Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 11, 1858, Image 2
Scraps ? if ads.
The Senate of Alabama on the 24th
by a unanimous vote, passed a bill to change
the name of Benton county to that of Calhoun.
The Charlottesville Aihocotr states
that there are G27 students at the University
of Virginia the present session?357 of whom
are from that State.
A communication in the Spartan nominates
Thomas 0. P. Vernon, Esq., of Spartanburg
District, as a candidate for .Representative
to Congress in place of Col. Orr.
A writer in the Carol!nam puts for
ward the name of P. Gaillard, Esq., editor
of the Winusboro' JSyistrr, as a candidate
for Rcspresentatlve in the Legislature for
Fairfield District.
Mr. Kincaid, tollkeepr on the bridge
at Augusta, Maine, says that this is the first
winter for thirty-three years in which teams
have not crossed (he Kennebec river on the
ice at that place by the first of January.
The Greenville Patriot states, with
regret that Col. T. X. Dawkins has in a note
to the editor of that paper, postivcly declined
being a caudidate for Congress in case Col
Orr should refuse again to be chosen.
Mr. Lemuel Putnam Grosvener, who
died on the 19th ulr., iu Pom fret, Ct., has
bequeathed to the Connecticut Historical
Society, the sword that was owned and used
by Gen. Isrcal Putnam during the revolutionary
struggle.
Thi? now ATis>is>inTii ('ode has the fol
lowing in relation to the violation of the Sabbath
: If any person shall, be found huuting
with a gun on the Sabbath, he shall, on conviction
thereof, be Cued not less than live, nor
more than twenty dollars.
We learn from the Memphis Dul/cfin,
of Saturday, that there arc at present over
three thousaud bales of cotton at the depot of
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, all at
the owners' risk. The number of blaes offering
for trasportation ovor this road at that
poiut amount to one thousand or twelve hundred
bales a day.
A bill is now before the Alabama Senate
and is undergoing considerable discussion,
which provides for the exemption ofonc slave
in every family from seizure for debt. The
probabilities are in favor of the bill. Like
the Homestead Bill which has been adopted
in many of the Western States, we regard
ttie proposition as both wise and humane and
shall rejoice in its passage.? Carot in a Times.
The followiug gentlemen were elected
officers of the Charlotte and S. C. It. It. at
the stockholders' meeting held on Wednesday
in Columbia: President?Wm Johnson;
Directors?A. B. Davidsod, A. B.
Springs, J. A. Young, J. II. White, S.
McAliley, II. C. Brawlcy, W. Itoberston, T.
S. DuBose, A. It. Taylor, Ilenry Lyons,
John Caldwell.
The house where the Burdeli murder
was committed is now tenanted. A dentist
has takeu the very rooms occupied by Burdeli,
and dues a very good business in advertising'
the fact, lie seems to think that the notoriety
of the place will give it a popularity whicK it
would not otherwise have had. Mrs. (/unniugham
aud her daughters arc still living in
the city, in 23d street. The current ri nuor
that the eldest daughter is to be married : oon,
is yet credited.
We regret to learn that Rev. F.\ A.
Mood met with a serious accident and tarrow
escape on Friday evening last. He had
attended a meeting iu the country on tl\at
day, and was returning home, when, on V
lighting from the buggy to arrange sonic4
portion of the harness, the horse became
frighteueu and kicked him severely on the
back part of the head, knocking him senseless
to the grouud. lie revived, after a
time and found his way to the residence of
Col. E. S. Ervine, by whom he was kindly
sent to towu.? Green ciUc Knt>rprtsc.
It is stated in the Southerner of Waco
City, Texajs, that at a recent meeting of the
Methodist Conference in that place a collection
for Missionary purposes was taken up,
which amounted to ?1500 cash and 62G acres
of land. And that the sum of 85000
were subscribed by the preachers of the Conference,
for the purpose of purchasings steam
press, for the Texas Christian Advocate, and;
building a publishing house in the city off
Galveston. This last item would seem ta
indicate that the preachers are cither rich of
well supported if they are able to pay sueli
large sums to the support of their institutions
The New York Courier publishes I.
list of marine losses for the past month
showing an aggregate of eighteen vessels, of
which five were ships, three were barks, twq
were brigs, and eight were schooners. The
total value of property lost was Jour hundrctl
and ninety-three thousand fee hundred duC
iars. This is the value of the property to-j
tally lost, exclusive of damages to vessels not,
amounting to a total loss and of partial losses''
Q - A
of cargo. As compared with the month of
January, 1857, theaboveshowsa decrease in
the number of vessels lost and missing uf one
hundred aridseven, and in the value of properry
lost amounting to three millou aud fortynine
thousand two huudred dollars.
The case of the State vs. William
Sanders, a free man of color, charged with
? inveigling, stealing and carrying away,"'
three slaves, the property of Mrs. Judith
Jones, but in the possession of Dr. Win.
E. llall, of this district, was tried on the ord
inst., and resulted iu a verdict of "guilty,"
accompanied by a recommendation to tuercy.
The court was orgauized at 2 o'clock p. m.,
by Kobert Hawthorn, Esq., presiding magistrate,
J. H. lliou, Esq., conducted the
prosecution, J. 31. llutlaud and T. 31. 31cCants,
Esqs., the defence. It appeared from
the evidence that defendant aud oue Dakcr,
another free boy of color, (who has not as
yet been arrested,) clandestinely married the
two girls liachel aud Susan, on the plantation
of Dr. Hall, a short time before their elopement?that
defendant and JJaker had
persuaded their wives aud a brother of their
wives (a boy nearly grown) to escape with
them to a free State; which, it seems, they
at tirst agreed to do, but afterwards abandoned
the idea of making their way to a free State,
and concluded to go to Charleston and remain
there, which they did; and the three
slaves and Sanders were there arrested and
brought to this place for trial. The defendant,
Sanders, was sentenced to be hanged, on
Friday the 2Sth day of May next. We understand
that an appeal will be taken by defendant's
counsel, and argued before the
Presiding Judge at the next Spriug Term oi
the Court of General Session and Common
Pleas for Fairfield District.? Winmloro'
Register.
Cj) c o r li b i II e OBiui ui rcr'
1.1)1TEI> BY
JOHN L. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK
YORKVILLEj S. C.
THURSDAY MORNIKG, FEBRUARY 11, 18i8
COURT CALENDAR.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT?SPRING TERM, 1jv8.
RHTUltN DAYS.
Union Saturday, February 13.
York 14 ' 20.
Lancaster, ' " 27.
Chester, " March... t>.
Fairtu-M " "... . 13.
