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JUisrdlntttntts Urns. Wfant is Life Iusurauce? It is the desposit of an annual sum with an Insurance Company, to be accumulated at compound interest for the benefit ofone3s family A husband, at the age of thirty, pays to the company twenty five dollars per annum, and tbia amount, increased at ^compound interest, is to be paid over at his death to his wife and children. The payments are not, however, accumulated for the actual period that he lives, hut for the time that he will probable live. Of a thousand persons at the age of thirty, all in good health, some will die in five years, and some in ten, twenty, thirty or forty years; and it is nncei I.to n ft>w mnv survive still longer. The rwv,v j average pen d that all wili live may be known from the large collections of bills of mortalit y that have been made in this country and in Europe. If that is twenty years, the amount to be paid to the surviving family is twenty times twenty-five dollars, or five hundred dollars, to" gether with its accumulated interest. This 500. being deposited with the Company at various times, twenty five dollars the first) enr, and twenty-five#in evnry subsequent year, the amount which the Insurance Company willhave at interest, will he twenty five dollars at first, and five hundred at last; the average will be $250. The interest on this, at six per cent, will be $15 per annum, and for the twenty years, ?300?making $euu in an, u counieu ai simple interest. If computed at compound in terest the amount will be more; or if the average period that a man at 30 years of age may be expected to live, is more than twenty years, the amount will be larger. The calculations of the Insurance Company show, that the final amount, after deducting a trifle for expenses of managing and investing these sums, is 01,000. They therelore agree to pay to the surviving family of the depositor, one thousand dollars. If his age had been thirty-one, the annual payment, to make up the thousand dollars, is ?25.70. If 32, it is 20.00. And so on, increasing continually, as the party is older, when he begins to make the annual deposit.? If he is younger, the yearly payment is less; at 25, it is $21.80; at 22, it is S20. It thus appears that insuring one's life is neither more or less th n making a deposit to be accumulated at compound interest, for the ben efit of one's surviving family; the accumulation to he calculated, not for the time the party actually - lives, but for the period he may he expected to live, according .to the well established and well understood laws of human mortality. If he lives longer, his family is to receive no more; if shorter, they receive no less. Life Insurance differs then from a Savings Bank mainly in this, that in the one the deposits are accumulated at compound interest for the actual time they are left in the bank; in the other the deposits accumulate for the average period the party may expect to live. Each of these plans has its advantages. If the party should die soon, his deposits, if made with a Life Insurance Company, will have accumulated to a large sum, and if he should live a long time, the accumulation would be no greater. If the deposit be made in a Savings ~ * " * ! .1 L 1J Bank, the sum is small n aeaui snouiu occur soon, and becomes larger and larger the longer the party lives. Thus the insurance of the husband's life makes a sure, certain provision for a family, whether the husband lives a short or long time; while the Savings Bunk does this only for a long life. And so also it is, if any other use be made of the money. If a man buys land or servants, or loans his money at interest, the accumulation will be less, should he die soon, than if he bud invested his means in a Policy on his life. The New Postage Bill. The following are the principal provisions of the new postage bill which has passed the House. The first section is as follows: " That in lieu of the rates of postage now established by law, there shall be charged the following rates, to wit: " For every single letter in manuscript, or paper of any kind in which information shall be asked for or communicated in writing, or by marks or signs, conveyed in the mail for any 1!-4 ntnriAo in tlin IT rnfn/1 Stotoc UlblUllUC UCtWCCia piu^o iii kiiw vim vu s/umv?j not exceeding thre? thousand miles, three cents; and for any distance exceeding three thousand miles, ten cents. For every such letter or paper when conveyed wholly or in part by sea, and to or from a foreign country, for any distance not exceeding three thousand miles, the ocean postage shall be five cents; and for any distance exceeding three thousand miles, such ocean postage shall be ten cents, (excepting,howeyer, all cases where such postages have been or shall be adjusted at different- rates by postal treaty or convention already concluded or hereafter to be made.) And for a double letter there shall he charged double the rates above specified ; and for a treble letter, treble those rates; and for a quadruple letter, quadru pie those rates; and every letter or parcel not i exceeding half an ounce in weight shall be deemed a single letter; and every additional weight of half an ounce, or additional weight of less than half un ounce, shall be charged with an additional single postage; and upon Inll letters passing through or in the mail of the United States, excepting such as are from a fnreurn country, the Dostafres as shove snec.i. ?