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ft"! ^ - ' ?T- *.r4T--> ? ? -v#- 4.'r"^~ H r x p ** & * :r - " 1 Li-1'1 ' 11 , liMiiimn - . -i\vm -ifry ^ Ohariesfon Staridml. %l^ecli of Hon. W. W^ JBoyefe. Yesterday unstated* cursorily^he result of >tl?B barbacUB- iq^honor of^JMr. Boycc, the elojuent representative of thc'Gth Congressional Since then, Ive have rend more care-, sPUcfy Register's report of his speech on occasion, andean readily appreciate .th& feet elated by tire Register, that it evident^ jEMg&yLfrch satisfactioiu We wouldgladly pubKHhll rehort ot the snppph lint the state i - - 'of t>o!r-columns tot hid it, so our readers must b$ Content \yjjh the extract on the Kansas Bill. W?6 fovfre especial attention to the portion XvldcH urges upon the South the duty of fitting . . expeditions and furnishing aid for the settlement of Katvsas.. t. 4fc/??Dmenced by an allusion to the condi-4 ..Jtion1 oF. the country previous to the present; 'tCongress. The Democratic Party in all sec- j ~ of tho country had heeomo tired of agitaviion. v Acting under this impulse; they had electro the 'present Administration to office, n?itK4iun u ?orcra ivtrflnn r.f flta mrvmliPivc *v*?r ?6" v. ..... '' Zi&Z-iiQf Congress, ftnbued wi|h the same desire for : peace. ; ^BP^ One of the first sobjects that engaged their ~v^temioo was the organization of the vast terf ^jritorjr contained in the Northwest,?that iniy Itnense empire of uninhabited wilderness, lying ^ V ybontigHous to the Northwestern States, and "ithe-alnye States of Missouri and Arkansas.? "^l&jMfrJerritory the hardy pioneers of these States %dcT been easting a wistful eye, and dcwneOWBit it should be placed by Congress in a ^gy?ndition to be settled. In the organization, j^j^jfcfirst obstacle that met them, was the uo [*; * " y^jOTl anduodious Missouri restriction, M"y which I slave holders of Missouri saw, in close prox. unity, the rich fertile and virgin soil of Kan-, .*8W, from which they were excluded. Liberal '^^.^Northern men saw this; Southern Toft it; V,'acting under this feeling, it was determined in .? .5 organization of'ihe territories Nebrasand Kansa^to connect with it a repeal of xbe Missouri Compromise'of 1821, as an act /usC'ce-to the slave holders of Missouri and .. jtrkansas. All the raetwbelfe from those States *?>.xy<th^he ex'ceptTon of Benton urged them to They represented to them, that all the -hardy .slavcholding pioneers of these States "Wf warned, was tne removal-*ot tms restriction, they would immediately take possession r A' JStOf the country With their rifles, revolvers, and '^^^^bOAfcie-knives, in defiance pf all the abolition_ wtada Christendom. The position of Missou n wa? a precarious one. Look at it 011 the '?%,? _cwap'aild|^bswse how boldly it juts out like a the very heart of the 11011I' '^oldi%"Stetes. Illinois hounded it on last and Extended down almost to its em- boundary/ Iowa' ficacfed it on the fl and, if Kansas should be made a free her fate was sealed, and she would inly be sacrificed to ffee-soilism. Such ^imminent danger which threatened her. Missouri line were repealed, then there )tne hope of her preserving slavery; if a not, and the Kansas country be withrom them and given up to Northern sct-tierg, there was no hope. With the repeal there _ , was a chance, without thlWfepeal there was no P&.v*?i;6W?ce. *$" Another consideration, which ho thought v.-*>entitled to much weight, was the relative posi y&F wji or uian territory towaras trie doutn, ana v. its -hostility to the North growing out of the !-.treatment they bad received, -tin viewing this people, although* we may regard thorn as delu^^?4r8tilttbe^.Vvere honestaiid fanatical in their ~-6ffcia4 r-??d believed as religiously in the iii -.V,^ ._ ,Jvinity 'ifnd inspiration of their Prophet, Joe ; 89 w? did of Jesus Christ. They were ^flll $j&?fafiaties?the most terrible to be en ..Driven from their homes, forced bo abandon th eir beautiful.city of Nauvoo, and . . > ;^Vrth the iraipious mbrder of their Prophet, as v ,?^^iey regard him, still rankling in their bosoms, they carried with them to their new homes in jfe environs of the Rocky Mountains an ap^ pficable hatred for the agents of their persecu %. Cioifl3& expulsion. They, therefore, enter tiiinecMio friendly feeling for Northern men.? > j^nand isolated position, they felt themselves without.sympathy in the Union.? As an act.of policy, to obtam' the friendly dis. bosition^r the slaveholdintr States, tliev leiral slavery in their territory, so that the insti. established and protected by their statutes. Now all we waiit is, to^make Kana sKv'e State and we will have a continu vooft ltrm of slave territory reaching out to Utah, -thus securing that territory. t, We slavery in Utah, as well as in r ilfnteOuri, tfWild be" determined by the fate of ^R'llLKansas, nlV possibility of a favorable de vision .of .