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Strap & jfaris.
The Opposition members of the
Tennessee Legislature have nominated John
Bell as the Union candidate for the Presidency.
Late advice from Washington state
that an agent has gone to Vera Crnz to offer
the services of American volunteers to
the Liberalise.
The Governor of Connecticut in his
message regards the idea of a dissolution of
the Union as very remote. He is against
the African slave trade, and hopes the tariff
will be increased.
This being leap year, ladies who are
particularly desirous of entering the 6tate
of matrimony, will have the privilege
of making love to any of the opposite sex
on whom they may fix their affections.
Mr. Mace C. Pendleton, a sober and
industrious young man, of Darlington, shot
himself in the abdomen with a pistol, which
he was handling, on the 23d nit., and died
in 30 minntes after.
The Legislature of Florida has enacted
a very stringent militia law, and reorganized
the military system of the State.
On the first Monday in May next, it is
made the duty of the Governor to order an
election from Captain up to Major General.
The New Yoik Tribune says when
Gov. Seward entered his gateway, he was
met by the various clergymen of Auburn,
waiting to welcome him home, and was so
affected that he lost the power of speech.?
It is a pity he should ever recover it.
We have been reliably informed
than an incendiary was discovered in Clarendon
District, taken in hands by a Vigilance
Committee and hung. We have not
heard any of the particulars. From the
summary penalty inflicted, the evidence
must have been very palpbabale and the offence
henious.?South Carolinian.
A few nights since some thieves entered
a female seminary at Wheeling, Va.,
administered chloroform to the pupils and
then deliberately carried of all their jewelry,
money, and apparel, not forgetting?the
sentimental rogues?to kiss all the pretty
girls as they lay reposing in bewitching
beauty.
It is stated that there are now in
Canada, forty five thousand runaway slaves
from the South. Valuing these slaves at
an average of one thousand dollars each,
it is clear that the Britishprovinces are
harboring 845,000,000 worth of the property
of the United States, and keeping it beyond
the reach of the rightful owners.
We understand that a young gentleman
of color wentj into the store of one
of our merchants the other day, and enquiredior
axe handles. He was shown a good
article 6f~Northern make and, after several
minutes of examination, was asked by the
'boss' if they wouldn't do. He replied that
they were very good, but that he didn't
like the people where they come from.?
Camden Journal.
Messrs. W. P. Gilman & Co., of
Richmond, Ya.,are making arrangements
for the publication of a Directory, to be
circulated extensively in the slaveholdiDg j
States, in which the Dames of all the conservative
kra since* fi^ms of the Northern'
cities are to be printed, so that the South
em merchants may avoid the fanatics in
their dealings in Philadelphia, New York,
Boston and other Northern cities.
We received a visit, yesterday morning,
from a travelling agent of a New York :
Furnishing bouse. He informed us that
he had travelled through portions of Ten-'
nessee, Alabama and Georgia, for the purpose
of receiving orders for his house, and
that he had not received more than twenty
orders in his whole route?scarcely sufficient
to pay his travelling expenses. He
was on his way home. Hundreds of Northern
drummers are meeting with similar sue- ,
cess this season.?Atlanta Confederacy.
While a gentleman of this city was 1
playing backgammon with his son, some ,
days since, one of the dice fell on the floor,
and was picked up by a hen. The hen was
killed eighteen hours afterwards, and the
die was found in the gizzard, having under-'
gone considerable abrasion from the action
of the digestive organs. It has lost the distinctive
figures and angles, as may be seen
on examination at our office, where it has
been placed with its match die in the ori- .
ginal condition for comparison.? Charleston
Courier.
We have conversed with several gen- {
tleman from adjoining and surrounding (
counties, who without exception, unite in J,
representing the prospective wheat crop as
very unpromising. Several informed us: f
that they had seen acres upon acres entire-' (
ly and effectually killed out by frost. The <
winter has beeu an unfavorable one, and j l
the disparaging prospects of the year's crop, <
^0? have a decided influence upon the ruling t
prices of grains now upon toe market.?1 f
Wheat, the naked grain, without sacks, j
is now selling readly at SI 25 ; and com, | j
the naked grain, at G5 cents. If farmers |t
have a surplus of either wheat or corn, they i
need have no fears of bringing it forward, t
to this market, as we can assure them they i r
can command a good price for either.? J t
Chattanooga Advertiser, loth. fl
We learn from the Selma (Ala.)
Reporter, that Mr. Henry, of Mobile, has
recently patented two inventions, which, it t
seems to us, must be of immense value to ?
cotton growers in the Southern States. The [
first of these is a sort of drying closet, con- j,
sisting of a series of metal drawers, into B
which artificial heat is forced through a!k
series of tubes. Heretofore the planters
have lost, say about one-third of their time
during the cotton-picking season, in consequence
of rains, which almost invariably 1
fall at that period, and their hands being "
unable to pick the cotton fast enough, much '
is blown out, or if picked while damp, they 1
are compelled to gin it, much to its injury ;' (
or, worst of all, to gather it, bolls, stems I
and leaf together, making a very inferior j.
quality of cotton, when passed through the J (
gin. By this invention, however, the cot- ,
ton is thoroughly dried, no matter how
damp; the planter keeps up with his crop, ,
and saves it all in good condition. The sec- |
ond invention is a sort of crushing mill, by
which all the cotton seed, now almost a nuisance,
is converted into a valuable food for
cattle, and an oil of great importance for
various uses is produced. Besides these,
the hulls, waich constitute about half the
weight of the seed, are found to be an active
and powerful manure. The value of
the oil from the seed of the American crop i
is estimated to be equal to 50,000,000 bushels
or corn, which at present prices of corn, ,
woulu be worth ?15,000,000. i
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edited by
SAM'Xi W. MELTON WM. W. EAST.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THUBSDAY MOBBING, JANTTABY 19, 1860.
Special Notice.?All communications, on
matters connected with the paper, should be addressed
to "The Yorkyille Enquirer;" and
not to the Editors or Proprietor, personally. Persons
desiring prompt attention to their favors,
must bear this in mind.
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Samuel G. Brown, J. L. Thompson, and Samuel
J. Kuykendal, of York; John R. Allen, Post
Master at Chester, S. C.; Joseph Walker, 120
MeetiDg-street, Charleston, S. C.; and William
D. Cook, of BennettSYille, are authorized agents
of tho Enquirer.
makkiauju aunths.
We have received two marriage notices from
Bradley County, Arkansas; but as they are unaccompanied
by a responsible name, we must
decline their publication. We are at all times
pleased to give such matters a place in our columns,
but we must insist on the conditions?a
responsible name must accompany the notice as
a voucher that the statement is correct.
j CATAWBA LODGE, NO. 56, A. P. M.
Past Master Richard Habe, by Dispensation,
on Tuesday of last week, installed the following
persons as officers of "Catawba Lodge, No. 5G,"
Ancient Free Masons, located at Fort Mills, in
this District:
JOHN M. WHITE, W. M.
