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AGRICULTURAL FAIRS.
At a recent agricultural fair <n jl/assachusetts,
Mr. Webster made a speech,
from which wo present our readers the
following extract, as showing his opinion
of the importance of such efforts in piomoting
the great interest of agriculture.
This Ls particularly encouraging to our
own people, who, in this matter, are not
? wlut behind their northern neighbors:
'lie would say, that there was one thing
which had not been much dwelt upon
here, that was of no little inferos' and importance.
It woj\ that the meat nracti
cal truth and characteristic of i!*o present ,
nge was that great public improvements
were carried out by means of public as
sociations. This principle-- the principle
of voluntary association?of bringing :
minds together to act on each other, was
the great principle and truth of the ;*ge.
Its germ, to be sure, was to I e seen centuries
a^o in the old world. It was to
be trace*.! in the establishment of ci'ie>in
the feudal ages; it was still further ext' ndod
in the professional associations < f j
Europe at a subsequent period. But it
lms been long, both in the old count ry and
in this, hoforo tb? id pa avjis l?r. iicht to
bear upon agriculture and the tillage of j
the soil. The reason of this was obvious.
Merchants, traders, and others, congregating
in large cities, could meet together
nt almost any hour, summoned by the
peal of almost any bell, to interchange
their sentiments on any topic of moment.
"Not so with farmers: They wore
scattered all over the country; their lar
bors were mostlv solitary--here upon
<l?. o.wi *#i
cesses of the hills; they had 110 exchange, I
no coffee-house, 110 lyceur.i where they
could meet together conveniently. Such
too, in a grout measure, was the case
witb them now! and hence it had become
essential that these annual fairs should
be held; hence the necessity that they
should he universally attended; not so
much for the sake of the exhibition or of
any discourse to bo delivered or of any
lectures to be given, as for the sake of interchanging
sentiment, of comparing the
experience of one with that of another,, of
miiuriitig together and keeninir una com
mumcation of ideas. Ever}* mnn obtained
a great part of whatever knowledge
he might possess by conversation with
others. Hooks indeed might do ^nothing
in this respect, but nothing in compai
ison with free communication. If we
should deduct from the aggregate of each
man's knowledge whatever lie had learned
by communication and com rsation
with his fellow man, very little would be
left, and that little nol worth much nt best.
It was intercourse with each ether that
made men sharp and active and enterprising;
and therefore, if there should not be
nt any annual exhibition of an ngricultu
rui association, ii imiiufiomc puiroi sie?:rs
or a likely cow in the wholo county, still,
if there were the men assembled together
in social intercourse, then he said that
the exhibition would be productive of
much good*
MULTUM IN PARVG,
Wluit is life? A vital spark, a brief
span, a breath suspended bv a single
hair between heaven s fair fields and the
fathomless abyss of mortal misery and
despair; a flickering meteor that shines
awhile and then goes out.
What is joy? 'Tis the well-spring of
pleasure: a messenger of peace, a priceless
thing, a hallowed dream.
What is grief? The excning of pleasure;
the deep and sombre feelings of regret;
the child of sorrow.
What.is fame? An envious name; a
theme for devils: the parent of envy,
jealousy nnd rage.
What is sin? The son of Satan, twin
brother of death, tlie father of corruption.
What is religion? The pilot of the
soul to the bright fields of heaven; a communicntion
with the saints of light.
What is love? an inexpressible thing; a
volume in a word; an ocean in a tear;
seventh heaven in a glance; a whirlwind
in a sigh.
What is truth.? Tt is that principle
which emanates from the throne of the
Deity; tho great champion of the rights of
man.
What is happiness? An unseen thing;
a goh'.^.n dream of pleasure; the Christian's
^reat desideratum.
What is death? A sleep; a rest from
earth's toils and cares: a separation of the
soul from he tenement of lay.
