Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 14, 1857, Image 2

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Sfarap & Jkts. < I: The Legislature of Ohio has just passed an act making it a peDal offence to use strichDine in the manufacture of liquors. ; Bayard Taylor was surprised as well as delighted to hear Yankee Doodle played at his stopping place in Lapland. The late legislature of Maine has re- : J stored the old law requiring the publication of intentions of marriage. t The Family Friend (Darlington) has received the present of a turnip eighteen . inches in circumference. A prime article of beef is selling in t the Wilmington (N. C.) market for 25 cents ( per lb. t "Capital punishment," as the boy ^ said when the school-mistress seated him j with the girls. 1 The Rutherford Democrat says that I Wm. J. Wilson, of Haywood county, is out 1 for Congress in the 8th District in opposi- c tioa to Mr. Clingman. In New Orleans, a few nights since, a young man, twenty-three years of age, lost , 847,000 at roulette. He paid it next morning and left the city. ( A recruiting office has been opened ] in Charleston, S. C., by the Governor of ] Florida, for volunteers to engage in the Indian war in that State. A dispatch from Washington says that { the orders of the late Administration, regard- t ing the protection of persons and property of j citizens of the United States at Panama, re- j main in force and will be executed at all hazards, even to the seizure of the Isthmus , Judge Goodenow, the oldest member < of the Supreme bench of Maine, has given j an opinion in answer to the State Senate, i that colored persons are still voters in Maine, i in spite of the Bred Scott decisions of the ? United States Judges. i Vicksburg, Miss., May G.?The sum f of ninety six thousand dollars was subscribed s here yesterday to purchase a plantation to be c presented to Ex-President Franklin Pierce. 1 Only $4,000 is required to complete the pur- * chase. A man named Aaron Bedbug, of ; Montgomery county Ky., intends petitioning ( the legislature to change his name. lie says < that his sweetheart, whose name is Olivia, , is unwilling that he should be called A. t Bedbug, she 0. Bedbug, and the little ones s little Bedbugs. t The Cologne Gazette of the 9th April, c states it is very remarkable that, in this year i as may not happen for many years again, all < days and dates correspond exactly with those 1 of 1849, as also all moveable festivals, with- * out exception, and even the quarter days, so s that the calendar of 1849 may be of much f use for this year. p 11 . rv . t Comet panics arc no novelty, uunug one of these popular trepidations, the French Academy of Science offered a prize for the solution of the problem : What are the chances of the earth being struck by the impending comet? The answer, if we recollect, was one chance for; two millions against! The public agitation immediately subsided. Gen. Cass, it is said, exhibits surprising vigor, industry and endurance in his official labors. He rises and commences work at five, and is continually engaged, with small respite, till eight or nine at night' His diet is, however, very sparing, and he sticks ,still to cold water. Now and then he indulges in a cup of coffee, the only exhilarating beverage which he can use. An old maid recently died at Newton N. H., who left property to the value of nearly 840,000. She was all her lifetime getting ready to be married, and had stored up 182 sheets, 63 coverlets, 50 blankets, 27 beds, with 1120 pounds of feathers, 54 pillows, 43 handkerchiefs; while the whole amount of her wearing apparel did not exceed ten dollars in value. The South Carolinian of Monday, says: "We were shown yesterday, by Mr. Lieber, State Geologist, a very rich specimen of copper ore, from the South Carolina Copper .Mining ^Company, near the town of Yorkville. Mr. Lieber informed U3 that it was expected that by July they would be able to make the first shipment. The ora, in a state to be shipped will be worth from 8100 to 8125 per ton." Boston, May 2.?The amendments to the constitution which were voted yesterday were carried by large aggregate majorities. They are : 1st, That every voter shall be able to read the constitution in the English language, and to write his own name. 2d. Limits the House of Representatives to 240 members, to be elected by districts. 3d. Provides for the choice of forty Senators in siugle districts instead of counties, as here- ! tofore. J The daily tippler who is just as "much ; of a temperance man as anybody," has gone ( to spend a week with the rumseller who is , afraid the professed friends of the cause "will ruin it." The professor who thiuks j the business ought to be licensed so as to ( furnish liquc * for a "medicine," has taken , home a five-gallon prescription in a keg, and , the candid gentleman who never believes in "carrying things too far," only carries eight drinks a day from the bar to his throat.? These individuals are about to form a moral suasion temperance society. The students of the Howard College, Alabama, have erected a monument over the grave of the slave ITarri/, who lost his life while arousing the students from sleep upon the occasion of the burning of the College j, building, in October, 1854. He was one of the first to discover the fire, and would not leave the building, while there was a life to save. The monument is a perpendicular marble shaft, ten feet high, of quadrilateral figure, and bears a simple and appro- j rr 4 ^ u i priato inscription, nc was a servaui, ui Xi. I Talbird, D. 1)., President of the College. Kev. Dr. Hawks, a learned and eloquent scholar, has recently been delivering a series of lectures, intended to show that this continent was peopled by successive migrations from the old world, at different eras and by different races. First from the shores of the Mediterranean, which was the earliest seat of commercial enterprise, and the people from which have left their record upon the vast ruins of Yucatan; next from China and Japan to Mexico, Central and South America, and next from Northern Asia, from which the American tribes of Indians came. These theories are sustained by remarkable analogies between Ihe languages prevailing in different parts of the Eastern continent with those to be found on this continent. EDITED DY lAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLEI J. H. BLACK. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1857. CONGRESSIONAL. ELECTION. The election in the Fourth District resulted i he choice of Gen. M. L. Bouham by a mnjorit if sixteen hundred votes; to fill the place of th ate Preston S. Brooks. Gen. Bonham is ;entleman of high character and some promi lence as a lawyer. He graduated in the Sout Carolina College, in the year 1834, carrying o. -?