper, who though a man of literary
mincncc, was deficient in religion. To
ubstnntiate this assertion, I w ill name most
fits presiding ollieers, ii/.; The venerable,
. ariied and beloved Drs. Maxey and Capers,
Ir. Henry, Bishop Barnwell, tlw ehupient
'reston, and Inst but not least, Dr. Thornroll,
(the President, Dr. McKay, I do not
now, but understand lie is a member of a
Ihurvhj. All of the above Presidents wa re
tiller Divines or members of some Christian
lit 11 roll. The other members of the Paculy
were either Clergymen or members ol
>nie Church. Again, there is in this Col
ge a Professoishipof Moral and Religious
allies, which ' imparts that culture of the
*f;?rt. which our bent citizen* deem nceessa:
to be joined with the enlightenment and
I vclopiuciil of the intellect/ It is evident
otu thin, that the immoral culture Npokci.
f by "One of the People," has reference
lone to the Presidency of I)r. Cooper.?
hall the College he condemned because
ne of its Presidents held religious tenets
istatclul to coinuiuuily ? It eerUiinly
lould not; the fault w us with the Trust's
w ho elect its o divers, and not in the
istitution.
To Sectarian Colleges I have no objection;
is my dt sire cavli of thetn aboubl tlonrinh.
ir i do not think any College should lime
ior two or three hundred students ul one
me, receiving instruction within her walls,
we wish to attain that mural culture of
ie heart so justly lauded by "One of the
cople," who says the moral training ut
ie South Carolina College and the Uuiverty
of Virginia was the cause of oilier Colges
being erected, litre I must beg leave
Jitfe.* with "One of the People." It was
it the particular culture of the heart in
ilcatrd at the South Carolina College and
e Unitersify of Virginia, but the progress
the age, that required the building of otli
literary institutions in the different secins
of those States. I'or communities are
ogressive in education, as Well as In rail
:uis, ni/rieultuie. anil nu.niif .. i..?
u?u tlii? Mwliuii, I will refer to (he L'uirsity
of North Carol inn, and William and
nry College, of Virginia. The University
' North Carolina, w Itich hnsalwnjs been
inducted by a religious Faculty, ill 1837
til one hundred and ten student*; she ha*
>\v near three hundred students, receiving
struclion within her wall*. Vet there are
i many scat* of learning in North as in
until Carolina. Again, William and Mary
u I lege, in Virginia, i? the oldest College in
irginid; she was founded by Christian*
ho lied from the persecutions of Europe,
id lias always been conducted by a religijs
Kicully, who paid strict attention to
orals. Yet the progress of thu age denuded
another sent of learning, which
suited in Mr. JcfTcraoii founding the Uni?r*ity
of Virginia, upon erronious princiIrs
nil now admit. This has all been
tanged, and she is now in a more flourishig
condition than nl any former period.?
he had at the time spoken of by M One of
le I\oplc," about two hundred students,
8iv she has between five and six hundred
udenls, receiving instruction within her
alls. Although many other seals of learnig
have been erected in the Old Dominion,
ten 01 which are well patronized by comiiihily,
ban Virginia withdrawn her patronfrom
tiiat Uuiveraily, bccauae other seat*
f learning h*ve been erected within her
order* f No ! She nuataiiin and cheriahea
er Unlverait/, m the briglileat jewel In her
rilliant diadem. I would then any l? South
aroliiin, do thou likewiae with thy Col?go.
No College in the United Slate* keep* up
nd maintain* a good corpa of Profeaaora on
er tuition fund alone. All our Sectarian
lollcgt* have fund* ul inlereat, which interat,
with the tuition fund, aupporta theii
'aeultica. it will be perceived from this
Iiat the South Carolina College roualeither
e endowed or the Slate must make an anual
appropriation for her maintenance.?
'here/or*, thoee who wieh to withdraw all
Itale aid Ctvm thia College, wlehea her deo
ruction, whether they are inimical to lb*
'allege or not.
" One of the People.*1 soya," There ia ear
iHnciple involved ia its maintaoanea, eo?
rary to juatice and eound policy. That ii
axing the whole to accommodate a few, vs.
cting of the poor and middle classes to up
told the rich." Thia assertion I flatly con
radict. I have heard it before, bwt have nev
>r heard it proved. It will do very wall fe
I election> <*ring purposes, to humbug th?
I people with, in the mouth of.n candidate
I ! but 1 was surprised to n<?c a writer of th?
1 ability of "One of the People," advance it,vv ho
I know hns no electioneering motives in view.
