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Scraps & Jack
??- A few drops of creosote on brown paper,
pat in the helu of rats, will drive them
away.
, ?? Sharp Shoe Black?<1 say Bill, what's
the Uit Utter hot one of the alphabet V?
Bill?1?Y/ 8harp ShoeBlaok? ?Coil wanti
to know itoopld.'
?Among the curiosities lately plaoed in
a Museum, is a musquito's bladder, containing
the souls of twenty-four misers, and the
fortunes of twelve editors. It is nearly half
foil.
? Another Arctic expedition is talked
of with the view of searching for the relics
of Franklin and his^party. On the 26th of
May next, eleven years will have elapsed
since Franklin sailed from Sheerness.
The Newberry Mirror in its last issue,
advocates the construction of a railroad from
Augusta to Newberry, to connect with the
Greenville road, and thus divert the freight
from Columbia.
"Mother how long i3 it before the 4th
of July?" "About six weeks, my son."?
"I'll be darn'd if I wait, give me my crackers
and I'll fire them off now," replied Young
America.
The Legislature of Texas, at its late
session, adopted a bill donating to Mrs. Elizabeth
Crocket one league of land. Mrs.
C. is the widow of the hero and martyr of
Texas independence?Davy Crocket.
The New York Express says that
Garrison and other "friends of freedom"
have issued a call for a convention in that 1
city, to meet in May next, "to dispute the '
divine authority of the Holy Scriptures."? 1
What next will these fanatics seek to abolish ?
New York, February 28.?The steam*
ship Star of the West has arrived from San
Juan, and biings tidings that Col. Walker
had annexed to his government the whole of
the Mosqnito territory. Col. Kinney had 1
been sent from Nicaragua under a guard. '
The barque Sam Slick, says the Her- 1
aid, was on Sunday chartered by the United 1
States government to convey about one hun- *
dred troops to Tampa Bay, Florida. These
soldiers are probably destined to operate
against the Seminoles. i
Hope writes the poetry of a boy, but 1
memory that of a man. Man looks forward '
with smiles and backward with sighs. Such (
is the wise Providence of God. The oup of 1
life is sweetest at the brim, the flavor is impaired
as we drink deeper, and the dregs are
made bitter, that we may not struggle when 1
it is taken from our lips.
Parson Brownlow in the Know Noth- ]
ing Council, offered in debate, to whip any j
five of the Ohio delegates, and that five of j
the Tennessee delegates would flog the whole
of the Ohio delegation for the amusement
of the Convention and the improvement of
the manners of their northern fellow mem. <
here generally 1 So say the newspapers. (
<-vL A Kansas meeting was held in Dar- 1
lington on Monday, the 26th inst., to aid 1
emigration 10 Kansas. Eight hundred dol- '
lars were immediately contributed, and a {
Committee of five was appointed to canvass 1
the District for subscriptions. Similar meet- 1
ings have been held or are about to be held
all over the State.
?- The citizens of New Orleans contemplate
erecting a monument to Washington,
nf similar atvlfl with that recentlv raised to i
the memory of Jackson, in that city. The
inauguration of the latter was said to have
been the most brilliant pageant ever witnessed
in New Orleans.
Indian hostilities in Oregon had ceas.
ed for the winter. The news from Nicaragua
is unimportant. A decree had been issued
by the Minister of Foreign Relations,
asserting the title of Nicaragua to the Mosquito
territory, and declaring Kinney guilty
of offending against the integrity of Central
America. The latest accouuts state that
Colonel Kinuey had left Grenada for New
Orleans.
At the French Exposition there was I
exhibited a watch which created much inte- i
rest and admiration. It tells the name and
day of the month, the equation of time; is
a repeater, striking the minute as well as
the hour; is a thermometer of tolerable accuracy,
aud winds itself up by the action of ,
its own movement. The price of this most j
iugenious picco of workmanship is thirty j j
thousand francs. * j (
In the event of a collision in Kansas !
between the Missourians and the free State j
party, the following is the availablo forco of ]
the United States troops to be brought to the ,
support of law and order iu the territory, to i
wit: seven hundred and sixteen dragoons at i
Fort Leavenworth, under Gen. Sumner, five
hundred and ten dragoons and infantry at i
Fort Riley, under the command of Lieut.
Col. St. George Crooke, and one hundred and
eixty-threo infantry at Fort Kearney, inWilmette.
The Lower House of the Georgia
Legislature has passed, by a vote of 9S to 1,
the bill for changing from biennial to annual
sessions, and limiting them to forty days,
unless protracted by a vote of two-thirds of
the Legislature The House has also passed
by a vote of 71 to 29, a bill providing
that, upon the happening of any of the con
tingencies mentioned in tne <*tn resolution or
tho Georgia Platform, the Governor shall
oall a Convention of the people to determine
the measure of redress.
"We learn from the conductor on the
South Carolina Railroad, that on Wednesday
the train for Columbia was detained by
a mournful occurrence in the negro car.?
Some raftsmen were returning from Charleston,
among them four negroes, belonging
to a Mr. Jennings. A free negro who had
a loaded pistol was showing it to them, when
it suddenly went off and shot a lad owned by
Mr. Jennings, the ball passing through his
body and instantly killing him. The cars
were stopped at Summerville, and the parties
present were turned over to a magistrate
for judicial investigation.? Carolina Times.
?? The Hon. F K. Zollikoffer, representative
of the Nashville (Tenn.) district in
Congress, is said to be a Switzer by descent,
and partakes largely of the best characteristics
of that martial and indomitable race.-He
comes of an old baronial family iu Switzerland,
the estates of which descending to
the oldest male member of the family, are
now held by Gen Zollikoffer, he being the
bead of the family. He is, nevertheless, a
self-made man, and started out in life poor.
He is a practical printer, having, when a
boy, learned to set type in the office of the
Knoxville Register. His career a san editor
was iaurkci by waeklerablo ability uud groat
devotion to principle. He is the first editor
and printer by profession that has ever represented
a Tennessee district in Congress.
The Louisville Courier, an old-line
whig paper in Kentucky, while advocating
the reorganization of the whig party, very
frankly says: "We do not, for a moment,
suppose that the Whigs can have a hope for
their own success in the next campaign.?
