The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, September 19, 1854, Image 2
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RgM^us^tn^igfur.irifu^, ceilingsfnfid-waHsi-*
gBRflnVl^ih^ ftfofeV "ordinary, and gentlemen's
^otn^^eifTi^;are destrd$&. The '
BgBfi^ra^-'Ihdade which had . beeri constructed"
E^SJ6*|M|hlKlAasto and*expanse/|?erVd,rfc- '
P^f^Wfctmage.
l* jmjj^^>fine Store at the corner of I'layne-street
^^P^JVleeting street;^ its-roof al^btow n ofl;
IpSPgl^ijere also the rnin.poured in upon the new
r 'flRf -Valuable Dry' Goods "stock of"Messrs.' '
| ?fe^8end' ,C^be and Coiiipany.-caDsing <,CQTI
fc^fjfffrrcOrable.damage. not.cndugh, however. to i;iHtterfere
with the ehlls^of their 'customers. E.
|$^^RStoddard and Company sufFeredin the same
*?n Eds' Bay, Messrs^Cohen- and- Cohn, R.
gM^^ringle, McKenzieV -CJado^ and Company,I
fl0^ee' St. A'raand" aud Croft:'alf suffered by
^^^he'kss, .partM or oom"pl.el^-'of the 'voofs of
Buitdlrigs 'tocoapied by them^-^jVfe^oiL'.
BBra%1ey^rom.the same
the;?4fun~ but in 'Hnyneiilrty
acres .of cut Rice
Ju -of the crop was foril^h^ffjarp
u 'Hill " ill AVP
of thirty feet in the banks, and sev Bfr
acresVif fine Rice completely floated off.
Barker; at-4' South' esp^ftycap^jpth
.but;; iktiev^wjj^'ik Rice being
X&oesedas iUwsaa cut. Mi MillikCn Mas also
I ^Kwroaliv -fbrtoaatqefrom the satne cause,
t Mr. Robt. Lucas' " Wappabooln," there
|j||^^^Bfcreak of thirty- feet in tho bank, and Rice
jjjoiere is^break~ of 150 feet in the'bank,
gfejOid SO acres of cut Rice completely swept
M 'Qadsden's ^ Pimlico" escaped with but
^'^^BPit>damagc,-the Rice being housed as it was
. From Pon Pon' wp;; have.the following parRHs^tioalars
in aJctter, which we Have been kindly
|jp* . Pon Pon, Sept. 10, 1854.
|g? "The Rice that was cut down, is all floated
MHffito-4he banks nod in the ditches. That which
cut,-was whipped .by the wind, for so
a time- before it was wet, that a third of
fflgfohe lUce ie beaten off. -'My father's loss will
fiKtl ai^nttf nna.1io IC
Ifiiil sprout if not soon .gathered.
Hats af'e 011 lrigh ground,. .SQtue. ?
The servant who, brought the
Spates that the river was covered n
River.?From a letter received
r\|ii,o4.,this t'ity, we. learn _tha ft he
on^River is amine use. Air. A1
hnsfnad 600 acres of Rice swept
s flood, nnji, it is feared that 600
had not ripened, would, also be
s beipg;er>tu:ely covered. .
lost 330 acres^. . -i 1
pd'lot^ove^ pw. these plantations
eiYbuUook them in the-rear
EkA:h, Olh'September, 1854.
nforrn jou that we had jesterdm^Gi'Vjolence
any we have.
iHthatf centnrj; the damage
St& Islahd crops is inculcula
blow the evening of the 7th,
hat-night, but. from
Stauorning of the. 8th.until 4
rtef Sot sgme^hours, apd toes,
with some slight,prospect
irs are entertained; for life in
ilHig:t%ahqve 'Awe have heard
ponging to' Mr. Huger. who
I i Riefet^icfr- vvas" stacked -tti'
\Muger and Dr.X A.'BugerV
awayr; and is totally. lost.-^
.werejost, _thougb -onje.unout
a negro of Dr. . A. Hu- .
If Mteer named-Mingo, who with threo others was
/ / riou? eflS>'t^ere observable beyond Branchvill$.?Charletlon
Mercury.