Dr. B. M. COBB, S. W.
B. F. POWELL, J. W.
F. E. MOORE, S. D.
J. H. STEWART, Jr., J. D.
R. H. FULLWOOD, Jr., Secretary.
T. B. WITHERS, Treaturer.
JAS. H. STEWART, 1 .
B. J. PATTERSON, ) Rewards.
THOS J. CDLP, Tyler.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Our readers will find on the outside, some very
readable extracts from the first volume of Pabton's
life of Andrew Jackson. They show to
us the wild, wilful, invincible 'Old Hickory' in
his younger days, in the lucid style of a graphic
and truly entertaining biographer. We see here,
in the gaDgling school-boy who would not 'stay
throwed,' that unbending will which, in after
years, led him to invade Florida?then Spanish
territory?in pursuit of the Seminoles^and lay
Siege 10 X'ensacoill, wutu iijc uuicmucui nog
hesitating to take upon itself such a heavy responsibility.
The same self-willed invincibility
that overthrew the United States' Bank, and
raised such a storm against South Carolina during
the days of nullification, is seen in the
swearing, slashing, wicked Andy, at the old field
school. Turn to the extracts, reader, and laugh
over the excentric, gusty, hard-headed stripling,
and see how the blood of a veritable hero boiled
and bounded in his veins.
Just here we must say, that we think it highly
improbable that Jackson was ever a student in
Dr. Waddell's school. The traditions of this
region, where his name is a familiar household
word, are to the contrary. According to these,
he was a pupil under Rev. Dr. Alexander, of
the Bethel school, ten miles above Torkville. We
cannot forbear relating an anecdote, strongly illustrative
of his general character, which occurred
while he was at that place. He boarded with
the Doctor. As Mr?r Wi?s??v-e<?ye, hie foadn****
for 'corn and beans' and, we add, eatables in
general, was decidedly famous. So he often
grew weary of the Doctor's grace, which was
quite lengthy, when his impatient appetite was
eager to 'settle the hash' with the many good
things on the table before him. Well, a beef was
killed one morning, and Andy, with his teacher,""
was present at the butchery. Says he to the
Doctor, when the beef was skinned :?"Now,
Doctor! to save time and trouble, suppose you
say grace over the whole beef at once and be
done with it!"
Verily, that was his way of doing everything
throughout life. He never stood on ceremonies.
As a General and President, as well as schoolboy,
he wanted grace to be said over the whole
beef at once. His head was impetuous, and his
heart went with it. From head to foot, he was
all over a thorough-going thunder-storm.
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HUNGARY.
The Protestant population of Hungary is three
million out of eight million inhabitants. The
Protestant Church enjoys, or should enjoy, cer- ]
tain privileges guarded by treaties entered upon
more than two centuries ago with the guarantee ,
of the great Protestant powers of Europe. The
Austrian Government, on the 1st of September
last, so modified the ancient Protestant constitution
as to seriously affect their independence.? ,
[t withdrew the right of veto from the King, and
gave the right of absolute sanction to the gov- (
eminent. It also deprived the Protestants of j
the privilege of mnnaging their schools."
These measures have created great dissatisfac- <
tion among the synods, which have protested a- j
gainst them in vain. The government forbade i
hem to meet; and requires the synods, which may ,
lereafter meet, to assent to the arbitrary violation j
>f the ancientlaws before they are allowed to give ?
;heir opinion of the new regulations. So much f
or the religious state of Hungary. }
In politics she is in no better condition. All t
jarties arc merged in one for the restoration of ;
he political constitution, which was suspended ?
n 1849. Twenty-two magnates have declared f
o M. de HrBNEK, the minister of Police, that no f
eform is possible unless this is done, and Aus- ^
ria ceases her attempts to Germanize Hungary f
md absorb tbe Magyar nationality. But Aus- t
ria is too sullen and dectatorial to listen to these ^
easonable and just claims. ' c
These are the measures which are troubling 0
he consciences and the patriotism of the Hun- a
;arians. Let Hungary have her language and a
ler institutions once more; let the press be free:
et the national jury and representation be plan- t
led on principle and equality ; and let Austria v
:eep her fingers out of the pic. Then peace. a
GOV. LETCHER'S MESSAGE. ^
Governor LetCHF.k, of Virginia, has transmited
his first message to the Legislature of that
state. He recommends that a convention of all ^
he States of the Union be called to ascertain
vhether the 'questions in controversy cannot be t
;euied upon some basis mutually satisfactory to
totb sections.' If any such a convention should
s
ind the differences between the North and South
%
irreconcilable, let them consider the question
of peaceable separation and a division of the na- ^
tional property.
lie also suggests tbat a commission of two in j
telligent, discreet and experienced statesmen,
be appointed to visit the Legislatures of tho?c ;
States which have passed laws to hinder the re- t
turn of fugitive slaves, and to insist, in the name
of Virginia, on their unconditional repeal. Tie, t
also, recommends the fostering of direct trade, t
the completion oi" public works, and the encour- 1
agement of manufactures and the mechanic arts, i
and a spirit of independence among the people, i
The Charleston Mercury advocates the idea of (
a National Convention, on the ground that no set- <
tlement of differences could be made, and the i
result would be a Southern Convention. If such i
should be the end of the matter, it would be a i
happy movement; but we fear it would only be
another link in the great iron ohain of compromise
and submission. The fifteen Southern States
wonld be there, in league with a few of the more
conservative Northern States, and the South
might make her own amendments to the Consti
tution. But the difficulty is not the want of full
and plain provisions to proteot onr institutions.
The Constitution, handed down by our fathers,
recognizes slaves as legal property, provides for
the restoration of fugitive slaves, and permits
slavery to go into all the common territory of
the country. Have these provisions been carried
out, or even submitted to, by the Northern
members of the confederacy? They have not.
What more could a National Convention now say
or do? Nothing. They could not make the
Constitution any plainer than it is. If the South
were to frame her own amendment, and it should
pass, she would have to accept it as the final settlement
of existing difficulties. There is little
I or no doubt of its passing under the present pres
sure of non-intercourse and direct trade. The
Convention would dissolve in apparent good humor.
The South would return home to nod over
the brilliant prospect of restored peace and equal
rights; while the North would retire laughing
in their sleeves and set about the old process
of tickling her ears with a straw again.
SANDED COTTON.
j Various complaints from abroad, and one especially
from the New York Chamber of Commerce,
have recently reached the South, on the
suoject of fraudulently packed and sandy cotton.
If these complaints were just, they come with
a bad grace from those who have been palming
off 'wooden nutmegs' and 'Yankee nostrums'
upon us all the days of our existence. But the
complaint, at least, of fraudulence in packing, i
uncalled for. We recollect an anecdote of an
old Carolina planter, who stowed away in the
middle of a cotton-bag, an unserviceable grindstone,
which waa^afterwards returned to him in
a barrel of sugar. But such cases are of rare
occurrence ; and, if the same vigilance that detected
the grindstone was always exercised by
by factors and buyers, there would be fewer still.