-which-'was',precluded by the Missouri - yjjohfvprornis^, and couldonly be effected by its 4.jgpeab. Another advantage to be |j|?ncd by jjajraiirffig Kansas was, that it would strengthen 'y^ur'position. To see this more dearly, refer _to amaap. It will be seen that tn? free States '5^rartiSMJ"out westward, between the slave States . * Ofcnoda, forming a single line of States, * WMol?S*Bsnk ieotiW be easily turned. Opposing * this line," are the slave States lying three deep, add presenting a^much more formidable front. Now suppose ^5^ we gain*Kansas, and with * * hef'Utfth^ any one of practical sense will per eetve wWFyeat strength it will add. Our .fa ftpnt will be fortified, and in ease of rupture^ bqtwoeri the two section?^ which will reSuft.ifv v^peUtidDjsm accomplishes its purposes, those HKfe. ^SjfcrAy aud fanatical mountaineers of Utah. ^ v?ei4li3??8cend upon their flank, and like the ^ ^MW^PPreerB'of^co'ttand rind Sa ilzerland, car Sk - . JJjtS'' win dUrotation in their incursions.? was the nigral force %Jiich wo lfrtinefd l>'V haviriir defeated the abolitionists and freesoilers. tt'allowod to them our unity and tlengtWi and would, even though unattended wit-h pnretical good results, exercise a cliscour ,v. aging and depressing influence in their ranks. Napoleon understood mpr*! influence of a victoiy, and even reproved one of his Generals fprdatingV despatch from an obscusp village fe?tead of from an important town or-city. ?uch were the reasons W^kjvactuated him ta^iving his vote to the JBilj. * ll had been urged by some thgt Ae bill cs-. tabbbhes squatter sovereignly. But he CQpld not.consent to such,a eonetusion. JThiP Bill' left The people -free to Torn* their ownvjastituunder the constitution. ICJberefdte, j,be proposition, that Congress has no right to exclude or establish slavery, under the Ceastita tion, bo correct how can.the Territorial.govermnent, whose power is dorfveit from Congress, be able to exclude j^csf&Jfcsb it? If there was Uo power-in Tong^,*tfii?fe could be none in the Territorial governments; where - J > ...there was no power, none eoaid betfranted ; < r-f% frotn nothing, nothing could conie. The ques tion of slavery would have to bo aetefojtaed when they formed their State Constitution.? He bad greet hopes that it voot{J be brought :v . , 'JgFTTcrIjgS**' in as a s ], >?$?State.-.- /IheTobgh, desperate agfb determined^yeooiahry of^Arkansas, Missomi and Kentucky- hasp beej^pckii^there, and laying gflltlieir claims. Dtrcfany one for a moment believe thafgLhiese men were going to be driven ouLby a pfltjcel of cowardly- abolitionI i?t6?" -Himoubted it; very much doubted it.? them.wns more than a match fur-ten ab^olnjwfot. But could they be defeated at the hallot box and slavery excluded, whom are we tp..blutne but ourselves? These men are almost, if not quite equal to the task; fur we had all seen published proceedings held there, in which tlley had determined tu run every abolitionist' out of the Territory. This did not look as if they intended to be defeated. lie thought that .the AKhole-.SoutU wasPfeulpable; why were they nbt subscribing money and fitting out expecli tjous for their aid. If they would act with energy there was no doubt- of-the result. But even without it, he had great confidence in the expansive power of slavery, which Mr. Calhoun thought when he advocated the Clayton Compromise, if left untrammelled by Congress, yould reach every section of country to which it was congenial. Another objection, and he was free to confess that it was a serious one, was the clause \ which permitted foreigners to vote imthe terr'tory as soon as they landed, irrespfffive of the period of naturalization required by the kws on the subject. Had there have been a possibility of passing the Bill without it, he for one ifrould have insisted on its being stricken o\it. ' That was impossible. The Northwestern men,/a large portion of whose constituency u-ft? (nre'ian would not snnnot-f. the Rill without v ' ?ri? | if, because they could -ncrt sustain themselves at hoii>e. The naturalization term was sufficiently short, now. But we must remember upon those Northwestern States and territories every freo white man was allowed to vote.? Under the circumstances rather thhn lose the Bill, the repeal of the Missouri restriction, and with itKansas and the other slaveholdingcountries he had indicated above, he determined to take it as it. was. Another objection was to the Badger Proviso. This also he would have left out if lie had had the framing of the Bill. ffiiVthis also was necessary to sustain the Northern men at home who gave it their support. He was free to confess that the Bill was not altogether as he desired it, but it was the best tb.it could be done under the circumstances. He had an exalted admiration of thoseSouthern men, who like Millson of Virginia, objected to the Bill, because it did not go far enough. But he could not appreciato the conduct of Benton, and other Southern men, who based their objections on other grounds. Benton en tertained none other than the most malignant hatred for the South, and lie wished to avenge himself upon the land of bis birth, for the dis:. appointmentshe had mat with in his ambitious designs. The seventy-first Protestant Episcopal Convention of the diocese of New York closed its three*days' session on the evciuqg;of the 29th. The chief portion of the day previous to the adjournment was occupied by the -convention in baiioting for a successor to the late Provisional Bishop of the diocese?the Right Rev. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright There wore eiirlit ballotinss of both branches of the con vention?lay and clerical?before a choice was made. Tho Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D., Rector of,St. Peter's Church, Albany, was elected on the eighth ballot; and a committee -having .waited on him to inform him of -.the result of the election, he signified his acceptance of the high office imposed on him. He subsequently addressed the convention. On motion of Rev. Dr. Hai ght, it was resolved that the resolution palsed at the last Convention, increasing the salary of tho Bishops to $6,000 per year, in addition to the Episcopal residence, bo extended to apply to the Bishop elect?carried. The election was declared unaniinous,ou motion of the Rev. Dr. Vinton, who was'l>r. Potter's most prominent competitor. He, Dr. V., said that no one was more thankful for the result which had been brought about, and lie blessed God for it. lie was confident that the mantle of Elijah had fallen o"? Elisha. Tho Rev. Provisional Bishop was originally from Poughkeepsic. fie graduated at Union College In 1S26; * and has been for many years settled in the ' Rectorship of St. Peter's Church in Albany. His age is probably about fifty years. He is L?iid to be ?i gentleman of pleasing manners, fine culture, jMid much talent, and will fill the office of Bishop >vith honor to himself and. the Diocese. The Democrats of Massachusetts have 110m inated Henry VV. Bishop, of Lenox; for Governor, and Caleb Stetson, of Bain tree, for Lieut. Governor. Mr. Bishop is a justice of the Conrt of Common Pleas, and was the nominee of his , party- for Governor last year. The Convention 1 passed resolutions endorsing the Administration and the Nebraska Bill, and repudiating the , Know Nothings. Some disposition was man- 1 ifested by a Mr. Usher, and a few others, to ; oppose the resolutions laudatory of the Presi- 1 i . -_j T"v 1 > r>:ii i.A :? ? !l (lent anu ivir, l^ou^iusb 0111, uui it \v?a cviucut < that the Har^Shell element constituted a very 1 small portion of the Convention. The candidates now before the people are Washburn and j iPlunkctt, Whigv: Wilson.and Sumner, Free 1 Soil; Bishop nnd?N3tetson, Democratic. The Know Nothings say nothing about their notni- 1 nees, but rumor says they have chosen Ephraim ' Wihriit, of Boston, their candidate for Cover* J nor. ? 9A young man, Charles Bouseul, now at Part?, tl^e son of a French offiber,and formerly in the army in Africa, but relieved from his military duties on account of the scientific cleverness he displayed, has been making experiments ?S the electrical transmission of the voice. He entertains the idea, from the success which has attended his initial trials, that peaple may talk 1 by tehfgTupb, an'd the present writing or printing telegraph be dispensed with. In ti word, a 1 conversation may iie'beld between one person 1 in Paris and another in Vienna, aud so forth. 1 He it/ engaged in experiments to verify Ins theThe price Breadstuff is now 60 much < lower in Engrand than in Amerien thnt several | cargoes of flour are gnid to have been shipped t fr<*m ^Liverpool for JSTew.York. This has oof m "happened since the inflation of 1$$7, when ; jflom was-tinported into New Yqrk from the | . ' o ' ? ' \ Ay Eacle Siiot.?Morgan Phillips^ofSam- ' sonville, Ulster county,. New York ihot on * American eagle recently, which 'measured 7 ' feet and ll inches from tip to. tip across the { *rii)gr*hen spread oat. i ' fcepo^ of the Graud^ftry. Wm thegferancrJurors of Richland .^District, S. G., F?Pterm, 1854, make the following presen tniwi ts, viz i The jail', we think, is in some few particulars insecure, and recommencUajhat the partitions between the cells in tlieu^er story should be made more secure; and the doors leading to the second and third story be made stronger, and* that the locks there.ujn, as well as the locks attached to the holts other doors, be of a better quality ; andmat"fhe outer windows of the third and second stories be secured by iron grating; and that the .front "window on the right hand as you go inttfthe first story be'ttlso secured by iron grating, or otherwise made more secure than it now is. In reference to the escape'of the prisoners from the city guard house, while that building was used as the district jail, it seems to have been more from the defects of the building it# self than from any neglect on the part of those having them in charge'. Still the information before this Jury is such that wo would urge the propriety' of increased