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specch on tho bill before the houso. lie complains of everything the opponents of the bank can do. Ho seems reserved to be in an ill humor with us whether or no, and I am forcibly reminded of tho fable of the lamb drinking in a brook below a wolf. The wolf told him he muddied the water. That is impossible, said the lamb, for 1 am below you. You did me nn injury, said the wolf, last winter. J was not in existence. rimliorl iIi?1?hy?'? anterior to last spring. No matter, said die wolf, if it was not you, it was some of your kin, and I will kill you anyhow. I am greatly afraid that my friend from Pnion has comc to the same determination in regard to the hill on your ti'l?!e. He complains first that the committee who reported the hill were friendly to the measure proposed by his excellency. Never before did I hear of the enemies of a measure wishing to take charge of it in a legislative assembly. According to all parliamentary usage, the bantling should he committed to tlvo nurture of friends. The gentlenrm savs that, when a Dutchman is tried, accoiding to the old law, lir> is nnt.il.lrwl l?u'? ? v..v.,.vv% ?v IIU1V (4 JU,V UC "ll'UHUlV linyurt. Now, sir, 1 would most respect fully inform mv friend, that this project of the Governor for winding up the bank is not an alien, it is a native born Carolinian. There is no necessity of having a jury composed of one-half bank men. They have no sympathy or feeling for the project, and would do nothing to save it from destruction. The honorable member from Union says that the opposition to the bank comcs from the West, whilst the bank itself draws its strength from the east, the true source of wisdom and ligh? lias my friend forgotten that the East is> no longer the land of light and wisdom, but is shrouded in darkness nnd ignorance? The march of truth, religion and wisdom has been westward, leaving behind such financial heresies as that government should establis h banks for the f 1 v jjui|ium: i)i leruimg money to Us citizens. Wo have been told, Mr. .Speaker, by these 'wise men of tlio Hast,' during the present discussion, that the farmer needs n bank as well as the merchant. My observation induces me to believe, sir, that the less a farmer has to do witli banks the better will be his condition Whenever he turns speculator, and begins to employ his credit as capital, in stcid of his lands and negroes, he becomes embarrassed, and ends a bankrupt llis income and receipts arc not like the merchant's, monthly and daily, but annual; and therefore he should avoid al bank accommodations. His profits, too are small, though more certain that those of the trader; and he cannot a fiord to pay the interest of a borrowed capital It is objected to the bill on your table, that it gives too long an indulgence tc tin ilnljAH. IK- 1 ? - ?- T 1- 1 viiutuwio iiiu uiiuii. i (i 111 noi oxpecttolicirsucliai) argument ns tl?ifrom 'the wise men of the East.' Tlu friends of the bill know that one strong argument with them would bo, that (lie winding up of the bank must produce pecuniary embarrassments throughout the country. Tn order to defoat this argument, and prevent any such results, the bill proposes that an extension of ton years' indulgence should ho given to all the bond debtors of the bank who may desire it. If the time is too long, let my friend from Union propose a shorter. The House -was told the other day by the honorable member from Charleston, who sits on my loft, and whose remarkwere listened to with so much nttcntior by all, that the bills of the bank would come in so rapidly after ceasing to discount new paper, as to render it impossif - i! di? ior mom to do. redeemed. I am nfraid, Mr. Speaker, the danger isthe reverse, and that they will not be presented fast enough, Indeed there is but little doubt, carrying as they do the faith and credit of the State on their face, that they will continue in circulation until required by law to be returned to the bank, under the penalty of being regarded ns 'continental paper.' Wc have been informed by the same honorabie member, that the pro its of this bank would have been much larger during the past year, but for bad debts 1 am afraid this is a difficulty which the bank will always have to encounter, and which will every succeeding year be grea'.cr