We believe that it is written down in the
book of fate that the Democracy will sweep
the whole country at the presidential election
in November next. We do not entertain
the shadow of a doubt but they will carry
Kentucky by a sweeping majority.?
Would it not be much better, then, for those
Whigs who have principle, and not self-interest,
in view, to support their own men
and measures, especially when they know
that in doing so they more certainly secure
the present success of the Democracy, which
they regard as so necessary ?"
C|f jurkMIIe (Swpimr
edited by
SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER.
YORKVILLEj S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1866.
COURT-WEEK.
Tue Spring Term of the Court of Common Pleas
and Sessions, for our District, will bo held next
week. Although the litigation returned to this
Term is not heavy, the large amount of business
already on the docket will be sufficient, doubtless?
to occupy the entire week. Judge Glover will
preside.
Saturday next is Return-day for Choster District.
SUICIDE.
On the night of Tuesday, the 26th ult., George
W. Kimbrkll, residing near Fort Mill in this District,
committed suicide by cutting his throat with
a razor. The act was committed in a fit of insanity,
under which the deceased had been laboring
for several days previous. He has left a wife and
:hildrec.
THE SUPPER.
The Ladies announce in our paper, this week,
that an eleeant sunDer and Concert will be given
it Moore & Rainet's new Building, on Tuesday
aight next, to which the public are solicited to
:ontribute their presence. As the proceeds are to
be applied to purposes of benevolence?a work in
which the ladies are always pre-eminent, and always
happy?we trust th%t the publio,and especially
the younger portion, will lend a hearty en;ouragement.
Judging from our knowledge of the
"domestic" accomplishments of the ladies who
lave the Fair in charge, it will be decidedly au
rait, and, apart from motives of duty, presents a
tempting opportunity for an hour's enjoyment.
THE PUBLIC MEETING.
In another ooluran we publish the proceedings
)f the public meeting held in this place, on Monlay
last, for the purpoee of appointing delegates
:o represent the district in the Convention to be
leld at Columbia in May next. The proceedings
ijU.
were marked by an entire harmony of feeling and
sentiment, and the result is in exact occordance
with the wishes of those who desire a representation
on the part of the State in the Cincinnati Contention.
In consequence of the heavy amount of busiless
to be transacted and a number of public
sales unusually large at this season, which required
the attention of all parties, it was deemed
>est to hold the meeting at on early hour of the
lay; and, of course, many of our friends from
he country, who camo in subsequently, were derived
of the opportunity of participating in the
>roceedings. W'c regret this; but wo are euro
bat we could not have done otherwise without a
>ostponement to an equally unfavorable hour in
ho afternoon. Besides, the proceedings were enirely
formal, and, as the expediency of the measiro
had already been determined by a most deciled
and almost unanimous expression of publio
>piuion, the action could be taken with as much
iropriety by a few as by the cntiro District. In
naking the nominations, the mooting cudeavored
o select an acceptable representative from every
lection of tho District, and, wc think, accomplish:d
the purpose in a manner that will meet with
:ordial approbation of the people.
Inasmuch as it is very desirable that tho Dis;rict
bo fully represented in the Convention, the
Chairman has thought it bet at the outset to dcMgnate
the alternates. We earnestly hope that all
if the delegates proper will be cuablcd to accept
Ihcir appointment. If it should be otherwise,
liowever, it is expected that they will confer with
their respective alternates at their earliest confidence.
Since the discussion of this measure began, we
have had the opportunity of conference with many
of the leading, influential men of tho several sections
of the District; and wo think wo hazard
nothing in asserting the opinion, that at no time
hns a great measure of public policy been presented
to the people, which commanded in its behalf
a more hearty and unanimous verdict of public
opinion. A few of those who have "despaired of
the Republic," honestly entertain doubts as to the
benefit which we promise to result from tho experiment;
but, with a commendable liberality, they
have forcbornc to embarrass the friends of the
measure by active opposition. Our judgment
for it, their forbearance has not been out of place.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.
The steamer America arrived at New York, on
the 29th, with seven days later advices?up to the
16th of February. They are unimportant. The
peace conference was to have met at Paris about
the 23d or 24th of February. The excitement in
regard to the difficulties with tho United States
had measurably subsided. In reference to the
' " f/vllAwinr? ? O A?1TT AIATT I
IllIS?UIg sa-aiiigi , iuv iviivnui^ to VMV \fu?j w.%, I. .
"Passengers aboard of the America report seeing
a Collins steamer on Tuesday, the 19th, heading
for the English channel, with signals of distress
flying. The Baltic sailed on the 20th, and is in
her ninth day out She may have seen this steamer,
and we trust, therefore, to hear of the Pacific's
certain safety when the Baltic arrives."
The Commercial news by the America will be
found under the appropriate head.
HOME-HISTORY, AGAIN.
On the first page our readers will find a very entertaining
and truthful sketch of the life of Mrs.
Susannah Smart, whose death, several years ago,
deprived us of the last of the "Carolina Women
of the Revolution." Many will remember
her, the lively, genial, kind-hearted "representative"
of the revolutionary mother, who delighted
to dispense all the wealth of Southern hospitality,
and, with the soul-stirring recital of the times when
women were heroines, while away pleasantly and
profitably the hours of entertainment. The sketch
is taken from the March number of Gorki's Ladys'
Book, and is from tho pon of Dax'l G. Stinson,
Esq., of Chester District.
As we are in tho vein, we may as well pay our
March respects to Gopet. The engraving, the
first feature to bo mentioned, illustrates a courting
scene, "Tho Moment of Trial," and is certainly
oao of tho moot pcrfrgt au<l Ufo-liko etool pitta
we have eTer seen. Tlien, after a multitude of
fashion plates, and all manner pf patterns for
every sort and style of dress, wc find a chapter on
finger-rings; one on the Art of sketching flowers
from Nature; Reminiscences of Bonnets; the Art
of making wax fruit and flowers ; Godeys' practical
dress instructor, with patterns ; Receipts, for
the household, the nursery and the sick-room.?
But we've snid enough. The March number is
even better that for February, which has won j
golden opinions from all of our lady friends.
