The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 05, 1859, Image 2
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ADVERTISEMENTS one1
Wit! be inserted at the following low rates: dollr
One sijuare (of lti lines or less,) one insertion, ted I
tl ; or, it continued, "6 cents tor the first in* class
section, and SO cents for each subsequent inservkoi.
See Fourth Page for deductions in
_Y'or of standing advertisements. j lwu
The number of insertions must be w ritten on !rce
i.icli advertisement, or they will be inserted till the i
ordered out and Charged accordingly. 'such
. Mills
'-Obe Eight Of V isit. | b e, i
W lirmKP. ilie right of visitation of tor 'i"g
oign vessels lots or li.us not been abandon ; Ivrcti
t'd by 'lie Hmidi (tovoriimeid, is a ones valu<
'.ion which does not steal to be settled.? | in ?
The Adiiiiiii. lraiioti iissLit that Ureal i l'''s
iiritain li.'u abandoned l.er ohl ci tun to j uoila
Verily tlie natoiiiibtv of a vessel hoisting t nltie:
n foreign tl ig. Other antliorities aver ] fessu
that, the abaii-lonineiit is only simulated, h?>u
iiml that llntish cruisers will continue to j ihe <
visit Auieri-an vessels whenever tln-y aio j prole
so inclined. The partis.,us of tins view schot
e etc much encouraged in their belief la?l neyu
wed; bv the news i f tl.o bonding of t!io | l'"iid
I'nt' ! d' V- i"tean?er \V<t*hi nylon hi 'eight
ieer iguan waters, by officers of tier M i 'he ?
j bsty \s navv oil that station. l?ut it seems , Vein.
I,...ii it... i .*. I -I.- i>-... i I
?? ? ? I.uv.71 Itl *1 "III- 1M1UMI I
tK ers, on tieiiitj ?.*;? 1 r*> 1 to account lor | lam <
tlivir c< mil net I?\ Commodore M'ltitosh, [first i
tl'siiiicilv disci limed toe jir? tension to [tired
visit A iiei'ic-iti ics.-eS as a mailer of riglii; i '?r tl
au>i a^ser'ed tliat. 11 y merely went on ! bonu
hoard the Wuttkhipton to ask what the ! thisi
news was. So ilmi, so far as the prinei j tweui
jiie is concerned, ilic case of tlie if 'unit ! year
ntpton need no (urtlier lie cons'deied. j died
lie points involved in I lie controversy ' Icto
between tlie I nr.ed Stalls and Creal mud
liritain, on tlie visitation of vessels at sea, leolii
are very simple and few hi number.? exchi
!ireal Hnl iin asserts tiiat, if a vessel is to bund
be exempt from search and seizure l?e ! "icor
cane the may rliooso io Iij'.sI tlie Auier land t
.w...i tinjf, a jjet.eral license tnnv I ? said I t?u al
to Inn e been granted to pirates ; tor, j uicor
hencefoi lb, eveiy pirate wnl naturally i ''.V tl
hoist tin* stars and stripes when pursued 1 and
and will tints avoid punishment and de I ibis ?
lection. I'lieretore tireat l'rilain, thouoli I dred
yielding ilie point in deference to our j waie
(jh>vernin"nt, still contend* that it would j tides
be well for tlie principal i|>aritiine nations | (the
to iijrree upon a system under which it ! utatn
sliould be lawful for the warships ol'anv i ted .*
leading nation to visit any su.-pecied ves I whic
se', no in itler what tire ll <o slie hoi ted. j 'be li
To this tlie Un ted States reply that tile j to ill
danger incurred by prohihi.'iuir the rij?ln u,,r
of search and iitforilm^ uu wlivioun Iicciuhi i ami
to inantone evil doers, is less than tire cttpi'
danirrr vvbidi would flow to nations like coun
lbis frmn the adoption of a system which atim
would necessarily tiirovv the police of the i upoi
seas into tbe bauds of Cre it Hniaiti : I auio
. . i . . I
u:;t; v. - ?x>> nm tipprelicmi lli.it piracy in ! 1'"o
he ruv.iv,;.!, an in tin* present s:a;t* of cmn ; pTs
merce it would he very d'llieiilt for any ' "iuk
pirate to li- id a purl tit which lie could toiiri
dispose of his stolen goods ; ami that, on pub!
the whole, we had rather see ail occasion P'M}
til slaver cr pirate escape ptiuislnin lit ?
than have our entire inarch till navy ex i part
posed to detention ami insulting search [ or oi
at the Ciprive of any llriti-h naval ollicer ' lo h
Ore at Britain has agreed t<? our terms, ?t t
rind the search (j testion mav ho regarded | botu
to* settled. !i remains to he seen how I tresi.the
n m* id'io wiil w.uk. it is obvious 1 ' * 1,1
that, tit least for tho present, it will give P"1'-1
a remarkable stimulus In the African i "
slave trade. Already it is said that the 1,8
yacht Wanderer, w is so zed ln-re as a Act,
sl iver and release I through the capable 'he
remissness i f the 1'ailed Stales nJHcials, I oca
bar I in led a cargo i f fine healthy Afrt- ''
eat: , on the t^ui'lien, com (. Jo parte of 1
tii?.."siuilii the African s'ave trade is regar , uian
tied 4is ft legitimate Irnllic, winch has been 1 w ''
improperly closed, herever this opin i er)'
in | icails tli re will he no dinieullv in only
1anding cargoes of Africans. And now I pro}
that loroign nations mo forhiden to inter- I I
I' .r* vv* it It any ship which owns a sat of i?Vt'
lTii:to l S'.ales eolnrj, the only impediment hi t
to the active revival of the slave trade j "?d
will consist :ii the activity ar l energy of t ?',
lie national vessels ivltich are detailed to colli
pi event it. Is it presuming too far upon P('rl
past experience to expect that this-actm lrict
t v vvid not prevent the example of the , ra,e
Win lerer from being successfully imita | Slat
tyd by other craft ?Hur/M-rs Weekly, j pari
Norton ro l'uvVM.Ki<H.? Tiie llirris i |iia
h'l'i, (I *-* ) t rnion says t)vs*t the following , \
' rules of die ro id" are all based upon It- 'ties
g d decisions : j 'l'4?'
