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From ike Washington Union.
Condition of the Banks.
We give to-day a " comparative view of the
condition of the banks in different sections of
the Union in 1850?'51 and 1853?'54."
While there are causes that affect the operation
cf the banks throughout the country, there
are others the force of which is felt most in
particular districts. As a general rule, expansions
commence in the East and proceed thence
South and West, and contractions follow the
same law.
The more rapid the development of the natu1
ral resources of a region, the greater are the
K apparent benefits resulting from a bank expansion
; and the greater are the real evils that
result from a bank contraction. Hence, the
effects of bank expansions and bank contrac
tions arc felt much more sensibly in the Mississippi
valley than in the Atlantic States.
A commercial or a manufacturing population
recovers from the effects of a bank revulsion
much more easily than one that is purely agricultural.
After the terrible revulsion of 1842-43, the
banks of Massachusetts were the first to right
themselves. By July, 1844, their current credits
(circulation and deposits) were swelled to
twenty-four millions, which was even six millions
more than it had in October, 1837. Since
then the banks in Massachusetts have been
gradually extending* their operations, with occasional
and temporary intervals of contraction.
The banks in the other New England States,
and in New York, were the next to recover
their position; but the banks, in the greater
tier of grain growing States, extending from
New Jersey in the East to Missouri in the
West, cannot be said to have recovered their
position till 1S4G-47, when a new demand for
breadstuff's sprung up in Europe.
The banks in the South and South west were
still longer in recovering themselves. But a
new demand for cotton sprung up, and then
they began rapidly to extend their operations.
In two years, the banks of South Carolina more
than doubled their circulation, increasing them
from $5,236,000, which they were in January,
1849, to SI 1,770,000 in January, 1851. In
Georgia, the circulation was more than doubled
in one vear. It was S4.118.000 in October.
1849, anil $9,S 18,(100 in December, 1850.?
The South-western States still lagged behind ;
but between October, 1839, and January, 1851,
the banks of Tennessee increased their issues
from S3,913,000 to S6,814;o00.
After all, this expansion did not more than
bring the southern and southwestern States to a
level with the New England and middle States,
even if it did that. They err greatly who suppose
that paper money makes prices permanently
high. It makes them occasionally unnaturally
high; but in the revulsions that follow,
prices are reduced so low, and remain low for
so long a time, that it is a question whether,
on an average ot years, prices are not lower
with us than they would be if we had only a
gold and silver circulating medium.
Tlii* low nririf* of l.-tnds in in.tnv nnrts.if the
South and West is undoubtedly owing, in part,
to the annexation of Texa?, and to other causes
which have thrown immense tracts of new
lands into the market at merely nominal prices;
but it is in part owing to the disorderly hanking
wo had from 1835 to 1S<13, from the terrible
effects of which many parts of the South
and VVest have not yet recovered.
By scanning the table which we present today,
the reader will see to what extent the
banks in different sections of the Union have
expanded in the last three years. We see
USm? !n f Urt f itUl/i tKfti AitnU^ I A
limning in uiu tauic tuat uu^iib iu uaciic n|/prehension
in regard to the Banks in the South,
West, or Southwest. But, as we observed on
a previous occasion, bank returns, though essential,
are not all that are essential to informi
ng a sound judgment of the business prospects
of the country.
Our Relations with Spain.
A private letter from Madrid, received by
the Atlantic, makes the following statement re- i
garding Mr. Soule's demands upon the Span- i
ish Government: i
"The primary demands which, it appears, Mr.;
Soule was instructed to make, was restitution
of the steamer Black Warrior and indemnity,
for the loss sustained by her unwarrantable !
seizure. He was also instructed to represent'
to the Spanish Government that this outrage ;
being but the last in a series which had been j
perpetrated upon the flag, the citizens and j
commerce of the United States, the American j
Government was bound by its regard for the ,
honor and the interests of the country to insist |
not onlyjiiponagfiill settlement of the present and i
antecedent causes of difficulty, but to require
of the Spanish Government guarantees against;
the constant recurrence of these indignities so
dangerous to the peace of the two countries.?
