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1 1 w %cwp & jfaris. ??Fifteen millions of dollars are supposed to be spent annually by the people of the Union for newspapers. ? The brandy, wine, cigars and tobacco imported into the United States last year, cost 811,934,868 In spite of the exhortations of all the feminine orators, all women are more or less addicted to their glass. A parrot in the Faubourg St. Germain, whose age is ascertained, beyond doubt, to be over sixty years, has actually l^id an egg-: ; , 3 One hundred and twenty-six thousand soldiers are to be inspected on a camp neir Warsaw, by the Emperor Alexander, of Russia, towards the close of August. The artesian well at Lafayette, lod., now bored nearly through to China, throws up a stream of watpr averaging at least two hundred gallons per hour. A Philadelphia correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says a gentleman from New York is in that city, making arrangements for sending a large number of Mormons to Utah. The marriage of a loved child may seem to a parent a kind of death. Yet therein a father pays but a just debt. Wedlock gave him the good gift; to wedlock, then, he owes it. In 1729, the General Court of Connecticut, not having a very good, opinion of lawyers, enacted : " That there shall be in the colony eleven attorneys, and no more, viz : three in the county of Hartford, and the other four dounties to have two each." At a Fourth of July celebration the following toast waS offered: Hoops and Tight .Pants?<the unqualified representatives of financial extremes. May the charms of the ladies be as boundless as their skirts; and may the gents never get as tight as their breeches. Mr. J. B. Stearns, superintendent of the Boston Fire Alarm Telegraph, on Friday, rung all the bells of Boston connected with the fire alarm, from the office of the American Telegraph Company at Portland. This extraordinary feat' indicates the practicability of a simultaneous ringing throughout the world, of bells. ? One of the newspaper correspondents out in Utah allndes to the arrival there of some twenty-five sacks of documents, speeches,^., sent thereunder the frank of Mr. Bernhisel, the honorable delegate from that Territory, and computes that the'cost of the transportation of these precious and valuable documents was over 810,000. / *-- p 1 ?. j x ? voe 01 our cievercsi aou uiusi icnuuiu friends, informs as that common mullen leaves smoked in a new pipe?one in which tobacco has never been used?is a sure and certain cure for Bronchitis. The remedy is simple and innooent, and within the teach of all. Recollect that it is no retired physician's remedy, but is given to us by a oitizen of our own country, who has tried it himself and seen others, and has never known it to fail in effecting a permanent oure.?Holly Springs f Jierald. Seven slaves were sold by the Sheriff yesterday, under orders of court, and without guarantee, at an average of 31,538. The highest price was paid for Ootavia, aged about 26 years, 62,050; the lowest was paid for Olivia, $1,140. They were purchased for well known prominent families When such prices as these far slaves are obtained at Sheriff's sale, two things are clear?that they are in strong demand, and that they are not, as is commonly supposed, depreciated by being sold by the Sheriff.?[iVew Orleans Picayune, 18 th inst. We learn that the company which was formed last year for the purpose of establishing telegraphic communication between the Island of Cuba and the American continent, have completed their preliminary arrangements, and are resolved to commence the work immediately. This will be a valuable addition to our comprehensive system of telegraphs, and one that ought to be supplied,' now that the submarine telegraph has been succesfully laid. We are informed that among the managers of the company are some wealthy and enterprising citizens of Havana and of this city.?New York Journal of Commerce. We are indebted to the Boston Daily Advertiser for the following interesting reminiscence : " On the fourth of August, 1492, Christopher Columbus lost sight of the most western highlands of Europe,? which he was not to see again till he returned to give to Europe his gift of this New World. Three hundreed and sixty-six years pass away, and on the same day thanoblest vessel in the New World's navy coines in sight of the most eastern of the highlands of North America; and as the sun goes down she connects with the American shores the thread which gives Europe and America to each other. A majestic celebration of the great hero's faithful endeavor, at the end of a year of years after it was made." <The day that the annnouncement of the successful laying of the Atlantic cable was made, two despatches for England passed through the Boston office. One containing fifty-seven words?costing 357; and the other twenty-seven words?costing 327. Five despatches were handed in at the office in this city, when orders were given not to take any more till the line is regularly opened. The fact is that the mercantile houses in all onr great cities must be in daily correspondence with those in England, France and Germany, no matter what the expense is; and we should not be surprised if, within a fortnight after the inauguration of the line, o w it had to be operated day and night to meet the pressing demands of trade upon it." The Court at Burksville, Kentucky, recently gave a verdict against the owner of a distillery for the value of a negro mau, for having sold tho black a jug of whisky, on which the slave became intoxicated, aod was in consequence drowned in attempting to swim on horse back a swollen creek. The accident was proven to have occured from the drunken folly and mismanagement of the slave. There is a law of the State which makes the seller of liquor to a slave liable for all the consequences from the use of the liquor by the negro. This verdict, it is thought, will have an important influence in arresting the sale of whisky to slaves."? The Charleston Courier says a similar decision was rendered in this State, in 1849, we believe, in the case of Harrison vs Berkeley, tried at Camden, before Wardlaw, j., and confirmed on appeal and reported. Yet mean whisky is meanly sold to negroes in defiance of law, and for want of a strict administration. 5.' ?mMk npm\ EDITED BY SAM'Ij XV. MEIiTOUt : ' YORKVILLETs.