inei
"It Iris not been legally decided that y
a ppiic.intsjfor tickets on rail roads can be |jV;,
ejected from the ears if they do not offer
the exact amount of their fare. (Ji.ntiuc ;lM,
l rs are .r :I I :.m. to make change. All tow
I.ill I t, ' i l l r.rc iTimi ' nntil u?ed >?n.l . -i
- - - - li> II
condition*. 'gjiKiJ for tliw day m'y,* or olh< j()
erwis* limbing tits time of irontii
t i i <
hih of no i cviti it. l .?r.*t;n?',r-". who lose '
their tick e in bo ey-vtaA <Cfoi:r tl.e cars,
units* ilif purchase h Miv ^ J bis- | ,j
eangers 11 iv li<miihI to observe decoruiti in 1
ho c.ar?, and arc obliged to comply with !
a 1 reason able demands t i fthotv ticket*. 1
Standing upon the {>li?tTurin or otherwise I
violating a rule of (lie company, renders !
h person liable to lie put from the train. '
No person h is a light to monopolize more
seiis than lie h is paid for, and anv atli. I'
ele left in a seat, while the owner is tern* tiro
porarilv absent, entitles him l<> the place the
uj?ofi his return.' ! in:(l
SiAtiiitso Affair.?A ti^lit occurred I mill
tins morning hIniuI one oVlork, between led i
one \Y m. Harvey, a ttilor, and an Elliott com
*'reet runner, l'strick Tr*cey, a police- ! knii
man, in Irving to arrest the parties, was I hein
severely stubbed by the former about the . led.
breast and back. Harvey was arrested ' nem
by ilie attsisiaiM-e of another policeman, ' froir
who came to Tracey's i-bef, and lodged naih
in the guard lions,-. I hi w;?-this morn , Siny
nig turned over to a MiMgialraitrfur prose, t.eer
cation. W'e iearn that Trarey lies in rath j froir
9r a critical rendition.? ('hue. Weir*. nfKg
% ^ ^
*
AC T TO KAIKK Sl'ri'UKH ?OU TilK
vAI! COMMENCING IN OciOBKK, ONE
IOU8AND KlOlir ULSDUKn ANP KIErVoirr
" ?
He it enacted Ly tlie Senate and
.-*e o! Representatives, now mot autl j
ig in tienerai A-seinoiv, ?ud by the
oriiy ol tbo sumo, That a lax for the i
and in the inanner hereinafter men- j
;d, shall he raised and paid into the
ic treasury ef lids State, for the use
set \ iee thereof, that i> to say ; -eight
eats, c?/ viduretn, on every hundred)
its of the vilno of ail ihe lands gram |
n this Stale, aeeordmg to the existing |
iifieatiou as heretofore established; |
ly five rents per head on all slaves; >
dollars and Seventy live cents on each |
negro, mulatto or mestizo, between j
ges of til teen and lifty years, except j \V1
as shall be clearly proved to the | _
faction of the Collector, to be iugapa
fioiu matins or otherwise, ul pr<>caa
livelihood; seventeen cents, ud va ,
a, on every hundred dollars of tiie 'as
ii of all lols, lauds and buildings, wiih p''1
inv city, town, village, borough, in ! his
bia'.e; sixty?eighl cents pel hundred ' the
rs on factorage, empioy iiients, lac- 1
i and professions, including the pro Hie
in, of dentistry, .(whether in llie pro eni
n ef law, the profit be deprived from i
:osls of suit, fees, or other sources ol !
ssioual income.) exeepling clergymen sev
jlinasters, s hot Imisiresses and jour y|r
ion mechanics, whose income de H(a
son their own iiiHniial labor; sixty | a
, cents on every hundred do.lars on ?
iiuouni of commissions received by
. ' ot I
ue toasters and commission mer
is; thirty five coins per hundred dol ""i
in the capital slock paid in, on ihe
of October, one thousand eight htm- 'Lo
and lifty eight, of all banks which
leir present charters have not paid a ;
s to the State; used and employed in
date by agents of said banks, be ol"
n llio lirst day ol (>ctuber, in the '"r"1
of our Lord one thousand eight bun ,wt
and lifty seven, an 1 the first day of j sev
her, in the year of our Lord one thou- wli
eight Inindied and lifty eight, mi ef< fair
ig loans or discounts, and dealing in for
iiigy or notes; twenty seven ce.-ts per ^..
re I doll a is on ihe eanilal stock of all . (
pointed (Jas Liglit 'Jompnnies; one
.hirty live one hundreds per centum '
I premiums taken in this Stale bv ^
per.ited insurai ce companies, and *
ic agencies of iusurattce cymnaoies, ^0|
under w i iters uitluuii 11. . Im.iiu iter
St ate; twe::tyuuo cent on everv liun it i
dollarsot'the amoul of sales of goods ncn
> iitnl men): hi.It/.-', embracing all ar- sin
of trade lor.sale, barter or exchange mel
prodiicls of litis Statu, ai.il tliu tin*
nfactured products of any id the Utii?l
ties or Teirilorius thereof excepted,) 1
li any ticrsirn shall liavu made, from rcu
ii-t day of January of the present year (
e lirst day of January, in the year of |je
[.old ot:e thousand eight hundred wj
filly mn?,.r>ilt ?r -on tu?, tier or llimr (
tal, or borrowed .capital, or on ae- ,
il of any person or persons, its agent, j '
rrtev or consignee; thirty four cents : n
t every humlrc,! dollars of the I "I"
nnt of sales of goods, wares and titer- [
lizu w hatever, which any transient frc
on, not resident in this Slate, shall ot!
