Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 28, 1858, Image 2
Scraps & Jaris.
Young men tell what they are doing, j
old men what they have done, and fools what j
they intend to do.
Gen. John A. Quitman, has accepted
the invitation to eliver an address before the
Palmetto Association in Columbia, in May.
You can spit in a man's face in Sa- j
lem, N. Y., for 860; that being the damages
assessed by the court on a person who
made this selection for a spittoon.
Some one asks, "is it lawful to hang
clothes on Mason and Dixon's line ?" Just
as lawful as planting beans around the North
Pole.
The total of salaries received by the
British Cabinet Ministers is 8280,000 per
annum; the amouut received by the President,
Vice President &nd Cabinet Ministers of the
United States is 889,000?difference 8200,000
per annum.
Senator Davis of Mississippi thinks
the Utah expedition extravagantly managed.
Its costs, ud to the present time is cisht mil
lions, and the government will incur the
loss of animals on the Plains this winter of a
million and a half of dollars.
Washinctox, January 25 ?It is
stated that the Mormons intend to adopt the
guerrilla mode of warfare, and that every
able-bodied mau will be under arms in the
spring. It is also stated that Mormon spies
are now in Johnson's camp.
It is said that Prof. Iledrick, who, it
will be remembered, was removed from his
Professorship iu the University of North Carolina
on account of his avowed abolitionism,
has been appointed third-rate clerk in the
office of Mayor Tieman, the successor of Wood
in the Mayoralty of the city of New York.
Lieutenant Bealo has made an interesting
report of his camel .tourney from New
Mciico to California. He found an easy
route, many wonderful rivers, and the camels
the most patient aud useful of animals. lie
says they swam Colorado without difficulty,
though it has been said they cannot swim.
The banks of the city of New Orleans
now hold, iu round figures, ten millions of
Cv)io, against three millions sixty days ago.
The declared statement two years since
showed a larger amount, but the Picayune
does not think the actual quantity of specie
was so great as now.
The Portsmouth Gazette is publishing
extracts from the ancient records of that
town, among which the followiug occurs :?
"September 25, 1GG2, Ordered that a cage
be made or some other means invented by
the selectmen to puuish such as sleep or take
tobacco on the Lord's day, out of the meeting,
in the time of the publiquc exercise."
A correspondent says that he uses
coverings of old newspapers .on three beds in
his house, instead of comforts, aud finds
them much more comfortable aud pleasant
to sleep under. lie pastes the edges together
and spreads them between two light covers,
aud he finds that about one pound to a
bed is sufficient.
There has been uo commercial panic
in Italy, aud even less trouble thau in France
and Spain, during all the crash of commercial
houses throughout Germany, Great Britain
and the United States. The cause is,
undoubtedly, that the gigantic system of long
credits which has been practiced in the iarg--*
:~i
est. uuuiiucifiai (.uuiuiuuiiicn uua uccu uuknown
there.
A Calcutta letter says: Although
Lucknow has fallen, every spot of grouud yet
remains to be conquered in Oude. Imagine
the Russians, ten thousand strong, making a
descent upon London and seizing it. England
would then be conquered , every castle,
every mansion would be converted into a
pla^e of defence. And yet Oude is larger than
England. Her people though defeated, hate
us with an intensity of hatred scarcely to be
accounted for.
The following is from the "Washington
Correspoundeuce of the Philadelphia 1\-nnsy/ranian.
It is now very generally conceded
that the Territory of Arizona will be
organized during the present session. I have
referred to this proposed Territory before,
and the more I have studied the subject,
the more I am convinced of its mineral
wealth, and the fertility of its soil, and its
adaptation for the support of a large and
prosperous population.
The municipal difficulties of Brunswick
Ga., which began by the shooting of
Mr. Moore by Mr. Styles, seem to not have
reached a settlement. Mr. Styles, it may be
remembered, was chosen mayor, a few days :
ago, as the candidate of the " conservative" j
party. Mr. Iloustou, his predecessor, refu- j
sesto surrender the books, records, and other j
property of the city, aud the Board of Adler-;
men elect have resigned. There will prob-1
ably be another election.
According to the correspondence of!
the Courier Enquirer, the Republican
members of Congress, in caucus, last week,
' 'resolved, upon the advice of Gov. Seward,
not to agitate the slavery question, but attend
to Legislation." This is a very remarkable I
resolution, and seems very inconsistent with '
the creed of the party by whom it was nvadc.
The people of Bristol, JR. I., we see
it stated, are losing their hair, without any
known cause. The Phoenix says that severall
have lost all the hair from their heads and
bodies, the whole disappearing within two
weeks, leaving not even au eyc-lash. The
doctors cannot account for it.
During the past year, fifty-nine accidents
occurred to vessels on the reefs near
Key West, of which nine were totally lost.
The value of these vessels was 0825,500,
and that of their cargoes SI,837,950. The
repairs of the vessels arriving in distress, I
and the expenses attending those brought
in by the wreckers amounted to S79,8S2,- !
35. The sales of damaged cargoes and condemned
materials and stores amounted to 1
?56,902,51. The salvage paid by the Admirality
Court, by mutual agreement and by
arbitration, amounted to 8101,890,57. The !
salvage and expenses were 8172,984,44.
Mrs. Hays, of the town of Day, Saratoga
county, whose case was detailed some
time since, and who had lived nineteen
months without food or drink, has expired.
She remained^nsensiblc for fifteen months
of the period, and up to a few days of her
death, when she seemed to revive and spoke
occasionally. After her death her body was
opened and a snake five feet long and half
an inch thick was taken from her stomach.
It was alive when removed, but died soon
after. The case is a very remarkable one, and
it is to be regretted that it was not subjected
to scientfic examination, but the location
was unfavorable to that.
|C|e?orkbtIle it()uim'
EDITED BY
JOHN L. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK
YORKVILLEj S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1858.
COURT CALENDAR.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT?SPRING TERM, 1858.
RETURN DAYS.
Union Saturday, February 13.
York, 20.
Lancaster, " " 27.
Chester, " March... t>.
Fairfield, " 13.
SITTINGS OF GOUliT.
Union Monday, March 1.
York, " ".... S.
Lancaster " 15.