SITTINGS OF CJOUllT.
Union ..M.iti'luy, March 1
York, " ".... 8.
Lancaster " ".... 1">.
Chester, " ".... 22.
Fairfield ' ".... 20.
nnrfnt/\irj V/iTlf T7*
litilJlU I'./VJ i fcv?.
Wo arc requested tostite that Rev. I.. M. I? k it r.v,
Missionary of the Broad llivor Baptist Associ
ation, wi!! preach at KuonCiinrch on the 1st Pahhath
in February, and Saturday before: at Unity
Church on the21 Wednesday; at Union Church,
the 2nd Sabbath and Saturday before: at Cross
Roads, (Janest the -?>d Thursday; at Sardis, the
3d Sabbath, and the Saturday before.
ROCK 1I1I.L.
We would cull attention to the dissolution of the i
! firm of ItuWiKY & Co.. and likewise, to the formation
of a new copartnership, under the name
of liouuKV & I bio. See their advertisement in
another column.
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THE CON'SERVATIST.
A new paper lias taken the place of the Newberry
Mirror, entitled "The C-nsofilist." It is
edited by Mr W. F. Na.wk. a young writer of
promise, who. in a neat salutatory, gives evidence
of the force and elegance of his style. We wish
hint and our new-born coteuiporaiy every success.
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
This Southern Monthly for February is now before
us. It is replete with varied and interesting
matter. Here is a list of the contents: The
Navy Register; Azoytos: or, Songs of t he South ;
Vernon Grove: or, Hearts as they are; Who took
Sebastopol ?: The Letters of Mozis Addunis to
Billy Ivoii-s: The Twilight Burial; Twin Roses:
First Love; The Fate of the Buckingham Regiment:
L>r. Livingstone's Discoveries; King Richard;
Editors Table; Book Notices. This number
...
is gotten up with food taste and judgment. ? c
commend it to our readers.
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EXCELSIOR :
Our reader in town and country are referred
to the advertisement of Mr Wheeler's " Carriage
Emporium." With his usual forecast, Mr. Wheeler
has taken the tide at the flood; and with a
pocket full of money, has purchased an elegant
stock of materials, whilst the markets were at a
lower ebb than for years. By this luck)'adventure,
he is easily enabled to put up work at very
low prices; and supply materials at a less figure j ,
thau can be obtained elsewhere in the up-country.
It is enough to say that he knows what lie is a- j
bout; and if carriage buyers know whatthey are j
about, they will give him a call. Look at the i
'advertisement.
... ?f? ELECTION
OF TOWN COUNCIL.
This notable event came oil'on Monday last, and
resulted in an average majority of -I'd in favor of
the Dry Ticket?whole number of votes lot'. The i
polls stood thu?: Dry Tirht?Richard IIare, I '
Intendaut, 10o; Bon/ens?.T. .\. McLean, 101:
W. M Walker. 105; Mii.es Johnson, 101 ; W. j
Dickson Mim.kr, 08. On the Wet Tiehet?Uicn- J
Ann IIare, Int'-ndmit, -1.1: Warden--?J. A. Mc- I
Lean, 5"; Mai. J. (J. Lindsay, 54 : Dr. J. IL
Braxton, *0; and J. L. ('i.ark, 51.
This is by far the largest majority ever given ia
Yorkville. for the ?'/// cause. The result augurs
1 nobly, and we would yield too far if we refrained :
' from extending to the good people of our town '
aconualcongratnlaiion.mda hearty "well-done!'' |
{ But we would not boast over a fallen enemy.? !
I Many who formerly mastered under his banner |
have, honestly and sincerely, come over to our j
aid; and while we grasp their bauds kindly, we
indulge the hope that the remnant of the band j
will in good time "go and do likewise." The sue-1
cessful ticket stand thus:
lut'iid'iii): Bicu.vr.ii IIare.
Wardens: J. A. McLean, W. M. Walker, Milks
Johnson, and W. 1>. Miller.
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KING'S MOUNTAIN RAILROAD.
j \>e ancii'if'i mesjevemn .uitiuai meeting 01 our :
Railroad Company, hold in the Court House, !
j Thursday last: and front the day's proceedings, :
j v:e have the plea-are of again commenting upon a j
i most favorable exhibit, and announcing, in the ;
management of our little road, an undiminished
success. The heavy pressure of the times; the
almost unexampled lightness of ail the crops, and
utter stagnation in the produce trade ; indeed, all
circumstances being unfavorable, we were prepa- i
red to hear from the President's Report a doleful ;
apology, and to measure, for once, the terras with !
which we have been wont ( ? speak of the nottpt
nil King's Mountain Railroad. Rut the zeal and !
efficiency of Col. Reatty and his faithful, hard- I
| working officers, have wrought another winder, !
aud enabled us to stand erect in the midst of the ;
storm as we did when the sun shone. We need
not report the figures here ; they will be found in
the Report, which, that all may read it, we have
inserted elsewhere in our columns.
Ehwaki) Moore, Esrp, was called to the Chair
of the meeting, on Thursday; and Joiix A. Ritowx
; and Sam'l W. Mklto.v, appointed Secretaries.?
I The Committee on proxies reported 523 shares .
' represented in person and (MS, by proxy?making :
1371 shares, a majority ; whereupon the meeting 1
was organized and proceeded to business. After 1
reading his Annual Report, the President, ColReatty,
announced his intention to decline a re- j
election; and a Committee, appointed to nominate :
Presideut aud Directors for the cusuiug year, suggested
the following names which were voted for,
I by acclamation, uuuuiuiously:
President: Joux 11. Adams.
Directors: R. U. Met'aw, J. S. Moore, W. A.
LATTA, J. '1'. Dowry, J. S. JBUATTO.V, F. II. StM
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lllL, JM>. li. iiiui.l.u, iv. o. uurt.
A Committee, consisting of Sam'l w. Melton,
; \\. C. Ueattv, ami J. W. Aveuy, was appointed to !
supervise ami report upon ilic next Annual Ue- i
' ports of the President ami Treasurer; ami to this
eml, instructions were given to these officers to
submft their reports at least one week before the
j next meeting. After other proceedings, uniiiiporj
tunt to the general reader, a resolution was adopt- j
ed appointing the third Thursday in April next, :
j for the day of Annual meeting; and providing
that the meeting be held on the same day in each
year thereafter.