~ r o - I fied shall be prepaid ; and from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, such prepayment shall be by stamps. \ t And all dropped letters, or letters placed in any post-office not for transmission through the mail, but for delivery only, shall bo charged with postage at the rate of owe cent each ; and all letters which shall hereafter be adveitised as remaining over or uncalled for in, any post office, slirtll be charged with one cent each, in addition to the regular postage; boih to be accounted for as other postages now are." The second action provides that the bill shall take effect from and after the commencement of the next fiscal quarter, and that it shall not be lawful for any postmaster or other person to sell any poBt office stamp or stamped envelope for any larger sum than that indicated on ; *kr* foAA af etitdi damn nr ont'olnriM Ami JtllV ' Clio IUUC VI OUVK OAIIIII|/ ?/? VIMV|W|/V( --"'J person who shall violate this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sunt, not less than ten nor more than five hundred tlol lars. Pbocress of the Evangelical Sects dukins the JL?a8T Half Centpry.?It is a very prevalent opinion that their increase has not kept p:n e with the ratio of growth in our tap* idly mu.tiplying population, Statistics, howj r ever, prove the falsity of this opinion. For, during the last fifty years, says a writer on religious stati>tics, in ihe Morning Star, of May 3d, the number of members of the Evungelical Churches in the United States, has increased from four hundred thousand to three millions and a half, being an increase of eight fold, while our population has increased only four fold. South Caroliua InsumnccCompany. VVe are pleased to learn that an effort is making to get up a South Carolina Life Insurance Company in Columbia. The enterprise is in the hands of men of the right stamp; men who understand the subject ami who have the confidence of the people of the State. The object being universally commended by tbose who have given it their attention, lias the favor and good wishes of every one. To set the company on foot, all that is wanted is two or three hundred good members, who will take out polcies on their lives for four or five thousand dollars, so as to make up an insurance of a million at starting. This being a home company, for a wot thy obfh*iririn<r lin nrmmmnc I'm* livintr ill j~v., ...... p,..,0 .... .... ... | our Southern climate, entirely mutual, a- nine | out <>f ten of all the Northern companies are; offering, therefore, the same security as they do, namely, the security of the premiums received and accumulated from year to year; retaining at home the capital now sent to New York and Boston for this purpose, and meeting a real want generally felt and acknowledged among us, it would appear that the scheme deserves the support and favor of our citizens. The form in which the matter is now presented. is a petition to the next Legislature to incorporate the subscribers into a Mutual Insurance Company, leaving the amount that each will insure to be decided on hereafter, af ter the charter is obtained and the company organized. If Charleston' will give two hundred names to the enterprise, it will go into ope ration. Over a hundred have been secured in Columbia, and the up country will furnish a hundred inore. To secure the widow and the orphan against want, by a simple, just and feasible plan of operation, which nearly every one is able to carry into execution, is a worthy object, to which we earnestly, wish the success it deserves. List of subscribers may be found at the offices of the Slumlord the Evening Neics, and also at Mr. C. A. Desaussure's. No 3G East Bay street.? Charleston Standard. Oucc Again to tlic Conflict. After a brief and hollow truce, the signal of strife between the two Grand Divisions of the Confederacy has again been sounded. The passage of the Nebraska and Kansas Territo rial Bills is now the casus belli. These bills, cry out the leaders of the Northern parties, ^hali be repealed. With equal determination, the answer is hurled back from the South?"They shall not be repealed." The two sections are thus likely to be arrayed, the one against the other, each with undivided front. This looks 1*1 J? _ .1 I.! 1 more jiko disunion until anyiiiing we nave yet seen. But anotlier Compromise may