vigilance on the pai l 01 tnose orncers wno are in cnarge 01 toe prisoners. In reference-to matters of public interest, these.irone that has very high claims to our serioW.'eonsideration, and that is tlte removal by the General Government of the Vestrictions on the slave trade with Africa. ' y In a political point of view, we.look upon the re-opening of that trade ns of the highest and last importance to the interest? and prosperity of the whole South and Southwestern, and we may say Western States. Indeed ninny of tho most observantStejnds are impressed with the belieT that the political existence of the Southern States depends upon this important change in the present policy 6f 'the goveramerit''on this subject.' It is well known that the immigration into the North and Northwestern States amounts annually to about 500,000; and very many of these persons bring with them a largo amount of talent and capital, by which means ihe vast resources of those States are being developed in a most astonishing degree, while the Southern States are com paratively at a stand still; and when we look at the States of Maryland, Virginia; North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Caroli i n : L .? UcL mum wuuigiti, wu 111 ?ire t mm i turn vuuiuuu is peculiarly critical, for while fheir slave pop ulaliori is being constantly and rapidly drained and carried further South and Southwest, where their labor is more profitable, there still remains, and will remain for many years (o come, enough of this class of labor to prevent white laborers coining in to fill up tho deficiency, much less to increase it, and hence the want of that indispensable element,labor, without which it is impossible to develop the resorirtes of a country; and hence it is that when we see the rapid strides in wealth and prosperity of our neighboring and sister States, we see so many of our'people becoming discontented \lith their hoipcs, their pursuits, and their institutions, n This discontent is greatly increased' by the very high price which this class of labor has attajpedjn consequence of this constant drain, arii'mahy are actually selling out and! investing thc proceeds in other pursuits, and many more arc undecided what to do, while nil are impressed with more or less unfavorable apprehension as to the final result of thfe unfortunate state of things. V And when it is observed that in consequence of the present high price of slaves, the temptation to sell them is so great that the number of slaveholders are being so di/niuished^that^. even now, according to the calculations ofthe best infurmed upon the subject, there is not more than one-fifth?certainly not more tl}an a fourth of the voters of the States named Nvho are slave owners. It is, indeed, enough to alarm the apprehensions of every thinking than. And when it is further considered, that under the existing state of things, (he comparative number of slave owners must qimiuish, in afar greater ratio, each succeeding year, so that before we have fully awakened to our true condition, demagogues, in the guijse of statesmen, will have found sufficient food^r their ambition, and under pretence of^bllantbropy, will force upon us a change in opr institutions long before we are prepared for it. .'Who, we ask, can calmly contemplate sugh results without fie most gloomy forbodings. tVe thinktbere are none. And the same causa} that now bears so heavily upon the growth ami prosperity of the States named, must sooner or later affect the other Southern States in thfe same way. < But let the General Government remove the present odious restrictions up^ifclho African slave trade, and enact wholesojprje laws. ram. luting their importation, and a ;.remedy for all these threatened evils is at once found. That class of labor, the only kind at all available for Bgricullurai pursuits in the South, wiil in a fewyears become plenty and cheap, so that every man amongst us, though jt may be the misfortune of sogife^o bo born poor, can, by a few years of iflflustry, avail himself of a servant to divide with him his toils. He is thcni as soon as he becomes a slave owner, though it be but one, a strong and abiding friend of our best of political institution^-arid surely there are none so blind,but they mu*t see how important it is that every citizen should be thus interested, and that there is no way by which they can bo thu3 interested-but by their being made cheap by an abundant importation. And we take this occasion to urge upon the LecjalaUiremand our Representatives and Senators in Cdngtess, to take such steps as seem iWrjtrent^ajfeifc'^viBe and pruderHj, in bringing about thi^rnost humane and desirable object. As to the morality of this question,1 it is scarcely necessary for us to allude to it; for when the fact is remarked that the plantations of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas have been and arc daily being settled by the removal of slaves from the rnord northern of the Southern States, and that