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-y ,* ^ ** V T . . . * ~'^' fll gg? " ' 1 . ; 1 . i1 . mSiAM wEIEAST.}Proprietors- |nbc))enhent Jfamiljr Iteluspjjer: got t|e promotion of % political, Social, Agricultural anb Commercial Interests of t|e Soatjj! | $2 fee teab, advance. VOLUME 7. " YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 4,1861. NUMBER 1% Jfrtofefl ? ffiffeg. ^ I'VE BEEN THINKING. pP I've been thinking, I've been thinking, What a glorious world were this. Did folk mind their own business inore And mind their neighbors' less. For instance, you and I, my friend, Arc sadly prone to talk Of matters that concern us not. And others' follies mock. I've been thinking, now if we'd begin To mind our own affairs. That possibly our neighbors might Contrive to manage theirs. We've faults enough at home to mend, It may be true of others? It would be strange if it were not, Since ail mankiiid are brothers. I've been thinking, too, that jealousy Is our abiding curse ; Its venom taints our neighbor's eup. And makes our own much worse. Our neighbor's follies we can see, And all their failings tell; I've been thinking if we'd mend our own. We should be quite as well. I would that we had charity For every man and woman Forgiveness is the mark of those Who know "to err is human." Then let us ba iish jealousy? Let's lift our fallen brother, ^ And as we journey down life's road, Do good to one another. Charter of the Dallas and King's Mountain Bail Boad Company. r% 1 r> s i.J L.. j 7. ? &JECTIO.N X. .oe 11 vnucieu. uy tjte UCHCI aZ Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority oj the same, That a company by the name and style of the "Dallas and King's Moantain Railroad Company/' be, and the same is hereby incorporated, with a capital stock of two hundred thonsand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each, for the purpose of constructing & railroad from Dallas, in Gaston county, N. C., to the South Carolina line. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of creating the capital stook of said company, the following persons be, and they are hereby appointed general commissioners, viz: David A. Jenkins, Robert Wilson, Lawson Wilson, William M. Ferguson, James Quinn, J. "R. Falls, Ezra B. Wlison, Moses H. Rhyne, J. F. Pegram, 1 Jacob Fronebarger, Jr., John G. Lewis, Edward Whitesides, Samuel Jarrett and William Crawford, whose duty it shall be to direct the opening or doobs ior suoscriptions of stock, at such times and places, and under such persons as they or a majority of them may deem proper; and said commissioners shall have power so appoint a chairman of their body treasurer, and all other officers, and to sue for and recover all sums of money that should be recovered by them under this act. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That when the sum of fifty thousand dollars shall have been subscribed in manner and form as a foresaid, in shares of fifty dollars eaeh, and shall have paid five per cent, on the same, to the persons authorized to receive the -11 -_i :_4:? same, an suusunpuuuo upuu nuwu u?o pn cent, is not paid, being null and void, the subscribers, their executors, administrators or assigns, shall be and they are hereby declared incorporated into a company by the name and style of the Dallas and Kiog's Mountain Railroad Company ; and by that name shall be capable in law and equity of purchasing, holding, selling, leasing and conveying estates, real, personal and mixed, and of acquiring the same by gift or otherwise, so far as shall be necessary for the purposes embraced in their charter, and shall have perpetual succession, and may sue and be sued by their corporate name, plead and be impleaded in any court of law and equity in the State of North Carolina, or any other State having competent juris diction; and may have and nse a common seal which they may alter or renew at pleasure and shall have and enjoy all other rights and privileges which other corporate bodies may and do exercise, and make all such by-laws, rules and regulations as may ?? /vAnannmnnf uc utjueaaarjr iui tuc guuu guinumv,u? w? said company. Sec. 4 Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said stockholders or a of majority them, so soon as the sum of fifty thousand dollars shall have been subscribed as aforesaid, to appoint a time and place, and give at least thirty days public notice for the stockholders to meet, at which time and place, a majority of the stock being re presented in person or by proxy, shall proceed to elect niqe directors out of their number, each of whom shall possess at least ten shares of stock, and shall also proceed to elect a president, treasurer and secretary out of the number of stockholders; and the said directors shall have power to do ali things necessary for the government of the company and for the transaction of business. The persons elected directors as aforesaid, shall serve for one year; and the president, treasurer, secretary and directors shall be held annually at such times and places as the stockholders may direct. But if the day for the annual election should pass bj without an election of officers, the officers formerly elected shall continue in office un til a new election takes place. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the election cf all officers shall be by ballot, eact ofrtntKnMpr r??stinf? as manv votes as he has OWVauv.w. 0 ? shares in the stock of said company, anc the person receiving a majority of votes thui polled, shall be considered elected. Eacl share of the stock shall be entitled to om vote, to be represented in person or b; proxy. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That thi board of directors may call for the snms sab scribed as stock in said company in sncl instalments as the interests of said compam may require?the call for each payment t< be published in one or more newspapers fo: the space of one month before the day o payment, and on the failure of any stock holder to pay each instalment as thus re quired, the directors may sell at public auc tion, ten days notice having been given for cash, all the stock subscribed for in sai< company by such stockholder, and conve; the same to the purchaser at said sale; am if said sale of stock do not produce a fum sufficient to pay off the incidental expence of the sale and the entire amount owing b; such stockholder to the company for sucl subscription of stook, then, and in that oase the whole of such balance shall be held as O due at once to the company, and may be ^ recovered of such stockholder, orhisexecu- ? tors, administrators or assigns, at the suit M of said company, by action of assumpsit in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by M warrant before a Justice of the Peace, when or the sum does not exceed one hundred dol- ,u lars j and in all cases of assignment of stock ^ before the whole amount has been paid to th the company, then for all sums due on stock, e* both the original subscriber, the first and all subsequent assignees, shall be liable to 111 the company and recovered as above de- a' scribed. se Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the P debt of the stockholders due to the company bi tor stocK tnereiD, eunemy ine ungiuiu buv ~ scriber or assignee shall, be of equal digni- M tj with judgments in the distribution of as- "J sets of a deceased stockholder by his legal d< representative. ta Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That said T company shall issue certificates of stock to g' its members, and said stock may be trans- tc ferred in such manner as may be directed T by the by-laws of said company. oi Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That said S( company may at any time increase its capi- d tal stock to a sum sufficient to complete ? said road, either by opening books for sub- a> scription of new stock or borrowing money a' on the credit of the company, or by mort- U gaging its charter and works, as by the stock- S holders directed. D; Sec. 10 Be it further enacted, That the S said company shall have power to construct, 1 as speedily as possible, a railroad with one d or more tracks along the line, as heretofore it set forth in this act, and shall have the w Drivilese of using any section of said road 113 constructed by them before the whole is ^ completed. ^ Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That said b: company shall have power to construct said b road across any public road, or along the w bed of such road : Provided, however, That w said railroad company make as good, sub- 01 stantial a road at one side. di Sec. 12. Be it further enacted. That when 4 any land or right of way may be required rt by said company for the purpose of construe- d ting their road, and for want of agreement tl as to the value thereof, or from any other ei cause, the same cannot be purchased from st 1 - ? ? o w cne owner or owners, rue oauju iuay uc ta ken at a valuation, to be made by five com- ol missioners, or a majority of them, to be appointed by the county courts of the respec- st tive counties in which some part of the w land or right of way is located. In making o* said valuation the commissioners shall take di into consideration the loss or damage which si may accrue to the owner or owners, in con- & sequence of the lands or right of way being 'c surrendered, and the benefits or advantages Sii he, she or they may receive from the crec- ai tion of said road, and state particularly the c< value and amount of each, and the excess F of loss and damage over and above the ad-1 F vantages and Denents, snail iorm me tueas ?? ure of valuation of said land or right of A way : Provided, nevertheless, That if auy oi person or persouB, over whose lands the road may pass, or the company, should be ri dissatisfied with the valuation of said com- T missioners, then, and in that case, either a* party may appeal to the Superior Court; d< and the proceedings of said commissioners, it accompanied with a full description of said ol lands or right of way, shall be returned un- g der the hands and seals of a majority of 01 the commissioners to the court from which tc commissions issued, there to remaiu a mat b ter of record ; and the lands or right of way h so valued by the commissioners shall be g used for the purpose of said railroad, sj soon as the valuation may be paid, or when C refused, may have beeu tendered : Provh 01 -J,.7 lk? ?!?kf nnn^oinnuhun tthnll tl ICtU'j 1 UilL IUU Ut vvuuvuj uvvwu WM%... not extend to the dwelling house, yard gar- 0: den, or grave yard of any individual with- 0 out his consent. I Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That the " right of said company to condemn lands in C the manner described in the 12th sectiou of this act, shall extend to the condemnation of only one hundred feet on each side J of the main track of said road, unless in o case of deep cuts and fillings, when said ft company shall have power to condemn as f much in addition thereto, as may be Deces- d sary for the purpose of constructing said ^ road; and the company, in like manner, 11 shall also have power to condemn any ad- h joining lands for the construction and building depots, shops, work houses, buildings i" for servants, ageDts and persons employed p on the road, not exceeding two acres in any b one place. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That all I 1 the lands on which the road may be located, not heretofore granted by the State, within ! one hundred feet of the centre of said road, n which shall be constructed by said com- ^ pany, shall vest in the company as soon as 0 the line of the road is definitely laid out. v ' Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That said 1 company shall have the exclusive right of 11 ! the conveyance or transportation of persons, b ' goods, merchandise ana proaace over saia ? ! road at such charges as may be fixed by a "V ' majority of the directors. ^ 3 Sec. 16. Be it further enacted. That said ^ company shall have the right, and it shall w be their duty to take at the store-houses t' 3 they may establish or annex to their road, a ' all goods, wares, merchandise and produce C 3 intended for transportation, prescribe the ^ rules of priority and charge, and receive P * such just and reasonable compensation for S 1 storage as their by-laws may establish or o may be fixed by agreement. n P Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That the board of directors may fill all vacancies e which may occur in it during the period P for which they may have been elected, and, P 1 in the absence or death of the president, V may appoint a presidentpro tempore, to fill a 5 his place from among their number. P r Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That the r ^ profits of the company, or so much thereof * " as the direotc may deem advisable, shall, v " when the affairs of the company will admit " of it, be annually divided among the stock- 1 ' holders. ' Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, TbatnoJ tice of process upon the president or acting f agent of said company, shall be deemed lawful notice of serving process upon the com- a y Pany' ... 