Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Straps & Jfacts. The American failures are severely felt in England and the agencies will remit j money to New York, X. Orleans and Char-1 Ipston for cotton buyers. The Winnsboro' Register, in allusion to | the recent Eutaw celebration, says that whilst some persons were cleaning out the spring, one of the muskets, that were thrown in it by the British after the battle, was found. The following lots of cotton were recived in New Orleans, La., on Monday, 28th ultimo: From Vicksburg 7,509 bales; from Tunica TOO; from Red River 321; from Memphis 77. Total, 8,613 bales. The Newberry Mirror, in reference to Ex Gov. Hammond, says : "When Cincinnatus was called to leave the husbandman's gown for the warrior's harness, he obeyed the call of his country, and left his little fields fallow." The Nashville (Tennessee) papers confidently assert that, when all the returns of the recent assessment in that State are made up, the entire amount of taxable property withiu her limits will amount to not less than three hundred millions of dollars. The Spartan says that there is undeniably much opposition to our military system, and thinks that its severity might well be relaxed by the substitution of a commutation tax, or some other just and well digested measure. Financial matters are gradually tightening throughout the West, and it is said unless the bankers discount beyond prudence, and relief comes from other sources, many good houses will fall from the 1st to ; the od proximo. That period is anticipated with terrible anxiety. The House of Representatives of Pennsylvania have passed a resolution requiring the banks to report at once a state- \ ment of their condition. This is considered 1 an expression that the House will pass no I * * bill legalizing the suspension this session.? The Senate amended the hill legalizing the ( suspension, fixing the resumption on the 1st of February, 1858. i < It is admitted that the election in j Georgia has resulted in the success of Brown, i Democrat, by 8,000, to 10,000 majority.? ; The returns also indicate the re-election of j Mr. Trippe, American, to Congress ; Joshua ! , Hill, American in the Seventh District, and Messrs. Crawford, Gartrell, A. II. Stephens, j and Wright, Democrats, in their respective j districts. Little has so far been heard from the firs* and sixth districts. j , The population of the United States j i amounts at the present moment to about, i 25,000,000. If every individual, says the ! ] X. York Ih ruhl, in this aggregate were to ! t economise ten dollars yearly, the annual j < saving would be 8150,000,000. By wear- ] ing our clothes six months longer the ten 3 dollars could easily be spared, and we would [ not be less comfortable and respectable forjt the economy. i .? The Xcw York Times publishes a list s of eighteen establishments in the that city, r which have discharged in the aggregate 1,- r 161 mechanics and laborers, on account of f the financial pressure. To this it adds, 1,-1 v 200 who have been discharged from the Erie j a Railroad tunuel at Jersey city?making a to- j f tal of 2,GG1. It adds that the shipyards of | d the city, that usually swarm with men, are j -1 L J X.J aiiuusi ucserieu. A German doctor at Urbana, Illinois, j d the manufacturer of snake bite medicine, i 1 caught a rattlesnake on the prairie, and took | J it home, and offered to let the snake bite I v him every time any person bought a box of C his medicine for one dollar. On Sunday of j C last week, while fooling with his pet, it bit j 8 him in the hand. He applied his medicine j * without effect. On Monday he sent for a j 11 doctor, but too late?he died the same day. i The Texas Independent mentions the j ^ use of wholesome and palatable bread from j the seed of Chinese Sugar Cane, and says: j "According to 4,1' accounts, fromj this re- f markable .plant -will now be manufactured f, molasses, sugar, alcohol, sparkling and still y vinegar, paper, starch, dye stuffs, and bread. K Mr. Taylor showed us a pair of pautaloons 0 which had been dyed with a decoction made g from the fodder and peelings of the cane.? ti It makes a pretty purple. The hull of the j seed makes the finest and most lasting dye. ? A short time ago, a gentleman of this , ^ plaoe having occasion to go into the office of! ,i Jrr a Dentist who is on a visit to the North, he ! V f was followed by a little dog, which he acci- > * dently shut up. About a week ago, some i boys being near the office, heard the dog \ ? making a noise, and got the key and releas- ^ ed him from his prison, he having remained j four weeks, to a day, in a pefectly tight room, without one particle of any thing to eat or v drink! He was nearly perished to death; * but is now, remarkable to tell, doing very J well.? Cheraic Gazette. r Of the rival railroad routes between i, Concord, N. II., and Chicago, 111., a distance 1 of 1052 miles, one boasts over the other of ^ being ten minutes the shortest! This is a fair specimen of American characer; it is a true v sign of the times?a key to much that is c strange and mysterious in our financial operations.?What amount of money has been unk in constructing these rival routes!? e What amount is lost daily in running light- p ning trains on these routes! And what for ? h To save ten minutes of time?to ero a thous- _ Band miles ten minutes quicker that your neighbor. And what is gained by saving these ten minutes? Nothing, absolutely nothing, but just the name. And what it lost? ri All that is worth reckoning in the stability t( of our financial institutions, the permanency a of our mercantile establishments, and the " general credit of our country. To construct rival routes all over our country, an inordi- * nate drain has been made on our capital, n funds have been sunk in this form of nation- 0! al improvement, credit has been stretched till every fibre of confidence is broken, and ^ the whole falls. And all this to save ten minutes in going a thousand miles! Will it pay ? Is it worth what it has cost ??the . failure of credit, the corruption of morals, . and the introduction of habits of general ex- tJ travagance ? In our opinion, the railroad i( bill now lying before us, announcing ten g] minutes the shortest route between Concord b and Chicago, furnishes a key to American m character which will solve many of our fi- r nancial puzzles. It evinces a disposition to g; do a thing quicker than any body else, no jE matter at what expense of money or credit, and however little advantage may be gained w from it. The result is, we have gone to ru- tc in, oftener and quicker than any other race r? under Heaven. We have beat?that's e- ai nouch.?Cincinnati Gazette. ai C|{?orkMIk inquirer edited bt JOHN L. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1857. REMOVAL. The Enquirer Office has been removed to the new Building adjoining the old stand. DEATH OP DR. It. P. BARNETT. It becomes our painful duty to announce the untimely death of this estimable friend and fellowcitizen on Sunday night last. He was a native of Spartanburg, but adopted Yorkrille as his home. Here his upright conduct, generous nature and gentlemanly qualities endeared him to all, and his loss will be as keenly felt as his place will be dif- i ficult to supply. Cut off in the prime of manhood, with the world all bright before him, we vainly j ' * * * -1 ?! ? POOull J regret mat me voice 01 irieuunuiy vuuuw >w?? liira, nor the tears of love change the decree of fate. But those who knew him will cherish his memory, for a nobler nature was never given to man. The quiet citizen, the perfect gentleman and the sincere friend, were all mirrored on his manly countenance and hrow of candor. It should be some consolation to his bereaved kindred to | know that he leaves behind many friends to mourn j his loss, and but few, or none, who will not remem ber him kindly. laconic. We subjoin the graphic report of the state of the j Jail made by the Sheriff of York District, and the j equally graphic comments of his Honor, Judge O'Neall. They have all the vigor of the true Spartan style. We could not give a more striking panegyric on the healthy influence of the Sons of Temperance: SOUTH CAROLINA,) York Distict. J To the Hon. Jno. Briton , O'Xe.all, Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Del ire rg at York Court House, Fall Term, 1857 .* I respectfully report that no person is now conlined in the Jail of York District. S. C. YOUNGBLOOI), s. r. d. Oct. 12th 1857. The following i9 the endorsement of Judge IVNealt,: "Let it he filed and published as a beautiful commentary on the healthy condition of the District." JOHN BELTON O'NEALL, Pres. J?d,je. Oct 12th, 1857. senatorial election'. The declination of Ex Governor Hammond to become a candidate for this post 6f honor, has somewhat disconcerted his numerous friends. Ex Gov. Hamilton announces in a letter to the Timet his willingness to serve if elected. Hon. R. B. Rhett is personally spoken of as the candidate xround whom the friends of Hammond are likely to cluster. The contest will probably lie between aim and Col. Pickens. For our part, we would ather sec some younger man tried. We do not :hink the Legislature could do better than to ilect a Senator out of the following list: Hon. L. VI. Kif.tt, Col. JamesChesnut, Hon. W. Porciier, VIiles, Hon. W. W. Boyce. They are all in the mime of life, able and v illing to undergo the la>or, and devoted friends of the South. We have aid on a former occasion that dignity is not inepafable from age. There is no reason why a nan in the full vigor of manhood cannot fill the lost of Senator more efficiently than one who has alien into the " sere and yellow leaf." We nre rilling, at least, to try our young men, to encour* ge them, to elicit talent wherever it may be ound, and to honor those who show a readiness to lefend the interests of the South. COURT WEEK. The Fall term for York District opened on Mon j iay last, his Hon. Judge O'Nkall presiding. ' "here was a large crowd in attendance on Monay and Tuesday?much larger than we have loticed for several sessions. The business of the 1 ,'ourt is pushed through rapidly, even for Judge I'Nkall. The Bar of Yorkville is considerably welled by additions from our neighboring disricts. Hon. W. W. Boyce is present and is lookig very well. He appears to be enjoying fine ealth and to be in good spirits. We have a large epreseutatiou from Chester. C. D. Melton, 'olicitor; Giles J. Patterson, J. J. McLure, W. i. Walker, M. Williams and J. L. Gaston, ; !sq'rs, repi esent tolerably full, the Chester Bar. ; 'rom Lancaster we are pleased to see our young . rieud, R. E. Allison, Esq., in attendance.? 1 Wallace Thompson, Esq., and Col. T. N. Daw , :ins, are here from Uuion. There is no business ' f any great importance before the Court, but a reat many small cases will protract the session ' ill the last of the week. We subjoin a list of the ] urors and Talesmen in attendance:? ] Grand Jury.?Dr. A. I. Barron, Foreman : L. J '. Sadler, H. W. Campbell, Francis Armstrong, ' 'homasDowdle, R. S. Blake, Dr. John Hall, Ham- J iton Wilson, W. S. Beard, Thomas N. Pettus, William Oates. Archibald Barron, Martin Mullen- ; x, Dr. J. S. Crosby, John H. Crawford, Joseph j 'ceinster, Thomas T. (iwinn, J. T. Doyd. l Petit Ji'ry. No. 1.?Her. R. Y. Russell, For* i<7n ; Samuel Steele, James N. Floyd, Robert ' lairnes, William N. Crawford, B. F. Rawlinson, . A. Steele, John T. Strait, C. S. Cline, A. II. larnett, Benjamin Moss, Alexander Hill. Pf.tit Jury, No. 2.?Dr. Wm. Moore, Foreman ; I'm. Wilson, James Williford, N. A. Steele, Thos. 'aimer, James Poag, W. Avery, A. J. Matthews, t. II. Workman, W. N. Nelson, Daniel Nichols, ames B. Smith. Talesmen.?John S. Plexico, D. 0. Wallace, >awson N. Mitchell, W. P. Barry, Joseph Dougiss, HannaNeely, John McFaddcn, H. II. Simril, 'homas Spencer, James Wallace, I. N. Sadler, fasa Riggins, Wm. Rhea, J. R. Patton, Dennis ! Irosby, J. B. Mintz. | The order and decorum preserved during Court | i'eek, was a matter of general remark. Judge j i'Nkall observed that it was evidently the effect j f the Temperance reformation which has so gen- [ rally pervaded the District. It was, he remark- ; d, the first instance he remembered of finding no ' erson in Jail daring Court-Week. We gladly ! ail the era when good order, sobriety and decen- j y, takes the place of brutality and drunkenness. FELLOWSHIPS. ! The idea of endowing fellowships in the South Ca- j olina College has more than once been suggested ) the publio mind. Every lover of his country nd his country's literature has regretted the ant of literary society and of a professional litirati. The consequence of this deficiency, is lat the highest efforts hare been but the amuse- ! lent of idle hours and the ephemeral productions f exuberant but truant fancy. But of such, a ation cannot justly be proud; they add but little ) its glory and fame, they exercise no strong and levating influence, they enamel no noble resolve pon the heart, nor do they immortalize the heaes whose names reflect a splendor on their tranient existence. They pass away like summer irds with the partiality of friends which give aem a temporary eclat. The flashing wit, the bold | lea, the flight of fancy?all that Art would en- I arine and consecrate?become transitory as the reath which gave them birth. No splendid monulent of genius, sublime in austere grandeur and aduring severity, nationalizes our literature nnd ives us an example worthy of admiration and j aitation. Many causes we know may be assigned for this ' ant of artistic excellence. But they all relate 1 > the past and cannot influence the future. The j ipid growth of our country, the