in consequence of their being raised in a more healthy climate and in most cases trained to nursuits totallv ? I J different, tho mortality, even on the best order , ed farms, is so great, that in many instances the entire income is annually expended in the purchase of more slaves from the same 6ource in order to replenish and keepgup those plantations while in every case the condition of^the 6lave even if his life is spared, is made izdrso both "( physically and morally. But when'you bring a slave from Africa, the most iuhospitable cli- i inate known to man, and where his degradation ind misery is so great, that the meanest occupation in the most unfavored place in the Southern Sfatos, he is vastly elevated in the scalotof social being. And if you look, at Qie subject in a religious point of, view the "contrast is equally Striking^for when you retnovq, a dave roni the northern ta the more southern parts >f the slaveholding Statef, you thereby dim insh his re^ious opportunities;, but when you '* ,? ' *1 : ?t"i > < " '. ?<, * 1 i 'r?-?" ^ ,--a t Z?ii. . . ?hhi^?gg???? bring a slave from j^frica, the most, benighted portion of the glob^afid pat him even on a Lo^ isana plantation, you have brought hiflgun the sound of the blessed Gospel, God's j^eatest and best gift to man, and not only within its sound, but where he sees its principles dailypracticed, not only by the masters, but by his fellow servants; thus as it were putting him in the very harness of Christian civilization and increasing the chances of his salvation humanly speaking, a thousand fold. There are at this time, as we see it stated intone of our rnis; sionary journals, 23G Christian Missionary laboring in that dark land involving an expenditure, it mayrbe supposed, of at least ?125,000; annually now whilethe zeal and love thatmoved those good men to such deeds is in the highest degree commendable, and it is well known that they have seen some fruits of their toil; but who does not perceive that if the same amount o?fl?oney had been expended in the iinportatfoiif of that people to oor own shores, that, with one tithe of the labor and suffering on the part of those good men, far greater results might have accomplished; bat the most conclusive evidence on this point is the condition of the three and a half million of slaves now among us, which is known and read of all men. They are a civilised?yea, a christianized people.? Thus it will be seen that whether this subject; be viewed politically, morally or religiously,; the reopening of the slave trade, under wholesome laws, must inure to the benefit of all the parties concerned, besides incidentally, bringing many blessings to the world at. large.?r. This subject might, with much interest and! profit, be pursued, but.it is our purpose only to bring the matter to public notice, and direct the attention of our legislators to its vast importance. JAS. V. LYLES, Foreman. A _ /"* . ? 17^ ABATEMENT OF OIIOJUEKA AT 'BtffOXVII.LE.? An Extra of the Knoxville Register of September 23d, Bajs: It affords us sincere pleasure to be able to stale that the health of our city has greatly improved within the last two or three days. On Saturday, the date of our issue, there was one death; on Sunday there were three deaths; on Monday one ; on Tuesday one ; and we have heard of no death yesterday nor have we heard of a new case since Tuesday evening. Since the breaking out of the cholera, 011 the 31st ult., up to this morning there have been about sixty deaths in the city from the disease and there are now some six or- eight cases under treatment. There have also been about twenty deaths from cholera in the country.? The mortality in town has indeed, been fearluf being about one out of every eighty of our entire population ; but when it is remembered that at least four fifths of the inhabitants of Knoxville fled the city on the breaRinafcouh ?? the. cholera, the mortality will appear paling, for a town iu as healthy a regional ours, and onej" too tfi'lift" was as well prepared, in point'of cleanliness, to meet the disease as any over'which it has spread its wasting and desolating malaria. Truly has it been a scourge and one whose awful visitation will long be re-. , membered by these who have seen near anti; der relatives hurried from time into eternity by its power. A Villainous Act.?We regret to state, that while riding up the Railroad this morning, a few hundred yards above pur Depot, we discovered that some base scoundrel had placed a cross tile upon one of the rails, with the iixten . tioii, undoubtedly, of throwing the cars of&tjje. .track. -The tilo w$? fortunately old, and therefore easily cut in two by the wheels, or serious injury might have resulted. We are sorry to find, that there is, in our community, a person so unprincipled, so debased as to perpetrate such a deed; and the discovery is more lamentable at this particular juncture of a (fairs.'