e in anv house, stall or public place;
teen dollars per day for representing | for
iely for gain and reward, and, any sei
, coiuedy, tragedy, interlude or fane, ho
titer employ merit of the stage, or any
therein, or tor exhibiting wax figures "j!"
liter shows of any kind whatsoever,
e paid into the hands of the Clerk"
he CouiIs respectively, who shall be p,,,
el to pay tlie samo into the public ta*
ury, except in citrus whore the same be
i\v reunited by law to bo paid to cor bli
li.,..- ..r ..ft.,.'-.-;-., ""
That nil taxes levied on property,
prescribed in the first section of tins I
, shall be paid to tlie tax collector for
tax district in which said property is "
ed. " ' ,r|
II. In in kino atseHsmetits for taxes rc<
ho value of taxable property used in
lufarturing or for railroad purposes, gr
lilt this State, the value of the inachin- 8HI
used therein shall not bo included, but 1
the value of tlio lots and bulling*, as ' JN
lerty merely. pfl
V. That the Tax Collectors in the u,
,ral districts and parishes in this Stale, I
heir-returns hereafter tr, be mnde, be,
'.bey ^.r^ hereby required and enjoin- j ^
to ?tate the precise amount of taxes I
cted by them, for the purpose of sup IMI
ing the police of t!,.e said several dia i St
s and parishes aforesaid, staling the | to
s per centum on the amounts of the i bi
e tax collected for said district and I
sh police purposes; and the Coinp j
ler General shall' return the snipe in i
report. I .,
*. That free negroes, mulatto,s and i
tizoea, be, an I lliey are hereby re j llM
ed to make their returns, and pav | vv
r taxes daring the month of March. j '''
1. That the I >ts and houses on Sill | t?
n's Island shall he returned to the tax | cc
lector of the tax district in which they d?<
situate, in the same manner a* other | c<\
n lot* in d houses, and shall he lialde i
lie same rales of taxation.
he Senate House, the twenty-first day I
f I >ercinber, i i the year of our Jy>r?l j Hfl
ne thousand eight hundred and fifty- .
ight, and in the eighty-third year of ,
ie sovereignty and independence of lite
In iter! States of America.
WILLIAM I). I'OKTEK, *
Paji*iflcnl <./ tfifi. timntt.
JAMIU STMONH, ?*
Sjteaker Ho axe of Rrpre xenta lives. ci
u a cds is Paokino Cotton.?Tiie
i in the picker room* of the Trentonl,
Naomkeag and the Massachusetts "
a, within a few days, and which in- ; ?f
'ed (he loss o( life in the last, named nn
', were caused hy stones or gravel pack <11
sith the cotton to increase its weight, j f?
injj in contact with the revolving steel I ail
re* of the healer while the cotton was ! K(J
g worked through the opener, so eal m
'Ihe Lowell Advertiser says that in p|
!y all the hale-sof cotton opened there, |
i 8 to 12 por dent, of sand, stones,
? and other sole.tanw. are found.? | 't>l
jle stones weighing 29 pounds have
i found in these hales, wLtch sell at ni<
? l^^o 15 cents a pound to Our man- wi
Hot'on Traveller. 18
V >
(fljis Efilijiu.
LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. U
RDNKSDAY MORNING, JAN. 5, 1869. 0
' o
Tax Bill- it
iVe publish elsewhere the tax hill of the t<
t session of the Legislature, to raise sup "I
is for the year commencing in Ootobei tl
t. We notice no material change from si
! tax hilt of 1857. d
tVe will continue to publish ethers of) T
i Acts of the lute Session that are of gen- pi
I interest. n<
Vkw ADVERTrsEMKXrs.? We refer to the
si
oral now advertisements in this paper.
. Jos M. G.iyle, Cninden, has another in- ,j,
Inient?more additions to his stock. We
m
rn that he is doing n heavy business ; a .
uraI consequence of his liberal manner cf
lealing with the public, ('apt. Ingran. nj
i a notice in reference to his houses and
w
i, which see ; also notice from Messrs. |((
we I and I'lyler, Adiu'rs.
Sales dayMthough
a cold and disagreeable day, y<
streets were thronged with persons w
in the country on Monday last. Some n'
;lve or fourteen negroes were sold and I"
cral parcels of land, ami all at prices >'?
ieh indicate a, rosperous condition of af- P'?
s. There seems to be a large demand P1
negroes here ; not by speculators, but w
resident ti'lersof the soil ; and the beau- (?
iif it is, they generally have tho cash to ?'
down. Many prefer to pay cash K1
uyn tiu? verms qi saic De credit. 1,1
>11 o tract of Waxhaw lam], sold by the 'r
nuiisMotier In Kquity,brought about $19 R
acre. It is known (or should be. for c<
* advertised) that lie has fifteen hundred r>
us of the same sort to sell on iWl Inst. "
jritf's sales were small. All the Boards 81
L on that day.
