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17 / ^\J2r ^ "I ' ( t ' ' ' '*1% ? the Canrastcr Cfbger. v, is2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE ; I ,, J .fnmilg aaii ^nlitiral Utmspaprc?Bra & la lljt &rts, smarts, littratnrt, itfmratimi, Igrunlturt, Sfltprnal 3mjunntmtnts, /Qrrigu auil Doratatic 3tas, anil tljr Blarkrts. 1 VOLUME X . LA ,-ASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 13,1861. NUMBER L i l.i i .. v Muitl &tonj. V Marking in a Hurry. | | OR THE I FIRST NIGHTS TROUBLES. \ "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." Very much so?and there is a strong touch of aforesaid in the foh lowing very well told story by a curres poudent of the Cleveland Herald : A young girl, apparently about seventeen years of age, was seated upon a pile if cheese-boxes, with her two little bro thers, aged eleven and thirteen years.? Thev were orphans, bound from Allecha t iiv, Pennsylvania, to Michigan, where they ex peeled to find a home with an uu , cle. After having purchased second class tickets for the three, the girl had spread her old quilt on the pile of cheese boxes 1(4 and prepared to pass the night in quie J tude. She had hardly arranged her nest, S however, before she was accidentally dis | covered by a recond class passenger, a tall young man of twenty three years, i who had loved her in socret almost from her Infancy, and who, for the past two years, had been raf'ing lumber on the Ohio river, liaving acquired about two | hundred dollars io hard currency, became to Cleveland on the tenth to participate in the celebration, when, as he expressed it,''some mean kuss had picked liia pocket of every darned cent but four dollars.' Being unabl.e to find the thief or the ) money t?e had started for the West with the determination to hire out on a farm. To his surprise and joy he found himself on boatl the same vessel with the object of 1 is hcart'e earliest aflvc'.ioriV Slidiig op to her, lie exclaimed, ^ *Wb), Cynthia Ann I why, how do y on (lev t I didn't hardly know you ! , Why, k?w you've growd! Where are y ou going f' 'I'm going to uncle's in Michigan,' was the fee tie reply 'You knew mother was dead, d ln't yon t' Why no!' and his voice softened.? m When d'd eho die, Cyntlia Ann I' 'Sh(t<'ied last J'tnoary ! Uncle wrote to II'M I'lMt if I'd ctune op there he'd give ine and the boys it home.* 'Cxnhia Ann !' Hnd the young man's voice t? inbivd ; 'there ain't no man'll he fo glad to give you a home n? I will ] ? I've *4?-rs thought n h.^ap of you ! I tod yttr mother when you wasn't inore'n (so high, that whsii J Oil growed up 1 was a goiu'io have you. Nuwi Cynthia Ann i ? j st ay the word and you're to hum liow ; > *Wlal'li become of Che boys)' imjuir ed ihesgita w! tnaide.t, f'llgo w ith you and leave Vin to your uncle't, and then we'll go home West and lure Oit this fall and winter, and then f> next sirirg we'll huy a small farm and | ?\ lite t< hum !' I ' i l ilt girl gave a warin sigh of acceplai;c?,leaued her head against the honest ' hro.titof the hardy youth, as much as to C ^ sax, il you want anything take it. ij. 'J'ln man snatched a kiss frotn her ripe i ruby sprang dowil from the cheese \ V l?>xe?,an<l exclaimed. 1*11 here's a justice of the pesce,' re ma.kH a ventrahle looking old man from lurk State, 'remount the cheeseboxes nd you shall b# a married man in le^s Iimii live minutes.* 'Wtl, lioUl on, squire ! 1 ain't got no luoaej but I'll give you An mII j< fired I good ko.' . 'Ne?r mind About the pay/ 4 !1 the worthjteqire, 'I'll lake my pay in seeing you bi^py.' The fllow mounted lite pile of cheese, I claspe't he band* of bis dearly beloved,*! * and ?n minutes tbe ceromony was ' perforink?he bad entered into a new j V existence Kis-ing bis little bride once i, on her rf?Jy lips, he seated himself on a tiig cheat and commenced, no doubt, for the first* inie to realize what he was, ' where !