University of South Carolina Libraries
Scraps tic Jfacis. Young ladies who are accustomed to read news-papers are always observed to possess mo9t winning ways, most amiable dispositions, invariably make good wives, and always select good husbands. A fact. The present limits of the city of St. Louis recently extended, contain 9,850 acres, or an area of fifteen and a half square miles, j The length of the city is six and one-fourth j miles, width two and a half miles. A rather "seedy" looking individual, calling himself Isaac Edraondson, whs arrested in Mauckport, Ind., on Friday last, for stealing a Bible from the United Brethren j Church, and in default of 8100 bail he was | committed to jail. This is the third time j during the last three years that this individ- i ual lias stolen tins JtsiDie.?Jjoviscmc .wurnal. A resident of South Danvers (Mass.) informs the Salem Gazette, that within a circuit of three miles of his residence, the onion crop returned to the raisers one hundred | thousand dollars in cash ! This will give an i idea of the importance of the celebrated onion crops to this town. It is supposed that the destruction by the maggot may effect this crop throughout the country to the amount of SI 50,000. ' We learn with deep regret that A. Gill Pagan, a prominent merchant and busi- . ness man of this town, died at Glenn's , Springs, of Consumption, on the 13th inst., and Mr. Samuel Hamilton, a farmer living near Well Ridge in this District, .on the same day. And also that Mr. James S. ' McClure and wife, likewise of Chester District, lost their two little and only children last week, of diarrhoea.? Chester Standard, 16<A instant. Some friends having called upon Secretary Cass, a few days ago, a conversation , arose in which the General said : "Officeseeking in men, women and children has , become our national malady. God ouly ] knows how it is to be checked, or in what direction the cure lies." His friends assured him of their innocence of any office-seeking intent, and he said ho was very glad to |1 hear them say so, and was very glad to see them. The mill of Mr. McBee, in this town, was struck by lightumg, last Monday, in a most extraordinary way. The electric fluid came in at the window, struck down two negro men, passed up the screen pipe, set fire ( to some offal about the room, broke open ( several boxes of wheat, and passed out of ( the roof of the house ! The report was like the firiDg of a cannon, and one of the men, as soon as he rose up, inquired who fired off i that gun. A hog iu a pen, thirty yards dis- j tant was struck down and unable to rise | again.? Grrenviffr Patriot. A gold mine recently discovered on the lands of S. W. Cole, George A. Smith and others, near Danesboro, Anson county, N. C., throws California completely in the shade. The vein, says the Salisbury Banner, is about 15 inches in thickness and extends ! for a great distance. The entire surface in the vicinity of the vein is so rich that ten dollars a day are made to the hand in washing, and this without grinding any portion from the vein. The vein is very rich, the gold beiDg seen plainly all over the broken pieces of vein. Col. Ethan Allen's grand daughter resides at Mill Point, Ottowa county, Michigan. She has in her possession the identical sword with which the Colonel backed up his demand for the surrender of Ticonderoga ?"in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress." The sword is an old-fashioned one. The blade is twentyseven inches in length and slightly curved. Length of handle seven inches, making the entire length of the weapon thirty-four inches. The handle is of bone or horn. The mounting is of silver, but was washed with gold while worn by Captain Allen, to match his uniform. The Cincinnati Enquirer learns that a quarrel recently took place in Morgan county, Kentucky, between Mr. Mason, Democrat, and Mr. Cox, American candidate for Congress, in which Mr. Cox was shot by Mr. Mason and killed. Mr. Cox was the late member of Congress from this (Ninth) district, and maintained a high character in his party and in Congress. General Mason is a democrat of great popularity, who has also represented the same district in Congress. Both gentlemen were native Kentuckians, and usually bore themselves with moderation and conciliatory tempers. A slight difficulty occurred, however, some weeks ago, when strong language was used by both parties, Mr. Cox declaring that if it was intended to charge him with abolition tendencies for voting as he did for speaker of the House of Representatives, the imputation was a base falsehood. Gen. Mason replied with great severity, so much so as to make some of Cox's friends dissatisfied with his failure to proceed further in the matter. The feeling thus engendered has, doubtless, been inflamed by subsequent discussions into the violent conduct which has resulted so tragically. In Norfolk, Va., on the afternoon of the 2nd of July, certain persons who were mindful of what was due to the proper celebration of Independence Day, came to the conclusion to clean out an old cannon which had been laying around ever since the Revolutionary War, with a view to preparing it I for the firing of a salute. After trying a con-1 siderable length of time to clear it out from ; the muzzle, and finding it impossible, they went to work at the vent or touch-hole. This , was soon opened, and by diL t of persever- j AnAA ^ 1 **f tXTl tV* I n t V\Q oknmknw n*n r. hm?ln J auuc uuv TTitmn vug v/uuuiuci nao uauicu out by thimblesfull, till room enough was made to pour in an ounce or two of gunpow-' der. The piece was then primed, and the ! match applied, when, very much to their surprise, an unexpectedly smart explosion took place from the mouth of the piece, some-1 thing whizzed across the street, and there was a crashing of the wood in the door of the United Fire Engine House opposite. An investigation showed a respectable sized hole in the pannel of the door, and inside an old six pound cannon ball was found on the floor. The old cannon had not been used since the 1 time when it was last loaded for the especial j benefit of the British troops, seventy-seven j years ago, and the artillerymen who then rammed home the ball little expected how i many times the grass would grow and wither again above their graves before the missile should be discharged. It was very appro- j priate that a cannon loaded by the patriots of *1776 should be fired in commemoration J of their time-honored and glorioUJi deed*. j C|e|flrhbtIIf^n()utrer KDITKl) IIT j BAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. J JOSEPH H. 15LACK. YORKVILLE, S. C. '? ?? TIIURSDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1867. THK REVIVAL. Tho Quarterly meeting of the Methodist Church, in this place, closed on Sabbath night last. There was a considerable