Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, November 26, 1859, Image 1
"utmiiiifeHtMNNn.
"TO THINK OWN SKLF DK TUCK, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THK NIOHT TlJfi ()\V. TIlOO CAN'ST NOT THK.V 1JK FALBK TO ANY MAN."
. ' BY KOR'T. A. THOMPSON". PICKENS COURT ttOUSE, S. C. .SATURDAY, NOVEMBER' 20, 1850. VOL. XI. NO. 18.
W ^Ki'KOT^/O IPOEYlKlY. 1
"the Mountains of Life. J
*Fliere's a luiid far away, 'mid (lie stars wc arc
told.
Wlierothey know not the ?ori'ow.<< of time? )
fAYhcive I lie pure waters wunder through vulJoyH
of gold. .
And life i*n treasure sublime;
vH?e In mi of our God, Mii'tlio homo of our
AV\ierc t lie agM In splendor eternally roll?
"Where tlio way-wearv traveler readies his goal, |
On the eVeVgrtsen Mountains of Life.
!Qur ga/.c cannot soar to that bountiful laud,
l?u? eur visions have tufa of its bliss, I .
JVudour souls by tlio gales from its gardens arc .
Wlicn wo Faint in i nc gardens of this,
.And we sometimes have longdd for its holy reWbeh
our spirits were torn with temptations
and woes, j
Jund we've drunk from the tideof the river that
From Ik* evergreen Mountains of Life.
Oli! tlic stars never tread the bluo heavens at (
l?ut\ve <hmk vrhr.rc tbo ransomed have (rod. | '
A*i ih<: day never smiles from his palace of 1
1Vi< we fe<:T <he bright smiles of our Cod.
Wt: are traveling homeward through changes
and gloom.
io n kingdom where pleasure uiiccasiiiigly 1 1
' loom, ^
An<1 gni?le is the glory tluU sliincs tluqugli 1
flic inni1>,
l'nun.flio ovorgrecri Mountains of Life.
An Abolition Agent in Memphis.
A Dv.'W. it. Palmer lms boon arrested
ntid lfeW to bail for trial, on the strength
, f ?i.? fill....:? ? '
iiiu iiriiuivin^ iiuuiiiiiuiiiH rcccivca l)v
(iov. Wise, of Virginia, nud transmitted
to (Iov. Harris, of Tcijhcsseo. Tho pretss
of Memphis state thilt exeif jntent exists
there in cJoiiseqUcneo of those eircunistantinl
disclosures, which, nsfar as o'vidoncc of
iiuuiatei'ial circumstances goes, are correct.
A Tit A VKI.Kh's I.KTTKII.
Nkw Vouk, Oct. 22d. 1850.
TVnr sir : "While in tho cars tu-(lay on. a
passatro from Philadelphia ^o New York, n 1
younjr man who Occupied tlie seat first in
front of me, got up to go out at one of the
way stations, flu had an overcoat on his
nrm; 1 thought I saw something fall from
the side pocket of his overcoat as he started.
(Tin looking oyer into the seat I discovered
he had dropped two letters and a
memorandum. I took thejn up, hut too
Into to ?rivc thent to hiiu, ns the cars had
started n-rnin. I discovered h sen led letter
toCnpt! .) . Brown, JInrpor's Feiry, and
huvlnjr mv curiosity excited on ticfcbuiit of
the ooineidetu'e of the address with that of
Hrftxvh the insurrectionist, T was led to road
the other letter addressed to "Win. Iloriier,
which had been bpencd when I found it ;
I was Satisfied from rending this Ifcitei;, that
the sealed let jr was for TSrowu, the Harper's
Wej'fy insm'rectionist, yo'u now have
under arrest. Ah f rtitfcpect the contents
<>t tnnt lot i<yr to bo of mi irtcetulhirv cliiirncter.
1 hnve conehldcd to solid tliciu to
you for disposal, f therefore sc\id thciu juyt
im I found them inclosed in the uniuc envelope,
with this note. If theye be ineon^diaiisni
itt'flw letter to UroWn, iliay be
of service'to y<>n; and if nt)t, Captain
I frown cannot Ire iujurCd by feeeivlujr it at
your hnnds. In this matter, \ fCel that 1
net only si? a ?jo/?d citir.cn! and a lovei' o'f
thtf l*nion. I hope y?M will not feel offended
ift il\y AondiWg this pa tin anonymous
note. T do so simply bcenusb t do
not wish iny'nome in any manner councdted
with Whmrt or Harper's ^'orry.
Yours respectfully.
' '* X'TRAVEf.TiKh.
To Him. 11. A. "AVisd.
IJpoti teceitlng the nbovc lc(tc|r, nnd oxihniiiinp;
the contents of tlio oth<ir.4,; * ( Jot.
