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Dr. W. C. Ravenel has been appointed
Port Physician of Charleston.
The Louisiana sugar crop promises a
larger yield than for several years past, 250,000
to 800,000 hogsheads, against only 78,000
last year.
The Salt Lake mail passed at Leavenworth
on the 29th of May, 250 wagons and
2,000 emigrants, seceders from the Mormons,
on their way to the States. About 1,000 of
them are going to California.
According to the published list of taxpayers
in Baltimore, there is not one millionaire
in the whole city. The wealthiest inhabitant
in it is rated at only 8730,000;
while the next to him in wealth is the pos
sessor of but $480,000.
Dr. David Dale Owen, of Indiana,
has been appointed by Governor Conway to
make a geological survey of Arkansas, and
will enter upon the discharge of his duties
about the middle of October, by which time
he will have completed the survey of Kentucky.
Counterfeit new cent pieces are in circulation,
intended no doubt, to mix with the
genuine in large quantities; they will easily
deceive persons at a casual glance, but being
of pewter, like all that kind of coin, have a
greasy feel and a slumpy sound that any
body will recognize.
P. B. Manchester, a noted banker
who committed forgeries and robberies in Cincinnati,
abont two and a half years ago, to
the amount of 8300,000, was arrested at the
Michigan Central Deppt, on Thursday last,
through the instrumentality of a Cincinnati
merohant, who had been fleeced by him.
There is a block of granite on Boon
Island, about 14 feet in extreme, length, 10
feet wide, and from 5 to 6 feet in height,
which was lifted from its bed in the ledge,
and carried up an inclined plane of from 12
to 15 degrees, to a distance of near 60 feet.
This occurred during a northeast snow storm,
in 1852.
The Secretary of the Treasury is of
the opinion that the close of the present fiswill
finfl o onrnliia nf fwonfr.tBn I
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millions of dollars in the Treasury. The
late reduction of the tariff, he thinks, will
result in an increase of revenue from increased
importations; and he has already determined
to recommend another large extension
of the free list.
Judge Morgan, of New Orleans, rendered
a decision a few days ago', in which
he refused to declare void the decision of the
Supreme Court of that city, ordering the will
of Daniel Clark to be probated. The Delta
says, this is an additional and all but final
step towards the attainment by Mrs. Gaines
of the rights for which she has been so long
oontending.
Brigham Young is said to have within
his jurisdiction 20,000 fighting men, armed
and equipped, who are bound to fight for
the Mormon Church till the last man has
expired. The population of Utah is estimated
at 100,000; besides which there are
200,000 adherents of Mormonism in adjoining
States and Territories, according to
Judge Hammond.
We exported from Key West last
year, says the Key West of the Gulf, about
3100,000 worth of sponges; and the exports
of this year, stimulated by tbe advanced
price will probably reach $300,000, or about
one hundred and fifty thousand pounds of
sponge. About forty boats and two hundred
men are engaged in the business, who catch
the sponge in the shallow waters of South
Florida, as far west as Cedar Keys.
The enormous increase in the manufacture
of whiskey in the West, within tbe
past few years, is attracting considerable attention
at present, on account of the purposes
to which the product is applied. Much
the large portion of it is manufactured into
alcohol, the shipments of which to France
have been enormous. A Cincinnati paper
states that only a few days ago 10,000 barrels
of alcohol was sold to one house in New
Orleans, intended for shipment to France.
It is said to have been demonstrated,
as the result of a scientific commission detailed
for investigation upon the coast of Norway,
that the "Maelstroom," or whirlpool,
has no existence; at least it is not to be
found at the point designated upon the maps !
It seems, then, that not only large ships and
whales,.but Edgar A. Poe and all the rest
of us have been "sucked in" by it. What
an opening for the credulity and wonder of
youth has thus been corked up!
Ex-President Fillmore and ex-President
Pierce have both accepted invitations
to attend the Bunker Hill celebration in
Boston. Lt. Gen. Scott, another invited
guest, will be escorted to Boston by the National
Guards, of New York, and on arriving
at the former city will be escorted to his
quarters by the National Lancers. Ex-President
Tyler has also been invited by both
branches of the Massachusetts Legislature
and the Bunker Hill Society to participate
in the celebration.
The Mine?ota Republican, published
at St. Anthony, says that men are now held
as slaves, as property, in Minnesota. Every
year men who come from the South bring
their slaves as body servants to the hotels,
and take them away again. And it has positive
information that a southerner is now
holding his slaves at Stillwater, ana declares
that under the Dred Scott decision he defies
the authorities to interfere. He intended to
remain in the territory, and thus to render
slavery a permanent institution.
Mr. Lieber gives in his report the
following statistics. The cost of the fence
in this State is set down at $7,948,500, and
has to be renewed every ten years. The
value of our stock, according to the census
returns of 1850, was 815,060,005, as follows:
horses 896,171; asses and mules 837,483;
milch cows 8169,244; working oxen
820,507; other cattle 8563,935; sheep 8285,651;
swine 81,065,503. The increased value
of copper is also astonishing. For the year
1856 it increased in value over 8150.00 per
ton, and is always in brisk demand !
1 never yet found pride in a noble
nature, nor humility in an unworthy mind.
Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the
vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful
wall: of all beasts, the soft and patient
lamb: of all fowls, the mild and guileless
dove. When God appeared to Moses, it was
not in the lofty cedar, nor the sturdy oak,
nor the spreading palm, but in a bush, a
humble, slender, abject bush?as if He
would by these selections check the conceited
arrogance of man. Nothing procureth
love like humility?nothing hate, like pride
CJp ?orkb!ffeinquirer
EDITKD BY
BAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLEB.
JOSEPH H: BLACK.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1857.
EXTRAVAGANCE.
The two leading characteristics of the present
age is the impatience to get rich, and the extravagant
manner in which fine fortunes are spent. It
really appears that one half of mankind are grasping
and hoarding up money without any object,
and the other half spending it in mere frivolities.