and. greater, ns her debts are called in J3ut, sir, the idea of a bank making large profits in the shape of bad oebts, is one which the people would not like much to see resized. It is said, sir, an$ has been argued witUsome zeal in the House, that we .should not dUtrnot public opinion in South Carolina, or divide into parties for and against tho hank, in conseuqence of our federal relations. This, sir, is n most ingenious and patriotic mode of staving off difficulties. Should wc not correct evils at home, because we arc threatened with evils abroad? Are the people of South Carolina like the Dutch Governor, in Knickerbocker's history of New York, who never had but one idea in his head ata time, for the simple reason that it was so large tiiore was no room for any more? But if gentlemen are sincere in urging this argument, let them set the example, and abandon their opposition to the bill proposing to wind up the affairs i of the bank. I will not detain the house by reply* ] iug to tlu* personalities which huvo been thrown into tho debate. The chairman 5 of the committee of ways and means lias ( shown a noble and disinterested zeal and ability in this matter, which merits and fc will receive from the people of South 8 Carolina their gratitude and rcmein- n brance. Had he consulted liis own in* ; 6 tere.- t and his own popularity, he would have taken sides with the bank. So too would Gen. Jackson have acted in his memorable struggle with the United States l?mk. ]>ut he preferred :v> risk everything?power, popularity and place " ?rather than see continued by his coun- I try a great moneyed power, which was " endeavoring to overawe the government >' and control public opinion. ^ Mr. Speaker, the United States Bank did not. endeavor to control the operations ' of the federal government, by bribing c the press, corrupting the tr.embers of t Congress, and deceiving the pcjpk in t regard to its true situ tion. JVothing c out conossai power and overshadowing 1 influence and popularity of (ten. Jnekson I could have destroyed that corrupt insti ] lution. It may be said that there is no t danger of corruption from the State ^ Hank, and that neither the Legislature t nor the people of 6'outh Carolina can be , corrupted. , I havo as much confidence in the integ , rity of this body, and 'he people of South ^ Carolina: as any ought to hnv? But. , sir. I ho iirst prayer of every one shoi ' 1 be 'lead me not into temptation.' There, arc a thousand ways of itiilucncing "*uimnn rondup.t without. IIVIIUU V,V/l I lipllUll. Vnrious mon are approachcd in various -.v ys. Wc have all felt, nnd perhaps most of lis have practised, the art of electioneering. AVe know its influence on the be^t and most honorable men in tho community. There arc memorable instances of whole legislative bodies being corrupted and influenced by money. The granting of the charier of the United States Bank by the Legislature of Pennsylvania might be mentioned as one of them. The Yazoo fraud in Georgi i as another. There is no do il>!, from the reports of i the special conmiitteo to investigate the 1 bank, that its condition is better than was anticipated. But we all know the mystery connected with banking, and the difficulty of coming to any correct conclusion as to the soundness of blinks from renorts. 1 believe flint nil nf ?l>n On.-... ! gin banks, on (he eve of their failure and uttor insolvency, showed to the satifac1 , tion of the Legislature of that ,State, that . they wore perfectly solvent and prosper1 ous. The same showing was made by ' the United States Hank, when it was not worth one dollar. A conunittce, > sent by Congress, at the bend of which > was (ion. 3/cDuffie, made a report entirely favorable as to its management, ; business, and prosperous condition. But, if our State 2?ank is in the condi[ tion supposed, it is the proper time to ( close it. No loss will result to the State in doing so. If the bank be continued, 1 ' its situation, a few years hence, may be | entirely different. Instead of taking its s j assets to pay the State debt, we may ' have to levy taxes on the people to meet I its engagements and liabilities. This is, at least, a risk which we have to run. I yhe sooner Ave get rid of it the better, j Every man will then, as it is said the people of England did after the death of i Henry the Eighth, breathe more freely. 