excitement manifested. Thirtyfive white, and many black converts were made. 4>Bi? THK KXTRA COURT. Court was opened ou Monday morning, His Honor, Judge Whit.ver, presiding. There is no case of general interest before the Court. Business is dispatched with reasonable facility, and as a matter of course, somewhat in the usual lottery style. EDITORIAL CHANGE. The Carolina Timer has changed hands. Mr. T. S. PinfiOT has become proprietor and editor. He maks his Jehu! in a neat editorial, and pledges the Timer to the "interests of the public without regard to parties, cliques or individuals." We gladly extend to him the right hand of fellowship, and welcome liiin into the fraternity. Mr. Britto.v, the former proprietor, will hereafter pursue the business of a Genc.nl Collecting Agent, and we would recommend him to the public as a prompt and efficient business man. He will reside in Columbia. See his advertisement in another column. THE SUMTER WATCHMAN. Ourcotempor.ary certniuly wrongs us by its suspicions. The Enquirer has been duly mailed, and if it stops to dally on the road, it plays the truant without our knowledge or permission. We cannot account for the seeming dereliction in any other way than the popular one of blaming "Uncle Sam." We might suppose that it had lost its way, were it not always enquiring, and we might be so uncharitable ns to suppose it mistreated by its Sumter lore, did we not know good feeling and harmony exists between tliern. So "Sam" must be heldrepousible. ? ? .? ?> ? ? ? CHESTER COURT. An extra term of the Law Court, which convened in Chester on Tuesday of last week,, was adjourned on Saturday morning. Only two cases were tried?Chalk nr. McAlily; and The State vs. Woody T. Carter, indicted for the murder of Thomas Gibson, in March Inst. The prisoner was represented by Messrs. McAlily -and McLvke, Dawkixs, and Thomson : and the State by the new Solicitor C. D. Melton, Esq. Every possible effort was made in behalf of the prisoner by his able counsel, hut the jury, afteran absence of near half sn hour, returned a verdict of "Guilty." According to the sentence of the Court, Carter will be executed ou Friday, the 25th day of Sep cemoer next. GEN. WH. WALKER. The Xicaraguan hero is again attracting atten- j tion. During his brief stnv in Mobile, his hotel I was besieged with visitors. lie briefly addressed j the crowd from the balcony of the hotel as follows : "Citizen* of Mobile .-?The interest you manifest ( in the cause of Nicaragua assures me that, that j cause is not only living but destined to triumph: it assures me that you appreciate the struggles nnd trials through which your countrymen linve recently passed, in their efforts to extend American institutions over that tropical land ; it assures me that your warm Southern hearts sympathise with them in that struggle, which not only meets your approval but will commend your cordial cooperation. With such assurances we are content patiently to await whatever fortunes fate may reserve for the future." | He is now in New Orleans organizing, it is supposed, his friends for a return to Nicaragua. It is | reported that a dispatch has been received in j Washington from Gen. W.v. Walker, directing his officers to report immediately, nnd to be in readi- j ness for recruiting, preparatory to returning to j Nicaragua, without delay. It is supposed that ! the General hns received despatches from Presi- i dent Rivas, asking him to revisit the country and ' take sides witlf the Leonistas, who are already or- ! ganized against the Chamoristas. ? ?? ?? TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have just received a communication, with a polite note, requesting us to correct and insert it. To do this piece justice, it would require rewriting, with a small draft on our imagination to fill out elliptical sentences. Anxious as we are to oblige our friends, nnd especially to encourage young writers, we have not time or inclination to do this. But we will take great pleasure in suggesting to correspondents, the proper method of preparing an article for the press. In the first place, it should be written in a legible hand nnd only on one side of the paper. Secondly, it should be properly punctuated, which a consultation with "Webster's Elementary" will enable any one to do. It is no excuse to say these rules cannot be complied with. Ninety men out of a hundred can make respectable chirographers if they never attain to calligraphy. The misfortune is that through the influence of laziness, or a silly pride, they are too ready to solace themselves with the flimsy pretext that all great men write bad hands. Legible chirography will never smother any man's genius. With a little attention to these wholesome truths, young writers will soon be able to compose with facility. Let them not be disheartened with the first attempt, nor imagine because an article is declined, editors are not willing to do them justice. It is to their advantage, as well as in accordance with the best instincts of the heart, to aid in developing the talent of the country.? Besides, if young writers are so willing to imitate greatness, let them remember that an indomitable will can overcome all obstacles and that perseverance has achieved the great reputations they so much admire. OUR MORAL PROGRESS. There is no subject better calculated to enlist the attention of all thinking minds, than our social and moral status. Are wc improving or not, is a question for the philanthropist. We can speak for our district and say that we are. There is less drunkenness, less rowdyism, lcs3 crime of all kinds by half than there were ten years ago. This fact must strike every ohserviug person. Various causes may have aided in producing this reformation, but prominent among them is greater educational facilities and the efforts of the Sons of Temperance. Cavilers have put up the pseudoobjections, that education does not make men better; that Temperance Associations cannot permanently reform and elevate a people ; that religion alone can effect such a salutary change. Such reasoners forget that ignorance is itself a sin. which, joined with intemperance, must effectually preclude all possibility of religious reformation without the performance of a miracle. Another cause of social and moral improvement may be found in the increase of the comforts of life. However enervating and demoralizing unlimited wealth may be, a certain degree of comfort we hold necessary to high social or moral attainment. The rich man may be a glutton, drunkard or libertine, but that floating hireling class, with no regular employment, with no character to support it and no character to support, is generally as corrupt as human nature can become. In that middle class which may not aspire to all the foibles of fashionable life, which prises a oharao tor