Since the first of January, we have sent in the
names of about fifty subscribers to the "Book," '
and "still they come I" Price, with the Exquir- i
kr, four dollars.
POLITICAL. I
In our last issue- we published, by way of post- j
script, the announcement of the nomination of ,
Millard Fillmore, for President, and Andrew j
Jackson Donnrlson, of Tennessee, for Vice-Pres- j
ident, by the Convention of the American party at !
Philadelphia; and, also, the new platform of I
principles adopted by the party for their creed during
the approaching canvass. We have since met <
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with an account in aetau 01 me jirutecumgo m .
this Convention, which discloses very queer and
curious things for such a dignified body. But for 1
want of space, our readers should have the read- <
ing of it. As it is, we can only afford a short- 1
hand-epitome.
It will be remembered that, at an early Ptage of
the proceedings, the Convention refused to ad- 1
here to the 12th section of the June platform, and J
admitted the delegates of that portion of the party i
in Pennsylvania which had repudiated this feature.
This of course was grievous to the Southern members,
who filed their protest and "bolted." Then j
succeededmovementand counter-movement, mena- !
ces and cajollings,abolition threatenings and Southern
fire-eating defiance, tumnlts and then noises, ,
cursings and blasphemy, all sorts of blackguard- |
ism, and, in general, "oonfusion worse confounded."
After a while, the Southern members re- <
turned to the fold, one by one; the Convention vo- i
ted upon the motion to adjourn until the 4th of i
July, in the negative; Delaware "boltedBrown- ]
low moved that a nomination be made; Fillmore i
stock went up abovo par; a number of the dele- I
gates from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode- :
Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Penn- i
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and i
Iowa, "bolted," organized a convention of their I
own, ran up the anti-Nebraska flag, and protested :
against Fillmore; meantime, the "Nationals" pro- f
ceeded; a motion to expunge the platform and i
substitute "the Bible, the Constitution and Webster's
Dictionary; lost; Brownlow's motion was i
carried, and the Convention took an informal bal- j
lot, which gave Fillmoro, 71?George Law, 27? <
Garret Davis, 13?Stockton, 8?McLean, 7?Bell, t
of Tennessee, 5?Scattering, 14; then went into a t
vote by States, in which Connecticut, Georgia, 11
Iown, Louisana, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, and Vermont, did not participate,
which resulted as follows, Fillmore, 179?
Law, 24?Davis, 10?McLean, 13?Houston, 8?
Rayner, 14 ; the nomination was declared unanimous;
the vote then taken for Vice President
stood?Donnelson 182?'Walker, of Ala., 8?Gardner,
12?Smith, of Ala., 2?and Rayner, 8; declared
unanimous; then, the Convention wound np,
with a large measure of enthusiasm and the following
valedictory from Brownlow, of the Knotoillt
Whig:?
I have very little to say, and will be short and
sweet, like a roasted maggot. (Laughter.) I
have edited, for seventeen long and dreary years,
a political paper in Tennessee. Now, I have the
honor to announce that it has the largest circulation
of any political paper in Tennessee, what I
have long watched and prayed for; and I say, that
with Mr. Fillmore at the head, and Giddings to
back him up, we might have hard work, but we
should carry the State. (Loud laughter.) But s
with this large, patriotic, greasy Tennesseean t
(looking at Donalson) we will not leave a grease ,
spot of this administration. I shall go back to
Tennessee, and jump higher and squeal louder ?
than anybody else in the State, and I shall open ;
the ball at the Knoxville county court house.? c
(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Brownlow continued
in a characteristic speech, and concluded by ad- 1
rising the Convention to say "Flugen," and go \
home. t
While all these proceedings were in progress in
Philadelphia, tho Republican, Anti-Nebraska,
"nigger-worshipping" Convention kept tally in j
Pittsburg?Francis P. Blair, of Maryland, in the c
Chair. It was called and met for the purpose of j
taking preliminary steps to the organization of the n
"National Republican Party," and providing for E
a National Delegate Convention to nominate can- (
didutes for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency. c
Sundry Committees were appointed, during tho- j,
absence of which sundry speeches were made.? j
We copy the following:?
"Mr. Greeley, of New York, addressed lite Con- : r
vention. He had been in Washington for several i
weeks. Friends tkoro counselled extreme caution J "
iu our movements. Not being himself u cautious a
man, ho thought wc were bound to act in such c
a manner as to show tho South thut although re- '
publicans are the earnest opponents of slavery, c
they uro uot governed by feelings hostile to the C
South. It was for tho real interest of Missouri n
that Kansas should be a free State, and lie believ- t
ed that the honest majority of the people of Missouri
favor freedom. Colonel Beuton was in favor
of it. Friouds in Washington lmd desired hiui e
to counsel extreme caution, lie rccommeuded a
central committee at Washington, and he should ^
try to gain over the free soil Know Nothings. The
prospects of a free state organization in Kansas r
were gloomy. Tho federal forces arc in the hands t
of our implacable enemies. The Secretary of ,
War, Jefferson Davis, whatever good qualities ho
may have, is no friend to our cause, neither is the "
commander of the forces, Colonel Harney, a t
friend; therefore let us be cautious to keep with- j
in bounds. Ho did not believe the American Convention
friendly to the republican cause. They s
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will nuuuutviv u v/uuuiuaic. j. ui uia pun, uu tuuiu *
only sympathise with those in favor of making i
every Territory free. He cared not what their
policy on the tariff or other questions was. Able
oounsel should be sent to Kansas. The convention
should not adjourn to-day till it hears from Philadelphia.
He concluded by detailing the wrongs
of the free State citizens of Kansas, under what
he styled the tyranny of the slaveocracy.
"Mr. Giddings, of Ohio, congratulated the Convention,
upon having the son of his old friend Rufus
King in the chair. Washington was the last
placo to look for redress. In answer to the advice
of Greeley to be cautious, he s&id act as you please.
He ridiculed the idea of quiet measures. He
(Giddings) was an early settler in the West, and
related an anecdote appropriate to the occasion.
Two pious individuals, named Joseph and John,
had began a settlement there. Joseph prayed to
the Lord thus :?"0 Lord, we have begun a good
work?we pray thee carry it on thus." But John
prayed, **0 Lord, we have begun the good work?
carry it on as you think best?but don't mind what
Joe says." (Laughter.)