What is immortality? An undying
name; an everlasting home for the re/.f
i:~v> i\..1 *r
utvujuu nuuo VI ll^lll.?J.V L'W&JJtljfJLT,
Do not licl;/ n? Appcaranccs.?We
were informed yesterday, by a person
who stated it as a fact, that on the landing
of the steamship Falcon, an individual
came on shore without hat, coat or
boots. After looking around him for
sometime, with a free and easy, independent
kind of an air, he called to a drayman
and requested him to take charge of
a pair of saddle bags, which were on
board the vessel, and Aonvey them to
tr t lit *?* .? . .
xiowieue witn 8oiti Hesitation, the
drayman complied with* the request, but '
on attempting to lift the saddlebags ho 1
found he was unnbfr without as
uistancq.* Thcfact wAs tjiov eontvuncd '
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?j-t-ff- ti ?? ir nimti i ? iyiMiri?n mn?m?11?
$ (0,000 in gold, which the cualics^, hat j
loss and booties man had brought tvith
him from Cnlifornin. We will guarantee
ill At his coat n nu; to-dav would not dis
grace an habitue of 15roadway. Truly,
appcnran??s arc fallacious and decej live. ,
LV. O. Picayune.
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KKOW JOE COURIER.
Saturday, Oct. *?0. 1S4-0*
With u vkw of accouuuavLttiivg uux Subscribcrs
who live at a tiUumcc. the fuiK>witi^
^etitlemen are authoriieU iuul rtfquo.<tt\l to
.?-? .? ?. ??? .?..n 11 ? an.l f* vrtr Aislutir s^iK*
.1^1 AO in- "> ?v-? .. iuuh^ v. ?*vscriptio:.>
to the Klovkl lV.iirs, vi*:
M.u. W. S. Gkisii.vx, \\\>t Uuiiii.
ilitv.ad uiciii.s 1u], ikht-o sjhhv.
E. r. VttNtK. Kmj, lvAchelor's Roirvat
M. F. Mitcmklu Ejtj. " lVkt nsvillo.
J. K. II.Mioon, " Twolve Mile.
T. J. Webb, \-r aiulorjon District,
TO OCR SUnsCUIBF.KS.
Tl. ic ucsirruj; can have the benefit i cur
terms f r juymcnt witluu throe mentis, by
j ay in:; at any time before or tlurinj the week
of Court. This L- r.. t a dun to our patrons
Lut a?*ii::plc statement that will benefit those
ch<x>>inij to avail themselves of it.
RAIN.
For several <lays this week we have had
copious showers of rain, which were very much
needed.
Return day is p^st and we have only about
thirty five cases issued to this Court. This
certainly .-peaks well for the prosperity of the
District. For a people to be able to say we
are out of debt, i< a great blessing, and tells
well for their industry and economy. And besides,
for tjie last two.Sale-davs past no property
has been sold by the Sheriff under Execution.
KLKCTION.
An Eluotion was held in Greenville District
on the Stli nml Oth inst., for a member of the
Legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Edward ll.Earle. We are glad
to learn that that the Hon 11. I'\ Perry was
i i i mm ,
CllM:iUU. I Iiuru Wil? J1U>
PEN ITENTJARY.
The Grand Jury of Richland District have
recominen< ed the establishment of n lVnitontiary,
as they believe a majority of the people
ajo in favor of it.
The followiii ariticle on 1 lie subjcct of the
abolition of slavery, we take from the London
Times of Sept. 10,?coining from that source
?published in a country that bus tried tlie experiment,
it tells with double effect. Tt seems,
too, that no one besides our Northern brethren
have any doubt as to die proper construction of
the Constitution; for here a foreign journal unhesitatingly
pays Congress has no such power.
But read the extract:
"The will of the people of England
and tlie resources of the British nation
have been applied with absolute nuthori
ty and ungrudging muniliccnce to the extinction
of slavery in the British dominions.
The northern States of America
have no such power of altering the institutions
and the tenure of property in
the slave-holding Stales of the Union:
Congress itself has no such power; lmf
if it had, and besides the power,if it had
the will and the means to carry a general
measure of abolition, wc are constrained
to admit tliat the experiment made by
the British government, and the state in
which the British West Indies are now
placed by it would be invoked a.s the
most unanswerable argument against
such a scheme."
THE STATE OF DESERET.
