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The Dred Scott Decision?Judge Doug
las and Col. O.r.
>:Ai V:
him to C*>J. Orr ami otlter Southern men, j .,
hoping thereby ; Luoy tip liis poitical
soundness. With this view, it pubiislu's ..(
extracts front a speech of Col. Ori, deliv- ! 11
ere?.l in Ifeceinher, 185f>, before the deci I
j.ioti of the Supreme Court iti the iJred : ' 1
Scott case ?vas ever pronouneed. So that I V?
veil if Col. Uu's position then was idem I-a
litied with that of. .fu !go Ootiglas now, if'li
w hkh we deny, the charge of repudiating |.\,
tlio Jeciskm of the Supreme Court could j
::<>t ho made against him. 1 ho main i
ii. 1 1
111 KVlli) l? wlioNtrtt* 'hiiitnl IA? - i
I " - surer ] an
eignty" can prevail in Iho Territory.? j .?j
Col. Orr, in that speech, says : "1 am I
one of thtse who do not believe in the
doctrine of squattgr sovereignty." lie
leuied that the people have any right to I
legislate and exclude slavery by positive | usl
enactment. Hut he says, ' in every slave- | 'l 1
holding community of this Union, we have j ilv
local legislation and local police regulu- . no
lions appertaining to slavery, without ter
which the institution would net only he
valueless, but a curse to the community." !
lie goes on to say, "if the majority of the IIK
people are opposed to the institution,-all .()|
they have to do is simply to decline to ,
pass laws lor its protection am! then it is
as well excluded as if the power was in*
vested in the Territorial Legislature, and I"11
exercised by tliem to prohibit it." With- c"'
out agreeing with him in the expression 'Im
of this opinion, we quote it, that our rea- it i
ders may perceive what u-aily \v:is his wil
position, lie denies that the Territorial si
Legislature possessed any positive right *<p
to exclude slavery, but thought that bv
negative legislation?by refusing to leg <
islate on the subject?it might be exciu- '
ded. As a matter of course, since the r?j
,! bed Scott decision, the. Federal Courts t
are bound to extend to it a positive prote^*
t> n Jn.t..|\anilanl of turril<*ro?I .. i.?., 1
litis decision turnishes police regulations,
protecting the institution ; and Col. Oir lls
coiiid not?and we do not suppose for a ' '
moment would?now contend that tire s!l3
institution )vould die out for want of pro- tea
lection. for
Judge Douglas, on the other hand, em
contends that slavery may be excluded Cl.,
by positive legislation, r.inl this declara ,U1(
tiou be has made in the teeth ??f the fa- ' j
mous decision. He declares that slavery ^
requires protection, and then denies that
this is furnished by the derisioji. For, j T?
eays he, speaking since the decision was 'ol
ferule, "these local and police regulations us
can only be furnished by local legisla- ha
tjoii." In the Territory, under this deci Mi
sion, a man's slave is his property, and he
can enforce his claim independent of ter j
mortal legislation. |,y
Thin .1 ?i-J^o Douglas denies, ami says ' Ma,
that, notwithstanding this decision, the iy
people of the Territory 'nay exclude it l?y I .
fioiiiuve enactment. His position is not j ' |
0110 whit boltei tlia.i .l|rit of Wilinol? j '
ami, whatever lie may call himself, lie
cannot be considered a State Rights i c'?
D mi rcrst?and the highest motives of | Htt|
policy ail 1 self protection must prompt j bri
the South tp repudiate lilm. Under the tain
Nebraska act, many democrats differed as So
'.<? the p isiiion of slavery ir. tlio Territory j 'fit
?some advocating squatter sovereignty, jol
others opposing it. To settle this point, | jthe
Dn-d fe'coit 'Decision came in and | ^
throw the protection of the Federal | .
Courts over the institution. It was the \ 111
m most important act in the entire series of , rt'"
Congressional acts on the subject of slave- e'e
rv. It supplied that which Col. Orr and j
.lodge Douglas both assert slavery re |
(pjires. lletice, the object of Lincoln's
tpieiies, chi
This important .protection Judge Dong the
Ins now denies, an r says that "the people ^ Inc
of the Territory liave the full power and p,0
ho foil authority o\er tlie subject of ,|l(
s'a very, nogatiio and alhrmative, to intro ! w
duco or exclude." And,, of course, ibis \ ^
sets aside the protection of the Federal ^ ^
Courts. We sympathise with.thedxigeu "
cies r.f the Staffs, whan it resorts to auch "
expedients to prop up Judge I Douglas. It *
c inr.ot think the ^outli so obtuse as to be ' Pi'
deceived by it ; and therefore makes the ' i? 1
effort in desperation. It can mislead nwne of
hut those who are really w illing to be mis. tin
lo I. It will fail to do Judgo Douglas any j |)r
good it will fail to do Col. Orr any Itijury. i?,
?- ! ||u
Tiik 'Ahuoan* Tkasskkkkki* hi tick c(?