The miser is a detestable character in himself, yet
were there not scattered through the land this
close-fisted, flint-skinning class, to act as counterirritants
or anti-spasmodics, the wealth of the
country would be squandered so recklessly and
prodigally, that universal bankruptcy would be the
prevailing cry. This extravagance is the more
reprehensible since it rages in a free government
?a republic which boasts of its conservatism and
its democratic and puritanical elements. It was
one of the blessings which our patriotic forefathers
imagined they were securing us, that with the
overthrow of a titled nobility, and the ponderous
trappings of the aristocracy, a new order would
be introduced where simplicity of manners would
prevail, and individual merit graduate the standing
of every one. This is the glory of republicanism
and the crowning beauty of the democratic
idea. But the tendency of the age, if not antirepublican,
is certainly anti-democratic. Wealth
must ever have its influence; it is puerile to imagine
otherwise. It has a legitimate power under
every system of government, and should have.?
But when it over-steps the limits to which the economist
assigns it and aspires to rule the world
and bend genius and intelligence at its will, it
becomes a dangerous element?especially dangerous
to a democratic government.
Knowledge has been sententiously termed pow*
er, but when knowledge itself becomes venal and no
longer competes with wealth?the palm of superiority?the
consequence is, that without any operation
of law, a dr. facto order of nobility arises,
more odious than in older countries, where merit
and worth have ennobled a family and many of
1 *' 1?' ?tMiniimit?Oft tlipnutrh a
uie uncesirai iinura u.i <. ? 0
lineage long. In such a system there is something
that strikes the fancy. Around it the hues
of romance have been so entrancingly thrown,
that for a moment, we lose sight of the oppression
and misery which supports its splendor and magnificence.
Republicanism, however, was to desstrov
the entire system and institute perfect eI
quality, with merit as the sole olaim to pre-eminence.
It is useless to say that it has failed to
accomplish this object. It has only substituted
the nobility of wealth for the nobility of merit.?
It has taken away a plausible pretence for a tyrannical
system, and substituted one more oppressive
in its operations and more degrading in its
final consequences.
And what are those consequences ? The most
alarming consequences is, that integrity, merit,
magnanimity, talent?everything that adorns and
ennobles man?loses all attractiveness, and virtue
is no longer regarded as self-rewarding. When
such is the case, an inordinate desire for riches at
once seizes all classes. Riches in any way?the
shortest way?is the universal motto. Wild speculations,
every species of fraud, loose morals and
general venality, follow as secondary effects.?
And in this way we may account for the apparent
paradox, that an inordinate craving for, and extravagant
waste of wealth are the prominent characteristics
of the age. Those who have not the precious
boon are forced to keep up appearances or
fall back into plebian insignificance. Those who
have it, in order to magnify their wealth and increase
their influence, make a display to which the
nobility of the old world are strangers. In the
following extract from a Northern paper, the extravagance
of the age is lucidly traced to some of
its ruinous consequences.
"More than four sevenths of the marriages in
Massachusetts are among the foreign-born. Wby
is it? For the most simple reasons: the foreign
born can afford to get married, and the nativeborn
cannot; and this must be, so long as our extravagant
mode of life continue. In social life
there never was a people tending to deeper and
more destructive social corruption?and that is
most evident from the records of all the ccuite,
and the columns of all the newspapers?than Americans.
Our fathers used to tell of the proflitnuw
of Paris: their children tell of the mysteries
of New York?a city not far behind any in Eu
rope. And making proper allowances for size,
how far is New York ahead of our other oitie9
and towns? Once was the time when a wife was
j a "help meet;" now, in a thousand of cases, you
can change the "meet" to "eat," and make.it read
| more truthfully.
We boast of our system of education; we have
j female high schools, female colleges, female medical
schools, and female heavens. Our girls are
' refined, learned, and wise; they can sing, dance,
j play pianos, paint, talk French and Italian, and
all the soft languages, write poetry, and love like
Venuses. They arc ready to be courted at ten
years, and can be taken from school and married
at fifteen, and divorced at twenty. They make
splendid shows on bridal tours, can coquette and
flirt at the watering places, and shine like angels
at winter parties. But Heaven be kind to the
poor wretch that marries in the fashionable circles.
What are they at washing floors ? Oh, we
forgot; nobody has bare floors now?how vulgar
that would be! What are they at making bread
and boiling beef? Why, how thoughtless wo are?
to be sure they will board, or have servants.?
What are they at mending old clothes ? But there
we are again; the fashions change so often that
nobody has old clothes but the rag-men and the
paper-makers now ! What are they at washing babies'faces
and pinning up their trousers? And
here is our intolerable stupidity once more; having
children is left to the Irish! What lady thinke
of having children about her now? or if she is so
unfortunate, don't she put them to wet-nurses tc
begin with, and boarding-schools afterwards!
We repeat?we have come to a point where young
men hesitate and grow old before they can decide
whether they can marry, and afterwards keep
clear of bankruptcy and crime. What is the consequence
? There are more persons living a single
life?are there more lending a virtuous life ? Il
is time for mothers to know that the extravagance
they encourage is destructive of the virtue of theii
children; that all the foolish expenditures making
to rush their daughters to matrimony, are, instead
of answering that end, tending to destroy the institution
of marriage altogether."
THE EXAMINATION |
In the Female College i9 progressing finely;
but we must defer an extended notice untill the
next issue, when we will try and give the particulars.
COURT OP EQUITY.
This is the week of Equity Court. Hi9 Honoi
Chancellor Dunkiu presides. Business is despatched
at a reasonable rate, but we must poetpone
further notice till its close.
CORRECTION.
In the last issue, we inadventently confused the
proceedings of the Old and New School Presbytein
yafornnno tn tlia fllnverv
question should have referred to the latter. We
have since received the Herald, and give elsewhere
the action of the General Assembly in reference
to the Independent Presbyterians.
THE CROPS.
From our limited observation, and the general
report from different sections of the country, the
crops are growing finely, barring those destroyed
by hail. Cotton of course, cannot recover sufficiently
to make a large yield, but wheat is of more
importance just now, and we have never seen a
better prospect for an abundant harvest. Corn is
late but doing well. Oats are fine.
THE COLLEGE.
We publish, from the Carolinian, a succinct ;
i statement of the proceedings of the Board of Trus1
tees at their meeting, last week, resulting from
the recent disturbances in our State College.?