come in to dispel the tempest's gathering rage, the South may again be led by the nose, into the path of obedience to Northern aggsession, and so this glorious Union shall still exist. We obserue, however, that some Southern papers which "sang low" in '51, are now threatening extreme measures with a vengeance.? The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin for instance (a Whig paper by the bye) intimates, in view of its course of acquiescence in '51, that it acted then for peace and union, hut that now there will be danger in trying its forbearance any further. Such, too, has been the menace held out in certain Congressional speeches during the pending session. It is pleasant to see the dander rising thus, ino onus of meeting the present issue with the North rests not so much upon the Secessionists of the South as upon those who promised such great things if the compromise of 1850 failed to secure relief from further aggressions ? These last now control the South; and they must guide us safely and honorably through the coming conflict if they would not falsify their promises to the country. If their issue be a weaker one than that presented in the struggle of 1850 and '51, it is their part to bring the people to the point of resistance by more soul-stirring appeals to their pride and honor than were made at that juncture. One thing is certain : They will find those, who were ready for action in '51, ready still. We await orders with anxiety. We have forgotten the mortification o{our failure, are will ng to do anything that the interests of our section may now demand. We stand prepared, either to endure further compromises in silence with the rest of you, or to sever the links that bind us to the turbulent and aggressive population of the Northern States. Plan the campaign and assign us our parts. The Secession flag \v ill not be the last, to reach the field of operations.?Edgefield Advertiser. CONDITION' OF THE ARMY AND NAVY.?III the House of Representatives on Thursday, Mr. Faulkner, a member of the Military Committee, brought to the attention of the House the necessity .of immediate action upon two important bills which he said he was ready to report. Referring to the present inefficiency of the Army, he represented it to be incapable of protecting the frontier settlements. Its ranks have been so thinned by desertion and the expiration of enlistments that there is now an nosoiuie necessity tor neany nve uioasana men, who cannot be obtained at the present low rate of pay (only $7 per month, we believe) whilst many other employments are so much more profitable. The bills referred to other additional inducements to the soldiers, propose further regulations concerning the pay of the officers, and provide for the retiring from the service of such officers as have .become unfit for du?y. The House seemed to bo impressed with the importance of these suggestions, but no day was fixed for the consideration of the subj' ct. The imnortanee of oarlv action unon hills concerning the Navy whs also urged by Mr Uncock, chairman of the Naval Committee. Ciiarle>ton and Savannah Railroad.? We have received the Report of the Chief Engineer, Mr. McRca, on the prelimenary sur vey <>f this Road addressed to his Honor the Mayor. It is an interesting document, and offers reliable data for a judicious location of the route. The Engineer, we judge, is in favor of the "lower route," as well on grounds of cheapness as of easy grado and less distance.? Charleston Alcrcary. Gen. Adams' Responses. . Messrs. Editors: Please insert the following as my answer to the questions recently propounded through your paper. As I desire to be brief and to the point, 1 shall content myself with stating conclusions withoutussfgn ing reasons. Bank of the State. The question of a re charter of this Bank *. j ... .l- i? ?e ft was sunmmeu 10 in*.- pcujjic ??? was fairly and fully discussed, and the people decided in favor of a renewal of its charter.? It is hardly necessary to state, that this deci sion was against my judgment; but as a pub- 1 lie man I am prepared lo abide by it iy good faith, and I .hope the institution may be >o managed as to realize to thp people at large all the benefits its most sanguine friends could de sire. Tariff. ' i I am not and never was an advocate of a ' protective tariff. I am and always have been | a free trade man. If I bad a vote in the mat- ! ter, I would adjust the tniiff so as to raise the required revenue by taxing articles of luxury, < such as brandy, wine, silk-, satins, laces, spices | &c. &c.; and I would admit free of duty arti j clcs of prime necessity, such as salt, iron, sugar, coffee, &c. &c. , School Fund. , ' > ?f i-? i r Until tne session 01 me legislature ueiure , the last, the annual appropriation for free , schools was something over thirty seven thou- , sand dollars. The amount was then doubled. { 1 am as much in favor of educaiing the poor , as any man in the State. I am willing to tax , myself, and [ have no doubt the people of the district would cheerfully submit to an increase ( of their taxes to accomplish so noble 'and t praiseworthy an object. When a better sys. tern than the present shall he matmed I shall be ready to vote the requisite amount to carry ' it out, but 1 am opposed to increasing the taxes of the people until such a system shall lie sub- 1 mil ted to my consideration. In my opinion the people are now taxed nearly enough. Election of Electors. This question I have already answered at ' length, and have nothing to add to or subtract from that answer. 