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Scraps # Jfads. ' Drink not intoxicating liquors. At the race for the Ratcliffe stakes in " August, in England, Mr. Ten Broeck's filly Belle was entered, and beaten. She came in fourth in the race. A letter received from London by the : steamer Arago says that if the Atlantic Telegraph Company postpone their operations ^ till next summer, the present cable will be ^ sold, and a new one made five hundred miles ( longer, iu-season to belaid next June. The True Carolinian states that the , Trustees or Professors of Erskine College, have forbidden the students the privilege of organizing a Lodge of the Sons or Temperance, in that institution. This action is rather mystical, and parents should look into the matter.?Kiugstree Star. The physician of the House of Correction, at Lawrence, Mass., reports it almost impossible to treat delirum tremens successfully now, in consequence of the utter prostration of the nervous system of drunkards ' by the strychnine so generally used in the manufacture of liquors. A French paper gives a long account . of the last illness of Eugene Sue. It states ( that among the last words he uttered, while ( he had strength and consciousness, were? "I shall die as I have lived, a free thinker," laying special emphasis on the last words. This was a fitting termination for such a life as his. . William S. Martin, of Baton Kouge, has invented an engine which can be constructed, boiler and all, for about $50. The machine is so simple that we might, with propriety, say, it is merely an escape pipe, taking no more room. The steam is admitted into the centre of a drum or cylinder, in which the shaft works; from this, power is ap plied directly without further friction. The New York Tribune seeuns to be in a delicious fury because the opponent of David Wiluiot, Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, declines to help him keep up the slavery excitement in that State. It seems that Mr. Wilmot has made appointments all over the State, but as he stumps it alone, the people do not care to turn out to hear him. The Nashville (Tennessee) Banner of a recent date says : There was considerable wheat in the market yesterday, but we heard of no sales. Purchasers for shipment are offering 65 to 70 cents for Mediterranean, 75 to 80 cents for red, and 90 for choice white. These prices are not satisfactory to holders, and they are generally holding off. Corn is worth 55 cents, sacked?sacks extra. In view of the recent assembly of an emancipation convention, Mr. Jared K. Jenkins, of Selma, Alabama, offers to sell to such philanthropists as will set them free, 753 slaves at $700 each?this being less than the actual price now ruling the market; the purchasers to give bond that they will emancipate, and provide for said slaves one year after the sale, so that they will "neither have the necessity to starve or steal." A merchant of Cincinnati, who travelled through several counties of Indiana last week, reports to the Gazette that the hog cholera is prevailing to an alarming extent. The trade in stock hogs had been checked in consequence, feeders not being disposed to run the risk, which is now very great. In some sections the opinion prevailed that the use of pork would be suspended, in a great measure owing to the fear created by the spread of the disease. The British regiments stationed in Canada are still being thinned by desertion. They have no fancy forgoing to India, where it i9 supposed they have been ordered. They are deserting from the frontier towns singly, in pairs, and in squads. One after another disappeared from Kingston Barracks, and finally a sergeant and nine men who were set to intercept the runaways, all got into a boat together and rowed off to Cape Vincent, having first burned the officers boats to prevent pursuit. Similar desertions are occurring in Montreal. In Petersburg, the other day, two free negroes were ordered to be whipped for attempting to fight a duel. It seems that if they were both enamored of a wise old widow, who promised to marry both, provided one kept the secret from the other, by keeping it to himself, and also, provided the one steal more flour for her benefit, from the mill, / in which they were both working, than the other. The trick being discovered by one of the party, a duel was the inevitable consequence. But they were arrested before cither had fired their weapons. The .laokson cold box was formallv delivered to Councilman Van Tine, of New York, in the capitol of Nashville Tennessee, on the 4th inst., by Mr. Andrew Jackson. The Governor of the State and Mayor of Nashville were present when Mr. Van Tine received it in behalf of the Corporation Committee. Mr. Van Tine has telegraphed to Alderman Moneghan that Mr. Jackson at first hesitated so to dispose of the legacy, owing to the reception of files of remonstrance on the subject. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Van Tine afterwards left the Hermitage, en route for New York. The editor of the Augusta Constitutionalist has been shown by Dr. D. Lee, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry in Franklin College, the result of some experiments of his with the Chinese sugar cane. The syrup he made was light colored, thick and very sweet, and the finest specimen we have seen. Dr. Lee's chemical knowledge has enabled him to correct the errors made by the chemists in Boston, and he has demonstrated that the sacharine matter of the Sorgho can be crys-! talized into cane sugar. The granular forms wpre distinctly seen and tasted in a SDecimen " V * m ^ 4 " I of the sugar we examined, which had been manufactured from the juices of cane growing on the day the experiment was made. Prof. Silliman is not at all proud of his prominent position on the memorial to Mr. Buchanan. Accordingly he has published a card in the Tribune, as follows :? "Sir:?In your paper of this day, Sept. 3d, a letter from Washington, dated Sept. 2d, mentions the "memorial of Professor Silliman," and others, addressed to the President of the United States. I have to state that I never saw or heard of the paper until it was presented to me for my signature, and I added my name to the list of my respected fellow-citizens?as every American citizen has the right to protest against any act of the government of his country which he disapproves. I have not changed my opinion, but I have no claim to the pre-emi-. nence assigned to me by the publio prints." J C^fffrkbilkdnpmr KIUTEP BY TOHN L. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MOBBING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1857. NEW POST OFFICE. A new Post Office uas been established in Cleveand, Co., N. C., called Broad River, and our young "riend Mr. N. N. Thomasson appointed Post Ma9:er. The office is supplied by the new mail line ihat leaves Yorkville on every Friday morning, ind ending at Mooresboro' N. C. SORGHO SYRUP. We have been credibly informed that Mr. Jacob - 1 Deal, of our District, will maae aoout a nuuum gallons of this new-fangled molasses. Experiments among our farmers generally are satisfactory, and the gastronomical experiments made by ourselves gave the greatest satisfaction. SUNS OF TEMPERANCE. We respectfully request the Recording Scribes of the different Divisions throughout, the District, to send us, by the first Monday in October, a list of the officers elect for the next quarter. We will be under additional obligation, if they will also furnish us at the same time, with the total number of Members, and the number of Lady-Visitors connected with their respective Divisions. LARGE EARS. Mr. James If. Hemphill, of Allison's Creek, has lollfd before us two ears of corn, the largest we have seen for many a twelve-month. One measures in length 11J inches ; contains 16 rows and 960 grains. The other measures 10 inches, with 18 rows and 1040graius?in all 2010 large grains. Mr. H. tells us that this corn is of the ''Gourdseed" variety, and that in his 25 acre field he has many "more of the same sort." AGRICULTURAL MEETING. Our readers will please remember the meeting of the Indian Land Agricultural Society on Wednesday, the 30th instant. W. I. Clawson, Esq. is expected to address the meeting. There will be, moreover, an exhibition of Stock on that occasion, and premiums will be awarded for the best conducted farm. To our farmers this meeting should be a matter of considerable interest as the index of what our District may be expected to do at the approaching Fair in Columbia. YORKV1LLE FEMALE COLLEGE. This institution is now in a prosperous condition. The Trustees have recently succeeded in j securing the services of Mr. Orchard in the musical department, who has a reputation in the | State deservedly high. In conjunction with Mr. | Miller, the old Professor, a thorough knowl- j edge of music will be imparted to the students. The number of students is increasing daily, and there is every prospect for a full school this session. CADETS OF TEMPERANCE. A Section of the Cadets 01 Temperance was organized in this place on Monday evening of the last week, and the following persons elected as officers : W. P. McFadden, W. P..- Thomas W. Clawson, IT. A. ; George T. Schorb, 1". .4.; Thomas S. Youngblood, T. : J. B. Williams, A. T.: John B. McFadden, S.; J. Harry Clawson, A. S.; W. T. Beard, G. : E. M. O'Farrell, U.; James Porter, W. ; Thomas S. Smith, A. W. ; D. J. Logan 1st ir. D.; J. J. Smith, 2d If. D. GODEY'S LADY S BOOK. For October has arrived ahead of the l*Uyrnj>A.? It is decidedly, in matters pertaining to fashions and gastronomy, altogether superior to any co temporary. The present number is adorned with a fine steele engraving?"The sisters"?besides innumerable patterns, fashions-plates and fancy work, all admirably conceived and elegantly executed. It contains likewise many valuable receipts, select literature, combining the useful and the ornamental: a well-stocked "Editorial Table" and an easy and inviting "Arm Chair." Xow is your time to subscribe. The Lady'* Hook $3. Lady's Book and Enquirer, $4. NEWS FROM INDIA. The revolutionary disturbances in British India still continue. Delhi at the latest intelligence had not fallen and the probability of its being taken soon was diminished. Gen. Barnard has died of dysentery. Sir Henry Lawrence has likewise died from wounds. In addition to these disasters, more of the native troops have mutinied and the Cholera, that dreadful scourge, is also prevailing among the soldiers. The mutiny is attributed to the intrigues of Russia, but it is more probably the result of England's mismanagement. Thirty thousand troops have beeu despatched from England, and as soon as they arrive all resistance on the part of the mutineers will be speedily crushed. This is what English papers say. SYRUP. Our thanks are due E. T. Avery, Esqr., for a specimen of his syrup, manufactured from the Chinese Sugar Cane, surpassing in quantity and quality, any we have yet seen. Mr. A. is one of our most energetic and enterprising farmers, and has devoted considerable attention to the culture of the Cane, with a view, not only of satisfying himself, but to convince others that it is no humbug. He has been experimenting on a pretty extensive scale, and is perfectly satisfied with the result, and considers the introduction of the Cane as an Agricultural product, of incalculable benefit to the South. We are glad to see from our exchanges that planters throughout the State are alive to its importance. Our Agricultural cotemporary?the Laurensville Herald?regrets that he has not received any specimens. We are a little disposed to censure the farmers of Laurens for being so unmindful of their obligation to one who has done, and is still doing so much to promote their prosperity. We would like, friend Herald, to send you a bottle, but fear "Uncle Sam'' would not deliver. "CIVIS." We gladly insert your communication without endorsing, however, fully your views. An objection or two to the proposed plan present themselves. It may be a matter of surprise or chargrin to the defeated candidate, to see his long list of staunch friends grow "beautifully less" at the ballot box. But if the vote was given openly, 1 V.a affnn/lo/1 ai V.niv frinn/la fnt* nnt I Iinw IUII>UJ nuuiu UCUUCIIUCU Hd UiVU tltvuMD ?vt nvv I voting according to their wishes, when some other i friend, perhaps, has greater claims for their sup port. In this way it wonld cause hard feelings ' among neighbors and friends. In the case of debtors too, viva voce voting j would cripple the elective franchise. It places j him in the hands of a merciless creditor. While these suggestions occur, it is readily admitted [ that nothing is so desirable to the patriotic re1 publican, as to preserve the purity of the ballot j box. The question is worthy of the maturest re! flection, and we are pleased to see "Cms" calling I attention to it. Let us hear from him again. THE PAL1IETTO REGIMENT. I We begin this week the publication of the history of this gallant regiment from the graphic pen of Ben. Lane Posey of the Marion (Ala.) American. One of the survivors of this