which wealth cannot purchase nor penury de- | press, which luxury does not enervate nor hunger j assail, will ever be found the largest aggregate of ; I social happiness, morality and religion. And this ! I class has largely increased in the last decade.? I Small farms, an industrious and thriving popnla- s tion/neat churches, good'academies and comfort- j able ami tasty dwellings are the general features | of the district. If there is a deficiency it is in a i want of the social clement. It is generally con- j ceded that man is a social being, and that in so- j I ciety is his proper and natural position. But it . has never yet been determined, how much of his time is to be given up to social intercourse. With many to see their neighbors at church or at elections occasionally appears sufficient. But we would contend for a more home-like sociability. The jest nround the ingle-side, the harmless dance, or the fishing party by the brawling stream, should not he suffered to fall into disuse. MERE-MENTION. We learn that the Rev. Wuitefobd Smith and L. McCaxdi.eps, Esq., decline the Professorships in the South Carolina College, to which they were recently elected by the Trustees of that institution, j Gen. Walker is now in New Orleans. I _ . if* 1 The "Retired Clergpman, wnose sanus 01 we me . nearly run out," and who benevolently advertises j to send a receive for curing ceitnin complaints, | on the receipt of postage stamps, is said to be u , vigorous young man in New York, and doing a fine j business."*: Hon. Edward Staxly, formerly j of North Carolina, but now of California, is said j to be studying theology. Hon. John Peter j Richardson has been nominated, by a writer in ! the Charleston Mercury, for the United States Sen- : ate, vice the late Judge Bitler. The excr- ! cises of the first term of the scholastic year of the j Spartanburg Female College will begin on Monday, the l'Jth instant. A writer in the Caro- ' lina Times brings forward the name of Hon. H. | W. JIilliard of Ala., for the Presidency of the j South Carolina College. He is a native of the j State, and an alumnus of the College. The charter of the State Bank of North Carolina, as passed by the late General Assembly, has beeti rejected by the stockholders by a vote of "> to 1. During the last moments of Winn, a Ro- | Chester printer, who lately died, he was heard to I say, having relapsed into a semi-delirious state, i "I am on my last stickful?I am coming to a para- j graph, and I suppose I'll have to wait for old death j to putin the period. It is said that Beverly TrcKEn, Esq., of Wasliiugtou, has been ottereu a first-class consulate?cither that at Liverpool or J that at London. There have been several ; riots recently in New Yotk. A Divisiorf of i the Sons of Temperance has beep recently organi- | zed at Due West, Abbeville District. The True Carolinian announces the death Of J Miss Anne Sloan, eldest daughter of Col. Wm. i Sloan. She was severely burned by cntnpheuc j which ignited while tfie was filling a lamp, and lived only two or three daysnfter the accident. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the well known novelist, will spend the coming winter in Italy. The mechanics of Columbia have presented Rev. Prof. Reynolds with a silver pitcher. ' The corner stone of Newberry (S. C.) College was laid on the j 14th. Rev. Dr. Axspaph of Maryland, has linen j elected President of this institution. Spider [ bites can be cured.it is said, by wettirg the place , with cold water, as fast as it absorbs or dries up. I CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. ' Charleston, July 20. We have had any amount of rain since my last, and it still continues with hut little prospect of nbatement. I am pleaded to see from the papers, that many sections of the middle and upper coun- ! try of this State have been favored with refresh- j ing and welcome showers, which will very much j favor the late crops. The weather is ra.her warm, hut not as much so ns usual at this season. The Summer, thus far., has been unusually favorable in that particular. The Mount Vernon purchase is still the order of the day, and seems to constitute the leading topic among all classes. The "Southern MutrQp" who is a citizen of Charleston, is carving out a name for herself among the distinguished* women of the country, will doubtless be remembered by posterity as one of the patriotic benefactors of the age. She has certainly done more in the cause she has so nobly espoused than any ten of the most distinguished men in the Union. li is iiiuugiii ay mjiuc iiiai wc uic vui own great Calhoun, in an over-ansiety to secure to the nation, the homestead of Wasiiixoton.? There is an article in the Mrrcury of this morning, on the suject of the Calhoun Monument, which I take to be from the pen of Mr. Hah r, of Union District, and uow a Cadet of the Citndel Academy of this city, which shows up the matter in a very strong and pointed light. It is true, the ladies have now takeu the matter in hand and will doubt less carry it on to a successful termination "in the course of time," still it is manifestly evident that there has been a culpable neglect, both ou the part of the State collectively, and the citizens individually. The dust of the great Southern Statesman still sleeps in St. Philips Church yard, withou, any thing to mark the grave of the honored dead but a simple marble slab, with the word "Calhoun" inscribed upon it. His name and his-fame is written in letters of light upon the living tablets of every true Carolinian, yea, every Southern heart, but still we should give some outward token of our veneration and esteem. The citizens and summer residents of Mount Pleasant and Sullivan's Island are enjoying themselves to the life, nod weekly "hops" at both places are regularly kept up. A large portion of our business men spend the night at one or the other of those cool and pleasant retreats, and return in the morning to their business in the city. Summerville, a thriving little village on the roilroad twenty miles from the city is also a favorite summer resort for families and invalids, and many are going to Aiken. There exists no necessity at all now for our citizens to go North in order to escape the f:ver, heat and dust of the city, for we have every facility which is desirable to make the summer pleasant, ngreeable and healthy at our very doors. We hoped some weeks ago that Palmetto Division would be able to send quite a respectable number of delegates to the meeting of the Grand Di _? v..? t it.... ,t.? | VlblUU lit lUlhUHC, UUW l iCUl U'JU UliVl IUC UU1U* | ber will be rather small. We endeavored to raise j a company but failel, and some five or six will ] probably be the extent of which we shall be able j to contribute. Your correspondent whose country | predilectiois areas strong as