Nivoaha.?The United States steamship jj,
Miwgira, from New York, arrived off this
,l? ir, <?u Saturday last, and came to anchor ^
in about eight fathoms of water, the up '
per par- of her masts being barely visible Ul *
.from tjie city wharves. The steamer Hen. n"1
t dincli, which was chartered by die Uni- >"a
ted Stales Marshal, Itfi her wharf, on trir
Sunday morning, proi-oe^ied l<? Fort Sum- hot
ler, where she to<,k the Africans on hoard t-il
nn<l proceeded outside the har to the Ni* <M|
agera, which ve?*ol she reached some time |a(,
after mid day. The sea was <|iiite rough ,j(j
and there being some ditlicnlly in galling ^
the Africans off the steamer, tho-CliiPh
* tcri
whh gitucliDu to lh? Hiern of Mie frigate
by two hawsers, while a third rope was ,
run front die spanker hoom of the frigate j j
to the dock of the Clinch. On tIlia last .
line, a lar^e lull was placed, and in it (ho 10
.negroes were transported from the steam- ,nei
er to the ship. The Niagara will proha- 1
hly lento for Liberia to-day,? Charleston her
(Jvur'ur, j lit
, and an a parlor ornament, we know of (
tiling better. Published in Philadelphia;
ins ?3 pet year ;.or two copies for $5.
I'llk Pkintek.?This is the title of a ^
uitliiy publication ly Henry Hunting*
I. ,\Vn \'ujk, devoted to the interests ol
' Art preservative of all arts." The
liber bef> >re us furnishes a history of
uting from its foundation up to the orestime,
and it is, itself, an admirable specin
of modern typography. To the craft,
s especially useful and instructive. It
I be turiiished to smglc subscribers at
Address Henry & Huntington, No 1,
riiec St N. V. (
I.'atkoiiisji of U kited States lhsToav.
Wc have been favored by Mr. It K. Carol'
Charleston with a book styled a
teehisiii of United Slates History,' prered
by himself. It embraces the chief
cuts in the history ot our country troin
earliest infancy down to the present time.
ie eat. elictieal method has been adopted, '
idling lias convinced liim, llmt in audi a
in tin* greatest amount of matter can be
ibracod in tin* smallest space. It is ex dingly
convenient as a book of reference,
d we think is well adapted for the use of
louls. The latter purpose seems to have
en its principal design. It does not pro.
se to exclude the iis'j of the school bis.
ries now before the public, but may be
i tl in conjunction with them. It may be 1
i at Messrs. S. C. Courtenay & Co., or 1
. sars. McCarter <& Co., Charleston. I
'Sar:stACTor.u.v Aiui'stkij.''?We see 1
a correspondence in the Cnionvilh* ./ourf.tliat
a difficulty pending between Messrs
. II. Cist, Jos. > '. Cist and Dr. Ceo. Dougs
lias been arranged and explained. The '
istanee < f tlie ditliculty senms to have !
r?n about this : Dr. Douglass, in nil arti- 1
to the Columbia (Suardian, published '
me time since, denounced the system of 1
bery and corruption practiced in elections ?
1 stated that siieli was more common in
uatorial elections than in tho others.? j '
0 .Messrs. Cist, having both been Sena- | >
s from Union, where the article hailed I *
in, felt themselves personally aggrieved ; I
t Dr. Douglass disclaims having had any '
ention to personate ami explains that his 1
narks were meant to apply to Senatorial '
etions in general. I
The Atlantic Telegraph.
We find a dispatch in some of our ex. (
nice, dated Augusta, September 21st, to '
1 effect that the Atlantic cable signal*
re censed and it is feared that the cessan
may'he permanent. We hope,however
it this apprehension is unfounded and
are by means disposed to believe that
s experiment will now prove a failure,
i exchange upon this point, says, that
tire arc some who think that the Atlantic j
ible has spoken its last words; there nro ' i
liers who say all th.vt is needed to make j
I.yk intelligibly, is to iinvoitin the bands (
American electricians, uiidsr Iheir dtrecn
;iimI with their instruments in titration
. Wliileliouse and Dr. Thompson foivve
tli failed to mnke it Work ; the ex peri- ,
>nts of the first named individual has
<t the Conipu'iy, itis said, $176,000.?
( was to rerive a salary of ft50,000 n
ar as the electrician of the Company, it
succeeded in putting tlie cable in sueisful
operation, ilushes Iim now been 1
liori/ed to make experiments with his 1
truinents. If ho tail, then the elecdans
of the world are to be called on to |
p liini out of the difficulty. It has happenbefore
that submarine cables have reftiv 1
to operate, though when they were lirst 'y
1 the signals were perfect. Whether [
s will be the I-ase with the Atlantic t
Lie or n'?t, further experiment must de- *
miii.
I'hi: .M. K. CoNFKHisee.?Ihshop An- j.
ws, in consequence of the yellow fever i
'liarlesion, has positioned tl<? time of ?
i-ting of the *touth Carolina Conference a
he M. K. Church to the 1st of Decent |
next, it uas to have been held on the f
h of Nnvrtiibur. c
. -s
(Fiji" jCriliin. !
