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j&raps & jfarta. i
Gov. Medary has vetoed the biH
abolishing slavery in the Territory of Kan- E
sas. The Legislature has taken the bill up
again, and will probably pass it over his veto. J
A memorial, containing 100,000 sig- :
natures, has been presented to the Legislature
of California, to prevent Chinese immigration.
The merchants of Boston are about
to present a petition to Congress praying the r
withdrawal of the cent coin from circula- t
tion. i
It is said that, out of a German 8
population of 50,000 in the State of Wis- r
* consin, there is not an individual from the
Fatherland confined in the Penitentiary of *
the State. ?
A New York artist, by the name ]
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Of JtSracKett, nas just compieiea a maroie
bust of the negro-thief and murderer, John ]
Brown. Greely should buy it, by all means, c
for a figure-head to the Tribune office. It '
would be both appropriate and ornamental.
The bill for the expulsion of the free <
colored population from Mississippi, which ]
passed the House of Representatives of that 1
State, was defeated in the Senate. The '
Legislature adjourned sine die on the 11th i
ultimo.
The man who cheats the printer left
town last week in company with the woman |
who flogs her husband. They were joined i
a short distance from town by the fellow (
who stole a stick of liquorice from a ne- i
gro baby. 1
Mr. A. Thomas informs us that he 1
paid five hundred and thirty dollars on yesterday
for cotton belonging to the negroes 1
nf Mr .Tnhn f! Zimmerman, nf this Bis- '
W4 w* ?/
trict, and this did not include their whole
crop. They had sold eight or ten bales in
Unionville.?Spartanburg Express.
The capitol of the State of Tennesse,
at Nashville, not'yet finished, has cost,
so far, $826,000. The capitol of Ohio, at (
Columbus, unfinished, is estimated to cost,
when completed, Sl,552,208. The capitol
of South Carolina, when finished, will cost
$2,500,000.
Mr. Green sued a lady for breach
of promise, and her friends offered him two
hundred dollars to settle it. 'What!' cried
Green, 'two hundred dollars for ruined
hopes, scattered mind, a blasted life, and a
bleeding heart ? Never! but make it three
hundred dollars, and it is a bargain !'
The Philadelphia North American
has made a very careful and elaborate calculation
to determine what is probably the
number of our population at present. That
journal is of the opinion that the census of
this year will show that we have 32,100,000
inhabitants. That is above the ordinary
estimates.
One of the French periodicals states
thata Prefect of Corsica, Monsieur Guibeya,
having lately examined the registers of the
town of Calvi, has discovered in them the
record of the birth of Christopher Columbus,
making him, consequently, a countryman
of Napoleon. Hitherto Genoa, Savonia,
Nervi and Zuccarello have all laid claim to
the great navigator in this respect.
Lawyer Sennott is to appear before
Che Legislative-Committee) at Bichmond, in ,
behalf of Stephens, with a view of obtaining
a pardon. Mr. Sennott goes upon the invi- ,
tation of Gov. Letcher, with the promise \
that the subject shall receive his careful attention.
The judge and the prosecuting
attorney who tried the case will unite in the
application for mercy.
We find on the Sum. Pro. Docket to ,
this Court 108 cases, and on the Writ Docket
only 54, making on both dockets 162 ,
cases. The acceptances, which are not found ,
on the dockets, would not make the return ,
exceed 200 cases. This return is one-third (
smaller than the average return for five years.
It either indicates an absence of a large indebtednessamong
our people, or a commend- i
able spirit of forbearance from creditors to <
debtors.?Abbeville Banner.
A New York paper pubjishes a very '
interesting list of the surviving Revolution- 1
ary soldiers of the State of New York, with 1
their ages, in the year 1859. The youngest
of these veterans is eighty-nine, and 1
there are two of the age of 100, one of 104 1
and one of 105 years in this list of thirty- 1
six Revolutionary soldiers. Out of the 1
whole grand army of the Revolution which
fought under Washington and his generals,
there are now living throughout the whole
country only one hundred and sixty-five.
It may be relied upon, that the merchants
of this village will go to Charleston
for their spring supplies. We doubt not it '
will be so with the merchants of the district
at large. It is with pleasure that we can
speak thus confidently on this subject.
This is the way to show faith by works.
Let the people 'stick up' to the merchants,
in this laudable determination. May the'
? step be universally taken over the State.
It is a practical movement that will tell.
Edgefield Advertiser.
The Supreme Court of Ohio decided
the case of Alfred J. Anderson vs. Thos.
Mulligen on Tuesday last. The Court held i
that persons having a mixture of African
blood in their vems, the preponderance dc-;
ing white, were, by the Constitution of.
1801, entitled to exercise the elective franchise;
and that no change having beenj
made in this respect by the Constitution of
1851, the plaintiff having but one eighthof
African blood, and his vote having been
refused at the Presidential election of'
1856, for the reason alone, therefore, the!
Court held that he is entitled to recover
for the violation of the right conferred on'
him by the Constitution. The decision wasj
unanimous.
Whilst our friends in Spartanburg1
are discussing the ways and means necessa- j
ry to secure the Extension of the Greenville
and French Broad Railroad, we have been'
_ "looking at the map, with reference to the1
fature of our railroad system in the South.
It strikes us that Spartanburg occupies an !
enviable place from her geographical position.
Situated at the foot cf the mountains,
she has a climate remarkably healthy in j
summer, and mild in winter. Her institu- j (
tions of learning are rising fast, and her;
mineral and manufacturing resources are1
being rapidly developed. Spartanburg is, j.
too, directly on the Air Line from Atlanta',
to Richmond; and at no distant day may !
have another railroad running from Green-1.
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ville, through Spartanburg and Yorkville,I,
to Charlotte. It is almost a direct line, I,
and has before now been spoken of by ,
those familiar with railroad matters as an',
enterprise that one day will be accomplish- j
ed. We hope it may, and that at no dis- i
tant day.?Ashville (Ar. C ) Ni'ws. ,
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edited bt
lAM'L W. MELTON. WM. W. EAST.
contributing editob:
rAS. WOOD D A VIDSON.... Columbia, S. C.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THTTRSD A Y MOBOTN0, MABCH 1, 1860.
Special Notice.?All communications, on
natters connected with the paper, should be adIressed
to "The Yorkyille Enquirer;" and
lot to the Editors or Proprietor, personally. Perons
desiring prompt attention to their favors,
nust bear this in mind.
Capt. D. D. Moore, Maj. Myles Smith,
SAMUEL tf. liROWN, J. li. THOMPSON, and OAMUEL
T. Kutkendal, of York; John R. Allen, Post
Master at Chester, S. C.; Joseph Walker, 120
Meeting-street, Charleston, S. C.; and William
[). Cook, of Bennettsville, are anthorized agents
>f the Enquirer.