1 Private Ranks. 1 These, so fur as I know, have been honest)) 1 conducted, and I have no douht those who ' manage them have endeavored to do all in i their power to advance the prosperity of the i State, a..d at the same time make satisfactory i dividends for their stockholders. If it can he made to appear that any of them have wilfully i violated their chatters I will vote to repeal them. If those who know more about bank- i ing than I profess to do will offer a plan that will correct the evils of the system, without impairing its usefulness, I will advocate it. Puoiiibition Law. I do not know whether this question is to enter into the present canvass or not. It has oeeo put to me, and I will answer it. I am t pposed to the Maine Liquor Law, as hitherto it has terded to defeat the ends at which its supporters aimed. I ain opposed to intern perance, but I think it an evil that will hesooner reached by " moral suasion'' than by legislative enactments. Militia. I am in favor of such a modification as will keep up the patrol s)stem, and at. the sean^jj time secure to the State an efficient citizenl- H| diery.?South Carolinian. ? ? n Dr. Tlioruwell's Address. S In compliance with the solicitation of mu^B of the friends of Temperance, the Uev. I^H James II. Thornwell, the able and distinguish?! Pre-iJent. of the South Cuiolii a College, c^H livercd an address on the sulijeet of Tt-mpt^H ancc in the Baptist Church, on the morning the 4th in<t. Our engagements prevented i^H from attending at the appointed hour,and in co^| sequence we heard onlya portion f the addre^H From incidental remarks let fall during ti^H delivery of that portion which we heard, gathered that the learned preacher laid douSj the basis of his argument, that public virtual was essential to the continued prosperity ati^J perm nent welfare of every form ofg?>\ cnma'i^B especially of that form in which the peoplH rule; that it was, therefore the imperative dut_H of the law-making power to enact such law^f as are calculated to promote virtue. FrnttH Uiis general and strong stand point, Dr. Thorn? well took the position, fairly and in ohedienc? to the most rigid rules of logic deductible fiou? the basis laid down, that drunkenness, purtic? larlv habitual di unketmess, was a proper sub- [1 * 1.liwvul 1.11*1/11 iMOi.f liUAunca I JfCl Ol UIIIUUHVMI, .IVVMUWV f it is subversive of virtue; because it disqualifies a man for the proper performance of his ' social and political duties; because it is a crime 1 as well as a pernicious habit, a fault as well 1 as a misfortune; because it malt-s the animal portion of man superior to his intellectual, his appetites stronger than his reason, his pas sions more powerful than his conscience and 1 thus prepares the man for the commission of ' all other crimes. It is, therefor*, a proper j i subject of punishment, and lavs should be en- ! : acted to punish the man who hahituully he i comes intoxicated, as well as the thief and bur I i t [< Tbp next nonition assumed l)V the distin- j t" I y gtiished speaker, was, that grogsftops, where spiiituous liquors are kept for the purpose of ] templing the unfortutiate, yet criminal drunk-1 \ ard, to indulge his depraved appetite, should , he absolutely prohibited by law; that liquor , dens, opened for the purpose of speculating upon the vices of the people should he closed up completely and effectually closed up. He, however did not advocate such a law as would wholly prohibit the snip and purchase ofspiri tuous liquors. In conclusion, he cautioned ( the friends of temperance not to make any . movement in advance of public opinion. The first great work to which they should address themselves was to prepare the popular mind for the enactment of such laws as will punish in- t ' temperance, and-close up to the foul dens which 1 are the fruitful parent of crime of every hid-, ' eons mien. To this end thev should use I ( "moral sunsion," address sound arguments to ' f the sober judgment of the people and diffuse the light of truth. This is a very imperfect and hastily prepared sketch of a very lucid and able addiess. V\ e : fear that we may have done injustice to the; eminent preacher, or incorrectly stated some i of his positions, in the hurry of preparing the<t cLotnh YVo roiripf, we did not hear the whole . address, and that we were unprepared to take i notes at the time of its delivery. B Carolina Times. 