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LANCASTERVILLE.S.C.
KDNKSDAY MORNING, SKPT. 29, I8f>8
We arc Indebted to the Yoikvillo
iquircr for the following arrange table:
COURT CALENDAR.
>kthi'i;n Circuit?Kali. Term, 13?8.
Return Days,
lijjll.... .Saturday September, J^S
r.caMer. ' October, ... 2
lealcr, " 9
irfickl " k*...... 15
Sittings of Courttion,
Monday October, 4
rk " " 11
ncaster " " 18
I'SllT . .. * 25
i rile Id 4i j .. November, 1
Pleasant IIill.?We call attention to ,
nd' crti. emeu', in thia paper bailing fropi
;aaant liill.
( a All a Ma Magazine.?' I'll in elegant
ntlily tor < >ctobcr ia at hand, tilled an ,
nil with interesting and useful matter,
dliould be a u eli-mnt, vUitur l<> f....
The Agricultural Meeting.
I lie regular anniversary of our Agriculnral
Society was celebrated oil Saturday
ast by an oration, pic-nie, exhibition of
lock &e. The day was favorable aud a
urge number of persons were in attendance.
i\"e will not attempt to give anything like
i regular report of the proceedings us that
a ill be fully made out by the Secretary, and
lie several reports of cv.pioihtees, we premine,
will be published. Whatever remarks
ive may make will be g"iicral fl?d necessarily
scattering, having taken no notes.
The'address from Dr. U. E. Wylie w as
listened to with marked attention by a crowled
audicpce. lie commenced by sayirgj
that lie had no speech prepared, and rendered
a suitable excuse Jar not having one regularly
arranged and written out. He had,
however, some ideas thrown together, many
ot them original and highly interesting.?
lie conceived that associations are as essential
to agricultural progress and developments,
as to any other of the great enterprises
where public interests are concerned,
and this principle he demonstrated by a
number ot well timed and appropriate illustrations.
1 le cited the locntlty or f ishing
creek, in Chester District, and gave
what he knew from personal observation to
have-been the direct results of nu organic
zed Society in that section. He told also
of the advantages which our Distriet^iave
derived from an agricultural Society that is
yet in its infancy. He showed not only by
reasoning, but by .facta, palpable and plain,
that the Society had done good, and it
would continue to do good, despite the
earplugs 0 those, who unfortunately for
themselves, can see no use for "Hook laming"
in connection with the making of coru
and cotton. The address was interesting
throughout, delivered in a sjrt of colloquial
style, interspersed with a good deal of sentiment
and humor. IVe understood him
that lie would w rite it out in the form of an
essay and present to the Society.
Reports from the various committees tipon
the different spe -miens submitted for examination
were read to the Society, and as
these will be published, comments from us
ire unnecessary. Suffice :t to say that there
Acre presented some flattering evidences of
igricullural proficiency, of industrial enteririso
aed taste in our community. We cantot
pass by the ladies handiwork departnent
without a word of special commendsion.
This was well represented and by
specimens that exhibited the highest degree
if taste, patience and skill ; such as would
ittract attention anywhere, and they reflect
tredit, not only upon the fair competitors,
nut upon our community and DistrictThere
was a good deal of matter brought
liefore the Society in the way of sugges.
lions aud resolutions which we presume will
he duly reported. The Society is reofgani-.
a ..p' ? t..uv, foundation.
Those who say that tile interest felt by the
public in Agricultural Societies is waning
mil who predict for this one n brief existence.
we would cite to the number of premiums
to be aw arded at the next exhibition.
Compete for these and the effort may iutHue
you with somotlrini/ of the zeal that
animated those who offered them, and
whose manifestations of public spirit should
he met by the hearty well-done of their
fellow citizens.
Since the above was written,we have been
[idvised by the Secretary, that the proceedings
of the meeting will not be ready for
publication this week. The various reports
will bu arranged in order and publish
I'd in our next issue.
Yellow Fever in Charleston
We are pained to notice by the last published
returns that this dreadful scourge is
till on the increase in Charleston. For the
week ending the 18th iiist., the total number
of denths were one hundred and seveny
one, of which one hundred and twenty
dght were from yellow fever.
Our afflicted Metropolis is in need of maerial
aid-to supply the sick with the necessary
comforts ami assistance. The Howard
Association of Charleston appeals for menus
,o carry on its work of philanthropy, and
his appeal we are glad to see, has not been
nade in vain. Meetings have been called
n Columbia, Camden and other places over
he State, the object being to raise relief
ror the suffering in Charleston, and contributions
have been taken up in various
Churches for the same worthy purpose.?
l'his afflictive visitation should awaken the
ieepest sympathy in every heart, especially
unong I hose who are blessed with health
?nd are beyond the reach of the dreadful
malady. Any in this section, disposed to
lid in tlie work of Christian philanthropy,
.-an nddress Treasurer of the Howard Asjociution,
Charl jston ; or if preferred, We
will undertake to forward their contribu
lions.
