Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, September 11, 1858, Image 1
"TO TIUNK OWN SKI P BV. TllUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TIIK NIGHT THE IMY. THOU (W.VST NOT TilKN III'. I-AI.RK TO ANY MAN "
BY IIOH'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1858. VOL. X. M>. 8.
SlEiLEOTEID iporrev,
tr -_: .. . ; : : _ . " v. *..* rz^i
My Life is Like tho Summer Rose.
WII.KK.
My lifo is like tlie MimmeY rone,
Tlmt opttts t<? the morning skv,
Hut ere the ithiulert of evening elope,
Is fcnttcral on the ground to die.
v..? *!...< i.'-.i
The Nweetest dews of night !ire shed,
As if ?!n? wc\it mtch waste Jo sec;
Jlut none shull tcecp a (far for mo.
T.APY.
The dews of night limy full from lionvcn
I'pon (lie withered rose's hot],
Ami tears offon<l regret be given
Tn mourn the YirtiieK Of tlio <loi\?l.
Yet morning'* ?nn the dews will dry
Anil tenra will fndn 1'rcm sorrow's eye,
Affection's pmtgs be lulled to sleep,
A..-I ? ? - -
JIUUV1VII1V1U iurgi'1 ill icccp.
v.n.nr. i
My life is like the autumn's loaf.
That trembles in the iiiooh'h jmlc rny?
lis huhl is frail, it?? <lnlc is briof.
Host loss, nml noon topnss nwn.v.
Yctere (lint leaf shall fall nml fiule.
The parent tree shall mourn its shade;
The winds hcvrn.il the lentless tree,
Hut none r-hnll breathe a siiih for inc.
V ? I
i, ,\nv.
^ 'Alio treo may mourn its fallen leaf.
And nutunm -winds bewail lis bloom.
And frlmdft inny hciAvc a Hijili of griet'
O'er those wl>o#lccp within the tomb.
Y*t enoii will Hpring lenow the flowers,
And time will bring more mailing hours;
lu friendship's heart all grief will die,
Ami even love forget to xiyh.
wii.nn.
My life in like the prints which feet
Mavelelt on Tempo's deport slraml?
Soon as tlie tTsing tido shall heat,
All trace will vanish from the en ltd.
Yet. as if lrripvinrr to nflrann
All ypstige of the human nice,
On Hint lone shore, loml mosuis the fen,
Hut none, tilfts! shall motn u lor me.
r.M?v.
The sen ninv on the desert shore
Lament enoli trneo it lionvn nvrny ;
Tho lotielv tleiirt its grief innv pour
' O'er cherished friendship's <ni<t decoy.
Vet when nil'truck is lost and jiojie.
The wave's dance hrli/lit ntiil t'jiilv mm
Thus coon direction'* IioikIs ftvc torn,
And oven love forgets to mourn.
y???? win i.i i i !>! ii?i.hiii.ii inm?wwmmiihiium
MI&OTkLAWV.
The State Survey.
From the ({rdouvillo Patriot wo copy I
tlio following letter of Mr. Licbcr's, which
rel.ltr?fl !n mil' flisfrii'f.. fiiwul-iiiimf
-- ?' nls,
he s?.iy?:
llefore making any allusion to the useful
minerals, permit ino linstilv to present
the geueval succession of rock strata in
these upper Districts, ami to illustrate tlioir
portion by example*. Commencing with j
the uppermost, we have
1. I Hue Limestone, occurring in York
and Snnrtanburor.
2. ftncoluniiU\ or clnHtie wmd-stonc,
embracing also a lower limestone bed, in
Spartanburg, York, Union and Pickens.
5k Clay Slate. 'A narrow bed of tbisunderlieK
tlio former in York, (.'lay slate also
occurs abundantly in Chesterfield, and extends
thonce onwards to llickland.
4. Talcose Slato, the real gold country
ot out*part ot the world, in York, Lancaster,
Kershaw, and again in Edgefield iind
Abbeville.
f>. Mica Slate, eoinmon in York, Spartanburg,
(Ireenville and Pickens.
0. Hornblende Slate. A thin stratum
of this intervenes between the gneiss and
mica slate of Greenville and Pickens.
7. (luciss in Chester, Union, Lancaster,
? Spartanburg, Greenville,- Pickens, &c.
JJesides these, eruptive rocks are abun:
i *:..i-i'..?i i? >
uoiiv duiiiu i'lstnu^, miiv it ivuuiu carry
( us too far to notico them clonely nt present.
Pickens is peculiarly devoid of tlicin.
Of the rocks above alluded to, I'ickens
| exhibits only tho gneiss, hornblende schist,
micti slato and the itucoluimta, or, more
properly *pcjiking,'ft portion of the jtaeylusnite
scried (embracing a talcosc stratum,
n limestone lied and the cnveloninrr wind.
