The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, June 13, 1854, Image 2
Jfiistfllflncnns %m.
From ika Charhtton Standard.
Outrage upon Student* in Boftton.
We find in the Mercnry of yesterday, and
which we publish, below another Recount of
the difficulty in fe<?tnn between some Southern
aftuhmfa ftnd the nolire. which hnd npnrlv r?.
suited t</tbe lasting injury of h nephew of one
of the editors of this journal. The facts geneerally
correspond with those published by us,
and which were furnished by a parfy entirely
disconnected with the transaction. The?e can
be no question but^that the disturbance, was entirely
accidental. Three of the party were
already in the omnibus to return w hen the act
occurred, i here can be no question but that
the original net of disturbance itself was of no
importance, for the party who brought it on
was only fined five dollars. The act coin'
mitted "|by our nephew and his friends was
committed merely in assisting a fellow student
from a difficulty, an act prompted by an esprit
du corps, which willexi*t in every college, and
whose promptings no student could think of
disregarding. 1
An attempt like this, w hich was not even
successful, and which occasioned no injury
whatever to any officer of the law. we thought
was too severely punished by consigning youths
of unquestionable respectability and moral
.1 n n a __ ?aI A
cnaracier 10 me wans 01 a aungeon, wur.oui
f ?od or the means of deeping for the night, by
plunging them hand cuff in a public cart with
. thieves and rascals, to the place of trial the
next morning and by sentencing one to four
and another to six months' imprisonment with
hard labor in a common workhouse; and in
speaking of it, therefore, we spoke with unnecessary
severity of the place where such unwonted
punishment could he inflicted. This
was unjust. The whole proceeding was conducted
in the police court, where officers hardened
by the necessities of their 6evere experience
alone were heard, and was unsustaiued
and uncalled for by the better feeling of Boston.
An appeal has been taken in all the cases,
and we are pleased to learn, from a private
despatch received on yesterday, that theyoong
gentlemen may return and stand their trials
before a higher court, to which appeal was taken,
without the fear of such degrading punishment
as that originally intended.
Our remarks, however, upon the improprie
ty of sending bovs to the North to be edncH.
ted were generally correct. They must either
yield to public sentiment, or they must set it at
defiance. By one coarse the youth incurs the
risk of becoming in heart an abolitionist, by
' the other he is in danger of becoming a rowdy
and a blackguard; and it is difficult to determine
which of these characters is the most ob
jectionable to his relat ions as a citizen of the
South.
Extract from ''Southron."
We deeply feel the importance of action
Upon this subject, at this particular time. We
must admit that our senses have been quicken,
ed, not from the mighty arguments of internal
policy favoring this, so much as from the abuses
which Southern students receive at the
bands of Northern men. A recent occurrem e
we will cite, as we consider it an outrage upon
humanity. On last week three or four Cambridge
students went to Boston on business.?
One of them upon going into Allen's saloon,
was insulted by a Yankee, which he only returned
with words, whereupon the proprietor
called out for policemen. A ruffian soon appeared
and seized him (the student) violently
shoving him from the room upon the stone
pavement. Upon rising with bruised face and
hair matted with blood, his companions who
were in an omnibus near by, rushed to his reli
:f. As they approached, rattles weie spru g
on all sides, and they were knocked down with
clubs. All were overpowered except a South
Carolinian about 17 years of age, w ho exhibited
the courage indigenous to his State, by re (
turning a blow he had received in a manner so
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aruui as 10 ieu uis antagonist, inis was ine
only damage done by them.
All were carried to the wacth house togeth*
er, and thrust into a filthy cell, w here they re- (
mained an hour or two, when they were handcuffed
and sent to prison. On reaehing the jail,
they were dragged out, loaded with their fetters,
and saluted by the captain of the police, 1
ordering his men, (to use his own words) to
"bring the animals along." They were placed (
rn the narrowest cells, and when exhausted
from excessive fatigue, they attempted to sleep
on the damp floor, they were aroused by kicks
from brutal officers. Without water, food, or
any one to dress their wounds, they remained
until next morning, when, with their fetters,
they were thrown into the prison cart, and hauled
along the streets to the police court. After
a short trial, tw o were sentenced to the house
of correction, one for four months, and the
South Carolina youth for six months, to hard
labor. The one with whom the row commenced,
was dismissed w iih five dollars flne. The
fourth would not risk a trial, but by tne aid of
a friendlv lawyer annealed to the city court.
All were final!}' bailtd'out, by appealing to the
city court, with bonds of five and six hundred
dollars each, which tbey will, of course, forfeit,
rather than risk a trial before another prejudiced
free soil judge.