Since the publication of the report alluicdto
above, tho Charleston Courier has
givun the following notice of the disease :
"It is our grateful j?rivilege to Record?
ind we note the fuct as an additional ini-entive,
if needed, to the duties of this
day?that since the opening of the present
week there has been a marked decrease in
the number of new cases. For the past
week, the application* to the Howard Assedation
for nurses, dtc., die., were not
less than twenty eucli day, or averaged
nearly twenty for each day. For the present
w eek, the nverage so ,fi\r ,fina scarcely
reached the hp|f that amount, and ono day
we tind the Report of applications reduced
to eight cases.
"A marked afiange in the condition of
lie atmosphere, hygrometricaliy, has been
ibserved as concurrent with this change,
ivhicfi, with the change in temperature,may
>e one of the means, under l',rovideiice/or
lie rebuking of the pestilence and the reiteration
of our usual measure of health."
Slaveholders* Cojryipxtop?'J*he citiens
of Worcester couuJy, Aid., held a large
nesting on Tuesday of last week, and
irt opted resolutions recommending the
Ipvcholders of the Ksatarn Shore to meet
n convention at Cambridge on the third of
4oveml?er to concert measures for the semrity
of their slave property.
The J?ev. Jylni H. Joy, tor uiuuy years Cor
ordinary -tor Kershaw District, died at Camden,
on Sunday morning, of consumption. Tli
- m mm - to ko
DeATJI ok Jas. Adokk, Esq.?Ourt^liar- ,j0 m
leston exchanges report the(death ..of this! (|lt, j
well known and much esteemed merchant. uu.u (
lie died in New York, of Pneumonia, aged anj
eighty two years. but 1
digni
The Abbeville Banner records the de- ?xhii
cense of William I.owndes, youngest son thorl
of the late John C. Calhoun, who died on |jvj,,j
the l9th inst., ou hi*plantation in Abbeville |)aVc
District. upon
^ " ~ our (
Hon. J. Izard Middlkton.?A oorres- wf CJj
pendent of the Marion Star, writing over st
the signature of Justice,' nominates the . jt>|
I Hon. J. Izurd Middlrion, for the U. S. Sen- cr-|m,
nte- side
have
New Post Offices.?'Sur.nydaW jc the out r
name of a new post office established it: |;,rg?
Pickens District. Mr. Jautes C. Cook is
the Postmaster. ders,
Another has been established in the ?>m? of w
District, named Flat Slioa', and Capt. I,. N. ducic
Robins appointed Postmaster. dily i
- ? ? ?1 demt
Funds Mailed to Charleston.?His vd-cc
Honor Mayor Tradewcll, (says the Colnm- me, >
I bin Guardian,) in accordance w it it a resoJu- can 1
xas, has bvcn brought down to a level with j
the CJover.ior of Missouri. Ho has boon | . ^
?nipped, us we learn i>> me .">1 Joscpti pa- I .
pcrs. Th? whipping was done b/ n lawyer "
1 (\ i i i r i instil
named tjuigley, nixl ocenrred in one of the . .
border towns of Kansas J-mie was dissat- j ? 1,1
isficd with the thrashing and sent a chul- j I
lenge to Quigley. It was accepted, uad a
duel wns expeeted.
l.n.trr am> Hi:at. ? During tlie illumina- J j ! '
tion in Albany, N. V., on the 1st instant, a I
cauldron was filled with dry granulated lire. I \
clay, end gas was allowed to flow through '
. ... . * so u a
it. It gave out a light equal to 1,000
1 sum
sperm candles, nud generated an intense | , ^
beat. It would be a good plan to employ j ^
gas in this manner for cooking, ns dry tire- ^ t
clay concentrates, and thus economizes the ' '
heat.
| hum*
a inn
IMPoKTANT TO PosTMASTF.ItH. Com- |
plaints, says the Washington Star, having iU|hi
been made to the Post Otlice Department ! ?.?jct
that the "care, custody and conveyance of f
the mails;" are intrusted to persons not | wj
qualified, and under u suitable age, the foU | n# n
low ing regulations, which are of long stun- Hom,
ding, are published for the henelit of all j 0|
concerned: taug
"Postmaster* will cause their assistant* idem
and clerks, ns well as letter carriers, eon- j nfyt.r
tractors and enrriers to take the oath of office
required by law and send thein for tile ^,ul8
to the depnrtuienl, before they enter upon ' ''is
their duties. youn
No person under the age of sixteen |jve
years should lie employed ns a mail carrier
or clerk in a post omee. The special agent - "u
of the department and all postmasters will l,nu''
promptly report all instances of non-com to sy
plinnce with these regulations.' (u
Tub Knotmic.?Thin fearful malady, plain
(says th?; New Orleans Bulletin,) continues undc
on the increase, and ?eam for the present ideim
entertain no well founded hope of any ini* lion,
mediate abatement. t'ontrary to all prece* ker*.