It would expect from Spain proofs of her de
sire to maintain terms of amity with the Republic
of the United States. That this involv- ;
ed the recall of the present Captain General of,
Cuba, and a modification of the powers per- j
tuinimr to the office. I cannot snv nositivplv
? o ' - ~ -J i j J ;
though it may be inferred that it did. ij
Not to embarrass the more difficult part of,
the negotiations, the demands arising out of i
the Black Warrior case were presented first, !
and in a peremptory manner, as befitted the j
provocation given. The reply was an equivo- j
cation, pleading the want of information from i
Cuba regarding the details of the case. A se- !
cond note from Mr. Soule was still replied to i
evasively, and not in a spirit promising compliance;
but at the same time Mr. Soule was
approached unofficially, and it was hinted the
Government might yield if aliitledelay was
given. To this Mr. Soule could pay no heod,
but it is whispered that supplementary advices
from Washington arrived, changing the aspect
of the Black Warrior case, hut not reversing
previous instructions, except that upon the
failure of the negotirtions begun, Air. isoulc was
to report to Washington, and await instructions
as to I119 ultimate course of action. The
Spaniards think they will be able to wriggle
out of this affair as they have out of other
fli?r<ir>^c hnf if is f li/-?rwwJ Ptmci/l/anf Pior/?0
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will oonvince them they are in error.
iV. Y. Sun.
Revision of the Tauiff.?There is understood
to bo such a want of concert at Washington
according to the Evening Star, (usually
tvell posted in regard to what is going on in the
Departments,) between the Secretary of the
'fteasaary and the Chairman of the Wave and
Mean.* Committer, on revising the Tariff, that
no bill is likely to be reported, at this session,
or if, passed by the House. %
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military Euthnsiasin in Russia?Operations
of the Allied Forces, &c.
We have translated from our European papers,
received per Atlantic, the annexed additional
accounts of the preparation for the Eastern
war:
Accounts from St. Petersburg, as late as
Apiil 10, describe the enthusiasm in favor of
the war as pervading all classes of society.?
,ni - r i ? ?- ? tn t\\cx mill.
1116 war iever is uu iuiigur uuuuu^u w uuv ......
tary, the nobility and the clergy?the very
serfs have caught the infection, and while the
rich are pouring their wealth into the public
coffers, the peasants, inllamed by patriotism
and religious zeal, are volunteering by hundreds
to rmareh against the Mussulmen and
their allies. The Russian journals are filled
with glowing descriptions of the enthusiasm
with which the troops on their way to the scat
of war, have everywhere been received by the
people.
An edict had been promulgated at St. Petersburg,
providing for the treatment of prisoners
of war. The provisions which it contains
manifest a humane and liberal spirit.?
Every arrangement is made to provide these
unfortunate beings with a sufficient amount of
winter clothing, and they win he enntiea 10
receive during their captivity the same pay
which is given to Russian soldiers of a similar
rank. Tula, Orel and Kaluga, cities in the
centre of the Russian empire, are designated .'is
the places to which they will he carried. One
of the most remarkable features in the edict is
the notice whicfr-it 'contains that refugees and
deserters fiom the Turkish army will meet with
no favor, but will be treated without distinction
of rank as common soldiers, and confined
apart, as unworthy to associate with those who
fall into the enemy's hands by the accidents of
war.
Whilst the Russians are thus preparing for
the conflict with the determination of men
twkn npo cfpmlv resolved to conauer or die. the
Turks and their allies are rapidly contracting
their forces and strengthening their fortifications.
Constantinople wears the appearance
of a beleaguered city. An order has been made
strictly prohibiting the inhabitants to carry
I arms or to leave their houses after dusk without
lanterns in their hands. Numerous patrols
parade the 6treets by day and night; arrests
are being continually made?in short, nothing
is wanted tp remind the citizens that the war
is daily approaching nearer and nearer. The
English are encamped to the south-west and
the French to north-west of Gallipolis. Nearly
seven hundred transports, with munitions of
war, provisions, and troops are already on their
way to that place, whichJius been selected as
the depot for the army. A strongly fortified
line of defences will lie run from the village of
Blaja to the sea of Marmora, a distance of six
.v.;ioc- "nnn man ** i11 clmrilv* ho. I'liimfffd on
IIIIVC7. UVVV l?.v.. ....ft -? " *'J ---D 0-these
works, and 400 others will soon be occupied
in consti ucting a military road from
Blaja to Gallipolis. Troops, are hourly arriving
at Galiipolis ? 20,000 English and G0,000
French were daily expected.' 40,000 men
were held in constant readiness to march at a
moments warning to the relief of Adrianople.
The indulgence in brandy had begun to produce
the most disastrous effects among the
Turkish soldiers. The sad consequences which
always follow the too free use of this drug, are
in this case heightened by the circumstance
that the Turks have been hitherto unaccustom
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| has issued an order interdicting the use of!
j spirituous drink, and reminding the troops of
a similar prohibitory clause in the Koran. The
Turks, however, contend that the General's
construction is untenable, and that the clause
referred to only prohibits the use of wine at
night.?Charleston Standard.