THE INDIAN LAND CHRONICLE.
We learn with pleasure, that the publication
>f the above journal, will be resumed at Rock
Bill, on Friday of next week, under the editorial
management and control of Dr. W. Harper
Thomasson. We extend to the Chronicle, and
ill concerned, a right royal greeting in advance.
RETURN-DAT.
Saturday last was Return-Day for York District.
The return was smaller than for the past
Tour or five years, not reaching two hundred
:ases, including 'acceptances.' The majority of
the cases are of the 'torn tod* order, and of but
tittle consequence. Whether this is caused by
the small indebtedness of our people, or the
leniency of creditors, we are unable to say. However,
the only parties that can grumble, are the
lawyers.
The Court sits on Monday, 12th instant. We
learn that His Honor, Judge Glover, will proside.
DEATH OF SAMUEL MELTON, ESQ.
Many of our readers will be pained to learn
the death of this exemplary man, and consistent
Christian. His death occurred, suddenly, on
Saturday last, 25th ult., at Hopewell, in this
District.
Mr. Melton was in the seventy-second year
of his age. For a period of nearly twenty-eight
years, he was the Post Master of Yorkville.?
For a long time he had been a member of the
Independent Church, and adorned his professions
by a life of genuine piety.
TJ"a wao fk?ct rv1os*o r.n lnof Mnrwlnr
and his remains were followed by a large concourse
of friends, to their last resting place.?
The example of his life will linger, like perfume
around the fragments of a broken vase, till many
who knew him, return unto dust.
J. NEWTON FLOYD.
This notorious individual, together with one
Jno. R. Jordan, %as arrested, on Wednesday oi
last week, and lodged in York jail, on the chaige
of stealing flour. The two, shortly after, made an
attempt to escape from prison, but were thwarted
in their plans. On Mondny, the attempt was
repeated; and the Sheriff, having called in the
Commissioners of Public Buildings, they found
one of the bars across the cell cut almost asunder.
The instrument used, after diligent search,
was not found.
The persons engaged in the search, left the
utpKSIo fft ronnw St
Meanwhile, Floyd and Jordan had quarreled,
when Jordan 'blowed' and produced a small
steel spring which had been worn in a cravat.?
The Commissioners immediately secured the
services of a blacksmith; and the parties, for
the nonce, are under chain and bolt.
"STAR."
As we announced last week?we publish in
this issue the concluding chapters of this chaste
and excellent story; and will begin in the next
number, Mrs. M. Ritchie's van Dhu or the
Foundling.' We regret that we cannot furnish
a number of new subscribers with the paper
since January, containing 'Star.' From constant
accessions to our subscription list, wc have
concluded since last week, to strike off a few extra
sheets, containing the first chapters of 'Evan
Dhu,' in order that we may be able to furnish
back-numbers to some who may hereafter subscribe
for the purpose of securing this story.?
But we do not feel inclined to risk much paper
in this uncertain investment; for every sheet
printed and not afterwards wanted by new subscribers,
is a dead loss. Those, then, who wish
'Evan Dhu,' should subscribe at once. If they
put in their name, they will-, certainly share in
the feast; if they do not, but come in at the
eleventh hour, they may be too late to get the
story.
CHARLESTON ADVERTISERS.
Joseph Walker, 120 Meeting-street, dealer
in paper, envelopes, cards, &c., of every description.
From our personal knowledge of his gentlemanly
and business qualities, wc take great
pleasure in giving Mr. Walker an unstinted recommendation
to our readers.
Kerrison and Leiding, Hasel-street, one door
from King; importers of foreign and domestic
dry goods.
Walter Hovey, 107 East Bay ; dealer in Kerosene
oil, by the barrel or single gallon.
Fooarties and Stillman, 157 King-street,
corner of Wentwortli; cash dry goods house.
W R Madthv 132 ATpptincr.etronf rlonlor in
Hardware, cutlery, guns, pistols and plantation
tools, imported expressly for the Southern trade.
II. W. Kinsman, 223 King-street, dealer in
Curtain Goods ?149 King-street, agent for
Grover and Baker's Sewing machines.
These enterprising merchants of Charleston
are prepared, in their several departments of
trade, to supply the demand in the country ; and
we recommend their advertisements to the consideration
of those of our readers who may wish
to make purchases. Give Charleston at least one
fair and impartial trial. It will cost hut little
to do so; and will, nodouht, ultimately redound
to the interest of our section. A small sacrifice
(?) of profit and pleasure ; a united endeavor
to build up our common interests, and mutual
sustenance imparted by sellers and consumers to
each other, will strengthen our cause, and tend
at the same time to save the Union.
The 'hue and cry' everywhere is 'non intercourse'
; but Charleston cannot carry out this
policy by herself. To be successful, it must be
embraced by all. She might burden her stores
and warehouses with merchandise sufficient for
for all the South : hut, unless she were traded
with, it would only ruin her, while it would not
promote, one jot, the cause of Southern independence.
Some merchants have felt the l'orcc of these
truths, aud pledged themselves to support
Charleston. This support is not general, for the
simple reason that Charleston does not rival N.
York, as a commercial city, in the estimation of
the,people. In builing up a mart of our own, a
great centre for the business of the South, what
is needed first, is a supply extensive enough to
meet the demands, and all the demands of the
country. Charleston, to secure a large trade,
must render it certain to those whose patronnge
she seeks, that she can, and will, supply whatever
articles they want. Then the people must
know this. She must acquire a broad, popular,
business reputation. The prestige of a name
often does wonders.
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It were an easy matter to buy herself, if she n
could only sell herself, into a great city. The G
question then is, how can she secure extensive o
patronage? Advertising is one means. This a
should be done, too, in the country press, which t
reaches the body of the merchants, and what is >
equally essential, the body of the people. Many c
might wish to order from Charleston houses, c
and not know whom to address. Others might c
be willing to patronize her exclusively, yet not c
do so, because her name is not a household word (
among their customers. It is far more irapor- i
tant for Charleston merohants to advertise now, t
than for those of New York, or even Baltimore; t
because these latter have already an establish- t
ed name, as trading marts, throughout the coun- (
try. A great city, instinct with life, energy i
and progress, is not to be built up in a single sea- ]
son. Charleston is now at a tide in her affairs, t
which, taken at the flood, will lead her on to ]
fortune. Bnt existing excitement will not, can- f
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noi, lOUg OU31U1U UH, UO..V. .
self. The principles of free trade?buy cheap i
and sell to the best advantage?will triumph ; 1
and if she sets herself up as the rival of New j
York, 6he must be the rival. <
Charleston, too, must be the architect of her I
own fortune. She must hold out inducements <
that will command attention, and enforce pa- i
tronage. We believe she is moving forward in <
the right direction. She has imported extensive- .
ly this winter. Her merchants are laying in a ]
large and varied stock of spring goods; and of- 1
fering them at New York prices, with the rea- i
sonable hope that merchants of the interior i
will give them a trial. They are beginning to I
advertise more freely in the country press; and !
thus to make known to the people their ability
to supply their wants. This course, continued
without cessation and without abatement, will
secure to her a glorious destiny. Her fortune is *
in her own hands. She may seize the auspicious
moment to make herself a first class mercantile
city; and then she cannot fail to attract Southern
trade through the one strong principle that
rules the world?self interest.