Our Railroad Prospects nl
iVe are not about to tiiip*ofte upon our ?|
dors our already often repeated notions
respect to the duty of I<ancastcr, to rece
herself of the disadvantages under
ich she labors in consequence of a want
rnilro-.d facilities; our intention Is mere- t|
to indorse a hint thrown out to us by (|
outsider : The Columbia (Suanlinn, in ^
aking of the Western extension of the
>rtli Carolina railroad, now under contract
in Wilmington to Rutherfordton, says of
r section : The
Wilmington Charlotte and Ruthertf
Road will pass bv Monroe, the county ' .
it of Union, about twenty five miles ave
Uaneastor Court House. We trust w
it our friend* in that district will not re- a
in innch longer insensible to the great c
advantages of their present isolation.? ^
rail-way connection eilliet with Camden,
dgeway, Chester, or Kock-llill, might ul* "
lately, be extended to Monroe, and that tl
iiuliful and productive region of country y
thus brought ii to agreeable nnd profiln- ?
3 intercourse with the communities aand
them. "
The Now Census s
The npp? rtionment for members of Coness
under the census of i860 mil mike
great change in Ilia representation of sev- 1
nl States, judging from the votes at the
r? nt election in some of the Western
ates. Illinois, with nine members of Coness,
lias given 250.000 votes, while Mas- *
rlin*clt?, with eleven representatives, gave
ly 120,000. Wisconsin, with only three
presentatives, lias given a vote within a
iction of tliat of Massachusetts. Com- '
red wiili the vptes of miny othor States
e discrepancy is still greater. j (
The above we copy froin the Charleston <
jurier. How the result of the Census of I
60 will effect our State, is a question of !
I I
me moment. It whs the opinion ia>:I J j
uniner of one of our present delegation t
Congress that wo would lose hco inetu- j 1
ra. I ?
Get the Best Detector- 1 t
Peterson's Counterfeit Detector and Bans I
ote List for January has been received by J
, and is coirccled by Drexel &i Co., the ! (
ell known Banker and Brokers, and it is I |
e best and most reliable Detector of CAuix ! 1
rfcils or Altered Notes published in this 1 ?
untry. The numbti issued this uay fully j
scribes fifty two New Counterfeits, and ! 1
ntaines a fan simile of a Bogus Bank |
ote that is being altered to suit various 1
inks all over the country, and which is '
ing put into extensive circulation. It al- J
i contains several other pages of very val. i
ible information of everything appertain* 1
g to Bank notes. It has been considers- J
V enlarged i.is month, having now forty, j
glit pages iii B.and contains also fac similes '
'several hundred Cold and Silver coins, i
sides. Wo have no hesitation in pronoun-1 |
ng it the most complete, re'iable and best ,
iblieation of the kind in the United States, ,
i it is not used to subserve the interest of ,
ty banking house, as most of the so-called . (
eUa.tors are. It ahould be in the hands ' ,
I '
'every storekeeper in the whole country, |
id Me would wdvisa all persons who ban- (
u money to sebd two dwllurs in a letter, j
r a year's subscription, to the publishers, ,
id thus subscribe for the sea.i ninthly is- |
c of it at once ; or one dollar for the ,
nnlhly issue. It Is published bv T. R. (
hiTKRSON dL BROTHERS, No. 30?
leatnut Street, Philadelphia, to whom ail
Iters should be addressed. A copy of t
'etersons*' Coiup'ete Coin Book," the J
si perfect and complete one in the world <
II be given gratis to all subscribers for t
lift 4 i
<
The New Year.
Another year linn been added to the
i'roll of time and a new one greet* un, full en
f promise of future joys nnd success to tli
lie faithful and honest, nnd who will act nt
pon ti e experience which previous ones R<
fiord. * Eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, tr
imply as a measure of time, is gone never
9 bo recti I led ; but its current events nnd hii
innifold associations will live nn a light of l''
xperitu.ee to all who have wisdom enough 1
i> accept its guidance. The man who *'
ock not profit by the lessons jf the past ( (
nd which every day observation tenches, w
ves to but little purpor.q. ,|(
The opening df a llow year is regarded (,?
i most persons, amidst the multiplicity of | ih
leir duties and cares, the same as any oth- I be
r period ; it is no more than a hnturnl and j M
rdinary recurrencu of nn epoch which adds |,r
ne more year to the lapse of time. Hut
cannot be denied, tint it is a most oppor- 1,(1
ne occaaion for every individual to retro- ' l"
[>ect the events of the preceding year as jj
ley bore particularly upon his existence, j lo
Ludy the lessons which they inculcate, nnd j oc
raw wisdom as it were from the past.? er;
'his is the natural and inherent right nnd i hii
rivilege of every human being, and no one ; tl?
fglcctj to exercise it but with serious dot- j oc
inent to himself, as respects his future |
iceess or the attainment of ylie object to j ,WI
liich the labors of his life are devoted.?
ho page or 1858 is written out in the ^
icmory of e^ory individual ; that of 185t) .
a blank. We do not envy tlie man who | sw
in draw no lesson from the old page to
isist him In commencing the new, in that (hi
ay and manner which may redown to his all
9nor, his happiness and to his success in j ti?>
re. r?'l
From a general retrospect of the past I ',,r
car, wc cannot hut feel, as a people, that ',e
e have abundant cause for congratulation I
nong ourselves foi the high degree of j co'
asperity that has attended us during llio
ar. 'l'hv financial dillictillics that cneotn- | j
is-icd us nt the beginning have been disdied
: the husbandman lias jeen well re- Hj1(
arded for his labors, nnd peace and plen- Sa
' reign iliroughout the length and brca.tih : >,y
T our prosperous country. The usual de- I \
roe of hofdlh has attended us, nnd at lli.s stf
tue every sc-tlon of our country is fVee w'
our pcst.ilciiti.il disease. The cause of w:
elipion, which we nil desire to nee ndvnn d.
bus progressej with more than ordina. j'e
speed during the year ; f'rotn Maine to wj
exnn Its enkindling influence has been fe!t,
id some perhaps, whose eyes may chance \v
> fall upon this article ure numbered among ^
le fortunate ones who were regenerated ca
id renewed in the spirit. For all these q i
leisitg-. we trust there arc none who car.. ?K1
ot w'ltfi becoming reverence humbly bow to
lid acknowledge the source from whence H'
all
u*y cniuc.