. We admonish the wretch who committed the heinous deed to be.ware. No one shall take advnnlniTA nf ilia nr<>?Aiir. ai'I<pq tn imnrn tlip in. '>v , r\? ?1 ? j * terests of the Railroad Company, and jeopardize the lives of; its emnfoyees as they -pass thro'our vicinity in ijigjr appropriate spheres. Should the .scamp.hc detected, thg^most exemplary punishment Will ho 'iiflicted upon him. . .. Edisto Clarions'* . ?- . '<, Gkanitevumle.?We have much pleasure in. being able to state, upon, the best authority,,, that this beautiful manufacturing tillage is in a most flourishing and happy condition. The Company lins',reached a hig^pomt of prosperity, and their affairs are alLjn admirable trim^ Under the superintendence of that skilful m nnncier, Mr. Win. Gregg, the Granit^ville stoq^ has become truly valuable. The populatiop of i tlie village is a thriving and contented one'.ittthe main, and tlie tone of their society Is constantly becomipg jfoore elevated. What a contrast to the condition of that section of our District twelve years ago! Then all was as wild and desolate as the barrenest heath, ignorance and crime held undisputed sway,?. Now the wilderness has literally been made to ! blossom as the rose. (Churches and :^hppl- > houses havd-heen reared. Industry and skill.: have been fostpted. The poor have been called in from all thier80rrounding country, and? the means of honegt livelihood haxe been placed before them. And they: have; grasped these means, in many instances, with an,energy that reflects upon them greht credit.'t Iforthe goodh .1 . I l J I ' C .l.?j I, ttiat nas ueeu none airjjguy oy means oi iuis large manufacturing est&bu^hing. th^JQistrict, aye the State, owe a debt vof^anks to its enterprising founders. We rejoice with them upon their present flow pf-Jtrosneritv. May it continue until their cofl^sltQ|ulfed to overflowing.?Edgefield Advertiser. A day or two since, says.the Richm<Nl|f?j>. patch, a servant man belonging to*w>nert Aiken, Esq., of Henrico county, wag bitten on the foot by a copperhead moccasin snake, #Ue at work in the field. As soon as Mr. A. heuro of the accident, he cut open a live chicken and applied it to the wound, and then gave the ne? gro just as much good brandy as he could be induced to drjifj|t. After takingyevernl gl*e$s, intoxicntjot^ensued, the patient fell asleep, and in the coufljeof three hours waked up entirely free from pihn. The like remedy was effectually tried near Charleston a few weeks ago, on a slave of Dr. foppenhoim, who had been bitten by a rattlesnake. The wound was in the heel, and to prevent the spread of the poison, the log was bound with a cord or rope, as tightly as it could be drawn. It required a very large quantity of spirits to make the patient drunk. -After this, an African snake doctor who had been sent for, landed the wound, and squeezed out the poison. The portion of the leg below the cord had, before tlris, swollen ilmost to bursting. We understand that the patient soon recovered, after gettiug sober. Charleston Standard. ? 4' t ' v ... ' '' ' .* V ? jjr (ffliit&en IHerhii) Journal. V i... ? Tuesday, October 10/1?54. * THO. J. VAHREN, Editor. I ^rr , - Agents for the Journal. PlmrlAstnn?AnnrsTli E. COHEH. ' Columbia?W. W. Walker, Jr. Lancaster?A. Mayeb. Jaeksqnham?S. A. Josser. . W -?r? Adams & Oo.'s Express. "We call attention; to Jh?. advertisement of Messrs. Adams k Co.'s Express, line, which is now in operation to this place, an Arrangement which has long been needed very much by onr citizens, and one that we hope may answer all our reasonable expectations and. _ : Frost. ,. "We understand frost was seen in our vicinity on Wednesday and Thursday mornings last Hon. Jame? Chesnut. We are gratified to find the following just and well merited tribute paid our distinguished Senator, in the last number of the Greenville Mountaineer; % ;^.CpL. James ciiesnct.^-rThis distinguished and ta^ -anted gentleman has published hisfviews in regard to ? " i- - -1-1- ?/. f' I tliO'Jiiectorni qucsuon, in u vsrjr ou? w > ? Camden Journal. He represents Kershaw in the Sen-? ate, and is a cbbdidate for re-election. He admits that' lie was onco in favor of the change of our present mode 'of appointing Electors of President, bufthat more serifljus consideration of the question leaves.him full; convinced that it is constitutional, wise and expedient, for the State to appoint her Electors by the Legislature, as heretofore. ; ' . Col. Chesnut is only otio of many candid and intelligent gentlemen, whose views have undergone the same change. It is of such men, "of good and honest hearts," that the truth maljfs converts; and we will see more avowing the same sentiments. We shajl nublish the letier of Col. Pickens next week, andjfollow it with the letter of Col. Chesnut, and thus give our readers the argument on both sides. We are particularly gratified ntelbijfcjmi'agraph, coming as it docs from a part of-the Sfyte^rbere the Electoral'question seems to bo tbe all absorbing topic, and the popular mode, advocated there, a sine qua won to the acquisition oift?gislativo honors.