Whatever inducements may be presented by
Charleston; whatever action taken by the couumercbants
; whatever impression received by the
people, one thing is evident: they are all linked
together in the bonds of a common interest,
and a common destiny.
EWART'S FLORIDA.
This is the title of a long and interesting letter,
published in very neat style, by Mr. W. J.
Duffik, of Newberry. The letter is addressed
to Chancellor Johnson, by David Ewart, from
Orange Spring, Florida; and gives a succinct
account of the climate, soil, productions, geology,
flora, zoology, &c., &c., of that State. The
letter is sent by mail for 30 cents.
We give below a few extracts; and refer those
wishing fuller statements, to the letter:
"It is but seldom that we have frost. Then
the ice seldom exceeds the eighth of an inch in
thickness." "If there is any perfectly healthy
spot in Florida, this (Orange Spring) is it.'
"The air is very pure. The sulphureous and
i saline elements with which it is impregnated
. tend to neutralize the noxious vapors which the
wiuds waft this way. The vapors which arise
1 from this Spring strike the olfactory nerves
several miles off." "Sugar cane does well on
hammock land. It is a much surer crop than
cotton, and pays better." "So faras the peach
is concerned, there is but one opinion, i. e., that
our peaches surpass any peaches raised elsewhere."
"Garden productions can be had
fresh through the whole year, if time and circumstances
are properly attended to." "I
doubt whether any part of the"world can show
such a magnificent forest of pine?five hundred
miles long by one hundred miles wide. Turpentine
alone, will, in one year, pay for all the land 1
the pines grow upon from which it is extracted ;
and, in addition, pay those engaged in it a fair
compensation for their labor." "The export
of fat cattle is very large, and the home consumption
larger." "The sea coast abounds
in a variety of excellent fish." "The Flora
of this State is extremely rich and beautiful,
but its history has been only very partially written.
Every succeeding month in our year opens
a new leaf, full of florirl beauty. No one has
scented its classic odors but Bartram, of Philadelphia,
who wrote and published the Botany of
East Florida, about seventy-two years ago.'
"The Ornithology of Florida has been ably explored
by Audubon." "The Geology of the
State is exceedingly rich, and quite varied, and,
so far as I am Informed, remains an unexplored
field." "The facilities of conveyance?the
natural productions of soil?the varied restoratives?the
capability of her soil for various productions?and
her fisheries, &c. ; all these must,
ere long, make Florida one of the most wealthy
States in the Confederacy, as she is now one of
the richest in natural resources."
MERE-MENTION.
The amount of postage stamps and stamped
envelopes used in the pre-payment of postage during
the quarter ending December 31, 1859, was
$1,404,909 97?being $88,491 38 less than the
amount sold. The whole revenue was $1,927,381,
and the expenses of officers $875,813 75.
The Laurenesville Herald announces the
death of Dr. Wm. Irijy, of that District. He represented
that District in both the Senate and
House of our State Legislature. While in the
Legislature in 1851, he was stricken with paralysis,
from which he never recovered A
marriage is on the tapis between the Prince of
Orange the future King of Holland, aged twenty,
and Marie Teresa, daughter of the Archduke
Albercht, of Austria, aged fifteen ; also between
the Dutchess Mathilda, of Bavaria, and Count
Trani, brother of the king of Naples. Two
elegant swords, one for Napoleon and the other
for the King of Sardinia, have been bought at
Rome, by the subscription of twenty thousand
persons of that city. But the Pope forbids a
presentation of them, and they hang on exhibition
in the artist's windows, silent preachers of
Italian independence to admiring crowds.
Austria is directing more troops towards the Tyrolj
Venice and Hungary. The Hungarian
Protestant deputation, which went to Vienna for
the purpose of demanding from the Emperor the
restoration of the rights and privileges of their
Church, has been refused an audience by the
' Emperor. France and England are, it is
thought, about to make a joint summons on
Austria, not only to desist from sending surreptitiously,
troops into the marshes of Ancona, but
to evacuate the Venetian territory at the earliest
period, nnd accept such indemnit}' as Italy
is now ready to offer. Letters from Austria
speak of increasing discontent in Hungary, and
indicate that matters were daily getting more serious.
It was reported that Kossuth bad suddenly
disappeared from among his friends in
London, nnd an imprcssiou prevailed that he had
gone to Hungary, with revolutionary designs.
The Charleston Courier says: 'Quite a
large crowd assembled on Citidal Green, on Monday
afternoon, to witness Professor Lowe's second
visit into space? We infer from this, that
he, as we backwoodsmen say, 'quit the world and
clomb a sapling.' The Democratic convention
of Virginia has adjourned without expressing
any preference for the Presidency?
having passed resolutions in favor of the Southern
(Atlanta) Convention. Our Imp desires
us to state that the resources of the South arc
on the increase; for, says he : 'daddy's crumplehorn's
got a calf? The Legislature of Alabama
has passed a bill exempting goods imported
into Southern markets from taxation, when
sold in that State. A joint resolution before
the Senate to authorize the Texas Rangers
to defend the Rio Grande, has been laid over.
I The citizens of the Eastern portion of Chester
District, arc invited to meet at Lnndsford Post
Office, on to-morow, the 2nd of March, to adopt
such measures as they may deem expedient to
promote direct importation, and to advance our
j Commercial and political interests generally.