\V? buff to.vxt?iBil t* wit of our reade's j
ie compliments of*the season, hoping that ^ (
Heir utmost desires and eontcir.pla'ions for
ood may be full) realized. ,t |
Blue, Ridge Railroad. a!
By reason of the defeat of tho Blue lo
lidge Railroad bill at the late Session of Wl
lie legislature, the question is presented
? the President and Directors of the Road,
rltelhyjr Abandon the enterprise at once, 1 *
s they must do eventually if the State |
onlinues to withhold further aid ; or con- j ^
inue the work with what funds are on ||(
and, relying upon the chance of getting
he bill passed at the next Session. They u,
rill scarcely permit this defeat, the lir.st
npediment they have met with, to in* ej|
uce nn abandonment of so gigantic an on- *
lertaking. The Charleston Mercury coun* ti<
els thertl to proceed, in the following terms:
The practice I question now arises, what
onrau shall be pursued by the President
,nd Directors, under the circumstance* in
chieh tliey are placed 1 We trust they w ill bt
tot give way ^o feelings of disappointment In
ind chagrin. The) may entertain the idea l,|
if dulling upon the State to represent her
took by proxy and winding up the husiless
in hopeless abandonment. But being
instituted of many of the most public-spir
ted as well as intelligent gentlemen in our to
immunity, we liuat they w?ll not sulTer In
hemselvta to be overcome by stu b consid ifi
rations. Induced by motives of the public |v
food, we have confidence to believe they ^
viii urace mswseivea lor renewed ettorts } ,
n accomplishing I his magnificent enter 1
niso. We t*nst an appeal will be made to ' 811
.he people of the State lor the purpose of j t'<
satisfying and removing the hesitation and ni
joubts of representatives. We trust the ' i|i
'epreaentntivo* who have felt scruples, in th
lor.sequence of the supposed nntagonUu, of |M
heir constituencies, wit) exert themselves I
o enlighten their people. We call upon ' .
>ur contemporaries throughout the State ' j;
to apeak out boldly mid earnestly With ; '''
a-arce an exception, the Press is in favor of | cc
.he woik, and it becomes them to Inform j til
ind instruct Shall South Carolina, ?lnn- !
Jing aloof in itKtflnted and coinpUcc.it fo- i
jyism, retire from the field of competition
hor the uade sod connections of the great ^
West, while other States, less capable, are
[tutting forth all their energies 1 Shall *'
?he, for tiie w ant of tirhcly exertion, and by I
x stationary, hesitating and unstable policy, j w
jive up the struggle arid its rich promise, j tr
ind become insignificant in influence while ?,
receding comparatively in all else ? Is un- J |,
willingness to meet the unnual inUr/ett uf |(
llie itvht by ii pitiful incro-ine of taxes for a
few years a ret*on to satisfy any rational
lean J We answer, No !
^*7 \>
Drkaiifui. Accident.?We learn, (aaya j,
the I'ee L>ee I km Id,) from a private aouree
[hat on ('hristitas morning, some children ^
i>f Mr. John Birch and Mr. liuntly, at the (|
residence of Mr. Burch at Mount f'mghnn, ?
were amusing themselves by pouring small f4J
juuntilies of powder from a bottle and set. S.
ting fire to it, f hen the powder in the hot- pi
tie took fire un| exploded the bottle, injur- r'
ng three of thf children in s dreadful manuer.
One, a bdy about thirteen years old, 'J
had one eye Urn out and liis fur.e badly |,
[jangled ; and it thought to bu in a danger- j (
>us eondition^^^ ^
Dratu o* Gin. Gamdrr.?Our Chsrlen. ^
on exchAnge'i tnnonnce the death of Gen. ^
lames Gadsden, an honored and distinguish- w
id ciliMn of SonUi Carolina, prominent in Mr
he hiatory of Ms country both aa a war- O
ior and s statesman. in
The Wanderer Affair.
Tbja iH' being prosecuted in good
meat, as appears from (he proceeding* of
o United States Commissioner's Court
Savannah, published in tho Savannah
rpublican. We predcttf below an ubstr net
fun tho report in llint paper :
Wkdnksoay, December COili.?pursuit
to atlj >urument, the Court assembled
is morning ami proceeded to the inves
ration of tho WamlcVer affair. The.
iror w itli which it is being prosecuted is
ginning to give a very different aspect
the case, it was at first, thought to be
farce, a mere form of law to be gone
rough with, and ilien dropped and be
'gotten, without the bxponure of any
ing of an unpleasant nature. Such, we
lieve, was the general impression.?
utters now iook different, and the imisonmenl
of a witness yesterday fudge
ilenry will doi|hth-*s give an addi
mal impetus to the case. District At
rney Cianahl is in earnest ami intends
make no child's play of the matter.?
a has full powers from the Government
use all legal means to bring the prosutKm
to a successful issue, while the eni?y
ami ability displayed by bim and
(associate, J udge .laekson, show that
e interests of the public could not Irnve
eu intrusted to safer bauds.
Upon opening the case a number of
tnesses appeared, of whom the followI
were sworn :
J Arties Cluhb?sworn.?Tho District
toruoy asked this witness what Ins ta:pation
was, which lie declined to alter,
alleging that it would criminate
ttself. .Imlgo Henry told the witness
at lie must answer tho question, and
owed him live minutes for consider*
ii ; at the end of the time, witness stiii
used, when the Judge committed him
' contempt of court and ordered him to
confined in jail until he did answer.