regiment, having endured the privations which it met, and share the glory which it acquired, he is well fitI ted to write its history Although many of our readers are familiar with the principal features of this history, there are many minor incidents which arc worthy of remembrance, and to many of the rising generation, especially, the entire story will be new and interesting. It is by the contemplation of snch characters as Bitturr's and Dickenson's, that a lofty and noble ambition is to be stamped on the yonng heart. The American says: We have commenced again, after a brief intermission, the chapters about the Palmettoes.? Those who subscribe noic can get the whole of it. The previous chapters have had no special connection with the subject. The fact is, we were not ready to commence the subject, and we wrote those other chaprers just as "a tub to the whale" ?to satisfy the demand upon us to write something. We now begin the real history of the Palmettoes. We have already received very many subscribers from South Carolina, and hope yet to receive more. The price of the American, containing the entire history is One Dollar. IRON. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued to the ?iio pnnntrv n circular of iron miiiiuiuciurctfi ..... some importance, and as there is in the range of our readers, several interested in th'19 subject, ws give a few short extracts: Treasury Department, Aug. 31,1857.' Sir: This Department has been fnrnishetl with undoubted evidence that there is a great difference between iron from different mines i:i the United States in the degree of rapidity with which they become oxydized. Congress during tl e last session, appropriated the sum of $2,500 to test the different irons in this country in that particular. If these experiments shall establish the important fact that we have irons entirely or nearly proof against the corrosion of oxygen, it will multiply the uses of such iron to a very considerable extent for purposes to which it is now applied, and give it the preference over other irons for many purposes for which iron is now used. ?* #***** * I have therefore, to request that you will forward to this department, by mail or express, two or three small samples of iron and a sample of ore from each of the mines worked by you ; the samples of iron not to exceed a quarter of a pound each, aud the ore not to exceed a half pound in weight. I would also request information on the following points, viz: The extent of the ore deposite; facilities of mining ore; its distance from furnace, and distance of furnaco from market, and mode of transportation thence; the fuel used; relative cost of charcoal, coke, crude, bituminous and anthracite iron, kind of flux, and its cost, &c.; the capacity of the establishment and the amount of iron produced during last year, and what it would be capable of producing under a ready sale and remunerating prices, any peculiarity of the iron produced ; whether there are rolling mills in the vicinity, and what descriptions of iron they roll, to what purpose most of the jproducts of your furnaces are appneu. juiu what description of iron the establishment mostly produces: when did your works first go into operation : what has been the annual production, and what the ruling prices each year since your works were first started. You will please give the State and county in which your iron n ine is situutcd, and the distance yourfuel is transported. As it is the intention of the Department to furnish you with the results of the experiments, you will please name the post office through which to address you. MERE-MENTION. The article on our fourth page headed "Hawk, you may go now !" was copied from the Darlington Fnmilji Frierx/. We inadvertently omitted t< I give credit. A letter from New York state: that the hotels are perfectly overrun with mer chants from the South and West, and business i: said to be exceedingly brisk. The Methodist! are about building a College, to cost $20,0P0, a Jamestown, Gail ford county.North Cnrolinr.. Hon. Ed. Everf.tt has accepted the invitation t< deliver his lecture on Washington at the Alabamr State Fair. Wheat is selling in Salem, N. C. at 85c. per bushel. It is stated that th< stock of sugar now on hand in Philadelphii amounts to 11,1-">7 hhds., against 7,801 hhd?., a the same time last year. An impertinen fellow wnnts to know if you ever sat down to tei where skimmed milk was on the table, withon being asked, "do yon take cream V The ed itor of an Ohio paper publishes the names of hi: subscribers who pay up promptly under the hen( of "Legion of Honor." Hon. Senator Bay ard, it is said, will, in the next Congress, intro duce his bill for the organization of a nationa printing office. Three Free Mason Lodgei in New York were broken into and robbed of al their regalia on Monday night of last week. The Galena (111.) Courior says "Potatoes are nov selling in that city for twenty cents per bushel The Smith family is well represented oi the democratic ticket in Sacramento, Cal. Thei have Horace Smith forconnty judge, ,T. 0. S.wm for public administrator, and .1. W. Smith I'm justice of the ponce. To carry a Collin steamer from New York to Liverpool requires 80( tons of coal?enough to keep an ordinary family 10 years. The Atlantic cable was 11-16 o an inch in diameter?about the size of a dime.? The outside composed of 18 strands of smal wire; next 6 strands of yarn; next three coat of gutta-percha; inside of all 7 copper wires fo: telegraphing. It weighed 1800 lbs. to the mile The Columbia papers announce the death of Mr N. A. Home, for many years a merchant iu tha city. Col. Lockiudge announces througl the New Orleans papers that he has no furtlie connection with the Nicaraguan cause. Gen Walker is in New Orleans. The necessity of at tention to private business is the cause assignee for the Colonel's withdrawal. A slight fros was observed at Windsor, Ct., on Sunday of las week. Accounts from Louisiana state tha the cold season is much retarding the maturity c the spring sugar cane. The New Orlean Crescent says "a National Democrat isaDemocra who puts the success of the party above ever other consideration and don't care what become of the South so long as his party can be kept i power." The Vicksburg Whig well says : "Tbi strikes us as the best and truest definition of ' National Democrat' that we have ever seen. Canada is becoming sick of the free negi population. Petitions are beiug forwarded t England, to send them all off to some of the Eng lish tropical islands. Bookseller Towxsen i in Columbia