|> was, what be bad done, and 1 what oi ;bt jiud must be done, i Btarl ig up suddenly, he exclaimed, ' half al id, o himself, 'We by hokey, tbie ie a pretty bard way of tasting tbe first night !' The ride blushed, and replied, f'Nev mind, John, we are jult as bap- | f>j as i we were rich. Come, sit down.' J Jiut ibn bad an idea, and be was in operation. Ool&g to V Iris pile of baggage, consisting of one | A large rteal bag, containing a change of i A abirta, socks, ntckercbief and old boots, ' ho took from tbe leg of one of the boots ^9 an excellent axe, and walkiuf up to tba 9 clerk's office, be exclaimed. f 1 'J say, look here cap'n, I've paid for a H 19 deck passage, but 1 want a bad f?r toy J H self and w?i?self I ain't got no mon | [ ej, but here is an all jofired good axe.' f [ Tbe gentleman in tbe offioe replied I hall the clerk bad stepped out, but would 1**1 back swain in a lew momenta ?? i e JB3| ir A ^.Jl! HM \ i? iSKj^a /B^?r9 f* A flkWl ( <MM I ? n r^% 7* ?**. ? C tain J'irrca, ? ^ent of thb line: Captain Evan*, commander of (lie boat ; and Mr. ' Carter, <lie clerk. Captain Tierce exclaimed, Here, my good fellow, here'a a ticket 1 for yourself and wife to go to Chicago.? j Get West ah fast as you can; go to work ! on a farm and look out for the laiirisharks.' < Captain Itivans pulled out a glittering , coin and said, 'Here's five dollars ! keep yourself in | good condition and?' Here the worthy captain forgot his I speech and rau off laughing. The clerk, Mr. Carter, handed the man a key, and said, You are welcome to one of the best state rooms on the boat. It has two beds?one for yourself and wit*, the other for the bo vs.' i-....I-... if*. i - - -> ? vMjniiii umuo rCiUiilCU, U*- | claimed, '(jive ilie boys another room ! Tlrey 1 ain'i no business in thuie 'lbey uin'l ' no business Ileie lit: bioke down witb laughter a gain a'd burned away to give orders on the boat. ] The couple now retired to iheir sumptuous apartment as liuppv as mortals are allowed to be on this earth and the pas i sengeis gathered in knots to praise the libcralitv ot i.ll cone rnetl and tli3 conii cal oddity of Captain Kvans. The "moral" of the above story is not i gi\en. We wi.l supply it as uttered by ! a very sensible iady. It is that the poor, to judge from the narrative, seem to have ' veiv easy, independent, happy limes. If I a young stroller without a dollar marries 'the gal of hi* heart' he is a riruily lei | i low. not afraid of fortune's frowns. To . | be?as in libs case?a common beggar. ia not derogatory to bis manliness. 1 >nt ' if young Smith, ?400 clerk in a store, 1 < falls in love wiiii Anna Brown, daughter ' of Bill Brown, of ?1.200 a year and thirteen children, what a miserable, reck less creature he would be to get married j on chances. So Smith and Anna may wait. None of their friends would, 'like ' it' if Smith went to wood chopping, nor is it likely lie could if he wanted to. If1 Smith does marrv arid becomes wretched | IJ p. or be meet* with inucli lex* ay in pa ! illv than wood chopper. Kv?r\ l*> ly loM Inso,' hin! be may grin and bear ( it. i Must Merchant!. in N?>* York would , take a rud>*, dishonest rustic cub of a boy info tlieir euiplo) itu-nt rather than m i.to- ? f gentle nurture, owing to a radical I i ly falsi, >*ii<I intensely vulgar idea that 1 cny box a are 'flock up.' So far as our | ol sei v>iiion uxii'IoIn, educated, gentleman- J ly box a are far r< adiei to turn their hands wj to 'U.x tiling and are lir less afraid of I'j drudgery than vouihiul ipeciineW ll ol i .xv material ho fondly iQiigU by job I btik. The inore ignorant and raxv a boy f is llo- more pioiie ih lie to (eel hh IJ growx up tiiiit manual labor difgracesW- ( the more apt in lie to be snobbish. Iliie i , ia another illustration ol a bv far 10 1 ( general lact. That poverty, vtilgamy and recklessness are far Irom being[}%* \ dun*back* which people oppose iVf-in ' lo be jj j' Prayer and Alms Oiving I There \v an once a poor oid colore } /w oi ' 1 man xvbo lived iii half a railroad <"/? j.i The wind blew in, and tip- *.'am< up- I on II.e root ol her JfOv f Uutiiv so njucli, 1 tliat a respectable dxl, woU|J *cai.*ly | 1 have liked to live in ilP ^|ltJ *H? l(* 01?1 | I to work. AUshe coujd Wits lo pitli < er sticks in the wood *1^1, *|,iob t?|ui!d i her lire, and kind |?l,|,le supplied hor Willi the necessaries thnt/ ?he 1 d.J not starve In tbiL 0|t'| cwrfc|,e jould sit and sing, ami pravfn(U| lue,|llHi, till j she lb..light It bIhxohI liLeiieav !" ??" v-^'n ly i :JSMfcfr?\\ i.eo I carf read ! my 11'!< #||MkT3apW^ u"SjMWTfl''** addreee^ her: ! "l "T*' li'fi ? " ' ? .an Lord k?H? you "re l,,r- * uu rltoo old in wcjk, and there dot* not ?,,rt|,?,,4 that , you cnn help <14 it V |},ja *ur|,j# I ?oij < d?r why he ke4f.