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J* iJtt -L-^ Jc $2 PER ANNUM ZrrMX'^^ZXZZ?;rr IN ADVANCE 3 /flinilg nni ^alilicol 3!cai3|in|irt?Eraatfii !a tjir 3rt3, s-rirnrra, ITitrraturr, iCiiatatimi, Syririiitarr, 3atrrual 3m|iracriatats* /arriga nail Suutrs'.it jOtius, nail iiit jUarlifts. VOLUME VI. ' LANCASTER. C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. I>EC. 16. 1857 mi m it K i! at Inlrrt Can't do Without a Paper Wlint?do without u paper ? 110, I've tried it to iny sorrow, iSo to KtibKiibc to one I'll no, JV'or wait until to-morrow, Should lover* frown or hang themselves, Or other foolish caper, I'll never get to hear ? f it? J do not take the paper. Why, there's my neighbor, Jonathan Strout, Ho always has the news, And having news to talk about, 1 r - . 1 ? I IK IIVU'I g?'lS ' "C "UIUVH, While others yawn in ennui, Hi* mind in like a v:>| or ; The cause in plain to lialt an eye? He always takes the paper. '&>' While neighbor strout hears all the news And knows each current price: And always minds his l*'s end Q's, By taking good advice. I cannot tell the price of calves, Of poultry, codec, tape, or Any kind of merchandize. Because 1 take no paper. Though i have studies which require .Much time and mental labor, Yet 1 can spare a little lime, As will us Stroiit, my neighbor. Though time he precious. 1 can use A longer midnight t;?|??-r ; And l! u< take tini^ to read the news? Therefore, I'li take the paper. For I lie Ledger. \VADttsuotto', N. C., 1 >ec. 4, 'ft7. l)?ir Lctljir :?There are sever tl c?f my correspondent! who, no doul>t, are, by this lime, quite aulnilou* to hear something more of the progress of thclerrilic disease of w liit It 1 wrote a line a few data since \ ami as you liave been lieretofoie itccnuimotbtting enough t<> open vonr col uintts to my unwitty pen, 1 again itt-k per tn'.s-io.i to occupy it small space in oik* coiit. r, if not to the exclusion of more impot taut matter. I hope toy correspon ileitis will lake it a* person ally addressed, while It it i ds generally will learn some tiling tif us. l ite discasn is still confined tu the oij.j ji*.*] same family There me Niiil I;.nc !K*r* i Koine ten cases, and hut one ?! .* till.;? little girl some live v e irs o'd. Home loo h i\e been inoculated and are doing ?? !!. The inoM of the eases are convalescent. Thoie will baldly be but one mote, it any other J?aih in die family. 'He attending | l.yhicii.n I.as been we'll vaccinated and has no unpleasant symptoms. The writer iaw and examined the patients some thirteen fl3) day s ago, mid still feels very well? none of the premonitory sy mptoms yet?hopes he will not ?was vaccinated route live or six year* since. 1 here lias been great excitement in the surrounding country , hut is passing oil. liiu inlccle.l district or pre iium** ii i!i I oeu close!) watched and guard ed, so 11 i ti we apprehend but little >1 hi ger of any cases vnlaii/c There have gone out a great many (also and much exaggerated report* which is having a detrimental effect upon the business of our place. Our neighbors, however, heg ii to come in mid our town presents Uiore of iis wonted business and stirring aspect. We think llnre is no danger Hi viailing our place, as tlio ailiicteJ family lives outside the corporation. We assure the traveling community generally ; drivers of stock, &c., itc., that they need not apprehend danger in coming here, and those who know the writer, feel ns sured that, if he thought there was any possible danger, be would not write or speak oilier wise. The most stringent measure* will be kept up, and instituted according to the exigencies and indications of the circum (Alices connected with the pestilence. '1 tie general heath of our town and coi ilry is remarkably good. There is nothing doing in the why of Kail Roads here at tins time. We can- j not s:ty when the contracts will lie let out. 1 wrote you the Koiid wuh located?tio news since. We expect hog* here in the course of some six or eight days. Six cents is the highest notch spoken of by many. if. s.i .1:11 r.....:i rr...-_ ??! VI Mlliva OVIII |'I0?0I VU11UII inai Let Jail, 1 lc. (ho bent hi Client w, S. C. ! SON OF LANCASTER. Pray, Mr. Professor, tbil it ? peri, plotti* ?' 'Madam, it it simply A circumlocutory cycle of oratorical tenorkity, circumscribing an atom of ideality, lost in a verbal profundity'Thank you, nr.* lloua.?Scleral droves of hogs hare made their appearance in our uiatrict.? The ruling price* ?eeui to he 7 ceuia, but vie ihtuk they mutt come down. AbUnllt Vrtu, 4th. [(Jo:ultii>>1 from f.'ie iSuuth (' irnluu or J Legislature of South Carolina. MONUAV, DKCKMUKR 7. I SENATE. The Senate met ai 1 '2 in., pursuant to adjournment. Mr A K Johnston, from tlio jo lit Specinl Committee appointed on I In? pai l of the Senate to nominate suitable p.i.vms for l'le.