This action, it will be perceived, is in its results
the most radical possible. Presidents, Professors
and students have been "exonerated" and scattered;
a Corporal's guard have been detailed
(pro tempore, we suppose, to counterbalance the
weight of outside pressure;) find more and worse
than all, decided resolutions have been adopted,
without premeditation and in the most alarming
haste, substituting in place of the College a system
of education totally at variance with that heretofore
pursued in South Carolina, and requiring for
its maintenance and efficiency different aims,
different motives and an essentially different social
organization. Add to these considerations the
several individual instances when very worthy
men, without fault, we believe, have been made
to suffer the severest injury, and we have a series
of measures, inconsistent, radical, destructive of
public confidence, and as such meriting a positive
and unqnaliffcd condemnation. In no particular,
we think, can the action of the Board receive the
sanction of public opinion.
But it is not our design now to enter into a discussion
of the several points presented in the
minutes of the Board. Having just returned to
our post, we have not been able to ascertain the
real history of this unfortunate affair, a very important
portion of which, necessary to a candid
| and enlightened criticism, evidently remains to be
made public. Nor do we design to reflect, in any
degree, upon the motives or the good sense of the
distinguished members of the Board. Such an
effort would be worse than ridiculous. We have
spoken of their action under the belief that it is
the result of misplaced confidence?of a too firm
reliance in the integrity of those who, we believe,
will bo proved to have been faithless to their
charge.
An esteemed and intelligent correspondent has
promised to furnish us with a careful statement,
in detail, of the entire history of the affair. We
trust we shall receive it in time for publication
next week, when we may be able to write more at
length and in a style better in keeping with the
great importance of the subject.
THE TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION,
By the Union Division announced in our last is,
sue, came off on Saturday last. Owing to the
pressure of crops and the prevalence of sickness
in the neighborhood, the cOucourse of people was
comparatively small. Mr. S. A. McElwek acted
as Marshall of the day and under his lead, while
cheered by the music of the Ebenezer Band, the
' Sons" and "Daughters" were formed into a procession
and marched to the atand.^ The meeting
was opened by an appropriate prayer by Col. Wm.
C. BEATxr. Mr. B. C. Pressly was then announced,who
in a speech of considerable length, depicted
in vivid colours the evils of intemperance and
fully sustained his reputation as a promising young
orator. He was followed by Mr. J. H. Black,
who after a brief speech, was followed by Col.
Wm. C. Ueatty. wis remaras Wfre specially airected
to that class of objectionists who claim to
be temperate yet cavil about the "secrecy'' of the
organization, the Bible axithority for total abstinence,
and a thousand minor points, really insignificant,
if they wished in their hearts to promote
the cause of religion and morality. At the close
of Col. B's remarks, Mr. Milks JonNSON sung a
couple of Temperance songs which appeared to delight
the hearers very much. The assembly which
was remarkably courteous and attentive, then dispersed,
while the Marshall again formed a procession
and marched to the Division Room to initiate
two new converts to the cause.
Among others present on this occasion, we noticed
Gen. Allston of Rock Hill, and Messrs. John
G. En lor, Samuel Ei Moore, and others from
Yorkville. It is usual to give the ladies rn paxxant
a compliment, but they did not have an opportunity
to display their taste, as the Committee
of Arrangements dispensed with the pic-nic, nnd
as to their beauty and personal attractions?"the
world knows them by heart"?to quote a phrase
from Webster.
We learned that the Union Division, and in fact
that all the Divisions in the district were promptly
co-opemting with the Yorkville Divisions, to
make the Demonstration ia July worthy of the noble
cause.
HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
This distinguished statesman has been enthusiastically
received by the Mississippinns on his return
home. These demonstrations cannot be mistaken.
It shows clearly, a reaction in the popular mind
in favor of those men who have been staunchest
rtafoncr> of the fionth. In time of a pre
vailing panic those who counsel retreat or submission
may be exalted temporarily, but with a returning
sense of duty and honor, the traitorous
laurels will be stricken from their brows. There
was a time when Col. Davis could not so boldly
have uttered the sentiments of his speeches of
Yicksburg and Jackson without the malediction
of timid politicians. But Mississippi appears at
last, to have come up to the platform of her heroic
statesman and applauded him, while he dcdeclarod:?
"He [Col. Davis] was no alarmist; he had a
contempt for panics and a scorn for panic-makers;
but he would tell them that in 1860 the monster
! crisis was to be met. Then shall American patriotism
pass the ordeal of fire, fie hoped for the
| best; but a sense of danger imposed upon him
the duty of warning them to prepare for the worst.
! The time had been when the puling newspapers of
. the opposition would have denounced him as a
[ traito>* for uttering this sentiment. It was a time
when patriotism was construed to be submission to
I degredation and wrong, for the sake of a Union
whose soul was perishing away, and which was
, being periled only by such submission. He thank,
ed Heaven that time was passed. It was not the
, Revolutionary time: 0, no, submission wasnn uni
uttered word in that day of bold resolve and high
, achievement. It was a period intermediate beJ
tween now and then?a 'dark age' in our political
, history. But he need not adjure them to preparation.
They were preparing.
, "That iron interlink, now in progress with Charj
leston on the Atlantic, was such preparation. The
, Southern Railroad was originally a conception of
! JohnC. Calhoun. He sought this commercial and
p social intimacy between Mississippi and South
j Carolina. And?who would think it??it was
. stigmatized at the time as a project of treason !
Ilow flagitious, then, according to the quaint judgment
of that day, must be Mississippi's perfidy;
for she has made the treason practical?the loco,
motive traitor is partially on its way! It would
' bring the South in iutimato communion with heri
self; it would develope her resources within the
South?and that was her great need."
The name of John C. Calhoun?the prophetic
statesman of the South?is at last heard with the
, respect which his philosophic mind and unwavering
patriotism deserved. It will yet ring more
potently along the rich valley of the Mississippi,
over the prairies of the West, and through the
whole South, as daily events develope his wisdom
and foresight.