To show the spirit that actuated Bostonians
to this outrage, we quote the following from
the daily Transcript. Speaking of the arrest,
it says: ' It is said, that all the accused but one
(the one released by paying $5 fine) are from
the Southern States, which may account for
their apparent disposition to punish Not them
officers of the law, in a manner similar to that
exercised by their Kentucky peers towards
"yankeo schoolmasters." You can rely upon,
these facts as strictly true
The Futnre?TheSoutli Forewarned.
If the South is lint prepared for fntuie trouble,
it will not ctTtainly he because her opponents
conceal heir purposes. We refer not
to the wiid threats of fanatics anil abolitionists,
ho called; but announcements, the most
ctistinct and unequivocal, coming fiom Northern
men tbrinerly loud in professions of conversation.
Will our readers give their attention
to the foJ owiiy extract, taken from the
New York Courier ami Enquirer, hitherto no
leo as ueiug Oil tflv' ?pie>uoo. "lie "I
the soundest of Noix1"* *h? ?
"Suppose thai our (? ''veniiueul shou (I reject
all overtures, and stn p>a*e?M"i.
ol Cuba?\v!iat ile-ii? W ilt
the reO-'lit Nebraska <o ape. .' V r '*r< " 1 '
bp ig annexed ? D s t e a i ? n'' 1 ve w ?
believes that if Chum ,wt- t. n *
nw:i??', with the full >aii< lit a v-t du<.
Fra ce. that this jieu^le whul-i t-oaseut r<*
f pive and annex be- f And if tin, how > 1 ter
ly absurd is the e?ndact of those who talk of
going to war fur Cuba? There was a time
when the North would have consented to an
nez Cuba; hut the Nebraska wrong lias fofever
rendered annexation impossible. For good
cause and in vindication of our national honor
the North would consent to wrest Cuba from
Spain; but it would only be for the purpose of
establishing in the Island a separato Republic
under our protection. The Nebraska outrage
has settled forever the annexation of slave ler
ritorv to this Union; and as of far dei per import,
it has effectually prevented the admission
at any time hereafter of another slave State in
the Union. When Missouri was admitted,
there was a condition annexed, that slavery
should not exist north of SO,' 30, but this
condition has been repudiated by the South.
When Texas was admitted, there was a Condiihrui
niinovcwl llmt. I harp fcbmi111 bp tbrpp iiHipr
slave Stales formed out of her territory. The
North will, in imitation of the South, repudiate
this condition; and we now tell our Southern
brethren to be prepared for the consequences."
Such threats, made by the abolitionists,
might be passed by as unworthy of notice.?
Coming, however, from a leading conservative
journal of the great metropolis of the North,
the reply of the South, unless we mistake the
temper of her sons, will be one of cool and
deliberate defiance. And should the suggested
contingency arise of an honorable and peace
ful tender of Cuba to the Union, and the Norlh
controlling a majority in Congress should
repel her advances because of the exist
enee of slavery in that island, then I he South
will bid farewell to the North, and for weal or
woe unite her fate with that or Cuba. Nor
will the South go alone. The great Northwest?Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa
having a ctfmmon interest with the South in the
great Mississippi river?will share her desti"y
But we rejoice, and all good men should join
in our rejoicings, that the fate of our country is
not in the hands of New York and the New
England States. It is not likely that Pennsylvania
will prove false to her high name. And
bo long as Pennsylvania and that portion of the
Northwest which we have mentioned, shall re
main true, they, with the South can maintain
both the Union of the States and the rights of
the States?despite all that New York and
New England can do for the destruction of
both.?Savannah Georgian.
Thr Excitement is Boston.?Corresoon
dents from Boston of the New York papers
represent that the excitement growing out of
the Burns case is dying away. One of th.- letters,
however rema ks:
"Without saying, as some do, that society
here has become aboiitionized, I think it is but
saying the truth to remark that there is a stronger
anti.slavery sentiment prevalent in Boston
at this time than there has been at any previous
period. As an evidence that I am not
wrong, take the fact that the petition that has
been got up praying for the repeal of the fugitive
slave law has been signed by our most con
servatively inclined citizens?the very men
who but a short time since were foremost in
supporting the compromises ofB1850. Six
months ago these gentlemen would as soon
have signed a petition for the dissolution of the
Union as one of the kind to which they arc now
so ready in placing their names. The Nebras
ka hill, thus far, has not put an end to agitation,
it must be udmittcd. Among the signers
of the petition is Mr. Pearson, uie of whose
vessels was used in transporting Thomas Sims
to the Soutlf in April, 1851."