dent* since 1847, and including that year, j Tl
its progress up to this lute date has been jng j
continuous, sometime* fluctuating from day nnry
to day, but the weekly reports allowing a Kvid
gradual increase. 'J'hc returns for the week knov
ending last Sunday morning at six o'clock hibil
summed up four hundred and seventy.two lu?,
no increase of tw enty three over the preco- worl
ding week. main
Th* yellow fever interments for the cor- af j(l
responding week in 1853, were 300; in 1847 n|jf j
they were 343; in 1864 they were 384; in
1856 they were 356. It will thus be seen
that the mortality at this present time is Tl
far greater than at any previous time since ; (Crdi
und including 1847. . < wjy,
Fatal Accidknt.? We learn that je8to
Mr. Pinchbeck, of Chester, was ac- t|,Hl
cidentally allot, oil Friday last, nod i gjx r
killed almost iusUnUneously. From t|,B ,
wlia*. we rau learn, he ha'', engaged in r?.gr,
some personal difficulty, unnecessary to nece
mention, which it Iras thought required gur4),
him to carry a weapon of defence. On men
the inomi(.g of the accident, Le waa IHen
gaged at iom? occupation in Li* yard, juty
when his pistol fell from his breast and yVo
etiiking the ground exploded, the hall thin|
penetrating his breast. Mr. Pinch back fort,
was a cotton mercb int in Chester.-South Tl
Carolinian. on S
j tion passed nl llu- public meeting on Tiiph- right
I day last, has tn:iilc?i a draft for f1000, the for a
I amount of the City subscription for the re- <?f rt
lief of the suffering in Charleston. This whlh
was the amount contributed by tin* city to ""J
i Norfolk and Portsmouth in 1*455. The The
Ward committees, we are pleased to lenrn, the *
have so far met with great success, but who
what nmout they have severally collected, "'ilk
we have not ascertained. " ?-?tni
Tiie Wf.stf.ks lion Trade.?The Ia.u- f,llh3
isxille Journai of a recent date, says : Vl
"We hear of few transactions in hogs tnn '
in this State for a few days, there being a ^ ,,ir^
stand otr between buyers and sellers.? rulei
Out. West hogs are ottered I'reely at low here
figures. A house in this city was offered "K'nt
twenty thousand head by telegraph, on "aVM
Thursday, at two eligible packing points on f"' ^
the Upper Mississippi river, at 4$ cts. net ; P?PU
and we hear of a purchase at desirable HO?"
points in Indiana of live thousand head at *
5 cents net. We understand that Messrs. I t',? c
Qu:ngly Si Co., of Howling Croon, Ky , J 1
have contracted for some twenty-two thousand
head to he packed there this winter at ",OHt
5cts net. It is estimated that full 30,000
head will be |>:ukeu at that point thin aea*
hoik IhU'I
m m ^ oxen
jik i.ANE wlllpppi. lin. 1 ...... ..r L." .. ~?0?ih
Ii.nl taken nil the honors, less useful,
wilier, on nearly any subject, than
s young "devils" I have known, in the
lid year of their itiipship. Students are
lit mainly to dissect and criticise the
i of others, and, to some extent, and
a fashion, to think ; hut they are not
lit to npply ideas, to construct to do.?
is all wrong, except, ^^rbaps, for
ig men who intend to hoewne speculaphilosophers,
el jtrwlrrra nihil ; but
lis who are designed for any of the
tical pursuits of life should be taught
nthetisc as well as analyse. It is well
i able to parse Milton and Shakespeare;
t is much Letter to be able to write
i Kogliah one's-self. Kducatora bhould
rstand that men incapable of applying
i, or of indicating their proper applicant,
for the most part, unreliable thinlie
fact is the entire system of preparyouths
for the ordinary and extraordidiiiies
of life requires io be remodeled,
ence of positive capacity' to apply
vledge to useful purposes should be exed
by the man vvbo demands a diploUntil
this radical change is made, the
d will continue to owe its advancement
ly, as heretofore, to the isolated effort*
.dividual*. and only remotely, when at
o the influence of the univctsities.
U
iik Ckkw or ihk Dolmiin.?On yea?y,
five of the crew of the Dolphin,
eases against the slavers, and one of
ilavess, was brought up from Charn
and lodged in our jail. We learn
Sheriff Dent lias given the witnesses
.Willi* /?tl I li A Inwor fl'. vr ? -
iebtors' rooms. It is greatly to bo
atte<i that lite Government deems it
Mary In resort to such stringent me*?
to secure the testimony of these
It really appears a hardship, that
who have simply discharged their
should be subject to confinement.?
l^*ve no doubt, however, that every.
5 will be done to secure their comle
other slavers will he brought up
aturday.? South Carolinian.
I
respond:icc of the Lancaster Ledger.
Ntw York, Sept. '21, 1858.
r lute Statcn Inland riot* have served
op us excited for the lust ten days. 1
it pretend to justify the lawlessness of
incendiaries, many of them, by the by,
uf high social and business standing,
of hitherto irreproachable character ;
cannot help smiling at the virtuour in*
itiou at the 'outrages' of the islanders
lited by our immaculate municipal nudes.