i? to issue a new Southern Almanac i The Secretary of War has ordered seven , additional companies of artillery to repair to Kar | sag ; Governor Walker will have two thousan one hundred and fifty United States soldiers at hi | commanu ID lime lor me wiuuur cicvuuun in iuu I Territory. lodge Tanf.y wns appointed t j the Supreme Bench by President Jackson in 183( ! He has held his great office twenty-one ycnrs.i His predecessor, Chief Justice Marshat.l, wnso | the bench thirty-five years, being appointed b i President Adams in 1801. No less than 170 I coolies were lately landed in Cuba from four ship; j Upward of SO,000 worth of blackberrie , were shipped from Madison, Ind., this sensoi i The silk industry in France alone employ a greater number of people than all America manufacturing establishments together. Th first hogshead of new sugar was received at Ne' Orleans, Aug. 31. The number of member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Unite | States, is estimated at 1,353,912. The em | grntion from Germany to America has taken a increased start this summer, 10,000 able-bodie men, having departed from the duchy of Meckler burg-Schweerin alone. The colored Od Fellows, made an imposing display in Philadelphi ! recently, on the occasion of laying the Cornei I Stone of their new Ilall. The Cnpe Mny Ocean Ware says that a larg whale passed within a short distance of Cape If land, going towards the lighthouse, on Sunday ! 30th ult. He was a very large one, fifty or sixt feet of him visible at a time. The Philadel i phia Eveniug Journal suggests that two America ' citie? which haye obtained a preeminence in more | obliquity?New l'ork and New Orleans?will be j * good striking places for the next comet. j \ An English paper says that 4% and 450 fathoms 1 of an electric telegraph cable, belonging to the j ' Atlantic Telegraph Company, were picked up on t the 8th and 12th August, in Queenstown harbor, j t I Senator Sumner is guilty of the lit/lent? of t I carrying with him, in his European rambles for ! t j the purpose of exhibition, the coat which he had | a j on when caned by Mr. Brooks. Five half t ; barrels of S3 rup made from the Chinese Sugar ! Cane were sold in New Orleans on Wednsday of j list week at 45 cents per gallon. Mr. i Samuel Hendricks, the well known advertising ? agent for Eldred's Circus, died at Harrisburg, t Pa., 011 the 27th ultimo. Dr. S. F. Reynolds ? was bitten on the thumb, at New Orleans a few days ago by a young rattle-snake. He immedi I utely seized a hatchet and cut the tuumo entirety i j off before the poison had time to extend. | The Postmaster General has determined to con- f , vert the old United States Bank in Philadelphia ? | into a City Post Office. The Boston Post , j says the number of students in the new freshman ( ! class at Harvard College, from the South, is very t small. The death of Senator Kl'sk is attributed to a , | tumor at the back of his nedk which produced in- < I flammation of the brain and caused insanity. His , physicians had previously expressed their opinion , that he could not live long. The tallest man j in the United States army is a Georgian, standing . C feet fij i'-ches. The new Houses of Pur- . liament in London have been in progress nearly twenty years. They cover more than eight acres i of ground, and contain 1,180 rooms, 10 halls, 126 staircases, and more than two miles of corridors, ( ! passages, &c. Out of fifty failures and sus pensions recently reported, only three are of firms ' in the slaveholding States, while twenty-eight are in the city of New York alone. Mr. Sttdoii, of Austin, Texas, has mnde sugar - from the Sorgho. It is of ffne grain and color, and would I commnnd the highest price in New Orleans. SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. The September number of this able Monthly is now before us. From a hasty glance at its contents, wc are satisfied that it is replete with readable articles. "The Berneff Obwland" is well written, the descriptions are vivid and the reader for the moment imagines himself amid the snows of six thousand years, as the sublime scenery of . the Alps is shadowed forth. The Review of "Thomas Bailty AMrich" is ge * r.j..; vio mat nun appreciauve. -int enough to establish his poetical claims. It hr?s , been published often but will bear repetition. ! THE FADEP VIOLET. 1 What thought is folded in thy leaves ! What tender thought, what speechless pain! I hold thy fnded lips to mine, ' Thou darling of the April rain ! I hold thy faded lips to mine, Though scent and azure tint are fled ! 0 dry, mute lips ! ye are types Of something in me cold and dead ! Of something vanished like thy hues. > Of fancy flown, of beauty dim: Yet for the love of those white hands That found thee by a rivers brim. 5 That found thee when thy 9unny mouth Was purpled as with drinking wine For love of her who love forgot, t I hold thy faded lips to mine ! That thou shouldst live when I am dead. When hate is dead for me and wrong? 1 For this, I use my subtlest art, , For this, I fold thee in my song. i ~ For the Yorkville Enquirer. ' Messrs. Editors:?Yon have, in your last num' ber, given what you consider the "principal rea1 sons" for your remarks on the Faculty of Erskine ' College, and the "Sons of Temperance," and, very naturally, regard them as sustaining your con' elusion. Let us, then, compare the "facts" sta' ted, with the representation made. You tell us, that on your arrival nt Due West, you made inquiry of certain students as to the ' truth of the rumor which you had heard, "that ^ the faculty really discountenanced that society"? ' and the answer received was a positive affirmative." The information received was that the fac7 ulty discountenanced the society. The reprcscn tation made by you, for this is the impression pro1 duced, is, that the students are forbidden the prif vilege of forming such an organization. The r Edgefield Advertiser says, "the Professors of Ersr kine College have forbidden the students the priv0 ilege of organizing a Lodge of the Sons of Temperance in that Institution. Singular indeed."? 7 Hear, also, the True Carolinian, in its great conf ' " 1- -r ,i 1 rr_. ' cern ior xne morais 01 wic puitu. -iuv nujms, " or Professors," (precision is unnecessary) "of ' Erskine College have forbidden the students the 3 privilege of organizing a Lodge of the Sons of r Temperance in that Institution. Of all the acts ever committed" &c. We know that the True Car olinian asserts that "the statement has been con' firmed by several corespondents of different jour1 nals throughout the State"?but great accuracy is r not claimed by the writer, and when the editorial flourish shall have evaporated, we are mistaken if the residuum shall contain anything but the nrti1 cle "Erskine College" in the Yorkvillt Enquirer. 