Washington City.?At the Municipal election
on Monday last, Mr. T. Towers was elected
Mayor by a majoiity of 430 over the late
incumbent Mr. John Maury. Respecting the
result, the Washington Star says
That the distant public may understand precisely
the issues involved in the municipal election
held hern \estordav. we have to sav. that
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the main elements entering into the contest
were hostility to the llonum Catholic church,
and the enjoyment of all the rights of Ameiican
citizenship by foreigners. Mr. John W.
Maury, the defeated candidate, however, was
sustained by a large number of the most ardent
American anti catholics of the city, while Mr.
Towers probably received tlie votes of nearly
every English horn and Protestant Irish bom
citizen among us. He also received quite a
large anti-C Catholic German vote. Thus, while
the Nativo American question had powerful in*
fluenee in this election upon the Americans voting
the foreign horn for the most part turned
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upon me religious question inirouucuu wau uie
contest.
Frost in Jcne.? From the following paragraphs
it will be seen that old winter has been
making a brief predatory excursion among our
country friends:
The Spartan Express says:
"We regret to learn that on Friday morning
last a heavy frost was visible on the low lands
in the neighborhood of the Tyger and Pacolelrivers.
Our informant one of our best planters
states that corn and other grains have sustained
serious injury by this frcst in his neighborhood."
The Anderson Gazette chronicles the same
mishap:
"On last Friday morning there was a full of
frost heavy enough to kill a good many vegetables.
Wo were shown a bed of English
Peas winch were completely destroyed."
Cholera in Cincinnati.?The Cincinnati
Times of the 2d iust. says:
W?. Imuo lioorri nfseveral cases nf cholera in
the city, nearly all of which proved fatal. In
the neighborhood of St. Paul's church, in the
Ninth Ward, four persons have died of it in one
house; and deaths have occurred in other purls
of the eity. All the rases, so far us we have
heard, have been among foreigners, who xv-re
very careless as to tlnir habit? of living; and
they are not by any means any cause for alarm.
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Undeii Ground It vi(.noad.?This line up
pears to Ijr doing a fr<e business sine?- the pas
_f.i vt I \ i. |.;|| M?1 _ f _
sage cn hie i>euiH?kh mil. i nree iiignives hilived
?t. thu depot in i hi* city on Tuesday, and
were pas-ed on to Queen Victoria's dominions.
Ten arrived last week. The records show that
one hundred have escaped over this branch of
the r-?ad, from th:s land of "e<pi 1 right*''and
Democracy. since the fi?st of Jaiuinrv l ist.
Syracuse Journal.
Sv.tu. IJ x. ! ' ioi e itnr f rti?- Tampa
i i > r , d "'e i "i? J <i m? mil , Fl i h; t
the .-in.i i . ti\ i- I arf'l.t ?? ' il?? iliereis theie.
not^itli t .i.ili. ji (he ?(f.? ts of t!ie cit/.i ns .>nd I
authijiidvi \<> an fit jt.s jjiojjress.
CI)e Cantkn illfekiii Journal.
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Tuesday, June 13, 1854. <
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THO. J. WARREN, Editor. j
Factorage and Commission.
We invite attention to the Card of Messrs. Clarkson 1
& Moy, Factors and Commission Merchants, Central 1
Wharf. Cliarleston, S. C. We can safely recommend 1
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this House to the pfctronage of our friends, and take
pleasure in doing so. Mr. Mey is emphatically a '
working man, and is destined, we hope, to large sue*
cess for his energy and strict attention to-business
Moultrie House Open. 1
This delightful retreat from the noise and confusion
of the City is open for the reception of the public,
where every comfort andcnnveiri^nce can be obtained,
and the delights of sea-airing and bathing enjoyed.
It is under the proprietorship of the accomplished host
of the Mills House, Mr. Thomas S. Nickf.rson.
Newspapers Now.
"With all tho improvements which modern ingenuity
has invented, and enterprise forwarded, it is a question
of serions doubt, whether or not the vocation of the
Printer has been much improved. The adverse we
are afraid, is too true. In point of dignity and respectability,
the press, although freer from resfnint, and
with, we may say. a perfect carte blanche of privileges,
is not more elevated in its character to-day, than it
was when Franklin, its great pioneer first gave tone
and position to the American press. "We do not inti- c
mate that the press in many respects, has not iirpro- ^
tliA onntrarv it ia A mnftAr rtf ainr>ArA irrntifl- ^
cation, as well as of surprise, that human ingenuity has J
been able to accomplish so much in comparatively so r
short a time. When we speak now, of tho condition r
of the press, we mean its moral condition. When we
assume that the pres3 has not improved, we presume
the exceptions which all general propositions contain, .