The SStaten Islanders, although
; iu the metropolitian police district,
no totes, heit remembered, to bestow
candidates for city honors ; so that
Vmmon Council, police force and othy
officials, most of whose time not
d in robbing the public, is devoted to
dmg from the legal consequences of
j their rowdy, political friend*, who rein
the city and vote at charter elections,
now an excellent opportunity, vvithisking
a single vote, of getting off a
amount of pent-up indignation, and |
utting the screws to the Staten Islan- |
of exhibiting their loyalty to the laws
hieh they themselves are the most nuiuh
and habitual violators. I can renneo
why the papers of this city coni
these violations of law by an oppressimmunitv
but I cannot for the life of
ice how. uny rn.-n of ordinary, A'arcsight 1
>e siiiprised at people endeavoring to
themselves after having been cursed,
long turm of years, by a succession
ilers whose main purposes havo been
a in otiice to feather their own uests, i
let the people Iook after themselves.? '
men who are now most indignant at 1
5tat en Island "outrages"are the villains
mainly contributed to fasten the swillnuisance
upon us, and tlicy nre o f jhe
class as those who have allowed our
to become famous the tvorld over for
f streets and rowdyism, inhabitants
Pages and smaller cities of the Union
form but a remote idea of what New;ers
have to nut tin with from tliuir
s. The fact is we nrw not prepared
for as liberal and advanced n governiih
you in the country ore. We must
n stronger government ami on a ilillVr>asis
from that which we now have, or
lar outrages, now the exception, will
become the rule among us. Hither
lective fmncliis must be restricted, in
ity of New-York, to those only who
end ami write and pusses an cxamiiiuin
the lirat four rules of arithmetic or
of the otlices now elective must bo
hy appointment.
?r leading dailies have been publishing
y two-column letters describing the
rises at the commencements of the vai
colleges within too or three hundred
a of New York. I never see one of
laudatory letters without being rel?'d
of the fact that there are many raddefect*
of oigauixation in most of our
lutiona of learning, and that the modes
iipnrtiug instruction in most of them
fretched. ?A word is sadly wanted ill
nnguage to express the kind of know 1>
that a youth should possess 011 lcnvollcge?a
word expressive at once of
now ledge of genera' principles and of
bility to apply thorn. At present our
ig student know m as n principle, and
Icuiunatrate on the blackboard that the
re of the hypothenune is equal to the
of tlio squares of the two shorter sides
right-angled triangle but, a year or two
leaving college, he forgets all about
rinciplc, because he was not made to
all it upon bis mind by applying it to
! practical useful purpose. I linve heard
n w ho stood well at college as a ninthician
a '< n mason who was building a
r wall how he managed to get it so
! and square." I have had a man in
nice who had just been graduated, ntid
-flpgrnf|Ht.
Later From Europe
a k h i v a i. o t' r 111:,
N I A a A B. A .
AvoiaTA,September 22.?The Cti
steam ship Niagara, Capt. Hyrie, c
British aud North A'uer<cH" Uoyal
steam ship line, lias Arrived at Halifa
the way lo Boston, with the Live
mails of Saturday, 11th inst.
Qenerai Intelligent:,).
Nothing of interest, in addition t
last reports, lias been received from
or China.
The cession of the port Villa Kri
on the Mediterranean, to Russia. has
confirmed.
Commercial Intelligence.
Livkri'ooi. Cotton Mahkkt.sales
far the week, closing on the ev?
of Friday 10, were (57,000 bales of
ton, of w hich 12,000 were sold on F
The rates showed an advance for
week of l-8d. on Middling grades, cl
firm and buoyant.
LlVKItl'OOI. HltRAI>8Tt FKS MaKKKT
this market there are no iiiovemei
changes of interest.
London Monky Maiikbt.?Cc
remain at Vi.
Haiuh Hoiks*:.?The bullion in
Hank of France shows a large inc
for the month of August.
Additional by the Niagara
Halifax, Sept 22.?'l'he steam
Niagara, from Liverpool, on the 1 li
rived here this morning. The new?
orallv is unimportant.
The American ship J. J. II iwtl
and the b.it<jiie Margaret came in
siou hi the.mouth of the Mersey, an
latter sunk. All perished except tin
tain and pilot.
The Times ?ays i)ie condition of
cable is unaltered, (signals continue
received, hut they are too faint an
certain to he intelligible. Con I i unci
periinents still indicate the injury
near the Irish coast, ami probably v
three miles uf-lho shore. The Live
Host says experiment* prove beyi
doubt that the defect arisea from a
age at a distance of two hundred an
ly miles from html.
Heavy leiliforcements for the I
army had sailed fiom Knglan.l.
A convention had burn conclude
I ween Ltgland and Hra7.il for the i
torn! ?>f iMitntan.liiig claims agaiuat
government.
The ship Avon had arrived from
[ traiia with nearly #2,000,000 in go!