Among other topics in his brief review of the
Pierce Administration, Col. Davis adverted to
the acquisition of Cuba. The failure to accomplish
this object is attributed to the Lower Hoyse,
which withheld supplies and refused a vote of
confidence in the Government. The acquisition
of the fertile island is very desirable to the South,
but as to the practicability of the measure there
i is less certainty. What inducement can be held
1 out to tempt the North to aid in its acquisition ?
What but the emancipation of the slaves or the
purchase of their favor by some corresponding
fleecing operation. Cuba should belong to us.?
It would promote the interests of the island as
well as our own. To use a poetical figure?it lies
la the bosom of the South, and must at no very
future clay, be fondled in her arm*. But will it
not be under the guidance of a Southern Republic
that this oppressed and ill-governed land will first
feel the renovating influence of freedom and freetrade
?
MERE-MENTION.
On the first page see the continuation of the
well-written story by Mrs. Stratton. Also an
original poem ; quite rendable, and a communication,
descriptive of the peregrinations of a young
gentleman of this place, through various scenes
and places. We would call attention to the
address to the Frienda of Temperance, by Judge
O'Neali., to be found in another column.
The following names nro 9pokcn of in connection
with the vacant senatorship: Ex-Governor Hammond,
Hon. Francis Pickens, Judge Withers,
Chancellor Daboan, Col. Orr, Col. Memminoer,
Col. Chesnut, Mr. Keitt, Mr. Botce, and others.
Com. John C. Stevens died of enlargement
of the heart, at his residence in Hoboken, on June
10th, aged 72 years. He leaves property to the
amount of several millione. The Charleston
papers mention the death of Col. J. Charles Burst,
a worthy Representative of that city in the State
Legislature. Gen. John B. Walbach, the
oldest officer in the United States Army, died al
his residence, in Baltimore, Wednesday night, ir
the 93d year of his age, after an illness of three
days. Setii Kinman, who presented the buck
horn chair to the President, has received an appointment
for assisting to remove certain Indians
on the Pacific coast. His salary will he nboul
?1,800 per annum. Much interest is just
now being manifested in &%rqnch from the Memphis
and Charleston Rail Railroad to connect Tuscumbia
and Florence. The New York Tribune
says that sixteen murders have been committed
in that city since the first of April. Jobs
A. Gilmer, Esq., of Greensborough, N. C., has accepted
thrnomination for Congress in that District,
and made his opening speech at Graham or
Tuesday last.
Mr. Robert Burns, the eldest son of the poet,
died at Dumfries, Scotland, on the 14th ult.
Prof. Carlisle of Wofford College, has been nominated
for the mathematical chair ofS. C. College,
Col. Maxcy Gbkoo is nominated for the Prcsiden
cy. Powers' statue of the Greek Slave wil
be sold at public auction on the 23d June.
It is reported that all the crops in Tennessee art
dying for want of rain. "I love thee still,'
as the quiet husband said to the chattering wife
Bus?to kiss. Re-bus?to kiss again. Blunder-bus?two
girls kissing each other. Omni-bui
r, trios oil tLo trirla in the room. Bus-ter?a pen
eral kisser. Epluri bus mum?a thousand kissef
in one. Wendell Phillips defines a politi
cinn as "one who serves God as far as he can with
out offending the devil." This is epigraniatic anc
not far from the mark. Ambition often put!
men upon doing the meanest offices, so climbing ii
performed in the same posture as creeping.
Always do as the sun does, look at the bright sid<
of everything; it is just as cheap and three timei
as good for digestion. As sins proceed, thei
ever multiply; and, like figures in arithmetic, tb<
last stands for more than all that went before it
The Indianapolis Journal advances a nev
and very striking theory of the "Aurora Borealis,'
viz: "That a comet has at some time hit thi
earth or Northern Pole, and run into Syjimes
Ilole, leaving its tail sticking out, the flapping o
which makes the auroral light." "Bimelelech
my son," said a boss butcher to a twelve year old
one day, as he was about to make his first effor
at fish peddlingin the street, "Bimelech, my son
if you expect to sell any fish you must blow you,
horn." Mammon is the only God that is wor
shipped in every clime without a single temple
and by all classes without a single hypocrite.
"I know of oo such thing as genius," said Ho
oarth to Mr. Gilbert Cooper ; "genius is nothing
but diligence."
NEWS ITEMS.
Kansas is again attracting attention. It is no
so certain thatit will be a slave State, since Nor
them emigrants have been pouring into it of late
Gov.ijWalker is calling down the imprecations o
the Southern Press by his manoeuvres in favor o
the Abolitionist?viz : sending the constitntioi
back to the people to be ratified, and thus givinj
the North time and opportunity, yet, to pluck tin
victory out of the hands of the South.
The famine in Michigan is causing considernbh
distress?many families actually starving.
There has been a great conflagration in Con
stantinople, by which 1300 houses were destroyed
Serious politico-religious riots have taken placi
in Belgium, growing out of anti-Catholic feelings
- - .nj ll..
UOnvents, monasteries, tunojcr, mm uiguvj, .
Palace had been attacked. The troops interfered
and at the latest accounts order was nearly re
stored.
GREAT EXHIBITION.
Eldbed's Troupe will exhibit in this place 01
Tuesday next. Every person that can open theii
eyes should be here to see the elephant.
THREE EVENTS.
The Charleston Mercury thus adverts to threi
important events?events likely to have a control
ling influence on the future of our country, ant
fearfully ominous to the future of the South :
"In one short month, three events have occuret
which apparently have attracted little or no notict
in the South, and in certain Presses, none at all
The slavery question has broken up the Younj
Men's Christian Association in New York?it ha:
separated the New School Presbyterian Church
and has entered into the American Tract Society
for future discussion in its circulations.
Men can become used to almost any endurance
Sonic of the ancient Asiatics wore horse-hnii
shirts, filled with vermin, with but little annoy
ance. Although periodically overwhelmed by it!
eruption, the population about Mount Yesuviui
continue to build within the reach of its terribh
lava. But a few years ago, the first breach be
tween the North and the South, in the Methodis
Church, produced a profound sensation of indig
nation in every homo in the South. But when
are we now ? Church after Church separatesreligious
associations are broken up?and ever
the streams of religious literature, looking to th<
salvation of men's souls, as its high and holy
aims, are to be polluted with Abolition incendia
rism, and we hear it with scarcely an emotion.?