will be found, 1
Our object, however, is not to moralize hero, on the 1
duties, usefulness, and sphere of the Press. We have C
a few practical thoughts which we desire to submit, t
and which we intend as a sort of review of the Press at ^
home. Our observations will be made from a pecuniary
point of the question, and will be confined strictly P
to our own State, as it is no: polite that we should know s
any thing about the affairs of our neighbors. Tho I
time was, when the Press of South Carolina might be t
regarded as a profitable investment, and a person a few
years ago, had some inducement to go into the business,
with the belief that with a proper energy and' ^
application to business, ho would be able to reap tho
reward of his labots. What is the inducement now? '
Within the last half a dozon years, the number of '
newspapers within our State has increased nearly one ?
hundred percent. We are in the fifth,year of our s
connection with tho Press, and can call to mind near- |
ly, 11 not quuo, on? aozen una a nan 01 newspapers
which have come into existence during that time, and ,]
about half of that number have, during the same pe- I
riod, ceased to exist. Some few came and went, em- <
phatically " the wonder of an hour." It is now diffi- n
celt to keep pace with the many changes which are j
constantly taking place among Editors and Proprietors,
and the different papers which have been merged
within a few years, shows too plainly, what the |
business is in South?Carolina. It is even hard J
to r. collect now, the names and place3 of all the pa
pers, who are the Editors, &c, for we scarcely wel- |
come one into the editorial chair belore ho gets tired, g
and we arc called upon to chronicle his sudden exit
These things are serious disadvantages to the business
and soon our State will be known as the restless, 1
AttnitmnM lihln Q'ntrt A#1 nft ll'Dno r\nr/l Am T f ia OtiroW >
I* I J U U ?, i I i llbliC hJMlbW U1 O^upwiUVkll! AW IS uutvy
no compliment to tlio State, to say the least of it
The legitimate inference is, thut the newspaper bu- c
siness is entirely overdone, and the conclusion seems j
very reasonable to us, that the present number of papers
in the State cannot bo sustained. It is hardly to s
be supposed that, depending as our country papers do, c
upon local patronage, which is now so much divided, i
they can be susiained with any degree of profit or sat- t
isfaction to those who have their conduct in hand.? ,
We will now ask a few questions?What is the object |,
of establishing newspapers in the country ? Is it only
that the people may be accommodated, and that they
may have light and bo made wiser and better? These 1
are certainly very commendable and worthy traits iu n
the character of these enterprises, j et we opine there ,
are few conductors of the press whoso benevolence is j
so largely developed, that they are led into this call- y
ing from no other motive. Men generally have but
little benevolence to spare, and we assume that the in
ducemeut is either to make money or acquire reputa
tion, perhaps both, which aro perfectly odmissable, unless
unworthily employed. Ilere we have a picture: A.
imagines that a noapaper is important and essential to
the growing prosperity of a certain locality?perhaps |
there is one or two already?but being an age for pro- (
liflc conclusions, the idea is conceived, and soon we
have a prospectus?the new fledged bantling appears, (
and all seems bright and promising. But a change
comes over the spirit of its dreams, and the sober re- j
ality breaks in upon the mind, that all is not gold that j
glitters. Materials and labor are cash articles, and at .
this time are particulaily high, day after day, and 1
week after week, the practical details of a printer's (
lile are being learned?the multitudinous and vexa- {
tiouscaies, at every point, and at every step, shows j
the proprietor-editor, that his vocation is by no moans i
a sinecure. In vain are patrons appealed to and friends urged
up to the mark. Promises to pay, coinplimen- i
tary notices, congratulatory epistles, and all tho other I
courtesies of the craft, will not put a single dollar in i
the pocket, or pay the printer's wages. A few months
or this sort of experience satisfies fiiend A. that he is
driving an up-hill business, lie therefore concludes
that the best way to do, will be to get out as easily as
possible, and he is not long in finding some one else *
who is as eager as ho was, to get his name in a paper. I
Ho sells out to B. and the same results are experien- <
ced. B. sells to C., and thus it goes on, not descend- |
ing from sire to son, but in the course of two or three <
years as many changes bavo taken place, and finally |,
the enterprise dies out lor want 01 uream?puuuuugu
?in other words, money.
This is no fancy sketch, as. unfortunately, the history
of too many papers in our State shows. We might
a tale unfold of even a more melancholy character, but
this is sufficient for our present purpose.
