Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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It is U* critical eye of her own sex she fears. 1'awv seems to he no bounds to the cavil.. *.*v of the gentlemen critics. At one tr*? ? it m Lite sMtall bonnet, then the large sleeve , hut row it is the hoop, the ever\?nn\r h.a.p, and nothing hut the Loop; psipeatal .heme of the would he witif, lue standing subject of the schoolboy's ' id. rt?innn il nn unil ito (uwavIia -??> ? ! etaeter?of t!iu day ; on which, if some -*rve '.erpetrate* a doggerel, forthwith it e,>}..ied throughout tlie country. I do ?h t pietnnu to protest against it?I would < < -1 . tkc from them the only subject on i/ . t,r?\ <n?a lie witty. "t ib.- adie*> should undertake to ctiti i-o. ? tJ condemn the habiliments of the " "v of creatioti", there would be a uni.. *-xry, against such presumption; i , -w g -ntU men writer* consider thetn ~ -'vo-c f?ec jciiv comjKHent to judge of the u.' and tiitfUi.css of any new fashion, k '?;?ted l?y the ladies. i. jentleman strangle himself with his or have it so tied that it resembles wYukers of a feiorious cat, or if his ?* * :tF-r from a stiffly starched collar, * re not, we make no remark. He tvv have his face covered with hair, 1 according to Lord Monl?mldo, ^ Mpdetaily assimilates the human figure | > h> (turnkey or ourang outang?or he ' .***, <*w fash .oils, and sport at his ii?h a sleeve larger than a Bishop's, we iio not interfere, hut look on in silence.? I And now, to quiet tiie discontented mas I ?C- t r-. -- -i ? . mi give mem iuii permis - k'.oii i?> crowd their nether limbs into gar ??ihji'A *4 the leant possible dimensions, viti? b?ckies ai the knees, or occupy sucks ?a will Lkv.I promote their happiness, in Awsidaially and r?s(pe4ij?vei v ; they mar en* me ii*eir arm* in a vie*, or amplify their Hath without protest; 11?* v niuy cosher I ifceir caputs with cups, huts with broa<l I hrun-4 or uo hrims at all, at their pleasure; I the . may engage as wool growern and I .cultivate crops a'oul their faces ad libitum |4i engage in any other freak, whiui or I fancy with their peculiar apparel; but I I ahai! continue to wear the hoops, until I they aie found uncomfortable, inconveniK.ent or unfathiojtubU. I LOUISE. I -Uear Mr. Elitor. please oppose lithe repeal of the dsrty mi coarse wools, liieei iue dobiesite .product diminish, and <4fce faaUetuen suffer from the cruel effects |?af (he law, L. | We commend the spirit of our fair corI res poo' lent, and hope she may abate the I vice of which she so pointedly complains. |??Kn. I flood Advice A voting ipan from Texas, in a letter to the Oh ester fltsp^afftl, sari that Texas s a fine place, *pd if pep tpust move, the) had h?t<4r Jf? bui upon ihe Huli^ert id moving at all, be wiajcee the Hot! ?.v' ig sensiote remarks;?Rtyisttr. -f&Mb n<i, therefore, of persuading tl^j By > tag men of South Carolina to leave t .41. native S I would say to them H'Turn your attention to every new branch >f business that is honorable and remuneH-ative. Build up manufactories of overy Blind. Introduce the culture of every Hli .ic; that yield* a large return from a B y al! extent of land. Use your boundless Hxteot of water to irrigate your lower Hands ?nd make them yield five or tenfold Us much tliey are ii"?r doing. Plant roy.-s pr^Vad )9ur dwellings to shield /r97* thp ipiusm? t)/at uriHM from the ftcnk- apd river*. jn^hwt (Jo, everything ^RimI i* necegyy/y to jncrepse apd multiply ^ is roeo ir- e* M>d independence nod power ^Ef South Carolina.'" ^i?tirict.\l. Stone. ? A new material, >.?*? d of aand, plastsr-of pari*, and ^ oe I, reduced with wate.r tp ?ych p conh?ten< y mi will penpit. pouring iply moulds mm any w. (..?reft tyrjy iia* rwon oatepl.ed. ^B><< notupoei i'|i.ir^jons ill a Su/v sl^.vrt ^Hue ami it te *aio, increases in tjrpines* H>l compact texture until it Owxlly t 1 r 11 * ^Hto solid Mtme. ^not^er description of ^Ht ih-ia1 sto:i?i is tb.it la^ufHCttjued of ^Be sand, united together with a fluid? |H|i. *te of ml4> Jii cogaequence of the uiiarly simple oprjjposittpp *f W* ^Hda), it haeheen found easy to ipanufac ef it porous ee well as compact stone. .?ls.> h i<di article* ae grindstones and ^mtiiwtMiai. The pom* atop.ee are pecu* Hr^v ii.eful. *1 tljey make ailmirable til ^^He, ami l?y piecing a coating Qf ijite pure sand upon theiu they /?an pever be j^^k'aed.? Ifrwu. ^ Wnhm the I sat week nine Senator* He Keen ehofup to llj* $eu4l* uf the ^Hi'ed State* (ffUU *igUt State*, and heIke ewd 1 a' t|je presept session of LlonHHLe wine moft will probably be ehoeen, DHll! ail or partially expired terms. Of HVeiae juat cho*ep, four are Democrats f)., K??|Mil>Jioan?. 