^r ~] -?? ?A 1ftCO . I THURSDAY MORM^U, AUUUBl x?, iouo. jJS"* We ftro very desirous to give particular attention ta the local department of our paper; and to this end, we would ask our friends in the various portions of the District, Postmasters and others, to give us reliable accounts of whatever matters of general interest, that may transpire in their respective localities. Notices of Marriages and Deaths will* be promptly inserted,'when accompanied by a responsible name. Announcements of religious and temperance meetings will be inserted with pleasure, and without charge, 'ersonal Communications, wheu admissible ; communications of limited or individual in1 * - /? n teresc, or recommenuauons 01 iyiinuiuu?-a iui w.fices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for at from 2J to 10 cents per line. Onr friends, Clergymen, Postmasters and others, can, and we trust will, aid us materially in contributing interesting "items, of this nature to our columns. *** In order to encourage the efforts of all who are favorable to our enterprise, we propose to send a copy of the Enquirer, gratis, to any one making up a club of ten subscribers and sending $15, in advance. To clubs of six, the paper will be sent for $10 50, with an extra copy to theperson making the club. far Wm. P. McFadden, Esq., and M. Jones, are authorized to act as agents for the Enqitibeb, receive money and give receipts for the office. NEW MOLASSES. . We have received from our friend, Mr. TnoMAS S. Nerly, of Ehenezer, a bottle of the Sorghum Molasses, manufactured from this year's crop.? With the exception of a slight green taste, it is equal to the best New Orleans. PERSONAL. We were pleased, last week, to welcome to the Sanctum, our brother editor, Maj. John II. Evins, of the Spartanbvrg Express. A clever editor, and a capital good fellow, we trust he and his bantling may "live a thousand years." Gen. Gist's good sense has attached the Express to his staff, and we trust he will U-ot the establishment through .am. nffnr vflnr until we all "erow erev in * V4A' ^VU4 ^ ? r w v ? the service." A TEMPERANCE NEWSPAPER. On the fourth pagepf this issue, will be found the prospectus of a new temperance newspaper, to be published at Bcnnettsville, S.C. It will be devoted chiefly to the interests of the 8ons of Temperance, and to*such we cordially recommend it. . Arrangements have been effected to ensure its permanent establishment; and beiDg under the editorial control of our friend, H. JupGE Moobe, ' will be entirely worthy the support of the friends of moral reform throughout the State. We will take pleasure in receiving subscribtions. Prico, $1 CORRESPONDENTS. We have receivedlrom Judge O'Nball a sketch of Judge Smith?at one time a leading man in our Distriot and one of the strongest men in the State. As we shall be absent for a week, iu attendance upon the reviews, we take the liberty of deferring the publication until our return. Judge O'Nhall will accept our thanks for this muchesteemed favor. The article of "J. B." will be published on the outside page, next week. We consent to the publication with much reluctance.?inasmuch as it is couched in terms, and contains severe personal allusions, which should not be admitted into the columns of a public journal. Inadvertently, however, we inserted the communication by a "Merchant," which we havo since learned contained allusions in some degree justifying the exhibition of personal feeling on the part of "J. B.;" and we publish the reply, simply as an act of justice. Here, as far as the Enquirer is concerned, the controversy must end. We must add the remark that in choosing whenand how, and whether at all, to publish contributions, we ure in the habit of consulting our own convenience and our own sense of propriety. THE REVIEWS. The last week was signalized, with us, by.the 1 honntv nnd trn.lln.ntrv milium luutuwciuviu) v. ?-v w?v ?? 0 r.-? of York Qistrict, to do wonted homage to the genius of "glorious war." Much more than ordinary interest was given to theee occasions by the presence of his Excellency, Governor Aj.lston and Staff. We believe it has been ten years since we have been permitted to greet the Commanderin-Chief in York; and, therefore, this discharge of duty, rendered with so much of cheerfulness and kind heart, was peculiarly grateful to our people, aud, added to his Excellency's fine, cordial, chivalrous bearing, has won for Governor Alls-ton the golden opihions'of all. Our gallant and accomplished Brigadier. General Gist, with his Staff, was promptly at his post; and both upon drill and parade, discovered his devotion to, and his ability to perform, the duties of his position. Although we should perhaps avoid a complimept to our own household, we must nevertheless speak ont the opinion, expressed by all, that the Brigado has been peculiarly fortunate in the choice of a commander. With such a leader, well trained to his duties and willing to perform them to the letter, the trusts of the subordinates will always be discharged promptly and cheerfully, and the militia service rendered something ; more than "a farce." Our Military wish the Gen| eral a prosperous enreer; and, when the occasion ' offers, will cordially aid in his advancement to a still higher position. The parade at Ebenezer, on Wednesday, affordj ed no incidents for special mention. Everything ' weut otf handsomely. Trained in the military schools, his Excellency's censure is apt to be swift-footed and his commendation purqjiased dearly. Our Ebenezer friends may therefore be sure | that the high compliment given to the Regiment and their worthy Colonel, was mennt in earnest ' and well deserved. Particularly well deserved, I too, was the greeting extended by the Governor to I the fair ladies of Ebenezer. Our own buttouedj up heart beatan echo to it. It is a pleasant omen, I when the presence of woman lends encouragement to the sometimes irksome duty of the citizen-soldier. Verily, the Ebenezer Regiment paraded with a surrounding wall of blooming beauty which would have over-awed Wellington's Invincibles. Let it always be so. Woman cannot better grace I any omer uceu&ivu. ) The Governor and Staff, with Geueral Gist and Staff, came to Yorkville, Wednesday.afternoon, : and took quarters at Stowe's Hotel. The intervening days, Thursday aud Friday, were occupied, very pleasantly, we trust, by a visit to King's ; Mountain, and an enjoyment of the hospitalities ! of our town. Saturday, the parade of the 34th j Regiment attracted the largest crowd we have ever seen in our town, on a like occasion. Everybody was here, aud, the drouth to the contrary notwith- J j standing, in excellent good spirits. The Colonel | and his staff (by the way, we will "pit" it against i any staff, of the same rank, in the State) were in excellent "kelter," and tho Regiment, excelling , itself by odds, did him equal credit. His Excel- j lency, too, seemed in capital