Who tlttem&Mh'cirt'bf fenfliciont important ,
to send to Oov. Hnrrii,' which won dohc iii
the followiilg fetter:
J.rtTKii tuoii tiifi atn-nk-camp ok ciovi
WI8K. , i
1*#X KfiUTlVK DKMIUTSIENT, ")
Itiohnlond, > OctobcV 23, lHf>9. f
To hid Kxoellemsy, tho Gov. of Tennessee: (
ttitf: I rt\U instructed by the (Jovcrtmr of
this Commonwealth to eftulofto t6 ymi copies
of letters nnd pnpftrs rccqi.vcd by hiift.
fYoiu an nnonyu|ou? writer, who signs himfldt
"A Traveller." Although thev
rcftchcd hLl *roni ail irrcapontnblo aourec, ,
fie JfcSet* it to b'j Vb duty to inform you of ,
/.hajr cah^u(x H^^you mn'j judgo for your*0ifr<ef.tli?ir
i?iporUJ>cc in tbo prcwnt ox(tiitatf
stMe q\ i\\a j. jMn' mind/
?? Wy wwefitfnllv, j
W>r. MrNvoitn, ,
""Aii-<fe-'(?aT)ijp' juxl Military ^ccrotafy. ,
Gov. HnrHs Vut^fAK^/lXH??<tnda fbo dye- ,
umenW tlmg /.cwjpi'yAfi, mid very pro^eflv ,
i-OiJiflldcr^d thnt if the ^rave ehargen whu1'*) <
'Huit^Jier'n Iettor convoyed o^uiu.^t l'nlmor '
wore true, or JiJid, a ?eu)bbu?co of truth, j
tlic n^jdtiQofe' of tenth r black-hearted nihi- ?
creunt in tbo midst of jqii jijisuftpcotinf; ,
community Hhoyld.bc- known,fon- {
npirator jjrou^it to jvwtico. (f^jthat ond* ,
the Governor dufljiateUed to thk oUy thd ; t
Hon. .Twhu ^l,;rtyrch, a gentleman ofj {
i n(oKr>f> *,Ut' sagacity, htyt who w?a hot11
geiMMritlly known in ?nr city., ' Ai'rfvodj'f
<>? * nulftt irrtjf. JiKjulrcB for J>*. W. !|
JtiiM&ll Prt'inor j/ofo i?>Ktftntcd, irfd duit |
individual dificovoml at t)ii> Ut'dfurd House, [
^I^MI^OUA^DUM., Mvf' I
'JMuj mftinorarjdum road L>y> the prosocH- t
tjon i* oii a picio'of'jiawjnfmAkI and wfU- t
ton on four pngM, ah follows: j,
* ijif pntj?- y?w Ofluaijs ^rpt. J8th.
jiid passage to Cincinnati, SI 2. (Jot from
P. Jfbarp on the boat 910. Mv, Maxwell
ijuvo mc ss.
H. V. Oct. 1 T>111.
M. 0., Oct. 25th.
Pages opposite above.
W., 4.o0.
S. 2.850.
V. H.; 116.
"Win. llalsey, Paris.
Tennessee.
fld and -I tli pages.
MKMOIt SNbr.M OK KXI'KNNKS.
Overcoat 80.50. Hoots 8 1.50. 2 pair
!fiiiit?8JJ.75?782.50. Suspenders50 cents,
^ocks, 4 pair, SI,. Segnt\s 50 cents. Paid
A. & Co. expenses, S -1. Haircut 25 cents.
Jno. Matthews, New Orleans.
C. C. llardinir, Pa ton Kongo, La.
T1 \0 AilliiXl inrr iu Hia I.*. ? 1
..?< (vmvii *?.? vnv IvtVV/l IV AiUI UUI
from hi* wife:
MAllV UOKNKit's LKTTKU.
('itaMiir.UKHt'H'i, Oct. 20, 1859.
Dear William : As Mr. Martin goes
Jown to llagerstown this evening, 1 could
not help writing you a line by him. You
[ire .?o headstrong you will not listen to inc.
Po, for God's sake?-don't go to Harper's
Furry now ; yon can do nothing if you go ;
1 fear for your life. You can keep tiio J
letter for ('apt. llrown until all is safe.?
You cannot give it him now; you would
be suspected and takon up. .Come back
and wait at Clinmbcrsburguntil ('apt. t'ook
gets here. I nin afraid this business will
bring us into trouble yet. Last night 1
never slept a wink l)o come back, fori
sliall hl> IW/.V linlil vnii vntiimi c.-.i?Y? V.....
iwn,
for unco, do.listen to your loving wife.
Mahy IIounku.
P. S.?I will not go home until you
come for me.