11?e probable po ^ hI ?on of the Senate en the 4th r h :i ?xi, if all the vacancies are Ah ?xt .od, vxill be a* f?dll??we : Dem ^Hrte 09 i Jtspubhaaaa JO: Amerieam CftAULKSTOX. Feb. *20, 1857. Mtttra Editor* As the In-art of the ; public ? act upon snow, an J as I have juat escaped faoin the polar regions of Vir r=t_; ginia, I may well render you some ac- , Count of my adventure*. Farther north than Richmond, I have no intelligence except wlml the telegraph has furnished; but the inhabitants of that city were, on i j Sunday week, astonished by such a storm j as had never visited them before. Men were engaged in dinner parties, and de* ! perately essayed to fulfil there sacred oh ligations?tliev were pulled out of snow dr.fts twelve feet deep, and revived bv the j : nearest druggists with the aid of bra tidy j and water. Men were to have been buri- j j ed on lliat day, but as neither carriages j nor sleighs could pass along the streets j those engagements also were per foicc j t broken. All railroads and telegraphic t W ; wiiet stopped work of course. The train ? ? | from Fredericshurg was caught on its way i j t<? Richmond. only five miles front the lat- I i ter eiiy, and there remained fast anchored . I for two days and night*. Fortunately, i ! the?e w?.s a faint house hard by, and the : lo l'' i passengers there spent their time in danc 'or a ing. The Central, the Danvill, the Pe- j all u tersburg road all were slopped. Rich- j for a ntond was suddenly cut off from the whole j -8ul world, and from the silent snowy waste all | eithe round came no sound. What were the ( j-c.e| newspapers to do. Enquirer had many , De,ir, paragraph of useful knowledge complied j , out of books of travels. The U'Aiy gave i fragments of old sermons. The Examiner ' furnished extract* from the Koran ; and the Dispitch. afforded much valuable information about how the Chinese rat- P. catchers iu San Francisco live and ply | too I iheir trade. There was nothing else for j sent it. One lecturer ventured, after several j ?u adjournments bv reason of the inclemeii i cv of ihe weather," to deliver a Leettire in Corinthian Hall. Hardly anybody atten- rceei ded and tlio members of the press were it wi all too wise to go. At last after four days, it was announced that the Petersburg road was open, but south of Peters- jjtj burg all was a polar waste. There catne ov?r intelligence by telegraph from Washing- ,|nt ton to the effect that the snow storm was . very severe northwards, which was small * comfort, while the snow was so deep around Richmond, that, with all the exertions of the companies, they had made no 'or f way norlhwaid farther than lifteen miles Broi on Saturday last, one week after tliestorm j spee On Saturday, however I your fortunate qucs correspondent, came as far south as Petersburg. From thcucc 'lie Superinten j dent would send us no farther that night; j 8Hct., but on Sunday morning, a train of cars, \\rus cautiously feeling its way towards Wei - j don, ar-d carying the mails of seven da)s, might be seen adventurously smoking along under a sky black with another threatening storm. If that storm came A down, however, it is behind us, for we who were enabled to make all tbe connections engn last night and to day, at Weldon, Wil- tudei mington and Kingsville. As we approached Charleston, every vestige of snow <(i? t|K. j appeared, and here we ate in the Sunny . UJ| Savannahs, ike.. dsc. ?. . tllOSI 1 our servant, . Vacccs Viator. | 1 _ - Gl oluti The Hon. Laurence M. Keitt's Speech, tied This is a speech of novel and original ?umd character, as well as of remarkable elo- throi quencc and power. It probes the ques ticuii lion of slavery., historically and cconoini- ?j|y cally, as deeply as Dr. Lord has done, CU8t scripturally aod morally; and educes con ,^ur-u elusions as necessary, in logical sequence, wj( hs they are impregnable in logical strength. The array of proof, that slavery is one of the natural conditions of human society, l'rc^ and beneficient in its working and results. lo *' amounts to demons* ration. That fret! la Jl"d bor leads to pauperism, and crtne, and the f multiplies beggars and alms houses and for s fills jails and penitentiaries with inmates, cesa he who rues may read, sn<l lie who rends cannot fail to learn. While we go Dot with Col. Keiit, in his political extremism, ., we yet think biin a powerful speaker and rensoner; ar.d regard his vindication of sla- c'.' very,in ihe National Capitol,which we take \ pleasure in laying before our readers, this 8nov morning, as electing a wall and towor of cold defence, sufficient to fortify the institution. Mod even against the Anakims of Free-soilisin, cntio and the Amalekites of Abolition?he has or ni done patriot service to our So?lhern Israel, fl)Ull : ami proved himself a Samson among ihe fu<>j j Philistines.? Charleston Courier. t0(j 8llp|l Something in It. ferin The name of one of the Democratic ; "n,c' members of the Pennsylvania legislature \ notw hy whose vote Kornev was defeated and imnu Cameron elected, is Meaner, who we are burg told openly boasts that he received $8,000 ?ar< ! for v >tiii<r for Cameron. Me savs h | would have voted for Forney for $5,000 fg)je l but no offer was made. The boarders at fw vi ' the hotel where Muaner wna boarding (t : very properly protested against his remain- i . ' ing after hi* self exposure, and the land j 'U * i lord dismissed him. Another landlord, to whom he applied, declined receiving bim. l'e,Ul The landlord, at whose hotel Lain) and Nyagon.?eller, the other two renegades, p'c (j hov'ftd, gave thorn notice to !l Is often said an effort will lie inade to expel Mean of |? er from the Legislature. f,,rg< If this be true, there may be something t-luin \o * name aftor ell.? Cmrolina Tinua. ? j ous . T?f* Nkcbbsitv or li-zen* axiom.?A are c sensible writer says ; u G tmes, gaitiea, sports, spectacles, there will be, as long as njen have limbs, eyes or ears. The de- ?j*( vclopinent is as natural here as it is in the arte. You might as well talk ofextirpating n.nsic and paintings as of driving . ' the common amusements out of the world. Now, there are abuse* of these things.? an" 1 Vyiiat ere rye to say of the abuse* I "Let ?f rc fboirj c'btih down and destroy the thing* ab?l* themselves," do we say f But they can- fered not. Then let them be cut off. There is vote, really nothing else to be done. Elevate, aecu* refine, purify the public amusement*.? fl?m Let religion recognize and restraiu them- oate j Let it not, a* ? too octoroon, drive ihetn n to licence and extravagance; but let it ( throw around thein its gentle bond, to make them pure, cheerful, healthful? u " helpful to the great end* of life. What IIXA,,I a blessed thing for the world were it, if its "Pwi amusements conhl thus lie rescued, re- Utuh , teemed, and brought into the service of its dent -oMhe and jdety f* and I ?s| t * ? Jjf LAXOASTX&VILLB, 8. C. EDNF.SIjAY 1IOKMNC, 1KB 4, 18J.7. j NOTICE. le Editor is gone?gone about las l? i?- j i; niul we Ids Substitute, lire loft to cuter ie pu: lie taste l'< r news and literature, week or two. We mention this, tiint my know the editor is not responsible ny tiling herein contained ; and that the | istilute" noting only, for another is not. j r. If any one of our readers should I himself agricved by anything that upi he will reuieinber, it is a case in which ody is responsible and act accordingly, i this notice we proceed to our work. TO CORRESPONDENTS. S. II. &. Co Your udveiti-eiucnt canie late for this paper, 'l'he Editor is nbon business. As soon as he returns, ill be made right. intkactor.? luiu Communication is ved* Let us set* you, it' possible; and II appear if desired. SriRITUALlSM. >iritual Manifestations are rather weak the river. The Standard informs us wine froze in Clieslerv ille, in the late id s/u-cA" 'e are under obligations to Judge Buti>r congressional favors; also to Mr vn of Mississippi for a copy of his eh in the U. N Senate on the Slavery tion. y Hon. John Appleton of Maine is to ! ;iil Judge Nicholson as editor of the hington Union, and uill bo the Organ e President elect TOWER OF BABEL. Mr. l'laee, French consul at Mosul has been f< r some two 01 more years ged in making discoveries in the so'i s of ancient Ninevah: lias at last, as lie uses, discovered the Towergof Babel in plains of Sliinar. A full examination rot yet been made; but Mr. Place and s w itli him are satisfied that it is the vere Tower reat lapse of time, and the wasting deson, that has dwelt upon the earliest setcouUlrica of the earth, for many tlious of years, have helped skepticism to iv doubts on Biblical truth in many p. r n.r .1 ? ? - - i,r'v ,n" ??* ?? nouois are oetng nipremoved I, *icntific researches in the and the crumbling ruins of cities long ;d from the sight, now exhumed, arc pairs to prove the trutli of holv writ. Tower of Babel has long been Jonsidby inany a.mth.but .Mr. Place is about stablisn its claim to ? real existence, 111un knock another plank from under bolish crowd, who are on the look out ueh objections to the Bible. May *ucattend his efforts. THE WEATHER. erts in Lancaster, although very cold, axe not felt a tithe of the sufferings ex- ! need north of us. In Virginia the | i seems to hnvu b >e.j heaviest, nod the ' un, intense. The It li'rrads were! ked up so as to obstruct all communi- I n between Noith and South f..r a week | nre. The storm coming unexpectedly d several cities with a scanty supply of! I and the r< .ids and rivers being obstruc- [ it was hard, if not impossible, to get a ly. The consequence was, great suf- < p. and, we are sorry to add, death. In ' ?gh N. C. wood rose to #8 per cord, 'ilhstnnding the great abundance in the j idiate vjeinity of that city. In Peters- ' Vn. fifteen deaths?some say nineteen ' r?P?rted, we hope the number is ex- j rated. Dr. (.ox, said to be n most ex<? j nt man was frozen while Attempting J "it his patients. Provisions were very c in the city; and of fuel, there was ory little. $3000 were raised