E> Sodthirn Mail Sebvick. ?It is stated that
p2'-. the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad have
jffa. - arranged their difficulties with (be Department,
; * and will henceforth run two daily marl trains,
f Ti does not appear, however, that Charleston is
r paragraph, from th^S^itb Carolinian of ye&
|R^?WhJui?fc?tand that there, is^or probability
IrSBrv <>f the South. Carolina Com pWy^r naning two
HB^mwLOvrioc to fife obstinacy of'the Depart
H&Mt in refusing to pajvlhe usual compensa-.
lion.- Wtfertl tcr/fPffretJrQiearn thafcitfi poseible
if ttofc probabfe/ oidt tiie South 'Carolina
j?V Kailroad tfrrow up th| mail contract entire. <
^ 1St ?f ?Ct?ber' $
? v'tv'& , J. "if*.?:.-, *i.'
fdaW^Bar^ado^^io'vl' seventeen" thous Sn^'l
victim^ in. tho last, few monthsV-sad^'^At&st1'
X&fk gftiglit: iiffd poorer of its arm.-' On the.'shores;;of
tho"Eu*the aiid ^Baltrb; Jfrbm"the'
flifl ??n??5.?tio 'lii'miAo ?*s ft
iaimo \j4 ttcu.iuuo aiuiao iu<w ou\mvu, ivi
ry *nnd conquest, one., hundred thousand".,sol^
diers have fallen by tho same ouaeeo, yet re"sis(I<?si
foe. They. habe been 'denied Oven the
hefoVdesperafe vvish; of dying at theeannohV
mouth, with the 'rnusic.'oK^U)^ sounding in
his. ears; but,ingeniously,., in the dense and
plague-scented hospital, t?ey have made 'the .
sacrifice to fame aiitl'country.
And at our .own dob is, what a spectacle!
The lasj fall and .winter weje almost .unprecedented
in the destruction of life and property
l^^reX'in the N()itlrern cities, and by storm
and','ship wreck along'"the "extended path ofI
Cpin'tnerce. It canuVt, b.e to'rgolteo, how, day
after day, we were ealled-on- to chronicle the
loss of some noble ship,'gone down, with her
crej^-afld cargo, to' the chambers of the deep.
Spring .returned,and with it the labors'and
the ho^ps of j,he husbandman. The seasons
were propitious, and.all things promised abundance.
.In South Carolina, never before did
the prospects seem Jlrighter. Cotton, Rice,
and the proyi?o&.crops, ill lookedj wejh - lAnd
this conditionof things continued with but'*
little, change until one weesragfywhen a storm
unparaUelcd in 'the' memory of the present
generation swept pver. PS, leaving in its track
desolation and ruin. In our city, its work is
to be seen in almost every object which meets
the eye, while from the country every mail
brings, in the- most" sickening tidings of loss
and destruction. The Rice crop is cut off onehalf.
Toe Sea Island Cotton fields are strewn
with their just maturing " fruit. The entire
Low Country .of Carolina and Georgia has
been severely and- bitterly visited.
"But our disasters have not stopped here. A
worse calamity is upon us in the'ravages of the
Yellow Fever." Our sister city of Savannah
has been a lazar house for a number of weeks
past. Her people have fled by thousands from
the jaws of the unsparing pestilence; and stand
afar off, watching, while' it sweeps away'the
few who remain. It is a spectacle to excite
the deepest sympathy, and call forth our best
aid. Charleston in abundant gratitude be it
spoken;--has thus far been less sorely stricken.
But it is impossible to note the hearses which
AAnafn J ?r uran/linrr tV?rti??-onrl urnir fKrrviurli
aiu uwiiowuiiij hijuuij; vuvii ouu n?j iiuvu^ii
our streets, and every day"more frequent, without
feeling that we too, are afflicted. Our
season,'which opened with such fair promise,
has beeu darkened by a cloud of misfortunes.
When we thus sum up our sorrows, we are reminded
of the history of Job, as messenger
after messenger followed each other in quick
succession, with their tales of disaster and dis
tress.? Charleston Mercury.
What Causes tiie Gulf Stream.?Mr.