*tono.) TlTo rest aro omitted.
Of the rocks, tho limestone is of course
? capable of attracting the utmost attention.
Too Pickens limestone iw identical with Clio
lower limestone bed in .Spartanburg?the
one whioli is there, known as the marble
bed, and which has been slightly worked
at tlio Ottorson Quarry and near Limestone
- ^Springs, not furnishing as good lime as that
derived from the upper bed, opened in the
immediate vicinftv. inn fiimm* lmu I
:.y J ~J\ ,M"' "
much neglected of Into, although somo attempts
havo been made to employ it as n
building material. A block was sent on to
the Washington National Monument os a
representative of South Carolina.
In Pickon* thin bed in considerably purer
than in ^jwirtnnburg, a matter of great important
in the absence of tho othor bod.
ntnit mo mna pnmuccu irom tt will D? Konie- ,
what tinged with yellow, owing to thfe }>reaonoo
of n few eryaUlf# of iron pyritc^r At
one point I found this limestone of a puro
white. The Identity nllmlnd to i? nt the
ilorso Sl'.ic fiend of tho HI no Ridge llnil%
foiui. Aft Another IfKJ-Hty, where the vock ;
' ocenre in groat nbundnnee, (on the waters I
(if fthnniM S \Ii' Muvu/iiil o...l
, ? ? ? r?n?nu?? IIIIU r??IW^ VIIRII
flontUnncn inrc preparing K> furnish Hrne fov
the mnmw.ry on the roilretul. Other out--1
(>rops ot' tlui rock are traeonblo clown jftrattfr^o\yu
Cum K', from whonee tho rock enter*
Georgia, whore it in alxo vforVtccl. J'or ftgrictiit
ii imI ^urpOHQft this limo.stoiii' will lie lit'
f;reat benefit, ;?.s the titular deficiency of
imc in the noils of Pickens and Northern
i/reenvOty fo V>op <?f '^cfr tnoit pceu'.iar
* . c
characteristics. A small proportion of lhno
is infused whore the hornblcndo schists appear,
hut bo raro is their occurrence, or,
rather, so insignificant is their hulk, that
their supply of this fertilizer is very inconsiderable.
The value of tho limestone is
thus greatly heightened. '
Tho itocolumite, by whoso boils tho limestone
stratum is enveloped, is itself the veal
mother rock of the diamond in every country
where this precious mineral occurs, anil
indeed, in Georgia ami North Carolina, it
has already boon discovered in connection
with this very belt, As yet none have
been found in our State, but so small a body
,IU .. ..nlnnVlA Ji a.,.1 -
.... .. .........,JV> viixuiuuu Villi v?Uil|JU uetection
so easily thut the absence of an nc-'
tunl discovery is no proof whatever of tlio
absence of the mineral. it was long after
ilie probability of tlio existence, of tlio diamond
in the Ural had been pointed out by
Humboldt and others, that a diamond was
actually found. Since then the production
.1 !*._ l.~.- - I
liivjiv.: nun ucvo rv"iuur.
After alluding to sonic fine (nap?tone occurrences,
one of which is within a few
khIoh of Tort 11iil, while r.nothcr in seen s?n
.Mr. Parson's plnco, near Sifluhrity P. <).,
! would call your attention to the presenc e j
of frhpnr in workable quantities on the
fiirin of Mr. Kuban Mauldiu, near Pickensville.
Felspar is n mineral employed in the
! manufacture of porcelain, and at the establishment
at Kaolin, in Edgefield, the comI
1 I'll i-l r ' i
[luny luivu iiuiiurto uucn lorccu to procure
their supply from New Kn^lnud. On n
visit to tlioir works last winter my attention
had been urged to the careful search
fov extensive oceuv?euces of.tbis mineral,
and it wj.s therefore with great pleasure that
I was enabled to acquaint them with this
discovery.
\t flu* lnnol!*?? * .? - ^ 1...1
J ? \j i<>\ 41111^ III HUl .-llUIl, M'illCIl IIUll
been made for gold?a little blue qi.aftz
occurring with the felspar. Xo gold was
found, and the felspar had been thrown
aside,as "worthless rock." In the pit opened
it. occupies almost the entire space of n
vein five feet in diameter, and some of the
single crystals are upwards of a foot in
length. At the next agricultural fair samples
of this very useful mineral substance
will be exhibited. The supply appears to
be almost exhaustless, for uumcrous other
unexplored voins show themselves on this
and tlie adjoining lands.
In reference to valuable or useful metals,
Pickens is not as well supplied ns we might
nt first sight anticipate. 'Flic most conspicuous
mineral or metallic belt of our
State crosses it farther down the country,
entering from the rich mining regions of
Charlotte, Concord and Unjon, in North
Carolina, and extending thchee across the
State to Kdgefiold and Abbeville, being,
however, interrupted by tl" denuding in
liucnces 01 tnc f^niuilA ana its tributaries.