In every point of view, and especially in regard
to the election of their new Board, we think the
Company have abundant reason for congratulation. '
Mr. Adams has long been classed among us, as
one of the most accomplished business-men of our
.District; ami lie will carry with him, in the discharge
of his trust, the experience of. a lung ami
thoroughly successful career, and the confidence
which always' attends the man who, for himself
and by himself, has attained at c ice an honest:
name and a competent fortune.. We. wish him all
' success. That the road frill, under his manage- i
mont, close the fiscal year with as clear a balance .
sheet as ever, we have the most entire cunfiiier.ee.
Our readers arc referred to the President's deport,
in another column.
POF.MS?KY HOWARD II. CALDU'EI.I-,
The public has for sometime been expecting
this second contribution to the literature of the
Sout!, from one of her rising poets. While j hilosophcrs
arc speculating on the causes which re .
tard the growth and cultivation of letters in nir
sunny clime, seemingly so congenial t?? every development
of the beautiful, the grand, and sub-,
lime, several young poet.- are putting tlnnr singing
rol.es about them, and the sweet music that
steals from the lye.-s of .M::kk, Cai.hweu.. U avxi:.
Simmons .and Ttstnou, makes us feci ln.-.r prophetically
true the pledge of Keats?
" The poetry of earth is never dead.'
I5ut while it lives forever?while it glows to some
degree in every human heart?while it throbs in
l.r.vrtin flint mil.-':!tes with lofty or ennobling
aspirati-ms?it is not io l>e elicited by the worn!
of philosophy, nor held in leading strings by finnspun,
filagree theories. 1?. flows, when it does
flow, from the force of its own divine iiplnhif.,?
'Tis not a fountain springing up in tit" wib|cni"ss.
which can be curried in aqueducts and canals to
irrigate a smoke dimmed, pent-up city; it giavitates
by n law of its own, above the reach of
science, and waters with tears of gladness, or .
sorrow, the bright, or sombre memories, which
gather on the flower-decked, or willow-clad banks .
of its natural channel. Lexicographers and critics
have in vain, assayed to define it. Made up
of all iiutt is most diviue or spiritnelle in mat., it
is even more difficult to analyze and define t tan ]
those thousand fine and delicate emotions?those
near approaches to the pure and supra sensual?
from which it is constituted, and in which it has
its being. At one time it is a spirit of fairy laud
?a gentle Ariel which comes to us only in shadowy
and beautiful dreams of far-off, impalpable '
joys. Then the soul is pensive and sad, like the
melancholy days of Autumn. Anon it comes like !
the beams of a glad, bright spring-morning,
sparkling like a stream in the sunshine, and lif- ,
fusing over the soul an irrepressible, lark-like, 1
buoyancy and guvoty without any apparent
cause. This i* the poetry of fancy?the airy, coruscating
poetry of Tom Moork. Hut there arc
times when it comes like the demon of the tempest,
and hangs out its portents on the horizon of the
soul, gloomy and threatening, and then falls around
us the lurid and baleful glare o? the "Star
- - " ' 1- - ...
of Suicide." Instead of the airy, iniry. emu hum
that tliroupco.l the " flaunted Palace" of our
dreams, wc now?
' Through tlie red-litten windows see
Vast forms, tliat more fantastically
To a discordant melcdv. i
While, like n rapid, ghastly river,
Through the pale door
A hideous throng rush out forever
And laugh?but smile no more."
In a sombre mood somewhat like the latter must
"The Star of Suicide" have been concieved by j
Mr. Caldwelt.. But it does not come up to our !
idea of what a poem melancholy-imbued should
be?it is not tlie effort of one. who "learns by ? offering
what he teaches in song." And in this fact i 1
may, perhaps, be found one cause of the dearth |
of poetry among 113. In ourfrcc country, blessed
with exuberant resources, with no galling chains
but those which are self-imposed, there are few [ 1
or no reasons why a man should become a misanthrope,
and, Brnox-likc, wander off for a more j 1
genial clime. All the immunities for which nen '
vainly sigh, and consequently highly appreciate,
in a fettered and oppressed land, are the heritage .
of everyone in the "home of the free." No proud
title, the gift of an odious, feudal system, not of
merit, causes the aspiring soul to chafeand fret in '
hopeless gloom. The lienors that we prize, and
the titles that we covet, are the premiums of merit
and talent, and all are permitted to enter the list ;
and, whoever can. bears off the palm. Liberty is i
not so dear to us as to tlie exile of Erin, or J Inn- '
gariaii refugee, who sigh for the haunts of their i
childhood, or the smile of some loved one far over 1
the sea. No tyrannical decree passes like a shadow?a
deadly, upas shadow, over the patriotic J
spirit or separates tlu-se whom affection has united
forever. It is only such men as Ehoab Pon?men !
whose fine sympathies arc jangled?whose mi- j
tares are contradictory?and who, whatever may .
he their situation, arc doomed to everlasting me!- j
ancbolv, that can in our beautiful land find cause j
for dark ropinings and sorrows. The patriotic
poet might, it is true, find something to regret in |
the ruthless vandalism, which so often mars what '
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Nature liar mime so cncnnimngiy muij ?
"Strange?that where Nature loved to trace, j
As if for Gods, a dwelling place.
And every grace and charm hath mixed
Within the Paradise she fixed,
There man, enamoured of distress,
Should mar it into wilderness.
And train pic. leaite-like, o'er each dower,
That tasks not one laborious hour ;
Nor claims the culture of his hand
To bloom along the fairy land.
But springs as to preclude his care
And sweetly woos him?hut to r]>orr.!'y
"The Star of Suicide"'?is one of those visions ,
in which the "sick man's eye " catches a view of ' \
the dim inhabitants of the "valley of the shadow
of death.'1 " The Suicides," Ajax, Cato, Iscnriot, J
Pilate. Saul and Samson, "Calypso and the hap- j '
less bride of Capnueus" and a long list of others I i
who were weary of life?pass in review.
" All these and more: and now two figures came J 1
Pallid and wan, and crowned with old Despair: '
The wondcrous Chatterton, and he whose fame 1
Is yet to rise, a star of Pride and Fear,
Unhappy North, in this far-distant sphere
Slave of the Lamp now, nevermore for aye !
But in their eyes the gleam of madness clear
Shone like a flash of lightning that from high j
Flits through the sombre clouds, then leaves to I
gloom the sky."
The "pale Chatterton"?" the marvellous boy j
that perished iu his pride,"' as Wordsworth calls j
him, carries on n dialogue with the " unhappy j
dreamer," stri ving to convince him that the old- i
time glory of the earth has not passed away?!
that in his own heart lies a sealed fountain which
will jet open to the "Sesame" of love?that}
blight and sorrow will pass away and yet leave
much that is good : ?