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The Revolution in Mexico.?Noticing definite
is yet known relative to the result of the
! battle, between Santa Anna and the revolutionj
ists, which was going on at Acapulco when the
I steamer John L. Stephens came down from
San Francisco.. A.report was spread in Vera
Cruz, on the 8th in?t., just previous to the sail
inirofthe Texas for New Orleans that Santa
Anna'sforccswerccompletely successful but this
intelligence does not appear to be confirmed by
the direct advices from the City of Mexico,
which were decidedly unfavorable to the prospects
of the Dictator. Rumors were current
there that Santa Anna was entirely surrounded
by the forces of Alvarez, and in consequence,
people were already diccussing the property of
appointing a new Executive. Conspirators
were springing up in all directions. Even the
most ardent friends of the Dictator cannot close
their eyes to thefactthat the peopleare anxious
for liberty?for democratic liberty?for liberty
of conscience?for the seperation of evil powder
from the sway of the military and the priesthood?in
short, for the establishment of a gov
eminent similar in all respects to that of the
United States. No matter how much the leading
men may affect to despise us and our institutions,
the great mass of the Americans are
with us, heart and soul. Under these circ umstances,
it will not be surprising if Santa Anna
never again returns to his capital as chief ru
ler. The U. S. steamer Fulton is now hourly
expected at this port from Norfolk, for the purpose
of currying out Minister Gadsden, who
bears with him the new treaty as amended and
agreed to by this government. Unless the
Fulton makes haste Gen. G., on arriving in
Mexico, may find himself under the necessity
of placing this treaty for ratification before other
Ministers than th<>so with whom it was originally
negotiated. The Mexicans have a mania
for revolutions. None can tell in the morning
what may not be done by them before night.
They set up and knock down administrations
with as tn.ich nonchalance as sportsmen do ten
pins.? Charleston Standard.
The Washington Correspondent of the Xew
York Times says:
"The last instructions fro.m the State Department
it is said, informed .Mr. Soule that the
Captain General had made thq amende, and directed
him, undoubtedly, not to insist upon the
recall of Pezuela. and to reduce his demand
that the Captain General should be clothed
with full diplomatic powers and to a requirement
thnt the old instructions under which
Gens. Tacon and Concha acted should be revived."
The national democrats from New York, in
Congress, contemplate issuing an address to
the people of that State, which will embody
their views of the principles which ought to be
contained in all bills for the organization of the
Territories of the United States, and their attitude
in relation to other political subjects ?
They mean to stand on the compromise measnres
of 1850, and the Ballimoro platform of
1852.
MIWII ,,
Addms of the Central Committee.
to the people of south carolina.
Fellow-Citizens: The Central Committee
appointed by the Convention of citizens opposed
to the liquor traffic, beg leave to address
you, and most respectfully to ask your aid in
carrying out the purposes of the Convention.
Wo desire the entire suppression of the liquor
traffic, but yet we do not desire even this great
and beneficial reform against your will. We
hope your understandings either have been or
will be convinced of the enormities of the
traffic and the necessity of ending it.
Before entering on our main purpose, we
desire to say, that when we speak of ending
the traffic, we do not wish to accomplish that
by any violent or injurious means, even to the
dealers themselves. Our proposition is to pass
a law declaring the retail traffic in intoxicating
drink unlawful, and forthwith to prohibit it by
the most stringent provisions. The manufacture
of the article we would also prohibit in
the same way. The sale of intoxicating drinks,
as a beverage, from and after some reasonable
time, we would by law forever abolish and prohibit.
But these great reforms we do not ask
for until your will is ascertained. We ask forthe
passage of a law whereby the freemen of
the State, entitled to a vote, shall, at the polls,
say whether they desire the enactment of a
prohibitory law!
It cannot surely be necessary in detail to
state the evils of the sale of intoxicating drink.
They have been present to every man, woma?,
and child, in this Stale for the last thirty yeiYrv
Every day now they are as apparent as the
light of a noonday's sun can make objects.?
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I lie sale 01 mtoxicaung annii is me parent ui
-the bloody murders which have occurred, and
which are even now so shamefully frequent.