Stanton Shoals; an experienced navigator,gives
it as his opinion that the waters of the'Gulf
stream are nothing more or less than the waters
of the river Amazon. This great father of waters
is bedded more than 1,000 miles immediately
under the equator, and all its tributary
streams for many thousand miles are constan
ly pouring their hot water into this mighty ro ?
servoir of watef. As these waters are gath-'
ered in under the burning sun of the equator, it
is extremely warm: far more so than the At
lantic Ocean waters under the equator. The
great body of heated water shoots out into the
Atlantic more than a hundred miles, in the face
of the eternal trade winds.
The Amazon is sixty miles wide, after being
belted in its irresistible course it curves off to
the left and scuds off before the strong trade
winds till out of their reach. Driveu along
with great force, it takes its course round the
great -bay formed between the two continents
of-Nsfth and-Sqiilfa America. Dashing along
the coast dfSo'ulh America, and passing to
the fefeward of the West India Islands it leaves
the shore of Cuba, and proceeds along the
shores of Florida; the capes of Virginia and the
south coast of North America, and passing
the shores of Newfoundland, cuds its mission,
among tho icebergs which float out of the
Northern ocean. "Cut off the Gulf Stream, and
it would not be many years before the North
Atlantic would be filled with icebergs that
would-be very destructive to navigation. But
a wise providence has provided an external reservoir
of hot water constantly rushing around
rv??Ai* flm Ko ol* rif tlio nnld A f In it u /'inc.
tiii^tion, where after spending its vital warmth
among the icebergs it is hurried away - by a
new supply of native warmi water from' the
great Amazon. Seamen can always tell when
in or out of the Gulf.Stream by dipping the
hand in the water alongside. $
Undoubtedly this view will-be new to some
readers, but what I have written ds from expe
pence, and was seen while I was roving upon
the mighty deep. Thc: Gulf Stream, 1 repeat
is mothing more or'less than the waters of the
great Amazon of South America. 1 have.crossed
in. many places, and for many ipears have4
glided.through, its warpo water, always pleased
to have it aatefp. The most violent storms,
Trtma whatever quarter they may come never
chjnge jts oourse or its current, but it continues
to move on. in thqt irresistibter'power which
was given fco it ift the beginning by the Power
above* V :
Janney's Hotel.?The editor of the Carolinian
informs us that he bad the pleasure of
partaking of the farewell dinner given by Janney
to bis friends in Columbia, on the eve of
bis departure from the House for which, by bis
skill urbanity and gentlemanly bearing, he has
gained such a widespread popularity. And
this reminds us that we have not mentioned the
fact that on Sales-day last, this Hotel was sold
at auction, to settle up the affairs of the copartnership,
and purchased by W. S. Goodwyn
Esq. To what quarter of the world the inimitable
landlord will betake himself has not vet
transpired; but it is surmised, and the Spartan*
burg Express is-responsible for the conjecture,
that Janney intends to purchase the Glenn
Springs HoteF, and add the attractions of bis
name "to this popular watering place. We
trust that the rumor is correct. Such au establishment
would undoubjjljUy attract-everybody
and the rest of .mankind,-and .'afford'our
people a reasonable pretext for spending their
summeriiasoDS arid their surplus funds nearer
ho&|ie.. Jaoneyjgmd Harris are really in
search of such an ?Herpri?, they not only have
our best wishes, but they, will certainly have a
goodly share of other people's money.
Chester 'Standard. .
jfct < IT..-., HI. i .ni iVi'mii-r-'-r'
-^'^ V-' ,v - - V
%terdn|,3 ,iuai(Kbrpuglit us two .Northern,
phper^cotiteining ? synopsis of. three day's lat^fldvicesfrd^Eafop^receWe^yHhe.Niag
a#t at Halifax, and'-also the details of the four,
days brd^ght'by. ti^St Louis at NewYtfrkM-'
The political intelligence is of secondary, imC
ppj^^ee^invebjftp'ansbn- to the market'ieports.