ever, still hopes to | be one of the favored few who will be able to ! break the manacles of business for a week and I give his old friends at York a passing call. I am i pleased to see that Gen. S. F. Cary, the Great Temperance Orator, is expected; it would bo worth a ride on the railroad to hear him, besides the other attractions of the festive, cold water acca-, sion. The eyes of the State are now turned upon ; York as the banner district in the Temperance rc! form, and we shall expect much of her on this occasion, and from my knowledge of her style and manner of doing up things when she undertakes it, I have no fear for the result. I believe that several delegates and visitors left here this morning with the intention of stopping on to-morrow, at the meeting of the State Temperance Convention, at Chester. I would have been pleased to give my friends at that point a call, but I shall not be able, as business will detain me at home till Tuesday morning, which will only give mo time to reach Yorkville in time for - ? ? -j the meeting there. The weather now is cool and [ delightful; nndu?tnnd hut little heat, which will | make rail road travel, which is usually so shocking in the summer, altogether pleasant and agreeable. I am in a hurry now?more next week. MAfSN'OI.TA. ? For the Vorkville Enquirer. THE PI.AGUKS OK EGYPT. SCENE FIKST?A I'HOM. Topee.? Where did yon get this good ohl baldface? d?n good stuff." line Keeper.?Yes the best that's goiug?always treat our friends to the best?good old mountain juice." Topee.?Well, give us another drop, old boss! Phi;/ ?f the XV C'enlurp. It is some times amusing as well as instructive, to loiter nbout the bar-room door and bear the Bacchanalian oaths and wrong-side-up stories of topers hiccoughing around the "hole in the wall." When we say "amusing and instructive," we should qualify the expression?it is only amusing to one . ,?, ?,?, woo can laugu aunc ioioju^, *i:?itiiwn mm u?pravity of human nature?it is only instructive when it engraves on the heart a terrible warning of the Circean bowl. But here is a grand standpoint, from which to contemplate the dark side of Lumen nature. It would be n master pencil which could draw a bar-room and its customary adjuncts. Old and squalid misery; youth taking the first treacherous steps; villians conscious of many a rope-dangling act; hardened cut-throats with many a dark and ruthless deed portrayed in their hard nnd stony features; the politician seeking to court the favor of the characterless inebriate; the man of the world who is hunting some victim for speculation?all meet here in daily contact. Who can imagine the aggregate of human raisery, present and prospective, iu that crowd ? Who can look on it without pity?disgust? Who can behold that spectacle, without reflecting how many hopes once tinged with gold lie blasted forever? how many home's erst while happy an I sunshiny have become obscure and miserable l oads; how many children, pledges of the purest an I most devoted love, eat their scanty food in bitterness aiid ignorance ; how many a dark deed Is brought here to be drowned in oblivion ; how many of those deluded creatures have spent their last dime ?the hard earnings perhaps of a wife or child? for the treacherous draught that causes l.im' to blaspheme and gesticulate so wildly ? What misery is in that frantic laugh ! You hare visit, d the Asylum for the insane?you hare hoard the maniac laagh as wMl as the maniac groan?which haunts you the longer? Surely the wild laugh? flmt mockery of departed mirth. And long afterwards, the incoherent words and nnearthy sounds from the dungeons around, will cause a tremor to pass through the heart?a shudder, n feeling of awe. And so when we have stood by and beard the ribald laugh, the senseless curse, the terrible imprecations around the bar-room, we hare thought it the most vivid scene of human suffering which fancy could portray?more impressive than ihe rock-bound Prometheus with the vtilturers preying on his bleeding entrails. But let us from this stand-point. review more minutely tliismnss of fallen and falling humanity. There, seated on that step?that old tattenlemalion?think you be was ever respectable, nfflueat in his circumstances, proud of his character and standing, douting on a fond wife and happy children? We knew him well nnd could easily trace "Each step from splendor to disgrace.". It was not by one fearful leap that he fell. Gradually the chain drew close around him. he did not perceive it, his friends did not perceive it?even hi* wife was long in suspecting that he would full* Bur under the influence of daily stimulants, that judgment, once so clear and practical, became perverted ; that heart, once so pure and manly, became corrupt and debased; and that pride of character, without which man floats like a rudderless ship, was lost forever. When the summons came that the old homestead must be left, that long nrrny of debts contracted at the gambling table, and under the influence of fatal stimulants, impended over them: who can paint the anguish of that wretched wife?of those houseless children ? lie had not the moral courage to reform even nt that late hour, and now lie lingers i Ai-nnnd ftmf hnv.vnnm door, nnd imnirines in his delirious dreams, that he is once more happy and respectable. j This jocular old man, entertaining his little circle with anecdotes of the bar, is nn ex-lawyer. His practice was once lucrative and his prospects bright, but though he still haunts the Court, he is trusted by no one?not even his boon companions of the bar-room. Those companions have been his ruin. Thus we plight trace out the history of each individual in that noisy crowd, but it would still be the same talc of temptation and degradation and miser}'. It would still point out the moral?beware of bad company and the seductions of the bar-room. BRUTUS. For the Yorkville Enquirer. DR. LABORDE. Mews. Editors:?You will place under obligations many friends of the gentleman whose name heads this article, by transferring to your columns the accompanying extract from the Carolina Spartan, urging his claims to the Presidency of the South Carolina College. Your correspondent read with very great pleasure this generous tribute to Dr. Larorde ; not only because it is just and appreciative, but because his present position before the public renders timely and peculiarly grateful such kindly words in bis behalf. I have not been informed that Dr. Laborde would, in any event, undertake the arduous trust to which he is nominated; and I would, therefore, ask the publication of the extract, rather as the woll-deserved encomium of an excellent and worthy gentleman. In reviewing the recent proceedings of the Board of Trustees, I think the friends of the College can find no more serious ground of complaint than the equivocal