for the fit of the poor, and a committee of genun was appointed to ntte-d to their ; ?. In times of calamity like this, peo- ' row sollish; and the cry of distress too i fall* on !istles& ears ; but the citizens etersburg while imprisoned in the snow rt not, that sutTcring humanity has is upon them. urine disasters have been very numcr.long the coast North ; and the harbors loacd with ico. CONGRESSIONAL. ie readers of the Ledger will remeinthat some time since, a charge of bribeid corruption in tie lower House of {reus, was made by the N. Y. Times ; that while this charge was the sobject mark in the House, .Mr. Paineof N. C d Unit a member of Congress had ofI him fifteen hundred dollars for his A. Mr. Edwards of N Y, is the party K-d. lie denies it of course, and the >c to give force to the denial and vindi its eharaotor from the suspicion of buy. ud selling the legislation of the cnuninpointed n committee to iiivestigsfe antler. Several witnesses have been lined but they refuse to answer unless fie charges are made against some par r inetix idusl. Nonunion ||)C eorresponof the N. Y. Times, has been arrested "'confined far contempt of t|># llouss in refusing to answer the questions put l.y the committee. It is uncertain how the matter will terminate ; but the probability is the committee wil! discover, that Mr. 1'aine. misnpprehciided the meaning of Mr Edvvnrvls.nnd that the latter in a playful humor, was but jesting with his lionorablc friend. The charge n ude by the Times will be dropped ; because witnesses won't answer questions that would expose corruption. The witnesses will at (irst be arrested, but soon after set free : arid every body will forget about the disgraceful charges, anil things will go smoothly again. Thus it is that corruption sta!ks un rebuked through the hulls of American legislation in open day. DEATH OF PRESTON S. BROOKS. It is w itii t aiuful regret thit we announce the death of this beloved s<-n of South ' ar oiina. Col. Brooks died in Washington on the night of 27sh January. Unlocked for and unexpected, was li e mournful in tolligence; and it has fallen sadly and heavily upon the heart of every Caio'iuian. C?>l. Brooks was possessed of high and noble qualities?the qualities which coiMi tute the good and patriotic citizen, the dutiful son, the faithful friend, the generous, humane, amiable man, and the ebivalric sol. dier, jealous of his own and his eoontr, 's honor. He was young, but already be lias done service to bis country ; and gave promise of greater usefulness, for years to come, (ireat as is bis loss to the Slate at large ; it is yet greater upon Ins immediate constituency. I'roiupt and clliciciil in tm discharge of Ids duties as tin ir representative, be had won their unlimited eontidenee and respect, and made himself, to tliein. especially, a useful, necess.irv, public servant. This visitation of providence, falls most heavily on those who mourn his loss as relations. We intrude not upon their grit f . hut mourn in common with our fellow citi zens for the loss ?.f one so worthy as Preston S. Brooks. m ? m ww ii a j am? PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR. Mr. Cameron, //vc-mu'/t, lias been elect, d to the United States Senate from lYiuisyl vania. In November last, this State gave a respectable majority for Mr. Buchanan : and it vxas confidently expected that a democrat, of like political ntlirdlics would he chosen lint Mack Republicanism vwuv too strong . ami Simon Cameron in Senator. When Mr. Uui hamm wnselcvtcd groat rt-j'dcing was hud throughout t!?? South and no one felt more like rejoicing than we did. Hot we never regarded his eleeiion, tlu* great triumph, hoiiio of our votcuipora. rics did. Mow could we, seeing th.it J'rer. soil ism allowed itseil stronger than e\i r hefore? the eneinieii of a constitutional I'liion and of the South, showed themselves. organised and fearfully strong. We are now aalisti d that we were correct in iimitii.g our rejoicing. sitnpU to the fact, thai Mr Unehauan was elected ; regarding it only : * a triumph of put i\, in n h rd fought content; and not a triumph of principle, tl.at guarati ties tlie rights of, and secures peace to the South, iu future. The democrats won the bailie, but the enemy was not routed ; they stand upon their ground as strong as ever, and peili.