Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 29, 1857, Image 2
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Scraps & jfacts..
For the year ending march, 1856, the
tAX on doga in England yielded about one
million dollars.
?_ Her. Charles S. "Walker, a native of
'Charleston, and a well known member of the
South Carolina Conference, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, died at Spartanburg,
S. C.,ou Sunday, 18th instant, of
'an attack of quinsy.
0 The Huntsville Advocate says that at
the Chancery sale on Monday, in that town
twenty-one negroes children, women and
men brought $14,958, au average of 8712,-?8.
One man sold for $1,335, one girl thirteen
years old brought $1,225, and a little
boy eleveu years old sold at $937. The sale
was a cash one.
The inaugural ceremonies connected
with inducting Got. Polk of'Missouri into
office, were delayed more than half an hour
in consequence of there being no Bible at
the State House, and not a copy in the Ticinity.
One was finally obtained at the penitentiary.
Another interesting item connected
with Missouri legislative matters is, that the
price of board at Jefferson, the Capitol, has j
been raised to &>0 per week since the assembling
of the legislature. The members re-;
eeive only ?21 per week. The legislature
is about to adjourn to St. Louis, in consequence
of the exorbitant prices.
Within the last week nine Senators
have been cboscu to the Senate of the United
States from eight States, and before the
end of the present session of Col%rcss nine
more will probably be chosen, to fill all or
partially expired terms. Of the nine just
ohosen, four are democrats and five llcpub- '
hearts. The rtrobable nolitical comBle.'ion
k _ 4 - X
of the Senate on the 4th of March Doxt, if
all the vacancies are filled as expected, will
teas follows: Democrats H7; Republicans
*20 ; Americans-y
We are advised that the late election
for Sheriff in Laurens was a failure. One,
of the candidates had a majority of the votes
polled, lut the number of illegal votes render
it a tie, or at least decided the managers
to declare it no election. Arnold received
7o0 votes, and Jones 727, but in cousetjuenee
of 27 illegal votes having been retried
and included iu the returns, the man- ;
agel's of the dectiou determined to declare ;
tbo election void, aud ordered that another
electiou be held on the third Monday in :
February next.
A telegraph dispatch from Montreal,
Canada, on the 10th instant, states that the \
mercury was twontv-two degrees below zero :
on the ISth, and fifteen degrees below on the
19th. From Quebec to Washington there
was a terrible suow storm on the 18th and
19th. Throughout the whole course on the
Milord the snow is two feet on a level, and ,
from six to teu feet deep in drift?, stopping ,
railroad trains and making the streets itnpns- i
sible for vehicles. Quito a number of railroad
accidents have occurred, caused by the .
storm; the cars runuintr off the tracks.!
Those injured, so far as heard from, are ;
% v ' i /?
oreawaeo ana ureuieu.
Wc learn (says the Raleigh Register
of- the 20th instant,) byway of Goldsboro* j
that a telegraphic despatch was received at!
Weldon,-front Petersburg, Ya., on Thnrsdav
last, stating that owing to a great deft-1
ciency in the supply of coal, and the intense j
severity of the weather, nineteen persons j
?wv to dalh .' We hope this report!
may turn out tu be uufonnded, but fear that :
it is too True, at least to soma extent. It j
will be remembered bv our readers, that the i
Kditor of this paper stated in his last letter
that the supply of coal was neatly or fjuite :
<>ut, and we know onrself, that wood is al-:
ways scarce in that eitr. We understand, '
also, that the snow in Petersburg wa? ///< ' <
fr.' t lift j> ! j
Tt scouts that owing to the bluudering of
the last Legislature of Mississippi'that ?State
hasa perpetual Governor. The Natchez Free !
Trader of Tuesday last says: u In his late !
message to the Legislature on this subject,
which we publish this morning, Governor
Mellae says that he is (Jovernor for life. We
should have no objection to his being Governor
of Mississippi for many years to come:
but the organic law of the State provides
that the Governor shall be elected every two
years. Rut it seems that the botch work of
the Legislature of ]S,VL in submitting
changes to the ('onstitution, having managed
n | 7 p ?
ft mol-ft )!>% liJi-nv r.f' rtarrvfttn.
v?? iKMav w?v ?V ? UI V? jji/muviouiji javual,
and no onoran tell when tlie official term
of the Judges and members of the Legislature
will expire. The whole affair is in
unul, and for our?e|f we can't see who i? to
decide the point in rjuesiion."
Rice was introduced into Srujth Carolina
front Madagascar, about the close of the
seventeenth century, and lirst sown where
tl?e city of Charleston now stands. The few
grains of rice thus planted as an experiment
produced abuudantlv; and on being thoroughly
tested, *he low lands of that .State
w?re found to be peculiary adapted to its
culture, and continues to this day to be the
centre of the rice gruwiug region of the
1'iiited States. The white rice, such as is
now cultivated in China and otlu-r ricegrowing
countries was lir.-t introduced: it
however, was soon superseded entirely hy
the golden seed variety?now the rice ot
commerce. This rice has been very much
improved of late years, aud has resulted in
the production of ? variety eagerly sought
in tin* minuet at almost any price, knuwu as
l he ? long grain."?Sun Jonrjnja <
Kr-ftllltfiCUi.
The Western Reserve is proposed as
a new .-'tale. oi;tof "Ohio Proper,"
which ' goes democratic'' by a small majority.
1 he flit-/ thus
speaks. "Ohio Proper* need have nothing
to say about a flairs in 'The Reserve.' We
arc a peculiar people, running altogether to
priests, puritanism, and pumpkin vines.
Oberlire is to be the capital of our new
State, and (iiddings is to he the Rrigham
Voting of the concern. Women are going
to vote; and men are going to part their
hair in the middle. Pantaloons will give
place t-? pantalets, and white men will not be
allowed to run at large without their papers.
< Mir railroads will run under ground, and
will make connections only with Canada and
Kentucky. The constitution will he construed
strictly, and all men will be considered,
e<jual, and some a litte more so, depending
on their color. The State of 'The Reserve,'
by the grace of Joshua 11. (Iiddings,
i-* hereby Jedared a free and independent
I State. -Ohio Proper' and all the other
States of this Vnion will please conduct
themselves accordingly."
|e?[0rk.HlIe (inquirer
mtj ~
EDITED BY
| 8AM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
; THUE8DAY MORNING, JANUARY 29,1M7.
EXmiRER?CLt H TERMS.
] copy 1 year, in advance $ 2 00
lrtcopieB^l year, in advance 10 00
1 copy of the Enquibkr, and 1 copy of
either Godey or Graham, one year, in
advance, -4 00 j
8q?* Persons making up clubs of ten subscri-1
bcrs, are at liberty to add as many more names at i
the same rate a? they desire. The money to ac- j
company the list in every instance.