0 "** fi Th>? total receipts of Customs at the port v of New York for rhe fiscal year ending Friday B last, was $12,166,780 I5ex'hib ting au increase a over the preceding year of ?3,428,152 36. ; v % fV fomkn Hffhli) Journal. ' "' v Tuesday, July 11, 1854. a THO. J. WARREN. Editor. J L Executive Department. _ ' Clarendon, July 8, 1854 ^ I am directed by his Excellensy the Governor to ^ state, that in consequence of his illness the business of the Executive Office has necessarilj- accumulated; but" upon his restoration to#balth it will be promptly despatched. BEAUFORT T. WATTS, July 11?1 Private Secretary. The Electoral Question 8 Appears to be exciting considerable interest in some a parts of our State. Candidates for the Legislature in t| many of the Districts have been called upon to answer unequivocally, whether or not, they are in favor of q giving tho election of electors for President and Vice President to the people. ^ Immediately with us there seems to bean wnu>ual degree of apathy upon the subject, and the people ap- ^ pear but little concerned in the matter, and content for tho present, very properly, to let well enough alone. By this remark we are not to be understood as oppos- . lug a change in the present mode, whenever the people really want it for unquestionably it is an inherent * right which belongs to them, and one which they must. ^ and will have, whenever in their sovereign capacity they demand it Although the term, the people, is one ^ of great ambiguity, yet, they are, primarily the cause and source of al power, and it rests with the majority to determine, when, and how, constitutional changes ire to be made. Our observations favor the -opinion fi that the people at large care very little about the elec- e toral question, and tho present stir, has been made, not so much from an anxiety to benefit them immedi- E itely, as a mefe pretext for ulterior purposes, by those t< who have not the good of the people so much at heart, e< as they have certain selfish ends by and by to accom- v plish. t< Could the present system be changed, without en" v dangering other conservative principles, which have o hitherto dignified and honored our State government, b we would be glad to see it done speedily, for there are p 3eriou8 objections to the present plan, and many good reasons have been, and can be, produced why a change ought to be trade; so patent for the most part are . these that it would be supererogatory to notice them j now. W e must confess, howevor, that our zeal, within a year or two past, has considerably abated upon this p subj ect; and although warmly in favor of popular rights within reasonable limits, we are afraid that it tho pre- c sent mode of electing electors is changed, thafspeediIv demaeroirueisra will demaud the elections of Gover nor, Judges, &c., to which, with our present views, we never can and never will submit. If radicalism prevails. and popular rights aro used a9 a subterfuge by ri the crafty and designing, what reasons have we not J for believing that inobocracy will dare raise its iniquitous standard in our midst, as well as in other poruons c of our country. Experience is the best teacher after a all, and surely by this time we ought to have learned Irom this severe instructor many important lessons 0 which have been taught us, both at home and abroad, v We are now enjoying a temporary calm?peace has spread her wings over our State, and there is no reason why we should be again embroiled in fightings a without, and confusions and distractions within.? ^ What is it that gives our State, position aud influence. Judges?the majority of them are satisfied and why |J seek to disturb a rule which has worked wall, is work- fi ing well, and wilt continue to work well, if let alone? n Southern Quarterly Review. v This able and interesting Review will be continued 1 under the management of its present efficient and in- s defatigablo Publisher, C. Mortimer, Esq., who is deter. 1 mined to prosecute the work for the future with renewed and unabated vigor. We need not refer again c to the necessity and importance of a publication of this ? character at the South, these have already been thoroughly discussed, and we canuot doubt, but that an appreciative Southern public, will see to it. that the j work receives patronage, commensurate with its ac- ^ knowledgcd merit. Subscriptions will bo received at (| tL*. ~~A iw? imo uuiiUf auu tuu ui UJO ouuiuai win umc }ui'ti- j 3ure In affording any information in bis power, which may be desired, respecting the Review- v Death of Thomas H Cureton, Esq. Wo learned on the 4th inst., of the sudden death of Mr. Cureton, in our neighboring district, Lancaster? J lie was ono of the most promiuent men of that district, ? iud at the