Tho following is the Thatcher letter,
which purports to have been written from
Memphis to ohl John -Brown on the 3d of
October last, and which was picked up,
sealed, in the cars between New York and
Philadelphia on the 21st, just two days after
the insurrection was knowu in Mem
pliis, and forwarded to (.Jov. \Viso in the
same condition in which it was found. It
wns enclosed in a large document-like envelope,
addressed to "Captnin John Drown,
Harper's Perry, Va.," nnd in ono coiner
wns 'Politeness of Mr*. Horner?to be delivered
in person."
TII AT.Oll K.K's 1. KTT K,n.
MbmJ'LI-', Tenn., October il 18*>9.
To (.'apt. J. Brawn, (Jcn'l Conunander-itiChief
of Provisional (jov't U. S. A.
Pear Capt.iin : I have just completed
my tour through the Southern States, and
am now on my way to Kentucky. * In my
last letter to you I mentioned thatl should
give the States of Tennessee and Arkansas
n thorough scouring. 1 did so, and am
sutUjju'd that of all the States of the South,
Tennessee and Arkansas *re the best fitted
to inpkc a strike in.. Those two States
'wve nut few whites ill favor of slavery,
while they contained an immense number
/'if L'littrita ? I ? - * ' ' * A
... .'inu.i aiiciiny rij'c anu reaiiy at tnc urst
intimation, to strike n decided blow fbv
their freedom ; while the largo muftfi of tlie
whiles are against shivery, mid will be
ready to assist them nt ft mometit's warning.
Several of theui stated to inc that
they >iad gone so lav us to prepare arms
for their .slaves and instruct tlieiu ill their
use, ami how ti) net when the wotst comes
to the worst. ^N'hilo fit lirownsville, Tenricssec,
T addressed a letter to the school
ter.eher, Mr. If , and he came to
lJrownsvillc to see inc. lie nays there is
no nvocatjon in which n mart can do so
much pood for our cause as that of Kehool
teaching, because all the country around
have ?o much confidence in a school-teacher
who conduct* himself rijrht. lie says that
the large majority of colored people in his
part of the State ftte reftdy to tiike up artris
rtt a minute's warning, and a large number
of whites art} ready to join them. He says
we must send out more well qualified men
to the South as Hchool-teaehers, and work
th^iii in evorywhpre. lie gave me a "letter
itf introduction to .your friend Mr. Palmer.
who is all CXtCDftlVn furmnr ?w>?*
, - -r.T
I)o|H)t, on tiro Brownsville llail road. 1
Jiil not J;ot out at tlmt depot, foi-'on inquiring
of a passenger In tho cars, T lenvned
that .Mr. Palmer did not live on hit* plantation,.
on aocovut of a difficulty between
himself and wife, and nn injunction on
his property, and ft writ pending a divorbc,
U>d that he Would bo .hard to find?so I
concluded to go on.- When I arrived at
Moinphis, I accidentally met with *?lr.
I'id infer at a hotel where' I Stopped. I
handed liHh Mr. II.'s letter. After rending
it ho cordiallj shook my hand and invited
lup to. take a. wnik / ?viih hnn.< \Y? Went
up to a place on the bank of tho river cullid
the old Nnvyy Yard, and took a seat on
{<11110 Imrru 11* a 1 ?L *
" pwi<ii??su piiivu, WIJOVO no
nould till!: freely. lie ?aii he had sincoroV
nyiupathizod >vith yon, Captain, in all
troubles, ur ho hnd been ? martyr of
ihivoholdcrs himself. Hca&id he hnd'heeu i
rorklug iiilontly, but steadily, for'ourcaunc !
i?r two ywrf*, ,nud that he had married u
vidoyjr that hatl n o( Bliwren, fpr
ho purnoso of establishing himself in
he poou opinion and confidence of tho
ilnvfllioldftrW about him. '.That bo bad at
ir*t intended, at th6 first pood opportunity,
n tnutkfor nil tho hI??vo? -lio had got in Ti(h
MwscKulon by mai'i-jiinp, tn our friends by
my nf Cincinnati } nndthilt ho hud a great
nany more, belonging to hi* neighbArn,
.h?t wettf "ready lb gfr with him; but n
lifWeulty hail occurred Ibfthfeou himhetf
iud wifc^ nnd that she had, with the kc
cnt advice of several slaveholders and roj
scoundrels about bis plantation, suddenly th
ejected biin from the place, and without n tit
moment's warning. That he was still at
suoiug her for his rights by marriage; and i Uj
that the Supreme Court hud given a decree in
in his favor; ami that he would soon be in gu
possesion of his slaves again ; and that II
when lie again got full control of them he ^ <
Would, at a favorable moment, arm them
and between four and live hundred more
and make a start in the night time from
Memphis; that he had friends in Cincin- dr
nati who had promised to have one of the
largest and swiftest steamers on the river SI
, sent to tie up and wait for them at the .
tnouth of llatchic river, under the pretence vc
of undergoing repairs. That he had all (jt
[ bis arrangements complete, and whenever ed
he said the word, could take from 500 to tl?