We can readily account for the trash and sand
of all the cotton that goes to market. A wholesale
business is made of selling by the agent of
the planter. Thp manufacturer, or his agent,
buys hundreds, perhaps thousands of bales,
good, bad and indifferent, all at once and at an
equalized valuation. Thus the planter who
nmnufin Hiq ernn carefnllv for market is not re
paid for bis trouble by the enhanced value of
his cotton over that? of his neighbor, who picks
and packs hurriedly and negligently. His cotton
should be worth twelve cents, and his neighbor's
only ten; but the factor sells the two lots together
at eleven cents. A duty is thus, levied
on good cotton, in favor of bad cotton. The
consequence is, our planters adopt the hasty nnd
negligent mode of gathering, ginning and packing,
as the speediest way of making money.
Yet it is the interest of our p'ancers, as a body,
to prepare every lock of cotton well. This is
the criterion by which we are judged abroad, as
an honest, tasty and well-to-do people. If we
impair the real value of our great staple production,
by a mixture of trash and sand, and by
nappy ginning, we certainly will diminish its
exchangeable value in market. This may be a
small loss to each individual planter; but it is a
permanent one, because it is the loss of reputation,
and in the aggregate will amount to millions.
Besides this monied loss, our honor is at stake;
and our sectional pride should be enlisted to give
to the world our cotton in the best possible
condition.
We givt below some curious statistics from
Thomas Ratcliffk, Esq., of Liverpool, presenting
an ^amstyshs of eottoo consumption.' They
embrace*several years and show the gradual increase
of 'dust' found in cotton. The first column
gives the number of pounds of cotton used ; the
second shows the pounds of yarn manufactured
<Vmti 1 nf'ft flic nf rnftnn thn third th? in
1000 lbs ; and the fourth, the dust in 1000 lbs
of cotton. They were addressed to the Rev. J.
D. W. Bubkheap, of Greenwood, S. C. ; and
through his kindness, we are permitted to lay
thorn before the public :
Dates.
1833-9-40. lbs cotton usei). yarns. waste. post.
To D?c. 1.120,374 851} 132* 13}
1841, Dec. 587.311 853* 125* 15
1842, " 014,141 852 135 13
1843, " 587,250 814 165 21
1844, .Tunc. 321,907 736 173 31
' Dec. 369,422 833 152 15
1845, June. 353,969 818* 147 341
" Dec. 333,085 815* 152* 32'
1846, Dec. 896.111 807 147 45
1847, June. 377,560 791 149 60
" Dec. 343,660 852 116 26
1848, June. 402,118 856 111 33
" Dec. 365,918 860 109 31
1849, Jane. 397,308 859 107 33
" Dec. 401,436 859 112 29
1850, June. 361,020 860* 106 34
" Dec. 421,453 856 107 37
1851, June. 334,381 852 112 36
" Dec. 411,468 859 121 20
1852, June. 409,919 837 114 49
" Dec. 414,843 846 129 25
1853, June. 419,702 837 119 44
" Dec. 419,123 863 124 13
1854, June. 364,531 853 123 24
" Dec. 442,322 841 100 39
1855,June. 419,949 825 124 51
" Dec. 443,194 823 126 51
OUR EXCHANGES.
The Home Journal.
This brilliant and genial weekly is very nearly
jur beau-ideal of a literary and family newspaper.
General George P. Morris and N. P.
Willis, its editors, are both celebrities in the
icld of American literature. -Morris is em
shatically the song-writer of our country.?
Willis' 'Glenmavy letters' gave him in youth, a
reputation which years and experience have ony
rendered more brilliant and enduring. If we
idmire this paper for its intrinsic merit, we
leartily approve of its circulation in Southern
tomes, because it never has contained a single
irticle offensive to the South or hostile to her
nstitutions. It pays its visits to the fire side ; |
ind by the charm of its humor, the cheerfulness
tf its morality, and the creaminess of its litera- j
ure, it becomes 'a thing of beauty' to every ,
lorae circle which it enters. The programme ,
or 1800 is unusually attractive. All who wish ,
o make the best investment of $2.00, may ad- (
Iress 'Morris & Willis,' New York, and will re- |
teive in return one of the neatest and spicies' (
f Journals, reflecting Bro. Jonathan's most ;
.greeable features to the life.
Che Anderson Gaxette.
Mr. James T. Hoyt, who has been virtually
he editor of this paper, for the last two years,
till henceforth be the avowed, bona-fide editor,
t least for a season. He wields a clever pen.?
lay his success be equal to his merits.
die Chester btnndard.
The Standard appears with a new head-dress, *
,nd gives general evidence of a thrifty condition. 1
)ur worthy friend, McDaniel, in his kindly no- '
ice of us, which we heartily reciprocate, has '
ouchcd a deep chord in his allusion to the friend- 1
hip of College days. We sincerely hope and '
rish that our relations, as brethren of the quill, \
rill be redoleut of the memories that bloom in 1
he classic shades of our 'alma mater.1
rhc Greenville Patriot.
Messrs. Goodlet & Donaldson have retired .
roiu the editorial department of the Patriot and
Vountaincer. (?. E. Elforu, the able Proprietor,
s their successor. 1
?outh Arkansas Democrat.
Joseph II. Black, Esq., formerly an editor i
)f the Enquirer, and during his college life, of i
the E:;-kin.e Recorder, has his salutatory in the
last number of the South Arkansas Democrat as
the editor and co-proprietor of that paper. He
is well known as a writer, for his graceful style, |
}uiet humor and vigorous thought. We wish i
)ur old and valued friend unqualified success;
is we know him to be a gentleman, a scholar,
ind an accomplished and able writer. A word
n your ear Joe ! Deal sparingly in mo?lasses !
EDITORIAL. I2VKX.LKGS.
The Alabama State Convention.
The Alnbama State Democratic Convention has
taken the highest possible Southern ground at a
late meeting. It insists on protection to slavery
in the Territories; and instructs its delegates to
press this matter in the Charleston Convention,
before tho nominations for President. If that
body shall refuse to make 'protection' a part of
the Democratic platform, they are to wash their
hands of (ho Convention and return home. Well
said 1 The following are the delegates elect for
the State at large: Leroy Hope Walker, John
A. Winston, Wm. L. Taney, Francis L. Leyon,
David W. Baine, Alex. B. Meek, Levi W. Dawdler,
Henry D. Smith.
Congpresntonal.
No Sptaker is yet elected. An effort was
j lO.U l t r.: i i _ .1 \f
UJttUO WU laic X X* kU| UUl iHIIOUj IU 1UUUVO Wil. I
Clabeb to withdraw his Helper resolution.?