1 b The man who lives for himself alone, I i, lives for a bad fellow. '?imVmms jWMas. Military Spirit and Genius of the South. Major D. H. Hill of the North Carolioa ilitary Institute, in his eloquent "Essay i Military Education, delivered at Wilington, North Carolina, before the State ducational Convention," thus illustrates ie military spirit and genius of the South n people: uThe armies nf the Revolution were Com anded by Washington, a Southern Gener- j . The officers who distinguished them-1 lives in an especial manner in the war of I 312, were Southern-born and Southern ' red, Jackson, Coffee, Harrison. Scott and aines. The commanding Generals in the texican war, Scott and Taylor, were both ; Virginia. The Chief of Ordnance un3r Gen. Scott, and the next most irapor,nt officer was Huger, of South Carolina he Chief of Engineers was Lee, of Virinia, the only man the Army acknowledges > be fit to be the successor to Gen. Scott, he chief leaders in skirmishing were Lane, ' North Carolina, and Hays, of Tennes;e. Tho light batteries of artillery which id such wonderful execution at Palo Alto, ^esaca de la Palma, Monterey, Buena Vista ad in the Valley of Mexico, were generlly uuder the command of Southern men, Ringgold, Kidgeley, Bragg, Washington, teptoe and Magruder. The heavy Ordance was under the control of Huger, of outh Carolina, and Laidley, of Virginia he battery of Mountain Howitzers, was irected by Reoo, of Virginia. Thedashig charge of cavalry at Resaca de la Palma, bich has a world wide reputation, was lade by May, of Washington city. A far lore brilliant affair was witnessed by ten lousand American soldiers drawn up in attle array on the beach at Vera Cruz, and y English, French and Spanish vessels of ar in the harbor. A little steamer, armed ith two heavy pieces of ordnance and lanned by some 20 sailors, pushed up uner the very walls of Vera Cruz, with its 00 pieces of artillery, and within easy inge of the formidable Castle of San Juan 'Ulloa, and from that position bombarded le city for half an hour. Projectiles of aormous weight aud size fell thick as hailones around the little vessel, any one of hich must have sunk her. The interest F the spectators was painful in the exeme, but the very insignificance of the earner proved an efficient protection ; she as too small a mark to be hit, and as she ime back bearing her gallant crew, all resscd in their red jackets, the very earth look with the cheers of the ten thousand tultiog voices on the beach. The officer i command was Tatnall, of Georgia, the mie who, at the risk of his commission id his life, interposed last year and resled the defeated British at the Peiho orts in China. During the siege of ort Brown the pulley of the flag got deinged, so that it could not be raised.? n officer climbed the staff, and in the midst : a terrible tempest of shot and shell calmly id deliberately arranged the halyards, ghted the pulley, and hoisted the flag.? he exploit of Jasper at Fort Moultrie was i nothing, ia comparison with this daring eed. That officer was Hanson, of Washigton city, a descendant of John Hanson, f Maryland, President of the First Conress, and of Col. John Hanson Harrison, ae of the most distinguished of Washing-1 >n's aids. Years before the siege of Fort Irown, General Worth had pronounced im the bravest man in the army. He was entle aud modest as a girl, kind and cour sous to all, a devoted and enthusiastic Ihristiau, a gentleman in the highest aceptation of the word. Just after the bate of Contreras, a rude litter, with a dead fficer on it, was borne by. 'Sergeant, what fficer is that?' 'Capt. Hanson, of the 7th nfantry, sir.' The soldier had fallen on le field of honor. Two gallant brothers, lapt. Weightman K. Hansou, 7th Infau y, the most eaterprising young officer of ie Florida War, and Passed Midshipman ohn Hanson, both also fell in the service f their country. Santa Anna made the ital mistake, at Cerro Gordo, of leaving 'elegraph Hill unfortified. Gen. Scott iscovered it, and sent up a young officer, ith some 70 men, to Seize it. An imlense force of Mexicans came to dislodge im. He threw his men behind rocks and ees, and sent for succor. The Rifle Regnent came up and found themselves hotly rosaori nnri wmild have been driven hank at for the timely arrival of the 2nd Icfanpy. During all this time, that gallant lieutenant held his position, and had he )st it, the battle of Cerro Gordo never muld have beec won. That intrepid young lan was Gardner, of Washington city.? 'he storming column against the main work n Cerro Gordo I i ill was led by that tried eteran Harney, of Georgia." Major Hill adds that the South has not lerely evinced military spirit on tbj field, ut in authorship. The books in use ou ifantry tactics were prepared by Scott, of rirginia, and Hardee, of Georgia. The lanual of Artillery Tactics in use is by Iajor Anderson, of Kentucky. The only rorks in this country ou the Science of Arillery, written in the English language, re by Kingsbury and Gibbon, of North larolina, and the only books on Military Ingineering, by Mahan, of Virginia. The ublished experiments of Mordecai, of louth Carolina, convey all our information f the strength of gunpowder and of canon, and the proper tests for their trial. The Broad Bars of our Flag.?We rotest against the word "stripes," as apilied to the broad bars of the flag of our )onfederacy. The word is quite approprite as applied to the old flag or a barber's olo; but it does not correctly describe the ed and white divisions of the flag of the lonfederate States. The word is bat's? ?e have removed from under the stripes. As we speak of the