The South Carolinian of the 1 nth inst., say*:
This is the name of a new State?that is to be
>?of the American Union. 'llie Mormons of
Salt Lake have organized a State Government,
adopted a Constitution, and will apply at the
next Session for admission into the Union.?
More sensible than other fanatics, they have
left slavery alone, and do not design to mention
either Wilinot or his IVoviso. The legislature
on the ttrd of March, elected Ahnon W.
Babbitt a delegate and representative in Congress,
THE MISSISSIPPI MEETINO,
Wo would refer our reads/a to the KesuUr
tions passed by the State Convention of Mississippi
which will bo found in nnotlier column.
This is wo believe the ouly concerted move
out of our own State that has yet been made
u..i 1.. a i A\.?A , A\ CJ*^* :ii
liUt WU MUVUIU1J II U^V lllllt OlJll r oiuiuh Will
follow the cx unj)lo of this State, nnd thnt
each will recommend a Southern Con 'cntio.u
Separate notion l?y each State never can produce
tlint unanimity in the South which in bo
much needed nnd which nlono can pave us
from the threatened danger nnd dishonor. The
Hon. )). Wallace, from this State, was present
at the malting, and was invited to a sent within
the bar.
TIIB COLUMBIA PRESS.
The Trftffrajih comes to us much improved
nnd enlarged; and witli the increasing prospects
of Columbia, wo tnwt that our friends of
the 'J'rlcyrnpli will receive a duo share.
The Carolinian has just been enlarged, nnd
on liift Tuesday it made its appearance a* a
rlnily paper: being published now daily, triweekly
and weekly. Tho energy nil industry
displayed by the proprietors of this pre#, just
ly entitle' t)i' in t? ;i f.'ii .hare of public patronage.
Every di?v"> develop incuts go to prove the
entire sulwen iency of (Jen. 'iViylor to mr Cabinet,
and >ho\v tl?:* t while lie is noiuiunlly 1'resi"
dent the power of that ofliccis wielded by t!ie
nyu he lms culled around him. In a conversation
lately, C?e?.Tavlor said in reply to tho reiivoiistmocc
of some of hi* political friends in
relation to tin- conduct of his Cabinet, that ho
had uothmg to do with their action?that ho
did not interfere with it, but that he held them
io--|k n^ible for their management of thy government.
This i< most certainly a great outrage
uixni the voters who placed him iu office.
He received the votes of the South, because ho
was a Southern man and a slaveholder; and is
u r:;11?1~ u ]n>iiucai noucsty lor m:n now to
eontidethe interests anil destinies of the South
into the linn 1* of such men as compose his
Cabinet I Will any one say so ? W hen we j
have been ruined by the conduct ami measures
advocated by F.wing, Collainer, and their com
peer.- in office, we are to l>e southed, we suppose,
by the reflection that the President holds
them ro-poii.-ible for their management of the
government. Will this satisfy the Soutld It
remains to be seen. We were opposed to the
election of (Jen. "nvlor. because, in the first
place, * " believed him incompetent for the
high and honorable post of President?because,
in the second place, we regarded his political
opinions a.s opposed to the principles advocated
l?v the South. Every act pf llie President
I since he came into office goes to prove the
! truth of these views. Ho has surrendered the
power into hands of his Cabinet?he has expressed
himself in fuvor of a Tariff for protec.
tion?a general system of Internal Improvements?as
opposed to the extent ion of stayer v.
Are these not sufiicient to establish the truth
of our assertions < AVhy is it that Georgia is
I democratic bv a large majority! Every effort
j was made there to unite tlie Whigs and Taylor
| democrats in tlie election for Governor, but it
all would not do, tlie scales have been knocked
from their eyes by the conduct of President
Taylor and his Cabinet, and the voice of Georgia
is now loud ami strong in the condemnation
j of this no party Administrating. But not only
| in Georgia has this revolution taken place, hut
' also in Tennessee, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
' It is now almost a certainty that the democrats
v.-ill have the majority in the next Congress.
I if this should he the case, then tome of the fa^
vorite measures of the Administration will
meet with that fate to which their intrinsic
! merit justly entitle them.