Nevertheless, tliero are some important occurrences
tf useful metals in Pickens District.
Cold is extremely often met with in
branch deposits, though no very productive
auriferous veins occur. Some of these deposits
have been worked a long time since,
as at the "Koowec place," and at Mr. Haveners,
for instance. Only one of such gravel
beds is now operated upon. This is situated
ill (MiPolirr* VnllAV nnrl n Air TiTiilif.
mnnn is employing n considerable force at
this spot. While working his deposit he
is also actively engaged in exploring some
veins close adjoining, containing argcntif~
crovsr/alenn. Tho quality of those veins
is exceedingly promising, and although tho
! size is too small to prove remunerative nt
tflio depth hitherto attained, T would remind
you that this, liko excessive youth, is a fault
which is likely to diminish d.iily. [Besides,
to furnish you with a practical instanco of
such improvement in our Stnto, I would
direct your uV itioii to tho Mary Copper
Mine, in York, where at the surfaco the
vein never exceeded afoot, and :.t a depth
of thirty-five or forty feet had increased to
roujr^r live toet in Tricltii. Other instances
of a similar nature you will (ind in my last
report.
Those veins belong to a type which contains
gold shdvc; copper befoi*, *w??1 wime.
times lead between. Here Tho nnriferous
portion has been removed by aqueous action,
and has furnished the gold of the dc'i
i,? t..w, 1
U..V wir. .Vijj.w.. muomui jn, WUI j
reoohcd.
Every on? interested in tlic development
of our mineral resources will join mo in
cordinlly wishing success to these mining
explorations, nnd to all similar ones in tlic
State.
I. hnvo not mentioned nhovo ft rich hut
vorv little cold vein on Mr. Lav's nlaco 111
ChcoUeo, which might be rendered somewhat
productive for ft tinio, in reference to j
gold, nnd will afterwards probably lend to
copper, and previously, possibly, to lead. |
Homn fthinll deposits might also bo prolitfihlv
vrnrkn/l fur ? !
-'~-j tVwV?*vm ?v> ic v/?hmvu |icnw\a, j^?4i*i'i
deposits being w> !p?6 finite, Sucli shriferous
bods nro found on Mr. "Parson's place,
near Salubrity, tmd at Mr. I<ay'H, in C'hoohee,
and along numerous watercourses else*
where in the District. But I will not detain
you with othor cnuinenrtions, as I fear
I have already trespassed too far upon your
and the reader's attention.
Vcrv rofneetfullv.
OsiCAK M. lilKnKft,
? Htute OcologJst.
As TnI mi Apv kutisf. u Kxt.?Lost, on Saturday
lost."but tlio turners d<>o* not know
wlioro, nn ompt.v snck vvilh u chcwo In it.?
On tho pftck tno lotier* arc market),
Lut are ?o cpmplotok' worn out ns (y i.-o leg!W.
- W*
Conespondonco nf the Spartanburg Spartan.
The Blue Ridge RailroadTvsnkij
llir.L, Aug. 1-, 1858.
Messrs. Editors*: A visit to tliis phit'C
nntl iin examination of what is called tho
Stump House Tunnel, on the once unpopular
llllio llilll'n ll'lilliioil H'iH
.... . *???.. V?UV* | ?1 ill OH I IPi) IHIJ
liK111, as it 1ms me, not only of tlio practicability
of this work l>tit of the speedy completion
of tlie entire road. This Tunnel
lias hitherto been the great obstacle the
, fiietidft of this noble enterprise have bod to
overcome. Those who at. first opposed the
j policy of giving State aid to this road were
no uoubt conscientious in tlio belief that
this ancl similar difficulties would so increase
the cost nnd time of completing the
road that the profits, when finished, woiild
not he commensurate with (he expenses incurred.
All doubts as to the completion
of this tunnel nre at an end. Three years
ago there was scarcely a beginning; indeed ;
it might he said tlie work was not properly j
hegun until the fall of l!>o<>, not ?juito two j
! years ago. Fiuce which tiir.c about 2,000 i
| feet lmvo been completed, leaving .'>,800 i
' yet to do. Shoving that in less than two i
i years, more than one-third of this niammoth
tunnel has been excavated, and that, too,
with only two of the shafts down to grade.
The other two shaft*, however, will soon
be down to grade, and then the work can
be tarried cn with just double the speed !
they arc now making, which is about 1G0 |
icuv u iiiumi u.
My cuviuS'fy prompted me to pro into tbe
tunnel and down n stmft, both bccansc 1
wanted to see what I never had seen, and !
beeausc I would tlicii know for myself that j
the work was progressing. Condneled by
?1.n. 1..' ??- '
wn\ yji tnv; iii?c111y v'tui; r?inuro9 am r.