Chester " ?'.... 22.
Fairfield " "... 29.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
We are requested to state that Rev. L. M. Berry,
Missiouary of the Broad River Baptist Association,
will preach at Enon Church on the 1st Sabbath
in February, ami Saturday before; at Unity
> ? IT..;rt? n.iireh.
Uliurcu on me-u u euucauuj , . ?7
the 2nd Sabbath and Saturday before: at Cross
Roads, (Janesj the 3d Thursday; at Sardis, the
3d Sabbath, and the Saturday before.
APOLOGETIC.
The question lias been asked?why is an editor
like the book of Revelation ? The answer is apt
and significant?because he is full of " types and
shadows." and a mighty voice, like the sound of
many waters, is ever saying to him, " Write."?
But it is not always that he obeys the mandate.?
We feel this week a tinge of the primal spirit of
disobedience. Another sound, musical and sweet,
peals on our ear with more potency than the
printers cry for " copy." It comes to us with a
glad and jubilant ring, the prelude to happy festivitives,
nnd we throw down the pen before the
soul-stirring strains of "Haste to the wedding."
It is customary in some dark corners to put an
editor off with a piece of cake?asniallullownncc
at that?but a "good time " comes occasionally
when he is permitted to help himself, and luxuriate
in the smiles of beauty without relying too
much on a jaded imagination, to picture the scene.
Such a "tide" has presented itself?we take it at
1 - t - ' 4-' A" * 1AAO t\f\f
its " tloou ?ana, proviueu niuiriuiunj wn
prove contagious, we will probable be at our post
next week. We go to sec a friend equipped for
the journey of life, to stand by him in that trying
hour, when the pleasures of single-blessedness are
fading before the dawn of connubial felicity.
We remember the time when matrimony rs.
single life was esteemed a vexed question, no less
difficult than important. We do not feel particulary
disposed to discuss the abstrusitives of
either side at this time, but perhaps at some future
day we may revert to them and give it that consideration
which it so amply deserves. Young
people, however, generally imagine such things
without the aid of a prompter, and those who
have crossed the Rubicon are so divided in
opinions, tlint we fear wc will have to make the
experiment for ourselves. We would regret the
necessity, but wc (hinlc we could '"face the music."
But we are wandering?we began an apology for
the scarcity of editorial and we are about to turn
it into an apology for something else?if we should
get a ctmncc. AVe will quit here, lest wc go off
in some other direction, by commending this weeks
issue to the indulgence of our readers. Several
interesting communications, however, will add
much to its interest.
fcOMMCXICATEI).]
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
It is perhaps due to the public, as well as those
gentlemen who have been brought forward as cand'dates
for the office of Sheriff; to state, thus
publicly, that I am no longer a Cnndidotc for that
position. I have given the matter mature deliberation,
and know I do not attach undue importance
to the considerations that have determined
me in my course: and when explained, I trust
41? ?Ul nAncl.l/wnrl ,-nliil !>nrl nntirplv sntis
luc) nm uv -,
factory to my friend?.
In withdrawing from the canvass, I cannot refrain
from tendering my most sincere thanks to
those who have proffered their support: nor can I
withhold the expression of heartfelt acknowledgment,
for the uniform kindness and courtesy of
which I have been the recipient, and the confidence
reposed in me during the whole of ray public
career. DAX'L WILLIAMS.
January 28, 1838.
MERE-MENTION.
On Thursday last, resolutions were unanimously
passed by both branches of the Legislature of
Alabama, authorizing Gov. Moore to call a State
Convention, if Congress shall refuse to ndmit
Kansas to the Union, with the Lccorapton constitution.
The Postmaster General has recently
decided that if Postmasters do not give publishers
of newspapers notice when their papers remain
in the Post Office without being taken by subscribers
within Jive ireeis, they are liable for the pay.
The Medical Gazette, of Lisbon, asserts
that all the persons in that city who reside in
houses lighted with gas have escaped the yellow
fever. The Annual meeting of the Charlotte
and South Carolina Rail Road, will be held in
Columbia on the 3d of February. TheEdgefield
Advertiser says that Hon. M. L. Bonham is
still confined to his room by rheumatism.
The Governor of Ilakodadi, Japan, signs his name
Moeraoaki Arradsjixhames. T. R. Magill,
Esq.. has resigned the office of Postmaster
at Lancaster, and Lieut. K. G. Billings commissioned
in his stead. Thos. S. Clinton has
sought to make himself famous by memorializing
Congress to pass a bill increasing the salary of
the President of the United States. The memorial
was laid on the table, in the Senate, as there
was no committee to whom it could properly be
j referred. The Edgefield Advertiser, states
that there is a project on foot to establish a Mil|
litary School in that place. Senator Evans
| has been released from the Committee on Naval
I Affairs, and his colleague, Senator Hammond,
substitued. The Missouri Democrat has news
J from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, that Corn is
' rotting to a disa-trous extent, both that which is
! on the stalks and in the cribs. TheEmpress
J Erf.enie, of France, recently appeared at a ball
wearing jewels whose value was estimated at
$800,000, and having ihiunces of lace on her robe
that cost $120,000. In some sections of
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, farmers are
engaged in plowing for their spriug crops.
A company of volunteers is being formed in
Camden, Me., and will offer their services to the
Government for the Utah expedition. Some
Yankee who has settled in London has been
bleeding English schoolmasters to the tune of
$42.00 by conferring on them forged diplomas of
LL. P., professing to come from bogus colleges
out West. The Providence Post notices the
fact that not a single murder has been committed
in Rhode Island during the past year, notwithstanding
capital punishment is abolished. It
is rumored that ex-Mayor Wood, of New York, is
about to organize a movement in favor of Gov.
Wise for the Presidency. A bill was introduced
into the U. S. Senate on Monday, for the
establishment of an International Copyright law.
| The Mexican Extraordinary estimates the
value of American claims against the Mexican
| government at $20,000.000. Late advices
1 from Europe state that Marshall Raiietzkev. the
oM Austrian General: Gen. ITayelock, the hero
| of the Indian War; Madame Rachel, rhe great
i Trngedieene, anil RKDsrniLH Pasiia, the Turkish
Diplomatist, arc all dead. The favor of J. 1
W., of Davidson College, ha9 been received, and
request complied with. Accept thanks.
REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS.
Below we publish a succinct sketch of the life
of a revolutionary soldier, Major IIbxrv Moore, .
| preparatory to the publication of "Recollections'* j
; written by himself; which were furnished us by
I Daniel Srixsox, Esq., of Chester District. The j
I following review of his career was writ ea 1844. j
I ' _
Dikji?At his residence on Jackson Creek,
| Fairfield District, Maj. JIknky Moore, in the FOth
j year of his age. The revolutionary services and
; private virtues of the deceased call for more than
| the tribute usually paid on such occasions. Ifis
j life was marked by '\cidents of no common charI
acter; aud the warm "id decided stand taken at
I an early age, and consistently sustained through a
j long aud active life, entitle his memory to be clieri
isbed as one, among the benefactors of mankind.
Major Muoue was born in the county Dorry,
I Ireland, and emigrated to this country in the year
| 1772: being then in his 17th year. He landed at
j Charleston, South Carolina, and found a residence
j on the plantation which, he afterwards owned,
i and where he lived and died, llringing witli him
j the rudiments of a classical education, Major
I Mooiie started in life with more flattering prosj
pects than fell to the lot of most of the youthful
j emigrants of that day. He commenced his career
l by opening a grammar school, near the present
town of Winnsboro'. The decided advantages of
this school to the neighborhood, were immediate- I
ly felt and appreciated, and first gave origin to the
project of establishing a literary institution in the |
upper country, where the languages and sciences j
might be taught. The Mount Zion College, in
Winnsborough, which, for many years after the
; Revolution was the only Institution in this State [
| conferring degrees, and which continues to he !
; a school of the first standing, was thelegitimate off- j
spring of this humble, hut laudable off. rt of Mnj. j
Moore. The Colonies at this time were agitated j
I with grave questions, which finally separated j
j them from the mother country, and after the trial j
| of a few years, Maj. Moore found it necessary to j
j abandon his school and take part in the approach* j
! ing contest.
I Relieving that his mathematical knowledge j
J would best quallify him for the artillery service, '
1 he solicited, and through the influence of friends, j
j obtained the appointment of Lieutenant of Artil- I
1 lery in the South Carolina Continental line, and j
left the school-room for the battie field. At the |
battle of Beaufort, in which the American mili;
tin, aided by a few Continentals, inct successfully
j an equal number of British regulars, Lieutenant
[ Moore for the first time, met the enemy, and his j
conduct in this battle is creditably noticed in
*
Gardner's anecdotes of the revolution, lie was !
of the besieging array before the lines at Savan- j
nah, and after the unsuccessful attempt of the
American array to storm the British lines, he was }'
marched to Charleston. From thence, he was de- j
tailed to bring in a company of Artillery left on I
; the Savannah river as a corps of observation, and j
1 had nearly crossed tne Ashley river on his return,
; when the advance guard of the enemy made its ap!
ance en tiic opposite bank. Lieutenant Moore
! opened his fire on the enemy, and kept it up until !
| he received intelligence of the enemy having j
| crossed another part of their army in force above, j
J when he hastened to make good his retreat within
j the lines of Charleston. His firing gave the first
j notice to Gen. Lincoln of the approach of the one*
j my, when the General immediately set fire to the
i suburbs, and placed the city in a posture to meet
i the enemy. Lieutenant Moore was favorably noj
ticed by Gen. Lincoln, for his conduct in this
j important scene, and was honored with the comj
mand of a redoubt on the right of the line. This
j redoubt received the marked notice of the enemy
j during the seigc; at one time they succeeded in
j lodging a bomb shell which dismounted two guns
and killed and wounded fourteen men. Such was
the devotion of the besieged, that both officers
aud privates slept by their guns every night, to
j be prepared at all times for an immediate assault.
! After suffering the fatigue, the privation, and the
I dangers of a forty-two days seige, Lieut. Moore,
| on the surrender of Charleston, was sent with the
j other American officers to HadriH's Point: a secluj
ded and dreary sand bank, near the city of Charj
ieston, and between that place and the ocean?
: with a climate sickly in the summer, bleak and inj
hospitable in the winter ; and here Lieut. Moore
1 and his brother officers were confined as prisoners
of war for nearly two years. Their feelings as
gentlemen, were subjected to the mortifying annoyance
of an insolent and officious despot, in the
shape of a British gunrd, that took all occasions
to vex and lmrrass in the exercise of its authority.
| If to moderate the weary and exhausted feeling,
j proceeding from a life of inaction, the officers
j sought relief in any amusement?to take an oys!
ter from the shore, or a fish from the river?this
! tribunnl must first be consulted, and the trifling
boon was conceded or denied, as the capricious
1 and sullen temper of their captors dictated. Added
to this, their clothing wns worn out and the i
supply insufficient ; and their fare was inferior i
in quality, and often scant in quantity. After a j
close and hnrrassing confinement, Lieut. Moore !
with other American officers, were sent round the !
coast to Jamestown, Virginia, and there exchanged,
which brought to a close his long course of '
suffering and privation in the arduous struggle for
our Independence. He returned to Fairfield Dis- j
trict, and engaged in the business of a planter. |
By the steady practice of the virtues of industry, j
economy, aud the punctual performance of his |
i contracts, he accummulutcd a large estate, and j
' lived honored and respected by his numerous i
I family and a large circle of friends and acquainj
tances. He raised a compnny of artillery and was
j its first captain, and afterwards was promoted to
j the command of the Battalion of Artillery, then in j
| the Brigade, known as Winn's. During the ex- j
j istence of our County Court system, Maj. Mcore '
j was one of the Judges, and acted while that sys- |
j tern lasted. 11c afterwards held the office of
01 :<r unilrn-tlio In ,? of olpo- I
j OI11TU1I, Ut l illiuviu Viauiv?, (
' tion by the Legislature. He was a member of tbe j
: Society of Cincinnati, and always spoke of that dis- |
i tinction with feelings of pride and satisfaction, as |
i being connected with that portion of his life, j
| which had been spent in the set vice of his coun;
try. lie received a pension as an officer of the
j Continental line, und r the act of Congress, and
j prized it as an acknowledgment of that debt of
gratitude owed by the country to its defenders.?