OURSELVES.
I In the editorial conduct of the HsyfiRKB, the :
Loruf Dtf>arhn*?t has been assigned exclusively to
Mr. Mii.i.bk. Those, therefore, who have business
connected with that department communications, ,
advertisements, uoticcs. &e., will call at the Com- i
missioner's Ofliec. The booh' are in the keeping
of Mr. Giti*T, at the Printing Office.
.. <|M
NF.W POST OFFIC E.
A new office hn? been established in this Dis- (
trict, oi miles west of Vorkville on the Howell's !
Ferry road, called Sharon 1 >?//<>//; and Anorkw
F. J.ovf. Esq.. appointed Postmaster.
M.MESTONE SPRINGS.
After having so frequently alluded to the excellent
reputation of the Limestone .Springs Female
High School, we need only refer to the announce- i
ment for (lie coming session. The exercise? will .
be resinned "ii the ?<ith of February.
FROZEN TO DEATH.
' 1" ?Ka nftho Iftlh. thehodv of ItuBtKT '
Xesbitt, .Sr., was found near the residence :
of Mr. Wylje Moss, in the upper povti?u of this !
District. Mr. Nesbiti was quite nn aged man.
and it is supposed that he was thrown from ht<s
horse during the storm, and f;o;:eu to denth. A i
jure of inquest was summoned, and a verdict returned
of "death by misfortune or accident."
? mi?
HI.OOMBEIIG & BROTHER.
These enterpiisiii.tr young merchants have re-.
moved their stork into the new store i opposite
the former stand) which ihov have titted up in
quite r nent and handsome style. In the ndver-;
tisement they ptopo.se to sell oft' the Winter stock
at cost. The Senior partner intends to go to market
shortly for the Spring stock, and, no doubt, to '
provide a supply for Winter a* well ns Summer
use. They deserve their success in budnes0, and
we trust the public will continue to give tliera the
encouragement they merit.
? .? ?. - OSCEOLA.
Vouvpcem is entirely too "long drawn out."? ,
There are several good point? iu it, but they might
as easily be condensed into a half-dozen stanza?.
Try again, and more carefully: study it: write it ,
over once a day for a fortnight, taking care to
erase every word and not a few of the ideas you
commence with; and ?end th? result to ns. /V'ic
fjtninx is very zmn-h a thing of study. There's
some of it about you; try it on.
We an- half way to the opinion that we have found
our new fangled Uurtis?nur plow-bo*' poet. :
Eh ? Call and sec us. I
OUR MACII1XE.
The I)"-. H'.vf wcr.re new attire nowa-days,
aud puts on the airs of well-dressed journalism,
handsomely. We have been keeping a son
of a parental eve on it and the .1 : and it
I.. m-Ani'i- t.* ttfi kimJ* fflimuses of the '
'\'w,vv' V O? O l
typographical out-conic that's in both of them.? i
Our word for it, fellow-laborer*. tliclYiuceton
Press is a clever ' institution ;" and only needs a
little patience, a little pcrsoveisiricc, a moiety of
I ingenuity, good paper and good ink, ami a gener
i ous supply of warm snushine, to make it work c
qiwllv a- well as J Toe's best Cylinder. There's |
not a doubt of it. So our Publisher says. and. ;
! think, he proves if.
DEATH OF AX AGED CITIZF.X.
We learn that Moj. Gv/.awav Wilson, a much
respected and c-lcrined citizen of our lVi.-tiut,
lied on Monday morning last?aged about eighty
years. Commencing life in the troublous times
when the Republic was bursting the bonds of a
v;/Tto7' exist nee. M <j. Wilson bore through every
change and in every shock of social revolution
! the name of an upright, honest man and a patriotic
riti?en. Me served in thesecond war with Groat
Britain, with the rank of Major : find dnriug his
garrison-life in Charleston, performed efficiently
the trusts of a faithful soldier.
The patriots of the IIevolution are gone: and.
( now, one by one. the heroes of the -acond fig? are
: passing sway. They, too, deserve to have an <*: ;
taring and grateful memory.
FROZE* OVER.
. The best idea we have had, as to the severity ?i
t the season, wa? given us by a friend who, the day
tifter the Miow-sjotm. walked over Ottnwba Hirer
. on ihe ice. \W have a!- ? he-,: 1 tho, 01; th* r<ma
lay. h biisgt was driven over Broad lt'v. r, at
Cherokee T?rd. The oldest iidiibit^i:;'' never
saw the like. He speaks of a "spcli" when a dog
was known to walk across the Catawba ; but since
the day* of be Kalh and the Ho\v'u:i"?, tip; Post
has not l-C' ii p< ! ;c l by ,j biped. The 'v Id
, spell" of ?:i- . ?evor? sbr time : but < ':.*
section ha* not experienced so long mid at tin.*
.-itne time * . sev? reft season iit seventy-live years.
Vic ought to hegin now to learn the lessons of n
new climate. As the forests have been clearedthe
summer-heat lin? grown more intense. th?
winds more violent, the ravages of "tonus and
a .l.vocia'lnn. nmt fbo w'ntpi-.cpn <-.nv
colder and more severe. What a happy providence
it would he against these increasing accidents, it',
while the suu shines, we would have a enre for
; "the rainy day*dig ditches, erect dikes, clear
out the woods, huild ice-houses, and keep more
? comfortable cabins for slaves, and warmer houses
fur our cattle and poultry. Barring the val:
ue of the canle and poultry actually frozeu to
i death, enough has been lost in extra-feed to pay
for the remodelling of every plantation in the Dist
ict. Keep oti eye to the future, and prepare for
accidents which, from experience, we know must
Corn" upon its.
- GODEV
AND GRAHAM.
, These veterans (the Magazine, not the men,
for the individuality of the latter has become com;
pletely merged into the elegantly-ornamented paj
ges of the former) continue to be prompt as well
. as welcome visitors to our Su..<(u-u. Ojdev, for
February, has .at least eighty engravings?among
then* a steel-plate, entitled "Charity;'' and a fourfigure
fashion-plate representing all the paraph rnalia
of the bridal dresses?a ch.anniug picture
too ur eye, particularly apropos to" the Valentiue
month. The letter-press is made up of those a I
J ternate layers of the useful and the nmantic, j
which make the "Book" so attractive to the La
die's. We wonder, every month, how the ladies,
matrons and spinsters, can consent to plod along '
without such valuable aid. The truth is, those ;
who know "Godey" best never dispense with his '
visits.