Hitchcock, I nent some "?.*>0 foot in tho ,
west end, and down one of the shafts about I
280 feet. It is so dark in those artificial 1
enverns that you can't seen lamp 40 foot. |
Tho entrance from tho east is nut as dark ;
as from tho west, owing to the fact that they
have paused one shaft, which qives a little
1 i<?*1?f._ nnd ilimi in *a ?l?io
linvc two blacksmith shops, or rather furn'accb,
in tlio onst end. 1 was conducted in
the cast end by the accomplished and polite
resident engineer, 3lr. St. John, who informed
tnc that there was about 1,'JUO feet
finished at this end. The work so far has
been through solid rock, not exactly granite,
but a coinphet gueiss formation, in many
places resembling cranite, and of such
a texture as to render the tnnnel. wlirn (in
ishcd, being 10 feet high by 1 i wide, ns
permanent ns tlic everlasting mountain
aboVe it, and never can give way. Vet
notwithstanding it is hard rock, tho faithful
and enterprising contractors, Messrs.
llumbird and Hitchcock, have proven that
the worjv can and will be completed-in loss
than three years more, by which time, 1
was informed by the able and distinguished
ehief engineer, Col. (iwinn, all tho other
?.? i -
JlVt??? UHU^V UI4I.->UIII \ HUM ^lilUlli^
between that and Anderson will be fini.died
which is in point of time anil expense considerably
more than half the entire road.
The completion of this road will be the
dawn of a new era in South Carolina.?
Not only her fertile valleys and rich mines
in the mountain districts will pour their
treasures into our coffers, but n channel of
commerce will be opened with the wide
world west of the Blue Ridge, whose valleys
can furnish provisions for the world.
Whatever may be the cost of building this
road, it ought by all moans to be met with
that 8omo patriotism and liberality which
have characterized our winter States. And i
when wO consider the distance hy railroad I
to the city of Charleston and tho otVr 1
..:n??.. ? e I
u/iiun uuu i ilKiUVi) m UMI i UUI*J ill U 11UIII
Cincinnati, Louisville and Knox villc, which
arc the great provision depots of the west,
and then sec the advantage Charleston will
have qver any other Southern Atlantic seaport,
f venture to say there is not a man
who l'jvcs his State and delights to honor
her, and advance her prosperity, that would
not rejo'cc to see the road completed. By
thcBIuoKidgcIlailroadCharleston will be.SO
| nines nearer man i>au.morc is totJincinnati,
j 77 miles nearer to Louisville, and ?J-iO
| nearer to Knoxville, and 113 miles nearer
| than Savannah to Cincinnati, 47 mile.* nearer
to Louisville, and 10?5 miles nearer to
Knoxville. With all these facts staring
us in the face, and our ruiglihors opening
communications with the west all around
us, it is a mutter of astonishment that We
have not long ago been aroused to a sense
' !i!. i v.i..
ui our jiuhhiwi unit uuiy 111 mu inaiinr,
more especially if wo ex fiect or desire to
keep pace with tho growth nnd prosperity
of our sifter State*. It has been said that
tho liluo. Riugo road will be of no service
to Spartanburg and the other districts on
tho east and north fiidoof the State, If
placing Sjnrtauburgh villngo 1.000 jnilctt
neflror by railroad to Cincinnati nnd over
300 nearer to Knoxville tlun /bI.O i$ nt
present, is no pdvantairo to us, then the
usufl mugo roan -.vui (?n us no goou. i\ow,
during yeury of scarcity of proyiajopfc, we
gel our bacon from Cincinnati, a distance
of ovor 1,f?00 uijlowj wliorcM ny tho Blue
liidgo rond wo will get it in less than 000
mile* by way of Alston. Tho same might
be suid of corn nud flour. I know thoro
are somo who soy this would bo no benefit
to u?, bec.iino it would bring tho western
OVlil *trl?/>n I 1 I
v?M ii ??!mt itiiuiv in CUiii|lt'bmuU >VUII
our fanner*, nnd rcducc tho prioo of our
gnitn. JJiit as well might it bo aaid that
a good orop your iftnu injury to tho, country
becausc it ebmpena the prico of provisions
?-whioh is an absurdity too apparent to
'need refutation. It ib a ^oll kno'irn fact
4
ill political economy, that whatever tends
to lessen (he ]>iicc of provisions is a benelit
to the country, and of course a blessing
to the people. Sl'AIlTANlU'lUi.