* \f- s?tli lie second lionor wnue ins cuuiyeinui, i-n. ran, bore off the first. Gen. B. is[State Solicitoi ind his election will cause a vacany in that office Che candidates already in the field for the vncan lost, are William A. Owens and Winchester Gra 1am of Barnwell Dstrict, and J. B. Perry, Eiq, if Walterborough. The vote stood as follows iu the several dis ricts: Abbeville District gave General L. M. Bor 1am 950, and C. P. Sullivan, Esq., 31G vote? dewberry gave Gen. Bouharn 505, and C. P. Sul ivan 393 votes, with 5 scattering; Laurens gav 3. P. Sullivan 942, and Gen. Bonham 483 votes Lexington, as far as heard from, gave Gen. Bor lam 351, andC. P. Sullivan 147 votes. NEWSPAPERS AND EDUCATION. The importance of newspapers as a source c nformation and of innocent amusement, cannc ie overestimated. It is a dark home where ther s no paper filled with the news of the week, th lappy "hits" of the favorite Yorick, and the las ;lad lyric from the heart of the bard. It doe lot deserve to be called a home?it is more prop >rly a prison-house for the soul?in which i propes in ignorance and prejudice, while the nier ihysical, brutishr enjoyments of life, the "morr ug dram" and the "bacon and beans" is the liigt sst good to which its occupants ever aspire. . nan feels that he is in a darkened aud corrupte itmosphere, whenever he passes a threshold an lees no paper or magazine diffusing intelligenc ind good humor around the ingle-side. He wi irobnbly find a bevy of bright-haired, rosy-cheel cririo nr ln?tv hnvs (rrouDed around the heart! ' b",v v* "-"V o" r nit bis romantic admiration of the former, wi loon be dispelled by ill-bred snickering and stupi gnorance, and the hopeful appearance of the lai cr, by the littleness of their views ; the obscuri! )f their conversation, and the general boorislines >f their manners. The very fact that a man, fc :he sake of four or five dollars, will deprive hire self and family of the pleasure of reading, weekly wo or three good papers, is strong prcsumptiv ividence of abject ignorance and all its attendar rices and concomitant evils. Such a man, nin rases out of ten, it will not do to trust, for if b ins a quasi-honosty, it is an accidental virtue, nc ounded on reason and liable at any moment to I wayed by interest or warped by coming in cor lict with some favorite vice. It will not do fc iny man in this plentiful land, to say that he cat lot afford to take at least one paper, unless h viahes to be esteemed a fool or a liar. It is th >est economy, for one paper can do ns much tc vards educating, managing, and making happy iiiuily, as three illnatured pedagogues, one mir stcr of tho Gospel, four cowhides, five scoldin lelldams and half a dozen pragmatical fogyis 'daddies." Those who have once taken a papc ran appreciate these truths, and it is seldom tho ifter subscribing for one year to a paper that an me can be brought to deprive himself of th ileasant company of this agreeable and regula isitor. And no man who sees the good effee hat it is exerting, or calculated to exert on hi amily, will ever think of excluding them froi uch precious benefits. If the parent wishes t :ive his family an education, lie can find nobettc timulus to the attainment of that object, than taper. It will be the first thing that elicits th uriosity and leads the mind out from its thraldom o wander amid the vernal flowei-9 and perrennis erdure of the fields of intelligence. Some anec lote, some story, some essay, or some poem, wil trike the youthful miudand lead its possessor o o farther inquiries, and years after, when fnra ,nd honor surrounds bis name, the primum mobil o all his greatness is forgotten, and a mother ather, or alma muter renps the honor due to tb bscure newspaper that first awakened the slum >ering genius. It would actually be good economy in the Stat o furnish a paper to every family?cr at least t very family whose property was less than fiv lundred dollars in value. It would tend great! o remove that foolish prejudice against education vhich pervades the lower classes, and prevent hem from*availmg themselves of conveniences fo nental improvement that already surround them The greatest difficulty which the schoolmaster en :ounters is the total absence of all curiosity o lesire to learn. When such is the case, and th Mirent indulgent, the consequence is, that th :hild plays truant with impunity, and all the ad nonitions or entreaties of the pedagogue will mee ivith contempt, or soon be forgotten in the toto ibsence of all incentive to an incipient mental ex ;rtion. The entire system of education is base apon a false theory, when it precludes the idea < nducing and prompting the mind to study froi the love of study and a generous aspiration to mei it the respect and esteem of others. The fornu ?f these incentives, however, is the noblest, th most potent and generally most easily arouse when properly managed. It is that sleepless Got like principle in man, which urges the mind c and ou to grasp all knowledge and explore tl depths and shoals of science. And whenever n educational system fails, it will fail because < the absonce of this principle. If the child desirt information there are few parents who would n< deprive themselves of its services, and at least, pe: mitit to find out the pathway to knowledge. Ar yet, to what other resource shall we turn, f< something to awaken this never dying principl than the newspaper ? When, as is too frequent! the case, the mind of the parent is still slumbe ing in primal chaos, when there is no home di cipline, no fireside culture, no example worthy i imifntinn nn mind whose contact is likelv to el cit a spark of genius, is not the case hopeles unless a revivifying element be brought from distance, to spread around the home circle genial aud quickening influence unknown before And through no other medium but the newspap can that element be inoculated. But this incalculable benefit is not the sole a vantage that the newspaper brings. It forms i innocent amusement and supplies a gratificatii for that proclivity, which folly alone will attem to repress. Aud pleased and delighted at home, tl desire to stroll over the country, and attend fri olous parties, seek immoral company, and final to resort to some low doggery, would no long give torment to the unhappy mother. The actual information gained by reading tl paper cannot be estimated, because it is so vai ons?embracing the entire encyclopedia of kno^ edge. But no man can be a good republican, good citizen, who does not take a paper ; for tl idea of that amount of education necessary to co stitute these is inseperable from the idea of newspaper reader. It is the duty then of all mi to subscribe and pay for at least one paper; it the duty of the State to furnish one to all po< families; it is the duty of all good citizens ai . - . ...... > .... ?:ncere christians, to induce their neighbors to i " take and rend a paper and encourage them by the formation of clubs; and generally a true gauge of - the intelligence and morality of a district is to be found in the number of its newspaper rentiers. j TO FAR9IERS. : , "Singular?every man, no mntter how stupid j 1 he is, always seems to bo morally convinced that j if every thing else fails, he can either manage a j small farm or edit a paper."