On the same day Mr. Haskin, of New York, was
speaking, when a pistol fell from his person,
which created some disturbance. Mr. Douglas
said his Views wereof twelve year's standing and
were the Eentiraents of three-fourths of the Democratic
party. Little is doing. Congress is very
much in the condition of the Irishman's hen?
setting, standing.
Death oT Lord Itlacanlajr.
The last arrival from Europe announces the
death of the great historian, Thomas Babihgton
Macaulay. Ho sprang from humble parentage,
but by the force of his transcendant genius
reached the peerage of the British realm. He
began hin literary career as a poet and essayist.
His 'Lays of Borne' must have inspired Mm with
a hope of the poet's crown; while his essay on
Byron is conceded to be one of the justest and
ablest estimates of the character and genius of
'the apostle of afflictions.' The master piece of
his mind is his inimitable History of England.?
He touched its pages with a magic pen. The
greatest regret attending his death will be, that
he leave*; this History in an unfinished condition.
The most of the English histories are tainted
with Tory politics. Macaulay was the champion
of the Whig, or Liberal party. The student will
regret that both sides are not fully defended to
his understanding. Yet he rests well. Peace to
his ashen and fadeless laurels for his brow !
Napoleon and the Pope.
A pamphlet, supposed to have been written by
the Emperor Napoleon, has been published on
the Italian question and the temporal power of
the Pops. The pamphlet is addressed to the
Peace Congress; and proposes that the Pope retain
certain temporal power, but be shorn of all
political authority. Accordingly France will insist
on the Pope's possessions being confined to
the city of Rome. France will not herself restore
the Romagna, which is unwilling to submit to
Papal sovereignty; nor will she allow Austria to
restore ;t to the Pope by force of arms.
This bold and comprehensive solution of the
Papal problem is received with favor by all
shades of party in England. The Pope refases
to enter the Peace_Congre99, unless the ramored
authorship of the pamphlet is denied. That power
which once wielded a rod of iron over all
Christendom is in its dotage. The 'great beast'
is perishing.
The Kentucky State Convention.
The Kentucky Convention has a dark side and
a bright one. The majority report favors Guthrie
for next President, and Mr. Buoharan's
administration. The minority goes for Douolass
and squatter sovereignty and against Congressional
protection of slavery in the Territories.
Both endorse the Bred Scott deoision.
The Conflict In Hungary.
The war between Austria and her most important,
yet most disaffected province, has begun.
At a meeting of the Protestants, in the city of
Pesth,_ December 1G, the people were attacked
by the Austrian soldiery, rudely forced to disperse,
many of them put to the sword and others
cast into prison. The spirit of the people has
been thoroughly aroused. The national cry
Eljena nasaV ('Long live the country!') grates
upon Austrian ears; and the authorities are
preparing to enforce the mandates of Austrian
tyranny with an iron rule. We will watch and
chronicle the progress of this great and important
struggle.
SPEECH OF HON. W. W. BOYCE.
We give below a synopsis of Mr. Botce'9
speech. delivered in the House of Representatives,
cn the 3d instant, in opposition to the Re
puDiicon party. it 13 ltnpossiuie iuuu jumiuh iu
his logic and eloquence in the short space which
we muit occupy:
Mr. Boyce begins by declaring that, in his
opinion, the Union was never in greater peril, because
of the rapid rise and threatened ascendancy
of the Republican party?a party appealing
to the prejudices, passions and supposed interests
of one section, in order to band them together
against the other section. It is a sectional party
upon tbe most dangerous of issues, because it
addresses itself to the strongest passions of the
heart in each section. At tbe North, it is religious
fanaticism; at the South, a question of existence.
* * * *
It is a striking fact that this party does not
propose any change of governmental policy in
regard to the subjects of taxation, disbursements
and protection to home industry. They propose
no change in the tariff, none in the coastwise
trade and ship building?already Northern monopolies?none
in the law, giving cod-fish bounties
to Massachusetts?none in the law which,
under the form of the reciprocity treaty, permits
free-trade between Canada and the Northern
frontier. Why does this party propose no change (
in these laws which touch the arteries of their
ijreat industry at every point? It is because (
they are so favorable to Northern interests, that 1
they cannot be improved upon. ]
The great practical issue of this party is the 1
prohibition of slavery in the Territories. They
would have us believe this is the be-all and end- (
ill of "heir agitation. Yet according to the sig- 1
rcificart admission of the gentleman from Ohio
[Mr. Corwin) this question is settled by the
aws of physical geography and the movements ,
>f population ; and the mission of the party beng
fulfilled, it ought to disband. But its organi- :
lation continues. The purpose must be the seitureofall
tbe offices, and the confiscation of all ,
:he spoils of Government. * * * ,
Mr. Boyce then points out the dangers of a ,
jectioial party in two particulars.
First, our Government is one of the most del- 1
cate organism. It is a free government upon a .
free government; a free government of the sec- .
jnd degree; for fir3t come the State governments; ,
From their union results the Federal Government.
It cannot act well without harmony, and harmoay
cannot exist without justice. Sectionalism, .
being the rankest injustice, is of fatal influence
to tbe Government. Farther, our Government f
is Dot a Democracy pure and simple, but a Ke- 1
public with checks and balances. The numeri- |
cal majority have not absolute power, being sub- <
jectecl to the concurrent action of the Senate, (
representing States without regard to number. ,
[f one section containing the majority of States
us well as inhabitants unite in a party against |
the minority section, they control the Senate and t
a revolution is practically effected in the Government.
Such will be the effect if the Repub- j
lican party get possession of the Government.? 1
It will no longer be a republic of checks and
balances, but a passionate democracy?of all
governments the worst, as a thousand tyrants
are worse than one tyrant. i
******* 1
The principles of the Republican party aro at
war with the constitution. The very fact that ]
the States entered into a compact with different i
institutions is prima facie evidence that these
institutions were to be regarded as legaL If a
league be formed between a monarchy and a
republic, each must tolerate, and not seek to
overturn the institutions of the other. The
Swiss Cantons are, some democratic, others
aristocratic; but they are not allowed to interfere
with the domestic rights of each other.?
Spain was an absolute monarchy, the Netherlands
a limited one, when Philip II came to the
throne of both. But by attempting to inflict
Spanish absolutism on the latter, he lost the
Netherlands.
Our fathers grappled with the subject of
slavery as practical men. They said that slavery
should be taxed and represented; and that the
slave trade should continue till 1808. They
bound themselves to secure the domestic tranquility
of the slave States, if the slaves or others
should disturb it; and agreed that the North
should surrender up fugitive slaves. The framera
of the constitution thus gave expression to
two great truths?first that slavery was a legal
subsisting fact, and secondly, that it was not to
be disturbed. The Republican party war upon
both these great truths, deducible from the compacts
of the constitution.
Bat, to go into p&rtioaiars. The constitution
recognizes slavery as one of the elements of power,
in the distribution of the powers of Government.