Cotton had again improved, but b'readstuffs
ITadfgreiitiy'declined. Consols had. gone tip'
to 95 2, a higher figure than they have before
r?adted*feir several months..^vA'ciwe pr'eperalinns
were making for a grand -stroke Of some
kind in. llie' war quarter?the,, Russians, the
Xuflcs. the English, nnd the French . were all
busy;<Austria and Prussia maintain, their mysterious
and undefined attitude with regard to
the belligerents, and Sweden has positively re
fused to join the allies. The Czar declares
that he Js immovable, but nevertheless in.no
i j r> -i i t t* . i. j ; .1 /p' i > * j
uurry to ugnt. n tne past anoras.us any cmerion,
we should judge that this feeling is mutually^
reciprocated by tjie Anglo-French
troops. By the way, it is now said that the"
latter intend to retainfpossession of B.omarsuud
in'consequence of Sweden's refusal to' join
them. Tranquility had not been fully re-established
.in Spain, and Queen Christina had been
driven front the country and her property confiscated.
.
Espaitero, the new .Premier of Spain, is said
to regard the expulsion of the late Ministry at
Madrid as sufficient satisfaction to .the United
States for the wrongs endured ,by our citizens
at the hands of Cuban officials. We understand
that Uncle Sam take? a different, view aL
the subject, and unless Espartero changes his
mind will most likely prbceed. to .the expulsion
of Spanish sway from Cuba. If be is to be
satisfied by mere expulsion not other kind than
this will suit.? Charleston Standard.
Prices and Scarcity of MoxEY.-r-One of
the most apparently remarkable features of the
times is thejcontinued high rents and high prices
of provisions amidst the general scarcity of
money. The fact (hat the necessaries of life
and rents are still more than proportionally
elevated compared with the means of purchase
must find its explanation in the circumstance
that the currency is not generally curtailed, although
money has become much more difficult
to be obtained at points where engagements
are to be liquidated. Those things which arfr
more immediately conycrtable.ipto. money,. to
meet money payments, feel seusibly the influehce
of this scarcity, such as stocks of nearly
all kinds; which are sold, and even sacrificed,
for the purpose of raising funds. There is no
conleracting circumstance, in the demand at
such a juncture, to prevent a large (fecline in
values. -But with the great mass of commodities
the demand, although somewhat diminished,
is still sufficiently large to keep prices at
somewhat near their former elevation. Men
must be cjothed fed and housed,and with regard
to provisions, the influence of scarcity, from the
failue of the corn crop, begins to tell on the
market for them. These are the causes why,
we think, prices generally have not have not
fallen in proportion to the scarcity of money.
Char. Eve. News.
French Enterprise.?The following narrative
of French enterprise #i3 given by the
Southampton correspondent of the Daily News:
?"One of the richest men in France, and who
associated in that country with those distinguished
for rank and fashion left Parisian gaie- '
? r~... } 4 ' c ! tt .
i>y n iovr Diutc, ?uu luuk lu ictrrniiig. jib
had his estates in Normandy farmed after The
Englished fashion, bought a steamer, and established
a communicated between Carenton
and Southampton, to convey horned cattle,
sheep poultry, and all kinds of farm and dairy
produce, from Franco to England. The captain
and crew are all English. The steamer
makes one or two trips a week, and realizes
an immense profit. A large establishment,
French and English, is kept employed hy the
farming operation and the steam .traffic. Carenton
is a small town, where'Norman manures
exist in perfection. It has^a churclV pearly a
thousand years old. Amongst nativo farmers
in the neighborhood, agriculture is carried on
with primitive simplicity : their horses are
harnessed with coarse-ropes and heavy chains,
as in the days of William the Conqueror."
Buffaloes by The Ackk.?A member of
Gov. Stevens' Northern route Exploring party,
in a communication to the St. Louis Republican,
written from the head of Ycjlow Stone
river, says of the incidents of (lie party thus
"On Sunday after a march of tpn miles, the
buffaloes were reached, Ihey were estimated
by some as high as five hundred thousand.
Drawing up the train at our usual halt .at noon,
a large herd were about half a mile ahead.-The
hunters, six in number, were immediately
despatched, Well mounted on spare horses reserved
for that especial purpose, and the whole
train had an opportunity to witness a buffalo
hunt. Tlie hunters dashed in among them, selected
out the fattest of the crowd nnd'fhch separating
the selected ones from the herd, soort despatched
them. In an hourthe wagons were
sent but'a small distance from, the route to
receive the choicest pieces of buffalo. .