?Exchange. Nothing is more true than the above remark, j ~ yet, not to make invidious comparisons, as a general thing, the editor who ventures presumptuously into his profession, stauds a better chance ' ^ for improvement than the conceited, self-sufficient farmer. He is placed in a position where he is compelled to learn, nolens volens. The dissatisk faction of subscribers, expressed in various ways, soon inform him that something is wrong nnd he must be a veritable fool, not to acknowledge nnd 1 correct the defect. Dut with the bigoted farmer ' the case is different. The force of opinion can 1 have no influence on him. He neither respects ; * nor accepts the advice given him, and plods on in j 1 darkness and self-sufficient arrogance, his duily , '' routine of unskillful and unscientific operations. ' True, he may manage to live in this fresh and 1 exuberant land, in spite of hissuicidal policy, but ' that is no reason why he would not live better, more happily, and more comfortably did he listen to '* and weigh advice properly. But there is, wo arc ? happy to state, a large class of farmers of sufficient ' intelligence to hear advice and avail themselves 1 of its benefits. To such we would say that no farmer should bo without one or two good Agri- I cultural papers. As such we can confidently re>f commend the "Col/on Planter and Soil of the >t South" published at Montgomery Ala., and edited e by Dr. Cloud ; and the Southern Cultivator, pube lished at Augusta, Ga., by W. S. Jones, and editit ed by Dr. Daniel Lke and D. Redmond Esq.? is They are particularly interesting to those engaged >- in the culture of Cotton. To those occupied in it the grain culture, the American Farmer published e in Baltimore, Maryland, will be found a valuable t- acquisition. Agricultural papers are so cheap, i- that it is rather negligence than erroneous views \ of economy, which prevents our Southern farmers d from becoming generally subscribers. But if our j I ?til ? . >!)? inrtirmnnt fur oncp nnd u reuucrs ma uvav v?a jM?b .v. :e subscribe for cither of the above mentioned pa 11 pers for one year, we will hazard the prediction that they will give us thanks for this seasonable ), advice?a return which editors do not often meet II with for "meddling with other people's business." TEETOTALISM. A friend has called our attention to the anti-tc^ totalism in the "Lectures on the Miracle*," by the !S celebrated Dr. Cumming, of London. Wo confess ,r that his arguments are plausible and seem to be * prompted by candor and honesty, but we do not r' think them unanswerable. We give a short exe trnct, containing his views on this subject. He is speaking of the miraculous creation of wine by e our Lord at the wedding feast, in Cana of Galilee: e "The secret of temperance is not in the cellar, but in the heart of the landlord of the wine cellar. ie A Christian man will not become intoxicated, if he drinks from a cask; a drunkard will become intoxicated, if lie drinks from a bottle. It is not ,r in the quantity beforc'you that the element of temi perance is, but in the grace of God that has been e planted in your hearts. Now it does seem to me, without the least expression of disrespect toward e those who differ from me, that, if God had design> ed thnt men should bo universally what is called a teetotal?that is, should not taste wine, or anything that has the least alcoholic element in it? he would have prohibited the growth of the vine, S and rendered fermentation absolutely impossible, h because, if there were no fermentntion, there ,r could be no alcoholic clement generated. Gut he has not done so: he does give the vintage, and lie * j does give the fruit, of the vine; lie has created fer y j mentation just as truly as he has created vegetae | tion ; therefore, it seems to me, that temperance f is to arise, not from the absence of wine, but from the presence of Christian principles: and that we * are to be sober because it is a Christian duty, and ,s not by insulation from all the elements for being n the reverse. It does appear to me, that character is perfected, not by being placed beyond the reach ? I of temptation, but by being placed within reach of t if, and there gloriously triumphing by the grace a of God over all its suggestions and its temptations. e i It is remarkable, (and I submit ta those who j differ from mo,) that our Lord ministered not to '? j supply, as you perceive, a necessity, but to add an d ! enjoyment. I admit tectotalisin lias done much ' good, and I recognise the perfect liberty of every roan to adopt it who is satisfied that it will do ' j good. I would not say one word against the Tee' - - - ' ' J 1 1 T n i total Society, oecause itiey u;ive uuuc g?mi, im? i e pray that they may do more; but, while they , I claim the liberty of holding their sentiments, I ; must not shrink from the duty of expounding "> what is plainly God's word. e | 1. "The secret of temperance is not ia_the cel*; Inr, but in the heart of the landlord of the wine, cellar." It is true that if a man be convinced e 1 that it is right, and be determined to lead a life 0 : of temperance, purity and sobriety, and has the e moral power to carry out that determination, it y matters not what his cellar contains, lie will be a > [ sober man. But why should a man wish a wells stocked cellar if he intends to live temperately r ' and use his wine only medicinally? Besides, it ' 1 does uot follow, that because some men can live * I soberly in spite of temptation, thnt all men can Jo r the same. The stern fact meets us here that only c i a small minority could stand the daily alluremeut e of the flowing bowl. Admitting that even the teetotaler deserves no credit for his extreme ab!t ; stinence?in other words, that as he is removed ! from