Three fifths of the Slaves, by special compact,
are represented in Congress. When Gen. Jackson
was driving back the British at New Orleans,
some of the Northern States, in Convention at
Hartford, Connecticut, proposed that the Sonth
shonld be invited to surrender her slave representation
; and now the Republicans are aiming
at the same thing.
He then passes to the clause of the Constitution,
providing for the rendition of fugitive slaves.
If there is any plain clause in it, this is the one.
The only duty of the North is to deliver up the
fugitive, that the question may be decided whether
he is or not a slave when he gets back to a
slave State. This is the deoision of the Supreme
Court. Yet Mr. Sewabd, the representative
man of the party had said, you must receive the
panting fugitive and 'defend him as you would
your paternal gods.' The Republican convention
of Ohio passed a resolution, taking ground
against the fugitive slave law. Moreover, eight
Northern States, where this party is strongest,
have interposed all the obstacles they can to the
execution of this clause of the constitution. He
takes Massachusetts as an example, because
that State is supposed to represent the thought
and sentiment of this party more distinctly than
any other.
We find a law there by which the writ of habeas
corpus is secured to the fugitive slave, under
which he is to have trial by jury, and his confessions
are not to be taken in evidence against
him. This law farther provides that you are to
prove not only that the fugitive was bora in a
state of slavery, but that he had been legally held
in slavery; and, also, that the jury shall have
the power of rendering a general verdict of not
guilty, whioh means that the jury are to be
judges of the law as well as the fact. Thus if
the jury think that slavery is not a lawful institution,
as they are judges of the law as well as
the fact, they can render a general verdict of not
guilty, which is made conclusive. Surely the
States, where the Republican party are in the
majority, and where such laws are passed, are
not willing te carry out the provisions of the
Constitution. * * * *
He objects to the Republican party in the
next place, thAt it is hostile to the South sot
only in principle but in sentiment. To prove this,
he asks, why they agitate the slavery question.
They disclaim thAt they do it for political power.
It most be, then, for one of two reasons : love
of the slave, or hatred of his master. It cannot
be love of the slave, for they cannot free him by
their agitation. Indeed they in this way necessitate
stricter laws for his government. Could
they set him free they would only make his condition
worse; for the slaves of the South are
better off than the same number of Africans in
any part of the world. Measured by the universal
test of increase, they Are better off than the
free negroes at the North or the peasantry of
Europe.
This agitation then must spring up from hostility
to the slaveholders. The tone of the
Republican press justifies him in this conclusion.
Take the New York Tribune, the great organ of
the party, whose writers seem to dip their pens
in poison, as an illustration. Then the distribution
of Helper's Book proves the same thing.
Seward has carefully read it and recommends
its circulation. Other prominent men in the
party, likewise. Then there is the sympathy
for Jons Bbowh. The saddest sign of the tiroes
was the motion in both branches of the Massachusetts
Legislature to adjourn on the day of
his execution. Then there is the pulpit arrayed
a rrninct no Tvrpn<?liin<r a rplicnrm nf Vintp TTp
thinks, then, he is authorized to say that the
sentiment of the party is that of actual hatred
to the South.
Mr. Boycb then quotes the sentiment of Mr.
Barke that 'the hostile mind of the rulers to their
people fally justifies a change of government
and calls upon the South to ponder well the
world of philosophy in this declaration; for if
the Republicans get hold of the Federal Government,
the South will have the gravest of all
questions forced upon her consideration.
He then briefly alludes to the remark of Mr.
Hickman, that if the South attempted to withdraw
from the Union, eighteen million freemen
would resist the attempt; and shows that it would
cost the North $1,500,000,000 to snbjugate the
South, on the most moderate calculation. But
be did not believe the North could conquer us.
The eight millions would not march down upon us.
Many would have to remain at home. Many are
cur friends. And then we would make some brilliant
offers to Pennsylvania, for we of the South
naturally like that State; we would give her a .
;arte blanche to fill up to suit herself in reference
to coal and iron. Wo would hold out induce- J
nents, too, to the Northwest, for the Mississippi
Is a natural peace-maker.
But of all ideas, this of compelling one-half
the States to continue connected with the other
calf is the most absurd. It is simply impossible, .
:hat is all.
In the event of a dissolution and being left iso- _
ated, has New England reflected on the posi:ion
she will occupy in relation to Great Britlin
1 She should remember that she jars upon
3reat Britain in all the leading points of her in- (
lustry, her shipping, her commerce and her man- .
rfactures. Great Britain is intensely selfish,
ind suffers no weak power to be in her way.
Has she further reflected on the great fact,
:hat if the present Confederacy is broken up, she ^
will rcarcely be allowed to enter a Northern Conederacy
and preserve her present power in the
Senate ? New York has within one of the repre
JCli lallUU Ul HO Tf UU^IUUU 1U tuio UUUSC) uuu }
pet New England has twelve Senators.
I will tell the gentleman from Pennsyvania
[Mr. Hickman] how he oan retain the Sooth in (
;he Union. It is the simplest plan in the world
?it costs nothing and is perfectly efficacious. It
8 merely to do justice to the South. That is all (
sve ask.
MERE-MENTION. 1
On Monday of last week, an election was held '
n Chester for Intendant and Wardens. The fol- '
owing is the result: Intendant?J. J. McLure. t
Wardens?C. S. Bbick, A. Q. Dunnovant, John I
VIcKek, jr., J. L. Aoubs. The Grand Di- 1
fision of the Sons of Temperance, of this State, i
M
will me?i * Bleokville, Barnwell District j
Wednesday B?t? * 2 ?'clock- So says the Son ,
0/ Temper**. The"> wHl be a public meet- .
ing of the iti*08 o{ Chester District in the Court i
House on the first Monday in February next, to <
take into consideration the propriety of the State .
taking part in A? Charleston Convention, and i
to consult on other matters of general importance, i
According to the report of the Methodist i
publishing hods? *t Nashville, made at the last 1
Mississippi Conference, held at Jackson, the as- <
sets amonntto$d85,220.48; the liabilities$117,- i
802.40; leaving a balance in favor of the house
of $317,828.02. - The Morse telegraph patent
expires in 1681, and will then be free to the j
pnblic. It will cause considerable extension of
telegraph lines, and will give rise to a good deal
of competition. A petition has been pre"
* * ' -* ?nf t)ia fltata nf W._
seme a 10 me ? w?^
York, praying the passage of a law to compel its
citizens to vote."" ^Ln English justice has
laid it down as a principle of law, that a physician
is not entitled to payment if the patient
dies under his treatment.
CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE.
Chistie, January 17, 1860.
Since my last, we bare passed through many
dark and dismal days. Bain, snow, fog and mud,
have been the "general order" for more than
two weeks. But this is no news to the readers
of the Enquieie.