"Graham" has of late taken n new start, and is j
; making rapid improvement. Besides tie intro- j
] duction of the features which, in Godey's and !
Harper's Magazines, have proved to be popular, ,
the editor manages to till his pages wixh really !
pleasant and instructive reading. The "King, !
j Queen and Cardinal," an historical sketch of Lou- J
' is XIII; the "Missing Bride;" the "Perils of the 1
i Overland Route to California;" the "Knife and '
Tomahawk;" and "Adrian and Delma," by Mrs. !
Mary Whitakcr, are all readable papers several j
of them sufficiently good, in our esteem, to have a ,
place in our columns, by and by.
Either of these Monthlies will be sent, with the ]
Enquirer, for $4.
! "CLUBS ARE TRUMPS!"
I Our esteemed friend, S. G. Brown, Esq., has
I placed us under renewed obligations for a club of 23
subscribers. It is our "deal," and as we have such
i a good hand of them, we will make them "/rwwip."
1 Such favors are truly gratifying to us; not so
much from n mere consideration 01 uannrs auu
cents?though we don't pretend to be wholly in-,
sensible to that?but it gives proof of apprecia- '
tion of our efforts to please the reading public.?
Success is nt all times a great incentive to exertion.
and labor is less irksome when there is a
certainty of reward, livery word or set of en- j
conragement is ns balm to the many wounds and j
bruises inseparably incident to Newspaperdom.
It gives a new impetus to the motive power of
the ?U*r1 by which we are endeavoring to press !
forward, whatever may conduce to the honor '
and wealth, happiness anil prosperity, of our District,
indeed for all whom it is our province to |
serve, hapny if at any time we can remove some i
of the clogs with which the great wheel of progress !
and reform are so seriously cumbered. We only
wish we could make it the great wheel of Fortune ;
to nil within the circle of its influence. Our conception
and conviction of truth and duty is the
I'oiar Star by which we are guided, nor will we 1
falter or swerve, because, possibly, we mayencoun- I
ter the opposition of such as arc plodding the '
dark and tortuous windings of the path of error. ;
We repeat it, we are much gratified with this
well-timed effort of our generous friend. It gives {
us a fresh supply of energy. Who, novr, will increase
it ? :
Since tbo above was put iu type, Mr. John II.
Adams,of Crowder's Creek, by way of response to ]
our interrogatory ba? handed us another Club of
ten. We record it with pleasure and moke the
same grateful acknowledgement. Win speaks ,
next?
THE MAHRT-TIMF. WAR.
Despite our threatening", the Tim's 6eems rrtd- i
<t"f to that ijueer idea of charging a dollar for!
the insertion of a marriage notice ! With a considerable
flourish of trumpets, he has summoned ,
his cohorts?the Winnsboro' H'giatrr, Darlington i
Flatf, Chernw Herald, Sumter Watchman, et id
ram,' genus: and sent ns defiance and a regular
"free-light" challenge. At this stage of the game j
wc have no disposition to beat a retreat: but with i
leavers tip, we are "in." As they used to say in '
fighting days, "square the ynrilwhile we re- !
connoitre. We shall have to parry blows with 1
valiant fneruen. The ancient Briton was renown- J
el for his deeds of valor, and, as is well known,
still fights with the weapons of a skillful Bov- '
-nan; hut it must bo borne in mind that the i
"Knights of King's Mountain" never took British
protection, and with our gallant Stamford hearer i
we are prepared for the ttpiri?y'> conilicf. The i
keen eyed Watchman of the enemy will ere long ,
-ee their /*/#/ / trailing the dust; and they must ;
make ready to 11 a raid their own defeat: aye, and
I'fji'trr it, ton. The latest A Vies, carried by some
Confin? or JByrrn, or perhaps l.y ft robust Movn- i
Uinter or lone Sjuntnn, will be the ready Ad- i
crrii?<r of the victory. Doubtless these tire ilisa- '
greeahle omens; hut it is well at the outset to '
Chrouirlf them. Now, gentlemen, with the nng- 1
uanimity of the Tmt Carolinian, "'on 00 nt'?vo" ac- j
knowledge that the EnUtpMt is about to bring
you into trouble. l!e an Examiner into your con- j
dition. Consult y.iiir Mirror. If that fails per- i
hap- the mild radiance of the two Stun in the !
' I
Bast will enable you to learn the position you are
in. But if you prefer n more Soittf".rn F.iyht, turn
the I'rl'mojtr to the bright beams of the Sun, and
then you cannot help hut know your weakness.
Bullying under your H h.nr like a genuine Southron,
you will at last bate it to say "he (7!Ue
us quarter;" and referring to your Journal and
l-'dn-r you and vour Adr(.fak*Vi\]\ learn with dis- j
may that the pr< fits wiring from such a marry- I
' '. /ie warfare grow ' small by degrees and bennti- i
fully less,"
.\0W, VTP DC 111 ine HUUUUt-; ui hil-u miu .nr/tit- I
ryV l?.-rto\ved thunder, and ready for tlic shock, j
tweet -miles of the ''fair," he villi u?!
THE MARRIAGE HUESTIOX.
After running into us fiercely, on this interesting ,
topic, the Carolina Timf continues the argument
thus: "Wc hejr leave to present, as information !
which did not occur to in it the time of our wri- j
ting, the following from the. Charleston Stanford, .
I.y way of nn afotadani to what we said. It will
he seen that one of our brothers occupies a statin
i/iiooiJ /?<>:. that may he considered as materially !
invalidating any thing lie may urge in connection .
i with tlic "vexed question." Wc thank our friend
of the Stanford for the information:'r
"Maumaue Notices. The marriage notice I
matter, iiko the ?du d question lately in Georgia,
i- a rithjict nl Ci.im.-t consideration in this State. j
Some journal- -av they lau-t he charged for. and
urge that ho lun-i he unworthy a wife who would :
u- t pay for the nniiounccment of his marriage.
i nil*4!s soy fhiir young people in tin? predicament
of being married ought to J.t- helped hy everybody,
and by printer*, >'. !c*sj 10 a notice. The !c-t upon
ihe suhje t ij i!..in (he \ . !;?!!!' llaquirer, but
i: i- ynnte ii!>jU'."..d::n.'i t o. hi.sprfect candor upon
the -u'.j. t. tliat tho rcr.ior of that o-tnhli-lnncut
i- not in "fried yet. llciutctnU U he, and is, theref.ay,
an ii.u re-i-d poriy to ihe extent of his own
notice: hut lie is one of the tut*. ami the outs are '
. piv.verbiplly complainant."