I The North Carolina Whig Convention has
mvm? mm v m m*x ?
ominated John Poolb, of Elizabeth City, for ic
lovernor. Augustus Wattles, formerly b;
ne of the editors of the Herald of Freedom, and hi
n old friend of John Brown, is at Washington m
o give testimony before the Harper's Ferry in- h:
'estigating committee. The Liverpool Her- tl
ury has placod in its columns, in addition to the e:
instomary notices of births, marriages and t<
leaths, a new heading, under which are chroni- ii
sled the divorces that are daily granted by the a
;ourts. The Opposition Convention Com- ti
nittee of Virginia are opposed to the organiza;ion
of a National Union party. The Ches- T
;er Standard mentions a sale in that District, at ^
he residence ot me laie ihomas n wum, wnero t
hirty-nine negroes were sold at fair prices? c
ield hands ringed from one thousand to fifteen t
lundred dollars. The strike among the r
shoemakers of Massachusetts, originating at (
tfatick, the residence of Senator Wilson, has a
spread to every manufacturing town in that t
3tate; and the 22d February was appointed for ^
i general su sponsion of work unless their wages
(vere raised. The Texas Legislature ad- t
ournod without action on the resolutions intro- <j
iuced in response to the South Carolina resolu- t
lions. A debating club in Worcester, lately j
iiscussed the important question : 'Whether a ,
rooster's knowledge of day-break is the result G
af observation or instinct.' The celebrated c
John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation of [
Indians, passed through Lynchburg, Virginia, on s
Wednesday, on his way to Washington. He was i
iccompanietl by his family. The Post Office t
department paid out on Saturday, over $1,000,- t
000 of the debt due contractors. The Great
Eastern Steamship Company have resolved to ^
borrow fifty thousand pounds Bterling, and pre- .
pare the monster vessel for sea immediately. ^
Great Britain alone consumes annually $24,- {
OOOfOOO worth of cotton goods The Personal
Liberty Bill, and the bill to prevent slave .
hunting in New York, both of which are intended !
by the Black Republicans to counteract the ^
fugitive slave law in that State, are set down to
be discussed next Wednesday as the special order
of business. In 1859, the total value
i
of the exports from Great Britain amounted to
?130,513,185, of which ?47,020,920 consisted
of cotton goods and yarns. The San Juan
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difficulty will prooaoiy De Bettieu ujr ^ugmuu
taking that island, and yielding some other point
as an equivalent. 'South Carolina,' in a
communication to the Winnsboro' Register, nominates
Ex-governor Wise, of Virginia, for the
next Presidency.
ItDITORIAL INKLINGS.
We greet our readers this week on the
first day of Spring, the joy-breathing Spring?
the love-crowned Venus of the seasons. The air
is warm, and the sunlight kisses the half-conscious
earth tenderly. The good people of Yorkville
have thrown wide open their doors and
windows, as a hearty welcome to the goddess,
loved of all. Already the violets, johnquills and
hyacinths, the first-born of Flora, have heralded
her coming; and the soft south wind breathes <
upon the young flowers, stealing and giving |
odors. Wo wish, for one and all of our readers, \
a happy realization of the sweetest influences of t
the season. i
Tho steamer, Tcseumseh, a short while <
since, passed down the Ohio river, having on <
board six Urge, robust looking negroes, who had
been setfroe some six years ago by their master. 1
They had been living in New York, and after '
testing the sweets of freedom?Yankee-free-ne- (
gro-ism?they have returned to their old home 1
and to the humbler, but more agreeable walks 1
of slavery. Nothing proves more positively than '
the restlessness and sheer inutility of the freenegro,
that the normal condition of the African, I
at least in this country, is one of subjugation. <
A Florida journal announces the mas- <
sacre of Dr. W. J. Keitt, by one or more of '
his own negroes, under the most brutal circum- 1
stances. His body was found on Sunday, mor- '
ning, in his own room, bathed in blood, and his <
throat cut from ear to ear. What rendered the i
act more brutal and blood-thirsty, he had been !
for some time in frail health. He was brother ]
t<T Hon. L. M. Keitt, of our State; had been i
in Florida six years; and was, at the time of his I
massacre, a Senator of the Florida Legislature. '
'Lent,' is a holy season, or fast of forty
days' duration, exclusive of Sundays, observed
by the Catholic and Episcopalian churches. It
begins on Ash Wednesday, which occurred this
year on the 22d of last month; and ends on
Holy Saturday, which is the 7th of next April,
and the day before Easter Sunday. Every day
during Lent, except Sabbaths, is a day of fast,
on one meal, which should not be taken before
mid-day. Yet custom authorizes taking a cup
of coffee or tea in the morning, and a collation
equal to one fourth of an ordinary meal in the 1
evening, on fast days. Sundays are the feasting
days during Lent. Flesh meat is allowed on
these days ; on all Tuesdays, all Thursdays except
one, and all Saturdays except three. On
those days, when flesh meat is prohibited, fish,
eggs, butter, cheese, fruits, vegetables, &c., are
allowed. Next week is called Ember week, and
that preceding Easter is called Holy week.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth anniversary
of Washington's birth-day, was celebrated
with unusual zest in Charleston. The
Washington Light Infantry joined the Citadel
--/"tV,? Jnn^n U/\fnl frnm TPKIOH th
CUUCIS Ul IUC VUttliCOlVU iiwvvt, livrn ??? ?batallion,
under Maj. L. F. Stephens, Superintendent
of the Citadel Academy, marched to
Iliberniar: Hall. A fitting oration was there pronounced
by Wm. M. Tennant, Esq., the orator
of the day. Early in the evening, the Light Infantry
returned to the same Hall with their
guests, to discuss a sumptuous banquet prepared
for the occasion. Toasts, health, sentiments
and short speeches from various gentlemen, prolonged
the festival for several hours. The banqueting
hall was decorated with flags and banners,
and the shields of the former Captains of
the Compiny, pendent on the walls and pillars.
The day we celebrate,' 'Liberty,' 'the Governor
of the State,' and 'the American Soldier,' were
among the sentiments proposed. Letters were
road from. James Gardner of the Field and Fireside,
Hon. Wm. Porcher Mii.es and A. 0. Andrews,
expressing their regrets at not being able
to be present on the occasion.
The Union Light Infantry observed the day
by a dress parade and target practice. The Gorman
Artillery, and the Washington Fire Company,
also, added their attractions to the observance
of the day. So may the Father of his
country te remetnoerea in nu places ana at an
times to the latest generations !
A large steamer, the Hungarian, belonging
to the Montreal Ocean Mail Steamship Company,
was recently wrecked off Cape Sable.?
None of the particulars had reached Halifax at
the latest dates. The whole crew and passengers,
amounting to 365, are probably lost. This
is the second loss the same company has sustained,
in less than a year, on that rugged and
terrible coast; and the fourteenth steamer which
has been sunk since the commencement of steam
navigation between Europe and America.
The Cuban correspondent of the Carolinian,
gives in his last letter, the confession of
a 'Cubaa Robber,' Francisco Javier Lazo,
whose atrocities seem alomst fabulous. Lazo
was placed in the criminal ward of the Hospital,
San Juan de Dios?having a severe wound in his
shoulder; and the confession was written just i
before taking a dose of laudanum by which he
intended to put an end to his life. He was only ]
23 years old, but had murdered upwards of 28 j
Wht* wttx mi
inocent people. On a single night he ascended li
y a ladder to the room of a police officer, killed e
im and his wife, and a few hoars afterwards
mrdered an aged Frenchman. Besides this, he j
ad committed an almost incredible namber of t
lefts and robberies. He recovered from the I
EFects of the laudanum, and was publicly execu- c
:d in front of the Puerte Castle, acknowledging, (
1 his last moments, that his death was a poor e
tonement for the lives of the unfortunate vie- ]
ims who had fallen into his power.' 1
Mills' Equestrian Statue of Washing- |
on, was inaugurated at the capital of the coun- <
ry, on the 22d, Washington's birth-day, with '
he 'pomp and oircumstance' incident to such ocasions.