*|i>u Uvfv U?4,| of takii x you lo tlmi " iu the kiee' i you were eiiigie^ i^h?lt'? \\?II, maee*,' jB," replied, 'I r kori , you know what keMj), yotj here j Oh, ye*, ?aid^K^ 'I'm not a Clir nan; 1 lot then I K,v#,m l)i(. cl|Uri.b> lo tll |UIR. ft.uartee, to the M . l(| (||# lilWJ M(| tract eocfeti*^*, ^ >(| (||tf r(.,iKiok ao- I delie*. I ? 8|H me hefii fur WhatvJlJlH ?Ul 0,,U ?<i<r ling'' \ ^^Hit you liere '4> { to lub hirn. M^*h aunty, but WM you here g9l W he you here he keeps Aunt HAU it. g?*? <I?1H gfi9^^fl|^^Vou pule money iode p^lB God to breee r children *?' hJ Att oatt i.rm v frif (iod B |P UM V?n "" T I ? ^ [at it put in the box, no ut* it in. - Falknrr. Tub Fort.?Arrangements it* for the d?p?rt?Mr? ol ?l?e it Id ran from Fort Suinter, i rrquMt which Ultlj *P four in. I^^^Binan and wnniMD cdikirtn ^^ toNtw York io tb? (mid a similar tm bo grunts*!, io Cim' List of tcts of the General Assembly of 8ou Carolina of Sessions 1860-61- I The -Mowing Acts havo bc*n engross | od and will be ratified bv tl>e General j A* hem y ibis day : An :l to authorize the formation of a ; Volum ir Company within tbe limits of! tbe Ii opendenl Battalion attached to j the Tb ieentb Regiment of Infantry. An lei to repeal tbe Acts of Incorporation If tbe Town of Hluffton. An let to increase tbe number of Com misMuf'ra of Roads for Kingston Parish anil fdother purpose#. An ict to authorize the formation of a new 1 lunteer Company to be called the ' St. I'i iI's Rifles. An Act to alter the law in relation to > Fi*l? ! uices on Broad River. An Act to alter and amend an Act en i tilled "An Act to make malicious tres- | passe indictable " An Act to incorporate certain Societies, I Assoc iticns and Companies, and to re new r d amend the charters of others.** A dl to alter and amend the Tenth Sec tic of the First Article of the Cotisli tutior 'f the State of South Carolina. A ii! to provide for the appointment ; of anldditioual Magistrate in AM Saints I'arisl A li!l to amend an Act entitled "An Act i afford increased facilities for the I ndm istration ol justice in Charleston . I)iat .'t." A Bill to incorporate the Village of Niney Six A Act to establish certain Roads, Ilridb-a ami Ferries, and to renew and nmefl certain Chattels heretofore granted. ? An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act J ? reijuirc and regulate the granting !>f J cences to Itinerant Salesmen and I'ra^j nig Agents. Al Act to incorporate the Shoe and la'Ht -r Manufacturing Company. Ac Act to establish a Corps of Military En g?t .eers. r* I Act to Miter anil amend the Char <i the Hamburg an J Edgefield P'ank H Company. tli Act to increase the powers of Coin m'f7oners <>f Public 1 iuil?lin^i*. In Act to authorize the Kail Road Ac cnfliiiodMtion Wharf Company to con "iff-1 a Draw llridgc over Mazyckborf'Dh Creek* :J\n Act to provide for the proper ail ffluistratioii of the Admirably ami Mari 'pie Laws hi tile State of South Carolina I ill for other purposes. An Act to incorporate tiio Preahy terian ,hur. h of V> rkville. An Act to provide for the tnain'e nance ' a Police Guard in the town of George )WII. An Act to Minciul the law in relation o House burning. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to convert the Arsenal at Columbia ind the Citadel and Magazine in and near Jharleston, into Military Schools. An Act for the establishing of a Coast I'olice for the Sta?o. An Act to authorize the formation of a Poop of Cavalry at Spartanburg Village lo be received into the Upper Squadron Ninth Regiment, Fifth Mrigade of South Uarolina Cavalry, and to incorporate the taroe. An Act to repeal the seventh section of an Act entitled "An Act for the more effectual relief of Insolvent Debtors, and for other purpose*." passed the seventh iUv of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine. An Act to prescribe the form of per mlis for slaves to be absent from the owners premises. An Act to amend the Charter of the Georgetown Rail Road Company, so as to authorize th? said Company to extend (heir road to Disbopville, in Sumter District, and to reduce the amount of slock necessary to be held by any one before becoming a Director or Officer in said Company. An Act to incorporate the Due West Female College An Act to amend and renew the Char ter of Grace Church Charleston. An Act to auihorizo the issue of Sonde or Stock for continuing the construction of the New Stale House. An Act to vest in certam p-rsins all the right, title and interest of the