position which has been assigned to Dr. Laiiorue. Surely, no man could, with a better reason, claim to be exempt from such a verdict at their hands. It is not my purpose to employ words of fulsome commendation, and I mean to write a truth, to which my own and the experience 01 nis many ouier pupus win ucur umple testimony, when I say that no Professor in the College performed more uniformly, zealously and efficiently the responsible and arduous duties of his position. I am sure that in the esteem of the students?the test, after all, which deserves to be consulted?no member of the Faculty occupied a better position both as a Professor and a man.? The studies of his depnrtmeut were, in the mnin, the most abstruse and the least inviting, and yet ?such was his method of instruction and such the spirit of earnest inQuiry which he never failed to impart to the better portion of the classes?his j recitation-room was made the arena, during my j term at least, for the highest exhibitions of intellectual development and scholarly attainments. I j need not remind your readers of the truism that j the profoande.it thinkers are seldom the best teachers: that abslruse and learned disquisitions are little J suited to the purposes of the class-room. Whilst i claiming justly a very respectable position as a j metaphysician, Dr. Laborde expended but little : effort in such displays, attending rather to the proper offices of the teacher, inspiring, stimulating and directing the students to the most thorough and elaborate mental training. And in this, the most important of all the ends of a liberal education, he acknowledged no superior among the members of the Faculty. Knowing such to be his qualities, and appreciating his valuable ser vices ns a Proiessor, I need not tell you, .Vessr/. I Editor*, tlmt Dr. Lahorhe's present position fur- j nishes to the friends of the College a reason for j j surprise as well ns for the profound regret. I can' cot but be impressed with the belief that the j Honi-d designed no disparagement of his merits or i his services as a Professor, and thnt they will' 1 promptly mnke reparation for an injury certainly I unmerited and resulting, I must believe, from the j | merest inadvertency. : When presenting his claims before a severe tribunal, it would perhaps be out of place for me to allude to the many acts of kindness to the student which rendered Dr. L.vnoitDE universally popular as a man?his timely and always grateful attentions around the couch of an oft-times lonely sufferer?his delicatcly-conforred and noble contributions to the pressing wants of the charity-scholar. None but the student can adequately appreciate such truly grateful offices; and of them the student need not be reminded. And yet, in making such an allusion I know that I present a consideration which would not weigh lightly in the esteem of the'parent, the guardian, and especially the humble beneficiary. There are other considerations which might be mentioned ns bearing especially upon Dr. Lai horde's qualifications for the Presidency of the I Pollcon hnt. on arlennatc notice of them at Dres ent would occupy too much of your valuable space. Upon one point, however. The article I send you alludes, in an unjustly disparaging tone I think, to Dk. Labordk's "literary qualifications." If I properly understand the writer's meaning, I think that a hasty consideration of facts will prove the Doctor's claims in this respect to be as commanding as thoso of his many competitors for the Presidency of the College. Fortunately, they are yithiu reach?forming not an inconsiderable portion of the current literature of our day. Dr. Laboilde's first Professorship in the College, by the way, w as the Litrrary Professorship, and in the discharge of its trusts, for five or six years, I have yet to learu that he was wanting in ability. His admirable little work on Physiology was pronounced by an able writer in the Quarttrly, the best popular treatise of the day; and in point of literary excellence?for its very clever style, especially?it has been universally commended and by competent authority. Of late, Dr. Laborde's contributions to the Southern Quarterly Review have been of the most marked character?varied in their scope, and exhibiting in their extent of research, cleverness, and exemplary style, the marks of a thoroughly-trained, classical and scholarly pen. The article on Dr. Paley, the suggestive and finely written disquisition on "Sleep and Dreams," and, latterly, the Review of River's History of South Carolina, have severally attracted very flattering notices, and have been, and deserved to be, highly lauded by the best minds amongst us. Indeed, if Dr. Laborde possesses any one qualification which may be mentioned before another, it is that which one might properly include in the terra literary. I must beg pardon, Me*srs. Editors, for occupying so much of your space, when I had designed to write but a word introductory to the article of the "Spartanburg Graduate." The matter of which I have written, however, is one of more than ordinary interest with me, and' T could not refrain from improving the opportunity for vindi- j eating in some degree, the too lightly esteemed claims of a valued friend and a truly worthy public servant. M. From the. Carolina Spartan. The South Carolina College. As so muck interest is now manifested throughout our State concerning the South Carolina College, and its Presidential Chair is now vacant, it is incumbent oh the Trustees carefully to consider who is? best qualified to fill it. Without disparaging the merits of those who have been nominated for the office by their friends, we beg to present to the Board the name of Dr. Laborde. lie is the man for the position. We do not arrogate for him the highest literary qualifications, but wedo insist that in .administrative ability he is unsurpassed. All will agree that in the President of a College splendid talents are not so requisite as the governing faculty. The President of the South Carolina College must be a high-toned gentleman, he must possess honor and spirit, he must possess persuasive eloquence?in short, he must combine the suauiter in I rnotln with fortiler in rr. That Dr. Laborde does possess the above requisites we say with great confidence; nor do we make this affirmation without sfficient reason; for, having graduated at the South Carolina College, we know Dr. Laborde well, both in his capacity of Professor, and in that of President pro (cm, during temporary absences of the President of the College. In all emergencies, the students eagerly sought his advice, fully confident, as they were, that he would advise them correctly. Dr. Laborde is a native of Carolina and a graduate of the College. At one time he was a member of the Board of Trustees ; and for a great number of years h? has been Professor in the College. Throughout our entire State perhaps there is no one so well acquainted witli its governmental history ; and this is another reason why he is well qualified to fill the Presidential Chair. The elevation of Dr. Laborde to the Presidency would give satisfaction to the State, the affairs of the College would go on smoothly, lie would give life and vigor to the institution, and we would hear no more talk of converting it into a University, which we are fully persuaded the Legislature will never think of doing. A Sl'autan'bubq Gbaduate. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. A writer in the Charleston Mercury over the signature 4,Pijii.oxath," thus advocates the pro poscil cnnilge 111 W1IS lusmuuun, ?uu uiuitu, IT V think ajust remark in reference to substituting an agricultural deepartment for that of medicine. ' I have beard it as a remark of the lamented Professor Nott, that "there was something in the very atmostphere of a College that tended to elevate the character, polish the manners and enlarge the ideas of a young man, whether he was stutious or not." I believe in the truth of this remark, and, therefore, desire to see as many of our youths as possible brought within the genial influences of such an atmosphere. There are hundreds of our young men who have not the time and means of remaining in College three or four years and pursuing the whole round of studies now prescribed, who would be able and glad to go there one and two years and pursue such studies as they deemed best calculated to fit them for their contemplated vocations in life. Many such, too, would derive as much moral culture, social refinement and intellectual improvement from one year's residence in the College, and free enjoyment of its advantages, as many, who are more fortunately situated, acquire from their three and i four years' plodding. Nor can this policy lower j the standard of education. Simple certificates of proficiency iu any branch of science may, as at the University of Virginia, be granted to each one who proves himself deserving thereof at the stated examinations, while the diploma for graduation and the usual class honors may be reserved for those who win them in a course of studies as extensive as the present, or as you please. We should simply desire to amend Col. Preston's ! plan, by substituting a school of agriculture for that of medicine. The fact that we already have a fine and flourishing Medical College in the State, and at a far more eligible place for such an institution than Coiumbia is, appears to me to supersede the necessity of another to be attached to the College. A College School of Law would, however, prove of immense advantage to the country, and especially to the profession. As the leading and most influential class of men iu our country, it is of the very grentest importance to the ' whole community that the members of the legal ' calling'should not only be profoundly taught in the j science of their profession, but that they should i be, as far as possible, refined and elevated in their | moral sensibilities and the amenities of social lift. Let but this proposed change be made in our I College system, and we are persuaded that a love ! and veneration for the institution will be spread j abroad in the glad hearts of our people; general ! refinement of manners and a love of learning will be rapidly diffused throughout the State, and in: stead of your young men going nbroad to seek education, the youth of the Southwestern States j will flock to our great institution to drink in knowledge and science from her teeming fountains, to have their prejudices against us obliterated, and to bear away with them, planting and cultivating throughout tho South, sentiments of j respect and affection toward? our beloved State, i From the Yorkvillc Enquirer. ' THE PROGRAMME. Masars. Editort:?At a meeting of the 'Execu- j tive Committee, appointed by; the York oml King's 1 Mountain Divisions, to make suitable preparations for the approaching Temperance Jubilee, the fol i lowing arrangements and Programme were adopt- i ed and ordered to he published : At ten o'clock, (Thursday, the 23d of July) the ! members of the several subordinate Divisions and the visiting brethren of Chester, Sandy River and other neighboring Division', will repair promptly to the Court House square, where each Division will form separately under the direction of its own Marshal. The Marshal of the day, Gen. Allstox, will then organize the processioain the following order: York; Concord; Fort Mills; Union; Bethel; Rock Hill; Beth-Shiloh; Centre; Bethesda ; Chester; Sandy River; members of other Divisions; Cadets of Temperance; King's Mountain Division; the Ebenezer Band, Reverend Clergy, the Orators of the Day, and the Executive Committee. . At the same hour the Lady Visflors of the sev- < eral Divisions are arequested to convene promptly I at the resilience of Mr. J. H. Adams, where they will form into procession under the direction of Assistant Marshal, J. L. M. Adams. The ladies and citizens generally, with the several bodies, invited to join the procession, are earnestly requested to repair promptly, at 10 o'clock, to the King's Mountain Hotel, where they will be placed in procession, in the order indicated below, under the direction of Assistant Marshal, F. M. Galbbaith. At half-past ten o'clock, the Divisions, directed by Gen. Allston, will be escorted by the Cadets of the Military School under command of Maj. Jenkins, with music by the Bethel Band, to position in front of the Adickes' Building, where they will receive the Grand Division and the State Temperance Society. The procession will then be conducted up Main-street to the Post Office, and, returning, will receive the Lady Visitors, and the section directed by Marshal Galbraith. At 11 o'clock, the procession thus formed will move down Main-Strefet to Jefferson; down Jefferson to the Methodist Church; up College-Street to Liberty, and thence to the stand in the Grove nearly opposite the Episcopal Church ; in the following order:? Bethel Band. Cadets of the King's Mountain Military School. York Division. Concord Division. Fort Mill Division. Union Division. Bethel Division. Rock Hill Division. Beth-Shiloh Division. Centre Division. Bethesda Division. _ ChesterT)ivision. Sandy - River Division. Members of other neighboring Divisions. Cadels of Temporance. : King's Mountain Division. Ebenezer Band. The Reverend Clergy. Orators of the Day. Executive Committee. Grand Division. * StAte Temperance Society. Lady Visitors. His Hoi-or, the Judge, and the Members of the 'Court. Members of Town Council. TbeXadies, Citizens Generally. Upon arriving at Liberty street, the escort, consisting of the Cadets of the Military School and the Divisions, will open ranks, when the remainder of