Somewhere else in our columns, our Junior, the
"local," has defined our position on the connubial
question, merrily. U'e gave liim sole charge of the
subject, because of his undoubtedly disinterested
rendition, ond be may well lie merry about it:
for. lie loves two hearty : bouncing babes a boy
and a girl die Admii rr like font. Cuttle will
i "make a note on'i"). Hut the above onslaught
demands attention, from the other part of the concern.
We are disposed to treat it cautiously and
humbly; but must insist upon knowing J?y what
j mean? the St and <> >; obtained that "information."
i We are not .aware of the fact that any member of
1 the (iinmlv family, hereabouts, ha? teen in Charleston,
of late. Our impression has been that
they were nil at home, ami, verily, in full blast.
Cut, nftcr all, the "courtesy of the Profession"
ought to save us from invalidation. The Time*
, does not menu to intimnte that ire are to be charged
for our notice 'i No. \\ henever we do attempt
to "pa?? tho Rubicon," to use a Classic
phrase, we expect ii to be publishedg.aih; and we
warn the Press to set the type and keep it standing
for our especial benefit,
j Cut to the argument. The sole reasou urged,
. with any consistency, by the Timrs, for such an
outrageous charge is, becr?u.-e, forsooth, married
women are of the nature of a runaway, and, therc.
fore, should he rated with other "estraya!"
Where could the man have ranght such an idea?
We hope it is not an experimental fact. It must j
be a sort of deductive truth an a priori argument something,
perhaps, like the Lueus a non
hictndo principle. Shocking! We are indignant.
The Timtt has lost all gnllnntrj: and comes into
the field like a "shorn lamb." We ehall have to
temper him.
A lady-friend (as ever, the ladies are vrith us)
suggests a thought. Talk of Ilasty-Pudding I
Ginger-bread is a "peculiar institution" the "national
dish," undoubtedly: and as it is insepera- I
bly interwoven with wedding occasions, we can
see great propriety in the suggestion that the hymenial
patrons of the Times discharge the editor's
fee in ginger-cakes at the rate of sixteen to a
dollar six and a quarter cents a piece, British cur
rency. It would be giving "value received and
would, in addition, assure to him that exquisite
pleasure which we country-editors feel in acknowledging
the reception of our wonted "nice slice of
cake." Thus they would be kind in paying him
as .veil as paying him in kind. Moreover, it
would be delightful to soak the national edible in j
that "Red Eye," or a glass of Mordecai's Madeira '
which the Times "happens to call in" upon, now
and then! If (he printer must be remunerated, j
let it be done .properly; and thus he may bo j
doubly armed against "fictitious announcements." ,
So the debate goes on! Where's the Chetter j
Standard? Tt occurs to us that we have now run |
our share of the argument into the ground.? j
Wake up. neighbor!
j
"THAT TRACT."
Our friend of :the York-rill?. Enquirer lias taken !
us to task for the advertisement which we inserted i
in our paper. He speaks rather disparagingly of i
Williamsburg in supposing it to be away down in !
the backwoods. We have -some very fine land, j
and will bear inspection with any that we saw in I
York District. Our lands are level and rich, and i
free from those bleak clay hills which stand like j
files of petrified Indians in sandy spot?. The j
Und mliinli we offer for sale is a number one tract, 1
ami if onr friend feels any desire to enjoy the j
blessings of life, we advise him to purchase this ,
tract. It is a mistaken idea to suppose that Wil- j
lianisburg is only inhabited by tad-polos and bull- ;
frogs. We have some of the genuine stnlT.?Kings- \
trr.f Star.
The above is another sample of the style in j
which our brother McKxiciir talks abont that de- '
lectable plantation of his, down in Williamsburg, j
Now we happen to have learned a thing or too j
about that region, which might otherwise have ;
been kept in the dark. liut now. it must be told, j
Several years ago a neighbor of ours ("a perfect j
gentleman and an entire horse," l?y the way) held
an execution on a transient customer of his, who i
owned land in Williamsburg. Having pursued i
tho "wait orders" policy for a time, he concluded j
to foreclose the concern, and accordingly dispatch- j
ed au agent down among the pines to bring the j
aforesaid land under levy and sale. It was done, |
and the debtor's interest was purchased at about j
$300?the amount of the execution. Subsequent- i
ly, be ascertained tlint he had thus become the ?
legal and sole proprietor of over forty thousand j
acres of land in one solid body ; and, worse tban
tliut, lie learned that the flourishing town of Kings- I
tree was situate in and about the centre of his .
claim ! Of cotlrse, he started out post-haste to
inspect his premises ; hut when he arrived within I
four or five miles of the aforesaid centre, lie de- ;
liberately concluded that "the game wasn't worth
the candle"?in other word*, tint the40,000acres
were not "worfa cuss;" and, thereupon, turned ,
his head for home hurriedly and in perfect horror. 1
All this is true au oath on the Scriptures, and ;
can be verified. Our neighbor regards bis debt '
as irretrievably lost; and not a week ago, attempted
ineffectually to ?e!l out the concern to us for j
half price?to wit, $I"it)Take care, friend Mc* ,
Kxic.ht ; don't put on airs; for, just for the fun of
it, we might pnrchnse "that tract," and, at your i
expense, enjoy "the blessing* of life" hugely.
Von are undoubtedly among the Irt.dOO!
Sevhm-lv, were you ever-'o York District ? Tf i
*
-o. when? and why didn't you call on n"? And
when you were here, w hy did you not compromise ,
that claim? Finally nnd this is the mun-.l i
never do you sav a word about "petrified Indians" !
or your "very fine land" in Williamsburg. Not a
word!
MKRK-MEVTIOX.
The snow storm extended very generally through* j
out the country, in many localities with nncxam- \
pled severity. Of course, many an event lias oc- !
curred which it would be of interest to publish ; j
but, the trouble is, the railroads have all been j
clogged, the telegraph is down, the Post Office De- j
pnrtiiieut has utterly "friz." and our exchanges, j
of course, are as blank as a Lottery ticket. We J
have been compelled to draw upon our machine
for editorial with which to till up the paper. The
cogs woik badly, and sotne of the yarns are of
bad texture; but our renders must bear it in mind i
that "a little folly now and then is relished" &c. ;
We will publish Mr. Harry's address, next i
week. The communication of S. L. W. will ap- '
pear in the issue subsequent. Col. L. I'. Sad- !
leiyat the "Palmetto lintel," oiler* at private j
sale eight or teji horses, in good condition; one;
Farouche and Buggy, "good as new;" and, a- I
raoug other implements for the farm, one complete
sett of Blacksmith'* Tools. If not sold previously,
thoy will be offered at outcry, Sale-day in
March. See advertisement. The Governor
and Adjutant (ieneral sound a note of warning to j
"brother officers and fellow soldiers" generally, '
which they (the b. o. and f. .?.) will hearken unto, j
But all this will not answer. It is laid down as a j
fundamental truth that one "can't xquerze blood ;
out of a turnip." The S. ('. M. won't galvanize.