Business has been almost stopped. The usual
holidays and the bad condition of the roads haTe
been a complete check to the 'wagon trade.'?
Only now and then a few bales of cotton can be
seen, coming amidst the fog and through the
mud. The article still brings a fair price, howover,
and no doubt a few days of bright weather
would cause a goodly quantity to come in. The
present price is somewhere between 6 and 10.16,
Both extremes are occasionally tonohed. It
takes a pretty fair artiole to bring 10 cents, bat
some fine samples have been sold at that price.
Other articles of produce remain about the same
as at my last report.
The merchants of Chester, as you may have
noticed, have made a step towards 'non-intercourse,'
by pledging themselves to support the
Southern wholesale trade. They have commenced
what seems to be the true course to effect
commercial independence, and it is to be hoped
that all the retailers in the interior will do
likewise, and adhere faithfully to their pledges.
Should all interior merchants confine their par
ohases to Southern ports,' there would be no
difficulty in bringing about direct trade ; but so
long as the retailers continue to buy from the
New York Jobber, that city will be the great
centre of trade, and it would >e more than folly
to expect commercial Independence for the South.
Some merchants who want tn excuse for continning
their visits to New Yoik, say they might
as well buy the goods from thoNorth as to buy
from those who do buy there. S^hen you reflect
upon the matter, you will see tlat this is only a
pretext in part, and is not entinly true.
Onr retailers buy from what ate called jobbers,
who, in some instances import,, but generally
purchase from the importing homes or manufacturers'
agents, by whom everytKng is sold by
the package or case. The Ne^ York jobber
makes his purchases from these parties, and the
Charleston jobber does the same. Asa general
thing, the jobbers do not import.
"What advantage has the jobber ?f New York,
over the jobber of Charleston! ^Jone that I
can see. Well, what good do you do by trans- ,
ferring the jobbing-houses from fcw York to
Charleston ? Just this good. Instdd of building
up a magnificent metropolis, a hi centering
the Commerce of the United States iaNew York
among the abolitionists, you give yo* share of
the profits to help build up a wealhy city in
your own State. Let the trade of the 8outhern 1
retailers go to the Southern cities, anl all the '
profits between the importer, mnnufacurer and 1
jobber, go to our own seaports, which will not *
only build up magnificent cities, but w3 bring 1
about direct trade with all its benefits. '
The Southern States export in cotton alone, to
foreign countries, over $160,000,000, aid sells 1
foreign exchange to pay for this amount if for- 1
eign goods ; but while all the Southern rdailers '
continue to run to New York to buy their foods, '
the South will continue to depend upon tie im- 1
havlntm r\f Via VnnfV on/I oil iVn nrnfita ri 4Va 1
pUI tGi VI mv iivi vu^ ?uu viy *uv |/kvum U| VUC
foreign exchange be enjoyed by Northern knk- '
era, which is no small item.
Let all merchants in the interior do as the <
merchants of Chester?pledge themselves to <
support Southern jobbers, so long as they ofer 'J
the inducements promised in the card pnblisled ]
by the Charleston jobbers, and, my word forit, 1
good will result. ( i
I see no move in that direction in Torkvile, 1
and take it for granted that yoar merchatts <
expect to go to New York for their Spring stocl
Now if the planters and mechanics of York Dit- <
trict are the stuff I take them to be, I look for a I
great trade to Chester as soon as the county <
people are ready to support a move for non-intev <
course. It is an error to suppose the humbog o! (
Yankee goods can be carried on much longer.? 1
If we are to have Yankee goods for a while, nntil I
we can build up a home trade, which will furnish 1
foreign goods direct, and goods manufactured in '
the South, let us give the promts which must go 1
to the jobber, to our own cities.
If the York merohants oontinue to' support I
New York, just say to tke people that Chester
can furnish goods, bought at home, as good and 1
as cheap. So come on, and give non-intercourse 1
a trial. J. 1
|
For the Yorkville Enquirer. j
ITEMS.
local, literary, ast) personal. (
The clatter and fuss of holidays are over; and, (
a few weeks to begin on, Columbia is fairly at (
work again. The tamest work of 1800 has been
commenced. The quick step of business has
superseded the irregular tramp of pleasure. We (
love the beautiful Columbia at all times?in the (
gala fall dress of her December gayeties indeed; t
but do less do we admire her in this plainer
morning (of the year) robe. She is getting about ^
ber household duties quite gracefully these Jau- ^
aary days?has to hold up well that robe outioors
these iloshy days, when the rains descend j
;n a regular forty-days-and-forty-nights style! ^
? The book world is busy too, and proiific
enougk. Among works of fiction, bearing
iate of I860, we find Mayne Reid's last, The
Boy Tar. It is in the Captain's most attractive
story stv/e. Young folks always enjoy Reid's
nooks; mid they are always worth reading. He
is a reckless and irregular-man himself, bat bis
books lave a fascination?and a moral too?for
boys, that entitle them to a choice over the common
trash of the day. Then we find on oar Colombia
book-counters, Mary Lee, by Kate Livermore
; Watson's Woods ; Adventures of Verdant
Green, by Cathbert Bede; How Could Be Help
Itt bj A. S. Roe; The Fool of Quality, by
Henry Brook; and a few others. In the historical
line there are, the new and improved edition
jf the History of South Carolina, by Gilmore
3imme; History of America, by Mary Howitt; the
Crusades and Crusaders, by John G. Edgar; and
:he eighth volume of Alison's History of Europe.
3f peetry wo see these four volumes?The Layde
Lillian and other Poems, by E. Young, of Georgia
; Avolio, by Paul H. Hayne; Poems, by Henry
rimrod of our own State: and the Poems of
rhomas Davis, a late bard of Erin. The richest
;hitg of the season in the book way, is the GaU
try of Female Poets, edited by Prof. Coppie.?*
:tis richly illustrated with steel-engraved porttita
of the Sapphoe of oar day and time, with biota
?raphielp Cimen pieces. It sells at twelve
ioU.au. ftg miscellanies, we reckon At
EomJmoad, by Bayard Taylor; a new
utd M edition of PateaTt Thought!,;
Georgg Btice's Wit and Humor in Para
jrapfi^fWer! and Preaching, by Murray,
the atitJELirwan's Letters to Bp. Hughes ;
and?tongue our readers?finally, A Life
of LaJbMtten for children, by E. Cecil.
These Melections from the immense flood
of boohs I constantly flowing in upon as.
Of oneMrc will have a special word.
?At)kother Poem, by Hayne of Charleston,
jm the hopes his earlier volumes
8?*?. IMtains several pieces from both
his preceAks, bat the leading poems are
new to tu world. We rank Hayne very
high in o%Jr Southern poets; and be who
reads suMthe poems of this volume will
be puztltjliBember any thing finer in our
poetical There are here poems that
sort well rage of Tennyson, whom we regard
as.diiobe greatest living poet Hayne
ranks amoeiican poets at least with Stoddard
and;j4hldrich, though Aldrich did
write Babji ikbove Lowell and all that set;
above Read, &o other young poeta whose
names have 1 so favorably brought before
the reading L We shall recur to this
volume ag&inje an extract or two.