We are led to conclude naturally, that there must
he reasons for all this, and it seems proper that we
should just here try to find one. The Press is to
b'ame for this state of things, and we musi, without '
intending to bo invidious, charge a great deal to the J
multiplication ofhall-priced papers, which have lessened i
1,1-..in a?<4 crt o.rpnfI\' tl,A lArmq of Rnhijrri.itinn ! .
so Buuut'iu; *?"V4 .?v, D. w... .j | ... ?
and adverti-ing. tli?t with tlie present high rate of ma* J
terials and lnbor, with the amount of losses "vhichare j
necessarily i cidental to printing estnb'ishmenta. it is1
next to impossible lor new papers to stand without a [
g od deal of bols'ering up We do not object to riur
friends who furnish the r papers at one dollar, tor there
i* but little made at beat upon the subscription list,
bat we join issue at once, win re tltejr adrertise at
merely nominal rates. This i> the cause of the failure
,of the country press to rerannera*e thoso who undertake
to conduct papers, and look tb the proceed a
the same for remuneratiou. And such will continue
to be the case with every paper which undertakes to
advertise for little or nothing, merely to get the run,
as they vainly ima- gine, but which will finally prove
that sort ofhope deferred, which maketh not only the
beort sick, but the pocket very light.
If the Press of the State is only intended to give
amusement and notorioty to those who are engaged in
its management, or to give the people more knowledge
and power, let us plant this "fulcrum and lever" at all
the cross roads in the country, upon every hill and |
and mountain top, in the vallies below, and every-'
where, that the people may have an abundance of
light and be sure 10 let them know that they are indebted
to the progress of thepresent times forall these
blessings, without money and without price.
In our judgment, it is time the press of South Caroiua
should learn some practical lessons, which we fear
lothing but bitter experience will ever teach.
We hope the proposed meeting at Newberry, for
:on8ulting upon this subject was held, and that good
nay result from it. For one, we have long since deermined,
and have followed up tlio rule as well as we
lould, that un ess, in our advertising contracts, we
nake some approximation to our terms, we decline
be honor merely for the name of the thing. Upon the
ribject of advertising, we design, before very long,
* ?* -*?ii ? i?tv.
0 make some ooservauons, wuen we hiiuh give [?
ent Medicines 1 and Nortliern advertisers generally, a (
tassing notice.
Charleston and Savannah Rail Road.
The requisite number of shares to secure the charter
if the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company,
laving been subscribed, an election for President and
welve Directors of the said Company, to serve for one
ear, will be held at the Hall of the Charleston Insu- 1
ance and Trust Company, on Monday, the 10th July
lext.
George D? Prentice.
A short time ago we saw a paragraph which
3 going the rounds of the newspapers, giving
his gentleman, who is the gifted and accomtlished
editor of the Louisville Journal, any
hing but a fluttering, passing notice. We
leeply regret that such is the case, and that
lecessity or the cause of truth, should require
ucli a severe castigation as the Uevciana nam
)ealer lias deemed proper to give Mr. Prenice.
His political npostacies, although to he refretted,
ought not to be set down against him
.9 unpaidonahle sins, for if we apply the same
est to all political characters, how few would
>e aide to pass through the ordeal unscathed,
dr. Prentice may be an "unprincipled and urn
crupulous politician," if he is, we are sorry to
tear it, and worse than all, to see it so boldly
tnnounced that his "personal honor" is under
iar, and he himself the subject of "popular in
lignation by nil parties, and the people generilly
of Louisville arid throughout Kentucky."
\To man who is able, and who has, written
'Uch poetry as George D. Prentice, ought ever
o be "under the ban of popular indignation,"
nstly. Ilis Poein, "Linos written at my moth
sr's Grave," is one of the most deeply touching
iroductiuns which we liave ever read, and it
eems to no man who could brealhe such seniments,
would ever lose sight of his obligations
o presorve at all hnzzards, at least, his 'perotial
honor and respect."
We ha-e great admiration for genius wheriver
it is found, and when our feelings have
>een favorably enlisted, we -*n)U>t experience
mine disappointment at least, it the object of
tur regard proves unworthy. Mr. Prentice
nay be an injured man, we hope that >neh is
lie case, for there is some truth, and unfortuiateiy,
too much in the old axiom that, one*
lalf of the world takes pleasure in detracting,
md (he other in believing all that detraction
liters. We do not however, by this, mean to
idoptin full this severe comment upon human
mtiire. We have not yet, reasons for bclievii"
that mail is the unchristian being which we
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lave hea?d some try to make him; there are J
ixcepiions to all general rules, and in this, the .
xecption is manifest.
Young Carolina at West Point.