plight, and at the , close of the performances made an address, in his j ' plain, off-hand style, but replete with chlTalrons Ceelingand souud, earnest thought. He took oooasion to present a timely word in behalf of our Free schools?suggesting inter alia,' that many of the faults of our system might be traced to the luke warmness exhibited by our Boards of Com raissioners. TVe are very much inclined to the belief, expressed by his Excellency, that with n larger appropriation and a more judicious and enlightened management of the fund, our present system might be made to answer the very highest purposes. As it is now tiranagfcd, however, it is well-nigh a waste of money. In a stirring and patriotic allusion to the prioe[ less legacy we have in King's Mountain, the Governor ventured the suggestion that, the Regiment j take the initiative in the erection of a monuroenr. "to mark this, the most glorious battle-field of the Revolution. We hope, sincerely, that the sugges tion will not be unheeded. Once in motion, ball will gather as it rolls; and we have confidence enough in the graceful patriotism of the people to believe that the movement, thus made, irould be triumphant. We trust that Col. McOorCle will make the effort, and thus identify himself and his gallant Regiment with the imperishable memories of the "grand old Mountain." Let the trial be made! In the afternoon, the "Rpbirifois Unum," ".Ye plus Ultra," the great "Norwegian Menagerie," commanded by Captain Peleo Q. C. Stone Philander Doesticks, made their appearance in the highways and by-ways of town, and, followed by a crowd almost as grotesque and picturesque as the masqneraders themselves, added a huge supply of fun and froliek to the day's entertainment. If a departure from the human and the beautiful is the criterion, the parade was a decided succets. T?n "rnirrl no nprPr RflW. eXCCUt in illlP.g ?? USl ?uvu n vivnu nv ??.?. ? .. , f w ination, when pouring over the sublime conceptions of "Paradise Lost." But all, young and old, enjoyed it finely?leaving ample testimony to the truth? "A little nonsense, now and then, Is relished by the wisest men. To "cap the climax"?to place the cap stone in the arch?to pronounce a peroration worthy to be told?let us record it that the crowd kept themselves in good order and soberness to Iho last. In olden times, general musters were rendered famous and our-streets run riot with drunkenness and brawling and'fighting. Bui now a change has come over us, and our people know how to con| gregate in soberness nndjn soberness and good [ feeling to disperse. Hot or: all honor! to the men and the canse which have worked a moral revolution, as wonderful at it is heart-cheering. Such works cast into nothingness the doughty deeds of knight-errantry, and demand a prouder record on the page of the world's history. Let the work go on, and the record will be made! HOW. W. W. BOYCE. We were pleased, latft week, to take by the band our distinguished Representative, and extend to him another welcome to Our District. And we were specially gratified, too, to greet him in such excellent health and spirits ; looking as if the severe service of the last term, in which he has borne a laborious part, had left no impression upon him. Af uhonMor ftnrt in Vorkville. Mr. Botce fa iXt ? , vored our people with fin expose of his political opinions on leading topics, and his coarse during the last Congress, Other duties deprived ub of the pleasure of hearing him, but we learn with pleasure, that he was rewarded by an unqualified approval. At our request notes were taken of his remarks, from which we publish the following compendium, for the benefit of those of our read* ers who were not fortunate enough to be at the hearing: ?*" At the outset, Mr. Boyce spoke at considerable leogth upon the Kansas question. He said that after CAtHons's decision, giving the Legislature to the Abolitionists, it was evident, the South had nothing practical to gain by the admission of Kansas. It was no benefit to the South to admit an Abolition State, merely because she had a proslavery Constisution; for a constitution that is not sustained by publio opinion is worth nothing. The pro-slavery Constitution would have been immediately altered, and our enemies would have derived all the benefits from the admission of Kansas.? The only question, then, was how we should dispose of Kansas.* It would not have done to leave Has an unsettled question with whioh to create a revolution. For Kansas to have been a good revolutionary issue, it would have been actually and really what it merely seemed to be?a slave-State; and not what it actually was?an intense Abolition State. It should have applied for admission under unexceptionable circumstances, instead of having proceeded without any enabling act, authorizing the formation of a State Government, and with a population utterly insufficient; and It 'should have been rejected by the Black JUepuDlicans ; whereas in their profound duplicity, even they, with Seward at their head, had in voting for the Crittenden Bill, authorized the admission of Kansas even as a slave Stnte, if the people so desired on a popular vote. Under all the circumstances of the case, Kansas rejected, as a revolutionary issue, was a dead "cock in the pit." If we had been so weak a3 to have created this issue, the result would have been the utter discomfiture of the .Southern Rights party, in almost every Southern State; and the cause of the South would have been put back indefinitely.' We did not choose to commit this stupendous folly; we did not intend to originate intestine contests at the South, which were obliged to end disastrously. There were only two principles involved in the admission of Kansas; first, that a State should not be rejected because its constitution was pro-slavery; second, that Congress should not intervene to say by what process the Constitution should be formed.? We despaired of the question securing, unimpaired, both of these principles. We said to Kansas, "we accept everything you have done and consent to your admission, on the single condition that you agree not to seize upon more of the public land, than we have hitherto granted to new States; if you refuse this, then you must stay out until you : have 02,400 population." The South cannot object to this. The Black j Republicans complain lustily on this point of population ; they say it discriminates against freedom. Kansas has voted upon this land proposition and refuses to accept the terms offered, and therefore remains out of the Union. This conclusively establishes the fact that Kansas is ultra anti- j slavery. This being the case, the best thing for - . . TT_; tl?