flag, we may menion that the Committeee on Flags caused he Secretary of Congress to order one rom Mobile, for the Capitol, which will >robably arrive to-day. It is 28 feet long, >y 18 in width; and, as the Congress has .djourned till May, will probably be turned ?ver temporarily to the War Department, t was manufactured under the direction of Hajor George B. Cli'.herall. Montgomery Mail. The Wholesale Trade of Charleston. ? The business tnen of Charleston are al- c ready beginning to reap the advantages of t the independent position which the South ? has takeo, in consequence of the refusal of s the North to grant her constitutional rights. The results of the last few weeks have de- a uionstratcd conclusively that the comuier- t cial prosperity find political equality which p the Mercury for years predicted, were not t vain boasts, business of all kinds has in- 1 creased atau amazing pace ; customers-are s thronging the city from all quarters of the a South, and the indications are that Char- v leston is destined to become the commer- r cial metropolis of the Confederate States. c In dry goods and fancy goods the opera- e tiona have been very large, and the purchasers, we are informed, are principally s composed of those who used to patronize s New York. Ooe house alone, the business 1 of which heretofore was chiefly confined to i Georgia, has sold heavy bills to merchants 1 from Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas and 1 Texas. In shoes alone, the sales of the last i two weeks have amounted to upwards of t S200,000 ( In short, the prospects of Charleston i never were more bright than at this season. I It would be impossible to furnish, at this t writing, details of the great increase of s business which has taken place, and which i is but a small part of what may be expected i in the future. Suffice it to say that it is 1 enough to stimulate the energies of our i business meu. ] - So serious has beeu the effect of this rush I of trade to Charleston, that Northern mer- i chants engaged in Southern trade have circulated the report that Charleston traders i have increased their prices by adding on i the duties under the recent tariff charged i on all goods from the Northern States?in < other words, that the business meu of Char- ' lestou have determined to take an undue ; advantage of their customers. This is I manifestly so antrue that it is hardly de- i serving of notice, and yet it is by such 1 means that the attempt is made to obtain i Southern patronage. Not a merchant that i we have visited has made any such addi- i tion to his prices. All the goods received before the tariff went into operation, are * disposed of at the usual rates. Of course, 7hen the merchant pays the duty, it will , also be charged to the purchaser; and this is a fair transaction. But even supposing 1 such to be the fact, which we positively 1 deny, would it amount to a reason why 1 Southern merchants should buy at the 1 North? We think not. Clearly they 1 would be compelled to pay a duty there, 1 and another duty on bringing their goods 1 across the line Where then would be the advantage ? /in/1 rvF nil fViia tdiII kn fk/i oafnkliak- ' ment of direct trade with Europe. A Memphis (Teuu.,) paper truly remarks : "The establishment of the Government of the Confederate States of Amerioa, with 1 a tariff operating upon the importations from the non-seceding States, must have the effect of d riving to the seaports of the South all the trade of the cotton States, aud make them great depots for foreign im- ! portation as well as the markets of purohase for the country merchants." The final arrangements for a line of steamers between Liverpool aud this port , are nearly completed now, and our business community is ready to support it. This pioneer line, we confidently believe, will be followed by others in a very brief time.? Our largest houses have looked into the ! future, and they are taking measures accordingly. The hardware dealers have always imported the bulk of their stock, but in the future they have determined to import more largely. The 6ame remark will apply to all the other branches of trade.? One of our largest drug houses has already issued a circular to its patrons on the subject, a brief extract of which is subjoined : "As we shall hereafter import our European, Mediterranean and East India Drugs and Chemicals direct to Charleston, we omit all such from the list, and until our arrangements are completed, we will procure ind Anti-Foreign excitement? So utterly e sensed, that the nominee of what was left of hat party looked to the fidelity of the emi- d ;rant class of voters for defense of the Con- e titution against the prevailing fanaticism, e What is remembered of the excitements t gainst the leading public men of the coun- c ry, who figured a few years ago on the I >olitical boards? These excitements about he Indians, Anti-Masonry, United States ( Bunk, Know Nothingism, Temperance, v pread like epidemics, and have totally dis- c ippeared. Those remaining who were the a dctims of them laugh at them now; but s nost men have forgotten them entirely, and fc inly recall, by an effort, the memory of their t ixtraordinary prevalence. a .Qa nvifl i f kn t*j i ' k f k (j i?a oa?? f Avnltrtriiflnf c KJ\/ nui lb UO ?TH?I tUU pibOCUUbAV/tibtUVUi | ibout the negroes in slavery, and which has I c iweptthe whole North like an epidemic.? 