"As the hardest rock retains for aye
The impress of some flower in earlier time, j
And change and age shall fail to sweep away
The fossil record of its yielding prime:
So, in thy heart dwells many a dream sublime !
And holy passion, Aspiration high,
Which need but Love's sweet life-awake aing
chime
To rouse toheauty what once seemed to die, j
And stir from that deep sleep to immortality !
* * * * *
I tell thee, dreamer! Love is yet as strong,
Yea, strong mid pure as e'er the world has seen: j
Faith is as fair as wiieti neruays were young. ,
,\nd Honor walks with quite as lofty niein."
But linully the "pale-eyed poet" points him to
a maiden kneeling in prayer?lie listens? mixed
with God's his loved idea lies"?her ruby lips I
breathe his name?
"It was the wakening thrill of Love, Faith, j
Hope divine I"?the grand Jtna/c of loneliness and
solitude?the blissful rounding of a bachelors
dream. I
The sonnet, "To My Wife," is as good as such
things generally arc. It has fourteen lines?is I
polished and smooth, yet froiu the nature of the
verse, stiff and formal as if it were chiseled out of
marble. It is, perhaps, with one exception, the
most unexceptionable poem in the book. The exception
is the "0 io" written for the celebration of
the Battle of King's Mountain, and first published
in the K.vqI'Iiikii. It possescs more vigor,
force and buoyancy than any thing which has yet
cmnnated from Mr. Caldwell's genius. The
"Ode" will live so long us the "Grand old Mountain"
awakens a patriotic thrill?which is more
than wc like to ty of ??v oilier ]iici:c in the pre- ' <
sent volume. ,-TJie Siniilit's" is a pleasnn' fancy.
".\ Ihv.am of Marios" i, much admired by some, j
but we hciicve there is mote poetry in the brief i
quotation with which it is prefaced?"Why is the '
inline of Mary sw- ei?llinn in the long-drawn- j j
nut vi<ioti. ' Mary'' is a mime ton musical in it- J |
self to require i he poetic -historical illustrations ?
which are thrown nr-und it. Besides, we really j'
see little propriety in-grouping top tlier in one',
pic nr.-. elm meters S" dissi o.'.l ir?as t'ie '-Virgin i
M alio" and "The artful Brabant Mary"?the 1
??[ ! : leleno" and the "Unhappy cip'ive of a sad [j
renown", tin beautiful and wanton, yet unfortu- '<
nitfe Queen of Soots. It is a conceit that we do |!
not appreciate. How ntucli more-imp!p. natural, ! |
affecting and poetical is Burns' "To Mary in j ,
Heaven." Wo fool that the name ha* been honor- >
ed?that the brightest and soffests tints of poetry ! 1
arc woven around the sweetest of names?and the j,
bard make.-' us know whv it is sweet. But wc do | r
n.?t find fault with Mr. Caldwell because lie has j1
imt {riven us the thrilling lyrics of Bntxs nor the j '
beautiful "Queen" of llvnox. The;t/ !'?/ It that
flu-re was no name so dear, so sweet, so musical, I j
as Mary. Mr. Caldwell aimcilat a formal com j 1
plimci.t?and he accomplished it.
OF **Snint Agnes" wo think more favoralily.? i i
Wo h'tv" no objection to the ascription of human
1'ivo to the beautiful martyr. It is the/diicf hofiu- 11
ty of the piece an I reminds tts of Pope's finest j i
poem, in which the ?nforf,,,,,'tc IIki/usi: fluctuates
between the love of Heaven ami the sweet I
memories of Ap.kl.uid.
lie-idestliis, v.*c have "Clumbus." and iHp.one," ,
paonts of some length an'' ju <ses*iiiv considerable ?
merit. The latter, in blank verse, so far as rj/lhvi '
i< concerned. it is the best in the volume. Xeur- ,
ly all the rhyme "walk? on stilts." It does not t
whistle itself." It is seldom felicitous and at ?
the same time forcible. II"W much this defect .
will be modified by practice we cannot pretend to (
say. A characteristic of this volume of poems, s
is the absence of description or landscape paint- 1
ing. The muse is generally fanciful or didactic.
Another observable feature i< the of the j
verse. Titer? are few or no striking passages,
standing" 'it boldly ami 1 the surrounding rubbhh,
as in Mrs. l)ftowsix?-'> poems. These comprise
tiic most noticeable characteristics of the volume
before us.
<
We have plnin'y expressed our opinion, and
freely pointed out what we deemed defect-. In '
t
conclusion, we would say that Mr. C.uhwku, has
given evidence of considerable genius?that if he
cannot "fling a poem like a comet out he lias
the power, with sufficient training, to elaborate
something worthy of immortality. The South S
should encourage the singing birds who show an
inclination to raise their songs in our midst?to
- . . t
ilmp the metaphor?she should buy, read, nml
criticise tlio cli'n-tioiis of her risinj? poets, and they
will be stimulated to higher efforts and a broader
iimbition.
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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
The Message of the President accompanying
tin* Kansas (Lecmpton) Constitution has been
communicated to Congress. They are having in
that grave assembly quite an animated discussion
aver its merits and demerits. The Message takes
very decided grounds, and, as our Correspondent
affirms, lias made a profound intpresion on the
W'asbingtoniai.s. We give srino lengthy extracts
and -egret that we arc not able to lay it before
cur readers in crtenso.
A great delusion seems to pervade the public
mind in relation to the condition of parties in Kansas.
This arises from the difficulty of inducing
the American people to realize the fact that any
portion of them should be in a state of rebellion
against the government under which they five.?
When we speak of the affairs of Kansas wc arc
apt to refer merely to the existence of two violent
political parties in that Territory, divided on the
question of slavery, just as we speak of such parties
in the States. This presents no adequate
idea of the true state of the case. The dividing
line there is not between two political parties,
both acknowledging the lawful existence of the
government, but between those who are loyal to
iliis government and those who have endeavored
to destroy its existence by force and usurpation?
between those who sustain and tho-e who have
done all in their power toovi rtknw the territorial
government estublishe 1 by Congress. This gov
eminent they would long since have subverted
had it not been protected from their assaults by
the troops of the United .States.
Such lias been the condition of affairs since my
inauguration. Kver since that period a large portion
of the people of Kansas have been in a state
of rebellion against the government, with a military
leader at their head of a most turbulent and
dangerous character. Tliev have never acknowledged,
but have constantly renounced and defied
the government to which tliev owe allegiance, and
have been all the time in a state of resistance against
its authority. They have all the time been
endeavoring to subvert it. and toestabli-li a revolutionary
government, under the so-called Tope- j
k\ Constitution, in its stead. Even at tins very '
moment the Topeka Legislature are in session.?