Must be remodelled. Nevertheless, sec advertise- ;
nient. (Jol. Gardner, of the Augusta Cansti- j
lutionalizl, hfi- been nominated as the Democratic j
candidate for Governor of Georgia. II. II. Ilill, !
INtj., of Troupe, will be hi.-: opponenl.it i? thought.
The Spartanburg Esp.tt* loan." from a
private source that the Cherokee Iron Works have
been sold to an Rnglish Company for $<300,000.
We ru e at the first of it. The "Rc:-cue" is a i
beautiful incident in the life ?f the great Washington.
Not one half the bills before Congress 1
will be acted on this session. In the remaining 1
sis weeks of the sessiou, nut more than funvteen
days will be devoted to the bills on the public cal- j
lendar. The coinage bill is now likely to become
a law, and the Spanish coins representing a fourth
and less parts of a dollar will, under its npei Rtion,
be withdrawn from the currency, and their place
tilled by the federal coins, greatly to the convenience
of the public. The Columbia people are
ottonding Concerts by a new Southern singer?
.Miss Gibbs, of Virginia, whose powers of voice,
arc extolled extravagantly. La-t night, Miss j
Brer.an and Miss Gibbs united in a "grand soiree" j
at the Athonreuni. A rare harmony, it was, we ;
onine The last steamer informs us of the i
assassination of the Archbishop of l'nris. "While
. Archbishop White was oilioiating in the Church
of St. Stephens, in Paris, he was stabbed to the
heart by n discharged priest, named Verge. The
imiiKiciinn :.ui?.itlr mured. This affair caused
v'i' >v *-r ?
much excitement.'' January 2Jd is chronicle?l
in the Xorlh n* the coldest y. In New
: York, the thermometer went 20 degrees below
Zero; iu Hilton, 10 degress; and in Washington
the coldest day that lifts been known for year?.?
. Kvery where the poorer classes have suffered
dreadfully.
The Charlotte Dtmoerat soys that, at the re;
quest of Presbytery, (ceteris paribus of course) the
llev. Arnold \V. Miller has consented to remain
in charge of the Church in that place A communication
in the C'ouri'r presents the name of
j Dr. l.iebev for the Presidency of Charleston Col- j
'lege. The American Charge at fleme has
undertaken to mediate, in behalf of his government,
between the belligerent powers of Prussia
and Switzerland; and, per consequence, a memoir
relative to the Nenfchatel affair has been presented
at Washington. It is the declared policy of
the United States to permit no interference by
any foreign power with affairs on this Continent;
and a logical deduction from this "dor.iu. " would
seem to require us to remain neutral ir. regard to
the affairs of Europe. So, it will be difficult for
the President to approve of the officious intermeddling
by Mr. Fay. Whether he will, remains to
be seen. It is proposed to establish a X. C.
Presbyterian paper, at Fnyetteville; to he edited,
probably, by Pev. II. W. Cunningham, of Mecklenburg
A murder was committed in Kershaw
District (we learn from 'lie Camdtn Journal)
vy man nameu v;no.?iey t. j-^vans, at me
of Mr?. Mary Boweu. It was the winding-up of
a drunken frolick. The murderer has been committed.
Partridges are selling in New York
at 75 cents a pair! The Watchman gives nu
account of a "horrible murder,'' Friday before
last, committed on the bodies of one Ifaney and
his wife, living /near Salisbury, N. P. "llaney
was found on the door of his house, on Saturday
morning, with his head literally split open, besides
other fractures of the skull which seemed to
have been done with the poll of the axe. It is
supposed his wife was witness to the attack upon
her husband, and taking the alarm attempted to
escape. .She was found in a dying condition about
a hundred yards from the house, in her night
clothes, her head also cut as with an axe, and
bearing other marks of violence. It is supposed
the murderer pursued her and overtook her on the
spot where she was found next morning. She was
entirely insensible and unable to speak, and died
about two o'clock on the same day.'' llaney was
a grog-shop keeper, and the murder may be laid
to the account of B7uV.cv! On Monday of
last week, (the l.nhjcr informs us) TTonrv Hancock
was elected Sheriff, and J. A. Stewman, rc-elected
Clerk, for Lancaster District. The receipts
of Cotton, the present season, at all the ports
reach one million, six hundred and fifty thousand
bales, an increase over the receipts of any year,
excepting the last. The shipments to England
from New Oilcans the past week wore 13,000
bales. Geo. G. ITenry, of Mobile, has
invented an improvement upon onr manner of preparing
cotton for market, which promises much?
consisting of such a combination of the Gin and
the spinning machine as will, in a continuous process,
transform the scc.l-cotton into merchantable
yarn. lVe copynn account of the invention, elsewhere
We also publish on the outside page
an article in relation to the important discoveries
in Africa by the celebrated Missionary, Dr. Livington;
and a sound comment upon it, from the
New York Herald. Road both papers. It is
proposed, in the N. C. Legislature, to establish
a new county to be called Alleghany, out of a part
of old Ashe county. An interesting history
of the "fact New Yorker," the forger Huntington,
is on the outside, this week. By order of the
Tennessee Legislature, Gov. Johnson has purchased
the Hermitage of Gen. Jackson for $48,000 and
made a tender of it to the General Government,
conditioned upon the establishment at that place
of a branch of the Military Academy. The President,
in reply, stated that the offer would be
promptly communicated to Congress. A good
idea! The Salisbury papers state that the
snow was fourteen inches deep, and a heavier fall
than had heen known in many years. A dispatch
from Washington, dated Jan. 21, says that
the House of Representatives to-day passed a resolution
causing the arrest of Mr. SimontoD, the
Correspondent of the New York Times. He made
a -peerh in his own defence upon the charge of
contempt in refusing to nnswvr certain questions
put by the Committee of Tnvoetigation. Anothir
resolution was passed holding him in close enstody
during the present session of Congress.
PROM Et'ttOl'L.
Since our last issue, the steamers America, .4tla/itii'
and I'eruu, have arrived from Europe, with
advices up to the 10th instant. Ry the America,
cotton was quoted at an advance of one fourth of
a penny; by the Atlantic, one eighth ; and by the
mnvlrnf vena ran..rf**<1 firm si t lliO V.rfl
< c/.-r.., . , - , - vious
rates. The trade had heen actire, notwithstanding
(hose almost unprecedented price?. We
have the following item" of political news :?