railroad velocity ; t which we live and move, the want of libraries ! ad leisure, the inducement of more tempting | 1 fields for ambition, the allurements of politics, ! trade and speculation, in a word all that agitates : a "fierce democratie" in the rigor of its youth? | may be set down as the antithesis of literary re- ; I tirement and meditation. j But the days of our nonage are past, the prnri- j I ency of youth should subside into cnlrt and man- ' j ly resolve; the door must Soon close on extrava- f j gant speculations?politics, it is to be hoped, will soon be elevated to the dignity of statesmanship, and classic taste and elegance be brought to adorn forensic oratory. All that is required at this time, is to aid the reaction in favor of ahigher ambition, and more ennobling aims, than prompted those who have prece led ns to toil for nffluence and' power. What is the wealth of Astor to the etcr- j nal fame of Homsb?what the authority of Brett- J an an to the second-r.ite celebrity of Washington ; Irving?what the martial glory of Butler to the ) achievements of William Gilmore Simms ? To I nresent everv inducement to those who aspire to j : emulate such achievements is the highest duty of the Legislator. And no measure appears so likely to encourage literary pride, literary ambition and literary excellence, as the endowment of fel- j lowships which will enable those so inclined, to de- ' vote life and energy to literary pursuit). The first effect would be to gather around the | State College the genius of the couutry, and crente | a nidus from which would issue the full-fledged offspriug of master minds. The State taking the initiative, private munificence would soon provide ample accommodations for all deeirouB of a life of study and mental culture. It is not a matter of ; secondary importance. When we contemplate the j influence of one matured intellect on the character j and morals of a nation ; when wc consider that one j mind will often mould its destiny, when we remember how degrading is ignorance and how cle- | , vating the pursuits of literature, we caunot fail ; , to be impressed with the importance of a movement which promises an incentive to the student, t and the light of science and knowledge to the ! counti y. If State-pride be our besetting sin, how ' eager should we be to diffuse throughout our land (esthetic polish, the pride of authorship and the ^ amenity and elegance of a genial dilettanti. Will not such an ambition fire any bosom, when the 1 eye rests on that page, which tells of the palmy I of Athens, when Pericles could forget the toils of [ ( State in the intellectual coterie which clustered ( around the beautiful Aspnsia? | I What we need is a reading public. Not n class of newspaper readers, not a class anxious to de- I vour tragical stories filled with degrading aud polluting images, not a class of gabbling poli- 1 ticians eager to rend'jheir stump-harangues?med- T leys of slang and quaint provincialisms?but a 6 polished and cultivated public which will require * a high degree of excellence in those who would j 11 seek to enlist its attention. This will create a j * demand and the supply will soon follow. The I ^ congregation of literary society at the State Col- | * lege would form a standard of taste to guide the j ^ whole State. From this magazinp of learning, the j s splendor of elegance and scholarship would ra- j s diate the entire State and exercise an elevating j y and genial influence on Southern Literature. mw i t SONS OF TEMPERANCE:- I t The following persons have heen elected officers . in their respective Divisions, in York District, for n the present Quarter: j Kiny'i Mountain, No. 15.?J. S. Sadler, ir. P.; j, M. Alexander, TF. A. ; A. S. Jefferys, R. S. ; ' D. P. Owens, A. R. S.; S. H. Williams, /*. S. : 1 G. Williams, T. ; Samuel Wrightson, C. ; J. K. n Love, A. C.: Thos. Ashcraft, I. S.: J. B. Kerr, tl 0. S.; P. B. Darwin, J. P. W.P Rftheida, No. 40.?G. R. Burris, IF. P.; F. n A. Erwin, IF. A. ; W. B. T.aylor. R. S. ; D. * Jones, A. R. S.; H. L Swann, F. S.: S. G. v Hemphill, T.: A. R. Erwin. C. ; W. M. Gordon, A. C.; Newton Clark, I. S.; W. R. Murphy, . 0. S. : J. J. Jones, J. P. IF. P. 11 Concord, No. 48.?J. C. Phillips, TF. P.; W. b A. Smith, TF. A. ; J. A. Wallace, R. S. : T. J. t ITuddlestnne, A. R. S.; S. D. Carothers. S. : J. Starnes, T. : H. J. Felts, C. ; J. T. Timber- Cl lake, A. C. ; J. J. Barnett, Jr., /. S.; T. H. 1< Thomasson, 0. S. p lift/, Shiloh, No. 29.?J. R. Wallace, TF. P. : D. N. McCallum, TF. A.; T. M. D. bson, R. S.: U. Fewell, A. R. S. ; J. A. Smith, F. S. ; Jas. J T. Foreman, T. ; J. A. Fewell, C. ; James B. tl Foreman, A. C. ; R. F. Bennett, /. S. ; W. If. ? Wilson. 0. S. ; W. J. Bowen, J. P. II'. P. Fort Mill, No. 47.?John M. White, IF. P. ; V Tames If. Faulkner, TF. A.; B. F. Powell, R. S.; B W. J. Culp, A. R. S.; B. J. Patterson, F. S. ; y 11. M. Saville, T. ; James T. HotcLkiss, C.; Bam'l J. Faulkner, .-1. C. : J. G. Culp, /. N. ; T. D. Hotchkiss, 0. S.; Dr. B. M. Cobb, J. P. 1' IF. P. York, No. 26.?G. W. Melton, TF. P.; G. L. Pratt, IF. .1. ; A. F. McConuell, R. S. ; J. J. o: Smith, A. R. S. ; J. E. Grist, F. S. ; Thos. H. S Smith, T. ; C. R. Moore, C.; J. G. Ferguson, ?( .4. C.; Thomas L. Moss, /. S. ; F. M. Walker, . 0. S.; W. B. Metts, J. P. TF. P. ,r Union, No. 44.?J. B. l'.inkcy, II'. P. S. A. di McElwee, TF. A.; A. P. Johnson, R. S.; J. P. bj Wilson, .4. A*. S.; J. K. Hall, / '. 8.; Davia WeOO, T. ; Wm. Brown, C.; J. Barron, A. C.; J. P. Barron, I. S.; A. M. Wallace, 0. S. tc Centre, No. 30.?W, T. Jackson. 11". P.; W. fc E. Adams, Hr. .1.; James T. Adams, R. S.; D. to F. Jackson, A. P. S.; Dr. A. P. C. Campbell, F. S.: Andrew Jackson, T.: James J. Howe, 1 0.: Josiah McArthur, .4. C.: William McArthur, *3 r. S.; William Bird, 0. S. th Rock Hill, No. 34.?Rev. J. A. Hill. W. P.; e. 1. P. Johnston, IF. A. ; J. C. Poag, II. S.; C. .. \f. Richards, A. R. S.; J. F. Ncely, F. S.; J. H B. Steele, T. ; James M. Ivcy, C.; J. W. Team, tii 4. C.; W. R. Henry, I. S.; Robert Bogus, 0. Jn !?'