Whoever lots reail the correspondence of (lover- t
nor Walker with the ?tntc Department, recently i
ronununicntcd to the Senate, will be convinced
that tiiis picture is not overdrawn. Ifo always
protests against the withdrawal of any portion of '
the military force of the L'nited State.- from the , \
Territory, deeming its presence absolutely lioces- i
sary for the preservation of the regular government
and the execution of the laws. I
* s * * * '
After ({noting from the dispatches of Governor j 1
Walk Kit, in confirmation of the above assertion, 11
the message proceeds:?
Front this statement of facts, the reason he- 1
comes palpable why the enemies of the govern- ; 1
ment authorized by Congress have refused to vote J ,
for delegates to the Kansas constitutional conven- j .
lion, and also afterwards on the question of slave- j *
ry submitted by it to the people. It is because js
liicy have ever refused to sanction or recognize j ?
any other constitution ilum that framed at To- i ,
peita.
Had the whole Lecotnplon constitution been sub- j 1
initted to the people, the adherents of this organ- , 1
izatiou would doubtless have voted against it, be- j .
cause, if successful, they would thus hare removed
an ob-taclc out of the w*y of their own revolutionary
constitution. They would have done this, i '
not upon consideration of the merits of the whole i
or any part of the Lecoinpton constitution, but
simply because they have ever resisted the authority
of the government authorized by Congress, 1
from which it emanated. }
Such being the unfortunate condition of affairs j
in the Territory, what was the right as well as the 1
duty of the law-abiding people ? Were they silently
ami patiently to submit to the Topeka usur- 1
pation. or adopt the necessary measures to e-tah- j
lisli a constitution under the authority of the or- j s
ganic law of Congress?
That this law recognized the right of the people '
of that Territory, without any enabling net from i ]
fCniiiTi-oKs to form a State constitution, is-too clear
for argument. For Congress "to leave the people
of the Territory perfectly free," in framing their
constitution, "to form ami regulate their domestic
institutions in their own way, subject only to the '
constitution of the United States," and then to
say that they should not be permitted to proceed
and frame a constitution in their own way without
an express authority from Congress, appears to 1
be almost a contradiction in terms. It would be
much more plausible to contend that Congress had
no power to pass such an enabling act, than to argue
that the people id' a Territory might be kept
out of the Union for an indefinite period, and
until it might please Congress to permit thein to
exercise the right of self government. This would (
be to adopt not "their own way," but the way
which Congress might prescribe.
* * -:< xFrom
this review it is manifest that the Leeonipton
Convention, according to every principle
of constitutional law, was legally constituted, and
was invested with power to frame a constitution.
The sacred principle of popular sovereignly lias
been invoked in favor of the enemies of law and
order in Kansas. Cut in what maimer is popular
sovereignty to be exercised in this country, if not
through the" instrumentality of established law
In certain small republics of ancient times the t
people diil assemble in primary meetings, passed
laws and directed public affairs. In our country '
this is manifestly impossible. Popular sovereign- <
ty can be exercised here only through the ballot- |
box: nnd if the people will refuse to exercise it in
this manner, as they have done in Kansas at the
election of the delegates, it is uot for them to ' I
lomplaiti lliat tlieir lights liavc been violated. i <
The Kansas Convention, thus lawfully constilut;d,
;?r??cvc*il? I tn frame -i constitution, anil, having
:ompleted their work, finally adjourned on the 7th 1
lay of November last. They did not think prop- |
if : > submit the whole of this constitution to a
popular vote ; but they did submit the question
ivhethcr Kansas should he a free or a slave Statu ,*
to the people. This was the question which hud j n
tonvulsed the Union and shaken it to its very ! ,
:entre. This was the i|uesiiou which ha i lighted
up the flames of civil war in Kansas, and had '
produced dangerous sectional parties throughout j <
iie cont'ederaoy. It was of a character .-j para- , t
Mount to the condition of K iusa-, as to rivet tlie I
nixiius attention of the poop! of the wli de .
jountry upon it, and it alone No p rson rt?ounht i
)f any other question. F ?r niy part, when I in- j t
structed tiovernor Walker, in general terms, in |
'avor of submitting tlie constitution to the people,
I had no object in view except the ali absorbing
juestion of slavery. In what manner the people , t
jf Kansas might regulate theirother cntieeriis was j
lot a subject which aitraeteil my attention. In i *
"act, the general provi-ions of our recent State i
Constitutions, after an experience of eighty years, 1
ire so similar and so excellent, that it would be ' :
lificult to no far wroiur at the present day in ,
'raining a now constitution.
I then believed, and still Indieve, that under the
rgnnic act the Kansas convention were bound to i
-ubinit this all-important question of slavery to ; (
he people. It was never, however, my opinion *
hat independently of this act they would have
>eeri bound to sulunit any portion of the con-nito- ' I
lion to a popular vote in order to give it validity. |
The message then concludes with a patriotic ?
ippeal to Congress to settle the question at once |
ind forever, inthojfollowing language; i (
1 have thus performed my duty on this impor- j:
ant question, under a deep sense of responsibility '
o God and my country. My public life will j'
crminate within a brief period; and I have no !'
)ther object of earthly ambition than to leave my i 1
nnuitry in a peaceful and prosperous condition, !,
ni*l to live in the affections an*l respect of iny
lountrymeii. The dark and ominous clouds now
ippenr to be impending over the Union I conscieu . 1
liously believe may be dissipated, with honor to |
jvery portion of it, by the admission of Kansas
luring the present session of Congress ; whereas
f she should lie rejected, I greatly fear that these j1
douds will become darker and tnore ominous than j |
my which have ever yet threatened the constitu-, *
lion and the Union.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
,???,
JInjor Ilcnry Moore's Recollections, of the
Revolutionary War in South Carolina nntl
Georgia, until tlic fall of Charleston, on the
12th of May, 1780.
[continued.]
In the winter of 177o 0, the King's friends in |
south Carolina, embodied themselves in his favor
n the upper part of the State and there erected j 1
lie King's standard. Tiiey were called by the {
iVhigs, Scolfolites?from their leader?but they
vcrc soon defeated and scattered by our militin
ind regulars under t ie v mtnand of Col. Richardion.
This expedition was called the Snow camps.