Senator Hammond presided; the Na- ,
ional Guard, from New York, 650 strong, pa- '
aded; the Masons conducted the ceremonies; 1
Ilabk Mills spoke in explanation of the Statue,
,nd Hon. T. S.JBocock, of Virginia, pronounced
he Oration, dwelling chiefly on the virtues of
Washington.
One little oircnmstance occurred whioh is worhy
of mention as an illustration of 'unterrifiod
lemocraoy' in our free country. At the close of
he Masonic rues, me urana master nanuea me
javel to President Buchanan, who stepped forward
and was closing the ceremonies with some
pirited remarks, when a little fellow in the ,
irowd cried out?'Good for old Buck'?bringng
down the assembled thousands uproariously,
it the expense of his bachelorship, who joined
n the humor heartily. Thus, Young America
reats the proudest dignitary of the land with
he familiarity of a fellow school boy.
By the latest foreign news we learn that
Napoleon's Italian policy is supported by Lord
Tohn Russel in the British Parliament; while
:he Tories and High Churchmen of England
tavor the canse of the Pope and Naples. Sardinia
has given assurances that she will do nothing
tending te a renewal of hostilities. The
interference of England and France in Italian
affairs, considered as equivalent to a request
to the young king of Naples to abdicate his
throne; has inspirited Cavouh and Garibaldi
and all the revolutionary party with new hopes
of Italian freedom.
Mazzini desires the evacuation of Rome by
the French troops. He says: 'Rome free is
Italy one;' and not only the Pope but the people,
also, request this non-interference policy to
be carried fully out. The 'Invalide,' a Russian
paper, says the only two peoples now in Europe
not grouped into compact governments, according
to races, are Germany and Italy; and they
are progressing, though it may take centuries
to complete the work of union.' The prevailing
desire seems to be the cementing together of the j
Italian States into one brotherhood, with Sardinia
as the center, and Victor Emanuel as the
ruling spirit. Even Austria is yielding, though
reluctantly, and slowly, to this policy.
By vulcanizing India rubber with carbon,
Hatwaud & Co., near Boston, have recently
made several curious and, from descriptions,
valuable inventions from that truly plastio material
: a pail or bucket, well adapted to hotels,
railroads and steamboats; a very handsome spittoon,
which will not make any fuss when kicked
over the floor by those who either chew or es:hew
the weed; and 'taps' for the soles of boots
*nd shoes, said to be as sew-able or peg-able as
oommon sole leather. The backets are made by
beavy pressure into monlds, ai)d are reported to
be 'life-everlasting' in duration. So this gum,
:aoutchouc, once thought fit for nothing but to
make boys' balls out of, is now passing through
the hande of modern art into shapes of all-conquering
utility.
Hon. P. B. Stabke, of Mississippi, has
been appointed Commissioner by his State to
:onvey to Virginia, resolutions favoring a Southern
Convention to meet at Atlanta on the first
Monday of next June. In performing this duty
be has briefly, but very clearly defined the position
of Mississippi, whioh is much the same
that South Carolina occupies. The Convention
is earnestly desired by her, as is clear from her
having already appointed delegates to it. We
give an extract from Mr. Starke's communication
to Gov. Letcher, laying the Mississippi resolutions
before the Virginia Legislature. After
expressing the sympathies felt by his State for
Virginia, and the other border States, he says :
"Seeing as Mississippi does, that the .Northern
States persist in the denial of oar rights in the
common Territories of the Union, and continne to
repeat their agressions with more and more aggravation?and,
above all, apprehending 'the
eleotion of a President of the United States by
one section of the Union only, on the ground that
there exists an irreconcileable conflict between
the two sections in reference to their respective
systems of labor, and with an avowed purpose of
hostility to the institution of slavery as it prevails
in the Southern States'?she thinks that
the time has surely come when she should consult
together and recommend what shall be
done in an event boding so much mischief and
calamity to their rights and interests. She will
deplore, as much as any State in this Union, the
necessity of dissolving the constitutional ties
which bind them in one common government, and
she hopes and believes that a timely council with
her sister States of th6 South, will devise some
remedy consistent with their interest and honor
in the Union.
If Mississippi had been influenced by a determination
or even a desire to withdraw from this
sisterhood of States, I am very sure that she
would have selected another agent to placed her
cause before the State of Virginia.
But if in her sincere desire to be enabled to
enjoy all the rights of perfect equality in the
Union, (as she hopes to do by means of this proposed
conference,) she shall be disappointed,
then I have no hesitation in saying that she will
prefer, and will resort to independence out of it."
The Cincinnati Commercial tells the following
good joke, which occurred at the late
reunion of the Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee
Legislatures:
"The story goes that when Lieutenant-Governor
Newman, of Tennessee, was here with the
Kentucky and Tennessee Legislatures, he was
accompanied by his 'body servant,' a sprightly,
sable colored 'boy,' of about thirty, who was conscious
of his dignity. His master, who was in
the habit of jesting with him familiarly, accosted
him in the hall of the Neil House, just before
the departure of the guests, with a 'Why, Jack,
haven't any of the abolitionists carried you off
yet?' 'Yah! yah ! Massa Newman,'?quoth
Jack,?'when I seed you gwine down de street
arm-in-arm with Gubner Dennison and Gubner
Chase, I tot you wor gone, sure?yah! yah!'
Governor Chase is responsible for the story."
The following, in relation to the same thing,
conceived 'under the immediate inspiration of a
drink composed of equal portions of Monongahela
and Bourbon,' will 'pass muster', too:
The union of rye, and the union of corn,
The union with lake, ice and river;
The union of sugar in one spacious horn
And their unflagging union forever.
Gov. Hicks of Maryland has written a
letter to the Governor of this State, in which he
says that the Maryland Legislature construe the
South Carolina resolutions as a proposal for secession
from the Union by the Southern States.
Gov. Gist in reply denies that South Carolina
proposes secession. She only asks that the Southern
States would meet in convention?insist on
their rights?act in concert to defend them without
dissolution?show the North that the South
is determined, and they would cease to agitate
slavery. The reading of Gov. Gist's lotter was
received with applause in the Maryland Legislature.
We regret to learn the sudden death of
Col. Jas. H. Ibby, on Friday last, of apoplexy.