'a [t is a fanaticism that, like a fever, must un its course, and, we may add, will either nil the country or cure it of negro-phobia. With the Argus we say, we have no fear, . f we master the present danger, but that he public mind will be cured of its fanati- ? ;ism. The demagogues who have played c ipon the tendencies to excitement have earned a lesson. They see that the sec- ' ;ional issue has been pushed to the verge of ] lafety, and never can be pushed further with profit. They will, therefore, abandon t, as they have other issues?as they did ( ;he United States Bank issue, ADti-Mason- ' y, Internal Improvement, Maine Law, ( Know Nothingism, &c. The only danger ;bat their deraagoguery has gone too far, ind their policy commenced too late. Another lesson may be learned, and that >! s the follv of allowing ourselves to be drawn ! unthinkingly into the vortex of these excitements, and believing that our political creed ir platform of our party are emanations of Divine wisdom, and should be as inflexibly idhered to as the Decalogue. And further, the folly of carrying our political feelings into our personal and social relations, and regarding those of opposite politices to ourselves, as fit only for our hatred, simply on Account of their party affinities.?Cincinnati Enquirer. Collection of Customs in the Confederate States. C. G. Memminger, Secretary of the rreasury of the Confederate States, has issued circular instructions in relation to the lollection of customs. Revenue Btations in the railroad lines entering the new Confederacy, where all goods are to be subject to examination, and the trunks and personal baggage of passengers, will be subject to the following supervision: " PASSENGER BAGGAGE The baggage of all passengers pasficg uver the railroad routes before named, on arrival at the aforesaid revenue station orj depots, shall be subject to the inspection j and examination of either the revenue j guard at such stations, or revenue officer atj such revenue depots, and any baggage that; may be intended to be landed at places be-j tween the revenue stations and first revenue I! depots, may be examined by the revenue 1 guard, and if containing no articles subject I to duty, shall be landed at the intermediate place named, by having the following per- 1 mit, signed by the said revenue guard, pasted prominently on the trunk, valise, carpet 1 bag, or other envelope of such baggage, ' and the permit shall be in the following ' form : Revenue Station at 18 . ' Passenger baggage examined, and may be de- < livered. A. B., I Revenue Guard. BAGGAGE CONTAINING DUTIABLE iMER- ! CIIANDISE. , Should, however, dutiable articles be found in suoh baggage, the trunk or other ' package containing the same must be placed ' in the car with the merchandise, and under J the revenue lock, as before required, and , c.. ? a. nin 4-Ka mr.ni'foof Anil qii/?Vl me idUb UUblUCU iu buc aiauuvov. axuu baggage shall be delivered, with the other merchandise, to the chief revenue officer at \ the revenue depot, under the foregoing regulations. DISPOSITION OF HAGGAOE AT REVENUE DEPOTS. Passenger baggage destined for places beyond or more interior than the reveuue depot, must be examined by the chief revenue officer at said revenue depot, and if , they are found not to contain any merchan- , dise subject to duty, may pass to their des- ; tination by having a permit in the same j form as that provided for revenue stations, signed by the chief revenue officer, pasted , thereon. Should, however, such baggage contuin dutiable merchandise, the trunks or other package in which said baggage is contained, shall be deposited at said revenue depot as hereinbefore provided for regular merchandise. I The Goldsboro, N. C. Convention. The following are the resolutions adopted J it the Convention recently held in Goldsboro : Resolved. That the interest as well as the ' ( honor of North Carolina naturally and im- | peratively demand that her political connections hereafter should be with her sister! States of the South and not with the States (, 3f the .North, opposed to her as they are 10 i ( social institutions, and in pecuniary inter-!( asts, and enemies as they have shown themjelves to be in both relations. Resolved, That we respectfully recom- ^ mend the formation of an organization whose object it shall be to disseminate the | facts and present, the arguments bearing upon this issue to the people of every Coun- , ty in the State of North Carolina, which organization shall be called the Southern ( Rights party of North Carolina, believing j that when the facte prior as well as subsequent to the day of election, (28th February, 1861,) are fully understood, the citizens ( of North Corolina will reconsider their ac- 1 tion and demand from their servants, the f Governor and General Assembly, an opportunity to so express their wishes through , the ballot-box. < Resolved, That for the purpose of disseminating these facte, and presenting the arguments deducible therefrom, we suggest, first, that the President of this meeting ap- i point a State Executive Committee of two i from eaoh Congressional District, whose duty it shall be to adopt all honorable and i proper means for carrying out the objects and defending the principles of the South them on the best possible terms." But there is a want to be supplied. We waDt more houses and more capital. There is room for enterprise and money in Charleston. We feel satisfied that it will be forthcoming. The vast capital of the South will centre at this point, and her energetic business men will aid in the development of our trade and commerce.?Charleston Mercury. Revolutions of Opinions. The Albany Argus tells us that Henry Clay used to say that there was nothing so wonderful as the forgetfulness of the A- i merican public, and, thereupou, proceds to produce instances of the fidelity of the re- < mark to the truth of our political history. Twenty years ago it was the fashion to sympathise with Indians, as it is now with the negroes. That was mainly the case in the i Eastern States, where there was no more I land to be taken from the Indians; but as there was a great deal of their land to be ! taken by the Northwest as well as the South, ] this form of philanthropy was postponed in i those sections. I It is less than thirty years ago since Mr. i Seward made his entry into public life up- i on the excitement of Anti-Masonry. He ( proclaimed in the Senate of New York that i he expected to leave this, his political creed, to his children as a legacy. What is there i of Anti-Masonry left ? The reaction against ' lb Ud3 UCfU BU ^ICUL UJUb UUI WUUIU BUUiai j fabric is honey-combed with secret societies, i Six years ago Mr. Seward was re-elected i to the New York Senate by the aid of the i temperance excitement, into which his ! party rushed pell-mell, carrying the Gover i nor and the Legislature upon the issue of < the Maine Law. Where is political tem- : perance now ? Can General Carey tell ? < The reaction against it has restored the so- i cia! custom of drinking, and made the sel- 1 ling of intoxicating drinks as common as the i selliugof tea and coffee. Even