Capt. Hillary II. Frasar?sworn ? i\m
inmander of steamboat Augusta, bet
igiug to the Iron Steamlaiat Company,
out the 1 '2th or 13tli instant, carried
a number of negros, about 1"0. fliey
re t>?ken nn board from (he Carolina
ore, about tifieun or sixteen miles above
vannali. Was ordered to go for them
the agent iio < 1 <<* not tell me where
aouid lind tliCin, nor where I should
p. Saw a gang of negro* on the shore
lich induced tuc to stop. In going up
is hailed by come while persons near
r. Toltor's plaeOj'nbout six mile* from
re, and sent a small boat for lliun and
ought thorn on hoard. The tiegroes,
len seen, were in charge of a white
in who came on board with them.?
as hailed by (bis man. After the lieos
were taken on hoaial the parlies who
me up from near Mr. Potter's place re
lested witness to carry 'hem back in bis
at, as they had expected a boat there
carry them back, but were disappoin
I; wuiios cairied his hunt buck, and
ter binding them proceeded toxvauls
iittunU. That rcinitiuwl in charge
n while mail on board, who attended
them and fed them.
Captain Luke Christie, swo.n. ? linns
low boat culled '.he Lunar, at present,
xrru-d Iter to Brunswick the first time,
tout the first or second inst 1 let-lined
ausxvei where lie went to trorn Brunsick,
as it would criin'nate himself.
District Attorney (ranalil requested the
nirt to iuslruel the piisoner as to what
ould criminate him. lie know from
e liigh character of C.tpl. Chris-.ie that
s would not be engaged in a disrepula
e transaction, and that he was under a
isapprehension. The fact of bis trans
irliug the negros for hire inland was
>t criminal.
The District Attorney spoke with much
irnestness of the vigor with which it
as his intention to carry on the prosecuhi
of every one, either nearly or remoteconnected
with this alTaii. (|e was
u-ked by tbe g >vernment, and no efforts
lould be spared to sift the matter tlioi
ighly. Nn position should lax a shield,
it high ami low would lui alike brought
fore that bar, and il in liis power
'ought to punishment.
Thursday December, 80.
The Commissioner deliveied his decisn
on the point rrqiiMlid to be charged
, tire hVrict Attorney yesterday, to wit:
int the internah transportation <>l recentimporled
African*, **a* not h crime un?
r the laws of the ' inted Slate.*, ami
int a witness who had been engaged in
iclt transportation could Mnr.wer ques*
:>ia in reference thereto, without criiinuing
himself. The Court declt.'ed that
le word* "coastwise transportation," in
ie Act of Congress, did t or embrace innd
transportation ; but there were otti
1 acts, which lie read, that left such
>uht on his mind thai he ii<l not feel at
nertv to instruct the witness t/ial he
luld answer question* without crimiiiarig
himself.
The Ofoninalioii then iirrtccede'! t
Capt. Christie (of the steamer Lunar)
-sworn. He went with the steamer
amar from Brunswick to a jxrint oppote
Jekvl Island ; saw there some ne
roes and white persons ; the negroes
ere not American negroes; his boat
ansportcd Che negroes who were on the
mill end nf the island ; their number,
e heard, w as about 300?does not know
ow many ; they wWe put on board the
earner bv the white id-mi. Saw the
last head of a vessel about three or four
lilesotf; did not recognize her as the
yanueref. This was on the 2 1 Dec.?
here'were sifc or eight white inen engahi)
in putting the negroes on h >ard?
erhaps more ; took them on l?oard In
ie day time. Witness carried the slaves
r? the Savannah river to a rw.i.u
iurtf?n miles nlmve Hivniinati on the
itutli Carolina side; could not describe the
lace, nil he was unact|tininled with the
ver. Whit# men went along, the ne
roe* being in their charge, some of I hern
le ?nntn parties m* agisted in putting
in negro*** on board nt Juicy! Island.-?
id not deliver the negroes to nnv one,
lit run alongside the bnr*t, mill tlie pari>*
having them in charge took them
ill ore. borne of the parlies who look
inrge of the r.i groe* went down on
>ard'the steamer'to Jekrl Island, the/
ere tour in number? I>id not tnke on
?y more nt Brunswick, ffcept one man,
tie of the negroes *11 found dead the
orning they were put ashore. lines not
know the mines of any of the partii
who pnt tbe negroes on board at Jek\
Island, Mr. Town bridge, Capt. J no. 1
Tucker, Henry DuBignoii, C A. L. Li
mar,' were present when the negroes wei
put on board. The parties cnrried froi
Savannah to Jekvl Island were C. A. 1
Capt. Tucker, To w abridge an
another peison Whose name witness di
not recollect ; thinks prisoner at the ha
(HrrtWn) was the man. Did not reco
lect that ho had ever scan the other pri
oner (l??jo?ta) now befoje the Court.Those
who pnt the negroes on hoaril sj
peared to be foreigners. Did not kno
that Brown took any pad iq the directio
of tb'e ttegroes ; left him'' wftb tbe Carg
up the Savannah river.
John Cass?sworn.?Had seen tli
prisoners at the bar before?one he ha
difficulty it) recognizing, but knew th>
both of th'em wer? at his (witness') bote
At '.his stage of the proceedings, it lit
ing difficult to get along without the tbir
prisouhr, who Was too*sick to he brougl
into Court, the Couit adjourned until J
o'clock, to morrow morning.
Mr. Cluhhj .having purge<l himself <
contempt (for which he was iinprisonc
| yesterday), was set at liberty.