.; Henrv F. Broach, J. P. IF. P. , Jietrahf'ba, No. 3.?D. J Hill. 11'. P. ; Dr. J. 3. Allison, IF. .4.; Hiram C. Thomasson, R. S. ; ^ 1. R. S. Meek, A. R. S.; A. F. McKay, F. S.: th William Burns, T.; 1). N. Peters, C. ; J. K. ?. Burns, A. C. ; J. R. McKnight, /. S.; W. A. .. livens, 0. S.; Amos Burns, P. 11". J'. Bethel, No. 37.?A A McKenzie, IF /'; J D oo P Currence, IF A; J P McKenzie, R S; J Wal- in ace, A R S: W A Currence, F S; J G Stanton, V; J T Harry, C; W I Stowc, AC; P R Curence, IS; J Barnett, 0 S. Pine Grovt, No. ?. Wm Ellis, 1FP; R N Craw- hf ord, H* A : E G Black, R S; John P Caveny, r y S; Peter Green, T; A P Black, C: George Wilson, I S; A J McGill, 0 S; Thomas P 1>< Mack, P IF P. as MERE-MENTION. sc The Legislature of Tennessee met at Nashville th >n Monday last. Two United States Senators w will be elected during the present session. m ,c is reported that ilabrkr & Brothers, the great Wl jublishers of New York have failed. It is said, sh lowever, that they have a surplus of $1,000,000. The citizens of Utah who are opposed to be he polygamous principles of the Mormons are it jurposing a separation of Carson valley from Jtab, so as to have a separate territorial govern- on nent. They say they are tired of ecclesiastical to tovernment. The population of Carsoa is not pa nore than 6000. The Abolitionists of New tri fork in State Convention, have nominated Jas. th tlcCu.ne Smith, a negro of New York city, for pr Secretary of State. The amount of specie tie n the United States is estimated at $300,000,000, vc ir cnual to twelve dollars in coin for every man, th vomau and child in the country. The re- ril nains of Hcgh Swinton Legare arrived in Char- si< eston on Friday morning last, in charge of Mr. mi 'eadon of the Courier. The Troy (N. Y.) th Judget, of Tuesday evening says, "for the first sti ime in a period of years a figure below $5 is used % ] o-day in the flour quotations.' ini Touno, the original "Simon Suoas,"is a candidate I < or Doorkeeper of the Senate of the Alabama of legislature. The ponds in the vicinity of ils 3ristol, Tennessee, were coated with a thin sheet ge if ice on Thursday morning last. Pearl in sh arge quantities have recently been discovered in co i tributary of the Colorado river. Two hundred po lermans have left Fredericksburg, Texas, to go So earl gathering. A correspondent of the an Ibarleston Courier writes to that paper that he is ne n the receipt of a letter from Hon. John S. Pres- co on, dated Dresden, 12th ultimo; and is fully au- in homed to say that Mr. Preston's friends will present his name to the Legislature for the post . of United States Senator. By late advices, | we learn that the Free-State men in Kansas, esti- ! mate the majority of Parrott, (Free-State) for , Congress, at from 5 to 8000, nnd the Black Re- j publican majority in the Legislature, 84 on joint ballot. ? ??? ?? ? HON W. XV. BOYCE. We had the pleasure of listening to an address : from onr immediate representative, Hon. W. W. I Botce, on Tuesday eveninglast. Mr. Botcewas i limited in time, having to speak between the ad- j journing nnd the opening of Court; but in the brief space allotted him, he compressed many t important views, an 1 discu?6e 1 a wide range of subjects. His speech was highly conservative, and appeared to give universal satisfaction. Mr. j Botce spoke in substance as follows: " When I last had the pleasure of addressing I you the country was convulsed by the most ex- ' citing struggle for the Presidency, which we had ever known. There had been warm contests for ' the Presidenoy before, but this differed from all i others in one important respect. It was a section- | al contest. The Black Republican party was the i organization of the North against the South. It J went upon the ostensible idea of opposition to the extension of slavery, bat the vital principle of i this party was hostility to the South. The success of this party implied great danger to our sec- j tion. To nay nothing of the Federal Government j falling intothe hands of those who would have struck i the South at every exposed point, there was a ; danger even greater than this, the degradation of j the South. To endure the domination of Black j Republicanism would have been dishonorable to j tier. And there is one. thing no people can sur- | render with safety?their self-respect. To do so, j is to abdicate a high career, and descend to an 1 ignoble mediocrity. The triumph of this North- 1 ?rn sectional party would have presented to the j South the issue of submission or revolution.? J Fortunately, these alternatives v ere averted, by 1 :he defeat of the malignant organization. I say ! fortunately, because a revolution is not a luxury, but a sad alternative, not desirable in itself, but j ireferable to what is more repulsive. No one, ' herefore, rejoiced more thnn I did at the elecion of Mr. Bivhanax, which averted such great ' salamities. It was especially gratifying, inas- j ' nucli as I had the utmost confidence in the sound- j less of his opiuions and the honesty of his pur- . 1 loses. The first great practical question that ti e ad- | ninistration of Mr. Buciunax had to grapple with j vas Kansas ; especially, the appointment of a prop- j ir Governor. The appointment of Mr. Walker !< vas generally acquiesced in at the South, because ^ i lis antecedents had been such as to imply justice , ' o our section. He had represented the State of Mississippi in the United .States Senate ; he had teen Secretary of the Treasury under Mr. Polk ; i ie had performed a leading part in the great raeaure of annexing Texas. But we of the South | oon found that our confidence in Qov. Walker j vas misplaced. Without recapitulating events vith which all are familiar; it is very evident j hat Mr. Walker has exerted his official influence I o make Kansas a free State, thus sacrificing the : t ntcrests of the South so far as he could, in this , t aomontous issue. By the Kansas-Nebraska | i till, the people of Kansas were to be left "perfect- j I y free'" to form their own domestic institutions. 1 'he policy of Gov. Walkkr was clearly at war f rith the principles of the Kansas Bill, unjust to t he South, and meets with my unqualifi d condcra ation. The important question in this regard, is r a what extent the Adininstration should bo in- n olved in the condemnation, of Got. Walker. It n rould seem at first view, that Got. Walker, be- j F ig but the agent of the Administration, and not j,' eing removed, the Administration should be held f i approve his policy, and should be involved in a P ommon condemnation. But recent developments 1 tad us to infer that the A lininistration do not ap j rove of Walker's course. I allude especially ) the declarations of the Richmond Soullt, II >n. J efferson Davis and Mr. Yancy of Alabnmn. If ^ iey are correct it would seem that the error of the r administration consists in hesitating to remove a Talker, thereby confessing to a want of decision. ^ ut what ever may be their motive for retaining |, Talker, I cnunot but condemn the net, and shall T xert whatever influence I may have, to procure J1 is recall, and rejection by the Senate. r And here it may be asked, what should be the " xtcnt of our opposition to the Administration !? " hall we join the Know Nothings in opposition j i the Democracy ? To do so would be absurd ci i the extreme, because the Know Nothings are sad at the North, are dying out nt the South, gj id ore organized on erroneous principles, and j tt 1 too narrow a basis. It is urged in some quarra that weshould disregaid all other parties and ? irm a great Southern Tarty; but this is liable s, i overwhelming objections. Iu the first place it si impracticable, for you cannot form a great par- ?J without the hope of success. The fact that if ie whole South were united into one great South- di n Party, it would be in the minority in both Sl ouses of Congress, and the Electoral College ex- . nguisbes the hope of such a party accomplish- p g anything. It would be the organization of rt ispair, and you can never organize a party under m it .1?AU trr no P( e spcu oi ileum, n * ?ui nguv w g[ is exclusive Southern party cannot be formed, hi ere is no use to make this ineffectual effort. But u' it could be formed, the fact that it could ac- ?