Col. Ieby has long been in public life as Senator
and Representative from Laurens Distriot to the
State Legislature. He was an old and able
member of the bar; was twice President of the
Laurens Railroad; was Lieut. Governor of the
State under Gov. Mannino ; and had been prominent
in the minds of many for Governor for the {
ast two or three administrations, though neter in
lected to that important post. Be
One of the most pleasing acts of his life was
>artially private in its character; but we menion
it, because men often display themselves P'
test in their unpublished deeds. We allude to n
i beautiful monument, raised by himself and 88
3ol. J. D. Williams on the spot where the 'mas- ftr
lacre of Hays' Station' was perpetrated in their ^
District. We have stood there in days past, and ai
'elt the spell of the place; therefore, we can w
jive no more fitting tribute to the memory of l'
3ol. Iest than that bis name is linked, marble- ?
strong, with the heroes of the revolution. 41
A party, styled the National Union party, ^
designed to trim between extremists among the ^
Democrats and Republicans, 'who are seeking
to force the country into an organization of parties
founded on the question of slavery,' has a
. ? . . . . 61
been formed at Washington dj representatives .
of the 'Old Line Whigs' and Amerioans. Hon.
John M. Crittenden, of Kentucky, is Chairman
of the Committee of this party. Twenty-eight 0
men from various parts of the country are mem- '
bers of the committee. They have issued an
address to the people of the United States, in 0
which they propose a convention to be held in *
each State, which shall embody the whole con- ^
servative strength in each, in such form as shall 11
make it the most effective. Each of these State ^
conventions shall nominate two candidates for 1
the Presidency, one of which, at least, must be ?
a citizen of some other State than the one in 1
which he is nominated. Then in a National 8
Convention, to be organized in the usual man- 1
ner, the candidate for President and Vice Presi- c
dent shall be selected from the whole number of 1
nominations. '
It is thought by some that such a movement 1
will prevent the nex! Presidential canvass from 1
assuming the form of a purely sectional struggle.
Others think not; because, if there were 1
half a dozen parties in the field, the real issue is >
between Northern Abolitionism and Southern 1
slavery. A new party can do nothing but di- <
vide the 'conservatives,' and consequently in- '
crease the relative strength of the Black Repub- i
licans. I
We give below a paragraph from the 1
Mercury, showing the way in which the Spring 1
trade is opening in Charleston. Such signs are '
really cheering:
"Trade has at length fully opened in Charles- 1
ton, and has made good headway. More than
fifty country merchants came in yesterday, by
one train from Augusta. Yesterday morning,
the array of dry goods and other goods boxes on the
pavements of Meeting and Hayne-streets was 1
unexampled in Charleston. It was a sight to .
gladden the eyes of all, ana to snut ine momns ;
of croakers. Merchants generally are not dis- ]
posed to look for bo extensive and varied stooks 1
in Charleston. They knew that plain goods {
could be bought here, but they find that the se- ]
leotion at Beveral of oar leading houses is folly ,
eqnal to what they have been accustomed to |
seeing in New York jobbing houses. This even- j
iog, and up to the small hoars past midnight, ,
the lighted floors, from sidewalk to roofing, (
showed how busy our heavy merchants are in ,
baling the goods they sold yesterday. If any ,
citizen .is incredulous, let him take an early ,
stroll this morning in the vicinity of the Charleston
Hotel."
A matter of somo importance is under
investigation in reference to Spanish born Amer- .
ican citizens in the island of Cuba. The Spanish
authorities at Havana have required them to ,
perform military service, furnish a substitute,
or pay the sum of one thousand dollars. The
Amerioan consul, Helm, has demanded the release
of those who have been bound to this servioe,
but without success. One person has paid
the thousand dollars; but protested that it was
wrong to exact such payment. The correspondence
relative to the whole affair has been sent
to Washington, where it will, doubtless, recieve
proper attention.
The following paragraph will show that
the old purpose of extinguishing Vesuvius is
being revived again. Our imp wonders if the
steam 'evaporated' wouldn't 'exhilerate' the motion
of the earth in its orbit. Here is the paragraph:
Some of the German journals announce sen
ously that a company of English capitalists have
made an application to the King of Naples for- a
concession for the extinction of Vesuyias. The
principle seat of the fire of that volcano is situated
several thousand feet below the level of the
sea. By cutting a canal which would carry the
water into the crater the fire would be completely
extinguished, and the operation, which would
only cost two millions of francs, would restore
to cultivation land of ten time3 that value.
The Spaniards and Moors have fought a
severe battle recently at Tetuan. The subjoined
paragraph gives the particulars:
"Advices from Morocco report that Tetuan
was stormed and oarried on the 2d ult., after a
sanguinary engagement. The camp equipage,
artillery and camels of the Moors fell into the
hands of the Spaniards. In this and previous engagements
the Moors fought with the greatest
bravery. Tetuan is a walled town in the Kingdom
of Fez, having a population of 16,000, with
many handsome mosques. It is situated about
four miles from the sea, on a river of the same
name, and protected by a fort at the mouth of
the river, the town itself being defended by a
castle, in addition to the walls."
It is stated that England has renewed her offer
to mediate between these contending parties.
The Nashvillo Union, speaking of recent
coal discoveries in Tennessee, says:
"We are informed that four English miners
from Mansfield and Newcastle, England, have
recently found and opened a coal field on Obed's
river, in Fentress county, in this State, belonging
to Gen. John B. Rodgers, consisting of one
thousand acres of a solid coal bed, four feet
thick, of the best article of bituminous coal, containing
an extra quantum of gas and petroleum,
the best they have found in the United States.?
It is on the margin of the Cumberland river, and
easy of access. A specimen of the coke and tar
may be seen in the hands of Prof. Safford, our
State Geologist, at Nashville. This coal is overlaid
in many places with fire-proof tile rock,
suitable for making oook ovens, parapet walls,
paving streets, oovering houses, and the like,
and may be obtained of any thickness from one
inch to six, squaring right of itself, if desired,
and can be transported by water at a trifling
expense."
During the late meeting of the Grand
Division, Sons of Temperance, of Maryland and
the District of Columbia, hold in Washington,
about one hundred and fifty of the Sons, paid a
visit to President Buchanan. Mr. Gannt, G. W.