-ideiil and Directors of the Hank of the Stale, presented tlie following re port : The Committee appointed' upon the j in i i lit IIIC rv-ll.lti- III lilMlilllllttt J'li-Mliftll hiuI Ihnvl'ifs ul ili? liai.k ol tin- Sure of South CHiiiliiMi, have ?It>?barged ilie ilutv them, and ask le.ive to icpuit tins reMjii ill tollovist J 'or J'rcaUfht.? (J M Km man. Jjmctois.? Will (J IJllkux, 1 iiUn Eel IV, A Sunomln, II I Striiliecker, (J J Coieoik. | J 11 S.eininei er, 1' C Gaiilarii, W V l'axion, J II .Sliv|?'inl, I. \V Spruit, Albert Eire, J I' l>. V.irx. The House uf iJeprcsontalivo* retained to the Sennit a I ill to anient! an Act lo ' - I.' 1' ! I .? t1 itv I'lMi IIM/II ill iliv I rtllMll'S i uf St J 'I.?1 iij >.<* iiin! Si Michael's. which had rcceivi d two readings in each House; the liill ii'Ctivi'il the thiol reading, ami it was rev*J wd that tlie hill <1<> pia> ; that the title Ilt<-1 ' ill l>e eliai god ; ilr?t it ! ? called an Act. An Act to piotcrt the owners of neat cattle, and an Act to increase llie penalty for setting lire to the , woods. A lesolitlioli in relation to l'< rt : Koyal 11 ifhur. A resolution leipiiring Coiiitnie>:oii< is of l iee S.hools to po'oiitdi | their ant a I iciun.s. Mr \\ i;l.< 1-j.ooii presented a r- poit ' liom the (* nnniltoo :i Accounts ?ml \'a I eant Olli es. i> pi-rung as vacant the 1 loard ol i i itste s ot llie * outh '' t ol irt College. Mr \\ JfMspooil IhelellJU'ti otiei?-d the lotiuwinu leaoiiiif >n, wh.cli wa^agieed t", ami was sent |o he II i-e of It- pieseti| lalives toi eonctil t eln ? 1{<so!i (/, that a coiiiin'ltee consisting of one ii en I el fiome eh Congressional District I * ppuintod t-y the 1'iesideiil < l . llie Senate, l?? nouii iate siiitah'e persons for li uslee.s ol the South t1 irol'iia 1 > ! i and that a tiii'isu^u l?' sent to '.lie House , ot lie preset it.?Ii\ e>, i|sKin_; llial lm.lv to appoint a sinuLtl e >.n mllei to uo opu?utc with ti e > o.iiiiutlee '1 il < Senate. At 10 a in 'l>e S.-n i e an-pciil! Int-dnoss, and joineil the profession, a? I attended the Commencement of the South Carolina Cohere. UuUsi.nl UliriiluSKNTATIVIiS. The Unit* e uicl, piiiaumit tu ? j ?nrnmini, ut U oVoek ? in. 1'iiisuatil in notice, Mr \ o ? !<mi introduced a Imi t<i la-lund and run??L tlio pea allies iucuiiid t>v a'j'iio cf the hanks of the Slate I r suspension ?if specie j- inonts; retorted to t!i? Cotntniuce ol the Whole. The lloti!io then joined tin- procession Id attend I ollejje Uouiinciiconient. I . l'orsuaiil lo notice, Mr W Index introduced a bill to reguialu the commissions of executors, adiniiiialiators, guardians and trustees in certain particulate ; referred to the l"uin nittee on i!ih Judiciary. Mr Whaley introduced n Liil loin crease the salary of the Judges i.t the superior and ii fun r courts of tins State, so that it \x il! be i'j.OOU per annum, j The Senate sent to the House rc-o'-t lions lit ( olicill relice ill relation to I i? death ol Hull i'S Ik A t'ill i:i U'i.iii" it i?? iiand ? second rea<lii<^. J 1 i i? hit. yi\i? tin* o.? u1-im ol sheep (IoiiImu ?a I no and cost.J 1 lie Gflterni I 'nlils volt* lliOli lnkell lip: A bid to require in igUtrate* u? prosecute nil p.-r-uiid \ io'atiug t!.e la* against negroes I?i;ii?their own time, j On motion of Mr Yeadoti,jhe lull and sundry amendments were laid upon the (able, by ?t vote c?f teas an i nay*. Hi^h Pi ices for Negroa. The Yoikvillu (Jtturn reports a Kale of negro*, on tlx; 20 th and 27th ull., holonging lo the estate of Madison 11ambriglit, of lliut district, of which the following arc the particulars. The terms were twelve uicpibs credit, with interest from date ; Hoy Jake, alioul 20 years, ?1001?\Y. K- Uose. Ike. If lackstnilh, 25 years, #1300?li. llaliibright. Girl Maui, 14 years, (-1040?David 1 lair bright. Girl husau, 11 years, #728 ? Miss ijambnglit. Girl Kens, 0 years,#512 ? Dr. A. Craven. Woinsn Ibhv, 45 years, 600?Dr. A. Craven. Hoy Allen, ti years, #387 ? If. lirigs;*. Woiuan Wmney, 45 years, #155 ? :4. Urigg*. rl I - /Hi- si -- - > i iiv i uu(M my a menu prices ricwued I he approvement by several hundred doll h?s*. To this we might s?l?l (he notice of tlie Snvariaii li?i>ublt <m, of a sale of negro* (list look place in Warrenton, tin., on Thnnulay lacU Young nn<l likely negro ] "lien brought from $1V00 to $1500. A young woman about eighteen years of age brought $1 &00. The sale w?e nisde on A credit of twelve month*, and the purchase* made by parlies not interested in the property.?Qhnrletlon Courier, When has a man a right to scold hi* wife about bis collee I Wlien bo has plenty of grounds. Honesty is a term formerly used in the case of a man who paid for his newspa- 1 per and the coat ou tiU back. t'ro'H the Marina Anuriam. The Palmetto Regiment. HY ONK OF T!IK TWO Ul'SURKL). NO. V. My lust chapter Mi us ?l Montgomery. I'.vo 1 it in 11 ?