I lie had cast his bread on the troubled waters of
i the Revolution, aud after many days, it had been
j returned to him. In all the leading political questions
which have agitated our conntry since the j
adoption of the Federal Constitution, Major j
Moore took a deep and decided interest. He
watched over tbe operation and tendencies of our 1
no"ol system of government with the solicitude
of a father?always hoping for the best, but fearful
that some hidden seeds of disappointment
might lie concealed ; underneath that some secret
foe, would sap the foundations of that fair temple
which its builders fondly believed would remain
the future resting place for the liberties of mankind.
Through the great political struggle of '08,
he sustained the Vii'ginia Resolutions, and con- .
tinucd down to his death a cousistant supporter of
the doctrines of the Republican party, contending
that the construction givn to the Cuhstitu,
tion by that party, was not oit.y the true construo:.;
tion, but the only one that would carry out tin
great objects of the founders of our complex sys
tem of government. The frank and decided ex
propsiou of his political opinions gave umbrage t(
no one?all believed him sincere. His urbanitj
of manners and gentlemanly deportment, his ten
der regard for the feelings of others?a character
istic of the officers of our revolution?were a guar
nntee that heouid not intentionally wound th<
feeling* of an opponent.
On the celebration of the !a*t anniversary, foi
the first time since the Involution, the war wore
veteran was not seen at Ids post The inclanch?d
ly event of tlic 13th, tells the reason. Every denv
onstration calculated to do honor to his memory,
was given by the neighboring public at his funer<
al. The Clergy, the Bench, the Bar and a large
concourse of citizens were assembled at an earl a
hour. The military composed of the Company ol
Fairfield Republican Artillery: (the one raised bj
the Dcc'il.) the Winnsboro' Volunteer Light In
fantry, and Cant. Cj.auk's uniform Beat Company,
under the superintcndancc fMaj. Gen. BrcitAX*
an, committed his remains to the grave with military
honors?the Artillerv Company firing minute
puns until the corpse was interrcrl. The scent
was imposing and solemn, the slow and regulai
discharge of the cannon went home to the brensl
of the patriot, and admonished him how soon the
echo of the last cannon must he heard dying ir
the distance over the grave of the Inst soldier ol
the Revolution.
TOWS COUNCIL.
.1fensr*. Editorx:?Please announce the following
gentlemen as Candidates for Intcndant and
Wardens of Yorkville for the ensuing municipal
year, and oblige Many Voters.
FOR I STENT A XT.
Maj. RICIIARD HARE.
for warrens.
JOSEPH A. McLEAN,
WM. M. WALKER,
W. DICKSON MILLER,
MILES JOHNSTON.
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Charleston, Jan. 2"?.
We arc having rather exciting times just now
We evidently have a lion among us if not a Dour
bon. The world renowned Tiialrerg, the greatest
living (or dead) pianist, and our citizens, by
thousands, arc hanging in breathless silence upon
the witching charms of his matchless minstrelsy.
I heard him at his first appearance on Friday night,
and I must acknowledge that even my rude, uncultivated
ear was pleased, and I involuntarily
joined in the applause, an impropriety into which
the exuberance of my feelings seldom betray me.
He docs not conceive himself to he a lion, and I ad?
! ?11 1 ?..nHn4An^n? rrnrvtlnmnnlt* i)i>mAnn.
inire iii* muu, uiijnwiviiun^, hv..... v....... v
or, almost as much as I <lo his inusic.
His power over the instrument is unequalled,
anil he rolls wave after wave of gushing melody
over the anxious thousands that laud upon hi:
notes, without an effort, and with none of thai
contortion of body or countenance which is common
among ultra fashionable performers. His
dress is plain and tasteful, and lie makes no display
of gaudy finger rings, watch chains, seals ei
C'-h'rn which is two common among the foreign
domesticated lions who occasionally come over to
astonish us plain republicans, and give us a glance
at high life across the water. Such is Tit.w.iiEno,
the great pianist, the gentleman and the scholar.
The demand for tickets, at a dollar and a half
each, was brisk throughout Thursday and Friday,
and the rush at the opening of the doors on the
evening of the concert, was considerable. Tin
street and the doorways were blocked up witl
anxious and expectant ticket holders for some
time before an entrance could he effected. In due
course of time all were seated, without any serious
result more than a smash in the hoop market
caused by the narrow space in which largo ladies
had to insinuate themselves. A nervous gentleman
lost his hat, and was afterwards so fortunate
as to find it hanging upon a piece of broken
whalebone, which was kindly disengaged by fair
bands and handed back to him.
TIio Hall (the Institute) wa3 full, both floor and
galleries, but not a jam, very few having to ili
vide their chairs with any of their friends win
might be on the standi));/ committee. The audience
was one of the most select, for its sir' ,al
our far-famed city is capable of getting up. Tin
clergy and the press were well represented, though
the "dead heads" vere not very numerous. I was
informed by the agent that the receipts of the
evening very nearly reached two thousand dollars,
l'retty good for Charleston these hard times, with
cotton at 10 cents, and a half a dozen of her Banks
cimnonrWI.
The second concert takes place this evening,
but I scarcely think the rush will be so great, as
tnauy have satisfied their curiosity, and others may
be short of change. The attraction is groat, and
the fashionable must needs go, but it is hard t<
pay market money for music, and cut short the
pork steaks for the piano. But appearances must
be kept up?fashion rules the world with a rod
of iron, and her mandates in this particular cannot
be disregarded with impunity.
Yievxtemps as a violinist, acknowledges no superior,
and in his line, he is, perhaps equal tc
Tijaluerg. I have heard Die Bull, and, in nn
opinion he is superior to him. There are two la
dies attached to the troupe, Miss Kemp and Mad
nme .Touaxssex, both of whom are handsome la
dies, and accomplished vocalists. TW> Companj
is perhaps superior in point of a brilliant combi
nation of musical talent, to anything of the kin<
that has ever visited Charleston, especially withit
the remembrance of the oldest inhabitant. Thai,
bekg was offered four thousand dollars for hi:
three concerts in this city, and refused it. lit
expects to realize five thousand nt the lowest figure
It is barely possible that he may be disappointed.