Haul Morjfhy, the American i
j player, had been beaten in I'ari- l?v
i wiu.
Accouuu from 1 loin bay to the (
August bad been received. The i
bad been defeated with ureal slau
?>) neii. JtoOerson, near Katuretz.
! Anglo Chinese treaty stipulations
more favorable than at first siippos
Christianity is tolerated throughot
Umpire; missionaries are U> be j
under the protection of the Chines
ti.orilies : diplomatic agents are to i
permanently at l'ekin ; the taritl
he revised; several new ports are
opened ; tr?"el is to l?o unrestricted
piracy to he jointly suppressed.
A terrible esp'osion of powder
had taken place Pea." St. I'elurnbiirj
One hundred persons were killer
great conflagration bud taken pit
Moscow. Hundreds of bouses wet
stroyed, and the forests wele on tire
Livkui'ool tonus Makkkt?t
closed with an advancing tendency
advance of 1.8d. on middling qui
.during the week. Sales of the weo
000 ba'e?, including 4500 on specul
anil 0000 for ei]?ort. The f-.llowin
the closing quotations ; Orleans Fail
4, Middling 7 3 10; Mobile Fair 7
Middling 7 1 8 ; Uplands Fair 7 I
Middling 6d. Slock in p??rt Olt
( hales, including 5*29,000 Americi
Manchester reports were favoroble.
Walker'* Expedition.
Auot'iT.t, September 21.?(ien.
Wai.ki.ii sailed from New York ii
Star ??f the West, for Aspiuwall.
coiitblenlly reported that a cargo uf
kets, ordnance stores, Ac., Ac., was
j ped a few days since in Canal stea
It is belived that (ien. W aikki
proceed to 1'ahania and (herd hwh
concent ration of incn, arms, and mi
&torvi for mi expedition into Nicar.
Fearful Flight in a Balloor
On tlio 1 Oth, at Adrian, Michig
halloon ascension wan made t>y M
l Haiumler and Tliiimlou. The asceu
descent were a perfect rucceaw, lai
near Riga. While detntchlng net
(Jie aack in the balloon escaped fro
fastening* and rose, carrying MT
ton with it, who at fust feltnounnas
au|>po?ing the gas was escaping, and
it would iooii kettle down again, \
proved not to be ho. He wan soon
ror stricken to find himself daslitt
any ineom of managing hi* vehi<
'1 he |?ower to rise aud tly be had
power to manage was left behind, ai
tride of the rigging he toon shot u
of sight.uf friend* into tbe regit
frost. J'Uw last seen of him was
Maiden, in Canada West. There
tie Impe of any other fate than he
fall to the earth a fiojen iiiui. JJ
a daughter in Adrian, but baa no
family. Mr. Bannister, two years
made *u ascent from the same place,
throwing out ballast loo freely, be a
immediately rose out of sight, nn?
not beard from for two days. Li is b*
became unmanageable, aud himself
ly perished witli tbe cold, having f
I Kith hands and feet, lie twice aev
Erie pass beneath him, and finally li
ill Peiins-vlvaniv near Heaver, having
made, involuntarily, the Itnijjo.?t trip ev?i
made in America. The fatu of poor
? Thurston is feaiful t?.? contemplate, and
( no little anxiety i* fell far and wide.ho
i the result.? C/m'Awirf Pbtindctticr.
_
Mexico.
The political condition of Mexico excite*
j the solicitude of statesmen both in Europe
' and >in the United Staler. A state withJ
mil veil no, credit, military force, -stable
I autbority or even a recognized head, is an
I anomaly among nations. Ha vine no ele*
I ments of ro-inlegralion, no vitality?she
is in that state by which communities tall
inard io pieces and perish, from ihe absence of
>f the j any principle of cohesion, ller provinces
,n?j| are as much segregated as her people are
; disunited. Those who affect i > be leadeis
ix, on , . , , ,
aro engaged in constant struggles for su
rpool preniacy.
Mexico thus presents a puzzle to tlie
politician. If she had ambitious neigTii)
the ^K,rs' ** had, she would have long
India H'nce Ul,dergnne absorption. It is hur in
sulated geographical position which has
alien l'rei,0,ved her stntus among the family of
^ nations. l?ot this cannot endure always.
Shu has international duties to perform?
international engagements to meet.?
Mexico is largely m debt. 'Her creditors
-The clamorous. She has heavy indeinnianing
ties to make, which those claiming lUfiu
Cot- Are determined she shall soon fulfil,
ridav Now, ho is she to redeem the one or
t|10 fulfil the other? She lias no rel Sable-sou rosing
oes of public income?no means of borrowing.
She can pay her debts or mako
,? fa indemnity in but one wav. She has to
.ts or pay land. She Iihs to dismember her
self to meet her obligations. This is a
msuls hard fate ; but how can it be averted? ?