>? I men worts crowded on llio steamboat WTd'utii l.lraddreet, and kept two days without anything to eat, and in ipiHtTois li oiilv lor a galley slave. 'I lie weather was intense!) void and hitter, and li'.ll starved and almost Iro/eii, tin: men eonhl he seen crowding around llie hoiiera o? tin: boai, to pie&crve litu in tluir Mtflemtig bodies. It was a sad and pain* Ini sight to look Upon tliein Dots vvlio had been reared in luxury and splendor ? w ho had never done a da\\s van'; in their lives ; and had never suffered a li.odsl.ip, we:e Maidenly redueed to gnu ?viliInn.tier, to lite hillei' at blasts ol winler, and to .partes hideously loathsome to i. lined feeling. A part of liiu-?s hardships were unavoidable, and a p irt of them weio the result of wilful neglect "ii i carelessness. The ffirtot'iiiuctil w Lull lul l | eae'tstd a fraud noon us in the t< fins of >criicc iiu|t(j>\?.l, aggrevalvil tins injury by n gross an I wtlfni neglect, t-'ume liaiil-iiij'S note unavoidable. 'l'lie ill element season of llie. year, the badness of llie m.uls, the long :n.it hurried march, and tiie ine.xjiericnce<l of the ine.i an?l officers, brought, hard-hps ili.it were uti ivoid-ilde. 1 *?il these w.is no neoc-sity for nlmVilig a;i.| I I ii .Viiui ? US oil the Aiab.'l111 a Ii-ver. Tiueo steamboats ins tend o! otic would lone | i. vented crowding and starving. When ihe g<?\ ei fiuietil asks the Ben ices of hrutes and pav* llietti so rnneli jn r tin nth, lo he heat-I as hrutes, it is very ?e!!, hut when the government asks gentlemen to tigh". its battles, it I . ~ - ? u> lic i' iln ill as 1; was i> o much lor men ol spirit to tear ? oui'i s li"ih loud and deep were tie?-!v uttered, ami there was told and mutiny. Forty <>i fifty men, mostly t the Barnwell coiiipniw 1 teliove, 11 \1 t.iyoiicls, and went nslioie. They were oi.lt K-d to to p.it Under nricst, tut the t'liifla h\ IIIJ>atli.pi;.l w ill ill! m, Jilttl lefused to ol'oy the order. The mutineers o..ir.ed then point, and the mat r was inislit . np. < ? e 1 .1 jilt it . i j.in_f we m rivt <1 a: tiv. llo l?t Battalion li ol teen there a iV-.v day?. We were iprtrtcivd in a larov. Vt tr. ii.n;.. ..ii the l?ny in the Wes tViii *nhurts of the city. t? r rpinrtcis lu re were vert c.vufoitahV, and we were for tin* lir.at I..i.e locciilly led. The haulship* wc had - it red bewail to develop tin ir etlec - upon us. I I.o li'isait il was fnli ol pi'ie'iis, prostra'ed tv pneiimonies, atid diarrhoeas. 'I hi* list dise i<e is com III' II to l.ll iril.'eS- So.I I..II . I. ' climate an 1 ,.f 'iii t arc certain to produce it. Antony \ oiiintm-m the liability to disease was much gn ?Ur than to .seasoned soldiers. Their change of habits and fIJ - <! * of life Wasstlddeu .ni l gieat? their transition from comfortable am! luxutioils b Miles to privation, and hardship was too a I nipt. In this march, during tho first month of their service, the germs o! disease were sown, which s< on culminated into an abundant harvest of death. I write this narrative w illicit tho aid of any notes or memoranda. It is writ I'n purely ti .m nietnorv h'tigularlv vivid and retentive, due dates which I give may be inaccurate bv a few days, but 1 the!: tile in itvniacies w II la} very lulling. It was between tic 15th and iO.li of January, I preautno whell we leached Mobile. We weie detained tin ro about ten days waiting for .d.ipi to transport us i Mil in ( that time w-e were di ille l severely ? \erv dav. Hurug our day nt M .1?3!?_ sum.- gone runs gentlemen of lit it cilV gave us u inn U uo. Two of ilium 1 remember dis I.lu-ily?James \j I>;i\ tr Oca.*,and A. Id. Meek. Meek ?m the orator of the Mo heil.tliS, Ull I It WiS IliS assigned J I'll t, to make tl?f address lo lis Meek wan then in his pi'iiii*, young, ardent, winning'y handsome and movingly eloquent. His address ion a geio of brilliants. "Like orient ik.h Is at random strung." In a ii.ii-ied llt>w of language, warm, spontaneous, impetuous and gland, he spoke of the history and people of South Carolina, their names of 1770, 'lich in historic legacies,'?names winch still lived in iininorta! history, ami in their living represent stives among the i'alincltoes. He closed in a hur-t of gorgeous beauty, dazzling as a shower of falling stars. A ^JecaJe of \ ears marked with blistering memories, and w ild strange events have passed over me since then, but 1 remember Meek, his