Foil tick Kkonvek CoL'HIKn.
Mksiis Editous:?r We are glad to j
sec the people of (Greenville making "a
long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altotrcther."
to can v the Railroad from Co
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lunibia to their village. That the road
I being extended to the village of Green*
I villc will greatly benefit our District, 1
think no sane man will deny. Then what
is the duty of our citizens? Why, surely
to throw in their mite to aid in building
it. Particularly is it a matter of interest
to the citizens of the eastern side of our
! District, and I re gret to learn that some
of tlie Anderson people; have taken ex|
ceptious to your article sometime since
| on this subject.. It is certainly the duty
i of a paper to ..dvocate those measures
' that are libely to benefit the District, and
j how any any people can object to a pa!
per taking that course, is to ine strange
l :~ T)..4 h .... 4 11.. _ i
; j)ium) it i?> 11tit11 i.s nitLiuaiiy a S('li
lish being, and though Are arc willing that
! Anderson should l.ave j 'l possible credit
for her efforts to builil tliis road, and not
only the credit, but all the great advantages
that are likely to result from the en
tcrprise, yet we are unwilling that our
' District should pursue so suicidal a course
| as to oppose the extension of the road to
Greenville. We advocate the extension
I of the road because it is our interest, iust
I as Anderson made great exertions to have
the road there, and as Greenville now
making strenuous efforts to have a road
to that place, yet must not advocate
our interests, because they may to some
extent interfere with the interests of Anderson.
If the question of the route \va.^
open, we should vote for it to conic by
ivnaerson \j. n. 10 urecnviiie, bcause
this route would bring the road nearer
our line than that from Brown's. Hut
this question not being1 open, and the only
matter for consideration, as we take it,
being whether Greenville shall be allowed
to unite with the Company at Brown's,
then can any man in this District hesiate
to advocate that union? For by
that route, ns you have said, the road will
cross Saluda ucar our lino, and run
thence to Grccnvillo within eight or ton
miles of dftt District line, for a distance
of nbout^Wvtccn miles, the terminus being
only four miles distant. Yet some say
n...? *i ?i- :..i < -t i- - '*
UKH I' IS ig inu IIIU.'USfc Ol I"4CK?'IIS UlilL
the road should stop at Anderson. Jf
tins be 11 fiu;i, it establishes a principle
which the men who advance this idea do
not believe. For by their words they
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wtrild load us ti> believe that a road 00
miles distant Is as, yea more, beneficial,
than one from ten to fifteen miles oil', and
by tlicir actions contend that the nearer
you bring a road to a community, the
greater the advantage to that people
me'.ruin is iimi eacn piace strives u>
have tlic terminus of (he road, and these
desire to get as many as possible to go
their way; and v.e would say to the people
of Pickens, go for that measure which
is to your interests. It the Company refuse
to allow Greenville to unite with
them, do not he discouraged, if the Green
ville people will go oil and builo a roua
to their place from Laurens, help ther..
all you can, for the interests of that place
and one half of our Distiict arc identified.
Not having studied the economy of Railroads,
we are not prepared to say in what
maimer it will cffcct the Compatiy to allow
the people of Greenville to unite at
n ? mi _ .1 ...1 i it 1 !i *11
urown s. i ncrc is no uouui, mat u win
add sonic additional expense, hut whctlr
c.i the increase of the piofits on tbe road
will not overbalance the expense is a
matter we will leave to those more conversant
with Railroads.
SALUDA.
Corrc poiuk-nce of the Charleston Courier.
W I DIITV nl'A V D/it 1 n
The political cast of Pennsylvania has
no do'uht undergone a change. The
Whigs here expected a Waterloo defeat
of their ticket for the Legislature and Canal
Commissioners!, and they will not be
disappointed.