_ [ us is ior ncr 10 siay out 01 iu<j umuu. net vum- | ing in would only give an accession of strength to our enemies. If she should stay out forever, all ! the better. The rejection by Kansas of the con* ! dition proposed for her acceptance before adrois- ; sion, evinces the extraordinary prejudice she has j towards the South. Rather than come in under j the Lecorapton Constitution, a constitution which j j she would speedily have altered, she prefers the , disadvantage of a Territorial condition. The loss I I of Kansas was deprecated, principally because of [ the entrance it might furnish the Abolitionists in- j to the Indian Territory west of Arkansas, and the ! prejudicial influence upon Missouri. But Mr. I Boyce thought there could be no doubt that the j South can, by the exeroiae of proper energy, obiaiu possession of tho Indian Territory west of Arkanj sas; because the climate of the Territory is well adapted to slave labor; the Indians now settled j there arc considerably civilized and slaveholders ; and the territory is accessible to the South. As regards Missouri, slavery will not be abolished i there, in Mr. Boyce's opinion; if the adjacent 1 Southern States prevent the introdution of the j slaves of Missouri into their limits. There are ' eighty thousand slaves in Missoiffr?a number too great to be set free, whether-we regard the sacrifice of property involved in their emancipation, or the injury to the State by so largely increasing the class of free negroes. Th^ Southern 8tates, therefore, must observe the course of events ia Missouri with great vigilance, and if there be any tendency to emancipation, i| utustbo made a thing : to be done by the people at their own feipense. ?T*. Some.persons are inclined to^tafce gfeat alarm at the immense increase of new Trac States, antic' ipnted as designed to grow up ht the heart .of tbc^ Continent between'the Missouri river and. the Pacific. This region of country is indeed formidable fri'-oJttcnt, but fortunately it has been so order'affwv ft,o Pmviilennp nf Gnd..,t$iat it 13 almost CI1 iirdly; barren ; and in anient dezroe destitute of wood and water, and unsnited to sastain a compact,'""Civilized society. The army of civilization must soon pause in itd western course. If, therefore, we can maintain a settled policy, the principle embodied in the Kansas Bill, that the people j of ft Territory should not be permitted to form a State Government until they have a population equal to the ratio of representation?a ratio increasing with every census?we will not be overrun with new free States. Some additional free States will doubtless grow up on the Pacific coast; but Mr. Boyce does not apprehend our enemies will bo much strengthened by the admission 0/ these States. California, though admitted against the wishes of the South, has almost uniformly acted with the South. The Same result may befonticipnted from the action of the future Pacific States. The negro mania does not exist on the Paoific const. California has recently legislated | to rid herself of her free negro population." Oro- | gon had a strong tendency to adopt African slave- I ry by her constitution. She did not do this, howorer: though there was a considerable popular | vote for it. Bnt she excluded free negroes. This conservative tendency of the Pacific 8tates could readily be explained on obvious principles, but Mr. B. was content with merely noticing the fact; arriving at the result, on this point, that there is no likelihood of the frco States becoming sufficiently numerous to change the Federal Consitution to the detriment of the Soath. But this only removes one form of danger with which we may be threatened. The free States, though they may not have sufficient power to change the Constitution, yet may have a majority l in every branch of the government; and can, if they unite in a sectional party, take possession of the Government. Are they likely to do this ? The sectional movement North, hostile to the South, is caused by three leading ideas: 1. Love of the negro; 2. Love for themselves ; 8. Hatred for the South. The abolitionists, who constitute the first class, are in a minority in every Northern State; but they have an influence beyond their numbers, caused by their enthusiasm and the necessity other parties are under of courting them. The form of moral education North, the influence of the press and the pulpit would tend, it would seem, gradually to strengthen this party. On the other hand, the failure of the emancipation experiment in the West Indies and elsewhere, has had a powerful influence on the enlightened pnblic opinion of tho civilized world. This effect must have been ??' H/iril lilronian and must in expeneoccu ui mo i<u>>u ? some degree have counteracted the moral mania movement there. Under the term "love for themselves," Mr. B. included not merely the desire for political powers, with its manifold advantages, but the desire for the material advantages to be obtained from settling up such portions of the now territory as are adapted to free labor. The remaiuing idea alluded to, "hatred of the South," requires no explanation. It is a fact beyond dispute, that a large portion of the Northern people absolutely hate as. No better proof of this could be desired than their line of political action, and the tone of their press and of some of their public speakers. This hostile sectional movement North has attained its most formidable proportions upon territorial questions, where the territory in dispute was adapted to free labor. Missouri, California, and Kansas, were the instances. It has always, hitherto, required a practical question, involving all of these three classes of ideas alluded to as the cause of Northern sectionalism, to give it its rH fullest development. Louiuano, Florida and Texas, with her four prospective Slave States, were acquired by the aid of Northern votes. The North said she would gain great material advantages by the acquisition of these Territories; therefore, she consented to it, though they were slave territories. Judging of the future by the past, it would seem that there is no question of a practical nature likely to come up immediately, which would combine the whole North in a lioptile attitude to the South. If Fremont, with the practical issue of Kansas, aggravated as it was by accidental circumstance?, failed to carry the North on a hostile programme against ns, it would seem that there would be less likelihood of such a result being now attained. Kansas lias lost its magnitude as a political question. It 1s a free Territory, and "will not be anything else but a