Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 19, 1858, Image 2
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??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.
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? 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,
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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.
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EDITED BY
SAM'Ij XV. MEIiTOUt
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.] \ : *
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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? ?
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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