-.ps.? taking ('nine:oil's eleeiion as a test,?a little stronger. It is nonsense then, to regard the election of Mr Buchanan as a great triumph, that achieves the rights of the South in the Union ; and it is wrong to hold lorthaiiy such idea to Unpeople of the South. We met the enemv ami defeated him lor the time ; but w e found htm stronger than e?er we did In-fore ; lie still occupies a hostile altitude, is not at all discon tilted by his defeat, and his avowed purposes are still hostile to the interests and rights of the South. These are the f.iets ; and we state them us llu-y are. They are id' themselves suihcient to coutiiire uvei v one that he who I Ves liis country, inusi be vigiU nt still ; or el e Run k itcpiiblicanist:. will uveiMn mill timing jour country?our whole country. !.ct the SSunth remain uni* tcd ..nil ready forth" coritlict, or eh c prepaid her house for a scperalc establishment. The election of James Uuch.inun. was no triumph of Southern rights, further than n present protection of tlretn, from the attacks of their enemies. And any attempt to elevate it into anything greater is suicidal. MARRIAGE NOTICES. Some time since the Carolina Times contained an announcement, that u fee in future would be ehargid for publishing marriage notices >n that paper. The Chester Standard thought thin wrong ; nod took up the cudgels for Hymen. The lhirliairton Kim?. Sumu-r Watchman, IV Dtr Herald, ri al took sides with the Timet; while the York ville Empiirer alone, hat rallied to tlio StamUuil of the Standard. The Timet, ui first somewhat alaruied al tl.e wielding of the 'Mrencn.iiit bia-lc* ot the Knights of Kings Mountain, takes heart on loo injf at tlie number of lii.t backers ; and calls on the papers of the Stale to "pilch in" for a ujrre four If we feel it our duty to ^tfriklit, tlien'd rose of lauicuster, will be found by the side of York's pale blossom, under Chester's Standard. And If wo do, we claim the privilege to pair off with the Senior ??f the Times. The editor of (his paper was once pupil tu said senior, and Ids buck still tingles nt (lie recollection thereof. A free fi^jHt, may oiler an opportunity to settle old Mores. We will now only ssk the editor, sogge*lively, if he does not know that ?ny luW, eoiitrnet usage or custom roode in re-lrniiH of marriage is void ? (See liluekstone).?Look tip the law .And when foundtt.ro down a leaf as "'York's tall son" would say. liro. llowuian, you uie a Calhoun democrat. opposed to high t iritis! We are unti-tnntl too, hut wo wish to know, how you eun re concile it with your Antecedents, to be the lir?t ntan in the State to propose n prohibi* lory taritl on marriages, and 1/ ii^in loir ' answers, lull explicit, ami uii?t|uivoeai are dedred ; no assnuiphons, but proof, rca?, tangible dir." HON. L M. K?ITT'S SPEECH. 1 It \\a? with nu Mil* 11 degree of pleasure, that we rend I lie speech of tho above named distinguished gentleman, on the feiuvery question. delivered in the Mouse, January t0 16th. Mr Keilt has treated his subjeet in th an original and mas eil> manner- it is on- tn doubled I) the great speech of his political jH! life ; and we eoinniend it to our readers ; it feeling sure, that they in common with the vvl vv hoU Moiitli w ill thank him tor it. NVe will in a few w ord ?,try to give souie, though ] an an imperfeet, idea of the argument. I do '1 tie (ir*t grand position nssutned, is this; ' Maury is a jjtii.uial fact, rv tlal in ''li lh" urtgin i.f things.'" lie shows it to have I,. en nniveisai, m l .lie creature of l.i v but dil < xtstiii{? oit.Tioi t. law ; that law, in every j of , country has only dclim d it and w atched m over it and in no single instance has created | tii it. Ail this he lias ineonteslibly proven.? no At the conclusion of I.is argument lie mivs : du "1 have r.ppeahd to a long line of iiionii- pe nieiits, historic; I poetical and philosophical. w< Sacred and human ; t<> codes and creeds, to If show its primitive e.\islenco. Voices from mi i the cast and voices from the west ; voices tin from the precincts of Kden. and from the w-i summits of filial, voices from the depths to of darkling :tnIi>)uiiv. and from the glare of su high civilization ; voices from the sam tuarv ho I ot (Jod, and from the seat of the Praitor; lie voices from every tradition of every nation 1 Ithat lived upon the tide of time past, pro- | tie claim the primitive, consistent ahd mid-ilia- i >i< 1 hie f..ct of oiiginal s!av<rv." Not oulv.' en ... does .Mr. iveiit prove the spontaneous origin ( is [ of slavery, and its consistency, hot that it inj > i, po ilie and is a blessing to mankind in ' t;n J its results. Further ; he demonstrates, I j that s'avcry is a conservator, of good order |K. i ...... ..m i -i...... ? i i | \oniH he h..s been in contact with a higher ! tli I civilization i In* Hm busked ill the oiviliu* I m | linn nl Persia, ninl had his NumiJinn u ?r? ; hi . wilh C'arthnjju; has bci'D in contact with . ca I'lui-tiicia ami Kgypl before the aye oi the ' |,< [ i'tiil* am s ; has Ikm ii in contael wilh Circece ' J and llmne, ami lviyl.mil and France, and ho i still is i.lid over h.u? l>.-cn a savage. If the I providence of (iod di I nut niak - him an inferior?if ihc necessities of civilization did ! not require his subordination, how happens I it that he has been stagnant ami stationary for five thousand years? How happen* it nr that his intellectiial nature has ever been P' impenetrable to science ami freedom? i i o sustain himself in his several positions, >lr. Keill has gone at great length *< into the history of the past ; and w ith com- M ; plete success. 