free State; there-, fore, there cannot be any great degree of agitation further on that account. The three great occasions, as already indicated, on which the North and South came near a collision, were in regard to Missouri, California and Kansas. After the two firet were disposed of, the antagonism between the two sections was for a while much mitigated, routicai parues were iuu mediately formed on a National basis. It would seem, therefore, according to the laws of parties, the same result should follow now; and the Black Republican party, as a distinct political organization, should die out; and instead of one general party extending over both sections, and one sectional party limited to only one section, there should be two general parties. If this docs not take place ; if the effort to form a National sec- . tional party is continued, it will indicate a more direct and embittered state of the public mind North, than has hitherto been imagined. It would seem that the North having gained Kansas, should be satisfied. If not, and the Black Republican organization is continued, then we must understand that a large portion of the Northern people are determined to wage a perpetual war against us. Then, the most interesting question for us is, what should be our policy ? In Mr. Boyce's opinion, we should so act as to prevent, if possible, the concentration of the entire power of the North against us, and secure as much as possible, the union of the South. Fortunately, the same line of policy accomplishes both of these results?a wise moderation. Let us plai.e ourselves upon the constitution, and ask for nothing but what is right. Let us, for instance, avoid all barren issues, like the revival of the African Slave Trade, the only effect of which is to strengthen the bands of our enemies North. While we are circumspect in regard to public sentiment North, lot us endeavor to steadily build up a sound public sentiment South?a sentiment that will ask for nothing but what is right and be content with no less. When we look North for a political party to act with, we find that the Democratic party is the only possible party. The principles professed by this party on the subject of slavery are in strict accordance with the constitution. To refuse cooperation with this party then, would be absurd. But we should not blindly attaoh the destinies of the South to any political party; only as long as the Pemocr&tic party stands up to the principles they profess, should we stand up to them. There are twosbades of opinion in tbe Democratic party: i ol one, the^ States Rights Democrats j the other, j a! Intitudinftians. The State Rights vjiog, 80 far ) e: as the Democratic party South are concerned, are { st imbued with the ideas of Mr. Calhou^. This is bi the political school we should encourage. In thus ti acting with the Democratic party, we inaugurate b no new policy; we only follow the example of Mr. Calhoun. But it may be after all, in spite of our utmoat wisdom, that the enemies of the South mny attain possession of the Government. In this case, Mr. Boyce had no hesitation in saying that we ought instantly, to withdraw from .the \ confederacy. The election of an Abolitionist to n the Presidency, or one pledged to carry out that ^ policy, upon a programme of principles hostile 0 to the South, would indicate 6uch a settled purpose v to destroy us, thr.t it would be nwlncss in us 10 u await the final blow. Resistance would necessa- ^ rily involve nil the South, occurring ns it would in b the midst of extreme Exasperation. The result F would be a new confederacy; or an umendment of ^ the Constitution, disposing of the slavery question (( forever. Mr. Boyce's policy, flieftforc, while it n contemplates the utmost prudence, In advance * looks to the alleviation of the most despwfttemeas- ^ ures Upon certain contingencies. He would do every o thing possible, consistent with our honor and safe- 1 ty, to avoid revolution. He did not style himself n an amatenr revolutionist, but when no other alle- p viation remains, he would adopt revolution with- fi out hesitation. ' ? Mr* Boycc referred to our late difficulties with J GrentUritftin, and said there was at no tiM$*nny. f serious danger of war. England was in no con- F dition to go to wnrwith us. Her immense Nation- j: nl debt, her revolution in India, her complications in Chiua, Russia offended, France brooding over <j unavenged wrongs, all forbade the idea of her I hunting up a war with us. It was our interest, j also, to avoid a war with her. To the South- it would have been an nnfavorable measure, eliding as it most have done, in the conquest of the Canadas and other adjacent British possessions, thus j adding dangerously to the powers of the free ^ 8tates. Mr. Boyce, therefore, said he-was utter- I ly opposed to a war with England, if it could be * honorably avoided. Mr. Boyce also referred to the Mormon difficulties, and was gratified at their penceful settlement. ^ He had advocated a conciliatory course towards ^ the Mormons, and the result justified his recommendations. By the exercise of common sense, we had escaped an immensely expensive war; the nrn*l necessitv of a civil war and many other dan- r 8erfl".. / . i ? *? * [advf.rti8bmeht.] Mr. Editor:?We see with great pleasnre in the " last E.vqi'irer, the nomination of .T. G. Enloe. as a a candidate for Ordinary. Many of us in this " quarter were anxiously hoping that Major Enloe, 1 would offer for that office: and now that friends * * J in a distant corner of the District hare nominated , him, we do heartily sebond the nomination and 1 earnestly hope that the nominee will not object. J * ; Twentt Voters on Tuhkby Creek. ^ Turkey Creek, Aug. 13, 1858. o * - [advertisement.] \ : * ?? ? COL. Z, P. HERNDOX. 