Some Southern Presses pass over these event!
without a notice, and others advert to them as
they might do to the breaking up of a count]
meeting, or a paltry street riot. As great politi
cal events, threatening the peace of one half ofth<
Confederacy in their sure developments, they ar<
treated as unworthy of regard. Allured by th<
Government, or paralyzed by an abject spirit o
submission, they turn their insensate indignatiot
on those of their brethren in the South who wil
not and cannot remain passive under the might]
meanings these events show forth. They cal
them ultra disturbers of the peace of the South
and enemies to its prosperity ana inus saiery; ant
thus it has been, from the first beginning of th<
Abolition agitation in Congress in 1834. Undei
the passive inactivity of the South, how vast hai
been the progress of things since that day? Bu
there they are still shouting peace and denounc
ing action."
TEMPERANCE IN CHESTER.
From the subjoined Address to the friends o
Temperance and the report of the Committee o
Arrangements, it will be seen that our friends ii
Chester are wide awake. The Committee submi
the following report:
"The Presidents of the C. & S. C. Railroad
G. & C. R. R-, and K. M. Railroad, have kindly
consented to allow delegates to pass, coming anc
returning, for one fare, over their Roads. Th<
President of tbo S. C. R. R. allows the same privilege,
provided SO delegates pass over that Road,
As two, or more public meetings will be held
(taring the Convention, the Committee b&7e written
to several abie speakers, to be present on the
occasion. The meeting is expected to convene on
Tuesday afternoon at 8 o'clock. .Public meeting
Tuesday evening 8 o'clock, and Wednesday afternoon,
sufficiently early to allow members of the
Grand Divisii n to reach Yorkville for an evening j
session.
i "We make no appeal to the friends of Temper- ,
! ance, hoping and believing there will be a grand 1
I turn out of delegates, in Chester, on 21st. July."
SraiNOFiKLD, .lune tith, 18A7.
To the Frinula of Temperance:
The meeting of the State Temperance Society
will be held at Chesterville on Tuesday the 2l9t
day of July. It-is expected the meeting will coraj
mence as soon nfter the arrival of the ears as pns!
siblc; - say ut or before 3 p. m. The meeting it !
will be observed, begins the day before the Grand
Division meets, nt York: it is expected to adjourn
time enough to reach Yorkville before the mcotiiig
there, the evening of the 221. It is hoped every
organization of Temperance will be fully represented.
Temperance Societies, Divisions of the Sons of
Temperance, Rechnbites, and Cadets are expected
to send up delegates?the more the better. 1
Our friends at Chesterville are making preparations
to give Temperance a rousiug welcome. Dr.
Walker, well known as an ardent and devoted
; friend of Temperance; the successor of Chester's
, leader in this great cause, the late Jas. B. McCully,
Esq., writes to me "we intend holding two
mfintincra nno Tuesdnv mailt, the other
.?V?....6w, O
1 | Wednesday morning about 11. We give the Delegates
a dinner at 8 p. m."
, " Brethren and friends, let delegates be speedily
appointed. The work is a great one?every one
! who can give us a good word, a smile, or even an
k encovraging nod, will be welcomed.
, Let us all to the work.
John Belton O'Neali.,
President State Temp. Society.
, CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
, Charleston, June 15, 1857.
, This is the last day of grace which the tax-pay,
ers are allowed, and those who are so unfortunate,
, as to pay their dollar (the assessed value of their
heads) and have the receipt in their pockets bej
fore seven o'clock, this evening, will not be allowr
I ed to vote for the next Mayor and Common Coun.
! cil. My disfranchisement for one year, depends
pretty much upon the length of this letter, as it
, is now five o'clock, and it is my design to finish it
and stop at the City-Hall, and deposit the price
of my capital extremity, as I go to the Post Office,
, so I shall blame you, Messrs. Editors, if I
should not be a qualified voter at the next election.
It is true, I might have attended to this
matter before, but it was snch a small nffair that
I I could not bring my mind to bear upon it for
, more than a minute at a time, and that always
, happened to be when I did not have the money.
. It might he the best in the end, for me not to
vote at all, for then, let who would be eleoted, I
could hnve the privilege of finding fault with the
' * * * H? 'it- aL- a.?
, ! city Uovernment ana quarrelling wita mo city
j father? as much as T chose. Yon know that the
, \ priTilcge of grumbling is very highly esteemed by
i U9 republicans, and if there is any sin, of which
we are guitless, it is that of being pleased with
j ; our rulers, especially those whose special business
^ j it is to impose taxes, and appoint days for their
3 payment. I saw a young man this morning, who
. told me, withn striking elongation of countenance,
} that all his taxable earthly chatties, consisted of
? a second hand buggy, which cost him fifty dollars,
T on which he had to pay twenty-five dollars tax,
^ which he seemed to think, was going it rather too
strong on the skinning principle. Those who
f dance, must expect to pay the piper, and those who
, live in big cities, and walk paved streets by gas,
light, mu9t expect to pay for the privilege.
, We can now ride on a railroad to Memphis,
f which the city of Charleston helped to build, and
that is certainly worth something. The new Fish
Market is a magnificent structure, and is decidedt
ly an ornament to the Ferry boat wharf, and altogether
useful, as a biding place for drunken hrr
mauity, who may have the fear of the police before
their eyes, as it has not yet been opened for
the accommodation of those who deal in the finny
. tribe, and other monsters of the mighty deep.?