e\e, his words as tiviilly as if all ha l occurred only an hour ?s;o. Meek dosed with oilVring the following toast, or "sentiment "The l'almfilto regiment ? may soon sit down ton rudder feast than it has partaken to dav, prcptred by iho hand* of its own Under in thu balls of the Montezuma*." Col. Butler ro?o to reply, but his big lieHrl whs too full. When tho heait fools most, the lips move not.' B.liter was ordinarily h prompt and fluent speaker, but on this occasion be could not speak. After it feur words, turning to Meek, be said. "1 thank you ? from the bottom of my heart 1 thank you"? his b*>i><>tii heaved, and a gu*h of tears was his only response. My eyes were not dry. Liad I ever doubted the courage, or humanity or greatness of lfutler, the doubt would have been dispelled forever. What a ftptctac'*! To see Butler on a grand, public occasion, weeping like a child?n man who had "sounded all the depths and shoals of honor,"?a soldier, and a hero,?so geulle, ?o sym pathetic, hti<i so clilid like, tli.?t in the presence of a thousand men, who were to he fashioned utul lormed alter his character in the presence of distinguished s r angers, lie wept in the simplicity <?l infancy. W hat was the train of sad k (lections in his own mind, which so softened and overjiowcied hin? 1 lyimv not,l>nt Ins bowed head and his unsliing tc irs ! saw and until the waters of the, oblivious la the shall drown all human uminmories, 1 shall never loraut scene. Several [?ost prandial spi n lies weifc mace, one of which was made l>y a fat son of J. C. Calhoun, who was thill a | lantcr in Marengo county. Original Anecdotes cf Qeneral Jackson. In one of the Indian campaign-, winch i.? not recollected or ufliterial to our story, whilst the army was on the inarch, still i.i Tciiiiossue, on its way to ihe scene of war in Alabama, a dl'tlted cmnpanv was expected <l.nl\ to overtake tlie main bodv of troops. 'I It is company at length , reached the rear of the train. liifrm.i lion of their Mppioacb was iminedia e \ carried tv? the trout, inhere Jackson wa> at '.he time. As the message passed from rear ti> front, the fact that, ll.i-.eonipany wete \Mi!ioiit artnhaving lell liic.i guns at home, was ma te known [he whole line. Ii whs Known Jo the entire hiiu\ beSoie it leaded .1 tckson's eais. Curiosity was on tiptoe to know how the irrascible coinu.atidei would in i under Mich eii cnmstaiaea. A > ortil ivin anticipated. Stall lire dciii-ial w as observed making his way rapidly to the rear, and to the Riiiiirine ul all |11. seemingly in rather a * idling mood.? l'.naliV, he n i . lite company. lie mi.a led them. They look .1 lor a voiiev ol curves, and all immediate diMunMoii home?the Very thing they "leu : d. Not So, howevt -. < I1J 11: k iry liull ng oil' Iti-? I htit, and with the pohtest and lowest bow, expressed his gratification at their arrival, and especially at the I tel tliat I they had no guns. The very men he wanted, j'i>t as lie desired llo iii ? icilhout itun*. I'orinnig them lor rapid motion, at doitb.e quick htep, under in-, own lead, they matched oil till a b igg tge w a <>i. \\ i - 11 i !i il, t! :i bailed, nail e vdi man was tmnished with an axe. K >rwaid inareh, again whs tlie word. A' iliev |>is>' 1 -tii'! ilie 'in * ol ma h the t i(!in'i;ii s ohjet i w ,i.h hi.'i laughter, Imii.I .11 1 nprunnotf, n- ti many a heaily cheer, Sw.il p.I liielll :H liiey 111;.do their rapid w.?_\ u? the front. 1 hole these axe men Were at oitcfi 11mated lllto lliuif C itll pai^1) ilutii '1 lii'V cii arod tit** roads, they hiidged tlie* decks, or carrie I lists w i^nin piece by p ece, llic baggage, tiniiiiiii'.iioii, it ov. r oti their hack-, when I ridges w eio nnpus sahle. 'J'I my were ever in a post ol danger, I? ii aig tlit! bar !. as ..f tin* campaign. Sharing none ot' i'.s hole ; > the laughing stock ol the tvli o army. Anuiiikis.?Old hickory crossed the Warrior liver sit ihe close of the campaign, at C trlliago, in Tuscaloosa < 'utility. 1 here he halted and listed for the recruit and reircshiiit nl ol tin: sick and wounded foi a lew d it s. The citizens ot I'uscaioiuiii, then a siiooi viiiage, got up a public dinner to the tieitei il. A deputation of militia olli -ers, sinned cap a-pie, went to (J irth age to extend the itivita ti< ? to .J ackson. '1 hey found Mm busy, on foot, near the inuiii road, dismounted, and with well sot idiritse, their spokesman ii.t it I'll linn to t lie diuner. 'For how miinv luiiI* \on in.vie provision ?' ic-kcd Jack-on. 