Stale, by escheat, in and to certain property. An Act to incorporate the Calhoun Guards, An Act to incorporate the liuford'i Hridge Hail Road Company. A i) Art to trcorpoiate me ureenriiu Ga? Light Company. An Act to HUthorize the formation of a new Volunteer Company of Infantry with' jf the limit* of the Fifteenth Hfkper.l Caroline Militia, to be called tin SKgtou Volunteer I?jfle Company,* HHL incorporate the same and to au HB|^uiie formation of certain oibei BwteWitevr companies, ami for otliei BBVct to incorporate the new Build Mi|B^KT<oan Aeeocialion. f v3?fiHk':l lo l^e Charter o IpHAof Sumter. incoiporate the Weat Poioi amend an Act entitled "At and eztend the power* o ifl^^^Hor and of the City Council o i cj^^^^Btiver <4?arantine and for othe pufl^^^AaMed on the 20th December 1 H'lHit' Ari^^Htend ll?? nam* and credit o the biWA*i Greenville and Columbii 1 H*?i Kol^Bfcip?ny >? tbe ri*adjt?troen of tbeir An A jJB?tborise the formation ?I i j new VotugUWfompany of Infantry with I u> lb? broi||W the Twenty Myth Reg L. . / ' merit of South Carolina Militia, to bo ' called the Chester Rifles and to incorpnrate the same. j dii An Act to declare a certain portion of ' tei Four Holes Creek a navigable stream. it An Act to amend the Charter of the rit Laurens Rail Road Company. An Act to provide for compensation to b< owners of properly taken for public pur- I of poses. i lij An Act to aflord aid in the construe1 j ui lion of the Georgetown Rail Rail. , bi An Act to incorporate certain Towns , til and Villages, and to renew and amend ! R ret tain Charters heretofore granted. ! p; An Act to provide a Patrol and Milita- | p< ry Guard fo? the City of Charleston and ! N for other purposes. | ti' An Act to alter and amend the law in d< relation to the method of counting voles U in nil elections l>y the people. j s! An Act to incorporate certain Religious m and Charitable Societies lor the advance ! b; men I of Education, and to renew and pi amend the Charters of others heretofore Si granted. al An Act to incorporate the Citizen's ui Line Railway Company of Charleston, tc South Carolina. ^ w An Act to incorporate the Central Rail la Rail Company of South Carolina. ai An Act tc incorporate the Barnwell | Rail Road Company. is An Act to incorporate the Presbyterian 01 Church of Aiken. si An Act to incorporate the Charleston h City Railway Company of South Caro w !ina. tr An Act to incorporate the Bennetts Is ville ami* Society 11111 Rail Road Com. | cl pany. I 01 An Act to authorize the formation of a p Volunteer Company of Riflemen within ii the limits of the Seventh Regiment South L Carolina Militia, and to incorporate the L same. p An Act to provide an Armed Military a Force. J An Act to raise Supplies for the year a commencing in October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. o Au Act to make Appropriations for the li year commencing in October, one thou tl sand eight hundred and sixty. g ^An Act Creating a Military Establish I ment for the State of South Carolina, g sud lor other purposes. tl An Act to amend the Charter of the r Town of Georgetown in sundry particu tl lars. ( An Act to renew and amend the Char a ter of tho Town ot Greenville. si An Act t<? authorize the appointment li of a special Magistrate for the Town of is Suminerville, and an additional Magis- c tl i r I ovin^rt.kti < licit r ll ...... ..v.. ? An Acl lo repeal certain Acts in rela ll lion to the Registration of Births, Mar- o riages and Deaths in Stale of South Car- tl olina. . s [Special Dispatch to the Charleston Courier.] * Interesting from Washington- v Washington, January 31.?The Pre*- '' idenl transmitted to the Senate to day e the correspondence between tlie Foreign * Minister* and the Secretary of State, Mr. H Rlack, relative to the clearances ol for- ' ; eign vessels at Charleston, S. C., and the ' obstructions to navigation in the chan, * | nela of Charleston harbor. The commu J ideations of the Foreign Ministers are qnito lengthy. They demand to know it the Government will recognize a clear ' ! ance at the South Carolina Custom Lloioe. ' Mr. Black ?ays that whether the Secretary of State thinks that the case of Char f leston has or has not necessitated such an 1 answer, he must reply that he does not ^ regard it as demanding an answer at present, lie, therefore, reserves hisopin * ion until a case of practical impoitance 1 