And, I am sure, that every tax payer in Charles^
ton, feels proud, when he looks upon that palatial,
Fifth Avenue structure, and reflects that his money
helped to build it. It is looked upon here, as
rather a misfortune to bo encumbered with a large
property, and a man is looked upon as particular*
"ly fortunate, who is able to be wealthy, with all
the drawhftCKs turn weaiin now enwns.
f And there is the Artesian Well, an enterprise at
f once, "grand, gloomy and peculiar," and which
1 should immortalize the gigantic intellect that con
ceivcd it. But the conception is all, for the man
2 who carried it out, has not yet been found?peri
haps he is yet to be rocked in his cradle. And
2 i though, it has cost the city a cool seventy-five
thousand of hard cash, yet we should be proud to
leave it to posterity, as a monumont of our genius
and enterprise. And though an ornament to that
1 part of the city, yet it is not valued alone for that,
for its useful qualities are equally prominent and
s striking, as I am told it is designed by the founders
to turn it into a free observatory, where the mass
es can go to-moirow, and look at the Comet. Not
from the bottom of the well, but from the top of
the cupola, as you must know it has a steeple, alj
most as high as St. Michaels. You must not laugh
r at the idea of a well having a steeple, as you know
that we city people have a great many things,
that you do not have away up in the country, so
far away from the sea-shore and city taxes.
5 The weather is hot as blazes and dry as a tinder
- box, and rain is badly needed, but there.is but lit1
tie prospect of our being blessed with the muchneeded
showers for some time-to come. I saw a
1 friend from Yorkville last week, who told me that
! the farmers in that section were complaining of
j too much rain. I wish we could transfer a little
s of the samples that has blessed other sections, to
> our thirsty and exhausted cisterns, for we shall
' soon be sadly in need of good drinking water.?
. The weather for the last week has been exceedr
ingly hot, and has only been rendered tolerable to
' seething, melting humanity, the occasional sea,
breezes that blow in from the Bay.
; Two of the daily papers ftave honored the com'
| ct witli a complimentary parngraph, and apprized
_ j their readers of the near approach of this heav
5 enly visitant which is so soon to honor this muddy,
- mundane sphere with a mnstard-pot visit. It is
' said now to be visible to the naked eye about three
r o'clock in the morning, at an angle of forty-five de
grees above the Eastern horizon, but there is
" much disappointment expressed in the fact that it
, has no tail, which induces some to doubt its genur
: inencss, while others are disposed to believe it
" | some Yankee invention got up for the purpose of
[ j frightening Southerners into submission. If it
> ! should prove a base fabrication, the public can sue
f and recover damages from the astronomers, newsj
papers and nlmanac makers who have made themr
selves particepi criminis, or accessories before the
I fact in the herculean humbug, the spurious issue
j of heavens coin. The time appointed for it3 ar?
rival at a small town in Missouri, is twenty minr
utes past ten o'clock to-morrow morning, which
s will give us time to notice the result in the nfter'
noon's paper, as we have already made arrangements
to get the news by telegraph direct from
St. Louis.
Palmetto Division is trying to make up a com^
pany of thirty, the number required by the S. C.
* I Railroad, on condition of the reduction of fare, to
1 -visit Yorkville during the meeting of the Grand
' Division on the 23rd of July. We hope to be able
to raise the number, as we are all anxious to see
1 I and shake hands with our brethren of the banner
[ district. The Enquire!! is highly prized and
? much sought for here, for the noble stand it has
taken in behalf of the good cause. It is consider[
ed authority in all matters connected with the sub
ject of temperance in the up country. The cause
1 is prospering here, and lnrge accessions to our
^ ranks are being made at every meeting. The Ga!
dets of Temperance now near two hundred strong,
' ire going to hare a grand celebration on the fourth
of July, under the direction of their indefatigable
leader and Patron, J. Alma Pelot. Nathaxjrl
Ttlee of oar Division has gone as a delegate to (
the meeting of the National Division at Providence,
Rhode Island. The home delegation is under the <
command of the old war horse, Ebknezer Thay- J
ee, who is known to every temperance man in the ,
State, or ought t<fbe. MAGNOLIA.
For tho Yorkville Enquirer.
BETHEL. ACADEMY. i
Mr?*rs. Editor*:?The Trustees of the Bethel
Academy wish to express through the medium of
your paper, the satisfaction which they have felt
at the Examination to-day, of that Institution.?
The third Session, tinder the directiou of the present
instructor, has now closed. The method of
imparting instruction, as exemplified iti the examination,
commends itself to every intelligent mind.
It is thorough, and if carried out, will not fail to
meet the wants of our age and send out youth
trained, mentally and morally, for all the conflicts
of life?capable of doing and daring all that duty
requires. There is no royal road to knowledge.
Its steps are difficult, and they must be surmounted
by personal and persevering efforts. But there
are facilities at the Bethel Academy which are as
rare as they are precious. Those we would not
monopolize. The Academy is at a distance from
the gatherings of multitudes?it is retired. In
view of the mountains?its pure water and refreshing
breezes insure health. In the midst of a plain,
hospitable and pious community, good morals are
secured. With an exnerienced Tfinchar. whn nn.
derstands fully his duties?gentlemanly and pious,
who exercises a paternal government over his pupils?from
suoh advantages parents may justly
expect their children to make progress in intellectual
culture, moral excellence and bodily vigor.
Such advantages are not confined to the rich,
for one hundred dollars per annum, cover all
necessary expenses. Secure a good education
for your children and we make an investment from
which large dividends may he expected?blessing
them and blessing others.
By Order of the Board of Trustees.
JOS. ADAMS, President.
S. L. Watson, Secretary.
June 12th, 1857. *
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
NOT LONG.
"They will n6t last long," says some good man,
when speaking of the Sons of Temperance. We
enquire in reply; How long ? May not their works
"last so long as eternity endures ? Suppose your
unconsidered flout have the effect of influencing
some one individual so far as to continue his social
glas9?his sober hilarity, until the habit grows
and ends in oonfirmed drunkenness and a drunkard's
grave, think you, my.good man?you, my
spiritual guide and exemplar, that this, this
plunge in the eternal fire" will not last lonyf?
When we reflect how a good or an evil example
may roll on, swelling and booming in its mighty
influence from generation to generation, until
'Night comes, last night; the long dark, dark,
dork night,
That has no morn beyond it, and no star,"?
think you, this is long enough to rear up for our
words and oar actions a blissful reward, or a fearful
responsibility ?