5 It will no longer be -said that we have a 1 1 master, whose (diets we are bound to 1 registe \ If'e shall have got rid of an institution at war with the fundamental principles of freedom; possessing the ' power of taxation without representation. 7/aving the right of investing, appropriating, and squandering millions of the public treasure, in violation of the State constitution. The humble tax payer will ' no longer be taunted with the idea that O # his small contributions towards i lw mm. port of the Statu nre to he carried to Charleston nnd Columbia, and loaned out ! to wealthy pi.inters nnd rich merchants. I In order to remove all objections to , the bills under consideration, on account of the foreign debt, I propose to add another section, pledging ah the funds of the bank, after payment of previous liens, to the foreign creditors, and having them set apart to meet their demands. If this will not satisfy the scruples ol honorable members, ard they can suggest any scheme more satisfactory, I will support it, provided it does not contemplate a renewal of the charter. I lmvc now done, Mr. Speaker. I have discharged my duty to myself and to my constituents. In the remarks which 1 have made, 1 have not been ; vain enough to suppose that I could influence the decision of this House, or tlie opinion of a single member in it. I owe my seat on this floor to the deep nnd settled opposition of my constituents to the Bank of the Slate, I have therefore ] thought it proper to expressmy views on > j this great question, before the vote of the i 7/ouseis taken on the bill. I thank the members for their courtesy and ntten- < | tion, and will 110 longer trespass on their In giving geography lessors, a teach- 1 or risked a boy' 'What State do you live 1 in?' To which he drawled out, 'In a (' .state of sin and misery.' 4* KEOWEE COURIER h? Salurday, march a, I s.io.' ti With ? view of accMininiHlntin? our Sub ?' 1! cribers who live at a distance, tlie following ;entlenlen are authorized and requested to ict ns agent* in receiving and forwarding Sub J criptions to the Keowse Covaitn, viz: , M.u. \V. S. (.?u(sitAit, at West Union. Kuw.viin Huciili:.- Esa.. " l!..r^nSlum K. P. VrnNEn, " Bachelor's Retreat r M. F. Mm-iiKM', Esq.. " Pickensvillo. J. E. f[.\oo<?n. " Twelve Mile. T. .J. \VrEiui, for Anderaou District. The Editor of the Mtffeenger, full of years, c ml in his own estimation, full pf wisdom, seeks ^ it his last paper to stave off tho controversy etweeii us on the subject of the Hank to what 10 is pleased to call the ignorance of tho young *' nan of the Courier. Now, if those who seek to f orroct the errors of others, would first 'pluck r he mote out of their own eye," and ho satisfied ^ hat there is at least a probable cnusc of proscution, much trouble and hard feelings would >e saved. 15ut how different from this has C )ei!ii the conduct of this snge of the Messenger 1 le first attacks us for an error of twenty ; housand dollar-*, which could 'not ben typo- 1 graphical error,' this charge was shown to be , ntirelv erroneous and unfounded;?lie" then j ight-nbout faces, and assumes the position hat we lmd charged the Hanlc with funds over 1 which it had no control: in this charge he is re- ' pulsed and driven back, and he now takes shelter utul.r the subtofuge that lie has .e.it us to our books, and that ignorance wns all lie intend- , ed to impute to us. Whenever ft clmmpion re. sorts to ridicule and personalities, it is u certain j index that he has been benten, and ho only resorts to such weapons to cover a shameful rctn at. Now let us turn back a chapter or so. and t>ee'if the Messenger ftt first misunderstood that calculation. In his issue of the 25th of January, he, in taking up the cudgel to assist his friend 11., after commenting on, and copying our calculations, frays, 'This old Bank lms lived through ninny such calculations of its opponents, and continued to pay the interest and principal of the ?State debt as they full due, and will continue to do so until the end of the time, if let alone.' The above a: e l.i; words, the italics only are : ours. Did the Messenger then understand it as referring to the Stnte debt? But to ship this seer of his last plank and leaves him completely exjKwed, we would ask our readers to rcmem. member