? ..c? ?i_:_ _ n_:?s,i. a ,
:UUH inter llll?, II Ullll.-u <11 111 j ?mv* ikmj UUIU
S'cw York, under the commnnd of General Clin- |
on and Commodore Parker, arrived off Charleston
inrbor, and nu the 28th Juue, 1770, attacked the j1
ort on Sullivan's Island commatn':u u ' Colonel
iloultrie, afterwards General. The,, met with a i
ignal and decisive defeat, and the State was not
nvaded again until 1779-80. Clinton's army and '
lie Scolfolites, with the Indians, were to have acted '
iimultaueously; the one on the sea-coast and the , '
ither on the hack settlements, but an Almighty 1
irni rendered their schemes abortive. A Congress ^
was elected from all the Colonics, and assembled i '
it Philadelphia on the 4th if September, 1774; j'
Peyton Randolph, Esq., President. This C?n- i1
jress met again on the 10th May, 177-3, anil ou j
lie resignation of Peyton Randolph, choose John !1
Hancock, of' Massachusetts, President; and they
iomtnUsioned Geo. Washington, of Virginia, Gen- j
iral and Commander in Chief of the American ar- ;
nies, on the loth June, 1773. The resolves of this j
Congress will ever stand on the historical page (in :
he opinion of the ablest politicians) a splendid i :
nonument of the wisdom, firmness, dignity and |
pirit of the American character. On the ftli of
Iuly, 1770, the}- issued the Declaration of Aincritan
Independence. It operated greatly to the advantage
of the United States?it gained us allies
tbroid, aud more energy ar home; it turned relellioti
into revolution, and rebels into free citisms,
and put them upon an equal footing with the
nost powerful nations of the earth. They could
hen frame a Constitution for themselves, and
nuke their own laws, and regulate by thein all
heir national concerns without being subjected to
i tyrant's negative or approval. It seems as if
Providence had given it word by word to Mr. Jeferson,
and lie to Congress for their approval, and
hey to General Washington to obtain and defend,
vhich, through the Almighty's aid and protection
vas obtained, and acknowledged by Great Uritain
u a definite treaty of peace with her on the 3d
if September 1783. In tlicyenr 1777, the sons of
reedom in South Carolina prepared for actual '
lostilities, and letters were then compelled to
rive place to arms. I have done my duty in the
ir.- t of these departments, and 1 felt anxious to do
he same in the latter. After reading the Dechiafiou
of fn.li-pmider.ee, an<l the pamphlet oallcd 1
(.'onitlioii Sense, Willi suirn; omer w ruiiij-s in iu>ui |
if liberty an 1 independence, f was so fully con- 1
rinccil of the justice of the American cause, that
was from that moment resolve.l to tender wli it '
ersoual services I could do, in aid of it. 1 in- '
armed Col. -John Winn of my intentions, and of 1
n} desire to join t!ic American lynny ; lie up roved
of the same, and kindly favored me with n ! '
ecommendation to Col. Oown Roberts of the Con- |1
inental Artillery Regiment of 3outh Carolina.? !'
3y that gentleman I was politely received, and '
oniTiiis.-ioncd as Adjutant in his regiment on the i
.'0(!i October, 1777. lie kindly furnislied .ae with 1
inch books, as were calculated to instruct and '
repare uic for the particular service that I had j
mgaged in; particularly all those branches of sci- (
nee connected with the duties of an artillery of- j
icer, now became the subjects of my study and I
ittention. Ambitious to qualify myself for uiy ) (
icw station, I studied diligently, devoting all my
cisurc hours to improvement in military tactics; [
n this pursuit 1 was assisted bv the other officers !
11
l" the regiment. From the progress that 1 had )
node in learning military lairs, and my dili- ! (
jcnce and attention to all the duties of my office, j 1
i obtained promotion, and ova- con.missioned as t
|
irst Lieutenant on the -oth October, 1778, and on |
lie 'Jtli May, 1730 as Captain Lieutenant, in the .
coin of Captain Lieutenant (iilhauk, killed in the '
iege of Charleston. I have luckily preserved all
uy eonintissioiis, botli civil and military. In the j l
rear 1773, our regiment was ordered from Fori
Johnston, on James' Island, to Fort Lytleton, on '
I'ort Uoyul Island, near the town of Ucnutbrt.? ' I
[ :i tliis year au invasion ol'Florida was undertaken j I
>y tlic troops of the Carolina and Georgia lutes ]
:o take St. Augustine, a regular fortified town, I
ivitli a castle forty feet high, with a deep and j 1
.vide ditch, and with numerous and heavy artil- >
cry. Titi.s expedition was conuuauded by Major <
jeneral ltohert Howe, with about two thousand <
lien and eight or ten field pieces?no battering
Million nor mortar. This expedition to Flori- i
la resembled some of those made formerly hy '
South Carolina, and ended too very like them, for
lie army advanced without opposition, till it ar- i
ived at Fort Fouyer, which the Diitish destroyed j
hcniselves an I sa ved our army that trouble. This
nvasion was of advantage to our eucuiics, it I
-luwed tlicin the strength of our Southern army i
ttid the military capacity of ita eomuiaiider. It i
made a military road al?u, wiiieh they profited by :
ii their invasion of Georgia. Deaths and descr- '
dons lessened Howe's army, live hundred men; this i
was a heavy loss to our Southern army, wiiieh
was felt very severely afterwards in the following
Mitipaigii. This invasou of Florida was uudcrta- I
ken in the heat of summer?a very improper sea- i
son?but the enemy invaded Georgia in December
following with more prudouce ami success, and i i
- i
:hpre joined 'J000 men from New York, cnuiinandid
by Coi. Campbell, who had landed near Savun- (
i.ali, which our General attempted to defend with j
lis reduced troop-. The Americans were defeat- |
d and obliged to retreat into South Carolina, with
he loss of mio hundred killed, an I four hundred
tnd fility made prisoners, and seven pieces of can- i
ton. The town, with all its store;, shipping, pro- |
:i*ions &c , fell into the enemy's hands with little j
it-110 loss on their part. Tints by imprudent en- 1
erprises, and-bid mduct, was our S mth Caroli- I
in and Georgia troeps cut up by piece meals.?
>oon after this. General Howe was superceded in i
lie command of the Southern army by General j
Lincoln. Gen. Howe was not much esteemed by
lie army. Gen. Gadsden and him fought a duel?