8 Mr. Editor:?Already, the names of several dis- * tingUished gentlemen have been presented to the ^ public, as worthy of the Gubernatorial mantle, t Without intending to question the claims of any one mentioned in this connection, we would add j one more name to the list of nominations?Col. Z. t P. Herndon. Extensively known as an able law- I yer; a gentleman as unambitious as unassuming, n distinguished for his eminent abilities and high t moral integrity; none would fill this responsible post with more dignity and fidelity than Col. ? Herndon. His selection as the next Governor of i South Carolina would gratify the whole ' <1 UP COUNTRY. J f MERE-MENTION. e A $20 counterfeit on the Bank of Charlotte, d North Carolina, has been shown the Fayettevillc ' Observer. The signatures of the President and g Cashier, H. B. Williams and W. A. Lucas, are j engraved, not written with a pen; and the paper ^ is very soft and inferierj This is dAted 19th ? July, 1853. "A Democrat" in the Newberry j 8tm, nominates Hon. B. F. Perbt for the United, <] Senate A correspondent of the Anderson c Gazette gives the following as the chemical com- ^ pounds of the water at, Williamston Springs:? , "Sulphate, of Magnesia, ten grains; ouipuaie ui i i Soda/nine grains; Carbonate of Iron, two grains ;J 8 Muriate of Lime, one grain, and a trace of Iodine." '."Gen. Wjlliam Walk?a late President of 5 Nicaragua passed through Angusta on Friday last, tl on his route towards the North."" Hon. John P L. Manning is nominated in the Charleston ifercu- ^ t\j for United States Senator. In Boston, h on Friday last, a woman was discoyered by her the police, with a heavy padlock chained to 0; ankle, which had been placed^ there by her hus- ^ band to keep her from patronizing a neighboring 9, snuff store. The Lebanon (Tenn.) Whig says ft tliat .Tons J. Crittenden, who is on arisitto that ^ town, disavowed all aspirations fpr the Preiiden- fl| cy, and said he would not accept a nomination if j, tendered him. A young fellow in Cincinnati Qhio, on Tuesday last, made application for a c marriage license, bat when called upon to give the jt lady's name, could not, for the reason that he had ,c forgotten it. The Guardian says that the first bale of new ^ cotton was sold in Columbia on Saturday last, and was brought from the plantation of Col. T. J. ci Robertson. It was bought by Mr. R. Anderson, n at 14 ceDts. The quality was "middling fair." We learn from despatches by the Arago, that the great comet of Charles V, as it is some- L times called, but better known to astronomers as S that of Fabricius, has at last mftde its appearance, g| and will very shortly bo risible to the naked eye. L It has been seen from the Paris observatory 11 through its telescope, and is pronounced by tne jjj Arago the genuine article. Gerritt Smith g has accepted the nomination for Governor of New ii York made by the Liberty Convention. The. great American showman, Bar.num, is at present ^ othihiiinc Tom Thumb at Baden Baden. He has ? announced that he Intends delivering lectures h next winter in London oh humbug. Gov. McRae, of Mississippi, is spoken of to fill the vacan- 91 cy in Congress caused by the death of General * < Qcitman. To kill cockroaches, get a pair of big boots, then catch your cockroaches, put them n in a barrel and dance on them. The Itich- a mond, Va., journals quote "hoop polee" at8?18, ^ according to quality and size. The whole" 0 amount of money for charitable purposes given away during his life-time by the late Amos Lawrence, of Mass., is said to be six hundred and thirty-Biue thousand dollars. Col. Colt, of Hartford, Conn., has had a case d of arms constructed for presentation to the Empe- ? ror of Russia. The case which is of rosewood, lined with silk velvet, contains two largo calibre rifles (58 and 44), a holster pistol, breech attachment, belt pistol, and pocket pistol. These arms G are highly finished, elegantly engraved, and gold ^ mounted. The members of the Methodist de- g nomination, in the town of Burmingham, on the Ohio, have recently had a serious difficulty about a trivial matter. Several weeks ago a travelling j exhibition stopped there for one night, and quite ^ a number of the members attended it, thinking, doubtless, it would do no harm. The exhibition r< was a combination of circus, threatre, "nigger dancing," and other pea nut attractions. The Methodist preacher very severely rebuked the & fending members of the church who attended the pc row, and took immediate measures to bare them ^a spelled, ^hereupon the church in a body deirtedjiim. Men are born Tfitb two eyes, gs! lit with, one tongue, in order that they should see ? fice as much as they say. The same ij applies *5J le fo boys* and women. # r? eft THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. As everythingrelatin^to the Atlantic Telegraph ill be read with interest, we publish Hie foltbw ""*'6 KV'vuu ?.ww, ..... > Mr. Cyrus W. Field, in his despatch to thtr 8(, ssocinted Press; dated-Sunday, August 8, 1858, m, otes some envious coincidences respecting the l&yig of the Submarine Cable. * He states that the nd of the Atlantic Cable was lnnded on the 5;h f August, 1857, and the other end from tije sam? essel on the 5th of Augusf, 1858. The heavy liorc end laid from Valentin by the Niagara last ear still remains, and was to be spliced on the m( inin cable, so that both ends of the cable have of een actually laid by the Niogara. The Telegraph 'leet sailed jfrom Plymouth on the expgrimental . rip on the 20th of May. * The cable was, broken *! t the stern of tho Agamemnon on the first fcUampt( ^ 3 lay it; on tho 29th of Jane, tyid the splioo. in, th iid-oc.eafi, when the last and successful ajtemptI > ras made, on thejlflth of July. t 1, The progress of th^ ships after their separation ev i mul-ocean, is marked by similiax coincidences 11 f a strange and seemingly pcovlieptial character. 1 Hj, 'hey run nearly the same ?8tioce^ and pay oot early the same length of theTsgbla'day by day f t nd on the 3d of Augnsbjmfind each vessel re- as orting the same depth of water?two hundred atboms. The calculations -with regard to the pu sngth of cable required arc found to have been . ronderfully exact as the following will show ^ length of cable on each ship 1,100 miles, te 'ayed out by the Niagara 1,016 " * qj ayed oat by the Agameqyion,??1,010 " tistnnce run by the Niagara, 882 ?' listance ran by the Agamemnon,... 813 " be The cost of the telegraph cable has been put et [own as follows: - d< 'rice deep sen wire per mile._ $200 >rice spun yam and iron per mile 265 'rice outside tar j>er mile 20 * to Total per mile $485 f0 'or 2600 miles 212,600 'or 10 miles deep sea cable, -at "$1450 *i >er mile 14,500 'or 26 miles shore ends, at $126(f per oile 31,2(30 1 n< - Total cost $1,258,250 w The New York Herald says that Jhe cost of ai ransmitting one column of news from England, s< iy the Atlantio Telegraph Cable, wHI be two <n honsand dollars. Jt Fifteen years ago Professor Morse, in a let- th or to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon. John cc !. Spencerr gave utterance to a prophecy which w ips been fulfilled in the complete' success of the Ltl&ntic Telegraph: * gi "The practical inference from this law is that fo , telegraphic communication on the electrio-mag- a, ietic plan - may with certainty be established cross the Atlantic Ocean. Startling as this may iow seem, I am confident the time will come when n< his project will be realized." ' in Washington, Aug. 12.?Cyrus W. Field, tl