'For all my men V 'No, only I'.r yourself ami oflioers.' Hy the ?, tlion,' replied the o'.il hero, 'I nor ( Hi-cr of mum mli eat a tinner not provided / " oil our l/oy*.' Then turning on his heel nliuptly ; ho left them. The poor militia moil wore si lly ?li*? coin for ted and nuurlied at tins rehutV.? Uut worse wn? in stoie lor them. A ooari terinasler, or his assistant had laid hands on every horse of the delegation, ami claimed them fur public service. Furious . they appealed to the (lonera!. lie declined intei fering ; could make no distinctions. Other men's horses were taken, why not theirs ??was surprised at their want of patriotism, not willing to give up their horses for transportation of the sick and wounded soldiers ! The case was hopeless?the wealln r warm?the military trappings, coat, sword, hoots, dec,, .ii - i~ - i- ' - .i t . nn uiim:iuu iui i\ miidi ?u nic IH'l and dusty weather. No conveyanco, however, could be had. The (icnerals. Colons'.*, Majors, h id Captains of the Tuscaloosa militia walked to Tuscaloosa. 'And that's ibo reason,' naively added tny informant, 'why i*u.s iloosa, 1 own, always voted against I ho tiennal. I believe these anecdotes to b?i true.? They liuvo never been published. 1 he authorities from whom I had them arc in every way reliable. The late ?, of Sehnn, Dallas I c ounty, gavo mo the first in 18:38. lie has been dead for years. lie was a quartermaster in Jackson's artny?himself an enthusiastic admirer of the old hero, po litically, at that tune ; a vuppor'.er of Judge White. He represented himself as an eye-witr.esa of tlie scene. Tli? second I have Irom D. E., near Havana, in (ireena county Ala. lie is still living. Helicves J uk*on to have been the greatest man, ?a\? Washington, Iwbo ever lived. At the lime of the occurrence lie resided near Carthago. 11? saw and heard as 1 have written sub Minimally. K. Mof>ilt Mercury. An old bachelor left a l?oarding.hout>e, in which were a number of old maids, on account of the "miserable httr" set before him *v table. Bible or n? Bible lie who would know the value of llie i liibic iuay leain ii l>v Comparing the Uni led Stales v\it!i Mexico. Mexico was settled litst, and by its good men perhaps as could be found any where without the 1 >ib!e. The Soil, the climate, the tiitneiHl* of Mexico, were all superior to the United Sta.es. She had the superiotilv tnoveiy tinng except men and the difference iu the men was chiefly attributable to the liible. We talk ii inch of Anul" Saxon blood, lint why is that blood better than the. blood of Arag.in mid Castile f '1 lie blood of our race is feculent and feeble until the leiigioti of the llihle gires it puiity and vi??i?r. A o candid man can I'M-i anv ade <j ia:e caiiMi I<>r the boundless <ii>(>aru\ betwten tli<; pe< pie of the two republics, except that one is a i'rolesiaut and llie oilier h Catholic uaiioii ; one has the bro um* of llie word of Cod, and llie oilier iias lio?. J.-'L I>world look at llie statu of fuels now exhibited in the two nations, and jjive a verdict of truih. 1,-1 tin in say whether ilic I?oid is (iod, or the 1 'ope ol It >ine ; whither they will he mied hv the laws of < ' >d, or h\ those ol an ignoiant, lewd and priesthood. In Mexico is a population of eij?hl nui lions ? ! people, poor, ieiioianl, violent, ievolulioiiMl \, sad a priesthood woo hate con lined to amass all the wealth in llieir own han.U;?a po pie and a voiioltv m ai.ject povcily, and a chuich with se ctiti millions ol dollars. In one nation edits ii-O oil cvciy ll tlid,? naV.es lloal on etei v ?eau.on, rHuroiiua imu coiiiuiui'icu li'tna of evcrv soil I.Ki.itaie the j^iowiiio ^i'?* iti.tsa nii i ii.-tj | in<;?s ol the people ; wIIIi?? Hi (lie oilier, lilies dwindle uwa\ iiiil commerce ?catc?;iy has c\is.ei.i In lie nation every man i? m lusti o..s .ml inventive, secure in hislioiue, ! lain iv, and his i.io|n ri\ ; in (lie oilier < > ?\ 11: j is indolence and insecurity. I'1 u try s Inlets me every where, instruction eVei \ \\ liei' , intelligence and in it., inoe pet deuce in exert cnijiiienni c< ; ?n ine otlu-r, biipei still'in, i^iu-rain^ , e<? , Vvortlilcasticts. ()no Uounlry cods inn | biniviiio Coiholies of lluioi ; ;l oilier , starves llie Ci'lholieS at I.i n. . ' > ? is 1 the land of freedom nlul j :? ..t .. to xs.och the oppressed and Marvin-.; o! I. .i are throng ng to a pnradi-a ; the n.mi the abode o{ oppressors, ami ahtiniicd la (lie most linseralnu as (he place where ihey would only lie made sdll more in -orahle. < hie count' V is adorned ami blessed uiili thousands ot churcl.es, few ol tliein r.cli. b'U tide 1 with ii.!eilioeii( christians, taaohl by a llioroU^iiU educated and pious nuuistiy ; ihe o her lias churches ti-lu.l wuh j illia_'o t l ' ires ,i,d j.?i ,,i ,i.i ,!. .utees hoxxiug Lfiie I " ii, iii;< 1?;r tin* dictation nt | nests, xvlio, ?. !i t ( \v ex^epti .as, are ignorant, vicious, cocklighting, y .miking, sole legged, and ali iii nil as (horouyu going :i sot (1 xi.hills n> < x cr took ho v ordeis this side x f tin; boilomies* | !I? , t >tii nation in in!! nt i/|,i .siinn> ; the ??