1 The fact, then, as stated to you, is, that the 1 faculty discountenanced the society: the repret sentation made by you of that fact is, that the 'f order is forbidden in the College. Not altogeths er an exact correspondence. But the spirit of the press, like that of the age, is progressive, and y facts, however stubborn they may be, must sub3 mit. n You say, moreover, that "the faculty had not 8 taken the initiative and aided in inaugurating the a society by lending it their moral influence and " that what you had heard, "coupled with this o significant fact, seemed sufficient ground upon 0 which to bottom our (your) charges." But here again you must be badly at fault. Is d this a legitimate conclusiou? Do the " Sons" recognise no neutral attitude on the part of others il towards themselves ? Is every man who does not i- professedly advocate the order to be set down as d opposing it iu his "folly"or "stubborness?" is ! You are certainly doing injustice to the society it by your inference. Are you prepared to hold up o j to the public, in this complimentary manner, all the tenchers of the land who may not lead off a - ; division of the Sons? no, you are not. Why, n | then, single out the faculty of Erskine College, y whose weal you have so much at heart, for your "0 animadversions? Is this thy kindness to thy ' j friend? 3 The facts on this subject, really are, that the > I faculty has never taken any action, either pro or s j con, with respect to the order. About the time n that the organizational Due West was formed, it e was recommended to the students that those who fv , miirht desire to ioin the society should advise with I ? o . . 's their parents, unless their wishes might be already J | known. '* I " The very head and front of our offending n | Hath this extent, no more," d i and even this was done, not on consultation with i- the faculty but, on individual responsibility, d ! This affair suggests a few hints which may be a of some service to you, when, hereafter, it may be j come your duty as a "public journalist" "fearlessl ly to attack" either "the 'high' or low 'places' of ? J prejudice and error." Before publishing charges I- | to the world, be sure that you are not misreprc; senting those, whose conduct, in the exercise of y your censorship you are condemning as "culp1 able." It is much easier to produce false impresn sions than to correct them. And besides, this prud I dene* will, it may be hoped, supersede the un-1 ileasant necessity of making rather awkward and j mgracious explanations. Yon might, we think, raise your standard of ! 'sufficiently respectful'.' some higher without deracting anything from the dignity of your posiioB, or even from the persuasiveness of yburediofials. "Stubbornness" and "Jolly" in their orJinary acceptation do not occur to us as the most ippropriate terms for expressing respect for those, 0 whom they are applied. You see that with the best intentions, when irompted by zeal without knowledge, you may njure, rather than promote the cause which you idvocate. Hoping thnt experience.will not be lost lpon yon?instead of "Due West," I now subcpibe myself, Yours, &c. * * R. C. GR1ER. Due West, Sept. 7th, 1807. R. C. GRIER, D. D. ' Sir?You are peculiarly fortunate, inasmuch is a superior education has enabled you to rectify 1 mistake on our part by the use of sophisms, without being under the necessity of exlihusting :he rich store of facts which we suppose yon have itill in reserve. It is moreover ground for congratulation, that you can defend yourself so dexerously with the weapon of sarcasm, since in this 'progressive age" truth, as you seem to think, equires some embellishment. We do not know pvhat inference will be drawn by your readers, bnt it appears to us, ibat had you shown yourself more willing to rely on the strength of yourcause, ifter the readiness shown by us to make all due ;orrections, it would not have diminished, in the least, their credulity. Butyou seem to be impressed with the belief that an "editorial flourish" is ephemeral and will pass away, while from your high position, you continue to fulmine against those whom you seem determined to array as enemies. We are not surprised at this, for it is a common mistake on the part of individuals, to suppose the Press will tremble whenever they come forth panoplied for a tilt at arms. It is an error, likewise, into which many fall, to rely upon the "flourish" of a name, a snobbish superciliousness, and the presumed dignity of their position, under the belief that the Press will dread the dictum of authority or shrink from exposing disingenuousness in "high places" any more than if it emanated from the humblest origin. It is always an unpleasant task to disturb the vainglorious complacency of those who choose to rely rather on the advantages of position or the ingenuity of their logical abilities, than on the strength of their cause and the inherent vigor of Truth. But you will excuse us, if we cannot see the force or the propriety of answering a positive charge, with the bad logic of satire supported with the "whistle of a name." And you will excuse us, moreover, if, with the public, we wish to know why you appear so indignant about a charge which if fulsc was so through mistake, while at the same time, your own admissions are, to say the least of ther#, equivocal ? You are represented as opposing the temperance movement among the students. Your own admission is that you only objected to their joining until your power of opposition was annulled by the superior authority of the parent. In the same manner you can console the students with the assurance thai yon do not oppose their taking a little relaxatior ?thnt you will gladly permit them to visit theii homes, kindred find IricnUs, wtiencver meir parents in the exercise of their prerogative choose to remove them. And really do you think this satisfactory ? Or do you not experience the trutl of yflur own aphorism, and find "that with th< best intentions" an overplus of zeal may lead yoi to mistake your own inclinations, for prudenct and good sense, and to injure a virtuous cause bj a deference shown to a prejudice as silly as it i.