csterday, telegraphed from St. John's that pre- ( ious to starting, the Directors of the Atlantic 'elegrapb Company unanimously decided that af- P1 er the cubic had been laid, snd the Queen's and 'resident's message transmitted, the line should ^ >e kept free for sevetal weeks, solely f<Sr the use f electricians, to enable them thoroughly to teat " he various modes of telegraphing, so that the w lirectors might decide which was the best and 8( nost rApid method for future use, for it was con- g| idered that after the line was once thrown open or business, it would be very difficult to obtain it ?' or experimental purposes. Due notice would be ai jveo when the line is ready for business, and of ^ he tariff of prices. ??New telegbarnic Symbols.?The Philadel- C( tliia Enquirer anya: A letter from Washington says hat should the Atlantic Telegraph prove a comdete success, it will become necessary for brevity, tl iconomy and privacy in dispatches, both official ^ ,nd non-official, to invent new alphabets or sym- .. ioIs, to be understood between parties on either ide, of the Atlantio. * Already plans for official & nrr??nnnden<?fi have been submitted to the flov- d rnment for examination and adoption. The State -n )epar(ment now bus a cipherfor secret correaponlence with agents abroad. It is highly probable, aorcover, that a second line of cable wiU be laid ? iy the same company, as soon as the first shall be ully tested, with a reasonable prospect of yield- ^ d a fair remuneration for the outlay. This, in- 0 leed, will be essential, in case of any accident to the ine that has already been laid. That an immense **' msiness will be transacted, especially If the ratofc * hould be at all reasonable, is beyond all doubt. " ndeed, it is not likely that one, or even two cables fill, in the course of a few years, prove adequate j or the transmission of the many messages between he two worlds. But, at the present moment, it P1 S impossible to speculate with the least, conse- pi pience, as to the extent to which this new appli- * ation of electricity may be carried. .. The New Orleans Drlla of Saturday says:. ^ liie announcement of the successful laying of . (mericnn portion of the Atlantic Cable, by the P< In.'ted 8tates steam frigate Niagara,~which- was at elivcrcd at the office of the N. V. and Nt Q, gt outhern Line at 12.30 p. m. yesterday, was. reeived by our telegraph news reporter here at 11. aI 0 a. m.- -being forty, minutes ahead of time. If at lie Traps Atlantic Line shows an equal degree of Qj roroptoess with the Southern Line, a? disjmtch ift at the London office' at 0 p. m., would reach us efore 5 o'clock, the same evening?or over four 8? ours ahead ef time | - ,. fit The Charleston .VrrcHry in disorlbing 'the abjesays: "The outside consists of eighteen ? (rands of seven-inch copper wire, next are six fli (rands of yarn, then three coats of gutta percha, nd in the centre the seven telegraphic wires. Its n< 'Ai<rht is 18fi0 lbs. to the mile, and itsflexibilv is Wi > great that it can be tied aronnd a.poet without it' ljarj."- - V . N Yalkntia Habbob.?This place, hitherto pi omparatirely unknown, is about to assume vast of nportance, as the European terminus of the At- intic Telegraph. The following description of eh le island and town we copy from Lippincott's B< \aztlletr: *' lei "Valentin, or Kenmore, an island off the west di jast of Ireland, Master, County of Kerry, three jje liles 8. W.of Cahircireen^and separated from le main land by a strait 1 j miles in breadth, and u hich forms the most western harbor in the Brit- bj ih Islands:?lat. 51.65 If., long. 10.19 W.? e[ ,ength of island, 7 miles; breadth 2 miles. It ives the title of Viscount to the Anneeley family. "Valentin, or Valencia, a town or Tillage at the P? suthenstern' extremity of the island of valentia, ail reland, is beautifully enclosed amongbrown motjnlin slopes. Population of town and parish 2486. he harbor is deep, capacious, and completely ind-locked, and- being the most western part of fai Europe, has lately attracted cpusiderable attention m, i consequence of a proposal to make it 4he wes;ru terminus of railway communication, and a rinolpal station for Atlantic steamers." fir Trinity Bay, and Balls Arm Bay, are on the pe astern coast of the island ofNewfoundland, about it. 47 N., and Ion. 62 W. ao The Columbia Guardian, of the 17th inst., 401 Ml iy8: in "All doubt now about telegraphic communica- . ion between the Old and New Worlds is now re- 8U loved. We hare the gratification to print this ar lorning the (^een's Message to President Buch- ca nan, aieo one from the Directors of the Atlantic , elegraph Company in Great Britain to the Direc- ^ )v? on this side. It is the greatest achievement f science the worm ever saw r j of QUEEN'S MESSAGE! Ph Valentia, Ireland, August 16, 1868. To the Honorable . T The President of the United State*. th Her Majesty desires to congratulate the Preai- ^ ent upon the successful completion of this great ork in which the Queen has taken the deepest tei iterest. Victoria. R. DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE. Valb.vtia, Ireland, August 16, 1868. Europe and America are united by telegraph. poky to God in thj? Highest! On Earth eace. Good Will towards Ma* I re Directors of Atlantic Telegraph Company, Great ^ ritain. pr The Black Tongue?Remedies.?As this a- ^ irpuing disease is now prevailing in our midst, we ag ave thought fit to piibjish all the cures fop it of hich we find in our exchanges, hoping th^ ofjr ;aders may be benefitted thereby, < . gg The Southern Georgian furnishes the following i na Copperas and water, strong decoction, half a 10 tllon, to which add half a pint of Rpirito ntine?use as a mouth wash one* a day for two js, ami drench with one pint uf salt and water. The following is from the Lexington Flag: Take one table spoon fail of wagon tir, one of it, ^n?e of soft Bonp, a tea-spoon fuH of copperas, piece of asafoetida about the size of a peach ed. Put on a bridle bit wrapped two or three nes round' with thick cotton cloth tied welt n't ch end, to keep it on the bit, pot It on tic cow a bridle, renew twice.every other day? Put it ns soon as you discorer it on the-beast. A correspondent from Sumter, writing to the >reun/, sajs: \ I have found no remedy to succeed sp wf\ as & composed of salt, vinegar, and pepper, made rong, and a wine glass full poured into their oaths two or three times a day. ** 1 * , + '? For the-'Yot;kviHe Enqohpi'. vS? ? ?? ? ??WAH m m vnnv* JIJfG TO TMKU1KCU3-?IT'U .uunAl>n l. Mr. EditorAs yonr paper bns b&n made >he adjum ofdi jussing the morality and contrary certain practices, with yonr permission, I