It has produced, does produce, and will produce,
nine-tenths of all the crimes of South
Carolina. It is the parent of poverty; it
causes ihe loss of character; it destroys activity,
energy, industry, and hope, and fills our
country with miserable, drunken loafers. It
squanders the millions of wealth and income
which otherwise might be appropriated to be
nevolence, education, and improvement. The
money spent " in riotous living'' would build
all the railroads contemplated or desired in
South Carolina; would endow and support
colleges and academies in every part of the
State ; and would crown every section with the
result of genius and art. The sale of intoxicating
drinks is the cause of the fearful increase
of insanity. It is the dread tyrant which crushes
all the infections of the heart; destroys all the
charms of "home sweet home?1 breaks the ties of
wife and children; and turns the husband and
father into the brutal tyrant, hated and feared.
It ruins the slave! At the places where intoxicating
drink is sold he learns to steal his master's
goods, to hate him, and finally to put him
to death.
An awful picture has thus been hastily
sketched. Do you desire to hang it up in your
homes, and say this is a tiling to be loved??
No. We arc sure you will say lake it away.
Let the original no longer be found in South
Carolina.
IIow can it be done ? Prohibit the manufacture
and sale as a beverage? It can't be
done, is the demagogue's objection. The same
objection was urged when.your fathers of'70
were about-breaking their fetters on the head
of their tyraut mother, Great Britain. Trusting
in the Lord of Hosts, the patriots of'76 en
tered on the glorious trial, and were rewarded
with liberty?priceless liberty. We propose .
to you to do so likewise, and we promise yo'u
liberty?sober liberty ; freedom now and forever
from the reign of the tyrant of the cup!
The constitution is in the way, is another
objection. Read the constitution of this State
and the United States, and you will find that
the power to legislate in this particular is left
to the Legislature of the State without restriction.
The decisions of the courts of this State
and of the United States allirm this to be so.
Rut it is restrictive of the rights of property,
is another objection. The manufacturer?the
distiller?says, " I thus turn my corn, rye, and
barley, into money." You turn the staff of
life into the destruction of it for money ! Are
you heartless enough to hold up the price of
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blood and say tins is our weaim. juqussuiu
his master but did it profit him ? The answer
is in his voluntary death, and in the potter's
field. Oh, our countrymen, fly from such ac
cursed avarice! There is no necessity of yield"
ing to it. You can sell your corn, rye, and
barley for a better and more certain reward.?
The railroad has brought a market to your
doors. South Carolina dues not. raise enough
ol the breadstuff's for the consumption of the
people, and hence there is no necessity to distill.
There is no surplus. Every bushel distilled
takes that much bread from Ilia mouths oj
the hungry, starving and poor.
The vendor has not even the poor pretence
of the distiller. lie makes money out of the
blood, tears, misery, poverty, degradation, insanity,
and crimes of men, women, and children,
and, Vespasian-like, holding it up, he
says, can you tell by its smell whence it came? j
The human sense may not be able to ascertain,
but the eye of the everlasting Avenger has :
seen from the beginning whence it came, and
lie is ready to say of the dealer, "cut him
down, why cumbereth he the ground."
That prohibition is no new thing, is shown
by our laws prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
drinks in quantities less than three gallons
without a license; prohibiting gaming* our ,
quarantine laws ; the laws which prohibit idle ,
nf |.,rfrp hv p.Insfsinir them
gUUUCIIIVIl o-t ~j - ? D
as vagrants, and many other similar enactments.
That prohibition is necessary, is shown by
the fact that moral suasion has utterly failed.
That as long as temptation is before the drinking
man, by the sale of intoxicating drink, sobriety
can never bo obtained. That the ven.
ders can only be reached by law. That it is
by prohibition alone that the traffic with slaves
can be cut off"and destroyed.
Most of you will say we admit all you say
bow ran von effectually nrohibit the sale.? (
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Declare by law that wherever intoxicating j
drink is found to be kept for sale as a beverage <
it shall upon the conviction of the offender i
upon a trial in.the Court of General Sessions <
of the Peace, be declared forfeited, and order- (
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done.
Other States have made the experiment for
us, and found it to bo easily done, and productive
of thte most happy results. Our own incorporated
towns?Edgefield, Anderson, Spartanburg,
Greenville. Laurens, Newberry and
Suinterville?have shown how easily the traffic
is suppressed, and how happily pence and
good order result from it. Shall we hesitate
to try? Our past glorious history answers 1
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no! Our homes, our wives, children, our (*
slaves, and ourselves answer " no.'' *
Show yourselves to be freemen, worthy of a i
fieeman's heritage, by saying to your representatives,
give us the opportunity to -say at =
the polls whether we wish a prohibitory law or _
not. Do that, and then when the privilege is
granted, write prohibition upon every ballot,
und inscribe it upon every homestead, so that
ydur children and children's children may re- ^
gard it as equally to be cherished with life, liberty
and prosperity.