In a notice of the cavalry exercises at West 1
Point, at the late semi-annual examination, a 1
;orrespondent of the New York Herald says:
(i D./i nr.iinati( Am..*,.. I l.a t.ocl ... ( ki.< i
1 icxminnit 4iiu"iig tuo ucob iiuci.1 ill Linn j
?lnss is Cadet Lee, oi' South Carolina. He j
ode a spirited animal, and was ever foremost
n the charge. Cadet Villepigue, of S. Caro-!
ins, is also a fine rid^r, and led the last charge i
lhat'was made. Cadets Lee and Rogers, of
Virginia, Randall, of Texas, Davant, of South
Carolina, Render, of North Carolina, Wright,
)f N. York, and Mullins, of Mississippi, were
unong the fine riders that we noticed conspic- j
ions in the drill. The squadron was in constant
motion before the board for a full hour and
II httlf fitlfl WPDmurl ti\ ovnprionAu Knt lit I I i*
? ....... ...... jv. ^ v?rv..?-..ww ./uw
atigue at the close of the exercises from the
iriuleiit ill ill which they had uudeigone."
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Correspondence of the Camden Journal.
Brother Warren?In company with brother
Srisham, who, sick or well, is always at his
lost, I journeyed from Columbia, from midday
)f the 1st to 6 a. in. this morning, when we
eached this city of palaces. The members of
Congress are enjoying the carpet vacation.? '
i'he Capitol is undergoing that house-wife on ration
of lifting the winter coverings and layng
down the lighter, summer ones. During
he operation most of the members <>f Congress
ire like young colts, kicking up their heels. j
1 found Brooks and Boyce, of S. C., alone,
here, ali the rest are away. I have been much j
leased to see how well these two young genlemf-n
look, and to hear how favorably they
ire here spoken of. Both of them seem to me
o be diligent in their business, and to have acjnired
much of that business tact, which is so
jssenlinl to a legislator.
They too, seem to have adopted the very
jage advice given to me, when a young man
tnd a member of the legislature of So. Ca.. by i
Chancellor Thomson, "to speak seldom and to
<e u rll prepared when I did speak."
'! h re is no change in Washington since my j
ast eommunicHiion to you. We witnessed |
,liis evening the gala promenade,in the grounds 1
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1 1 "saB?smmamsmm
south of the President's House. The Marine
band filled the air with music ?the rich grass
formed a beautiful carpet, on which one might
sit, lie, or walk, while the trees gave a shade
surpassingly delightful. The people, in their
best bibs and tuckers, were there. Many pretty
ladies were there?and many of them aeem
ed to know that they were pretty. Of the
Cubinet, I saw none but Gov. McCleland, the
Secretary of the Interior. He is a modest,
working gentleman. The 3d Auditor of the
Treasury, Mr. Burt, and the Clerks. Thurston
and P<tpe, were with Col. Brooks,Grishamand
myself. I unexpectedly met with McMillan
King, from S. C. A considerable South Car
oliiui party was thus accidentally gathered, and
we enjoyed a few moments' conversation with
great delight, in the midst of the multitude and
in that beautiful grove, and under a delightful
June evening's canopy spread out over our
heads, by our mighty Master!
I fear much that Col. Grisham, myself, and
one brother from Mar) land, will be all our del
egates south of Mason and Dixon's line in the
National Division. Is not this a shame]
Unless the National Division comes south or
west, ami much nearer than either St. John's or
Chief go, I think 1 may say to the brethren,
that neither Gnshum nor myself will eter be
seen in another meeting. We have both labored
long and faithfully "without. vnflney and
without priceWe ure both beyond three
scores, anil if younger men will avoid the labor,
we must say, so he it, and leave the helm!
We move on Monday to Baltimore, Tuesday
to Philadelphia, Thursday to New York, Saturday
to Boston, Monday to Portland, and
Tuesday to St. Johns. This closes my office
of M. W. P., and after Monday the 19th, which
is the anniversary, I shall feel that a heavy burden
is removed !
I have nothing else worth writing, and after
very little sleep for the last two nights, I will
lay down my pen, and bid you and yours good
night.
Yours in L. P. nnd F.
JOHN BEL ION O'NEILL.
Washington, June 3, 1854.
?
George B. Shiver.?It affords us a melancholy
satisfaction, to transfer to our columns
from the Sumter Watchman, a judicious i.nd
touching obituary of this excellent man, whose
sudden decease in the prime of life, has in Acted
a pang on many a heart, where probably
the living man scarcely deemed his modest
woith had created an interest in his welfare.
For several years lie has been employed on one
urJlie other Railroads frequented by our citi
zens, and no man ever had occasion to ask a
favor of him without, gratefully remembering
the cheerful benevolence with which the service
sought was rendered. He was one of
those men in whom the humbleness of situation
did not obscure the native born gentleman; ami
if lie was addressed familially as George, it
was with a tone of tenderness which implied
respect and affection, not superiority That
he was a christian explains the more than nalii
ral g Midiiess of his character, and is a conso
liny intelligence to those who lament his lo-s.