"Mr. Lovejoy made some exoiting romarks.?
He said the places of those patriots who were a- .
bout to be shot down in Kansas would be supplied
by other freemen. He W03 willing to go, either as 1
a captain or private. He would rather be there r
weltering in blood than see a set of drunken ruf- (
fians tako the government out of the hands of the
people of Kansas. Ho would use Sharp's rifle and
fire with good aim. They should put down drunken
border ruffians; men should go to Kansas
armed and equipped for war to the knife and bilt, ^
if it must be so. He said that caution without determination
would not do. Instead of preaching 1
caution, ho would say, we are with you brothers
in Kansas. If Franklin Pierce said you must ]
obey their laws, the voice of free StateB should I
rise against him. 1
"The President, (Mr. Blair,) who says he rep- t
resents the merchants of wealth and standing of i
Baltimore, presented his paper, which was read <
by Governor Bigham, of Michigan. The people I
of Maryland, it said, regretted this agitation, and 1
believed that the repeal of the Missouri compro- <
mise was a voluntary teuder of the North to the i
South. Multitudes of Southern men, from patri- <
otio motives, would willingly restore that ccmpro- 1
mise. They found it to be a secrot move of the i
politicians at Washington, with which the people i
had nothing to do. There are a great body of |
business men in Baltimore who feel they would i
suffer by a division of the Union, which would re- i
suit as shown by the history of the past, in war
and bl?odib?d? Tbw whom Mr. Slur represent- i
ed would support a free State candidate for President,
as the best means of putting a stop to the
difficulty. The paper recommended the North to
stand to what was right, and submit to nothing
that was wrong. (Applause.) The Missouri compromise
should bo restored, and the work destroyed
built up. The patriots of the South, and those
of Baltimore in particular, desired this. If a flag
with the Missouri compromise inscribed on it, be
raised in the coming Presidential campaign its
bearers will be successful. The paper was favorable
to the exclusion of slavery from Kansas. When
the North is true to itself, the South will be true
to itself, and will always be true to the Union. All
minor questions of policy should be overlooked in
consideration of this question, which involved the
safety of the Union itself, and which is above everything
else.
"The Chairman announced that he would corroborate
the fact stated by Mr. Blair, that the republicans
had the sympathy of the people of the
Southern States, by stating tbat another delegate
had just reported himself from Missouri, making
the third that had done so from that State. Eight
Southern States, three Territories, one District
ivnd twelve Northern States are represented. The
Southern States are, Texas, Missouri, Kentucky,
Delawaro, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina and
rennessee."
We have given the above extracts ia order that
our readers may form some idea of the views and
uirns of these ultra anti-slavery men. The Convention,
which was in session several days, resolved
to hold a nominating Convention in PhilaJelphia
on the 17th of June : and adjourned, af- |
ter adopting resolutions of which the following is
the substance:?
First, demands repeal of all laws allowing the
introduction of slavery into Territories once consecrated
to freedom, and the resistence by constitutional
means of the existence of slavery in
any Territory.
Second, supports by all lawful measures the
free State men in Kansas in their resistence to the
usurped authority of lawless invaders, and favors
its immediate admission into the Union as a free
State.
Third, strongly urges the republican organization
is to resist and overthrow tho present national
administration, as it is identified with the progress
of the slave power to national supremacy.
Quite a notable circumstance is the statement
of tho President that eight Southern States were
represented in the Convention. This bare-faced
assertion is utterly without foundation; in the
proceedings, we see the names of no Southern delegate
except that from Maryland, and a brief allusion
to a Mr. Bond, hailing from South Carolina,
who moved that "a Committee of safety be
appointed, to meet any emergency that may ariBe
In oase of a conflict in Kansas with the Federal
troops." Who this Mr. Bond is, we are very ancious
to know. It is surely a poor, contemptible
mbterfuge?this wholesale manufacturing of opinion
1
It is scarcely necessary for us to venture a comment
upon these proceedings of these Conventions.
\part from the sad picture they present of the
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lentiment, they afford no unwelcome indication to
;he South. If they truthfully reflect the condition
md tone of Northern opinion, they are harmless;
ind if, on the other hand, they are hut the forced
ebullitions of a transient and shallow feeling, they
ire equally powerless for evil against us. 'faking
me view, we see the power of anti-slavery, (irrelistible
when united) disunited, discordant and
varring against itself; and granting the other
riew, we have the reflection, wherewithal to be
:ontcnt, that the deep-seatdd, conservative feeling
>f the North may yet assert its supremacy and
rindicate the truth.
Although there may be enough of vitality renaming
to make the American party known in
be next Presidential canvass, it may be now be
egarded as in a dying condition?its demise, one
>f the course of human events. The platform,
inmeaning verbiage as it is, has no pepper in it,
vhereas, just at this juncture, pepper is a commodty
in demand. Too cold for the South and too
sold fcr the North, these hot, troublous times must
lay it. Mr. Fillxobe will doubtless command
he support oT Whig wing at the 8outh. This,
towever, can avail him nothing, while the North
s overwhelmingly against him, and the Democratc
party is in the ascendant at the South. Firm,
onsistent, united action throughout the canvass
s all that is necessary to secure an unparalelled
ictory, next Fall, for the friends of the Constituion
and the Union!
Having said thus much of outside events, we
lave but little space left us for our resume of Washngton
items. There seems to be in all branches
if the government a looking-forward to war. The
'resident sent a Message to the House on the 26th,
sking an appropriation of $3,000,000, for the
nanufacture of arms and munitions of war. Mr.
)rr offered a resolution instructing ths Committee
n Naval affairs to inquire into the expediency of
ncreasing the navy of the United States by imme
liately constructing fifteen additional steam frigtcs;
and the Senate Naval Committee have alcttdy
reported a bill for the construction of ten
icw steam war sloops. Mr. Weeler, in the Sente,
reported a bill for the increasing of the effiicncy
of the army, and a bill has been under disussiou
providing for new works of defence for
California, Texas and Florida. Whether these
aeasures bo significant of trouble abroad or not,
hey are to be heartily commended.
The difficulty with England commands a considrable
portion of the time and attention of Confess.