Some of the IPhig papers undertake
to account for tho late popular demr *nir
4\ 1
u?jii!> uyiuust uii; ;\ummihu.iui)ii <mu iiir
Whig parly. Certain it is that most <>t
the elections for Congress sin e J/areh
fourth have gone against them. The
Democrats attribute this to an ulledged
transfer, by Gen. Taylor, of his powci
and duties and judgment to his cabinet
toall('.'/ed administrative errors, and to sir
alleged inconsistency between the actt
after, and the professions before the election
of President. But the Whigs sa\
that it is owing to tin injudicious use ol
the Executive patronage, whereby the
administration has been weakened, instead
of strengthened. The New Yorl<
Courier <? Enquirer hints that there is
loo mucn nepotism m tiie distribution ol
office.
(Jen. Taylor will probably commence
his second tqurpn the 11th. It has been
asked how he can leave public affairs'!
The answer is that ho docs not leave
them. He can give an order in Bos tor
as well as in Washington, lie signed
the Cuba Proclamation in Ilarrisburg.?
Gen. Jackson issued the order for the removal
of the deposites while in Boston,
nn Iuq r^i'nn/1 fnin*
| wrua. f
Purser 1 Scale arrived here, thcothci
day, with despatches from California. 11
is now quite certain that a State Constitution
will he formed and Senators ii
Congress chose.., and a Representative
The illness of Thos. Butler Kinir will be
much regretted.
There lias been much remark here upon
(lie attack made in the "Union" upon
Mr. Kwing, relative to an alleged promise
by him of nn office to Douglas, tho Florist,
in consideration of obtaining a house
from Dotifrlass at a low rent. It attract
od more attention hero than gossip usually
(loos, because it was known that Doughiss
had authorised the publication in the
"Union'1 and presented the facts, and offered
to provo them. A vindication ol
Mr. Ewing is, therefore, looked for. It
will probably turn out, upon investigation,
that Mr. Ewing was committed by the
indiscretion of h.s agents to whom he left
all the detail's of his business.
We had a rumor, some tirno ago, that
Mr. Ewing would not object to going tc
Russia as Minister. For somo reason un
explained, the Cabinet have left tlmt mission
open. We have no diplomatic representative
there, and cannot have (ill
next spring, even if an appointment be
made now. It is quite important that
the President should appoint some one
who will he likely to pass the ordeal of
iho Senato.
THE PHILADELPHIA RIOTS.
A deplorable riot occurred in Phila
oeipnia ?,tj uesaay night last, which resulted
ia t?:c demolition of a black groggery
and ot>er buildings, particularly
offensive to the moral tastes of <v lawless
band named Killers, who resisted, the
efforts of the firemen to extinguish the
Hames of the bur ing buildings. As no
effective police forcc could quoll the outbrer
the military wor3 called out, wh<
succeeded in dispersing them for n time,
though not until many persons were kill(>i\
jiimi
The Bulletin of Thursday morning
say*:
"Quiet continued until about 0 o'clock
this morning' when the ominous eight
Zaps of the .State House bell announced
another riot. TTris second outbreak commenced
about 0 o'clock, when the hose of
the Afori\* Hose. Company, which wit
doiliif Kf?rvif<> nn (l?n oc/>nn #.f moo
o ?/-""" ? V..W "V1/IIV VI * CIO
cut. This whs a signal fyr the rioters U)
, ? I
rnmmMMn ?in nccmilf ?...i
?... llliWAUdld <lIIU. I
stones wire hurled by iliem 1st the lirej
nion, :uul firearms wero used with considerable
effect* several persons be;ng woun- |
(led. The Mayor, Sheriff, and police
were soon 011 the ground, and succeeded
in restoring order. Afuyor <S'wift, himself,
who arrived before the military, arrested
two men."
vve <ind by tlio following despneh In
the Baltimore Sun of October 11 tlx that
the military arc still on duty.
! "The disturbed district'?from Shippen
to Pine, and from fifth to seventh streets
, ?is still invested by the military, though
nothing has occurred to disturb the peace
since their arrival. The force on duty
yesterday and last night con listed of
about 250 men under Col. Hohlen, and
they were this morning relieved by about
the same number from the second bri
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JlClt.
[From the Columbia Trlc<jra])h,\
IMPORTANT FROM TURKU V,
PROBABILITY OF WAR.