I have devoted a large portion of this letter t<
the musical prodigies, as that subject has, for the
time, overshadowed and swallowed up almost
every other. There is very little else thought of
talked of or written of. It is the grand and absorbing
local item of the day, and sparrows mus
not sing when the eagle is about. 1 believe Mr
Skiciiixn 1ms already been offered a large prici
for the instrument used by Titai.bkrg, and I sup
pose it will finally be disposed of at some hun
dreds of dollars above the ordinary selling price
Such is life, and its rage for foreign celebrities. 1
rnny let you know in my next ahont the tw<> con
certs yet to come off, and how the matter endet
and the consequences thereof.
Burglaries arc still being committed, and tin
police fire busy in protecting tlie city irom mc
nightly depreciations of gentlemen of elegan
leisure. Every body must live, uud if they cannot
obtain the means of sustenance in one waj
they must in another. This is not a mnxin
recoguized in moral ethics, but there will ever b<
persons found who will act upon it.
Three of our German military companies ar<
out this afternoon, with banners and music, ful
ranks and gay uniforms, and all the accompanying
pomp and circumstance of glorious war. Theii
beautiful Palmetto Flag is displayed for the firsi
time?a present from the ladies, and the line o
march is headed by Werner's new Palmettc
Band. They passed up the Bay, making a mosl
beautiful and imposing appearance, and was received
at the Oitidel green by Col. James Simons
and staff.
The weather still remains fine, and it really
seems as if we are to have no winter. The mosquitoes
have made their appearance, and the
coal and wood merchants arc selling their stock
at ruinous prices. It may be that February wil
i . . ' ~ " ~ ? ' i
P'lJ "3 up in icy coin, anil wrap our beautiful
- j city in a winding sheet of snow. The season has
j been unusually mild at the north, and no ice has
I
> j been formed yet of sufficient thickness for the
r 1 market.
i One of Queen Victoria's daughters was married
to-day, and the British G'dnsul in this city honor-.
| e l the occasion by displaying the flag of his coun- I
! try. No further notice, I believe was taken of the j
event. If the Queen lives ami sustains her for- !
incr character, several other >imilar occurences
i will take place in the course of time.
MAGNOLIA.
. j U?M
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington*, January 22, 1858.
At last, definite returns have been received from
I the Kansas elections. It seems now that the Free
f j State party have carried all the elections. This
i intelligence operates here very much like a wet
I blanket, on both the supporters and the opponents
I of the Leeompton Constitution. By the admission
' j of Kansas, the South gain a technical slave State;
j the North gain a practical Free State?two Black
Republican Senators and a Black Republican Representative.
Thus stands the case?with a popj
ular vote of 6,143 for the Leeompton Constitution
j on the 21st of December, 1857; and a vote of
' i 10,000 for a Free State, January 4th, 1858. To
j complicate matters still further, fraud.is charged
' | and recharged most emphatically, in reference to
all these elections. So far as the paper title goes,
the admission of Kansas stands on unexceptionai
lie eround : but so far as there can be any practi
cable gain to the South, it is 0. This Kansas issue,
in its present form, is thought by the best inI
formed men heie, to be the most unfortunate issue
ever presented to the South. We arc certain to
j lose Kansas, and from the course of events, we
I may lose more of our prestige. It is thought,
with a good deal of reason, that many cf the
Black Republicans secretly desire the admission
of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution, as
j it will increase their power in both Houses; hut
| ns u matter of policy, they will oppose it to keep
| up an ngitating sectional issue. It is difficult to
I sav now, what will be the result. It is hard to
I J
j say what tin House will do; the Lecompton Con'
i stitution will pass the Senate, beyond doubt. The
j President stands squarely up to the mark, on the
" J Kansas question. He is extremely annoyed at
Gov. Wise's sudden defection. When he heard
the announcement of this base abandonment, he
received it like a ball in his brenst, exclaiming,
1 "how much mischief lie has done."'
I met Mr. Parker, late Commissioner to China.
He has been living there twenty years, and knows
' more about China than any one I have ever met.
He says China is fast crumbling to pieces?that
the Chinese are losing all thcirrespect for author|
ity. When he first, went there, a Mandarin was
almost a divinity, and a noble would fly before one.
Now, the Celestials pitch into a Mandarin with as
little ceremony as the "Dead Rabbits" of New
' York into Mayor Wood's police. He says the
' great rebel, Tapincevanc, is a very remarkable
man; that his enthusiasm was first excited by
' reading a Christian tract ; that the difficulty he
has, is in controlling his subordinates. Mr.
Parker says the Chinese are very brave, intelligent
and capable of a high civilization; that they
arc keen for a republic. Just thiuk of that! I
asked him if they were as fond of rats as is represented.
He said they were, that a rat or a pup|
py was considered a great luxury; that the vast!
body of tbe people never got anything more than
rice, not even some "bow-wow." How would you
like to sit down to a "bow-wow" steak?
The wcntlior 1ms behaved itself beautifully this
1 winter; in fact there has been no winter?it's all
Spring. Various hypotheses are suggested to account
for this anomaly in climate. Some of the
scientific imngiue it is owing to the Gulf stream
running closer to the Continent than usual; some
say one thing, some another. My own impression
is that it is so, because it is so, and no one knows
why except the clerk of the weather, who keeps
shady on the subject.
There was quite a debate in the Senate yesterday
on a proposition to give Commodore Pauld'
isg a gold medal. It will lmrdly pass. Some
think a leather one would be more appropriate.
' The South Carolina Delegation have all rented
houses this winter. Senator Evans, and Boyce
f and McQueen have rented a house together.?
! Messrs. Kkitt, Mh.es and Boniiam, have another
establishment, and Senator Hammond has a house
to himself. This is certainly the most elegible
' mode of locating.
The House is now engaged on the private cnl- J
lendnr, this being Friday, which is appropriated
1 to private business. CATAWBA.
DUE-WEST CORRESPONDENCE.
i Due West, S. C., Jan. 22, 1858.
Dear Joe:?Any information concerning your j
I alma muter?her condition ami prospects?will j
) neither be uninteresting nor devoid of interest ?