temptation, his Sobriety is not a virtue?is * ; he uot reaping the social, moral and purifying " ! benefits of temperance ? | 2. "Now it does seem to me without the least 11 j expression of disrespect towards those who differ from me, that, if God had designed that men ;r i should be universally what is called teetotal?that e [ is, should not taste wine, or anything that has the ^ | least alcoholic element in it?he would have proI hibited the growth of the vine, and rendered ferin | mentation absolutely impossible, because, if there ,e 1 were no fermentation, there could be no alcoholic ;n i element generated." True?so it seems to us?if i God intended to make men teetotal without any efj fort on their part, he would undoubtedly have j rendered the making of alcohol impossible or have r" I taken away all taste for it and rendered itnausea| ting. And so would He have acted towards the )r i opium eaters, instead of sowing the seed of that B> important medicine. So, likewise, would He have ly treated the Cannibal by cutting off the human r- race, and st'pping his supply of dainty food. So 8" too would He hnve acted towards the Abysinians, who feast upon a steak cut from their live cattle l* and then sew u^ .he scar and travel on with as s> little remorse as tne mcoriate manuesis. oui we a have yet to learn, because God does not remove a these several temptations from their several de votees, that it follows as a logical sequence that er they are authorized and invited to partake of these various innocent pleasures! Nor does it follow J" that, because, God has created fermentation that ln men should use alcohol in#any other way than as a )n medicine. If this is a logical conclusion then Pl must it follow, likewise, that men should daily inie dulge in copious potations, of nitric acid, camv" phine, burning fluid, or any other chemical preparation for which true wisdom can find a more aper propriate and innocent use. And if men are not bound to take the most available and effective he means to suppress the wide-spread and fearful i- evil of intemperance, then is the philanthropist rl- a fool, who labors to restrain any vice and to or spread the enriching blessings of virtue and mohe rality. Because God has not chosen to put it out n- of the power of the Cannibal or the Abysinian a to indulge an unnatural appetite, or out of the in reach of the adulterer to gratify an erratic pasis sion, does it follow that he permits either derelicor tion ? id 3. In conclusion, Dr. C. admits that uttotahttt bavedone much good. How they could effect good if ! opposed to the providence of God, we cannot see. ; Suppose they should convert the whole world to their creed, nnd the grape cease to be cultivated . except as a pleasant fruit or for medicinal purposes, would it debase mankind or take aught from the glory of God ? It is always dangerous to play t on the edge of a precipice; to take as the genuine | dictate of reason, a compromise between appetite j and judgment, nnd the tetotallers certainly have | strong presumptive evidence in their favor, inasmuch as their conclusions arc drawn against an animal appetite, the most tyrannical that ever over-rules the reason. divine service. Rev. Mr. Ginsox, Pastor of the Episcopal Church in this Village, will preach at Rock Hill, on Sunday, the 31st instant. charleston correspondence. TVe have secured the services of a gentleman in Charleston to give us the weekly news, and floating items of our Metropolis, and we doubt not but that his chit-chat will bo found interesting to our ! readers. His first effort will be found in this issue. JUNIUS. We would call attention to the, perhaps, too pungent articles of Junius. While, however, he is very emphatic, he gives some striking views on various subjects and particularly on his favorite topic?Temperance. We hope Junius will continue his contributions. BANK OF "cHESTER. At the Annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Bank of Chester, S. C., held at the Bank on Monday, the 4th instant, the following gentlemen were elected Directors for the ensuing year: Thomas McLure, W. Wiight, S. McAliley, Jus. ITemphill, S. W. Mobloy, George S. Cameron, C. | Caldwell, N. R. Eaves, A. B. Springs, J. J. McLure, W. A. Walker, C. D. Melton, J. H Adams. At a meeting of the Directors, held the same day, Geo. S. Cameron was unanimously re-elected President. THE SOUTHERN QUARTERLY. We have received a copy of this able Quarterly, . Vol. II. New Series. Not having had time tocxnnri.o it attentively, we merely give its table of | co' tents: Rivers' History of South Carolina; I Christian Missions and African Colonization ; John Randolph of Roanoke; Dictionary of Philosophical Sciences ; Hon. P. S. Brooks; The Philosophy of Schclling; Character of the American People; The Mechanical Agencies of Heat; Motley's Dutch Republic; Critical Notices of Frnser's Gallery and . iurw wuriia. RIDT AND STRIKE. An extensive riot hns recently opcurred on the | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Th^Directorg nt: tempted to introduce a regulation which should in ! future prevent the frequent loss of packages, for which the company of course, were compelled to pay. But both conductors and employees opposed the innovation, and raised a riot for the purpose of restoring the old "free and easy" system, which they no doubt, found to be very profitable. The military was called out to j>ut down the out! break, and many of the mob were killed. WEATHER, CROPS, &.C. Th?re is s^ill an unpleasant, equivocal indescribablencss, about the weather, which sets at defiance nil "old wives' fables." That season, famous in poetry and song, for its flowers and singing birds, | the Almanact tell us has arrived at last, but the i bleak, chilling breeze sighs mournfully that it is : Still "Over the hills and far awn.' " The crops appear to stand the changeableness of the weather better than the human vegetables. Wheat wears a promising appearance and nn average crop may be produced. Farmers complain that the rains have packed and hardened the ground, so that the cotton cannot force its way up. But they still keep in good heart, as it is probably doing finely under the ground. Gardens are backward, but we still have faint hopes of tasting a plate of okra toup between this and January next. It is time that every person had planted or were planting water-mellons?particularly those intended as samples for the connoisseurship of the editors. L.AURENSVIL.LE HERALD. Some of our exchanges state that R. M. Stokes, ' Esq., of fhe Laurensville Herald, has associated Mr. W. L. Iludgins with him in the editorial department of that paper. As yet wc have not received the officiul announcement, but welcome, sans ccremonie, our old college chum into the frai?!