the Procession conducted by the Ebenezer Band will move to the positions reserved at the stand. After the entire procession have taken the seats which will be assigned and reserved, the exercises will be conducted as follows: Prayer, by Rev. H. II. DtrRAST, Grand Chaplain. Opening Ode, by the Divisions. Address by . Music by the Bethel Band. Address by Judge O'Neall. Music by the Ebenezer Band. Closing Ode. Benediction. At the conclusion of the exercises, the procession will again be formed and in the same order will proceed to the Grounds attached, to the Female College, when all the company present will be invited to partake of the Pic Nic Dinner. Separate tables will be reserved for the Ladies, the Grand Division, the Reverend Clergy, the Officers and Cadets of the Military School, and the Bands; and the Committee would earnestly request their friends, and the entire company, to unite with them in preserving all the proprieties of good order and decorum during the repast. After the Pic-Nic, the Cadets and the Divisions will conduct the Grand Division and the Lady Visitors to their several stations, where the Pro cession will be dismissed. The Committee would urgently request their friends who design to make contributions to the Pic Nic, to report themselves at the very earliest hour possible, by 9 o'clock at farthest. They hope,-too, that these will not be confined exclusively to the members of Divisions. All the friends of the cause are heartily invited to contribute their mite ; and, as a large number of guests are expected, the Committee feel sure that the citizens generally will unite in bringing up generous offerings, and thus contribute in sustaining the reputation of the District for a high-toned and open-handed hospitality. The friends in town and country are specially requested to convey their contributions to the College Grounds, at the very earliest hour possible, and place them in the care of the Committees oppointed by each Divisiou, who will be promptly at their posts to superintend the arrangement of the I tfttjlcs P. B. DARWIN, Chairman, W. B. Metts, Secretary. State College*. The Georgia State College?or University, to adopt a popular and more high-sounding phrase? is eugaging attention and exciting interest no less than our own institution. A correspondent of the Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, Ga., remarks: ' To the true friends of Georgia, nothiug in her past histcry occasions more regretful sensations thnn a retrospect of this institution. In the early days of the Republic, the wisdom and philanthropy of such men as Abram Baldwin, James Jackson, William Few, John Milledge, and others, | caused ample surveys of the public lands to bo set apart for the perpetual support of a State University. At this day the real estate thus given, would sell for more than half a million of dollars, and yield an annuity of over thirty thousand. But, in addition to these liberal grauts of public lands, the General Assembly has made repeated cash appropriations, amounting to an aggregate which I have not at hand the means of ascertaining. It is not assuming too much to assert that an honest aud judicious administration of these resources would, before this day, have placed the College in a condition of high pecuniary affluence, and given it a rank among the first seminaries of that denomination. But, had millions, instead of thousands, been placed in the same hands, a like negli; gence or misdirectioucould hardly fail toresultin I the same miscarriage. Without a change, a radi- | 1 cul change, in the administration of the affairs of Franklin College, such patriotic benefactions as have been bestowed by Gov. Milledgeand Dr. Wm. Terrel will contribute nothing to its prosperity, i Such, however, is the existing condition of the : institution, if newspaper and other reports can be relied on, that it would be idle to expect further '.donations from patriotic individuals or patriotic ! legislatures. "The College has now been in operation more | than bulf a century, during which time the pupils i j in attendance have, it may be supposed, numbered annually from fifty to over one hundred?say nnavernge of eighty. This is a very small num- | | her for the age, endowments and grade of the institution?yet how few of its graduates have given ' ! manifestations of a high order of talent or of vir- j ; tue, of profound learning or of moral efficiency in I : the walks of public or private life 2 Some indeed j j have attained high and merited distinction; others, | positions of respectability ami usefulness; but an immense majority of the three or four thousand whose names are found on the rolls of College would have gone through life with qaite as much or more reputation had they never heard of a College course. "If this be a fair and just view,,the people of Georgia have a right to inquire why Franklin College has made so poor a turn-out?why funds have been lavished to so little purpose on an institution from which wide spread benefits to the State were reasonably expected. "About the town and neighborhood of Athens, it has been tbe fashion to bestow high laudation on the lust graduating class, always representing it to be the best: but at sundry times the spirit of discontent has broken rut, palpable delinquencies had to be bad at the door of somebody, and Presidents, from Meigs down to Church, have been made to bear an ample share of blame, though no fault has, I believe, ever been imputed to the Truftre*. Indeed, these Trustees seem at all times to have been the chief apologists of the Col- 1 lecre. and eouallv ready to censure the Faculty, the illiberality of a distrusting public, and the parsimony of the Government. But tho Faculty does not nppoint or sustain themselves in office, they are wholly dependant on the Trustees, and when found illy qualified for their respective stations, ought not to have been appointed, or, if appointed, replaced by others having the requisite qualifications. 