"In the next two days?, march the bursters
were kept some distauce ahead to kedp (iff the
buffaloes; it was the only way safe passage of
the train could be insured through the sea of
flesh. The pack mules and spare animals |
follo wing on the train being too numerous to
be separately led were hard to control; and,
despite every precaution and care, one boree
and four mules were lost, they getting mingled
with the herd."
Columbia, (Pennsylvania,) i3 probably at
this time suffering more severely froin the ravages
of cholera than even Savannah is from
the yellow fever. There were forty new case3
and fifty deaths in that place on Tuesday
last. A telegraphio despatch represents the
distress and suffering as beyond description.?
The Town Hall, which had been converted into
a hospital, was filled with the sick and dying.
The dead could'not be buried as fast as"
required. Of a population of five thousand
only fifteen hundred remained, and it was
among the latter that the scourge was carrying
off its thiyjes, forties and fifties per day.
^ i if * .ftl. 1
xne v^reenviim inouniamccr ui mu i?*ui instant,
says: " We are satisfied that this State
will produce the present year a plentiful sup->
ply of grain for home use notwithstanding there
are a few neighborhoods which have the corn
almost destroyed by drought, and othare where
it is |grously Wipred. But otherand more'extensive
regions,* and the bottom -lauds, will
Bupply the* deficiency/ Extensive, fegfons in'
Georgia and the Western.States have almost
totally failed/1
^ 4-a"
f |je tomMl Itiffhli) Journal.
Tucstfay, September 19, 1854.
tHO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Agents ior me j ournat.
- Charleston?Augustus E. Cohen. ~
Columbia?W.'W. Walkee, Jr.
Lancaster?A. Mayeii. -
Jacksonliam?S. Ay Rosser.
>'. t- Tax Collector.
It wilTbe remembered that the*polla for Tax Collector
will be opened oply for ouo daj-?Monday the'Sth
of October.
School Notices.
Wo take pleasure ip asking attention to the School'
notice of; Mrs. Peck in our. paper to day. Those of
our friends who desire to send their children to a pri*
raary School, will no doubt receive Bat&faction in the present
instance. - " "
We also call ettention to the notice of Mrs. McC^rdle88'
SchooVatwliicb' the higher branches of "Female
Education are taught.'
The Weather
Since Saturday has been cool "and pleasant, and we
are encouraged to hopo that we shall experience no
mnrn holt weather this season. To us there'is no time
of the year, generally so delightful as the Fall, when a
little fire and winter clothing are comfortable.
Hon. W. W. Boyce. :
-- We had the pleasure week before last, of seeing our
distinguished representative, Col. Boyce, in Camden.
Wo are sure that it was gratifying to his many friends'
to see him, and to know that he was in good health
Ho has shown himself eminently qualifled-for the high
trusts and responsibilities with which he has been
honored, and we are glad to know that his course reflects
the highest credit upon biroself, as well as upou
the district whose representative he is, and which he
has so ably and faithfully represented.
If wo could not, with sincerity, say to Col. Boyce,
well done, we should make but little allusion lochia
public character, but we have yot to see a reason, for
finding fault with him. So far as we know, his Con'gressional
course is unexceptionable, and as a diatin'guished
mark of the respect and appreciation of his
constituents, ho will bo returned at our next election
^without opposition. .
A New Volunteer Company
lias been organized in our town, composed of the
young men of Camden and its Immediate vicinity.?
We.are gratified in being (able to state that .already
'ItA^nnnn n11 n??A knnn AkfaSnn/l an/1
UCbnuvu invy uiiuywAi/jr naiuco unit utv.ia vuuuiutuj uuu
a belter list for if company wo have never seen.
yci0n Wednesday last a meeting' of the Company was
beld, And Col. Thomas J. An'crum was electod
Caplain, Col. Joseph B. Kershaw, Ffrst Lieutenant,
Messrs. James I. Villepigue, Second,'and William
C. Moore, Ensign. - . .
We are much pleased at this evidenco oT returning
zeal, on the part of our fellow-citizons, who have done
that which wo have long desired to see, and which
was long wanted in our town, whose ground is classic,
and consecrated by some of tbo best blood of the revolution.
We have no doubt from the efficiency of the officers,
and the material composing this company, that
very sooj, in point o( military discipline and appearanco,
it will rival any other in our State, sucli at least
is our confident expectation.