* ? Van T * ? ? TtrA nvtnrwl #a limn rmi? wirKf icriilljr. .. V hand, and hope that editorial honors will gather fust around you. It will seem like a college re j union, after a long vacation, to have tho plensuve j of greeting weekly, the effusions frotn your pen.? | "Mony a canty day, we've had wi ane nniiher" in | the morning of life, and I hope that you will find j your vocation a pleasant one, and that we will go hand in hand "thogither" up the hill. You will think at first the divinity that presides over the Press, a jealous Goddess, but as soon as you learn the details "which none but craftsmen ever knew," her smile will be more radiant and benignant. So fall to work with n good will, Livy, and all the difficulties will soon vanish. MERE-MENTION. On the first page will be found a neat poem by "Carrie." See also the article,"Presbyterial Records Corrected." Watermelons were served up to the boarders at the Pulaski House, in Savannah, on Sunday. The latitude of Savannah, however, cannot boast of their production. Several very rich specimens of gold bearing quartr have been sent to the Spartan from the mine of Capt. C. B. Ilamuiett, some seven miles from Spartanburg Court House. The mine yields well. j-'The number of deaths per week in the city of London is from 1,200 to 1,400. The total number of suicides in Philadelphia for the last two years is ninety-five?sixty-nine men and twenty-six women. W. II. Buchanan, Esq., of Marshall couuty, Virginia, a well known Virginian poet, and nuthor, died suddenly in Wheeling, on the 30th ult., of disease of the heart. Mr. Buchanan was 63 years of nge, and had long been connected, as correspondent, with the National Intel ligcncer and Home Journal. Un tne 1st instant, there were twenty-three and a quarter millions of dollars in the Treasury subject to draft. Of this amount more than ten millions were on deposite in New York, three and a half millions in Boston, three and a half in New Orleans, and the balance in other cities. Mr. Dallas will not be recalled. He will be permitted to represent this Government as long as he may desire to do so. Senator Seward taught a school in Putnam co., Georgia, in 1819?38 years ago. MissM. C. Calhoun, youngest daughter of John C. Calhoun, died on the 2nd instant. The 8umter Watchman says that Judge Withers is suffering severely from some malady in one of his feet The late jubilee at Memphis is described as a grand and imposing affair. The assemblage was estimated at twenty thousand persons. The Spartanburg Express states that the dwelling house of Maj. G. W. H. Legg was burned down recently, and a negro girl thirteen or fourteen years of age perished in the flames. The loss $4,000. The Assessors of the town of Chester recently took a census of the population. The total number of inhabitants is 1,046, of whom 668 are whites, 353 slaves, and 25 free negroes. The assessed value of taxable property is $772,280. Judge O'Neall delivered a lecture on the "Law Bench of South Carolina for the last sixty years," J on Monday last at the Columbia Athcnoeum. It ; is highly spoken of and will be published. ! Gen. Walker has lost two brothers by the Nicarn- | gua war. L. Norvell Walker was the name of the i one who died lately on the steamer Empire City, ' between Aspinwatl and New Orleans. Dr. J. Logan, of Greenwood, is engaged in collecting documents and information which will enable him to write out a history of the Revolutionary Patriots of Abbeville District. He publishes a list of the names of those who distinguished themselves in the struggle. The Keowcc Courier states that Mr. Warren Reid was killed by a man natned Turner, sit Rowlands Old Store in Greenville district on Saturday last. Turner was committed to jail immediately. Hon. Ebenczer Alexander, of Ivnowville, Tetu., died on the 29th of April."" At a meeting of the Trustees of S. C. College, ou Friday last, Mr. James Farrow, of Spartanburg, was elected a Trustee, in place of the Hon. Mr. | Witherspoon. resigned. "Willie's" contributions arrived too late for the present issue ; they will appear in our next. A tremendous storm of wind and rain occurred recently at Mobile, Ala tmina. me raiu ieu 10 mc uupui 01 iwo icci on a level. Sceral persons were drowned. The supply from the city gas and water works was cut off. FOREIGN NEIVS. No news of importance has reached us from the old world since our last. The little mite received is almost entirely of a commercial or domestic character. The merchants and manufacturers of Manchester, England, held a meeting for the purpose of forming a "Cotton Supply Association," to encourage the growth of cotton in the colonies and all other countries. The London Times says: "The news brought by the overland mail shows how fully justified the government and people- of England have been in promptly supporting their officers in China. Certainly, our troops, our frigates and our gun boats have not been dispatched a minute to soon. We are evidently engaged in a momentous conflict, which it will require the utmost rigor, courage and decision to bring to a close." China.?Telegraphic despatches from Trieste announce the arrival of the overland mail, with dates from lfong Kong to theluth of March. The Europeans on board the British steamer Queen, under the Portuguese flag, had been murdered hy the Chinese, and the steamer, with her valuable cargo, carried off. The passengers and crew were also carried off". Tho total export of tea from China for the year euding on the 30th of June next is estimated at 70,000,000 lbs. The price of silks has advanced at Shanghae. Persia.?The dates from Bushirearc to the 0th of March. There had been no fresh military operations in the Persian Gulf. The Persian accounts of the recent battle of Bu.shire have been published, stating that the English advanced until meeting the main body of the Persian army. The latI tcr set fire to the British camp equipage, and reI trentcd towards Aushire, when, being reinforced, I ?i,n lint Hp trtis rpynnipfl and continued four davs. both parties retiring !n confusion amid torrents of rain. The Persians left some of their guns, but afterwards recovered thein. The Persians estimate the Brjti-h loss at 1000, and their own at 4000. Prussia.?According to on official article in the Zeit the Prussian Government lias caused its diplomatic representative at Washington to remonstrate with the United States Government on Hecount of the many acts of violence committed on emigrants in American ports, by forcibly