'J'his I'nique Speech is elo- cc qnenl and powerful; and is, in thelvnguage st of the Charleston Courier," a Wall and low - ed t r of defence, sudicient to fortify the ins'itulion, even against the \mikiins of Freesoillsai, and the Alualckiles of Abolition." ^ HON. W. W. BOYCE. ev It is wilh great pleasure, We see ilmosl ai daily ev idence that our friend ltoyce is r.<pivl- sn ly g-iiiiiiig the confidence o| the people of ul the Stale everywhere. /a?ny umy hr irarr ! ri , The following, merited complimentary no, lice IS uiit U iroial the CwgciicUl AviV ertlser. "We are pleased to see that this talented 1) Congressman of ours is making himself tJ felt in Washington upon thnt most impor. tint of all the p.nctieal questions now be fore Ho country, "the Tariif." Sometime I' since Mr. Itoyce look an early occ.isioii to j place before the country his views upon this j interesting subject, We admired at the I lime. me or ill* r>tiiurh*. 1110 r method of In* argument n.d luc tenor ?< tin* policy lie advocated; mid n* have been 1 expecting to hear more from Imn upon tin* t, great topi*. VVc have not been disappoint. u cd. hirlv iv* the dcbite tin been >pru<ig ? upon ttu* question during the pre ten I *? * n ?.on, we find hi.11, like it true kmght, 111 hi* (l po.t. nrnied caji-a-jnr mid r uiy at all point*. , ,, The Stale of South Carolina look* to him with cnnlidcrice, an I feels ineiurcd that hi* ability miii intelligence will carry out, a* tar ' a* pnaMble, litr well known principle* in ^ thi* rtgaid. Mr. boyce is alt honeai wnJ n ' la it lit ni politician, by this ll.de pendente a 1 ut intelligence, lie has commanded the 1 ' respect of our National Ia-ytvl tlurc l<el / him goon boldly, ml he nill deaervc, and I , receive, the plauUtts of an lulmiriug con* ' stilucoey " j ii | i, . ...... ........ r...... . IAHUU ^ (,,] ir: it* original purity . that i* before tlio | ?r i rn of syKtenintio emancipation, vva-> mtio- 1 j1(, ' duoed, tn the M-hliiiKiilalily aini pvud o | nn philanthropy of people and nation*, tlfac ^|( ' bl exi.sied in a tiiui'h yrcater decree | {|( j t'oaa .hey do row own in countries where ah?- HVX very ii. retained. ()a the other hand be demon- (| >tr:.ies tii .1 the einaneip 'tion of Sinery | | ! and the intri di:eti>>n ol fiee labor in it* I |,t. I stead, i< the parent of paapoiisiy, tl.eft, j vv, | lewd u ?s. riot* ai d nil the vice* of llie day I 011 j in tlnir aper.nated I Win J ;r, i Slavery, orlyinaliv, iv.ih nnii? inal; that! re is. it w\v-? not rct>! tided to any partieular tii j race, but ti.e l.t!ii<>pi.in. the Je-< , the (ireel: dn I %J\ .11x1 tmv liMdrai.iM H. iu ; in>t only l? strangers. hut t<> their own "1*1 i brethren. Hut in pme<of time and the i h* ! provisini s of an overruling Providence, the vsi I 'aiicnsinii r.tce have risen superior t? the condition of Slavery : and have ax ailed them-' tii 1 *< lies of it. as "an instrument of advance* ' ''i i loents" 'I lie lilhopiau howevir had notitn- | xx proved ? lie is tlie same now, that he ever of [ xvisn. Upon this point in the argument. ( hi Mr. Keitl suys : Slavery in ancient daya.xvio. or univers.il. It was existent in tli framework of ' re j h'I the people who make tip tuiitrrn iintiuiis. ' nj A* an inevitable conclusion, it either ex'fr's . In noxv, or it does not exist. If it does not ex- i re ist now, llien the ('aiieaaian i.nee, through [ C; I social metamorphoses, have passed out of it pr 'and have vindicated their cap: cities bv tnak- jm i ing it an instrument of advancement; or ris- { L. J iug superior to it ; I n the very fcja.vons, the je j boasted standard of civilization and morality ' at! for ages existed under a slavery tenfold | tli more severe than that of the slaves of the j la | Mouth. Iu ten centuries, it would then ap- pr I pear, the modern nations of I'iurope have J ed 1 worked their way through barbarism and . vn 1 slavery to a Idglt civilization, (low fares I dc jit with the Klliiopiaii ? For five thousand j c about lo be resumed, we hope to com- Mr *te ? bnnl settlement of nil JiffiTrncM? there be peace in nil Aii"lo-S^xond??in. ) ot 'I lie Custom I louse officer* of New ^ ork jH i*ed Jiiounry 'Jttli the entire stock of cit e**rs. Ilcnne <&. Brothers of Maiden lame, ir.si-.ting of diamond* ana other precious ones amounting to $150,000. It is chary. I that tlii) gi oils Were smuggled, in The last mail brings various eontradieto- (|| reports us to the situation of Gen. Wul- j,, r iu Nicaragua. Uy some he is reprusen- || J as in a more prosperous condition thai) M <cr hcielotore, by others, liis pro?psets pi e made to look gloomy; and jet another, <? lys he lias been surrounded and lias etipil* '' laled to the Mieiny. Ills lllipossihlealit ar< te at the truth. J.ones Hemphill, Km|. has been elect*d i Jj eprese'Udii e in Ctiwstei Uhaicl, itcc C. ' , u: L >1 elloii, bsq elected rSohutor ot tills (._ beuil. The Hon. James S. Green anti-lSentoo leuiocrat has la en elected . H. Nanaur oil* Missouri for tiie term ending March 361. I to My the interposition of tbw Kmperor Nu V oleon, the Oitticulty beta ecu i'russi.t and ta AiU. rlaiul is about to be settled. 