! I suppose you know that Synod re-elected Dr. j
; Gkieii to the Presidency, and that lie has been in-!
duced to accept it again. This I regard fortunate j
to the interests of the College. I am not exten- j
sivcly acquainted with the prominent men of the
denomination, but I know of no one in it, better j
i qualified to fill his position. You know how comr
prchensive and graphic he is in the lecture room
. ?and his tact at governing out of it. The Pro
feasors' chairs are well filled in the main. Prof.
. E. L. Patton?lately inducted into the professor-j
> ship of Latin and Latin Literature when you left j
- College?still sustains his reputation among the I
1 students as a ripe scholar and thorough linguist, i
i The endowment fund amounts to about sixty j
. thousand dollars. This sum is, indeed, too small j
i to enable the "recipients of the bounty" to luxu- |
> riatc in ease ; but their devotion to the College is
. the more to be admired, as it indicates a love of
something nobler?incomparably nobler?than the |
) | "precious bane." Oh ! that the silent, yet all j
; J the more impicssive, prayer of Erskine might be i
; | heard in Columbia ! But I forbear?I have not i
, ! time to discuss this theme?yet my very soul
I struggles to heave the stone over the mountain, j
t | The portals of Erskine are thronged with about |
. I one hundred and twenty-live students. Among '
> i whom, there is less drinking, night brawls, tic., j
! than I ever knew before. Iu fact the place has '
- j been gradually improving iu this respect ever since
. | 1 have been a student. This I attribute, in part,
[ j to the increasing "good feeling" between students
. j and citizens, and iu part, to the influence of the
1 j Sons of Temperance. Of emu so, there are other
i "procuring causes." The Sons number about
; j sixty. Tliey have captured several malit/nani en- j
; : cmir.i; and are going on "conquering and to cont
quer." Many more students would join, hut their
j parents are uuwilling. 1 love to see this devotion j
r | to the wishes of those who gave us being, but am !
i | sorry that it works against so good a cause. We
; have had one public meeting since my return to J
| the village, last November, and I believe the en-1
> j tire corps of Professors honored it with their at-;
1 tendance.
i
r I The Euphernians have begun to lay the foundar
tion of their New Hal!?which they expect to be
t completed by next Commencement. Mr. Josiaii .
f MoKtWTT, of Chester, nobly contributed $2-300, to
i this praiseworthy enterprise.
t The rhilomathean Society have set on foot, r.
like design; though they have not progressed
i quite so far.
The prospects of the College arc flattering?its
r success is beyond a doubt. It is, emphatically,
the poor boy's College: they who have not the
s means to avail themselves of the expensive advantages
of the South Carolina College, and other
I i Institutions of that order, may repair here with I
their urns and draw water?"living water"?from
the Helicon of science and literature. "It is not
the College that makes the man," is a trite saying;
and if untrue, we may assert that Erskine now, is
what our State Institution was in the palmy days
of Maxcv, when she gave birth to her uoblest
sons.
But I mean not to makeany "invidious distinctions."
Let the two look upon each other, as
elder and younger sisters. Away with either envy
or contempt. Both enjoy their peculiar advantages
and disadvantages. Each has its own field
to cultivate. Both are doing good. Both are
prospering. Hush then ! No railery?no bickering?no
strife. Keep your discordant finger9
away, while the two sisters, in harmonious unison
with a dozen others, are playing the heaven-stirring
anthem of Carolina's glory. I write in haste.
Yours, &c.
WILLIE.
ALABAMA.
The Senate of Alabama, on Thursday, 14th
inst., passed tho following preamble and resolutions
in relation to Kausas. We copy from the
Montgomery Mail, of Friday, the loth inst.:
Whereas, the people of Alabama, of all political
parties, in their primary assemblies and party
conventions, as well as by the unanimous voice of
their general assembly, have heretofore announced
the following as among the fundamental princi]
les of their political creed :
That Alabama, in their judgment, will and
ought to resist, even (as a last resort) to a disruption
of every tie which binds her to the Union, any
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aCllOtl 01 vougreya ujjuii mc suujcvt v>t om.vi; ...
the District of Columbia, or in places subject to
the jurisdiction of Congress, incompatible with
the safety, domestic tranquility, the rights and
honor of the slaveholding States, or any act regulating
the slave trade between the slaveholding
States; or any refusal to admit as a State, any
territory hereafter applying because of the existence
of slavery therein, or any act prohibiting
the introduction of slavery into the Territories of
Utah and New Mexico, or any act repealing or materially
modifying the laws now in force for the
recovery of fugitive slaves. And whereas, the
federal Constitution, as well as the Kansas Nebraska
act, plainly guaranteed to the bona fide inhabitants
of the Territory of Kansas, when their
number was sufficient, the right to meet in a convention,
composed either of the people themselves
or of delegates chosen by them, and when thus as
sembled, to frame a Constitution, with or without
slavery, as to them might seem proper, and with a
Constitution thus framed, to demand an unqualified
admission into the Union as a State :
And whereas, Kansas has exercised this plain
constitutional right, and is expected to ask for admission
into the Union, and the refusal of Congress
to receive her would be a plain violation of
this great constitutional right, and of the principles
herein set forth, to the maintenance of which
Alabama has been so often and so solemnly
pledged:
Therefore, whije this General Assembly will not
assume, in advance, to dictate the course to be
taken by the State of Alabama, in the event Kansas
should be refused admission into the Union,
they nevertheless feel constrained by a high sense
of duty, in the firm conviction that she will redeem
her pledges, and take no step backwards, to
provide the means by which her people, in convention
assembled, may determine their course of
action. Therefore,
Be it Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives,
in General Assembly convened, That
in the event Kansas shall apply at the present, or
any future session of Congress, for admission into
the Union, as a State, with and under the Constitution
heretofore framed and adopted by her, and
commonly known as the Lecompton Constitution,
and shall be by Cotigress refused admission, the
Governor of this State is hereby respectfully instructed,
by proclamation, to assemble the qualified
voters of this State, at the usual places of
voting, in their respective counties, to elect delegates
to a State Convention, on a day to be by him
appointed within ninety days from the time when
he shall receive satisfactory evidence of such action
by Congress.