time of his death a member of the State Le- e islature, and a candidate for re-election. How uncer- n tain the course of li.e. Iu tho morning the current of c the glad heart may be flowing joyously, and ere the wening comeB, it has ceased to flow, and the voice of Cl the lather, husband, friend and brother, hushed in ev- t. jrlasting silence. Almost with every passing breeze p ;ornea me uiuuruiui intelligence mat anomer lias oeen n mmmoned L to join * j 0 The innumerable caravan, that moves 1 a To thai mysteiious realm, where each shall take o His chamber in the silent halls of death." j ti Weather and Crops. ' tl Wo have had another week of intensely warm wea- ai her, and little less so, than the previous week noticed bi n our last. The thermometer ranging in the neigh- ai lorhood of luO. On Friday uight we were favored m ,nd greatly refreshed with a good shower ol rain, ac- tl omponiod by vivid lightning and loud thunder. The ai ;r?at body of the rain fell below us on the river, and at rill aid vastly in bringing out the crops,' which have uffered much during the few weeks of extreme heat nd drought. On yesterday we had a heavy rain, a ?hich we hope has been general. j i / The Turpentine Business f Is fast becoming one of importance, andjBestined, ve hope, to open up in our country, so Arc? of wealth nd profitable employment to scores an! Jnundreds ol >ur laborers. Until within fe few mosifis we bare lad uo enterprise of the kind in our immediate viciniy, and have only learned recently that a Company rom North Carolina.^03 successfully outraged, a few titles above Caniden, irf the producement of this valuble article of trade, which may be gathered in great bundance all around us, and which only needs a little nergy to be developed and brought into profitable ise. We understand experiments have been made, nd that the parties are clearing in the neighborhood f five hundred dollars to the hand, which if trne, and ro have no right to question it, is by far, a better 6u> iness than any other, for the investment of capital nd labor, better than moving to Florida or risking lie uncertainties of California in search of hidden treaures. This illustrates a favorite old fashioned notion f ours, that we have means within our rehch, if we rould only trouble ourselves to look after them, for iie accomplishment of much that would be sources of > ofit, comfort and usefulness. We are apt to trouble ourselves about abstractions, rhilst weightier mutters and the practical details of life re allowed to pass by comparatively unnoticed. Why i it, that our planters, who have been unsuccessful for ears past in the cultivation of their crops, do not turn leir attention to this business? Many of them ow|| Iraost interminable forests of pine, which could rotitably employed in the production of Turpentine? ad for other purposes. * Our Exchanges. fPntmnn 1 von Cm vn i nn TTa liotra CAnnii*A/l Via JLbJir&uatltb uiADUAiu/. no uavo icooitvu vnv ret number ot' this papej^published at Lexington, C. [., and Edited by Messrs. Ohughman, Breare & Cor. >y. Having a personal acquaintance with two of the iditore, Messrs. Caughman & Corley, we are prepared > expect that the Standard will be edited with markd ability, and we hope success. The duties being diided between three thorough going and energetic ?mperance men, we must of course expect that the isits of the Standard, which is to be published every ther week, will be highly interesting. The first numer is highly creditable to their industry and enter rise, and we wish them great success. Anderson Gazette.?Samuel G. Earle, Esq.; has eased his editorial connection with this paper, leavig it to the control of his associate, John V. Mnqj^ !sq, who is quite able, we are sure, to maintain the resent position of the Gazette, which is an excellent a per. We wish Mr. Earle abundant success in the prosoution of his profession?the law We understand he i still an O'jual proprietor in the paper. Mr. Boyce. In relation to the Speech of the Hon. W. W. Poyce? apresentaiive of our Congressional District, On the lexicon treaty, the Washington Sentinel remarks: "Like all of Mr. Boyce's speeches, it is direct, logial and able. His views are always well considered nd admirably expressed, and he never pretends to peak without being fully and accurately informed.? \'e commend this speech to our readers as being one f the ablest and most satisfactory on the subject ol L'hich it treats." The Newberry S. C. Kewberrian, of the 4th inst. ays chat three hegroes on the plantation of Mr. Rice )ulin, eleven miles north of that place, were struck own l>y sun-strokes during the last week. Two were ^to-cd; the third, however, was fatal. Sons of Temperance. WATEREE DIVISION, NO. 9. e follo^ipg-are the Officers elect for the present iter: . Dellay, W. P. Julius T. Ballard, C. . W. Mart in, W. A. Duncan Sheorn, A. C. r. Ilersey, R. S. Keith S. Moffat, I. S. . Clybiirn, A. R. S. W G. Moore, ?. S. R. Arranta. F. S. D. R Kennedy, J.P.W.P. EI. Fisher, T. "Stop My Paper." 