As soon as a complete organization takes place, wo
will publish the name of the company with the CDtire
list of its .officers. .
Death of Thornton Carpenter. Wi
We were painfully surprised, on Tuesday last, to
hear of the death of our young, worthy,' and esteemed
fellow citizen, Mr. Carpenter, who fell a victim to
the Yellow Fever in Charleston tho day prerious. It
is needless that we should attempt now, to say what
ho was; his character and worth are well known in
this community, where he was born .and raised, and
where many surviving friends mourn his early death.
We knew him well, and in our youthfhl days, and
also in later years, worg^aociated with him intimately
on several occasions, oor can we recall a single act
of his life, to which" a reasonable exception could bo
taken.
We are fully prepared to endorse all which is embraced
in the following notioo of his death published
in tho Charleston Courier of .the 12th inst.
" It is with regret we are called upon to announce
the decease of Thornton Carpenter, Ksq., late superintendent
and chief operator in tho Charleston station
of the Washington and New Orleans Telegraph line.
Mr. Carpenter was a native of Camden. S. C., in
which place ho received his preparatory education
prior to his admission into tho South Carolina College
at Columbia. lie had been noted flora his earliest
years for the possession of those qualities of head and
heart, which inspire confidence and conciliate esteem,A
and the sad regiets of many friends will bo elicited,'
by tho mournful announcement of his untimely death.
Mr. Carpenter was especially distinguished, for his
interest in' and devotion to the various branches ot
chemical science, in which he had attained a proficiency
seldom reached at his years. He hnd been for
8ome"t:me Professor of Chemistry in* a Western College?wo
boliove in Oakland, Mississippi?a station
which be only resigned in- consequence of the severe '
exactions made on his health and services.
; Mb Carpenter's position in our telegraphic service
gave us frequent opportunities of knowing and judg;
ing his merits, and itaffords>us here'a melancholy
pleasure to testify that in. all respects wo ever found
liim capable, courteous,^and faithful. .. V
It may afford a melancholy satisfaction to Mr. Carponter's
surviving friendsata distance to learn that
hh received all the attentions which kindness and 'reSird.could
suggest. Although not a resident of our
ty for a long period he was not a stranger?for his
virtues and merits had conciliated many, friends^.who
esteemed and cherished him in lifo as they now moum i
hja untimely departure.
Another Editor has gone I
One, almost as wise as the immortal bard of Avon
lias said, t - v ?
Heaven gives the needful, but nogle.eted, call
What day, what hour, but knocks at human hearts,
Tq wake the soul to sense of future scenes? '
Deaths stand, like Mercuries, in every way,
And kindly point us to our journey's end.
Again have we read with deep regret the annoupce- '
mentof the death of another editor. Aalthongh far removed
in an adjoining State, yet the solemn lesson is
none the less important Mr. S. T. Chapman of the Savannah
Journal and Courier, with many of the prominent
citizens of Savannah has a fallen victim to the
pestilence, which is daily hurrying off in the cities of
Charleston and Savannah, its scores of human souls.
With Mr. Chapman we had once the pleasure of an
acquaintance, and extract the following paragraph
from the announcement of his death by the Savannah !
Republican:
' The announcement of the death of Mr. Chapman
will be received with surprise by many of our citizens,
1 i.u ?e ^ .. ' .
tutu wuu ICTTIIUKQ UJ rojfret WY tui, Hfi 0180 uy Ills nu* I
raerouB personal and jwlltical frienda throughout the
State. - This is not the time, nor ours the pen to attempt*
eulogy upon the deceased. We knew him to' "1
possess a vigorous raind?and a generous heart-r-qualitiea
which never fail to win valued and lasting friends." 1
. How heart sickens at the. contemplation, and !