grossing, or, with artifice, kidnapping them on board American vessels, and thus securing their oompulsoiy service on board American merchantmen. Turkey.?Admiral Lyon and his squadron were received at Smyrna with much ceremony by the Turkish authorities; the French and naval division and the English residents. For the Yorkville Enquirer. WHAT IS IT ? This is a lovely world, with its revolving seasons, the bright tlowers of Spring, the full blown beaut)', of summer, the sober livery, of autumu and winter clothed like n bride in her pure and spotless robes;?yes it is a beautiful world. What is it that prevents it from being a happy, pacific and social world ? "Man's inhumanity to mau" answers the poet ; and in this instance he is a true philosopher. It is the omission of those duties which we owe to others, and more especially the commission of actual injuries which makes the otherwise bright world so dark and gloomy. If all men would bike the trouble to explore and understand their duty and perforin that duty when discovered, how much more felicity would be imparted to the sorrowing, grief-stricken!? This is a fact which we all readily admit, because it is self-evident?it is the daily experience of every man?it is the leading idea that lies at the basis of all wise legislation. If the man who wraps himself up in the delusiveness of pride, could feel that the humblest fellow creature that crouches before his gaze, was as precious in the eyes of Heaven as himself?that he was not merely strutting before the wondering eyes of mortals, but that the orbs of angels comprehended his littleness?that to them ho was iu a luminous atmosphere, and all the cells of that hidden heart lay open in repulsive nakedness, would he not bow his haughty head and esteem himself with all his wealth, his lineage long, his talents, his fame deserved or undeserved, whatever, in a word, pampers the pride or vanity of man, but a dependant being like the unfortunate brother by his side ? If be would but consider that the recording angel with one stroke of the pen, one " damning drop," might change his situation from affluence, luxury, the applauses of men, to a level with the lowest spirits in hell, would not his hauteur be diminished?his ugde humbled ? But there is another idea, less appreciated and less thoroughly understood, yet in fact more important and which should have more influence in producing a salutary change?the idea that the way to be happy ourselves is to do our duty towards others. The fact admitted by all, that we could diminish the aggregate of human misery, by studying out and performing our duties, loses much of its force and beauty if we do not likewise estimate the increased felicity of those who feel conscious of having done their duty?of haying met the respousibilities of life, fairly, honestly, bravely, whether by sacrifices or by labors of love. And we have often thought that it is the non-appreciation of this sublime and cheering truth, that makes the miser grind down^his neighbor; the aristocrat pass by haughtily the poor but honest man?in a word that causes every phase of "man's inhumanity to man." How few there are who experience daily or even casually the luxury of doing good ? But we have spoken only of the sius of omission. In none of them do we find the immediate cause of the prevalent misery and unhappincss?so that the question?"what is it,* is still unanswered.? It is the sins of commission, not the neglect of an I obvious duty, but commission of positive wrongs on individuals and on society that makes this beautiful world, often but a deformed and hideous caricature of what it should be, and of what the christian and the philanthropist yet hope to see it. We can overlook the negative wrong, of the man who ueglccts his duty through indolence or ignorance, but how can the widest charity forgive the diabolical wretch, who makes it his business, from year to year, to ensnare and seduce others ; who not content with amassing wealth by penu| rious, close-fisted avarice, seizes upon some popular vice as the highway to fortune, and adds fuel to the flames, in order to hoard up a few doll.%s j ?the price of so many souls? Such is the case with the manufacturer and vender of intoxicating drink. It is his interest, his desire, his ambition, to encourage and stimulate the low animal appetite of those around him. For every soul that he tempts to perdit'on, he expects to realize a handsome sum. It follows, therefore, that the man who makes most by this nefarious traffic, has the honor of doing the greatest injury to humanity, and will it not likewise follow that he will win the I seat of honor in Hell?that spot where the sul- i phurous flames glow with concentrated intensity ? We presume that the commendable maxim, "honor to whom honor is due," governs as inexorably that region of doleful shades, as the celestial clime above. Their measure of punishment, however, will depend upon the allowance made for ignorance, for no man who knows his duty to himself and his fellow men ; who understands the springs of true happiness, whose unhampered soul can rise to the contemplation of felicity, based on virtue and a consciousness of having walked according to the promptings of an unperverted conscience, will ever be found engaged in this avocation. llut the question next arises, how far is that ignorance wilful and self-imposed? Does i it not seem that the dullest intellect could per ceivc that a trade, whose inseparable concomitants are misery and wretchedness?which daily sends victims to prison or to the grave, was wrong and censurable ? Ask the man who daily pursues his trade in the lives and souls of his fellow men, by dealing out poisonous liquors, to his weaker brothers, what chance for heaven the harlot has, who lost to every sense of chastity and honor, follows her guilty profession and allures daily, the innocent and pure to quaff the "wine of her fornication?" He would wonder that you could ask such a simple question, and pretend great horror at a trade, inferior to bis own, in the number of its victims. Did he net first prepnrc the dupe; the syren could not charm him to the brothel?" charm she never so wisely." Did he not first stimulate the fierce passions of the soul, we would look in vain for the thrilling murder in the columns of the newspaper. Did he not take away the capacity for business, the griping miser could no longer clutch the little pittance of the drunkard, and turn forth his wife and family to houseless poverty. Did he not open the floodgates of every vice, the sphere of suffering would be contracted, and philanthopy no longer