In the Senate, a message was received
rom the President, on the 29th, enclosing the corespondence
on the Enlistment dispute. It conains
no new facts. It appears that previous to
Vednesday the 27th, England had made no formil
offer of arbitration in relation to the construeion
of the Clayton-Bulwor treaty. This propostion,
it is said, has been in Mr. Crampton's poscssion
since November last, and was not submited
until the date above mentioned. It is yet to
>e determined what course the administration will
ake. The case is so very clear and unequivocal
n favor of the American construction, howevor,
hat any movement on our part towards arbitraion,
may with reason be regarded as an unwarrantable
concession. It is probable, therefore,
hat Mr. Pierce will prefer to adhere to his posiion,
be the consequences what they may.
The Washington Globe files a wholesaledisclaimir
to all the rumors brought by the steamer, and
mblished by us in our last issue. It says: "It
s not true that Mr. Buchanan has had high words
vith Lord Clarendon on either of the two ques?
iooiia Kotnsdn Tnorlund and tllft TTnitAfl
states. Of course it is not true that, because of
hese alleged high words, Mr. Buchanan failed to
ittendLady Palmerston's reception. And, finally,
t is not true that Mr. Buchanan has conferred
vith Sir Henry Bulwer as to the settlement of the
Central American question. The relations of Mr.
*nchanan with the present English Ministry do
lot lead ub to expect that he will be called upon
o demand bis passports."
CHESTER GOLD MINES.
The Chester Standard, of last week, has the
following account of recent gold discoveries in
;hat District:?
It seems, to be a "sober fnct"|tbat Mr. David
McWilliams, who lives about seven mileB below
this place, on the loft hand Columbia road, has
sad sufficient indications of the presence of gold
to induce him to begin digging, and the earth
is thought to be so full of the precious metal that
the portion dug out is placed under lock and
key every night. The place where the "battle
was fought" and the McCreight claim are contiguous
to this. But what the 'geonostic characters,
of the country are, we cannot say, as no specimens
of ore from this mine have boon sent up, and we
have not yet become able to ride out and make an
axamination. If our "turnip dinner" does not
interfere, (we did not say we ate any,) we propose
giving the reputed gold diggings a personal inspection
in a few days, after which we shall give
mother and more full report.
Another "sober fact" is that two specimens of
rick ore, one from M. S. Westbrook's plant*
tion and the other from an adjoining place owned
by Dr. A. F. Pcay, hare been received and are on
exhibition at the store of Messrs. Bennett, Wilson
& Co., of this place. These we have seen. The
former is a white soft slate rock, and the latter is
a red ochre, or rotten stono. Both of these contain
a liberal sprinkling of pure gold. There is no
kind of question bnt that a mine of either of those .
j ores would abundantly remunerate any one for
working it. These two plantations ore located on I
Rocky Creek, about twenty miles from this place |
between Rossville and Mo Alii ey'a Mills. There j
is thought to be a vein running from them to the
"battle ground" spoken of by "One who has seen 1
the Elephant," and persons along the line between 11
those points, are on the look out for "blossoms." ,
Of course many of them think they have found
signs, bnt we are unadvised as to the facts.
THE COLLEGE DIFFICULTY. 1
We were deeply pained last week by the rumor ,
of a serious difficulty between the students of the ]
College and the citizens of Columbia; but as our j
information was by no means definite and reliable, ,
we made no mention of it. The following state.
ment, which is taken from a letter of Judge 0'Neall
to the editors of the Greenville Patriot, is |
the most satisfactory of any we have been able to
obtain. We therefore copy it entire:?
Gentlemen:?I came here yesterday under a summons
to attend on occasional meeting of the Board
of Trustees of the South Carolina College, to supply
the place of Dr. Henry.
Before reaching here, I met the account of the
fearful "entente" of the preceding night. It was,
as is to be expected, very much magnified in the
rumor. It seems that three of the students, who
were out of the College walls, met with the guard
as they were about turning out. One of the students
was, unfortunately, very much intoxicated.
He, having some pique against one of the guardmen,
separated from his companions, and approached
the guardman and struck him; he instantly,
with his stick, struck and knocked the
young man down, who lay for some minutes; but
on being raised up, made some further demonstrations
of resistance, and thereupon was taken to
the guard house. The students, who were with
him, returned to the College with the usual cry,
"The College." All the students turned out for
the rescue, and proceeded to the guard house, and
by force, took the young man out, broke the winA
iL. A mi I -*
uutra uuu lujurcu tuc uuur. xney uore uieir prize
off to College. The President remained, and was (
talking with the guardman who had been struck, 1
and who knocked the student down, ascertaining j
from him the facts, when two of the students for- }
ced themselves in, and commenced an attack on
the guardman, striking him, and he retaliating '
very severely on them. They were probably struck, '
too, by others of the guard. They were forced out
of the guard house. By this time the students had
again assembled. The President and Mayor were
unable to quell the riot; the alarm bell was rung,
and the citizens called up out of their beds to witness
and suppress, if necessary, the action of the
students. At length, they returned to the College.
The President, next morning, by the consent
of the Mayor, proposed to submit the whole
matter to the arbitrament of twelve named gentlemen.
To this the young men acceded, at one
timo: but the two young men, engaged in the affair
the preceding night, finally prevailed on a majority
to reject this proposition for peace and good
order. It is stated, that they had agreed to seek
and obtain satisfaction out of the guardmen; they
left the College without the knowledge of the students,
and were seen, with their cloaks around
them, approaching the guardman, who was speaking
to a gentleman on the subject of withdrawing
from the guard, as he regarded his life in danger.
As soon as the young men were near enough, they
dropped their cloaks, and both struck the guardman?one
with an iron, audtheotherwith a wooden
bludgeon. He fell to his knees, but rose and
struck with his 6tick, and others assisting him,
beat the young men very severely. The guardman's
left hand is, as I am told, broken by the
blows ; and he and the two young men are under
the care of physicians, from the injuries which
they respectively received. The cry of "College"
was borne by a single student to the campus. The
young men, with their accustomed devotion to
their brothers in distress, were soon in the field.