Per Oiem versus Cosqremiosai. Saij
I ries.?The change from the per diein t
the Congressional salaries, (says the Chai
leston News,) has been attended with smn
good effects. It has lessened the nutnbe
and duration of speeches addressed to Hun
come Hut it is not without its inconvur.i
enees. .Members of Congress seem sli
determined to milk the public to the extei
of their opportunities. The ndjournnier
for the holidays under the former systei
j never exceeded three days. Both House
adjourned recently for the Cfiri stums fest
vnla, during a short session, and with
; g real press of business, for twin th it pet
od. if this is not trifling with the publii
it shows at least the spirit with which th
more youthful poition of the coininuiiity i
guided in having as many play days as the
can extract from their tutors nr.d parents.
Agr^rlanism in France.
A Paris correspondent of the Columbi
South (Jarolinian writes :
"The ago of equality has levelled evert
thing in France, and to look for a guilh
man is to lose your labor. All ti.< diaUiu
lions of rank have been cut down like th
old trees of the forest, Slid the ne\V gclu
ration that have sprang up like tbe c.opuie
Hie nil on a level; by'which the social seen
is am much disfigured M the laiid-<#*^
would be by ? similar procow. You vvi
seek ir vi-.in fur that hi^h shred polish ?
manners which hat} bout ?<> much the boat
an peculiar t?? the "haul ton" of France.J
The officer.* in \he army .-yro nsly to be J.
tingufshed by their epaulets, ainl there'
throughout society ? c(t?r*vuM? o? ...;mne
which savors strongly of innstulilism. I
lousing the external ?lni:ij[rrt,H of the <?i
school, the French have lost the great*
part of their politeness. France is 10
longer the country of high thoughts sea-tl
in a heart of courtesy "
The Black Republican Platform
Tlie Washington correspondent of he
Now York Courier and Kuouiror iufoiis
that journal that it is proposed l>y n ?nsiileraltlfl
portion of the 11-public m jrty
in the House to vindicate lis positH on
popular sovereignty, so as to corr t a
misapprehension on that important-riiiciple,
and also these propositions iave
been prepared by Julge Kdlogg, < Illinois,
and arc supported by tlie oiiion"
of Mr. Tliayer of MaMAchuset, Mr.
Hoard of New York, Mr. ftiddint, and
other (hitCs o( the party in the If-se.?
They atlirm ;
1. That all territorial officers sfidd be
elected by tlie pyoplo.
2. That each actual settleriu en .led to
one quarter section of public latf upon
settlement and iinprovtunynt for staled
period of tune.
3. That Territoritorlal irofeiment*
should be self supporting, and, ty-rcfore,
that henceforward no salaries ir oilier
expenditures belonging or iocmntrj in
the local Territorial organizaln*, shall
he paid out of the Federal Treairy.
4. That whenever any Territry shall
have a popti at ion yqoal to the ten existing
representaiive ratio, it slis be an
j thoriaed to form a Const it ii tin, which,
having heen confirmed hy (lie ?te* of a
; majority of ttie people, may he> resented
; to Congress, witli an applicant for ad
I mu?ioii n* a Stale.
Cotton Statement
, The receipt* of cotton in Clirlest<>n for
' the past wei-k \?fw, hy l(*i!rt<U 11,157
( ale*. hy water and wagon 2v2 hale*?
together 13.049 hales c'0e<|M>n.|iug
week last year 0,504 hales.
The eipo/U from Ch^rlt li f.>r the
same lime were, to foreign pns 10,270
hale*; coastwise S,470 halt?making
the total e*|K>rt* of the *?lc 2(1,762
hale*, ami leaving on ham! a ?a-k of 62,547
hale*, inclusive of I8,Q<) hale* on
j ship-hoard not cleared, again a stock of
! 31,005 bale*, *i?d 12,1 #5 '*?, oil i|?.
{ lxmr.1 same lime laat year.
Ibe aale* in Cbarleaton ilan^ tli?* [??#l
week amounted to 8,000 baa, nt prices
ranging from 8 3 4 lu 12.
Tim total receipt* at all e por'a iin<
ring tlm paal week ?tn?un!ri i> 147,073
bale*, againat 104,120 balf, r>-Qeiveil ail'
rim? tbe aame period In* I tear. The to
lal receipt* at all tbe pork mfvp tbe 1*1
of Sepl?*inl?er, amount to. ,704^334 bafe*
against 1,048,024 up t-Jthe pule date*
laat tear, ab'oWlng an imreaawth:* yam
of 715,410 bale*.
Tb? *x|x>{t* to Great Iritah up to th?
luteal date*, amount to 545,8*5, showing
an increaae on the mfttfrl)to*<al country
laat ftar of 202,040 bale* rhipment* U
Iforthern porta allow an H#eaae of 108,
214 ba!oa from the iliiptn#i of laat year
The atock on hand air <>n abip bt>a^
at all the porta, up to th lateat dale*
amounta to 710,272 baleebeing 185,304
bale* more th.?n the atock <o band at lh<
corresponding date laat f*t.~-C'oi*mbu
(Junrdimn.
ji: 0 rhuppliir. jKi
c Later From Europe
Jj A R R I V A I. O F T 11 F ^j|
? ,'a i;
7 < a m i /% . M? I
o(:)o II
" GcKKKAt, INTELLIGENCE.? Nmnfroiis nHHpl
? rests have been made at Cork, i rciaml.^^^^ r
' parties supposed to be coanected wirj^^^^7
ie projected filibustering expedition from f\
*' America. i <
<l The Jlritir'i Government, it is fully ex'
peeled^ \v: 11 guarantee h tin* capital qf ' \
s half h million for the relating of the At
lautic cable, ami a new contract, will bo
,l immediately made. A '*<
* Ft is reported that a French negro eiin \
grant vessel had been overhauled by j(
L'ritish cruiser on O^o cott^t of Africa, am*
compelled to discharge her cargo of no- ^
gros.