The Africans in CharlestonThe
following i? u description of the brig
and <'nr<yo, taken from the Mercury :
" llcing curious to sco the cargo and arrangement.*
of the Echo, up obtained <* permit
lVom Dr. AV. C. llavonei, the Port Pliysicinn,
ami with nuo or two others accompanied
J'iont Bradford in a Hinallhoat from tho
whaij'. Upon clambering up the side of the
brig a Ftvango and Rtartling Bight pi osented
itself: a deik covered with nutivo Africans
iu ii state of complete nudity, with rare in
iunccs of u narrow strip of nig mi ineli wide
around their waist. These people were seated
lor the most part witli tlieir logs stretched
out l*s\t or drawn up in front, or doubled
up; Homo squatted on their feet and hands.
A few were standing about and a few laving
down. None were tied or fastened in any
way. Tho majority were very young, appa- j
rently from ei^lrt to sixteen years of age. some j
younger and sonic older; scarcely one, how- i
ever, over twentv-five. iSome of them wove |
able-hodied, j;ood sized and in go'cid ease ; but |
the greater part were half grown childicn
only, weak and worn. Many weie much I
emaciated. and showed plainly the etTootu of
their long ami crowded passage in a cmfined '
ship. ,\ low wen.' evidently ill and soon to (
<lio. All wore pure black in color except tho I
dropsical, whoso skins wore tawny from (lis- j
ease. Their hair is very short ami crisp.?
Those who were well appeared curious and
pleased, some of them ogling and gigg ing
ami chattering, and tho others smoking tobacco
out of short clay pines, with ertno stems
just as our own negroes do. Those that were
thin and sick looked dull and brutish, lint
there was nothing wild or ferocious in their
aspect. They looked amiable and docile, and
readily obeyed tho commands of the person
who had charge of them. They are groat
tt.1 i - - r .
>><!iivi, hum ii|>|iru|inti(n Avimtover
tlioy can on overv occasion. There wore two
hundred and twenty-nix males ami (it) females,
who wero kojit sepernte on the dock and in
the holds. The men and boys wero koi>t on
tho forward dook and in the forward nold,
which latter is 55 'feet long. l'J foot wido in
the broadest part, and narrow at tlio lieftd,
and 44 inches high the floor being formed of
loose hoards, movable at jdonsure. The hold
for the women anil girls is behind this. It is
ii.?io i- i? > * ?
*- i..v iiv i? M'i't MMig mid i;/ with?, i
I'tuler this temporary ilnoringis stored tlio
provisions, consisting of rice, peas, and tlio
water to drink. Tholr food is boiled like
"hoppinjohn," put in luickpts twice ji day, at
10 And 4 o'clock, anil placed in tho midst of
circles of 8 or 10 each, and well guarded to
prevent the strong negroes from taking more
than tlieir share, although all are liberally
allowed. A pint ol' water is given to each,
i ** . r At i
^ ...i.i v> L iniiji. mii.H i-i mem sicoj)
on dock, l>cingc placed in close onlor, sp'r.on
fashion, on tlioi: hides, nnd not permitted to
turn or move (hiring the night. At.dnyli lit
they are dashed with buckets of wuter to
wash them oft'. They pine; songs, clapping
their Immls and roeking.their bodies in time,
and these songs have a resemblance to some
of our negro spirituals. Several of the negro
follows exercise authority very much after
the manner of our drivers, with airs of
iiuiuuiiK uiKi i iiininiiiiB gesi if" isiii'in it in i
griuinneCR. Others woip cooking the "big
pot" like good fellows, with old brooches on.
too, obtained from the sailors. The captain
of the hold understands their lingo, ami .-ays
they are very pvei>o to going hack to Africa,
as tho United States' law requires. Our
const resembles that they come from, ami tho
"roup of nines opposite the city on the south,
looks to tliem like coconut trees of their native
Africa.
Yesterday, under the dircetioh of the U. 8.
civil officers, tho negroes, 'W' number,
were taken by the steamer (.Sen, Clinch and
conveyed toCasllo P'mckney, in our harbor,
whero they will bo guarded by a detachment
from the gnrri?on at .VVyt MonHvie.
TT - - ' **" * "
iikkk IS TIIK C5T0FF TO THINK OF.?
" lie number of languages spoken is 5501)4.
'J'lie number of men is about equal to the
number of women. The average of human
life is !m> years. One quarter die before
the age of 7. One half before the age of
17. To every 1,000 person*, one only
vnnr'lioo 1 Aft t'Artvo 'l'/\ I 4111 i\
.^.?.vuvn aw rwi,7. J.U C*\i:i y 1 W, Olliy 3?
rcech (if) years ; and more than one in i)00
reaches the a<*e of 80 years. There arc on
earth 1,000,000,000 of inhabitant*!. Of
these, 8:1,388,338 die every year; 7T?S0
every hour, and 00 every minute?or 1 for
every second. J'licfso losses are about balanced
by an equal number of births. The
married are longer liveil than the single,
and above all those who observe a sober and
industrious conduct. Tall mon live longer
than short ones. Women have more chance
of life previous to the ape of 50 years than
men, butfewer nftor. The number of marriages
is in proportion of 7"> to 100. Marriages
arc more frequent aftei' tho equinoxes?that
is during the months of .June and
December. Those born in spring nre gen
ernlly moro robust than other*. Births and
deaths are more frequent bv night, tlu?u bj
J O'l.. 1 ' V < 1 ?