Seward himself has since been associated in the liquor trade with a dealer at Auburn. i What has become of the excitement in favor of a Bank of the United States as a regulator of exohanges and S!ate currencies? The opinion has become universal that Gen. Jackson was right, and that there is no necessity for such an institution. What has become of the Anti-Papaoy ro Rights voters cf North Carolina. Resolved, That we respectfully recomaend to the Southern Rights citizens of pr ach County in the State to form, at the po arliest practicable time, County orgaoizaions, whose proper executive officers shall th orrespond with the Southern Rights State cii Executive Committee. re Resolved, That the forts of the Federal th Srovernment, on the soil of North Carolina, W pere inteoded to defend and protect, and H iot to menace and subjugate her citizens, ha nd that any additional force, placed in th uch forts, not simply without the request, fn tut against the wishes of the people and of m he State, must be regarded as a menace, ,nd as a preliminary stop to subjugation, II vhich, as North Carolinians, we must not ic nly denounce, but in the last resort resist to it all hazards. tt Ex-Secretary Floyd. |c The Atlanta (Ga.) Southern Confident- ] y of the 16th instant, in an article reviewng Ex-Secretary Floyd's defence, takes >ccasion to pay the following tribute to that ^ jentleman: I "But for the foresight and firmness and |a patriotic providence of John B. Floyd, iu w what stress and peril would the cotton States be floundering this day ! He saw be inevitable doom of the Union, or the q loom of his own people. For many months ^ jast, from his ?*and-poiot, he had an expand;d field of v.iion, which enabled him to see ;he great danger which threatened us, but t which was hid below the horizon from the jyes of most of us. When his faithful loy- g jlty to his own persecuted people began its e labors in our defence, iu what a condition ^ was tbe Southern States ? The North had the heavy guns, the light arms, the powder t? jnd ball, just as the North had everything f( jlse that belonged to the common Government. How quietly were men shifted from jur soil who might have been here to day to J murder us at Abraham Lincoln's order.? 1 How slender the garrison became in South- j, 3rn forts, which were made for us and be- jt long t j nobody else, but which a savage ene- p my now chafes and rages to get possession |? nf' Whn mint. 37 OflO Rfnnd nf arms to n Greorgia ? How came 60,000 more prime 8j death-dealing rifles at Jackson, Mississippi ? And, in short, why have we anything at all g in the South to mail the strong hands of the it South with at this hour, when every heart 8j ind head and arm of her children are need- c, sd in her defence ? Truth demands it of v us todeclaie that we owe to John B. Floyd ?n eternal tribute of gratitude for all this, tl Had he been less the patriot than he was, J we might now have been disarmed, and at a the mercy of a nation of cut-throats and _ plunderers." $ Helper in Need of Help. It seems that Helper, who robbed his employer in North Carolina, and then went to 1 New York and assumed the authorship of The Impending Crisis, has run short of r funds, and is trying to scrape up a fresh ,u supply by lecturing in the West. The fol- 1 lowing from the Dayton (Ohio) Empire, 0 gives us an idea of his success : The Cincinnati Commercial of yesterday 0 annnnnned that the author of The impend-1C ing Crisis, Hinton II. Helper, would lecture ^ in Dayton last night. Tbe same train which a brought us the information also brought to ? Dur city Mr. Helper and his agent. The e former, we are told, stopped with an ae- ? juaintance and frieod up town. The latter sailed at this office and ordered a notice in this paper, and a lot of circulars for general distribution, announcing a lecture on the j United States, at Huston Hall, last night. The hall was lighted up, twenty-three tick- t ets were sold, and after waiting a reason- ^ able time for more customers, the agent slipped away, and the gas was turned off. The proprietor of the hall was at a late hour j. last night, endeavoring to find tbe author of g( The Impending Crisis, who it seems, was (| endeavoring to escape the consequence of ^ his own work. We were not an entirely g disinterested observer of the course of events, as the agent had neglected to meet j( an "impending crisis" at our counter. South Carolina State Pride.?The 0 "best abused" State in North America has f always been distinguished for an indomitabio State pride, which has distinguished ? her under all circumstances. To much of . , JD that spirit is due her present proua position before the world as the gallant leader in ? the grand secession movement by which the ' South has become "redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled." To that spirit is also g due the excellence of her institutions of learning, literary and medical. No college ^ in North America can claim superiority to ^ that at Columbia, making due allowance for the dates at which they wore respectively ^ established. We can account for this on . no other principle but that same spirit of State pride and patriotism which dictate the true policy of building up and fostering enterprises within her own limits rather than those of other States, and particularly of the North. A natural consequence of this is, that independence in politics for ^ which South Carolina has always been pre- *" i l Ci sminently distinguisnea auiuug uex aiotoi States, and wh'ch doubtless prompted her to lead off in the great political revolution through which the South has thus far tri- J1 umphantly passed. We have been led into these remarks b from noticing the places of residence of the 8 graduates of the Medical College of the ^ State at the. late Commencement. Out of 31 about ninety who received the degree of ei M. D. only eighteen were from other States. w While a larger number from different States r< ivouid be no evidence of superiority of the Vl institution for affording a thorough medical ^ education, it showa that South Carolinians ippreciate the importance of fostering her " )wn enterprises. With such a spirit al- " ways animating her, what wonder is it that )he should be particularly odious to the en- ^ jmies of State sovereignty, North and South ! Let Georgia and every Southern a State imitate her example. a Religious Consistency.?Rev. Thos. Whittmore tells a story of his having at- if tended church to hear an eminent divine, r and the subject of the morning discourse t< was, "Ye are children of the Devil." He c attended the same church in the afternoon, d when the text was, "Children ob$y your c parents." ji Charleston Importations. anc The Charleston Courier, speaking of the Pre eparations now being made for direct im- of 1 stations into that city, says: mol "We are gratified in being able to state fori at several of the leading houses in oar ty are moving as they should in this di- ^ ction. Prominent among the number is e old and well established bouse of Geo. 