Is the Holy Land, the birth place of the Incarnate
God, and of Christianity, still blessed with
Christianity? Yet is not Christianity still onward
in its mighty march? ' What is now the state of
the land of the puritan fathers ? Are not the east
era States or uns union nuea wua unitarians,
Universalists, Millerites, Latter Day Saints, &c.
&c ??yet notwithstanding all this, the progress of
the Church of Christ is forward with a steady
step. How long does a Bible Society?or a Tract
Society last? Yet, are they not right and proper?
Why do they not last??not beoause they"
are not blessed of God, bat the caase is foand in
man?poor frail humanity.
"They will not last long," say you. The Pharisees
and the Sanhedrim,' no doubt, said the same
of the Rechabites, yet they had maintained their
total abstinence principle for three hundred years,
when they were publicly blessed of God, and assured
that some of them would continue and be
blessed for ever. , - ...
If each Division prove the humble instrument in
reclaiming one and only one soul from a drunkard's
death, and this moral virtue be afterwards ripened
through the Church into a christian grace, will
the Sons, no matter how short their existence,
have lived in vain?and will not such fruits of
their labors cover a multitude of sins ? More Divisions
than one in York have already contributed
a member to the Church.
PETER PONDER.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE.
Yobhyillb, June l$th, 1867.
According to appointment, the Committee of Arrangement
from the different Divisions, Sons of
Temperance, in York District, met to-day at 11
o'clock, A. M.f in the Division Room. Capt. J. C.
Phillips was called to the Chair, and D. J. Logan
requested to act as Secretary. The following
Committees were ascertained to be in attendance
from their respective Divisions :
King's Mountain Division?R. Hare, A. Cody
and A. W. Flannigan.
York Division?John H. Adams T. H. Smith
and D. J. Logan.
Centre Division?A. G. Lawrence A. P. C. Campbell,
Adam Beamguard and ffm. McGill,
Betk-Shiloh Division?J. T. Foreman and Sam'l
Smith.
Bethesda Division?Dudley Jones, Sam'l Hemphill,
George Burris and V. E. McElhaney.
Union Division?Jno. B. Pankey and Albert
Johnson.
Bock Hill Division?Daniel D. Moore.
Concord Division?J. A. Barnett, J. J. Barnett,
A. B. Bigger, J. C. Philips, D. T. Partlow
and S. D. Carothers.
Bethel Division?J. D. P. Currence, N. B. Campbell,
J. P. McKenzie, Wm. I. Stowe and J. L.
Adams. - . %
On motion It was Resolved, That the Pic-Nic,
suggested by the joint Committee of York and
King's Mountain Divisions, be prepared, and that
the Committees proceed to make the necessary
preliminary arrangements for the same.
On motion, It was Resolved, That each member
of the various Divisions be requested to prepare
at bis home, his contribution for the Pic-Nic,
to consist of such articles of provision as he may
choose to contribute.
On motion, It was Resolved, That the furious
Divisions in this District are recommended to apnmnt
nnmniittees of voune men beloneine to the
Order, for the purpose of procuring contributions
in money, from those who are UDable to contribute
provisions j and that said money be placed in the
hands of a Committee from each Division, to be
expended for the purpose of procuring articles of
provision for the Pic-Nic.
Qn motion, It was Resolved, That each Division
bo requested to furnish suph a variety of articles
of provision as will make in itself, a fic-Nio
complete.
The business before the meeting having been
dispatched, On motion, the Committee adjourned,
sine die.
J. C. PHILLIPS, Chairman.
D. J. Logan, Secretary.
South Carollua College.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, held on
Thursday, the following resolution, after discussion,
was adopted:
That this Board having heard at large the statement
of the President of the College, and of every
member of the Faculty, are of opinion that there
is no issue of veracity made by the proceedings
which have called together this Board : that they
exonerate the President from an^ imputation ppot)
his character, and hereby express their confidence
in his purity and integrity.
The following resolutions were also adopted:
That this Board perceives no grounds for any
sh&rge affecting the honor or integrity of any on#
>f the Professors of this College.
That it is expedient to make essential modifies:ions
in the educational system of the South Caroina
College, that the curriculum of studies be- so
:xpanded as to require many more professors or
schools.
That the selection of the schools be optional on
the part of the applicants for College.
That a committee of fivobe appointed njder the
nbove resolution, aii'l that they report to the Board
in November next.
The following gentlemen constitute the committee:
Wm. C. Preston, C. 0. Memminger, B. W.
Barnwell, B. F. Perry, 8. McAliley.
That this Board "deem it neeesssry to the interests
of the College to reorganize the government,
nnd that the President and Professors be
requested forthwith to resign their offices,/
On this resolution the vote was llfto 8.
In accordance with this resolution, the President
and Professors all tendered their resignations
at the evening meeting, which were accepted.
Ballots were then had for several professorships,
and the following gentlemen were re-elected
to those previously held by-them: Prof. JoixnLeconte,
Prof. Joseph I.econtc, Prof. W,.J.. Rivers.
Rev. Wbitefoord Smith was elected Professor of
Sacred Literature. Mr. L. McCsndless, of Camden,
was elected Profess: r of Roman Literature.
The Professorship of Logic and Metaphysics, and
that of History and Political Economy, were left to
be filled in September next.
It was also determined that the Faculty be authorized
and requested to appoint from their number
a Chairman to discharge tho duties of President
until the next meeting of the Board.
That the exercises of this College be suspended *
until the first of October next, and that immediate
notice be communicated to the Faculty. '
A committee of three was appointed to address
the citizens on the state and re-organization of the
College. __ _ .
The late Professors will retain their houses until
required by their successors.
The Board adjourned to meet on the Wednesday
afte.' the second Monday in September, at 7 p. m.
Old School and Independent Presbyterians.
We give below a full report of the proceedings
of the Qeneral Assembly in relation to the Independent*.