1000 at a trip, and land them safely at Cairo.
in the .swamps of Indiana, where they vvl
would at once be free. 1 found Mr. I\ a ^
very bold Bchcmer, and a man of good address
and winning manners, and tho very ?c
man for our purposes ; and as it is known itc
no is a Slaveholder himself, no one would,
j for a moment, suspect him for being eou- l\r
j corned with our cause. I showed him our ^
. constitution for the Provisional Govern- , u
j incut, with which he was much pleased, i th
and T advised him not to make the statu- of
pede of slaves he expected to make, hut to ci\
keep them at work, secretly preparing each
other, and .is many others ns I hey could sc
get to join them, for our October strike. 0,1
He said ho would do so, and that lie could "j!
guarantee 1,000 armed slaves, who would n,
be. ready to spring together at a moment's pc
call, and that as soon as operations were cn
commenced with thorn, that other slaves
would Hock to them bv thousands whei-flvrr ll1
they went, through all parts of the Slate. |
lie is very severe on a Doctor in his neigh- 0f
borhood, who has been appointed by tho
Court as receiver of his property, and I aui
afraid his anger toward that man will cause sji
him to bo guilty of some rash net, which u]
will expose his plan of operations. 1 told 8e
him he hadn't ought to give too loose reins tli
to his passiou, but curb it until tho proper nt
time. He says that this Doctor was tho bf
adviser of his wife, and had himself np- yj
pointed receiver so as to frustrate all his |h
plans, but that he would disappoint him til
yet; and that, once ho had him in his in
power, Jic would not spare him one drop of of
blood in existence, lto said tliftt this ftoc- hi
tor had dishonored his marriage bed j bltt Ui
that) he did not care for, as he cared nothing
for his wife, as she was it Southern pool; fe
that the position lier property f u t him, cc
and the power to effect his end, v ;is all ho M
'skedfor; but that Doctor had interfered hi
v :th him in other ways, for which he would
jot huvo his heart's blood. 1 warned hint ?i
to be not so blood-thirsty, and,' in all he H
did, not to spill blood, unless in self-defence 8a
or in lighting for freedom. lie said that uc
though in North Carolina lie had from a st
child hated slavery, and that, in spending a
a number of years u.t the North, he had n(
j learned to appreciate the philanthropic mo- X
! liv'M lif mil' fvidiida n>wl !...? !./> Im'l "
---r -v i.aot .?V> Uiiu [UVU^UU II
himself to work fa! .hfully to that cud ever tli
since, lie said he had great influence over Ii
most of the slaves in his part of Tennessee j m
atid that lie had often met theft) on the a
roads and bye-plaecs and had long talks ns
with them, and that ho always found them at
ripe for the cause. Mr. P. then returned en
to tin- hotel with me, and in the evening
iutroduced ilie to several merchants nnd .(J
others in Memphis, who are with us heart
and hand. \v
From my interview with Mr. Pallnor, I 1,1
judge him to be a shrewd uian, and through nr
his position and influence well calculated
to become one of our principal leaders ill tjt
I the Booth. lie seems to thoroughly ijn- til
I derstand the 11. It. business. I would
I sfsrcolv f>v tifipf to (inil in ? cw.nf1.rt...* Ju
-J ?I ? ; - " ?v?v..v..i v.ij,
situated as Memphis is, in the midst of a t0(
cotton grooving country, so large a number (<?
of whites ready to aid us, and strike when ty
necessary for our cause. of
Mr. Palmer says you.must write to him
every week, and keep him ]x>stcd us to our ' (
plans, and he^ill act iu concert with us in wc
everything you may direct. ih1
think he is rt bravo and conscientious
nnin, and you need uot fear him. Hp has u
110 doubt boon severely abused where he ,,
lives, und his wrongs have made him desporato.
I have been through a large por- 8a.
tion of Arkansas, and have found that we
have but few friends among the whites in n,
that Stato, as most of them ore blood- ^
I thirsty slaveholders; but the slaves are all RC(
| willing and ready, and so far outnumber
'the whites tlint a bpld stroke of ono day j).
vi!! overthrow th? whole .State. 1 leave
Memphis to-morrow, by way of Clarksville,
for Mammoth Cavfy whero J wish to be for P.?
n number of dnya before anything copies off *jl
there. Win. Ilomor bus just ariimf bore
frrtm New Orion ns, on his wny to join you
nt Harper's Ferry. Nothing could have ''l
happened hotter for MoT t guess I rtntst tu
bo iu n streak of. good Inck. I fibred to ,
write particulars to you by mail for the
dangers of intorcoption. Hut as William t,c
is here I writ# to you in full and trust it to an
bisonr.o. 8U
1 r. - ?- *1 .1 ..t , . ?i.
nc siTwiRj ??p imhi no win deliver it ""
to you in person, or djo trying. He \i a an
jrood boy, and may bo depended upon.-? *
Now, I aay, be cautioua, and let u? liayo a 8f
Mtriko hooi.. Itoaun >t ooino tqqq^iick, fot hi!