^ Apart from the compliment whicirls paid Col. Chesnut, wo like the endorsement of the rlcws which his letter presents, by a paper of the ago and respecfflwlity oftho Mountaineer, which has ever been, since we liavo -known it, on the right side of"Stato and Federal politics. 1U. !?, We would state that the election forSdhator in tins' district docs not occur for two years, and we are not apprized that Col.'Chesnut^sliould ho be a eandidato for re election, will have "arty opposition. Hon! VwTw/Soyce. A barbecue in honor of ourteestecmed^Se'JfbMntatativo in Congress was given a^lord's Pla?ff^lel<r | District, on the 30th ult. "We learn from the Register, that there was a.very largo attendance. Mr. B. delivered an able and eloquent address, in which he touched upon the Kansas Bill, the Gadsden Treat.v and Cuba. Ilis address evidently gave great satisfaction. v ;<i?. vjfr> Congaree House. j j "Wo invite attention to the1 Card of this excellent# \ Iloqse, lctovJnnney'&jTrotel. A recent visit has satisfled usefully that a more comfortable or pleasant place cannot be found in Columbia or elsewhere, iu the shape of a public House. With Mr. Goodwyn, the owner and Proprietor, we have had an acquaintance for some time; that he is a gentleman needs not to becaentionfill. " 7? "" Mr. Ewnrt, tho superintendent, who has more, ini-. mediately tho management of the House, is also known to us, and no. effort is required to pronounce hlnf'oncof tho most gentlemanly, polite and attentive landlords with whom we have ever met. , Tho table is most capitally provided with everything necessary lor the "material aid" of tho inner man, whilst nojthing is overlooked which could tend to promote the comlort and convenience of all who tabernacle thero. We wish our friends distinctly to understand that wo regard tlve Congaree House as a vejp., desirablo placo to sojourn at',* and, &ar-ing "a liole 'inj the wall," alias a Saloox below statn^it is unexcejph-' tiouable. - : Charleston Telegraph Office. Wo learn from the Charleston papers that Mr. Bingham, chief operatpr in that city has recovered fjgom sickness, and isagafln at bis post in the Telegraph office. Wo also learn that Mr. Edwards, formerly chief operator at Macon, Geo., lias urrived in Charleston, to assist Mr. B. K -v., ip The Slave ^frade. In another column we publish tljfefrcsentmeqtarof Jhe Grand Jury of Richland Districf^fb which is prominently prcsouted tho subject of tho Slave Trade. =$1tliono'h it is a novel ona.in this shane. vet we are ernt- ; """O" r -1 y ~ o ified that the matter is tips held up to our view, and the ideas given are admirably proper at this particulajr political juncture, jtesegsga to us that%ioy will at$kB{ "everyithinking miud-q#itjjr-inuch force, for tho sublet-: vicwod either in aimoralr/politicnl or religiouB"point#1 one of the first ami'" l?$t"tnrportanco to us, as well as f;., : * A, the basis of all true republicanism. We shall likely recur to this subject again ; our object now'a merely to invito intention to the article wbifeh is well-Wfth a eareftlreading. We fee the subjectiaflfelnning to'attract attention in other quartept- ^he4k' Louis (Mo.VliflHiigencer in alluding to ir quotesYnd adopts the K&Ibwing language: ^ ^One thing, however,"is asPuWSoiy not right?to agv, gravate four-fold the hardships of the voyapf and~tufl; cruelties of the factors by sending out hypocritical' fleets of cruising, canting pirate? tc^yatch&be 'coaats and break up the barraooons and cSpfe tho tradersIt is dono under the false pretence-'of humanity,$Qt tho tender mercies of tho wicked are cruel; for demand will creato supply: 169,00j?groes are annually sent acrfe|.the A thantic, -^not withstanding the canting . laws and "treacherous treatiot." ul , , . Unags tbe Evening J\ews,_anouier leaping paper of the uatiw^ty says: " The re-opeqtaM^he slav<ptrade is beginning to olicit discusaionjtiWEIbose who view.the.subject frjgn different positions.' aad jwLiirQ likely. lepiftto have ita effects and operation fd^ tapoaeij'dna bettor appre"Wo haVe received the first humber.oiiiliiB "new pa- . per, published at Orangeburg ,C. H., ^^I^g.jtarej, Fsq. It is a neat journal, anb the ndWKjMfeEO us satisfies jis that it will beoonduoted with abBB^^ Southern Quarterly Review. j We thank Mr/Mortimer for handing us, ybilst.