Plenipotentiaries with power to sign a treaty of
peace met at Paris on the "1st. A programme
was read, stating that difficulties had arisen in executing
the 20th article of the treaty cite party
had met to consider. A new line will be marked
out on tluj Jlessaralca frontier. Russia renouncing
her pretensions to Belgrade and the I-le of Serpents.
The delta of the Danube being given up
to Turkey, in compensation for which the district
land towards the north of Moldavia is to bo acceeded
to Russia. .\ letter from St. Petersburg
in the Rebate confirms the account that a considerable
military force was nearBakeno, on the Caspian
Sen. It says that the whole Circassian army
is called upon to co-operate.
The news from China is confirmed. The American
ship Portsmouth had destroyed one of the
forts on account of an insult received. The details
are unimportant. Lord Napier bad been appointed
Minister to the United<States.
The Pivniii brought the important intelligence,
though it seems to be unreliable, that the Swiss
difficulty had been settled; and the Paris Conference,
having disposed of the .business before if,
adjourned just before the departure of the Steamer.
THE PRESS.
A cotcmporary, writing of the recent election in
Pennsylvania, mentions a somewhat remarkable
coincidence in the carper of the rival candidates
for ibe I\ S. Semite in that State, which is nut
unworthy of note:
' Mr. Forney, like hi" competitor. Mr. Cameron,
commenced his political life as :i type-setter?lie
was then foreman of a printing olliee?afterwards
an editor?then proprietor of a newspaper?was
subsequently cleric to tlio House of Representative",
and bus filled considerable space in the
political world. It is a little singular that Simon
Cnmoron has run the same career with John \V.
Forney. He nlso has been type-setter, editor,
proprietor, and in addition-' ha? served ns bank
president ntul cashier, and has sat in the-Senatc
ot' the I'nited States, iloth Forney and Cameron
are self-made men both achieved their present
positions by energy, skill and talent of various
kinds."
Another scarcely less appreciable encomium upon
the press is taken from an article in n Georgia
paper, nominating Col. James Gardiner, of the
Augusta Conitituiionnli-il, for Governor. Among
other reasons adduced for the nomination, the wri%
'
ter says:
? ;l. The whole people arc interested in the character
of the editorial corps. Sound morals, lofty
patriotism, correct political sentiments and opinions,
arc nurtured by a high-toned, well educated
and patriotic body of editors, or blighted by a
corrupt one. besides, the .South needs able men
at the head of the press, to defend and justify her
peculiar form of social life. The contest between
the North and the South is one of opinion and
.....oj nrntl n?! r.f intpfpet. Vfnrh hasalron
dy been done l.y tlic Ritchie, Stewarts and Forsyth?,
who hnve heretofore presided over the
Southern proas, nn<l much more can be ilono to dissoininnte
the truth, even among our enemies, if
men like them can always be found to follow in
their footstep*. Rut to do this, the editorial profession
must he made honorable nnd attractive to
our educated and ambitious young men. It.is a
laborious and often poorly remunerative profession
at the South. We must, therefore, allure men into
its thorny path hy making it lend to honorable
preferment in the end. And what can mojoffl'ectually
tend to produce thisr result than to junke
him Governor who is now thf patriae!) of the proI
feesinn in Georgia, and its most shining ornn!
mcnt V
. .
A SEW PUNK.
Tile Raleigh Standard, of last week, gives a racy
account of the debate, in the North Carolina
| "Commons," on a decidedly queer topic, which j
I bids fair to constitute new planks respectively in j
I the party platforms of our neighboring State. In ,
the session of 1816 7, the Legislature passed a
resolution appropriating $10,000 to the North Ca|
rolina Volunteers in the Mexican War, with a prei
amble, insisted upon by the Whig", declaring that
j the Republic had been "involved in a foreign war,
by the action of the Executive and the subsequent
sanction of Congress" thus indirectly disapproi
ving of the war, and charging the onus upon Mr.
! Polk's administration. In order to procure the ap- !
; propriation, the Democratic minority were com- j
j pelled to yield to this singular freak; but now, j
' when the party is in power, they have introduced ;
and passed a resolution to expunge the offensive |
portion of the preamble. The Know-Nothings as!
sumed the responsibility of the "infamous act,"
' as the Standard styles it, and fought the expunging
resolution savagely. The "organ" talks of j
their tactics, and flings down the glove of battle |
, thus:?
"Wc have no fear that the opposition will he n- J
hie to make nny party capital out of this movc'
ment. As it has been commenced, we trust it
I will he consummated; and let them make the most
i of it. Let them, if they dare, go before the peo!
pie on this subjoct?they will be overwhelmed by
general patriotic indignation. Jnstice and truth
j have slumbered for ten long years; hnt they have
j at length stepped forth to vindicate the facts of
I history, the good name of .Tames K. Polk, and the j
1 fair fame of the Republic."
. FADED.
So the Chancellor writes on the docket when ]
: the "wager" has been tried and the suit determin- |
ed; and ?o we write by wnv of introduction to the 1
: subjoined "last agony" which winds njt the Yea* ;
j don-Perry controversy. We presume the Patriot !
i will not "surrebut," and we, therefore, with the
i
! utmost propriety, mark it "Ended."
| ".Ifajar Pan/* Last.?Of our patriotic friend's
I taut, we must be permitted to say that, had he ta- (
; ken fireside counsel ho would have thrown it into
I the fire, instead of publishing it. .Such a spiteful
j exhalation may have been expected from the wa[
tcrs of Port Royal, hut not from the monntnins of
Greenville, where a purer atmosphere is wont to
i rule, than aiuid the malarious marshes of a rustic j
i sea-hoard, in which all sorts of uncouth creatures ;
! are spontaneously engendered. As for the disclo- j
i sure, or exposure, with which our Tall-aminis of ,
rKn />,*/ ?!*?.4 tlirnoinrio no ysrn linvn i
only to sny, that he is too big, as well as too tall a I
boy, to tell tales out of school. If he will gossip j
however, notwithstanding this admonition from |
j his Mentor, why he must be /o/w-ished, that's nil. ;
i ''In conclusion, we would remind our babbling i
friend, that Major Perry's last i' fast becoming as j
i famous, or rather ns notorious as Lord Nor,
buryV
ConclusionOur verdict is that Mr. Yeadou
has the worst of it, by considerable odds. He is i
I "done for"?yea'done?for, so true it is that he >
1 who takes up the sword must ferry- rh by the
1 sword.
! v .
I ] mis.