The alarm bell was again rung; the citizens were
turned out and, as the poase comtiatus, were paraded
under arms. The boys returned to College,
forced the room where the rifles of the College
Company were kept, possessed themselves of them,
and returned to the field of action. The scene
thus nresented was such as nolumhia nevsr hefnro
saw, and which, I hope, she never will again see.
Two hundred armed oitizens, with guns loaded
with ball cartridges, opposed to more than a hundred
enraged young men, with rifles in their hands.
The order to take aim was given, and a fire might
have followed, had not Col. Goodwyn and others
thrown themselves between and called on the citizens
not to fire. After much persuasion by Dr.
Thornwell, LaBorde, Lieber, and others of the
Faculty, the students were induced to return to
College.
Last night we went to the College, in the discharge
of our duty?everything was quiet. I did
not even hear a "whoop,"' which is very unusual.
To-day was equally quiet; and I have been assured
by the young men that there would be no further
outbreak on their part. To-day, on the requisition
of the Board, the rifles were deposited
in the room where they were formerly kept. The
Governor, under the direction of the Board, will
take the arms and place them in the Arsenal.?
The musters of the College Campany are directed
to be suspended, and the propriety of suppressing
and disbanding the College Company is referred to
a Committee, to report next May.
This statement, gathered from the best sources
in my power, places the facts before you. The
unfortunate violence of the guardman in knocking
down a student who, when drunk, struck him, is
theoause of this aflfair, which may so much injure
the College.
The fact of drunkenness among the students
shews to the Legislature the necessity of removing
this fearful curse of mischief from the town of
Columbia.
The occasional meeting of the Board had no
power to do more than they did. A great duty
will devolved on the Board at the stated meeting in
May, to examine into the College, both as to its internal
and external government, and full and adequate
justice must bo done to the Faculty, the students
and the State. Mr. Rivers, of Charleston,
was elected to fill Dr. Henry's chair until the stated
meeting in May. Your friend,
JOHN BELTON O'NEALL.
In addition to the above, we are advised that the
College exercises have been suspended for a time
by the President, and all the student have left for
their homes. Previous to their departure, the
students held a meeting and sent in to the Board a
memorial asking for a re-organization of the Faculty,
a reconsideration of the election of President,
and a thousand and one other reforms, too
tedious to mention. All we now have to say, is,
if the Board of Trustees permit themselves to be
influenced by the dictation of the Faculty, the
students, or the verv rrnod neonlo of PnlrnnKin
, ? ?j
they will deserve and ought to receive a very decided
mark of public censure. There are some
things in reference to this lamentable state of disorganization
which must be brought to the light.
We learn from the Carolinian that the axercises
of the College will be resumed on Wednesday, f
12th instant, with a full Faculty?Prof. Rivers and a
Prof. Lecompte having accepted their appoint- j
ments by the Board. n
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. 0
We have on our table the January and Februa- e
ry numbers?the first and seoond of the twenty- ^
second volume, of the Southern Literary Meseen- 8
yer, a long and favorably known Southern Maga- 1
zine, conducted, in Richmond, Va., by John R. 8
Thompson, Esq. On our fourth page will be found I
the Prospectus, to which we beg to refer the rea- "
der's attention.. *
Although the Messenger has been known and dis- t
tinguished as one of the ablest periodicals in the
country, it has for several years been made to feel
the weight of that strange indifference which the t
Southern people exhibit towards literary enter- I
prise at home. In the issue for December, the r
proprietor announced the suspension of the publication
on account of a want of patronage; and e
made a stirring appeal to the public, which arous- *
ed an effort on the part of many who appreciated c
the work and knew the value of its influence upon }
the Southern mind. This effort resulted in renew- c
ed assurances of patronage on the one hand, and, *
on the other, the commencement of a new series,
greatly improved both in typographical appearance
and contents, and giving promise of a more
useful and successful career.
It is a fact which applies to many of the un- s
successful attempts of literary publishers in the
South, that, while they have appealed to the pat- i
ronago of Southern people, their magazines have j
been filled with papers on subjects foreign to us, j
and by writers in whose productions we could feel j
no more than a passing interest. They have fail' j
ed to encourage and properly stimulate the efforts of j
Southern talent. But the Messenger has always >
been, in thitj respect, an exception. Its pages ;
have been from time to time adorned by clever and j
brilliant pens of our own; illustrating Southern ,
life and ideas, developing and embellishing South-!
i?rn forms of thought, and vindicating the truth of |
those peculiar features of our social organism j
which mark us out from the world. Its fostering j
:arc has given to Virginia tire germs of a litera- \
lure which will yet ripen into a glorious maturi- [
ty. Virginia writers, *hose faltering steps to the j
stage it has led and sustained, are now winning !
irilliant triumphs in the world of letters, and, yet
n the vigor of youth, promise to add other and
roller laurels to the brightening reputation of the
"Old Dirainion."
A of flm nnnfnufo nP 4V?o PaKMinrv nmtt- i
ier will verify onr meaning. The leading paper j
s a poem entitled "Gauley River" by Thomas j
Duns English?a qnite clover production; next, i
i waiflet, entitled "Jefferson's Rock;" then, a
'onerous critique on Judge Mkek's splendid poem
>f the Creek war, the "Red Eaglea Sonnet by
>ne of the most promising of South Carolina po:ts,
Paul H. Hayne, of Charleston, entitled "The
winter winds may wildly rave;" an historical
3ketch of the early times of Virginia; "Scenes
md Sketches of Southern Life," &c. These are
idditional to several able papers on other themes,
which together make up a number of exceeding
nterest and value.
To come home, we find a place in each number
reserved for our own State. The January issue
:ontaina an admirable sketch of the history of our
College; and in the February number the editor
"sets" an exquisite poetic gem, from the pen of T.
B. Aldbich, of Barnwell, entitled "The Poem of
t little Life that was but three Aprils long." We
:an not refrain from sharing this delightful morgan
with our readers, and we think, with the
Messenger, that "if Mr. Aldbich writes nothing
noro, he will yet deserve to be ranked among the
;rue poets of our day for the sweet^onoeptlons <^f
'Babie Bell":?
Have you not heard the Poet tell
How came the dainty babie Bell
Into this world of ours ?
The Gates of Heaven were left ajar.
With folded hands and dreamy eyes
She wandered out of Paradise!