that his nrticle was written as nn ap- j pendix to the communication of his correspon- ! dent H., rind lie refers to that communication as having partly answered our lender on the subject of the Bank, anil undertakes for his part to make the answer complete. Then it is certainly plain, that the article of the Messenger from which we have quoted must be taken in eon. nection with tlio dignified And gentlemanly communication of R , and R. say: "It is known 1 to'most persons,'that the Bank is expressly' charged with the payment of the interest on a large portion of the public debt," Ac., and then j ives an extract from the last annual report of | the l'residcrtt and Directors of the Bank to show that a large amount W the profits of the Hank had been applied to this purpose. Can there he a doubt yet remaining as to the understanding which the Messenger first had of our article ? It ia evident that R. understood our calculation as referring to the public debt, and the Messenger has placcd himself in a dilemma, and may take which horn he pleases; tluit is he must admit his fir:,t understanding of that cal- ! ciilation to have boon as to tie public debt, or subject himself to the imputation that h<* rushed into the contest not knowing at what ho was ! going to strike. And we must confess that we ^ have no high estimate of the powers and parts of any one, who, upon examination of our calculation can fail to understand it: for it \ eeem to us that it issoplpin that no one with a j thimble full of brain-) can mistake. But, neks the Messenger, if it was intended as a Htatement of the public debt, why was not the Randolph Stork put down? We now find that to bring our arti( les within the comprehension of the Mosrenger, we ?hall have to l>e exceedingly plain. llre had thought that we used tolerable plain English, but have just now learned that i' two things are blended that it is entirely beyond the brnin.? of the Messenger. His inquiry as to the Randolph Stock al*o shows that he commenced and 1ms carried on this controver. sy without either reflection or examination. For if he had betaken himself to his books, ho cer. i tainly could have ascertained that the whole amount of the State debt was $2,310,806 91. I 1 Well, is not tlmt cxactly the amount of our calculation J It then would surely have been i plain to a financier not half bo great as the ' Rothschilds, that this Randolph Stock was in* j eluded. Then if the Messenger had looked in j ] to it, he would liave discovered that all the G ' ] per ccnt .stock had been added together, and also all the 5 per cent, which was done to shorten j the table, and then if lie had carried his examination a little farther, he could certainly have learned that thU Randolph stock, bearing G per per cent interest, was included in the first fig- \ urea of that calculation amounting to $ 1,171,188 62, and which is the amount of nil the six | per cent stock. Is .my thing more easy? It is , no nl.in A II ri :e il.- ??- - ... au v ii mc -uessengcr it;ul desirod t to do ua justice. Who then lin? resorted to evasion to get out ] >f ft dilemma) Whoso ignorance, or what is ivorfte, whose earulessness and peevidinost U low fully exposed) Tlio J/esscnjfer had beter have taken our advice, and l>e n pure ho vji* light in this Iiia third position bsfore he nft'le the ?tnrt. Well may ho fhv he will let i? alone and ask u? no more quostionp. If wo ad mndo three us egregious and erroneous intakes as tlie Messenger upon one single iir- 1 iclo, wo would bo glad to get off by such eva- 1 ion>. But we trust that the Messenger will i future adhere to his resolution, and lot us lone, and then we shall ha /o no more of thin >;>per warfare. In conclusion, we are inclined ' t) believe that no one will deny but that the ( 'ftnorant young man of tho Courier' has up to 1 hi j tune fully hold his l.und with tho $9ye and cierend Solomon of tho Messenger. The Jartumy number of Scott <fe Co.'s 1 cpiint of I31ad\wood's Magaalftb is on >ur table, containing as usual much of jravo and substantial, as well us a rich va iety of light and elegant muling. Tho irticle on 'American Adventure' we ; ouud very interesting; (he * evieji er does 1 tmple justice to Lieut. H'ise's sprightly md humorous book, and though ho says 1 iomo tilings for our people to which wo j j sannot exactly subscribe, yet he abuses is iu so graceful and winning a manner hat we cannot find it in our heart to ge' nad.and are almost ready to mistake his idicule for compliment. 