I
Jad-den received Howe's lire, and then fired at
"iglit angles from Howe, and thus ended the duel. ;
["lie British derived great advantages from the !
jossession of Savannah, both as a seaport, and us
l rendezvous for the torics and Indians from the
>ack country. General Provost from St. Augusine,
with all the troops that could he spared from !
t, having arrived at Savannah, was thereby J
.iiablel to follow up and harrass our retreating j
inny into South Carolina, and in the month of i
February 1770. suit a naval and land force to
akc possession of Beaufort and Port Royal island,
j.-tccining if a conunanding and advantageous sta:ion
from whence they could at pleasure send out
letachments to seize or destroy the provisions,
ind plunder the plantations on the main land and
idjaeent islands. This force, it was said, consisted
of two hnttallions of veteran infantry, with a
jowitzer, and commanded by two Majors, viz:
Llanlnerand Frazor. Thif force was engaged by j
General Moultrie, with a detachment of the Char- |
leston militia, with two field pieces, commanded
by Captains Edward Rut lege and Thomas Ileyward
Jr.?two of the signers of the Declaration
of Iudepelidenco?who bravely redeemed the
pledge they had given to their country on the |
floor of Congress, viz: "To hazard their lives, j
their fortunes and their sacred honor" in its dc- j
fence. I have never learned that any other of the
signers of the Declaration of Independece had n '
similar chance of redeeming their pledges. Their i
presence in this battle was a sure augury of victory,
and also of the ultimate success of the cause
of freedom. To these was joined a small detachment
of our artillery regiment, with one field
piece, to which I was attached, (the rest of the
regiment under Gen. Lincoln) commanded by
Captain Dc Treville. Cnpt. William Mitchell
pointed the gun. Lieutenant James Fields stopped
the vent, I fired it. Captain Lieutenant Dounom
acted also the part of a private. We voluntarily
agreed to go into action as private men, rather
than not fight the enemy. We had only nine privates.
The force on each side was nearly equal in
number, but the British were all reguh.rs and
well disciplined; ours all inililia, except those
who worked one field piece, and none of them had
ever been in actual service before, and I for the
first time, faced the enemy in battle. The Americans
were drawn up and formed with our field
piece 011 the right of the road leading from Beaufort
to the ferry ; the Charleston artillery to our |
left, on the road, the infantry to the right and left, j
on open woodland, about three miles from the
town of Beaufort. The enemy formed on lower
ground in a drain, covered with a low growth of
woods. In this situation the enemy was more
covered from view than the Americans, who were I
fully exposed. The action lasted about an hour, |
when the enemy's howitzer got-disabled, they fled. |
and left us an undisputed victory. We were high- I
!y pleased to see the British backs. .Major Barnwell
of the militia, afterwards General, with "a j
small party of cavalry, acted with good effect on <
the enemy's flank and rear, and took several prisoners
in their retreat. We buried their dead and
provided for the cure of their wounded. This office
was performed with all the humanity that
characterizes the Americans. I went with our officers
to visit the wounded British officers, and I
felt for them as brave men, suffering by the misfortune
of war, and sought by every attention in
my power to alleviate their distress, often reflecting
that in a short time it might be my lot to suffer
as they did, and stand in need of the same humane
attention which was paid to them. This was
i lie only battle gained by the Americans in this campaign
in South Carolina or Georgia.
A few days after this battle, we returned to the
main hind ami encamped a short time at Sheldon
Bull's. It was with real regret we evacuated
I'nrt Ro)al island, whose inhabitants had eudearo?l
themselves to us l?y their politeness, and by
[lie many friendly attentions showed to the officers
of our regiment during their stay on the
islnud?for they were often invited to their private
and public entertainments, and also their
jarbecues or social dinners in the woods, held at
stated and regular times. Each gentleman of the j
dace provided in turn a feast with a profusion of
:!ie best provisions and liquors that the place afforded.
It was rcaly an earthly paradise to us,
md would to God, we coulJ have prevented the j
memy from ever possessing themselves of Port j
[loyal island. I never saw at those entertainnents
any quarrel or disorderly behavior; all was |
mcial friendship and politeness. While we en- j
.miiped at Bull's, General Lincoln with the main
trmy occupied Purvsburg and Black swamp, on
Savannah river.
[to uk coxtinvel).]
"WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, Feb'y 5. 1S-38.
Tli? House are now engaged in the Ohiocontcsled
election case, on the application of Campbell,
the sitting member, for further time to take testimony*.
The Committee of Elections have reported
against the extension of time. Campbell trca- j
ted his opponent, Vallasdi.visham, with great ;
contempt at first: for instance, take the following J
extract from his reply to the first notification of j
contest:
" * ?? * c>~,y ?* . . t i
"Hamilton*, utuo, uot. 01, jooo.?i 1j
jeived your communication touching that "nigger I
business," sonic time after it appeared in the j
'iiuza papers.' No ollicial information of my elcc- |
tion to a seat in the Thirty-fifth Congress his yet
jeen furnished me, and ym will pardon me for |
uggesting that prthuj># your deep anxiety on this j
subject has occasioned premature action."
Afterwards in a speech, lie said Vallaxdixg- j
iiam should u>. .be admitted v ithin the Hall of
Representatives ; the nearest he would get, would
be a seat on the Capitol steps- -that lie expected !
there would be some Ohio man with Vallaxdixg- (
ham. them he (Cajipukll) intended to treat to a
[date of oysters; but as to Vallanimxuham, the
. est lie coubl do for him, would be to give him a
' Congress knife!" Vallaxwxciia.m is the stron- ,
jest pro-Slavery man from the North, and a man
jf decided promise. Tliis case, when it comes up
in its merits, will involve a consideration of the
Died Scoti decision, as Vallaxoixgiiam claims
that Camtbell was elected by free negro votes.? !
The dillcrence between the parties in the election
ivas only nineteen votes, and "prehaps" Camphell
will be turned out on account of that "nigger
business." J
The Senate was not in session to-day. The dc- ,
bate in the Senate uu the reference of the Kansas
message of the President will continue several ,
lays longer, until all the Senntors who wish to do
;o, have bad a chance of 'defining their positions.' !
This same question of the reference of the Prcsi- j
Jent's Kansas message, will again come upon the |
House to day.
The President's Messago has produced a profound
impression. The Kansas question is assuming
more important proportions every day, and
we may be upon the eve of great events. I think
now that Kansas will be admitted with the Le- I
cnini'toii Constitution?the President will strain
ewry nerve to carry the point. Should Kansas bo
reject.-1, it is not unlikely that there may be a sece-sion
of the .Southern members.
It is important to notice as a sign of the times
in Massachusetts, that the House of Representatives
have lately granted the use of thoir Hall to
the Abolition Society, who according had their
meeting, and re-nived among other things;
1st. That the time has gone by for a man to
cor.e forward on the anti slavery platform, and
support the Constitution of the United States.?