{ ri rnplish nothing, being a minority party, would, \ my opinion, be a conclusive objection against w La I have long entertained the most gloomy oppressions as to the future of our country, because have feared that a Northern sectional party, istile to the South, woulc eventually acquire the icendeucy with the Free States, and taking pos- ^ ssion of the Government, reduce the South to e condition of subjection or revolution; but the | ish has not been father to the thought with | e. No one could possibly lament it more thau I juld. I desire no more than that the South ^ ould have her rights respected in the Union? . iling to accomplish this, I would accept disinem- in rment as a stern necessity, but would not seek U' for itself. of To secure our rights in the Union, there is but n. ie way promising any hope of success, that is, jn form an alliance with a Northern conservative ,t| rty, strong enough by the co-operation, to con- ve d1 the Government. The Democratic party, is 1? ? ti,? e uuijr yunjr lum auancio luto uwjvi?|/v?wu. xuv t ^ inciples of the Democratic party are unexcp- fu >nable upon the question of slavery; non interntion by the General Government; equality in ej e territories; the right to hold slaves in all ter- -pi ;ories ; the right of every new State to admis>n into the Union without reference to its do- ^ estic institutions. I admit that the genius of or e Northern Democracy in obedience to the in- pr [net of self-preservation, undi-r the pressure of p0 home public sentiment, does desire to see free, stead of slave States, grow up. The conclusion gr Iraw is not of non-nction with this party, but ! ,je co-operation under the guard of a prudent vig- 1 rft ince. Let us in this respect be guided by the i nius of Mr. Calhoun. Under his great leader-| ip we acted with that party, but we did not be- ! me its blind partisans. I would pursue the same ; 18 licy. One thing should be remembered, the ^ iuth are in a majority in the Democratic party, J ^ d if they act with sufficient discretion, they I dc ed not suffer detrimeLtfrom their allies. They !Sl1 ICQ m any but the most reliable hands. in So far as Mr. Bucbanah's Administration is M concerned, I will gladly sustain it when rightwill firmly oppose it when in the wrong. And trust stich will ever be the attitude of South Ca olina; for sad indeed would be our position, through a frantic xcal, we should prefer the tr umph of a party to the interests of our countr There are two dangers which beset us in th State?the fanaticism of nationality and the fai atacism of isolation. The first seduces x with its visions of grandeur?the second raisleac our judgment with its pntrioiio fervor. We mni avoid both extremes, and availing ourselves of tl advantages of both, avoid the dangers of either.Acting with a National party, we must not forg< that the cause of the South is our paramount pui pose. Mr. Boyce next adverted to Kansas. On th: subject he would not act the prophe', as no huma ken could tell whether it was to be a free or slav State. But even if Kansas should become a fre State, there still was hope. The institution c slavery was never on a firmer basis. Its pei manence was secured by sound politioo-economi cal principles. Cotton is king and the supply c cotton depends on the existence of slavery. Tar ning next to the monetary panic which pervade the country, Mr. Botce gave what he supposed t be the causes which brought about the presen crisis', and the measures li Kely to prevent its recur rence in the future. Extravagance might hav aided in producing this money pressure, but th principal cause is to found in our system of Tax ation. It produces indirect trade with Europe. It destroys the healthy competition between th North and the European powers for our trade ; i burthens the South with far more than her jus share in supporting the general Government.Nothing would contribute so much to the proa perity of the South as direct taxation. Th banking system should likewise be modified.Banks should not be permitted to issue less thai twenty, or, to say the least ten dollar bills.? This provision would retain in the country a sub stratum of specie which would serve as an anti dote to future panics. Banks should likewise b prohibited from sending their notes abroad fo the purpose of speculation, and should be con fined to the legitimate banking operations of th State. This would act as a check to too grea over-issues and produce a spirit of prudence am conservatism. The entrance of the Judge nre oluded any farther remarks. Mr. Boyck close* amid warm and cordial applause. the charleston banks. The South Carolina, and South-Western Rail Rood Busks have suspended. There has been i :onsiderable run on the other banks, but the; itill continue to pay. See our "Charleston Cor espondence," for particulars. the disabilities of charleston. We are indebted to the Publishers, Messrs (Valksh, Evans & Co.. for this complete and lu ninous exhibit of the wants of eur Queen City anc he impediments to her future prosperity. Th< ypograpby of the pamphlet cannot be surpassed the; monetary panic. The crisis appears to be approaching nearer anc learer. Starting in New York, the panic has exended South, until our money kings have beer _ ? .1 _:.U TUa .r .Wa Q.a.a It a. IllCUlwu nitu ivni. iuc i^auiv vi mu um?w u?k >een compelled to suspend specie payment. The Phe Special Correspondent of the Times gives the ollowing description of the immediate effect oi his news in Charleston: "The panic spread like wildfire, and a simultaioous rush was made for Broad street in the vi:inity of the suspending Bank, and the crowd for , while was immense. Draymen, day laborers ,nd others in the humbler walks of life, particiiated in the general excitement, and came rusb g to the Bank with one, two and three dollar tills, as the case might be, and were clamorous or their redemption in gold or silver. Women, tale with fear and excitement, were seen hastenng to the point of general attraction, whose rhole stock of change happened to be in small lank of the State bills. The knowing ones, among whom were the borowers and lenders, and bank officers and big rms, and the hard-up generally, were more quiet, eing affected with something