'My Peninsular Medal,'and the 'Green Hand,'two Lales ful1 of thiilling incident, the present inunber contains the third and seventh parts, which equal in interest any of the proceeding; indeed the whole number is eminently readable, and we heartily re- j commend it to our patrons. No. 1 of vol. 22 of the Edinburgh Re- j view from the same enterprising Publishers, is also before us and from a cursory : glance of its contents wc arc satifiod that I the present number fully maintains the character which it has long acquired from the contributions of such men as Smith and Jl/ncauly. ^This Review occupied a high place among the periodicals of Europe from the time the first number was issued under the management of Sydney 6'mith; to those, thev>foro, who would become acquainted with the emi- 1 nent JPliig Reviewers of England and Scotland, wo need hardly say, subs:ribe f... Il.? PJi..l ?1- 11 - iui iriiu i^uiiiunrg'ii ivcview. TIIR NEW ROAD. The Commissioners (o whom the charge of 'laying out a road' from this place to Pendleton, was assigned, have been closely engage for several days past in examining1 the countrv bnt.\vean the two VillaO >J ges, with a view of ascertaining the be9t route for said road. They commenced the work at Pendleton, recommend some necessary change near the Village and i then follow pretty much the direction of the present road to the bridge - on 18 mile creek, thence in nearly a straight direction to 12 mile river. East of Mr. Grants house and West of J/rs* Russolls, crossing the river near the latter place, and running through Gen. Garvens bottom and East of his house to the old road near the 0 mile post? thenco nearly straight to Bausons Mill, and thence to within 2 miles of this Village following nearly the direction of the old road. This is about the location fi*Arl nn lw - ? rj """ Commissioners ns nearly as wc can recollect. Wc arc informed that there is no hill of consequence on the whole route? and that the distance is some shorter Wc Iiavo nothing to say against the location marked out thus far, hut wc do entertain serious fears that the remaining 2 miles, by far the most important part of the road, will uu s>u hemmed, hedged, and blocked up by conflicting private interest, : that the public weal must be sacrificed to the gratification of private convenience. THE ERSKINK MISCELLANY. Thi> flrtl rlhnliluii. nf il.li 1 ? iiii.-? MHiiiy jiriimni jour- 1 nal made us a visit lust week, nnd was honrtily welcomed, for eomo one disposed to monopo- ; lize nil of n good tiling carried it nwny from our office and wo have not liftd a glimpse of the new coiner fince. The Miscellany is published weekly in the Village of Duo West, Abbeville District, at fS.OOuer annum in advance, by Me-?rs. Bonnef <fc l.iiuUay, proprietors, and Itev. R. W. Hemphill assistant Editor. We 1 nrc satisfied the Miscellany will merit a libera' patronage. " 1|8|| ' I TIIE BLACK RIVER WATCHMAN M| lathe name of a new paper uIkuiI being pubished at Sumterville, S. C.?edited by Messrs ). I). Eraser and J. IK. Erwin, and published l>y Messrs. Gilbert it Do Lorme, nt $2 in advance, or $3 paid at the end of the subjerip- i ion year. A'ucceas to the undertakers. i RETURN DAYS FOR SPRING TERM 1860. J For Abbeville District, 2ih1 tiny of March. 1 " Anderson " 0 th " " < " PickciM, " Iftth " " ' " Greenville, " 23rd " " i ' ; j THE /SHIULTZ CASE. 1 7'iio fondwt hupf'fc of the veteran of //am- 1 Ill Mill H II :w.? burg luivo been destroyed,?the bridge cn-? lias been decided against him, and in bis own nconic language, "all is lost." NEW ORLEANS The late fire in New Orleans is said to havo i>ecn the most dnslructivo with which that :ity has ever bce? scourged, the loss is estimated ut ?500,000, besides the loss of several livesOur thanks arc tendered to the Hon. J. L Ouu for sundry Congressional documents, sent us during Mic last two weeks. THE WILD WOMAN OF THE NA VXD AD, yibout a year since an account was nublishcd in the Victoria /frlvn ??