'Iiere is a great deal of good sense in the xed paragraph from the Baltimore AmeriVVhiit possible right has an editor to plain at a subscriber's discontinuing to re IK' the (taper? If the former has a particle I'lf rcsp.tt. he will feel that he offers, or is limed to offer to the lutter quid pro gun lis money, if the subscriber thinks differ I. he will finally dec ine the arrangement, [privilege so to <lo is indisputable. Wo are lied tlwt us a general rule, the editor who les up a good readible paper, will not often subjected to such intimations; and if he I l>> tender h s journal interesting and inlet i^e, why he deserves to lose his subscrik?N. 0. Bee. iVe frequent ly read with surprise and regret, derogatory to the character and standing of lie newspaper press, violent denunciations of lurties who ma\, from motives entirely satisictory to themselves, order a discontinuance it* their subscription. The editor of a news aper in freely and honestly expressing his iews on sufijects of public interest, exercises hat " liberty of conscience" and action which li.M.ld lead hi in to accord the same privilege o his subscribers, without subjecting them to [enunciation for withdrawing their >upport and ounleuaiice from a paper .advocating princiiles which they do not approve. The 8ub<cri ler ordering a discontinuance of his paper hnuld be received as kindly and courteously is one ordering a new subscription, and not ie given cau>e to fear any hesitancy in so loing from the dread of being publicly de louuced for exercising an undoubted right to lo and act as he pleases. " Stop my paper," hould have nothing appalling in it to those iho devote themselves assiduously and concientiously to the performance of the responible dutie> pertaining to the honest, candid and mpartial management of the newspaper press, lie accompain ing of an order to discontinue subset iption .with threat and denunciation, is viiJence of excitability and weakness, but is ? good reason for a similar retort through the olenitis of a newspaper. The main propositions contained in the above aro ertainiy correct; every man solar, has the right to tke or refuse a paper, as inclination may lead him, PfiPtHpfi nltvnvfl Ima-ovor flint ha flAPfl tO OI1G ilTlDOr tnt point?that His arrearages are paid, before the rder to*" stop it" is given. We have often been mused, und at times have allowed the equilibrium o(< ur minds to be disturbed by the presumptious ego. sm of certain ones ordering their papers stopped.? he same rules should be observed among newspaper^ mt are among certain societies, which require, before j honorable discharge is given, that the parties should 3 clear of the books. We don't care to number nong our list 01 renders, those who take our paper erely lor the compliment of the-thing, and imagine ley do Q8 a great favor to read it. We select our nnteur subscribers and exercise our own judjmsnt >oui the time to slop it gy Somebody once said figures can't lie?there u | mistake somewhere, for if figures don't sometimes lis is certain those do, who ofton raako flgu vs. 'i * * h-A " - Senatoir Butler. Wo return thanks to our distinguished Senator, Judge Butler, for a recent Congreasioual paper, and a ' well bound copy of tho Annual Report of the Commisi sioner of Patents. Whilst the Judge, with his characteristic ability, is administering justice to those miserable abolition creatures, such .as Sura per, 4a, l)??dpc? not forget his friends at home. We hope he will con tinue to castigate them on every occasion. fl>6y*>'ujht , to know bini by tfiis'time " ,,-wwu--i-l i- -niwmilk - To Pont Masters. . Are Post Masters aware that they subject us, unnecessarily and unjuttly, to a double tax, where notices of changes or discontinuances ate given, if they do not frank, or send an open circular or notioe of tho saffle? Tribute of Beipect / Br'ascs Bank at Camden. > July 5, 1854 { > Since the last meeting of the Board of. 'Di* rectors of (his Bank, the members have been " called upon to follow to the grave, the- mortal remains of thtir President, Thomas Salxonp E>q., and their senior Director, Major Joiiv Cantet. i'iu: . Mr. Salmond was elected President -of this Branch' of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, nt its first organization, and continued imfhat office to the day of his death, a period xrf over thirty years. From its inception, the - Bank has been under the guidance of his mind and hand, with the sanction of the mother Bank, and he is thus entitled to the credit of * having done to the community within the reach of the Bank, whatever good results have fluked from its action* ^ *Hr? His mind was large, strong, and capable "of grasping any difficulty, and elucidating it with a clearness and vigor that removed all darkness and perplexity from the/>uhject He