I bcllovo froni what I havo.icen, that,the wn
whole Sovttli Vfeady for,jltt I, huvo to b^ wa
tcry careful hero, ns tno' p00file are very an
auspicious of northern men. I sometimes dr
uistcf oliR Manic and thou another, to suit
c OircUniHtnnccH as 1 t rut el about. Somenea
I pass for a travelling preacher, and
others as a Now Orleans incrchunt look- t'
p: at the crops and talking of specula'ions o
cotton, etc. Southern people are easy 1)
illcd. If there will he any failure in ?
arpcr's Ferry strike, let me know in time, li
3U shall hear from me soon. b
Yours faithfully, a
JiAWIir.xt'k Tiiatciikh. t
1*. S.?Mr. Palmer says you must ad* j<
0^8 your letters to him an follows : t
l>r. W. llussol l'aliucr, Green Bottom, n
lclby county, Term. a
J'iie Africans at tUe Fair:?Our reporter,
stcrday. noticed the exhibition at tlie Fair ,
ouml of two Afrienns. It was not intend- u
tliat anv notleo of it should ho taken in h
c South Carolinian, as we did not feel sati<- o
d with giving it notoriety, unaccompanied |,
tli an expression of disapproval. We canit
douht that tlio framers of our Federal
institution intended the Federal Congress e
have full control of tlio trade, and that the 0
uitliern States expected it would be prolub'./!
Wllfin tln"l i>? ...S.I. ?t-S_- C.
? ..i \viin | il
? s ore prtS?c(l prohibiting it, wo cannot an- , b
>ivc of so open n demonstration of their j |.
jlution. Persons may olijcct to its lining ^
cbv.cd piracy, ?uid may refuse to bring in
vcrilet t? gn'Hy, u hen so arraigned. l)ut
is not bri'-r"s into rinestion the wlmlc power N
Congrow?lo prohibit the traUv ; (uul this
n only be questioned by supposing that
e framer.s of the Constitution did not them- tl
Ives know what they woredoing; for with- j
t an exeoption, there was no expression of v
linion by them oither in tlio Fcdornl Conditions
or the State Conventions that did v
t eonccilo to it'. Where, then, the grant of I
>\Ver to prohibit is so clear to our mind, we 0
limit It* iueti/?n *a a?.? 1! *
... iw \mh 11\*?*ii i')111 in iiuiiein^ h
o exhibition, otherwise than express our t
^approbation uf it.?Columbia Carolinian. v
Stuanhk Mukdkr.?A tor respondent ^
the Valley Tan writes from Camp ^
loyd, V. T. : J
I was somewhat surprised n few days v
ace to observe fcome printed bills posted 1
5 in conspicuous places nrotmd camp, |(l
tting forth that Shakspcore's " Othello, I *e
Moor of Venice," would bo produced j '
the theatre. I was surprised because 1 ; c
id no idea that this company were ospi- 1 1
ng to anything so high in the draiuatie I
no. I nm sorry to say that it was an on- ]
rcfailuro,?made more particuh.rly prom- 1
cut iu consequence of its being the night ^
' a benefit. The afterpioce was somewhat 1
:ttor, purlially relieving the embarrass- *
cut and disappointmentof the first piece. \
'l')m n " ' '
.. ?. vivovio vntu.l VUllMWliy Milred
some dainngo fo their Pavillion in '
mscuucnce of t!ie late storms, hut on 1
onday evening thev were ready for ex- *
bition. Willis and Crawford, the mnnn- 1
5rs, ar? evidently doing oil they can to 1
nusc the visitors to their establishment. c
ow far they succeed is more than 1 can '
y, to speak generally. The gymnasts, v
lerobals and tumblers of the company nre '
ondily improviug, and thoy have secured j 1
new icaturo in this department in the 1
jrson of Mr. J. W. JUydo, late of Smith's *
utional Circus, of San Francisco, (Jai.? r
e is a first-rate performer, and merited all *
iC applause lie received on Monday night. ?