like the calm seenity of despair, and gathered about in groups t the corners of the streets and about the Banks nd broker's offices, conversing eagerly and earestly in under-tones, and shaking their wise eads in a most striking and ominous manner, 'he more nervous and excitable were hurrying and fro with rapid and uneasy step, with hands i their pockets up to their elbows as if feeling for edemption gold or silver assets. Every body felt iterested, and the disinterested lookers on in Veice were no where to be found. The panic seizd equally upon the high, the low, and the midle classes, and every other man you met. you ouldhave sworn, from his nervous step and agita:d manner, that he was a large stock-holder, and lat his nil, including that of his posterity, was taked upon the solvency of the suspended instiltion. By three o'clock, the crowd had partially disersed, and. the public pulse beat more regularly, hose who found they were not quite ruined, conjnted to go to dinner, nnd leave matters as they :ood, in the hands of Providence and the proper fficers. And at the present hour of writing, (six clock, P. M.,) every thing is quiet, and the tnks will all be closed till nine o'clock on Monty morning, and of course there will be no more jspensions before that time. A panic of this kind is so uncommon in this ty that the people do not know how to take TP TWAI.A of aaaiiw. ( II SUVsU IIJIIJ?<3 nci V Ul lUUiV II C<|UWiKl VVVUl " :nce, the people would bear them easier and ore gracefully. The confidence of the thinking ortion of the community is not shnken in the dvency of the hank, and numbers of its bills lve been passed at their par value this afterion. It will cause some temporary iucouveniice, but it must soon blow over, and all will be ght again And I venture to predict, although am neither a prophet nor a financier, that money ill be cheaper by the first of January than it has ;en in uiuny years." We are under no npprehensions as to the solmcy of this institution. From the opposition to on the part of private bankers it was to be exited that it would be the first to suspend. But e predict that it will likewise be the first on its et again. We would not hesitate to take its ites at par. No other Banks in the State have as yet susmded, though there are rumors to that effect.? e believe, however, they will be forced to adopt is alternative. In times of uuiversal panic it is ipossible to withstand the general run made >on the Banks, even when perfectly solvent. If i mistake not the present disturbance is the fruit that indulgence shown to private banks, which ey would now repay by pressing the favorite stitution of the State for specie. But let them and in awe likewise and look to their own solncy with fear and trembling. The panic still continues at the North, and unirsal suspension is looked upon as the only rege. Every mail brings us intelligence of the dure of some firm of old standing and establishcharacter. Hari'KR & Biiotiiers have failed, ley arc reported to have a surplus of $1,000,000. 9 one can tell what will he the nnai result ox is series of disasters. The first effect will be, rather is, a virtual suspension of the sale of oduce. Cotton will be held back as long as ssible. Manufacturers will suspend operations, le poor hirelings will starve. The price of neoes and other property must undergo a heavy preciation?that is?if the panic becomes gene1 at the South. Confidence?An Incident. An incident that occured in Philadelphia in >37, as related by the Pressv is so good an illusion of the value of confidence in money as in I other matters, that it may well be repented.? a elderly French gentleman, having ten thousand liars which he had loaned to a merchant, on mple interest, was panic-stiuck like others, and lied upon his debtor and politely demanded pnyent. 41 Oh, certainly," said the merchant, turng to his book-keeper, 44 draw a check in favor of r. Crapeau for ten thousand dollars." The -I Frenchman looked surprised, and, with some eaI gomes*, said; 44 Hare you got the money?aha ?" | 14 Certainly," said the merchant, 44 and ready to pay it." 44 Aha?very well?very well?dat is all ^ right; if you have de money I no want him ; bnt i- j if you no have de money, I want him bad !" and , ' he bowed hints.If out, leaving the money with the j ;' merchant. Comment is unnecessary.?Chr.rlr* j 13 ton Mtrcuri/. ls | CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE js | Chari-ksto*, Oct. 12, 1867. ? ; Great excitement was caused on Saturday morie ! ning by the suspension of specie payment by the _ j Bank of the. State. An immense crowd collected t | about the Bank, and Broad street and the Bay prer I sented an unusually crowded and animated api pearance. The whole city seemed to oatoh the . general panic and partake, in some degree at least, of the monetary stampede ; and for a time it seemed as if there would be a general run upon all the banks. The excitement was inteuse up ic ^ | to tnree o ciocic wnen tne storm organ to mil, me crowd dispersed, and comparative quiet was again restored. Towards evening a spirit of speculation seemed j to prevail and usurp the general attention. The ' brokers and others showed a very decided disposi| tion to buy the notes of the suspended bank, and | holders, in many instances, were green enough to sell at a considerable sacrifice. It is said that one Broad street firm made two thousand dollars in e , that way. To day confidence is partially restored, and bills on the Bank of the State are the best in the Market. Some fifteen or twenty of onr leadj iog merchants advertised that they would take ^ | them at par in exchange for their goods, and some I two or three offer a premium of five per cent. I paid in specie. The panic spread among the Market women and vendors of beef, and some difficulty was encountered in laying in the necessary ingredients for Sunday's dinner. All the small bills which are usually nsed up for market money, are on this Bank, and hence the difficulty in that quarter.? Some sharpen and Sbylocks took advantage of the panic, and bought up large amounts from the ignorant and unsuspecting, at fifty cents on the dol- 1 r j lar, and some at even & greater saorifice. Many 1 refused to take it all in order to increase the exC ' 1 j citement and depreciate the bills, by which they ^ j would be thrown upon the market at a mere nomii nal value. ^ j The masses rested badly on Saturday night, : and their broken and disordered sleep was haunted by starvation, broken banks and worthless pa- : per. Very few had the night-mare, as their sup- ; pers were too light to cause any serious apprehen- i a I sions in that quarter, but their sleep was not the ' y "tired nature's sweet restorer" spoken of by | - Toono in his "Night Thoughts." Those who Lad , presented the bills and drawn the specie, placed < the hoarded treasure