JOHNBELTON O'NEALL, 8<
Chairman of the Central Committee.
Britisti Outrage on Americans at the w
Falkland IsLANDs.-I.ate intelligence frpin the w
Falkland Islands informs us of a high-handed
outrage committed upon Americans by the
British authorities, headed by one of their na
val captains. The circumstances in brief, are w
as follows: Some years ago Captain Cliff, of ^
the whale, ship Hudson, in connection with ^
others, placed upon an uninhabited island, a f
number of hogs, that they might propagate, ^
and about a year since Captain C. proceeded
to the island and killed a number of the ani- 4
mals. During the interval the Governor and "
Council of the Falkland Islands passed an
act imposing a fine of ?20 on any person who p
should kill cattle on any part of said islands, 0
but the act did not extend to these hogs, for t(
reason that the island did not belong to the a<
Falkland Company. The desertion of a boat's Cl
crew from the whaler brought the knowledge
of the killing to the Governor, who issued a b
warrant for the arrest of Captain Cliff The c<
British brig-of-war Enterprise thereupon star- o
ted in pursuit ot the alleged culprit, but in- tl
stead of arresting him in person, seized his ship tl
logether with a schooner, acting as tenderty it
the whaler?making prisoners of the crews, T
and taking possession of the papers. Fortu- o
nately the Commodore of the United States t<
man.of war Germantown heard of the arrest 2
and succeeded in restoring the vessels to Cap- q
tain Clilf, after which the latter appeared before
a magistrate and was fined ?880 for killing n
twenty-two hogs that really belonged to him- 7
self. All the facts are reported to have been n
forwarded to this Government which will undoubtedly
order a strict investigation of the
matter. It is declared that this is not by any
means an insulated case of outrage; the British ,
are jealous because our seamen have complete
possession of the whole fishery of the islands, ^
and therefore do all in their power to annoy r
and if possiple drive the yankees away. It is 0
high time that they should be taught better a
manners. ^
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Washington, May 9, 1854.?Among the e
leading members of both houses, looking out d
for a reconstruction of poli'ical parties ibr the e
the campaign of 1856, I find that they count t
upon this Nebraska bill as the chief instrument
for their work. The bill will pass the H.?use, v
excepting the Clayton proviso; the Senate will r
most probably concur with the House,and thus a
allow the usual practice in the Territories, of t
permitting alien settlers who may have declared n
their intention, to become citizens, the right of t
suffrage. _ . 6
In connection with this Nebraska bill, the
Lunatic bill veto will be sustained?the Home- r
stead bill will go by the board, and to this extent
the administration will be employed in the
important business of the reorganization of
parties. The Southern Nebraska wliigs, the
Southern Union men and State rights nmn will
thus bo combined as the nucleus of a new
democratic party, including all men of all par- a
ties of tbe North, who may choose to come 15
in. The main opposition party will probably
be formed of ultra-Northern democratic free b
soilers and the rank and file of the Seward free
soil whig party. Another opposition party "
may he formed of some Southern whigs and h
the Fillmore and Webster men of the North, c
The candidate of the new democratic garty u
will probably be Mr. Buchanan, or some new a
Northern man, with the view of picking up as
much strength in the north as possible. General
Pierce will not be a candidate for the sue t(
cession. That seems to be well understood j,
both in the Cabinet and in Congress. Judge ^
Douglas, it seems, is quite willing and quite j
young enough to hold over for a term or two.
General Cass has had a run, and loo many old
sores would be re-opened in making him the
candidate of the new Nebraska strict construction,
Southern reorganization of the democratic
party. General Marcy is entirely out of
the question, if the report he true that he has ^
entered into a provisional coalition with some p
of the leading hard shells against the new d
Southern alliance, for the purpose of cutting n
out Buchanan. VVe very much fear, too, if b
there he any truth in the rumored amalgnma- k
tion between Marcy and the hards against B
Buchanan, Davis and Gushing, it will result
first, in the success of Gushing, and secondly, ci
in a curious subdivision of the New York Na- rc
tional democracy.
Such are the Presidential contingencies in- a,
volved in this Nebraska bill. The leading ^
politicians concerned in it, care but little about ^
the empty abstraction of the repeal of the Miscmirt
linn Thoif (\ro nfYor tlia fnnmoflnn /\f
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new and powerful party upon a Southern platform,
and with fourteen Southern States in .