2. Be it further resolved, That the Governor shall,
by his proclamation, fix a day for holding a con
vention, at the capital of the State, not later than
twenty days after the day fixed for such election.
3. Be it further resolved, That it shall be the
duty of the Governor to issue to the Sheriffs of the
several counties, writs of election, for as many
delegates from each county, to said convention, as
the said several counties shall be entitled to members
in the House of Representatives of the General
Assembly ; and said election shall be held at
the usual places of voting in the respective counties,
and the polls shall be opened under the rules
and regulations now governing the election of
members of the General Assembly of this State;
and said election shall be governed in all respects,
by the laws then in existence, regulating the election
of members of the House of Representatives
in the General Assembly, and the persons elected
thereat as delegates to said convention shall be
returned in like manner.
4. Be it further resolved, That copies of the foregoing
preamble and resolutions be forwarded to
our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and
to the Governors of all our sister States of the
South.
After some little tnlking about the machinery of
the joint resolutions, for calling the proposed convention,
the votes were taken, on the motion ot
Mr. Cocke, to suspend the rule to give the resolutions
the necessary readings, and to pass them
-- A --'1 ?l.A,.ntaa maeo aanli tKtftu.
Oy ayes auu uues ; uuu uc >ui? n v. v....v
two live?, and not a single A'o
The same preamble and resolutions were passed
on the same day in the. House of Representatives
by a unanimous vote.
The Walker Arrest.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, has made an admirable
speech, demonstrating the illegality of the
proceeding- against Gen. Walker. He brings out
and establishes three important points.
1. That under the neutrality law (the Act of
18K,) no arrest, for its violation, of either ships
or persons can be made on the high seas or without
the marine league from the shore. That that
law is strictly inter territorial, and confined to the
jurisdiction of the United States.
2. That the Act of 1818 is so imperfect in construction,
that it does not confer the authority on
the President to use the army, navy or militia for
its enforcement; and that as it is a constitutional
principle that the President has no power to use
them at all, except under an express grant defining
the instances, the absence of such a grant in
the Act has the effect to confine his efforts to civil
proceedings.
.'i. That if under the Act the President could
seud the Navy upon the high seas, and to Nicaragua,
to arrest Walker, he could also the Army and
Militia, as they are mentioned in the Act, in the
same connection. That such a construction was
never contemplated, as no words in it justified
such an inference us to the latter, and, therefore,
not as to the former; that under it the President
may make war; and that the construction would
violate both the Constitution and the rights, and
therefore the law, of nations. It is only in the
case of piracy, that such n power is tolerated.
lie adds, and illustrates, the following proposition
:
' Now I lay down another position as being
consistent with the law of nations, and I say that
there is no power in the government of the United
States, nor does the law of nations require us to
prevent American citizens, either by one, two, a
dozen or a hundred, from quitting ?.us country,
aud going to other countries, and there foiming
the enemy of any party at pence with us.?Charleston
Xetcs.
Tnu Animals of run I'taii Expedition.?The
Tribune'? correspondent alluding to the I*tali Expedition,
speaks of the heavy losses of cattle as
follows:
The scenes presented nlong the road and in the
camp, by the dead and dying cattle, are truly pitable.
Last night, while I was thawing my hands
at a fire of crackling willow twig-, one poor ol i ox
staggered through the brush and passed between
me and Lieut. L., directly into the blaze, in
which it stood until the hair was burned from its
fore legs and the flesh was scorched ; then it retreated
a yard or two, and fell and died. The next
morning I saw a soldier comfortably, seated on its
head, between the horns, smoking his pipe while
he warmed his feet at the embers. On the same
morning when I left my tent at reveille, for a little
walk in the bracing air before breakfast, two oxen
were standing stiffly a few feet from the door.
The only sign of life which they exhibited when I
beat them to move them along was a slight motion
of the head. When our tents were struck at noon,
and we moved to our present camp, one of them
remained immovable in the same position. That
night the thermometor had iudicatcd 10 degrees
below zero. On the afternoon march I counted
repeatedly five, and once seven oxen, mules and
horses lying dead from cold or starvation, within
the space of one hundred yards. They had dropped
dead in tin ir tracks.
There has been such a prodigious loss of stock
by theft, cold and hunger, that since November 7,
we have not advanced, on an average, two miles a
day. It is necessary to employ all the cattle on
. one day to haul along one half of the trains, and
ami the next to send them back to bring up the reI
nialii'ler. Most of the artillery horses are dead,
' and their places are supplied by mules.
Mrs. Chambers and Mrs. Ried.
We take the following article from a late number
of the Cauton (Miss.) Commonwealth. As the
subject of this sketch resided for many years in
our midst, those wno knew them will at once
acknowledge the truthfulness of the tribute:
Never, in 'lie history of this community, has
the grave closed over two more estimable persons,
than Mrs. Harriet A. Chambers and Mrs. Nancy
T. Ried. Full of years and honored for their
unobstrusive virtues, they closed their mortal
careers amid the benedictions c? all. It is well
that lives, so admirably illustrating the more
elevated and' ennobling qualities of humanity,
should be marked at the close with so much of
poetical justice. As they had lived worthily, so
they died happily.
There were so many points of resemblance in
the lives, characters and circumstances of these
estimable ladies, that it may not be regarded as
1 wholly inappropriate to give them a place in the
I same obituary notice. To them both Heaven bad
I granted length of days, and they had alike consecrated
them to the service of God and the cause
of humanity. Friends in youth, they were scarce
separated in death. The foot-prints, that followed
one to the grave, were yet fresh, when the
other sunk to rest.
They were natives of that glorious State, whose
history entitles it to the proud boast of the Neville
family?that all its sons were brave and all its
daughters virtuous. They were descended, too,
from the patriot stock, who were associated with
Marion and Sumter, and the other choice spirits,
whose achievements have consecrated the soil of
Smith Par.ilino to the cause of libcrtv. And thev
lived near enough to the virtuous days of our
Revolution, to gather inspiration from the lips of
the men and women, who*? generous deeds and
noble conduct illustrated its annals.
Both of these ladies were for many years preceding
their deaths members of the Presbyterian
church ; and their long lives of consistent piety
shows that they yielded no reluctant obedience to
its austere creed and discipline. Unlike too many
of the professing Christians of the day, who are
tnore devoted to the vanities of the world than the
duties of. religion, these worthy women gathered
their rules of life from the Bible and ever sought
to conform their walk and conversation to its requirements.