arises. In the prevent condition of things it 1 seems impossible for him to consider the 1 question now, with a view to lay down I any ahstra?t or general rule.. So far as ' the buoys, dec., ?ro concerned, he says foreign Governments will be duly informed, bv the Secretary of the Lighthouse Board, that the entrance to the Charles ( ton harlot U unsafe for tlie purposes of | navigation, in consequence o. the reino { al of the buoys, lights, obstructions in ( the channel, die. The Alabama Commissioner, Mr. | 1 Judge, will to morrow communicate with the l'resident, with the view to entering ( 1 into negotiation for the permanent [>os session of the Federal property in that State. The President has determined ; not to receive htm, and will refer him for the present to his action in the case of South Carolina. Gen. Scott was to.day before the Select Committee of Investigation, on the ah 1 leged projected invaaion of Washington I I la a.*iiUiil<? *U lanjllia nr..I .nm. , , ? / B /f ?? ""??> I portions of it are said lo confirm lit* ru , j mors ol an attack. Ool. Uaroa to day Said tba ultimatum P oI Houtb Carolina for tba mtiiUf of Fort Sumtar before the Prwidot The President will probably teak to evade, or , at least postpoue the iaaoe, bat eeoepa is f impoeeible. t XXAitiog Vow* from Norfolk NoaroMft t^A., January 31.?The brig i of wm J/ofphin is receiving bar arm* f meat at the Navy Yard. She is to be f anchored abreast of the Magazine, below r tbecily. Tba garrison at Foitreae lion; ro, aow numbering SCO men, is to be strengthened, in a few days, by troops \ 1 from Governor's Island. This M pieeerv- j ? ing the tlattu quo with a vengeance. I laaiaraay a twoaiaar company want down tha rivar (0 practica target kfaoot a tng, on the baach naar tba Naval Maga > aine. Parbapa it.ia circumatan*? excitad k. iba aoaptcioa of tba Fadaral authoriliaa. 1 KansasAs Kansas has been admitted to the sacking Union, our readers tuay be inrested in the views and opinions of Gov. kkbh, as commnicaled lately to the Ten orial Legislature : ' For years have thick growing clouds >en darkly gathering round the destiny | our country, until at length, with lurid i ghtuiug hashes and deep thunder deto- i ation, the storm, wildly terrific, has i jrst upon us. So long as fraternal een ments prevailed among the States the epublic was prosperous, the people hap But now all is changed. Where ;ace prevailed now discord reigns. The I orthern States, with one or two excep? 1 ons, have declared that "a house divi- | rf/1 offline1 <*on iiaI ?ll?at iKft I nion, consisting of part free and part ave States, though now so divided, is >t to fall, but is to be made harmonious, y the termination of an existing irreressihle conflict, in either rendering the lates all free or extending slaveiy over I?and on these propositions have tri mpbantly elected a President pledged "render the Stales all free." What ouder, then, the South should feel a ,rme<l for the safety of her institutions, id seek to strengthen herself for purpo? is of defence. Hefusing to accept the sue, and attempt to force her institution a unwilling States, is it to be expected te will remain united with those who ave entered upon a war against her, bich is to terminate only with the des uction of her most material interests?? i it nor natural f.?r her, rather, to unat.p the embrace become thus danger us, and seek in a new organization that rotection and tranquility denied to her i this. Let us not deceive ourselves.? levotcd as the South has loved the Inion, it should not, it mint not he ex ecled, when il i r?^tijjjjinniil gunmntees re disregarded and it transformed to a ! uggernaut of oppression, hers wi'l prove ] n ulol worship, or lliul her sons calmly | ping their necks beneath, will, with big i l smile, invite the crushing of its rumb tig wheels. Then let the North forego his crusade against the South, let her ive an earnest of her own loyally to tho Jnion, by repealing all her laws in dero atioo of the Constitution, aud referring lie question of the right of parties to car y slaves into the commou Territories, to 1 lie determination of the Courts, the only i ?o7islitutioncil arbiters ; let her strive by j n honest, earnest, sincere effort to re lore that good fellowship and secure re ance on each others faith that charactersed the earlier history of the Confedera y. Having thus herself conformed to l>e