we tdrn?gray deeply impressed with the utter uncertaioty~v
dl earthly Bo^ts and. expectations. Alas,
" HoWr sad a sightis human happiness
f To: him .whose thought tttv pierce trtyond *n hour.1' i
-y.' A... <.v,
? " - "
Tneoocamon seems not inappropriate for a few reflection^;
Wben we are gone, and the cold,"dork, "si- <
lent grave sbutarp^t th$ warm light of Heaven, and
the tall, sighing grass waves mournfullyover oar pillow,
and the palo'moonlight steals a glance at our
slumbering dust, 'where.'*all is flashed^, to silence, in :
the solemn city of the dead, savo when "the moping,
owl doth to the moon com|?un," oh- what to 'us wfll -j
be " alTthe riot man can9Bfc" in bis eager strife foV V;
earthly wealth and fame,' wifch;time but proves,
- *!& - ' v --.T
aajjay and fleeting,
As bubbles that swim on the beakers' brim,
.And break otfthe lips wlrileaneeting." For
JiAlltbakbreathe , a
"Will share our destiny.. The.gnjr wilHaugh ' .
"When' weare.gone^thesbleron^brood of care .. ' ";
Plod-on, and each one, as boforeV will chase \ V- <;v
His favorite phantom: Tet all tlieab shaH leave" *
Their mirth and their employments, and Shall come. Z
' " And make their,beHa. with uAvArtlm long train
Of ages gHde away,~the sons-of men,-. 5
The youth in life's green'?p;ingj..and.he'who"gocs' ;
In the full strengluoryears,' niatfop^n'd maid; " "j"1
. Arid the; sweet baWfand"the'gfa^Ses^d^'tifo'**]
"Shall one -by one he gaifier'd ?o:o#n^Bi'de, '
By those-who, in their^nfas^/MowJbpi^l^i xt f.
Then, may. we ask? .
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.Weadopt theaentime.nt^of a cotemporary that these;,
are the great bulwairii^of freedom, the mamteuaiKJe Qf which
forms ihe surest dependence for the perpetua- ^
tion of onr free institutior*- and which' -deserve' to be. ,
faltered and defended,. I'ae BHStaia^.byevery
Patriotm the laud. Wt Itoly prefer tlfeTt this sub- (
ject should engrosytbe' attoptiOn*"of?or Legislatoratia 'j
the stead of otlie ^questions df State policy which in
<?raparifioh arh mSrfc abstractions, and of little real value,
to the people at large./Such. for inSUrjtee, a3 the ;
unnecessary excitemefa't.ugbn tfie electcrabquestioD, ;
which if changed to suit the views of'many in. the (
State, would give u^butlittle more thanrWe now en-- j
joy, besides subjecting" lis to a vast deal of trouble,
whicli undpr the present regime we are unquestionably' "(
saved.; Just here we.take an important idea upon this
subject from our neighbor of the Darlington Flag, the
balande of the article we shall reserve for "another o>
casion," but the point is too strong to omit in this con- ;
noction; . . i
"But whilo we- perm.itonr Legislature,. ns UQw'cpri- 1
stitutedL to control every interest which is really.' dear ]
to us, our rights of'person and propefty, it is but a ,
small matter to trust them with l\\b'repr'cs#ntlfig of our
opinions in the election of President If the President *
and the whole machinery of the Federal Government >*
were swallowed up by some convulsion of Nature, we 1
should not come forth the next day, Iess'Freefcen 'nor (
less guaranteed in all our rights ofFreedom.This ol>servation
is not designed to disparage the value of the
Union. But it is literally true, that so far as any vital
right is concerned, it matters little to us," who i.s Presi- <
dent, whilo it is all in all to us, who constitutes our Le (
gislature. lience tho absurdity ot distrusting the in- \
tegrity or wisdom of our Legislature, in relation to the
election gfPresident. when we do trust to it every in-'
terest that is really' valuable to us." : ,1 '
Popular Education for sometime has been a favorite
hobby with us, and we can excuse the zeal of even 4
the veriest deraagoguo upon this subject -who triesvto. <
ride into power upon it; if he will do anything after- i
wards tofurxlier tho triie interests or the people,'and' '
assist in their moral and intellectual elevation?almost 1
every idea upon this subject has become patent, a'nd *
we can only hope to excite continued.or additional in- <
terest in the matter, without flattering-ourselves into .
the belief that we are able to advance a single new
idea upon the question. "We find that we are nqtsincrular
in tin's nosition. for there are manv who talk or i
\vrite>a greal deal about* Popular Education, Popular t
limits, und all that, who are doing practically but lit- i
tie which Will ultima to in good. ^
Tho Legislature of our State a year or two ago dc-.