?mj. j ii * iiiuurr ui men capaojo 01 OOnringnrms
(s calculated nt one-fourth of the
population.
? ?
IlAUMT/*sb AN'DKtntE ( Vuk i*on Waiits.
?Take two or throe cents' worth of Hal ammoniac,
dissolve it iii a ?<ill of soft water, and
wet the warts frequently with this solution,
when,they will disappear in the eour.se of'
a week or two. 1 have frequently tried
this euro for wnrts, nnd it has never failed. I
i e ii.? I
JII iviuriMiuu IU iIIU HIJUV", nit! pcicnnno
Aniovicnn?govd authority on Mich subjects?rcmnvk*
: Wo nre inclined to believe
in the efTiency of our correspondent's euro
for common warts, bedrnwo wc know tlmt
nlkulinc solution soften* thoin, and irriuln?n..
, ...? :? ??'' i
wiry uiiw mum tivvtiY, <"? " WKre, y\ C nave
removed rquio of tliojo unpleasant nfcin ex-j
cfcscdiicea with n weak solution o* potash
applied in-the?ft?ifl ttinnnerafc thr> Ad! aniin6?iac..
Letter from Col. Davis.
In response to a letter from Mnjj .Jamen
Roach, ?>f Vioksburjr, directing his fHtcntioti
to what lie h;i? been reported to have
said on board the Htenmer Joseph Whitney,
on Independence Day, lion. Jefferson l)n,.;u
),.,o ?1.~ f.'.n i > >
. ... ...... hihivii niv: njiniwin^ it'piy, WllU'll
is published in the Miasipijippiuii of tlic
17th iust:
I'mttfiann, Mr., Aug. 3,1858.
Ma,i. Jas. HoacIi?Dear Sir : 1 have
just received your letter, and notice your
comments in relation to whr.t T am re]>ortcd
to lmvo said in some remarks addressed to
tho passengers on board the steamer Joseph
WllitnilV wIllMl llwv *1* ?
.. ....... . , M ..V> V..V I II*. IV, WllllllUlliyiiil'INJt |
the anniversary of our .National Indepeu- |
deuce. It if? not true that I said there or !
elsewhere that the Union never could be
dissolved.* I have no such happy assurance
and could only derive it from a conviction
that fraternity and respect for the Constitution
would always he supreme over fanaticism
and sectionalism.
Tlll-rrt WJ1? im rniifirfr nf fl./i e 1
- 1- ' i11' t,w :
notes were taken. I was called upon t?t j
write out my remarks, but declined, as nei- '
ther my health nor existing circumstances [
would permit me to make the attempt. A !
sketch inado from memory, by one of the j
passengers, was published in the Hoston
Post. Any intelligent reader will .<-ee that j
it is quite meagre, and that the division by 1
paragraph is misplaced. The clause?"and |
this great country will continue united," ]
belongs to what it went before, viz : "That j
though we should have domestic nunrrols 1
on our hands, t !io foreign power who should
count upon our divisions as rcudering us
unablo to resist nggression, would bo disappointed,
as shown in the position of the
people in relation to recent outrages in the
Gulf of Mexico.
What follows suggests to my mind when |
1 read it, a new train of thougnt, such as >
was presented in tho resolution of the j
i\ " 1
. inv; ju^iho J/CIUUiriltlU V OllYCUllOU 01
IHol, when wo announced separation
from tlie I'nion sis a right to which
we would only recur when it became the i
last resort, and the only remedy for evils
which could not bo borne.
Politicians who disregard or cannot see
the benefits of our Constitutional I'nion,
and who for some minor grievance of their
own, or from a fanatical spirit and arrogant
Assumption to pluck the mote from their
ava 1* 1 -
v?vv>tw* o \ jv, clllllVUIIt'U tutu ro'iuiill'KM \o j
dissolve tho Union, do, in my opinion, trifle
with a grave subject, and deserve rebuke
from every reflecting citizen of the United
States.
Id ore than this, I am sure, Iv could not |
have said, and such I think is a fair interpretation
of the brief sketch given of my
remarks, which certainly were not designed
to imply a disavowal of the doctrines which
1 have always entertained touching States
Hiji'ius ana state remedies tor intolerable
grievance; nor to east reflections upon the
political friends with whom it lias ever been
my pride to co-operate.
Very truly your friend,
Jkki-'kkso.v Davis.