Hangary.?CJ rcat Confusion prevails at
Comorn, the ofliccrs and men arc in a
j state of despair, and are convinced that
resistance to the combined forces of Austria
and "Russia is useless. Georgey's
conduct has tended to increase this state
of feeling?lie is censured by the London
AVmv>\ which stales that Kossuth, Hem
and Bembnski, are at Whildou, in complete
destitution.
Jiasntu.? A letter from Constantinople,
of the 12th Sept. Declares that the Czar,
uses no argument at that Court, to enforce
his demand for the Hungarian re
tiujec.s now at Whllden, hut should, cm;
1 of them escape lie would consider it a
cause of war. If the Sntfun did not reply
definitely to his aid he threatens to
i return to Warsaw. The Sultan still peiv
i sists in his resolutions sustained by his
foreign Minister the grand Vizier Manotn,
1 ot All Pacha, but the majority pf his
Council are alarmed at the threats of {-lie
v zur, ;ina no oincuu announcement or uvi
Council's deci>ion has as yet been made,
i I There is reason to beljovo that tlvp
Turkish government, urged on by thfe
English and French Envoys, would refuse
j complianctiuwith the Ofcnr's demand. It
f is also thomjht (hat the Cznr will actual.
ly declnro war in that case, although nearly
all the Turkish fleet is in the Golden
Horn, ready for action, and could defend
; 1 the entrance of the Ilorpborus, yet the
Turkish Army is insignificant, compared
! to that which the Czar could command in
. a very lew days.
, i Sixty thousand Turkish troops have
' been concentrated near and around Coiir
.' stantinople, but tho English flccl could
, ! not reach the Golden Horn under sixteen
[ or eighteen days; while the Russian navy
. could enter the Bosporus in twenty-four
houfs.
'I'he greatest anxiety prevails amongst
all classes, the majority l>eing opposed to
war, as fatal to their commerce,
f, Among the refugees at Whelden avp
. pome British subjects, as also Generals
, Guyon, Longinotte, and General O'Donnell.
liaTi.itoat) SrnvKv.?We may now
. sing To Ti iumphe! for the survey is said to
i completed through from Greenville C.
, If. t) Dr. Brown's, with the most splenI
Hid success nnd irmfiMnn rPK/?
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. distance is about 20 miles instead of .'J 7
. miles orice found. Not only in tho dis.
tance consists the success of the survey;
. most of it is unsurpassed for its.favorable
j levels, and at no point will CNcocd forty
feet grade to the mile; and - "haps there
will he only two or three miles on tho
, route which will approach even that
height. We have not as yet the c'aleu>
lations before us, nor the estimates, but
, the probability is that the Greenville subscription
will be brought up fully to tho
nmount required to build the whole lino
, from Dr. Brown's to the Village, without
. estimating any share of the tftate stock,
| urcenvmt Mountaineer.
Nkw Discovery in Aonicur.trre.--An
extraordinary fact was mentioned the oth,
er day at the sitting of the Academy of
Sciences. One of the members of tho
' agricultural society of Brest hud xipoii
the proposition of a member of the committee,
sown somo wiieat upon larnj
without nny preparation of pl6uglviftg
digging, and in one of the worst soils hos.sible,
and after having merely walked
over tho ground to press the grain on lite
surface, had it covered with fresh .^mw
, | to the thicknesa of two indhefc. 'fHe ptoy
, duct was,"it is asserted, m< j abtihdfii^l
, and much superior in quality to wheat
f raised from the same seed in the ofdlntfry
way. Some oars of corn, tho seed of
, which had heen placed upon window,-'
glnss covered with straw, wero alsd exhibitcd.
A N kw Work uy Mr. C AtiioyN!-? Tlio
New York Courier understand* that tho
Messrs. Harper will publish befoh) a grea*.
while, from the pen ofjqhn C. vflthoun.
n Treatise on the Klomentavy prirtcilplcs of
Government and the Constitution of (ho
United States; and that it iss6 eotii
nletc, that he expets to prendre it iWjnib
j iication in his leisWlc houfri (Hnilig Umt
coming session of Congress'"
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