She saw this planet, like a star,
Hung in the depths of purple even?
Its bridges, running to and fro,
O'er which the white-winged Seraphs go,
Bearing the holy Dead to Heaven!
She touched a bridge of flowers?those feet,
So light they did not bend the bells
Of the celestial asphodels !
They fell like dew upon the flowers:
And all the air grew strangely sweet!
And thus came dainty babie Bell
Into this world of ours!
She came and brought delicious May !
The swallows built beneath the eaves;
Like snnbeams in and out the leaves,
The robins went, the liVe-long day;
The lily swung its noiseless bell,
And o'er the porch the trembling vine
Seemed bursting with its veins of wine !
0, earth was full of pleasant smell,
When came the dainty babie Bell
Into this world of ours !
0 babie, dainty babie Bell!
How fair she grew from day to day 1
What woman nature filled her eyes.
What poetry within them lay !
Those deep and tender twilight eyes,
So full of meaning pure, and bright
As if she yet stoodin the light
Of those oped gates of Paradise!
And we loved babie more and more:
0 never in our hearts before
Such holy love was born;
We felt we had a link between
This real world and that unseen?
The land of deathless morn !
And for the love of those dear eyes,
For love of her whom God led forth?
The mother's being ceased on earth
Wheu babie came from Paradise I
For love of him who smote our lives,
And woke the chords of joy and pain;
We said, Sweet Christ!?our hearts bent down
Like violets after rain !
And now the orchards which were once
All white and rosy in their bloom?
Filling the crystal heart of air
With gentle pulses of perfume,?
Were thick with yellow juicy fruit;
The plums were globes of honey rare,
And soft cheeked peeches blushed and fell 1
The grapes were purpling in the grange ;
And Time wrought just as rich a change
In little babie Bell!
Her petit form more perfect grew,
A n>) in Vi Ad faafnMfl wo nnnl/l no /I A
?uum iivi ivavuivis n-c vuuiu uavvj
In softened curves, her mother's face.
Her angel nature ripened too.
We thought her lovely when she came,
But she was holy, saintly now?
" Around her pale and lofty brow
We thought we saw a ring of flame!
Sometimes she said a few strange words
Whose meanings lay beyond our reach :
God's hand had taken away the seal
Which held the portals of her speech!
She never was a ohild to us;
We never held her being's key !
We could not teach her holy things;
She was Christ's self in purity I
It camo upon us by degrees;
We saw its shadow ere it fell,
The knowledge that our God had sent
His messenger for babie Bell!
We shuddered with unlanguaged pain,
And all our thoughts ran into tears !
And all our hopes were changed to fears?
The sunshine into dismal rain!
Aloud we cried in our belief?
"0, smite us gently, gently, God 1
Teach us to bend and kiss the rod,
And perfect grow thro' grief!"
Ah, how we loved her, God can tell;
Her little heart was cased in ours?
They're broken caskets?babie Bell!
At last he came, the messenger,
The messenger from unseen lands;
And what did dainty babie Bell ?
She only crossed her little hands t
She only looked more meek and fair I
We parted back her silken hair;
We laid some buds upon her brow?
Death's bride arrayed in flowers!
And thus went dainty babie Bell
Out of this world of ours !
A NOBLE WOMAN'S CONTRIBUTION.
Thz Edgefield Advertuer* of last week has th<
ollowing words to say about a model letter from
, noble-hearted woman in Pendleton. "Capt.
Jell, in a brief note requesting its publication, reanrks
that the chain mentioned is one of considrable
value. Here, ladies of Carolina, is a bright
xemplar. How many of you will hasten to do
ikcwise ? How charming, how admirable it is to
ee woman's patriotism thus drawn into play!?
'If I were a man I would go with you." There
poke a heroine. But being a woman, she is com-ii.j
i it./, nr..
ttrueu iu uuutciu uciaui vfttu iuc ic^uvsv? JJCl
ie atnd a man." And there spoke a practical pariot.?But
we inar the noble simplicity of this later
by giving it piece-meal. Here it is in full:
To Capt. E. B. Bell.?Sir: I have read your
ettcr for the cause of Kansas. If I were a man I
rould go with you. I believe its as much our batle,
as though it were fought at our hearth-stones.
!,et us meet our enemies, at the gate, and at the
amparts, and not wait for them within the citalel.
Let me do what I can. Let me send a man. I
inclose you a gold chain to do it. I trust and
lope that Col. Buford will obtain subscriptions to
larry five thousand men.
When you have need of more, write, and publish
t; and when the time comes for it, we will cut
>ff our personal embellishments and expose them
;o sale.
One or the dauohtebs or the South..
Feb. 13, 1856.
OUR SUGGESTION.
The Cheater Standard speaks thus of our proportion
:?
"We think it is & good suggestion, except
t hardly proposes to do enough. The State
' v. S. .
ought to raise 1000 men atleast, and furnish them
with ample means of support for a year. Bat we
look systematic organization, and unless we haTe
it, 500 men will not be raised. Tho above is the
only suggestion we have seen, and it is perhaps
the only feasible basis we coold adopt. Upon the
whole, therefore, we cordially and heartily endorse
the suggestion, and hope oar cotemporary
will start the ball in motion so that this Congressional
District may take the proper initiative steps.
We do not speak advisedly, for Chester; bat certainly
she will not allow herself to be oat-stripped
by any of her sister Districts, in a movement of
this kind. Wc know of sundry men of exactly
the right kind, who wish to emigrate and who want
nothing but the encouraging news that the means
have been raised and arc at onr disposal. *
Wc heard a true aud good man say the other
day that every slave-holder should be wilting to
pay $5 per head for his slaves to aid Southern emigration
to Kansas. This seems to us at tho present
juncture to be entirely too much to secure a
heaithy state of things in that Territory. If each
master of a slave would pay $1., the means raised
would be ample for present purposes. Hereafter
it might become necessary to raise other funds,
but we think the first contribution would pennan
si -1 11 a!ll -t??
enuy uuu vucviuuuy auu uie quesuon. . ?
It is too much then for each one interested to
pay? We think not. The magnitude of the interest
involved requires the people concerned to
make at least this much B&critice, and every one
should cheerfully and promptly meet the emergency.