requirements of the Constitution and be laws, she can, confident of the justice f her position, require of the South, in be nam* of a common ancestry, an ob ervance, in strictest faith, of every Fede *1 obligation. Hut, if nothing can be done, if the rorst must come, having been made the rand with which the magicians of Evil lave aroused the elements, it may not be xpected Kansas can stand an idle watch r of the storm. Immediately identified s her interest are with the perpetuity, irogress aud prosperity of that Union of hates into which she has hoped soon to inter and lake her equal place?while lie could not witness a dissolution with eeliiigt ot'n-r than of deepesi anguish?if iod, in His wrath, shall tolerate the vorst portent of this tempest of passion low so fiercely raging, Kansas ought, and trust will, declining identification with iithe.r branch of a contending family, enderii.g to each alike the olive offering if good neighborship, estabIM), under a Constitution of her own creation, a Govirmnent to be separate and independent imong the nations. Embracing, as she loes, a combination of agricultural and nineral resources unsurpassed by any ?ther portion of the world, hers would irove, if not the most powerful, the most >rosperous Government on earth. G. M. llEEBB. "Cotton i> King." Few persons, we are persuaded, who repeal this trite maxim, fully compre tend or properly consider the data on which it n> baaed. Let us pen a few thoughts on the subject. There are supposeu to be about four millions of slaves in the Southern States. Throe-fourths of these are employed in the production of cotton alone. At $500 aach. a fair valuation, these three mi'lions of slave* are worth $1,600,000,000. The Ituid they cultivate and the stock and implements employed in the cultivation, are worth en equal amount. The value of the steamboats, railroads and ships, together with the capital invested in the various departments of its manufacture, would probably mo*e than equal both the o'.her items. We have then capital to the enormous amount of $0,000,000, 000, diraclly or indirectly employed in producing, transporting and inanufactu ring this single product. In connection with these statements, it most not be forgotten that cot ion is the product of a small scope of country. IJn like the other great staples of life, it roust not be forgotten that cotton is not a uni terssl product, on* Motion or quarter ol the globe producing wben Mother fails. Now put oil those (ecu together, end who can prediot the state of tbinga if this supply of ootlon were suddenly out of??Millions of broad and fruitful acres, would ran ooplowsd?thousand of steamboats, rail oars and ships would go uofisighted ?millions of spindles and looms would ceass their clatter, and not Ism than (If teen millions of busy 3 Uborsra would be thrown upon lbs world without the means of support thirnty, "Cottoa it Kmg"?Somtklm Home Jomrnal. The Work on the South Carolina BatteriesA tetter from Charleston gives an ac- I ;ouot of the progress made iu preparing Lbe defences. It says : A word with regard to the forts or bat' teries now beiDg prepared for the defence against Fort Sumter, and all hostile demonstrations by the Uuited States Gov. eminent. As no boat was running reg' ulaily to those od the right band side of the channel, to wit: Fort Johnson, Cumtilings Point, etc., and, moreover, a permit to those places not being granted, we could not visit them, but understood they were progressing with all possible speed at the several places and strongly fortify ing them by every available means, several hundred hands being employed thereon. On Wednesday, however, we obtained a permit to visit Fort Moultrie, and hav. ing done so, found it under strict military discipline, and things progressing bravely ?so mucb of the wall as was commanded by Fort Sutnter was beinir rapidlv moun ted with sand bag batteries, from nine to ton feet in thickness, And tbe name in depth, and was almost completed ; all tbe guns were mounted but two, and those were to be during the day. Mr. Kiplev thought that in the course of a day or two he could withstand a heavy battery from Sumter, which it was supposed could be readily taken by an attack simultaneously from several points though with some sacrifice. Two mortar batteries were being erected on the island without the fort and about two hundred yaids below