AFFAIRS IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
' We arc not fully in possession of reliable ac
conuts of the war in Nicaragua; but euongh cau
be gathered to assure us that the daring filibuster j
, is still nbove ground, and maintaining his hold
bravely. The subjoined abstract of news by the
steamer Texas, is taken from the Charleston Stan'
Jard:?
The news by the Texas, at New Orleans, is all
in at Inst, and we are able to see what it amounts
to. The main facts, about which there can l>c no (
, question, are that a portion of Walker's forces, under
Gen. Ilenningson, amounting to -100men, were
cut off as be evacuated Grenada. That Gen. II.
defended himself until he was relieved by a de- |
j tachment from the main body of Walker's army.
That the guns, ammunition, and stores were all
brought off fi ^m Grenada, and safely housed at ]
Rirns. The steamboht Don Carlos, on the river,
was taken by the Costa Ricaus, but was either retaken
or was about to be retaken. That the Costa
Ricnns in the vicinity of llivas are becoming
somewhat disheartened, and tbnt Walker's forces,
j concentrated at that point, are' in a condition to
operate with more or less efficiency to the further
' prosecution of the contest. Of the ultimate result
no certain indications are afforded, but the
I 9
! position of the fillibusters is certainly not worso
j than it has been represented for some time pas1
sed.
, The expedition in relief of Gen. IlenningsoD,
at Grenada, was one of the most gallant affairs
J on modern record, and we give below some ex:
trncts from the letter of one who was engaged in
| it. The writer was one of a party of recruits who
1 arrived out on the Tmnrvtte about the .>th of De|
eember. They were startled by the frightful
; news which reached them on their arrival at San
Jnan, but went on to Virgin Bay. On the 10th
orders were given to kill and dry ten beeves; they
i saw an expedition was on foot. The next evening
several companies, numbering about one hundred
and sixty men, were ordered on board the steamer
Yit'jin. By midnight all were ready, ami by the
\ next morning they were anchored off Grenada.
NARRATIVE OF ONE OT WALKER'S BKCBl'ITS.
j
! We lay At anchor until after dark, so as to ascertain
from the enemy's camp fires where their
1 pickets were posted. Having done this, we weigh-1
| ed anchor and ran up above Granada, between
two and three miles, to where a previous landing
; hail been effected, and where we could go ashore
without getting more than our feet wet. The line
i that wns to bo carried ashore was placed in a
S largo bungo we hail in tow, so that in case the enemy
were in too great force on the shore, those in
it could pull back to the steamer. Opt. FerreUk
! company of Hangers were ordered into the Imngo,
under command of Col. Lockridge. Col. McDonald
accompanied them as a volunteer. The bungo
was towed ashore by tlie small boat belonging
| to the steamer. When within forty or fifty yards
j of shore, the enemy, who were concealed in the
j undovwrowth, opened a heavy fire upon thebuugo.
Some proposed putting back, l.nt this Cul. Lockridge
prevented. One man jumped overboard,
but kept I.': giui dry and waded ashore. When
those in the buugo returned the tire, the enemy
tied. From the number of shots, I should judge
their number to hue been twenty-five or thirty.
By 11 o'clock all were landed aud in marching
order, Gapt. Leslie's company of Old Bangers in
advance, t'opt. FerrelPs company came next, then
('apt. t'rawlbrd and ("apt. Iligleyapt. Wilson's
company in the rear. Col. Waters commanded
flic advance while, Col. Lockhridge brought up
the rear. Our march was along a narrow pathway,
cut through a dense undergrowth, with Lake
Nicaragua on our left, and a Inguna or lake on
our right. In this order we had proceeded in
quiet about three qiiArters of a mile wbeu the
stillness of the light was broken 13- a heavy discharge
of musketry upon our advance, from behind
a barricade erected across our path, at a point
where the two lake- come within thirty yards of
each other. Our advance returned the lire, and
soon the firing became general ou both sides.
Our men fought bravely, but without effect, as the
enemy hi}' concealed and protected. There was
no chance to tlank, and we had either to charge,
be shot down, or retreat.
The charge was made, however, with entire
success, and taking h.m-icade after barricade,
they reached the city, and effectually relieved the
besieged party.
Succor had reached Granada in the nick of
time. The force there had been hemmed in nineteen
days, and hnd been reduced by the enemy,
disease and desertion from bet ween four and five
hundred, to less tlmn one hundred and fifty. They
had run out of provisions; and been on short allowance
of horse and inule meat, and had even
killed ami eaten ibigs and cats. They litid one
horse, one mule, nnd one dog left. Such had been
their exposed condition that tliey could not afford
theirdcad a decent burial. I saw near the church,
where four and live had been laid in a pile on top
of the ground : and in every direction could be
seen the bones of Americans and the dried up
corpse of the natives. And along the roads and
: streets we traversed could be seen, thickly strewn,
graves and carcas es, which showeikthat the enemy
hail snOVred severely. Our folks, when ati
tacked, took the plaza, where they coHstructed
barricades of trunks and boxes. From the plaza
j they fought their way dowirto the church, which
I they took from the enemy and fortified. So many
in so-small a place, being cnt off from water, rendered
it necessary to divide the force. For this
purpose Gen. Henningsen had trenches dug and
barricades erected half way between the chnrch
and the lake. Had we not arrived when we did,
Gen. Henningsen would have attempted to reach
the lake, by advancing his ditches so as to command
the enemy's position, when with his cannon
he hoped to drive them from their fort and barricades.
He might have succeded, bnt it would
have been donbtful, with his small and debilitated
force. Those under bis command had the utmost
confidence in his conrage, ability and skill to
perform whatever he undertakes, The preservation
of his little force and ordinance, under the
circumstances, shows him to be no ordinary man.
The relief afforded was sufficient, as we have already
said. The guns and ammunition and wouaded
were all brought off and landed safely. Walker
took Itivas and had a tolerably fair prospect
of sustaining himself against every opposition.
For the Yorkville Enquirer. ^
TO THE PASTORS OF CHURCHES IX
YORK DISTRICT.
I}?*trend SirtThe request made of you in the
last Exquirkr has been noticed by us. We heartily
join in the solicitation there nrged, and fondly
hope that most of you will take pleasure In complying
therewith. It is hopeless to expect performance
from all; as we learn that one congregation
in the district has rejected one pastor, and selected
another avowedly on the gronnd, that the
former was too great an advocate of temperance,
or too nrgent for the suppression of still-houses
and drunkenness in the church. . When we read
our Bible?compare one part with jmoth?r^-and
look around tu'at the desolating and soul-destroying
effects cf intoxicating drink, we cohfess'to the
stupidity of believing, that no pastor nor people
can be too sober, or too temperate, even should
this extend to total, complete, and entire abstinence.
To touch, taste, and handle not, is certainly
a very safe and sure rule. "Therefore thou j
Mialt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, '
the Qod of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and 1
spue, and fall, and rise no mote, because .of the "
sword which I will send among you." This cannot
occur with the men, who drink not. Betnembering
the fate of Ananias and Sapphire, we are
opposed to all half hearted measures, and fcfl disposed
to condem the men who advooate them.?
"But if the watchman see the swotd come, and
blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warnpd
; if the sword come and take any person from
among them, he is taken away.-in his inqaity;
but his blood wilt I require at the' watchman's
hand. So tlion, 0 son of man, I hare set thee a
watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore
those shalt hear the word at my; mouth and warn
them from me."
But let us return to onr object. Many of you
have two or more congregations. We feel s?tie|*d
it was not the desire of "Severe! Petitioners" to
restrict the delivery of the sermon toihecongpegntion
you shall adJress on the second sabbafti of
next month. Will you please regard the same flavor
due to each of your congregations, and continue
to repeat the sermon, until yon shall hJnre
addressed yonr whote charge ?
One other favor of the Pastors" in Yorkrflle.? A
We are further assured, that many of our cftfxens
are anxious to hear several of you oatke subject
proposed. If the sermons be delivered at the same
hour, this desire cannot be gratified. To obviate
this impediment, would you bo pleased to arrange
| by consultation among yourselves the respective
' .! ?? ...I.. .. If >11. .k. ..Mof'.V. m.M..
IIUIC U1 cacti, UF| X* IUUJ iiu^ ?auu
: of delicacy, is there any objection to the following
i arrangement, viz:* Rev. Mr. Adamtvat his morning
boor?Rev. Mr. Roseel, at- hie afternoon
| hoar?Rev. Mr. Gibson, at his afternoon hour?
| Rev. ^lr. Lester, at. his evening hour?and Rev.
Mr. Milieu (being his day 'for Tiroh) at-his afternoon
hour on the third Sabbaths
"Hearken unto me, yc that know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is nay law; fear ye not
! the reproach of men, neither- be ye afraid of their
1 reviling*. For the moth shall eat tl>em -up like a
garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool:
but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation
from generation to generation. Awake, awake,
put on strength, 0 arm. of the Lord; awake,
i as in the ancient days, in . the generation?-af old.
; Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded
( the dragon?" .
With great regard, we beg to subscribe ourselves, A
SOME OTHER PETITIONERS. ^
Prom Wulilagtdu. - / .
Jancabx 15, 18o7.
It is a just pride with every Southern man, that
the real Representatives of the Sonth, and clear
constitutional principle, invariably sustain themselves
in debate and positionJh Congress, ootwithstanding
the outside clamor raised by the Free soil
press. There have been delivered this winter three
great speeches, each from a man who should be
heaid with confidence by the Southern peoplo.*?
The first came from General Quitman, and was a
beautiful exposition of the constitutional theory
of our Government, based directly upon the Ctlhoun
philosophy. It produced a profound-Impression
on the House, and will add to the fame of
tbo able Representative from Mississippi. The
next effort, in the same direction, was from Mr.
Brooks, of South Carolina. In purity and simplicity
of style, in historical correctness, it is ua;
excelled in the whole range of Congressional de!
bate on the great domestic question of the dav.?
i Mr. Brook's speech, Tery truly, ia aimediitKe a
! wa11_<1SnAAinr1 firn at aaa aVvioaI a k tflira
| TTTHJ'UII VVWU iuv^ ?*? wnv vvjv-v v , wmk ?r
i that to pieces, anil thus opens the woy,for the
I grand goneral assault, if tho State Rights tu'eu
have only the nerve to lead thewUaAjq&Antil
slavery: * The'speech
of Mr. Keitt, in tho House, to-day, A
was upon the Tariff. As a finished composition, V
the effort of yonr Representative-will compare
with tbo best political essays of the day. He was
clear, comprehensive and accurate in dctaH, exhibiting
with powerful logic all the inequalities of
I the revenue system under which the South groans,
| and the North, like a greedy animal, continues to
1 grumble, 'fie accepted all the difficulties of the
question,, and showed very clearly that he was
master of them. The relation of the negro question,
as a great consolidated productive property
interest, to National politics and the system of
taxation so long carried on by Federal power, was
presented with an originality, force and fairness
: which commanded the undivided approbation hf
the TTou.se. Mr. Keitt was listened to with marked
attention, and his speech will be universally
read. A man from Ohio is attempting tin answer,
but the reply is simply?nothing.
These three speeches, or rather oration?, should
g'i before the Southern people together, in pamphlet
form. If I may take the liberty of making
the .suggestion, it wonld be well for the friend*-in
Congress of this trio, to havo the speeches thus*
\ published. They stood li^e three pillars su-Utin'
ing each other ami snpparting a common truth,
| to which the Southern mind is waking up. Going
-ide by side, or rather hand in hand, before tb?
country, the intiuenee on the public mind would i
be more decisive. They embrace everything tliat ^
can or is to be said on the slavery question fit Its ^
I political relation to the Constitution. Wo need
such views heforc our people, nnd placed too in
. the most imposing form.?CorrtyioKifmce of th<
CltarU'/on Veri'tiri/.
Col. Keitl'a Speech, The
following synopsis of the remarks of Col.
Keitt, in Congress, upon the Tariff' Bill, appears
in our Northern exchanges. The Ilouee went into
Committee of the Whole on tliat bill on the loth
; a 1 \r? LT-tee ?nnb
him. , nllu *!! 1vcih luuft iuv uuui ,
Mr. Keitt said be was opposed to all free lists
in measures of this kind, because they vrould render
necessary, to the extent of exemption, additional
duties ou articles which were taxed. Branching
from this subject, he alluded to the slave
trade. Notwithstanding all efforts for its suppression,
it had goue from 45,009 to 150,006 souls
per annum, while the moitality among them has
incvcased from live to fifty per centum. The African
cruisers are net fitted oat In the South, but
in Boston, New York, and other Northern cities.
The framers of the.Con?titution foreboded the formation
of geographical parties, and prophesied
' the dissolving influences on the Union. It would
not be bound by treacherous combinations, nor
united by sentimental invocations. Some,men announced
a political millcnium in the event of the
| election of Mr. Buchanan; but .who was fo come
' into the Senate from the State of the President
elect, where he received thirty thousand majority?
Was he (Mr. Cameron) one of the national Copservative
men t Look at his record. The Senatorial
election was the fir3t alarm gun, or the fir-t
' flag which fluttered from the-masthead as a sig1
nal of distress. He (Mr. Keitt) need not be
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