Bolid phalanx, they expect to carry their can- ^
didate for the Presidency, if not before the
people, at least in the House of Representslives;
for the South,.in the House with two 8
Northern States, even the two smallest can elect
their man, each State having but one vote in
the election of a President by the House.? 8t
Southern men say, therefure, the basis of our of
new party is a perfect union in the South.? 10
Ihat secured, the North may have as many
candidates as they please. In any contingen- al
cy, if we carry the election to the House we Ci
are safe. But to prevent the possibility of a cc
fusion of the Northern States upon any one hi
candidate, it will be our policy to put up some jd
new and available Northern man, such a man D<
is will command the United South, and break fc
;ip the North at least into a hopeless minority.
Thus this Nebraska bill covers a much larger
surface of ground than has been generally supposed.
A number of leading Southern politicians
are at the bottom of the movement, and
heir object is nothing more nor less than u (
;otal dissolution of the present dismantled w
fotrtnorollr* no rf tr on/4 fka ^ ? ??
4W.nvw.uuu J/UI VJ J ttiiu vu? k\Jl ajaiiwil KJl a new
iarty from its available materials, and the
ivailable relics of the late whig party?a new ^
jarty upon a stiff Southern platform. To this nc
snd the administration is to be sustained, and
he administration is to sustain the movement,
eaving its own claims to the succession entirely 1111
nit of the question.? Washington Correspon- w
\cnce of the N. Y. Herald. b3
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It is much better to have your gold in the
land than in the heart.?Fuller.
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tj)f Cuntkn Dffhlt) Journal.
Tuesday, May 23, 1854.
~ THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Sons of Temperance.
We are requested to give notice that the regular
,eelingof Wateree Division will bo held on W?DESDAY
(instead of Thursday) evening Lext. A
unctual attendance of all the members is earnestly
>licited.
Charleston Correspondence.
On Monday last we had a very heavy fall of rain,
liich gave us an abundant supply or tresh water, and
hich served largely to improve the condition of things
i the vegetable kingdom. It is hoped our friends in
le country have been favored also.
Passing along the othor day we saw a cart load of
atermelons in the street. They are from Havana,
ut don't compare with our up country melon in anyway
except that they may be larger; they are far intrior
in point of flavor, which to a man of taste is a
ery important desideratum.
The Charleston Bridge Company have determined
> reconstruct a bridge across the Ashley, at the New
ridge Ferry, as soon as the necessary means can be
rocured. The proposition is to make a Pile Bridge,
n the following plan: The bridge, thirty feet wide(
> be rested on piers, twenty feet apart, extending
cross the river. Each pier to consist of five piles,
cvered with zinc, from high water mark to the bed of
le river, and driven at least twenty feet; the piles to
e firmly united at the top by a cap, the piers to be
cnnected, longitudinally by string pieces on each side
i tuo onuge, uonea into me ena 01 eacu cap. -aij
lis lumber to bo twelve inches square. The joists for
le flooring, five on each pier, to be eight by twelve
iches; and the flooring plank to be three inches thick,
lie cost of construction it is estimated will be short
f one hundred thousand dollars, which they propose
i raise by a subscription of four thou&nd shares at
5 dollars each. The Committee on the part of the
lompany are confident that a bridge will odd greatly
3 the convenience, comlort and profits of the Compa*
y. Some of the reasons are given as follows: Conenience,
and safety and expedition will add to the
lumber of travellers over the bridge. Many will cross
t for recreation, and on excursions of pleasure. The
lomraittee are informed that the South Carolina Jocky
Club, might be induced by the convenience of a
ridge, to exchange the Washington Race Course,
which can be sold for a large sum) for one over the
iver. Such a change would greatly increase the reeipts
of the Bridge. The convenience to market by
, bridge will convert a large tract of land in St. Anirew's
Parish into farms. They would be much near
t to the market thau the farms on this side of the rivr,
and will have the protection of the river against
lisorderly persons and petty larcenies. At the cost
ven of one hundred thousand dollars, the stock will
to a good investment.
AVe do not suppose that a majority of our readers
rill be particularly interested in this part of our corespondence,
but as the construction of a bridge
cross the Ashley is a matter of no small consequence
o tho citizens of Charleston, tve have devoted a little
(lore space than vo otherwise should have done, to
he project, which we hope, and have no doubt will
ucceed.
The State Bank are erecting a magnificent Banking
louse on tho corner of Broad and East Bay streets,
ppositc the Bank of South Carolina. It is, or will be
splendid edifice for that purpose, four stories high
nd made of Brown stone.