1 lieu of the equestrian performance, the \
imagers produce from time to time, quite 1
number of original burlesques, panto- 11
iincH and faces. These form one of the 1
tractive features of thccdmpnny with the '
ilistcd men of the camp.
wasiiivuton, nov. 10.?Ttulinblc inforinntiun, t
et. received fYnm Utah, states tlint Judges
ncliiir and Crndlebnngh nrQ 011 llieir way trt
iisjiington; and Mr. Iluitiictt, .Secretary of 1
n 'l^M'rwnru At.idtiA.1 i""? - ?4"-"' ' "* *
J, |n:m vrsiciu 1^. II '
peAf* there continues to be frequent murders
d assassinations, but no arrWsts, as (be Mur- ,
systematically obstruct tho cfturse of jus- J
e. The opinion prevails among all tho "(ienes"
tbnt lite courts will be useless, unless 1
a Government, shall change its policy. (Ion.
hnston is ho restricted l>y hi.) instructions i
at lit), cannot move to afford necessary pro- L.
:t!on. And iTie poutiuuftnee of the army al '
imp Floyd \ttily serves (o add to tho prospcrlo(
ilia Sloruioiin by mmmaof the large sums "
money spyiit in the Territory for supplies., li
The Receipts into the Treasury of th? t'nitcd j
fttes during tho last week were $819,000, a i c
Inction from the amount on had the previous ,
ick at' nearly ? IUf>,OHO. Amount subject to '
aft, $1,741,000, v
A BiUTISII KmiSSAHY t.S TlIK U.V'JTKtj ?
UTBti.?Iji't it lie borne in milid that the \
Republicans " hired l'Wbcs, a -foroignor, ,
fi^bt American? in Kansas. Groclv 1
y?, ho.gave him 8*J0 fortius pnspox;:, j
st as ho was starting. Lot it also be ^
ineinbcted that Forbes is a paid agent of
e London Anti-Slavery Soetety to stir up
* l?.. TT..!i.J *C<a - - i '
liimvii ill mv; \ IIIIUU OUllCS. 1 I1IS TUCl |
stilted on tlie authority of the London (
?ily News, and admits (if no question j.
IloX. T. L C/l<I NO MAN. Wo 0X0 liajl- n
to n6tice that the Ifon.T. \>. (Minguiun, f
C popular United State* Senator from b
)vth Carolina, returned from Kurope in ?
o Vandorbilt, and in stopping at the r
fth Avenuo Hotyl. Mr. Oiuguriun went ti
Kurope lust Spring, vury soon after the ?
Journuiept of OongfcjW, and ha? had a r
c opportunity to see European institu- tl
ms,. and all the concomitants of royalty S(
d kiugcrnft. lie returns in time to re- I
me his duties in tJitf Senate, and receive ,]
u vuii^miuwiiuiiH t" iiik iiiimcnMis irieficiH j n
(1 admirers.?Ar. 3'. Evcniny.Day Ilnuk. ?
(Jam porn i a C1ai?n.\nk.?A< tho hist **
afu Fair of C'^i/Wnia, a cabbage was exbUed,
that weighed 5i? pounds. , That 'j
in bwtQii, however, fey a boot which
in exhibited hut year lit 42 pounds weight,
d then replanted, and grew to one lamed
and fifteen pound*?. h
[From tlie J/oml?n Neyvp, Oct. 17")
The Franklin Relics.
The public will sonn have (in opportuni- '
y of examining probably the most inter- }
sting collection of relics that hafl ever <
een thro vn r.poti to tlieir Inspection, the i
uthoritie. -.,i' the United Service Museum t
aving devotvd a room to the Fish River 1
y Captain M'Clintoek, and purporting to f
dinit visitors without restriction on all <
he ordinary days of exhibition. The foom <
* at the further end of tho building on 1
he ground floor, and the relics are neatly <
rranged in glass cases, and tickctcd with I
11 the information that could be obtained
r.surmised respecting thoui. The detailed
ist has already been published, but sonic i
cduutlOliM iilti.St b-C liiiiuC, iio a fc*V CiJjCCt.'i
ave been claimed by surviving relative^ i
f the hapless Arctic voyagers. Knough,
owever, remains to gratify a sympathetic ;
uriasity, and we have no doubt that few ?
xhibilioits, no matter how attractive, ever 1
xeited more public interest and attention 1
tian will these few simple weather-worn 1
ffltmipnlS l>f wll'it nunn K..1 ' 1 -
- j ......V VNIH, uriuil^vu K>. lilt' 1
rave and true men who, vvithiu tlio deso- I
?tion of the Arctic circle, had sustained so
roll the character and honor of their conn- ! I
ry. One or two groups of more favored ( ]
Uitora rouud their way into the room on ; 1
aturday last, and we could perceivc that i I
ome of thorn were moved even to tears as j
licy pondered over tlio glass eases, arid en- '
cavoted to decipher the fragments of j
writing or print that still remained in the : <
r*eather-worn books and papers <
In the first case is the " ensign " of one !
f the ships reduced almost to shreds, but j
.*11 -
mi preserving its color, ami reminding j
lie spectators of tlie many cheerless days I 1
ipon which it must have fluttered sadly,
iut still proud 1 v, from the mast of the ice- i
iouihI vessel. In a corner of the same
s also a tin cylinder, stained and tinierorn.