2d. Thnt it is imj^-sible to reconcile the spirit of
liberty, with that of slavery. 3d. That the Dred
Scott decision alone, would justify Massachusetts
in secession. 4th. That the Supreme Court is the
ally of slavery.
So we go. I don't imagine that many tears
would he shod on the retirement of Massachusetts
from the Union. But these cunning l'uritan9
know too well which side of their bread is buttered,
to actually commit any such folly. Anti-slavery
is a good thing to shriek over, but they don't
want to make it a losing business. Catawba.
FRACAS IN CONGRESS.
A difficulty occurred in the House of Representatives
on Saturday last between Col. Keitt of
this State, and Mr. Grow of Pennsylvania. A
correspondent of the Charleston Mneurit, who
was an eye witness, gives the following account of
the affair:
Washington, Feb. G, 1858.
ilinnt f?.,n A AT finn flnifmnn nf
fered a proposition to disentangle the proceedings
in the House. Mr. Grow, who was in one of the
aisles on the democratic side of the House, objected
a little tartly. Mr. Koitt said to him, "Go on
the other side of the House, to which you belong,
if you want to object." Mr. Grow answered,
I'll object where I please." Mr. Keitt then
said, "Wait till I can come round, and I'll take
care of you." Mr. Keitt went round and said to
him, "You Abolitionist puppy, move to your side
of the House, and don't stay here." Grow said,
"I'll stay as long as I please." Mr. Keitt then
choked him for an instant. He then started off,
when Mr. Grow said, "You can't come from your
plantation and crack the whip over me." Mr.
Keitt turned back and said, "I'll choke you again
for that insolence," and lie grasped his throat a
second time. Ueu. Davis, of Miss., then interfering,
wrenched Mr. Keitt round to keep them apart,
and pressing him against the corner of a table,
Mr. Keitt partially fell. Mr. Grow, when Mr.
Keitt was wrenched round to separate them, struck
at Mr. Keitt, we think, but did not reach him.?
Those by say he did not reach him. Mr. Barksdale,
in interfering to separate them, was struck,
and dealt a few heavy blows in return. The whole
thing was sudden and over in a moment. There
was not much excitemant prevailing before or
afterwards. This is a succint statement of the
whole alfair, which will, doubtless, be greatly exaggerated
by Black Republican priuts. The
whole thiug was extemporaneous.
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Charleston, Feb'y 8.
The agony of race week is over, and the crowd
of human flesh, as well as horse flesh, consequent
upon the august occasion, is#being dispersed. The
winners have pocketed their money, and the losers
their disappointment, with the same nonchalant
sang froi'l, which is partly the force of necessity
as well as habit, in sporting circles. The legitimate
races?those under the immediate direction
ot tlie JocKcy i;iun?cioseu on saiuruay, oui u is
said that the butcher's claim the Sunday following
the annual races, to try the toughness of their
horse-flesh, as no one doubts that of their cowflesh.
a fact which is potent to all frequenters of
our beef market.
I cannot vouch for this reported desecration of
the Sebbath day in the mode and manner abovementioned,
by this useful and influential class of
our fellow citizens, as I have never been an eye
witness of their sports, but I am inclined to the
opinion, which I found upou reliable authority,
that all the fun and festivities of race week do not
close ou Saturday. The extra sports of the turf
are generally attended by a greater number of
fast men and boys, than fast horses, and the aaniount
of small change which remains in the
pockets of the tri-colorod gentlemen who sell
tough beef at tougher prices, and sport the cleaver
or white apron, from the proceeds of the market
sales of the preceding Saturday night, is usually
staked and won and lost, on the "bob-tail
horse" or the favorite "bay."
Since the ebb in the tide of humanity has taken
place, and tho crowd has somewhat subsided,
(here is room enough fln the sidewalk for a full
display of winter fashions in their most inflated
style. It is said that the Princess Eugenia got up
the fashion of hoop skirts, but she has found it
beyond the reach of her royal example to get them
down again. The latest Paris style# totally discard
hoops, and ignore grass skirts, together with
every other attempt to give the female form divine
the appearance of possessing undue proportions.
Queen Victoria's "Red Petticoat" has not
yet been introduced here as I ant a aware bf, if
it has, it is iuvissible to the naked eye of the masculine
gender. It has created quite a sensation
in Washington and other Northern cities, but I
should think it is rather too heavy and cumbersome
for the mild climate of the "sunny South."
One of the prominent events of the week was
the Jockey Club Ball, which came off at St. Andrew's
Hall on Friday night, commencing at 11
o'clock, and closing at G the next morning. The
St. Cecelia Ball, the most exclusive affair known
to the higher circles of uppcr-tendom, was held
on Tuesday night, and one of the primary ohjects
of the Club Ball, was to eclipse that most brilliant
ami rccherc/ie Terpsichorean assembly, but the
decision of the committee to whom the delicate
matter of the rival claimants was refercd has not
yet been made public. As soon as it transpires,
I will be prompt to extend the intelligence by the
uext mail.
The Court of General Sessions for Charleston
District, adjourned on last Saturday, after the
usual term of four weeks, Judge O'Xeam. presiding.
A great deal of business was despatched,
but the docket was not cleared. It would require
at least another week to finish the business on record.
The lawyers did not get to the bottom of
their green bags, but the case was different in the
matter of their clients pock?ts. In the indictments
for selling liquor to slaves, the Judge gave the
extent of the law in every case where there were
no mitigating circumstances, viz: six months imprisonment
and five hundred dollars fine. Such
a course as this will have a tendency to bring the
traffic into disrepute quicker than any thing else.
It will eat up the profits?consume the dividends,
and as soon ns it ceases to pay, it will forthwith
be abandoned.
The Thalberg excitement has cooled down to a
more moderate temperature, and the man and his
music are numbered among the things that were.
His concerts, grand, brilliant and startling as
they were, arc now matters of history and can
only be reached through the records of the past,
or the half remembered events of other days.?
The ravishing uotes of the master touches of that
master hand, that moved the masses, and carried
the feelings captive at his will, have now died away
upon the public ear, and he is already forgotten
in the rush of business, the rise of stocks and
latest news from the Liverpool cotton market.?
Such is the predominant propensities of this fast,
utilitarian age. We arc sometimes betrayed into
a spasmodic affection for foreign lions, but it is
evanescent, and dies with the breath that gave it
birth; but our love of self and money, aud wealth
and honor, outlives all, and blooms in immortal
freshness when the sun shall totter with age, and
the throes of time's last earthquake shall consummate
"the wreck of matter and the crush of
worlds." It was born when Adam fell, and it will
live till his last son is in his grave.
The usual number of the points of attraction in
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