The new Custom House, wo are pleased to see, is
making haste slowly." The walls aro now six feet
bove the surface of the ground. The exterior portion
i of granite, finely dressed, and presents an unusually
ne appearance. The outlino and structure of this
uilding, when completed, will bo unexceptionable.
The Engineers lately on the route of the Railroad
1 contemplation between this city and Savannah,
ave completed their surveys and are now in this city,
ngaged in malting profiles and estimates. The information
they have procured may be expected soon,
nd the question of its location will be determined.
Mr. Edward C. Councell, an esteemed citizen, and
>r some years an old memberof the Typographical frajrnity
of this city, dieJ suddenly on Mouday evening
ist. "We regret also to see the death of Mr. Isaac
lazyck, a young and promising member of the bar of
tis city, announced as having taken place on Monday
lorning. lie was elected, at th.- last session of the
icnerai Assemuiy 01 una oiaio, reading ciers 01 iue
enate, which office lie held at the time of his death.
How very uncertain is life: how very certain is
eath. We may bloom to-day, but to-morrow die.?
^e learn by the Standard that Col. A. E. Mills, late
resident of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad,
ied suddoaly at his residence in Huntsville, on the
ight of the 10th instant. ITe is supposed to have
eeu stricken with apoplexy. Col. Mills has been
nown for several years to Mie citizens of Charleston,
le was one of those?Gov. Jones of Tennessee being
nother?who came on in 1851, and induced from the
ty of Charleston a subscription of $250,000 to the
>ad, of which afterwards he became President
At the estate salS of the late Hon. Ker Boyce, at
action On Tuesday, one-fourth part of the property
nown as Bovce & Co.'s wharf was sold for $32,400
.190 that lour story storo and lot, No. 5, south side of
[ayne street, now occupied by E H. Lane, esq., for
6,200.
That four story brick storo and lot, No. 11, south
de of Uayno street, now occupied by Simonds, Ruff
Co., $6,500.
That vacant lot of land, No. 25, south side of Hayne
,reet, and formerly occupied by tho store of Haviland,
iurral & Co., $3,400.
That vacant lot of land on the north side of Hayno
reet, marked No. 9, in a plat made by R. K. Payne
r the City Land Company's Lands, runuing through
i Pinckney stroet, $2,900.
Other real estate in the city was sold at proportionrotna
Vw wKloli 5* will Via a/>pn that DfODGrtV ID
liarleston, at all desirable in location, or otherwise,
immands very high prices. Rents are enormously
gh, and houses just now are in great demand for reseuces?it
is drawing close at hand for the time, when
srsons leave their winter seats and return to the city
tr health, during the summer.
Our Cotton market is excessively dull, and the news
hich we have recoived to-day will not help us, but
ther put matters in a worse position than before.
The Telegraphic news states tnat uie auras uavo
sen largely victorious in a battle with the Russians;
i the news will be published in full by the time our
iper goes to press, I will not prolong my remarks.
We are now having warm weather, and are frequent
favored with refreshing showers. We have had
>ne since Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
iy Borrowing trouble is a poor business, for the
itural course of events will produce its full share,
ithout assisting to multiply and bring them forward i
r a prolific fancy. It is very unwise, this "getting i
miliar with sorrow, ]
Treat him to day in a cavalier way? I
He will seek other quarters tomorrow."
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Methodist Bishops.
We learn by a Telegraphic Dispatch from Columbus,
that the General Conference went into an election for
Bishops on Friday, which resulted in the choice of Rev.
George F. Pierce, Rev. John E. Earlt and Rev.
Kavaxaogh. _ .
The Book Concern has been located at Nashville,
Tenn.
W. H. Anderson, Esq., has been elected Clerk
of the Court of Chester District, in place oi John
Roseborough, deceased.
We often cheat ourselves out of much real enjoyment
by anticipation.
In our prospective views, we are apt to see more
good than reasonable beings ought to expect, or magnify
our evils into terriblo bugbears which exist only
in the imagination.
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The Ohio State Journal, commenting upon
the unfavorable reports as to the Wheat crop
in that State, says: " We assure the timid that
we never saw the Wheat prospectmore promising
at this season of the year. There ?3 be
plenty of grain raised in Ohio this season, to ,
supply the inhabitants of four such States;
so there is no danger of starvation. As to the
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present mgn prices, tne causes assigned are
sheerest humbug. The true explanation unquestionably
is, that the present stock of provisions
has been bought up on speculation, and
the market now controlled by eastern " operators."