P.. addressed the President, concluding his re
marks thus: 1
"We stand upon the platform of total absti- 1
nence from all kinds of intoxicating liquors as a
beverage?believing the true cause of intemperance
to be moderate drinking, and the uso and
abuse of ardent spirits inseparable. I am not 1
sure, Mr. President, that you stand upon the ,
same platform, but we believe, essentially agree
in principle. I am happy to seo in your remarkably
healthy and vigorous appearance so strik- 1
ing an illustration of the effect of those princi- j
pies practically carried out. And I assure you,
sir, it is no ordinary privelege, as well as pleasure,
that we this day enjoy, in requesting you 1
to accept, in the name of the order, through us, 1
a brother's hand." |
The President's reply was short, but full of 1
truth and the solid wisdom of experience. Allu- ,
ding to the offer of a 'brother's hand,' he said:
"I accept that, with all my heart. I have all (
my life been a temperance man, in the old way,
but have never practiced total abstinence, though 1
I approve heartily of the principle, and wish you 1
Good speed, (laying his hand upon his heart,) 1
from the bottom of my heart; yet you know, (
gentlemen, we do not always practice what we
preach. Long before there was any active tern- 1
perance organization, I practiced temperance, i
and I attribute the remarkable health I enjoy at ]
this advanced age to my temperate habits, both
in eating and drinking. I highly appreciate yonr
visit and the motive which prompted you to it, 1
and shall cherish the remembrance of this pleas- 1
ant visit to the end of my life. I hesitate not to
say, that if the principles of total abstinenoe
should generally prevail, it would be the greatest
blessing mankind at large could enjoy. Wish
g you all the success your noble cause deryes,
I shall always be happy to hear of your
osperity."
The Texas Legislature has laid down a
atform of principles in reply to the South Ca- 80
Una resolations. The State Governments, they he
y, are the great bulwark against consolidation hi
id anti-repubUcanism. The Constitution of the
nited States, therefore, must be maintained
id defended, 'as it is the cement of the Union
i well in its limitations and reservations as in
b authorities and powers.' The work of Black ^
epubUcanism is to 'break down the barriers be- so
veen the Statesto sectionaUze and consoli- b<
ate the powers, &c., of the Federal Government. g(
.11 the States are then appealed to, to prove their th
evotion?in ensuing State and Federal elec- w
ons?to the Constitution and the Union. If this tc
ppeal is made in vain, they recommend a referace
of the whole subject of their Federal relaons
to the people of Texas.
It is stated now, that Macaulay's History
f England will be continued by Sir Charles
'bevelteh, the Governor of Madras, who was n
kmki f.tia intimatft fripnd nf Ma- 1,
JiHTCUK^-llfW jv??w ?? - M
aulay, occupying the 8&me house and receiving g
he impress of his views and opinions. Sir D
!bevelyen is described as a vigorous and origi- g
ial writer. Under the signature of 'Indophiles,' a
te published in the London Timet, during the n
hdian mutiny, letters which made a deep and c
lecided impression in Englnnd. A series of d
etters published in a Calcutta paper, as early t
is 1833-4 brought him into the notice of Lord
Vxlliam Bentwick, and raised him to the rank b
?f Secretary of Government. In this capacity fc
ie became intimate with Macaulat who was g
hen a member of council and a law commisdoner;
and this intimacy lasted for the remainder
>f the historian's life.
The House of Representatives of the
Kentucky Legislature has passed a bill for the
removal of free negroes from that State. The
rill provides that no negro shall be regarded as *
set free, until bis owner gives a bond for his 1
removal from the State in ninety days; makes *
it felony for free negroes to go into the State; *
prohibits their marriage with slaves, and per- *
mits those not wishing to kave the State to *
jhoose a master or mistress, to be sold into G
slavery at half of their appraised value. - *
The following paragraph throws decidedl y 1
'a new light on the subject1:
"A new light of intense brilliancy, has been
exhibited lately at the London Crystal Palace. c
[t is obtained by projecting a jet of oxygen and c
lydrogen, or oxygen and carburetted hydrogen '
jases combined, upon a surface of lime, which
s protected from crumbling. It is called the
Lime Light. The power of illumination is said
:o be immense?a single jet of medium size
being equivalent to the light of four hundred I
irax candles of four to the pound. It costs only ]
two cents an hour, and is well adapted to light- j
ing places where an immense illumination is .
required, such as light-houses, manufactories, 1
shurches, bridges, wharves, &o. All who wit- 1
aeased the experiments were satisnea witn ineir
success." .
COJTTBJBUTORIAL..
Death of Howard H. Caldwell*
Poetry asserts that early death is heaven's dirinest
gift, and the piety of the world claims that
we should not mnrmnr; bnt bereaved nature and
tearfnl affection find no ready assent. The death
of our friend, while it has everything to make
nature cry out in rebellion, has much that makes '
it beautiful?even in its terror beautiful. It u
hard to oontemplate an event that severs one ;
we love from to much to live for; and yet, there
is consolation in remembering that peace of soul
beamed over the scene; that earth's holiest love
hallowed the parting hour. Near him stood
those who were nearest him in soill. In the bosom
of his family, with a sister and a brother at
his side, and friends almoet as near as they, he
passed away?nearing his end in peace of soul,
Blowly, patiently, prayerfully, and in hope. As
it was his wont to meet the ills of life in the
spirit of a philosophy that recognized a misterious
adjustment of good and ill for final good ; so,
consistently too with the tenets of the Churoh
within whose Sanctuary, he sought Peace, he met
life's final III with a cheerful hope, a hope beautiful
in its consistency. We havo seen much of
life with him, and we speak with that knowledge
; and at last we were near him, and received
his final injunctions; and these were true to his
life and minded with echoes of peace and readi
ness.
His life was eminently that of a student. The
eminence he obtained in scholarship; the
preeminence in bellea lettrea; the trinmphs of his
Maae; the devotion to speculative philosophy;
the results of his varied and extensive reading ;
the position he rcaohed in literature, especially i
in Southern literature?of these things we shall
have a future occasion of speaking. So also of
his active and versatile genius, his highly refined
and imaginative nature, those qualities of mind
that so strongly endeared one and estranged another
of those who knew him well or were incapable
of understanding him, his wider relations
to mon and life, and the narrower and nearer
and dearer relations that prove the heart and
stamp the man, of theae we will speak again, not
now.
The disease of which he died was one slow but
steady in its progress, insidiouaand delusive in
its advances, but marked for several months?
pulmonary consumption. We travelled on a
health tour with him last summer, and sjpce then
we have had the melancholy privilege of watching
his waning life. The sad office was relieved
by many things ; but withall it was hard?hard,
and yet how else could it ever have been less so ?
Age and care and cloud had not shaded his dream
too deeply; the desolating genius of earth's falae
realitiea had not blurred his enthusiasm of soul ;
and no mockery of earnest life had yet turned
his heart from its own pure and true ideal. }Tia
well; however the heart refuses to aay it, yet
'tis well.?
"Pass on !?to thee the Parcae give
The fairest lot of all;?
In golden poet-dreams to live,
And, ere they fade?to fall."
Howard Hatne Caldwell was born in the
village of Newberry, S. C., on Tuesday, the 20th
of September, 1831. At the age of twenty he
graduated with the Bachelor's degree in the South
Carolina College. In 1855 his first volume, "Oliatta
and Other Poems," appeared. He practiced
law in Columbia, S. C., and after his marriage?to
Miss Montaoue, in 1857?he pursued
bis profession in Mobile, Alabama. In 1858 ap
J uT>Anma " TTo votnpn.
peareu u ocuuuu tuiuiaiv v*. a
ed to Columbia, and was engaged as Editor of
the Courant, a literary weekly of that city, from
its establishment in May, 1859, till its close in
December of the same year. During the autumnal
half of 1859, his health was perceptibly declining.