will vote a few lines toncbiug another prattew to licit wan j, who appear to hate great respect to lat is morally right, are addicted. I refer 4o o visiting of Circuses, $c. * The morality of this practice is questionable? en if its immorality is not certain awl evident, lo not aim to discus9 the subject entirely, but nply to touch some of its outlines, and thus row out some suggestions td others, who are not hamed to embrace "the true,* the beautiful and e good"?and to whom as "wise men, a word 1* fficient." Let us indicate some of the facts, that way dermine the moral aspects of the act of attending ttnses aqd such like exhibitions. Th? conductors of the Circuses do not claim to s public benefactors; tbey do not aim to refine or iucate either man's moral or social nature; nor > they presume to make their patrons either betr men, or more useful'oitixens, Simply to excite taste for the marvelous, and astonish their visirs with Strangc things, and thus entertain them r a short time, ie the height of their design. Their advertisements (some af which are false) id outside (street) displays, afr such as afford ear proofs of intention' to stimulate cariosity, id thus attract the wondering multitude. Counted with all Cireuses^ there is aelass of persons hose -morals are notoriously corrupt, and soAe e the most abandoned idlers and/vagabonds pf >ciety, who seem to-ham -but little respect to \y-of Go<Vf laws, and' who,-even in obedience to leir employers,'habitually disrespect aad profane t Sabbath. These men are supported end so aaluraged from funds contributed by- the.orewd* ho witness the exhibitions of th* actors. The multitades who attend them are a motley roup, the majority being of thofe who are most nd of coarse ijbaldry, clownish slang, vulgarity id profanity. The performances are such as .to require a drtss it always most decent^ a language smacking of ^proprieties, lewdness, and even profanity; and ie feats exhibited arq unnatural, of no practical lility, and do tend to shorten the lives of the ractitiooers. ? - * ' ' From the country they carry off hundreds* wf liars?(perhaps nearly as maeli as is approprta:d by the State to edneate the poor,)1o're tarn for hieb, they giveoaly a momentary gtatiAoatton of >me of the lowest passions of boys, and' others'.of milar tastes; fill tho community with a multitude f petty, senseless,. base and demoralising phraeea, ad leave behind the example nod effects of deinchery, fornication, and all manner of corrupon. They are oppoeed by the most pious of the inntry. Add now to these facts two others. The city police and town councils do lift ap leir testimony agfinst their exhibitions- as ie lown by the impositions of fines for every exMition they make. The Congress of the United tates has placed ita stigma upon than, as is evi eat from this resolution which tm adopted early 1 the history of the country. " "Whereas true religion and good morals arc .the nly foundations of ppblic liberty and happiness; \e solved, that it be and is hereby recommended ) the several States, to take the most effectual leans for the encouragement thereof; and for the oppression of theatrical entertainment*, kqrse ra'ng, gaming and suck other diversions afi are prouctive of idleness, and a general depravity of prit}' pies and manners." Now, in deducing a conclusion from these facts, would ask, does it seem to he a pure morality, to itronire, aid and sustain by money and personal resenee, the agencies who are what the Circus Is; ho work such results upon, the community as are v rought by these and -kindred companies; who grade, pollute, demoralise and tajc -even the )or, and who only leave in. their traok a limited nount of gratified curiosity and valueless pleaurn, besides a vast amount of mental dissipation id moral profligacy? If so, why are pot the good id refined of society, the habitual patrons of the ire us. ? Why do towns, cities and Congress, legislate alinst it ? And why is their suoh a necessity for iming advertisements and pictures to herald e parent or a-uircus: /ina wny are me young black and wbUe~?tbe gay and giddy, the pnjgate and thoughtless and immoral, the first to be stasied by the news of a coming Circns f I am it prepared to pronounce that morality pare, bich is thus characterised, and finds such persons s ablest advocates and practical exponents.? or does the morality become more pare by the eos that are urged by those, who grace the inside the canvass of the Circus. . They tell us they are not responsible for the moral araefer and conduct of the circus men. Not valid, cause the very moaner of life that these men ad, is the occasion to a great degrft, for their in* ilgeuce of vices. Other mod as of life would not i so encumbered with those pecnliar temptations, id hence.not so, prolific of eviL The money paid r the public is the means, whereby these men are isbled to'lead such a life?therefore, they who ty this money, do thereby become the partial itrans of vice, and so ore, more or lea?, response. Agaiu; They tell us they need not be injured by tneseing the performances of the Circus. This jp Ise, if the representation of the performanees ade by us be correct. "Can a man touch pitch ,d not be defiled?" "Can a man take coals of e into his bosom and not be burned ?" If the rfof mances do net effeot positive good, they must i iiyury. Farther. J'here is usually a Menagerie nnsetsd with the Circus, and it is profitable to see if. Not a good plea. Men go into the Oirous preference to the Menagerie. If the plea be icere, why go into the Circus at all, for they e separate?and are only nominally attached to tch some whose consciences would be offended the naked Circus. I repeat it then, the attendance npon the Circns is mh rfoi/htfiil maraliiti. Wire I writing for irie tians, I would say yoq who qre ppmm&qie 1 "be *ot conformed to this world," and ''avoid e very appearance of evil," and "stand sot In e way of sinners," pause and reflect before at\ding the Cirtvi. ' RU8TICU8. August 14th, 1858. Columbia Market. Columbia, August 16. Cotton.?It wilI be recollected that oar weekly port, endiDg on the 7th jnst, closed somewhat ill and stalling, and that ll^c. was the highest ice for a fair article. Qoring $o whole qf flf? >ek brought to a close, this same dull feattyce s characterised the market, and prices haye sin turned in favor of buyers. The amount cotton offering still continues rery light, cod nseqnentiy the tales are limited and uuimportt. The miles of the week only foot up about Abates, and we now quote inf>rior 8}@9, oralmiddling 8J(Sil0i, good middling i@llvand fair to choice ll}@lli}c, Wvntry Baton.?There is do ooontjy bacon of