< contemptible? Certainly it would not have detracted from th< "dignity of your position," had you shown your self more conversant with the force of language in the awkward attempt, which you made to np pear "neutral." We cannot see how yon car claim exemption from the charges made againsl you, by sheltering yourself under the plea of neu trality. Your own language does not sanctior such a plea, and when we take iuto consideratior the circumstances under which it was uttered, the force which might have been given it by the manner of expression, and likewise the actual impression produced, we cannot pronounce it neutral.? Glance at the circumstances which elicited youi recommendation. The abuse of liquor, to use t favorite term with its nasal-twanged advocates, at length produced a reaction favorable to Tem perance, in a community which, it appears, rather appreciates the praises which Horace lavishes or the generous wine than the correctness and ele gance of his latinity. A number of student! having their own improvement and the good o their fellow-students at heart, propose to connect themselves with the "Sons": in other words thej propose to quit drinking and to persuade olheri from the same sin. In regard to the movemen you use language which your hearers construct (to give the most favorable interpretation) as fol lows: "You wish to take measures to make your selves and otl rs temperate?I have no specia objections to seeing you temperate, as sobriety i; no great disadvantage to the student, but do nol join the "Sons" unless yourparonts wish it." Thii might not have been the meaning you wished t< convey, but the effect produced will probnblj "suggest a few hints which may be of service tr you," when hereafter you attempt to occupy i neutral ground between good and evil. It might have appeared to your superior acumen that there is a wide difference between the sam< actions in different individuals and at differen times. A private man may appear neutral 01 such ft subject or even a public functionary si long as the question is not pressed upon his no tice. But when the issue comes up, neutrality paradoxical as it may seem, is itself opposition.? The public could expect nothing short of encour agemcnt on your part, the students who wished to reform themselves or others could expect noth ing short of this, and oven that class who migh prefer the taste of wine to " Alison on Taste' could form no other expectation and their surprise at what they of ceurse interpreted a triumph o: the adage, in vino est vritns, was, no doubt, onlj equalled by the keeu relish with which they wouh enjoy the discomfiture of that generous bant who, by their moral influence, would have forcer them to succumb or stand out before the publii marked like the Hebrew wanderer for its scorn 01 pity. {So much for your own ndmissions. Let us nov notice for a moment your charitable attempt tr prove n discrepancy between the "facts" and thi .AnaAOAntAlian nia.ln Kf? lid fro til tllOQO ftl O f? 14 The Faculty discountenanced the society : tin representation made by you of that fact is, tha the order is forbidden in the College. Not alto gethcr an exact correspondence." Not altogethei a true statement, but let that pass. We are madi to represent the Faculty as forbidding the order because, as you say elsewhere, that is the irapres I sioti produced. As it is a suggestion of yours we accept the 44 impression produced" as the trw interpreter of the meaning of language and repl; that as the students construed your languagi as discountenancing the order, aud with a majorit; of students the wishes of the Faculty are synono mnus with its commands, it was virtunlly forbid ding them to join a temperance society. How dyou like your own logic? But you ask 4,wliy singl out the Faculty of Frskiue College ? Why hav other papers singled it out? Had you preserve) that serenity of mind which should ever accom pany a clea' conscience and a matured judgment, i you would have seen why Erskine was singled out. We presume there is not a single College in 1 the State wcose Faculty would not have encour1 aged a temperance reformation. Neutrality | would not have been sufficient. In fact there are men who occupy positions almost if not quite'm elevated as yours, who do not thiuk it beneath their dignity to advocate the cause of Temperance-, j But we have no desire ft press the matter farther and regret that in self defeneo we have been forced to take a position of seeming antagonism to the Faculty. But we hope "experience" will teach "Due j West" thai it would have been better to have confined himself to a correction of any mist ike on our part, without venturing on an attack. We are .glad that he can diversify the arduous duties of his-profession, by giving advice to the editorial fraternity. It is somewhat unfortunate that they are incorrigible, notwithstanding every person is so kind as to advise them. Let the public judge between us. CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Charleston, Sept. 14, 1857. The crisis is past and we are free from any j thing like an epidemic. It is now a fixed fact that we are to have no yellow-fever this season, and thus far we have had very little sickness of any kind. Our wholesale merchants have prepared for a heavy busi ness, and there is every prospect now that they will not be disappointed. The fall trade is now opening, and quite a number of merchants not only from the interior of this State, but j also from Georgia and Alabama have already [ made their appearance in our streets, and the whole city is assuming a busy, bustling and animated appearance. The steamship Columbia, Capt. Berbt, left | New York on Wednesday afternoon, and reached this port on yesterday afternoon, after making a most perilous and tempestous voyage of four days. Col. Cc.vninohak, of the Evening Neict, was one of the passengers, and he gives a feaiful description of the appalling scene in his paper of this day. Capt. Brrry says that he has not seen such a storm for forty years. The passengers are enthusiastic in their praise of his coolness and skill to which, under God, they attribute the safety of the vessel and the lives of all on board. The slightest mistake or a moments indecision wonld have | lost that noble vessel. Col. C. says instant by inI stant, hour by hour, day and night, he stood alofl in the pilot watching each sea, and directing every stroke of the engine. She lost her wheel house > and some of her deck cargo, among which were two fine horses shipped to the order, and for the i Messrs. Siiinoler of this city. There was a mar | aboard who said he had never before had a propei | appreciation of the value of land, as he woulc i willingly have given amillion of