termined to increase the appropriation to JFree School^
one hundred per cent., with, we have no doubt, the 1
honest belief that that the educational wants of the
people, would be better provided for. Das this Teally
been the case ? Has a corresponding improvement
been mado ? We are afraid not. - On the contrary we 1
are obliged to believe, with our present--information, ]
that the State is as^joorly provided for^ in this respect^ 1
to.dav ns it tvns firf, km IVa HaHava?so far 1
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as our district, Kershaw, is coiicernod?that the in-. ]
crease of the Free School fund has been of bat little or |
no advantage. There must bo a reason for this. Oar
wants are as pressing as they ever were, and indeed
every day's experience teacher us that they are largely j
increasing. It must be then that there is a fault in
the application of this special fund, .and we'demot intimate
here that the Commissioners appointed for the
distribution of this fund in the several districts have'
not done their duty. " Tis vain to seek in men,for
more than man," and who can bo expected utider:present
regulations to put himself to-the trouble of asCer- >
taining at' every' point when and how this money |
should bo appliod. Kershaw district is entitled to an |
annual dividend of twelve hundred dollars, which, if ,
properly applied?wo' menrfunder a different system? '
would aid vastly in the education of her needy poor. |
Seventy-live thousand dollars properly applied oveiy J
year in South Carolina ought to erect a school houBe j
in every neighborhood, and make 'each wilderrfess and
solitary place rejoice and blossom as the rose, But
'tis useless to talk about this when there is such a
glaring discrepance made iu the appropriation of. this
fund in the several districts, as at present, without re- .}
gard'totho educational wants of the respective sec- J
tions. For example, Charleston district is entitled to ]
a representation on its taxation and white jpopulatfon, '
equivalent to nine times as inuelTas either Kershaw or \
Lancaster, being.at the rate* of Eighteen to iwoT or in j
other words Charleston district gets every year an ap- j
propriation of lb,800 dollars fb>Eiee School purpose^ |
.yhile Lancaster and Kershaw only_receive 1,200 each, i
Is tills right? We think qot. . " ' ^
Clinr 1 cston: is- bottor aide to do without a dohaPAf
this fund Ibntt^ther'of these distti&a withThetfbrount j
doubled?the .mere fact that Cbarlestah.'is" so lafgelj ,
represented "upon.taihtimii, is'cohchtsive'evidence that
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me etune neoesa ly apaa noS fl?8t iaer? lOiVKt^appu-p-j
cation of this tbnd that does. in the upper nttd poo^rer
districts offiiisState! ' Wedo'^ot ^
seeCbarloston left out of tlie^ coun^j^^^desire ^
to see at least fair play Mdjustlhtfdoneina roa^ter af- ^
fecting 60 vitally the deepest iutereslj of our StatoMjd; |J
the well being of so many of ourpbopl^ Wedo not R
sympathise a moment with those pretenders .whose j,
hypocritical cant about the loto country end parishes
having too much power in oof' Legidatui^and ,who'- fj
are constantly seeuing oy tnis, as weuamgr
texts, to excite sectional jealousies end in the use of j
means alike unworthy to elevate themselves, a^Die
expense ofton of truth, we have no such ends inwtew, ft
and are influenced b'y no motive of a sectional kind" $
bat are governed in the expression of oar views by u
what we conceive to be Justice upon the broad dem- -tl
saratle principle of tlio greatest good to the greatest e
number. ai
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..The Hon. John Black, for many years * member of
the United States Senate from the State of Mississipp1 ^
ind late of Louisiana, diedat Winoh?ster, ,Va, . on the ^
29 th nit. i
JIawb Election.?Tho int?&ebi?ka Jot fteesoil J*
Rc&et-w|j^mpl0te^em)dessMU|$fofeo?r Action
n Mains. ' 1
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"We reepectftdly sd|ge$t the propriety of measures
being taken to rai.se funds for the relief, of the sufl^^J^ V
ing poor in Charleston and flayannah. -Could we aot^jfey- <
do something as a town, for those who are perishing, it
may be, lor the common necessaries of life? Ought
we to clbee-our eyes, and atoel our hearts to suffering,
dying humanity? We are gratified to -slate that-a
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