The casual spectator would hardly
mtico it, but it stands first in importuuoc
if all that has been recovered, for it con- ]
ail is tho roeord of the death of Sir .John j
M-aiiklin?that happy death which saved [
mr brave veteran all the subsequent hor- | 1
orsof the journey to the Pish l'iver.
Further on are the rude spear heads ;
nto which the J&quimauxbad fastened the; j
roil they obtained from the wreel. \ and a j
>oxwood two foot rule, whitened with ex- I
H)suro, but with the figures on it nil as I
>right as the first day. This was, of;
ourse, the property of the carpenter, who
t wouhl appear had, even when starting on j
lis dread journey, not forgotten the iinplc- |
uent.sof his trade, lu the same ease is j
i relic which will arrest the eye of many a !
lasser bv. It is the reinainsof a sillc neck- I
ie, moulding the how as carefully and clab>ratoly
tied as if the poor wearer had been
liakiug a wedding toilette. This, which
vas taken from the naked bones of n ghasty
skeleton which was discovered some miles
lis taut from the main track of the poor
tilgrims is supposed to have belonged to
he shin's st(\W:ird n? tliio <.1.ica
;en orally neat in their drcps, and a sailor
vould have adopted a inueh more simple
irrangement. There are also various orti les
of plate, the greater portion of which
3 marked with Sir John Franklin's device,
md two pocket chronometers in excellent
reservation. A small silver watch, mater's
name, " A. Meyers, London," probacy
belonged to some young mate or midhipmnn,
and ft worm-eaten roll of pa per
ipon which the single word "Majesty" retinitis,
was possibly the much prized warant
of some stout boatswain or quartermister.
There is a litllo amethyst seal in perfect
Preservation, and goggles and snow veils
o protect the eyes from the dazzling whiteless
of the polar snow. Two doublc-bnreled
trims envi'ved wifK C
n * " ?
i\ on the table. They still contain the
hatges which wore placed in thorn by
minis which have long since lost their cunling.
'J'hcy arc labelled "Loaded" in
urge, letters, but ft ill we should not he sur- j ;
iriscd to lionv ?oino day of nn accident !
a used by tho morbid curiosity of some
i>olish visitor. The books recovered are
cry few?they would of eotlrse succumb i
arly to the rigors of exposure, but there is
till Well preserved a small edition of tho i
1 Vicar of Wakefield," some religious poery,
and a French Testament, in the fly leaf ;
f which is written, in ,*v delicate female
iand, " From your attached (the appellaion
is obliterated) ?S. M. P." Tho open
ticdiclne chest contains all its bottles and
reparations very little injured, and a Title
cooking machine has the fuel arranged,
he sticks thrust through the bars ready
ur ignition, aim luciior matches at the side, j
3 it might haVo been prepared over night j
?r the. morning'# cooking. It would
i0 impossible to exaggerate the iutercst.
ml importance of all these simple memoi.ils
; they tell a tale that will find its way.
a every heart, ami many painful, no dunb^,
'ill be t.!ic scones to which they miwt give
ise, when surviving friends behold in
liem the property of those whom they have
:> lonsr mourned in blank uncertainty.?
<ndy Franklin ban. we understood, alreny
paid the collection frequent visit*, and
gentleman residing in the neighborhood
f London. lias idoiitUWl ? > ?? "?
[Ui'ntilie instruments the properly of liifl
mg-Jost ?id. Wo bejicvo tlint (lie coll coop
will bp throwu open to general inspec- <i
on.in tho oouwc of the ensuing week.
OuKATNFlss, supported by goodness, is i
ard to overthrow. i
Gen- Andrew Pickens.
A correspondent of the Cnionville Times,
inder the signature, " Cp-Country," 8Ug*
j<\sts that iu filling np the niches of the
'apitol with bunts of ahstinguished Carolina
ans, as is prop wd. the claims of (Jen. AuIrew
l'iekcns should not be disregarded.
Ilosays while "(Jon. Marion and Sumter
diould have a place in the Capitol, so should
Jen. l'ickons, an up-covntrymnlt, have
>nc assigned hiu> also." ngroe with
' Cp-Country" that the i' 'taut servi3cs
which (Ion. Pickens retiuercd during
the devolution fully entitle him to this distinction.
We make the following extract, giving
Information in reference to the life and
:m vier>? of (Jell. 1 'iekeiM, which will prove
ntercsting to our renders:
" 1 beg leave to bring to the view of tin)
jood people of South Carolina. (!cn. An
Irew Piclions and some of his military services
during onr Revolutionary Ft niggle,
lie was of Irish deaeent, born in Pennsylvania,
nud emigrated to South Carolina
,villi his |?nrentM when n hoy, and settled
irst in tho NVuxhaW.".