A nation .that becomes disintegrated by
tlie internal causes of decay may meet with
rease sympathy, but tit is cannot change tlio
fiat. Sooner or later, disineiubetiiieut
must be lier destiny.
n.. .1... .1.... o ?
v II un; P(l|l|MinUIUII llliil UIMIU-IlUtrincut
is inevitable?that llier** is no prin1
'1' eipal of cohesion in the component parts
1 !<r* of the republic?in the people?iu the
> geu- leading men ? that she is Stale with
none of the attribute's of a State?it be,or"e
ooines a problem, how the dissevered
f?," parts will arrange themselves, whether a?
10 separate political communities or clusters
of republics, ami in what mode international
obligations are to he discharged.
That Mexico cannot continue with the
? w external form, hut wifch none of the real
1 un endowments of a commonwealth? with
ex the dry bones, hut none of the vitality of
V\ ,u that kind of political entity called a State
is too eviJett for denial. Kven if she
>rpoo ,.,,,,1,1 |)e resusitntial, reconstituted, where
",l ,M can he found in her classes, without the
B' sense of mutual dependence ? without
1 ur* those social connections that knit a peo..
pie into unitv ? dre materials of a |>erma
Ul IM" ncnt nationa'ity??CharfcttoH Xtms..
HZ ThTw^T
either U ? nrv glad to learn that tin weather ,
is highly favorable to the cn?p?, hut
Aus- bIj.juJJ hi, accident happen it; liie shape
of violent storms, blight, or some no\ mis
i'Ii ess* s
Hair- insert, .our hopes would be blasts).?
I liete is llo insert nr IilinliI! ? ?
i ll "I likely U> riMcli m? Hni ly established mi
rebel* i|lstitl,tion ?i the <iOlt?v of ft Sffrsn &
1'ho Augusta, licoigiu. If 3011 mail
were $10, $5. or $2 1 2, nn?l obtain a
t)d.? ticket, it amy chance t<> pay you an enorJt
the inoua profit ir. tlie slmpe of a prize.?
>laced 'riint tliev aie a favorite "crop" to curtie
an Z , . ,
reside VM i*-0??viou?, from the gieat popularity
' is to tlieir establishment. 60
l|?and ..LANCASTER PRICES CURRENT.
jj| COKKECTF.D WEEKLY, BY
fir- HASSELTINE & CURBTON.
' , BACON, Shoulders 10 t
?ce at , , it
, Sates 12?
w ?" llama 14 a 15
I.ARD 12 a 15
lotion CORN, pel bushel "5
at an MKAL " " 75
ilities FI/llJR 2| a I*
k 07 MOLASSES, per gallon, cash,
I New Orleans 60
* Muscovado 50
^,#'1 West India 40
r ' COFFEE, per lh.. cash,
Ki> .jOfcu, 14
> 16; Java XPfr" 00
I,000 SUGARS, New Orleans S? u 11
II, . Clarified II a 14
Powdered 1 I n 15
Crushed 14 a 15
FODDER, per hundred lb 75
MACKEREL, No I kit (scarce) 3 00
vi'u No. I. If hbls Ill 0l> wm
a il.J ?KEF. (v?ry little mfcrleg) 5 a 5f
FORK, " " .... 8?o
U '* EGGS, oer H.i* ' ?
a,u*- chicki-JNM".: vi*
liip- CANDI.KH, Adamantine per box 30
mors. Single pound 35
l will Tallow 22*25
it the - ? ?
liUry TUB MAKKET8.
"I*11" Com mria, Sept. *2-4. 1858
For tlio luat two days the demand for the #
article wad active und very good, and aoioe *
;rii, a changed hands at price* ranging
**-'. r?. from lli to I tic. extretnea.
1 and .. .
ding New Vokb, Kept. 24, 1858
work, '|*he trnlMwIioni in Cotton embrace 2000
'l'" "* bale*, at previou* rate*, which *fo firmly
maintained. Flour Is firm, al*o with sale*
IQ 6611
I that' ,rt00? bbl*., at tlie following rate* :?
whi'cli S;oU,,? 20 a 5 37; Ohio, $5 87 .vfi.OD ;
i |10r. Southern, $4.87 *5 75.
ate of ??
:le.? Mobile, Septemlier 24. A
?the The aales of Cotton are 1400 bale* nt
ulna rale* giving 124 for Middling. Sale* of the
P oul ?ve?k are 9500, and receipt* 01)00, ngain*t
,n* 3500 for the umo period of Inst yenr.?
,n?*r Stock 19,000 hale*.
ta lit- ?mmmmmmm
?hM Speoial Notices
other ------ - ? ? -t --a;m ?i i ?- -=E=y
atfo, *lvcrtii?einei?l of l>r. Man ford ?
whe., LIVICR INVKiORATOR In unothtfr %#linoet
uiun. ' >
I WH> ? ?? 1 JSP
llloon ll'Uloirtiff't Oiiilmml an>i Pilll,? jTnrgjty
iiASf it jraiterally too rood/ with the knife end the
TnXen mw. The eclat of a "briliant operation" ia a
i lake tfrrat I'rofeeaioiial "cardbut the mutilated 4
indeJ sul^ect wtA> Uaa all the paiu and none of th?