near their pillows, and every ; rat that moved during the night was taken for a , robber, and the wind that howled round the coin* < j erg of the house was hailed as an attempt of bur- { 5 glars "to break through and steal." Sunday was as quiet as could have been expect- ( ed under the circumstances. The piously-dispo- i sed went to church, but dropt nothing in the con- | [ tribution box on account of the money pressure ] and their recent loss by the Bank suspension.? i i The careless and indifferent about spiritual mat- < i ters, staid at home, consulted their interest table, ! ) ' read the newspapers and perhaps the Bible, closed j i the windows and dozed on the setteo While the i f hopelessly and outrageously wicked, disregarding ' the sanctities of the day, and even the outward E . forms and ceremonies of religion eat a late break- c fast, and put for Sullivan's Island, Mount Pleas- x 1 ant, or the Six Mile House, whore evil disposed ( persons do mostly congregate on the Sabbath day. y So much for those two memorable days, Saturday t and Sunday, the 10th and 11th of October, 1857. j This morning (Monday) rose dark and tywering. j Angry clouds hung about in threatening groups, 1 and a thick, heavy fog enveloped the city in a ^ cloud of mist, and the sun, when he deigned to r show his face, looked like a boiled turnip set in a t casket of red clay. Just such a day, for all the ( world, for nervous, melancholy or dispeptic per- 1 son to commit suicide, and especially those who have "nothing to spend." But the drum beat at the usual hour, and the people got up, made their { toilets, except those who had "Nothing to wear," * eat their breakfasts, and went to the Market, the 1 j Post Office or the Mayor's Court, just as seemed 1 to suit their varying tastes or fancies. Babies * squalled, dogs barked, hucksters cried "fish" n and "hot parcakes" at the top of their lungs, and drays rattled over the stony pavements, and every ^ thing seemed to go on as it did before the flood, ^ or the suspension of the Bank of the State. And a we had almost come to the conclusion that the u worst was over and we were not all ruined. But * a the wise ones still shook their knowing heads most ti ominously, and the cautious were grave and thoughtful, and the timid and nervous were pale and restless. About 11 o'clock this morning the worst fears h I of the people were realized. Crash ! crash! was n ; hoard on Broad street in the vicinity of the Bay, g ! and on hurrying to the spot from which the stRrt- c< ling sounds proceeded, it was found that two of n our most stable banking institutions had caved in ^ ?passed away with a great noise, leaving not a n wreck behind. The South Western Railroad Bank, h and the Bank of South Carolina, had closed their ^ vaults, find Announced that no more specie would be paid out for the present. The panic increased I and the excitement ran higher than ever, and a , al I greater crowd than on Saturday, assembled in w I Broad street, and were clamorous for their rights, c! A rush was then made upon the Bank of Char- P leston and the People's Bank, both of which re- ^ deemed every bill that was prescuted, and still ii i stand firm. Placards were posted at the doors ; and about the streets, that the banks would be ^ I kept open till five o'clock this afternoon, in order ; to give the people a better chance to present their < bills, all of which they were not only willing, but 'J1 anxious to redeem. The friends of the Bank of | c[ Charleston seemed confident in her ability to pay j I the last dollar, but it is pretty evident that others | will be driven to suspend. Itwas anticipated that j the People's Bunk would have been among the . first to go by the board, but she stands the rush a, j admirably, and has promptly redeemed every bill ul | that has been presented. What further disasters ! e: ! to-morrow may bring, no one can tell. MAGNOLIA. ce ! fr For the Yorkville Enquirer. ^ THE MONEY PANIC. 0< Mtssrs. Editors:?We are now experiencing all c{ the evils of a financial crisis. To what extent we hi are to suffer in our commercial transactions, we cc are not prepared to say; but trust the panic will ?} ' soon be dispelled, and the commercial world com- c^ 1 meuce operations with renewed confidence. There if i can be no doubt, but that our banks, and present 80 1 system of banking, hate been the cause of the whole difficulty. It will be remembered by many th of our citizens that during the canvass for the in Legislature in 1854, our present distinguished ^ Representative Wm. C. Black, Esq., in reviewing or the operations of our Banks, in a most masterly (5 manner, foretold the very state of things that now exists. We will expect him to introduce some ar measure at the ensuing session of the Legislature Qi to remdey the evil. Nor will we be satisfied with at any temporising expedients. The axe must be . i laid at the root, and the whole evil, with its train of consequences, completely extirpated. See to it fo that our banks are restricted to the legitimate bu- F] sines* of bauking, and they will always be in a ^ sound and solvent condition. f0 i MANY VOTERS. 1C Kor the Yorkville Enquirer. THE SLATE TRADE. Messrs. Editors:?I was pleased to see ill your last two numbers an endorsement of the views of Mr. C. W. Millf.b, on the slave trade. If we do not supply the demand for cotton, other nations will deprive ns of the monopoly of doing o, by producing it elsewhere.. The South needs more slaves. The Western planter can nuko $1000, nett, per hand, in cotton, at present prices, and can afford to tempt the slave owoera of the Eastern States with the offer of $2000 or more, for good field bands. Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, will soon be drain* ed of slaves; and they will become paupers with their lands deserted and valueless, and thus slavery in the South will become weakened, losing the | prop of four States, which will probably add to the political power of the North. A rapid efflux of slaves is daily pouring from the East into the 8outhwest. Soon the cotton part of South Carolina will have no slaves, and the rice region will own all the slaves left, but will have all or most of the State taxes to pay. As, however, representation is composed of one representative to every 1-62 part of population, and also one representative to every 1-62 part of taxation, the rice region ?Ill !.? QI-4- mi nm juic-iu mc on?ic. iueupper country will be exempt, in great part, from taxation, bat will be subject to pariah domination. But the parishes will rale at the cost of paying the expenses of the State Government. (See amendment of Constitntion of South Carolina, of 17th December, 1808.1 Let as have this subject discussed, and if good is to result from a re-opening of the slave trade, by supplying the Western demand for labor and in other respects, the