The public could have better spared with ma
nifest advantage, lif'ty of the >u?ly and reluctant
(trudges, whom chance, not consideration
h>r public accommodation, usually assigns to
Railnmd man igeiiieut and se vice.
D i rliu j Ion Flaj.
Cassias i\f.,Clay makes his appearance be
fore the public again, in a letter on the duty of
the free States in regard to the repeal of the
Missouri compinmise. It is characterized, like
most of his productions, by zeal rather than
discretion, Mr. Clay thinks t hale very man.
who voted for t lie Nobra-ka bill, deserves death;
but as tbat penalty cannot legally be inflicted
lie is compelled to seek some other punishment,
inure or le-& appropriate. His conclusion is
less sanguinary, and more sensible, than his
piom*>es would indicate. Ho is for breaking
them on the wheel of public opi don.
All our el. ctioiis hereafter, in his opinion,
should be made to turn exclusively upon this
issue. All parties should unite on the man
most certain to lie elected, who is at the same
time reliable in regard to the question of slavery.
Mr. Clay thinks it very desirable that the
Anti Slavery party should elect a President,
for then, if the Slaveholding States secede, as
he thinks tlicy are preparing to do. the Nation
al Government can cither put them down or do
without them, as may seem most expedient.
N. Y. Times.
Cholera.? We understand that the report
is current in the country that the above fearful
disease has made its appearance i.i our healthy
iiurl nnipf fmvii SpvpihI c.ivoru ,-as < f ,-hnl
eramiorbus, which we regret lo say terminated
fatally in a short lime, occurred more than a
week since. The disease is not cholera, hut
the same which has been prevailing throughout
the whole country. It lias abated, and n? more
danger need lie anticipated from a visit toSumtervifle
than by^taying at home.
Sumter Watchman.
The new city government of Providence, R.
I., was organized on the 5th inst-, and about
the first act of Conucilmen afier. taking the oath
of otfiee was to adopt a resolution suspending
the usual celebration of the fourth of July. In
. I J .1 a
ut'u or n re wows, parades, una oint-r uruimi- i
stratioti< of joy, they resolved tlwt I lie bells
should " be tolled one hour tit sunrise, noon
and sundown on that, day, oil account of the
repeal of the Missouri compromise and the re
cent event in Boston."
?
For the Tektii.?Dissolve two ounces of.
borax in three pints of boiling water and before
it is cold add one teaspoon full of the spirits
of camphor, and bottle for use. A spoonfid
of this mixture mixer! with an equal quantity
of tepid water, and applied daily w ith a soft
brush, preserves and beautifies the teeth, it
extirpates all taiturous adhesi'-n, arrests decay, j
induces ft healthy nrtion of the ?u?ns, ana |
m ikes them look pearly white. The best |>eri.?d
to wash the teeth is at night befoie retiring
to sleep.
. Time is Money.? I)r. Franklin phvs "time
a nianey. This may account for the fact that;
liersons, when most in need of money, ask fori
ime. .
I
'^^oStejcnrmjJGEKCE, ,
Arrival of tile Niagara.
The steamer Niagara arrived at HallifaX en
Tuesday. with Li ver|>o<il dates to the 81st ult.
The circular of Milligan reports the sales of
Coltou for the week at 41,000 bales, of wlucli
exporters took 5,000, und speculators 2,000
bales. Fair Orleans is quoted at 6 l-2d. Middling
5 1 8d. Fair Uplands 6 l-4d. Middling
5d., decline 1 8d.
Dr. Hunter, the Liverpool agent of the Associated
Press, says Quotations for cotton are
nominal and irregular at a decline of an eight
to nearly a quarter of a penny, principally on
the middling and lower grades. Holders are
pressing on the market, thereOy causing speculative
purchase*.
Trade at Manchester has largely declined,
the commercial advicbs from India being re*
garded unfavorable for manufactures.
Dcniiistouu's circular reports Breadstuff's as
in fair demand, nut the sales at lower prices.?
Corn lui* advanced (id. the demand lair and
holders firm, with moderate sales to ibe trade.
Gardiner reports Pork as unchanged, and
prices firm Lard had declined 3s. Money
tighter.
At Havre on thje 24tb, the Cottbn market
whs unchanged. The sales of the weefc had
amounted to 0,000 bales; Orleans was quoted
at 60 to lOOf.
There is nothing decisive in political affairs.
Negotiations have been resumed at Vienna.?
Austria and Pruteia are apparently acting
against Russia. SilUtria is hard pressed.