?'ln 17(50, before ho was twenty ono
>'enrs of age, he volunteered in Grant's expedition
against the Cherokee Indians,
ivherc lie received his first lessons in miliary
discipline, with Laurens, Marion,
Moultrie and linger. He, eyrly in tho
Revolutionary contest, took sides with tho
u nigs, mm uecnnie a leader of the patri)ts.
In 1770 Col. Pickens, who then
iom 111 andi.'d a Regiment of about tinea
hundred and sixty men, perstocd (!ol. TSovd,
who had under him eight hundred Tories,
lie overtook them at Kettle tVeok, where:
Li severe battle ensued. Boyd was mortally
wounded", seven of his men killed, and
ubout seventy live made prisoners, the remainder
scattered to the winds. This w?S
the first great reverse <>f fortune which tlio
Tories met with, and of course proved t<?
be of great service in the cause of the patriots.
"(Jen. Pickens Was wounded in tlio
brenxt by a musket hall, while at the head
of his men at the battle of Ktitaw,. and
knocked ofT his horse?a Wound he carried
...-.fi. i.:... u -ir
n IUI 111iii^ ill l\B fill-CIS, TO inc glUVO, ill
1.^17. 11o captured Augusta From tlici
British after they had hold it two years, an
"Lee's Memoirs of the Southern Campaign"
will prove, lie fought at the siege
of Kinct}'-J?ix, aiul lost two brothers there,
lie fought at Granhv. lie cut l'ile's men
all to pieces one night, on Ilaw River, N,
0., anil was elected in that State a Ihigadicr
General to succeed Gen. Davison (who
was killed at Cowan's Ford, on the Catawby)
and was thus actually a Brigadier General
in both the Carolina* at the same timo.
Gorteral Pickens, with his men, stood the
onset of the British nt the great bu.ile of
the Cowpeiis.
" In fourteen days lie conquered thegreafc
Cherokee nation without the loss of a mail
1 . _ 1 .1 ? ' " "
una maao uio celebrated treaty of Hopewell,
in Pendleton, l>y which Anderson,
Pickens iinil (irceuvilla were obtained.?
lie also fought the great ring fight, which
perfectly subdued the Indians ever afterwards.
" Gen. Pickens in otie of the few officers
who never drew a cent of pay for his Revolutionary
services, as the roll of tho
Comptroller's office will prove.
" After the war, Gen. Pickens held tho
first County Court that sat under the new
laws, near Abbeville C. If at the old Block
Mouse, and his son, Go\'. Pickens, then a
boy of five years old,'drew tho first jury,
lie was appointed by President Washington,
with (icii. Way tie, to cou<|ner tho
groat north western tribes of Indians, but
declined the honor. lie ran the line between
North Carolina and 'JPonnessee, by
an appointment from President Jefferson,
lfe was also appointed to bold the Treaty
of Milledgeville, likewise at Nh'tche/., and
indeed almost ail the treaties lwl<l w!#l? !??
Southern Indians, and was constantly in
service until 1894, when he whs.elected to
Congress, which tlieil sat in Philadelphia,
At that time there were neither Railroads
nor Stage-conches*-?j\U travelling was done
on horse back. Picture then, to yourselves,
a man who Is approaching his threo
score years, of martial figure and dignified
demeanor, mounted on a spirited milkwhito
steed, of pure Andalusian breed, whip in
band, and holsters filled with a brace of
pistols, the silver"Tmmrtting of which glittered
in the sunlight.' A three cornered
hat, from beneath which grows the silveryprey
hair, put smoothly buck and tied in ?
ifimir, nn undress military eoat, milled
shirt, and small clothes and fair top boot,*,
with mnflsivc silver spurs. Following at a
little distance, on n otlHit draught lior^c, is
his African nttendant, J'ompey, in livcrv
of Blue, with Rcnvlrt. fn?!
/ '{'if'*
ponderous portmanteau, with n eoiisc?|ucntial
n!i?l dignified nir, showing iu every
movement the pride wf a budy pervnnt in
his revered master. I'uSjjI thin ?h Jcnr
mind's eyo, and Jou hnYfc before you a gentlentitn
of the eighteenth century, with his
servant on his way to Coni>rem. Fneh wi a
( Jen. Andrew PicfteiiR an lie pasaeS through
(>uv vitiligo in 1704.
" Congrcsn, on the 0th of Feb , 1781,
passed u votcof thanks In the. . fliccnt and
men who fouglit in the bnMlc of the Cowpens,
and votvd General Andrew Pickers
i sword.
rnc liOfrisiatoTc of PoriUi Cnroliua,
in 181ft, nnfmimonsly offered hitu the (iubpruntorial
chair which he rrft-pcctfully <loolincd
lYo?n age and infirmities.0