? Of Timf'oeflw as envolumed here, we
cannot speak J have not been favored with
a copy. Whatie saw in RutteWt Magazine
and elsewheraked.
? Speakinf^ossell's, reminds me?now
that the Coun defunct, it becomes us to
rally around L, the only purely literary
organ in the Stir. It's helm is in good
hands, too; ams entered upon the new
year with spitlhope. God speed it, we
pray; for, beinly, and in South Carolina
too, it has indaordan-like road to travel 1
Blale't Panopka been exhibited here for
several days, tied the 'Life-moving mechanical
exhibHiAe tear in India and the
Sepoy RebdlionXist thrilling of all modern
miracles, eufc an astounding combination
of eighty th| moving and acting models,
of men, hor? animals.' It Is an attempt
to represels of the soenes in the
Indian war, by. nw figures, moved by machinery.
We hat scenes as The Debarkation
of the Englinps at Calcutta, March to
Delhi, Battle of tioo-den Nugger, Scenes
of the battle-field,'Storming of Delhi, and
such. The ships fats did passably well;
the thunder was wL; but the rest of iti
Such marching U-ftteps 1?such shooting!
?such pomp and Arcumstance! We folly
agree with the nswferitica that to be appreciated,
it mu3t be trno one without being
an eye-witnese, coolmagine that so pitiable
a meSS of natoh-mt pandv-ahnn finft arts
would be exhibited Jiliied community. Ab
a failure it is computer?stupendous. In
the battles, for exslhey march out several
blocks of men, throwithe stage several toycrackers
that exploAtfnk, filling the room
with smoke, nobody Id execution done, and
at last one party of wide off and the others
Blide with a quickjerfon after them. All the
while somebody keeArattling noue with a
bandfull of laths. Mhat they call the Batlltof
Ghez tc-oo den il Asa whole show, we
consider it the deade%? we ever saw; and
we have yawned atlpretty poor shows.
Here one could not y? the powder smoke.
The newspapers praiAjt roe were sold?
cheap, &nd felt so.... 1 J. W. D.
Coixmbia, 8. C. \
For tho
TO "LACQfflujig.ii
" 3te?r*. Editort: 'Lai Xixxie' has been
pleased to declare to yoij readers that she
is sure that I am somaL laughter-loving
7onng girl; that I hitvey chosen the nom
le plume, under whioh E t<> screen myself
from the publio eye, bec^j0 not wish to be
known by everybody. \
Your correspondent?*^ M8pect to 'Lizlie'?would
not notice 8$ai}gxirj publication,
had he not heard the ipiQion expreasjd
by othera. Many of niyLj friends, who
know me only by my red^ are laboring
inder the aame mistake Ajjc .> an(j Tery
nany of my own relative! n0 ^en wbo
Willie Lightheart' ia. \
Now, I fancy the preaennnnity ?n excellent
one to undeceive the! jn tbis little
tffair; bat before I attempt Vf 'Laughing
Lizzie' ia very politely iufo*kat tbe good
jeople of Yorkville and 3ning country,
enow very well whether I am L. a woman.
ilmoat any editor in South C^aQ furnish
ike information, if 'Lizzie' ia kiarly curi>UB
about the matter. 1
I was born in Charleston, sct^g ag0> on
the banka of the ever-beautiftilL. an<j> \n
the proper time, named after ( our m08t
listinguished divines in this g ^ gtate
)f ours. Now, when I was so nl t tjje
general impression of those who me best,
;bit I was a delicate little boy. ^ ^,een a
girl, I fancy that I would have i [ ft g^g
itme at the baptismal font A ^0y8
lo?unless they die?I grew up m<j more
ivory year. I used to hunt, r
hrow somersets, stand on my boats,
ly kites and play touoher. I ja8t
Ike other boys?cap, jacket, an(j
loots. I very often cut my flnA%i8ed my
ihins, caught my hair afire, 80?toy hand,
tnd tore my pants, as boys do ncA,t ^ow j
bred to read !?how I gloried in tjj ajonei
ast to scribble ail kinds of bojishiaiH9 j
At the age of fifteen I wrote a tlk ^
supied two copy books, entitled '\n jnn0.
tenoe,' which has long since beenL^j t0
he flames. In my eighteenth yea^, it> ye
5?ds!?I wrote 'Blasted Hopes;' alreg[S0D
*by I did so, was because a darling biue.
syed girl, whom I loved erer so dey^ Q0^
illowed to correspond with me on l?tors, as
ihe was only about thirteen years oi
Bey as I was, that fair angel-chilwje(j a ,
lame of the purest, holiest love withiLoung i
ieait;and the fragrance of her swL^ J
itill ingers about my life. I have l?\ce
ovedwith a mightier and more enobLe
>ut, ever and anon I find the heart kac^
? tht* far away flower time, and Ujng ,
vhereis she now ? Well, let that p^iave
dlhadour boyhood's sweet-hearts?oui ^
3od bl?ss them, wherever they are nov
'Blated Hopes,' of course was neve:
wi; and, if the hand of Time has not
jright imposition, it's tear-blotted
ustle in the winter wind in some far-a^r_
ler of ocr land.
Many,very many were the obituaries, j
rrote?very many were the simple Te^b- :
ished in the 'Sunday School Visitor* uLy
nitials. Sand friends encouraged me to <^c
hese bojish efforts, and indulgent editor^
tindly upon my manuscript. i
In my sineteenth year?perhaps a litt^.
>r?I seifc an article to the 'Evening I >
carcely during to expeot to see it in print. L
ny first attempt 'at anything like sentia
joetry; a<d you have no idea how anxld
waited thj appearance of the next paper!
japer cam^; and upon the very first colum
ny dear, fifst brain-born child. Oh 1 boil
jy I f?lt!-.how I blessed the editor 1 Afte
;ime, I bedrcne an almost regular contribui
:he columns of the 'NewBmost of the p
jeing publhhed under the nom de plume *Ce
Tohnnit,' 'Ifelodeon,' 'Nitric Acid,' and the
ials of my teal name.,
Some years after, I gained confidence by the
kindly notices of the press, and wrote my name
in fall to all my articles. If I mistake not, the
first thing in the story line which I attempted, was
written about fonr years ago for the columns of
the 'Carolina Spartan', and was entitled, 'She
Kicked Him.' The title was unfortunate, bnt
the editors gave it a generous editorial notice,
and it took very well among the readers. Had
this story been rejected, I never would have survived
the mortification; and it would have been
my last. The story, however, proved a success
in some measure; and, at the request of many
friends, was subsequently revised, enlarged and
republisned in my own paper under tbe more attractive
title of 'Alice and Eddie, or The Slanderer's
Victim.' . . . . .