He that now fails to meet his duty face to
face and pay his quota, may reckon himself as
one of the "penny wise and pound foolish."" The
tide now is setting against the Sonth and "frothing
but systematic and prompt action onr part can arrest
it and turn it into a proper channel. There ia
no donbt at all abont it?the question whether
Kansas shall be a Free or a Slave State, ia the
paramount, and should be the most intensely absorbing
topic of the day."
For the Vorkville Enquirer.
PUBLIC MEKTXHG.
A meeting of a number of the citixens of York
District, favorable to a representation of this State
in the National Democratic Convention,' was held
in tbe Court-House, on Monday, the 3d instant.?
Col. I. D. Withxrspoo.v was called to the chair,
and Jxo. Q. Ehloe, Esq., and Sam'l W. Mklton,
appointed Secretaries. The Chairman briefly explained
the object of the meeting; whereupon
G. W. Williams, Esq., proposed the following
Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this meeting it
is proper that the Democratic Party of Sonth Carolina
be represented in the National Democratic
Convention, to be held at Cincinnati in June next,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for President
and Vice-President of the United States;
Resolved, That, to provide for the appointment
of snch representation, it is expedient to hold a
OlatA P..? u:- ? .v- r.?i
V<<U<<UHVU iu v viuiiium va me jirsi uionuay
of May next.
Resolved, That a Committal of fire be appointed
by the chairman to nominate delegates to represent * _
the District of York in said Contention.
Rttolvtd, That by his uniform and consistent
adherence to the conservative doctrines of the
Democratic creed, and his able and fearless advocacy
of the rights of the South under the Constitution,
Fbamkldt Pierce deserves the confidence
and support of our people; and that the delegates
hereafter to be appointed be instructed to use their
efforts to secure the tote of the State in Contention
in favor of his nomination.
In accordance with the third resolution, .the
chairman appointed the following gentlemen via:?
0. W. Williams, Esq., Jamxe Brian, CoL A. A*
McKenzie, Edward Moore, Esq., end Wx. P.
Thomasson, who, after conanltation, submitted a
report nominating the following gentlemen as delegates
to represent the District in the May Convention
Dr. Robert T. Allison, Samuel Raihxt, A.
B. Springs, J. L. M. Adams, Esq., and Col. W.
C. Beatty.
The Report was unanimously adopted.
On motion, by A. 8. Wallace, Esq., it was resolved
that the Chairman) of the meeting be authorized
and requested to appoint alternates to
take the place of any of the regular delegates who
may be unable to accept their appointment
In pursuance of this resolution, the following
persons were named:?
Dr. Samuel Wright, alternate of Dr. B. T.
Aluson ; John S. Brattok, alternate of Saml
Rainey; L. H. Massey, alternate of A. B. Sprimus;
Dr. J. B. Hunter, alternate of J. L. M. Adams;
Sam'l W. Melton, alternate of Col. W. C. Beatty.
The meeting then adjourned.
I. D. WITHERSPOON, Chairman.
.Tvn G A
samVyTmemok, ) secr'tariesWELL
gPOKSI.
President Pierce, in a brief letter to. the Charleston
Mercantile Library Association, apropoi of
Washington's birth-day, says: "If the people of
every State and Territory of the confederationfathers
and mothers?sons and daughters, would
assemble annually on the 22d of February in their
respective cities, towns and hamlets, and listen to
the Farewell Address of the Father of his Country,
it would, in my judgment, accomplish more
in the way of awakening a deep sense of constitutional
duty?of settling questions of moral obligation
in relation thereto?of eradicating sectional
prejudice?of dissipating errors of sentiment and
opinion, and of insuring security and perpetuity
to the blessings which we enjoy, than any other
instrumentality which man's wisdom can devise."
Kansas?A Proposition.
Under this head, the Yorkville Enquirer, after
alluding to the means which are now being employed
to supply men and money for Kansas, ana also
the propositions which have been made for future
action, looking to the same end, and in some degree
objecting as to their propriety, proposes that each
Congressional District of our State raise and equip
a company of one hnndrod men, and farther pro- .
poses that a District Convention be held, in which'
shall be represented Kershaw, Richland, Fairfield,
Chester, York, and Sumter, (composing our Congressional
District,) and that a requisition, for
men and money, proportionate to their capacity,
be made npon each District.
We think the proposition a good one, and, in
fact, we would be disposed to favor any project,
whereby effective measures might be carried out,
and substantial assistance rendered, in this important
crisis to the South. We agree with the En
quiver, that the time for action has amved, and
that all windy and fruitless manifestations should
cease ; and that the South should nobly shoulder
her own cause, and bear, in triumph,the banner of %
her institutions, in Kansas.
As yet, no action has been had in our District,
and we would snggest that a meeting, of our citizens
be called, at some early day, for the purpose
of taking into consideration whether or not we shall
be represented in Kansas. Other Districts, whose
interests are common with onr own, are actively
engaged in the work, and why should we tarry
behind ? Let the bogle be Bounded and let oor
patriotic young men rally to the rescue. We hope
some measures will be adopted with a view to the
matter.?Sumter Watchman.
Aid for Kansas.
In various quarters of the State, there are in*
dications that the people are becoming fully aroused
to the importance of sending aid to their brethren
in Kansas, for the purpose of upholding
the cause of the South in that territory. There
seems to be, however, some difficulty in directing
the popular feeling, and giving it form, consistency
and a practical development. The only plan
which has as yet been acted on is, that each district
in the State raise a company of men and
money sufficient to equip them, send them forward
and maintain them a year in This
plan will no doubt be carried out by a few districts,
but has this objection: it is unequal in the
burdens it imposes upon the people. Whilst some
of the districts will liberally respond to the cause
of the South, others will do just nothing at all.?
To remove this objection, it has been suggested
by the Yorkville Enquirer, that the contributions
of men and money be made by Congressional Districts
; that eaoh District composing a Congressional
District contribute to the raising of money
sufficient to equip and send forward a company of
one hundred men. This, suggestion is worthy of
consideration. If it be acted on, the burden will
be more generally diffused. All will bear a portion
of it And this is right; for all are interested
i? euBtufitog toe ceuie of toe Bwto to Sum*