-dia^ Columbia, the October number of bis excellent-BegjK view, which we shall take plea^re in noticing ftex&ip week in atauo. Amid all tliq difficulties pecoHwjpn his very peculiarly embarrassing situation with tfoj1 work, superadded to which the prevaOieg epidemic tei 7 Charleston, forcing him to publish the present number v in Columbia, he has succeeded, by bis indomitable and energy,.in producing, aa far as wo cawht preMnt j udge, an excellent number. M ? : i 'A Yellow Fever. *V . There were 49 deaths from yellow fever in Charleston for the week ending at 10 p.m. on Sunday.. ITEMS OF NEWS. The Russians are importing cotton from Khiva, which can furnish it in considerable quantities. The Cossacks of Orenburg, with their oz waggons transport it from Khiva to steamboat navigation on tho Volga, at the jate of 60 cents per hundred pounda. The statement that the British Consul at Blewflelds has notinefffliS^p&ople qf jgan Juan that they must not expect British interfeitoooe Is ftdljr confirmed. A letter received at N ey^xfijff/ft^.lohdon, asserts in positive terms, that Mr. Bu^aqaj^V^Minister in England will resign his office and retuomjto Abc'Uni tea states in July. ^ ^ Salt.?The Turk's Island ^yal 6tsaim^)f tbe 9tli of September saj^y^During the greater .part of our salt shippers, in cc^^HSncd~aPtf heavy ?pti?but throughout it has been^ciel^f foTthe"^i^nuters. In conSequenoo of egtlftf only 28,864 bushels have "been shipped from this Cay, although" several verbis we^wait^Tor cargoes.? Quantity on hand wiQiip^^&lqn^ZO^O bushels. Price 26 cents. Export"duty, kaika cent . A grand banquet took plage at Glasgow, on the in fionorof theerectfeof a statue of Queen j?gto'riarv Mr. Buchanan, tite Sfipisier of the United tons speech?said. to belh^^^^-the three or four addresses on the occasion v?,The Negm Emrpertfr of IJfcyti, Sculouqae, ft is said, liar* TTnclfi Tnm!t dnWn raaA tnliim. InrfiiClii thnxJ. and was so delighted with it that he "SOntV letter to Mrs. Stowe, thanking her for the^^ore^e had deHon. Daniel S.^cgpfS0N -^h'ig^fptleman receutly delivered a speech in. thejpH^pf Sew York, defining Iris position In the^iKiticSV|^B^I^mdcratic politics in New* York.^|^ string^^doreed Chenominationof JQdge Brdjftm, and ri lution of the Soft* 11 pnrTt^^jfrihpriMjftHnifln Jjjgu counselled an uncompromising" wathe Ad^ThdTSTew G old DoliIae?The newgpfcyjoBara now ' in circulation are said to be-Ial^p-^pjaSfe convenient th'aotiose issued in 1849,' the latter both in design and execution.the new coin is thghead of " LiSlfirtir," surrounded in the margin by the wordsv-t^ntediS^tfes of America." On the reverse side, inclbfeti-in a vine plaited at the bottom and meeting theflhc^, Ihl^Dgllar, 1854," is impressed. . The most a?rijj9^^^^^H| ty noticeable in the n& coin, is tlm^TOMmgofr tlie thirteen stars, which have alleys beedBfljmjcteristic'^Sur specie. . The Dew dollar is tKjn?uf2|Hr. ^ hai^olme. Among the premiums awardedjat the Fetfnsylvabia Agricultoflft^air, was a silver medal ta t5F?J. B. Davis, of Charleston, for a Cashmere buck gwayUgo<j? Effects of Cofeee.?Dr.. MosSfSlwServes,' fn hi**?! "Treatise on Coffee," that the *t in France is supposed to have abated the*pn?Vftfence of the gravel. - fn^li^PreSSn colonic, * whereCo&eis more tutediiban in tho English, as well as in Twley, where frwFlbe principal Jjerverege, not;Only tbo gtavel, bd|k th|Woat is scarcely kp^vn. Da For re*, late?, as an extraordinary instance of the. effeotjL 6C coffee in gout, the case of Mr. pevetan^^hq tacked with gout at the age of 25 yeses,. cmd Ig&dt severely until he was upwards of 50, with chalk atoner fotjjltvjftints of his bands and-feet, bu t for four yjpm-? preceding the account of hl^caoe.beLngeygyftoDu For to la^.Jjeforo the publicf_li?4tadr'^?*ftHce) Q?ed coffee-, and&fcad no return of the,goat. TlW"Whig" candidate for Governor fu'tl&State of New Yo^baabe?n.fcand of fl^ri^t'staigc towait ? the mo^ a^a of abolitit>$|ifc ofthat fflfc,' Theentire "Whig" ticket, irideed,^^"a<f(jp^^"thfc Anti-Nebraska Convention proper, at 'Aufeum^btit Raymond, the candidate for ijbut". Goveiw^waa thrown gwerboard by the S#M(Sjagfrom that Convention, and I Bradford R. Wood, 'forrMftfo - fegpfe^jgfengres?r iobstituted. The Election lak'es^ piafti M^fosidhy, Site *7tli of November.' ' Mrs. Anne. Royal, editress of tiieja.untwd^uUliahed in Washington CityK die.d Ofl at the ago of 90 years. "s .^ ? i^Knjft'L Telegraphic dispntabes from Wnehiggfoft^to'that of Nicaragua to Gteytown: It is rtmwred -that the * U.autrtrifTIndependence has -bociroiaeWSN&flflarragua; to s^te-tbe^Wh^aguon fi*g.. - / SuspkxsiON.?Wh'fti a bank suspends m^ffetralia^ they take the';president to a tSSd serve hirn^Mrfifaine manner, "^^cpfp remedy, but very effi >"' ? Religious Riytval.?The NBwbecy,^iJigoierria? |gs been infqrgjjl that quite a revival ii^ in progress at Tranquil Church) a Methoft atdenrui^fwgi^n New- ( berry District Tbo number.of.OQttV^^ioftSad reached ninety-eight. The map ting ^?*^pdHCtpl by the Tresidtng Elder, Mr. iWd, a&B&pfc bythe Revds. Messrs Pickett and Townsend. t Indiah ob nesra?^n-lntereetfifg-Aase, which has been on the docket for thrae'years, was tridd on Thure uuy, ua tu inv qmuu^W; uwiinou cur a dwyc uy u gentleman of Chester District. It occupied tho court nearly two dsYBj^iidwas^eddeilJ^i^tr of girl String aa Indian and entitled -toT~Wi Siom The case, we understand, Will to fuDy'repcrtcd.? Carolinian. ' . ' Klscttox of.BAKK^^tECTOBS-?The following gen"Pjantere'Uanko^urAgld^ tte^uat meeting of theStocklioldOs, v^; ptr?< ? Croroy, Jno Sim^pto^ D. &^Wdl^jU(^: At a subsequent meeting of tb^ttrectM^^ the fate Seeaionafrf. +'