>li *r | i.-> full of t niholicx. One nai'.on i? lull ?>t I'ibles; tin-other I'rl of traditions. The lbble lias inaih* lis tn i! 11 i"- I.'t n? thank tiuil an I k""|> it, atixl tml mi V keep il Lut study it, and till ?> ir min t and the mind* nt our i'liildren x\ itli its pitlitxmg and ennobling truth*. Journ <I <>f Commerce. The Dutchman and the Panic. hverx body xxul remember the "inoiiex panic'* they had .at tS?n Frnncisit., some \eara since?and liieslorx *J<>:,i, I'i.uviix, I used to led ul its clleel*, mdivulii.ux illuit rated. Uel'oro 111 ?3 liiglil, a fiugid I old 1 hilcliiiiaii, Ly d.nt of hard labour, had Hi'Ciiitiulaitfd some five Ii111, !r<* I dollars, xxhu'ii In- ("ill!ii'ii-ly di-jxosiited iii tie of tlie banking hou>cs for sale keeping. IliiliP.r soon eaiue to bis Oars tlial lliev xxere not very safe; some said ihat tlitv had "broke." Next morning he tremblingly dn-xv Ids hallanee and put the shining goto in his pocket, lie breathed decidedly freer, hill hero vx as a dilemma.? What sluuM he do with it? lie did not d.ire to keep it in bis shanty, ami as for carrying it about with him, 'twas loo precious heavy. So, alter a sleepless nignt or two in constant apprehension of burglars, honepositi d it in another "bank iug ollice." Another day, the panic ini creased, there xvnn a run on his hank ; he pushed in, drew his gold, and fell easier once more. Another anxious day and night f'ir Ins "moiiiah," and again it was deposioid in a safe hank- Th:* lima he felt safer than ever before, ami went qui ?*t'y to hi* work. Hut the panic readied llint bank, and anxiou-depo.-it<>rn besieged t Ins door. Mynheer heard the new*, and put p"?t hast. I>ook in hand, for the scene of action jammed in with the crowd ? drew hi* gold, new ami bright, put it safe in hi* corduroy*, and was happy once more; hut here was the dilemma again, wheie to put it. lie had gone pretty much the round* of the banks, and having hail such harrow escapes, couldn't trust them any more. lie sal down on a curbstone; and soliloquized thus; "I put min monisli in your I .ink, veil he preak ; 1 put him in tie oder bank, ven he proak loo; I draw him out ; I can not keep him home. I put him intodi* batik, naw dis one preak ; vat le ttiyvil shall I do J I lake him home and sow hiin up in my Irow 's petticoat, and if she p rakes 1 prake* hci hoad !** The Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger is informed, oh good authority, that a Missouri slaveholder has removed to Warren county, in that Slate, and lias brought with him live or six slaves, whom lie claims a 1 right to keep and work on the free noil of Iowa, under the L>rcJ Scott decision. Older Upon the Farm. i It has been ?eiy vuta'cll) said that order ui method is the see re I of success of many wealthy meti ot tiie mercantile class. < The above belli" true, llie rule is euually applicable to the tainniio classes. \\ lint I we mean by order, is *a place lor every- ' liuiiLT and every thing in its place.' Hy 1 everything we mean ail that a farmer i use> 111 liis business. A I a t liter sliuuid see that eyery ran and board about Ins ?. premises is in its proper place; that his I lenvcs aie in coiuli'.ioii to prevent the t entrance or exit ol bis own or oilier peo 1 pie's cattle without Ins consent. Every s one who neglecis this neglects Ins peace < ol mind as well in subjects himself to v losses that must be repaired by means that coll1 <I have been otherwise promptly employ ed. I have known (lie cultivators ol I lie soil to sit -ceed well in uunuiuig crops, but by neglecting to keep their fences in order. . lo.-e tiie most valuable pari ol then labors. I Jul I am pjiuii to slate that such cases are not frequent in these tunes. In the next place, itie farmer show d not allow* Ins cattle that are used to the lariu work to be scattered indiscriminately over hi fields, as inucit tune is lost hi getting them lo the r p.act s. and Tts 'time is ifionev.' it -ooiilii ho economized ah much ;t.- possible. I 1le shou.it |)i_- cairtui to have ins harness ! it.i .11 u.miio 11 nit, Ir.s vvoiking CiiiiSo near 1 tils liaint'.-s house, then but a tew linn Hies nr- i council *> pit-pare tor his tint's 1 jeowiii^ ,iin.| nauillig. Ins implements ot 1 i t ?'i\ iJ -.