The rich and middle classes pay nino-tetithi
of the State taxes; the poor pay literally
nothing. Thcno two classes contribute over
one hundred thousand dollars towards
the education of the poor. The rich and
middle elasses submit to be tn*ed for the
" benefit of the poor, if the principle "Is Com
trnry to justice and sound policy." I assert
5 the rich, middle and poor classes all hsvo
1 sons educated ut the Mouth Carolina College,
1 will make another assertion, that those
\\ iio are able to Send their sons to the Mouth
^ Carolina College, pay three-fourlhs of the
1 taxes of the State. Therefore, three-fourths
5 of the annual appropriation ia their own
money, which will be about sixteen thou*
sand dollars; put a peg there. I will make
1 another assertion, it is this: That South Csro< Ml
' linn, by having her sons educated at home, I
has iucrenaed tlm prosperity of Culumbla
' much?that she now receives aunuslly, in
' the slinpe of taxes, ten thousand dollars more
' than Columbia would hare paid at this time
into her treasury, if the State had built no
1 College there ; put another pog there. No?*
let us see how the argument stands:
Those w ho are able to send their
I sons to the South Carolina College
> contribute $tG,000
> Columbia pays iuto tho Treasury
as above, 10,000
Tuition Fund say, 8,000
Total, 834,000
Here i? thirty four thousand dollars, and
i h.ivv has it been raised ' The answer is obvious.
Those who are able to send their
sons to tliu f'outh Carolina College, now
contribute annually more in the tdtspu of
tuxes and tuition tui.d to the State, than is
necessary to educate their children, ni.d vet
~ One of the People" say s it is "contrary to
I justice and sound policy." Our forefathers
re?i?lvd the principle of taxation without
| representation. Now, in the annual appro[
priatiun, voted by the representatives of the
! people, to the South Carolina College, tax.*,
tiou and representation goes togethi r.
I agree with "One of the People," that
the State should not grant " money to donominal
institutions." Hut he should reeuli....i
i-.... f..l! _~j
nwn i nvnc * Ulnars W Viu IMIIil IiJ? UIKl
endowed A* I ssiid before, the necessities
of tlu- couuuun.ty demanded more Colleges.
The ditTt rent religious sects seeing this, look
ilie feeling' at its Hood, and by a well organi/.ed
system, procured contributions froru all
quartets. The iiifidi la (persons not momher*
of an) Christian I'hurtli) a* Well as Die
Christians, loused their purse strings and
creeled Colleges, whose government was
readily ) i< bled, fioui a patriotic motive, to
ihe Cltrisii.,1) denomination making the exertion
to found auvh institution of learning.
To show the advantages conferred on the
Stale by the South Caroline College, | will
point to the State Judiciary, to the Uar, to
our Delegation in Congress, to the leading
men in our legislature, to the I'nlpil, and
lastly to a number of her best jewels, who
adorn the private walks of life. |? this uo
recompense for her outlay of money f
P.cfore I close, I w Wh to address a few
words to my fcttow-riluena on this College
question. Tltis question, fclluw-cUilcna,
reminds uie a good deal of the Kr? v School
controversy. The people were uruunvd;
they were shown the gr?at injustice of the
mode and manner of distributing Hit' Free
School Ft.ml; the kiltie cry vtu ruined tW.it
the Free School Fund utual be divided according
lo population, and not according to.
representation. Wo >cnt our representativva
to the 1 -rgulatnro to, light to the hint fur
tliin principle. What; did they do! Did
they effect a change of principle, an deaired
by the people f No! Wh.tt then! Why,
they voted to double tho Free School Fun 1,
bat let the principle atufcd as it man. You.
don't bear unythiug now aUoul Die Free
School Fund being divided on a wrong
principle. I lo.d you then,fellow-citiiena,
that the principle would not be changed unices
the representation in the Senate was
d'uTt-rent. So with the College; it wilL bo
an electioneering hohhy (if y ou w inh to keep
it up) when all of ua arc cold In our graves.
I do not know who alnrted the question*
and I don't care. I then beg of you, not to
lot thin question influence your votes in the
coming election. 1 intended signing myself
"One of the Middle Class,n to which 1 truly
belong, m my bumble judgment, but havo
concluded it would bo boat to aign tbeuaiue
n y parents gave no,
S. 11. MASSEY.
rucuisa TiiS A ltoi.it iO.N lb I B mo
llkLL, AND liuLUSO JilNKKR UlLL MoScmkvt
AoAtsar tii* Gat*.?Tb? following
toast was given by one of the Boston
> Marshals at a colialioti given ibetn by Mr
Potter, the owner of lb? fugitive Sitna, at
hia plantation, during their alay in havani
nub.
The A'orth and South,?May the link*
, of the chain that binds their uniou bo
, stronger than ever?the Aboliliouiita
pitched into b?II, and Bunker llill Mod*
uutcul rolled against the gale I
Stvhtiivn 11.1ru ? At - ? -
McGee'* Meeting llvu**, Sampson a>joty
N\ C., a few days ago, a ladv joired io a
prayer offered up. When ilia congregation
arose, alia waa discovered remaining
on her knees, with her hands clenched to
the l'ie back of bei scat, and on exAraina"
tion was found to he entirely dead.
| An Abolitionist named Mctvee, was
discovered tampering with the negroes
about Payeuevdle, N. O., a few days
* since, endeavoring to induce them to run
off. lie was treated to a ride on a rail,
i a bath in the river, and a good blacking,
, and thro sent of North.
Central American Affairs.
Washington, Sept. 29.
Tbs Government will demand repars
lion from New Granada for injuries ?u?r
ts'ned in the late riot at Panama.