sooner the better. The exemption of one slave in each family from levy and sale for debts hereafter to be contracted will identify a great number of persons with the institution of slavery who do not now own slaves, and are therefore to a great degree regardless of the continued existence of this kind of property; more especially as they have to compete with slave labor for subsistence. Humanity also dictates this measure on the part of all the States South, inasmuch as it would enable the poor family when deprived of the father, to sustain and educate the helpless children. NEWTON. Not! Ruined. People who suppose the country is about to be ruined, and "sold at auction," have not taken a proper view of things. The panic now raging in the money market is severe, bat it mast come to an end. The excitement will be followed by a calm, and with that calm will come confidence and prosperity. If onr crops had been cut off by frost, or ruined by wet weather, the fears now fonnd * abont town would be excusable. With short crop*, the ruin would have been general, and the whole Republic driven to sackcloth and ashes. But such is not the case. Onr barns are bursting with fatless. For this reason, the panic most be of brief continuance.. The backbone of the country is composed of our farmers. So long as they are "np to their chin," in wheat, corn, barley and rye have aot only been grown, bat housed. They constitute so much solid wealth. This wealth cannot imouut to less than three thousand millions of dol- I lars?a sum of money so vast that the failures of Wall street sink into insignificance. The West tas the means of paying, and will pay as soon as the machinery of business gets in running order ignin. The crops grown in a single State will more than pay for all the goods we hare bought from England daring the whole year. Such a fact e full of encouragement, and shows that the time s not far distant when the strong arm of labor will je again in demand?when the activity of our workshops and factories ahall be heard on every lide. The country is neither dead nor ruined, nor :&n it be, so long as Nature and Sunshine favor is as they havo done for the glorious season just dosed. Another indication that the panic must have a ihort and brilliant career, is shown by the fact hat some two millions of dollars are now on the >oean, bound from London to New York. This noney comes forward to be invested in American produce?our wheat and corn having fallen so greatly that it pay3 a good profit to ship to LonIon and Liverpool. The money now coming from England will be followed by other remittances.? ["he grain purchased with it will give employment o our ships. These, in turn, will give business to >nr sloops, canal-boats and railroads. Again, we epeat, be of good cheer. Daylight is near. Columbia Timet. A Mountain or Salt !?Remarkable Discover.?It seems that the resources of our noble 3tate will never cease devloping. Something new, treat or wonderful, is constantly turning up.? ["he latest discovery is a specimen of salt rock, aken from a bill or mountain of the same mateial?just discovered?a short distance from the dississippi river, on the Missouri sido, and about iinety-two miles from St. Louis, on 8aline creek, n Perry county. The specimen before us resemdes a piece of quartz rock, and is a little mixed iritb a substance resembling iron o-e. It has a mre, sweet taste and when ground to powder, is s white as any of the table salt now in general se. If we are not misinfurmed, this hill of Bait rill prove of immense speculation to its owners, nd will cheapen the price of that article very ma?rialy in this city.?St. Louis Democrat. Finance and Business at New Orleans. Nkw Oblsaxs, October 8. awaaaas'.A w A lie CAtCOSlTC ill VUC IUUUCJ Uiai ftCt as caused a further heavy decline in cotton, the eduction from the highest point being now 8$ ents. The sales the past three days amount to ,000 hales, including middling at 13. Receipts ontinue to pour in rapidly, and the indications re that lower figures will be submitted to. All ranches of business are more or less affected by ie pressure, but the merchants arc using their i tmost endeavors to bravo the storm. Sterling as still further declined, and sales of bankers' ills arc made at 97. Money is more in demand, ud rates daily hardening. Freights are dull ominally at .}d. Ireland.?With the exception of the remote and I ways backward districts of the west and northest, harvest operations arc all but brought to a use, and, as far as can be ascertained, the yield romises to realize the expectation of the farmers. 'heat will be the largest and best crop of th&t rain which has been planted in Ireland during ie past fifteen years; and the same observation, r nearly so, applies to oats. The potato crop icecds. in extent even that of 1856.?Augiuta >if}uitch. The natural life of nations, as well as of idividuals, has its fixed course and term. It irings forth, grows up, reaches its maturity, delys, perishes. Columbia Market. Octobi* 12. Cotton.?It will be recollected that our last week report of the Cotton market closed on a dull id inactive demand for the article at very irreg!&r and unsettled prices. This state of feeling ttended through the operations of the first three Lys of the week now under review, and at the j ose of business on Wednesday evening it was asirtained that prices had receded 2} cents lb. om the highest point of the market ten days ago, ic general ruling rates having settled at 12}@13 :nts. On Thursday, and indeed, up to the close ' the week prices were more steady, although lere was no advance, exoept in some rare instan>s and for some choice lots a fraction over our gbest would be paid. This state of market most mtinue as long as it is so difficult for bayers to itain money from the Banks to purchase the arcle, as long as exchange sells so, and is so diffilit to negotiate, for there can be but little doubt these two obstacles were removed Cotton would ton rally. The sales of the week comprise about M) bales. Corn.?There has been no material change In e Corn market, if we except that prices are a ere shade higher. We now quote Old 90@95, ew 85c. bushel. Cow Peas.?There is a moderate stock of Peas i sale, and the market is qaiet bat steady at 90 ; 96o. bushel. Seed Rye.?There is no inquiry for this article, id $1.12 J seems to be all it will bring. Oats.?There is a Tery moderate demand for ats, and the little that has been sold was taken 50c. bushel. Flour.?We hare no quotable change to notice the price of Flour, the supply is fair and the sroand moderate, we etill quote $5.50@$6.25 * r common to superfine brands. Extra family 1 lour $7 ^ barrel. Fodder.?There has been no material cnange in e price of Fodder since our last report, and therere we continue to quote for new 85 to 1000. V K> lbs. according to quality.