Arrival of-the Arctic.
S ' ' ' J 4 " ' *
The steamship Arctic has arrived from Liverpool,
which port she left at 10 a. m. on the
271 h.
The sales of Cotton on Saturday were 7000
bales, at steady prices.
Mcllenry's Circular quotes Flour a? having
declined 3s. - .
Cotton extremely dull; with most irregular
quotations, the decline on Middling and lower
grades barely 1-8.
Other circulars quote the deelitie in'Breadstuffs
about one-half the above figures. ;
There was complete accord, belweeir the
Four Powers. A protocol had been signal at
Vienna bv the representatives "of France, Great
Britain, Austria and Prussia, guradteeinjj the
integrity of the Turkish Empire. Aostriwtfnd
Prussia will now demand of Rassiathe evacuation
of the principalities, and a note to-that
ufT.'ct liu<J ti^MJi rtruivn nn / 1
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Austria and Prussia have iuvit<3 A meeting
of the German Diet, to join in a treaty which
they had already subsetitied.
From the Ea>t we learn that the English
troops are about embarking lor Varna, andthe
French f r the Balkan. The Russians Aire iha
noeuvring to cut off the communication between
Sili?tria and Va.ua. - ' ' ;
A division of French troops had left Malta
on the22<l to occcupy Athena.
Lord Claiendon had stated in Parliament'
that the Tieaty with Austria and Prussia would
he laid before Parliament as soon as the Pro*,
tocol was received. And also that papers
would alio he presented to show the necessity
of coerciue measures against Greece.
Advices from Spain state that the Black
Warrior difficulty was still unsettled.
Admiral Sir Hyde Parker is dead.
Washington, June 9.
The negotiations for a treaty between thw
Government and Great Biiuin have at length
been completed between Minister Crampton
and Secretary Marcy. This treaty settles the
fi-hery dispute by giving us the freedom of the
fisheiiesand the tree navigation of the St. Law.
rence, and establishes free trade reciprocity
with the Briti-h iirovincea in natural nrodiir.t*.
Before being fully estnhli-lied these provisions
rou-t pass the Senate, Congress, the British
Parliament and the Colonial Legislature.
The Union <?f today states "that the Black
Warrior difficulty U n??t folly aetiled, and that
the administration has not changed Jrmn-itf'
original position concerning the poliuy to be
carried out.
The Senate met 'his morning, hut adjocrncd
till Monday without transacting any business.
In the House, Mr. Giddingx, the Ohio abolitionist,
offered a resolution to exclude the Printer
to that body, Mr. Armstrong, editor of the
Union newspaper, from the privileges of the
floor, because he had indited and published
several ?evere anti-abolition editorials. It is
almo-t needles- to remark that this ridiculous
resolution was defeated.
Baltimore, June 7. The
Philadelphia elect ion has resulted in; the
entire success of the Whigs and Know Nothing-.
who elected their whole ticket by eight to
twelve thousand majority. Conrad, for Mayor
has nine thousand?City Council, School
Director, &e. nearly unanimously Whrig.
^ >,
Singular Dkath of a Child.?A little boy,
son of Christopher Abersold, came to his death
yesterday afternoon in a singular manner.?
Mr. A., who is an officer in the Grenadiers, waa
with the military, and his wife left hometosee
the procession, leaving the child in charge of
an.aged parent. Theoldgentleman had occasion
. to no out a short time, and while absent the
little boy upset n table, the extended leaf of
which fell across his neck, choking hiin to
death. When found, the child lay upon h'a
back, the edge of the tnhle resting across his
n ck. The parents who had left home to enjoy
a gala day, returned to make their, bouse one
| of mourning?Rochester Union, June 6.
Judgk Butler.? We are delighted to see
our Senator, who is on a necessary visit to bis
home, in fine health and spirits. His labors
during the current session have been manifold
and arduous hut he has met them with all the
vigor of his prime, regulated by the maturer
experience of years. In no previous session
of l.otigrcss has he clone more lor the honor ot
his State and the good of his whole country,?
Upon every is*ueof importance that has beet*
raised, his voice has been lifted ap with power
end vttevl.?Edgefield Advertiser.
Onit KRADROT NEIOT1BOR.?The nearest fi*erf
star has been discovered very recently to be
Alpha in the con-tellation of the Centaur.?
The mm is ninety five millions of miles fromthe
earth, and this.-tar which we feel a certain:
degiee of friendship for, because it is oar nearest
neighbor, is two hondred and six thousand
times the distam-e of the sun from the earth.?
Liuht which travels one hundred and ninetytwo
thousand miles a second, would require
rriore than three years to reaeh os from that
tar.