'ng \ Williams & Co.. wholesale grocers on nei ayne street. This firm, we understand, ^ tve very recently made arrangements for ^av - 1 r imi e impurtution 01 bevtjrui unrguea in uuuoo, ?i Dm Rio de Janeiro, for the ensuing sum- 3011 er and fall trade. t?'< The brig West Indian and the schooner ' r. P. Russell, are loading for Soath Amer- TE' a with lumber and rice, and are expected cor i return to our port with from eight to ten hai lousand bags of coffee for this firm.? ey< [es8rs. Williams & Co., are also arranging mo i establish a line of schooners, to be em- Ms loyed in the West India trade. One of wo le members of tbo house will leave for the to iland of Cuba for the purpose of estab- ioj shing suitable agents, and for the purchase so' ! a supply of sugar and molasses for their io{ irge trade. These gentlemen bring to this hit ork long experience and every facility for Mi ie accomplishment of theirobjects. They hii re faithfully doing their part to render hii harleston commercially independent of the 3ti forth, and we sincerely wish them every de lccess. eai We learn from the most reliable authori- on j that agents, representing several very fai stensive manufacturing establishments in ha heffield and Birmingham, England, are hii spected to arrive here in a few days from mi few York, for the purpose of making tem- bu orary arrangements preparatory to the es- an iblishment of permanent agencies for the ;ceipt direct and sale of their wares. A Slight Difference.?Railroad ron.?The new Northern United States' nf 1 SRI Irnnnrn na H10 Mnrrill Tariff. te( aim v. iw., - ? , Dposes the following daty:?"On all iroD wt nported in bars for railroads or inclined we lanes, made to patterns, and fitted to be St iid down upon snch roads or planes with- Sc ut further manufacture, and not exceeding So ix inches high, twelve dollars per ton." 00 The Tariff adopted by the Confederate ail tates imposes the following duty :?Iron 00 i bars, bolts, rods, slabs, railroad rails, an pikes, fishing plates and chairs used in an onstruoting railroads, ten per centum ad on alorem. di There is this slight difference. Taking R lie average cash value of railroad iron in Ingland at $37 per ton, the duty on such ap t the port of Charleston would be 83 70 nl ?at the port of Wilmington it would be 31 12 per ton, and this is only a slight speci- be len, railroad iron being somewhat favored bl nder the Morrill Tariff, other bar iron pay- wi og fifteen dollars per ton. ht The awfully complicated schedules with fii espect to calicoes and other textile fabrics, 5( inder the Northern Tariff, must immensely tl1 ucrease the cost of collecting the revenue I n the little sum of exports that do not find , heir way through the lightly-taxed ports "~ ( the Confederated States. If Mr. Lio- ^ oln would defend his authority and the or-,81 ;aoizatiou of this Government against dying;a trophy, he had better call Congress to ;ether to frame a reasonable tariff". Under P? xisting circumstances' he cannot colleot 8,l nough revenue to pay the new recruits, ^ 3t alone fiod pap for the hungry veterans of at he abolition army.? Wilminyton Journal. ^ . _ ,,,,, tb Incidents at Fort Pickens.?The ^nsacola Gazette records the following : 00 One night last week, Mr. Doyle, one of in he head machinists of the yard, and well p& nown here for his reckless daring, made is visit to Santa Rosa Island, to ascertain m rhat was going on at Fort Pickens, by the wl ight of the stars. He built a deooy fire or ome distance up the beach, which attrac- le 3d the attention of the second lieutenant at la 'ort Pickens, who, whilst approaching tealtbily towards the fire, was arrested and ^ aken prisoner by Doyle. After a lengthy ^ aterchange of views respecting the crisis .( nd a copious drink of Mr. Doyle's good raudy, the prisoner was discnargea, wnn ^ everai ''bricks in his hat" and a high opinju of the skill and generosity of his captor. L few evenings thereafter this same Mr. ^ )oyle made another visit to the island, and y y the darkness of the night actually suceeded in effecting an entrance into the ^ jrt for the purpose of spiking the guns, ^ j ut was discovered too early to accomplish . is purpose. He was taken before Lieut, lemraer, to the astonishment of the whole OS arrison, who threatened to swing him by ^ ie neck for his "treasonable audacity."? _ iut Doyle reminding him and the lieuten- ^ ut of his kind treatment to the latter un... . su er like circumstances on a previous even AO ]g, was spared so painful an infliction, and as simply confined during the night, and jut to the navy yard the next morning in barge of a file of men. ^ pr Dollar Jewelry.?Speaking of the w| lores established in many cities of the jyj fnited States, where purchasers of jewelry f0 in have their "choice for one dollar," the tn hicago Journal says : f0 The principal composition used in the jjt lanufaoture of the jewelry is termed Ore- oa le, and is simply an excellent quality of ^ rasa. It is the most positive imitation of <je r.l/1 fliot- lioa orrar Kioori disnnvprfld : it Wears UL1U U ?"