possessed a soundness and < almness of judgment, which induced all friends in trouble to seek his advice, and was eminently useful to the institution over which he presided with so much ability. His thorough acquaintance with the principles of the Law, practically applicable to banking, in all theijr necessary details, to gether with his knowledge of -the people, the commerce, and the planting interest of this * community, and the surrounding country, with hi a C5i<Tunif v nnH mfoirril u uilmipoklu ...? ??MJJ IJUtlHUVU him for his office as President, and inade hiin vastly useful to the Rank. _ s His heart was large as his mind, and overflowed with the milk of human kindness. He truly rejoiced when, by the aid of the Bank, he rescued some one from the destructive talons of hungry creditors, and saved his estate from ruin, by extending to him credit, in pur suance of the very spirit of the charter of the 1 Bank. His warm heart melted with joy when he found that he had rescued the widow and the orphan from poverty and ruin, by extend ing indulgence and time on their debts, and thus aflording them an opportunity to rescue their affairs from disaster. .To the families of friend or foe, the assistance and the motive was ever the same. The business man sought his advice, and aid and indulgence in times of dif ficulty, and never sought in vain. 1 Planters w ithin the range of the Bank's business were assisted and relieved from trouble. 'l'he mercantile interest of Camden felt the vivifying influence of his judicious management of the Bank, and the aid which he extended to it?and the prosperity of the Town was upheid and advanced by his wise conduct of the business of the Bank. That man cannot he found, who can truly say, that be was oppressed or treated harshly by the Branch Bank. In all this, the Board of Directors only give utterance to the general opinion of this community, and of hundreds who have dealt with the Bank. His intercourse with the members of the Board, was always of the most friendly and courteous character. V All these capacities and qualities eminently contributed to carry into effect, successfully, the intentions of the Legislature, embodied in the charter of the Bank, which he did with triumphant success. We have thus portrayed the qualities which Mr. oalmono exhibited as President of the Bank, and leave to the hand of private friend ship tne pleasing task to record those virtues, which so beautifully adorned his private life. Major John Cantey was elected a Director of this Bank wnen it was first established here, and continued so to the time of his death.? From this long intercourse with him, his character was entirely understood and appreciated by us. Me was sagacious and wise in council?firm in looking to and protecting the best interests of the bank?yet liberal in aiding those who in distress asked the assistance of the Bank, v There was an open manliness of character about him, which was captivating, and indicated truly that he possessed a noble and generous soul, in dealing with the affairs of the Bank. Me concealed nothing, and scorned those who did. The attempt to circumvent hiiti, met with a stern rebuke, and the contempt which it deserved. Mis lung experience in tne anairs ot tne Dante, his sagacious mina, his wisdom in council, his stem integrity, and his sound judgment, made him one of the most valued and useful members of this Board. 1. Resolved, That the Board of Directors of this Bank, truly and in sincerity, grieve and ' mourn over the los3 of their President, Thomas Salmond, Esq., and their brother Director, Major John Cantey; that they regard their deaths as a double heavy loss to this Bank, whose places it will he most difficult adequately to supply. 2. Resolved, That in testimony of these feelings, the members of this Board will wear the usual b-idge of mourning for thirty daysr. Ordered* That the Cashier do send copies of these proceedings to the families of the deceased, and to the mother Board in Charleston, and cause them to be published in the Canaden Journal; and that they he inscribed upon flirt minnlno r\ f tl io Rnn rrl ,1/llC UIIHMtun ui Hiiii M?/u> via Wm. KENNEDY, President pro tem. PUBLIC MEETING. A meeting of the citizens of Camden to consider and take appropriate action hpon the * heavy calamity which has befallen ou* .tuwit and community and the State at largB, in. the death of Mr. Thomas Salmond, having been I called to take place this day, a large number ; of its most respeotab e and influential citizens' j assembled with great unanimity and prompti ness at 12 o'clock M. in the Court Houka The meeting was organized by the call of His Honor Judge Withkhs to the chair, nnd .the appointment of W. R. Taylor, nnd W. H. R. Workman, Esq*, to act a* Secretaries. The chairman upon assuming the duties of his office addressed the meeting in a few ajv propriato remarks explanatory of its objects, / t