-crijnioli, should be kept near ins <1 wI'.iinj, that no lime l?e lost hi leporine ili iliinus that toe oiil\?f order. Many poisons t ill sat lll.it lliev eainiol hint l.ilie I" tin >t.l ilicse tilings. Sio|i, tie.tr i a-ler, 1 know toil t.ni, because wheiievfi Mill tee a i.til missing noil) your tenet*, no ami [ml n back iiiiiiie<ualetjy, tor llieli - tlie right nine. in ease the rail shon.d 1 e destroyed, appropriate the first itlfe lie you itniie to II \mi should iiavc iiu .11?? oiit-s lose no lime in procuring sunt*, lor it you 'to not, nine cases in ten you lose more by neglect ilutu it you slop the plow long enough tu Hi.iUe iheui. \\ lien iter voii .ue ilt.ne using a p.otv, hoe, lake, ha) loik, thresher, reaper, or untitling e so, lake it iiniue'lia'e.y lo the burn ? ... i. .i : - iii.iwc kins an iiiv hi lahlu runs, and lei all your mm know it. The lesult will lie ill lit wi on ait\ tlun^ is warned, the person I M-ni Uir :l wiit know where to find il. 1 I would have vvol'V tanner have some of lln* most necessary tools used in making and repairing his imp.oiiietits o| luishand ry, lor I know every one who is aole to have a t<irin, is ab.u to li ne such tilings. The rainy season, in which much 1.011.0 he ?loi:e in the vv.iv ut making and repair iiio, Ik always lost io im tni inei s, l.< cause ihev have not the impa-vnciiis ot manufacture. 1 hiring siudi tune he might put all lus I'ai iii.tio ulelis.ls in excellent working 01 del ; whereas n it is negie-'U'd until tair weather, he lias scarce!\ Ii id n done la-tore aiiottier ihihv se ison ntet lakes hill). Thus, all tail went tier in winch he. hi.gii! have plowed passes in lepniring. 1 o cone, ade : I'.ii nicr*, pi c>erv e order 1 u ei'ei v thing, and peace, orosperity and lieatlh will accompany \nii through titer. How to Prevent Colds. li peop.u were b.eased with common sense, i.n l a little wholesome se.l denial, Iiic>\ ini^lit oflcii eM'ai.e ^veic co.ds an.I 11*\cis by lesolute lueasuies adopted in season. A coiresp Uilehl ul llie Evangelist semis the lolloallig colllllillliicalli.il, oiv.no an mt oiibie recipe tor a liail cokl, it il ia handled in tunc. I'eihnps some o| our readvis may have couraec to make the ex j uiieiit : Thvioi* probably not a mat), woman, or chid, w no is not as oticii as once a \ chi ntlccleil Willi a severe colli, winch cutis m cone|j or catarrh ; ami thousands there are who die eveiv year of consiiuip! lion, brought on by taking cold lie, ; men, who should discover a certain and ellectual remedy t r tins complaint, would he justly reyfHided as one o* the greatest tieiielactois 1.1 llie ace. 1 lie writer does not profess to have discovered such a rem cut, inn nu wisiiea 10 Hlii'sl I lie until ol the followiti^ certain and effectual expe dsenl I'M preventing a cold. A cold cannot lie easily cured, lull it il can be prevented, it :s of no importance to know liovv it mn\ lie cured. 'A bad cold, like uieasels or mumps, or other similar ailments, will run its course in about ten davs, in spite of vvliat tn.iv lie done fur it, unless reiueilial means are employed lor it within foily-eight hours alter us mceii'ion. Manv a iiseliil In.. 111 iy he spared to t?e increasing!) use!ill, by culling n colli short ?>tt hi the following sale and miiit|>lo manner. On the tiisi iia\ nt inking m cold, lliere is a Very unpleasant sensation ot chilliness. Iho 1110 it><:m \ou observe tliis, go to your room h 11 el slay there. Keep it nt such a tein peiaineiil as wul entirely prevent litis chill) Iceling, even it it requires lUO degrees ot Fahrenheit. In addition to this, put your feel in water half leg deep, as hot as ) uu call hear it, add it g hot water from time to fine for a quarter ot an hour, so that the wn> ler si ail be hotter when jou lake your feet out Hi mi when you put tliein in,? Then dry thelil thoroughly, an I put on thick, warm woolen stockings, even it it he in summer?ami tor twenty-lour hours eat not an aioio of Usui, but urmk as large!) as you may desire of any kind of warm teas, and at the end of that lime the cold will be entirely broken without nuy medicine whatever. Kilicient as the above means arc, not one in a thousand attends to them ; led on as most men are hy the hope that a cold will pass away oi itself. Nevertheless, this article will I now and then pass under the eye of a ' wise man who does not choose to run V AU ?i LI n. 111 risk ul taking j>h\sic and dying too.' Medical ' 1 be above expedient is a seveie one for jpicures and gluttons, but most peisous *ill tin I it easier to fast one day than to be sick a fortnight. '1 be writer lias ustltdy found tliat fasting for lliree or four meals is sufflc>*nt, but doubtless tbe whole remedy is belter than a part. 'Li i tiiose who are oken afflicted with :olu??ministers, student-, and consnuipIV. ? muiur-illi ? ? ..i.i ? I -I.- 1 - <.iij?v?b uui uic huiuve uiroi;uuis and preserve them ; if faithfully folowed. iliov will do you more good than i i the ptiiinouurics, Cold cordials, and nlicr liurilul nostrums, which now load your shelves.' The Usury Law., 1 he following is a copy of the Hill which passed I'm Semite oil its second reading. It will probably be adopted by he House and without amendment, as it s the only tor in in winch the Senate will icseii*. to a repeal of the Usury Laws. It s looked upon as a step forward in the ight direction : V 0II.L 10 ItlJI'KAL TIIK LAWS AGAINST L'sL'ltV. Sec. 1. He iLcmioted by the benateand House ot Kfpieseiilalives now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the iuihonix of the same, 1 hat tbe following Acts be aittl the same are hereby repealed, namely : An Act, entitled'An Act against L'Xccssive Usury,' passed 13th day of February, 1719; An Act, entitled 'An Act iig.uust excessive Usury,' passed the 15lh Jay ol beptumber, one thousand seven iiundied and lweut\-one; An Act, entitled 'An Act tor reducing of interest from ten to eight by the hundred'' passed the l w cm v lit-I <i?v ..I .In"" I --J ? -~w V* v uilVj VIIV. IIIVUS'IIIU seveti huudrtd and forty eight ; An Act, entitled 'An Ael l"??r the reduction ol inteie?l from eight to sex en pounds for eaeh hundred pounds,' passed lite second day ot January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven; and An Acl, entitled 'An Act to alter and amend the laws in relation to interest and usuiy.* ratified ihe eighteenth nay of December, 'it the year ot our ..oid one thousand eight handled and thirty. Sec. 2. That every person lending, advaiicutg or forbearing the payment of money or other commodity upon any agreement, conn act or security, shall be allowed to recover at law in all cases whaisoexor, the amount or value actually loaned, advanced or lot boi ne, w ith such rate ol interest thereon as the borrower shall have contrateed to pay, and enter judgement and txccuuou accordingly. J'/onOul that alter judgment the principal huui ot the amount recovered shall >u ali ca-es lieal .Uleicst at the IHtO of Bevetl per cent, pel annum. Sec. 2. In ad cases of debts noxv subsisiuig, or herealter to arise, ou which interest is recoverable by law, where there is no agreement in witling signed by the debtor o: his agent lor the pax iiieul of interest at iiuv other rale, interest rIirII ! ? computed ami allowed ai the rale of seven per cent. j??-r aimuiii. See. 4 I'll a i nothing herein contained sha.i he construed or understood 10 au tin !</.> tny Incorporated Hunk to make loans or discotiiiis al any higher rate of mterc.si limn thai allowed by the charter ot such Dank. bee. 5. 1 hat this Ac* shall not take elfeil until liic first day of January, oue thousand eight hundred and titty nine. Commencement Day. The Annual Coiuiiiencment of the South Carolina College came off yesterday. liie procession of Faculty and students fouued at the usual hour, raid vscoited the Governor,Trustees and mem* he's i f the General Assembly to the College II ill. Here was collected a brilliant ?ir.?\ ol the softer sex,in all ihe gay and beautiful variety of costume that tho present elegant fashions furnish. So general an attendance ot ladles was unexpected, as the day opened with a gloomy prospect of rain. However, the assemblage was lar.ro to uiin.i.?a tl.a ?I.H.:>- ? n- - .W Ituvao l>U? CAIMUIIIUII ?>t the young gentlemen?we say exhibition, hs lite anil failure of ibe hall doe* not allow their speeches 'o be beard. e are obliged to lake llie report from lbo?e immediately adjacent to the speakers, liial tbe add rosea were well written, in good tasie and sl_\ le, and evidenced inuub thought and study. Tbe impression is general that there was more than an average of talent present among the graduates, ami tliat their proficiency was highly cretilahle both to ihemselvs and the Faculty. The occurrences of last spring <lo not seem to have injured them in their studies. We learn with much pleasure that a tine spirit prevails in tho College, and the late judicious elections and arrangement by the Hoard of Trustees will tix the career ol lie institution in its advancement. South Carolinian. The Rack*.?The race course, yesterday, was thronged by a large crowd, and graced by the presence of many ladie*. The excitement was intense, and the occasion awakened unusual interest. Two well-know racers?Sue Washington and Nirholas?were to contend for the palin of success. The result was that the former came in victor. Carolinian, 5th t'tisl. The 1'kksidkkt ok 8. C. Colleu*.? The Augusta 'Constitutionalist' learns from a member of his family, wbo has seen him recently, thai Judge Loxostrretb wdl accept the Presidency of the R. C. College, recently tendered liiui by it* Board of Trustees, /