> > ? peeling a strange cfeature, whose trao';s had been discovered on the banks of the Navidad, near 2'exana. rl he footmarks of this creature resembled those of a woman, and a report was circulated to tho L-ffoct that a wild woman had made her retreat in the forests of the NaviJad. Within a few weeks several attempts have been made to capture this stra ve being. Mr. Glascock pursued it for several days with dogs, and at one time approached so , near as to cast a lasso upon its shoulders. It, however, with great adroitness eluded ;; j the snare, add lied to a dense thicket, _ 1 ! - 11 -A \ - - 1 ^ ' wuuro il couiu not oe vraceu. jur. ulascock states that he was near a small prairie enclosed by the border forests of the river, when the creature emerged from the woods, and ran across the prairie in full view. It was about five feet high, resembling a human being, but covered A with hair of a reddish brown color. In its hand it held a stick about six feet long which il flourished from side to side, as if to regulate its motions, and aid it when running at full speed. Its head and neck are covered with very long hMr, which streamed backward in the wind. It ran with the speed of a deer, and was soon out of sight. The dogs pursued it, and i came so close upon it at a small creck, that it was compelled to drop its stick, j| which wis li.?v?.n by its pursuers. J 7'his stick is about six feet long, straight, ami smooth as if polished with glass. Several other persons havo repeatedly seen the creature, and they all concur in representing it as a human being, but so covered with shaggy hair, as to resemble an ourang outang. It has frequently approachcd the housesof the settlers in that neighborhood during the night, and stole various articled?among others it carried oft' a quantity of towels, and one or two books, an . has also taken several pigs. One of its nests was found in the forest, in which were several napkins, folded up just as they were taken from the house, nnd a Bible marked J. J. Wright. A. bill for washing was also encosed in the Bible. The foot-marks of this strange being havo often been traced in the bottom of the Navidad, but it has eluded all attempts to capture it. jHic old settlers in that section say that these 1 r x i.- i ? * - luut-miu Ks iiavo Dccn nouceci lor ten or twelve yers, and that several years ngo there were other foot-murks, indicating that three of these creatures were in com pan\. "Ithin the last year ths foot- W marks of only one have been noticed. Mr. Glascock intends to collect a pack of M good hounds and resume the pursuit; and fl he is confident that he will succeed in cap luring it. He has incurred considerable I expense, and has exposed himself to great hardships and danger to secure it, thus evincing his full belief in the identity of this mysteriovs being. It is not improbable that during the War of the Revolution when the people of that section were driven from their homes by the victorious army of Urrea, some children might have been secreted in the woods or left there. and their relations never returning, have L become like wild beasts, clothed with hair, and feeding upon herbs and such small animals as they can capture or pilfer from the settlers. MORE BY THE STEAMER I Paris has been in a stato of sci^e, in consequence of an order by President Bonaparte to the police to cut down and remove the liberty poles erected during V the revolution. The people rose in a mass, and protested against the act. This led to the calling out of 100,000 military, which effected a dispersion of the jlL mob, though not until several were woun dedand many impiisoncd. The city H was then put under martial law. At tin* last dates dates everything remained m? (juiet, but considerable feeling was man- I ifested against Louis Napoleon. The French Moniteu supposes that Louis Npfefklonn to on*ln?- in *"* 1 ,0 nyvlllU 111 lllilWItlVII Ul 1113 UIICIO (IjScl thinks such a conviction ia thc^p.usc of the disturbance. XhoHavrc cotton market Was dull, and sligVitly declined. A Reiiouti rupture has taken place between England and Greece, resulting in ii total suspension.iffintercourse between the two The difficulty arose in consequent,disputed clnim respecting the Jdjnjftjf Isla&Ja. Five Greek war vessels $||gLcAptured by the English squadron, aiiaft^H Oreck merchantmen are prohibited Rving or entering port. Tho Greeks policy will bo to remain passive, untina (tecision is had Yom the French and Russian Cabinets, to ivhom the subject has been presented. V" I