My next attempt was 'Lola Woodsworth, or Lore
Stronger than Pride;' published in the 'Spartan'
?then 'Leoline and Lionell, or the Children of
the San.' These two stories were published under
my real name, and drew flattering notices
from the 'Spartan,' and it's exchanges. After
this, I wrote poems, sketches, and letters for the
same paper; and the friendly notices of the Editors
determined me to continue my literary efforts.
To these accomplished gentlemen I am indebted,
in a great measure, for my snbseqnent success.
Since then, I have written, written, written?
for this, that and tho other paper. The readers
of the E.vqpirkr have seen me iq'Old Heads
and Young Hearts 'Love, Courtship, and Marriage;'
'Unreqnieted Love;' 'First Hiss;' 'Take
my Arm;' 'Woman's Love;' 'Kiss Verses'Don't
Mind it;' 'Who is tbe Heir;' Poems, and, finally
'Reveries of a Bachelor.'
Beside these, I have written for others papers,
and intend to write for many more; so that, patting
altogether, I suppose, that I hare contributed
over one hundred articles to Soath Carolina
journals in the last six years.
Is it not very long ago that the nom de plnme,
under which I now write, was chosen by me;
nor do I invariably contribute in that name; bat
I call upon every editor for whom I have written,
to deny the charge that 'Willie Ligbtheart'is a
langhter-loving, happy ybong^M.'
I have the honor of being personally acquainted
with many of the editors and managers of
onr State papers; and a more generous, gentlemanly
and accomplished body of men never existed
nndcr the broad canopy of heaven. For
talent, learning, orbanity of manners and kindness
of heart, they are unexcelled anywhere.?
They have deelt kindly with Willis?have cheered
and encoarsgod bim many and many a time;
and it is the earnest desire of his heart,' and his
highest ambition to become, one of these days, a
writer worthy of their praise. Until then, be
pleased to bear with him; and rest assured that
he will yet prove himself a man.
No, 'Laughing Liztie,' I am not a 'girlwould
not be snot for all the wealth of Eastern courts!
Do yon know why? Because I(conld not love your
dear sex half so dearly as I do now. Why do
you think that l am a girt, 'Lizzie ?'?why is it .
that others, wpb know as little of me as yourself,
think the same thing?
Ah, 'Liszie." women have bees my teachers,
my companions, my almost .worship, - from the
w," .kUI. -1? ' - aL- i
vauj jMa to, wuiuu BIO gvuc, OTCU VQ U( prCMQl J
time. Her sweet voice lolled me e^en la the V
little mahogany cradle; her deer bands were op- '
on my boyish curls when the sports of the day
were over, and.the 'Our Father* prayer was lisped
beside her knee; her dear lips have whispered
courage,;hope and peace in my ear, when the
heart wa9 very sad and the first soriup had
come. All through boyhood, yonth and manhood,
I have had their dear arms around me;
their everlasting faithfnl bosoms to lean npon in
'the dark days.' No, no; I am not a girl; bat,
'Lizzie,' I love them trom my very dbul I If my
pen speaks their language; if my heart beats
to the tune of theirs; if the tbooghts that come
to me are akin to those which s'mg like summer
birds in their bosoms, it is because I have been
their constant companion, their life-time pnpil
and their friend and honored associate.
So, you are about to join oar corpf of contributors,
are you?' Well, 'Little,' t know that
you will be welcome; for we want a *happy,
laughter-loving' contributor in (his snnny little
State very badly. Writers are all talking so
J.I 1? . SL U 1.
uoiuruuaijr more 10 eu maoa said aooui 'disappointed
hopes.' 'sad hearts,' broken tows' sod
anfriendly world,' thst it will be quite refesh- $
ing to hear something about the flowers, stars,
sonshine and beauty of this dear, blessed little
planet, upon which an All-wise creator has placed
ns until we finish oar edacation.
Come, now; suppose we hunt ap the sunshine
and the sweet flowers, and singing birds, and
make a little summer for oar dear Esquimau.?
Suppose, we go laughingly into their households,
and talk hopefully to the groups around the firesi
ies in beautiful York. Shall we? Write a
sketch, 'Laughing Linie;' and though I cannot
promise to do the same Tory soon, I shall follow
you wherever you go and lay before the doors of
the Vorkville folks the very same kind of flowers
that you may gather. Flowers amid the snow!
don't that sonnd cheerful.? Well, that's just
what we intend to do, until the npring-time comes
?hide the cold snow beneath fragrant flowers.
Blessed be God 1 it can be done!
WILLIE LIGHTHEA&T.
For the Yorkvffle Enquirer.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE. J
Rev. E. A. Phicb, of the Methodist Episcopal ^
Church, will preach at the times and places In- fl
dicatcd below: I
Walnut Grove, Thursday, January, 28,11 a. m. V
Zion, Friday " 27, 8 p. m. '
Canaan, Saturday " 28, 11 a. m.
Vernon, Sanday " 29, 11 a. m.
Prospect, " " " 8 p. m.
Concord, Snndr.y February, 5, 11 a. m. *
India Hook, " " " 3 p. m.
Congressional.
Washington, January 17.?There was no ballot
for Speaker to-day. Bowman has been elec- r
ted printer. f
The Swan Lottery Cue,
Savannah, January 16.
The Supreme Court has decided the lottery
:ase pending against Swan & Co. They hare
sustained the points of Mr. Swan's counsel, And ;
bare reversed the derision of the Court below '
igainst Swan & Co.
Colombia Market. C M
January 18. '
Our market continues quite active, with a
slight advance on the better grades. The sales
yesterday amount to 492 bales?extremes 7@10 J.
Charleston Market.
January 16. J
The transactions in cotton have been rather M
limited, and prices to-day were weak. The fl
sales foot np 1,338 bales, at the following prices ,
viz: 8@ll}c. ^
Charlotte Market.
January 17. Ij
Owing to the very inclement weather last week
and the bad condition of the roads, trade was
not brisk.
Some 39 bales of Cotton were sold at previous
prices, 9J to 9| for good middling. We heard of * i
a sale of a small lot?superior quality?at 10 06; 1
bat. oar quotations are considered about right.
Good white Wheat has sold as high as $1 17.
Flour, extra, will command $5 76 per barrel,
and $2 87J per sack. Market poorly supplied.
Corn is scarce?it will command 88 cents
readily.
There is bat very little Bacon in market, not
enough to supply the demand. Lard 12}.
In fact all sorts of eatables are in demand and
will find ready sale at adranced prices.?Char'
lolte Democrat.
Later from Mexico. ^ j
New Orliass, January 18. f.
The Janrez (Liberulist) Government has pro- M
jposed to organize a regular army, and has dis- M
[banded the volunteers and militia. It ha9, also, fl
(invited the aid of volunteers from abroad. V
The people along the National road have or- |j