? ke it, aot discoloring anything it touches, 3 common brass or copper will; it may be ngraved or chased, being the same all the ^ ay through; it is much softer and more aj] jadily fused than gold, however, and its ^ alue may be imagined when we say that a y ozen finely ehased spoons of this metal can e bought for $4,50, with a profit to the itailer, even at that price, of over thirty- T1 iree per cent. gi Of this metal, the New York Scientific va Imerican, moat excellent*authority, says: as Oreide of gold, of which so many cheap so rticles of jeweli} are now made, is simply bt very beautiful brass, without a single fit rain of gold in its composition. m The costliest part of the oreide operation lei 3 the molds and forms in which the jewel- a 7 is shaped and cut. Were they obliged is 3 have these molds made expressly at each is hange of fashion, it would materially re- Tl uce the profits; but they avoid this diffi- wl ulty by purchasing the molds in which oc awelers have mad? the real gold jewelry, fe I thus also obtain toe latest patterns.?* ibably the most expensive-looking piece ;his jewelry does not cost for the metal, Iding, putting together and making up, y cento. PEEEIBLE TyPOGEAPHIOAL ANATHEs.?A young lady sends us the follow, with the request that we give it a promi>t place in this paper. She acknowledges t it is not original, but dipped from a orite journal. This, however, does not pair its force, nor will it relieve the conduces of those who fail to pay the prin- ' . It reads: The man who won't pay the pbina.?May he be shod with lightning, and npelled to wander over gunpowder, and je sore eyes and a chesnut burr for an i-8tone. May every day of his life be re despotic than the Dey of Algiers.? ho nooof ho no.milhirl In Irion a. nmtlv man, even though he be already married ooe. May he be bored to death by board;-sohool misses,practicing thoir first lesis io music, without the privilege of see? his tormeutors. May his boots leak, igun bang fire, and his fishing lines break, ay bis oofFee be sweetened with flies and i tea-cup seasoned with spiders. May. i cattle die of murrain and the pigs de* oy his garden. May a troop of printer's vils, lean, lank and;hungry, dog bis heels oh day, and a regiment of eats caterwaul der his window each night. May the nine-stricken ghost of an editor's baby unt his slumbers and hiss "robber" in 3 dreaming ear. May bis eows give sour lk and his churn rancid butter. May bis siness go to ruin, his obildren disown him, d his dogs refuse to bite. Statistics of Mormon Population. . -The Valley Tan copies the following statics of Mormon population : The population of Mormons in the XJni1 States and British dominions in 1856 is not less than 65,000, of wbioh 88,000 ; j.rr._i. a nnn vr :re residents in utun, w,uvu m now ivi& ate, 4,000 in California, 5,000 in Nova otia and in the Cantdas, and 9,000 in nth America. In Europe there were 30,0, of which 32,000 were in Great Brit* 3 and Ireland, 5,000 in Scandinavia, 2,- ? 0 in Germany, Switzerland and France, d the rest of Europe 1,000; in Austeali* d Polynesia 2,400; in Africa 100; and travel 2,800. To these, if we add the fferent branches, including Sarengities, igdonites and Whitcites, the whole sect is not less than 126,000. In 1857 there tpears to have been a decrease in the popation of Utah, the nnmber being only 1,622, of which 9,000 were children, a>ut 11,000 women, and 11,000 men capae of bearing arms. There are 2,388 men ith eight or more wives; of these, 13 ive more than nine wives, 730 men with re wives, 1,100 with four wives, and 2,)8 with more than one wife. Becapitalaan?4,617 men with about 16,500 wives. The Secret of Success in Business. -We clip the following from the Syracuse nioii and recommend its truth to the conderation of our friends: "When yon find man doing more business than yon are, ok at the advertisements he has in the ipers. The business man who pots his sjn io tne rrewspapers aoes a wuuu moci iiog tbao when be fastens it over bis store, id wbo would think of negleoting that ? he maD wbo advertises informs the pnblio at he wants trade, and his card in the iwspapere is an invitation to easterners to >me and buy. Where ooe person reads the streets, five hundred read it in the iper. No matter bow well a business man 4 known he can always pick op new custoers, if be will take pains to let them know here be is and what he has to sell. No le can afford not to advertise; for by negctiog the means of securing trade be ses the best part of bis profits." Conservative Re-action in the orth.?The New York Tribune gives ~ , e following particulars of the conserve* 7e re action in the North : "But our town elections have just been ild in 38 of our 60 counties, and the agegate result is, 529 Republican supervi-^ rs to 215 of all sorts?a larger portion of epublicans than were ever before chosen, et, in the face of this unmistakeable deonstration, and of the kindred response New Hampshire, whioh has justeleoted Republican Governor, Legislature and full te% P/inrrrnoa hw a ronnd 4.000 ..cgawvu .u , -j , ajority?more than the average Republi majority at all her State electionssince e Republican party was organized there Mr. John Cochrane, the oast-off servant a cast-off and utterly used up party, aames to re assure Virginia, in the name d behalf of the State of New York I? >uld imposture be more impudent ?" Massachusetts Preparing for a [vil War.?We perceive, by a report esented to the House of Representatives, bich we publish in another column, that assaohnsetts has been actually preparing r civil war on a large scale. The conicts made for the equipment of troops r active service inolude two thousand lapsaoks and two hundred thousand ball rtridges, and an appropriation of $25,000 is been made by the Commonwealth to fray the expenses of putting the State lops on a war footing. It would have en well for the country if Massachusetts ,d bean as ready with her troops during e war of 1812-14?when she refused to low them to leave the State?as she has own herself in the present instance.?N. . Herald. The French Mode of Grafting.? he French are practicing a new method of afting, a knowledge of which may prove iluable to American horticulturalists, inmnoh as it can be performed at any sean of the year, when the sound matured ids can be had, whether the sap is in a twing state or not. It is performed by reoving a small pieoe of bark and wood, aving a smooth and flat surface, to which similar pieoe containing the bud, which to form the future tree, is fitted, which sealed over immediately with oollodion. bis forms a strange impervious cuticle, bioh secures a free circulation of the sap i the approaoh of warm weather and a perot union of the parte.