it. Batteries were also being erected on the far end of the beach for the protection of the light infantry companies. It was estimated that over one thou sand negroes were employed on the Island. On our way to and from Fort Moultrie we touched at Castle Piuckey, which was likewise in a stale of strict military dis' cipline, and on which all necessary pre I palatums were being made. Wo were informed that there were about eight hundred soldiers on Sullivan's Island, 300 at Castle Pinckey, and about one thousand at tbe different points on Morris1 Island. A Confidence Game Mr. Jeremiah E. Reeves, a citizen from North Carolina, a day or two since, was made the victim of misplaced confidence. Mr. Reeves arrived in this city on Monday night last, and put up at the Mills liouse. While there a person of a very genteel appearance and polished address introduced himself to Mr. Reeves, giving bis name as a Mr. Davidson, and staling that be was it merchant of Charlotte. N. (J, and had come to Charleston, pro (erring to make bis purchases here to go ii.g elsewhere. He expressed himself very much gratified to find a fellow countryman. and the two new made friends became very iuliraate. As Mr. Reeves was something of an invalid his new friend paid Btrict attention to him at the table, and escorted him round to the race track, showed and explained to htm the fortifications, public buildings, die., of the city. While walking upon East Bay, llaiielline (ihe real name of the confidence roan) told his friend be had not completed his purchases, but would meet him (Mr. Reeves) at the depot that even ing, when tbey would both leave together. The friends parted with a cordial | shake of the hands, and met again at tea a) '.he Mills iiouse. They again met that evening at the depot, whea LI axel' tine aided and assisted his friend in look iDg after his baggage. He told Mr. Reeves that he l ad taken a sleeping car for him. Both friends went into the car togethei. A man came up whom Hazelliue introduced to Mr. Reeves as a Mr. Pringle, a wholesale merchant of Meeting street, lie told Hazeltine there was a mistake with the amount of the bill of i guods he had purchased. Hazeltine ex nuiiuru nil; uiii9 nuiimicti mn nnsutK?% j and bagged his friend (Mr. Reeves) to i lev him have $75 until he could gel the ! amount from his valise in the next car. i Mr. Reeves very obligingly handed him ! the sum asked for. The pretended mer i chant left, and llazeltine walked towards 1 the car as if to get the money. A ino* ! ment after Mr Reeves' suspicions were I aroused. On searching for his friend he i had disappeared. Mr. Reeves then realized the fact that be bad been made the dupe of a cool and successful swindle.? j Lie iu once left the car, and placed the I matter in the hands of Police Officer i liicks. Hicks on Wednesday arrested llazeltine and a man by the name ol I Tweedy, who Mr. Reeves charged of be| ing, to the best of his belief, lb# accomplice of llazeliine.? Charleston Courier, South Carolina to Virginia.?Tin reply of South Carolina to Virginia, pub liabed in jeateYdify's Despatch, is charac lenzeo oj gr?Hi uigouy, courtesy ana as termination. They who *uppo*a iba 3tate it not ia etrnett have co knowl r edge of the character of ber people. Thai re not the hotheaded, vaporing rao which il Mitt the purpoee of abolhici i editor* end letter, writ ere to repreten them. From the beginning of these d?f I fienltiee the addmtet of their pnblio fuuc , tiounriet, their speeches end debates, bee I Ml been eharaeterictd by tbet plain new I directness end freedom from Ml exnggei tioe and hyperbole which thoe a pec i pie who are in earnest. The conrtecn I end conclusive answer to Vhrglni* adds i new wreath to tha heroic brow of Sent Carolina.?Jiickmomd Difmtch, . ?1 1 Death-bed Scenes. Th? rich cardinal Beaufort aaid : "And must I die ! Win cot all ray richet nave me 1 I could purchase the kiugdom.if that would prolong ray life. Alas 1 thers --taK^g is no bribing death." An English nobleman said : "I have a splendid passage to the grave ; I die in state, and languish under a gilded canot py ; I am expiring on soft and downy pillows, and respectably attended hv my servants and physicians ; my dependent's sighs ; my sister's weep ; my father bends beneath a load of griet and years, my lovely wife ; pale and silent, conceals ber inmost anguish, my friend, who was as my