'There are at present in service, I am informed, just eight and twenty of these Trustees, all.it may be, not only men of accomplished scholarship, but zealously intent on ordering such a course of regimen and study as must ensure to graduates, high claims to Academic honors. Of course none others should presume to take control of an Institution on which the vital interests of the eonntry are so essentially dependent. It has indeed been represented that in distributing the appointments of Trustees, neither scholarship nor zeal for the success of the College wero regarded, but that rank and efficiency in the Democratic and Whig parties of the State were deemed the true tests of eligibility. To the ears of a stranger to Georgia politics, this sounds very like a calumny, and we will not cease to hope that those who are implicated will lose no time in famishing a vindication." It is not our provinoe, of course, to express any opinion as to the causes and influences that have brought about this state of things, or do we deem ourselves in possession of sufficient details for that purpose. As connected with the general subject of State education and the management of Colleges under State auspices, we feel assnred, however, that all readers will receive with lively interests anyfacts, discussions or statements, rela tive 10 any institution wnose position :s similar to tire S. C. College.?Charletton Courier. Another Excitement ln Kaniap. The town of Doniphan, in Kansas, was thrown into a state of excitement on the 6th instant, in consequence of a fracas between Capt. John &. Boyd, formerly of South Carolina, and Capt. Mitchell, one of Gen. Lane's aids. The latter it appears, took exception to a portion of an oration delivered on the 4th by the former, and sent him a challenge to fight a duel with maskets at forty paces. The challenge was acoeptej, the parties mat, and were about-to fire, when the civil officers arrested them. A letter says: Whilst/the attention of the pro-sleverypirty was directed to the affair between thebelligerehts, the freesoilers took thirty-seven of their muskets from a log house not far below the hotel, and carried them to a freesoil boarding house beyond Gen. Lane's mill. As soon as this fact became known, the pro-slavery party sent a committee to demand the restoration of the guns. The freesoilers refused to give them up. The pro-slavery party told them they would give them until two o'clock next day to return them, and if they were j not then returned, they wohld coine and take them. Banners were then sent out to the country by both parties for reinforcements, and small squads came flocking in from all quarters, thoroughly prepared for battle. Night came on, squads still continuing to come in. The storm-of war was lowering and portentous. Gen. Whitefield deemed it proper to send an express to Governor Walker, informing him of the condition of things, and to send the records of the land office to Fort Leavenworth for safe keeping. Just at dark the free State party agreed to bring their muskets to Capt. Dunning, and were soon stacking them in front of the hotel. The leaders of both parties then promised to observe the peace. It was half-past nine o'clock when there was a general dispersion, and quiet was again restored. The night before not a citizen of Doniphan bad slept an hour. Gen. Lane boasted, after the trouble was over, that on the hill above his mill he had counted of his forces 260 able bodied men at ten o'clock the night before, and that he could have 500 that night if necessary. Gen. Ego, late of Maryland, took an active part in restoring peace. Capt. Mitchell is the same man'that Titus gagged when a prisoner at Lecompton. He is a carpenter by trade, and went ta Kansas from Covington, Kentucky. The free soilers, it appears, refused to join with the proslavery men of Doniphan in the celebration of the 4th. Captain Boyd, in his oration, referred to this fact, and this is what offended Capt. Mitchell. Our Relations With Granada. The correspondent of the Charleston Standard says: I have before alluded to the present unsettled state of our relation with Granada, but I am now able to speak, if not Ex-Cathedra, at least with 9ome degree of certainty, as our Minister Judge Bowlin is here, and has bad his official interview with both the President and the Secretary of State. I find that Judge B. is inclined to paliate the conduct of the Granadians in refusing our just demand for i-demnity for losses in the Panama riots; but after hearing all the facts and all the extenuating circumstances, the State Department has concluded that we are at the end of the plank, and nothing more can be done until the meeting of Congress, when the President will recommend a declaration of war. In the meantime our troops, which are now stationed at each' end of the Transit Route, arc directed to keep the route open at all hazards, even at the point of the bayonet if necessary. They are forbidden from taking possession of a foot of the country, as that would be "conquest." Gen. Herran, the Minister from New Granada, is a very old acquaintance of Mr. Bnchanan, and he is endeavoring to create the impression that his country is not only disposed to do right, but that he will probably receive in a few days in- < structions to settle all matters of dispute on our own tei'ms. Thi? story is not believed by the Administration, or rather they place no reliance on the despatches to General Ilerran, however much he may regard them himself. All that Mr. Buchanan is disposed to believe, is that when war is known to be inevitable, New Granada, will yield to circumstances. From the Anderson True Carolinian. Soap Recelpe. We do not desire to say or do aught which could possibly interfere with our friend J. J. Brown in the sale of his right for making soap, but as we find the following receipt going the rounds, we take the liberty of publishing it as a matter of interest to our readers, who are now carried away by the cheap soap mania/ It is said to be substantially the same as the Roraback receipt which is now being offered for sale. Whether this be so or not, ;? a nrntinr of little imnortance. as this is said to be as good a receipt as cad be found : TOILET SOAP. Take 6 lbs. White Soap, H lbs. Sal Soda, I table-spoonful Spirits Turpentine, } " Hartshorn, II gallons of Water. 1 JELLY SOAP. X 14 ounces of water or I* pints, 1 ounce shaving soap, 1} ounces carb. soda, 10 grains Pulv. Borax, 5 grains Ammonia, 1? drachms spirits turpentine. Boil" the water and mix the materials well. The above receipt is taken from an old newspaper, and it is thought to be identical with the celebrated Roraback receipt which is offered for sale all over the country. It is said the Roraback Soap yields upon analysis nearly 70 per cent, of tallow. This agrees very well with the above receipt, for the common White Soap yields 70 per cent, of tallow. The usual coloring matter of Soap is Vermillion. Prom Kansas. St. Louis, July 17. The Democrat hns advices from Kansas stating that Gov. Walker has issued a proclamation declaring bis intention to put down all opposition to the Territorial laws by force, and censuring the citizens of Lawrence, and warning them not to organize under the Topeka Charter. Rumor says that seven hundred troops are summoned to march against Lawrence, and that it is the design of Walker to retain the army in Kansas and to break up the Utah expedition. ^ jjgy* Hayti "emancipated" itself now some 70 years ago, amid horrors that made the world shiver, and then they, as slaves, (the Haytians) exported 150,000,COO pounds of sugar, but now not one pound! On the contrary, they are importers of sugar.