The Duel between Mcairs- Calhoun and
Brevocrt.
We venture to publish the following extract
from n letter recently received, dated j
T* _ * * * ' * - - *
im is, .AUgU6t otn, ana written to a friend
in this city. The writer is, of course, well
known in Columbia, mid tho names mentioned
in the letter are too familliarly known
over the Ptatc, sofcfinlly and ot.hoVwise, f">'
us to he charged with indelicacy in giving
them in full :
" The statements in the American papers
in relation to the duel between llanf'i.Hi/.tin
,, - i? *
, X I.IHWUK ci11vi yuiiuu WCTU HO
vague and unsatisfactory, tlmt, I have been j
induced, since mv arrival in Paris, to make j
some particular inquiries concerning the \
whole affair. To my entire satisfaction, I
have found that the conduct of our young
countryman throughout was up to every
requisite of his friends and the State-?brave
honorable and judicious. Mr. Alan Izard,
Mr Robert Pringlo and Judge Mason,
ape-jut in me mjniost icrms or laWiomi's
conduct and bearing. 1 have also ppokfcli
with Col. Purports, Olov. Aikch and others,
whoHCtiin greatly gratified, that in a caso of
extreme delicacy, and difficulty, 3Ir. Calhoun
has home himself with the manliness
becoming his name and Stale, and the disereti
>n demanded by his position. The
immediate ease was this : fur harsh words
wnnl'nn Uinn'AAvf efiui/i)' i I1 II 1
1WMPWUI IX ViMHUUII. \ 1!JilUUII
challenged. JJvcyoort fired after time.?
Calhoun's second, of course, instantly and
poremptotily declined further proceedings.
Subsequently, however, the seconds choso
to submit the matter to a board of honor.
This board decreed that fi Mr. llrcvoort
fired after the expiration of the ,ii.no agreed
on, and, thereforo, the duel wug properly
stopped."
" The force ami effoot of tncli a dceroe
c.iiti. 1 ?m
.o ??? IJ ?.n,v..HV"U ill UII1 I?l l-l I llllt*. I 111: |
second who >voulu permit another mooting
tinder thc?o. circunistunecK, would, with us,
be deemed iiptirticep* crim in is to an anHaxKinatiou,
&o. <Sre.''
Ypi;n<i Mkv.-?A young man enfeving
into life without''tivo support and ?;uidanoo
of religion, is like a vessel with H? f>ailn
spread open to every broeae, committing it
self to ooeiin without chuvt. rudder, or pilot,
tossed to ami fro ifi the diirl<n?,ss of
midnight; oonflieting with viojont storing
and ready to ho dashed on the rockf, or
siwaJlowi (I up iu the r?l>y;fc.-J-ZVi Wilt. 1
Gambling on the Mississippi.
We sire told tlmt gambling preyiiJIs to a
fenv(\il extent on l>otml ttie ?toilmbonis tlmt
pass upnnd down the Mississippi Kivf>r.--?
All sorts of gmncH ir.o piftctiuoU tlune, and
nnion^ tho-e who travel are some oftlm must
linislK'ii aim i?iau.?u>io rogues; >\ *lmrt timn
since, n party of blueklogn induced nuvonil
returned ('iiliforninns to venture a few bun*
died dollars upon I lie chaneoft of the cards or1
the dice, and at the end of the game the Cal*
it'.nniiuia discovered that three counteif'cit
bill > , for S'.'it) each, bad heen missed off npoli
them. They immediately demanded ?<>0d
money in cxebanpo. This was refused tor ?v
time, as the blacklegs nrctomlod that they
bad none. T'.iey were tlien given to understand
that, unless they rectified tlio fraud
immediately, they would be forced to 1?ko
their chnnees for the nieht at the vcrv next
uninhabited island tlmttlie boat should roach
Finding tho alternative rather seriouti, thev
reluctantly made tlie exchange demanded,
and endeavored to conciliate I lie Californians
i>v inviting then) todrink. The same knaves,
u day or t wo before, contrived to win SljtKK'
from a very yonng mefchant of Louisiana,
who whs on his way North t?bitv jiOndrt.
(. ambling on the Mississmpi U a profession
which is followed by hundreds, old as well
us young. All sorts of combinations arc
formed by these gentry. They will coino on
beard a boat from different points, and as apparent
strangers, and after getting aeiptainied
with the various parties, two or three
will set down to a ginning table, with the ohject
of merelv killing time. (Iradually.however,
they w ill tempt the inexperienced, by
drink and excitement, and then proceed to
cheat and blunder them, ns i?onllv na if
were engaged in some creditab'lo employmcnt.
On one occasion, u noted counterfeiter
was discovered to bo on u boat, when bo
was immediately put ashore, and at n point
where the prejudice agninvt counterfeiters
was so groat that they often hung them up
without judge or jury. Li toon the Mississippi
is ehnraetcmcd by extraordinary hcones
and incidents.