The French commission appointed to v
|inquire Into the scheme of African eml * 4
juration to French colonies have, it is said,
r* | reported ir. favor of its continuance.
e I The Spanish expedition now fitting out
r sg?ir.>-t Mexico is to be on a g.eater scale - J
i- "f importance than was at first supposed,
i- The death of the Ktuporer of Japan ia
|| 'reporl?*U.
,1 j No nows of importance from India or t
t China. f
LrvKRi'OOi.. December 11.?The sales D
of Cotton on l?riday, December 10. reach- >L.
ed 7000 bales, speculators and exporters a
'* taking |00l) bales. NVe quote Fair New *
11 Orleans 7 5 10, Middling New Orleans
'* 0 7 8; Fair Mobile 7, Middling Mobile a
' 0 3 4; Fair Uplands 7, Middling Uplands >'
e 0 11 10.
is, i ? ?I
y Southern Pacific Rail Road Convention.
ft
Nkw Oki.kans, December 25.?The I
kail Kond Convention adjourned t.? <l?v.
i.1 The deliberations were closed in h?t;li ^ '
spirits, the only obstacle in the wav boinji 1
the consent of Texas to a relinquish men' 1
of the suit lor a forfeiture ol charter.? 1
The next mooting of the Convention will J
'* he held ni Marthnll, Texas, oil the 13th .
* January. * "
* Man 8hot at At lanta.
1 Atlanta, December 31.? Mr. Wkdc,
J a bnihfi', was filed at and killed by \V. A.
j}('ticy!CK, nt noon today. A public ineeii
i iuo citizens a as held at the Court ?
' ! House this evening to determine whether " [!,
the law should be allowed t>> l ike its
'j course, or Ci|oi(.'K should he lning inline
* di 11fly. The mob are now assailing ca1i
V* bonne, and there is ureal excitement
i lamoi.g our citix-n*. ?
^ * " (g,
The Law and the Slave Traders
As ,i iii-re c|'il'?tfrti. ol plnlatitliropv to
, the negro, the |aJrsoiis who have recently
I brought a car<o of Africans from the
coast of (initio* and I in led them in (i-orL'i-i,
iv.?y have Jjne ? beneficial Wotk.?
Dill aside From that isolated feature of |
the trausuction, we cannot perceive a singio
circumstance to relieve the moral tnr
pilu le of the crime. The law of the
country has hecn deliberate ly viola'-d,
1 and an act of piracy committed as smd-l A
and as wanton as over din-raced the lime-,
of the buccaneers. Why have gibbering
negroes, In tie tnore elevated in iutelligvnce
than so iiinnv monkeys, been brought
1 from their native and congenial wilds ti>
l?o thru*'. upon our soil j S.mply for their
money value. It is not pretended that
any advantage can enure to this conli- . <
' ! nent, its people or its institutions, except
I the mere pecuniary advuitsge lliat mav
| result from a larger supply of labor. It.
cannot be dented that any but moral in- . a
jury to society Can come of these importalions.
The law* of the Country have been
I broken, the public sentiment of the whole
! country offended, piracy committed, and
' guilt deliberalclv incurred s..l?lv f.,r V..
<J??1 F?>r the Iwnrfit ofthe pocket,
i the sanctity of the law ha* liwn iinadel. *
, Kntren'.hed securely behind the law, the^^4
S Midi lias successfully defended her enu^^^K ,
stilutionn) rights against lite hhs;i:iL^^HK
' in for n quarter of a
| lutl now tome of In r | erode
to una upon an I letter down 'thai hitherto
antral ami impregnable rutnpurt.?
Heretofore, llie pride of the South In*
lieen, that her cause was the cause of the
| Constitution anil the laws; hut now sun*
t of her can peoplu endeavor wantonly to ,<
abrogate am! set aside t!><?-? instrumen:*.
At las', among her own citizens, there i*
I a division of counsels heiweeu the tltif
and honratum ; there are those willing to
seek only what is expedient and protitahie
at the expense of what is lawful and
what ia hottest. II is the South tUTned
Jew ? Is train, is the almighty dollar, to
he lienceforih the god ol the Cavalier ?
It seems to us that one of the most imi
portant question* ever presented for the
1 decision of the Sou*hern people is now
(mAm them, in the ? s?e of the piratical # I
persons who have just succeeded in land ?
! ({ a cargo of nitserahle African* on her .1
e >sst, and soi l them for m .nev in viola- 1
r lion of the law. I' is a question whether
' the puhhc sentiment of the South will
permit the laws and Constitution of the 1
, country to he violated with impunity. It 3
is a quest! n whether a local prejudice ?
or fanaticism will he allowed, as it hat 5
done ho often in Hoalnn and Cincinnati,
, to over ride the lew end the court* of jus
' lice llhi question who her, for sordid
gain or any nort of pecuniary advnniage,
l the South will consent to permit the Cont
alitntion?-her palladium?to he traini
pled under foot. What are a few frightened,
frail and chattering Africans to the
I value ct law upheld in ita integrity, and
i reverenced, reflected and oheved hv a
[ l patriotic people f? Wnnhington Union.
t Akkkvih.? Four sirav birda, badly in
need of caging, have been put to r<aatt
in our jail during the past week a
I Keiituckian,a IVnneaaoan, and two South
, ) Oaiolimans, 'The foriaer were commit*
I ted for an 'assault dpou'a negro wagoner, *
i ; made, it appwnreii, from no niotiva hut i
i i that sucked in with mean whisky. They j
| have since given bail f ir their appearance
I