Those who hold on until after the
coming harvest, will probably be done for?'
and so mote it be. We have no sympathy to
such as burn their fingers in gambling upon
" the staff of life."
Mr. James Adams, a merchant and worthy
citizens of Lancasterville, S. C., died on Thursday,
the 11th inst. The Ledger says:
Mr. Adams was originally from Ireland, but
ho has been a citizen of Lancaster District
since 1821. He was but 35 years of age, and
was very popular here. He was elected Sheriff
in '49, and gave great satisfaction during
his term. He was universally esteemed and
respected, and his loss will be much felt by his
friends and the public.
Washington, May 15.?A serious personal
difficulty is apprehended between Mr. Hunt,
of La, and Mr. Craige, of N. ('. growing out of
their sharp colloquy in the House to-day. Mr.
Craige called Mr. Hunt a factionist, which the
latter stigmatized as a falsehood.
The resolutions offered by Mr. Richardson,
extending debate on the Nebraska bill, was
the result ol'a democratic caucus held this morning.
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A Free State Manufactory.?An emigration
society is being started at Boston,
with a capital of 85,000,000,,the income of the
captal to aid emigrants to get to the West,
particularly to Nebraska and Kansas. In noticing
the proceedings of a preliminary meeting
the tfoston L'ouner says:
"A report was also submitted, recommending
that a contract be made with some forwarding
company for the transportation of
some 20,000 persons from this Stale to the
West?that there be erected at the place-of
destination a building capable of accommodating
two or three hundred persons?that the
directors send out steam mills, grist mills, and
other necessary machines; also a.printing press
wliic,h shall be the organ of the company; that
they locate and take up sections of land, and
when the territory becomes organized as a free
State, the directors shall dispose of all its interests
therein; the proceeds, after reimbursing
the money laid out, to be divided among stockholders.
and that they select a new field of1 labor
and make arrangements for the settlement
and orgrnization of another free State. Sub
scription books are to be opened without delay
and tiie company will be regularly organized in
June."
A Miracle of the Present Dat.?Many
readers may remember the appearance of Mr.
Joseph Balch, of Johnson, New York, in the
procession which met Daniel Webster on his
last public entrunce into Boston. Mr. Balch
was born Feb. 10, 1760, and is now in the
ninety fifth year of his age. He was three
years a soldier in the war of the American
revolution, and has been an active participator
in all political events since that time. He
belongs to a family of singular tenacity of
life, and last year he lost by death two sisters,
one of whom was one hundred years old, th?
other was ninety-seven, and both were older
.1 i.~ a, ,u
limn lie was iniiiocii. Ate is ijuw 111 iuo pussession
of nil his natural faculties, can read the
finest print of the books of the day without
spectacles, can walk two miles at a time
with most young men, and his memory not
only covers very closely all the events of his
youth, but keeps pace with the current movements
of modern times.
This fine old American gentleman has recently
made a visit to Wisconsin and some
other parts of the West, in order to see the
progress of the country with which he was so
well acquainted in its infancy. We have been
allowed to examine one of his letters, which
was written from Rock county, Wisconsin, a
couple of weeks ago, to a gentleman of this
city, wbich in its chirography and grammatical
construction would do credit to any mercantile
clerk of the present day, and is also
full of lively and sensible remarks with regard
to the condition and prospects of the country
to which he had been so recently introduced.
This active and venerable gentleman expects
soon to visit his friends in Boston and vicinity
during the present season, and has made arrangements
therefor.?Boston Courier May 11.
Naval Fkats.?The British steamer Fury,
of six guns, on the 11th ult. performed a most
brilliant feat in the Black Sea. Having steamed
under American colors within three miles
the entrance of Sebastopol, where she saw two
merchantmen^ two brigs, two frigates and a
steamer leaving the harbor. She dashed in
seized one of the merchant ships and towed
her off. The Russians gave chase, and the Fury
was finally obliged to cut her prize adrift, but
not until one of the frigates and the steamer
came, within range and exchanged shots. The
Fury, after four hour's chase succeeded in eluding
pursuit, and carried off the mershantship's
crew as prisoners, who gave important information
respecting thestreuth of Sebastapol.
A bold and successful feat is also recorded
nf the Russians. A sfpnmshin snrnnco^ V.?
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a Russian dispatch vessel, under British colors,
boldly steamed from the Archipelago, passed
the Dardanelles and batteries, and succeeded
in escaping into the Black Sea.