I; is stated that on a recent occasion, a
clergymen was earnestly engaged in prenehing
to a considerable audience at one end oi'
tlie steamer. whil ' in tjie middle gambling
was in busy progress, and at the other end
of the saloon were music and dancing. .Many
of the bouts are fitted up in the most magnificent
style, and amount, in fact, to floating
palaces'. It often occurs that they uro
occupied bv 5,000 souls and upward. The
cost of if cabin passage from New Orleans to
St. Louis is about ?"20. That of a deck passago
is. < f course, much lower. All the lending
towns and cities are stopped at, and thus
constant changes take place in the inmates of"
me uoiit. in Homo cnscs, large profits arc
realized. Thus, a few weeks since, a stoamer
that sailed from Xcw Orleans to St. I/otiia
had a freight list that amounted to $4(1,000,
in addition to the receipts of the passoligor
money and the bars.
The quantity of wood that is consumed i>?
immense; it ranges uometimea ns high aw two
hundred cords a day. Tho scenes of "wooding,"
especially at night, are lull of excite
ment. It sometimes hnppens that newly
every nation on the face of tlie globe has its
representatives on board of one of theso
steamers. The travel up and down the river
amounts to tens of thousands nor annum,
while tho freight that passes inwnrd ami
outward mnv he o?timntrd in value at millions.
A friend from whom we gather these
facta informs us that a short time Mnco he
had occasion to travel from Aew Orleans to
>31. liuuif, mill II liny or l\VO ?Iier III! WHM oil
board the boat lio bccatnc ncqtmintcil with a
modest and unnnaMming vouyg gentleman,
whose manners were so mild and conversation
so intellectual, that he supposed he was
u young lawyer, a physician. or perhaps u
student ot'divinity. "('lie next day he dis|
covered that he was one ol' the most aeeoin1
plished gamblers of his age in the Western
country.? Chicuyo Joiirn<<!.
Com i'muent to Mil. Si'f.akru Orr.?We
Wiirn from tho South Carolina journals time
tiie noighbofr, ei<nstituenis, and political
friends of'.Mr. Speaker Orr, nstscin hied lit L'rajtonville,
in tlmt .State, oil tho 12(h iiist., to
tender to this distinguished gentleman tin?
deserved compliment of a public dinner, as
well from respect for hiH long and eminent
sen ires in Congress as in token of their es
H.-V.UI iut iimi personally. is appropnately
remarked by tlic Amlerson (S. C.) Gazette,
in cotimiemoruting thin festive gathering of
Mr. Orr's i'riomls and admirers, "it was meet
that those who have known him during his
infancy ami youth ; who had at the age of
twenty-five to Congress, should greet him in
a demonstration ot approval lit the place of
lii? birth?covered with long and faitlifnl >cr*
vices, and adorned with the rohtis of speaker
| of the 'i'hivty.fifth Congress."
As line no loss to tlu>. n(n?!al nn?!i!.\..
?t'Mr. Orr than to tlio.nbiliiy and dignity lie
11tvh displayed in tlib dlacliarge of fts rosimri-*
sible dtttioH, as, wo nirty add, of those w iilch
pertain to every public station ho lins Leon
called to occupy, wo to-day And room foe tin/
] insertion of so tmtch of the ndih ess delivered
j by hint 611 the oc casion above designated as
will nerve to indicate the views of the spea ker
011 the various topics (f our currcnt politics
which it bcrnmc his province to pass in
review. These views, while naturallv ttikim?
somewhat of tlicir color from tlic j><Vliticni
con timont s ciVfcVIairfoil by Mr. Orr, will h?
found pcrvndod by a breadth of conception
and iv soundness of judgment which du honor
to hia intolligeiuo und candor u? an Amorjcan
xtatctMiuin, called to discuss question?) <d"
lijab political concern in tho lis jit not only
of temporary expediency, but of nublic right
and natural jusmc.Wy<ifioti(tl itt/dliiji vrrr.
?- - -
ItllUMKOK IjKVT AT llo.MK.?lion. Jo?*
huu H. UiddingB, oftor twenty yemx' uninterrupted
find competitive wrvice in tlio
House of HcprcKcnt-wtivcH, lifln at Inst been
dropped by his republican constituents.?*
The ^otygroph Apprised us a few dnys i>p??
tlint the old veteran to be left lit liotno
mill Mr. Iliiti'liiiwm ???
- - !? ; '
his stcnil. The retirement of Mr. O'uldinjrs
from-the political stnge, nnd rmppmrnnco
of Mr. Corwin upon it, rtr?vovy si<rmfieimt
political events, when taken together. The
power ot' tho old abolition ir thoroughly
brokoQ '.u Qlcio.