own soul, suppresses his sighs, and leaven me. to hide his secret or\-f hut ? - - e ' *? O ! wbicu of tbem will bail be from the arrest of death ! Who can descend into the dark prison of the grave with me ?? liere they will leavo me, after having paid a few idle ceremonies to the breathless clay which may lie reposed in state, while tny soul, my only conscious part, may stand trembling before my ludge. The celebrated Talleyrand on his death bed was visited by Louis l'hiilippe King of the French. "Ilow do you feel !" said the King : the answer was, "Sire, I am suffering the pangs of the damned." Sir Thomas Scott said : "Until this moment I believed that "them was neither a God nor a hell Now I know and feel that there are both, and 1 am doomed to perdition by the just judgment of the Almighty." A rich man, when dying, was informed by his physician that he should prepare for the worst. "Cannot 1 live for a week?" "No," said the doctor, "you will probably continue but a little while." "Sir not so," said the dying man. "I will give you a hundred thousand dollars if you will prolong my lite three days, but in less than an hour he wus dead. ' Over Pressing ?The over dressing of American ladies in the streets, at the hotels and in the churches, is a subject of general remark among the travellers from abroad, as well as sensible people at home, though to little purpose, it would seem, aB at no period has the lore of display been more conspicuous in our couutry. American women are slaves to dress ; it is the bane of their life ; aye, } ar<?i of their male victims, too, whose lives are connected with theirs. Travelling tmnks, almost as large as a small bouser must'be carried about, filled with all sorts of finer?, for a summer jaunt to watering places, aud for a winter visit to the city.. The father or husband vainly remonstrates ; flounced dresses and criuoline must have simple space, and there must be a variety, too, in the costumes. "Heaven save the ladies, bow they dress J" may we well exclaim. Why will they not become more practical I Does the most fastidious critic of female beauty admire a lady in full toilette more than a simple dress ! IV beautiful, there is no need of ornaments ; if plain, she should appear without pretension. We have known la' dies who have travelled through tbe continent of Europe, with only a small trunk to contain their wardrobe, and they found a wonderful relief in not having "too much to wear." Of a Banks.?We are informed by the President, Andrew Simontk, Esq., "that our bank will go fully into operation to morrow. We trust that business, in consequence of having banking facilities, will now begin to look up a little. We already see aud feel its effects, although it has only been partially operating for a short time. Our streets for a day or two past have presented quite a business like appearance, and our cotton buyers have plenty of money, and are anxious to take hold. So if our planters are desirous of disposing of their cotton they will find ready sale f?r It, at reasonable prices. The officers of our bank are as follows: Andrew Simond*, President ; It. II. Ward law, Cashier; F. M. Mitchell, Book keeper.?Abbeville Banner. - - mm ^ me Thk Tradk ok CitAnucaTON.?In rt* ply to an inquiry from the Mariana (Florida) Patriot, which has been transferred to our columns, we take the occasion to suggest that our wholesale merchants would find their account in advertising fully with reference to the spring trade. We have opportunities also for knowi ing that any Southern dealera visiting 01...U.1 _:II C- .1 -? 1:? H Vliaiirnioii puuii| will llllU BU[)|'llVi and good term*. Large addition* bare r : baen made to the stocks of leading hou? i see in aereral department*.?Courier. \ A Lawtkr built him an office in the form of a hexagon, or six square. The ?v\ s novelty of the structure attracted the at* f tention of some Irishmen, who were past* ing by ; they made a full slop and viewed critically. The lawyer somewhat disgust ed at their curiosity, lifted up the w' t dow, put his bead out and addrf them ; "What do you stand there at my office for, do yon thin' f church f" HFeix,n answered one* 1 -I was thin Win' so, till 1 sa'wait on 1 poke bis head out o' tltaefj^ Wans St.avefct- ^ e servant in the M*r SHOES L wrihied ? psr eeot 1 J^lie NorUsera X P| '* Vve OS a trial eedT w ? usdulbai eat* >|ir? "Hi ?>" ? ? .