But few hoped, during the winter, that
he would see "June's sweet roses blow." He
became a member of the Catholic Church during
this illness, and in its bosom he found rest, and
with its benediction he went bock to God. He
died in Columbia daring the afternoon of Tuesday
the 21st of February, 1860. A large concourse
of friends attended the funeral services
on Thursday the 23d, at St. Peter's Church?
Catholic?conducted by the Rev. Father O'Conkell,
Pastor. His body was buried in the burying-ground
of that Church?consigned by friendly
hands, with the solemn rites of his chosen
faith, to its mother earth and brother dust?in
peace. And the morning sun looked brightly
down upon troubled hearts there, like the sun of
the eternal Hope over life's troubled waters.
J. W. D.
Columbia, S. C.
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nd illustrated those eminent intellectual attainments,
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Columbia, Feb., I860.
'There be, perhaps, who barren hearts arow,
Cold as the rocks on Torneo's hoary brow
tut I can't think there are any such in Columbia, ^
his bright, beautiful morning. But, if there is,
rithin its bounds, one lonely, one frozen heart
o day, it cannot fail to receive life and love from
lim who said: 'Blessed are they that mourn; for
hey shall be comforted.' It makes my heart
ling for joy to see the glad and merry sunshine.
Old earth,' too, seems rejoicing, and all nature
velcomes the approach of Spring. Hope is sweet;
ind, I think, this is the reason many of us prefer
ipring to Summer; for though there is enough
>f beauty in the sunny showers of April, and the
ilear blue skies of May, to make their return
lagerly greeted, still there is a deeper joy in the
bought that the buds of to-day bear, folded
vithin their petals, the blossoms and fruits oftonorrow.
Summer has, it is true, a rich dower
>f beauty; but there is no promise in its fall and
)erfect loveliness. We smile to mark the er.>anding
charms of her beauteous forerunner;
>ut we sigh to think of the fading flower aud fallng
leaf which tell her heart's last throb, and of
he mournful winds that ohaont her dirge. But
ire need not yet be sad; for Spring mast soon be
jars.
I cannot write a long letter, dear Enquirer ;
'or it is an old rnle to 'make bay while the sun
shines.' Do yon want to know the quality of %
uy'bay'? Well, prepare to be surprised! Jast i
picture to yourself, your 'lady correspondent!
trundling a hoop, aboot as large as herself, around
the yard, and you will hare my 'haystack'
- in perspective. If your imagination fails to
iiang the picture in the 'right light,' just come
here and I promise to show it to perfection.?
You know 'these things have their day'; and, as it
may be long before another 'hoop paroxysm' is
here, we are in duty bound to relieve Mr. MoKenzie
of bis wares. Now, don't say you approve
of the exercise, &c. I know it is 'highly
improper;' but, then, I have a natural hoflfor of
all 'proper things,' and so?I don't care.
PERLA.
For the Yorkviile Enquirer.
A S.VAkE IN THE GRASS.
Messrs. Editors: Permit me to call the attention
of yonr readers to a book included in a catalogue,
circulating at the South, from the house
of Derby & Jackson, New York, soliciting patronage
on the gift system. ?Wet tern Border Life is
the title of the book, written by Fanny Hunter of
Connections
Judging from the title, people are liable to be i
deceived, and when it is too late, to find that J
instead of a book giving real information, a work ^
of fiction in which the seeds of abolitionism are
skillfully sown, is imposed upon them.
The reader is introduced to tho family of a
wealthy slaveholder in Western Missouri, with
whom Fanny boarded while teaching school there.
Among others, two or three of the servants are
specially brought into notice ; one of whom is a
very aged and pious negro won^n, called Aunt
Phebe. In Fanny's walks and rambles with her
pupils, she frequently visited the negro qaarters;
and she recites at leugth the conversations she
often had with the servants, sympathizing with
them in all their troubles. In her recital of the
little difficuties between the white and black
members of the family, the cruelties of the former
are so represented as to excite the indignation
of the unguarded reader, while all his sympathies
are enlisted for the oppressed sldve.
Farther on, in a collision between a slaveholder
and a Yankee, about a disputed land claim,
the former is represented as a haughty, overbear- {
iog tyrant, scarcely having an equal for cruelty
on the pages of history, while the other is shown
up as an honest, industrious, upright, but unfor- J
man A ff or nrpnarino* the mind of the V
. i r--?o
reader, she openly denounces slavery, and in
elaborate argnments, endeavors to show the evil
resulting from the institution.
Is that Western border life ! I, the writer of
this sketch, have traveled over a considerable
portion of the Western countries; and I do not
remember to have seen a single instance of such
life as is depicted in this false book, which by
its deceitful name hopes to find its way to many
a fireside at the South. If I may be the means
of warning a single fellow citizen to shun this
designing production, I will feel amply rewarded
for my trouble. A little girl of my acquaintance,
thinking it a pretty book of interesting stories
from which she could learn much of life in the
far west, sent through the mail for iL To her
kindness I am indebted for its perusal. If my
little friend chances to read this caution, I feel
assured she will'heartily indulge the hope that it
may save others from a similar imposition.
H. D. S.
Clay Hill, S. C., Feb., 1800.
DGf Sufferers from Scrofula and Scrofulous 4
affections cheer up! Why wear your Pimples, 1
Blotches, Ulcere, Sores? Why have the life
twisted out of you by Dyspepsia, Rheumatism
and Gout ? Why suffer Syphilitic and Mercurial
diseases to rot the bones in your body, or the
flesh off your bones? Why let your sluggish
blood drag, and scatter its distempers through
your veins ? Ayer's Coat? Ex't of Sarsaparilla
cures these complaints, and clensee them out of
the system. Use it faithfully and you bring to
society a healthier, cleanlier, and far more ac
ceptable member.?Democrat, Baltimore, 3Id.
The Toothache.?Our cotemporory of the 1
Southern Mercury has doubtless often "enjoyed"
that peculiar sensation which accompanies the
toothache, and erects the following standard as a
prerequisite to a full and satisfactory realization
of the "delectable pain:"
"To enjoy this delectable pain to its fullest S>'
extent, yon should hare it in all its glory for
about a week. Let the pain permeate and insinuate
into every portion of the diseased member,
racing, jumping and springing around gonerally
like rats in a corn-crib; let it ache until
you can't tell whether the pain is in your mouth,
on the top of your head, or in your cravat, but A
rather think it is all around there; let it ache ^