have cause to weep over the difficulties of a reformation and of a return to primeval felicity and innoccuoe. - JUNIUS. Indian Land, May 9, 1857. CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Chabi.eston, May 11, 1857. Winter has failed at last, beyond the hope of redemption, and rosy-footed May with smiles and flowers and blooming fields has asserted her empire over the wide domain of earth's fair realms, and buds and blossoms and sineine-birds proclaim her with one voice, as the queen of the seasons, and cast her perfumed offerings at her feet The weather, for the last few days, has been charming, but still it is not as warm as'usual at this season, and the nights and mornings are almost chilly.? i The musquitoes, the never-failing harbingers of j hot weather, have made their appearance in small : numbers,but are rather shy and cautious as yet, as I if thoy were afraid that jack-frost might yet intrude and clip their wings. Our delegation to the Memphis Jubilee went pretty much in a body, but they are returning in broken ranks. They have been coming for the last week and mauy of them have not arrived yet, but all are expected in the course of the Spring. Some went up the Mississippi and some wentdown > it, and some came across the country, each one doing what seemed right in his own eyes, and following the direction of bis own inclination. All 1 tjjat I have seen wore delighted with the trip, and only express regret at the brief time allowed them to look round, sec the country and make acquaintances. They are thorough converts to the truth of the sentiment, "Westward the star of Empire takes its course" and many of them seem disposed to follow it. Madame Dc Angri has been singing our citizens into spasms and extacies of delight .for the last week. She was born in Greece, educated in Italy, walks like a queen, sings like a nightengale, and is as beautiful as the fabled houris of Mahomet's heaven. You may consider that rather a lofty and exaggerated encomium, but I can assnre you, that she deserves it all, and if you could see her you would endorse it without a moments hesitation. She finishes her engagement to-night with a grand operatic performance at the Theatre. She is ticcompanied by a younger sister who is just emerging from short dresses and pantaletts, and is verging from the critical state of sweet sixteen. She is handsome, and is also a sweet btrtiad siDger, but neither her voice nor per/I ATSO/l A io MAf til A?A _ auu 13 JCl JlIUpCllJ' uctcivpcu, uuu 10 UVV lUVIVfore a subject for proper criticism. Quite a buz in the commercial hive was created last week by the arrival in this port of the new steamship Columbia, commanded by Capt. Berry, and to run on the line between this city and New York. I was one among the invited who went aboard of her the day of her arrival, and examined her from stem to steu, and the voice of all agreed in pronouncing her the finest boat that crosses our bar, the Isabel not excepted. She left on her return trip for New York on Saturday evening, and the Courier describes her departare as quite an exciting and interesting affair. The late Catholic Fair which was held at Hii bernian Hall, realized $7,000, and the ladies, Floral Fair for the aid of the Young Mens' Christian Association commences on to-morrow evening at Institute Hall, with a Grand Vocal Concert. The Fair will continue a week, and is under the patronage jof all the Christian demonstrations in the city. MAGNOLIA. From Kansas and the Plain*. St. Louis, May 5. The Republican publishes Secretary Staunton's reply to the letter of the citizens of Lawrence, in which be says he will do nothing which denies the authority or validity of the Territorial laws. Respecting the judges af the election, he hopes that the Probate Judges will appoint one Republican j aud one Democrat in favor of a free and one Democrat in favor of a slave State. The Kansas City Enterprise of the 2d learns from the Plains that the Chayenee Indians are concentrating at the head waters of the Republican fork, witli the determination of resisting the : attack of the United States troops. They had a j large supply of arms and ammunition. A terrible battle had been fought at Fremont Peak between the Snake and the Blackfeet Indians.? I Twenty-seven of the latter were killed. From Florida.?We learn from nn officer just j arrived from Southern Florida, that General HarI ney, with part of his stuff, left Tampa, on tbe-U/ I S. .steamer Fashion, on the 28th, and was succeed I ed in the commuiid of the Department by Colonel | Loomis, of the 5th Infantry. Troops were still I actively engaged in the field, and 110 orders had been received for their withdrawal. The scouts ! in the vicinity of Istopoga and Tohopocoliga had J recently met with some success, capturing and kilj ling several Indians. It is believed that General j Hartley, upon his arrival at Fort Leavenworth, | will be ordered to command a large force to pro! ceed to Utah. The general health of the troops was good. Plowino up Gold.?A day or two ago, one of | the hands of Mr. Benjamin S. Dey, ran his plough | in a big pile of buried treasure on Mr. Dcy's farm, situated at Tull's creek, Currituck county N. C., j amounting we learn, to upwards of $10,000 in I gold and silver coin. Mr. B. S. Dey bought the farm about two years ago; and it formerly belong| cd to a wealthy old lady, who it is supposed, de( posited the money in the ground during the war, I to keep it from the hands of unwelcome intruders I upon the soil of the old North State. Washington, May 8.?The Cabinet to-day was i almost exclusively occupied with Kansas affairs.? I The Hon. R. J. Walker was present. He takes ! the oath of office of Governor here before his deJ parture. j Galveston, May 4.?Twenty-five miles of the i Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad was I finished on the 80th ult, securing the grant of 300,000 acres of land. England and France vs. NewGeenada, &c.? A dispatch to the Baltimore San, says: Both the British and French ministers, it is said, hare represented to the Government of New Granada that she is wrong in regard to the controversy with the United States, and that if she persists in her position she will not be supported by either England or France. "Negotiations will not be resumed upon the basis of the DAllas-Clarondon treaty. White Teeth, Perfumed Breath and Beautiful Complexion?can be acquired by nsing the "Balm of a Thoutand Flatter?. What lady or gentleman would remain under the curse of n disagreeable breath, when by using the "Balm of a Thousand Flowers" as a dentrifice, would not only render it sweet, but