1 ! Home Chinese soldiers on the (till of Oc- f )i??r bo irded a tiril.su vc-.s ! and carried way lot lie of the craw. Adomai u.?i imimmi in iiioiu wilier*. * ilcrK red, unit t!i? turn were wni lute* : bul ! uu|ioIok> being m-iil ? ? required, the Ad- j ^ iin?l taouibordcd (.'union. ci A new Post (.>11 ice b:ut br n wUblinlied ' ^ ii York Di?(xi< I by Uie name of Shsrou ^ r'mloy. Andrew F. Lo\e in Hie i'os'.inssX1 01 M P. Livingston of Newberry District, m s murdered 011 the night 01 Ibe U.iru uiu \ nior e sir.King ;.jMin*t l is door, reirrd ,j 1111 to open ii. As soon us lie n??i ?i, i?? 1 H run o'iuI tbrongh die lieud. '1 lie n.urdarer J unknown ' n r " ' SDIT0R1AL CORRESPONDENCE. f Mansion lloi'ti, CANTO* S. C. I Friday Night, January 30th 1857. j ^.lu After u very busy and disagreeable dny , '"r me, I tuke.oul my travelling portfolio for o purpose of inditing a short nrtivlc for o Ledger. Not that I believe the next me will need anything from me to make one of peculiar interest, as those into rlv turne charge I have left it. w ill no doubt 1 Of lify il>> renders with something rieh, racy I 'us d entertaining: but having nothing else to ! 'hi i, and feeling uncommonly dull, am! but tlo like sleep, 1 have determined to serib- " x l> a little, if only for pastime. It is reasonable to suppose ttiat the con- , '' " lion of the roads to this place, is a mailer ' "" some concern to tlie people about lain- j dor, nnd the experience of one who has I ed it. bears witness to the fact, that it is j small undertaking to get a h ad of pro- j ee here n this time. The roads life dux | Lv, ratelv bad, and the present slate of the j shi ather is not like y to improve them mneli t 1'n I Were to sav how 1>; d they lire, mi story alii ght meet with the same credence, as did j to it of the Iaincaster Stage Driver's, who | is this morning explaining their condition the our latiidlord. I was called upon to s!u listantlate his version of the facts, and at sla it. I do not believe that we were fully be- uni ved. Ia*t any one try it. howo* er, as un ? ? has done, and they will soon believe it there is not mneli room for exnggcra in Coming down by priiate express, I 1 1,11 dcaiored to shun I lie worst places, but it t bad every where, a'ld I suspoet that nolli "" X was made by choosing the greater dis ; f"' lieu j til* The Cotton Market was not so buoyant . re to day. as I had Imped to tiud it. Cot- I ' n seemed to have a downward tendency, lather, ti e market is depressed, n?>t onli " ' re. but tliroughont the Unit-d States; d this i-? i:i e?.||sc(pience, riot of unfavarau advices from Europe, but of the fuel, it the receipts at the dillbrcnt ports, are elling so rapidly, and are now larger ' r an they ucro tin; same lime last year.? ; mm> e reason of tins can he easily explained ; re, hut John Hull litis heard the cry > I all, as applied to shoit crops so often, that 1 ir version ? : i. e matter i* not likely to be j edited, and when the repot t of these largo 1 icipts reach Europe, it i> not improbable I it it v. ill induce a decline. The present ' illness of the market, is entirely ow ing j a feeling of apprehension in tliis respect. | lie last several adi ices Irom Europe, it w ill j remembered, have all reported an adncc. The most absorbing topic here at this lie is shut of tlu much lamented death of id. IV S. lirook*. The melancholy tidings eie reported hcic by Telegraph in advance the mail*; and I hi* Charleston and Coiuin* u papers of yesterday set aside nil doubt, 'j riithcrdirptilfd (lie tan:t hope,ih.it the liral " port uu untuunded. The nation it en'led ion to mourn the Ions of a liobie :.nd val- ^ nit patriot, tin* South ??.' otic of her most yj liable "n.i etl'i ctive supporters aiid South \I, iroliti.i of cme or licr moil cherished ; ml ' I I utilising St iih. Ki jK'nlvilly, of latter ' ey ais, has out St.ilc I ei ii vallcil upon to i 'i'-'1 nr tlie Io?s *?f some one of lier luigh'est i i\eln, j.ml in no lindane , perhaps, was the llietion greater than ?o?v. Cot down in e prio.e of life, when his worth was just ginning to lie felt slid when hit future er utilised mi much! Well may short-sight- f'; man wonder tit litis case, ami look in in for a reason for this decree of I'rovi- | ''' ,. ? Hit ir.ee. The lateness of the hour, and the f.iet 1 at 1 have several more letters to write, nd , nnishes inn that I most close this se'rib ,|t ing for the present. My next Coinmuni* j 11, lion will l?e from the Metropolis, which I to ipe to reach to-morrow. 1 er W. M. C. tlx THE NEWS. I I.ord Napier has been appointed British inister nt Washington. The interrupt d pl.imatic relations of the two countries j ir?? The Messrs App'eton, New York,propo?0 publish .1 "New Americana RneyelnpHW i," designed to present in a condensed tn for practical use it complete summary all the facts of human knowledge tip td ; present day. They had a tough time of it. getting a ix Collector in All Saints Parish. The ill candidates were Peter Vnught ntid nj. K. Sessions. Peter won the first at by I, but the managers decided re was '"foul riding"?two illegal votes. tomi heat: Peter v on this heat In 3, but vas dcsithil against hint on tic ground illegal vote's. In the third heat the boti of Pen t ihl and lie came in a winner by majority. IXEHPTION FROM LEVY AND SALE. A moecinent is on foot in the Mississippi gi.-lature to exempt a portion ??fa debtors ve property from side und? r execution! the bill boforo the Semite, the following eililnienl was adopted by u vote of 2d (>. Kveinptisig one slave, to be selected by ' debti r, it lie have more than one. And > it lei sueli debtor select o rv tain a female ve, tlioii all l ie children ol such female ler the age of twenty years, shall likes ?e be exempted." MAMUCK.? Kxpeiimeiil shows that lluf lie amount of inaniirc w liicll lias been it*red nine inches deep with earth, so that evaporation can escape, will produce ir bushels more w heai to the acre, than I which has lain exposed to the Weu'hei. ? ping m.n ure i'iivi red. then, when wheat i dollar and half a bushel, will add sis liars t u the ve locol the products of every v of land, growing w heat. The ab?>ye we liavo taken from the Carn.i t.'iii.n .it. /, IIxpreiily for the benefit our firmer read is What is said in fcJ ion to wheat will hold good as to cord. \ it. (T rlfgrijlir. LATiilt MUM] Kl'UOl'ii. iini\.\i. of run sti:ami:r ARABIA. (;)o X.v Yokk, J<iii 20, 18o7. Tie .?;? Arabia has nir>\e-1 iit Tin1 l?ii Iters' Cm iii.ir ipjotea t -ovine iii Cotjni fit 1 8-1, '1 ho sate* tl wi-fli amounted to '-27,000 luilci; ?*c of 1'iidny OoOO baie*. mid those of titr l it 5000 bate*. I air Oilenn* 8-1.* .Ji!. i. 1 7 13 10; iv.ir M. lav 7 in 10; M-l.;i'U 7 1 1A. l.m I'jiluiiils 7 10; Middling I pluii'Iii 7 7 10. M.hiliigher. Consols 03 3 4. W heat lui.s dine I one to two |n-rum hio! I'.otir is 0 1ver. Corn easier. I'rovirii i>k vety ilull. Tin* Arabia's in nil* Hie uue in New >rk K. iil.iv night. I,VTK.;t KkOM X ICAIt ACIO A ?Till? ft en IIIThame* has hi riveil hi Aspiuwall, from cytown, with (Jaws to tin* 18tl. ul?.? e brought thirty rive of Walker* men. ley were transfered In an the (trauniiit <1 left niiiiieiliiite.y for (treylow n, to cony tlie Fi.libinaei* brought by the Tc.xnt I Adger to New Orleans. Walker hn<l evacuateil ltivas ami wan Si. George, surrounded by the Allien, s niii hi* follower* aieexpecvil hourlv snrreiiiler. It in reported tliHt the steamSierr.i Nevada had bc?*n captured by a Costa Kicah*. 'the St. Mary'* wa* ing into lNtnta Arena immediately. )eath of thj Hon. Preston S Brooks. \N A3IIINOTON, Jaf\ 27. The lion I*. S. Brook* died till* even; at ball" |'?-t seven o'clock * nhlutily of angulation, frotn dineaae of ihe throat, j expired in tlio anna of Itia friend Cnpt. irric, of South Cxr'lina. '1 lie decease your (j'tlUnt ami ii fled lie preventative mourned by every noble spirit iu this y. From a Private Despatch. Washington, Jm. 27. 'I lie Hun. I*. S. Brooks tlieil this even2 at 7 oVIoek. Until wiiliin twenty unites of Ins dentil lie wxi nut thought l-e ;ii danger even I?\ hi* physician*.? i* colleague* are all with the body.?? ?vrv. On Ketll and M.Qieen, with hi* ivt.ui .il. and l>r. Lynan and Mr. Corrie, South Carolina, were with him when he ed. WASfliKOTON, Jan. 27. Col. Ilneki iliril from thickening of the try us. He had b-eti ill for miiihi days. *?< ? thought thai '.he crisis had ta*e?r uinl, win ii lie wit* suddenly seized wttft oup and expired. Congressional \\ AaitiNorov. Jan. 27. The Senate debated tho Indi.' Appro ri^tiou I-ill. In the House, Mr. l'niii|tv -II, of Ohio, from the Committee oty I Ul M UII, I Ll^uha w ? ? 1 k . nil.' iill HINI-IMifll lift i>ill. ahich lt<; maied will it-dute ilio v?;$]-) m>(.) 000. The lull ?*nrh t*rnn<-h of Coii^roM lire co HTuI of i?* o>0linj^<'flt fund, w aa tlwlol without nt'lH'ii. Fune.al of Mr. Brooks. lV A-tlli.-sOTON, J Mil. 19. Tl<?- funeral of iL? l**l# iJoit. Treat;**) , l*iook', ** < alteuJed by so iminrto* >ilcour?? >4 cilijurtis. 11m remains wera Hi ill** Congn-rMulial (Vireterv, nt will Kx ii be removed to III* ln>m? Hi njtli Cirolin*. In tiolh linnclir* ofOon*. r?-* eiil.^i*** have U?n pronounced up a (lie <|tc?-ar.e?J. Wamiiisoton, Jmh. 30. Iii the linn**' r?( lb|irt>M>ii'iitiin to day, in Orfffttoiiter on lb*- Judiciary *c,.nrtKl re* *lusoii, <1* t*?r;ii?oin^ to impeaclj i?!,(e \Yatfcua, of T ?.***. The olh**r butter* of Oonjfreaa today k unim port apt, 4