dollars for enough to stand upon. The fast Yonng American age is exhibiting it self in various ways. On Saturday last, I noticec ; a parade of the Eagle Engine Company, Jr., com t posed of boys and lads of ages ranging from tei to fifteen. They were all dressed in white pant and red jackets, and made quite a handsome ap i pearance. The Company numbers about thirty i five, all regularTywrranged at the drag ropes am i marching, obeying promptly and regularly tin . ..nmonJi nf their lillinutian c&otain who wa giving his commands through a silver speakinj i trumpet. i The weather has again relapsed into somethini i like a summer temperature, and yesterday am ! to-day have been rather too sultry for comfort i The nights and mornings are comparatively plea 5 sant. We had a most delightful and refreshin, r rain on Saturday, which was somewhat needed i and the dust has not been so annoying since. Oi Friday and Saturday we had pretty fair imitatioi , I of a September gale, but it did not quite reach : sufficient height to be dignified by that term in it general acceptation. I was honored with an invitation on Saturday ( to a collation given by Captain Gaoeb and Agen t Cai.dwf.ll on board the screw propeller Atlantic j to the press of the city. We had a most delight t ful time, eatiDg, drinking and smoking, and exam i ining the vessel in all her parts. Mr. C. of tin Courier and myself being Sous, of course filled on glasses with ice water from the river of the beau tiful and majestic Hudson. We smoked some ci gars which were of a brand superior to any thinj I have ever seen. They cost $300 a thousand am took two men to smoke one of them. Captuii (Jaoer is a gentleman and so is Mr. Caldwell th< \gent, at least the members of the press think so and which is indicated by more cogent and satis factory evidence than the superior quality of thei cigars. A piquant and spicy correspondence is goinj p on through the columns of the Standard betweei ^ pungent and sarcastic writers signing themselve "Ixqi'isitok" and "Wide Awake." The question involved seems to be of rather a complicated char actor, and which will not be easily settled to thi j satisfaction of all parties. The most prominen points touched as yet are the liberty of the press the late election, and the political questions invol I ved in it. It may be well if the controversy end with the shedding of ink. From the tone am temper ef the articles we should say they weri written by men of spirit, who were willing to bad and sustain their principles by any issue and be fore any tribunal. ' | We are beginning to look forward to our ftp | proucking Institute Fair, which will comraenc I on the 18th of November. The papers have al | ready sounded the alarm, and the busy notes o 1 i preparation for that "grand, gloomy and peculiar' 5 event are already beginning to be beard. Th 1 health of the city and the numerous attractions o 3 | the occasion will be certain to ensure an immens ? . rush to the Metropolis. The devotees of pleasur | and business will both be here to swell the crow j and take a peep at city life in its glory. MAGNOLIA. I ; For the Yorkville Enquirer. I ' "NOTES OF TRAVEL." t I hope, Messrs. Editors, you will not accuse m ' of "plagarism," when I borrow the above titl ! from our esteemed fellow citizen, N. P. Willis f but I know of no other so appropriate to portra; ' i the incidents connected with my journey to you 1 . pleasant little town of Yorkville as the above 1 hence my caption. We left Charleston on tl 1 27th of August of the present year. The car 3 were crowded, and the "leave takings" as usual ' sad. Nothing worthy of note occurred uutil wi reached Kiugsvillc, where an unusual bustle o r persons, hurrying to and fro, baggage piled up . . r ) denoted some iiiuurscvu uvtuiivuuc. v>ii cuijuiij b we le/imed that an accident had taken place - which resulted in the death of several persons.? > Feeling a little timid, we pursued our journe; t across the yellow, turbid waters of the Congaree . Passing safely over that rather dangerous ascent r we reached Columbia just as twilight was meltinj b away into the sombre hues of darkness. Thi , very beautiful town, with its lovely gardens, pre - sented as far as the eye could behold, quite a re , freshing scene. After a delay of a few minute b wo proceeded on our way in the dark during i f ride of ?orac miles, until "a light" was called for e when a pale "tallow" candle shed an unearth! f ' lustre on our fellow passengers. To make tli - scene more impressive, a slow steady rain set.it - and its pattering sent a chill through every gloom 0 y heart. At 11 o'clock the whistle blew an e the cars stopped. We began to imagine all sort e of accidents and dilemma, when a loud voice sun 1 ! out: "Supper at Ridgticay!" This was a pleas 1 ant surprise, and though we did not get out s the rest di I, we paid $1 for three cape of "dishwater coff.-r," which served tor ft time to drive | "doll sleep away." At ] o'clook we arrived at Chester, and found good accommodations at the "Rail Road Hotel." The next day we took the cars at 1 o'clock, P. M., and in a short time arrived at the Yorkville Depot, and hailing the omnij bus of the "Palmetto Hotel," we proceeded to that splendid establishment. No praise could \ convey to the mind of a jaded, homc-sick traveler, the kindness met with from the landlord and lady of > this No. 1 place of ease and comfort; one feels as if he has just arrived at horn* and all is right. We found a goodly number of boarders?mostly gentlemen. * * ' Yorkville has some fine public institutions, comprising a Court House, Female College, Military College, several Churches &c. We had the pleasure of attending a Camp-meeting of the Presbyterians near the town of York-villa, and was much pleased with the order and decorum, Some of the ministers are certainly | men of talent, and calculated to do mnch good in their day and generation. Among them we cannot forbear mentioning the names of Whit*, Waiker and Harris. Their communion service was very imposing, and though Baptist in princi' pies, we certainly think our Saviour partook of his last supper around a table with his chosen disciples. The grave-yard claimed our special notice, teeming with its numerous graves and epitaphs of the loved and lamented, some among its tenants dear to our own heart. What a sad, yet pleasing retrospection "to remember the dead," and think of onr certain doom. CHARLESTON. September 14,1857. For the Enquirer. TOTWO VIVA VOCE. That it is the part of a patriotic aad loyal citizen, not only to exert an inflnence in sustaining and executing the laws of his country, bnt also to perfect, as far as it may be expedient, both the statute and fundamental law of the land, need not be reiterated at this advanced stage of civilization. It must be admitted that this duty of the citizen lies at the very foundation of all free institutions, as a brief review of the pages of history will abundantly prove. 