Home was the theatre, where such women seek
j to perform their part, and not ball-rooms and
play houses, where the votaries of fashion court
empty admiration. To have a cheerful fireside
and a happy household, are with them more desirable
objects of ambition, than to be "the cynosure
of all eyes." Like the mother of the Gracchi,
they prefer to point to their children, reared
to the observance of virtuous principles, than to
flaunt before admiring crowds in "robes and furred
gowns."
When u e compare such women with the butterflies
of fashion floating around us, bedizened with
finery and stuffed with the ginger-bread literature
of the day, we cannot but feel the degeneracy of
the times. But when we call to mind the universal
respect, which these nobler specimens of hu
manity everywhere command, we are not altogether
without hope of a healthful revolution in
manners and morals, when women shall again become
worthy to be the mothers of men. V.
From the Charleston Mercury.
The Alabama Resolutions.
We give the resolutions of the Legislature of
Alabama, in reference to the admission of Kansas.
They are in good tone and spirit, and if these
brave words are followed by brave deeds, the
South will have some foundation for hoping to
maintain her equality in the Union. A State like
Alabama has only to enforce her resolutions, in
good faith, and she will be the rallying point of
the entire South, in defence of its rights. But
resolutions of Southern States lave so often
ended where they began?in 'words, mere words,>
that they have ceased to excite hope in Southern
hearts, or apprehension in those of their enemies.
Even what are termed the moderate men at the
North speak derisively of Southern "resolutions,"
and theBobadil of the New York. Courier and Enquirer,
whose belligerent propensities, as developed
in his campaigns with Gen. Duff Green, in
that ending with the Cilley murder, and with Tom
Marshall, are matters of history, utters the following
insolent language in reference to any supposed
action of the Southern States. In speaking
of the rejection of Kansas with the Lccompton
Constitution, he says:
" It will not lead to any dissolution of the
Union, for two unanswerable reasous. First, the
great majority of the people of the South are as
loyal to the Constitution and to the Union, and to
truth and the redemption of pledges voluntarily
made, as are we of the North; and, therefore,
they will not countenance disunion, however much ?
their leaders may desire it. And secondly, we of
the North will not permit any such folly. We will
adhere to the Constitution and faithfully discharge
all our duties under it; and having done
this, we tell those who seek disunion, as we have
told them before, that they may not and shall not
withdraw from the Union ; anu any attempt at so
doing, will be promptly put down, and all concerned
in it be most severely punished. This is
no idle threat. We mean just what we say; and
if now or hereafter, any portion of the Confederacy
ventures upon rebellion?we care not whether
it be the North or the South, the East or the West
?we will whip them into sujection after the fashion
that a refractory school boy is brought into
subjection to his master and superior; and they
should govern themselves accordingly."
The Banks and Money.
It was said that the relief given the Banks by
the Legislature would be a relief to the country!
Has it been so ? Are the Banks at all disposed to
A. i i: .1 ic
assise anu relieve wie peupie ; n au, iuv^ nuuiu
discouut good paper and accommodate the country,
instead of dealing altogether in exchanges. The
one is attended with small profits and the other
with much larger ones. The Banks have been released
from the penalties which they had incurred
by their suspensions, but they are still disposed
to pursue their own illegal gaius at the expense of
the people. This is the reward they give for the
liberality of the recent legislation of the representatives
of the people. Never was money more
scarce or difficult to get. We may expect it to
remain so till the farmers and planters send off
their cotton and getareturuforit. Thisthcyought
to have done early in the fall. By not selling
their crops they have lost one third of their value.
Cotton sold for fifteen ceuts in the fall, and it is
now not worth ten!?Gremrillc Patriot.
Nicaragua Approves of the Act.?The Nicaraguan
Minister, in a letter to Mr. Cass, published
iu the Union, returns thanks to the United States
I Government for arresting Walker on Nicaraguan
soil. Nicaragua does not feel that her sovereignty
I has been violated in the least, and Mr. Yrisarri
says Commodore Paulding's act was perfectly
' justifiable, for, he adds, " as a man-of-war of
j any nation may take up pirates from a desert isj
land, or one so thinly peopled that they can assert
their dominion over it, although that islnrfd
j might belong to another sovereign nation, just so
| enn bandits be apprehended, as enemies of the
j human race, by the armed vessels of a friendly
| nation, on a point of a foreign coast, which may
j be placed under circumstances like to those of
j the island mentioued by way of illustration."?
i This is a stunning fact to the sympathizers with
; the filibusters, who felt so indignant that the
j sovereigfffy of Nicaragua should be outraged by
J the United States.?South Carolinian.
i Burning Corn for Fuel.?The Chicago Trii
bune says; " We used to hear that among the
wonders of "the West," the practice, in times of
j little prices and mwh hog, of burning bacon on
j the river steamers, as the cheapest fuel was not
the least. Latterly we have supposed that west:
eru men had out-grown the necessity of what
I would ordinarily be criminal waste, but a gentleman
who has just returned from a trip on the Illinois
Central Railroud tells us that at Kankakee,
only a faw hours' ride from this city, he found a
man burning good sound corn-in-tLe ear in his
stove. Inquiring the reason of what was to him
; shameful, lie was told that while poor coal was
worth 80 cents ner 100 Dounds. at the deDOt. un
. thrashed corn was dull at 25 cents for the same
weight."
Columbia Market.
Jaji'cary 25, 1858.
Cotton.?At the date of our Inst weekly report
of the cotton market, it will doubtless bo recollected
the demand was good at prices ranging from
9J (o, 101c. During the whole of the week just
brought to a close the market has labored under a
good degree of excitement, and prices have materially
advanced. The news brought over from
Liverpool by the America to the 21st instant, had
a very favorable effect on prices, and were it not
that the quantity offering continues so light, a
large and active business would no doubt have
been done; as it was, however, the transactions
were only to a limited exteut. The sales of the
week comprise about 3(H) bales, at prices ranging
from 8? (uj, 10c., and a choice a shade higher.
| Bacon,?-The demand for bacon is quiet but