From the conciliatory manner in which
\he reply to the Overture of the Bethel Presbytery
is written, we have hopes that this breach in the
Church will be healed up at last:
"Overture No. 21, from the Bethel rresbytery,
was taken up, in reference to a proposed nnion between
the Bethel Presbytery'and the Independent
Presbyterian Church, once known as the followers
of the late Rev. W. C. Davis. Upon which the
Committee make the following report: n
While the Qeneral Assembly is greatly gratified
with the spirit of charity and brotherly lore, which
the Overture indicates as subsisting between the
Presbytery of Bethel and the Independent Church,
and would sincerely rejoice at the consummation
of the proposed union, it yet cannot sanction the
precise terms of the covenant which has actually
been made. The privilege claimed by die Independent
ministers of holding and teaching doctrines
not in harmony with the Confession of Faith,
is a privilege, even if harmless in this particular
case, might be abused as a .precedent .and lead in
other quarters and relations to setidus mischief.
The Assembly expresses the desire that these min-i
isters may soon be able to embraoe our standards
without reservation, and that .in case, the Presbytery
of Bethel is hereby authorized to ratify the
union without farther application 4o this Body,
bnt in the event that the Independent ministers
and churches cannot relinquish their peculiarities
with a good conscience, this. Assembly will cheerish
them in the bonds of Christian love, but cannot
see its way cled'r to embraoe them in the same
denomination.
Dr. Leland would occupy a little timein explaining:
Nearly fifty years ago, W. C. Davis, of Sonth
Carolina, thought he had fonnd ont some new ex
planations or me uospei. These be published in
a book entitled "The Qoapel Plan." It was charged
that the book taught error; and in process of
time it came up before the Assembly and was examined.
At this point, the honr of adjournment was announced,
and the Assembly adjourned, Dr. Leland
having the floor. Closed with prayer.
' 8j o'ctocf, P. M.
The unfinished business of the.morning was resumed.
Dr. Leland regarded this matter as important,
and he would be brief. In the rangrfof the Bethel
Presbytery are some nine or ten cbnrohee of Independents,
and some four ministers holding about
the same views as ourselves, and they are aeeirous
to unite with us.
When W. C. Davis' book was examined, by the
Assembly; it was condemned for holding certain
errors: e. g. that the active obedience of Christ
has no justifying efficacy; that the first act of
faith has so holiness in it; that man, by nature, is
not a anbjeot of moral law, etc. Mr. Davis was ?
arraigned by his Presbytery and saw {bat he was
likely to be condemned, ana alLat onoe he discovered
that Presbyterianlsm waa all wrong and Independency
right. He took no preachers with bim,
yet, in a short time, he was snrronnded by ministers
and licentiates, and the ohnrobes that Want
off with Davis. For a considerable time there baa
been a strong desire to unite with us, yet their
ministers wish to make.a proviso that while they
receive oar standards they have leave to preach
Davis' peculiar doctrines, it was not so with the
people. He hoped the report would pass.
W. J. MoCormiok wes sorwto hear the history
of that people brought np. these people ignored
the past. Their Confession had been improved
three or four times and now very much alike, indeed
almost identical with our own. The difficulty,
be thought, laid in regard to their request to
preach these peculiar doctrines alluded to, bat regard
should be bad to their explanations of these
doctrines. 7
Oar Presbytery, after a careful and long examination
came yery cordially and entirely to the conclusion
which the presbytery has Qpread.befeft
the Assembly. He thought this should have some
weight. The discussion was arrested, as the hoar
for the election of Directors for the Western Theological
Seminary had arrived.
* * * * * * . * .
The discussion was resumed by Mr. McCormick.
mi J?I? -M? '? -
mere waa t?:i luieuae ueejre on ooia Biues jor m
Union, and the Presbytery had entire unanimity,
yet he would bow to the Assembly, whatever be
its decision. God's Spirit he felt was here.
Dr. Thornwell?This is a perplexing case. The'
Presbytery deelare the churches orthodox, and
yet they olaim the right to teaeh three articles of
faith entirely at varianoe with onr standards.
The design of the Overture was not to interrupt
the harmony existing between the parties, and yet
not compromise onr doctrines. The idea contemplated
in the Overture is as little as we could do
and yet as much as we could do. He was acquainted
with the chnrches and thought them In the
main sound, and in regard to the ordination of
their ministers, it is regular and Presbyterian.
Dr. Breckinridge was willing to take all the
churches, let the ministers do as they might, if
they agreed to onr doctrines. The foarteen
churobes ought not to be confounded with three
or four ministers. He was willing to take all on
the terms of the report on the Overture; on their
own explanations of their.doctrines, none.
Mr. Leland thought that anything looking like
a separation of those churches from their ministers
was a thing to be deprecated.
The report on the Overture was adopted unanimously.''
Weather, Crop* 4ff
An official letter from Cape de Verde, says that
the crops, though not abundant, are sufficient to
keep the people from aotual Want,. More than
twenty thousand of the inhabitants, in-lhe Islands
of Archipelago have falhia victims to the cholera.
"Our informant" says that while ho' was at the
house of Be F. C. Jeter, in Union District near
Qosben Hill, j Thursday last, about 3 o'olook, p,
m., a very heavy hail storm cams on and prevailed
for near a half hour, "more of leas" completely
riddling and raining the cotton crops in Its
course. It seemed to range nearly parallel with
Broad river, as be thought; from wkjeh fortunate
circumstances, it is not apprehended', that, any
person in this District suffered from 1ft lavages,?
Not so however, in another case, which happened
on the same day, and abeot the mum time, to wit :
In the upper part of this. Dietripfc, a tremendous
storm ppsscd on a line nearly parallel the ligp
between this and York District, beginning about
T.nvi q' Turn Onf. nn H AMaetna fit a t>whn
at Lannier'a Ferry. The most serious sufferers
from this storm we have beard of, are Messrs.
Dr. Wade Douglass, Win. Coirear, Josiah Jordan
and James MoFadden, each of whom !?* lost
nearly, if not quite, his, whole cotton and wheat
crops. The range, of this storm was at a right
angle to that in Union, and about two miles
from, and parallel to that whieh we gave an account
of some two weeks ago. Who can give a
reason for this '.?Chttter Standard.
The wheat crop is very line, even from much
of the worn out land large yields of wheat will
repay the husbandman for his toil, If no disaster
befalls the crop. In many places the wheat is already
turning, andyill soon be {eady tor the afptie.
To this Distriot a good orop of wheat wiU
beaded send, for from a? quarters we hear the