loaTe the teeth as white as alabaster? Many persons do not know their breath is bad, and the subject is so delicate their friends will never mention it. Beware of counterfeits.? Be sure every bottle is signed FETBIDGE & CO. N. Y. For sale by all Druggists. ^ It seems that Rheumatism, Deafness, Neuralgia, Swollen and Stiff Joints and other Complaints to which we are all subject have lost their terrors, Prof. De Grath's Electric Oil is warranted to relieve any case in a short space of time and with a trfling expense. It can be had of the agents here. See advertisement in another column. To Nebvous Suffebehs.?A retired Clergyman, restored to health In a few days, after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make knownthemeahs of cure. Will send (free) the prescription used. Direct the Rev. JOHN M. D AON ALL, No. 59 Fulton-street, Brooklyn, N. T. Commercial jftprfuwni. Yorkville Cotton Market. hepouted by robbbt . m. alexander. Mat 13. Cotton.?No material change to notice?very little offering, consequently the transactions are limited. The Charleston market is depressed and irregular, owing to the unfavorable accounts from Europe. We quote, 11 to 18. A superior article might command a higher figure. Columbia Market. Mat 11. Cotton.?Our last weekly report of the Cotton market, it will be recollected, closed on a rather dull and drooping demand for the article, although we.did not alter our scale of quotations. The week just terminated has also been dull and partly from the fact that the supply on sale was very light, and therefore scarcelyworth the attention of buyers, and also the news from Liverpool to the 25th ult., which was received on Thursday, reporting a flight decline in the inferior grades of American Cotton, with sales for the week of 44,000 bales, including 1,800 to speculators and 4,000 to exporters, and leaving a stock on hand of r.75 AAA Ul.o .nf AOA AAA A uiu,uuv vaivO) vi nmvu tav,vw mv uauvi iv?u,? These accoants rather tamed theteudency of prices in favor of buyers, and although we do not feel warranted in altering our quotations, still we are satisfied that our former prices are more difficult to be obtained than they were at the date of our previous weekly report. The sales of the week comprise 270 bales, aud we still continue to quote: Inferior 11} to 11} Ordinary "-lit to 12} Middling 12} to 12} Good Middling ....12} to 18$ Fair .18} to 18} Bacon.?The stock of Bacon has become very much reduced, and as there is a brisk demand prices are looking up. We now quote 13 to 18} per hog round; Sides 13}, and Hams 13} to 13}, according to quality. Corn.?The demand for Gorn is also good, and the stock in first hands is light, consequently prices are a shade higher. _ We quote $1 to $1.05 cents per bushel. Peas.?We hare no material change to notice in the price of Peas, and we therefore continue to quote 95 cents to $1 per bushel. Hour.?There is an active demand for this artioie, and as the stock on sale is light, prices are a shade higher. We now quote $7 26 @ $7 50 for Common to Good brands; Superfine $7 76, and Extra Family Flour $8 25 to $8 50 per bbl. Fodder.?There has been a moderate snpply of this article on sale during the p^gt week, which was freely taken at our former quotations of $1.60 @ $1.62} per 100 lbs. fjptittal. 4-' Married?On the 5th instant, at the house of John Porter, Sen., by Ber. W. C. Patterson, Mr. G. D. BROWN, Esq., of Wolfville, N. C., aud Miss MARY P. PORTER of Lancaster, S. C. Dibd?In this District od the 10th instant, SARAH JANE, yonngest daughter of Capt. James and Elizabeth Jackson, aged 11 months. "How oft the flowers of youth are culled, With time's relentless knife, To blossom in glory's fairy halls, Far from mortal care and striJfe." On the 6th instant, at the residence of his father, in Columbia, THOMAS H., son of Samuel R. and M. A. Black, aged eight years. In Canton, Mississippi, at the residence of Hon. E. G. Henry, on the 26th nit.,-Miss NANCY HENRY, after a long and painful illness. NOTICE.?-The notes and accounts due the firms of BROACH, MILLS & CO., W. P. BROACH & CO., and G. W. BROACH & CO., are in my bands for collection. It is necessary that the business should be closed, and I give fair notice that all outstanding demands will be put in suit at next Fall Court. W. P. BROACH. May 14 19 3m AMILY GROCERIES.?The undersigned takes this medium to inform his friends and the public generally, that he will continue to conduct the GROCERY BUSINESS on bis own account, at the stand recently occupied by HACKETT & DARWIN. He has just returned from Charleston with a FRESH SUPPLY of articles in his line, which he offers at low prices for CASH AND CASH ONLY. He hopes to receive a continuance of the patronage heretofore bestowed by his friends and the public. W. K. HACKETT. May 14 19 tf / A RETIRED PHYSICIAN / YRTHOSE sands of life had nearly ran oat, I WW discovered while in the East Indies, a ccrI tain carc for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, /Vn/.l,o nnl/lo and finneMil n?hilit? Th? dy was discovered by him when his only child, a daughter, was given up to die. Wishing to do as much good as possible, he will send to such of his afflicted fellow-beings as request it, this n ipe, with full and explicit directions for making it up and successfully using it. He requires each applicant to enclose him one shilling?three cents to bo returned as postage on the recipe, and the I remainder to be applied to the payment of this I advertisement. Address, / Dr. H. JAMES, No. 19 Grand-st. / Jersey City, N.J./ j ;3Iftyl4 19 4t J SONS OF TEMPERANCE AT the last meeting, of ROCK HILL DIVISION, No. 34, Sons of Temperance, of South Carolina, Col. Wat. C. Beatty and Gen. John A. Alston were appointed to qddress the people on the subject of Temperance, on the" 8rd SATURDAY in this month. Both of whom have accepted the appointment. All the Divisions in the District and the community generally, are respectfully invited to attend on that occasion and hear those gentlemen on the all important sabject of Temperance. fiSy The members of the several Divisions that expect to be with us on t?e occasion, are requested to meet at the Division Room at 10 o'clock, A. M , where the procession will be formed under the direction of the Marshal (with Regalia) and conducted from thence to the Methodist Cbnrcb, where the exercises will commence at 11 o'clock. The citizens and the public generally are requested to be punctual in attendance, so that no delay may occur. " i May 7 18 td 4 SEIDL.ITZ AND SODA POWDERS of extra-size and quality. For sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO.