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VOLUME VI. ' LANCASTER. C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. I>EC. 16. 1857 mi m it K i! at
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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,
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