1 South Carolina, we are proud to say, has laws remarkable for their adaptation to the necessities 1 and wants of all ranks and conditions of her people. The humblest peasant that claims a habita' tion upon her soil, and the honored noble who fills the highest office in her gift, are alike protected by ' the genial sway of her conservative policy. Her 1 legislators, we assert without hesitation, in point ! of rare learning and exatted statesmanship, are not 1 surpassed by those of any other state in the Union. Her Judiciary, in all probability, will compare fa1 vorably with the Judiciary of the Keystone or 1 Empire State, in legal and judioial knowledge. But to that section in her fundamental law and those acts in her statutes, which make provision ' for the manner in which her citizens shall cast their votes in elections, we would especially direct 1 the attention of our Legislators and the Pre*t of 9 the State, to tee if a reform could be made. All are aware, that our manner of holding elections under the Constitution and Statutes as they stand, * is by ballot. Now would it not be better to amend ? 1 nn/4 rtntnlan no to ?rire the voters the nrivileore nt ? I O- w9 voting, viva voce ? 5 Every man could then walk up to the poll*, not with a folded ticket in his hand, but without any 5 thing except bis mind and tongue, and call out ^ with a living voice the name of the candidate of * his choice; and the managers of elections could '* enter his vote so expressed in a register kept for B> the purpose. ? We do not contend that there is any great inI convenience arising from the law in its present n form, but we feel that a modification, wherein we II have specified, would be an improvement There 9 would then be no way, for designing men, to cheat or defraud the illiterate (those who can neither ? read nor write) in the exercise of the right of * suffrage. Demagogues and office-seekers could ' not change about so easily the honest yeomanry, ' as tbey can under the present system; for there '? could be no concealing nor dodging at the polls. e In this way it would have a tendency to make ever ry individual more independent, honest, and de' cisive, knowing that there could be no evasion or * duplicity acted at the polls; and in the end the 5 moral tone of the people would be elevated to a 1 considerable extent. And iufine, elections would 1 be more apt than under the present system to rep suit according to the unbiassed will of the people. '? I am informed that this is the mode of voting " in Virginia, and that it works there admirably. r There is no doubt that it was a bane to KnowNothingism in the Old Dominion, and that it conf tributed greatly to enable the eloquent and intrep1 id Wish to sound the death-knell of that inglorious 8 party; and such the system, if adopted, would 8 prove here to all innovations of a kindred nature. We submit this proposed change to our Legislae tors, at this particular time, in the absence of all 1 elections, that no hobby may be made of it to ride > into office, but that they weigh duly the matter in * their minds, and see whether an alteration of this 8 nature would result in any practical good. t I e n nrxTTa * tlAJiCA?TBKVil,LJS, c. V. Willi, f -- *? ?' Anecdote of Got. Allaton. Mum. Editorr:?In your last issue, I noticed an anecdote, taken from the Greenville Patriot, illustrating the unostentatious demeanor of our - Chief Magistiate during his travels. It is very 8 good, so far as it goes, but a well known gentleman of this city is responsible for the following * version of it, which possesses considerably more f pith, and is too good to be lost. ? As the Governor was proceeding in his carriage to the parade grouud, near Greenville, he overe took, as your cotemporary states, one of the "bone f and sinew" of the land, when something like the e following dialogue took place: Bone and Sinn-.?"I say, stranger, you've got a nice carriage, and plenty o'room; s'pose you ^ give Sal and me a lift to the review." Governor.?"Certainly, sir, you are welcome to ; a ride." . i (They thank Lim ; get in and ride some distance in silence.) Bone and Sinew.?"Stranger, vou look like a : mighty clever fellow. Who mought you be?" e Governor.?"Well, some call me the Governor e | of the State." ' Bone and Sinew.?"Gra-a-a-te Jee-ee ee-rusa? Mem! Sal, git out o'bere!" And sure enough Y ' they got out, as no solicitation was availing to make r I them ride with a live Governor. The'd rather have sat by a rattlesnake. 1 i Opinions on Blr. Buchanan's Letter. 3 Various opinions are passed at the North upon , Mr. Buchanan's letter. The leadiug Democratic g and most of the neutral papers approve it. The - Boston Poet says: "This sound, calm and admirable letter of President Buchanan, which is every > j way worthy of his reputation, will be read with , j high satisfaction by the opponents of the slavery agitation, and those who mean to stand by the ' Constitution of our common country. It indicates ~ the intelligence with which the chief magistrate y will apply vital principles; the firmness with which i he means to execute the laws. For such lofty purposes his countrymen will zealously rally around ' him." I Of this opinion seem all the conservatives. On s* the other hand, the Republican papers denounce . the letter. One says: "Nothing which Pierce ever uttered was more offensive to the growing antislaverv sentiment of this countrv than mime nas? R sages in this unfortunate letter. It is throughout i a labored defence of the cause of the Border Ruffians, and a most dishonest and iniquitous assault ' upon the motives and actions of the free State men y of Kansas. The President adopts the most ultra e and radical pro-slavery views, and goes to the , highest standard ever net up by the secessionists ' and nullifiers of the South." "The New Loudon l" Star says, very pithily and truly :?"Some of the d leading Democratic papers of the country doubt <4 the propriety of the President replying to the memorialists at all. We think the reply will do great ? good. It is a vigorous and conclusive vindication ' of the policy of the Administration in Kansas af,9 1 fairs, and answers at one blow the railing of all